YALE UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY,

1936

The Book of St. Louisans

A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF
LEADING LIVING MEN OF THE
CITY OF ST. LOUIS AND VICINITY

SECOND EDITION
1912

REVISED, ENLARGED AND BROUGHT
DOWN TO DATE

ST. LOUIS
THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC
1912

Published by The St. Louis Republic
Copyrighted, 1912, by Albert Nelson Marquis

FOREWORD
The Book of St. Louisans was first published in 1906, receiving a
most gratifying reception. It was recognized at the outset as an inval
uable book, alike in the business office and in the home. Time has con
firmed this favorable opinion on the general merits of the work, its com
prehensiveness and its accuracy. As a book of ready reference, it has
from the first been in constant requisition. The up-to-date merchant,
the professional man, the alert inquirer, whatever his vocation, keeps
this handy volume upon his desk, within easy reach.
A new edition, revised and brought down to date, has been called
for, and the present volume is presented as the best possible response
to that demand. This edition contains many names not listed in the
earlier issue — names unavoidably overlooked in a first edition, as well
as a large number representing new residents of St. Louis, and others
who have come into prominence since the first edition was printed. The
work of revision has been painstaking and thorough. Not only have
many names been added, but each of the original sketches has been
rewritten in order that the best possible arrangement of the data for
easy reference purposes might be secured.
A casual examination of these pages will disclose not only the
presence of many new names, but also the absence of names which
appeared in the earlier issue. The omissions are accounted for by
reason of death (The Book of St. Loxjisans being confined to liv
ing men only), removals from the city, impossibility to find present
addresses, and a few because they are no longer regarded as of sufficient
importance. The names of those whose life-sketches appeared in the first edi
tion, but who have died or have been dropped for various reasons, have
been inserted in this volume in their original alphabetical place, with
a reference to the volume of 1906, in which the biographical sketch
appeared, and, if deceased, the fact has been noted, with the date of
death, when known.
This feature will be of particular value to those who may wish to
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secure reliable biographical information about many men who were
prominent in the business or social life of St. Louis in the opening years
of the twentieth century, but who have passed to the "great beyond,"
leaving no other printed record of their life-work.
In the remaking of The Book of St. Lotjisans — for this is prac
tically a new book from beginning to end— every source of available
names has been drawn upon and every reasonable effort has been made
to procure the requisite data from all who were deemed eligible ,for
inclusion. Nevertheless, names which should have been included will
be missed; but in practically all such cases the omission is not in the
least due to inadvertence or the lack of effort on the part of those hav
ing the preparation of the book in hand. . Not only were written requests
sent by mail, but they were supplemented by personal solicitation when
occasion required. The great majority of those applied to responded
freely and in a courteous manner. To these, thanks are hereby
extended. A few, however, furnished information with evident reluc
tance, while others showed complete indifference, and some let the
request for data go wholly unnoticed.
Some names which frequently appear in the newspapers are con
spicuous by their absence, for the reason that The Book of St.
Lotjisaxs has endeavored to include only men of reputable vocation and
high standing.
Notwithstanding the reasons named, which prevented the inclusion
of many persons, the publication may make just claim to greater com
pleteness, a greater degree of accuracy, and a more dependable and
authoritative record in regard to the leaders in the business, profes
sional, industrial, official, and intellectual life of St. Louis than has ever
before been collected.
To make such a publication dependable, it is necessary that it
should be unpurchasable. The Book of St. Louisans has been compiled
as a permanent reference book, and all of the sketches in the volumes
have been inserted with that fact in view. Not one has been paid for,
nor inserted' for any financial consideration.
To secure accuracy, the greatest care has been taken. In every
case where possible, the facts were procured at first hands, and the
sketches were submitted for verification and correction, thus giving to
the book a quality practically autobiographical. In this painstaking-
way its authenticity has been safeguarded and its value as a reference
book greatly enhanced.
The volume has been confined to living subjects, because the pur-

FOREWORD 9
pose from the first has been to furnish a dictionary of contemporaries
and to mirror the current progress and history of the city as reflected
in the life-statistics of its citizens. The main object of bringing them
together in this compilation is to place within easy reach such legitimate
information in regard to the personal history of St. Louisans as it is
natural that one interested in them should desire to possess.
During the daily work and turmoil of life, in this city of strenuous
endeavor and achievement, one finds, but little opportunity to get
acquainted with those whose personalities are (outside of his own
most intimate circles) of most interest. The reader can doubtless think
of many leading citizens of whom he would like to know : Where did
they come from; where and how were they educated; what is their
home life, their religious, social, and political environment ; and what
have been the chief steps in their career? If the reader will turn to
such names, he Avill find just the information desired.
Many and varied are the interests controlled or represented by
those whose life-histories are here outlined. Business and professional
lines are most largely represented, because St. Louis is, beyond every
thing else, a business center. The city has made unprecedented strides
toward business supremacy, standing first in many and prominent in
all of the important branches of trade, production, and professional
effort. Therefore this volume partakes largely of the nature of a busi
ness dictionary, and contains more personal information about the
living business men of St. Louis than can be found collectively in all
other books ever printed. Business men can find here much that they
never knew about their competitors and customers, together with a vast
amount of personal knowledge in regard to their fellow citizens which
is of value from a business as well as from a social standpoint. In
fact, in all lines of useful achievement, the book furnishes as complete
a compendium and epitome of personal data in regard to those St.
Louisans most prominently identified with the best movements and
interests of the city as it has been possible to procure by patient care,
experienced methods, and large expenditure.
To the press of St. Louis and other cities, this volume presents
features of easily recognized usefulness. Here the newspaper man will
find facts which are of great value, and by the use of the book in the
city room the exasperating errors resulting from hasty picking up of
details from unreliable sources may be in large measure avoided. The
truth is here plainly stated, every item being presented in concise, con
densed form, so that it may be at once grasped and understood.

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In number and representative selection of subjects, accuracy of
detail and authoritative usefulness as a work of reference, it is confi
dently claimed that The Book of St. Louisans is the most complete
compilation of St. Louis biography ever printed. Not only is this
true, but by far the larger part of the information it contains is not
procurable, in print, from any other source.
The volume contains five or six times as many biographical sketches
of representative St. Louisans as can be found in any other publication.
While it is not claimed that the book represents infallibility or iner
rancy, it is confidently put forth as the best that has so far been pro
duced among books of local and contemporary biography in this city.
The Book of St. Louisans is multum in parvo. It contains much
in small compass. It is the best possible introduction that one can have
to St. Louis, and the manifold activities of the city. It is a book of
reference in the strictest sense of the term. By consulting its contents,
even the oldest resident can acquire fresh information, and learn much
about his city and his business associates which he has not known
before.
St. Louis, Sept. 1, 1912.

PERSONAL SKETCHES

THE BOOK OF ST. LOUISANS

BIOGRAPHIES

(*) The asterisk indicates that the person is said to have removed from St. Louis.

ABBOTT, Augustus L., lawyer; born, Wey
mouth, Mass., Aug. 6, 1858; son of L. A.
(D.D.) and Mary A. (Preston) Abbott; edu
cated at Brown University, Providence, R. I.,
A.B., 1880, A.M., 1883; Washington Univer
sity Law Department, LL.B., 1885; married
at Alton, HI., 1887, Annette Blair; children:
John Blair, Marjory, Preston Obe4 Ad
mitted to the bar of Missouri, 1884, and has
since been engaged in general practice; mem
ber firm of Abbott & Edwards. Member
American, Missouri State and St. Louis Bar
associations. Clubs: City, Glen Echo. Office:
New National Bank of Commerce Bldg. Resi-
dence: 5449 Maple Ave.
ABEL, Frederick, president Abel & Ger
hard Plumbing Co.; born, Denmark, July 4,
1842; son of Charles and Annie (Simpson)
Abel; educated in public night schools; mar
ried, St. Louis, Jan. 22, 1867, Mary L. Bump;
five children: Walter C, Charles P., Louis P.,
Frederick E., Robert O. Came to America,
1854; entered plumbing business as member of
firm of Werner & Abel, 1865, continuing until
1877; conducted business in own name, 1877-
80; associated with Oscar J. Gerhard, 1880,
and incorporated the Abel & Gerhard Plumb
ing Co., of which has since been president.
Served as member Co. A, Fourth Missouri
Regiment. Missouri Volunteers, for four
months, Civil War. Bepublican. Protestant.
Odd Fellow. Honorary member St. Louis Turn
Verein. Recreations : hunting, fishing and
traveling. Office: 909 N. 6th St. Residence:
3851 Page Boul.
ABELES, Julius David, president Commer
cial Bldg. Co.; born, St. Louis, Nov. 20, 1848;
son of Adolph and Amelia (Taussig) Abeles;
educated in public schools of St. Louis, grad
uating from St. Louis High School, 1865;
married, St. Louis, Apr. 23, 1874, Emilie
Taussig (died Mar. 9, 1900); children: James
A., John T., Robert L., Clifford, Charles T.,
Alfred T., Francis. Began business career
with wholesale wool house in Philadelphia,

1862; returned to St. Louis in employ of sim
ilar firm; became broker in wool, etc., in 1874,
and remained in that business until 1879,
when went to Leadville, remaining there near
ly two years, engaged in mining. Beturned to
St. Louis, 1881, and took charge of Union
Depot Warehouse for three years, and then
embarked in mining stock business as a
broker; was president St. Louis Mining Stock
Exchange for two years. Inaugurated enter
prise now known as Terminal Hotel in 1895,
and has had full charge of it ever since, now
being president of Terminal Hotel and Arcade .
Co. Took charge of Commercial Building,
1900, and has full control of its capital and
management as president Commercial Bldg.
Co. President Martha Realty Co.; vice presi
dent Union Station Bank; president Tip Top
Mining Co. Republican. Member Business
Men's League, Civic League. Clubs: Univer
sity, Noonday, City, Automobile. Recreation:
travel. Office: Commercial Bldg. Residence:
4140 Washington Ave.
ABELES, Samuel Charles, stock and bond
broker; born, St. Louis, Oct. 15, 1875; son of
D. and Theresa (Minzer) Abeles; graduated
from Franklin (public) School and attended
St. Louis High School; married, St. Louis,
Nov. 29, 1899, Ricka M. Piatt. Began in news
paper business as reporter on St. Louis Star-
Sayings, September, 1892; left Star to become
court reporter for the Globe-Democrat; later
had charge of religious department, dramatic
department and business news for Globe-Dem
ocrat; went from Globe to Chronicle to handle
special assignments; sent to Europe as special
correspondent of Chronicle, 1895; upon return
to St. Louis, appointed assistant city editor
and dramatic editor of Chronicle; left Chron
icle to do special work on the Star, and later
returned to Globe-Democrat to take charge of
financial, business and real estate columns;
left newspaper work in summer of 1899 to go
into bond and stock brokerage business with
Bennett, Wasserman & Co., as floor broker
and street man; was with Morris Glaser & Co.,
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January, 1907, organized firm of Samuel C.
Abeles & Co. and has since continued in busi
ness as head of firm. Purchased seat on St.
Louis Stock Exchange, 1904. Republican. Jew
ish religion. Club: Columbian, Recreations:
reading and travel. Office: 500 National Bank
of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 5891 Washing
ton Avenue.
ABLE, George Dudley, manufacturer; born,
Oxford, Miss., Feb. 25, 1861; son of Josiah
and Martha Elizabeth (Stockard) Able; de
scended on mother's side from Alexander
Craighead, commonly known as father of the
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence;
educated in public and high schools, Oxford,
and University of Mississippi; married, Hali
fax Co., N. C, Dec. 30, 1886, Martha Elizabeth
Thorne; five children: Sidney Thorne, Corrie
Mae (Mrs. Robert C. Moss), Helen Dudley,
Elise and Alice Mildred. Was member firm of
Jackson & Able, merchants, Oxford, Miss.,
1882-88; cashier Bank of Water Valley, Miss.,
1888-1906, and also engaged as planter in
Washington Co., Miss., during a large part of
time named; vice president and general man
ager Missouri Cannel Coal Co., Versailles, Mo.,
1906-07; treasurer Corinth Woolen Mills (now
Curlee Clothing Co.), St. Louis, 1907-08; since
1909 president Mellon & Storm Manufacturing
Co., manufacturers of beds and bed springs;
also president Link Fabric Co. of America.
Formerly trustee Union Female College, Ox
ford, Miss., Water Valley Military Academy,
Water Valley, Miss. Member St. Louis Credit
Men's Association. Independent Democrat.
Presbyterian; elder Kingshighway Presby
terian Church. Served as member City Coun
cil and mayor of Water Valley. President-
Mississippi Bankers' Association, 1898-99;
vice president for Mississippi, of American
Bankers' Association, 1899-1900. Member Odd
Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Woodmen of the
World. Recreation: country life. Office: 10th
and Mullanphy Sts. Residence: 5022 Cabanne
Ave. Summer Residence: Cedar Gap, Mo.
ABSOLOM, James H., president Absolom
Dry Goods Co.; born, London, Eng., Mar. 8,
1856; lost mother at two years of age; came
to America with father at seven; educated
public schools New York State and Illinois;
married, St. Louis, Sept. 24, 1884, Alice L.
Gardner; two children: James H. and Alice L.
Began active career in employ of nail mills at
Belleville, 111., continuing seven years; then
clerk in dry goods store of brother-in-law, R.
B. Bullock, St. Louis; was made partner of
the company upon its incorporation, 1894, and
has since been president Absolom Dry Goods
Co. Mason, Knight Templar. Episcopalian.
Office: 4108 Easton Ave. Residence: 4243
Page Ave.
ACKERMAN, Lee, vice president Sonnen-
f eld Millinery Co. ; born, near Frankfort, Ger
many, May 4, 1884; son of Isaac and Olga

(Loeb) Ackerman; educated in public schools
in Germany; unmarried. Came to St. Louis
direct from Germany in 1898, and at once en
tered employ of Sonnenfeld Millinery Co. (es
tablished 1875) as clerk; became partner in
spring of 1904, and is now vice president of
company, dealers in millinery, fancy goods
and cloaks. Recreations: motoring and fish
ing. Office: 610 Washington Ave. Residence:
4719 Washington Ave.
ACKERMAN, Leopold, president Sonnen
feld Millinery Co.; born, Villmar, Germany,
Mar. 8, 1863; son of Wolf and Gretchen
(Levy) Ackerman; educated in public schools
in Germany; married, St. Louis, Nov. 11, 1891,
Josephine Emanuel; children: Lester Joseph,
Melville Emanuel, Byron Wolf. Came from
Germany direct to St. Louis in 1879; began
business career same year with I. B. Rosenthal
Millinery Co. as boy, then salesman, then on
road for them for 13 years; in 1894 entered on
present connection as president and manager
of the Sonnenfeld Millinery Co., millinery,
fancy goods and cloaks. Member Business
Men's League. Republican. Member Society
of B'nai B'rith, United Jewish Charities.
Club: Columbian. Recreation: motoring. Of
fice: 610 Washington Ave. Residence: St.
Louis County.
ACKERMAN, Louis, merchant; born, Vill
mar, Germany, Feb. 9, 1865; son of Karl and
Betchen (Marx) Ackerman; educated in com
mon and high schools, Germany; unmarried.
Came to America, 1882; after a residence of
six months in this country entered employ of
I. B. Rosenthal & Co. and traveled for the
firm in the South until 1896 — a period of four
teen years; then was placed in charge of mil
linery department of Schafer Bros, and oper
ated same until the house was burned out,
1900; became connected with Penny & Gentles
Dry Goods Co. and rented the millinery de
partment, conducting same until 1909; then
leased the building which had been occupied
by the J. G. Brand Shoe Co. ,and since has
maintained business in millinery, cloaks and
suits. President Louis Ackerman Millinery
Co.; vice president Regent Realty & Invest
ment Co.; director Sonnenfeld Millinery Co.
Jewish religion. Clubs: Columbian, Westwood
Golf. Recreation: golf. Office: 623 N. Broad
way. Residence: 5243 Waterman Ave.
ADAM, Frank, president Frank Adam Elec
tric Co.; born, Freiburg, Baden, Germany, Feb.
2, 1838; son of Frederick and Maria E. Adam;
educated in public schools in Germany; came
to U. S., 1853; married, St. Louis, Jan. 7,
1869, Louisa M. Blattner; children: Frederick
B., William (deceased), Anna M., Harry O,
Edwin C. Began business career at 15 as
watchmaker's apprentice in Newark, N. J.,
and at end of apprenticeship became journey
man watchmaker with Mitchell & Tyler, Rich
mond, Va., remaining with them through three

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years of the war; then watchmaker with
Leannont, Montreal, Canada. Worked for
Jehu Sylvester, St. Louis, 1865-70; with Henry
Blattner, son of Jacob Blattner, succeeded to
latter's optical, mathematical and philosoph
ical instrument business; dissolved partner
ship in 1880, and has since continued in elec
trical manufacturing and construction busi
ness, as president of the Frank Adam Electric
Co. Republican (with reservations). Member
Legion of Honor. Office: .904-916 Pine St.
Residence: 2326 Albion Place.
ADAM, Fred Blattner, secretary and gen
eral manager of Frank Adam Electric Co.;
born, St. Louis, Aug. 9, 1869; son of Frank and
Louisa M. (Blattner) Adam; educated in St.
Louis public schools; married, June 15, 1909,
Rose Schnelle, of St. Louis. On leaving school
became connected with father, and engaged in
electrical engineering and contracting busi
ness, in which has since continued. The busi
ness was incorporated in 1898, as the Frank
Adam Electric Co., of which is secretary and
general manager, the company being electrical
engineers and contractors for electrical con
struction in buildings, wholesale and retail
manufacturers and dealers in gas and electric
lighting fixtures, engineers and manufacturers
of light and power switchboards and other
electrical controlling apparatus. Associate
member of American Institute of Electrical
Engineers. Member Civic League, Business
Men's League. Mason (32°), Shriner. Clubs:
Mercantile, Union. Recreations: hunting and
fishing. Office: 914 Pine St. Residence: 3138
Allen Ave.
ADAMS, Charles Breck, manager Safety
Car Heating and Lighting Co.; born, Philadel
phia, Oct. 12, 1859; son of Alexander Hanson
and Esther Y. (Tybout) Adams; educated in
the Episcopal Academy at Philadelphia, Pa.;
married, Alexandria, Va., 1885, Jennie, daugh
ter of Col. Robert Andrews; children: Robert
Andrews and Helen Marguerite. Was con
nected with the operating department of the
Wabash Railroad, 1880-Oct. 15, 1905, resigning
as superintendent of transportation, in order
to accept present position as manager of the
Safety Car Heating and Lighting Co. Episco
palian. Mason (32°), Knight Templar. Mem
ber Society of the Cincinnati (Delaware),
Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Mercantile, Mis
souri Athletic, St. Louis Railway. Favorite
recreations: yachting, riding and driving. Of
fice: 1014, 705 Olive St. Residence: Fergu
son, Mo.
ADAMS, Charles McDougall; born, Fort
Craig, N. M., April 5, 1855; son of John and
Georgiana (McDougall) Adams; educated at
St. Louis University; married, Indianapolis,
Ind., June, 1902, Helen Shobe. Began railway
service in 1877, with the Iron Mountain R. R.,
in St. Louis, later becoming clerk in general
auditor's office same road, then consecutively,

bill of lading clerk of same, chief clerk Mis
souri Pacific and Iron Mountain railroads,
contracting freight agent for both roads, and
from 1889 to 1907 commercial agent for the
Missouri Pacific R. R.; general agent El Paso
& Southwestern Ry., 1907-11. Democrat. Mem
ber Mound City Council, National Union.
Clubs: Knobel Fishing (director), The Traffic
of St. Louis. Recreations: fishing and hunt
ing. Residence: 352 Whittier St.
*ADAMS, Cleanthus W., millinery; moved
to Centralia, Mo.; see Vol. 1906.
ADAMS, Elmer Bragg, judge; born, Pom-
fret, Vt., Oct. 27, 1842; son of Jarvis and
Eunice (Mitchell) Adams; A.B., Yale Univer
sity, 1865 (LL.D., University of Missouri,
1898, also LL.D., Washington University,
1907); married, Nov. 10, 1870, Emma Rich
mond, of Woodstock, Vt. Went to Georgia
under auspices American Union Commission
and inaugurated system of free schools for
white children at Atlanta and Milledgeville;
returned to Vermont, 1866; studied law there
and at Harvard Law School; admitted Ver
mont bar, 1868; settled in practice, St. Louis,
1868; judge Circuit Court, St. Louis, 1879-85,
declined reelection and resumed practice;
U. S. district judge, Eastern District, Mo.,
1895-1905; U. S. circuit judge, Eighth Judicial
Circuit, since 1905. Special lecturer on succes
sion and wills, University of Missouri. Di
rector American Peace and Arbitration
League; member New England Society, Sons
of the Revolution. Presbyterian. Clubs: Com
mercial, St. Louis, Country. Address: Custom
House, St. Louis. Residence: 25 Westmoreland
Place. ADAMS, John Hurley; deceased; see Vol.
1906. ADAMS, Stephen Seymour, vice president
S. G. Adams Stamp and Seal Co.; born, St.
Louis, Oct. 8, 1885; son of Stephen G. and
Rose (Keiley) Adams; educated in St. Louis
common and high schools, graduating June,
1905; unmarried. Engaged during school vaca
tions, etc., for several years with S. G. Adams
Stamp and Seal Co. (established, 1875, by
father and incorporated on his death, 1893),
and is now vice president of the company;
also vice president Successful Realty Co. Of
fice: 314 N. 6th St. Residence: Buckingham
Hotel. *ADDIE, John Craigen, Salvation Army
officer; moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
ADKINS, Benjamin Conklin, contractor;
born, St. Louis, July 24, 1863; son of Henry
and Isabelle B. (Conklin) Adkins; educated
in public schools and two years at high school
until June, 1880; then one year at Smith
Academy and four years at Washington Uni
versity in engineering course, being grad
uated as B.E., 1886; married, St. Louis, Oct.
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with City Water Department as draftsman,
assistant engineer and engineer, 1886-1903;
water commissioner of St. Louis, 1903-11;
since associated with City Construction Co.
Member American Water "Works Association
(president, 1905-06). Democrat. Presbyterian.
Recreation: outside athletic sports. Residence:
5185 Von Versen Ave.
ADKINS, James, secretary and treasurer
United Railway Co. of St. Louis; born, Cin
cinnati, Ohio, Sept. 1, 1851; son of Henry and
Isabelle B. (Conklin) Adkins; educated public
schools of St. Louis, 1860-64, andWyman's
City University, 1865-67; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 23, 1873, Josephine M. Strassburger;
children: James, Jr., Elmer C, Helen I. En
tered Provident Savings Institution, 1868, as
messenger, and served with it in various ca
pacities, up to teller and assistant cashier,
until its failure, July 14, 1886; assisted Wil
liam H. Thompson, receiver, in liquidation of
affairs of that bank, 1886-88; then with For
est Park Improvement Association, owners of
the ground now known as Westmoreland and
Portland Places, and in June, 1890, became
secretary and treasurer of the Lindell Rail
way Co., and continued until consolidation of
the railways of St. Louis, when was elected to
present position of secretary and treasurer of
the United Railway Co. of St. Louis and of
the St. Louis Transit Co. Member of Business
Men's League. Democrat. Presbyterian.
Member Royal Arcanum, Royal League, Le
gion of Honor. Recreations: reading and the
fine arts. Office: 3869 Park Ave. Residence:
4404 Morgan St.
ADREON, Edward Lawrence, brake manu
facturer; born, St. Louis, Dec. 23, 1847; son
of Stephen AV. and Emily Gates (Learned)
Adreon; educated in Wyman's St. Louis Uni
versity; married, St. Louis, Dec. 23, 1871,
Josephine L. Young (died Dec. 21, 1911); chil
dren: Edward Learned, Josephine M. (de
ceased), Robert Enos. Entered office of Comp
troller of City of St. Louis as clerk, March,
1865, and continued twenty years and one
month, the last eight years (1877-85), as
comptroller, to which office was twice elected.
Was vice president and general manager the
American Brake Co. from April, 1887, to 1910;
now vice president same company, manufac
turers of locomotive brakes, and since Aug. 1,
1888, southwestern manager Westinghouse Air
Brake Co. and Westinghouse Traction Brake
Co. Vice president Broadway Savings Trust
Co.; secretary and treasurer Westinghouse
Automatic Air and Steam Coupler Co.; direct
or Adreon & Co.; president Railway Supply
Manufacturers' Association; president Emery
Pneumatic Lubricator Co. Republican.- Mem
ber Business Men's League, Manufacturers'
Association; vice president Latin-American
Club. Episcopalian. Mason; member A. O. U.
W., Legion of Honor. Clubs: St. Louis Repub

lican, Noonday, Mercantile, St. Louis, Mis
souri Athletic, Adirondack League (N. Y.).
Recreations: fishing and hunting. Office: 31S
Security Bldg. Residence: 5713 Cabanne Ave.
ADREON, Edward L., Jr., railway supplies;
born, St. Louis, Oct. 14, 1872; son of E. L.
and Josephine L. (Young) Adreon; educated
in manual training and public schools, fol
lowed by two years electrical study and prac
tical work; married, St. Louis, Sept. 16, 1901,
Clemence Clark; children: William Clark,
Clemence Josephine, Josephine Eleanor.
Started in shops of American Brake Co. to
learn trade, 1888; assistant to superintendent,
Missouri Electric Light Co., 1890-93; in 1893
started with the Sargent Company of Chicago
as southwestern agent to sell brake shoes and
steel castings, and still continues that busi
ness as St. Louis agent for the American
Brake Shoe and Foundry Co., a. combination
of the Sargent and other large companies. In
1904 formed the Adreon Manufacturing Co.
(railway supplies), of which is president; vice
president Acme Pipe Clamp Co. Mason. Club:
Missouri Athletic. Recreation: motoring. Of
fice: Security Bldg. Residence: 5713 Cabanne
Avenue. ADREON, Robert Enos, general manager
American Brake Co.; born, St. Louis, Nov. 1,
1876; son of Edward Lawrence and Josephine
L. (Young) Adreon; educated in public
schools of St. Louis; Smith Academy; Purdue
University, Lafayette, Ind., graduating with
degree of B.S. in Mechanical Engineering,
1902; unmarried. Began active career as as
sistant engineer of Imperial Electric Light &
Power Co., St. Louis, 1902; inspector Westing
house Automatic Air and Steam Coupler Co.,
1903-04, and mechanical engineer same com
pany, 1905-06; southwestern representative
Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., engineers,
1907-08; assistant general manager American
Brake Co., 1908-10, inclusive, and general
manager same company since Jan. 1, 19li,
also member board directors; director Emery
Pneumatic Lubricating Co.; vice president
and general manager Westinghouse Automatic
Air & Steam Coupler Co. Member Business
Men's League. Republican. Episcopalian.
Member Sigma Chi college fraternity; secre
tary Missouri Society, Sons American Revolu
tion. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Missouri
Athletic, St. Louis Engineers, Meramec Canoe.
Recreations: motoring and outdoor sports.
Office: 1932 N. Broadway. Residence: 5713
Cabanne Ave.
AEHLE, Charles Speck, jeweler; born,
Boonville, Mo., July 5, 1867; son of Carl Franz
and Eliza Jane (Mack) Aehle; attended pri
vate schools until 1881, then at public school,
Boonville, Mo., until 1884; married, St. Louis,
Sept. 28, 1892, Jennie Lee Carver; two chil
dren: Elise Rebecca, Charles Carver. Finished
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1884, was grocery clerk; in August, 1884,
started as apprentice to S. S. Hannaca, Boon
ville, Mo., to learn trade of watchmaker and
jeweler, serving three years; came to St.
Louis, Sept. 21, 1887, to work for Merrick,
Walsh & Phelps Jewelry Co., remaining with
them until 1890; then worked in china store
at Boonville, Mo., 1890-91; employed with E.
Jaceard Jewelry Co., St. Louis, 1891-98, then
returned to Merrick, Walsh & Phelps Jewelry
Co. until they retired from business, 1901,
then joined in organizing the Whelan, Aehle,
Hutchinson Jewelry Co., retailers of jewelry
and silverware and manufacturers of diamond
and other fine jewelry, of which he is secre
tary and treasurer. Was president of Jury
No. 5, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904.
Democrat. Episcopalian. Favorite recreations:
literature and music. Office: 621 Locust St.
Residence: 4608 Morgan St.
AG-LAR, Leslie, bond broker; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 8, 1876; son of James Francis and
lone (Armstrong) Aglar; educated in public
schools, St. Louis, Macon, Mo. (one year), and
Charlottesville, Va., 1896; married, Apr. 17,
1906, Gertrude M. Rockwood. Was with the
Drummond Tobacco Co., as clerk, from 1896
until the company sold out in 1898; then with
Union Pacific R. R., as clerk, for 18 months;
clerk for Drummond, Betts & Co., bankers and
brokers, 1901-02; member firm of John N.
Drummond, Jr. & Co., brokers in stocks, 1902-
06; manager Tracy & Co., 1906-08; since man
ager bond department Paul Brown & Co.
Member St. Louis Merchants' Exchange.
Democrat. Episcopalian. Clubs: St. Louis,
Mercantile. Office: Pierce Bldg. Residence:
375 N. Taylor St.
AHERN, Albert M., secretary Funsten Bros.
& Co., raw furs; born, St. Louis, Feb. 17,
1880; son of Cornelius R. and Fannie L.
(Matthews) Ahern; educated in Christian
Brothers College, St. Louis; unmarried. Be
gan business career with Funsten Bros. & Co.,
1896; worked up through various positions,
and elected secretary and director, May, 1907;
secretary and treasurer Polk Land & Invest
ment Co.; director Gausmann-Parker Furni
ture Co.; secretary Funsten Fur Exchange.
Independent in politics. Catholic. Club: City.
Recreation: automobiling. Office: 2nd and
Elm Sts. Residence: 5972 Von Versen Ave.
AHERN, Cornelius Peter, musician, and
principal dancing academy; born, St. Louis,
Jan. 19, 1856; son of Jeremiah Bond and
Bridget (Cannon) Ahern; educated in public
schools and Christian Brothers College, Mem
phis, Tenn.; married, St. Louis, May 29, 1905,
Catherine T. Moran, of Cincinnati. Secured
employment in St. Louis in 1877; went to
Chicago, 1879, and was connected with orches
tras in that city for a year and a half; was
employed at Cincinnati Musical Exposition at
time of flood, 1884; returning to St. Louis en

gaged as clerk with Claflin-AUen-Thayer Shoe
Co. and later with Giesekoke & Mysenberg,
shoe manufacturers, for four years; spent one
year with Bryn & Brown Shoe Co. and six
years in employ of the Tennant & Walker
Shoe Co. Established two dancing academies
in the city, about 1896, and has ever since
been identified with that line of business;
principal Ahern & Albers Cave Hall Dancing
Academy. Visited the musical centers of Eu
rope in 1905 to make observations as to meth
ods, etc.; member International Association
Masters of Dancing. Democrat. Catholic.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Irish American, St.
Louis, Democratic. Recreation: music. Office
and Residence: 2837 Olive St.
AHRENS, August; deceased; see Vol. 1906.
AIPLE, Albert John, deceased; see Vol.
1906. AKIN, Thomas, grain commission; born,
New Bedford, Mass., Oct. 21, 1838; son of
Seth Kelley and Roby (Taber) Akin; edu
cated in public schools of New Bedford,
Mass., graduating from high school; married,
New Bedford, Mass., Oct. 3, 1866, Annie T.
Macomber; children: Thomas Russell, Robert
Macomber. In grain business at Chicago, 1862-
79; came to St. Louis, July, 1879, and estab
lished firm of E. A. Kent & Co., which firm
dissolved in 1884; has since conducted busi
ness under own name. Member St. Louis Mer
chants' Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade,
Citizens' Industrial Association. Republican.
Member of the Society of Friends. Club: St.
Louis. Office: Bank of Commerce Bldg. Resi
dence: 5226 Washington Boul.
AKINS, Thomas Jasper, postmaster of St.
Louis; born in Cedar Co., Mo., Aug. 14, 1852
son of John and Mary J. (Halbert) Akins
educated public and private schools in Mis
souri; married, Humansville, Mo., Nov. 23,
1871, Sarah Elizabeth Green; children: James
Duff, Zoe Byrd and Marie. Taught in public
schools until 1872; engaged in merchandising
and banking in Humansville, Mo., 1872-99.
Elected chairman Missouri Republican State
Committee, 1898, 1900, 1902; member Repub
lican National Committee, since 1904; assist
ant treasurer of United States at St. Louis
from January, 1904, to May 15, 1909; ap
pointed postmaster of St. Louis, May 15, 1909,
term of four years. President Bank of Hu
mansville, 1892-99. Baptist. Republican. Ma
son, Knight Templar, Shriner; member Mod
ern Woodmen of America. Recreations: hunt
ing and fishing. Office: Custom House. Resi
dence: 2427 McLaran Ave.
ALBACH, James B., broker; see Vol. 1906.
ALBERS, Claus Henry, grain commission
merchant; 1836-1912; see Vol. 1906.
ALBERS, Clifford Hugh, vice president and
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St. Louis, Feb. 4, 1879; son of Claus Henry
and Hetta May. (Hamlin) Albers; educated in
Peabody School, St. Louis, 1884-85; Lach-
mund's School, 1886-89; Smith Academy, 1891-
94; entered Missouri Military Academy, Mex
ico, Mo., from which graduated, 1896; mar
ried, Chicago, Nov. 1, 1911, Elizabeth Mary
Aekhoff. Began business career with National
Linseed Oil Co., Chicago, 1897, and continued
to 1898; has since been connected with C. H.
Albers Commission Co., grain; elected assist
ant secretary, treasurer and director, 1900,
now vice president and treasurer. Member
Military Order Loyal Legion of the United
States. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: St.
Louis, Automobile, Noonday, Knobel. Recrea
tion: tennis. Office: 626 Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: Washington Hotel.
ALBERT, Leon Joseph, Jr., banker; born,
Cape Girardeau, Mo., Sept. 12, 1869; son of
Leon Joseph and Clara Given (Haydoek) Al
bert; attended State Normal School, Cape Gi
rardeau, 1886; Col. Huse Academy, Highland
Falls, N. Y.; U. S. Military Academy, West
Point, one year; married, Cape Girardeau,
Sept. 24, 1890, Mary Juden; three children:
Geraldine, Mary and Martha. Entered Sturde-
vant Bank, Cape Girardeau, as clerk, 1887,
and was made assistant cashier, 1892, and
cashier, 1898, serving until 1909; organized
three banks and one building and loan asso
ciation; director and treasurer Commercial
Trust Co., St. Louis, since July, 1909. Served
four years, 1st lieutenant to major 6th Mis
souri Infantry; organized and supervised Cen
tennial Celebration of incorporation of Cape
Girardeau, 1906; was delegate to first Deep
Waterway Convention; for six years member
Board of Education, Cape Girardeau; served
on legislative committee during H. M. Ruby's
term as president Missouri Bankers' Asso
ciation. Democrat. Presbyterian. Member
Knights of Pythias, B. P. O. Elks. Recrea
tions: fond of arts; hunting. Office: Jefferson
Ave. and Olive St. Residence: 5938 Romaine
Place. ALCORN, J. Floyd, dental surgeon; born,
Lapeer, Mich., May 12, 1883; son of John K.
and Elnora L. (Read) Alcorn; educated pub
lic schools of Saginaw, Mich.; graduated from
Saginaw High School; School of Mechanical
Engineering, Saginaw, May, 1902; D.D.S.,
Dental School, Washington University, June,
1906; married, St. Louis, Feb. 1, 1907, Belvie
G; James. In practice in St. Louis since June,
1905. Member International Dental Associa
tion, Missouri State Dental Association, St.
Louis Dental Society, St. Louis Society of
Dental Science, Washington University
Alumni Association (secretary), etc. Repub
lican. Methodist. Mason and Odd Fellow.
Member Men's Club of Ethical Society. Of
fice: 2905 N. Newstead Ave. Residence: 3126
N. Taylor Ave.

ALEXANDER, Frank J., merchant; born,
Piqua, O., July 1, 1878; son of Alexander Wal
lace and Mary (Jarvis) Alexander; educated
in public schools of Piqua; public schools of
St. Louis one year and Manual Training
School three years; married, St. Louis, Oct.
16, 1901, Maude L. Garber; two sons: Francis
F. and Charles G. Has lived in St. Louis since
1892; president Rosedale Feed Co., dealers in
hay, grain and coal; director Savings Trust
Co. Member Merchants' Exchange. Repub
lican. Episcopalian. Member board of direct
ors Ohio Society; member Royal Arcanum.
Club: Missouri Athletic. Recreation: baseball.
Office: 943 Hodiamont Ave. Residence: Cates-
Hamilton Apts.
ALEXANDER, Moses Harvey, funeral di
rector; born, Waynesboro, Augusta Co., Va.,
July 9, 1857; son of William Benton and
Sarah (Maxwell) Alexander; attended schools
in Virginia; married, Miami, Mo., Oct. 10,
1883, Eliza Hawkins Guthrey; children: Wil
liam Guthrey, Sarah Seymore, Mary Gibson,
M. Harvey, Jr., Elizabeth Lee, Marceline
Emma. Left Virginia and went to Kansas
City, Mo., remained but short time; engaged
.in undertaking and livery business, at Mar
shall, Saline Co., Mo., 1882-93; since in busi
ness as funeral director in St. Louis. Also
president Modern Realty Co.; director Bere-
dith Realty Co. Member State Board of Em
balming for four years; city undertaker of
St. Louis four years and four months. Presi
dent State, and vice president National Fu
neral Directors ' associations. Democrat. Epis
copalian; member Church of the Ascension.
Mason (Occidental Lodge, St. Louis Chapter,
St. Aldemar Commandery, Knight Templar,
Missouri Consistory); Odd Fellow; member
Maccabees. Club: Oasis. Recreation: fishing.
Office: 2835 Olive St. Residence: 5603 Clem
ens Ave.
ALLAN, George Harvey, vice president
Hargadine-McKittrick Dry Goods Co.; born,
St. Louis, May 22, 1873; son of George Win
chester and Nellie (Emslie) Allan; educated
in public schools of St. Louis. Cash boy Wil
liam Barr Dry Goods Co., 1885-87; then for
five years with Janis, Saunders & Co., whole
sale dry goods, in which worked up until be
came partner in the house; since 1891 with
the Hargadine-McKittrick Dry Goods Co., be
ginning as salesman; later bought stock in
the company and afterwards was elected di
rector, secretary, and is now second vice
president. Member Legion of Honor, Royal
Arcanum. Office: 911-919 Washington Ave.
* ALLAN, John Egbert, manufacturer; now
living in Europe; see Vol. 1906.
ALLCORN, Marion S., first assistant secre
tary Wagner Electric Manufacturing Co.;
born, Sacramento, Cal., Aug. 30, 1873; son of
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educated in public schools of Missouri City
and Atchison, Kan., and commercial colleges
of Atchison and St. Louis; unmarried. After
leaving school served as telegraph operator;
manager of the Racket Store, Missouri City,
1889-91; engaged in poultry business at At
chison, Kan., 1891-96; returned to St. Louis in
1896; became identified with S. M. Dodd and
the American Brake Co. as stenographer in
1900; elected assistant secretary Broadway
Realty Co., and Central Real Estate Co., 1905;
first assistant secretary Wagner Electric
Manufacturing Co., 1907; secretary and treas
urer Chippewa & Oak Hill Realty Co., 1908;
secretary Broadway Realty Co., 1909; vice
president Jackson County Coal Co., 1909. Is
now a member of the board of directors of all
the above named companies except the Wag
ner Electric Mfg. Co. and has been for nine
years confidential secretary to S. M. Dodd.
Independent in politics. Member Missouri
Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. M.; Kilwinning
Chapter, No. 50, R. A. M. Club: Arcadia
Country. Recreations: hunting and fishing.
Office: 1115, 415 Pine St. Residence: 4222
Cleveland Ave.
ALLEN, Andrew" Aniel, railway official, re
tired; born, Monmouth, 111., 1857; common
school education. Entered railway service,
1871, as telegraph messenger C, B. & Q. R. R.;
later operator, clerk, and ticket seller; oper
ator, assistant train dispatcher and train dis
patcher, Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Ry., 1875-
81; ticket agent at Chicago and train
master, Peoria, Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific
Ry., 1881-82; on Wisconsin Central Ry. as
division superintendent, superintendent, gen
eral superintendent, and assistant general
manager, 1882-89; general manager Chicago
& Northern Pacific and Chicago & Calumet
Terminal Rys., 1889-92; superintendent con
struction, Everett & Monte Cristo R. R., 1892-
93; from 1893 with Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Ry. Co. as general superintendent, assistant
general manager, vied president and general
manager and president; retired Apr. 1, 1912,
and since consulting director M., K. & T.
R. R. Clubs: St. Louis, Commercial, Missouri
Athletic, Noonday, Racquet, Bellerive Coun
try, Century Boat, Franklin and Round Table.
Address: St. Louis.
ALLEN, Charles Claflin, judge; born, St.
Louis, July 25, 1855; son of John Arthur and
Jane Elizabeth (White) Allen; educated
Washington University; Princeton, A.B., 1875,
A.M., 1878; LL.B., St. Louis Law School,
1877; married, St. Louis, Mar. 27, 1890, Carrie
Louise Richards; children: Grace and Claflin.
Admitted to Missouri bar, 1877; member law
firm Johnson, Allen & Richards until 1907.
Elected judge of Circuit Court, City of
St. Louis, 1907, for a term of six years.
Member Missouri House of Representatives,
1881-82; associate city counselor, St. Louis,

1895-1901; lecturer medical jurisprudence, St.
Louis Medical College. One of organizers
Civil Service Reform Association, Missouri
(ex-president); author of corrupt practices
act of Missouri, and active in promoting pas
sage of Australian ballot law; one of organ
izers Universal Congress Lawyers and Jurists,
St. Louis, 1904. Republican. Presbyterian.
Member American Bar Association (executive
committee, 1895-1900), Missouri Bar Associa
tion, Bar Association, St. Louis (president,
1895), Legion of Honor of Missouri. Clubs:
Princeton, St. Louis. Contributor to law jour
nals. Address: 6 Court House. Residence:
3727 Westminster Place.
ALLEN, Charles Frederick; see Vol. 1906.
ALLEN, Clifford Butter, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Nov. 6, 1863; son of Edmund T. and
Sylvia Taber (Bowen) Allen; educated in St.
Louis public schools; Yale University, A.B.,
1885; Washington University, LL.B., 1887;
married, St. Louis, Feb. 6, 1905, Jane Temple;
three children: Jane, Edmund T. and Ruth.
Admitted to bar in 1886; since 1887 engaged
in practice of law in firm of E. T. and C. B.
Allen. Captain and judge advocate, Missouri
National Guard, 1895-98; served in war with
Spain, 1898, as captain Company K, 1st Regi
ment Missouri Volunteer Infantry. Repub
lican. President of St. Louis Bar Association;
member Civic League. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar, Shriner. Clubs : Mercantile, Missouri
Athletic, City, Union. Office: 920 Wainwright
Bldg. Residence: 2010 Longfellow Ave.
ALLEN, Edmund Thompson, lawyer; 1836-
1912; see Vol. 1906.
ALLEN, George Ball; see Vol. 1906.
ALLEN, George D., paper merchant; 1857-
1910; see Vol. 1906.
ALLEN, George L., born in St. Louis, 1852;
son of Gerard B. Allen; public school edu
cation; married, St. Louis, Lilly McCreery;
children: Frances, Gerard B., George, Mary,
Samuel H., Isabelle (Mrs. Tyson Dines), Sid
ney, Wayman C. ' Was connected with the
Fulton Iron Works (established by his father),
of which was president until 1906; sinee one
of trustees of father's estate. Also director
Publishers: George Knapp & Co.; etc. Mem
ber City Art Museum. Clubs: St. Louis,
University, Noonday, St. Louis Amateur
Athletic (life member), St. Louis Country,
Log Cabin, Quivre. Office: 906 La Salle
Bldg. Residence: 26 Westmoreland PI.
ALLEN, George W., retired; born, St.
Louis, Mar. 31, 1852; son of Thomas and Ann
(Russell) Allen; educated in public schools
and Washington University; married, Mount
Pleasant, Pa., 1876, Lydia J. McMillan; chil
dren: Thomas, Clare, Elizabeth W., George
W. H., W. Reid; married, 2d, Atlanta, Ga.,
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Began at seventeen as express messenger on
Iron Mountain R. R.; then private secretary
to father (who was president Iron Mountain
R. R.), so continuing until the road was sold
to the Gould interests; assisted father in con
struction of the Southern Hotel, 1880-81, and
organized the Southern Hotel Co., of which
was secretary and treasurer (now director);
in railroad tie business with S. W. Crawford
& Co., 1873-81; an organizer, 1902, and since
vice president and treasurer East St. Louis
Locomotive & Machine Shop Co.; etc. Had
charge of Missouri exhibit and erected Mis
souri building at Centennial Exposition, Phila
delphia, 1876, receiving medal and diploma.
Democrat; Cleveland presidential elector,
1884; president City Council, St. Louis, 1885-
89, and mayor pro tern, of St. Louis, January
to April, 1889, on resignation of Mayor Fran
cis; delegate-at-large, Democratic National
Convention, Chicago, 1896. Presbyterian.
Club: Missouri Athletic. Residence: 5861 Ca
banne Ave.
ALLEN, Henry Woodward, lawyer; born,
Pittsfield, Mass., Sept. 6, 1876; son of William
Russell and Louisa Billings (Woodward)
Allen; educated at St. Paul's School, Con
cord, N. H., 1888-93; Trinity College, A.B.,
1897; Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1900; un
married. Admitted to bar, December, 1900; in
general practice until 1910; since counsel for
Title Guaranty Trust Co. and American Trust
Co. Secretary Syenite Granite Co., Southern
Hotel Co.; secretary-treasurer Allen Estate
Association; director Belcher Water Bath and
Hotel Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs:
University, Racquet, Bellerive Country. Rec
reation: golf. Office: 710 Chestnut St. Resi
dence: 3737 Washington Ave.
ALLEN, Howard Frank, fire insurance;
born, Alton, 111., Feb. 13, 1880; son of George
R. and Anna Elizabeth (Piatt) Allen; edu
cated at private school, Alton; Smith Acad
emy, St. Louis, graduating 1898; Yale Uni
versity, graduating, Ph.B., 1901; married,
May 3, 1911, Virginia Scott, of Los Angeles,
Cal. Began in the brokerage business, Sep
tember, 1901, with firm of Drummond, Betts
& Co.; firm reorganized as John N. Drum
mond, Jr., & Co., of which was member, 1903-
07; since second vice president Underwriters'
Service Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Club:
Noonday. Recreations: golf, tennis and other
outdoor diversions. Office: 602, 506 Olive St.
Residence: 1004 State St., Alton, 111.
ALLEN, James Edward, railway official;
born, Louisiana, Mo., Apr. 6, 1879; son of
Flemin J. and Nancy (Jeans) Allen; edu
cated in public schools; married, St. Louis,
Apr. 8, 1903, Jessie Murray; one daughter,
Helen Louise. Began as clerk in general
freight office of Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry.,
at St. Louis, and continued, Apr. 1, 1895- Oc
tober, 1898; clerk freight claim department

St. Louis Southwestern Ry., Oct. 1, 1898-Jan.
1, 1901; clerk general freight 'department M.,
K. & T. Ry., St. Louis, Jan. 1, 1901-June 1,
1906; chief clerk same office, June 1, 1906-
June 1, 1908; assistant general freight agent
St. Louis Southwestern Ry. of Texas, at Ty
ler, Tex., June 1, 1908-June 1, 1909; since as
sistant general freight agent at St. Louis,
same road. Democrat. Protestant. Clubs: St.
Louis, Liederkranz. Recreations: golf and
baseball. Office: 1531 Pierce Bldg. Residence:
1402 Semple Ave.
ALLEN, James Henry, president Allen-
West Commission Co.; born, Baldwyn, Miss.,
Mar. 4, 1844; son of David M. and S. A.
Allen; educated in Mississippi and Virginia;
while attending school in Virginia the war
broke out; enlisted in 42d Virginia Infantry,
C.S.A., and served in Logan's Brigade, Stone
wall Jackson's Division, Army of Northern
Virginia; wounded at battle of Cross Keys in
1862; after recovery served under Gen. For
rest until close of the war; married, Oct. 27,
1868, Miss Loraine Weston, of Tennessee. Af
ter war engaged in cotton business, first at
Mobile, Ala., and later at New Orleans and
Memphis, 1875-1900; moved to St. Louis, 1890,
and took charge with Mr. West of the Allen-
West Commission Co. (incorporated, 1887),
cotton factors and general commission mer
chants, of which is president. Has been con
tinuously in the cotton factorage business
since 1865. Member St. Louis Merchants' Ex
change, St. Louis Cotton Exchange; formerly
member New Orleans Cotton Exchange, Mem1
phis Cotton Exchange. Member Christian
Church. Recreation: church work. Office: 104
S. Main St. Residence: 5061 Lindell Ave.
ALLEN, John Oran, commission merchant
in grain, etc.; born, Milton, Pike Co., 111.,
Feb. 19, 1869; son of Charles I. and Louisa J.
(Grimes) Allen; educated in public schools
and in Bryant and Stratton Business College;
married, St. Louis, Sept. 30, 1891, Virginia
Nadeau; children: Virginia, Clara. Began
business career in employ of Messmore, Gan
nett & Co., grain commission merchants, 1888,
and has remained with that firm and its suc
cessors, Messmore, Morton & Co., and since
1900, as member of the firm of Morton & Co.
Member Merchants ' Exchange of St. Louis.
Recreations: shooting and fishing. Office:
509-510 Chamber of Commerce. Residence: 4
Shaw Place.
ALLENDER, Samuel E., chief of detectives
St. Louis Police Department; born at Balti
more, Md., June 21, 1862; son of Charles W.
and Mary E. (Aler) Allender; common school
education; married, 2d, Los Angeles, Calv
Apr. 30, 1912, Mrs. Minnie Gregg. Engaged in
railroad business until twenty-five; became
connected with police department of St. Louis,
1883; was made a detective, 1890; resigned,
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cret service department of Frisco Ry.; re
entered city police department as detective,
1911, was made assistant chief of detectives,
May 27, 1911, and chief of detectives, June
1 following. Has been identified successfully
with many important cases. Mason, Knight
Templar, Shriner. Recreation: athletics. Of
fice: Police Headquarters, 208 S. 12th St.
Residence: 4946 McPherson Ave.
ALLER, Harry Stone, wholesale jeweler;
born, Albion, Mich., Jan. 13, 1876; son of
A. L. and Lida (Stone) Aller; educated at
Englewood High School, Chicago, 111.; mar
ried, Chicago, June 7, 1900, Minnie L. Lee;
children: Lotta Lee and Charles Lee. On
leaving high school at age of 19, became clerk
for five years in jewelry department of Mar
shall Field & Co. (wholesale), Chicago; then
became stock clerk in jewelry and watch de
partment of Stein & Elbogen Co., wholesale
jewelry, Chicago, for two years; then buyer
for same firm six months; was buyer for three
years for L. Bauman Jewelry Co. of St. Louis,
until organized, May 1, 1905, the Aller-New-
man-Wilmes Jewelry Co., wholesale jewelers,
of which was secretary and treasurer until
May, 1910, since president; treasurer of Aller-
Wilmes Jewelry Co. (wholesale dealers). Re
publican. Methodist. Favorite recreations:
hunting, fishing and tennis. Office: 600-604
Globe-Democrat Bldg. Residence: Ferguson,
Missouri. ALLISON, James William, glass manufac
turer; born in Boone Co., Mo., Oct. 11, 1844;
son of Dr. Nathaniel and Martha Frances
(Sullinger) Allison; educated in private
school, Mexico, Mo., one year, McGee College,
Macon Co., Mo., three years, St. Charles (Mo.)
College, 1857-60; married, St. Louis, Nov. 22,
1870, Addie Shultz; children: Dr. Nathaniel,
Frances, Mrs.. J. P. Tirrill, of St. Louis. En
tered retail drug business as apprentice, 1860,
and after finishing apprenticeship clerked for
several years; then established as retail drug
gist on own account, and afterward was in
jobbing drug business until 1872, when en
gaged in the glass manufacturing business;
vice president and business manager Eldred
Window Glass Co. and American French Bel
gian Co. Appointed chairman of the Board of
Election Comissioners by Gov. Folk, 1906.
Independent Democrat. Member Sons of
American Revolution. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar, Shriner. Presbyterian. Club: Noon
day. Office: 606 Security Bldg. Residence:
5003 Waterman Ave.
¦ ALLISON, Nathaniel, physician; born, St.
Louis, 1876; son of J. W. and Addie (Shultz)
Allison; educated in Harvard College and Har
vard Medical School, M.D., 1901; married, 1909,
Marion Aldrich. Began practice of orthopedic
surgery, 1902; orthopedic surgeon City, St.
Louis Children's, Washington University and
St. Luke hospitals. Clubs: University, Rac

quet, Bellerive Country. Office: Humboldt
Bldg. Residence: 4917 Berlin Ave.
ALOE, David B., vice president A. S. Aloe
Co., opticians; born, St. Louis, June 26, 1869;
son of Albert S. and Isabella Aloe; educated
at Wyman Institute, Alton, 111., and Kemper
School, Boonville, Mo.; unmarried. After leav
ing school, 1886, entered business of A. S. Aloe
Co., opticians (established by father, 1860),
beginning in the factory and working through
until became vice president, 1895. Mason
(32°); member Knights of Pythias, Royal Ar
canum, Elks (Past Exalted Ruler). Clubs:
Columbian, Missouri Athletic, St. Louis Rid
ing (president). Recreations: hunting and
horseback riding. Republican. Office: 513
Olive St. Residence: Washington Hotel.
ALOE, Louis P., merchant in optical goods;
born, St. Louis, July 20, 1867; son of A. S. and
Isabella (Hill) Aloe; educated at Stoddard
School, Wyman Institute and Washington Uni
versity; married, St. Louis, February, 1897,
Edith Rosenblatt; children: Clara Belle, Vio
la, Louise Isabelle. Engaged in optical busi
ness from 1883, now president A. S. Aloe Co.
President Nat. Assn. of Surgical and Optical
Dealers. Member Associated Retailers of St.
Louis, Merchants' League (ex-president). Re
publican. Secretary Young Republican Asso
ciation of Missouri; member Republican State
Executive Committee; member Board of Elec
tion Commissioners of St. Louis, Civic League.
Club: Columbian (president). Recreation:
golf. Office: 513 Olive St. Residence: 4535
Maryland Ave.
ALT, Adolf (Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm),
physician; born, Mannheim, Germany, Aug.
13, 1851; son of Dettmar (physician) and
Maria (Ehebald) Alt; graduated from Uni
versity of Heidelberg, Germany, M.D., 1875;
served as volunteer throughout Franco-German
War, 1870-71; military surgeon in Strassburg,
1875; married, Holley, N. Y., 1879, Miss H.
B. Hpughtaling. Came to St. Louis, 1880, and
now engaged in medical practice; clinical pro
fessor of ophthalmology, Medical Dept., Wash
ington University. Member Ophthalmological
Society, American Otological Society, Ameri
can Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-
Laryngology, American Medical Association,
Missouri Medical Association, St. Louis Medi
cal Society, Verein Deutscher Aerzte, St. Louis
Academy of Science (ex-president), etc. Edi
tor American Journal of Ophthalmology. Of
fice: 316 Metropolitan Bldg. Residence: 3819
W. Pine Boul.
• ALTHEIMER, Benjamin, bond and stock
broker; born, Darmstadt, Germany, Mar. 6,
1850; son Moses and Salome (Loew) Althei-
iner; educated at the Rheinhardt Institute and
Realschule in Darmstadt, and by private in
struction in mathematics and languages at
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Feb. 3, 1880, Jennie Eisenstadt (died 1883);
one daughter: Selma E., who married Arthur
W. Weil, attorney at law, New York. Began
active career in general merchandise business
with brother, at Forest City, Ark., continuing,
1868-72; moved to Memphis, Tenn., 1872, where
he was connected with F. M. White & Co.,
wholesale grocers and cotton factors, until
1875; went abroad for a period and came to St.
Louis in 1876, served as president for several
years of the Eisenstadt Manufacturing Co.,
and is still a director of the company; en
gaged as broker and dealer in bonds and stocks
since 1886; president of the Altheimer & Raw-
lings Investment Co. Member Board of St.
Louis Public Library; founder, 1912, Citizens'
Emergency Relief Association; national treas
urer Jewish (non-sectarian) Hospital for Con
sumptives, Denver, Colo.; director Jewish Or
phan Asylum, Cleveland, O., and identified
with educational, philanthropic and civic af
fairs. Republican. Mason (33°). Clubs: Co
lumbian, Noonday, Glen Echo Country, West-
wood Country, Franklin (treasurer), Lieder
kranz, Deutscher Verein (treasurer). Recrea
tions: reading and walking. Office: 207 N.
Broadway. Residence: Buckingham Hotel.
ALTHOUS, Jacob, contractor and builder;
born, Hessen-Nassau, Germany, July 5, 1860;
son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Mueller) Alt-
hous; educated in public schools; married, St.
Louis, December, 1887, Catherine Marburger;
five children: William J., Frieda M., Karl J.,
Ottilie R., Gustav Adolph. Learned carpen
ter's trade in native land; came to America,
1884, and worked at trade in St. Louis; has
engaged as general contractor and builder
since 1893; head of Althous Construction Co.
since 1905; erected the Federal Bldg. at Ft.
Riley, Kan., the Post Office Bldg. at Pine
Bluff, Ark., and many private residences in
St. Louis and elsewhere. Republican. Member
German Evangelical Church. Office: 609, 810
Olive St. Residence: 2248 Holly Ave.
ALVORD, Bruce Clarke; 1837-1909; see
Vol. 1906.
*ALVORD, Everett Morton, railway official;
moved to Muskogee, Okla.; see Vol. 1906.
AMBLER, Arthur Burkardyke, insurance;
see Vol. 1906.
AMBLER, Edwin Price, heating contract
or; born, Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 12, 1845;
son of David and Mary (MeKinney) Ambler;
educated in Philadelphia public schools; mar
ried, Philadelphia, May 1, 1872, Mary A. Wil-
lingmeyer; children: Cleason (of Mesa
Grande, Cal.), Edwin P., Jr., Charles W.,
James F. (deceased), J. W. Owen (of Cananee,
Mexico), Letitia (Mrs. Arthur Stone, of Mesa
Grande, Cal.), Harry A. Served in Ninety-
ninth Pennsylvania Infantry, from Gettys
burg to Appomattox, in Army of Potomac,
1863-65; came to St. Louis, 1865, and began

as steam fitter with Hunt Owen for four
years; after that was steamboat engineer on
all the rivers of the Mississippi Valley until
1871, then stationary engineer until 1883;
city salesman for Vacuum Oil Co. for nine
years, then heating contractor on own account
from 1892 until April, 1905, when became sec
retary and treasurer of the Missouri Heating
and Construction Co., heating contractors, un
til 1906; since in same line on own account.
Member Brotherhood of Stationary Engineers;
member Building Industries. Republican. Ma
son (32°); member Polar Star Lodge, Mis
souri Chapter, R. A. M., Ascalon Commandery,
Knights Templar, Moolah Temple, Mystic
Shrine; also member Occidental Chapter, O. E.
S. Recreation: fishing. Office: 2822 La Salle
St. Residence: 4050 Russell Ave.
AMBLER, Thomas Marshall; see Vol. 1906.
AMBRUSTER, William, embalmer and fu
neral director; born, St. Louis, July 6, 1862;
son of John and Mary (Kramer) Ambruster;
educated St. Louis public schools and Lincoln
night school, 7th and Chestnut Sts.; studied
anatomy and embalming while superintendent
of St. Louis Morgue; married, St. Louis, Aug.
9, 1893, Edith E. Reno; two children: Robert
J. and Ruth. Worked at hard labor earlier
years, such as railway section hand, farm la
borer, teamster, etc.; superintendent St. Louis
Morgue, 1898-1900; engaged in undertaking
business since 1900 and now owns one of the
finest establishments of the kind in the West.
President and professor embalming and sani
tary science, St. Louis College of Embalming;
member Missouri Undertakers ' and Funeral Di
rectors ' Association, St. Louis Undertakers'
Association. Republican. Mason; member Odd
Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum,
Knights of Maccabees, Junior Order United
American Mechanics; secretary General Re
lief Committee, I. O. O. F., since 1896. As a
boy met with Indians many times while they
were in camp at 18-20 Randolph St. on their
way to Washington. Recreation: fishing. Of
fice and Residence: 4232-4234 Manchester Ave.
AMEISS, Frederick C, physician; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 16, 1859; son of David and Eliza
beth (Eckert) Ameiss; educated in private
school, St. Louis; graduated Concordia Col
lege, Fort Wayne, Ind., 1879, and Missouri
Medical College, M.D., 1882; married, St.
Louis, Aug. 6, 1884, Therese Lindenschmit (now
deceased) ; one daughter, Therese E. Engaged
in general medical practice in St. Louis since
1882. Late clinical professor of gynecology,
St. Louis Post-Graduate School of Medicine
and Missouri Medical College. President since
October, 1911, Wild Flower Honey Co., incor
porated, with large apiaries in Missouri and
Arkansas. Member St. Louis Medical Society,
St. Louis Obstetrical and Gynecological Socie
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ations: hunting and fishing. Office: 3804 Olive
St. Residence: 4908 Euclid Terrace.
AMES, Clair Elwood, clergyman; born, Min
neapolis, Minn., Dec. 4, 1873; son of James A.
and Elizabeth A. (Ensign) Ames; educated in
public schools of Minneapolis to 1892; North
western University, 1892-94; University of
Minnesota, 1894-95; Columbia University, New
York City, 1901-04; graduated from Drew The
ological Seminary, Madison, N. J., with degree
of B.D., 1905; married, Chicago, Sept. 4, 1899,
Olive M. Martinson; five children: Arthur E.,
Harold W., Marion F., Hazel V., Ensign D.
Ordained to ministry Methodist Episcopal
Church, 1903; pastor First Church, Pelican
Rapids, Minn., 1899-1902, New York City, 1903-
09, St. Paul's Church, Hartford, Conn., 1909-
11; executive secretary The Men and Religion
Forward Movement, St. Louis, 1911; executive
secretary Federation of Churches in St. Louis,
1912. Republican. Member Masonic orders,
Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council; also
Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, Woodmen of
America; associate member Grand Army of
the Republic, Sons of Veterans. Recreations:
baseball, fishing, hunting, outdoor sports. Of
fice: 624 New Bank of Commerce Bldg. Resi
dence: 2523 Clifton Ave.
AMES, Frank, shoe merchant; born, Sher
burne, N, Y., Nov. 17, 1855; son of Gilbert
and Rosina L. (Huntley) Ames; lived at Onei
da, HI., 1857-75; resident of St. Louis since
1875; educated in public schools and Wash
ington University, St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 17, 1886, Julia Finch. Began in
the shoe business as salesman with J. G.
Brandt in 1880, and in 1892 Mr. Brandt sold
out to the J. G. Brandt Shoe Co.; became
treasurer and manager of latter company,
1895; left the company May 4, 1912; now
president Harris Shoe Co., having assumed
charge June 1, 1912. Member Royal Arcanum.
Club: Mercantile. Recreation: motoring. Of
fice: 410 N. 6th St. Residence: 947 Laurel Ave.
AMES, Henry Semple, vice president Missis
sippi Valley Trust Co.; born, St. Louis, Mar.
3, 1863; son of Edgar (died 1867) and Lucy V.
(Semple) Ames; educated at Smith Academy
to 1876; Paris, France, 1876-78; Hanover, Ger
many, 1878-80; Smith Academy, St. Louis,
1880-82; Yale University, A. B., 1886; St. Louis
Law School, LL.B., 1888; unmarried. After
graduating from law school, 1888, managed
affairs of Edgar Ames Estate and Ames Real
ty Co. until September, 1898, when became
connected with Mississippi Valley Trust Co., as
assistant trust officer; now assistant executive
officer and vice president. President North
western Expanded Metal Co., Ames Steel Lath
Co.; secretary Ames Realty Co., Expanded
Metal Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Member
Civic League. Clubs: St. Louis, Racquet,
Bankers' (St. Louis), University (New York),
University (Seattle, Wash.), Montana (Hel

ena, Mont.). Principal recreation: yachting.
Office: 201 N. 4th St. Residence: 3824 Lindell
Boulevard. *AMOS, Benjamin F., manufacturer; moved
to Philadelphia, Pa.; see Vol. 1906.
ANDERSON, Charles Alexander, insurance;
born, St. Louis, Nov. 26, 1874; son of George
W. and Eliza L. (Marshall) Anderson; grad
uated from St. Louis public schools; married.
From 1893 to 1906 with the Baxter Moulding
Co. (established 1875), manufacturers of
mouldings, etc., working up to presidency in
1902; plant destroyed by fire August, 1906, and
business not resumed. Now engaged in insur
ance business. Independent Democrat and
Single Taxer. Favorite recreation: reading.
Office: Odd Fellows Bldg. Residence: Wells-
ton, Mo.
ANDERSON, Charles Henry, lawyer and
real estate agent; born, Griggsville, Pike Co.,
111., Nov. 9, 1854; son of William Franklin
and Laura Eloise (Gilpin) Anderson; edu
cated in Griggsville (111.) public schools and
Cornell University, graduating B. Litt., 1883,
and in law school of Washington University,
LL.B., 1885; married, St. Louis, Dec. 15, 1896,
Mrs. Mary M. Anderson. Worked on farms
and taught school in Pike Co., 1873-75; taught
district school in Calhoun Co., 111., 1875-76;
came to St. Louis, 1876; became shipping clerk
for Gibbs & Sterrett Mfg. Co., manufacturers
of reapers, until 1876; then with Shapleigh
Hardware Co., 1876-79. Practiced law from
1885 until 1898, when entered real estate busi
ness as member of firm of Bunn & Anderson,
which in 1901 became Greer-Anderson Realty
Co., and in 1903 changed to Anderson-Stocke
Realty Co., now Anderson-Stocke-Buermann
Realty Co., of which he is president. Secre
tary Vinita Realty Co., director Spring Ave
nue Realty Co. Member St. Louis Real Estate
Exchange. Member Phi Beta Kappa. Repub
lican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
Cornell. Office: 808 Chestnut St. Residence:
West End Hotel.
ANDERSON, Charles Vinton, publisher; de
ceased; see Vol. 1906.
ANDERSON, Felix Erastus, railway official;
born, Cedar Hill, Tenn., Jan. 23, 1869; son of
Jerome B. and Emily F. (Batts) Anderson;
educated at Giles College, Pulaski, Tenn.;
married, June 2, 1906, Miss M. Currie Martin,
of Lexington, Ky. Began railway service as
station agent, Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co.
at age of 16; transferred to superintendent's
office as stenographer and chief clerk; thence
to chief clerk to president of Terminal Rail
road Association, now assistant to president;
also president St. Louis Merchants' Bridge
Terminal Railway Co.; vice president St.
Louis Terminal Railway Co. Democrat. Meth
odist. Clubs: St. Louis, City, St. Louis Rail
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fice: 107 Union Station. Residence: 5811 Von
Versen Ave.
ANDERSON, J(ames) Arthur, laundryman;
born, Goderich, Ont., Can* July 4, 1869; son
of Thomas and Mary (McQuoid) Anderson;
graduated from Clinton College, Ont., No
vember, 1886; married, Kansas City, Oct. 26, '
1894, Kathryn Myrtle White; one son: Arthur
Donald. In employ of Munger's Laundry, St.
Louis, 1887-1902; connected with the Dinks
Parrish Laundry, 1902-06; entered business on
own account as J. Arthur Anderson Laundry
Co.; also organized Anderson's Family Laun
dry, 1910, and is president of both companies.
Republican. Methodist. Member Business
Men's League, Credit Men's Association, Hor
ticultural Society, Manufacturers ' Associa
tion, Advertising Men's Association, Civic
League. Club: Glen Echo Country. Recrea
tions: golf, hunting, traveling. Office: 3970
Olive St. Residence: Normandy Heights, Mo.
ANDERSON, James Maculloh, merchant;
1837-1907; see Vol. 1906.
ANDERSON, Lorenzo E., stock and bond
broker; born, New York City; educated Chris
tian Brothers College and public schools of
St. Louis; married, St. Louis, 1886, Viola O,
daughter of Prof. M. A. Gilsinn; children:
Adelaide, Mildred, Marie, Oliver, Georgia.
Started in real estate business as L. E. An
derson in 1886; later L. E. Anderson & Co.,
and then in connection with Festus J. Wade,
the firm of Anderson-Wade Realty Co. was
incorporated, and subsequently the firm of
Hammett, Anderson & Wade Realty Co., then
the Anderson-Wade Realty Co. Continued
with latter company until organization of the
Mercantile Trust Co., when real estate com
pany was merged into Mercantile Trust Co.
as its real estate department; since then in
the stock and bond brokerage business. Di
rector Mercantile Trust Co.; also director
Mercantile National Bank, and of numerous
real estate corporations. Member New York
Stock Exchange, New York Cotton Exchange,
Chicago Board of Trade, St. Louis Merchants'
Exchange, St. Louis Cotton Exchange. Catho
lic. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile, Noonday,
Racquet, Missouri Athletic, Elks. Office: 710
Locust St. Residence: 20 North Kingshigh-
way. : ANDERSON, Mark M., vice president Title
Guaranty Trust Co.; born, St. Louis, Feb. 2,
1873; son of Richard S. and Laura (McCaus-
land) Anderson; educated in public schools
and for two years at University of Missouri;
unmarried. With Union. Trust Co., 1893-1901,
Missouri Lincoln Trust Co., 1905-07; Lincoln
Trust & Title Co., 1907-09; vice president
Title Guaranty Trust Co. since 1909, also
manager title department. Democrat. Pres
byterian. Member Phi Delta Theta college
fraternity. Office: 710 Chestnut St. Resi-
"dencB: 3726 Washington Ave.

ANDERSON, Peter, inspector of weights
and measures; born, Montreal, Canada, Aug.
27, 1864; son of Peter and Sarah Ann (Bell)
Anderson; educated in public schools of To
ronto; married, St. Louis, June 27, 1887,
Frances A. Schroeder; six children: Frances
A., Peter H., Adeline S., Eleanore, William H.,
Howard Hadley. Located in St. Louis, 1882;
served apprenticeship in the plastering trade,
worked about one year as journeyman and
engaged as plastering contractor for self;
among the contracts he executed were: Odd
Fellows' Home, Liberty, Mo.; Supreme Court
Bldg., Jefferson City, Mo.; Syndicate Trust
Bldg., St. Louis; McKinley, Yeatman and Sol-
dan High schools; etc. Elected from 34th
District as member of Missouri State Senate,
1906; elected inspector of weights and meas
ures of City of St. Louis, 1908, and resigned
from Senate to qualify for that office, April,
1908; present term extends to April, 1913.
Republican. Presbyterian. Mason, Knight
Templar, Shriner; member Odd Fellows, Le
gion of Honor. Club: Oasis. Recreations:
hunting and fishing. Office: Municipal Courts
Bldg. Residence: 5210 N. 20th St.
ANDERSON, Robert B., Great Commander
of Missouri Knights of the Maccabees of the
World; born, Toronto, Ont., Canada, Apr. 7,
1860; son of George G. and Sarah Trombley
Anderson; educated in schools of Toronto;
married at Bay City, Mich., 1883, Annie
Mooney; children: Mary Luella (Mrs. Harold
M. Williams), Robert Percy, George B.
Moved from Canada to Bay City, Mich., 1880;
in employ of Symons Bros. & Co., wholesale
grocers, Saginaw, Mich., 1885-95. Joined Sagi
naw Tent, Knights of the Maccabees, 1885;
became Lieutenant-Commander and later Com
mander of the Tent. Came to St. Louis and
took charge of the work in Missouri, 1892;
appointed State Commander, 1898, and elected
Great Commander, State of Missouri, 1898,
and reelected at each Great camp of Mis
souri since that time; also a supreme trustee
of the order since 1904. Instituted St. Louis
Division No. 1, Uniform Rank; was aid-de
camp on staff of Gen. Scott several years,
with rank of colonel, and at last encampment
of Supreme Division was appointed Judge Ad'
vocate Genera], Uniform Rank. Member
Knights of Pythias. Independent in politics.
Episcopalian. Recreation: hunting. Office:
Metropolitan Bldg. Residence: 4335 Page
Boulevard. ANDERSON, Thomas Lilbourne, lawyer;
born, Louisiana, Mo., Nov. 7, 1874; son of
Thomas L., Jr. and Fanny (McQuie) Ander'
son; graduated from Louisiana (Mo.) High
School; Central College, A.B., 1896; St. Louis'
Law School, LL.B., 1898; married, St. Louis,
Apr. 25, 1905, Margaret Gertrude Ballard.
Admitted to bar, June 27, 1898, and since en
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Louisiana, Mo., and later in St. Louis. Was
city attorney of Louisiana; assistant city at
torney of St. Louis and promoted to city at
torney. Member American Bar Association,
St. Louis Bar Association. Democrat; stumped
State of Missouri three times under direction
of the Democratic State Central Committee.
Club: Mercantile. Recreations: fishing, hunt
ing and golfing. Office: 705 Olive St. Resi
dence: 4219 Westminster Place.
ANDERSON, William, labor commissioner;
s,ee Vol. 1906.
i ANDERSON, William Benton, grain com
mission; born in Scott Co., Mo., Oct. 12, 1842;
son of James and Charlotte Temple (Old)
Anderson; educated in public schools of Mis
souri; married, Thebes, 111., 1865, Sarah Edith
Ireland. Began business career as clerk in the
general merchandise store of Gither & Baker,
Commerce, Mo., 1863-65; then conducted gen
eral store for self, 1865-71; came to St. Louis,
1881, and became identified with the grain
firm of Nanson, Bartholow & Co.; later was
with successors, Billingsly & Nanson, and the
present Nanson Commission Co., as officer and
director; has been president of the company
since January, 1906. President of the Farm
ers ' Bank, of Commerce, Mo., and of the
Grand Claim Milling Co., of Commerce, Mo.
Member Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis.
Office: 202 Chamber of Commerce. Residence:
Buckingham. Club.
ANDREAS, Henry, real estate; see Vol.
1906.
• ANDREWS, Eugene Douglas, lawyer; born,
Vieksburg, Miss., Feb. 6, 1872; son of Wil
liam Henry and Fannie Demarius (Fortner)
Andrews'; 'educated in public schools, Vieks
burg, Miss., McCabe's University School, Pe
tersburg, Va., and academic and law courses,
University of Virginia; finished studies in
June, 1896; unmarried. Since Feb. 8, 1898,
engaged in practice of law in St. Louis in
state and federal courts; was counsel in
Boyer e.t al. vs. Western Union Telegraph Co.,
an injunction suit to restrain the defendants
from discharging employes because member
bf labor union. Offered position of assistant
cjty attorney, in Central District Police Court
by Thomas L. Anderson, city attorney, 1903,
but declined the office; assistant to general at
torney of Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. Sys
tem since May, 1910. Member St. Louis Bar
Association., Democrat. Recreation: outdoor
exercises. Office: Wainwright Bldg. Resi
dence: 3930 Delmar Ave.
. *ANDREWS, Launcelot Winchester, chem
ist; moved to Davenport, la.; see Vol. 1906.
' ANDREWS, William Owen, life insurance;
born, St. Louis, Apr. 29, 1866; son of William
T. and Mary A.. (Evill) Andrews; educated in
public schools of St. Louis; married, Louis
ville, Ky./ Nov.' 4, 1895, Mary Thrustori

Rogers; children: Olive, Carrie, Lucy, Mary,
Mildred. Began in the grain commission busi
ness, 1887, as president of the Andrews-Mc-
Clelland Grain Co., in which continued until
1902, in which year embarked in the insurance
business with the Equitable Life Assurance
Society of United States; since June 1, 1911,
manager Massachusetts Mutual Life Insur
ance Co. of Springfield, Mass. Vice chairman
Missouri State Committee Y. M. C. A.; mem
ber Scruggs Memorial Methodist Church.
Club: Mercantile. Recreation: baseball. Of
fice: Third National Bank Bldg. Residence:
5178 Cabanne Ave.
ANGERT, Eugene Henry, lawyer; born St.
Charles, Mo., Oct. 21, 1877; son of Henry and
Adelaide (Mlizko) Angert; graduated from
St. Louis University, A.B., 1896; Harvard
Law School, LL.B., 1899; unmarried. Prac
ticed law in New York City in offices of Hon.
Elihu Root and William H. Page, Jr., 1899-
1900; since October, 1900, has practiced in St.
Louis; member Hocker, Hawes & Angert.
Member St. Louis Bar Association. Democrat.
Catholic. Clubs: Racquet, Noonday, City. Of
fice: 506 Olive St. Residence: 626 N. Spring
Avenue. ANNAN, Alfred Heacock, architect; born,
Webster Groves, Mo., Oct. 1, 1875; son of
Thomas B. and Victoria (Seofield) Annan;
educated in public schools, Smith Academy
and the Manual Training School of Washing
ton University; married, St. Louis, July 18,
1900, Lillian Chestnut; children: Thomas and
Mary. Studied architecture with T. B. Annan
& Sons, architects, St. Louis, 1884-91; then
took position with Koken Iron Works until
1893; with Columbian Fireproofing Co., Pitts
burgh, 1893-94, and superintendent for same
company at St. Louis, 1894-96; estimator
American Bridge Co., 1896-98; practicing
alone as architect, 3 898-1901; resident man
ager The Roebling Construction Co. until
1908; now plan examiner in building commis
sioner's office. Member Architectural League
of St. Louis. Episcopalian. Office: City Hall.
Residence: 6030 MePherson Ave.
,. .ANNAN, Roger Perry, flour, grain and mill
feed; born, Cumberland, Md., Aug. 23, 1844;
son of James R. and Priscilla Isabella (Perry)
Annan; educated in private academy at Win
chester, Va. ; served in Army of Northern
Virginia under Robert E. Lee in Civil War;
married, in Clark Co., Va., Oct. 23, 1867,
Adelaide S. Hall; four children: Roger P., Jr.,
ISdward Hall, Katharine Smith, Caroline
Stonestreet (the second and third are twins).
Began business career as salesman in general
s;tore of Wilson & Co., in Clark Co., Va., 1865-
70; came to St. Louis, 1870, and shortly after
went to Boonville, Mo., but soon returned to
St. Louis, and was employed with J. W. Booth
& Sons until 1879; became member of the
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which changed in 1880 to present style of
Annan, Burg & Co., flour, grain and mill feed.
Member Merchants' Exchange, St. Louis
Grain Club. Director St. Louis Provident As
sociation. Mason. Episcopalian. Recreations:
books and working with garden tools. Office:
107 Chamber of Commerce. Residence: ^11
Plant Ave., Webster Groves.
ANTRIM, Charles Ambrose, lumberman;
born in Butler Co., Ohio, Sept. 16, 1862; son
of Jacob G. and Lydia (Neimeyer) Antrim;
educated in public schools of Cass Co., Iowa;
married, Hastings, Neb., Mar. 2, 1884, Lola
May Kinney; children: Ethel Wyenda, Aura
Belle, Celland Ambrose. Began business career
as manager of a retail lumber yard in Ne
braska, 1880-87; started in business for self,
conducting a retail lumber yard at Greeley,
Neb., 1887-1890; then worked for three years
for a lumber manufacturer; organized, 1893,
the Antrim Lumber Co., Limited, Antrim, La.,
manufacturers of yellow pine lumber; later or
ganized the Antrim-Todd Lumber Co., Lim
ited, Antrim, La., operating a number of retail
lumber yards. Republican. Member Knights
of Pythias. Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo.
Recreation: traveling. Office: 1214 Wright
Bldg. Residence: 25 Kingsbury Place.
APEL, John F., manager Brooks Co., hat
makers; born, Warsaw, 111., Nov. 26, 1867; son
of James and Freda Apel; educated in public
schools of Warsaw, 111.; unmarried. Was for
five years on Merchants' Exchange floor as
salesman for Mineh & Co., grain commission;
twelve years with Guerdon Hat Co., until
1902, when resigned and took management of
St. Louis store of Brooks Co., makers and re
tailers of hats, having factory and main house
in New York City. Recreation: theatre. Of
fice: 614 Olive St. Residence: 727 Walton
Avenue. ARBUCKLE, James the Graeme, president
of Arbuckle Export Association; born, Ruth-
erglen, Scotland, Feb. 12, 1840; son of George
the Graeme and Margaret (Baird) Arbuckle;
educated at Kings School, Rutherglen, 1848-
50; St. James School, Glasgow, 1851-55; Ander-
sonian University and Athenaeum, 1856-59;
married, Houston, Tex., Oct. 29, 1863, Mary
Helen Castleton (died Feb. 20, 1912); chil
dren: George Castleton (deceased), Maclyn,
James, Jr., Thomas Castleton (deceased),
Mary, Clyde, Alexandria Rutland (deceased),
Andrew Eagon. Secured business education
with M. Crindell Schaw & Co., Glasgow, while
attending classical course at university, 1856-
59; with wholesale dry goods firm of Peet,
Simms & Co., New Orleans, 1860; adjusted
business of the company in Texas, Indian Ter
ritory and Northern Louisiana; blockade run
ning on Texas coast with Mexico and Cuba,
1862-65; established first bank in Eastern
Texas, James Arbuckle & Co., Jefferson, Texas,
1866; moved to Galveston and entered ex

port cotton trade, 1874; moved to Dallas, 1884,
had stock interests, insurance business and
was broker in securities; became auditor for
Mexico Southwestern branch of Standard Oil
Co. (Waters-Pierce Oil Co.); manager of
Latin-American Club and Foreign Trade As
sociation, St. Louis, 1895-1911, when resigned
to organize the Arbuckle Export Association,
of which he is president; also president Ar
buckle Railway Supply Co., Latin-American
Export Association. Royal vice-counsel for
Spain. Editor La Revista, Hustrada and Bole-
tin Commercial for twelve years. Decorated by
King of Spain, 1908, for historical essay on
"The Napoleonic Era and Its Lessons," de
livered at the International Historical Con
gress held to celebrate the Centenary xof Span
ish independence from Napoleon; in 1910,
again decorated by the King and created a
Knight of the Royal Order of Isabella the
Catholic "for duty well done"; also consul
at St. Louis for Colombia and Venezuela.
Christian Scientist. Conservative in politics.
Was appointed commissioner from state of
Texas to Vienna Exposition, 1873; was dele
gate to Pan-American Congress at Philadel
phia, 1897, and to International Commercial
Conference at Philadelphia, 1899; president
Galveston Chamber of Commerce, 1880. Mason.
Member Merchants' Exchange since 1895.
Clubs: Mercantile, Amateur Athletic Associa
tion, Papyrus (president 1909, 1910). Recre
ation: golf. Office: 314 N. 4th St. Residence:
5948 Maple Ave.
ARGO, Ernest, secretary Blackmer & Post
Pipe Co.; born on farm in Fulton Co., 111.,
Sept. 27, 1853; son of William and Clarissa
(Bigelow) Argo; graduated from University
of Nebraska, A.B., 1873; married in Mont
gomery Co., 111., May 8, 1877, Nellie Brandt;
one daughter, Jaclyn (Mrs. George Carhart, of
Alton, 111.). Began business career in grain
business in Montgomery Co., HI., 1873-75; res
ident of St. Louis since 1875; general clerk,
1875-77, with Laclede Fire Brick Manufac
turing Co. as bookkeeper, and in 1879 made
secretary and treasurer; resigned 1884, to ac
cept position as secretary of the Blackmer
and Post Pipe Co. Member Citizens ' Industrial
Association. Democrat. Mason. Club: Mer
cantile. Favorite recreations: hunting, fish
ing and billiards. Office: 613 Wainwright Bldg.
Residence: 4110 Delmar Ave.
ARMSTRONG, Fred, Jr., lawyer; born, Jer
sey ville, HI., Feb. 9, 1883; son of Fred and
Eva Hattie (Young) Armstrong; educated in
St. Louis public schools; Central High School;
A.B. Washington University, 1903, LL.B.,
1905; unmarried. Admitted to bar, June, 1905,
and since in general practice in St. Louis;
special attorney to city chemist of St. Louis
in prosecution of milk cases since January,
1909. Member St. Louis Bar Association, Sig
ma Chi college fraternity, Royal Arcanum.

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Episcopalian. Recreation: canoeing. Office:
1401-10 3d National Bank Bldg. Residence:
5766 DeGiverville Ave.
ARMSTRONG, Lewis Robert, vice president
and treasurer T. J. Moss Tie Co.; born, Aber
deen, Miss., Dec. 31, 1860; son of Thomas Tem
ple and Martha Washington (Pollard) Arm
strong; moved with parents to St. Louis, 1866,
and after two years family returned to Missis
sippi, settling at town of Verona, Lee Co.;
educated in common schools; married, Clarks-
ville, Pike Co., Mo., Jan. 7, 1892, Lillian Hor
ner Guy; one daughter: Martha Guy. Left
school when 13% years old and began ac
tive career as clerk with John Armstrong &
Co., druggists, Verona, Miss.; went to Oko-
lona, Miss., 1876, and studied bookkeeping un
der a practical accountant, becoming book
keeper for Darden Bros.; general bookkeeper
R. B. Clark & Co., Shannon, Miss., 1879-83;
with the Allen-West Commission Co., cotton
commission merchants, St. Louis, 1883-94; be
came connected with the T. J. Moss Tie Co.,
May, 1894, and was elected secretary and
treasurer same, November, 1905; subsequently
elected vice president and treasurer which po
sitions he now holds; also one of the principal
stockholders of the company, manufacturers
and dealers in railroad ties and other railroad
material. Democrat. Member Christian (Camp-
bellite) Church. Recreation: fishing. Office:
720 Security Bldg. Residence: 5167 Cabanne
Avenue. * ARMSTRONG, William Marvin, mechan
ical engineer; moved to Buffalo, N. Y.; see
Vol. 1906.
ARNOLD, Frederick Wolff, furniture dealer;
born, St. Louis, Nov. 9, 1867; son of L. L. and
Amelia (Wolff) Arnold; educated in St. Louis
public schools; unmarried. Started with Crow,
Hargadine & Co., as elevator boy in 1882;
made salesman on road, 1887; then became
salesman with H. J. Nathan & Co., leaving to
go into firm of D. Sommers & Co., 1892; now
vice president and secretary of D. Sommers
Furniture Co. Also secretary and treasurer of
Schram Sealer Co. Director Associated Re
tailers' Association. Member Civic League.
Mason (32°), Shriner. Clubs: Columbian,
Westwood Country, Million Population, St.
Louis Country Gun. Recreation: golf. Office:
11th and Olive Sts. Residence: Jefferson
Hotel. ARNOLD, Glendy Burke, lawyer; born,
Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 30, 1875; son of Thomas
Neal and Marion Frances (Pugh) Arnold; ed
ucated public and private schools of Frank
fort and at Kentucky Military Institute, leav
ing school at 19; student St. Louis Law School,
September, 1899- June, 1900; married, St. Jo
seph, Mo., June 24, 1907, Cora Connett. Ad
mitted to Missouri bar, February, 1901, and
has since engaged in practice in St. Louis;

associated with Boyle, Priest & Lehman and
Boyle & Priest, September, 1903-November,
1909, as trial attorney for St. Louis Transit
Co. and United Rys.; since practiced alone.
Democrat. Member Christian (Campbellite)
Church. Recreations: tennis and golf. Office:
Times Bldg. Residence: 4385 Forest Park
Boulevard. ARNOLD, Henry, soap manufacturer; see
Vol. 1906.
*ARNOLD, Thomas B., manufacturers'
agent; moved to Indianapolis; see Vol. 1906.
ARNOLD, William Bidston, lumber; see
Vol. 1906.
ARN STEIN, Albert, lawyer; born, New
York City, July 26, 1856; son of Ephraim and
Katherine (Popper) Arnstein; graduated from
Charliers' private school, New York City,
1872, from Packard's Business College, 1873;
LL.B., St. Louis Law School, 1878; married,
New York City, Nov. 26, 1884, Clarissa Rosen
heim; children: Herbert, Natalie, Frederic.
Admitted to bar, 1877, and since engaged in
practice. Lecturer on Law of Corporations,
St. Louis University Law School. Director
Westinghouse Automatic Air and Steam
Coupler Co., Title Guaranty Trust Co., Amer
ican Trust Co., Sanitol Chemical Laboratory
Co. Democrat. Member City Council, 1891-95;
chairman of Merchants' and Manufacturers'
License Revision Board, 1902-04. Member St.
Louis Bar Association, St. Louis Law School
Alumni Association. Jewish religion; ex-pres
ident United Jewish Educational and Chari
table associations. Member Ethical Society.
Clubs: Columbian, Westwood Country, Con
temporary. Office: 415 Locust St. Residence:
4410 Westminster Place.
ARSTE, William, publisher; born, St. Louis,
Dec. 25, 1867; son of Frederick W. and Wil-
helmina (Schwer) Arste; educated at Laclede
School, Madison School, and St. Louis Poly
technic; unmarried. Learned printer's trade
in boyhood under father; became office boy
under T. C. P. Tiedeman, city surveyor, 1880,
advancing to positions as draftsman and sur
veyor; was for five years with Julius Pitz-
man; took up printing, 1888, and was con
nected with the St. Louis Republic as com
positor four and a half years, until machines
displaced hand work; compositor on Globe-
Democrat for one year; purchased the St.
Louis Waterways Journal, Apr. 1, 1894, of
which has since been in charge; general man
ager The River Publishing & Investment Co.,
owners of Waterways Journal. Served as
judge at elections in behalf of Republican
party several times, but never asked for pub
lic office; Republican. Lutheran. Member
Harbor No. 28 Masters' and Pilots' Associa
tion, Mississippi and Ohio River Pilots' So
ciety, Red Cross Lodge No. 54, Knights of
Pythias. Office: 203 N. 3d St.

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ARTHUR, George Crosby, manager The
Hawtin Engraving Co.; born, Aurora, 111.,
June 26, 1870; son of Florence M. and Ada-
line (Sutherland) Crosby; (name originally
was Arthur B. Crosby, but at 2% years of age
lost father and was taken to Keesville, N. Y.,
by grandfather and adopted by Alexander A.
Arthur of that town); educated Keesville
High School; graduated from Burr & Burton
Seminar, Manchester, Vt.; married, Kees
ville, June 24, 1891, Avis Genevieve Pope;
six children,: Lawrence K., Willis K., Lyle O,
Madeleine A., ' Maida P., Margaret V. F.
Served for several years as special corre
spondent Montgomery Ward & Co., Chicago,
beginning September, 1899; later had charge
Of mail order department, Wells & Nellegar
Co., hardware, Chicago; became connected as
correspondent with The Hawtin Engraving
Co., catalog engravings and advertising de
signs, Dec. 1, 1903, and since Apr. 1, 1910, in
charge of. plant established in St. Louis.
Member Business Men's League, Advertising
Men's League. Independent in politics. Bap
tist. Club: St. Louis City. Recreations: ten
nis, walking, horseback riding, and other out
door diversions. Office: Navarre Bldg., 6th
and Chestnut Sts. Residence: 767 N. Euclid
Avenue. : ASHBROOKE, James, superintendent Meth
odist Orphans' Home for Boys; born, Tablej^
Hill Farm, near Knutsford, Cheshire, Eng
land, Jan. 9, 1856; son of Joseph and Sarah
(Hewitt) Ashbrooke; educated in public
schools, Tabley Hills Farm, England, to 1869;
then one year M. Newlands ' Commercial
Boarding and Day School; married, Jan. 2,
1884, at Chicago, 111., Margaret Webster, of
Skelmersdale, Lancashire, England. Began
business career,- 1871, with Platt-Dovell-Per-
cival, wholesale commission merchants, of
Manchester, England, continuing until 1881.
Came to America, Jan. 8, 1882; engaged with
Anglo-American Provision Co., Chicago, 1882-
84; with Stern & Adams, dry goods commis
sion house, 1884-92; then connected with R. J.
Gunning Co., for whom organized St. Louis
Bill Posting Co., and remained in that busi
ness until 1901; since with Orphans' Home.
Republican. Methodist. Member Independent
Order of Foresters. Office and Residence:
3533 Laclede Ave.
ATKINS, Henry Skillman, physician; born
in Fayette Co., Ky., Sept. 20, 1867; son of
William Lewis and Mary E. (Moore) Atkins;
'educated in classical course of Kentucky
State College, Kentucky University, and as
private student of James Lane Allen; grad
uated from Beaumont Medical College, St.
Louis, 1888; married, St. Louis, Sept. 20, 1893,
Anna M. North. Engaged in medical practice
since 1888; was first assistant physician Ken
tucky Insane Asylum, Lexington, Ky.; since
then in St. Louis, making specialty ' of psy

chiatry; -chief assistant physician St. John's
Hospital, 1902-04; superintendent of St. Louis
Asylum for Insane, 1904-10. Formerly in
structor in general medicine, Beaumont Med
ical College. Member St. .Lo.uis Medical So
ciety, Missouri State Medical Association,
Kentucky Medical Society, American Medical
Association. Democrat. Presbyterian. Resi
dence: Webster Groves.
ATKINSON, Chilton, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Dee. 10, 1875; son of Robert C. and
Mary Tandy (Bull) Atkinson; educated in
public schools, Smith Academy, class of 1893,
and Law School of Washington University,
graduating, LL.B., 1895; unmarried. Admitted
to bar, Sept. 5, 1895, and from Jan. 1, 1896,
to Dec. 1, 1897, was associated in practice in
the firm of Campbell & Ryan, St. Louis; then
became local attorney for the City Trust Co.,
of Philadelphia, and since Jan. 1, 1901, has
been individually engaged in general practice
of law. Previous to entering practice was
deputy jury commissioner under Fielding
Mansfield. Member St. Louis Bar Association
and Law Library Association; Past Command
er Missouri Division, Sons of Confederate Vet
erans; member of Virginia Society of St. Louis,
Missouri Historical Society. Episcopalian;
member of vestry Mt. Calvary Church. Dem
ocrat. Favorite recreation: horseback riding.
Office: 408 Olive St. Residence: 3000 Lafay
ette Avenue.
ATKINSON, Robert Chilton, physician;
born, Smithfield, Va., Oct. 3, 1841; son of
Archibald and Elizabeth Ann (Chilton) At
kinson; educated at William and Mary Col
lege, Virginia; University of Virginia, 1885-
86; Medical Department University of Louisi
ana (now Tulane University), New Orleans,
M.D., 1867; married, St. Louis, Feb. 23, 1875,
Mary Tandy Bull; children: Chilton, May.
Served in Confederate Army in Civil War as
member of 13th and 10th regiments of Vir
ginia Cavalry and Stewart's Horse Artillery
(Chew's battery). Engaged in practice of
medicine since March, 1867; professor dis
eases of children, Medical Department, St.
Louis University, until 1906; physician to St.
Ann 's Foundling Asylum, St. Louis. Since
1908 connected with City Health Department
(Hygiene Department), in charge of Wyman,
Chouteau, Hodgen, Sigel and Charless schools.
Democrat; has served ' as member of . City
Board of Health, and of State Board of
Health of Missouri; also for three years mem
ber Board of Education, St. Louis; coroner
of St. Louis, 1895. Office and Residence: 3002
Lafayette Ave.
ATWOOD, John Cowan, general manager
The National Ammonia Co.; born, Marshall,
Saline Co., Mo., June 3, 1863; son of Le
Grand (M.D.) and Eliza Jane (Cowan) At-
wood; educated in public schools of St. Louis
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1880-83; married, St. Louis, Feb. 16, 1898,
Georgie TunstaU Baker; six children: John C,
Jr., Katherine M., George B., Ellen T., Eliza
O, William L., Jr. Began business career as
clerk Lindell Hotel, St. Louis, 1883, and con
tinued to 1884; traveling salesman Mueller
Bros. Furniture & Carpet Co., 1884-86; chief
deputy collector under Freemen Barnum, first
collection district, Missouri, Internal Revenue
Service, 1886-89; manufacturer ammonia for
refrigerating and ice-making purposes since
Jan. 1, 1890; continuously with The National
Ammonia Co., of St. Louis, Philadelphia and
New York, of which has been secretary," treas
urer and general manager since 1892; also
secretary and treasurer Pacific Ammonia &
Chemical Co., and The Ammonia Company of
Australia; director Michigan Ammonia Co.,
Angelo Furniture Co., San Angelo, Tex. Mem
ber Business Men's League (St. Louis), Amer
ican Society Refrigerating Engineers, Amer
ican Association of Refrigeration (chairman
membership committee). Independent Demo
crat. Presbyterian. Member Ferguson Lodge,
No. 542, A. F. & A. M., Compton Hill Council,
L. of H. Clubs: Mercantile, St. Louis Auto
mobile. Recreations: gardening, farming, mo
toring. Office: 3600 N. Broadway. Residence:
"Atte Woode, " Ferguson, St. Louis Co., Mo.
ATWOOD, LeGrand Lapsley, insurance
agent, lawyer; born, Bridgeton, St. Louis Co.,
Mo., July 1, 1872; son of LeGrand and Eliza
Jane (Cowan) Atwood; educated in public
schools of St. Louis County and Smith Acad
emy, St. Louis, graduating 1891; graduated
St. Louis Law School, LL.B., 1893; married,
Versailles, Woodford Co., Ky., Apr. 22, 1902,
Jane Lyle Fishback; children: George Fish-
back and Tom Cowan. Admitted to bar, June
21, 1893; since 1894 engaged in insurance
business; now member of firm of Atwood,
Johnson & Smythe, insurance; president Lippe
Realty, Construction & Investment Co. Ma
son. Democrat. Presbyterian. Office: 1133
Pierce Bldg. Besidence: Ferguson, Mo.
*AUER, Isidor, wholesale jeweler; moved
to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
AUGUSTINE, George Hershey, vice presi
dent Carleton Dry Goods Co.; born, Massillon,
O., Aug. 24, 1848; son of George and Amanda
M. (Conkey) Augustine; educated in high
school, Mansfield, O., 1862-64; Eastman's
¦Commercial College, Chicago, 1865; married,
St. Louis, June 18, 1879, Florence Brush;
children: M. Louise (Mrs. Warren Goddard),
Anne (Mrs. Nelson D. Jay, of Milwaukee)
and Floyd B. Began business career in whole
sale dry goods house of Carson, Pirie & Co.,
Chicago, 1866, continuing until 1871; then
cashier of the Abilene Bank, Abilene, Kan.;
came to St. Louis, October, 1873, and was
with Dodd,"Brown & Co., wholesale dry goods,
until 1890; was connected with Ely & Walker
Dry Goods Co. until 1894; joined Murray

Carleton in purchasing controlling interest in
Wear & Boogher Dry Goods Co., and in 1899
changed name to Carleton Dry Goods Co., of
which is vice president. Republican. Presby
terian. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile. Recrea
tion: horseback riding. Office: Washington
Ave. and 12th St. Residence: "Fairlawn, "
Kirkwood, Mo.
AULER, Hugo A., physician; deceased; see
Vol. 1906.
AVERILL, Alexander Trowbridge, mer
chant tailor; born, St. Louis, June 21, 1876;
son of Alexander M. and Louisa (Trowbridge)
Averill; educated in public schools, St. Louis,
and graduate of the Manual Training School,
class of 1894; married, St. Louis, 1900, Lillian
Ainheiter. Began with house of Mills &
Averill, merchant tailors, as a boy in 1894,
later became clerk and salesman in the house,
to which was admitted as partner in 1900;
became a director in the Mills & Averill Tail
oring Co., in 1903, and in February, 1905, was
elected president of the company. Republican.
Baptist. Mason, Knight Templar. Clubs:
Mercantile, Missouri Athletic. Recreations:
Horseback riding, fishing and athletic sports.
Office: 509 Olive St. Residence: 4953 Mc-
Pherson Avenue.
AVERILL, Walter Hollis, merchant tailor;
born, St. Louis, Oct. 3, 1879; son of Alexander
M. and Louisa (Trowbridge) Averill; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools; married, St.
Louis, Jan. 1, 1903, Marie J. Wise; children:
Marie Josephine, Harriet Blanche, Walter H.,
Jr., Willis Wier, Alexander Morton. Entered
the merchant tailoring business of Mills &
Averill, 1897, as clerk, and later became sales
man, admitted to the firm in 1900, and in
February, 1905, elected vice president and
treasurer Mills & Averill Tailoring Co. Re
publican. Catholic. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
Mercantile, St. Louis Chess. Recreations:
baseball and chess. Office: 509 Olive St.
Residence: 6018 Clemens Ave.
AVIS, William Hamilton, merchant; 1838-
1912; see Vol. 1906.
AYARS, Treston Reid, physician; born, Sa
line Co., Neb., Sept. 17, 1876; son of Robin
son and Annie S. (Palmer) Ayars; educated
in district schools; Franklin Academy, Frank
lin, Neb.; Lincoln Normal University, Lincoln,
Neb.; Marion-Sims-Beaumont College of Medi
cine, St. Louis, graduating with degree of
M.D., 1902; married, St. Louis, Aug. 16, 1905,
Mrs. Fannie H. Shedd, of Watseka, 111.
Taught school for four years before taking
up study of medicine; has practiced in St.
Louis since 1902; served as junior assistant
to Female Hospital, June, 1902- January, 1903;
assistant to Dr. A. V. L. Brokaw, 1903-05; in
structor in operative surgery, St. Louis Uni
versity, 1906-09, inclusive; professor obstet
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geons, 1910, 1911, 1912; clinical professor of
obstetrics American Medical College and ob
stetrician to Christian Hospital. Democrat.
Member Christian (Disciples) Church. Mem
ber American Medical Association, Missouri
State Medical Association, St. Louis Medical
Society, Medical Society of City Hospital
Association, Alpha Kappa Kappa college fra
ternity. Mason. Member Modern Woodmen
of America. Recreations: tennis and bowling.
Office: 3901 Easton Ave. Residence: 5881
Plymouth Ave.
AYLETT, Patrick Henry, lawyer; see Vol.
1906. B
BABBITT, Byron Fenner, lawyer, U. S.
commissioner; born, Corry, Pa., Apr. 4, 1874;
son of Charles O. and Susan (Thayer) Bab
bitt; graduated from Corry High School, 1893,
Corry Business College, 1894, Washington
University Law School, St. Louis, LL.B.,
1899; married, St. Louis, Nov. 6, 1901, Nellie
A. Bagnell. Came to St. Louis from Corry,
Pa., Nov. 6, 1895; resided with uncle, late
Judge A. M. Thayer, U. S. circuit judge, 8th
Circuit; was his private secretary and also
later private secretary to Judge Elmer B.
Adams, U. S. circuit judge, for four years;
studied law under Judge Thayer and at law
school. Admitted to bar, 1899; appointed
U. S. commissioner in January, 1901; reap
pointed Jan. 1, 1905, by Judge Adams, and
again appointed Jan. 1, 1909, by Judge Dyer.
Member American Bar Association, St. Louis
Bar Association. Republican. Episcopalian
(St. George's Chapel). Club: Masonic. Recrea
tion: golf. Office: 1605 Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 4477 Berlin Ave.
B ABLER, Edmund Adam, surgeon; born,
Appleton City, Mo., Oct. 11, 1875; son of H.
J. and Sarah Saloma (Luehsinger) Babler;
educated at El Dorado Normal and Business
College and graduated from Missouri Medi
cal College (now Medical Department Wash
ington University), M.D., cum laude, 1898; un
married. Was for two years interne St. Louis
City Hospital; since 1900 engaged in general
surgical practice. Surgeon Deaconess Hospital;
visiting surgeon City Hospital; medical di
rector International Life Insurance Co. Mem
ber City Hospital Alumni Medical Society, St.
Louis Medical Society (corresponding secre
tary), Missouri State Medical Association.
Associate editor St. Louis Courier of Medi
cine, American Medical Association. Repub
lican. Methodist. Clubs: Arcadia, Missouri
Athletic. Recreation: chess. Office: 1204, 915
Olive St. Residence: 4826 Delmar Ave.
BABLER, Jacob L., first vice president
International Life Insurance Co.; born, Mon
roe, Wis., May 3, 1872; son of Henry J. and
Saloma (Luehsinger) Babler; educated in pub
lic schools of El Dorado Springs, Mo., and Law

Department, Washington University; unmar
ried. Began in life insurance business, 1902;
was appointed manager New York Life office
at New Haven, Conn., 1904; transferred to
Buffalo, N. Y., 1905, and was manager and
agency director for company in that city for
three years; appointed manager territory west
of Missouri River for North American Life,
of Newark, N. J., Feb. 1, 1907, and continued
with the company until 1909; organized the
International Life Insurance Co. of St. Louis
and is now its first vice president, also gen
eral manager agencies. Republican; former
member Republican State Central Committee.
Methodist. Member Knights of Pythias, B. P.
O. Elks. Recreations: motoring and baseball.
Office: Syndicate Trust Bldg. Residence: Mar
quette Hotel.
BACHMANN, Otto, optician; born, St. Louis,
July 22, 1880; son of Francis Xavier and
Mary (Hunckler) Bachmann; educated in pub
lic schools of St. Louis; married, Nov. 18,
1905, Miss Katherine Moerschel; two chil
dren: Irma Ida, Jacob Moerschel. Began act
ive career with the Erker Bros. Optical Co.,
and continued for seven years, learning the
business; became connected with the Western
Optical Mfg. Co. in 1900; was its secretary
and treasurer from Sept. 15, 1905, to Dec. 14,
1910, when acquired sole ownership in the
business and became president of the com
pany. Member Credit Men's Association.
Catholic. Independent Democrat. Clubs: Mis
souri Athletic, Century Boat, Liederkranz
(director), Million Population. Recreations:
tennis and golf. Office: 1002 Olive St.; fac
tory: 703-709 Holland Bldg. Residence: 3444
Halliday St.
BACON, Cary Harrison, grain commission;
born, Louisville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1869; son of
Byron and Fanny Young (Montgomery.) Ba
con; educated in public schools of Louisville
and Chicago; married, St. Louis, June 22,
1893, Leva Sherry. Began business career as
settling cierk with E. W. Bailey & Co., Chi
cago Board of Trade, 1886-93; then went to
Louisville, Ky., and engaged in stock and
bond brokerage business as the representative ,
of New York companies until 1902; came to
St. Louis and acquired an interest in the
Sherry-Bacon Grain Co., grain receivers and
shippers, of which was at first vice president
and is now president. Member St. Louis Mer
chants ' Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade,
Kansas City Board of Trade, Sons of Amer
ican Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars.
Presbyterian. Mason (Scottish Rite). Club:
Traffic, of St. Louis. Recreation: reading.
Office: 213 Chamber of Commerce. Residence:
5875 Cates Ave.
BACON, Frederick Hampden, lawyer; born,
Niles, Mich., May 5, 1849; son of Nathaniel
and Caroline S. (Lord) Bacon; graduated
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in literary department, University of Michi
gan, two years; married, Niles, Mich., July 18,
1882, Clara J. Cleland; children: Ethel E.,
Clare Marie. Engaged in practice of law
since 1871, and in St. Louis since 1874; prac
tices alone. Author of "Bacon on Benefit
Societies and Life Insurance," a standard
legal text-book. Lecturer Benton Law School
since 1898. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem
ber St. Louis Bar Association, St. Louis Law
Library Association. Mason (33°), Knight
Templar, Shriner. Club: Mercantile. Office:
211 N. 7th St. Residence: 5217 Raymond Ave.
BAEHR, William Alfred; see Vol. 1906.
BAER, Julius Adler, vice president Stix,
Baer & Fuller Dry Goods Co.; born in Ger
many, Sept. 1, 1861; son of Lazarus and
Ernestina (Weil) Baer; educated in public
and high schools at Sulzburg in Baden, Ger
many; came to United States, 1878; married,
Fort Smith, Ark., Apr. 16, 1890, Freda Adler;
one son: Arthur Bernard. Began business ca
reer at Fort Smith, 1878, and was connected
with store of J. Adler until 1880; conducted
general store, Magazine, Logan Co., Ark.,
1880-85; opened store, "The Boston Store,"
Van Buren, Ark., 1885; also opened two stores
at Springfield and Nevada, Mo.; sold out
these two stores, 1888, in order to devote all
his time to the Boston Store of Fort Smith,
Ark., remaining there until 1892, when he
came to St. Louis and joined in organizing
Stix, Baer & Fuller Dry Goods Co., of which
is vice president. Republican. Mason. Clubs:
Columbian, Mercantile, Westwood Country,
Triple A. Recreation: fishing. Office: cor.
Washington Ave. and 6th St. Residence: 11
Washington Terrace. Summer Residence:
Oden, Mich.
BAER, Samuel Harold, vice president and
treasurer Blanke-Baer Chemical Co.; born,
Fort Smith, Ark., Jan. 4, 1876; son of Herman
and Louise (Mergentine) Baer; graduated
Michigan Military Academy, Orchard Lake,
Mich., 1892; University of Michigan, B.S. in
chemistry, 1896; A.M., Ph.D., University of
Leipzig, Germany, 1898; married, St. Louis,
Dec. 30, 1903, Ann Louise Brown. Was mem
ber of firm of Mergentine & Lamm, New
York, 1898-1906; in 1906 became secretary
and treasurer, and Jan. 1, 1912, was elected
vice president and treasurer, Blanke-Baer
Chemical Co. (successors to The Arkwright
Co.), manufacturers of flavoring extracts and
essences, essential oils and colors, canned
fruits, fountain fruits and syrups, and Dr.
Arkwright Specialties. Secretary of Flavor
ing Extract Manufacturers' Association of
the United States; member American Chem
ical Society, Society of Chemical Industry of
London. Member Eureka Lodge No. 243, A. F.
& A. M., New York. Clubs: Million Popula
tion, also University of Michigan and Chem
ists', of New York. Recreations: literature

and tennis. Office: 212 S. 7th St. Residence:
5575 Waterman Ave.
BAER, Sigmund, secretary and treasurer
Stix, Baer & Fuller Dry Goods Co.; born in
Baden, Germany, July 5, 1862; son of Lazarus
and Ernestina (Weil) Baer; educated in pub
lic and high schools in Germany; married,
Fort Smith, Ark., Aug. 28, 1890,_ Marie Pap-
penheimer; children: Lewis and Sidney. Came
from Germany, 1879, to Fort Smith, Ark.,
arriving in America with less than $100 in
his pocket. Began business career on a salary
of $3.00 a week, and today is in the manage
ment of one of the largest business concerns
in the country, employing about 2,000 persons.
Was a member of firm of Baer Bros. & Fuller,
at Fort Smith, and is still director of the
Boston Store there; came to St. Louis, 1892,
and was one of the organizers of the firm of
Stix, Baer & Fuller Dry Goods Co., incorpo
rated, 1897, and has been secretary and treas
urer of the company from the time of its or
ganization. Republican. Clubs: Columbian,
Mercantile, Westwoo_d Country. Recreation:
European trips. Office: cor. Washington Ave.
and Broadway. Residence: 5314 Waterman
Avenue. BAGGOT, William, real estate; deceased;
see Vol. 1906.
BAGNELL, William, contractor, lumber
man; born, Province of Quebec, Can., Apr. 14,
1843; son of Captain William and Amelia
Bagnell; educated in public schools of To
ronto, Canada; married, Kansas City, Mo.,
1889, Sallie A. Adams, daughter of the late
Andrew Adams and niece of the late Judge
Washington Adams of the Supreme Court of
Missouri (both of Boonville, Mo.); children:
William (died in infancy), Effie A. (Mrs. W.
S. Culbertson, of Louisville) and Robert A.
Came to United States in 1864, and has ever
since been located in St. Louis and engaged
as a contractor in railroad construction under
firm name of Bagnell Bros.; since 1889, presi
dent of the Bagnell Timber Co., dealers in
railroad material. Also director Mississippi
Valley Trust Co. Episcopalian. Member A. F.
& A. M. Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis Country
(life member), Noonday. Favorite recrea
tions: golf, fishing and hunting, horseback rid
ing. Office: 427 Title Guaranty Bldg. Resi
dence: 12 Westmoreland Place.
BAIER, Frank William, Grand Treasurer
Knights of Honor of Missouri; born, Peoria,
111., Feb. 16, 1856; son of Henry and Marie
(Glaenzer) Baier; educated in Peoria Gram
mar School, Pekin (111.) High School, and
graduated from Polytechnic College, Bayreuth,
Germany, 1873; unmarried. Began in jewelry
business as apprentice in Pekin, HI., 1873;
came to St. Louis, May, 1876, and entered
employ of J. Son & Co., then at 318 N. 4th
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remaining at old stand until 1900, when re
moved to 205 N. 8th St.; since retired from
business in own name. .Member Red Cross
Lodge No. 54, Knights of Pythias, St. Louis
Council No. 6, Legion of Honor, and St. Louis
Lodge No. 13, Knights of Honor; has held
various offices in these lodges and is now
Grand Treasurer of Knights of Honor of Mis
souri. Favorite recreation: baseball. Office:
612 N. Broadway. Residence: 3447 Shenan
doah Ave.
BAILEY, Howard, dealer in live stock;
born, Scott Co., Ky., Oct. 24, 1861; son of
Leonidas and Susan H. (Cooke) Bailey; edu
cated Georgetown College, Ky.; married, June
7, 1905, Louise Salmon. Has interest in a
number of St. Louis enterprises; since 1898
vice president Maxwell & Crouch Mule Co.,
located at National Stock Yards, St. Clair Co.,
111. ; director and stockholder " 09 " Ranch &
Cattle Co. of Texas. Clubs: St. Louis, Glen
Echo. Recreations: farming, golf. Office: Na
tional Stock Yards, 111. Residence: St. Regis
Apartments. BAILEY, Warren, dealer in live stock;
born, Georgetown, Ky., Oct. 22, 1859; son of
Leonidas and Susan H. (Cooke) Bailey; edu
cated at Georgetown College, Ky. ; married,
Jan. 5, 1897, Rena, daughter of James W.
Morrison, of Fayette, Mo.; one daughter:
Carolyn S. Came to Missouri in 1886; has in
terest in several enterprises in St. Louis and
elsewhere in this and other states; since 1898
president of the Maxwell & Crouch Mule Co.,
operating at the National Stock Yards, St.
Clair Co., 111., and is actively engaged in that
business. Member Business Men's League.
Clubs: St. Louis, Bellerive. Recreation: golf.
Office: National Stock Yards, 111. Residence:
4048 Westminster Place.
BAIN, Robert Edward Mather, passenger
agent; born, Chicago, 111., Aug. 9, 1858; son
of George and Clara (Mather) Bain; edu
cated at Washington University; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 3, 1880, Mary Valle; children:
Marie Zoe (Mrs. C. B. R. Fitz William),
Catherine (Mrs. E. C. Bennett), George Valle,
Marguerite Desloge (Mrs. Charles Henry
Adams, of New Orleans), Lucie Clara. Was
clerk in Atlantic Mills, 1875-79; broker in
foreign exchange, 1879-82; foreign insurance
and freight agent, 1882-84; freight and pas
senger agent, Anchor Line, 1883-85; passen
ger agent White Star Line, etc., 1884-96; gen
eral Southwestern passenger agent, White
Star and Holland-America Lines, for entire
southwestern United States, 1897-1903; since
Feb. 1, 1903, Southwestern passenger agent,
International Mercantile Marine Co. Vice
president Colonial Leaf Tobacco Co.; was cap
tain of Bain Zouaves, 1879-86; member Mis
souri legislature, 1884-86. Member Business
Men's League, Civic League, Missouri His
torical Society. Amateur photographer; trav

eled through lower Egypt, Palestine, Turkey,
Greece and Italy, taking photographs for pur
pose of illustrating "Earthly Footsteps of
the Man of Galilee," also illustrated "Child's
Bible, " " Romance of Palestine, ' ' etc., and is
contributor to various photographic journals
and annuals. President St. Louis Photo
graphic Society, 1895-1901. Inventor. Chair
man of Group Jury and member Department
International Jury of Award of St. Louis
World's Fair. Recreation: gardening. Office:
Century Bldg. Residence: 3801 Flora Boul.
BAIRD, William Edward, associate city
counselor; born, Cornersville, Marshall Co.,
Tenn., Oct. 7, 1876; son of William E. and
Martha Elizabeth (Gordon) Baird; prepared
for college at Webb School, Bell Buckle,
Tenn., 1892-95; A.B., Vanderbilt University,
1899; LL.B., Columbia Law School, New York,
1899, 1902; AM., Columbia University, 1902;
married, Moberly, Mo., Apr. 22, 1909, Anna
Seelen. Editor of Columbia Law Review,
1901-02; admitted to St. Louis bar, 1902, and!
since engaged in practice in St. Louis; in
December, 1910, appointed associate city coun
selor. Lecturer at St. Louis University Insti
tute of Law. Assistant to general counsel of
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co., Septem
ber, 1904, to May, 1905. Member of St. Louis,
American and Missouri State Bar Associa
tions, Law Library Association, American
Historical Association, Legion of Honor. Pres
byterian. Club: City. Office: City Hall. Resi
dence: 3945 Lindell Boul.
BAKER, Alfred Edward, treasurer P. C.
Murphy Trunk Co.; born, Jefferson City, Mo.,
Dec. 10, 1865; son of Dr. John and Amelia
(Steele) Baker; educated in public and pri
vate schools; married, St. Louis, June, 1893,
Mary E., daughter of P. C. Murphy; children:
Jules Alfred, Hugh Edward, John Joseph,
Thomas C, Mary Catherine. After leaving
school in 1883, went to Stewart Co., Tenn.,
where was in the office of the LaGrange Iron
Works, 1884-89; went to Montana, 1889, and
was connected with the Granite Mountain
Mining Co. at Granite Mountain, Mont., until
1893; also conducted from 1889, a general
merchandise business at Rumsey, Mont., and
Anaconda, Mont., and remained connected
with that business until 1900. Since 1893 a
resident of St. Louis, and since October, 1893,
treasurer of the P. C. Murphy Trunk Co.,
manufacturers of trunks, traveling bags, etc.
(established 1860, incorporated 1892.) Office
and Factory: 13th and Papin Sts. Salesrooms:
707 Washington Ave. Residence: 938 Catalpa
Street. BAKER, Allen H., dealer in grain and mill
feed; born, Calvers, Tex., Dec. 20, 1871; son
of William and Amanda (Harris) Baker; edu
cated in public schools of Texas, and College
of Texas, at Tehucany, Tex.; married, Fort,
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children: Marie E. and William Allen. Presi
dent Allen Baker Commission Co., grain and
mill feed, since 1900; managing director truck
department Brown Automobile Co. Member
St. Louis Merchants' Exchange. Republican.
Catholic. Office: 1057 Pierce Bldg. Residence:
4539 Washington Boul.
BAKER, Charles Andrew, real estate; born,
Dayton, O., Apr. 29, 1856; son of John G. and
Sophia Dorothea (Schriefer) Baker; graduate
Dayton High School, in class of 1874; mar
ried, Fargo, N. Dak., Sept. 11, 1884, Mary W.
Hime; children: Herbert Oliver, Edith May,
Ralph Irving. Came to St. Louis, 1878; was
salesman for Graham Paper Co. for twenty
years; gave up position in 1898 to push the
sale of Webster Park and other suburban
property in vicinity of Webster and Kirk-
wood; now engaged in general real estate
business as the agent and one of the directors
of Webster Park Realty Co.; secretary and
treasurer Sherwood Forest Realty Co., West
Webster Realty Co. Republican. Congrega
tionalism Member Civic League. Clubs: Mer
cantile, Algonquin Golf. Office: 903 Wright
Bldg. Residence: Rosemont Ave., Webster
Park. BAKER, George Arnold, Jr., president
Stephens Lithographing and Engraving Co.;
born, Helena, Mont., Aug. 21, 1866; son of
George A. and Eleanor (Street) Baker; edu
cated in public schools and Smith Academy,
St. Louis, graduating, 1883; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 2, 1892, Grace Heath. Began busi
ness career as clerk for E. C. Meacham Arms
Co.,' St. Louis, 1883-90; since 1890 with Ste
phens Lithographing and Engraving Co.; in
1894, with associates, purchased the business
and is now president of the company. Clubs:
St. Louis, New England. Favorite recreations:
horseback riding and driving. Office: 422 N.
2d St. Residence: 501 N. Clara Ave.
BAKER, George Reason, banking; born,
Tippecanoe, Harrison Co., O., July 4, 1875;
son of John Wesley and Rebecca (Phillips)
Baker; educated in common schools; married,
Lancaster, Mo., Dec. 22, 1898, Heleena Figge;
one son, Lorenzo E., born Mar. 28, 1900. Be
came connected with the Farmers' and Mer
chants ' Savings Bank of Lancaster, Mo., 1893,
and advanced to cashier; appointed repre
sentative of National Bank of Commerce, St.
Louis, 1903, and was in charge of the World's
Fair department of the bank, 1904; assistant
cashier since Jan. 1, 1907. Secretary Group
No. 1, Missouri Bankers' Association, 1902.
Member American Institute of Banking, St.
Louis Credit Men's Association. Methodist.
Mason. Clubs: Masonic, Midland Valley Golf.
Recreation: golf. Office: National Bank of
Commerce. Residence: 6911 Kingsbury Boul.
BAKEWELL, Paul, lawyer; born, St. Louis,
Aug. 21, 1858; son of Robert Armytage and

Nancy (de Laureal) Bakewell; educated at
St. Louis University (LL.D., October, 1904),
and graduated from law school of Washing
ton University, LL.B., 1879; married, St.
Louis, Apr. 30, 1884, Eugenia Stella McNair;
children: Marie, Eugenia (Mrs. Charles V. H.
Roberts), Paul, Jr., Edward, Claude, Nancy,
Vincent. Admitted to bar at St. Louis in
May, 1879, and since continuously engaged in
practice as specialist in patent, trade-mark
and copyright law. Member of St. Louis Bar
Association, Missouri State Bar Association,
American Bar Association. Trustee St. Louis
University. Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Sunset Hill Coun
try; Lawyers (New York). Recreations:
shooting, fishing and horseback riding. Office:
La Salle Bldg. Residence: St. Louis.
BALDWIN, Edward S., lumber; born, Mem
phis, Tenn.; son of James W. and Rose Ann
(Nicholas) Baldwin; came with parents to
St. Louis and attended school at Carondelet,
later student in private school of Dr. Mc-
Anally; graduated Bryant & Stratton Com
mercial College; married Jessie Buchanan, of
Memphis; children: Gertrude Kyle, Irene Mil
dred, Charles Sidney, Rose Lethenia. Began
under uncle, George Baldwin, in stove, range
and furnace business; became connected with
the Clarkson-Christopher Lumber Co. and was
made manager at Elmore, Ark.; returned to
St. Louis, 1890, and entered employ of the
Bonsack Lumber Co., of which is superintend
ent. Member Christian (Disciples) Church.
Republican. Mason. Member Royal Arcanum.
Office: Angelica St. and Wharf.
BALDWIN, Frederick Amos, professor
pathology, etc.; born, Kalamazoo, Mich., May
14, 1877; son of Charles E. and Dora J. (War
ren) Baldwin; educated in public schools of
Jackson, Mich., 1885-93; Medical Department,
University of Michigan, M.D., 1898; Depart
ment of Literature, Science and Art, same,
A.B., 1902, Sc.D., same, 1904. Served in Med
ical Department of University of Michigan,
as assistant in histology, 1896-97, assistant in
pathology, 1898-1902, instructor in pathology,
1902-04; assistant city pathologist and bac
teriologist, St. Louis, 1904-07; professor pathol
ogy and therapeutics, Medical Department,
Baylor University, Dallas, Tex., 1907-10; pro
fessor pathology, bacteriology and medicine,
American Medical College, St. Louis, since
1910, also secretary same; secretary National
University of Arts and Sciences. Member St.
Louis, Missouri State and Southern Illinois
Medical societies, Nu Sigma Nu, Sigma Xi
college fraternities. Recreations: baseball,
football and tennis. Office: 4500 Olive St.
Residence: 3509 Morgan St.
BALDWIN, Richard Brackett, manager A.
C. Lawrence Leather Co.; born, Boston, Mass.,
Feb. 18, 1873; son of W. H. and Mary Frances
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ton public schools and Boston Latin School;
married, Chicago, July 14, 1900, Belle Rob
erts. Began active career in leather business
with Arey, Maddock & Locke, continuing
from 1890 to 1898; since with the A. C. Law
rence Leather Co., first as manager at Chi
cago until October, 1903, and since then as
manager of the St. Louis office. Republican.
Recreations: hunting, fishing and farming.
Office: 705-707 Lucas Ave. Residence: Kirk-
wood, Mo.
BALDWIN, Walter; see Vol. 1906.
BALL, Frank C, safe deposit officer Mis
sissippi Valley Trust Co.; born, Staplehurst,
Neb., Apr. 3, 1886; son of Rev. Albert Dil-
worth, D.D., and Mary A. (Maeder) Ball;
graduated at De Soto (Mo.) High School,
1903; unmarried. Began active career with
Jefferson County Bank, De Soto, continuing
May, 1903- June, 1906; has been connected
with the Mississippi Valley Trust Co. at St.
Louis since June, 1906, and safe deposit officer
same, since Apr. 12, 1911. President St. Louis
Chapter American Institute of Banking. Re
publican. Methodist. Mason; member Lamb
skin Lodge No. 460, A. F. & A. M.; St. Louis
Chapter No. 8, R. A. M.; St. Aldemar Com-
mandery No. 18, Knights Templar; Moolah
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. Club: Amateur
Athletic. Recreations: baseball and tennis.
Office: Mississippi Valley Trust Co., 4th and
Pine Sts. Residence: 2244 Red Bud Ave.
BALL, James Moores, physician, oculist;
born, West Union, Iowa, Sept. 4, 1862; son of
Dr. James Moores and Martha (Glover) Ball;
educated in public schools of Waterloo, Iowa;
Iowa State University, Iowa City, M.D., 1884;
post-graduate instruction in New York and in
Europe; married, York, Pa., Oct. 14, 1890,
Naomi Marshall; children: Logan Marshall,
Mary Josephine. Engaged in practice of medi
cine since 1886; practice confined to ophthal
mology since 1890; professor diseases of the
eye, American Medical College; oculist Amer
ican Hospital and Christian-Centenary Hos
pital; member numerous medical societies.
Author of Ball's Modern Ophthalmology.
Episcopalian. Office: 4500 Olive St. Resi
dence: 4374 Washington Ave.
BALL, Otho Fisher, editor Interstate Med
ical Journal; born, Waterloo, Iowa, June 20,
1875; son of Dr. James Moores (Sr.) and
Martha B. (Glover) Ball; educated in public
schools of Iowa; took special science course
in University of Wisconsin, and graduated
from the College of Physicians and Surgeons,
St. Louis, M.D., 1897; married, St. Louis, Feb.
19, 1901, Leonora Montgomerie Clague. En
gaged in practice of medicine until 1902; as
sistant editor, 1897-1903, since 1903 managing
editor of the Interstate Medical Journal, also
secretary and general manager Interstate
Medical Journal Co., its publishers (incorpo
rated 1901). Member various medical socie

ties and social and local literary clubs. Club:
University. Office: Metropolitan Bldg. Resi
dence: 5337 Cabanne Ave.
BALLARD, James Franklin, manufacturer
proprietary medicines; born, Ashtabula, O.,
July 16, 1851; son of James and Elisa (Heath)
Ballard; educated in public schools, Almont,
Mich.; married, Vincennnes, Ind., June 24,
1878, Emma Hill Hadley; children: William
J., Berenice C. (Mrs. H. H. Clark, Jr.), Nellie
E. Came to St. Louis, 1874; was connected
with Richardson & Co., wholesale drugs, until
1882, when established the Ballard-Snow Lini
ment Co., of which is proprietor. Director
Mechanics-American National Bank, of St.
Louis, United States & Mexican Trust Co., of
New York. Member Business Men's League
(St. Louis). Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile,
Noonday (St. Louis), Salmagundi, Drug and
Chemical (New York). Office: 500-502 Wash
ington Boul. Residence: 4420 Washington
Boulevard. BALLARD, John O., grain commission;
born, Logan Co., O., Dec. 31, 1872; son of
Theodore R. and Elizabeth (Depew) Ballard;
educated in public grammar and high schools
and course in business college; married, St.
Louis, Dec. 24, 1895, Lydia W. Harting; one
daughter: Elizabeth. Identified with the grain
business in St. Louis since 1893; started with
Ballard-Messmore & Co., and is vice presi
dent and treasurer of the company; also sec
retary and treasurer St. Louis Grain Clearing
Co. Member St. Louis Merchants' Exchange.
Democrat. Methodist. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar. Clubs: St. Louis, Bellerive Country,
Glen Echo Country. Recreation: golf. Office:
520 Merchants' Exchange. Residence: 5171
Waterman Ave.
BALLARD, Theodore Reese, commission
merchant; 1848-1909; see Vol. 1906.
BALSON, William Lewis, president Balson
Realty & Building Co. ; born, Bridport, Dorset
shire, Eng., Oct. 8, 1842; son of Lewis and
Susan (Wheadon) Balson; educated in na
tional schools of England until eleven years
of age; came to America with parents in
1853, and attended public schools of St. Louis,
and night schools; married, St. Louis, Dec. 23,
1866, Ella Schofield, whose father, William
Schofield, came from Manchester, Eng., 1845;
nine children: William S. (who died 1903),
Ella E., Susan O, Edith M., Mary J., Ethel O,
Lewis E., Eva and Olive A. Was in employ
of U. S. Government about two years at Fort
Leavenworth and Jefferson Barracks; learned
carpenter's trade; entered building business
in spring of 1866, in which has since con
tinued, adding real estate business about
1880; incorporated under title of Balson
Realty & Building Co., of which is president.
Democrat. Mason. Recreations: reading and
home life. Office: 5899 Delmar Ave. Resi
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BAMBER, Samuel Edward, secretary Hess
& Culbertson Jewelry Co.; born, Batavia, 0.,
Oct. 17, 1876; son of Henry and Justine
(Favre) Bamber; educated in public schools
of Cincinnati, O.; married, St. Louis, June 10,
1901, Louise Jenkins; children: Ruth Marie,
Louise Justine. Came to St. Louis in 1893,
and was with the Merrick, Walsh & Phelps
Jewelry Co. as salesman until 1897; then was
salesman with the Hess & Culbertson Jewelry
Co. until 1902, when became secretary of the
company. Republican. Was a member of Com
pany G, 1st Missouri Volunteers, during the
Spanish- American War, and served one year
in Cuba. Baptist. Mason (32°), Knight Tem
plar, Shriner; member Knights of the Macca
bees of the World, Woodmen of the World.
Club: Missouri Athletic. Favorite recreation:
baseball. Office: 501 N. 7th St. Residence:
Kenwood Springs, St. Louis Co.
BANDELIER, Gustav A., candy manufac
turer; see Vol. 1906.
BANISTER, Fred Arthur, real estate; born,
St. Louis Co., Missouri, Nov. 28, 1861; son of
John B. and Miriam (Voisey) Banister; edu
cated in Webster School, St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, Nov. 28, 1888, Nonie E. Morton;
children: Marian, Edward W. Began business
career as secretary to Gaius Paddock, presi
dent of the Paddock-Hawley Iron Co., con
tinuing for ten years; was for two years with
E. S. Guignon & Bro., real estate; since then
real estate and financial agent on own ac
count. Member Business Men's League, St.
Louis Real Estate Exchange. Republican.
Episcopalian. Mason (32°), Knight Templar,
Shriner; secretary Masonic Temple Associa
tion. Member Legion of Honor. Clubs: Mer
cantile, Glen Echo, Oasis Fishing and Hunt
ing. Favorite recreation: automobiling. Of
fice: 1422-1424 Syndicate Trust Bldg., 915
Olive St. Residence: 4542 W. Pine Boul.
BANNERMAN, James, harness and sad
dlery; 1840-1911; see Vol. 1912.
BARCK, Carl, physician; born, Karlsruhe,
Germany, July 29, 1859; son of Herrman and
Ema (Riester) Barck; educated in public
school till 9th year, gymnasium and lyceum
until 18th year, and in Universities of Frei
burg and Berlin till 22; M. D., University of
Freiburg, 1880; married, St. Louis, June 26,
1891, Maud Schroeder; children: Amy, Edna.
Engaged in practice of medicine since 1882;
practice confined to diseases of the eye and
ear. Professor of ophthalmology, St. Louis
University; member of various medical so
cieties, America and abroad, St. Louis Acad
emy of Science. Member Ethical Society, etc.
Recreations: chess, mountaineering. Office:
202-207 Humboldt Bldg. Residence: 3301 Shen
andoah Ave.
BARCLAY, George Reppert, vice president
Simmons Hardware Co.; born, Sacramento,
Cal., Dec. 27, 1854; son of George R. and Julia

(Johnson) Barclay; educated in public schools
of Allegheny City, Pa., and Marietta, O.;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 19, 1881, Lillie I.
Swain; children: George F., Julia (Mrs. John
D'Arcy), Thomas S. Began business career
as clerk in the local freight office of the North
Missouri R. R. Co., Oct. 1, 1870, remained
with that company in various positions until
March, 1875, when resigned to enter employ
of Simmons Hardware Co., with which com
pany continued, successively, as entry clerk,
chief clerk of correspondence department, and
manager of credit department; elected di
rector, Jan. 1, 1898, office of assistant treas
urer; and in 1904 elected to present position
as vice president of the company. Was mem
ber of Company G, 1st Regiment, National
Guard of Missouri., Episcopalian. Clubs: Mer
cantile, Algonquin Golf, Triple A, Officers of
1st Regiment, N. G. M. Recreation: travel
ing. Office: 9th and Spruce Sts. Residence:
4305 Morgan St.
BARCLAY, Robert, physician, specialist;
born, St. Louis, May 8, 1857; son of David
Robert Barclay (lawyer, journalist, author
of Barclay's Digest, and proprietor and
editor of the St. Louis Dispatch) and Mary
Melinda (Shepard) Barclay, daughter of Capt.
Elihu H. ,Shepard (soldier in four American
wars, lawyer and teacher) ; of British and
Norman ancestry on paternal side, and of
Revolutionary ancestry on maternal side; at
tended schools of St. Louis, Mo., and Alex
andria, Va.; A.B., Trinity College, Hartford,
Conn., 1880, A.M., 1883; M.D., College of
Physicians and Surgeons (Medical Depart
ment, Columbia University), 1883; married,
Hartford, Conn., October, 1886, Minnie Genie,
daughter of Thomas and Agnes (Gibson) Ham
ilton (both of distinguished Scottish ances
try); they have three sons: Robert Hamilton
(with electrical department, Kansas City
Terminal R. R. Co.), Shepard Gibson (member
editorial staff, New York Sun) and McClel
land (commercial artist and special marine
painter, New York and Washington, D. C).
Mrs. Barclay died Dee. 22, 1908. She was
especially gifted as a musician and composer,
1 and served as musical director of the St.
Louis Chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution. Dr. Barclay has engaged in prac
tice in St. Louis since October, 1885, as spe
cialist in diseases of the ear, nose and throat;
has served as chief, in his department, in St.
Louis City Hospital, Missouri Pacific Railway
Hospital, St. Louis Baptist Hospital, Missouri
Baptist Sanitarium, St. Mary's Infirmary,
South Side Dispensary, Maria Consilia Deaf
and Dumb Institute, St. Philomena's Indus
trial School, House of the Good Shepherd,
etc. Among improvements devised by him in
surgical instruments, may be named a special
pattern of shaf t-and-handle for any instru:
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cavities; also an improved and shortened aural
operating-speculum. Vice president St. Louis
Medical Society, 1906. Contributor to medical
periodicals, encyclopaedias, society proceed
ings, etc. Chief articles: "Medical Treatment
of Acute Diseases of the Middle Ear," Hare's
System of Practical Therapeutics, 1892;
' ' Closure of the Ear by Growths of Bone, ' ' in
the St. Louis Medical Review of 1894; "Can
You Cure Deafness Caused by Catarrh" ("A
Reply"), in The Laryngoscope of 1897; "A
Practical Suggestion Respecting the Removal
of Foreign Bodies from the Larynx; illus
trated by a Case of Cockle-burr upon the Vo
cal Cords," in The Medical Fortnightly of
1905; "A Method of Radical Relief of Cases
of Deafness Long Abandoned as Hopeless,"
Journal of Missouri State Medical Associa
tion, 1907; "Relief of Chronic Deafness by
Tympanic Resection," in The Railway Sur
geon, 1907; "Some Practical Problems in Ear,
Nose and Throat Practice," Journal of Mis
souri State Medical Association, 1912; etc.
Main Office and Address: 3894 Washington
Boul. Supplementary Office: 3100 S. Grand
Ave., cor. Arsenal St.
BARCLAY, Shepard, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Nov. 3, 1847; son of Capt. Elihu H.
Shepard, of pioneer American settlers; edu
cated St. Louis public and high schools; A.B.,
St. Louis University, 1867; LL.B., University
of Virginia, 1869; Paris, and University of
Berlin, 1870-72; (LL.D., University of Mis
souri, 1897, St. Louis University, 1904) ; mar
ried, St. Louis, June 11, 1873, Katie Anderson.
Practiced law, St. Louis, 1872-82; elected cir
cuit judge, St. Louis, 1882; elected justice Su
preme Court, Missouri, 1888; chosen chief.
justice, 1897; resigned, 1898, and resumed
practice; appointed judge St. Louis Court of
Appeals, 1901; returned to practice, 1903; now
member firm of Barclay, Fauntleroy & Cullen.
Member Business Men's League. President
University of Virginia Alumni, Beta Theta
Alumni. Life member Missouri Historical So
ciety. Clubs: University, Noonday, Bellerive,
Schiller Verein, Mercantile, Alma Mater. Ofj
fice: 214 N. 6th St. Residence: 3844 Delmar
Boulevard. BARDENHEIER, Charles William, wine
and liquor merchant; born, St. Louis, Nov. 4,
1869; son of John and Elizabeth (Schaub)
Bardenheier; educated in St. Louis public
school, Christian Brothers College, and Bry
ant & Stratton Business College; married,
Centralia, 111., June, 1896, Flora Kohl; one
daughter, Fernanda. After leaving school, in
1881, entered employ of his father, in the
wholesale wine and liquor business; learned
wine-making in Europe, 1888-89; vice presi
dent John Bardenheier Wine and Liquor Co.,
1895-1905, since president. Catholic. Recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Office: 210-214
Market St. Residence: 5159 Fairmount Ave.

BARDENHEIER, John Henry, wholesale
wines and liquors; born, St. Louis, Aug. 15,
1873; son of John and Elizabeth (Schaub)
Bardenheier; educated in St. Louis public
schools, Christian Brothers College, and Bry
ant & Stratton Business College; married,
Nov. 28, 1906, Louise Lagomardino. In 1889
entered the wine and liquor house of John
Bardenheier, thoroughly learning the business,
and was sent by father to California, where,
among the Italian-Swiss colony in the wine
sections of that state, studied the processes of
making, and especially of keeping, native
wines; on return reentered the house and in
1895 when business was incorporated as the
John Bardenheier Wine and Liquor Co., be
came secretary of the company, continuing
until death of father, June, 1905, when, with
three brothers, succeeded to the business, be
coming vice president of the company. Cath
olic. Member of the Eagles, Knights of
Pythias, Travelers' Protective Association.
Office: 210-214 Market St. Residence: 6059
Kingsbury Boul.
BARDENHEIER, Joseph Anthony, whole
sale wine and liquors; born, St. Louis, Dec. 21,
1880; son of John and Elizabeth (Schaub)
Bardenheier; educated in St. Louis public
schools, Christian Brothers College and Bry
ant & Stratton Business College; unmarried.
Entered wholesale wine and liquor house of
father (who established it in 1873) in 1894,
and in 1895, when business was incorporated
as the John Bardenheier Wine and Liquor Co.,
became assistant secretary of the company,
so continuing until death of father in June,
1905, when succeeded, with three brothers, to
the business and became secretary of the com
pany. Office: 210-214 Market St. Residence:
5102 Maple Ave.
BARKER, Harry Clark, lawyer; born, Hart
ford, Kan., July 18, 1880; son of Rev. Joel
Arlington and Alice R. (Smith) Barker; de
scended from English ancestry, landing in
America about 1752; educated Fairbury
(Neb.) High School, graduating, 1898; stu
dent University of Nebraska, 1898-1900; con
tinued studies in MeKendree College, Leba
non, 111., but left that institution in senior
year to enter business; read law in office of
C. C. Collins, St. Louis; entered Law Depart
ment, Washington University, and graduated
degree of LL.B., 1904; married, Webster
Groves, Mo., May 29, 1906, Grace Lawrence
Ferguson; one child: Harry C, Jr. (deceased.)
In practice in St. Louis since 1904; member
firm of Carter, Collins, Jones & Barker since
1905. Member St. Louis Bar Association, St.
Louis Law Library Association, Beta Theta
Pi college fraternity. Club: City. Office: 1016j
506 Olive St. Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
BARKER, William Shirmer, physician;
born, St. Louis, Oct. 18, 1863; son of Dr. Wil
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cated in St. Louis public schools; Ph.B., Wash
ington University, 1887; M.D., Missouri Med
ical College, 1890; studied in Post-Graduate
and Polyclinic schools in New York; married,
St. Louis, Nov. 3, 1891, Mary E. Sprague;
children: Sprague, Paul Shirmer, Ruth Lin
coln, Elizabeth, Philip Charles, Virginia, Theo
dore. Engaged in general practice of medi
cine in St. Louis since 1890, with special work
in diseases of children; member staffs Bethes-
da and Foundling hospitals. Member City
Hospital Medical, St. Louis Pediatric and St.
Louis Medical societies. Presbyterian. Office:
3502 N. Grand Ave. Residence: 3855 Delmar
Boulevard. BARKLAGE, Louis, stock and bond broker;
born, St. Louis, Feb. 11, 1863; son of Fred
erick and Margaret (Henger) Barklage; edu
cated in public schools and Polytechnic High
School, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Apr. 26,
1893, Eugenia Ludwig. Began active career
as clerk in Continental Bank, 1879; entered
office of Wernse & Dieckman, stock and bond
brokers, 1881, and has ever since been asso
ciated 'with that firm. Member St. Louis Stock
Exchange (president, 1910, and now director).
Mason; member Tuscan Lodge No. 360, A. F.
& A. M. Club: Union (charter member). Rec
reations: fishing and traveling. Office: 317 N.
4th St. Residence: 6185 Kingsbury Boul.
BARLOW, Stephen Douglas, secretary of
the Collier estate; born, St. Louis, June 13,
1845; son of Stephen D. and Lucy A. (Dick
son) Barlow; educated in public schools and
Washington University; married, Rolla, Mo.,
Sept. 29, 1883, Missouri Williams; one daugh
ter: Margaret D. After leaving school, en
tered firm of W. H. Markham, wholesale iron
dealers, continuing for six years; first assist
ant comptroller of St. Louis during the ad
ministration of Nathan Cole, Mayor; then be
came secretary and treasurer of the Kellogg
Bridge Co., of Buffalo, N. Y.; afterwards first
assistant comptroller during Mayor Henry
Overstolz's administration until ill health
necessitated a change of climate; for ten
years thereafter was accountant with different
iron manufacturing companies, for three years
secretary and treasurer of the St. Louis &
Suburban Railway Co., then for a time with
the Mercantile Trust Co.; became secretary of
the Collier Estate, 1900. Republican. Favorite
recreations: literature and music. Office: 711,
105 N. 7th St. Residence: 5502A Maple Ave.
BARNARD, George D., manufacturing sta
tioner; born, New Bedford, Mass., Oct. 6,
1846; son of Henry L. and Elizabeth Robin-
,son (Curtis) Barnard; educated in public
school and half through high school, at New
Bedford, Mass., leaving school because of
-death of father; married, Alton, 111., 1874,
Mary L. Tindall. Began in stationery business
as employe in 1860; came to St. Louis, Sep
tember, 1868, and was clerk in manufacturing

stationery house until 1872, when with two
others started in manufacturing stationery
business; partners died in 1876 and 1877;
business later incorporated as George D. Bar
nard & Co., of which is president, and since
1895 has occupied the entire large factory
building (345x212 feet) where is now located.
Also vice president Art Metal Construction
Co. Member Merchants' Exchange (ex-vice
president). Vice chairman Committee on Fall
Festivities; one of original World's Fair Com
mittee of 200; chairman of many committees
to raise money for public purposes. Mugwump,
with Democratic tendencies. Episcopalian
(Church of the Ascension). Clubs: Mercantile,
St. Louis, University, Noonday, Round Table,
St. Louis Country, Glen Echo. Recreations:
motoring and traveling. Office: Vandeventer
and Laclede Aves. Residence: 45 Portland
Place. Summer Residence: Lake Geneva, Wis.
BARNES, Algernon Sidney, retired physi
cian; born, Mont Albion, Miss., Mar. 8, 1831;
son of John (M.D.) and Caroline (Clark)
Barnes; came to St. Louis, 1841; educated in
private schools of St. Louis, and graduated
from medical department, University of Mis
souri, 1855; married, St. Louis, Apr. 26, 1859,
Susan C. Bailey; children: Algernon Sidney,
Jr., M.D., Percival Clinton, M.D., and Ida M.
Crossed the plains with ox-team, 1850, walk
ing from St. Joseph, Mo., to Salt Lake, and
from Salt Lake to the gold mines of Califor
nia, where joined a company of Texas rangers
and dug gold for over two years; returned to
Missouri, studied medicine, and engaged in
practice at St. Louis, from 1855; now retired.
Entered Government service, at beginning of
Civil War, as surgeon, and served until close
of war. Member American Medical Associa
tion, Mississippi Valley Medical Association,
Missouri State Medical Association, St. Louis
Medical Society; member Military Surgeons
of National Guards of United States. Repub
lican. Methodist. Mason; member Legion of
Honor. Residence: 6312 Washington Ave_.
BARNES, Algernon Sidney, Jr., physician;
born, St. Louis, May 18, 1871; son of Algernon
S. (M.D.) and Susan C. (Sheckley-Bailey)
Barnes; educated in Smith Academy, Perkins
and Herpel Business College, St. Louis Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, M.D., 1892;
special course University of Pennsylvania,
1892; married, St. Louis, June 7, 1893, Flor
ence I. Bethune; one son: John Algernon,
born July 15, 1908. Practiced general medi
cine, 1892-97; in 1897 took up specialty of
ear, nose, throat and chest diseases, as office.
assistant with late Dr. J. C. Mulhall; since
then has practiced alone as specialist in ear,
nose, throat and lungs. Professor microscopy,
St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons,
1893-95; assistant to professor nose and
throat, Beaumont Hospital Medical College,
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Missouri State Medical Association, American
Medical Association, Obstetrical Society,
Philadelphia, Pathological Society, Philadel
phia; chairman Scout Masters Association,
Boy Scouts of America, in St. Louis; chair
man Tiny Tim fund; vice president Men's
Club of Maple Avenue Methodist Church;
delegate to Central Council of Social Agen
cies. Member American National Red Cross,
St. Louis Society of Social Hygiene, Social
Service Conference, Washington University
Association, Civic League. Republican. Clubs :
City, St. Louis, Railway. Recreations: gym
nastics and boy's work. Office: 210, 705
Olive St. Residence: 5589 Vernon Ave.
BARNES, Charles Wardell, real estate;
born, New York, June 5, 1845; son of George
and Mary Louisa (Wardell) Barnes; educated
in public school, New York, boarding schools
at White Plains, N. Y., and Suffield, Conn.,
and private school, New York; married, St.
Charles, Mo., Apr. 22, 1879, Lucie Belle Port-
mess; children: George, Margaret Ellen, Shep
ard, Charles W., Jr. Clerk in tea brokerage
firm, New York, 1860-61, shipping and com
mission firm, 1861; went to China, via Aspin-
wall, Panama and San Francisco, to Shanghai
(107 days) ; was with Olyphant & Co. at Shang
hai, Kinkiang, Hankow, Hong Kong and Canton
in various capacities until May, 1872; reached
Shanghai when it was surrounded by the Tai-
ping rebels, and joined the Shanghai Volun
teers in defense of the settlement, in conjunc
tion with English, French and Indian troops.
Returned to New York and entered U. S.
Sub-Treasury, 1873; came to St. Louis, June
30, 1875; treasurer Crystal Plate Glass Co.,
1875-95; since 1900 engaged in real estate and
loan business. Also vice president Buxton &
Skinner Stationery Co. Member Real Estate
Exchange. Republican. Episcopalian. While
in China visited many parts of the empire,
also Japan; made acquaintance of Generals
Forrester and Burgevine and of Colonel (Chi
nese) Gordon, commander of the "Ever Vic
torious Army," and of Li Hung Chang (then
known as General Li). Club: Mercantile (from
start). Office: 722 Chestnut St. Residence:
3754 Westminster Place.
BARNES, Rollin H., physician; born, Fred
ericksburg, O., July 22, 1872; son of Dr. Wil
liam T. and Almeda (Greer) Barnes; educated
public schools of Ohio, Ohio Wesleyan Univer
sity, Medical Department Wooster University
and Marion-Sims Medical College, St. Louis,
graduating from the latter with degree of
M.D., April, 1897; unmarried. Has practiced
at St. Louis since 1897; professor proctology,
St. Louis College Physicians and Surgeons,
1905-09; professor proctology, American Med
ical College, since 1910; publisher and editor
of The Proctologist. Member American Proc
tologic Society, American Medical Associa
tion, Missouri State Medical Association, St.

Louis Medical Society, Medical Association of
the Southwest, Ohio Valley and Mississippi ¦
Valley Medical Associations; ex-president
Alumni of Medical Department, St. Louis Uni
versity. Republican. Member Ohio Society of
St. Louis, B. P. O. Elks. Office: Rooms 219-
223 Metropolitan Bldg. Residence: 612 N.
Grand Ave.
BARNETT, George Dennis, architect; born,
St. Louis, Oct. 7, 1863; son of George I. and
Elizabeth (Armstrong) Barnett; educated at
Christian Brothers College; married, St. Louis,
1889, Nellie R. Haynes; children: George H.,
Theodosia. Started with father, who was one
of the most prominent architects in the
United States, 1880, and was with him until
1885, when took position of head draughtsman
for City of St. Louis. In 1889 organized firm
of Barnett & Haynes, architects, which
changed, 1894, to present style of Barnett,
Haynes & Barnett, firm architects of Liberal
Arts Bldg., Louisiana Purchase Exposition;
Hotel Jefferson, New Roman Catholic Cathe
dral, Star Bldg., Marquette Hotel, Hamilton
Hotel, etc., St. Louis; also New Illinois Ath
letic Club Bldg., New Southern Hotel, Chi
cago; Mark Twain Hotel, Hannibal, Mo.;
Colonial Hotel, Springfield, Mo.; New Joplin
Hotel, Joplin, Mo., etc. Member American In
stitute of Architects. Democrat. Catholic.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Illinois Athletic,
Cabanne. Recreations: reading and study.
Office: 313 N. 9th St. Residence: 5530 Delmar
Avenue. BARNETT, Tom P., architect; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 11, 1870; son of George I. and
Elizabeth' (Armstrong) Barnett; graduated
from St. Louis University, 1886; married, St.
Louis, 1890, Lillian Armentrout; children:
Leontine, Tom, Dorethia, George. Engaged in
practice of architecture in St. Louis since
graduation, as member of firm of Barnett,
Haynes & Barnett, architects for many nota
ble structures, including the Hotel Jefferson,
New Cathedral, Star Bldg., Marquette Hotel,
also for churches, hospitals and residences;
Liberal Arts Bldg. at the World's Fair; St.
Louis Cathedral, etc. Republican. Catholic.
Member American Institute of Architects, St.
Louis Artists' Guild. Clubs: Mercantile, Mis
souri Athletic, Amateur Athletic Association
(St. Louis), New Hlinois Athletic (Chicago).
Recreations: golf and landscape painting. Of
fice: 949 Century Bldg.
BARNHART, Cary Lee, retired; born, In
dependence, Mo., May 2, 1846; son of Robert
and Susan (Randolph) Barnhart; educated in
academy, Weston, Mo.; married, Kansas City,
Mo., Dee. 28, 1876, Ann E. Woodson; chil
dren: Cara Meade, Robert, Randolph, Everard
(all 'deceased), and Susan Randolph, Sallie
Carter and Francis Lee. Vice president of the
Barnhart Mercantile Co., 1875-1910. Member
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son (32°). Recreation: farming. Residence:
5817 Bartmer Ave.
BARNHART, William Randolph, wholesale
grocer; born, Streetsville, Can., Mar. 8, 1850;
son of Robert and Mary Susan (Randolph)
Barnhart; moved with father to Weston, Mo.,
1853; educated in public and private schools,
Weston; married, St. Louis, Sept. 17, 1884,
Fannie Greenwood Woodson; children: Wood
son, William Randolph, Jr., Nancy Elizabeth,
Robert Everard, Fannie Carter, Mary Ran
dolph. Clerk in drug store, Leavenworth,
Kan., 1868-70; salesman and commercial trav
eler for wholesale grocery house, 1870-75; es
tablished business for self, 1873, in grocers'
specialties; president Barnhart Mercantile Co.
since 188,3. Also president Globe Realty Co.,
and director of Randolph Realty Co. Member
St. Louis Merchants' Exchange, Business
Men's League. Democrat. Methodist (South
ern). Member Kentucky Society. Office: 200
S. Commercial Ave. Residence: Kirkwood,
Missouri. BARNS, William Eddy, editor St. Louis
Lumberman; born, Vevay, Ind., Aug. 29, 1853;
son of R. M. and Susan S. (Smead) Barns;
preparatory education at high school, Greens-
burg, Ind.; B.S., Illinois Wesleyan Univer
sity, Bloomington, 111., 1872; married, Bloom-
ington, Nov. 1, 1875, Miss M. M. Rowe, who
died Nov. 1, 1877, leaving one son, Frank
Rowe; married, 2d, Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 26,
1880, Louise Goode Gillett; one child: Helen
Gillett. After graduation became city editor
Daily' Republican, Decatur, 111., 1872-73 ; cor
respondent Chicago Inter Ocean, 1874; asso
ciate editor Central Christian Advocate, St.
Louis, 1875-84; editor of The Age of Steel, St.
Louis, 1886-1902; editor St. Louis Lumber
man since 1886; also president of the Journal
of Commerce Co., publishers St. Louis Lum
berman. One of founders Concatenated Order
of Hoo-Hoo (lumbermen's organization); sec
retary House of Hoo-Hoo ; secretary Federal
Rate Regulation Association; for years secre
tary St. Louis Lumbermen's Exchange; mem
ber Jury of Awards (forestry) Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition. Member American Eco
nomic Association, Missouri Historical So
ciety. Secretary Forestry Commission for
State of Missouri. Republican. Clubs: Mer
cantile, St. Louis Railway. Author: The La
bor Problem, 1888; Nobody Knows, 1889. Fa
vorite recreations: aquatic sports and litera
ture. Office: 1103 Wright Bldg. Residence:
4919 McPherson Ave.
BARON, Jules, physician and coroner; born,
St. Louis, Aug. 11, 1859; son of Jules C. and
Euphrasia (Dubief) Baron; educated in pub-
lie schools of St. Louis, Washington Univer
sity and St. Louis Medical College, M.D.,
1881; special courses in universities of Berlin,
Paris and Vienna, 1881-84; married Frieda
Rahner; married, 2nd, St. Louis, May, 1903,

Josephine Hecker; one son: Jules, Jr. En
gaged in general practice of medicine in St.
Louis since 1884; coroner City of St. Louis
since November, 1904. President Banner Clay
Works. Member St. Louis Medical Society,
Missouri State Medical Association. Repub
lican. Mason (32°), Shriner; member Knights
of Pythias. Recreations: hunting and fishing.
Offices: 3357 California Ave. and City Hall.
Residence: 3357 California Ave.
BARRETT, Jesse W., lawyer; born, Canton,
Mo., Mar. 17, 1884; son of Harry H. and Jean-
nette A. (Bushman) Barrett; educated in
common and high schools, Canton; B.Litt.,
Christian University, Canton, 1901, A.B.,
1902; LL.B., Law Department Washington
University, 1905; married, June 19, 1912, Miss
Ethelyn Louthan, of Canton, Mo. Admitted
to Missouri bar, 1905, and has since practiced
in St. Louis; was with firm of Harlan, Jeffries
& Wagner, 1905-08; associated in practice
with Milton M. Dearing (then assistant U. S.
attorney in charge of naturalization), 1908,
but partnership was dissolved, 1909, when Mr.
Dearing removed to California; has since
practiced alone, confining attention to civil
causes; served 1908-09 as special assistant U.
S. attorney in conduct of revenue prosecu
tions. Member St. Louis Bar Association,
Thayer Law Club. Active worker in progres
sive civic movements and has done consid
erable work in social service. Republican;
vice president Young Men's Republican Asso
ciation of Missouri. Member St. John's Meth
odist Church, South (member board of stew
ards; ex-president Men's Club). Vice presi
dent Arlington Chapter of Protected Home
Circle; member Phi Sigma Kappa college fra
ternity. Clubs: City, Lewis County (vice pres
ident and ex-president). Office: 906 Third
National Bank Bldg. Residence: 5205 Vernon
Avenue. BARROLL, Joseph Rollinson, merchant;
born, Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar. 22, 1867; son of
Henry Ballard and Adelia (Rollinson) Bar-
roll; educated in public grammar school, Chi
cago; married, Chicago, Dee. 10, 1890, Kath-
aryn E. Thorns, of Baltimore, Md.; two chil
dren: Joseph Rollinson, Jr., Eugenia Vassar.
Entered employ of Wilson Bros., Chicago, as
stock clerk, 1883, and was promoted to de
partment manager and foreign buyer at age
of 20, making first trip to Europe before 21
years of age; came to St. Louis, 1898, as
house manager to assist in organizing the
business of Butler Bros., wholesale general
merchandise, then being established in this
city. Director Merchants-Laclede National
Bank, American Automobile Insurance Co.
Democrat. Episcopalian; vestryman St. Pe
ter's P. E. Church. Vice president Business
Men's League; member board directors St.
Louis Symphony Society; member Civie
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Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association,
St. Louis Academy Sciences, National Geo
graphic Society. Clubs: §t. Louis, Noonday,
City, Aero, Automobile (director), Bellerive
Country (director), Round Table, Contempo
rary. Favorite recreations: golf and fishing.
Office: Butler Bros., 18th and Olive Sts. Resi
dence: 4603 Berlin Ave.
BARRON, Sterling Price, vice president
and general manager American Asphalt Asso
ciation; born, St. Louis, July 14, 1865; son of
James C. and Jane (O'Brien) Barron; edu
cated at Elleardville and Cote Brilliant
schools, St. Louis, and at Sedalia Seminary,
Sedalia, Mo.; married, East St. Louis, 111.,
Nov. 10, 1886, Margaret Ralls Foster; chil
dren: Osmond Martin, Helen Dorothy. Began
business career as stenographer for the Fa
mous Shoe and Clothing Co., and after that
was stenographer and correspondent, succes
sively, for George P. Plant Milling Co. and
E. G. Scudder & Bro.; then secretary of the
Gilson Asphaltum Co. until 1902; since vice
president and general manager of the Amer
ican Asphalt Association, miners of Gilsonite
and Bitumenite. Democrat. Catholic. Mem
ber Royal League, United Commercial Trav
elers. Office: Wainwright Bldg. Residence:
6321 Berlin Ave.
BARROWS, John Chester, insurance; born,
New York, July 23, 1858; son of Rev. N.
(D.D.) and Isabel (Gibson) Barrows; pre
pared for college at military school; entered
Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., 1876, grad
uating A.B., 1880, A.M., 1884; married, New
York, 1887, Emma Louise Adams. Since 1886
in general insurance business; general agent
for the Accident and Liability department of
the iEtna Life Insurance Co. of Hartford, and
general agent of the Title Guaranty and Sure
ty Co. of Pennsylvania. Episcopalian. Mem
ber Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Clubs:
Mercantile, Glen Echo, Sunset Hill" Country.
Recreation: golf. Office: Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 5735 Von Versen Ave.
BARRY, James, heating and ventilating en
gineer; born, Newhall, Mo., Feb. 26, 1869; son
of William and Elizabeth (Mulholland) Barry;
educated in public schools of Newhall, Mo.;
married, Belleville, 111., Feb. 26, 1895, Louisa
Courar; children: James, Veronica, Anna May.
Began business career with M. E. Herbert,
heating contractor, St. Joseph, Mo., for six
months; then was for two and a half years as
steam fitter with Haxton Steam Heater Co.,
Kewanee, 111., and afterward for twelve years
superintendent with Karr Supply Co., heating
contractors, Belleville, 111., and represented
same firm as superintendent in St. Louis,
1900-03; in April, 3903, with Fred Elliott,
established the Elliott & Barry Engineering
Co., heating engineers and contractors. Demo
crat. Catholic. Member Knights of Columbus.

Office: 705 Olive St. Residence: 5729 Cham
berlain Ave.
*BARRY, Thomas Francis, printers' inks;
moved to Seattle, Wash.; see Vol. 1906.
BARTH, J. David, president J. D. Barth
Coal Co.; born in St. Clair Co., 111., Nov. 30,
1867; son of John and Catherine (Koob)
Barth; educated in country school and at Cen
tral Wesleyan College, Warrenton, Mo.; mar
ried, Marshall, Tex., May 27, 1899, Lorena
Cole; one daughter: Margaret Cole. Early life
spent in railway service; secretary and man
ager Consumers' Electric Light & Power Co.,
and De Soto Telephone Exchange, De Soto,
Mo., 1891-96; secretary and treasurer Willis
Coal & Mining Co., 1896-98; sales agent So-
rento Coal & Mining Co., 1898-1901; in 1901,
purchased the Sylvester Coal Co.; in 1908 or
ganized J. D. Barth Coal Co., of which has
since been president. Also secretary and di
rector Consumers ' Electric Light & Power Co.,
De Soto, Mo., and director De Soto Telephone
Exchange. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mason
(32°), Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs: Mis
souri Athletic, Glen Echo Country. Recrea
tions: golf, automobiling. Office: Victoria
Bldg. Residence: 4222 Maryland Ave.
BARTHOLDT, Richard, congressman; born
in Germany, Nov. 2, 1855; son of Gottlob and
Caroline Louise (Wagner) Bartholdt; came to
the United States in boyhood; classical educa
tion; learned printing trade; married Caeeilie
Niedner, of St. Louis, June 27, 1880. Editor-
in-chief St. Louis Tribune, 1885-92. Member
St. Louis School Board, 1888-92 (president,
1891-92); member Fifty-third to Sixty-second
Congresses (1893-1913), Tenth Missouri Dis
trict; Republican. President Inter-Parliamen
tary Union for Promotion of International
Arbitration. Residence: 4066 Flora Boul.
*BARTLETT, George Morey, publisher;
moved to Massachusetts; see Vol. 1906.
BARTLETT, James A, fire insurance; born,
Boston, Sept. 11, 1834; son of Hosea and
Abbie (Tilden) Bartlett; educated in public
schools of Boston; married, St. Louis, Jan. 7,
1857, Margaret M. Wineland; children, An
drew W., Abbie T. (Mrs. Joseph Campbell),
Hattie G. (deceased), James A., Jr., Warren
G. Resident of St. Louis since 1851; began
business career as clerk in mercantile house
and in 1858 entered the insurance business as
clerk for the Marine Insurance Co., with
which remained many years, becoming . suc
cessively secretary, vice president and presi
dent until 1891; organized the present firm of
Bartlett & Miller, in 1870, general fire insur
ance business. Recognized as the dean of fire
insurance men in St. Louis. Republican. Uni
tarian. Office: Pierce Bldg. Residence: 2654
Terrace Lane.
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BARTLETT, Willard, surgeon; born, Vir-
den, 111., July 27, 1868; son of Dr. A. T. and
Sue A. (Brown) Bartlett; A.B., Illinois Col
lege, Jacksonville, 111., 1892; M.D., Marion-
Sims College of Medicine, St. Louis,, 1895;
post-graduate courses in universities of Berlin
and Strassburg, Germany; married, St. Louis,
1899, Genevieve Wilson; children: Willard, Jr.,
Robert Wilson, Aurelius Twombly. Has been
engaged in surgical practice in St. Louis since
1895. , Member St. Louis Medical Society, Mis
souri State Medical Association. Club: St.
Louis. Office: Metropolitan Bldg. Residence:
4257 Washington Ave.
BARTLING, William Joseph, real estate;
born, St. Louis, Feb. 12, 1873; son of William
and Anna (Cerny) Bartling; educated St.
Louis University and Christian Brothers
College, graduating from Commercial Depart
ment of latter in 1890; married, St. Louis,
Feb. 19, 1901, Tillie Mueller; three children:
Carlie, William and Marie. Began active
career in employ of Henry Hiemenz, Jr.,
dealer in real estate, St. Louis, continuing for
thirteen years; entered real estate, loan and
insurance business on' own account after death
of Mr. Hiemenz, 1902, which he has since con
ducted in own name, making a specialty of
south side properties and real estate loans.
Member St. Louis Real Estate Exchange. Re
publican. Catholic. Member Million Popula
tion Club, Tower Grove Turner Hall, Shenan
doah School Improvement Association. Rec
reations: travel (both abroad and in United
States), driving. Office: 909 Chestnut St. Res
idence: 3319 Shenandoah Ave.
BARTON, Harry Roszelle, physician; born,
Hillsboro, Md., Oct. 23, 1869; son of Francis
T. and Sara Josephine Barton; educated under
tutor until entered Roanoke-Salem College,
Va., 1885, graduating A.B., 1899; graduated
from Jefferson Medical College, M.D., 1892;
under private instruction in Jefferson Hos
pital 1 year; censor to Medico-Chirurgieal Col
lege, 1893; married, St! Louis, Dec. 16, 1903,
Lucie Mae Goodbar; two sons: Harry Good-
bar and Lucien Bonwill. Engaged in general
practice in St. Louis since 1898; instructor in
medicine and chief of outdoor clinic in Beau
mont Medical College, 1898. Democrat. Mem
ber M. E. Church, South. Office: Chemical
Bldg. Residence: 4241 Maryland Ave.
BARWICK, Oliver J., building contractor;
born, St. Louis Mo., Mar. 21, 1873; son of
James and Martha J. (Olney) Barwick; grad
uate of St. Louis public , schools and Manual
Training School; married, St. Louis, Jan. 10,
1900, Anna A. Cone. Engaged in business as
building contractor" in St. Louis since 1894,
and since 1900 president of the Barwick Con
struction Co., general contractors. Member
Tuscan Lodge No. 360, A. F. and A. M. Pres
byterian. Clubs: Engineers, St. Louis Rail
way, St. Louis Architectural, Missouri Ath

letic, Algonquin. Office: 610 Chestnut St. Res
idence: 460 Algonquin Place, Webster Groves,
Missouri. BASCOM, Joseph Dayton, manufacturer;
born, St. Louis, July 2, 1849; son Jonathan
Dayton and Frances Ann (Newhall) Bascom;
educated in old Benton Public School, St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, May 31, 1877, Mary
M. Frederick; one son: Charles Edward. Be
gan business career, 1862, as an errand boy
in retail clothing store in St. Louis, and in
1863 worked for A. M. Leslie (dental supplies)
on Market St., between 3rd and 4th Sts.; mes
senger for Chicago & Alton R. R. in East St.
Louis, 1863-66; shipping clerk for D. M. Rich
ardson Match Co., Detroit, Mich., in St. Louis
office, 1867-68; shipping clerk for St. Louis
Railway Supply & Manufacturing Co., 1869,
then collector, assistant bookkeeper and sales
man until 1876; started with Mr. Broderick
as partner in firm of Broderick & Bascom,
manufacturers of wire rope and tramways,
etc., changing in 1882 to Broderick & Bascom
Rope Co., of which is secretary and treasurer;
also director St. Louis Union Trust Co. Re
publican. Baptist. Member Merchants' Ex
change, Business Men's League and Manufac
turers' Association. Was vice president Old
Missouri Gymnasium. Clubs: Commercial,
Mercantile, St. Louis, Noonday, Missouri Ath
letic, St. Louis Country, Racquet, Bellerive
Country. Recreations: whist, golf and ath
letic sports. Office: 805-809 N. Main St. Res
idence: 45 Westmoreland PI.
BASCOM, William Sheldon, manager Brod
erick & Bascom Rope Co.; born, St. Louis,
Sept. 17, 1852; son of Jonathan D. and Fran
ces A. (Newhall) Bascom; educated in public
schools; married, St. Louis, Oct. 1, 1874, Jane
De Vanney; children: W. S., Jr., Mrs. Frances
Ann Allenberg (deceased), Florence, George,
Blanche, Frank, Arthur (deceased). Was for
18 years with the East St. Louis and St.
Louis Transfer Co. as office boy, bookkeeper
and cashier; then for fifteen years with the
Hopkins-Weller Drug Co. as cashier, and, on
dissolution of that company, became city
salesman, 1900, of the Broderick & Bascom
Rope Co., wire rope and cordage, from which
position was promoted in 1903 to that of man
ager. Republican. Catholic. Member Citizens '
Alliance, Legion of Honor. Office: 809 N.
Main St. Residence: 3627 Cook Ave.
BASS, George Arthur, president Hydraulic
Press Brick Co.; born, Kankakee Co., 111.,
Aug. 16, 1864; son of Myron H. and Elizabeth
(Kelly) Bass; educated in public schools, Chi
cago, and Northwestern University, Evanston,
111.; married, Denver, Colo. Nov. 16, 1898,
Zitella Ebert; two children: George Fred
erick, Ruth Ebert. Began active career in
Chicago in real estate and building business;
went to Washington, D. O, as salesman for
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ed manager Washington branch, 1898; became
manager Philadelphia branch, 1904, and at
same time was elected second vice president,
with full charge of eastern business; presi
dent same company since June, 1909. Member
Business Men's League. Republican. Clubs:
Bellerive Country, Noonday. Recreation: golf.
Office: Central National Bank Bldg. Resi
dence: 4377 McPherson Ave.
BASS, Simon Sterne, lawyer; born, Balti
more, Md., May 10, 1852; son of Sigmund and
Pauline (Sterne) Bass; educated in public
schools, Meadville, Pa., and Baltimore, to
1865; under private tutor, Brother Gallagher,
Loyola College, Baltimore, 1865-67; during
same time received legal training with Archi
bald Sterling, U. S. district attorney,
Baltimore; attended Academy of Law, Balti
more, 1877-80; came to St. Louis, December,
1880, and entered law offices of Carr & Rey
nolds; student, St. Louis Law School, 1881-
83; post-graduate course, St. Louis University,
1883-85; married, Collinsville, 111., Feb. 22,
1885, Nellie Lanham Hedden; four children:
Blanch, Ruth, Ethel, Sigmund Martin. Ad
mitted to bar at St. Louis, 1885; member firm
of Martin & Bass, 1885-.97, Bass & Brock,
1897-99, Zachritz & Bass, 1899-1902; now Bass
& Bass. Member St. Louis and Missouri State
Bar associations, Civic League. Ex-president
Board of Charities, St. Louis; secretary to
Mayor Noonan, for short time; special judge
Court of Criminal Correction, at various times
and under various judges; also provisional
judge same court, 1898-99; candidate for
judge Circuit Court, 1908. Democrat. Member
congregation "Shaare Emeth. " Member Pat
rons' Association of Public Schools, National
Geographic Society, Washington, D. O, Mis
souri Historical Society, Mississippi Valley
Historical Society, Contemporary Club. Grand
Officer, Royal Arcanum; Past Consul Com
mander, Woodmen of the World; member
Fraternal Congress. Clubs: Westwood Coun
try, Columbian, St. Francis Hunting and Fish
ing, Gilead Slough Hunting and Fishing. Rec
reations: golf, fishing. Office: 303-4 Times
Bldg. Residence: 4396 Forest Park Boul.
BASSETT, Sheldon Hull; see Vol. 1906.
BASSFORD, Homer, newspaper man; born,
Mexico, Audrain Co., Mo., 1870; son of James
C. and Catherine (Osborn) Bassford; educated
in public schools and Barker Academy; mar
ried, Cedar Falls, la., 1892, Etta Overman
Chase; children: James C, Wallace O'Neill,
Florence Osborn. Began journalism with R.
M. White, of the Mexico Ledger; became, in
1889, Sunday editor and subsequently city edi
tor of the Kansas City Times; moved to St.
Louis, 1893; dramatic and music critic of St.
Louis Republic until 1907; since associate
general manager St. Louis Times. Member
Missouri Historical Society. Clubs: Missouri

Athletic, Liederkranz. Office: 102 N. Broad
way. Residence: 6 Shaw PI.
BATES, Charles Woodson, lawyer; born in
St. Charles Co., Mo., Jan. 23, 1864; son of
Richard and Ellen (Woodson) Bates;, edu
cated in public schools and at Westminster
College, Fulton, Mo., graduating, 1883, and
afterward completed course in St. Louis Law
School. Practiced law in St. Louis until 1888;
removed to Colorado and engaged in practice
until 1891, when returned to St. Louis. City
counselor of St. Louis for seven years; now
member firm of Bates, Blodgett, Williams &
Davis. Member American, Missouri State and
St. Louis Bar associations, Business Men's
League, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Phi. Demo
crat. Favorite recreations: hunting and fish
ing. Office: 1117, 506 Olive St.
BATES, Theodore P., industrial commis
sioner; born, White Hall, Greene Co., HI., Aug.
25, 1873; son of Wesley P. and Mary M.
(Baker) Bates; educated in public and high
schools, White Hall. In employ of Swift &
Co., 1892 and 1893; handling manufacturing
properties, East St.' Louis, 1894-1906, and in
same business in St. Louis and East St. Louis,
1906-09; sales manager for Kettle River Com
pany's creosoting plant, wood paving blocks,
etc., 1909 and 1910; industrial commissioner
for Business Men's League since 1910. Clubs:
Missouri Athletic, Mercantile, Normandie
Golf. Recreations: golf and motoring. Office:
510 Locust St. Residence: 11 Beverly PI.
BATTEN, Eugene Cooper; see Vol. 1906.
BATTLE, Cullen A.; deceased; see Vol.
1906. BATTLE, Jesse Mercer, manufacturing
chemist; born, Centre Hill, Hertford Co., N.
O, Nov. 10, 1850; son of Amos Johnston and
Margaret Hearne (Parker) Battle; educated
at Wilson Collegiate Seminary until fifteen
years of age; married, Clayton, Johnston Co.,
N. C, Oct. 22, 1873, Laura Elizabeth Lee; one
daughter, Helen May, who is the wife of
Eugene Fleming Smith, of St. Louis. Began
in manufacturing of chemicals at St. Louis,
October, 1875, and, is now president of the
Battle & Co. Chemists' Corporation; also
manager Palace, Clayton, N. C. Served for
four years as charity commissioner under
Mayor Edward A. Noonan. Independent in
politics. Universalist. Member Masonic Or
der, Odd Fellows, Legion of Honor, Royal Ar
canum. Author: "Why I Am Not a Roman
Catholic," 1908; "Tributes to My Father and
My Mother," and "Some Stories of My
Life," 1910. Recreation: music; plays on the
violin, mandolin, banjo, guitar and piano. Of
fice: 2001 Locust St. Residences: Clayton, N.
C, and 4463 Lindell Boul., St. Louis.
BATTLE, Walter Grandin, leather; born,
Tuskegee, Ala., Jan. 17, 1865; son John A.
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cated at Shenandoah Valley Academy, Win
chester, Va.; married, St. Louis, Sept. 17,
1900, Lutie K. Kimball; children: George
Kimball, Helen Kimball. Came to St. Louis
in 1881 and was with Withman, Gray & Ka-
minski until 1883, then with Third National
Bank until 1896; joined in incorporation, 1896
(as successors to James Clark & Co.), of the
James Clark Leather Co., wholesale dealers in
leather, shoe specialties, findings, shoe manu
facturers' supplies, and shoe store outfitters,
of which company was director, secretary and
treasurer until January, 1909, since vice pres
ident and treasurer. Democrat. Episcopalian.
Club: Bellerive Country. Recreation: golf.
Office: 1601 Washington Ave. Residence: 13
Washington Terrace.
B AUDITS', Jerome Keating, physician;
1840-1909; see Vol. 1906.
BAUM, Alexander; see Vol. 1906.
BAUMAN, Alvin Louis, jewelry; see Vol.
1906. BAUMAN, Meyer, retired jeweler; born,
St. Louis, Dec. 18, 1846; son of Louis and
Marianna (Friede) Bauman; educated in St.
Louis public and private schools and Jon
athan Jones Commercial College; married,
New York City, Sept. 11, 1872, Miriam Ro
senblatt; children: Florence, Alvin Louis,
Daisy Alice (now Mrs. S. P. Fischer, of Cleve
land), Ellsworth Solomon, Louis Hyde. En
tered jewelry house of father, 1861; was ad
mitted to firm, 1869; business incorporated,
1882, as L. Bauman Jewelry Co., of which
was treasurer, 1882-93, and president, 1893-
1900; retired from active business in 1912.
Republican. Member of Temple Israel. Club:
Columbian. Address: care Alvin Realty Co.,
Century Bldg. Residence: 3737 West Pine
Boulevard. BAUMAN, Samuel H., wholesale jeweler;
born, Wurzburg, Bavaria, Germany, June 25,
1853; son of B. H. and Esther (Goldsmith)
Bauman; educated in public schools of Wurz
burg; married, St. Louis, Oct. 15, 1882, Han
nah Loewenstein; children: Leo, Ethel, Flor
ence. Emigrated to St. Louis, January, 1872;
salesman with the William Barr Dry Goods
Co. until 1875; later in employ of L. Bauman
& Co., as traveling salesman, until 1881; went
into business for self as S. H. Bauman & Co.,
incorporated March, 1889, as the Bauman-
Massa Jewelry Co., of which has since been
president. Member Business Men's League.
Republican. Hebrew. Mason. Office: Com
mercial Bldg. Residence: 41 Kingsbury Place.
BAUMGARTEN, Gustav, physician; 1837-
1911; see Vol. 1906.
BAUMGARTEN, Walter, physician.; born,
St. Louis, Oct. 31, 1873; son of Gustav and
Aminda (Hillegeist) Baumgarten; graduated
from Smith Academy, 1889; A.B., Johns Hop

kins University, 1894; M.D., Medical Depart
ment, Washington University, 1896. Engaged
in general practice of medicine in St. Louis
since April, 1896. Office: 405 Humboldt Bldg.
Residence: 4310 A Maryland Ave.
BAUR, Edwin, life insurance; born, Union,
Franklin Co., Mo., Jan. 28, 1870; son of Anton
and Marie (Lescher) Baur; educated Union
public schools; Valparaiso (Ind.) Normal
School, 1890; unmarried. Learned monumen
tal business under brother and father; be
came agent of Union Mutual Life Insurance
Co., of Portland, Me., 1893; was made cashier
of St. Louis office, 1896, and manager same,
1910. Also secretary C. H. Meinhard Cigar
Co. Republican. Lutheran. Member Knights
of Pythias. Club: Missouri Athletic. Recrea
tions: baseball, hunting and fishing. Office:
323-324 Commercial Bldg. Residence: Wal
dorf Apts., 4300 Lindell Ave.
BAUR, Robert Francis, manufacturer; born,
St. Louis, Mar. 17, 1861; son of L. S. and
Amelia (Nelson) Baur; educated in public
schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Oct.
22, 1890, Marie Griesedieck; children: Jean-
nette, Mildred. Began business career p as
clerk in grocery business for three years; then
with Baur Mercantile Co., merchant- millers,
as clerk and manager till 1886; manufacturer
of brick at Wichita, Kan., three years; in
1890 joined in organizing the Griesedieck
Artificial Ice Co., and from organization has
been secretary and manager of the company;
secretary Oro.dol Chemical Co. since Septem
ber, 1908; director Griesedieck Real Estate
Co., Griesedieck Bros. Brewing Co.; secretary
Vahlhaus Realty Co. Independent in politics.
Methodist. Club: 20th Century Bowling. Rec
reation: bowling. Office: 110 Vine St. Resi
dence: 2835 Lafayette Ave.
BAUSCH, Frederick Emil, mechanical engi
neer; born, Mannheim-on-the-Rhine, Germany,
Jan. 8, 1871; son of Bernhard and Emilie
(Bender) Bausch; educated in St. Louis gram
mar and high schools, graduating 1887; Wash
ington University, graduating, E.E., 1892;
post-graduate course at Cornell University,
degree, M.M.E., 1896; unmarried. Instructor
St. Louis Manual Training School in St.
Louis public night schools (Polytechnic De
partment), 1892-95; after course at Cornell
became electrical engineer for Bell Telephone
Co. of Missouri, 1896-98; mechanical engi
neer, Missouri Edison Electric Co., 1898-1900;
chief engineer at Crystal City (Mo.) plant
of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., 1900-1901;
southwestern manager at St. Louis for the
Hooven, Owens, Rentschler Co., of Hamilton,
O., since 1901. Proprietor Fire Clay Plant,
St. Louis Co. Member American Institute
of Electrical Engineers, American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, Engineers' Club of St.
Louis. Member Civic League. Republican.
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letic, City. Recreations: music and books.
Office: 1316-1317 Chemical Bldg. Residence:
6139 Berlin Ave. ?
BAUSCH, Robert, vice president Erker
Bros. Optical Co.; born, Rochester, N. Y., Oct.
12, 1864; son of Edward E. and Amelia
(Pack) Bauseh; educated in public schools
of New York state; married, St. Louis, Aug.
22, 1903, Maude Carruthers; two daughters:
Virginia May, Harriet E. Engaged in jewelry
business in Rochester, N. Y., and after one
and a half years associated with father, E. E.
Bauseh & Son, opticians, Rochester, for three
years; came to St. Louis in March, 1899, and
entered the house of A. P. Erker & Bro. as
salesman, and has been with the same house
ever since, becoming vice president, 1907, of
Erker Bros. Optical Co., general opticians and
dealers in optical and photographic supplies.
Republican. Member Knights of Pythias. Rec
reation: gardening. Offices: 608 Olive St. and
511 N. Grand Ave. Residence: 518 Geyer Rd.,
Kirkwood, Mo.
BAXTER, Charles Otto, retired manufac
turer; born, Sauk City, Wis., Jan. 3, 1857; son
of Charles 0. and Attilie (Neffz) Baxter; edu
cated in public schools to fifteen; married, St.
Louis, September, 1882, Mrs. Anna S. Gott-
schalk, daughter of Louis Holm (she died,
Jan. 17, 1909). Began as errand boy for
Balke, Thonssen & Co., manufacturers of bil
liard tables and picture molding; became
salesman for the company and served as vice
president, 1879-82; entered business on own
account as C. O. Baxter & Co., 1882, the firm
being reorganized as the Baxter Moulding Co.,
1885; opened up the Gilson Asphaltum Mine
in Utah, 1887, and organized the Gilson As
phaltum Co. with headquarters in St. Louis;
disposed of his interests in the company to
the Barber Asphalt Paving Co., 1900, but con
tinued as western manager for the company
until Feb. 1, 1909, when retired; president St.
Louis Catering Co., etc. Member Legion of
Honor. Clubs: Liederkranz, City, Million Pop
ulation. Recreation: motoring. Office: 914 N.
Market St. Residence: 3145 Hawthorne Boul.
BAYSE, Harry Van, vice president Amer
ican Furnace Co.; born, New Haven, 111., Aug.
18, 1870; son of Thomas Butler and Jennie
(Melvin) Van Bayse; educated district school,
Ewing, 111., public schools Evansville, Ind.,
and Cairo, 111.; Jones' Commercial School, St.
Louis; married, Dallas, Tex., Oct. 31, 1896,
Agnes Robertson; one daughter, Allene. Be
gan active career in St. Louis about 1889 in
employ of the Front Rank Furnace Co.; be
came a stockholder in the company and had
charge of sales department; associated with
others from same company, January, 1900, in
organizing and starting the American Furnace
Co. and has charge of sales department, also
vice president. Member Sheet Metal Con
tractors ' Association. Methodist. Recreations:

hunting and fishing. Office: 27th and Morgan
Sts. Residence: 6959 Hancock Ave.
BEACH, Edward F., manufacturer rubber
cement; born, Agency, la., Sept. 16, 1868; edu
cated in public schools; married at Chicago,
1892, Corinne A. Shean. Began active career
in a wholesale butter and egg house at Ottum-
wa, la., 1885, continuing for five years; then
became connected with the, Morrell Packing
Co. as paymaster, in which position continued
for one year; was manager and buyer ladies'
cloak and suit department Carson, Pirie, Scott
& Co., Chicago, and later With Mandel Bros.;
came to St. Louis to take charge ladies ' cloak
and suit department for the William Barr
Dry Goods Co., December, 1898, and was
identified with that concern for seven years;
established in 1906 the St. Louis Rubber Ce
ment Co., manufacturers of rubber cements.
Republican. Catholic. Club: Missouri Ath
letic. Office: 3046 Lambdin Ave. Residence:
6014 Cabanne Ave.
BEACH, Edward N, secretary Union Dairy
Co.; born, Newark, N. J., Mar. 31, 1858; son-
of Henry O. and Emeline C. Beach; graduated
from Wyman Institute, St. Louis; married,
Chicago, 1888, Clare Evans; one daughter,
Gladys (Mrs. C. R. Gray, Jr., of Portland,
Ore.). Began business career with J. Weil
& Bro., dry goods, as clerk, continuing for
nine years; secretary E. C. Meacham Arms
Co., fourteen years; since 1899 with Union
Dairy Co., of which has been secretary since
1904. Presbyterian. Mason, Knight Templar;
member Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Missouri
Athletic, Glen Echo Country, Liederkranz.
Favorite recreation: golf. Office: 2311 Wash
ington Ave. Residence: 4618 Westminster
Place. BE ALL, John McCulloch, railway official;
born in Davidson Co., N. C, May 29, 1869;
son of Thomas B. and Elizabeth (Howard)
Beall; educated in private schools, Salisbury,
N. O, to June, 1883, University of North
Carolina to June, 1884, and Davidson College,
North Carolina, to February, 1885; married,
Harrisonburg, Va., Dec. 6, 1892, Virginia
Overton Harris; children: Mildred Howard,
Burgess Harris, Virginia. Read law 1885.
Entered railway service in auditor's office,
Richmond & Danville R. R., 1886, and after
two months entered transportation depart
ment; freight conductor, Richmond & Dan
ville R. R., 1887-88; freight and passenger
conductor, -St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Ry.,.
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louisville R. R.,
1889-90; traveling freight and passenger agent
latter road, 1891; traveling passenger agent,
Richmond & Danville R. R. and Southern Ry.,
1891-95; district passenger agent, South
ern Ry., at Philadelphia, 1895-99; general
agent, Southern Ry., at San Francisco, 1899-
1901; assistant general passenger agent, Mo
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general passenger agent, same, since Aug. 15,
1904. Presbyterian. Democrat. Member Kap
pa Alpha Fraternity. Clubs: Mercantile, St.
Louis (St. Louis), Chicago Athletic (Chicago).
Recreation: horseback riding. Office: Fuller-
ton Bldg. Residence: 4950 Lindell Boul.
BEAM, Jerome Christopher, Jr., railway of
ficial; born, Canton, 111., May 10, 1867; son
of Jacob C. and Mary E. (Bricker) Beam;
educated in Canton public schools to 1883;
married, "Waco, Tex., Nov. 11, 1904, Lieith
Gardner. Began railway career at Memphis,
Tenn., as stenographer with assistant general
passenger agent East Tennessee, Virginia &
Georgia system, 1885, continuing with same
company in various positions until 1894; city
passenger agent, Memphis, 1888-91; western
passenger agent, Little Rock, Ark., 1891-92;
district passenger agent, Memphis, 1892-94;
Florida passenger agent, Jacksonville, April-
October, 1894; became western passenger
agent Southern Ry., Kansas City, Mo., Oct.
1, 1894; transferred to Chicago as north
western passenger agent, same road, Feb. 1,
1895; to Atlanta, Ga., as district passenger
agent, Oct. 1, 1901; assistant general passen
ger agent, same road, at St. Louis, since Aug. 1,
1907. Democrat. Methodist. Mason, Shriner.
Clubs: Mercantile, Normandie Golf. Rec
reation: golf. Office: Chemical Bldg. Resi
dence: 4509 Washington Boul.
BEATTIE, William John, architect; born.
St. Louis, Jan. 28, 1860; son of David and
Ann (Kirkwood) Beattie; educated in St.
Louis public schools, Smith Academy, Wash
ington University, being one of the first pu
pils in manual training school, then part of
scientific department of that university;
educated as an architect; married, North
Vernon, Ind., Aug. 25, 1886, Margaret Alley;
children: Helen, Ruth, David, Margaret, Isa
bella; married, 2nd, Tuxedo, St. Louis Co.,
Mo., June 10, 1903, Josephine Gillespie; chil
dren: Maud Alice, W. J., Jr. Started in cab
inet making business, March, 1882; estab
lished the Beattie Manufacturing Co., Mar.
16, 1890, of which was president; established
as architect, Jan. 1, 1909. Democrat. Presby
terian. Served in Missouri National Guard,
1876-84. Mason (32°). Office: 810 Olive St.
Residence: Webster Groves.
BEATTY, William Allee; see Vol. 1906.
BECHT, Edward Gustave; see Vol. 1906.
*BECK, Charlton Tisdel, manufacturer;
moved to Philadelphia, Pa.; see Vol. 1906.
BECK, Clarence Benjamin, coal dealer;
born in Kent Co., Md., Nov. 6, 1848; son of
Horatio and Mary Matilda (Miller) Beck;
educated in country schools of Kent Co. and
at Washington College, Chestertown, Md. ;
married, Baltimore, Dec. 28, 1875, Mary For-
man Vickers; two children: Edith (Mrs. John
W. Barriger, Jr.) and Clarence Vickers. Came

to St. Louis, 1867, and began as clerk in a
hardware store; after a little more than a
year became connected with the A. F. Shap-
leigh Hardware Co., with which was identi
fied for thirty-two years; during his last years
in the hardware business became interested in
the coal business, in firm of Beck-Walker Coal
Co., later was with the C. B. Beck Coal Co.,
and since 1905 has been president and treas
urer St. Louis Coal Co. Democrat. Episco
palian. Recreation: hunting. Office: 1016 Syn
dicate Trust Bldg. Residence: 3949 Delmar
Boulevard. BECK, Clarence Vickers, vice president St.
Louis Coal Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct. 30, 1886;
son o'f Clarence Benjamin and Mary Forman
(Vickers) Beck; educated in St. Louis public
schools, graduating from high school, 1905;
married, St. Louis, April 18, 1911, J. Ethel
Cannett. Began business career with St. Louis
Coal Co., as clerk, 1905; advanced to sales
man, 1907, and vice president, 1908; also di
rector Cluley Multiplier Co., of Chicago. In~
dependent in politics. Presbyterian. Royal Arch
Mason; member Tuscan Lodge, No. 360, A. F.
and A. M. ; St. Louis Chapter, No. 8, R. A. M.
Member Order Kokoal. Office: 1016 Syndicate
Trust Bldg. Residence: 904 N. Euclid Ave.
BECK, George F., lawyer; born, St. Louis,
Jan. 15, 1871 ; son of Henry William and
Helena ( Klein) Beck; educated at the Charles
Pope School, one of the public schools of St.
Louis, and at the Manual Training School of
Washington University: graduated from St.
Louis Law School, LL.B., 1896; attended
Harvard Law School, taking special studies,
1896-97: unmarried. Admitted to bar in Oc
tober, 1897, and has since engaged in general
practice in St. Louis. Member American Bar
Association, Missouri Bar Association, Law
Library Association of St. Louis, St. Louis
Bar Association. Republican. Clubs: Univer
sity, Harvard (St. Louis). Office: 810 Rialto
Bldg. Residence: 4312 Olive St.
BECK, Henry William,' feed and forage
business; born. Hanover. Germany, Mar. 16,
1837; son of H. W. and Elizabeth (Weiden)
Beck: educated in public schools to sixteen;
married. St. Louis, Apr. 25. 1865. Lena Klein;
four children: Jacob William, Charles John,
Harry George, George Ferdinand. Came to
America, 1852: lived temporarily in New York
City and Cincinnati, but located in St. Louis,
1858. First position was under Mr. Hall, and
while in his employ. September, 1858, return
ing on steamboat T. L. McGill (Capt. Obe
Robbins, master") from Omaha to Lexington,
he sold from 1,000 to 2,000 copies of the Mis
souri Republican (now St. Louis Republic).
The papers were three weeks old and sold at
25 cents apiece. Was connected with feed
business during Civil War and for ten years
afterwards maintained a tavern at 12th and
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1875, and is today the oldest representative
of this business in St. Louis; president H. W.
Beck & Sons Feed & Seed Co. Member Mer
chants ' Exchange (one of its oldest members).
Was vice president Lucas Market Savings
Bank, 1876, until the institution was closed,
paying depositors in full. Republican. Meth
odist. Recreations: driving and amusements.
Offices: 20th and Pine Sts. and 5701 Man
chester Ave. Residence: 3319 W. Pine Boul.
BECKER, George William, physician; born,
St. Louis, Aug. 7, 1878; son of Henry Rudolph
and Julia (Hohenschild) Becker; educated St.
Louis public schools; Educational Institute
(Toenfeldt's); Missouri School of Mines,
Rolla, Mo. ; M.D., Marion-Sims-Beaumont Med
ical College (St. Louis University), 1904; mar
ried, St. Louis, June 26, 1907, Virginia Leeou-
tour; one child, George Henry. In practice in
St. Louis since May 30, 1904; medical exam
iner John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.;
assistant police surgeon, St. Louis, since Jan
uary, 1912. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem
ber American Medical Association, Missouri
State Medical Association, St. Louis Medical
Society. Recreations: fishing, motor touring.
Office and Residence: 2115 Arsenal St.
BECKER, Philip, life insurance; born in
Monroe Co., 111., Mar. 19, 1864; son of Charles
and Katherine (Hahn) Becker; educated in
public schools and Perkins and Herpel Busi
ness College, St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 10, 1887, Huldah K. Gutwald; five chil
dren: Bertha, Edna, Cecelia A., Leonora A.,
Huldah K. On farm until sixteen years of
age; connected with retail grocery business,
St. Louis, 1880-89; since identified with life
insurance, and general agent and manager at
St. Louis, of Great Western Life Insurance
Co. of Kansas City, Mo., since 1911. Repub
lican. Episcopalian. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar, Shriner. Club: Masonic. Recrea
tions: fishing and hunting. Office: 200 LaSalle
Bldg. Residence: 5736 Etzel Ave. Summer
Residence : ' ' Meadowbrook, ' ' Pulaski Co., Mo.
BECKER, Philip August, secretary and
treasurer The Geo. F. Dittmann Boot & Shoe
Co.; born, Gros-Gerau, Germany, Aug. 25,
1872; son of John Philip and Anna (Camman)
Becker; educated in Washington University,
St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Nov. 14, 1900,
Adele Dittmann; children: John William, Vir
ginia D. Began business career as boy with
John P. Becker dry goods house, East St.
Louis, 1887, and remained in employ of that
house until 1895; then in business under firm
name of Becker & Aal until 1900; bought
stock in the George F. Dittmann Boot &
Shoe Co., of which later became a director,
and is now secretary and treasurer. Member
Western Association of Shoe Wholesalers (ex
ecutive committee), Business Men's League,
St. Louis Salesmanagers' Association (presi
dent). Unitarian. Clubs: Union, Liederkranz,

Apollo (executive committee). Recreations:
tennis, motoring. Office: 1107-1109 Washing
ton Ave. Residence: 3463 Longfellow Boul.
BECKER, Rene L., musician; born, Bisch-
heim, Alsace, Nov. 7, 1882; son of Edouard
and Adele Antoinette (Schickel) Becker; edu
cated in the Episcopal Gymnasium, Strass-
burg; studied music in Municipal Conserva
tory, Strassburg; married, St. Louis, May 3,
1910, Angela Landzettel; one daughter: Cath
erine-Angela. Arrived in America, Sept. 24,
1904; vice president Becker Bros. Conserva
tory of Music, June, 1905-October, 1910;
has since conducted college of music in own
name; organist St. Peter's Cathedral, Belle
ville, 111. Democrat. Roman Catholic. Mem
ber Knights of Columbus. Composer for organ
and piano. Studio: 3830 Olive St., St. Louis.
Residence: Belleville, 111.
BECKER, William Dee, lawyer; born, East
St. Louis, 111., Oct. 23, 1876; son of John
P. and Anna A. (Camman) Becker; graduated
from Smith Academy, St. Louis, 1895; A.B.,
Harvard, 1899; LL.B., from St. Louis Law
School, 1901; married, St. Louis, June 10,
1902, Marguerite Louise Mcintosh; children:
Alan Dee and Anna Louise. Admitted to bar,
1901, and was senior partner of law firm of
Becker & Troll until election of Mr. Troll as
public administrator in the fall of 1904;
formed partnership with Judge W. W. Hen
derson as Henderson & Becker, 1905; Wm. C.
Marshall entered firm, 1910, and name
changed to Henderson, Marshall & Becker.
Republican. Unitarian. Member of St. Louis
and Missouri State Bar associations. Mason
(32°), Shriner. Clubs: St. Louis, Missouri
Athletic, Union, City, Masonic, Glen Echo.
Office: Security Bldg. Residence: 4048 Lindell
Boulevard. BECKMAN, Henry H., vice president
Schultz & Niemeier Commission Co.; born,
St. Louis, Jan. 17, 1865; son of George H. and
Louise (Otto) Beckman; educated in paro
chial schools; married, St. Louis, Nov. 3, 1886;
two children: Delia O, George A. Entered
grain business at sixteen and was connected
with one firm at St. Louis for sixteen years;
then assistant superintendent of grain ele
vator for farmers, at St. Louis, six years; vice
president Schultz & Niemeier Commission Co.
since 1898, in charge of elevator at Granite
City. Republican. Protestant. Office: Granite
City. Residence: 2902 A Sullivan Ave.
BECKMANN, Edmund Camillo, wholesale
leather; born, St. Louis, Oct. 30, 1861; son of
Robert and Pauline (Bircher) Beckmann; edu
cated in public schools of St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, June 26, 1889, Annie Otto; children:
Edna, George, Alma. Has been in the leather
business in St. Louis from age of thirteen;
first with Ganahl, Schallert & Co., until eight
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man, Rost & Co.; then with father for three
years, one year with Alfred Scannell, five
years as traveler with James Clark & Co., and
seven years with Otto Oters Leather Co. until
they went out of business; since 1898 in busi
ness for self as wholesale leather commission
merchant; was secretary and treasurer of the
California Tanning Co. until 1907, since pres
ident. Scottish Rite Mason; member Missouri
Lodge, No. 1, A. F. and A. M., Moolah Temple,
A. A. O. N. M. S. Recreations: billiards and
fishing. Office: 712 N. 4th St. Residence: 3509
Shenandoah Ave.
BECKMANN, William Edward, wholesale
confectioners' supplies; born, St. Louis, Jan.
13, 1854; son of William C. and Eliza (Frei-
haut) Beckmann; educated in Wyman 's City
University; married, St. Louis, 1876, Louisa
Seidel; children: Olivia (Mrs. Louis Alewell),
Louisa (Mrs. Albert Albrecht), Gussie (Mrs.
Frank Albrecht). Began business career as
salesman with Goodwin, Behr & Co., soap and
candle manufacturers, 1871-73; then in retail
grocery business at 708 South 4th St., until
1882, when embarked in present business as
W. E. Beckmann & Co., wholesale dealers in
bakers' and confectioners' supplies, utensils
and machinery, of which is sole proprietor.
Also vice president Aceomac Realty Co., and
secretary and treasurer of St. Louis Bakers'
Yeast Co. Member Merchants' Exchange. Of
fice: 10-12 S. 2d St. Residence: 2217 S. Grand
Avenue. BECKTOLD, William Baker, publisher;
1849-1909; see Vol. 1906.
BECKWITH, Henry C, steel broker and
manufacturers' agent; born in Brown Co.,
Ohio, Feb. 13, 1869; son of John Hull and
Agatha (Smith) Beckwith; educated in pub
lic schools of Hamilton Co., Ohio; married,
Wyoming, Ohio, May 23, 1893, Bertha M.
Schwarz. Began business career in Cincin
nati, and during last eight years of residence
there was manager of the Hamilton Canal
Boat Co.; came to St. Louis, and in January,
1904, with brother, J. H. Beckwith, estab
lished present business of Beckwith Bros.,
. brokers and manufacturers' agents in iron
and steel products. Republican. Methodist.
Office: 1017 Chemical Bldg. Residence: 758
Goodfellow Ave.
*BECKWITH, Joseph H„ manufacturers'
agent; moved to Florida; see Vol. 1906.
BEDAL, William Sherwood, lawyer; born,
Santa Rosa, Coahuila, Mex., Sept. 8, 1880; son
of Sylvester Sherwood and Adelheid Charlotte
(Wuerpel) Bedal; was brought to United
States in infancy; educated Central High
School, St. Louis, graduating, 1899; A.B., Har
vard, 1903; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1905;
married, St. Louis, July 28, 1909, Susan Far-
rington Dreas; one son, William Sherwood,
born Aug. 22, 1910, and one daughter, Adel

heid Wuerpel, born Dec. 9, 1911. Admitted to
Missouri bar, 1905; associated in practice
with firm of Nagel & Kirby, St. Louis, 1905-
07; with firm of Stewart, Eliot, Chaplin &
Blayney, 1907-09, and member of same firm
1909-11; member firm of Eliot, Chaplin, Blay
ney & Bedal since Jan. 1, 1911. Member St
Louis Bar Association. Independent in poli
tics, nominally Republican. Unitarian. Con
ducted the Legal Aid Bureau at Self Culture
Hall for two years, 1905-07; member housing
and sanitation committee of Civie League;
director St. Louis Pure Milk Commission.
Club: Amateur Athletic Association. Recrea
tions: tennis, walking. Office: 1711-1716 Third
National Bank Bldg. Residence: 4316A Forest
Park Boul.
BEDELL, Orion Willis, dentist; born, Car-
dington, O., Mar. 1, 1870; son of John E. a*nd
Maggie A. (Thompson) Bedell; educated in
public schools of Mount Vernon, O. ; grad
uated from Dental Department of Washington
University, D.M.D., 1892, Medical Department
of same, M.D., 1894; married, Dec. 25, 1900,
Birdie A., daughter of Emanuel Miller of
Mount Vernon, O. ; children: Ethel, Everett.
Entered office of Dr. W. E. Semple, Mount
Vernon, as dental student, 1886; three years
later became assistant in dental office at Ne
braska City, Neb.; removed to St. Louis, Sept.
26, 1900; opened office as dentist, on gradu
ation in 1902; professor of operative den
tistry, dental embryology, and dental his
tology in Dental Department of Washington
University, 1905-09. Republican. Baptist. Rec
reation: farming. Office and Residence: 1909
Lafayette Ave.
BEECHER, John Lyman, proprietor Hand
Goods Bakery; born, Washington, Mo., Aug.
22, 1853; son of Samuel and Mary Jane
(Smith) Beecher; educated in public and pri
vate schools, Newport, Mo.; public schools, St.
Paul, Minn., and private schools, Pottstown
and Philadelphia, Pa. ; married, St. Louis, Feb.
18, 1881, Mary Elizabeth O'Reilly; children:
Samuel Lyman, Daniel Adrian. Began busi
ness career as clerk with the Singer Sewing
Machine Co., 1872, continuing until 1879; be
gan Sept. 1, 1879, with Dozier, Weyl & Co.,
which later became Dozier Bakery, merged
into The National Biscuit Co., and for many
years was manager of "Hand Goods" Bakery
at 205 North 6th St.; moved to 607 Pine St.,
1906, purchased business (still known to the
public as Dozier Bakery), Feb. 1, 1910. Demo
crat. Recreation: motor boating. Office: 607
Pine St. Residence: 4929 Reber PI.
BEEDLE, Horace Grant, secretary to the
mayor; born, O 'Fallon, HI., Oct. 20, 1868; son
of Samuel H. and Ellen (Bowler) Beedle; edu
cated in public schools of Illinois, 1874-84,
business college, 1885, Illinois State Normal
University, Normal, 111., 1886-89; married, St.
Louis, Apr. 4, 1899, Florence P. Children;

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daughter: Clyde H. Taught school, 1890-91;
newspaper reporter, 1892-95; secretary Mer
chants' League Club, 1896-99; in wholesale
paint and white lead .business, under the firm
name of H. G. Beedle Paint Co., 1899-1909;
secretary Election Board, 1909-11; since sec
retary to the mayor. Republican. Member of
House of Representatives in 40th General
Assembly of Missouri. Baptist. Mason (32°),
Shriner. Club: City. Recreations: fishing and
hunting. Office: City Hall. Residence: 4130
Cleveland Ave.
BEHEN, John Joseph, president Behen Au
tomobile Equipment Co.; born, Litchfield, 111.,
Oct. 2, 1873; son of Simon and Mary (Farley)
Behen; educated in public schools of Litch
field; married, Litchfield, Sept. 11, 1905,
Frances S. Faught; one child: May Frances.
Began as messenger boy, Wabash R. R., Litch
field, at age of fourteen, and remained in
railway service until 1905; was identified
with the Carnegie Steel Co., at St. Louis,
1905-11. In March, 1906, organized and be
came president of the Behen-Faught Motor
Car Equipment Co.; president of the U. S.
Pump and Tank Company, 1909-11; manager
of Faught Estate September, 1906-11, as cura
tor of estate in probate; in September, 1905,
organized the Behen Automobile Equipment
Co., of which is president. Was one of the or
ganizers of the St. Louis Automobile Manu
facturers' and Dealers' Association, the St.
Louis Motors' Accessories Association; an or
ganizer and chairman of the Automobile Show
Committee, 1908 and 1909. Recreations: golf,
motoring, fishing. Office: 702 N. Kingshigh-
way. Residence: 2127 Waterman Ave.
BEHRENS, Albert A., treasurer, manager
and assistant secretary St. Louis Sash and Door
Works; born, St. Louis, Jan. 14, 1877; son
of Charles W. and Margaret (Conrad) Beh-
rens; educated in parochial school and busi
ness college; married, St. Louis, Jan. 18, 1898,
Henrietta Steinbach; children: Etta, Albert,
Edgar, Grace. Began business career in office
of St. Louis Sash and Door Works, 1894, and
has continued in various positions, now being
treasurer, manager and assistant secretary of
the company, wholesale manufacturers of
sash, doors, blinds, mouldings, etc. Club: Mis
souri Athletic. Recreation: home diversions.
Office: Broadway and Destrehan St. Resi
dence: 3525 Crittenden St.
BEHRENS, Louis H., physician; born, Gil
lespie, 111., July 12, 1868; son of Henry H.
and Wilhelmina (Basse) Behrens; educated in
Gillespie public schools to 1882; Shurtleff
College, Upper Alton, 111., 1882-84; entered St.
Louis College of Pharmacy, 1886, graduating,
Ph.G., 1888; M.D., Missouri Medical College,
1894; married, St. Louis, Apr. 17, 1895, Laura
F. Kraft. Engaged in general practice of
medicine. Evangelical Lutheran. Mason. Rec
reations: flowers, agriculture, forestry. Office:

Times Bldg.y 423 Chestnut St. Residence:
4229 Westminster Place.
BEINKE, Henry F., contractor and buil'deT;
born, Franklin Co., Mo., Jan. 14, 1848; son of
John F. and Anna M- (Bruning) Beinke; edu
cated in common schools and two years'
course in a German school; married, Washing
ton, Mo., Feb. 5, 1874, Mary C. Michael; five
children: Frank O, Mrs. Metta C. Linder,
Lydia L., Mrs. Adele L. Nesslag and Belmont
W., all of St. Louis. Was apprenticed to car
penter's trade at thirteen; worked for two
years at Washington, Mo., and as journeyman
for brother, Herman H., one year; was em
ployed in Kansas City, Mo., for a year, and
then came to St. Louis; after two years he
went to Washington, Mo., and spent thirteen
years there, returning to St. Louis, -1881; has
since engaged in contracting. Republican.
Member German Evangelical Church. Resi
dence: 4807 Cote Brilliante Ave.
BELL, Nicholas Montgomery, tobacco mer
chant; born in Lincoln Co., Mo., Nov. 2, 1846;
son of William A. and Caroline Page (Har
vey) Bell; educated in schools of Lincoln Co.,
Mo.; married, St. Louis, Sept. 26, 1888, Maggie,
daughter of Christian Peper (she died Aug. 7,
1912); children: Christian P., Marjorie. Came
to St. Louis 1861; first employment was
for three years in office of Ubbsdall, Barr,
Duncan & Co.; emigrated to Salem, Ore., 1864,
and was in general merchandise business
there, in firm of J. C. & N. M. Bell, until 1868, t
when returned to St. Louis and has been en
gaged in tobacco business since 1869; now
president Christian Peper Tobacco Co. (estab
lished, 1852.) Democrat; delegate from Ore
gon to National Democratic Convention that
nominated Seymour and Blair, in 1868; mem
ber of 26th and 27th General Assemblies
Missouri, from St. Louis; member National
Democratic conventions of 1876, 1880, 1884,
1892, and delegate to convention of 1896.
Appointed by President Cleveland as super
intendent of foreign mails, March, 1885,
and resigned, 1889; was author of and nego
tiated first parcels post treaties of United
States with foreign countries, which added
millions of dollars to the trade relations be
tween the United States, Mexico, Central and
South American States; author of and nego
tiated general postal treaties between United
States, Mexico and Canada, which virtually
made the North American States one postal
territory, as no books or financial accounts are
kept between the United States and Mexico;
appointed by Governor Stone first State ex
cise commissioner, 1893, and resigned, 1897;
increased public revenue without change of
taxation for State and City of St. Louis,
$750,000 over preceding four year period. Di
rector Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co.;
member International Superior Jury of
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Order of Scotland, Society Colonial Wars,
Sons of the Revolution, Sons of the American
Revolution, Odd Fellows. Club: Mercantile.
Recreation: farming. Office: Main and Mor
gan Sts. Residence: 4442 W. Pine Boul.
BELL, William S.; see Vol. 1906.
BEMIS, James Ward, vice president Ozan
Lumber Co.; born, Jefferson, Tex., Feb. 28,
1876; son of James Hervey and Hannah
(Knox) Bemis; educated in Manual Training
School, St. Louis; widower. Engaged in lum
ber business at Prescott, Ark., 1896; resident
St. Louis since 1900; was secretary and treas
urer, now vice pres. Ozan Lumber Co., whole
sale manufacturers of yellow pine lumber, oaki
lumber and oak and cypress piling, with mills
at Prescott, Ark. Also director of the Prescott
& Northwestern R. R. Co. Member Southern
Lumber Manufacturers' Association. Mason
(32°), Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs: Mer
cantile, Glen Echo Country. Favorite recrea
tion: golf. Office: 1600 Wright Bldg. Resi
dence: 4535 Washington Boul.
BEMIS, Judson Stephen, treasurer Bemis
Bro. Bag Co.; born, San Francisco, Cal., Mar.
26, 1867; son of Stephen A. and Hannah Jane
(Thomas) Bemis; educated public and private
schools, St. Louis; married,- MurfreesbOro,
Tenn., Sept. 8, 1896, Miss Martha Nelson
Sikes; three children: Jane Thomas, Elizabeth
Thompson, Louisa Sikes. Began business
career with Bemis Bro. Bag Co., 1885; be
came treasurer of the company, . 1894, which
position still holds; also director Merchants-
Laclede National Bank. Republican. Protest
ant. Clubs: Noonday, St. Louis, Algonquin
Golf. Office: 601 S. 4th St, Residence: 236
Oakwood Ave., Webster Park.
BEMIS, Stephen Allen, manufacturer and
importer of bags and burlaps; born, Fitch-
burg, Mass., Feb. 6, 1828; son of Stephen and
Mirian Thurston (Farwell) Bemis; came west
with parents in 1838, and settled at Light
house Point, Ogle Co., 111.; educated in private
schools in Chicago; married, Chicago, May 31,
1854, Hannah Jane Thomas (died Jan. 21,
1903); children: Fanny A. (Mrs. Chester Sum
mons, Minneapolis), Mirian Farwell (Mrs.
Alonzo Hull, Seattle, Wash.), Judson S., Mary
Sawtelle (Mrs. T. J. McLemore), Alice R.
(Mrs. Charles P. Ladd), Florence E. (Mrs.
Elliot K. Ludington.) Began active career as
clerk in shipping office, Chicago, 1847; after
nve years went to California, via Nicaragua,
remained two years, then returned to Illinois
and farmed in DeKalb Co. for five years;
again went to California with a drove of
live stock and remained until 1867; came to
St. Louis and joined brother, then a member
of the firm of Bemis & Brown, bag manufac
turers, which later became Bemis, Bro. & Co.,
incorporated, 1885, as Bemis Bro. Bag Co., of
which has since been vice president. Repub

lican. Baptist. Club: Noonday. Recreation:
fond of church work. Office: 4th and Poplar
Sts. Residence: 5099 Westminster Place.
BENDERSCHEID, Herman J., president
Benderscheid Manufacturing Co., manufactur
ers of show cases; born, Germany; educated in
the old country; married, St. Louis, 1870,
Bertha Hahne; one son: Herman. Came to
America, 1880, and worked at cabinet maker 's
trade in St. Louis; in manufacturing business
on own account since 1893. Member Lieder
kranz. Office: 2812 N. 9th St.
BENHAM, George, St. Louis manager and
general agent Penn Mutual Life Insurance
Co.; born, Fort Wayne, Ind., Mar. 27, 1857;
son of Byron H. and Almira A. (McKelvey)
Benham (both of Ohio); removed to Norwalk,
O., when 4 years of age; graduated from Nor
walk High School, 1876; took special course in
Cornell University; LL.B., University of Mich
igan, 1880; married, Norwalk, Sept. 13, 1887,
Eloise Kellogg; one daughter: Kathleen Adele.
Admitted to bar of Ohio by Supreme Court,
1880; in land and loan business in Minnesota
and Dakota, with headquarters at Crookston,
Minn., 1882-85; went to Isthmus of Panama,
1886, and reported for newspapers on De Les-
seps Canal; traveled as special correspondent
for newspapers on agricultural and mining
developments in lower California, Mexico,
1886-87; correspondent and special writer San
Diego (Cal.) Union, 1886-89; special corre
spondent and reporter for San Francisco Ex
aminer, 1889-91; since April, 1892, manager
and general agent for Penn Mutual Life In
surance Co. at St. Louis. President Life Un
derwriters' Association of St. Louis, 1905,
1906; vice president National Association of
Life Underwriters, 1906; president The Board
of Life Underwriters of St. Louis, 1909. Mem
ber Business Men's League, Civic League,
Ohio Society, Cornell Club, University of
Michigan Alumni Association, Mississippi Val
ley Association of D. K. E., Sons of Revolu
tion. Democrat. Member Church of the As
cension. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile, City,
Aero, Normandie Golf. Recreations: litera
ture, floriculture, golf. Office: northeast cor.
8th St. Residence: 5858 Clemens Ave.
BENNETT, Alfred, lumberman; born, Han
nibal, Mo., Apr. 26, 1877; son of Alfred and
Lucetta A. (Decker) Bennett; educated in
Woodland and Garfield schools and Central
High School, Kansas City, Mo.; married, June
7, 1904, Florence MacCuaig, of Nebraska City,
Neb.; one daughter: Dorris. Began business
career as clerk in Southern Lumber Manufac
turing Association, St. Louis, 1893; entered
employ of Holladay-Klotz Land and Lumber
Co., Greenville, Mo., 1896; director and as
sistant secretary and treasurer, 1899-1902;
salesman Missouri Lumber and Land Ex
change, 1902-03; manager St. Louis branch of
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vern, Ark., 1903-05; started for self as manu
facturer and wholesale dealer in yellow pine
and hardwood lumber, 1905, and incorporated
business as Alfred Bennett Lumber Co., of
which is president. Partner in Louisiana Cen
tral Lumber Co.; president Alfred Bennett
Lumber Co., of Texas; vice president Dayton
Lumber Co., of Dayton, Tex., Two Mile Land
and Timber Co., of St. Louis. Member Citi
zens ' Industrial Association, Hoo Hoo. Repub
lican. Baptist. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri
Athletic, St. Louis Amateur Athletic Associa
tion, St. Louis Republican. Recreation: ten
nis. Office: Lumbermen's Bldg. Residence:
Ferguson, Mo.
BENNETT, Tom Wightman, president Mort
gage Trust Co. and vice president Mortgage
Guarantee Co.; born in White Co., Ark., Nov.
30, 1872; son of Zaehray T. and Othelia (Har
lan) Bennett; educated in public schools of
Little Rock, Ark.; unmarried. Came to St.
Louis, August, 1894; was with Jerome Hill
Cotton Co., two years; then with Brown Shoe
Co., from fall of 1896 to April, 1905, first four
years of which time was traveling salesman in
Northeast Texas, then for a period in entire
charge of the selling forces in the southern
states, and from April, 1903, to April, 1905,
general manager of the company's factories;
resigned and sold interest in company, and
after a few months of rest and travel was
elected, Oct. 8, 1905, to position as real estate
officer of the Mississippi Valley Trust Co. Re
signed position in December, 1908, and in Jan
uary, 1909, organized the Mortgage Guarantee
Co. of St. Louis, of which was president during
1909 and 1910. The Mortgage Trust Co. was
formed, 1911, to operate in connection with
the Guarantee Co., and he was elected presi
dent of the Trust Co. and vice president of
the Guarantee Co. Member Business Men's
League, Civic League. In 1904 was treasurer
and executive manager of the World 's Exhibit
Shoe Factory, a corporation organized to con
duct the manufacturing shoe exhibit at the
World's Fair. Democrat. Methodist. Clubs:
St. Louis, Noonday, Racquet, St. Louis Coun
try. Office: Southeast corner 4th and Pine
Sts. Residence: Racquet Club.
BENNETT, William G., contractor; born,
Blanchester, O., Nov. 23, 1868; son of Henry
D. and Chalista (Granger) Bennett; educated
public schools and Danville (Ind.) Normal
School; married, Cora Brennan, of Philadel
phia, Sept. 22, 1889; children: Raulston A.,
Beatrice O., Dolly A., William G., Jr., Rosaline.
Began active career, 1883, as rodman in employ
of Sooysmith & Co., bridge contractors, New
York, and advanced, to position of superin
tendent of construction; became connected
with the Edgemoor Bridge Co., 1892, as fore
man in construction of buildings of Colum
bian Exposition, Chicago; after close of expo
sition served as general superintendent Colum

bia Salvage Co., the name later being changed
to the Chicago House Wrecking Co.; removed
to St. Louis, 1902, and organized the St. Louis
Wrecking and Supply Co., the name being
later changed to the Chicago Wrecking and
Supply Co., of which was vice president and
general manager until 1910; since in general
contracting business. Republican. Scottish
Rite Mason (32°), Shriner, Odd Fellow. Club:
Missouri Athletic. Recreations: fishing and
hunting. Office and Residence: 4561 Morgan
Street. BENOIST, Conde Louis; born, St. Louis,
Oct. 5, 1846; son of Louis Auguste (pioneer
banker arid financier of St. Louis) and Esther
(Hackney) Benoist; educated Jesuit College,
St. Louis and Kentucky; married, St. Louis,
1870, Miss Clemence C. Christy; five children:
Conde A., Louis M., Lami F., Clemence P.,
Marie Blanche. Has devoted his attention to
management and development of inherited
estate. Democrat. Catholic. Recreation: trav
eling. Residence: 7 Lenox Place.
BENOIST, Eugene Hunt; born in St. Louis,
Apr. 2, 1853; son of Louis A. and Sarah E.
(Wilson) Benoist; educated in private schools,
St. Louis, 1861-63, Wyman School, 1863-64, St.
Louis University, 1864-66, Notre Dame Uni
versity, South Bend, Ind., 1866-68, Washington
University, St. Louis, 1868-69, Seton Hall,
South Orange, N. J., 1869-70, Fordham Col
lege, New York, 1870-72; married, St. Louis,
Feb. 20, 1878, Elmira Lee; children: Eugene
Lee, Viola Marie, William Francis, Charles
Eugene Theodore, Marie Louise, Lucille Jose
phine. Began active career as clerk in St.
Louis assessor's office under Charles Green,
assessor, 1873-74; traveled in Europe, 1874-75;
in real estate, steamship and brokerage busi
ness, 1876-81; with Joseph P. Whyte, as
Whyte & Benoist, wholesale and manufactur
ing saddlery business (corporation of Heide-
mann-Benoist Saddlery Co.), from 1881 until
the company retired from business, 1895; real
estate officer of Mississippi Valley Trust Co.,
1898-1905; director Mississippi Valley Trust
Co. since 1905. Also vice president Denver,
Enid & Gulf R. R.; president Indian Creek
Land Co.; vice president Overland Real Es
tate Co. Was quartermaster St. Louis Light
Cavalry, National Guard of Missouri, 1878-86.
Catholic. Clubs: St. Louis, Bellerive. Recrea
tion: traveling. Office: 319 N. 4th St., Room
803. Residence: 4414 McPherson Ave.
BENOIST, Howard, capitalist; born, St.
Louis, Mar. 6, 1866; son of Louis A. and Sarah
E. (Wilson) Benoist; educated in St. Louis
University; married, St. Louis, Nov. 11, 1896,
Agnes Foy; children: Louis Lannan, Elizabeth
Christy, Agnes. Devotes attention principally
to personal holdings and investments. Catho
lic. Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis Country,
Racquet, Florissant Valley. Office: Security
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*BENOIST, Lee, investments; moved to
New Orleans; see Vol. 1906.
BENOIST, Theodore, investments; born, St.
Louis, Apr. 2, 1861; son of Louis Auguste and
Sarah E. (Wilson) Benoist; educated St.
Louis University; Georgetown University,
Washington, D. C.; Stoneyhurst College, Eng
land; married, St. Louis, Jan. 12, 1887, Mary
E. Hunt; seven children: Charles, Miriam,
John Hunt, Anna Wright, Theodore, Jr., Wil
son, Francois. Has given attention to man
agement of property inherited from father
and to development of same. Democrat. Cath
olic. Club: St. Louis Country. Office: 803,
319 N. 4th St. Residence: 4632 Berlin Ave.
BENSBERG, Ferdinand August, president
Bourbon Mercantile Co.; born, St. Louis, Aug.
13, 1855; son of Gerard and Catharina (Wei-
jers) Bensberg; lived in St. Paul, Minn., 1862-
69; educated in public schools of St. Paul,
Minn.; married, Covington, Ky., Apr. 25, 1892,
Elizabeth Haldemann; children: Elizabeth
and Marie. Entered father's wholesale liquor
store in St. Louis (established 1852) in 1869,
and in 1880 succeeded him as F. A. Bensberg
& Co.; incorporated the business, 1895, under
present style of Bourbon Mercantile Co. Dem
ocrat. Catholic. Favorite recreations: driv
ing and horseback riding. Office: 208 Walnut
St. Residence: 5854 Cates Ave.
BENSIEK, August W., undertaker; born,
St. Louis, Feb. 15, 1877; son of John C. and
Sophia (Birkenkemper) Bensiek; educated in
St. Louis public schools and Jones Commercial
College; graduated from Benton College of
Law, and admitted to the Bar, February, 1912;
unmarried. On leaving school in 1896, entered
the undertaking business established by father,
1870, and, on death of father, Dec. 20, 1899,
succeeded to the business (with brother, John
C.) under present firm name of John C. Ben
siek 's Sons. Member Knights of Honor. Of
fice and Residence: 1134-1138 N. 6th St.
BENSIEK, John C, undertaker; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 6, 1875; son of John C. and Sophia
(Birkenkemper) Bensiek; educated in public
schools and Jones Commercial College; mar
ried, St. Louis, June 17, 1903, Anna Michaels
(now deceased). Served as deputy sheriff un
der sheriffs Pohlmann and Traut, and Jan. 1,
1900, with brother, August W.; succeeded un
der present style of John C. Bensiek 's Sons,
to business established by father in 1870, as
undertaker and embalmer. Mason/ Knight
Templar; member National Union. Office and
Residence: 1134-1138 N. 6th St.
BENSTEIN, Julius A.„ president Benstein
Manufacturing Co.; born Apr. 9, 1863; died
Apr. 7, 1912.
BENSTEIN, John W., lawyer; born, Soest,
Germany, July 19, 1861; son of William and
Minnie (Wallrabe) Benstein; educated in the
old country; graduate Minden College, West

phalia; married, Cincinnati, Sept. 12, 1895,
Emma M. Koch; two children: William F.
and Pauline A. Came to America, 1880; col
lector for wholesale house, Detroit, Mich.,
1880-84; studied law at Kansas City, Mo.;
admitted to Missouri bar, 1889; in general
civil practice in St. Louis since 1890; also
investor in real estate. Christian Scientist.
Recreations: music, literature, outdoor life.
Office: 311 Times Bldg. Residence: Kirkwood,
Missouri. BENTEN, Bernard J., clergyman; born, St.
Louis, Nov. 16, 1868; son of Herman A. and
Anna Benten; educated parochial school of
the parish; St. Joseph's College, Tentopolis,
111., 1871-77; St. Francis Theological Seminary,
St. Francis, Wis., 1887-91. Ordained priest
hood Roman Catholic Church, June 21, 1891;
appointed assistant rector of Holy Trinity
Church, St. Louis, serving 1891-95; rector St.
Stanislaus Church, Wardsville, Cole Co., Mo.,
1895-1903; rector St. Paul's Church, St. Paul,
St. Charles Co., Mo., 1903-06; organized St.
Cecilia's Parish, October, 1906, and has since
been rector of this church. Residence: 5418
Louisiana Ave.
BENTZEN, Julius H., secretary of Col-
cord- Wright Machinery and Supply Co.; born,
St. Louis, Aug. 10, 1872; son of John N. A.
and Louise (Adams) Bentzen; educated in
public schools and commercial college; mar
ried, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 19, 1898, Ida H.
Koester; children: Roy K., Edith C. Began
business career with Bentzen Commission Co.,
wholesale produce, 1895-97; then salesman
W. R. Colcord Machinery Co., of which was
vice president and secretary, 1902-12; in Jan
uary, 1912, company consolidated with J. W.
Wright Co. and firm name was changed to
Colcord-Wright Machinery and Supply Co., of
which is secretary. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
Rotary. Recreation: tennis. Office: 1223-1229
N. Broadway. Residence: 3931 Marcus Ave.
BENZ, Eugene A., manufacturer of badges,
banners and flags; born, St. Louis, Feb. 15,
1889; son of George E. and Jane (Toll) Benz;
educated in public schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, Minnie Aufderheide, of St. Louis, Nov.
16, 1910. Began business career working in
German Savings Institution, afterwards for
Merchants-Laclede National Bank; after the
death of his father, in August, 1908, associ
ated in business with his brother, George E.
Benz, Jr., the firm being incorporated in
March, 1910, under title of Geo. E. Benz
Badge and Regalia Co., of which has been
president and treasurer since March, 1911.
New lines have been added to the business un
til the company now carries a complete assort
ment of badges, regalia, banners and flags. Re
publican. Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: Max-
welton, American Wheel, Moose. Recreations:
athletic sports. Office: 1014 Pine St. Resi
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BENZ, George E., engraver; 1854-1908; see
Vol. 1906.
BERBLINGER, August, vice president Ess
mueller Mill Furnishing Co.; born, Baden, Ger-
.many, Dec. 18, 1861; son of Frederick and
Mary (Gerber) Berblinger; educated in public
schools and Polytechnic School, Baden, Ger
many; married, St. Louis, May, '1886, Ella
Kliefoth; children: Lulu, Erwin, Hilda,
Oneida. Learned trade of millwright in Ger
many; came to St. Louis in 188U, and was
employed with firm of Mutchler & Essmueller,
1880-82, then with Dehner-Wuerpel Mill Build
ing Co., 1882-8o ; returned to Essmueller &
Barry (successors of Mutchler & Essmueller)
in 1887, and became head foreman, and on in
corporation of the business, 1897, as Essmuel
ler Mill Furnishing Co., was elected vice presi
dent and superintendent. Republican. Mason
(32°), Shriner; member I. O. O. F., St. Louis
Liedertafel Society, Concordia Turn Verein.
Clubs: Victor Skaat, Goodluck Bowling,
Brookland Hunting and Fishing, Calhoun
Point Hunting and Fishing. Office: 1216 S. 8th
St. Residence: 3819 Juniata Ave.
BERGENDAHL, Gustave Storm, civil engi
neer and contractor; born, Norway, Feb. 24,
1870; son of Johan Christian and Sophie
(Shistad) Bergendahl; came to Ameriea, 1888;
educated in high school in Norway and under
private tutelage in Ameriea; married, June
11, 1892, Kristiane Augusta Gulbrandsen, of
Christiania, Norway; four children: Augusta,
Dagny, Ruth, Gustave Storm. Draughtsman
until 1895 and until 1902 engineer in charge,
American Bridge Co.; resident engineer, same
company. 1902-06; began 1906, under G. S.
Bergendahl, as engineer and contractor; pres
ident Midland Erection Co., 1907-11, since
president Bergendahl-Bass Engineering and
Construction Co., St. Louis and Chicago.
Member American Society Civil Engineers,
Western Society Engineers, Engineers' Club
of St. Louis, Chicago Engineers' Club. Bap
tist. Mason (32°). Recreation: fishing. Office:
Syndicate Trust Bldg. Residence : 4540 Dover
St., Chicago.
BERGER, Jacob, banker; born in Austria,
Oct. 2, 1862; son, of M. and E. (Blumenfeld)
Berger; self-educated; married, St. Louis,
Nov. 8, 1883, Bertha Silverstone; eight chil
dren: Esther, Samuel, Harry, David, Joseph,
Anna, Ralph, Eveline. Came to St. Louis from
Austria, in 1879; began in the office of the
Prudential Insurance Co. of America, and
later was for five years agent of same com
pany; then in mercantile pursuits until 1893;
from 1893 to 1899 was in the Sanitary Divi
sion of the Health Department and from 1899
to 1903 was deputy assessor and collector of
water rates; agent for the Pacific Mutual
Life Insurance Co. of California 1903-05, sec
retary City National Bank until 1910; since

vice president Central National Bank. Mem
ber B'nai B'rith. Office: 7th and Olive Sts.
Residence: 5153 Von Versen Ave.
*BERGER, William Elmer, banking; now
living in Los Angeles, Cal.; see Vol. 1906.
BERGFELD, George Frank, real estate and
building; born, Chicago, Oct. 16, 1865; son of
Alexander and Elizabeth Bergfeld; educated
in St. Louis public schools; married, St. Louis,
June 16, 1889, Ella M. Hufft; one son: Lucas
Lee. Began in employ of Henry V. Lucas,
real estate, 1880, remaining with him until
1887; with Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney
Dry Goods Co. as assistant cashier until 1889;
president Bergfeld-Parker Real Estate Co.,
1889-98; now president George F. Bergfeld
Realty Co., George F. Bergfeld Investment
and Construction Co. Member St. Louis Real
Estate Exchange, Civic League. Mason. Re
publican. Office: 610 Chestnut St. Residence:
5171 Cabanne Ave.
BERGLAR, Frank B., president Rosedale
Contracting and Supply Co.; born, St. Louis
Co. (now St. Louis), Apr. 12, 1855; son of
Henry and Margaretta (Lemke) Berglar; edu
cated in parochial school and commercial col
lege; married, St. Louis, 1893, Annie Whelan;
four children: Frank B., Joseph H., Gertrude
and Marguerite. Began active career in em
ploy of the Sligo Iron Works at age of eleven,
continuing until 1876; then associated with
brother, J. H., in purchasing a farm (now one
of the choice residence districts in the western
part of the city), engaged in teaming business,
which developed into the Rosedale Contract
ing and Supply Co., of which is president;
also a large holder of city property. Democrat.
Catholic. Member Knights of Columbus. Rec
reation: horses. Office: Hodiamont Ave. near
Gates Ave. Residence: 6039 Maple Ave.
*BERLINGER, Joseph, silks; moved to
New York; see Vol. 1906.
BERMEL, John, brewers' supplies; born,
St. Louis, Sept. 12, 1859; son of John H. and
Catherine (Sommers) Bermel; educated in
public schools; married, Barbara Thummel;
one daughter: Emma; married, 2d, Louisville,
Ky., Feb. 16, 1901, Christina Gruen. First
learned the harnessmaking trade and followed
it from age of seventeen to age of twenty-
two; then was with Henry Bermel, grocer,
11th and Morgan Sts., for one year; with the
Bridge-Beach Stove Manufacturing Co. one
year, when became connected with the Charles
A. Drach Electrotype Co., in which remained
in various capacities, and was president, 1897-
1906; now vice president and treasurer G. A.
Link Supply Co. Republican. Member Knights
of Pythias, T. P. A., Tower Grove Turn
Verein. Recreation: walking. Office: 7 S. 2d
St. Residence: 3544 Connecticut St.
BERNAYS, Augustus Charles, surgeon;
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BERND, Adolph, merchant; see Vol. 1906.
BERNET, Christian, milling business;
born, Berne, Switzerland, Oct. 4, 1850; son of
John and Elizabeth (Bernet) Bernet; was
brought to America, 1856; educated in com
mon schools and business college, La Crosse,
Wis.; twice married; children by first mar
riage: John A. (deceased) and Harry M.;
married, 2d, Sarah Huttig, of St. Louis; chil
dren: Albert E., Arthur O, Fred Huttig,
Milton E. and Dorothy Esther. Came to St.
Louis, 1872, as representative of the La
Crosse Milling Co.; entered business for self,
1874; organized firm of Bernet & Craft, flour
merchants, 1886, and in 1902 formed the Ber
net, Craft & Kauffman Milling Co., of which
is vice president and manager. President St.
Louis Merchants' Exchange; member Busi
ness Men's League. Republican. Methodist.
President Piasa Chautauqua (third term),
Children's Home Society of Missouri; vice
president Methodist Deaconess Association;
director and member executive committee St.
Louis Provident Association. Mason (Royal
Arch). Clubs: St. Louis Millers', St. Louis
Grain, Men's. Recreation: church work. Of
fice: Pierce Bldg. Residence: 5557 Cates Ave.
BERNHEIMER, Marcus, president Marcus
Bernheimer Milling and Mercantile Co.; 1847-
1912; see Vol. 1906.
BERNINGHAUS, Julius Arnold, cashier
Central National Bank; born, St. Louis, Oct.
5, 1878; son of Edmund O. and Augusta P.
Berninghaus; educated in public schools of St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, Mar. 31, 1903, Ma
bel Benedict. Entered the Mechanics-Amer
ican National Bank as messenger boy in 1892,
and advanced step by step until in 1902 be
came assistant cashier; continued until Mar.
12, 1909, when was elected cashier of Central
National Bank. Independent in politics. Mem
ber St. Louis Credit Men's Association. Club:
Mercantile. Recreations: fishing and hunting.
Office: 7th and Olive Sts. Residence: 412 N.
Union Boul.
BERNTHAL, John Jacob, clergyman; born,
Frankenmuth, Saginaw Co., Mich., July 13,
1855; son of George Konrad and Margareth
B. (Hildner) Bernthal; educated in parochial
school, Frankenmuth, to 1869; Concordia
College, Ft. Wayne, Ind., 1876; Concordia
Seminary, St. Louis, 1879; married, Wyan
dotte, Mich., Jan. 1, 1880, Anna Calmbach,
of Danville, 111.; children: Emil, August,
William, Albert, Lilly, Martha, Edwin, Marie.
Ordained Evangelical Lutheran ministry,
1879; pastor Scotland, S. D., 1879-83; Lewis-
ton, Minn., 1883-87; Wyandotte, Mich., 1887-
97; St. Trinity Church, Vermont and Koeln
Aves., St. Louis, since 1897. President board
Concordia Seminary, also of board St. Paul's
College, Concordia, Mo.; president Western
District of Synod of Missouri, Ohio and Other
States; secretary Concordia Publishing House.

Republican. Office and Residence: 7416 Ver
mont Ave.
*BERRY, Harry Jay, hay and grain com
missioner; moved to Indianapolis; see Vol.
1906. BERSCH, Arthur, insurance; born, St. Louis,
July 28, 1873; son of William and Margaret
(Richard) Bersch; educated in St. Louis pub-
lie schools; married, St. Louis, 1902, Lula
Kaltmeyer. Began business career in 1890, in
office Bersch's Insurance Agency, established
by father 1875; admitted as partner in 1900,
and became secretary and treasurer of Bersch
Insurance Agency Co. in 1906. Member St.
Louis Insurance Agents' Association. Social
ist. Office: Pierce Bldg. Residence: 3808 Sul
livan Ave.
BERSCH, Julius Richard, insurance; born,
St. Louis, Apr. 18, 1867; son of William and
Margaret (Richard) Bersch; educated in pub
lic schools of St. Louis; married, Denver,
Colo., 1889, Maud Miller; children: Robert,
Ruth. Entire active career in insurance busi
ness with father, now vice president Bersch
Insurance Agency Co. Member Royal Arca
num. Democrat. Office: Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 3862 Botanical Ave.
BERSCH, William, insurance; born, Balti
more, Md., Nov. 14, 1831; son of Jacob and
Elizabeth (Kranz) Bersch; came with parents
to St. Louis, 1836; educated at St. Louis Uni
versity; married, St. Louis, 1856, Margaret
Richard; children: William, Jr., Albert, Ed
mund, Emma (Mrs. Jacob Guhman), Clara,
Julius R., Arthur, Maude, Ida (deceased). Be
gan active career in wholesale dry goods busi
ness, continuing until 1875; then embarked in
insurance business, which carried on alone.
until 1900; admitted sons Julius R. and Ar
thur to partnership, under style of Bersch 's
Insurance Agency; now president Bersch In
surance Agency Co. Member St. Louis Insur
ance Agents ' Association. Republican. Office:
Pierce Bldg. Residence: 2118 John St.
BESCH, Conrad George, sand and mate
rials; born, St. Louis, July 7, 1867; son of
Philip and Julia (Hoerner) Besch; educated in
public and private schools, St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, Feb. 15, 1905, Matilda Cramer. En
gaged in brokerage business, 1893, continuing
for three years; then in real estate business,
1896-98; treasurer and manager Mound City
Sand and Gravel Co., 1898-1905; treasurer
Union Sand and Material Co. since 1905; di
rector Tower Grove Bank. Republican. Prot
estant. Clubs: Glen Echo, Country, Mercan
tile, Liederkranz, St. Louis Athletic Associa
tion. Recreation: golf. Office: Liggett Bldg.
Residence: 3522 Crittenden St.
BEST, Earl Irvin; see Vol. 1906.
BETTIS, James Ramsey, manufacturer of
paints; born, Camden, Oneida Co., N. Y., Nov.
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(Peck) Bettis; educated in common schools of
Camden and Oswego, N. Y., 1856-67; married,
Rochester, N. Y., 187.7, Emma Frances Hus
band; children: James R., Jr., Marion Frances,
Emma Eleanor; married, 2d, Webster Groves,
Mo., October, 1900, Anne May Hime. In print
ing business in Camden, Utica and Rochester,
N. Y., Chicago, and St. Louis, 1866-72; super
intendent Democrat Lithographing and Print
ing Co., 1872-76; salesman, Snider & Holmes
and Central Type Foundry, jointly, 1876-79;
publisher, Arkansas Daily Democrat, Little
Rock, Ark., 1879-90; vice president and mana
ger, C. B. Woodward Printing Co., 1891-93; co-
proprietor, with L. Ferguson, of the Thomas
Manufacturing Co., manufacturers and job
bers of paints until 1911; now president Zouri
Manufacturing Co.; also director Webster
Groves Trust Co. President Arkansas Edito
rial Association, 1885; president 1889, and
still member, National Editorial Association.
Member Engineer Corps, St. Louis, 1872-75;
served in Captain Ellerbee's Company during
strike riots of 1877. Independent Democrat.
Congregationalist. Clubs: Mercantile, Algon
quin. Recreation: study of astronomy. Office:
2030 Pine St. Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
BETTS, John Frederic, stock and bond
broker; born, Louisville, Ky., Mar. 9, 1871;
son of John Frederic and Elizabeth (Potter)
Betts; educated in public and high schools of
Louisville; married, Wheeling, W. Va., 1901,
Mary Belle Howell; children: Mary Howell,
infant son (deceased) and John F., Jr. Began
as clerk in leaf tobacco business, with Head &
Head, Louisville, Ky., 1890; buyer for same
firm until 1895; connected with Drummond
Tobacco Co., St. Louis, 1895-99; in stock and
bond business as member of Drummond, Betts
& Co., 1900-02; since Jan. 1, 1903, conducting
brokerage business under own name. Mem
ber St. Louis Stock Exchange. Republican.
Episcopalian. Office: Security Bldg. Resi
dence: 5150 Westminster Place.
BETZ, Charles F., secretary and treasurer
Columbia Pretzel and Baking Co.; born, Wurt-
temberg, Germany, May 14, 1873; son of Fred
erick and Mary E. (Lang) Betz; educated in
schools in Germany and at Columbus, O.; mar
ried, St. Louis, October, 1897, Martha Hueb-
ner; children: Charles, Jr., Dorothy. Came to
United States in 1890 and traveled for about
two years; learned baker's trade at Colum
bus; came to St. Louis, 1894, and worked at
trade; in 1900, with father-in-law, George
Huebner, joined in organizing the Columbia
Pretzel and Baking Co., of which is secretary
and treasurer. Member Citizens' Industrial
Association, Tower Grove Turn Verein,
Schwaben Society. Mason (32°), Shriner,
Knights of Pythias. Recreations: motoring,
bowling, hunting and fishing. Office: 1719-
1723 DeKalb St. Residence: 3746 S. Grand
Avenue.

BETZ, Peter Edward, produce commission;
born, Mobile, Ala., Feb. 27, 1859; son of Peter
and Regina (Ceaser) Betz; attended public
school at Pleasant Hill, Mo., for one year;
married, St. Louis, June 5, 1888, Mary C. Tem-
pleman; children: Marie, Ora, Edward Peter,
Alice Ursula, John Vincent. Had to leave
school when 10 years old to work for living;
with mother, ran candy and cigar store at
Pleasant Hill, Mo., until 1882; engaged in
manufacture of tobacco at Pleasant Hill, Mo.,
1882-86; in real estate business in St. Louis,
1886-88; since 1888 partner, with half interest,
in firm of W. J. Templeman & Co., wholesale
fruits and vegetables. Democrat. Roman Cath
olic. Member Knights of Columbus and Cath
olic Knights of America. Office: 808 N. Third
St. Residence: 3822 Cleveland Ave.
BEVIS, Philemon, general secretary Y. M.
C. A.; born, Philadelphia, 111., Apr. 26, 1865;
son of Henry and Sarah J. (Stout) Bevis;
educated high school and University of Illi
nois; married, Urbana, HI., Dec. 24, 1889,
Laura B. Palmer; three children: Palmer,
Ledru, Dorothy. Began in Y. M. C. A. work at
Dixon, 111., February, 1890, continuing two
years; then general secretary at Macomb,
HI., 1892-96, Lafayette, Ind., 1896-1901, Du-
luth, Minn., 1901-12; general secretary at St.
Louis since May 15, 1912. Presbyterian. Rec
reations: fishing and camping. Office: Y. M.
C. A. Bldg., Grand and Franklin Aves.
BICKEL, Charles, Jr., manager St. Louis
office Habicht-Braun & Co., bakers' supplies;
born, St. Louis, Feb. 4, 1877; son of Charles
and Eva (Shoettel) Biekel; educated at pub-
lie schools until 10th year; then attended Edu
cational Institute (now out of existence) for
three years and after that took private night
courses for more than five years. Began
business career at age of thirteen as office boy
with the Western Candy and Bakers' Supply
Co., dealers in raw material only for candy
manufacturers and bakers, and remained with
the same company twenty years; began to sell
goods in 1895, and continued in that capacity
until 1902, when became vice president and in
sole control of sales department, so continu
ing until 1910; since September, 1910, local
manager for Habicht-Braun & Co., importers
of confectioners', bakers' and grocers' sup
plies, with offices in Chicago, St. Louis, New
York and Hamburg, Germany. Republican.
Member Concordia Turn Verein, T. P. A.
Clubs: Liederkranz, Million Population. Office:
404-405 Granite Bldg. Residence: 3507 Cali
fornia Ave.
BIDDLE, WiUiam Baxter, railway official;
born, Beloit, Wis., Nov. 12, 1856; son of
Charles H. and Alice (Coffman) Biddle; grad
uated high school, Beloit; married, Nov. 23,
1880, Ella Frost, of Beloit; children: Robert
C, Wheldon F., Walter C. Began railway ca
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later station agent and, 1882-86, chief clerk
general freight office Atlantic & Pacific R. R.;
promoted to assistant freight agent, 1886,
then division freight and passenger agent,
and, in 1888, assistant general freight agent
Santa Fe System; assistant traffic manager,
1890-94, and freight traffic manager, 1894 to
Mar. 1, 1905; 3d vice president O, R. I. & P.
Railway Co., Mar. 1, 1905 to Dec. 1, 1909; vice
president Chicago & Eastern Illinois and St.
Louis & San Francisco railways since Dec. 1,
1909. Clubs: Mercantile, Noonday, City, Glen
Echo, St. Louis Railway and The Traffic (St.
Louis) ; also Union League, Chicago Athletic,
Midlothian, Traffic (Chicago). Offices: Frisco
Bldg., St. Louis, and McCormick Bldg., Chi
cago. Residence: Buckingham Hotel.
BIEBINGER, Frederick William, banker;
1831-1908; see Vol. 1906.
BIEBINGER, Oscar L., secretary Mallinck-
rodt Chemical Works; born, St. Louis, Nov. 26,
1859; son of F. W. and Sophie (Koch) Bie-
binger; educated in Eyser's German Institute
and St. Louis public schools; married, St.
Louis, Feb. 8, 1883, Nettie L. Luthy; children:
Julia Elizabeth (Mrs. Clyde E. Ustick), Mar
guerite, Frederick W., Adele. Began business
career in employ of Udell, Schmieding & Co.,
in 1877; later in that year became connected
with Fourth National Bank of St. Louis, with
which remained until May, 1881, when be
came cashier for George F. Dittmann Boot and
Shoe Co., until 1884; in business on own ac
count in Texas, from i January, 1884; returned
to St. Louis, September, 1888, and after two
months as accountant with St. Louis Republic,
entered, Nov. 17, 1888, Mallinekrodt Chemical
Works, with which has since continued as sec
retary and director. Republican. Methodist.
Member Business Men's League. Mason. Club:
Mercantile. Recreation: baseball. Office: 3600
N. 2d St. Residence: Ferguson, Mo.
BIEBINGER, William, shoe manufacturer;
born, St. Louis, Feb. 27, 1864; son of Freder
ick William and Sophie (Koch) Biebinger;
educated in St. Louis public schools; Smith
Academy; married, St. Louis, June 10, 1886,
Bertha Bodemann; four daughters; Irmgard,
Alice, Doris, Edna. Began business career at
age of 17 as office-boy of Fourth National
Bank of St. Louis; after several years en
gaged in printing- and lithographing business
with John W. Harrington as Biebinger & Har
rington and later as William Biebinger & Co. ;
business and plant were destroyed by fire in
fall of 1886, when retired from that business
and became traveling representative for Au
gust Gast Bank Note Co., in the West, and in
June, 1887, again took clerkship in Fourth
National Bank of St. Louis, working through
different departments to note, exchange and
assistant paying teller; resigned in fall of
1894, and became credit man of George F.
Dittmann Boot and Shoe Co., two years later

being elected secretary and treasurer, and be
came a director of the company; resigned
Mar. 1, 1904; and was secretary of The Court
ney Shoe Co. until January, 1910, when be
came vice president Burrow, Jones & Dyer
Shoe Co. Republican. Office: 1001 Washing
ton Ave. Residence: 3458 Connecticut St.
BIEL, Frederick Christian, secretary Tror-
licht-Duneker Carpet Co.; born, Pilot Knob,
Mo., Sept. 21, 1863; son of William and Edna
Biel; educated in public schools of Pilot Knob
and later attended college in St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, Nov. 4, 1887, Emma Engel;
three children: Irvin F., William O, Edna M.
Began at age of sixteen in employ of the
Ralph Sellew Tin Plate and Metal Co., contin
uing for five years; became connected with
the Trorlicht-Duncker Carpet Co., 1884, of
which has been secretary since 1906. Presby
terian. Mason. Member Royal Arcanum. Rec
reation: outdoor sports. Office: 508 N. 4th St.
Residence: 3840 Hartford St.
BIGGERS, William David; see Vol. 1906.
BIGGS, Austin Wesley, labor commissioner;
born, Jacksonville, 111., Mar. 17, 1868; son of
Joseph G. and Mary E. (Smith) Biggs; edur
cated public schools; married, St. Louis, July
16, 1890, Emma C. Birchard; two children:
Austin W., Jr., Helen M. Began business ca
reer in 1885 as apprentice in printing trade,
with the St. Louis Chronicle, continuing until
1911; appointed state labor commissioner by
Governor Hadley, June 14, 1911. Member 43d
and 44th General Assemblies, Missouri. Re
publican. President International Association
of Labor Commissioners, 1912. Protestant.
Mason and Odd Fellow. Offices: 104 N. 10th
St., St. Louis, and Jefferson City, Mo. Resi
dence: 107 W. McCarty St., St. Louis.
BIGGS, David Clifton, treasurer Interna
tional Shoe Co.; born, Pike Co., Mo., May 2,
1866; son of William K. and Martha Ann
(Hawkins) Biggs; educated in public schools,.
and at business college, Quincy, 111.; married,
St. Louis, June 4, 1902, Ethel Goddard. Left
farm at twenty-one and entered bank at Cur-
ryville, Mo., with which was connected for
three years; came to St. Louis, 1891, and se
cured employment in Merchants' National
Bank, after consolidation remaining with the
Merchants-Laclede Bank until 1899; then asso
ciated with Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe
Co. as cashier and credit man; was treasurer
of the company from 1907 to 1912, and also a
member board of directors until firm name
changed to International Shoe Co., of which
is treasurer. Democrat. Mason. Clubs: St.
Louis, Noonday. Recreation: stock farming.
Office: 15th St. and Washington Ave. City
Residence: 4370 Waterman Ave. Country Res
idence: Clarksville, Mo.
BIGGS, Davis, lawyer; born, Pike Co., Mo.,
Jan. 13, 1875; son of William H. and Eliza

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(Shotwell) Biggs; educated in Smith Acad
emy, Washington University, University of
Virginia and St. Louis Law School, from
which was graduated as LL.B., 1898; married,
Sacramento, Cal., June 17, 1903, Alice Beatty
Willis; children: William H., Jr., Peter O. Ad
mitted to bar at St. Louis in 1898, and since
engaged in general practice, now being a
member of the law firm of William H. and
Davis Biggs, formed in 1901. Member St.
Louis Bar Association. Democrat. Mason.
Clubs: Algonquin Golf, City. Recreation: ten
nis. Office: 1626 Pierce Bldg. Residence:
Kirkwood, Mo.
BINDSCHADLER, Edward; 1843-1910; see
Vol. 1906.
BINTLIFF, Harry Burton, railway sup
plies; born, Janesville, Wis., Sept. 22, 1876;
son of Edward H. and Annie (Holmes) Bint-
liff; educated in public schools of Illinois;
married, East St. Louis, 111., Sept. 25, 1901,
Jessie A. Jones; one son: Douglas J. Began
business career as assistant city engineer of
Kankakee, 111., 1892-93; then clerk in the mas
ter mechanic's office of the "Big Four" R. R.
at Kankakee, and in February, 1897, clerk in
general office of the St. Louis & San Francisco
R. R. at St. Louis; in August, 1902, was ap
pointed purchasing agent for the St. Louis
Dressed Beef and Provision Co., and in 1903
was also made treasurer of the company, con
tinuing until October, 1906; since vice presi
dent J. E. Duffield & Co., railway supplies,
also member firm Bintliff & Herb, railway and
mill supplies. Member St. Louis Railway
Club. Office: 1412 New Bank of Commerce
Bldg. Residence: 6023 Waterman Ave.
BIRGE, Julius Charles, president Seymour
Manufacturing Co. and vice president and
manager Ames Shovel and Tool Co.; born,
Whitewater, Wis., Nov. 18, 1839;, son of Wil
liam and Mary (Noble) Birge (being first
white child born in Walworth Co., Wis.) ; edu
cated in public schools and academy, White
water, Wis., and preparatory department of
Beloit (Wis.) College; married, Dec. 4, 1873,
Mary Patrick; children: Ernest N., Walter
W., Arthur B., Ada A. (Mrs. Courtland Car
rier, of Sewaren, N. J.), J. Stanley. Was en
gaged in flouring mill business at Whitewater,
Wis., until spring of 1866, when crossed the
continent overland; came to St. Louis, 1867,
and established in business as a dealer in agri
cultural implements; was vice president Win
chester & Partridge Manufacturing Co., of
Wisconsin, 1870-80; was president St. Louis
Shovel Co. until 1902, when assisted in organ
izing the Ames Shovel and Tool Co., of which
has since been director and vice president;
also president Seymour Manufacturing Co.
President American Hardware Manufactur
ers' Association; president Charlevoix (Mich.)
Summer Home Association. Member New
England Society of St. Louis (ex-president).

Trustee, from its foundation, of Marion-Sims
Medical College. Member Pilgrim Congrega
tional Church since 1873. Mason, Knight Tem
plar. Clubs: St. Louis (one of its organizers),
Mercantile, Congregational (ex-president).
Office: Sarah St. and Duncan Ave. Business
Address: care Ames Shovel and Tool Co. Res
idence: 5076 Westminster Place.
BDJGE, Walter W., tool manufacturer;
born, St. Louis, Sept. 7, 1877; son of Julius C.
and Mary (Patrick) Birge; graduated from
Smith Academy, St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Sept. 28, 1903, MaBelle Brown; three children:
MaBelle Claire, Julius, Grace Blaekmore. Be
gan active career, in 1896, with the St. Louis
Shovel Co., of which was assistant manager
until July, 1907; then became secretary and
sales manager Fayette R. Plumb, Inc., tool
manufacturers; also vice president Seymour
Manufacturing Co. Republicans Served one
term in House of Delegates. Member Civic
Improvement League. Congregationalist.
Clubs: City, Bellerive Country. Recreation:
golf. Office: 509 Commonwealth Trust Bldg.
Residence: 13 Hortense Place.
BISHOP, C(ampbell) Orrick, lawyer; born,
Union, Franklin Co., Mo., Dec. 28, 1842; son
of David H. and Sarah Lee (Lindsay) Bishop;
graduated from St. Louis Central High School,
1858; Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., A.B.,
1862, A.M., 1891, LL.D., 1903; graduated from
Louisville (Ky.) Law School, LL.B., 1867;
unmarried. Admitted to bar in 1867; was
assistant circuit attorney, 1883-97, and 1901-
05; appointed circuit judge by Governor Folk,
in March, 1905, and assigned to Division 12,
and the Juvenile Court until January, 1907.
Instructor in criminal law, Washington Uni
versity, Law Department, 1894-1909; now
holding similar position St. Louis University
Law School. Democrat. Presbyterian. Mem
ber St. Louis Bar Association, Missouri His
torical Society, Washington University Asso
ciation, Westminster Alumni Society, Virginia
Society, Blackstone Society. Clubs: Mercan
tile, Missouri Athletic. Office: 711-712 Secur
ity Bldg. Residence: Missouri Athletic Club.
BISHOP, Cyrus Henry, business manager;
see Vol. 1906.
BISHOP, Henry Warrick, cigar broker;
1859-1911; see Vol. 1906.
BISHOP, John Edmond, lawyer ; born, Roche-
port, Mo., Aug. 6, 1869; son of David and
Ann Eliza (Stiee) Bishop; educated in Cali
fornia (Mo.) High School, class of 1889; aca
demic course, Missouri State University, and
Yale Law School, class of 1895; unmarried.
Assistant superintendent of public schools,
California, Mo., 1892-93, and 1893-94; located
in St. Louis, September, 1895, and practiced'
law alone until Jan. 1, 1901, when formed
partnership with Thomas H. Cobbs in present
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ney, California, Mo., 1892-94. Democrat. Mem
ber Christian Church. Clubs: Noonday, St.
Louis (secretary), Racquet, Glen Echo (vice
president). Recreations: golf, motoring. Of
fice: Third National Bank Bldg. Residence:
St. Louis Club.
BISHOP, William Threlkeld, cigar broker;
1835-1906; see Vol. 1906.
BISSELL, French Rayburn; see Vol. 1906.
BISSLAND, William Hope, railway official;
born, Gourock, Scotland, Jan. 22, 1864; son of
Robert and Mary (Hope) Bissland; educated
in public schools of Thompsonville, Conn.;
married, St. Louis, June 17, 1891, Irene C.
Galloway ; two daughters : Grace D. and Irene
H. Began railway service in 1885, and from
June, 1885, to March, 1890, filled clerical posi
tions with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
R. R. Co. at Topeka, Kan., in the auditing,
mechanical and general passenger depart
ments; in March, 1890, became secretary to
general passenger agent Townsend, of the
Missouri Pacific Ry.; in November, 1895, pro
moted to chief clerk, general passenger depart
ment; assistant general ticket agent, Jan. 1,
1903, and assistant general passenger agent
same road since January, 1908. Presbyterian.
Recreations: golf and baseball. Office: Mis
souri Pacific Bldg. Residence : 5443 Page Boul.
BITTING, William Coleman, clergyman;
born, in Hanover Co., Va., Feb. 5, 1857; son of
Charles Carroll and Caroline (Shadinger)
Bitting; educated at Lynchburg Classical and
Commercial School to 1871; Richmond (Va.)
College, M.A., 1877; Crozer Theological Sem
inary, Chester, Pa., 1880; (D.D., Howard Col
lege, Alabama, and Richmond [Va.] College) ;
married, Baltimore, Md., Nov. 17, 1886, Anna
Mary Biedler; children: William Charles,
Frank Milton (deceased), Kenneth Hills. Or
dained to ministry of Baptist Church, June,
1880; served as supply, Lee Street Church,
Baltimore, July, 1880, to February, 1881; pas
tor, Luray, Va., Februarv, 1881, to Dec. 31,
1883; Mount Baptist Church, New York City,
Jan. 1, 1884, to Oct. 31, 1905; Second Baptist
Church, St. Louis, since Nov. 1, 1905. Con
tributor to magazines, papers, etc. Residence:
5109 Waterman Ave.
BIXBY, David Alonzo, assistant purchasing
agent American Car and Foundry Co.; born,
Adrian, Mich., Sept. 24, 1854; son of Alonzo
Foster and Emma Louisa (Keeney) Bixby;
graduated from Adrian (Mich.) High School,
1870, and from Michigan University, A.B.,
1875; married, Kirkwood, Mo.,, Feb. 18, 1901,
Frances Buford McElroy. Read law in Ad
rian, Mich., 1875-76; elected city clerk of Ad
rian, Mich., 1877, and twice reelected; also
held other city offices; member Michigan leg
islature, 1882-84; in November, 1884, was
elected county clerk for native county of
Lenawee. Came to St. Louis, September,

1887; was for few months in employ of Mis
souri Pacific Ry. Co.; since 1888 in employ of
Missouri Car and Foundry Co. and its succes
sor the American Car and Foundry Co., and
since 1901 assistant purchasing agent. Mem
ber Civic League, Tuscan Lodge, A. F. & A.
M., Knights of Pythias. Clubs: Mercantile,
Algonquin. Recreations: golf and gardening.
Office: 1603 Syndicate Trust Bldg. Residence:
5071 Westminster Place.
BIXBY, Fred Foster, manufacturer; born,
Adrian, Mich., Aug. 9, 1866; son of Alonzo F.
and Emma L. (Keeney) Bixby; educated in
Adrian High School; married, 1907, Elizabeth
J. Ranes. With purchasing department of the
Missouri Pacific Ry., St. Louis, 1882-87; pur
chasing department of the Texas & Pacific
Ry., Dallas, Tex., 1887-90; purchasing depart
ment, Wabash R. R., St. Louis, 1891-93; held
various positions with Missouri Car and Foun
dry Co., St. Louis, 1893-99; district manager
at St. Louis of American Car and Foundry
Co., 1899-1906; president Western Whiting and
Manufacturing Co., 1904-11; since manager
material department American Car and Foun
dry Co., also president Republic Railway Ap
pliance Co., Safety Switch Appliance Co. Dem
ocrat. Presbyterian. Clubs: St. Louis, Mis
souri Athletic. Recreations: hunting and fish
ing. Office: 915 Olive St. Residence: 5824
Von Versen Ave.
BIXBY, Sidney T., president Share and
Mortgage Co.; born, St. Louis. Sept. 4, 1882;
son of W. K. and Lillian (Tuttle) Bixby;
educated at Smith Academy, St. Louis, and
Amherst College, Mass.; unmarried. On leav
ing college became, in November, 1904, con
nected with the Holbrook-Blackwelder Real
Estate Trust Co., of which was vice president
until 1912; since president Share and Mort
gage Co. Member Business Men's League,
Civic League. Congregationalist. Clubs: St.
Louis Country, University, Racquet, Noonday,
Dardenne Shooting. Recreation: outdoor di
versions. Office: 310 N. 4th St. Residence:
King's Highway and Lindell Boul.
BIXBY, William K., manufacturer; born,
Adrian, Mich., Jan. 2, 1857; son of Alonzo
Foster and Emma Louisa (Keeney) Bixby;
graduated Adrian High School; married, San
Antonio, Tex., June 13, 1881, Lillian Tuttle;
children: Sidney T., Emma (Mrs. A. H. Jor
dan), William H., Harold McM., Ruth, Ralph
F., Donald C. President Laclede 'Gas Co.,
Provident Association, Essex Investment Co.,
Temple Realty Co., City Art Museum of St.
Louis, Missouri Historical Society. Vice presi
dent Washington University; ex-president of
the Syndicate Trust Co. Director St. Louis
& San Francisco Ry., St. Louis Union Trust
Co. (member executive committee), National
Bank of Commerce, American Central Insur
ance Co., Wagner Electric Manufacturing Co.,
Union Sand and Material Co., First National

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Bank of Lake George, N. Y., Consolidated In
vestment Co., American Car and Foundry Co.,
Emporium Realty Co., Equitable Surety Co.
Appointed, Dec. 18, 1911, one of the receivers
of Wabash R. R. Congregationalist. Inde
pendent in politics. Member National Mu
nicipal League, American Red Cross, Self Cul
ture Hall (St. Louis), Society for Study and
Cure of Tuberculosis, Manual Training School
(director), Civic Improvement League, Citi
zens' Industrial Association, St. Luke's Hos
pital (director), Hospital Saturday and Sun
day Association (St. Louis), Bolton Improve
ment Association (New York), Lake George
Association (New York), Municipal Voters'
League (St. Louis), New York State His
torical Society, St. Louis Academy of Sci
ences, Bibliophile Society of Boston, Artists'
Guild (St. Louis), Archaeological Society (St.
Louis), American Historical Preservation So
ciety, American Anthropological Association,
Sons of Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars,
New England Society of St. Louis, Society of
Ieonophiles (New York), Antiquarian Society
of Worcester, Mass., Western Society for Pre
vention of Vice, Teachers' Annuity Associa
tion (St. Louis), New England Historic-Gen
ealogical Society (Boston), Society for Pres
ervation of New England Antiquities (Bos
ton). Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Country,
Bellerive Country, University, Racquet,
Franklin (vice president), Burns (president);
also Caxton and Society of Dofobs (Chicago),
Rowfant (Cleveland), Club of Odd Volumes
(Boston), Lake George, of New York (presi
dent), Middle Bass (Ohio), National Arts
and Grolier (New York). Recreations: golf
and fishing. Office: Century Bldg. Residence:
King's Highway and Linden Ave.
BLACK, George Ewalt, general agent Mu
tual Benefit Life Insurance Co. of Newark,
N. J.; born, Schellsburg, Bedford Co., Pa.,
Oct. 29, 1867; son of Jeremiah Ewalt and
Mary Lelia (Deal) Black; high school and
business college education', married, Louisa
Court House, Va., Oct. 24, 1901, Martha
Walker Porter; one son: William Mallory.
Began active career in Northern Kansas as
clerk in bank; was assistant cashier of the
bank at 18 and cashier at 21, when it was
converted into a national bank; assisted in
organizing three banks in Northern Kansas.
and Western Missouri; on account of close
confinement disposed of banking interests in
1896 and became solicitor for the Travelers
Insurance Co. at Kansas City, Mo.; was called
to home office at Hartford, Conn., as special
agent, and later promoted to position of super
intendent of agencies; resigned Jan. 1, 1907,
removing from Hartford to St. Louis as junior
partner of Darby & Black, general agents Mu
tual Benefit Life Insurance Co. of Newark,
N. J.; succeeded Darby & Black as general
agents of the company, Apr. 1, 1911, owing to

retirement of C. W. Darby after serving the
Mutual Benefit Life in St. Louis for forty-
three years. Republican. Baptist. Member
Business Men's League, Civic League. Clubs:
St. Louis, City, Missouri Athletic. Office: 10th
floor Wright Bldg. Residence: 5085 Raymond-
Avenue. BLACKBURN, Jasper, inventor and manu
facturer Everstick Anchor; born, Hunnewell,
Mo., Aug. 31, 1869; son of William Francis
and Emily Jane (Ely) Blackburn; educated
in public schools; married, La Belle, Mo.,
June 17, 1891, Margaret M. MeAnally; two
children: Maurine E. and Francis M. Tele
graph operator, 1888 and 1889; in dry goods
business at Hunnewell, Mo., 1890-98; travel
ing salesman for Geo. W. Perry Co., St. Louis,
1899-1906; president and general manager The
Everstick Anchor Co. since 1906. Methodist.
Member United Commercial Travelers' Asso
ciation. Office: 1622-1624 N. 8th St. Resi
dence: Kirkwood, Mo.
BLACKMER, Clarence Eugene, retired;
born on farm in Windsor Co., Vt., Mar. 31,
1853; son of Lucian and Elvira J. (Rich
mond) Blackmer; educated in public schools
in Vermont; widower. Came to St. Louis in
December, 1868, and began business career as
collector for the St. Louis Stoneware Co., re
maining with that company until November,
1871, then entered coal business under style
of C. E. Blackmer, and continued until sold
out in 1893. In 1888 became proprietor of the
Hart Coal Co., wholesale and retail coal and
coke, and continued until May 1, 1907, when
sold out to Union Fuel Co. and retired. Re
publican. Universalist. Recreations: travel
ing and reading. Residence: 1314 Pestalozzi
Street. BLACKMER, Lucian Richmond, president
Blackmer & Post Pipe Co.; born, Barnard,
Windsor Co., Vt., Mar. 6, 1848; son of Lucian
and Elvira J. (Richmond) Blackmer; common
school education; married, St. Louis, Jan. 1,
1879, Caroline L. Jones; children: Lucian G.,
Albert E., Katherine (Mrs. C. H. Miller), Ed
ward L., Percy R., Gladys (Mrs. V. E. Tay
lor). Began business career as clerk in coun
try store at Barnard, Vt., for three years;
came to St. Louis in the early part of 1867;
secured employment with St. Louis Stoneware
Co., first as bookkeeper, later secretary and
treasurer, until fall of 1877; sales agent for
sewer pipe manufactory of East Alton, 111.,
1877-78. In 1878, with L. W. Post, began
business in St. Louis under firm name of
Blackmer & Post, which continued until July
5, 1892. when the business was incorporated
as the Blackmer & Post Pipe Co., manufac
turers of sewer pipes and kindred products,
of which he is president. Also director of
Webster Groves Trust Co. Republican. Prot
estant. Member Legion of Honor. Clubs:
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Hunting. Recreation: fishing. Office: 613
Wainwright Bldg. Residence: Webster Groves,
Missouri. BLACKMER, Rollin Clinton, physician and
surgeon; born, Stockbridge, Vt., Apr. 3, i860;
son of Joel and Sarah A. (Barnes) Blackmer;
graduated Goddard Seminary, Barre, Vt.,
1880; CM. and M.D., Medical Department of
Bishop College (now united with McGill Uni
versity), Montreal, Canada, 1884; married,
Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1886, Helen Maud
Tarleton; one son: Joel, born July 29, 1887.
Began practice at Montreal; removed to St.
Louis, 1884; professor obstetrics and legal
medicine, Barnes Medical College (now united
with the American • Medical College) since
1892; director The Faculty Realty Co. Demo
crat. Universalist. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar, Shriner; also member Odd Fellows,
Legion of Honor, Royal Arcanum. Author:
Manual of Medical Jurisprudence, 1894; Sex
ual Jurisprudence, 1911. Office and Residence:
6778 Manchester Ave.
BLACKWELDER, George H., real estate;
born in Montgomery Co., 111., Jan. 19, 1849;
son of Peter and Nellie (Scherer) Black-
welder; educated in public schools and Hills-
boro Academy, Hillsboro, 111., and at Illinois
State University; married, Hillsboro, Oct. 18,
1877, Ida K. Miller (died Apr. 2, 1906); chil
dren: Bertha, Edith (now Mrs. Frank Soule),
Lucille. Began real estate business on own ac
count at Hillsboro, 111., 1869, and continued
until 1884; moved to Wichita, Kan., 1884, and
associated with Mr. W. J. Holbrook in firm
of Blackwelder & Holbrook until 1892, when
firm removed to St. Louis, and afterwards was
incorporated, 1901, as the Holbrook-Black-
welder Real Estate Trust Co. (now having
capital and surplus of $1,250,000), of which
he has been secretary and treasurer from or
ganization. Member of Real Estate Exchange.
Republican. Office: 812 Olive St. Residence:
Buckingham Hotel.
BLACKWELL, Arthur Malcolm, president
Blackwell-Wielandy Book and Stationery Co.;
1849-1912; see Vol. 1906.
BLACKWELL, William Hudson, coffee and
tea merchant; born, Uniontown, Ky., 1869;
son of Thomas Clayton and Virginia Evaline
(Taylor) Blackwell; educated in public and
private schools at Uniontown, Ky., and in
military school at Hopkinsville, Ky., 1885-86;
married, Wichita, Kan., June 15, 1901, Grace
Nelis Richardson. Began business career as
clerk in a retail grocery store in Uniontown,
Ky., in 1890; became a traveling salesman in
1896, and in September, 1899, became con
nected with Meyer Bros. Coffee and Spice Co.,
wholesale jobbers of coffees, teas and spices,
of which is vice president. Member Travel
ers' Protective Association. Democrat. Epis
copalian. Office: 400 S. 7th St. Residence:
4567 Washington Ave.

BLAGDEN, Edward Reynolds; see Vol.
1906. BLAIR, Albert, lawyer; born, Kinderhook,
Pike Co., 111., Oct. 16, 1840; son of William
and Mary (Jackson) BJair; attended public
schools at Barry, 111., until seventeenth year,
then three years at Chr/stian University, Can
ton, Mo., one year at Phillips Academy, Ex
eter, N. H., and three years at Harvard Col
lege, graduating 1863; married, 1907, Mrs.
Clara Urquhart Spencer, of St. Louis. Ad
mitted to bar in March, 1876, and since en
gaged in general practice of law; now member
of law firm of Holmes, Blair & Koerner. Di
rector American Brake Co., Chicago Railway
Equipment Co., Wagner Electric Mfg. Co.,
Moon-Hopkins Billing Machine Co. Member
Missouri Historical Society, American and
Missouri State Bar associations, and Law Li
brary Association, Civic League. Republican;
candidate, 1898, for state senator from City
of St. Louis. Baptist. Clubs: St. Louis, Belle
rive Country, City. Recreation: literature.
Office: 1054 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 5052
Westminster Place.
BLAIR, Vilray Papin, physician; born, St.
Louis, June 15, 1871; son of Edmund Har
rison and Minnie (Papin) Blair; educated in
Christian Brothers College, and Medical De
partment, Washington University, M.D., 1893;
married, 1907, Kathryn Lyman Johnson. En
gaged in practice since 1893; clinical professor
of surgery, Washington University, Medical
Department; professor of oral surgery, Wash
ington University, Dental Department; visit
ing surgeon to St. Luke's Hospital, Washing
ton University Hospital, City Hospital and
City Sanitarium. Member Association of
American Anatomists, American Medical As
sociation, Southern Surgical Association,
Western Surgical Association. Club: Univer
sity. Office: Metropolitan Bldg. Residence:
4654 Berlin Ave.
*BLAKE, Harry. M., agricultural imple
ments; removed from city; see Vol. 1906.
BLAKE, James Porter, real estate and
financial agent; born, Richwood, Union Co., O.,
Oct. 3, 1866; son of Adoniram J. and Clotilda
(Shur) Blake; educated in public schools of
Ohio; married, St. Louis, Jan. 31, 1899, Fannie
B. Batte. Began business career in newspaper
work, in 1882, filling every position from com
positor to editor; in latter years of news
paper work was manager of Colman's Rural
World, St. Louis; in March, 1897, entered the
real estate and loan business, and in 1905 the
business was incorporated as John S. Blake
& Bro. Realty Co., of which is vice president
and treasurer. Member St. Louis Real Estate
Exchange (was its treasurer five years, 1898-
1903); second vice president of National Asso
ciation of Real Estate Exchanges, 1909-10,
and its treasurer, 1910-11; secretary for Gen-

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tlemen 's Driving Club several years. Ap
pointed, 1909, commissioner for Porto Rico
. in state of Missouri. .Member Ohio Society of
, St. Louis (charter member), Knights of Pyth
ias, Knights of Khorassan (charter member).
Republican. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Ath
letic. Recreations: theater and baseball. Of
fice: 812 Chestnut St. Residence: 5551 Von
Versen Ave.
BLAKE, John Shur, real estate agent and
financial agent; born, Cardington, O., Jan. 6,
1865; son of Adoniram J. and Clotilda (Shur)
Blake; graduated from Riehwood (Ohio) High
School, 1882; attended Martin's Shorthand
School, St. Louis, 1885-86, St. Louis Law
School, 1896-97; married, Riehwood, O., Oct.
18, 1888, Martha Cheney. Engaged in news
paper business at Riehwood, 1882-85; came to
St. Louis, 1885, and after attending short
hand college took position as stenographer in
office of E. W. Warfield, superintendent of
Railway Mail Service, St. Louis, 1886; pro
moted to scheme clerk, 1889, to chief clerk,
1890, and to assistant superintendent in 1891;
resigned in 1893 to engage in real estate busi
ness, and in 1897 formed partnership with
brother, James P. Blake, under firm name of
John S. Blake & Bro., and in 1905 the business
was incorporated as John S. Blake & Bro.
Realty Co., of which is president; also presi
dent of Marfan Investment Co. Organized,
1902, the Williamson-Blake Construction Co.,
which built the Hamilton Hotel and owned
and operated same during the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition, and now president Claiborne
Realty Co., owners of the Hamilton Hotel.
Member (and was director) of St. Louis Real
Estate Exchange; member Business Men's
League, Citizens' Industrial Association. Re
publican. Member Ohio Society of St. Louis
(charter member and ex-president), Legion of
Honor, Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum,
Knights of Khorassan (charter member).
Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile, Missouri Ath
letic (charter member), Automobile, Aero.
Recreations: fishing and bowling. Office: 812
Chestnut St. Residence: Hamilton Hotel.
BLAKE, Orville Prescott, assistant general
manager of sales, Inland Steel Co.; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 19, 1870; son of Elzy and Emma
(Pearson) Blake; educated in public schools
to 1882; Glendale Military Academy, 1882-84;
Marietta College, Ohio, degree of A.B., 1892;
married, Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 30, 1896,
Lulu Carson; three children: Rhea, Howard,
Eugene. Began active career at fourteen in
wholesale grocery business, continuing until
he entered college in 1888; was with Kingman
& Co., implement dealers, St. Louis and Kan
sas City, Mo., 1892-98; chief clerk Evans &
Howard Fire Brick Co., 1898-1902; assistant
manager sales American Sheet and Tin Plate
Co., 1902-06; district sales manager Inland
Steel Co., 1906-12; since assistant general

manager of sales. Progressive Republican.
Elder West Presbyterian Church; chairman
board of managers Y. M. C. A.; director St.
Louis City Rescue Mission; member Co-op
erating Committee Laymen's Missionary
Movement, Committee of 100 Men and Re
ligion Forward Movement. Member Phi
Gamma Delta Fraternity. Club: Mercantile.
Recreations: outdoor athletics. Office: 504
National Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence:
5909 W. Cabanne Place.
*BLAKE, William Henry; moved to Wood-
lawn, 111.; see Vol. 1906.
BLAND, Charles Clelland; see Vol. 1906.
BLAND, Theodoric Richard, lawyer; born,
Lebanon, Mo., Nov. 25, 1877; son of Hon.
Richard Parks Bland (member of Congress,
1873-95 and 1897-99) and Virginia Elizabeth
(Mitchell) Bland; educated in district school
near Lebanon, Mo., St. John's Academy,
Washington, D. C, Christian Brothers Col
lege, St. Louis, A.B., 1897; St.. Louis Law
School, LL.B., 1899; married, St. Louis, Oct. 5,
1904, Winifred M. Vickery; children: Richard
Parks, Vera Elizabeth, Harry Vickery, Vir
ginia Mary, Theodoric Charles. Admitted to
bar, Oct. 25, 1899, and since engaged, with
Rhodes E. Cave as partner, under firm name
of Bland & Cave, in general practice of law
in St. Louis. Democrat; police commissioner,
St. Louis, 1906-10. Roman Catholic. Member
St. Louis Bar Association, St. Louis Amateur
Athletic Association. Favorite recreations:
golf and horticulture. Office: Pierce Bldg.
Residence: 5228 McMillan Ave.
BLANKE, Albert George, real estate and
financial agent; born, Marine, Madison Co.,
111., Feb. 1, 1866; son of Fred G. and Carolina
(Ortgies) Blanke; educated in public schools,
Marine, 111.; married, St. Louis, Apr. 24, 1901,
Lilly M. Verborg; children: Janet, Albert G.,
Jr. Came to St. Louis in 1883; was in employ
of L. H. Lohmeyer for several years, then
bookkeeper until 1897; went into business for
self in 1897, and has so continued. Director
Title Guaranty Trust Co. Member Merchants'
Exchange and Real Estate Exchange. Repub
lican. Clubs: Union, Liederkranz. Recreation:
horseback riding. Office: 803 Chestnut St.
Residence: 3241 Copelin Ave.
BLANKE, Cyrus Frederick, importer and
jobber of teas and coffees; born, Marine, HI.,
Oct. 24, 1862; son of Frederick G. and Caro
lina (.Ortgies) Blanke; educated in public
school, Marine, 111., and one term at commer
cial college, St. Louis; married, Clinton, Mo.,
Dec. 26, 1899, Eugenia Frowein; children:
Augusta Caroline, Eugenia Linda. At age of
16 became clerk in a retail grocery, and after--
ward was with three wholesale houses, the-
last being a wholesale tea and coffee house;
in 1890 established for himself as importer
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of the C. F. Blanke Tea and Coffee Co., St.
Louis, C. F. Blanke Tea and Coffee Co., Dallas,
Tex.; also president St. Louis Tin Sheet Metal
Working Co., Blanke-Baer Chemical Co., Uni
versal Exposition Co. Director of the World's
Fair. Bought the log cabin built by General
Grant near St. Louis, in 1854, in order to pre
serve it trom destruction and save it for pub
lic use as a memento of the great Union hero.
Member Missouri Historical Society. Repub
lican. Mason, Knight Templar, and Shriner;
member Legion of Honor, Royal Arcanum,
Knights of Pythias, Elks. Clubs: Union (ex-
president), Glen Echo, Million Population
(president). Was chairman for the day, enter
taining President Taft during his visit to St.
Louis, Sept. 23, 1911. Recreation: horseback
riding. Office: 7th St. and Clark Ave. Resi
dence: St. Regis Apartments.
BLANKE, Louis William, president Blanke
Manufacturing and Supply Co.; born, St.
Louis, Mo., Feb. 17, 1852; son of William F.
and Sophia (Bernbrock) Blanke; educated ten
years in ¦private school and two years in pub
lic school at Marine, 111., one year in commer
cial college at St. Louis; married, Marine, 111.,
Mar. 25, 1880, Pauline Elbring; children:
Oliver B., Robert L., Henry E. Employed in
father's store (Blanke & Bro.), Marine, 111.,
1869-71; clerk for G. Hafferkamp, retail gro
cer, St. Louis, 1872, partner with same (Haf
ferkamp & Blanke), 1873-1880; bought out in
terest of Mr. Hafferkamp, and continued busi
ness alone as L. W. Blanke until May, 1903,
when sold out. In 1903, with W. F. Blanke and
R. B. Hauk, bought business of H. MeWilson &
Co., and continued same under style of Blanke
& Hauk Supply Co., of which was president;
engaged in wholesale business in dairy, cream
ery and poultry supplies until March, 1911,
when firm name was changed to Blanke Manu
facturing and Supply Co., of which is presi
dent. Protestant. Independent in politics.
Member 12th District Congressional Commit
tee for ten years; member House of Dele
gates, St. Louis, 1889-90. Member and one of
organizers of St. Louis Creamery Association;
member Citizens ' Industrial Association, Civic
League, St. Louis Public Museum. Clubs:
Liederkranz, Union. Recreations: music, flori
culture. Office: 1009-1013 Lucas Ave. Resi
dence: 1724 S. Compton Ave.
BLANKE, Richard H., secretary and treas
urer C. F. Blanke Tea and Coffee Co.; born,
Marine, 111. ; son of Frederick G. and Carolina
(Ortgies) Blanke; educated in public schools
of Marine, 111.; married Miss Hazel Thomp
son, of St. Louis, Apr. 20, 1907. Began busi
ness career as clerk in father's store at Ma
rine, 111., for two years; came to St. Louis,
1888, and was with Steinwender-Stoffregan
Tea' and Coffee Co., until 1890; since with
C. F. Blanke Tea and Coffee Co., of which is
now secretary and treasurer; also secretary of

St. Louis Tin and Sheet Metal Working Co.
Member Travelers' Protective Association.
Republican. Club: Union. Recreations: horse
back riding and walking. Office: 7th St. and
Clark Ave. Residence: 4 N. Kingshighway.
BLANKE, William F., manufacturer; born,
Marine, 111., Apr. 7, 1870; son of William F.
and Sophia (Bernbrock) Blanke; educated in
public schools at Marine, 111., until 17; mar
ried, St. Louis, June 2, 1908, Alma Trauer-
nicht; one daughter: AUeen Gertrude. After
leaving school clerked for two years in coun
try store at Marine; came to St. Louis and
was with Missouri Pacific R. R. Co. for four
teen months; then bookkeeper and cashier for
two years for Gildehaus, Wulfing & Co., whole
sale grocers, two years bookkeeper for Charles
Rebstock, wholesale liquors. Member firm of
Vogler & Blanke until 1902, since as the W. F.
Blanke Can and Manufacturing Co., of which
is sole proprietor. Also vice president Blanke
Manufacturing and Supply Co., wholesale
creamery supplies. Member Civic Improve
ment League, Universal Exposition Co. Re
publican. Protestant. Club: Union. Recrea
tions: horseback riding and motoring. Office:
116 Pine St. Residence: 3005 Allen Ave.
BLANKENMEISTER, Arthur Albert,
wholesale glassware merchant; born, St.
Louis, Mar. 25, 1876; son of Ferdinand Henry
and Josephine (Wulze) Blankenmeister; edu
cated at Evangelical Bethania (private Ger
man) School, Stoddard (public) School and
St. Louis Manual Training School, graduating
1893; married, St. Louis, Apr. 14, 1898, Ella
Marion Ostrander; children: Harold A., Ar
nold F. While at Manual Training School,
worked through summer vacations as assist
ant draftsman, and in 1893 began work as
draftsman for Hidgen & Longan, patent at
torneys, until 1895; city salesman and trav
eling salesman in Iowa and Nebraska for
John Meier, shoe manufacturer, St. Louis,
1895-97; with St. Louis Glass and Queens-
ware Co., 1897-1902; member firm of F. H.
Blankenmeister & Son, 1902-10, since Blank
enmeister Glass Co. Member United Com
mercial Travelers' Association. Recreations:
hunting and fishing. Office: 721-723 N. 11th
St. Residence: 1393 A Arlington Ave.
BLANKENMEISTER, Ferdinand Henry,
wholesale glassware and queensware; born,
Trier, Germany, Sept. 4, 1850; son of John
Peter and Louisa (Wettendorf ) Blankenmeis
ter; came to United States in 1851, with par
ents; educated in private German schools,
Boonville, Mo., and Kemper College, 1859-60;
married, St. Louis, Apr. 29, 1873, Josephine
Wulze; children: Arthur Albert, Clara, Oscar
F., Edgar G., Julia, Edith. Clerk in quarter
master department, Missouri State Militia,
1862-63; worked at bench of father's jewelry
store, 1864; clerk in hat store at Milwaukee,
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clothing, Boonville, Mo., 1866-67; salesman
for Gray & Guerdon, hats, St. Louis, 1867-68;
stock clerk and salesman for Crow & Hill,
hats, St. Louis, 1868-69; traveling salesman
for Westermann & Meier, glass and queens-
ware, 1870-85; president St. Louis Glass and
Queensware Co., 1885-1902; in March, 1902,
established firm of F. H. Blankenmeister &
Sons, which changed to Blankenheimer Glass
Co., 1910. Recreations: fishing and hunting.
Office: 721-723 N. 11th St. Residence: 1803
Cora Ave.
BLANTON, David Anderson, manufacturer
of butterine; born in Pike Co., Mo., Mar. 26,
1875; son of Joseph P. and Anna Craig (Bell)
Blanton; educated in Model School of State
Normal School, Kirksville, Mo., Preparatory
School, Academic Department and Law
School, University of Missouri, graduating
LL.B., 1898; married, London, England, Feb.
7, 1910, Eugenie D. Moulton. Came to St.
Louis as representative of State Board of
Agriculture; resigned to go into business in
1900; was elected secretary and treasurer of
the Meinicke-Blanton Manufacturing Co.,
1902; sold out interest in 1904, and organized
the Blanton Co., of which he is president.
Member Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Democrat.
Club: Mercantile. Recreation: traveling. Of
fice: 115-123 Spruce St. Residence: 5325
Savoy Court.
BLASE, Arthur F(rederick) C(harles), vice
president Security Title Co.; born, St. Louis,
May 10, 1888; son of August F. and Sophie
D. (Venz) Blase; educated at Ames and Blair
schools, St. Louis; Yeatman High School;
Benton College of Law; married, St. Louis,
June 12, 1912, Ethel A. Wehrenbrecht. Be
gan active career with the Title Guaranty
Trust Co., St. Louis, Sept. 8, 1904; organized
the Security Title Co., February, 1911, for the
real estate men of St. Louis — the only com
pany of the kind in the country; induced the
City of St. Louis to change the system under
which it was having its titles examined, thus
saving the city $10,000 or $12,000 per year,
the change being made about June, 1911; has
been vice president and manager Security
Title Co. from time of its organization. Mem
ber St. Louis Real Estate Exchange. Evan
gelical Lutheran; librarian Grace Evangelical
Lutheran Sunday School. Secretary Demos
thenes Society; member Concordia Benevolent
Association. Recreations: reading and music.
Office: 911 Chestnut St. 'Residence: 2037 Fair
Avenue. BLASE, Louis, millinery; born, St. Louis,
Mar. 2, 1869; son of Fred and Elenora Blase;
educated in public and high schools of St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, June, 1899, Mary
Beverly; children: Adelaide, Marguerite, Flo
rence. Began business career in subordinate
capacity with wholesale millinery firm of

Gaier & Stroh in 1883, became salesman, and
has continued with same house ever since;
upon incorporation of the business, 1894, as
Gaier & Stroh Millinery Co., took position as
vice president of the company, and in July,
1910, became president. Member Business
Men's League, Salesmanagers ' Association.
Member Evangelical Lutheran Church. Clubs:
Missouri Athletic, Liederkranz. Office: 1221
Washington Ave. Residence: 1824 La Salle
Avenue. BLATTNER, August, merchant; see Vol.
1906. BLAYNEY, John McClusky, Jr., lawyer;
born, Albany, N. Y., May 3, 1878; son of John
McClusky and Lucy Weisiger (Lindsey)
Blayney; A.B., Centre College, Danville, Ky.,
1898; spent three years studying in Europe;
LL.B., Harvard University Law School, 1904;
married, Danville, Ky., June 6, 1906, Eva
Clare Grant; two children: Frances Lindsey
and John McClusky. Admitted to Missouri
bar, 1904, and has since practiced in St.
Louis; member firm of Eliot, Chaplin, Blayney
& Bedal. Member St. Louis and Missouri
State Bar associations. Office: 1711-1716 Third
National Bank Bldg. Residence: 640 Linden
Ave., St. Louis County.
BLEHA, Charles Aug., clergyman; born,
Bohemia, Austria, Mar. 11, 1864; son of Fran
cis and Barbara (Kudrnka) Bleha; educated
in parochial school, Zumberg, Bohemia", col
lege in Chrudim, Bohemia, and University of
Louvain, Belgium, graduating from latter in
stitution, 1891. Ordained to priesthood, Bo-
man Catholic Church, June 29, 1891; came to
Ameriea November following and assumed
charge of a congregation as assistant at New
Orleans, continuing for about four years; was
transferred to St. Louis, 1895, as assistant
pastor to Monseigneur Hessoun, then pastor
of St. John's of Nepomuk; later also served
as pastor of St. Wenceslaus' parish; appointed
administrator of St. John's parish, 1900, and
has had full charge since July, 1906. Manager
of the Hlas (The Voice), the oldest Bohemian
Catholic paper published in the United States,
and founded the Ceska Zena, a monthly maga
zine for Bohemian women, 1908, which is now
circulated extensively throughout the coun
try. Has been instrumental in construction of
an orphan asylum at Fenton, Mo., known as
the Bohemian Catholic Hessoun Orphan
Asylum, of which is director; director, man
ager and treasurer Bohemian Literary So
ciety of St. Louis. Residence: 1625 S. lltb
Street. BLELOCK, William Mortimer, sewing ma
chine attachments; born, London, England,
July 19, 1832; son of John and Sarah (James)
Blelock; was brought to America, 1833; edu
cated in public schools of Rochester, N. Y.;
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1902); five sons: George, Charles, Frederick,
Frank, Percy. Began business career at Cairo,
111., as newsdealer and stationer, 1858; settled
in St. Louis, 1874; head of Blelock Manufac
turing Co. since 1883. Member Business
Men's League. Office: 913 Locust St. Resi
dence: 5397 Waterman Av.
BLEVINS, John Alexander, lawyer; born
Abingdon, Va., Oct. 29, 1860; son of Z. C. and
Susan S. (Duff) Blevins; educated in common
schools of Missouri, two years in Simpson In
stitute, Versailles, Mo., and three years' law
course in Columbian (now George Washing
ton) University, Washington, D. O, receiving
degrees of LL.B. and LL.M., 1886; married,
Versailles, Mo., Apr. 29, 1884, Cerro Gordo
McMinn; children: C. Malcolm, Gladys. Ad
mitted to bar in 1882 and began practice of
law at Versailles, Mo.; was confidential cor
respondent to Postmaster General William F.
Vilas, 1885-88, at Washington, D. C; returned
to Versailles, and was prosecuting attorney of
Morgan Co., 1890-94; moved to St. Louis,
1894, and was head of law firm of Blevins,
Lyon & Swartz for two years, 1898 and 1899;
was appointed judge of the Circuit Court of
St. Louis, 8th Judicial Circuit, and served the
two years, 1903 and 1904; was nominated by
Democratic party for reelection, but defeated,
in 1904; since in practice of law and member
of firm of Blevins & Jamison since 1907.
Member St. Louis, Missouri State and Ameri
can Bar associations. Member M. E. Church,
South. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic,
Triple A, Sunset Inn Country. Office: 703
Commercial Bldg. Residence: 4447 Washing
ton Boul.
BLEWETT, Ben, superintendent of instruc
tion, St. Louis public schools; born, Russell-
ville, Ky., Feb. 25, 1856; son of Benjamin
T. and Avis Williams (Hedge) Blewett; pre
pared for college at Augusta, Ky., graduated
from Washington University, A.B., 1876, A.M.,
1879; married, Aug. 8, 1907, Jessie H. Par
sons, of Riverside,, Jefferson Co., Mo. Teacher
of high school subjects at Cote Brilliante School,
St. Louis, 1876-77, Eleardville School, 1877-78;
principal Lowell School, 1878-80, Humboldt
School, 1880-83, Carr Lane School, 1883-84,
Divoll School, 1884-89, Stoddard School, 1889-
97; assistant superintendent of instruction,
September, 1897-June, 1908, since superintend
ent of instruction. During 1883-84, as corre
sponding secretary of the Society of Peda
gogy, conducted correspondence leading to
movement for compulsory school attendance.
Director for Missouri, National Educational
Association, 1904 and 1905; president Mis
souri State Teachers ' Association, 1904. Many
years member of District School Board in St.
Louis Co.; for eight years president of
board of directors, Missouri School for the
Blind. Past Master Tuscan Lodge, No. 360, A.
F. and A. M. Member Business Men 's League.

Clubs: Mercantile, City. Recreation: garden
ing. Office: 9th and Locust Sts. Residence:
3405 Hawthorne Boul.
BLEYER, Adrien S., physician; born, St.
Louis, Jan. 17, 1878; son of William M. and
Marie Rose (Sarrazin) Bleyer; graduated
Smith Academy, St. Louis, 1896; M.D., Mis
souri Medical College, 1899; unmarried. Has
engaged in practice in St. Louis since 1899;
lecturer on sanitation in Medical Department,
Washington University; physician to out-pa
tients, St. Louis Children's Hospital; assistant
in pediatrics, Washington University Med
ical Department; director St. Louis Pure Milk
Commission; medical director of St. Louis
Society for Relief and Prevention of Tuber
culosis, 1910. Former editor Medical Bulletin,
Washington University, and associate editor
St. Louis Courier of Medicine. Secretary St.
Louis Pediatric Society; member American
and Missouri State Medical associations, St.
Louis Medical Society, Washington Univer
sity Alumni Association, Alpha Kappa Phi
Chapter of Nu Sigma Nu medical fraternity.
Republican. Presbyterian. Office: Delmar
Bldg., 706 N. King's Highway Boul. Resi
dence: 4339 Washington Boul.
BLISS, Malcolm Andrews, phvsician; born,
Warsaw, 111., July 2, 1863; son of Neziah
Wright and Amanda Jessie (Andrews) Bliss;
removed with parents, 1867, to Kingston Fur
nace, Washington Co., Mo., where father was
superintendent of mining company; attended
public schools two years, studied three years
under private tutor, attended Warsaw High
School, 1878-79; graduated from Missouri Den
tal College, D.D.S., 1884, Chicago Medical
College, M.D., 1890; married, Farmington, Mo.,
Apr. 29, 1891, Clemmie Chilton Carter; chil
dren: William Carter, Wyllys King, Helen
Bliss. Engaged in farming and stock raising
at Kingston Furnace, Mo., from age of 12 to
16; taught district school in Washington Co.,
Missouri, winter of 1880-81; went to Chicago,
April, 1882; bookkeeper Marshall Field & Co.,
dry goods, during summer; attended Missouri
Dental College, and after graduation was as
sistant to Dr. Eames, winter of 1885, and to
Dr. W. N. Morrison, spring, 1886, in St. Louis;
located in practice of dentistry at Farming-
ton, Mo., 1885-88; after medical graduation
practiced at Bonne Terre, Mo., 1890-92; in
practice at St. Louis since Sept. 25, 1902.
Member St. Louis Medical Society, St. Louis
Neurological Society, American Neurological
Association. Specialist in nervous diseases;
instructor in psychiatry, Washington Univer
sity; neurologist St. Louis Mullanphy Hos
pital. Republican. Episcopalian. Recreation:
mechanics. Office: Humboldt Bldg. Residence:
4929 Lotus Ave.
BLOCK, George M., lawyer; born, Aber
deen, Pike Co., Mo., Dec. 10, 1856; son of

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Henry V. P. and Alice V. (Meriwether) Block;
educated at Washington University; LL.B., St.
Louis Law School, 1878; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 10, 1883, Helen L. Sylvester; one daugh
ter: Helen B. Whittlesey. Has practiced in
St. Louis since 1877; member law firm of
Block & Sullivan; lecturer on bailments and
carriers, St. Louis University Institute of
Law. President, treasurer and counsel Born-
land Investment Co.; director and general
counsel Union Sand and Material Co.; coun
sel and director O. J. Louis Mercantile Co.
Member St. Louis Bar Association, St. Louis
Historical Society, Beta Theta Pi. Episco
palian. Clubs: Mercantile, City, Contempo
rary. Recreation: travel. Office: 807 Carleton
Bldg. Residence: 5092 Westminster PI.
BLODGETT, Henry William, lawyer; born,
St. Louis, Oct. 16, 1877; son of Wells H. and
Emma (Dickson) Blodgett; educated St. Louis
public schools; Manual Training School; Cor
nell University, Ithaca, N. Y. ; St. Louis Law
School (Washington University), graduating
with degree of LL.B., 1900; married, St. Louis,
Aug. 24, 1911, Alice Foot Borgess. Admitted
to Missouri bar, 1900; practiced in partner
ship with James L. Minnis, as Minnis & Blod
gett, 1900-02; practiced alone, 1902-03, and
then entered into partnership with Walter N
Davis as Blodgett & Davis, so continuing until
1907; served as U. S. district attorney for
Eastern district of Missouri, April, 1907-Jan.
1, 1910, resigned; associated in practice with
Charles W. Bates, under title of Bates & Blod
gett, January, 1910; in May, 1911, Charles P.
Williams and. Walter N. Davis were admitted
to the firm, the title now being Bates, Blod
gett, Williams & Davis. Member St. Louis
Board of Election Commissioners since Jan.
10, 1910. Republican. Unitarian. Member
American Bar Association, St. Louis Bar As
sociation, Phi Delta Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Clubs: Racquet, Glen Echo. Recreations: golf
and fishing. Office: Third National Bank Bldg.
Residence: 5428 Delmar Boul.
BLODGETT, Wells Howard, lawyer; born,
Downer 's Grove, Du Page Co., Illinois, Jan.
29, 1839; son of Israel P. and Avis Blodgett;
educated at Illinois Institute (now Wheaton
College), Wheaton, 111.; served in Union Army
in Civil War, 1861-65; received congressional
medal of honor for gallant and meritorious
service in 1862, and in July, 1865, was mus
tered out as colonel of the 48th Regiment of
Missouri Volunteers; married, Waukegan, 111.,
July, 1865, Emma Dickson; children: Mar
garet, Henry and Edith. Studied law previous
to Civil War and was admitted to bar in 1861;
resumed practice after war and has continued
ever since; member Missouri House of Repre
sentatives, 1866-68, and of State Senate, 1868-
72; assistant attorney, 1873-74, and general at
torney, 1874-79, St. Louis, Kansas City and
Northern R. R.; general solicitor of the Wa

bash, St. Louis & Pacific Ry., 1879-84; gen
eral counsel for the receivers, Wabash Lines,
1884-89; general solicitor, 1889-1900, vice pres
ident and general counsel, 1900-1911, general
counsel for receivers since Dec. 11, 1911, Wa
bash R. R. Member St. Louis Bar Asso
ciation. Member of Blair Post No. 1, G. A.
R., and Missouri Commandery Loyal Legion.
Clubs: Mercantile, Noonday. Office: R. 1110,
706 Chestnut St. Residence: 4449 W. Pine
Street. BLODGETT, William Albert, vice presi
dent American Central Insurance Co.; born,
Boston, May 22, 1865; son of Samuel M. and
Amelia C. (Cline) Blodgett; educated public
schools of Boston and Chicago; married, Chi
cago, Aug. 20, 1891, Virginia Livingston, of
St. Paul, Minn.; children: Roswell Livingston
(student Princeton), Dorothea Helen (student
Wellesley, Mass.). Began as clerk in Chicago
office of the Springfield Fire and Marine In
surance Co. of Massachusetts, Aug. 1, 1881;
was second assistant manager Western Depart
ment of the company, 1897-1911; elected vice
president American Central Insurance Co.,
September, 1911, and since resided in St.
Louis. Democrat. Episcopalian. Member Sons
of American Revolution. Royal Arch Mason.
Clubs: St. Louis, Glen Echo (St. Louis), Union
League (Chicago). Recreation: golf. Office:
816 Olive St. Residence: Washington Hotel.
BLOMBERG, Charles Frederick, real estate;
born, St. Louis, Sept. 25, 1872; son of Fred
erick C. and Martha (Loeffler) Blomberg;
educated in public schools and in Martin &
Hay ward's Business College, St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, Sept. 25, 1901, Martha Kellers-
man; two children: Dolores Martha, Arline
Louise. In saddlery and hardware business
with the P. J. Peters Saddlery Co., 1886-89;
since May, 1889, engaged in real estate and
financial agency and insurance business under
firm name of C. F. Blomberg & Co. Also pres
ident Standard Roofing Co. Republican. Meth
odist. Mason, Knight Templar. Recreations:
riding and driving and floral culture. Office:
1109 Chestnut St. Residence: 4958 Fountain
Avenue. BLOODWORTH, James M., life insurance;
born, Griffin, Ga., Apr. 30, 1871; son of
James M. and Marie (Bonnell) Bloodworth;
educated in public schools; married, Atlanta,
Ga., June 27, 1894, Annie Laurie Brown;
children: E. Carleton, Annie Laurie and
James. Began active career at fifteen and
was identified with retail shoe business for
several years; in same line of business on
own account, 1895-97; traveling salesman for
a shoe manufacturing house of Cincinnati,
1897-1902; with Union Central Life Insur
ance Co. at Cincinnati, 1902-12; general man
ager at St. Louis department of Home Life
Insurance Co. of New York since February,
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League. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Adver
tisers'. Recreation: fishing. Office: 512-514
Wright Bldg. Residence: Hamilton Hotel.
BLOOM, Edgar Selden, telephone official;
born, Bloomsbury, N. J., Dec. 17, 1874; son of
Erastus Starner and Mary Taylor (Smith)
Bloom; educated preparatory schools, Phila
delphia; B.S., University of Pennsylvania,
1895, M.E., 1896; married, New York City,
Oct. 16, 1905, May Gladys Wallace; one child:
Eleanor Wallace. With the New York Tele
phone Co. successively as service inspector,
assistant traffic engineer, supervising foreman
of construction and construction engineer,
1896-1906; superintendent plant, New York
& New Jersey Telephone Co., 1906-09; Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph Co., 1909-10; en
gineer of plant operation, American Telephone
and Telegraph Co., since January, 1910; now
second vice president Bell Telephone Co. of
Missouri, Missouri & Kansas Telephone Co.,
Pioneer Telephone and Telegraph Co., South
western Telegraph and Telephone Co. Presby
terian. Member Telephone Society of New
York, Mu Phi Alpha (honorary engineering
fraternity University of Pennsylvania), Delta
Upsilon fraternity. Club: Noonday. Recrea
tions: fishing, golf, reading. Office: National
Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence: St. Regis
Apartments. BLOSSOM, Henry Martyn, president the
Insurance Agency Co.; born, Madison, N. Y.,
Mar. 6, 1833; son Rufus and Tirzah (Farns-
worth) Blossom; educated in public schools
in New York; married at Madison, N. Y.,
June, 1855, to Miss Susie S. Brigham; chil
dren: Edmund D., Russell N. (deceased), May
(Mrs. T. C. Kimber), Susie S., Henry M.,
Jr. (playwright, author of "Checkers," The
Yankee Consul, Mile. Modiste, The Red Mill,
The Prima Donna, The Slim Princess). Learned
printer's trade in New York; came to St.
Louis, 1852, and became second clerk under
his brother who was first clerk, on the "Polar
Star," a Missouri river steamboat of the first
class. Later became first clerk and part owner
of same boat and afterward of the steamer
"Hiawatha"; quit steamboating in 1860; en
tered insurance business and was secretary of
the Globe Mutual Insurance Co. until Chi
cago fire of 1871; then became local agent for
several insurance companies and developed
one of the largest insurance agencies in the
West. The Insurance Agency Co., of which
he is now president, is a consolidation of the
insurance firms of Henry M. Blossom & Co.,
Peugnet & Hemmenway, Roeslin & Robyn and
Moses Fraley & Co. Also president of Scar-
ritt-Comstock Furniture Co. Member St. Louis
Insurance Agents' Association (president,
1905). Prominent in various local musical or
ganizations. Has for nearly a half-century
been the leader of the choir of the church to
which he belongs, the First Presbyterian

Church, which is tho first Protestant organiza
tion west of the Mississippi River that has
maintained continuous life since 1817. Presi
dent of the St. Louis Association of Music
Committee Chairmen. Club: Mercantile. Of
fice: 112 N. 4th St. (1426 Pierce Bldg.) Resi
dence: 5617 Cabanne Ave.
BLOSSOM, Howard A., deceased; see Vol.
1906. BLUE, Charles Frederic; see Vol. 1906.
BLUMEYER, George, president Eagle Sup
ply Co.; born, St. Louis, July 14, 1872; son
of Conrad and Elizabeth (Spuehlman) Blu-
meyer; educated in public and high schools
of St. Louis, graduating from the latter, 1891;
married, St. Louis, Aug. 13, 1908, Pearl
Hughes. Began active career in retail gro
cery business, 1891; assisted in organizing the
George Blumeyer & Bros. Grocery Co., at
Grand and Shenandoah Aves.; disposed of the
business to J. F. Conrad & Co., Dec. 1, 1907,
and has since been head of the Eagle Supply
Co., which deals in general merchandise,
through agents, by mail; also director Blu
meyer Real Estate Co. Republican. Presby
terian. Club: Missouri Athletic. Recreations:
billiards, bowling, baseball. Office: 2209 Chest
nut St. Residence: 5568 Waterman Ave.
BOCK, Arminius Frederick, physician; born,
in Monroe Co., 111., Oct. 19, 1846; son of Fred
erick B. and Catherine (Lemen) Bock; edu
cated in public schools, and at University of
Wurzburg, Germany, M.D., 1868; married, St.
Louis, 1875, Emma Beckman; children: Ber
tha (Mrs. Dr. H. D. Brandt), Elsa (Mrs. Dr.
L. H. Hempelmann), Alice, Frederick Louis.
In practice as physician and surgeon in St.
Louis since 1869. Was surgeon for sixteen
years, and is now consulting surgeon, to
Deaconess Hospital. Member American Med
ical Association, St. Louis Medical Society.
English Lutheran. Office and Residence: 1109
N. Grand Ave.
BOCK, George Wilhelm, surgeon; born,
Hameln, Province of Hanover, Germany, June
23, 1856; son of Herman (banker) and Elise
(Wenzel) Bock; educated in schools in Ger
many; studied medicine five years at Gottin-
gen, Germany, and afterward at College Phy
sicians and Surgeons, St. Louis, M.D., 1886;
also from the Colegio de la Pharmacia y
Cirurjia y Medicina, Guatemala, 1889; from
youth a constant student of entomology;
served in Prussian Army, 1875-76; married,
Quincy, 111., Feb. 20, 1884, Lottie Ruff; chil
dren: Kark, Hans, Lux. Engaged in practice
of surgery since 1880; practiced for some
time in Mexico and Guatemala; now surgeon,
gynecologist and obstetrician. Founder and
member of Naturalist Club of St. Louis; cor
responding member of Washington Entomolog
ical Society- Office and Residence: 2904 Allen
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BOCKSTRUCK, William F., homoeopathic
pharmacist; born, Borgholzhausen, Prussia,
Aug. 7, 1841; son of William H. and Mary C.
(Brune) Boekstruek;, resident of St. Louis
since 1852; educated in parochial schools and
at Rohrer's Business College, St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1867, Elizabeth Herhold; chil
dren: Albrecht H., William F., Jr., Henry O,
Edmund F., Ferdinand R., Bertha, Lillie. Be
gan business career, 1855, with Dr. D. R.
Luyties, homoeopathic pharmacy, continuing
until 1863; with John W. Munson, established
homoeopathic pharmacy, 1868, under style of
Munson & Co., of which, since the retire
ment of Mr. Munson in 1886, has been sole
proprietor, without change of firm name.
Served in 11th Missouri State Militia for
two years during Civil War. Member Evan
gelical Church. Office: 306 Market St. Resi
dence: 4034 Peck St.
BODENHEIMER, Max M., president Boden-
heimer Coffee and Tea Co.; born Speyer, Ger
many, Jan. 23, 1852; son of Isaac and Sarah
(Scharff) Bodenheimer; came to New York
City, 1852; educated in public schools of New
York; married, Philadelphia, Nov. 8, 1882, Ida
Lehman; children: Leon and Blanche. Began
business career in wine and liquor trade in
New York City, 1865-75; came to St. Louis,
1875, and was with Scharff & Bernheimer,
wholesale grocers, as general clerk, and ad
mitted as partner in 1884; continued with the
firm until Jan. 1, 1893, when organized firm
of Bodenheimer, Landau & Co., which con
tinued until Apr. 1, 1896, when became vice
president of Edward Westen Tea and Spice
Co., so remaining' until organized Dec. 1, 1903,
Bodenheimer Coffee and Tea Co., of which is
president. Member Temple Israel Congrega
tion. Member Western Commercial Travelers'
Association, Travelers' Protective Associa
tion, Royal League, Royal Arcanum. Club:
Columbian. Recreation: outdoor sports. Of
fice: 402 N. Main St. Residence: 3842 W.
Pine St.
BOECK, Adam; see Vol. 1906.
BOECKELER, Henry Adolph. president
Boeckeler Lumber Co.; born, Berlin, Prussia,
Oct. 25. 1871 (while Barents were abroad);
son of Adolphus and Elise (Bereling) Boeck
eler; educated at Smith Academy and Wash
ington University. St. Louis: married, St.
Louis, Apr. 24. i901. Elizabeth Clark; chil
dren: Elizabeth, Benjamin Clark, Henry A.,
Jr. Entered lumber business as clerk for
Schulenburar & Boeckeler Lumber Co., 1889.
In 1895, with brothers William Lassen and
Adolphus. organized the Boeckeler Lumber
Co. Member St. Louis Lumber Exchange. Re
publican. Enlisted in Light Battery A, of
Missouri, 1896; participated in Porto Rican
campaign, 1898: commissioned 1st lieutenant,
Light Battery A, 1899; resigned, 1901. Clubs:

Lumbermen 's, City, St. Louis Country. Office:
Hall and Mallinckrodt Sts. Residence: Web
ster Park, St. Louis Co.
BOEFER, William, retired; born, Hanover,
Germany, Apr. 4, 1842; son of Henry and
Catherine (Bengjestorf) Boefer; educated in
public schools in Germany and in Jones Com
mercial College, St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
1873, Emily Hoyer; 2d, St. Louis, July 27,
1891, Eliza Barthels; children: William, Alex
ander, Albertina (Mrs. John Stoertzenbach),
John, Henry, Emily. Was apprenticed to
father in Germany and learned blacksmith
trade, and also served in German army; came
from Germany in 1868, direct to St. Louis,
and worked at his trade until 1878; in busi
ness for self, 1878-85; then joined in organ
ization of the B. Roth Tool Co., of which was
president until September, 1907, when retired.
Member Masonic Order, Social Singer Choir,
St. Louis Turn Verein. Recreation: traveling.
Residence: 1011 Dolman St.
BOEGER, Louis, president North St. Louis
Savings Trust Co.; born, Bay, Mo., Oct. 13,
1866; son of Simon and Charlotte Boeger;
educated in public schools of Gasconade Co.,
Mo., Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton,
Mo., and Bryant & Stratton Business College,
St. Louis; married, Linn, Osage Co., Mo.,
Mary A. Finck; three sons: Herbert, Walter,
and Louis, Jr. At age of 18 took charge of
mercantile business belonging to father, at
Drake, Mo.; later was appointed postmaster
at Drake and manager Postal Telegraph and
Cable Co. at that point; bought father's busi
ness at Bay, Mo., 1893; sold out three years
later and entered retail shoe business at 2610
N. 14th St., St. Louis; opened another shoe
store and men's furnishing establishment at
Grand Ave. and Hebert St., 1909; president
North St. Louis Savings Trust Co., Boeger
Shoe Co., North St. Louis Co-Operative Store;
member board of directors Southern Surety
Co. Republican. Methodist. President Colum
bia School Fathers' Club, North St. Louis Y.
M. C. A.; state treasurer Y. M. C. A. Mem
ber Royal Arcanum, Modern Woodmen of
America. Recreation: motor touring. Office:
3500 N. Grand Ave. Residence: 3512 Sullivan
Avenue. BOEHM, Joseph Leopold, surgeon; born, St.
Louis, May 13, 1876; son of S. and Jennie
(Gross) Boehm; educated in St. Louis High
School; St. Louis College of Pharmacy, Ph.G.,
1896; Missouri Medical College, M.D., 1899;
Post-Graduate Medical School, New York; un
married. Since 1899 engaged in practice in
St. Louis, with specialty in genito-urinary sur
gery. Professor of genito-urinary surgery, St.
Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons;
surgeon-in-chief, genito-urinary clinic, Jeffer
son Hospital. Member American and Mis
souri State Medical associations, St. Louis
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pital. Club: Columbian. Office: 715 N. 8th St.
Residence: 3806 Delmar Boul.
aOEHME, Paul C; see Vol. 1906.
BOEHMER, Gustavus Henry, president of
G. H. Boehmer Shoe Co.; born, St. Louis, Apr.
25, 1863; son of Henry William and Wilhelm-
ina (Linstroht) Boehmer; educated in St.
Peter's (private) School and Mound City Col
lege; married, St. Louis, Apr. 27, 1887, Jennie
A. Campbell; children: G. Walter, Milton W.,
Raymond C, Clarence Henry, Gustavus H.,
Jr. Began business career as bundle boy in
William Ogle's shoe store in 1876; then in
C. E. Hill's shoe store, as manager, until 1887;
started a small retail store in April, 1887,
with George P. Kraemer, under firm name of
Boehmer & Kraemer; succeeded as sole pro
prietor in May, 1888, and on May 1, 1901, in
corporated the business as the G. H. Boehmer
Shoe Co., of which is president and treasurer.
Member Legion of Honor, Knights of Pythias,
Dramatic Order of Knights of Khorassan.
Member Retail Merchants' Association. Rec
reations: tennis, baseball. Office: 818 Olive
St. Residence: Kendall Hotel.
BOEHNKEN, Edward H., general manager
Crane Co.; steam and plumbers' supplies;
born, Warsaw, Russia, Apr. 4, 1856; son of
Gottfried and Frederika (Wenz) Boehnken;
educated in private school six years and in
Government College, Warsaw, seven years,
and one year in Dyrenforth College, Chicago,
111. Came to America, 1875, locating at Chi
cago, 111.; naturalized Apr. 2, 1883; married,
Chicago, 111., Jan. 17, 1884, Clarissa J. Louder-
back; children: Olga and Susan Wanda. En
tered employ of National Tube Works Co.,
Chicago, October, 1876, serving in various ca
pacities until 1884, when was appointed super
intendent, and so served until May, 1891 ; then
director, secretary and treasurer the Thomas
Brass and Iron Co., Milwaukee, Wis., 1891-99;
since Mar. 15, 1899, connected with Crane Co.,
of • Chicago, manufacturers of steam and
plumbers' supplies; first assistant manager at
New York, 1899-1900; manager at St. Louis,
Sept. 17, 1900; since Nov. 15, 1905, general
manager at St. Louis, Dallas, Tex., Memphis,
Tenn., and Little Rock, Ark.; also vice presi
dent Crane Co. of Arkansas. Republican.
Episcopalian; vestryman St. Peter's Episcopal
Church. Member Business Men's League (di
rector and member of executive committee
and one of the members who made the Pan
ama trip February, 1912). Clubs: St. Louis,
Mercantile, Bellerive Country, Normandie
Golf, St. Louis Bowling. Recreations: golf
and bowling. Office: 16th and Walnut Sts.
Residence: 5Q83 Washington Boul.
BOERNER, Walter F.; see Vol. 1906.
BOGUE, George Cook, treasurer Donk Bros.
Coal and Coke Co.; born, Brunswick, Mo.,
May 21, 1871; son of Henry Clay and Mar-

garette Eliza (Conger) Bogue; educated in
public schools, Centralia, Mo., graduating in
1890; married, St. Louis, June 20, 1894, Jo
sephine B. Donk; one son: Giles. Began busi
ness career as clerk with Donk Bros. Coal and
Coke Co.; treasurer same since April, 1903.
Also assistant secretary and treasurer St.
Louis, Troy & Eastern R. R. Co., and director
and assistant secretary and treasurer Mer
chants' and Manufacturers' Investment Co.;
assistant secretary and treasurer East St.
Louis & Columbian Waterloo Railway Co.
Member Citizens' Industrial Association. Re
publican. Episcopalian. Club: Missouri Ath
letic. Favorite recreation: bowling. Office:
314 N. 4th St. Residence: 5402 Cabanne Ave.
BOGY, Alexander M., secretary Ferguson-
McKinney Dry Goods Co.; born, St. Louis,
Nov. 2, 1856; son of Ben and Charlotte (Mac-
kay) Bogy; educated in St. Louis public
schools and Christian Brothers College; mar
ried, June 10, 1878, Rosamond M. Dawker, of
Chicago, 111.; children: Benjamin A., Marion
E. (now Mrs. F. I. Morris), Alexander M., Jr.,
Vernon O, all now living at Los Angeles, Cal.
Began business career May 1, 1869, in employ
of Chase & Cabot, wholesale dry goods, with
whom remained seven years; then for twenty
years with Samuel C. Davis & Co., wholesale
dry goods, until the firm retired, and after
that with Rice, Stix & Co., until October, 1899,
when joined with others in organization of
ttie Ferguson-McKinney Dry Goods Co., of
which is secretary. Also treasurer of the Cen
tral Real Estate Co., and director Arkwright
Realty Co. Member of Business Men 's League,
Credit Men 's Association, Citizens ' Industrial
Association. Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Clubs: Mercantile, Los Angeles Commercial.
Recreation: traveling. Office: 12th St. and
Washington Ave. Residences: Jefferson Hotel,
St. Louis, and Hollywood, Cal.
BOHLE, Rudolph Henry, manager Western
Union Telegraph Co., St. Louis; born, St.
Louis, Sept. 2, 1850; son of Rudolph and
Catharine M. (Schroeder) Bohle; educated St.
Peter's (parochial) School, Franklin (public)
School and Jones Commercial College; mar
ried, St. Louis, Feb. 24, 1892, Matilda Schuler.
Began active career as messenger U. S. Mili
tary Telegraph, Sept. 1, 1862; learned teleg
raphy and entered service of Western Union
Telegraph Co. as manager Merchants' Ex
change, May 10, 1866, promoted to manager
ship, St. Louis, Sept. 28, 1886, and has so con
tinued. Republican. Lutheran. Member Busi
ness Men's League. Office: 514 Olive St. Resi
dence: 4353 Morgan St.
BOHMER, John George, principal Jones
Commercial College; born, Riehfountain,
Osage Co., Mo., Nov. 9, 1847; son of Henry
and Margaret (Kindlein) Bohmer; educated
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vate special tutors, and at Jones Commercial
College, from which was graduated, 1867; un
married. After graduation from Jones Com
mercial College, became assistant writing
teacher, and a year later principal of the Pen
manship Department and teacher of English;
entered into partnership- with Prof. Jonathan
Jones, founder of Jones Commercial College,
in 1879, and at whose death in 1884 acquired
ownership of the school as surviving partner,
now principal same. Republican. Catholic.
Member Young Men's Sodality. Member St.
Xavier's Church Choir (considers singing half
of his life). Favorite recreations: fishing,
hunting, horseback riding. Office: 625 Locust
St. Residence: 5146A Minerva Ave.
BOISLINIERE, Louis Charles Cherot, phy
sician; born, St. Louis, Oct. 24, 1861; son of
Louis Charles Cherot and Mary Anne (Hite)
Boisliniere; graduated from St. Louis Univer
sity, A.B., 1879, A.M., 1880; St. Louis Medical
College (now Medical Department, Washing
ton University), M.D., 1882; Missouri Medical
College, M.D., ad eundem gradum, 1895; mar
ried, St. Louis, July 15, 1902, Nellie Portis;
one son: Louis Charles Cherot. Engaged in
general practice of medicine in St. Louis from
1882; associate professor medicine St. Louis
University; medical director Mt. St. Rose
Hospital for Tuberculosis. Member American
Medical Association, Missouri State Medical
Association, St. Louis Medical Society, Socie
ty of City Hospital Alumni, New Mexico Med
ical Society, Alumni Association of St. Louis
University, St. Louis Medical History Society.
Roman Catholic. Democrat. Recreation: ath
letics. Office and Residence: 3561 Olive St.
BOKERN, Edward A., real estate; born,
St. Louis, Aug. 23, 1866; son of Anthony
and Margaret (Printz) Bokern; educated at
St. Vincent's (parochial) School, Christian
Brothers College and Mound City Commercial
College; married, St. Louis, May 19, 1891,
Magdalena Bergs; children: Edith M., Ed
ward F., Margaret Ruth. At age of sixteen
entered real estate business as collector for
Leon L. Hull & Co.; in 1889, with E. J. Ling-
enfelder, formed firm of Lingenfelder & Bo
kern; in 1891 incorporated business as Ling
enfelder & Bokern Real Estate Co., and was
secretary and treasurer until 1906; since then
president E. A. Bokern Real Estate Co.; di
rector Security Title Co. Vice president of
the Real Estate Exchange; member Civie
League. Republican. Roman Catholic. Clubs:
City, Union. Recreations: reading, theater,
bowling and walking. Office: 1015 Chestnut
St. Residence: 2931 Allen Ave.
BOLAND, Joseph M.; see Vol. 1906.
BOLIN, Charles Darius, manufacturing and
insurance; was born at Princeton, Ind., Aug.
29, 1866; son of Benjamin T. and Alta
E. Bolin; educated in country school; married,

Memphis, Tenn., June 5, 1889, Minnie T. Rich
mond; children: Aleen, Ray, Mary Jane, Vir
ginia, Dorothy. After leaving farm near Mem
phis, began as life insurance solicitor in 1888;
came to St. Louis 1892, as general agent of
Provident Savings Life Insurance Co. of New
York, and on Jan. 1, 1894, became general
agent of the Union Central Life Insurance
Company; holds record of largest personal pro
ducer for the Union Central Life Insurance
Company. President St. Louis Crystal Water
and Soda Co., National Thermo Co.; Vice pres
ident Easton Taylor Trust Co. Director Grand
Avenue Bank. Republican. Baptist. Mason
(32°), Knight Templar; member Moolah Tem
ple Mystic Shrine. Clubs: Mercantile, Ma
sonic, St. Francis Hunting and Fishing. Rec
reation: fishing. Office: 1900 Pine St. Resi
dence: 5505 Bartmer Ave.
BOLLAND, John F., jeweler; born, St.
Louis, May 14, 1857; son of John and Rose
(Brewer) Bolland; educated in public schools
of St. Louis and Christian Brothers College;
married, Reading, Pa., Feb. 14, 1891, Mary M.
Buck; children: Jack B., Helen E. From early
years was clerk in father's jewelry store;
went to New York City, 1876, and until 1884
was traveling salesman out of New York for
large manufacturing jewelry firms; returned
to St. Louis, 1884, and became partner in
jewelry business established by father in
1839; after father's death, 1893, incorporated
business as J. Bolland Jewelry Co., retail and
manufacturing jewelers, of which is presi
dent. Club: Mercantile. Recreations: auto-
mobiling and traveling. Office: 513 Locust St.
Residence: 5305 Delmar Boul.
BOLLWERK, William, wall paper and
painting; born, St. Louis, Feb. 14, 1866; son
of Henry and Hendricka (Kaatmann) Boll-
werk; educated at St. Agatha School, St.
Vincent's School, St. Louis University; mar
ried, St. Louis, Oct. 24, 1888, Lena Sehoen-
born; ten children: William H., Valentine J.,
Leana Johanna, John Joseph, Ida Mary, Rose,
Ottila, Francis, George Peter, Emile Herman.
Started sign shop, 1887; began house paint
ing business with William Kloer, as Kloer &
Bollwerk, 1890; dissolved partnership, 1891,
and opened wall paper establishment, 1894;
incorporated in 1900 under title of the Wil
liam Bollwerk Wall Paper and Painting Co.,
of which has since been president and treas
urer. Democrat. Catholic. Member Catholic
Knights of America. Recreation: fishing.
Office: N. E. corner 7th and Arsenal Sts.
Residence: 619 Arsenal St.
BOLT, Richard Orchard, secretary Mermod,
Jaecard & King Jewelry Co.; born in Corn
wall, Eng., May 4, 1854; son of Richard and
Jane (Orchard) Bolt; educated in schools in
England; married, St. Louis, Mar. 4, 1879,
Mary Virginia Belt; children: Richard Arthur,
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Louis in 1867; learned the jewelry trade with
Boogher Bros., at 417 Olive St., 1868-73, and
when that business was bought out by Mer-
mod-Jaccard, entered employ of latter house
in 1873, and from a minor position advanced
to the position of secretary, and is a director
of the company; has devoted special and suc
cessful attention to development of the manu
facturing and repairing features of the busi
ness. Member M. E. Church, South; prominent
in Sunday School work, and particularly in
organizing Sunday School chorus; organized
and is musical director of Sunday School
Union Chorus of 6,000 voices, which sang at
Exposition; is choir director of several large
choirs in St. Louis. Scottish Rite Mason
(32°); Past Master Polar Star Lodge, A. F.
& A. M. Clubs: Mercantile, City. Recreation:
music. Office: cor. Broadway and Locust St.
Residence: 5610 Bartmer Ave.
BOLZ, John T., treasurer Bolz-McBride
Cooperage Co.; born, St. Louis, Jan. 13, 1843;
son of John T. and Auguste (Wirth) Bolz;
educated in Lutheran parochial school, Mil
ler's school, O 'Fallon Polytechnic; married,
St. Louis, Nov. 26, 1872, Tabitha Claus; six
children: Paul T., Lydia, Hulda F., George
C, Auguste, Adolph. Began active career as
clerk in dry goods store of John T. Schuricht,
1856, continuing until 1865; bookkeeper, with
Meyer Bros. Drug Co. and the Saxony Mills,
Sept. 1, 1865- July 1, 1875; then in cooperage
business for himself from 1875 to 1908, when
firm incorporated as the Bolz-McBride Cooper
age Co., of which is treasurer. Democrat.
Lutheran; treasurer Lutheran Bethlehem
Church and superintendent Bethlehem Ceme
tery. Office: 1006 New National Bank of Com
merce Bldg. Residence: 1509 Bremen Ave.
BOLZ, Paul T., president Bolz-McBride
Cooperage Co.; born, St. Louis, Aug. 26, 1873;
son of John T. and Tabitha (Claus) Bolz; edu
cated in Smith Academy to 1892; Washington
University, 1892-94; married, St. Louis, Feb.
12, 1903, Emilie Halthaus. Started in cooper
age business, which was founded by father,
July 1, 1875; assisted in organizing the pres
ent company, October, 1908, of which has since
been president; also president Pulaski Cooper
age Co., Little Rock, Ark., since organization,
1909; secretary Missouri Heading Co.; direc
tor Luxora Cooperage Co. Club: Missouri
Athletic. Recreations: outdoor sports. Office:
1006 National Bank of Commerce Bldg. Resi
dence: 7012 Washington Ave.
BONACHEA, Ramon Leocadio, consul of
Republic of Cuba; born, Havana,- Cuba, May
30, 1881; son of Ramon Leocadio and Victoria
(Sarduy) Bonachea; educated in Havana;
graduated from Instituto de Segunda Ensen-
anza, graduating May 1, 1899; married, Ha
vana, Dec. 1, 1902, Elisa Lopez del Rincon y
Demestre; children: Elisa, Noemi, Ramon Leo

cadio, Louis and Enrique. Served as lieutenant
in Cuban Army and aide-de-camp during war
for independence; later as chief of Section of
Health Department of the Interior of Cuba;
chancellor of Cuban Legation and vice-con
sul, Mexico City; consul at St. Louis since
July 29, 1911. Office and Residence: 1530
Olive St.
BOND, Henry Whitelaw, lawyer; born near
Brownsville, Tenn., Jan. 27, 1848; son of
Thomas and Ellen Owen (Whitelaw) Bond;
educated in schools in Tennessee and at Har
vard University; married, Bolivar, Tenn., Nov.
18, 1880, Mary D. Miller; four children:
Thomas, Irene (Mrs. Alleyn von Schrader),
Whitelaw and Marion. Bred to the bar and
admitted in Tennessee, practicing there until
1879; then came to Missouri and engaged in
practice at St. Louis until was elected judge
of the St. Louis Court of Appeals for twelve-
year term beginning Jan. 1, 1893; resigned
Oct. 7, 1901, to reenter practice of law;
formed partnership with son, Thomas Bond, in
June, 1904, and Apr. 1, 1906, formed partner
ship with Judge William C. Marshall, under
firm name of Bond, Marshall & Bond; firm
dissolved 1910, and as Bond & Bond continued
until Apr. 11, 1911, when was appointed Su
preme Court commissioner of State of Mis
souri. Club: St. Louis. Office: 506 Olive St.
Residences: 3744 Washington Boul., and Jef
ferson City, Mo.
BOND, Holdsworth Wheeler, physician;
born in Calvert Co., Md., Sept. 29, 1867; son
of Thomas Holdsworth and Susan Adelaide
(Briscoe) Bond; graduated from Charlotte
Hall (Md.) Military Academy, 1886; attended
Missouri Medical College and College of Phy
sicians and Surgeons, St. Louis, M. D., 1890;
married, St. Louis, June 1, 1899, Isabelle Scud-
der; two daughters: Mary Scudder and Isa
belle Brooke. After graduation from military
academy served for short time as clerk with
Weems Line of Steamers, of Baltimore; came
to ' St. Louis for medical study, September,
1887; has practiced in St. Louis since 1890;
practice now limited to gynecology. Member
St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri State
Medical Association, Society of City Hospital
Alumni, American Medical Association, Amer
ican Public Health Association. Was assistant
physician St. Louis City Hospital, 1890-92;
teacher of anatomy, Marion-Sims College of
Medicine, 1890-94. Democrat. Member St.
Louis Board of Health, 1903-06; health com
missioner, 1906-11; appointed by Mayor Kreis-
mann member St. Louis Hospital Board, May,
1912; now in private practice., Appointed by
President Taft April, 1911, first lieutenant
Medical Reserve Corps, U. S. A. Episcopalian.
Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis Country. Recrea
tions: golf and hunting. Office: Metropolitan.
Bldg. Residence: 17 Vandeventer Place.

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BOND, Sterling Price, lawyer; born, Car-
lyle, 111., Aug. 27, 1862; son of Thomas and
Jane (Allen) Bond; educated in public schools
of Clinton Co., and Car lyle, 111.; graduated
from Illinois College, Jacksonville, HI., in
spring of 1885; married, St. Louis, Oct. 5,
1901, Ida Jane Alvord. Admitted to bar in
1887 and has since engaged in general prac
tice. Democratic representative in Missouri
House of Representatives, 1893. Office: Rialto
Bldg. Residence: 5957 Horton Place.
BOND, Thomas, lawyer; born, St. Louis,
Feb. 19, 1882; son of Henry Whitelaw and
Mary Dunlap (Miller) Bond; graduated Smith
Academy, St. Louis, 1899; A. B., University
of Missouri, 1902; LL.B., St. Louis Law
School (Washington University), 1904; mar
ried, St. Louis, Apr. 17, 1909, Jeanette B.
Priest; one child: Thomas, Jr. Admitted to
Missouri bar, June, 1904, and since engaged in
general practice at St. Louis; member of Bond
& Bond, 1905-06; Bond, Marshall & Bond,
1906-10; partnership dissolved June 21, 1910,
and again associated with Henry W. Bond as
Bond & Bond, so continuing until Apr. 10,
1911; has since practiced alone. Democrat.
Episcopalian. Member American, Missouri
State and St. Louis Bar associations, Phi Delta
Theta and Phi Delta Phi college fraternities.
Clubs: St. Louis, University, Bellerive Coun
try. Recreations: golf, literature. Office: Third
National Bank Bldg. Residence: 5646 Kings
bury Place.
BOND, Young Hance, physician; born in
Calvert Co., Md., July 18, 1846; son of Hon.
James A. and Sarah E. (Hance) Bond; edu
cated at Charlotte Hall Military College, and
later attended Princeton College; graduated
from University of Maryland, M.D., 1867;
(A.M., MeKendree College, LL.D., St. Louis
University) ; married, St. Louis, Sept. 10, 1868,
Minnie Slayback (deceased); children: Eliza
beth (Mrs. A. C. Scales), Marie (Mrs. Fletcher
R. Harris), Daisy C. (Mrs. Theodore Gowans),
Nellie (Mrs. Walter SMelds) ; married, 2d,
Brockville, Ont., 1907, Mary I. Forbes. After
graduation, 1867, came to St. Louis and estab
lished in practice of medicine, in which has
ever since continued. During administration
of Mayor Britton, was member of Board of
Health of St. Louis, and was author of resolu
tion establishing contract system for purchase
of all supplies used in the Health Department,
hospitals, etc., and author of the measure
establishing the first Woman's Hospital, now
known as the St. Louis Female Hospital.
Founder, and for thirteen years dean of Mar
ion-Sims College of Medicine; dean St. Louis
University Medical Department, three years.;
founder St. Louis Dental College. Member
St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri State
Medical Association, American Medical As
sociation, American Medical College Associa
tion. President Overland Real Estate Co.

Club: St. Louis. Recreation: farming. Office:
916 N. Taylor Ave. Residence: Washington
Terrace Apartments, 535 Clara Ave.
BONE, John D.; see Vol. 1906.
BONGNER, Jacob, president Palace Phar
macy; born, Rockenhausen, Germany, May 25,
1861; son of Jacob and Marguerite (Marks)
Bongner; educated at Rockenhausen; came to
St. Louis, August, 1874; married, St. Louis,
Nov. 30, 1881, Katie Sullivan. Connected with
brewing and liquor interests in St. Louis from
1874 to November, 1910; secretary and treas
urer of the Union Brewing Co., 1902-10; presi
dent Palace Pharmacy since November, 1910.
Member Masonic Order, Knights of Pythias,
United Commercial Travelers' Association.
Recreations: boating and fishing. Office: S. W.
eor. Grand Ave. and Phiiney St. Residence:
3856 Utah Place. Summer Residence: Snow
Islands, Mich.
BONHAM, Archibald Kerfoot; see Vol.
1906. BONNY, George Lester; see Vol. 1906.
BONSACK, Arthur A., manager Ingersoll-
Rand Drill Co.; born, St. Louis, Nov. 16, 1875;
son of Frederick C. and Catherine Bonsack;
educated in public schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1911, Helen Kingsland Fisher.
Began business career in employ of Charles
W. Melcher Machinery Co., 1894-97; then with
Ingersoll-Sargent Drill Co., of Chicago, as
salesman in Chicago territory, 1897-99; re
turned to St. Louis, 1899, as manager of the
St. Louis office of that company, which was
recently succeeded by the Ingersoll-Rand Drill
Co., a consolidation of the interests of the In
gersoll-Sargent Drill Co., and the Rand Drill
Co. Member Engineers' Club, St. Louis. Pres
byterian. Club: Mercantile. Office: 1018 Ful-
lerton Bldg. Residence: 4531 Westminster PI.
BONSACK, William Andrew, lumber mer
chant; 1857-1909; see Vol. 1906.
BONTIES, Harry P., third vice president
and department manager, Ely & Walker Dry
Goods Co.; born, Petersburg, HI., Feb. 28,
1863; son of Jurgen and Anna (Linneman)
Bonties; educated in public and private
schools of Petersburg; married, Chicago, Sept.
15, 1884, Nancy Elinore Deerwester; one
daughter, A. Katherine (Mrs. Paul Brown,
Jr.). Began business career at age of 15, as
clerk in a dry goods store at Petersburg, HI.;
clerk in dress goods department of Burke,
Walker & Co., Chicago, 1884; European buyer
of dress goods for J. H. Walker & Co., Chi
cago, 1889-93; left J. H. Walker to take
charge of dress goods department, J. S. Brit-
tan Dry Goods Co., St. Joseph, Mo., 1893; left
there, 1895, to become manager and buyer of
dress goods and wash fabrics for Ely &
Walker Dry Goods Co., of St. Louis, in which
continues; elected director of the company,
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dent in politics. Lutheran. Clubs: St. Louis,
Glen Echo (St. Louis), Merchants' (New
York). Recreation: farming. Office: Ely &
Walker Dry Goods Co. Residence: Ball win,
Missouri. BOOCH, Leopold Herman, stove manufac
turer; born, Dubuque, la., Feb. 23, 1866; son
of Henry H. and Louise (Lambrecht) Booch;
educated in St. Louis public schools; married,
Marble Falls, Tex., Aug. 9, 1904, Donna C.
Turner. Began as a clerk with Bridge & Beach
Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of stoves,
of which has been vice president and man
ager since 1911. Recreations: hunting and fish
ing. Office: 503 S. First St. Residence: 5530
Delmar Boul.
BOOGHER, Howard, wholesale hats; born,
St. Louis, Jan. 2, 1876; son of Jesse L. and
Sarah (Goodfellow) Boogher; graduated from
Smith Academy, St. Louis, 1894, and from
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., LL.B.,
1898; married, Hillsboro, 111., Oct. 31, 1901,
Bessie Lane; two sons: Lane and Howard. En
gaged in general practice of law in St. Louis,
1898-1902; treasurer of the Boogher, Force
and Goodbar Hat Co., 1902-05; secretary and
treasurer of the company, 1905-07; president,
1907-11, now director. Member Business Men 's
League, Civic League, Credit Men's Associa
tion; member executive council St. Louis Man
ufacturers ' and Exporters' Association. Re
publican. Methodist. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar, Shriner. Clubs: St. Louis, Missouri
Athletic, City, Algonquin Country, Bass Island
Fishing. Recreations : golf, hunting and fish
ing. Office; 1606 Washington Ave. Residence:
4145. West Pine Boul.
BOOGHER, Jesse L., merchant; 1833-1907;
see Vol. 1906.
BOOGHER, Jesse Leland, physician; born,
St. Louis, Aug. 11, 1868; son of Jesse L. and
Sarah Jane (Goodfellow) Boogher; educated
in, St. Louis public schools and Smith Acad
emy; Hiawassee College, B.S., 1888; St. Louis
Medical College, M.D., 1892; post-graduate
study in universities of Berlin, Vienna and
Paris, and in the hospitals of London, Eng
land; married, St. Louis, Nov.- 9, 1899, Daisy
Belle Eville; children: Marybel, Leland and
Jane. Engaged in practice of medicine in St.
Louis since 1892; specialist in genito-urinary
diseases. Member St. Louis Medical Society,
Missouri State Medical Association, Missis
sippi Valley Medical Society, American Med
ical Association, American Urological Society.
Republican. Methodist. Clubs: St. Louis, Glen
Echo, Amateur Athletic Association, Missouri
Athletic, King's Lake Hunting. Office: 512-
514 Missouri Trust Bldg. Residence: 4429 Lac
lede Ave.
BOOGHER, John Hogan, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, July 16, 1867; son of Simon L. and
Sophie (Hogan) Boogher; graduated Central

High School, St. Louis, 1885; B.Ph., Univer
sity of Virginia, 1888; LL.B., St. Louis Law
School (Washington University), 1890; mar
ried, St. Louis, Mar. 8, 1907, Mrs. Elizabeth
8. White, who has two sons, Franklin M.
White, an attorney of St. Louis, and William
Russell White, commander U. S. N. Admitted
to Missouri bar, 1890, and has since engaged
in practice at St. Louis; member firm of
Boogher & White. Democrat. Member M. E.
Church, South. Member St. Louis Bar Associa
tion, Law Library Association of St. Louis,
Civic League, Merchants' Exchange, Society
Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution, Beta
Theta Pi college fraternity. Clubs: St. Louis,
Sunset Inn Country, Aero (St. Louis), Colon
nade (Virginia). Office: Suite 1000 New Bank
of Commerce Bldg. Residence: Usona Hotel.
BOOGHER, Lawrence, dry goods merchant;
born, St. Louis, Apr. 18, 1874; son of Simon
L. and Sophie E. (Hogan) Boogher; educated
in public schools of St. Louis, and at Rugby
Academy, St. Louis, two years; married, Men-
don, Adams Co., 111., Apr. 29, 1903, Frances
Benton Arnold; three children: Sarah, born
Oct. 8, 1904, Arnold, May 21, 1908, Francis,
July 11, 1910. After leaving school spent sev
eral years on a ranch in Western N. M.; re
turned to St. Louis spring of 1898 and en
listed for war with Spain; entered employ of
Wear-Boogher Dry Goods Co., Jan. 1, 1899,
the firm being succeeded in 1900 by the Carle
ton Dry Goods Co.; has since been identified
with latter organization, first working in
stock, then as traveling salesman and now as
division manager, also stockholder in the com
pany; director Western Commercial Travelers'
Association. Democrat. Southern Methodist;
member board of stewards and trustee Centen
ary Church; assistant superintendent Centen
ary Sunday School. Served fifteen years in
Battery A, National Guard of Missouri; mem
ber Battery A, United States Volunteers, and
accompanied battery to Porto Rico, 1898; mus
tered out of United States service fall of
1898. Scottish Rite Mason (32°). Member
Sons American Revolution, Society Colonial
Wars, Porto Rican Society. Clubs: St. Louis,
Glen Echo. Recreations: golf, baseball, bowl
ing, and other outdoor sports. Office: 1133
Washington Ave. Residence: 6241 Waterman
Avenue. BOONE, Howard C, president Central
States Life Insurance Co.; born, Fayette,
Howard Co., Mo., Feb. 13, 1857; son of Wil
liam C. and Lucy D. Boone; educated public
schools, Jefferson City, Mo.; Kemper School,
Boonville, Mo.; U. S. Military Academy, An
napolis, Md., two years; married, Jefferson
City, Nov. 25, 1900, Janet E. Ewing; three
children: William E., Janet E., Howard C. In
general merchandise business, Arizona, 1884-
90; auditor, bank examiner, chairman Board
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general agent New York Life Insurance Co.,
Kansas City, Mo., 1895-1906; general manager
Capitol Life Insurance Co., Denver, Colo.,
1906-08; came to St. Louis, 1908, and organ
ized Central States Life Insurance Co., of
which has since been president. Member Busi
ness Men's League. Democrat. Methodist.
Mason; member B. P. O. Elks. Clubs: Mercan
tile, Masonic. Recreations: hunting and fish
ing. Office: 402-410 Central National Bank
Bldg., 7th and Olive Sts. Residence: 5933
Cates Ave.
BOOTH, David S., physician; born, Enter
prise, McDonald Co., Mo., Apr. 6, 1863; son of
Dr. David S. and Cynthia (Grounds) Booth;
educated at Sparta (III.) public schools, grad
uating in classical course from Sparta High
School, 1882; attended Southern Illinois Nor
mal University, and after preliminary medical
training under father, and as private student
of Dr. H. H. Mudd, attended Medical Depart
ment Washington University, graduating
M.D., 1886; married, Belleville, 111., June 30,
1892, Basmath Ariadne West (died June 5,
1905); children: David S., Jr., Basmath Ari
adne (died 1901, aged 5), John West, Mary
Agnes. Engaged in medical practice since
1886. Surgeon in charge International &
Great Northern R. R. Hospital, Palestine,
Tex., 1887-89; house surgeon Missouri Pacific
Railway Hosp., St. Louis, 1886-87: local sur
geon Air Line Ry., Belleville, 111., 1889-90;
local surgeon St. Louis Southwestern Ry.,
1899-1904; formerly physician to St. Louis
Provident Association. Now neurologist to
Baptist Hospital, the Missouri Pacific, Iron
Mountain, and St. Louis Southwestern railway
companies; examiner Pacific Mutual Life In
surance Co., General Accident & Life Assur
ance Corporation, German Commercial Acci
dent Co. Late clinical instructor neurology
and psychiatry, Barnes Medical College and
Marion-Sims Medical College. Assistant editor
and business manager Alienist and Neurolo
gist, St. Louis, 1891-1900; collaborator The
Alienist and Neurologist. Member American
Medical Association, American Association
Railway Surgeons, Missouri State Medical
Association, St. Louis Medical Society, South
ern Illinois Medical Association. Republican.
Presbyterian. Was corporal of Douglas Corps
Cadets (National), 1882-83; first sergeant Illi
nois National Guard, 1883-86 (received badge
as marksman). Office: Metropolitan Bldg.
Residence: 5107 Von Versen Ave.
BORCK, M. A. Edward, surgeon; 1834-1912;
see Vol. 1906.
BORDEN, Orland A., president Borden Var
nish Co.; born, near Cincinnati, Feb. 17, 1870;
son of Thomas L. and Marinda E. (Dunn)
Borden; reared on farm; educated in public
schools and at the Gem City Business Col
lege, Quincy, 111.; married, St. Louis, Sept. 14,

1904, Blanche L. Voelker; children: Ralph
Maheu, Dorothy E. When seventeen years of
age came to St. Louis; attended night schools
and did odd jobs for more than two years;
kept books for George A. Kennedy, Sardinia,
O., 1890-91; after completing course in busi
ness college entered employ of Union Central
Life Insurance Co. of Cincinnati, 1892; re
signed, 1897, and wrote life and accident in
surance for one year for .35tna Life Insurance
Co. of Hartford, Conn.; engaged with the
Glidden Varnish Co., 1899, as city salesman
for St. Louis, and was given full charge of
branch warehouse in 1901, so continuing until
August, 1909; since president Borden Varnish
Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason. Office:
816 S. Vandeventer Ave. Residence: 5006
Bartmer Ave.
BORDLEY, Daniel Charles, retired; born,
Baltimore, Md., May 15, 1857; son of Daniel
Charles H. and Mary (Blake) Bordley; edu
cated at St. Louis University; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 20, 1889, Blanche Lynch. Began
business career as employe in the tea and
coffee business, 1869, and later in retail gro
cery store; then with Missouri Pacific Ry.
as chief clerk in superintendent's office; con
tinued in railroad service with the Frisco
System and the Wabash System, retiring from
latter as cashier of general passenger and
ticket office, in 1883; became connected, 1883,
with James G. Butler, tobacco manufacturer,
and was afterward with the American To
bacco Co., of which has, since 1895, been resi
dent manager at St. Louis. Also proprietor
Continental Transfer Co. Democrat. Served
with 3d Regiment, Missouri National Guard,
becoming captain of Company B, and later
ordnance officer. Roman Catholic. Member
Legion of Honor. Club: Glen Echo Country.
Recreations: fishing, traveling. Residence:
Jefferson Hotel.
BOREN, James Eaton; see Vol. 1906.
BORGMANN, William, wagon manufac
turer; born near Osnabroek, Hanover, Ger
many, Nov. 8, 1848; son of Henry and Maria
(Meier) Borgmann; educated in common
schools, Dissen, Province of Hanover, to
1862; came to America, 1866; married, Black
jack, St. Louis Co., Mo., Mar. 15, 1871, Anna
Dieckmann; eight children: William, Jr., Er
nest, Fred, John, Edward, Carrie (Mrs.
Charles Ruegg), Anna, Ross. Began business
at present location, 1876, continuously en
gaged as wagon maker and blacksmith, car
riage and wagon painting, etc.; also handles
farming machinery and implements; director
Baden Bank since its organization in 1910.
Member North St. Louis Business Men's As
sociation. Republican. Trustee St. Stephen's
Evangelical Church. Member German Bene
ficial Union, No. 141. Club: St. Louis Car
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reading. Office: 8920 N. Broadway. Resi
dence: 8947 Columbia Bottom' Rd.
BORRESON, John Gilbert, president and
treasurer Superior Shoe Manufacturing Co.;
born, Hamar, Norway, Dec. 12, 1869; son of
Guldbrand and Elie (Johansen) Borreson;
removed from Norway direct to St. Louis,
arriving Sept. 4, 1879; educated in St. Louis
public schools, until fourteen years of age;
student at Luther College, Decorah, la., 1888-
89; Smith Academy, St. Louis, 1890; Jones
Commercial College, 1885, and 1890-91; com
pleted law course at Benton College of Law,
St. Louis, LL.B., 1907; married, St. Louis,
Apr. 25, 1894, Elizabeth McFarland; children:
Marjorie Elenor, John Kenneth, Gilbert Stan
ley. .At fourteen left school and became er
rand boy, office boy and press feeder with the
Parker & Ritter Stationery and Printing Co.,
where remained about one year; on Nov. 5,
1885, entered employ of Johansen Bros., shoe
manufacturers, remaining until 1888, when re
sumed school work; after leaving school, re
turned to same firm, and was employed at va
rious duties, driving, packing, shipping and
other work in factory and office, becoming
credit man and cashier and, 'after incorpora
tion of Johansen Bros. Shoe Co., was secretary
and treasurer of the company until 1909;
after taking a rest, organized, 1911, and is
president and treasurer the Superior Shoe
Manufacturing Co., wholesale shoe manufac
turers, making a specialty of boys' and girls'
shoes. Vice consul for Norway since 1907.
Member M. E. Church, South; pursued course
prescribed for the ministry of the church and
received elder's orders at the hands of Bis
hop J. B. Granberry, Sept. 17, 1899, at meet
ing of St. Louis Annual Conference. Member
Royal Arcanum. Recreation: home diversions.
Office: 2801 Benton St. Residence: 7322 La
Veta Ave., Richmond Heights.
BOSTICK, Richard Hyde, banker; born,
Franklin, Tenn., Apr. 2, 1850; son of Rich
ard H. and Rebecca (Cannon) Bostick; edu
cated in Franklin College, and Bryant & Strat
ton Business College, Cincinnati, O.; married,
Jackson, Tenn., May, 1881, Apphia Taylor
Chester. Began business career in Memphis,
Tenn., as bookkeeper for wholesale grocery
house, 1872; moved to Jackson, Tenn., 1873,
and engaged in retail grocery business until
1876; moved to St. Louis, October, 1876, and
became cashier and bookkeeper for cotton
firm of Houston, Sayle & Co.; bought interest
in the Sayle-Stegall Commission Co., 1884, and
continued in cotton business until 1893, when
bought interest in J. M. Houston Grocer Co.,
of which was vice president until 1908; vice
president Wellston Trust Co. since November,
1910. Democrat. Mason; member Jackson
Commandery, Knights Templar. Recreation:
fishing. Office: Wellston, Mo. Residence: 4007
Delmar Boul.

BOSTWICK, Arthur Elmore, librarian;
born, Litchfield, Conn., Mar. 8, 1860; son of
Dr. David Elmore and Adelaide (McKinley)
Bostwick; A.B., Yale, 1881, Ph.D., 1883, grad
uate fellow physical science, 1881-84, substi
tute instructor and proctor, 1883-84; married,
Lucy Sawyer, of Carmel, N. Y., June 23, 1885;
children: Andrew Linn, Esther and Elmore
McNeill. Teacher high school, Montclair, N.
J., 1884-86; on staff Appleton's Cyclopedia of
American Biography, 1886-88; literary work,
1888-90; assistant editor The Forum, 1890-92;
associate editor Standard Dictionary and of
fice expert in physics, 1892-94; chief librarian
New York Free Circulating Library, 1895-99;
librarian Brooklyn Public Library, 1899-1901;
chief of circulation department, New York
Public Library, 1901-09; librarian, St. Louis
Public Library, since Oct. 1, 1909. Editor,
science department Literary Digest, since
y 1891. President New York Library Club,
1897-99, Long Island Library Club, 1900-01,
New York State Library Association, 1902-03;
vice president New Jersey Library Associa
tion, 1899-1901; president American Library
Association, 1907-08; director People's Uni
versity Extension Society, 1898-1909; member
University Council, New York State Univer
sity, 1904-09. Fellow American Library In
stitute, 1906, president 1909-12, delegate' Copy
right Conference, 1905-06. Vice president New
England Society, St. Louis, 1910. Member
Civie League. Episcopalian. Clubs: Authors
(New York), City, Round Table, Franklin
(St. Louis).' Author: Young Folks' Cyclo
pedia of Games and Sports (with J. D.
Champlin), 1890; The American Public Li
brary, 19.10. Wrote many sketches in Apple-
ton 's Cyclopedia of American Biography,
1888, Standard Dictionary, 1894; also numer
ous articles Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia,
including yearly review of progress of phys
ics; contributor on physical science, literature
and library economy. Office: Public Library.
Residence: 70 Vandeventer Place.
BOTHE, George, banking; born, Oldenberg,
Germany, Nov. 27, 1841; son of Bernhard and
Catharine Bothe; common school education ;
married, St. Louis, Apr. 18, 1871, to Miss
Catherine Altegraver; six children, all de
ceased. Learned carpenter's trade in Ger
many; came to America, 1866; located in St.
Louis and was engaged as builder and con
tractor for thirty years as member of firm
of Bothe & Rathermann; retired from build
ing operations in 1905. Assisted in organiz
ing the Cass Avenue Bank, 1906, of which has
since been president, also owner Onondaga
Cave, at Liesburg, Mo. Catholic. Member
Catholic Knights. Recreations: fishing, hunt
ing and bathing. Office: Cass Ave. and 15th
St. Residence: 1709 Cora Ave.
BOTTGER, J. Frederick, president Century
Saw Mill Co.; born, Zurich, Switzerland, Nov.

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23, 1865; son of Johan Frederic Theodore and
Wilhelmine (Meybohm) Bottger; educated in
public and private schools of Switzerland and
seminary at Hamburg, Germany; married,
Williamsport, Pa., June 16, 1886, Mary J.
Spades; children: Frederick A., Austin W.,
Richard E., Esther Marie, Catherine. Came
to America with parents, 1880; was connected
with hardware business at Milton and Wil
liamsport, Pa., 1882-86, and in sawmill busi
ness to 1887; chief bookkeeper for Calcasieu
Lumber Co., Austin, Tex., 1888-90; located in
St. Louis, 1890, engaged in various lines until
1902, when established wholesale lumber busi
ness on own account, later incorporating as
the Century Saw Mill Co., of which has since
been president; also president Roth Lumber
Co., Arkmo Saw Mill Co. Member Swiss Re
formed Church. Recreation: traveling. Office:
803-810 Olive St. Residence:- 4329 Lee Ave.
BOTTORFF, Oscar Bert, real estate; born
Jackson Co., Ind., Sept. 28, 1880; son of
Thomas J. and Olive (Roberts) Bottorff; edu
cated Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.,
graduating with degree of A.B., 1903; unmar
ried. Began active career as principal Flora
High School, Flora, Ind., 1903, in which posi
tion continued for one year; then principal
Seymour (Ind.) High School, 1904-06; in
structor Central High School, St. Louis, 1906-
07; gave up teaching and engaged as sales
man for Nicholls-Ritter Realty and Financial
Co., 1907-08; in business on own account since
1908 as Bottorff Realty Co., operating in real
estate, insurance and also as financial agent.
Democrat. Presbyterian. Mason; member
Tuscan Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and Kilwinning
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. Club: Business
Circle. Recreations: fishing, horseback riding,
tennis. Office: 4914 Delmar Boul. Residence:
Kenwood Springs, Mo.
BOUTON, William, surveyor; 1838-1912; see
Vol. 1906.
BOWERS, Fred W., state agent Phoenix In
surance Co.; born, Geneva, Ashtabula Co., O.,
Mar. 30, 1863; son of Henry F. and Marana A.
(Evens) Bowers; educated in public schools
of Norwalk, O., and Smith Business College,
Toledo, O.; married, Ottawa, Kan., Dec. 24,
1891, Pearl Simpson; one son: Wilbur S. (died
in infancy, June 15, 1899.) Began career with
Germania Fire Insurance Co. in Chicago, 1884-
87. Became identified with local agencies in
Los Angeles, Cal., and Kansas City, Mo.; was
chief clerk at Kansas City to resident man
ager of North British & Mercantile Insurance
Co. of England; four years later became spe
cial agent of the Orient Insurance Co. of
Hartford, Conn.; for Missouri, Kansas, Okla
homa and Indian Territory, first at Kansas
City, Mo., and later at St. Louis. Since Feb.
1, 1899, state agent for Missouri for Phoenix
Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn. Director

Provident Loan and Securities Co. Member
Fire Underwriters' Association of the North
west, Chicago (vice president, 1903-04), Mis
souri Fire Prevention Association (president,
1907-08-09). Republican. Congregationalist.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Automobile. Favor
ite recreations: music, golf. Office: Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 5560 Waterman Ave.
BOWES, David; see Vol. 1906.
BOWIE, Edward Hall; see Vol. 1906.
BOWMAN, Charles Albert, lumber; born,
Carrollton, 111., Feb. 5, 1874; son of John A.
and Angie (Black) Bowman; educated in pub
lic schools, graduating from high school in
1890; married, Carlinville, 111., June 5, 1901,
Myra May Parker. Began business career
in the general merchandise store of L. F.
Wheeler, Carrollton, 111., continuing, 1890-
1900; came to St. Louis, 1900, and was with
the South Arkansas Lumber Co., 1900-01;
joined in organization, 1901, of Huie-Hodge
Lumber Co., Limited, of which became vice
president; now secretary South Arkansas Lum
ber Co. Member Order of Hoo Hoo. Office:
Fullerton Bldg. Residence: 5228 Von Versen
Avenue. BOWMAN, Charles G.; see Vol. 1906.
BOWMAN, D(avid) Arthur, investment
banker; born, St. Louis, Dee. 29, 1881; son of
Samuel and Ottilie ("Tillie") Bowman; edu
cated St. Louis public and high schools and
Western Military Academy (formerly known
as the Wyman Institute), Upper Alton, HI.;
unmarried. With firm of Wasserman, Bro. &
Co., stock exchange brokers, 1898-1903; St.
Louis representative of Farson, Leach & Co.,
New York and Chicago, 1903, until its dissolu
tion; conducted business in own name, 1906-11,
since as D. Arthur Bowman & Co., dealers in
highest type municipal and corporation bonds;
member bondholders' protective committee
Denver Irrigation Projects; was member com
mittee of eleven, 1912, on amendments to
bring about formation of investment bankers'
section in American Bankers' Association, re
sulting in highly important changes in sub
mission of investment securities to the gen
eral public. Was for two years financial editor
St. Louis Post-Dispatch and correspondent for
various financial publications. Jewish religion.
Member Economic Association. Clubs: City,
Public Question, Amateur Athletic Associa
tion, Westwood Country. Recreation: golf.
Office: Third National Bank Bldg. Residence:
4617 Westminster Place.
BOWMAN, Joel William, real estate; born,
Cincinnati, Nov. 12, 1851; son of Henry All-
ward and Margaret Ann . (Sands) Bowman;
educated in public schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo., May '27,
1874, Marguerite Pepper (now deceased);
children: Mrs. Olive Belle Shearer, Henry
Paris Bowman; married, 2d, July, 1906, Miss
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of United States Express Co. at age of four
teen and remained there for several years; re
ceived appointment in U. S. postal service, in
which continued until appointed examiner in
Department of Justice, serving until 1885;
with Pacific Express Co., at St. Louis, until
1887; then in business for self at Omaha,
Neb., until 1890; resident vice president and
manager American Surety Co. of New York,
1890-1910; since in real estate business. Re
publican. Methodist. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar, Shriner. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
Masonic. Office: Liggett Bldg. Residence:
4341 Olive St.
BOWMAN, Samuel, real estate; born, Wes
ton, Mo., Feb. 21, 1851; son of David" and
Hannah Bowman; educated in St. Louis pub
lic schools and attended night school in Jones
Commercial College; married, St. Louis, Dec.
18, 1878, Tillie Schiele; five children: D. Ar
thur, Edgar S., Mrs. Amy DeRoy (of Pitts
burgh, Pa.), Walter H. and Edith. Began act
ive career in real estate business, 1866, with
the firm of Barlow, Valle & Bush; became a
member of the firm of Isidor Bush & Co.,
growers and dealers in native wines, 1870;
organized the firm of Bowman & Bleyer in
1877, and in 1882 organized the Bowman Dis
tilling Co.; reengaged in the real estate busi
ness in 1887, establishing the present firm of
Samuel Bowman & Co.; now president of the
Bowman Real Estate & Investment Co.; secre
tary and treasurer Automatic Ticket Selling
& Cash Register Co. Chairman of the lighting
committee of the Real Estate Exchange, or
ganized for the improvement of the downtown
lighting system, resulting in the brilliant illu
mination of the downtown district of St.
Louis. Vice president and executive officer of
the Progressive Downtown Improvement Asso
ciation. Promoted the erection of the West
End Hotel, Norvell-Shapleigh Building at 4th
St. and Washington Ave., the Ferguson-Me-
Kinney Dry Goods Co. 's building at 12th St.
and Washington Ave., and other important
buildings. Erected the Bowman Building at
11th and Locust Sts., the Fraternal Building
at 11th St. and^ Franklin Ave., the Bowman
Model Block, at Jefferson St. and Eads Ave.,
and the Jefferson Block, at 1801-1809 S. Jef
ferson Ave. Independent Republican. Mem
ber of the Jewish faith. Director of the
United Jewish Charities; trustee of the Na
tional Jewish Hospital for Consumptives at
Denver, Colo.; secretary of the Laclede School
Alumni Association. Member of the Missouri
Historical Society; past president of District
Grand Lodge No. 2, I. O. B. B. Clubs: City,
Columbian, St. Louis Aero. Recreations: in
terested in literature, music, arts and travel.
Office: Third National Bank Bldg. Residence:
4617 Westminster Place.
BOWN, William J. H., coffee and sugar
broker; born, Pittsburgh, Pa., June 25, 1849;

son of William T. and Mary Bown; educated
in Pittsburgh public schools; married, Pitts
burgh, Feb. 13, 1871, Mary L. Bigby; chil
dren: Mrs. W. L. Bicker (of Chicago), Mrs.
Guy P. Trulock, Walter T., Mabel P. (Mrs.
S. J. Adams), William K. After leaving
school was a reporter on the Pittsburgh Dis
patch for two years, then for ten years mer
chandise broker at Wheeling, W. Va.; came to
St. Louis, 1880, and continued in same busi
ness until 1890; with Hanley & Kinsella Cof
fee & Spice Co., from 1890, being manager of
coffee department, 1890-1901, elected secre
tary, 190.1, vice president, from January, 1906,
to January, 1911; since in coffee brokerage
and sugar business on own account. Also di
rector Kirkwood Building Association, Kirk
wood Gymnasium and Hall Association. Sec
retary National Coffee Roasters' Traffic and
Pure Food Association. Christian Scientist.
Member Kirkwood Lodge No. 484, A. F. &
A. M. Recreation: golf. Office: 215 S. 7th St.
Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
BOYCE, Anthony, real estate; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 13, 1844; son of Patrick M. and
Sarah M. (McLoone) Boyce; educated at
parochial schools of St. Francis Xavier's, St.
Patrick's, and old cathedral; unmarried. Be
gan business life as clerk for James S. Chew,
secretary of the Board of Underwriters, con
tinuing xor three years; then for three years
cashier with the Western Union Telegraph Co.,
four years with Chouteau, Harrison & Valle
Iron Co., and ten years in tobacco manufac
turing business with brother Joseph, later
dealing in tobacco manufacturers' supplies as
Boyce Bros. In 1903 joined in organization of
Boyce Bros. Realty Co., of which is vice presi
dent. Catholic. Democrat. Office: 19 S. Broad
way. Residence: 5812 Clemens Ave.
BOYCE, John Patrick, real estate and mer
chandise broker; born, St. Louis, Mar. 12,
lc>69; son of Joseph and Mary Elizabeth
(Casey) Boyce; educated in parochial schools,
then Franklin Institute preparatory to St.
Louis University, to 1886; married, St. Louis,
Apr. 4, 1893, Janet C. Pallen; children: John
P., Jr., Janet E., Edmund J., Anthony, Claire
N., Jerome M. Began business career in 1887,
as messenger for the National Bank of Com
merce, and advanced in that service until was
in charge of the clearing house department
when left, Dec. 31, 1890; then was in business
with father as firm of Boyce Bros., tobacco
manufacturers ' supplies, until 1902, when busi
ness was changed to realty and loans, organ
ized as Boyce Bros. Realty Co., of which is
secretary and treasurer; also merchandise
broker under own name. Democrat; commis
sioner of supplies for City of St. Louis, 1903-
11 (appointed by Mayor Wells). Member St.
Louis University Alumni Association, Bank
Clerks' Association, Sons of Confederate Vet
erans. Catholic. Club: St. Louis Amateur

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Athletic Association. Recreations: hunting,
fishing, baseball, tennis, golf. Office: 19 S.
Broadway. Residence*: 4389 Forest Park Boul.
BOYCE, Joseph, real estate; born, St. Louis,
Apr. 4, 1841; son of Patrick M. and Sarah
Monica (MeLoone) Boyce; educated in St.
Francis Xavier's, St. Patrick's and Cathedral
parochial schools; took courses in bookkeeping
and commercial law at Jones Commercial Col
lege; married, St. Louis, June 17, 1868, Mary
Elizabeth Casey; children: John P., Sally M.,
Mary Frances (Mrs. Henry S. Kilbourne),
Joseph A. Served through the four years of
Civil War as captain Company D, (St. Louis
Greys), 1st Missouri Confederate Infantry.
Engaged in business as tobacco manufac
turer, 1866-1876; discontinued manufacturing
and conducted the business of tobacco manu
facturers' supplies, 1876-1902; since July, 1903,
president of Boyce Bros. Realty Co. Member
Real Estate Exchange, Civic League. Demo
crat. Was vice president of the City Council,
1901-04. Catholic. Member Missouri Histor
ical Society, Confederate Veterans; com
mander Military Order of the Blue and Gray;
president and founder of the Veteran Volun
teer Firemen's Historical Society. Office: 19
S. Broadway. Residence: 5812 Clemens Ave.
BOYD, David Milton, treasurer T. B. Boyd
Furnishing Goods Co.; born, Indianapolis, Aug.
1, 1878; son of Trustin Brown and Emily
(Tousey) Boyd; entered Smith Academy, St.
Louis, 1887, graduating, June, 1895; then Yale
University, graduating with degree A.B., 1899 ;
married, East Orange, N. J., Dec. 5, 1906,
Josephine Drake; two children: Josephine and
Emily. Began business career at New Paltz,
N. Y., August, 1900, as general superintendent
New Paltz & Poughkeepsie Traction Co., until
May, 1901 ; general manager Shore Line Ry.,
St. Johns, N. B., 1901-02; then removed to New
ark, N. J., engaged with Delaware, Lacka
wanna & Western R. R. for seven years; sec
retary to vice president, 1902-04; contracting
agent, 1904-06; division freight agent, 1906-09;
with T. B. Boyd Furnishing Goods Co., men's
wearing apparel, since May 1, 1905, of which
became secretary, treasurer and director. Presi
dent Kirkwood Civic League year ended May
1, 1911. Republican. Methodist. Member
Zeta Psi Fraternity. Clubs: City, Algonquin
Golf, Noonday. Recreation: golf. Office: Olive
and 6th Sts. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
BOYD, Ingram Fletcher, men's furnishings;
born, St. Louis, May 17, 1880; son of Trustin
Brown and Emily (Tousey) Boyd; educated
Smith Academy, 1890-95; graduated from the
Lawrenceville (preparatory) School, Law-
renceville, N. J., 1897; student at Princeton
University; married, Kirkwood, Mo., Oct. 27,
1903, Louie Ray Brown. Secretary and treas
urer of the T. B. Boyd Furnishing Goods Co.,
1899-1911, since then president. Member Busi
ness Men 's League. Republican. Episcopalian.

Clubs: Mercantile, Algonquin, Noonday, Bel
lerive Country. Recreation: outdoor sports.
Office: 520 Olive St. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
BOYD, James Edward, Jr., broker; see Vol.
1906. BOYD, Trustin Brown, retired merchant;
born, Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 25, 1853; son of
D. M. and Elizabeth (Brown) Boyd; educated
in Indianapolis in public and private schools;
married, Indianapolis, Sept. 20, 1876, Emily
Tousey; children: David M., Ingram F. Began
as clerk in freight department "Big Four"
railway system in Indianapolis, about 1873;
was made cashier of the road in 1875; moved
to St. Louis in fall of 1879; bought half in
terest in firm of Wilson Bros., dealers in men's
wearing apparel. Enlarged the business and
purchased the entire interest in 1884, chang
ing to title of T. B. Boyd Furnishing Goods
Co. Served two years as president of the St.
Louis Exposition. Member Civic League. Re
publican. Methodist. Clubs: Mercantile, Maine
Hunting and Fishing, Algonquin Country,
Bellerive Country. Recreations: golf and trav
el. Office: 514-516 Olive St. Residence: AVood-
lawn. BOYD, William Goddin, stock broker; born,
Richmond, Ky., June 22, 1853; son of William
Washington and Sophie Rebecca j(Goddin)
Boyd; educated at Kentucky University, Lex
ington, Ky.; married, Dee. 15, 1875, Hallie,
daughter of John B. Francis, formerly of Lex
ington, Ky. (she died Dec. 30, 1893); chil
dren: Sydney Frances (Mrs. Joseph Dickson,
Jr.), Eli?a (Mrs. J. Bissell), Ware, Sophie Re
becca (Mrs. Clifford Day), Boyd; married, 2d,
Lexington, Ky., Nov. 27, 1897, Mrs. Slaughter
Bassett. Engaged in business as stock broker
since 1882; treasurer D. R. Francis & Brother
Commission Co., 1883-1901; since January,
1901, vice president and treasurer Brown
Bond and Stock Co. President Merchants' Ex
change, 1894; vice president Business Men's
League, 1895-96. Member Kentucky Militia
three years, in Lexington Guards. Republican.
Deacon of Grand Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Member Sons of Revolution. Club: Mercan
tile (president, 1897). Office': 400 N. 4th St.
Residence: 43 Kingsbury PI.
BOYLE, Richard Allen, real estate; born,
Paris, HI., Nov. 18, 1869; son of John and
Jennie (Looney) Boyle; educated in St. Louis
public schools and Manual Training School;
widower. Began business career as clerk in a
bank at Sullivan, Ind., 1888, and after a year
there went to the mining town of Pinos Altos
in Southwestern New Mexico, where was en
gaged in mercantile pursuits two years; then
came to St. Louis, 1891, and established in
real estate business, in which has since con
tinued. Member of St. Louis Real Estate
Exchange. Member First Christian Church.
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hunting and fishing. Office: 209 Liggett Bldg.
Residence: 25 Lenox Place.
BOYLE, Wilbur Fisk, lawyer; 1840-1911;
see Vol. 1906.
BOYNTON, Charles Douglas, lumberman,
merchant and real estate owner; born, Syca
more, 111., Aug. 10, 1862; son of Charles Oakes
and Lucetta Pauline (Stark) Boynton; edu
cated public schools of Sycamore, 111., Racine
College, Racine, Wis., and Stevens Institute of
Technology, Hoboken, N. J.; married, Syca
more, 111., Oct. 27, 1891, Cora Belle Farrar.
Began active career as cashier of the Bank of
Arcadia, la., 18S6; went to Mexico, 1888, and
soon afterwards to Austin, Nev. ; cashier Bank
of Austin, 1889-91; engaged in mining, etc.;
president First National Bank, of Carroll, la.,
1892; was actively identified with banking
and real estate until 1898; proprietor Boone
Democrat, Boone, la., 1896 and 1897; manager
Boynton Lumber Co., Cape Girardeau, Mo.,
1900-06; organized the Boynton Land & Lum
ber Co., 1906. of which has since been presi
dent, the company maintaining offices at Boyn
ton, Ark., and St. Louis; also director Inter
national Bank. Independent Democrat. Mem
ber Alpha Tau Omega college fraternity, B. P.
O. Elks. Club: Mercantile. Recreations: hunt
ing, baseball and athletics. Office: 508 Se
curity Bldg. Residence : 44 Kingsbury Terrace.
BBADBURY, Edgar Howard, vice president
Bradbury Marble Co.; born, Bangor, Me.,
July 5, 1843; son of Simon P. and Mary A.
(Gowen) Bradbury; educated in public schools
of Bangor, Me.; married, Bangor, Me., 1870,
Susan Hovey Trask; one son: Eben Trask
Bradbury. Learned trade of marble cutter in
Maine, and followed it at Bangor until 1870;
then went to Chicago, and was secretary of
the Gowen Marble Co., 1870-78; established
wholesale marble business in St. Louis, 1878,
as E. H. Bradbury Marble Co., incorporated,
1888, as Bradbury Marble Co., of which is vice
president. President St. Louis Tile and Man
tle Dealers' Association, St. Louis Marble
Dealers' Association; member Master Build
ers' Exchange. Republican. Congregational
ism Member Tuscan Lodge, A. F. &. A. M.
Recreation: church work. Office: 1229 S. 2d
St. Residence: 6143 Westminster Place.
*BRADFIELD, William D., clergyman; now
in Little Rock, Ark.; see Vol. 1906.
BRADFORD, Robert Elisha, casualty insur
ance, and manufacturing; born, Troupe, Tex.,
Sept. 13, 1861; son of William A. and Mary E.
(Tarbutton) Bradford; educated in Texas
schools; married, Huntsville, Tex., Ella Cox
(now .deceased) ; one son: Frank Cox; married,
2d, 1910, Mary Catherine Scott, of Galena, 111.,
sister of the late Jas. Scott, of the Record-
Herald, Chicago. In railroad department of
Occident insurance since 1886; district mana
ger for the Continental Casualty Co. of Chi

cago, since 1901. President Continental Power
Development Co., a waterpower plant located
on the Niangua River in Camden Co., Mo. Mem
ber Knights of Pythias. Club: Missouri Ath
letic. Recreations: fishing and hunting. Office:
Century Bldg. Residence: 4949 Washington
Boulevard. BRADLEY, Arthur Harry, physician and
surgeon; born, Clinton, Mo., Dec. 16, 1869; son
of James R. and Martha Bradley; educated in
public schools of Henry and Phelps counties,
Mo.; Missouri State Normal School, Warrens-
burg, Mo., 1889-90 ; Missouri State University,
Columbia, Mo., 1890-91; Marion-Sims College
of Medicine, 1891-92, M.D., 1892; Barnes Med
ical College, 1892-93, Berlitz School of Lan
guages, 1903; post-graduate studies Vienna,
Berlin and Paris; married, St. Louis, June 5,
1902, Gertrude M. May. In practice since
1892; first assistant surgeon St. Louis Female
Hospital, 1892; lecturer on diseases of women,
Barnes Medical College, 1894-1900; now pro
fessor hygiene and sanitary science, Barnes
University; clinician department nose, throat
and ear, St. Louis Baptist Hospital. Member
American Medical Association, Missouri State
Medical Association, St. Louis Medical Socie
ty; life member American Medical Associa
tion of Vienna, Austria. Republican. Member
Christian (Disciples) Church. Mason; member
Knights of Pythias. Recreation: traveling.
Office: 620 Metropolitan Bldg. Residence:
3714 W. Pine Boul.
BRADLEY, Charles Capelle, architect, and
real estate business; born, St. Louis, Oct. 13,
1881; son of Charles E. and Elizabeth (Ca
pelle) Bradley; educated in St. Louis public
schools and Smith Academy; married, St.
Louis, Aug. 6, 1904, Helen Louise Streeter;
children: Chas. O, Jr., Helen A. Began as of
fice boy in real estate office of Bradley &
Quinette. March, 1898; continued with that
firm until Mar. 1, 1904, when established in
real estate business for self; president Brad
ley Real Estate Co. since Nov. 1, 1905; also
practices architecture. Office: 806 Chestnut St.
Residence: Glen Echo Park, St. Louis Co.
BRADLEY, Douglas; see Vol. 1906.
*BRADLEY, Henry Stiles, clergyman; re
moved to Worcester, Mass.; see Voi. 1906.
BRADY, Horace Learned, retired shoe man
ufacturer; born, St. Louis, June 22, 1862; son
of Horace D. and Susan Howe (Learned)
Brady; educated in public schools of St.
Louis; unmarried. Began business career in
1875 .with Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co., with
which remained, being office boy one year,
shipping clerk three years, house salesman one
year, traveling salesman seventeen years;
elected a director in 1898, and from 1900-09
secretary of the company; retired, 1909. Dem
ocrat. Club: Mercantile. Recreations: travel
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BRADY, Hugh Joseph, president St. Louis
Weighing Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct. 17, 1851;
son of Bernard and Catherine Brady; educat
ed St. Patrick's (parochial) School, and North
St. Louis Institute until fourteen; married, St.
Louis, Aug. 10, 1873, Jennie Annis; nine chil
dren: May (Mrs. H. M. Noel), Jennie (wife of
Arthur Helbig), Viola, Leroy A., Agnes (Mrs.
James Vettus), Alma (Mrs. William Camp
bell), Alice, Grace, Hugh J., Jr. Began active
career in employ mailing department St. Louis
Times, 1865, continuing until elected to state
legislature, 1878; member House of Repre
sentatives three terms, 1879-85; became buyer
for St. Louis Elevator Co., 1885; associated
with Edward J. McGroarty, as Brady & Mc-
Groarty, hay and feed, 1889, the business de
veloping into the St. Louis Weighing Co., of
which is president. Member Merchants' Ex
change. Democrat; chairman Democratic Cen
tral Committee, 1894-98; election commission
er, 1897-1900. Office: 122 Tyler Ave. Resi
dence: 5008 Vernon Ave.
BRADY, Jules M., physician; born, St.
Louis, Nov. 18, 1876; son of Bernard S. and
Mary (Musick) Brady; educated Christian
Brothers College, St. Louis; M.D., St. Louis
College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1898; B.S.,
St. Louis University; post-graduate student
University of Vienna, Austria, 1902-04; un
married. Interne St. Louis City Hospital,
1898-99, St. Louis Female Hospital, 1899-
1900; physician City Infirmary, 1900-02; in
structor in pathology, St. Louis University,
1902-04; professor pathology, St. Louis Dental
College, 1904-06; assistant professor diseases
of children, St. Louis University, since 1908;
attending pediatrician, St. Louis Infant Asy
lum, since 1906. Roman Catholic. Member
American Medical Association, St. Louis Med
ical Society, St. Louis Pediatric Society, City
Hospital Alumni Medical Society, Anglo-Aus
trian Medical Society, Phi Chi Fraternity (St.
Louis University), Knights of Columbus. Of
fice and Residence: 1467 Union Boul.
BRADY, Stephen J., clergyman; born,
Cavan, Ireland, Sept. 17, 1870; son of Edward
and Rose (Brady) Brady; completed classical
studies at St. Patrick's College, Cavan; theo
logical course, St. Patrick's Seminary, Carlow,
graduating, 1896. Ordained priest in Kenrick
Seminary, St. Louis, Dec. 19, 1896 (came to
America same year) ; assistant to Rev. Wil
liam Walsh, St. Bridget's Church, St. Louis,
1896-98; in charge of parish at Troy, Mo.,
1898-1900; then assistant to Father Timothy
Dempsey, of St. Patrick's Church, St. Louis,
1900-03; pastor at St. Patrick, Mo., 1903-07;
irremovable pastor St. John's Church, since
October, 1907. Member Knights of Columbus.
Recreations: architecture, archaeology, athletic
games. Residence: 1519 Chestnut St.
*BRAGDON, Walter Lyman," thread; moved
to New York; see Vol. 1906.

BRANCH, Joseph Clark, saw manufacturer;
born, St. Louis, July 16, 1860; son of Joseph
W. and Annie (Clark) Branch; educated at
Old Clay School, St. Louis, then two years at
Lane's Seminary, Doncaster, Yorkshire, Eng.,
and later about two years at Washington
University; married, St. Louis, Feb. 16, 1886,
Emma C. Boehmer; children: Bertha L. (Mrs.
W. L. Schroeder), Joseph O, Jr. At seventeen
years of age apprenticed to Branch, Crookes
& Co., to learn saw-making; traveled for same
company a few years and made office manager. .
Firm was succeeded by Branch-Crookes Saw
Co., of which was elected vice president and
secretary; company in 1897 became Branch
Saw Co., of which was vice president and sec
retary until 1903, when, upon the death of
President Joseph W. Branch, was elected pres
ident. Republican. Private in Branch Guards,
Co. G, First Regiment, Missouri National
Guard; commissioned second lieutenant, same
company, June 27, 1884, captain and quarter
master, July 23, 1885; now second vice presi
dent Branch Guards Veteran Association. Ma
son; member Knights of Pythias, Royal Ar
canum, Knights of Honor, A. O. U. W. Epis
copalian. Favorite recreations: hunting and
fishing. Office: 3000 N. Broadway. Residence:
3955 Sherman Place.
BRANCH, Joseph Gerald; see Vol. 1906.
BRANCH, Lawrence O' Bryan, president
White-Branch-Shelton Hat Co.; born, Colum
bia, Tenn., Mar. 25, 1865; son of Joseph Ger
ald and Mary Jones (Polk) Branch; educated
at private school, Trinity, Ala., and Univer
sity of Tennessee; unmarried. Came to St.
Louis from Columbia, Tenn., January, 1883,
and entered employ of Simmons Hardware
Co.; after four months gave up position to
become connected with the firm of Goodbar,
White & Co.; president White-Branch-Shelton
Hat Co., since 1897. Member Business Men's
League. Democrat. Episcopalian. An organ
izer and afterwards president Tennessee So
ciety of St. Louis. Appointed by Gov. Lou
•Stevens as member of his staff with, rank of
lieutenant colonel. Clubs: St. Louis, Glen Echo
Country, Bellerive Country. Recreations: golf
and hunting. Office: 1511-1515 Washington
Ave. Residence: Buckingham Hotel.
*BRANDENBERGER, William Andrew,
lands; moved to California; see Vol. 1906.
BRANDEWEIDE, Leo R.; see Vol. 1906.
BRANDT, John Lincoln, clergyman; born,
Somerset, Perry Co., O., Oct. 26, 1860; son of
Isaac and Elizabeth (Loveberry) Brandt; edu
cated in high school, Somerset, and Philadel
phia, Pa.; married, Indianapolis, Dec. 25, 1882,
Nina E. Marquis (died May 7, 1907); chil
dren: Marquis Freeman, Nina Virginia, John
Richie; married, 2d, Grace' Lee Crutcher;
one child: Bonni,e Belle. Ordained to ministry
Christian (Disciples) Church, February, 1884;
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extensive foreign traveler and contributor to
magazines, etc.; now pastor First Christian
Church of St. Louis. President Page and
Union Realty Co., London Realty Co., Brandt-
Folk Realty Co. Mason, Knight of Pythias,
Maccabee, Modern Woodmen, Mutual Order of
Protection. Member Actor's Church Alliance,
Papyrus Club. Republican in National, inde
pendent in local politics. Author: Turning
Points in Life; Marriage and Home; The
Lord's Supper; The False and the True; The
Enfranchisement of Women; etc. Address:
4528 Westminster Place.
BRASHEAR, J. Roy, accountant; born,
Stephensport, Ky., Oct. 26, 1877; son of James
C. and Elizabeth (Hawkins) Brashear; edu
cated in common school at Stephensport to
thirteen; married, St. Louis, Feb. 26, 1907,
Elizabeth L. Reader; one son: Roy A. Began
active career at Louisville, Ky., as messenger
boy, continuing, 1891-94; platform checker
for W. B. Belknap Hardware Co., 1895; as
sistant bookkeeper J. T. S. Brown & Sons, dis
tillers, 1896-1902; came to St. Louis, 1903,
and now treasurer Trinidad Asphalt Manufac
turing Co. ; secretary Heman Construction Co. ;
proprietor of the Brashear Drayage Co. Dem
ocrat. Christian Scientist. Was for two years
a member Kentucky State Militia. Member
St. Louis Society of Accountants and Book
keepers, Lodge No. 9, B. P. O. Elks. Recrea
tion: hunting. Office: 436-444 S. Theresa Ave.
Residence: 4808 A Washington Ave.
BRAUER, Arthur John, president Brauer
Bros. Manufacturing Co.; born, St. Louis,
July 5, 1875; son of Theodore J. and Amelia
(O'Keefe) Brauer; educated in public schools
to 1891; Hayward's College, 1895-98; married,
St. Louis, June 4, 1902, Harriett Gamble;
three children: Porthos Sylvester (died Nov.
29, 1910), Virginia May, Dorothy Jane (died
Aug. 29, 1911). Founded firm of Brauer Bros.,
manufacturers leather sporting goods, Dec. 8,
1898; purchased brother's interest, July, 1909,
continuing business alone until Jan. 12, 1902;
then incorporated and since president and
treasurer Brauer Bros. Manufacturing Co.;
president Indestructible Fan Blade Co.; di
rector Cinosam Catering Co.; treasurer St.
Louis Kennel Supply Co.; speculator in real
estate. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason.
Club: Masonic (ex-president). Recreation:
fishing. Office: 204 N. 14th St. Residence:
5528 N. Market St.
BRAUER, August George, dealer in stove
repairs; born, Pittsburgh, Pa., May 20, 1857;
son of Ernst E. and Beata £Rhinemann)
Brauer; became a resident of St. Louis, 1865;
educated in public schools and Walter Col
lege, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, 1882, Miss
Lina Schmidt; six children: August E., Ella,
Louisa, Walter, Oscar, Carrie. Began business
as bookkeeper for M. & E. C. Curtis, foundry-

men, 1879-83; since 1883 dealer in complete
lines of repairs for stoves, and stove supplies.
Member of Business Men's League. Member
of the Board of Education of Concordia Col
lege. Lutheran. Club: Mercantile. Recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Office: 316-318 N.
3d St. Residence: 2421 S. 18th St.
BRAUN, Adolf, president A. Braun Manu
facturing ;Co.; born in Germany, May 31,
1855; son of Carl Theodore and Elise (Steep
ler) Braun; gymnasium education in Germany,
then learned drug business, and after passing
examination in 1873, came to United States;
married, St. Louis, May 16, 1883, Emma M.
Forster (who died in 1902); children: Adolph,
Jr. (secretary and treasurer A. Braun Manu
facturing Co.), Marquard F., Robert H., Ida
H. Entered employ of Habicht & Co., pharma
cists, under the Southern Hotel, 1873, and
after six years engaged in business as phar
macist for self, from 1880 until 1897; then
joined in organization of Dodson-Braun Manu
facturing Co., manufacturers of pickles, pre
serves and grocers' sundries, of which was
secretary and treasurer until 1906, company
being successors to Dodson-Hijs Manufactur
ing Co., established 1883; in 1906 organized
the A. Braun Manufacturing Co., of which is
president; also heavily interested in the Dod
son-Braun branch of the National Pickle and
Canning Co. Secretary M. Forster Real Es
tate Co. Member St. Louis Credit Men 's Asso
ciation. Evangelical Lutheran. Member Lie
derkranz, West St. Louis Turn Verein. Recrea
tion: traveling. Office: Clark Ave. and Com
mercial St. Residence: Royal Astor Apts.
BRAUN, Henry John; see Vol. 1906.
BRECHT, Frank Alexander von, manufac
turer of packers ' and butchers ' machinery
and supplies; born, St. Louis, Nov. 30, 1875;
son of Gustavus and Emilia von Brecht; grad
uated from St. Louis public schools and
Toensfeldt's (private) Educational Institute;
married, St. Louis, Feb. 18, 1903, Flavia Car-
mela Lynch; children: Frank Lincoln, Flavia
Delphine, Corwin Hamilton, Leyden Richard,
Janet Lucile. In 1890 entered business of the
Brecht Co. (established by father, 1853), and
as apprentice advanced through the different
departments of the plant, 1890-92; held cler
ical position in the office, 1892-93; manager of
the Buenos Aires branch house, 1894-95; man
ager of Central Asiatic branch at Samarkand
(Turkestan, Asiatic Russia), 1896-97; travel
ing from thence to Western China on the
East, Afghanistan on the South and Southern
Siberia on the North; manager of Hamburg
house, 1897, traveling through Europe, Russia
and Turkey; elected member board of direct
ors, 1898, and had charge of all three foreign
branches, 1898-1902; since 1902 vice president
of the company, manufacturers of machinery
for abattoirs, packing houses and butchers,

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furnishing complete equipment for same, with
branch houses at New York, Denver, San
Francisco, Hamburg, Samarkand and Buenos
Aires. Republican. «Protestant. Clubs: Mer
cantile, Missouri Athletic, Glen Echo; also
various fishing and hunting clubs. Recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Office: 12th St.
and Cass Ave. Residence: Forest Ridge, St.
Louis Co.
BRECHT, Gustavus Adolphus von, manu
facturer; born, St. Louis, Mar. 31, 1869; son
of Gustavus and Emilia (Reinhardt) von
Brecht; educated in public schools of St. Louis
and various commercial colleges; married,
Springfield, 111., Aug. 15, 1906, Ethel Lucia
Hull; three children: Gustavus Adolphus, Jr.,
Virginia Hull and Bourdon. After leaving
school entered business which his father
founded, 1853, passing through various depart
ments; upon incorporation of the company in
1888 was elected vice president, which office
he held until after his father's death, 1891,
when he was elected president of the Brecht
Co., manufacturers of equipment pertaining to
the meat industry and its by-products; also
importers and exporters of sausage casings.
Director Merchants-Laclede Bank; also of the
Share and Mortgage Co. Vice consul Argen
tine Republic. Republican. Protestant. Mem
ber Masonic Order, Knights Templar, Shrine.
Clubs: St. Louis, Glen Echo, Mercantile, Mis
souri Athletic. Office: 12th St. and Cass Ave.
Residence: 4414 W. Pine St.
BRECK, Daniel, civil engineer; born in
Madison Co., Ky., July 27, 1863; son of Rev.
Robert L. and Martha (Rodes) Breck; edu
cated in Central University, Danville, Ky.,
class of 1882; post-graduate work at Univer
sity of California; married, Oct. 14, 1907, Miss
Frances Alina Fishback, of Glasgow, Ky.;
one child: Frances Sarah. Began professional
career in service of the United States Geodet
ic Survey, in Colorado Mountain Survey,
3 883-85; engineer on Pacific Coast Ry. in
California, 1886-87; with Louisville & Nash
ville R. R., 1887-88; Oregon Railway & Navi
gation Co., 1888, as locating and contructing
engineer, with headquarters at Coos City,
Ore.; returned to Louisville & Nashville R. R.,
1889, and successively division engineer, road-
master, clerk in the president's office, and
division superintendent until 1899; manager
of plant, Tennessee Phosphate Co., Mt. Pleas
ant, Tenn., 1900; general superintendent St.
Louis Terminal Ry., 1901, and as chief engi
neer designed and executed the changes of
that system to accommodate World's Fair
conditions; since June, 1905, consulting engi
neer and vice president of the Seldon-Breck
Construction Co., general contractors and en
gineers. Trustee Walters Preparatory School,
Richmond, Ky. Member Engineering Associa
tion of the South, Engineers' and Architects'
Club of Louisville, Ky. Presbyterian. Mason.

Member Kentucky Society of Sons of Revolu
tion. Clubs: University, Bellerive Country,
Memphis Country, Louisville Country, Log
Cabin Hunting and Fishing, Kentucky Her
mitage. Favorite recreations: hunting, fishing
and golf. Office: 1108-1112 Fullerton Bldg.
Residence: 4448 Forest Park Boul.
BRECK, David Todd, insurance; see Vol.
1906. BREED, Maurice Edwards, physician and
surgeon; born, St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 15, 1875;
son of Rev. David R. (D.D.) and Mary Eliza
beth (Kendall) Breed; educated in Chicago
public and high schools; Northwestern Uni
versity, 1897; M.D., University of Pennsyl
vania, 1899; post-graduate student in Ger
many and Vienna, Austria, 1900-01; married,
June 28, 1907, Elsie Harriet, daughter of Geo
T. Coxhead; one son: David K. Contract sur
geon during Spanish- American War; resident
physician St. Christopher's Hospital for Chil
dren, Philadelphia, 1899; surgeon to Allegheny
General Hospital, Allegheny City, Pa., 1899-
1900; since 1901 in general practice at St.
Louis. Member St. Louis Medical Society.
Presbyterian. Recreations: automobiling and
photography. Office and Residence: 934 Ham
ilton Ave.
BREITT, Fred Charles, real estate; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 23, 1880; son of John B. and Flor
ence Frederica Breitt; educated Blair (public)
School; graduated from Jones Commercial
College; married, St. Louis, June 5, 1901,
Lydia M. Sommers; two daughters: Constance
Lydia, Florence Ida. Bookkeeper and collector
for Malcolm & Macbeth, June 8, 1897, to June
8, 1903; took charge of renting and leasing
department of the Holbrook-Blackwelder Real
Estate Trust Co. June 9, 1903, and continued
as manager of department. Member Board of
Commissioners, Mullanphy Emigrant Belief
Fund. Protestant. Member Irwin Lodge, No.
121, A. F. & A. M., Bellefontaine Chapter, No.
25, R. A. M.; also member Lodge No. 9, B. P.
O. Elks, excelsior Council Legion of Honor,
Zulema Lodge, No. 321, Knights of Pythias,
North End Council Royal Arcanum, Royal
League, Tower Grove Turn Verein. Club: Cen
tury Boat. Recreations: fishing and baseball.
Office: 812 Olive St. Residence: 3508 Hum
phrey St.
BREMERMANN, Frederick, president St.
Louis Glass and Queensware Co.; born, Bremen,
Germanv, Apr. 24, 1852 ; son of Frederick and
Gesine Bremermann; educated in Bremen La-
teinische Schule; married, St. Louis, Dec. 10,
1873. Ma.tliilde A. Meyer: children: Werner,
Pauline (Mrs. Ralph E. Nutting), Else (Mrs.
^eorge L. Sto^-m, New York). Left Bremen,
September, 1868, for St. Louis; entered em
ploy of Manning & Co., wholesale glass and
crockerv, later Campbell, Jones & Co.; became
one of the incorporators of the St. Louis Glass
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retary and treasurer, and so continued until
Feb. 10, 1902, since president and treasurer of
the company. Unitarian. Clubs: Union, Nor-
mandie Golf. Recreation: golf. Office: 620
Market St. Residence: 32 Nicholson Place.
BRENER, Samuel M.; see Vol. 1906.
BRENNAN, James Louis, merchant tailor;
born, Valparaiso, Ind., Aug. 1, 1860; son of
Joseph P. and Catherine (Garvey) Brennan;
educated in public schools and St. Bonaven-
ture's Lyceum, both at Terre Haute, Ind.;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 28, 1897, Henrietta
Phillips. Learned tailoring business and has
been actively engaged at it for thirty years;
resident of St. Louis twenty years; estab
lished, Mar. 1, 1903, the business which now
conducts on own account. Democrat. Catholic-
Club: City. Recreation: baseball. Office: 509
Victoria Bldg. Residence: 5 E. Jackson Road,
Webster Groves.
BRENNAN, J. Wallace; see Vol. 1906.
BRENNAN, Martin S., Catholic priest;
born, St. Louis, July 23, 1845; son of William
C. and Margaret (Hackett) Brennan; educat
ed at Christian Brothers College, St. Louis,
receiving degrees of A.B., 1865, A.M., 1869,
Sc.D., 1896. Ordained priest of Roman Cath
olic Church, 1869; since Jan. 1, 1892, pastor
St. Lawrence O 'Toole Parish, St. Louis. Pro
fessor of astronomy and geology in Kendrick
Seminary, St. Louis, since 1892. Member of
British Astronomical Association, Astronom
ical Society of the Pacific, Astronomical and
Astrophysical Society of America, St. Louis
Academy of Science. Author: Electricity and
Its Discoverers; What Catholics Have Done
for Science; Astronomy, New and pid;
Science of the Bible. Lectures on science at
the Catholic summer and winter schools of
America. Contributor of scientific articles to
magazines. Address: 6304 Minnesota Ave.
BRENNEKE, William George, consulting
engineer; born, St. Louis, July 13, 1870; son
of William and Caroline (Schenck) Brenneke;
graduated from Manual Training School, St.
Louis, 1887, Washington University, C.E.,
1892; married, Toledo, O., Sept. 15, 1897, Jes
samine May Richards; one daughter: Alice
Barbara. Engaged in general engineering prac
tice since 1892, and since 1899, with E. B. Fay,
under firm name of Brenneke & Fay, practic
ing as consulting engineers, with a specialty in
designing and superintending construction of
bridges, railroads, mill buildings, foundations,
etc. Consulting engineers to St. Louis South
western Ry. Co. (built bridge over Arkansas
River at Rob Roy, Ark.), Chicago, Peoria &
St. Louis Ry., Union Sand and Material Co.;
of St. Louis; also consulting .engineers to J. W.
Thompson, railroad contractor, St. Louis; asso
ciate engineer with Boiler & Hodge on St.
Louis Municipal Bridge (active charge of its
construction). Among important, works are
the glass factories of A. Busch Glass Co.,

Belleville, 111., Johnston Glass Co., Hartford
City, Ind., N. Baltimore Bottle Co., Terre
Haute, Ind., Midland Glass Co., Independence,
Kan.; also reconstruction of west and oast
approaches of the Merchants ' Bridge, and east
approach of Eads Bridge, 1902-03; designed
subway for Terminal Railroad Association,
Union Station, 1903, bridges for Terminal
Railway Belt Line, 1902-03, Apalachicola
Northern Ry., Apalachicola, Fla., 1905, plant
of Wagner Electric Manufacturing Co., St.
Louis, and many other manufacturing plants.
Member American Society of Civil Engineers,
Engineers' Club of St. Louis. Republican.
Club: Mercantile. Recreations: motoring,
baseball and whist. Office: 1200 Fullerton
Bldg. Residence: 5967 Von Versen Ave.
BRETSNYDER, Ferdinand Charles, president
Bell Oil Co.; born, Chicago, Oct. 14, 1868; son
of Balthazar and Eliza (Farber) Bretsnyder;
educated in public schools of Chicago to age
of fifteen; married, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., July
5, 1896, Mamie Kofoed; eight children: Mil
dred, Nina, Alta (deceased), Marvel, Francis,
Hazel, Rudolph and Ferdinand, Jr. Engaged
in engraving business in Chicago with brother
William, 1883-90; then entered retail oil and
coal business; sold out coal business, 1895, but
continued sale of oil until 1903; removed to
St. Louis and established retail oil business;
incorporated, Mar. 25, 1905, Bell Oil Co.,
wholesale dealers in illuminating and lubricat
ing oils. Member St. Louis Creditmen's Asso
ciation, St. Louis Salesmanagers ' Association,
Motor Accessory Association; organizer and
member Independent Petroleum Market Asso
ciation of United States. Independent Repub
lican and formerly an active worker for the
party. Was candidate for alderman while in
Chicago, upon Municipal Ownership ticket
headed' by John P. Altgeld as candidate for
mayor. Christian Scientist. Member Knights
of Pythias, Order of Columbus Knights. Clubs:
Rotary, St. Louis Automobile. Recreations:
motoring and home diversions. Office: First
Ferry, Oak and Cornelia Sts. Residence: 1420
E. Obear Ave.
BRIBACH, Benno, physician, deceased; see
Vol. 1906.
BRIBACH, Eugene, physician; born in Sax
ony, Germany, Feb. 23, 1855; son of Florence
and Eleanor (Ruehling) Bribach; educated in
gymnasium in Saxony; graduated from Beau
mont Hospital Medical College, St. Louis,
M.D., 1890; married, Highland, 111., 1882, Mar-
gareth Ambuehl (now deceased); children:
Eugene J., Leonora M., Oscar N., Benno C.
(deceased.) Came to St. Louis from Germany,
1871; began business career as drug clerk in
St. Louis, 1871; and was in drug business for
self, 1879-89; then sold out and attended col
lege. Since graduation in 1890, continuously
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St. Mary's Infirmary, since 1890. Office and
Residence: 3648 S. Grand Ave.
BRIDGE, Hudson Eliot, president Bridge &
Beach Manufacturing Co., stoves and ranges;
born, St. Louis, Apr. 4, 1858; son of Hudson
E. and Helen Augusta (Holland) Bridge; edu
cated in Washington University, St. Louis;
married, St. Louis, 1885, Helen Durkee: chil
dren, Lawrence Durkee, George Leighton, John
Dwight, Marion. Has been actively identified
with the Bridge & Beach Manufacturing Co.
since 1876, beginning as shipping clerk, then
cashier, traveling salesman, etc., until 1901,
when became president and treasurer of the
company, manufacturers of the ' ' Superior ' '
stoves and ranges. (Business founded by fa
ther, Hudson E. Bridge, 1837, becoming Bridge
& Bro., 1842, on admission of Harrison Bridge,
who died 1850, Bridge & Beach, 1857, and in
corporated 1870.) Director Belief ontaine Ceme
tery Association. Member Civic League. En
dowed Bridge Memorial Library on father's
old homestead site in Walpole, N. H. Repub
lican. Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis Country,
Commercial. Recreation: farming in New
Hampshire. Office: 501 S. 1st St. Residence:
23 Westmoreland Place.
""BRIER, Robert Emmet, manufacturer;
moved to California; see Vol. 1906.
BRIGGS, Waldo, surgeon; born, Bowling
Green, Ky., July 3, 1856; son of William
Thompson and Anna (Stubbins) Briggs; M.D.,
Medical Department, University of Nashville,
Tenn., 1876; married, St. Louis, April, 1906,
Anita Blow Shipley. In practice in St. Louis
since 1877, professor surgery Beaumont Med
ical College, 1895-98; professor surgery St.
Louis College Physicians and Surgeons since
1898, and superintendent Jefferson Hospital;
also president and dean St. Louis College Phy
sicians and Surgeons. Member Knights of
Pythias, etc. Recreations: hunting and fish
ing. Office: Marina Bldg., Grand and Lindell.
Residence: 5409 Cabanne Ave.
BRIGHAM, George French, Jr., general
agent Chicago & Northwestern Ry.; born,
Fredonia, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1863; son of George
French and Aurilla (Douglass) Brigham; re
moved with parents to Chicago, 111., 1865, and
to Sharon, Wis., 1866; educated in public
school of Sharon, Wis.; married, Kansas City,
Mo., Jan. 14, 1891, Nellie Carrie, daughter of
James N. Watkins, Kansas City; children:
James Watkins, Aurilla Douglass, Godfrey
Macdonald. Entered railway service at Shar
on (Wis.) Station, with Chicago & North
western Ry. Co., 1880, and remained with
same road as clerk and cashier at Ishpeming,
Mich., 1881-82, and as shipping clerk at iron
ore docks, Escanaba, Mich., 1883. With Amer
ican Express Co., Ishpeming, 1883-86; travel
ing, freight agent, Nickel Plato Line, Chicago,
1886-89; agent same road, Kansas City, 1889-

93; contracting agent same road, Chicago, 111.,
1893-94; general agent Chicago & Northwest
ern Ry. Co. at St. Louis, since March 1894.
Builder and owner of residence property on
Blendon Place. Warden and treasurer of St,
Augustine's Episcopal Church, St. Louis.
Member of Ravenswood Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
Northwestern Council, National Union, Chi
cago, American Association of Traveling Pas
senger Agents, Brigham Family Association.
Republican. Member Business Men's League.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, St. Louis Railway,
City, The Traffic of St. Louis and St. Louis
Fly and Bait Casting. Favorite recreations:
yachting, fishing and horseback riding. Office:
311 N. 9th St. Residence: 2101 Blendon Place.
Summer Residence: Lake Delavan, Wis.
BRIGHT, Charles William, proprietor Im
perial Laundry; born, Lynchburg, Va., Jan,
21, 1849; son of Edwin C. and Martha Ward
(Bigbee) Bright; graduated from Jones Com
mercial College, 1869 ; married, Louisiana, Mo.,
Dec. 23, 1880, Alice M. Fagg; children: Kath
erine Ward, Medora Fagg and Isabel. Kept
books for Tinsley, Bright & Co., Louisiana, Mo.,
1872-76; deputy U. S. internal revenue collect
or, Fourth district of Missouri, 1876-80; in
mercantile business, 1880-88; bought the Im
perial Laundry, Aug. 19, 1889, and continues
to conduct it as senior member of firm of C.
W. Bright & Bros. Democrat. Office: 4701
Delmar Boul. Residence: 409 Westgate Ave.
BRINCKWIRTH, Louis, brewer, deceased;
see Vol. 1906.
BRININSTOOL, Joseph L.; see Vol. 1906.
*BRINKER, Joseph, railway official; moved
to Amarillo, Tex.; see Vol. 1906.
BRINKMAN, Benjamin George, banker;
born, St. Louis, Dec. 8, 1885; son of William
F. and Mary (Wolden) Brinkman; educated
St. Mary's Institute, Dayton, O.; married, St.
Louis, Sept. 1, 1909, Marie Doerr; one son,
Jerome Doerr. Became identified with bank
ing business, 1905; elected as director Lafay
ette Bank Apr. 5, 1911; president Paragould
Trust Co., Paragould, Ark., since May 1, 1911;
vice president Park Circuit and Realty Co.
since 1910. Catholic. Clubs: Century, Boat,
Liederkranz. Recreations: hunting and fish
ing. Office: Lafayette Bank. Residence: 3641
Flora Boul.
BRINSMADE, Hobart, wholesale millinery;
born, Trumbull, Conn., Nov. 20, 1845; son of
Lewis and Elizabeth (Fairchild) Brinsmade;
graduated from Stratford (Conn.) Academy
and from Eastman Commercial College, Pough-
keepsie, N. Y.; also took special course, under
private tutors, preparatory to degree of civil
engineer; married, Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 3,
1872; children: Robert Bruce, Louis Lyon.
Was principal of large graded schools in Con
necticut for three years previous to 1868; was
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nership with late William B. Hincks, under
style of Brinsmade & Hincks; sold out in
1871, then became connected with the Howe
Machine Co., first as general agent in Western
New York; general western agent, Howe Ma
chine Co., at St. Louis, from 1878 until the
company went out of business in 1885; gen
eral European manager for Wheeler & Wilson
Manufacturing Co., with headquarters in Lon
don, 1885-90; returned to St. Louis, 1891, join
ing wholesale millinery firm of D. H. King &
Co., which became King-Brinsmade & Co., and
in 1895 was incorporated as the King, Brins
made Mercantile Co., of which is president.
Appointed police commissioner April, 1910,
and reappointed April, 1911. Republican.
Was eight years in Connecticut National
Guard, and resigned in 1871 with rank of
captain. Was resident commissioner of Lou
isiana Purchase Exposition for State of Con
necticut. Member Business Men's League;
secretary of Missouri Society of Colonial
Wars, Sons of Revolution. Member Pilgrim
Congregational Church; trustee Missouri Con
gregational Conference; director Y. M. C. A.
Clubs: Mercantile, Republican, Congregational.
Recreations: reading, and has found an agree
able diversion in his duties as police commis
sioner. Office: 1701-1709 Washington Ave.
Residence: 4429 Morgan St.
BRITT, Thomas James, president Britt
Printing & Publishing Co.; born, Hastings,
Sussex, Eng., Jan. 22, 1841; son of Thomas
and Caroline (Earl) Britt; attended school in
England; married, Bloomington, 111., Oct. 22,
1861, Sarah I. Corbett, of Wolverhampton,
Eng.; children: Thomas (died August, 1911),
Mrs. Carrie L. Adams, Paul A., Earl R., Mrs.
Edith Whitehill, Archer O, Joseph O, Bryant
H. Arrived in America, Dec. 31, 1855; learned
printer's trade and worked in Bloomington,
Springfield, Peoria and Chicago; returned to
St. Louis, 1874, and was employed in Repub
lican office, serving for twelve years as assist
ant foreman; was foreman of Post-Dispatch,
1887-94, and of Star, 1896; worked for Mirror,
1896-1903; organized the Britt Printing and
Publishing Co., 1903, of which has since been
president. Mason; Master St. Louis Lodge,
1888, 1889, 1890. Office: 118 N. 3d St. Resi
dence: 1415 Arlington Ave.
BRITTON, Frank Hamilton, railway offi
cial; born, Ovid, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1850; son
Robert and Mary C. (Hamilton) Britton; edu
cated in public schools; married, Ravenna, O.,
March, 1873, Ida F. Freeman; children: Edna
L. (Mrs. N. A. Waldron), Robert F., Roy F.,
Ida, Ada. Began railway service August,
1868; was employed as operator, assistant
train dispatcher and chief train dispatcher on
various lines up to February, 1879; became
master of trains, Louisville & Nashville R. R.,
February, 1879; superintendent of transporta
tion, Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Ry.,

June, 1882; superintendent of transportation,
Baltimore & Ohio R. R., February, 1883; su
perintendent same road, January, 1886; en
gaged in other service, February, 1892, to
June, 1893; superintendent Minnesota & Wis
consin Ry., June, 1893; superintendent Great
Northern Ry., September, 1894; assistant gen
eral superintendent western district, same
road, March, 1898; general superintendent St.
Louis Southwestern Ry., June, 1899; elected
vice president and general manager same
road, Mar. 12, 1900, and president Apr. 22,
1912, also general manager; also president St.
Louis Southwestern Railway Co. of Texas; vice
president and general manager of Paragould
Southwestern Ry. and of Pine Bluff, Arkansas
River Ry.; president Southern Illinois and
Missouri Bridge Co., Stephenville North &
South Texas Ry. Mason (32°), Knight Tem
plar, Shriner. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile,
Noonday. Residence: 3671 Lindell Boul. Of
fice: 112 N. 4th St. (1551 Pierce Bldg.)
BRITTON, Roy Frank, lawyer; born, Cleve
land, O., Mar. 18, 1881; son of Frank Hamil
ton and Ida Frances (Freeman) Britton; edu
cated public schools and University of Michi
gan; LL.B. Law Department, University of
Michigan, 1902, LL.M., 1903; unmarried. Ad
mitted to Michigan bar, Jan. 21, 1902, and to
Missouri bar, January, 1904; engaged in auto
mobile business with brother Robert F. Britton,
as secretary and treasurer A. L. Dyke Auto
mobile Supply Co., the first concern of its
kind in America, 1904-05; began practice of
law, 1905; assistant general attorney St. Louis
Southwestern Railway Co. (Cotton Belt
Route) since 1906. Elected member Missouri
House of Representatives from Second Dis
trict of St. Louis Co., 1910, and served on
Judiciary, Roads and Highways and Clerical
Force committees of the House in Forty-sixth
General Assembly; secured passage of Motor
Vehicle Act, 1907. Republican. Congregation
alism Member American, , Missouri and St.
Louis Bar associations, American Automobile
Association (director), Sons of Revolution.
Mason; member Tuscan Lodge No. 360, A. F.
& A. M.; St. Louis Chapter No. 8, Royal Arch
Masons; Ascalon Commandery, Knights Tem
plar; also member St. Louis Lodge No. 9, B.
P. O. Elks. Secretary and treasurer, 1906-07,
vice president, 1910-11, president, 1911-12, Au
tomobile Club of St. Louis; other clubs: St.
Louis and City. Office: 1527 Pierce Bldg. Res
idence: 3671 Lindell Boul. Country Residence:
Oakland, near Kirkwood, Mo.
BROCK, James Ellison, banker; born, Rich
mond, Ky., July 4, 1862; son of John W. and
Elizabeth J. (Ellison) Brock; attended Tran
sylvania University, Lexington, Ky.; mar
ried, Paris, Ky., Sept. 28, 1896, Elizabeth Dun
can Trundle. Began business life as account
ant in Lexington, Ky.; afterward instructor in
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in St. Louis as cashier of Southwestern dis
tributing office of the New Home Sewing Ma
chine Co., 1883-91; since May, 1891, with Mis
sissippi Valley Trust Co., of which is now
secretary and director; also vice president
Municipal Improvement Investment Co. of St.
Louis. Democrat. Methodist (member of
board of stewards of St. John's Methodist
Episcopal Church, South). Scottish Rite Ma
son (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner. Member
Kentucky Society of St. Louis, Civic League
of St. Louis, Business Men's League of St.
Louis (committee on banks and banking).
Member Hospital Saturday and Sunday Asso
ciation of St. Louis, St. Louis Chapter of
American Institute of Banking, American
Academy of Political and Social Science,
American Economic Association, National
Geographic Society, National Conservation
Association, National Municipal League,
American Society for the Judicial Settlement
of International Disputes, National Citizens'
League for the Promotion of a Sound Banking
System, Academy of Science of St. Louis,
Washington University Association. Recrea
tion: golf. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Bank
ers' (St. Louis), Glen Echo Country (ex-presi
dent, and chairman finance committee). Of
fice: Mississippi Valley Trust Co., 4th and
Pine Sts. Residences: 10 N. Kingshighway
Boul., and Normandy, Mo.
BROCKMAN, F. W., commission; born,
Westphalia, Germany, June 10, 1849; son of
Casper H. and Wilhelmina (Pogenpohl) Brock-
man; educated at St. Peter's German Evan
gelical School, 1859-63; married, St. Louis,
Sept. 16, 1874, Mary E. Cook; children: Lydia
(Mrs. Jean Reutlinger, Little Rock, Ark.),
Lotta (Mrs. Harry Boswell, St. Louis), Elsah
(Mrs. F. L. Merrick, Seattle, Wash.), Irma
(at home). Began business career as clerk
for Peter Smith, dealer in books and station
ery, April, 1863, to August, 1867; bookkeeper
in North St. Louis Savings Association, 1867-
69, and for William Hake & Bros., commission
and provisions, 1869-73. Partner in firm of
Vogelsang & Brockman, commission and pro
visions, 1873-76, and on its dissolution, March,
1876, formed partnership with Fred C. Trauer-
nicht as Brockman & Trauernieht, which was
dissolved December, 1896, and succeeded by
F. W. Brockman Commission Co., of which is
president. Built present business premises,
1901. Also president Elizabeth Investment Co.
President Missouri Poultry and Game Co.;
president for thirty years, Mt. Olive Building
and Loan Association. Member, 1891-95, and
president, 1893-94, St. Louis Board of Educa
tion. President St. Louis Produce Exchange,
1907; St. Louis Butter, Egg and Poultry Ex
change, 1909. Mason; member Elks, Royal
Arcanum, Knights of Honor, Royal League.
Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic. Repub
lican. Congregationalist. Recreation: fishing.

Office: 815-817 N. 4th St. Residence: 3710
N. Grand Ave.
BROCKMANN, Frederick Philip, grain com
mission; 1869-1912; see Vol. 1906.
BROCKMEIER, Frederick C, secretary
Engelke & Feiner Milling Co.; born, St. Louis,
June 11, 1862; son of Christian and Anna
Brockmeier; educated in parochial schools at
St. Louis; married, St. Louis, 1886, Emily
Blickendoerfer; children: Emily, Ella and
Anna. After leaving school, engaged as clerk
with various mercantile houses until 1884,
when became connected with Engelke &
Feiner, proprietors of the Southern Roller
Mills, manufacturers of white corn products,
and upon incorporation of the business in
1895, as the Engelke & Feiner Milling Co.,
was elected to present position as secretary of
the company. Member Merchants' Exchange.
Independent in politics. Office: 816-820 S;
Broadway. Residence: 3705 Market St.
BROD, John Henry, Jr., manager and attor
ney Missouri Red Granite Monument Co.;
born, St. Louis, Apr. 18, 1878; son of John H.
and Rosa (Vogt) Brod; educated in public
schools to fifteen; married, St. Louis, Oct. 23,
1902, Helen Young; one child: Helen. Com
pleted apprenticeship of three years in hard
ware store of William Richardson, 1896; in
charge of commercial department of Perkins
& Herpel Commercial College, 1896-1900; sec
retary and treasurer Heman Construction Co.,
1900-02; became connected with the Schneider
Granite Co., 1902, and is now manager and \
attorney for the firm; admitted to Missouri
bar, February, 1902; organizer and president
Missouri Red Granite Monument Co., May,'
1907, to 1911, when sold out his interests and
has since been manager and attorney for the
company. Republican. Mason, Shriner. Rec
reation: motoring. Office: 2134 De Kalb St.
Residence: 1321 Temple.
BRODERICK, John C; see Vol. 1906.
BRODERICK, John James, wire rope manu
facturer; born, Clare, Ireland, Dec. 29, 1846;
son of Patrick and Ann (Duggan) Broderick;
educated in classical course, St. Louis Univer
sity, A.B., class of 1862; married, St. Louis,
May 8, 1878, Emilie C. Kern; children: John
K. (M.D.), M. Angela (Mrs. Edgar M. Jen
nings), Arthur L. Began business career in
hardware house of Pratt, Fox & Co., later
with the St. Louis Railway Supply Manufac
turing Co. In 1875 started in business for self
as a manufacturer of wire rope and with
partners incorporated the business in 1882 as
the Broderick & Bascom Rope Co., of which is
president. Member Merchants' Exchange.
Office: 809 N. Main St. Residences: Bucking
ham Hotel and Glencoe, Mo.
BROEMMELSIEK, John Frederick, label
printer; born in St. Louis Co., Mo., Jan. 18,
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Broemmelsiek; educated in private schools of
St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Sept. 2, 1881,
Minnie Stein; children: Florence (Mrs. Chas.
H. Buss), Edgar W., Bertha B. Learned print
ing business in office of Central Christian Ad
vocate, continuing 1872-81; then went to work
for E. F. Saylor, druggists ' printer; associated
with J. J. Grauer and bought out Mr. Saylor,
18S6; incorporated business as St. Louis La
bel Works, 1887, and is now president. Re
publican. Protestant. Recreation: fishing. Of
fice: 306 Morgan St. Residence: Jennings, Mo.
BROKAW, Augustus Van Liew, physician;
deceased; see Vol. 1906.
BROKAW, Frederick Van Liew, physician;
deceased; see Vol. 1906.
BROKAW, Linn Roberts, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, July 31, 1879; son of Frederick V. L.
and Anna (Clotilda) Brokaw; graduated Cen
tral High School, St. Louis, 1897; A.B., Prince
ton University, 1901; LL.B., Law Department,
Washington University, 1903; married, St.
Louis, Feb. 3, 1908, Alice C. Gleeson; two
children: Alice G., Marion R. Admitted to
Missouri bar, 1903, and since in practice at
St. Louis; member firm of Ellerbe & Brokaw.
Independent in politics. Presbyterian. Rec
reations: reading, billiards, fishing. Office:
610-614 Times Bldg. Residence: 6154 Wash
ington Ave.
BROLETTI, Alessandro, Royal Italian con
sular agent; born, Bergamo, Italy, Feb. 29,
1864; son of Mauro and Elena (Meloncelli)
Broletti; educated in private and public
schools to 1876; entered Regio Instituto Tec-
nico, Bergamo, Italy, 1876, graduated 1879;
commercial course Santa Maria Hilf College,
Schwitz, Switzerland, 1880, graduating 1883;
unmarried. Appointed secretary Royal Italian
Consulate, Chicago, 1893, serving until 1910
(several times entrusted with regency of the
consulate); by decree of ministry foreign af
fairs, Rome, June 4, 1910 (and obtained from
U. S. Government exequatur issued by De
partment of State, Washington, D. O, July
30, 1910), appointed royal consular agent at
St. Louis, with territorial jurisdiction through
out Missouri and central and southern Illinois.
Catholic. Recreations: music and theatre. Of
fice: 929 N. 7th St.
BROMSCHWIG, Henry, tailors' trimmings;
born, Germany, Aug. 7, 1837; educated in pub
lic schools; married, St. Louis, May 15, 1872,
Marie Sturwald; children: Joseph A., Edward
H. (deceased), Angeline (Mrs. Charles A.
Mueller), Marie (Mrs. Joseph Bockelmann).
Began in tailors' trimming business in St.
Louis as partner in firm of George F. Dieck-
haus & Co., 1875, and in 1883 started business
under firm name of Henry Bromschwig & Co.;
firm name was changed, 1908, to Henry Brom
schwig Tailors' Trimmings Co., of which is
president. Office: 3d floor, 611 N. Broadway.
Residence: 2643 Park Ave.

BRONSGEEST, Henry C, S.J., Catholic
priest; born, The Hague, Netherlands, Apr. 17,
1842; son of Leonard J. O, and Theodora
(Tetteroo) Bronsgeest; educated in Seminary
of Bois le Due, St. Stanislaus Seminary, Flor-
rissant, Mo., and Woodstock College, Mary
land. Entered Society of Jesus, 1868; or
dained to priesthood, 1868; since Sept. 29,
1888, pastor of St. Francis Xavier (College)
Church. Church: Grand Ave. and Lindell Boul.
Residence: 3628 Lindell Boul.
BROOKE, Abraham William, secretary and
auditor American Refrigerator Transit Co.;
born, Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 2, 1855; son
of George and Anne (Homes) Brooke; re
moved to St. Louis, July 3, 1857, and was edu
cated in public schools; married, St. Louis,
Apr. 2, 1877, Lucy Athalie Welles; eight
children: Marie Grace (Mrs. Frank V. Grubs),
Rosa Josephine (Mrs. Wilbur G. Miles), Lucy
Claire (Mrs. F. F. R. Hesse), Agnes Welles,
Constance Griffin (Mrs. J. P. Finkenaur),
Emilie Claire, Georgene Christy, Adrian
Welles. Became connected with the account
ing department Missouri Pacific Ry., 1883;
appointed auditor American Refrigerator
Transit Co., 1889, and has also served as sec
retary same since June 1, 1903. Republican.
Presbyterian. Office: 915 Olive St. Residence:
3016 Shenandoah Ave.
BROOKES, Henry Spence, physician; born,
St. Louis; son of John E. and Julia (Spence)
Brookes; educated in St. Louis grammar and
high schools; graduated from St. Louis College
of Pharmacy, Ph.G., 1882, St. Louis Medical
College, M.D., 1884; married, St. Louis, May
13, 1886, Mary Louise, daughter of T. F. Prew-
itt; children: Theodore Prewitt, Julia, Henry
Spence, Jr., Elizabeth, Katharine, Jean In
gram, Mary Louise. Engaged in general prac
tice of medicine in St. Louis since 1884. Lec
turer in Medical Department of Washington
University. Member St. Louis Medical So
ciety, Missouri State Medical Association,
American Medical Association. Presbyterian.
Office and Residence: Lafayette and Grand
Avenues. BROOKES, Theodore Prewitt, phvsician;
born, St. Louis, Mar. 8, 1887; son of Henry S.
and Mary L. (Prewitt) Brookes; educated St.
Louis public schools and Washington Univer
sity, degree of M.D., 1909; married, Gratiot
Beach, Mich., Sept. 12, 1911, Agnes H. Greene;
one child, Theodore P. In practice in St.
Louis since 1909; interne City Hospital, 1909-
10; resident assistant physician City Female
Hospital, 1910-11; resident physician, same,
1911-12; assistant dispensary physician St.
Louis Hospital Department. Presbyterian.
Member Missouri State Medical Association,
St. Louis Medical Society, Society of City
Hospital Alumni. Recreation: tennis. Office
and Residence: 3557 Lafayette Ave.
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BROOKINGS, Robert Somers, retired; born,
Walnut Hills, Cecil Co., Md., Jan. 22, 1850;
son of Dr. Richard and'Mary (Carter) Brook
ings; educated at West Nottingham Academy,
Maryland, A.M., Yale University, 1899; LL.D.,
University of Missouri, 1903; unmarried.
Came to St. Louis from Maryland, 1867, and
entered employ of Cupples & Marston, as
clerk; admitted as partner in 1870, when firm
name was changed to Samuel Cupples & Co.,
and in 1882, when business was incorporated
as Samuel Cupples Wooden-Ware Co., became
vice president and general manager; retired,
1909. Vice president St. Louis Union Trust
Co. Organized St. Louis Terminal Cupples Sta
tion and Property Co., and carried the con
struction of the depot and warehouse to suc
cessful completion; president board of trustees
of Washington University since November,
1895, and raised the fund necessary to pur
chase 100 acres of land, facing Forest Park,
on which are erected the new college and
scientific school; president St. Louis Choral
Symphony Society, 1882-97; was also one of
founders of St. Louis Music Hall and Exposi
tion Building. Ex-president and director Mer
cantile Library. Member Business Men's
League. Clubs: St. Louis, University, Com
mercial, City, Racquet, Bellerive Country, St.
Louis Country. Office: St. Louis Union Trust
Co. Residence: "Homewood, " St. Louis, Mo.
BROOKMIRE, James H., broker; born, St.
Louis, Oct. 3, 1869; son of James H. and Anna
(Forbes) Brookmire; educated at Stoddard
(public) School, Smith Academy and St. Louis
Manual Training School, graduating 1887;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 23, 1898, Anne Ken-
nard; one son: S. K. Began business career
in 1887, in wholesale grocery firm of Brook
mire & Ranken; member firm of James H.
Brookmire & Co., 1890-93; secretary and later
vice president and general manager of Curtis
& Co., manufacturers of saws, etc., until
March, 1904; St. Louis representative of Tracy
& Co., brokers, of Chicago and New York,
1904-06; since member Simon, Brookmire &
Clifford, members of the New York and St.
Louis stock exchanges and Chicago Board of
Trade. Member Business Men's League, Civic
League. Republican. Methodist. Clubs: St.
Louis, St. Louis Country, Noonday, Racquet,
City. Recreations: outdoor diversions. Office:
4th and Olive Sts. Residence: 4970 Berlin
Avenue. BROOKS, Arlington Rand, wholesale jew
elry merchant; born, St. Louis, Apr. 20, 1867;
son of John Campbell and Elizabeth Frances
(Rand) Brooks; attended school at Lebanon,
111., and St. Louis, Mo.; married, St. Louis,
June 11, 1904, Harriet Alice Brown. Was with
J. C. Brooks, wholesale jewelry, until Sept. 1,
1884, when A. R. and F. C. Brooks succeeded
their father, as Brooks Bros. & Co., until Apr.
1, 1892; withdrew to establish the Brooks

Jewelry Co., which later, June 25, 1898, in
corporated as the Brooks Optical Co. Was its
president until Sept. 11, 1903, when sold in
terest and went into business on own account;
on Jan. 1, 1904, consolidated business with
that of I. Auer Jewelry Co. under style of
Brooks-Auer Jewelry Co., now A. R. Brooks
& Co., wholesale dealers in watches, jewelry
and optical goods. Methodist. Office: Globe-
Democrat Bldg.
BROOKS, James William; see Vol. 1906.
BROOKS, Orphred Henry, Jr., real estate;
see Vol. 1906.
BROWN, Alanson David, president Hamil
ton-Brown Shoe Co.; born, Granville, N. Y.,
Mar. 21, 1847; son David and Malinda O.
Brown; attended district school, Slyborough,
N. Y., and three months at Lamsley's Com
mercial College, Rutland, Vt., 1864; married,
Waltham, Mass., Jan. 17, 1877, Ella" G. Bills;
children: Estella G. (Mrs. W. F. McElroy),
Jennie M. (Mrs. W. D. Collins), Alanson C,
Helene C. (deceased), Vesta R., Ruth. First
work was on father's farm, then in drug and
grocery store, Granville, N. Y., for' a little
over one year. In July, 1866, went to Colum
bus, Miss., to work for uncle, Charles W.
Brown; in three years became partner, and in
two years more sold interest in business for
$13,000; came to St. Louis, 1872, met James
M. Hamilton, and with him established shoe
firm of Hamilton & Brown; in 1875 firm be
came Hamilton, Brown & Co., and in 1883 the
business was incorporated with $400,000 capi
tal, which has been increased from time to
time until present capital is $3,500,000, title
of company being Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co.,
of which is president. Also president Pitch
fork Land and Cattle Co.; director Common
wealth Trust Co. Independent in politics.
Member Business Men 's League, Civic League.
Member and deacon Third Baptist Church;
president Missouri Baptist Sanitarium. Clubs:
Mercantile, Glen Echo Country. Recreations:
golf and motoring. Office: 12th St. and Wash
ington Ave. Residence: 4616 Lindell Boul.
BROWN, Alexander Hanks, stocks and
bonds; born, Sherman, Tex., May 7, 1872; son
of Charles Warren and Mollie (Hanks)
Brown; educated in public schools, and Cap
tain Latellier's private school, Sherman; mar
ried, Arkadelphia, Ark., June 7, 1901, Joan
MaeCallum (now deceased); children: Alex
ander, Jr., Courtney Conrades. Began business
career as a boy in 1886 with the Brown Shoe
Co. of St. Louis, serving through all the de
partments and ten years as traveling salesman
until 1899, when health broke down and went
to Europe for a year. Returned to St. Louis
in fall of 1900, and organized the Brown Bond
and Stock Co., of which has since been presi
dent. Member Merchants' Exchange and St.
Louis Stock Exchange. Republican. Baptist.
Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile. Recreations:

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pool, billiards, golf, horseback riding. Office:
400 N. 4th St. Residence: 4253 W. Pine Boul.
BROWN, Arthur August; see Vol. 1906.
BROWN, Baxter Lamont, civil engineer;
born, Rush, N. Y., June 20, 1864; son of J.
Douglas and Mary Eva (Green) Brown; edu
cated in public schools of Brooklyn, N. Y.;
married, Fredonia, Kan., Feb. 26, 1889, Cora
E. Cowgill; children: Clarence O, Alice M.
and Lee M. (twins), Porter H. Began profes
sional career as axeman and rodman on sur
veys for proposed railroad in Pennsylvania,
1882; rodman Annapolis & Baltimore Short
Line R. R., 1883; rodman and division engi
neer Ohio River & Lake Erie R. R., 1884-85;
division engineer Missouri Pacific R. R., 1886;
assistant engineer and locating engineer Kan
sas City, Wyandotte & Northwestern R. R.,
1890; assistant engineer Sandusky & Colum
bus Short Line Ry., 1891-92; assistant engi
neer Toledo & Ohio Central R. R., 1893; assist
ant engineer Chicago, Faducah & Memphis R.
R., 1894-95; assistant engineer Shelby ville
Southern R. R., 1896; assistant engineer Kan
sas City, Pittsburg & Gulf R. R., 1897; locat
ing engineer St. Louis, Peoria & Northern R.
R., 1898-99; assistant engineer Wabash R. R.,
1899; assistant engineer, and assistant to chief
engineer Missouri Pacific Ry., 1900; chief en
gineer St. Louis Valley Ry., 1901-03; assistant
engineer Missouri Pacific Ry., 1904; from Jan.
1, 1905, in general practice as civil engineer,
making a specialty of railroad construction
and location. Member American Society of
Civil Engineers, Engineers' Club of St. Louis.
Presbyterian. Mason. Recreations: athletics,
baseball. Office: 610 Laclede Bldg. Residence:
4233 Cleveland Ave.
BROWN, Charles Henry, manager premium
department of Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.;
born, California, Mo., Aug. 29, 1870; son of
H. B. and Amanda (Miller) Brown; educated
in public schools of California, Mo., and nor
mal school at Moniteau, Mo.; married, St.
Louis, 1896, Jennie N. Nicholson; children:
Bessie, Harold, Dorothy. Came to St. Louis,
1893, and entered service of Drummond To
bacco Co.; when company sold out to Ameri
can Tobacco Co., became manager of advertis
ing and premium departments of latter organi
zation, now Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co; On
organization, 1902, of the Florodora Tag Co.,
was elected secretary, and in 1905 became vice
president and local manager. Republican.
Active in bible school and church work among
the Christian churches. Recreation : farming.
Office: 206 N. 14th St. Residence: Webster
Groves, Mo.
BROWN, Charles Swing, president Hall &
Brown Wood Working Machine Co.; born,
Brown's Mills, N. J., Nov. 27, 1852; son of
George C. and Harriet (Swing) Brown; edu
cated in public schools; married, Pointville,
N. J., Aug. 24, 1880, Sadie G. Warren; chil

dren: Lillian J. (wife of Dr. C. F. Pfingsten),
Alfred W. Learned trade of machinist with
H. B. Smith Machine Co., Smithville, N. J.,
and continued, 1870-77, leaving as foreman;
came to St. Louis, 1877, with G. O. Hall, and
established firm of Hall & Brown, general
manufacturers of woodworking machinery, in
corporating the business in 1888 as Hall &
Brown Wood Working Machine Co., of which
is president. Also president Broadway Sav
ings Trust Co., Parker Land and Live Stock
Co. Member executive committee Business
Men's League; director Citizens' Industrial
Association; member executive council St.
Louis Manufacturers' and Exporters' Asso
ciation; member Civic League. Member Union
M. E. Church. Mason (32°). Clubs: Mercan
tile, Glen Echo. Recreation: golf. Office: 1913
N. Broadway. Residence:. 2337 St. Louis Ave.
Brown, Daniel Sidney, vice president Pio
neer Cooperage Co.; born, St. Louis, Nov. 15,
1854;' son of William and Mary A. (Cox)
Brown; educated public and high schools of
St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Nov. 19, 1879,
Dora Mather; children: Louella Ray (now
Mrs. Ingram Boyd), George Mather, Sidney
Mather, Marjorie, Dora. Has been identified
with the Pioneer Cooperage Co. (of which his
father was founder) ever since boyhood, and
head of the St. Louis branch of the business
since 1889. Republican. Episcopalian. Office:
2212 DeKalb St. Residence: "Brownhurst,"
Kirkwood, Mo.
BROWN, Eugene Le Vert, retired manufac
turer; born in Jefferson Co., Ala., Jan. 22,
1851; son of John T. and Catherine E. (Green)
Brown; educated in private schools of Elyton,
Ala., and University of Alabama; married,
Tuscaloosa, Ala., July 10, 1883, Annie F.
Greene; one son: Eugene Le Vert Brown, Jr.
Traveling salesman, 1868-83; secretary and
treasurer Mansfield Drug Co., Memphis, 1882-
92; president Southern Paint and Glass Co.,
Atlanta, Ga., 1893-97; president of the D. T.
Weir White Lead Co., 1902-06, since retired.
Methodist. Democrat. Mason, Knight Tem
plar. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Resi
dence: 5545 Cabanne Ave.
BROWN, George Marion, president General
Roofing Manufacturing Co.; born in Audrain
Co., Mo., Sept. 24, 1866; son of James S. and
Nancy (Oliver) Brown; educated in Missouri
public schools and at U. S. Military Academy
at West Point, N. Y., graduating in class of
1890; married, June 16, 1892, Katharine,
daughter of Judge and Mrs. D. D. Fisher of
St. Louis, then resident at Fort Douglas,
Utah; children: Daphne, Fisher. After grad
uation served as officer in U. S. Army, 1890-
93; stationed among the Ute Indians, and at
Fort Douglas, Salt Lake City, Utah, until re
signed, April, 1893. Since 1893 engaged as
manufacturer of roofing materials; now presi
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Manufacturing Co. of East St. Louis, 111.,
manufacturers of asphalt and coal tar prod
ucts, building and roofrhg papers, etc. Director
Union Trust and Savings Co., East St. Louis.
Member Business Men's League, National As
sociation of Manufacturers, Illinois Manufac
turers' Association. Republican. Member Pil
grim Congregational Church. Clubs: Bellerive
Country; also Army and Navy (Washington,
D. C), and Army and Navy, New York. Rec
reations: automobiling, golf. Owns and man
ages the Brown Farm, a noted stock farm in
Audrain Co., near Mexico, Mo. Office: 17th
St. and Southern Ry., East St. Louis. Resi
dence: 3658 W. Pine Boul.
BROWN, George Warren, president The
Brown Shoe Co. and pioneer shoe manufac
turer of St. Louis; born, Granville, N. Y.,
Mar. 21, 1853; son of David and Melinda
(Roblee) Brown; educated in public schools
of Granville, and at Bryant & Stratton Busi
ness College, Troy, N. Y., graduating 1872;
married, St. Louis, Apr. 7, 1885, Bettie Bo-
finger; two children: C. Hanbury Cooke and
Wilbur George. Began active career in St.
Louis as shipping clerk for a wholesale shoe
house, May 1, 1873, and in ten months became
traveling salesman for the firm, gaining a
position as one of its leading men. Was great
ly impressed with the possibilities of St. Louis
as a shoe manufacturing center and being un
able to induce his employers to attempt manu
facturing, decided to enter the field on his
own account. Accordingly he resigned a lucra
tive position in November, 1878, and organ
ized the first successful wholesale shoe manu
facturing house of St. Louis under the name
of the Bryan-Brown Shoe Co., now The Brown
Shoe Co., of which has been the head from the
time of organization. (The success of this pio
neer concern caused others to follow, and St.
Louis in comparatively a short time became
the greatest shoe market [selling exclusively
to retail dealers] in the United States.) Has
been actively identified with many enterprises
for the advancement of St. Louis and has
served as director of Third National Bank;
member executive committee Business Men's
League; president Y. M. C. A.; director Provi
dent Association and Methodist Deaconess'
Association, etc. Independent Republican.
Methodist. Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis Coun
try, Noonday, Mercantile. Office: The Brown
Shoe Co. Residence: 40 Portland Place.
BROWN, George Wyckoff, commercial teach
ing; born, Fairview, Fulton Co., 111., Jan. 29,
1845; son of Isaac and Ruth (Stout) Brown,
both natives of New Jersey, the former born
in 1794 and the latter in 1798; educated in
public schools of Fulton Co., 111.; Canton (111.)
High School; Eastman's Business College,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., graduating, 1866; mar
ried, Jacksonville, 111., Jan. 2, 1872, Evelyn
Hall Fairbank; three daughters: Mrs. Mabel

Brown Waddell, of Jacksonville, Clara W., of
Weaverville, N. O, and Mrs. Helen Brown
Read, of Chemnitz, Germany. Teacher and
principal, Jacksonville, 111., 1867-88; now
president Brown 's Business Colleges, consist
ing of twenty-nine schools. Also owner of a
corn farm in Morgan Co., 111. Republican.
Congregationalist. Member N. E. A., Business
Educators' Association (president, 1889), Fed
eration of Commercial Teachers. Author and
publisher of a number of texts on subjects of
accounting, calculations, penmanship, etc. Rec
reation: fishing on East Coast of Florida. Of
fice: 8th and Pine Sts. Residences: Marquette
Hotel, St. Louis, and Jacksonville, 111.
BROWN, Isaac Newton, secretary Brown
Machinery Co.; born, St. Louis, July 24, 1873;
son of David Newton and Margaret (McCor-
mick) Brown; educated in public schools and
Haight's Military Academy; married, St.
Louis, July 24, 1894, Josephine Carson; chil
dren: Helen, Mildred, David N, Henry O,
Cathrine. Began business career in minor posi
tions with the David N. Brown Machinery Co.
(established by father, 1877), advancing in
the business; manager St. Louis branch of the
Erie Engine Works, Erie, Pa., 1895-1900; in
1900 reorganized the business of the David N.
Brown Machinery Co., of which is secretary.
Congregationalist. Mason. Club: Century Boat.
Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office: 908
N. Market St. Residence: 6649 Marquette
Avenue. BROWN, J. Bachman, vice president of
Roth-Homeyer Coffee Co.; born, Lancaster
Court House, S. O, Mar. 8, 1863; son of
George H. and Ellen L. (Murray) Brown;
educated in public schools of Atlanta, Ga.;
married, Cartersville, Ga., Feb. 17, 1882, Julia
G. Francis; children: Harry F., Leila D., Julia
Alberta, Hayward. Began business career as
clerk for father in china and glassware busi
ness, Atlanta, for six years; came to St. Louis
in 1884 and was for one year with J. Wagoner,
in pickle business; with Steinwender & Stoff-
regen Coffee Co., as salesman, 1886-99; in 1899
joined in organizing the Roth-Homeyer Coffee
Co., importers of coffees, teas and spices, cof
fee roasters and spice grinders, of which is
vice president. Also president Maple Build
ing Co. Democrat. Mason. Member and stew
ard Cabanne Avenue M. E. Church. Recrea
tions: fishing and hunting. Office: 601 N.
Main St. Residence: Hamilton Hotel.
BROWN, Nahum Thompson, general agent
American Express Co.; born in Otsego Co.,
N. Y., May, 1846; son of Sanford and Mary A.
(Holbrook) Brown; educated in public and
private schools of Otsego Co., N. Y.; married,
July, 1868, Clara A. Butler; married, 2d, Eagle
Grove, la., August, 1901, Mary E. Correll; one
daughter: Ethel L. After leaving school
taught for nineteen years, beginning at eight
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seven years at Cherry Valley, N. Y., and coun
ty commissioner of schools for Otsego Co.,
N. Y., 1872-75; later taught graded school at
Huron, S. D., until the fall of 1884; started as
messenger with American Express Co. on Chi
cago & North-Western Ry., and became agent
in Fargo, N. D., and Duluth, Minn., then gen
eral state agent for Montana, afterward gen
eral agent at Minneapolis, Minn., and at New
Orleans, La.; thence to St. Louis as assistant
superintendent, afterward general agent at
Pittsburgh and at Cleveland, and since May,
1904, general agent at St. Louis. Republican.
Episcopalian. Member New England Society,
Provident Association. Mason. Club: Mercan
tile. Favorite recreation: driving. Office: 9th
and Locust Sts. Residence: 4354 Maryland
Avenue. BROWN, Nathaniel Smith, lawyer; born,
Barry, 111., Aug. 28, 1872; son of James C. and
Mary Sophia (Smith) Brown; educated in
public schools, Barry, 111., Central College,
Danville, Ind., A.B., 1898; Missouri State Uni
versity, LL.B., 1901; married, St. Louis, Oct.
7, 1905, Nora B. Gentry. Admitted to bar in
1901, and since engaged in practice of law in
St. Louis. Assistant counsel Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition Co., 1901-06; assistant attor
ney Wabash Railroad Co., 1907. Member of
St. Louis and Missouri State Bar associations,
Law Library Association. Republican. Office:
1110 Title Guaranty Bldg. Residence: 6224
Washington Ave.
BROWN, Orville Harry, physician; born,
Sabetha, Kan., July 18, 1875; son of Edward
Matthew and Sarah Katherine (Hull) Brown;
graduated Sabetha High School, 1892 ; student
Brown's Business College, Kansas City, Mo.,
1895; Ottawa University, 1897-99; University
of Kansas, 1899-1902, A.B., 1901; University
of Chicago and Rush Medical College, 1902-04,
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1905; St. Louis
University Medical School, 1904-05, M.D.,
1905; graduate work, Marine Biological Lab
oratory, Woods Hole, Mass., summers of 1902
and 1905; medical work, Vienna and London,
1906; married, Litchfield, 111., Oct. 16, 1903,
Margaret Paisley; one daughter: Paisley.
After graduating from University of Kansas
was retained as assistant in physiology, 1901-
02; went to University of Chicago fall of 1892
as fellow in physiology and was promoted to
assistant in physiology, 1903; in fall of 1904
was called to St. Louis University as assistant
professor of pharmacology; practiced in St.
Louis, 1906, 1907; physician-in-chief Missouri
State Sanatorium, 1907-09, and in 1908 was
also made superintendent of that institution;
returned to St. Louis, December, 1909; now
assistant professor medicine, St. Louis Univer
sity; visiting physician, St. Louis City Hos
pital and City Sanatorium. Independent Dem
ocrat. Baptist. First lieutenant, Medical Re
serve corps, U. S. A. Member American Med

ical Association, Missouri State Medical Asso
ciation, St. Louis Medical Society, St. Louis
Biological Society, American Association Bio
logical Chemists, Anti- Tuberculosis societies,
etc. Member Alpha Tau Omega, Alpha Kappa
Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha college
fraternities. Joint editor Laboratory Manual
of Physiology. Extensive contributor on med
ical subjects. Office: Humboldt Bldg., Grand
Ave. and Washington St. Residence: 3811
Westminster Place.
BROWN, Orville Leroy, retired; born, Co
lumbus, Miss., Feb. 16, 1861; son of Charles
Warren and Henrietta (Fenet) Brown; edu
cated in free school, Sherman, Tex.; married,
Galveston, Tex., Aug. 16, 1886, Sue Dee Grain
ger; two sons: Charles Conrad, Alanson David.
Began active career on cow ranch in Texas,
1875; cash boy for Schneider Bros., Sherman,
Tex., 1878-80; stock clerk and salesman Ham
ilton-Brown Shoe Co., St. Louis, 1880-1901;
sales manager for the Brown Shoe Co., 1901-
06; vice president Grand Avenue Bank, 1907-
09; retired from active business 1910; stock
holder Brown Shoe Co. and several St. Louis
banks. Democrat. Baptist. Member Masonic
Order. Clubs: Mercantile, Masonic. Recrea
tions: fishing and hunting. Office: 400 N. 4th
St. Residence: 5806 Clemens Ave.
BROWN, Paul; born, El Dorado, Ark., Aug.
20, 1848; son of Warner and Martha Ann
(Spain) Brown; educated Missouri public
schools and Warrenton College; married
twice; children: Julia (Mrs. George A. Rad
ford), Zelma (deceased), Georgie (Mrs. James
Unruh), Robert, Nellie (Mrs.. Albert Keller),
and Paul. Was engaged in business as tobac
conist in St. Louis for over thirty years; now
member of Paul Brown & Co., stock brokers.
First vice president Mercantile Trust Co.; di
rector Mercantile National Bank, Mechanics-
American National Bank; president Conejo-
Colorado Mining Co., Missouri Valley Mercan
tile Co., Marshall, Mo. Member St. John's
Methodist Church. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday.
Recreations: farming (raising saddle horses),
horseback-riding. Office: Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 10 Washington Terrace.
*BROWN, Paul, Jr., broker; moved to Cali
fornia; see Vol. 1906.
BROWN, Paul Winthrop, editor-in-charge
the Republic; born, Peru, Ind., 1870; son of
Henry L. and Mary Osborne (Ballantine)
Brown; privately educated, receiving six
weeks of school training since age of thirteen;
married, Lyons, Kan., Aug. 14, 1894, Alma
Johnston; children: Hugh F., aged seventeen,
and Neil W., aged sixteen. Ordained to Pres
byterian ministry, 1892; editorial contributor
to Kansas City Journal while assistant pastor
(under Rev. Dr. Henry Hopkins) of First Con
gregational Church, Kansas City, 1898-99; re
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Church of Moline, 111., to become special cor
respondent on waterways, Chicago Record-
Herald, Jan. 1, 1909; became editorial writer
St. Louis Republic, Mar. 17, 1909; editor-in-
charge since May 5, 1912. Democrat. Member
First Presbyterian Church. Clubs: City, Pub
lic Question, Artists' Guild. Recreations: row
ing, riding, mountain climbing. Office: The
Republic. Residence: 4414 Delmar Boul.
BROWN, William Grayson, sales manager;
born, Morris, 111., Nov. 5, 1869; son of John
and Ann Brown; educated in public and high
schools of Morris; unmarried. Began business
career in general agent's office, in Chicago, of
Cotton Belt Railway Co. ; removed to St. Louis
two years later, and was three years in office
of general traffic manager, same road; then
two years with the First National Bank of
Little Rock, Ark.; started in the electrical con
struction and supply business, and was vice
president Ewing-Merkle Electric Co., 1903-08,
since general sales manager Continuous Frog
and Crossing Co. Episcopalian. Mason. Club:
Missouri Athletic. Office: 1408 Syndicate
Trust Bldg. Residence: 4012 McPherson Ave.
BROWNING, Lawrence Aaron, president
Western Anthracite Coal and Coke Co.; born,
Benton, 111., June 5, 1862; son of William
Riley and Lydia (Dry) Browning; educated
Ewing College, 111.; married, Marion, 111., Feb.
17, 1887, Luella Bainbridge. Began as clerk
in general store at Benton, 111., 1877; became
traveling salesman for Dodd, Brown & Co.,
wholesale dry goods, St. Louis, 1882 ; with Ely
& Walker Dry Goods Co. as general salesman
and director, until 1904; vice president West
ern Anthracite Coal and Coke Co., St. Louis
& O 'Fallon Railway Co., St. Louis & O 'Fallon
Coke Co., 1904-08, and since president of the
three companies named; also vice president
Central National Bank since its organization,
1907. Democrat. Baptist. Member St. Louis
Coal Traffic Bureau, Business Men's League.
Clubs: Mercantile, Bankers', St. Louis Traffic.
Recreation: European travel. Office: 316' Cen
tral National Bank Bldg. Residence: 4358 W.
Pine Boul.
BROWNLEE, William Addison, president
Wilson Coal Co.; born, Benton, Franklin Co.,
111., Sept. 25, 1877; son of Addison M. and
Mary I. (Cantrell) Brownlee; educated in pub
lic schools at Benton; married, Pinckneyville,
111., Jan. 9, 1901, Viva M. Campbell. Was em
ployed in office of Benton Standard until six
teen years old; then in law office and after
ward in the office of the chief grain inspector
of Illinois, at Chicago; cashier of bank of
Murphy, Wall & Co. from Aug. 1, 1899., to
Aug. 1, 1905, when became secretary and
treasurer of the Bessemer Washed Coal Co.;
continued until Jan. 1, 1909, when organized
the Wilson Coal Co., of which is president.
Member of Order of Kokoal. Methodist. Fa
vorite recreations: baseball and motoring. Of

fice: 1407 Syndicate Trust Bldg. Residence:
4220 Maryland Ave.
BROWNRIGG, Richard Thomas, lawyer;
born, Columbus, Miss., Aug. 23, 1865; son of
John and Elizabeth (Yerger) Brownrigg; grad
uated from University of the South, Sewanee,
Tenn., B.S., 1886; married, New York, Nov. 2,
1901, Miss Helen Reilly; one son: John. Ad
mitted to bar in 1887, and since continuously
engaged in practice of law; since Jan. 1, 1904,
with William Mason, in firm of Brownrigg &
Mason. Member Missouri State and St. Louis
Bar associations, St. Louis Law Library Asso
ciation, Kappa Sigma fraternity. Club: Mer
cantile. Office: 1225, 705 Olive St. Residence:
6254 Washington Ave.
BRUECKMANN, George, cooperage; 1850-
1910; see Vol. 1906.
BRUECKMANN, John George, president
Brueckmann Cooperage Co.; born, St. Louis,
June 18, 1876; son of George and Elizabeth
(Rohr) Brueckmann; educated in Lafayette
(public) School to twelve, Toensfeldt Educa
tional Institute to fifteen, graduating, 1892;
unmarried. Began active career, 1892, as of
fice boy with Picker & Beardsley, advancing
as shipping clerk, cashier and confidential
man, to 1906, then became connected with fa
ther in cooperage business, incorporated as
the Brueckmann Cooperage Co., 1906; presi
dent of company since death of father,
1910. Republican. Protestant. Member Royai
League, Royal Arcanum, Knights and Ladies
of Honor, B. P. O. Elks. Member Missouri
Manufacturing Association. Clubs: Missouri
Athletic, Century Boat, Liederkranz, Amphion
(director). Recreation: singing. Office: 2700
Bismarck St. Residence: 3322 S. 9th St.
BRUEGGEMAN, George Frederick Arthur,
architect; born, St. Louis, May 8, 1873; son
of George H. and Fredericka (Woerheide)
Brueggeman; educated grammar and high
schools, St. Louis; Ithaca High School, Ithaca,
N. Y. ; B.S. in architecture, Cornell Univer
sity, 1895; married, St. Louis, Dec. 9, 1905,
Lillie Frances Mitchell. In practice in St.
Louis since 1895; was connected with follow
ing firms before practicing independently:
Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, Mauran, Russell &
Garden, William B. Ittner, and Eames &
Young. Member American Institute of Archi
tects, St. Louis Architectural Club, Beta Theta
Pi, Alpha Zeta. Republican. Was captain Na
tional Guard of Missouri, 1897; served in
Spanish-American War as captain Co. A, 1st
Missouri Volunteer Infantry. Clubs: Missouri
Athletic, St. Louis Amateur Athletic Associa
tion. Recreation: athletic sports.' Office: Third
National Bank Bldg. Residence: 727 Claren
don Ave.
BRUMAGER, Joel Edward; see Vol. 1906.
BRUNAUGH, James, manager Diamond
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1832; son of William and Elizabeth (Young)
Brunaugh; educated in country district
schools; married, Mt. Pleasant, la., 1855, Sarah
E. Brazelton; children: William (deceased),
Samuel, James F. Went from Ohio to Mt.
Pleasant, la., 1853; held position in bank a
short time, then operated a line of warehouses
at the terminals of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy R. R.; enlisted in 6th Iowa Volun
teer Infantry, May, 1861, was appointed regi
mental quartermaster; resigned before close
of war on account of ill health. Removed from
Iowa to St. Louis, 1864; engaged in manufac
ture of matches in St. Louis, 1865, and con
tinued in the business until the Diamond
Match Co. purchased factories at St. Louis
and other points in 1881; has since been man
ager of the Diamond Match Co. Club,: Mis
souri Athletic. Recreation: athletics. Office:
732 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 3634 Castleman
Avenue. BRUNER, John A., general insurance; born,
Alton, 111., May 19, 1861; son of William
Henry and Nancy Ewing (Smith) Bruner;
educated in public schools of Alton; married,
St. Louis, Feb. 4, 1883, Tennie Martini. Be
gan business career as clerk for Deere, Man-
sur & Co., St. Louis, 1876-78; clerk with L. M.
Rumsey Manufacturing Co., 1879-83; buyer
Bridge-Beach Manufacturing Co., 1883-88;
buyer St. Louis Stamping Co., 1889-94; in
general insurance business for self, 1895-1910;
one of the organizers and first vice president
Chas. L. Crane Agency Co., general insurance,
since April, 1910. Member Knights of Pythias,
Royal Arcanum. Republican. Presbyterian.
Club: Missouri Athletic. Recreation: automo-
biling. Office: 1301 Pierce Bldg. Residence:
5976 Julian Ave.
BRUNER, Preston Martin, president P. M.
Bruner Granitoid Col; born in Lehigh Co., Pa.,
July 6, 1845; son of Peter and Juliana (Mohr)
Bruner; educated in public schools and at
Brown University; five children: Robert W.,
Preston M., Jr., Edwin E., Daniel E., Katha
rine Isabel. Studied metallurgy in Europe;
employed by Cambria Iron Co., Johnstown,
Pa., 1870-72, then in Bessemer mills at Joliet,
111., 1872-76; with Vulcan Iron Works, St.
Louis, 1876-78; in 1878 started on small scale
in concrete and granitoid construction work,
and incorporated business, Feb. 26, 1892, as
P. M. Bruner Granitoid Co., of which is presi
dent. Member St. Louis Association of Engi
neering Societies, Civic League. Recreation:
philanthropy. Office: 531-532 Frisco Bldg. Resi
dence: 5143 Maple Ave.
BRUSH, Samuel T.; see Vol. 1906.
BRY, Nathan, president Bry & Bro. Cloak
Co., manufacturers of cloaks, suits and skirts;
born, Rawitsch, Germany, Nov. 24, 1854; son
of Moses E. and Rosa (Rothstein) Bry; edu
cated in Realschule (high school), Rawitsch;

married, St. Louis, 1890, Julia Singer; three
children: M. Erwin, Rosalind and Henry.
Came to America, 1871; began business in
Camden, Ark., 1872, as Bry & Bro., which in
1904 was changed to Bry & Bro. Dry Goods
Co. and continued until 1911, when sold out;
commenced in St. Louis, under firm name of
Bry & Singer, 1893, manufacturing cloaks,
etc.; sold out interest in this concern, 1897,
and entered same line, 1898, under title of
Bry & Bro. Cloak Co. (brother, Louis Bry, who
is now living in New York, has been a partner
since 1876.) President Bry & Bro. Cloak Co.,
Bry-Block Mercantile Co., of Memphis, Tenn.,
Premium Realty & Investment Co.; vice presi
dent Lauran Realty Co.; director Mid-City
Realty Co. Independent in politics. Jewish
religion. Vice president Home for Aged and
Infirm Israelites; director and treasurer Jew
ish Hospital. Member Business Men's League,
Civie League. Mason. Clubs: Mercantile,
Westward Country. Recreation: golf. Office:
10th and Lucas Ave. Residence: 46 Washing
ton Terrace.
BRYAN, P. Taylor, lawyer; born, St. Louis,
Oct. 30, 1861; son of Francis T. and Edmonia
(Taylor) Bryan; educated at Washington Uni
versity, St. Louis; Princeton University, grad
uating A.B., 1882; St. Louis Law School,
LL.B., 1884; married, Montgomery City, Mo.,
June 26, 1889, Katherine Clark; children, P.
Taylor, Jr., Henry O, George F., Francis T.,
and Edmonia T. Admitted to bar, 1884, and
since in general practice at St. Louis; mem
ber of firm of Bryan, Richards & Rozier, 1896-
1900, Bryan & Christie, 1900-10, since Stewart,
Bryan & Williams. Member American, Mis
souri State and St. Louis Bar associations.
Democrat. Episcopalian. Clubs: St. Louis,
Mercantile, Noonday, Bellerive Country. Of
fice: Pierce Bldg. Residence: 4346 McPher-
son Avenue.
BRYAN, W(illiam) Christy, lawyer; born,
St. Louis, Apr. 6, 1868; son of Francis T. and
Edmonia (Taylor) Bryan; educated in public
schools, Smith Academy, Racine College,
Princeton University, A.B., 1891; St. Louis
Law School, LL.B., 1894; married, St. Louis,
June 3, 1896, Mary Walker White; one son:
William Christy, Jr. Admitted to bar in 1893,
and since engaged in general practice. Demo
cratic nominee for judge of the Circuit Court,
1904. Member St. Louis and Missouri State
Bar associations, Law Library Association.
Member of board of managers of St. Louis
Industrial School. Democrat. Episcopalian.
Clubs: City, Bellerive Country. Favorite rec
reations: literature, music and outdoor athletic
sports. Office: 1651 Pierce Bldg. Residence:
3689 W. Pine Boul.
BRYAN, William Henry, mechanical and
electrical engineer, deceased; see Vol. 1906.
BRYAN, William James Samuel, assistant
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Mar. 12, 1853; son of William and Martha
Elizabeth (How) Bryan; educated in Central
High School, St. Louis, graduating 1869, and
Washington University, graduating B.A., 1873,
M.A., 1905; twice married; children: Dr. Wm.
M. O, Grace, Howard. Began as teacher Cen
tral High School, May, 1873, became assistant
principal, March, 1886, vice principal, August,
1893, principal, November, 1905; now assistant
superintendent. Member Missouri State Teach
ers ' Association, St. Louis Society of Peda
gogy, National Society for the Scientific Study
of Education, National Educational Associa
tion, North Central Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools, Washington Univer
sity Association. Member Civic League. Club:
City. Recreation: literature, along classical
and scientifical lines. Office: Board of Educa
tion Bldg. Residence: 6102 Waterman Ave.
BRYAN, William Morgan Case, physician;
born, St. Louis, Nov. 24, 1875; son of William
J. S. and Nethie A. (Case) Bryan; A. B.,
Washington University, 1897; M.S., Univer
sity of Michigan, 1898; M.D., Johns Hopkins
University, 1892; interne German Hospital,
Philadelphia, twenty-seven months; married,
Quincy, 111., June 24, 1908, Helen L. Kimlin.
In practice in St. Louis since 1905; instructor
ear, nose and throat diseases, Medical Depart
ment, St. Louis University; oto-laryngologist
Mt. St. Rose Hospital and Alexian Brothers
Hospital. Member American and Missouri
State Medical associations, St. Louis Medical
Society, American Academy of Ophthalmol
ogy and Oto-Laryngology; lieutenant Medical
Reserve Corps, U. S. Army. Republican. Pres
byterian. Member Civic League, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon. Mason. Recreation: outdoor sports.
Office: 306, 508 N. Grand Ave. Residence:
4163 Delmar Boul.
BRYANT, Augustus Hager, glass manufac
turer and importer; born, Bloomington, Ind.,
Mar. 28, 1870; son of James R. and Helen M.
(Riley) Bryant; educated in Stoddard (pub
lic) School and High School, St. Louis; mar
ried, Philadelphia, Oct. 1, 1904, Mary Ford
Pilling; children: James Ray, Augustus Hager,
Jr., Mary P., Helen M. Began business career
in employ of Simmons Hardware Co., Nov. 2,
1884, remaining with that company in vari
ous capacities until October, 1897, when be
came connected with firm of Featherstone &
Co., bicycle manufacturers, Chicago; sales
manager, 1900-01, for American Bicycle Co.,
controlling all large bicycle factories in Amer
ica; purchased interest, 1901, in Missouri Glass
Co., of which was vice president and general
manager until 1910, at which time became
president of company; also president of Bry
ant, Gore & Bowman Co., a $300,000 corpora
tion, distributors of foreign specialties and
druggists ' sundries. Democrat. Episcopalian.
Member Business Men's League, Interstate
Merchants' Association. Club: Noonday. Rec

reations: athletics, fishing and hunting. Office:
1723 Locust St. Residence: 6341 Washington
Boulevard. BRYANT, William McKendree, instructor
psychology, etc., in St. Louis Normal and
High School to 1912; born in Lake Co., Ind.,
Mar. 31, 1843; son of Eliphalet W. and Esther
Eliza Bryant; graduated Ohio Wesleyan Uni
versity, 1868 (A.M., Ohio Wesleyan; LL.D.,
University of Missouri) ; married, 1867, Sarah
Augusta Shade, of Columbus, O.; one son:
Maxmueller. Private 3d Iowa Infantry, April
1861, to September, 1862; then adjutant 34th
Iowa Volunteers until November, 1864 (spe
cial honorable mention in the official history;
assistant adjutant general brigade during last
months of service). Superintendent schools,
New Lisbon, O., 1868-69, Burlington, la., 1870-
73; then teacher in St. Louis city schools and
lecturer St. Louis Kindergarten Normal. Au
thor: Hegel's Philosophy of Art; Philosophy
of Landscape Painting; The World-Energy
and Its Self -Conservation; A Syllabus of Eth
ics; Hegel's Educational Ideas; Life, Death
and Immortality; also numerous monographs
and magazine articles on psychology, ethical
and pedagogical subjects. Address: Webster
Groves, Mo.
BRYARS, Robert, vice president and treas
urer Huttig Sash and Door Co.; born, Dungan-
non, County Tyrone, Ireland, June 1, 1854;
son of James and Mary (Ritchie) Bryars;
educated in national school of birthplace;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 17, 1888, Catherine
Huttig; children: Mildred Margaret, Helen
Beatrice, Roberta Catherine. From 1880 to
1885 was traveling salesman for Gray & Hole-
kamp and R. A. Holekamp, who were suc
ceeded by Huttig Sash and Door Co., for
whom continued to travel for about one and
one-half years; manager Huttig Bros. Manu
facturing Co., St. Joseph, Mo., 1888-90; then
assistant manager Western Sash and Door Co.,
Kansas City; returned to Huttig Sash and
Door Co., St. Louis, of which was secretary
several years, and is now vice-president and
treasurer. Democrat. Presbyterian. Recrea
tion: horses and driving. Office: 1206 S. Van-
deventer Ave. Residence: 5024 Raymond Ave.
BRYSON, James Harper; see Vol. 1906.
BRYSON, Joseph Montgomery, general
counsel Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Co.; born, Pittsburgh, Pa., Mar. 26, 1867; son
of John Campbell and Nancy (Chambers)
Bryson; attended public and high schools at
Warrensburg, Mo., and later the State Nor
mal School at same place, graduating, 1887,
with degree of B.S.D.; married, St. Louis, Oct.
17, 1894, Mazie Barret Finney; children:
Chambers Fulton, Mary Finney, Alice Dalton.
Entered law offices of Warner, Dean & Hager-
man, Kansas City, Mo., 1887, and studied law
under immediate tutelage of James Hager-
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ever since engaged in practice; now general
counsel Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.
Member of St. Louis, Missouri State and
American Bar associations. Republican. Pres
byterian. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Ath
letic, Automobile. Office: Wainwright Bldg.
Residence: 5570 Chamberlain Ave.
BUCHANAN, James Edward, manager Mis
souri Athletic Club; born, Chicago, Dee. 4,
1869; son of Joseph O. and Jennie Buchanan;
educated in Chicago public schools; married,
Chicago, June 21, 1908, Louise Darnall. Pre
vious to 1908 engaged in railroad service;
manager Missouri Athletic Club since Oct. 1,
1908. Independent in polities. Mason, Knight
Templar, Shriner. Address: Missouri Athletic
Club. BUCHANAN, William John, wholesale gro
cer; born, Gosport, Ind., Apr. 6, 1872; son of
Henry M. and Hannah T. (Foreman) Buch
anan; educated in public schools of Indiana
and Illinois; married, St. Louis, Aug. 7, 1894,
Helen G. Whitman. Began as clerk in retail
grocery at Morrisonville, 111., continuing until
nearly of age; then came to St. Louis and was
with Adam Roth Grocery Co., later with Ben
jamin W. Clark Grocer Co., until 1905; presi
dent of the Krekeler Grocer Co. for several
years, now president Buchanan Grocer Co.
Office: 510 N. Main St. Residence: 3653 De
Tonty St.
BUCK, John, planing mill business; born,
Holstein, Germany, Oct. 2, 1840; son of John
and Kate Buck; educated in public schools of
Germany; married, St. Louis, 1881, Fredericke
Niehaus; children: Bertha, Albert, Eugene.
Learned carpenter's trade in Germany, and in
1868 came from that country direct to St.
Louis, where followed trade first as journey
man and then for self; joined in organization,
1875, of the Mechanics ' Planing Mill Co., and
in 1877 was elected treasurer and a director
of the company. Member North St. Louis
Turn- Verein. Office: 3742 N. Broadway. Resi
dence: 3506 Sullivan Ave.
BUCK, Ralph Sellew, stone manufacturer;
1860-1910; see Vol. 1906.
BUCKLEY, William Jay; see Vol. 1906.
BUCKWALTER, John Cassel; see Vol. 1906.
BUDER, Edward, treasurer Mercantile
Trust Co.; born, St. Louis, Dec. 27, 1863; son
of Anton and Appolonia (Schmidt) Buder;
educated in public schools to fourteen; mar
ried, Sept. 17, 1910, Lulu F. Hammond, of St.
Louis. Began active career in law office of
Finkelnburg & Rassieur, continuing two years;
after spending a year in a mercantile house
became connected with the Mechanics' Bank
(later the Mechanics' National Bank); as
sisted, 1902, in organizing the American Cen
tral Trust Co., of which was secretary and
treasurer until 1904, when the company was
absorbed by the Mercantile Trust Co.; was

made assistant treasurer latter organization
and has served as treasurer since 1907; also
cashier Mercantile National Bank since its
organization in December, 1908; director Mer
cantile Trust Co. Member St. Louis Real Estate
Exchange. Republican. Clubs: Mercantile, Cen
tury Boat, Bankers', Lemp Hunting and Fish
ing (president). Recreations: fishing and hunt
ing. Office: 8th and Locust Sts. Residence:
5337 Delmar Boul.
BUDER, Eugene, lawyer; born, St. Louis,
Sept. 9, 1871; son of Anton and Appolonia
(Schmidt) Buder; educated in St. Louis gram
mar schools until 1887; graduated St. Louis
High School, January, 1891; LL.B., St. Louis
Law School, 1898; unmarried. Began active
career, 1891, as bookkeeper for F. W. Feuer-
bacher & Co., maltsters, and continued 1891-
92; bookkeeper for H. P. Philper & Co., re
frigerating machinery, 1892-95; occupied a
similar position with the Balmer & Weber
Music House, 1895-99; in general practice of
law in St. Louis since 1899. Democrat. Rec
reations: golf and tennis. Office: 508 New
Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 3321
Shenandoah Ave.
BUDGETT, Sidney Payne, educator, physi
ologist; see Vol. 1906.
BUDKE, Conrad, advertising agent; born,
St. Louis, Jan. 23, 1859; son of Gerhard and
Hannah (Caldemeier) Budke; educated at
Kopf's private school, 1865-72; Clay public
school during 1872; married, St. Louis, June
17, 1880, Carrie Vette; children: Conrad, Jr.,
and Louis. Started in newspaper advertising
business (1872) at age of twelve with Sheffield
& Stone, firm failing, 1873; was employed by
receiver until business was wound up late in
1873. Sheffield started new agency under
name of St. Louis Advertising and Publishing
Co., and was employed by hyn late in 1873
and until his second failure in 1876. Entered
employ, 1876, of Rowell & Chesman (estab
lished 1874 as advertising agents), taking to
them Sheffield's unfinished contracts; firm of
Rowell & Chesman, changed to Nelson Ches
man & Co., in 1879, of which became secretary
on incorporation of the business in 1888, later
vice president; now president and treasurer,
company being extensive newspaper and maga
zine advertising agents. Member St. Louis
Advertising Men 's League ; trustee University
Heights, Mo. Member Y. M. C. A. Republican.
Presbyterian. Mason (Tuscan Lodge, St. Louis
Chapter, St. Aldemar Commandery, Moolah
Temple). Clubs: Mercantile (director), Mis
souri Athletic, Arcadia. Office: 1127-29 Pine
St. Residence: 7 Princeton Ave., University
Heights, Mo.
*BUEL, James William, author; moved to
Los Angeles, Cal.; see Vol 1906.
BUETTNER, Julius Henry, house furnish
ing; born, St. Louis, June 23, 1874; son of
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graduated from Red Bud, 111., public schools,
1889; from Christian Brothers College, St.
Louis, as Master of Accounts, 1891; married,
Belleville, 111., Oct. ?, 1897, Matilda Mohr;
children: Marguerite Marie, Carl Theodore. Be
gan as office boy with Excelsior Brewery, St.
Louis, remaining two years and advancing to
bookkeeper; then cashier Columbia Brewery,
and later in wholesale drug business with
Moffitt-West Drug Co.; credit man with St.
Louis House Furnishing Co., 1901-03; organ
ized, Feb. 8, 1903, the Union House Furnish
ing Co., of which was president until 1909,
when firm name was changed to J. H. Buett-
ner Furniture and Carpet Co., of which is
president. Independent in politics. Member
Evangelical Church. Club: Missouri Athletic.
Member Masonic Fraternity, Knights of Pyth
ias, Odd Fellows, Royal League. Office: 7th
and Washington Sts. Residence: American
Hotel. BUFF, Jacob, Swiss consul; 1829-1911; see
Vol. 1906.
BUHMAN, Rudolph, physician; born, St.
Joseph, Mo., Aug. 3, 1872; educated in public
schools of St. Joseph, Mo.; M.D., Medical De
partment, St. Louis University, 1894; unmar
ried. In practice in St. Louis since 1894; spe
cializes as pathologist. Protestant. Member
American Medical Association, Missouri State
Medical Association, St. Louis Medical Soci
ety. Office and Residence: 5264 Page Boul.
BUICK, James McNair, vice president
American Car and Foundry Co. ; born, Detroit,
Mich., Nov. 7, 1867; son of James S. and Ellen
(McNair) Buick; educated in public and high
schools of Detroit. Began active career, 1880,
in shops of the Michigan Car Co., Detroit, and
when original company was succeeded by the
Michigan Peninsular Car Co., in 1892, was
made assistant superintendent; later became
auditor; was appointed general auditor Ameri
can Car and Foundry Co., St. Louis, 1899, and
has been vice president and executive officer
at St. Louis since 1906; also vice president'
Helmbacher Forge and Rolling Mill Co., Sligo
Furnace Co., Sligo & Eastern Railway Co.; di
rector American Street Flushing Machine Co.,
Rogers Ballast Car Co. (Chicago), National
Dump Car Co. (Chicago.) Presbyterian. Ma
son. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, University,
Racquet, Glen Echo. Office: 915 Olive St.
Residence: The Buckingham.
BULLOCK, Richard Benbow, retired; born,
Malvern, Worcestershire, England, Mar. 19,
1842; son of Richard and Violetta Bullock;
educated in private school; married, St. Louis,
1873, Sarah S. Absolom; children: Richard A.,
George B., James A., Violet S. Started active
career in England in 1854; began in dry goods
business in St. Louis in 1872 with H. J. Powell
under firm name of Powell & Bullock; after
two years started for self in retail dry goods

business, later incorporated as the R. B. Bul
lock Dry Goods Co., of which was president
until 1909, when sold out and retired. Also
vice president Jefferson Bank. Republican.
Episcopalian. Mason. Club: Glen Echo Coun
try. Recreations: motoring and traveling.
Residence: 16 Kingsbury PI.
BUNCH, Rodney J., physician and surgeon;
born, Cairo, 111., Dee. 13, 1880; son of Andrew
J. and Minerva Isabell (Sams) Bunch; edu
cated in Cairo public schools to 1898; Univer
sity of Illinois, 1898-1900; entered medical de
partment St. Louis University, 1901, graduat
ing with degree M.D., May, 1905;- married.
Served in St. Louis City Hospital as junior
physician and surgeon, 1906-07; senior phy
sician and surgeon, 1907-08; assistant superin
tendent and surgeon, 1908-10; then began pri
vate practice. Member St. Louis City Hos
pital Alumni Association, St. Louis Medical
Society, Missouri State Medical Society,
American Medical Association. Protestant.
Author: Surgical Treatment Amebic Dysen
tery, 1908; Perforating Gun Shots of Abdo
men, 1908; Diphtheria from Medical Stand
point, 1910; Thoracic Aneurysms, 1909. Rec
reations: outdoor sports. Office: 2601 Wash
ington Ave. Residence: 4027 Maffitt Ave.
BUNTIN, Davis Carpenter, contractor; born,
Terre Haute, Ind., July 9, 1858; son of Tous-
saint Campbell and Emma (Steele) Buntin;
educated in graded and high schools, Terre
Haute; graduated from Indiana State Univer
sity, Bloomington, Ind., A.B., 1880; married,
Indianapolis, Feb. 12, 1901, Stella Walcott;
two daughters : Katherine and Sue. After leav
ing college, 1880, entered service of Vandalia
R. R. as clerk in general office, and later sec
retary to general counsel and general man
ager, and assistant paymaster, to 1887; con
tractor for public work as member of firm of
Buntin & Shryer, Duluth, Minn., 1887-94, and
with Indianapolis as headquarters, 1894-1902;
since 1902 in St. Louis; assisted in organizing
and incorporating the Granite Bituminous
Paving Co., of which has since been general
manager, treasurer and a director, the com
pany being engaged in contracting for all
lands of public work. Republican. Methodist.
Club: St. Louis. Office: 409 Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 20 N. Kingshighway*
BURG, Henry, flour and grain; born in St.
Louis Co., Mo., Aug. 23, 1851; son of Henry
and Katherine (Shoenling) Burg; educated/ in
public schools and at Bryant & Stratton Busi
ness College; married, St. Louis, Lillie Schuler;
children: Ada C, Lydia L., Paul H. Began
business career as clerk in store of David
Nicholson, wholesale and retail groceries, and
in 1878 in similar position in store of brother,
Philip Burg; in 1879 entered office of August
C. Miller & Co., commission merchants in flour,
grain and mill feed; and after one year with
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self, later becoming member of present firm
of Annan, Burg & Co., flour, grain and mill
feed. Member St. Louis Merchants ' Exchango,
St. Louis Millers' Club. Member Mound City
Council Royal Arcanum. Office: 107 N. Third
St. Residence: 3831 Cleveland Ave.
BURG, William, iron and steel broker;
born, St. Louis, Mar. 1, 1847; educated in pub
lic and private schools of St. Louis; married
Margaret Henderson, of St. Louis, Oct.
26, 1875; three children: Arthur H., Chester
E. and William H. Began business career
with James Archer, iron merchant, and later
joined the firm of William H. Markham &
Co., dealers in iron and steel; traveled for
this concern throughout the middle west from
1870-75; when the Ewald Iron Co. (Tennessee
Rolling Works, Ky.) was organized, he was
elected first secretary and manager of the St.
Louis house, and was connected with this
company as stockholder and secretary until
1896, when he sold his interest to L. P. Ewald;
has since been in business for himself as deal
er and broker in iron and steel. Member Mer
chants ' Exchange, Business Men 's League, St.
Louis Academy of Science, Hospital Saturday
and Sunday Association, St. Louis Pure Milk
Commission, National Geographic Society
(Washington, D. C), Civic League, Washing
ton University Association, and for fifteen
years a member of the board and now secre
tary of the St. Louis Provident Association.
Was a member of the February Grand Jury
of 1902. Was appointed by the governor as a
delegate to the Third National Peace Con
gress, held at Baltimore, May 3-5, 1911; also
a delegate by appointment of the governor to
the Southern Commercial Congress, held at
Atlanta, Ga., March, 1911. Member Second
Presbyterian Church. Club: Mercantile. Rec
reation: music. Office: 119 Merchants' Ex
change Bldg. Residence: 4439 Washington
Boulevard. *BURGENDAHL, Gustave Storm, manufac
turer; moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
BURGER, Ferdinand, vice president of
Feuerborn Toy Co.; born, Baden, Germany,
Jan. 15, 1873; son of Joseph and Margaret
(Huber) Burger; educated in public schools
in Germany; married, St. Louis, July 1, 1895,
Mrs. Mary (Hoer) Plasmeier; children: Ber
nard Plasmeier, John Plasmeier, Marie, Joseph,
Edward, William. Came to United States in
1889, and worked as stonemason at Boonville,
Mo., having learned that trade in Germany.
Located at' St. Louis in 1895 and started in
the retail toy and notion business, in which
continued until Jan. 1, 1905, when assisted in
the organization of the Feuerborn Toy Co., of
which is vice president. Roman Catholic.
Member Knights of Columbus, United Com
mercial Travelers. Favorite recreations: hunt
ing and theatres. Office: 919 N. Broadway.
Residence: 4587 Cote Brilliante Ave.

BURGESS, Samuel Allen, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Sept. 15, 1877; son of Samuel Rostron
and Eveline (Allen) Burgess; educated at
Clay School to 1892; graduated Manual Train
ing School, ,1896; student for two years at
Smith Academy; A.B., Washington University,
1900; LL.B., St. Louis Law School (Washing
ton University), 1902; unmarried. Admitted
to Missouri bar, 1902, and since engaged in
practice. Member Bar Association of St. Louis,
St. Louis Law Library Association, Washing
ton University Association, etc. Trustee and
secretary Graceland College, Lamoni, la. Re
publican. Member Reorganized Church of Je
sus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Vice presi
dent and general librarian of Z. R. L. S. Resi
dence: 5920 Etzel Ave.
BURKE, James Joseph, president Brooks
Jewelry and Optical Co.; born, Stockport,
England, Dec. 23, 1872; son of James J. and
Ellen (McGough) Burke; came to St. Louis
at age of two years; educated in Hamilton
and Carr Lane public schools and Carr Lane
night school; married, St. Louis, Sept. 23,
1893, Alvina Leiner; children: Jeanette, Vir
ginia. Started to work as wagon boy with Pa
cific Express Co. at age of thirteen; assistant
bill clerk D. Johnson & Co., 1887; bookkeeper
for McNellis, Campbell & Co., October, 1889;
shipping and bill clerk Brooks Bros. & Co.,
1892-93; returned to McNellis, Campbell & Co.,
1893, and had charge of their optical busi
ness until September, 1900, when bought
half interest and became manager of Brooks
Optical Co.; bought out interest of Mr.
Brooks, 1903, and changed name to Brooks
Jewelry and Optical Co., watches, jewelry
and optical goods at wholesale, of which com
pany has since been president and treasurer.
Independent in politics. Catholic. Member
Business Men 's League. Member Knights of
Columbus, Elks (St. Louis Lodge No. 9}.
Club: Century Boat. Favorite recreations:
baseball and bowling. Office: Globe-Democrat
Bldg. Residence: 3705 Humphrey St.
BURKE, Joseph Edward, president Lough-
man Cabinet Co,; born, St. Louis, Nov. 29,
1864; son of George M. and Esther (Whiston)
Burke; educated in St. Louis schools; mar
ried, St. Louis, June 15, 1892, Margaret Mok-
ler; three children: J. Leo, Rhea, Margaret.
Began active career as a boy with Faithman &
Miller Planing Mill Co., 1882-86; with Broad
way Planing Mill Co., 1886-89; with Crescent
Planing Mill, 1889-1900; foreman Loughman
Cabinet Co., 1900-05, manager, 1906-07, presi
dent since 1907. Roman Catholic. Recrea
tions: baseball, fishing and football. Office:
Ranken and Rutger Sts. Residence: 3804
Windsor PL
BURKHAM, Robert, lawyer; born, Sioux
City, la., Dec. 25, 1881; son of Elzey G. and
Harriet B. (Smith) Burkham; graduated An-
dover Academy, Andover, Mass., 1899; A.B.,

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Princeton University, 1903; LL.B., St. Louis
Law School (Washington University), 1905;
married, St. Louis, Dec. 30, 1907, Ada P.
Davis; two children* Margaret Davis and
Robert, Jr. Admitted to Missouri bar at St.
Louis, June, 1905; member firm of McPheet-
ers & Burkham, 1905-May, 1909. Secretary
Young Men's Republican Auxiliary, Novem
ber, 1908-May, 1909, resigned; U. S. commis
sioner, January-May, 1909, resigned; secretary
to mayor of St. Louis, May, 1908-October,
1911, resigned; second associate city council
lor since Oct. 1, 1911. Republican. Episco
palian. Member Bar Association of St. Louis
(treasurer and member executive committee,
1908-10), Civic League, Phi Delta Phi law
fraternity, Blackstone (law) Club. Clubs:
Racquet, City. Recreation: books. Office: City
Hall. Residence: 5035 Westminster PI.
BURKS, Eugene, real estate; born in Han
cock Co., 111., Nov. 25, 1867; son of Allen J.
and Mary S. (Wagner) Burks; educated in
public schools of Missouri, and at Stanberry
(Mo.) Normal School; married, Bismarck, Mo.,
Nov. 20, 1894, Eddie M. Wallen; children:
Lelia Fern, Eugenia Irene. Began business
career as clerk for Willard Case & Co. in 1894;
began the manufacture of hardwood lumber
in Arkansas, near Little Rock, and in 1900
became one of the incorporators of the Wil
lard Case Lumber Co., of which was vice presi
dent and secretary until 1909; since in real
estate business. Democrat. Member Christian
(Disciples) Church. Office: 706 Chestnut St.
Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
BURLINGAME, Ira L., railway official;
born, Franklinville, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1862; son
of Ira L. and Harriet (Lyon) Burlingame;
educated at Ten Broeck Academy, Franklin
ville, N. Y.; married, Pana, 111., Oct. 4, 1883,
Alice H. Eichelberger; children: Katharine
H"., Ruth L. Began railway service as tele
graph operator, on Ohio & Mississippi R. R.,
1879-83; train dispatcher, 1883-95, and train
master, 1895-1903, with the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern Ry.; assistant superintendent,
December, 1903, to March, 1904, superintend
ent, March, 1904, to October, 1905, general
superintendent since Nov. 1, 1905, Terminal
Railroad Association of St. Louis. Republican.
Presbyterian. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, The Traffic of St.
Louis, St. Louis Railway. Recreation: base
ball. Office: 103 Union Station. Residence:
5655 Bartmer Ave.
BURNES, Kennett Farrar, secretary Granby
Mining and Smelting Co.; born, St. Louis,
Feb. 15, 1878; son of Daniel Dee and Martha
Sweringen (Farrar) Burnes; matriculated in
Harvard University, 1897, graduating with
degree of A.B., 1901; married, St. Louis, Aug.
24, 1907, Adele Mellier; one son: James Nel
son. After leaving college engaged in bank

ing business at St. Joseph, Mo.; secretary and
director Granby Mining and Smelting Co.
since 1905. Member Masonic Order. Clubs:
St. Louis, Bellerive Country. Office: Third
National Bank Bldg. Residence: 1 Lenox PI.
BURNETT, Edwin Clark, physician; born,
Mansfield, O., Jan. 19, 1854; son of Dwight
and Mary Ann (Bristow) Burnett; educated
in public schools and by private tutors at
Olney, 111.; graduated from St. Louis Medieal
College, 1883; unmarried. Began practice of
medicine at Olney, 111., March, 1883; moved
to St. Louis, June 14, 1884, and has since
practiced in this city. Formerly clinical pro
fessor genito-urinary diseases, Medical De
partment of Washington University. Member
St. Louis Academy of Science, St. Louis Med
ical Society, Missouri State Medical Associa
tion, American Association of Genito-Urinary
Surgeons (ex-president). Republican. Clubs:
University, Racquet. Recreation: field sports.
Office: 547 Century Bldg. Residence: Univer
sity Club.
BURNETT, James Preston, deceased; see
Vol. 1906.
BURNHAM, Cyrus Barrett, retired; born,
Strafford, Orange Co., Vt., June 6, 1822; son
of John and Harriet (Barrett) Bnrnham; edu
cated in public school in native town and at
Norwich University, Vermont, 1837-39, receiv
ing diploma of civil engineer; married, Stand-
stead, Canada, 1845, Miss Mary J. Reed.
Lived on farm until went to university; clerk
in country store, Strafford, Vt., 1840-42; went
to Canada, 1842, and was connected with mer
cantile business there until September, 1847;
arrived in St. Louis, Nov. 6, 1847, and in
January, 1848, became associated with Greeley
& Gale, which connection was continuous un
der changes of name as wholesale grocers un
til August, 1893, when became Greeley-Burn-
ham Grocer Co. Elected, November, 1862, di
rector in St. Louis Building and Savings As
sociation, which was renamed Bank of Com
merce, of which was president, 1875-83; from
that bank was developed the present National
Bank of Commerce in St. Louis; resigned as
director of latter in August, 1893, after con
tinuous service in directorate of the bank and
its predecessors for thirty-one years. Now
director Washington Land and Mining Co.
Served as quartermaster-general State of Mis
souri, from November, 1861, to August, 1862;
was on staff of Gov. Hamilton R. Gamble un
til death of latter, and on staff of his succes
sor, Gov. Willard P. Hall, until the expiration
of official term in 1865. Club: St. Louis Com
mercial. Office: Wainwright Bldg. Residence:
456 N. Newstead Ave.
BURNS, George MacCleary, sales agent
Railway Steel Spring Co.; born, Coshocton, O.,
Aug. 25, 1858; son of Joseph and Mary (John
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Coshocton to fifteen. Entered employ of Penn
sylvania Railway as timekeeper, 1876; divi
sion storekeeper Texas Pacific R. R., 1881,
and chief clerk to general superintendent Cin
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton R. R., 1882-85;
Queen & Crescent R. R., at Meriden, Miss.,
1885-86, to superintendent same road, at Bir
mingham, Ala., 1886-91, and at Somerset, Ky.,
1891-92; after serving as chief clerk to gen
eral manager of the Big Four Road, 1892-93,
he filled a similar office under the general
manager of the Queen & Crescent R. R.,
1893-96. Came to St. Louis, 1896, as fuel agent
Wabash Railroad Co., also chief clerk to vice
president and general manager; superintend
ent Wabash Road at Detroit, Mich., 1900-06;
then returned to St. Louis and has since acted
as sales agent of the Railway Steel Spring
Co.; also director Wagner Mercantile Co. Re-.
publican. Episcopalian. Mason (32°). Clubs:
St. Louis, Missouri Athletic, Mercantile, Al
gonquin. Recreation: golf. Office: 1405, 915
Olive St. Residence: 5897 Washington Ave.
BURNS, Louis N., motor cars; born, St.
Louis, Jan. 16, 1866; son of Lewis H. and
Julia (Hildebrand) Burns; educated in coun
try district school and in business college at
Peoria, HI.; married, Peoria, 111., May 17, 1887,
Flora E. Bethard; children: Ray Alexander,
Gladys, Julia, Robert, Florence Virginia, Don
ald. Began in 1882 with Kingman & Co., at
Peoria, HI.; in 1884 came to the St. Louis
house of same firm; when in 1894 company
was reorganized as the Kingman St. Louis Im
plement Co., became manager and a few years
later also vice president; now president Burns-
Ramsden Motor Car Co. Republican. Metho
dist. Member Implement and Vehicle Board
of Trade, Business Men's League. Mason.
Club: Missouri Athletic. Residence: 5541
Chamberlain Ave.
BURNS, Patrick, president P. Burns Sad
dlery Co.; born in County Roscommon, Ire
land, June 29, 1834; son of Hugh and Cath
erine (MeCauley) Burns; educated in schools
in Ireland and United States; married in
Cooper Co.; Mo., Oct. 31, 1865, Ann McCub-
bin; children: Edward V., Robert A., Hugh J.
Left Ireland in 1849, coming to Nashville,
Tenn., where was employed as apprentice by
uncle, M. Burns; remained in Tennessee until
1854, then went to Pisgah, Cooper Co., Mo.,
and established in business. Began in St.
Louis, 1864, as Burns & Degnan, continuing
until July, 1881, when firm was dissolved and
the firm of P. Burns & Co. was established,
thus continuing until December, 1904, when
business was incorporated as P. Burns Sad
dlery Co., of which is president. Democrat.
Catholic. Office: 713-715 Lucas Ave. Resi
dence: 4924 Berlin Ave.
BURNS, Robert, surgeon; born, St. Louis,
Aug. 17, 1879; son of Robert and Emily Mary
(St. Gemme) Burns; educated in public

schools, St. Louis University, Smith Academy
and by private instruction; graduated from
Medical Department, Washington University,
M.D., 1901; married, St. Louis, Jan. 6, 1903,
Kathrynne Frances Ziegler. Began practice of
medicine, May 5, 1901; was appointed assist
ant surgeon to Polyclinic Hospital and Clinic;
. beeame associated with Dr. H. Tuholske as
assistant at St. Louis Surgical Hospital (pri
vate), September, 1901, and still remains with
him as private assistant and anaesthetist; ap
pointed junior assistant to surgical clinic and
surgical staff, Washington University Hos
pital, 1904; appointed senior assistant sur
geon to Washington University, 1906; assist
ant surgeon to Bethesda Hospital, 1911. Mem
ber St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri State
Medical Association, American Medical Asso
ciation, Alumni Society of Medical Depart
ment of Washington University. Independent
in politics. Mason (Royal Arch). Club: Au
tomobile. Recreations: motoring and fishing.
Office: 4500 Olive St., Rms. 1 and 2. Resi
dence: 4953 McPherson Ave..
BURNS, Robert Augustine, real estate;
born, St. Louis, July 25, 1874; son of Patrick
and Ann (McCubbin) Burns; educated at St.
Theresa's (parish) School, Wyman Crow (pub
lic) School, Christian Brothers College, A.B.,
1894, A.M., 1896, and one year at St. Louis Law
School; married, Aberdeen, Miss., Dec. 17,
1902, Mary Weller Carter; children: Robert
Carter, Jane Carter. Entered firm of P. Burns
& Co. as clerk in 1894, and worked in various
departments and also as traveling salesman;
took charge as general manager, 1902, and
when business was incorporated as P. Burns
Saddlery Co., Jan. 1, 1905, was elected vice
president and secretary. Withdrew from the
company, January, 1899, and organized the
Bush-Burns Realty Co., of which is president.
Member St. Louis Real Estate Exchange.
Catholic. Club: Mercantile. Recreation: motor
ing. Office: 1105 Chestnut St. Residence:
4521 Forest Park Boul.
BURR, Henry Bell, president Carterville
Coal Co.; born, Boonville, Mo., Dec. 27, 1860;
son of William E. and Harriette (Brand)
Burr; completed early education in St. Louis
High School; married, Dallas, Tex., Apr. 28,
1906, Mrs. Eula W. Dayton; three children:
Kinsey, Minnie G. and William E. Went to
Texas, 1883, and engaged in business in that
state for twenty-five years; was elected presi
dent and general manager Carterville Coal
Co., with mines at Carterville, 111., Nov. 27,
1908, and has since resided in St. Louis. Mem
ber KoKoals; also Illinois Commercial Men's
Association, International Travelers' Associa
tion. Democrat. Episcopalian. Recreations:
fishing and bowling. Office: 912 Rialto Bldg.
Residence: 6132 Kingsbury Boul.
BURRITT, William Henry, president Ban
ner Rubber Co.; born, Huntsville, Ala., Feb.

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17, 1869; son of Armatus Bobbins and Mary
King (Robinson) Burritt; educated in private
schools of Huntsville, Ala.;. Bingham School,
North Carolina; Vanderoilt University, Nash
ville, Tenn., M.D., 1890; married, St. Louis,
Nov. 29, 1900, Mrs. Josephine T. Drummond.
Engaged in general practice of medicine at
Huntsville, Ala., 1890-1900 ; came to St. Louis,
1901; in July, 1902, was elected president and
general manager of the Banner Rubber Co.,
manufacturers and wholesalers of rubber boots
and shoes. Episcopalian. Clubs: Glen Echo,
Missouri Athletic. Recreation: motoring. Of
fice: 500 Bittner St. Residence: 4014 Lindell
Boulevard. BURROWES, Alexander J., president St.
Louis University; born, St. Louis, Oct. 14,
1853; son of Michael and Mary (Quirk) Bur-
rowes; educated Christian Brothers School,
St. Louis, six years, Niagara University, one
year, Woodstock College, Maryland, seven
years (mental and moral philosophy, theology,
science and mathematics). Ordained priest,
R. C. Church, 1886; vice president Detroit
(Mich.) College, 1889-90; president St. Xa-
vier's College, Cincinnati, 1893-97, Marquette
College (chartered as university1 during his
term of office), 1900-08, St. Ignatius College,
Chicago, Feb. 11, 1908, to February, 1912
(Loyola University, established 1909, with
departments of Law, Medicine and College of
Arts and Sciences, is an expansion of St. Igna
tius) ; president St. Louis University since
February, 1912. Trustee St. Ignatius College
and Loyola University, Chicago. Member
Civic League, Federation of Catholic Societies.
Address: St. Louis University.
BURSON, Elbert Eugene; see Vol. 1906.
BUS, Henry, life insurance; 1852-1911; see
Vol. 1906.
BUSCH, Adolphus, president Anheuser-Busch
Brewing Association; born, Mayence-on-the-
Rhine, Germany, July 10, 1842; son of Ulrich
and Barbara (Pfeifer) Busch; educated at
gymnasium at Mayence, the Academy at
Darmstadt, and high schools at Brussels; mar
ried, St. Louis, Mar. 7, 1861, Lilly Anheuser;
children: August A. (Mrs. Jacob W. Loeb),
Mrs. Hugo Reisinger, Mrs. Paul von Gontard,
Mrs. Edward A. Faust, Wilhelmina, Carl. Came
to United States, 1857; entered Union Army,
June, 1861, and had four months' service un
der General Lyon; became associated with E.
Anheuser in the brewing business, and in
1865 was ' admitted to partnership in the E.
Anheuser Brewing Co., later became the An
heuser-Busch Brewing Association, of which
is president. Also president South Side Bank,
Manufacturers' Ry. Co., American Diesel En
gine Co. (New York), Geyser Ice Co. (Waco,
Tex.) ; director St. Louis Union Trust Co.,
Third National Bank, Kinloch Telephone Co.,
North American Co., American Car and Foun
dry Co., American Bottle Co. Decorated by

Emperor of Germany. Republican. Unitarian.
Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, University, Mer
cantile (St. Louis), Engineers and Midday
(New York). Office: Anheuser-Busch Brewing
Association. Residence: Busch Place.
BUSCH, August Anheuser, vice president
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association; born,
' St. Louis, Dee. 29, 1865; son of Adolphus and
Lilly (Anheuser) Busch; educated at Lyon
(public) School, St. Louis, Morgan Park Mili
tary Institute, Chicago, 111., and Kemper
School, Boonville, Mo.; married, St. Louis,
May 8, 1890, Alice Zisemann; five children:
Adolph, Jr., Marie, Clara, August, Jr., Alice.
After leaving school was sent to Germany,
where received practical course of instruction
in the" brewing schools of that country; re
turned to United States and spent time to
similar purpose in New York; then served for
three years as brewer's apprentice with the
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association; then
entered general office as scale clerk; now first
vice president of the association. Member A.
F. & A. M., B. P. O. Elks, and Legion of Hon
or. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile, Missouri
Athletic, Noonday, Liederkranz, University,
Racquet, etc. Recreations: hunting, fishing,
yachting and all outdoor sports. Office: An
heuser-Busch Brewing Association. Residence:
Busch Place.
BUSCH, Otto Schubert, brewers' supplies;
born, Chicago, Mar. 6, 1871; son of Ulrich and
Anna (Anheuser) Busch; nephew of Adolphus
Busch; educated in public schools of Chi
cago and at Racine (Wis.) College; married,
Louisville, Ky., Apr. 28, 1893, to Miss Anna
Bonn; one son, Ulrich. Resident of St. Louis
since 1891; has been engaged in the brewers'
supply business since 1898, now representing
M. Seidenberger Sons, of Germany, hop grow
ers and importers. Democrat. Member Ma
sonic Order, Fraternal Order of Eagles, B. P.
O. Elks. Clubs: Union, Liederkranz. Resi
dence: 6152 Washington Boul.
BUSH, Benjamin Franklin, railway official;
born, Wellsburg, Pa., July 5, 1859; son of
James and Rosella (Henry) Bush; educated in
Wellsburg High School and Mansfield State
Normal School; married, River Falls, Pierce
Co., Wis., May 30, 1883, Catherine Idelia
Hawkins; one daughter: Idelia Frances Bush.
Began railway service with Northern Pacific
R. R., 1882, as rodman, and later became as
sistant and division engineer, same road, until
1887; division engineer Union Pacific R. R.,
in Idaho and Oregon, 1887-89; chief engineer
and general superintendent of the Oregon Im
provement Co., 1889-96; general manager of
Northwestern Improvement Co. (which con
trolled coal properties of Northern Pacific R.
R.), 1896-1903; vice president and general
manager, Western Coal and Mining Co. since
Feb. 1, 1903, and vice president and general
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Louis, since Nov. 1, 1903. Appointed fuel
agent of the Missouri Pacific Ry., February,
1903; president Western Maryland. R. R., at
Baltimore, 1907-08; receiver same road until
reorganized, when again became president;
president Missouri Pacific Ry. with headquar
ters at St. Louis since April, 1911; also presi
dent Denver & Rio Grande Ry. since January,
1912; director Maryland National Bank, Dur
ham Coal and Iron Co. Appointed by Presi
dent Roosevelt in 1907 as member Advisory
Board on Fuels and Structural Materials.
Member American Mining Congress, American
Institute Mining Engineers, Business Men's
League. Presbyterian. Clubs: St. Louis, Mer
cantile, Noonday, The Traffic, Automobile,
Bellerive Country (St. Louis), Maryland (Bal
timore). Favorite recreations: tennis and fish
ing. Office: 708 Missouri Pacific Bldg. Resi
dence: 30 Portland PI.
BUSH, Wade Hampton, real estate; born,
Lancaster, Ky., Nov. 23, 1868; son of William
N. and Osee (Salter) Bush; educated at pub
lic school, Lancaster, until fifteen years of
age; unmarried. Came to St. Louis at age of
sixteen and began active career in employ of
the Missouri Pacific Ry. Co., with which con
tinued for two years; then engaged with Al
bert Wenzlick in title business, 1888-99; cash
ier Aiple & Hemmelmann Real Estate Co.,
1899-1906; in real estate business for self
since 1906; vice president Bush-Burns Realty
Co.; secretary McPherson Ave. Development
Co. Member St. Louis Real Estate Exchange.
Democrat. Protestant. Recreations: billiards,
baseball. Office: 1105 Chestnut St. Residence:
4778 Greer Ave.
BUSHNELL, William Maxon; see Vol. 1906.
BUTLER, Edward, capitalist, deceased; see
Vol. 1906.
BUTLER, Henry Stuart, treasurer Peters
Shoe Co.; deceased; see Vol. 1906.
BUTLER, James Gay, capitalist; born,
Saugatuck, Mich., Jan. 23, 1840; son of Wil
liam G. and Eliza (McKennan) Butler; edu
cated in high schools of Suffield, Conn., and
Allegan, Mich.; entered University of Michi
gan as sophomore, 1858, missed senior year by
enlisting in army, in 1861, and received B.S.
degree forty-three years after, in 1904; served
in Third Michigan Cavalry, in ranks eight
months, and afterward as second lieutenant,
first lieutenant, adjutant, quartermaster, and
major, and commanded regiment during last
eight months of its service of four and one-
half years in the Civil War; married, Grand
Haven, Mich., Oct. 15, 1868, Maggie Leggat.
Engaged in the manufacture of tobacco in
St. Louis from July, 1866, and was afterward
director of the American Tobacco Co., until re
tired from business (still large stockholder).
Director and member of executive committee
Mercantile Trust Co., and Mercantile National

Bank. Served in Missouri National Guard,
1876-91, as colonel police reserves and of the
Third and First Regiments. Republican; can
didate for mayor, 1880. Director Louisiana
Purchase Exposition. Presbyterian. Past Su
preme Chancellor Legion of Honor; Past Com
mander St. Louis Commandery Loyal Legion;
Past Commander Ransom Post, G. A. R.;
member Sons of the Revolution, New England
Society, Society Army of the Tennessee.
Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile (St. Louis), New
York Yacht (New York). Residence: 4484 W.
Pine Boul.
BUTLER, James Joseph, lawyer, congress
man; born, St. Louis, Aug. 29, 1862; son of Ed
ward and Ellen (O'Neil) Butler; attended St.
Louis public schools, St. Xavier's Catholic
School; graduated St. Louis University; ad
mitted to bar, June 2, 1884; married, Aug. 11,
1896, Rose Mary Lancaster, St. Louis; one
son: Edward Lancaster. Member St. Louis
Board of Education one term; city attorney
two terms, 1886-94; member of Congress from
Twelfth Missouri District, 1901-05. Was twice
elected to Fifty-seventh Congress and twice
unseated by party vote, the second unseating
bringing about the longest and bitterest fili
buster in the history of the House of Repre
sentatives; reelected to Fifty-eighth Congress
and seated; Democrat. Engaged since 1905
in looking after family estate and private in
terests. President Empire Circuit Co., an Ohio
corporation, operating about fifty theaters in
different parts of America. Member B. P. O.
Elks. Residence: 3711 W. Pine Boul.
BUTLER, Louie Picot, physician; born,
Beaufort, S. O, Oct. 11, 1866; son of Pierce
N. and Aurelia (Picot) Butler; educated in
public schools until 1882; Wyman Institute,
Alton, 111., 1883-85; graduated from St. Louis
Medical College, M.D., 1888; post-graduate
student in medical schools and hospitals in
New York, Germany and England, 1900-02;-
married, Buffalo, N. Y., 1892, Miss E. E.
Thompson; one son: Ralph. Practiced as in
terne at St. Louis City and Alexian Brothers
hospitals, 1888-90; in practice in Franklin Co.,
Mo., 1890-1900; since 1902 in practice at St.
Louis. Member medical staff St. Luke's Hos
pital, St. Louis Maternity Hospital; instruct
or St. Louis University. Member American
Medical Association, Missouri State Medical
Association, St. Louis Medical Society. Cath
olic. Clubs: St. Louis, Missouri Athletic, Noon
day. Office: 4661 Maryland Ave. Residence:
4475 Laclede Ave.
BUTLER, Wallace Clark, insurance adjust
er; born, Louisville, Ky., Sept. 21, 1833; son of
Mann and Martha (Dedman) Butler; educat
ed in Wyman 's School, St. Louis; served -in
the Confederate Army as major and pay quar
termaster; widower"; children: Julia B., Nina
B. (wife of Dr. T. C. Witherspoon), Wallace
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In the insurance business in 1865 and since
1869 continuously engaged in business in St.
Louis as an insurance adjuster; member of
firm of W. C. Butler & fon, with W. C. But
ler, Jr., as partner, 1899-1906, since alone.
Presbyterian. Member Confederate Veterans.
Club: St. Louis. Office: Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 5530 Cates Ave.
BUTLER, Wallace Clark, Jr., insurance;
born, St. Louis, Mar. 17, 1873; son of Wallace
Clark and Evie (Henly) Butler; educated
Smith Academy, St. Louis, 1884-90; Rugby
Academy, 1890-91; Hamilton College, Clinton,
N. Y., 1891-93; married, St. Louis, June, 1899,
Leila North Smith; one daughter: Elinor
Witherspoon. Entered office of father, W. C.
Butler, insurance adjuster, in 1893, as clerk,
and in 1899 was made partner, the firm becom
ing W. C. Butler & Son, adjusters for insur
ance companies; in 1906 became connected
with Chas. L. Crane & Co., and when the firm
was incorporated in 1909 as Chas. L. Crane
Agency Co., was made secretary; also mana
ger and attorney Manufacturers' and Mer
chants' Requitable Exchange and Inter-Insur
ance Agency. Democrat. Presbyterian. Mem
ber Sigma Phi, and Theta Nu Epsilon. Office:
1301-1322 Pierce Bldg. Residenece: 4916A
Washington Boul.
BUTTS, Cornelius Lillard, real estate brok
er; born, Craig, Mo., June 13, 1879; son of
Christopher Lillard and Wayne A. (Dennis)
Butts; educated in private schools, Cameron,
Mo.; married, St. Louis, Oct. 21, 1908, Caro
line Cunningham; one child: Gordon Cunning
ham. Began business career as office boy with
Simmons Hardware Co., St. Louis, 1897, ad
vanced to assistant buyer and continued with
same house until 1900; engaged with Stanley
Rule and Level Co., New Britain, Conn., in
charge central west sales department, 1900-07;
then with brother William organized present
firm of Butts Realty Co. Member Real Es
tate Exchange, Civic League, Business Men's
League. Republican. Mason. Club: Nor-
mandie Golf. Recreations: golf and motoring.
Office: 118 N. 7th St. Residence: Clayton, St.
Louis Co.
BUTTS, William Wayne, real estate broker ;
born, Hamburg, Fremont Co., la., June 10,
1875; son of Christopher Lillard and Wayne
A. (Dennis) Butts; educated in private
schools, Cameron, Mo.; married, St. Louis, Oct.
15, 1903, Susan A. Parker; two children:
Katharine L., Francis W. Began business ca
reer at St. Joseph, Mo., with C. D. Smith
Drug Co., continuing until 1899; engaged in
wholesale drug business, Denver, as member
firm of Bridaham-Querean Drug Co., 1899-
1902; manager Philadelphia branch of Na
tional Gum & Mica Co., of New York, 1902-03;
Omaha representative H. K. Mulford Co., of
Philadelphia, 1903-07; then with brother Cor
nelius organized .Butts Realty Co., St. Louis.

Member St. Louis Real Estate Exchange, Busi
ness Men 's League. Republican. Congrega
tionalist. Club: Normandie Golf. Recrea
tion: golf. Office: 118 N. 7th St. Residence:
6907 Washington Boul.
BYARS, William Vincent, journalist; born,
Covington, Tenn., June 21, 1857; son of James
and Mary (Vincent) Byars; educated by his
father (principal Tipton Male High School,
Covington), gaining classical and scientific
education; married, Brownsville, Tenn., June
15, 1880, Loula Clement, daughter Rev. Charles
Francis Collins. Associate editor Weekly Rec
ord, Covington, Tenn., 1877-78; on city staff
St. Louis Daily Times, 1879, St. Louis Globe-
Democrat, 1880; city and editorial staff Mis
souri Republican and its successor, St. Louis
Republic, 1881-93 (except one year on edi
torial staff St. Louis Chronicle) ; editorial
staff Morning World and contributor to Eve
ning World, New York, 1893-97; editorial and
local contributor to Harper's Weekly, 1897-98;
contributor to various journals. Author: Tann-
hauser — a Mystery; The Tempting of the
King; The Glory of the Garden; The Pools at
Milburn; Old Songs to New Tunes; Studies
in Verse — all verse; Homeric Memory Rhymes,
and other papers on language; introductions
to each play in Shakespeare 's Complete Dra
matic Works. Editor: An American Common
er, The Handbook of Oratory; was managing
editor (original American and British edi
tions) World's Best Essays (10 vols.), World's
Best Orations (10 vols.). Also wrote Tales of
a Schoolmaster, etc., serials, pamphlets, etc.
Member Tennessee Society. Office: Temple
Bldg. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
BYERS, Morton L., railway official; see Vol.
1906. BYRD, Abraham Ruddell, Jr., secretary
Alsop Process Co.; born, Jackson, Mo., Nov.
29, 1883; son of A. R. and Sallie (Hunter)
Byrd ; educated Carlisle Training School, Jack
son, Mo.; University of Texas, B.S., 1903.
After graduation engaged in ranching and
mining in New Mexico and at El Paso, Tex.,
until 1904; with Alsop Process Co., mill ma
chinery, since 1904, secretary since 1905; also
member A. R. Byrd & Sons, investments.
Member Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Office: 420 Olive St. Residence: 5598 Water
man Ave.
BYRD, J. Hunter, president American For
est Co.; born, Cape Girardeau Co., Mo., May 8,
1880; son of Abram Ruddell and Sarah Miner
va (Hunter) Byrd; educated in University of
Virginia and later became a student in Uni
versity of Texas; married, Jackson, Mo., Nov.
30, 1904, Emma Evangeline Howard. Left col
lege at twenty-one and spent several years
prospecting and mining in New Mexico, Mex
ico and on the border of Central America;
flour salesman, 1904,. and in 1905 became con
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electrical equipment for flour mills, St. Louis,
of which is treasurer; an organizer, 1906, and
was director and cashier Central National
Bank, St. Louis; president American Forest
Co.; member firm of A. R. Byrd & Sons, in
vestments. Democrat. Methodist. Clubs: Mer
cantile, University. Office: 420 Olive St. Res
idence: 4211 Westminster Place.
BYRNE, Frank Thomas, railway agent;
born, Albany, N. Y., May 3, 1859; son of
Michael and Bridget (Price) Byrne; educated
at Albany, N. Y., public schools; married,
Albany, Apr. 18, 1893, Elizabeth Wilson;
children: Margaret, J. Wilson. Began active
career in fancy grocery business at Albany;
came to St. Louis, 1882, and became con
nected with local freight department of the
Chicago & Alton R. R. ; then consecutively
with the St. Louis Freight Committee as
clerk for four years, agent for National Dis
patch Fast Freight Line, and commercial
agent for Grand Trunk Ry. until 1905, when
became Southwestern agent for the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton and Pere Marquette Sys
tem; Southwestern agent of Pere Marquette
System since Apr. 1, 1911. Was agent for
Erie Dispatch from Nov. 11 to Dec. 31, 1905.
Member Merchants' Exchange. Democrat.
Catholic. Member National Union. Club: The
Traffic (St. Louis). Recreation: baseball. Of
fice: 817-818 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 5575
Maple Ave.
BYRNES, James Williamson, belting manu
facturer; born, Memphis, Tenn., Apr. 4, 1868;
son of M. J. and Irene (Williamson) Byrnes;
educated in private school, Memphis, prepara
tory and collegiate departments of St. Louis
University, A.B., 1886; graduated from East
man Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
1899; married, St. Louis, Oct. 10, 1903, Gene
vieve von Phul. Began business career as
clerk in hardware business of Caruth & Byrnes
Hardware Co. for two years; then was con
nected with Meacham Arms Co. for three
years, and subsequently five years with the
Revere Rubber Co., two years as manager of
its St. Louis house. Organized, 1896, and was
president and treasurer of the James W.
Byrnes Belting and Hose Co., manufacturers
of leather belting and jobbers of hose and
packings; in 1909 name of firm was changed
to Byrnes Belting Co., of which is president
and treasurer. Also president and treasurer
the St. Louis Fire Hose Co., dealers in fire
hose and fire department supplies. Democrat.
Catholic. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Bellerive
Country, Racquet. Recreations: shooting and
fishing. Office: 2109-11-13 Locust St. Resi
dence: 3800 W. Pine St.

CABANNE, John P., vice president St.
Louis Dairy Co.; born, St. Louis, Jan. 16,
1869; son of J. Charless and Susan (Mitchell)

Cabanne; educated in public schools of St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, Oct. 3, 1911, Mrs.
Mary C. McDearmon. Since 1890, connected
with the St. Louis Dairy Co., of which was
manager until January, 1911, when was elect
ed vice president: Clubs: Glen Echo Country,
Missouri Athletic, Racquet. Recreations: hunt
ing and golf. Office: 2008 Pine St. Residence:
316 Skinker Rd.
CABANNE, Joseph Charless, president St.
Louis Dairy Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct. 16, 1849;
son of John Charles and Virginia E. (Carr)
Cabanne; educated in public schools of St.
Louis, and later attended Flushing (N. Y.)
Institute; married, St. Louis, 1868, Susan Mar
tha Preston Christy Mitchell; children: John
P., Virginia (Mrs. E. W.' Little), Martha
(Mrs. Robert J. Kayser), Susan (Mrs. J. Shep
ard Smith), Mary (Sister Mary Ambrose of
the Visitation Convent), Fannie (Mrs. E. Law
rence Pearson), Arthur Lee. Began business
career as a dairy farmer in 1868; has been
continuously identified with this interest, and
acquired other interests in same line from
time to time, organizing them, 1882, into the
St. Louis Dairy Co., producers and dealers in
dairy products, of which is president. Mem
ber Civic League, Citizens ' Industrial Asso
ciation. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Amateur
Athletic. Recreations: music and golf. Office:
2008 Pine St. Residence: 4334 Westminster
Place. CABELL, Ashley, lawyer; born, Washing
ton, D. C, Dee. 27, 1851; son of Hon. Edward
Carrington and Anna M. (Wilcox) Cabell;
educated in New York High School, Washing
ton and Lee University, Va., 1870-1874, LL.B.;
Polytechnic College, Carlsruhe, Germany, 1874-
75; married, Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 19, 1881,
Margaret Hodges Stretch; children: Margaret,
Carrington. Admitted to bar, 1874; jury com
missioner, City of St. Louis, 1879-83; presi
dent American School Book Co., 1883-85; en
gaged in practice of law since 1891. Com
mander De Soto Council, American Legion of
Honor, 1889-91; chancellor Bonaparte Council,
Legion of Honor, for several years; president
Missouri Society Sons of the American Revo
lution, 1905-06. Member of Missouri State Bar
Association and Law Library Association.
Episcopalian. Democrat. Residence: Kirk
wood, Mo.
CADWALLADER, Isaac Henry, physician;
born, Waynesville, Warren Co., O., Aug. 29,
1850; son of John T. and Rachel (Farquhar)
Cadwallader; educated in public schools, Lin
coln, 111., and Lincoln University, finishing
course 1868; graduated from Rush Medical
College, Chicago, M.D., 1875; married, St.
Louis, 1896, Ella C. Brown. Began practice of
medicine in St. Louis in 1875, and continued
in general practice until 1900; in 1891 became
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Baptist Sanitarium, and in 1900 was appointed
to present position as physician in charge of
that institution. Specialist in gynecological
surgery and practice. Member St. Louis Med
ical Society, Missouri State Medical Associa
tion, American Medical Association. Vice pres
ident the Central Slate Quarrying Co. of Mis
souri. President Eureka Auto Parts Manufac
turing Co. Mason. Member Third Baptist
Church. Office and Residence: Missouri Bap
tist Sanitarium, 919 N. Taylor Ave.
CADY, L. Bertram, tailoring; born, New
York City, Dec. 10, 1857; son of Ira L. and
Chlotilda (Yale) Cady; educated in New York
City public schools, New York College and Co
lumbia University, graduating, E.M., C.E., and
Ph.B., from Columbia University; married,
June 8, 1884, Ellen C. Brindle, of London,
Eng. Private assistant to Professor Thomas
Eggleston, Columbia School of Mines, 1877-
78; superintendent Moose Mining Co. 's mill,
Dudley, Colo., 1878; general manager Dunn's
Mountain Mines, North Carolina, 1879-81;
general manager Chapin Mine, Chapin, Mich.,
1881-82; partner James W. Bell & Son, 172
Fifth Ave., New York City, 1882-86; president
Cady & Nelson Co., 226 Fifth Ave., New York
City, 1886-92; president L. Bertram Cady Co.,
327 Fifth Ave., New York City; from 1895
president and treasurer L. Bertram Cady Co.,
St. Louis, gentlemen's and ladies' tailoring,
until 1912; business then changed from cor
poration to firm, "Cady," of which is pro
prietor. Member Civie League. Member Co
lumbia Alumni, Phi Gamma Delta Society.
Clubs: New York Athletic; also Noonday,
Glen Echo Country, St. Louis Riding, Sunset
Hill (St. Louis). Recreation: horseback rid
ing. Office: 511 Olive St. Residence: 6158
Kingsbury Boul.
CAHILL, Thomas Francis, plumbers' gas
and steamfitters' supplies; born, St. Louis,
May 22, 1857; son of Patrick and Ellen (Slat-
tery) Cahill; educated in Christian Brothers
(parochial) School; married, St. Louis, Feb.
20, 1884, Nora Sullivan; children: John, Jr.,
Mary B., Thomas F., Roswell B., Francis,
Louis, Richard. Began business career in 1871,
in employ of M. C. Bignall & Co., heavy hard
ware, continuing until end of 1885; in 1886
joined in organizing firm of Clegg, Cahill &
Collins, plumbers' supplies, which was suc
ceeded by the Cahill, Swift Manufacturing Co.
(incorporated in 1898), of which is president.
Democrat. Roman Catholic. Member Knights
of Columbus. Office: 20 S. 12th St. Residence:
Old Orchard, Mo.
CALE, Algernon Sidney; see Vol. 1906.
CALE, Charles Allen, musician; see Vol.
1906. CALE, George William, deceased; see Vol.
1906.

CALE, George William, Jr., chief surgeon
St. Louis & San Francisco R. R. Co.; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 31, 1866; son of George William
and Matilda L. (Carvell) Cale; educated in
public schools, Smith Academy of Washington
University, St. Louis College of Physicians
and Surgeons, M.D., 1887; attended University
of Berlin, 1890, University of Heidelberg,
1891; married, St. Louis, Apr. 8, 1891, Neosho,
daughter of B. F. Hobart, of St. Louis; chil
dren: Emily Longwell, George William, 3d,
B. F. Hobart, Julian D. Engaged in practice
of medicine in St. Louis, 1887-90 and 1892-98;
in November, 1898, organized Medical Depart
ment of the St. Louis & San Francisco R. R.
Co., which is "known as the Employes ' Hos
pital Association of the Frisco Line, with
headquarters at Springfield; moved to that
place from St. Louis, where General Hospital
of the company was located; in 1905, the new
hospital of the Frisco System was erected on
Laclede Ave. and King's Highway, St. Louis,
when again took up residence in St. Louis, to
which the Medical Department1 headquarters
were transferred. Professor of clinical sur
gery, Washington University; professor sur
gery, St. Louis University; late professor of
anatomy and clinical surgery in St. Louis Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons. First lieuten
ant Medical Reserve Corps, U. S. Army. Mem
ber Mississippi Valley Medical Association,
St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri State Med
ical Association, American Medical Associa
tion; fellow Royal Microscopical Society of
London. Director Hobart Lee Tie Co., Arkan
sas Mining and Mercantile Co., Newton Coun
ty Fruit Farm Co., American Fire Clay Co.
Republican. Was for several years major and
surgeon First Infantry, National Guard of
Missouri. Episcopalian. Clubs: St. Louis,
Army and Navy (Washington, D. C), Army
and Navy (New York). Recreations: hunting,
motoring and yachting. Office: Laclede Ave.
and King's Highway Boul. Residence: 12
Lenox Place.
CALFEE, Joseph Starke, cashier Mechanics-
American National Bank; born near Graham,
Va., May 22, 1868; son of John A. and Julia
A. (Davidson) Calfee; removed to Windsor,
Mo., in 1878; educated in public schools of
Windsor; married, Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 16,
1904, Nellie A. Beedy; two children: Creighton
Beedy and Arthur Davidson. Began business
career with the Windsor Savings Bank, Wind
sor, Mo., 1883 ; cashier Citizens Bank of Wind
sor, 1885 to Feb. 1, 1904, when came to St.
Louis to take position as first assistant cash
ier of Mechanics National Bank; held same
position with the Mechanics- American Nation
al Bank, becoming cashier and director, in
March, 1909 ; director Citizens Bank, Windsor,
Mo. An active member of Missouri Bankers'
Association for a number of years; served as
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same, presiding at convention of Missouri
Bankers' Association held in Missouri Build
ing of Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904;
elected, 1912, member of the Executive Coun
cil of American Bankers' Association. Mem
ber Business Men's League, Civic League.
Member St. John 's M. E. Church, South. Dem
ocrat. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile, City, Glen
Echo Country. Recreation: golf. Office: Broad
way and Locust St. Residence: 33 Kingsbury
Place. CALHOUN, David Randolph, president Ely
& Walker Dry Goods Co.; born, Hartford,
Conn., Feb. 28, 1858; son of George W. and
Sarah R. (Giles) Calhoun; educated in com
mon schools, New Market, N. J., and Smith
Academy, Dunellen, N. J.; married, New York
City, Nov. 25, 1891, Marie Gardner Whitmore;
children: Josephine C. (Mrs. C. Norman
Jones), by previous marriage; David R., Jr.,
by present marriage. Began business career in
New York with Noyes, White & Co., commis
sion notions, 1876-78; came to St. Louis, 1878,
and entered employ of Ely, Janis & Co., whole
sale dry goods; firm was incorporated, 1883,
as Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co., of which was
elected president in 1903, and still continues
in that capacity. Member Business Men's
League. Independent in politics. Clubs: St.
Louis, St. Louis Country, Log Cabin, Noonday,
Racquet. Recreation: golf. Office: 1520 Wash
ington Ave. Residence: 4446 Lindell Boul.
CALHOUN, Gouverneur, commercial repre
sentative American Telephone and Telegraph
Co.; born, Chicago, September, 1868; son of
John B. and Frances (Thompson) Calhoun;
educated in Chicago High School and took
four-year regular academic course at Yale
University; married, 1902, Felicia, daughter
of Frederick N. Judson, of St. Louis. Contin
uously in service of American Telephone and
Telegraph Co. (long-distance telephone) since
1893, serving successively as superintendent
at Cincinnati, Indianapolis and at St. Louis,
1898-1911; now commercial representative.
Member Civic League of St. Louis. Episco
palian. Clubs: Mercantile, City, Algonquin.
Office: Equitable Bldg. Residence: 3733 Wash
ington Ave.
CALHOUN, John Wolfinger,, lawyer; born,
St. Louis, Mar. 17, 1885; son of John R. and
Caroline E. (Wolfinger) Calhoun; educated
St. Louis High School; Washington Univer
sity; LL.B., St. Louis Law School (Washing
ton University), 1907; unmarried. Admitted
to Missouri bar, 1907, and has since engaged
in practice in St. Louis; attorney for Legal
Aid Society of Bar Association of St. Louis;
secretary Grant Undertaking Co., Croasdaile
Realty Co. Served as private in Light Bat
tery A, 1908-10. Republican. Presbyterian.
Member Bar Association of St. Louis, Delta
Chi college fraternity; also member Anchor
Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Recreations: outdoor

sports. Office: 602 Board of Education Bldg.
Residence: 3024 Geyer Ave.
*CALL, Francis M., manufacturer; moved
to Oklahoma; see Vol. 1906.
*CALLFAS, William Frederick, physician;
moved to Omaha; see Vol. 1906.
*CALVIN, Francis N, clergyman; moved to
Warren, O.; see Vol. 1906.
CAMP, Edward Augustus; see Vol. 1906.
CAMPBELL, Charles, president Campbell
Iron Co.; born, Johnstown, N. Y., June 29,
1843; son of John S. and Margaret (McVean)
Campbell; educated in the public schools of
Wisconsin; married, Milwaukee, Wis., Feb.
14, 1877, Emma J. Webster; children: Emma
M. (Mrs. Lee A. McLean), Stuart, Charles,
Jr. From 1865 to 1876 was employed with
Benjamin Young, Milwaukee; came to St.
Louis, 1876, and was connected with Water
man Bros. & Co., which later became the Wa
terman, Campbell Iron Co., and afterward the
Campbell Iron Co., wholesale iron, steel and
wagon material, of which is president. Re
publican. Presbyterian. Club: Missouri Ath
letic. Recreation: traveling. Office: 809 Cass
Ave. Residence: 5841 Julian Ave.
CAMPBELL, Edward Taylor, president
American Central Insurance Co.; born, Prince
ton, Ky., Sept. 25, 1861; son of Edward P.
and Caroline E. (Taylor) Campbell; educated
at Bethany College and in law department of
Cumberland University; married, Lebanon,
Tenn., Dec. 16; 1881, Alice Cary Pennebaker;
children: Edwin Taylor, Lucile Cary (Mrs. B.
G. Chapman, Jr.). Entered service of Ger
man-American Insurance Co. of New York
as special agent and adjuster, in April, 1886;
retired to engage in local insurance business
at Kansas City, 1890; appointed, 1892, resi
dent secretary of North British and Mercan
tile Insurance Co. and advanced to general
agent of that company, with residence in New
York, 1892-94; appointed assistant secretary
American Central Insurance Co. of St. Louis,
Sept. 1, 1894, first vice president, 1903-08,
president since January, 1908. Director of
Mercantile Fire and Marine Insurance Co. of
Boston; director National Bank of Commerce,
St. Louis, Southern Surety Co. of St. Louis
and Muskogee, Okla. Democrat. Formerly
member Company D, Third Regiment, Ken
tucky State Guard. Member St. John's M. E.
Church. Clubs: St. Louis, Commercial, Noon
day, Mercantile, Glen Echo Country. Office:
Odd Fellows Bldg. Residence: 6119 Kings-
berry Ave.
CAMPBELL, Given, Jr., physician; born,
New Orleans, Dec. 18, 1867; son of Given and
Sue Betty (Woods) Campbell; educated pub
lic schools; Smith Academy, one year; Manual
Training School, one year; Kentucky Military
Institute, one year; Pennsylvania Military
Academy, Chester, Pa.; M.D., St. Louis Med
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King's College, London, England, Paris,
France, and Columbia University, New York
City; married, St. Louis, Oct. 30, 1900, Sarah
Winter Bryson; one chijd: Given Campbell,
III, born Nov. 1, 1910. interne St. Louis City
Hospital, 1889-90; assistant physician St.
Louis Insane Asylum, two years, 1890-91; stud
ied in London and Paris one year, 1891-92; in
general practice at St. Louis, 1892-1905; has
specialized in diseases of the nervous system
since 1905. Democrat. Presbyterian. Member
American Neurological Association, St. Louis
Neurological Association (secretary), Medical
Society City Hospital Alumni (ex-president),
St. Louis Medical Society. Recreation: motor
ing. Office and Residence: 5165 Washington
Avenue. CAMPBELL, James, capitalist; born, Ire
land, Apr. 4, 1848; came to United States
when two years old; lived at Wheeling, W.
Va.; educated in private schools; married,
1882, Florence A. Platener; one daughter:
Lois. At age of eleven was employed in gro
cery store and at outbreak of Civil War be
came attached to General Fremont's staff as
messenger; after the war, went to New York,
and in 1866 came to St. Louis and was identi
fied with surveying and engineering until
1876; then engaged in bond and stock transac
tions, and later became interested in street
railways and other utility corporations. Di
rector Republic Iron and Steel Co., etc. Di
rector and member executive committee Lou
isiana Purchase Exposition. Clubs: St. Louis,
Noonday, Glen Echo, ' Racquet. Office: 441
Olive St. Residence: 2 Westmoreland Place.
CAMPBELL, James Alexander, oculist and
and aurist; born, Platteville, Wis., Jan. 12,
1847; son of Dr. James C. and Permelia C.
(Oliver) Campbell; graduated from St. Louis
High School, 1867; M.D., Homoeopathic Medical
College of Missouri, 1869; post-graduate course
in St. Louis University, also courses at Berlin,
Vienna and Paris, 1872-73; married, St. Louis,
Sept. 15, 1880, Eva B. Burden; children: Roy
Alexander, Marjorie Evelyn, Ralph Burden.
Began in general practice in St. Louis, 1869;
later practice limited to eye and ear. Profes
sor of chemistry in Homoeopathic Medical
College of Missouri, 1869-72, professor of oph
thalmology and otology in same since 1878.
President of Homoeopathic Medical College of
Missouri for ten years; oculist and aurist to
St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1879-1910, to
Good Samaritan Hospital, 1878-98, and to
Girls' Industrial Home. Member American
Institute of Homoeopathy, National Homoeopa
thic Ophthalmological, Otological and Laryn-
gologieal Association, Missouri Institute of
Homoeopathy, Academy Science, St. Louis.
Protestant. Member Sons of the Revolution,
Legion of Honor, Royal Arcanum. Mason,
Knight Templar. Office: 206-207 Mermod-Jac-
card Bldg. Residence: 5097 Washington Ave.

CAMPBELL, James Campbell, lawyer;
born, St. Louis, Nov. 13, 1882; son of Given
and Susan Elizabeth (Woods) Campbell; grad
uated from Smith Academy, 1900; student
Westminster College, 1900-02, University of
Virginia, 1902-05; married, New York City,
July 23, 1910, Hilde Depp; one child: James
C. Admitted to Missouri bar, 1905, and since
in practice at St. Louis. President Lawyers'
Investment Co., Comet Realty and Investment
Co.; secretary Jackson Park Realty Co. Mem
ber St. Louis Bar Association. Democrat.
Presbyterian. Member Beta Theta Pi college
fraternity. Club: City. Office: 1811 Third Na
tional Bank Bldg. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
CAMPBELL, Oliver Howard, physician;
born, Germantown, Pa., July 26, 1871; son of
James R. and Mary Eliza (Douglas) Camp
bell; educated in public schools, University of
Kansas, Washington University Medical
School, M.D., 1899; unmarried. Engaged in
general practice of medicine in St. Louis since
1899; member staff Bethesda Foundling Home;
instructor Medical Department, Washington
University. Member City Hospital Alumni
Medical Society, St. Louis Medical Society.
Episcopalian. Recreation: tennis. Office and
Residence: 3542 Washington Ave.
CAMPBELL, Robert A., railway official;
born, Mason, 111., Apr. 13, 1854; son of Wil
liam M. and Anna C. (Foster) Campbell; edu
cated in public schools, Mason; married, Vin-
eennes, Ind., Dec. 27, 1876, Isadora Scott;
children: Walter Scott, Una Bell. Began rail
way service as telegraph operator, Illinois
Central R. R. at Odin, 111., 1872-74; clerk in
freight office, Evansville & Terre Haute R. R.
at Vincennes, 1874-77, chief clerk to general
freight agent at Evansville, Ind., 1877-79;
agent at Vincennes, 1879-82, traveling freight
agent, 1882-83, same road; general agent same
road and Chicago & Eastern Illinois R. R. at
Terre Haute, Ind., 1883-91; general passenger
agent Evansville & Terre Haute R. R., Evans
ville & Indianapolis and Louisville, Evansville
& St. Louis Consolidated railroads, and Peoria,
Decatur & Evansville Ry., 1891-93; general
freight and passenger agent Louisville, Ev
ansville & St. Louis Consolidated R. R. and
Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Ry., 1893-94;
general freight and passenger agent Louis
ville, Evansville & St. Louis Consolidated Ry.,
1894 to Jan. 1, 1901; assistant general freight
agent Southern Ry., Jan. 1, 1901-Jan. 1, 1908;
since general freight agent. Also from Mar. 1,
1905, to Mar. 1, 1910, manager Asheville Line
Routes, at St. Louis. Republican. Methodist.
Mason (32°, Scottish Rite), Knight Templar,
Shriner (Moolah Temple). Member American
Association of Freight Traffic Officers. Clubs:
Missouri Athletic, Mercantile, St. Louis Rail
way, The Traffic of St. Louis, The Traffic of
Chicago. Office: Chemical Bldg. Residence:
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CAMPBELL, Robert Scott, pianos; 1861-
1909; see Vol. 1906.
CAMPBELL, Romey George; see Vol. 1906.
CAMPBELL, Stuart, vice president and
treasurer the Campbell Iron Co.; born, St.
Louis, 1883; son of Charles and Emma J.
(Webster) Campbell; educated public schools,
and Manual Training School; unmarried. Be
gan active career in employ of Campbell Iron
Co., 1900; worked in various departments,
now vice president and treasurer. Republican.
Protestant. Member St. Louis Association of
Credit Men. Clubs: City, Public Question.
Recreation: tennis. Office: 819 Cass Ave. Resi
dence: 5841 Julian Ave.
CAMPBELL, Walter Taylor, fire insurance;
born, Hopkinsville, Ky.; son of Edward P.
and Caroline E. (Taylor) Campbell; educated'
in public schools of Hopkinsville, South
Kentucky College and Ferrall's Academy,
Hopkinsville; unmarried. Began business ca
reer in employ of the Bank of Hopkinsville,
of which father was president; then was in
insurance business at Kansas City, Mo., one
year, and at Chicago one year, prior to 1897,
when came to St. Louis and engaged in fire
insurance business; since 1905 representing
several companies as local and general agent.
Republican. Member Civic League. Clubs:
University, Noonday, City, Bellerive Country.
Office: Pierce Bldg. Residence: Buckingham
Hotel. CAMPFIELD, Charles Henry, fire and ma
rine insurance; born, Savannah, Ga., June 23,
1836; son of Charles H. and Elizabeth Augusta
(Schellmann) Campfield; educated in various
schools in Savannah, Ga., and at Russell 's Mil
itary Academy, New Haven, Conn.; married,
St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., 1857, Josephine J.
Campfield (cousin) ; children: George A., Ralph
E. (deceased), Clara Gihon (Mrs. W. I. Harri
son). Continuously engaged in fire and marine
insurance business in St. Louis since Novem
ber, 1866. Agents Lloyds of London; corre
spondent National Board of Marine Under
writers of New York, Board of Underwriters
of New York. Member St. Louis Fire Preven
tion Bureau, Underwriters' Salvage Corps.
Hereditary member of the Society of the Cin
cinnati in the State of New Jersey, Sons of
the Revolution, Military Order of Foreign
Wars. Member Odd Fellows, Legion of Honor
of St. Louis, Royal Arcanum. Favorite recre
ations: music and books. Office: Pierce Bldg.
Residence: 6974 Julian Ave.
CANDY, Gilbert, merchant; born, Bath,
England, Aug. 18, 1864; son of J. B. and Ase
nath Candy; removed with parents to United
States at age of six years; educated in public
schools; resident of St. Louis since 1880; mar
ried, 'St. Louis, Ida Marcum; one child: Mil
dred Rosalind. ' Has been engaged in the
candy business in St. Louis since 1885; was
at 215 Chestnut St. until 1902 with Candy

Bros. Manufacturing Co.; since 1902 manageT
of the Busy Bee, retail confections. Member
Civic League. Mason. Recreation: fishing.
Office: 417 N. 7th St. Residence: 5927 Clemens
Avenue. CANDY, William Edward, merchant; born,
Burlington, la., Apr. 26, 1873; son of John B.
and Asenath (Weaver) Candy; educated in
Burlington (la.) public schools and Burlington
Business College; married, St. Louis, Septem
ber, 1902, May P. Allen; three children: Har
old Weaver, Ruth Wentworth, Virginia Isa
bella. Resident St. Louis since 1891, entering
the Busy Bee Candy Co., and in 1903 succeed
ing to present position as secretary and treas
urer of the company. Recreation: fishing. Of
fice: 417 N. 7th St. Residence: 5858 Etzel
Avenue. CANNON, John Franklin, clergyman; born
in Cabarrus Co., N. O, Jan. 3, 1851; son of
John Maxwell and Eliza Deborah (Robinson)
Cannon; graduated from Davidson College,
North Carolina, A.B., 1869, post-graduate
course, University of Virginia, 1869-70; grad
uated from Union Theological Seminary, Vir
ginia, 1873; (D.D., Southwestern Presbyterian
University, 1888) ; married, Clarksville, Tenn.,
Feb. 24, 1880, Mary Lupton; children: Julia,
John Franklin, Jr., Mary L. Licensed, May,
1873, ordained, October, 1873, to ministry of
Presbyterian Church of the United States
(Presbyterian Church, South); pastor of
Presbyterian Church, Leesburg, Va., 1873-81,
Shelbyville, Tenn., 1881-88; since November,
1888, pastor Grand Avenue Presbyterian
Church, St. Louis. Was moderator General
Assembly, Presbyterian Church of the United
States, 1899. Democrat. Address: 3540 Pine
Street. CANNON, Thomas Doherty, .lawyer; born,
Killybegs, County Donegal, Ireland, Feb. 14,
1866; son of Patrick and Bridget (Doherty)
Cannon; educated in National School of na
tive town until sixteenth year, also by uncle,
Rev. Francis B. Cannon, and at Jones Commer
cial College, St. Louis, and St. Louis Law
School; married, 1908, Marguerite Carroll, of
Norfolk, Va. Landed at Castle Garden a few
days after sixteenth birthday; first employed
in Western Union Telegraph Co. 's office at
Union City, Ind., as messenger, May 1, 1882;
learned telegraphy in odd moments; admitted
to bar, June, 1895, St. Louis Circuit Court,
and since engaged in practice. Member fac
ulty St. Louis University Institute of Law.
Member St. Louis Bar Association, Law Li
brary Association, St. Louis. Catholic. Repub
lican. Member Young Men's Sodality of St.
Louis University. Club: City. Office: Suite
418-419 Liggett Bldg. Residence: 5092 Ken
sington Ave.
CAPEN, Charles Pond, president Capen
Belting and Rubber Co.; born, St. Louis, Dec.
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bella (Pond) Capen: educated in Smith Acad
emy, St. Louis, St. Paul's School, Concord,
N. H., and Yale University, A.B., 1900; mar
ried,. St. Louis, January, 1904, Clara Stegall;
twin children: Frances Wentwoi'th and Laura
Weldon. Since 1900 engaged in business in
St. Louis; about 1903 was elected president
and manager of Capen Belting and Rubber
Co., distributers of belting, mechanical rubber
goods, engine packings and fire protection.
Member Civic League. Mason (Blue Lodge,
Chapter, Commandery and Shrine). Clubs:
City, Kings Lake Hunting and Fishing. Office:
cor. Main and Chestnut Sts. Residence: 4701
Westminster Place.
CAPEN, George Henry, insurance; born, St.
Louis, Sept. 3, 1868; son of George D. and
Frances Isabella (Pond) Capen; educated at
Smith Academy, St. Louis, and Yale Univer
sity, class of 1890, and St. Louis Law School;
married, Cairo, 111., Nov. 7, 1893, Lila Halli-
day; children: Lila, Esther Halliday. Ad
mitted to St. Louis bar in 1892, then entered
fire insurance office of George D. Capen & Co.
and in same year became a partner in the firm
and so continues. Also director H. L. Halli
day Milling Co., of Cairo, 111. Member Mer
chants' Exchange. Republican. Clubs: St.
Louis, Noonday. Office: Fierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 4920 McPherson Ave.
CAPEN, Samuel Davis, fire insurance; born,
St. Louis, Mar. 28, 1863; son of George D. and
Frances Isabella (Pond) Capen; educated at
Smith Academy, St. Louis; graduated from
Yale University, A.B., 1885, Harvard Law
School, LL.B., 1888; married, Milwaukee, Wis.,
Sept. 24, 1890, Effie Houghton; children: Ada-
line, Frances Isabel, Lucile, Samuel Davis, Jr.
Was with the Phenix Insurance Co., of Brook
lyn, as adjuster in Chicago office of the com
pany, 1888-93; removed to St. Louis, 1893,
and in the same year became member of firm
of George D. Capen & Co., general fire insur
ance agents and brokers. Also president Capen
Motor Car Co.; director Boatmen's Bank.
Member Merchants ' Exchange, Business Men 's
League. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: St.
Louis, Noonday, Racquet, Automobile. Office:
1406 Pierce Bldg. Residence: Wentworth Ter
race, Clayton, Mo.
CAPLAN, Leo, physician; born, Kovno,
Russia, May 27, 1865; son of Benjamin and
Mary Caplan; educated in public and high
schools in Russia, and University of Vienna,
Austria, M.D., 1891; married, Vienna, 1892,
Julia Levinson. Came to St. Louis from Aus
tria, November, 1893, and has since engaged in
practice in this city. Member St. Louis Med
ical Society, Missouri State Medical Associa
tion, American Medical Association, Academy
of Laryngology and Otology. Club: Missouri
Athletic. Office: 4500 Olive St. Residence:
5224 Delmar Ave.

CARD, Edward Albert, superintendent St.
Louis City Rescue Mission; born, Windsor,
Nova Scotia, Oct. 16, 1852; son of Charles
William and Caroline (Dymond) Card; edu
cated in common schools to fifteen; married,
Chicago, Dec. 24, 1876, Mary Alice Mills; three
children: Clarence William, George Dymond,
Olive Caroline (Mrs. S. Edgar Cope, of Spring
field, Mo.). Began business career as a boy on
his father's boat at Windsor, Nova Scotia, as
a fisherman, continuing until twenty years of
age; came to United States July 5, 1872; first
position was with John Featherstone 's foun
dry company, of Chicago, 1872-73; then with
W. C. Ritchie, paper box manufacturer, 1873-
76; entered employ of United States Express
Co., first as porter, later conductor on wagon
service, then solicitor at Chicago, 1876-1902.
Promoted to general agent United States Ex
press Co. at St. Louis, 1902; resigned, 1903, to
become superintendent of the St. Louis City
Rescue Mission. Republican. Member Meth
odist Church, South. Member Garden City
Lodge No. 141, A. F. & A. M., Chicago. Club:
Masonic. Recreation: attending annual meet
ing of the Bible Conference at Winona Lake,
Ind. Office: 616 Morgan St. Residence: 4265
Cleveland Ave.
CARL, Otto, lawyer; born, Havana, HI.,
Mar. 1, 1859; son of August and Martha
(Martin) Carl; educated in public schools,
Havana; B.S., Notre Dame University, 1878;
student Harvard Law School; LL.B., Washing
ton University Law School, 1880; married, St.
Louis, about 1892, Sadie Flint; children: Lora
and Carl, Jr. Admitted to bar, 1880, and since
continuously in practice. Democrat; active
worker in politics and has been candidate of
party for judge of Court of Criminal Correc
tion, and also for circuit attorney. Mason.
Clubs: Million Population, Good Fellowship
(of King's Highway Presbyterian Church).
Office: 318 N. 8th St. Residence: 5745 Clem
ens Ave.
CARLETON, Jesse L., wholesale dry goods;
born, Cumberland, Md., Aug. 20, 1862; son of
Henry Dunlap and Mary Ellen (Boogher)
Carleton; educated in public schools and Nor
mal School, Cumberland; married, St. Louis,
Feb. 27, 1895, Sarah M. Legat; one daughter:
Frances Ellen. Came from farm in Cumber
land, Md., in 1883, at age of 20, and took posi
tion of stock clerk in print department of J.
H. Wear, Boogher Dry Goods Co., of which
became a director in 1895, continuing as di
rector with that corporation and its' successor,
the Carleton Dry Goods Co. (to which it
changed, December, 1899) to the present time.
Began as traveling salesman in 1887 in Indian
Territory, and later in Oklahoma' and a por
tion of Texas, and now has three other sales
men connected with him in that territory.
Also director Curlee Clothing Co. Southern
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Shriner. Clubs: Glen Echo Country (presi
dent), St. Louis, Mercantile, Bellerive Coun
try, Normandie Golf, St. Louis Country, Rac
quet, Sunset Hill Country, Noonday, Aero.
Recreation: golf. Office: Carleton Dry Goods
Co. Residence: 484 Lake Ave.
CARLETON, John, president Carleton Cloth
ing Co.; born, Ederny Co., Fermaugh, Ire
land, June 2, 1868; son of John and Isabella
(Maguire) Carleton; attended the Black Bog
National School, Ederny Co., Fermaugh, 1875-
86; later took an academic course in the
Model School, Omagh Co., Tyrone, graduating
Dec. 1, 1888; married, St. Louis, Feb. 17, 1898,
Helen Cahill; three children: Helen M., John
J. and William P. Arrived in America Mar.
20, 1890; was secretary and general manager
of the McGuire Clothing Co., St. Louis, 1892-
1905; organized the Carleton Clothing Co.,
Dee. 1, 1905, and has since been its president
and treasurer. Republican. Roman Catholic.
Recreations: hunting and fishing. Offices: 823-
825 Washington Ave. Residence: 1391 Temple
Place. CARLETON, Murray, wholesale dry goods
merchant; born, Cumberland, Md., Sept. 1,
1852; son of Henry D. and Mary Ellen (Boo
gher) Carleton; educated in common schools,
and later one year high school; married, St.
Louis, June 26, 1884, Annie Laurie Hays;
children: Murray, Jr., Susan Rebekah, Alex
andria, Ruth, Dorcas, Hope Dunlap, Esther
Mayne, Patricia, Annie Laurie. Entered of
fice of Alleghanian (newspaper), Cumberland,
Md., at thirteen years; worked, at printing-
business for five years; then attended high
school one year; came to St. Louis, July,
1873; entered employ of Henry Bell & Son,
wholesale dry goods, first as an employe at
$25 per month, and has continued with same
house and its successors ever since — J. H.
Wear, Boogher & Co., Wear & Boogher Dry
Goods Co., and Carleton Dry Goods Co., of
which is now president. Vice president Boat
men's Bank; director United Railways Co.,
Laclede Gas Co., Mississippi Valley Trust Co.,
Title Guarantee Trust Co., and one of the
trustees of the Robert Barnes Estate. Mem
ber Merchants' Exchange, Business Men's
League. Member M. E. Church, South. Trustee
Y. M. C. A. Clubs: Log Cabin, Noonday, St.
Louis, St. Louis Country, Glen Echo, Com
mercial. Office: Washington Ave and 12th St.
Residence: 4511 Lindell Ave. (after Oct. 1,
1912). *CARLIN, James L. D., business manager;
now living in New York; see Vol. 1906.
*CARLISLE, Samuel Stewart, grain dealer;
moved to Omaha, Neb.; see Vol. 1906.
CARMACK, Frank Owen; see Vol. 1906.
CARPENTER, Abram Miller; 1834-1907;
see Vol. 1906.

CARPENTER, George Oliver, resident man
ager National Lead Co.; born, Wakefield,
Mass., Feb. 17, 1852; son of George Oliver
and Maria J. (Emerson) Carpenter; educated
Park Latin School and English High School,
Boston, and special course, 1869-70, in Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology; married,
Boston, Apr. 7, 1880, Caroline G. Greeley; chil
dren: George Oliver, Jr., Kenneth Greeley.
Came to St. Louis, 1870, and began business
career with St. Louis Lead and Oil Co. as
entry clerk; filled, successively, all office posi
tions, also chemical work in the laboratory
and assistant superintendent of works; was
made secretary of the company in 1876, and
later vice president, and president in 1890.
National Lead Co. was formed in 1891, pur
chasing St. Louis Lead and Oil Co., Collier
White Lead and Oil Co. and Southern White
Lead Co. (all of St. Louis) and other concerns
elsewhere; since that time in charge of the
business of the company at St. Louis, and
director National Lead Co. Vice president St.
Louis Smelting and Refining Co.; director Na
tional Bank of Commerce, Commonwealth
Trust Co. (member executive committee.) Re
publican. Was adjutant St. Louis National
Guard, captain Co. C, same, and colonel First
Regiment, Missouri National Guard, 1880-81.
President St. Louis Public Library. Member
board of directors Washington University,
board of control Manual Training School. Uni
tarian. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Univer
sity, Country, Commercial, Round Table. Rec
reation: traveling. Office: Liggett Bldg. Resi
dence: 12 Portland PI.
CARPENTER, George Oliver, Jr., con
tractor; born, St. Louis, Aug. 24, 1881; son of
George Oliver and Caroline Gilman (Greeley)
Carpenter; educated in Lachmund School, St.
Louis; Volkmann School, Boston; Harvard
University, A.B., 1902; married, Deephaven,
Minn., February, 1911, Mary Douglas, of St.
, Louis. In general insurance business with firm
of W. H. Markham & Co. until Mar. 1, 1910;
since secretary Unit Construction Co. Repub
lican. Clubs: Noonday, University, City, St.
Louis Country. Office: 801 Liggett Bldg. Resi
dence: 5153 Waterman Ave.
CARPENTER, James Burton, business man
ager; born, Dixon, Lee Co., 111., Sept. 10, 1842;
son of Burton and Mary P. (Richards) Car
penter; educated, public and private schools
of Griggsville, Pike Co., 111.; married, Perry,
Pike Co., Apr. 24, 1866, Delia Ayres; six chil
dren: Charles D. (deceased), Mary C. (Mrs.
W. W. Howell), Maude (Mrs. I. P. Younglove),
Nellie R. (Mrs. A. J. Austin), Clara L. (Mrs.
J. M. Tompsett) and Fred Green. Was con
nected with the United States claim agency,
February, 1866- April, 1867; teller and assist
ant cashier First National Bank, Knoxville,
Tenn., until April, 1870; appointed manager
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Memphis, Tenn., 1870, so continuing until
July, 1885; since manager wholesale depart
ment same company, at St. Louis. Enlisted
August, 1862, in Co. B, 103d Regiment, Ohio
Volunteers; commissioned first lieutenant,
First Tennessee Artillery, Sept. 17, 1863; ord
nance officer, Fourth Division Cavalry Corps,
first part of 1864; then with Governor's Guard
of Tennessee until resigned to enter business,
February, 1865. Democrat. Member Loyal Le
gion, Royal Arcanum. Author: History of the
Burton Carpenter Family, 1785 to 1907. Rec
reation: billiards. Office: Room 1018 Holland
Bldg. Residence: 4403 Morgan St.
CARPENTER, James M., real estate; de
ceased; see Vol. 1906.
CARPENTER, Wilbur Marvin, M.D.; see
Vol. 1906.
CARPENTER, William Guy, lawyer; born,
Macoupin Co., 111., Dee. 20, 1872; son of Nor
man C. and Sophia (Benion) Carpenter; se
cured common and high school education and
then attended the State Normal School, Nor
mal, 111., later becoming a student at Univer
sity of Chicago; matriculated in St. Louis
Law School (Washington University), grad
uating with degree of LL.B., 1901; married,
St. Louis, Feb. 1, 1905, Josephine Wilcox; two
children: Frank Leland and Dorothy. Ad
mitted to Missouri bar, 1901, and has since
engaged in general practice at St. Louis. In
dependent in politics. Presbyterian. Club:
City. Recreation: outdoor diversions. Office:
Security Bldg. Residence: 7413 Murdoek Ave.
CARR, Alfred Chambers, fire underwriter;
born, St. Louis, Jan. 12, 1870; son of Alfred
and Angelica Charlotta (Yeatman) Carr; edu
cated in public schools of St! Louis and Wash
ington University; married, Austin, Tex., Jan.
2, 1900, Maud E. Bremond; one son: Alfred
Chambers, Jr. With father in real estate busi
ness until Mar. 1, 1894, when with brother
Charles Yeatman Carr, engaged under firm
name of Carr Brothers, in fire insurance
agency business, as representative of several
strong companies. Democrat. Member Mer
chants' Exchange. Recreation: outdoor diver
sions. Office: 204 N. Third St. Residence:
5719 Cabanne Ave.
CARR, Charles Yeatman, insurance under
writer; born, Glencoe, Mo., Sept. 18, 1872; son
of Alfred and Angelica Charlotta (Yeatman)
Carr; educated at Smith Academy, St. Louis,
and at Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
graduating 1891; married, St. Louis, Mar. 15,
1899, Virginia Scudder. Has been engaged in
the insurance business since Jan. 3, 1893, and
since Mar. 1, 1894, has with Alfred Carr, con
ducted the insurance agency of Carr Brothers.
President Yeatman Realty Co.; secretary and
general manager Manufacturers ' Equipment
Co.; director United Elevator and Grain Co.
Was president of Carr-McGrow Scale Co., 1901-

02. Member Merchants ' Exchange. Democrat.
Episcopalian. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Me-
ramec Canoe, St. Francis Hunting and Fish
ing. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office:
204 N. 3d St. Residence: Glencoe, Mo.
CARR, Dabney; 1831-1907; see Vol. 1906.
*CARR, John H., insurance; moved to Chi
cago; see Vol. 1906.
CARR, Joseph Samuel, cashier Chippewa.
Bank; born, Howard Co., Mo., Nov. 11, 1877;
son of Dr. Washington Means and Bettie
(Rice) Carr; educated in common schools and
later became a student of normal school at
Kirksville and at Stanberry, Mo.; unmarried.
At seventeen years of age became connected
with the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, of
Center, Mo., advancing to position of cashier
at age of nineteen; came to St. Louis, 1906,
and organized the Chippewa Bank, of which
has since been cashier and member board of
directors. Democrat. Member Christian (Dis
ciples) Church. Mason; member Knights of
Pythias, B. P. O. Elks. Clubs: St. Louis, Mer
cantile, Liederkranz, Bankers'. Recreation:
hunting. Office: 3801 S. Broadway. Residence:
3635 Humphrey St.
CARR, Peyton T., president Kehlor Flour
Mills Co.; born, St. Louis, Nov. 24, 1864; son
of Alfred and Angelica C. (Yeatman) Carr;
educated in public schools, Smith Academy
and Washington University, graduating in
first class in the Manual Training School of
the university; married, St. Louis, Nov. 15,
1893, Josephine Kehlor; three children: James
Kehlor, Peyton T., Jr., Jessie Josephine. Be
gan active career in machine shops of Frisco
Ry., continuing for two years; then joined
father in real estate business as junior part
ner of the firm; elected vice president and
general manager Citizens Insurance Co. of
Missouri, 1895, remaining with the company
until sold out to Hartford Insurance Co. of
Connecticut in 1898; president United Ele
vator and Grain Co., March, 1900-Sept. 17,
1907; president Kehlor Flour Mills Co. since
1906, plant having a capacity of 3,000 barrels
per day. Member St. Louis Merchants' Ex
change, Business Men's League. Democrat.
Episcopalian. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, St.
Louis Country, Bellerive, Racquet, City. Rec
reations: golf and motoring. Office: 402 Cham
ber of Commerce. Residence: 62 Vandeventer
Place. CARR, Thomas Percy, lawyer; born, Han
nibal, Mo., Mar. 27, 1871; son of Judge James
and Mary (Hardy) Carr; graduated St. Louis
High School, 1889; St. Louis University, A.B.,
1891; St. Louis Law School (Washington Uni
versity), LL.B., 1892; married, Cripple Creek,
Colo., July 15, 1902, Zola Tucker; one daugh
ter: Eleanor. Began practice, 1892, member of
law firm of Carr & Carr, continuing two years;
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95; again member of Carr & Carr, since 1896.
Member St. Louis Bar Association, St. Louis
Law Library Association. Democrat. Presby
terian; president board of trustees Richmond
Heights Presbyterian Church. Served three
years, in Co. G, First Regiment, National
Guard of Missouri (Branch Guards), 1892-95.
Recreation: horseback riding. Office: Roe
Bldg., 510 Pine St. Residence: Bellevue Ave.
and Arlington Boul., Richmond Heights.
CARROLL, John Bryce, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Sept. 13, 1870; son of Capt. John W.
and Belle (Castleman) Carroll; educated in
Stoddard School, Foster's Academy, Manual
Training School and Benton College of Law;
married, Kansas City, Mo., June 12, 1895,
Mary I. Baltz; children: John Bryce, Lee
Grant. Engaged in general practice of law in
St. Louis since May, 1899, with Lee W. Grant
and Pierre B. Kennedy, in law firm of Grant,
Carroll & Kennedy. Democrat. Presbyterian.
Office: Carleton Bldg. Residence: St. Louis Co.
CARROLL, John Haydock, lawyer; born in
Erie Co., N. Y., June 27, 1857; son of Michael
and Margaret Carroll; educated in Quaker
schools in Ohio, 1880; married, Lynchburg, 0.,
1880, Priseilla Woodrow1; children: John H.,
Jr., Frances M. Admitted to Ohio bar, Decem
ber, 1880, and to Missouri bar at Unionville,
Mo., 1881; engaged in practice ever since;
was prosecuting attorney of Putnam Co., Mo.,
1883-89; since 1899 in practice in St. Louis;
now general attorney for the Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy R. R. Co., Northern Pacific
Ry. Co. and the Great Northern Ry. Co. Also
president of the Vinsonhaler Shoe Co., whole
sale dealers in fine shoes. Democrat; was col
onel on the staff of Governor D. R. Francis.
Delegate to Democratic National conventions,
1888 and 1900; alternate-at-large to the Demo
cratic National Convention, 1892, and has
been delegate to many state conventions.
Member Missouri State Bar Association. Ma
son (32°). Clubs: Cabanne, St. Louis Field,
Glen Echo Country, Mercantile, St. Louis,
Noonday. Office: New National Bank of Com
merce Bldg. Residence: 5465 Delmar Boul.
CARROLL, Joseph Charles, retired; born,
New York City, Mar. 25, 1847; son of John
and Mary (Farrell) Carroll; educated in
Rhode Island public schools; married, George
town, D. C, Feb. 10, 1874, Eleanor Agatha
Simms; six children: Joseph O, Jr., John H.,
Andrew J., Agnes M. (Mrs. Thomas D. Can
non), M. Eleanora, Ruth. Was business man
ager of the Evening News, Norfolk, Va., also
engaged in the real estate and insurance busi
ness there. Elected supreme trustee, Catholic
Knights of America, 1891, supreme secretary,
1895-1901; removed to St. Louis from Nor
folk, Va., 1900; elected, 1901, and reelected,
July, 1905, supreme treasurer, Catholic
Knights of America, so continuing until 1909,

when retired. Catholic. Residence: 5642 Ma
ple Ave.
CARROLL, Winfield S., president Forbes
Bros. Tea & Spice Co.; born, Dayton, O., June
15, 1848; son of John Carroll; public school
education; married, Aug. 11, 1886, Miss Lizzie
A. McDonald, of Boston, Mass. (who died
Mar. 10, 1911). Began as a traveling salesman,
at St. Louis, 1878; became connected with
Forbes Bros. Tea and Spice Co., 1878, of
which was vice president, 1911-12; president
since January, 1912. Independent Republican.
Protestant. Member United Commercial Trav
elers' Association. Office: 112-116 Locust St.
Residence: 4125 McPherson Ave.
CARSON, Gibbon William, physician; born
in Washington Co., Mo., July 8, 1854; son of
James A. and Mary H. (Wingo) Carson; edu
cated in public schools of Washington Co.,
Mo.; Bellevue College, Caledonia, Mo., 1872;
Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., A.B., 1874
(Se.D., 1903); Missouri Medical College, St.
Louis, M.D., 1878; married, Fulton, Mo., Oct.
2, 1879, Bettie N. King; one son: Gibbon King
Carson (died in infancy). Assistant in City
Hospital and Asylum, City Dispensary physi
cian and secretary of Board of Health, 1878-
85. Engaged in general practice in St. Louis
from graduation. Member American Medical
Association, Missouri State Medical Associa
tion, St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri Med
ical College Alumni Association, Westminster
College Alumni. Democrat. Trustee Grand
Avenue Presbyterian Church. Mason; Past
Master Blue Lodge, Past Grand 'High Priest
Royal Arch Chapter, Past Illustrious Master,
Past Master Royal and Select Masters, Past
Grand Commander Knights Templar. Recrea
tion: baseball. Office: 301 Century Bldg. Res
idence: 4104 W. Pine Boul.
CARSON, Norman Bruce, physician; born,
Somerset, Pa., Nov. 9, 1844; son of James O.
and Barbara (Bruce) Carson; educated in pri
vate schools, Washington University and St.
Louis Medical College, M.D., 1868; married,
St. Louis, Apr. 23, 1888, Susan Reese Glas
gow; one son, William B. Since graduation,
March, 1868, continuously engaged in general
practice of medicine and surgery in St. Louis.
Member American Surgical Association, Amer
ican Genito-Urological Association, Interna
tional Surgical Association, St. Louis Surgical
Society, American Medical Association, Mis
souri State Medical Association, St. Louis
Medical Society. Club: University. Recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Office: Humboldt
Bldg. Residence: 4379 Westminster PI.
CARTER, Charles Haynie, real estate and
building; born, Como, Panola Co., Miss., Dee.
27, 1860; son of Richard Thomas and Sarah
J. (Gilchrist) Carter; educated in private
schools, Panola Co., to 1876; married, -St.
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sisted on plantations until 1882. Began active
career at Fort Smith, Ark., and points in
Texas, engaging in real estate business, 1882-
85; then purchased timber lands and operated
saw mill in partnership with his brother-in-
law, W. C. Swoope, of Memphis, Tenn., in Lin
coln and Desha counties, Ark., 1885-90; with
E. E. Meacham conducted real estate business
at Memphis, Tenn., 1890-93; removed to St.
Louis, June 1, 1893, and dissolved partner
ship, 1896. Conducted general realty and
building alone until 1903; partner in firm of
Carter-Cowen-Evers Realty Co., 1903-06; treas
urer Fraternal Home Hotel Co. during World 's
Fair, 1903-05; organized Como Realty, Finan
cial & Building Co., 1906, and subdivided and
sold tract called King's Heights; now owner
Shirley Hills and Maple Place subdivisions,
doing business as Charles H. Carter. Member
St. Louis Real Estate Exchange. Democrat.
Episcopalian. Member Knights of Pythias,
Knights of Khorassan, Mississippi Society of
St. Louis. Recreations: automobiling and
hunting. Office: 309 Liggett Bldg. Residence:
913 Bayard Ave.
CARTER, Edwin Farnham, business man
ager; born, Farmington, Mo., May 24, 1877;
son of William and Maria (Mcllvaine) Car
ter; graduated St. Louis Manual Training
School, 1875; Washington University; mar
ried, St. Louis, May 12, 1906, Mary Ida Bull;
children: Edwin F., Jr., Jesse Mel. Employed
July, 1910, by Bell Telephone Co. of Missouri,
at St. Louis, and served, successively, as in
spector and chief clerk in construction de
partment, solicitor in right of way depart
ment, St. Louis canvassing agent for long
distance lines, contract agent and commercial
manager; resigned, May 15, 1911, and entered
employ of Eames & Young, architects, as gen
eral business manager. Member American So
ciety Engineering Contractors, Phi Delta
Theta fraternity. Clubs: Noonday, St. Louis,
City, Missouri Athletic. Recreations: litera
ture and walking. Office: 1702 Wright Bldg.
Residence: 3955 Connecticut Ave.
CARTER, Howard, physician; born at
Monkstown, County Antrim, Ireland, July 5,
1858; son of John T. and Grace (Larkin) Car
ter; early education in public schools in Eng
land, and Roxbury High School, Boston,
Mass.; M.D., Beaumont Hospital Medical Col
lege, St. Louis, 1893; post-graduate work at
Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, un
der Dr. Osier, 1901; unmarried. Commercial
traveler for wholesale dry goods house of
Boston for ten years before taking medical
course. Spent one year in St. Louis City Hos
pital, and five months in St. Louis Female
Hospital; was appointed milk inspector by
Mayor Walbridge, coroner's physician under
Dr. R. M. Funkhouser, 1900-04; since 1899, en
gaged in private practice at Webster Groves,
specializing in internal medicine. Member St.

Louis County Medical Society, Medical So
ciety of City Hospital Alumni. Scottish Rite
Mason; Master of the Kadosh, 1910-11. Office
and Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
CARTER, John Scott, real estate; born, St,
Louis, Aug. 1, 1871; son of Frank and Fannie
Stone (Scott) Carter; educated in Smith
Academy, St. Louis, and in University of Vir
ginia, 1890-91; married, St. Louisj Nov. 5,
1896, Josephine H. Lane; children: John
Scott, Jr., and Frances Lane. Engaged in real
estate business as member of firm of Carter
& McLanahan, 1891-96; with McNair & Har
ris, real estate, 1896-1902; real estate officer
Germania Trust Co., September, 1902, to Feb
ruary, 1904; real estate officer Commonwealth
Trust Co., February, 1904, to August, 1905;
now treasurer and director McNair & Harris
Realty Co., real estate and financial agents.
Independent in polities. Episcopalian. Club:
Racquet. Office: 8th and Locust Sts. Resi
dence: 4944 Lindell Boul.
CARTER, Lemuel Ray, grain broker; born,
Mexico, Mo., July 29, 1874; son of T. W. and
Mary L. (Lupton) Carter; graduated from
Stoddard (public) School, 1883, Smith Acad
emy, 1894; Ph.B., Sheffield Scientific School,
Yale University, 1897; married, St. Louis,
1902, May Dillon; children: Elizabeth, Mary
and Margaret (twins). In business as grain
broker since 1897. Member St. Louis Mer
chants' Exchange. Methodist. Clubs: St.
Louis Country, Racquet, City. Office: Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 5041 Waterman Ave.
CARTER, Thomas Bailey; see Vol. 1906.
CARTER, Thomas Whitman, grain commis
sion; born in Callaway Co., Mo., Feb. 28, 1849;
son of Lemuel and Clarinda (Hisey) Carter;
educated at State University of Missouri;
married, Mexico, Mo., Oct. 8, 1870, Mary Lou
ise Lupton; children: Lemuel R., Clayton Le-
Roy, Clara Louise (Mrs. John W. Higgins, of
Worcester, Mass.), Thomas W., Jr. After leav
ing university taught school, farmed, and was
county surveyor ,of Audrain Co., six years;
civil engineer for two years; in mercantile
business at Mexico, Mo., for several years; in
grain business as member of firm of Carter &
Hisey; came to St. Louis, 1881, was with Bil-
lingsley & Nanson (commission) two years;
member of Fraley-Carter Commission Co.,
1883-88, Carter & Bowman, 1888-98; since
1898 in business alone. Director Schultz Belt
ing Co. Member St. Louis Merchants' Ex
change. Episcopalian. Clubs: Commercial, St.
Louis, St. Louis Country. Recreations: golf,
fishing and hunting. Office: 313-316 Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 5 Portland PI.
CARTER, William Francis, banker, lawyer;
born, Farmington, Mo., Oct. 30, 1867; son of
William and Maria (Mcllvaine) Carter; edu
cated in public schools at Farmington, Mo.;
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partment of University of Michigan, LL.B.,
1890; married, Ferguson, Mo., Nov. 15, 1893,
Grace Thoroughman; two children: Emmet
Thoroughman and Martha Wright. Continu
ously engaged in practice of law since 1890;
from Jan. 1, 1893, until his death, Dec. 25,
1896, was in partnership with late Thomas
Thoroughman under firm name of Thorough-
man & Carter; from Dec. 1, 1897, until Jan. 1,
1905, was in partnership with Arthur N.
Sager (former circuit attorney) as Carter &
Sager; then senior member of "Carter, Col
lins, Jones & Barker (Charles Cummings Col
lins, William T. Jones and Harry C. Barker) ;
now vice president Mercantile Trust Co., Mer
cantile National Bank. Member American and
Missouri State Bar associations. Republican.
Mason and Odd Fellow. Club: Noonday. Of
fices: 721 Locust St. and Third National Bank
Bldg. Residence: 5846 Cabanne Ave.
CARTON, De Smet, bond and stock broker;
born, St. Louis, Sept. 28, 1882; son of John F.
and Helen A. (Benoist) Carton and descended
on maternal side of ancestry dating back to
time of Louis XIV, France; educated at St.
Vincent ,'s Seminary, St. Louis University, and
Manual Training School; married Dorothy
Shapleigh, of St. Louis, Feb. 28, 1911; one
son: Benoist. Was with National Bank of
Commerce, 1900-05, since in bond and broker
age business. Member Missouri Historical So
ciety. Club: St. Louis Country. Recreation:
golf. Office: 502, 509 Olive St. Residence: 19
N. Taylor St.
CARTON, J. Benoist, broker in stocks and
bonds; born, Utica, N. Y., July 10, 1878; son
of John F. and Helen A. (Benoist) Carton;
educated in St. Louis University, Smith Acad
emy, and Cornell University; married, Kansas
City, Mo., 1901, Julia Fay Hurt; children:
Julia Fay, Helen Benoist and Mary Elizabeth.
Began business career with A. G. Edwards &
Co., and was afterward for four years with
the St. Louis Union Trust Co., in various ca
pacities, until November, 1904, then with
Tracy & Co., as bond man, until Feb. 1, 1906;
since member firm of Carton & Carton, stock
brokers. Member St. Louis Stock Exchange.
Member Delta Chi Chapter of Delta Kappa
Epsilon. Roman Catholic. Clubs: Noonday,
Bellerive Country. Recreations: motoring and
aquatic sports. Office: 502 La Salle Bldg. Res
idence: 4328 Westminster PI.
CARTWRIGHT, Hugh Francis, first vice
president The Banner Buggy Co. ; born, Collier-
ville, Tenn., June 11, 1877; son of Monroe
Giddings and Laura (Cross) Cartwright; edu
cated in Collierville College and under pri
vate tutelage; married, Mexico, Mo., Oct. 2,
1909, Stella Robertson; one daughter: Mariella
Robertson. At the age of twenty became con
nected with The Banner Buggy Co., manufac
turers of vehicles, with which has since been
continuously identified; passed through vari

ous positions and is now vice president and
general manager of the company. Member St.
Louis Manufacturers' and Exporters' Associa
tion, (executive board), Business Men's
League. Democrat. Presbyterian. Member
Masonic Order. Club: Missouri Athletic. Rec
reations: hunting, fishing, tennis and all out
door sports. Office: Main and Rutger Sts.
Residence: 5649 Cabanne Ave.
CASE, Clarence Theodore, lawyer; born,
Chillicothe, Mo., Feb. 11, 1874; son of Henry
and Matilda (Hoffman) Case; graduated from
Chillicothe High School, 1892; attended Aca
demic Department of Missouri State Univer
sity, 1893-94; principal Second Ward School,
Chillicothe, 1895-97; student St. Louis Law
School, 1897-99, LL.B., 1899; married, Kirk
wood, Mo., Sept. 16, 1907, Alice M. Kitchen;
one son: Theodore Jackson. In practice of
law at St. Louis since June, 1899. Member St.
Louis Bar Association, St. Louis Law Library
Association. Republican. Episcopalian. Ma
son. Clubs: Mercantile, City, Public Question.
Recreation: books. Office: Third National
Bank Bldg. Residence: 5914 Clemens Ave.
CASE, Willard; see Vol. 1906.
CASEY, John Patrick, manufacturer; born,
St. Louis, Apr. 4, 1874; son of John and
Ellen (Brown) Casey; educated in St. Louis
public schools to 1885; took electrical engi
neering course, International Correspondence
School, Scranton, Pa.; married, St. Louis,
June 15, 1902, Mary E. Durkin; five children:
John P., Jr., James, Ellen, Joseph and Marie.
In employ Edison Electric Co., 1886-88; with
Porter Electric Construction Co., 1888-90 ; with
stock and sales department Southern Electric
Supply Co., 1890-92; with St. Louis Electric
Supply Co., 1892-94. Engaged with different
contractors as inside wireman, 1894-96; super
intendent construction with Singer Auto Fire
Alarm Co., 1896-98; then city and traveling
salesman St. Louis Electric Supply Co., 1898-
1901; traveling salesman, and subsequently
sales manager Commercial Electric Supply Co.,
1901-11; sales manager Maloney Electric Co.,
1911-12; now president and general manager
Eddy Arc Lamp Windlass Co., manufacturers,
and vice president Guarantee Electric Co.
Democrat. Catholic. Member Knights of Co
lumbus. Office: 816 Spruce St. Residence: 223
Cedar St., Webster Groves, Mo.
CASH, Laurence Erskine; see Vol. 1906.
CASPARI, Charles Edward, chemist; born,
Baltimore, Apr. 9, 1875; son of Charles and
Leslie (Heinichen) Caspari; educated in pub
lic schools of Baltimore, and Johns Hopkins
University, degree of B.A., 1896, Ph.D., 1900;
married, Baltimore, 1903, Emilie Ganz; three
children: Florence L., Charles E., Jr., Emilie
C. Instructor in chemistry, Columbia Univer
sity, New York, 1900-1901; research chemist,
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03; professor chemistry, St. Louis College of
Pharmacy, since 1903; chief chemist Meyer
Bros. Drug Co. since 1904. Co-editor Journal
of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry.
Member American Chemical Society, Ameri
can Pharmaceutical Association. Democrat.
Unitarian. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, City (St.
Louis), Chemists' (New York). Office: 2108
Locust St. Residence: 4060 Westminster PI.
CASTLEMAN, Ben Tompkins, lawyer; see
Vol. 1906.
CATES, John Mullanphy, real estate; born,
St. Louis, Feb. 11, 1864; son of Joseph Byron
and Catherine Jane (Clemens) Cates; grad
uated St. Louis University, 1883; attended St.
Mary's (Kan.) College and Georgetown Col
lege (Washington, D. C); married, St. Louis,
Oct. 11, 1886, Elizabeth Patterson La Motte;
children: Joseph Byron (deceased), John La
Motte, Lucille Mullanphy (Mrs. Francis P.
Hardaway), Kathleen Glendower, Joseph Sou-
lard, Edith Elizabeth, Harriet Lane. After
leaving college was ranching in West Texas,
then came to St. Louis and engaged in real es
tate business, Apr. 15, 1890, as partner in the
firm of Giraldin Bros. & Cates until Oct. 1,
1905, when the firm was dissolved; since in
business alone as real estate and financial
agent under the firm name of J. Mullanphy
Cates & Co.; ex-president of the Mullanphy
Emigrant Relief Fund; director of the Trust
Co. of St. Louis Co. Member St. Louis Real
Estate Exchange. Member Missouri Council
Knights of Columbus; ex-president Alumni
Association of St. Louis University. Catholic.
Democrat. Club: Noonday. Favorite recrea
tions: hunting, fishing and golf. Office: 216
Wain wright Bldg. Residence: 4280 Washing
ton Ave. Summer Residence: Normandy, Mo.
CATHEY, James D., manufacturer; born
near Columbia, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1872; son of
James R. and Laura C. (Sowell) Cathey; self-
educated; married, Newport, Ky., 1899, Louise
W. Helm. Was engaged with brothers in lum
ber business in Western Tennessee until 1891,
when came to St. Louis to enter the buggy
business. In 1893 went to Columbus, O., to en
ter employ of Russell E. Gardner; returned to
St. Louis with him when he moved his vehicle
manufacturing industries to this city in 1897;
with him as general manager of sales and ad
vertising until 1907; since president Regal
Buggy Co. Mason. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
St. Louis Chess. Recreations: fishing and
chess. Office: 1700 N. 11th St. Residence:
1215 Amherst Boul.
CATLIN, Daniel, retired manufacturer;
born, Litchfield, Conn., Sept. 5, 1837; son of
Dan and Emily E. (Merwin) Catlin; eighth in
direct descent from Thomas Catlin, who set
tled in Connecticut from England. Came to
St. Louis, 1850; educated St. Louis schools;
married, St. Louis, 1872, Justina G., daughter

of Henry Kayser, one of early settlers of St.
Louis; children: Daniel K., Irene, Theron E.,
Emily (deceased). In 1859, became manager
of tobacco factory established by father in
1840, which became one of the largest tobacco
factories in the country; incorporated, 1876,
as Catlin Tobacco Co., of which became presi
dent, until, in 1898, it was merged with Amer
ican Tobacco Co.; since then has devoted at
tention to management of private interests,
including real estate holdings, interests in
banks and other important St. Louis enter
prises. For over forty years director State
Bank, director St. Louis Trust Co., Security
Building Co.; for many years member board
of directors of Art School, and has assisted
materially in development of interest in art in
St. Louis. Member Business Men's League.
Clubs: St. Louis, University, Noonday, Com
mercial. Recreation: travel. Office: 603 Se
curity Bldg. Residence: 21 Vandeventer PI.
CATLIN, Ephron, vice president Mechanics-
American National Bank; born, Litchfield,
Conn., Apr. 6, 1840; son of Dan (pioneer to
bacco manufacturer in St. Louis) and Emily
Esther (Merwin) Catlin; came to St. Louis in
infancy, and was educated in St. Louis public
schools; married, St. Louis, 1880, Camilla
Kayser; children: Ephron, Emily (Mrs. Ar
thur Shepley). On leaving school was appren
ticed to drug business, which he followed as
wholesale and retail merchant until a few
years ago, when retired. Elected vice presi
dent of the Mechanics-American National
Bank, in 1905. Member Business Men's
League. Club: St. Louis. Office: 603 Security
Bldg. Residence: 15 Vandeventer PI.
CATLIN, Theron Ephron, ex-congressman;
born, St. Louis, 1878; son of Daniel and Jus
tina G. (Kayser) Catlin; A.B., Harvard, 1899,
LL.B., 1902; unmarried. Admitted to bar,
1903, and since in practice at St. Louis. Mem
ber Missouri House of Representatives, 1907-
09; member Sixty-second Congress, Eleventh
Missouri District, but unseated in contest,
August, 1912. Republican. Clubs: St. Louis,
Racquet, University, Noonday, St. Louis Coun
try. Office: Security Bldg., 319 N. 4th St.
Residence: 21 Vandeventer PI.
CAULFIELD, Henry Stewart, judge; born,
St. Louis, Dec. 9, 1873; son of John and Vir-
ilda (Milburn) Caulfield; educated in public
schools; St. Charles College, St. Charles, Mo.;
LL.B., Law Department, Washington Univer
sity, 1895; married, Fannie Alice Delano, of
Cuba, Mo., 1902; three children: Elizabeth,
Frances, John. Admitted to Missouri bar,
1895; practiced in St. Louis; attorney Lincoln
Trust Co., 1897-1904; candidate for Congress,
November, 1904; elected to Congress, Novem
ber, 1906, serving 1907-09; excise commissioner
City of St. Louis, April, 1909-September, 1910;
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Jan. 1, 1913. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem
ber St. Louis Bar Association, Law Library
Association. Club: Mercantile. Chambers:
1707, 112 N. 4th St. Residence: 6253 Wash
ington Ave.
CAULFIELD, William Edward, real estate;
born, St. Louis, June 28, 1871; son of John
and Virilda (Milburn) Caulfield; educated in
St. Louis public schools; married, St. Louis,
1892, Edith Hinman; children: William Ed
ward, Jr., Hazel. Began business career in
employ of J. B. M. Kpehler, and St. Louis
United Grain Elevator Co., continuing until
1899; in real estate department of Lincoln
Trust Co. until 1905; with D. P. Leahy Real
Estate and Investment Co. until Jan. 1, 1906,
when associated with A. N. Lewis in organ
izing present firm of Caulfield & Lewis, real
estate. Member St. Louis Real Estate Ex
change, Million Population Club. Republican;
elected councilman November, 1911, to fill un
expired term; was chairman 11th Congres
sional District. Republican Committee; mem
ber board directors of Piasa Chautauqua Asso
ciation. Mason (Knight Templar) ; member
Royal Arcanum. Recreation: management of
Chautauqua amusements. Office: 700 Chestnut
St. Residence: 1399 Union Ave.
CAVENDER, John Howard, Jr., sales man
ager; born, St. Louis, Dec. 23, 1877; son of
John Howard and Effie Hodge (Greenleaf)
Cavender; grandson Gen. John S. Cavender,
Civil War, 1861-65; educated in Smith Acad
emy, St. Louis, to 1895; married, St. Louis,
Dec. 26, 1901, Blanche Phillippi, of Crystal
City, Mo.; four children: John Howard, III,
Louis Phillippi, Rogers Greenleaf, Florence
Phillippi. With Missouri Edison Electric Light
and Power Co., 1895-96; went west on account
of health. Returned to St. Louis, 1896, engaged
with Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R.,
1896-1900; resigned to become salesman for
The Philip Carey Co., continuing with this
company since; manager Kansas City, Mo.,
branch, 1901-05, Little Rock, Ark., branch,
1905-10, then St. Louis branch, which district
includes Missouri and six other states. Re
publican. Unitarian. Club: Glen Echo Coun
try. Recreations: golf, tennis, baseball. Of
fice: 24 S. Main St. Residence: 5628 Cates
Avenue. CHADDOCK, Charles Gilbert, physician;
born, Jonesville, Mich., Nov. 14, 1861; son of
Gilbert and Anna (Sinclair) Chaddock; grad
uated from public schools of Jonesville, 1878;
two years' work in literary department, and
graduated from Medical Department, Univer
sity of Michigan, M.D., 1885; student at Uni
versity of Munich, Germany, 1888-89, Univer
sity of Paris, France, 1897-99; married, Buf
falo, N. Y., 1890, Adelaide Gowans Macpher-
son. Assistant medical superintendent North
ern Michigan Asylum, 1889-92; since 1892 en
gaged in practice in St. Louis as a specialist

in neurology; professor of diseases of the
nervous system, St. Louis University since
1892; visiting neurologist, St. Louis City Hos
pital. Member American Medico-Psychological
Association, American Medical Association,
Missouri State Medical Association, Chicago
Academy of Medicine (honorary), St. Louis
Medical Society. Author of various transla
tions of German medical works, a text-book
on insanity, articles in works on medical juris
prudence and numerous contributions to peri
odical medical literature. Independent in poli
tics. Office and Residence: 3705 Delmar Boul.
CHAMBERLAIN, Frederick Bradley, food
products and cereals; born, St. Louis, Nov. 27,
1866; son of Frederick B. and Laura Ann
(Simmons) Chamberlain; educated in Smith
Academy and Washington University; mar
ried, St. Louis, Apr. 22, 1897, Abby W., daugh
ter of J. W. Goddard. Left college in junior
year, 1887, to enter the business, founded by
father in 1846, as a jobber of cereals and
manufacturer of food products; as brother
went to Kansas City and into business there,
took charge of father's establishment, and
when it was incorporated, in 1901, as the F. B.
Chamberlain Co., was made president (father,
who founded the business, died 1897). Mem
ber Merchants' Exchange (director, 1912),
Business Men 's League, Civic League. Repub
lican in National politics. Clubs: Contempo
rary, City. Recreations: travel, athletic sports
and bowling. Office: 118-124 Vine St. Resi
dence: 4312 McPherson Ave.
CHAMBERLIN, Edward Carter; see Vol.
1906. CHAMBERS, George C, railway official;
born, Tipton, la., Apr. 29, 1865; son of Dr.
Charles L. and Anne Elizabeth (Hudson)
Chambers; educated in public schools of Cedar
Rapids, la.; widower. For past twenty-five
years has represented the passenger depart
ment of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail
way Co., successively at Cedar Rapids, la., Des
Moines, Peoria, 111., and St. Louis, in capacity
of clerk, traveling passenger agent, and, since
July, 1905, as general agent, passenger depart
ment. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Elks, St.
Louis Railway, The Traffic. Office: 209 N. 7tb
St. Residence: 4399 W. Pine Boul.
CHAMBERS, James Henry, publisher; born,
Enon Valley, Pa., Dec. 19, 1836; son of James
and Nancy (Taylor) Chambers; self-educated;
married, Quebec, Canada, Oct. 2, 1884, May E.
Terhune; children: John R., Ethel (Mrs. Frank
Boone, of Alaska), Arthur T., Leslie T. In
book publishing business in St. Louis since
1860; president J. H. Chambers Publishing
Co.; president Dios Chemical Co. Democrat.
Presbyterian. Member Merchants' Exchange.
President Pennsylvania Society of Missouri.
Club: Automobile. Recreations: fishing, hunt
ing, traveling. Office: 2940 Locust St. Resi
dence: 5001 Waterman Ave.

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CHAMBERS, John Barbour, treasurer N. 0.
Nelson Manufacturing Co.; born, Eufaula,
Ala., Nov. 12, 1865; son of W. H. and Anna
(Flewellen) Chambers;* educated at Vander-
bilt University, Nashville, Tenn.; married, St.
Louis, Apr. 28, 1892, Byrd M. Baker. Began
business career in mercantile establishments
at Montgomery, Ala., whence came to St.
Louis in 1888; chief clerk of the St. Louis Re
public until 1890, when entered employment
of the N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Co., manu
facturers and jobbers of plumbers ', steam
fitters' and machinists' supplies, and since
1897 has been secretary and treasurer of the
¦ company. Independent in polities. Recrea
tions: motoring and baseball. Office: 10th
and Chestnut Sts. Residence: 320 Skinker Rd.
CHAMP, Charles E. M., manufacturer ve
hicle and automobile- springs; born, Cincin
nati, Apr. 11, 1853; son of Charles and Sarah
(Barnard) Champ; educated in public schools
of Cleveland; married, Cleveland, Nov. 26,
1876, Sophia F. Farrell; children: Lulu M.,
Ina E., Norman B. Began business career as
an apprentice in spring factory in Cleveland;
removed to St. Louis, 1881, and established in
manufacture of vehicle springs; in 1896 or
ganized Champ Spring Co., of which is presi
dent and general manager; in 1900 organized
the Cincinnati and Hammond Spring Co., of
Cincinnati, of which is president; vice presi
dent and general manager Western Spring
and Axle Co.; general manager Rice Coil
Spring Co., of St. Louis. Member Business
Men's League (made Panama trip, February,
1912). Member Implement and Vehicle Board
of Trade. Republican. Presbyterian. Member
Royal Arcanum, Legion of Honor. Clubs:
Missouri Athletic, Arcadia Country. Favorite
recreations: farming and fishing. Office: 2109
to 2119 Chouteau Ave. Residence: Good Wood
Farm, St. Louis Co.
CHAMPLIN, David Warren; see Vol. 1906.
CHANCELLOR, Eustathius, physician and
surgeon; born, Chancellorsville, Spottsylvania
Co., Va., Aug. 29, 1854; son of Dr. James Ed
gar and Josephine D. (Anderson) Chancellor;
educated in private schools, Locust Dale Acad
emy, Rapidan, Va., 1870-72; graduated from
University of Virginia, 1874, M.D., 1876; Uni
versity of Maryland, M.D., 1877; St. Louis
University, A.M., 1885; unmarried. Prosector
to chair of anatomy, University of Maryland
School of Medicine, 1878; clinical assistant
University Hospital, Baltimore, 1878; prac
ticed with father, Charlottesville, Va., 1879-
80; located in St. Louis, 1880; practice lim
ited to skin and genito-urinary diseases. Pro
fessor of cutaneous and venereal diseases,
Beaumont Hospital Medical College, 1885-90;
lieutenant-colonel and medical director Na
tional Guard of Missouri, 1891-97; delegate
Pan-American Congress, Washington, 1893,
and City of Mexico, 1896. Member American

Medical Association, Association of Military
Surgeons of the United States, American Con
gress of Tuberculosis, Virginia Society of St.
Louis, Psychic Research .Society (New York),
Medico-Legal Society of New York, 1895;
honorary member Military Surgeons of Illi
nois National Guard, 1893. Democrat. Meth
odist. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner; mem
ber Knights of Pythias, Elks. Contributor to
medical journals. Office: Oriel Bldg., 316 N.
6th St. Residence: American Hotel.
CHANDEYSSON, Pierre Ismael, manufac
turer electrical machinery; born, St. Marcel
d'Ardeche, France, Aug. 20, 1875; son of
Louis and Lisma (Datuit) Chandeysson; pre
liminary education in various schools of na
tive land, until eighteen years of age; arrived
in America, Apr. 18, 1893; student Trinity
University, Toronto, Canada, 1896-98, Wash
ington University, 1898-1901; unmarried. Be
gan in electrical manufacturing business at
St. Louis, 1902; now president Pan Electric
Manufacturing' Co., manufacturers of Chan
deysson dynamos and motors. Democrat. Ro
man Catholic. Office: 735 S. 4th St. Resi
dence: 1337 Hickory St.
CHANDLER, Albert B., lawyer; born,
Kirkwood, Mo., July 2, 1878; son of John
Goshen and Emeline (Barber) Chandler; edu
cated at Kirkwood (Mo.) public schools, 1884;
entered Smith Academy, St. Louis, 1892, grad
uating, 1896; graduated Washington Univer
sity, A.B., 1900; entered St. Louis Law School,
1902, graduating, 1904; married, 1906, Har
riet Hunt, daughter of James G. and Victoria
L. Duchouquette Whyte; one daughter: Vic
toria Louise. Clerk in treasury department
Lindell Ry., 1897; business manager 1898,
editor 1899, Student Life; clerk Rice-Stix Dry
Goods Co., 1900; on editorial staff St. Louis
Republic, 1900-02; bailiff U. S. Circuit Court,
St. Louis, 1903; admitted to bar, June 1,
1903, and entered law offices of Clinton
Rowell; in World's Fair Law Department,
1904; in general civil practice in office of
Rowell & Ferriss, 1905; city attorney of Kirk
wood, Mo., Jan. 1, 1906-08; alderman, Kirk
wood, 1912. Republican. Member St. Louis
Society of Social Hygiene. Council legal fra
ternity of Phi Delta Phi. Club: City. Recrea
tions: camping and canoeing. Office: 504
Laclede Bldg. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
CHANDLER, James Nicholas; see Vol.
1906. CHANDLER, Kelly R., lumber commission;
born on farm in. Cooper Co., Mo., July 24,
1848; son of Leroy and Sarah Ann (Quarles)
Chandler; educated in country public schools
of Cooper Co., Mo., 1854-60; .afterward, in
1868, at Kemper Family School, Boonville,
Mo. ; married, Savannah, Tenn., 1882, Mary C.
Broyles; one son: Frank C. (formerly of
U. S. Navy.) Began business career Apr. 20,
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ton & Co., general commission merchants, and
Feb. 12, 1871, in same capacity with W. N. R.
Beall, in same line, and November, 1871, went
in same capacity with Andrew McDowell &
Co., with whom was later salesman; employed
with W. K. Sherwood & Co., flour merchants,
1878-82; established on own account, 1884, as
lumber commission merchant, in which busi
ness has since continued, and in panic of 1893
was the only strictly commission lumber mer
chant who paid 100 cents in cash on the dol
lar. Democrat. Member Third Baptist Church
of St. Louis. Mason (Blue Lodge). Office: 22
N. Second St. Residence: 4558 McMillan Ave.
CHAPLIN, Trescott Fox, lawyer; born,
Orono, Me., July 22, 1874; son of Winfield S.
(chancellor of Washington University since
1891) and Harriet B. (Caldwell) Chaplin;
graduated Washington University, A.B., 1896;
University of Chicago, A.M., 1897; Washing
ton University, LL.B., 1899; married, St.
Louis, Apr. 16, 1904, Alice Luedeking; chil
dren: Elise L., Harriet U., Alice. Admitted to
bar, 1899, and has since engaged in practice;
member of firm of Eliot, Chaplin, Blayney &
Bedal. Member Missouri State and St. Louis
Bar associations. Member Civic League. Re
publican. Club: Missouri Athletic. Office: 506
Olive St. Residence: Clayton, Mo.
*CHAPLIN, Winfield Scott, engineer; moved
to San Antonio, Tex.; see Vol. 1906.
CHAPMAN, Henry Normanton, physician;
born, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, Sept. 24,
1866; son of George Edward and Mary (Nor
manton) Chapman; removed to Waterford,
Ireland, at age of six and to St. Louis at age
of sixteen; attended national schools in Eng
land and Ireland; continued studies in Missouri
State University and Missouri Medical Col
lege, M.D., 1893; married, St. Louis, Apr. 26,
1893, Isabella Mary Hodges; children: Dor
othy Agnes, Henry Normanton, Abel Ward. At
age of fourteen learned trade of wood-working
machinist in Ireland, and worked at it a year
or two after coming to St. Louis; took up
stenography and worked in that capacity un
til began medical studies in 1889; in general
practice of medicine in St. Louis since 1893.
Member Bethesda Pediatric Society, St. Louis
Medical Society. Republican. Member Board
of Health of St. Louis, 1899-1903. Member
Protestant Episcopal Church. Recreations:
athletic sports and church work. Office and
Residence: 3814 Washington Ave.
CHAPPELL, Edwin Rutherford, lawyer;
born, St. Louis, Apr. 17, 1875; son of Edwin
F. and Julia (Whitehill) Chappell; educated
in Manual Training School, Washington Uni
versity, and St. Louis Law School, LL.B.;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 1, 1894, Esther C.
Collins; children: Robert E. O, Esther Lin
dell, Edwin Rutherford. . Admitted to bar,
June 17, 1898, and since engaged in general

practice in St. Louis; now member of firm of
Collins & Chappell. Member St. Louis Bar
Association, Law Library Association. Royal
Arch Mason. Office: 700-704 Rialto Bldg. Resi
dence: Kirkwood, Mo.
CHAPPELOW, Branch Earl, secretary and
treasurer Chappelow Advertising Co.; born,
Logansport, Ind., Sept. 28, 1875; son of John
Albert and Adelia C. (Griffith) Chappelow;
graduate of Logansport High School and
Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind.; mar
ried, Kokomo, Ind., Sept. 20, 1905, Alpha
Blackledge. Began active career as newspaper
reporter, and continued for five years as city
editor, special writer, advertising solicitor and
manager at Logansport, Galesburg, 111., Louis
ville, Los Angeles, Stockton, and San Fran
cisco. Removed to New York City, 1900, and
engaged in advertising agency business until
1903; then came to St. Louis; since secretary
and treasurer Chappelow Advertising Co. ; also
director Kutterer-Jansen Printing Co. Inde
pendent in politics. Presbyterian. Member
Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Mason. Club: St.
Louis Automobile. Recreation: motoring. Of
fice: Liggett Bldg. Residence: 6331 Water
man Ave.
CHARLES, Benjamin Hynes, clergyman;
born, Brandenburg, Ky., May 11, 1829; son
of William B. and Elvira (Crutcher) Charles;
A.B., Center College, Danville, Ky., 1853;
graduated Danville Theological Seminary;
(D.D., Parsons College, Fairfield, la., 1855);
married, Chester, 111., Mar. 17, 1859, Achsah
S. Holmes; children: Benjamin Hynes, Jr.,
Joseph William. Licensed to ministry of
Presbyterian Church, Apr. 26, 1856; ordained,
October, same year. Pastorates: Springfield,
Ky., 1856-58; Chester, 111., 1858-67; Boonville,
Mo., 1867-75; Marshall, Mo., 1875-77; presi
dent Synodical Female College, Fulton, Mo.,
1877-88; president Ward Seminary, Nashville,
Tenn., 1891-93; pastor Clayton, Mo., 1895-
1900; Brank Memorial Church, St. Louis, 1900-
06. Author : ' ' The Interpretation of Certain
Prophesies." Address: 5050 Maple Ave.
CHARLES, Benjamin Hynes, Jr., lawyer;
born, Chester, 111., Apr. 26, 1866; son of Ben
jamin Hynes and Achsah Susan (Holmes)
Charles; graduated from Westminster College,
Fulton, Mo., A.B., 1885; taught school, 1885-
88; studied law, 1888-91, graduating from
Law Department, Yale University, LL.B.,
1891; married, Keokuk, la., June 30, 1903,
Nancy McCandless Home; one son: Benjamin
Hynes, III. Admitted to bar, 1892, and since
engaged in practice; senior member of law
firm of Charles & Lackey (W. G. Lackey),
1898-1900; second associate city counselor,
1903-05; first associate city counselor, 1905-10;
since in private practice. Member American
Bar Association, Missouri State Bar Assn., St.
Louis Bar Association, Civic League. Demo
crat. Presbyterian. Club: City. Favorite rec-

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reation: fishing. Office: 604-605 Merchants-
Laclede Bldg. Residence: 20 Parkland PI.
CHARLES, Joseph William, physician, born,
Boonville, Mo., Feb. 9, 1868; son of Benjamin
H. and Achsah S. (Holmes) Charles; gradu
ated from Westminster College, A.B., 1887,
A.M., 1890; Medical Department of Washing
ton University, M.D., 1891; married, St. Louis,
1902, Laura M. Foster. Engaged in general
practice in St. Louis since 1891; clinical pro
fessor Medical Department, Washington Uni
versity. Member American Ophthalmological
Society, St. Louis Medical Society. Presby
terian. Clubs: University, Bellerive, City,
Contemporary. Office: 505-511 Humboldt Bldg.
Residence: 3739 McPherson Ave.
CHARLOT, Fred S., cooperage and lumber;
born, St. Louis, Dec. 19, 1871; son of Chap
man S. and Virginia (Blodgett) Chariot; grad
uated from St. Louis Manual Training School;
married, Lexington, Ky., July 16, 1900, Willa
Engman; one son: Harry. Began business
career in minor position with the Taylor
Manufacturing Co.; general sales agent Cher-
okee-Lenyon Spelter Co., 1896-98; subsequent
ly secretary and treasurer of the Crescent
Iron Works, Springfield, Mo., and the Spring
field Lumber and Cooperage Co.; vice presi
dent and treasurer, Ozark Cooperage Co., from
1902; firm changed in 1906 to Ozark Cooper
age and Lumber Co., of which became presi
dent, 1908. Also director Pemiscot Land and
Cooperage Co. Served as first lieutenant, 1st
Missouri Volunteers, Spanish-American War,
1898. Member Society of Foreign Wars, Span
ish War Veterans. Office: 1417 Liggett Bldg.
Residence: University Heights.
CHARTRAND, Mark R., stock, bond and
insurance brokerage business; born, Caronde-
let (now part of city), St. Louis, Jan. 19, 1858;
son of Michael Chartrand (mayor of Caronde-
let) and Amelia (Guion) Chartrand; ancestors
on both sides located in Carondelet in 1760;
attended Blow (public) School, Carondelet,
1866-72; married, Oct. 17, 1900, Anna M. Mc-
Kasson, of Grand View, Ind. Appointed page
in office under Mayor Joseph Brown, January,
1872; custodian of records in office of recorder
of deeds, St. Louis, 1875-84; special rate clerk
in auditor's office, Wabash Ry., 1884-89; spe
cial agent Mutual Insurance Co. of New York,
1889-98; manager, for Missouri, of United
States Life Insurance Co. of New York, 1898-
1901; appointed, 1899, by Circuit Court, as re
ceiver of North End Building and Loan Asso
ciation (the largest west of Philadelphia) ;
paid dividends amounting, to 75 per cent to
stockholders, making final settlement to court,
March, 1905. District agent of John Hancock
Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Boston, August,
1905-March, 1909; since engaged in the stock,
bond and insurance brokerage business. In
October, 1899, incorporated the Leesberg Shoe

Co. (now Kerens-Leesberg Shoe Co.) and was
its first president. Republican; has been mem
ber of City, Congressional and State Repub
lican committees. Member Anchor Lodge No.
443, A. F. & A. M.; Supreme Vice Chancellor
Legion of Honor, 1894; member National
Union (Senate Deputy, 1887-90), Knights of
Pythias. Club: Mercantile. Office and Resi
dence: 3fercantile Club.
CHASE, Edward C, dentist; 1848-1906; see
Vol. 1906.
CHASE, George Griffith, lawyer and trust
officer; born, Topeka, Kan., Oct. 10, 1877; son
of George S. and Alice Margaret (Griffith)
Chase; educated in public schools of Topeka
and high schools \of Washington, D. O; B.S.,
Columbian (now George Washington) Univer
sity, Washington, D. O, 1900, LL.B., 1902;
unmarried. Lived at Topeka, Kan., until
1894, when moved to Washington, D. C., with
parents. Admitted to bar of District of Co
lumbia, 1902, Indian Territory, 1903; came to
St. Louis, December, 1903, and engaged in
general -law practice until 1909; since assist
ant trust officer St. Louis Union Trust Co.
Member of St. Louis Bar Association. Repub
lican. Club: Missouri Athletic. Recreations:
tennis and golf. Office: 4th and Locust Sts.
Residence: 4715 Westminster Ave.
CHASE, Henry Leverett, with H. & L. Chase
Bag Co.; born, New York City, June 30, 1867;
son of Irah and Ellen Josephine (Leverett)
Chase; educated in public schools, of Newport,
R. I.; married, June 8, 1896, Frances Constable
Robertson; four children: Eleanor Duane,
Anne Leverett, Rebecca Duane, Frances. Since
Feb. 27, 1889, has been engaged with H. & L.
Chase Bag Co. Served three years ' enlistment
in Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. Member
Civic League. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem
ber of the Sons of the Revolution. Clubs: City,
St. Louis Country, Florissant Valley. Recre
ation: tennis. Office: 18 N. Main St. Resi
dence: 5836 Clemens Ave.
CHASNOFF, Jacob, lawyer; born, Mitchell,
S. D., June 21, 1883; son of Moses and Tobie
(Agrant) Chasnoff; graduated Sedalia (Mo.)
High School, 1899; A.B., University of Mis
souri, 1903, AM., 1904; LL.B., Harvard Law
School, 1909; married, Dorchester, Mass., Apr.
1, 1910, Julia Linenthal. Was manager Kan
sas City Office of the Elliott-Fisher Co., 1904-
06; in practice in St. Louis since Aug. 10,
1909, associating with McDonald & Taylor.
Independent Democrat. Jewish religion. Pro
fessor law of suretyship, Law School of St.
Louis University. Mason; member Odd Fel
lows, B 'nai B 'rith. Clubs : Thayer Law, City,
Harvard. Was associate editor Harvard Law
Review, 1907-08. Office: 1806 Third National
Bank Bldg. Residence: 5536 Page Boul.
CHAUVENET, William Marc, analytical
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Md., Mar. 4, 1855; son William and Catherine
(Hemple) Chauvenet; educated in academic,
scientific and mining schools of Washington
University; unmarried. Employed as expert
special agent, United States Geological Survey,
division of mining geology, 10th census, 1879-
83; chemist, United States Geological Survey,
1881-82, making reports on the iron ores of
Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri,
Tenth census; assistant United States Geolog
ical Survey, Lake Superior Division, 1882-85;
engaged in general practice since 1882 as
analytical chemist and mining engineer. Author
of Notes on Minnesota Geology on Northern
Boundary, " and of reports on Mexico, Vene
zuela, California and Missouri. Member Amer
ican Institute of Mining Engineers, American
Geographical Society and the Audubon So
ciety; fellow American Association for the
Advancement of Science. Member National
Conservation Association, Simple Ballot
League, American Red Cross, Civic League.
Received Officer's Cross of civil merit, Bul
garia. Clubs: Country, Noonday, University,
Contemporary, City. Recreations: literature,
art and athletics. Office: 620 Chestnut St.
Residence: The Pendennis, 3737 Washington
Avenue. CHENERY, Edward A., superintendent of
telegraph, Missouri Pacific Railway; born on
the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 17, 1859; son of
George and Eliza (Mison) Chenery; educated
in public schools of Michigan; married, 1896,
May, daughter of M. Sells, of Indianapolis.
Began railway service 1872, as telegraph oper
ator with Grand Rapids & Indiana R. R.,
serving until Jan. 6, 1879; then until June 15,
1886, successively telegraph operator, train
dispatcher, car accountant and secretary to
¦general superintendent of Galveston, Harris
burg & San Antonio Railway; secretary to
general superintendent of the Union Pacific
Railway, June 20 to Dec. 15, 1886; superin
tendent of telegraph, Terminal Railroad As
sociation of St. Louis and St. Louis Mer
chants' Bridge Terminal Railway, Dec. 15,
1886, to May 15, 1903; since superintendent of
telegraph, Missouri Pacific System. Vice pres
ident Real Estate Building and- Loan Associa
tion. Scottish Rite Mason (32°), and Shriner.
Clubs: St. Louis Railway (ex-president and
ex-secretary), Masonic. Office: Missouri Pa
cific Bldg. Residence: 7207 Anna Ave., Maple-
wood, Mo.
CHENERY, Winthrop Holt, librarian; born,
Belmont, Mass., Mar. 8, 1872; son of Winthrop
Louis and Ruth Baldwin (Holt) Chenery; S.B.,
Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1896;
A.B., Harvard University, 1897, A.M., 1898,
Ph.D.. 1904; studied at University of Paris,
1904-05; unmarried. Instructor in Spanish,
University of Michigan, 1901-04; instructor in
Spanish and Italian, 1905-07, assistant profes
sor Spanish, Italian and Romanic philology

since 1907, Washington University. Appointed
librarian, Library of Washington University,
1912. Member Modern Language Association
of America/ St. Louis Academy of Science,
Language and Literature Club of Washington
University, Ethical Society, Civic League.
Clubs: City, Public Question, Contemporary,
Faculty of Washington University. Recreation:
bibliography. Address: Washington Univer
sity. Residence: 6030 Berlin Ave.
CHENEY, Fred Nelson, manager The Mu
tual Life Insurance Co. of New York; born,
Areola, Washington Co., Minn., July 9, 1858;
son of Frederick Porter and Louisa B. (Hill)
Cheney; educated in public schools; married,
Glover, Vt., 1882, Lula Irene Davis; children:
Ruth Irene (Mrs. Erland Gjessing), Dorothy
Zaphira, John Willoughby, Margaret Louise.
Early life spent on farm; at age of 15 entered
business career as clerk in retail store of O. D.
Owen, Barton, Vt., continuing until 1883; then
entered insurance business at Manchester, N.
H., with brother, R. H. Cheney, opening agency
for The Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New
York, under title Cheney & Cheney; firm soon
advanced to general agents for states of Ver
mont and New Hampshire; served in that ca
pacity many years for the company, later em
ployed in special work, and since 1902, has
been manager of the general agency at St.
Louis. Mason (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner.
Clubs: Mercantile, Arcadia Country (treas
urer). Recreation: gardening. Office: second
floor, Chemical Bldg. Residence: 3515 Long
fellow Boul.
*CHERRY, Robert Bell; moved to San An
tonio, Tex.; see Vol. 1906.
CHESBRO, Crombie Stuart, secretary Louis
Werner Saw Mill Co.; born, Grand Rapids,
Mich., Apr. 29, 1861; son of George J. S. and
Isabella (McBain) Chesbro; high school edu
cation. Began business career as bookkeeper
with the LaCrosse Lumber Co., at Louisiana,
Mo.; later was traveling salesman with the
Eau Claire Lumber Co., St. Louis, and after
wards southern purchasing agent for the Chi
cago Lumber & Coal Co.; secretary Louis Wer
ner Saw Mill Co. since Jan. 1, 1903. Mason,
Knight Templar, Shriner. Republican. Club:
Mercantile. Recreation: golf. Office: 510 Ful-
lerton Bldg. Residence: 5653 Cabanne PI.
CHESBROUGH, John Morrison; see Vol.
1906. *CHESSIN, Alexander S., college professor;
appointed professor of mathematics, Washing
ton University, 1901, and later in charge of
mathematics and astronomy; now living in
New York; see Vol. 1906.
*CHILD, Andrew Jackson, mail order mer
chant; moved to National City, Cal.; see Vol.
1906. CHILD, Philip Sheridan, merchant; born,
Weybridge, Addison Co., Vt., Oct. 24, 1864;
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Child; educated in public schools, Indepen
dence, Mo., and St. Louis, and high school, St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, Oct. 24, 1894, Lulu
M. Messmore. After leaving school in 1882,
became connected with the A. J. Child & Sons
Mercantile Co. (established 1874), doing a
general mail order business in everything used
on farm, ranch, plantation, etc., in which has1
since continued, now being vice president and
treasurer of the company. Independent Re
publican. Member Valley Council, Royal Ar
canum. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, City. Recre
ations: hunting, fishing and gardening. Office:
515-517 N. Main St. Residence: 5244 Kensing
ton Ave.
CHILDRESS, Levi Wade, president Colum
bia Transfer Co.; born, Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
Mar. 20, 1876; son of William S. and Inez
(Wade) Childress; educated in public schools
of Murfreesboro; married, Wickliffe, Ky., Oct.
7, 1903, Lucy Marshall Turner; two sons: Wade
Turner, Fielding Turner. Came to St. Louis
from Murfreesboro, 1893, and began with the
St. Louis Drayage Co. as clerk; then was clerk
in freight department of Illinois Central Rail
road, and afterward clerk and freight agent
in St. Louis for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
R. R.; was commercial agent for same road at
Shreveport, La., until February, 1902, when
returned to St. Louis and became traffic man
ager of the Columbia Transfer Co., engaging
in local freight transfer from depot to store
door and vice versa; was made general man
ager, October, 1903, and since May, 1905, has
been president and general manager, same
company; also president Columbia Taxi Cab
Co. Independent in politics. Presbyterian.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Noonday, City. Of
fice: cor. 9th St. and Clark Ave. Residence:
5934 Clemens Ave.
CHILDS, Oliver W., civil engineer; born in
Clinton County, Iowa, Jan. 11, 1866; son of
Thomas P. and Kate Childs; educated in pub-
lie schools, Nevada, Iowa, and State Univer
sity of Iowa, graduating, with degree of C.E.,
1889; married, Alton, 111., Sept. 15, 1900, Alma
Wine. Engaged in engineering work with the
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., of Chicago, 1890-
94; chief engineer of Stupp Bros. Bridge &
Iron Co., of St. Louis. 1894-1905; bridge engi
neer of the City of St. Louis, 1905-11; now
manager American Cement Tile Manufactur
ing Co. Member St. Louis Engineers' Club,
American Society of Civil Engineers, Western
Society of Engineers. Democrat. Episcopalian.
Member Civic League. Club: City. Office: 1230
Syndicate Trust Bldg. Residence: 4211 Flad
Avenue. CHIVVIS, William Reinhart, lumber; born,
Memphis, Tenn., June 3, 1858; son of Daniel
S. and Harriet (Reinhart) Chivvis; educated
in public, private and business schools of St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, .Oct. 26, 1886, Ada

Mary Chaphe; children: Leland, Norman,
Ruth. Began business career in the employ of
Liebke & Schrage, lumber manufacturers, as
bookkeeper, Oct. 1, 1883; when firm was in
corporated, 1894, became secretary and so con
tinued until October, 1901; since in business
for self. Member Lumbermen's Exchange of
St. Louis. Independent in politics. Congrega
tionalist. Clubs: Congregational, Lumber
men's. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Of
fice and Yards: Main and Lesperanee Sts.
Residence: 4232 W. Pine St.
CHOPIN, Felix Andrew, lawyer; see Vol.
1906. CHOUTEAU,' Pierre, capitalist, deceased;
see Vol. 1906.
CHRISTIE, Harvey Livingstone, lawyer;
see Vol. 1906.
CHRISTOPHEL, Caesar Joseph, trunk hard
ware; born, St. Louis, Sept. 27, 1865; son of
John and Frances (Dinzler) Christophel; edu
cated in public schools of St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, 1890, Anna Miller; children: Ger
trude, Louis, Arthur. Began business career in
1881 in employ of John Baumann, trunk hard
ware, and was with him twenty years. In 1901
joined in organizing the St. Louis Trunk
Hardware Manufacturing Co., and was its sec
retary and treasurer, 1901-03, since vice presi
dent of the company. As traveling representa
tive, has systematically covered principal
points between New York and San Francisco.
Mason (32°), Shriner. Member Royal Arca
num, Knights and Ladies of Honor, Travelers '
Protective Association. Office: 609 Chouteau
Ave. Residence: 6320 Washington Ave.
CHRISTOPHERSEN, Louis, wholesale cof
fees; born, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Dec.
23, 1871; son of Peter and Maria (Lorenzen)
Christophersen; educated in public schools in
Germany and Perkins and Herpel's Business
College, St. Louis; married, Belleville, 111.,
Oct. 7, 1896, Margaretha Schmidt; one daugh
ter, Elsa. Came to United States at age of 17,
and entered employ of uncle, John Lorenzen,
retail grocer, at Belleville, 111., serving as
clerk for three years; then, for six months,
each, clerked for the St. Louis houses of Cor
net Bros, and W. O. Gibson & Son; at age of
21 entered service of Edward Westen Tea &
Spice Co., as city salesman, remaining with
that house until joined in establishing, Jan. 1,
1902, the St. Louis Coffee & Spice Mills, of
which is president. Mason, Knight Templar.
Office: 407-411 N. Main St. Residence: 3519
Crittenden Ave.
CHUBB, Percival, educator; born, Devon-
port, Eng., June 17, 1860; son of James Pur-
nell and Adelaide (Bell) Chubb; educated Sta
tioner's School, London; technical education
for English Civil Service ten years in Local
Government Board, London; .married, Louise
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1905); three children: Bronwen, Walston and
Mavis; married, 2d, July 25, 1910, Anna
Hartshorne Sheldon, of St. Louis. Formerly
lecturer on literature, Brooklyn Institute Arts
and Sciences; instructor pedagogy, Pratt In
stitute; head English department, Manual
Training High School, Brooklyn; principal
high school department of Ethical Culture
School, New York; director English and festi
vals there; associate leader Society for Ethical
Culture, New York; lecturer on English, Uni
versity of New York School of Pedagogy.
Leader of Ethical Society, of St. Louis, since
September, 1911; director of the School of So
cial Economy. Member National Education
Association, Playground Association, English
Teachers' Association, Civic League. Clubs:
City, Town and Gown, Players (director). Edi
tor: Emerson's Selected Writings, 1888; Mon
taigne's Essays, 1891; Pope's Homer's Iliad
(with William H. Maxwell), 1898; Dryden's
Palamon and Arcite, 1899; Browning's Poems,
Boy Life — Readings from Howell's, 1909; Se
lect Writings of Lincoln, 1909; Travels at
Home — Readings from Mark Twain. Author:
The Teaching of English, 1903; Festivals and
Plays, 1912. Also contributor to magazines.
Recreations: woodcraft, boating and moun
taineering. Office: Seldon Memorial Bldg.
Residence: 4533 Westminster PI. Summer Resi
dence: Center Lovell, Me.
CHURCH, Alonzo Christy, lawyer; born, Ft.
Washita, Indian Territory, Nov. 3, 1859; son
of John R. and Mary F. (Christy) Church;
educated Christian Brothers College, St. Louis,
and later in France and Germany; LL.B., St.
Louis Law School, 1880; married, June 25,
1895, Carlota Clark, of St. Louis. Has served
as vice president and counsel for Wiggins
Ferry Co., St. Louis Transfer Ry. Co., East St.
Louis Connecting Ry. Co. Member Missouri
legislature, 1890-92; Democrat. Clubs: St.
Louis, Racquet, Noonday, St. Louis Country.
Offiee: 901, 319 N. 4th St. Residence: 4 Lenox
Place. CHURCHILL, Frederick Augustus; see Vol.
1906. CICARDI, Louis, produce merchant; re
tired; born, Italy, Mar. 7, 1837; son of Man
uel and Angela Cicardi; received limited edu
cation in native land; married at St. Louis,
Apr. 15, 1860, Katharine Canepa (now de
ceased); children: Manual, Rosa (Mrs. Frank
Devotoj. Victor, Angelo, Augustin, Louis,
Olivia (Mrs. Alexander Bruce), Julia (Mrs.
Herbert Fletcher), Catharine; also six children
deceased. -Came to America, 1857; engaged in
various lines of business in St. Louis until
1867 and then returned to Italy where he lived
for six years; once more took up residence in
St. Louis and for thirty years was identified
with produce business; retired upon selling
business to his sons, Louis J. and Victor, in

1907. Catholic. Recreation: gardening. Resi
dence: 6203 Wagner Ave.
CLAIBORNE, James Robert, lawyer; born,
St. Louis, June 22, 1882; son of James R.
(Colonel "Bob") and Fannie (Moore) Clai
borne; educated in St. Louis public schools
and High School; entered University of Mis
souri, 1903, graduating LL.B., 1907; unmar
ried. Admitted to Missouri bar, 1907; began
practice with father, well-known criminal law
yer, continuing principally in criminal law,
with office opposite Four Courts until 1909;
since practiced both civil and criminal law.
Democrat. Methodist. Member Sigma Alpha
Epsilon Fraternity. Recreations: political and
civic affairs.. Office: 714 Wainwright Bldg.
Residence: 4295 Page Ave.
CLARK, Alfred, manager St. Louis office
Oneida Community, Limited; born, Baltimore,
Md., Oct. 17, 1846; son of Robert R. and Mary
Jane (Murray) Clark; educated St. Joseph's
College, Bardstown, Ky., St. Mary's College,
near Lebanon, Ky.; married, Shelby ville, Ind.,
Jan. 9, 1867, Clara De Witt (now deceased);
four children: Alfred, Jr., Carrie C. (Mrs.
George T. Higgins, of Los Angeles, Cal.), May
(Mrs. W. L. Wingate, of Kansas City, Mo.),
Robert R., of Indianapolis; married, 2d, St.
Louis, Oct. 21, 1906, Addie Wilson Thorn.
Began as traveling salesman, 1867, with Beld-
ing Bros. Cincinnati office, continuing until
1872; with Nonotuek Silk Co., at Cincinnati
office, 1872-79; sold goods on own account,
1879-83; became connected with Oneida Com
munity, Limited, as salesman, 1883; in charge
of St. Louis house, 1898-1902; then in charge
of Chicago branch, 1902-1906; since at St.
Louis. Independent Democrat. Scottish Rite
Mason (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner; mem
ber Odd Fellows (Past Grand) and Encamp
ment. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Glen Echo
Golf. Recreations: golf, fishing. Offiee: 410
Victoria Bldg. Residence: 5015 Cabanne Ave.
CLARK, Allen Walter, president American
Paint Journal Co.; born near Topeka, Kan.,
Dec. 28, 1867; son of Rev. W. A. Clark, D.D.
(well known Baptist minister and editor) and
Jane Clark (Jordan) Clark; educated at
Franklin College, Franklin, Ind.; married,
South Whitley, Ind., June 9, 1889, Florence
Shuh; children: Charles Allen, March Alicia,
Florence June, Cummings Collins. Began jour
nalistic work, 1888, as editor of Morning Rec
ord, Chico, Cal., and after that was, suc
cessively, manager of the Arkansas Baptist
Publishing Co., Little Rock, Ark.; manager
Arkansas Democrat, Little Rock; manager
Morning Post, South Bend, Ind.; publisher
New Era, Greensburg, Ind.; manager National
Rural, Chicago; served with organization and
press departments, National Democratic Com
mittee, in 1896 and 1900 campaigns; left In
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and for one year was office manager Barnes-
Crosby Engraving Co.; from Jan. 1, 1903, to
July 1, 1908, president Kinloeh Paint Man
ufacturing Co.; then established American
Paint and Oil Dealer. Member Business Men 's
League, etc. Democrat; in 1895-96 organized
anti-administration forces for Indiana Demo
cratic State Convention, which sent instructed
delegation to Chicago. Baptist. Office: Kin-
loch Bldg. Residence: 5524 Maple Ave.
CLARK, Charles C, grain and milling busi
ness; born, Buffalo, Scott Co., la., Apr. 10,
1860; son of Warner Lewis and Harriett
(Baker) Clark; educated in country school at
Buffalo; high school, Davenport, la.; State
University of Iowa, Iowa City, la.; Bayles
Commercial College, Dubuque, la.; married,
St. Louis, Jan., 1889, Lilla Webb Cunningham,
of Lexington, Ky. ; two children: Anna Cun
ningham and Mildred Harriett. Engaged in
grain and implement business at Buffalo, la.,
1879 and 1880; in wholesale grocery business
as Clark & Stuyvesant Grocery Co., at St.
Louis, 1880-1901; president Valley Milling Co.
since 1901; chief executor of Clark properties;
also has property and business interests in
Iowa. Was one of the organizers and for the
first three years a member board of directors
of the Lowell Bank of St. Louis. Formerly
connected with Iowa State Militia; was mem
ber of the grand jury which made the report
on the city auditor that started the reform
movement resulting in election of Folk as gov
ernor and many important changes in public
affairs. Liberal Democrat. Presbyterian. Mem
ber Merchants' Exchange, Travelers' Protec
tive Association. Clubs: Mercantile and Com
mercial, of Davenport, la. Assisted in inter
esting the late Austin Corbin, banker of New
York, in the purchase of the old Anchor Line,
. late in the 90 's, but soon after he secured con
trol he died and the managers of the estate
did not care to push the enterprise. The most
of the property was destroyed by the cyclone.
Recreations: motoring, hunting and fishing.
Office: 422 DeSoto Ave. Residence: 5574
Chamberlain Ave.
CLARK, Charles McLure, broker; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 19, 1871; son of Charles and Sue
(McLure) Clark; educated in public schools of
St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Apr. 10, 1901,
Lenore Scullin; one daughter: Mary Denman.
Practiced two years as architect; since 1903
in bond and stock brokerage business; now
associated with Lorenzo E. Anderson. Mem
ber St. Louis Stock Exchange. Clubs: Rac
quet, City. Office: 710 Locust St. Residence:
15 Hortense PI.
CLARK, Charles Wright, architect and
engineer; 1854-1910; see Vol. 1906.
CLARK, Cyrus Edgar, president James Clark
Leather Co.; born, Rahway, N. J., Feb. 19,
1853; son of Daniel and Harriet (Williams)

Clark; educated in public schools of St. Louis/
graduating from high school; married, Stl
Louis, Sept. 12, 1876, Mary Cliff Warren; chil-'
dren: Celeste W., Warren D., Arline, Robert
E. On leaving high school entered the leather
establishment of which his father was the
head and after filling various positions was
admitted to partnership; in 1885, on death of
father, organized James Clark Leather Co., of
which is now president. Republican. Presby
terian (trustee and treasurer Second Presby
terian Church). Member Wholesale Saddlers'
Association, Leather and Finders ' Association,
St. Louis Shoe Manufacturers' and Jobbers'
Association. Member Ancient Order of United
Workmen, Legion of Honor. Club: St. Louis.
Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office: 1601
Washington Ave. Residence: 4363 MePherson
Avenue. CLARK, Edward P., Jr., secretary Materne
Manufacturing Co.; born Georgia, Vt., Dec. 25,
1870; son of Edward P. and Mary (Jocelyn)
Clark; removed to St. Louis, 1878; educated in
St. Louis public and manual training schools;
married, St. Louis, 1895, Florence D. Moore;
children: Helen E., Edith J., David P. and
Charles W. Learned trade in St., Louis as
steamfitter and machinist and has been en
gaged in steam fitting since 1888; in Feb.,
1898, became connected with firm of J. P.
Materne Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of
wrought iron pipe fittings, and has been secre
tary since its incorporation in Feb., 1900, as
Materne Manufacturing Co. Mason, Knight
Templar. Recreations: hunting, fishing and
boating. Office: 800 S. 18th St. Residence:
Wheaton, St. Louis County.
CLARK, Hinman Holden; deceased; see
Vol. 1906.
CLARK, Samuel; see Vol. 1906.
CLARK, Uriel L., lumber; born, Hunter's
Creek, Mich., Oct. 1, 1854; son of John and
Elizabeth Clark; educated in public and high
schools of Lapeer, Mich.; married, Inlay City,
Mich., Oct. 1, 1879, Lillie M. Lamb; one
daughter: Lillie L. Began in lumber business
in Michigan in 1875, and was member of firm
of J. Clark & Son, lumber manufacturers,
Hunter's Creek, Mich.; removed to St. Louis,
1896, and organized the Detroit Timber Co.,
of which is president. Also president Earl
Mining & Smelting Co. Member Southern
Lumber Manufacturers ' Association, Business
Men's League. Mason, Knight Templar. Clubs:
St. Louis, Mercantile, Glen Echo Country.
Recreation: golf. Office: 506 Olive St. Resi
dence: 29 Portland PI. Summer Residence:
Hunter's Creek, Mich.
CLARK, Warren Lewis; see Vol. 1906.
CLARK, Willis Henry, lawyer; born, Cas
cade Township, Kent Co., Mich., Nov. 20,
1861; son of Henry Morgan and Delia Ann
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schools but principally under private tuition;
married, Lincoln, 111., Oct. 16, 1888, Inez Lang
don Andrew; four children: Lucille (Mrs. M.
S. Covington), Raymond, Martha and Howard.
Admitted to Missouri bar, and has practiced
at St. Louis since Feb. 6, 1888, except when
on bench; judge Court of Criminal Correc
tion, Dec. 1, 1898-Dec. 1, 1902. Republican.
Recreation: reading. Offiee: 1111 Clark Ave.
Residence: 5172 Kensington Ave.
CLARKE, Charles S., railway official; born,
Frederick, Md., July 16, 1862; son James C.
and Susannah (Schaeffer) Clarke; educated in
public schools and Soule University of New
Orleans; unmarried. Began in 1880 as appren
tice with Illinois Central Railroad at Weldon
Shops, Chicago; then was machinist, mechan
ical draughtsman and chief clerk to master
mechanic, and later, master mechanic; moved
to Mobile, 1890, as division superintendent
Mobile & Ohio and Mobile & Bay Shore rail
roads, continuing as general superintendent
and general manager until Sept. 30, 1904; vice
president Missouri Pacific Railway from Sept.
30, 1904, to May 1, 1911 (resigned) ; director
Missouri Pacific Railway, St. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern Ry. Co., National Bank
of Commerce. Member American Railway As
sociation, American Railway Guild, American
Railway Engineering and Maintenance of
Way Association (since organization), Mary
land Society of New York, National Geo
graphic Society. Clubs: St. Louis, Bellerive,
Noonday, Mercantile, The Traffic of St. Louis;
also Calumet (Chicago), Manassas, Athelston
and Mobile Yacht (Mobile). Recreations: golf
and walking. Address: Hotel Jefferson.
CLARKE, Enos, retired lawyer; born St.
Clairsville, O.; son of George and Nancy
Clarke; graduated, Hamilton College, New
York, A. M. ; studied law at Utica, N. Y., and
there admitted to bar, 1863; same year re
moved to St. Louis; married, 1863, M. Annette,
daughter of Hon. John J. Foote, New York;
one child: Rowena A. Served in 7th Regiment
Missouri State Militia; practiced law in St.
Louis with Ed. R. Bates, later with Geo. A.
Madill, until 1868, when, by Chief Justice
Chase, was appointed register in bankruptcy
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Mis
souri, serving until 1880; prostrated by con
tinued years of illness, 1882-93. Curator State
University. 1865-68; member 23d General As
sembly of Missouri. Republican. Member
Committee of 200 of Louisiana Purchase Ex
position, 1899-1901. Member American Eco
nomic Association, American Bar Association,
Missouri Historical Society, Academy of Sci
ence, National Geographic Society; president
St. Louis County Civic League, Ohio Society.
Clubs: Contemporary, Papyrus, City, Wash
ington University, Algonquin. Residence:
Seven Gables, Kirkwood Branch P. O., St.
Louis, Mo.

CLARKE, Pat H., contractor and ex-sheriff
of St. Louis; born, Dundalk, Ireland, Mar. 25,
1845; came to this country with parents and
settled in Kenton Co., Ky. ; educated in
schools there; married, Frankfort, Ky., June
24, 1873, Nancy Barton; children: Owen J.,
Mary (Mrs. Donald Neary), Elizabeth, Robert,
Kevin, Margaret. During Civil War served in
Union Army in Company H, 37th Kentucky
Infantry; after the war learned the black
smith 's trade in Cincinnati Locomotive Works;
came to St. Louis in 1879 and worked at trade,
and later in the Iron Mountain Railroad shops
and Missouri Pacific shops, and was foreman
blacksmith in the Fulton Iron Works. Served
four years in the City Council; during Mayor
Walbridge 's administration served three years
as factory inspector; sheriff of St. Louis, 1905-
06; since engaged in general contracting. Re
publican. Member Knights of Father Mathew,
A. O. U. W. and Royal Arcanum. Office: 815
Chestnut St. Residence: 3133 Eads Ave.
*CLARKSON, James E., glue manufacturer;
moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
CLARKSON, Thaddeus Stevens; see Vol.
1906. CLARKSON, W. Palmer, attorney and sec
retary Pioneer Cooperage Co.; born in Essex
Co., Va., Feb. 13, 1867; son. of James L. and
Loulie C. (Turner) Clarkson; graduated from
St. Louis High School, 1888; LL.B., St. Louis
Law School, 1889; married, St. Louis, Oct. 18,
1897, Marie Soulard Turner (daughter of late
Gen. John W. Turner, who was street com
missioner of St. Louis for eleven years) ; chil
dren: John Turner, Marie Louise and Palmer.
Practiced law in St. Louis from 1889 to Aug.,
1902, and during that time was attorney for
Missouri Southern Railroad Co., Fidelity and
Casualty Insurance Co., Clarkson Saw Mill Co.
and other corporations; since Aug., 1902, at
torney and secretary of Pioneer Cooperage Co.,
devoting all his time to this corporation,
which operates large factories in St. Louis
and Chicago, and numerous stave and heading
factories in the South, and also owns large
hardwood timber properties in the South. Di
rector Clarkson Lumber Co., Christian Board
of Publication, and vice president National
Benevolent Association. Democrat. Member
Board of Education, City of St. Louis, ap
pointed by Mayor Wells to fill vacancy in
board in 1902; elected for term of two years,
April, 1905, and elected vice president of board,
October, 1905; on Apr. 20, 1909, appointed by
Mayor Kreisman to fill unexpired term of
John Schroers. Member Christian (Disciples)
Church; chairman board Union Avenue Chris
tian Church since 1906. Member Bar Associa
tion of St. Louis, also Missouri State Bar As
sociation. Member Virginia Society, Business
Men's League, Manufacturers' Association,
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Cooperage Association (president for two
years). Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, City, Bel
lerive Country. Recreations: golf and tennis.
Office: 2212 DeKalb St. Residence: 4243 Mary
land Ave.
CLAUSEN, James; born in Denmark, Oct.
7, 1846; educated in public schools of nat've
place; came to United States, 1871; married,
Philadelphia, 1880, Julia Vincent; children:
Maud and F. Joseph. Came to St. Louis, 1895,
and formed present partnership with R. M.
and D. W. Herriott, under the style of Her-
riott Bros. & Co., manufacturers of shoe pol
ishes; superintendent of factory. Republican.
Episcopalian. Member Grand Council Royal
Arcanum; first vice president Post A, St.
Louis Travelers' Protective Association; mem
ber Million Population Club, North St. Louis
Business Men 's Association, Public Schools
Patron's Alliance, etc. Recreation: trip east
or west each summer. Office: 2801-2807 N.
Broadway. Residence: 2232 St. Louis Ave.
CLAXON, Alvin Wellington; see Vol. 1906.
CLAYBERG, Perry C, physician; deceased;
see Vol. 1906.
CLEAGE, Thomas Alexander, storage and
commission; see Vol. 1906.
CLEAVELAND, Holbrook Gilson, lawyer;
born, Plymouth, Ind., Aug. 13, 1870; son of
Gilson S. and Jane N. (Thompson) Cleave-
land; educated at Smith Academy, St. Louis,
1887-89; University of Michigan, graduating
A.B., 1893, LL.B., 1894; unmarried. Located
permanently in St. Louis, 1894, and has since
engaged in general practice. Member of St.
Louis Bar Association. Episcopalian. Demo
crat. Member Psi Upsilon Fraternity. Clubs:
Missouri Athletic, City, Century Boat. Recre
ation: canoeing. Office: 410 Security Bldg.
Residence: 4011 Cleveland Ave.
CLEMENS, James Ross, physician ; born St.
Louis, Sept. 19, 1866; son of Bryan Mullanphy
and Mary Ross (Warfield) Clemens; went in
1884 to Stronghurst College, England, from
there to London University and thence to
Cambridge University, England, graduating,
M. D., 1892; continued medical studies at St.
Thomas and London Hospitals, London; ad
mitted by examination Member Royal College
of Surgeons and Licentiate Royal College of
Physicians of England; married, Claverach,
St. Louis Co., Mo., 1899, Katherine T. Boland;
children: Mary Muriel, Cyril Coniston. On
completion of medical studies came to St.
Louis, where has since been engaged in prac
tice of medicine, with specialties in diseases
of children and internal medicine. Now pro
fessor of diseases of children in medical de
partment of St. Louis University, chief of
clinic at St. John's Hospital and Grand Ave.
Dispensary; physician on medical staff St.
Louis Skin and Cancer Hospital; chief phy
sician St. Anne's Infant Asylum, St. Joseph's

Orphan Asylum, and Salvation^ Army Nursery;
visiting physician City Hospital; pediatrician]
to St. Louis Maternity Hospital. President St.,
Louis Pediatric Society; member St., Louis
Medical Society; Bethesda Pediatric Society!
Roman Catholic. Recreation: boating. Office:
Metropolitan Bldg. Residence: 3720 W. Pine
Boulevard. CLIFFORD, Patrick James, contractor;
born, County Limerick, Ireland, Oct. 15, 1853;
son of David and Honora (Cagney) Clifford;
educated in Christian Brothers College, St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, Dec. 14, 1875, Cath
erine Hamm; children: Eugene L., Cora, Flor
ence. Was for thirty-two years cashier for
Forbes Bros. & Co., prior to Apr. 21, 1902;
license collector of St. Louis, 1902-06; then
with Gilsonite Construction Co., 1906-09; since
in contracting business for self as the P. J.
Clifford Contracting Co. President Midland
Building & Loan Association for fifteen years.
Democrat. Roman Catholic. Recreations: fish
ing and boating. Offiee and Residence: 5191
Von Versen Ave.
CLOPTON, Malvern Bryan, surgeon; born,
St. Louis, Oct. 8, 1875; son of William H. and
Belle (Bryan) Clopton; educated in St. Louis
High School; University of Virginia, classical
course, 1893-95; Medical Department of Uni
versity of Virginia, M.D., 1897; Johns Hop
kins Hospital, Baltimore, 1898-1900; widower.
Engaged in practice of surgery in St. Louis
since 1897; visiting surgeon, St. Luke's Hos
pital; instructor in surgery, Medical Depart
ment of Washington University. Member St.
Louis Medical Society, American Medical As
sociation, Western Surgical Association. Epis
copalian. Clubs: University, Racquet, St.
Louis Country. Office: 405 Humboldt Bldg.
Residence: 5391 Waterman Ave.
CLOPTON, William Hickman, lawyer; born,
Madison Co., Ala., Aug. 24, 1847; son of James
A. and Mary E. (Penney) Clopton; educated
boarding school, Sulphur Springs, Ala.; La
Grange Military Academy, Alabama, 1860-61;
Southern University, Greensboro, Ala., 1861-
62; University of Virginia, 1865-68, graduat
ing with degree of LL.B., 1868; married, St.
Louis, Jan. 29, 1873, Belle Bryan (who died
Nov. 9, 1893); three children: Dr. Malvern B.
(of St. Louis), William H., Jr. (captain Thir
teenth Cavalry, U. S. A.), Emily. Entered
Confederate Army, 1864, and served under
Gen. Dan Adams as member of his escort;
later with scouts for Department of Alabama,
and with General Buford 's escort. Admitted
to Missouri bar and has practiced at St. Louis
since November, 1868; appointed by Presi
dent Cleveland as U. S. attorney for the East
ern District of Missouri, Feb. 20, 1894, and
served for one term. Democrat; was for sev
eral terms member of Democratic State Cen
tral Committee. Catholic. Member Sigma Chi
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fishing. Offiee: Wainwright Bldg. Residence:
5365 Cabanne PI.
*CLULEY, John Pendleton, coal dealer;
moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
CLYMER, Harry G., architect; born, Polo,
111., June 29, 1873; son of Henry L. and Mary
M. Clymer; educated in public schools to four
teen; married, St. Louis, Mar. 1, 1899, Miss
Lottie Long; children: Dorothy, William H.
Began in architecture in office of A. F. Rosen
heim, St. Louis; became head draftsman for
A. M. Beinke and after death of employer,
1901, assumed practice of architecture; now
member of firm of Clymer & Drischler; has
erected a number of residences and mercan
tile and manufacturing establishments of St.
Louis. Lutheran. Mason. Office: 619 Wain
wright Bldg. Residence: 5228 Maple Ave.
COAKLEY, Jeremiah Joseph, railway offi
cial; born, Allenton, St. Louis Co., Mo., July 5,
1859; son of Jeremiah and Ellen (Callahan)
Coakley; educated primary schools of Allenton
and Kirkwood, St. Louis Co., and public
schools, St. Louis; married, Agnes Bowe, of St.
Louis, June 14, 1883 (died August, 1883); mar
ried, 2d, Elizabeth Fairbank, of Seymour, Ind.,
Nov. 3, 1887 (died Aug. 28, 1900); one daugh
ter by second marriage: Ruth Elizabeth (now
Mrs. Donald Carlisle Welty, of Hamilton,
Mont.). Began active career in employ of the
Union Railway & Transit Co., St. Louis, Sept.
11, 1875, and ever since connected with said
company or its successors; superintendent Ter
minal Railroad Association, St. Louis Mer
chants' Bridge Terminal Railway Co.; director
St. Louis Belt Terminal R. R. Democrat. Cath
olic. Served as member House of Delegates,
City of St. Louis, 1886-87. Decorated Order of
the Crown Prince of Prussia (confirmed by
Emperor William) for courtesies extended
Prince Henry on his visit to the United States.
Clubs: Automobile, Sunset Inn, St. Louis Rail
way. Recreations: motoring, fishing, billiards.
Office: 101 Union Sta. Residence: 3232 Lafay
ette Ave.
COATES, Harold Penn-Gaskell, assistant ex
ecutive officer Riee-Stix Dry Goods Co.; born,
Chester, Pa., June 17, 1870; son of Isaac Tay
lor (M.D.) and Mary (Penn-Gaskell) Coates;
educated in Lawreneeville School, Lawrence-
ville, N. J., 1884-88; Lafayette College, Easton,
Pa., 1888-91; married, Philadelphia, July 2,
1891, Florence Elizabeth Jarvis; children:
Rosalind Penn-Gaskell, Lucretia Jarvis. Left
college, 1891, to enter real estate business with
J. T. Jackson in Philadelphia; went to Salt
Lake City, Utah, same year, in pursuit of
health; engaged in mortgage loans and fire in
surance business in Salt Lake, 1891-95; entered
electric lighting business in Salt Lake, 1895-98,
and was called to St. Louis, July, 1898, by
financial interests behind former Imperial
Electric Light, Heat and Power Co. ; was secre
tary, treasurer and director, and so continued

after the North American Co. acquired the
company. In 1902, by consolidation local elec
tric lighting interests were unified under name
of Union Electric Light and Power Co., of
which was secretary and assistant treasurer;
also secretary, treasurer and director the Seck-
ner Contracting Co., and officer and director
of several companies subsidiary to these two;
assistant executive officer Rice-Stix Dry Goods
Co. (wholesale) since April, 1908. Member
Delta Tau Delta, and Theta Nu Epsilon college
fraternities. Republican. Episcopalian. Rec
reation: athletics. Office: 1000 Washington
Ave. Residence: 5638 Kingsbury Boul.
COBB, Charles Simeon, president Southern
Surety Co.; born, Jamaica, Windham Co., Vt.,
May 25, 1856; son of Roswell Lyman and
Ellen (Howard) Cobb; B.S., Cornell Univer
sity, 1877; LL.B., University of Michigan,
1879; married, West Schuyler, N. Y., Dec. 21,
1880, Icy Van Vleek; children: Myra (wife of
Dr. J. W. Ousley, of Kansas City, Mo.), Abby,
ley. Admitted to bar, 1879; practiced at Eaton
Rapids, Mich., 1879-84; in banking business
at Eaton Rapids, 1884-90, at Denison, Tex.,
since 1890; president Southern Trust Co.
(bank stock investments), Atoka, Okla., since
1904; president Southern Surety Co. since
1907; also chairman of board National Bank of
Denison, Tex.; treasurer W. C. Belcher Land
and Mortgage Co., of Ft. Worth, Tex. Mem
ber Business Men's League. Republican. Uni
tarian. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Normandie
Golf. Recreation: chess. Office: 4th floor New
Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 5700
Bartmer Ave.
COBB, Charles Willis Snow, president Glen
coe Lime and Cement Co.; born, Rockland,
Me., Oct. 6, 1849; son of Francis and Martha
(Chandler) Cobb; educated in public schools,
Rockland, Johnson's Academy, Topsham, Me.,
and Norridgewock (Me.) Academy; married,
Augusta, Me., June 15, 1880, Sarah S. Haskell;
children: Ruth Bradford, Helen Chandler. Be
gan business career as clerk in grocery store
in Rockland; later member of firm of Cobb,
Wight & Co.; moved to St. Louis, 1880, and be
came partner in firm of Goetz & Cobb, lime
manufacturers, which dissolved 1889; then es
tablished Glencoe Lime and Cement Co., of
which is president. Member Francis Cobb &
Co., wholesale grocers, and of Cobb, Butler &
Co., shipbuilders, Rockland, Me. Republican.
Congregationalist. Formerly trustee Drury
College, Springfield, Mo. Clubs: Mercantile,
Glen Echo, City. Office: 904 Syndicate Trust
Bldg. Residence: 4415 Morgan St.
COBB, Seth Wallace, merchant, ex-congress
man; 1838-1909; see Vol. 1906.
COBBS, Thomas Harper, lawyer; born, Na
poleon, Lafayette Co., Mo., Aug. 26, 1868; son
of Thomas T. and Catherine (Harper) Cobbs;
B.S., Odessa College, Odessa, Mo., 1889; stu
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1890-92; A.B., Washington University, 1896;
studied law in St. Louis Law School and later
in Yale Law School, Yale University, graduat
ing with degree of LL.B., 1897; married, Car
rollton, 111., Aug. 30, 1898, Lucie Mae Jones.
Taught school at various times while receiving
his education and earned money for expenses
in college; superintendent schools, Roodhouse,
111., 1892-95; admitted to Missouri bar, August,
1896; associated with law firm of Flower,
Smith & Musgrave, Chicago, 1897-1901; in
practice at St. Louis with John E. Bishop, as
Bishop & Cobbs since 1901. Democrat. Presby
terian. Member American Bar Association,
Missouri State Bar Association, St. Louis Bar
Association, Sigma Nu college fraternity,
Yale Alumni Association, Washington Univer
sity Alumni Association. Mason (Tuscan
Lodge); member Knights of Pythias. Club:
Mercantile. Recreations: golf, fishing. Office:
1111-1115 Third National Bank Bldg. Resi
dence: 6224 Waterman Ave.
COBURN, Maurice, principal assistant engi
neer Vandalia R. R. ; born, Cleveland, O., Dec.
5, 1875; son of Forrest A. and Helen A.
(Stickney) Coburn; educated in Cleveland
public schools and Case School of Applied
Science, graduating with degree of B.S., 1897;
unmarried. Engaged with Pennsylvania Lines
West of Pittsburgh, 1897, since continuously
with that system and the Vandalia R. R. ;
principal assistant engineer Vandalia R. R.
since May, 1909. Member American Railway
Engineering Association. Clubs: University,
City. Recreation: golf. Office: Century Bldg.
Residence: 3737 Washington Ave.
COCHRAN, Alexander G., lawyer; born at
Allegheny City, Pa., Mar. 20, 1846; son of
John Turner and Anna (Richardson) Cochran;
educated in public and private schools and
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; studied
law at Columbia Law School, and admitted to
bar, 1866; married Mary Virginia Andrews, of
Allegheny City, June 1, 1869. Practiced at
Pittsburgh, 1866-74; member Forty -fourth Con
gress (1875-77), Twenty-third Pennsylvania
District; defeated for Forty-fifth Congress;
Democrat. Member special committee to South
Carolina to investigate Tilden-Hayes election
and one of the objectors on the part of the
House in the South Carolina case, before the
Electoral Commission; member special com
mittee to investigate whisky frauds in St.
Louis. Appointed general solicitor Missouri
Pacific Ry., 1888; vice president Missouri Pa
cific and Iron Mountain lines, Oct. 1, 1904, to
Dec. 1, 1909, when retired from railway serv
ice; also was general solicitor Cotton Belt and
International Great Northern Ry. Judge advo
cate Missouri National Guard on staff of
Brigadier General Clarke. Member American
Bar Association, Missouri State Bar Associa
tion, St. Louis Bar Association. Episcopalian.
Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis Athletic (one of

governors), St. Louis Country. Office: Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 7 Westmoreland PI.
COCHRAN, William Arthur; see Vol. 1906.
COCHRANE, Manning West, motor trucks;
born, Bushnell, 111., Mar. 22, 1868; son of
Thomas and Hannah M. (Hartman) Cochrane;
educated in public schools and attended Tabor
College, Tabor, la.; married, Lincoln, Neb.,
Feb. 7, 1894, Olive Ethel Moore; children:
Dorothy (deceased), Ruth. Associated in grain
business with father at Lincoln, 1888-1902;
came to St. Louis as representative of father's
business in 1902 and in 1903 was made a part
ner in the firm under style of Cochrane Grain
Co., being the resident partner until 1910;
now manager Cochrane Motor Sales Co. Mem
ber St. Louis Merchants ' Exchange (president,
1910). Methodist. Mason. Office: 1820 Locust
St. Residence: 5109 Kingston Ave.
COCKE, William Horner, president Commer
cial Acid Co.; born, City Point, Va., Sept. 12,
1874; son of Henry Teller and Elizabeth
(Horner) Cocke; educated Staunton (Va.)
High School, Virginia Military Institute, Lex
ington, Va., 1890-94, graduating, degree of
C.S., 1894; professor of mathematics and com
mandant of cadets, Kemper Military Academy,
1894-97; graduated from Law Department of
Washington University, degree of LL.B., 1898;
married, St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 20, 1905, Annie
Jeanette Owen. Admitted to bar, Apr. 22,
1899, and engaged in general practice in St.
Louis from that date until December, 1906;
senior member law firm of Cocke & Trigg,
March, 1904-Jan. 1, 1906. Organizer, and pres
ident of the Commercial Acid Co. since Jan/ 1,
1907. Member Business Men's League of St.
Louis. First lieutenant Fourth Missouri Volun
teer Infantry, 1898-99; captain and adjutant,
First Regiment Infantry, N. G. Mo., 1903-04;
major same regiment, 1904-06. Mugwump in
politics. Club: Normandie Golf. Recreation:
Golf. Office: 3943 Duncan Ave. Residence:
5432 Clemens Ave.
COE, Edward Davis, merchant; born, Phila
delphia, Pa., Apr. 14, 1843; son of Richard
and Hannah Maria (Lippincott) Coe; edu
cated at William Whitall's Private Academy
of Friends ("Quakers"); served in Union
Army as private Starr's battery, Pennsylvania
State Militia, 1861; private Battery L, 1862,
attached to Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania
State Militia; attached to Thirty-second Regi
ment Pennsylvania Militia, 1863, and 1864-65
was sergeant Company H, 196th Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry; married, Philadelphia,
Jan. 8, 1874, Maggie Emily Barr. Entered
wholesale dry goods business at Philadelphia
in 1858 with Joseph Lea & Co., and remained
with the firm, during period of war service,
until 1870. Came to St. Louis in October, 1870,
and established in wholesale notion business,
in which has since continued; since 1874 asso
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of Coe, Yonge & Co. Republican. Member
Ransom Post, No. 131, G. A. R. (historian
since 1900), Legion of Honor. Mason. Office:
905 Lucas Ave. Residence: 4157 Washington
Boulevard. COFFIN, Edward H., president Berry -Bergs.
Coal Co.; born, Milton, Ulster Co., N. Y., Nov.
25, 1844; son of William and Rhoda A. (Bird-
sail) Coffin; educated in district schools of
Orange and Ulster counties, Nine Partners
Boarding School, Dutchess Co., N. Y. (one
term), West-town (Pa.) Boarding School one
year, and one year at Post's Academy, Ellen-
ville, N. Y. ; taught district school, winters of
1864-65 and. 1865-66; married, Moorestown,
N. J., Jan. 24, 1882, Sarah A. Pancoast (died
May 3, 1896); children: William II. and S.
Frances; married, 2d, Sept. 5, 1906, Mrs. Lelia
M. Jack, of St. Louis. Entered service of Mis
souri Pacific Ry. Co., Dec. 1, 1866, as clerk in
freight office at Jefferson City, Mo., and re
mained with that company as clerk and tele
graph operator at Holden, and agent and oper
ator at Lees Summit, and Kansas City, Mo.,
until June 30, 1872; was agent for Kansas
Central R. R. at Leavenworth, Kan., July 1
to Dec. 31, 1872; returned to Kansas City,
Jan. 1, 1873, and was freight agent for Mis
souri Pacific Ry. Co. until Jan. 31, 1875; came
to St. Louis, Feb. 1, 1875, and entered service
of Wabash R. R. as city ticket agent, and re
mained with same company as city passenger
and ticket agent until Apr. 7, 1902; engaged
in coal business, Sept. 1, 1904, as president of
the Berry-Bergs Coal Co.; also secretary and
treasurer National Pickle and Canning Co.
Republican. Friend ("Quaker"). Mason,
Knight Templar. Club: Mercantile. Office:
1404-1406 New National Bank of Commerce
Bldg. Residence: 3439 Lafayette Ave.
COFFIN, William Halleck, secretary and
treasurer Berry-Bergs Coal Co.; born, St.
Louis, Oct. 28, 1882; son of Edward H. and
Sarah A. (Pancoast) Coffin; educated at Smith
Academy, St. Louis, Pennsylvania Military
College, graduating C.E., 1902, and finished at
Cornell University, 1902-03; married, St. Louis,
Sept. 6, 1909, Esther Estey, of Eldon, Mo.;
one son: Edward H. Entered office of Berry-
Bergs Coal Co., wholesale and retail coal and
coke, in August, 1903, and upon reorganiza
tion of the company in September, 1904, was
elected to present position as secretary and
treasurer. Member Phi Gamma Delta Frater
nity. Recreation: traveling. Office: 1404 New
National Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence:
2607 S. Compton Ave.
COLBY, Branch Harris, civil engineer; born
at Cherry Valley, O., July 20, 1854; son of
Lewis and Celestia (Rice) Colby; brother of
J(une) Rose Colby; C.E., University of Mich
igan, 1877; post-graduate course in mining,
engineering, 1877-78; married Minnie Bary, of
Detroit, June 28, 1883; two children: Vine

and Dorothy. Assistant on survey of Great
Lakes, 1875-78; U. S. assistant engineer Mis
sissippi River, 1878-84; in private practice,
1885-89; U. S. assistant engineer, in charge of
survey of Portage Lake Ship Canal, 1888-89,
for Straight Channel, Sandusky (O.) Harbor,
1889; U. S. assistant engineer Mississippi
River Commission, 1889-90; principal assist
ant engineer sewer department, St. Louis,
1890-95; sewer commissioner and member
Board of Public Improvements, 1895-99; civil
and consulting engineer, American Car and
Foundry Co., 1900; in private practice since
1901; also city engineer of University City
since 1906. Member American Society of Civil
Engineers, American Society for Municipal
Improvement (vice president), St. Louis En
gineers' Club (ex-president). Member Com
pany B, Michigan National Guards, 1873-76.
Unitarian. Scottish Rite Mason (32°), Shrin
er. Office: 812 Security Bldg. Residence:
5790 McPherson Ave.
COLCORD, Walter Rea, machinery and sup
ply merchant; born, St. Louis, Mar. 6, 1867;
son of William and Sarah Maria (Cousins)
Colcord; educated in public schools of St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, June 1, 1896, Meta
Elise, daughter of G. W. and Lena Garrels;
children: Gerard Rea, Eunice. Engaged in
business as machinery merchant since May 1,
1895; was president of W. R. Colcord Ma
chinery Co., dealers in metal-working ma
chinery and machine-shop equipment; now
president Colcord-Wright Machinery and Sup
ply Co.; director Franklin Bank. Independent
in politics. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Midland
Valley Golf. Recreation: golf. Office: 1223-
1229 N. Broadway. Residence: 4943 Parkview
Place. COLE, Amedee B., president John Jackson
Investment Co.; born, St. Louis, Sept. 21,
1855; son of Nathan and Rebecca Lane
(Fagin) Cole; educated Franklin (public)
School, Washington University and Shurtleff
College; married, St. Louis, June 18, 1879,
Annie, daughter of John Jackson, of St.
Louis; children: Annie J. (wife of Dr. Wil
liam B. Shields), John J., Ernest J., Reba J.
(Mrs. Charles N. Morton), Marjorie (wife of
Dr. G. D. Royston). Began business career as
assistant in the management of his father's
grain commission business, operating on the
Merchants' Exchange until 1900. In 1892,
when the estate of his father-in-law, who
died in 1889, was incorporated under the
name of John Jackson Investment Co., he
became a director and in 1899 was elected, its
president; retired from the grain business
and devoted himself exclusively to the man
agement of a large tract of mining land near
Joplin, Mo., owned by the company". Member
Business Men's League, St. Louis Merchants'
Exchange, New York Produce Exchange,
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ident Missouri State Society, Sons of the
American Revolution, 1911-12; first vice pres
ident general of National Society, Sons of
the American Revolution. Republican. Ma
son (32°), Shriner. Clubs: St. Louis, Rac
quet, Automobile, Aero. Recreations: out
door life, motoring. Office: 318 N. 8th St.
Residence: 3705 Lindell Boul.
COLE, Howard, timber lands; born, Par-
kersburg, W. Va., May 1, 1868; son of Joseph
Howard and Bettie (Dudley) Cole; educated
in public schools, Parkersburg, W. Va., to
1887. Cashier State Savings Bank, Roanoke,
Va., 1887-89; in 1889 went South and was
engaged in land business in Louisiana and
Mississippi; was resident in Vieksburg, Miss.,
five years before coming to Chicago, Apr. 1,
1904. President Mississippi Realty Co., incor
porated in 1899, and operating in timber lands
in Mississippi and Louisiana; in 1908 organ
ized firm of Howard Cole & Co., Incorporated,
of which is president. Also president Colum
bia Timber Co. (Vancouver, B. O), Howard
Cole Timber and Investment Co. (Vancouver,
B. C), Silver Lake Timber Co. (Florida),
Florida Land and Timber Co.; director Mor
ris Lumber Co., and vice president and direct
or in a number of other concerns. Republican.
Recreation: driving. Office: 235 Pierce Bldg.
Residence: 4564 W. Pine St.
COLE, John Gully, advertising; see Vol.
1906. COLES, Walter De Rosset, lawyer; born,
Parkersburg, W. Va., Jan. 6, 1868; son of
Walter and Anne Taylor, (Preston) Coles; at
tended University of Virginia, 1884-88; grad
uated from Law Department, Washington Uni
versity, LL.B., 1889; unmarried. Admitted to
bar, 1889, and since engaged in practice in St.
Louis; assistant United States District Attor
ney, 1894-98; referee in bankruptcy at St.
Louis since 1898. Episcopalian. Democrat.
Member of American Academy of Political
and Social Science, Missouri Historical So
ciety, St. Louis and American Bar Associa
tions. Clubs: University, Noonday, Racquet,
City, Bellerive Country. Office: Room 415,
Security Bldg.
COLLARD, Guy A., life insurance; born,
Bremond, Tex., Feb. 11, 1876; son of James
H. and Laura B. (Brown) Collard; educated
Southwestern University, Georgetown, Tex.;
married, Denver, Colo., Apr. 18, 1906, Minnie
L. Body; one son, Sneed B. Engaged in min
ing brokerage business principally in Mexico
City, Mex., also in the United States and
Alaska, until Feb. 15, 1906; then entered life
insurance business in Denver, as solicitor,
and became local superintendent of agents
for The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.;
in July, 1908, was appointed manager at St.
Louis for the Germania Life Insurance Co.
of New York; supervisor of agents, same

company, Jan. 1, 1911-Nov. 25, 1911; super
visor of agents, Equitable Life Assurance
Society, until June 25, 1912; since manager
and general agent Union Central Life Insur
ance Co. Democrat. Protestant. Recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Office: Fullerton
Bldg. Residence: North University City, St.
Louis Co., Mo.
COLLETT, George Richard, vice president
St. Louis National Stock Yards; born, Hart
ford, Mich., Jan. 6, 1872; son of George F.
and Serah A. Collett; educated in public
schools of Hartford; married at Fort Worth,
Tex., Apr. 29, 1902, Florence Marsden Heren-
deen, of Chicago (died Mar. 29, 1908); one
child: Nellie Herendeen. In railroad service
at La Porte, Ind., and Chicago, 1890-96; con
nected with Armour & Co. interests at Chi
cago and Fort Worth, Tex., 1896-1905; vice
president and general manager Milwaukee
Stock Yards Co., 1905-07; vice president St.
Louis National Stock Yards since February,
1907. Also president East St. Louis Rendering
Works; vice president National Cattle Loan
Co.; director National Stock Yards National
Bank. Episcopalian. Mason, Knight Templar,
Shriner. Clubs: St. Louis, Glen Echo, Missouri
Athletic. Recreation: golf. Office: National
Stock Yards. Residence: Buckingham Hotel.
COLLIER, Charles Cox, cashier Union Sta
tion Bank; born, Keokuk, la., Jan. 14, 1876;
son of Alexander and Mary (Wilson) Collier;
educated in public schools of Keokuk; un
married. Began in banking business at Keo
kuk as a messenger and became assistant cash
ier 1904; moved to St. Louis and was teller
Missouri Trust Co., 1904-06; assistant treas
urer, 1906-07; then with Mercantile Trust Co.
six months; assistant cashier Union Station
Bank, January, 1909-July, 1911, since cashier.
Republican. Presbyterian. Office: Union Sta
tion Bank. Residence: 4058 Lindell Boul.
COLLINS, Charles Cummings, lawyer; born,
Memphis, Tenn., July 6, 1872; son of1
Charles Standish and Katherine Julia (Com
fort) Collins; educated in public schools of
Little Rock, Ark., until 1888; Washington
University, A.B., 1892; St. Louis Law School
(Washington University), LL.B., 1894; mar
ried, St. Louis, Oct. 16, 1895, July Hargadine,
daughter of William H. Thomson, of Boat
men's Bank; children: Anne Acrata, Julia
Comfort, Mary Virginia, Elizabeth Cummings.
Taught school in Smith Academy,, department
of Washington University, 1892-94; admitted
to bar and engaged in practice, June, 1894;
now member of law firm of Carter, Collins,
Jones & Barker. Member St. Louis, Missouri
State and American Bar associations. Mem- <
ber Washington University Association. Dem
ocrat. Methodist. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercan
tile. Office: 1016 Third National Bank Bldg.
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COLLINS, John Patrick, undertaker; born,
St. Louis, Jan. 6, 1867; son of Patrick and
Margaret (Mahoney) Collins; both, of Irish
descent; educated in public schools; married,
St. Louis, 1890, Isabella Scott (died 1905).
Learned undertaking business and entered the
office of Christ Schawacker, undertaker, after
leaving Polytechnic High School, Oct. 1, 1882;
entered undertaking business on own account
Mar. 1, 1888; studied law and admitted to
Missouri bar, 1902, but now devotes his at
tention to undertaking business. Elected
member Board of Education to fill unexpired
term, 1891, and again elected, 1893; was can
didate for State Senate, 1896 (defeated) ;
elected to Senate 1900 and served term of
four years; elected Democratic Presidential
Elector of Twelfth Congressional District at
Joplin, Mo., Feb. 20, 1912. Catholic. Elected
president Undertakers' and Embalmers' Asso
ciation, 1908, reelected, 1909, 1910, 1911 and
1912. Member Knights of Pythias, Knights
and Ladies of Honor, Knights and Ladies of
Security. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Million
Population (director). Recreations: billiards
and pool. Offices: 517 Walnut St.; 2732-2734
Park Ave.; 1917-1921 S. Jefferson Ave. Resi
dence: 517 Walnut St.
COLLINS, Monroe Robataille, real estate
and financial agent, retired; born, St. Louis,
Feb. 8, 1854; son of Monroe Robataille and
Esther (Baker) Collins; educated at Washing
ton University; married, Philadelphia, Pa.,
Dec. 11, 1878, Clara Shewell; children: Mon
roe Shewell, Robert Eli. Began in real estate
business in St. Louis, Mar. 1, 1879, with Delos
R. Haynes, under firm name of Haynes &
Collins, which dissolved 1884; senior member
of M. R. Collins, Jr., & Co., real estate and
financial agents, 1884-1909, since retired. Vice
president and secretary Collins Realty Co.
Member Missouri Historical Society. Gold
Democrat. Southern Methodist. Mason (32°),
Knight Templar, Shriner. Club: St. Louis.
Favorite recreations: hunting, fishing, travel
ing and baseball. Residence: St. Louis.
COLLINS, Robert E., lawyer; born, Flor
ence, Pike Co., 111., Jan. 7, 1851; son of Mon
roe R. and Esther (Baker) Collins; descendant
of Lindell family of St. Louis; educated
Washington University, St. Lduis, and Wash
ington and Lee University, Virginia, graduat
ing with degree of A.B. from latter institu
tion, 1871; studied law in the St. Louis' Law
School and in office of Britton A. Hill, St.
Louis; married, Baltimore, Md., Dec. 18, 1873,
Ida Kate Bishop; two children: Esther C.
(Mrs. Edwin R. Chappell) and Ida Kate (de
ceased). Admitted to Missouri bar, 1873, and
since in practice in courts of Missouri and
federal courts; member successively of firms
of Hill & Collins (Britton A. Hill), Collins &
Carlisle (James L. Carlisle), Collins & Jami
son (D. A. Jamison), and Collins & Chappell

(Edwin R. Chappell). President and counsel
Kirkwood Trust Co.; president and treasurer
Collins Realty Co.; vice president and treas
urer Lindell Real Estate Co., Joliet Real Es
tate Co. Member St. Louis Bar Association,
Phi Kappa Psi. Formerly member St. John's
Methodist Episcopal Church, South (board of
stewards), now Kirkwood Methodist Episco
pal Church, South. Mason. Recreation: ama
teur mechanic. Office: 702 Rialto Bldg. Resi
dence: Kirkwood, Mo.
COLLINS, Thomas Richeson, fire insurance ;
born, St. Louis, Sept. 16, 1860; son of Martin
and Mary Alice (Crabbe) Collins; educated
in public and private schools, St. Louis, Ver
mont Episcopal Institute, Burlington, Vt., and
Washington University, scientific course; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1891, Sara K. Ferguson (now
deceased); one daughter: Sarah Dorothy; mar
ried, 2d, June 1, 1911, Grace S. Parmly, of
Chicago'. On leaving' school in 1878 entered
the insurance agency established by father,
Martin Collins, in April, 1867, and in 1891 be
came a partner in the' firm, which is now
known as Martin Collins, Son & Co., general
fire insurance agents. Member St. Louis In
surance Agents' Association. Member Busi
ness Men's League, Civic League. Scottish
Rite Mason (32°). Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday,
St. Louis Country. Office: Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 525 Clara Ave.
COLMAN, Norman Jay, editor Colman's
Rural World; 1827-1911; see Vol. 1906.
COLNON, Redmond Stephen, contractor;
born, Brownville, N..Y., June 29, 1862; son of
John W. and Harriet (Perkins) Colnon; grad
uated from Cornell University, C.E., 1887;
married, St. Louis, Jan. 9, 1895, Catherine
Fruin. After graduation engaged as assistant
engineer in office of Emil Knichling, Roches
ter, N. Y., 1887-89; assistant engineer in of
fice of Charles H. Ledlie, 1889-90; assistant
engineer Johnson & Flad, 1890-92; engineer
Fruin & Bambriek Construction Co., 1892-95;
engaged in contracting business for self, 1895-
1900; since 1900 with Jeremiah Fruin, gen
eral contractors for street improvements, sew
ers, railway work and buildings, and now
vice president Fruin-Colnon Contracting Co.
Also director New Union Sand Co. President
Building Industries Association. Member
Board of Education of St. Louis, 1903-09. Was
member Municipal Bridge and Terminals Com
mission. Democrat. Catholic. Clubs: En
gineers', St. Louis, Noonday, Mercantile. Of
fice: 502 Laclede Bldg. Residence: 6417 Co
lumbia Ave.
COMPTON, George B., president Compton
& Sons Lithographing and. Printing Co.; born,
St. Louis, Feb. 11, 1865; son of Richard J.
and Ella Louise (Cleveland) Compton; edu
cated in Alton (111.) public schools, and Illi
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7, 1893, Christine Eno; children: Coalter
Bates, Eno, George Tarleton. Began, 1885,
with Bradstreet Mercantile Agency, and later
with Compton & Sons* Printing Co.; went to
New York, June, 1899, to establish eastern
branch of the company, which has since been
in successful operation; returned to St. Louis,
1904, and was elected president of the com
pany. Business was established, 1872, by fa
ther, Richard J. Compton, who was first in
city to manufacture fine color lithograph work,
which is still the company's specialty. Mem
ber Business Men 's League. Episcopalian.
Mason. Club: Missouri Athletic. Office: 200-
212 Locust St. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
COMPTON, William Randolph, president
William R. Compton Co., investment bankers;
born, Loc'kport, N. Y., June 27, 1866; son of
James Robinson and Frances Hope (Lewis)
Compton, the father being a pioneer banker
of Lockport and for over fifty years cashier
of Niagara County National Bank of that
city; ancestors settled in New Jersey from
England, 1650; public school education; mar
ried, Dayton, 0., Sept. 24, 1889, Caroline Lou
ise Parker; three children: Randolph, William
Randolph and Frances Hope. Began active
career as office boy in a factory of native
town, at $2.50 per week; later received bank
ing training under father; located in St. Jo
seph, Mo., as clerk at eighteen, in wholesale
dry goods establishment of Tootle-Hosea Co.;
embarked in banking business on own account,
at Arlington, Kan., 1886 (the youngest cash
ier in the United States), and conducted the
business for two years; bought interest in
bank at Macon, Mo., 1888, which managed
for ten years, during which period acted as
agent for Eastern capital in securing loans on
Missouri farms. Gradually became interested
in municipal bonds; resigned as cashier Bank
of Macon, 1898, and moved to St. Louis, 1908;
now president William R. Compton Co., in
vestment bankers, with branch office in Chi
cago. Member Business Men 's League', St.
Louis. Democrat. Presbyterian. Director Y.
M. C. A. of St. Louis. Scottish Rite Mason;
member Tuscan Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; Asca-
lon Commandery, Knights Templars. Clubs:
Noonday, St. Louis, Bellerive Country (St.
Louis), Union League (Chicago). Recreations:
literature, golf and motoring. Office: Mer
chants-Laclede Bldg. Residence: 18 Kingsbury
Place. COMSTOCK, Thomas Griswold, physician,
deceased; see Vol. 1906.
CONANT, Theodore P., president Sligo Iron
Store Co.; born Irasburgh, Vt., Aug. 5, 1850;
educated in public schools. Began business
career in employ of G. D. Hall & Co., later
becoming salesman, and in 1877 that firm was
merged in the Sligo Iron Store Co., for which
corporation became traveling salesman and
later secretary, succeeding, 1905, to present

position as president of the company, jobbers
of iron. Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo Coun
try. Office: 1301 N. 6th St. Residence: 4479
Washington Ave.
CONDIE, Clarence Warner, vice president
Condie-Neale Glass Co.; born, Philadelphia,
Apr. 16, 1877; son of Thomas Douglas and
Mary Clara (Husted) Condie; educated in
public schools of Philadelphia and St. Louis,
and St. Louis High School, 1893; married, San
Jose, Cal., Aug. 6, 1902, Mary Standish Pit
man; two children: Mary Virginia, Clarence
Douglas. After leaving school traveled in this
country and abroad. With Smith & Davis
Manufacturing Co., 1894-98; resigned to fill
duty with National Guard in Spanish-Amer
ican war. Returned to St. Louis, 1898, and
engaged with St. Louis branch Pittsburgh
Plate Glass Co., to 1901; then at general of
fices of company, Pittsburgh, until 1902;
agent same company, Wheeling, W. Va., 1902-
03. Returned to St. Louis, 1903, became sec
retary Condie-Neale Glass Co., and vice presi
dent since 1909. Also vice president Building
Industries Association. Member Civic League,
Zoological Society. Received medal from
United States Congress for service with Bat
tery A, Missouri Volunteers, Spanish-Amer
ican war, Porto Riean Campaign, 1898.' City
treasurer Ferguson, Mo., 1901. Republican.
Episcopalian. Mason (32°), Shriner. Clubs:
Bellerive Country, City. Recreations: golf,
hunting and fishing. Offiee: 2500 N. Broad
way. Residence: 5379 Cabanne Ave.
CONDIE, Herbert Douglas, president Con
die-Neale Glass Co.; born, Philadelphia, Pa.,
June 17, 1873; son of Thomas D. and Mary
Clara (Husted) Condie; educated in public
schools and Park Grammar School, Philadel
phia, Central High School, St. Louis, and spe
cial course in chemistry at Missouri Medical
College; married, Ferguson, Mo., Nov. 3, 1897,
Sallie Case King, of Chicago; children: Doug
las King, Bertha Botsford, Margaret Hallo-
well, Herbert Douglas, Jr., and Churchill
Clarke. Entered employ of F. A. Drew Glass
Co., St. Louis, October, 1891, and worked
through every position in office up to general
manager, until that company sold out to the
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., when removed to
Milwaukee and became assistant manager in
that city of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.; later
removed to Pittsburgh upon opening of the
company's branch in that city, and was man
ager of its glass department for two years,
until organizing in St. Louis the Condie-Neale
Glass Co. in February, 1903, of which has
since been president; director Broadway Sav
ings Trust Co.; vice president Overland Auto
mobile Co. Republican. Was member of Bat
tery A, St. Louis, 1893-96. Ran on Citizens'
ticket for mayor of Ferguson, 1905. Member
Pennsylvania Society of St. Louis, Civie
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sistory, Moolah Temple, Mj stic Shrine. Epis
copalian; secretary Vest>y St. Stephen's
Church, Ferguson, Mo. (tubs: Aero, Auto,
City, St. Louis, Noonday, Bellerive Country.
Favorite recreations: gol/ and motoring. Of
fiee: Broadway and Bei ton St. Residence:
"Kinghurst, " Ferguson, Mo.
CONGER, Charles P , general manager
American Forest Co.; lorn, Jackson, Tenn.,
Feb. 4, 1876; son of Stephen Robert and Ame
lia (Cox) Conger; educated in Ouchita Baptist
College, Arkadelphia, irk., to 1890; South
western Baptist University, Jackson, 1893-96;
unmarried. Began business career with S. R.
Conger's Saw & Planng Mills, Jackson, 1893,
of which was manager until 1898; sales man
ager with E. R. Daclington Lumber Co., St.
Louis, 1905-09; then western sales manager
American Forest ( o., Buffalo, N. Y., office at
St. Louis, 1909-10 ; general offices of company
removed to St. Louis, 1911; made general
manager, also secretary and treasurer since
1911; secretary, treasurer and general Man
ager Portland U Southwestern Railway Co., of
Portland, Ark., with office in St. Louis. Demo
crat. Baptist Member Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Fraternity. *Uub: Lumbermen's. Recreations:
baseball, theater, fishing and hunting. Office:
718, 420 'Olive St. Residence: Windermere
Hotel. CONKLING, Orville Caleb, photographer;
born, Forrest, Livingston Co., 111., Mar. 9,
1870; son of George Lewis and Victoria
(Freeman) Conkling; educated in public
schools of Atlantic, la., to thirteen; married
at Omaha, Neb., Nov. 2, 1892, Cora M. Rotton.
Began active career in employ of photogra
pher at Atlantic, la., 1883 ; removed to Omaha,
1886, and followed same business; located at
St. Louis, 1896, and was connected with
Guerin & Co., 1896-1901; since in business on
own account. Member Zoological Society, St.
Louis Photographers. ' Society. Republican.
Clubs: Arcadia Country, Midland Valley
Country, Adonis Tennis, St. Louis Railway.
Recreations: fishing, tennis and billiards. Of
fice and Residence: 3826 Olive St.
CONN, Luther Henry, real estate dealer;
born, Burlington, Boone Co., Ky., Mar. 14,
1842; son of Dr. James V. and Mary E. (Gar-
nett) Conn; educated in private schools of
Carrollton, Ky.; married, St. Louis, May 16,
1871, Louise G., daughter of Sir Charles Gib
son; one daughter: Virgie May (Mrs. Frank
V. Hammer). Served through Civil War in
the Confederate army and attained rank of
captain. Engaged in cotton planting at close
of war; came to St. Louis, 1867, and went
into real estate business under firm name of
Conn & McRee. Became interested in sev
eral corporations, engaged largely in mining
and milling and farmed extensively, having
become owner of the celebrated and historical
farm of Gen. U. S. Grant in St. Louis Co.

Director several mining companies, and of the
Tiger Tail Mill and Land Co. Democrat. Ex-
president board of commissioners of Lafayette
Park. Member of St. Louis Confederate Vet
erans. Office: 705 Olive St. Residence: 1728
Waverly PL
CONNELL, John F., secretary and treas
urer Procter-Connell Fish Co.; born, St. Louis,
Jan. 21, 1865; educated at St. Louis Univer
sity. Secretary Trask Fish Co., St. Louis,
1890-1902; organized Kansas City Salt Fish
Co., Kansas City, Mo., which was incorpo
rated in 1898 and was later absorbed by the
Trask Fish Co., St. Louis. On Jan. 16, 1902,
with William Otis Procter, of St. Louis, or
ganized the Procter-Connell Fish Co., of which
is secretary and treasurer. Clubs: Missouri
Athletic, Midland Valley. Office: 510-512 N.
2d St. Residence: The Buckingham.
CONNETT, William Carroll, lawyer; born,
Buchanan Co., Mo., Apr. 7, 1879; son of Wil
liam Carroll and Perilla (Leonard) Connett;
educated St. Joseph High School; graduated
from Manual Training School of St. Louis,
1899; student Washington University Law
School, 1901, and later at University of Vir
ginia; married, St. Louis, Sept. 27, 1909, Jes
sie Sehlafly; one daughter: Jane Allen. Be
gan practice in St. Louis in July, 1902; secre
tary to Mayor Rolla Wells, 1907-09; vice pres
ident A. F. Mengee Music Co., Haight Or
chard & Development Co., director Liberty
Nassau Building Co.; secretary G. R. Schmidt
Woolen Co. Democrat. Member St. Louis Bar
Association, Thayer Law Club. Clubs: Mis
souri Athletic (vice president), St. Louis Ama
teur Athletic Association (vice president).
Recreation: outdoor exercise. Offiee: Third
National Bank Bldg. Residence: 4482 Mc-
Pherson Ave.
CONNOLLY, Joseph A., clergyman; born,
July 13, 1855; educated, collegiate and the
ological courses, under Lazarist Fathers, and
two years, St. Francis Seminary, near Mil
waukee, Wis. Ordained priest, Roman Cath
olic Church, in St. John's Church, St. Louis,
by Rt. Rev. P. J. Ryan, June 18, 1878; acting
pastor St. Columbkill's Church, 1878; pastor
New Madrid, Mo., 1878-82; assistant to Fa
ther O 'Reilly, of Immaculate Conception
Church, St. Louis, 1882-83, and then assistant
to Rev. Wm. Walsh, of St. Bridget's Church;
pastor DeSoto, 1886-92, St. Teresa's Church,
St. Louis, since 1892; appointed vicar gen
eral December, 1903. Under his administra
tion the present church edifice in St. Teresa's
parish was erected. Residence: 2413 N. Grand
Avenue. CONNOR, James A., grain commission;
born, St. Louis, Sept. 13, 1875; son of Patrick
P. and Mary E. (Lawler) Connor; educated
at St. Louis University; married, Springfield,
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Mary Elizabeth, born May 27, 1907. In grain
commission business since March, 1893; now
member of Connor Bros. & Co. Member St.
Louis Merchants' Exchange. Recreations:
fishing and baseball. t)ffice: 505 Chamber of
Commerce Bldg. Residence: 5253 Waterman
Avenue. CONRAD, Harry Jacob; see Vol. 1906.
CONRAD, John F., grocer; born, St. Louis,
Mar. 1, 1850; son of Enoch and Frederika
Conrad; educated in private schools at St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, 1872, Sarah C.
Stork; children: Frederick E., Julia (now Mrs.
Eugene Ringler), Louis Philip, Oscar J., Car
rie L., Alvina O., John F., Jr., Agnes N., Har
old A. Began business career as clerk in gro
cery, store; in 1874 started in business for self
in small store at 2714 Franklin Ave.; opened
branch store at 4470-4474 Delmar Ave., 1892,
and same year incorporated business as J. F.
Conrad Grocer Co., of which is president;
started downtown store on Locust St. in 1897,
and moved, in 1907, to 713-715 Washington
Ave.; now conducts both wholesale and retail
business. Honorary member of St. Louis Turn
Verein. Clubs: Liederkranz, King's Hunting
and Fishing, Log Cabin. Recreations: bowling,
hunting and fishing. Office: 713-715 Washing
ton Ave.; branch stores: Grand and Shenan
doah Aves., Union and Suburban Aves. Resi
dence: 4333 Morgan St.
CONRADES, Edwin ' H., coal and coke ;
born, St. Louis, July 22, 1861; son of John H.
and Marie C. (Freese) Conrades; educated in
public schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 17, 1887, Louise R. Stifel; children: Paul
E., Otto Stifel. Began business career in the
finishing department of the chair factory of
Conrades & Logeman, remaining in that es
tablishment until, in 1883, became one of the
incorporators of the J. H. Conrades Chair and
Parlor Furniture Co.; resigned to become a
partner in the firm of Donk Bros. & Co., coal
merchants, and since business was incorpo
rated as Donk Bros. Coal and Coke Co. has
been vice president of the company. Also pres
ident Conrades Chair Co., St. Louis, Troy &
Easter Ry. Co., St. Louis & Illinois Belt R. R.
Co.; vice president Merchants' and Manufac
turers' Investment Co.; director German Sav
ings Institution; etc. 32° Mason (Scottish
Rite), Knight Templar, and Shriner. Clubs:
Missouri Athletic, Union, Liederkranz. Office:
314 N. 4th St. Residence: 2013 St. Louis Ave.
CONRADES, John Henry, retired; born,
Liebenau, Hanover, Germany, Aug. 22, 1832;
son of William and Mary (Peters) Conrades;
early education in Germany; attended public
night school in St. Louis, 1852; Jones Commer
cial College, St. Louis, 1854; married, Port
Hudson, Franklin Co., Mo., Nov. 27, 1856,
Mary C. Freese (died Dec. 15, 1897); children:
Theodore .H., Edwin H., John Henry, Jr., Bel

mont C, Emil W., Josie (Mrs. E. C. Donk),
Adele (Mrs. C. Conradis), Ella (Mrs. Otto
Stifel). Started at cabinet work at age of
fourteen at Bremen, Germany, where learned
trade; left there at age of seventeen for Amer
ica; worked at trade for one and one-half
years in Cincinnati, then six months in St.
Louis as jqurneyman, foreman of shop for one
and one-half years; in 1853 bought out the
business and established the firm of Conrades
& Logeman, chair manufacturers, which dis
solved in 1883; organized and was president
of J. H. Conrades Chair and Parlor Furniture
Co., 1883-1910; since honorary president. Re
publican. Served in militia in 1861. President
German General Protestant Orphans' Home.
Clubs: Union, Liederkranz. Recreations: mu
sic and literature. Office: 1942 N. 2d St. Resi
dence: 3643 Castleman Ave.
CONRADES, John Henry, Jr., chair manu
facturer; born, St. Louis, Jan. 24, 1866; son
of John Henry and Mary C. (Freese) Con
rades; educated in St. Louis public school and
Smith Academy; married, St. Louis, Jan. 4,
1905, Mary Emma Wunseh; one son: Ralph
Andrew. Began business career as collector
for a coal company; then became shipping
clerk and later traveling salesman for the
J. H. Conrades Chair and Parlor Furniture Co.,
of which is now secretary and treasurer; presi
dent Marshall Realty Co., Marshland Realty
' Co., Marshland Game Preserve. Republican.
Unitarian. Member Knights of Pythias. Clubs:
Union, Mercantile, Apollo. Favorite recrea
tions: hunting, fishing, riding and music. Of
fice: 1942 N. 2d St. Residence: 2919 Russell
Avenue. *CONRADES, Theodore, manufacturer;
moved to Omaha; see Vol. 1906.
CONROY, Patrick Edward, pianos; born in
Ireland, Mar. 2, 1864; son of Thomas and
Mary (Welby) Conroy; educated in publie
schools of North Easton, Mass.; married, 1890,
Delia Mori arty; one son: Robert T. Began
active career as traveling salesman in general
merchandise; engaged in piano business since
1887; president since organization, of the
Conroy Piano Co., wholesale and retail dealers
in pianos, and vice president A. J. Conroy Co.,
of Cincinnati; also treasurer of the Reliable
Specialty Co., 1108 Locust St. Independent in
politics. Recreations: fishing and baseball.
Offiee: 1100 Olive St. Residence: Usona Hotel.
CONZELMAN, Oscar, dentist; born, Iron-
dale, Mo., June 19, 1869; son of Jacob and
Eva (Fisher) Conzelman; educated public
schools; Columbia University, New York;
Washington University, St. Louis, graduat
ing from the Dental Department of same, de
gree of D.D.S., 1894; married, Hannibal, Mo.,
Jan. 27, 1903, Marguerite Ryan; one daugh
ter, Virginia Marie. Has engaged in practice
in St. Louis since 1894. Republican. Luther
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Liederkranz. Recreations: hunting and fish
ing. Office: 3860 S. Broadway. Residence:
3415 Halliday Ave.
CONZELMAN, Theophilus, second vice pres
ident Crunden-Martin Woodenware Co.; born,
St. Louis, Apr. 8, 1858; son of Gottlieb and
Jorgine (Grunbeck) Conzelman; educated in
public and high schools, St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, October, 1882, Emma Lewis (died
1901); children: Theodore L., William L.,
Emerson; married, 2d, St. Louis, June, 1905,
Jane Good; children (by second marriage) :
James Good and Jane. Began in real estate
business with Cavender & Rowse, real estate
and loans, then engaged in looking after own
private real estate interests for several years,
and in 1892 entered the Crunden-Martin
Woodenware Co., jobbers of woodenware and
manufacturers of Diamond paper bags, of
which is second vice president; president Con-
zelman-Crunden Realty Co. Independent in
politics. Unitarian. Member Merchants' Ex
change. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic,
St. Louis, Algonquin Golf, Bellerive Country.
Recreation: golf. Office: cor. 2d and Gratiot
Sts. Residence: 5260 Washington Ave.
COOK, Douglas G., president American
Wine Co.; born, Chicago, 111., June 3, 1847;
son of Isaac and Harriet (Norton) Cook;
educated in public schools of Chicago and
at Christian Brothers College, Notre Dame,
Indiana; married, St. Louis, 1877, Carrie S.
Dickson; children: Carrie D. (Mrs. Edward L.
Preetorius), Douglas D., Ellis W. Began busi
ness career in employ of American Wine Co.
(of which father was president) as shipping
clerk, and advanced from one position to an
other until, on father's death, in 1886, suc
ceeded as president, the company being manu
facturers of champagne and controlling large
vineyards in Northern Ohio. Member Busi
ness Men's League, Merchants' and Manu
facturers' Association. Mason,- Knight Tem
plar; member B. P. O. Elks. Clubs: St. Louis,
Mercantile, Glen Echo, Missouri Athletic.
Recreation: fishing. Office: 3015 Cass Ave.
Residence: 3828 Washington Ave.
COOK, Isaac, Jr., manager Elizabeth Cook
Estate; born, Fox River, Wis., June 21, 1867;
son of Isaac and Mary Elizabeth (Udell)
Cook; has lived in St. Louis since 1868; edu
cated at Smith Academy, St. Louis; Adams
Academy, Quincy, Mass.; A.B., Harvard Uni
versity, 1890; married, St. Louis, 1896, Edith,
daughter of Dr. Henry Hodgen Mudd; chil
dren: Henry, Elizabeth. Engaged in the man
agement of real estate in Chicago and St.
Louis and in care of estate of the late Mary
Elizabeth Cook. Democrat. Episcopalian.
Clubs: St. Louis, University, Country, Mis
souri Athletic; also Harvard Club of New #
York City. Residence: 3 Hortense PI.
COOK, Isaac Thompson, real estate; born
in Fayette Co., O., Aug. 28, 1871; son of

Major James F. and Mary Augusta (Myers)
Cook; educated in public schools of Washing
ton Court House, O.; married at Washington
Court House, O., Feb. 28; 1894, Jessie Carle
ton McCrea; children: Elizabeth Janet, Jessie
Augusta and Carleton McCrea. Came to St.
Louis, 1891; clerk in retail shoe stores until
1896; since engaged in real estate business
and in management of office buildings. Secre
tary and treasurer Chemical Building Co.,
Frisco Building Co., Wright Building Co.;
president Seventh Street Building Co.; secre
tary, treasurer and manager of the Neighbor
hood Light, Power and Heating Co.; president
Chaffee Real Estate Co. Member Business
Men's League, St. Louis Manufacturers' As
sociation, Civic League. Republican. Presby
terian. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Mercantile,
University, Missouri Athletic, Normandie
Golf, City, Aero. Recreations: hunting, fish
ing and athletics. Office: 1412 Chemical Bldg.
Residence: 4579 W. Pine Boul.
COOKE, Henry von Phul, manager Com
merce Safe Deposit Co.; born, Hannibal, Mo.,
Aug. 9, 1854; son of William M. and Eliza
(von Phul) Cooke ;»educated at St. Louis Uni
versity; unmarried. Began active career as
clerk for Henry von Phul Commission Co., St.
Louis; in 1881 became connected with the St.
Louis Safe Deposit Co., and continued with
that company and its successor, the St. Louis
Safe Deposit and Savings Bank, until 1906;
in mercantile pursuits, 1906-09; manager Com
merce Safe Deposit Co. since 1909. Democrat.
Catholic. Recreations: fishing and hunting.
Office: National Bank of Commerce Bldg.
Residence: 5005 Cabanne Ave.
COOKE, John Kutherfoord, cashier Third
National Bank; born, St. Louis, Sept. 27,
1856; son of (Judge) William Mordecai and
Eliza (von Phul) Cooke (original Cooke came
from Suffolk, England, settled in Virginia
prior to 1650; on mother's side, Dr. Sangrain,
great-grandfather settled in St. Louis, 1800);
educated in Christian Brothers College, and
St. Louis University; married, St. Louis, Oct.
17, 1883, Margaret L. Larkin. Began busi
ness career with engineering corps, 1872, con
tinuing until 1873; engaged with Third Na
tional Bank, as clerk, 1873, advanced to
junior official positions until 1911, when he
was elected cashier and director. Democrat.
Catholic. President Visitation Council, St. Vin
cent de Paul's Society, and member Upper
Council same; member St. Louis Credit Men's
Association (ex-treasurer) , Missouri Historical
Society. Clubs: St. Louis, Bankers'. Recrea
tion: reading. Office: Third National Bank.
Residence: 14 Lewis PI.
COOMBE, Western B., insurance, deceased;
see Vol. 1906.
CORBITT, J. Arthur, fire insurance under
writer; born, St. Louis, June 17, 1871; son
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educated in Smith Academy, St. Louis; unmar
ried. Was connected with the Beck & Corbitt
Iron Co., from September, 1889, to June 22,
1901. Since Mar. 1, 19Q2, has been engaged
in a general insurance business. Member Busi
ness Men 's League, Civic League. Republican.
Presbyterian. Mason (32°), Shriner. Clubs:
University, City, Automobile, Aero, Bellerive
Country. Favorite recreation: motoring. Of
fice: 1449 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 3662 Del-
mar Boul.
CORBY, Jerome Bauduy, president Corby
Supply Co., railway supplies; born, St. Louis,
May 21, 1875; son of Frank P. and Josephine
A. (Robidoux) Corby; educated St. Louis
public schools; married, St. Louis, June 9,
1899, Ann M. Woods; two children: Frank S.
and Betty B. Began active career, in vaca
tion, with D. Crawford & Co., 1887; entered
railway supply business with Andrew Warren,
1889, continuing until he retired; became
connected with the National Tube Works,
1896, and remained with this concern until it
sold out to the Crane Co. and with the latter
until November, 1903; then was made mana
ger of C. A. Thompson's railway supply busi
ness; organized the Corby .Supply Co., of
which has been president and manager since
Mar. 1, 1907; also southwestern agent of the
Ashton Valve Co., Hayden & Corbett Chair
Co., Pittsburgh Steel Products Co., Reading
Chain Block Co. and southwestern manager
Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. Republican.
Catholic. Member Order of Kokoal, Business
Men's League. Clubs: Traffic, Missouri Ath
letic. Recreations: motoring and athletic
sports. Office: 1822-1824 Locust St. Resi
dence: 5428 Clemens Ave.
CORLIS, George L., lawyer; born, Metropo
lis, 111., May 26, 1873; son of Edwin and Sarah
(Scott) Corlis; LL.B., McKendree College,
Lebanon, 111., 1891; married, Union City,
Tenn., Oct. 15, 1895, Miss Bird Trevathan;
two daughters: Marian and Catherine. Ad
mitted to Illinois bar, 1891; in practice in
East St. Louis, 1891-96, since in St. Louis;
member firm of Corlis & Quinn. Dean of Ben
ton College of Law. Democrat. Mason (R.
A.). Author: Commercial Law; Business Law
and Business Methods; Short Study of Real
Property; Delineation of Some Phases of the
Law. Recreation: literature. Office: Times
Bldg. Residence: St. Regis Apts.
CORNELI, Adolph, seed merchant; born,
St. Louis, Aug. 20, 1860; son of Phillip and
Marie (Mathias) Corneli; educated in public
schools and Jones Commercial College, St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, Oct. 8, 1894, Hector
Ford. Began business career with the Plant
Seed Co. as an employe in the office, later be
coming salesman, then traveled for the firm
on the road, 1876-95; in 1895, with brother,
Ben P. Corneli and H. M. Schisler, joined
in organization of the Schisler-Corneli Seed

Co., of which is secretary and treasurer. Mem
ber Merchants' Exchange, Royal Arcanum.
Club: Rotary. Recreations: bowling and mo
toring. Office: 813-815 N. 4th St. Residence:
5200 Minerva St,
CORNELI, Ben Phillip, seed merchant;
born, St. Louis, Apr. 3, 1855; son of Phillip
and Marie Corneli; educated in public sehools
of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Nov. 10,
1881, Margaret Coudy; one son: Clifford. Has
been connected with the seed business con
tinuously from 1875, beginning with the St.
Louis and Peoria Plow Co., until 1878; then
with the Plant Seed Co., 1878-95, and in 1895
joined in organization of Schisler-Corneli
Seed Co., of which is president. Member St.
Louis Merchants ' Exchange, Royal Arcanum.
Clubs: Automobile, Grain. Recreation: music.
Office: 813 N. 4th St. Residence 4839 Cote
Brilliante Ave.
CORNELL, Robert Henry, farm lands; born
in Adrian, Mich., Nov. 5, 1855; son of Wil
liam Henry and Emily (Danforth) Cornell;
educated in public schools; married, St. Louis,
Mar. 8, 1878, Maria Hodges; children: Ethel
H. (Mrs. Melville Williamson), Luda H. (Mrs.
Julian Luckett), Oliver H. (deceased), Esther
I., Florence L. Began business career in serv
ice of Indianapolis & St. Louis R. R., contin
uing for three years; then in St. Louis
post office as paying teller of money order
department; after that in railway mail serv
ice, first in Seventh Division, and later as
chief clerk of Eleventh Division, with head
quarters at Fort Worth, Tex.; resigned, 1888,
and returned to St. Louis, engaging in real
estate business on own account, until was
elected, 1905, as real estate officer of the Com
monwealth Trust Co.; resigned, January,
1912, and organized Cornell-Miller Texas
Farms Co., of which is president. Member St.
Louis Reai Estate Exchange (director). Mem
ber Church of the Redeemer. Charter member
Hyde Park Council, No. 4, Legion of Honor.
Club: City. Recreations: hunting and fishing.
Office: 415 Locust St. Residence: 5041 Ca
banne Ave.
CORNET, Edward, president Edward Cornet
Grocer Co.; born, St. Louis, Sept. 10, 1858;
son of August and Margaret (Reich) Cornet;
educated in parochial schools and Christian
Brothers College; married, St. Louis, Sept. 11,
1883, Anna Jansen; children: August E., Clara
L., Clemens J., Agnes A., Edward J. On
leaving school, entered the grocery business
founded by father fifty years ago, and has
ever since continued with the house, and has
served as president of the Edward Cornet Gro
cery Co. since its incorporation, 1903. Member
of the Merchants' Exchange, St. Vincent de
Paul Society, and St. Vincent de Paul Orphan
Society. Catholic. President Gentlemen's
Driving Club. Office: 1241 N. 13th St., cor.
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CORNET, Henry Louis, real estate; born,
St. Louis, Nov. 15, 1856; son of Francis and
Annie (Blackmail) Cornet; educated in pri
vate schools and in the Christian Brothers
School, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Septem
ber, 1888, Annie Chapman; children: Frank,
Harry, Lucille, Marjorie, Ruth. Began busi
ness career as assistant secretary of the Mul
lanphy Board of Charities, then went with
Isaac H. Keim, real estate, in charge of
Mullanphy, Biddle and Clemens estates; after
that with Charles H. Turner, real estate, and
then member of the firm of Bergman & Cornet,
1885-93; engaged in business for self as H. L.
Cornet & Co., real estate, 1893-97; since 1897
member of firm of Cornet & Zeibig, real estate
and financial agents. President Standard
Realty Co. Member St. Louis Real Estate
Exchange. Republican. Catholic Clubs: Mer
cantile, Racquet. Recreation: fishing. Office:
719 Chestnut St. Residence: 4550 Berlin Ave.
CORNWALL, Barnabas M., treasurer St.
Louis House Furnishing Co.; born, Lawrence-
ville, HI., Oct. 10, 1851; son of Francis and
Jeannette (Delisle) Cornwall; educated in
private schools of Cuba, Mo., 1861-69; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1878, Lizzie Lincoln; children:
Leeta, Nettie, Raligha, Clyde, Olive. Since
1887 in furniture business for self, establish
ing at 1810 Franklin Ave.; H. J. Gobbles be
came partner, 1889, and removed to 817 Frank
lin Ave.; in 1892, P. J. Farrington entered as
third partner and business was incorporated
as the St. Louis House Furnishing Co., of
which he is treasurer. Republican. Episcopa
lian. Member Knights of Pythias. Recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Office: 902-906
Franklin Ave. Residence: 5173 Maple Ave.
CORNWALL, Frederick Reid, attorney in
patent causes; born, Washington, D. O, Feb.
23, 1872; son of James G. and Frances (Reid)
Cornwall; educated in public schools of Wash
ington, D. O, and studied law at National
University there, receiving degree of LL.B.,
1891, and M.L., 1892; married, Dec. 23, 1893,
Annie May Bushall, of Beaufort, N. C; six
children living: May Bushall, Frederick Reid,
Jr., Paul Bakewell, Virginia, Ward Leacraft,
Richard Randolph. Started to work in patent
solicitor's office in Washington Nov. 1, 1886;
' after practicing before Patent Office six years,
came to St. Louis, June 1, 1892, and entered
the office of Paul Bakewell, and engaged in
soliciting United States and foreign patents,
and in the practice of patent, trade mark and
copyright law; became partner, Aug. 1, 1897,
in firm of Bakewell & Cornwall, which part
nership was dissolved Dec. 31, 1908; since
practiced alone. Member of several patent
law associations. President American Phila
telic Society; Fellow Royal Philatelic Society
of London. Mason (Tuscan Lodge), Knight
Templar (Ascalon Commandery), Shriner.
Clubs: St. Louis, Racquet, Noonday. Office:

801 to 806 Chemical Bldg. Residence: 5052
Waterman Ave.
CORNWELL, Frederick Leander, lawyer;
born, St. Louis, Feb. 13, 1878; son of Ben
jamin Sedgely and Helen Virginia (Jennings)
Cornwell; married, St. Louis, Aug. 11, 1910,
Daisy George Walker; one child: Frederick
Leander, Jr. Member of Light Battery A,
Missouri Volunteers, during war with Spain;
began practice of law in St. Louis, Feb. 28,
1899; in same year went to Porto Rico and
practiced there for eleven years; member
Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico, 1900-04
inclusive, during which time was chairman of
Judiciary Committee; member joint legislative
committee that codified laws of Porto Rico,-
also insular district attorney for judicial dis
trict of Mayaguez; resumed practice in St.
Louis, 1911. Director Choteau Trust Co. Re
publican. Baptist. Member United Spanish
War Veterans. Mason (Blue Lodge, Chapter,
Commandery and Shrine). Clubs: St. Louis,
Missouri Athletic. Recreations: fishing, hunt
ing and baseball. Office: 805-808 La Salle
Bldg. Residence: 53 Kingsbury PI.
CORWIN, Alvin B., president Corwin Build
ing and Construction Co.; born, Delaware, O.,
Dec. 21, 1854; son of Levi Jennings and Ange-
line (Bradford) Corwin; educated in- public
schools of Delaware;' married Emma F. Phil
ips, of Lowell, Mass., Sept. 29, 1886 (died
1905). Began as architect and builder in
Bonne Terre, Mo., 1885; located in St. Louis,
1891, and has since been actively engaged in
business in and around the city; president
Corwin Building and Construction Co., estab
lished 1896, builders and general contractors,
making » specialty of estimating and replac
ing fire and wind-storm losses; also president
Heinz- Young Construction Co. Republican.
Methodist. Member Knights of Pythias. Rec
reation: politics. Office: 601 Roe Bldg. Resi
dence: 5500 Vernon Ave.
*CORY, George Edward, roofing materials-
moved to San Francisco; see Vol. 1906.
CORYELL, John Barstow, physician and
surgeon; born, Nichols, Tioga Co., N. Y., Sept.
6, 1867; son of Emanuel and Matilda (Thayer)
Coryell; educated in public and private
schools of Tioga Co., N. Y., and St. Louis
Medical College (Washington University),
M.D., 1886; married, St. Louis, March, 1905,
Ellen Fraser (now deceased). Engaged in
general practice in St. Louis since gradua
tion in 1886. Member A. F. & A. M., Ancient
Order United Workmen. Club: Union. Office
and Residence: 309 S. Broadway.
COSTE, Paul Felix, lawyer; 1856-1906; see
Vol. 1906.
COSTELLO, John Stephen, brush manufac
turer; born in New York City, June 22, 1833;
son of Michael and Bridget (McGowan) Cos-
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City; married, New York City, 1854, Kath
erine Sougherin; children: John E. (deceased),
Katherine E. (Mrs. J. H. Wolfe), Mary (Mrs.
M. J. Brennan), Frances Xavier. Learned
trade of brushmaker in New York City, and
worked as journeyman there; came to St.
Louis, 1855, and was in charge of factory of
Dings & Stein, until 1858, when established
business for self, afterward admitting son,
Francis X. Costello, and M. J. Brennan, under
present style of J. S. Costello & Son. Roman
Catholic. Member Catholic Knights of Amer
ica, Ancient Order of United Workmen. Of
fice: 1108 Pine St. Residence: 3744 Cook Ave.
*COUDREY, Harry Marcy, insurance;
moved to Washington, D. C; see Vol. 1906.
COUGHLIN, William Thomas, surgeon;
born, Ontario, Can., Apr. 25, 1873; son ' of
Thomas and Ellen (O'Reilly) Coughlin; edu
cated public schools of Ontario; Collegiate
Institute, Barrie, Ont.; studied medicine at
Trinity University, Toronto; Washington Uni
versity Medical School, St. Louis, M.D., 1901;
studied also in London Hospital, London,
Eng., and universities of Paris, France and
Heidelberg, Germany; unmarried. Interne St.
Louis City Hospital, 1901-02; instructor in
anatomy, Washington University Medical
School, 1902-08; instructor in surgery, same,
1908-11, and lecturer on fractures and disloca
tions in same, 1908-10; member staff Washing
ton University Hospital, 1908-11; assistant
professor surgery, St. Louis University, since
June, 1911; on staff of Rebekah Hospital,
since June, 1911. Roman Catholic. Member
American Medical Association, Missouri State
Medical Society, St. Louis Society of City
Hospital Alumni, St. Louis Surgical Club,
Washington University Alumni Medical Asso
ciation; also member Knights of Columbus.
Clubs: University, City, Western Rowing. Of
fice: Metropolitan Bldg. Residence: 2713
Washington Ave.
COURTNEY, Leslie, retired; born in Pettis
Co., Mo.; son of Peter and Elizabeth (Bracht)
Courtney; educated in public schools of Pet
tis Co.; unmarried. Came to St. Louis, Janu
ary, 1886, and engaged with Kelley, Good
fellow & Co., wholesale shoes; in 1901, organ
ized the Courtney Shoe Co., manufacturers
and jobbers of boots and shoes, of which com
pany was president until 1908, when sold out
his interest and retired. Democrat. Club:
Mercantile. Residence: Buckingham Hotel.
COUSINS, John W., Salvation Army offi
cial; born in Yorkshire, England, Feb. 7,
1861; educated in public schools and Interna
tional Training College, London; married,
Denver, Colo., Sept. 13, 1895, Martha J. Car
penter; two children: Annie Catherine and
John Lincoln. Followed butcher's trade for
about three years; joined Salvation Army,
1882, became an officer, 1883, and engaged in

evangelistic work until 1886; was sent to
Canada and had charge of various commands
there; promoted to adjutant and later to staff
captain; in United States since 1881, and in
St. Louis since Sept. 1, 1909, as brigadier
provincial officer for Missouri, Kansas &
Southern Illinois, with rank of lieutenant col
onel. Office: Fullerton Bldg. Residence: 4218
Cook Ave.
COUSSENS, Andrew Harwood, druggist;
born, Nashville, Tenn., Mar. 12, 1847; son of
John H. and Mary (Royster) Coussens; edu
cated in private and public schools of Nash
ville, and at Franklin College, Davidson Co.,
Tenn.; married, Gallatin, Tenn., Aug. 6, 1874,
Bettie Prince; children: Andrew Hills, Bettie
Prince, John R., Mary' Royster, Erie V. (Mrs.
George Harsh). Engaged in drug business
since March, 1869; since Feb. 26, 1894, presi
dent and manager of the Anti-Monopoly Drug
Co., wholesale and retail. Democrat. Member
Christian (Disciples) Church. Member Royal
'Arcanum, Legion of Honor. Office: 700 Mar
ket St. Residence: 5125 Von Versen Ave.
COUTANT, Charles Albert; see Vol. 1906.
COWAN, James English, insurance; born,
Apple Creek, Cape Girardeau Co., Mo., Oct. 13,
1834; son of Rev. John F. and Mary E. (Eng
lish) Cowan; educated in public schools of
Washington Co., Mo.; married, St. Louis, Apr.
28, 1858, Henrietta S. Quinette; children:
James Edward, J. Mortland, Mary E., Susie
Q. (Mrs. G. F. Hulbert), Elenore J. (Mrs. O.
G. Selden). Came to St. Louis, 1849, and was
for years engaged in the book and stationery
business; since 1872 has been in the insurance
business, and now, with his son, conducts un
der firm name of James E. Cowan & Son, an
agency for fire, tornado, liability, accident,
burglary and plate glass insurance. Presby
terian and active church worker. Secretary of
the Western Society for the Suppression of
Vice, St. Louis branch. Member Royal Ar
canum, Legion of Honor. Office: Pierce Bldg.
Residence: 3017 Eads Ave.
*COWDERY, Edward G., gas light official;
moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
COWEN, William B., vice president Na
tional Bank of Commerce; born, St. Louis,
May 28, 1861; son of Alexander H. and Maria
(May) Cowen; educated Catholic parochial
school, St. Louis, 1868-70; private school,
1871-73; public schools, 1873-76; St. Louis
High School, 1876-77; unmarried. Began
active career as clerk in National Bank of
Commerce, Oct. 1, 1878; passed through vari
ous positions and was made assistant cashier,
1898, and has served as vice president since
February, 1908; also director St. Louis Car
Wheel Co., St. Louis Taxi Cab Co., St. Louis
Coliseum, Independent in politics. Catholic.
Member Business Men 's League, Civic League.
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Glen Echo, Aero, Automobile. Recreations:
athletic sports and outdoor diversions, espe
cially fishing. Office: Broadway and Olive
Sts. Residence: 5964 W. Cabanne PI.
COX, Charles Alexander, pork packer; born
in Nelson Co., Ky., Aug. 31, 1846; son of John
A. and Martha (Roberts) Cox; educated in
public and private schools of native county;
married, Eddyville, Ky., Nov. 1, 1871, Julia
Rudy; one daughter: Julia E. (Mrs. Harris H.
Johnston); married, 2d, Eddyville, Ky., July
20, 1876, Sarah Rudy; children: Charles Gor
don, Virginia Roberts (wife of Rev. Rockwell
S. Brank), Sarah Isabel, Ethel Lucy, Douglas
A. Reared on farm when slaves did most of
the work; quit farm, 1867, and entered en
gineer corps of Louisville & Nashville R. R.,
making survey from Stanford to Richmond,
Ky.; continued in engineering department of
various railroads in Kentucky, Arkansas and
Tennessee until 1874; then went into construc
tion work as contractor. In April, 1877, owing
to suspension of railroad building, went into
pork-packing business (temporarily, as he sup
posed), and has remained in it ever since;
president Cox & Gordon Packing Co., manu
facturers and wholesale dealers in fancy sugar
cured hams, breakfast bacon, pure lard and
other packing-house products. Director La
clede National Bank, 1885-95, Merchants-
Laclede National Bank since 1895. Director,
1885-86, and, 1890-91, vice president, 1887, and
president, 1889, and still member Merchants '
Exchange. Independent in politics. Attepds
St. Peter's Episcopalian Church. President
Kentucky Society; member Royal Arcanum
and Legion of Honor. Club: St. Louis. Office:
1019 S. Third St. Residence: 4052 Westmin
ster PI.
COX, LeGrand Marvin, oral physician
born, Winslow, 111., Feb. 26, 1876; son of Le
Grand Marvin and Eveline (Talmadge) Cox
educated in Winslow district School to 1892
Warren Academy, Warren, HI., 1892-94; D.D.S.
Chicago College of Dental Surgery, 1898
M.D., St. Louis College of Physicians and Sur
geons, 1909; married, Hanover, 111., Aug. 23
1899, Alta Phoebe Miller; four children
Hortense (died May 2, 1907), Mildred, Mar
vin, Marian. In practice of dentistry in Jo
Daviess Co., 111., 1898-1904, since in St. Louis.
Professor anesthesia and minor surgery, and
professor oral surgery, St. Louis College of
Physicians and Surgeons, since 1906. Member
St. Louis Dental Society, Missouri State Den
tal Association. Clubs: Fellowship, Kings-
highway Church. Recreation: fishing. Office:
Central National Bank Bldg. Residence: 5064
Cates Ave.
COYLE, Eugene, Catholic priest; born,
Three-Mile House, Ireland, Feb. 15, 1847; son
of Owen and Mary Coyle; graduated from St.
McCarten's Seminary, Ireland, and entered
on philosophical and theological course at St.

Francis Seminary, Wisconsin, 1868, graduat
ing, 1872. Ordained priest at St. Louis, Mar.
8, 1873; appointed assistant pastor, Church of
the Immaculate Conception, St. Louis, and
later took charge of missions in Knox,
Audrain, Adair, Schuyler and Scotland coun
ties, Mo., and still later in Monroe and Ralls
counties; established a parish in Adair Co.;
built a church in Schuyler and in Clark; priest
in charge of St. Patrick's Church, Clark Co.,
about ten years; since 1885 at St. Louis, rec
tor St. Louis Old Cathedral. Member Knights
of Columbus. Address: 209 Walnut St.
COYLE, Philip W., traffic commissioner of
the Business Men's League; born, Greenwood,
Steuben Co., N. Y., July 10, 1850; son of Ber
nard and Susan (Killduff) Coyle; educated in
common schools of Allegany Co., N. Y.; mar
ried, Dunkirk, N. Y., Jan. 6, 1872, Ella Louise
Mulkin; children: Gertrude S. (Mrs. F. J.
Bates, of Washington, D. O), Clifford D. Be
gan service with the Erie R. R., with which
was telegraph operator and station agent,
1865-81; general freight and passenger agent,
Lackawanna & Pittsburgh R. R., 1881-87; as
sistant general freight agent, Wabash R. R.,
1887-1906; was appointed traffic commissioner
of the Business Men's League, St. Louis, May
1, 1906. Independent in politics. Mason,
Knight Templar. Episcopalian. Clubs: Mer
cantile, City, Alton Country. Favorite recrea
tions: golf, chess. Offiee: fifth floor Mercan
tile Library Bldg. Residence: Alton, 111.
CRABB, Robert A., lawyer; born, St. Louis,
Jan. 31, 1868; son of Robert M. and Mary L.
(Manix) Crabb; educated in public schools;
Washington University; St. Louis Law School,
LL.B., 1895; married Miss Louisa Donnelly,
of St. Louis, July 17, 1897; children: Dorothy
A., Garland P. In general civil practice in St.
Louis since 1895. Member St. Louis and Mis
souri State Bar associations. Democrat. Cath
olic. Member Legion of Honor. Recreations:
fishing and hunting. Office: 610 Times Bldg.
Residence: 5414 Page Boul.
*CRABTREE, John Holt, investment securi
ties; moved to New York; see Vol. 1906.
CRAFT, William Braddock, vice president
and general manager Merchants' Ice and
Coal Co.; born, St. Louis, Apr. 24, 1857; son
of M. B. and Elizabeth A. (Adcock) Craft;
educated in public schools of St. Louis, Jones
Commercial College and Henderson Commer
cial College; married, St. Louis, January,
1890, Mary Wiethuchter. Has been in the
sand business in St. Louis since 1875, consecu
tively with the New Missouri Sand Co., of
which was secretary until 1902; general man
ager of the Colorado Sand and Gravel Co.,
1902-September, 1910, when became vice pres
ident and general manager Merchants' Ice
and Coal Co. Republican. Member Union Ave
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Office: 402 Stock Exchange Bldg. Residence:
1233 Goodfellow Ave.
CRAIG, John, contractor and builder; born
near Londonderry, Ireland, June 10, 1867
son of Matthew and Margaret (Hutchison)
Craig; educated in native land; came to Amer
ica, March, 1888; married, Sterling, Mass.
Jan. 8, 1902, Caroline L. Fitch; one son: Rob
ert L. Engaged in carpentering at Princeton
la., two years, and then went to Rock Island.
111., and continued at same trade; located in
St. Louis, 1892, and for about twelve years
was employed as journeyman; then entered
general contracting business, in which has
since continued. Republican. Presbyterian.
Mason; Knight Templar, Shriner; also mem
ber Knights of PythiasL Office: 7 24 Odd Fel
lows Bldg. Residence: 0644 Von Versen Ave.
CRAIGHEAD, John Thomas, merchandise
broker; born, Fulton, Calloway Co., Mo., Nov.
7, 1866; son of John Alexander and Elizabeth
M. (Adair) Craighead; educated in country
district school .at Carrington, Mo., and West
minster College, Fulton, Mo.; married, St.
Louis, Apr. 27, 1892, Mary Elizabeth Dun-
ville; two sons: Thomas Gorman, Norwood
Dunville. Began business career as clerk with
L. D. Farmer & Co., general merchandise, Ce
dar' City, Mo., 1884-88; buyer Schweppe Gro
cery Co., St. Louis, 1888-91; since Nov. 1,
1891, in business under style of J. T. Craig
head & Co., as merchandise broker, selling
borax for Pacific Coast Borax Co. to wholesale
drug trade, grocers, spice mills, grocers' sun
dries manufacturers, etc.; handles baking pow
der, bicarbonate of soda, corn starch, tin cans,
canned goods (canned meat, fish, vegetables
and fruit), sugar, rice, molasses, dried and
evaporated fruits, nuts, etc. Also director of
J. C. Grant Manufacturing Co., baking pow
der, bicarbonate of soda, etc. Member Mis
souri Horticultural Society. Democrat. Ma
son; Past Chancellor Knights of Pythias. Rec
reations: horticulture and architectural work.
Champion pistol shot. Protestant. Office: 502
S. 7th St. Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
CRAM, George Taylor, insurance; 1834-
1908; see Vol. 1906.
CRAMER, Emile R., superintendent of Lab
oratories anil Works, G. Cramer Dry Plate
Co.; born, St. Louis, Apr. 17, 1874; son of
Gustav and Emma R. (Milentz) Cramer; edu
cated in St. Louis to 1882; Educational Insti
tute (private), 1882-9T); Manual Training
School, Washington University, 1890-93; left
Manual Training School while in third year
to take charge of exhibits and building at
Chicago World's Fair; upon returning to St.
Louis after the fair attended Perkins & Her-
pel's Business College, 1893-94; in the fall of
1894 returned to Manual Training School,
from which he graduated in 1895; married,

St. Louis, Oct. 2, 1901, Ida A. Broeseljone
child: Dorothy. Since leaving school has been
continuously engaged within the chemical
laboratories of which now superintendent.
Republican. Protestant. Member of Washing
ton University Association, St. Louis Horti
cultural Society. Clubs: Amateur Athletic As
sociation, Liederkranz. Recreation: fishing.
Office: Shenandoah and Lemp Aves. Resi
dence: St. Louis Co.
CRAMER, F. Ernest, vice president G. Cra
mer Dry Plate Co.; born, St. Louis, July 6,
1870; son of Gustav and Mathilde (Weber)
Cramer; educated in public schools, 1870-80;
Educational Institute, graduating, 1886;
Washington University, graduating, 1887; at
tended law school, 1887-88; learned photogra
phy, 1888-89; married, San Francisco, Cal.,
July 31, 1901, Angela Le Prohon. Since 1889 .
has been engaged in manufacture of photo
graphic dry plates with father; vice president
G. Cramer Dry Plate Co. since 1898. Presi
dent Broadway National Bank, 1701 S. Broad
way. Chilean consul. Republican. Former
member of city council. Ex-president Latin-
American Club, and Foreign Trades Associa
tion; member Manufacturers' Association.
Protestant. Mason (32°), Knight Templar,
Shriner. Clubs: Union, Liederkranz, Masonic
(ex-president). Favorite recreation: fishing.
Office: Shenandoah and Lemp Aves. Resi
dence: Grand and Russell Aves.
CRAMER, Gustav, president G. Cramer Dry
Plate Co.; born, Eschwege, Germany, May 20,
1838; son of Emanuel and Dorothea (Viewe-
ger) Cramer; educated in schools in Germany;
married; children: F. Ernest, Emile R. and G.
Adolf. Came to St. Louis in 1859; learned
trade of photographer with John A. Scholten,.
with whom remained for five years; then
started in business as photographer on own
account and remained in it until 1885; started
as manufacturer of dry plates, 1880; in 1898
admitted his three sons, and incorporated the
business as the G. Cramer Dry Plate Co., of
which he is president. Vice president of the
Board of Charity Commissioners of St. Louis;
vice president German General Protestant
Orphan Home; member board of directors of
the St. Louis Provident Association and also
of the Deutscher Schul Verein; member of St.
Louis Liederkranz; president St. Louis Alten-
heim. Mason; member Knights and Ladies
of Honor, and Legion of Honor. Office: Lemp
and Shenandoah Aves. Residence: 3306 S.
13th St.
CRAMER, Otto, dry goods merchant; born,
Hermann, Gasconade Co., Mo., Oct. 13, 1847;
son of Dr. Edward and Margaret Cramer;
educated public schools at Hermann to age
of thirteen; St. Louis University; Jones Com
mercial College; married, St. Louis, Septem
ber, 1872, Sophia Ludewig; four children:
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Elizabeth (Mrs. Chester L. Harvey). Entered
employ of C. Heim, general merchant, of
Boonville, Mo., 1863; next with the Jameson-
Cotting Dry Goods Co., continuing until the
company, dissolved, 1872; with the C. S. Davis
Dry Goods Co., 1872-96; purchased an inter
est in the Wear & Boogher Dry Goods Co.,
predecessors of the Carleton Dry Goods Co.,
and is a director of the latter; also director
International Bank. Club: Liederkranz. Rec
reations: athletic sports. Office: 12th and
Washington Sts. Residence: 3626 Flora Boul.
CRANDALL, Albert, fire insurance; see Vol.
1906. CRANDALL, Frank Wilber, vice president
King, Brinsmade Mercantile Co., wholesale
millinery; born, Sullivan, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1857;
son of Warren D. and Lydia M. (Wilber)
Crandall; educated in St. Louis public and
high schools; married, St. Louis, Dec. 6, 1881,
Mary G. Day; children: Harold W., Dorothy.
At eighteen entered employ of wholesale dry
goods firm of Simon & Gregory, continuing for
twelve years; then with the Rice-Stix Dry
Goods Co. for about sixteen years; since Feb.
1, 1902, associated as vice president with the
King, Brinsmade Mercantile Co., in the whole
sale millinery trade. Member and chairman
National Railroad Committee, Travelers' Pro
tective Association; chairman of Western
Classification Committee of Millinery Jobbers '
Association. Independent in politics. Office:
1701-1709 Washington Ave. Residence: Nor
mandy Hills, Mo.
CRANDALL, George Clinton, physician;
born near Elgin, 111., June 18, 1865; son of
George W. and Caroline (Perry) Crandall;
moved with parents at early age to Michigan;
educated in country school, high school, and
Michigan Agricultural College, Lansing, Mich.,
graduating B.S., 1887; M.D., Medical Depart
ment, University of Michigan, 1890; married,
Syracuse, N. Y., May 1-8, 1895, Nellie Merry;
one son: George Washington. Worked on farm
and taught school, previous to beginning med
ical work; appointed, 1890, on medical staff
Northern Michigan Asylum at Traverse City;
resigned, 1894, to go abroad; spent a year and
a half in hospitals of Europe; located in St.
Louis, 1895, and appointed professor of gen
eral medicine in Marion-Sims Medical College,
and continues in same chair in Medical De
partment of St. Louis University; president
consulting staff of St. Louis City Hospital;
medical director of St. Louis Society for Re
lief and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Secre
tary and director St. Louis Dental College.
Member National Society of Tropical Medi
cine, St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri
State Medical Association, American Medical
Association, American MedicoTFsychologieal
Association, Civic League, Citizens' Industrial
Association, Academy of Science. Clubs: Con
temporary, City. Recreations: hunting and

fishing. Office and Residence: 3674 Lindell
Boulevard. CRANE, Charles L., insurance; born, Roch
ester, Beaver Co., Pa., Nov. 13, .1861; son of
Jonathan and Eliza M. (Reno) Crane; edu
cated in public schools; married, St. Louis,
1883, Emma E. Rockwell; children: Frank H.,
Helen, Charles L. Has been a resident of St,
Louis since 1872; in insurance business since
1876; established firm of Charles L. Crane &
Co., 1886, incorporated as Charles L. Crane
Agency Co., 1909, and became president same;
president Provident Loan and Securities Co.;
president Underwriters ' Salvage Corps,
March, 1909, to March, 1911. Member Busi
ness Men's League, Civic League. Clubs: Mer
cantile, Missouri Athletic. Recreation: travel.
Office: 1301 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 4512
Westminster PI.
CRANE, Wilber Edgar, railway official;
born, Warsaw, Hancock Co., 111., Apr. 13, 1865;
son of Calvin Church and Sarah (Chambers)
Crane; educated public schools, Warsaw; mar
ried, New York City, Mar. 5, 1908, Estelle P.
Barnwell, -of Los Angeles, Cal.; one daughter:
Jocelyn. Began in railway service as tele
graph operator, Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific
Ry., at Warsaw, 111., 1883; operator Toledo,
Peoria & Western Ry., at Hamilton, 111., 1884-
85, and operator same road, at Warsaw, 111.,
1885-88; in charge local freight office same
road, at Peoria, 111., 1888-89; cashier local
freight office at Peoria, of Jacksonville South
eastern Line, 1889-91; chief clerk general
freight department same road, at Jackson
ville, 111., 1891-94; chief clerk Chicago, Peoria
& St. Louis Ry., Jan. 1-Nov. 15, 1894; general
freight agent Jacksonville, Louisville & St.
Louis Ry. (now Jacksonville & St. Louis Ry.),
1894-1902, and general manager same road,
1902-04; coal traffic manager Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy Railway System, April to
Dec. 15, 1904; general manager Ft. Smith &
Western R. R., Dec. 15, 1904-05; vice presi
dent and general manager, 1905-08, and since
1908 vice president same road; also vice presi
dent St. Louis, El Reno & Western R. R.; pres
ident Illinois Steel Bridge Co., Walton & Co.,
Walton Stone Co.; receiver Sans Bois Coal Co.,
director Title Guaranty Trust Co. and Amer
ican Trust Co., of St. Louis. Member Business
Men's League. Democrat. Methodist. Mason
(32°), Knight Templar, Shriner. Club: Bel
lerive Country. Recreation: golf. Office: 704
Title Guaranty Bldg. Residence: Hampton
Park, St. Louis Co.
CRANFILL, James Harvey, manufacturer;
born, Rockbridge, III., Aug. 21, 1862; son of
Zaehariah and Mary J. (Cato) Cranfill; edu
cated in public schools; married, St. Louis,
1890, Mary S. Page; one son: Pha. Began act
ive career in printing business, with which
was connected until 1889; then became iden
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ers of burnt sugar color, and since 1902. has
engaged in same line of business on own ac
count, as president J. H. Cranfill Manufac
turing Co. Republican., Presbyterian. Scot
tish Rite Mason; member Keystone • Lodge,
No. 243, A. F. & A. M.; St. Louis Chapter,
No. 1, R. A. M.; Moolah Temple, Mystic
Shrine. Recreation: fishing. Office: 1623 N.
7th St. Residence: 3832 Russell Ave.
CRAWFORD, Cary Russell, vice president
Moon Bros. Carriage Co.; born, Brown Co., O.,
Jan. 15, 1862; son of Jackson and Elizabeth
(League) Crawford; educated in public schools
of Brown Co.; married, St. Louis, April, 1890,
Agnes Coleman. Came to St. Louis at twenty-
one years of age and secured employment with
Moon Bros. Carriage Co.; advanced through
various positions and was elected treasurer,
1893, later as secretary and treasurer and
since 1900 has served as vice president; treas
urer Moon-Hopkins Billing Machine Co.; sec
retary and treasurer Landis Machine Co. Re
publican. Member St. Louis Legion of Honor.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Mercantile, Glen
Echo Country. Recreations: golf, shooting.
Office: 4900 McKissock Ave. Residence: 27
Lewis PI.
CRAWFORD, George Lacy, insurance; born,
St. Louis, Nov. 29, 1870; son of James E. and
Julia (Lyle) Crawford; educated in Smith
Academy, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, June
18, 1895, Perlie Bevis; children: James E.,
Lida. Worked for National Bank of Com
merce as assistant discount clerk, assistant
paying teller, 1886-94; in 1894, with father,
established firm of J. E. Crawford & Son,
bond stock brokers, of which was the moving
factor, and after death of father, October,
1901, was sole proprietor until 1908; since in
general insurance. Member Business Men's
League. Episcopalian. Mason (32°), member
Missouri Chapter, R. A. M., Ascalon Com
mandery, Knights Templar, and Moolah Tem
ple, Mystic Shrine; member Eagles, B. P. O.
E. President St. Louis Horse Show; director
Cardinal Baseball Club, St. Louis. Clubs: St.
Louis, St. Louis Country, Racquet (president),
Kingslake Hunting and Fishing. Recreations:
horseback riding, hunting, fishing and motor
ing. Office: 1222 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 4251
W. Pine Boul.
CRAWFORD, Hanford; born, Ossining, N.
Y., 1856; son of Rev. M. D'C. and Charlotte
(Holmes) Crawford; educated in public
schools and high schools of New York City
and College of the City of New York, graduat
ing 1875; married, New York City, 1886, Ger
trude Smith; one daughter: Ruth. Began busi
ness career as clerk in wholesale men's fur
nishing goods house of Fisk, Clark & Flagg,
New York City, continuing, 1868-71; then,
after graduation from college, taught school
in New York City, 1875-77; traveled abroad
for four years; returned to the United States,

and was connected with the Yale Observatory
at New Haven, Conn., 1881-82; with James
McCreery & Co., dry goods, New York City,
1883-99; came to St. Louis, 1899, and bought
interest in the Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney
Dry Goods Co., and from 1905-11 was presi
dent of the company; now president Euston
White Lead Co. President St. Louis Y.. M.
C. A. since Dec. 27, 1911. Member Merchants '
Exchange. Director Boatmen's Bank, Busi
ness Men's League, Civic League, Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Co., Y. M. C. A. Repub
lican. Member M. E. Church. Member Delta
Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. Clubs: St. Louis,
Mercantile, Noonday, Methodist, St. Louis
Country (St. Louis), University, and Aldine
Association (New York). Recreation: travel
ing. Office: Security Bldg. Residence: 4442
Lindell Boul.
CREAR, Celsus; see Vol. 1906.
CREECY, Edmond Perkins, retired; born,
Pasquotank Co., N. C, Dec. 9, 1847; son of
Col. Richard Benbury and Mary Brozier (Per
kins) Creecy; educated mainly under instruc
tion of his father; married, St. Louis, May 9,
1878, Margaret Preston Kendall (died Dec. 1,
1899); nine children: Richard B. (deceased),
Frank (deceased), Prewitt, John B., Margaret
P., Mary P., Sarah B., Edmond H., Ellen F.
Seryed as private in Company A, Sixty-eighth
North Carolina Infantry, March, 1863, until
discharged, latter part of 1864, on account of
physical disability; prisoner of war in federal
prison six months. Removed to Omaha, Neb.,
1869; engaged in civil engineering until 1876;
member police force of St. Louis, 1877-81;
division engineer New York, Texas & Mexico
R. R., 1881-82, and then practiced engineering
in southwest; rejoined police force, St. Louis,
and acted as patrolman, 1885-95, sergeant,
1895-99, captain, 1899-1906, chief of police,
St. Louis, 1906-10. Democrat. Episcopalian.
Mason; member B. P. O. Elks. Residence:
6608 Marmaduke Ave.
CREMER, John Cameron, lumberman; born,
Milton, England, Sept. 12, 1872; son of Wil
liam J. and Jane (Matthews) Cremer; edu
cated, Kent County College, City of London
College and Gresham College; married, St.
Louis, December, 1906, Pauline Pollock (died
April, 1908). Emigrated to America, 1893,
and became connected with the Chicago Lum
ber Co. (now Chicago Lumber and Coal Co.),
at Atchison, Kan.; removed to St. Louis when
offices of the company were located in this
city, 1896; advanced through various posi
tions as bookkeeper, salesman, manager, au
ditor and director and comptroller same com
pany; resigned and Oct. 1, 1911, organized
the Cremer Lumber Co., of which is president;
was director Surtzer Lumber Co., Fullerton-
Powell Hardwood Lumber Co., Bradley Lum
ber Co., Fullerton-Stuart Lumber Co., etc., and
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River R. R. Co., and auditor Warren Johns-
ville & Saline River R. R. Co.; resigned direct
orship of above named companies Mar. 1, 1912.
Independent in politics. Episcopalian. Clubs:
St. Louis, Mercantile, University, Normandie
Golf (St. Louis), Chicago Athletic, Lumber
men's (Chicago). Recreation: golf. Office:
506 Olive St. Residence: St. Louis Club.
CRENSHAW, John Holmes, osteopath;
born, Amity, De Kalb Co., Mo., Aug. 11, 1877;
son of Giles Young and Annie C. (Holmes)
Crenshaw; graduated from Mayville (Mo.)
High School, 1894, Birmingham (Ala.) Busi
ness College, February, 1897, American School
of Osteopathy, KirksVille, Mo., June, 1899;
married, St. Charles, Mo., Jan. 26, 1901, Clara
May Stokes. Was employed by Charles Coun-
selman & Co., grain merchants, of Chicago, 111.,
conducting branch office for them at May
ville, Mo., buying grain, for one year; prac
ticed osteopathy in Illinois one year, since in
St. Louis. Member State Board of Osteopathic
Registration and Examination, 1903-08, St.
Louis Osteopathic Association, Missouri Osteo
pathic Association, American Osteopathic As
sociation. Democrat. Residence: 957 Hamilton
Avenue. CREVELING, Hanley Clay, physician; born
in St. Louis Co., Mo., July 4, 1873; son of
James G. and Clementina. (Hanley) Creveling;
educated in public school of St. Louis Co.,
1880-86; Smith Academy, 1887-89; Manual
Training School, St. Louis, 1889-92; Missouri
Medical College, 1892-95, M.D., 1895; married,
St. Louis, Oct. 2, 1899, Katherine M. Rob-
ison; children: Marie Adele, Henry Clay, Jr.
Began practice of medicine in St. Louis, in
March, 1895; since 1902 has confined practice
to specialty of nose, throat and ear. Member
American Medical Association, Missouri
State Medical Association, St. Louis Medical
Society, Alumni Society of Medical Depart
ment of Washington University, American
Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryn-
gology. Independent Democrat. Was second
lieutenant Cadet Corps, Washington Univer
sity, 1891-92. Member Cumberland Presbyte
rian. Recreation: poultry and live stock rais
ing. Office: 324-326 Metropolitan Bldg., Grand
and Washington Aves. Residence: 102 Plant
Ave., Webster Groves.
CRIGLER, Lebbeus Pindall, lawyer; see
Vol. 1906.
CROAK, Michael Edward, proprietor cloth
ing house; born, St. Louis, Aug. 1, 1862; son
of John and Hanora (Mahaney) Croak; edu
cated in public schools of St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, 1889, Nellie O 'Neil; children: Frank
J., Edwin, Elmer, Josephine, Anthony O'Neil.
Began business life as clerk with Atlantic and
Pacific Telegraph Co., St. Louis, 1876, four
months; clerk Star Clothing House, 1876-80,
Finley &Hull Clothing House, 1880-86, F. W.
Humphrey Clothing Co., 1886-95. Established

M. E. Croak Tailoring Co., 1895, now con
ducts business under style of M. E. Croak &
Co. Member Business Men's League. Demo
crat. Clubs: Missouri Amateur Athletic, City.
Recreations: athletics, horseback riding and
motoring. Office: 712 Washington Ave. Resi
dence: 5127 Raymond Ave.
CRONE, Charles Christian, real estate;
born, St. Louis, Mar. 12, 1851; son of Chris
topher and Elizabeth (Vogt) Crone; edu
cated in public schools; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 14, 1875, Wilma Kupferle; children: Es-
telle (wife of Dr. A. F. Koetter), Edward C.
In real estate business in the North End since
1876; expert in real estate values in that
section of the city. Republican. Ex-president
of North St. Louis Citizens' Association;
member of North St. Louis Business Men's
Association. Mason; member Legion of Honor.
Recreations: horseback riding and driving.
Office: 3618 N. Broadway. Residence: 5226
Waterman Ave.
*CRONIN, Henry James, railway auditor;
moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
CROSSEN, Harry Sturgeon, surgeon; born
in Appanoose Co., la., Feb. 2, 1869; son of
James and Affinity (Sturgeon) Crossen; edu
cated Siloam Springs (Ark.) Academy, 1885-
88; Medical Department of Washington Uni
versity, 1889-92, M.D., 1892; married, Oberlin,
O., Mar. 28, 1895, Mary Frances Wright; chil
dren: Theodore W., Ruth V., Robert J., Vir
ginia M., David F. Appointed junior assistant
City Hospital, 1892, senior assistant, 1893,
and six months later assistant superintendent
City Hospital, which held until appointed by
Mayor Walbridge, superintendent St. Louis
Female Hospital; since 1899 engaged in pri
vate practice. Clinical professor of gyne
cology Washington University; gynecologist
to Washington University Hospital, Bethesda
Hospital, Mullanphy Hospital and Missouri
Baptist Sanitarium. Member American Gyne
cological Society, American Association of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American
Medical Association, St. Louis Medical So
ciety, Medical Socety of City Hospital Alum
ni. Republican. Methodist. Extensive con
tributor to medical literature of articles per
taining' to gynecology and obstetrics. Recrea
tion: hunting. Office: Metropolitan Bldg.,
Grand Ave. and Olive St. Residence: 5423
Bartmer Ave.
CROSSMAN, Clarence Campbell, vice presi
dent Skinner & Kennedy Stationery Co.; born,
St. Louis, April 15, 1870; son of Robert Burns
and Mary Frances (Finigin) Crossman; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools; married, St.
Louis, Mar. 24, 1892, Jessie A. Williams; two
children: Marie Frances and Grayce Leigh.
Began business career with C. B. Woodward
Printing Co., 1890, and continued to 1895;
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Perrin & Smith Printing Co., 1897-1901; then
engaged with Skinner & Kennedy Stationery
Co., of which has been vice president since
1908. Expert rifle and revolver shot; won
National Revolver Championship, 1911; estab
lished world 's revolver record (highest possi
ble score), 1907; also numerous state cham
pionships, and many trophies. Member Na
tional Rifle Association, Missouri State Rifle
Association (secretary), United States Re
volver Association (vice president), Colonial
Revolver Club, St. Louis Revolver Club. Since
1908 associated with Colonel Spencer, First
Infantry, Missouri National Guard, trying to
increase efficiency of militia as well as to in
struct civilians in rifle practice. Republican.
Presbyterian. Mason. Office: 312 N. Broad
way. Residence: Forsythe Boul., Clayton, Mo.
CROUCH, Thomas W., retired; born, In
dianapolis, Mar. 6, 1854; son of George W.
and Martha E. (Ramsey) Crouch; educated at
Mountbelle Academy, Nashville, Tenn.; mar
ried, Winchester, 111., 1878, Nellie B. Simms;
children: Lloyd F., Thomas W., Jr., Mrs. Irene
Crouch Williams, Nellie B. (Mrs. Thomas W.
Carter, Jr.). Began business career as a mem
ber of the firm of George W. Crouch & Sons,
dealers in horses and mules, and later of Max
well-Crouch Mule Co., of which is treasurer;
president St. Louis Dressed Beef and Pro
vision Co., 1902-10, and director in various
other stock yards and ranching interests; vice
president Illinois State Trust Co., and direct
or in various other corporations. Was presi
dent of Colonial Trust Co. until the company
merged with the Commonwealth Trust Co., of
which is now vice president. Member Ten
nessee Society. Baptist. Clubs: Mercantile,
St. Louis, Glen Echo (life), Noonday. Recrea
tion: traveling. Office: Commonwealth Trust
Co. Residence: 4001 Delmar Ave.
CROW, Edward Coke, lawyer; born, Ore
gon, Holt Co., Mo., Dec. 19, 1862; son of
George W. and Elizabeth Hopkins (Barnes)
Crow; educated in public schools and grad
uated at public high school, Carthage, Mo.;
graduated from Law Department, Washington
University, St. Louis, 1880; married, Marshall,
Mo., Sept. 14, 1889, Gussie Hanna; children:
Edward H., Margaret E., Tanye O, Gussie,
W. R. Admitted to Missouri bar in 1881, and
has been in practice ever since. Was appointed
and then elected city attorney of Webb City,
Mo., 1893; in 1896 appointed circuit judge of
the circuit composed of Lawrence and Jasper
counties, Mo.; nominated and elected on Dem
ocratic ticket, 1896, and renominated and re
elected in 1900, attorney general of Missouri,
serving eight years; opened an office in St.
Louis, Jan. 10, 1905, and now engaged in law
practice in this city. Served nine years in
National Guard of Missouri. Office: '717-718
Wainwright Bldg. Residence: Eureka, Mo.

CROW, Edward Gay, real estate; see Vol.
1906. CROW, William Fisher; dry goods; 1838-
1908; see Vol. 1906.
CROWDUS, James Caldwell, wool and
hides; born in Marion Co., Ky., Aug. 15, 1860;
son of Matthew W. and Phoebe Elizabeth
(Caldwell) Crowdus; educated in public
schools; married, Fort Wadsworth, Staten Is
land, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1893, Elizabeth G. Elliott;
children: Jeannette Elliott, James A.; Wil
liam Warren, Walter. First engaged in the
wool and hide business at Weatherford, Tex.,
1878; removed to Fort Worth, Tex., 1885, and
to St. Louis in 1886, as a member of the. firm
of E. S. Brooks & Co., to which firm suc
ceeded in 1892; since then has conducted a
wholesale business in hides and wool under
the firm name of J. C. Crowdus & Co. Also
president of Janus Realty Co. Independent
Democrat. Club: Mercantile. Recreation: fish
ing. Office: 104-106 N. Main St. Residence:
5047 Washington Ave.
CRUNDEN, Frank Payne, president of
Crunden-Martin Woodenware Co.; born, St.
Louis, May 18, 1859; son of Benjamin R. and
Mary (Morgan) Crunden; educated in St.
Louis High School; married, Keokuk, la.,
Aug. 25, 1887, Elizabeth Chittenden; children:
Walter M., Mary B., Elizabeth B., Arthur C,
Kathrine. Entered woodenware business with
Udell, Schmieding & Co., 1876; started for
self, 1884, in firm of Udell & Crunden, and in
1891 reorganized business as Crunden-Martin
Woodenware Co., jobbers of woodenware and
manufacturers of Diamond paper bags, of
which is president. Also president Conzelman-
Crunden Realty Co. Independent Democrat.
Clubs: Stl Louis, Racquet, City, Country, Art
ists' Guild. Recreation: golf. Office: 2d and
Gratiot Sts. Residence: 4426 Westminster PI.
CRUNDEN, Frederick Morgan, librarian St.
Louis Public Library; 1847-1911; see Vol.
1906. CRUTTWELL, Julian Canning; see Vol.
1906. CULBERTSON, Stephen Duncan, jeweler;
born in Perry Co., Pa., Oct. 12, 1846; son of
David Hayes and Mary Galbraith (Linn) Cul
bertson; removed to Philadelphia, 1849; to
Princeton, la., 1860; to Carroll Co., la., 1869;
educated in public and private schools, Prin,ce-
ton, la., and Monmouth (111.) College; mar
ried, Princeton, Feb. 1, 1872, Mary Eliza
Hess; children: Stephen Roy, Robert Hayes,
Cornelia May, Ethel Burchard, Rolla McClos-
key and Linn Nicolls. Left college in 1869, to
engage in stock business in Carroll Co., la.
In 1883 formed partnership with George J.
Hess in jewelry business in St. Louis, and the
business was incorporated Mar. 2, 1904, as
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is vice president and treasurer. Republican.
Presbyterian, Scottish Rite Mason, Knight
Templar, Shriner; member Royal Arcanum,
St. Louis Legion of Honor, Royal League.
Club: Mercantile. Office: 501 N. 7th St. Resi
dence: 5060 Raymond Ave.
CULLEN, James Joseph, heating contract
or; 1863-1906;. see Vol. 1906.
CULLEN, Michael James, undertaker; born,
Ireland, Apr. 16, 1850; son of James and Ellen
(Prendergast) Cullen; educated parochial
schools of St. Louis; St. Louis University;
Franklin (public) School; Central High
School, graduating in English, French and
German; married, St. Louis, Nov. 28, 1911,
Josie Henebery. Came to America, 1850, at
the age of nine months: entered livery, board
ing and undertaking business Feb. 18, 1869,
but later gave attention exclusively to em
balming and undertaking; now at head of the
firm of Cullen & Kelly, owning one of the
largest and most completely appointed estab
lishments of the kind in the country; also the
oldest firm in the city as regards continuous
partnership, having existed forty-two years.
Member undertakers' local and state associa
tions; delegate to National Convention of Un
dertakers, 1876, also to state conventions.
Democrat. Catholic. Member Mullanphy Emi
grant Board six years. Member Ancient Or
der United Workmen, Ancient Order of Hi
bernians, Royal Arcanum, Ben Hur, Catholic
Knights of America, Knights of Columbus.
Clubs: Democratic, Irish- American Athletic,
Hibernian Athletic. Recreation: traveling.
Office: 2735 Cass Ave. Residence: 2731 Cass
Avenue. CULLINAN, George Evans, manager West
ern Electric Co.; born, Geneseo, N. Y., Aug. 5,
1878; son of Daniel C. and Mary (Evans)
Cullinan; was graduated at Geneseo State
Normal School, collegiate course, 1896, teach
ers' course, 1897; B. A., Williams College,
Mass., 1901; married, Williamstown, Mass.,
Oct. 30, 1905, Mary E. Neyland; three chil
dren: Mary E., George E., Jr., Dorothy. Has
been identified with Western Electric Co. con
tinuously since 1901; began as stock clerk and
became, successively, employment agent, ship
ping clerk and assistant traffic manager; came
to St. Louis, October, 1907, as assistant man
ager and was made manager, May, 1909; was
assistant manager same company at Chicago
for three months in 1910, returning to St.
Louis as manager Jan. 1, 1911; also director
and- vice president Western Electric Co. of
Missouri since 1909. Roman Catholic. Mem
ber Business Men's League of St. Louis, also
of Webster Groves. Clubs: Mercantile, City,
Algonquin Golf. Was member Williams Col
lege football team for four years, also mem
ber of Williams College track team for four
years. Recreation: golf. Office: 814 Spruce St.

¦Residence: 68 Marshall PL, Webster Groves,
Missouri. CULP, William McGregor; see Vol. 1906.
CULVER, William Wallace, retired; born
near Columbus, in Franklin Co., O., July 30,
1835; son of John Milton and Lydia E. (How
ard) Culver; attended district school in win
ter, worked on farm in summer; married,
1869, Anna Amelia Scott, of Bowling Green,
Ky. (who is now deceased); children: Lucius
F., Stella Nora (now Mrs. C. C. Nichols),
Anna Laura (deceased), Wallace O; married,
2d, 1878, Caroline Louise Cleaveland, of Plym
outh, Ind. (who is also deceased). Went from
Ohio to Decatur, 111., 1851, but returned same
year and worked as carpenter at Decatur,
Onarga and Springfield; came to St. Louis,
1856, but could not find work, and returned
to Illinois; worked at Brighton until engaged
to sell patent smoothing irons; the following
fall employed by John McCreery to sell stoves
from wagon, with whom remained six years;
took course in Bryant & Stratton 's Commer
cial College, Chicago, 1860; voted for Abra
ham Lincoln there; began selling stoves for
himself at Connersville, Ind., 1862; moved to
Shawneetown, 111., 1865, where firm of Culver
Bros, was established. Sold stoves in Iowa,
Missouri and Kentucky until 1869, then moved
to Kansas City; returned to Kentucky, 1870;
firm located in St. Louis, 1874. Became presi
dent Wrought Iron Range Co. (established
1880), but after death of brothers retired from
the business. Founded, 1903, Asbestos Manu
facturing and Roofing Co., of which was pres
ident until 1905; now conducting own real es
tate interests. , Republican. Member First Con
gregational Church. Mason. Office: Culver
Bldg. Residence: 5933 W. Cabanne PI. ,
CUMING, James Spencer, president Central
Telephone and Electric Co.; born, St. Louis,
May 6, 1872; son of George Edward and
Emma M. (Powers) Cuming; educated in St.
Louis common schools and passed examination
for high school; married, St. Louis, June 26,
1895, Edna Earl Pleasants; children: Georgia
Edna, Frances Marie. Started in wholesale
grocery business, 1887, with Krafft-Holmes
Grocery Co., and continued nine years; then
bought interest in D. A. Kusel Telephone
Manufacturing Co.; after three years bought
out partner and incorporated, December, 1898,
as the Central Telephone and Electric Co., of
which is president. Republican (independent).
English Lutheran. Member of various tele
phone associations, national and state. Recrea
tion: bowling. Office: 310 N. 11th St. Resi
dence: 18 Parkland PL
CUMMINGS, Campbell, lawyer; born, New
Orleans, La., Aug. 20, 1871; son of Dr. John C.
and Victoria A. (Nicholson) Cummings; grad
uated from Manual Training School of Wash
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University, 1894; LL.B., St. Louis Law School,
1896; unmarried. Admitted to bar of Missouri
in 1896 and to U. S. Supreme Court, 1912;
assistant attorney general of Missouri, 1911-
13. Member St. Louis Bar Association, St.
Louis Law Library Association, Phi Delta
Theta, Phi Delta Phi. Club: Century Boat.
Offiee: 801 Times Bldg. Residence: 4328A
Lindell Boul.
CUMMINGS, Henry Joseph, physician;
born, St. Louis, Dec. 31, 1866; son of John K.
and Annie M. (Mullin) Cummings; educated
at St. Michael's School, St. Louis, 1873-77; St.
Louis University, 1877-84; Trinity University,
Toronto, Can., 1886-89, receiving degrees of
M.D. and CM.; Middlesex College, London,
1889-92; member Royal College of Surgeons
of England, 1892; licentiate Royal College
of Physicians of London, Eng., 1892; married,
May 30, 1894, Jane Hay, of Saginaw, Mich.;
four children: James H., Jane H., John K. and
Harriet. Engaged in practice of medicine in
St. Louis Since 1893. Member St. Louis Med
ical Society, American Medical Association;
member visiting staff City Hospital. Former
ly professor of medicine, Barnes University.
Member Knights of Columbus. Catholic. Clubs:
Missouri Athletic, Dardenne Shooting. Recre
ations: hunting and fishing. Office: Metropol
itan Bldg. Residence: 1201 Grand Ave.
CUNNINGHAM, Albert Deering, secretary
Board of Trustees of the Missouri Botanical
Garden, etc.; born, Morganfield, Ky., Oct. 11,
1848; son of Rev. John W. and Samantha
(Ingram) Cunningham; educated in public
schools of Kentucky; married, St. Louis, Oct.
28, 1880, Georgia Lee; one son: Albert Lee.
Began business career in dry goods store in
Owensboro, Ky.; later in book store in Louis
ville, Ky., then with the Methodist Publishing
House at Nashville, Tenn., and in 1869, in St.
Louis, with Southwestern Book and Publish
ing Co., continuing until 1874; manager Bel-
videre Hotel, St. Louis, 1875; cashier, Gray,
Baker Book and Stationery Co., St. Louis,
1876-77; publisher St. Louis Grocer, 1878-79;
secretary Belcher Sugar Refining Co., 1880-89;
since 1889 secretary of the Board of Trustees
of Missouri Botanical Garden and business
manager of the estate of the late Henry
Shaw, devised to the Board of Trustees of the
Missouri Botanical Garden for the support of
the Missouri Botanical Garden, commonly
known as Shaw's Garden. Member Civic
League. Methodist. Republican. Was non
commissioned officer of engineer corps, Mis
souri State Militia. Recreation: gardening.
Office: 415 Pine St. Residence: 5865 Von
Versen Ave.
CUNNINGHAM, Andrew Oswald, chief en
gineer Wabash Railroad Co.; born, Rangoon,
British Burmah, July 8, 1866; son of Gen.
Percy S. (British Army) and Annie Sarah
(Stroud) Cunningham; educated at South

Eastern College, England, 1879-83; came to
United States, 1883; student University of
Minnesota, 1890-94, B.C.E., 1894; married, St.
Louis, July 11, 1903, Georgia Townsend Quinn.
Engaged as rodman and leveler with Northern
Pacific R. R., 1886-88; land surveyor in North
Dakota, 1890-91; student at university, and
during same time engaged in making insur
ance maps of the city of Minneapolis, Minn.,
and shop drawings for Gillette-Herzog Manu
facturing Co., 1891-94; draftsman, 1894-95, as
sistant engineer, 1895-96, Gillette-Herzog Man
ufacturing Co., general contracting and en
gineering, and southern agent for Schultz
Bridge and Iron Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1896-
98; with Pittsburgh Reduction Co., designing
improvements in old buildings at Niagara
Falls and making designs for new buildings
and improvements at New Kensington Works,
1898-99; in general consulting and civil en-
-gineering business, associated with others un
der name of Pennsylvania Engineering Co.,
Pittsburgh, designing and making shop draw
ings for buildings, bridges, coal tipples, head
frames, etc., 1899-1900; contracting manager
at Cleveland, O., in charge of estimates, de
signs and bids, for American Bridge Co., 1900-
02; bridge engineer Wabash Railroad Co.,
1902-05; chief engineer same road since 1905.
Member American Society of Civil Engineers,
National Geographical Society, St. Louis En
gineers ' Club. Republican. Episcopalian. Club:
Triple A. Recreations: golf and cricket. Of
fiee: 828 Title Guaranty Bldg. Residence:
6334 Berlin Ave.
CUNNINGHAM, Jesse, municipal reference
librarian; born, Lebanon, Ind., May 24, 1882;
son of William Alexander and Mary Catherine
(Sicks) Cunningham; educated Indiana Uni
versity, Bloomington, Ind., 1901-05; A.B., Uni
versity of Nebraska, 1906; B.L.S., New York
State Library School, Albany, 1910; unmar
ried. Reference assistant, Indiana University
Library, 1901-05; reference assistant in li
brary of University of Nebraska, 1905-06;
law, librarian, same, 1906-07; assistant in Law
Department, New York State Library, 1908-
11; municipal reference librarian, St. Louis
Public Library, since July 10, 1911. Member
Christian (Disciples) Church. Member Ameri
can Library Association, Missouri State Li
brary Association, Delta Tau Delta. Club:
City. Recreations: tennis, baseball. Contribu
tor to National Municipal Review. Office:
Room 206 City Hall. Residence: 3700 Hum
phrey St.
CUNNINGHAM, P. J., wholesale woolens;
born, Bryansford, County Down, Ireland, Jan.
14, 1850; son of John and Sarah (Grant) Cun
ningham; educated in national schools in Ire
land; married, Pittsburgh, Pa., June 15, 1875,
Ella Robinson; children: Katherine, Grace,
Will, Carrie, John, Arline. Began in woolen
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Louis, 1880, selling Chicago business and
opened in St. Louis as a wholesale dealer in
woolens; now president Cunningham Bros.
Woolen Co., branch stores in St. Paul and
Kansas City. Republican. Roman Catholic.
Club: Mercantile. Office: 505 N. 7th St. Resi
dence: Jefferson Hotel.
CUPPLES, Samuel, merchant; 1831-1912;
see Vol. 1906. : ,
CURD, Charles Paine, teacher; 1851-1906;
see Vol. 1906.
CURLEE, Francis Marion, lawyer; born,
Corinth, Miss., Feb. 1, 1877; son of William
Peyton and Mary (Boone) Curlee; educated
in Academic Department University of Mis
sissippi, 2y2 years; matriculated in Law De
partment same university, graduating with de
gree of LL.B., June, 1902; unmarried. Ad
mitted to Mississippi bar, 1902, and began
practice at Corinth, Miss.; removed to St,
Louis, 1905, and has since engaged in prac
tice in this city. Member St. Louis Bar Asso
ciation. Democrat. Member Delta Psi college
fraternity. Mason. Clubs: Mercantile, Nor-
mandie Golf, Automobile. Recreations: golf
and motoring. Office: 1306-1310 Wright Bldg.
Residence: 5724 Chamberlain Ave.
, ' CURLEE, John Rufus, wholesale dry goods
merchant; born, Rienzi, Miss., Mar. 22, 1864;
son of John McFerrin and Sarah (Norfleet)
Curlee; educated in public schools and three
year course at Gibson College; married, Mari
etta, Miss., Dec. 28, 1887, Luna Rogers; chil
dren: Eleanor, Katherine, John, Eila. Began
St. Leuis career as a stock clerk with Crow,
Hargadiae & Co., Jan. 15, 1886; after two
years began traveling in the Indian Territory
for Janis, Saunders & Co.; was admitted to a
partnership in two years, and, on consolida
tion of that firm with Wear & Boogher Dry
Goods Co., was made director in the company,
and afterward treasurer; now secretary of
Carleton Dry Goods Co., successors to Wear &
Boogher Co. Also vice president and director
Curlee Clothing Co. and of Bank of Boonville.
Member Business Men's League, St. Louis
Cotton Exchange. Democrat. Baptist. Mem
ber Mississippi Society. Clubs: Mercantile,
Glen Echo Country (ex-secretary), Algonquin,
St. Louis Automobile. Recreations: golf, mo
toring and farming. Office: 12th St. and Wash
ington Ave. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
CURLEE, Shelby Hammond, clothing manu
facturer; born, Corinth, Miss., Aug. 29, 1868;
son of William P. and Mary (Boone) Curlee;
educated in public schools of Mississippi;
married, Corinth, Miss., June 7, 1893, Luella
Duncan; one son, S. H. Jr. Began business
career as traveling salesman for Janis, Saun
ders & Co., dry goods, St. Louis, covering
Texas and Indian Territory, 1890-97; in 1897
joined in organizing the Corinth Clothing
Manufacturing Co., of which was vice presi

dent and general manager; in 1900 joined in
organization of the Corinth Woolen Mills,
manufacturers of pants and children's cloth
ing, of which was president until 1909, when
firm name was changed to Curlee Clothing Co.,
of which is president. Member Business Men's
League. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner.
Club: Mercantile. Office: 1128-1130 Washing
ton Ave. Residence: 5724 Chamberlain Ave.
CURRAN, Cornelius P., printer; born, Lon
don, England, Jan. 9, 1866; son of Florence
and Bridget (Keenoy) Curran; came to St.
Louis in childhood; educated in St. Patrick's
(parochial) School and St. Patrick's Acad
emy, taught by Christian Brothers; graduated
from academy, 1878; married, St. Louis, 1885,
Margaret Ann Scully; eight children: Gene
vieve (Mrs. F. W. Corley), Abigail, Margaret,
Cornelius P., Florence, John, Eugene Philpot
and Marie June. On leaving school, at age of
twelve, engaged in business as huckster, but,
finding that life distasteful, apprenticed him
self to a wagon blacksmith, with whom re
mained ten months; then was in employ of
Rohan Bros. Boiler Works Co., until tendered,
in 1882, position of copyholder at $4.50 per
week with Chambers, Davis & Freegard Print
ing Co. Entered service of Samuel F. Myer-
son, printer, 1884; took charge of business
and remained five years; then with Noble' &
Fox, printers; bought Mr. Noble's interest,
1891, and Mr. Fox's, 1894, and incorporated
the business as the Con. P. Curran Printing
Co., of which is president and treasurer. Presi
dent Bankers ' and Attorneys ' Publishing Co.,
publishers of Con. P. Curran Directory of
Bankers and Attorneys; also president A. O.
H. Investment Co. Member Business Men's
League, Civic League, Salesmanagers ' Asso
ciation of St. Louis, Advertising Men's
League, Merchants' Exchange, St. Louis Cred
it Men's Association. Catholic. Democrat.
Member Legion of Honor, National Union,
Ancient Order of Hibernians, Knights of Co
lumbus. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Mercantile,
Commercial, City, St. Louis Railway, The
Traffic. Favorite recreation: motoring. Office:
cor. 8th and Walnut Sts. Residence: Nor
mandy, St. Louis Co.
CURRAN, John Howard, land development;
born, Maquoketa, la., May 17, 1871; son of
John Philpot and Minerva Jane (Burnet) Cur
ran; graduated from Parsons (Kan.) High
School, May 1, 1887; married, Bismarck, Mo.,
Jan. 27, 1907, Pearl Lenore Pollard; one daugh
ter : Julia Francis. Carried morning papers, Par
sons, Kan., 1882-85; cowboy, 1885-91; timber
inspector, 1892-97; in politics, 1897-1900;
creamery superintendent, Topeka, 1900-04;
manager creamery, St. Louis, 1905-09; in land
development and investments since 1910; sec
retary Haight Orchard and Development Co.
Democrat; secretary Labette Co. (Kan.) Fu
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mittee, Kansas, 1900-04; Democratic candi
date for secretary of state, Kansas, 1904 (de
feated); appointed immigration commissioner
of Missouri, by Gov. Hadley, 1909, served
nearly two years, resigned. President Na
tional Land Exposition Co.; secretary National
Farm Homes Association; member Knights of
Pythias, Elks. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Cify,
St. Louis Athletic, Arcadia Country (presi
dent), etc. Author: The Business Man Eack
to Land, 1910; The People and the Railroads,
1911. Recreations: handball, golf, boating.
Office: 628-629 Central National Bank Bldg.
Residence: 5210 Ridge Ave.
CURRIE, Dwight D., lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Jan. 11, 1881; son of Daniel McNeil
and Martha (Dent) Currie; received prelimi
nary education in public and private schools;
LL.B., St. Louis Law School (Law Depart
ment of Washington University), June 20,
1901; unmarried. Admitted to Missouri bar,
Jan. 11, 1902, and has since practiced at St.
Louis. Member St. Louis Bar Association.
Democrat. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, City,
Amateur Athletic Association. Recreations:
golf, handball. Office: 1305-1310 Third Na
tional Bank Bldg. Residence: 4301 Washing
ton Ave.
CURRY, Charles Clemens, lumberman; born,
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 29, 1874; son of George
Wilson and Laura (McClaran) Curry; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools; unmarried.
Began business career as office boy with Sam
uel Cupples Wooden Ware Co., June 1, to June
30, 1890; clerk with Schulenburg & Boeckeler
Lumber Co., 1890-94; salesman St. Louis Re
frigerator and Wooden Gutter Co. (name
changed to Grayson-McLeod Lumber Co.),
1894-1900; department manager Louis Werner
Saw Mill Co., 1900-02; vice president and gen
eral manager of the Valley Lumber Co., 1903-
08; since in wholesale lumber business for
self. Republican. Offiee: Wright Bldg. Resi
dence: 5633 Julian Ave.
CURTICE, Charles Christian, district pas
senger agent Pennsylvania Lines; born, Big
Springs, Va., Aug. 21, 1854; son of Homer
and Orpha Gillman (Babcock) Curtice; edu
cated at Kenosha (Wis.) High School and
Lake Forest (111.) University to 1875; mar
ried, Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 15, 1876, Jennie
Reed; one son: Homer Matilock; married, 2d,
Washington, D. O, Oct. 11, 1888, Addie Beals;
one daughter: Hila Aline. Entered service of
Vandalia Line, Sept. 1, 1875, as brakeman un
til Sept. 16, 1875; then baggage master, Sep
tember, 1875, to July, 1877, freight conductor,
1877-80, passenger conductor, 1880-87; South
western passenger agent at Ft. Worth, Tex.,
1887-95; city passenger agent, St. Louis, 1895-
1905; since May, 1905, district passenger agent
Pennsylvania Lines, at St. Louis. Republican.
Senior warden at Church of The Redeemer
(Episcopal). Mason (32°); member Ascalon

Commandery, Knights Templar (Quartermas
ter), Indiana Consistory, Moolah Temple, Mys
tic Shrine. Clubs: Mercantile, Church (treas
urer), The Traffic of St. Louis, Dallas (Dallas,
Tex.). Recreation: fishing. Office: 10th and
Olive Sts. Residence: 5164 Waterman Ave. •
CURTIS, Samuel, superintendent embossing
department George D. Barnard Printing Co.;
born, Mystic, Conn., Nov. 11, 1865; son of
Thomas C. and Phoebe J. (Wheeler) Curtis;
educated in public schools to sixteen; married,
Chicago, June 30,' 1890, Mollie Fitzgerald.
Employed in various capacities in the East
until twenty-one years of age; came to St.
Louis, 1887, and has since been identified with
the George D. Barnard Printing Co., serving
as superintendent of the embossing depart
ment since 1888; organized and was first
president of Modern Machine Co., of Belle
ville, 111., manufacturers of the Curtis emboss
ing presses; has been a director of the com
pany since 1912. Republican. Recreation:
hunting. Office: 3845 Laclede Ave. Residence:
14 S. Sarah St.
CURTIS, William S., educator; born, New
port, Wayne Co., Ind., 1850; son of William C.
and Elizabeth R. (Harker) Curtis; educated
McKendree College, 1869-70; A.B., Washing
ton University, 1873; LL.B., St. Louis Law
School, 1876 (LL.D., 1905) ; married, St. Louis,
1881, Hope Goodson; one son: Edward G.
Practiced law, Omaha, Neb., 1876-94; dean St.
Louis Law School (Law Department, Wash
ington University) since 1894. Delegate Uni
versal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists, St.
Louis, 1904; member American, Missouri State
and St. Louis Bar associations, Missouri His
torical Society, St. Louis Academy of Science.
Unitarian. Independent in politics. Clubs:
University, Round Table. Recreation: farm
ing. Office and Residence: Washington Uni
versity. CURTBIGHT, Henry T., manager Oliver
Chilled Plow Works; born in Boone Co., near
Columbia, Mo., Sept. 11, 1856; son of William
H. and Catherine E. (Jenkins) Curtright;
educated in country schools until fourteen,
then in preparatory and collegiate depart
ments of Missouri State University, graduat
ing A.B., 1878; married, St. Louis, June 12,
1888, Alma Farris; one child: Henry Farris
(died 1895). After graduation taught in pub
lic schools of Boone and Clinton counties,
Mo.; came to St. _ Louis, Apr. 1, 1882, enter
ing employ of branch of the Champion Ma
chine Co., of Springfield, O., traveling in har
vester business six years; then for three years
with P. P. Mast & Co., Springfield, from Peo
ria (111.) branch of the company, of which
was manager one year; then sales manager at
home office, in Springfield, O., three years;
manager St. Louis branch F. E. Myers & Bro.,
Ashland, O., and Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co.,
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Oliver Chilled Plow Works, for which traveled
three years; since October, 1902, manager St.
Louis branch house. Member Implement, Ve
hicle and Hardware Association of St. Louis.
Democrat. Member of Christian (Disciples)
Church. Office: 2516-2522 N. Broadway. Resi
dence: 5100 Raymond Ave.
CUSHING, Charles Clarence, vinegar and
cider; born, New York City, June 7, 1857; son
of John and Mary Cushing; removed to St.
Louis, 1869; educated in St. Louis public
schools; married, St. Louis, Oct. 4, 1881, Lula
A. Shepherd; children: Fay Olive, Clarence C.
Began business career, 1873, as shipping clerk
for James Cushing & Co., vinegar manufac
turers, Dubuque, la.; established branch for
same firm at St. Louis, 1893, as manager, and
in 1897 purchased the business, which has
since conducted as C. C. Cushing & Co., pro
prietors of St. Louis Vinegar Co., manufac
turers of vinegar and cider. Republican. Uni
tarian. Mason; member Odd Fellows, Knights
of Pythias. Office: 615 N. Main St. Resi
dence: Webster Groves, Mo.
CUTHBERT, Charles Mcintosh, secretary
and treasurer Branch Saw Co.; born, St. Louis,
May 21, 1849; son of Samuel and Eugenia
(Jones) Cuthbert; educated in public schools
and City (Wyman 's) University, graduating
from latter in 1865; married, St. Louis, Oct.
25, 1877, Lily D. Morgan; children: Olive
Morgan (wife of Dr. F. T. Fahlen), Charles
Morgan. Was clerk with U. S. Express Co.,
1865-66; went with Gilkeson & Sloss, 1866,
and was secretary, from incorporation, 1883,
to dissolution, 1896, of Gilkeson-Sloss Commis
sion Co.; secretary and treasurer Branch Saw
Co. since December, 1897. Independent in poli
tics. Presbyterian. Member Sons of the Revolu
tion, Society of Colonial Wars, Royal Arca
num, Legion of Honor, Royal League. Office:
3000 N. Broadway. Residence: 5525 Bartmer
Avenue.

DACEY, James Aloysius, wholesale fruit
and produce; born, St. Louis, Sept. 25, 1865;
son of Patrick and Catherine (Cusack) Dacey;
public school education; married, St. Louis,
May 10, 1893, Louisa L. Pohle; three children:
Kathleen, James A., Jr., and Elizabeth. Be
gan in wholesale fruit and produce business at
St. Louis, 1885, and has ever since been iden
tified closely with that line; proprietor of
Dacey & Co., fruits and produce. Member
Merchants' Exchange, St. Louis Fruit and
Produce Exchange. Member House of Dele
gates two terms, 1891-95. Democrat. Catho
lic. Member Knights of Columbus. Recrea
tions: traveling, motoring. Office: 1209-1211
N. Broadway. Residence: 4565 Easton Ave.
*DAHMANN, William H., manufacturer;
now living on Long Island, N. Y.; see Vol.
1906.

DALE, Alfred Nicholson, railway official;
1860-1911; see Vol. 1906.
DALLMEYER, Herman, dry goods; born,
Hanover, Germany, Mar. 16, 1846; son of
Rudolph and Pauline (Horst) Dallmeyer; edu
cated in private school in native land; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1867, Louise Prasse (died
1898); 2d, St. Louis, Apr. 5, 1900, Mrs. Paul
ine Goetsch. Came to America, 1862; in em
ploy of brother in general store at Cooperhill,
Mo., for three months; removed to St. Louis,
March, 1863, and became connected with dry
goods firm of Nieman & Co., continuing until
1868; then entered business on own account
at 1301 Franklin Ave., three years later form
ing partnership under title of Dallmeyer &
Koestring, which was subsequently dissolved;
since in business in own name. Republican.
Member Evangelical Protestant Church. Di
rector German Protestant Orphans' Home.
Office: 1237 Franklin Ave. Residence: 2902
Dickson St.
DALTON, Henry Clay, physician; 1847-
1911; see Vol. 1906.
DALTON, John Davis, lawyer; 1872-1911;
see Vol. 1906.
DALY, Charles Joseph, real estate; born,
St. Louis, July 1, 1871; son of John J. and
Catherine (Whyte) Daly; educated in private
school and St. Louis University; graduated
from St. Louis Law School, LL.B., 1896; mar
ried, St. Louis, July 10, 1900, Mary E. Magin-
nis; children: Elizabeth, Charles J., Louise
Brook, John J., Richard and Kathleen Ann.
Began in employ of Pullman Palace Car Co.,
then for short time in postoffice. On Aug. 1,
1890, entered service of Joseph P. Whyte, and
on Apr. 26, 1901, became vice president and
treasurer or Joseph P. Whyte Real Estate Co.;
with real estate department Commonwealth
Trust Co. since, June 5, 1912. Member of the
Real Estate Exchange. Democrat. Catholic.
Office: Commonwealth Trust Co. Residence:
5937 Julian Ave.
*DALY, Leo Louis, real estate; moved to
New York; see Vol. 1906.
DALZELL, Benjamin Wilson, life insur
ance; born, Eldorado Co., Cal., Oct. 26, 1866;
son of David F. and Marietta (Wilson) Dal-
zell, the former reared at Penn 's Manor, Bucks
Co., Pa., and the latter a lineal descendant of
John Hancock, Daniel Boone and "Uncle
Sam" Wilson; weighed 3y2 pounds when born
and was passed around on a dinner plate be
fore a tribe of Indians, in California; crossed
the Isthmus of Panama on a burro when a
child; educated Friends College of Philadel
phia; Jerseyville (111.) High School; Interna
tional College, St. Louis; studied law, medi
cine and elocution and excelled as a young
man in amateur theatricals; . married, St.
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1904); three children, one son, Benjamin, now
living; married, 2d, St. Louis, 1909, Florence
Taylor. Engaged in real estate business with
B. F. Hammett, St. Lojjis, 1887-90; then in
same line of business for self; state superin
tendent Insurance Department, Knights of
Pythias, since 1896. Republican; stumped
State of Missouri in both of the McKinley
campaigns and was offered consulship by
President McKinley, but declined. Member
Free Bridge Committee, St. Louis. Clubs: Mil
lion Population, Damon (a club of Pythians),
Willow Slough Hunting. Owns a hunting
lodge on the Mississippi River, and a launch
thirty-six feet long. Author: A Few Thoughts
for a Few Friends (containing poems, essays
and excerpts of speeches), 1906. Recreations:
reading, hunting, fishing and motoring. Offiee:
702 Carleton Bldg., Residence: 4128 Morgan
Street. DAME, James Ebenezer, lawyer; born,
Princeton, Ind., Dec. 29, 1872; son of Daniel
Webster and Agnes (McMillan) Dame; gradu
ated from Wabash College, Crawfordsville,
Ind., A.B., 1895; A.M., 1903, Washington Uni
versity, St. Louis, LL.B., 1899; married, Lila
Belle Gelwicks, of St. Louis, Nov. 29, 1910;
one son: James E., Jr. Engaged in general
practice of law in St. Louis since 1901; has
associated with Fred S. Hall, in firm of Hall
& Dame, since Jan. 1, 1906. Member St. Louis
Bar Association, St. Louis Alumni Association
of Delta Tau Delta (secretary), West End
Business Men's Association (chairman legis
lative committee). Democrat. Member United
Presbyterian Church. Recreations: tennis and
canoeing. Offiee: 705 Olive St. Residence:
5940 Julian Ave.
DAMERON, Ernest Patton, dental surgeon;
born, Marionville, Lawrence Co., Mo., Nov. 9,
1873; son of John Haywood and Estelle
(Slaughter) Dameron; A.B., Marionville Col
lege, 1892; completed course in Spalding's
Commercial College, Kansas City, Mo., 1893;
D.D.S., Western Dental College, Kansas City,
Apr. 2, 1898; married, Kansas City, April,
1900, Cora B. Nixon. Has practiced dentistry
in St. Louis since May, 1898. Professor ma
teria medica and therapeutics, Dental Depart
ment, Barnes University, 1906-07. President
National Dental Association; member board
of governors National Mouth Hygiene Asso
ciation; member Missouri State Dental Asso
ciation, St. Louis Dental Society, St. Louis
Society of Dental Science, Delta Sigma Delta
fraternity; honorary member Tennessee State
Dental Association. Democrat. Methodist.
Served in Third Regiment Band, Missouri Na
tional Guard, 1897; now member First Regi
ment Band, Missouri National Guard. Mem
ber Independent Order Odd Fellows. Author
of several papers on professional subjects,
read before various dental societies and pub
lished in dental journals. Recreations: fishing1

and golf. Offiee: 58 De Menil Bldg. Resi
dence: 3803 Windsor PI.
DAMES, Alphonse Ferdinand, physician;
born, St. Paul, Mo., June 15, 1877; son of
Francis Joseph and Laura Renford (Ensor)
Dames; educated in classics at Creighton Uni
versity, Omaha, Neb.; M.D., Washington Uni
versity, May 24, 1906; married, St. Louis,
Sept. 19, 1905, Charlotte Ann Lynch; two chil
dren: Violet Angela and Alphonse Ferdinand,
Jr. Has practiced in St. Louis since Sept. 1,
1906; gave up general practice Jan. 1, 1909,
to specialize in diseases of the nose, throat
and ear; clinician in nose, throat and ear de
partment Washington University Medical
School and Mullanphy Hospital since 1906.
Democrat. Roman Catholic. Member Ameri
can Medical Association, Missouri State Med
ical Association, St. Louis Medical Society,
St. Louis Oto-Laryngological Society. Recrea
tions: literature and athletics. Office: 816-818
Metropolitan Bldg. Residence: 3808 W. Pine
Boulevard. DAMHORST, Henry, insurance; born, St.
Louis, May 2, 1865; son of Herman and Fran
ces (Grone) Damhorst; educated in St. Nicho
las (parish) School till 1877, Brinker Acad
emy, Denver, 1877-78, Smith Academy, Wash
ington University and Jones Commercial Col
lege; married, St. Louis, Sept. 19, 1888, Alice
Hafferkamp; one daughter: Edith Josephine
Frances (Mrs. Albert J. Werber). Traveled
abroad, 1885-87; bookkeeper and cashier for
Adam Boeek & Co., 1887-91; engaged in gen
eral insurance business since 1891. Member
Tower Grove Turn Verein, B. P. O. Elks.
Recreations: riding and driving. Office: 604%
Chestnut St. Residence: 3453 Crittenden St.
DANA, George Davis, stove manufacturer;
deceased; see Vol. 1906.
DANA, J. D., treasurer Commonwealth Trust
Co.; born, Lisbon, Me., Mar. 21, 1877; son of
Frank W. and Emma J. (Davis) Dana; edu
cated in public schools and graduated from
Lewiston, Me., high school, 1895; then at
tended Phillips Andover Academy, Andover,
Mass., graduated, 1896; entered Yale Univer
sity, 1896, graduating with degree of A.B.,
1900; entered Harvard Law School, 1900; ad
mitted to practice law in Massachusetts, 1902;
married, Jacksonville, 111., Sept. 20, 1902,
Clara Robb Brown; two children: Richard,
Robert Brent. Removed to Missouri, 1903;
secretary Sligo Furnace Co., Sligo, Mo., 1903-
05; came to St. Louis, 1905, where has been
engaged in the iron business and associated
with various real estate syndicates. Treasurer
Missouri Iron Co. since 1907; elected treas
urer Commonwealth Trust Co., 1910; president
West End Light and Power Co. ; vice president
King's Highway Apartments Co. Republican.
Universalist. Clubs: Noonday, Racquet, Is
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tions: hunting, fishing and general outdoor
sports. Office: Commonwealth Trust Co. Resi
dence: 4483 Laclede Ave.
DANA, Leslie, vice president Charter Oak
Stove and Range Co.; born, St. Louis, Apr. 16,
1873; son of George Davis and Virginia
(Lord) Dana; educated in public schools,
Smith Academy and Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, class of 1894; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 6, 1901, Judith Bledsoe Brown,
daughter of B. Gratz Brown; children: Judith
Virginia, George Davis Dana, III, and Mary
Leslie. After leaving college served in vari
ous capacities with the Excelsior Manufac
turing Co. from Jan. 1, 1894, to July, 1896;
since July, 1896, with Charter Oak Stove and
Range Co., manufacturers of stoves and ranges
and other cooking and heating apparatus, of
which is vice president. Also president Manu
facturers' Equipment Co.; director Ludlow-
Saylor Wire Co., Broadway Savings Trust Co.
and Lafayette Mutual Building Association.
Served with Battery A of St. Louis in Mis
souri Volunteers, with Puerto Rican Expedi
tion, 1898. Member Chi Phi fraternity, Sons
of the Revolution. Clubs: Algonquin, Noon
day, Ochtowan Hunting and Fishing. Favor
ite recreations: reading, motoring, hunting
and fishing. Office: Antelope and Conduit Sts.
Residence: Brentmoor, St. Louis Co.
DANIELS, Dudley Woodbridge, secretary
and general manager Cole Bros. Lightning
Rod Co.; born, Alton, 111., Jan. 5, 1869; son of
Abram and Lydia Ann (Coleman) Daniels;
removed to St. Louis, 1870; educated in pub
lic schools and business colleges of St. Louis;
married, Mar. 1, 1893, Irma Starck. Began
working for Cole Bros, on a small salary, Feb.
7, 1884, and has since remained with the com
pany, now being director, secretary and gen
eral manager. Independent Republican. Of
fice: 316 S. 7th St. Residence: 3851 Juniata
Street. DANN, Albert Edward, treasurer Simmons
Hardware Co. ; born, Dover, England, Sept. 22,
1851; son of George and Elizabeth (Brett)
Dann; educated in national schools in Eng
land; married, St. Louis, June 13, 1877, Mary
Jane Carter; two sons: Edward Carter, Wil
liam James. Came to St. Louis in April, 1871;
took out final naturalization papers, May 11,
1883. Engaged in February, 1872, with E. C.
Simmons '& Co., which was succeeded by Sim
mons Hardware Co., January, 1874, and has
been with that company ever since; since
January, 1886, treasurer of the company. Non
partisan. Elder Kingshighway Presbyterian
Church. Club: Mercantile. Office: 900 Spruce
St. Residence: 35 Lewis PI.
DARBY, Clifford W.; born in Knox Co., 0.,
Mar. 22, 1851; son of Daniel H. and Harriet
¦ L. (Clark) Darby; educated in public schools,
Charleston, 111., and two years in Christian

Brothers i College, St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, Dec. 10, 1881, Mary Rice; one son:
Clifford T. Began as a clerk in the St. Louis
agency of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
Co., 1867; was appointed cashier in 1873, and
served as general agent, 1901-07, resigned.
Democrat. Residence: 34 Marshall PL, Web
ster Groves.
D'ARCY, Edward, lawyer; born, St. Louis,
Jan. 8, 1875; son of Henry I. and Harriet
Lombard (Cheever) D'Arcy; educated in Pea
body School, four years; private school at
Portarlington, Ireland, one year; St. Louis
University about five years; Washington Uni
versity, LL.B., 1900; unmarried. Was stenog
rapher Medart Patent Pulley Co., 1891, sten
ographer, George A. Madill, 1892, Wiggins
Ferry Co., 1894; clerk U. S. Local Inspectors
of Steam Vessels, St. Louis, 1895; admitted to
bar, St. Louis, on examination before Circuit
Court, October, 1899, and since engaged in
practice. Member of St. Louis and American
Bar associations. Secretary Manhattan Lead
and Land Co. Member Ethical Society. Mem
ber Blackstone Society. Trustee MeKendree
College, Lebanon, 111. Clubs: Contemporary,
City. Office: 724 Rialto Bldg. Residence: 5884
Bartmer Ave.
DARST, James Waters, rear estate; born,
St. Louis, May 1, 1856; son of James E. and
Mary A. (Hartnett) Darst; educated in pub
lic schools; married, Denver, Colo., Oct. 16,
1889, Julia A. Perkins; four children: James
E., Nancy Lee, Julia Elizabeth and Mary
Catherine. Began business career in New
Mexico, in mining, until 1887; came to St.
Louis and engaged in the coal business until
1890; since 1890 in real estate business; mem
ber of firm of Darst & Downman, 1906-08;
since alone. Democrat. Catholic. Office: Wain-
wright Bldg. Residence: Ferguson, St. Louis
County. DARST, Joseph Charles, real estate and
financial agent; born, Ferguson, Mo., May 24,
1858; son of James E. and Mary A. (Hart
nett) Darst; educated at St. Louis Univer
sity; married? St. Louis, Oct. 13, 1886, Annie
Miltenberger; children: Marian, Joseph, Lau
rence, Alice and Eugene. Began business ca
reer farming in St. Louis Co., until 1886; from
1886 to 1888 proprietor of the Cantine Coal
Co., with mines at Marissa, Duquoin, Oakland
and Freeburg. Since 1888 engaged in a gen
eral real estate and financial agency business,
making a specialty of railroad, manufactur
ing, switching and terminal property. Demo
crat. Recreation: tennis. Office: 621 Fullerton
Bldg. Residence: 4157 Maryland Ave.
DAUERNHEIM, Phillip Jacob, general
manager Glencoe Lime and Cement Co.; born,
St. Louis, Nov. 29, 1859; son of Phillip L. ani
Elizabeth (Rathgeber) Dauernheim; educated
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tute, St. Louis; married, Chicago, Sept. 12,
1894, Melanie Herrmann; one daughter: Emily
M. After leaving school associated with
father in manufacture o£ lime, with which
business he has since been connected; general
manager Glencoe Lime and Cement Co. since
Mar. 1, 1909. Republican. Member Ethical
Society. Club: Mercantile. Recreation: ath
letic sports. Office: 901, 915 Olive St. Resi
dence: 4142 Flora Ave.
DAUES, August F., brick work contractor;
born, St. Louis, Oct. 30, 1864; son of Fred J.
and Fannie (Hiemaneck) Daues; educated in
parochial schools of Cape Girardeau, Mo., and
at Jones' Commercial College; married, Cape
Girardeau, Nov. 26, 1891, Bertha Krueger;
five children: August F., Jr., Gregory W.,
Ambrose C, Amelia and Mary. Learned brick
layer's trade and entered contracting busi
ness; secretary and treasurer Daues Bros.;
president Girardeau Building Co. Member
Catholic Knights of America, Knights of Co
lumbus, Master Bricklayers ' Association. Dem
ocrat. Residence: 2757 Chariton St.
DAVENPORT, James E., division passen
ger agent, Louisville & Nashville Ry.; born,
Salem, 111., Jan. 10, 1866; son of James A. and
Nancy C. (Jennings) Davenport; educated in
public schools of Salem, 111.; married, at St.
Louis, July 11, 1906, Mrs. Grace F. Tait.
Assistant agent and telegraph operator at va
rious points along the Ohio & Mississippi Ry.,
and agent for same road at Lebanon, ill.,
1881-89; passenger and ticket agent for Cot
ton Belt Route, St. Louis, 1889-91; joint pas
senger and ticket agent for Cotton Belt Route
and Clover Leaf Route, St. Louis, 1891-93;
district passenger agent for Toledo, St. Louis
& Kansas City Route, in charge of passenger
traffic at St. Louis and all territory in the
West and Southwest, 1893-1900; traveling pas
senger agent Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R.
R., with headquarters at Cincinnati, October-
December, 1900; since Jan. 1, 1901, division
passenger agent Louisville & Nashville Ry.,
at St. Louis. Member A. F. & A. M. (Chap
ter). Clubs: Mercantile, The Traffic of St.
Louis. Recreation: tennis. Office: 312 N. 8th
St. Residence: 5796 McPherson Ave.
DAVENPORT, Richard H., life insurance;
born, Sumner, 111., Mar. 23, 1868; son of Hen
ry L. and Elizabeth M. (Hawkins) Daven
port; educated in public schools of Sumner
and St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Feb. 11,
1891, Amanda Norberg; children: Richard
H., Jr., and Ruth L. Began active career in
newspaper work, with Sumner Press, continu
ing one year; then cigar salesman, 1884-87; in
cigar business for self, 1887-89; since in life
insurance business. Was general agent in St.
Louis for Federal Life Insurance Co. of Chi
cago, about seven years; supervisor of agen
cies, St. Louis, for Security Life Insurance
Co. of Chicago, two years; agency manager

Pioneer Life Insurance Co. of America since i
1911. Democrat. Methodist. Recreations:
fishing and reading. Office: 705 Olive St.
Residence: 4736 Washington Boul.
*DAVIDSON, Alfred James, railway offi
cial; moved to Portland, Ore.; see Vol. 1906.
DA VIES, William Harbin, lawyer; born,
Richmond, Ind., Jan. 23, 1877; son of William
and Sarah ((Ransford) Davis; educated in
common, high and business schools of Rich
mond; student University of Indianapolis,
1898 and 1899; LL.B., Columbian (now George
Washington) University, Washington, D. C.,
1901; LL.M., National University, 1902; mar
ried, Washington, D. O, June 12, 1907, Nellie
A. Everett, of Fremont, O.; one child: Everett
Tindall. Admitted to practice in Missouri
state and federal courts, 1902, and in U. S.
Supreme Court, 1906, having previously prac
ticed in Supreme Court and Court of Appeals,
District of Columbia, the U. - S. Court of
Claims, and the Patent and Pension bureaus
at Washington; in office of general solicitor
of Missouri Pacific By., 1902, then opened
office on own account. Member St. Louis Bar
Association. Republican. Methodist; trustee
City Evangelization Union. Mason; member
Odd Fellows. Club: Methodist. Office: Mer
chants-Laclede Bldg. Residence: Hampton
Ave., Clayton, Mo.
DAVIS, Carroll Melvin, dean Christ Church
Cathedral; born, Campo Seco,, Calaveras Co.,
Cal., Sept. 9, 1857; son of Thomas F. and
Sarah M. (Chase) Davis; received primary
education in public ^schools; entered Univer
sity of California, 1875, and graduated, B.A.,
1879, M.A., 1882; marrieo^SOLouis, Oct. 12,
1897, Miss Maud Reber (died, W03). Deacon,
1881, priest, 1883, Episcopal Cfturch; rector
St. Paul's Church, Sacramento, Cal., 1881-87;
diocesan missionary, Missouri, 1B87-89; dean
Christ Church Cathedral, St. Louis, since 1889.
Trustee School of Social Economy. Repub
lican. Mason. Clubs: City, Contemporary.
Recreation: fishing. Office:\1210 Locust St.
Residence: 3141 Locust St. \
DAVIS, Charles B., lawyer; born, Hannibal,
Mo., Mar. 9, 1877; son of William A. and
Mary F. (Mills) Davis; graduated Hannibal
High School, 1897; A.B., University of Mis
souri, 1902, LL.B., 1905; unmarried. Admitted
to Missouri bar, 1905, and has since engaged
in practice in St. Louis; associated in prac
tice with State Senator Charles F. Krone,
1905-09; appointed assistant circuit attorney,
January, 1909, a position he now holds.
Republican. Member Christian (Disciples)
Church. Member St. Louis Bar Association,
Phi Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa and Royal
Arcanum. Formerly president Twenty-fourth
Ward Improvement Association; now vice
president Gratiot-Lindenwood Improvement
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Recreation: fishing. Office: Municipal Courts
Bldg. Residence: 6717 Arsenal St.
DAVIS, Charles Richard Harding, real es
tate; deceased; see Vol. 1906.
DAVIS, Dwight Filley, park commissioner;
born, St. Louis, July 5, 1879; son of John Til-
den and Maria (Filley) Davis; graduated
from Smith Academy, 1895; A.B., Harvard,
1900; LL.B., St. Louis Law School, 1903; mar
ried, Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 15, 1905,
Helen Brooks; two children: Dwight F., Jr.,
Alice. President Security Building Co.; di
rector State National Bank. Member board
of control St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts;
member Public Library Board, 1904-07; pub-
- lie baths commissioner, 1903-06; public recrea
tion commissioner, 1906-07; member House of
Delegates, 1907-09; member Board of Public
Improvements and serving as park commis
sioner since 1911; Republican. Vice president
St. Louis Playgrounds Association, 1905-08;
director St. Louis Tenement House Associa
tion, St. Louis Association for Prevention of
Tuberculosis, National Municipal League;
member National Civic Association, etc.
Clubs: Noonday, University, Missouri Ath
letic, St. Louis Country, Racquet. Recrea
tions: golf, fishing. Office: City Hall. Resi
dence: 16 Portland PL
DAVIS, Edgar Morrison, fire insurance; see
Vol. 1906.
DAVIS, Emery Emmett, vice president and
general manager Davis Expansion Boring Tool
Co., Inc.; born, Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 4,
1874; son of Robert E. and Matilda (Abbott)
Davis; educated in public schools; married,
St. Louis, Aug. 25, 1898, Lotta Beatrice
Koeln; one daughter: Theola Loyal. Came to
St. Louis, at eighteen, and learned trade of
machinist, filling position of foreman of the
shop1, 1896-1900; invented the Davis expansion
boring tool, adjusting to any size within its
range, securing patent October, 1905; organ
ized the Davis Expansion Boring Tool Co., of
which is vice president and general manager.
Republican. Baptist. Recreations: bowling
and billiards. Office: 3722 Forest Park Boul.
Residence: 1405 N. Park PL
DAVIS, Everett, real estate; born, Pike-
ville, Ind., Nov. 17, 1882; son of T. W. and
Rachel L. (Russell) Davis; educated in public
and high schools of Ava, Mo. ; married, Blanch
M. Mepham, June 10, 1908; one son: Everett,
Jr. Lived one year at Spokane Falls, Wash.,
returned to Ava, and from there came to St.
Louis, in 1900; was private .secretary to
George Warren Brown, of The Brown Shoe
Co., for over two years; then established the
Everett Davis Mail Order Co., and conducted
same until July, 1904, when organized The
Davis Realty Co., which later was changed to
The Davis Realty Development Co., of which
is president and manager. Member St. Louis

Real Estate Exchange, Business Men 's League.
Republican. Member Union M. E. Church.
Mason (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs:
Mercantile, City. Favorite recreations: music,
tennis and rowing. Office: 816 Olive St. Resi
dence: 6181 Westminster PL
DAVIS, George Wesley, general freight
agent Vandalia Railroad Co.; born, Baltimore,
Md., Dee. 21, 1845; son of William B. and
Mary E. (Purdy) Davis; educated public
grammar and high schools, Cincinnati, until
1863; married Olivia R. Shearer, of Cincin
nati, Jan. 7, 1869; two daughters: Lillian A.
(Mrs. Frank B. Rutledge, of Zanesville, O.)
and Nellie P. (Mrs. Clifford L. Myers, of Cin
cinnati). Began railway service as clerk, Lit
tle Miami R. R. (now Cincinnati division of
the P., O, C. & St. L. Ry.), Cincinnati, Mar. 1,
1864, with which remained until 1869 as clerk,
chief clerk, in general freight office; agent,
same road, at Morrow, O., Apr. 1, 1869, to
May 24, 1882, and at Dayton, O., May 25,
1882, to July 24, 1885; general freight and
passenger agent Cincinnati & Muskingum Val
ley Ry. (a part of Pennsylvania Lines), s-tt
Zanesville, O., July 25, 1885, to Oct. 14, 1888;
division freight agent Chicago and Richmoad
divisions, P., O, C. & St. L. Ry., Richmond,
Ind., Oct. 15, 1888, to Apr. 30, 1897; division
freight agent, Cincinnati division, same road,
at Cincinnati, May 1, 1897, to Mar. 20, 1903;
general freight agent, C, A. & C. Ry., and
commercial agent, P., O, C. & St. L. Ry., at
Columbus, O., Mar. 21, 1903, to Jan. 20, 1907;
general freight agent Vandalia Railroad Co.,
St. Louisa since Jan. 21, 1907. Member Na
tional Geographic Society, Washington. Ma
son (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner; member
Royal Arcanum, National Union. Clubs: Mer
cantile, Traffic Club of St. Louis. Office: 1308
Syndicate Bldg. Residence: 456 N. Newstead
Avenue. DAVIS, John David, vice president Missis
sippi Valley Trust Co.; born St. Louis, Mar.
30, 1851; son of Horatio N. and Margaret
(Johnston) Davis; educated at Smith Acad
emy, Washington University, St. Louis, and
Princeton University, graduating, A.B., 1872,
A.M., 1875; graduated from St. Louis Law
School, LL.B., 1874; married, St. Louis, Nov.
6, 1877, Marion, daughter of John R. Lion-
berger; one son: John Lionberger Davis (law
yer, St. Louis). Practiced law in St. Louis
from 1874 to 1903; since vice president of the
Mississippi Valley Trust Co. Also president
Lindell Real Estate Co., Atchison Water Co.;
vice president St. Louis Cotton Compress Co.
Democrat. Presbyterian. Trustee of Prince
ton University. Member Business Men's
League, Merchants' Exchange, Civic League.
Member St. Louis Bar Association, Missouri
Historical Society, St. Louis Academy of Sci
ence. Clubs: University (president, 1898-1899,
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Country (president), St. Louis, Florissant Val
ley and Princeton (St. Louis), University
(New York City), Adirondack League (New
York). Recreation: golf." Office: N.-W. cor.
Fourth and Pine Sts. Residence: Brentmoor
PaTk, Wydown and Pennsylvania Aves.
DAVIS, John Lionberger, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Oct. 2, 1878; son of John D. Davis and
Marion S. (Lionberger) Davis; educated at
Smith Academy, St. Louis; Lawrenceville
(N. J.) School; Princeton University, A.B.,
1900; Harvard Law School; St. Louis Law
School, LL.B., 1903; married, Nov. 1, 1906,
Julie M. Vietor; children: Marion Lionberger,
Anne Vietor and George Vietor. Engaged in
practice of law from 1903; assistant counsel
St. Louis & Suburban Railway System, 1904-
05; member of law firm of Jones, Jones,
Hocker & Davis since 1907. Member Ameri
can Bar Association, St. Louis Bar Associa
tion, American Political Science Association.
Member Civic League, Neighborhood Associa
tion (president). Interested in settlement
work. Member Missouri Historical Society.
Clubs: University, Round Table, St. Louis
Country, Bellerive Country, Noonday; also
University, Princeton (New York). Office:
506 Olive St. Residence: Brentmoor Park, St.
Louis Co.
DAVIS, John T., capitalist; born in St.
Louis; son of John T. and Maria J. (Filley)
Davis; grandfather, Samuel C. Davis, and
father, John T. Davis, were prominent mer
chants of St. Louis, and in their lifetime were
identified with such old firms as Davis, Tilden
& Co., established 1835, and Samuel C. Davis
& Co.; at death of father, John T. Davis, suc
ceeded to management of father's estate. Di
rector St. Louis Union Trust Co. Member
City Council. Clubs: St. Louis, University,
Noonday, Racquet, St. Louis Country. Office:
220 Security Bldg. Residence: 47 Portland PI.
DAVIS, Joseph T., lawyer; born, Berger,
Franklin Co., Mo., Aug. 13, 1881; son of Levi
J. and Martha Jane (Mahon) Davis; educated
district school, Berger; high school, Jefferson
City, Mo.; Columbia (Mo.) Normal Academy,
receiving degree of B.S., 1900; LL.B., Law
Department, University of Missouri, 1904;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 3, 1906, Laura May
Strong; one child: Virginia May, born Aug.
12, 1910. Began practice at Union, Mo., 1904;
removed to St. Louis same year and has since
practiced in this city; associated with Judge
R. E. and Edgar R. Bonbauer; member exec
utive board Orodol Chemical Co. Democrat;
nominee for prosecuting attorney of Franklin
Co., Mo., 1904. Presbyterian. Brevet second
lieutenant, Missouri National Guard; first
lieutenant Company I, First Regiment, Mis
souri National Guard, 1905-06. Member St.
Louis Bar Association. Mason; was member
Order Railway Telegraphers of America, 1898-
1906. Club: City. Recreations: fishing, hunt

ing. Offiee: 808-810 Pierce Bldg. Residence:
4252A Cook Ave.
DAVIS, Manton, lawyer; born, Mayfield,
Ky., July 15, 1876; son of Robert Thomas
and Sallie Elizabeth (Jenkins) Davis; edu
cated in private schools and West Kentucky
College, Mayfield; graduated with degree of
accountant from Bryant & Stratton Business
College, Louisville, Ky., 1895; LL.B., Univer
sity of Virginia, 1901; unmarried. Began
business career as shipping clerk in the May-
field (Ky.) Woolen Mills, 1890-95; bookkeeper
for same, 1895-99; admitted to bar in June,
1901; member firm of Pearee & Davis, 1903-
09, Pearee, Davis & Curlee, 1909-11, since
alone. Member St. Louis Bar Association.
Democrat. Baptist. Clubs: Normandie Golf,
City, Code. Office: Wright Bldg. Residence:
5189 Raymond Ave.
DAVIS, Robert Hill, physician; born, Uni
versity, Va., Sept. 20, 1875; son of John
Staige and Caroline Kean (Hill) Davis; edu
cated in University of Virginia, B.A., 1899,
M.A., 1900, M.D., 1901; post-graduate stu
dent University of Berlin, Germany, 1902,
Vienna, Austria, 1903, New York City, 1904;
married, Ocean Springs, Miss., Dec. 28, 1910,
Ora May Lewis; one child: Mathilde. Re
moved to St. Louis in 1905; assistant phy
sician to out-patients, Washington University,
St. Louis Children's Hospital; lecturer on
physiology and skin diseases, Bethesda Train
ing School; chief department of dermatology,
Jewish Dispensary, and alternate associate in
dermatology, Jewish Hospital. Member Amer
ican Medical Association, Missouri State Med
ical Association, St. Louis Medical Society,
Phi Kappa Psi and Nu Sigma Nu fraternities.
Independent Democrat. Episcopalian. Recrea
tion: outdoor sports. Offiee: 4500 Olive St.
Residence: 770 A Aubert Ave.
DAVIS, Thomas Dewees, manufacturer of
machinery; born, Morristown, N. J., Mar. 4,
1856; son of Thomas D. and Helen (Roper)
Davis; educated in public schools; married,
St. Louis, Dee. 25, 1884, Fannie Myra Page;
children: Montrose P., Eleanor Margaret,
Fannie Myra, Thomas D., Jr., Louis P. Be
gan business career at Smithville, N. J., as
apprentice, and learned trade of machinist;
came to St. Louis, 1877, and worked for Hall
& Brown as machinist and later as foreman;
established in business for self in 1882, and
in 1888 became partner with CharlesB. Fisher
in present firm of Fisher & Davis Manufac
turing Co., manufacturers of machinery, etc.
Office: 934 N. Main St. Residence: 5237 Ver
non Ave.
DAVIS, Walter Naylor, "lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Nov. 29, 1876; son of Alexander (judge
of the People's Court in Montana during the
days of the Vigilantes, 1863-68) and Alice
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Academy, 1894; Vanderbilt University, Nash
ville, Tenn., 1898; St. Louis Law School, 1900,
LL.B.; married, St. Louis, Sept. 6, 1911, Miss
Roberta Randolph Morrison. Admitted to bar,
1900, and since continuously engaged in prac
tice of law; formerly member firm of Blodgett
& Davis, and since May, 1911, of Bates, Blod
gett, Williams & Davis. Member St. Louis
Bar Association. Democrat. Member of Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South. Member of
Beta Theta Pi college fraternity. Club: Nor-
mandie. Recreations: golf, hunting and fish
ing. Office: 506 Olive St. Residence: 427
Lake Ave.
DAVIS, Wheeler, physician; see Vol. 1906.
DAVIS, William Work, manufacturer of
leaded art glass; born, Meadville, Pa., Dec. 5,
1848; son of William and Mary (Johnson)
Davis; educated Allegheny College, Mead
ville, and Bryant, Stratton & Smith Commer
cial College; married, Titusville, Pa., Aug. 26,
1874, Mary Frances Tefft (died 1898). Id
banking business in Titusville and Oil City,
Pa., 1869-87; represented the Standard Oil in
terest in Mahoning Gas Co., Youngstown, O.,
1887-89; associated with George W. Chambers,
St. Louis, 1889, leaded glass and interior deco
rations, until death of Mr. Chambers, 1897;
since in business on own account; also vice
president St. Louis Galveston Coal Co. Re
publican. Presbyterian. President Pennsyl
vania Society of St. Louis. Recresrtion: trav
eling abroad. Offiee: 3922 Olive St. Resi
dence: West End Hotel.
*DAWLEY, Caleb W., ice machinery;
moved to Oklahoma; see Vol. 1906.
DAWSON, James Parrish, lawyer: born in
Woodford Co., Ky., July 17, 1851; son of
John D. and Mary J. (Bell) Dawson; gradu
ated from Washington University, LL.B., 1876;
married, Centralia, 111., Sept. 3, 1881, Dell
Mead; children: James Clifford, Frances. Was
admitted to bar at St. Louis immediately after
graduation in May, 1876, and has been con
tinuously engaged in practice of law at St.
Louis ever since; practice confined exclusive
ly to the civil courts, and chiefly to corpora
tion and probate law; member of law firm
of Dawson & Garvin, with William E. Garvin
as partner. Republican. Club: Mercantile. Of
fice: 820-823 Wainwright Bldg. Residence:
Webster Groves, Mo.
DAY, Asa Wilton, merchant in irubber
goods; born, Marlborough, Hartford Co., Conn.,
May 6, 1844; son of Asa and Charlotte Potter
(Jones) Day; educated at Bacon Academy,
Colchester, Conn.; State Normal School, New
Britain, Conn.; Wilbraham, Mass.; Phillips
Academy, Andover, Mass., 1862, Yale College,
1864-65; left college, 1865, to engage in cot
ton business; married, Detroit, Mich., June
10, 1869, Mary Rebecka Coit; children: Robert
C, Marion (Mrs. F. D. Seward), Alice Coit.

With brother, John W. Day, engaged in con
struction and running of a cotton yarn mill,
1865, in Marlborough, Conn.; with Samuel
J. Day, another brother, in construction and
running of a cotton yarn factory in Bridge-
water, Conn., but latter factory was destroyed
by fire soon after completion; sold out all
interest in the yarn business, 1869, and became
state agent for Connecticut for the Mutual
Benefit Life Insurance Co., of New Jersey;
soon after associated with Capt. H. P. God-
dard, as Day & Goddard, adding fire insurance,
real estate and loans to the business; sold
out in 1882 and removed to St. Louis and
engaged in rubber business with brother,
Samuel J. Day, as Day Bros. & Co.; bought
out brother's interest in 1884 and incorpo
rated business as Day Rubber Co., of which
became president and treasurer, though since
October, 1901, son Robert C. Day, vice presi
dent, takes most qf the burden of active man
agement of the company, which has a jobbing
business in rubber goods, leather and cotton
belting, pulleys, shafting, hangers, etc. Also
president Buffalo Zinc and Copper Co.; di
rector New York Zinc and Lead Co., Missouri
Leadfields Co.; proprietor Day Metal Co.
Member Business Men 's League. Democrat up
to "free silver" craze, since independent.
Member Connecticut House of Representa
tives, 1868, as Democrat. Brought up Metho
dist; Congregationalist since 1866. Clubs:
Mercantile, Glen Echo Country. Recreations:
golf and automobiling. Office: 415-417 N. 4th
St. Residence: 5117 Westminster PL
DAY, James Levi, physician; 1840-1910;
see Vol. 1906.
DEACON, Arthur Richard, secretary Lam
bert Pharmacal Co.; born, Witham, Essex,
Eng., Nov. 7, 1858; son of Arthur and Mercy
Elizabeth (Tuck) Deacon; educated at With
am School; married at Toronto, Can., 1897, to
Miss Edith M. Harris; children: Arthur Philip,
Edith Victoria, Virginia Kettering. Engaged
in manufacture of pharmaceuticals since 1881;
now secretary of the Lambert Pharmacal Co.
Also vice president Allen & Hanburys Co.,
Ltd., Toronto, Can., and Niagara Falls, N. Y.;
director Lambert-Deaeon-Hull Printing Co.,
St. Louis Surfacer Paint Co. Mason. Clubs:
Algonquin (founder and first president), Mer
cantile. Recreation: golf. Office: 2101 Locust
St. Residence: Webster Park, Mo.
DEACON, Robert Tuck, printer, stationer,
etc.; born, Witham, Eng., June 21, 1866; son
of Arthur and Mercy Edith (Tuck) Deacon;
educated in public schools of Detroit, Mich.;
married, Detroit, 1892, Ethelwyn Ruth Allen;
children: Margaret, Ralph, Robert T., Jr.,
Richard, Dorothy. Came from England, with
father, in 1873, and lived in North Carolina,
1873-75; moved to Detroit, 1875, and after
leaving school was in newspaper work in De
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News to manager of the Detroit Times; went
to Cleveland, 1892, as advertisement manager
of the Cleveland World, and afterward ran
the Cleveland Voice; came from Cleveland to
St. Louis and took position with the Buxton
& Skinner Stationery Co., and in August, 1901,
joined in organizing the Lambert-Deacon-Huli
Printing Co., stationers, engravers, printers
and blankbook makers, of which is secretary
and treasurer; treasurer Ben Franklin Club
of America; president Ben Franklin Club of
St. Louis; director Kirkwood Building and
Loan Association. Republican. Episcopalian.
Clubs: Algonquin Golf (treasurer), Mercan
tile. Favorite recreations: golf, tennis and
other outdoor exercises. Office: 2100 Locust
St. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
DEALE, Morgan K., typewriters; born,
Washington, D. O, Jan. 5, 1859; son of Wil
liam Gott and Emmeline F. (Phillips) Deale;
educated in public schools of Washington, D.
O, and Virginia Military College; married,
Apr. 23, 1905, Grace Dodson. Began business
career in 1878, in stationery house at Wash
ington, D. C; two years later engaged with
Wilson Bros., Chicago, wholesale furnishing
goods, remaining there three years when with
brother established in grocery business. Owing
to brother's ill health, sold out and in 1889
accepted position with the Remington Type
writer Co., at Chicago, was made assistant
manager in 1893 and in February, 1897, was
transferred to St. Louis offiee, of which has
since been manager. Independent in politics.
Christian Scientist. Mason (32°); Knight of
Pythias. Member T. P. A. Clubs: Mercantile,
City. Recreation: fishing. Office: 821 Pine St.
Residence: 5744 Cates Ave.
DEAN, Charles Luther, retired; born, Dra-
cut, Mass., Dec. 19, 1844; son of James and
Sarah . Bowers (Chase) Dean; educated in
grammar and high schools in Providence and
Pawtueket, R. I.; married, St. Louis, June 8,
1865, Georgie E. Jenks; children: Charles L.
(deceased), George J., William W., Harriet
Allen (Mrs. William H. Johnston, of Easton,
Md.), Duncan W., Louis F. Began business
career, April, 1859, as office boy with manu
facturing company at Providence, R. I.; mes
senger, Bank of North Ameriea, Providence,
May, 1861; clerk in Clark Bros. & Co., bank
ing house, 1863-69; in railroad work from June
1, 1870, until Apr. 1, 1886; from Apr. 1, 1886,
to Sept. 1, 1909, actively connected with
the Ludlow-Saylor Wire Co., as vice presi
dent. Also vice president and director St.
Louis Transfer Co. Member Merchants' Ex
change. Republican. Formerly member of Na
tional Guard. Recreation: traveling. Resi
dence: 1827 Longfellow Boul.
DEAN, John McHale, physician and sur
geon; born, St. Louis, Aug. 29, 1874; son of
O. M. and Mary (Kilker) Dean; graduated
from St. Louis University, A.B., 1893, A.M.,

1896; M.D., Medical Department, Washington
University, 1896; unmarried. Interne and
assistant superintendent, City Hospital, 1896-
99; since engaged in general practice as phy
sician and surgeon in St. Louis; practice lim
ited to surgery since 1909; surgeon St. Mary's
Infirmary since 1909. Independent in politics.
Catholic. Member American Surgical Associa
tion, Missouri State Medical Association, St.
Louis Medical Society, City Hospital Alumni
Association, Knights of Columbus. Club: Cen
tury Boat. Office: Metropolitan Bldg. Resi
dence: 2855 Meramec St.
DEAN, Owen M., secretary and treasurer
Hadley-Dean Glass Co.; born in Mayo Co., Ire
land, Nov. 12, 1838; son of Martin and Ann
(Gallagher) Dean; attended the Bellmullet
Mercantile and Mathematical Academy until
14 years; on arrival in this country attended
high school in Cincinnati; married, St. Louis,
Nov. 14, 1858, Mary Kilker; children: Eu
gene G., Cecelia (now Mrs. George F. Heffer-
man), Alice (Mrs. Leo G. Hadley, who is now
deceased), Agnes (now Mrs. Ralph W. War
ner), Dr. John McHale and Julia. Arrived in
United States in the early part of 1853, with
parents, who expected to settle in this coun
try, but they, and a younger brother, returned
to Ireland in the spring of 1854. He remained
with a friend, the leading grocer in Cincin
nati, and entered his employ as a clerk; a
year later he began to learn steam engine
business; after mastering business came to
St. Louis and helped to make machinery for
gunboats during Civil War. In 1866 estab
lished the firm of O. M. Dean &' Co., wholesale
produce and commission merchants, which
continued until 1896; since March, 1897, sec
retary and treasurer the Hadley-Dean Glass
Co. Roman Catholic. Joined in 1854 at Cin
cinnati, O., the Young Men's Sodality and
transferred membership to the mother society
of the St. Louis University Sodality in St.
Louis. Was member Merchants' Exchange,
1866-98. Recreation: chess. Office: 11th and
Lucas Ave. Residence: 2855 Meramec St.
DEARING, Milton Matthews; see Vol. 1966.
DEBUS, Gustav Alois; see Vol. 1906.
DE CAMP, Frank B., vice president De
Camp Bros. & Yule Coal and Coke Co.; born,
Cincinnati, July 8, 1866; son of Lambert and
Lydia (Garwood) De Camp; educated in Cin
cinnati public schools; married, Cincinnati,
October, 1891, Helen M. Jewett; children: Ar
thur L., Frank B., Jr., Cecelia, Joseph M.
Began business career with Rogers, Brown &
Co., pig iron, Cincinnati, and continued five
years; came to St. Louis in 1890, and engaged
in iron, coal and coke business with A. P. De
Camp & Co., firm later becoming De Camp &
Yule, to which was admitted in 1897; busi
ness was incorporated in 1902 under present
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Coke Co., of which is vice president. One of
organizers, 1900, of St. Louis Blast Furnace
Co., of which is vice president and general
manager. Republican. Christian Scientist.
Club: Normandie Golf. Favorite recreation:
golf. Office: Missouri Trust Bldg. Residence:
940 Maple PL
DECKER, Gustav F., lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Aug. 21, 1869; son of Ernst W. and
Effie (Bruns) Decker; educated in public and
high schools of St. Louis, graduating 1888; St.
Louis Law School, 1888-90; married, St. Louis,
June 30, 1904, Magda Orbach; children: Doro
thea M. and Gustav F., Jr. Read law while
attending law school in office of Rassieur &
Schnurmacher; admitted to bar in 1891; be
gan practice in office of Paul F. Coste, and re
mained with him until 1893, when entered
office of Charles Nagel; became member of
¦firm of Finkelnberg, Nagel & Kirby, Jan. 1,
1903, and on dissolution of firm in June, 1905,
became a member of its successor, Nagel &
Kirby. Republican. Member American and
St. Louis Bar associations, Ethical Society of
St. Louis. Club: City. Office: 700 Security
Bldg. Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
DE DONATO, Florian; born, Naples, Italy,
Aug. 27, 1858; son of Dr. Otto and Angiolina
(Di Franza) De Donato; twenty-second in a
family of twenty-three children'; educated at
College of Capuano; married, St. Louis, May
3, 1879, Theresa B. Keating; sixteen children,
of whom following are living: Annie (Mrs.
A. R. Fiorita), Mamie (Mrs. V. R. Fiorita),
Florian, Jr., Kathryne (Mrs. James McGrath),
Marguerita (Mrs. F. Silberstein), Otto, Vin
cent, Loretta, Saveria. Learned hair dressing
and wig making at Naples under uncle (who
later came to America and established in busi
ness in St. Louis) ; emigrated to United States,
1871, and became uncle's successor. Repub
lican. Catholic. Member of Order of Elks, St.
Vincent De Paul Society, Italian American
Cavalry. Office: Basement Carleton Bldg. Resi
dence: 4920A McPherson Ave.
DEEDS, George Edward; see Vol. 1906.
DEGENHART, Joseph Henry, real estate;
born, St. Louis, Jan. 16, 1852; son of John C.
and Rosina (Guckert) Degenhart; educated St.
Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau, Mo., and
later at St. Louis University; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 6, 1874, Emma Koerntgen, of Arns-
berg, Germany; children: Joseph O, Lulu
(Mrs. Henry G. Garthoffner), Harry J., Alice
(Mrs. James B. Purcell), Carl D. and Emma.
Began active career in retail lumber business,
continuing 1876-1904; sold out to H. F. Reis
& Co.; proprietor planing mill, Joplin, Mo.,
1904-07; in wholesale lumber business, 1907-
08; identified with the real estate business
since 1909. Director of "Herold des Glau-
bens." Democrat. Catholic. A patron of

German Orphan Society. Office: 7428 Michigan
Ave. Residence: 7128 Michigan Ave.
DEIBEL, Frederick, flour, hay and grain
commission; born, St. Louis, Feb. 10, 1854;
son of Louis and Barbara (Wolf) Deibel; edu
cated in public and private schools and night
schools in St. Louis; married, St. Louis, April,
1879, Emma Meyer; children: Albert, Robert,
Myra (Mrs. A. M. Wilson), Charles, George,
Fred, William. Began business career at age
of fifteen as clerk with Yaegei" & Co., flour,
for about a year; then for two years with
Holthaus & Bro., store and office fixtures; in
wholesale drug business of Scott & Mellier and
Donnell, Tilden & Co., until 1876, when re
turned to flour, grain and hay commission
business, in which has continued ever since;
president of the Anchor Hay and Grain Co.
Also president of the National Warehouse and
Storage Co. Member Merchants' Exchange,
Business Men's League. Republican. English
Lutheran. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Rotary,
Recreation: horseback riding. Office: 22d and
Morgan Sts.; also 10th St. and Walnut Ave.,
East St. Louis, 111. Residence: 1737 Euclid
Avenue. DEITERING, Charles H., architect; born,
St. Louis; son of John and Maria M. Deiter-
ing; educated public schools; Central High
School; Massachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy, Boston; married, St. Louis, Dec. 10, 1902,
Emma Briedenbaeh. Began active career in
office of Isaac S. Taylor, architect, continuing
with him until 1897, since operating on own
account. Architect of many buildings in St.
Louis, including works of St. Louis Cordage
Co., The Morrison. The Adams, the M. Jacobs
loft buildings, works of Standard Bagging Co.,
St. Louis Screw Co., Pechman Hotel, Hotel
Linden, the Chesterfield and Louise Apart
ment buildings, Warwick Court, Knickerbock
er Hotel, and many private residences. Drew
plans for Chinese Government Building and
Brazil Building, the Distillery (Old Times)
and many minor structures at Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition, the Chinese Government
Building gaining the grand prize, and the Dis
tillery a gold medal. Republican. Clubs: St.
Louis Architectural, Century Boat. Recrea
tions: boating, motoring and dancing. Office:
1320, 705 Olive St.
*DELAFIELD, Clarence Edward; moved to
Camden, N. J.; see Vol. 1906.
DELAFIELD, Wallace, insurance; born in
Cincinnati, O., May 1, 1840; son of John and
Efiith (Wallace) Delafield; educated in Ed
ward Wyman 's School and Durkan's School,
St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Apr. 23, 1874,
Elizabeth T. Hanenkamp; children: Agnes
Hanenkamp (now Mrs. A. W. Niedringhaus),
Wallace, Jr., Edith, Elizabeth, Edna Simmons.
Began active career in 1854, and was clerk for
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1856, Pomeroy & Benton, 1857; member of
firm of William H. Benton & Co., wholesale
dry goods, 1864-69; firm selling out in 1869 to
Chase & Cabot, entered into partnership with
Lewis E. Snow, under present style of Dela-
field & Snow, and since 1869 has been engaged
in general insurance business. Member Mer
chants' Exchange. Member St. Peter's Ejiis-
copal Church; was treasurer of Diocese of
Missouri several years; now president Sunday
School Missionary Host of Missouri. Member
Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial
Wars, Missouri Historical Society. Mason.
Clubs: St. Louis (treasurer), Mercantile, Nor-
mandie Golf, Bellerive Golf. Favorite recrea
tions: golf and fishing. Office: 1415 Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 5028 Westminster PI.
DELAHUNT, William Vincent, trust officer
Commonwealth Trust Co.; born, Chester, Pa.,
Feb. 24, 1870; son of Edward and Helen
(Nolan) Delahunt; educated in public schools
and at Gilbert's Academy, Chester; unmar
ried. Read law in office at Chester, and was
admitted to Pennsylvania bar in 1892; prac
ticed law at Chester until came to St. Louis,
1896; was in office of Charles H. Turner until
the organization, in 1901, of the Common
wealth Trust Co., of which has since been
trust officer. Secretary and treasurer of St.
Charles and St. Louis County Bridge Co. Of
fice: Commonwealth Trust Co., Broadway and
Olive St. Residence: 775 N. Euclid Ave.
DELANO, Frederic Adrian, railway presi
dent; born, Hong Kong, China, Sept. 10, 1863;
son of Warren and Catherine Robbins (Ly
man) Delano (both natives of Massachusetts);
lived most of boyhood at Newburg, N. Y.;
A.B., Harvard, 1885; married, Matilda A. Peas-
ley, of Chicago, Nov, 22, 1888; children: Cath
erine, Louise and Laura. Began railway serv
ice with the O, B. & Q. R. R. Co., with en
gineering party in Colorado, Aug. 1, 1885; en
tered Aurora (111.) shops, same road, Oct. 1,
1885, as apprentice machinist; appointed tem
porarily acting engineer of tests at Aurora,
April, 1887; placed in charge bureau rail in
spection at Chicago, July 1, 1887; assistant to
second vice president at Chicago, April, 1889;
superintendent freight terminals at Chicago,
July, 1890; superintendent motive power at
Chicago, Feb. 1, 1899; general manager at
Chicago, C, B. & Q. R. R., July 1, 1901-Jan.
10, 1905. After leaving service of Burlington
was consulting engineer to War Department,
in relation to railroads in Philippine Islands;
Wheeling & Lake Erie R. R. Co., Wabash-
Pittsburgh Terminal Railway Co. since May 1,
1905; first vice president W abash R. R., May
1-Oct. 5, 1905, president since Oct. 5, 1905,
also one of receivers same. Member American
Society Civil Engineers, American Institute
of Mining Engineers, Western Society En
gineers, American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science, American Railway As

sociation, Franklin Institute, American Mas
ter Mechanics' Association, American Master
Car Builders' Association, International Rail
way Congress, Western Railway Club, Chi
cago. Clubs: Union League, University, Chi
cago, Chicago Literary, Commercial (Chi
cago), St. Louis (St. Louis). Office: Title
Guaranty Bldg.
*DE LANO, Safford Stevens, car and foun
dry business; moved to New York; see Vol.
1906. DELANY, John O 'Fallon, physician; born,
St. Louis, Dee. 16, 1841; son of Dennis (M.D.)
and Octavia (Mullanphy) Delany; general
education at St. Louis University and abroad;
M.D., Medical Department of Columbia 'Col
lege, New York City, 1866; married, St. Louis,
1893, Elizabeth Sloan. Has never practiced
medicine; devotes time to looking after the
estate left by father. Catholic. Office: 16 N.
8th St. Residence: 5105 Lindell Ave.
DELL, Jno., president of Missouri Fire
Brick Co.; born, Covington, Ky.; came to St.
Louis at fifteen years of age, with an elder
brother; married in St. Louis, Dec. 21, 1892,
Miss Mary Wash, youngest daughter of Capt.
Martin W. and Margaret Jane (Humphreys)
Wash, of St. Louis Co.; children: John Morri
son, Dorothy, Gertrude, Virginia and Hum
phrey Wash. In 1864 employed by Moody,
Michel & Co., wholesale grocers, as assistant
bookkeeper; went to Augusta, Ga., 1870; re
turned to St. Louis, 1873, on account of ill
health; with the Evens & Howard Fire Brick
Co., as bookkeeper and traveling salesman,
1874-80; with Laclede Fire Brick Co., as trav
eling agent, 1880-1900; in June, 1900, elected
president and general manager Missouri Fire
Brick Co., and holds same position at present.
Mason; member Occidental Lodge No. 163, A. -
F. & A. M. Democrat. Member Missouri Man
ufacturers ' Association, American Gas Insti
tute, New York. Club: Missouri Athletic. Of
fice: Continental Bank Bldg., 411 Olive St.
Residence: 5121 Von Versen Ave.
DE LONG, Ralph Leighman, vice president
Mill Shoals Cooperage Co. ; born, Oconto, Wis.,
Feb. 3, 1879; son of Charles Henry and A.
Freddie (McCausland) De Long; educated in
public schools at Omaha to 1894; from Oma
ha High School, 1897; married, Omaha, Oct.
10, 1903, Mary Elizabeth Livesey; four chil
dren: Ralph Lennard, Henry Livesey, Rebec
ca, William J. Began active business career
with Raber Printing Co., Omaha,- 1897-1899;
with Omaha Packing Co. as purchasing agent
until 1902; engaged as broker in packing
house supply business, Omaha, 1902-03; re
moved to St. Louis, July 1, 1903, when became
salesman Ozark Cooperage & Lumber Co., un
til resigned, Jan. 1, 1906; since vice president
and sales manager Mill Shoals Cooperage Co.
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Shriner. Club: Mercantile. Office: Syndicate
Trust Bldg. Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
DE MENIL, Alexander Nicolas, literary edi
tor, author and capitalist; born, St. Louis,
Mar. 23, 1849; son of Dr. Nicolas N. and
Emelie Sophie (Chouteau) De Menil; edu
cated at Christian Brothers College and Wash
ington University, St. Louis, and Central Uni
versity, Indiana, receiving the degrees of
B.S., M.S., AM., LL.B., Ph.D., and LL.D.
Married twice; children: Henry Nicolas
(M.D.), of Seattle, Wash., and George Shel
ley; present wife formerly Miss Bessie Bacon,
of Carlyle, 111. Admitted to the bar in 1871;
practiced law until 1882; then abandoned the
law. to devote his time to literature and his
large property interests; owns the De Menil
Building. Elected to the House of Delegates in
1877 and to the City Council in 1879; de
feated for mayor in 1893. Served several terms
as Grand Orator Ancient Order of United
Workmen and Lieutenant Colonel Select
Knights of America; president French Fete
Association, Society of the Fourteenth of July
and the French Benevolent Society. President
Americus, Papyrus Club, Irving, and other
literary societies; one of the three St. Louis
ans elected member Poetry Society of Amer
ica (New York). Was a member of the Lou
isiana Purchase Centennial Committee of 200
and a director Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Co. For forty years has been contributor to
eastern and home Sunday newspapers, literary
weeklies, magazines and reviews; has con
ducted magazines himself, notably "The St.
Louis Magazine" (1883-90), and since 1894
has edited and published "The Hesperian," a
high-class review. Author: The Literature of
the Louisiana Territory; Songs in Minority;
Forest and Town; and other works in prose
and verse. Wrote almost all the' literary .pa
pers in the Encyclopaedia of the History of
Missouri (6 vols.), and the Encyclopaedia of
the History of St. Louis (4 vols.). Office: De
Menil Bldg. Residence: 3352 S. 13th St.
DENNIG, Louis E., vice president St. Louis
Independent Packing Co.; born, St. Louis,
Dec. 22, 1860; son of Emil G. and Margaret
(Juengst) Dennig, both natives of Germany;
educated in private schools and German Insti
tute, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Nov. 22,
1898, Marie Schaefer; one son: Louis S. Be
gan active career, .1877, with firm of C. Conrad
& Co., originators of Budweiser bottle beer;
was serving as buyer for the firm when the
business was acquired by the Budweiser Beer
and Wine Co.; later became local manager
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association; was
elected secretary and treasurer Delmar Garden
Amusement Co., continuing, 1900-06; member
firm of Busch & Everett, oil and gas business,
1906-08; now vice president St. Louis Inde
pendent Packing Co.; director American Bot
tle Co. Republican. Protestant. Member

Business Men 's League, Civic League, T. P. A.
Mason (Royal Arch); member B. P. O. Elks.
Clubs: Racquet, Glen Echo, Liederkranz, Au
tomobile, Cantine Hunting and Fishing Asso
ciation, St. Louis Trap Shooters' Association.
Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office: Se
curity Bldg. Residence: 3229 Copelin Ave.
DENVIR, John B., retired; born, Downpat-
rick, County Down, Ireland, Jan. 25, 1847; son
of William and Mary (Crickard) Denvir;
came to United States in 1853; educated at St.
Louis University; married, St. Louis, Jan. 13,
1875, Mary Agnes Gorman; children: Wil
liam A., John B., Jr., James P., Francis X.,
Mary, Lucina, Agnes, Helen. Left college,
Jan. 25, 1862, and on next day began as clerk
in postoffice, St. Louis; gave up position in
April, 1867, to become connected with the
saddlery hardware business of Hayden, Wilson
& Allen; continuing with this company and its
successor, the P. Hayden Saddlery Hardware
Co., of which was manager, until 1907, when
retired. Democrat. Catholic. Residence: 4434
W. Pine Boul.
DENVIR, John Bernard, Jr., lawyer; born,
St. Louis, Aug. 23, 1877; son of John Bernard
and Mary Agnes (Gorman) Denvir; graduated
from St. Louis University, A.B., 1896, A.M.,
1898; LL.B-, St. Louis Law School, 1898; un
married. Admitted to bar, 1898, and since en
gaged in general practice in St. Louis. Mem
ber St. Louis Bar Association, St. Louis Law
Library Association, Civic League. Democrat.
Catholic. Clubs: City, Public Question. Office:
506 Olive St. Residence: 4434 W. Pine Boul.
DENYVEN, Joseph McKay, general freight
agent Mobile & Ohio R. R.; born, Boston,
Mass., June 20, 1863; son of James and Alexy
(Sutherland) Denyven; educated in public
schools; married, St. Louis, Nov. 9, 1887, Ida
Griffith; children: Raymond, Howard, Lucile
(deceased), Marian and Elizabeth. Began rail
way service with the Missouri Pacific R. R.,
and continued in clerical positions from Janu
ary, 1882, to December, 1886; then entered
service of the Mobile & Ohio R. R., in the
general freight offices; promoted to assistant
general freight agent, December, 1890, and to
present position as general freight agent,
April, 1905. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, St.
Louis Traffic, Normandie Golf. Office: 910 Ful
lerton Bldg. Residence: 5062 Maple Ave.
DERLIEN, Peter, flour; born, Liverpool,
England, June 2, 1868; son of George and
Sabine (Schroeder) Derlien; educated in Liv
erpool College, Liverpool, England. Began
business career in wholesale flour trade in
Liverpool, England, with Anton Kufeke & Co.,
and was later with Krueger, Darsie & Co.;
came to America and entered employ of New
Ulm Milling Co., at Minneapolis, Minn.; in
1900 went to Kansas City, Mo., and assisted in
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Export Co., removing to St. Louis in 1902 as
general agent of the company. Member St.
Louis Millers' Club, Illinois Traveling Men's
Protective Association. •Episcopalian. Office:
215 Chamber of Commerce. Residence: 4342
Page Ave.
*DERR, Jacob William, merchant; removed
from city, 1909; see Vol. 1906.
DESLOGE, Firmin, vice president and treas
urer Desloge Consolidated Lead Co.; born,
Potosi, Mo., Aug. 30, 1843; son of Firmin and
Cynthian (Mcllvaine) Desloge; educated at
St. Louis University, 1858-59, Bryant &
Stratton Commercial College, Wyman Com
mercial College; married, Lexington, Mo., Oc
tober, 1877, Lydia, daughter of Col. Joseph
and Rebecca Davis; children: Firmin, Joseph.
Began business career in St. Louis as clerk
with John B. Valle & Co.; i.n 1867 engaged
in mining in Washington Co., Mo., and in 1873
organized the Desloge Lead Co.; operated in
St. Francois Co., Mo., until March, 1887, when
the mill was destroyed by fire and the com
pany consolidated its holdings with the St.
Joseph Lead Co., of Bonne Terre, Mo.; present
Desloge Consolidated Lead Co. (of which is
vice president and treasurer) was organized,
1890, taking over by purchase the well-known
Mine A Joe property, and the St. Francois
Lead Mining Co.; company engaged in min
ing, milling and smelting lead ores in St.
Francois Co., Mo. Catholic. Club: Mercantile.
Office: Rialto Bldg. Residence: Washington
Hotel. DESLOGE, Firmin Rene, bank cashier;
born, St. Louis, June 22, 1875; son of Jules
and Jennie (Thatcher) Desloge; educated in
public schools to 1888; entered St. Louis Uni
versity, 1888, and continued until 1892; at
tended private schools, New York; married,
St. Louis, Oct. 6, 1902, Ellen Jane Duross;
three children: Zoe Jane, Elise, Rene Duross.
Began business career as clerk, St. Louis
Postoffice, 1893, resigned, 1898; then clerk
Boatmen's Bank, 1899-1902; assistant cashier
Olive Street Bank, 1902-08; also assistant
cashier Grand Avenue Bank, 1908-11; since
cashier and director Hodiamont Bank. Served
as sergeant First Missouri Volunteers during
Spanish-American War, 1898. Democrat. Cath
olic. Member Knights of Columbus. Recrea
tions: handball and swimming. Office: 6143
Bartmer Ave. Residence: 5859 Romaine PL
DESLOGE, George Thatcher, lawyer; born,
St. Louis, Nov. 5, 1880; son of Jules and Jane
Chambers (Thatcher) Desloge; A.B., St. Louis
University, 1901; A. M., Georgetown Univer
sity, 1902; LL.B., Washington University,
1904; married, Apr. 17, 1912, Madeleine Stith.
Admitted to Missouri bar, 1904, and has since
practiced in St. Louis; lecturer on law in St.
Louis University School of Commerce and
Finance. Member St. Louis Bar Association,
Military Service Institution of United States.

Became member National Guard of Missouri
as second lieutenant, 1905; now captain and
assistant inspector small arms practice First
Infantry Regiment. Democrat. Catholic.
Member Knights of Columbus. Recreations:
tennis and horseback riding. Office: Suite 621,
Liggett Bldg. Residence: 4446 Laclede Ave.
DESLOGE, Jules, retired banker; born, Po
tosi, Washington Co., Mo., Sept. 26, 1845; son
of Firmin and Cynthian (Mcllvaine) Desloge;
educated in Miss Moulton's private school,
Potosi, 1852-56; St. Louis University, 1856-64,
graduating A.B.; married, St. Malachy's
Church, St. Louis, Sept. 23, 1872, Jennie C.
Thatcher; children: Zoe, F. Rene, George,
Marian (Mrs. J. Hayes Campbell), Jane Pullis,
Louis Francis, Marcel. Began business career
as assistant bookkeeper in foundry of Kings-
land, Alter & Clark, St. Louis, 1865; clerk in
banking house of George H. Loker & Bro.,
1865-67; teller in Butchers' and Drovers'
Bank, St. Louis, 1867-77; after failure of the
bank, 1877, was paying teller in St. Louis
National Bank; resigned to go to Boatmen's
Bank, Apr. 1, 1878, as teller; elected second
assistant cashier, Apr. 23, 1891, and Nov. 27,
1894, was elected to assistant cashier Boat
men's Bank, remaining until May 1, 1906,
when retired. Member Bank Clerks' Associa
tion of Missouri. Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Member Young Men's Sodality, Alumni Asso
ciation of St. Louis University, St. Vincent
de Paul Society. Residence: 3847 W. Pine
Boulevard. DESNOYERS, Jerome B., retired shoe man
ufacturer; born on farm near Montreal, Can
ada, Oct. 2, 1842; son of Jerome and Emelia
(Bisson) Desnoyers; left orphan at ten years
of age; attended school in country, near Ot
tawa, Canada; served in Union Army during
Civil War, from Dec. 13, 1863, to July 10,
1865, in Battery E, First Ohio Volunteer Ar
tillery; married, Sept. 4, 1865, Mary T. Woods;
children: Victor E., Willis. Left farm at fif
teen years of age; began to learn shoemaking
as apprentice, November, 1857; came to Cleve
land, O., June, 1861, and worked at trade un
til entered army; after honorable discharge,
in 1865, took charge of a large shoe manufac
turing concern in Columbus, O.; located in St.
Louis, November, 1877, and was an organizer
of the first successful manufacturing enter
prise in St. Louis, then known as Bryan-Brown
Shoe Co., afterwards as the Brown-Desnoyers
Shoe Co., and changed, Oct. 1, 1893, to Des
noyers Shoe Co.; sold out, Jan. 1, 1903, and
retired from active business. Member Third
Baptist Church. Extensive traveler. Mason,
Knight Templar and Shriner. Club: Mercan
tile. Residence: 5503 Vernon Ave. Summer
Residence: South Haven, Mich.
DEVOY, Edward, president Devoy & Kuhn
Coal and Coke Co.; born, St. Louis, Aug. 8,
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voy; educated in St. Patrick's School and
Benton School; married, St. Louis, July 11,
1867, Maria Fallon; children: Stella (Mrs.
W. T. Cartwright), Joseph Alexis, George F.,
Charles L., Alice Dorothy (Mrs. M. B. Hein-
richs). Engaged in the coal business continu
ously since March, 1872. Member Merchants'
Exchange, Business Men's League. Democrat.
Roman Catholic. Member Missouri Historical
Society, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Knights
of Columbus, Legion of Honor. Club: Lieder
kranz. Recreation: books. Office: 315 N. 7th
St. Residence: 5837 Cates Ave.
DICK, John Wilson; see Vol. 1906.
DICKENSON, Griffith, dealer in stone;
1849-1907; see Vol. 1906.
DICKINSON, William Calvin, commission
merchant; born, Cincinnati, 0., Sept. 20, 1849;
son of Darius L. and Lydia F. Dickinson; edu
cated in Cincinnati public schools and at
' Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bos
ton; married, Alliance, O., Oct. 28, 1881, Eve
lyn B. Osterstock; children: Ruth B., Gladys,
Dorothy. Engaged in commission business
since 1880; since August, 1895, member of
firm of F. W. Goeke & Co.; wholesale dealers
and commission merchants in flour and feed.
Republican. Swedenborgian. Office: 22 N. 2d
St. Residence: 5929 Cates Ave.
DICKMANN, Joseph F., real estate; born,
Paderborn, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany,
Dec. 22, 1855; son of Bernard and Dina (Ha-'
berhausen) Dickmann; educated at Catholic
School, Paderborn; married, St. Louis, Nov.
11, 1879, Mary Eilers; children: Mary (Mrs.
Otto J. Hezel), Joseph, Bernard, Anne (Mrs.
George Huth) Otto, Charles. Came to America,
1875; engaged in grocery business, 1876-88,
and in grain and seed business, St. Louis, op
erating on Merchants' Exchange, 1888-1900;
elected sheriff of City of St. Louis and served,
1-900-04; in real estate business since May 15,
1905. Member St. Louis Merchants ' Exchange,
Real Estate Exchange. Member St. Vincent
De Paul Society, Knights of Columbus. Recre
ations: reading, motoring. Nominated for
sheriff of St. Louis Aug. 6, 1912. Office: 19 N.
8th St. Residence: 3446 Halliday Ave.
DICKS, William L., retired; born, St. Louis,
Dec. 6, 1851; son of John R. and Mary (Har
mon) Dicks; educated at Christian Brothers
School and public schools, St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, Oct. 17, 1878, Catherine, daughter of
Francis Lepere (she died Jan. 21, 1910); chil
dren: Francis Joseph, Catherine Lepere. Be
gan business career as assistant cashier and
afterwards bookkeeper for Robert H. Frank
lin, dry goods, etc., 1868-74, James Duncan &
Co., dry goods, Baltimore, 1874-75; began with
William Barr Dry Goods Co., 1875, and be
came secretary and treasurer 1903; retired
January, 1907. Catholic. Residence: 5811
Plymouth Ave.

DICKSON, Joseph, lawyer; 1845-1908; see
Vol. 1906.
DICKSON, Joseph, Jr., lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Apr. 12, 1876; son of Joseph and Eliza
beth (Robertson) Dickson; educated at Crow
and St. Louis High schools; Washington Uni
versity; Harvard Law School, 1896-98; St.
Louis Law School, LL.B., 1899; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 27,' 1901, Sydney Francis Boyd;
one daughter, Mary Francis. Admitted to
bar, Oct. 2, 1899, and has since been engaged
in practice; partner with father since Aug. 1,
1905, firm of Dickson & Dickson. Member
American Bar Association, St. Louis Bar Asso
ciation. Director Tower Grove Bank, St.
Louis Lumber Co. Member Civic League. Re
publican. Clubs: Racquet, Bellerive, City,
Noonday, Harvard (St. Louis), Harvard (New
York City). Recreations: golf and motoring.
Office: 712-716 Rialto Bldg. Residence: Brent
moor Park, St. Louis Co.
DICKSON, William Augustus; see Vol. 1906.
DIECKMAN, John Henry, bond and stock
broker; born, St. Louis, Dec. 20, 1848; son of
Stephen H. and Gertrude (Honerkamp) Dieek-
man; educated in German schools in St. Louis;
married, St. Louis, Apr. 9, 1872, Elizabeth Al-
bietz; children: George Edwin, Julia Ade
laide (Mrs. Carl A. Niemeyer). Began busi
ness career as teller of a bank (now out of
existence), in which continued until April,
1881; then became associated with H. H.
Wernse, establishing firm of Wernse & Dieck-
man, who have ever since been engaged as
brokers in bonds and stocks. Director Hope
Mining Co. Member Merchants' Exchange, St.
Louis Stock Exchange. Treasurer Martha
Parsons Free Hospital for Children. Member
Civic League. Republican; formerly member
St. Louis School Board. Club: Noonday. Office:
317 N. 4th St. Residence: 4537 W. Pine Boul.
DIECKMANN, Louis, retired; born, Ham
burg, Germany, Aug. 30, 1851; son of Frantz
Adolph Th. and Frederika C. (Langenbach)
Dieckmann; educated in public schools in
Hamburg; married, St. Louis, Nov. 9, 1881,
Minna Hamel; children: Charles A., Otto A.,
Max E., Hugo E. Learned carpenter's trade
when fifteen years old, and followed it for five
years; emigrated to United States, Oct. 9,
1871, and was engaged in carpenter's trade
until 1878; then as employe in cabinet and
refrigerator business until October, 1896, when
started business with George H. Hollrah as
Hollrah & Dieckmann, incorporated, February,
1900, as the Hollrah-Dieekmann Refrigerator
and Fixture Co., of which was vice president
and manager until Oct. 15, 1911, when retired.
Republican. Protestant. Member South West
Turner Society. Recreation: gardening. Resi
dence: Wellston, Mo.
DIEDERICH, George Christ, furniture man
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of George Henry and Charlotte Diederich;
educated in public schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, Oct. 16, 1888, Emily Kolusch;
children: Emily Johanna, George Henry, Olga
Charlotte. As a boy began to learn the cab
inet-making business in father 's furniture fac
tory, and has been connected with the busi
ness ever since; after its incorporation, Mar.
17, 1885, was made president of the G. H.
Diederich Furniture Co., manufacturers and
wholesale dealers in all kinds of furniture,
with specialties in bedsteads, extension tables
and kitchen cabinets. Also director and vice
president St. Louis Malleable Iron Works. Re
publican. Member Evangelical Church. Di
rector German Protestant Orphans' Home.
Member I. O. O. F. Offiee: 1945 N. 2d St.
Residence: 2933 University St.
DIEDERICH, William Frederick, furniture
manufacturer; born, St. Louis, June 3, 1865;
son of George Henry and Charlotte Diederich;
educated in public schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, Oct. 29, 1890, Lillian E. Hol
land. At age of fourteen entered father 's fur
niture factory to learn the trade and has ever
since been connected with that business, which
was incorporated, Mar. 17, 1885, as the G. H.
Diederich Furniture Co.; has charge of the
mechanical departments of the business, and
since 1897 has been secretary of the company.
Republican. Member Evangelical Church.
Member Liederkranz. Office: 1945 N. 2d St.
Residence: 3214A Dodier St.
DIEHM, Walter, lawyer; born, St. Louis,
Feb. 8, 1882; son of Ferdinand and Bertha
(Steigerwald) Diehm; educated in St. Louis
public schools and Central High School; LL.B.,
St. Louis Law School, 1902; married, St. Louis,
Feb1. 15, 1908, Alice H. Fisher; one child:
Helen Virginia. Began practice of law, 1902;
since 1910 member firm of Schulenburg &
Diehm. Was member Light Battery A, Na
tional Guard of Missouri, 1905-08. Member
St. Louis Bar Association. Director Missouri
Crematory Association; secretary St. Louis
Altenheim. Republican. Ethical Society. Ma
son (32°), Mystic Shrine. Clubs: City, Ma
sonic. Recreation: motoring. Offiee: 912-914
Rialto Bldg. Residence: 5728 Bartmer Ave.
DIEKMANN, Louis C, deputy commissioner
of supplies; born, St. Louis, Sept. 1, 1857; son
of Frederick W. and Elise (Wacker) Diek-
mann, both natives of Germany; educated in
public schools and one year in high school;
married, St. Louis, 1881, Sophie M. Brede-
meyer; six children: Arthur (with St. Louis
Car Co.), Minnie, Elsie, Octavia, Verna,
Esther. Began active career at thirteen as
office boy with Garrett, McDowell & Co., man
ufacturers and dealers in pig iron, continuing
until 1883; then entered coal business in own
name and in 1887 organized the Diekmann
Coal Co., wholesale and retail dealers, of
which was president until 1909. In 1910 be

came connected with department of commis
sioner of supplies, St. Louis, as auditor of ac
counts, later chief clerk, and since June 1,
1912, deputy commissioner. Republican; elect
ed to House of Delegates, 1890, for unexpired
term, and reelected, 1891 and 1893; served as
speaker of the house during last term and at
times during 1905-07 as mayor, in the absence
of the city's chief executive. Mason; mem
ber Royal Arcanum, Knights of Pythias (rep
resentative to Grand Lodge for about sixteen
vears). Recreation: reading. Offiee: City Hall.
Residence: 1119 N. Market St.
DIEL, Emil; see Vol. 1906.
DIEL, George; see Vol. 1906.
DIEL, Gustav Frank; see Vol. 1906.
DIGGS, William Purnell, proprietary medi
cines; born, St. Louis, June 3, 1851; son of
Francis W. (of Virginia) and Amelia R.
(Hill) Diggs (of Maryland); educated in pub
lic schools, St. Louis, until 1857; academy,
High Hill, Mo., 1858; Towsley's School, New
Albany, Ind., 1867; married, Forestall, Mo.,
Feb. 9, 1876, Eugenia N. May (now deceased) ;
one child (deceased); married, 2d, Jan. 26,
1910, Mary 3j Ehrhardt; one child: William
P., Jr. Began business career in retail drug
store at High Hill, Mo., Jan. 1, 1872; removed
to Wentzville, Mo., April, 1874, and was in
retail drug business there until Sept. 30, 1883,
when established on small scale the business
which he now conducts as W. P. Diggs & Co.,
manufacturers proprietary remedies. Demo
crat. Recreation: bowling. Office: 113-115 Lo
cust St. Residence: 943 Laurel Ave.
DINGS, William, hardwood lumber; born,
St. Louis, Jan. 26, 1841; son of Frederick and
Ida (Stein) Dings; educated under private
instruction by Prof. Avery and Prof. Eno
Saunders, and in Laclede School, St. Louis,
also in Germany; married, in Owen Co., Ky.,
Dec. 31, 1868, Tinie Bristow; children: Wil
liam Woods, Eleanor B. (Mrs. John S. Dob-
yns). During Civil War was captain of Com
pany C, 8th Missouri Infantry, C. S. A., until
surrender at Alexandria, La., under General
Buckner. After war, was engaged as farmer
in St. Louis Co., 1867-73; in lime and cement
business with H. D. Hatch, 1873-74; book
keeper for William Zioek & Co., 1875-83, for
Pratt, Todd & Co., 1884, Clarkson-Christopher
Lumber Co., 1888, vice president and secre
tary, same company, 1892-96; from 1896 to
1907 was vice president and secretary R. M.
Fry Lumber Co.; since in lumber business for
self. Member St. Louis Lumber Exchange.
Democrat. Presbyterian. Mason. Member
Royal Arcanum, Legion of Honor. Club: Lum
bermen's. Favorite recreation: literature. Of
fice: Branch and Hall Sts. Residence: 925
Beach Ave.
DISBROW, Charles Wesley, president Amer
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York City, Jan. 4, .1874; son of William and
Harriet (Lusby) Disbrow; LL.B., New York
Law School, 1896; married, Hoboken, N. J.,
Apr. 15, 1897, Anna M. Oesterreich; children:
Ruth O., Marie K., Charles W., Jr., Franz O.,
John B. B. Practiced law'in New York City
and Denver, Colo.; was manager mountain de
partment United States Fidelity and Guaran
ty Co. at Denver; later manager western de
partment same, at St. Louis; president Amer
ican Automobile Insurance Co. since Jan. 1,
1912. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: St.
Louis, Racquet, City. Author: Digest New
York Code of Civil Procedure, 1896; Analysis
Banking and Currency System of the United
States (brochure), 1909. Recreation: litera
ture. Office: Pierce Bldg. Residence: 5146 Ca
banne Ave.
DISCHERT, William, vehicle manufacturer,
retired; born, Germany, Oct. 9, 1861; son of
Henry and Katherine Dischert; educated in
St. Louis public schools; married. Began in
1876, in carriage and wagon shop of H. Wit-
ticke, with whom remained seven years, learn
ing trade and working as journeyman; started
for self as manufacturer of business vehicles,
1883, incorporating, Jan. 16, 1902, as William
Dischert Carriage and Wagon Co., of which
was president until retired, 1911. Mason (32°),
Knight Templar, Shriner. Residence: 2209 A
E. Athlone Ave.
*DISTLER, Joseph A. M., Catholic priest;
now living in Kansas City; see Vol. 1906.
DITTMANN, William Henry, shoe manu
facturer; born, St. Louis, Oct. 21, 1852; son of
George F. and Caroline (Almstedt) Dittmann;
educated in St. Louis public schools; married,
St. Louis, Nov. 10, 1877, Emma Biebinger;
children: Adele (Mrs. Philip A. Becker), Rob
ert W. Engaged in manufacture of shoes since
1868; now president of the Dittmann Shoe
Co.; was for several years vice president of
the Fourth National Bank, resigning in 1902;
also one of organizers of Germania Trust Co.,
and was its vice president and president for
periods during its life; one of organizers of
St. Louis Catering Co., and other corporations.
Member board of directors, Tower Grove Park.
Republican. Clubs: Mercantile, Liederkranz.
Office: 1107 Washington Ave. Residence: 3463
Longfellow Boul.
DOBSON, William Davis, osteopathist; born,
Greenville, Tenn., Nov. 28, 1848; son of David
and Nancy (McAmis) Dobson; educated Tus-
culum College, Tennessee, graduating with de
gree of A.B., 1870, A.M., 1880 (LL.D., 1895) ;
taught school near Trenton, Mo., until 1891;
president first district State Normal School,
Kirksville, 1891-99; graduated at American
School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, 1902; mar
ried, Greenville, Tenn., July 5, 1878, Mantie
J. Briton; three children: Walter N., Pauline
(Mrs. George L. Gold), Robert Britton. Pro

fessor chemistry, American School of Osteop
athy, 1902-04; dean same school, 1904-07; in
charge A. T. Still Osteopathic Sanitarium, St.
Louis, 1907-08; since in private practice. Dem
ocrat. Presbyterian. Member National, State
and City Osteopathic societies. Mason, Shrin
er. Recreation: outdoor sports. Office: 455,
313 N. 9th St. Residence: 4519 Westminster
Place. DOBYNE, James Bell, president Champion
Shoe Machinery Co.; born, Hollidaysburg, Pa.,
Dec. 29, 1846; son of Stevenson W. and Mar-
garetta Grafius (Miller) Dobyne; educated in
common schools and academy at Hollidays
burg; married, Litehfield, HI., Oct. 9, 1869,
Calista J. Evans; 2d, Mar. 12, 1894, Nellie H.
Moakley; children: Etta Bell, George A., Ruth
O., Jessie J. (Mrs. Louis F. Mahler). Was
foreman of Missouri Pacific R. R. shop at age
of 22, later foreman of old St. Louis & Cairo
Short Line R. R., East St. Louis; master me
chanic, Southwestern Car Works, Jefferson-
ville, Ind.; superintendent Beach- Amsden Ma
chine and Foundry Co., Litchfield, 111.; in mill
ing and grain business, Hillsboro, 111.; in man
ufacturing business, as vice president Fleming
& Dobyne Manufacturing Co., Chicago; secre
tary and manager Landis Machine Co., St.
Louis; now president of Champion Shoe Ma
chinery Co., manufacturers of shoe and har
ness machinery. Member Citizens' Industrial
Association. Served in Civil War in 1st bat
talion, Pennsylvania Volunteers. Republican.
Member Grand Army of the Republic (com
mander Ransom Post); member Union Veteran
Club, Chicago, Pennsylvania Society of St.
Louis. Member Masonic Order. Club: City.
Recreations: traveling in Europe and Amer
ica; fond of arts. Office: 3727 Forest Park
Boul. Residence: 6006 W. Cabanne Ave.
DODD, Samuel Morris, merchant; 1832-1912;
see Vol. 1906.
DODDS, James T., city surveyor; born, Co
lumbus, O., Aug. '5, 1866; son of Robert H.
and Anna (Redpath) Dodds; educated public
schools; academy, Ypsilanti, Mich.; National
Normal University, Lebanon, O.; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 16, 1901, Blanche B. Wegner; three
children: James T., Jr., Douglas W., Albert R.
In office of county surveyor, Columbus, O.,
1888-89; came to St. Louis, 1889, and entered
employ of city surveyor, J. G. Joyce, Sr.; vice
president Joyce Surveying Co., 1892-98; in
general surveying and civil engineering prac
tice on own account since 1898; city surveyor
since 1901; agent for North St. Louis Quar
ries. Has laid out many of the suburban dis
tricts of St. Louis and is responsible for much
of the important engineering work in connec
tion with the city during past twelve or fif
teen years. Protestant. Member North St.
Louis Business Men's Association. Clubs: En
gineers, City. Recreation: reading. Office:

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717% Chestnut St. Residence: 3843 Sullivan
Avenue. *DODGE, Adiel Sherwood; moved to Chi
cago; see Vol. 1906.
DODGE, Ernest Cole, lawyer; born, Belle
ville, 111., Feb. 11, 1862; son of Egbert and
Sarah (Sherwood) Dodge; educated in St.
Louis public and high schools; Salem (Mo.)
Academy; State University, Columbia, Mo.,
1880-82; taught schools in Scott Co., Mo.,
1882-83; graduated from St. Louis Law School
(Washington University), LL.B., 1885; mar-
Tied, St. Louis, Apr. 17, 1895, Bertha G. Lay-
ton; children: Odile Phyllis L., Mary Lois.
Admitted to bar, June 12, 1885; since May,
1887, in general practice of law in St. Louis;
member firm of Dodge & Mulvihill, 1887-1905,
since practiced alone. Assistant city attorney
under Mayor Walbridge, 1894-99. Commis
sioned as notary public by Governors Francis,
Stone, Stephens, Dockery and Folk. Member
St. Louis Bar Association, Missouri State Bar
Association, Illinois Society, Sons of the Rev
olution (Missouri). Republican. Catholic.
Member State Militia three years. Recrea
tion: fishing. Office: 319 Commercial Bldg.
Residence: 4149 W. Pine St.
DODSON, George Rowland, clergyman;
born, Jacksonville, Mo., Aug. 20, 1865; son of
Shelley Martin and Susan Eleanor (Proctor)
Dodson; A.B., University of Missouri, 1887;
student Stanford University, 1894, University
of California, 1901; A.M., Harvard University,
1902, Ph.D., 1903; married, Fulton, Mo., June
24, 1891, Nellie Wheeler; children: Rowland
W., Eleanor, Proctor W. Ordained ministry,
at Mexico, Mo., 1886; pastor First Unitarian
Society, Alameda, Cal., 1891-1901, Church of
the Unity, St. Louis, since Oct. 1, 1903. Mem
ber Western Philosophical Association, Wash
ington University Association, Contemporary
Club. Address: Church of the Unity. Resi
dence: 48 Nicholson PL
DODSON, John William, retired; born,
Kirksville, Adair Co., Mo., Oct. 10, 1851; son
of Thomas and Lueinda (Grogan) Dodson;
educated in district schools of Adair County
and Normal School at Kirksville; unmarried.
Engaged in farming with father until 1873;
traveling salesman for Yarnall Bros., manu
facturers of pickles and grocers' sundries,
1873-82; organized firm of Dodson & Hils, in
same line, 1882, which later incorporated as
Dodson-Hils Manufacturing Co., changing in
February, 1897, to Dodson-Braun Manufactur
ing Co.; retired, 1910. Republican. Club: Mer
cantile. Address: Mercantile Club.
DOELLING, John L., teas and coffees; see
Vol. 1906.
D'OENCH, Guido, retired banker; born,
near Liegnitz, Prussia, June 22, 1839; son of
Rudolph and Adelheid D'Oench; educated in

Germany and at college in Texas; married,
St. Louis, 1869, Pauline Limberger (now de
ceased); two children: Lyda and Elizabeth F.
Came to St. Louis from Texas in 1857, and
was engaged in mercantile pursuits from 1858
until about 1866; then in banking, first with
the Bank of the West, then for ten years as
cashier of the South Side Bank; cashier of
the Lowell Bank, May, 1905-08, when retired.
Director of the Pocahontas Mining Co. Mem
ber of the Merchants ' Exchange. Odd Fellow.
Recreations: gardening and walking. Resi
dence: 4914 S. Broadway.
D'OENCH, Richard, hardware merchant;
born, Liegnitz, Germany, July 1, 1843; son of
Rudolph and Adelheid (Roessler) D'Oench;
came with parents from Germany to Texas, in
1850; educated in Texas schools; located in
St. Louis, 1860, and was employed with whole
sale grocery firm of Meyer & Meister, first as
shipping clerk and later as traveling sales
man, 1860-67; started, in wholesale wooden
ware business under firm name of Schmieding,
D'Oench & Co., February, 1867, and continued
until Jan. 1, 1879, when sold out interest in
that business and became secretary of the
Witte Hardware Co., St. Louis, from which re
tired, Jan. 1, 1896; since fall of 1896 engaged
as manufacturers' agent and dealer in hard
ware specialties. Director Missouri Crematory
Association, St. Louis Altenheim. Republican.
Member Liederkranz, Royal Arcanum, Na
tional Union. Office: 309 Olive St. Residence:
4914 S. Broadway.
D'OENCH, William, vice president Fried
man Shelby Shoe Co.; born, St. Louis, June 21,
1860; son of William and. Marie (Braasch)
D'Oench; educated in public schools of St.
Louis and Washington University until 1872;
Realschule, Stuttgart, Wurtemburg, Germany,
1872-78; returned to United States in Septem
ber, 1878; married, Jefferson City, Mo., Dec.
16, 1885, Nannie Bishop Berry; one daughter:
Virginia Marie (Mrs. G. Pagenstecher, New
York). Began as clerk for hardware broker
in New York City, and after a few months
entered employ of Giesecke, Meysenburg &
Co., of St. Louis, working in factory at Jef
ferson City, Mo., January, 1879; became one
of incorporators of the Giesecke Boot and
Shoe Manufacturing Co., of Jefferson City,
1881, and secretary until 1898; organized the
D 'Oeneh-Hays Shoe Co., of Jeffersonville, Ind.;
in 3901 consolidated D'Oench-Hays Shoe Co.
and the Giesecke Boot and Shoe Manufactur
ing Co. as the Giesecke, D'Oench, Hays Shoe
Co., of which was president until Feb. 1, 1910,
when this company was merged with the
Friedman Shelby Shoe Co. and he became
vice president. Democrat. Office: 1621 Wash
ington Ave. Residence: 5503 Cabanne Ave.
DOERR, Peter J., bank cashier; 1848-1911;
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DONAHOE, Martin Hassett, cotton duck;
born, St. Louis, July 2, 1881; son of Martin P.
and Mary J. (Shaw) Donahoe; graduated from
St. Louis University, class of 1901; married,
St. Louis, June 8, 1910, Helen Wertheimer;
one son: Martin H., Jr. Began business career
in December, 1901, as salesman at the St.
Louis branch of J. Spencer Turner Co., man
agers of sales for the Consolidated Cotton
Duck Co., Baltimore, and has since continued
with the company, becoming resident manager
in St. Louis, Sept. 1, 1905. Recreation: golf.
Office: 501 Silk Exchange Bldg. Residence:
4401 Forest Park Boul.
DONAHOE, Martin Patrick, dry goods mer
chant; born, Sibley, Jackson Co., Mo., Nov. 18,
1846; son of Thomas and Mary (Nolan) Dona
hoe; educated at Sibley day school until 12
years old, afterward at St. Louis night school,
as opportunity offered; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 16, 1878, Mary J. Shaw; children: Mar
tin H., Edgar T., Clarence G., Arthur J., John,
Mary Frances, Alice Shaw. Was employed by
Majors, Russell & Waddell, government
freighters across the plains, 1860-62; came to
St. Louis, 1863; employed by Samuel C. Da
vis & Co., wholesale dry goods, from Sept. 3,
1863, to Jan. 1, 1896; made director, 1900,
became fourth vice president, 1903, Harga
dine-McKittrick Dry Goods Co. President
Western Commercial Travelers' Association,
1905. Democrat. Roman Catholic. Club: Mer
cantile. Recreation: traveling. Office: 911
Washington Ave. Residence: 5070 Westmin
ster PL
DONALDSON, Andrew Robert, broker;
1832-1911; see Vol. 1906.
DONALDSON, Walter Scot, printing and
engraving; born, St. Louis, Feb. 4, 1871; son
of John and Katherine (Watson) Donaldson;
educated in public schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1897, Adelaide Daniels. Learned
printing trade and has been continuously con
nected with the Great Western Printing Co.
since 1884; became manager, and, in 1900,
president. The company is now the St. Louis
branch of the National Printing & Engraving
Co. of New York, of which he is vice presi
dent. The business was originally the job
office of the Globe-Democrat, changing to
Great Western Printing Co. in 1884. Member
Advertising Men's League, Typothetse. Re
publican. Presbyterian. Member Royal Ar
canum. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Creve Cceur
Canoe Club. Favorite recreations: aquatic
sports. Office: 513 Elm St. Residence: 2717
S. King's Highway.
DONALDSON, William Rhind, lawyer; born,
Murfreesboro, Tenn., Jan. 8, 1844; son of An
drew and Ellen (Rhind) Donaldson; educated
in St. Louis public schools; Central High
School; A.B., Washington University, 1863;
studied law with Sharp & Broadhead and ad

mitted to St. Louis bar, 1865; LL.B., Harvard
Law School, 1866; married, Pittsfield, Mass.,
Oct. 20, 1869, Elizabeth Lamed, daughter of
Thomas Allen; children: Annie Maud (Mrs.
Marshall Hodgman), William Rhind, Jr., Eliz
abeth Allen (Mrs. George A. Randolph). In
general practice of law in St. Louis since
1866; 1901, senior member of firm of Donald
son & Donaldson. Vice president Southern
Hotel Co.; director Allen Estate Association.
Democrat. Episcopalian. Member Missouri
Historical Society, St. Louis, American and
Missouri State Bar associations, Tennessee So
ciety of St. Louis. Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis
Country. Office: 818 Bank of Commerce Bldg.
Residence: St. Louis Co.
DONALDSON, William Rhind, Jr., lawyer;
born, St. Louis, Aug. 16, 1875; son of William
Rhind and Elizabeth Larned (Allen) Donald
son; educated in Rugby Academy, St. Louis,
1890-94; Harvard University, 1894-98, A.B.;
traveled in Europe, 1898-99; attended St.
Louis Law School, 1899-1901, LL.B.; unmar
ried. Admitted to bar at St. Louis, 1901, and
since in practice. Member American Bar As
sociation, St. Louis Bar Association, Law Li
brary Association. Democrat. Episcopalian.
Clubs: St. Louis Country, Racquet. Recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Office: 415 Pine
St. Residence: St. Louis Co.
DONK, Edmond Charles, president Donk
Bros. Coal and Coke Co.; born, Crefeld, Ger
many, Feb. 19, 1851; son of Henry and Jose
phine Lucretia (Hinzen) Donk; came to
United States in childhood; educated in pri
vate schools of Peoria, 111., and St. Louis;
married, St. Louis, 1882, Josephine Conrades;
children: Edna M., Edmond C., Jr., Marie E.
Spent earlier years in Peoria, 111., and came
to St. Louis, 1863, to join brother, the late
August Donk, who had established the coal
firm of A. F. Donk & Co., in 1861. Entered
employ of that firm in 1868, and later was ad
mitted to partnership, the firm becoming Donk
Bros. Firm later became incorporated as
Donk Bros. Coal Co., of which has been presi
dent since death of brother in 1894. Repub
lican. Unitarian. Member Merchants' Ex
change Benevolent Association, Royal Arca
num, Legion of Honor. Clubs: Union, Mis
souri Athletic, Liederkranz. Recreation: fish
ing. Office: 314 N. 4th St. Residence: 3643
Castleman Ave.
DONNELL, Forrest C, lawyer; born, Quit
man, Mo., Aug. 20, 1884; son of John C. and
Barbara Lee (Waggoner) Donnell; educated
Maryville (Mo.) High School; A.B., Univer
sity of Missouri, 1904, LL.B., 1907; unmarried.
Admitted to Missouri bar, 1907, and since
practiced in St. Louis. Appointed general at
torney for enforcement of collateral inheri
tance tax law of Missouri by Board of Cura
tors of University of Missouri, 1909; member

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firm of Spencer & Donnell since 1911. Direct
or Southern Electric Co. Republican. Member
American Bar Association, St. Louis Bar As
sociation. Mason. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
University. Recreation?: tennis, reading. Of
fice: Suite 510, Commonwealth Trust Bldg.
Residence: Hamilton Hotel.
DONNELL, John Walter, manager White
Rabbit Dye Co.; born, Carrollton, O., Feb. 22
1847; son of James H. and Annie (Lea) Don
nell; educated publie schools of Ohio; mar
ried, St. Louis, Apr. 23, 1872, Maria Tilden
2d, Godfrey, 111., 1886, Fanny M. Bartlett
children: John Tilden, Maria L. (Mrs. Will S.
Thompson, Hutchinson, Kan.), Walter Bart
lett, Harold Channing, Everett Malcolm. Was
clerk in drug store; went to Colorado, 1862;
lived in Rocky Mountains four years, mining
and merchandising; returned to St. Joseph,
Mo., 1867; removed to St. Louis, 1868, and
was clerk with Vandwater, Loker & Co.,
wholesale druggists, one year, then with Wil
liam D'Oench & Co., wholesale druggists, until
1870; business manager, A. A. Mellier Drug
Co., 1870-72. Started in business for self
1872, firm of Donnell, Tilden & Co., wholesale
druggists; consolidated with firm of Wengler,
Blow & Co., 1875, and organized as St. Louis
Drug Co.; burned out in 1876, and in March,
1877, organized firm of Donnell Manufactur
ing Co., manufacturing grocers ' and druggists '
specialties, of which was president until 1910,
since manager White Rabbit Dye Co. Mem
ber Missouri Historical Society, Ohio Society.
Mason (32°); member Legion of Honor. Re
publican. Unitarian. Office: 1700 Morgan St.
Residence: 4043 Westminster PL
DONNELL, Thomas G., dentist; born, De
catur, 111., Apr. 17, 1873; son of John Michael
and Mary Alzino (Gresham) Donnell; re
moved with parents to the Northwest in boy
hood and was graduated at Umpqua Academy,
Roseburg, Ore. ; subsequently attended Garden
City Business College; student for one year
at Cooper Medical College, San Francisco; en
tered Dental Department, Washington Uni
versity, graduating with degree of D.M.D.,
1901; married Mabel Talbot, of England, Apr.
17, 1911. In practice in St. Louis since 1901;
professor of metulurgy and dental anatomy,
Barnes Dental Department of National Uni
versity. Member Missouri State Dental So
ciety, St. Louis Society of Dental Science.
Formerly member Oregon National Guard, and
served in volunteers, Camp Presidio, San Fran
cisco, Spanish- American War. Mason (32°).
Recreation: hunting large game in the Rockies.
Office and Residence: 2247A S. Grand Ave.
DONNEWALD, George Henry, wholesale
coal and ice; born, St. Louis, June 21, 1857;
son of Henry and Elizabeth (Miller) Donne-
wald; educated in public schools; unmarried.
Began business career as sales agent for the

Excelsior Coal Mining Co., 1872, and became
officer and director of the company, with head
quarters at St. Louis; senior member Donne-
wald & Herring, owning and operating coal
mines at Lebanon, 111., 1875-85; bought inter
ests of partner, 1885, and continued business
as G. H. Donnewald & Co.; in 1897 organized
Donnewald-Stephens Coal Co., and in 1900 in
corporated under present style of Donnewald
Ice and Coal Co., of/ which is president; also
president Consumers' Ice and Fuel Co. Ro
man Catholic. Favorite recreation: driving.
Office: 602 Times Bldg. Residence: 5 Jameton
Place. DONOVAN, Daniel C, president and man
ager St. Louis Daily News; born, St. Louis,
Dec. 4, 1862; son of Denis and Ellen (Milner)
Donovan; educated at St. Louis University;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 24, 1887, Annie V.
Crowley; children: Nellie Francis, Marie
Genevieve, Daniel O, Jr., Virginia Mary (de
ceased) and Rosemary. Began business life
with the M. M. Buck Manufacturing Co. (now
the Handlan-Buek Manufacturing Co.) in a
minor position, and was advanced until had
full charge of the shipping and delivery de
partments, remaining with the company for
sixteen years until embarked in the newspa
per business, in which has since continued.
President and manager of the St. Louis News
Publishing and Printing Co. (established Oc
tober, 1895), printing and publishing St. Louis
Daily News, and also the St. Louis News
(weekly). Purchased the Daily Hotel Re
porter, Dec. 20, 1905, and consolidated same
with the St. Louis Daily News, paper being
then known as the St. Louis Daily News and
Daily Hotel Reporter; sold Hotel Reporter to
Daily Record, Jan. 1, 1908. Member North
St. Louis Business Men's Association, South
Broadway Merchants ' Association, Southwest
ern Mercantile Association, West End Busi
ness Men's Association. Democrat; nominee
for City Council, 1893, and three times candi
date for police commissioner. Roman Cath
olic. Offiee: 201 Temple Bldg., Broadway and
Walnut St. Residence: 5087 Minerva Ave.
DONOVAN, Francis Xavier; see Vol. 1906.
DOOLEY, Patrick, clergyman; born, Parish
of Murroe, County Limerick, Ireland; edu
cated at Sacred Heart College, Limerick; Col
lege of Native Diocese at Thurles; came to
America, 1889, and pursued theological studies
at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, Md. Or
dained priest Roman Catholic Church, Dec.
17, 1892; assistant to Rev. Thomas J. Cooley,
Assumption Church, St. Louis, 1892-96, then
rector same; appointed by Archbishop Glen-
non as rector St. John's Church; now serving
as rector St. Bridget's Church. Residence:
1108 N. Jefferson Ave.
DOOLITTLE, Charles Almond, treasurer
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Ontario Co., N. Y., May 22, 1868; son of Asa
and Jane L. (Foster) Doolittle; educated in
State Normal School, Geneseo, N. Y.; married,
St. Louis, Oct. 18, 1900, Clara Seifarth. En
gaged in farming in New York and Massa
chusetts; came to St. Louis 1890, and was em
ployed by Blackmer & Post, first as a stenog
rapher and later as a bookkeeper; was elected
treasurer of the Blackmer & Post Pipe Co.,
1898. Republican. Scottish Rite Mason; mem
ber Ascalon Commandery, Knights Templar,
Moolah Temple^ Mystic Shrine. Office: 613
Wainwright Bldg. Residence: 5676 Cates Ave.
*DORCHESTER, Liverus H., clergyman;
moved to Scranton, Pa.; see Vol. 1906.
*DORGELOH, Henry Frederick; moved to
San Francisco; see Vol. 1906.
DORR, Lorenzo Engelbert, president Dorr
& Zeller Catering Co.; born, Hesse-Darmstadt,
Germany, May 15, 1857; son of Victor and
Elizabeth (Seherrer) Dorr; educated in pub
lic schools of native land; married, St. Louis,
Mar. 17, 1886, Rose Stein; three children:
Victor, Oliver, Roy Henry. Learned catering
business and followed same in old country un
til twenty-five; came to America, 1882, and
was_ connected with catering house in St.
Louis, two years; started in business for self,
1886; organized firm of Dorr & Zeller, 1887,
of which has since been the head. Director
Vandeventer Trust Co. Member Business
Men's League. Catholic. Member Royal Ar
canum. Recreation: traveling. Office: 3924
Washington Ave. Residence: 3922 Washington
Avenue. DORSETT, Walter Blackburn, physician
and surgeon; born, St. Louis Co., Mo., June 13,
1852; son of Henry Leonidas Dorsett (born in
Loudoun Co., Va.) and George Ann( Black
burn) Dorsett (of Versailles, Ky.); course of
study in civil engineering, Washington Uni
versity; later took up study of medicine at
St. Louis Medical College, graduating with
degree of M.D., Mar. 4, 1878; married, Olney,
111., Oct. 20, 1880, Eleanor C. French; one
son: E. Lee, now engaged in practice of medi
cine. In practice at St. Louis since 1878;
superintendent and surgeon in charge of Fe
male Hospital, St. Louis, 1887-92; gynecolo
gist Evangelical Deaconess Hospital, and
Missouri Baptist Sanitarium since 1893; con
sultant St. Louis Maternity Hospital; pro
fessor gynecology and pelvic surgery, Medical
Department St. Louis University. President
St. Louis Medical Society, 1893; president
Missouri State Medical Association, 1900;
president American Association of Obstetri
cians and Gynecologists, 1903; member South
ern Surgical and Gynecol. Association, West-
em Surgical Association, Southwestern Med
ical Association, St. Louis Academy of Sci
ence, American Clinical Congress. Democrat.
Mason. Clubs: University, Glen Echo. Author

of numerous monographs on medical subjects.
Recreations: horseback riding, fishing. Of
fice: 26 Linmar Bldg. Residence: 5070 Wash
ington Ave.
DOSTAL, Antoine Robert, merchant tailor;
born, Hermanmestetz, Austria, July 1, 1852;
son of A. R. and Anna (Bleeha) Dostal; edu
cated in public schools in Austria and in
Paris, France; married, Waterbury, Conn.,
Feb. 18, 1883, Augustine Brassart; children:
Charles A., A. B., Jr., George B., Harry R.,
Louise Anna. Lived in Vienna and Paris for
sixteen years; learned the tailoring trade in
Vienna, Paris, London; came to United States
first in 1882.; returned to France for a short
period, then located in New York for three
years as a designer with one of the leading
tailoring establishments of the city; after
ward came to St. Louis, 1889, and in 1890 es
tablished for self as a merchant tailor in this
city. Episcopalian. Mason (32°), Shriner.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Liederkranz. Favor
ite recreations: traveling, fishing and hunting.
Office: 209, 207 N. 8th St. Residence: 2828
Euclid Ave.
*DOUGAN, James Russell; moved to Law
rence, Kans.; see Vol. 1906.
DOUGHERTY, Chester A., real estate; born,
St. Louis, Sept. 18, 1883; son of Patrick J.
and Ellen (Crowley) Dougherty; educated
Ames (public) School, St. Louis, 1889-97;
married, St. Louis, June 6, 1906, Winifred V.
Walsh; one child: Ruth Mary. Began at age
of fourteen and was engaged in various pur
suits until entered real estate business at 929
Chestnut St., in March, 1903-; now president
Dougherty Bros. Real Estate Co. Member St.
Louis Real Estate Exchange. Roman Cath
olic. Member Knights of Columbus. Clubs:
Columbus, Automobile. Recreations: travel,
motoring. Office: 818 Chestnut St. Residence:
5322 Wells Ave.
DOUGHERTY, Frank Joseph, real estate;
born, San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 11, 1880; son
of P. J. and Ellen (Crowley) Dougherty; edu
cated in St. Louis public school, to eighth
grade, and two years at public night school;
married, St. Louis, June 17, 1902, Mayme
Clara Drumm; children: Francis Russell, Mel-
vin Joseph, Frank J., Jr., and Rosemary. After
leaving school worked at various positions, in
printing office, drug store, shoe factory, type
foundry, incandescent lamp factory, Gould's
Directory, etc.; in 1897 began in real estate
business with the Nicholls-Ritter Realty and
Financial Co. as office boy at $3 per week, ad
vancing to cashier and bookkeeper. On Mar.
1, 1903, started out for self with desk-room,
and on Jan. 12, 1905, incorporated the Frank
J. Dougherty Real Estate Co., now Dougherty
Bros. Real Estate Co., general real estate and
insurance, of which is president. Member St.
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Independent in politics. Member Knights of
Columbus. Recreation: outdoor sports. Office:
818 Chestnut St. Residence: 1386 Clara Ave.
DOUGLAS, Alexander,, railway official;
born, Perthshire, Scotland, Mar. 31, 1848; son
of James and Jane (Johnston) Douglas; edu
cated in Blairgowrie (Scotland) public schools
and Blairgowrie Academy, graduating 1865;
married, Chicago, Aug. 14, 1881, Nancy, daugh
ter of R. P. Kelly, M.D. Began railway serv
ice, May, 1866, as clerk in general office of
Fast Freight Line, at Detroit, Mich.; general
clerk, 1866-70, chief claim clerk, 1870-71, Blue
Line Fast Freight; chief freight clerk, St.
Louis Station, Atlantic & Pacific and Mis
souri Pacific railways, 1872-73; agent on line
and in charge of train service, Carondelet
branch, 1874-75; chief clerk, traveling auditor
and general bookkeeper, auditor 's office, St.
Louis & San Francisco Railway Co., and its
receiver, 1876-78; auditor St. Louis & San
Francisco Railway Co., 1879, to June 30, 1896,
also auditor St. Louis, Kansas City & Colo
rado R. R., June, 1890, to September, 1894,
and auditor Central Division, Atlantic & Pa
cific R. R., 1879, to June 30, 1896; acted as
secretary of all auxiliary companies of Frisco
System, and also filled special duties assigned
by vice president and general manager in ab
sence of latter, 1879-85. General auditor St.
Louis & San Francisco R. R. Co., July 1, 1896,
to June 7, 1900, vice president and general
auditor, 1900-03, fourth vice president and
general auditor same company, Oct. 22, 1903,
to June 30, 1908, vice president and general
auditor since June 30, 1908; now director in
twenty-eight auxiliary companies, Frisco Sys
tem. Was director Colonial Trust Co. until its
absorption by Commonwealth Trust Co., and
director Continental Bank until its absorption
by National Bank of Commerce. Originally
Democrat, now independent. Presbyterian.
Clubs: St. Louis and Noonday. Office: Frisco
Bldg. Residence: 3837 Washington Boul.
DOUGLAS, Archer Wall, wholesale hard
ware merchant; born, Key West, Fla., Jan. 26,
1858; son of Samuel J. and Elizabeth (Brown)
Douglas; educated in public schools of Talla
hassee, Fla.; married, St. Louis, Sept. 14, 1887,
Hilda Clements; children: Winifred, Archer
Donald, Beatrice Orme. Came to St. Louis,
1874, as clerk for Bellville Nail Mill Co.; in
1876 entered employment of G. & W. Todd &
Co., in 1877 of Robert B. Brown & Co. In 1878
entered employ of Simmons Hardware Co., in
buying department; elected secretary of the
company, 1898, and vice president in 1904, in
which position continues; also vice president
of the Simmons Saddlery Co. Member Busi
ness Men 's League. Independent in politics.
Episcopalian. Member National Geographic
Society, Sons of Revolution, Archaeological So
ciety of America, Washington University As
sociation. Chairman of Executive Committee

St. Louis Symphony Society. Clubs: Noonday,
Normandie Golf, Contemporary, City, Public
Question. Office: 9th and. Spruce Sts. Resi
dence: 5079 Waterman Ave.
DOUGLAS, Scott Clive, physician; born,
Fulton, Mo., May 2, 1879; son of John H. and
Susan (Maehette) Douglas; educated public
schools; A.B., Westminster College, Fulton,
1899; M.D., Medical Department, Washing
ton University, 1903; unmarried. In practice
in St. Louis since 1903; specializes in skin
diseases. Democrat. Presbyterian. Member
Missouri State Medical Association, St. Louis
Medical Society, Phi Delta Theta, Nu Sigma
Nu. Recreation: country walks. Office: Lister
Bldg. Residence: 4922 Fountain Ave.
DOUGLAS, Walter Bond, lawyer; born,
Brunswick, Mo., Dec. 20, 1851; son of James
Marsh and Caroline (Bond) Douglas; gradu
ated from Westminster College, A.B., 1873;
Harvard University Law School, LL.B., 1877;
married, St. Louis, Apr. 29, 1891, Fannie B.
Kimball; children: Antoinette, Marjory, James
Marsh, Francis, William Cerre. Admitted to
practice of law in Missouri, May, 1878; judge
of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis,
1901-1906, inclusive. Secretary of the Judi
cial Conference, 1903-1906. President for years
1893 and 1894, and since 1900 member of the
Board of Directors of the Missouri Historical
Society; member American Bar Association,
American Historical Association. Democrat.
Fond of country life. Office: Laclede Bldg.
Residences: 4305 Delmar Ave., and Florissant,
Missouri. DOUGLASS, John H., lawyer; born, St.
Louis, May 6, 1873; son of John H. and Caro
line A. (Durfee) Douglass; educated in pri
vate schools, Stoddard (public) School, Cen
tral High School; A.B., Yale University, 1896;
LL.B., St. Louis Law School, 1898; married,
St. Louis, Apr. 26, 1905, Bessee Barrett Fin
ney; one daughter: Elizabeth Finney. Ad
mitted to bar July 1, 1898, and became iden
tified, in a legal capacity, with The Knapp,
Stout & Co.; in January, 1899, became con
nected with the law offices of Rowell & Ferriss,
which firm changed to Ferriss, Zumbalen &
Ferriss; engaged in general practice. Member
St. Louis and Missouri State Bar associations.
Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: St.
Louis, Noonday, New St. Louis Country, Rac
quet, Bellerive Country. Republican. Favorite
recreations: horseback riding, golf and boat
ing. Offiee: 820 Rialto Bldg. Residence: 16
Vandeventer PL
*DOWDALL, Elmo Joseph; moved, to Chi
cago; see Vol. 1906.
DOWDALL, William Thomas, insurance ad
juster; born, St. Louis, Dec. 21, 1873; son of
John T. and Lenora (Wooldridge) Dowdall;
educated in Penrose, Devoll and Stoddard pub
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ther's office. until fourteen, then attended high
school two years; widower; one daughter:
Catherine Lenora Loretta (died Dec. 11, 1910).
Served with Missouri State Fish Commission
seven years, first as attendant, then as fore
man and later as superintendent. Appointed
on St. Louis Metropolitan Police Force, Mar.
6, 1895 ; promoted to special officer, November,
1896, sergeant, Aug. 21, 1899; resigned Octo
ber 1, 1904, to enter the business of general
adjustment of fire losses for the assured, or
ganizing, December, 1904, and was elected
vice president, Mangson, Harding & Dowdall
Adjustment Co., which later became Mangson,
Weiss, Harding & Dowdall Adjustment Co.,
of which is vice president and city manager.
The company has offices also in Kansas City,
Louisville and Cincinnati. Member of Civic
League. Democrat. Methodist. Mason (Rose
Hill Lodge, Kilwinning Chapter, St. Aldemar
Commandery, Knights Templar). Clubs: Mer
cantile, Missouri Athletic, Blue Wing Hunting
and Fishing. Office: 425 Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 5072 Delmar Boul.
DOWLING, John James, president John J.
Dowling Real Estate Co. ; born, St. Louis, Mar.
23, 1883; son of James J. and Mary (Dowling)
Dowling; educated St. Lawrence 0 "Toole (pa
rochial) School, 14th and O 'Fallon Sts., to
thirteen years of age; then entered Columbia
(public) School, Garrison and St. Louis Aves.,
in which continued for three years; married,
St. Louis, Jan. 14, 1903, Helen T., daughter
of Owen J. Moran (wife died Sept. 24, 1909) ;
married, 2d, Aug. 16, 1911, Katherine S. A.
Moran, sister of first wife; two children by
first marriage: L. Gregory and Dorothy Kath
erine. Began active career as partner of fa
ther in- mercantile business in East St. Louis
under title of J. J. Dowling & Son; disposed
of interest to brother (firm still in existence),
and became identified with real estate Jan. 1,
1908; president John J. Dowling Real Estate
Co.; director Security Title Co., titler examin
ers exclusively. Secretary and director of St.
Louis Real Estate Exchange since 1909, pres
ent term ending 1914. Democrat. Catholic.
President Irish-American Sons of Erin, of St.
Louis; member Marquette Council of the
Knights of Columbus. Clubs: Irish- American
Athletic, Missouri Athletic, St. Louis Automo
bile. Recreations: motoring, baseball. Office:
1134 Chestnut St. Residence: 5253 Maple Ave.
DOWLING, Patrick, retired; born, County
Roscommon, Ireland, Mar. 18, 1844; son of Mi
chael and Mary (McCormack) Dowling; edu
cated in public schools; married, Davenport,
la., 1875, Mary Carroll (died Apr. 1, 1880);
2d, St. Louis, April 23, 1881, Jane Cullinen;
six children: Daniel, Michael, Jennie (Mrs.
William Clark), Patrick, Thomas, Annie. Came
to America, 1864; employed as track and
bridge builder on Iron Mountain R. R., 1864-
65; then as section man, Missouri Pacific, and

later foreman section hands, Wabash R. R. ;
was foreman Iron Mountain R. R. until 1873,
when began as railroad contractor, in which
continued actively for various railways in
southwest for thirty years; retired in 1902.
Catholic. Member Legion of Honor. Resi
dence: 5152 Maple Ave.
DOWNEY, Edward Augustine, sales man
ager; 1855-1912; see Vol. 1906.
DOWNMAN, Hugh Hamilton, vice president
The Scudders-Gale Grocer Co.; born near
Richmond, Va., Dec. 8, 1863; son of J. J. and
Isabella (Hamilton) Downman; educated in
private school at Fredericksburg, Va.; unmar
ried. Came to St. Louis from Fredericksburg,
Va., 1883, and began business career in office
of Krafft-Holmes Grocer Co.; this firm was
succeeded, in 1890, by J. W. Scudder & Co.
(of which became a member), and when that
firm and The Scudder-Gale Grocer Co. were
consolidated in January, 1903, as The Scud
ders-Gale Grocer Co., became secretary of lat
ter corporation; vice president same since
January, 1912. Episcopalian. Club: Mercan
tile. Office: 712 Spruce St. Residence: 438S
Laclede Ave.
DOWNMAN, John Bartholomew, real es
tate; see Vol. 1906.
DOYLE, James Grafiin, president H. G.
Doyle Bricklaying Co.; born, St. Louis Co.,
Dec. 12, 1832; son of Marcus Lafayette and
Helen (Godfrey) Doyle; educated in public
and private schools, St. Louis, to 1849; mar
ried, St. Louis, Oct. 18, 1855, Mary Ann Gra
ham (died 1883); married, 2d, St. Louis, May
27, 1885, Maggie B. Elam (died 1893) ; eleven
children, six living: Lewis S., William G.,
Effie F., Harry G., Mrs. Birdell Cooney, James
G., Jr., and five step-children. Began business
career as brick-work contractor, St. Louis,
1855, then added brick-making in 1858, and
continued both until 1861. Enlisted in Con
federate Army at Springfield, Mo., December,
1861, under Gen. Sterling Price; was with
Gen. F. M. Cockerel's command during most
time in service, also served under McCullough,
Van Dorn, Beauregard, Joseph Johnson, Hood,
Maury and "Dick" Taylor; taken prisoner at
fall of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863; last engage
ment was at Fort Blakely, Mobile Bay, 1865;
served until close of the war. Returned to St.
Louis and reengaged in brick-making until
1872; made investments in Kansas City, Mo.,
and operated brick plant there until 1873. Be
came president St. Louis Granite Wall Plaster
Co., 1890, also of National Brick and Quarry
Co., now known as the Continental Brick Co.,
until 1895; president of the Doyle Bricklaying
Co., general brick contractors. Democrat.
Methodist. Office: 521 Victoria Bldg. Resi
dence: 5078 Fairmont Ave.
DOZIER, Lewis D.; born in St. Charles Co.,
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Mary A. (Dudgeon) Dozier; educated in pub
lic and private schools and Bryant & Stratton
Business College, St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
1886, Rebecca E. Lewis; IJwo children: Lewis
D., Jr., and Eleanore. Early became partner
in baking business of Garneau & Dozier, which
expired by limitation in 1872; then became
one of partners in Dozier, Weyl & Co., of
which father was senior member; on father's
death partnership was succeeded by corpora
tion, under name of Dozier-Weyl Cracker Co.,
of which he was president; in 1888 purchased
interest of Mr. Weyl, and conducted the busi
ness as Dozier Cracker Co. until 1890, when
the corporation was merged into the Amer
ican Biscuit and Manufacturing Co.; in 1898
that corporation was purchased by the Na
tional Biscuit Co., in which is a director. Di
rector of Mercantile Trust Co., Mercantile Li
brary, St. Luke's Hospital, Provident Asso
ciation, Pure Milk Commission. Member Busi
ness Men's League, Civie League. One of thir
teen members of executive committee Louisi
ana Purchase Exposition; member of Missouri
Historical Society; trustee (life) Belief on
taine Cemetery; ex-president Board of Trus
tees Rankin School of Mechanical Trades;
member Board of Trustees Y. M. C. A. Clubs:
Commercial, St. Louis, Noonday, University,
St. Louis Country, Racquet, Log Cabin. Rec
reations: golf and traveling. Office: Security
Bldg. Residence: Westmoreland PI.
DRACH, Edward Charles, electrotyper;
born, Cincinnati, O., Sept. 29, 1848; son of
Louis and Barbara (Keller) Drach; educated
in Cincinnati public schools; married, St.
Louis, Sept. 16, 1872, Sybilla Bermel; chil
dren: Edward R., Lucien, Eugene J., Walter
O, Charles A., William H., Lillian (Mrs. Henry
Steimke). Learned trade of electrotyper at
Chicago, and in 1867 came to St. Louis;
worked for Strassburger & Drach for a few
years, and later on the organization of the
Charles A. Drach Electrotype Co., of which
became secretary and is now vice president.
Catholic. Member Catholic Knights of Amer
ica, Knights of Columbus, St. Vincent de Paul
Society. Office: 325 Locust St. Residence:
3535 Wyoming St.
DRAKE, George Silas, merchant; 1825-
1909; see Vol. 1906.
DREES, Henry, clergyman; born, Freelands-
ville, Ind., Sept. 21, 1856; son of Henry and
Wilhelmine (Schoene) Drees; educated at Ger
man Evangelical Bethel School, Freelandsville,
from 1865-69, public school, Huntingburg, Ind.,
1869-74, Proseminary (German Evangelical
Synod of North America), Elmhurst, HI., 1875-
79, Eden College, St. Louis, same synod, 1879-
82, graduating June, 1882; married, St. Louis,
Apr. 19, 1883, Martha Braschler; children:
Hulda (Mrs. J. J. Gruetter), Lydia, Fritz,
Karl, Arthur, Arnold. Pastor German Evan
gelical St. Matthew's Congregation from July,

1882, to August, 1895, and again since Sep
tember, 1899. From August, ' 1895, to April,
1899, had charge of a congregation at Buffalo-
ville, Ind., and was engaged in mission work
in Birmingham, Ala. Address: 2613 Potomac
Street. DREES, William Frederick, secretary and
treasurer Natural Power Co.; bom, St. Louis,
Aug. 21, 1875; son of John H. and Maria C.
(Imholz) Drees; educated in public schools,
attending high school, to 1890; took course in
Bryant & Stratton 's Business College, 1891;
unmarried. Bookkeeper with Peters Shoe Co.,
1892-95; then secretary to president, Henry
W. Peters, 1896-99; and traveling salesman,
1900-1907; elected president Dover Place Real
ty and Investment Co., 1908; secretary and
treasurer Natural Power Co., since 1909. Re
publican. Lutheran. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
Million Population. Office: 209-210 Houser
Bldg. Residence: 2908 Sullivan Ave.
DRESCHER, Frederick B., physician; born,
St. Louis, Sept. 4, 1861; son of Gustave Wil
liam and Ernestine (Hirschfeld) Drescher;
educated public schools; Washington Univer
sity; St. Louis College of Pharmacy, Ph.G.,
1882; Missouri Medical College, M.D., 1884;
married, St. Louis, June 21, 1893, Ida E.
Schade (died May 25, 1906). Practiced at
Lebanon, 111., about three months, 1884, then
became connected with the Wabash Hospital,
Danville, 111., continuing about ten months;
in practice in St. Louis since May 7, 1885; in
charge of medical department Alexian Broth
ers Hospital, 1887-90. Director Farmers and
Merchants Trust Co. Member St. Louis Med
ical Society, American Medical Association.
Clubs: Western Rowing, Tower Grove Turn
Verein. Office and Residence: 2154 Stansbury
Street. DRESSELL, Harry Melvin, railway official;
born, Cincinnati, Mar. 10, 1875; son of Wil
liam and Elizabeth (De Vinney) Dressell; edu
cated in public schools; married, St. Louis,
Feb. 16, 1898, Stella Voerster; one child:
Rolla Edwin. With Ohio & Mississippi Ry.,
auditor's office, Cincinnati, 1889-90, and in
general passenger office, same road, 1890-92;
with Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Ry.,
1892-97. Removed to St. Louis, 1898, and since
connected with passenger department Wabash
R. R.; general passenger office, 1898-99; city
passenger agent, 1899-1908; since general
agent passenger department. Methodist. Rec
reation: fishing. Office: 8th and Olive Sts.
Residence: 5516 Maple Ave.
DREW, Francis A., glass merchant; 184*8-
1910; see Vol. 1906.
DREW, John Graham, railway official;
born, Hammondsport, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1864;
son of John M. and Hannah (Graham) Drew;
educated in public schools of St. Joseph, Mo.;
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Bender; two children: Charles, Elizabeth.
Began as station clerk at Seneca, Kan., St.
Joseph & Western (now St. Joseph & Grand
Island) R. R., January, 1881; continued
eighteen years, telegraph operator to auditor
of road; appointed assistant comptroller
Great Northern Ry., St. Paul, Minn., June 1,
1899, comptroller, June 1, 1902; general au
ditor, Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain Sys
tem, June, 1911- July 9, 1912; since vice presi
dent Missouri Pacific and St. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern railways. Republican.
Presbyterian. Mason, Knight Templar, Shrin
er. Clubs: St. Louis, Triple A. Recreation:
golf. Offiee: Missouri Pacific Bldg. Resi
dence: 5092 Waterman Ave.
DREW, Tankerville Joseph, glass broker;
1877-1910; see Vol. 1906.
*DREY, Eugene; moved to New York; see
Vol. 1906.
DREY, Leo Albert, president Schram Manu
facturing Co.; born, St. Louis, Sept. 4, 1876;
son of Albert and Marie (Morgenstern) Drey;
educated in St. Louis public schqols and at
private schools in Germany; unmarried. Be
gan in 1888, in employ of Drey & Kahn Glass
Co., advancing to secretary in 1898, vice pres
ident, 1902, later president, business being dis
posed of, 1906; since president of Schram
Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of fruit
jars. Jewish in religion. Clubs: Columbian,
Amateur Athletic Association, Westwood Coun
try. Recreations: golf and fishing. Office: 812
Wright Bldg. Residence: Buckingham Hotel.
DREYER, Eugene Charles, president Dreyer
Commission Co.; born, St. Louis, Feb. 28,
1876; son of Charles and Fanny (Weisels)
Dreyer; educated in St. Louis public schools
from age of six to fourteen, then took six
months' course in Perkins & Herpel Business
College, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Feb. 22,
1900, Irene Bender; children: Charles B., Fe
lix S. and Stanley W. Began business career
in country store, Stockton, Mo., for about
year, then for six months in retail cigar store
in St. Louis and for two years with Meyer,
Bannerman Saddlery Co.; at National Stock
Yards, East St. Louis, TIL, as assistant to
superintendent of horse and mule department,
until March, 1897; was connected with Hun
ter Bros. Milling Co. as bookkeeper until 1901
and secretary and treasurer until firm liq
uidated, January, 1910; since president Dreyer
Commission Co. Jewish religion. Member St.
Louis Merchants' Exchange. Clubs: Knobel,
St. Louis Grain and St. Louis Millers'. Rec
reations: hunting and fishing. Office: 412
Chamber <of Commerce. Residence: 5716 Von
Versen Ave.
DRIEMEYER, George F., merchant tailor;
born, St. Louis, Oct. 6, 1866; son of Frederick
A. and Mary (Hildebrand) Driemeyer; edu
cated Everett School, and Polytechnic, St.

Louis; married, Red Bud, 111., Oct. 5, 1892,
Minnie Ahnefeld; seven children: Arthur,
Adele, Fred, Norma, George, Bertram, Ray
mond. Began in tailoring business in St. Louis,
Sept. 15, 1896; bought out the John H. French
Tailoring Co., August, 1905, and consolidated
the firms under title of ' ' Driemeyer, Tailor. ' '
President Custom Cutters' Association of St.
Louis, 1909-12; president International Cus
tom Cutters' Association ,of America since
Feb. 8, 1912; member West' End Business
Men's Association of St. Louis. Treasurer
Riddick School Patrons ' Alliance. Republican.
Member Evangelical Church. Recreations:
baseball, fishing. Office: n. w. cor. 7th and
Pine Sts. Residence: 5410 Vernon Ave.
DRISCHLER, Francis, architect; born, New
York, Mar. 3, 1873; son of Francis and Marie
(Wienecke) Drischler; educated in New York
public schools and also in Belgium, Germany
and France by traveling and private tuition;
married, New York, Sept. 29, 1896, Ida Stier;
children: Carl Stier, Marian. Served in Span
ish-American war as sergeant of Troop A,
Fourth U. S. Cavalry; served actively in the
Philippines for three years, taking part in va
rious skirmishes, the capture of San Isidro,
Lawton's Northern Expedition, Oct. 11 to
Dec. 5, 1899, and General Schwan's Southern
Expedition, Jan. 3 to Feb. 15, 1899. Came to
St. Louis after leaving army in 1901, and was
for two and one-half years engaged as
draughtsman with Eames & Young, architects;
since January, 1904, engaged for self in prac
tice as architect; entered into partnership
with H. G. Clymer, July 1, 1909, as Clymer &
Drischler; constructed the State Normal
School, Springfield, Mo., Princess Theater, St.
Louis, Schubert Theater, Denver, etc. Repub
lican. Member American Institute of Archi
tects, St. Louis Chapter. Member Army of
the Philippines; Walker Jennings Camp, Span
ish War Veterans; adjutant Department of
Missouri, Spanish War Veterans, 1912-13. Ma
son. Club: Army and Navy of St. Louis
(board of directors). Office: 619 Wainwright
Bldg. Residence: 4610 Westminster PL
DROSTEN, Frederick William, jeweler;
born, St. Louis, Jan. 19, 1858; son of William
and Rosalia (Gross) Drosten; educated at
German Institute and Washington University;
married, St. Louis, June 26, 1883, Rosa Muller;
one son: William George. Apprenticed to
trade of watchmaker and jeweler, 1873-77;
employed by William Loeffel, jeweler and
watchmaker, 1877-80; embarked on own ac
count as retail jeweler in 1880, at 619 Olive
St., and removed, 1898, to 7th and Pine Sts.,
and engaged in retail and manufacturing
business and importer of diamonds and prec
ious gems, gold and silversmith; removed to
more commodious quarters, Nov. 20, 1905, 7th
and Locust Sts. Member Business Men's
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Chapter, Ascalon Commandery, Knights Tem
plar, and Moolah Temple, Mystic Shrine.
Member Liederkranz Society and St. Louis
Symphony Society. Clubs: Union, Mercantile,
Glen Echo. Recreation: §olf. Office: S. W. cor.
Locust and 7th Sts. Residence: 2011 Park
Avenue. DRUHE, William, lumber merchant; 1837-
1908; see Vol. 1906.
*DRUMMOND, John N, Jr., broker; moved
to California; see Vol. 1906.
DUBROUILLET, Francois V., treasurer St.
Louis Union Trust Co.; born, Linn, Mo., July
22, 1870; son of Theophile and Julie (Melin)
Dubrouillet; educated in public schools; mar
ried, St. Louis, Apr. 24, 1895, Hattie Brown;
one daughter: Julie Mary. Began active ca
reer in employ of the Orr & Lindsley Shoe' Co.,
St. Louis, continuing until 1897; since con
nected with St. Louis Trust Co., and has been
treasurer same since 1907. Republican. Cath
olic. Clubs: Bankers', Bellerive Country. Rec
reation: golf. Office: 401 N. 4th St. Resi
dence: 5518 Cabanne Ave.
DUCKWORTH, Edmund, clergyman; born,
Burnley, Lancashire, Eng., Aug. 26, 1857; son
of Caleb and Ellen (Blakey) Duckworth; edu
cated English public schools; Keswick Col
lege, England, 1878-80; special student under
Pastor Just, of Bradford, Eng., 1880-81; mar
ried in New York, Nov. 12, 1883, Annie Birk-
by, of Liversedge, Yorkshire, Eng. (who died
January, 1908); married, 2d, St. Louis, Jan.
25, 1910, Angeline E. S. Pullis; five children
by first marriage: Leona B. (Mrs. T. J. John
son), Millicent B. (Mrs. C. R. McDonald),
Jessie B., Laurence E., George E. Came to
America, October, 1881; was among the In
dians and at the mines on Lake Superior two
years, at Palmyra, Wis., three years, at Union
Grove, Wis., three years, at Oconomowoc,
Wis., five years; came to St. Louis, October,
1894; deacon, 1895, priest, 1896, Protestant
Episcopal Church; rector St. James Church,
1895-1910, and since Apr. 1, 1910, rector of
united parishes of St. James Church and the
Church of the Redeemer. Club: Mercantile.
Recreations: cricket and tennis. Residence:
4946 Washington Ave.
DUCKWORTH, Edward Chester, printer
and publisher; born, St. Louis, July 1, 1866;
son of Edwin James and Elizabeth (Brook)
Duckworth; educated in public schools; mar
ried, St. Louis, June 12, 1889, Elizabeth
Clobes; one daughter living: Edna Elizabeth,
and one son, Edwin, deceased. Began in print
ing business at 312 Locust St., in August,
1893, and is now vice president Hughes & Co.;
also vice president Hughes Realty and Invest
ment Co. Episcopalian. Member Masonic Or
der. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office:
214 Pine St. Residence: 3520 N. Taylor Ave.

DUDLEY, Clifton Rogers, physician; born
in Marion Co., Mo., Dec. 24, 1867; son of
James Rogers and Sarah Waller (Rodes) Dud
ley; educated at Centenary High School, Pal
myra, Mo., until 1886; University of Virginia,
1886-89; M.D., Bellevue Hospital Medical Col
lege, New York, 1891; unmarried. After grad
uation in medicine entered Charity Hospital,
New York, and served as interne eighteen
months; then practiced medicine in Brooklyn,
N. Y., for short time; came to St. Louis in
March, 1894, and has since been engaged in
practice of medicine in St. Louis. Medical
director Missouri State Life Insurance Co.
Member St. Louis Medical Society, St. Louis
Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, Mis
souri State Medical Association, American
Medical Association. Democrat. Baptist. Rec
reation: hunting. Offiee: 508 Carleton Bldg.
Residence: Hotel Berlin.
DUDLEY, S. Stockwell, commercial agent
Merchants ' and Miners ' Transportation Co. ;
born, Flemingsburg, Ky., Mar. 12, 1865; son
of Newton S. and Arabella (Stockwell) Dud
ley; educated in Flemingsburg (Ky.) public
schools and Kentucky Wesleyan College, Mil-
lersburg, Ky.; married, St. Louis,- Mar. 21,
1898, Mary Shumate Morris; children: Frances
S., Arabelle S. Was telegraph operator on
Kentucky Central Ry., Johnson, Ky., 1887-90;
with Kanawha Dispatch as assistant auditor
at Cincinnati, 1890-91; contracting agent, St.
Louis, Dec. 1, 1891, to Aug. 1, 1894; agent,
Toledo, Aug. 1, 1894, to March, 1897; agent,
St. Louis, from March, 1897, to Nov. 1, 1905,
when was appointed commercial agent Mer
chants' and Miners' Transportation Co. at
St. Louis. Republican. Presbyterian. Member
Tuscan Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and St. Aide-
mar Commandery, Knights Templar. Club:
The Traffic. Recreation: hunting. Office: 220-
221 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 1039 Goodfellow
Avenue. DUDLEY, Thomas Parker; see Vol. 1906.
DUFFEE, George Gillespie; see Vol. 1906.
DUFFY, Joseph Aloysius, real estate; born,
St. Louis, Feb. 2, 1858; son of Michael (archi
tect and builder) and Sarah Jane (McGee)
Duffy; educated at St. Louis University; mar
ried, St. Louis, Nov. 13, 1884, Martha Gart-
side; children: Joseph Gartside (deceased),
Ozite Elaine. Began business career as clerk
for Graff, Bennett & Co., iron merchants;
then engaged in grain and commission busi
ness until embarked in real estate and finan
cial agency business; now head of firm of
Joseph A. Duffy & Co. Also extensive breeder
and raiser of thoroughbred stock, and owner
of several valuable stock farms. Member Mer
chants ' Exchange. Mason and Odd Fellow.
Club: Missouri Athletic. Favorite recreation:
breeding of fine cattle. Office: Room 2, 7171,4
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DUGGAN, William J., secretary Mercantile
Trust Co.; born, St. Louis, June '2, 1864; son
of William and Mary (Nagle) Duggan; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools; married, St.
Louis, Sept. 23, 1894, Emma Townsend (died
May 6, 1911); children: William T., Helen G.,
Thomas D. With Samuel Cupples Wooden
ware Co. as clerk, 1880-87; engaged with
George T. Webb Woodenware Co., Kansas
City, Mo., 1888-92; then with A. Giesel Manu
facturing Co., as secretary, 1893-1902; credit
manager, 1902-09, since secretary, Mercantile
Trust Co. Democrat. Catholic. Club: Mer
cantile. Recreations: fishing, baseball. Office:
721 Locust St. Residence: 5243 Raymond Ave.
DUNCAN, Abner Harvey, retired; born in
Callaway Co., Ky., May, 1843; son of Craw
ford A. and Elizabeth (Harvey) Duncan; edu
cated in school at Murray, Ky. ; married,
Henry Co., Tenn., January, 1869, Laura Hen
ry; children: Crawford Henry, Mary (Mrs.
William Everett), Lucy (Mrs. J. B. Rogers).
Enlisted in Confederate Army on breaking out
of Civil War, and was second lieutenant in
Third Kentucky Regiment, serving under Gen
erals Hood and Forrest. After war located in
Tennessee, where was engaged in farming,
general merchandise and drug business, and
from 1889 to November, 1904, was vice presi
dent of Paris (Tenn.) Medicine Co.; came to
St. Louis May, 1900, and was president of the
Mayfield Woolen Mills Clothing Co. until 1909.
Democrat. Member Tennessee and Kentucky
societies of St. Louis. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar, Shriner. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
DUNCAN, Guilford, president The Ludlow-
Saylor Wire Co.; born, St. Louis, Feb. 27,
1878; son of William and Frances Smith
(Pickering) Duncan; educated in St. Louis
public schools until 1893; Smith Academy,
1893-96; Yale University, 1896*1900, A.B.,
1900; married, St. Louis, 1903, Emma L. Aull;
one son: William Guilford. Entered employ
of The Ludlow-Saylor Wire Co. in 1900, serv
ing in various capacities at the factory until
1902, when was made secretary of the com
pany; so continued until close of 1905, when
was elected vice president, president May,
1912, the company being manufacturers of all
kinds of wire work, window screen cloth and
ornamental brass, copper and " steel work.
Presbyterian. Clubs: University, Missouri
Athletic, Glen Echo. Recreations: hunting
and fishing. Office: Newstead Ave. and Wa
bash R. R. Residence: 4711 Westminster PL
DUNCAN, James P., assistant treasurer
Buxton & Skinner Stationery Co.; born, Sid
ney, O.; son of John and Margaret (Fulton)
Duncan; educated public and high schools,
Sidney, and business college, Poughkeepsie, N.
Y.; married at Rutland, Vt., 1881, Candice E.
Cole, of Vermont; children: Robert O, James
H., Andrew C, Miriam M. Began active ca

reer as clerk in store at Sidney; later spent
two years in wholesale store of Cal Barker,
Toledo, O.; served as deputy county treasurer
Shelby Co., O.; removed to St. Louis, 1879,
and was placed in charge of office work of R.
D. Patterson & Co., becoming secretary and
treasurer of the company; after business was
sold to the Buxton & Skinner Stationery Co.
was made assistant treasurer of latter con
cern. Member St. Louis Credit Men's Asso
ciation. Democrat. Presbyterian. Recreation:
horseback riding. Office: 306 N. 4th St. Resi
dence: 5886 Clemens Ave. Summer Residence:
Hill Crest Cottage, Arcadia, Mo.
DUNCAN, John Harris, dermatologist; born,
Columbia, Mo., Aug. 16, 1852; son of William
H. and Susan W. (Harris) Duncan; student
University of Missouri, 1865-69; A.M., Wil
liam Jewell College, Missouri, 1872; M.D.,
University of Missouri, 1874; M.D., Bellevue
Hospital Medical College (New York Univer
sity), 1875; (LL.D., William Jewell College,
1904) ; married S. Belle Dulany, of Hannibal,
Mo., Dec. 21, 1881. Began practice at Colum
bia, Mo., 1875; professor physiology, Univer
sity of Missouri, 1875-83; professor physiology
and dermatology, University Medical College
of Kansas City, 1883-93, St., Louis College Phy
sicians and Surgeons, 1893-4; professor physi
ology, Barnes Medical College, St. Louis, 1898-
1901; professor diseases of the skin and syph
ilis, Marion-Sims-Beaumont Medical College
(St. Louis University), 1901 to 1908. Member
American Medical Association, Missouri State
Medical Society (president 1896-1907), St
Louis Medical Society, St. Louis Medical Li
brary Association (vice president since 1898)
president Academy of Medicine, Kansas City
1892. Democrat. Baptist. Club: Glen Echo!
Office: Humboldt Bldg. Residence: Bucking
ham Hotel.
DUNCAN, Wayne Abel, president W. A.
Duncan Land and Real Estate Co.; born,
Memphis, Tenn., June 10, 1882; son of Wil
liam A. and Katherine J. (Schultz) Duncan;
graduated Memphis Grammar and High
schools and from the preparatory school of
Jones & Perry; matriculated in Law Depart
ment, University of Tennessee, graduating
with degree of LL.B., 1902; married, Memphis,
July 29, 1906, Norma M. Seifred; one daugh
ter: Lady Claudia. Was traveling freight
agent for Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Ry.
at age of twenty; engaged in real estate busi
ness at Memphis for three years and in same
line of business in St. Louis since 1906; presi
dent W. A. Duncan Land and Realty Co., suc
cessors to W. A. Rutledge Realty Co., former
ly the Rutledge & Horton Realty Co., organ
ized in 1881, and located at 1005 Chestnut St.;
also president Rinehart Realty Co., Hillside
Real Estate and Investment Co. Member St,
Louis Real Estate Exchange. Democrat. Ma
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ternity. Recreation: motoring. Office: 1005
Chestnut St. Residence: 3810 Westminster PI.
DUNCAN, William, manufacturer, capital
ist; born, Birkenhead, England, Aug. 20, 1845;
son of Robert and Mary (Thompson) Duncan;
educated in St. Louis public schools and Jones
Commercial College; married, St. Louis, Aug.
4, 1864, Fannie S. Pickering; children: Mrs.
Joseph W. Jacob, Mrs. Frank Low, Guilford,
Mrs. R. Calvin Dobson. Began business career
in railroad service, 1863, as clerk in employ
of Ohio & Mississippi R. R., at East St. Louis,
111.; appointed general freight agent, same
road, with offices in St. Louis, 1872; appointed
vice president of Baltimore & Ohio South
western Ry., a consolidation of the Ohio &
Mississippi Ry. and the Cincinnati, Washing
ton & Baltimore R. R., in 1893; resigned, 1896,
to engage in manufacturing business; now
president Charter Oak Stone and Range Co.
and chairman advisory board of the Ludlow-
Saylor Wire Co. Republican. Presbyterian.
Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo. Recreation:
golf. Office: 634 S. Newstead Ave. Residence:
4481 Westminster PL
DUNCKER, Charles Henry, carpet mer
chant; bom, St. Louis, May 1, 1865; son of
Henry and Mary (Bergesch) Duncker; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools, Smith Acad
emy, Washington University; married, Phila
delphia, Apr. 20, 1892, Pauline E. Doerr; chil
dren: Charles Henry, Jr., Henry Philip. Be
gan business career in 1882 in the wholesale
and retail carpet and draperies house of Tror-
licht, Duncker & Renard Carpet Co. (estab
lished, 1863) and advanced through various po
sitions, being elected president, 1906; in Janu
ary, 1907, firm name was changed to Tror-
licht-Duncker Carpet Co., of which is also
president. Republican. Protestant. Member
Business Men's League, Civic League. Mem
ber B. P. O. Elks. Club: Missouri Athletic.
Recreations: hunting, fishing and motoring.
Office: Fourth St. and Washington Ave. Resi
dence: 3636 Page Boul.
DUNCKER, Henry, carpet merchant; 1836-
1906; see Vol. 1906.
DUNHAM, Charles Scott, dentist; born,
Greeley, Colo., Dec. 29, 1871; son of Edward
L. and Annie G. (Scott) Dunham; descendant
of early Pilgrim ancestry of Massachusetts;
educated in public schools and business col
lege; matriculated in Ohio College of Dental
Surgery (University of Cincinnati), graduat
ing with degree of D.D.S., 1896; studied for
one year with uncle, Dr. Charles Scott, of
Zanesville, O. ; married, St. Louis, June 28,
1904, Elizabeth Dirque. Practiced at New Or
leans, and in employ of a dentist in St. Louis
until 1898; has since conducted office on own
account. Member St. Louis Society of Dental
Science (treasurer, 1908-10), Missouri State
Dental Society. Presbyterian. Odd Fellow.

Expert musician; performer on trombone and
euphonium; member St. Louis Orchestra Club,
Orphans' Musical Society. Recreations: ama
teur photography and music. Office: Star
Bldg. Residence: 3635 McRee Ave.
DUNN, James Randall, chief of U. S. Immi
gration Service, St. Louis; born, Elmira, N.
Y., Nov. 21, 1856; son of John Davis and
Julia M. (Randall) Dunn; educated in public
schools of Massillon, O.; married, Massillon,
Aug. 7, 1879, Caroline R. Brown; children:
John Randall, Helen Marjorie (Mrs. Jean De
Shon). Engaged in general real estate and
investment business at Massillon, 1878; acted
as trustee, administrator and receiver of vari
ous estates, bought and sold lands in Kansas,
Illinois, Georgia, Ohio, etc. Organized land
and manufacturing corporations and syndi
cates in Kansas, Ohio and New York; re
moved to New York, 1890; retired from act
ive business in 1892, and in 1893 was appoint
ed as chief of office of U. S. Treasury special
agents at World's Columbian Exposition, Chi
cago; has been an officer of U. S. Government
almost continuously since 1892, filling special
positions in charge at expositions and posts
requiring special organization; was chief of
Chinese Immigration Bureau in San Fran
cisco, 1899-1903; after creation of Department
of Commerce and Labor in 1903, an office was
established in St. Louis and he was assigned
to take charge, jurisdiction extending over
Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma. Re
publican. Christian Scientist. President
Bishop-DeWaters Manufacturing Co. Mason,
Knight Templar and Shriner. Recreation:
golf. Office: 1305 Chemical Bldg. Residence:
4929 McPherson Ave.
DURANT, George Freeland, telephone man
ager; 1842-1908; see Vol. 1906.
DURHAM, William Arthur, assistant gen
eral manager Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail
way Co.; born on farm in Gerrard Co., Ky.,
Mar. 22, 1867; son of James Harrison and
Josephine (Dickerson) Durham; educated in
the public schools to 1882; unmarried. Be
gan railroad career as call boy with Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Railway Co., 1884; advanced
to clerk, 1886, chief clerk to superintendent,
1889, supervisor of wages, 1901, assistant to
general manager, 1909, and assistant general
manager since May, 1910. Democrat. Member
Christian Church. Recreation: outdoor sports.
Office: 408 Wainwright Bldg. Residence: Mar
quette Hotel.
DURNING, Thomas Roy, merchant; born,
Allegheny, Pa., Sept. 17, 1882; son of Joseph
S. and M. (Cooke) Durning; graduated pub-
lie schools of Allegheny; married, Allegheny,
Apr. 6, 1904, Ettie Loveless; two children,
both of whom are deceased. Began active
career as cash boy with Joseph Home Co.,
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salesman; then became buyer in boys' cloth
ing department; came to St. Louis, 1907, and
for four years was in charge of young men's
and boys' department in store of Werner &
Werner; assisted in organizing the Durning-
Ireland Co., boys' clothing, which has been in
existence since Aug. 6, 1910, and of which is
president and manager. Methodist. Member
Tower Grove Improvement Association. Rec
reation: baseball. Office: 412 N. Broadway
Residence: 5619 Etzel Ave.
DWYER, Walter P., real estate; 1858-1910
see Vol. 1906.
DYAS, David Leonard, real estate; born in
Floyd Co., la., Dec. 11, 1866; son of Charles
and Susan (Hopkins) Dyas; educated in pub
lic schools" and at the School of Mines and
Metallurgy, Rollo, Mo.; married, Kansas City,
Mo., Oct. 3, 1904, Minnie Kiel; one son: Rich
ard. Began business career as clerk in whole
sale grocery firm at St. Louis; traveling sales
man for N. K. Fairbank Co., until 1893, when
started in real estate business in firm of Dyas
Bros. & Co., which was merged into the Dyas
Realty Co., of which is president. Member St.
Louis Real Estate Exchange. Member Chris
tian (Campbellite) Church. Independent in
politics. Favorite recreations: fishing and
golf. Office: 107 N. 9th St. Residence: 5720
Chamberlain Ave.
DYE, James William; see Vol. 1906.
DYER, David Patterson, judge; born in
Henry Co., Va., Feb. 12, 1838; son of David
and Nancy R. Dyer; moved to Missouri, 1841;
educated public schools and St. Charles Col
lege; married, Nov. 15, 1860, Lizzie Chambers
Hunt, of Pike Co., Mo.; children: Ezra Hunt,
Emma Grace (Mrs. Edgar R. Hunting), David
P., Jr., Elizabeth, Horace L., Louise (Mrs.
Frank Fay). Admitted to bar at Bowling
Green, Mo., 1859; practiced in Pike and ad
joining counties until 1875; member Congress,
1869-71; appointed U. S. attorney, 1875, and
removed to St. Louis. Prosecuted the "Whis
key Ring," 1875-76; Republican candidate
for governor, 1880, defeated; delegate-at-
large, Republican National Convention, Chi
cago, 1888, and Philadelphia, 1900; U. S. at
torney, Eastern District of Missouri, 1902-07;
judge U. S. District Court, Eastern District
of Missouri, since Apr. 1, 1907. Member Ameri
can Bar Association, Loyal Legion. Mason.
Address: U. S. Custom House. Residence:
3807 Delmar Ave.
DYER, Ezra Hunt, secretary and treasurer
of the. Mound City Paint and Color Co.; born,
Louisiana, Mo., Mar. 27, 1864; resident of St.
Louis since 1875; son of David Patterson and
Elizabeth Chambers (Hunt) Dyer; educated
in St. Louis public schools and Washington
University; married, St. Louis, Nov. 21, 1888,
Julia Frances Gregg; one child: Orian Eliza
beth. Began business career as clerk with

Krafft, Holmes & Co., wholesale grocers, 1883-
86; with F. R. Rice & Co., cigars and tobacco,
1886-87; secretary and treasurer Springfield
Lumber and Cooperage Co., at Springfield,
Mo., 1887-90; since December, 1890, secretary
and treasurer of the Mound City Paint and
Color Co. Also secretary and treasurer Gregg
Varnish Co. Member Business Men's League.
Republican. Episcopalian. Member Military
Order of the Loyal Legion, Sons of the Revo
lution. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Mercantile.
Recreation: home diversions. Office: 1531 N.
11th St. Residence: 4544 Laclede Ave.
DYER, George L., manager Columbian Na
tional Life Insurance Co.; born, Ottawa,
Franklin Co., Kan., Oct. 16, 1878; son of Mar
tin and Mary A. (Meade) Dyer; educated in
Kansas, graduating from St. Mary's College,
1898; entered Kansas State Normal School,
Emporia, from which graduated, 1900; mar
ried, Ottawa, Kan., Dec. 20, 1905, Katherine
M. Dobson; one child: George L., Jr. Began
business career as field manager Mutual Life
Insurance Co., at Topeka, Kan., July 27, 1903,
and continued until Dec. 1, 1905; then became
general manager Union Central Life Insur
ance Co., at Kansas City, Mo.; resigned, Feb.
15, 1911, to become manager Columbian Na
tional Life Insurance Co., St. Louis. Member
Life Underwriters' Association, Business
Men's League, Civic League. Republican.
Catholic. Member Knights of Columbus, B. P.
O. Elks. Club: St. Louis. Recreations: golf
and tennis. Offiee: 606-607 La Salle Bldg. Resi
dence: 5553 Waterman Ave.
DYER, H. Chouteau, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Aug. 9, 1872; son of John N. and
Corinne (Chouteau) Dyer; graduated from
Smith Academy, St. Louis, 1889; Harvard Col
lege, A.B., 1894; Harvard Law School, LL.B.,
1896; married, Cambridge, Mass., June 15,
1897, Ethel M. Raymond (died, 1910); chil
dren: Grace, John Raymond, Randolph Har
rison, Clarissa L., and Ethel Chouteau. Ad
mitted to bar in 1897, and has since been en
gaged in general practice of law in St. Louis.
Member St. Louis Bar Association. Member
Civic League. First lieutenant and battalion
adjutant First Regiment of Infantry, 1904-
06; captain, 1906-09; major, 1909-11, National
Guard of Missouri. Democrat. Episcopalian.
Clubs: Racquet, City, Sunset Hill Country.
Office: 1718, 506 Olive St. Residence: 29
Lenox PL
DYER, Horace Levi, lawyer; born, Louisi
ana, Mo., Feb. 24, 1873; son of David Patter
son and Elizabeth C. (Hunt) Dyer; educated
in Stoddard School, St. Louis; Clark's Acad
emy; Manual Training School; Smith Acad
emy, graduating in class of 1890; University
of Michigan, LL.B., 1895; married, Bettie
Edgar, June 7, 1899 (died, 1901); 2d, Chicago,!
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Wilcox. Admitted to bar in June, 1895, and
since engaged in practice at St. Louis; assist
ant city attorney, 1899-1902; assistant U. S.
attorney for the Eastern District of Mis
souri, 1902-07. Member Sigma Chi fraternity.
Episcopalian. Republican. Favorite recrea
tions: baseball, football and sailing. Office:
705 Olive St. Residence: 4475 Berlin Ave.
DYER, Leonidas Carstarphen, congressman;
born in Warren Co., Mo., June 11, 1871; son
of James Coleman and Martha E. (Camp)
Dyer; educated at Central Wesleyan College,
Warrenton, Mo., and Law Department of
Washington University, St. Louis; married,
Apr. 10, 1898, Clara Hyer, of Warrensburg,
Mo.; two children: Martha, Cathrine. Ad
mitted to bar, 1893, and since in practice at
St. Louis. Assistant circuit attorney, St. Louis,
1909-10; member Sixty-second Congress (1911-
1913), Twelfth Missouri District; Republican.
Member Business Men's League. Served as
private throughout Spanish- American War, in
Santiago campaign; on staff of Governor Had
ley, Missouri, with rank of colonel. Member
Christian (Disciples) Church. Mason; member
Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen, Royal Arca
num, Eagles, Owls. Club: Million Population.
Office: 315 Chemical Bldg. Residence: 3031
St. Vincent Ave.
DYSART, Thomas N., investment banking;
born in Randolph Co., Mo., Sept. 2, 1880; son
of Dr. William P. and Mary.S. (Collins) Dy-
sart; educated in public and high schools of
Moberly, Mo., to 1896; matriculated in Uni
versity of Missouri, 1899; entered St. Louis
Law School, from which was graduated with
degree of LL.B., 1903; married, Macon, Mo.,
May 24, 1905, Jessie M. Patton. Admitted to
Missouri bar, 1903; began practice at Macon,
Mo.; became attorney for William R. Comp
ton Co., investment bankers, 1904; removed
to St. Louis with the company, March, 1908,
and served as vice president and general coun
sel, devoting entire time to legal department
of company's business. Police judge, Macon,
1904-05. Episcopalian. Member St. Louis Bar
Association, St. Louis Alumni Association of
University of Missouri, and St. Louis Alumni
Association of Washington University. Ma
son, Knight Templar; member Sigma Nu and
Phi Delta Phi college fraternities. Clubs:
Noonday, City, Bellerive Country. Favorite
recreations: hunting, golf. Office: 206 Mer
chants-Laclede Bldg. Residence: 5642 Kings
bury Boul. E
EAMES, William S., architect; born, Clin
ton, Mich., Aug. 4, 1857; son of William H.
and Laura Maria (Scofield) Eames; A.B.,
Washington University; post-graduate work,
iscole des Beaux Arts, Paris, and private
study in Rome; unmarried. Engaged in prac
tice as architect at St. Louis since 1882; dep

uty commissioner public buildings, St. Louis,
1881-83; member board of appeals, Building
Department, St. Louis; U. S. representative
International Congress, Madrid, Spain, 1904;
life member American Academy at Rome;
member National Society for Civic Improve
ment of Municipalities. Member American In
stitute of Architects (director fifteen years;
president 1904-05), Architectural League, New
York, International Society of State and
Municipal Building Commissioners. Episco
palian. Republican. Clubs: St.^ Louis, Algon
quin, Country (St. Louis), Cosmos (Washing
ton). Recreation: angling. Office: Wright
Bldg. Residence: 318 N. Newstead Ave.
EARLY, Marion C, lawyer; born in Polk
Co., Mo., Oct. 18, 1866; son of George G. and
Mary A. Early; educated at Southwest Bap
tist College, Bolivar, Mo., 1884-85; Drury
College, Springfield, Mo., 1886-1890; LL.B.,
Law Department, Washington University, St.
Louis, 1894; unmarried. Admitted to bar on
June 18, 1894, and since engaged in practice
in St. Louis; instructor Washington Univer
sity Law Department. Member American and
St. Louis Bar associations. Editor Bishop on
Statutory Crimes (third edition), 1901; Bishop
on Contracts . (second edition), 1906; Early's
Edition Thompson on Trials, 1912; also au
thor "Assignments for Benefit of Creditors,"
in Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure, 1903,
Club: Mercantile. Office: Wainwright Bldg..
Residence: 809 N. Grand Ave.
EATON, Charles Dean, resident manager
Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Co.;
born, St. Louis, Oct. 31, 1873; son of Alfred
N. and Emma (Dean) Eaton; educated in
Manual Training School and Washington Uni
versity to 1891; married, St. Louis, July 6,
1901, Mary A. Cunningham; children: Mary
Dean and Charles D., Jr. Began business ca
reer in 1891 as clerk with the American Cen
tral Insurance Co., until 1897, when was ap
pointed to present position as resident man
ager for the Springfield Fire and Marine In
surance Co., of Springfield, Mass.; also local
representative for other companies. Secre
tary St. Louis Fire Prevention Bureau, St.
Louis Underwriters' Salvage Corps. Member
Merchants' Exchange. Republican. Baptist.
Club: Automobile. Favorite recreation: auto-
mobiling. Office: Pierce Bldg. Residence:
Buckingham Hotel.
EBERSON, Alexander Abraham, paint
manufacturer; 1867-1912; see Vol. 1906.
EBERT, Henry, secretary and treasurer
West End Leader (dry goods); born, Trenton,
Tenn., May 21, 1872; son of Julius and Ida
(Cohn) Ebert; educated Peabody High School,
Trenton; married, St. Louis, July 21, 1893,
Violet Bonito, of New Orleans; one daughter:
Ida Louise. Assisted in organizing firm of
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September, 1892; after five years firm was
succeeded by Ebert & Freed (Henry Ebert
and Henry Freed), which still continues.
, v Member West End Business Men 's Associa
tion. Jewish religion. Member B'nai B'rith.
Office: 4505-4509 Easton Ave. Residence:
4728A Cook Ave.
EBLING, Frederick Jacob, manager St.
Louis Bakers' Compressed Yeast Co.; born,
Nierstein, Germany, May 28, 1860; son of
Frederick J. and Barbara Ebling; educated in
public and private schools; married, St. Louis,
1880, Elizabeth Snyder (died, 1902); 2d, St.
Louis, Dee. 16, 1903, Elizabeth Seifard; one
son: Clifford Albert, by first marriage and by
second marriage three children: Frieda, Fred
J., William Henry. Served three years' ap
prenticeship in cigar manufacturing business;
then became city salesman for the Fermentan
Compressed Yeast Co., for 9% years; assisted
in organizing the St. Louis Bakers' Com
pressed Yeast Co., 1891, of which has since
been general manager. Protestant. Mason,
Shriner. Office: 1310 S. 18th St. Residence:
3423 Hartford St.
ECKER, Herbert Elhanan, cashier Scruggs,
Vandervoort & Barney Bank; born near New
Windsor, Carroll Co., Md., Mar. 25, 1878; son
of Solomon S. and Hettie Ann (Poole) Ecker;
educated in Park Hall (public school), Carroll
Co.; attended New Windsor College, New
Windsor, Md., for four years, but on account
of illness did not take final examination for
degree of A.B. ; graduated Baltimore Business
College, March, 1900; unmarried. Began act
ive career as shipping clerk for Young &
Selden, printers and stationers, Baltimore,
continuing with the firm about six months;
then entry clerk for Minch & Eisenbrey, fur
niture, carpets and draperies, for six months;
came to St. Louis in the fall of 1901 as store
keeper for Nelson Morris & Co., from which
position was promoted to auditor of the East
St. Louis plant; left East St. Louis about Sep
tember, 1905, and next engaged with C. O.
Burns & Co., of New lork, being sent to In
dianapolis to start a bank for H. P. Wasson
& Co.; returned to St. Louis by request and
was appointed cashier of Scruggs, Vander
voort & Barney Bank, a position he has held
since September, 1908; also associated in cred
it department of the Scruggs, Vandervoort &
Barney department store since 1911. Member
Civic League and Vandervoort Bowling
League. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs:
Bankers ', Missouri Athletic, Amateur Athletic
Association. Recreations: golf, tennis, fish
ing, bowling and athletics. Office: 10th, Olive
and Locust Sts. Residence: 4040 Olive St.
ECKHARDT, Gerhard, retail jeweler; born,
St. Louis, July 13, 1851; son of Jacob and
Elizabeth (Rueppel) Eckhardt; educated in
public schools; married, St. Louis, Sept. 29,
1894, Emma Roenheld; children: William, Ger

hard, Walter, Theodore. Began to learn the
trade of watchmaker with William Loeffel in
1873, and continued as journeyman until 1878;
then established for self as jeweler and dealer
in diamonds, watches, clocks and jewelry,
making a specialty of the repairing of fine
and complicated watches. Member Lieder
kranz. Office: 801 Locust St. Residence: 2927
Eads Ave.
ECKHOFF, Clemens, furniture manufac
turer; born in Oldenburg, Germany, May 4,
1855; son of Frederick and Mary Elizabeth
(Lamping) Eckhoff; educated in private
schools in Germany and night schools in St.
Louis; married, Washington, Mo., 1878, Mary
Schroeder; children: Frederick F., Elizabeth
(Mrs. F. C. Meyers), Frank A., Henry J.,
John J., Joseph C, Anna (Mrs. Herman Mos-
berger), Albert, Dora, Edward. Learned trade
of cabinet maker in Germany; came to United
States, 1871, and worked at trade for Joseph
¦ Peters, St. Louis, until 1879; started for self
in firm of Hanpeter & Eckhoff, in which con
tinued until Sept. 28, 1893, when organized
the Eckhoff Furniture Co., of which is presi
dent. Member Furniture Board of Trade. Ro
man Catholic. Office: 21st and Branch Sts.
Residence: 3219 Sullivan Ave.
EDDINS, Edward R., real estate and con
struction; born, Pleasant Hill, 111., Nov. 17,
1866; son of Thomas O. and Elizabeth (Fer
guson) Eddins; educated Stockland (district)
School, Pleasant Hill, 111., 1873-81; student
Southwestern Business College, 810 Olive St.,
St. Louis, 1903 and 1904; married, Pleasant
Hill, 111., Jan. 29, 1889, Ida May Moore. En
gaged in farming until 1887; mechanical engi
neer and electrician, 1887-1905; in real estate
and loan business since March, 1906; presi
dent Hyperion Realty and Construction Co.
Member St. Louis Real Estate Exchange.
Republican in national affairs but non-partisan
in local affairs. Baptist. Mason; member
Woodmen of the World, The Protected Home
Circle. Clubs: Aero of St. Louis, Masonic.
Recreation: motoring. Office: Chemical Bldg.
Residence: 4550 McMillan Ave.
EDDY, Arthur Angelo, manufacturer of
grocers' sundries; bora, Auburn, Mass., Mar.
20, 1851; son of Levi and Eliza N. Eddy; edu
cated in public schools of Auburn and Bos
ton; married, Southwiek, Mass., 1879, Emma
C. Sackett; children: Ernest A., Marjorie E.
Began business career in grocery establish
ment at Worcester, Mass., where remained
five years; came to St. Louis in 1879, and
joined in establishing firm of Eddy & Eddy,
manufacturers of grocers ' sundries, which was1
• incorporated in May, 1905, as Eddy & Eddy
Manufacturing Co., of which is president.
Member Manufacturers' Association, Inter-
State Merchants' Association, Business Men's
League, Civic League. Republican. Member,
trustee and deacon Washington-Compton Ave.

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Presbyterian Church. Club: Mercantile. Rec
reations: traveling and fishing. Office: Main
and Market Sts. Residence: 5158 Washington
Avenue. *
EDGAR, Selwyn Clay, zinc manufacturer;
born, Collinsville, 111., July 20, 1851; son of
Timothy Bloomfield and Mary (Boyce) Edgar;
educated in public schools of St. Louis to
1864; Wilcox Academy, Stamford, Conn.,
1864-65; Washington University, St. Louis,
1866-69; married, St. Louis, January, 1872,
Kate, daughter of William M. Price; chil
dren: Allen B., Selwyn C, Elizabeth (married
Horace L. Dyer), latter now deceased; mar
ried, 2d, St. Louis, 1887, Kate, daughter of
Elwin Whedon; married, 3d, 1903, Kathryne,
daughter of Col. R. S. Shotwell and grand
daughter of ex-Gov. O'Neill of Alabama. Be
gan as clerk in National Loan Bank and
afterwards teller same for two years; bank
changed to Continental and later to Conti
nental National Bank; gave up position to
become secretary of the Glendale Zinc Co.,
1873, and when the company was succeeded,
1898, by Edgar Zinc Co., became president of
latter concern. Republican. Clubs: St. Louis,
Noonday, Racquet, Glen Echo. Office: Secur
ity Bldg. Residence: 4379 Lindell Boul.
EDINGER, William Michael, secretary and
treasurer J. V. Feldmann Dry Goods Co.;
born, Kimmswick, Mo., May 13, 1881; son of
Philip and Theresa (Resch) Edinger; edu
cated in Seckman's (district) School; mar
ried, St. Louis, Oct. 30, 1907, Anna Pardick,
of Leslie, Franklin Co., Mo.; two sons: Clif
ford and William, Jr. Came to St. Louis and
started as a clerk for J. V. Feldmann Dry
Goods Co., December, 1901; in October, 1904,
purchased interest that had been owned by
J". V. Feldmann, who died August, 1904; since
then secretary and treasurer J. V. Feldmann
Dry Goods Co., dealers in dry goods, notions,
and ladies' and gentlemen's furnishings. Re
publican. Member Evangelical Church. Mem
ber South Broadway Merchants' and Manu
facturers' Association, Modern Woodmen of
America, Woodmen of the World. Club:
Western Rowing. Recreations: all outdoor
sports. Office: 1806 S. Broadway. Residence:
2512 S. 12th St.
EDMUNDS, Sterling Edwin, lawyer; born,
St. Louis, June 5, 1880; son of Sterling Ed
win and Mollie (Garnhart) Edmunds; edu
cated in public schools, Louisville, Ky., to
1896; studied law at Benton College of Law,
St. Louis; married, St. Louis, May 26, 1906,
Eugenia Howard; one child, Eugenie. Began
newspaper career as reporter St. Louis Post-
Dispatch, 1897, and continued until 1898;
then with The St. Louis Chronicle to 1905,
city editor 1899-1901, managing editor 1901-
03, and editor-in-chief, 1903-05. Admitted to
bar, 1906, since engaged in general practice.

Member faculty St. Louis University Insti
tute of Law, holding chair of International
Law. Member St. Louis Bar Association.
Candidate for Congress, 12th Missouri Dis
trict, 1908; also candidate for Missouri Legis
lature, 1910. Democrat. Presbyterian. Clubs:
City, St. Louis Country, Bellerive Country.
Recreation: golf. Office: 820 Rialto Bldg.
Residence: 11 Lenox PI.
EDWARDS, Albert N, president Common
wealth Trust Co.; born, Kirkwood, Mo., Feb.
24, 1867; son of Albert G. and Mary E.
(Jenckes) Edwards; LL.B., Washington Uni
versity, 1888; married, at Kirkwood, 1897, Sue
H. Leffingwell; children: Mary K., Sue L. En
gaged in practice of . law, 1888-1903; discon
tinued practice of law to take position as
vice president of the Commonwealth Trust
Co., becoming president in 1908. Also director
A. G. Edwards & Sons Brokerage Co., Bank
of Kirkwood, Mo. Was mayor of Kirkwood,
1892-96. Member Business Men's League.
Presbyterian. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Mis
souri Athletic, Glen Echo, Bankers', City.
Office: Commonwealth Trust Co. Residence:
Kirkwood, Mo.
EDWARDS, Benjamin Franklin, banker;
born, St. Louis, Dec. 31, 1859; son of Albert
Gallatin and Mary Ewing (Jenekes) Ed
wards; graduated from Kirkwood (Mo.) High
School, 1875; married, St. Louis, Mar. 14,
1888, Isabel Woods; children: Benjamin Frank
lin and Archibald (both now deceased), and
Albert Gallatin; married, 2d, Jan. 8, 1901,
Flora G. Woods; children: Mary Rebecca,
Presley William and Nancy. .Went to work
for the St. Louis National Bank on sixteenth
birthday anniversary, Dee. 31, 1875; entered
employ of Bank of Commerce as assistant cor
respondent clerk, January, 1880. With father,
who for over twenty years had been U. S.
assistant treasurer at St. Louis, entered the
stock and bond brokerage business, under
the firm name of A. G. Edwards & Son, in
April, 1887, which firm was incorporated,
1894, as the A. G. Edwards & Sons Brokerage
Co., in which is still a director. Elected assist
ant cashier of The National Bank of Com
merce in St. Louis, in January, 1892, cashier
in January, 1899, vice president and director
in January, 1904, and president in September,
1908, in which position continues. Republican.
Presbyterian. Member Business Men 's League,
Civic League. Member Bank Clerk's Associa
tion. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Glen Echo,
Mercantile, Country, Bankers' (president),
Amateur Athletic Association. Recreation:
golf. Office: National Bank of Commerce.
Residence: 10 Kingsbury PI.
EDWARDS, George L., president A. G. Ed
wards & Sons Brokerage Co.; born, Kirkwood,
Mo., Sept. 7, 1869; son Albert Gallatin and
Mary Ewing (Jenckes) Edwards; educated in
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Kirkwood, 1892, Florence N. Evans; children:
George L., Jr., and May E. Began business
career in 1885 with the firm of Francis Whit-
taker & Son; became employe of the old
Laclede Bank, and later of the. Mechanics'
Bank, until 1891, when became a member of
the firm of' A. G. Edwards & Sons, bankers
and brokers; upon its incorporation, 1892,
with a capital of $50,000, assumed position as
president of the_A. G. Edwards & Sons Brok
erage Co., which now has a capital of $1,000,-
000 and a branch office in New York. Also
president of the Bank of Kirkwood, Mo.;
formerly director St. Louis Transit Co., Unit
ed Railway Co. Member St. Louis Stock Ex
change (ex-president). Was director Louisi
ana Purchase Exposition, and chairman of its
committee on concessions. Member board of
aldermen of Kirkwood, Mo. Offiee: 410-412
Pine St. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
EDWARDS, John Blair, lawyer; born, Up
per Alton, 111., Nov. 26, 1875; son of Elias
Loomis and Lucy (Blair) Edwards; graduat
ed from Brown University, Providence, R. I.,
Ph.B., 1896, and from Law Department of
Washington University, LL.B., 1898; married,
Alton, 111., June 20, 1900, Salome Hatheway;
one daughter: Louise Hatheway. Admitted to
bar, July 1, 1898, and engaged in practice of
law; member firm of Abbott & Edwards. Re
publican. Baptist. Member Royal Arcanum.
Member Law Library Association. Club : City.
Favorite recreation: golf. Office: 1117-1123
New Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence:
5870 Clemens Ave.
EDWARDS, Nelson Green, first vice presi
dent and secretary J. Kennard & Sons Carpet
Co.; born, Alton, 111., May 17, 1850; son of
Nelson G. and Harriet Josephine (Cooper) Ed
wards; educated in public schools; Shurtleff
College, Upper Alton, 111.; Lake Forest (111.)
Academy; ' Washington University, St. Louis;
Albany (N. Y.) Law School, LL.B., 1872;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 18, 1883, Emma Nel
son Carter; children: Murray French, Con
stance Carter, Rebecca Carter, Harriet Jo
sephine. Engaged in practice of law, 1872-78;
clerk and pilot on Missouri River, 1878-79;
since Mar. 17, 1880, consecutively, bill clerk,
credit man, secretary, director and first vice
president J. Kennard & Sons Carpet Co.,
wholesale and retail floor coverings, curtain
hangings, gas and electric fixtures. Also sec
retary and director of the Kennard Building
Co. Independent in polities. Episcopalian.
Served as corporal, sergeant, first lieutenant,
Police Reserve Regiment, St. Louis, 1877-84;
captain Third Regiment, National Guard of
Missouri, 1884-90; captain, 1890, major, 1892,
lieutenant-colonel since 1904, First Regiment,
National Guard of Missouri. Clubs: Missouri
Athletic, City. Diversion: military affairs.
Office: 509 N. 4th St. Residence: Kirkwood,
Missouri.

*EGGERS, Henry Bernard; moved to North
Dakota; see Vol. 1906.
*EGGERS, Henry Bernard, Jr.; moved to
North Dakota; see Vol. 1906.
EGGERS, Theodore 0., lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Jan. 11, 1872; son of Henry C. and
Doretta (Ulrich) Eggers, both natives of Ger
many; educated in public and private schools
of St. Louis; matriculated in Law Department,
Washington University, 1891; admitted to
bar, 1893; married, St. Louis, Nov. 9, 1904,
Adelaide Koenig; children: Lisette and Ade
laide. Served as assistant in office of Joseph
A. Robertson, general solicitor Monterey &
Mexican Gulf Railway Co., 1887-1893; began
practice on own account, 1893; assistant city
attorney under Henry A. Clover, Jr., 1894-96;
elected circuit attorney, 1896, and served,
1897-1901; in private practice since 1901,
making specialty of corporation law. During
his term as circuit attorney he successfully
prosecuted several noted cases, among them
the Thomasehuetz, Callaway and Bamberger
cases. Secretary and counsel Missouri Press
Brick Improvement Co. President South Side
Improvement Association. Republican. Prot
estant. Scottish Rite Mason (32°); member
Woodmen of the World. Club: Western Row
ing. Recreations: rowing and motoring. Of
fice: 618 Rialto Bldg. Residence: 3442 Hum
phrey St.
EGGERT, G. F. W. Ernst, optician; born,
Rathenow, Prussia, June 21, 1867; son of God-
fred William and Frederica (Bernau) Eggert;
educated in public schools in Germany; mar
ried, St. Louis, Sept. 11, 1897, Antonia W.
Reichelt. Began as apprentice in optical busi
ness, manufacturing gold frames, in Germany,
1881; entered an optical retail store, 1885,
and worked in this line as clerk until 1893;
came to United States, 1893, and was em
ployed at Chicago; took position in St. Louis
with A. P. Erker Bros. Optical Co., 1894, and
with A. S. Aloe, 1895;. entered business on
own account, 1896, under firm name of Elgas,
Eggert & Thursby; bought out Thursby in
1897, Elgas in 1899, and in 1899, with G. D.
Fisher, established firm of Eggert & Fisher,
opticians; sold out, Feb. 4, 1911; in business
for self since Mar. 1, 1911. Independent in
politics. Member Evangelical Church. Mem
ber Royal Arcanum, Columbian Knights. Rec
reations: farming and fishing. Office: 518 Lo
cust St. Residence: 3647A Connecticut Ave.
*EGGLESTON, James, president Pacific
Express Co.; moved to New York; see Vol.
1906. EHLERMANN, Charles, retired; bora,
Rotenburg, Hanover, Germany, Jan. 22, 1846;
son of Henry and Mina (Wattenberg) Ehler-
mann; educated by private tutor; married,
St. Louis, Sept. 12, 1872, Chrissie Gebbers;
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City), Marguerite (wife of Dr. William D.
Gundelach), Carl, Jr. (lawyer in New York
City). Began business career, 1860, as clerk
for Wattenberg, Busch & Co., malt and hops,
remaining until 1868; then junior partner in
firm of Charles Rueppele & Co., malt and
hops, until 1877, when purchased the entire
business, conducting it as Charles Ehlermann
& Co.; incorporated the business, 1886, under
style of Charles Ehlermann Hop and Malt Cj.,
dealers in hops, malt, etc., of which was presi
dent and treasurer until October, 1911, when
sold his interests and retired; director South
Side Bank. Member Business Men's League
and Merchants' Exchange. Clubs: St. Louis,
Liederkranz, Glen Echo Country. Recreation:
traveling abroad. Residence: 4937 Forest
Park Boul.
EHRENFEST, Hugo, physician; born, Vi
enna, Austria, Mar. 13, 1870; educated in pub
lic school and Latin school, Vienna; graduated
from Medical Department of the Imperial
University of Vienna, after six years' course,
M.D., 1894; and after six years of post-grad
uate work in several European hospitals, ar
rived in United States in 1900; married, St.
Louis, Jan. 14, 1904, Sophy Schwab; children:
Ellen S., Paul, Hugo, Jr. Since May, 1900, in
practice of medicine in St. Louis; professor
of obstetrics and gynecology, Medical Depart
ment of St. Louis University; gynecologist to
City Hospital, Jewish Hospital Dispensary,
etc.; physieian-in-chief St. Louis Obstetric
Dispensary. Member American Medical Asso
ciation, Missouri State Medical Association,
St. Louis Medical Society; fellow American
Gynecological Society, etc. Emeritus assistant
surgeon Austro-Hungarian Army. Recreations:
music, photography. Office: Metropolitan Bldg.
Residence: 4333 McPherson Ave.
EHRHARDT, Julius George, M.D., oculist
and aurist; born, Beardstown, 111., Oct. 21,
1849; son of Dr. Frederick and Caroline Ehr-
hardt; educated in public schools and by pri
vate tutors; graduated St. Louis Medical Col
lege, March, 1869; studied in Germany, at uni
versities of Gottingen and Berlin, two years,
and one year at Vienna, studying ophthalmol
ogy and otology; married Fannie Eggers, of
St. Louis. Practiced in Beardstown, 1872-75;
since in St. Louis, specializing in diseases of
eye and ear. Member Tenth International
Medical Congress, Berlin, 1890, International
Ophthalmological Congress, Edinburgh, 1894.
Recreation: literature. Address: 928 N. Grand
Avenue. EHRLER, Walter A., chief deputy recorder
of deeds; born, St. Louis, June 11, 1871; son
of Frederick W. and Jonannah (Woerheide)
Ehrler; educated Webster (grammar) School,
and in business college, St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, Apr. 21, 1896, Emily Oetgen; one
daughter: Lucille, thirteen years of age. Be
gan active career with Woerheide & Garrell,

land title investigators, 1890; later became
connected with the Lincoln Trust Co., which
merged with the Title Guaranty Trust Co.;
severed connection with trust company, 1902,
and was one of the organizers of the Real Es
tate Title Co., of which served as secretary
and treasurer until it was merged with the
Lincoln Trust and Title Co., later the Title
Guaranty Trust Co.; appointed trustee Mul
lanphy Emigrant Relief Fund, but resigned
Jan. 1, 1907, since which time has served as
chief deputy recorder of deeds; director
Seminole Chemical Co., North Grand Avenue
Realty and Investment Co., Hamilton Amuse
ment Co., Texas Sugar Land Co., Ehler Dray-
age Co. Republican. Protestant. Member
Fathers' Club of Columbia School. Scottish
Rite Mason (Blue Lodge, Chapter, Command
ery and Shrine). Recreations: travel, outdoor
athletic sports. Office: 126 City Hall. Resi
dence: 3207 Sullivan Ave.
EIBLER, Edward G., insurance; see Vol.
1906. EICKS, William Frederick, furniture and
carpets; born, St. Louis, Sept. 13, 1862; son
of Herman and Maria (Helle) Eicks; edu
cated in public schools of St. Louis and Jones
Commercial College; married, St. Louis, Oct.
22, 1890, Katherine Meyer; children: Algier
J., Nelia R., Billy, Jr. Began as clerk for
Sligo Iron Store Co., 1880; on the road as
traveling salesman, 1886-93, when resigned to
take position as secretary of the Union House
Furnishing Co.; secretary J. H. Buettner Fur
niture and Carpet Co. since 1910. Republican.
Evangelical Lutheran. Favorite recreations:
hunting and fishing. Offiee: 7th and Washing
ton Sts. Residence: 2815 N. Taylor Ave.
EIDSON, William Rackliff ; see Vol. 1906.
EILERMANN, Frank Jacob, president
Eilermann Transfer Co.; born, St. Louis, Sept.
16, 1861; son of Frank and Katherina Eiler
mann; educated in public schools to sixteen;
married, St. Louis, 1884, Kate Wessler; six
children : Frederick J., Frank W., Alma, Viola,
Hazel, Clarence. Employed in various offices
until 1880; then became connected with O. K.
Lappen and E. S. Brooks, in hide and leather
business, continuing as buyer and traveling
salesman four years; organized the Eilermann
Transfer Co., 1892, of which has since been
president. Republican. Clubs: North St. Louis
Hunting and Fishing, Prairie Slough Fishing
and Hunting, School House Fishing and Hunt
ing. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Offiee:
118 N. Commercial St. Residence: 1125 Mont
gomery St.
EISEMAN, Adolph, merchant; bora, Steb-
bach, Baden, Germany, Dec. 12, 1869; son of
Emanuel and Matilde (Ottenheimer) Eise-
man; educated Hohere Burgerschule (district
high school), Eppingen, Baden; unmarried.
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ager Riee-Stix Dry Goods Co.; also vice presi
dent Eiseman-Langfelder Dry Goods Co. In
dependent in politics. Jewish religion. Ma
son; member St. Louis Lodge No. 20, A. F.
& A. M. Office: Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co., 10th
to 11th Sts., Washington Ave. Residence:
3834 Russell Ave.
EISEMAN, Benjamin, dry goods merchant;
1863-1910; see Vol. 1906.
EISEMAN, David, dry goods; born, Baden,
Germany, Apr. 10, 1845; son of Joshua W.
and Fannie (Kaufman) Eiseman; educated in
public school; came to United States, 1865;
married, Cincinnati, November, 1883, Aurelia
Stix; children: Florence (Mrs. L. B. Hirsch),
Etta, Helen, David, Jr., Richard, Alice. Be
gan business career at age of fourteen in re
tail dry goods store in Germany; in 1865
became connected as employe with dry goods
firm of Rice, Stix & Co., in Memphis, Tenn.
(established business in 1861), and was ad
mitted as a partner in 1872; firm moved to
St. Louis' and has since been engaged in the
wholesale dry goods business; since firm incor
porated as the Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co., has
been vice president of the company. Also
director Mercantile Trust Co., Mercantile Na
tional Bank. Jewish religion. President Jew
ish Hospital, United Jewish Charities. Clubs:
Mercantile, Columbian, Glen Echo. Recrea
tion: golf. Office: Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co.
Residence: 4387 Westminster PL
EISEMAN, Max, president Eiseman-Lang
felder Dry Goods Co.; born, Germany, May
23, 1864; son of Emanuel and Mathilde (Ot-
tenheimer) Eiseman; educated public schools
of Stebbach, four years, and high school, Ep-
pingen, four years; married, St. Louis, Sept.
26, 1894, Babette Isaacs. Began business ca
reer as stock boy in employ of Riee-Stix Dry
Goods Co., 1883-89; conducted retail dry goods
store for himself at Missouri Valley, la., 1889-
98; with Bry & Bro. Cloak Co., St. Louis,
1898-1908, as traveling salesman covering Cen
tral Illinois; now president Eiseman-Lang
felder Dry Goods Co.; also president Lang-
felder-Eiseman Mercantile Co. Independent
in politics. Jewish religion. Mason. Office:
cor. Biddle and High Sts. Residence: 3648A
Russell Ave.
EISENBERG, John Charles, director Mis
souri Conservatory of Music; bom, Farming-
ton, Mo., May 5, 1865; son of George and
Elizabeth (Gilbert) Eisenberg; educated Cen
tral Wesleyan College, Warrenton, Mo., re
ceiving degree of A.M., 1889; studied at the
Royal Conservatory of Music, Leipzig, Ger
many, for three years; married, St. Louis,
June 19, 1901, Frances Van Tilburg; three
children: Emma Louise, John and Gilbert. Af
ter graduating in classical and musical
courses at Central Wesleyan College, taught
music at Helena, Ark., one year; then became

teacher in Tennessee Female College, Frank
lin, Tenn., continuing for three years; spent
three years in Europe, 1894-97; director of
music, Central Wesleyan College, 1899-1902;
spent two years at Little Rock, Ark., and
Memphis, Tenn.; located in St. Louis, 1904,
and established the Missouri Conservatory of
Music, of which has since been the head. Re
publican. Methodist. Recreations: tennis,
bowling, swimming. Offiee: 1657 S. Jefferson
Ave. Residence: 2635 Russell Ave.
EISENSTADT, Morris, president Eisenstadt
Manufacturing Co.; born, St. Louis, Nov. 22,
1857; son of Michael and Mary (Meyer)
Eisenstadt; A.B., Washington University,
1873; unmarried. Began business career, 1873,
as office clerk with Eisenstadt Manufacturing
Co.; has continued with same company ever
since and has served as president since 1905.
Republican. Jewish religion. Member Wash
ington University Association. Mason, Shriner;
member B. P. O. Elks. Clubs: Mercantile,
City, Sunset Hill Country, Elks, Aero, Auto
mobile. Recreation: automobiling. Offiee: Olive
and 12th Sts. Residence: 4950 Lindell Boul.
ELBRECHT, Oscar Herman, surgeon; born,
St. Louis, 1877; son of G. Henry and Emma
(Horche) Elbrecht; educated in St. Louis pub
lic schools; Smith Academy; Ph.G. 1896, Ph.B.
1897, St. Louis College of Pharmacy; Med
ical Department Washington University,
1901; unmarried. Resident physician O 'Fal
lon Dispensary, 1901-02; senior physician Out
Clinic Medical Department, Washington Uni
versity, 1902-03; surgeon-in-chief St. Louis
Female Hospital, 1903-10; consulting surgeon
Bethesda Hospital; chief of staff St. Louis
Maternity Hospital. Fellow American Asso
ciation of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,
Southern Surgical and Gynecological Society;
member St. Louis Obstetrical and Gynecolog
ical Society, St. Louis Medical Society, Missis
sippi Valley Medical Association, Missouri
State Medical Association, American Med
ical Association, etc. Office: Metropolitan
Bldg. Residence: 3542 Washington Ave.
ELDER, Conway, lawyer; born, Perryville,
Mo., Dec. 8, 1880; son of William Vincent
and Josephine Margaret (Stark) Elder; edu
cated Shepard (public) School, St. Louis High
School (now Central High School); LL.B.,
law department, Washington University, 1905;
unmarried. With Lincoln Trust Co., 1897-
1904; assistant trust officer Missouri-Lincoln
Trust Co., 1904-06; attorney and trust of
ficer of Lincoln Trust and Title Co., 1906-08;
since in general practice of law. Director,
vice president and counsel West St. Louis
Trust Co.; director Maurer-Remley Meat and
Grocery Co., Plantation Equipment Co., Ham
ilton Amusement Co. Republican. Catholic.
Member Bar Association of St. Louis,, Royal
Arcanum, Civic League of St. Louis, West
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Louis Railway. Recreation: fishing. Office:
824 New Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence:
1209 Walton Ave.
ELDER, Herbert, president Duplex Adding
Machine Co.; born, Trenton, Tenn.; son of
Henry L. and Harriet N. (Houston) Elder;
educated at Trenton, in Peabody High School,
to 1880; unmarried. Removed to St. Louis,
1883; engaged with Houston, West & Co.,
wholesale grocers, twenty-five years, secretary
of company, 1887-1907; since president and
.general manager Duplex Adding Machine Co.
Elected director St. Louis Unit Construction
Co., 1909; secretary Temco Manufacturing
Co., 1908; president Island Realty and Invest
ment Co., 1910. Protestant. Club: Missouri
Athletic. Recreations: hunting, fishing and
motoring. Office: 1900 Morgan St. Residence:
4117 MePherson Ave.
ELIOT, Edward Cranch, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, July 3, 1858; son William G. (D.D.)
and Abby Adams (Cranch) Eliot; brother of
Thomas Lamb Eliot; A.B., Washington Uni
versity, 1878, A.M., 1881; LL.B., St. Louis
Law School, 1880; married, Mary A. Munroe,
of Boston, Nov. 1, 1883 (died October, 1911);
children: Edward M., Frank M., Alice, Wil
liam O, John G. Admitted to bar, 1880; mem
ber law firm of Eliot, Chaplin, Blayney & Be
dal. Lecturer on international law, St. Louis
Law School; trustee Missouri Botanical Gar
den since 1903. Member St. Louis Board of
Education, 1897-1903 (president, 1898-99) ; del
egate Universal Congress Lawyers and Jurists,
St. Louis, 1904. Member American Bar As
sociation, American Society of International
Law; president Civic League, 1903-04, New
England Society, 1907. President Soldiers ' Or
phans ' Home. Unitarian. Clubs: Round Table,
Noonday, Bellerive Country. Office: Third
National Bank Bldg. Residence: 5468 Maple
Avenue. ELKAS, Isaac; born, Leota, Miss., May 6,
1881; son of Louis and Kitty (Schradiska)
Elkas; educated public schools; Canton (111.)
High School, University of Illinois (student
engineering department three years) ; married,
St. Louis, Dec, 1903, Becky Mayer; children:
Dorothea and Katherine. Began active career
as manager of interests owned by father in
Mississippi, continuing for three years; then
returned to St. Louis and organized the St.
Louis Electric and Machine Co.; manager
Sprague Electric Works since 1909. Democrat.
Office: 1426, 721 Olive St. Residence: 4315
Lindell Boul.
ELLERBE, Christopher P., lawyer; born,
St. Louis Co., Dec. 15, 1878; son of Christo
pher P. and Mary Virginia (Wash) Ellerbe;
A.B., Yale, 1900; LL.B., Washington Uni
versity Law Department, 1902; unmarried.
Law clerk for Waddell, Ellerbe & Hereford,
1901 ; junior member Ellerbe & Ellerbe (father
and son), 1902-08; member Ellerbe & Brokaw

since 1908; firm in general practice but rep
resents several eastern casualty and liability
life and fire insurance companies, and special
izes in insurance and corporation law. Cattle
ranching in Arizona, 1904-08, but retained
law connection in St. Louis; special attorney
for Adams-Phillips & Co., bankers and under
writers, Los Angeles, Cal., 1906; still holds
ranch interests near Tombstone. Democrat.
Episcopalian. Member Alpha Delta Phi (Yale),
Phi Delta Phi law fraternity; also member
Mysterious Order of Broncho Busters, Tuc-
sqn, Ariz. Club: City. Recreations: reading
and ranching. Office: 610-614 Times Bldg.
Residence: St. Louis Co.
ELLERBRAKE, William Fred, president St.
Louis Wholesale Furniture Co.; born, St. Louis,
Nov. 30, 1863; son of Adolph A. and Mary
(Ahrensman) Ellerbrake; educated in public
schools (Webster School) to thirteen; married,
St. Louis, May 4, 1887, Kate, daughter of
William Niehaus (for twenty-five years a
police officer) ; five children: Walter, Arnim,
Raymond, William, Jr., Gladys. Began active
career in employ of Heller & Hoffmann, sand
papering chairs at factory; later in furniture
store; took business course in Thomas A,
Rice's Business College, at eighteen, and at
nineteen became shipping clerk in furniture
store; bill clerk at age of twenty -four, with
Conrades Chair Co., and at thirty, stockholder
in Heller-Hoffmann Chair Co., being advanced
to general manager of the company six years
later; in 1902, the business was sold to a
syndicate; then became furniture dealer and
manufacturers' agent; was president Eller-
brake-Slocum Furniture Co., 1909-September,
1911, when the business was sold to B. A.
Linde Carpet Co.; organizer and president
St. Louis Wholesale Furniture Co. Member
Interstate Merchants' Association, Salesman-
agers' Association. Republican. Protestant,
Recreation: baseball. Office: 1120 Washington
Ave. Residence: 2267 Clarence Ave.
ELLIOT, Henry, manufacturer of railway
supplies; born, Cincinnati, June 28, 1854; son
of George and Agnes (Charters) Elliot; edu
cated in public and high schools, Cincinnati,
and commercial college, St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, Dec. 8, 1881, Emma C. Baker; chil
dren: Mrs. Elizbaeth E. Mallinckrodt and
Georgia. President Elliot Frog and Switch
Co. Protestant. Mason. Clubs: St. Louis, St,
i Louis Country, Bellerive, Racquet. Office:
East St. Louis, HI. Residence: 11 Kingsbury
Place. ELLIOT, William H., manager Elliot Frog
& Switch Co.; born, Nashville, Tenn., Dec.
15, 1864; son of Henry and Mary (Hazeltine)
Elliot; educated at Clinton (public) School,
St. Louis, until 1879; Kemper School, Boon
ville, Mo., 1879-1882, graduating, 1882; mar
ried, St. Louis, Nov. 20, 1889, Blanche Wil-
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15, 1882, connected with the Elliot Frog &
Switch Co., manufacturers of railway frogs,
crossings, switches and switch stands, of
which is now manager. Member St. Louis
Engineers' Club. Independent in politics.
Member Christian (Disciples) Church. Clubs:
Mercantile, Missouri Athletic, Bellerive Coun
try. Office: East St. Louis, 111. Residence:
5023 Westminster PL
ELLIOTT, Bruce Southerland, patent law;
born, Washington, D. C, Oct. 24, 186S; son of
Benjamin S. and Letitia E. (McCausland)
Elliott; educated in public schools and Wash
ington High School, graduating, 1888; LL.M.,
National University Law School, 1891; mar
ried, Washington, D. C, Mar. 15, 1893, Mary
Alice Sandidge, of Marshall, Mo. Started as
clerk in patent law office of Douglas Dyren-
forth, Washington, D. O, 1888; took charge of
offiee as representative of Dyrenforth & Dy-
renforth, Chicago, 1891; with James L. Nor-
ris, patent attorney, Washington, D. O, 1897-
1906; removed to St. Louis to practice patent
law, May, 1906; counsel for Alsop Process Co.
in patent litigation, also in suits arising under
state and national food laws in relation to
flour-bleaching process. Democrat. Presby
terian. Member Business Men's League. Club:
Missouri Athletic. Recreations: reading, music
and outdoor diversion. Office: 806-807 New
Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 5560
Cates 'Ave.
ELLIOTT, Fred Alson, heating engineer;
born, Woodhull, 111., Apr. 7, 1870; son of
Lewis J. and Mary E. (Simmons) Elliott; edu
cated in Kewanee (111.) public schools; mar
ried, Kewanee, June 23, 1896, Daisy Bell Fez-
ler. In 1888, entered employ of Haxtun Steam
Heater Co., Kewanee, and continued with its
successor, the Kewanee Boiler Co., as chief
mechanical and heating engineer until March,
1899; manager for Karr Supply Co., heating
engineers and contractors, St. Louis, 1899-
1903; since member Elliott & Barry Engi
neering Co., engineers and contractors for
steam and hot water heating. Republican.
Episcopalian. Mason, Knight Templar. Office:
705 Olive St. Residence: 5846 Plymouth Ave.
ELLIOTT, Thomas T., life insurance; born,
Keytesville, Chariton Co., Mo., Dec. 4, 1855;
son of Thomas T. and Amerilla (Butler) El
liott; educated in grammar school, Keytes
ville; married, St. Louis, 1881, Ida M. Mum-
mey (died 1891); children: Marcia M., Ida
M. (Mrs. Hugh L. Sitze), Thomas P. Began
active career in country store at age of 15;
came to St. Louis, 1879, and clerked one year
in retail dry goods store and one year in
wholesale dry goods house; traveling dry
goods salesman, 188L98; then entered life in
surance business, and since 1909 manager St.
Louis department United States Life Insur
ance Co. of New York. Democrat. Baptist.
Member Life Underwriters ' Association of St.

Louis. Office: 824 Chemical Bldg. Residence:
4255 Westminster PI.
ELLIS, Frank R., vice president Maguire
Coal Co.; born, Eatontown, N. J., July 20,
1876; son of William C. and Marie A. (Cham-
berlin) Ellis; came from New York to St.
Louis, 1882; educated in St. Louis public
schools and Smith Academy; married, St.
Louis, May 3, 1905, Helen Noel; one son: Frank
R., Jr. Began business career in office of Singer
Manufacturing Co., as assistant bookkeeper;
then was salesman with Tyler Desk Co.; since
1894, with Maguire Coal Co., first as collector
and since 1904 as vice president. Republican.
Presbyterian Recreation: tennis. Office: 411
Olive St. Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
ELLIS, William Charles, with Kehlor Flour
Mills Co.; born, Cincinnati, Mar. 24, 1844;
son of Rowland and Mary C. (Rogers) Ellis;
attended Kenyon College but left in junior
year, 1860 ; later enlisted in Sixth Ohio Infan
try in which served four years; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 18, 1869, Marie Antoinette Cham-
berlin; children: Rowland O, Frank R. Began
business career, 1860, as salesman in book
store of Rickey, Mallory & Co., Cincinnati;
after war came to St. Louis and was in em
ploy of Pettes & Leathe until 1869; employed
in New York Custom House, 1869-1879; re-'
turned to St. Louis and entered employ of
J. B. M. Kehlor, in flour mill business, later
becoming vice president of the Kehlor Flour
Mills Co., operating the Kehlor Mills in East
St. Louis, 111., and the Rex Mills, Kansas
City, Mo.; retired from the vice presidency,
Jan. 1, 1911, but still associated with the
company. President United Elevator and
Grain Co. Member St. Louis Merchants' Ex
change. Republican. Episcopalian. Member
Ohio Society of St. Louis, Ransom Post, G. A.
R. Office: Chamber of Commerce. Residence:
5726 McPherson Ave.
ELMER, Warren Philo, physician; born,
Lodi, O., Oct. 1, 1879; son of Warren and
Virginia (White) Elmer; educated Leland
Stanford University, Cal., 1896-97; Depart
ment of Science and Arts, University of Mich
igan, 1897-98; Department of Medicine and
Surgery, same university, 1899-1903, gradua
ting with degree of M.D.; post-graduate work
University of Berlin, 1905; received degree of
B.S. from St. Louis University, 1909; married,
Ft. Worth, Tex., Apr. 1, 1910, Alice Davidson.
Assistant in internal medicine, University of
Michigan, 1903-05; consultant in medicine St.
Louis City Hospital since 1907; general med
ical consultant, Union Pacific Ry. since
1908; on medical staff Rebekah Hospital since
1907; chief of medical clinic, St. Louis Uni
versity since 1907, and professor of medicine
in same institution. Member medical staff
St. Louis Society for Relief and Prevention
of Tuberculosis. Practice limited to internal
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Member American Medical Association, Mis
souri State Medical Association, St. Louis
Medical Society, St. Louis Society of Internal
Medicine, St. Louis Medical Science Club, and
Phi Delta Theta and Ptti Beta Pi college fra
ternities. Mason. Office: 208 Humboldt Bldg.
Residence: 4448 Olive St.
ELSON, Herman Jacob, treasurer Walter A.
Zelnicker Supply Co.; born, Meridian, Miss.,
Jan. 7, 1876; son of L. C. and Caroline (Tel
ler) Elson; educated in public schools of
Meridian, Miss., and U. S. Naval Academy,
graduating, 1898; served as ensign in U. S.
Navy, 1898-1902, on U. S. S. Massachusetts,
Newark, Oregon, Pampanga and as chief engi
neer of U. S. S. Manila; served in Cuban,
Porto Rican and Philippine campaigns, and
during Boxer insurrection in China; married,
St. Louis, November, 1903, Ophelia Scharff.
Resigned from U. S. Navy, July, 1902, and
has since been treasurer of the Walter A. Zel
nicker Supply Co., manufacturers and dealers
railway, mill and factory supplies. Independ
ent in politics. Jewish religion. Member
American Society of Naval Engineers; lieu
tenant and chief engineer Missouri Naval Re
serve. Office: 325 Locust St. Residence: 5806
Von Versen Ave.
- ELTON, John Herbert, mail order real es
tate; born, Savannah, Ga., Oct. 30, 1880; son
of John H. and Florence S. (King) Elton;
educated in public schools of Savannah, Ga.;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 15, 1905, Mary L.
Owen. Began business career as clerk with
National Bank of Savannah, Ga., continuing
in that position for three years; came to St.
Louis, Feb. 1, 1903, and' engaged as cashier
of the Georgia-Stimson Furniture Co., until
September, 1904, when joined Everett Davis
in organizing the Davis-Elton Realty Co., en
gaged in buying and selling real estate by
mail, of which was elected vice president and
treasurer. Democrat. Was member for three
years of First Regiment, Georgia National
Guard. Holds membership in Episcopalian
Church. Residence: Jacksonville, Fla.
EMANUEL, Edward R., treasurer Sonnen
feld Millinery Co.; born, Linneus, Mo., Feb.
25, 1870; son of Herman and Rosalie Eman
uel; educated in public school of Brookfield,
Mo., Macon City (Mo.) Military Academy
and Harvard School, Chicago; married, St.
Louis, June 3, 1896, Paula Frankenthal; one
daughter: Evelyn Esther. Began business at
San Diego, Cal., 1888-90; sold out and came
to St. Louis in 1890; was with the I. B. Rosen
thal Millinery Co., until 1895; since 1895
treasurer of Sonnenfeld Millinery Co. Inde
pendent in politics. Jewish religion. Clubs:
Columbian, Missouri Athletic, Aero. Recrea
tions: reading and motoring. Office: 610 Wash
ington Ave. Residence: 4327 W. Pine Boul.

EMANUEL, William E., real estate; 1848-
1911; see Vol. 1906.
EMIG, Christian G., architect; born, Imch-
bach, Germany, Nov. 22, 1855; son of Franz
Adam and Helenia (Stumph) Emig; came to
America with parents, 1863; educated district
schools of Illinois; married, Maxville, Mo.,
May 23, 1882, Eliza Bruggemann; children:
Walter, Amelia, Edmund, Helen, Clarence.
Located at St. Louis, 1874; learned carpen
ter's trade and followed same for eight years;
since in architectural business. Protestant.
Recreation; study of natural sciences. Office
and Residence: 3711 Utah PL
ENDERLE, Adolph Gustavus, druggist;
born, Burlington, la., Jan. 10, 1864; son of
Joseph and Appolonia (Ruf) Enderle; edu
cated in public schools of Burlington; gradu
ated from Missouri Medical College, St. Louis,
M.D., 1891; unmarried. Came to St. Louis in
1883 from Des Moines, la.; was clerk in vari
ous drug stores in city for five years; then
engaged in drug business on own account at
9th and Carr Sts. as A. G. Enderle; sold out
in 1895 and bought present store at 6th and
Chestnut Sts. in 1896; incorporated the busi
ness, 1900, as Enderle Drug Co., of which is
president. Practiced medicine, 1891-1908.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Mercantile. Office:
Market St. and Broadway. Residence: Hamp
ton Park, St. Louis Co.
ENGELBACH, William, physician; born,
Arenzville, 111., July 3, 1877; son of Herman
and Elizabeth (Goebel) Engelbach; educated
in high school; Whipple Academy, Jackson
ville, 111.; B.S., Illinois College, Jacksonville,
1899, M.S., 1906; M.D., Northwestern Medical
College, Chicago, 1902; interne Cook County
Hospital, 1902-03; post-graduate work in Eu
rope, 1904-05; married, Quincy, 111., Mar. 29,
1905, Fama Reynolds, of Barry, 111.; one
daughter: Elizabeth. In practice in St. Louis
since 1905; instructor in medicine, 1905-06,
assistant professor, 1907-08, now professor
medicine St. Louis University Medical Col
lege; member staff of City, St. John's and
Maternity hospitals. Member American Med
ical Association, Missouri State Medical Asso
ciation, St. Louis Medical Society, Southwest
ern Medical Association. Clubs: City, Elks.
Recreations: outdoor sports and traveling.
Office: 311, 537 N. Grand Ave. Residence:
4720 Westminster PI.
ENGELSMANN, George, president Missouri
Belting Co.; born, Washington, D. O, Aug. 13,
1863; son of F. and Katherine (Drach) Engels-
mann; educated at gymnasium at Bad Kreuz-
nach, Germany; married, St. Louis, January,
1897, Alice Hermann; children: George, Wil
liam. After finishing school, came to St. Louis*
in 1881, and was clerk for the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing Association, 1881-86; secre
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1892, president of the Missouri Belting Co.,
manufacturers of raw hide and oak tanned
belting and lace leather. Independent in poli
tics. Mason (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner.
Clubs: Liederkranz, Railway. Recreation:
horseback riding. Office: Grand Ave. and La
Salle St. Residence: 10 Shaw PL
ENGELSMANN, Herman Edward, proprie
tor Missouri Tanning Co.; born, Kreuznach,
Germany, Mar. 18, 1865; son of Franz Anton
and Katherine (Drach) Engelsmann; secured
preparatory education in a private school and
later attended college at Frankenthal, Ger
many; married, St. Louis, June 5, 1901,
Amalie J. Holekamp; two daughters: Lucile
and Elsa. Learned the tanner's trade at
Kreuznach; came to America, 1884, and fol
lowed trade in New York; then settled in St.
Louis and in 1892 became a stockholder of
the Missouri Belting Co., in which served as
superintendent; started the Missouri Tanning
Co., 1902, of which has since been sole pro
prietor, the company being general tanners
and specializing in furniture and art leather.
Protestant. Club: Liederkranz. Recreations:
hunting and fishing. Office: Prairie and Bene
dict Aves. Residence: 2 Shaw PL
ENGLER, Edmund Arthur, secretary and
treasurer Washington University; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 23, 1856; son of Jacob and Au-
gustina (Knecht) Engler; A.B., Washington
University, 1876, Ph.B., 1877, A.M., 1879,
Ph.D., 1892, LL.D., 1901; married Catherine
A. Ashbrook, of St. Louis, June 17, 1886.
Professor mathematics, 1881-1901, dean School
of Engineering, 1896-1901, Washington Uni
versity; president Worcester (Mass.) Poly
technic Institute, 1901-1911; secretary and
treasurer Washington University since July 1,
1911. Member Washington University eclipse
party at Norman, Cal., 1889; chairman of jury,
department of manufactures, Buffalo Exposi
tion, 1901; chairman international jury on
instruments of precision, Louisiana Purchase
Exposition, 1904. Fellow A. A. A. S.; member
American Antiquarian Society, National Geo
graphic Society, American Mathematical So
ciety, Society for Promotion of Engineering
Education, St. Louis Academy of Science
(president, 1898-1901), The Round Table, St.
Louis (secretary, 1884-1901). Extensive con
tributor to magazines on scientific subjects.
Residence: 5896 Cates Ave.
ENGLISH, Charles Calhoun, treasurer Har
gadine-McKittrick Dry Goods Co.; born, Sa
lem, Livingston Co., Ky., Mar. 24, 1862; son
of Francis Marion and Sally Ann (Miles)
English; educated in public schools; married
in Crittenden Co., Ky., Mar. 24, 1885; one
daughter: Mary Corinne. Began business in
merchant tailoring establishment, Henderson,
Ky., 1876; then worked in tobacco factory in
daytime and clerked in retail stores nights
until 1879; clerk in store of J. S. Morse,

Evansville, Ind., 1879-80, store of John J.
Goodwin, Cave-in-Rock, 111., 1880, as clerk
and general utility man; floated two flat-boats
down river to Vicksburg, Miss., loaded with
grain and produce, and disposed of the car
goes to satisfaction of employer; in store in
Denver for few months in 1881, but returned
to Shawneetown, 111., and was with the Swof-
ford Bros, there (now wholesalers in Kansas
City), later having charge, successively, of
branch stores at New Haven, 111., and Fair
field, 111., until January, 1889; salesman for
Rice, Stix & Co., wholesale dry goods, St.
Louis, 1889-90; since with Hargadine-McKit
trick Dry Goods Co. (capital $6,800,000), of
which was assistant salesman, then general
salesman, then director, and is now treasurer.
Democrat. Methodist. Clubs : Mercantile, Mis
souri Athletic, St. Louis Power Boat Associa
tion. Recreations: yachting, motor boating.
Office: 911-919 Washington Ave. Residence:
5351 Bartmer Ave.
ENGMAN, Martin Feeney, physician; born,
New Orleans, La., Aug., 1868; son of H. A. and
Matilda (Feeney) Engman; educated in Uni
versity of Virginia and University of City of
New York, graduating, M.D., 1891; married,
St. Louis, 1897, Louise Chariot; children:
Martin F., Jr., Walter C. Began practice of
medicine in New York City, 1894; in practice
in St. Louis since 1896. Professor skin dis
eases, St. Louis University; director Barnard
Free Skin and Cancer Hospital. Member of
American Dermatological Association, Ameri
can Medical Association, St. Louis Medical
Society. Clubs: University, Bellerive. Office:
412 Humboldt Bldg. Residence: 4209 Wash
ington Ave.
ENTZ, Theodore Barnes, secretary and
manager The Oliver Electric and Manufactur
ing Co.; born, New York City, Nov. 10, 1871;
son of Ferdinand S. and Mary Lawrence
(Bulkley) Entz; educated in Chapin School,
New York; married, Philadelphia, Apr. 15,
1902, Alice von T. Samuels, of Philadelphia;
children: Adele J., Theodore B., Jr. Began
business career in . 1889, with the Waddell-
Entz Co., from which went, in 1892, as assist
ant in New York offiee of the Electric Storage
Battery Co.; engineer with same company,
1896; superintendent Pennsylvania Electric
Vehicle Co., 1900; manager Baltimore office
Electric Storage Battery Co., of Philadelphia,
Pa., 1903, and of St. Louis office from 1904 to
December, 1908; since secretary and manager
of The Oliver Electric and' Manufacturing Co.
Member American Institute of Electrical En
gineers, Automobile Club of Philadelphia. In
dependent in politics. Protestant. Favorite
recreations: tennis, skating. Office: 2219 Lucas
Ave. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
EPPELSHEIMER, Frank, flour merchant;
born, Mainz-on-the-Rhine, Germany, Mar. 20,
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Eppelsheimer; educated in public schools and
polytechnic school, graduating from latter,
1857; married, St. Louis, July, 1872, Laura
Bierbaum; three children: Laura (Mrs. G.
Frenger), Alice (Mrs. George McLagan), Em
ily. Began active career as apprentice in wine
business in Germany and later acted as sales
man; came to America, 1866, and was in em
ploy of Lewis Klein, Bethalo, 111., two years;
then spent two years as clerk in Jackson, Mo.;
located in St. Louis, 1870, and for ten years
was bookkeeper for Meyer & Guye; secretary
and treasurer Mauntel, Borgess & Co., 1880-
91; associated with J. C. Fischer, 1891, and
organized Fischer Flour Co., of which has
since been vice president. Member Ethical
Society. Club: Schiller.' Office: 111 Market
St. Residence: 1915 Hebert St.
EPSTEIN, Albert, manufacturer of boys'
and children's clothing; born, 1709 S. 8th St.,
St. Louis, Aug. 27, 1879; son of Ignatz and
Anna (Falk) Epstein; educated at Madison-
(public) School, 7th and La Salle Sts.; Toens-
feldt (private) School, 9th and Chouteau Ave.;
Southwestern Business College, 9th and Olive
Sts.; South St. Louis Tumverein, 10th and
Carroll Sts.; unmarried. Began active career
as representative of the American Thread Co.,
of New York, continuing for five years in
Hlinois and Kentucky; was with the Epstein
Pants Co. two years,' and then organized the
firm of Epstein & Linsky; incorporated the
Knickerbocker Clothing Co., Sept. 10, 1908, of
which has since been credit and financial man.
Republican. Jewish religion. Past President
of Wingenund Lodge, Independent Order Odd
Fellows; Past Master St. Louis Council No.
26, United Commercial Travelers of America;
member Grand Council of State of Missouri,
United Commercial Travelers of America;
member National Association of Credit Men,
Interstate Merchants ' Association. Club: Mis
souri Athletic. Recreations: swimming and
athletic sports. Office: 1005 Washington Ave.
Residence: 4229 Morgan St.
EPSTEIN, Ignatz, clothing manufacturer;
born, Wilkischeu, Bohemia, Nov. 25, 1848; son
of Leopold and Hannah (Loebner) Epstein;
educated in grammar and high schools of Bo
hemia; reached St. Louis when eighteen years
of age; married, 1871, Anna Falk (now de
ceased); 2d, St. Louis, 1887, Anna Steiner.
Was engaged in retail business in St. Louis
and several out-of-town localities' before en
tering the manufacturing clothing business;
now president Epstein Pants Co. Republican.
Jewish religion. Treasurer Mt. Sinai Ceme
tery Association. Member B'nai B'rith, Free
Sons of Israel. Office: 1005 Washington Ave.
Residence: 4229 Morgan St.
EPSTEIN, Jacob I., real estate; bom, Mo
bile, Ala., Mar. 10, 1862; son of Isaac and
Amelia (Tannenbaum) Epstein; educated in
public schools of Mobile, Ala., Kalamazoo,

Mich., and St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Nov.
27, 1895, Birdie Newburger; children: lone,
James I. Resident of St. Louis since 1878,
coming from Kalamazoo, Mich., where lived
1873-78. Began business career in employ of
Adler- Goldman Co., cotton factors, continuing
for three years; bookkeeper for Scharff, Bern-
heimer & Co., in grocery business, for ten
years; since 1892 has been engaged on own
account as real estate and financial agent.
President Forest City Building Co. (owners
of Washington Hotel) ; director Missouri State
Life Insurance Co. (formerly vice president) ;
vice president St. Genevieve Lime and Quarry
Co.; treasurer Even Realty and. Building Co.
Promoted building of Washington, Winder
mere, Dudley and Kendall hotels, and many
apartment buildings. Member St. Louis Real
Estate Exchange, Business Men's League,
Civic League, B'nai B'rith Association; di
rector United Jewish Charities. Independent
in politics. Clubs: Columbian, Westwood
Country. Favorite recreations: golf, swim
ming, tennis and baseball. Offiee: 617 Chest
nut St. Residence: 4314 Lindell Ave.
EPSTEIN, Meyer J., physician; born, St.
Louis, 1857; son of Joseph and Henrietta
(Stern) Epstein; graduated from high school,
1874, Missouri Medical College, M.D., 1877;
married, Chicago, 1894, Sadie Leopold; one
daughter: Beatrice. Engaged in practice since
graduation; was City Dispensary physician,
1883-85. Formerly held chairs of skin diseases
and genito-urinary diseases in the College of
Physicians and Surgeons. Recreations: music
and country trips. Office: 604% Chestnut St.
Residence: 4046 McPherson Ave.
EPSTEIN, Samuel, dry goods broker; born,
Poland, Russia, May 29, 1864; son of Solomon
and Ida (Rosenkrantz) Epstein; educated in
high school in native land; married, St. Louis,
Aug. 15, 1886, Sarah Greengard; four chil
dren : Harry, Leo, Ethel and Ruth. Arrived in
America, June 1, 1881; peddled in New York
state, 1881-84; owned an interest in a store
at Caney, Kan., 1884-87; salesman in retail
store, St. Louis, 1887-90; salesman for Ell-
man Bros., 1890-92, and for Bischoff Bros.,
1892-95; assisted in . establishing the Epstein
& Whiser Dry Goods Co., 1895, of which was
president from incorporation, 1908, until 1912,
when dissolved partnership and with his sons
formed the Epstein Mercantile and Commmis-
sion Co., dry goods brokers. Secretary Sharith
Israel Cemetery Association; director Jewish
Old People's Home of St. Louis; member In
dependent Order of B'rith Abraham, Pro
gressive Order of the West, B?nai B'rith,
Woodmen of the World. Recreation: charitable
work. Office: 803-805 Washington Ave. Resi
dence: 4037 Cook Ave.
ERD, Charles James Edwards, lawyer; born,
Waterloo, 111., Feb. 18, 1870; son of William
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schools, U. S. Naval Academy, and Law De
partment, of Washington University, LL.B.,
1889; married, Miss Lilly Steel, of St. Louis,
1910. Admitted to bar, 1891, and engaged
in practice in St. Louis; formed partnership,
1893, with Seneca N. Taylor, in firm- of Tay
lor & Erd, which was later dissolved, in 1902;
in practice alone until 1904; then became
partner in the firm of Block, Sullivan & Erd
(with George M. Block and Frank H. Sulli
van), but retired from firm, May 1, 1905, be
cause of an injury to eyesight; resumed prac
tice, Nov. 21, 1905; member firm of Erd &
Phillips, 1906-07; since alone. Member St.
Louis Bar Association, Missouri Bar Associa
tion Democrat. Club: Mercantile. Office:
604% Chestnut St. Residence: 4621 Maryland
Avenue. ERDMANN, Fred, merchant tailor; bom,
Cincinnati, O., May, 1866; son of Z. and Marie
(Lippert) Erdmann; educated in public schools
of Chillicothe, O.; married, Winchester, Ky.,
Apr 20, 1892, Cordie Lee Clinkenbeard; chil
dren: Mary, Kathryn, Charles, Louis. Began
-in merchant tailoring business in 1880 at
Chillicothe, where learned cutting and work
on the bench; then went to Winchester, Ky.,
where lived for five years and after that
was for one year at Lexington, Ky.; came to
St. Louis, 1897, and engaged as foreman cut
ter with M. E. Croak & Co., until August, 1904,
when, with Luke J. O 'Reilly, established pres
ent firm of O'Reilly & Erdmann, tailors. Vice
president Cutters' Association. Republican.
Presbyterian. Favorite recreations: hunting,
fishing and boating. Office: 307 Equitable
Bldg. Residence: 5703A Von Versen Ave.
ERKER, Adolph Peter, optician; born,
Hesse Nassau, Germany, Feb. 8, 1854; son ot
Cassimir and Christina (Sommer) Erker; edu
cated in Polytechnic School, Usingen, Ger
many; married, St. Louis, Jan. 28, 1891, Rose
Roeslein. Learned business of optician in Ger
many, and came to New York in 1873, where
was in employ of B. Pike & Sons, opticians,
Until July, 1879; then came to St. Louis, and
began business as optician, later admitting his
brother August A. Erker, firm becoming A. r.
Erker & Bro. until 1894; business was incor
porated under present style of Erker Bros.
Optical Co., of which has since been president
and treasurer. Member Civie League, Business
Men's League, Academy of Science Inde
pendent in politics. Catholic. Member Knights
of Columbus. Club: Citizens'. Recreation: hor
ticulture. Office: 604 Olive St. Residence:
Kirkwood, Mo. .
ERLANGER, Joseph, professor physiology
Washington University; born, San Francisco,
Cal., Jan. 5, 1874; son of Herman and Sarah
(Galinger) Erlanger; B.S., University of Cali
fornia, 1895; M.D., Johns Hopkins, 1899; mar
ried, Aimee Hirstel, of San Francisco, June
19, 1906; three children: Margaret, Ruth

Josephine and Herman. Resident house officer,
Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1899-1900; fellow in
pathology, assistant, instructor, associate, and
associate professor physiology, Johns Hopkins
University, 1900-06; prof essor physiology, Uni
versity of Wisconsin, 1906-10, Washington
University, since July 1, 1910. Member So
ciety Experimental Biology and Medicine,
American Physiological Society. Recreations:
outdoor sports. Office: 1806 Locust St. Resi
dence: 4542 Forest Park Boul.
ERNST, Engelbert, furniture manufacturer;
born, Ahrbergen, Province of Hanover, Ger
many, Sept. 6, 1841; son of Rickus and Catha-
rina (Lempe) Ernst; educated in private
school and technical school in Germany; mar
ried, St. Louis, Feb. 18, 1871, Mary Relke;
children: Johan, Otto. Learned cabinet mak
ing at sixteen years of age, and after three
years, traveled and worked two years in Ger
many; attended technical building school, two
semesters, in 1865 and 1866; came to United
States, 1867; worked at trade until 1881, when
bought ground and built factory for Central
Furniture Co., which organized and managed
until 1901; then left that company and started
the E. Ernst Furniture Manufacturing Co., of
which is proprietor and manager. Catholic.
Office: 9th and Palm Sts. Residence: 2720
Blair Ave.
ERSKINE, Thomas, British consul; born,
Bedfordshire, Eng., June 24, 1859; son of
Thomas and Emmeline (Adeane) Erskine; ed
ucated Haileybury College; received honorary
title of LL.D., from St. Ignatius College, Chi
cago, 1907; married in Scotland, Nov. 23, 1888,
Amy Gertrude Bruce: five children: Marjory,
Diana, Violet, Thomas, John. Engaged in
farming in Scotland; came to America, 1889,
and farmed in. California; acting vice consul
San Francisco, 1898-99; vice consul, Chicago,
1900-08; promoted to consul in St. Louis, 1908;
acting consul general in Chicago, 1908 and
1909; returned to St. Louis, 1909. Served as
lieutenant in Fife Light Horse. Catholic.
Club: City. Office: New Bank of Commerce
Bldg. Residence: 4214 Westminster PI.
ESPY, James Columbus, president Jas. C.
Espy Realty Co.; born, Athens, Limestone
Co., Ala., July 26, 1868; son of Rev. Thomas
Benton and Elizabeth Mercy (Reeves) Espy;
educated in public schools, Little Rock, Ark.,
to 1881; married, St. Louis, Aug. 23, 1894,
Elizabeth Battaile Cullen; three children: Cul
len, Reeves, Virginia. Began business career
in circulation department morning Telegraph,
Seattle, Wash., 1891, then as reporter on
Press-Times until 1892; reporter on the Re
publican, St. Louis, 1893-95; secretary to
Major Laurence Harrigan, chief of police, and
served until his permanent retirement, 1898;
since in real estate business. Member St.
Louis Real Estate Exchange; also Old Guard
Council, and Royal Arcanum. Democrat. Clubs:

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Young Men's Democratic, St. Louis Bait and
Fly. Recreation: fishing. Office: 616 Chest
nut St. Residence: 5960 Plymouth Ave.
ESSIG, Louis Otto, lumber merchant; born,
St. Louis, July 20, 185*8; son of Frederick
and Franceska (Oehler) Essig; educated in
public schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Mar. 9, 1882, Emily Beinert. Began business
career in employ of Fleitz & Ganahl, lumber,
1872-78; shipping clerk and later city sales
man for Eau Claire Lumber Co., at St. Louis,
1879-90; city salesman for Philip Gruner &
Bros. Lumber Co., 1890-1901; on Apr. 1, 1901,
organized Louis Essig Lumber Co., wholesale
and retail lumber, of which was president un
til Oct. 1, 1908, when company consolidated
with the St. Louis Lumber Co., of which is a
•director. Republican. Member A. F. & A. M.,
National Union, North St. Louis Turner So
ciety. Clubs: Richfield Hunting and Fishing,
Gilead Slough Hunting and Fishing, Foues
Lake Gun (president), Oak Knoll Gun. Rec
reations: hunting and fishing. Office: 2509 S.
Broadway. Residence: 4142 Peck St.
ESSMUELLER, Frederick Henry, president
Essmueller Mill Furnishing Co.; born, Han
over, Germany, Nov. 17, 1844; son of Fred
erick John and Dorothea (Swetman) Essmuel
ler; educated in public schools of Hanover and
Bremen, Germany; married, St. Louis, 1875,
Mary Mueller; children: William O, Bernard
H., Dorothea C. (Mrs. Sam Broadbent) and
Freda. Learned trade of millwright in Bre
men, Germany, whence came, in 1868, to St.
Louis; began business career as millwright
with A. K. Halteman & Co., continuing until
1880, when joined in establishing the firm of
Mutchler & Essmueller, succeeded in 1885 by
the firm of Essmueller & Barry; withdrew
from that firm in 1897 and organized and in
corporated the Essmueller Mill Furnishing Co.,
of which has since been president. Repub
lican. Protestant. Director German Orphans'
Home, St. Louis Altenheim; president Con
cordia Society. Favorite recreation: fishing.
Offiee: 1216-1224 S. 8th St. Residence: 3460
Sidney St.
ESSMUELLER, William Charles, secretary
and treasurer Essmueller Mill Furnishing Co.;
born, St. Louis, Dec. 26, 1875; son of Fred
erick H. and Mary (Mueller) Essmueller; edu
cated in public and manual training schools of
St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Oct. 10, 1899,
Amanda O. Schisler; one son: Arthur Fred
erick. After leaving school started in the
millwright and machinist business with Ess
mueller & Barry, and when, in 1897, the busi
ness was incorporated under the present style
of Essmueller Mill Furnishing Co., was elected
to present position, as secretary and treasurer
of the company. Member Business Men's
League, St. Louis Credit Men's Association,
Metal Trades Association. Republican. Mem
ber Evangelical Church. Mason (32°); mem

ber St. Aldemar Commandery, Knights Tem
plar; Shriner. Clubs: Liederkranz, Calhoun
Point Hunting and Fishing. Favorite recrea
tions: hunting, fishing and horseback riding.
Offiee: 1216-1224 S. 8th St. Residence: 3525
Sidney St.
ESTEP, Thomas Benton, lawyer; born on
farm in Harrison Co., O., Jan. 6, 1851; son of
Andrew and Sarah (Henderson) Estep; grad
uated from Franklin College, Harrison Co.,
1871; married, 1881, Mary Ellard (died, 1901);
one son: William; married, 2d, St. Louis, 1902,
Estella Ellard; children: Mary Grace, Thomas
B. Read law in Cadiz, Harrison Co., O.; went
to Columbus, O., and was admitted to bar
there; came to St. Louis, and was admitted to
Missouri bar, 1872; since in continuous prac
tice of law in this city. Democrat; was assist
ant prosecuting attorney of St. Louis, 1891-95.
Member American Bar Association, Legion of
Honor. Recreation: reading (history). Office:
Times Bldg. Residence: 3500 Greer Ave.
ESTES, Francis Marion, lawyer; 1854-1909;
see Vol. 1906.
ESTES, John Wesley, manager JEtna Life
Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn.; born near
Henderson, Tenn., Apr. 17, 1864; son of John
Wesley and Nannie (Crook) Estes; educated
in Henderson (Tenn.) Male and Female Insti
tute; married, Early Grove, Marshall Co.,
Miss., Oct. 18, 1883, Lulu M. Carroll; children:
John W., Jr., Alline, Wellborn. Began clerk
ing in drug store at fourteen, continuing until
eighteen; then with Mellier Drug Co., as trav
eling salesman, from nineteen to twenty- three ;
in charge of private bank of W. S. Kendall,
Sacramento, Cal., 1887-88; organized El Do
rado Mill & Lumber Co., and was its president
four years; sold out and was Pacific Coast
agent for Meyer Bros. Drug Co., 1893-97; re
turned to St. Louis and accepted position in
house of same company, which resigned, Oct.
1, 1901, to become assistant manager for State
of Missouri of the iEtna Life Insurance Co.,
and resigned latter position to become member
of firm of Kendrick & Estes, managers for
Missouri of the Equitable Life Assurance So
ciety; on Mar. 1, 1906, appointed manager St.
Louis general agency iEtna Life Insurance
Co. of Hartford, Conn. President Life Under
writers' Association of St. Louis since 1908.
Mason (32°), Shriner; member Independent
Order Odd Fellows. Democrat. Methodist
(South). Clubs: Mercantile, City. Recreation:
motoring. Office : Central National Bank Bldg.
Residence: 944 Maple PI.
ETTE, Charles G., manufacturer; born, St.
Paul, Minn., Oct. 10, 1856; son of Edward
Christian and Philipena (Trautwein) Ette;
educated in public and high schools, St. Louis,
and business college; married, Brighton, 111.,
1893, Amelia Heideman; one daughter: Helen.
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ganized and incorporated the Ette & Henger
Manufacturing Co. (now American Foundry
Co.); sold out interest in that company, 1894,
and retired from business until organization,
in 1902, of St. Louis Malleable Casting Co., of
which has since been secretary, treasurer and
manager. Also president Ette Investment Co.
Republican. Recreations: traveling and fish
ing. Office: 7700 N. Broadway. Residence:
1702 Cora Ave.
EUSTON, Alexander; see Vol. 1906.
EVANS, Dan'l, contractor; born in County
of Montgomery, N. Wales, Sept. 28, 1849; son
of Richard R. and Catherine Evans; educated
in public schools of Wales, and night schools
of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Oct. 17, 1883,
Jennie Jones; children: Jennie M. E. (Mrs.
Otto G. Stoffregen), Mabel Lilian. Learned
carpenter's trade in native land; came to
America, 1864; worked in Pennsylvania, Wis
consin and Kansas; in St. Louis since 1873;
in general contracting for more than thirty-
five years; head of Dan'l Evans Construction
Co.; has erected many private residences and
public structures. Ex-president Mechanics'
Exchange, Master Builders ' Association. Re
publican. Presbyterian. Mason, Knight Tem
plar; member Odd Fellows, Legion of Honor.
Office: 429, 816 Olive St. Residence: 1 Park
land Place.
EVANS, David Gwynne, wholesale coffees,
teas, etc.; born in South Wales, Great Britain,
1840; educated in private schools; married,
St. Louis, 1875, Julia Durkee (died, 1897);
children: Dwight Durkee, Gwynne; married,
2d, 1906, Mrs. Mary O 'Reilley. Came to United
States in 1862, and was in employ of W. &
J. G. Flint, teas and coffees, Milwaukee, Wis.,
1862-66; removed to St. Louis, 1866, and opened
house of Flint, Evans & Co., which continued
until 1881, when bought out partners, and has
since conducted the business alone as David
G. Evans & Co., importers and jobbers of teas,
coffees and spices, manufacturers of extracts
and baking powders, coffee roasters and spice
grinders. Episcopalian. Club: St. Louis. Of
fice: 504-506 N- 2d St. Residence: Bucking
ham Hotel.
EVANS, Harry De Witt; see Vol. 1906.
EVANS, Henry H., director Carleton Dry
Goods Co.; born, Jonesboro, 111., Mar. 31, 1857;
son of John and Mary Ellen Evans; educated
in public schools of Jonesboro; married, Anna,
111., Jan. 8, 1885, Winifred Sanborn; one son:
Murray Carleton. Began business career as
printer's devil in Murphysboro, 111., 1873;
came to St. Louis, July, 1874, and secured
position with Henry Bell & Co., wholesale dry
goods; in 1877 entered employ of Crow-Har-
gadine Dry Goods Co. as assistant to S. C.
Bunn, who was general sales manager for
Southern Illinois territory; in 1878 became
connected with J. H. Wear, Boogher & Co.,

as general salesman for Southern Illinois; was
elected a director and admitted as partner,
1887; name changed, 1899, to Carleton Dry
Goods Co., of which has continued as member
board of directors. Independent in polities.
Methodist. Member Illinois Society of St.
Louis. Club: Glen Echo. Recreation: golf.
Office: Carleton Dry Goods Co. Residence:
5237 Washington Ave. Summer Residence:
Roaring Brook, Mich.
EVANS, Samuel, wool broker; deceased;
see Vol. 1906.
EVANS, William F., general counsel Frisco
Lines; born in Monroe Co., la., Nov. 16, 1859;
son of William and Margaret J. (Vestal)
Evans; preliminary education in public schools
of Centerville, la.; unmarried. Admitted to
the bar, 1886, and began practice at Center
ville, la.; was assistant general attorney,
1886-1902 (coming to St. Louis in 1901), gen
eral attorney, 1902-07, Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific Ry.; general attorney, March-Deeem-
ber, 1907, general solicitor, 1907-09, St. Louis
& San Francisco Railway Co. ; general counsel
Frisco Lines since Dec. 15, 1909; also general
attorney for Rock Island Lines in Missouri.
Director Central National Bank, St. Louis.
Member American Bar Association, Missouri
Bar Association, St. Louis Bar Association,
Society of International Law, etc. Clubs: St.
Louis, Racquet. Office: Frisco Bldg. Resi
dence; Washington Hotel.
EVERS, Frederick William, president Henry
Evers Manufacturing Co.; born, St. Louis,
Oct. 27, 1873; son of Henry and Sophia
(Evers) Evers (no relation); graduated Ever
ett (public) School, 1888; married, Dec. 23,
1896, Anna Marie Link, of Kentucky. Began
active career as clerk in hardware store, con
tinuing for twenty-one months; at request of
father (who was a wood turner), learned
wood-turning trade; on account of disagree
ment with father as to management of busi
ness, withdrew after three years and became
partner in retail grocery store. Returned to
wood-turning business, 1894, and was placed
in charge of establishment which father
founded, 1878; gave up wood turning, 1896,
and has since devoted attention to making
wooden tent goods, being the only exclusive
manufacturer of tent and awning poles in the
United States; also president Kra-Vers In
vestment Co. Member City Council, 1909-13.
Republican. Protestant. Director German Prot
estant Orphans' Home. Mason, Knight Tem
plar, Shriner. Club: Missouri Athletic. Rec
reations: bowling and pool. Office: 1442 N.
8th St. Residence: 3953 Greer Ave.
EVERS, Henry, president Henry Evers
Manufacturing Co.; born Feb. 23, 1845; died
Mar. 28, 1912.
EVERTS, Frank; see Vol. 1906.
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EWART, Edwin Park; see Vol. 1906.
EWING, Arthur Eugene, physician; born
near Cartersville, Ga., Apr. 26, 1855; son of
Whitley Thomas (A.B., M.D.) and Hannah
Jane (Pettingill) Ewing; educated in private
schools, Gadsden, Ala., 1862-74, Dartmouth
College, 1874-78, A.B., 1878; principal of pub
lic school, Gadsden, Ala., 1878-79, and at same
time studied law in offiee of Aiken & Martin ;
admitted to the bar, Gadsden, Ala., 1879; en
tered St. Louis Medical College, 1880, M.D.,
1883; assistant to Drs. John T. Hodgen and
Henry H. Mudd, St. Louis, 1881, and to Drs.
John Green and M. H. Post, 1882-86; studied
at Koenigliche Christian- Albrecht 's Univer
sity, Kiel, Germany, 1886-88; associated with
Drs. Green and Post in the practice of medi
cine since 1889. Married, Chattanooga, Tenn.,
1891, Josephine, daughter of Charles Abner
and Harriet Frances (Pettingill) Willard;
children: Margaret Frances and Charlotte Eu
genia. Clinical lecturer on ophthalmology,
1895, clinical professor of ophthalmology
since 1902, Medical Department of Washing
ton University; honorary degree of A.M.,
Washington University, 1912. Member St.
Louis Academy of Science, St. Louis Medical
Society, St. Louis Ophthalmological Society,
American Ophthalmological Society, American
Medical Association, American Academy of
Medicine, Alumni Society Medical Depart
ment of Washington University, Staff of St.
Luke's Hospital, Staff of St. Louis Skin and
Cancer Hospital, Dartmouth Alumni Associa
tion; also Sons of Revolution and Greek Let
ter societies, Theta Delta Chi (academic), Phi
Beta Pi (medical), Sigma Xi (post-graduate).
Baptist. Republican. Office: 520-533 Metro
politan Bldg., Grand Ave. and Olive St. Resi
dence: 5956 W. Cabanne PL
EWTNG, Fayette Clay, physician; born in
LaFourche Parish, La., May 28, 1862; son of
Dr. Fayette C. and Eliza Josephine (Kit-
tredge) Ewing; educated at University of the
South, Sewanee, Tenn., 1877; University of
Mississippi, 1878-79; Tulane University Med
ical College, New Orleans, 1882; Jefferson
Medical College, Philadelphia, 1883-84; gradu
ating M.D., 1884; married, Washington, D. O,
Oct. 21, 1885, Frances Martha MacDonald;
children: Fayette O, Jr., Ephraim M., Presley,
Donald. Began general practice of medicine
at Washington, D. O, 1885; removed to Kan
sas City, Mo., 1887; removed family to Lon
don, 1893, accepting appointment as assistant
physician to London Central Throat and Ear
Hospital, and was later attached to London
Throat Hospital as assistant; attended Lon
don Post-Graduate School, giving special at
tention to course of instruction at Brompton
Chest Hospital, the largest institution in the
world for care of such diseases; returned to
United States, 1895, and began practice as
specialist in diseases of the ear and respira

tory passages, in St. Louis. On staff of vari
ous St. Louis hospitals. With one exception,
only American fellow of Royal Society of
Medicine of Great Britain; formerly fellow of
British Rhinological, Laryngological and Oto-
logical Association; trustee University of the
South. Late co-editor "The Laryngoscope."
Delegate to International Medical Congress,
Rome, 1893, from American Medical Associa
tion; member Western Ophthalmologic and
Oto-Laryngologie Academy (ex- vice presi
dent), American Medical Association, and
other medical societies. Democrat. Episco
palian. Clubs: Kirkwood Monday (ex-presi
dent), Beta Theta Pi, of St. Louis (president).
Frequent contributor to medical journals.,
Office: 449-450 Century Bldg. Residence:
Kirkwood, Mo.
EWING, James Fowler, salt merchant;
1845-1909; see Vol. 1906.
EWING, Mark» lawyer; born, St. Louis,
June 59, 1870; son of Auguste Berthold and
Mary Scott (McCausland) Ewing; educated
in Stoddard Public School, Christian Brothers
College, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter,
N. H., graduating, 1890; graduated from Shef
field Scientific School, Yale University, Ph.B.,
1893; studied at St. Louis Law School. Ad
mitted to bar, December, 1895, and began
practice of law, and was in general practice
until Jan. 3, 1901, when entered legal depart
ment of Terminal Railroad Association of St.
Louis; continued until Apr. 3, 1903; in bond
department Germania Trust Co., April, 1903,
to October, 1904, when resumed general prac
tice of law. Member Bar Association of St.
Louis. Democrat; member of City Council,
Apr. 4, 1905-09. Catholic. Clubs: Racquet,
Missouri Athletic. Offiee: 509 Merchants-
Laclede Bldg. Residence: St. Regis Apts.
EWING, Nathaniel W., bonds; see Vol.
1906. EWING, Samuel Edgar, clergyman; born,
Sandoval, 111., May 12, 1865; son of Robert
and Minerva J. (Martin) Ewing; came to St.
Louis with parents, 1877; educated in public
schools, St. Louis, 1877-81; William Jewell
College, A.B., 1893; Southern Baptist Theo
logical Seminary, Louisville, Ky., Th.M., 1896;
post-graduate work in same, 1896-97; married,
St. Louis, Sept. 23, 1896, Martha James Mc-
Court; one son: Samuel Edgar, Jr. Associated
with father in grocery business until 1881;
learned telegraphy and was operator and sec
retary for superintendent of construction of
St. Louis Bridge and Terminal Ry., 1881-89,
resigning to attend college. Ordained in Bap
tist ministry, 1889; pastor First Baptist
Church, Kansas City, Kan., during school
years; pastor Logan Street Baptist Church,
Louisville, Ky., 1894-97; First Baptist Church,
Holden, Mo., 1897-99; Taylor Avenue Bap
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nue Baptist Church, 1903-10; since superin
tendent St. Louis Baptist Mission Board. Pro
hibition Republican. Mason. Office: 208 Met
ropolitan Bldg. Residence: 5423 Vernon Ave.
EYCLESHYMER, Albert Chauncey, profes
sor of anatomy; born, Cambridge, N. Y.,
June 16, 1867; son of David C. and Anna M.
(Perry) Eycleshymer; educated in public
school, Hastings, Mich.; University of Michi
gan, B.S., 1891; fellow Princeton University,
1891; fellow Clark University (Worcester,
Mass.), 1892; fellow University of Chicago,
1893, Ph.D., 1895; student University of Cam
bridge, England, 1895-96; Austin fellow,
Harvard University, 1901 ;M.D., St. Louis Uni
versity, 1911; married, Chicago, 111., Sept. 23,
1895, Mary Elizabeth Donovan; children:
Ethel M., Albert D. and Lois C. Assistant
professor of human, embryology, Rush Med
ical College, Chicago, 1897-99; assistant pro
fessor of human anatomy, University of Chi
cago, 1903; now director of anatomical de
partment, St. Louis University. Member
American Society of Naturalists, American
Association of Anatomists, American Associa
tion for the Advancement of Science, Bio
logical Society (St. Louis), Medical Science
Club (St. Louis), St. Louis Academy of Science.
Received grand prize for embryological work
from Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904.
Club: University. Recreation: shooting. Of
fice: Medical Department, St. Louis Univer
sity. Residence: 5929 Julian Ave.
EYSSELL, Moritz, president M. Eyssell
Construction Co.; bom in Germany, Dec. 11,
1863; son of Otto and Marie (Boedecker)
Eyssell; educated in public and private
schools of Germany and Spalding's Commer
cial College, Kansas City, Mo.; married, Kan
sas City, Oct. 10, 1888, Emma Sieben; chil
dren: Carl George and Elsie Marie. Lost
father in 1873 and came to America with
mother and other members of the family,
1881; engaged in carpenter's trade in Kansas
City until 1886, and then in contracting for
five years; located in St. Louis, 1891; was in
business alone until 1907, when organized the
M. Eyssell Construction Co., of which has
since been president. Mason. Clubs: Union,
Liederkranz. Office: 320. 816 Olive St. Resi
dence: 3842 Flora Ave.

FABRICIUS, Henry Herman, president
Fabricius Toy and Notion Co. ; born, St. Louis,
Oct. 5, 1865; son of H. P. and Agatha (Mar
tini) Fabricius; education in German Insti
tute, 1872-75, and in Smith Academy, 1876-
80; married, Feb. 21, 1887, Helena Gibhardt,
Chicago; children: Laura A., Henry P., Edith
C, Edwin A. On leaving Smith Academy,
Feb. 1, 1880, entered the Fabricius Toy and
Notion Co., established by father in 1861 ; suc

ceeded him Sept. 3, 1886, and on incorporation
of the business, Apr. 23, 1887, became secre
tary, treasurer and general manager, until
Jan. 1, 1903, when was eleeted to present posi
tion as president of the company. Democrat.
Christian Scientist. Mason (Blue Lodge).
Member Liederkranz. Recreations: athletic
exercises and billiards. Office: 907-909 N.
Broadway. Residence: 3448 Crittenden Ave.
FABRICIUS, Herman Tilton, vice president
Fabricius Toy and Notion Co.; born, St.
Louis, Sept. 19, 1876; son of Henry P. and
Agatha (Martini) Fabricius; educated in pub
lic schools, Educational Institute and Perkins
& Herpel Business College, St. Louis; unmar
ried. Began business career on leaving school
in 1894 in the house established, May 21, 1858,
by father, Henry P. Fabricius, and now
known as the Fabricius Toy and Notion Co.,
importers and jobbers of general merchandise
and season specialties in this line; vice presi
dent of the company since January, 1904.
Member A. F. & A. M. Democrat. Favorite
recreations: baseball, golf. Office: 909 N.
Broadway. Residence: 1934 Lami St.
FADELEY, Harry Gordon, treasurer Kin-
loch Telephone Co.; born, Waterford, Va.,
Sept. 7, 1870; son of Charles W. and Orra
(Orrison) Fadeley; educated in private school
at home till 1884, public school, Waterford,
Va., till 1888; unmarried. Bookkeeper, Aber
deen Daily Republican, Aberdeen, S. D., 1888;
assistant postmaster, Aberdeen, 8. D., 1889-
90; with R. J. McLean, lumber, Washington,
D. O, 1891-93; bookkeeper, Harrison Tele
phone Co., New York, 1894, and same com
pany, Chicago, 1895-96; since Jan. 2, 1897,
with Kinloch Telephone Co., St. Louis, as
cashier, 1897, assistant secretary and cashier,
1900, and treasurer and assistant secretary
since 1903. Also secretary and director Kin
loch Building Co. Club: Missouri Athletic.
Office: Kinloch Bldg. Residence: 6108 Mc-
Pherson Ave.
FAGET, Arthur; see Vol. 1906.
FAHLEN, Fred, physician; bom, Memphis,
Tenn., Apr. 9, 1882; son of Julius and Caro
line Fahlen; educated at Smith Academy,
1892-95; St. Louis High School, 1895-99, grad
uating, 1899; M.D., Washington University,
1903; married, Oct. 10, 1906, Olive M. Cuth-
bert; children: Eugenia Cuthbert, Frederick,
Jr., C. Cuthbert. Engaged in general practice
of medicine at St. Louis since 1903. Member
medical staff Mullanphy Hospital, Medical
Department, Washington University. Member
St. Louis Medical Society, St. Louis Society
of Internal Medicine, Missouri State Medical
Association, Alumni of Medical Department
of Washington University. Office: 405 Hum
boldt Bldg. Residence: 5594 Bartmer Ave.
FATRHAM. George G., retired; bom, St.
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educated in St. Louis public schools and at
Mt. Olive, Mo.; married, Mt. Olive, Apr. 17,
1880, Emma Meyer, of Hungary; children:
Christine, Emma, George E. Was engaged as
practical gardener until 1867, when began in
the produce business with father in Lucas
Market; started for self in same place in
1876, and on May 1, 1881, began in wholesale
commission business on Third St., admitting
brother, Isaac, to the firm, 1885; on death of
brother, 1899, became sole owner of the busi
ness; retired Jan. 1, 1911. Member Travelers'
Protective Association. Catholic. Residence:
5048 Kensington Ave.
FALK, John Charles, physician ; born in Ste.
Genevieve Co., Mo., Jan. 23, 1863; son of
Jacob and Thekla (Deck) Falk; educated in
public and parochial schools, Ste. Genevieve,
Mo. ; Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Ph.G.,
1884 (gold medallist); St. Louis College of
Pharmacy, Ph.G., ad eundem, 1890; St. Louis
Medical College, M.D., 1890; Missouri Med
ical College, M.D., ad eundem, 1896; married,
St. Louis, Sept. 6, 1893, Rosa M. Pleus (died,
May 15, 1904); children: Oswald Pleus, Dor
othy Mary, Lucille Augusta; married, 2d,
Sept. 8, 1910, Ida Curtman. Engaged in gen
eral practice of medicine in St. Louis since
March, 1890; medical interne St. Louis City
Hospital, 1890, having previously been en
gaged as pharmacist from 1880; instructor in
materia medica in St. Louis Medical College
(Washington University), 1891-94; adjunct
professor of therapeutics, Missouri Medical
College, 1895-1900; elected president St. Louis
College of Pharmacy, 1912; president Medical
Society of City Hospital Alumni. Member
American Medical Association, Missouri State
Medical Association, American Pharmaceutical
Association, Missouri State Pharmaceutical
Association. Democrat. Roman Catholic. Of
fice and Residence: 4568 Page Boul.
FALKENHAINER, Victor Henry, judge;
born, St. Louis, July 4, 1868; son of Henry
and Rosa (Stupp) Falkenhainer ; educated in
St. Louis public schools, St. Louis Law School
(Washington University), graduating, LL.B.,
1902; married, St. Louis, June 20, 1894, Lulu
Sehirr; one son: August Henry. Began busi
ness career in 1883, held clerkships of vari
ous kinds until Jan. 1, 1899, when was ap
pointed clerk in the office of recorder of deeds
under William H. Hahn, and three months
later was made deputy recorder, and during
occupancy of that position attended law
school. Admitted to bar, June, 1902, and on
Jan. 2, 1903, engaged in general practice of
law in St. Louis; assistant prosecuting attor
ney, 1907-11; now judge Court of Criminal
Correction, Division No. 2, term ending Jan.
1, 1913. Republican. Mason (32°). Member
Concordia Gymnastic Society. Clubs: Lieder

kranz, Masonic. Recreations: literature and
music. Office: Municipal Courts Bldg. Resi
dence: 3523 S. Jefferson Ave.
FARDWELL, Harry Ringgold, civil engi
neer; born, Baltimore, Md., Sept. 6, 1863; son
of Isaac and Charlotte (Myers) Fardwell;
educated in public schools of Baltimore, and
McDonogh Institute, graduating, 1880; mar
ried, Glasgow, Mo., Feb. 23, 1887, Mary Eliza
beth Lewis; children: Meredith Webb, Harry
R., Jr. Began business career in employ of
U. S. War Department headquarters at St.
Louis under the Missouri River Commission,
continuing at intervals from 1882 to 1902;
during same period was assistant city engi
neer of St. Joseph, Mo., 1887; county surveyor
of Buchanan Co., Mo., 1888-92; principal as
sistant engineer of Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition, 1902-04, and chief of that department,
1904; sewer commissioner of City of St. Louis
from June 6, 1905, to May 28, 1911. Democrat.
Member Masonic fraternity. Favorite recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Residence: 4441
MePherson Ave.
FARIBAULT, William Richard, real estate;
born, Mendota, Minn., Nov. 29, 1846; son of
Alexander and Elizabeth (Graham) Faribault;'
educated at St. Mary's College, Montreal,
Province of Quebec, and Shattuck School,
Faribault, Minn.; married, Faribault, Aug. 31,
1874, Mary Josephine Tracy; children: Zoe I.
(Mrs. J. Scott Battle), William M. After
leaving college was in flour milling business
at Faribault for five years; served as volun
teer at the time of the Sioux uprising in Min
nesota in 1862. Came to St. Louis, 1880, and
embarked as collector for J. B. C. Lucas; en
gaged in general real estate and loan business
as Mueller & Faribault, 1891-1910; since as
W. R. Faribault Realty Co. Is of pioneer
Minnesota family, the county of Faribault in
that state being named for his grandfather
and the town of Faribault for his father.
Member St. Louis Real Estate Exchange. Sec
retary St. Louis Merchants' Exchange Co.
Catholic. Member Royal Arcanum. Office: 806
Chestnut St. Residence: Normandy Heights,
Missouri. FARISH, John Hamilton, real estate; born,
St. Louis, Mar. 5, 1862; son of Edward T. and
Lilly G. Farish; educated at St. Louis Univer
sity, 1871; Jesuit College, Montreal, Canada,
1874, Georgetown University, Washington, D.
O, graduated, A.B., 1879 ; A.M., St. Louis Uni
versity, LL.B., Washington University; mar
ried, New Orleans, September, 1891, Janet
Pierson; children: Dorothy, Frances, John.
Engaged, in real estate and loan business in
St. Louis since 1890; with John F. Storm in
firm of Storm & Farish, 1892-1912; now John
H. Farish & Co. Member Real Estate Ex
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Clubs: Mercantile, Noonday, Racquet. Recrea
tion: traveling. Offiee: 119 N. 8th St. Resi
dence: 5221 Westminster PL
FARMER, Joseph Bryant, vice president
Blanke-Wenneker Candy Co.; born, Wolver
hampton, Staffordshire, England, Dec. 31,
1843; son of John S. and Johanna (O'Connor)
Farmer; educated in public schools; married,
St. Louis, May 1, 1872, Katherine Vogel; chil
dren: Jennie Louise (died, Apr. 5, 1907), Clar
ence August, Dr. Percy Joseph, Kathryne
May, Eva Marguerite (Mrs. Thomas D.
Cleage) and Ruth Corinne. In 1870 began
business career with Blanke & Bro., candy
manufacturers; the firm name was changed to
Blanke & Bro. Candy Co., 1881, and in 1890
he was elected vice president; in 1904 this
company consolidated with the Wenneker-
Morris Candy Co. under the present firm name
of Blanke-Wenneker Candy Co., and he be
came vice president, which position he still
holds, the company being manufacturers and
wholesalers of fine confections, cocoa and
chocolate. Also president Blanke & Bro.
Realty Co. Presbyterian. Mason; Knight
Templar (Past Master Missouri Lodge No. 1),
Shriner; Past Supreme Chancellor Legion of
Honor. Recreation: reading. Office: 608 Mar
ket St. Residence: 5329 Vernon Ave.
FARMER, Percy Joseph, physician; born,
St. Louis, Feb. 3, 1878; son of Joseph B. and
Katherine (Vogel) Farmer; graduated from
St. Louis High School, 1896; M.D., Medical
Department of Washington University, 1899;
married, St. Louis, Jan. 2, 1898, Mabel A.
Sanders; one son: George Sanders. Interne
City Hospital, 1899-1900; medical superintend
ent Montezuma Ranch Resort, Romero, N. M.,
1905-08; returned to St. Louis, 1908; clinician
nervous clinic, Washington University, since
1909. Republican. Member St. Louis Medical
Society, St. Louis City Hospital Alumni Asso
ciation. Office: Metropolitan Bldg. Residence:
4393 W. Pine Boul.
*FARNHAM, Edward Willard, agricultural
implements; moved to Wichita, Kan.; see Vol.
1906. FARRAR, Bernard Gaines, real estate;
born, St. Louis, June 14, 1852; son of Benja
min and Anna (Kennett) Farrar; educated
in St. Louis schools; married, St. Louis, 1891,
Eliza Howard; children: Ann Kennett, Rich
ard Howard, Dearborn Burnes. Was for fif
teen years in the employ of the Simmons
Hardware Co., prior to entering, in 1893, upon
real estate business, with which has since
been continuously connected, now being mem
ber of the Scott & Farrar Realty Co., real es
tate and loans. Offiee: 819 Chestnut St. Resi
dence: 5320 Waterman Ave.
FARRAR, Charles Thruston, real estate;
born, St. Louis, Aug. 6, 1857; son of John
O 'Fallon and Sallie (Christy) Farrar; educat

ed at Mr. Hobby's Grammar School, New
York, and scientific course in Washington
University through freshman year; married,
St. Louis, November, 1884, Nancy Gorman;
children: Benedict, J. Thruston, Jerome. En
gaged in real estate business in St. Louis
since 1877, under firm name of Farrar & Tate,
until 1912, since alone. Republican. Catholic.
Office: 813 Security Bldg. Residence: 4523 W.
Pine Boul.
FARRAR, Christy M., lawyer; born, Hig-
ginsville, Mo., Oct. 31, 1880; son of William
Christy and Clara Gano (Jennings) Farrar;
fourth generation of family, which settled in
St. Louis, 1804; educated in Jennings (public)
School, Central High School, St. Louis, and
Collegiate Department of Washington Univer
sity; LL.B., Law Department, Washington
University, 1904; unmarried. Admitted to
Missouri bar, 1903, and since engaged in prac
tice at St. Louis; assistant circuit attorney,
1909-11. Served as U. S. census official, 1900;
lieutenant Company I, First Regiment, Mis
souri National Guard, December, 1904-06. Re
publican. Member M. E. Church, South. Mem
ber St. Louis Bar Association, St. Louis Law
Library Association, Phi Delta Theta, Phi
Delta Phi. Clubs: City, Public Question. Rec
reations: tennis, horseback riding. Offiee:
1401-1410 Third National Bank Bldg. Resi
dence: Jennings Heights, 8527 Emma Ave.
FARRELL, Henry Edward, railway official;
born, Detroit, Mich., Oct. 11, 1864; son of
John and Catherine (McLaughlin) Farrell;
married, Dallas, Tex., Oct. 16, 1889, Mary Vir
ginia Alston; children: Eulalie Catherine,
Doddridge, Henry Edward, William Buchanan.
Entered railway service as messenger for
Michigan Central R. R., Detroit, 1878; served
various railroads in minor capacities until
Aug. 1, 1888; then took service with Cotton
Belt System as commercial agent at Waco,
Tex., and was promoted from time to time
until, on Mar. 1, 1901, became freight traffic
manager of the St. Louis Southwestern Rail
way Co., vice president same since Apr. 22,
1912; also vice president and director of the
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. of Texas.
Independent in politics. Clubs: St. Louis,
Racquet, Noonday, Liederkranz, Glen Echo
(St. Louis), Transportation, Fox Hills Golf,
and Catholic clubs (New York). Office: 1531
Pierce Bldg. Residence: 6306 McPherson Ave.
FARRINGTON, John Peter, real estate;
born, South Bend, Ind., June 21, 1858; son of
Patrick and Mary Maughen Farrington; edu
cated in public and parish schools at South
Bend; married, South Bend, Jan. 29, 1890,
Mary T. Lovett; children: Thomas L., John
F., Anna L., Richard J. Learned carriage
blacksmith trade at works of Studebaker Bros.
Manufacturing Co., South Bend; came to St.
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ment book business; since 1887 in real estate
business, now member firm of Farrington &
Co. Democrat. Catholic. Member of Legion
of Honor, Knights of Columbus. Office: 907
Chestnut St. Residence 2924 N. Newstead
Avenue. FARRINGTON, Patrick Joseph, life insur
ance; born, South Bend, Ind., Jan. 15, 1860;
son of Patrick and Mary (Maughen) Farring
ton; educated in parochial school taught by
Brothers of Notre Dame University, Indiana;
married, Carlinville, 111., June 5, 1883, Cassie
E. O'Neill; children: Mary E., Grace G., Flor
ence C, Joseph E., Catherine, O 'Neill Francis.
Came to St. Louis, 1882, and was in employ of
a publishing company until 1885; in business
for self selling publications and other mer
chandise until 1892; secretary St. Louis House
Furnishing Co. and St. Louis Clothing Co.,
1892-1910; now city manager John Hancock
Life' Insurance Co. Democrat. Roman Catho
lic. Member Knights of Columbus. Office:
Chemical Bldg. Residence: 5189 Vernon Ave.
FASSETT, Leonard Alfred, diamond im
porter; born, St. Louis, Aug. 28, 1873; son of
Alfred K. and Margaret F. (Watson) Fassett;
educated in public schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, May 27, 1896, Mary L. Fisher;
children: Howard Field, Margaret, Edna. Af
ter leaving school was with Nugent & Co. as
cash boy for three years, after that engaged
with Jeremiah Murphy, pork packer, for three
years; then with A.. R. Brooks Jewelry Co.,
as traveling salesman; subsequently engaged
in diamond business for self until 1896, when
merged business with that of M. L. Weiss,
under firm name of Weiss & Fassett. Repub
lican. Mason (32°), Shriner. Member U. S.
Revolver Association. Clubs: Century, Oasis,
and various revolver clubs. Favorite recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Office: 204 Globe-
Democrat Bldg. Residence: 5853 Plymouth
Avenue. FATHMAN, Gilford; see Vol. 1906.
FATHMAN, Jesse George; see Vol. 1906.
FAULHABER, Ernest A., vice president
Morey-Faulhaber Construction Co.; born, Jef
ferson City, Mo., July 10, 1868; son of George
L. and Elizabeth (Grimshaw) Faulhaber;
graduated from Sedalia (Mo.) High School,
1884, and from Law School of University of
Minnesota, LL.B., 1898; unmarried. Began
business in Sedalia (Mo.) postoffice, 1884-86;
in motive power department of Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas R. R., Sedalia, 1886-88; with
Northern Pacific R. R., 1888-98, in auditing
and purchasing department at St. Paul, Minn.,
1888-92, Chicago, 111., 1892-93, and St. Paul,
Minn., 1893-98; treasurer Tennessee Central
R. R., St. Louis, 1898-1902, Nashville, Tenn.,
1902-05; since July, 1905, vice president and
treasurer Morey-Faulhaber Construction Co.,
engaged in construction of railroads; director

Appalachicola Northern Railroad Co. Repub
lican. Episcopalian. Club: Racquet. Recrea
tion: golf. Office: 1212 Chemical Bldg. Resi
dence: 4301 Morgan St.
FAULHABER, George Ludwig, life insur
ance; born, Kirchbrombaeh, Hesse Darmstadt,
Germany, Apr. 6, 1838; son of John Henry
and Anna Catherine (Zimmer) Faulhaber;
educated in common, schools; emigrated to
United States in 1851, settling in Pittsburgh,
Pa.; came to Missouri, 1857; married, Jeffer
son City, Mo., Jan. 2, 1861, Elizabeth Grim
shaw; children: Catherine Enid, George Grim
shaw (deceased), Gertrude I., Ernst Arthur,
Eda Marguerite, Blanche Lillian. With U. S,
Express Co., in Jefferson City, 1857-64, and in
Sedalia, Mo., 1864-66; established and con
ducted South Western Express Co., 1866-68;
returned to agency in Sedalia, in which con
tinued until 1884; treasurer Missouri Trust
Co. and its successor, the Missouri Lincoln
Trust Co., 1884-1903; ,bond officer, 1903-07, in
special capacity until 1909; since connected
with International Life Insurance Co. Repub
lican. Mayor of Sedalia, Mo., 1878-79; mem
ber Sedalia board of education, 1882-84; treas
urer City of Sedalia, 1888-89. Episcopalian.
Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner. Club: Ma
sonic. Office: 1240 Syndicate Trust Bldg. Resi
dence: 4301 Morgan St.
FAUNTLEROY, Cornelius Hite, lawyer;
born, Winchester, Va.; son of Thomas Turner
and Bettie Smith (Hite) Fauntleroy; gradu
ated from Shenandoah Valley Aeademy, Win
chester, 1876; M.A., University of Virginia,
1884; unmarried. Assistant professor of Greek,
University of Virginia, 1881-84; admitted to
the bar at St. Paul, Minn., January, 1890;
junior member of law firm of Warner, Rich
ardson & Lawrence, St. Paul, 1891-97; came
to St. Louis in 1897; admitted to Missouri
bar, 1898, and since engaged in practice. Demo
crat. Member Protestant Episcopal Church.
Member Missouri Bar Association, Alumni
Association of University of Virginia. Club:
St. Louis. Recreations: tennis, rowing, swim-.
ming, walking. Office: 318 Commercial Bldg.
Residence: 4148 Morgan St.
FAUNTLEROY, Thomas Turner, lawyer;
bora in Winchester, Frederick Co., Va., Feb.
23, 1862; son of Judge Thomas Turner and
Bettie Smith (Hite) Fauntleroy; educated in
Shenandoah Valley Academy, Winchester, Va.,
1872-79; studied law at University of Vir
ginia, 1881-83; married, St. Paul, Minn., June
3, 1900, Bessie Stuart Lee; children: Bessie
Lee and Janet Rankin (twins), Margaret
Guion. Began practice of law, Oct. 12, 1883,
in St. Paul, Minn., and continued there until
July 4, 1896, when on account of ill health of
wife was compelled to seek a warmer and
milder climate. Practicing in St. Louis since
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& Fauntleroy, 1903-09, since Barclay, Fauntle-
roy & Cullen. Member St. Louis and Missouri
State Bar associations. Republican. Presby
terian. Clubs: Mercantile, Noonday, Masonic.
Office: 315 Commercial Bldg. Residence: 4148
Morgan St.
FAUST, Anthony Edward, restaurateur;
1836-1906; see Vol. 1906.
FAUST, Anthony Robert; see Vol. 1906.
FAUST, Edward Augustus, second vice
president Anheuser-Busch Brewing Associa
tion; born, St. Louis, Jan. 13, 1869; son of
Anthony E. and Elizabeth (Bischoff) Faust;
educated in public schools, Smith Academy
and Packard's School, New York; married,
St. Louis, Mar. 20, 1897, Anna Louise, daugh
ter of Adolphus Busch; children: Leicester
Busch, Audrey. Learned the fancy grocery
business, wholesale and retail, in New York
City with Tode Bros., 1885-87; in business
with father in Faust & Sons Oyster and Res
taurant Co., 1887-98, vice president and secre
tary that company, 1893-1902. Elected second
vice president and director Anheuser-Busch
Brewing Association, 1898, succeeding Adolph
us Busch, Jr. (deceased). Also vice president
Fourth National Bank; treasurer and general
manager St. Louis Refrigerator Car Co.; sec
retary, treasurer and director Hotel Realty
Co. Republican.' Member Liederkranz. Clubs:
St. Louis, Glen Echo, Mercantile, Union,
Noonday, City. Office: 9th and Pestalozzi Sts.
Residence: 1 Portland PL
FAY, Herman William, president Fay &
Schueler Label Co., manufacturers of drug
gists' glassware; born, Nashville, Tenn., Oct.
12, 1860; son of William and Rosalia (Rager)
Fay; educated in public schools of Nashville
and New Orleans, to fifteen years of age;
came to St. Louis and attended the Laclede
and Madison Grammar schools, the Polytech
nic High School, corner 7th and Chestnut Sts.,
and Washington University; married, St.
Louis, Feb. 13, 1884, Annie Margaret Engel-
brecht; three children: Harold W., Alma M.,
Clarence H. (deceased). Began active career
as a furniture finisher with the Searrett Fur
niture Co.; next took charge of finishing work
as foreman for William P. Arnd Barber Sup
ply Co., continuing for five years; entered
business on own account as H. W. Fay & Co.,
July, 1883; admitted Richard J. Schueler as
partner, 1886, and name of firm was changed
to Fay & Schueler; incorporated the Fay &
Schueler Label Co., 1910, and has since served
as president same; also interested in real es
tate business as H. W. Fay & J. H. Bendick.
Democrat; precinct committeeman Twenty-
fourth Ward for several years; elected to
House of Delegates from Twenty-fourth Ward,
1907; elected central committeeman from Thir
teenth Ward, August, 1910; unanimously
chosen chairman Democratic City Central

Committee, 1910, which office he still holds.
Liberal in religious belief. Past Master Ma
sonic Order; member Knights of Pythias,
Royal Arcanum, National Union. Member
Tower Grove Heights Improvement Associa
tion, Tower Grove Citizens ' Association, Turn
ers, etc. Finds a pleasant diversion in his
political duties. Office: 222 Walnut St. Resi
dence: 3904 Hartford St.
FAY, William, electrical engineer; born,
Elgin, 111., Apr. 5, 1864; son of John and Han
nah (Welch) Fay; educated in public and
private schools, Elgin; Drew's Business Col
lege, graduating, 1884; studied engineering
for four years under Charles Vanvepole, Chi
cago; married, St. Louis, Aug. 8, 1897, Mrs.
Cecilia G. Gray, nee Annis; one adopted
daughter: Carlotta Belle. Was connected with
the Chicago gas plant, 1888-91; in charge of
lighting and power plants of Pennsylvania
Ry. between Chicago and Crestline, O., 1891-
92; was identified with the establishment and
incorporation of the Aurora & Elgin Electric
Ry., 1892-93; with the Thomson-Houston Elec
tric Co., 1893; came to St. Louis, 1896, and
was connected with Laclede Power Co., 1896-
99; with the Imperial Light and Power Co.
and its successor, the Union Light and Power
Co., until 1903; at time of the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition was in charge of the World 's
Fair Automobile and Transit Co.; in business
for self since 1905. Republican. Catholic. Of
fice: 1614, 721 Olive St. Residence: 5223 Cab
anne Ave.
FEINER, Eugene Joseph, vice president
Engelke & Feiner Milling Co.; born, St. Louis,
Mar. 13, 1878; son of Frank and Helena
(Klinger) Feiner; educated in public schools
of St. Louis and Bryant & Stratton Business
College; married, St. Louis, 1905, Paula Has-
sendeubel; one daughter: Eugenia. After leav
ing school entered office of the Engelke &
Feiner Milling Co., and was cashier of the
company until 1905, when was elected vice
president of the company. Also secretary and
treasurer of the Frank Feiner Realty Co.
Member Merchants' Exchange, Liederkranz.
Independent in politics. Office: 816 S. Broad
way. Residence: 3963 Flora Boul.
FEINER, Frank, president Engelke & Feiner
Milling Co.; born, Baden, Germany, February,
1831; educated in schools in Germany; mar-
lied, St. Louis, 1866, Helena Klinger; chil
dren: Eugene, Adalia, Lillie. Came from Ger
many to St. Louis, 1855; went to California
and engaged in mining, 1855-60; in 1860 re
turned to St. Louis and engaged with John
Engelke in the manufacture of white corn
products, establishing the Southern Roller
Mills under firm name of Engelke & Feiner,
which continued, after death of Mr. Engelke
in 1889, until 1895, when business was incor
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Feiner Milling Co., merchant millers, of which
is president. Also president of Frank Feiner
Realty Co. Member Merchants' Exchange.
Office: 816 S. Broadway. Residence: 3333 S.
13th St. *
FEKETE, Thomas Louis, real estate; born,
Aviston, Clinton Co., 111., Apr. 7, 1856; son of
Alexander and Kate (Fisher) Fekete; edu
cated in public schools of East St. Louis, 111.,
and Bryant & Stratton Commercial College,
St. Louis; married, Jan. 22, 1881, Charlotte J.
La Beau; children: Thomas L., Ophelia F.,
Robert A., Forrest F., George E., Josephine C.
Since Aug. 5, 1875, engaged in real estate
business; president of Thomas L. Fekete Co.,
Modern Building and Savings Association;
director Illinois State Trust Co., East St.
Louis & Suburban Railway Co. President
East St. Louis Real Estate Exchange. Repub
lican; president of board of education of East
St. Louis, 1893-95; special tax collector of East
St. Louis, 1894-95; postmaster of East St.
Louis, 1897-1901, aid-de-camp on general staff
of Illinois National Guard, with rank of
colonel, 1892-94, appointed by Gov. Richard
Yates. Mason (33°), Knight Templar, Shriner;
member Knights of Pythias, B. P. O. Elks.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic (treasurer), St. Clair
Country. Recreations: golf, motoring, fishing.
Office: 324 Collinsville Ave., East St. Louis.
Residence: 1018 Pennsylvania Ave., East St.
Louis. FELCHNER, William Herman, jewelry;
1868-1910; see Vol. 1906.
FELKER, Peter H., president General
Printing Co.; born in Park Tp., St. Joseph Co.,
Mich., June 4, 1850; son of Philip and Sarah
(Hoats) Felker; educated in "Little Red
School House," St. Joseph Co., to 1868, then
entered State Agricultural College of Michi
gan, at Lansing, graduating Nov. 13, 1871,
degree of B.S., and for efficiency in botanical
studies received M.S., in 1873; married, Grand
Rapids, Mich., Nov. 1, 1877, Kate M. Bertsch;
two children: Ruth Katherine and Paul Henry.
Engaged on farm until 1868; taught in county
district schools, winters of 1868 and 1869;
after graduation, principal in Ward School,
Lansing, Mich., 1872 and 1873; instructor in
history, and foreman Horticultural Depart
ment, Michigan College, 1874-75; engaged in
grocery business, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1876-
77; became associate editor American Grocer,
New York City, 1878, and continued untii
1880; removed to St. Louis, 1880, and editor
St. Louis Grocer to 1892; editor St. Louis Dry
Goods Reporter, 1892-1902; engaged in print
ing business as president Shultz Printing Co.;
firm name changed to General Printing Co.,
1905, of which is still president. Member
Business Men's League; was charter member
St. Louis School Patrons' Alliance, of which
was president, 1899-1906; chairman local

Michigan Association World's Fair; has been
president several local improvement associa
tions, at present of McCausland Avenue Im
provement Association. Republican. Member
Royal Arcanum. Author of Grocer's Manual,
1879 (seven editions) ; also Letters to a Young
Merchant and Talks to Clerks, 1880 (three
editions). Recreations: fishing, gardening,
study of plant and animal life. Office: 1017
Morgan St. Residence: 6949 Mitchell Ave.
FEMMER, Henry William, lawyer; born
near Herman, Mo., Aug. 9, 1871; son of Au
gust and Anna (Stocker) Femmer; educated
in public schools of Truxton, Mo., and busi
ness course at Perkins & Herpel Business Col
lege (night school) ; graduated from Valpa
raiso (Ind.) Normal School as LL.B.; married,
Kankakee, 111., June, 1898, Cora Snyder; one
daughter: Beatrice. Came to St. Louis from
Valparaiso, Ind., in 1897, and engaged in gen
eral civil practice; was a member of the law
firm of Peers, Femmer & Peers, 1898-1902;
since practicing alone. Member St. Louis Bar
Association, Missouri State Bar Association.
Republican. Member Christian Church. Mem
ber Royal League. Favorite recreations: lit
erature and music. Office: Central National
Bank Bldg. Residence: 6145 Gambleton PI.
FENSKY, Charles, lawyer; born, St. Louis,
Jan. 22, 1867; son of Herman and Margaret
(Nagel) Fensky, the former of Swedish and
the latter of German parentage; educated in
public schools and Jones Commercial College,
St. Louis; studied law in office of U. S. Sen
ator Charles Curtis, of Topeka, Kan.; married,
Osage City, Kan., Sept. 27, 1891, Jennie No-
penz; three children: Alviena M., Charles P.
and EdouardA. Admitted to Kansas bar, 1890;
practiced about four years with preceptor
and one year in office of attorney general of
Kansas; admitted to Missouri bar, June, 1895;
practiced two years with Gov. Charles P.
Johnson; acted as assistant prosecuting attor
ney at the Four Courts, about six years under
Col. Richard M. Johnson; member firm of
Fensky & Fickeisen about two years; then as
Nolan & Fensky about two years; since in
practice alone (the first twelve years devoted
to criminal law, since in civil courts). Trustee
American Medical College. Republican. Ger
man Lutheran. Mason (Erwin Lodge No. 121,
R. A.; Belief ontaine Chapter No. 25); member
Knights and Ladies of Security. Clubs: Ma
sonic, West St. Louis Turn Verein. Recrea
tions: fishing and hunting. Office: 903-904
Times Bldg. Residence: 2725A Madison St.
FENTRESS, Henry T., life insurance; de
ceased; see Vol. 1906.
FERGUSON, Forrest, president Ferguson-
McKinney Dry Goods Co.; born, Dyersburg,
Tenn., Oct. 29, 1861; son of Dr. Floyd and
Mary (Wynne) Ferguson; educated in public
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1890, Grace Elder. Came to St. Louis in 1881
and entered service of Wear & Boogher Dry
Goods Co. as traveling salesman, covering
Tennessee and Kentucky, until 1891, when be
came general salesman with Ely-Walker Dry
Goods Co., until 1899; organized, 1899, the
Ferguson-McKinney Dry Goods Co., of which
has since been president. Clubs: St. Louis,
Noonday. Office: Washington Ave. and 12th
St. Residence: 4944 Lindell Ave.
FERGUSON, John David, lumberman; bora,
Texarkana, Ark., Feb. 22, 1876; son of Wil
liam T. and Eliza Ferguson; educated in pub
lic school, Texarkana, and the University of
Arkansas, at Fayetteville, Ark.; married, St.
Louis, Dec. 10, 1907, Betty Donaldson; one
daughter: Elizabeth Washington. Entire busi
ness career in the lumber business, at first in
association with father (who, with headquar
ters at Texarkana,- was one of the largest lum
ber manufacturers and dealers in Arkansas
and the South), until came to St. Louis, Feb
ruary, 1902, and joined in organizing the Fer-
guson-McDaris Lumber Co.; was president un
til March, 1908, when he became vice presi
dent Sabine Lumber Co. of Missouri; also di
rector Thompson Ford Lumber Co., Crayburg,
Tex., and Louisiana Saw Mill Co.; stockholder
Sabine Lumber Co., Zwolle, La., and director
Zwolle & Eastern R. R. Clubs: Mercantile,
Glen Echo. Recreations: golf and fishing.
Residence: 6325 Washington Boul. Office:
1514 Wright Bldg.
FERGUSON, Joseph William, lumberman;
born in Miller Co., Ark., Sept. 14, 1873; son
of William Thomas and Eliza Jane (Ingram)
Ferguson; married Belle Martin, of Siloam
Springs, Ark., July 15, 1903; three children:
William Thomas, Margaret, Joseph Clark. Be
gan in lumber business with E. W. Frost &
Co., Genoa, Ark., 1893; became connected with
the W. T. Ferguson Lumber Co., of Texar
kana, Ark., 1895; engaged in lumber business
at Cleveland, O., under firm name of Ferguson
& Collins, 1896; purchased interest in Kress
City (Ark.) Lumber Co., 1897; sold out in 1900
and founded the Sabine Lumber Co., of
Zwolle, La.; president Sabine Lumber Co. of
Louisiana, Sabine Lumber Co. of Missouri,
Fairview Lumber Co. (retail yards in Missouri
and Oklahoma), Zwolle & Eastern Ry. Co.;
director Big Pine Lumber Co., Thompson &
Ford Lumber Co. Member Christian Church.
Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo Country, St.
Louis Automobile. Recreation: golf. Office:
1514 Wright Bldg. Residence: 6232 McPher-
son Ave.
FERGUSON, William Thomas, yellow pine
lumber; born in Bowie Co., Tex., May 13,
1847; son of Joseph and Margarette (Johnson)
Ferguson; educated in common country school;
married, Bowie Co., Tex., 1865, Eliza Ingram;
children: Margaret I., Mary E. (Mrs. M. D.
Tilson), Susan M. (Mrs. N. B. Sanderson),

Joseph W. and John D.; married, 2d, Dec. 10,
1894, Elizabeth Bartlett. Served in Confed
erate Army eighteen months; farmer from
1866 to 1881; organized the Frost & Ferguson
Lumber Co., 1882, the E. W. Frost Lumber
Co., Genoa, Ark., 1885; incorporated, 1887,
the Bodcaw Lumber Co., of Stamps, Ark., of
which was vice president; organized, 1893,
the Kress City Lumber Co. of Kress City,
Ark., of which was president; organized,
1894, the Pine Woods Lumber Co., of Spring
Hill, La., of which was vice president, and in
1897 the Louisiana & Arkansas R. R., of which
was vice president; now member of firm of W.
T. Ferguson Lumber Co., wholesale yellow
pine lumber, established in 1893 at Texarkana,
Tex.; president Livingston Lumber Co., of
Buck, Tex. Mason. Clubs: Mercantile, Glen
Echo Country, Maine Fishing and Hunting,
Aero, Automobile. Recreation: golf. -Office:
1710 Wright Bldg. Residence: 5203 Washing
ton Ave.
*FERNALD, Robert Heywood, engineer;
now living in Cleveland, O.; see Vol. 1906.
FERNANDEZ, Gonzalo de A., Mexican con
sul; bora, Mexico City, Dee. 31, 1880; son of
Jose and Guadalupe (Serrano) Fernandez;
educated in Guanajuato State College, grad
uating, 1900; and Commercial College of Mex
ico City, 1901; married, Bilbao, Spam, June
22 1907, Maria Diaz de Mendivil; one child:
Humberto Horacio. In office of minister of
foreign relations, Mexico City, 1897-1901;
chancellor of Consulate, Havre, France, 1901-
04- consul of Mexico at Bilbao, Spam, 1904-11;
since Jan. 26, 1911, consul at St. Louis, juris
diction including Missouri, Iowa and Arkan
sas. Office: 320-321 Chemical Bldg. Residence:
4187 Washington Boul.
FERRENBACH, Edward J., grocer; born,
St. Louis, June 13, 1857; son of Thomas and
Katherine (Klock) Ferrenbach; educated, bt.
Joseph (parochial) School; Christian Brothers
College, two years; St. Louis University, grad,
uating from commercial course, 1875; mar
ried, St. Louis, Apr. 26, 1881, Mary Osterholt;
seven children: Edward A., Eugene C, Thomas
R Lee N, Isabel O, Marie, Florence. After
leaving college visited Europe; remained nine
months abroad and upon return became con
nected with father in grocery business, incor
porated, 1895, as the Thomas Ferrenbach Gro
cery Co., of which is president. Catholic.
Member Catholic Knights. Office: 1800 Frank
lin Ave. Residence: 5441 Bartmer Ave.
FERRIS, Forrest G., assistant circuit attor
ney; born, Hillsdale Co., Mich., July 31, 1860;
soTof Augustus H. and Sylvia (Reed) Ferris;
educated, Chillicothe (Mo.) High School;
LLB University of Missouri, 1882; married,
Mnberiv Mo., Aug. 14, 1884, Bessie, daughter
of^omG F'. Rofhweil; five children: Eliza
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Forrest G., Frances. Teacher in Moberly
(Mo.) public schools, 1883-85; admitted to
Missouri bar, 1882, and practiced at Moberly
until 1907; assistant attorney general of Mis
souri, 1907-08, and was actively identified
with prosecution of cases instituted by Attor
ney General Hadley, known as the insurance
trust, the lumber trust and the harvester trust
eases; assistant circuit attorney for City of
St. Louis since Jan. 1, 1909, as such having
charge of the civil business of the circuit at
torney's office. President board of education,
Moberly, 1896-1902; president Missouri State
School Board Association, 1897-98; member
Moberly Public Library Board, 1901-04. Re
publican; delegate Republican National Con
vention, 1904; member Republican State Com
mittee, 1906-08. Member St. Louis Bar Asso
ciation, State Historical Society of Missouri,
National Geographic Society, Modern Wood
men of America, Independent Order of For
esters. Recreation: baseball. Office: Munici
pal Courts Bldg. Residence: 4965 Lotus Ave.
FERRIS, Wheaton Cravens, real estate;
born, Clarksville, Ark., May 15, 1878; son of
Joseph Wheaton and Susie (Reid) Ferris;
educated public schools, Conway, Ark.; Hen-
drix College, Conway, two years; married,
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 17, 1900, Ruby Bernice
Hoshall. Reporter Daily Light, Tahlequah, I.
T., 1897; treasurer Sandefer Julian Co., Little
Rock, 1899; president Ferris & White Co.,
Plumerville, Ark., 1901, Arkansas Investment
Co., Little Rock, 1906; came to St. Louis No
vember, 1906; president Olive Street Terrace
Realty Co., St. Louis, since 1907; also presi
dent Kinloch Land Co. Democrat. Member
Business Men's League. Clubs: Missouri Ath
letic, Algonquin Golf. Recreations: tennis and
books. Office: 216 Merchants-Laclede Bldg.
Residence: 10 N. King's Highway.
FERRISS, Franklin, judge; born, Peru, N.
Y., Sept. 22, 1849; son of Charles and Mercy
(Macomber) Ferriss; educated Cornell Uni
versity, B.S., 1873, St. Louis Law School,
1875; married, St. Louis, Feb. 10, 1880, Eliza
beth Simon; children: Henry T., Margery
(wife of N. M. Semple, M.D.), Hugh. Began
practice of law in St. Louis, 1875; was mem
ber firm of Rowell & Ferriss. Member of City
Council, 1893-97; elected circuit judge, Eighth
Judicial Circuit, Missouri, 1898, resigned, 1903,
to accept appointment as general counsel Lou
isiana Purchase Exposition Co.; also director
of same company. In 1907 appointed by U. S.
Government special examiner in case of United.
States vs. Standard Oil Co.; appointed, De
cember, 1910, by Governor Hadley judge of
the Supreme Court of Missouri to fill vacancy
caused by death of Judge Burgess; term ex
pires June 1, 1913. Member Business Men's
League. Republican. Clubs: St. Louis, Mer
cantile, Normandie Park, King's Lake Hunt
ing and Fishing. Recreations: music, golf and

fishing. Office: 820 Rialto Bldg. Residence:
5828 Cabanne Ave.
FERRISS, Henry T., lawyer; born, St. Louis,
Feb. 25, 1882; son of Franklin and Elizabeth
H. (Simon) Ferris; graduated Central High
School, 1898; A.B., Cornell University, Ithaca,
N. Y., 1902; LL.B., St. Louis Law School,
1905; married, Lake Forest, 111., Nov. 14,
1908, Edith G. Piatt; children: Anne Chitten
den and Franklin Ferriss, II. Admitted to
Missouri bar, June, 1905; assistant circuit at
torney, St. Louis, 1905-07; since in general
practice; member of Ferriss & Ferriss, 1907
and 1908, since of Ferriss, Zumbalen & Fer
riss. Republican. Member St. Louis and Mis
souri State Bar associations, 'Civic, League,
Clubs: City, Public Question. Recreations:
tennis, golf, literature. Office: 820 Rialto
Bldg. Residence: 5943 Cates Ave.
FEUERBACHER, Frank W., maltster; born,
St. Louis, July 30, 1850; son of Max J. and
Catherine (Sedler) Feuerbacher; educated
Christian Brothers College, St. Louis, and
Rohers' Commercial College; married, St.
Louis, Feb. 19, 1884, Carrie Krauss; twelve
children, eight of whom are now living: Marie,
Elizabeth, Oliver, Fredrick, Edward, Veronica,
Caroline and Bonifacius. Served apprentice
ship as brewer and maltster at Cincinnati,
Milwaukee and several other cities; returned
to St. Louis, 1880, and started a malt house,
1880; has ever since been closely identified
with the business, which is conducted under
title of Frank W. Feuerbacher & Co., of which
he is proprietor; founded the Carondelet Ice
Mfg. and Fuel Co., 1903, and has since served
as president; also president Southern Com
mercial and Savings Bank, Carondelet Milling -
Co., Western Foundry and Sash Weight Co.,
Krauss Improvement and Investment Co., Syn
dicate Construction Co., and Oriental Hotel
Co., of Dallas, Tex.; vice president St. Louis
Catering Co., and director in about ten other
corporations. Republican. Member St. Louis
Manufacturers' and Exporters' Association,
Concordia Turn Verein. Member Masonic Or
der. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Liederkranz,
Western Rowing (for forty- two years), Cedar
Crest, Sunset Hill Country, Aero, and many
smaller organizations. Office: 2705 8. Broad
way. Residence: 3635 Flora Boul.
FEUERBORN, (J.) Fred W.; see Vol. 1906.
FIELD, Oscar Addison, piano merchant;
1847-1912; see Vol. 1906.
FIELD, Oscar Addison, .president Jesse
French Piano and Organ Co.; born, St. Louis,
Oct. 13, 1887; son of Oscar Addison and Maria
(Lumsden) Field; educated in public and
high schools, St. Louis; married, Grace, Miss.,
Nov. 11, 1908, Emma Atkinson Dulaney; one
child: Lorraine Dulaney, born Mar. 12, 1910.
Began active career, Feb. 4, 1904, in piano
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tified for many years; was elected secretary
of the Jesse French Piano and Organ Co.,
January, 1908, and has served as president of
the company since October, 1910. Republican.
Presbyterian. Now first vice president Na
tional Association of Piano Merchants of
America; member board of directors Asso
ciated Retailers of St. Louis. Recreation:
fishing. Office: 1114 Olive St. Residence: 5629
Cabanne Ave.
FIGUEIREDO, Affonso de, railway official;
born, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 8. 1851; son
of Joachim Procopio and Maria Thereza de
Fiqueiredo; early education by tutors at
home, in private school and in Imperial Col
lege of Dom Pedro II, in Brazil, then at Beau
mont Lodge, Windsor, England, and Tooting
Collegiate School, Tooting, Surrey, England;
married, St. Loujs Co., Mo., May 16, 1888,
Charlotte Dunlap Clarkson. Came to St. Louis
in 1871, in the employ of East St. Louis Trans
fer Co., four years; with the Hibernia Bank
two years; returned to East St. Louis Trans
fer Co. as chief clerk; 1882, became secretary
Madison County Ferrv Co., and freight agent
Illinois & St. Louis R. R.; in 1885 with St.
Louis Transfer Railway Co. and Wiggins
Ferry Co.; in 1887 became vice ¦president and
manager of St. Louis Cable & Western Ry. ;
receiver of same, 1889-90; organized, in 1891,
the St. Louis & Suburban R. R.; in 1892 re
turned to St. Louis Transfer Co. as general
freight agent, and since April, 1899, assistant
manager, auditor and director same. Catholic.
Vice consul of Brazil since 1879. Member
Knights of Honor, Legion of Honor, Royal
Arcanum. Club: Mercantile. Recreation: lit
erature. Office: 400 S. Broadway. Residence:
4118 McPherson Ave.
FILLEY, Chauncey Ives; bora, Lansing-
burg, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1829; son of Augustus
and Amelia (Filley) Filley; academic educa
tion in State of New York and two years in
law school in Saratoga Co., N. Y.; came to St.
Louis, Sept. 16, 1850; married, Lansingburg,
N. Y., June 28, 1855, to Miss Anna E. Adams.
Began business career, 1850, as clerk for E. A.
and S. R. Filley, china and glassware, and
from 1855 to 1858 was partner in same firm;
engaged in earthenware business in St. Louis,
1858-73. Cast first vote for Whig candidate
for mayor of St. Louis; during Civil War was
ardent Unionist, and in 1863 was nominated
for mayor by Republican Emancipation Con
vention; was elected and served until 1864;
became one of the leaders of the Republican
party in Missouri; delegate-at-large, 1864, to
the convention that renominated Lincoln for
president; elector on Grant presidential ticket,
1868, and thereafter deleeate to every Na
tional Republican Convention up to and in
cluding 1896; member Missouri State Central
Republican Committee, and its chairman in
1876, and again in 1880-98; chief reorganizer

of the Republican party in Missouri, 1872;
representative of Missouri in National Repub
lican Committee, 1876-92; postmaster of St.
Louis, 1873-78. Office and Residence: 4109
Westminster PL
FILLEY, Frank Blair, president Mound City
Oil and Supply Co.; born, St. Louis, July 31,
1848; son of Giles F. and Maria (Farrington)
Filley; educated in public schools of St. Louis;
married, St. Louis, Sept. 14, 1870, Martha
Georgine Frederick (died Mar. 17, 1910); chil
dren: Giles Robert (deceased), Frank Herbert.
Began business career with the Excelsior Man
ufacturing Co., manufacturers of stoves, and
worked in foundries and shops of the com
pany, 1867-96; was superintendent stove works
when company retired from the business; in
1896 joined in organizing and has since been
president of the Mound City Oil and Supply
Co. Republican. Protestant. Member Royal
Arcanum. Office: 204 N. Commercial St. Resi
dence: Buckingham Annex.
*FILLEY, Frank Herbert, railway supplies;
moved to New York; see Vol. 1906.
FILLEY, John Dwight, banker; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 21, 1853; son of Oliver Dwight
and Chloe V. (Brown) Filley; educated in
public schools and Washington University;
married, St. Louis, Feb. 16, 1881, Fannie L.
Douglass; children: May (Mrs. Ralph Simp-
kins), Ellen D. (Mrs. James H. Wear),
Frances, John D., Jr. Engaged in the bagging
business, 1881, in the Standard Mills Bagging
Co.; vice president, 1891-1908, and since 1908
vice chairman hoard of directors, St. Louis
Union Trust Co. Republican. Episcopalian.
Clubs: St. Louis Country, Bankers', Noonday,
St. Louis, Racquet, Bellerive Country. Recrea
tion: golf. Offiee: corner 4th and Locust Sts.
Residence: 40 Westmoreland PI.
FILMER, Walter Lockett, manager Dodge
& Olcott Co., essential oils, etc.; born, Brook
lyn, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1868; son of John and
Sarah Alice (Lockett) Firmer; educated in
public schools of Brooklyn, N. Y.; married,
Madisonville, Ky., April, 1898, Elsie M. Hope
well; children: Walter L., Jr., James C. Began
business career July 6, 1885, in New York, as
office boy for the firm of Dodge & Olcott,
dealers in essential oils, vanilla beans, etc.;
came to St. Louis for same firm as salesman in
1895, and in October, 1897, was made man
ager of the St. Louis branch, in which posi
tion continues for the Dodge & Olcott Co.,
successors of the original firm. Democrat.
Club: Missouri Athletic. Office: 19 S. 3d St.
Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
FILSINGER, Henry Joseph, monument
dealer; born, St. Louis, Dee. 8, 1848; son of
Balthasar and Henrietta (Grahn) Filsinger;
educated in public and private schools of
Belleville, 111.; married, Belleville, Mar. 3,
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Adolph F., Harry J., Irma. Apprenticed to
monument trade, Oct. 3, 1863, and continued
as employe until Sept. 1, 187%, when with An
drew Fruth established in business under firm
name of Filsinger & Fruth, retail dealers in
monuments; now Filsinger & Fruth Monument
Co., of which is president. Democrat. Member
Ethical Society. Mason since 1870; was Mas
ter Itasca Lodge No. 420, in 1883-84. Recrea
tion: reading. Office: 1617 Washington Ave.
Residence: 3134 Lafayette Ave.
*FINCH, Charles Edgar, American Express
official; moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
FINIGAN, Harry P., wholesale binder twine,
etc.; born in Will Co., 111., Jan. 31, 1857; son
of Harry P. and Margaret (Fennelly) Finigan;
educated in public schools of Illinois; mar
ried, Denver, Colo., Mar. 27, 1881, Lida H.
Brooke; children: William H., Margery E. Be
gan business career as clerk in wholesale store
of J. & G. Herget, Pekin, 111., 1871-73; book
keeper for T. W. Lowry, flour mill, Lincoln,
Neb., 1873-78; studied law in office of Connor
& Maule, Fairmont, Neb., and was admitted to
bar, 1880, engaged in practice for about a
year; traveling salesman for Marsh Harvester
Co., 1881-82; local dealer in farming imple
ments, Brookings, S. D., 1883-85; assistant
sales manager Northwestern Car Co., 1885-88;
traveling auditor Walter A. Wood Mowing
and Reaping Machine Co., 1888-93; assistant
treasurer Walter A. Wood Harvester Co. at
St. Paul, Minn., 1893-97; since 1897 of Mac-
gowan & Finigan, wholesale binder twine,
rope and cordage, St. Louis; also treasurers
Macgowan & Finigan Foundry and Machine
Co., manufacturers of Newton Pulverizer and
Roller Harrows. Club: St. Louis Power Boat.
Office: 42 Gay Bldg. Residence: 17 N. Taylor
Street. FINK, Frederick Bay, president F. B. Fink
Instrument Co.; born, Bellaire, O., July 15,
1876; son of John and Elizabeth (Scott) Fink;
educated in private schools in Ohio and Chi
cago, 111.; married, Marshalltown, la., June 5,
1902, Bessie W. Oliver; one daughter: Vir
ginia. Began business career with the Keuffel
& Esser Co., Chicago, 1893-1901, then with
same firm in New York City, 1901-03, and in
St. Louis, 1903-05; on Apr. 1, 1905, organized
the F. B. Fink Instrument Co., dealers in
mathematical and surveying instruments, of
which is president and treasurer. Republican.
Presbyterian. Member A. F. & A. M. Office:
105 N. 8th St. Residence: 5216 Morgan St.
FINKELNBURG, Gustavus Adolphus, law
yer; 1837-1908; see Vol. 1906..
FINLAY, Andrew Mitchell, vice president
Waters-Pierce Oil Co.; born, Glasgow, Scot
land, June 29, 1857; son of John Robert and
Elizabeth (Mitchell) Finlay; educated in
Washington University; married, Springfield,
Mass., May 18, 1883, Stella Norton; children:

Andrew Lugar, Belle. Has been actively iden
tified with the Waters-Pierce Oil Co. since
June, 1878, first as manager at Marshall, Tex.,
and in 1881 went for the company to the City
of Mexico, returning later in same year to
Galveston, Tex., as manager for Southern
Texas; transferred to St. Louis, 1888, and in
1891 came to St. Louis as division superin
tendent, later becoming vice president and
general manager and now vice president of the
Waters-Pierce Oil Co. (originally J. R. Finlay
& Co., 1858, then merged into W. H. Cobb &
Co., then into H. C. Pierce & Co., and finally
into Waters-Pierce Oil Co., the present cor
poration). Member Royal Arcanum. Elder
First Presbyterian Church. Clubs: Noonday,
St. Louis, Normandie Golf (director). Favor
ite recreations: golf, bowling. Office: National
Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 4938
Berlin Ave.
*FINNEY, Frederick Norton; lives in Mil
waukee, Wis.; see Vol. 1906.
FIORITA, Anthony Rocco, commission mer
chant; born, Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 22, 1879;
son of Sylvester R. and Mary (Loos) Fiorita;
educated in public schools of St. Louis, St.
Mary's College, Kansas, and St. Louis Uni
versity; married, June 8, 1901, Annie De
Donato; children: Santo O., Sylvester R., II.
After leaving school went to work for V.
Scalzo Fruit Co. as clerk; became bookkeeper
for four years, the city buyer for the F. H.
Krenning & Sons, grocers, etc., for four years;
then with Milligan, Fiorita Fruit Go. as secre
tary and treasurer for nine months; joined his
father and brother, 1901, becoming treasurer
of S. R. Fiorita & Sons Fruit Co., so remain
ing until October, 1907, when the company
consolidated with Scalzo Fruit Co., of which
was treasurer; on death of father, January,
1912, was elected president and treasurer of
the Scalzo-Fiorita Fruit Co., large dealers in
foreign and tropical fruits. Vice president St.
Louis Fruit Buyers' Exchange; member St.
Louis Produce Exchange, Western Fruit Job
bers ' Association of Ameriea. Member of
order of Elks. Recreations: home diversions
and motoring. Offiee: 414-416 Wash St. Resi
dence: 4349 Olive St.
FIORITA, Sylvester Rocco, commission mer
chant; 1850-1912; see Vol. 1906.
FIORITA, Vincent Rocco, commission mer
chant; born, St. Louis, June 29, 1881; son of
Sylvester R. and Mary (Loos) Fiorita; edu
cated in public schools of St. Louis, St. Vin
cent and St. Mary's Schools, Kansas, and St.
Louis University; married, St. Louis, April,
1904, Mamie De Donato. After leaving school
became connected with wholesale fruit busi
ness as shipping clerk for five or six years
with the Scalzo Fruit Co., and in 1900 joined
his father and brother in organizing the S. R.
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which was secretary; in October, 1907, firm
consolidated with Scalzo Fruit Co., of which
was secretary until May, 1910, when was
elected vice president; after death of father,
January, 1912, was elected to present position
as vice president and general manager of the
Scalzo-Fiorita Fruit Co. Member Western
Fruit Jobbers ' Association (publicity commit
tee). Office: 414-416 Wash St. Residence:
5100 Delmar Boul.
FISCH, Carl, physician; bora, Rostock, Ger
many, Aug. 17, 1859; son of Wilhelm and
Marie Fisch; educated in gymnasium in Meck
lenburg, Germany, universities of Rostock,
Wuerzburg and Strassburg (Ph.D.), and at
Missouri Medical College, St. Louis, M.D.,
1895; married, 1896, Sophie Hottenrott; one
daughter: Marguerite. Engaged in practice of
medicine in St. Louis since 1895; specialist in
pathology and bacteriology; head of the St.
Louis Pasteur Institute. Member St. Louis
Medical Society, American Medical Associa
tion, American Microscopical Society, Amer
ican Association for the Advancement of Sci
ence, Biological Society of St. Louis, Amer
ican Anthropological Society. Recreations:
botany and natural sciences. Office and Resi
dence: 3863 W. Pine Boul.
FISCHEL, Washington Emil, physician;
born, St. Louis, May 29, 1850; son of Ephraim
and Babette (Taussig) Fischel; educated in
St. Louis High School, St. Louis Medical Col
lege, M.D., 1871, universities of Prague, Vi
enna and Berlin, 1872-74; married, St. Louis,
1876, Miss Martha Ellis; children: Edna
Fischel Gellhorn, Walter, Ellis, Leopold. En
gaged in general practice of medicine in St.
Louis from 1874. Clinical professor medicine
in Washington University Medical College.
Member St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri
State Medical Association, American Medical
Association, Verein Deutscher Aerzte, Asso
ciation of American Physicians, St. Louis
Academy of Science. Member of the Ethical
Society. Clubs: St. Louis, University, St.
Louis Country, Round Table, Town and Gown,
Faculty Club of Washington University. Of
fice: 401 Humboldt Bldg. Residence: 5284
Westminster PI.
FISCHER, Alexander August, real estate
and building; born, Washington, Mo., May 14,
1866; son of August and Maria (Heining)
Fischer; educated in St. Louis public schools;
married, Washington, Mo., Feb. 20, 1889,
Frances Peterson; one son: Roland C. From
age of twelve years to age of twenty-three
lived on father's farm in Franklin Co., Ark.;
came to St. Louis, 1889, and took position
with the Tower Grove and Southwestern
Building and Loan Association as bookkeeper,
continuing for eighteen months; in real estate
business in partnership with H. W. Mephan
for.five years; then dissolved and embarked in

real estate and speculative building on own
account, from which evolved the A. A. Fischer
Architectural and Building Co., incorporated,
1899, of which is president; also president A.
A. Fischer Realty Co., Builders' Manufactur
ing and Supply Co. Republican. Recreations:
hunting, fishing, literature, music and travel.
Office: 728 Chestnut St. Residence: 5256 Ver
non Ave.
FISCHER, Andrew Peter, hardware mer
chant; born, St. Louis, Sept. 1, 1859; son of
John Jacob and Crecentia (Yost) Fischer;
educated in St. Peter and St. Paul schools, to
twelve; attended night school three years and
also studied mechanical drawing and steam
engineering; married, St. Louis, Apr. 26,
1883, Lena Dressier; children: Louisa (Mrs.
Louis Muschany), John, Carrie, Frederick,
Michael. Began active career as apprentice in
machine shop; received license as steam en
gineer at twenty-one and became chief en
gineer Helmbacher Forge and Rolling Mills,
continuing in employ of the company over
twenty-four years; was with Green Tree Brew
ery six months and then with Collier White
Lead Co.; secretary Albert & Fischer Hard
ware and Sheet Metal Co. since 1903. Repub
lican. Catholic. Club: South Side Fishing.
Recreation: fishing. Office: 2533 S. Broadway.
Residence: 1109 Sidney St.
FISCHER, Casper H., banking; born, St.
Charles, Mo., July 23, 1847; son of Philip and
Maria (Griebel) Fischer; educated in public
schools to fourteen; married at St. Louis,
1873, Elizabeth Mayer. Visited Germany for
two- years attending school there; upon re
turning to St. Louis, 1863, secured position as
salesman with William Kayser, dry goods
merchant, later serving as bookkeeper for
George Simpkins; entered employ of the Ger
man Savings Institution, 1867, with which
has ever since been identified and now filling
offices of teller and assistant cashier; presi
dent F. J. Schencher Paper Box Co. Member
Bank Clerks' Association. Republican. Lu
theran. Member Legion of Honor. Club: Lied
erkranz. Recreations: traveling, athelties. Of
fice: 4th and Pine Sts. Residence: 3852 Flora
Boulevard. FISCHER, Frank, treasurer Western Furni
ture Co.; born, Glane, Osnabruck, Germany,
Mar. 14, 1850; son of Frank and Elizabeth
(Grave) Fischer; educated in private schools
in Germany; married, St. Louis, November,
1875, Josephine Steudermann; children: Mary
(Mrs. Al. Maeklin), Frank, Alvina (Mrs. A.
Woerking), Joseph, Edward, Eda (Mrs. Charles
Oechsner), Henry (deceased), Agnes, George
(deceased), Clara. Learned cabinet-making
trade and worked at bench in Germany until
eighteen years of age, when came direct to
St. Louis and worked eleven years for Aude
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account, and assisted in organizing the West-
em Furniture Co., of which is now treasurer
and manager. Member Furniture Board of
Trade. Roman Catholic. Recreation: fishing.
Office: Blair Ave. and Palm* St. Residence:
9049 Alice Ave.
FISCHER, John Caster, president Fischer
Flour Co.; born, Highland, Madison Co., 111.,
June 17, 1850; son of Anton and Elizabeth
(Toggenburger) Fischer; educated in public
school and Rohers' College; married, St. Louis,
Sophie N. Kern; children: Oliver C, Edward
Allen, Charles Grover, Mary Annie. Began
business career in employ of Meyer & Guye,
millers and flour dealers, as shipping clerk and
salesman, continuing for twelve years; vice
president of Mauntel, Borgess & Co., 1880-90;
in 1890 joined in organization of the Fischer
Flour Co., millers and flour merchants, of
which has since been president. Democrat.
Member Tower Grove Turner Society. Recrea
tions: bowling, fishing and all athletics. Of
fiee: 111 Market St. Residence: 3821 Hartford
Street. FISCHER, Oscar Hermann, physician; born,
St. Louis, Sept. 10, 1876; son of Herman and
Marie (Arcularius) Fischer; graduated from
public school, Elleardville, 1891; graduated
Manual Training School, St. Louis, 1894;
Ph.G., St. Louis College of Pharmacy, 1896;
M.D., Medical Department of Washington
University, 1899; unmarried. Was clerk in
drug store, 1894-96; interne City Hospital,
1899-1900; resident physician of O 'Fallon Dis
pensary of Washington University, 1899-1901;
in general practice since 1901. Also clinician
in Medical Department Washington Univer
sity. Member City Hospital Alumni Associa
tion. Episcopalian. Club: Normandie Golf.
Recreation: golf. Office: 700 Carleton Bldg.
Residence: 4562 Cook Ave.
FISCHER, William J., general agent North
western Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Mil
waukee,' Wis. ; born, Alton, 111., Oct. 24, 1863;
son of Frederick and Amelia (Gottlieb)
Fischer; educated in public schools of Alton,
111.; married, Alton, 111., Aug. 27, 1889, Mary
Elizabeth Keiser; children: Ira W., Ralph W.
Began business career, 1885, in general fire
and life insurance business at Galesburg, 111.,
continuing, 1885-88; general agent New Eng
land Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Boston, at
Omaha, Neb., 1888-99; from 1899 to May 1,
1905, general agent at Detroit, Mich., and
since May 1, 1905, general agent at St. Louis
for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Co. of Milwaukee. Republican. Baptist.
Clubs: Mercantile, City, Normandie Golf. Of
fice: eighth floor National Bank of Commerce
Bldg. Residence: 4944 Forest Park Boul.
*FISH, Albert Goodrich, manufacturer iron
work; moved to Denver, Colo.; see Vol. 1906.

FISH, Edwin Silas, real estate; born, St.
Louis, Nov. 11, 1857; son of Orlando and
Martha J. (Goodrich) Fish; educated St. Louis
public and high schools; married, St. Louis,
Jan., 1884, Mamie Kinsella (died February,
1904). Began active career as salesman for
St. Louis Book and News Co.; subsequently
acted as salesman for Pulaski Langalier, real
estate agent; now member real estate firm of
Woolley & Fish; also treasurer Enid Real
Estate Co. Member Real Estate Exchange.
Independent Republican. Member Ethical So
ciety, Legion of Honor, Royal League. Rec
reation: literature. Office: 819 Chestnut St.
Residence: 953 Hamilton Ave.
FISHETiTi, Dan S., theatrical manager; born,
Louisiana, Mo., June 5, 1876; son of Ferdi
nand and Elizabeth (Sicher) Fishell; edu
cated in public and high schools of St. Louis;
unmarried. Was associated with the Bostock
Ferari Carnival Co. when that organization
was in its prime; was manager of the Ellery
Creatore Band, press representative of Barnum
& Bailey Shows, and was connected in business
with the Shuberts for five years; promoter
and lessee Princess Theatre since 1905; presi
dent Fishell Bros. Amusement Co. Democrat.
Jewish religion. Mason; member Royal Ar
canum, Woodmen. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
St. Louis Advertising Men's League. Recre
ations: baseball and athletics. Office: Princess
Theatre. Residence: 4357A Maryland Ave.
FISHER, Charles Brandon, manufacturer of
machinery; born, St. Louis, Aug. 16, 1855; son
of George W. and Edith 8. (Wood) Fisher;
educated in public schools; married, St. Louis,
May 14, 1884, Helen G. Bernays; children:
George B. and Alice. Began as boy with the
Fulton Iron Works, learned the machinist's
trade and later was employed in the offices, of
the same company; in 1885 established in busi
ness for self and in 1888 entered into partner
ship with Thomas D. Davis, forming present
firm of Fisher & Davis, manufacturers of ma
chinery. Office: 93,4-940 N. Main St. Resi
dence: 5559 Bartmer Ave.
FISHER, Daniel D Wiggins, judge; born, Mt.
Etna, Huntington Co., Ind., Dec. 16, 1836; son
of Thomas and Elizabeth (Dwiggins) Fisher;
educated in private and local public schools
of Huntington Co.; A.B., Wheaton College,
Wheaton, 111., 1863, A.M., 1880; honorary de
gree of LL.D. from same college, 1885; mar
ried, Aurora, 111., July 3, 1863, Carrie A. Mc-
Kee; two children: Katherine F. (Mrs. George
M. Brown) and Jennie G. (now deceased).
Admitted to bar by Supreme Court of Illinois
February, 1866; began practice at St. Louis,
Apr. 1, 1866, as member of firm of Fisher &
Rowell and so continued for twenty-three
years; elected judge Eighth Judicial Circuit
of Missouri, and served since January, 1889,
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Republican. Congregationalist. Member Amer
ican Bar Association, Missouri State and St.
Louis Bar associations, St. Louis School of
Fine Arts, Congregational Club, Provident
Association, Hospital Association, Ancient Or
der of United Workmen, Legion of Honor.
Clubs: Mercantile, Amateur Athletic. Cham
bers; Court House. Residence: 3668 W. Pine
Boulevard. FISHER, George Dunbar, wholesale manu
facturing optician; bom, London, Ontario,
Can., Nov. 29, 1870; son of Squire James and
Elizabeth (Thorburn) Fisher; educated at
University of Hyde Park, Can.; married Jan.
16, 1906, Viola Marie, eldest daughter of Eu
gene Benoist. After leaving college learned
optical trade, and in 1891 came to St. Louis
and worked at the business until 1895, when
joined Ernst Eggert in forming firm of Eggert
&. Fisher, opticians, manufacturing, wholesale
and retail; head of George D. Fisher & Co,
since Feb. 1, 1911. Presbyterian. Clubs: Mer
cantile, Normandie Golf, Bellerive Country.
Recreations: hunting and golfing. Offices: 405
N. 8th St. and 510 N. Grand Ave. Residence:
377 N. Taylor Ave.
FISHER, John Albert, leather; 1868-1910;
see Vol. 1906.
FISHER, Samuel Brownlee, chief engineer
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry.; son of Rev.
Jacob P. and Jane Thompson (Brownlee)
Fisher; educated in common school, Washing
ton Co., Pa., Washington and Jefferson Col
lege, Pennsylvania, B.S., 1868, M.S., 1871; mar
ried,. Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 8, 1882, Agnes
Crooks; children: Brownlee, Anna Palmer.
With Rogers Locomotive Works, Paterson,
N. J., 1869-72; in service of the engineering
department of the Pennsylvania Lines, North
west System, between Pittsburg, Chicago and
the lakes in all grades of service from chain-
man to assistant engineer, 1873-85; chief en
gineer. Milwaukee & Northern R. R., 1885-90,
Minneapolis, St, Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Ry.,
1890-92, Everett & Monte Cristo Ry., Everett,
Wash., 1892-94; since 1895, chief engineer
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. Also consult
ing engineer Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. of
Texas. Member American Society of Civil
Engineers, Engineers' Club of St. Loius. Re
publican. Presbyterian. Club: St. Louis Rail
way. Recreation: cycling. Office: 407 Wain-
wright Bldg. Residence: 4606 Maryland Ave.
FISHER, Victor William, railway official;
1843-1912; see Vol. 1906.
FISHER, William, first vice president C. F.
Blanke Tea and Coffee Co.; born, St. Louis,
May 17, 1865; son of John H. and Fannie
(Nicolet) Fisher; educated in public schools;
married, St. Louis, Sept. 5, 1888, Mattie E.
Brunner; one daughter: Aurelia Mattie. Be
gan business career as messenger boy for the
Chicago, Burlington & 'Quincy Railroad, then

was office boy for Krafft-Holmes Grocery Co.,
advanced to street salesman and then entered
brokerage business with D. F. Leavitt & Co.,
became a partner two years later and so re
mained until Jan. 1, 1895, when was employed
by C. F. Blanke Tea and Coffee Co.; two years
later made buyer of coffee department; later
was placed in charge of tea department and
still has charge of the two departments, in
connection with the office of first vice presi
dent. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union,
Million Population, The Traffic of St. Louis.
Recreation: outdoor sports. Office: 7th St. and
Clark Ave. Residence: 1355A Clara Ave.
FISSE, William Edmund, lawyer; deceased;
see Vol. 1906.
FITZ GERALD, James Newbury, bishop M.
E. Church; 1888-1907; see Vol. 1906.
FITZGERALD, John, superintendent of ter
minals, Louisville & Nashville R. R.; born,
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 26, 1867; son of Michael
and Mary (Egan) Fitzgerald; educated in
schools of Memphis, Tenn.; unmarried. Began
railway service, 1882, becoming, for eighteen
months, messenger in superintendent's office
of the Louisville & Nashville R. R. at Mem
phis, Tenn.; then in local freight office at
Memphis and chief clerk division freight
office at Memphis until 1887; traveling freight
agent, with headquarters at Memphis, Tenn.,
until February, 1892; general agent at Chi
cago, HI., until Oct. 10, 1898; division freight
agent at Memphis until May, 1900; superin
tendent at terminals, since 1900, in charge of
traffic and transportation at St. Louis, entire
service having been with the Louisville &
Nashville R. R. Clubs: Mercantile, Noonday,
Glen Echo, Missouri Athletic, The Traffic of
St. Louis and St. Louis Railway Club. Recrea
tion: baseball. Office: 312 N. 8th St. Resi
dence: 4108 Westminster PI.
FLAD, Edward, civil engineer; born, Arca
dia, Mo., Nov. 23, 1860; son Henry and Caro
line (Reichard) Flad; educated at public and
high schools, St.' Louis, and Washington Uni
versity, graduating C.E., 1881; married, St.
Louis, February, 1890, Emilie E. Speck; one
daughter: Virginia Speck Flad. After gradua
tion in 1881 held various positions, including
that of assayer for the Mary Murphy Min
ing Co., Colorado; draughtsman for the Mis
sissippi River Commission at St. Louis, and
experiments on preservation of gum timber;
draughtsman and mechanical engineer for St.
Louis Water Works, 1883-88; designed, 1888,
temporary pumping plant of 20,000,000 gallons
capacity for St. Louis, of original design, the
pumps being placed on cradles (design later
copied by several other cities); made experi
ments on settling and nitration of Ohio River
water at Cincinnati; in partnership with Prof.
J^ B. Johnson under firm name of Johnson &
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water works and sewerage systems for several
smaller cities; in general practice as consult
ing engineer, 1892-99; water commissioner for
city of St. Louis, 1899-1903 ;»designed and built
first floating dredge for cleaning settling
basins; made plans for complete filter plant
for city of St. Louis; since 1903 in general
practice as consulting engineer. Republican.
Member American Society of Civil Engineers,
American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
Engineers' Club of St. Louis, Loyal Legion.
Clubs: Bellerive Country, Noonday. Recrea
tions: reading and golf. Offiee: 1200-1204 Ful
lerton Bldg. Residence: 5575 Waterman Ave.
FLAMMGER, Frederick, president of the
Flammger & Grahl Blank Book Co.; born in
northern part of Germany, Aug. 1, 1843; edu
cated in public schools of St. Louis; married,
St., Louis, November, 1868, Mary A. Pariso;
children: Arthur B., Fred W., Laura J., Ella
A. Came to St. Louis from Germany in 1855;
learned bookbinding trade in St. Louis houses;
served in Civil War in First Missouri Regi
ment under Col. (afterwards Gen.) Frank P.
Blair, in Missouri, and later in the Army of
the Cumberland, for three years and four
months. After the war worked at his trade
for seventeen years; then was with Frey &
Flammger, 1882-85. In 1885 engaged in busi
ness for self, and in 1890 the business was in
corporated as Flammger & Grahl Blank Book
Co., of which is president. Ex-Senior Vice-
Commander Blair Post No. 1, G. A. R., Dept.
of Missouri. Office: 316-318 N. 3d St. Resi
dence: 3511 Sidney St.
FLEBBE, Herman, president Western Candy
and Bakers' Supply Co.; born, Larstedt, Ger
many, Apr. 7, 1850; son of Frederick and Wil
helmina (Hartman) Flebbe; educated in pub
lic schools in Germany; married, St. Louis,
1880, Miss A. Celler; five sons: William, Al
bert, Hugo, Otto, Hermann. Came to St. Louis
from Germany in 1871; began active career as
clerk for hardware house, 1871-1876; worked
for flour merchant, 1876-79; started business,
1879, as Flebbe & Co., jobbers in flour, sugar,
etc., and incorporated the business, 1884, as
the Western Candy and Bakers' Supply Co.,
of which has since been president. Member
Merchants' Exchange. Recreation: travel.
Office: 109-113 S. 11th St. Residence: 1916
Lami St.
FLEER, Fritz; see Vol. 1906.
FLEISHEL, J. Travis, lumber; born, Tyler,
Tex., Nov. 30, 1884; son of Marc L. and Flor
ence (Smith) Fleishel; educated in Tyler pub
lic schools, graduating from high school, 1902;
unmarried. Began lumber career with Colonial
Lumber & Timber Co., engaged at mills, Sham
rock, La., until 1906; then to general offices,
St. Louis; secretary and treasurer of the com
pany since 1909. Democrat. Baptist. Recrea
tion: tennis. Office: 619 Third National Bank
Building. Residence: 8 Beverly PL

*FLEISHEL, Marc Leonard; moved to Ful
lerton, La.; see Vol. 1906.
FLERSHEIM, George Walton, manager St.
Louis News Co.; 1855-1911; see Vol. 1906.
FLESH, Edward Matthew, president of
C. H. Albers Commission Co.; born St. Louis,
Aug. 15, 1869; son of Matthew M. and Susan
Elizabeth (Carter) Flesh; educated in public
schools and Smith Academy, St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, Oct. 1, 1890, Hetta May Al
bers. Began business career as a painter with
Flesh & Mook Painting Co., 1883-85; entered
employ Collier White Lead Co., 1885; manager
Collier Shot Tower Co., 1886-95; moved to Chi
cago as manager linseed oil department Na
tional Linseed Oil Co., November, 1895; moved
back to St. Louis, Dec, 1898; Jan., 1899, be
came vice president C. H. Albers Commission
Co., pres. 1912; vice president Advance and
Venice Elevator and Warehouse Co., Belt Ele
vator, Terminal Elevator, of East St. Louis.
Member Merchants' Exchange. Democrat.
Episcopalian. Clubs: St. Louis, Missouri Ath
letic, Mercantile, Noonday, Automobile (secre
tary and treasurer), Aero. Recreations: hunt
ing and fishing. Office: Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: "Lancashire Garden," Kent Rd., St.
Louis County.
FLICKINGER, Adam, dentist; born, St.
Louis, May 10, 1847; son of Jacques Balthazar
and Katherine (Furman) Flickinger; educated
at Old Madison (public) School; Central High
School, 1861; Rohrer's Commercial College,
1864-65; Homoeopathic College of Missouri,
1867; M.D., Missouri Medical College, 1869;
D.D.S., St. Louis Dental College, 1869; D.D.S.,
Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, 1873;
post-graduate course, Heidelberg, Germany,
1873; married, St. Louis, Sept. 8, 1881, Ida
Grace Helier; one daughter, Alice, who gradu
ated at Mary Institute, St. Louis, and Bryn
Mawr College, Pennsylvania, degrees of A.B.
and A.M. Assistant to Dr. Alexander Dienst,
St. Louis, 1863-73, and in partnership with
him, 1873-77; since practiced alone. Visiting
dentist, City Hospital, 1874; professor mechan
ical dentistry, St. Louis Dental College, 1873-
75; member clinical staff, Dental Department,
Washington University, since 1904. Repub
lican; judge of elections, 1875. Presbyterian.
Member St. Louis Dental Society, St. Louis
Society of Dental Science (president, 1905-06),
Washington University Association; secretary
Odontological Dental Society, 1865-72. Mem
ber Business Men 's League of Webster Groves.
Clubs: Contemporary, Algonquin Golf. Recrea
tions: horticulture and botanical subjects.
Office: 1113 Pine St. Residence: 227 Orchard
Ave., Webster Park.
FLORY, Joseph, clerk of St. Louis Court of
Appeals; born on farm near Logansport, Ind.,
June 19, 1856; son of Nathan and Elizabeth
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Logansport; married, June 30, 1876, Emma
Johnson, Lafayette, Ind.; children: Harry J.,
Frank F., Nellie B. Removed to Missouri; en
gaged in railroad business; elected state rail
road commissioner of Missouri, 1894, for six
years; Republican nominee for governor of
Missouri, 1900; secretary Louisiana Purchase
Exposition Commission, 1900-04. Engaged in
construction of the Trinity & Brazos Valley
R. R., 1905-06; trainmaster same road, 1907;
with Mexican National Railway, 1908; with
law department Missouri Pacific Railway,
1909; private secretary Postmaster Akins un
til Jan. 1, 1910; since clerk St. Louis Court of
Appeals. Member Order Railway Conductors,
St. Louis. Mason, Knight Templar. Recrea
tions: reading and travel (by water pre
ferred). Office: Pierce Building. Residence:
3833 Botanical Ave.
FLOWER, Walter L., steam specialties;
born, Caroline Co., Md., May 28, 1861; son of
Nathan and Rebecca (Wheeler) Flower; edu1
cated in public schools; married at Cape May,
N. J., Nov. 28, 1887, Belle M. Knott; children:
Walter, Harold and Wilbur. Came to St. Louis
with Leonard & Ellis, oils, Apr. 1, 1884, and
remained with the firm as salesman until
March, 1898, when established for self under
firm name of Walter L. Flower Co., steam spe
cialties. Mason. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
Oasis, City. Recreations: fishing and hunting.
Office: 312-314 S. 8th St. Residence: 5111 Ver
non Ave.
FLOYD, Frank Monroe, surgeon, physician;
born Columbia, Tenn., Jan. 20, 1866; son of
B. B. and Sarah C. (Hilton) Floyd; educated
in various public and private schools; gradu
ated from Centralia (111.) High School, 1885;
M.D., Medical Department of St. Louis Uni
versity, 1897; married, St. Louis, 1911, Miss
Myrtle Dougherty. Engaged in genera] prac
tice of medicine and surgery since 1894. Con
sulting surgeon "Frisco" System, and divi
sion surgeon Rock Island System. Member
American Association of Railway Surgeons,
Tri-State Medical Association, St. Louis Dis
trict Medical Association, Frisco System Med
ical Association, Rock Island System Medical
Association; fellow Royal Microscopical So
ciety, London. Club: Missouri Athletic. Rec
reation: literature. Office and Residence: 4400
Forest Park Boul.
FLYNN, James Crawford, contractor; born,
County Cavan, Ireland, Apr. 12, 1840; son of
Owen and Martha (Crawford) Flynn; edu
cated in public schools of native land; mar
ried, Southington, Conn., Mar. 4, 1864, Louise
M. Matthews; children: Annice (now Mrs.
Charles Hutton, of Oswego, Kas.), Cecily (now
Mrs. E. Knapp), Mattie and Ben, both de
ceased. Came to America, 1857; served ap
prenticeship at carpenter's trade in Connecti
cut; located in St. Louis, 1866; has engaged in

contracting business on own account sinco
1871. Republican. Episcopalian. Odd Fellow.
Office: 4371 Easton Ave. Residence: 4334
Garfield Ave.
r,/°,LET; Jeremiall T., clergyman; bora, St.
Charles, Mo., Apr. 3, 1860; son of Timothy and
Elizabeth (O'Keeffe) Foley; graduated, Chris
tian Brothers College, St. Louis, 1878; studied
theology in Sulpician Seminary, Baltimore
Md. Ordained priest of Roman Catholic
Church by the late Archbishop Ryan, at St.
John's Church, St. Louis, Mar. 7, 1883; began
pastoral ministrations as assistant in St. Pat-
nek s Church, was transferred to Church of
the Holy Angels, where he ministered for nine
years; then served as assistant pastor of
Sacred Heart Church and later of St. Kevin 's
Church; appointed pastor of St. Cronan's
Church, Jan. 24, 1898, then in a thinly settled
portion of the city, and now including over
700 families in the parish. Residence: 1203 S.
Boyle Ave.
FOLEY, William; see Vol. 1906.
FOLK, Joseph Wingate, ex-governor; born
at Brownsville, Tenn., Oct. 28, 1869; son of
Henry B. and Martha (Estes) Folk; LL.B.,
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., 1890;
(LL.D., Westminster College, 1905, Southwest
ern University, Jackson, Tenn., 1906, Univer
sity of Missouri, 1907); married, Miss Ger
trude Glass, of Brownsville, Tenn., Nov. 10,
1896. Admitted to bar 1890; circuit attorney'
St. Louis, 1900-04; since in practice of law
except when holding public office; prosecuted
numerous bribery cases; governor of Missouri,
1905-09. Democrat. Member Business Men's
League, Civic League. Mason. Member
Knights of Pythias. Clubs: Mercantile, Algon
quin. Recreations: riding, golf and hunting.
Offiee: Pierce Bldg. Residence: 5829 Cates
Avenue. FOLLENDJS, Reinhold H., granite and mar
ble works; born in Warren Co., Mo., May 15,
1839; son of Paul and Maria (Muench) Fol-
lenius; educated in district schools of Warren
Co., Mo. ; married, Milwaukee, Wis., 1864, Lena
Westernhagen; one daughter: Mrs. W. H.
Fuchs. Learned granite and marble work
trade in St. Louis, beginning at age of six
teen, and afterwards worked at his trade in
various places through the Mississippi Valley;
since 1865 in business for self, conducting
granite and marble works in St. Louis and
confining attention to cemetery work. Member
A. F. & A. M. Recreation: reading. Office:
508-510 Chouteau Ave. Residence: 3202 La
fayette Ave.
FOLSOM, Samuel Pearl, lumber; born, St.
Paul, Minn., Apr. 25, 1865; son of Samuel P.
and Mary D. (Gale) Folsom; educated in pub
lic schools of St. Paul, Minn.; married, Tiffin,
O., November, 1892, Anna M. Rogers. Began
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the city engineer of St. Paul, Minn., for four
years; then engaged as contractor for street
pavements in St. Paul and throughout United
States for five years. From 1§87, actively and
continuously engaged in the lumber business
at St. Paul, Minn., and Kansas City, Mo., and
in Arkansas until established in same line in
May, 1905, in St. Louis; makes railroad ties
a specialty. Democrat. Episcopalian. Recrea
tions: fishing and baseball. Office: 1316
Wright Bldg. Residence: 4511 Washington
Boul. FOOTE, Arthur Hoyt, manager Adjustment
Bureau of St. Louis Credit Men's Association;
born, Milwaukee, Wis., July 28, 1858; son of
Samuel E. and Elizabeth Lee (Bailey) Foote;
educated in public schools of Erie, Pa., 1868-
73, including three years in high school; mar
ried, North East (Erie Co.), Pa., Nov. 7, 1882,
Gertrude E. McGill; children: Eleanor Bailey,
Lucy Dodds, Horace Stanwood. In employ of
Marine National Bank, Erie, Pa., 1873-78;
purchasing agent and accountant Missouri
Iron Co., Sligo Furnace Co., St. Louis, Salem
& Little Rock R. R., 1878-83; auditor and gen
eral freight and passenger agent Eureka
Springs Railway Co., Eureka Springs, Ark.,
1883-89; manager Crescent Hotel and secre
tary Eureka Improvement Co., Eureka Springs,
1889-91; secretary St. Louis Traffic Commis
sion, 1892-93; cashier Mansur & Tebbetts Im
plement Co., 1893-1902; since connected with
St. Louis Credit Men's Association. Repub
lican. Member Church of the Messiah (Uni
tarian). Member Civic League; director Na
tional Association of Credit Men. Office: Se
curity Bldg. Residence: 3739 Windsor PI.
FORBES, Alexander Elias, merchant in teas
and coffees; bora, Ayr, Canada, Jan. 11, 1843;
son of James H. and Elizabeth (Eastway)
Forbes; educated in public school and Jones
Commercial College; married, Burlington, la.,
Oct. 18, 1889, Emma J. Johnson; one daughter:
Helen M. In 1857 entered the wholesale tea
and coffee business established by father in
1853, in which has ever since continued, now
being president of the James H. Forbes Tea
and Coffee Co. Republican. Presbyterian.
Office: 112 Locust St. Residence: 4319 Delmar
Avenue. FORBES, Robert Magnus, teas and coffees;
born, Alton, 111., June 26, 1861; son of James
H. and Elizabeth (Ryrie) Forbes; graduated
from Alton (111.) High School, and spent one
year at Shurtleff College, Upper Alton, 111.;
married, Alton, 111., Oct. 14, 1891, Mary P.
Lewis; children: Harriet L., James H., Charles
P. Since July, 1878, associated with father in
tea and coffee business in St. Louis, now being
vice president of James H. Forbes Tea and
Coffee Co. Member Business Men's League.
Republican. Baptist. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar. Office: 908-916 Clark St. Residence:
Alton, HI.

FORCE, Houston Thomas, wholesale hat mer
chant; born, Charleston, S. O, Jan. 7, 1854;
son of Benjamin Ward and Julia A. (Harper) .
Force; educated in public school, Charleston,
S. O, private school in Georgia, Bryant &
Stratton Business College, Newark, N. J.;
married, Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 13, 1876, Anna
Lumpkin (died 1901); 2d, Oct. 1, 1903, Mar
garet Tichenor, of Jefferson City, Mo.; chil
dren: Anna Lumpkin (Mrs. S. T. G. Smith),
John L., Delphine, Hamlin D. When a lad of
fifteen to seventeen was bookkeeper for man
ufacturing silverware house in New York;
lived at Memphis, Tenn., from December,
1872, to January, 1877; came to St. Louis,
January, 1877, and entered employ of Watkins
& Gilliland, wholesale hat dealers; in 1880 be
came director in Scott-Jones Hat Co., which
changed to Scott-Force Hat Co., of which was
president, and which later became Scott,
Force & Goodbar Hat Co., in 1898; company
changed to Boogher, Force & Goodbar Hat Co.,
of which was president for first year and has
since been first vice president. Democrat.
Presbyterian. Recreation: hunting. Office:
1606 Washington Ave. Residence: 4343 Mor
gan St.
FORD, James Leven, wholesale grocery
broker; born, Fredericksburg, Va., July 1,
1849; son of James W. and C. Ellen (Taylor)
Ford; graduated (second in class) from Vir
ginia Military Institute, 1869; married, Dan
ville, Ky., June 13, 1877, Lida M. Bowman;
children: Mrs. James A. Draper (Wilmington,
Del.), James L., Jr. Assistant professor math
ematics, Virginia Military Institute, 1869-72;
principal and professor mathematics at Dan
ville (Ky.) Military Academy, 1872-80; com
mandant cadets and professor mathematics
Agricultural College of Georgia, 1880-81; be
cause of ill health changed occupation in 1881,
coming to St. Louis and establishing as whole
sale grocery broker and commission merchant;
since Nov. 1, 1885, of firm of Ford & Doan,
St. Louis and Kansas City, selling groceries to
grocery jobbers of the Mississippi Valley.
Democrat. Member Board of Education of St.
Louis, and served as chairman finance commit
tee six years. Senior warden St. Peter's Epis
copal Church. Clubs: Round Table, St. Louis.
Recreation: literature. Offiee: 312-314 N. 2d
St. Residence: Buckingham Hotel.
FORD, Mark; see Vol. 1906.
FORD, Owen; see Vol. 1906.
*FORD, William Hutson, physician; moved
to Washington, D. C.j see Vol. 1906.
FORD, William Schofield, president W. S.
Ford ' & Co. ; born, Bloomington, 111., Apr. 9,
1873; son of Edwin D. and Ellen (Schofield)
Ford; educated in high school of Sedalia, Mo.;
unmarried. Entered Meier China and Glass
Co. (established 1857) as bill clerk, 1894, and
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elected, 1904, as vice president of the com
pany, wholesale and retail dealers; in 1907
organized the firm of W. S. Ford & Co., deal
ers in hotel supplies, of which is president. Re
publican. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Triple A
(director), Country, City, Century Boat, Uni
versal Exposition. Office; 411 N. 3d St. Resi
dence: Buckingham Hotel.
FORDER, Samuel W., gas and electric engi
neer; born in St. Louis Co., Mo., Nov. 1, 1880;
son of Samuel W. and Anna V. (Conn)
Forder; educated in grammar schools of St.
Louis, Manual Training School, graduating,
1897, and Washington University, B.8., 1902;
unmarried. After graduation was instructor
in Washington University, 1902-03; superin
tendent of the Laclede Gas Light Co., 1903-
09; manager Northern Indiana Gas and Elec
tric Co., Michigan City, Ind., 1909-11; since
engaged as consulting engineer. Member of
American Gas Light Association. Episcopa
lian. Member Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Residence: St.
Louis Co., near Jefferson Barracks.
FORDYCE, Samuel Wesley, capitalist; born
in Guernsey Co., O., Feb. 7, 1840; son of
John and Mary A. Fordyce; educated in pub
lic schools in Ohio, Madison College, Union-
town, Pa., and North Illinois University, Hen
ry 111.; married, Huntsville, Ala., 1866, Susan
E. Chadwick; children: John R. (president
Thomas-Fordyce Manufacturing Co., Little
Rock, Ark.), William C. (vice president Com
monwealth Trust Co.), Jane (wife of David S.
Stanley, lieutenant colonel U. S. A., assistant
quartermaster general), Samuel W., Jr. (law
yer). In 1860 became station agent on the
Central Ohio Ry.; when war broke out in
1861, enlisted in Co. B, First Ohio Cavalry
Volunteers, and served through the war; when
left the service was captain of cavalry and
inspector general of cavalry of the Army of
the Cumberland. At close of war located in
Huntsville, Ala., and established the banking
house of Fordyce & Rison; became active in
politics, and in 1874 served as member of the
Democratic State Central Committee of Ala
bama; removed to Arkansas, 1876, and be
came largely interested in enterprises of that
state; was elected vice president and treas
urer, 1881 of Texas & St. Louis R. R., of
which was appointed receiver, 1885, and with
in a year relieved it of its financial, obliga
tion, and when road was reorganized as the
St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Ry. Co., was
made its president; again appointed receiver,
1889, and in 1891 road was reorganized as the
St. Louis Southwestern Ry., of which was
president, 1891-99; vice president Apalachi
cola & Northern R. R., of Florida; director
respectively of St. Louis Union Trust Co.,
Kansas City Southern Ry. Co., Illinois, Iowa
& Minnesota Ry. Co., St. Louis, El Reno &

Western Ry., Pierce-Fordyee Oil Association,
of Texas; chairman board of directors Little
Rock, Hot Springs & Western Ry.; president
Hot Springs Street Ry. Co., Electric Ry. Co.,
Hot Springs Water Co., Electric Lighting Co.,
Hot Springs Gas Co., of Hot Springs, Ark.;
president Houston Oil Co., of Texas; vice
president Jefferson Hotel Co., St. Louis, East
man and Arlington hotel companies, Hot
Springs, and other corporations. Democrat;
delegate to Arkansas Democratic Gubernato
rial Convention, 1880, Arkansas Judicial Con
vention, 1884; member Democratic National
Committee from Arkansas, 1884-88; delegate
to Democratic National conventions, 1884,
1892. Member Ohio Society of New York,
Loyal Legion, Ransom Post, G. A. R. Clubs:
Noonday, Bellerive. Recreation: horseback
riding. Office: 415 Locust St. Residence: 21
Washington Terrace.
FORDYCE, Samuel Wesley, Jr., lawyer;
born, Hot Springs, Ark., Aug. 11, 1877; son of
Samuel Wesley and Susan E. (Chadiek) For
dyce; educated Smith Academy, class of 1894;
Harvard University, A.B., 1898; Washington
University, Law Department, LL.B., 1901;
married, St. Louis, Dec. 18, 1900, Harriet
Frost. Admitted to bar in 1901; was partner
with Charles M. Polk, under firm name of
Fordyce & Polk, 1904-06; since Jan. 1, 1908,
member firm of Fordyce, Holliday & White;
President Pierce-Fordyee Oil Association, vice
president and general counsel Tennessee Cen
tral R. R.; director Commonwealth Trust Co.,
Provident Chemical Works, Atlas Portland
Cement Co., Mamolith Carbon Paint Co., Na
tional Light and Power Co., etc. Member St.
Louis Bar Association, Law Library Associa
tion. Democrat. Clubs: Noonday, Racquet, St.
Louis Country, Cuivre, The Island. Recrea
tion: shooting. Office: 506 Olive St. Resi
dence: Kinloch, St. Louis Co., Mo.
FORDYCE, William C, banker; born,
Huntsville, Ala., Nov. 28, 1871; son of Samuel
W. and Susan Elizabeth (Chadiek) Fordyce;
removed with parents to Arkansas in youth
and later to St. Louis; educated under private
tutelage and in Harvard University, graduat
ing with degree of A.B., 1895; married, St.
Louis, June 16, 1902, Christine Orrick; three
children: William C, Allen Orrick and Chris
tine. Has been actively identified with promo
tion of many interests, including railroads
(steam and electric), manufacturing and bank
ing enterprises, gas and water works and other
industries; vice president Commonwealth
Trust Co. since 1905; president Hot Springs
Gas Co., of Hot Springs, Ark.; vice president
Scott City & Northern Ry. Co., of Kansas;
vice president Hot Springs St. Ry. Co., Hot
Springs Water and Electric Co., Planters
Hotel Co. of St. Louis, Jefferson Hotel Co. of
St. Louis, etc. Independent in politics. Clubs:

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University, Racquet, St. Louis Country, Noon
day. Office: Commonwealth Trust Bldg. Resi
dence: 19 Washington Terrace.
FORLINE, Charles M., manager Keasby &
Mattison Co., asbestos materials; born, Mat-
toon, 111., Jan. 7, 1860; son of John A. and
Elizabeth Corbin Forline; graduated from Ot
tawa (Kansas) High School, 1876; married,
Downs, Osborn Co., Kan., Feb. 16, 1886, Verna
Markert; one son: Carl Melville. Was in
wholesale drug business on own account for
years in Downs, Kan., and afterwards in same
business, and mining in Colorado, at Colorado
Springs and Manitou, Colo.; later in whole
sale drug business in Chicago; left there to
become general western manager for Keasby
& Mattison Co. Democrat. Mason; member
Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias. Office: 215-
217 Chestnut St. Residence: 3865 Juniata St.
FORMAN, Hamilton Atchison, banker, re
tired; born on farm near Nashville, 111., Feb.
15, 1853 ; son of William B. and Mary Caroline
(Forsyth) Forman; educated in public schools,
Washington Seminary, Richview, 111., and
Jones Commercial College, St. Louis, graduat
ing from latter, 1870; married, Nashville, 111.,
Apr. 26, 1909, Cora J. Kilber. Began banking
as clerk in Tamaroa, 111., and was afterwards
clerk in Washington County Bank, Nashville,
111.; in December, 1877, with others, organized
Du Quoin Bank, Du Quoin, 111., serving as its
cashier until appointed national bank exam
iner, 1886; served until June, 1890, when was
elected vice president of Second National
Bank of Cincinnati; resigned to become cash
ier of the Continental National Bank of St.
Louis, June, 1892; then reappointed national
bank examiner, which position held until Feb.
15, 1901, when was elected president of the
Fourth National Bank of St. Louis; continued
in this office until December, 1906, when the
bank was merged with the National Bank of
Commerce. Organized the Central National
Bank, of which was president from Dec. 6,
1906, to Mar. 7, 1909, when disposed of inter
ests and retired. Was Democrat until 1894,
since Republican. Was member of council of
Du Quoin, 111., and was also clerk and treas
urer of same city. President City Council of
St. Louis, 1905-09. Mason (32°), Knight Tem
plar, Shriner; member I. O. O. F. Favorite
recreation: motoring. Residence: Hotel Beers.
FORMAN, Zenas Preston; see Vol. 1906.
FORSTER, Christian Marquand, brewer;
1857-1912; see Vol. 1906.
*FORSTER, Davis, physician; moved to
Florida; see Vol. 1906.
FOSTER, Robert Magruder, lawyer; born,
Putnam Co., Ga., May 13, 1852; son of Ster
ling Johnson (M.D.) and Virginia C. (Heard)
Foster; educated private schools; East Ala
bama Male College, 1867-69; Davidson College,
North Carolina, graduating degree of A.B.,

1870, A.M., 1875; studied law under Judge N.
B. Fagin and Gen. H. C. Thompkins, Union
Springs, Ala.; matriculated in St. Louis- Law
School and was graduated with degree of
LL.B., 1875; married, Keokuk, la., Oct. 19,
1881, Lizzie L. Carpenter; three children:
Sterling O, Robert M., Virginia Lee. Ad
mitted to Missouri bar, 1875, and since in
practice in St. Louis; member Missouri House
of Representatives, 1879-81; judge of St. Louis
Circuit Court and Juvenile Division of Circuit
Court, 1902 to Jan. 1, 1909. Member Amer
ican Bar Association, Missouri State Bar As
sociation. President Central Arkansas & East
ern R. R. Co., Helena Water Co., Haywood
(Ark.) Farm Co., Prairie Townsite Co. Demo
crat. Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: Mercan
tile, Missouri Athletic, Amateur Athletic,
Normandie Park Golf. Recreations: golf, hunt
ing and fishing. Offiee: 1401, 506 Olive St.
Residence: 4315 Delmar Boul.
FOUKE, Philip Bond, wholesale raw furs;
born, New Orleans, La., July 20, 1872; son of
Philip Bond and Sue Brent (Leonard) Fouke;;
educated in public schools of St. Louis and
Emanuel Seminary, Dallas, Tex.; married,
1906, Miss Mabel Virginia Riddle. Began busi
ness career in 1889 as offiee boy with Funsten
Bros. &'Co., Inc.; steadily advanced and ac
quired large interest in business, becoming
manager, and in 1897 was elected vice presi
dent and. director of the company, which is
engaged at wholesale in furs, and especially
prominent as receivers and sellers of furs;
acquired controlling interest in business and
elected president of company, 1907. Director
Mechanics-American National Bank. Repub
lican. Congregationalist. Scottish Rite Ma
son (32°). Clubs: St. Louis, Glen Echo Coun
try, Racquet, Noonday, Automobile, Missouri
Athletic. Recreations: golf, automobiling and
Hunting. Office: corner 2d and Elm Sts. Resi
dence: 306 N. Newstead Ave.
FOWKE, Gerard, archaeologist; born, Mays
ville, Ky., June 25, 1855; son of John D. and
Sibella (Mitchell) Smith; present name
adopted; unmarried. Was engaged in explora
tions and surveys of aboriginal remains in
eastern United States from Atlantic to Mis
sissippi, Canada to Gulf of Mexico, in connec
tion with Bureau of American Ethnology,
1885-88, 1891-93; also under other auspices at
various times; excavations among Norse re
mains near Boston, 1894 and 1896; explora
tions on Vancouver Island, B. C, and lower
Amoor River in Siberia, for American Museum
Natural History, New York, 1898; examina
tions at Kimmswick, Mo., and Lansing, Kan.,
of geological deposits containing prehistoric
human remains, of aboriginal flint quarries,
and of caves for early human remains, in
Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Tennes
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08; investigated glacial deposits and traced
pre-glacial channels, in Ohio Valley, during
past twenty years; with Missouri Historical
Society, St. Louis, since April, 1911; making
investigations at Quirigua, Guatemala, 1912.
Author: Archseological History of Ohio, 1902;
also monographs and reports for Bureau of
American Ethnology, especially in twelfth and
thirteenth annals, and numerous papers in sci
entific and historical journals. Address: Mis
souri Historical Society.
FOWLER, Albert Covington, lawyer; de
ceased; see Vol. 1906.
FOX, Charles J., lawyer; born, St. Louis,
Mar. 18, 1874; son of Robert and Nellie (Mc-
Guigan) Fox; A.B., Christian Brothers Col
lege, St. Louis, 1892; LL.B., Law Department,
Washington University, 1895; unmarried. Ad
mitted to Missouri bar, 1895, and has engaged
in practice at St. Louis since Jan. 1, 1899.
Democrat. Catholic. Member American Bar
Association, St. Louis Bar Association. Mem
ber Knights of the Maccabees. Club: Missouri
Athletic. Office: Times Bldg. Residence: 5129
Kensington Ave.
FOX, Philip Peter, vice president Kaysing
Iron and Foundry Co.; born, St. Lou's, May
23, 1888; son of Philip J. and Margaret
(Hacker) Fox; educated in St. Francis De
Sales (parochial) School, to 1902; St. Peter
and Paul's High School, 1902-04; then entered
Perkins & Herpel's Business College (changed
to New St. Louis Business College), from
which graduated, Sept. 17, 1904; married, St.
Louis, Feb. 22, 1911, Mary Baier; one child:
Roger Philip. Began business career with
Evert P. Maule, contractor and builder, as
bookkeeper and stenographer, Sept. 27, 1904,
and continued until March, 1908 ; engaged with
Powitzky & Collins Carriage Woodwork Co.
as assistant bookkeeper and stenographer,
March, 1908-09; then to January, 1910, as
bookkeeper Kaysing Iron and Foundry Co., of
which now vice president. Republican. Cath
olic. Recreations: fishing and bowling. Office:
2523 Montgomery St. Residence: 3414A Grace
Avenue. FOX, William C, marble and tile business;
born, Philadelphia; son of George and Rosa
(MeGovern) Fox. Learned sculpture in Paris
and Rome; later engaged in marble work in
principal cities of United States; located in
St. Louis, 1902, and since manager and treas
urer St. Louis Marble and Tile Co. Office: 711
S. 12th St. Residence: 2612 S. Compton Ave.
FOY, Julius Lannan, lawyer; 1871-1907; see
Vol. 1906.
FRALEY, Moses, general insurance; born,
Frederick, Md., Nov. 24, 1843; son Mannus
and Babette (Jandorf ) Fraley; educated pub
lic schools; married, St. Louis, 1865, Miss Rosa
Harsh; children: Ray (Mrs. Peter Zucker, of
New York), Sadie (Mrs. C. A. Stix). Began

business career as proprietor of a general mer
chandise store at Parkersburg, W. Va., coming.
to St. Louis, 1863, and continuing in same
business until 1868; in banking and brokerage
business under firm name of Donaldson & Fra
ley and New York firm of Fraley & Good-
hardt, who were members of the New York
Stock Exchange; in 1883 engaged in grain
commission business in firm of Fraley-Carter
Commission Co., with offices at St. Louis, Chi
cago and New York; since 1893 in general in
surance business under style of the Insurance
Agency Co., of which is vice president. Mem
ber Civic League, Business Men's League.
Was member Upper House of Municipal As
sembly of St. Louis under the new scheme
and charter for four years (one of two mem
bers of that body now living). Jewish re
ligion; president Temple Israel; president
Confederated Jewish Educational and Chari
table Union. Mason (Royal Arch). Clubs:
Columbian (ex-president), City. Recreations:
music and philanthropic and educational work.
Office: 112 N. 4th St. Residence: 26 Portland
Place. FRANCIS, Albert J., president Francis Con
struction Co.; born at Alexandria, Ky., Jan. 4,
1871; son of Charles and Sarah (Ware) Fran
cis; educated in public schools; married, Cov
ington, Ky., 1894, Nettie Bressman; one son:
Bert. Learned carpenter's trade under father,
who was a contractor and builder; engaged as
contractor in Covington, and later was man
ager of erection of additions to soldiers'
homes at Danville, 111., and Dayton, O.; lo
cated in St. Louis, 1901, as contractor and
builder; director Maryville Hotel Co. Demo
crat. Baptist. Mason; member Knights of
Pythias. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic,
Oasis. Recreations: fishing and automobiling.
Office: 812 Chestnut St. Residence: 5810
Julian Ave.
FRANCIS, Arthur Garesche, manager St.
Louis branch The Manhattan Rubber Manu
facturing Co.; born, St. Louis, Sept. 27, 1865;
son of Charles W. and Eulalie (Maguire)
Francis; educated public schools and Wash
ington University; married, St. Louis, Oct. 31,
1893, Maude Pease; one daughter: Louise. En
tered employ of St. Louis branch of the Re-
yere Rubber Co., 1892, continuing for two
years; with the New York Belting and Pack
ing Co., 1894-1903, filling position of manager
of St. Louis branch of the company during
the last seven years of that period; manager
St. Louis branch of the Manhattan Rubber
Manufacturing Co. since July, 1903. Club:
Missouri Athletic. Recreation: baseball. Of
fice: 115 N. 2d St. Residence: 4921 Washing
ton Boul.
FRANCIS, David Rowland; born, Rich
mond, Ky., Oct. 1, 1850; son of John B. and
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versity, St. Louis, A.B., 1870; LL.D. conferred
by same, 1905; also LL.D., University of Mis
souri, 1892, Shurtleff College, Alton, 111., 1903,
St. Louis University, 1904; married, St. Louis,
1876, Jane Perry; children: J. D. Perry, David
R., Jr., Talton T., Charles B., Thomas, Sidney
R. Resident of St. Louis since 1866; entered
employ of Shryock & Rowland, 1870; founded,
1877, firm of D. R. Francis, which in 1884 be
came D. R. Francis & Brother, later D. R.
Francis & Bro. Commission Co., grain mer
chants, of which is president; founded, 1898,
the financial house of Francis, Bro. & Co., of
which is president. Also vice president Mer
chants-Laclede National Bank; chairman
board of directors Missouri & North Arkansas
R. R.; director Mississippi Valley Trust Co.;
president board of curators University of
Missouri. Was president Louisiana Purchase
Exposition Co.; decorated by rulers of prin
cipal countries of Europe and Asia; presi
dent National Drainage Congress. Democrat;
mayor of St. Louis, 1885-89; governor of Mis
souri, 1889-93; Secretary of the Interior, 1896-
97. President Merchants' Exchange of St.
Louis, 1884. Presbyterian. President Hospital
Saturday and Sunday Association. Member
National Geographic Society. Clubs: St.
Louis, University, Country, Log Cabin, Belle
rive, Round Table, Commercial, Noonday,
Mercantile, Kinloch (St. Louis), Metropolitan
(Washington, D. O), Metropolitan (New
York). Office: 214 N. 4th St. Residence: 4421
Maryland Ave.
FRANCIS, David Rowland, Jr., broker;
born, St. Louis, May 31, 1879; son of David
R. and Jane (Perry) Francis; educated at
Smith Academy, St. Louis; St. Paul's School,
Concord, N. H.; B.A., Yale University, 1900;
married, Danvers, Mass., June 12, 1901, Sarah
C. Coulthurst; one daughter: Alice Pepperell
Francis. Became a member, June 1, 1901, of
the firm of Francis, Bro. & Co., bonds, stocks,
cotton, grain, etc.; director Madison County
Ferry Co., United Railways Co. Democrat.
Presbyterian. Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis
Country, Racquet, The Island. Office: 214 N.
4th St. Residence: 4421 Maryland Avenue.
FRANCIS, J. D. Perry, broker; born, Nor
mandy, St. Louis Co., Mo., Oct. 31, 1876; son
of David R. and Jane (Perry) Francis; edu
cated in private schools and Yale University,
graduating, A.B., 1897; married, St. Louis,
January, 1900, Emelie De Mun Smith. After
graduation entered, 1898, the present bond
and stock brokerage firm of Francis, Bro. &
Co. Also director of the Madison County
Ferry Co., Alton, Granite & St. Louis Co.,
Mortgage Trust Co., Mortgage Guarantee Co.,
Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney Dry Goods Co.
Member St. Louis Stock Exchange. Demo
crat. Clubs: St. Louis, Racquet, Cuivre, St.
Louis Country, Noonday. Office: 214 N. 4th
St. Residence: 4510 Maryland Ave.

FRANCIS, Thomas H., broker and commis
sion merchant; born, Richmond, Madison Co.,
Ky., July 17, 1855; son of J. B. and Eliza C.
(Rowland) Francis; educated in public schools
of Richmond and Lexington, Ky.; unmarried.
Engaged in farming in Kentucky until twen
ty-five years of age; came to St. Louis, 1880,
and entered firm of D. R. Francis as clerk;
later became member of firm of D. R. Francis
& Bro. Commission Co., and in 1905, of Fran
cis, Bro. & Co., bonds, stocks, cotton, grain
and investment securities. Member of the St.
Louis Merchants' Exchange, New York, Chi
cago and St. Louis stock exchanges, New York
Coffee Exchange, New York Cotton Exchange
and Chicago Board of Tirade. Was member
board of directors Merchants' Exchange, 1903
and 1904. Democrat. Presbyterian. Clubs: St.
Louis, City, Racquet, Country.. Recreation:
golf. Offiee: 214 N. 4th St. Residence: Buck
ingham Hotel.
FRANCISCUS, James Madison, real estate;
born, St. Louis, Mar. 15, 1866; son of James
M. and Jane Huffaker (Wade) Franciseus;
educated in public schools of St. Louis, and
Washington University; married, St. Louis,
June 12, 1890, Katherine G. Lindsay; chil
dren: James Lindsay, Jane, Marian, James
M., Jr., John D. Began business career as
clerk with Simmons Hardware Co., 1885-87,
then with auditing department of the Wabash
R. R., and afterwards as bookkeeper in Third
National Bank, until 1889; in real estate firm
of Moffett & Franciseus, 1889-1902; bought
partner's interest, and business was conducted
as J. M. Franciseus & Co., real estate and
financial agents, in which Charles C. Kunz was
a partner; firm name was changed in July,
1909, to Franciseus & Kunz, which still con
tinues; vice-president Title Guaranty Trust
Co., the American Trust Co. Was special com
missioner in partition of The Lindell Estate
and gave personal bond of one million dol
lars; also special commissioner of the D. A.
January Estate and gave personal bond of
over one-half million dollars. Member St.
Louis Real Estate Exchange, of which was
formerly vice president. Democrat; city treas
urer of St. Louis, elected 1901 and reelected
1905, continuing until 1909. Formerly, commis
sioner of Mullanphy Emigrant Relief Fund;
vice president St. Louis Skin and Cancer Hos
pital and one of its charter members. Member
Business Men's League. Roman Catholic.
Member Knights of Columbus. Clubs: St.
Louis, Noonday, Racquet, St. Louis Country.
Favorite recreations: automobiling, farming.
Offiee: 702 Chestnut St. Residence: 10 Lenox
Place. FRANK, August, vice president and treas
urer National Publishing Co.; born, Pirmaseus,
Germany, Jan. 7, 1847; son of Abraham and
Branette (Weil) Frank; reared at Peoria, HI.;
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ried, New York City, May 19, 1872; children:
Alfred, Grace F. (Mrs. Chas. L. Greenhall).
Began business career in retail dry goods
business; then for twenty years in wholesale
dry goods business, under style of A. Frank
& Sons; then changed to retail dry goods
store under style of Frank Brothers; removed
to Chicago, where continued same business,
from which retired, 1899. Took management
of St. Louis Star and continued until 1905,
when daily was consolidated with St. Louis
Chronicle, the semi-weekly remaining prop
erty of Star Publishing Co., now the National
Publishing Co.; vice president and general
manager St. Louis Star; treasurer the World
Color Printing Co., Reliance Engraving Co.;
president Frank Real Estate and Investment
Co. Democrat. Member and president Mul
lanphy Emigrant Relief Fund, three years;
was member City Council, being elected with
D. R. Francis when he was elected mayor.
Jewish religion. Clubs: Columbian, Westwood
Country, Sunset Hill Country. Recreation:
golf. Office: 716-718 Lucas Ave. Residence:
Washington Hotel.
FRANK, Harry August, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Jan. 1, 1886; son of August and Anna
Columbia (Sears) Frank; educated St. Louis
public schools, graduating from Central High
School, June, 1905; then entered St. Louis
Law School (Washington University), from
which was graduated with degree of LL.B.,
June, 1908; married, St. Louis, June 6, 1912,
Nellie Mabelle Schonfield. Took bar examina
tion at end of second year in law school, 1907,
and was admitted to practice in courts of
Missouri; in law office of Bishop & Cobbs,
1907-08; has practiced alone since June, 1908.
Republican. Presbyterian; secretary board of
trustees Carondelet Presbyterian Church.
Member St. Louis Bar Association, Carondelet
Business Men's Association. Member Cache
Lodge No. 416, A. F. & A. M., Southern Coun
cil, Royal Arcanum, Delta Chi college legal
fraternity. Clubs: City, Million Population,
Century Boat. Recreation: tennis. Office:
Suite 1111-1115, Third National Bank Bldg.
Residence: 736 A Dover PI.
FRANK, Nathan, lawyer; born, Peoria, 111.,
Feb. 23, 1852; son of Abraham and Branette
(Weil) Frank; educated in St. Louis High
School, Washington University and Harvard
Law School, LL.B., 1872; unmarried. Admitted
to bar at St. Louis in 1874 and ever since en
gaged in practice in this city, making a spe
cialty of corporation law. Republican; mem
ber of Congress from St. Louis in Fiftieth and
Fifty-first Congresses, 1887-91; during first
McKinley campaign, 1896, was chairman of
the Republican State Executive Committee.
Member Executive Committee of Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, 1904. Clubs: University,
Columbian, Westwood, Aero. Office: 1025 Cen
tury Bldg. Residence: 4404 V*7. Pine Boul.

FRANKLIN, Harry, vice president Phoenix
Furniture Co.; born, St. Louis, Aug. 10, 1867;
son of Andrew and Kate Franklin; educated
in public schools of St. Louis; married, Jack
sonville, 111., 1895, Johanna Weil. Began busi
ness career in 1880, and was clerk in various
mercantile houses until 1890; since identified
continuously with the retail furniture trade,
and since its incorporation in 1899 has been
vice president of the Phoenix Furniture Co.
Jewish religion. Office: 1101-1103 Olive St.
Residence: 3300 Shenandoah Ave.
FRANKLIN, John Eddy, president Bankers
Trust Co. of St. Louis; born on farm in Holt
Co., Mo., July 31, 1863; son of Shadraeh and
Imogene (Eddy) Franklin; educated William
Jewell College, Liberty, Mo., receiving degree
of A.B., 1884, AM., 1899, and honorary degree
of LL.D., 1911; married, Liberty, Mo., Aug. 4,
1886, Emma Timms; four children: Imogene,
Alice, Gilbert and Shadraeh. Has engaged in
banking continuously since twenty-two years
of age; president of Bankers Trust Co. of St.
Louis since 1906. President Mississippi Val
ley R. R., San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf R. R.
Owns a 5,000-acre farm in Pemisco Co., Mo.
(said to be the largest farm in Missouri un
der one fence). Independent in politics. Bap
tist. Member board of trustees William Jew
ell College; member Phi Gamma Delta college
fraternity, plub: Mercantile. Recreations:
farming, study of sociality. Office: Suite 622,
National Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence :
Colorado Springs, Colo.
?FRANKLIN, William Dudley, business
manager; moved to South Framingham, Mass.;
see Vol. 1906.
FRANTZ, William Henry, builder; born,
Cincinnati, July 2, 1853; son of Peter and
Rosina (Wey) Frantz; educated in public
schools, Woodward High School and Nelson's
Commercial College, all of Cincinnati; mar
ried, St. Louis, Sept. 17, 1877, Minnie Deerr;
four children: Lorena W., W. Albert, Lewis
M. and Rosina M. Came to St. Louis at age
of seventeen and learned stair building trade
with brother and later with Thorn & Fuller-
ton; attended drawing school by night; formed
partnership with Allen Dorsey, as Franz &
Dorsey, but firm was dissolved, 1877; con
tinued as a stair builder fifteen years longer;
began building modern homes in West End,
1892, and has since continued in same line.
Republican. Presbyterian. Recreation: trav
eling. Home: 5222 Raymond Ave.
*FRASER, James D., business manager;
moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
FRASER, Robert M., railway official; died
1909; see Vol. 1906.
FRAUENTHAL, Barney Weil, general
ticket agent Union Station, St. Louis; born,
White Haven, Pa;, Feb. 27, 1869; son of Abra
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ed in public schools of Pennsylvania and Cen
tral State Normal School of Lock Haven, Pa.;
married, Ironton, Iron Co., Mo., May 22, 1895,
Louise D. Schwab; four children: Jeannette,
aged 15, Edward, 13, Lucile, 11, and Bernice,
6. Entered service of old Union Depot Co.,
St. Louis, May, 1883; served in telegraph an. I
ticket departments, until September, 1893;
with Wabash Western Line, various stations,
until September, 1894; in charge bureau of
information at Union Station, September,
1894- January, 1904; general ticket agent
Union Station since Jan. 25, 1904; also ap
pointed, Apr. 10, 1912, general passenger and
ticket agent Terminal Railroad Association of
St. Louis, St. Louis Merchants ' Bridge Ter
minal Railroad Co. and Wiggins Ferry Co.
President Seeing St. Louis Automobile Co.,
Barney's Information Guide Co.; director
Union Station Bank; chairman board Ter
minal Savings Fund; treasurer Mt. Olive
Building and Loan Association. Republican;
candidate on Republican state ticket for rail
road and warehouse commissioner, 1900 (de
feated by majority of 41,000 votes) ; vice
president Mullanphy Board and City of St.
Louis trustee of Fund, 1908; first president
Shaw's Garden District Improvement Associa
tion, 1909; member Hospital Board, City of
St. Louis, since July, 1912. Division Com
mander Missouri Sons of Veterans, 1891, 1892.
Member Pride of the West Lodge, A. F. & A.
M. Clubs: St. Louis Railway (secretary),
Irish- American Athletic. Author: Barney's
Information Guide to the City of St. Louis,
1902. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Of
fiee: Union Station. Residence: 4240 Russell
Avenue. FRAZEE, Thomas Reid; see Vol. 1906.
FRAZER, Hal Scott, physician; born, Wash
ington, Mo., Sept. 13, 1877; son of Charles R.
and Isabella M. (Young) Frazer; educated in
public and high schools; matriculated in St.
Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons,
graduating with degree of M.D., 1898; mar
ried, St. Louis, June 11, 1912, Lila Simpson.
In U. S. Marine hospital and public health
service, 1898-1900; professor anatomy St.
Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons,
1906-09, now professor laboratory physiology
in same institution; was assistant surgeon
Missouri Pacific Railway Hospital, 1905 and
1906. Democrat. Presbyterian. Member Ameri
can and Missouri State Medical associations,
St. Louis Medical Society. Mason; member
Royal Arcanum, Phi Chi. Recreations: chess,
tennis, water sports. Office and Residence:
1111 Chouteau Ave.
FREASIER, Joseph Lafayette, secretary
and general manager Modern Wagon and Car
riage Co.; bora, Charlotte, N. O, Apr. 26,
1861 ;_ son of John L. • and Marguerithe E.
(Jamison) Freasier; educated in public schools

of Illinois, 1867-79, taking courses in chemis^
try, geometry, philosophy and physiology (no
certificates of graduation issued at that time);
married, St. Louis, Oct. 27, 1883, Jennie A.
Ford; two daughters: Jessie M. (Mrs. Dr. E.
R. Van Booven) and Jennie M. Began active
career in employ of the James A. Wright Car
riage Co., continuing 1880-81; then became
connected with the John Deere' Plow Co., and. .
was with that concern until 1897; disposed of
his interest in the plow company, 1898, and
incorporated the Modern Wagon and Carriage
Co., a close corporation, the stock being owned
by himself, wife and daughter, and has since
been secretary and general manager of' this
organization. Democrat. Presbyterian. Office:
1948-2002 Papin St. Residence: 5064 Wash
ington Ave.
FRECH, Albert, vice president Eisenstadt
Manufacturing Co.; born, Lebanon, 111., Aug.
31, 1869; son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Zer-
weck) Freeh; educated in public and high
schools; married, Elizabeth Nelsch, June,, 1894
(died, Apr. 18, 1897); one child: Elenore Mary.
Nelsch; married, 2d, June 1, 1905, Alvena
Gerne. Began active career in employ of the
Eisenstadt Manufacturing Co., manufacturing
jewelers, and advanced through various de
partments until 1904, when was elected vice
president, a position he now fills. Independent
Democrat. Presbyterian. Member Masonic
Order. Recreations: automobiling and base
ball. Office: 1205 Olive St. Residence: 3529
Halliday Ave.
FREDERICK, August Henry, real estate
and financial agent; born, St. Louis, June 22,
1858; son of Henry George and Elizabeth
(Lipphart) Frederick; educated in St. Louis
public school and St. Louis High School; mar
ried, St. Louis, Dec. 15, 1881, Nannie L.,
daughter of Harvey L. Fowler, of Bingham-
ton, N. Y.; children: Laura M. (now Mrs.
H. F. Hunter, of Milwaukee), William H.,
Maude L. (deceased). Began business life
with Buxton & Skinner Stationery Co., as
clerk, later becoming successively bookkeep
er, secretary and treasurer of that company,
until 1888; since in real estate and financial
agency business without partner. Also presi
dent and treasurer of the Jesse Morris Realty
and Investment Co. and Circuit Realty and
Investment Co. Member St. Louis Merchants '
Exchange; (ex-president Real Estate _ Ex-t
change; director and ex-president National
Association of Real Estate Exchanges; mem
ber Business Men's League. Director of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co., from its
organization. Elected, 1893, reelected 1897,
and served eight years as president of the
Board of Assessors. Republican; member Re
publican City Committee; often delegate to
city, state and national conventions. Clubs:
Mercantile, City, Missouri Athtetic, Three
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Wis.). Recreations: fishing, hunting and row
ing. Office: 111 N. 7th St. Residence: 6192
Kingsbury Boul. Summer Residence: Three
Lakes., Wis.
*FREEMAN, James Allen, lumber; moved
to Tacoma, Wash.; see Vol. 1906.
FREER, Willis Miles; see Vol. 1906.
FREES, Henry J„ general insurance; born,
London, England, Dec. 14, 1857; son of Jacob
and Rachel (Dann) Frees; came to United
States in 1865; educated in London, New
York and Montreal, and at McGill Univer-
' sity, Montreal, in class of 1881; married, Dal
las, Tex., 1888, Ernestine Remhardt; chil
dren: Madeline, Katharine, Florence. After
leaving college went to Dallas, Tex., where
was engaged in music business until 1893;
came to St. Louis and continued in same line
until 1895; since general agent and broker in
insurance. Club: Columbia. Office: 308 Secur
ity Bldg. Residence: 4250 Lindell Boul.
FREI, Emil, stained and art glass; born,
Bavaria, Germany, July 17, 1869; son of
Michael and Anna (Spiegel) Frei; educated
in public schools and college, also school of
art at Munich; came to America, 1894; mar
ried, New York City, May, 1895, Emma Miller;
children: Emil, Adolph, Emma. Spent several
years in San Francisco; located in St. Louis,
1897, and engaged as painter and glass artist
with A. H. Wallis until 1900; then entered
business on own account as manufacturer of
stained and art glass, in which has since con
tinued; won grand prize at Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition for window for Holy Family
Church, Watertown, N. Y. Catholic. Club:
Liederkranz. Office and Residence: 3934 S.
Grand Ave.
FRENCH, Clark Bishop; see Vol. 1906.
FRENCH, Hugh Murray, president Graham
Paper Co.; bom, San Jose, Cal., Aug. 7, 1854;
son of Parker Hardin and Lucretia Clay (Ed
wards) French; educated in St. Louis public
schools; married, June 11, 1902, Susan Lewis;
children : Dudley, Charles Sale. Entered whole
sale paper business in 1875 with the firm of
Snider & Holmes, continuing until firm re
tired from business, 1887; with Graham Pa
per Co., 1888-1900, when left that company to
inaugurate and manage the General Paper Co.
of Chicago, created for the handling of the
products of nearly all paper mills in ' Wis
consin and Minnesota. Resigned in 1901 on
account of ill-health, returning to Graham
Paper Co., Dec. 15, 1901, as vice president,
until death of B. B. Graham in December,
1904, when became president. Member Busi
ness Men's League. Democrat. Club: Belle
rive Country. Recreation: fishing. Office: 1018
Spruce St. Residence: 4327 Washington Boul.
FRENCH, Jesse, piano manufacturer; born,
Devonshire, England, July 23, 1846; son of
Jacob and Mary Ann French; educated in

public schools of Nasnville> Tenn., and com
mercial college, Peoria, 111.; married, Nash
ville, Jan. 2, 1872, Callie Lumsden; children:
Horace Edgar, Jesse, Jr. Began business ca
reer in office of secretary of state, Nashville,
then became assistant secretary of state of
Tennessee, continuing for seven years; com
menced mercantile pursuits as a dealer in
sheet music at Nashville, 1872; in 1875 be
came partner in firm of Dorman, French &
Smith, bought out Mr. Smith's interest, firm
becoming Dorman & French, and later bought
interest of Mr. Dorman, and continued under
own name. In 1885 incorporated business as
Jesse French Piano and Organ Co., Nashville,
Tenn., of which was president until sold out
interest, in 1902. Began business in St. Louis,
1887, as Field-French Piano Co., which was
later absorbed by the Jesse French Piano and
Organ Co. About 1900 the Krell-French Piano
Co. was organized, of which was vice presi
dent until August, 1905, when elected presi
dent; now president Jesse French & Sons
Piano .Co., of New Castle, Ind. Director Lib
erty Mills (Nashville, Tenn.). Republican.
Baptist. Recreation: traveling. Office: 1426
Central National Bank Bldg. Residence : 4133
Morgan St.
FRENCH, Pinckney, surgeon; born in Aud
rain Co., Mo., May 10, 1852; son of Isaac C.
and Melinda Mourning (Mansfield) French;
educated in public schools, Mexico (Mo.)
Seminary and Miami Medical College, gradu
ating, M.D., 1873; married, Mexico, Mo., Feb.
5, 1874, Lucy P. Quisenberry. Engaged in
practice as surgeon in Mexico and St. Louis;
vice president Vandeventer Bank; director
of Lincoln Trust Co., Neighborhood Heat and
Light Co. Founder and financial secretary
Barnes University; founder and trustee Cen
tenary Hospital. Member American Medical
Association, Missouri State Medical Associa
tion, St. Louis Medical Society. Methodist.
Club: Mercantile. Recreation: literature. Of
fice: Chemical Bldg. Residence: 6925 Delmar
Boulevard. FRERICHS, Frederick William, manufac
turing chemist; born, Etzel, Ostfriesland, Ger
many, Mar. 23, 1849; son of Frederick and
Magdalene (Frisius) Frerichs; educated in
gymnasium, Oldenburg, Germany, and Univer
sity of Gottingen, Ph.D., 1874; married, Oct.-
20, 1886, Amelia Zeller; children: Frederick
W., Jr., Hildegarde Christine. Served as lieu
tenant of the Reserves in the Second Hessian
Infantry Regiment No. 82, Germany, until
1882. Engaged as manufacturing chemist
since 1880, and since 1886 managing director
of the Herf & Frerichs Chemical Co., also
vice president. Member American Institute
of Chemical Engineers, Society of Chemical
Industry of Great Britain, American Chem
ical Society, Deutsche Bunsengesellschaft,
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Cheidcal Society, Chemists' Club (New
York). Evangelical Lutheran. Club : St. Louis.
Recreation: industrial research. Office: Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 4320 Washington Boul.
FREUND, Fred Siegfried, treasurer Ameri
can Bakery Co.; born, St. Louis, Nov. 7, 1857;
son of Moritz and Yetta (Steiner) Freund;
educated in St. Louis public schools to 1873;
married, Williamsport, Pa., Nov. 21, 1888,
Fanny Wurzel; three children: Arthur J.,
Bertha O, Michael W. Began business career
with A. Frank & Sons, wholesale dry goods,
1875-83; joined the L. Freund & Bros. Bakery
and formed the Freund Bros. Bread Co.,
which on Mar. 1, 1907, was merged with the
American Bakery Co., of which has since
been treasurer and member board of direct
ors. President Freund Bros. Real Estate Co.
Republican. Member Temple Shaare Emeth
(member board of directors), Jewish Charity
and Educational Society. Mason (Cosmos
Lodge, Scottish Rite Consistory, Moolah Tem
ple Mystic Shrine); also B. P. 0. Elks. Clubs:
Mercantile, Columbian, St. Louis Riding
(treasurer). Recreation: horseback riding.
Office: 901-911 Liggett Bldg. Residence: 4554
Berlin Ave.
FREUND, Harry, department store; born,
St. Louis, Oct. 10, 1874; son of Siegmund E.
and Emma (Pfeiffer) Freund; graduated from
public school, 16o9; one year in high school;
unmarried. Employed by father, beginning
March, 1891, and upon father's death, Decem
ber, 1898, became general manager of the
store; bought the business with brother and
mother from estate, April, 1899, and incor
porated it as S. E. Freund 's Sons Shoe and
Clothing Co., conducting a department store
business, and has been president from incor
poration in 1904. Also president Favorite
Amusement Co. Republican. Jewish religion.
Mason. Office: 1560 S. Broadway. Residence:'
1622 Mississippi Ave.
FREUND, Morris; see Vol. 1906.
FREUND, Simon, baker, retired; born, Pil-
sen, Austria, Apr. 30, 1847; son of Moritz and
Yetta (Steiner) Freund; came to America
with parents, 1849; educated in public
schools; married, St. Louis, Feb. 25, 1872,
Pauline Schwartz; ten children: Mrs. Martha
Mange, Samuel, Louis S., Albert B., Charles
J., Mrs. Jennie Gutf reund, Mrs. Augusta Litt-
man, Walter L., Eleanor, Florence. Became
identified with bakery establishment in youth
which was founded by his father, and after
death of latter, 1872, assumed control; one
of incorporators of the Freund Bros. Bread
Co., which was sold out to the American Bak
ery Co., 1907, when he retired; vice president
Freund Bros. Real Estate Co.; director Ameri
can Bakery Co. Republican. Jewish religion.
Member B'nai B'rith; vice president B'nai

El Congregation. Mason. Office: 913 Soulard
St. Residence: 3001 Longfellow Ave.
FREY, Jacob A.; deceased; see Vol. 1906.
FRICK, Frank J., real estate; born, Utica,
N. Y., June 11, 1865; son of Joseph F. and
Susan P. (Matt) Frick; educated in public
school and Eastman Business College, Pough
keepsie, N. Y.; married, Kirkwood, Mo., Nov.
6, 1901, Cornelia A. Luebbering; one son:
Edward Louis. Came to St. Louis, 1888, and
since treasurer and secretary of the F. H. &
C. B. Gerhart Real Estate Co. Also secretary
and treasurer Frick Realty Co.; secretary
Gerhart Realty Co., secretary Flandrin Realty
Co. Member of the Real Estate Exchange,
Member Knights of Columbus, Royal Arca
num. Office: Wainwright Bldg. Residence:
Webster Groves, Mo.
FRICKE, Frederick Henry, president
Fricke-Hahn Drug Co.; born, St. Louis, Apr,
4, 1873; son of Henry and Christine (Eicker-
mann) Fricke; educated in St. John's (paro
chial) School, Webster (public) School, St.
Louis College of Pharmacy, graduating with
degree of Ph.G., March, 1892; married, Al-
hambra, 111., Sept. 25, 1895, Lena Willig; one
daughter: Ethel. Began active career as
clerk in drug store, St. Louis, 1887; started a
retail drug store at 19th and. Madison Sts.,
1893; assisted in organizing the Fricke-Hahn
Drug Co., 1902, of which has since been presi
dent and treasurer. Democrat; chairman
' ' Major-f or-Governor ' ' organization of St,
Louis, 1912. Protestant. Member American and
Missouri State Pharmaceutical associations.
Mason; member Keystone Lodge, A. F. & A.
M.; Belief ontaine Chapter, Royal Arch Ma
sons; St. Louis Commandery, Knights Tem
plar; A. & A. Scottish Rite; Moolah Temple,
A. A. O. N. M. S. Club: City. Recreations:
motor touring, bowling and fishing. Office:
1637 N. 19th St. Residence: 3218 Hebert St.
FRIEDMAN, Abraham, shoe manufacturer;
born in Bavaria, Germany, Dec. 25, 1862; son
of Joseph and Johanna (Hamburg) Fried
man; educated in public schools of Germany;
married, St. Louis, 1898, Cora Stix; children:
William Stix, Agnes Dinah. Began business
career in 1880 as clerk in the wholesale house
of Friedman Bros., boots and shoes, Boston,
remaining in the store' until 1884; traveling
salesman for same firm until 1888, and assist
ant general manager of Memphis, Tenn.,
branch, 1888-91; located in St. Louis, becom
ing a member of the firm of Friedman Bros.
& Schafer, boots and shoes, and in 1898, on
organization of the Friedman Bros. Shoe Co.,,
was elected secretary and treasurer df the
company; in 1906 name was changed to Fried
man-Shelby Shoe Co., of which is president.
Member Business Men's League. Republican.
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bian. Recreation: golf. Office: 1621 Washing
ton Ave. Residence: 4904 Berlin Ave.
FRIEDMAN, August; see Vol. 1906.
FRIEDMAN, Henry Arthur, cloak manu
facturer; born, Detroit, Mich., Feb. 27, 1874;
son of Nathan and Regina Friedman; gradu
ated from University of Michigan, Ph.B.,
1893; studied at Harvard Law School; un
married. Admitted to the bar in 1894. After
leaving college became associated in business
with father and brother, Robert V., under
present style of N. Friedman & Sons, manu
facturers of ladies' wearing apparel, estab
lished in 1875. Member Business Men's
League. Member B'nai B'rith. Jewish re
ligion. Clubs: Columbian, Westwood Country,
Ann Arbor Club. Recreation: golf. Office:
1233 Washington Ave. Residence: 39 Kings
bury PI.
FRIEDMAN, Isaac, shoe manufacturer;
1842-1907; see Vol. 1906.
FRIEDMAN, Jacob, shoe manufacturer;
1838-1906; see Vol. 1906.
FRIEDMAN, Jacob, physician; born, St.
Louis, Apr. 16, 1856; son of Moses and Helena
(Meyer) Friedman; graduated from St. Louis
High School, 1873; graduated in chemistry,
Washington University, 1876; M.D., St. Louis
Medical College, 1878; post-graduate studies,
University of Vienna, Austria; married, St.
Louis, 1888, Fannie Stern; two children:
Maurice L. and Cecelia. In practice in St.
Louis since 1878; professor of therapeutics,
Medical Department of St. Louis University;
member staff of Jewish Hospital. Republican.
Jewish religion. Member St. Louis Medical
Association, City Hospital Alumni Associa
tion. Mason. Club: Columbian. Recreation:
baseball. Office: Carleton Bldg. Residence:
4653 Berlin Ave.
FRIEDMAN, Nathan, cloak manufacturer;
born in Hungary, 1844; educated in schools
in Austria; married, Budapest, Hungary, Miss
Regina Rosenberg; children: Henry A., Rob
ert V. Came to United States in 1870 and
located in Michigan; established in the re
tail dry goods business in 1875, and in 1894
came to St. Louis, admitting his two sons,
under present style of N. Friedman & Sons,
manufacturers of ladies' cloaks. Jewish re
ligion. Director Jewish Hospital. Clubs: Co
lumbian, Westwood Country. Member Tem
ple Israel, B'nai B'rith. Office: 1233 Wash
ington Ave. Residence: 39 Kingsbury PI.
FRIEDMAN, Robert V., cloak manufac
turer; born, Elkhart, Ind., Sept. 9, 1875; son
of Nathan and Regina Friedman; graduated
from University of Michigan, Ph.B., 1894;
married, Chicago, Dec. 27, 1910, Florentine
Foreman. Since leaving college has been asso
ciated with father, Nathan Friedman, and
brother, Henry A. Friedman, in present firm

of N. Friedman & Sons, manufacturers of
cloaks. Jewish religion. Member B 'nai B 'rith,
Business Men's League. Clubs: Columbian,
Westwood Country, Ann Arbor. Recreation:
golf. Office: 1233 Washington Ave. Resi
dence: 5561 Waterman Ave.
FRIELING, Christ, president Frieling.
Hardware Co.;, born in province of Hanover,
Germany, Nov. 18, 1859; son of Henry and
Anna (Viehe) Von Frieling; public school
education; married, St. Louis, May 18, 1884,
Clara Mary Ziegler; three children: Clara,
Anna, Frederick. Learned carpenter's trade
in old country; came to America, May 16,
1881, and worked as journeyman in St. Louis
for five years; engaged in business for self,
1886; in hardware business with son since
March, 1912. Republican. Member Evangel
ical Lutheran Church. Member North St.
Louis Business Men's Association, City Asso
ciation. Office: 3511 Kossuth Ave. Residence:
3240 N. 20th St.
FRIELINGSDORF, Hugo August, vice
president Banner Iron Works; born, St. Louis,
Apr. 25, 1871; son of Julius and Kate
(Schroeder) Frielingsdorf ; educated in public
schools and polytechnic school, graduating
from latter, 1886 ; married, St. Louis, Sept.
26, 1894, Ethel C. Bruce; two children: John,
William Koken. Began as office boy in em
ploy of Scherpe & Koken, the title of the
house being changed successively to the
Scherpe & Koken Architectural Iron Co., and
the Koken Iron Works; vice president Ban
ner Iron Works since 1901. Republican. Ma
son; member Royal Arcanum. Club: Century
Boat. Recreations: fishing, bowling, rowing.
Office: 4560 Shaw Ave. Residence: 4260 Flora
Boulevard. FRIER, Thomas John, purchasing and sup
ply agent Wabash R. R.; born, Keokuk, la.,
Feb. 12, 1866; son of John and Mary (Roach)
Frier; educated in public and parochial
schools, Keokuk, to 1883; married, Keokuk,
la., Oct. 5, 1892, Anna Neyens; three chil
dren: John, Thomas, Elizabeth. Began rail
road career May 1, 1883, and continued with
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.
until 1909; successively, clerk in master me
chanic's office, Keokuk, 1883-89; storekeeper,
St. Joseph, Mo., June 1899-1901; supply agent
of Missouri .lines, at Hannibal, 1902-August,
1904; assistant supply agent, Chicago office,
until 1907; general storekeeper entire Burling
ton System, 1907-09; since with Wabash R. R.
as purchasing and supply agent, St. Louis.
Democrat. Catholic. Recreation: walking. Of
fice: Title Guarantee Bldg. Residence: 5833
Julian Ave.
FRIES, William August, physician; born,
Mascoutah, HI., Jan. 12, 1861; son of John
and Catherine (Oberling) Fries; attended Jef
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1866-75, Franklin (public) School, Belleville,
111.,- 1876-77; Medical Department of Wash
ington University, M.D., 1883; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 3, 1888, Katie Dehner; children:
Armand, William, Jr. Assistant physician
City Hospital, 1883-84; since 1884 engaged in
practice in St. Louis. President and treasurer
South Broadway Pharmacy since 1892. Mem
ber American Medical Association, Medical
Society of City Hospital Alumni. Republican.
Protestant. Office: 1544 S. Broadway. Resi
dence: 3209 Shenandoah Ave.
FRINK, Seth, chairman Southern Freight
Association; 1831-1907; see Vol. 1906.
*FRITCH, Edward Henry, manager busi
ness colleges; moved to California; see Vol.
1906. FRITZ, Emile Henry, secretary and treas
urer George J. Fritz Foundry and Machine
Co.; born, St. Louis, July 21, 1875; son of
George John and Minnie (Weisel) Fritz; edu
cated in public school; Educational Institute;
Smith Academy; Bryant & Stratton Business
College; married, St. Louis, June 9, 1909,
Josephine Lang; one son: James Lang. In
1892 engaged in service of Union Casualty
and Insurance Co., as assistant bookkeeper
until Feb. 17, 1898, when became secretary
and treasurer of George J. Fritz Foundry and
Machine Co., manufacturers of engines, boil
ers, laundry machinery and general machine-
shop work. Independent in politics. Protest
ant. Member Liederkranz. Odd Fellow. Fa
vorite recreation: bowling. Office: 2008-2028
S. 3rd St. Residence: 3422 Magnolia Ave.
FRUMBERG, Abram M., lawyer; born, To-
wanda, Bradford Co., Pa., Mar. 30, 1875; edu
cated Susquehanna Collegiate Institute; A.B.,
Lehigh University, 1892; student Columbia
Law School, one year; LL.B., New York Law
School, 1895; married Lillian Nebenzahl, of
New York City, Apr. 6, 1896. In offices of
Judge George M. Van Hoesen, New York
City, until 1898; since in practice in St.
Louis. An authority in law of the theater;
has been actively identified with congres
sional contest cases, naturalization fraud
eases, etc. Served as special judge Court of
Criminal Correction, 1906 and 1907. Member
Missouri State Bar Association, Law Library
Association, Civie League. Democrat. Mem
ber Temple Israel. Member Pennsylvania So
ciety. Club: Columbian. Recreations: fishing,
hunting, golfing. Office: 705 Olive St. Resi
dences: 6327 Westminster PL and 722 Hamil
ton Ave.
FRUTH, Andrew, monuments; born in
Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz), Germany,
Sept. 23, 1849; son of Jacob and Christina
(Muhler) Fruth; graduate of public schools
and business college of Speyer-on-Rhine, Bava
ria, Germany; married, Belleville, HI., Oct.
2,1, 1873, Caroline, daughter of William Brand-

enburger; children: Dr. Otto J., Herman A.^
Hilda. When fourteen years of age began
business life as clerk in' law and real estate
office of Counselor George P. Suess, Speyer,
Germany, remaining with him until 1868,
when came to United States; became clerk
in mercantile business, Belleville, 111., ad
vanced to manager of George A. Bradford's
store until 1872, when resigned to join Henry
J. Filsinger in present firm of Filsinger &
Fruth, manufacturers and dealers in marble
and granite monuments, St. Louis. Repub
lican. Evangelical Protestant. Member Lied
erkranz. Mason. Recreation: music. Offiee:
1617 Washington Ave. Residence: 3066 Haw
thorne Boul.
FRUTH, Otto J., dentist; born, St. Louis,
July 7, 1874; son of Andrew and Caroline
(Brandenburger) Fruth; educated in public
schools to 1889; then three years in St. Louis
Manual Training School, graduating, 1892;
entered Scientific Department of Washington
University, two years' term, ending 1904;
then entered Dental and Medical Department,
graduating in dentistry, D.M.D., 1897, and
in medicine, M.D., 1898; married, St. Louis,
Feb. 12, 1910, Helen M. Gempp; one child:
Helen Marie. Practiced dentistry since 1898;
professor of porcelain dental art Barnes Den
tal College, and treasurer same college. Mem
ber National Dental Association, Missouri
State Dental Association (former president),
St. Louis Society of Dental Science (ex-presi
dent), St. Louis Dental Society (vice presi
dent). Republican. Member Compton Hill
Council, Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Union, Lied
erkranz. Recreations: travel and art. Office
and Residence: 3060 Hawthorne Boul.
FRY, Francis Rhodes, physician; born, Cin
cinnati, O., Oct. 1, 1853; son of Rev. Benja
min St. James and Eliza M. (Baldwin) Fry;
educated in public schools; Smith Academy;
A.B., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1877, A.M.;
M.D., St. Louis Medical College, 1879; mar
ried, Keokuk, la., Mar. 15, 1900, Emily Net-
tleton Hamill; children: Edwin St. James,
Elizabeth Valle. After graduation in medi
cine' was interne of City Hospital one year;
in general practice of medicine in St. Louis
since 1881; professor of nervous diseases in
Medical Department of Washington Univer
sity. Member medical staff St. Luke's Hos
pital and Martha Parsons Hospital. Member
American Neurological Association, American
Medico-Psychological Association, Missouri
State Medical Association, St. Louis Medical
Society. Clubs: University, Bellerive. Recrea
tions: golf, motoring. Office: 505 Humboldt
Bldg. Residence: 4609 McPherson Ave.
FRY, Thomas W., secretary Charles F.
Luehrmann Hardwood Lumber Co.; born,
Minneapolis, Minn., July 29, 1868; son of
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educated in public schools of Cairo, 111., and
Louisville, Ky.; married, St, Louis, June 29,
1898, Jessie Calvert Willcox (died, Mar. 12,
1912); children: Jessamine W., Thomas W.
and Marie Louise (all deceased), William
Willcox, Isabel Marie, Fanita Marie. Began
business career as office boy with J. J. Syl
vester, coal merchant, 1884-86; with Consoli
dated Coal Co., then with Tennessee River
Packet Co., as clerk; entered lumber business
Sept. 1, 1889, with Russell-Massengale Com
mission Co., remaining two years; employed
by the Charles F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lum
ber Co., of which became stockholder in 1897,
and secretary and director since 1900; direct
or Indiana & Arkansas Lumber and Manufac
turing Co., Marianna, Ark.; treasurer Wayne
Manufacturing Co., St. Louis; director of
L'Augnelle Railroad Co. Republican. Epis
copalian. Club: Missouri Athletic. Recrea
tion: billiards. Office: 148 Carroll St. Resi
dence: 5452 Vernon Ave.
*FRYE, Charles Hervey, sole leather;
moved to New Orleans; see Vol. 1906.
FUCHS, Walter H., physician and surgeon;
born, St. Louis, Sept. 21, 1869; son of Carl
E. and Agnes L. (Guether) Fuchs; educated
in public schools of St. Louis; Toensf eld's
Educational Institute; Manual Training
School, Washington University; Washington
University, 1888-89; M.D., Beaumont Hospi
tal Medical College, 1891; married, St. Louis,
May 10, 1898, Paula Fallenius; two children:
Ralph Fallen, Lola. In practice in St. Louis
since 1891; junior surgeon Missouri-Pacific
Railway Hospital, April-October, 1890; junior
interne St. Louis City Hospital, April, 1891-
April, 1892; assistant surgeon St. Mary's In
firmary, April, 1892-November, 1893; first as
sistant surgeon and gynecologist, Woman's
Hospital, 1894-99; editor publications of St.
Louis Medical Society, 1893-96. Republican.
Member Civic League, St. Louis Society of
Social Hygiene, St. Louis and Missouri State
Social Service Conference; member commit
tee of nine to organize Central Council of
civic organizations of St. Louis; appointed by
Mayor F. H. Kreismann as member St. Louis
Board of Health, June, 1911. Unitarian;
member board of trustees of Compton Hill
Congregational Church; member board of
councilors Drury Academy, Springfield, Mo.
Member American Medical Association, etc.
Clubs: City, Public Question. Recreations:
sociology, music, tennis. Office and Residence:
3202 Lafayette Ave.
FUESSEL, Fred G., Jr., fire insurance; see
Vol. 1906.
FULLER, Aaron, vice president Stix, Baer
& Fuller Dry Goods Co.; born in Baden, Ger
many, Mar.' 22, 1858; son of Leopold and
Caroline Fuller; educated in public schools
in Germany; married, Chicago, 111., Sept. 6,

1885, Freda Baer; children: Leo, Corinne.
Came to United States in 1873 and was lo
cated in Chicago until 1880, when went to
Fort Smith, Ark.; clerked in dry goods stores
in Chicago and Fort Smith; started on own
account in 1880, with Julius A. and Sigmund
Baer, as Baer Bros. & Fuller, proprietors of
the "Boston Store," Fort Smith, Ark.; be
came member of Stix, Baer & Fuller Co., pro
prietors of the "Grand Leader," St. Louis,
1892, and removed permanently in 1894 from
Fort Smith to St. Louis. President Boston
Store, Fort Smith, Ark. Member Business
Men's League. Republican. Jewish religion.
Mason (32°). Clubs: Columbian, Mercantile,
Glen Echo Country, Westwood Country. Rec
reation: golf. Office: Cor. Broadway and
Washington Ave. Residence: 32 Washington
Terrace. FULLER, Albert Homer, dentist, retired;
bom in Berkshire Co., Mass., Oct. 14, 1841;
son of Albert and Julia (Judd) Fuller; at
tended Castleton (Vt.) Seminary, 1853, Troy
Conference Academy, Poultney, Vt., 1854,
Academy North Granville, N. Y., 1855, and
grammar and high schools at Warsaw^ 111.,
until 1860; graduated from St. Louis Medieai
College, M.D., 1872, and from the Missouri
Dental College, D.D.S., in same year. Served
in 118th Hlinois Infantry Volunteers from
August, 1862, until October, 1865. Engaged
in practice of dentistry in St. Louis from
1872 until retired from active practice, 1906.
Was professor of operative dentistry in Mis
souri Dental College (now Dental Department
of Washington University) and dean of same,
for two years previous to resignation, until
resigned in 1901; for several years emeritus
professor of operative dentistry. Member
(and ex-president) Missouri State Dental As
sociation, St. Louis Dental Society, Society of
Dental Science, St. Louis (honorary), Ameri
can Dental Association, National Dental Assor
ciation, Hlinois State Dental Society, Iowa
State Dental Association. Member Missouri
Historical Society. Residence: 4004 Delmar
Boulevard. FULLERTON, Baxter P., clergyman; born,
Pleasant Hope, Mo., Mar. 20, 1851; son of
Andrew W. and Harriet A. (Landreth) Fuller-
ton; educated McGee College, Missouri, 1871-
74; Drury College, Missouri, 1874-76, A.M.;
B.D., Cumberland University, Tennessee, 1879;
(D.D., Drury, 1887; LL.D., Central University
of Kentucky, 1908); married, Kirksville, Mo.,
Dec. 14, 1881, Callie L. Mitchell; two chil
dren: Hugh M., probation officer of Juve
nile Court of St. Louis, and Lucile. Ordained
Cumberland Presbyterian ministry, 1876; pas
tor Kansas City, Mo., 1879-91, Lucas Avenue
Church, St. Louis, 1891-1906; field secretary
Board of Home Missions for District of the
South and Southwest since 1906. President
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1894-1906; editor Missionary Record, 1899-
1907; moderator Presbyterian General Assem
bly, 1908; president of board of Presbyterian
Theological Seminary of the South, Cincin
nati; trustee Linwood College, St. Charles,
Mo. Was member Board of Freeholders, 1885,
that made present charter of Kansas City.
Mason; member Royal Arcanum. Recreation:
athletics. Office: Odd Fellows Bldg. Resi
dence: 6128 Kingsbury Boul.
FULLERTON, Hugh Mitchell, chief proba
tion officer Juvenile Court; born, Kansas City,
Mo., May 11, 1885; son of Baxter P. and
Callie (Mitchell) Fullerton; educated in St.
Louis public schools, graduated from Central
High School, 1904; then entered Washington
University, graduating, A.B., 1908; married,
Chicago, May 8, 1912, Miss Mariquita Simp
son. Continuously with Juvenile Court since
graduation; deputy probation officer, 1908-10,
chief probation officer since October, 1910.
Presbyterian. Member Civic League, St. Louis
Symphony Society, Sigma Chi fraternity.
Club: City. Recreations: outdoor diversions,
music. Office: Municipal Courts Bldg. Resi
dence: 6036 Washington Ave.
FULLERTON, Samuel Holmes, president
Chicago Lumber and Coal Co.; born, Belfast,
Ireland, Apr. 22, 1852; son of Samuel and
Anna (Holmes) Fullerton; educated in pub
lic schools in Ireland; maTried, Tecumseh,
Neb., Jan. 17, 1877, Lucy Cook; children:
Robert W., Ruby L. (Mrs. W. G. Horton, New
York), Samuel Baker. Came to United States
in 1871 and began with Robert Marshall, lum
ber dealer and contractor, Pittsburgh, Pa. In
same line at Tecumseh, Neb., two years; then
went to Kansas, where remained until 1896,
when came to St. Louis after a successful
business career of twenty years in lumber
business at Atchison, Kan.; now president
and general manager Chicago Lumber and
Coal Co., established 1866, and incorporated,
1895, with paid-up capital of $6,500,000, com
pany owning and operating mills in Arkansas,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Idaho and Washington. Also president Gulf
Lumber Co., Bradley Lumber Co., William
Farrell Co., British-American Mills and Lum
ber Co., Brown Lumber Co., Chicago Lumber
and Coal Co. (of Texas), Fullerton & Stewart
Lumber Co., Powell Hardwood Lumber Co.,
Chicago Gulf Export Lumber Co. President
Fullerton-Moses Tie Co., Schultz Lumber Co.,
Silver Lake Manufacturing Co., Gulf & Sabine
Railroad Co., Warren, Johnsville, Sabine R.
R., Little Rock, Sheridan & Sabine River Ry.
Vice president Wells Lumber Co., Colonial
Lumber and Timber Co., Tioga & Southern
Railway Co. Director Third National Bank
of St. Louis. Member Business Men's League.
Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: St. Louis,
Mercantile, Glen Echo Country, Commercial,

Maine Hunting and Fishing. Office: 506 Olive
St. Residence: 4569 W. Pine St.
FULTON, Albert, physician and surgeon;
born, Bloomington, 111, Nov. 4, 1857; son of
David R. and Dorothy (Ogden) Fulton; edu
cated in public schools in Illinois; Add Ran
College, Hood Co., Tex.; St. Louis College of
Physicians and Surgeons, M.D., 1883; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1895, Laura Ford Elms; one
daughter: Dorothy O. Since graduation in
1883 continuously engaged in practice of
medicine in St. Louis; professor of mental
and nervous diseases in College of Physicians
and Surgeons. Was for one year assistant
physician at St. Louis Poor House in the '80s.
Member St. Louis Medical Society, American
Medical Association. Member Tuscan Lodge,
A. F. & A. M. Offices: 2401 S. Broadway and
2535 S. Jefferson Ave. Residence: Webster
Groves, Mo.
FULTON, Arthur Leonard, physician; see
Vol. 1906.
FULTON, Edwin H., general agent of Hart
ford Life Insurance Co.; born in Seneca Co.,
N. Y., July 16, 1863; son of Hugh and Alice
Gertrude (Dobbin) Fulton; educated in high
school at Geneva, N. Y., and Starkey Semi
nary, Yates Co., N. Y.; married, Oswego, N.
Y., 1888, Viola V. Bidwell; children: Irene,
Kate and Ruth. Began business career in
railroad service as telegraph operator and
clerk in the general offices of the Rome,
Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad Co., for
five years; general secretary Young Men's
Christian Association in five fields; began in
surance career with the Prudential Insurance
Co., at Sedalia, Mo., Jan. 20, 1895; promoted
to assistant superintendent at Jefferson City,
Mo., Apr. 25, 1895; superintendent for same
company, Jan. 1, 1898, at South Bend, Ind.,
and afterward at St. Louis; since Feb. 15,
1905, general agent for the Hartford Life In
surance Co. Democrat. Presbyterian. Favor
ite; recreations: hunting and fishing. Office:
206-208 Frisco Bldg. Residence: 3129 Cherry
Ave., Maplewood, Mo.
*FULTON, Robert Moffett, postoffice in
spector; moved to California; see Vol. 1906.
FUNCK, George Washington, _, president
Funek Lumber Co.; born, Muscatine, la., Aug.
18, 1860; son of George Frederic and Rosa
(Huber) Funck; educated in the primary
school, and while working days attended
night school until 1875; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 3, 1883, Gussie J. Lange; four children:
William G., Maud K. (Mrs. G. Brandt Leitch),
George F., Chester C. Began business career
with Hershey Lumber Co., Muscatine, la.,
Mar. 19, 1872, and continued until Mar. 31,
1888; was shipping clerk from 1880 to 1888;
removed to Kansas City, Mo., Apr. 1, 1888,
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secretary, 1891-94; vice president, treasurer
and general manager Banner Lumber Co., St.
Louis, Apr. 6, 1904, resigned Apr. 1, 1908;
then organized Funck Lumber Co., of which
is president. Democrat. Methodist. Member
Eagle Lodge, No. 10, A. O. U. W., Muscatine,
la. Recreation: fond of driving a good horse.
Office: 5700 Natural Bridge Rd. Residence:
1225 Temple PL
FUNSTEN, Robert Emmett, merchant in
fruits and nuts; born near Winchester, Va.,
Dec. 10, 1851; son of David and Susan
(Meade) Funsten; educated in common school,
High School of Virginia and private school;
married, Alexandria, Va., Dec. 1, 1875, Lillie
Cook; children: Hortense F. (Mrs. Herbert
Durand, of New York City), Robert Emmett,
Jr. (deceased), Fitzhugh Lee, Eugene Meade,
Edward Saunders, Randolph Fairfax. Was
for fifteen years engaged on an extensive
seale in the wool commission business, but
sold interest in 1895 and engaged in present
wholesale and manufacturing business in nuts
and evaporated fruits; incorporated, 1900,
and is now president of the R. E. Funsten
Dried Fruit and Nut Co. Member Business
Men's League, Webster Groves. Democrat.
Episcopalian. Club: Algonquin Country. Rec
reations: horseback riding, motoring. Offiee:
1521 Morgan St. Residence: Webster Groves,
Missouri. FUNSTEN, William Fitzhugh; born, Alex
andria, Va., Apr. 16, 1855; son of David and
Susan (Meade) Funsten; graduated from
Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va., 1873;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 19, 1886, Alice
Forbes; children: Arthur Forbes, Kenneth
Meade, Florence. Began business career, 1881,
as Funsten & Co., St. Louis; president Fun
sten Bros. & Co., wholesale furs, 1881-1907.
Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Glen
Eeho. Recreation: traveling. Office: 119 S.
2nd St. Residence: 5915 W. Cabanne PL
*FUNSTON, Thomas Nelson, agricultural
implements; moved to Milwaukee; see Vol.
1906. FURLONG, Thomas, secret service; born,
Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Feb. 22,
1844; son of John and Mary (Fitzgerald)
Furlong; educated in common schools of
Jamestown; enlisted, Apr. 18, 1861, at Beni-
zette, Elk Co., Pa., as private in Company G,
First Pennsylvania Rifle Reserve Volunteer
Corps; honorably discharged, May 28, 1864;
married, Franklin, Pa., Oct. 4, 1864, Elizabeth
Florence Hagerty; children: Etta D. (widow
of Edward J. Dawson, and now secretary and
treasurer of the company of which her father
is the head), Mary A. (widow of Robert P.
Johnstone), Thomas, Jr. Was elected first
chief of police of Oil City, Pa., May 1, 1871,
served two 2-year terms and was elected to
third term, May, 1875, but declined to serve.

Entered employ of Allegheny Valley R. R.
(now part of Pennsylvania System) as chief
special agent in 1876, serving until 1880;
when came to St. Louis and became connected
with the Missouri Pacific Ry., organizing spe
cial service for the company, the first service
of its kind ever organized for any railroad
west of Mississippi River; in 1880 organized
and in 1891 incorporated Furlong's Secret
Service Co., of which is president and man
ager. Republican. Member Trinity F-piscopal
Church. Mason (32°), Knight Templar,
Shriner. In near future expects to write a
realistic story detailing truthful incidents
which have occurred in his work and showing
a detective at work. Recreations: motoring,
fishing and boating. Office: 1205-1207 Chem
ical Bldg.; also branch offices at Cincinnati,
Houston, Tex., Chicago, and Los Angeles, Cal.
Residence: 1225 Goodfellow Ave.
FURSTENWERTH, Detlef Nicolaus, jew
eler; 1852-1909; see Vol. 1906.
FURTH, Henry Hyman, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Mar. 4, 1871; son of Jacob and Jennie
(Bloch) Furth; educated in public grammar
and high schools and Law Department of
Washington University; married, New York
City, Mar. 11, 1897, Helen L. Scheider; chil
dren: Jacob, II, Ernest L., Lambert. Was
secretary and treasurer of the Jacob Furth
Grocer Co., in the wholesale grocery business
until Jan. 1, 1901, when the company with
drew from the wholesale grocery business. Ad
mitted to bar, 1899, and since engaged in gen
eral practice of law. Member of St. Louis Bar
Association and Law Library Association. In
dependent in politics, inclining to Republican
ism. Jewish religion. Mason; member Inde
pendent Order B 'nai B 'rith. Office: 1416 Third
National Bank Bldg. Residence: 3951 A Mc-
Pherson Ave.
FURTH, Jacob, general agent and member
board of directors American Credit Indemnity
Co. of New York; born, Bohemia, June 12,
1844; son of Lamberth and Cezilia (Treulish)
Furth; educated in public school, high school
and commercial college, St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, May 9, 1869, Jenny Bloch, of Bo
hemia (who died 1907); nine children: Mattie
R. (Mrs. Myer Friedman), Henry H., Richard
L., Clara (Mrs. Emil Nathan), George W.,
Florence N. (Mrs. Joseph Berlinger), Blanch
S. (Mrs. E. D. Ullman), Hortense (Mrs. A. G.
Jacobs), Nellie (Mrs. Milton Cahn). Came to
America, 1853; in wholesale grocery business
for thirty-two years, first with Lamberth
Furth & Son, 1862-67, then as Jacob Furth
Wholesale Grocery Co.; since 1901 with Amer
ican Credit Indemnity Co. of New York. Was
associate editor of Interstate Grocer for sev
eral years. Member St. Louis Traffic Commis
sion during its existence, and of first Library
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managers of the Industrial School (formerly
House of Refuge), etc. Chairman Covenant
Endowment Fund; trustee Jewish Orphan
Asylum. Republican. Mason; Past Master
Comer Stone Lodge No. 323, A. F. & A. M.
Member B'nai B'rith (executive committee),
Free Sons of Israel, Missouri Historical So
ciety (life). Clubs: City, Columbian. Recre
ations: books; interested in social work. Of
fice: 415 Locust St. Residence: 5243 Water
man Ave.
FUSZ, Louis, flour miller; born, Hericourt,
France, May 2, 1839; son of Francis H. and
Mary Regina (Tschaen) Fusz; educated in
public school of France, 1843-50; public
school at Kehl, Grand Duchy of Baden,
Germany, 1850-51, then one year more in
school in France; also took private lessons;
married, St. Louis, Jan. 23, 1867, Josephine
Desloge (now deceased) ; children: Rosalie
(widow of Vincent P. Ring), Francois (de
ceased), Firmin D., Louis J., Vincent (de
ceased), Eugene A., Lucille (Mrs. Charles J.
O'Malley), Paul F. (deceased), Genevieve
(Mrs. William Moore). Arrived in St. Louis
with father and mother as immigrants, Dee. 18,
1853; on Jan. 4, 1854, entered as junior clerk
and continued for twelve years in office of
Chouteau, Harrison & Valle, owner of St.
Louis Roiling Mills, afterwards Laclede Roll
ing Mills; member firm of Imbs, Meyer &
Fusz, commission merchants in grain and
flour, 1866-73; formed firm of Fusz & Backer,
Jan. 1, 1873, and in 1885 firm bought the At
lantic Mills, and formed the Regina Flour
Mill Co., which in 1895 took over the business
of the firm of Fusz & Backer. Now president
Regina Flour Mill Co., and of Desloge Con
solidated Lead Co.; director German Savings
Institution, Continental Portland Cement Co.
Member Merchants' Exchange. Democrat;
member Board of Public Education, St. Louis,
1901-03. Catholic; member Young Men's So
dality, St. Louis, and of St. Vincent DePaul
Society. Recreations: farming, and study of
agriculture, social questions and religion. Of
fice: 601 South Main St. Residence: 1408 East
Grand Ave.
FUSZ, Paul A., mining; 1847-1910; see Vol.
1906. G
GAEBLER, Adolph Nelson, manufacturer;
born, St. Louis, 1863; son of Ernst and Mary
E. (Maxwell) Gaebler; attended at public
schools; M.D., American Medical College, St.
Louis, 1890; inarried, 1886, Clara Converse, of
Vergennes, Vt. (died 1887); married, 2d, St.
Louis, May E. Borngesser; one daughter,
Anita. In general practice for several years;
organizer and proprietor of Hall Chemical Co.,
manufacturers chemical preparations, and
King Manufacturing Co., manufacturers bak
ing powders and extracts. Teacher chemistry,

American Medical College, 1890-93. Recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Office: 1421 Olive
St. Residence: 5336 Cabanne Ave.
GAERTNER, Clifford Walter, surgeon; born,
St. Louis, Nov. 27, 1882; son of Henry Ferdi
nand and Margaretta (Dilly) Gaertner; grad
uated old Lafayette (public) School, 9th and
Ann Aves., 1897; Peabody School, 18th St.
and Kennet PL, 1899; attended Central High
School, 1899-1900; St. Louis College of Phar
macy, Ph.B., 1903, Ph.G., 1904; St. Louis Uni
versity, B.S., May, 1908, and M.D., Medical
Department, same university, May 22, 1908;
unmarried. Junior interne City Hospital, 1908-
09, and senior interne, 1909-10; resident phy
sician in charge of St. Louis Female Hospital,
Infection Hospital and City Infirmary, 1910-
11; located in private practice, Aug. 1, 1911.
Republican. Methodist. Member American
Medical Association, Missouri State Medical
Society, St. Louis Medical .Society, Alumni
Association St. Louis College of Pharmacy,
Medical Society City Hospital Alumni. Mason
(32°), Shriner. Recreation: horseback riding.
Office: 7606 Michigan Ave. Residence: 3840
Russell Ave.
GAFFNEY, Harry Francis, secretary Cahill-
Swift Manufacturing Co.; born, St. Louis,
July 16, 1878; son of John and Mary Gaffney;
educated in public school and St. Bridget's
(parochial) School; married, June 24, 1908,
Adele V. Pietzseh; one daughter: Marie. Began
business career in 1893 as a boy in employ of
the Cahill-Swift Manufacturing Co., manufac
turers and jobbers of plumbers', gas and
steam fitters ' and engineers ' supplies, with
which house has since continued, becoming
secretary of the company in 1901. Democrat.
Catholic. Club: Vandeventer Fishing and
Hunting. Office: 24 S. 12th St. Residence:
Webster Groves, Mo.
GAITZSCH, Julius, president Mound City
Duck and Rubber Co.; born Leipzig, Saxony,
July 1, 1858; son of Christian and Mary
Gaitzsch; educated in high schools in Ger
many; married, St. Louis, Nellie Rowe. Came
to America, 1882, prospected in various cities
and in 1883, located in St. Louis; in 1884 went
to work as traveling salesman for William
Rowe, covering middle west and southwest
territory in sale of tents, awnings, rubber
clothing, etc.; when the business was incor
porated in 1894, as the Mound City Duck &
Rubber Co., bought stock and was elected
treasurer of the company, later vice president
and president since 1909. Recreation: music.
Office: 832 N. Broadway. Residence: 4421
Anderson Ave.
GALBREATH, George Washington, vice
president Third National Bank; born, George
town, O., July 31, 1861; son of Washington T.
and Nancy (MeClain) Galbreath; graduated
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dalia, Mo., Oct. 8, 1884, Lucie M. Newkirk;
children: Ida Belle, Marguerite, George Don
ald. Went to Sedalia, 1879, and was engaged
in mercantile and banking business there un
til 1892, when was appointed National bank
examiner. Held that office until Mar. 1, 1896,.
when resigned to become cashier of the Third
National Bank of St. Louis; continued as
cashier and director until May 1, 1911, when
was elected vice president. Republican. Pres
byterian. Clubs: St. Louis, Racquet, Bellerive,
Bankers', Maine Fishing and Hunting. Recre
ations: golf, motoring. Office: 506 Olive St.
Residence: 5211 Washington Ave.
GALE, Arthur Hamilton, vice president The
Scudders-Gale Grocer Co.; born, St. Lottis,
Sept. 3, 1852; son of Daniel B. and Caroline
E. (Pettingill) Gale; educated in Washington
University; married, St. Louis, 1876, Stella H.
Honey; children: Leone C, Grace, Arthur H.,
Jr., Margaret. Began business career with C.
B. Burnham & Co., and remained with the firm
until it went out of business in 1893; was one
of organizers of The Scudders-Gale Grocer
Co., 1893, and in 1903 the house of J. W.
Scudder & Co. was merged and the corporate
style became The Scudders-Gale Grocer Co., of
which he is vice president. Office: 714 Spruce
St. Residence: 4301 W. Pine Boul.
GALENTINE, William A., manager and
State agent of Prudential Insurance Co.;
1862-1907; see Vol. 1906.
GALLAGHER, Thomas M., vice president
Scullin- Gallagher Iron & Steel Co.; 1840-1912;
see Vol. 1906.
GALLAHER, William, superintendent of
electrical department Laclede Gas Light Co.;
born, Ireland, June 19, 1863; son of William
and Mary (Van Valkenburg) Gallaher; edu
cated in public schools and business college;
married, St. Louis, 1893, to Miss Ellen E.
Walsh; children: Mary and Helen. Was con
nected with Western Union Telegraph Co.,
on line construction work, 1886-88; entered
service of the Laclede Gas Light Co., in fall
of 1889, as foreman of construction, and was
promoted, in 1899, to present position. Also
superintendent Phoenix Light, Heat and
Power Co.; director Gas and Electric Light
Building and Loan Association, also of the
National Conduit Co. Member American In
stitute Electrical Engineers, League of Elec
tric Interests. Member K. P., Royal Arcanum.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, City, Liederkranz.
Recreation: outdoor sports. Office: 716 Locust
St. Residence: 3649 Folsom Ave.
GALLAWAY, Thomas Lenoir, manufacturer
of carnival novelties; born on plantation at
Boliver Landing, Miss., Dec. 13, 1869; son of
Louis G. and Myra (Lenoir) Gallaway; edu
cated Montgomery Bell Academy, public
schools, and Vanderbilt University, all of
Nashville, Tenn.; married, St. Louis, Nov. 30,

1909, Chauncey Virginia Clement; one daugh
ter: Myra Virginia. Practiced dentistry one
year at Henderson, Ky.; then gave up the
profession. Having observed the extensive
use made of confetti while on a visit to Paris,
France, and Venice, Italy, he decided to intro
duce the sport in America; came to St. Louis,
1901, with a crude model of a confetti ma
chine, and failing to interest capital was
obliged to work out the enterprise alone; was
without funds but finally induced a machinist
to permit the use of his shop and to assist in
producing a machine that did the work to ex
cellent advantage; began manufacturing con
fetti in the shop and in two months was en
abled to move to quarters at 9 N. 9th St.;
after a year moved to larger quarters on Lom
bard St,, and one and one-half years later
bought a building at 12 S. Commercial St.,
where he now produces 9,000 pounds of con
fetti daily under title of St. Louis Confetti
Co., of which is the head. Democrat. Episco
palian. Recreations: music and outdoor sports.
Office: 12 S. Commercial St. Residence: 3918
Westminster PL
GALLENKAMP, Charles Frederick, sur
veyor of customs; born, Washington, Frank
lin Co., Mo., Jan. 10, 1860; son of William and
Marie (Stumpe) Gallenkamp; lost father
when four years of age and was reared by
mother; educated in local public school; grad
uated from Central High School, St. Louis;
studied law at Louisville, Ky. ; married, Wash
ington, Mo., 1887, Alice C. Ruge; children:
Agnes (Mrs. Arthur W. Schisler), Charles O.,
Marie, Kurt R. Admitted to Missouri bar,
1881; began practice in native town; prosecut
ing attorney of Franklin Co., four terms,
1885-93; judge of Probate Court of Franklin
Co., 1895-1902; surveyor of customs of the
Port of St. Louis since 1902. Republican.
Protestant. Member South St. Louis Turn
Verein. Mason (32°), Shriner; member
Knights of Pythias. Clubs: Mercantile, Mis
souri Athletic, Liederkranz, Union. Recrea
tions: reading, walking, outdoor life. Offiee:
202 Custom House. Residence: 3624 Cleveland
Avenue. GALLOWAY, Charles Henry, musician;
born, St. Louis, Dec. 21, 1871; son of William
and Phoebe (Lidbury) Galloway; educated
public schools and Smith Academy, St. Louis;
married, St. Louis, June 1, 1905, Garfielda
Miller; two children: Dorothy, Charles Miller.
Was church organist when only seven years
old; when young man was known as "the boy
organist." For four years studied organ and
theory with Alex. Guilmant, Paris; while
there was organist American Church of the
Holy Trinity; on return appointed organist
and director music, St. Peter's Episcopal
Church, St. Louis; musical director, St. Louis
Apollo Club, Morning Choral Club. Official
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copalian. Teacher of organ and theory; has
given recitals throughout the United States.
Address: 3459 Halliday Ave.
GALOSKOWSKY, Theodore F., labor
leader; born, Cross Plains, Wis., June 28,
1859; son of Albert and Margaret (Hess)
Galoskowsky; largely self-educated; married,
St. Louis, Aug. 13, 1883, Cornelia Harley;
three children: Lucille (Mrs. O. B. Skinner),
Morton, Edna Mae. Began active career at
eleven as cash boy in the William Barr dry
goods store; entered printing establishment at
fourteen and became job pressman with Wood
ward & Tiernan Printing Co.; for twenty
years was connected with the Hogan Printing
Co., eighteen years of that time as foreman.
President International Printing Pressmen's
and Assistants' Union of North America, 1892-
97; international secretary-treasurer and edi
tor journal same, 1899-1908; now secretary St.
Louis Printing Pressmen's Union No. 6.
Democrat. Catholic. Member Knights and
Ladies of Honor, Ancient Order United Work
men. Office: 506, 406 Market St. Residence:
1906 Good Ave.
GALT, Thomas Franklin, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Sept. .15, 1876; son of Smith P. and
Frances O. (Franklin) Gait; educated at
Smith Academy, Princeton University, B.S.,
1899, and St. Louis Law School, LL.B., 1901;
married, St. Louis, Jan. 1, 1903, Clarace G.
Eaton; children: Clarace E., Frances F.,
Thomas F., Jr. Admitted to bar, 1901. Mem
ber of Law Library Association. Republican.
Congregationalist. Clubs: Bellerive Country,
City. Recreation: golf. Office: 1111 Third Na
tional Bank Bldg. Residence: 1530 Kensing
ton Ave.
GAMAGE, George A.; see Vol. 1906.
*GAMAGE, William Everett, wholesale
bread; moved to California; see Vol. 1906.
GAMBLE, David Coalter, physician; 1844-
1908; see Vol. 1906.
GAMBRILL, George Garvin, manufacturing
and wholesale jeweler; born at Charleston, S.
O, Jan. 26, 1872; son of Launcelot and Anna
(Garvin) Gambrill; public and high school
education, at St. Louis, Mo.; married, Anna
Carlisle, of St. Louis, Oct. 16, 1897; one
daughter: Elizabeth. Began as a clerk in dry
goods house of. William Barr, 1888; became
salesman for the Providence Jewelry Com
pany in October, 1889, and for the Eisenstadt
Manufacturing Company, April, 1896; elected
treasurer of the company in 1905, a position
he still holds. Methodist. Member Masonic
order (Blue Lodge) and Elks. Recreation:
reading. Office: Olive and 12th Sts. Resi
dence: 1054 Thornby PL
GAMBRILL, Howard, real estate; born,
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 10, 1867; son of Launce
lot and Anna (Garvin) Gambrill; educated in

public schools; married, St. Louis, Oct. 19,
1899, Frances Thompson; children: Georgia,
Merrydelle, and Howard, Jr. Began business
career as messenger for Atlantic and Pacific
Telegraph Co., at Augusta, Ga.; in 1882 with
Branch Sons & Co., bankers and brokers,
Augusta; later same year came to St. Louis,
and was with the William Barr Dry Goods
Co., and Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney Dry
Goods Co. In 1892 organized the Common
wealth Savings Fund & Building Association,
now out of business. In real estate business
as Gambrill & MeDowall, 1895-1900, since as
Howard Gambrill & Co. Member St. Louis
Real Estate Exchange. Democrat. Methodist.
Clubs: Mercantile, Bass Island Club of Ar
kansas. Recreations: boating, hunting and
fishing. Office: 917 Chestnut St. Residence:
5048 Westminster PL
GANAHL, John George, president Fidel
Ganahl Lumber Co.; born, St. Louis, Aug. 22,
1877; son of Fidel and Caroline (Schaefer)
Ganahl; educated in Christian Brothers Col
lege; married, Paducah, Ky., Feb. 2, 1901,
Anna Shaefer. On leaving school, entered the
retail lumber business established by father,
in 1871, and has been connected with it ever
since; became vice president and treasurer
on incorporation of the business in 1903, as
Fidel Ganahl Lumber Co., president since
1907; also director Vandeventer Bank. Vice
president St. Louis Lumber Dealers' Associa
tion. Democrat. Catholic. Club: Missouri
Athletic. Recreation: motoring., Office: 3323
S. Broadway. Residence: 4503 Washington
Boulevard. GANAHL, Louis Joseph, president Ganahl
Planing Mill Co.; born, St. Louis, Nov. 29,
1868; son of John Joseph and Elizabeth
(Steber) Ganahl; educated in parochial
schools in St. Louis; married, St. Louis, 1900,
Mary M. Dirk; children: Louis (deceased),
Armella Cecelia, John Joseph, Theodore Hu
bert. Began business career at age of four
teen as employe of John J. Ganahl Lumber
Co., becoming clerk, later secretary, and presi
dent from 1899 to 1903; sold out interest in
that company, and devoted attention to man
agement of the Ganahl Planing Mill and Man
ufacturing Co. (originally established by
father, John J. Ganahl, in 1870), and presi
dent and treasurer same from 1899; company
re-incorporated May 1, 1909, as the Schaerff,
Pfau & Ganahl Planing Mill Co., now Ganahl
Planing Mill Co. Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Club: Cedar Crest Country. • Recreations:
traveling and home diversions. Office: 3320 S.
Broadway. Residence: 3106 Allen Ave.
GANNETT, John Wyllys, president Chel
tenham Fire Clay Co.; born, Warren Co., Mo.,
Mar. 16, 1875; son of George Alfred and Julia
(Kirk) Gannett; educated in public schools
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Co., Mar. 16, 1906, Josephine Bruno; two chil
dren: Baptiste Bruno, John Wyllys, Jr. Began
active career as office boy with Hoover-Gam
ble Co.; after one year became connected
with A. J. Child & Son Mercantile Co. and
served as bill and order clerk for three years;
later became receiving clerk Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy R. R., and engaged in sale
of graphophones for the Columbia Grapho-
phone Co.; entered employ of the Laclede-
Christy Fire Brick Manufacturing Co. and
advanced until had charge of factory office;
secured leases on fire clay land and is now
president Cheltenham Fire Clay Co.; member
board directors and secretary Mitchell Clay
Manufacturing Co. since 1904; director and
secretary Mitchell Realty & Investment Co.
Independent in politics. Protestant. Mason
(32°), Shriner; Odd Fellow. Recreations: fish
ing and hunting. Office: 5625 Manchester Ave.
Residence: 6841 Mitchell Ave.
GANZ, Eugene Robert, manager cloak and
suit department of Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co.;
born, Carlyle, 111., Nov. 9, 1874; son of John
and Elizabeth (Eimer) Ganz; educated in
public schools of Carlyle, 111.; unmarried. Be
gan business career, 1888, in Carlyle and East
St. Louis, 111., in the cloak business with
Hogan Bros., continuing until 1892; came to
St. Louis and was with Max P. Puf eles at the
West End Bazaar, from 1892 until the organ
ization, February, 1901, of the Pufeles-Ganz
Cloak Co., of which was vice president; with
Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co. since 1910. Catholic.
Republican. Recreation: outdoor athletic
sports. Office: 1000 Washington Ave. Resi
dence: 2026 S. Jefferson Ave.
*GARDEN, Edward Gordon, architect;
moved to Los Angeles, Calif.; see Vol. 1906.
GARDNER, Francis Marion, Jr., banker;
died 1907; s<;e Vol. 1906.
GARDNER, Frederick Dozier, president St.
Louis Coffin Co.; born, Hickman, Ky., Nov.
10, 1870; son of William Henry and Mary
(Dozier) Gardner; educated in common
schools of Kentucky and Tennessee; married,
St. Louis, Oct. 10, 1895, Jeannette Vosburgh;
three children: William King, Dozier, and
Janet. Came to St. Louis at age of seventeen,
in 1887, and entered employ of St. Louis
Coffin Co. as office boy and has advanced until
is now sole owner, of the business. Estab
lished, 189S, the Memphis Coffin Co., at Mem
phis, Tenn., and is owner of same and chair
man of board of directors. Member Business
Men 's League. Independent in politics. Mem
ber board of trustees, Lindell Avenue Meth
odist Church. Clubs: St. Louis, Glen Echo,
Bellerive Country; also one of the eight mem
bers of the Mud Lake Club of Arkansas, own
ing a game preserve of 3,000 acres. Recrea
tions: golf and hunting. Office: 18th St. and
Chouteau Ave. Residence: 4508 Pine St.

GARDNER, Herbert Spencer, president
Gardner Advertising Co.; born, Warsaw, Mo.,
Dec. 22, 1872; son of Nicholas Spencer and
Susan Francis (Holmes) Gardner; educated in
public schools, Appleton City, Mo., and St.
Louis; Polytechnic Institute, St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, Apr. 8, 1896, Marie Piatt
Read; two sons: Edward Read and Herbert
Spencer, Jr. Began as office boy in 1888, and
continued as clerk in auditor's office, St.
Louis & San Francisco By., until 1894; clerk
and later advertising agent Cotton Belt Route
until 1902; successively office manager, secre
tary, vice president and treasurer The Lesan
Co., advertising agency, until 1904; vice presi
dent Lesan-Gould Co. until July, 1908; vice
president and treasurer Lesan Advertising
Co., July-October, 1908; since president The
Gardner Advertising Co.; also president Twin-
plex Sales Co. since Apr. 1, 1911. Member
Business Men's League, Hospital Saturday
and Sunday Association. Democrat. Clubs:
Mercantile, City. Office: Kinloch Bldg. Resi
dence: Hampton Park, St. Louis Co.
GARDNER, Russell E., vehicle manufac
turer; born, Heckman, Ky., 1865; son of Wil
liam H. Gardner, of Union City, Tenn.; edu
cated in public schools; married, Union City,
Tenn., 1885, Annie Cathey; children: Russell
E., Jr., Frederick, Rodgers, Elsie. Began busi
ness career as a manufacturer of hickory
spokes for carriage wheels, in Union City;
was a jobber of finished vehicles at Memphis,
Tenn., and » manufacturer of spokes at Hum
boldt, Tenn.; organized and was first presi
dent of the Tennessee State Bank, Humboldt,
Tenn., then organized and was first cashier of
The Jefferson Bank in St. Louis. Began manu
facturing vehicles in Columbus, O., in 1892,
and moved factories to St. Louis, 1897; presi
dent Banner Buggy Co., The Ozark Vehicle
Co., and the Western Wheel Works. Member
Business Men's League, etc. Office: Main and
Rutger Sts. Residence: 4255 Westminster Ave.
GARDNER, William Alfred, grain commis
sion; born, Enterprise, Miss., Nov. 9, 1863;
son of William H. and Mary Ella (Dozier)
Gardner; came to St. Louis in 1879; attended
Commercial College, secured position later and
went to night school; married, St. Louis, 1891,
Julia Sellner; three children: two boys, one
girl. Began business career with S. W. Cobb
& Co., grain commission, July 15, 1880, with
which was employed for seven years; then be
came a member of the firm until the retire
ment of Mr. Cobb in 1902, when succeeded to
the business under present style of W. A.
Gardner & Co.; also member Gardner & Pad-
dleford, Chicago. Member St. Louis Mer
chants' Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade.
Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs: St.
Louis, Country (St. Louis), Chicago (Chi
cago). Office: Pierce Bldg. Residence: Chi
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GARESCHS, Vital William, city attorney;
born, Collinsville, 111., July 10, 1875; son of
William A. and Mary A. (Brown) Garesche;
educated St. Louis University, one year; St.
Louis Law School (Law Department, Wash-.
ington University) ; student Benton College
of Law, two years, graduating with valedic
torian honors, degree of LL.B., 1900; married,
Rolla, Phelps Co., Mo., Apr. 10, 1905, Kath-
eryn Lee Rowe; two children: Alexander
Rowe and Rebecca Morrison. Admitted to
Missouri bar, June, 1900; in active practice
in St. Louis since 1900, making a specialty of
corporation and real estate law; city attorney
of St. Louis under appointment of Mayor
Kreismann since Apr. 11, 1911. Republican;
formerly member Twenty-seventh Ward Re
publican Club (chairman 14th precinct com
mittee), Twenty-fifth Ward Republican Club
(chairman 10th precinct committee), now
member Twenty-eighth Ward Republican Club.
Catholic. Member board of commissioners
Mullanphy Emigrant Relief Fund, 1907-11
(president, 1909-10); president and counsel
Vromania Apartments Co.; director The Col
lier Estate. Member American Bar Associa
tion, St. Louis Bar Association, Law Library
Association of St. Louis. Member Royal
League, Order of Moose, Knights of Pythias.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Sunset Hill Country.
Recreations: reading and fishing. Offiee: 709
Wainwright Bldg. Residence: 6121 Westmin
ster PL
GARETSON, James Sylvanus, lumber; born,
Monroe City, Monroe Co., 111., Sept. 24, 1852;
son of James L. and Sarah A. (Hartlow) Gar-
etson; educated in common country school;
married,Caroline M. Griffith (died November,
1890); children: E. Helen (Mrs. W. W. Dings),
Katherine Griffith; married, 2d, Chicago, June
1, 1898, Mrs. Katharyn B. Beach; one son: J.
Everett. Began business career as clerk with
Adams Express Co., 1870-73; subsequently
clerk with the auditing department of the
Vandalia Railroad, 1873-77; in merchandise
business in Missouri, 1877-80; bookkeeper for
Harlow, Spencer & Co., St. Louis, 1880-85; in
fire insurance business on the Pacific Coast,
1885-92; in 1892, with F. A. Garetson and A.
H. Greason, incorporated the Garetson-Grea-
son Lumber Co., manufacturers of hardwood
lumber and box shooks, of which is president,
the company having opened its office in St.
Louis in 1895. Republican. Presbyterian.
Recreation: baseball. Offiee: 1005 Times Bldg.
Residence: 4954 Lindell Ave.
GARLAND, Thomas Willoughby, retailer of
ladies' clothing; born, Pinkerton, Ont., Can.,
June 23, 1867; son of Richard and Mary
(Simpson) Garland; educated in public school
in corner of father 's farm at Pinkerton, Ont. ;
married, St. Louis, Apr. 15, 1902, Adelaide
Elizabeth Hysinger; two children: Martha
Adelaide and Eloise Simpson. Began business

career in general store in village of Pinker
ton, 1882; secured employment in neighbor
ing village of Eden Grove, 1885, and went in
1887 to Chicago, where found position as groc
ery clerk at $20 per month; three months
later took place in dry goods store on State
St., at $8 per week, and later became buyer
in cloak department in same store; embarked
in produce commission business in 1890; re
turned to former employer in 1891; bought
cloak department in West End Dry Goods
Store, 1892; sold out in 1894, and served as
buyer in Chicago retail store, 1894-97^ Came
to St. Louis, 1897; began in business in St.
Louis as a retailer of ladies' clothing in 1898,
with one floor; now has largest business of
kind west of the Mississippi. Vice president
Associated Retailers of St. Louis; director
Universal Exposition Co. Christian Scientist.
Republican. Honorary member of Battery A.
Principal recreation is had on Garland ranch,
Jonesburg, Mo., where 1,707 acres of Blue
Grass is devoted to stock raising. Office: 409-
413 N. Broadway. Residence: 5167 Raymond
Avenue. GARNEAU, Henry Comstock, candy man
ufacturer; born, St. Louis, Apr. 17, 1874; son
of Joseph F. and Mary Louise (Withington)
Garneau; graduated from St. Louis Univer
sity, A.B., 1893 (A.M., 1895); Ph.B., Yale
University, 1895; married, Nov. 14, 1908,
Nancy,E. Johnson. Established in business as
a broker in St. Louis, September, 1899, and in
July, 1904, associated with J. J. P. Langton in
firm of Langton & Garneau, mercantile brok
ers; president Aubuchon-Garneau Candy Co.
since February, 1911. Member Board of Edu
cation, 1907-11 (president, 1908-09); member
executive committee Centennial Association,
1909; member St. Louis Amateur Athletic As
sociation; president Western Amateur Ath
letic Union, 1904; member Olympic Games
Committee, 1904. Democrat. Catholic. Clubs:
Racquet, St. Louis Country. Office: 120 8. 4th
St. Residence: St. Louis County.
GARNEAU, James Withington, pork packer ;
born, St. Louis, Oct. 3, 1858; son of Joseph F.
and Mary Louise (Withington) Garneau; edu
cated in Mrs. McDonough's private school,
1863-67, St. Louis University, 1867-76, grad
uating A.B. (valedictorian), 1876; married,
San Francisco, Cal., July 17, 1886, Frances
Loughran (great-granddaughter of Emilien
Yosti, one of original settlers of St. Louis) ;
children: Marie Marguerite (Mrs. Theodore
Murphy, of San Francisco), Frances Lough
ran, Clemence. Began in cracker manufac
turing business with father and brother in
1876 (business established by father, 1832),
and continued (with exception of year, 1880)
until 1897, when went into the pork packing
business as vice president of the Krey Pack
ing Co., which offiee he still holds. Also vice
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president Garneau Investment Co.;. ex-presi
dent Merchants' Exchange; member Publicity
Committee, Citizens Municipal Bridge Com
mittee. Independent in politics. Roman Cath
olic. President St. Louis University Alumni
Association. Clubs: Bellerive, Missouri Ath
letic, St. Louis, Aero. Recreations: billiards
and pool. Office: 2100 Bremen Ave. Resi
dence: 25 Washington Terrace.
GARNEAU, John B.; see Vol. 1900..
GARNETT, Charles Downer, wholesale
paper dealer; deceased; see Vol. 1906.
GARRELS, Gerhard William, banker; 1842-
1911; see Vol. 1906.
GARRETT, David Claiborne, clergyman;
born, Burlington, la., Dec. 23, 1857; son of
William and Martha (Borer) Garrett; grad
uated from Burlington (la.) High School,
1875; A.B., Griswold College, Davenport, la.,
1880, AM., 1883; A.B., Harvard College, 1882;
married, Boston, Sept. 1, 1883, Lily Selmes;
children: Lucy May (Mrs. William R. Beal),
Claiborne Mauro, Jackson Russell. Ordained
priest, Protestant Episcopal Church, 1883;
rector Trinity Church, Davenport, la., 1883-
90, St. Mark's Church, Seattle, Wash., 1890-
97, Trinity Church, Portland, Ore., 1897-99, St.
Luke 's Church, San Francisco, Cal., 1899-1900,
Zion Church, Oeonomowoc, Wis., 1900-03,
Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, Mass.,
1903-06; sinee Jan. 1, 1906, rector St. Peter's
Church, St. Louis. President St. Peter 's Club.
Office and study: 124 N. Spring Ave. Resi
dence: 4600 Maryland Ave.
GARRETT, John T., president of the Mis
souri Bridge & Iron Co.; bora, Galva, 111.,
Mar. 12, 1865; son of James and Jane (Skilli-
corn) Garrett; educated in public schools of
Missouri and in Missouri State University,
graduating C.E., 1889; married, Mound City,
Holt Co., Mo., 1898, Maud Jones. Came west
with parents in 1871, and settled at Mound
City, Mo.; lived on farm until graduation in
engineering; worked seven years for St. Louis
Bridge & Iron Co. as engineer; in 1896 en
gaged in contracting and continued until 1902,
when organized the Missouri Bridge & Iron
Co., of which is president. Member American
Society of Civil Engineers, Engineers' Club
of St. Louis, Business Men's League. Dem
ocrat. Mason (Rosehill Lodge). Office: 1000
Fullerton Bldg. Residence: 5262 Maple Ave.
GARRETT, Thomas H., lumberman; born,
Longwood, King William Co., Va., Jan. 31,
1859; son of Camm S. and Caroline Elizabeth
(Harris) Garrett; married, Texarkana, Tex.,
Feb. 16, 1887, Estella Fowlkes; children: Caro
line Elizabeth, Thomas Henry, John Wily, Es
tella Wentworth, Anna Josephine. Began ac
tive career in lumber business; in 1887, in
conjunction with W. L. Whitaker and C. M.
Putnam, organized the Arkansas & Texas
Lumber Co., of Kansas City, Mo., which was

succeeded, 1890, by Whitaker & Garrett Lum
ber Co., which, in turn, was succeeded by the
T. H. Garrett Lumber Co., of which is presi
dent. Also vice-president Grant Timber &
Manufacturing Co., of Selma, La.; president
of Keystone Mills Co., Waukegon, Tex. Dem
ocrat. Episcopalian. Mason. Favorite recrea
tion: whist. Office: 1220 Chemical Bldg. Resi
dence: 29 Kingsbury PL
GARRISON, Arthur Clifton, manufacturer
incandescent lamps; born, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
July 20, 1868; son of Daniel E. and Harriet
(Beardslee) Garrison; educated in St. Louis
public schools and Smith Academy; married,
St. Louis, Nov. 9, 1898, Frances Billingsley;
one daughter, Frances Lucille. Began business
career as clerk for St. Louis branch office of
American Surety Co. of New York, January,
1887, continuing to January, 1891. Secretary
and treasurer, January, 1891, vice president
and treasurer, January, 1899, president and
treasurer since January, 1904, The Columbia
Incandescent Lamp Co. Was also, from May,
1902, to December, 1903, second vice president
of Whitaker & Weber Manufacturing Co.,
which sold out to the National Enameling &
Stamping Co. Director Corrugated Bar Co., of
St. Louis, and Buffalo, N. Y. Member Busi
ness Men 's League, Civie League. Independent
in politics. Episcopalian. Clubs: St. Louis,
Mercantile. Office: 507 Equitable Bldg. Resi
dence: 5240 Westminster PL Summer Resi
dence: Wequetonsing, Mich.
GARRISON, Daniel Edmund, president
Corrugated Bar Co.; bora, Sharpsburgh, Pa.,
Oct. 27, 1839; son of Oliver and Louisa C.
(Hale) Garrison; educated at Wyman Acad
emy and Jones Commercial College, St. Louis;
married, Millstone, N. J., Feb. 20, 1861, Har
riet Beardslee (now deceased); children: Wil
liam, Oliver (deceased), Cornelius Kingsland
(deceased), Daniel E., Jr. (deceased), Arthur
C. Began business career in commission busi
ness in St. Louis in 1858; removed to New
York City, opening branch in 1863; returned
to St. Louis, 1869, to take charge of Kings-
land Iron Co., later merged into Vulcan Steel
Co., of which was vice president and general
manager, making first iron and steel rails
west of the Mississippi River; opened railway
supply offiee, 1878; retired from active busi
ness, 1890. Now president Corrugated Bar Co.,
manufacturers of corrugated steel bars and
expanded metal ; also president Garrison
Realty Co.; vice-president Columbia Incan
descent Lamp Co. Independent in politics.
Member Missouri Guard, 1857-61; member
Business Men's League, Civic League. Epis
copalian. Recreation: fishing. Office: 1411 New
National Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence:
5240 Westminster PL
GARRISON, Flint, president Tradesmen's
Publishing Co.; born, De Witt, Ark., Sept. 20,
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(HalliBurton) Garrison; educated in public
schools of Arkansas and Texas, but was com
pelled to relinquish school and go to work at
age of thirteen; married, Apr. 30, 1904, Kath
arine Hewit, of St. Louis; three children:
Paul, Flint J. and Mary. Began active career
as stock boy for B. Kahn, merchant, Beeville,
Tex., 1889, later being identified with D. H.
Regan, Victoria, Tex., Mistrot Bros., and Fell-
man Dry Goods Co., Galveston, Tex., and
Younker Bros., Des Moines, la.; successive
positions were stock clerk, buyer, assistant
manager, advertising manager and general
manager; came to St. Louis, 1899, as special
writer on The Drygoodsman, advancing
through various positions of editor, managing
editor, secretary, vice president and finally,
January, 1911, "became president and general
manager of the company, a position he now
holds. Also president Dixie Realty Syndicate;
vice president Dixie Printing Co. Member
advisory board of Y. M. C. A. course in
salesmanship. "Liberal Democrat. Member
Business Men's League, St. Louis Sales Man
agers' Association, St. Louis Manufacturers'
and Exporters' Association, Advertising
Men's League, Equitable Taxation League.
Clubs: City, Public Question. Recreation:
athletic sports. Office: 1627 Washington Ave.
Residence: 5835 Bartmer Ave.
GARRISON, James Harvey, editor emeritus
of Christian Evangelist; born, Ozark, Chris
tian Co., Mo., Feb. 2, 1842; son of James and
Diana (Kyle) Garrison; educated in Ozark
High School, 1860-61; Abingdon (111.) College,
graduating A.B., 1868; (LL.D., Bethany Col
lege, W. Va.); married, Camp Point, 111., July
2, 1868, Judith Elizabeth Garrett; children:
Arthur, Winfred Ernest. Served four years
in Federal Army during Civil War; one year
in Twenty-fourth Missouri Volunteer Infantry
as orderly sergeant, three years as captain
Company G, Eighth Missouri Cavalry; pro
moted major at about close of war. Minister
and editor in Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ) since 1869. Editor of Christian Evan
gelist for many years and was also president
Christian Publishing Co. (incorporated 1873)
until 1910, when firm name was changed to
Christian Board of Publication. Trustee Mis
souri Bible College, Christian College; life
director American Christian Missionary So
ciety, Foreign Christian Missionary Society.
Author: Helps to Faith; Alone with God;
Heavenward Way; Half Hour Studies at the
Cross; A Modern Plea for Ancient Truths;
The Old Faith Re-stated; Reformation of the
Nineteenth Century; The Holy Spirit; Chris
tian Union; The Story of a Century; and
pamphlets upon practical subjects of religion.
Office: 2712 Pine St. Residence: 5828 Bart
mer Ave.
GARRISON, Oliver Lawrence, president Big
Muddy Coal & Iron Co. ; born, St. Louis, .Oct.

13, 1848; son Oliver and Louisa (Hale) Garri
son; educated Wyman Institute, St. Louis;
married, 1879, Mary S. Siegrist; children:
Oliver L., Jr., Hazel Marie (wife of Geo. S.
Elder, manager manufacturing department
Ely-WTalker Dry Goods Co.), Clifford R. Has
been identified with the Big Muddy Coal &
Iron Co. since its organization, first as secre
tary, and since 1897 as president; also presi
dent St. Louis Paper Co.; director Merchants-
Laclede National Bank, Missouri Pacific Ry.
Co.; president New Kentucky Coal Co., Fisher
Bldg., Chicago. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile,
Glen Echo, Automobile (St. Louis), Union
League, Chicago, and Chicago Automobile
(Chicago). Completed a tour around the world
between February and August, 1911. Recrea
tion: fishing. Office: 105 N. 7th St. Resi
dence: 4005 Westminster PL
GARRISON, Oliver Lawrence, Jr., vice
president and manager Superior Motor Sales
Co.; born, St. Louis, Aug. 28, 1880; son of
Oliver L. and Mary (Siegrist) Garrison;
graduated from Smith Academy, St. Louis,
1900; married, Mexico, Mo., Nov. 16, 1904,
Elizabeth Robertson; one son, Oliver Law
rence, III. Began business life in 1900 as
clerk with the Big Muddy Coal & Iron Co.;
sales agent with the Western Anthracite Coal
Co., 1901-04; secretary and treasurer of the
Union Fuel Co., 1904-09. In 1910 organized
the Superior Motor Sales Co., of which he is
vice president and manager. Also director of
the New Kentucky Coal Co., Chicago. Repub
lican. Recreation: automobiling. Office: 2007
Locust St. Residence: 5746 Von Versen Ave.
GARTSIDE, Robert W., lime; born, St.
Louis, May, 1855; son of William and Caro
line (Orme) Gartside; educated in public
schools, and McKendree College, Lebanon,
111.; married, St. Louis, 1883, Kate Ritter;
two sons: Arthur R., Robert J. Entered em
ploy of the Gartside Coal Co. at seventeen
and later was with the Nugent & Bro. Dry
Goods Co.; was bookkeeper Singer Manufac
turing Co., 1877-87; in mercantile business on
own account, 1888-1900; vice president and
general manager Colorado Coal & Lime Co.,
1900-09; since with Glencoe Lime & Cement
Co. Member Sons of St. George. Office: 901,
915 Olive St. Residence: 341 Westgate Ave.
GARVEY, Lawrence, merchant; 1859-1912;
see Vol. 1906.
GARVIN, William Everett, lawyer; born,
St. Charles, Mo., May 21, 1860; son of Alex
ander and Elizabeth Jane (Boyd) Garvin;
educated in private grammar school and pub
lic schools, St. Charles, until 1876; graduated
from Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., B.S.,
1880; LL.B., St. Louis Law School, 1884; un
married. Clerk in produce commission house;
1880-83; studied law and also taught a class
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84; admitted to bar, 1884, entered law offices
of Nathan Frank, 1885, the firm later becom
ing Frank, Dawson & Garvin, until dissolved
in -1892; since 1893, member of law firm of
Dawson & Garvin. Member American, Mis
souri State and St. Louis Bar associations.
Democrat. Presbyterian. Member Missouri
Historical Association. Clubs: Mercantile,
Missouri Athletic, Glen Echo Country. Office:
820-823 Wainwright Bldg. Residence: 4221
Westminster PL
GAST, Alexander Tecumseh, manager Gast
Brewing Co.; born, St. Louis, Mar. 26, 1869;
son of Paulus and Emily (Senn) Gast; edu
cated in public schools, St. Louis, Concordia
Seminary, Ft. Wayne, Ind., and Smith Acad
emy, St. Louis; married, Apr. 11, 1911,
Blanche Sehuchmann Weil, of Muskogee,
Okla. Entered office of Gast Wine Co., in
1886, and became secretary and treasurer of
the company in 1890; in 1899 formed the Gast
Brewing Co., which absorbed the Gast Wine
Co.; was president of the company until 1907,
when it was acquired by the Independent
Breweries Co., since manager of the plant. Re
publican. Lutheran. Mason, Knight Templar;
member Knights of Pythias. Clubs: Lieder
kranz, Union. Office: Broadway and Cass Ave.
Residence: 2208 Holly Ave.
GAST, Ferdinand, secretary Independent
Breweries Co.; born, St. Louis, July 31, 1871;
son of August and Marie (Barthel) Gast; edu
cated in St. Louis Holy Cross Parochial
School, Walther College, Smith Academy and
Bryant & Stratton Business College; also
took private course in drawing; married, Mil
waukee, Wis., July 21, 1897, Helen Loeber;
children: Walter, Elmer, Helen. Began in
lithograph business, 1888, under father, presi
dent of the August Gast Banknote and Lith
ographic Co'.; continued until 1892, when en
tered service of Gast Wine Co. and later be
came director in that company; when Gast
Wine Co. was changed, 1900, to Gast Brewing
Co., was made secretary and treasurer; secre
tary Independent Breweries Co. since June 1,
1907, also assistant treasurer. Republican.
Evangelical Lutheran. Favorite recreation :
all outdoor athletic sports. Office: 932 Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 3621 S. Jefferson Ave.
GAST, Paulus, brewer; 1841-1906; see Vol.
1906. GATCH, Elias S., president Granby Mining
and Smelting Co.; born, Milford, Clermont
Co., O., Feb. 14, 1859; son of John Newton
and Georgianna (Hutchinson) Gatch; edu
cated in public schools of Milford; National
Normal School, Lebanon, O.; A.B., Iowa Wes
leyan University, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, 1882;
married, St. Joseph, Mo., June 7, 1887, Kath
erine V.- Burnes; four children: James Nelson
Burnes, Hayward Hutchinson, Katherine, Cal
vin F. Was principal of the public schools

of W.oodville, O., 1879-80, and engaged in
various mercantile pursuits, 1882-94; secre
tary Granby Mining and Smelting Co., 1894-
96, secretary and general manager, 1896-1906,
president same since 1906; director Mer
chants-Laclede National Bank, Member Amer
ican Institute Mining Engineers, American
Mining ^Congress, Bureau Geology and Mines
of State of Missouri, Business Men's League.
Democrat. Episcopalian. Trustee St. Luke's
Hospital. Member Ohio Society of St. Louis,
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Sons American
Revolution. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Belle
rive. Office: 1706, 506 Olive St. Residence:
5266 Westminster PL
GATELY, John Patrick, president Gately
Credit Clothing Co.; born, Boston, Mass., Nov.
28, 1874; son of Michael and Kate (Brennan)
Gately; educated in public schools of Bos
ton to 1888; then preparatory course George
town College, Washington, D. O, 1888-93;
Harvard University, 1894-96; married, Den
ver, Colo., June 13, 1912, Miss Eleanor Ritter,
of New Athens, 111. Since leaving college has
been president Gately Credit Clothing Co.,
operating stores in St. Louis, East St. Louis,
Alton, Quincy, Springfield and Decatur, 111.-,
Milwaukee, Wis., Philadelphia, Pa., and other
cities. Independent in politics. Catholic. Rec
reations: motoring and golf. Office: 501 Mer
cantile Bldg.; store at 821 Washington Ave.
Residence: 5575 Waterman Ave.
GATEWOOD, James Edwin, trade journal
ist; born, Bowling Green, Pike Co., Mo., Aug.
16, 1857; son of James Minor and Malinda
(Hardin) Gatewood; educated in public
schools; married, St. Louis, Aug. 14, 1889,
Lillias Sinclair; children: Alice Sinclair, Jean
Morrison. Was principal of four schools; read
law, but preferred newspaper work, with
which has been identified, in various capaci
ties, since eighteen years of age. Since 1881
with the Journal of Commerce Co. (of which
is now treasurer), beginning as editorial
writer in March, 1881; was associate editor of
the company's publication, "The Age of
Steel," until 1902, and since 1888 has been as
sociate editor of "The St. Louis Lumber
man. ' ' Member Hoo Hoo, Yellow Piners and
St. Louis Trade Press Association. Democrat;
clerk Committee on Education, Missouri
House of Representatives, 1879; clerk of
Banking and Currency Committee of House
of Representatives, Congress, 1880; member
and secretary of celebrated "8 to 4" St.
Louis Grand Jury, of July, 1892. Club: Mis
souri Athletic. Office: Wright Bldg. Resi
dence: 6126 McPherson Ave.
*GAURY, Arnold Joseph, Catholic priest;
removed from St. Louis; see Vol. 1906.
GAUS, Henry, sash, doors, blinds, etc.;
born, St. Louis, Mar. 12, 1858; son of Henry
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German Protestant School and in public
schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Oct.
13, 1880, Emma L. Biermann; children: Harry
G., Frederick J. Began business career at age
of fifteen, in the box manufacturing business
established by father, in 1863, and in 1879
added sash and blind business; on death of
father, 1895, became president and treasurer
of Henry Gaus & Sons Manufacturing Co.
Republican. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner.
Office: 2100 N. Main St.
GAUSS, Charles Frederick, wholesale hats,
caps, etc.; born in St. Charles Co., Mc, May
30, 1838; son of Charles W. and Louisa A.
(Fallenstein) Gauss; educated in public
schools; married, St. Louis, 1861, Mary Lam-
oureux (now deceased) ; 2d, St. Louis, 1879,
Ida H. Smith; children: Adele (Mrs. C. W.
Bullen), Emma (Mrs. Samuel H. Young), Lou
isa (Mrs. J. P. Annan), Sadie (Mrs. George
S. Tenney). Began business career as a clerk
for Crow, McCreery & Co., wholesale dry
goods, St. Louis, in 1855, and in fall of 1856
became clerk for Fallenstein & Gauss, whole
sale boots and shoes. In 1860 started whole
sale hat business in a small way; associated
with partners as Krausse, Hunecke & Gauss,
later becoming Gauss, Hunecke & Co.; the
firm subsequently incorporated as the Gauss-
Shelton Hat Co., afterwards changing to pres
ent style of Gauss-Langenberg Hat Co., whole
sale hats, caps, gloves, umbrellas, etc., of
which is president. Director Merchants-La
clede National Bank, American Central In
surance Co. Was member of Co. A, First Reg
iment, Missouri National Guard. Mason (Blue
Lodge). Clubs: St. Louis Country, Noonday.
Recreation: golf. Office: cor. 12th and St.
Charles Sts. Residence: 17 Washington Ter
race. GAUT, Oscar Hamilton; see Vol. 1906.
*GAY, Charles Samuel, corset manufac
turer; moved to Davenport, la.; see Vol. 1906.
GEHM, Henry Valentine, president Venice
Transportation Co.; born, Shelby ville, 111.,
Aug. 2, 1866; son of Jacob and Regina (Rei-
singer) Gehm; educated in public and high
schools of Shelby ville; married, Marshalltown,
la., Nov. 19, 1898, Grace M. Upson; two chil
dren: Harry Lester, Julia Antoinette. Began
active career as clerk Indianapolis & St. Louis
R. R., at Shelby ville, continuing 1881-82; tele
graph operator, 1882-84, and station agent,
same place, 1884-89; assistant ticket agent of
Big Four road at St. Louis, 1889-90; general
agent Southern Ry. at St. Louis, 1890-92; be
came identified with Venice Transportation
Co., of which has been general manager since
October, 1892, and president since January,
1898; also president and general manager St.
Louis Rail and Equipment Co. since Decem
ber, 1905; director Southern Coal and Mining

Co. Democrat. Office: 1208 Third National
Bank Bldg. Residence: 325 Plant Ave., Web
ster Groves.
GEHNER, Albert Henry, real estate; born,
St. Louis, Sept. 20, 1876; son of August and
Minnie (Wehmueler) Gehner; educated at
Smith Academy, St. Louis; unmarried. Ever
since leaving school has been connected with
father in the real estate and investment busi
ness in St. Louis, becoming a partner in 1900,
and since 1902, when the business was incor
porated as the Gehner Realty and Investment
Co., has been vice president of the company.
Republican. Clubs: St. Louis, Union. Favor
ite recreations: hunting and fishing. Office:
709 Chestnut St. Residence: 4494 Lindell
Boul. GEHNER, August, banker; 1846-1910; see
Vol. 1906.
GEHRUNG, Eugene Charles, physician;
born, Mulhouse, Alsace, France, June 10, 1840;
son of Jean Christophe and Elise (Zurcher)
Gehrung; educated partly in France and part
ly in America, the latter by private tuition;
professional education in St. Louis Medical
College and (original) College of Physicians
and Surgeons, graduating, M.D., from latter,
1870, also M.D., ad eundem, from Missouri
Medical College; married, Denver, Colo., Oct.
25, 187,0, Beatrice R. Fahndric; children:
Adolphe E., Dr. Julian A., Eugene S. Engaged
in general practice of medicine in Denver and
St. Louis since 1864. Honorary member St.
Louis Medical Society, St. Louis Obstetrical
and Gynecological' Society (president, two
terms), Medico-Chirurgical Society, etc. Evan
gelical Lutheran. Office: 3906 Olive St. Resi
dence: 3857 Westminster PL
GEISSER, Carl August, director Geisser
Conservatory of Music; born, Burlington,
Iowa, Oct. 17, 1871; son of Conrad and Anna
Elizabeth (Best) Geisser; educated in public
schools, Morrisonville, 111.; graduated from
Beethoven Conservatory of Music, St. Louis,
1895; post-graduate medal, 1896; unmarried.
Began profession as private teacher, Sept. 1,
1894, continuing to 1901; founded Geisser Pi
ano School of Music, September, 1901, name
of which was changed, 1909, to Geisser Con
servatory of Music; composer of music and
concert pianist. Presbyterian. Member Royal
Arcanum. Recreation: travel. Office: 1300A
N. King's Highway. Residence: 5849 Etzel
Avenue. *GEITZ, Henry Arthur, physician; moved
to New York; see Vol. 1906.
GELLER, (Alexander) Henry William,
hardware; born, Lage, Germany, Dec. 8, 1868;
son of Henry William and Doris (Schaefer-
meyer) Geller; educated at Rector School
(private), Lage, Germany; came to United
States when thirteen and a half years old;
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Johnson; two sons: William Douglas, John
Austin. Began business career in retail hard
ware store of an uncle at Lexington, Mo., for
one year, then was nineteen years with the
Simmons Hardware Co. of St. Louis, of which
twelve years were spent on the road, travel
ing, at various times, in Mexico, Missouri,
Iowa and Illinois. Started for self, Apr. 1,
1902, as president of Geller, Ward & Hasmer
Hardware Co., wholesale and retail dealers in
hardware, cutlery, sporting goods, tinware,
etc. Member Business Men's League, Travel
ers' Protective Association, Egyptian Hus
tlers. Independent in politics. Evangelical.
Mason; member Knights of Pythias, Elks.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Liederkranz, Kamp-
ville Hunting and Fishing (Kampville, Mo.),
Oasis. Favorite recreations: fishing and hunt
ing. Office: 412-414 N. 4th St. Residence:
3914 Castleman Ave.
GELLHORN, George, physician; born, Bres-
lau, Germany, Nov. 7, 1870; son of Adolph and
Rosalie (Pincus) Gellhorn; educated in gym
nasium, Ohlau, Germany, 1876-90; medical edu
cation at University of Wurzburg, 1890-92,
University of Breslau, 1892-93, University
of Wurzburg, 1893-95, M.D., 1894; married,
St. Louis, Oct. 21, 1893, Edna Fischel; chil
dren: George, Jr., Walter Fischel, Martha
Ellis. Was assistant in clinics at Universities
of Berlin and Jena, Germany, and Vienna,
Austria, 1895-99; came to America, December,
1899, and engaged in practice of medicine in St.
Louis, January, 1900. Member of medical staff
of St. Luke's Hospital; gynecologist to the
St. Louis Skin and Cancer Hospital and City
Hospital; lecturer in Medical Department of
Washington University. Fellow of German
Gynecological Society; member American Gyn
ecological Society (vice president), American
Gynecological Club (secretary - treasurer),
Gynecological Society of Berlin, Germany,
American Medical Association, St. Louis Med
ical Society, etc. Clubs: University, Town and
Gown. Office: Metropolitan Bldg. Residence:
4366 McPherson Ave.
GEMMER, John Phillip, gun manufacturer;
born, Nassau, Germany, June 21, 1838; son of
Henry and Maria (May) Gemmer; educated
in old country to fourteen; came to America
with father, 1855; married, St. Louis, Decem
ber, 1872, Louise Grewe; two children: Julius
and'Adela. Began active career in employ of
a gun factory at Boonville, Mo., 1855, continu
ing four years; located in St. Louis, 1859; in
employ of Mr. Kleinhenn one year; became
connected in 1860 with W. L. Watt, proprietor
Hawken gun shop (established 1824), and pur
chased the business, 1862. Protestant. Recrea
tion: gardening. Office: 700 N. 3d St. Resi
dence: 2336 Park Ave.
GENTLES, John, dry goods, etc.; born, Stir
lingshire, Scotland, Nov. 15, 1847; son of John

and Margaret (Dobbie) Gentles; educated at
Stirling High School, Scotland; married, St.
Louis, Mo., 1877, Miriam Hunt; six children.
After leaving school, entered dry goods busi
ness at Falkirk, Scotland, where continued
for seven years, then was in same business in
London for four years and a half; came to St.
Louis in 1871, and entered service of William
Barr & Co. as clerk for three and a half
years; in 1875, formed present partnership
with Alexander Penny under firm name of
Penny & Gentles, importers and retailers of
dry goods, suits, millinery and house furnish
ings; began at Franklin St. and Broadway,
burned out in October, 1894; since 1900_ at
Broadway and Washington Ave. Presbyterian.
Member A. F. & A. M. Club: Missouri Ath
letic. Recreation: fishing. Office: Broadway
and Morgan St. Residence: Webster Groves,
Missouri. GENTRY, William Richard,, lawyer; born,
Columbia, Mo., Sept. 28, 1869; son of Thomas
Benton and Mary E. (Todd) Gentry; educated
in University of Missouri and in Paris and
Berlin; taught modern languages three years
in University of Missouri, then studied law
in Law School of same, graduating, LL.B.,
1896; married, Pattonville, Mo., Oct. 1, 1896,
Mary Lee Payne (died Apr. 6, 1901); one son:
William B., Jr.; married, 2d, Bridgeton, Mo.,
Dee. 9, 1903, Anna L. Heidorn; one son:
Thomas Frederick. Practiced law at Colum
bia, Mo., until 1898, when removed to St.
Louis and has. since engaged in general prac
tice. Member of St. Louis Bar Association.
Republican. Presbyterian. Member Missouri
Historical Society, Sons of Revolution. Mason,
Knight Templar. Office: 809 Merchants-La
clede Bldg. Residence: Pattonville, St. Louis
County. GENTSCH, Frederick C; see Vol. 1906.
GEORGE, Delmar Colby; see Vol. 1906.
GEORGIA, William E., furniture and car
pets; born, Elmira, N. Y., June 29, 1865; son
of Roswell S. and Phoebe Jane Georgia; edu
cated in public school, Elmira, N. Y. ; married,
St. Louis, Jan. 25, 1892, Alice C. Coleman. Was
clerk in dry goods house, Elmira, 1879-84, Buf
falo, 1884-86; manager of drapery department
of furniture house at Kansas City, 1886-90;
manager drapery department of J. Kennard
& Sons, St. Louis, 1890-97; salesman Lammert
Furniture Co., St. Louis, 1898-1903; president
of Georgia, Stimson Furniture and Carpet Co.,
1903-07; with Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney
Dry Goods Co., 1907-10; since president W. E.
Georgia Furniture Co. Republican. Episco
palian. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic.
Recreation: motor boating. Office: 514 Locust
St. Residence: 3821 Utah St.
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GERBER, Frederick Albert, vice president
Fidel Ganahl Lumber Co.; bora, St. Louis,
Sept. 4, 1878; son of Frederick and Elsie S.
(Hackman) Gerber; educated Toensfeldt's In
stitute, St. Louis, 1886-88; Shepard (public)
School, 1889-94; Central High School, 1894-98;
unmarried. Began active career as office boy
with Loyd G. Harris Manufacturing Co., 1898,
advancing to position of bookkeeper; became
connected as salesman with the Fidel Ganahl
Lumber Co., 1903, and since 1905 vice presi
dent of the company. Republican. Protestant.
Member Legion of Honor, Order of Hoo Hoo,
Civie League. Clubs: Union, Lumbermen's,
Century Boat, Sunset. Recreations: fishing
and bowling. Office: 3323 S. Broadway. Resi
dence: 3405 Shenandoah Ave.
GEREKE, Edward George, paper boxes;
born, St. Louis, Sept. 4, 1869; son of Henry
and Mary (Flynn) Gereke; educated in public
schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Oct.
17, 1900, Cornelia A. Broemmelsiek; children:
Edward F., Carrol M. Secretary of the St.
Louis Paper Box Co., 1906-11, since general
manager. Also vice president Vieths Paper
Mills. Recreation: fishing. Offiee: 2031-2039
Randolph St. Residence: 7114 Waterman Ave.
GERHART, Charles Beauregard, real es
tate; born, St. Louis, Aug. 20, 1862; son of
Peter George and Oetavia Agnes (Flandrin)
Gerhart; educated in public schools, Jones
Commercial College, and under tutorship of
Prof. James L. Seward; married, Indianapolis,
Apr. 11, 1896, Julia Lyon MacFarlane; chil
dren (by former marriage) : Frank Henry II,
Enid Marie. Engaged in real estate business
since 1880, and since Jan. 1, 1900, vice presi
dent of F. H. & C. B. Gerhart Real Estate Co.,
real estate and financial agents. Also vice
president P. G. Gerhart Investment Co.; vice
president Gerhart Realty Co., Frick Realty
Co. Member St. Louis Real Estate Exchange.
Republican. Reared a Catholic. Member St.
Louis Amateur Athletic Association and sev
eral hunting and fishing clubs. Recreations:
outdoor sports; fond of horses, both riding and
driving. Office: 707 Chestnut St. Residence:
4484 Forest Park Boul.
GERHART, Frank Henry, real estate and
financial agent; born, St. Louis, June 28, 1860;
son of Peter George Gerhart (father of St.
Louis parks) and Oetavia Agnes (Flandrin)
Gerhart (grand-daughter of Antoine Flandrin,
who came to America with General Lafayette
and fought in the Revolution) ; educated at
Christian Brothers College, St. Louis Uni
versity, St. Louis Law School, and by pri
vate tutors; read law under late Judge Waldo
P. Johnson and with Thoroughman & War
ren, finishing legal training at St. Louis
Law School; married, St. Louis, Feb. 10, 1904,
Estelle Mary Dunn. Entered real estate busi
ness with P. G. Gerhart & Co., until retirement
of father, May 1, 1885, then continuing as F.

H. & C. B. Gerhart until Jan. 1, 1897, when
F. H. & C. B. Gerhart Real Estate Co. was in
corporated, of which has since been president,
the other officers being Charles B. Gerhart,
vice president, and Frank J. Frick, secretary
and treasurer. Also president P. G. Gerhart
Investment Co., Flandrin Realty Co., Gerhart
Realty Co., Frick Realty Co., and Managers of
the Wainwright Building. Member St. Louis
Real Estate Exchange (director since 1903;
chairman Free Bridge and Grade Crossing
Committee). Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Takes lively interest in civic affairs; led the
fight for the free bridge and level railroad
crossing. Office: Wainwright Bldg., 707 Chest
nut St. -Residence: 4900 Lindell Boul.
GERHART, Thomas Slevin, real estate;
born, St. Louis, Oct. 25, 1866; son of Peter G.
and Oetavia A. (Flandrin) Gerhart; educated
in public schools of St. Louis, followed by two
years of private instruction; married, St.
Louis, Jan. 15, 1891, Martha Lillian Brown
(daughter of William and Mary A. Brown,
the former being founder and president of
Pioneer Steam Keg Works); five children:
Peter George, Marian, Martha, Oetavia and
William B. Since leaving school has been en
gaged in real estate and financial business on
own account for twenty-two years, and since
Jan. 1, 1904, president of the Weisels-Gerhart
Real Estate Co.; also president of the Thomas
S. Gerhart Realty and Financial Co; vice
president of the P. G. Gerhart Investment Co.
Member Real Estate Exchange. Mason (32°),
Knight Templar (Ivanhoe Commandery), and
Shriner. Independent in politics. Clubs: Mis
souri Athletic, Aero, Arcadia, Oasis Gun. Rec
reations: athletics, such as boxing, bicycling,
hunting, motoring, horses, etc. Office: 104-106
N. 8th St. Residence: 4609 Westminster PL
GERNEZ, John A., lawyer; born, New York
City, Dec. 8, 1861; son of John Daniel and
Elizabeth (Broberg) Gernez; educated in
public schools of native city and St. Louis;
St. Louis High School; B.A., Washington Uni
versity, 1882; LL.B., St. Louis Law School,
1884; married, Milwaukee, Wis., Jan, 3, 1902,
Annie Miller. Admitted to Missouri bar, 1884,
and has since practiced at St. Louis. Member
Missouri House of Representatives, 1893; Re
publican. Episcopalian. Recreation: books.
Office: 1315 Market St. Residence: 1415 Belt
Avenue. GERRITZEN, Frederick Theodore, blank
book manufacturer; 1858-1910; see Vol. 1906.
GERRITZEN, Herman Joseph; see Vol. 1906.
GERST, Frederick, manufacturer; 1841-
1908; see Vol. 1906.
GERST, John F., president Gerst Bros. Man
ufacturing Co.; born, St. Louis, Apr. 24, 1869;
son of Frederick and Caroline (Hem) Gerst;
educated at St. Louis University; married, St.
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children: John F., James, Caroline. Learned
trade in shop established by father, 1849, and
incorporated as Gerst Bros. Manufacturing
Co. (foundry and structural iron), 1881; sec
retary of the company, 1881-1908, since presi
dent. Democrat. Catholic. Office: 800 Cass
Ave. Residence: 4429 Elmbank Ave.
GERST, Joseph, vice president Gerst Bros.
Manufacturing Co.; born, St. Louis, December,
1875; son of Frederick and Caroline (Hem)
Gerst; educated at St. Joseph Parochial
School; unmarried. In 1890 entered the Cass
Avenue Iron Works and Foundry, owned by
Gerst Bros. Manufacturing Co., and after
learning trade in the shops was given his pres
ent positipn as vice president of the company,
in 1895. Catholic. Office: 800 Cass Ave. Resi
dence: 2220 Clarence Ave.
GESSLER, Edward A., bond and stock
broker; born, St. Louis, June 15, 1868; son of
Emil and Fredericke (Bek) Gessler; educated
in St. Louis public schools; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 18, 1893, Alice Wippern; children: George
E., Alice. Began business career as a clerk in
the Laclede Bank, continuing until 1889; clerk
for Wernse & Dieekman, 1889-90; since 1890,
member of firm of Gessler & Krausnick, deal
ers in bonds and stocks. Member St. Louis
Stock Exchange, Merchants' Exchange, Civic
League. Clubs: Union, Liederkranz, Sunset
Hill Country, Automobile. Recreations: tennis,
motoring, bowling. Office: 411 Olive St. Resi
dence: 3838 Flad Ave.
GESTRING, Henry William, wagon manu
facturer; deceased; see Vol. 1906.
GHIO, James C, retired; born, Monticello,
Wayne Co., Ky., Nov. 4, 1843; son of John B.
and Elizabeth (Garth) Ghio; educated at
Christian Brothers College, and St. Louis Uni
versity; married, at Hamburg, Germany, Aug.
31, 1870, Betty Heydorn; four children: John
G., J. C. Martin, Bettie (Mrs. J. A. McMen-
emy), Olivia (Mrs. Freeland Dunn). Came to
St. Louis, 1848; engaged in wholesale liquor
and importing business, 1872-1902; now vice
president Barada-Ghio Real Estate Co. Roman
Catholic. Decorated as Commander Order of
St. Gregory the Great; Knight of Ecclesia et
Pontificia Pius X; Knight of King of Italy.
Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile. Office: 17 N. 8th
St. Residence: Wellston, Mo.
GIBSON, William Judson, manager Corliss,
Coon & Co., collars and cuffs; born, Toronto,
Ont., Canada, July 22, 1873; son of William S.
and Georgiana (Greenlaw) Gibson; educated
in public schools of Brooklyn, N. Y.; married,
New Haven, Conn., Dec. 14, 1904, Luella May
Warner (now deceased) ; one daughter, Luella
Warner. Began business career in minor posi
tion in. mercantile house; salesman for Daniel
D. Youmans, New York. City, 1891-95; travel
ing salesman, Follmar-Clogg Co., umbrellas,
1895-97; traveled for Crown Perfumery Co. of

England, 1897-1901; traveling salesman for
Corliss, Coon & Co., collars and cuffs, Troy,
N. Y., covering middle west territory, 1901-
02; since 1902 manager at St. Louis for same
firm. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Mercantile,
Bellerive Country (St. Louis), Invincible
(Brooklyn, N. Y.). Recreations: golf and mo
toring. Office: 905 Washington Ave. Resi
dence: 4458 Washington Ave.
*GIESE, Alexander Franklin; moved to
Kansas City; see Vol. 1906.
GIESECKE, Otto, president Charles Ehler
mann Hop and Mait Co.; born in Duchy of
Brunswick, Germany, Aug. 18, 1856; son of A.
F. and Louise (Jacoby) Giesecke; educated
in gymnasium, Clausthal, Germany, 1867-71;
married, Clayton, Mo., Apr. 8, 1886, Marie
Koch; children: Herman, Gertrude, Elsa, Ma
rie Luise. Came to America 1871; worked on
farms in Missouri and Illinois. Began business
career as clerk in grocery store of Overstolz
& Sehrader, St. Louis, 1874; assistant book
keeper, Leggat & Butler, 1877; bookkeeper,
Charles Ehlermann & Co., 1879; salesman,
1885, secretary and vice president, 1886, vice
president from 1905 to October, 1911, and
since president, Charles Ehlermann Hop and
Malt Co. Member Merchants' Exchange.
Democrat. Member Leiderkranz, St. Louis
Turn Verein, Schiller Verein. Recreation:
traveling. Office: 1O0 S. 2d St. Residence:
3801 Cleveland Ave.
GIESELMAN, Frank Henry, grain mer
chant; deceased; see Vol. 1906.
GIFFORD, William Logan Rodman, libra
rian St. Louis Mercantile Library; born, New
Bedford, Mass., Nov. 5, 1862; son of Humph
rey A. and Alice P. (Francis) Gifford; edu
cated in public schools of New Bedford, and
Harvard University, A.B., 1884; married,
Rochester, Mass., June 6, 1888, Eleanor R.
Dexter; one son: Humphrey A. Assistant
librarian New Bedford (Mass.) Free Public
Library, 1884-1895; librarian of Cambridge
- (Mass.') Public Library, 1895-1904; since Feb.
1, 1904, librarian St. Louis Mercantile Library.
Member Civie League. Independent Democrat.
Clubs: Round Table, Florissant Valley, City,
Franklin. Office : St. Louis Mercantile Library.
Residence: 4329 A Maryland Ave.
GILBERT, Sidney Lawrence, resident man
ager Armstrong Cork Co.; bora, Painted Post,
N. Y, Mar. 18, 1854; son of William J. and
Rachel E. (Erwin) Gilbert; educated in New
York public schools; unmarried. Began busi
ness career in 1874 in employ of the Arm
strong Cork Co., at the headquarters of the
company, Pittsburgh, and has ever since con
tinued with same, becoming a partner in 1884,
and a director; came, in 1884, to St. Louis,
where has since been in charge of branch
house. Office: 204 S. 3d st. Residence: 3015
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GILDERSLEEVE, Frank D., assistant gen
eral passenger agent, Baltimore & Ohio South
western R. R.; born, Nashville, Tenn., Feb.
18, 1859; son of L. I. and Lucinda M. (Ste
vens) Gildersleeve; educated in public schools,
La Porte, Ind., and took four-year course in
Northern Indiana College, Valparaiso, Ind.;
married, St. Louis, 1887, Sarah Frank; chil
dren: Laura M. (now deceased), Charles Ed-
"win. After leaving school became telegraph
operator and later train dispatcher on Van
dalia Line and subsequently train master Illi
nois Midland R. R., general traveling agent,
and chief clerk traffic manager's office, same
line; came to St. Louis in 1883 as general
Western agent Toledo & St. Louis Line; ap
pointed city ticket agent Bee Line and New
York Central (now Big Four route) in 1884;
city passenger and ticket agent Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern Ry., 1896; made district
passenger agent, 1901, and assistant general
passenger agent, 1902. President St. Louis
Association General Passenger Agents, 1912
and 1913; member Business Men's League.
Republican; central committeeman, St. Louis
Co., four years. Mason (Forest Park Lodge,
St. Louis Chapter, St. Aldemar Commandery,
Knights Templar, Moolah Temple, Mystic
Shrine). Member Royal League. Clubs: Mer
cantile, St. Louis Railway, The Traffic of St.
Louis. Favorite recreations: billiards, chess
and baseball. Offiee: Central National Bank
Bldg. Residence: 5516 Maple Ave.
GILFILLAN, Francis, clergyman; born, Ag-
havas, Co. Leitrim, Ireland, Feb. 16, 1872;
classical education, St. Mary's, Moyne, Co.
Longford, 1886-89; philosophy and theology,
St. Patrick's College, Carlow, 1889-94; post
graduate course in theology, Catholic Univer
sity, Washington, D. C. 1894-96-. Ordained to
the priesthood by Archbishop John J. Kain,
St. Anthony's Church, St. Louis, June 24,
1895; assistant to Father James J. McCaffrey,
1896-98, and to Father P. F. O'Reilly, 1898-
1907, in New Cathedral Parish; appointed in
charge of the parish, 1907. Member of Theo
logical Conferences' Committee of the Board
of Synodal Examiners; member Board of Di
rectors of Kenrick Seminary. Residence: 4428
Maryland Ave.
GILL, Felton David, grain commission;
born, Clarksville, Tenn., Mar. 18, 1878; son of
Benjamin F. and Mary (Yancey) Gill; edu
cated in public schools of Tennessee and in
University of Virginia, class of 1897; married,
1901, Augusta Haddox; children: F. D., Jr.,
Elizabeth. Began business career in 1898, with
Gill & Smith, grain commission, Nashville,
Tenn., for one year; engaged in grain business
for self at Nashville, under style of F. D. Gill
& Co., until 1903, when came to St. Louis,
where has since continued business under same
firm name as wholesale dealer and commission
merchant in grain and hay. Member Mer

chants' Exchange of St. Louis, St. Louis
Grain Club. Recreations: hunting and fishing.
Office: Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Resi
dence: 5445 Page Boul.
GILL, Patrick Francis, congressman; born,
Independence, Mo., Aug. 16, 1868; son of
Thomas and Rose (Murphy) Gill; removed to
St. Louis at three years of age; educated in
parochial schools and St. Louis University)
married Alicia MeCarran, of Kansas City,
Mo., Sept. 24, 1902; two children: Alicia and
Patrick, Jr. Secretary Gill Bros. Grocery Co.
Was clerk of Circuit Court four years; Demo
cratic candidate for sheriff of St. Louis, 1906;
member Sixty-first and Sixty-second Con
gresses, Eleventh Missouri District (seat con
tested after second election, but won in con
test, August, 1912). Office: Marcus and Easton
Aves. Residence: 4649 N. Market St.
GILLIAM, John Apperson, lawyer; born,
New Salem, Fairfield Co., O., July 15, 1848;
son of William and Mary Elizabeth (Bryan)
Gilliam; educated in public and private
schools of Ohio; studied law in offices of Wal
ker & Brower and Henry K. Boyle, at Otta
wa, 111.; was admitted to the bar of Hlinois,
Sept. 11, 1869, and began practice Sept. 1,
1870, at Ottawa; married, Frances Emily
Brown, Oct. 18, 1871 (died Mar. 27, 1883); 2d,
Dollie Hoxsey, Apr. 28, 1886; one son: Hoxsey
Gilliam. Practiced in La Salle and Kendall
counties, 111.; arrived in St. Louis, Oct. 4,
1878, and since has continuously practiced law
in St. Louis, where he has been member of
law firms of Gilliam & Hereford, Gilliam &
Ferriss and Gilliam & Smith; alone since 1904.
President Gallatin Investment Co. Republi
can. Candidate for State Senate, 1886; elected
presidential elector for Tenth District of Mis
souri, 1904; candidate for United States Sen
ate, 1905. Member St. Louis Bar Association.
Presbyterian. Office: Fullerton Bldg. Resi
dence: 4311 Washington Boul.
GILMORE, Harold Grover, president of
Wright-Gilmore Decorating Co.; born, Boston,
Jan. 12, 1865; son of Homer S. and Virginia
(Grover) Gilmore; educated public and pri
vate schools; Academy of Art, Boston; Ken
sington School, London, Eng.; Academy of
Decorative Art, Brussels, Belgium; married,
St. Louis, June 7, 1899, Olivia Orme Ferguson.
Located in St. Louis, 1890; assisted in organ
izing the Wright-Gilmore Decorating Co., 1899,
of which is president; also president W. G.
Art Glass Co. Mason. Recreation: traveling.
Office: 3563 Olive St. Residence: 4957 Mc-
Pherson Ave. ,
GILMORE, Stephen Henry, supervisor of
plumbing City of St. Louis; born, St. Louis,
Dec. 8, 1876; son of Thomas and Elizabeth
(Kirk) Gilmore; educated in public schopls
to 1891; St. Louis University, 1891-95; mar
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two children: Thomas R., Mildred M. While
attending college entered plumbing trade as
an apprentice, serving five years; worked as
journeyman for about seven years and en
gaged as master plumber until appointed
plumbing inspector City of St. Louis, 1909;
continued until 1911; since supervisor plumb
ing City of St. Louis. Member American So
ciety of Inspectors and Engineers. Repub
lican. Catholic. Member Knights of Father
Mathew. Club: Irish- American Athletic. Rec
reations: swimming, baseball. Office: Room
315, City Hall. Residence: 2303 Arsenal St.
GIRALDIN, Charles Erwin, retired; born,
St. Louis, Feb. 21, 1858; son of Charles and
Ellen (Higgins) Giraldin; educated in public
schools of St. Louis and also public schools
and college at Cape Girardeau, Mo.; unmar
ried. Began in real estate business with J. T.
Donavan in 1873, remaining with him until
1890; when joined in organizing the firm of
Giraldin Bros. & Cates, later changed to
Giraldin Bros., real estate agents; retired
from business, 1910. Democrat. Catholic. Fa
vorite recreations: hunting and fishing, base
ball, billiards. Residence: 5732 Julian Ave.
GIRALDIN, William Aloysius, real estate;
born, St. Louis, Nov. 26, 1864; son of Charles
and Ellen (Higgins) Giraldin; educated in
public school and in Bryant & Stratton Busi
ness College; married, St. Louis, Nov. 13,
1889, Alice Mersman; children: William A.,
Jr., Charles Earl, Alice Loras. Engaged in
real estate business from boyhood, beginning
in minor capacity in real estate office in
April, 1875; in business for self since 1890;
now member firm of Giraldin Bros., real es
tate and financial agents. Also president Earl
Realty Co.; director Title Guaranty Trust Co.,
American Trust Co. Member Real Estate Ex
change (ex-president); member board of as
sessors, 1904. Catholic. Recreations: fishing,
hunting and motoring. Offiee: 11,0 N. 8th St.
Residence: 5338 Page Boul.
GISEKE, August; see Vol. 1906.
GIUSEFFI, Girolamo D., ladies' tailoring;
born, Naples, Italy; son of Francisco and
Fillomene (Cieffoni) Giuseffi; educated in
schools of native city. Came to America at
fourteen; entered employ of Weatherly & Co.,
New York City, and later was connected with
the J. Farrington Tailoring Co., Boston; asso
ciated with sisters, 1888, in organizing the
Giuseffii Ladies' Tailoring Co., of St. Louis,
importers of exclusive millinery, gowns, etc.
Office: 3900 Westminster PL
GLASER, Adolph, importer of lace, em
broideries and handkerchiefs; born, Tereskau,
Austria, June 30, 1854; son of Samuel and
Catherine (Maurer) Glaser; educated in pub-
lie schools in Europe; married, Philadelphia,
Dec. 21, 1881, Rosalind Scherzer; children:
Arthur S., Corinne (Mrs. Angelo J. Myers, of

Philadelphia, Pa.). At age of thirteen went
to work for Kramer & Loth, wholesale notions
and furnishing goods, St. Louis; formed part
nership with brothers, 1880, under firm namo
of Glaser Bros., which continued until prem
ises were destroyed by fire in 1898; since
then engaged, under firm name of Adolph
Glaser & Co., importing embroideries, laces
and handkerchiefs. Member Business Men's
League. Jewish religion. Club: Columbian.
Recreation: traveling. Office: 1125-1129 Wash
ington Ave. Residence : 4331 West Pine St.
GLASER, Carl Samuel, broker in bonds and
stocks; born, St. Louis, Nov. 5, 1878; son of
Joseph and Carrie (Steinberger) Glaser; grad
uated from. Western Military Academy, Up
per Alton, 111.; married, St. Louis, Dec. 8,
1902, Stelia Tuholske, niece of Dr. Herman
Tuholske; two children: Millard and Carl S.,
Jr. Was with the Mechanics Bank, 1894-99;
since broker in stocks and bonds, as partner
with father, Joseph Glaser, under the firm
name of Joseph Glaser & Son. Member St.
Louis Stock Exchange, Merchants' Exchange.
Recreations: fishing and motoring. Office:
317 Olive St. Residence: 4619 McPherson
Avenue. GLASER, Joseph, broker; born, Bohemia,
Mar. 28, 1852; son of Samuel and Katy Gla
ser; educated in Prague, graduating, 1865;
married, St. Louis, Jan. 15, 1878, Carrie Stein
berger; two sons: Carl S., Joseph, Jr. Came to
America, 1866; in employ of Kramer & Loth,
wholesale furnishing goods and notions,
1866-80; then entered same line of business as
Glaser Bros., in which continued for fifteen
years; since engaged in handling stocks,
bonds and local securities; now member firm
of Joseph Glaser & Son. Member New York
Stock Exchange, St. Louis Stock Exchange,
Merchants ' Exchange, Business Men 's League.
Republican. Jewish religion; trustee Home for
Aged and Infirm Israelites. Mason (32°).
Clubs: Columbian, Westwood. Offiee: 317
Olive St. Residence: 5116 Washington Boul.
GLASER, Julius, merchant; born, Austria,
Feb. 28, 1862; son of Samuel and Catherine
(Maurer) Glaser; educated in public schools;
married, Cincinnati, June 20, 1900, Stella
Sommers; two daughters: Kathryn, Ruth.
Started in business with S. B. Merrill & Gla
ser; later entered firm of Morris Gla
ser & Co.; bought out Morris Glaser, 1900, and
established firm of Julius Glaser & Co., whole
sale dry goods commission merchants. Mem
ber Business Men's League. Republican. Jew
ish religion. Clubs: Mercantile, Columbian,
Westwood Country. Recreation: golf. Offiee:
414 N. 11th St. Residence: 4541 Maryland
Avenue. GLASER, Sigmund, laces and embroideries;
born, Austria, Oct. 1, 1863; son of Samuel and
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States at ten years of age and graduated
from St. Louis public school at age of six
teen; married, St. Louis, N,°v- 19> 1890, Hattie
Bach; children: Clifford B., Helen Wilma. Be
gan business career as stock boy with Rice,
Stix & Co., wholesale dry goods, continuing
two years; then with Glaser Brothers, in
house two years and after that as traveling
salesman, until they went out of business in
1897; with brother, Adolph, engaged in busi
ness as A. Glaser & Brother until July 1, 1900,
when branched out for self under style of Sig
mund Glaser & Co., wholesale importers of
laces and embroideries. Republican. Jewish
religion. Club: Columbian. Recreations: gar
dening and walking. Office: 1510 Washington
Ave. Residence: 42 Kingsbury PL
GLASGOW, Frank A., physician and sur
geon; born, St. Louis, 1854; son of William
and Sarah Louisa (Lane) Glasgow; graduated
from Washington University, A.B., 1875;
M.D., St. Louis Medical College (now Med
ical Department, Washington University),
1878; post-graduate student Universities of
Vienna and Strassburg, 1880-81. Engaged in
practice as physician and surgeon in St. Louis
since 1878; senior gynecologist St. Louis Mul
lanphy Hospital. Member American Medical
Association, St. Louis Medical Society, Mis
souri State Medical Association, Southern
Surgical and Gynecological Society, St. Louis
Surgical Society, St. Louis Obstetrical and
Gynecological Society, St. Louis Academy of
Science, American Association for Advance
ment of Science. Republican. Unitarian.
Club: University. Recreations: traveling and
hunting. Office: 3894 Washington Boul. Resi
dence: 4371 Washington Ave.
GLASGOW, William Carr, physician; 1845-
1906; see Vol. 1906.
GLAUBER, Albert E., .dry goods commis
sion merchant; born, Pittsfield, 111., Jan. 24,
1872; son of Leopold and Annie (Fishell)
Glauber; attended public schools of Pittsfield,
graduating, 1890; went to Cleveland, fall of
1890, and took course in shorthand and type
writing in Spencerian Business College; un
married. Began business career as salesman
for the Crunden-Martin Woodenware Co., St.
Louis, 1892; entered dry goods business with
brother Samuel in spring of 1893, at 5008 N.
Broadway, moving to 4832 N. Broadway,
1895; opened a second store at 4102-4104 N.
Grand Ave., 1903, and enlarged store first es
tablished; on account of ill health was com
pelled to dispose of interest in both stores,
1911; director Home Advertising and Trad
ing Stamp Co. Was one of seven to organize
the N. St. Louis Business Men's Association,
1895; was a prime mover in securing free ex
press delivery to 4900 N. Broadway. Hebrew;
member B. P. O. Elks, B'nai El, Young Peo
ple's Aid Society. Recreations: fishing and

bowling. Office: Victoria Bldg. Residence:
1521 E. Grand Ave.
*GLEDHILL, John James; moved to Cali
fornia; see Vol. 1906.
GLENNON, John Joseph, R. C. archbishop;
born, Kinnegad, County Meath, Ireland, June
14, 1862; son of Mathew and Catherine (Kin-
sella) Glennon; prepared at St. Mary's Col
lege, Mullingar; graduated All Hallows Col
lege, Dublin, 1883. Ordained priest, 1884; as
sistant pastor St. Patrick's Church, Kansas
City, 1884-87; pastor cathedral there, under
Bishop Hogan, 1887-92; vicar-general of dio
cese, 1892-94, administrator of diocese, 1894-
1904; appointed coadjutor bishop of Kansas
City, with right of succession, and conse
crated titular bishop of Pinara, June, 1896;
coadjutor bishop of St. Louis, 1903. Appointed
archbishop of St. Louis, Oct. 13, 1903, on
death of Archbishop Kain. Address: 3810
Lindell Boul.
GLOOR, Edwin, vice president Common
wealth Feed Mills Co.; born, Aarau, Switzer
land, January, 1849; arrived in America, 1854;
educated St. Louis public schools, Fielding's
Institute and Jones Commercial College; mar
ried, St. Louis, Oct. 30, 1873, Ruth Murray;
three daughters. Began active career as milir
tary telegraph messenger, in 1862, continuing,
1862-63; was shipping clerk in Quarter
master's Department, U. S. A., 1864-65; trav
eling salesman, 1870-80; southwestern repre
sentative Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., 1884-90;
engaged as division sales manager Drummond
Tobacco Co., 1890-99; vice president and sec
retary Commonwealth Feed Mills Co. since
1907. Democrat. Baptist. Mason; member
Royal Arcanum, United Commercial Travelers,
Merchants' Exchange. Office: 2d St. and De
Soto Ave. Residence: Webster Groves.
GLOSEMEYER, Vincent H., president
Glosemeyer Flour Co.; born on farm near
Dutzow, Warren Co., Mo., Feb. 12, 1869; son
of Joseph and Caroline (Krekel) Glosemeyer;
educated parochial Catholic schools at Dutzow,
1876-83; later public schools of Washington,
Mo., for two years; student Washington High
School, 1887 and 1888, graduating June, 1888;
married, St. Louis, June 26, 1894, Kathrine
Wallrapp (died Nov. 18, 1908); six children:
Alphonse J., sixteen; Olivia M., fourteen;
Florence A., twelve; Adela K., ten; Raymond
V., eight; Celeste F., six years of age. Arrived
in St. Louis in 1891, at age of twenty-two,
with $20 in his pocket; secured employment
as industrial agent of Metropolitan Life In
surance Co., continuing for eleven months;
then became porter and general warehouse
man with the flour firm of A. E. Brucker &
Co., 603 S. 2d St., at a salary of $7 per week;
held this position for six months, the firm
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several country millers who delivered their
flour on consignment; associated with Joseph
Zirnheld, 1899, under title of the Zirnheld-
Glosemeyer Flour Co., of which was secretary
for eleven years; sold out and organized the
Glosemeyer Flour Co. with capital stock of
$35,000, Feb. 1, 1910, and is president and
general manager same. Catholic. Member
Catholic Union of Missouri, in which is an
active worker, having served on legislative
and executive committees and Committee of
Public Affairs; member SS. Peter and Paul's
Church, St. Vincent de Paul Orphan Society,
St. Vincent de Paul Poor Society (vice presi
dent), etc. Member Merchants' Exchange, St.
Louis City Drummers' Association. Club: St.
Louis Millers' Recreations: interested in
municipal and civic affairs; reading. Office:
309 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Residence:
2037 Sidney St.
GOCKEL, Harry B., treasurer James H.
Forbes Tea and Coffee Co.; born, St. Louis,
July 28, 1868; son of Herman and Christiana
(Behrens) Gockel; educated in public
schools, to 1882; took course in Bryant &
Stratton 's Business College, 1884; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 9, 1901, Elizabeth Brandstetter;
one child: Harry Charles. Began as office boy
with the Forbes Company, May, 1884, served
in various clerical positions, elected treasurer
and director, 1910. Republican. Recreation:
outdoor sports. Office: 908-916 Clark Ave.
Residence: 2106 S. Compton Ave.
GODDARD, Warren, wholesale grocer; born,
Brookline, Mass., Aug. 29, 1871; son of Joseph
W. and Maria (Pearson) Goddard; educated
in Smith Academy, St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 18, 1897, Irene Wallace (now de
ceased); children: Jane W., Mary Irene;
married, 2d, Apr. 9, 1910, Louise Augustine;
one daughter: Louise. On leaving school in
1890 entered the business of the Goddard Gro
cer Co., of which is now vice president. Mem
ber Business Men's League. Director Mer
chants-American National Bank. Republican.
Clubs: St. Louis, Country, City, Racquet,
Round Table. Recreations: hunting and ath
letic sports. Office: 415 S. 7th St. Residence:
4360 Washington Ave.
GODFREY, James Aloysius, contractor;
born, County Mayo, Ireland, Dec. 25, 1878;
son of Thomas and Catharine (Henneghan)
Godfrey; came to America with parents, 1882;
graduated from Christian Brothers College,
St. Louis, 1893; married, Jan. 6, 1907, Caro
lyn Hayes, of Louisville, Ky. Began as car
penter and stair builder; engaged in general
contracting with William Steinhoff, 1896, suc
ceeding to the business, 1905; now member-
firm of Godfrey & Hirsch. Has been identi
fied with construction of many of the promi
nent buildings in St. Louis, among them the
Mermod-Jaccard Building, the Carleton Dry

Goods Company's Building, new Mullanphy
Apartments, etc., also many fine residences.
Independent in politics. Catholic. Recrea
tion: athletics. Office: 804, 105 N. 7th St.
Residence: 5775 Waterman Ave.
GODWIN, Richard Henry W., real estate;
bora in King and Queen Co., Va., May 28,
1856; son of Richard Henry W. and Effie A.
(Gresham) Godwin; educated at Stevensville
Academy, King and Queen Co., Va.; married,
Cincinnati, Feb. 3, 1886, Mattie C. McKrell;
four children: Howard, Effie, Clifford, Grover.
Came to St. Louis from Memphis, Tenn., in
fall of 1892; became connected with Wear &
Boogher Dry Goods Co. and later with the
Carleton Dry Goods Co., continuing until Jan.
1, 1905; entered real estate business on Del-
mar Boul., 1905, also has erected several
apartment houses and two business blocks; in
charge of real estate department of the Sav
ings Trust Co.; president Central West In
vestment Co. Member Civic League. Mason.
Recreation: motoring. Offiee: 4935 Delmar
Ave. Residence: 5578 Clemens Ave.
GOEBBELS, Henry J., president St. Louis
Housei Furnishing Co.; born, St. Louis, Sept.
3, 1863; son of Henry and Minnie (Funke)
Goebbels; educated at Webster (public)
School, six years, and Christian Brothers Acad
emy three years; married, St. Louis, June 19,
1889, Annie Rothert; children: William (de
ceased), Lester, Earl. Started in house fur
nishing business in partnership with B. M.
Cornwall, Jan. 20, 1890, and in August, 1892,
incorporated the business as the St. Louis
House Furnishing Co., of which has since
been president. Republican. Catholic. Mem
ber Knights of Pythias. Recreations: fishing
and outdoor sports. Office: 902-906 Franklin
Ave. Residence: 5508 Cabanne Ave.
GOEKE, Frederick William, grain, flour and
feed; born, St. Louis, June 30, 1850; son of
Philip William and Sophia (Horstemeyer)
Goeke; educated in parochial and public
schools and Jones Commercial College; mar
ried, St. Louis, Apr. 15, 1875, Anna Eliza
Riecke; children: Pauline Sophia Wilhelmine,
Frederick William, Jr., Oscar Henry, Herbert
Edward, Alma Louise, Mildred Emilie Wil
helmine, Viola Jessie Anna, Lillian Wilhelm
ine. Began business career as a clerk on 2d
St. in 1862, and in 1877 started in the com
mission business on own account as F. W.
Goeke & Co., in which (with William C. Dick
inson as partner) is still engaged. Member
Merchants' Exchange, German American Al
liance. Republican. Served on military duty
in street car strike, Socialer Turn Verein,,
Jackson School Patrons' Association. Office:
22 N. 2d St. and Main and Sidney Sts. Resi-.
dence: 1501 Monroe St.
GOETTLER, Joseph Arthur, president M.
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1872; son of Michael and Catherine (Saal)
Goettler; educated Madison (public) School,
Johnson's Commercial College and Jones'
Commercial College; married, St. Louis, July
17, 1902, Emelia Biedenstein. Began active
career in connection with the wholesale and
retail hat business established by his father
in 1853; president M. Goettler Hat Co. since
1900; vice president Lafayette Bank. Director
South Broadway Merchants' Association.
Clubs: Liederkranz (director), Elks. Recrea
tion: motoring. Office: 1260 S. Broadway.
Residence: 1125 Rutger St.
GOLDBACH, Joseph; see Vol. 1906.
GOLDMAN, Jacob D., cotton merchant;
born, Essenheim, Germany, Apr. 26, 1845; son
of Damascus and Hannah (Meyer) Goldman;
educated in High School in Mainz, Germany;
married, New Orleans, 1871, Hannah Hirsch
(died 1877); 2d, Jacksonport, Ark., 1880, to
her sister, Sarah Hirsch (died 1894); 3d, At
lantic City, Dec. 26, 1904, Helen Rohr, of Bal
timore; children (by second marriage) : Alvin
D., Margaret N., Florence. Served in Confed
erate Army in Civil War; general country
merchant in Arkansas, 1865-75; removed to
St. Louis, 1875, and formed the Adler-Gold-
man Commission Co., of which is president.
In 1891, with Julius Lesser, started the Lesser-
Goldman Cotton Co., of which is president;
also president Arkansas Fertilizer Co., Little
Rock, Ark., Levi Mercantile Co., Maiden, Mo.,
Goldman & Levi Land Co., Dunklin Co., Mo.;
director St. Louis Cotton Compress Co.; mem
ber of firm of Henry Wolf & Co., Brinkley,
Ark. Democrat. Was captain of Missouri Mil
itia, 1877-78. Jewish religion. Club: Colum
bian. Recreation: traveling. Office: 112 S.
Main St. Residence: 9 Hortense PL
GOLDMAN, Morris, home furnisher; born,
St. Louis, May 3, 1863; son of Samuel and
Barbara (Mathes) Goldman; educated in
public schools of Cincinnati; married, Cin
cinnati, 1885, Sidonia Klein; children: Stan
ley, Jerome, Gilbert. Reared in Cincinnati;
returned to St. Louis in 1890; began business
career with house of Rothschild Sons, furni
ture, Cincinnati, 1880-85; then with Goldman,
Speyer & Co., 1885-90; in 1890, with brothers
Samuel and Louis, established in St. Louis
present firm of Goldman Bros., furniture and
household goods. Mason (32°), Shriner; mem
ber B. P. O. Elks, Knights of Pythias. Rec
reations: hunting and fishing. Offiee: 1104
Olive St. Residence: 5129 Washington Ave.
GOLDMAN, Samuel, home furnisher; born,
St. Louis, Nov. 1, 1855; son of Samuel and
Barbara (Mathes) Goldman; educated in pub
lic schools of St. Louis and Cincinnati; mar
ried, St. Louis, May 10, 1885, Rachel Myer;
children: Sidney, Roy S. Began business ca
reer as clerk in a furniture store, and in 1885
established for self in small way in Cincinnati;

returned to St. Louis with brothers in 1890;
member firm of Goldman Brothers, general
house furnishers, 1890-1910, since in business
for self; vice president Franklin Avenue Im
provement Association. Jewish religion; mem
ber Young Men's Hebrew Association, Order
of B'nai B'rith, and Royal League. Club:
Missouri Athletic. Office: 700 Franklin Ave.
Residence: 4450 Morgan St.
GOLTERMAN, Guy, lawyer; bom, St. Louis,
Aug. 22, 1879; son of Charles E. and Emma
(Hock) Golterman; educated in public schools
of St. Louis; studied law in Law Department,
Washington University; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 9, 1901, M. Zoe, daughter of Mayor E. A,
Noonan; two children: Guy, Jr., and Edward
Charles. Admitted to Missouri bar, 1898, and
since in practice at St. Louis; special counsel
for the city Health Department during graft
investigation, 1905; promoted New Coliseum
in St. Louis and is now counsel for the com
pany. Democrat. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association. Rec
reations: music, literature, athletics. Office:
919 Victoria Bldg. Residence: 310 S. Euclid
Avenue. GOLTRA, Edward Field, iron and steel;
born, Jacksonville, 111., Dec. 29, 1862; son of
Moore Compton and Evelina (Parsons) Goltra;
prepared at Illinois College and Williston
Seminary, Easthampton, Mass.; entered
Princeton University, 1883, and was grad
uated, A.B., 1887; married, Jacksonville, HI.,
May 31, 1888, Kate Mary Brown; children:
Edward Field, Jr., William Brown. Since 1889
engaged in iron, steel, banking and railroad
interests, now president Missouri Iron Co.;
director Commonwealth Trust Co. Democrat.
Clubs: St. Louis, University, St. Louis. Coun
try (St. Louis), Lawyers', Calumet, New
York Yacht Club (New York), University
(Chicago). Favorite recreation: yachting.
Office: 509 Olive St. Residence: 4416 Lindell
Boulevard. GONTER, Harry Carpenter, treasurer Globe
Printing Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct. 27, 1864;
son of Charles G. and Elizabeth A. (Reilly)
Gonter; educated in St. Louis public schools,
graduating from Central High School, June
15, 1883; married, Lincoln, Neb., July 19,
1890, Josie Collins, of Cedar Co., Mo.; two
children: Charles G., Helen S. Began business
career with St. Louis Globe-Democrat circu
lation and business departments, Aug. 2, 1886,
and continued until 1899; since treasurer
Globe Printing Co., publishers Globe-Democrat.
Republican. Member Legion of Honor (Alpha
Council). Recreation: billiards. Office: south
west cor. 6th and Pine Sts. Residence: 4297
ore Ave.

GOOD, Aaron H., real estate; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 25, 1869; son of Louis H. and
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German school at Farmington, Mo.; high
school, Cleveland, O.; Jones Commercial Col
lege, St. Louis, 1886; married, St. Louis, Mar.
1, 1905, Minnie Dagwell; one daughter, Hen
rietta Elizabeth. Taught school at Farming-
ton at sixteen; began business career in em
ploy of J. J. Mullaly, stocks and bonds, and
continued, 1886-92; then entered service of
Julius Pitzman, city surveyor, and was identi
fied with him for fifteen years; resigned, Jan
uary, 1907, to engage in real estate business
on own account. Member St. Louis Real Es
tate Exchange. Member Royal Arcanum, Royal
League, National Union. Recreations: bowl
ing, billiards. Office: 204-205, 706 Chestnut St.
Residence: 3950 Shenandoah Ave.
*GOODALE, Charles Arthur, insurance;
moved to Texas; see Vol. 1906.
*GOODALE, Loomis Farrington; moved to
Philippine Islands; see Vol. 1906.
GOODALL, John Richards, fire insurance
agent; born, Mount Carmel, O., June 24, 1859;
son of Henry Worthum and Rhoda Evelyn
(Richards) Goodall; educated in public schools
of Delaware, O., and Ohio Wesleyan Univer
sity, graduating, 1879; unmarried. After grad
uation came to St. Louis, 1881; entered in
surance office of W. H. Markham as clerk,
early in 1882; admitted to firm of W. H.
Markham & Co. about ten years later, and
has ever since continued in that connection.
Republican in National politics. Member
Merchants' Exchange, Civic League. Meth
odist. Clubs: University, Bellerive, Norman
die, City. Favorite recreation: golf. Office:
Pierce Bldg. Residence: 3737 Washington
Boulevard. *GOODBAR, Alvan B.; moved to Brooklyn,
N. Y.; see Vol. 1906.
GOODBAR, James William, retired; born,
Livingston, Overton Co., Tenn., May 17, 1850;
son of Andrew J. and Susan J. (Cullom) Good-
bar; educated in private schools in Livingston
and Sparta, Tenn.; married, Nashville, Tenn.,
Jan. 22, 1875, Lucy Lester Terrass; one daugh
ter: Mrs. Lucie Mae Goodbar Barton. Began
business career as saleseman in wholesale shoe
and hat house of Cook, Settle & Co., Nashville,
Oct. 2,1 1867; firm of Goodbar, White & Co.
was organized in Nashville in January, 1872,
and became member of that firm; went to
Memphis, 1877, and organized firm of Lind
sey, Goodbar & Co., selling out Jan. 1, 1883;
came to St. Louis and joined firm of Goodbar,
White & Co., the members of which came
from Nashville, firm changing, 1889, to Good-
bar, White, Branch & Co.; on Jan. 1, 1892,
became member of the corporation Scott,
Force & Goodbar Hat Co.; and was elected
vice president; corporation of Boogher, Force
& Goodbar Hat Co. was organized Jan. 1, 1898,
of which was second vice president until No

vember, 1911, retired. Mason, Knight Tem-
plaf. Residence: 3908 Westminster PL
GOODE, James Browne; see Vol. 1906.
GOODE, Richard Livingston, lawyer; born
in Henry Co., Ky., Feb. 4, 1855; son of Wil
liam Thomas and Martitia Elizabeth (Guth
rie) Goode; attended public schools, Louis
ville, Ky., academy at Jeffersontown, Ky.;
came to Missouri with parents, 1868; clerked
in stores and taught school until twentieth
year, then attended Drury College' (M.A.,
LL.D.); married, Springfield, Mo., Apr. 22,
1885, Miss Estelle B. Maurer; children: Grace
(Mrs. Chauncey H. Clarke), and Kathryn.
Taught schools in Springfield, Mo., three years,
two years as principal of high school, one
year as superintendent, meantime studying
law with Jere C. Cravens; admitted to bar,
June 6, 1879; practiced law in Springfield, and
was for twenty years in partnership with Jere
C. Cravens; served one year as city attorney
and six years as president of the school board
at Springfield; on bench of Court of Appeals
at St. Louis, 1901-Sept. 1, 1910; since counsel
Mercantile Trust Co. and Mercantile National
Bank. Professor of equity, Washington Uni
versity, 1906-10. Member Missouri State Bar
Association, Washington University Associa
tion (executive committee), Kentucky Soci
ety. Clubs: Contemporary, Noonday, City.
Recreation: books. Office: 8th and Locust Sts.
Residence: 4429 W. Pine Boul.
GOODMAN, Charles H., physician; born.
Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1844; son of Edmund
O. and Clarissa H. Goodman; educated in pri
vate school in Cincinnati, until 1860; private
and public schools, St. Louis, 1860-64; gradu
ated Yale College, A.B., 1867; M.D., Hahne
mann Medical College of Pennsylvania, Phila
delphia, 1869; married, Feb. 28, 1899, Ellen
Farrar Duke. Engaged in general practice
as homoeopathic physician in St. Louis since
1869. Member St. Louis Academy of Science,
St. Louis Homoeopathic Medical Society, Mis
souri State Homoeopathic Medical Society,
American Institute of Homoeopathy. Clubs:
St. Louis, Round Table. Recreations: music
and art. Office: Lister Bldg., 4500 Olive St.
Residence: Buckingham Hotel.
GOODMAN, Daniel Carson, physician and
author; born, Chicago, Aug. 24, 1882; son of
Louis C. and Hannah (Adelman) Goodman;
educated Aurora (111.) High School; M.D.,
Washington University, 1905; post-graduate
study, University of Heidelberg and Univer
sity of Vienna, 1906-10; unmarried. Began
practice in St. Louis, 1905; specialist in treat
ment of diseases of ear, nose and throat. Mem
ber American Medical Association, St. Louis
Medical Society, St. Louis Laryngological So
ciety, Washington University Alumni Associa
tion, Phi Beta Pi fraternity. Clubs: City,
Missouri Athletic, Players'. Author: "Un-

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clothed, ' ' 1912. A new novel, ' ' The Gift, ' ' will
appear fall of 1912. Contributor of many "lit
erary articles and short stories to magazines;
also composer of many compositions for the
piano, among them "Red and Black March,"
published 1898. Recreations: golf, cricket,
horseback riding. Office: 309 Century Bldg.
Residence: Buckingham Club.
GOODMAN, Herman; see Vol. 1906.
GOODNOW, Richard Frederick, real estate;
born, Salina, Kan., Mar. 5, 1883; son of Frank
and Kate (Brown) Goodnow; educated in
grammar schools of Kansas City; under-grad-
uates' department Washington University;
four years' course in law; married, St. Louis,
June 1, 1905, Alice Jones; two children: Rich
ard F., Jr., Ada Katherine. Spent two years
as clerk in grain elevator; began in real es
tate business with Nicholls-Ritter Realty and
Financial Co., 1899; member and secretary
Nicholls-Ritter-Goodnow Realty Co. since
July 1, 1911; also president Jogood Realty
and Investment Co., January Realty and
Building Co., Regis Realty and Building Co.
Member Advertising Men's League, Business
Men's League. Congregationalist. Trustee
Congregational City Missionary Society, Chil
dren 's Industrial Farm. Member Sons of
Revolution, New England Society, Ohio So
ciety. Mason (Royal Arch and Knight Tem
plar). Clubs: City, Masonic. Recreation: mo
toring. Office: 718 Chestnut St. Residence:
Kirkwood, Mo.
GOODRICH, Frederick Augustus, president
Consolidated Saw Mills Co.; born, Pleasant
Farm, Mo., Apr. 13, 1859; son of Isaac M. and
Rebecca (Burlingame) Goodrich; educated in
public schools of Missouri; Mound City Com
mercial College, 1881; graduated from Valpa
raiso (Ind.) Normal College, 1883; married,
Detroit, Mich., Oct. 1, 1889, Louise A. Silk.
After graduation, 1883, began business career
with Charles Himrod & Co., pig iron mer
chants, Chicago, first as bookkeeper and later
as salesman; then partner with William F.
Jarvis & Co., pig iron, Detroit, Mich.; in 1895
established business of F. A. Goodrich & Co.,
iron and steel, Detroit, of which was vice
president and treasurer until 1911; in October,
1902, organized the St Louis house" of F. A.
Goodrich Iron and Steel Co., pig iron, steel
and coke, of which was president until 1911,
when sold out; since in lumber business. Vice
president and treasurer of C. M. Hayes & Co.,
Detroit. Resident of St. Louis since 1902. Re
publican. Member Christian Church but at
tends Congregationalist. Mason (32°), Shriner.
Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile, Noonday, Glen
Echo Country. Recreations: golf and Euro
pean travel. Office: 1206 Wright Bldg. Resi
dence: Buckingham Club.
*GOODSON, Columbus Polk, clergyman;
removed from St. Louis, 1909; see Vol. 1906.

GORDON, Edward Clifford, clergyman;
born, Richmond, Va., Sept. 1, 1842; son of
John Newton and Louisiana (Coleman) Gor
don; educated University of Virginia; first
lieutenant artillery, C. S. A., 1862-65; gradu
ated Union Theological Seminary, Va., 1872;
(D.D., Hampden-Sidney College, 1886); stu
dent in mathematics, proctor, secretary of, fac
ulty and treasurer, Washington College (now
Washington and Lee University), 1867-69;
married Mary Frances Bell, of Goshen, Va.,
Nov. 12, 1873. Ordained Presbyterian min
istry, 1872; pastor Lebanon, Va., 1872, Savan
nah, Ga., 1874-80, Salem, Va., 1880-88; profes
sor Biblical history, 1892-98, president, 1894-
98, Westminster College; pastor, Lexington,
Mo., 1898-1910;. secretary and treasurer Home
Missions, Synod of Missouri, Presbyterian
Church in the United States, since Jan. 1,
1911. Address: 5556 Von Versen Ave.
GORE, Stephen A., secretary Missouri Glass
Co.; born, St. Louis, Dee. 23, 1861; son of
Stephen D. Gore (of the old fur trading and
grocery business of Helf enstein, Gore & Co.) ;
educated in Washington University; unmar
ried. On leaving college became connected
with the Missouri Glass Co. (established in
1850), jobbers of china, glass and queensware,
of whicn is now secretary. Club: St. Louis.
Office: 1723 Locust St.
GORIN, Marcellus George, physician; born,
Memphis, Mo., Feb. 28, 1871; son of Rev.
Marcellus Gladden and Joanna (Knott)
Gorin; graduated from St. Louis High School,
1890; M.D., Missouri Medical College (now
Medical Department of Washington Univer
sity), 1895; married, St. Louis, June 18, 1902,
Elizabeth Lawver; two daughters: Virginia
and Marcella. Engaged in practice of medi
cine in St. Louis since 1895; senior surgical
assistant St. Louis City Hospital, 1896-98;
demonstrator of anatomy, Missouri Medical
College, 1896-97. Member American and Mis
souri State Medical associations, St. Louis
Medical Society (chairman surgical section,
1911), Medical Society of City Hospital
Alumni, Alumni of Medical Department of
Washington University. Presbyterian. Club:
Amateur Athletic Association. Recreation:
golf. Office: Linmar Bldg. Residence: 5033
Fairmount Ave.
GORLY, Vincent Joseph, president Grimm
& Gorly, florists; born, St. Louis, June 3,
1877; son of Vincent J. and Catherine
(Grimm) Gorly; educated in St. Louis paro
chial schools and Christian Brothers College,
to 1885; married, St. Louis, June 12, 1901,
Mary M. Kuhn. Began business career as
member firm of Grimm & Gorly, 1899; ac
quired partner's interest, 1900; incorporated,
1909, and became president. Republican.
Catholic. Member B. P. O. Elks, Royal
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Missouri Athletic, Mound City Rowing. Rec
reation: traveling. Office: 702 Washington
Ave. Residence: 3019 N. Taylor St.
GOSHERT, Henry Dove; see Vol. 1906.
GOSSRAU, Otto Jacob, banking; born, Al
ton, 111., Aug. 10, 1872; son of Reinhold and
Katherina (Herrmann) Gossrau; educated in
German school and public schools to fourteen;
Jones Commercial College; instructed in mu
sic by father; married, Alton, Sept. 19, 1894,
Minnie Joesting; one daughter, Irma. Was
with father two years in coal business; after
serving as clerk in grain commission house
and assistant bookkeeper Dey Rubber Co.,
engaged in fire insurance and real estate busi
ness at Alton for six years; city treasurer,
1894-1896, and city comptroller, 1896-99; lo
cated in St. Louis, 1903, and advanced through
various positions in Washington National
Bank to paying teller; then assistant secre
tary to secretary and treasurer Jefferson
Gravois Trust Co.; assistant cashier South
Side Bank since Apr. 19, 1909. Democrat.
Protestant. Member Southwestern Mercantile
Association; treasurer German School Society;
president Rose Fanning School Patrons ' Asso
ciation. Office: 2931 S. Broadway. Residence:
3731 Wyoming St.
GOTTSCHALK, Frederick Frank, job print
ing; see Vol. 1906.
GOULD, Edward Melville, publisher; born,
St. Louis, Jan. 8, 1874; son of David B. and '
Emma (Allen) Gould; descendant of Welsh
ancestry; educated private schools, St. Louis;
Cheltenham Military Academy, Philadelphia;
Phillips Exeter Academy, N. H.; Kenyon Mili
tary Academy and Kenyon College, Gambier,
O., to age of eighteen; married, St. Louis,
Nov. 14, 1900, Lillian R. Holmes. Began act
ive career, 1892, in employ of father, founder
of the Gould Directory Co., publishers of St.
Louis and East St. Louis city directories;
secretary of the company, 1895, president
since death of father, 1901. Clubs: St. Louis,
Racquet, Bellerive Country. Recreation: golf.
Office: 1324 Washington Ave. Residence: 4628
Berlin Ave.
GOULD, Edwin John, vice president The
Ludlow-Saylor Wire Co.; born, St. Louis, Nov.
1, 1864; son of Edwin and Sophia (Fisher)
Gould; educated in St. Louis public schools;
graduated from Bryant & Stratton Business
College; married, St. Louis, Apr. 15, 1886,
Lydia Roetter. Began business career, June
1, 1881, in employ of The Ludlow-Saylor Wire1
Co. (established 1856), manufacturers of wire
cloth, iron and wire work, and has remained
with that company in various capacities ever
since; from 1893 to 1900 director and superin
tendent of the company, and since 1900 vice
president and superintendent. Republican.
Episcopalian. Mason (Kilwinning Lodge, A.
F. & A. M.; Keystone Chapter, R. A. M.; As

calon Commandery, K. T.). Office: Wabash
R. R. and Newstead Ave. Residence: Buck
ingham Annex.
*GOULD, William Todd, broker; moved to
California; see Vol. 1906.
GRABINSKY, Samuel, manufacturer; de
ceased; see Vol. 1906.
GRACE, Bernard Eugene, real estate; born,
St. Louis, Feb. 16, 1881; son of P. F. and
Margaret (Keane) Grace; educated in St.
Louis public schools, St. Louis High School,
Benton College of Law and American Insti
tute of Bankers (charter member). After
graduation from St. Louis High School served
five years in various capacities with LincQln
Trust Co.; with William Grayson, Jr. & Co.,
1905-06; in stock brokerage business, 1906-
07; now member of P. F. Grace & Sons Realty
Co. Director of Western Whiting and Manu
facturing Co. Catholic. Club: Missouri Ath
letic. Office: 100 N. 8th St. Residence: 711
Goodfellow Ave.
GRACE, Oliver James, real estate; see Vol.
1906. GRACE, Thomas Mortimer, real estate;
born, St. Louis, July 16, 1870; son of Patrick
F. and Margaret M. (Keane) Grace; educated
in public schools, St. Louis University and
Christian Brothers College, until 1889; mar
ried. In real estate business during entire ca
reer; became vice president of P. F. Grace &
Sons Realty Co. on its incorporation and act
ing president after death of father in 1905.
Member St. Louis Real Estate Exchange.
Catholic. Democrat. Club: Missouri Athletic
(director). Office: 100 N. 8th St. Residence:
5792 Waterman Ave.
GRADOLPH, William Frederick, electrical
engineer and inventor; born, Toledo, O., Aug.
21, 1870; son of William Frederick and An
toinette (Jacobs) Gradolph; attended public
schools of Toledo, O., and Chicago; remainder
of education secured through correspondence
schools; married, Oct. 18, 1893, Cornelia Lar-
gent, of Rockford, 111.; children: Clinton L.,
Veronica and Mabel. Engaged from 1886 to
1889 at Toledo in learning the optical busi
ness, the manufacture of surveying instru
ments, fitting eyeglasses, and manufacture of
opera glasses; employed by Western Electric
Co. in telephone switchboard department,
1890-92; in employ of Chicago Telephone Co.
in various capacities, 1892-93; spent year on
farm, 1894-95; in employ of Hudson River
Telephone Co., of Albany, N. Y., 1895-1901;
foreman in cable department American Elec
tric Telephone Co., Chicago, 1901-03, leaving
as superintendent; chief engineer Central
Telephone and Electric Co., St. Louis, May,
1903, to January, 1905; gave up position to
perfect an invention and organize corporation
to control patents; engaged in business,
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trie Co. of St. Louis, general electric con
struction, contracting and engineering, with a
specialty of telephone engineering, of which
was proprietor until 1907; organized, 1906,
the Gradolph-Hahne Electric Co., of which
was director until 1910, when it was merged
into the International Gradolph Electric Co.,
of which became president. Associate of
American Institute of Electrical Engineers;
member American Technical Society, Ameri
can Electro-Chemical Society. Episcopalian.
Member B. P. O. Elks, I. O. R. M., Moose.
Formerly served in National Guard of New
York, and other military organizations. Clubs:
Gilbert Lake Hunting and Fishing, Edrus.
Favorite recreations : hunting and fishing. Of
fice: 913-914 Chemical Bldg. ^Residence: 4399
Forest Park Boul.
GRADWOHL, Rutherford Birchard Hayes,
physician; born, Baltimore, Md., Mar. 4, 1877;
son of Emanuel C. and Sarah (Wetzler)
Gradwohl; educated in public schools; St.
Louis High School; M.D., Medical Department
of Washington University, 1898; post-gradu
ate work in University of Berlin and of the
Pasteur Institute at Paris; married, St. Louis,
Mar. 23, 1903, Fannie Lederer. Was interne
at the City Hospital of St. Louis, 1898-99,
then, after travel and study abroad, began
practice in St. Louis as regular physician, in
connection with bacteriological and patho
logical laboratory work. Was autopsy physi
cian of coroner's office of St. Louis, 1902-05.
Member St. Louis Medical Society, Medical
Society of City Hospital Alumni, Missouri
State Medical Association, American Medical
Association. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, City.
Recreations: handball and swimming. Office:
222-224 Victoria Bldg. Residence: 5269 Ver
non Avenue.
GRADY, Henry Douglas, physician; see Vol.
1906. GRAF, Adolph August, secretary and treas
urer A., Graf Distilling Co.; born, St. Louis,
Nov. 8, 1873; son of August and Sophia
(Rauer) Graf; educated in Madison (public)
School and Smith Academy, St. Louis; un
married. On leaving school, May 25, 1890, be
came connected with A. Graf Distilling Co.,
of which is secretary and treasurer. Also di
rector Broadway Building and Loan Associa:
tion, Glencoe Distilling Co., of Louisville, Ky.,
and Broadway Investment Co. Member South
St. Louis Turn Verein, South Broadway Mer
chants' Association. Catholic. Republican.
Office: 1240 S. 7th St. Residence: 1327 S. 7th
Street. GRAF, Louis John, president A. Graf Dis
tilling Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct. 8, 1877; son
of August and Sophia (Rauer) Graf; educated
in public and high schools, graduating 1895;
then took commercial course in Bryant &
Stratton College; married, Memphis, Tenn.,

February, 1905, Lucile Bass; one son, Louis
J., Jr. Learned the distilling business under
father, and after father's death, 1905, suc
ceeded him as president of the A. Graf Dis
tilling Co., which was incorporated in 1901.
Republican. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Lieder
kranz, Western Rowing, Gilead Hunting and
Fishing. Recreations: baseball, fishing. Of
fice: 1240 S. 7th St. Residence: 3622 Arsenal
Street. GRAFEMAN, William, president Grafeman
Dairy Co.; born, St. Louis, Nov. 24, 1861; son
of William and Augustina Grafeman; edu
cated in schools of St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, 1888, to Miss Julia Mannebach; three
children: Edith, Frank, Adele. Began busi
ness career when fifteen years of age as
driver of a milk wagon in St. Louis, later
went west, and for a year resided at Albu
querque, N. M.; returned to St. Louis, and,
in January, 1883, engaged in the dairy busi
ness in this city, incorporating business in
January, 1894, as Grafeman Dairy Co., whole
sale and retail dealers in ice cream and dairy
products and manufacturers of condensed
milk, of which company is president. Also
president Hotel Buckingham; director St.
Louis Catering Co., Mercantile Oil and Sup
ply Co., and stockholder in numerous other
corporations. Member Merchants' Exchange.
Clubs: Buckingham, Mercantile. Recreation:
traveling. Office: 2101 Morgan St. Residence:
' 2711 N. Grand Ave.
GRAHAM, David Taylor, president Colum
bia Novelty Manufacturing Co.; born, Lind-
ley, Grundy Co., Mo., Dec. 14, 1857; son of
Dr. George and Martha J. (Dobbins) Gra
ham; educated in public schools of Gentry-
ville, Mo., and Bayliss Commercial College,
Keokuk, la., graduating, Dec. 26, 1876, as
Master of Accounts; married, Gentry ville,
Nov. 7, 1876, Mary C. McMillen (died 1906) ;
2d, Maude F. Grainger, of Illinois, Oct. 11,
1908; four sons by first marriage, all grown
and associated with father in business;
names: Dr. Thomas E., George, Willard W.
and Grover C. Began active career in father 's
woolen mill at Gentryville at age of sixteen
(mill burned, no insurance, 1881); built mill
at Lindley, Mo., but later sold out and bought
mill with father at Trenton, Mo. (storm of
1883 blew this mill into the Grand River, in
volving total loss); in flour and feed business
at Trenton for several years; came to St.
Louis, 1892, to start all over again; secured
position as city salesman for Hall & Brown;
now president and treasurer Columbia Nov
elty Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of
stag steel belt hooks and other metal fasten
ers for machine belts. Democrat; served two
terms of two years each as clerk of City Coun
cil, Trenton, Mo. Member Christian (Dis
ciples) Church. Office: 1431-1435 N. 8th St.
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GRAHAM, Henry Brown, wholesale paper;
born, St. Louis, Apr. 12, 1875; son of Henry
B. and Elvira (Price) Graham; educated Uni
versity School, Cleveland, O., and Massachu
setts Institute of Technology, Boston; mar
ried, 3d, June, 1912, Miss Alice Bowerman, of
Springfield, 111.; children, by former mar
riages: Dorothy Moore, Marjorie Price, Henry
B. In wholesale paper business since Febru
ary, 1898, with Graham Paper Co., of which is
secretary and director; president Bagnell Au
tomobile Co. Member Sigma Chi (Alpha Theta
Chapter). Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Mercan
tile, Normandie Golf, Bellerive. Recreations:
fishing, hunting, automobiling, photographv.
Office: 1018 Spruce St.
''GRAHAM, Joseph Alexander, managing
editor; moved to Salisbury, Md. ; see Vol.
1906. GRAHAM, Joseph P., president Graham
Lumber Co.; born, Fredericktown, Mo., Mar.
24, 1863; son of Judge E. L. and Mary C.
(Whitener) Graham; educated in public
schools and Gem City Business College,
Quincy, 111.; married, Celina, Tex., Dec. 22,
1888, Cora Tidwell; three children: Ethel, Ed
gar, Edna. Entered lumber business at twenty-
three years of age, at Doe Run, Francois Co.,
Mo.; traveling salesman Huttig Sash and
Door Co., 1894-1903; organized Graham, Lum
ber Co., 1904, of which has been president
since incorporation; director Bankers Trust
Co. Member Business Men's League. Inde
pendent Democrat. Baptist. Mason (32°),
Shriner. Club: Mercantile. Recreation: church
work. Offiee: 614 Wright Bldg. Residence:
4019 Washington Boul.
GRAM, Barnett, manufacturer and import
er of furs; born in Russia, Dec. 23, 1868; son
of Philip and Rachel Gram; educated in
schools of Tilsit, Germany; came to United
States in 1885; married, St. Louis, Mar. 12,
1908, Jennie Nassauer; two daughters: Ruth
Mildred and Myra. Traveled as peddler, then
engaged in business in Chicago, 1890, for one
year, as Joshel & Gram, general merchandise;
entered retail business for self in 1891; mem
ber Jacob Shurman & Co., Geneva, HI., 1891-
93; then in general merchandise business un
til 1894; was president of The Leader of El
gin, at Elgin, 111.; engaged in the manufac
ture of hats and caps, in St. Louis, 1896, un
der the firm name of Gram & Glass, until
1904, then alone in business until 1905; from
1905 to 1910 president firm of Barnett &
Glass; organized, May 5, 1911, the Hudson
Bay Fur Co., of which is president. Member
Masonic orders, Knights of Pythias, Travel
ers' Protective Association. Office: 704 Wash
ington Ave. Residence: 5512 Maple Ave.
GRANT, Alexander David, broker, bonds
and stocks; born, St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 31,
1867; son of Alexander M. and Mary (Lillis)

Grant; educated in public schools; graduated
from Central High School, St. Louis, 1886;
married, St. Louis, Aug. 4, 1909, Katheryne
M. Schultz; two children: Alexander D., Jr.,
and Ralph H. In bond business with W. C.
Little & Co., St. Louis, 1886-88; with A. G.
Edwards & Son, 1888-94; secretary A. G. Ed
wards & Sons Brokerage Co., 1894-1902; in
business on own account since 1902. Secretary
St. Louis Stock Exchange since 1896. Repub
lican. Presbyterian. Mason; member Occi
dental Lodge No. 163, A. F. & A. M.; St. Louis
Chapter No. 8, R. A. M.; St. Aldemar Com
mandery No. 18, K. T. (recorder); Scottish
Rite K. C. C. H.; Moolah Temple, A. A. O. N.
M. S. (Past Potentate.) Club: Rotary (secre
tary). Recreations: baseball and other ath
letic sports. Office: 411 Olive St. Residence:
5172 Maple Ave.
GRANT, John M., physician; born, Wil
liamsburg, Mo., Jan. 11, 1864; son of Samuel
and Martha V. (Yates) Grant; B.S., West
minster College, 1886; M.D., Missouri Medical
College, 1889; married, St. Louis, 1893, Mrs.
Ida C. Streiff; children: Emily (Mrs. Albert
W. Collier), Walter, Ida, Samuel, John, Ed
ward. Engaged in general practice in St.
Louis since 1889; associate surgeon, Jewish
Hospital. Member St. Louis Medical Society,
American Medical Association, City Hospital
Medical Society, Washington University
Alumni Association. Presbyterian. Club: St.
Louis. Recreation: fishing. Office: 536 N.
Taylor Ave. Residence: 5053 Westminster PI.
GRANT, Lee Wiley, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Jan. 17, 1863; son of Barton S. and
Frances A. (Palmer) Grant; graduated from
St. Louis High School, 1881; A.B., Washing
ton University, 1885; student St. Louis Law
School, 1885-86; married, St. Louis, Jan. 21,
1891, Zoe R. Nelson; children: Barton N.,
Irma F., Esther R., Romaine P., Lee Donald.
Admitted to bar June, 1886, and since en-.
gaged in general practice of law; since May,
1899, senior member of law firm of Grant,
Carroll & Kennedy. Member American, Mis
souri State and St. Louis Bar associations,
Sons of the Revolution. Democrat. Member
Christian (Disciples) Church. Clubs: Mercan
tile, Normandie Golf. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar, Shriner; member Maccabees. Office:
910 Carleton Bldg. Residence: 5710 Maple
Avenue. GRANT, Robert Bower, boots and shoes;
see Vol. 1906.
GRATH, Walter Paul, president Illinois
Supply and Construction Co.; bom, St. Louis,
Nov. 4, 1863; son of Charles and Mary
(Troutman) Grath; educated in public schools
of St. Louis from ages seven to fourteen;
married, St. Louis, May 30, 1902, Adeline
Teuteberg. Began as office boy for Hydraulic
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tions until 1891, when organized and became
president of the Illinois Supply and Construc
tion Co., press brick machinery, roofing tile
machinery and builders ' supplies. Republican.
Favorite recreation: literature. Office: 722
Century Bldg. Residence: 4564 A Laclede Ave.
GRATIOT, Charles Billon, retired physi
cian; born, St. Louis, Apr. 3, 1828; son of
Paul M. and Virginia J. (Billon) Gratiot;
educated in private school of Elihu Sheppard,
1835-36, Jesuit College on Washington Ave.,
1838-39, then in private school of Father Jem-
mison; began reading medicine in office of Dr.
Thos. J. White, 1845; M.D., Missouri Medical
College, 1849; married, in Franklin Co., Mo.,
Oct. 2, 1867, Edith Thornburgh. Began prac
tice with the appearance of the cholera epi
demic in spring of 1849; becoming broken in
health from excessive work, for purpose of
recuperation made trip on horseback from St.
Louis to Sacramento in 150 days, remaining
four years in mining districts of California;
returned to St. Louis and engaged in general
practice of medicine until retired about 1900.
Residence: 6101 W. Park Ave.
GRATZ, Benjamin, manufacturer of bag
ging; born, Lexington, Ky., Feb. 26, 1851; son
of Henry Howard and Minerva (Campbell)
Gratz; educated at Kentucky University;
married, Mansfield, La., Miss Clifford Bryan;
five children: Hermine (Mrs. Edw. Howe
Watson), Clifford B., Archibald Cary, Marion,
Helen. Since 1874 engaged in manufacturing
in St. Louis, and now member of the firm of
Warren, Jones & Gratz. Also officer and di
rector in various other corporations. Clubs:
St. Louis, University, Noonday, St. Louis
Country, Commercial, Bellerive, Racquet. Rec
reation: golf. Office: Rialto Bldg. Residence:
5155 Lindell Boul.
GRAUL, Henry Philip, physician; born,
Burton, Tex., Jan, 31, 1881; son of Jacob and
Wilhelmine (Stork) Graul; attended public
schools of Fayette Co., Tex., until eighteen
years of age; then entered Lutheran College,
Brenham, Tex., pursuing an academic course
for three years; came to St. Louis in 1900 and
matriculated in Marion Sims College (now
Medical Department of St. Louis University),
graduating with degree of M.D., 1905; mar
ried, Haven, Kan., June 14, 1911, Alice A.
Hafner; one son, Henry Carl Robert, Jr. Has
engaged in general practice in St. Louis since
June, 1905. Republican. Member Evangelical
Lutheran (English) Church. Member Ameri
can Medical Association, Missouri State Med
ical Association, St. Louis Medical Society.
Recreation: motor touring. Office: 3353 Ne
braska Ave. Residence: 3357 Nebraska Ave.
GRAVES, Hugh Scott, coal and coke; born,
Washington, D. O, Sept. 21, 1877; son of Wil
liam P. and Hettie Richie (Scott) Graves;
educated in public schools; married, St. Louis,

June 1, 1904, Carmi Niemeyer; three children:
Martha H., Hugh Scott, Jr., Emily Preston.
On leaving school entered the coal business
and in 1894 became identified with the Mis
souri and Illinois Coal Co., of which was sec
retary, 1899 to 1911; since member of Graves
Coal and Coke Co. Episcopalian. Favorite
recreations: tennis, literature. Office: 1315
Wright Bldg. Residence: 1224 Temple PL
GRAVES, Spencer Coleman, surgeon; born
in Montgomery Co., Ky., June 6, 1858; son of
Dr. George O. and Keziah French (Hood)
Graves; educated in country schools of Fay
ette Co., Ky., Center College, Danville, Ky.,
and Cornell University; M.D., College of Phy
sicians and Surgeons, New York City, 1884;
unmarried. House surgeon Charity Hospital,
New York City, eighteen months: located in
St. Louis, 1887, and has since engaged in gen
eral practice of surgery in this city. Member
American Medical Association, St. Louis Med
ical Society. Protestant. Recreations: hunt
ing and fishing; study of languages, and chess.
Office: 4500 Olive St. Residence: Buckingham
Hotel. GRAVES, William Elliott, wholesale com
mission merchant in china and fancy goods;
born in Morristown, Tenn., Sept. 15, 1874; son
of John Fielding and Mary (Carriger) Graves;
graduated from Morristown (Tenn.) High
School, and from Southern Business College,
Asheville, N. C; also two years a student at
Carson and Newman College, Mossy Creek,
Tenn.; married, Nashville, Tenn., May 22,
1900, Mary Yandell Kelly. Began a general
wholesale commission business during year
1896 covering southern territory, representing
several eastern factories in queensware and
fancy goods; operates under the name of
American Factories Co. Democrat. Methodist.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Amateur Athletic
Association. Favorite recreations: tennis, golf .
Office: 907 Syndicate Trust Bldg. Residence:
5149 Westminster PL
GRAVES, William Washington, physician;
born, La Grange, Oldham Co., Ky., Nov. 13,
1865; son of David William and Julia A.
(Crockett) Graves; educated in public and
high schools and by private instruction at
Montgomery City, Mo.; M.D., College of Phy
sicians and Surgeons, St. Louis, 1888; mar
ried, St. Louis, June 9, 1891, Helena J. Ses-
singhaus. Clerk in general store, Montgomery
City, Mo., 1882-84; taught school in Bollinger
Co., Mo., two terms and then took up study
of medicine; after graduation was engaged in
general practice of medicine in St. Louis un
til 1901; then went to Europe and engaged in
study of nervous and mental diseases in uni
versities and hospitals for three years; re
turned to St. Louis, 1904, and has since made
a specialty of those diseases. Assistant pro
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Department of St. Louis University. Member
St. Louis Medical Society, St. Louis Neuro
logical Society,. Missouri State Medical Asso
ciation, American Medical Association. Demo
crat. Mason (32°). Office: Metropolitan Bldg.,
Grand Ave. and Olive St. Residence: 5136
Von Versen Ave.
*GRAY, Carl Raymond, railway official;
moved to Portland, Ore.; see Vol. 1906.
GRAY, Charles McLaughlin, president
Gray-Wimmer Construction Co.; bom, Olney,
111., Sept. 15, 1868; son of Charles Corwin and
Frances Margaret (McBride) Gray; gradu
ated from public schools; married, August,
1911, Mrs. Isabel Carew; children (by pre
vious marriage): Lawrence Corwin, Amelia
Ruth, Donald McLaughlin. Resident of East
St.' Louis since 1887; worked as journeyman
carpenter there for three years, then began
business for self as general contractor, and
continued in same, organizing, in 1898, the
Southern Illinois Construction Co., of which
was secretary and manager until September,
1911; since president of Gray-Wimmer Con
struction Co. Also president of the Sekking-
Gray Realty and Investment Co. Member
Business Men's League. Presbyterian. Mason
(Royal Arch); member B. P. O. Elks, Odd
Fellows. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic
(St. Louis), Commercial (East St. Louis).
- Office: 407 N. 8th St., St. Louis. Residence:
1238 St. Louis Ave., East St. Louis.
GRAY, Edward, civil engineer; born, Bel
fast, Ireland, Dec. 6, 1877; son of James and
Margaret Gray; received public school and
technical education; married, Princeton, Ind.,
1901, to Miss Lilly B. Branham; one daughter,
Janice. In 1897 engaged in practice of land
and municipal engineering; since 1898 in
service of Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis
Consolidated R. R. and its successor, the
Southern Railway Co., as engineer of mainte
nance of way, residing in St. Louis since
1902. Also was engaged, in 1907 and 1908, in
municipal engineering and designing of sani
tary sewerage systems. Member American
Railway Engineering and Maintenance of
Way Association, American Society of Civil
Engineers, St. Louis Engineers ' Club. Demo
crat. Protestant. Recreation: fishing. Offiee:
718 Chemical Bldg.
GRAY, Herrick Johnson, investment securi
ties; born, St. Louis, Nov. 23, 1873; son of N.
Oscar and Mary T. (Johnson) Gray; educated
in Smith Academy, Manual Training School,
Washington University and Rugby Academy;
married, St. Louis, Mar. 16, 1903, Mae Allen.
After leaving school was in employ of Gree-
ley-Burnham Grocery Co. for five years; trav
eled abroad for one year; returned to St.
Louis and entered soda fountain business
with American Soda Fountain Co. 's St. Louis
branch, eight years; vice president and gen

eral manager St. Louis Carbonating and
Manufacturing Co., 1902-10; now associated
in business with John Nickerson, Jr. Repub
lican; formerly member Battery A, First
Regiment, ' Light Artillery, Missouri National
Guard. Presbyterian. Mason (32°), Shriner;
Past Chancellor and Past Deputy Grand Chan
cellor of Missouri, Knights of Pythias; mem
ber Knights of Khorassan. Club: Mercantile.
Offiee: 405 Olive St. Residence: 4443 W. Belle
Place. *GRAY, James Richard, clerk of courts;
moved to California; see Vol. 1906.
GRAY, William, general freight agent Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.; bora,
Boston, Dec. 14, 1861; son of William and
Catherine (Cunningham) Gray; educated in
public schools in Boston, and Roxbury Latin
School; married, Joplin, Mo., 1892, Miss Lallie
Newman; one daughter, Frances. Clerk and
salesman in dry goods commission house in
Boston, 1880-86; clerk in general office of the
Chicago, Burlington & Northern R. R., at St.
Paul, Minn., February, 1886, to September,
1888; since September, 1888, with Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Ry. at St. Louis, suc
cessively contracting freight agent, general
agent, assistant general freight agent and,
since December, 1902, as general freight
agent. Member Business Men's League. Clubs:
St. Louis, Racquet, Bellerive Country, Noon
day, The Traffic (St. Louis), Benton (St. Jo
seph, Mo.). Recreation: golf. Office: 208 N.
Broadway. Residence: 5295 Waterman Ave.
GRAY, William H.; see Vol. 1906.
GRAYSON, William, Jr.; born, St. Louis,
Oct. 4, 1878; son of William and Josephine
(Hardey) Grayson; graduated from Smith
Academy, 1896; University of Michigan, 1901;
married, St. Louis, Apr. 10, 1902, Grace E.,
daughter of H. S. Priest; children: Elizabeth
Parcell and Francis Priest. Was engaged in
the stock brokerage business for several years
previous to becoming president Louisville
Base Ball Club. Director Grayson-McLeod
Lumber Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Club:
Mercantile. Office: 911 Wright Bldg. Resi
dence: 4540 McPherson Ave.
GREEN, Allen P.; see Vol. 1906.
GREEN, Charles, real estate; 1838-1907;
see Vol. 1906.
GREEN, Edwin F., vice president and
treasurer Stephens Lithographing and En
graving Co.; born, London, England, Oct. 17,
1865; son of Caleb and Jane E. (Brown)
Green; father naturalized in St. Louis about
1850, returning to England shortly after mar
riage; educated in private schools in London;
married, Old Orchard, Mo-., Nov. 23, 1898,
Jennie M. Hill; children: George Arnold,
Mary Rayner, Edwin Essex. Began business
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don Bridge, London, England, shippers, 1880-
83; with Meacham Arms Co., St. Louis, 1883-
89; since 1889 connected with Stephens Litho
graphing and Engraving, Co., of which has
been vice president and treasurer since 1894.
Independent in politics. Presbyterian. Mem
ber Missouri Historical Society. Clubs: St.
Louis, Normandie Golf. Recreation: golf. Of
fice: 420 N. 2d St. Residence: 5564 Bartmei
Avenue. GREEN, Francis X., real estate; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 3, 1872; son of Charles and Hen
rietta (Prenatt) Green; A.B., St. Louis Uni
versity, 1895, A.M., 1897; unmarried. Asso
ciated with father in real estate business un
der firm name of Green & LaMotte, and later
with Charles Green Real Estate Co.; was for
a short time with St. Louis & Suburban Ry.
and afterwards conducted real estate and in
surance business on own account; with Com
monwealth Trust Co. since December, 1911.
Democrat. Catholic. Member Knights of Co
lumbus. Was first lieutenant Missouri Infan
try, resigned, 1910. Recreations: sailing, ten
nis. Offiee: Broadway and Olive St. Resi
dence: 1817 Longfellow Boul.
GREEN, Hoyt H., president Green Car
Wheel Manufacturing Co.; born, Colerain,
Mass., Sept. 15, 1836; son of Square and Cath
erine (Ayers) Green; educated in public
schools; married, St. Louis, 1861, Julia Moore;
children: Grace (Mrs. H. E. Hayes, of Cleve
land, O.), Kenneth L. Learned trade in foun
dry of George W. Sizer & Co., Cleveland, 1852-
54; went to Cincinnati with Mowry Car
Wheel Works Co., and in 1856 came to St.
Louis, starting with brother, D. P. Green, and
later becoming partner under firm name of
D. P. Green & Co., until 1864, when the busi
ness was incorporated as Green Car Wheel
Manufacturing Co. Also president American
Hardwood Lumber Co.; vice president Wil
liams Patent Crusher and Pulverizer Co. Re
publican. Was member Missouri Home Guard
during Civil War. Congregationalist. Mem
ber of Masonic orders. Club: Mercantile.
Recreation: traveling. Office: 9th and Dock
Sts. Residence: 56 Kingsbury PL
GREEN, James, chairman board of direct
ors Laelede-Christy Clay Products Co.; born
in Staffordshire, England, Sept. 23, 1829; son
of William and Sophia (Guest) Green; edu
cated in England, and learned trade of iron
worker there; married, Worcestershire, Eng
land, 1850, Sarah Talbot (now deceased);
children: James, Jr., Thomas, Laura (de
ceased); married, 2d, 1872, at St. Louis, May
Weller (now deceased); children: Jack L.,
Mabel (Mrs. Walter D. Thompson) and Har
old Rumsey. Came to America Mar. 2, 1852,
and for several years worked at trade, in
charge of several rolling mills in eastern
states; came to St. Louis, 1857, and was in

charge of Laclede Rolling Mills until 1874.
Began manufacture of fire brick in 1865, and
in 1869 the business was incorporated as
Laclede Fire Brick Manufacturing Co., of
which was president until 1909, when the firm
name was changed to Laelede-Christy Clay
Products Co., and he became chairman board
of directors. Also director Mechanics-Ameri
can National Bank, Commonwealth Trust Co.
Enlisted in the Missouri State Militia in
1861, and in short time became lieutenant of
a company, serving until close of war. Scot
tish Rite Mason (Beacon Lodge, St. Aldemar
Commandery, K. T.). Clubs: St. Louis, Noon
day. Recreation: traveling. Residence: 5045
Lindell Boul.
GREEN, James F., lawyer; born, Hillsboro,
Mo., Mar. 9, 1856; son of Abner and Mary
(Chapman; Green; educated in public schools
and under private tutelage; married, Hills
boro, Mar. 28, 1883, Essie Tetley; four sons:
Leslie C, Ernest A., George H., Arthur W.
Admitted to Missouri bar, 1878, and began*
practice at Hillsboro; elected prosecuting at
torney of Jefferson Co., 1880, and reelected,
1882, 1884, 1886 and 1888, serving for ten
years; appointed by Governor Francis, 1890,
as circuit judge Twenty-first Judicial Circuit,
to fill unexpired term of Judge John L.
Thomas (appointed judge Supreme Court of
Missouri), and elected for full term of six
years, 1892-98; appointed attorney St. Louis,
Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co., 1899;
assistant general attorney Missouri Pacific
Railway Co. since 1911. Member Missouri
State and St. Louis Bar associations. Demo
crat; delegate from Thirteenth District to
Democratic National Convention, Chicago,
1896. President Missouri Conference of Judges
for several years. Presbyterian. Mason, Knight
Templar. Recreations: hunting, fishing, the
ater, baseball. Offiee: 705 Market St. Resi
dence: 6189 Kingsbury Boul.
GREEN, John, A.M., M.D., LL.D.; born,
Worcester, Mass., Apr. 2, 1835; son of James
and Elizabeth (Swett) Green; graduated from
Harvard, A.B., 1855, S.B., 1856, A.M., 1859,
M.D., 1866; studied medicine at Cambridge
and Boston, Mass., and in Europe, 1855-1860;
resided in Boston, 1861-65; married, Oct. 23,
1868, Harriet Louisa, daughter of George
Washington and Caroline (Partridge) Jones,
Templeton, Mass.; children: John and Eliza
beth. In medical service of Western Sanitary
Commission and of U. S. Sanitary Commis
sion, 1862, and acting assistant surgeon
Armies of the Tennessee and in Maryland.
Studied again in Europe, 1865-66; removed
to St. Louis, 1866. Professor ophthalmology
in St. Louis Medical College (Washington
University), 1886. Clubs: University, Harv
ard Club of St. Louis, Bound Table, Town
and Gown, etc. Address: 2670 Washington
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GREEN, John, Jr., physician; bom, Tem-
pleton, Mass., Aug. 2, 1873; son of John and
Harriet Louisa (Jones) Green; A.B., Harvard
University, 1894; M.D, Medical Department,
Washington University, 1898; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 29, 1902, Lucretia H. Sturgeon.
Engaged in practice in St. Louis since 1898.
Member St. Lpuis Medical Society (censor,
1910-12), Medical Society of City Hospital
Alumni (president, 1905), American Medical
Association, American Academy of Ophthal
mology and Oto-Laryngology. Clubs: Univer
sity, City. Office: 625 Metropolitan Bldg.,
Olive St. and Grand Ave. Residence: 243
West-gate. Ave., Parkview.
GREEN, John Findley, lawyer; born in
Clinton Co., Mo., Feb. 14, 1864; son of Cyrus
E. #nd Wilmoth (Moberly) Green; graduated
from Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., 1884;
St. Louis Law School, 1888-90; married, St.
Louis, 1893, Eleanor Ibbotson; children: Rae-
burn, Estill, Wilmoth, Kathleen. Admitted to
bar in 1890, and has since been engaged in
general practice; since 1901 member of law
firm of Judson & Green. Member St. Louis
and American Bar associations. Democrat.
Presbyterian. Member Knights of Pythias,
Legion of Honor. Office: Rialto Bldg. Resi
dence: 5621 Von Versen Ave..
GREEN, John Leigh, president Laelede-
Christy clay Products Co.; born, St. Louis,
Nov. 5, 1873; son of James B. and Marion
Julia (Weller) Green; attended St. Louis pub
lic schools four years, a private school two
years, Wyman Institute six years and Smith
Academy one year; then entered Washington
University, where he continued one year; ma
triculating in Princeton University, he prose
cuted his studies for four years, graduating
With degree of C.E., 1897; married, Buffalo, N.
Y., June 6, 1899, Sarah Sloan; four children:
Elsie Sims, Marian Emma, Sallie Sloan, John
James. Began active career in employ of the
Helmbacher Forge and Rolling Mill Co., con
tinuing for five years and advancing to posi
tion of. vice president; in 1903 was elected
vice president Laclede Fire Brick Co. (estab
lished by father), which was amalgamated,
1907, with Christy Fire Clay Co. under title
of Laelede-Christy Clay Products Co., hi
which was elected vice president; president
same since February, 1911; director Common
wealth Trust Co. Democrat. Member Amer
ican Ceramic Society, Civic League, Business
Men's League. Clubs: Glen Echo and Noon
day. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office:
Manchester and Sulphur Sts. Residence: 5514
Clemens Ave.
GREEN, Kenneth Lemoine, treasurer Green
Car Wheel Manufacturing Co. ; born, St. Louis,
Sept. 6, 1876; son of Hoyt H. and Julia
(Moore) Green; educated in public schools
and Smith Academy; married, St. Louis, Nov.

27, 1901, Lucy Scudder; one son: Kenneth L.,
Jr. Learned the foundry business practically
in the foundry of the Green Car Wheel Manu
facturing Co., and in 1900 was elected to
present position of treasurer of the company.
Also president Mowry Car Wheel Works, of
Cincinnati. Republican. Congregationalist.
Clubs: St. Louis, Bellerive Country. Recrea
tion: golf. Office: 9th and Dock Sts. Resi
dence: 56 Kingsbury PI.
GREEN, Menko E., millinery; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 14, 1864; son of Louis E. and
Betty Green; educated in St. Louis public
schools; unmarried. Began business career in
employ of L. Bauman Jewelry Co., 1879-81;
with Rosenthal-Sloan Millinery Co. as sales
man, 1881-85; since 1885 in retail millinery
business as member of firm of L. E. Green &
Son, first at 604 Franklin Ave., then at south
west corner of Broadway and Washington
Ave., 1891, and since 1901 at present location.
Republican. Jewish religion. Clubs: Mercan
tile, Columbian, City, Westwood Country. Rec
reation: motoring. Office: 408 N. Broadway.
Residence: 4364 Delmar Boul.
GREEN, Samuel McKnight, Jr., superin
tendent of Missouri School for Blind; born,
Cape Girardeau Co., Mo., Aug. 11, 1867; son
of Samuel McKnight and Jane Elizabeth
(Johnson) Green; educated in public schools
of Cape Girardeau and graduated from Third
District State Normal School, at Cape Girar
deau, with degree, B.S.D., 1885; married, 1899,
Emma, daughter of Maj. William D. Lumpkin,
of Memphis, Tenn. After graduation taught
four years in public schools of Missouri; be
came principal of literary department of Mis
souri School for the Blind, 1890, and since
1899 has been superintendent of the school.
Member National Association of Charities and
Correction, National Educational Association,
National and State Conference of Charities
and Corrections, American Association of
Workers for the Blind, American Instructors
of the Blind (executive committee), Missouri
Association for the Blind (executive commit
tee), Sons of the American Revolution. Demo
crat. Baptist. Club: City. Office and Resi
dence: 3815 Magnolia Ave.
GREENSFELDER, Bernard, lawyer; born,
Baltimore, Md., June 27, 1871; son of M. B.
and Carrie B. (Levi) Greensfelder; educated
in public schools and St. Louis Law School;
married, Apr. 24, 1906, Martha Kalter; one
son: Edward B. Admitted to bar in June,
1895, and since engaged in general practice
in St. Louis. Member Missouri Historical So
ciety, American, Missouri State and St. Louis
Bar associations. Republican. President
United Jewish Educational and Charitable
Association; secretary Jewish Charitable and
Educational Union. Clubs: City, Columbian,
Westwood Country. Office: 415 Locust St.
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GREENSFELDER, Joseph B., lawyer; born,
Baltimore, Md., Mar. 2, 1851; son of Bernard
and Helen (Sutro) Greensfelder; educated
Baltimore High School and St. Louis Law
School; married, St. Louis', 1875, Ella Marx
(died 1882); 2d, 1885, Sara Meyer, of Phila
delphia; three children: Harry, Ella Belle
(Mrs. Ralph Cohen, of Spokane, Wash.), Nel
son Sutro. Came to St. Louis, 1875, and en
tered wholesale drug business; established
business in own name as dealer in sponges and
chamois, 1885; began farming in St. Louis
County, 1890. Opened justice's office in Clay
ton, and was admitted to bar, 1894; married
about 6,000 couples, and made Clayton the
"Gretna Green" of Missouri, continuing as
justice of the peace, 1894-1906. Treasurer and
vice president St. Louis County Mercantile
Agency Co.; -director Kirkwood Trust Co., St.
Louis County Land and Title Co.; vice presi
dent Kirkwood Laundry Co. Republican. Jew
ish religion. Was first president Young Men's
Hebrew Association, St. Louis; first president
Hebrew Free Industrial School, St. Louis; for
four years president school board, Olivette,
St. Louis County. Mason. Clubs: Mercantile,
City, Glen Echo Golf. Recreation: golf. Office:
Clayton, Mo. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
GREENWOOD, Moses, Jr., real estate; see
Vol. 1906.
GREENWOOD, Moses M., retired; born,
Hubbardston, Worcester Co., Mass., June 20,
1834; son of Moses and Adeline (Ayres)
Greenwood; educated in Leicester (Mass.)
Academy and Yale College, class of 1858;
married, New Haven, Conn., Sept. 16, 1858,
Mary Mulford Whittelsey; children: Addie
(Mrs. D. R. Hancher), Moses, Jennie Mulford,
Charles Whittelsey, Walter Eichelberger.
Lived for forty-six years at New Orleans, La.,
and was there engaged for thirty years in the
cotton commission business. Since 1890 resi
dent of St. Louis and engaged in the real es
tate business with son, Moses Greenwood, Jr.,
under firm name of Greenwood & Co., until
1910, retired. Independent Democrat. Presby
terian. Residence: 456 N. Newstead Ave.
GREER, Edward Orlando, physician and
surgeon; born, Brink Haven, O., Sept. 21,
1865; son of Mark and Matilda (Shaw) Greer;
educated grammar school, Danville, O.; nor
mal course at Lebanon, O.; scientific course at
Glasgow, Ky.; medical course at Marion-Sims
Medical College, St. Louis, M.D., 1893; mar
ried, St. Louis, June 23, 1896, Agnes S. Mohan;
one daughter: Margaret Matilda. Taught
school two years at Danville, O.; then studied
medicine and traveled, selling physicians ' spe
cialties, four years. Engaged in general prac
tice as physician and surgeon since 1893. Pro
fessor practice of medicine, Barnes Univer
sity, 1907-11; professor practice of medicine,
American Medical College, 1911-12. Member
St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri State

Medical Association. State medical examiner
A. O. U. W. of Missouri,. since 1901; examiner
for Royal Arcanum, Knights of Honor, K. O.
T. M. and D. of H. Republican; candidate
for coroner of St. Louis, 1902. Office and
Residence: 2750 Park Ave.
GREER, Edward Willis, real estate; born,
St. Louis, Nov. 4, 1868; son of Robert C. and
Marie Josephine (Papin) Greer; educated in
Stoddard School, Smith Academy, St. Louis,
Wentworth Male Academy, Lexington, Mo.;
unmarried. Began business career as clerk
with the Greeley-Burnham Grocery Co., later,
with the Western Wool and Commission Co.,
of which his father was president; in 1886
entered real estate and loan business with fa
ther as R. C. Greer & Sons Realty Co., which
later became the Greer Real Estate Co., and
in 1911 the Greer Real Estate and Investment
Co., of which is vice president. Member St.
Louis Real Estate Exchange. Republican.
Catholic. Clubs: Mercantile, St. Louis KenneL
Office: 317 Fullerton Bldg. Residence: Usona
Hotel. GREER, Robert Charles, real estate; born,
Jacksonville, 111., Mar. 26, 1834; son of Wil
liam and Eliza A. (Gordon) Greer; educated
in public schools of Illinois, and at the Mack
intosh Institution, Griggsville, Pike Co., 111.;
married, St. Louis, Marie Josephine Papin;
children: Robert Papin, Edward Willis. Served
on provost duty during the Civil War and
was a member of the Missouri Home and Hal-
leck Guards. In employ of Battles, Crandell
& Parsons, merchants, at Griggsville, two
years; salesman with Bullock & Locke, linen
importers, New York City, and later in dry
goods house of Jemeay-Bumham & Co.; came
to St. Louis, 1854, and was traveling salesman
about two years; in 1857 with brother estab
lished a wholesale produce commission busi
ness which continued under various firm names
until 1888; since in real estate business. Pres
ident Greer Real Estate and Investment, Co.
Member Merchants' Exchange, Real Estate
Exchange. Republican. Episcopalian. Office:
Fullerton Bldg. Residence: Usona Hotel.
GREGG, Cecil Dudley, manufacturer, mer
chant; born, Duncan, Mich., Sept. 20, 1867;
son of Harris Hibbard and Amelia Stevenson
(Hemenway) Gregg; educated in Moseley
School and South Division High School, Chi
cago, and Cornell University, class of 1890;
married, St. Louis, Apr. 7, 1897, Jessie Marian
Howard; children: Marian, Janet. President
of the C. D. Gregg Tea and Coffee Co., Aroma
Mills Co., Chicago Coffee Mills (Chicago),
Evens-Howard Fire Brick Co., St. Louis. Mem
ber Zeta Psi Fraternity. Presbyterian. Clubs :
St. Louis, Mercantile, Missouri Athletic, Glen
Echo (St. Louis), Union League (Chicago).
Office: 405 N. 2d St. Residence: Webster
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GREGG, Harris . Hibbard, Presbyterian
clergyman; born, Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1864;
son of Harris H. and Amelia Stevenson (Hem-
enway) Gregg; educated in grammar and high
schools; Chicago; Williams College, 1882-86,
degree of A.B.; McCormick Theological Sem
inary, Chicago, 1886-89 (D.D.); unmarried.
Ordained in- ministry of Presbyterian Church,
1889; pastor- First Presbyterian Church, Otta
wa, 111., 1889-99; traveled and studied abroad
in the British Museum, and lectin ed on Bib
lical and kindred subjects in this country,
1899-1902; from March, 1902, pastor of the
Washington and Compton Avenues Presbyte
rian Church, St. Louis. Director, Westminster
College, Fulton, Mo. Member Zeta Psi Fra
ternity, Chi Alpha Club. Recreations:, horse
back riding, tennis and mountain climbing.
Office: Washington and Compton Aves.
(church). Residence: 4411 McPherson Ave.
GREGG, Norris Bradford, president Mound
City Paint and Color Co.; born, St. Louis, Nov.
8, 1856; son of William Henry, Sr:, and Orian
(Thompson) Gregg; educated at Wyman
Academy and Washington University; mar
ried, Nov. 26, 1884, May Hawley; one son:
Norris Bradford, Jr. Engaged in the paint
and color business since 1876, and in 1880 the
business was incorporated as the Mound City
Paint and Color Co., manufacturers of paints,
colors, etc., and crushers of linseed oil, of
which company is now president; also director
Third National Bank, Title Guaranty Trust
Co. Member traffic bureau of the Business
Men's League. Was <t director of the Lou
isiana Purchase Exposition from organiza
tion, and director of the Division of Conces
sions and Admissions. Member of the Mer
chants' Exchange. Clubs: Noonday (director),
St. Louis, Country, Racquet. Office: 1531 N.
11th St. Residence: Buckingham Hotel.
GREGG, William Henry, retired manufac
turer; born, Palmyra, N. Y., Mar. 24, 1831;
son of John and Anne (Wilcox) Gregg; edu
cated public schools, Rochester, N. Y., to 1845; .
removed to St. Louis, 1846; married, Nov. 21,
1855, Orian Thompson, of St. Louis; five chil
dren: Norris Bradford, Clara J. (Mrs. Charles
M. Hayes, of Montreal, Can., widow of
Charles M. Hayes, president Grand Trunk
Railway, a victim of the Titanic disaster,
1912), William Henry, Jr., Julia F. (Mrs. E.
H. Dyer), Orian L. (Mrs. Ludwig Kotany).
Began active career, 1850, as clerk for Warne
& Merritt, hardware, woodenware and house
furnishing; became partner in firm of Warne,
Merritt & Co., 1854, and so continued for two
years; then member Cuddy, Merritt & Co.,
owning and operating the Broadway Foundry
and Machine Shop, at that time one of the
largest concerns of the kind in the country;
in 1858 associated with John S. Dunham in
steam bakery business and later with Mr.
Dunham and Charles McCauley in commission

business, under title of C. McCauley & Co.,
both firms being operated from same office;
in 1867, with others, organized the Southern
White Lead Co., of which was president until
1899, when sold out to the National Lead Co.;
since retired. President Gregg Genealogical
Co. Author of ' ' Where, When and How to
Fish on the East Coast of Florida" (a book
which has had a large sale). Writer on con
troversial questions in Scottish history. Rec
reations: traveling and fishing. Address: 3013
Pine St.
GREGG, William Henry, Jr., vice, president
Mound City Paint and Color Co.; born, St.
Louis, Jan. 5, 1862; son of William Henry and
Orian (Thompson) Gregg; went through Aca
demic Department of Washington University
(now known as Smith Academy), and later
took one year of analytical chemistry un
der Professor Regis Chauvenet; married, St.
Louis, Sept. 24, 1891, Lily Kurtzeborn; one
daughter: Ruth 'Elizabeth. Vice president
Mound City Paint and Color Co. since 1889;
also president, vice president or secretary of
several subsidiary companies. Member Mer
chants' Exchange, Society of Sons of the Rev
olution. Independent Republican. Clubs: St.
Louis, St. Louis Country, Noonday, Missouri
Athletic, Bellerive Country. Recreations: golf,
hunting and fishing. Office: 1531 N. 11th St.
Residence: 4440 Laclede Ave.
GREGORY, Eugene Barron, merchant; born,
St. Louis, Jan. 28, 1853; son of Patrick and
Bridget Elizabeth (Dougherty) Gregory; edu
cated St. Vincent College, Cape Girardeau,
Mo., 1865-70; married, Ellen Tobin, of St.
Louis, July 10, 1874; two daughters: Estelle
and Florence. Entered employ of Menown
Bros., wholesale coffees, teas and spices, 1881;
succeeded as member of the firm, 1884, under
title of Menown & Gregory, which still con
tinues. Republican; now serving second term
in House of Delegates. Roman Catholic. Club:
Rotary. Office: 414 N. 2d St. Residence: 2931
Dickson St.
GREIG, Alexander Simpson, vice president
and assistant to president Frisco Lines; bom,
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Oct. 25, 1860; son
of Alexander and Margaret (Simpson) Greig;
educated in Ramage 's Grammar School, Aber
deen, Scotland, to 1875; married, Colorado
Springs, Colo., Dec. 10, 1883, Inez Forman, of
Pueblo, Colo.; one child: Inez. Began business
career at Aberdeen, Scotland, as apprentice
with Northern Cooperative Co., 1876, and con
tinued until 1880; then came to Ameriea; en
gaged as clerk with Kingsmills dry goods
house, London, Can., 1881-82; removed to Den
ver, Colo., 1882, and was clerk purchasing de
partment Colorado Fuel and Iron Co., 1882-83;
then connected with Denver & Rio Grande
R. R. twelve years: secretary to purchasing
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machinery, 1885-88, secretary and chief clerk
general superintendent's office, 1888-95. Be
came trainmaster Sante Fe Ry., Arizona, 1895,
continuing to 1897; general superintendent,
traffic manager, general manager, El Paso &
Northeastern Ry., having charge construction
500 miles road, 1897-1902. Promoting Tuber
culosis Sanitarium, Alamogordo, N. M., 1902.
Engaged with president Rock Island Lines,
special work, 1903-05; assistant to president
Frisco Lines, St. Louis, 1905-06; assistant to
chairman board Rock Island-Frisco Lines,
1907-09; vice president Frisco Lines, 1909-11,
and vice president and assistant to president
since May 1, 1911. Member Business Men's
League. Colonel National Guard, New Mex
ico, 1901, colonel on Governor's staff, New
Mexico. Presbyterian. Clubs: St. Louis, Rac- >
quet, Mercantile, Burns. Recreations: fond of
arts and music. Office: Frisco Bldg. Resi
dence: Jefferson Hotel.
GRENNER, Henry C, oil producer; see Vol.
1906. GRETHER, John Leslie, real estate; see
Vol. 1906.
GREVE, Henry, president of John Wahl
Commission Co.; born in Velen, Westphalia,
Germany, Mar. 6, 1856; son of Herman and
Maria Anna (Brueggemann) Greve; educated
in gymnasium schools of Germany; married,
St. Louis, Dec. 29, 1881, Josephine Wahl; chil
dren: Bessie, Edwin J., Robert F. Came to
United States in 1873, and was engaged in
dry goods business consecutively at Dyersville,
la., Quincy, 111., Helena, Mont., San Francis
co, Cal., and St. Louis. In 1881 became asso
ciated with the John Wahl Commission Co.,
extensive grain commission merchants and
large operators in pig lead and spelter, be
coming vice president of the company, 1890,
and president in 1910; admitted two sons as
officers of company, June 1, 1912. Member St.
Louis Merchants' Exchange, Business Men's
League, Civic League, Universal Exposition
Co. Catholic. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Lie
derkranz, Glen Echo, Aero, St. Louis Riding
(director), also Siwanoy Country, of New
York. Recreations: horseback riding, farming.
Office: Merchants' Exchange. Residence: 4408
Morgan St. Summer Home: "Crystal Spring
Farm," St. Charles, Mo.
GREY, David Langton, certified public ac
countant; born, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 22,
1875; son of John Edward Ogilvie and Lydia
Margaret (Gavin) Grey; educated George
Watson's College, Edinburgh; Edinburgh Uni
versity, 1893; married, Glasgow, 1906, Wil
helmina Isabella Christianson Hay, of Glas
gow; two daughters: Wilhelmina Minnetta
and Gladys Gavin. With A. & J. Robertson,
Edinburgh, 1893-1901; came to America, 1901;
with Patterson, Teele & Dennis, New York,
1901-03; removed to St. Louis, 1903, for Price,

Waterhouse & Co., chartered accountants,
New York, and is now St. Louis manager for
the company. Member Chartered Accountants
Society, Edinburgh, Certified Public Account
ants, New York, Certified Public Accountants,
Missouri. Member Business Men's League,
Civie League. Episcopalian. Clubs: Noonday,
Racquet, University. Recreations: books, mu
sic, tennis. Office : Third National Bank Bldg.
Residence: 5968 Cates Ave.
GRIER, Robert Cooper, lawyer; born, Peo
ria, 111., June 20, 1875; son of David P. (brig
adier general U. S. Volunteers) and Anna
(McKinney) Grier; educated, in St. Louis pub
lic and high .schools, and Washington Univer
sity Law School, LL.B., 1898; unmarried.
Came with parents in 1881 to St. Louis, where
father had built Union Elevator on East Side.
After completing course at high school entered
grain brokerage and commission business be
fore taking up law as a profession, and was
in business for self as a grain and commission
broker on Merchants' Exchange for several
years. Admitted to bar in 1898 and has since
engaged in practice. Member of St. Louis Bar
Association, Civic League. Republican. Club:
City. Office: 1004-1008 La Salle Bldg. Resi
dence: 326 N. Euclid Ave.
GRIESEDIECK, Henry, Jr., president Inde
pendent Breweries Co.; born, Westphalia, Ger
many, Mar. 29, 1854; son of Anton and Jo
hanna Griesedieck; educated in public schools
of native land; married, St. Louis, Rosa
Grone; six children: Anton August, Henry
Ernst, Raymond B., Frances, Robert, Edward.
Came to America with parents, 1870; was em
ployed in Lafayette Brewery, St. Louis, two
years, and later as office boy; spent two terms
in Jones Commercial College; engaged in malt
business with father and in 1878 associated
with two brothers in purchase of the Stumpf
Brewery, which was disposed of in 1881; pur
chased the Christian Staehling Brewery, and
the business was incorporated by father and
sons as the A. Griesedieck Brewing Co., which
was sold to St. Louis Brewing Association,
1889. In 1891, with brothers Bernard and Jo
seph, erected National Brewery, of which was
president until the property was acquired,
1907, by the Independent Breweries Co. (a
consolidation of nine breweries), of which has
since been president; director Jefferson Mu
tual Fire Insurance Co., Merchants' & Manu
facturers' Investment Co., Mercantile Trust
Co. Offiee: 923, 112 N. 4th St. Residence:
3250 Hawthorne Rd.
GRIESEDIECK, Paul, president H. Griese
dieck Malting Co.; born, Quincy, 111., Mar. 20,
1863; son of Henry and Anna (Urbach)
Griesedieck; educated in German Institute
under John Eiser; married, St. Louis, Apr. 12,
1898, Ottillie C. Stiefel (died Oct. 6, 1909);
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ried, 2d, Dec. 6, 1911, Mrs. Bertha W. Pleuger.
Began active career at sixteen in malting
business established by his father; spent one
year with L. Lemke & Co., in order to become
acquainted with the commission business,
then returned to malt business; has been
president H. Griesedieck Malting Co. since its
incorporation, June, 1900; was vice president
Central Brewery until it was absorbed by
other interests. Member Merchants' Ex
change, Liederkranz, St. Louis Turn Verein.
Recreation: traveling. Offiee: 1134 S. 12th St.
Residence: 3127 Longfellow Boul.
GRIFFIN, Everett Paul, assistant circuit
attorney; born, St. Louis, June 29, 1881; son
of Trunibull Dorrance and Mary Philomena
(Davis) Griffin; graduate Lincoln (public)
School, Central High School; A.B., Washing
ton University, 1901 (commencement orator) ;
LL.B., St. Louis Law School (Washington
University), 1903; ranked first in class in final
examination, and was awarded Thesis Prize
for best thesis on ' ' Constitutional Limitations
on the Power of the State to Control Business
Affected with a Public Interest"; unmarried.
Engaged in general civil practice, 1903-09;
appointed assistant circuit attorney by See-
bert G. Jones, Jan. 2, 1909, and has since been
engaged principally in trial of felony cases
for state of Missouri in criminal divisions of
the Circuit Court, being in charge of Division
No. 10, presided over by Judges George C.
Hitchcock and James E. Witherow. Lecturer
in City College of Law and Finance on "Wills
and Administration. ' ' Republican. Episco
palian; vestryman Church of the Holy Com
munion. Member St. Louis Bar Association,
Law Library Association of St. Louis, Civic
League, Washington University Association,
Alumni Association of Washington Univer
sity (secretary, 1903-07), St. Louis Law School
Alumni, Phi Delta Phi law school fraternity.
Clubs: City, University, Public Question. Rec
reations: reading and athletics. Office: 622
Security Bldg. Residence: 4045 McPherson
Avenue. GRIMM, John Hugo, judge ; born, St. Louis,
Jan. 17, 1864; son of Capt. Valentine and Mag
dalen (Yaeckel) Grimm; educated in St. Louis
public schools, graduating from Central High
School, 1883; LL.B., Washington University
(St. Louis Law School), with highest honors
and first prize for thesis, 1886; post-graduate
course St. Louis University, Ph.B., 1888; mar
ried, St. Louis, Nov. 18, 1891, Sophie E.
Gruen; children: Elmer H., Roland J. V.,
Thomas C, Horace F., Herbert H. Admitted
to St. Louis bar in June, 1886, and engaged in
general practice; elected circuit judge, 1908,
for term of six years, ending 1915. Professor
law of pleading, Law Institute of St. Louis
University. Member Medico-Legal Society of
New York, American Academy of Political
and Social Science. Republican. First Judge

Advocate of Missouri Division Sons of Vet
erans. Unitarian. Mason, Knight Templar.
Clubs: Union, Liederkranz. Chambers: Cir
cuit Court No. 1, Court House. Residence:
3137 Lafayette Ave.
GRINDON, Joseph, physician; born, St.
Louis, Aug. 20, 1858; son of Arthur St. Leger
and Kelis (Cherot-Dupavillon) Grindon; edu
cated at St. Louis public grammar and high
schools, 1868-74; M.D., St. Louis Medical Col
lege, 1879; post-graduate course in philosophy,
St. Louis University, Ph.B., 1885; married, St.
Louis, Sept. 30, 1903, Lina Boisliniere; three
children: Pauline, Dorothy, Joseph. Engaged
in medical practice in St. Louis since March,
1879; assistant physician St. Louis City Hos
pital, 1879-80, Female Hospital, 1880-81; phy
sician St. Louis Smallpox Hospital, 1881-83;
now dermatologist to O 'Fallon Free Dispen
sary, St. Louis Mullanphy Hospital, St., Luke 's
Hospital, Washington University Hospital;
professor of physiology, Medical Department,
Washington University, 1894-95; now profes
sor of clinical dermatology and syphilology in
same. Author: Diseases of the Skin, 1902;
Cutaneous Therapeutics (jointly with W. A.
Hardaway) ; also of several chapters in Amer
ican Text-Book of Genito-Urinary Diseases,
Syphilis and Diseases of the Skin. Ex-presi
dent St. Louis Medical Society and Medical
Society of City Hospital Alumni; member
Missouri State Medical Association, American
Medical Association, American Dermatological
Association, American Institute of Archeol
ogy, St. Louis Academy of Science, Engel-
mann Botanical Club, Civic Improvement
League; corresponding member Societee Fran-
caise de Dermatologie et de Syphiligraphie.
Trustee St. Louis Medical Library Association.
First lieutenant Medical Reserve Corps, U. S.
A. Roman Catholic. Recreation: botany. Of
fice: 3894 Washington Boul. Residence: 4368
Morgan St.
GRISWOLD, Harry Rumsey, assistant gen
eral freight agent of Vandalia R. R.; born,
Lake Mills, Wis., Mar. 5, 1865; son of George
S. and Albina (Merriam) Griswold; educated
in Lake Mills High School; married, Oak
Park, 111., 1891, Bessie Hanson. Clerk in gen
eral freight department Wisconsin Central
Lines, Milwaukee, Wis., 1888-90; clerk, trav
eling freight agent and chief clerk, general
freight department, Wisconsin Central Lines,
Chicago, 111., 1890-93; chief clerk and assist
ant general freight and passenger agent of
the Evansville & Terre Haute R. R., Evans
ville, Ind., 1894-1901; since 1901, consecutive
ly, commercial agent Peoria, 111., division
freight agent, Terre Haute, Ind., division
freight agent, St. Louis, and assistant general
freight agent, St. Louis, of Vandalia R. R.
Member National Geographic Society, Wash
ington, D. C. Member I. O. O. F., Hoo Hoo.
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Normandie Golf. Recreations: golf and fish
ing. Office: 1308 Syndicate Bldg. Residence:
1234 Oakley PL
GRISWOLD, Joseph Lancaster, proprietor
Laclede Hotel ; born on plantation in Spen
cer Co., Ky., Apr. 13, 1843; educated at Willis-
ton Seminary, Easthampton, Mass.; married,
St. Louis, June, 1900, Laura Einstmann; one
daughter: Nellie. Began business career in
service of father, who was a railroad builder
and manager in early days in St. Louis; came
to St. Louis from Terre Haute, Ind., 1862; in
hotel business since 1874; was one of the pro
prietors of Lindell Hotel for seven years;
since June, 1881, owner and proprietor, of
Laclede Hotel. Democrat; was state fish com
missioner four years, under Gov. Wm. J.
Stone. Catholic Mason. Member of Indiana
Society. Recreation: reading. Office: cor. 6th
and Chestnut Sts. Residence: Laclede Hotel.
GROESSLING, Valentine Joseph, merchant;
born, St. Louis, Aug. 5, 1874; son of August
and Anna (Feldman) Groessling; educated
Christian Brothers School, at St. Vincent
Church, and St. Louis University, graduating
at age of seventeen; married, Quincy, 111.,
November, 1898, Ida Verne Kreitz; two chil
dren: Gerald Augustus, Paul Henry. Began
active career in dry goods business with fa
ther; since 1897 associated with L. J. Meyer
in the Meyer & Groessling Cloak Co.. Jewish
religion. Office: 717 N. 11th St. Residence:
4016 Flora Boul.
GROLOCK, Henry Alfred; see Vol. 1906.
GROLOCK, William Albert, president Gro-
loek Vehicle Material Co.; born, Kansas City,
Mo., May 24, 1864; son of Albert and Clara
(Heintze) Grolock; educated in public schools
of Jefferson City and St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 15, 1892, Helen, daughter of Fred
erick Kluender; children: Frederick Kluender,
William Albert, Helen Charlotte. Entered em
ploy of the Simmons Hardware Co. in 1884,
and was with that firm until 1891, when ac
cepted position with the Zittloson Manufac
turing' Co.; remained with latter firm three
years and then embarked in business for self;
now president of the Grolock Vehicle Material
Co., manufacturers and dealers in vehicle
parts and finished vehicles. Independent in
politics. Mason (Blue Lodge). Office: 1444 N.
Broadway. Residence: 4957 Fountain Ave.
*GROSECLOSE, William Bittle; moved to
Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
GROSS, Julius Henry, physician; born, St.
Louis, Mar. 8, 1872; son of Julius and Lisette
(Steffenauer) Gross; educated in St. Louis
public schools, and graduated from medical
department of Washington University as
M.D., 1893; married, St. Louis, 1903, Marie
Kuenzel; one daughter: Lisetta. Engaged in
practice of medicine in St. Louis from grad

uation in 1893; instructor in Ophthalmological
Department, Washington University. Member
of St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri State
Medical Association, American Medical Asso
ciation, American Association for Advance
ment of Science. Office: 306 Oriel Bldg., 6th
and Locust Sts. Residence: Webster Groves,
Missouri. GROSS, Morris D., general agent Sunny
Brook Distillery Co.; born, Tolcsva, Hungary,
May 4, 1863; son of Nathan and Lina (Weiss)
Gross; educated in public school in Hungary;
married, New York, Aug. 27, 1895, Jennie
Gross; children: Helen, Nathan] Marcus, Jack,
Louis. In wine and liquor business in Hun
gary, 1885-91; came to United States, 1891,
and located at St. Louis; with Stone Hill Wine
Co. as salesman for St. Louis until 1899; since
then general agent at St. Louis for Sunny
Brook Distillery Co., whose distilleries are at
Louisville, Ky. In 1899 incorporated as Phoe
nix Distillery Co., of which is president; also
president M. D. Gross & Co., importers. Jew
ish religion. Member B'nai B'rith. Club: Co
lumbian. Offiee: 27 S. 4th St. Residence: 5053
Kensington Ave.
GROSSMAN, Emanuel M., lawyer; born,
Vienna, Austria, July 19, 1874; son of Jacob
and Regina Grossman; educated in grammar
and high school, Cleveland, O., 1880-92, Har
vard- College and Harvard Law School, 1892-
97, A.B., Harvard, 1896; married. June 17,
1911, Althea Somerville. Admitted to bar,
October, 1897, and since engaged in practice.
Member local, State and American Bar asso
ciations. Member of Board of Managers St.
Louis House of Refuge, 1903-05, St. Louis
Board of Education, 1905-07. Democrat. Clubs:
University, City. Recreations: horseback rid
ing, tennis. Office: 528 Rialto Bldg., 4th and
Olive Sts. Residence: 5900 Nina PL
*GROTE, Benjamin Allison, paint mer
chant; moved to Oklahoma; see Vol. 1906.
GROTE, Christian Henry, grocer; born,
Westphalia, Germany, Jan. 21, 1841;' son of
William and Dorothea (Grote) Grote; edu
cated in public schools of native land; mar
ried, St. Louis, January, 1863, Sophie Wessel
(died October, 1907); five children, only one
of whom is living: Lizzie (now Mrs. William
J. Klein). Came to America, 1858; engaged
in gardening at Carondelet two years, then
began selling vegetables in St. Louis on own
account; enlisted in Second Missouri Regi
ment and served four years in Civil War; re
sumed business in St. Louis after war and for
thirty-nine years has been identified with re
tail grocery business; also wholesale dealer in
eggs and chickens, Republican. Member Amer
ican Protestant Association, Protestant Or
phans' Home. Odd Fellow; member Frank P.
Blair Post No. 1, G. A. R., Hermann's Sonne.
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GROTE, Henry Charles, secretary Edward
Westen Tea and Spice Co.; born, St. Louis,
Oct. 21, 1866; son of Henry and Christine
(Behrens). Grote; educated in public schools,
private school and Concordia Academy; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1888, Ellen Hewitt Symons;
children: Robert Edward, Raymond Hewitt,
Henry Charles, Jr. Began business career in
1882 with Stansbury Paper Co., for one year;
then with Haskell Engraving Co., three years,
St. Bernard Dollar Store Co., three years; in
1889 became connected with the Edward Wes
ten Tea and Spice Co., importers, manufac
turers, jobbers and coffee roasters, with which
_was salesman until 1892, and since has been
secretary of the 'company. Also president
Traders ' Investment Co.; vice president Lin-
dell-Fairgrounds Realty and Investment Co.;
director Piasa Chautauqua. Republican. Pres
byterian. Recreation: literature. Office: 10th
St. and Clark Ave. Residence: 5710 Bartmer
Avenue. GROVER, James H., president Mortgage
Guarantee Co.; bom, St. Louis, Oct. 24, 1873;
son of Hiram J. and Charlotte T. (Blow)
Grover; educated St. Louis public schools and
high school; LL.B., Washington University,
1896; married, St. Louis, Oct. 17, 1899, Ethel
Allen; two children: Allen and Charlotte Lo-
raine. In mercantile business, 1892-96; in act
ive practice of law, St. Louis, 1896-1910; bond
officer Mississippi Valley Trust Co., 1910-12;
president Mortgage Guarantee Co. since Feb.
20, 1912; vice president Mortgage Trust Co.;
director Granby Mining and Smelting Co.,
Fruin-Bambrick Construction Co., etc. Mem
ber Civie League.- Member Christian (Disci
ples) Church. Clubs: Racquet, City, St. Louis
Country. Recreation: golf. Office: southeast
cor. 4th and Pine Sts. Residence: 5061 Lin
dell Boul.
GROVES, Albert Bartleton, architect; born,
Providence, R. I., Dec. 8, 1868; son of John
and Mary (Southall) Groves; graduated from
Rome (N. Y.) High School, 1884, Cornell Uni
versity, B.S. and B.Arch., 1888; married, St.
Charles, Mo., Mar. 9, 1892, Cara Baker; chil
dren: Theron A., Vera A., Mercedes O, John
Marcellus, Mary Phyllis. After leaving col
lege was in employ of F. E. Edbrooke & Co.,
architects, Denver, two years; then traveled
and studied two years in France and Italy;
engaged in practice, 1891, at St. Louis, in
firm of Grable, Weber & Groves; bought out
interests of Grable and Weber two years later
and admitted A. Weber to partnership, which
continued until his death in May, 1905; since
independently in practice of architecture.
Member Business Men's League. Member
American Institute of Architects, St. Louis
Chapter. Republican. Member of Public Build
ings Commission, 1904-05. Presbyterian. Ma
son (St. Aldemar Commandery, Knights Tem
plar, and St. Louis Consistory, Scottish Rite).

Clubs: St. Louis, Missouri Athletic, Norman
die Golf, St. Louis Rotary, Maine Fishing and
Hunting. Recreations: golf and fishing. Of
fiee: Stock Exchange Bldg. Residence: 5419
Maple Ave.
GROVES, William Dallas, superintendent
Aresco Manufacturing Co.; born, Ellicott
City, Md., Mar. 12, 1845; son of Josiah and
Marietta (Enos) Groves; educated at White
Hall Academy, Harrisburg, Pa.; Rock Hill
College, Ellicott City; U. S. Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Md.; married, 1872, Elenore R.,
daughter of Maj. William Irwin, Nashville,
Tenn. (she died 1884) ; married, 2d, October,
1890, Elizabeth Breckenridge, daughter of
George and Julia Breckenridge, of St. Louis;
three children: Dall B., Julia E., George B.
Served four years in United States Navy, and
resigned as acting midshipman, Mar. 12, 1862;,
engaged in hotel and real estate business with
father (firm of J. & W. Dall, Groves), Ellicott
City, 1865-70; disposed of interest, 1870, went
to Memphis, Tenn., and took position with
Rice, Stix & Co., wholesale dry goods; moved
to St. Louis with the firm during yellow
fever, 1879; resigned position with that firm,
September, 1903. Vice president the Phoenix
Planing Mill Co., Jan. 12, 1901- January, 1908;
now director of company; superintendent
Aresco Manufacturing Co. since October, 1909.
Democrat. Presbyterian. Member Royal Ar
canum. Favorite recreations: hunting and
fishing. Office: 415 N. 11th St. Residence:
4947 Page Boul.
*GRUBB, Frank, wholesale paper; moved
to New York; see Vol. 1906.
GRUEN, Jacob, wine importer; 1839-1907;
see Vol. 1906.
GRUEN, William Henry, architect; born,
St. Louis, Nov. 13, 1876; son of Jacob and
Sophia (Sommers) Gruen; educated public
schools of St. Louis; Manual Training School;
Washington University School of Engineering,
two years, 1894-96; Technische Hoch-Schule,
Darmstadt, Germany, two years, 1896, 1897;
spent six months in travel, 1896-97; traveled
four months in 1910, visiting Paris, Berlin,
Rome, Budapest, Vienna, Venice, Milan, Mu
nich, and the larger cities in America, study
ing municipal art, etc.; married, St. Louis,
May 19, 1900, Minnie Marie Gebhard. Was in
charge of offices of W. Albert Swasey, St.
Louis, 1898-1900, during which time he super
vised construction of the Odeum and the Ma
sonic Temple; had charge of the work for the
Water Department of St. Louis and the New
City Hospital for two years; has engaged in
his profession on own account since 1901.
Among the buildings for which he made plans
may be named Church of the Redeemer; fac
tory and warehouse of the Moser Box Co.;
country residence and outbuildings, on the
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buildings, including the entrance to Compton
Hill Terrace, the Antrim residence in Kings
bury PL and the Medart residence in Compton
Heights, etc.; actively engaged in advancing
projects for beautification of St. Louis, among
which are the proposed city square scheme,
opera circle and Memorial Square scheme,
and Central Parkway connecting same. Mem
ber St. Louis Chapter American Institute of
Architects, American Institute of Architects,
Municipal Arts Committee of Civic League of
St. Louis, Washington University Association,
Art Students' Association, Executive Board
of Artists' Guild, etc. Clubs: Architectural,
City. Recreation: art. Office: Suite 1101-1102
Chemical Bldg. Residence: 3542 Russell Ave.
GRUENEWAELDER, John, German books
and stationery; born, Klein, Bremen, Prussia,
Germany, Oct. 12, 1840; son of Wilhelm and
Minna (Hambaeh) Gruenewaelder ; educated
in Realschule, Vlotho, Germany, 1846-54; mar
ried, St. Louis, Jan. 14, 1866, Rosina Kurz;
children: Wilhelm, Linda, Alma, Udo, Ewald.
Came to United States, 1859; served in Union
Army in Co. A, Second Missouri Volunteer
Regiment, in Civil War; since Oct. 12, 1883,
engaged in handling blank books, office sta
tionery, etc Republican; member F. P. Blair
Post, G. A. R. Office: 720 Pine St. Residence:
2605 Louisiana Ave.
GRUET, John P.; see Vol. 1906.
GRUETZEMACHER, Henry F., contractor;
born, Osnabruck, Hanover, Germany; July 31,
1850; son of Herman and Marie Charlotte
Gruetzemacher; came to America with parents
at six years of age; educated in parochial and
night schools, and commercial college, St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, October, 1871,
Marie Wingman; eight children: H. F., Ed
ward O, William L., Albert, Oliver, May,
Dora, Laura. Learned trade of stone mason;
began stone contracting with father, 1870;
now identified with a number of stone quar
ries and sawmills in St. Louis and Missouri.
Republican. Presbyterian. Office: 1408, 722
Chestnut St. Residence: 4111 Morgan St.
GRUMME, August, optical business; born,
St. Louis, Dec. 14, 1867; son of William and
Marguerite (Kropp) Grumme; educated in
public schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Apr. 14, 1897, Matilda Haller; one daughter:
Marguerite Evelyn. Began business career
with the Erker Bros. Optical Co., continuing
for five years, then with A. S. Aloe for four
years, and in 1890 established business as
member of the firm of Grumme & Durouaux;
business incorporated, 1901, as the Western
Optical Manufacturing Co., of which was presi
dent until Dec. 14, 1910, when sold out inter
est; organized present firm of August Grumme
Optical Co., May 15, 1911. Republican. Mem
ber Keystone Lodge No. 243, A. F. & A. M.,
Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 133; treasurer

St. Louis Central Sharpshooters' Association.
Office: 612 Pine St. Residence: 3830 Hum
phrey St.
GRUND, Adolph Robert, lawyer; bora, St.
Louis, Feb. 12, 1882; son of Philip and Anna
(Bothmann) Grand; educated in Peabody
(public) School and night high school, grad
uating, 1901; graduated from Missouri College
of Law, LL.B., 1903; married, Aug. 10, 1906,
Miss Marguerite Forkel, niece of artist, Chris
topher W. Forkel, author The Wagon Black
smith. After leaving Peabody School, worked
during day and attended school at night;
worked with Becktold Printing and Book Man
ufacturing Co., while attending law school;
admitted to bar, Apr. 6, 1.903, and has since
been engaged in practice, chiefly as counsel
for corporations; now represents several firms
as counsel and attorney; was appointed, Oct.
15, 1904, as general attorney and elected a
director of the Missouri, Arkansas & South
western R. R. Co., an Arkansas corporation,
but resigned Feb. 15, 1905. Member Missouri
State Bar Association, St. Louis Bar Associa
tion. Republican. Presbyterian. Author: (not
yet published) Grund on the Laws of Private
Corporation. Recreations: literature and art.
Office: 415 Pine St. Residence: 3418 Grace
Avenue. GRUNDON, Oliver Hazard Perry, real es
tate; see Vol. 1906.
GRUNER, Gustavus Adolphus, lumber mer
chant; deceased; see Vol. 1906.
GRUNER, Louis, lumber merchant; 1853-
1907; see Vol. 1906.
GRUNER, Richard Emil president Philip
Gruner & Bros. Lumber Co.; born, St. Louis,
Oct. 16, 1880; son of Gustave A. and" Amy
(Millow) Gruner; educated Clay and Peabody
public schools and Central High School; un
married. Has been identified with the lumber
business since May, 1896 j president and treas
urer Philip Gruner & Bros. Lumber Co. since
1909. Has served as private, second lieutenant
and captain First Regiment Infantry, Missouri
National Guard, now filling office last named.
Independent in politics. Episcopalian. Mem
ber Business Men's League. Mason; member
Cache Lodge No. 416, A. F. & A. M.; St. Louis
Chapter No. 8, R. A. M.; Ascalon Commandery
No. 16, Knights Templar. Clubs: Midland
Valley Country, Lumbermen's. Recreation:
hunting. Office: 4006 N. Broadway. Resi
dence: 5636 Cabanne Ave.
GRUNERT, Louis C; see Vol. 1906.
GUCKENHEIM, Emil, president of E.
Guckenheim Bakers ' Supply Co. ; born, Frank
fort, Germany, Aug. 20, 1865; son of Joseph
and Fanny (Dann) Guckenheim; educated in
St. Louis public schools; married, St. Louis,
Nov. 6, 1892, Essie Haas. Came to America
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teen entered employ of Jacob Strauss Sad
dlery Co,, remaining eight years; then entered
retail grocery business with Louis Kohner, as
Guckenheim & Kohner, 1890-97; dissolved
partnership, 1897, and established in whole
sale business in bakers' and confectioners'
supplies, incorporated Jan. 1, 1905, as E.
Guckenheim Bakers' Supply Co., of which is
president. Republican. Member Temple
Shaare Emeth (Jewish) Congregation. Rec
reation: traveling. Office: 15-19 N. 2d St.
Residence: 5745 Bartmer Ave.
GUERDAN, Albert James, vice president
The Guerdan Hat Co.; born, St. Louis, Dec.
10, 1877; son of Nicholas and Caroline (Kerth)
Guerdan; educated in Educational Institute,
St. Louis; married, St. Louis, August, 1904,
Alice Schlette; two children: Richards, Alice.
After leaving school in 1894 became clerk in
store of The Guerdan Hat Co. and so contin
ued until 1902, when became vice president
of the company; vice president Guerdan In
vestment Co. Member Universal Exposition
Co. Member F. O. of Eagles, Tower Grove
Turn Verein. Club: Century Boat. Recrea
tion: boating. Office: 13 S. Broadway. Resi
dence: 3524 Utah St.
GUERDAN, Frank Emil; born, St. Louis,
July 18, 1862; son of Francis and Elizabeth.
(Swille) Guerdan; educated in public schools
of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, 1891, Amelie
Tacke; children: Frank, Stephanie, Augusta,
Irma. On leaving school entered the Pacific
Iron Works and learned the trade; went to
New York and worked at trade for three
years, returned to St. Louis and reentered
Pacific Iron Works; was admitted to part
nership with father, 1901, under the style of
Francis Guerdan & Son; since death of fa
ther, October, 1911, has been sole proprietor.
Republican. Office: 829 S. 7th St. Residence:
3838 Iowa Ave.
GUERDAN, Nicholas, manager of The
Guerdan Hat Co.; born, Hesse-Darmsdadt,
Germany, May 15, 1839; son of Franz and
Kathrina (Bergold) Guerdan; came with fa
ther in 1847 to New Orleans and St. Louis;
educated in St. Louis public schools; married,
St. Louis, Apr. 5, 1862, Caroline Kerth; chil
dren: George (deceased), Catherine, Ida,
Clara, Nicholas, Jr., Hattie (deceased), Al
bert J., Stetson (wife of Dr. W. F. Hardy).
Began business career in 1852 in employ of
Baldwin & Randall, hat merchants, which firm
was later succeeded by Gray & Brust; later
became partner with Mr. Gray, firm of Gray
& Guerdan, until 1880, when the Guerdan Hat
Co. was organized and succeeded to the busi
ness as retail hatters, of which company is
now president and general manager. Also
president Guerdan Investment Co., German
Mutual Life Insurance Co. of St. Louis. Mem
ber Business Men's League, Civic League.

Clubs: St. Louis Turn Verein, Liederkranz.
Office: 13 S. Broadway. Residence: 2347 Al
bion PL
GUERNHEIM, Herman W.; see Vol. 1906.
GUMMERSBACH, Joseph, bookseller; born,
Bonn, Germany, 1844; married, St. Louis, Nov.
14, 1876, Elizabeth Bute. Since 1873 engaged
as managing partner of St. Louis house of B.
Herder, publisher and dealer in Catholic
books and church goods. Also president of
The Amerika, German daily and weekly news
paper. Office: 17 S. Broadway. Residence:
3840 Westminster PL
GUNDLACH, John Henry, real estate;
born, St. Louis Co., Mo.," Oct. 6, 1861; son of
Peter and Elizabeth (Reiff) Gundlach; edu
cated at Frieden's (private) School, 1868-73;
Henry Ames (public) School, 1873-76; Doug
lass (4th branch) High School; Grier's Com
mercial College, St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Apr. 19, 1884, Emma C. Dreyer; children:
Alice (Mrs. Arthur Leschen), Ruth. Began
business career with Boehl & Koenig, photog:
raphers, St. Louis, 1877, continuing until 1880;
assistant bookkeeper Mechanics' Planing Mill
Co., St. Louis, 1880-81; in shipping depart
ment Hunzinger Tobacco Co., Chicago, 1882-
83; bookkeeper with Auguste B. Ewing, com-
jnissioner of supplies for City of St. Louis,
1883-84; then with the local freight depart
ment of the Wabash R. R., as assistant cash
ier and chief clerk at North End yards, 1885-
92, leaving February, 1892, to engage in real
estate and insurance business under present
firm name of J. H. Gundlach & Co. Also sec
retary-treasurer of Plymouth Investment Co.,
Union Realty and Investment Co., O 'Fallon
Park Realty and Investment Co. Member
St. Louis Real Estate Exchange (ex-vice
president), Business Men's League, Civic
League (ex-vice president), North St. Louis
Business Men's Association (ex-president),
North St. Louis Citizens' Association, St.
Louis Academy of Sciences, Horticultural So
ciety, North St. Louis Turn Verein. Mason
(32°), Knight Templar, Shriner. Republican;
president City Council since April, 1909. Clubs:
Mercantile, City (director), Automobile,
Franklin (vice president), St. Louis Riding
(vice president), Arcadia Country. Recrea
tions: horseback riding, rowing, fishing and
floriculture. Offiee: 3615 N. Broadway. Resi
dence: 5721 Florissant Ave.
GUNN, John W., grocer; 1834-1910; see
Vol. 1906.
GURNEY, Robert Leonard, manager sav
ings department Commonwealth Trust Co.;
born, Chicago, 111., Feb. 20, 1866; son of Rob
ert and Susan (Lockwood) Gurney; graduated
from Colgate University, 1901; married, Syra
cuse, N. Y., June 15, 1901, Clara Grace Seager.
Was in employ of Waters-Pierce Oil Co.,
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Union, 1892-96; in college, 1896-1901; assist
ant secretary Hamilton Trust Co., St. Louis,
1901-03; cashier Vandeventer Bank, 1903-05;
manager savings department Commonwealth
Trust Co. since Apr. 1, 1905*. Republican. Bap
tist. Vice president Meramec Portland Ce
ment and Materials Co.; treasurer Gem Medi
cine Co.; assistant treasurer Bartlett Agricul
tural and Industrial School; secretary St.
Louis Concrete Machinery Co., Murmont Real
ty Co. Director St. Louis Baptist Hospital.
Office: Commonwealth Trust Co. Residence:
Kirkwood, Mo.
GUTH, Edwin F., chandelier manufacturer;
born, St. Charles, Mo., Aug. 17, 1875; son of
Fred and Louise (Schaefer) Guth; educated
in public schools, St. Charles, Mo., graduating,
1892, and two years in St. Louis High School;
married, St. Louis, May 19, 1910, Sally B.
Black; one son: Frederick E. Began business
career in 1893 with Interstate Electric Co.,
and in 1894-95 worked for Steinwender &
Stoffregen, wholesale coffee; with David Nich
olson, wholesale groceries, 1895-1902; presi
dent St. Louis Brass Manufacturing Co. since
May 1, 1902. Recreation: motoring. Offiee:
cor. Jefferson and Washington Aves. Resi
dence: 4515 Laclede Ave.
GUTH, Oscar D., treasurer St. Louis Brass
Manufacturing Co.; born, St. Charles, Mo.,
Dec. 4, 1877; son of Fred and Louise (Schae
fer) Guth; educated in grammar schools and
Central High School, St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, Sept. 9, 1909, Marie Jageman. Began
business career in wholesale grocery business
as stenographer; then with David Nicholson,
importer; since 1902 treasurer of St. Louis
Brass Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of
brass goods. Republican. Member Citizens'
Industrial Association. Recreations: motoring
and baseball. Offiee: 2611 Washington Ave.
Residence: 4420 Laclede Ave.
GUY, William Evans, retired; bom, Cin
cinnati, Dec. 22, 1844; son of Alexander
(M.D.) and Susan Ann Livingston (Wade)
Guy; educated in private and public schools,
Cincinnati and Oxford, O., 1849-59; Kentucky
Military Institute (six months), 1859; Miami
University, Oxford, O., 1860-62 and 1863;
Princeton University, 1863-65, A.B., 1865,
A.M., 1868; University of Heidelberg, Ger
many, 1865-66; Freiberg School of Mines,
1866-69, M.E.; College de France, Paris, 1869;
graduated from Cincinnati Law School, LL.B.,
1879; married, St. Louis, 1894, Katharine,
daughter of Dr. C. S. Lemoine; four children.
Assistant superintendent Stewart Silver Re
duction Works, Georgetown, Colo., 1870-71; as
sistant geologist Missouri State Geological
Survey, 1872; one of founders and vice presi
dent St. Louis Bolt and Iron Co., 1879-81; or
ganized and was president of Tudor Iron
Works, 1879-81; consolidated the two as Tu
dor Iron Works, of which was vice president,

1881-86; resigned and sold out on account of
ill health, 1886; organized, built and was pres
ident of St. Louis & Eastern Ry., 1889; or
ganized and was president, 1889-99, Madison
Coal Co.; organized, built and was president
and general manager, 1895-99, of St. Louis',
Peoria & Northern Ry., until it became part
of the Illinois Central system; director Cen
tral Lead Co., 1893-1905; organized, built and
was president and general manager, 1901-03,
St. Louis Valley Ry., also St. Louis & Gulf
Ry., 1902-03; retired from active work and
has traveled extensively. Enlisted private,
May, 1862, promoted first sergeant, June, 1862,
and mustered out with regiment, September,
1862, in Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry;
reenlisted with 100-day men, 1863. Nominated
for president of City Council of St. Louis,
1900; member executive committee Civil Serv
ice Reform Association twenty years. Mem
ber St. Louis Academy of Science, Archaeolog
ical Society, National Geographic Society, Na
tional Forestry Association. Presbyterian.
Clubs: University, Noonday, Princeton, Com
mercial, Round Table (St. Louis), Reform
(New York). Offiee: 307 Laclede Bldg. Resi
dence: 10 Portland PL Summer Residence:
Cooperstown, N. Y. H
HAANEL, Charles F., president Sacramento
Valley Improvement Co.; born, Ann Arbor,
Mich., May 22, 1866; son of Hugo Paul and
Emma C. (Fox) Haanel; educated in St. Louis
public schools; married, St. Louis, Nov. 22,
1888, Esther Martha Smith; children: Jane,
Esther, Walter; married, 2d, July 6, 1908, Mar
garet St. Clair Nicholson; one daughter: Bev
erly. Began business career with the Na
tional Enameling and Stamping Company in
1886, and remained with that company until
October, 1904. Became identified with the
Sacramento Valley Improvement Co. in 1905
and is now its president. Republican. Mason
(32°), Shriner. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, City.
Recreation: literature. Office: 915 Olive St.
Residence: 5032 Cabanne Ave.
HAARSTICK, Henry Christian, retired mer
chant; born, Hohenhameln, Germany, July 26,
1836; son of Henry and Christina Haarstick;
came with parents to St. Louis in 1849; edu
cated in St. Louis at Saxony School of Ger
man Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wykoff
English School and Jones Commercial College;
married, St. Louis, 1861, Elise Hoppe; chil
dren: Ida (Mrs. Oscar Herf), William T.,
Emma H. (Mrs. C. L. Whittemore). After
leaving school entered office of Molony &
Tilton, distillers; in a few years became man
ager, so continuing until 1863 ; then built and
conducted distillery of his own, but sold out
after a short time. In 1869 took charge of af
fairs of Mississippi Valley Transportation Co.;
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the Mississippi River became consolidated as
the St. Louis & Mississippi Valley Transporta
tion Co., of which was president and general
manager. Since November, 1904, has with
drawn from all enterprises, now confining at
tention to management of own private inter
ests; vice president of St. Louis Union Trust
Co. Member and ex-president Merchants' Ex
change; chairman Board of Commissioners of
Tower Grove Park. Clubs: Commercial, St.
Louis, St. Louis Country, Bellerive, Noonday.
Recreation: golf. Office: St. Louis Union
Trust Co. Residence: 3300 Russell Ave.
HAARSTICK, William Theodore; 1865-1909;
see Vol. 1906.
HAAS, Robert Theodore, president of Haas-
Lieber Grocery Co.; born, St. Louis, Jan. 21,
1866; son of Eugene and Clementina (Zu-
koski) Haas; educated in public schools of St.
Louis; unmarried. Began business career in
1879 as a boy in the employ of F. Smith &
Son, wholesale grocers, later shipping clerk,
city buyer and traveling salesman until 1896;
then traveling salesman for Knippenberg Gro
cer Co., 1896-98; in 1898, with associates,, or
ganized the Hans-Lieber Grocery Co., of which
is president. Republican. Recreation: horse
back riding. Office: 300-308 N. 2d St. Resi
dence: 3948 Flora Boul.
HAASE, August Carl Ludwig, merchant;
deceased;' see Vol. 1906.
HAASE, Edward Theodore, wholesale salt
fish; bom, St. Louis, Sept. 9, 1863; son of
August C. L. and Christiana (Spinzig) Haase;
educated in public schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, May 3, 1894, Clara Stracke;
children: Margaret S., Walter S., Edward T.,
Jr. Began business career in 1880, as an em
ploye in the packing room of August C. L.
Haase, wholesale salt fish, and learned all
branches of the fish business; in 1886 started
as traveling salesman for the house, covering
the middle West and western territory until
1893; business was incorporated in 1886 as A.
C. L. Haase & Sons Fish Co., of which has
been secretary since 1894. Also vice presi
dent of the American Diagraph Co.; director
Van Dyke Bitters Co. Member Business Men 's
League, Civic League. Independent Repub
lican. Clubs: Union, Missouri Athletic, Lie
derkranz. Office: 415-417 N. 2d St. Residence:
3523 Longfellow Boul.
HAASE, Louis Herman, vice president of
The Independent Breweries Co.; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 14, 1861; son of A. C. L. and
Christiana (Spinzig) Haase; educated in the
public schools; unmarried. Began business ca
reer as salesman at the age of fifteen years
with A. C. L. Haase & Sons Fish Co. (estab
lished 1857 by his father), remaining with
this company until 1901, when he became
president of Empire Brewing Co. In 1907
this brewery and several others were bought

by The Independent Breweries Co. and he
was elected to present position as vice presi
dent; also vice president of A. C. L. Haase &
Sons Fish Co.; director of the Manchester
Bank. Independent in politics. Clubs: Lie
derkranz, King's Lake Hunting and Fishing.
Recreations: hunting, fishing; fond of driving
and motoring. Office: Sarah St. and Wabash
R. R. Residence: 4390 Lindell Boul.
HAASE, William, real estate; born, Mas
coutah, St. Clair Co., 111., Nov. 6, 1875; son of
Christian and Mathilda (Srocka) Haase; edu
cated in public schools, graduating from
Mascoutah High School; married, St. Louis,
Jan. 8, 1900, Minnie Schulte; children: Marie
M., Edna M., William E., Robert C. After
graduation came to St. Louis, 1890, and was
bookkeeper for W. J. Lewis, secretary of
Tower Grove and Southwestern Building As
sociation, until 1894; entered real estate office
of Charles F. Vogel as collector, 1894, and
after six months was given entire management
of his rental department, and after five years
in that capacity was promoted to chief sales
man; established, Mar. 1, 1904, the Haase
Realty Co. (incorporated Mar. 31, 1906), of
which is president; company is engaged in
general real estate and financial agency busi
ness; secretary Walter G. Thielecke Title Co.
Member of a number of civic organizations.
Republican. Member Evangelical Church,
Royal Arcanum. Active member South St.
Louis Turn Verein. Mason, Knight Templar,
Shriner. Office: 921 Chestnut St. Residence:
532 Bates St.
HABERMAN, Phillip W., lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Mar. 26, 1876; son of William and Ro-
setta (Cohn) Haberman; educated in St.
Louis public and high schools; LL.B., Law
Department, Washington University, 1898;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 11, 1902, Blanche C.
Altheimer; two children: Phillip W., Julia.
Admitted to Missouri bar, 1898, and since in
practice in St. Louis; member of law firm of
Stern & Haberman since Nov. 1, 1901. Mem
ber St. Louis Bar Association, Law Library
Association of St. Louis, Blackstone Society,
St. Louis Law School Alumni. Member
Knights of Pythias, B'nai B'rith. Clubs: Co
lumbian, Westwood Country, City. Recrea
tion: golf. Offiee: 1124 Central National Bank
Bldg. Residence : 4706 Westminster PL
HACKER, Martin, diamond setter and man
ufacturing jeweler; born in Austria, Sept. 6,
1858; son of Peter and Marie (Fischer)
Hacker; educated in Kansas City (Mo.) pub
lic and private schools, 1867-71, then at Os
wego (Kan.) High School, and afterwards in
Spauldings' Business College, Kansas City;
married, Philadelphia, 1880, Maize Lee. Be
gan to learn trade in 1874, as diamond setter
and jeweler, and after several years in Phila
delphia, came to St. Louis; was manager of
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Co. for five years until it was sold out to
Merrick, Walsh & Phillips, from whom pur
chased the business and has since conducted
it under own name. Served five years in
Pennsylvania State Militia. Treasurer Tenth
Ward Improvement Association. Republican.
Baptist. Mason (32°), Shriner. Clubs: Mil
lion Population, Western Rowing. Favorite
recreations: hunting and fishing. Office: 2d
floor, 414 N. 7th St. Residence: 3718 Arkansas
Avenue. HACKMAN, Frederick M., grocer; born,
St. Louis, Sept. 25, 1869; son of John F. and
Mary E. (Timmerman) Hackman; educated in
parochial schools and St. Louis University;
married, Dec. 11, 1907, Josephine Adamson, of
Clinton, Mo. In grocery business ever since
he began active career; member Hackman
Bros. Grocery Co. and Hackman Bros. Real
Estate Co. (groceries at 3735 Connecticut St.
and 3901 Russell Ave.) Republican. Catholic.
Recreation: fishing. Office: 3901 Russell Ave.
Residence: 3906 Castleman Ave.
HADDAWAY, Walter Scott, sales manager
St. Louis & Carterville Coal Co.; born in Tal
bot Co., Md., Sept. 28, 1854; son of Thomas
Sherwood and Sarah Catherine (Thompson)
Haddaway; educated in public schools of Tal
bot Co., Md., 1860-70; St. John's College, An
napolis, Md., 1870-72; University of Mary
land, Baltimore, 1872-74; married, Niagara
Falls, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1886, Alice Gordon Bull;
children: Thomas Sherwood, Eunice Chase,
Walter James, Roland, John Kersey. Admitted
to bar, 1875; practiced law and taught school
in Wellington, Sumner Co., Kan., and Talbot
Co., Maryland, until February, 1885. Came to
St. Louis and began coal business for self,
jobbing and retail, until 1890; with Consoli
dated Coal Co,, as chief clerk, 1890-1901; as
sistant sales agent, 1901-03, and sales agent,
1903-04; president Union Fuel Co., May 1,
1904-February, 1906; general manager Black
Band Coal and Coke Co., Charleston, W. Va.,
February, 1906-July, 1907, also general man
ager and treasurer Kanawha & Coal River
Ry.; sales manager St. Louis & Carterville
Coal Co. since July, 1907. Democrat. Episco
palian. Secretary Missouri Society, Sons of
American Revolution; member Maryland So
ciety, Masonic Order, Royal Arcanum. Clubs:
Missouri Athletic, Church. Recreations: hunt
ing and fishing. Office: 1410 Liggett Bldg.
Residence: 322 Clarke Ave., Tuxedo Park.
HADLEY, Leo G., president Hadley-Dean
Glass Co.; born, St. Louis, Dec 17, 1863; son
of George C. and Anna A. (Noonan) Hadley;
educated in St. Louis public schools, Christian
Brothers College; married, St. Louis, Jan. 7,
1894, Alice M. Dean (now deceased); chil
dren: Marie, Leo G., Jr., Willis Dean, Mil
dred, Alice M. Began business career in em
ploy of F. A. Drew Glass Co. as clerk in 1880;
was manager and secretary until 1897, when

withdrew, and, with father'in-law, O. M. Dean,
organized the Hadley-Dean Glass Co., of which ,
is president, the company being dealers in
polished plate, window and skylight glass, mir
rors, looking glass, etc. Secretary National
Plate Glass Jobbers' Association; member
Business Men's League. Catholic. Member
Knights of Columbus, Royal Arcanum. Club:
City. Favorite recreation: automobiling. Of
fice: 11th St. and Lucas Ave. Residence: 3247
Longfellow Boul.
HAEFNER, Lucas, president Haefner Bros.
Mercantile Co.; born, Kimmswick, Jefferson
Co., Mo., Nov. 7, 1873; son of Gerhard and
Elizabeth (Roesch) Haefner; attended Seck-
man and Spitz public schools, Maxville Catho
lic School and Seckman (public) School; mar
ried, St. Louis, Nov. 7, 1899, Pauline C. Bouc-
kaert; four children: Clarence, Lester, Mil
dred and Loretta. Clerk' in general country
store, 1892-94; in employ of J. V. Feldmann &
Co., retail dry goods, St. Louis, 1894-1901;
since in business on own account, first under-
firm name of L. Haefner & Co., a few years,
later under title of L. Haefner Dry Goods Co.,
and since 1907 as Haefner Bros. Mercantile
Co., of which is president and treasurer; also
vice president Lafayette Mercantile Co. Cath
olic. Recreation: music. Office: 7631 Ivory
Ave. Residence: 6712 Vermont Ave.
HAEUSSLER, Harry H., lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Oct. 3, 1879; son of Herman A. and
Emilie (Sachleben) Haeussler; completed
eighth grade work in public schools of St.
Louis, 1894; attended Manual Training School
for three years, graduating June, 1897; LL.B.,
St. Louis Law School, 1900; unmarried. Ad
mitted to Missouri bar, 1900, and has since
practiced at St. Louis; interested in real es
tate and other investments; secretary Haeuss
ler Investment Co., Down Town Realty Co.,
Roth Realty and Investment Co., J. G. Haas
Soap Co.; vice president Adro Realty and In
vestment Co.; director American Credit In
demnity Co. Democrat. Clubs: City, Union,
Century Boat. Office: 303 Merchants-Laclede
Bldg. Residence: 3638 Flora Boul.
HAEUSSLER, Herman Albert, lawyer;
born in Butler Co., Pa., May 21, 1838; son of
Dr. Ferdinand W. and Clara Leontine (Streh-
ly) Haeussler; came to St. Louis in child
hood; attended German and American schools;
went overland with his father in 1850; re
turned to St. Louis, 1855; studied law in of
fice of Hart & Jecko; married, 1866, Anna
Sachleben (died, July, 1874); children: Linna
(Mrs. J. T. Rombauer), Anna H. (Mrs. William
K. Roth), Martha (Mrs. Materne, now de
ceased); married, 2d, August, 1877, first wife 's
sister, Emilie Sachleben (died Jan. 25, 1900)
children: Harry H., Walter L., Elsie (Mrs
Thomas F. Loy), Alice (Mrs. A. H. Beckers)
married, 3d, April, 1903, Fannie L. Beneke.
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associated with firm of Sharp & Broadhead
(Fidelo C. Sharp and Col. J. O. Broadhead),
1861-7Q; partner with Alonzo W. Slayback, as
Slayback & Haeussler, Jan. 1, 1870, until ,1876,
when Colonel Broadhead became partner, firm
being Broadhead, Slayback & Haeussler, until
the tragic death of Colonel Slayback, October,
1882, after that with Colonel Broadhead until
1887, when retired. Served in Enrolled Mis
souri Militia as sergeant Company B, Sixth St.
Louis Regiment, and was detailed to judge
advocate, Department of State, Oct. 3, 1862.
Member St. Louis Bar Association, Tax Pay
ers ' League. Democrat. President Down Town
Realty Co., Union Club Improvement Co.
(president). Club: Union. Office : Laclede Bldg.
Residence: 3117 Russell Ave.
HAEUSSLER, Walter C, vice president
Haeussler Investment Co.; born, St. Louis,
Feb. 27, 1884; son of Herman A. and Emilie
(Sachleben) Haeussler; educated in public
schools of St. Louis and Smith Academy; un
married. Identified with real estate interests
since the beginning of his business career;
vice president Haeussler Investment Co.; sec
retary Clear Creek Stock Co., Union Club Im
provement Co.; director Materne Manufactur
ing Co. Club: Union. Office: 303 Merchants-
Laclede Bldg. Residence: 3638 Flora Boul.
HAFNER, Henry Frank, lumber manufac
turer; born, Davenport, la., Sept. 15, 1870;
son of Joseph and Julia (Bruning) Hafner;
educated in St. Louis public schools, graduat
ing from Manual Training School, June, 1889;
married, St. Louis, June 5, 1894, Kate L. Pol
lard; children: Mariel Esther, Richard Pol
lard, Catherine Julia, Julia Alice, Ruth Adams.
Since July 15, 1889, continuously connected
with the Hafner Manufacturing Co. (presi
dent, October, 1901), manufacturers of lum
ber, sash, doors and blinds (established 1870);
also president Hafner Realty Co. Republican.
Congregationalist. Mason, Knight Templar,
Shriner. Club: Mercantile. Recreations: walk
ing and billiards. Office: Dock and Main Sts.
Residence: 24 Windermere PL
HAFNER, Joseph Aloysius, vice president
Hafner Manufacturing Co.; bora, Webster
Groves, Mo., Nov. 20, 1875; son of Joseph and
Julia A. (Bruning) Hafner; educated in St.
Louis public schools to 1889; graduated from
Midland College, Atchison, Kan., 1894; took
course in Hill's Commercial College, 1896;
married, Atchison, Kan., Feb. 24, 1897, Mamie
J. Leu; two children: Joseph A., Jr., Alicia
Leu. Engaged as manufacturer and whole
saler of hardwood lumber, sash, doors and
blinds and general mill work, and has been
vice president of the Hafner Manufacturing
Co. since 1901. Republican. Presbyterian.
Mason. Clubs: Mercantile, Gilead Hunting
.and Fishing. Recreations: hunting, fishing
and motoring. Office: Dock and Main Sts.
Residence: 4534 McPherson Ave.

HAGAMAN, George Joseph, vice president
and manager of Faust Fulton Market Co.;
born in Ogle Co., 111., Sept. 19, 1848; son of
Joseph B. and Catherine (Lepper) Hagaman;
educated in public schools of Ogle and Win
nebago counties, 111., and attended University
of Michigan; graduated from Arnold Business
College, Rockford, 111.; married, 1875, Louisa
Coller (died 1895); 2d, Belleville, 111., Dec. 7,
1904, Mattie B. Dexheimer. After leaving
school was engaged for seven years in photo
graphic business at Rockford and Galesburg,
111., then traveled in United States for pleas
ure; came to St. Louis, 1871, and embarked
in bakery, confectionery and notion business
until 1879, when entered employ of Tony
Faust as clerk and rose to be manager; with
drew in 1897, and was out of active business
until 1902, when upon the incorporation of
Faust Fulton Market Co. became vice presi
dent and manager. Methodist. Offiee: 704-706
N. 4th St. Residence: 3534 Humphrey St.
*HAGAR, John Addams; moved to St.
Louis Co.; see Vol. 1906.
HAGAR, William Gardner, president W. G.
Hagar Iron Co.; born, Plattsburgh, N. Y., Apr.
6, 1851; son of Jonathan Townsend and Cor
nelia (Nichols) Hagar; educated in public
schools and Port Edward Collegiate Institute;
married, Nashville, Tenn., June 28, 1888, Mar
garet T. Mitchell; children: T., Mitchell, Mary
W., Margaret, William G., Jr. Began business
career with Sligo Iron Store Co., 1878-79; then
with Ripley & Kimball and successors, Ripley
& Bronson, as department manager, and later
as traveling salesman, covering southern and
middle west territory; resigned, 1891, and or
ganized the Western Iron and Supply Co.,
dealers in iron products, boiler supplies and
heavy sheet metals; on Apr. 1, 1908, the firm
name was changed to W. G. Hagar Iron Co.,
of which is president. (Since July, 1908, lo
cated at present quarters which covers a floor
space of 86,667 square feet.) Member Mer
chants' Exchange, Business Men's League.
Presbyterian. Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo,
Algonquin Country (St. Louis), Duquesne
(Pittsburgh, Fa.). Recreation: driving. Office;
2208-2222 N. 2d St. Residence: Kingsbury
Apts., 501 Clara Ave.
HAGEE, W. P., president Katharmon Chem
ical Co.; born, Hillsboro, HI., Apr. 24, 1851;
son of D. P. and J. N. (Floyd) Hagee; edu
cated in public schools of Carlyle, 111.; mar
ried, Flint Hill, Mo., 1886, Miss Bell Lewis
(now deceased); children: Mildred N., George
Myers. Has been engaged in the drug busi
ness since 1871, first at Alton, 111., until 1880;
then with George K. Hopkins & Co., whole
sale druggists, until organized and incorpo
rated, 1889, the Katharmon Chemical Co., of
which is president. Mason (32°), Knight Tem
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Office: 101 N. Main St. Residence: 5873 Plym
outh Ave.
HAGEMANN, Julius P.; see Vol. 1906.
HAGERMAN, James, lawyer; born, Jack
son Township, Clark Co., Mo., Nov. 26, 1848;
son of Benjamin Franklin and Ann S. (Cow-
gill) Hagerman; educated private schools,
Alexandria, Mo., Christian Brothers College,
St. Louis, and Jamieson's Latin College, Keo
kuk, la.; married, Palmyra, Mo., Oct. 26,
1871, Maggie M. Walker; children: Lee Walk
er, James, Jr. Admitted to bar, 1866, and
has since practiced in state and federal courts
at Keokuk, la., Palmyra, Mo., Topeka, Kan.,
and Kansas City and St. Louis. General at
torney, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R.
Co., 1884-86; general counsel of receivers of
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. Co., 1888-91;
general solicitor, 1891-1904, and since. 1904
general counsel Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry.
Co. Member St. Louis Bar Association (presi
dent, 1891-92), American Bar Association
(president, 1903-04), Missouri State Bar Asso
ciation, Kansas Bar Association (honorary life
member). Member Merchants' Exchange,
Civic League, Virginia Society of St. Louis.
Government delegate and member of com
mittee on plan and scope, Universal Congress
of Lawyers and Jurists, St. Louis, 1904. Dem
ocrat; presided over Democratic State conven
tions of Missouri that nominated D. R. Fran
cis .for Governor, 1888, and H. R. Trimble for
Governor, 1879. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile,
Noonday, University, Bellerive Country. Of
fiee: 606 Wainwright Bldg. Residence: 3654
West Pine Boul.
HAGERMAN, James, Jr., real estate; born,
Keokuk, la., July 31, 1874; son of James and
Maggie M. (Walker) Hagerman; educated in
public schools of Keokuk, la., Topeka, Kan.,
and Kansas City (Mo.) University School;
graduated from Benton College of Law, St.
Louis, LL.B., 1902; married, Kansas City,
Dec. 5, 1898, Myrtle Buckley; children: Anna-
lee, Margaret, James, 3d. Employed in law de
partment of Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry.
Co., 1893, and afterward attorney same com
pany; collector of revenue, City of. St. Louis,
1905-09; since vice president and treasurer
Hagerman-Fitzsimmons Realty Co. Democrat.
Methodist. Member American Bar Associa
tion, Missouri Historical Society, American
Historical Association. Secretary Territorial
Land Co. Member Real Estate Exchange.
Clubs: St. Louis, Automobile (president, 1912).
Favorite recreation: automobiling. Office: 800
Chestnut St. Residence: 3654 W. Pine Boul.
Summer Residence: Hampton Park, St. Louis
County. HAGERMAN, Lee Walker, lawyer; born,
Keokuk, la., Dec. 6, 1872; son of James and
Maggie M. (Walker) Hagerman; educated
first by governess and at public schools, Kan

sas City High School, 1888-89; by, tutor, 18S9-
91; Brown and Nicholls fitting school, Cam
bridge, Mass., 1891-92; Harvard College, A.B.,
1896; Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1899; mar
ried, Jan. 14, 1911, Ninette Clark. Has prac
ticed law in St. Louis since January, 1900; now
general attorney for Missouri fdr M., K: & T.
Ry. Co. Democrat; held seat in House of
Delegates two years, 1903-05. Member St.
Louis Bar Association, Missouri State Bar As
sociation, American Bar Association, Harvard
Law School Association, Civic League. Clubs:
University, Harvard, also Harvard Union
(Cambridge, Mass.), Harvard Club (New
York). Office: 607 Wainwright Bldg. Resi
dence: 4401 McPherson Ave.
HAGGENJOS, Frank, president Eureka
Brass Co.; born, St. Louis, Apr. 6, 1873;
son of William and Mary (Sigmund) Hag-
genjos; educated St. Lawrence O'Toole's
(parochial) School, 14th and O 'Fallon Sts.;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 23, 1904, Sarah Eliz
abeth Martin; two children: Jean Mary and
Ruth Frances. Began active career as a boy
in employ of the Garratt Brass Foundry, of
which became president; then general man
ager of the Hewitt Manufacturing Co., which
absorbed the Garratt company, continuing
1902-05, resigned; in 1905 organized the Eu
reka Brass .Co., manufacturers of locomotive
brasses and car journal bearings, and has
since been president and treasurer of this
company. Independent in politics. Catholic.
Member Railroad Y. M. C. A.., Hoo Hoo, Busi
ness Men's League. Recreations: motoring
and baseball. Offiee: 2210-2218 Scott Ave.
Residence: 3907 Sullivan Ave.
HAHN, Peter, vice president Grafman
Dairy Co.; born, Bavaria, Germany, Dec. 13,
1848; son of Jacob and Katharine (Fadel)
Hahn; educated in public schools to fourteen;
married, St. Louis, February, 1876, Margaret
Miller. Came to America, 1866; worked in
machine shop in Pennsylvania, eighteen
months, and then located in St. Louis; in em
ploy of Cole & Co., manufacturers of water
pumps, 1868-70; connected with Lemp Brew
ery, 1870-72, and with Wainwright Brewery
for several years; has been identified with the
Grafman Dairy Co. since 1894. Republican.
Protestant. Mason. Recreations: fishing and
bowling. Office: 2101 Morgan St. Residence:
1260 Bayard Ave.
HAID, Edward Arthur, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Nov. 4, 1881; son of Frederick W. and
Sophia C. (Kraemer) Haid; educated in Blair
(public) School, and at Benton College of
Law, 1901-04, graduating, LL.B., 1904; mar
ried, St. Louis, Nov. 24, 1904, Princess A.
Bailey; children: Edward O, Eula V., Lloyd
Orr. Entered law office of L. Frank Ottofy,
Sept. 23, 1897, at age of sixteen, and in
March, 1899, became connected with law, of
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appointed private secretary to Hon. Amos M.
Thayer, judge of the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals; studied law; admitted to
bar, Aug. 1, 1904', and now attorney for St.
Louis & San Francisco R. R. Co. Republican.
Southern Methodist. Favorite recreation: out
door athletic sports. Office: 825 Frisco Bldg.
Residence: 5967 Cates Ave.
HAILE, Columbus, vice president Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Ry.; born, Dallas Co., Ala.,
Sept. 8, 1860; son Columbus and Louisa (Mc-
Caa) Haile; educated Staunton (Va.) Male
Academy, Hampden-Sidney College, and Uni
versity of Virginia; married, Palestine, Tex.,
Dec. 25, 1883, Tempe Perry; children: Co
lumbus, Elise Perry. Began railway service
with Houston & Texas Central Ry., as clerk,
in 1880; with International & Great Northern
R. R., 1881-85; with Texas Traffic Association,
1885-89; assistant general freight agent and
general freight agent Missouri, Kansas &
Texas Ry., 1889-95; member Board of Admin
istration, Southwestern Traffic Association,
until 1896; freight traffic manager until Nov.
8, 1898; traffic manager until Jan. 1, 1907,
since vice- president and traffic manager Mis
souri, Kansas & Texas Ry. Co. Democrat.
Episcopalian. Club: Mercantile. Office: Wain
wright Bldg. Residence: Buckingham Hotel.
HAIN, Henry C, diamond broker; born,
Boonville, Mo., Dec. 26, 1856; son of George
and Sophia (Aul) Hain; educated in public
schools and business college; married, Boon
ville, Apr. 16, 1883, Katie E. Fox; one daugh
ter: Mary Eva. In confectionery business at
Nevada, Mo., for four years; deputy post
master, Boonville, 1882-86; came to St. Louis,
1886, and was connected with retail jewelry
business four years; spent the next three years
at Boonville; returned to St. Louis, 1893, and
entered Eisenstadt Manufacturing Co.; also
in diamond brokerage business on own ac
count since 1907. Republican. Member Citi
zens' Industrial League, Woodmen of the
World. Recreations: outdoor sports. Office:
1220, 722 Chestnut St. Residence: 4146 Flora
Boulevard. HALEY, Thomas Preston, Jr., president
Peacock Chemical Co.; bora, Lexington, Mo.,
Feb. 25, 1861; son of Rev. Thomas Preston and
Mary (McGarvey) Haley; educated in public
schools and St. Louis High School; married,
St. Louis, Apr. 25, 1900, Isabelle De Mun Che
nie; one daughter: Isabelle Chenie. Began ac
tive career in a retail drug store, continuing,
1880-82; in wholesale grocery business, 1882-
84; merchandise broker, Kansas City, 1884-86;
secretary, 1886, president since 1892, Peacock
Chemical Co., manufacturers of proprietary
medicines. Also secretary and treasurer Sul
tan Drug Co. Democrat. Member Christian
(Disciples) Church. Member Business Men's
League. Clubs: St. Louis, Racquet, Normandie

Golf. Recreations: athletic sports. Office: 112-
114 N. 2d St. Residence: 9 Lenox PL
HALL, Almon Danforth, chairman Southern
Freight Association; born, Minonk, 111., Sept.
21, 1860; son of Benjamin and Abigail (Thomp
son) -Hall; educated in St. Louis public
schools, Mound City Business College. Began
railroad career in 1878; became clerk South
ern Freight Association, at St. Louis, 1895,
chief clerk, 1903, and has been chairman since
1907; also acts as agent of numerous rail
roads in the publication of freight tariffs.
Member American Association of Freight
Traffic Officers. Republican. Baptist. Member
of old Police Reserves (private, sergeant and
lieutenant), National Union, Maccabees, and
Moose. Recreations: fishing and literature.
Office: Wright Bldg. Residence: 3419 Lucas
Avenue. *HALL, Charles, railway official; moved to
San Francisco; see Vol. 1906.
HALL, Claud Dudley, lawyer; born, Areola,
111., Dec. 6, 1873; son of John I. and Carrie1
(Bond) Hall; educated public schools, Areola;
Ph.B., DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind.,
1896; LL.B., St. Louis Law School, 1898; mar
ried, St. Louis, Apr. 20, 1910, Laura C. Gays.
In practice in St. Louis since 1898; has been
attorney in a number of important causes in
state and federal courts; counsel for com
plainants and creditors in receivership pro
ceedings against E. G. Lewis and Lewis cor
porations involving capital of $6,000,000, re
ceiver being appointed by U. S. Court July 20,
, 1911. Democrat. Member American Bar Asso
ciation, Missouri State Bar Association, St.
Louis Bar Association, Law Library Associa
tion. Member Civic League. Mason; member
Pride of the West Lodge No. 179, A. F. & A.
M.; Kilwinning Chapter, No. 50, R. A. M.;
also Knights of Honor, and other fraternal
organizations. Clubs: Mercantile, City. Rec
reations: motoring, tennis. Office: 915 Cen
tral National Bank Bldg. Residence: 5920
Plymouth Ave.
HALL, Edward Femington, safes; deceased;
see Vol. 1906.
HALL, Fred Silvey, lawyer;' born, Areola,
Douglas Co., 111., Mar. 23, 1875; son of John
I. and Carrie (Bond) Hall; educated in Areola
High School, four years; DePauw University,
Greencastle, Ind.; Ph.B., University of Illi
nois, 1898; LL.B., Law Department, Washing
ton University, 1901; married, Chicago, June
5, 1911, Minnie L. Kauzler. Engaged in gen
eral practice of law in St. Louis since June,
1901; now member of law firm of Hall &
Dame. Democrat. Member Union Avenue
Christian Church. Mason, Knight Templar.
Clubs: University of Hlinois of St. Louis (sec
retary), Young Men's Democratic, Masonic.
Office: 915 Central National Bank Bldg. Resi
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HALL, Frederic Aldin, professor of Greek,
Washington University; born, Brunswick, Me.,
Nov. 20, 1854; son of James and Rebecca
(Dixon) Hall; educated ,dn public schools of
Brunswick, and Vineland, N. J., Olivet (Mich.)
Academy; A.B., Drury College, Springfield,
Mo., 1878, AM., 1881, Litt.D., 1901; Univer
sity of Gottingen, Germany, 1891-92; married,
1881, Mary Alice Linscott, of Portland, Me.;
children: William L., Elinor Alice, Elizabeth.
Began teaching in district school, Waltham,
111.; principal Drury Aeadamy, 1878-91; stud
ied and traveled in Europe, 1891-92; Goodell
professor of Greek, Drury College, 1892-1901;
dean of Drury College, 1898-1901; director of
Summer School, Springfield, Mo., 1899-1901;
since 1901, Collier professor of Greek, Wash
ington University; acting dean of College,
1907-08, dean since 1912, Washington Univer
sity; member American School for Classical
Study, Athens, Greece, 1906-07. Member
American Philological Association, American
Institute of Areheeology (vice president of the
St. Louis Society), Classical Association of
Middle West and South, Washington Univer
sity Association, St. Louis Classical Club;
member Board of Trustees of Drury College.
Congregationalist. Author: Homeric Stories
for Young Readers; Iphigenia in Literature;
also numerous articles pertaining to Greek
literature. Lecturer for American Institute
of Archaeology. Office: Washington Univer
sity. Residence: 5203 Maple Avenue.
HALL, George Hamilton, grain commission;
born, Philadelphia, June 3, 1845; son of Na
thaniel Hamilton and Martha (Kenderdine)
Hall; educated in public school and high
schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Jan.
29, 1873, Naomi Tesson; children: George H.,
Jr., Louis Tesson, Elizabeth M. (Sister Mary
Vincentia), Edward Polkowski. Began busi
ness career in 1863 as a clerk in wholesale dry
goods house of Homer, Rex & Tracy, and con
tinued in mercantile business until 1880; then
engaged in the grain commission business with
Nanson, Bartholomew & Co., which changed
in 1881 to Billingsly & Nanson; on incorpora
tion of the business in 1884, as Nanson Com
mission Co., became its ' treasurer, and later
assumed present position as vice president and
general manager of the company. Member
Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis. Roman
Catholic. Office: 202 Chamber of Commerce.
Residence: 5531 Clemens Ave.
HALL, George Washington; see Vol. 1906.
HALL, George William, life insurance;
born, Linden, Va., Jan. 24, 1851; son of Wil
liam H. and Aisley (Taylor) Hall; educated
in common schools of Virginia; married, Lu-
ray, Va., 1877, Mary Ellis Young; twp chil
dren: Elizabeth and George O. Engaged with
the Singer Manufacturing Co. for eighteen
years in managerial positions in Virginia,
New York, Tennessee and southern Illinois;

general agent New York Life Insurance Co. in
St. Louis, 1897-1911; now general agent life
and accident departments Travelers' Insur
ance Co.; proprietor Hall Automobile Co^
managed by son in St. Louis. Democrat. Mem
ber board of managers Central College for
Women, Lexington, Ky. Member M. E.
Church, South; superintendent Sunday School
of Lafayette Park Southern Methodist Church
for fifteen years. Mason. Offiee: 420 Olive St.
Residence: 2848 Accomac St.
HALL, Harry R., physician; born, Chitte-
nango, N. Y., 1871; son of J. W. and Mary
(Bell) Hall; educated at St. Louis grammar
and high schools; A.B., Washington Univer
sity, 1892; M.D., Missouri Medical College,
1895; married, St. Louis, 1898, Susan M.
Thompson; two children. Member American
Medical Association, Missouri State Medical
Association, St. Louis Medical Society. Club:
Mercantile. Office and Residence: 5894 Cates
Avenue. HALL, Herbert, manager title department
Trust Co. of St. Louis County; born, St. Louis,
Dec. 5, 1880; son of Cyrus and Ellen Eliza
beth (Worthington) Hall; graduated Stoddard
(public) School, 1895, high school, 1899; six
months' course' Barnes Business College; mar
ried, St. Louis, March, 1901, Fannie M. Sher
wood; two sons (twins): George Earl and
Frank Herbert. Began as clerk for Grolock
Carriage Co., continuing four months; clerk
and stenographer Lewis & Hall, title examin
ers, 1901-03, the firm then being absorbed by
Trust Co. of St. Louis County, which was or
ganized in 1903; immediately- entered employ
ment of latter company, was promoted to as
sistant manager title department, 1907; man
ager same department since 1909. Republican.
Episcopalian. Member Valley Council, No. 438,
Royal Arcanum. Club: Midland Valley Coun
try. Recreations: reading, tennis, fishing and
hunting. Office: 612 Chestnut St. Residence:
1391 Clara Ave.
*HALL, Howard Warren, electrical man
ager; moved to Richmond, Va.; see Vol. 1906.
HALL, Lester Melville, lawyer; born, La
Salle Co., 111., Dec. 9, 1852; son of Zenas and
Amanda Louisa (Alvord) Hall; educated in
public schools and two years in Illinois Nor
mal University, Normal, 111.; LL.B., Wesleyan
University Law School, Bloomington, 111.,
1876; married, St. Louis, Nov. 16, 1882, Eliza
beth Beardslee; children: Melville B., Helen.
Began active career on father's farm; then
clerked in country store; worked four years as
clerk in dry goods at Bloomington, 111., and
studied law while so engaged; admitted to bar
by Supreme Court of Illinois, June, 1876, St.
Louis Court of Appeals, . October, 1876; since
then in continuous practice of law at St.
Louis. Acts as confidential investor of funds
for large number of eastern and St. Louis
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Realty Co.; president and counsel New Sligo
Colony Co.; director and counsel Kahama
Chemical Co.; vice president and secretary
Carbon Heights Fruit and Coal Co. Repub
lican; secretary of the Republican State
League, 1888-92; secretary of the Republican
State Committee, 1892-94. Has served as sec
ond lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain and
judge advocate First Regiment, and captain
Company B, First Regiment, Missouri National
Guard; captain of posse during street car riot,
1900. Member Missouri Historical Society, Na
tional Geographic Society, Civil Improvement
League, St. Louis Law Library Association,
Civie League. Baptist; vice president St.
Louis Baptist Hospital. Club: Mercantile.
Recreation: outdoor life. Office: 705 Olive St.
Residence: 853 Goodfellow Ave.
HALL, Marshall, president W. L. Green
Commission Co.; born in Mason Co., Ky., Jan.
13, 1875; son of Carey" J. and Eudora E. (Syd-
aor) Hall; educated in private school; mar
ried, St. Louis, Apr. 27, 1897, Inez Bethune;
children: Sydnor, Henry B., Marshall, Jr. Be
gan business career in employ of the freight
department of the Chesapeake & Ohio R. R.
at Cincinnati, 1891-92; then with the Texas
& Pacific R. R., with headquarters at New Or
leans, 1892-94; removed to St. Louis, 1894, and'
became connected with W. L. Green Commis
sion Co., grain and hay commission merchants
and grain exporters; later acquired an interest
in the business and since 1903 has been presi
dent of the company. President Burlington
Grain Elevator Co. Member Merchants' Ex
change (second vice president). Baptist. Clubs:
St. Louis Grain, St. Louis Traffic. Recreation:
reading. Office: 203 Merchants' Exchange.
Residence: 5052 Kensington Ave.
*HALL, Thrasher; moved to Chicago; see
Vol. 1906.
HALL, Willard Cotton, insurance; born
Darksville, Randolph Co., Mo., Nov. 24, 1854
son of William A. and Oetavia (Sebree) Hall
educated at Mt. Pleasant (Mo.) College, six
years; married, Huntsville, Mo., 1884, Lotta
A. Bedford; one son: Willard W. Lived on
farm in Randolph Co., Mo., until twenty-seven
years of age; then in cattle business in South
ern Colorado for seven years; returned to
Huntsville, Mo., and was mayor of that city,
1888-89; member Missouri House of Represent
atives from Randolph Co., 1890-91 ; labor com
missioner of Missouri by appointment of Gov
ernor Francis, 1891-93; since Apr. 1, 1893, en
gaged in general insurance business in St.
Louis. Mason. Club: Mercantile. Recreation:
reading. Office: Fierce Bldg. Residence: Hotel
Berlin. HALL, W(illiam) Antoine, physician and
surgeon; born in Clinton Co., Mo., Oct. 3, 1869;
son of Jeremiah S. and Julia J. (Aker) Hall;
educated in public schools; graduated from

Plattsburg College, A.B., 1889, Marion-Sims
Medical College, St. Louis, M.D., 1893; mar
ried, Belleville, Kan., Dec. 9, 1903, Grace E.
Caldwell; three children: Preston Caldwell,
William C, Elizabeth L. Interne Baptist Hos
pital, St. Louis, 1893-95; in general practice as
physician and surgeon in St. Louis since July
1, 1895. Professor of physiology, St. Louis
College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1896-1910;
surgeon Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., Amer
ican Car Works, Carondolet Foundry, and
other factories; medical examiner K. O. T. M.
and L. O. T. M. Member American Medical
Association, Missouri State Medical Associa
tion, St. Louis Medical Society. Democrat. Prot
estant. Royal Arch Mason; member I. O. O. F.,
K. of P., K. O. T. M., and Eastern Star. Club:
St. Francois Literary Hunting- and Fishing.
Recreation: fishing. Office and Residence:
1595 Tower Grove Ave.
HALL, Willis, physician; born, Piqua, O.,
Jan. 27, 1857; son of William and Ann M.
(Ward) Hall; educated at Piqua High School;
M.D., St. Louis Medical College, Mar. 4, 1881;
married, Chicago, 1891, Miss Emma Gesel-
bracht; children: Clifford, Anita. Engaged in
practice in St. Louis since March, 1881; in
terne at St. Louis City Hospital, 1881, St.
Louis Female Hospital, 1882-83; clinical as
sistant (gynecological clinic) O 'Fallon Dis
pensary, Medical Department, Washington
University, 1885-1912; member staff, Gyne
cological Department, St. Luke's Hospital.
Member St. Louis Medical Society, St. Louis
Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, Med
ical Society of City Hospital Alumni. Meth
odist. Clubs: Apollo, Bellerive Country. Rec
reations: golf, fishing and hunting. Office: 512
Humboldt Bldg. Residence: 5219 Delmar Boul.
HALLER, Julius, real estate; born, St.
Louis, Aug. 19, 1868; son of Frederick and
Maria C. (Daab) Haller; educated in common
schools and three years at Toansf eld's Insti
tute, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Sept. 12,
1893, Emma Braeht; two daughters: Gladys
and Imogene. Secretary William F. Crowe &
Co., St. Louis, for fifteen years; then for five
years secretary and treasurer of the Hy
Himenz Realty Co.; secretary and treasurer
Lenz-Haller Realty Co. since 1901; also secre
tary and treasurer Helen Building and Realty
Co. Member Real Estate Exchange. Repub
lican. Methodist. Mason (32°) ; Master Polar
Star Lodge No. 79, A. F. & A. M.; member St.
Louis Chapter No. 8, R. A. Clubs: Masonic,
Past Masters'. Recreations: reading, walk
ing. Office: 807 Chestnut St. Residence: 3157
Portis Ave.
HALSEY, Oscar Lawrence, dealer in auto
mobiles; born, New York, Sept. 2, 1874; son
of Oscar Augustus and Alice (Morley) Hal-
sey; educated in public and high schools of
New York; married, Brookline, Mass., Oct. 17,
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reer with R. Hoe & Co., New York, continu
ing for one and a half years; then became
connected with the Coats Thread Co. and was
identified with this corporation for six years;
located in St. Louis, 1900', and has since been
engaged in the automobile business; head of
the Halsey Automobile Co. Republican. Bap
tist. Clubs: Mercantile, Automobile of St.
Louis, Aero, Glen Echo. Recreation: golf.
Office: 3908-3918 Olive St. Residence: St.
Regis Apts.
HAMILTON, Alexander, president Gartside
Coal Co.; born, Hancock Co., 111., Nov. 5,
1843; son of Charles and Mary (McLean)
Hamilton; educated in public schools of St.
Louis, 1852-61; married, St. Louis, Oct. 15,
1874, Mary Wiegand (who died Oct. 8, 1896) ;
four children: Minnie D. (Mrs. William H.
Rover, of Clayton, Mo.), Henry A., Charles R.
and May. Began active career as clerk in of
fice of Joseph Gartside, 1864, continuing in
this position for ten years; then was elected
secretary of Gartside Coal Co., miners of Big
Muddy Coal, an office he filled, 1874-1905;
president of the company since 1905; also
president Odd Fellows Hall Co. Republican.
Presbyterian. Member St. Louis Lodge No. 5,
I. O. O. F.; Mound City Encampment No. 19,
I. O. O. F. ; Grand Treasurer Grand Encamp
ment of Missouri, I. O. O. F. Member Mer
chants' Exchange. Recreation: reading. Of
fice: 515 Victoria Bldg. Residence: 2329 St.
Louis Ave.
HAMILTON, Charles, manager office build
ings; born, St. Louis, Nov. 13, 1866; son of
William and Susie (Sexton) Hamilton; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools, leaving high
school at age of 18; married, Washington, Mo.,
Sept. 8, 1898, A. Mattie Kiskadden; children:
Jean Louise, Anne Kiskadden (deceased), C.
Malcolm, Caldwell K., Hugh A. Was with Ber-
thold & Jennings, lumber, 1885-87, Thomas
Morrison Tent and Awning Co., 1887-89, Woer-
hide & Garrell, title investigators, 1889-94;
Lincoln Trust Co., 1894-97, secretary same,
1897-1904; vice president Missouri-Lincoln
Trust Co., 1904-05; treasurer of the Lincoln
Title and Trust Co., 1905-08; since manager
Bank of Commerce buildings. Republican;
mayor of Kirkwood, Mo., 1910-12. Presby
terian. Office: 420 Olive St. Residence, Kirk
wood, Mo.
HAMILTON, Charles Dingee Pennock, shoe
manufacturer; born, Cochranville, Chester Co.,
Pa., Dec 10, 1851; son of Ezekiel and Lydia
A. (Pennock) Hamilton; educated in public
schools and in private and normal schools of
the Society of Friends, at West Chester, Pa.;
also pursued a business course in Bryant &
Stratton Business College, Philadelphia; mar
ried, Easton, Pa., Jan. 5, 1888, Florence Night
ingale; four children: Nightingale, Charles D.,
Jr., Florence and Nina N. Spent two years
in Kansas teaching school; returned to Penn

sylvania, 1872, and entered retail shoe busi
ness at Easton, later engaging in manufacture
of shoes; came .to St. Louis, 1898, as buyer
and superintendent for the manufacturing de
partment of Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe
Co.; became a director of the company and its
fourth vice president in 1902, remaining so
until December, 1911, when name of company
was changed to the International Shoe Co., of
which is a director and a vice president. Re
publican. Member Friends (Quaker) Church.
Club: Glen Echo Country. Has been a life
long student and reader and has gained recog
nition as a Shakespearean scholar. Author:
Modern Scientific Whist, 1904, a standard
work now in its eighth edition, having been
published in America, England and France;
also composer of chess problems, many of
which have appeared in chess magazines in
leading countries of the world. Recreations:
whist and chess. Offiee: 15th St. and Wash
ington Ave. Residence: 5517 Cates Ave.
HAMILTON, Charles R., lawyer; bora, St.
Louis, Oct. 27, 1880; son of Alexander and
Mary (Wiegand) Hamilton; educated in pub
lic grade schools, high school, LL.B., Wash-.
ington University, 1904; married, St. Louis,
June 24, 1901, Jessie P. Flanders; one son:
Robert A. In practice at St. Louis since 1904;
member firm of H. A. & C. R. Hamilton. Re
publican. Member Odd Fellows, Royal Ar
canum. Office: 1201-1203 New Bank of Com
merce Bldg. Residence: 1351 Aubert Ave.
HAMILTON, Frank Hastings, secretary and
treasurer St. Louis & San Francisco R. R. Co.;
born, New York City, Sept. 5, 1865; gradu
ated from University of France, Paris, 1883,
with degree of B.S.; married, New York City,
1896, May, daughter of Frederick D. Tappen;
one son: Frank H. Hamilton, Jr. Entered
railway service, 1885, since which he has been
consecutively to Dec. 31, 1887, secretary to
general agent express department Baltimore &
Ohio Ry. at New York City; January, 1888,
to November, 1890, clerk to secretary and
treasurer St. Louis & San Francisco Ry. at
New York; November, 1890, to March, 1893,
chief clerk to vice president same road at
Boston; March, 1893, to December, 1893, act
ing comptroller Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Ry., at Boston; January to September, 1894,
deputy comptroller at New York, and Septem
ber, 1894, to December, 1895, cashier for re
ceivers, same road, same place; December,
1895, to July, 1896, treasurer for receivers,
St. Louis & San Francisco Ry., at New York;
July, 1896, to date, secretary and treasurer
reorganized company, the St. Louis & San
Francisco R. R. Co., at St. Louis. Club: Nor
mandie Golf. Recreation: golf. Office: Frisco
Bldg. Residence: 228 N. Newstead Ave.
HAMILTON, Henry Alexander, lawyer;
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ander and Mary (Wiegand) Hamilton; edu
cated St. Louis public schools and Central
High School, graduating from latter, January,
1895; matriculated in St. Louis Law School,
and was graduated with degree of LL.B., June,
1898 (awarded prize for best thesis) ; unmar
ried. Admitted to Missouri bar, June 1, 1898;
practiced alone until Sept. 1, 1907, and then
formed partnership with brother under title
of H. A. & C. R. Hamilton, which still exists;
has practiced extensively in Circuit and Ap
pellate courts. Member House of Delegates
one term, 1909-11, as representative of Seven
teenth (now Eighteenth) Ward. Republican.
Episcopalian. Member American Bar Associa
tion, Missouri Bar Association, St. Louis Bar
Association, Civie League. Member St. Louis
Lodge No. 5, I. O. O. F., and served as Grand
High Priest of Grand Encampment of Mis
souri, 1909-10; member Occidental Lodge No.
163, A. F. & A. M.; St. Louis Lodge No. 9,
B. P. O. Elks. Club: Mercantile. Office: 1202
National Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence:
2329 St. Loujs Ave.
HAMILTON, James Harry, sales manager;
born, Allegheny City, Pa., Aug. 27, 1867; son
of James and Lizzie (Lovette) Hamilton; edu
cated in public schools of Bellevue, Pa., and
in the Polytechnic Institute of western Penn
sylvania, at Pittsburgh; married, Wheeling,
W. Va., 1890, Anna J. Davis. Began business
career as secretary and general manager of
the Hartman Manufacturing Co. at Ellwood
City, Pa.; then sales agent of the Dillon-Gris-
wold Wire Co., at Sterling, 111., and sales
agent for the Pittsburgh Steel Co., of Pitts
burgh, Pa., until 1907; since sales manager
Zittlosen Manufacturing Co., cotton fabrics.
Mason (32°), Shriner. Member Pennsylvania
Society of St. Louis. Club: Missouri Athletic.
Favorite recreations: hunting and fishing. Of
fice: 1328 Dolman St. Residence: 2329 Park
Avenue. HAMILTON, John Jonas, secretary of Sam
uel Cupples Envelope Co.; born, Salem, 111.,
Mar. 12, 1859; son of Presley Porter and Lucy
Minerva (Jones) Hamilton; educated in pub-
lie school in Illinois; married, Kirkwood, Mo.,
June 14, 1900, Lucy Graham King; one son:
Presley Porter Hamilton. After leaving school
engaged in various business capacities, and
for some time conducted a grocery store for
W. E. Brookings at DuQuoin, 111.; came to St.
Louis, October, 1885, and has since been con
nected with the Samuel Cupples Paper Bag
Co. and the Samuel Cupples Envelope Co., of
which latter corporation he is now secretary.
Republican. Methodist. Member Royal Ar
canum, Western Commercial Travelers' Asso
ciation. Office: 618-638 S. 6th St. Residence:
Kirkwood, Mo.
HAMILTON, William John, real estate; see
Vol. 1906.

HAMLIN, William Ebelin, printer; 1862-
1911; see Vol. 1906.
HAMMAR, Frank Victor, white lead manu
facturer; bora, Covington, Ky., Apr. 28, 1866;
son of Frank and Victoria E. (Snider) Ham-
mar; educated in public schools of Cincinnati;
married, St. Louis, May 16, 1895, Virginia
May Conn. Engaged in manufacture of
paints, with Hammar Paint Co., 1881-1908;
since president Hammar Bros. White Lead Co.
Director Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hos
pital. Member St. Louis Paint, Oil and Drug
Club, Business Men's League, Civic League.
Clubs: St. Louis, Racquet, City, St. Louis
Country. Office: East St. Louis, 111. Resi
dence: 7 Hortense PL
*HAMMAR, Park Godwin, paint manufac
turer; moved to New York City; see Vol. 1906.
HAMMRL, Michael, president M. Hammel
Real Estate Co.; bora, Kirehheim-on-Eck,
Rhein Province, Germany, Aug. 29, 1847; son
of David and Elizabeth (Grether) Hammel;
educated in public schools and commercial col
lege, Germany; married at St. Louis, Sept. 23,
1875, Miss Regina Karleskind (died May 27,
1910); four children: Fred A., Waldemar, Ed
gar R., Frank M. Began active career at
thirteen in wholesale and retail grocery store,
continuing four years; came to America, 1865;
was connected with general country store at
Pocahontas, 111., one year; clerk in Tift Mill,
at Old Mines, Mo., 1866; later entered em
ploy of real estate firm of Hill & Stephani,
6714 S. Broadway. Mr. Stephani died 1872,
and title was changed to Hill & Hammel; Mr.
Hill died, 1886, and the title became Hammel
& Karleskind. After retirement of Mr. Karles
kind, 1911, the business was incorporated as
the M. Hammel Real Estate Co., with M.
Hammel, president, Edgar R. Hammel, vice
president, Fred A. Hammel, secretary, and
Frank M. Hammel, treasurer. Republican.
Member Royal Arcanum. Recreations: home
diversions. Office: 6721 S. Broadway. Resi
dence: 6631 Michigan Ave.
HAMMERSTEIN, Charles Louis, secretary
and treasurer Board of Education; 1852-1912;
see Vol. 1906.
HAMMES, William Eugene, merchant
tailor; bora, St. Louis, July 24, 1881; son
of William F. and Ida (Bernardin) Hammes;
educated in the public schools of St.
Louis; married, Aug. 12, 1907, Agnes Blessing,
of St. Louis. Began business as traveling
salesman for the John M. Hayes Woolen Co.;
later traveled for Harrington & Goodman, of
Philadelphia, with branch offices at St. Louis
and Minneapolis; entered business with his
father, 1904, under title of William F. Hammes
& Co., of which he is an equal partner. Re
publican. Episcopalian. Member Business
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ing. Office: Central National Bank Bldg. Resi
dence: 4547 McPherson Ave.
HAMMES, William F., merchant tailor;
born, Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1848; son of
Theodore and Mary (Breggelworth) Hammes;
educated at St. Mary's College, Williamsburg
(Brooklyn), N. Y.; married, St. Louis, June
30, 1879, Ida Bernardin; children: Maude E.
(Mrs. Dennis Dawling), William Eugene.
Learned tailoring trade in Brooklyn, N. Y.;
came to St. Louis from Chicago, 1878, after
following trade in all the large cities of the
country; worked as cutter here, 1878-80; en
tered business, 1880, as merchant tailor under
firm style of William F. Hammes; later with
his son, William, organized the present firm of
William F. Hammes & Co. Republican. Pres
byterian. Mason; member St. Aldemar Com
mandery, Knights Templar, and Moolah Tem
ple, Nobles of Mystic Shrine. Member An
cient Order United Workmen, St. Louis Le
gion of Honor. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
Oasis. Favorite recreations: hunting and fish
ing. Office: Central National Bank Bldg., 2d
floor. Residence: 4016 Morgan St.
HAMMOND, Ashley K., eastern representa
tive of The Republic; born, Cedar Falls, la.,
July 16, 1861; son of Lewis J. and Louisa C.
(Ashley) Hammond; educated in the public
schools of Joliet, 111., and Illinois Wesleyan
University, Bloomington, 111.; married, Blue
Island, 111., Mar. 6, 1889, Jessie Robinson;
children: Ashley Ballard, Lewis James, Jr. Be
gan business career as a reporter on the Flor
ida Times-Union at Jacksonville, Fla., 1882;
since March, 1892, connected with the St.
Louis Republic, first as advertising manager,
now as eastern representative at New York.
Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic ' Office:
St. Louis Republic. Residence : New York City.
HAMSHER, Frank, principal Smith Acad
emy; born, Decatur, 111., May 4, 1873; son of
Barnet Kline and Cecelia (Elwood) Hamsher;
student Decatur High School, 1886-90, gradu
ating, 1890; University of Michigan, 1891-95,
A.B., 1895; married, Bloomington, 111., June
20, 1900, Lucy Coolidge; one child: Elwood
Coolidge. Began teaching at Decatur, 111.,
1895; principal Smith Academy since Septem
ber, 1906. Member Board of Education, Uni
versity City. Independent Republican. Con
gregationalist. Office: Smith Academy. Resi
dence: Cor. Delniar and Linden Aves., Clay
ton, Mo.
HANCOCK, Walter Scott, lawyer; born in
Franklin Co., Va., Nov. 19, 1869; son of Abram
Booth and Martha Elizabeth (Walker) Han
cock; educated in public and high schools of
Danville, Va.; graduated from four years'
course in Virginia Military Institute, Lexing
ton, Va., 1890; studied at Hampden-Sidney
College, 1892-1893; LL.B., University of Vir
ginia, 1896; married, St. Louis, Nov. 21, 1899,

Anna Spencer, daughter of Dr. Horatio N.
Spencer; five children: Walker Kirtland, Anne
Spencer, Laura, Elizabeth Dwight and Deane.
Admitted to bar of St. Louis at February
term, 1897, and has since been engaged in
practice of law; elected as assistant circuit
attorney for St. Louis, 1900, and served to
close of term, Dec. 31, 1904; had charge of all
grand jury work during that period. Now as
sistant attorney Missouri Pacific Ry. Co.
President Bell Place Realty Co. Served as
lieutenant U. S. Volunteers, detailed as adju
tant Second Battalion; also ordnance officer,
Sixth Missouri Infantry, Spanish-American
War; was lieutenant Company B, First Regi
ment, National Guard of Missouri. Member
St. Louis Bar Association, American Bar As
sociation, Virginia Historical Society, St.
Louis Business Men's League. Democrat.
Member Grand Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Club: Young Men's Democratic. Author of
various biographical sketches and articles for
periodicals. Editor: The Spencer Family in
England and America. Recreatiqjn: study of
archaeology. Office: 705 Market St. Residence:
4332 McPherson Ave.
HANDLAN, Alexander Hamilton, president
of Handlan-Buck Manufacturing Co., railway
supplies; born, Wheeling, Va. (now W. Va.),
Apr. 25, 1844; son of Alexander Hamilton and
Catherine (Kineon) Handlan; educated in pub
lic schools and Herron Seminary, Cincinnati;
married, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 11, 1866,
Mollie A. De Prez; children: Eugene W., Alex
ander H., Jr., E. R., Marie (Mrs. H. T. Horns-
ly), Kathryn, Vella, Lillian, May. Was a sol
dier in the Civil War; in 1869 became con
nected with the business of M. M. Buck & Co.
in the general railway supply business. In
1895 purchased the interest of M. M. Buck
and changed the name to M. M. Buck Manu
facturing Co., and later changed to the Hand
lan-Buck Manufacturing Co., of which is pres
ident, the company manufacturing signal
lamps, lanterns, headlights, track drills, metal
flags, etc., and handling a general line of sup
plies for railroads, contractors, machine shops,
mills, foundries and mines. Also president
Handlan Warehouse Co., M. M. Buck Manufac
turing Co.; director of Calvary Cemetery, and
of the California Improvement Co. Democrat.
Catholic. Formerly president of Marquette
Club. Clubs: Mercantile, Noonday, Glen Echo,
Missouri Athletic. Office: 212 N. 3d St. Resi
dence: 3700 Lindell Boul.
HANDLAN, Alexander Hamilton, Jr., sec
retary and manager Handlan-Buck Manufac
turing Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct. 5, 1874; son
of Alexander H. and Mollie A. (DePrez)
Handlan; graduated from St. Louis Univer
sity, 1892; married, St. Louis, Dec. 25, 1901,
Ella Hill; one son: Alexander Hamilton Hand
lan III. Entered, in 1892, the office of the M.
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as clerk, continuing with the successor of that
company, the Handlan-Buck Manufacturing
Co., manufacturers of railroad supplies, incor
porated 1895, and since 1900 has been secre
tary of the company, also now manager. Di
rector Handlan Warehouse Co. Member Sales
Managers' Association. Democrat. Catholic.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Mercantile, Elks. Fa
vorite recreations: hunting and fishing. Office:
212-214 N. 3d St. Residence: 4323 McPherson
Avenue. HANDLAN, Eugene Walter, vice president
and treasurer Handlan-Buck Manufacturing
Co.; born, St. Louis, Feb. 19, 1869; son of
Alexander H. and Mollie A. (DePrez) Hand
lan; graduated from St. Louis University,
1889; unmarried. Was errand boy, then in
manufacturing department, charging depart
ment and shipping department of M. M. Buck
& Co.; then clerk in the Citizens' Bank; secre
tary and treasurer of the M. M. Buck Manu
facturing Co. and director Citizens' Bank; re
signed from bank; since May, 1901, vice presi
dent and treasurer of the Handlan-Buck Man
ufacturing Co., wholesale jobbers and manu
facturers of railroad and contractors' sup
plies; secretary and treasurer Handlan Ware
house Co.; president Citizens' Bank, Asiatic
Exposition Co.; secretary and treasurer Mar
quette Trust Co., Home Silver Mining Co.;
manager Handlan Park. Democrat. Catholic.
Member B. P. O. Elks. Clubs: Mercantile,
Missouri Athletic, St. Louis Boat Association
(commodore), St. Louis Railway, Point Isabel.
Office: 212 N. 3d St. Residence: 3700 Lindell
Boulevard. HANKLE, Charles Augustus; see Vol. 1906.
HANLON, Richard, treasurer Robinson Fire
Apparatus Manufacturing Co.; born Canton,
O., Jan. 11, 1854; son of James and Alice
(Kelley) Hanlon; educated in public and pa
rochial schools in Missouri and Illinois; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1891, Sarah A. Doyle; children:
Richard, Jr., Josephine Alice Marie. Larger
part of boyhood spent in La Salle Co., 111.;
began business career there with the Mathew-
son & Hegeler Zinc Works until 1878, when
came to St. Louis; in wholesale millinery busi
ness in St. Louis since 1878, and, after being
connected with various firms, organized, in
1903, the Richard Hanlon Millinery Co., job
bers, manufacturers and importers of millin
ery goods and pattern hats, of which was
president until 1911; since treasurer Robin
son Fire Apparatus Manufacturing Co. Dem
ocrat; was member of Board of Police Com
missioners, 1903-05. Catholic Member Royal
Arcanum, Legion of Honor, Knights of Co
lumbus, Business Men's League. Office: 4250
N. 20th St. Residence: 4346 Cook Ave.
*HANNA, John Venable; moved to Kansas
City; see Vol. 1906.
HANNEGAN, James E., railway official;
born, Lafayette, Ind., May 11, 1863. In rail

way service since age of fourteen, beginning
in 1877 as office boy in passenger department
of the Cincinnati, Lafayette & Chicago R. R.;
clerk to assistant general passenger agent of
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago
R. R. at Lafayette, Ind., 1879-81; chief clerk
in passenger department Burlington, Cedar
Rapids & Northern Ry., 1881-84; in charge
passenger department, same road, September,
1884- January, 1886; general passenger and
ticket agent, same road, 1886 to January,
1894; also secretary of Western Association of
General Passenger and Ticket Agents during
same period; out of service one year; chief
clerk in charge of passenger department In
diana, Illinois & Iowa R. R., Kankakee, 111.,
Jan. 1 to Dec. 1, 1895; chief clerk of passen
ger department Cleveland, Akron & Columbus
Ry., 1895-96; assistant general passenger
agent, same road, 1896-99; chief of records
Southwestern Mileage Bureau, St. Louis, June
20, 1899, to Feb. 27, 1903; acting joint agent
Southwestern Clergy, Excursion and Mileage
bureaus, Feb. 27, 1903, to July 1, 1904; since
chairman Southwestern Excursion bureaus and
joint agent Southwestern Clergy and Mileage
bureaus; also from July 11, 1899, to Jan. 1,
1908, secretary St. Louis Local Passenger Bu
reau and Western Lines Mileage Ticket Bu
reau, and chairman St. Louis Charity Bureau;
chairman Southwestern Passenger Association,
successor to Southwestern Excursion Bureau,
since July, 1909. Office: 1007 Century Bldg.
Residence: 5625 Cates Ave.
HANNIGAN, Kauto Bernard, railway offi
cial; born, St. Louis, Aug. 18, 1868; son of
Wiliiam and Johanna (Hawe) Hannigan; edu
cated in public school and St. Malachy's Col
lege, St. Louis, to 1884; married, St. Louis,
Apr. 7, 1894, Mary Mooney; children: Ellen,
Julia, Mamie, Marion, Kenneth, Robert. En
gaged since 1866 in railway service in St.
Louis, beginning as messenger boy in offices
of the Missouri Pacific R. R. until attained po
sition of claim clerk; then became, consecu
tively, claim clerk Cotton Belt Route, clerk
with Consolidated Coal Co., claim clerk Cairo
Short Line, claim and rate clerk and commer
cial agent Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis
C. R. R.; now commercial agent for Southern
Railway, agent Blue Ridge Despatch. Member
St. Louis Cotton Exchange, Merchants' Ex
change. Democrat. Catholic. Member Catho
lic Knights of America and Knights of Co
lumbus, local Legion of Honor. Clubs: City,
The Traffic. Recreation: baseball. Office: 218
Pierce Bldg. Residence: 3720 Humphrey St.
HANPETER, Edward C, iron and steel
broker; born, St. Louis, Jan. 24, 1862; son of
F. W. and Amelia (Brinkman) Hanpeter; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools; married, St.
Louis, Feb. 12, 1890, Cornelia Meister; three
children: Armenius, Hildegard and Wilbur.
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Iron Co., April, 1875, and continued with suc
cessor, the Tudor Iron Works, of which was
appointed manager, 1890. Tudor Iron Works
was absorbed, 1898, by the 'Republic Iron and
Steel Co., and he was district manager until
1901; president St. Louis Bed and Manufac
turing Co., 1901-10, since broker in iron, steel
and brass. Also director and member of board
of Kregel Casket Co. Member Furniture
Board of Trade. Member Bethel Evangelical
Church. Club: City. Recreation: motoring.
Office: 326 Victoria Bldg. Residence: 3213
Palm St.
HANSER, Herman Albert, surgeon; born,
Ft. Wayne, Ind., Sept. 22, 1877; son of Rev.
C. J. Otto and Margarette (De Pres) Hanser;
educated parochial school of Evangelical Lu
theran Trinity Church, Ft. Wayne; Walther
College, St. Louis, graduating, 1894; Concor
dia College, Milwaukee, Wis., 1896; M.D., Mis
souri Medical College, St. Louis, 1898; married,
St. Louis, Oct. 24, 1900, Ida Gruen; one child:
Helen Emile, aged six years. Has engaged in
practice in St. Louis since 1898; instructor in
Gynecological Department of Washington
University, gynecologist and obstetrician to
Lutheran Hospital. Member of St. Louis Med
ical Society,' St. Louis Obstetrical Society,
American Medical Association, Phi Delta col
lege fraternity. Republican. Lutheran. Rec
reation: traveling. Office and Residence: 3651
Delmar Boul.
HANSON, Jay Ralph, glue manufacturer;
born, Chicago, Nov. 3, 1863; son of Ralph and
Catherine (Shear) Hanson; educated Ames
and Clay (public) schools and Bryant & Strat
ton Business College; married, St. Louis,' Aug.
31, 1887, Mary L. Ford; two children: Mrs.
Harry B. Heinemann and Cora Bessie. Began
active career as superintendent yards Eureka
Brick Co; later was stationary engineer for
P. B. Mathiason Manufacturing Co.; then be
came a glue maker, tester, bookkeeper, secre
tary,' salesman, stockholder in the company
and finally director; sold out his interest and
started in business on own account, 1903; now
president St. Louis Glue Manufacturing Co.
Republican. Member Ethical Society. Mason.
Recreation: whist. Office: 2125 Division St.
Residence: 5510 Cates Ave.
HAPPEL, Charles, president Master Bak
ers' Baking Co.; born, Romershousen, Hessen,
Germany, May 10, 1863; son of John and Cath
erine (Miiller) Happel; received grammar
school education in native country; married,
Anna Elizabeth Nicolaus, of Geismar, Hessen-
Nassau, Germany, 1884; four children, two of
whom are deceased; those living are Mrs. H.
Muehlwig, twenty-six years of age, and
Charles, Jr., aged twenty years. Came to
America, 1881, and for several years engaged
as stone cutter; was actively identified with
grocery business, 1885-1908; entered wholesale
bakery business February, 1908. President

Master Bakers' Baking Co., Charles Happel
Grocer Co.; director Independent Packing Co.,
Manchester Bank, Victor Motor Car Co. Be
came a . citizen of the United States, 1886.
Member Evangelical Lutheran Church. Mason.
Member Business Men's League. Clubs: Rock
Spring Turn Verein, Liederkranz, Hessen Ver
ein. Office: Corner Chouteau and Taylor Aves.
Residence: 4559 Gibson Ave.
HARBAUGH, Simon James, printer, etc.;
born, Manschoice, Bedford Co., Pa., July 18,
1873;' son of James and Josephine (Frings)
Harbaugh; educated in public schools of Kan
sas City, Mo., and St. Mary's (Kansas) Col
lege; married, St. Louis, Apr. 19, 1898, Mamie
O. Cummiskey; children: Olivia, Elise, Marie.
Began career in life insurance business at age
of eighteen, later in building line; engaged in
printing business since July, 1901. President
of Greeley Printery of St. Louis. Democrat.
Roman Catholic. Member Business Men's
League. Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo, Mis
souri Athletic, St. Louis Amateur Athletic As
sociation. Favorite recreation: golf. Office:
1424 Pine St. Residence: 2 Lenox PL
HARD A WAY, William Augustus, physician;
born, Mobile, Ala., Jan. 8, 1850; son of Wil
liam Augustus and Mary (del Bareo) Harda-
way; educated in private schools, St. Louis;
special courses at Westminster College and
University of Virginia; graduated Missouri
Medical College, 1870; (hon. A.M., St. Louis
University; LL.D., Westminster College);
married, St. Louis, Jan. 8, 1877, Lucy Nelson
Page; one son: Francis Page. Member Amer
ican Dermatological Association (president,
1885), Sons of American Revolution. Lieuten
ant Medical Rescue Corps, U. S. A. (inactive).
Author: Essentials of Vaccination, 1882; Man
ual of Skin Diseases, 1890. Editor (with L. B.
Bangs) American Text-Book of Genito-Uri-
nary Diseases, Syphilis and Diseases of the
Skin, 1898. Contributor to various medical
encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc. Office: 4500
Olive St. Residence: 4527 Maryland Ave.
HARDING, Russell, railway official; 1856-
190.8; see Vol. 1906.
HARDING, Thomas Manning, insurance
adjuster; born, Newton, N. J., Dee. 16, 1868;
son of Theodore and Louisa (Manning) Hard
ing; educated in public schools of Newton, N.
J.; married, Buffalo, Mo., Aug. 18, 1896, Effie
Viola O'Bannon; children: Floyd O'Bannon,
Helena. Began business career in employ of
Rice, Stix & Co., wholesale dry goods, 1889-91;
with the F. A. Steer Furnishing Goods Co.,
1892-96, and with Salvester & Steward Fur
nishing Goods Co., 1897-98; was made treas
urer, 1898, of the Mangson, Harding & Dow
dall Adjustment Co., which in 1911 became the
Mangson, Weiss, Harding & Dowdall Adjust
ment Co., adjusters of fire losses for the peo
ple. Democrat. Member of Christian (Disci
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tion: motoring. Office: Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 5462 Clemens Ave.
HARDING, William Giles, railway official;
born, Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 1, 1860; son of
John and Margaret (Murphy) Harding; edu
cated in Washington and Lee University of
Virginia; married, Henderson, Ky., Feb. 9,
1898, Sally R. Crohwell. After leaving uni
versity was appointed superintendent of the
famous Belle Mead Stock Farm at Nashville,
Tenn., continuing, 1882-98; since 1898 in serv
ice of the Mobile & Ohio R. R. as general live
stock agent. Member National Association of
Railway Live Stock Agents, in which has
held all official positions. Democrat. Was
member of Rock City Guards of Nashville,
Tenn. Recreations: fishing and hunting. Has
one of the best and most complete outfits, and
is as well equipped for fishing and hunting as
any man in St. Louis. Office: 900 Fullerton
Bldg. Residence: 5920 Washington Boul.
HARDY, James, retired; born in County
Clare, Ireland, Jan. 25, 1843; son of Daniel
and Nancy (Eagen) Hardy; possessed limited
opportunities of school training; married, St.
Louis, Jan. 14, 1863, Eliza O'Neil; six chil
dren: Ella, Mrs. Eugenia Eberle, Joseph,
Frank, Edward E., Mrs. Lida Gallagher. Came
to America, 1855; engaged in service in con
nection with the Virginia, Lindell and Bar
num hotels, and later for six years under
John S. MeCune, at Keokuk, la.; passenger
agent St. Louis & Keokuk Packet Co. fifteen
years; had charge of disposal of the city
garbage for eighteen years; then in livery
business until 1905, when sold out and re
tired. Democrat. Catholic. Member Royal
Arcanum, Knights of Columbus, Knights of
Father Mathew, St. Vincent de Paul Society.
Recreations: baseball and reading. Residence:
5863 Maple Ave.
HARDY, Joseph, physician; born, Ralls Co.,
Mo., Feb. 17, 1861; son of George Leo and
Mary D. (Redman) Hardy; received prelimi
nary education in public schools of Ralls Co.
and taught school in the county for five years ;
M.D., Washington University, 1892; married,
St. Louis, Apr. 30, 1898, Katherine A. Neenan;
two children: Joseph Arnold and Helen Vir
ginia. Served as interne in Female Hospital,
1892-93; superintendent Quarantine Hospital,
1893-95; in general practice since 1895. Demo
crat. Roman Catholic. Member American and
Missouri State Medical associations, St. Louis
Medical Society. Recreation: hunting. Office:
7602 S. Broadway. Residence: 6511 Michigan
Avenue. HAREN, William Augustus, retired; bom,
St. Louis, June 19, 1854; son of Charles and
Josephine (Scherer) Haren; educated in pub-
lie schools and Christian Brothers College, St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, Jan. 7, 1879, Katie
Byrne; children: Catherine, Grace, William E.

After leaving schools was engaged in real
estate business, 1871-76; made a tour of Eu
rope, 1876, and then entered the Wainwright
Brewery as clerk; in June, 1889, when the
brewery became a branch of the St. Louis
Brewing Association, was made manager of
the Wainwright Brewery branch; was di
rector of the St. Louis Brewing Association,
1895-1909, retired. Republican. Recreations:
music and tennis. Residence: 4575 Forest
Park Boul.
HARKINS, John R., general insurance;
born, St. Louis, Oct. 3, 1871; son of John A.
and Mary J. (Williams) Harkins; educated
Peabody (grammar) School, St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, Sept. 21, 1896, Esther O,
daughter of Capt. W. R. Hodges, city auditor
of St. Louis; four children: Ward Richard,
Ruth Esther, J. Sterling, Thomas Hodges. Be
gan active career at age of thirteen in employ
of S. G. Burnham, stationer, 108 Olive St.;
same year ran the elevator for Insurance Ex
change Bldg., now Bank of Commerce Bldg.;
also in same year entered law office of Tru
man A. Post and Gen. J. S. Fullerton, continu
ing four and a half years; became connected
in insurance business with Charles L. Crane
& Co., 1889, continuing until 1903; assisted
in organizing firm of Byrne, Harkins & Co.,
which four years later became Harkins,
Hodges & Co. and in 1910 changed to J. R.
Harkins Agency Co., of which is president;
also director Chippewa Bank. Member Busi
ness Men's League. Served three years as
member of Rainwater Rifles, Co. E, Missouri
State Militia. Independent in politics. Bap
tist. Clubs: Glen Echo Country, Apollo. Rec
reations: golf, music. Offiee: 1042-1047 Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 5077 Fairmount Ave.
HARLAN, Edward E., merchant tailor;
born, Corydon, la., Nov. 11, 1865; son of
James S. and Maria T. Harlan; educated in
public school of Corydon, la.; married, Ft.
Smith, Ark., Mar. 27," 1889, Capitola Patrick;
one daughter: Leone. Began in the merchant
tailoring business at Springfield, Mo., in 1882,
with the Herman Tailoring Co.; in 1885 re
moved to St. Louis, remaining with the same
company as cutter until 1895, when with
brother, William C. Harlan, established pres
ent firm of Harlan Bros., merchant tailors.
Democrat. Member B. P. O. Elks. Club: St.
Louis Riding. Recreations: hunting and fish
ing. Office: 700 Washington Ave. Residence:
4304 Lindell Boul.
HARLAN,. Thomas Bartlett, lawyer; born,
Brooklyn, N. Y., Apr. 15, 1868; son of Thomas
J. and Zelpha (Bartlett) Harlan; educated in
public schools of Pike Co., Mo., University of
Missouri (academic), and St. Louis Law
School, graduating, LL.B., 1893; married, St.
Louis, Lena L. Carroll; children: Carroll,
Irene. Resident of St. Louis since Mar. 1,
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gaged in fire insurance for about three years.
Admitted to bar, October, 1892, and engaged
in practiA; became member of law firm of
Reynolds & Harlan, and Jater as Taylor &
Harlan, Reynolds, Koehler, Reiss & Harlan,
Harlan, Reiss & Wagner, Harlan, Jeffries &
Wagner, and since 1909, Reynolds & Harlan.
Vice president of St. Louis, Rocky Mountain
& Pacific Ry. Co., and general counsel for said
company and St. Louis, Rocky Mountain &
Pacific Co. Member Legion of Honor, Pike
County Colony. Club: Mercantile. Favorite
recreations: travel, hunting, fishing and all
outside athletic sports. Office: 705 Olive St.
Residence: 5868 Cates Ave.
HARLAN, William C, merchant tailor;
born, Corydon, la., Nov. 11, 1865; son of
James S. and Maria T. Harlan; educated in
public schools of Corydon; married, St. Louis,
Feb. 24, 1901, Mary Daesch; children: Wil
liam O, Jr., Helen. Has been in merchant
tailoring business for twenty-five years; first,
for seven years, with Herman Bros., then
with J. W. Losse, until 1895, when, with
brother, Edward E. Harlan, established pres
ent firm of Harlan Bros., merchant tailors.
Republican. Club: Missouri Athletic. Recrea
tions: walking and gymnastic exercises. Of
fice: 7th St. and Washington Ave. Residence:
1172 A N. King's Highway.
HARMS, Henry, tobacco merchant; 1855-
1910; see Vol. 1906.
HARPER, Joseph Durfee; moved to Dallas,
Tex.; see Vol. 1906.
HARRIGAN, Lawrence P., president Har
rigan & Sheehan Livery and Undertaking Co.;
born, St. Louis, Sept. 5, 1860; son of Lawrence
(for several years chief of police of St. Louis)
and Susan (Kohl) Harrigan; educated in pub
lic schools and St. Louis University; unmar
ried. Clerk in St. Louis Postoffice for two
years; then became identified with father in
livery business, and purchased interest of
father in the business after latter became
chief of police; added undertaking business
and is now president Harrigan & Sheehan
Livery and Undertaking Co. Democrat. Cath
olic. Member B. P. O. Elks. Recreations:
hunting and fishing. Offices: 718 N. King's
Highway Boul. and 2618 Morgan St. Resi
dence: Washington Hotel.
HARRINGTON, Timothy F., steamship
agent; born, Maumee, O., May 17, 1850; son
of Dennis and Joanna (Lynch) Harrington;
educated in schools of Ohio; married, Chilli
cothe, Mo., June 17, 1894, Mary Eleanor War
ren. Began railroad career with Wabash R. R.
Co. as telegraph operator at Toledo, O.; was
promoted to various positions and on Apr. 1,
1902, was appointed passenger and ticket
agent at St. Louis; resigned May 11, 1908;
now general southwestern agent of the Cu-
nard Steamship Co. Democrat. Catholic. Rec

reation: baseball. Office: 219 N. 10th St., cor.
Olive. Residence: 6018 Maple Ave.
HARRIS, Downey L., physician; born,
Franklin, Ky., Apr. 26, 1875; son of George C.
and Amanda J. (Downey) Harris; graduated
from Medical Department, University of Mich
igan, M.D., 1899; post-graduate student Fried-
rich Wilhelm Universitat, Berlin, Germany,
1905; married Olive Hrighes, of Dolgelley,
North Wales, June 18, 1907; one daughter:
Helen Jean. In St. Louis since 1902; formerly
city bacteriologist, director of the city lab
oratory of pathology and bacteriology since
1906. Instructor in pathology Medical Depart
ment St. Louis University. Member American
Public Health Association, American Associa
tion of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, Mis
souri State Medical Association, St. Louis
Medical Society. Democrat. Address: City
Hospital. Residence: 4496 Park View PL
HARRIS, Julius, real estate; born, New
York, Apr. 8, 1866; son of Simon and August
(Potlitzer) Harris; educated in St. Louis pub-
lie schools; married, St. Louis, Sept. 14, 1893,
Rebecca Hecht; children: Sidney, Edith, Nel
son. Began business career 1888; president
Harris Shoe Co., 1889-1912; since in real es
tate business. Republican. Mason. Club: Ro
tary. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Of
fice: 415 N. 6th St. Residence: 5479 Von
Versen Ave.
HARRIS, Loyd Grayson, lumberman; bom,
Buffalo, Aug. 24, 1840; son of Albert and
Priscilla (Scott) Harris; educated in public
pchools of Buffalo and Milwaukee, Wis.;
served three years in army (Iron Brigade)
and three years in United States Marine Corps
in Civil War; married, Memphis, Tenn., 1868;
2d, Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 8, 1878, Alma Weis-
kirch; children: Nettie (Mme. Etienne de
Scanavi), Gertrude, Lloyd B., Florence (Mrs.
John Herff) and Edith L. P. In lumber busi
ness since 1869, and now president of the
Loyd G. Harris Manufacturing Co., lumber
manufacturers. Democrat. Episcopalian. Ex-
president Lumbermen's Exchange; ex-com
mander Loyal Legion; member board of La
fayette Park commissioners. Recreations: mu
sic and literature. Office: Levee, near Barton
St. Residence: 1719 Waverly PL
HARRIS, Tyre Crawford, vice president
Harris-Polk Hat Co.; born, Fulton, Mo., Dee.
28, 1869; son of Thomas Berry and Mary
Frances Harris; educated in public schools of
Fulton, Mo.; unmarried. Began business ca
reer as clerk in general store at Fulton, Mo.;
came to St. Louis, October, 1889, and entered
employ of Scott-Jones Hat Co. as traveling
salesman; became stockholder in Boogher,
Force & Goodbar Hat Co. (successors to
Scott-Jones Hat Co.), 1889, and continued
with that company until organization in Feb
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sale hats and caps, of which is vice president.
Democrat. Baptist. Clubs: Mercantile, Nor
mandie Golf. Recreation: golf. Office: 1227
Washington Ave. Residence: Buckingham
Hotel. HARRIS, Virgil McClure, trust officer Mer
cantile Trust Co.; born, Columbia, Mo., Jan.
21, 1862; son of John W. and Annie (Mc
Clure) Harris; educated at Kemper's Family
School, Boonville, Mo., Missouri State Uni
versity, and law course at University of Vir
ginia; (LL.D., St. Louis University, 1912);
married, Champaign, 111., Dec. 10, 1884, Isa
belle M. McKinley. Located in St. Louis,
June, 1881; practiced law until Dec. 1, 1901,
when left the law firm of Hornsby & Harris,
and was appointed trust officer of the Mer
cantile Trust Co., in which position continues.
Lecturer on wills, St. Louis University. Dem
ocrat. Episcopalian. Member Business Men's
League, Civic League. Author: Ancient, Curi
ous and Famous Wills. Contributor to news-.
papers, magazines and law journals. Clubs:
Mercantile, Franklin. Office: 8th and Locust
Sts. Residence: Buckingham Hotel.
HARRIS, William John, physician and sur
geon; born, Shrewsbury, England, June 17,
1852; son of Thomas and Martha (Gould) Har
ris; educated in grammar school, London, Eng
land, until 1866, then London College (pri
vate); M.D., Homoeopathic Medical College
of Missouri (valedictorian), 1875; married, St.
Louis, Sept. 26, 1878, Jessie Fremont Gibbs;
children: Martha Gould, William John, Jr.
Engaged in practice as physician and sur
geon in St. Louis since 1875. Member of the
first hospital board appointed in St. Louis,
1910; reappointed as member board by Mayor
Kreismann, for term ending Apr. 14, 1916.
Has held positions of professor of anatomy,
professor of clinical medicine and professor
genito-urinary surgery in Homoeopathic Med
ical College of Missouri; surgeon to Christian
Hospital and to Homoeopathic Hospital Asso
ciation of Missouri. Member American In
stitute of Homoeopathy, Missouri Institute ot
Homoeopathy, St. Louis Society of Homoeo
pathic Physicians and Surgeons, Phi Alpha
Gamma Fraternity. Republican. Lutheran.
Author: Alcohol, Its Rational Use; The Use
of Ansesthetics; The Hygiene of Consumption.
Office and Residence: 3514 Lucas Ave.
HARRISON, Edwin, manufacturer; 1836-
1905; see Vol. 1906.
HARRISON, James, telephone engineer;
born, St. Louis, Sept. 25, 1874; son of Edwin
and Laura (Sterne) Harrison; educated in
Smith Academy, Manual Training School,
Graduating 1891; two years m Washington
University, class of 1896; three years m the
Lawrence7 Scientific School of Harvard Uni
versity, graduating, B.S., 1896; married, St.
Louis Nov. 26, 1904, M. Persis Jones En
ured employ of the Kinloch Telephone Co. m

March, 1897, and now chief engineer of the
company. Associate member of the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers. Episcopa
lian. Clubs: Harvard of St. Louis, Algonquin.
Offiee: Kinloch Bldg., 10th and Locust Sts.
Residence: 147 Cornelia Ave., Glendale.
HARRISON, John A., lawyer; bora, Lex
ington, Mo., Nov. 9, 1850; son of Rev. John A.
and Emma E. (Mauro) Harrison; M.A., West
Tennessee College, Jackson, Tenn., 1869; mar
ried, St. Louis, Apr. 26, 1881, Metta F. Hall;
nine children. Admitted to Missouri bar, No
vember, 1871; in practice with Mason G. Smith
as Smith & Harrison, 1882-97, since alone.
Judge of Circuit Court, 1892-93, by appoint
ment of Gov. D. R. Francis; nominated by
Democratic and Republican conventions as
member of School Board and elected for term
of six years, in 1899, filling office of president
of that body. Democrat. Senior warden and
vestryman Trinity Episcopal Church (Amer
ican Catholic). Office: 615 Merchants-Laclede
Bldg. Residence: 2630 S. 12th St.
HARRISON, John William, retired; born,
Glasgow, Mo., Apr. 8, 1840; son of John and
Permala (Marr) Harrison; graduated from
Missouri State University, 1858; married, 1860,
Laura, daughter of James Harrison; children:
Laura (Mrs. George Hoblitzelle), Florence;
married, 2d, Fort Smith, Ark., 1892, Mrs.
Eliza A. Campbell; children: Stuart E., Per
mala. Was superintendent Irondale Iron Fur
nace, 1859-65; vice president Shickle, Harri
son & Howard Iron Co., 1868-1900; president
Howard-Harrison Iron Co., Bessemer, Ala.,
1880-95; elected president Hillman Land and
Iron Co., 1898. Engaged in manufacture of
iron and steel products, 1859-1906, when re
tired. President Harrison Land and Mining
Co. Democrat. Methodist. Interested in geo
logical research. Residence: 4386 Lindell Boul.
HARRISON, Leon, Tabbi; born, Liverpool,
England, Aug. 13, 1866; son Gustave and Lou
isa (Nelson) Harrison; graduated from New
York public schools into New York City Col
lege, 1880, at head of 920 candidates, ranking
entire city; went from New York City Col
lege, 1882, to Columbia University, from which
was graduated, A.B., in first honor class, 1886;
graduated from Emanuel Theological Semi
nary, New York, as rabbi, and took three
years' post-graduate work in philosophy at
Columbia University; unmarried. Ordained,
Brooklyn, by Rabbis Gottheil and Kohler;
since 1891 rabbi of Temple Israel (Reformed
Jewish), St. Louis. Lyceum and Chautauqua
lecturer, and orator on patriotic and memo
rial occasions; at age of twenty-one delivered
oration in Brooklyn before 3,000 people at
funeral services of Henry Ward Beecher; de
livered McKinley memorial address before
20,000 people at Coliseum, St. Louis, on invita
tion of municipality; delivered Thanksgiving
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1904; etc. Founder Social Settlement League
and Fresh Air Society, with settlement at
9th and Carr Sts.; founder Sisterhood of Per
sonal Service, with sections for kindergarten,
evening classes, industrial school, and visiting
sick and needy. Member Phi Beta Kappa
(Columbia) ; vice president Columbia College
Alumni of Missouri. Co-editor of Editors'
Encyclopedia in department of Semitics.
Clubs: Contemporary, Columbian. Residence:
5611 Cabanne Ave.
HARRY, Owen Keff, sheet metal worker;
born, Staunton, Va., Apr. 12, 1852; son of
DeWitt C. and Matilda Chastine (Butler)
Harry; educated by private tutors; married,
Dallas, Tex., 1877, Ida Hart; children: Lillie
(Mrs. F. L. Nelson), Grace. At age of nine
teen came to St. Louis, and was first employed
as a street ear conductor; then went to Dallas,
Tex., where was engaged in the building ma
terial business from 1873 to 1897; since 1897
engaged in the manufacture of steel tanks,
roofing, etc., under style of O. K. Harry Steel
Works. Democrat. Office: Jefferson Ave. and
Papin St. Residence: 378 N. Taylor Ave.
HARSH, Philip Whaley, grain and hay com
mission; born in Smith Co., Tenn., Jan. 3,
1857; son of George and Talitha (Newby)
Harsh; educated in Franklin College, Tenn.;
married, Castalian Springs, Tenn., 1878, Lizzie
B. Hall; children: Virginia, Edith, George,
Mary (Mrs. John M. Hawkins), Ruth, Maud,
Helen. Began as a farmer and stock raiser in
Sumner Co., Tenn., and at same time became
a minister in Church of Christ, and preached
at McMinnville, Tenn., for about two years;
then established in grain business at Nash
ville, Tenn., organizing firm of Harsh & Wil
liams; since 1899 member firm of Harsh Bros.
& Co., commission merchants in grain and hay.
Member St. Louis Merchants' Exchange, Na
tional Grain Dealers ' Association, Nashville
Grain Dealers ' Association, National Hay As
sociation. Member Church of Christ. Recrea
tions: motoring, reading. Office: 521 Cham
ber of Commerce. Residence: 5554 Cabanne
Avenue. HART, Edward, Jr., assistant general
freight agent Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
R. R.; born, Allahabad, British India, Dec. 17,
1860; son of Edward and Harriet M. (Lang-
ley) Hart; educated at St. Paul's School,
Darjeeling, India; Park House Academy,
Combe Down, Bath, Somersetshire, England;
and school of Major Jones, Charlottesville,
Va.; came to United States in 1875; married,
Louisville, Ky., June 18, 1887, Lily Watts;
children: Elizabeth Harriet, Clara Avis. Be
gan railway service as clerk in auditor's of
fice Louisville & Nashville R. R., June, 1881;
later clerk in offices of Louisville, New Al
bany & St. Louis R. R.; contracting agent
Canada Southern Line, southern agent Cin
cinnati, Wabash & Michigan R. R., general

southern agent Traders' Despatch, and gen
eral agent Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
R. R., all at Louisville, Ky.; since Jan. 1,
1902, assistant general freight agent Balti
more & Ohio Southwestern R. R. at St. Louis.
Clubs: Traffic of St. Louis, Normandie Golf.
Recreation: golf. Office: Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 1246 Amherst PL
HART, Edward Studley, printer; born, Car
rollton, Miss., Mar. 9, 1855; son of Charles C.
and Olivia (Studley) Hart; educated in com
mon and high schools of Shawneetown, HI.;
married, Webster Groves, Mo., May 8, 1898,
Florence Bate; children: Edward S., Jr., Eliza
beth, Robert Page, Donald B. Began as ap
prentice printer's trade with R. P. Studley &
Co. in 1871, and has been with that establish
ment (founded 1853) ever since. Became a
member of the firm in 1876, and upon its in
corporation in 1905 as R. P. Studley & Co.,
manufacturing printers, bookbinders and lith
ographers, became its president and treasurer
(R. P. Studley, the founder, died in 1890).
First vice president of the Bank of Webster
Groves. Republican; alderman seven years
and seven years mayor, Webster Groves, Mo.
Congregationalist. Member St. Louis Typothe-
t£e. Mason (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner.
Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic. Recrea
tion: motoring. Office: 511 Market St. Resi
dence, Webster Groves, Mo.
HART, Luke Edward, associate city attor
ney; bora, Maloy, la., July 31, 1880; son of
Michael N. and Margaret E. (Shay) Hart;
educated Highland Park College, Des Moines,
la.; Drake University, Des Moines; matricu
lated in University of Missouri, graduating
with degree of LL.B., June 6, 1905; married,
Maloy, la., June 28, 1905, Katharine J. O 'Con
nor; three children: Mary Margaret, Luke Ed
ward, Jr., Katharine. Admitted to Missouri
bar, 1904; practiced alone until June, 1908, at
809 Chemical Bldg., St. Louis; then formed
partnership with Richard C. Hart under title
of Hart & Hart, at 806 Chemical Bldg., the
firm still continuing, offices being established
in Suite 1200, La Salle Bldg., April, 19-10; was
appointed by Mayor Kreismann as associate
city attorney June 30, 1911; term expiring
April, 1915. Republican. Catholic. Member
St. Louis Bar Association, St. Louis Law
Library Association, Knights of Columbus, Phi
Delta Phi. Club: City. Recreations: golf,
baseball. Office: 1200 La Salle Bldg. Resi
dence: 6136 Washington Ave.
HART, William; see Vol. 1906.
HARTMANN, Gustav, contractor; born, St.
Louis, Apr. 30, 1865; son of Henry and Caro
line (Schwier) Hartmann; educated in private
schools and Bryant & Stratton Business Col
lege, graduating from latter in 1884; married,
St. Louis, July 30, 1904, Emma Pankau; five
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Served apprenticeship at bricklayer's trade,
under father, beginning 1880, and afterwards
worked as journeyman; assisted in organizing
the Hartmann Bricklaying and Contracting
Co., 1890, and was treasurer until 1910; since
president G. Hartmann Contracting Co. Re
publican. Member Master Bricklayers' and
Master Builders ' Association. Member Citi
zens ' Industrial League. Office: Chemical
Bldg. Residence: 2801 S. 18th St.
HARTMANN, Henry, Jr., vice president
and secretary Hartmann Bricklaying and Con
tracting Co.; born, St. Louis, Aug. 12, 1861;
son of Henry and Caroline (Sehwier) Hart
mann; graduated from Walther College, St.
Louis, 1878; married, St. Louis, June 8, 1866,
Elenora Blickensdoerfer (died 1892); chil
dren: Henry J. and Ella; married, 2d, St.
Louis, June 4, 1893, Elizabeth Berg. Learned
bricklayer's trade; superintendent firm of
Hartmann & Debus, 1878-87; then devoted
three years to making estimates for father;
organized, 1890, Hartmann Bricklaying and
Contracting Co., of which has since been act
ive head, also vice president and secretary;
treasurer St. Louis Contracting Supply Co.,
Master Bricklayers ' Benevolent and Protect
ive Association. Member Universal Exposi
tion. Erected the Mermod & Jaccard Bldg.,
the Carleton Bldg., the Brown Shoe Co.'s
Bldg., the Anheuser-Busch Brewery buildings,
the Lemp Brewery, and many other structures
in St. Louis. Republican. Lutheran. Clubs:
City, Gilead Hunting and Fishing. Recrea
tions: hunting, fishing and bowling. Office:
415, 816 Olive St. Residence: 2801 S. 18th St.
HARTMANN, Moses, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Nov. 26, 1872; son of Ignatz and Anna
(Kohn) Hartmann; educated Madison (pub-
lie) School; Bryant & Stratton Business Col
lege; Art School (Museum of Fine Arts);
graduated St. Louis Law School (Washington
University), degree of LL.B., 1896; married,
St. Louis, Nov. 16, 1898, Carrie A. Scooler;
three sons: Sidney A., Raymond I., Edmund
L. Engaged as stenographer for Hon. Charles
Nagel, February, 1886- June, 1896; admitted to
Missouri bar, Jan. 1, 1897, and has since con
tinuously practiced in St. Louis, devoting at
tention mainly to civil and commercial law;
also president Bayard Realty and Investment
Co. Republican. Hebrew; director B'nai El
Congregation. Member St. Louis Bar Associa
tion, St. Louis Law Library Association, St.
Louis Law School Alumni Association. Ma
son; member Polar Star Lodge No. 79, A. F.
& A. M., Scottish Rite and Shrine; member
Royal Arcanum. Club: Million Population.
Recreations: music, art. Offiee: 310-312 Ful
lerton Bldg. Residence: 5364 Ridge Ave.
HARTMANN, Rudolph; bom, Dingelstaedt,
Eichsfeldt, Prussia, Mar. 17, 1847; son of
John G. and Elizabeth (Huether) Hartmann;
educated in Domschule, Gymnasium Joseph-

inum and Schaake Handelschule, Hildesheim,
Germany; married, St. Louis, May 31, 1870,
Louise Picker (died Jan. 20, 1883) ; four chil
dren: Bertha, Rudolph (died Aug. 20, 1909),
Charles I., Pauline; married, 2d, Apr. 17, 1884,
Ada Ensor; three children: Elvira, Ada, Le-
nore. Came from Germany to St. Louis Sept.
5, 1865, and was for one year employed as
clerk in B. Hidacker Grocery and Dry Goods
store; second year clerk for Charles Picker,
justice of the peace, continuing 1867-70; book
keeper for Andrew Geisel from May 1, 1870,
also bookkeeper for Sehlegel & Wetzel; be
came partner of G. E. Wetzel, 1873, and so
continued until Jan. 1, 1883, when established
under style of R. Hartmann & Co. as dealers
in butter, cheese, eggs, beans, peas, honey,
etc.; business incorporated, 1907, under firm
name of R. Hartmann Produce Co., of which
is president. Member Merchants' Exchange,
Liederkranz. Office: 14 S. 2d St. Residence:
3859 Flora Boul.
HARTNAGEL, John William, machinery;
born, Belleville, 111., Sept. 3, 1851; son of
Leonard and Catherine (Kilian) Hartnagel;
educated in public schools of Belleville and
Wesleyan (Central Western) College; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1879, Katherine A. Lawrence;
children: Mabel (Mrs. R. H. Patterson), Flor
ence Amelia, Irma, Leroy Edward and Edna.
Resident of St. Louis since 1874; was employed
with the St. Louis Stamping Co., 1875-92, be
ginning as shipping clerk and advancing until
became assistant manager; in 1892 joined in
organizing the McKee-Hartnagel Real Estate
Co., of which was secretary and treasurer un
til 1911; since connected with Imperial Ma
chine Manufacturing Co. Republican. Meth
odist. Favorite recreations: hunting, fishing
and baseball. Office: Houser Bldg. Residence:
5236 Vernon Ave.
HARTNETT, Joseph P., secretary L. M.
Rumsey Manufacturing Co.; born, Limerick,
Ireland; brought by parents to United States
as a child in 1865; educated in Catholic paro
chial schools, St. Patrick's Academy and
Christian Brothers College, St. Louis, gradu
ating, A.B. and A.M.; married, St. Louis, June
7, 1905, Estelle R. Roche; three children: Jo
seph P., Jr., Mary, Ambrose. After leaving
college taught school in Council Bluffs, la.,
one term, then returned to St. Louis and en
tered the employ of the L. M. Rumsey Manu
facturing Co., 1880, in a minor clerical posi
tion; elected assistant secretary, 1893, secre
tary, 1900. Executor of Moses Rumsey estate.
President National Pipe and Supplies Associa
tion. Democrat. Catholic. Actively identified
with Irish and Catholic affairs and with tem
perance societies. Was president of the Irish-
American Society and of the Irish Catholic
Parade Union for two years; was for seven
years Supreme Chief Sir Knight of the
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Sacrament Conference of St. Vincent de Paul
Society and member Upper Council same so
ciety; member board of governors St. Louis
Settlement Association, "board of directors
Catholic Orphan Asylum, etc. Formerly officer
in the Latin- American Club; member Mer
chants ' Exchange. Recreation: fishing. Office:
810 N. 2d St. Residence: 4902 Lotus Ave.
HARTZOG, Henry Simms, state manager C.
E. Merrill Co., publishers; born, Barnwell Co.,
S. O, July 17, 1866; son of Samuel J. and
Mary (Owens) Hartzog; B.S., South Carolina
Military Academy, 1886; graduated Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary, 1889; (LL.D.,
Mercer University, 1900); married, Allendale,
S. O, Corrie Harley, "of Allendale, S. O, Oct.
28, 1891; six sons: Henry Robbie, Wistar,
Langdon, Gilmore, Kimberly. Principal Allen
dale High School, 1886-87; superintendent
Bamberg graded schools, 1890-93; superintend
ent Johnston Institute, 1893-97; president
Clemson Agricultural College and director
South Carolina Experiment Station, 1897-1902;
president University of Arkansas, 1902-05;
president Ouachita College, Arkadelphia, Ark.,
1907-11; resigned from that position, and be
came state manager C. E. Merrill Co., publish
ers, June 5, 1911. Lyceum and chautauqua
lecturer; member advisory committee National
Good Roads Association; ex-chairman Cecil
Rhodes Committee for Arkansas. President
Arkansas State Teachers' Association, 1909.
Contributor to educational press. Recreation:
chess. Residence: 5718 Vernon Ave.
HARVEY, Charles Mitchell, journalist;
born, Boston, Oct. 15, 1848; son of John, and
Elizabeth (Flynn) Harvey; academic educa
tion; married Louise M. Lettre, of Yonkers,
N. Y., Nov. 25, 1874 (died May 11, 1911).
Was with newspapers in New York, St. Louis
and Chicago; since 1886, associate editor and
editorial writer on Globe-Democrat, St. Louis,
of which is leading political editorial writer.
Contributor on historical, political, financial
and sociological subjects to Atlantic Monthly,
North American Review,'" Century, World's
Work, Putnam 's Monthly, Review of Reviews,
Leslie's Weekly and other leading magazines
and periodicals; also to maiiy prominent news
papers. Member advisory board of La Salle
Extension University of Chicago. Member
American Historical Association, American
Political Science Association, American His
torical League, Missouri Historical Society of
St. Louis, Missouri State Historical Society
of Columbia, Mo., Kansas State Historical
Society, Citizens' Industrial Association of
America. Author: History of the Republican
Party; Handbook of American Politics; His
tory of Missouri. Offiee: The Globe-Democrat.
Residence: 3825 Westminster PI.
HARVEY, George, secretary P. M. Bruner
Granitoid Co.; born, London, England, Sept.

19, 1839; son of John and Elizabeth (Geth-
ens) Harvey; educated in public schools in
London; married, St. Louis, June 22, 1862,
Catherine Miller; children: Lillian E. (Mrs.
Charles James), William A., George Henry,
Charles Bertrand, S. Cameron, Mary (Mrs.
William Higham), Harry L. Apprenticed to
an interior decorator in London at age of
nineteen, and after serving his time came
from London direct to St. Louis and worked
at trade until 1876; then partner in firm of
Alexander Yule & Co., 1876-79; became asso
ciated with P. M. Bruner in organizing P. M.
Bruner Granitoid Co., contractors for reen-
foreed concrete construction, of which is sec
retary. Office: 531-532 Frisco Bldg. Residence:
5036 Maple Ave.
HARVEY, Thomas Brooks, lawyer; born,
Crawford, Miss., Aug. 2, 1855; son of Theo-
philus and Rebecca (Hutchison) Harvey; edu
cated at University of Mississippi, Oxford,
Miss.; married Helen Field, of St. Louis, June
30, 1906; one daughter, Harriette Elizabeth.
Admitted to Mississippi bar in 1877; came to
St. Louis in 1880 and has since engaged in
general practice in state and federal courts;
specializes in criminal law. Served as circuit
attorney, by appointment, 1886 and 1887; ap
pointed judge of Circuit Court by Governor
Stone, and presided over one of the criminal
divisions, 1905-06. Member American, Mis
souri State and St. Louis Bar Assns. Demo
crat; nominated for circuit judge, fall of 1896,
but was defeated with rest of ticket. Prot
estant. Club: City. Recreations: baseball,
golf, fishing. Office: 415, 214 N. 6th St. Resi
dence: 5539 Waterman Ave.
HARVEY, William Augustus, secretary and
treasurer Taxis-Harvey Construction Co.;
born, St. Louis, July 22, 1878; son of George
and Catherine (Miller) Harvey; educated pub-
lie schools, Kirkwood Military Academy, Bry
ant & Stratton Business College; married, St.
Louis, Apr. 3, 1907, Pauline Virginia Gra
ham; one son, George G. Clerk in employ of
the Bruner Granitoid Co., 1895-1906; then as
sociated with Frederick C. Taxis in organiz
ing the Taxis-Harvey Construction Co, rein
forced concrete work, with which has since
been .connected. Offiee: Victoria Bldg.
HASKINS, Frank Herbert, lawyer; born,
Peoria, 111., Jan. 10, 1867; son of Lemuel F.
and _ Juliet S. (Kincaid) Haskins; educated
public schools of St. Louis, graduating from
the High School, 1884; matriculated in Law
Department of Washington University, from
which was graduated with degree of LL.B.,
1893; unmarried. Has engaged in general
practice in St. Louis since November, 1892.
Member St. Louis Bar Association. Episco
palian. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner;
member Knights of Pythias. Clubs: St. Louis,
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golf, pedestrianism, tennis, motoring. Offiee:
926-930 Title Guaranty Bldg. Residence: 3037
St. Vincent Ave.
HASLAM, Lewis Scofield, counsel and as
sistant treasurer Simmons Hardware Co.;
born, Stamford, Conn., Aug. 29, 1866; son of
Thomas and Mary A. (Scofield) Haslam; edu
cated in Stamford (Conn.) public and high
schools, graduating 1883; Oberlin College,
1885-86; A.B., Yale University, 1890; LL.B.,
Yale Law School, 1892; unmarried. Entered
law office of Lord, Day & Lord, New York
City, as clerk, July, 1892, and was associated
with that firm for nearly ten years; admitted
to bar in New York, November, 1893, and in
January, 1903, formed a law partnership with
George Chapman, under firm name of Chap
man & Haslam; dissolved partnership, Jan. 1,
1904, in order to accept present position. Mem
ber Association of the Bar in New York City,
St. Louis Law Library Association, Business
Men's League; treasurer of Neighborhood
Association. Universalist. Clubs: St. Louis,
Algonquin, City, Noonday (St. Louis), Uni
versity, Yale (New York City). Office: 900
Spruce St. Residence: 4155 Lindell Boul.
HASSETT, George L., capitalist; born, Lan
caster, Erie Co., N. Y., Sept. 6, 1843; son of
John G. and Elizabeth Hassett; educated in
common school, Lancaster, N. Y.; married,
Jerseyville, 111., 1870, Addie Corbitt, now de
ceased; married, 2d, May 17, 1911, Mrs. Marie
Gruenhagen, of Oakland, Cal. Engaged in the
lumber business in 1866, and retired in 1886.
Episcopalian. Mason. Clubs: Mercantile, St.
Louis. Recreation: traveling. Residence: 4225
Westminster PL
HATCH, Frederick Thomas, chief engineer
Vandalia R. R.; born, Haverhill, Mass., Nov.
21, 1855; son of Nathaniel and Catherine P.
(Harbach) Hatch; educated at Phillips Acad
emy, Andover, Mass.; married, Steubenville,
O., Aug. 13, 1884, Alice Gertrude Hill (died
1905); three children: Frederick N, Alice K.,
William S. Began railway service in engi
neer corps, with the Pennsylvania Line, on
what was then known as the Pittsburgh, Cin
cinnati & St. Louis Ry., 1880; passed through
various positions until became connected with
the Vandalia Line in 1894 as superintendent
of the Terre Haute & Logansport R. R. (now
the Michigan division of the Vandalia); was
made chief engineer of the Vandalia Railroad
Co. on reorganization, Jan. 1, 1905. Repub
lican. Congregationalist. Member American
Society Civil Engineers, American Railway
Engineering Society, St. Louis Engineers' So
ciety. Mason. Club: City. Recreation: golf.
Office: 850 Century Bldg. Residence: 27 Win-
demere PI.
HATTENHORST, Henry Frederick; 1868-
1909; see Vol. 1906.

*HATTENHORST, William Henry; moved
to Texas; see Vol. 1906.
HATTON, Richard Daniel, manufacturer of
clay products; born, St. Louis, Aug. 9, 1874;
son of Daniel L. and Georgia (Holden) Hat-
ton; educated in public schools and St. Louis
University; unmarried. Began business career
in office of the Christy Fire Clay Co., in 1892,
becoming assistant secretary in 1897, and
secretary and treasurer, 1903-07; treasurer
Laclede Clay Products Co., 1907-11, since vice
president and treasurer. Clubs: Mercantile,
City, Traffic, Algonquin Country. Recreation:
baseball. Office: Manchester and Sulphur
Aves. Residence: 5139 Vernon Ave.
HAUCK, Eugene Frederick, physician and
surgeon; born, St. Louis, Oct. 12, 1856; son of
Dr. Charles Ferdinand and Antonie (Zehner)
Hauck; educated in private and public
schools, St. Louis, St. Louis College of Phar
macy, 1875, St. Louis Medical College, M.D.,
1880; married, Omaha, Neb., May 19, 1888,
Antonie Metz; one daughter, Eugenia An
tonie. Engaged for several years with Rich
ardson Drug Co., until 1877, when began
study of medicine; became head assistant St.
Louis City Hospital, 1880, and in 1881 head
assistant St. Louis Female Hospital. Prac
ticed medicine at Alma, Colo., 1882-83; since
in practice at St. Louis. Member board of
trustees and medical director German Mutual
Life Insurance Co. Member St. Louis Med
ical Society, Missouri State Medical Asso
ciation, American Medical Association. Re
publican. Presbyterian. Club: Union. Recre
ations: fishing, bowling, billiards. Office:
Grand and Lafayette Aves. Residence: 3654
Flora Boul.
HAUCK, Louis, physician; see Vol. 1906.
HAUEISEN, Frederick George, produce
commission; born near Stuttgart, Germany,
Nov. 21, 1846; son of Fred G. and Rebecca
(Heberlie) Haueisen; came to America, 1854;
educated in parochial schools to 1859; business
course1 in Jones Commercial College, 1865 to
1866; married, St. Louis, July 12, 1868, Mary
Fisher; two children: Jacob J., Frederick G.,
Jr.-. Began business career as porter in com
mission business, with John Trimlitt, 1859,
and continued until 1868; became partner firm
Haueisen & Lang, March, 1868, continuing
until Mr. -Lang's death, 1899; then name
changed to Haueisen Bros., with two sons
associated, doing general fruit and vegetable
business. Member Merchants' Exchange since
1868; member St. Louis Produce Exchange.
Trustee Walter College; president German Lu
theran Zion Congregation. Republican. Recre
ation: European travel. Office: 1017-1019 N.
3d St. Residence: 3109 Rauschenbach Ave.
HAUER, Joseph John, real estate; born, St.
Louis, Nov. 21, 1873; son of Joseph J. and
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Louis public schools; married, St. Louis, June
12, 1890, Carrie Michael; children: Marguerite
Anna, Edward J. Formerly connected with
Bradstreet Commercial* Agency until 1899,
when engaged in real estate business, in which
has since continued; president of the Jos. J.
Hauer Realty Co. Member Real Estate Ex
change. Republican. Protestant. Mason; Odd
Fellow; member Royal Arcanum. Offiee: 809
Chestnut St. Residence: 712 S. E. King's
Highway. HAUK, Bernard Riley, dairy supplies; born,
St. Louis, Jan. 8, 1871; son of William C. and
Anna (Lambourne) Hauk; educated in St.
Louis public schools; married, St. Louis, Nov.
8, 1890, Frances Ichtertz; ten children: Rob
ert, Jeanette, Olive, Harry, Milicent, Dorothy,
Evelyn, Bernard, Ruth, Loraine. Began busi
ness career in 1884 as salesman with H. Mc
Kay Wilson Co., continuing until 1903; pres
ident Blanke & Hauk Supply Co., 1903-11;
since president and manager B. Riley Hauk
Supply Co., dairy supplies. Republican. Bap
tist. Member Knights of Pythias, Royal Ar
canum. Club: Arcadia Country. Recreation:
baseball. Office: 1115-1119 S. 1st St. Resi
dence: 4596 Garfield Ave.
HAUMUELLER, Albert Carl, real estate;
born, St. Louis, June 17, 1869; son of Henry
and Eliza (Bruegmann) Haumueller; educated
in public schools to thirteen; married, De
troit, Mich., June 24, 1905, Jennie A. Obenier.
Learned pattern and model maker's trade un
der John A. Miller; joined father in building
business and was a member firm of Haumuel
ler & Sons until 1894; appointed clerk of the
Seventh District Justice's Court and served,
1894-1902; since in real estate and investment
business on own account. Republican. Prot
estant. Mason (32°); Past Eminent Com
mander Ivanhoe Commandery, Knights Tem
plar; Shriner. Recreations: hunting and fish
ing. Office and Residence: 2209 Salisbury St.
HAUSCHULTE, William Henry, real estate;
born, St. Louis, Feb. 26, 1866; son of B. H.
and Mary (Eikel) Hauschulte; educated at
St. Louis University; married, St. Louis, June
2, 1891, Lillie Druhe; one daughter, Lu
cille. Began business career as office and er
rand boy for Lewis Rosenbaum, who estab
lished a real estate business at 2407 N. Broad
way, in April, 1883; business was incorporat
ed, as Rosenbaum-Hauschulte Real Estate Co.,
November, 1892, when became secretary and
treasurer, and since retirement of Mr. Rosen
baum has been president of the company.
Clerk of the Circuit Court of St. Louis, 1902-
06; member City Council, 1907-11. Roman
Catholic. Democrat. Favorite recreation: fish
ing. Office: 2407 N. Broadway. Residence:
1109 Penrose St.
HAUSMAN, Albert E., lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 4, 1874; son of Charles A. and
Ellen (Britt) Hausman; educated public

schools of St. Louis; St. Louis Polytechnic;
Law Department Washington University,
graduating with degree of LL.B., June 21,
1900; married, St. Louis, Sept. 1, 1903, Gussie
E. Mack; children: Ruth Emma, Virginia Lau-
rette. Began active practice in St. Louis Oct.
1, 1900, with the late George W. Taussig, con
tinuing with him until 1904; since in practice
alone. Republican. Protestant. Member Bar
Association of St. Louis, St. Louis Law Li
brary Association, Code Club. Member of
Knights of Pythias, also of Grand Lodge same.
Member Maple Avenue Reformed Church.
Club: City. Recreation: amateur photography.
Office: 1111-1115 Third National Bank Bldg.
Residence: 1362A Arlington Ave.
HAVERSTICK, George W., physician; born,
DeSoto, Mo., Jan. 8, 1868; son of William J.
and Elizabeth (Vinyard) Haverstiek; educat
ed in public schools; DeSoto School, Cape Gi
rardeau, Mo.; Beaumont Medical College, St.
Louis, graduating with degree of M.D., 1895;
diploma Alexian Brothers' Hospital; married,
Columbia, Mo., May 12, 1900, Julia Burgess;
one daughter, Waynetta. In practice in St.
Louis since 1895; formerly lecturer Beaumont
Medical College and College of Physicians and
Surgeons. President Clean Dairy Co. Member
St. Louis Medical Library Association, St.
Louis University Alumni Association. Mason.
Recreations: motoring and walking. Offiee:
228, 508 N. Grand Ave. Residence: 4259 Mary
land Ave.
HA WES, Harry Bartow, lawyer; born, Cov
ington, Ky., Nov. 15, 1869; son of Smith
Nicholas and Susan Elizabeth (Simrall)
Hawes; graduated from St. Louis Law School;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 15, 1899, Miss E.
Eppes Osborne Robinson; two children: Pey
ton Elizabeth and Eppes Bartow. Admitted
to bar in 1896, and since engaged in general
practice in St. Louis; formerly member firm
of Johnson, Houts, Marlott & Hawes, now
practicing alone. Was president of St. Louis
Police Board under Governors Lon V. Ste
phens and Alex. M. Dockery. In 1904 was can
didate for the Democratic nomination for
governor of the state. Member St. Louis Bar
Association, Law Library Association, Civie
League, St. Louis Real Estate Exchange, Busi
ness Men's League, Merchants' Exchange of
St. Louis, Cervantes Society. Democrat; mem
ber Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Asso
ciation (chairman speakers' committee). Epis
copalian. Clubs: St. Louis, Racquet, Missis
sippi Valley Kennel. Favorite recreations:
hunting and fishing. Office: 1201, 506 Olive
St. Residence: Southern Hotel and "Ravine
Hill," St. Louis County.
HAWES, James Humphreys, treasurer
Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co.; born, Han
nibal, Mo., Mar. 15, 1854; son of George A.
and Sarah (Humphreys) Hawes; educated in
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lege, Palmyra, Mo., Illinois College, Jackson
ville, 111., 1873; married, St. Louis, Apr. 26,
1876, Catherine Crane. Began business career
in 1873 with Commercial Bank of Hannibal,
Mo., as bookkeeper; came to St. Louis in
1886, and entered the Woodward & Tiernan.
Printing Co., of which was vice president
until February, 1905, since treasurer. Episco
palian. Republican. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
Mercantile. Recreation: driving. Offiee: 309
N. 3d St. Residence: 3966 Westminster PL
HAWES, Richard S., vice president Third
National Bank; born, Covington, Ky., Dec. 15,
1874; son of Smith N. and Susan Elizabeth
(Simrall) Hawes; married, St. Louis, June 30,
1897, Mary T. Kemp; four children: Richard
S., Jr., Mary Bartow, Robert N. and Susan
E. Began active career in retail jewelry store
in Kansas City, Mo., 1889; then entered em
ploy of U. S. Government, under the Missis
sippi River Commission, at St. Louis, after
which spent eighteen months in railroad busi
ness at Cincinnati. Became connected as a
pass-book boy with the Chemical National
Bank, St. Louis, Jan. 1, 1892, this institution
being absorbed by the Third National Bank
in 1897; was appointed receiving teller of
Third National, 1897, and successively paying
teller, chief clerk, assistant cashier, and on
May 4, 1911, was elected vice president same,
a position he now fills. Treasurer Missouri
Bankers' Association, 1912. Democrat. Epis
copalian. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Bankers'.
Recreation: fishing. Office: Third National
Bank, Broadway and Olive St. Residence:
4014 Westminster PI.
HAWKINS, Charles Martyr, clergyman;
born, Glasgow, Mo., Apr. 25, 1858; son of
Oscar Dunreath and Frances Ann (Martyr)
Hawkins; educated in public schools of Mis
souri and State Normal School, Warrensburg,
Mo.; (D.D., Missouri State University, 1897);
married, Kansas City, Mo., June 28, 1883,
Mary Agnes Mathews; children: John Math
ews, Robert Martyr, Phala (daughter), Oscar
Menefee. Admitted to ministry of Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, 1880. Pastorates:
Pleasant Hill, Mo.; Washington Street Church,
Kansas City, Mo.;. Boonville, Mo.; Independ
ence, Mo.; Walnut Street, Kansas City, Mo.;
Central Church, Kansas City; Troost Avenue,
Kansas City; Trinity Church, Baltimore, Md.;
Greene Memorial Church, Roanoke, Va.; Ca
banne Church, St. Louis; now pastor Lafay
ette Park Church, St. Louis. Presiding elder
St. Louis District; delegate Ecumenical Con
ference, Toronto, Can., 1911. Democrat. Ma
son, Knight Templar. Address: 5747 Bart-
mer Ave.
HAWLEY, Edwin William, western agent
for powder manufacturers; born, Chicago, 111.,
Jan. 17, 1869; son of Charles A. and Electa E.
(Edwards) Hawley; graduated from high
school, Muskegon, Mich., 1888; married, Lyons,

Mich., Jan. 1, 1889, Estella D. Kelley; chil
dren: Frank 8., Marie Louise (both of whom,
as if by miracle, and unaided, escaped from
the Chicago Iroquois Theater fire), Ruth
Margaret. Began career with father in lum
ber business at Muskegon, Mich.; since 1892
western agent for Aetna Powder Co. of Chi
cago, American Powder Mills, Boston & Miami
Powder Co., Xenia, O., with headquarters at
St. Louis. Republican. Protestant. Mason,
Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs: Missouri
Athletic, St. Louis Amateur Athletic Asso
ciation. Favorite recreation: golf. Office: 502
National Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence:
6123 Kingsbury Boul.
HAWLEY, Nelson Joy, physician; bom, St.
St. Louis, July 15, 1872; son of Thomas S. and
Caroline (Joy) Hawley; graduated from pub
lic school, 1888; Manual Training School,
1891; M.D., Medical Department, Washington
University, 1895; married, St. Louis, Nov. 17,
1897, Bessie H. King; children: Henry Nelson,
Henryetta Louise. Acting resident physician
St. Louis Medical College, 1895; assistant phy
sician Insane Asylum, 1895-96, City Hospital,
1896; dispensary physician, 1897-98, superin
tendent of Female Hospital, 1899-1903; since
engaged in general practice. Hospital steward
First Regiment, National Guard of Missouri,
1896-97. Member Missouri State Medical As
sociation, St. Louis Medical Society. Repub
lican. Recreation: photography. Office: 825-
831 Metropolitan Bldg. Residence: 3864 Cleve
land Ave.
HAY, Lyman Trumbull, hotel manager;
born, Newton, 111., Nov. 23, 1858; son of Car
son D. and Mary (Tansill) Hay; educated in
public schools at Centralia, 111., and at the
University of Illinois, Urbana, 111.; married,
Hot Springs, Ark., Apr. 30, 1884, Lotawanna
Fellows. Began hotel career as manager of the
Hotel Hay, at Hot Springs, Ark., 1884-89;
proprietor of same hotel, 1889-91; became
manager of Hotel Arlington, 1891, and of
Hotel Eastman, 1897, both being located at
Hot Springs; general manager of Hotel Jeffer
son, St. Louis, since the organization, Apr. 8,
1904, of the Hotel Jefferson Co., also secre
tary and treasurer; general manager, secretary
and treasurer Planters Hotel, St. Louis; treas
urer and general manager, New York Hotel
Co., and since 1904 general manager Eastman
and Arlington hotels, Hot Springs, Ark. Mem
ber Business Men's League, St. Louis. Repub
lican. Episcopalian. Clubs: St. Louis, Nor
mandie Golf. Favorite recreations: all outdoor
athletic sports. Office: Hotel Jefferson.
HAYDEL, Henry Louis, real estate; born
in St. James Parish, La., Aug. 18, 1860; son
of Dr. Francis L. and Mary E. (Byrne) Hay-
del; parents removed to St. Louis, 1867; edu
cated in Christian Brothers College, and, 1875-
79, at St. Louis University, graduating in
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of A.B. and A.M.; married, St. Louis, Apr. 15,
1890, Sophie A. Papin; children: Marie Eliza
beth (Mrs. Charles L. Benoist), Dorothy. In
1879, entered the real estate business which
was founded 1840, by grandfather, John
Byrne, Jr., with whom father, Dr. Francis L.
Haydel, became partner in 1867; firm was in
corporated as Haydel Realty Co., of which is
now president. Member St. Louis Real Estate
Exchange (director), Civic League. Catholic.
Democrat. Member of Knights of Father
Mathew. Club: City. Favorite recreations:
golf, reading, billiards. Office: 109 N. 7th St.
Residence: 4211 W. Pine Boul.
HAYDEN, Edwin, retired; born in western
Oneida Co., N. Y., Oct. 22, 1822; son of
Chauncey and Amelia Huntington (Waldo)
Hayden; educated in common schools and
academy at Fairfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y.,
1836; then for three years, clerk in law office
of Hon. Chester Hayden, Utica, N. Y.; mar
ried, Buffalo, N. Y., June 1, 1859, Mrs. Jennie
Smith, nee Potter; children: Edwin W. (de
ceased), Frank C. (deceased), Maud G. In
employ of the American Express Co., 1853-
January, 1911, first as agent at different
points, then route agent; superintendent at St.
Louis, 1863-70; superintendent southwestern
district with headquarters at Buffalo, N. Y.,
1870-76; general agent at St. Louis, 1876-98;
corresponding clerk, 1898-1911; retired with
a record of fifty-eight years' service in one
company. Was member of board of directors
same company, 1872-76. Organizer and first
president, and now honorary member, Mercan
tile Club. Recreation: reading. Residence:
4018 Cook Ave.
*HAYDEN, John A., slate roofer; moved to
California; see Vol. 1906.
HAYES, Joseph Magnor, wholesale woolens;
born, Cincinnati, Feb. 17, 1846; educated in
public schools, Fay's Academy, and took
course in commercial law; married, St. Louis,
October, 1873, Sarah E. Boyle (now de
ceased); children: Sarah Adele, Marie Alexis,
Clara (deceased), Joseph Jerome, George,
Louis Lee, Florence A., Edith T., Robert
Magnor. After leaving school, was employed
in mercantile house until June, 1871, when
started in business on own account in Chi
cago; business wiped out by the great fire
of October, 1871; removed to St. Louis, 1872,
and established the present business under
name of Jos. M. Hayes, incorporated 1884, as
the Jos. M. Hayes Woolen Co., of which was
president; now proprietor same company
which is no longer a corporation. Also direct
or Mechanics-American National Bank, and
several other corporations. Roman Catholic.
Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Country. Recrea
tion: golf. Office: 7th and Morgan Sts. Resi
dence: 4389 Lindell Boul.
HAYES, Montrose W., weather forecaster;
born, Charlotte, N. C, Nov. 21, 1874; son of

Junius W. and Lucy Connor (Morrow) Hayes;'
educated public and private schools, Char
lotte; Columbian (now George Washington)
University, Washington, D. C; married, Cairo,
111., March, 1908, Marie Leuschen; one child,
Montrose H. Has been connected with U. S.
Weather Bureau since 1892; district fore
caster at St. Louis since 1910. Office: 1516
Chemical Bldg. Residence: 1917 S. Compton
Avenue. *HAYNES, Edgar Allan Poe; moved to
London, England; see Vol. 1906.
HAYNES, John Ignatius, architect; born,
St. Louis, Mar. 1, 1861; son of Thomas and
Ellen (Farrell) Haynes; educated in public
schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Mar.
17, 1894, Harriet L. Helery. Began profes
sional career as draftsman for Barnett &
Taylor, architects, 1880-90; deputy commis
sioner of Building Department, City of St.
Louis, 1890-91; then partner with George D.
Barnett, as Barnett & Haynes, until 1895,
when Thomas P. Barnett was admitted, the
firm assuming the present style of Barnett,
Haynes & Barnett. Firm was appointed as
one of the nine constituting the Commission
of Architecture for the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition. Architects for many, notable
structures, including the Liberal Arts Build
ing at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
the Hotel Jefferson, the new Roman Catholic
Cathedral, the Star Building, the Marquette
Hotel, the Hamilton Hotel, and a large num
ber of churches, hospitals and fine private
residences in St. Louis. Also architects for
the New Illinois Athletic Club Building and
the new Southern Hotel, in Chicago, the Mark
Twain Hotel at Hannibal, Mo., the Colonial
Hotel at Springfield, Mo., the new Joplin
Hotel, Joplin, Mo., Hotel Adolphus, etc. Inde- '
pendent Democrat. Member Business Men's
League. Roman Catholic. Member of Amer
ican Institute of Architects. Club: Missouri
Athletic Offiee: 949 Century Bldg. Residence:
4215 McPherson Ave.
HAYNES, William Johnson, manufacturer
of furnaces; born, Mount Airy, N. C, Mar. 16,
1851; son of Joseph and Lamira (Johnson)
Haynes; educated at State Normal School,
Warrensburg, Mo.; married, Springfield, Mo.,
1883, Sallie Doling; children: Bessie (Mrs. W.
B. Markham), William J., Jr., George D.,
Howard. Taught school for some years after
leaving normal school; resident of Missouri
since 1867; came to St. Louis from Pleasant
Hill, Mo., in 1878, and began in mercantile
pursuits as bookkeeper for Doling & Langen-
burg, grain commission merchants; when Mr.
Doling retired, 1886, became member of
Langenburg Bros. & Co. In 1890 bought out
Front Rank Steel Furnace Co., and in 1904
incorporated business as Haynes-Langenburg
Manufacturing Co., makers of "Front Rank"
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water heating, of which is president. Mem
ber Merchants' Exchange. Democrat. Mem
ber board of stewards of Cabanne M. E.
Church, South. Member Royal Arcanum.
Recreation: hunting. Office: 4045 Forest Park
Boul. Residence: 6311 Westminster PI.
HAYS, Frank Perin, investment bonds;
born near Columbus, O., Mar. 12, 1861; son
of William B. and Celina (Perin) Hays; edu
cated in Lancaster (Mo.) High School, Kirks
ville (Mo.) Normal School and H. B. Bryant
Business College, Chicago (full course) ; mar
ried, Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 18, 1882, Harriet
Lane Celleyham; children: Helen, Hilda,
Elizabeth, Forrest Perin, Margaret Frances.
Spent summers, from age twelve to twenty,
working on farms belonging to father; in
general store under firm name of W. B. Hays
& Son, 1880-82; general merchant at Lan
caster, Mo., 1882-86; started Hays Bank, Lan
caster, Mo., 1886, owning one-half and father
other half; bought control of Schuyler County
Bank of Lancaster, 1888; in 1889 started Hays
Banking Co. of Queen City, Mo., owning most
of it; in 1891 started Merchants' Exchange
Bank of Downing, Mo., owning most of it; in
1893 started the Atlanta State Bank, Atlanta,
Macon Co., Mo., owning most of it. Began
dealing in bonds, 1892, and in 1897 the busi
ness had grown so large that came to St.
Louis and formed partnership with William
C. Little & Bro., as Little & Hays Investment
Co. Was bond officer Mississippi Valley Trust
Co., 1901-02; vice president Colonial Trust Co.,
1903; resumed partnership with W. C. Little
and others, May, 1904; now vice* president
Little & Hays Investment Co., dealers in mu
nicipal and corporation bonds and dividend
paying stocks. Director Chicago Railway
Equipment Co. since 1901. President Oregon-
Washington Road, 1910. Was secretary seven
years, and in 1899, president, Missouri Bank
ers' Association. Democrat. Member M. E.
Church, Lindell Ave., Y. M. C. A. (chairman
finance committee general board of direct
ors); treasurer City Evangelization Union,
1905-07, inclusive, president, 1908, 1909. Presi
dent Missouri Sunday School Union, three
years; president City of St. Louis Sunday
School Union, one year, etc. Clubs: Noonday,
St. Louis, St. Louis Country, Methodist (treas
urer since 1905). Recreations: golf, motoring.
Office: 303 N. 4th St. Residence: 14 Washing
ton Terrace.
HAYS, James M., president Audit and Bond
Co. of America; born, Sharpsburg, Pa., July 3,
1860; son of Gen. Alexander (killed in the
battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864) and
Annie (McFadden) Hays; mainly self-edu
cated; married, Aledo, 111., 1887, Olive Byers;
two children: Frances B. and Alden F. Began
active career at eleven, selling newspapers on
railway train; learned printer's trade and
later was connected with auditor's office of

Pennsylvania Ry.; removed to Jefferson City,
Mo., 1878; became identified with J. S. Sulli
van Saddle Tree Co. as secretary and partner
and is now president same; organized, 1898,
the D'Oench-Hays Shoe Co., which consoli
dated with the Giesecke Boot and Shoe Manu
facturing Co., forming the Gieseeke-D 'Oench-
Hays Shoe Co.; resigned from office of treas
urer, 1905; organized, 1908, the Audit and
Bond Co. of America, of which has since been
president. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner.
Clubs: Mercantile, Bellerive (St. Louis),
County (Jefferson City). Recreations: hunt
ing, fishing and travel. Office: Olive St. and
Broadway. Residence: 5133 Westminster PL
HAYWARD, Harry Erwin, general agent
New England Mutual Life Insurance Co.;
born, Nashville, Tenn., June 20, 1857; son of
George Albigence and Ellen (Erwin) Hay
ward; came to St. Louis from the South with
parents, November, 1866; educated in St.
Louis public schools, by private tutors and at
Washington University; unmarried. Went
from university to Frisco R. R., in 1877, and
soon became general car accountant and gen
eral baggage agent; resigned on account of
ill-health and went South for a winter, then
came to Third National Bank for eighteen
months; went to Mexico for a year and
was engaged in mining; returned to St. Louis,
1882, and was associated with Frank D. and
Louis E. Hirschberg in fire insurance business
until Mar. 3, 1886, when took present position
as general agent for the New England Mutual
Life Insurance Co., of Boston, Mass. Inde
pendent in politics. Episcopalian. Member
Sons of the Revolution. Clubs: Racquet, Flo
rissant Valley Country, St. Louis Country.
Favorite recreation: hunting. Office: 507-508
Chemical Bldg. Residence: 4637 Berlin Ave.
HAZZARD, Charles Edgar, medical and
surgical supplies; born, St. Louis, 1873; son
of Ambrose and Mattie S. (Wilcox) Hazzard;
educated in public schools of St. Louis; un
married. After leaving school engaged with
St. Louis Physicians' Supply Co., as clerk
and offiee man; in 1892 became secretary of
the company, pharmaceutical chemists and
manufacturers and dealers in physicians' and
surgeons' supplies; organized, January, 1912,
The Medical and Surgical Supply Depot, of
which is proprietor, under firm name of Haz
zard & Thompson. Baptist. Member A. F. &
A. M., and Royal Arcanum. Office: 4219 Olive
St. Residence: 4247 Delmar Boul.
HEALEY, Edwin Sprague, lime and ce
ment; born, Thomaston, Me., Oct. 1, 1859; son
of William S. D. and Betsey Y. (Drinkwater)
Healey; married, St. Louis, June 8, 1892,
Martha Isabelle Hodgdon; children: Edwin
H., Martha, Warren Cobb, Judith. Began
business career as clerk in boot and shoe
trade in Rockland, Me., 1876-79; then engaged
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1879-86, and represented the same company
in St. Louis, 1886-89; since its organization
in 1889, member of the Glencoe Lime and Ce
ment Co., of which is now secretary and treas
urer. Republican; president Board of Educa
tion of Webster Groves. Congregationalist.
Club: Algonquin Golf. Office: 901 Syndicate
Trust Bldg. Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
HEALY, Francis Dennis, importer water
color and oil paintings; born, St. Louis, Jan.
31, 1862; son of Dennis B. and Mary (Don
nelly) Healy; educated in public and high
schools, graduating, 1877; married, St. Louis,
1899, Odile Valle Pratte Layton; two chil
dren: Jane Marie and Francis Wallace. Be
gan active career in employ of Simmons
Hardware Co. and advanced until he was
placed in charge of sample department; trav
eling salesman F. H. Thomas Law Book Co.,
1886-94; pursued course of study in St. Louis
Art School; importer water color and oil
paintings since 1895. Roman Catholic. Rec
reation: outdoor sports. Office: 10 S. Broad
way. Residence: 4147 W. Pine Boul.
HEALY, Jeremiah Daniel, real estate;
born, Covington, Ky., Oct. 15, 1862; son of
Jeremiah and Honora (Lane) Healy; educated
in public schools of Covington, and one term
at Polytechnic, St. Louis; unmarried. Began
business career at fourteen as clerk in retail
grocery business for father; started a store at
age of twenty-one and conducted it success
fully for eleven years; entered offiee of late
Henry Hiemenz, Jr., real estate and financial
agent, in sales department, and continued
with The Henry Hiemenz Realty Co., incorpo
rated 1902, and in 1903 was elected as presi
dent of company. Member of St. Louis Real
Estate Exchange. Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Member of Knights of Columbus. Clubs:
Union, Liederkranz. Office: 614 Chestnut St.
Residence: 3118 Allen Ave.
HEATH, George Millard, chemist; born,
Milan, Mich., July 12, 1876; son of Charles A.
and Alice (Dowcett) Heath; Ph.O, University
of Michigan, 1896, B.Sc, 1900; honorary title
of M.D., American Medical College, 1911;
unmarried. Was instructor in chemistry, Uni
versity of Michigan; assistant professor of
chemistry, Albion College, Mich., 1900-01; be
came professor American Medical College, St.
Louis, 1910; since 1912, dean Pharmacy De
partment and professor chemistry, National
University of Arts and Sciences (successor to
Barnes University and American Medical Col
lege). President Camden Copper Co. Has
done considerable research work and investi
gation on sanitary conditions of cities, milk
supply, food products, etc; advocate of cen
tral milk station for St. Louis. Republican.
Episcopalian. Member American Chemical So
ciety, American Pharmaceutical Association,
American Institute Chemical Engineers, Phi
Delta Chi. Mason. Recreations: tennis, base

ball. Office: Garrison and Lawton Aves. Resi
dence: 4335 Maryland Ave.
HEATH, Thomas J., auditor of ticket ac
counts, Frisco Line; born, Sheffield, England,
Sept. 29, 1852; son of William and Hannah
(Cundell) Heath; educated in St. Louis pub-
lie and high schools, 1858-69, and Professor
Felton's Academy, 1869-72; married, St.
Louis, 1880, Mary Ouhrabka; six children:
William G., Thomas H., Catherine H.,
Mary E., Joseph Charles and Esther Victoria,
Began business career in 1873, as clerk with
the Singer Manufacturing Co., with which re
mained until June 1, 1876; in mercantile busi
ness in St. Louis, in firm of Heath Bros., Oct.
19, 1876, to Jan. 14, 1880; since July 1, 1880,
auditor of ticket accounts, Frisco Line. Presi
dent Suburban Supply Co., Webster Groves.
Served as first lieutenant, Company F, First
Regiment, Missouri National Guard, 1876-80;
was alderman of Third Ward, Webster Groves,
1907-11. Episcopalian. Mason. Member Royal
Arcanum. Recreations: baseball, driving. Of
fice: 1210 Frisco Bldg. Residence: 338 Old
Orchard Ave., Webster Groves, Mo.
HEATH, Willard Price, wholesale dealer in
lands; born, Vineland, Wis., Aug. 1, 1861; son
of Emery and Harriett (Price) Heath; edu
cated in public schools, Brookfield, Mo., to
1875; married, Clinton Co., la., Nov. 6, 1895,
Sara Jane Campbell; two children: Dorothy,
Margaret. Began business career as office
clerk with Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad
Co., Brookfield and Kansas City, Mo., 1876-
77; clerk land department and assistant pay
master, same road, at general office, Hannibal,
Mo., 1878-80; bookkeeper Abbey Coal and
Mining Co., St. Louis, 1881-86; secretary to
general manager Consolidated Coal Co., St.
Louis, 1887-88; secretary and treasurer Kan
sas & Texas Coal Co., St. Louis, 1888-1903;
then wholesale dealer in lands until 1907.
Became president and general manager Col
ony Farm Homes Association, 1908, continuing
to 1911; presiding trustee Taney County Lum
ber Co. since 1902; organized Heath Land
Service, 1912, of which is proprietor and man
ager. Member St. Louis Real Estate Ex
change, Business Men's League. Republican.
Christian Scientist. Served twelve years in
Company A and Company I, First Regiment,
Missouri National Guard, 1883-1895, retiring
as captain of Company A. Recreations: hunt
ing and fishing. Office: Equitable Bldg. Resi
dence: 5014 Cabanne Ave.
HEBARD, Alfred Partridge1, lawyer; born,
New London, Conn., Dec. 16, 1867; son of
Augustus Huntington and Alice Adelaide
(Partridge) Hebard; graduated from Smith
Academy, St. Louis, 1883; student Washing
ton University, 1883-86; A.B., Harvard Uni
versity, 1889; St. Louis Law School, winter
of 1893-94; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1896;
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mire; one son, Alfred Partridge, Jr. Admitted
to bar in December, 1896, and since engaged
in practice. Member St. Louis Bar Associa
tion, Harvard Law School Association. Re
publican. Clubs: Noonday, City, St. Louis
Country, Harvard; also Harvard of New York.
Office: 1748-1749 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 4934"
Berlin Ave.
HECHT, Herman, clothing; born, Coblenz,
Germany, June 7, 1866; son of Simon and
Henrietta (David) Hecht; educated in public
schools and at Lyons Business Academy, Pa-
ducah, Ky.; unmarried. Began business career
as partner in firm of Hecht Bros. & Co., whole
sale hats, Paducah, Ky., 1882; sold out in 1894
to brothers, and became traveling salesman
for Schwab Clothing Co., St. Louis, in Illinois,
Tennessee and Kentucky, 1894-99; in 1899
joined in organizing new firm of Hecht Bros.
& Co., manufacturers and jobbers of clothing,
and has charge of the office work and buying.
Club: Missouri Athletic. Recreation: travel
ing. Office: 1226 Washington Ave. Residence:
5172 Raymond Ave.
HECHT, Max, manufacturer of clothing;
born, Coblenz, Germany, Feb. 6, 1854; son of
Simon and Henrietta (David) Hecht; edu
cated in schools of Germany; married, Louis
ville, Ky., Aug. 28, 1888, Rosa Harris; three
sons: Lester I. Heyman, Sydney S. and Carl
A. Came to United States in 1870; engaged
in various business connections until May 1,
1899, when with Herman Hecht established
the firm of Hecht Bros. & Co., manufacturers
of men 's, boys ' and children 's suits and over
coats. Member Business Men's League. Re
publican. Jewish religion. Club: Columbian.
Office: 1226 Washington Ave. Residence: 4756
Westminster PL
HECKEMEYER, John Henry, wholesale
grocer; born in Osage Co., Mo., Sept. 3, 1850;
son of Henry and Clara (Peitzmeyer) Heeke-
meyer; educated in public schools and Jones
Business College; married, St. Louis, Feb. 17,
1876, Mary F. Walsh; six Children: George
(deceased), Henry, Stephen, Anthony, Estelle
and Mary. Began business career as clerk in
general store of Stephen Ortmeyer, at West
phalia, Mo., 1866-68; with L. A. Lambert,
Castle Rock, Mo., 1868-71; came to St. Louis
and was student and teacher in Jones Busi
ness College until 1874, when became book
keeper for Becker & Woestman, wholesale
grocers; in 1887 the firm became F. H. Kren-
ning & Son, for which was traveling salesman
until August, 1902, when, upon incorporation
of the business as the Krenning Grocer Co.,
became vice president. Democrat. Catholic.
Office: 818 N. 3d St. Residence: 3815 Page
Boulevard. *HEDGCOCK, George Grant, plant patholo
gist; moved to Tacoma Park, D. C; see Vol.
1906.

HEDGES, Isaac Angell, real estate; born,
St. Louis, Oct. 5, 1872; son of Isaac A. and
Dorothea Hedges; educated in St. Louis pub-
lie schools, graduating from St. Louis High
School Jan. 19, 1890; married, New York City,
Feb. 12, 1902, lone Huse, daughter of William
L. and Martha E. Huse; children: William
Huse, Dorothea, Isaac Adair. Soon after
graduation from high school, entered employ
of John MeGuire Real Estate Co. as book
keeper and cashier. In 1893 became secretary
of estate of Wayman Crow, retaining this
connection until estate was settled in 1897;
then associated with Samuel Cupples and
Robert S. Brookings in development of their
property in the Cupples group. Upon the gift
of this property by Messrs. Cupples and
Brookings to Washington University, was re
tained by the university as manager for the
Cupples Station property, and so continues.
Also an operator in St. Louis real estate on
own private account. Member Real Estate Ex
change. Republican. Unitarian. Scottish Rite
Mason (Tuscan Lodge, Missouri Consistory
and Mystic Shrine). Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
Algonquin. Recreations: golf, tennis and
handball. Office: Cupples Blk. Residence:
Berry Rd., Glendale, Mo.
HEDGES, Robert Lee, president St. Louis
American League Baseball Co.; bora, Jack
son Co., Mo., July 1, 1868; son of George S.
and Elizabeth (Hayes) Hedges; common
school education; married, Cincinnati, 1891,
Pauline Davis; one son, Robert Lee, Jr. Be
gan active career in Kansas City, but removed
to Cincinnati and engaged in the manufacture
of buggies and vehicles, 1892-1902; has been
president of the St. Louis American League
Baseball Co. since. 1902. Member Business
Men's League. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri
Athletic, Glen Echo. Recreation: motoring.
Office: 1304 New Bank of Commerce Bldg.
Residence: Oxford Apts.
HEDRICK, Tubman Keene; see Vol. 1906.
HEHRLEIN, William Henry; see Vol. 1906.
HEIBEL, Peter, box manufacturer; 1848-
1910; see Vol. 1906.
HEIDBREDER, George Louis, coal dealer;
born, St. Louis, May 8, 1871; son of John F.
and Louise (Voss) Heidbreder; educated in
St. Louis public schools and commercial col
lege; married, St. Louis, Dec. 6, 1899, Matile
L. Kunkel; one son, George I. Began business '
career as shipping clerk for Liberty Brewing
Co., 1889, continuing until 1891; then joined
in organization of the Superior Ice and Cold
Storage Co., which was merged into the Heid
breder Ice Co., of which was president until
December, 1909; now president Heidbreder
Coal Co. Member North St. Louis Business
Men's Association. Mason (32°), Shriner.
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Kokoal. Recreations: hunting and fishing.
Offiee: 1502 St. Louis Ave. Residence: 3820
W. Pine St.
HEIER, Henry, undertaker; bora, Califor
nia, Mo., Mar. 20, 1870; parents died when he
was in infancy; reared in German Protestant
Orphans' Home, St. Louis Co., to sixteen;
largely self-educated; married, St. Louis, June
5, 1895, Bertha Schumacher; four children:
Eunice, Evelyn, Elvera, Edith. Began active
career in employ of Doerr & Hackemeier,
wholesale queensware, St. Louis; later worked
for Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. for sixteen
months; studied embalming under C. L.
Barnes, and at the Renaud Training School
for Embalming and National Embalming
School, graduating July, 1893; since in busi
ness on own account. Republican. Member
Evangelical Protestant Church. Mason, Knight
Templar; member Royal Arcanum, Lieder
kranz, Orphans' Aid Society. Office and Resi
dence: 3432 Shenandoah Ave.
HEIL, George Louis, president Heil Pack
ing Co.; born, St. Louis, July 31, 1877; son of
Charles P. and Rose (Reigel) Heil; educated
St. Bernard's School, Gratiot and Hawk Sts.;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 16, 1901, Gertrude M.
Grabenschroer; four children: Gertrude Marie,
Fred William, George Louis, Jr., Caroline.
Began active career with his father, who was
a pork packer, and learned the business from
the bottom up; when father sold out, went
into business for himself; was elected presi
dent and treasurer Heil Packing Co., Oct. 1,
1903, a corporation then capitalized at $10,-
000; capital increased to $100,000 Mar. 1,
1908, and to $150,000 Aug. 10, 1909. Member
American Meat Packers' Association. Catho
lic. Member Knights of Columbus. Recrea
tions: motoring, traveling; fond of horses.
Office: Missouri and La Salle Sts. Residence:
3112 Allen Ave.
HEIL, Henry, importer of chemical appa
ratus and chemicals; born, Sehmalkalden, Ger
many, Jan. 1, 1854; son of John Nicolaus and
Fritze (Grau) Heil; educated in Realschule,
of Sehmalkalden, to 1868; graduated from St.
Louis College of Pharmacy, with highest hon
ors, 1877; married, St. Louis, Mar. 22, 1887,
Adele Rupprecht; children: Frederick John,
Lina Cornelia (Mrs. Marquard F. Braun),
Henry Adolph Herman. Apprentice in whole
sale hardware house of Jonas Lutz, Sehmal
kalden, where remained until December, 1872,
when emigrated and arrived in St. Louis, Jan
uary, 1873; was clerk of the coroner, three
months, then took situation in drug store of
H. E. Hoelke, where learned drug trade; en
tered partnership with E. Hoelke, 1875, firm
of E. Hoelke & Co.; went to Leadville, Colo.,
1879, and conducted drug business there with
H. E. and E. Hoelke, as Heil & Hoelke; sold
out in 1882, went to Europe for one year; re
turned, 1883, and bought business of Theodore

Kolb (established, 1866), and from a small
concern has developed it to one of the largest
houses in its line in this country, with ex
tensive American and foreign trade; incor
porated business, 1888, as Henry Heil Chem
ical Co., of which is president. Also secretary
and treasurer of Prospect Investment Co., and
vice president of Edler Realty and Mercan
tile Co. Honorary member St. Louis College
of Pharmacy; member Missouri Pharmaceu
tical Association, St. Louis Chemical Society,
Liederkranz. Clubs: St. Louis Turn Verein,
St. Louis Paint, Oil and Drug. Republican.
Recreation: bowling. Office: 210-214 S. 4th St.
Residence: 1810 La Salle St.
HEIMANN, Hugo; see Vol. 1906.
HEIMANN, Morris Arthur, proprietor M.
A. Heimann Manufacturing Co., show-cases
and window dressers' supplies; born, Bonn-
on-the-Rhine, Germany, Mar. 3, 1868; son of
Jacob and Regina (Miller) Heimann; edu
cated at University of Bonn (Germany);
widower; one daughter, Melba. Came from
Germany to St. Louis in 1889; learned the
business of manufacturing show-cases and
window dressers' supplies in Germany; was
window dresser with D. Crawford & Co., dry
goods, 1889-93; since 1893 engaged under style
of M. A. Heimann Manufacturing Co., pioneer
manufacturers of window dressers' supplies,
manufacturers and inventors of show-cases,
mirrors, window display and store fixtures,
also manufacturers and inventors of balloons,
aeroplanes and aeronautical supplies. Recre
ations: motoring and aerial navigation. Sales
rooms: 1122 Washington St. Factories: 13th
St. from Rutger St. to Morrison Ave. Resi
dence: 1209 Rutger St.
HEINECKE, Walter Frederick, coal; born,
Lenzburg, 111., Oct. 8, 1879; son of Herman
J. and Elizabeth (Wildy) Heineeke; edu
cated in public schools of DuQuoin and Belle
ville, 111.; Fremont (Neb.) Normal School
(commercial course), graduating, 1900; mar
ried, St. Louis, Oct. 19, 1904, Laura Bruegge-
mann. Began business career, while attending
public school at Belleville, 111., as clerk for
William Glasser, shoes, etc.; was with Martin
Geiger, general merchandise, New Athens, HI.;
then for short time with wholesale woolen
house; in 1901 began with Lebanon Coal and
Machine Association as collector, and on or
ganization of International Coal and Mining
Co., in 1905, became secretary; also proprietor
Heineeke Coal Co. Mason. Member Evan
gelical Church. Recreation: bowling. Office:
1940 S. Kings Highway Boul. Residence:
3456A Hartford St.
HEINRICH, John Peter, president of Hein-
rich Coal Co.; born in Hesse Darmstadt, Ger
many, July 9, 1845; son of Johanes and Ger
trude (Von der Muehle) Heinrich; educated
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married, Belleville, 111., 1869, Margaretha
Brandenburger; eight children. Began busi
ness career in portrait business, in employ of
Howard & Hall, photographers, until 1865;
since in coal business, first, with Albion Coal
& Mining Co., and in German Mining Co.,
1866-67; organized firm of John P. Heinrich
& Co., which was incorporated in 1873 as the
Heinrich Coal Co., of which is president.
Also president of the Heinrich Terminal
Realty Co. Member German Evangelical
Protestant Church of the Holy Ghost. Mem
ber West St. Louis Turn Verein. Recreations:
bowling and driving. Office: 408 Olive St.
Residence: 2829 Thomas St.
HEINRICHSHOFEN, Otto, lumber; see
Vol. 1906.
HEISEL, Arthur Oliver, president Grand
Motor Car Co.; born, St. Louis, Mar. 10, 1880;
son of Nicholas and Catherine (Miller) Hei-
sel; received education in public schools and
Bryant & Stratton Commercial College; mar
ried, St. Louis, Oct. 10, 1901, Lilly J. Holl-
mann. Began active career as office boy in
produce business, 1896, and is now vice presi
dent of the Henry C. Hollmann Produce Co.;
treasurer A. Heisel Laundry Co., founded De
cember, 1909; president Grand Motor Car Co.,
organized September, 1910. Member Corpora
tion Washington University. Clubs: Century
Boat, Missouri Athletic Recreations: bowling
and motoring. Office: 1617-1619 S. Jefferson
Ave. Residence: 3200 Halliday St.
HEITZ, Robert, wholesale butter, cheese,
etc.; born, St. Louis, Apr. 14, 1862; son of
George and Mary Heitz; educated in public
schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, June
1, 1882, Anna Rosenberger; children: Edna,
Theodore. Began business career in 1878 in
employ of Adam Roth Grocer Co., with which
continued until 1890, when established in the
wholesale butter, cheese and egg business, in
which has since continued, now being head
of the firm of Robert Heitz Commission Co.
Scottish Rite Mason (32°); member Ivanhoe
Commandery, K. T., Mystic Shrine. Member
B. P. O. Elks. Office: 206-208 Market St.
Residence:' 3526 Magnolia Ave.
HELD, George A., cashier International
Bank; born, St. Louis, Oct. 5, 1862; son of
Henry and Annie Held; educated in public
schools and Christian Brothers College, St.
Louis, to 1880; married, St. Louis, May 20,
1891, Minnie Niemetz; one daughter, Elva.
Began business career in 1880 as collector for
the old Union Savings Bank, until 1884; then
was engaged in tbe Wabash Railroad office
two years; since 1886 employed with the
International Bank of St. Louis, of which has
been cashier since 1900. Mason. Club: Lieder
kranz. Office: Rialto Bldg. Residence: 3627
Utah PL
HELFERS, Henry; see Vol. 1906.

HELLER, Otto, professor German language
and literature, Washington University; born,
Tietsch, Saxony, Germany, July 15, 1863; son
of David and Emma (Feuerloescher) Heller;
educated at Gymnasium at Briix and Dresden,
Germany; universities of Prague, Munich,
Vienna and Berlin, 1881-83; came to America,
1883; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1900;
studied at University of Berlin, 1900-01; mar
ried Margaret Theresa Stevenson, of Boston,
Feb. 21, 1893. Instructor in Greek, LaSalle
College, Philadelphia, 1887-90; instructor mod
ern languages, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 1891; professor German language
and literature, Washington University, since
1892. Trustee National German-American
Teachers' Seminary, Milwaukee. Member
Modern Language Association of America,
American Philological Association, Goethe So
ciety of Weimar, Schillerverein, Sehlaraffia.
Clubs: Liederkranz, Town and Gown, Con
temporary, Alma Mater, City. Author: First
Course in German, 1886; Studies in Modern
German Literature, 1905; Henrik Ibsen, Plays
and Problems, 1912. Editor: Stifter's Das
Heidedorf, 1890; C. F. Meyer's Gustav Adolf
Page, 1894; Schuecking's Die Drei Freier,
1896; Frenssen's Gravelotte, 1897; Baum-
bach's Der Schwiegersohn, 1908; Lessing's
Minna von Barnhelm, 1909. Contributor to
magazines and philological journals. Recrea
tions: travel, music, drama, literature. Ad
dress: Washington University.
HELLMUTH, George W., architect; born,
St. James, Mo., Feb. 6, 1870; son of J. G. and
Julia B. (Ihmsen) Hellmuth; educated in pub
lic school, St. James, Mo., until 1884; A.B.,
Christian Brothers College, 1889 ; student Mis
souri School of Mines, 1889-91; married, St.
Louis, 1906, Harriet Fowler; children: George
Francis, Hildegard. Connected with various
leading architects of St. Louis and Chicago
until Oct. 1, 1898, when started the practice
of architecture in St. Louis; formed partner
ship with Harry I. Hellmuth, July 1, 1911, un
der firm name of Hellmuth & Hellmuth. Has
been architect for a number of handsome resi
dences in St. Louis as well as for important
mercantile establishments and public build
ings. Member American Institute of Archi
tects. Catholic Club: St. Louis. Recreation:
fishing. Office: 1401 Chemical Bldg. Resi
dence: 4468 Maryland Ave.
HELLMUTH, Harry Ihmsen, architect;
born, St. James, Apr. 17, 1884; son of J. G.
and Julia B. (Ihmsen) Hellmuth; educated at
St. Louis University; later studied architec
ture in atelier of Don Barber, New York,
where he gained special honors; married,
Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 6, 1911, Christine Ihm
sen Swearingen. Entered office of G. W. Hell
muth, architect, St. Louis, in 1900, continuing
until 1907; then went to New York City and
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Partridge, H. Van Buren Magneigle, Albert
Sterner and York & Sawyer; returned to St.
Louis and entered into partnership with G. W.
Hellmuth, July 1, 1911, .under title of Hell
muth & Hellmuth, which still continues. Rec
reation: sculpture. Offiee: Chemical Bldg.
Residence: 484 Lake Ave.
HELLRUNG, Jacob Francis, president Hell-
rung & Grimm House Furnishing Co.; born,
Freeburg, 111.," Dec. 27, 1861; son of Frank
and Catherine (Bumb) Hellrung; educated in
Freeburg parochial and public schools; mar
ried, St. Louis, May 7, 1883, Christiana Grimm
(died Aug. 3, 1907); 2d, St. Louis, June 27,
1908, Louisa Theresa Perano; four children
by first marriage: Joseph Benjamin, Jacob
Francis, Jr., Catherine Mary (Mrs. George
Dostal) and Amanda Emma. Began in stove
and tinware business, 1887, later adding fur
niture, carpets, etc.; erected new building at
16th St. and Cass Ave., 1891; opened second
store at 904-908 Washington Ave., Sept. 2,
1911, conducting both stores at present time
(their slogan: "You get the Girl, We'll do
the Rest ' ') ; vice president Val Reis Piano
Co., Cass Avenue Bank; director Stanard
Separator Co. Member of Business Men's
League, Citizens' Industrial Association.
Catholic; member board of governors Guar
dian Angel Home; trustee St. Vincent Orphan
Home. Member Catholic Knights of America,
Knights of Columbus, Ancient Order United
Workmen, Royal League. Clubs: Elks', City,
Century Boat, St. Louis Piscatorial, St. Louis
Cruising, Alton Slough. Recreations: fishing
and attending his society meetings. Offices:
904-908 Washington Ave. and 16th St. and
Cass Ave. Residence: 4937 Lotus Ave.
HELM, John, contractor; born, St. Louis,
Apr. 16, 1860; son of Henry and. Elizabeth
(Enderling) Helm; educated at Lafayette
(public) School and Peabody Branch High
School, St. Louis; married, Portland, Orev
1889, Mary A. Shelley; children: Henry O,
William A., Lester J. Engaged in building
and contracting business since 1876, and now,
president of the Althaus-Helm Contracting
Co. Independent in politics. Protestant. Resi
dence: 4223 Louisiana Ave.
HUMAN, August, contractor; born, St.
Louis, Oct. 17, 1855; son of Frederick and
Elizabeth (Schreifer) Heman; educated in St.
Louis public schools; married, Percy, 111., Apr.
30, 1888, Leni Leota Lightner; one son, Alonzo
G. In 1875 obtained first city contract for
making and repairing sidewalks, and contin
ued contracting for city. In 1888 obtained
contract for what was known as Vandeventer
Sewer, District No. 1; in 1901 obtained con
tract for building the water works at Chain
of Rocks, in name of Heman Construction Co.,
of which is president; built cascades at
World,'s Fair Grounds, 1903; has built hun
dreds of miles of streets and sewers in St.

Louis, besides much railroad and bridge work
outside of city. President Trinidad Asphalt
Manufacturing Co.; vice president Georgia-
Florida Land Co. Member Business Men's
League. Democrat. Protestant. Club: City.
Recreation: fishing. Office: 6361 Washington
Ave. Residence: 444 S. Theresa Ave.
HEMAN, Harry F., contractor; born, St.
Louis, Sept. 14, 1874; son of John H. and
Lottie (Kroeger) Heman; educated in public
schools; married, St. Louis County, 1893, Kit-
tie Busch; two sons: Harry F., Earl B. Began
taking contracts for city streets, sewers and
sidewalks, at age of nineteen, and has since
been engaged in work along those lines, being
one of the well known street contractors in
the city. Independent in politics. Presbyte
rian. Mason; member Westgate Lodge No.
445, A. F. & A. M.; St. Louis Chapter No. 8, ,
R. A. M.; St. Aldemar Commandery No. 18,
K. T.; Moolah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.
Club: Oasis. Recreations: hunting and fishing.
Office: 1106, 721 Olive St. Residence: 4838
Cote Brilliante Ave.
HEMENWAY, William D., fire insurance;
born in Goderich Co., Ontario, Can., June 30,
1861; son of William O. and Ellen S. (Brown)
Hemenway; educated in St. Louis public
schools; married, St. Louis, Katherine Griffin;
children: Louise (by previous marriage), Don
aldson W., Virginia M. Began insurance busi
ness in 1877, remaining with A. C. Travis un
til his- death, in 1881; then purchased the
business and continued as Peugnet & Hemen
way until 1903; since then general manager
of Insurance Agency Co. Member Missouri
Association Local Fire Insurance Agents, Un
derwriters' Salvage Corps, and St. Louis Fire
Prevention Bureau. Director of North St.
Louis Planing Mill Co., Schultz Belting Co.,
and Moon Motor Car Co. Commissioner of
Mullanphy Emigrant Relief Fund, 1907-11.
Recreation: motoring. Offiee: Pierce Bldg.
Residence: 35 Kingsbury PL
HEMMELMAN, Theodore, Jr., real estate;
bora, Hanover, Germany, Mar. 30, 1867; son
of Theodore and Fredericka (Semmelroegge)
Hemmelman; educated in public schools and
business college in St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, Jan. 10, 1894, Louisa Lepold; children:
Gertrude, Florence. Began business career at
eighteen years of age as traveling salesman
for William Schotten & Co., and resigned,
1888, to go into the real estate business with
Henry Hiemenz, Jr.; was with him ten years,
and in 1898 established business as partner
with Albert J. Aiple, as Aiple & Hemmelman,
real estate and financial agents, and incorpo
rated the business, July 12, 1899, as Aiple &
Hemmelman Real Estate Co., of which is
president; also vice president International
Bank of St. Louis. Appointed by Mayor
Ziegenheim, July, 1899, as assessor and col
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increase in collections ever made in history
of department, resulting, on his recommenda
tion, in a general reduction of rates to all
consumers, having accomplished which, re
signed, 1902, owing to press of private busi
ness. Member, 1895-99, president, 1899, Mul
lanphy Emigrant Relief Fund. Member St.
Louis Real Estate Exchange (director). Re
publican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Liederkranz,
Union. Favorite recreation: boating. Office:
622 Chestnut St. Residence: 3227 Hawthorne
Boulevard. HEMP, Lewis William, manufacturer of
sheet metal goods; born, Baltimore, Md., July
4, 1838; son of John and Catharine Hemp;
educated in parochial schools of Keokuk, la.;.
married, St. Louis, Feb. 2, 1862, Mary F. Rey
nolds; children: William H., Edwin J., Robert
Emmett, Charles C, Joseph L., Stanislaus X.,
Jessie M, Laura M. (Mrs. George D. Mattis),
Florence (deceased). Lived in Keokuk, la.,
1848-55, and learned sheet metal working
trade in shops there; came to St. Louis in
1855, and followed trade, consecutively, in
shops of Hull & Cozzens, Noeal & Sutton and
James Beakey & Co.; in 1862 established busi
ness for self in small way, and developed it
into present business of Hemp & Co., of which
is president. Independent in polities. Member
Essex Guards, State Militia, at the time of
the Civil War. Roman Catholic. Member
Knights of Columbus. Club: Knobel Fishing.
Recreations: fishing and hunting. Office; 1939
S. Vandeventer Ave. Residence: 3669 Flad
Avenue. HEMP, William Henry, manufacturer of
sheet metal goods; born, St. Louis, Dec. 27,
1863; son of L. W. and Mary F. (Reynolds)
Hemp; educated in Christian Brothers Col
lege; married, St. Louis, 1898, Katherine M.
Mahoney; children: Katherine, Norman, Net-
' tie. Was with the Drummond Tobacco Co. for
three years, in factory and advertising depart
ment; followed professional baseball for eight
years; vice president of Hemp & Co. since
1899. Independent in polities. Catholic. Clubs:
St. Clair County Country, Knobel Fishing and
Botanical Avenue Baseball Association. Rec
reations: motoring, fishing, baseball. Office:
1939 S. Vandeventer Ave. Residence: 4002
Botanical Ave.
HEMPEL, Max, physician; 1863-1906; see
Vol. 1906.
HENCKLER, Edward Robert, secretary
and treasurer Wulfing Grocer Co.; born, Nau-
¦voo, 111., Jan. 1, 1873; son of George and
Carolina (Schmalenberger) Henckler; educat
ed at Toensfeldt Educational Institute, St.
Louis; married, St. L.ouis, Nov. 16, 1898, Lulu
Roth; three children: Amelia Roth, June Caro
line, Ruth Marian. Resident of St. Louis since
1878, coming from Millstadt, 111.; began busi

ness career in 1889, with Wulfing, Dieckriede
& Co., wholesale grocers, in the office, and be
came successively collector, bookkeeper and
credit man for the firm, and, since incorpora
tion of the business in January, 1903, as the
Wulfing Grocer Co., has been secretary and
treasurer of the company. Member St. Louis
Credit Men's Association, Citizens' Industrial
Association, Civic League. Office: 106-110 N.
2d St. Residence: 2319 S. Compton Ave.
HENDERSON, Frank L., physician; born,
St. Loui3, Mar. 18, 1865; son of James Alex
ander and Virginia L. (Royall) Henderson;
educated in University of Missouri; M.D.,
Missouri Medical College, 1888; post-graduate
courses, New York, London and Paris, 1889,
1893, 1902; married, Syracuse, N. Y., Dec.
31, 1895, Gertrude Parker Spalding. Active
assistant surgeon, United States Army, 1888-
89; in Paris, France, 1889-90; division sur
geon Great Northern Ry., 1890; medical ex
aminer for Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Ry.,
1890-93; attended New York and London
clinics, winter of 1893-94; since summer of
1894 has been engaged in practice in St. Louis;
ophthalmic surgeon to St. Mary's Infirmary;
oculist of Wabash Ry. and the St. Louis Ter
minal Association. Member American Medical'
Association, Missouri State Medical Associa
tion, St. Louis Medical Society (president,
1905), St. Louis Ophthalmological Society,
American Academy of Ophthalmology and
Oto-Laryngology. Democrat. Presbyterian.
Clubs: Glen Echo Country, Contemporary. Of
fiee: 5th floor, Humboldt Bldg. Residence:
Normandy, Mo.
HENDERSON, James Allen; seo Vol. 1906.
HENDERSON, William Walter, lawyer;
born, Columbia, Boone Co., Mo., June 25,
1869; son of James A. and Virginia L.
(Royall) Henderson; educated public schools
of St. Louis; LL.B., University of Missouri,
1895; married, St. Louis Co., Mo., Feb. 5,
1891, Rose McCausland; children: James A.,
Jr., Virginia Rose. Admitted to bar in 1895,
and since engaged in general practice; now
member of firm of Henderson, Marshall &
Becker. Also president of Vandeventer Trust
Co.; director Central National Bank, Stein-
mesch Feed Co., Murad Realty Co., Smith Pig
Iron Co. Before entering upon law practice
was engaged in farming in Boone Co. and St.
Louis Co.; still owns a farm in St. Louis Co.,
and raises Plymouth Rock chickens. President
St. Louis Fanciers' Association. Republican;
judge of Probate Court of City of St. Louis,
1898-1902. Presbyterian. Member Ancient Or
der United Workmen, Legion of Honor, Royal
Arcanum. Recreations: horseback riding and
driving. Office: 922 Security Bldg. Residence:
Bridgeton (at the old homestead which has
been in possession of the family since 1847),
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HENGER, Henry William, retired; born,
St. Louis, Feb. 2, 1848; son of John H. and
Anna Henger; educated in St. Louis private
school; married, 1909, Carrie Piper. Began
business career as employe of bank and was
bookkeeper in North St. Louis Savings Insti
tution until 1868; joined in organizing the
Ette & Henger Manufacturing Co., brass and
iron founders, incorporated in 1888 as Pleuger
& Henger Manufacturing Co., of which was
president and treasurer until 1907, when re
tired. Residence: 1907 N. Grand Ave.
HENKE, August Frederick, physician;
born, St. Louis, June 7, 1873; son of Philip J.
and Louisa (Becker) Henke; graduated from
Central High School, 1893; M.D., Missouri
Medical College, 1896; married, Sept. 20, 1911,
Alma A. Wiegand. Interne at City Hospital,
1896-97; since engaged in general private
practice. Formerly assistant, medical clinic,
and on staff of St. John's Hospital; also for
merly assistant medical clinic in Medical De
partment of Washington University, at O 'Fal
lon Dispensary. Member St. Louis Medical
Society, Missouri State Medical Association,
American Medical Association, City Hospital
Alumni Association, Washington University
Alumni Association. Republican. Evangelical.
Office: 1637 N. 19th St. Residence: 3201A
St. Louis Ave.
HENLEY, Henry C, chief inspector, St.
Louis Fire Prevention Bureau; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 24, 1857 ; son of Wilson and Eliza
beth (Thompson) Henley; educated in St.
Louis public schools; married, St. Louis, Feb.
24, 1881, Alice Trendall; one daughter, Sadie
(Mrs. D. H. lsch). On leaving scnool became
apprentice to brick mason; worked at trade
until entered the Underwriters' Salvage Corps
in 1881; since. September, 1887, in the service
of the St. Louis Board of Fire Underwriters,
becoming chief inspector of the St. Louis Fire
Prevention Bureau; secretary Board of Ap
peals of the City Building Department; mem
ber executive committee of National Fire
Protection Association. Episcopalian. Mem
ber B. P. O. Elks, Knights of Maccabees,
Royal Arcanum, Legion of Honor. Clubs:
City, St. Louis Engineers', St. Louis Auto
mobile, Gilead Hunting and Fishing. Recrea
tion: fishing. Office: 7 34 Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 3813 Page Ave.
HENNEBERGER, Edward, vice president
Knippenberg Grocer Co.; born, Hermann, Gas
conade Co., Mo., Feb. 25, 1870; son of Michael
and Louise (Riek) Henneberger; educated in
public schools of Hermann; married, St. Louis,
Nov. 6, 1894, Anna Westrich; one son, Rich
ard Michael. Entered wholesale grocery house
of Wulfing-Dieekriede & Co. at age of fif
teen, in 1885, working up through various de
partments to a position of responsibility;
associated in wholesale business, in 1893, with
Ed. Knippenberg, R. G. Upmeyer and W. C.

Uhri, under title of The Knippenberg Grocer
Co.; has ever since been identified with this
organization and for past ten years has been
vice president of the company. Independent
Republican. Club: Carondelet Motor Boat.
Recreation: motor boating. Office: 210 S. 7th
St. Residence: 4432 S. Grand Ave.
HENNEBERGER, John, v.-pres. Wulfing
Grocer Co.; born, Hermann, Mo., Feb. 26,
1860; son of Michael and Louise (Riek) Hen
neberger; educated in public schools, Her
mann; married, Hermann, Sept. 18, 1883, Hen
rietta Schneider; children: Edward, Armin.
Began business career in 1874 in general store
at Hermann, Mo., and in 1880 came to St.
Louis to accept a position as bill clerk with
grocery firm of Wulfing, Dieckriede & Co. (es
tablished, 1847), which was succeeded, Janu
ary, 1903, by the Wulfing Grocer Co., of which
has since been vice president. Club: Prairie
Slough Fishing and Hunting (treasurer). Rec
reation: fishing. Office: 106-108 N. 2d St.
Residence: 2940 Milton Ave.
HENNERICH, Joseph Paul, surgeon; born,
St. Louis, Mar. 19, 1859; son of John Paul
and Franciska (Lutz) Hennerieh; educated
in private schools and graduated from St.
Louis Medical College, M.D., 1887; married,
St. Louis, Sept. 24, 1883, Anna Butze; chil
dren: Joseph P., Jr., Otto A., Anna M., Walter
E., Frank A. Engaged in general practice of
surgery since 1887. Member American Med
ical Association, Missouri State Medical Asso
ciation, St. Louis Medical Society. President
Belcher Water, Bath and Hotel Co. Demo
crat. Roman Catholic. Office: 2921 S. Broad
way. Residence: 3603 N. Utah PL
HENNINGS, Thomas Carey, lawyer; born,
St. Louis, Sept. 11, 1874; son of John P. and
Margaret (Carey) Hennings; educated in pub
lic schools, graduating from St. Louis High
School, 1892; graduated from St. Louis Law
School, 1899; married, St. Louis, May 7, 1902,
Sarah P. Wilson; children: Thomas C, Jr.,
and Ruth C. Started business career in 1892
as title examiner for the Lincoln Trust Co.,
remaining with that company until 1898; ap
pointed, 1898, vice president and counsel
American Bonding Co.; admitted to bar, 1899,
and since engaged in general practice of law.
Member Civic League. Member St. Louis Bar
Association. Democrat. Member of military
staff of Governors Dockery and Folk, with
rank of colonel. Clubs: St. Louis, Missouri
Athletic. Office: 620 Rialto Bldg. Residence:
6049 W. Cabanne PL
HENRY, Frank Redman, vice president and
secretary Majestic Manufacturing Co., ranges;
born, St. Louis, July 3, 1867; son of William
D. and Elizabeth (Harrison) Henry; educated
in St. Louis public schools to 1884; married,
St. Louis, June 30, 1891, Mary A. Voden; two
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ness career as chief accountant Missouri Rail
road Co., 1884, and continued until 1894; then
secretary and treasurer same company to
1899; became general auditor United Rail
ways Co., 1899, continuing until 1908; since
vice president and secretary of the Majestic
Manufacturing Co.; also an officer and di
rector in subsidiary companies of the United
Railways Co. Member Missouri Society of
Certified Accountants. Independent in poli
tics. Member Christian Church. Club: Noon
day. Recreation: traveling. Office: 2018 Mor
gan St. Residence: 3939 Westminster PL
HENRY, John Porter, lawyer; born, Jeffer
son City, Mo., Mar. 24, 1884; son of Jesse W.
and Kate (Madison)' Henry; grandson of the
late Judge John W. Henry of the Supreme
Court of Missouri; educated in public schools;
LL.B., Law Department of Washington Uni
versity, 1908; married, Webster Groves, Mo.,
Jan. 5, 1911, J. M. Adams; one child, John
Adams. Was secretary to Judge William C.
Marshall of the Supreme Court of Missouri,
1904-05; admitted to Missouri bar, January,
1908; with firm of Judson & Green, 1907, be
coming member firm of Judson, Green &
Henry, 1912. Democrat. Member Church of
Christ. Member St. Louis Bar Association,
Phi Delta Phi, Sigma Chi. Member Civic
League of St. Louis. Club: City. Office: 504
Rialto Bldg. Residence: Webster Park.
HENSEL, Emil Richard, president E. R.
Hensel Steel and Copper Co.; born, Lawn
Ridge, 111., Dec. 8, 18V 3; son of Charles A.
and Mary E. (Fendrick) Hensel; educated at
Greer College, Hoopestown, 111., graduating
from commercial course; married, St. Louis,
Jan. 17, 1891, Lenora Bell Brown; one son,
Richard Earl. Born and raised on farm;
worked in a law offiee for two years before
becoming connected in clerical capacity with
iron and steel brokerage business of Freeman
& Co., to which succeeded Jan. 1, 1903; presi
dent and treasurer E. R. Hensel Steel and
Copper Co. since Mar. 1, 1911. Member Busi
ness Men's League. Republican. Presbyte
rian. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Aero. Recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Office: 910-912
Security Bldg. Residence: 6252 Westminster
Place. HENSKE, Andrew Adolphus, physician;
born, Warburg, Germany, Jan. 2, 1852; son
of Godlove and Wilhelmine (Drolshagen)
Henske; educated at gymnasium, Padenborn,
Germany, graduating in 1869; graduated St.
Louis Medical College, 1875; graduated from
Medical Department of University of New
York, 1877; student Medical Department,
Harvard University; A.M., St. Franciseus
Xaverius College, New York, 1877; married,
St. Louis, Oct. 11, 1881, Theresa A. Klaren;
children: Andrew C, Angeline A., Joseph A.,
Henry August, Godfrey W., Edward O, Han
nah, William C, Charles M., Margarita. En

gaged in practice of medicine in St. Louis
since 1875; physician to St. Ann's Lying-in
Hospital and Infant Asylum from 1879 to
1905; formerly professor of diseases of women
and obstetrics at St. Louis College of Physi
cians and Surgeons; founder and professor St.
Louis College of Midwifery. Member St.
Louis Medical Society, American Medical As
sociation. Democrat. Recreation: traveling.
Office and Residence: 1504 St. Louis Ave.
HERCHENROEDER, Louis Charles, phy
sician; born, St. Louis, Feb. 18, 1872; son of
John William and Margaret (Ruhl) Herchen-
roeder; educated in public schools, St. Louis;
M.D., from Homoeopathic Medical College of
Missouri, 1896; graduated from St. Louis Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, 1902; mar
ried, Covington, Ky., Sept. 6, 1898, Louise
Kate Grambs. At age of fifteen entered credit
department of Samuel Cupples Wooden Ware
Co., and served as clerk with that company
for seven years and with the Granby White
Lead Co. for six months, before entering
Homoeopathic Medical College; on graduation,
1896, took competitive examination and
served as house physician,. St. Louis Chil
dren's Free Hospital, 1896-97; then engaged
in practice, as physician, until entered senior
class of College of Physicians and Surgeons,
1901; since April, 1902, engaged in regular
practice of medicine. Member St. Louis Med
ical Society, American Medical Association.
Recreation: music. Office and Residence: 2900
Chouteau Ave.
HERDT, Leonard, florist; born, Hessen,
Germany, Dec. 11, 1851; son of Anton and
Elizabeth (Rahn) Herdt; educated in Ger
many, and came to America in 1870; married,
St. Louis, June 16, 1881, Johanna Sabath;
eight children: Stella, Johanna, William, Au
guste, Leonore, Natalie, Leonard, Helmi. Be
gan business career with retail grocer, St.
Louis, 1870, and continued until 1874; then
engaged in grain and feed business with C. H.
Meyer, to 1876; visited Germany, 1876-79; re
turned to St. Louis and conducted grocery,
1880-1892; then engaged in present business
as wholesale and retail florist. Republican.
Protestant. Recreation: bowling. Office: 1015
S. Broadway. Residence: 3863 Kosciusko St.
HERF, Oscar, manufacturer of ammonia;
bora, Crouznach, Germany, Mar. 20, 1846; son
of Ludwig and Magdalene Herf; educated in
schools of Germany; married, St. Louis, Apr.
30, 1884, Ida Haarstick. Engaged in business
at Antwerp, Belgium, 1865, and later in Glas
gow, Scotland, London, England, and in Ger
many, prior to coming to St. Louis; in 1886
joined in organization of Herf & Frerichs
Chemical Co., manufacturers of ammonia, of
which is president. Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis
Country, Noonday. Office: Pierce Bldg. Resi
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HERKERT, Fred, trunk manufacturer;
born, Baden, Germany, July 3, 1842; educated
in schools of Germany; married, St. Louis,
June 3, 1865, Barbara ghelling; children:
Theodore, William,, Tillie, Oscar, Elsie. Came
to United States, 1860; engaged in trunk busi
ness, and in 1886 established the business now
conducted as the Herkert & Meisel Trunk Co.,
of which is secretary and treasurer; since
1901, president of the St. Louis Trunk Hard
ware Manufacturing Co.; president Herkert
Realty Co.; director Union Station Bank. Re
publican. Mason (32°), Knight Templar,
Shriner. Member Travelers' Protective Asso
ciation. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Lieder
kranz. Office: 609 Chouteau Ave. Residence:
3223 Copelin Ave.
*HERKERT, Theodore, trunk hardware;
moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
HERKERT, William Ferdinand, treasurer
St. Louis Trunk Hardware Manufacturing
Co.; born, St. Louis, Dec. 22, 1876; son of
Frederick and Barbara (Shelling) Herkert;
educated in public school of St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, Sept. 20, 1905, Katherine
Schmidt. Was with St. Louis Chronicle from
April, 1894, to January, 1901, when, upon
the organization of the St. Louis Trunk Hard
ware Manufacturing Co., was elected to pres
ent position as treasurer of the company. Re
publican. Mason (32°), Shriner. Office: 609-
615 Chouteau Ave. Residence: 3525 Pestalozzi
Street. *HERMANN, Edward Adolph, civil engi
neer; moved to Alton, 111.; see Vol. 1906.
HERMANN, Henry, ice dealer; born in
Westphalia, Germany, Mar. 28, 1836; son of
Henry and Truda Hermann; educated In
schools in Germany; married, St. Louis, 1868,
Josephine Overberg; children: Joseph, Ger
trude (Mrs. E. Simon, of Spokane, Wash.),
William, John, Frances (Mrs. John B. Nie-
naber), Rosa (Mrs. Ed. Pretzel). Learned
trade of carpenter and followed it in Germany
from 1850 until 1868; came to St. Louis, and
continued in same business, becoming con
tractor and builder, until 1890; established in
ice manufacturing business, which was incor
porated in 1900 as the Cherokee Ice Manufac
turing Co., of which is president. Member of
Catholic Knights of America. Office and Resi
dence: 3329-3337 Wisconsin Ave.
HERMANN, Henry William, physician;
born, Hermansburg (now Dutch Mills), Ark.,
June 9, 1855; son of Charles F. and Lena
(Wilhelmi) Hermann; educated in Eyser's
Deutsches Institute, St. Louis, public schools
and high schools, St. Louis; M.D., Jefferson
Medical College, Philadelphia, 1878; attended
universities of Strassburg, Liepzig, Heidel
berg and Vienna; married, St. Louis, Nov. 18,
1896, Linda Hofmann; children: Vera Dor
othy, Margaret Clara. Engaged in practice in
St. Louis since 1878. Member Verein Deutseh-

er Aerzte, St. Louis ' Medical Society, Mis
souri State Medical Association. Physician in
charge of St. Vincent's Institution, St. Louis
County. Director Missouri Medical College
Building Association. Democrat. Evangelical
Lutheran. Office and Residence: 3654 Delmar
Boulevard. HERMANN, Joseph Lawnin; see Vol. 1906.
HERMANN, Louis Charles, leather manu
facturer; born, Fayetteville, Ark., July 13,
1859; son of Charles F. audi Lena D. (Wil
helmi) Hermann; educated at St. Louis public
schools, Washington University and Heidel
berg (Germany) Academy; married, Spring
field, 111., 1889, Eda Helmle; children: Marie,
Frederick, Alice, Anita, Norma. First busi
ness was as clerk for C. F. Hermann & Co.,
and later for F. Tiedemann & Co. Began as
apprentice in the tanning business in 1878,
at $3 per week for first year, $4 for second
year, and $5 for third year; started business
for self, 1881, in small way, now president
Hermann Oak Leather Co.; also president of
the Hermann Oak Leather Co. of Tennessee.
Democrat. Mason. Clubs: Union, Missouri
Athletic, Liederkranz. Recreation: traveling.
Office: Main and Angelica Sts. Residence:
3455 Longfellow Boul.
*HERMANN, Oscar; moved to Arkansas;
see Vol. 1906.
HERRICK, William Hope, life insurance;
born, Belleville, Ont., Nov. 4, 1852; son of
Elijah Parmelee and Sarah E. (Granger) Her-
rick; educated in common schools of Vermont,
1857-68; academy, Underhill, Vt., 1869-71;
University of Vermont, 1871-73; married,
Jonesville, Mich., Dee. 25, 1877, Minnie L.
Benedict (died, December, 1909); children:
Arthur Benedict, Ada Belle (now Mrs. Ne-
bury). Engaged in reading law and acting as
assistant to father, who was general agent for
the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. at
Burlington, Vt., 1873-75; taught school in
Hillsdale Co., Mich., 1875-76, Jackson Co.,
Mich., 1876-77; also law student at Jonesville,
Mich.; in mercantile business, Jackson, Mich.,
1878-80. Insurance solicitor, 1880-87; state
agent for Michigan and Indiana, at Grand
Rapids, Mich., 1887-89, general agent for
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, at Chi
cago, 1889-91, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance
Co.; superintendent of agencies, western de
partment, Home Life Insurance Co., at Chi
cago, 1891-92; manager Northwestern Life In
surance Co., Chicago, 1892-98; general agent
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society of
New York, at Chicago, 1898-99; manager for
same company, St. Louis, 1899-1903; super
visor of agencies, same company, January,
1903-07; since manager St. Louis agency Mas
sachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. of
Springfield, Mass.; also president Herrick-
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derwriters' Association of St. Louis, 1907-08;
vice president National Association of Life
Underwriters, 1908; member Lambda Iota
(college society). Republican. Mason (32°);
Lodge (Past Master); Chapter; Council
(Grand Master of Grand Council of Missouri,
1912); Commandery (Past Commander);
Shrine. President Grand Avenue Masonic
Temple Association. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
Masonic. Recreations: floriculture, books. Of
fice: Suite 1011, Third National Bank Bldg.
Residence: 5245 Von Versen Ave.
HERRIOTT, Richard M., manufacturer of
shoe polishes, etc.; born in Johnson Co., Ind.,
Aug. 15, 1856; son of John and Elizabeth
(Overstreet) Herriott; educated in private
and public schools of Franklin, Ind.; married,
Indianapolis, Apr. 2, 1889, Ella Behmer; one
son, Richard M., Jr. Reared on farm until
about sixteen; foreman of pork packing house
of Wheat, Fletcher & Vawter, Franklin, Ind.;
then foreman of packing house for Coffin,
Greenstreet & Fletcher, Indianapolis; in live
stock commission business in Indianapolis,
East St. Louis, and Kansas City, with G. F.
Herriott & Co., 1885-95; since July 1, 1895,
manager and senior partner of Herriott Bros.
& Co., manufacturers of shoe polishes, black
ings and dressings. Republican. Presbyterian.
Member Royal Arcanum. Office: 2801 N.
Broadway. Residence: 3501 University St.
HERRMANN, John Paul, real estate; born,
St. Louis, Aug. 21, 1857; son of John P. and
Caroline (Henzel) Herrmann; educated in
Eyser's German Educational Institute, 1865-
67; public schools, 1867-70; night school, 1870-
•72; Rice Commercial College, 1872-73; St.
Louis Law School, 1879-80; unmarried. Be
gan business career in 1870, as office boy in
J. Redmond's employment agency, later clerk
and private secretary to Martrom D. Lewis,
public administrator, 1874-84; salesman Dug-
gan-Parker Hardware Co., 1885-86; real estate
broker, August, 1886; with S. F. & T. A.
Scott, real estate, 1889-91; partner C. H. Glea-
son & Co., real estate, 1891-93; organized,
1893, J. P. Herrmann, Jr. Real Estate Co.,
1901, Pontiac Realty Co., 1903, Modoc Realty
Co. Vice president Crescent Planing Mill Co.,
and director Jean Jameton Construction Co.
Socialist; vice president for Missouri of Anti-
Imperialist League. Served two terms, 1895-
1901, as commissioner Mullanphy Emigrant
Relief Fund. Chairman for Citizens' Inde
pendent Republican ticket, 1898. Favorite
recreation: literature. Office: 1011 Market St.
Residence: 3529 Pine St.
HERTHEL, George William, secretary and
treasurer Selden-Breek Construction Co.;
bora, St. Louis, Mar. 9, 1879; son of John
Washington and Louise Genia (Conrad) Her-
thel; educated in public schools, graduating
from Clinton School 1893; then attended high
school until 1894; married, St. Louis, June 11.

1912, Margaret G. Naughton. Began business
career as stock clerk with Ely & Walker Dry
Goods Co., Jan. 14, 1895, and continued in
various positions to 1904; resigned to engage
with present company, of which has been sec
retary a-nd treasurer since 1904. Republican.
Protestant. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Belle
rive Country, Apollo (associate member), Cen
tury Boat, Automobile. Recreations: golf, mo
toring and athletic sports. Office: 1108-12
Fullerton Bldg., 112 N. 7th St. Residence:
3819 Utah PL
HERTLING, William, president Carondelet
Packing Co.; bora, St. Louis, Oct. 28, 1862;
son of William and Mary (Devine) Hertling;
educated in Assumption Parochial School and
Christian Brothers Colleee to 1878; married,
St. Louis, 1885, Emma Steele; 2d, Kirkwood,
Mo., 1903, Mary Ryan; children: William and
Anna; married, 3d, St. Louis, 1909, Josephine
Hammer; two children: Marguerite and Law
rence. Has been connected with meat busi
ness since childhood and conducted several
markets, last one at 4163 Manchester Ave.,
until 1906; then engaged with company of
which is now president, makers of tusk brand
hams, bacon and lard. Catholic. Democrat;
was member of Central Committee, Twenty-
fifth Ward, 1904. Member Knights of Colum
bus. Club: Western Rowing. Recreations:
bowling and outdoor sports. Office: 8000
Ivory St. Residence: 4915 S. Broadway.
HERZOG, Frederick J., manager and treas
urer L. Herzog & Bro. Dry Goods Co.; born,
Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 9, 1873; son of Herman
and Isabelle (Cullman) Herzog; educated in
public schools; married, Nashville, Tenn.,
1902, Carrie Rothschild. Began business ca
reer in banking and brokerage house in New
York in 1893, continuing about five years;
removed to St. Louis in 1898 and became
treasurer and manager of the L. Herzog &
Bro. Dry Goods Co., manufacturers and job
bers of ladies' wearing apparel, laces, em
broideries, knit goods, hosiery, millinery, rib
bons, caps, and similar goods. Member Busi
ness Men's League. Independent in politics.
Jewish religion. Member (director) Society
for Ethical Culture. Clubs: City, Westwood
Country. Recreation: golf. Office: 1204 Wash
ington Ave. Residence: 4251 Lindell Boul.
HERZOG, Herman, secretary L. Herzog &
Bro. Dry Goods Co.; born, Herxheim, Germany,
Sept. 7, 1838; educated in schools of Ger
many; married, New York City, Jan. 18, 1870,
Isabelle Cullman; children: Lottie (Mrs. J. S.
Weiner, of New York), Frederick J. Came to
Ameriea from Germany in 1856, going to
Memphis, Tenn.; began business there in retail
dry goods upon a small scale, which continued
until 1878; then removed to St. Louis and
continued in retail business until 1886, when
established in wholesale business, which, in
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Dry Goods Co., manufacturers of cloaks,
skirts and waists, and importers and whole
sale dealers in dry goods and millinery. Jew
ish religion. Office: 1204, Washington Ave.
Residence: 4251 Lindell Boul.
HESS, Eugene Lester, manufacturers'
agent; born, Quincy, 111., Aug. 17, 1875; son
of Albert E. and Sarah (Fishback) Hess;
educated in public schools of Quincy, 111.; un
married. Learned telegraphy and was oper
ator at Quincy, 111., 1893-95; then went to
Chicago and was employed by Western Union
Telegraph Co.; made a wire chief in main
Chicago office, 1901; since 1902 manager and
part owner of the Drymore system of brick
drying and handling; since 1904 with E. M.
Freese & Co., manufacturers of brick, tile
and terra eotta machinery, of Galion, O., for
whom is now western representative; also
eastern manager and part owner of The Gled-
hill Colony, of Sutter Co., Cal. Independent
in politics. Office: 811 Wainwright Bldg.
Residence: 3941 Lindell Boul.
HESS, George Judson, jeweler; bora, Co
manche, la., Apr. 6, 1854; son of Isaac and
Hannah M. (Burchard) Hess; educated in
public schools, Princeton, la.; married, St.
Louis, Feb. 11, 1890, Maude Love Petree; chil
dren: Burchard Oliver, Virginia Brua, Mil
dred Asbury. After leaving school taught
school for one winter in Iowa, then was en
gaged on a farm in Illinois for two years;
came to St. Louis, 1876, and studied telegra
phy, then entered the employ of Edward
Wright, jeweler, and was with him until 1883,
when started on own account in firm of Hess
& Culbertson, manufacturing and retail jewel
ers; incorporated, March, 1904, as Hess & Cul
bertson Jewelry Co., of which is president.
Member Business Men's League, Retail Jewel
ers' Association. Republican. Mason (33°);
Past Commander Ascalon Commandery No. 16,
Knights Templar, which went to Pittsburgh
during conclave of 1895; treasurer Scottish
Rite Cathedral Association; vice president and
member board of directors of Grand Avenue
Masonic Temple Association. Member Royal
Arcanum, Royal League. Clubs: Mercantile,
Masonic, Million Population, Civic League.
Recreations: hunting, boating, horseback rid
ing. Office: 7th and St. Charles Sts. Resi
dence: 5755 Bartmer Ave.
HESS, Harry Herbert, real estate; 1861-
1910; see Vol. 1906.
HESSE, Frank Herman, envelope manufac
turer; born, St. Louis, Oct. 11, 1865; son of
Louis J. and Magdalen (Uhlein) Hesse; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools; married, St.
Louis, Dec. 28, 1892, Annie E. McDonald. Be
gan in the job printing business as F. H.
Hesse Printing Co., at 314 N. 3d St., Mar. 1,
1888, with a capital of $103; continued in this
line until October, 1900, when organized the
Hesse Envelope Co., now the Hesse Envelope

and Litho. Co., in which holds controlling in
terest and is president and treasurer. Repub
lican. Member Royal Arcanum, Knights of
Pythias. Recreation: automobiling. Office: 501
N. 1st St. Residence: 3437 Pestalozzi St.
HESSE, Ludwig, secretary and treasurer
Kehlor Flour Mills Co.; born, St. Louis, Nov.
14, 1866; son of George H. and Aline (Wach-
ter) Hesse; educated in public schools; mar
ried, St. Louis, Jan. 29, 1891, Alice Raacke;
one daughter, Irma. In hardware store, 1878-
86; became connected with Kehlor Bros. Flour
Mill Co., and since reorganization in 1903, as
the Kehlor Flour Mills Co., has been treasurer
of the company, also secretary since 1910;
secretary Republic Building Co.; secretary and
treasurer United Elevator and Grain Co. Mem
ber Knights of the Maccabees. Clubs: Lie
derkranz, Automobile. Recreations: motoring,
music. Office: 402 Chamber of Commerce. Res
idence: 3905 Cleveland Ave.
HETTEL, Charles R., wholesale jeweler;
born, St. Louis, Feb. 4, 1855; son of August
and Augusta (Metten) Hettel; educated in
public schools and St. Joseph Academy, St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, 1890, Martha R.
Freymark. Was engaged with wholesale jew
elry firms in St. Louis prior to 1889, when em
barked in business for self, and is now presi
dent of the C. R. Hettel Jewelry Co., whole
sale jobbers in watches, clocks, jewelry, dia
monds and silverware. Recreation: fishing.
Office: 901 Washington Ave. Residence: 3507
Pestalozzi St.
HETZEL, Louis Valentine, merchant; see
Vol. 1906.
HEUER, Harry Dohrman, secretary St.
Louis Merchants' Bridge Terminal Railway
Company; born, St. Louis, Sept. 8, 1873; son
of Philip J. and Kate (Jameson) Heuer; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools; married,
Washington, D. O, Sept. 28, 1898, Bertha,
daughter of E. L. Richmond; children: Harry
Richmond, Pearl Louise. In general auditor's
office of the St. Louis & San Francisco Ry. Co.,
June, 1890, to June, 1891; became general ac
countant for the St. Louis Merchants' Bridge
Terminal Ry. Co., June, 1891, elected director
and secretary, same company, Sept. 8, 1894;
also assistant auditor, Terminal Railroad Asso
ciation of St. Louis and St. Louis Merchants'
Bridge Terminal Ry. Co. Clubs: Missouri Ath
letic, St. Louis Railway. Recreations: fishing
and outdoor diversions. Office: Union Sta
tion. Residence: 3667 Botanical Ave.
HEUER, Philip Jameson, physician; born,
St. Louis, May 4, 1871; son of Philip J. and
Kate (Jameson) Heuer; educated in public
schools; M.D., Medical Department of Wash
ington University, 1895; unmarried. Engaged
in general practice of medicine in St. Louis
since 1896, after serving as interne at City
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(Society, St. Louis Obstetrical and Gynecolog
ical Society, Medical Society of City Hospital
Alumni. Methodist. Recreations: hunting,
fishing and Mississippi River motor boating.
Offiee: 613 Humboldt Bldg., Grand Ave. and
Washington Boul. Residence: 3520 Victor St.
HEYER, Charles, physician; born in Gies-
sen, Germany, Feb. 24, 1839; educated in the
gymnasium and University of Giessen, grad
uating from latter, 1863; later, studied medi
cine and surgery in University of Vienna.
Served as assistant physician St. Rochus Hos
pital, Mainz, Germany; came to America,
1866, and located in St. Louis; has paid spe
cial attention to diseases of heart and lungs.
Formerly professor, of physical diagnosis and
diseases of heart and lungs, Humboldt Med
ical College. Republican. Recreations: litera
ture and music \ performer upon the violin.
Office and Residence: 910 N. 10th St.
HEYMAN, William; see Vol. 1906.
HIBBARD, George E., lumberman; born in
Jefferson Co., Wis., Mar. 5, 1856; son of George
S. and Julia (Hayward) Hibbard; educated
in public schools of Wisconsin, and Arcadia
(Mo.) College; married, St. Louis, Apr. 13,
1886, Caroline M. Fay (died June, 1908). Came
to Missouri in winter of 1869; worked for un
cle, John H. Hayward, in saw mill at Annapo
lis, Mo., until 1872; came to St. Louis with
uncle and engaged in lumber business as book
keeper and salesman, and was taken into part
nership, 1882, as Hayward & Hibbard; uncle
died three months later; continued business
with his widow three years, then William H.
Steele bought widow's interest and firm be
came Steele & Hibbard; in 1907 firm incorpo
rated as Steele & Hibbard Lumber Co., of
which is vice president and general manager.
Also, since 1904, vice president S. C. Major
Lumber Co., of Memphis, Tenn. President,
1900-04, now director, Lumbermen's Exchange;
director National Hardwood Lumber Associa
tion. Independent in politics. Club: Mercan
tile. Recreation: motoring. Office: 3125 N.
Broadway. Residence: West End Hotel.
HICKMAN, Frank Moore, local treasurer
Missouri Pacific Ry.; born, Shelby ville, Ky.,
June 20, 1850; son of Benjamin F. and Mary
E. (Moore) Hickman; educated in Christian
Brothers School, St. Louis; married, Kirkwood,
Mo., June 26, 1889, Janie Belt; children: Ben
jamin F., Arthur R. Began business career as
assistant to father, who was clerk of the U.
S. Circuit and District courts of St. Louis un
til 1871 ; engaged in banking house of Bartho-
low, Lewis & Co., St. Louis, 1871-75; since
1875 employed in treasury department of Mis
souri Pacific R. R.; advanced through various
positions, and since Jan. 16, 1906, has been
local treasurer of the Missouri Pacific Ry. Co.,
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Ry. Co.
and leased, operated and independent lines,

with headquarters at St. Louis. Recreation:
outdoor diversions. Office: Missouri Pacific
Bldg. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
HIEMENZ, Charles Henry, broker; born,
St. Louis, Aug. 30, 1857; son of Jacob D. and
Elizabeth (Albrecht) Hiemenz; educated in
St. Louis public schools and Bryant & Strat
ton Business College; married, Quincy, 111.,
Nov. 29, 1883, Clara C. Volm; one son, Ar
thur. Began business career in 1872 as book
keeper with Orthwein & Mersman, continuing
until 1878, when became bookkeeper for D. R.
Francis; was admitted to D. R. Francis & Bro.
Commission Co., 1893, and since 1900 has been
treasurer of the company. Also a member of
Francis, Bro. & Co. Catholic Club: St. Louis.
Office: 214 N. 4th St. Residence: 324 N.
Newstead Ave.
HIERTZ, Edmund John, president Theodore
Hiertz Metal Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct. 26,
1866; son of Theodore and Renell (Yurgens)
Hiertz; married, St. Louis, Jan. 16, 1890, Mar
garet Anna Noll (died 1909) ; three daughters
living: Irene, Eleanor and Isabel. Has been
identified with metal business since boyhood,
having commenced under father, who estab
lished a smelting and refining plant in St.
Louis, 1880; title was changed to Theodore
Hiertz & Son, 1890; business was incorporated
in 1903 as the Theodore Hiertz Metal Co., of
which is president and treasurer; also treas
urer Southern Security Co. Presbyterian.
Member Red Cross Lodge Knights of Pythias.
Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office: 10th
and Poepping Sts. Residence: 3449 Humphrey
Street. HIGBEE, Edward Henry, Jr., physician;
born, Whitehall, Green Co., 111., Sept. 17, 1874;
son of Edward Henry (M.D.) and Annie Eliza
beth (Taylor) Higbee; educated in public
schools of Roodhouse, HI., and Tottenville,
Staten Island, N, Y; graduated from Rood-
house High School; M.D., Missouri Medical
College (Medical Department, Washington
University), 1897; married, St. Louis, Oct. 23,
1903, Lily Lammert. Engaged in medical prac
tice, limited to diseases of the eye. Member
American Medical Association, St. Louis Med
ical Society, Alumni Association of Medical
Department of Washington University. Amer
ican Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-
Laryngology, Medical Reserve Corps, U. S.
Army. Republican: was sergeant Company
C, First Regiment, Missouri National Guard,
1894-97; battalion adjutant, First Regiment,
1902. Episcopalian. Recreation: mechanics.
Office: Metropolitan Bldg. Residence: 4952
Parkview PL
HIGDON, John C, lawyer, specializing in1
patent law; born, Griggsville, HI., Jan. 7, 1860;
son of John Erasmus and Sarah (Baldwin)
Higdon; educated in public and high schools,
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educated in law and in mechanical and elec
trical engineering by taking courses in each
line, for practice of patent law; married,
March, 1888, Eunice Elmine Garretson, of St.
Louis (she died 1907); children: Jacks G.,
Henry Longan, Eunice; married, 2d, 1908, Miss
Gertrude Hortense Holloway, of St. Louis. At
age of fourteen entered a machine shop, served
a number of years and took up study of law;
admitted to bar, 1884; founded, 1890, firm of
Higdon & Longan, successors of Higdon &
Higdon, established in Kansas City, 1887. Has
for twenty-five years been counsel in impor
tant cases relating to patents, trade-marks and
copyrights. In recent suit of United States
Court against the "bridge trust" at St. Louis,
he prepared and filed a brief, as a friend of
the court, in the United States Supreme Court;
successfully defended the young wife in noted
Clamorgan-Collins suit brought to dissolve the
marriage contract on the ground that she is
a negress. Republican; nominated for Con
gress, from Eleventh District of St. Louis,
1892, but declined in favor of Charles F. Joy,
who was elected. Christian Scientist. Member
American Bar Association; associate member
American. Society Mechanical Engineers, St.
Louis Engineers' Club. Mason (32°). Clubs:
Mercantile (charter member), Automobile, of
St. Louis. Author of two books soon to be
published: The Real Object of the American
Patent Laws — To Benefit the Whole People,
Not to Enrich a Few Owners of Patents; Ex
tensions of Patents by Judicial Decisions.
Office: Central National Bank Bldg. Resi
dence: 4300 Maryland Ave.
HIGGINBOTHAM, John H., retired; born,
Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, Apr. 28, 1848;
son of Edwin and Sarah (Brocklehurst) Hig-
ginbotham; educated in private schools until
fourteen; served seven years' apprenticeship
to the engineering millwright and machinist
business, 1862-69, while learning trade took
evening courses School of Art at the Me
chanics' Institute, Macclesfield, England; mar
ried, Macclesfield, 1872, Harriett Barber; chil
dren: William B., Lillian (Mrs. J. Branch),
Ellen Anne, Elizabeth, John Wilson. Con
tinued in millwright and machinist business,
1869-77; entered the insurance business in Liv
erpool with the Prudential Insurance Co., of
London, England; in July, 1880, joined Met
ropolitan Life Insurance Co., of New York;
superintendent for same company in St. Louis,
1886-1909, retired. Methodist. Mason, Knight
Templar, Shriner; member Knights of Pythias.
Recreations: gardening and reading. Resi
dence: 6158 Simpson Ave.
HIGGINS, Albert Willis, mechanical engi
neer; see Vol. 1906.
HIGGINS, Francis S., secretary and treas
urer Higgins Leather Co.; born, City of Car-
low, Ireland, Apr. 1, 1848; son of Richard and
Elizabeth Higgins; came to United States in

infancy; reared in Louisville, Ky.; educated
in Jesuit College, Bardstown, Ky.; married,
Louisville, Ky., 1875, Beatrice M. Kelly; chil
dren: William F., May (Mrs. R. B. McMillan),
Fanny (Mrs. Ralph Niedringhaus), Alma, Ed
ward. Began business career in employ of J.
H. Ryan & Co., Louisville, Ky.; purchased an
interest, with brother, in 1876, and changed to
the present style of the Higgins Leather Co.,
of which is secretary and treasurer; opened
St. Louis branch in 1894 and in 1900 came to
St. Louis and took charge; Louisville house
was discontinued, 1903, and the business has
since been centered in St. Louis; also presi
dent Vandeventer Hotel Co., lessee West End
Hotel. Catholic. Recreation: traveling. Office:
1107 Franklin Ave. Residence: 4434 Forest
Park Boul.
HIGGINS, John Wilfred, general manager
Missouri Pacific Ry. ; born, Newport, R. I.,
Oct. 12, 1864; son of Hugh and Mary (Fitz
gerald) Higgins; educated in public schools;
married in Mississippi, 1893, Miss Kate Eloise
Evans; children: Eloise Winifred, Jeannette
Lupton. Began railway career as messenger
boy, Hlinois Central R. R., 1879-81; laborer on
track Illinois Central and Toledo, Peoria &
Western R. R., 1881; with Illinois Central as
switchman, 1881-83, telegraph operator, 1883,
freight and passenger brakeman and bag
gageman, 1883-84, freight conductor, 1884-89,
chief clerk to superintendent, Chicago divi
sion, 1889, trainmaster, Centralia district of
Chicago division, 1890-91, chief clerk to gen
eral superintendent, 1891, assistant superin
tendent, Louisiana division, 1892, superin
tendent same, 1892-93; superintendent of ter
minals, Illinois Central and Yazoo & Missis
sippi Valley railroads, at New Orleans, La.,
January- April, 1893; superintendent termin
als, Chicago, 1893-96; superintendent Amboy
division, 1896-99, superintendent transporta
tion of Illinois Central R. R., and Y. & M. V.
R. R., 1899-1901; general superintendent of
transportation, same roads, 1901-03; assistant
superintendent of eastern and middle divi
sions of Grand Trunk Ry., 1903-04. Came to
Missouri Pacific Ry., as inspector of transpor
tation, December, 1904; assistant general man
ager, Mar. 1, 1905-Sept. 6, 1911; acting gen
eral manager, Sept. 16, 1911-Jan. 1, 1912, and
since general manager. Recreation: outdoor
sports. Office: 702 Missouri Pacific Bldg.
Residence: St. Regis Apts.
HIGGINS, William F., leather; born, Louis
ville, Ky., Aug. 30, 1876; son of Frank S. and
Beatrice M. (Kelly) Higgins; educated in
Christian Brothers College, Louisville, Ky.,
and at St. Mary's College, Kansas; married,
St. Louis, 1902, Clara Bouche. Began business
career with Higgins Leather Co., of Louisville,
Ky.; removed to St. Louis in 1900, to become
connected with the St. Louis house of the
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in 1902; in 1903 the original house at Louis
ville was discontinued and the business has
since been centered at St. Louis. Democrat.
Catholic. Club: Missouri Athletic. Recreation:
hunting. Office: 1107 Franklin Ave. Residence:
4421A Greer Ave.
HIGHLEYMAN, Locke Tiffin, real estate;
born, Sedalia, Mo., Apr. 23, 1870; son of Sam
uel L. and Laura Alice (Hull) Highleyman;
educated in public schools of Sedalia, Mo., un
til fourteen; then two years in St. Louis
High School; married, Chicago, June 9, 1900,
Kathryn A. Daily j children: Locke T., Thomas
Daily, Samuel L. (deceased). Employed with
Missouri Pacific Ry. for fourteen years, first
as clerk and later as assistant tax commis
sioner; left railway employment to take man
agement of the Cooper Estate, and became
president of the Columbia Investment Co., of
Chicago; now engaged in real estate loans;
also connected with real estate operations at
Miami, Fla. Mason (32°), Shriner; member
Knights of Pythias, Elks. Clubs: Mercantile,
Missouri Athletic. Office: 1402-1403, 705 Olive
St. Residence: 1617 Sunnyside, Webster
Groves, Mo.
HIGSON, John William, physician; born,
Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 25, 1862; son of
John and Caroline (Kidgell) Higson; gradu
ated from St. Mark's School, Salt Lake City,
1880; A.B., Union College, Schenectady, N. Y.,
1884; M.D., cum la/ude, Homoeopathic Medical
College of Missouri, 1902; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 18, 1893, Blanche Becker; one daughter,
Eva Lewis. In general practice since 1901.
Member Homoeopathic Society of Missouri.
Republican. Episcopalian. Recreation: collect
ing postage stamps. Offiee and Residence:
3242 S. Grand Ave.
HILDEBRAND, Adolph John, dry plate
manufacturer; born, Waterloo, 111., Mar. 2,
1854; son of Philip and Anna (Dressier) Hilde-
brand; educated in public schools of Belle
ville, 111., and St. Louis, and at Bryant &
Stratton Business College, St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, Dec. 9, 1879, Jennie G. Van Graaf ei-
land; children: Van G., Lee B., Ernest A.
Resident of St. Louis since 1868; began busi
ness career With Joseph Emanuel & Co., retail
dry goods, continuing twenty-five years; sec
retary and treasurer Paul E. Wolff Shirt Co.,
1895-1911; since assistant treasurer Central
Dry Plate Co. Republican. Member Ancient
Order United Workmen, T. P. A. Office: Lemp
and Arsenal Sts. Residence: 3847 Humphrey
Street. HILDENBRANDT, Ernst Adolph, real es
tate; born, St. Louis, Dec. 17, 1863; son of
Theodore and Lina (Decker) Hildenbrandt;
educated in St. Louis public grammar and
high schools; unmarried. Began business life
in office of J. E. Kaime & Bro. as office boy,
and remained with that firm until Mar. 1,

1896, when went into business for self; ad
mitted Philip S. Noble as partner, June 1,
1897, forming firm of Hildenbrandt & Noble,
and in June, 1909, O. J. McCawley became
partner, firm name being changed to Hilden
brandt & Noble Realty Co. Republican. Uni
tarian. Member of Real Estate Exchange.
Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo, City. Favorite
recreations: hunting, fishing and golf. Office:
615 Chestnut St. Residence: 3176 Gustine Ave.
HILDRETH, Arthur G., osteopathist; born
near Kirksville, Mo., June 13, 1863; son of
Harvey G. and Jane E. (Crosby) Hildreth;
educated in public schools; State Normal
School, Kirksville; American School of Oste
opathy, graduating in the first class that com
pleted the course under Dr. A. T. Still, 1894;
married, Kirksville, Nov. 23, 1882, Lucinda M.
Corbin; two children: Harvey Earl (deceased),
Ina. Was connected with faculty of American
School of Osteopathy, 1894 to 1903; in prac
tice at St. Louis since 1903. Member Missouri
House of Representatives from Adair Co. two
terms, 1901-05. Member American Osteopathic
Association (twice elected president, 1899 —
served three months and resigned — and 1910-
11), Mississippi Valley Association of Osteop
athy, etc.; appointed by Governor Hadley
member Osteopathic State Board of Examin
ers, May 1, 1909, for term of five years. Re
publican. Mason, Knight Templar. Club: Al
gonquin Golf. Recreation: golf. Office: 706
Century Bldg. Residence: Webster Groves.
HILFER, Louis, grocers' specialties; born,
Witten, Germany, Aug. 1, 1868; son of Ed
ward and Dina (Oyhnhausen) Hilfer; educat
ed in public and technical schools, Witten,
Germany; married, St. Louis, June 4, 1895,
Elsie Koenig; children: Louis Lawrence, Vera.
Began business career in employ of B. T. Bab
bitt (soaps), New York, as traveling sales
man, 1888; appointed, 1891, manager South
western branch of B. T. Babbitt, with head
quarters in St. Louis. On Mar. 19, 1900, or
ganized, at St. Louis, the Louis Hilfer Co.,
general agents and manufacturers of gro
cers' specialties, of which is president. Inde
pendent in politics. Mason (32°). Member
Liederkranz, St. Louis Turn Verein. Club:
Missouri Athletic. Recreation: fishing. Office:
201-205 S. 7th St. Residence: 3828 Victor St.
HILGEDAG, William Henry, merchant
tailor; born, St. Louis, Nov. 6, 1861; son of
William and Elizabeth Hilgedag; educated in
parochial schools; married, St. Louis, June 11,
1895, Magdalene Leiner; children: Helen,
Raymond. Began business career in 1880, in
store of H. Trieselmann, clothier and mer
chant tailor, where learned the tailoring trade,
and continued with same establishment until
death of the proprietor in 1892; with John H.
Kramer bought out the business and conduct
ed it as Hilgedag & Kramer, until 1902, when
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ing Co., of which is president and treasurer.
Republican. Lutheran. Member Masonic or
ders. Office: 816 N. 6th St. Residence: 1217
Hebert St. ?
*HILL, Curtis, civil engineer; moved to
Columbia, Mo.; see Vol. 1906.
HILL, Harry McDonald; see Vol. 1906.
HILL, John, president Hill-O'Meara Con
struction Co.; born in Errol, Perthshire, Scot
land, Mar. 13, 1854; son of James and Mary
(Blair) Hill; educated in public schools of
Scotland; married, St. Louis, 1888, Margaret
Barker; children: Clara Barker, Florence Drys-
dale, Margaret Maxwell, John Blair. Learned
trade of stonecutter in Scotland, worked for
seven years, and came to United States in
1880; since engaged in general contracting
business in St. Louis; in 1893 joined in organ
izing present corporation, Hill-O'Meara Con
struction Co., of which is president. Com
pany erected the Carrollton Building, the new
Coliseum, St. John's M. E. and Lindell Ave
nue M. E. churches, Church of Immaculate
Conception, St. Mark's and other churches,
and the new Supreme Court Building at Jef
ferson City, St. Louis Insane Asylum, Syndi
cate Trust Building, etc. Baptist. Democrat.
Royal Chief, Order of the Scottish Clans;
member Caledonian Society of St. Louis. Ma
son, Knight Templar; member Engineers ' Club
of St. Louis. Office: 1413 Syndicate Trust
Bldg. Residence: 5916 Cabanne Ave.
HILL, Roland, surgeon; born, Aylmer, On
tario, Canada, Aug. 16, 1868; son of Richard
and Margaret Hill; attended Aylmer (On
tario) public and high schools, until 1887;
graduated from Trinity Medical College, To
ronto, Ont., degrees of M.D., CM., 1890, from
Trinity University; married, Aylmer, Ont.,
Sept. 8, 1890, Ella Hurdon; one son, Roland
Hurdon. Engaged in practice as surgeon since
1890. Member St. Louis Medical Society, Mis
souri State Medical Association, American
Medical Association, Western Surgical Asso
ciation; member staff of Bethesda Hospital,
St. Luke's Hospital. Republican. Club: Mis
souri Athletic. Recreation: water sports. Of
fice: 4500 Olive St. Residence: 535 Clara Ave.
HILL, Walter, banker;, bom at Richmond,
Va., May 27, 1855; son of Lewis and Mary
Elizabeth (Maury) Hill; educated at home
and private school; married Jeanie Morrison
Lockwood, of St. Louis, Oct. 14, 1885; three
sons: Lockwood, Walter, Jr., Maury. Messen
ger, 1871-72, assistant teller, 1872, teller, 1872-
81, Planters National Bank, Richmond, Va.;
cashier, City Bank, Richmond, 1881-88; cash
ier, 1888-94, president, 1894-1905, American
Exchange National Bank, St. Louis, and presi
dent of .its successor, the Mechanics-American
National Bank, since 1905. Ex-president Amer
ican Bankers' Association; treasurer and di
rector Business Men's League (ex-president),

Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association,
Humane Society of Missouri; member board
trustees David Ranken Jr. School of Mechan
ical Trades. Cleveland Democrat. Episcopa
lian. Clubs: St. Louis, University, Racquet,
Noonday (ex-president), St. Louis Country.
Recreations: bowling, golf and whist. Office:
Broadway and Locust St. Residence: 5505
Lindell Boul.
HILL, Walter Henry, priest; 1822-1907; see
Vol. 1906.
HILLEARY, Clarence Lee, general agent
New York Central Lines in charge of traffic
and transportation; born in Frederick Co.,
Md., Mar. 19, 1862; son of John and Jeanette
(Henderson) Hilleary; educated in common
schools of Petersville, Md.; married, Charles
town, W. Va., 1886, Miss Esther Burton. En
tered railway service in 1878 as freight brake-
man on the Shenandoah Valley R. R. at
Charlestown, W. Va.; was advanced to extra
passenger conductor; left that road July 4,
1881, to take service with the Indiana, Bloom
ington & Western as lost car agent; later was
made traveling passenger agent. When the
I. B. & W. was absorbed by the Big Four, was
made traveling passenger agent, Big Four, at
Cairo, 111.; later division passenger agent, Co
lumbus, O.; May 1, 1899, was promoted to as
sistant general passenger agent, O, C, C. & St.
L. Ry. (Big Four) at St. Louis; Oct. 17,
1903, was made traffic manager, World's Fair;
in November, 1903, was made general man
ager, World's Fair Terminal R. R.; Nov. 1,
1904, returned to Big Four as assistant gen
eral passenger agent; on Mar. 1, 1908, made
general passenger agent of the Lake Erie &
Western, Ft. Wayne, Cincinnati & Louisville
and the Northern Ohio railroads, at Indian
apolis; Feb. 15, 1910, made general agent,
New York Central Lines, St. Louis, in charge
of traffic and transportation. Member execu
tive committee Business Men's League. Ma
son, Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs: St.
Louis, Mercantile, Noonday, City, Aero, Traf
fic, Glen Echo. Favorite recreations: hunting,
fishing, athletics and golf. Office: 515 Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 4511 Washington Boul.
*HILLER, Joseph C. A., factory inspector;
see Vol. 1906.
HILLIARD, Henry P., banker; born, New
Iberia, La., Feb. 8, 1859; son of Robert Car
ter and Mary (Walker) Hilliard; educated in
private schools in Louisiana, and at Kentucky
Eclectic Institute, Frankfort, Ky.; married,
January, 1911, Mrs. Elizabeth Bissell North,
daughter of Daniel Bissell, Sr., of St. Louis
Co.; one daughter, Henri P. After leaving
college in Kentucky went to Texas, and en
gaged in civil engineering for four years on
Texas & Pacific R. R., on preliminary and lo
cation; later in charge of construction of
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of tracklaying and bridges on East Line and
Red River R. R. Began banking business at
Cisco, Tex., 1883; became cashier of the Citi
zens ' National Bank, Weatherf ord, Tex., later
cashier Bank of T. C. Frost, at San Antonio,
Tex., and after that cashier of the Austin
National Bank, Austin, Tex.; came to St.
Louis, December, 1902, to take position as
cashier of the Mechanics' National Bank and
subsequently became second vice president and
first vice president of the Mechanics-Amer
ican National Bank; president Central Na
tional Bank, since March, 1909. Member Busi
ness Men's League, Civic League. President
Texas Society of St. Louis. Cleveland Demo
crat. Episcopalian. Mason, Knight Templar,
Shriner. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Bankers',
Mercantile, Florissant Valley Country, Round
Table. Established Hilliard Library of South
ern Literature at Austin, Tex., in recognition
of which was elected honorary member of the
Alumni Association of University of Texas.
Recreations: hunting, fishing and literature.
Office: 7th and Olive Sts. Residence: Bissell,
Missouri. HILTON, Alexander, general passenger
agent St. Louis & San Francisco R. R.; born,
Hamilton, Ont., June 19, 1864; son of Edward
and Harriet (Hale) Hilton; educated in Ham
ilton (Ont.) public schools; married, Hamil
ton, May 10, 1886, Grace Barr; children:
James Edward, Alexander. Began railway
service as clerk Great Western Ry., Hamilton,
1878-79; clerk in various positions in the gen
eral ticket offiee of the Chicago & Alton Ry.,
Chicago, 1879-84; city passenger and ticket
agent, Chicago & Alton Ry., Kansas City,
1884-87; Pacific Coast agent same road, San
Francisco, 1887-88, and general agent passen
ger department' Kansas City, Mo., 1888-1901;
assistant general passenger agent Kansas City,
Fort Scott & Memphis Ry., Kansas City, 1901,
and since consolidation in 1901, general pas
senger agent St. Louis & San Francisco R. R.
Independent in politics. Presbyterian. Scot
tish Rite Mason (32°), Knight Templar. Clubs:
Mercantile, Normandie Golf. Favorite recrea
tions: fishing and golf. Office: 925 Frisco
Bldg. Residence: 5537 Waterman Ave.
HILTON, Warren; see Vol. 1906.
HILTS, Erwin Philip; see Vol. 1906.
HIMMELBAUM, Morris, broker; see Vol.
1906. HINRICHS, Carl Gustav, chemist; born,
Iowa City, la., Feb. 14, 1878; son of Gustavus
D. and J^nna (Springer) Hinrichs; educated
St. Louis High School, St. Louis College Phar
macy "and St. Louis University; graduated
pharmaceutical chemist, 1899, M.S., St. Louis
University, 1907; unmarried. Junior member
in the Hinrichs Laboratories. Instructor chem
istry, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, 1897;
same, Medical Department, St. Louis Univer

sity, 1903-07; professor chemistry, Marion-
Sims Dental College, 1904-06; chemist for
Agricultural Board of Missouri, 1899-1903;
chemist National Health Society, 1902-03. Ex
pert chemist before state and federal courts;
originated centrifugal analysis of powders;
devised course in micro-chemical analysis.
Life member Chemical Society of Paris, 1904;
member American Chemical Society. Author:
Micro-Chemical Analysis, with Atlas of 64
plates, 1904; Pharmacy and Chemistry at the
World's Fair, 1904. Address: 4106-4110 Shen
andoah Ave.
HINRICHS, Gustavus Detlef, chemist; born,
Lunden, Holstein, Germany, Dec. 2, 1836; son
of John Detlef and Caroline C. E. (Anderson)
Hinrichs; studied eight years in Polytechnic
School and University of Copenhagen, Den
mark; married, April, 1861, Auguste S. F.
Springer, of Marne Holstein (died October,
1865); 2d, July, 1867, Anna C. M. Springer
(died Oct. 17, 1910); father of Carl Gustav
Hinrichs. Was twenty-five years professor
physical science, State University of Iowa;
professor chemistry, College of Pharmacy, St.
Louis, 1889-1903; professor chemistry, Med
ical Department, St. Louis University, 1903-
07. Originated graded courses in laboratory
work, managing classes of several hundred
students, about 1870; founded, 1875, and sus
tained, first state weather service in United
States; has done practical scientific work for
United States and state authorities; served as
expert chemist before state and federal courts.
Honorary and corresponding member many
scientific societies in Austria, England, France,
Germany and United States. Author of thirty-
five volumes and many scientific memoirs in
four languages (German, Danish, English
French), main object of which is mathemat
ical demonstration of Unity of Matter,_ by
quantitatively determination of the physical,
chemical and crystallographic properties of all
chemical compounds known; many of his me
moirs published in Trans. Academies of Sci
ences of Vienna and Paris; also in Proceed
ings of American Philosophical Society, Phila
delphia. Latest works: The Proximate Con
stituents of the Chemical Elements (32 plates),
1904; The Amana Meteorites (16 plates), 1905
(German edition, Berlin, 1906) ; La Matiere
est Une, Paris, 1906; Absolute Atomic Weights
Now Confirmed; fifty-five articles in Comptes
Rendus, Academy of Science, Paris; since
1906 over 100 pages in Moniteur Scientifique,
Paris, New Method for Determining Atomic
Weights of All the Elements Entering in
Any Given Reaction. Address: 4106-4110 Shen
andoah Ave.
HIRSCH, Bert Jefferson, railway material;
born, St. Louis, May 27, 1884; son of Cal. and
Emily (Kaufman) Hirsch; educated in Smith
Academy and University School, St. Louis;
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Hirsch & Sons Iron and Rail Co., railway ma
terials, rails, iron, since 1902, first as treas
urer and now secretary and treasurer. Mem
ber Merchants ' Exchange of St. Louis. Clubs :
Columbian, Westwood Country. Office: 2023
Locust St. Residence: 4368 Washington Boul.
HIRSCH, Eugene D., railway material;
born, St. Louis, Sept. 3, 1879; son of Cal. and
Emily (Kaufman) Hirsch; educated at St.
Louis High School; married, Cincinnati, Aug.
4, 1903, Florence Weil; children: Eugene D.,
Jr., James Marvin. Became connected with
Cal. Hirsch & Sons Iron and Rail Co. in 1896,
second vice president same 1902-06, since vice
president and manager. Member Merchants'
Exchange of St. Louis. Clubs: Columbian,
St. Louis Gun, Westwood Country. Recrea
tions: hunting, fishing and golf. Office: 2023
Locust St. Residence: 61 Kingsbury PL
HIRSCH, Leonard B., railway material;
bora, St. Louis, Oct. 16, 1878; son of Cal. and
Emily (Kaufman) Hirsch; educated in public
schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Oct.
21, 1908, Florence Eiseman; one daughter,
Emily. With the Cal. Hirsch & Sons Iron and
Rail Co. since beginning of active career; be
came vice president and general manager of
the company in 1902, and since death of fa
ther in January, 1906, has been president.
Member Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis.
Clubs: Columbian, Westwood Country. Rec
reations: horseback riding and golf. Office:
2023 Locust St. Residence: 48 AVashington
Terrace. HIRSCH, Marcus Aurelius, president Hirsch
Rolling Mill Co.; born, St. Louis, Mar. 11,
1872; son of Caiman and Emily (Kaufman)
Hirsch; educated in public schools, graduating
from St. Louis High School, 1890; married, St.
Louis, April, 1900, Viola Rosenblatt; children:
Caiman R., Myer R., Marcus A., Jr. On leav
ing school in 1890, engaged in the iron busi
ness in St. Louis, and in 1900, on the organ
ization of the Hirsch Rolling Mill Co., became
president and general manager of the com
pany, manufacturers of bar iron and steel,
bolts, spikes, light rails; also deals in relaying
rails, old railway material, etc. Republican.
Jewish religion. Clubs: Columbian, Westwood
Country. Recreation: traveling. Offiee: 6800
Manchester Ave. Residence: 4418 Pine Boul.
HIRSCH, Ralph, clothing manufacturer;
born, New Orleans, Dec. 25, 1867; son of
Aaron and Amelia (Blockman) Hirsch; at
tended school as boy in Jacksonport and New
port, Ark.; married, St. Louis, Aug. 22, 1908,
Josephine Ebert. Began business career in
father's general store in Newport; afterwards
in fire and life insurance business. Traveled
for Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co., St. Louis, for
ten years, and on Nov. 1, 1903, entered into
partnership with L. B. Singer, under firm
name of Singer & Hirsch, as manufacturers

of clothing, remaining until February, 1911;
since then member of firm of Ralph Hirsch &
Co.; also secretary Simplex Carton Co. Demo
crat. Jewish religion. Recreation: fishing.
Office: 1009 Washington Ave. Residence:
6159 Westminster PL
HIRSCH, Urban Sam, railway material;
born, St. Louis, 1882; son of Cal. and Emily
(Kaufman) Hirsch; educated in Smith Acad
emy, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Apr. 23,
1910, Florence Hellman; one son, Urban Sam,
Jr. Secretary of the Cal. Hirsch & Sons Iron.
and Rail Co., 1900-06, since vice president.
Member Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis,
Clubs: Columbian, Westwood Country. Office:
2023 Locust St. Residence: 4752 Westminster
Place. HIRSCHBERG, Francis Devince, insurance;
deceased; see VoL 1906.
HITCHCOCK, George Collier,' judge; born,
St. Louis, Dec. 28, 1867; son of Henry and
Mary (Collier) Hitchcock; educated at Smith
Academy, St. Louis, 1880-82; St. Paul 's School
Concord, N. H., 1882-86; Yale University,
1886-90, B.A.; St. Louis Law School, 1890-91
Harvard Law School, 1891-93; married, Mil
ton, Mass., Feb. 12, 1901, Elizabeth L. Fiske
children: Annie Wilson, Mary Collier, Henry
and Ethan Allen. Admitted to bar of Mis
souri, February, 1894, and engaged in the
practice of law. Member of Board of Commis
sioners on Charitable Institutions, St. Louis,
1896-1900; assistant U. S. attorney, 1899- Apr.
1, 1902; member of City Council, 1904-07;
elected, November, 1908, judge of Circuit
Court, Eighth Judicial District of Missouri,
for term expiring Dec. 31, 1914. Republican.
Episcopalian. President of the Collier Estate.
Member American, Missouri State and St.
Louis Bar associations, St. Louis Academy of
Science, Civic League, Loyal Legion; member
board of trustees Missouri Botanical Garden.
Clubs: University, Country, Florissant Valley
(St. Louis), University (New York). Address:
Court House. Residence: 54 Vandeventer Ave.
HITCHCOCK, Guy N., banking; bora, St.
Louis, Dec. 22, 1875; son of Charles O. and
Anna V. (Newcomer) Hitchcock; educated in
public schools to fourteen. Began as messen
ger boy Continental National Bank, and be
came assistant cashier; when the Continental
National was absorbed by the National Bank
of Commerce, 1902, was retained by the latter
and has continued as assistant cashier. Dem
ocrat. Episcopalian. Club: Bellerive. Recrea
tion: golf. Office: 420 Olive St. Residence:
Buckingham Hotel.
HITCHINGS, Albert Hewish, insurance
agent; born, Bristol, England, Nov. 25, 1869;
son of Samuel P. and Henrietta (Hewish)
Hitchings; educated in private schools in Bris
tol and Clifton, England; came from England
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1898, Nellie Grierson. Was offiee boy in gen
eral passenger department, Missouri Pacific
Ry., St. Louis, 1885-86;, entered office of W. H.
Markham & Son, as office boy, Mar. 16, 1886,
later stenographer and clerk, then chief clerk
in 1901. On Jan. 1, 1903, taken in as member
of the firm of W. H. Markham & Son, insur
ance agents, and so continues. Republican.
Methodist. Member Y. M. C. A. Clubs: Glen
Echo, Amateur Athletic Association, Meth
odist. Offiee: Pierce Bldg. Residence:, 5126
Delmar Boul.
HITZ, Emil, produce commission merchant;
born, Highland, 111., Oct. 31, 1863; son of
Christian and Catherine (Wunderer) Hitz;
educated in public school of Grantfork, 111.;
married, Grantfork, 111., Apr. 17, 1890; chil
dren: Ella O, Edna L., Earl Wi, Clarence G.,
Ruby M. Began business career in general
store, Grantfork, 111., at age of fourteen; en
gaged for self in general merchandise business
at Grantfork and Alhambra, 111., 1883-98; re
moved, 1898, to St. Louis, where has since
been president of the Hitz & Wurth Commis
sion Co., handling consignments of poultry,
game, calves, eggs and all kinds of produce.
Vice president of the Rhodes Transfer Co.
Member St. Loiiis Egg and Produce Exchange,
Citizens' Industrial Association. Presbyterian.
Recreation: fishing. Office: 809 N. 3d St. Rec-
- idence: 4649 Woegner PL
HOAG, Wilbur Elery, financial agent North
western Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Mil
waukee, Wis.; born, West Union, Mo., Jan. 4,
1879; son of Wilbur C. and Alvira J. (Can-
tonwine) Hoag; educated at Warrensburg
Normal School and the University of Mis
souri; married, Raymore, Mo., Oct. 20, 1900,
Oetavia Wilson. Began business career in
title department of Boone County Trust Co.,
Columbia, Mo., 1899, and continued until
1905; admitted to bar of Missouri in March,
1901; from 1905 to 1909, financial agent
Northwestern Mutual Life at Moberly, Mq.,
since 1909 same position in St. Louis. Demo
crat. Member Christian Church. Mason; mem
ber B. P. O. Elks, Phi Gamma Delta. Clubs:
Mercantile, Missouri Athletic Recreations:
hunting, fishing. Office: 800 National Bank
of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 5315 Savoy
Court. *HOBART, Byron Frank, lumber and coop
erage; moved to New London, Conn.; see Vol.
1906. HOBEIN, Charles A., Jr., electrical engin
eer; born, Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1881; son
of Charles Augustus and Eliza (Buell) Ho-
bein; B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Iowa
State College, Ames, la., 1903; married, St.
Louis, Apr. 10, 1907, Elsie Maida Galbraith;
two children: Margaret B. and Robert G. As
sistant as draftsman and construction man in
power department United Railways Co. of St.

Louis, July, 1903-March, 1906; assistant elec
tric superintendent East St. Louis & Suburban
Railway Co., March- August, 1906; assistant
superintendent power stations, August, 1906-
January, 1911, superintendent power stations
since January, 1911, United Railways Co. As
sociate American Institute Electrical Engin
eers; member American Electrical Railway
Engineers' Association (power generating
committee). Club: Engineers' (St. Louis).
Contributor to technical press and engineering
societies. Recreations: tennis, fishing. Office:
3869 Park Ave. Residence: 4127 Botanical
Avenue. HOBEIN, Frank Anthony, lawyer; born,
Taos, Cole Co., Mo., Oct. 9, 1852; son of
Henry and Elizabeth (Nieters) Hobein; edu
cated in parochial and private schools, Jeffer
son City, and Holy Cross College, Montreal,
Canada, B.A., 1875; later professor in same
college for several years; B.A., St. Louis Uni
versity, 1879, M.A., 1882; LL.B., Washington
University, 1880; unmarried. In practice of
civil law in St. Louis since 1880. Member St.
Louis Bar Association. Democrat. Catholic.
Recreation: books. Office: 220 Wainwright
Bldg. Residence: 3710 W. Pine St.
HOBLITZELLE, William Edward, works
manager, Commonwealth Steel Co'. ; bora, Cum
berland, Md., Aug. 4, 1871; son of Clarence L.
and Ida A. (Knapp) Hoblitzelle; educated in
public and private schools until 1888; United
States Naval Academy, 1891; married, St.
Louis, Feb. 14, 1899, Lucie Hall Simon; chil
dren: Lucy Fitzhugh, Elizabeth, William E.,
Jr., Adelaide K. Held clerical positions with
the ±soard of Public Works, City of St. Louis,
1892-97; with Howard-Harrison Iron Co., Bes
semer, Ala., 1897-99; with the Shickle, Har
rison & Howard Iron Co., and successors, the
Leighton & Howard Steel Co., and the Amer
ican Steel Foundries Co., 1899-1904; since
1904, works manager of the Commonwealth
Steel Co. Member Civic League, St. Louis En
gineers ' Club. Democrat. Episcopalian. Clubs:
St. Louis Country, Racquet. Recreations: hunt
ing and fishing. Office: Granite City, 111.
Residence: 4380 McPherson Ave.
HODDE, Cyrus E.; see Vol. 1906.
HODGDON, Harry Herron, auditor Board
of Police Commissioners; bom, Janesville,
Wis., Nov. 10, 1866; son of Joseph Warren and
Ella B. (Loucks) Hodgdon; educated in public
schools of Janesville, Wis., married, Ramsey,
111., 1891, to Kate E. Bolt. After leaving
school began business career in the newspaper
office of the Janesville Gazette; then was in
the railroad business with the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul R. R., in division superin
tendent 's offiee at Janesville, Wis.; in ticket
office of Chicago & North-Western Ry., at
Janesville; went to St. Paul, Minn., where
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Co. for three years as bookkeeper. Came to
St. Louis in March, 1889, and was for two
years with E. T. HoUister Commission Co.; on
Aug. 15, 1891, became connected with F. A.
Steer & Co., haberdashers, as bookkeeper, and
was made secretary upon its incorporation as
the F. A. Steer Furnishing Goods Co., in 1895 ;
was appointed secretary Board of Police Com
missioners February, 1907, and auditor June
1, 1911. Member Christian Church (Disciples
of Christ). President St. Louis Christian En
deavor Union, 1903-05. Office: 208 S. 12th St.
Residence: 3110 Eads Ave.
HODGDON, William, railway business; see
Vol. 1906.
HODGES, William Romaine, city auditor;
born, South Hero, Vt., Aug. 23, 1840; son of
Nathaniel and Clarissa (Phelps) Hodges; edu
cated at Georgia Academy, Vt. ; married, Fond
du Lac, Wis., 1860, Emma J. Ward; children:
A. B. W. (mining engineer), Susan (Mrs. K.
P. Alexander), Isabella (Mrs. H. N. Chap
man), Esther (Mrs. John R. Harkins). Served
as captain under Grant and Sherman during
Civil War; in 1865 came to St. Louis as gen
eral agent of the Connecticut Mutual Life In
surance Co.; since 1886 engaged as builder of
monuments and memorials, first as senior part
ner in the firm of Hodges & McCarthy until
1901, since alone. Reproduced in bronze the
equestrian statue of "St. Louis" in Forest
Park; designed and erected monuments on
the battlefield of Shiloh for the U. S. Govern
ment and state of Wisconsin; also for state
of Pennsylvania at Winchester, Va., and Val
ley Forge, Pa.; designed and. erected many
monuments and mausoleums in Bellefontaine
and Calvary cemeteries, at St. Louis. Com
mander and recorder Missouri Commandery,
Military Order of the Loyal Legion continu
ously since 1886. Republican; member City
Council, 1899 to 1903; elected city auditor
1909. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday. Recreations:
art, anthropology and archseology. Office: City
Hall. Residence: Hotel Beers.
HODGKINS, Edward W., railway supplies;
see Vol. 1906.
HOEFFKEN, Dr. William Derrick, analyt
ical chemist and manufacturing pharmacist;
born, Norwood, Minn., Feb. 7, 1866; gradu
ated from St. Louis College of Pharmacy,
1887; graduate University of Strassburg,
Germany, 1893; married, Alton, 111., June 1,
1898, Emma Finke; one daughter, Erna. Came
from Minnesota to St. Louis, 1894, and was
with Meyer Bros. Drug Co. as chemist two and
one-half years; then engaged in manufactur
ing business, which was, Jan. 1, 1897, incor
porated as the Hoeffken Laboratory Co., chem
ists and manufacturing pharmacists, of which
is president and general manager. Office: 412
S. 6th St. Residence: 2346 Klemm St.

HOENER, Henry C, vice president Bridge
& Beach Manufacturing Co.; born in West
phalia, Germany, Mar. 7, I860; son of Fred
and Wilhelmina Hoener; resident of St. Louis
since 1866; educated in Evangelical. parochial
schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, 1885,
Minnie Koch; children: Walter, Percival, Lyd
ia, Esther, Edgar, Ralph. Began business ca
reer with the Charter Oak Stove and Range
Co., continuing fourteen years, and when he'
left was city salesman; since 1896 with the
Bridge & Beach Manufacturing Co., first as
city salesman, secretary, 1904-11, vice presi
dent since January, 1911. Member Business
Men's League. Republican. Evangelical. Mem
ber A. F. & A. M., Knights of Pythias, Royal
Arcanum, Legion of Honor. Recreation: fish
ing. Office: 501 S. 1st St. Residence: 2150A
Allen Ave.
HOERR, Louis August, president Western
Railway Equipment Co.; born, Denison, Tex.,
Apr. 27, 1876; son of John and Mary M.
(Bergman) Hoerr; educated public schools.,
graduating from Madison School, and in 1894
from Manual Training School; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 16, 1904, Susan M. Hinehman.
Worked as draftsman fpr patent attorneys
after school hours and during vacations, 1892-
93, and 1894; then for John Rauming Machine
Works; became connected with the Brownell
Car Co. as assistant superintendent, 1896;
later entered employ of Western Railway
Equipment Co., serving as mechanical engi
neer, superintendent, assistant manager, man
ager, vice president, and since 1905 as presi
dent; also president South Side Auto Co.,
Railway Devices Co.; vice president John Ki-
burz Pattern Co., Hinchman-Renton Construc
tion Co. Has taken out over eighty patents
on railroad devices which are in use on 500,-
000 freight cars. Unitarian. Scottish Rite
Mason (Washington Lodge, Missouri Chapter,
Ascalon Commandery, Moolah Temple). Clubs:
Mercantile, Normandie, Missouri Athletic,
Railway, Automobile, Normandie Golf, Lieder
kranz, St. Louis Turn Verein. Recreations:
golf and motoring. Office: 1412-1414 Central
National Bank Bldg. Residence: 3522 Shenan
doah Ave.
HOFFMAN, George Edward, cashier Mer
chants-Laclede National Bank; born, Waver-
ly, la., Sept. 12, 1863; educated in public
schools; married, St. Louis, Apr. 28, 1892, Nel
lie Lee; one daughter, Ellen Lee. Came to St.
Louis in 1880, and began banking career in a
minor position with the Valley National Bank;
after several promotions became assistant
cashier of the Merchants-Laclede National
Bank on the consolidation in June, 1895, from
which was promoted, September, 1896, to pres
ent position as cashier. Clubs: St. Louis,
Bellerive, City. Office: Olive and 4th Sts.
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HOFFMAN, Henry Herbert, president Hoff
man-Edwards Harness Co.; born, Macomb, 111.,
Aug. 17, 1861; son of Frederick J. and M. V.
(Cannon) Hoffman; educated in public schools
of Macomb, 111., married, St. Louis, Dec. 24,
1892, Rosa A. Lamping; one son, Frederick J.
Learned harness making in father's shop at
Macomb; came to St. Louis in 1880, and be
gan work with Heidmann-Benoist Saddlery
Co., continuing until 1890, then with J. B.
Sickles Saddlery Co. until 1902, and was a
director in the company; manager of harness
business of Simmons Hardware Co. from 1902
until bought out that branch of their busi
ness, Jan. 1, 1905, organizing Hoffman-Ed
wards Harness Co., of which is president.
Single Taxer. Member Business Men 's League.
Office: 1115 Chestnut St. Residence: 4960 Co
lumbia Ave.
HOFFMAN, Samuel E., vice president Mis
sissippi Valley Trust Co.; born in Union Co.,
Pa., June 22, 1834; son of John and Nancy
(Bauss) Hoffman; educated in public schools
of Stevenson Co., 111.; married, Leavenworth,
Kan., May 12, 1870, Fannie Allen (now de
ceased). Began active career in Waverly, la.,
in mercantile business; read law there and
was admitted to the bar in 1858; went to Neo
sho Falls, Kan., 1858, and practiced law until
1861; in 1860 was elected as a member of the
State Senate of Kansas; at the breaking out
of the Civil War, 1861, was appointed major
of the Fifth Kansas Cavalry, but because of
failing health served only one year. In 1863
went to Leavenworth, Kan., and engaged in
transportation business across the plans, con
tinuing until 1873, when came to St. Louis
and engaged in the banking business under
the firm name of Allen, Hoffman & Co., con
tinuing until 1876; then purchased the Manu
facturers' Savings Bank, and became its
president, until 1878; bought controlling in
terest in the Valley National Bank and be
came its president; in 1885 bought interest in
the Laclede Bank, increasing the capital stock
from $500,000 to $1,000,000 and made it a na
tional bank, of which was president until
1895. Suggested, 1890, the organization of the
Mississippi Valley Trust Co., of which was
one of the organizers, and is now vice presi
dent; also director of the Merchants-Laclede
National Bank. Republican. Clubs: St. Louis,
Noonday, Country. Residence: 4450 Westmin
ster PI.
HOFFMANN, August H., banker; born, St.
Louis, June 9, 1850; son of George and Maria
M. (Wilke) Hoffmann; educated in public
schools and Wyman Institute, St. Louis; un
married. Began business career in fall of 1867
as clerk for Rubelman & Co., hardware mer
chants, continuing until 1873; in grocery busi
ness on own account, 1873-75; in hardware
business from 1875 to 1900. Sold out hardware
business in 1900, and was elected president of

the Xorth-Westera Savings Bank; in 1910
name of bank was changed to Northwestern
Bank and he continues as president; director
Lakeside Sugar Refining Co., of Texas. Mem
ber Civic League. Republican; member City
Council, 1898-1902. Treasurer German School
Association and Free Community of St. Louis;
treasurer National German- American Alliance ;
member German General Protestant Orphans'
Home. Member of Social Turners, Schiller
Society, Yeatman High School Patrons. Recre
ation: music. Office: 1500 St. Louis Ave. Resi
dence: 1452 Sullivan Ave.
HOFFMANN, Philip, physician; born, St.
Louis, July 28, 1870; son of Morris and Au
gusta (Frankel) Hoffmann; educated in St.
Louis public schools; M.D., Missouri Medical
College (now Medical Department of Wash
ington University), 1892; married, St. Louis,
June 1, 1902, Rose Marks. Engaged in prac
tice of medicine in St. Louis since March,
1892, limiting practice to orthopedic surgery.
Orthopedic surgeon to Jewish Hospital and to
the Bethesda Hospital. Member American
Orthopedic Association, St. Louis Orthopedic
Club, St. Louis Pediatric Society, Medical So
ciety of City Hospital Alumni, St. Louis Med
ical Society. Recreation: study of collateral
sciences. Offiee and Residence: 3657 Delmar
Boulevard. HOFFMANN, Reinhold Alexander, accident,
health and burglary insurance; born, Augusta,
St. Charles Co., Mo., July 10, 1862; son of
Berthold E. and Louise (Toelle) Hoffmann;
educated in public schools at Highland and
Edwardsville, HI., and Kirkwood, Mo., and
night school, Jones Business College; married,
Huntsville, Mo., Dec. 24, 1889, Mary V. Estes;
children: Mary V. E., Briggs A. Employed in
hardware business with E. Hilger & Co., 1877-
80, St. Louis Hardware and Cutlery Co., 1881-
85, Quemheim & Heekel, 1887. Began in in
surance business with Travelers Insurance Co.,
Kansas City, 1888-89, St. Louis, 1889; since
Aug. 22, 1889, general agent at St. Louis of
the Fidelity and Casualty Co. of New York.
Member Civic League. Democrat. ' Methodist.
Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic, City,
Rotary. Recreations: theatre, baseball, fishing
and other outdoor diversions. Office: 308-314
Rialto Bldg. Residence: 11 Windermere PI.
HOFMANN, Ernst G., produce; born, Gies-
sen, Germany, Nov. 20, 1837; son of Louis J.
and Marie (Schleiter) Hofmann; educated in
public schools in Germany and in New York
state; married, St. Louis, July, 1867, Clara F.
Steinwender; children: Louis A., Linda (Mrs.
H. W. Hermann), Alwin, Silta (Mrs. Henry L.
Baur), Emma (Mrs. Edward Baur). Began
business career as clerk in store of C. P.
Leonard, at Lowville, N. Y., and later at
Rochester, N. Y., in grocery store of N. P. Os
born; came to St. Louis, 1858, and worked for
John D. Torlina, shoes, 1858-60; started in

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produce business for self, incorporating the
business, 1880, under its present style of Hof-
mann Bros. Produce Co. Was member Com
pany A., 7th Missouri Home Guards during
Civil War. Member Civic League, St. Louis
Turn Verein. Office: 700-702 N. 2d St. Resi
dence: 3641 Cleveland Ave.
HOFMANN, Frederick William, wholesale
dried fruits and produce; born, Wieseck, Hesse
Darmstadt, Germany, Oct. 1, 1840; son of
Louis J. and Marie (Schleiter) Hofmann;
came to America with parents, June 20, 1849,
and settled on farm at Hawkinsville, Lewis
Co., N. Y.; removed to Rochester, N. Y., 1852;
educated in public and private schools of
Dansville and Rochester, N. Y.; married, Mil-
lersburg, Iowa Co., la., Nov. 10, 1863, Cecilia
A. Schleiter; children: Flora Louisa (Mrs. C.
A. Freudenstein), Oscar Schleiter. Began busi
ness career at Rochester as clerk, 1854-57; re
moved to St. Louis, November, 1857, and was
clerk in shoe stores of J. D. Torlina and James
Rutherford until 1860, when established the
Hofmann Bros. Produce Co., of which is vice
president. Member Civic League, Merchants'
Exchange. Independent Republican. Served
about two and one-half years in Company E,
Seventh Regiment, Missouri Enrolled Militia.
Recreation: the violin. Office: 700-702 N. 2d
St. Residence: 3233 Hawthorne Boul.
HOGAN, Michael Edward, railroad tie man
ufacturer, banker; born in Albany Co., N. Y.,
Aug. 19, 1849; son of Christopher and Helen
(King) Hogan; educated in district schools
of Albany Co., N. Y., and Fayette Co., 111.;
married, St. Elmo, 111., Aug. 25, 1873, Lucy
Dial (deceased); children: Mary Ellen (Mrs.
Murray), Lucy ' Mabel, Florence Eugenia,
Thomas Edward, John Jerome, Verena An
gela (Mrs. George P. Lamy), Madonna Laura,
Cecilia Clara. Began business life, 1865, as
clerk in store of Dieckman & Bradley, Van
dalia, 111.; in merchandise business with Dr.
Sumner Clark, as M. E. Hogan & Co., at Ram
say, 111., 1872-77; bought out partner, 1877,
and removed stock to Altamont, 111., in which
has since continued; now head of firm of M. E.
Hogan & Son, manufacturers of railroad cross-
ties, Altamont, and M. E. Hogan, banker, Al
tamont. Democrat. Catholic. Residence: 5564
Cabanne Boul.
HOGAN, Thomas F., secretary and treas
urer Hoffman-Hogan Construction Co.; born,
St. Louis, May 2, 1868; son of Charles W. and
Anastasia (Grace) Hogan; educated in Chris
tian Brothers College; unmarried. Began act
ive career at twenty-one, in contracting busi
ness with father; after death of latter, in
1900, associated with brother in same line of
business; organized, 1902, the Hoffman-Hogan
Construction Co., general contractors, and con
tinues as secretary and treasurer. One of the
notable works completed by the company is

the Harlin Creek Sewer, of reenforced con
crete, the inside dimensions of which are 29
by 19 feet. Democrat. Catholic. Office: 2712
Wyandotte Ave. Residence: 2120 E. Harris
Avenue. HOGE, Moses Woods, physician; bom in
Cooper Co., Mo., Nov. 18, 1861; son of John
James and Mary (Colhoun) Hoge; graduated
from Kemper Academy, Boonville, Mo., 1879;
M.D., St. Louis Medical College, 1883; unmar
ried. Engaged in practice of medicine at
Owensville, Mo., 1883-92; physician in State
Hospital No. 1, Fulton, Mo., 1892-97; engaged
in practice at St. Louis since 1897. Instructor
in neurology and chief of clinic for nervous
diseases, Medical Department of Washington
University; member of visiting staff, St. Louis
City Hospital. Member St. Louis Medical So
ciety, St. Louis Neurological Society, Amer
ican Medical Association. Office: Metropoli
tan Bldg., Grand Ave. and Olive St. Resi
dence: 3693 W. Pine Boul. i
HOGENMILLER, John Alexander, live
stock and general commission; born, St. Gene
vieve Co., Mo., Dec. 12, 1860; son of Joseph
and Cresentia (Fritseh) Hogenmiller; edu
cated in district schools of native county.;
Missouri State Normal School, at Cape Girar
deau, Mo.; married, St. Louis, 1891, Ottilia
Traudt; two children: Elvira, Ambrose John
C. On farm to eighteen; began business ca
reer as clerk in general merchandise store,
later being placed in charge of store at Ivy
Landing, 111.; came to St. Louis, 1888, and has
since been identified with commission busi
ness; proprietor Hogenmiller Commission Co.
since 1901. Member St. Louis Egg and Poul
try Exchange, Merchants ' Exchange, St. Louis
Live Stock Exchange. Democrat. Catholic.
Member Knights of Columbus. Club: Lieder
kranz. Office: 707 N. 3d St. Residence: 2123A
S. 12th St.
HOGG, George Robert, wholesaler and manu
facturer of yellow pine lumber; born, Hanni
bal, Mo., Sept. 14, 1865; son of John Oliver
and Jane (Thompson) Hogg; educated in pub
lic schools and Weteh Academy, Hannibal;
married, St. Louis, June 1, 1897, Antoinette
Blood; children: Frances Margaret, George
Robert, Jr. Began as a member of the firm of
Hogg & Sons, builders, Hannibal, Mo.; found
ed Independence Planing Mill Co., Indepen
dence, Mo.; sold out, 1892. Manager of St.
Louis sales office of William Buchanan, manu
facturer of yellow pine lumber; since 1902,
president of Hogg-Harris Lumber Co. Also
assistant secretary and stockholder of the
Big Pine Lumber Co., of Colfax, La., and
stockholder in other yellow pine mills. Re
publican. Member Royal Arcanum, Hoo Hoo.
Club: Mercantile. Recreation: motoring. Of
fice: Wright Bldg. Residence: 533 Hamilton
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HOHENGARTEN, Frank Henry, wholesale
baker; born, Westphalia, Germany, Oct. 6,
1864; son of C. H. and Caroline (Johanning-
meyer) Hohengarten; educated in common
schools in Germany, 1871-79, night school, St.
Louis public school, 1882-83; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 26, 1888, Kate C. Finke; children:
Ernest H., Frances, Pauline, Carl F. Learned
baking trade in Germany, 1879-82; came to
United States, 1882; followed trade as baker
with different firms in St. Louis, 1882-88; es
tablished retail bakery in spring of 1888, and
conducted it .until 1904. When The Home Bak
ery Co. was organized for wholesale baking,
September, 1903, was elected its president and
manager; in 1907 this company was bought
by the American Bakery Co. and he has since
served as a director and as manager of the
home branch. Member North St. Louis Busi
ness Men's Association. Republican. Presi
dent German Evangelical Friedens Congrega
tion. Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner,
President United Master Bakers of America
1904-05; director North St. Louis Citizens
Association, German Protestant Orphans
Home (St. Charles Rock Road). Club: Bakers
Bowling. Recreations: bowling and motoring.
Office: Glasgow Ave. and Hebert St. Resi
dence: 3216 Barrett St.
HOKE, Charles Henry, candy manufacturer
born, Canton, Mo., Aug. 2, 1857; son of Jo
seph W. and Sarah E. (Storer) Hoke; mar
ried, St. Louis, June 20, 1883, Blanche Cole
children: Nelson, Paul, Mary, Charles, Blanche
Began business career as secretary and treas
urer of The Kelley-Goodfellow Shoe Co. of St,
Loiiis, continuing, 1879-1900; secretary and
treasurer of the St. Louis Candy Manufactur
ing Co., 1900-11, since manager Peekham
Candy Manufacturing Co. ; also president Hoke
Engraving Plate Co. Formerly member of
Company K, First Regiment, Missouri Na
tional Guard. Clubs: Mercantile, Union, Mis
souri Athletic. Office: 701 Spruce St. Resi
dence: 3812 Castleman Ave.
HOKE, William Eben; born, Memphis, Scot
land Co., Mo., Oct. 26, 1865; son of Joseph
Wilson and Sarah Elizabeth (Storer) Hoke;
educated in St. Louis public schools; unmar
ried. Since 1887 been engaged in the manu
facture of ' ' chalk plates ' ' for the chalk plate
process of illustrating used by newspapers, en
gravers, etc.; secretary of the Hoke Engrav
ing Plate Co. Presbyterian. Club: Mercantile.
Office: 304 N. 3d St. Residence: 3816 Castle
man Ave.
HOLBROOK, Walter James, president Hol
brook-Blackwelder Real Estate Trust Co.;
bom, Lebanon, Conn., October, 1861; son of
Charles A. and Eunice E. (Bailey) Holbrook;
educated in public school of Lebanon, Conn.;
married, Colchester, Conn., 1885, Jennie A.
Foote; 2d, 1908, Miss Jessie Purcell, of St.
Louis; two daughters: Lucille and Marguerite.

Began business career conducting general
store at Colchester, Conn., 1879, continuing un
til 1885, and at the same time was connected
with the Colchester Savings Bank; removed
west in 1885, located at Wichita, Kan., and
embarked in real estate business; came to St.
Louis, 1892, and engaged in real estate and
later, with George H. Blackwelder, estab
lished the real estate firm which was organ
ized in 1900 as the Holbrook-Blackwelder Real
Estate Trust Co.; also director Title Guaranty
Trust Co., St. Louis Gulf-Steel Barge Line.
Member Real Estate Exchange, Merchants'
Exchange, Business Men's League. Repub
lican. Member First Congregational Church.
Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile, Noonday, Rac
quet. Offiee: 812 Olive St. Residence: 5368
Cabanne Ave.
HOLDOWAY, Edwin, publisher of subscrip
tion books; bora, Island of Jersey, England,
Aug. 1, 1845; son of John and Elizabeth
Holdoway; educated in private and public
schools in England and America; married,
Springfield, 111., 1872, Isabelle Rose Gwynn;
children: Hubert E., Florence L., Edith, Ed
ward Watts, Alice G., Alberta, William J.
Was apprenticed to tea business in London;
came to United States, 1868; engaged as book
solicitor; in 1869 formed partnership with
Thomas Brown, and opened offices at Daven
port, la.; moved to St. Louis, 1872. Firm was
known until 1880 as Brown & Holdoway; in
latter year opened offices as E. Holdoway & Co.;
incorporated business, 1902, as E. Holdoway
Publishing Co., of which he is president; the
company publishing fine editions of the stand
ard authors, by subscription only. Republican.
Congregationalist. Member Anchor Lodge, A.
F. & A. M., Missouri Chapter, R. A. M., St.
Louis Commandery, Knights Templar. Fa
vorite recreation: fishing. Office: 720 Victoria
Bldg. Residence: 1521 Missouri Ave.
HOLLAND, James Steedman, physician;
1872-1909; see Vol. 1906.
HOLLAND, Robert Afton, Jr., lawyer; born,
Covington, Ky., May 4, 1868; son of Rev. R.
A. and Theodosia (Everett) Holland; grad
uated from Harvard College, A.B. and A.M.,
1892; unmarried. Admitted to bar in 1894,
and hai since engaged in general practice in
St. Louis; since Jan. 1, 1904, with James A.
Seddon, of law firm of Seddon & Holland.
Member St. Louis Bar Association. Democrat.
Episcopalian. Clubs : St. Louis, St. Louis Coun
try, Noonday, Contemporary. Office: 705 Olive
St. Residence: 502 Lake Ave.
HOLLIDAY, Joseph Glasby, lawyer; born,
St. Louis, Sept. 14, 1861; son of Samuel New
ton and Maria F. (Glasby) Holliday; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools ; Smith Acad
emy; A.B., Yale University, 1884; LL.B., St.
Louis Law School, 1886; married, Kansas City,
July 15, 1885, Hattie E. Alexander; children:

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Samuel N, Ida R., Joseph H., Florence A.,
Elizabeth H., Richard A. Admitted to bar in
1886 and since engaged in practice in St.
Louis, making a specialty of probate law.
Member of St. Louis and American Bar asso
ciations. Democrat. Presbyterian. Recrea
tions: music and fishing. Office: 906 La Salle
Bldg. Residence: 5137 Washington Ave.
HOLLINGSHEAD, Thomas Murdoch, busi
ness manager of the Globe-Democrat; born,
Cincinnati, 0., Nov. 14, 1857; son of Mark
and Rosalie (Murdoch) Hollingshead; edu
cated in public and high schools of Cincinnati,
and one year in Cincinnati University, 1875;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 14, 1887, Fannie Mat
thews. Began business career in employ of
Commercial Bank of Cincinnati, May, 1877,
continuing to December, 1880; went to North
Dakota, and was in First National Bank and
the Bank of Fargo, both of Fargo, N. Dak.,
December, 1880, to March, 1884; held position
in office of fifth division, Railway Mail Serv
ice, Cincinnati, March-September, 1884; with
Continental Collection Agency, Cincinnati,
September, 1884, to May 1886; came to St.
Louis and was with Gilbert Book Co., May,
1886, to October, 1886; entered employ of
Globe Printing Co., publishers of the Globe-
Democrat, Oct. 16, 1886, as assistant book
keeper, continuing until about 1893; adver
tising manager, 1893-1900; business manager
since 1900 of the Globe-Democrat. Unitarian.
Club: Mercantile. Offiee: southwest corner of
6th and Pine Sts. Residence: 5963 Clemens
Avenue. HOLLMANN, Henry C; see Vol. 1906.
HOLLMANN, William F., commission mer
chant; born, St. Louis, Dec. 4, 1881; son of
Henry C. and Julia (Mueller) Hollmann; edu
cated at Charless (public) School, Toenfeldt's
private school and Perkins & Herpel Business
College, graduating, 1900; married, St. Louis;
Mar. 4, 1903, Ella Vogler; one daughter,
Lydia Julia. Worked as errand boy for
father after school hours and on Satur
days from 1895; after graduation, in spring
of 1900, from business college, worked as
stenographer for father for several months;
then became secretary of the Henry C. Holl
mann Produce Co., and president since 1906.
Protestant. Recreation: fishing. Office: 819 N.
3d St. Residence: 2812 Accomac St.
HOLLOWAY, Henry Elwood, merchant tai
lor; born, Bloomington, 111., Nov. 4, 1861; son
of Henry D. and Mary S. (Taylor) Holloway;
educated in Bloomington (111.) public schools;
married, St. Louis, June 8, 1898, Blanche S.
Block; one daughter, Blanche May. Began
business career as cash boy in a dry goods
store in Bloomington until age of fourteen,
when entered tailor store, learning trade from
bench to cutter; came to St. Louis, 1878, and
worked in stores of Charles R. Lewis and then
with Harris & French, until 1890; since in

business for self as merchant tailor. Repub
lican. Presbyterian. Member Legion of Hon
or. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, City. Favorite
recreations: hunting, fishing, motoring. Of
fice: 406-409 Victoria Bldg. Residence: 4615
McPherson Ave.
HOLM, Robert, secretary and treasurer of
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association; born,
St. Louis, Aug. 4, 1863; son of Louis and An-
tonia Holm; educated in public schools of St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, Nov. 27, 1893,
Minette Upmeyer; one daughter, Alice. Be
gan business career in May, 1879, with C.
Conrad & Co., and continuing until failure of
the firm, Jan. 16, 1883; started with Anheuser-
Busch Brewing Association, in humble ca
pacity, November, 1883; elected secretary and
treasurer, Dec. 26, 1900. Republican. Clubs:
Liederkranz, Sunset Hill Country. Favorite
recreation: automobiling. Office: 900 Pesta
lozzi St. Residence: 3663 Cleveland Ave.
HOLMAN, Charles Leavitt, president La
clede Gas Light Co.; born, Lawrence, Kan.,
July 4, 1870; son of James E. and Libbie
(Sherwood) Holman; educated in public
schools of Kansas; married, Chicago, HI., Nov.
20, 1895, May Everett; children: Dorothy
Everett, Sherwood E. (deceased), Elinor Ruth.
Began business career in the office of the
Land and Development Co., Topeka, Kan.,
1887, and assistant in the street railway of
fices of same company; went into bond and
mortgage business in Topeka, 1891; after
wards business manager Topeka Daily Capitol,
two years; then went to Chicago as repre
sentative of the Thayer Mining and Milling
Co.; returned to Topeka and engaged with the
treasurer's department of the Atchison, To
peka & Santa Fe R. R.; in April, 1903, came
to St. Louis and became connected with the
Laclede Gas Light Co., of which he was secre
tary from January, 1904-1909; elected first
vice president and, in January, 1910, also
made general manager; elected president Mar.
1, 1912. President Southern Improvement and
Manufacturing Co., Phoenix Light, Heat and
Power Co.; secretary and treasurer the Na
tional Subway Co. Elected, October, 1911, at
Denver, Colo., president National Commercial
Gas Association; elected, October, 1911, di
rector American Gas Institute; member Busi
ness Men's League (executive committee),
Civic League. Republican. Congregationalist.
Clubs: Mercantile, St. Louis, City, Noonday,
Racquet, Commercial. Recreations: motoring,
golf and shooting. Offices: 716 Locust St.;
11th and Olive Sts. after November, 1912.
Residence: Clayton and Warson Rds.
HOLMAN, John Beriah, paper boxes; born,
Cincinnati, O., Oct. 11, 1853; son of John
Beriah and Jemima (MeFeely) Holman; resi
dent of St. Louis since 1865; educated in
Washington University, St. Louis; married,
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one son, John Edgar. Began business career
with the Iron Mountain Railway Co., in gen
eral ticket office as clerk for four years,
1870-74; then in hay and grain commission
business as Holman Bros., 1874-79; in real
estate business on own account, 1879-80;
started in paper box business, 1880, with
brother, William H. Holman, as Holman Pa
per Box Co.; incorporated the business, 1885,
and upon death of brother, 1891, succeeded
to present position as president of Holman
Paper Box Co. Republican. Methodist. Mem
ber Occidental Lodge No. 63, A. F. & A. M.,
St. Louis Chapter No. 8, R. A. M., and St.
Aldemar Commandery No. 18, Knights Tem
plar. Office: 8th St. and Chouteau Ave. (1015
S. 8th St.). Residence: 3936 Westminster PI.
HOLMAN, Minard Lafever, consulting en
gineer; born in Oxford Co., Me., June 15,
1852; son of John Henry and Mary Ann
(Richards) Holman; educated in public schools
of Prescott, Wis., St. Louis and Boston, Mass.;
graduated from Washington University, 1874,
honorary M.A., 1905; married, at St. Louis,
1879, to Miss Margaret H. Holland; four chil
dren : Charles Henry, Mary, Minard H., George
R. Began professional career in United States
Treasury Department, Supervising Architect 's
Division, 1874-76; with Flad & Smith, en
gineers, 1876-77; assistant engineer St. Louis
Water Works, 1877-87; water commissioner of
the City of St. Louis, 1887-99; in general en
gineering work, 1899-1900; general superin
tendent Missouri Edison Electric Co., 1900-04;
consulting engineer of firm of Holman &
Laird, since 1904. Consulting engineer Mis
souri Waterway Commission. Member Amer
ican Society of Civil Engineers, American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers (president,
1908), Engineers' Club of St. Louis. Congre
gationalist. Mason (32°), Knight Templar,
Shriner; member Royal Arcanum, Legion of
Honor of Missouri. Recreation: revolver
shooting. Office: 1324 Chemical Bldg. Resi
dence: 3744 Finney Ave.
HOLMES, Jesse Harrison, retired; see Vol.
1906. HOLMES, John Andrews, financier; born,
Coatesville, Chester Co., Pa., Oct. 18, 1838;
son of John and Eliza (Schrack) Holmes; edu
cated in public schools; married in Pennsyl
vania, Sept. 18, 1867, Belle Robb; four chil
dren: Mrs. Isabelle Holmes Thompson, Flor
ence R., Robert and John Howard. Came to
St. Louis, 1856; identified with the lumber
business since 1857; organized John A.
Holmes & Co., lumber dealers, 1864, incorpo
rated as John A. Holmes Lumber Co., 1896;
resigned presidency same, 1900, since chair
man board; also director National Bank of
Commerce, Hydraulic Pressed Brick Co., Amer
ican Telegraph and Telephone Co. Republican.
Chairman board trustees, Second Presbyterian

Church. Office: 915 Spruce St. Residence: 9
Portland PL
HOLMES, John Martin, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Jan. 25, 1848; son of John Martin and
Sophia (Wyman) Holmes; educated in private
schools, St. Louis; Hillsboro (111.) Academy;
A.B., Illinois College, Jacksonville, 111., 1867,
A.M., 1870; married, Mar. 7, 1888, Ina Meston
(born Elgin, Scotland, Aug. 15, 1863, died
Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 3, 1898); chil
dren: Maud, Meston, Janet. Admitted to bar,
October, 1868, and since engaged in general
practice in St. Louis; senior member of law
firm of Holmes, Blair & Koerner. Member
American and Missouri State Bar associations,
Law Library Association. Democrat. Member
Civic League. Clubs: Mercantile, City. Fa
vorite recreations: hunting, fishing and horse
back riding. Office: Pierce Bldg. Residence:
3860 Page Ave.
HOLTCAMP, Charles Wesley, judge Pro
bate Court; born, Decatur, 111., Sept. 1, 1859;
son of Charles and Catherine (Hoevner) Holt-
camp; educated in public schools; Illinois Col
lege, 1878-80; entered Law Department, Wash
ington University, 1880, graduating with de
gree of LL.B., 1882; degree A.M. conferred
by Illinois College, 1911; married, St. Louis,
May 1, 1888, Augusta Hausman (died 1893);
one daughter, Dorothy; married, 2d, St. Louis,
Sept. 23, 1903, Nellie Francisco Barker. Mem
ber Hlinois National Guard, 1877-80, Missouri
National Guard, 1883-1904. Served as senior
captain of regiment in Spanish-American war,
1898. Resigned as lieutenant colonel First
Regiment, Missouri National Guard, 1904.
Member House of Delegates, St. Louis, 1899-
1901; elected probate judge City of St. Louis,
1906; reelected, 1910. Director Blanke & Bro.
Realty Co.; vice president and director Fred
P. Kaiser Publishing Co. Member Military
Order of Foreign Wars, United Spanish War
Veterans. Republican. Methodist. Mason
(32°), Knight Templar, Shriner, Scottish Rite;
member Royal Arcanum, Royal League. Clubs:
Missouri Athletic, City, Masonic, Normandie
Golf. Recreations: fishing, hunting, baseball.
Address: Court House. Residence: 5704 Bart-
mer Ave.
HOMANN, Henry Julius, secretary William
Homann Saddlery Co. ; born, Dissen, Germany,
May 12, 1857; son of William and Elizabeth
(Bruns) Homann; educated in private schools
in Germany; married, St. Louis, Sept. 6, 1887,
Bertha Mueller; one daughter, Ilda. Came to
St. Louis from Germany in 1862, and began
business career at sixteen, in brother's store;
learned the saddlery trade and was admitted
to partnership in 1895; now secretary of the
William Homann Saddlery Co., manufacturers
of saddlery, etc. Member Liederkranz. Rec
reations: bowling and singing. Office: 716-718
N. 4th St. Residence: 3507 Halliday St.

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HOMANN, Rudolph Bernard, vice president
William Homann Saddlery Co.; born, Hanover,
Germany, Dec. 20, 1854; son of William and
Elizabeth (Bruns) Homana; educated in pub
lic schools in Germany and by private tutors;
married, St. Louis, Lena Essman; children:
Otto, Adele (Mrs. Julian Ellsner). Was ap
prenticed in the harness-making business with
firm of Homann & Hotze, in 1870, and has con
tinued with same house; firm incorporated in
1886 as the William Homann Saddlery Co.,
manufacturers of saddlery, harness and turf
goods, of which has been vice president since
1895. Member Tower Grove Turn Verein.
Recreations: fishing and bowling. Office: 716
N. 4th St. Residence: 3631 Botanical Ave.
HOMANN, William, manufacturer of sad
dlery, etc.; born, Dissen, Germany, Mar. 4,
1842; son of William and Elizabeth (Bruns)
Homann; educated in public schools; married,
St. Louis, Josephine Krohne. Began to learn
harness-making and saddlery trade with the
P. J. Peters saddlery house in 1856; worked
at the trade until 1865, when started in busi
ness for self with partner, under firm name of
Homann & Hotze; in 1886 the business was
incorporated as the William Homann Saddlery
Co., of which is president. Mason (Blue
Lodge). Club: Liederkranz. Recreations:
bowling, walking and traveling. Office: 716-
718 N. 4th St. Residence: 3515 Victor St.
HOMER, William Bradford, judge; born,
Brimfield, Hampden Co., Mass., July 29, 1849;
son of Captain Alured and Ruth (Bliss)
Homer; attended public schools and Hitchcock
Free High School, Brimfield; graduated from
Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., 1867;
A.B., Amherst College, Massachusetts, 1871;
studied law in Columbia Law School, Colum
bia University, New York; married, Hartford,
Conn., Sept.- 20, 1876, H. Louise Hart; chil
dren: Ruth Louise (now Mrs. George F. Al
len, of Toronto, Can.), Roland M., Mary H.,
Bradford C. Admitted to Missouri bar, 1872;
began practice in St. Louis, 1873; member
bar of Supreme Court of the United States.
Appointed, 1908, and served on Board of
Equalization of Taxes; appointed judge St.
Louis Circuit Court by governor, June, 1909;
appointed excise commissioner, October, 1910,
which office resigned to accept second appoint
ment as judge of Circuit Court, Jan. 12, 1911,
a position he now fills. Trustee Drury Acad
emy, Springfield, Mo. Republican. Congrega
tionalist. Member Missouri State and St.
Louis Bar associations, Sons American Revo
lution, Society Colonial Wars, New England
Society. Clubs: Mercantile, Congregational,
Million Population. Chambers: Court House.
Residence: 4409 Morgan St.
*HOMES, William Francis, insurance; now
lives in Eureka, Mo.; see Vol. 1906.
HOMEYER, Herman August, secretary,
treasurer Roth-Homeyer Coffee Co.; born,

Lemgo, Germany, Jan.. 26, 1860; son of Her
man August and Louise Catherine (Boedeker)
Homeyer; educated in gymnasium (high
school), Lemgo, Germany; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 2, 1889, Anna Charlotte Sehlater (now
deceased) ; one daughter, Anna Louise. On
leaving school at age of fifteen, apprenticed
in grocery business at Dusseldorf, Germany,
serving eight years and filling every position
from clerk to bookkeeper and cashier; em
ployed in office of tobacco factory at Biele
feld, Germany, as correspondent, two years.
Came to United States, July, 1884; employed
in wholesale grocery house of Wulfing, Dieck
riede & Co., as bookkeeper, 1884-87; with H.
R. Krite & Co., wholesale toys, 1887-89; then
to Steinwender, Stoffregen & Co., coffees,
1889-96, and when business was incorporated,
became secretary-treasurer of the company;
since 1889, secretary-treasurer Roth-Homeyer
Coffee Co. Independent in politics. Congrega
tionalist. Office: 601 N. Main St. Residence:
3818 Botanical Ave.
HOPKINS, James Love, lawyer and law
author; born, St. Louis, July 20, 1868; son of
Christian R. and Anna (Love) Hopkins; grad
uated from St. Louis public schools; LL.B.,
St. Louis Law School, 1894; married, St.
Louis, 1892, Georgian Shields; one daughter,
Anna Love. Engaged in practice in St. Louis
since 1889, except the years from 1898 to
1902, when was located in San Francisco.
Acted as special patent counsel for City of
San Francisco. Member American Bar Asso
ciation. Independent in politics. Author:
Hopkins on Unfair Trade, 1900; Hopkins on
Trademarks, 1905; Hopkins' Judicial Code,
1911; Hopkins on Patents (two volumes),
1911 (all published by Callaghan & Co., Chi
cago). Also wrote monographs on "Disbar
ment" in Encyclopedia of Pleading and Prac
tice and on various legal subjects in the Cen
tral Law Journal, also articles on medico-legal
subjects in the Medical Mirror. Favorite rec
reation: literature. Office: Chemical Bldg.
Residence: 3931 Westminster PL
HOPKINS, Milton J., physician; born, Bliss-
field, Mich., Nov. 29, 1859; son of Samuel and
Susannah (Loar) Hopkins; educated in coun
try normal school; graduated in literary and
business courses in college at Valparaiso, Ind.,
1884; M.D. (with honors), Missouri Medical
College, 1896; married, St. Louis, Oct. 22,
1896, Lina Vogeler; children: Alma Jeannette,
Milton Julius. Brought up on farm until nine
teen; went to Bear Lake, Mich., and was a
clerk in general store, 1879-81; then brake-
man three months, conductor one year and
superintendent, 1882-87, of Bear Lake and
Eastern R. R. (forty-nine .miles long), owned
by brother; went South and was engaged in
railroad survey and in mining industries until
1892; since graduation has been engaged in
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Member board of Baptist Hospital. Member
St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri State
Medical Association, American Medical Asso
ciation, Tri-State Medical Association, Wash
ington University Alumni. Office and Resi
dence: 3558 Lindell Boul.
HOPKINS, Ross, physician; see Vol. 1906.
HOPKINS, Thomas Andrews, physician;
born, Ashtabula, O., Feb. 2, 1867; son of
Thomas H. and Calphurnia (Andrews) Hop
kins; educated Grand River Institute, Austin-
burg, O.; Ph.B., Oberlin College, O., 1891,
A.M., 1896; M.D., Missouri Medical College
(Washington University), 1894; unmarried.
In practice in St. Louis since 1894. Supreme
medical director Legion of Honor of Mis
souri, 1902-04; member of faculty of American
Medical College, St. Louis College of Phy
sicians and Surgeons, 1895-97, Barnes Medical
College, 1909-10. Director Orodol Chemical
Co. Editor Medical Fortnightly. Member St.
Louis Medical Society, Missouri State Med
ical Association, American Medical Associa
tion, American Urologieal Association, Mis
sissippi Valley Medical Association. Ex-presi
dent Oberlin Association of St. Louis; mem
ber Alumni Association of Washington Uni
versity, Washington University Association,
Ohio Society. Republican. Episcopalian. Rec
reation: travel. Office: 319-320 Century Bldg.
HORN, Thomas Lora, president T. L. Horn
Trunk Co.; born, Dalis, Mo., May 8, 1868; son
of Thomas B. and Melissa J. (Graves) Horn;
educated in Henderson (Mo.) Academy; mar
ried, Ozark, Mo., May 12, 1889, Blanche
Lawing; children: William Leslie, Murray
Lawing. Began business career as a boy help
ing father in general merchandise business at
Ozark, Mo.; was with James A. Quirk, 1890-
91; from 1891 to 1903 was traveling salesman
for the Herkert & Meisel Trunk Co., of which
company was. a director. Secretary of P. C.
Murphy Trunk Co., 1903- April, 1906; then or
ganized the T. L. Horn Trunk Co., of which
he is president. Republican. Deacon Union
Ave. Christian Church. Member board of di
rectors Citizens' Alliance. Club: Mercantile.
Recreation: motoring. Office: 1101 Washing
ton Ave. Residence: 4221 Maryland Ave.
HORNER, Edward Preston, secretary Allen-
West Commission Co.; born, Columbia, Boone
Co., Mo., June 15, 1854; son of John Preston
and Mary (Lee) Horner; A.B., State Univer
sity of Missouri, 1874; married, St. Louis,
1884, Margaret A. Brettelle; children: Pres
ton King, Edward Lester. Came from Colum
bia, Mo., to St. Louis thirty-five years ago;
was bookkeeper for Fletcher Packing Co. for
i / eight years; since secretary and salesman
with the Allen-West Commission Co., cotton
factors and commission merchants. Member
Merchants' Exchange, St. Louis Cotton Ex
change. Member Methodist Episcopal Church,

South. Office: 104 S. Main St. Residence:
6131 McPherson Ave.
HORNSBY, Joseph Louis, lawyer; born in
St. Louis Co., Mo., Sept. 30, 1856; son of Nich
olas L. and Madeleine (de Laureal) Hornsby;
A.B., St. Louis University, 1874, A.M., 1878;
LL.B., St. Louis Law School, 1878; married,
June 12, 1906, Miss Louise Shaw: one daugh
ter, Marie Louise. Studied law in office of
Hon. Trusten Polk in St. Louis; admitted to
bar, 1878; became member of law firm of
Causey & Hornsby, later of firm of Bakewell
& Hornsby (the senior member being Hon.
Robert A. Bakewell, ex-judge of St. Louis
Court of Appeals); later senior member of
firm of Hornsby & Harris; now practicing
alone. Member Missouri State and St. Louis
Bar associations, Law Library Association.
Member Public Service Commission since 1909.
Member Civic League. Member board of trus
tees and treasurer Calvary Cemetery Associa
tion. Democrat. Member 32d General Assem
bly of Missouri (1881-83); president City
Council of St. Louis, 1901-05; was member
State Executive Committee Sound Money
Democratic Party in Missouri, 1896. Roman
Catholic. President St. Vincent de Paul So
ciety of St. Louis. Club: Noonday. Office: 520
Rialto Bldg. Residence: 4255 Virginia' Ave.
HORTON, William Milton, real estate; born,
Cincinnati, O., Jan. 26, 1854; son of Benjamin
and Carrie (Hart) Horton; educated in St.
Louis public schools; married, St. Louis, Mar.
20, 1878, Mary W. Broadhead; children: Caro
lyn (Mrs. J. Edward Cowan), Eleanor, Wins
ton, Benjamin, Mary S. Resident of St. Louis
since 1859; upon leaving school went into
manufacturing business (stove foundry) with
his father for seven years; entered real es
tate business in 1883, in which has since con
tinued; developed Horton Place, Reber Place,
Bartmer Place and Thornby Place. Repub
lican. Was member of City Council for three
terms, 1889-93, 1895-99, and 1899-1903, and
was vice president of the Council most of the
time; was member Republican State Commit
tee two terms. Office: 307 Fullerton Bldg.
Residence: 3227 Lafayette Ave.
HOSKTNS, James H., bonds, investments;
born, Auburn, N. Y., Dec. 21, 1859; son of
James H. and Esther C. (Stoner) Hoskins;
graduated, Auburn (N. Y.) High School, 1876;
married, St. Louis, June 5, 1888, Sallie M. Cor-
bitt; one son, Arthur C. From 1882 to 1887
was cashier and credit man for St. Louis
branch of D. M, Osborne & Co.; established,
1887, and until 1894 was partner and manager
of the Arizona Central Bank of Flagstaff,
Ariz.; returned to St. Louis, 1894, and has
since been engaged as dealer in bonds, in
vestment securities and commercial paper;
also president Hoskins-Camp Realty and In
vestment Co. Treasurer St. Louis City Evan
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Clubs: Mercantile, Algonquin. Recreation:
books. Office: Suite 506, Merchants-Laclede
Bldg. Residence: 3662 Delmar Ave.
HOTZE, John Kaeb,* saddlery; born, St.
Louis, Aug. 20, 1862; son of Henry and Kath
erine (Kaeb) Hotze; graduated from St. Louis
High School; married, St. Louis, 1894, Miss
Helene A. Bent (now deceased); children:
Bent E., Henry K. From time of leaving
school has been connected with the saddlery
business, established 1855 by father, Henry
Hotze, as Hotze, Meyer & Co., and in 1885
became partner in the firm, which then
changed to Henry Hotze & Sons; after the
death of father in November, 1904, succeeded,
in partnership with brother Henry, to the
ownership of the business. Member Royal Ar
canum. Recreation: bowling. Office: 114 Pine
St. Residence: 3922 Connecticut Ave.
HOUGH, Warwick, lawyer; born in Lou
doun Co., Va., Jan. 26, 1836; son of George
W. and Mary C. (Shawen) Hough; moved to
Missouri, 1838; A.B., University of Missouri,
1854, A.M., 1857 (LL.D., 1881); married Nina
E. Massey, of Jefferson City, Mo., May 30,
1861; children: Warwick Massey, Alice Lee,
Marie Withers (Mrs. A. P. Borden), Louis
(M.D.) and Eleanor. Shortly after gradua
tion appointed assistant state geologist, Mis
souri; studied law, 1857-59; admitted to bar,
1859; partner of J. Proctor Knott, attorney
general of Missouri, until 1861; secretary
Missouri Senate, 1858-61; adjutant-general
Missouri, 1861 and 1862; secretary of state of
Missouri (appointed by Governor Reynolds)
until December, 1863; resigned to enter Con
federate Army; served on staff of Lieut.-Gen.
Polk, Gen. S. D. Lee, Lieut.-Gen. Taylor; sur
rendered in 1865; practiced law in Memphis,
Tenn., 1865-67, Kansas City, 1867-74; judge
Supreme Court of Missouri, Jan. 1, 1875-Jan.
1, 1885 (chief justice, Jan. 1, 1883-Jan. 1,
1885) ; member firm of Hough, Overall & Jud
son, 1885-90, Hough & Hough, 1890-1901;
judge St. Louis Circuit Court, 1901-07; now
of counsel, with his son, W. M. Hough. Mem
ber Missouri State and St. Louis Bar associa
tions. Mason (32°). Office: 902 Rialto Bldg.
Residence: 5884 Cates Ave.
HOUGH, Warwick Massey, lawyer; born,
Columbus, Miss., Sept. 29, 1862; son of Judge
Warwick and Nina Elizabeth (Massey)
Hough; educated in public schools of Kansas
City, Mo., St. Louis University and Central
College, Fayette, Mo., where completed aca
demic course in 1883; married, Waterloo, la.,
Oct. 22, 1890, Elizabeth Gage. Studied law
under guidance of father, 1883-86, also gained
experience in office of clerk of Supreme Court
of Missouri, where assisted in preparing opin
ions of the court, for the official reporter; ad
mitted to bar, Feb. 1, 1886, and engaged in
practice of law in St. Louis. Was assistant U.
S. district attorney of Eastern District of

Missouri during last part of President Cleve
land's first term and was called upon to make
specially close study of internal revenue laws
of the United States; therefore, although en
gaged in general practice, has given special
attention to litigation growing out of the en
forcement of the revenue laws and the pure
food laws and interstate commerce; member
of law firm of Klein & Hough from 1901 to
1910, since in practice alone. Was very act
ive in campaign of 1896, as a supporter of
the principles of Bryan Democracy. Member
of St. Louis and American Bar associations,
Law Library Association, American Academy
Political and Social Science. Member Business
Men 's League, Citizens ' Industrial Associa
tion, Civic League. Clubs: St. Louis, Racquet,
Noonday, Country, Bellerive, Chevy Chase.
Recreations: hunting, fishing, motoring, golf
and literature. Office: 902 Rialto Bldg. Resi
dence: 5286 Washington Ave.
HOUSER, Daniel M., president and general
manager St. Louis Globe-Democrat; born in
Washington Co., Md., Dec. 23, 1834; son of
Elias and Eliza Houser; high school educa
tion; married, Nov. 25, 1862, Marguerite J.
Ingram (died Feb. 18, 1880); one daughter,
Lillie (Mrs. W. T. Aderton) ; married, 2d, Jan.
23, 1889, Agnes Barlow, St. Louis; children:
Agnes Malotte (Mrs. Sears Lehmann), Ste
phen Douglas Barlow, Duncan P. Began news
paper work in minor capacity, St. Louis Union,
1851; bookkeeper and general manager, 1854-
62; became proprietor, 1862; business and
financial manager, Missouri Democrat, 1862-72.
Founder, July, 1872, general manager, St.
Louis Globe, which three years later was con
solidated with the Democrat under the present
title; actively engaged in control of the paper
since that date. Member Business Men's
League, Civic League. Delegate-at-large and
chairman Missouri delegation, Republican Na
tional Convention, 1900; Republican presiden
tial elector-at-large, 1904. Clubs: St. Louis,
Mercantile, Country, Bellerive, Union. Recre
ations: motoring, walking. Office: S. W. cor
ner 6th and Pine Sts. Residence : 4545 W. Pine
Boulevard. HOUSTON, David Franklin, chancellor of
Washington University; born, Monroe, N. O,
Feb. 17, 1866; son of William H. and Cornelia
Anna (Stevens) Houston; educated in St.
John's Academy, Darlington, S. C, to 1884;
South Carolina College, Columbia, S. O, 1885-
88; entered Harvard University, 1891, in grad
uate school until 1894; degree of A.B., South
Carolina University, 1887; A.M., Harvard,
1892; LL.D., Tulane University, 1903, and
Wisconsin, 1906; married, Austin, Tex., Dec.
11, 1895, Helen Beall; four children: Duval
Beall (died 1899), David Franklin, Elizabeth
(died 1908), Helen Beall. Began profession as
tutor South Carolina University, 1887, and
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schools Spartanburg, S. C, 1888-91. Graduate
student, Harvard University, 1891-92; presi
dent Harvard Graduate Club, 1893-94; Morgan
fellow, Harvard, 1892-94. Adjunct professor,
associate professor, and professor, political
science, University of Texas, 1894-1902; dean,
same university, 1899-1902; president Agri
cultural and Mechanical College of Texas,
1902-05; president University of Texas, 1905-
08; chancellor Washington University since
1908. Trustee Missouri Botanical Board;
member Southern Education Board, Slater
Board, Rockefeller Sanitary Commission.
Democrat. Episcopalian. Member American
Economic Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi
Delta Theta. Clubs: Commercial, City, Round
Table, Country, University, Burns. Recrea
tions: study of biography, history, govern
ment, economics and outdoor sports. Office:
Washington University. Residence: 6500 For
sythe Road.
HOUSTON, James McClung, insurance;
born, Jacksonville, Ala., Feb. 7, 1840; son of
Mathew McClung and Mary (Gillespie) Hous
ton; educated in private schools and Andrew
College at Trenton, Tenn.; married, Feb. 16,
1870, Mary L., daughter of Judge John L. H.
Tomlin, of Jackson, Tenn.; children: Mary
(wife of W. C. Witherspoon), Elvira (Mrs.
Leonard Matthews, Jr.). Left college and
joined Confederate Army, May, 1861; was
with Co. H, Twelfth Tennessee Infantry, as
lieutenant, until a short time before the Con
federate Army evacuated Corinth, Miss.; then
with an engineer corps about six months, and
in commissary department under Gen. N. B.
Forrest until close of the war in 1865. Sta
tion agent for Mobile & Ohio R. R. at Tren
ton, Tenn., September, 1865-68; with Duncan,
Ford & Elder, wholesale grocers, Cincinnati,
as traveling salesman, until 1871; in business
at Jackson, Tenn., under the style of Houston
& Sayle, wholesale and retail grocers, 1871-76;
member firm of Houston, Sayle & Co., cotton
factors, St. Louis, 1876-80; in wholesale gro
cery business in firm of Houston, West & Co.
and its successors, Houston, Meeks & Co. and
James M. Houston Grocer Co., until 1908; now
in general insurance business as James M.
Houston & Co. Democrat. Presbyterian. Of
fice: Pierce Bldg. Residence: 4538 Maryland
Avenue. HOUTS, Charles Alfred, lawyer; born, War-
rensburg, Mo., Dee. 13, 1868; son of G. Will
and Annie (Duffield) Houts; educated in
Warrensburg public schools, Warrensburg
State Normal School, 1882-86, DePauw Uni
versity, Greencastle, Ind., graduating, 1891,
A.M.; married, Indianapolis, Apr. 8, 1896,
Eleanor F. Wright; children: Josephine Bever
ly, Henry Wright. Admitted to practice law
in 1892, at Warrensburg, Mo., and in July of
same year entered legal department of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. at St.

Louis; remained uutil 1895, when with George
S. Johnson formed law firm of Johnson &
Houts; in 1897, H. R. Marlatt entered the firm,
and in 1898, Harry B. Hawes became a mem
ber, forming firm of Johnson, Houts, Marlatt
& Hawes; remained member of this firm until
its dissolution, Jan. 1, 1912; appointed U. S.
district attorney, January, 1910. Member
American Bar Association, St. Louis Bar As
sociation. Member Civic League. Republican.
Member Lindell Avenue M. E. Church. Ma
son (32°), Shriner. Member of the Blackstone
Society, Legion of Honor, Phi Kappa Psi col
lege fraternity. Clubs: Mercantile, City, Al
gonquin Golf. Recreation: golf. Office: 330
Custom House. Residence: Webster Groves,
Missouri. HOWARD, A (If red) Philo; see Vol. 1906.
HOWARD, Clarence Henry, president Com
monwealth Steel Co.; born, Centralia, 111., Feb.
22, 1863; son of Blake C. and Sarah (Saw
yer) Howard; moved to Grand Island, Neb.,
September, 1871; attended public schools;
learned machinist's trade at Union Pacific
shops, North Platte, Neb., 1878-81; acted as
fireman, 1881-82; entered Manual Training
School, Washington University, St. Louis,
1882, and graduated in 1885 with highest
honors of class, receiving Ralph Sellew medal;
married, Minnie Morey, Denver, Feb. 22, 1894;
one son, Thornton Clarence. Became foreman
Missouri Pacific shops, March, 1886, and later
same year was made general foreman; super
intendent Missouri Car and Foundry Co., Cam
bridge City, Ind., winter of 1886; moved plant
to Birmingham, Mo., ten miles east of Kansas
City, winter of 1887, remaining there one
year; ,then made assistant master mechanic,
Missouri Pacific Ry., St. Louis; after that
manager Scarritt Car Seat Works, then assist
ant general manager St. Charles, Mo., Car Co.;
then for eight years western manager and sec
retary Safety Car Heating and Lighting Co.
(Pintsch System) ; vice president and general
manager of the Shickle, Harrison & Howard
Steel Co. until its consolidation with the
American Steel Foundries; vice president of
the American Steel Foundries for about a
year, then resigned and bought controlling in
terest in Commonwealth Steel Co., of which is
now president. Also president Double Body
Bolster Co., Davis Locomotive Wheel Co.;
member board of directors Boatmen's Bank.
Mason. Clubs: Mercantile, Noonday, Glen
Echo (St. Louis), Union League (Chicago),
Midday (New York). Recreation: motoring.
Office: Pierce Bldg. Residence: 5501 Cham
berlain Avenue.
HOWARD, George Edmund, vice president
Commonwealth Steel Co.; bora, Wapella, 111.,
Jan. 20, 1858; son of Blake Clinton and Sarah
(Sawyer) Howard; educated in grammar
school at Centralia, 111., and one term, 1875-76,
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dolph, N. Y. Sept. 14, 1886, Frone Kautz; two
sons: Karl Sharp and Blake Clinton. Machin
ist's apprentice, Union Pacific R. R., Omaha,
1872-76, fireman Union Pacific R. R., Rawlins,
Wyo., 1876-78; locomotive engineer, Novem
ber, 1878, to February, 1884, on various lines
of Union Pacific R. R.; in retail hardware
business at Wood River, Neb., June, 1884, to
August, 1890, in firm of HoUister & Howard,
later George E. Howard & Co.; in October,
1890, became superintendent of Searritt Car
Seat Works, in charge of manufacture and
sale; since fall of 1906 vice president and
sales manager of Commonwealth Steel Co.
Member Business Men 's League, Civic League.
Republican. Mason (32°), Knight Templar,
Shriner. Clubs: Mercantile, St. Louis Traffic,
St. Louis Railway, also Western Railway, of
Chicago. Favorite recreation: baseball. Office:
1628 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 5659 Bartmer
Avenue. HOWE, Alphonso, lawyer; born, Shingle
Springs, Cal., Nov. 16, 1865; son of Alphonso
and Margaret Frances (Shields) Howe; LL.B.,
Missouri State University, 1890; married,
South West City, Mo., Dec. 21, 1886, Ella Vir
ginia Lanier; children: Hazel Belle, Ruth Vir
ginia. Taught school in vicinity of South West
City, 1884-89, and was principal of schools at
South West City, 1888-89; admitted to bar,
June 5, 1890; came to St. Louis and formed ,
partnership with Marshall F. McDonald, which
connection continued until 1896; member firm
of Fauntleroy, Howe & Fauntleroy, 1896-1901,
since practiced alone. Member of Law Li
brary Association. Republican. Recreations:
billiards and bowling. Office: 415 Pine St.
Residence: 5152 Raymond Ave.
HOWE, Jeptha D., lawyer; bora, Shingle
Springs, Cal., Sept. 13, 1870; son of Alphonso
and Margaret Frances (Shields) Howe; edu
cated in public schools, South West City, Mo.,
to 1889; read law while engaged on farm in
Oklahoma and teaching school winters, in Ar
kansas, 1887-91; entered St. Louis Law School,
Washington University, 1891, graduating with
degree of LL.B., 1893; married, South West
City, Sept. 4, 1894, Lewis Irene Jones. Since
graduation continuously practiced law alone.
Was assistant circuit attorney, St. Louis, 1897-
1900; chairman Republican City Committee,
1904-09. Member Christian Church. Club:
City. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office:
1109-1112 New Bank of Commerce Bldg. Res
idence: 5122 Washington Ave.
*HOWE, John Clark; moved to Old Mission,
Mo.; see Vol. 1906.
HOWZE, James A.; born, Wall Hill, Miss.,
May 15, 1867; son of William Duke and Eliza
beth (Newson) Howze; educated in public
and private schools in Mississippi and two
years at U. S. Naval Academy, but did not
graduate; married, May 21, 1889, Edna Eliza
Williamson, of Winona, Miss.; children:

James A., Jr., William Duke, Jr., Robert W.,
George W. Went to Colorado and was en
gaged in getting out cross-ties for eighteen
months, then for seventeen years was en
gaged in real estate and brokerage business
at Denver and Cripple Creek, coming to St.
Louis in 1902; joined in organizing, 1903, the
Electrical Heating and Manufacturing Co.,
manufacturers of electrical heating devices,
of which is secretary and treasurer.. Mason.
Office: 1903 Locust St. Residence: 662 Elwood
Avenue. HOXTON, William Winslow, manager St.
Louis Clearing House Association; born, Jef
ferson Co., W. Va., May 20, 1871; son of
Llewellyn (late colonel C. S. A.) and Fanny
(Robinson) Hoxton; graduated from Episcopal
High School, near Alexandria, Va., 1889; mar
ried, St. Louis,. Sept. 27, 1897, Abbie F. Haines
(died 1901); two children: Llewellyn K., Ab
bie F.; married, 2d, Sept. 10, 1904, Mabel F.
Pearson, of England. Taught school in Louis
ville, Ky., 1889-90, Episcopal High School, Va.,
1890-94; removed to St. Louis, 1894; in news
paper work, 1894-96; with Union Trust Co.,
1896-97; assistant manager Clearing House,
1897-1905, manager since 1905. Secretary and
treasurer National Currency Association of St.
Louis. Connected for many years with Na
tional Guard of Missouri as captain and ad
jutant First Regiment; resigned, 1910. Mem
ber executive committee St. Louis Council Boy
Scouts of Ameriea. Member Virginia Society.
Clubs: St. Louis, Bankers' (secretary), Mera
mec Canoe. Recreations: horseback riding,
tennis, camping. Offiee: Third National Bank
Bldg. Residence: 4344 Maryland Ave.
HOYT, Edward Randal, president Hoyt
Metal Co.; born, Exeter, N. H., Nov. 26, 1856;
son of Joseph Gibson and Margaret Tilton
(Chamberlain) Hoyt; educated in private
academy at Norwich, Vt.; married, St. Louis,
Nov. 20, 1879, Merrydelle Thompson; one son,
Randal Edward. Began business in metals
with brother, C. C. Hoyt, in back of plumber 's
shop at 218 Locust St., St. Louis, in 1873; re
moved to small building at Main and Plum
Sts., 1875; incorporated, Hoyt Metal Co., with
capital of $50,000, 1879; built works on Wa
bash R. R., 1885, and present works at Granite
City, HI., 1904; capital now employed by Hoyt
Metal Co., $1,250,000; is president of com
pany. Sold controlling interest, 1903, to Unit
ed Lead Co., of New York. President of Unit
ed Lead Co., and was chairman board same
company, 1903-07; president Fandel Realty
Co., St. Louis; director American Type Foun
ders Co., Jersey City, Magnus Metal Co., New
York, Merchants-Laclede National Bank, St.
Louis. Member of Artists' Guild. Clubs:
Noonday, Country, St. Louis (St. Louis), Na
tional Arts, Chemical (New York). Office:
Merchants-Laclede Bldg. Residence: Wash
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HOYT, Frank Clarence, jewelry; 1848-1911;
see Vol. 1906.
HOYT, Frederick Wilson, wholesale jeweler;
born, Bridgeport, Conn., Nov. 6, 1853; son of
George J. and Frances Emiline (Beardsley)
Hoyt; educated in public schools of Bridge
port; married, Kirkwood, Mo., Oct. 26, 1881,
Mary, daughter of John W. Andrews. Began
business career as clerk in drug store in
Bridgeport, 1867; went to Baltimore, Md., and
was clerk in drug store, 1870-76; clerk in drug
store, Chicago, one year, then bought out a
drug store and commenced for self; sold out
in January, 1881, and came to St. Louis, en
tering employ of J. W. Andrews & Co., jewel
ers; succeeded to the firm in August, 1896, un
der style of F. W. Hoyt & Co., now Hoyt Jew
elry Co., of which is president. Episcopalian.
Club: Mercantile. Recreation: floriculture.
Office: 306 Holland Bldg. Residence: Kirk
wood, St. Louis Co., Mo.
HUBBARD, Ernest Mortimer, cashier of the
Boatmen's Bank; born, Florence, Ala., June
17, 1859; son of John M. and Lucy (Hawkins)
Hubbard; A.B., University of Tennessee, 1878;
married, St. Louis, July 2, 1890, Charlotte
Woods; one son by adoption, William Evans
Woods. After leaving college taught school
at Navasota, Tex., 1878-80; came to St. Louis
and became salesman with Nave & McCord,
wholesale grocers, 1880-84; entered the Boat
men's Bank, 1884, as discount clerk, and be
came assistant cashier in 1894; cashier since
Jan. 10, 1910. Member of Business Men's
League. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mason.
Clubs: St. Louis, Missouri Athletic, Bankers',
Algonquin Golf. Recreations: fishing, golf.
Office: Boatmen's Bank. Residence: 4538A
Laclede Ave.
HUBBARD, Robert Morris, grain commis
sion; born, Charlestown, N. H., Sept. 21, 1830;
son of Jenison J. and Eliza (Fitch) Hubbard;
educated in public schools, Charlestown, and
Springfield (Vt.) Academy; married, St.
Louis, Aug. 5, 1858, Essie B. Ross (died
1879); 2d, St. Louis, 1881, Mary Ross Gilbert;
children: Henry Fitch (died 1903), Eliza
Ross (died 1890). Began as bookkeeper for a
wholesale grocer, later teller in banking house
of E. W. Clark & Bros., and subsequently
in banking house of Darby & Barksdale;
in grain business, 1856-61; moved to country
until war was over, when reentered grain busi
ness, in which has continued, now being presi
dent Hubbard & Moffitt Commission Co. (es
tablished 1882.) Mason. Member Merchants'
Exchange, Civic League, Society Colonial
Wars, New England Society, Sons of Revolu
tion. Independent in politics. Unitarian. Of
fice: 212 Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Resi
dence: 5280 Westminster PL
HUBBELL, Harry Piatt, sales manager;
born, Monticello, Piatt Co., 111., Dec. 4, 1871;

son of Silas H. and Sarah Jane (Townley)
Hubbell; educated in public school at Monti
cello; married, St. Louis, June 21, 1898, Har
riet Hanson; children: Howard Hanson, Eliza
beth Burton. Connected with the sales office
of the Cleveland Rolling Mill Co. from 1890
to 1898, starting at the Kansas City office,
and removing to St. Louis in 1891; became
sales agent Cambria Steel Co. for southwest
ern territory, with offices at St. Louis, 1899,
and now district sales manager same com
pany. Memt,er Civie League. Republican.
Presbyterian. Member United Commercial
Travelers' Association and Y. M. C. A. Mem
ber Rose Hill Lodge No. 550, A. F. & A. M.
Clubs: Mercantile, Triple A. Office: 1210
Chemical Bldg. Residence: 5670 Cates Ave.
HUDSON, Herbert Newton, vice president
Hoyt Metal Co.; born, San Jose, Cal., Aug. 24,
1874; son of William Allen and Ella Gertrude
(Dunham) Hudson; educated in St. Louis pub
lie schools, graduating from high school, 1893
married, June 1, 1904, Florence Inez Jeffery
of Chicago; children: Katharine Jeffery, Wil
liam J. Began business career, September
1893, with Chicago branch of Hudson Bros
Commission Co., until 1904; returned to St
Louis, and started in December, 1894, with
Hoyt Metal Co.; represented same in Chicago
until 1898, when returned to St. Louis, becom
ing assistant secretary of the company; in
latter part of 1892 was made general manager
and in 1907 vice president of the company;
also director Hoyt Metal Co., of Great Brit
ain. Member St. Louis Merchants' Exchange,
Citizens' Industrial Association, American So
ciety for Testing Materials (Philadelphia),
Business Menjs League, Manufacturers' Asso
ciation. Clubs: Mercantile (St. Louis), Union
League (Chicago). Recreation: motoring. Of
fice: Laclede Bldg. Residence: 5044 Westmin
ster PL
HUDSON, John Rogers; see Vol. 1906.
HUEBNER, George, president Columbia
Pretzel and Baking Co.; born, Wurttemburg,
Germany, Jan. 6, 1848; son of Casper and
Katherina Huebner; educated in public
schools in Germany; married, St. Louis, 1873,
Dinah Boda; children: Katharine, Dinah (Mrs.
H. Winter), Martha (Mrs. Charles Betz),
Minnie, Ernestine (Mrs. George Kaetchel).
Learned baker's trade in Germany and came
direct to St. Louis in 1868; one of the pio
neers in introduction of pretzel baking in the
United States. In 1893 joined in establishing
the American Pretzel Bakery, and in 1900
changed the name to Columbia Pretzel and
Baking Co., of which is president. Member
Swabian Society. Recreation: traveling in
Europe. Office: 1719-1723 De Kalb St. Resi
dence: 3807 S. Grand Ave.
HUFFT, Bernard Fellows, real estate; see
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HUGHES, Charles Hamilton, physician,
neurologist, alienist, medical editor and edu
cator; born, St. Louis, May 23, 1839, of revo
lutionary ancestry; son of Harvey Jackson
and Elizabeth Rebecca fStocker) Hughes;
educated in St. Louis public and private
schools, St. Louis University, Denison Acad
emy, Rock Island, 111., Iowa College (now
Griswold College), Davenport, la., St. Louis
Medical College (now Medical Department of
St. Louis University), M.D., 1859; also vari
ous medical schools abroad; married, St. Louis,
1862, Addie Case; 2d, St. Louis, 1873, Mattie
Dyer Lawther (both deceased); children:
Charles Case Hughes (deceased), Clarence
Hamilton, Frank Stevens, Henry Lawther, Dr.
Marc Ray, Bessie Virginia (deceased). Be
gan study of medicine in 1855 at Davenport,
la., and afterwards at St. Louis in physicians '
offices; year before graduation was interne at
U. S. Marine Hospital; later after graduation
was assistant surgeon in same, as a U. S.
military hospital; was surgeon First Infantry,
Missouri State Militia Volunteers; military
surgeon in charge McDowell's College (Pris
on) and Hickory Street U. S. Hospital, Scho
field Barracks; since war engaged in private
practice. Founder and, since 1880, editor of
Alienist and Neurologist. U. S. Government
delegate to Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Six
teenth International Medical congresses. For
merly superintendent Hospital for Insane at
Fulton, Mo.; ex-member Board of Health, St.
Louis. Member St. Louis Medical Society,
American Medical Association, American
Therapeutic Association, American Medico-
Psychological Association, American Electro-
Therapeutic Society; fellow American Asso
ciation of Military Surgeons; honorary mem
ber British Medico-Psychological Society; for
eign member Russian Society of Neurology
and Psychiatry; member and ex-president
Mississippi Valley Medical Society; member
Missouri State Medical Association, Medico-
Legal Society of New York; vice president
World's Peace Society; president Neurological
Section, American Medical Congress of 1876,
and of two subsequent Pan-American con
gresses. President of board and joint founder
Barnes University; associate founder of Ma
rion-Sims Medical College (now Medical De
partment of St. Louis University) ; former lec
turer on nervous and mental diseases, St.
Louis Medical College (now Washington Uni
versity). Member Loyal Legion. Office and
Residence: 3858 W. Pine Boul.
HUGHES, Charles Walter, treasurer of
Hoyt Metal Co.; born, Cincinnati, O.; son of
Joshua Wells and Almira Louise (Martin)
Hughes; educated in public schools of St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, 1891, to Miss Nettie
A. Wick (now deceased). Began business ca
reer in the employ of the mercantile agency
of R. G. Dun & Co., then with the E. C.

Meacham Arms Co., until the firm retired
from business, and for three years with the
Mermod- Jaccard Jewelry Co.; on Feb. 5, 1900,
entered the Hoyt Metal Co., of which is now
treasurer; also treasurer of the St. Clair Lead
Co. Member St. Louis Credit Men's Associa
tion (vice president), Sons of American Revo
lution. English Lutheran. Club: Apollo (sec
retary-treasurer). Office: Merchants-Laclede
Bldg. Residence: Newstead Apts.
HUGHES, John, cloaks; see Vol. 1906.
HUGHES, Marc Ray, physician; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 15, 1878; son of Dr. Charles Ham
ilton and Mattie Dyer (Lawther) Hughes;
educated at Rugby Academy, Washington
University, Kent (now Benton) Law School,
and Barnes Medical College, graduating, M.D.,
1898; unmarried. After graduation continued
studies in Europe, and also made a psycho
logical study of the Penitents of Old and
New Mexico, concerning whom has contrib
uted much both to scientific and fictional lit
erature. Made special study of mental and
neurological subjects, and has professionally
specialized along these lines, being consultant
in these branches to various hospitals. Ap
pointed adjunct professor of neurology and
psychology at the Barnes Medical College,
and later became full professor at head of
this department; in 1903 went professionally
to Japan, thereby making one of the longest
professional trips in the history of medicine;
in 1905 became professor of criminal anthrop
ology in Benton College of Law, St. Louis.
Member St. Louis Medical Society, Academy
of Science. Recreation: traveling. Office:
Metropolitan Bldg. Residence: 3858 W. Pine
Boulevard. HUGHES, William Edgar, banker, lawyer;
born, Jacksonville, 111., Mar. 15, 1840; son of
John and Eliza (Rutherford) Hughes; edu
cated Jacksonville High School, and Illinois
College to end of sophomore year; removed
to Texas, 1860; was colonel C. S. A.; married
Annie Clifton Peete, of Huntsville, Ala., Nov.
21, 1866; one daughter, Clifton Hughes
Springer, now deceased, and one grand-daugh
ter, Annie Clifton Springer (makes home with
grandparents). Admitted to bar, 1865, and
practiced law at Weatherford, Tex., 1865-73,
at Dallas, 1873; still practicing law, with resi
dences at Dallas and St. Louis. Organized,
1873, City Bank of Dallas (now City National
Bank) and became its president; president
Exchange National Bank, Dallas, 1884; presi
dent Union Trust Co., of St. Louis, 1891-93,
and later of Continental Trust Co., of Denver
(about eight years). Since 1881 president
Continental Land and Cattle Co. Permanent
president Interstate Commerce Law Conven
tion. Democrat. Unitarian. Member Phi Al
pha Society of Illinois College. Clubs: St.
Louis, Noonday, St. Louis Country (St.
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coaching, horseback riding, golf, hunting and
fishing. Office: 208 Security Bldg. Residences:
Dallas, Tex., and 5399 Lindell Ave., St. Louis.
HUKE, William, manufacturer willow- ware;
see Vol. 1906.
HULL, James Nixon, president Lambert-
Deacon-Hull Printing Co.; bora, Kane, Greene
Co., 111., Mar. 25, 1858; resident of St. Louis
since 1860; son of James and Catherine
(Nixon) Hull; educated in public schools of
St. Louis; married, St. Louis, May 12, 1880,
Lillian R. Sheble; children: William S., James
N, Jr. Began business career with John Mc-
Kittrick & Co., printers and lithographers, for
six years; then was with the Woodward-Tier-
nan Printing Co. for over twenty years, until
1901, when joined in organization of the
Lambert-Deaeon-Hull Printing Co., of which
is president. Catholic. Member B. P. O. Elks.
Offiee: 2100 Locust St. Residence: 5364 Bart-
mer Avenue.
HULL, Leon L., president Leon L. Hull
Real Estate Co.; born, St. Louis, Sept. 10,
1847; son of David P. and Rebecca (Zwei-
dorf) Hull; educated in public and private
schools and Jones Commercial College; mar
ried, Louisville, Ky., Nov. 21, 1872, Lizzie
Wooldridge; children: Nellie Lee (Mrs. John
S. Leclercq), Clifton E. (deceased.) Began act
ive career as bookkeeper for Porter & Wolff,
real estate agents, 1866; collector for St.
Louis, Alton & Terre Haute R. R., White Star
Line and Erie Transportation Co., 1867-68; in
real estate business since 1869; president
Leon L. Hull Real Estate Co. (incorporated.)
Organized St. Louis Real Estate Exchange.
Protestant. Member Royal Arcanum, Legion
of Honor. Club: Mercantile. Recreations:
motoring, golf, hunting. Office: 804 Chestnut
St. Residence: 4919 Forest Park Boul.
HUMPHREY, Henry H., consulting elec
trical and mechanical engineer; bora, Cool-
ville, O., June 23, 1862; son of Shepherd and
Emily (Cole) Humphrey; A.B., Ohio Univer
sity, Athens, O., 1884, A.M., 1886; post-gradu
ate work at Cornell University, M.S., 1886;
married, Athens, O., Sept. 12, 1887, Louisa
Dora Richardson; children: William Richard
son, Harry Edward, Helen, Martha, Arthur
Cole, Mary Louise. On U. S. Coast and Geo
detic Survey, in southern Ohio, 1884-85; con
struction engineer with Westinghouse, Church,
Kerr & Co., 1886-87; superintendent Buffalo
Electric Light and Power Co., 1888; superin
tendent Brush Electric Light Co., Buffalo,
1889-90; agent Edison General Electric Co.,
at Omaha, Neb., and St. Louis, 1891; St. Louis
manager General Electric Co., 1892; engineer
and salesman with St. Louis Electrical Sup
ply Co., 1893; engineer and sales agent, La
clede Power Co., St. Louis, 1894-95; consult
ing electrical engineer in partnership with
Bryan & Humphrey, 1896-1900; since 1900

general consulting electrical and mechanical
engineer. Designed electrical part of the
plant of the Imperial Electric Light, Heat
and Power Co., St. Louis, and the complete
plant of the De Beers Explosives Works, Cape
Town, South Africa. Member American Insti
tute of Electrical Engineers, American Society
of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Engi
neers' Club of St. Louis and has read papers
before latter on Design and Construction of
Modern Central Lighting Stations, 1899;
Street Lighting of Cities, 1900, and Notes on
Use of Beaumont Oil as Fuel, 1902. Repub
lican. Member M. E. Church. Mason. Clubs:
Mercantile, Methodist. Office: 1312 Chemical
Bldg. Residence: 5596 Bartmer Ave.
HUNICKE, Herman, cashier German Sav
ings Institution; born, Bremen, Germany, July
3, 1843; son of Henry August and Meta
(Engelke) Hunicke; educated in private
schools in Germany; came to America, 1858;
served in Union Army in Civil War as ser
geant Fourth Missouri Volunteer Infantry un
til 1863; married, St. Louis, 1868, Helen Drey-
sel (now deceased) ; six children, five dead,
one living, Tillie (Mrs. E. W. Hughes). Be
gan banking experience in minor position
with the German Savings Institution in 1863,
and has since been continuously connected
with that bank in various duties and capaci
ties until reaching present position as cashier.
Member Frank P. Blair Post, G. A. R.,
Knights of Honor. Offiee: 4th and Pine Sts.
Residence: Ferguson, Mo.
HUNKINS, Franklin P., president Hunkins-
Willis Lime and Cement Co.; born, Galena,
111., July 15, 1850; son of Darius and Ann
(McCarthy) Hunkins; educated in public
schools in Galena, and college at Racine, Wis.;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 18, 1877, Fannie A.
Blaetterman; children: Stella (Mrs. John T.
Donnell, of Los Angeles, Cal.), Darius S.,
Ethel (Mrs. Rhodes Cave), Everett. Began
as clerk in St. Louis office of Northern Line
Packet Co. of St. Louis, which company con
trolled the line of steamers running between
St. Louis and St. Paul; after two years left,
and in 1875 organized the firm of Thorn-
Hunkins, incorporated in 1889 as Thorn &
Hunkins Lime and Cement Co., which was
succeeded in 1896 by the Hunkins-Willis Lime
and Cement Co., of which is president and
treasurer. President Peerless White Lime Co.;
vice president Glencoe Lime Co., Mound City
Roofing Tile Co. Member Business Men's
League. Republican. Presbyterian. Office:
Century Bldg.' Residence: 4266 Washington
Avenue. HUNSICKER, Frank W.; see Vol. 1906.
HUNSTOCK, Robert H., chemist; bora,
Chicago, Sept. 7, 1856; son of George and
Martha Hunstock; (when two years old lost
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vate schools until thirteen; graduated with
honors from St. Louis College of Pharmacy,
1876; unmarried. Served apprenticeship of
three years in drug store at Hannibal, Mo.;
clerked for St. Louis dfiiggists until 1881,
when went to San Antonio, Tex., and became
associated with former preceptor, L. Orynski,
first as manager, and then as partner, in
wholesale and retail drug business; sold out
in 1887, to engage in general drug brokerage
and export business, in Mexico, Central Amer
iea and South America. In 1890 became asso
ciated with Samuel Moffitt under title Moffitt-
Hunstock Chemical Co., and in 1895 purchased
interest of partner; has since conducted busi
ness alone, as the R. H. Hunstock Chemical
Co., manufacturers and exporters of medical
specialties, with trade confined to Spanish-
American countries and some other foreign
countries. Member Alumni St. Louis College
of Pharmacy. Independent Republican. Ma
son. Club: San Antonio (San Antonio, Tex.).
Recreation: traveling. Offiee: 3122 Pine St.
HUNT, John Thomas; see Vol. 1906.
HUNTER, George William, railway official;
born, Hubbardston, Mich., Jan. 4, 1862; son
of Daniel F. and J. Frances (Fagan) Hunter;
educated in public schools of Michigan, finish
ing at Ann Arbor High School; unmarried.
Left school in 1881 to become a telegraph
operator on the Detroit, Lansing & Northern
Road; then served in telegraph and station
service, successively, the Lake Shore & Michi
gan Southern, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe,
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis, and To
ledo, Ann Arbor & Northern roads; from 1885
to 1889 substitute clerk, clerk, assistant chief
clerk, acting chief clerk, chief clerk, and su
perintendent, Railway Mail Service, stationed
at Kansas City, Mo., and Fort Worth, Tex.;
during 1889 with Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Road, and the Pullman Co.; from 1890-99
with freight traffic department, Missouri Pa
cific R. R., St. Louis; 1899-1900, superintend
ent St. Louis Transit Co.; from 1901, suc
cessively president and treasurer Searcy &
Des Are Road, Arkansas Southern Road, and
now of the Louisiana & Northwest Road.
Member International Society of Psychical
Research, National Geographic Society. Demo
crat. Clubs: Mercantile, Normandie Golf. Of
fice: 705 Olive St. Residence: 320 Skinker Rd.
HUNTER, John, chief engineer Union Elec
tric Light and Power Co.; born, Girvan, Scot
land, Aug. 11, 1866; son of John and Eliza
beth (Templeton) Hunter; educated at Ayr
Academy; Hawthorne Academy, London;
came to America, 1886; married, Detroit,
Mich., Jan. ,18, 1899, Minnie L. Templeton;
two sons: John, Jr., and Arthur Templeton.
Apprentice in mechanical engineering, Ayr,
1881-86; sea-going engineer, 1886-95; senior
first assistant, engineer Steamship St. Louis,
American Line, New York, 1895-98; chief

engineer Steamship St. Paul, American Line,
1898-1905; chief engineer Union Electric Light
and Power Co., St. Louis, since August, 1905.
Republican. Presbyterian. Served as chief
engineer Steamship St. Paul with rank of
lieutenant, U. S. Navy, under Captain Sigsbee,
during war with Spain, May 4-Sept. 2, 1898;
awarded three medals. Member American So
ciety Mechanical Engineers, National Elec
tric Light Association. Mason (32°), Shriner.
Clubs: Circle, City, Engineers' of St. Louis,
St. Louis Railway. Recreations: fishing and
hunting. Office: 12th and Locust Sts. Resi
dence: 4462 Laclede Ave.
HURST, Benjamin; born, Hillsboro, Scott
Co., Miss., July 21, 1855; son of Solomon and
Theresa (Ries) Hurst; educated in schools in
Mississippi and in Memphis, Tenn.; married,
St. Louis, March, 1896, Jennie Kuhn. Began
business career in wholesale liquor business
at Memphis, Tenn., as traveling salesman,
etc., continuing for twelve years; came to St.
Louis, 1879, and traveled out of St. Louis
until 1886; then went to Memphis, and en
gaged in jobbing business till 1891; returned
to St. Louis and engaged in specialty shoe
business for six years; established business
as manufacturer of men's neckwear and sus
penders in 1898, as Hurst Neckwear Co.; busi
ness was incorporated as the Hurst-Zucker
Neckwear Co., of which was president, re
tired, 1910. Hebrew religion. Mason; member
Knights of Pythias. Home: St. Louis.
HURST, Samuel, president Standard Heel
and Counter Co.; born, Westville, Miss.,
March, 1850; son of Solomon and Theresa
(Ries) Hurst; educated in public schools;
married, Hamilton, O., 1885, Rose Koppel; one
child, Fannie. Engaged in mercantile pur
suits in Memphis, Tenn., until 1878, when
came to St. Louis; traveled for the saddlery
business, and engaged in manufacturing
canned goods until 1893, when established the
Standard Heel and Counter Co., of which has
since been president. Member Legion of
Honor. Recreation: golf. Office: 11th and
Carr Sts. Residence: 5641 Cates Ave.
HUSSEY, Dennis Bernard, tie and timber
contractor; born in Lewis Co., W. Va., Sept.
28, 1863; son of John and Maria (Brennan)
Hussey; educated in public schools of Lewis
Co., W. Va.; married, Birmingham, Ala., Dec.
8, 1892, Tennie Oakley Nolan; children: Rob
ert E., Edward, Nolan, Helen. Learned trade
of carpenter, and in 1882 was at Sioux Falls;
S. D., engaged in construction work until
1884; similarly employed in Comanche Co.,
Kan., and at Trinidad, Colo., 1884-86; superin
tendent of bridges and buildings, Mobile &
Birmingham R. R., 1886-87; had charge of
building, and bridges on Clarksville Mineral
Extension of Louisville & Nashville R. R.,
1888, and on Clarksville Mineral Branch,
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St. Lawrence R. R., Malone, N. Y., 1890-91;
general foreman Missouri, Kansas & Texas
R. R. at St. Charles, Mo., 1893-95; since en
gaged as general tie and timber contractor.
Democrat. Roman Catholic. Recreation: golf.
Clubs: Mercantile, St. Louis, Noonday, Glen
Echo, Normandie Golf, Essex Country. Office:
815-816 New Bank of Commerce Bldg.; branch
office at Jefferson, Tex. Residence: 5811 Cab
anne Avenue.
HUSSMAN, Herman Henry, secretary Eddy
& Eddy Manufacturing Co., grocers' sundries;
born, St. Louis, Mar. 21, 1873; son of Frank
and Florence (Hummert) Hussman; educated
in public schools of St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, Apr. 28, 1903, Henrietta C. Farrar; one
child, Henrietta Marion (born June 19, 1906).
After leaving school began business career,
May 1, 1888, as office boy for the firm of Eddy
& Eddy, manufacturers of grocers ' sundries ;
has continued with the same house ever since,
becoming secretary of the Eddy & Eddy
Manufacturing Co., upon its incorporation,
May 16, 1905. Independent in politics. Rec
reations: riding, theaters and travel. Office:
Main and Market Sts. Residence: 6179 Berlin
Avenue. HUSTED, Edward Chapin; see Vol. 1906.
HUTCHINSON, diaries Perley, jeweler;
born, Bunker Hill, 111., June 10, 1872; son of
Henry M. and Emily (Wood) Hutchinson;
early education in St. Louis public schools;
married, Webster Groves, Mo., June 25, 1903,
Viola M. Hunt; one son, Charles Perley, Jr.
Entered service of Mermod & Jaccard Jew
elry Co., June, 1884, continuing until January,
1890; entered Merrick, Walsh & Phelps Jew
elry Co., February, 1890, as stock clerk in
plated ware and clock department; three
years later took charge of silver department
and general salesman, remaining with firm un
til March, 1898, when left to establish a mail
order business in general merchandise; soon
returned to jewelry business with Merrick,
Walsh & Phelps, and continued until the firm
sold out to Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co.,
April, 1901. In fall of 1901 assisted in organ
izing firm of Whelan, Aehle, Hutchinson Jew
elry Co., retail jewelers, of which is vice
president. Republican. Offiee: Locust and
10th, Sts. Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
HUTCHINSON, Orrin Willis, accountant
and paymaster St. Louis plant of American
Bridge Co.; bora, Charleston, S. C, Dee. 12,
1856; son of Francis Clifton and Susan .A.
(Blake) Hutchinson; educated in private mili
tary school and public schools, and attended
Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.; married,
Seneca, Mo., Apr. 24, 1888, Jennie Dean; one
daughter, Grace. Began business career with
American Publishing Co., of Hartford, Conn.,
1872-80; then with Chickering Piano Co., Bos
ton, until 1887; traveled for two years, and

in 1889 came to St. Louis and became identi
fied with Koken Iron Works, manufacturers
of architectural and bridge iron work, and
was secretary of the company, 1902 to April,
1911; the company was bought by the Ameri
can Bridge Co., and he became accountant and
paymaster of the St. Louis plant. Treasurer
Fountain Park Congregational Church; di
rector Children 's Industrial Farm Association,
which provides a two-weeks ' outing on the
farm of the association for 700 to 800 children
between the ages of six and fifteen years, se
lected from the poorest tenement districts,
during the summer months. Formerly member
of Hartford City Guard, Hartford, Conn. Rec
reations: church work and fishing. Office:
1014 S. Vandeventer Ave. Residence: 1719
Bonita Ave.
HUTTIG, Charles H., president Third Na
tional Bank; born, Muscatine, la.; son of
Fred, and Sophia (Schnell) Huttig; educated
in public schools of Muscatine; married, Mus
catine, Apr. 13, 1892, Annie E. Musser; chil
dren: Charles Musser, Jeannette. Began act
ive career as clerk in the banking house of
Cook, Musser & Co., Muscatine; came to St.
Louis and established in the manufacture of
sash, doors and blinds, in which continued as
president of the Huttig Sash and Door Co.
Since 1897, president of the Third National
Bank; president St. Louis Clearing House As
sociation; also director American Central In
surance Co., North American Co., Laclede Gas
Light Co., United Railway Co., Equitable
Surety Co.; vice pres. Business Men's League,
Civic League; pres. Am. Bankers' Assn.,
1912-13. Democrat. Member School Board,
1891-95. Methodist. Clubs: St. Louis (presi
dent), St. Louis Country, Glen Echo, Mercan
tile, Noonday, Commercial, Log Cabin, Belle
rive Country, Racquet. Recreations: horse
back riding, golf, hunting. Office: Broadway
and Olive Sts. Residence: 37 Washington
Terrace. HYATT, Harry Harding, president J. R.
Webber Moulding Co.; born, Louisville, Ky.,
Oct. 13, 1872; son of Henry A. and Nellie M.
(Harding) Hyatt; educated at Kirkwood
(Mo.) Military Academy; married, Sedalia,
Mo., June, 1899, Frances Bard; children:
Harding, Dorothy. Began active career in the
photographic supply house of his father,
Henry A. Hyatt, in 1888, and on the incor
poration of the business, in May, 1905, was
elected vice president and secretary of the
H. A. Hyatt Supply Co.; was manager of the
business, also president and treasurer, Nov.
29, 1905-Nov. 1, 1910; since president and
treasurer J. R. Webber Moulding Co.; also
president and treasurer Daydark Specialty Co.
Club: Hillcrest Golf. Recreation: golf. Office:
2110 Cass Ave. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
HYPES, Benjamin Murray, physician and
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son of Benjamin and Caroline (Murray)
Hypes; educated in public school, Lebanon,
111.; A.B., McKendree Cqllege, 1866, A.M.,
1868; M.D., St. Louis Medical College, 1872;
unmarried. Engaged in practice of medicine
in St. Louis since 1872; professor of obstet
rics, St. Louis University. Member St. Louis
Medical Society, City Hospital Alumni So
ciety, Missouri State Medical Association,
American Medical Association, St. Louis Ob
stetrical Society. President St. Louis Dental
College. Republican. Methodist. Recreation:
athletics. Office and Residence: 1615 S. Grand
Avenue.

IKEMEIER, Anthony J., dry goods; born,
St. Louis, February, 1862; son of Henry and
Mary Ikemeier; educated in parochial and
public schools and commercial college, St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, June, 1903, Mar
garet Casey. Began active career as cash-boy
with Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney, continu
ing with the house in various capacities for
thirty -four years; second vice president Wil
liam Barr Dry Goods Co. since 1907. Clubs:
Apollo and Amphion Choral. Office: William
Barr Dry Goods Co. Residence: 5593 Bartmer
Avenue. ILGEN, Reinhold Maurice Pedro, clergy
man; born, Wiesbaden, Germany, July 5,
1866; son of -Maurice and Maria (Schwarz)
Ilgen; educated in public and -classical high
school in native city; University of Marburg,
Theol. Preparandum; Ph.D., Universitas Sci-
entia; et Litterarum, 1892; DM., College of
Higher Therapeutics, Los Angeles, Cal., 1895;
married, Chicago, June 30, 1888, Antonia
Carstens; four children: Angelica, Alexander,
Kurt, and Vato. Came to America, 1885; li
censed, May, 1886, ordained, 1887, Lutheran
ministry; pastor, Galveston, Tex., 1886-88,
Highland, 111., 1889-95, Church of the Holy
Ghost, St. Louis, since Jan. 1, 1896. Editor
Fuer Geist and Gemiith (For Mind and
Heart), and Church Messenger. Republican.
Member Evangelical Protestant Ministers'
Conference, German Writers (Berlin), Ger
man-American Authors' Society (New York),
Schiller Verein (St. Louis); honorary member
German Military Society, Preussen and Hes
sen Verein, Socialer Saengerchor (St. Louis),
Washington (Mo.) Turn Verein, etc. Dele
gate World's Congress of Religions, Berlin,
1910. Mason; member Knights and Ladies of
Security. Author: Blumenkranz, 1887; Welt
und Gottesreichsklaenge, 1892; Herzensleben,
1893; Steehapfel, 1895; Bluethenwehen, three
editions, 1900-05; Unter Westlichen Sternen,
1905; Tiefgluth, 1905; Sulamith, 1906, edition
de lux, 1908; Salve Regina, 1912; also lec
tures, philosophical essays, a new book of Eng
lish rhymes, German poems, etc. Residence:
3546 Page Boul.

INGALLS, William Edgar, vice president
F. H. Ingalls Mercantile Co.; born, Maquo-
keta, la., Feb. 3, 1857; son of Moses and
Susan Hill (Green) Ingalls; educated in dis
trict schools; married, Milwaukee, Wis., Jan.
31, 1884, Susan E. Dickinson; one son, Fred
G. Associated, 1889, with brother in. business
which the latter established in 1880, and
which was incorporated, 1905, as the F. H.
Ingalls Mercantile Co.; has been vice presi
dent of same since death of brother, 1905.
Unitarian. Offiee: 1226 Olive St. Residence:
5088 Washington Ave.
INGRAHAM, John Phillips Thurston,
clergyman; 1817-1906; see Vol. 1906.
IRLAND, Frank W., assistant secretary
Missouri Pacific Railway Co.; born in Len
awee Co., Mich., Oct. 26, 1861; son of Joseph
G. and Amelia (Burrall) Irland; married, St.
Louis, August, 1894, Marian Hood; children:-
Amelia, Burrall, Frank, Marion (son). Began
business career with the Lake Superior Ship
Canal Railway and Iron Co. at Marquette,
Mich., 1878-80; then with superintendent of
the Pullman Co., in St. Louis office, 1880-81;
chief clerk to vice president and general
solicitor of the Texas & Pacific Railroad Co.,
1881-83; chief clerk to vice president and
general manager of Missouri Pacific Ry., 1883-
89; since assistant secretary Missouri Pacific
Railway Co. Club: Missouri Athletic, St.
Louis Railway. Office: Missouri Pacific Bldg.
Residence: Webster Park.
IRWIN, Chauncey Filley, freight agent St.
Louis Transfer Co.; born, St. Louis, Mar. 14,
1866; son of Charles W. and Eliza (Risbey)
Irwin; educated in St. Louis public schools
and Smith Academy; married, St. Louis, July
21, 1883, Annie A. Spillman; children: Charles
W., Chauncey F., Jr., Reginald Francis, Edith
Eliza, Wilbur Risbey. Entered railway serv
ice with Indianapolis & St. Louis R. R., Mar.
1, 1880; St. Louis & San Francisco Ry., Dee. 1,
1883; since Apr. 10, 1897, freight agent St.
Louis Transfer Co. Member St. Louis Local
Freight Agents' Association. Episcopalian.
Member St. Louis Legion of Honor, National
Union. Clubs: Mercantile, St. Louis Railway,
The Traffic. Office: 400 S. Broadway. Resi
dence: 5899 Clemens Ave.
ISAACS, Eugene L., life insurance; born,
St. Louis, Sept. 25, 1864; son of Jacob L. and
Amelia (Loeb) Isaacs; educated in Eads and
Elliot public schools, St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, Jan. 22, 1888, Mathilda Einstein; chil
dren: Jacob Leon, Amelia Loeb, Sophie Ruth.
Left school in 1877, and started in business
with father in decorating and furnishing line,
and continued with him until 1898; in same
business under own name, 1898-1900; entered
insurance business, 1900; became connected
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was appointed general agent for that com
pany for eastern Missouri and southwestern
Illinois; since June 21, 1910, general agent
for eastern Missouri and southwestern Illinois
for Equitable Life Insurance Co. of Iowa.
Mason (Missouri Lodge No. 1, A. F. & A. M.;
Missouri Chapter No. 1, R. A. M.); member
Compton Hill Council, Legion of Honor, Val
ley Council No. 438, Royal Arcanum, Mercan
tile Camp No. 14, Woodmen of the World,
St. Louis Lodge No. 9, B. P. O. Elks. Member
Temple Shaare Emeth. Recreation: fishing.
Office: 401 Third National Bank Bldg. Resi
dence: 4927 Washington Boul.
ITTNER, Anthony, brick manufacturer;
born, Lebanon, O., Oct. 8, 1837; son of John
and Mary (Friday) Ittner; came to St. Louis
with parents in fall of 1844; attended school
until nine years of age; married, St. Louis,
Feb. 27, 1862, Mary I. Butts; children: Wil
liam B., Benjamin F, George W., Edith M.
(deceased), Mary Isabel (Mrs. C. E. LaMont),
Warren W., Anna R. (Mrs. John Hulett, of
Detroit), Nellie B. (Mrs. Max Hulett, of De
troit.) Began business career at age' of nine,
working in a lead factory until twelve years
of age, and in brick yards four years, from
twelve to sixteen; then served apprenticeship
as bricklayer. Worked as journeyman until
1859, when started for self with brother, Con
rad 8., as Ittner Bros., later admitting other
brothers, and continuing under that style un
til 1886, when title of firm was changed to
Anthony Ittner Brick Co.; incorporated under
that style, Jan. 8, 1900, and has since been
president. Member Business Men's League.
Ex-president National Association of Build
ers, and National Brick Manufacturers' Asso
ciation; member National Association of
Manufacturers (chairman committee on indus
trial education for six years), St. Louis Manu
facturers' and Exporters' Association, and
St. Louis Building Industries Association;
also director and member executive council
St. Louis Citizens' Industrial Association
(first member to pay membership fee and
sign obligation, and has attended practically
every meeting of main body and of executive
council to present time). Republican (first
vote east for Abraham Lincoln in 1860). Was
member Enrolled Missouri Militia at begin
ning of Civil War; elected to City Council in
spring of 1867, and reelected in spring of
1868; elected to lower house of Missouri Legis
lature, 1868, to State Senate, 1870, and re
elected in 1874; elected to Congress, 1876,
serving from 1877-79. For twenty years past
actively interested in question of trade
schools for the American boy, and will con
tinue to do so until the fullest and freest
opportunity shall be accorded every boy,
whether native or foreign born, to learn a
trade if he so desires. Prominent in move
ment under auspices of Mechanics' Exchange

to establish trade schools in 1891, which
movement failed largely because of opposition
of labor unions to any method of trade train
ing that would increase the number of skilled
mechanics; read paper on subject at Pitts
burgh meeting, 1904, and as chairman of com
mittee on industrial education, of National
Association of Manufacturers, submitted an
nual reports from 1905-10. In 1905 started an
other movement for the establishment of a
trade school at St. Louis, but having been
confidentially advised by David Ranken, Jr.,
of his purpose to establish such a school,
ceased further efforts in that direction. Uni
tarian. Odd Fellow (St. Louis Lodge No. 5).
Office: Odd Fellows Bldg. Residence: 2103
Park Ave.
ITTNER, William B., architect; born, St.
Louis, Sept. 4, 1864; son of Anthony and
Mary Isabella Ittner; educated in public
schools of St. Louis, Manual Training School
of Washington University, graduating, 1884;
graduated as special student in architecture,
Cornell University, 1887; married, St. Louis,
June, 1888, Lottie Crane Allan; children:
Gladys Blanche, Helen May, William B., Jr.
Engaged in practice as architect in St. Louis
since 1888; elected commissioner of school
buildings for Board of Education of St. Louis,
June 22, 1897, holding said position to Mar. 8,
1910, at which date he was elected architect
of the Board of Education. Designed the Mc
Kinley, Wyman, Emerson, Yeatman, Soldan
and Sumner high schools, Teachers' College,
Lafayette, Hempstead, Humboldt, Ashland,
Franklin and Madison schools, etc. Fellow
(since 1890) American Institute of Archi
tects, and fellow of local chapter of same
(president of latter, 1893-95) ; member St.
Louis Architectural Club (president, 1897-98),
Architectural League of Ameriea (president,
1903-04, corresponding secretary, 1905-06),
Civic Improvement League (corresponding
secretary, 1902-03), Cornell Club (president,
1903-05). Office: Board of Education Bldg.
Residence: 5553 Bartmer Ave.
IVES, Halsey Cooley, artist, director Mu
seum and School of Fine Arts; 1846-1911; see
Vol. 1906.
IVY, William, president Monument Plumb
ing Supply Co.; born, New Orleans, Mar. 28,
1861; son of Virginius Henry and Marguerite
(Watts) Ivy; educated at old Washington
School, 1867-70, and Franklin School, 1870-75,
graduating, 1875; married, Harper's Ferry,
W. Va., Mar. 8, 1881, Isabella Miller; chil
dren: John Reno, Marguerite, Courtney. En
tered service of the N. O. Nelson Manufac
turing Co. in 1881; elected second vice presi
dent, 1897; served as first vice president,
1900-09, when he organized the Monument
Plumbing Supply Co., of which is president;
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Member Citizens' Industrial Association. Re
publican. Episcopalian. Mason (Blue Lodge);
member National Union, Royal Arcanum.
Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office: 2210
Pine St. Residence: 5806 Clemens Ave.

JACKES, Franklin R., sheet metal goods
manufacturer; born near Toronto, Ont., Feb.
8, 1859; son of William and Henrietta (Jones)
Jackes; educated in Toronto High School,
and Day Commercial College, Toronto; mar
ried, Milwaukee, Sept. 25, 1889, Margaret
Campbell; children: Henrietta Lillian, Flor
ence Julia, Margaret Elizabeth, Campbell,
Dorothy, Stanley Franklin, Raymond Green
(deceased) and Franklin R., Jr. Began busi
ness career in employ of E. Gordon & Co.,
wholesale grocers, Toronto; went to Winni
peg, Manitoba, Apr. 2, 1882, and was with
hardware house of Horsman & Co. until 1885;
removed to Milwaukee, Wis., and was inter
ested in Acme Elbow Co.; came to St. Louis,
March, 1889, and joined in establishing pres
ent business, which was incorporated, Apr. 30,
1890, as Jackes-Evans Manufacturing Co., of
which has been president since 1910; also vice
president Broadway Savings Trust Co.; treas
urer Patterson-Pope Marketing Co., Patterson
Orchard Co. Member Business Men's League,
Citizens' Industrial Association. Republican.
Presbyterian. Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo.
Recreation: motoring. Office: 1944 N. Main
St. Residence: 10 Thornby PL
JACKSON, Charles Christopher, lumber
commission; born, Hannibal, Mo., Sept. 7,
1861; son of William T. and N. Louisa
(Whaley) Jackson; educated in grammar and
high schools, Hannibal, Mo., and Parsons Col
lege, Fairfield, la.; married, St. Louis, June
27, 1894, Janie Gulledge; children: Charles O,
Louise. Began business career as clerk in
postoffice, Hannibal, Mo., 1882; with Bluff
City Lumber Co. (wholesale), Hannibal, 1883-
86; city salesman of Schulenburg & Boeck
eler Lumber Co., St. Louis, 1889-95, Boeckeler
Lumber Co., 1895-1900, Philip Gruner & Bros.
Lumber Co., 1901; vice president and man
ager Laclede Lumber Co. until 1906, since in
lumber commission business. Presbyterian.
Mason (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner; Odd
Fellow. Member Missouri Society, Sons of
Revolution. Office: Wright Bldg. Residence:
2334A Athlone Ave.
JACKSON, George Edwards, professor of
Latin; 1828-1910; see Vol. 1906.
JACKSON, George Park B., lawyer; de
ceased; see Vol. 1906.
JACOB, Joseph Winship, vice president of
Charter Oak Stove and Range Co.; born, Cir-
cleville, O., July 7, 1861; son of John Thomas
and Martha (Gill) Jacob; educated in St.
Louis public schools until age of fifteen; mar

ried, St. Louis, Oct. 27, 1890, Nettie Lyle
Duncan. Began as errand boy in retail store
in St. Louis at age of fifteen; afterwards col
lector and salesman in same store. Left to go
into railroad business as freight solicitor with
Ohio & Mississippi R. R., and when that road*
was consolidated with Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern R. R., was appointed agent of
the consolidation at St. Louis; resigned, 1897,
to go into manufacturing business with the
Charter Oak Stove and Range Co., in the sales
department, and in 1903 was elected vice
president of the company. Member St. Louis
Salesmanagers' Association. Congregational
ist. Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo, The Traf
fic, Congregational. Recreation: golf. Office:
Antelope and Conduit Sts. Residence: 627
Clara Ave.
JACOBS, Edgar Weinstein; see Vol. 1906.
* JACOBS, Isaac Bernard, wholesale hats;
moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
JACOBS, Michael E.; see Vol. 1906.
JACOBS, Morris, retired; bora in Poland,
Dec. 6, 1850; son of Isaac and Sarah Jacobs;
educated in schools in England; married,
Shreveport, La., May 1, 1876, Rachel Johlson;
children: I. B., I. R., J. L., N. E. and S. S.
Has been resident of United States for forty-
five years and in business for self for thirty-
four years, locating first at Shreveport, La.,
then at Magnolia, Ark., and afterwards as
retail general merchant at Atlanta, Tex.; for
sixteen years president of the First National
Bank of Atlanta, Tex. Came to St. Louis in
1899, and in January, 1900, organized the
Jacobs Hat and Glove Co., of which was
president until 1905, when retired. Repub
lican. Royal Arch Mason; member Knights
of Pythias, Knights of Honor. Residence:
5266 Washington Ave.
JACOBSON, Henry, physician and surgeon;
born, St. Louis, Dec. 23, 1865; son of Simon
and Ernestine (Bresler) Jaeobson; educated
in public schools of St. Louis; Smith Acad
emy; M.D., Missouri Medical College, 1886;
post-graduate course in Berlin and Vienna;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 14, 1890, Laura D.
Davis. Assistant physician City Hospital,
1886-87; assistant physician Female Hospital,
1887; assistant physician City Dispensary,
1888-92. Chief surgeon Employers' Liability
Assurance Corporation of London, Limited;
medical director of Central States Life In
surance Co.; consultant on genito-urinary dis
eases to Lutheran and Ellen Osborn hospitals.
In private practice, makes specialty of genito
urinary diseases. Member American Medical
Association, American Urological Association,
St. Louis Medical Society, City Hospital
Alumni Society; treasurer Missouri State
Medical Association. Republican. Jewish re
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handball, swimming and fishing. Office: 429
Central National Bank Bldg. Residence: 4392
Laclede Ave.
JACOBSON, Jacob, physician and surgeon;
born, St. Louis, Dec. 11, 1869; son of Simon
and Ernestine (Bresler) Jacobson; educated
in public schools; Baptist College, Carleton
Institute, Farmington, Mo.; Smith Academy,
St. Louis; M.D., Missouri Medical College,
1902; married, Chicago, Apr. 5, 1898, Gussie
Shrimski. In practice in St. Louis since 1902;
physician in charge male department St.
Louis Insane Asylum, October, 1903-July,
1904; assistant to clinical chair of gynecology,
Missouri Medical College, 1902-03 and 1904-05.
Democrat. Jewish religion. Member Ameri
can Medical Association, Missouri State Med
ical Association, St. Louis Medical Society,
Smith Academy Alumni Association, Missouri
Medical College Alumni Association. Mason
(32°), Shriner. Offices: 1833 Cass Ave. and
Century Bldg. Residence: 5598 Bartmer Ave.
JACOBY, Hermann H., president Jacoby
Art Glass Co.; bom, Bremen, Germany, Oct.
14, 1850; son of Ludwig S. Jacoby, D.D.
(founder of German Methodism in St. Louis,
1841, and also in Germany and Switzerland,
1849) and Amalie (Huelsen) Jacoby; edu
cated in private school, Bremen; college
"Salon" near Ludwigsburg, Wiirtemberg,
Germany; business college, Bremen; married,
Reiehenberg, Austria, Nov. 28, 1878, Jennie
C. Buder; two children: Charles C. and Emily
S. Came to America, 1869; in general mer
chandise and mail order business, 1875-97,
With various partners, among them two broth
ers, John W. and Theodore E. ; engaged in
manufacture of ornamental leaded glass, mak
ing a specialty of church windows, since Oc
tober, 1897. Methodist; trustee and treasurer
Central Wesleyan Orphan Asylum, Warren-
ton, Mo., since 1888. Republican. President
National Ornamental Glass Manufacturers'
Association of United States and Canada,
since Feb. 13, 1911. Offiee: 2700 St. Vincent
Ave. Residence: 3000 Shenandoah Ave.
JACQUES, Henry P., retired, formerly pur
chasing and timber agent of the Frisco Sys
tem; born, Tewksbury, Mass., Mar. 29, 1839;
son of Nathan Eames Jacques and Permilia
M. Jacques; educated at Tewksbury and
Andover, Mass.; married, Hannibal, Mo.,
1862, Amanda N. Westfall; three children:
Ruby P. (Mrs. S. F. Pryor), Olive A. (Mrs.
Frank A. Thompson, of Ferguson, Mo.),
Henry W. (of Kansas City, Mo.). Began rail
road career, Mar. 1, 1859, as junior clerk in
mechanical department; Mar. 1, 1860, second
clerk in same department; Sept. 1, 1861, chief
clerk; Aug. 1, 1866, general storekeeper; Sept.
1, 1869, chief clerk and auditor of mechanical
accounts; July 1, 1870, paymaster; Mar. 1,
1872, chief clerk and auditor of mechanical
accounts — all on the Hannibal & St. Joseph

R. R.; Mar. 23, 1873, car service agent, Apr.
1, 1874, assistant to president and general
manager, on the Atchison & Nebraska R. R.;
Sept. 1, 1877, purchasing agent, Kansas City,
Fort Scott & Memphis R. R. and associated
lines; Jan. 1, 1879, purchasing timber and fuel
agent same road; purchasing and timber agent
of the Frisco System, Sept. 1, 1901, to April,
1907, making a continual railroad service of
about forty-eight years. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar, Shriner; member Humane Society,
American Forestry Association (Washington,
D. O). Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Monte Ne
and Normandie Golf. Recreations: traveling,
gardening; fond of flowers. Office: 610 Me
chanics-American Bldg., 4th and Locust Sts.
Residence: Ferguson, Mo.
JAMES, Frank Lowber, editor National
Druggist; 1841-1907; see Vol. 1906.
JAMES, George Oscar, assistant professor
mathematics and astronomy, Washington Uni
versity; born, Bowers Hill, Va., Aug. 1, 1873;
son of George W. and Augusta C. (Walker)
James; A.B., Johns Hopkins University, 1895,
scholar, 1895-96, 1897-98, fellow, 1898-99,
Ph.D., 1899; unmarried. Instructor in physics,
University of Utah, 1896-97; examiner U. S.
Civil Service Commission, 1900-01; instructor
mathematics and astronomy, Lehigh Univer
sity, 1902-03; instructor mathematics and as
tronomy, 1903-08, assistant professor since
1908, Washington University. Member Ameri
can Mathematical Society, Phi Beta Kappa,
Sigma Xi. Club: University. Author: Ele
ments of Rational Mechanics, 1905; also
papers on Celestial Mechanics. Residence:
3737 Washington Ave.
JAMES, John A. James, physician and sur
geon; born, Oelwein, la., Feb. 23, 1866; son of
Nathaniel and Lavinia (House) James; B.Sc,
Iowa State College, 1886; M.D., Beaumont
Hospital Medical College, 1891; post-graduate
work at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary,
Manhattan Throat Hospital, and courses in
Vienna and Berlin; married, Louisville, Ky.,
1904, Virginia Mathews; one daughter, Mar-
jorie. Engaged in practice in St. Louis since
1891; specialist in diseases of ear, nose and
throat. Member St. Louis Medical Society,
Missouri State Medical Association, American
Medical Association, American Folk-Lore So
ciety. Episcopalian. Recreation: study of so
ciology. Office: 1006 Carleton Bldg. Resi
dence: 5251 Westminster PL
* J AMES, Lewis Shelley, business manager;
moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
JAMESON, Matthew Campbell; see Vol.
1906. JAMISON, Dorsey Albert, lawyer; born in
Rutherford Co., Tenn., Nov. 22, 1853; son of
Henry Downs and Sarah (Thomas) Jamison;
literary education at Union University, Murf
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(Washington University), 1875; married^,
Franklin, Tenn., Jan. 6, 1892, Stella A. Sikes;
one daughter, Sarah Elizabeth. Studied law
in office of Cline, Jamison % Day, 1873-75; ad
mitted to bar, June, 1875, and continued office
with that firm until 1881, when firm of Col
lins & Jamison was formed, continuing until
May, 1902; since senior member of Jamison
& Thomas. Democrat. Member St. Louis Bar
Association, Missouri State Bar Association,
Law Library Association. Member Second
Baptist Church of St. Louis. President St.
Louis Baptist Hospital. Mason (33°), Knight
Templar, Shriner; Grand Master of Masons of
Missouri, 1896-97; director Masonic Home for
more than fifteen years. President of Tennes
see Society of St. Louis, 1904-05. Was mem
ber of State Militia during strikes of 1877.
Club: Algonquin. Favorite recreations: horse
back riding, driving and golf. Office: 1601
Pierce Bldg. Residence: 6300 Washington
Avenue. JANIS, Paul Vincent, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Nov. 26, 1875; son of Adolph A. and
Emily C. (Chatard) Janis; educated at St.
Louis University; Washington University;
LL.B., St. Louis Law School, 1900; unmarried.
City attorney of Ferguson, St. Louis Co., 1903-
07; since in private practice. Member St.
Louis Bar Association. Club: Missouri Ath
letic. Recreations: travel, chess, study of
languages. Office: 400, 408 Olive St. Resi
dence: 5611 Bartmer Ave.
JANNOPOULO, Demetrius, president Mis
souri Tent and Awning Co.; born in Thessaly,
Greece, Mar. 21, 1844; son of John and Maria
Jannopoulo; educated in schools in Thessaly,
Greece, and in Smyrna, Asia Minor; married,
Chicago, 1892, Helen, daughter of Rev. Oicon-
omos Phiambolis; children: Achilles Emanuel,
Demosthenes Constantine, Aphrodite Maria,
Aristotle George. Came to St. Louis in 1871;
purchased a patent covering heating appa
ratus for buildings and continued in that busi
ness until 1873, when established the Mis
souri Tent and Awning Co. Was Royal Greek
Commissioner to the World's Columbian Ex
position, 1893; decorated by King of Greece
with Cross of Chevalier of the Royal Order
of Savior. President of Greek Community in
St. Louis, and president of the Greek Church,
St. Louis. Office: 208 Chestnut St. Residence:
Webster Groves, Mo.
JANSEN, Frederick William, branch man
ager James Cunningham Son & Co. (estab
lished, 1836) ; born, Liberty, Adams Co., 111.,
Sept. 15, 1870; son of Frederick W. and Char
lotte (Steinagle) Jansen; educated in country
district school to 1883; then removed to
Quincy, 111., and attended night school until
1884; married, Chicago, Apr. 15, 1905, Mrs.
Frances G. (Merritt) Brown. Began business
career with Koenig & Luhrs Wagon Co.,
Quincy, 111., 1885, and continued until 1893;

with C. P. Kimball & Co., Chicago, 1893-99;
then city salesman Chicago branch Koenig &
Luhrs Co., to 1903; became traveling sales
man for James Cunningham Son & Co. (manu
facturers of high class coaches, hearses and
ambulances since 1838, and now manufactur
ers of same line in automobiles); traveled
over states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Missis
sippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and part of Ohio;
manager St. Louis branch since February,
1909, having nine states under his supervision.
Independent in politics. Methodist. Member
Covington (Ky.) Lodge No. 119, B. P. O.
Elks. Clubs: Mercantile, Triple A. Recrea
tion: golf. Office: 2018-2020 Locust St. Resi
dence: 4946 McPherson Ave.
JANUARY, Harry Churchill, investments;
see Vol. 1906.
JARBOE, John W., president Columbia Box
Co.; bom, Louisville, Ky., Oct. 5, 1858; son of
Basil E. and Elizabeth A. (Bailey) Jarboe;
educated in Louisville Collegiate Institute
(Episcopal college) ; married, Indianapolis,
June 9, 1880, Anna E. Fletcher (died May 31,
1905); married, 2d, Mar. 3, 1908, Rosa Mil
dred Young, of Louisville, Ky. Began busi
ness career as messenger boy with Western
Union Telegraph Co., Indianapolis office, con
tinuing until 1875; learned plumber's trade,
1875-77, but never followed it; with Louis
ville Railway Co., 1879-1890; then engaged
with C. C. Mengel Jr. & Bro. Co., as salesman
at Louisville and St. Louis branch, until 1901 ;
since connected with Columbia Box Co., of
which was secretary and director until April,
1912, since president. Independent in politics.
Episcopalian. Member Citizens' Industrial
Association, Travelers' Protective Associa
tion, Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo. Clubs:
Sunset Hill Country, Million Population,
Buckingham. Office: 19th and N. Market Sts.
Residence: 4931 McPherson Ave.
JARVIS, Kent, real estate; born, Massillon,
O., Dec. 21, 1869; son of Kent and Julia (Ran
dall) Jarvis; educated at Case School of Ap
plied Science, Cleveland, O., 1887-90; Univer
sity of New York, class of 1892; married, St.
Louis, Apr. 12, 1894, Hannah Case; children:
Gardner, Carol, Stephanie, Eline. From 1894
to 1904 was with the Lincoln Trust Co., St.
Louis, as assistant secretary and assistant
treasurer; since 1904 engaged as real estate
and financial agent. Republican. Episcopalian.
Life member Western Reserve Historical So
ciety of Cleveland. Clubs: Mercantile, Algon
quin Golf . Office: 706 Chestnut St. Residence:
Webster Groves, Mo.
JASPER, Louis Anton, produce commission
merchant; born, Washington, Mo., Jan. 27,
1865; son of Henry and Elizabeth (Voss)
Jasper; educated in private school six years
and public school two years; married, Wash
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two children: Elmer A., Florence M. M. Came
to St. Louis, October, 1885; went to work for
Hackman & Gaupel until 1892, when with
Mr. Sellmeyer bought out business of Hack-
man & Gaupel, and started as Jasper & Sell
meyer, general produce commission. Member
Merchants' Exenange, St. Louis Fruit and
Produce Exchange, St. Louis Game Dealers'
Association, National League of Commission
Merchants of America. Democrat. Catholic.
Member Knights of Columbus. Office: 835 N.
3d St. and 830 N. 4th St. Residence: 3429
Halliday Ave.
JEFFRIES, Samuel Broaddus, lawyer; born
in Lewis Co., Mo., Feb. 3, 1869; son of Wil
liam and Elizabeth (Smallwood) Jeffries;
A.B., La Grange College, 1891; attended St.
Louis Law School one term, 1892, and studied
law also under private instruction; married
in Lewis Co., Mo., Dec. 8, 1897, Lutie Ball.
Read law under Judge Anderson, Canton,
Mo.; admitted to Missouri bar, 1893, and was
located in practice at Canton, Lewis Co., Mo.,
until January, 1897; two years member of
law firm of Anderson & Jeffries, and then
alone; prosecuting attorney of Lewis Co.,
1894-96; assistant attorney general of Mis
souri, located at Jefferson City, Mo., 1897 to
January, 1905, when engaged in practice in
St. Louis; now member of firm of Jeffries &
Corum. Director Commonwealth Trust Co.,
Chippewa Bank, Baden Bank, American Bak
ery Co., Bond Lumber Co., all of St. Louis,
Dean Electric Co., Cleveland, O., Central Mis
souri Trust Co., of Jefferson City, Mo., First
National Bank of Canton, Mo., Home Tele
phone Co., Detroit. Democrat. Baptist; mem
ber board of managers of Baptist Sanitarium.
Member of Law Library Association. Mason,
Knight Templar and Odd Fellow. Clubs: Glen
Echo, Mercantile. Favorite recreation: farm
ing. Office:. 520 Bank of Commerce Bldg
Residence: 5161 Cabanne Ave.
JENNINGS, Curtis Morrison, president of
Berthold & Jennings Lumber Co.; born, Ris
ing Sun, Ind., Oct. 24, 1852; son of John and
Sarah (Jones) Jennings; educated in public
schools, and Methodist College, Quincy, 111.;
married, St. Louis, Feb. 19, 1879, Jennie
Pitcher; five children: Laura, Marguerite,
Jeannette, Helen P., Curtis P. Began active
career as a clerk with the lumber firm of
Bogy & Fry, 1867, and advanced to position
of manager; assisted, 1872, in organizing firm
of Berthold & Jennings, incorporated as the
Berthold & Jennings Lumber Co., 1909, of
which has since been president; also president
Excelsior Car Roof Co.; president and treas
urer North & South Rolling Stock Co. Mem
ber Lumbermen's Hardwood Exchange. Re
publican. Episcopalian. Mason, Knight Tem-
ular Shriner; member Odd Fellows. Clubs:
Mercantile (president, 1908-09-10), Lumber
men's. Recreations: fishing and reading. Of

fice: 1303, 207 N. 8th St. Residence: 2846
Russell Ave.
*JENNINGS, Edward J., pictures, mould
ings, etc.; moved to Farmingham, Mo.; see
Vol. 1906.
JENNINGS, George M., pictures, mould
ings, etc.; see Vol. 1906.
JENNINGS, M(arshall) Dwight, physician;
born in Marion Co., 111., Sept. 1, 1860; son of
Z. C. and Mary J. Jennings; educated in dis
trict school, 1868-77; public schools, Cen
tralia, 111., 1877-78; Southern Illinois Normal
University, 1878-84; began study of medicine,
1885; M.D., St. Louis College of Physicians
and Surgeons, 1888; married, Carlyle, 111.,
Dec. 30, 1891, Cora Locey, children: Beatrice,
Dorotha, Dwight Locey. Since 1888 engaged
in practice at St. Louis. Established Micro
scopical Laboratory, 1892, and conducted it
until 1903, when changed to present title
St. Louis Clinical Laboratory. Professor dis
eases of the nose and throat, St. Louis College
of Physicians and Surgeons, 1892-95-; professor
diseases of the chest, bacteriology and director
of biologic laboratory, Barnes Medical Col
lege, 1895-1903; pathologist at Frisco Hospital
since 1906. Member St. Louis Medical Society.
Missouri State and American Medical associa
tions. Democrat. Methodist. Office and Resi
dence: 4101 Washington Boul.
JENS, William, civil engineer; see Vol.
1906. JETT, Edward Thomas, bookseller and sta
tioner; deceased; see Vol. 1906.
JEUDE, Julius John, physician and surgeon ;
born, St. Louis, Mar. 6, 1876; son of William
and Minnie (Hirschfeld) Jeude; educated in
public and high schools of St. Louis, Missouri
Medical College, M.D., 1898, St. Louis College
of Pharmacy, Ph.G., 1905; married, St. Louis,
1902, Aimee L. Flanigan; one daughter, Aimee
M. In general practice in St. Louis since
1898. Member St. Louis Medical Society,
Missouri State and American Medical asso
ciations. Presbyterian. Office: 2521 A South
Broadway. Residence: 936 Morrison Ave.
JEWETT, Daniel Tarbox, lawyer; 1807-
1906; see Vol. 1906.
JEWETT, Frank N, mechanical engineer;
born, Tioga Co., N. Y., June 11, 1870; son of
William Andrew and Arethusa Preston (Whit
ley) Jewett; graduated from Elmira Free
Academy, 1888; B.S., Cornell University, 1893;
married, Elmira, N. Y., June 2, 1896, F. Angie
Palmer; two children: Mary Arethusa and
Elizabeth. Experimental engineer Payne En
gine Co., Elmira, 1893-95; sales engineer same
company, 1895-96; sales engineer, 1896-99,
western manager in charge of Chicago office,
1899-1906, Evans, Admirall & Co.; Chicago
district manager, 1906-09, sales manager, St.
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turing Co. Member American Society Me
chanical Engineers, American Institute Elec
trical Engineers, American Society Heating
and Ventilating Engineers, Sons of Jove, St.
Louis League of Electrical Interests, also
Delta Kappa Epsilon and Sphinx Head (col
lege societies). Clubs: Mercantile, Engineers',
Normandie Golf (St. Louis), Union League
(Chicago). Recreation: golf. Office: 6400
Plymouth Ave. Residence: 6 Parkland PL
JINKINS, Benjamin Cator, stock and bond
broker; born, Columbus, Miss., Aug. 12, 1861;
son of Elias and Susan M. (McNamara) Jin-
kins; graduated from Goodman Business Col
lege, Nashville, Tenn., 1878, and from East
man Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
1882; married, Decatur, 111., Jan. 25, 1905,
Sallie Linn Scruggs. Cashier First National
Bank, Aberdeen, Miss., 1882-91; discount
clerk, Chemical National Bank, St. Louis,
1891-93; since 1893 in business for self in
St. Louis, as a broker in stocks and bonds.
Was city treasurer of Aberdeen; now director
First National Bank, Aberdeen; treasurer St.
Louis Stock Exchange. Democrat. Member
M. E: Church, South. Member Mississippi So
ciety. Club: Noonday. Recreation: books. Of
fice: 421 Olive St. Residence: 5037 Washing
ton Ave.
JOEL, Julius Adler; see Vol. 1906.
JOHANN, Frederick Augustus, dealer in
railway supplies; bora, Philadelphia, Pa.,
June 29, 1845; son of George Mathew and
Marian (Weigle) Johann; educated in com
mon schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Jan. 1, 1867, Virginia Steger; children: Mrs.
Maude Virginia Holt, Frederick Augustus,
Mrs. Effie May Williams, Alexander Hender
son, Percival Donald (deceased), Eugene
Meredith. Served, 1861-64, in the First Mis
souri Light Artillery; in the railroad business
with Pacific R. R. of Missouri (now Missouri
Pacific), in various official positions, 1865-86;
then traveled for various firms; since 1898
dealer in railway supplies. Member St. Louis
Railway Club. Democrat; was deputy state
and county tax collector, and dram-shop col
lector in St. Louis before the adoption of the
Scheme and Charter. Member St. Louis Le
gion of Honor, Royal Arcanum, Ransom Post,
G. A. R. Recreation: fishing. Office: 452
Pierce Bldg. Residence: 1915 S. Compton Ave.
JOHANNING, John H., retired; born, West
phalia, Germany, Mar. 5, 1837; son of Fried-
rich W. Johanning; came to St. Louis with
parents in December, 1847; educated in pri
vate schools in St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
May 5, 1867, Josephine F. Beimes; children:
Alfred W,, Henry F., Selma M., Edward H.,
Louis J. Began business career as employe in
grocery house, 1852-57; became clerk in Phili-
bert & Branconier 's planing mill, 1857, and
continued until in 1873, was made partner in

business, as Philibert & Johanning, incorpo
rated in 1882, as Philibert & Johanning Manu
facturing Co. ; withdrew in 1887 and estab
lished Johanning Lumber Co. (reincorporated
1897), of which is president, but not active
since 1910. Served in Missouri Home Guards
during Civil War. Recreation: walking. Of
fice: 1512 S. 2d St. Residence: 1427 Missouri
Avenue. JOHANSEN, J. A., shoe manufacturer;
born, St. Louis, June 26, 1880; son of Johan
and Augusta S. (Lofgren) Johansen; edu
cated in Manual Training School and Smith
Academy; married. Began business in 1898 in
offiee of Johansen Bros. Shoe Co.; later served
two years as salesman, and in 1903 was
elected vice president, in 1910 secretary and
treasurer, and in 1912 treasurer of the com
pany. Office: 3634 Laclede Ave. Residence:
4342 Forest Park Boul.
JOHANSEN, Johan, shoe manufacturer;
born, Hamar, Norway, Sept. 4, 1851; son of
Johan and Carrie (Gulbransen) Johansen; edu
cated in country public school in Norway to
age of fourteen; married, St. Louis, 1876,
Augusta S. Lofgren; children: Mrs. Dr. A. G.
Wichmann, John A., Harry G. Came to St.
Louis from Norway, 1872; began business
with brother, as Johansen Bros., 1876; incor
porated, Jan. 1, 1902, as Johansen Bros. Shoe
Co., of which is president. Congregationalist.
Office: 3634-3650 Laclede Ave. Residence:
2856 Henrietta St.
JOHNS, George Sibley, editor of the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch; born, St. Charles, Mo.,
Dec. 27, 1857; son of John J. and Jane A.
(Durfee) Johns; educated at private gram
mar schools in St. Charles; Kemper's Family
School, Boonville, Mo.; A.B., Princeton Uni
versity, 1880; married, St. Charles, Nov. 17,
1885, Minnie McDearmon; children: George
McDearmon, Orrick Glenday, Horace Durfee,
Frederick Winston, John Jay. After gradua
tion from Princeton studied law; founded St.
Charles Journal, 1882, and conducted same as
editor and proprietor until 1883; joined rep-
ortorial staff of St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and
filled positions as city editor, dramatic critic,
managing editor, and, since 1898, as editor.
Member Royal Arcanum, St. Louis Artists'
Guild, National Federated Arts Club, Modern
Historic Records Association (director),
Princeton Alumni. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association, City,
Franklin, Burns. Recreation: golf. Office: St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, 210-212 N. Broadway.
Residence: 4548 Forest Park Boul.
JOHNSON, Albert Sidney, freight agent
Terminal R. R. ; born in Jackson Co., Ind.,
July 21, 1871; son of Daniel W. and Rebecca
(McMinn) Johnson; educated in public schools
of Indiana; married, St. Louis, Apr. 17, 1901,
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senger for the Ohio & Mississippi R. R. at
Seymour (Ind.) Station, 1887, and in Novem
ber, 1889, came to St. Louis and took similar
position with the Terminal R. R. Association
of St. Louis, with which has been continuously
employed ever since, advancing through vari
ous departments to present position as freight
agent of the association, St. Louis Merchants'
Bridge & Terminal Ry. Mason (32°). Club:
City. Office: 12th and Poplar Sts. Residence:
3827 Botanical Ave.
JOHNSON, Andrew, lawyer; born, Alexan
dria, Mo., Feb. 12, 1866; son of Cortes A. and
Isabella Alicia (Henning) Johnson; B.S., La
Grange College, 1886; LL.B., St. Louis Law
School, 1892; married, Liberty, Mo., June 21,
1900, Katie R. Williams; children: Katharine,
Louise Henning, Virginia G. After leaving
college was in retail shoe store and grain
warehouse until entering law school in 1890;
admitted to bar in 1892, and since in practice.
Member St. Louis Bar Association, Law Li
brary Association. Democrat. Baptist. Fa
vorite recreations: hunting, fishing and ten
nis. Office: Title Guaranty Bldg. Residence:
4034 McPherson Ave.
JOHNSON, Benjamin Hughes, coffee mer
chant; son of Henry Clay and Harriet (Frier)
Johnson. Formerly connected with the God
dard Grocer Co., now president and treasurer
of the Johnson-Allen Coffee Co. Member
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Club: St.
Louis. Office: 211 Vine St. Residence: Kirk
wood, Mo.
JOHNSON, Charles Philip, lawyer; born,
Lebanon, 111., Jan. 18, 1836; son of Henry and
Elvira (Fouke) Johnson; educated McKendree
College (A.M., LL.B.); married, Washington,
June, 1861, Estella Parker; children: Harry
T., Ralph O., Elvira F. (now Mrs. George
Cook); married, 2d, 1881, Louise Stevens;
children: Albert W., Louise E.; married, 3d,
November, 1908, Annie, daughter of Dr. An-
drae. City attorney, St. Louis, 1859; member
Missouri House of Representatives, 1862-63,
1865, 1881; circuit attorney of St. Louis City
and County, 1866-72; elected lieutenant gov
ernor Missouri, 1871; devoted time to profes
sion since 1881; lecturer on law in Washing
ton University for a number of years. Clubs:
Papyrus, Cervantes. Recreation: literature.
Office: 605-607 Navarre Bldg. Residence: 4300
Washington Ave.
JOHNSON, Charles Porter, lawyer; born
near Danville, 111., Aug. 15, 1866; son of Jo
seph S. and Matilda (Kemper) Johnson; edu
cated public schools; Lee's Preparatory Acad
emy to June, 1884; LL.B., Law Department,
Northwestern University, Chicago, 1886; M.L.,
Chicago Law School, 1902; ' married, George
town, 111., August, 1898, Derelle West (sister
of' Roy O. West, of Chicago); one son, West.
Began practice at Chicago as member of firm

of Willett & Johnson, 1888; elected to Illinois
State Senate from Second Senatorial District,
1891; Democratic candidate for Congress
against William Lorimer, 1898; on account of
loss of health from over-work, retired from
practice and spent five years (1901-06) in Ok
lahoma; resumed practice in St. Louis, 1906.
Widely noted as a public speaker; delivered
response to toast at banquet tendered Presi
dent William McKinley by the Grand Army
of the Republic, at Buffalo, N. Y., 1898; also
the principal address in Chicago at memorial
services in honor of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll,
1899, and oration on life of James G. Blaine
before Illinois State Senate, by special request
of that body. 32° Mason (Tuscan Lodge, St.
Aldemar Commandery, Knight Templar, Shrin
er) ; member B. P. O. Elks. Clubs: Mercantile,
Universal Exposition, Masonic, Elks. Recre
ation: fishing. Office: 502, 423 Chestnut St.
Residence: 4521 McPherson Ave.
JOHNSON, Christopher William, president
St. Louis Basket and Box Co.; born near Chi
cago, Apr. 12, 1863; self-educated; married,
St. Louis, Jan. 9, 1889, Lilly G. Scherer. Early
experience in northern Michigan pineries until
1881; came to St. Louis as superintendent of
the St. Louis Basket Co., 1881; held various
responsible positions until was elected vice
president and general manager of the com
pany in 1890; firm name changed to the St.
Louis Basket and Box Co., of which he has
been president since 1897; company manufac
tures veneer and glued-up lumber, which is
used extensively in this country and abroad.
Also president Dolphin Land Co.; director
South Side Bank. Member and director Board
of Education since 1897 (president, 1907 and
1911). Republican. Presbyterian. Recreations:
takes great interest in educational work, also
fond of motoring. Office: 2d and Arsenal Sts.
Residence: 3080 Hawthorne Boul.
JOHNSON, Clarence Dean, lumber manu
facturer; born, Caton, Steuben Co., N. Y.,
Apr. 1, 1866; son of Edward and Electa (Her-
riek) Johnson; educated in schools of New
York and Kansas; married, New Lewisville,
Ark., Apr. 9, 1893, Dorothy Farrar; children:
C. D., Jr., Ernest. Went from Kansas City to
New Orleans, 1885, where he was a collector
for a local firm for a few months; worked in
a saw mill at Chopin, La., 1886-87; later
worked in saw mills in Louisiana, Texas, Chi
cago, and Clinton, la., 1888-89; foreman and
later superintendent of the Sunny South Lum
ber Co., New Lewisville, Ark., .1890-94; re
moved to St. Louis, 1894, and became con
nected with the R. L. Trigg Lumber Co. and
its successor, the Frost-Trigg Lumber Co., of
which was vice president and general mana
ger until 1908, when firm was succeeded by
Frost-Johnson Lumber Co., of which is first
vice president. Also president of the Union
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Monroe Ry. Member Business Men's League.
Mason; member Tuscan Lodge, No. 360; St.
Louis Chapter, No. 8, Royal Arch Masons;
Ascalon Commandery, No. 16, Knights Tem
plar, and Moolah Temple,* Ancient Order of
the Mystic Shrine. Republican. Presbyterian.
Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo Country, St.
Louis, St. Louis Automobile. Recreations:
golf and other outdoor sports. Office: 11th
floor Wright Bldg. Residence: 6237 McPher
son Ave.
JOHNSON, Crary P., druggist; born, Jef
ferson City, Mo., Aug. 19, 1866; son of Rev.
J. Wesley and Mary E. (O'Neill) Johnson;
educated in public schools of Kansas City,
Mo.; married, Baldwin, Kan., June 3, 1891,
Maude E. Leonard; one daughter, Hazel. Be
gan business career at age of fifteen as boy in
drug store, afterward becoming clerk in drug
stores in Kansas City, Mo., until 1894; then
in the druggist business for self in Kansas
City, 1894-96; came to St. Louis, 1896, with
brother, F. V. Johnson, and. established John
son Bros. Drug Co., of which is president.
Also, with brother, organized and is president
De Lacy Chemical Co. Member St. Louis Re
tail Druggists' Association, National Medi
cine Association. Republican. Congregation
alist. Member Knights of Pythias. Recrea
tion: fishing. Offices: corner Broadway and
Franklin Ave. and 7th and St. Charles Sts.
Residence: 6177 Plymouth Ave.
JOHNSON, E. Horace, physician; bora, St.
Louis, Dec. 26, 1876; son of Anthony and Mar
tha Huff (Munson) Johnson; educated in St.
Louis public schools and Barnes University,
M.D., 1897; married, Medoc, Jasper Co., Mo.,
Jan. 5, 1898, Lillian Maud Niebling; one son,
Horace M. B. Attending physician Baptist
Hospital. Member St. Louis Medical Society,
Missouri State Medical Association, American
Medical Association, Tri-State Medical Asso
ciation. Presbyterian. Recreations: hunting
and fishing. Office and Residence: 2433 N.
Grand Ave.
JOHNSON, Fletcher Vernon, manufacturer
patent medicines; 1868-1912; see Vol. 1906.
JOHNSON, Frank, local treasurer, Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Ry.; born, Fond du Lac, Wis.,
Feb. 12, 1871; son of Christian F. and Cather
ine M. (Nicholson) Johnson; educated in com
mon schools of Fond du Lac, Wis., until 1888;
married, St. Louis, May 21, 1896, Florence H.
Marshuetz. Began business career as stenog
rapher for Penokee Lumber Co., Morse, Wis.,
1888-90; secretary to vice president, Anglo-
American Provision Co., Chicago, 1890-92;
clerk and stenographer for local treasurer,
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry., St. Louis,
1892-93; chief clerk financial department,
1893-1903; since 1903 local treasurer, Mis
souri, Kansas & Texas Ry. Co. Republican.
Episcopalian. Scottish Rite Mason (32°);
member Royal Arcanum. Club: Missouri Ath

letic. Recreations: fishing and hunting. Office:
516 Wainwright Bldg. Residence: 4137 St.
Louis Ave.
JOHNSON, Frank Nicholas, president Scul-
lin- Gallagher Iron and Steel Co.; 1847-1909;
see Vol. 1906.
JOHNSON, Fred, district manager Wagner
Electric Manufacturing Co. of St. Louis; born,
Fieton, Ont., Can., Sept. 17, 1875; son of Ja
cob S. and Sarah Jane (Cory) Johnson; edu
cated in public and high schools, Picton; mar
ried, St. Louis, Apr. 10, 1898, Katherine May
Smith; came to United States in 1892, and to
St. Louis in 1898. Engaged in various lines
until, in 1899, became connected with the
Stanley-G. I. Electric Manufacturing Co.; be
gan as salesman, looking after city business,
but in a little more than a year was appointed
manager of the St. Louis district office. In
1907 the Stanley-G. I. Electric Manufacturing
Co. went out of business; now district man
ager for the Wagner Electric Manufacturing
Co., territory covering states of Missouri, Kan
sas, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa and Ne
braska. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs:
Missouri Athletic, Masonic, City. Favorite
recreation: tennis. Office: 1115 New Bank of
Commerce Bldg. Residence: Webster Groves,
Missouri. JOHNSON, Harold, lawyer; born, Carroll
ton, Greene Co., 111., Mar. 9, 1873; son of Henry
and Mary (Brock) Johnson; educated in high
school, Washington University (B. A.), and
St. Louis Law School (LL.B.); special courses
abroad; unmarried. Began business career as
stenographer and worked up until became offi
cial stenographer of St. Louis Circuit Court;
one of the three official delegates appointed
by the U. S. Government to the International
Stenographic Congress held in Paris during
the exposition in 1900; also sole delegate of
National Shorthand Reporters' Association to
same congress; official stenographic represent
ative of St. Louis World's Fair to Buffalo Ex
position in 1901, and chairman Committee on
Stenographers of Louisiana Purchase Exposi
tion, 1904. Admitted to bar in 1893, and since
engaged in general practice of law in St.
Louis. Commissioner of deeds for all states
and territories, the District of Columbia,
Alaska, Porto Rico, the Canadian provinces
and territories. Director Bi-State, Metropol
itan and Derrick Oil and Gas companies. Mem
ber St. Louis Society of Philosophy and Psy
chology, also of various Shakespeare societies
in America and Europe; Illinois Society (for
merly secretary), St. Louis, Missouri State
and American Bar associations, Illinois State
Bar Association; second lieutenant Naval Re
serves. Member Knights of Pythias, Royal
Arcanum, Legion of Honor, etc. Republican.
Episcopalian. Clubs: Mercantile, Elks, Cur
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music, motoring. Offiee: Suite 1324, Central
National Bank Bldg. Residence: Hotel Beers.
JOHNSON, Harry McCrindell, surgeon;
born in West Feliciana Parish, La., Jan. 14,
1867; son of Charles J. and Louisa Butler
(McCrindell) Johnson; educated at private
schools, St. Francisville, La.; Episcopal High
School, Alexandria, Va.; M.D., Medical De
partment, Tulane University, of Louisiana,
1890; married, Old Orchard, Mo., Apr. 25, 1902,
Sophie Evelyn Blood. Engaged in practice
since 1890; specialty in genitourinary sur
gery. Clinical professor of genito-urinary sur
gery in Medical Department of Washington
University; associate genito-urinary surgeon,
St. Louis Mullanphy Hospital. Member Amer
ican Medical Association, Missouri State Med
ical Association, St. Louis Medical Society.
Democrat. Protestant Episcopalian. Clubs:
Racquet, Bellerive Golf. Office: Linmar Bldg.,
Vandeventer and Washington Aves. Resi
dence: 5567 Waterman Ave.
JOHNSON, Jackson, president International
Shoe Co., and ex-president Roberts, Johnson
& Rand Shoe Co.; ,bom, La Grange College,
Ala., Nov. 2, 1859; son of James Lee and Hel
en (Rand) Johnson; educated in common
schools; married in Mississippi, Dec. 30, -1880,
Minnie Alva Wooten; children: Helen (Mrs.
Lee I. Niedringhaus), Andrew, Florence (Mrs.
Bradford Shinkle), Jackson, Ada Rand. Be
gan business career at nineteen in general
merchandise business in Mississippi, in which
continued until 1892, when sold out, removed
to Memphis, Tenn., and joined in organizing
Johnson, Carruthers & Rand Co., of which
was president five years; sold out and came
to St. Louis, where, in March, 1898, was or
ganized the Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe
Co., wholesale manufacturers of shoes, of
which was president; on Dec. 29, 1911, the
Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Co. consoli
dated with the Peters Shoe Co. and incor
porated as the International Shoe Co., and he
became its president.- Also vice president Me
chanics-American National Bank. Democrat.
Presbyterian. Office: 15th St. and Washington
Ave. Residence: 7000 W. Delmar Ave.
JOHNSON, James Brooks, broker, capital
ist; born in Warren Co., O., June 30, 1843;
son of James and Elizabeth (Griffith) John
son; educated in public and private schools,
Richmond, Ind.; Friends' Boarding School,
Providence, R. I.; married, Richmond, Ind.,
June 25, 1875, Ellen Marchant Myrick; chil
dren: Ellen Brooks, Herbert Ray, Mildred M.
(Mrs. E. R. Clarke), James Chester. Since
1875 engaged in business as broker in St.
Louis; president Anchor Warehouse Co.; vice
president Trinidad Asphalt Manufacturing
Co., St. Louis. Republican. Protestant. Office:
Roe Bldg., 510 Pine St. Residence: Hamilton
Hotel.

JOHNSON, John Davis, lawyer; born,
Belleville, 111., Apr. 19, 1844; educated, public
schools and McKendree College, Lebanon, 111.;
came to St. Louis, Mar. 4, 1856; married, three
times; 1st, Shawneetown, 111., 1864, Sarah
Louise Loomis (died 1887) ; four children:
Julia (Mrs. S. A. Bowles), Estelle (Mrs. Vir
gil Rule), Loomis C, Helen (Mrs. Herman H.
Steinwender) ; 2d, St. Louis, July 5, 1892,
Miss L. K. de Jarnet (died 1895), one son,
Carlyle; 3d, Mexico, Mo., Feb. 22, 1897, Annie
Mclntire; three children: Warren, Ruth, Hes
ter. Enlisted at seventeen as private in Bat
tery F, Second Illinois Artillery; commis
sioned first lieutenant, Thirty-eighth Mis
souri Infantry, May, 1863; participated in
many important engagements and movements
of the Aimy of the West. Studied law at St.
Louis and admitted to Missouri bar, 1870;
was associated with Charles P. Johnson as
C. P. & J. D. Johnson for twenty-six years,
now practicing alone; has for many years
made a specialty of corporation law. Repub
lican. Christian Scientist. Member St. Louis
Bar Association (ex-president), Law Library
Association, Business Men's League, Civic
League, Loyal Legion, G. A. B. Club: City.
Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office: 704
National Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence:
4268 Morgan St.
JOHNSON, John Mitchell, vice president
Missouri Pacific Ry.; born, Cincinnati, May
13, 1845; son of Henry and Mary (Mitchell)
Johnson; educated in public schools, Cincin
nati, to 1860; married, Franklin, Ind., Jan.
17, 1866, Ada E. Fisk; six children: William
S. (deceased), Clara Maude (Mrs. W. E.
Nichols, of Chicago), John M., Jr., Maggie
(deceased), Ada F. (deceased), Mary Wini
fred (Mrs. Tracy C. Field, of Chicago). En
listed September, 1861, as private Company F,
Seventh Indiana Infantry; served three
years; mustered out account expiration of term,
as sergeant, 1864; reenlisted, March, 1865,
mustered out at close of war, May, 1865. Be
gan railroad career as station agent Indian
apolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette By., Franklin,
Ind., Jan. 1, 1871, and continued until 1872;
general freight and passenger agent Cincin
nati & Martinsville Ry., which consolidated
with Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette,
Nov. 1, 1872- July 1, 1875; traveling auditor,
I., C. & L. Ry., 1875-77; in charge local freight
traffic same road, 1877-79; assistant general
freight agent Indianapolis, Cincinnati & La
fayette and Cincinnati, Lafayette & Chicago
railways, Lafayette, Ind., Nov. 29, 1879-Jan.
1, 1883; assistant general freight agent Cin
cinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Ry.,
charge freight traffic originating Chicago and
northwest, Jan. 1, 1883-Feb. 20, 1884; first
assistant general freight agent Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Ry., Feb. 20, 1884-Mar. 1,
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1896; freight traffic manager, 1896-99; third
vice president, same road, Chicago, Mar. 16,
1899-Apr. 1, 1903. Became assistant to vice
president, Gould Lines, Chicago, Apr. 1, 1903,
and continued until Nov. 1, 1907; since vice
president in charge traffic Missouri Pacific,
and St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
railways, St. Louis. Republican. Protestant.
Clubs: Mercantile, Noonday, St. Louis Traffic.
Office: 411 Missouri Pacific Bldg. Residence:
Buckingham Hotel. Summer Residence: Lake
Geneva, Wis.
JOHNSON, Moses Wilbur; see Vol. 1906.
JOHNSON, Oscar, vice president Interna
tional Shoe Co.; born, Senatobia, Miss., Jan.
6, 1864; son of J. L. and Helen (Rand) John
son; educated in public schools in Mississippi;
married, Holly Springs, Miss., 1889, Irene
Walter; children: Harvey Walter, Fredonia,
Oscar, Jr. Began in the shoe business in 1893
at Memphis, Tenn., as member of firm of
Johnson, Carruthers & Rand Shoe Co.; came
from Memphis, 1898, to St. Louis, taking po
sition as treasurer of the Roberts, Johnson &
Rand Shoe Co.; later became vice president
which position he held until company con
solidated with the Peters Shoe Co., December,
1911, under firm name of the International
Shoe Co., of which is vice president. Demo
crat. Presbyterian. Clubs: St. Louis, Noon
day, Glen Echo Country. Recreation: farm
ing. Office: 15th St. and Washington Ave.
Residence: corner Portland PL and Lake Ave.
JOHNSON, Sewell M., publisher; born,
Cambridge, Md., Mar. 31, 1878; son of Ed
ward C. and Katherine F. (Radcliffe) John
son; was graduated at Cambridge High
School, June 20, 1894; studied law but was
never examined for admission to bar; mar
ried, Chambersburg, Pa., Nov. 22, 1905, Helen
A. Skinner; two children: Helen Sewell and
Kathleen Bayly. Was editor and half owner
of the Democrat and News, Cambridge; came
to St. Louis, 1908; in real estate department
Mercantile Trust Co., 1908-10; in general real
estate business on own account, 1910-12; since
proprietor and publisher Evening Sun, East
St. Louis. Independent Democrat. Methodist
(Southern). Scottish Rite Mason (Southern
Jurisdiction). Recreations: tennis and golf.
Office: 19 N. Main St., East St. Louis, 111.
Residence: 3959 A McPherson Ave., St. Louis.
JOHNSON, Stephen, retired; born in Jef
ferson Co., N. Y., Apr. 15, 1836; son of
Stephen and Mercy (Pierce) Johnson; edu
cated in public schools and Jefferson County
Institute, Watertown, N. Y.; married, in Jef
ferson Co., Jan. 21, 1864, Althea Pierce (now
deceased); children: Minnie Clay (Mrs. E. H.
Wuerpel) and Mary Ida (Mrs. Ormond H.
Manhard). Began business career as clerk in
Campbell & Lawyer's dry goods store, Water-
town, N. Y., continuing eight years; came to

St. Louis, 1864; in the bakery business for
three years, in lumber business in southwest
ern Missouri three years; associated in the oil
business with H. C. Pierce, making St. Louis
his headquarters, first with H. C. Pierce Oil
Co., later re-organized as the Waters-Pierce
Oil Co.; was manager lubricating department
of same until retired, 1906. Republican. Prot
estant. Residence: 5734 Von Versen Ave.
JOHNSON, Sydney Carter, general auditor
St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co.; born, St.
Louis, Dee. 13, 1861; son of Thomas Carter
and Pattie B. (Scott) Johnson, both natives
of Virginia (father was a lawyer and state
senator in St. Louis at breaking out of Civil
War, later colonel in Confederate Army on
staff of General Price, and afterwards presi
dent of Randolph-Macon College, Virginia,
until his death in 1870) ; educated in private
schools in St. Louis; married, June 30, 1896,
Mary Eliza Waller, of Virginia; one son,
Thomas Carter. Began railway service, 1873,
as office boy, and later was clerk and book
keeper in auditor's office, St. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern Ry.; then bookkeeper
in general auditor's office, Missouri Pacific
Ry., and chief clerk in auditor's offiee, St.
Louis, Arkansas & Texas Ry., until October,
1885; assistant comptroller, 1885-87, auditor,
1887-89, for same company; general auditor
for receivers, same road, 1889-91; since June
1, 1891, general auditor of the re-organized
company, the St. Louis Southwestern Ry., fa
miliarly known as the ' ' Cotton Belt Route. ' '
Episcopalian. Member Hoo Hoo. Clubs: Mer
cantile, Bass Island Club of Missouri. Favor
ite recreations: change to country life, hunt
ing and fishing. Office: 1503 Pierce Bldg.
Residence: 5118 Waterman Ave.
*JOHNSTON, John Thomas Morris; for
merly a clergyman, now banker, Kansas City,
Mo.; see Vol. 1906.
JOHNSTON, Lendrum Gilbert, dry goods
commission; born, Cincinnati, O., Apr. 25,
1853; son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth
(Mallory) Johnston; educated in public and
private schools, Cincinnati; unmarried. Be
gan business career in 1874, as employe of E.
S. Jaffray Co., dry goods jobbers, New York
City; since 1878 engaged in commission dry
goods, locating permanently in St. Louis, 1894.
Member Protestant Episcopal Church. Club:
Mercantile. Offiee: 701 Stock Exchange Bldg.
Residence: Buckingham Hotel.
JOHNSTON, Robert, vice president of
Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney Dry Goods
Co.; born in Kings Co., Ireland, Dec. 28,
1846; son of John and Elizabeth (Colboum)
Johnston; educated in Ireland; married, New
York City, Aug. 9, 1872, Helen A. Wilkie;
children: May J. (Mrs. Ferguson), Helen L.
(Mrs. Peters), Edith A., Robert J., J. Wynd-
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in Dublin, with Switzer, Ferguson & Co., silk
merchants and general drapers, until 1870;
came to New. York in March, 1870, and was
with James A. Hearn & Sons, dry goods,
1870-72; in employ of James McCreery & Co.,
importers, jobbers and retailers, New York,
1872-99, consecutively, as superintendent of
the window dressing, assistant manager of the
silk and velvet department and then entire
management of both departments. Came to
St. Louis, August, 1899, and became connected
with the Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney Dry
Goods Co., and on reorganization of the com
pany was made vice president, also secretary.
Presbyterian. Member Caledonia Society, Y.
M. C. A. of New York and St. Louis. Club:
St. Louis. Office: 10th, Olive and Locust Sts.
Residence: 5111 Raymond Ave
JONAS, Michael Benjamin, lawyer; born,
Cincinnati, Nov. 18, 1843; son of Joseph and
Martha (Oppenheim) Jonas; educated in pub-
lie schools and Hughes High School, Cincin
nati; studied law in office of Tilden, Reardon
& Tilden, Cincinnati; unmarried. Admitted to
bar, 1864; came to St. Louis, 1872; was law
partner of Augustus Binswanger, as Binswan-
ger & Jonas, 1874, and of Judge Chester H.
Krum, as Krum & Jonas, 1883-87. Identified
with many important cases. Republican.
Served as member Ninth Home Guard Regi
ment in defending Cincinnati from invasion
by Gen. Kirby Smith; prosecuting attorney
at Mobile, Ala., for three years after war.
Jewish religion; secretary of Congregation
Temple Israel since its formation, September,
1886. Member St. Louis Law Library Asso
ciation. Club: Columbian. Office: 424-426 Roe
Bldg. Residence: 4312 Olive St.
JONES, Breckinridge, counsel and presi:
dent Mississippi Valley Trust Co.; born,
Boyle Co., Ky., Oct. 2, 1856; son Daniel W.
and Rebecca Robertson (Dunlap) Jones;
graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky.,
1875; taught school, Lawrenceburg, Ky., 1875-
76; studied law, 1876-78; attended St. Louis
Law School, 1878-79, University of Virginia
Summer School, 1879; married, Stanford, Ky.,
Oct. 21, 1885, Frances Reid (died Aug. 13,
1904); children: Reid, Breckinridge, Jr.,
Frances, Daniel W., Mary D.; married, 2d,
Cazenovia, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1910, Sarah Brant
Colwell. Practiced law in St. Louis, 1879-90;
since 1890 officer of Mississippi Valley Trust
Co., of which is now president and counsel.
Democrat. Member Thirty-second General As
sembly of Missouri. Member Christian (Dis
ciples) Church. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday.
Country, Racquet, Log Cabin. Recreation:
golf. Office: Mississippi Valley Trust Co.
Residence: 45 Portland PL
JONES, C. Drummond, president Common
wealth Feed Mills Co.; born, St. Louis, Apr.
9, 1887; son of Clarence Newton and Frances

(Pratt) Jones; educated, Peabody High
School, Little Rock, Ark.; Smith Academy, St.
Louis, graduating, 1904; matriculated in Yale
University, graduating, degree of B.A., 1908;
unmarried. Began business career with the
Commonwealth Feed Mills Co., September,
1908; became its secretary, January, 1909, and
after death of father was elected president
of the company, Feb. 6, 1909; also vice presi
dent Simplex Automobile Sales Co., National
Invisible Print Co. Member Alpha Delta Phi.
Clubs: University, Racquet, Traffic. Recrea
tions: bowling, tennis and bridge. Office: 2d
St. and De Soto Ave. Residence: 4929 Mc
Pherson Ave.
JONES, Charles Norman, secretary and
treasurer of St. Louis Brewing Association;
born, Barnet, near London, England, Mar. 11,
1864; son of Charles John and Caroline (Wil
son) Jones; private education at Chicago and
Austin, Tex., and London, England; married,
November, 1901, Josephine Giles, daughter of
David R. Calhoun, of St. Louis; children: Da
vid Calhoun, Herbert Norman, Christine Caro
line, Lawrence Wilson. Began business career
in employ of the City of London Brewery
until 1896, when came to St. Louis to repre
sent the English interests in the St. Louis
Brewing Association, of which is secretary
and treasurer. Also president of the Pruden
tial Fixture Co., Regal Plumbing Co., Crystal
City Investment Co. Episcopalian. Clubs: St.
Louis, Log Cabin. Favorite recreation: golf.
Office: 702 Wainwright Bldg. Residence: 4552
McPherson Ave.
JONES, Francis Joseph, clergyman; bora,
Chelsea, Mass., Feb. 2, 1856; son of William
and Bridget (Kiernan) Jones; educated in
classics and theology at St. Vincent 's College,
Cape Girardeau, Mo. Ordained priest Roman
Catholic Church by Arehibishop Ryan, Dec. 8,
1878; assistant to Father Michael O'Reilly of
St. Columbkill parish, two years; assistant
pastor St. John's the Evangelist parish, four
years; again assistant pastor St. Columbkill
parish until 1888, then pastor, 1888-1908; pas
tor of St. Thomas Aquinas parish since June
22, 1908. Residence: 3949 Iowa Ave.
JONES, George W., secretary-treasurer
Evens & Howard Fire Brick Co. ; born, Griggs
ville, 111., Nov. 9, 1856; son of James H. and
Ann Elizabeth (Goozee) Jones; educated in
grammar and high schools of Griggsville;
married at Richview, 111., 1880, Anna S. Mer-
rell; one daughter, Winifred M. (Mrs. Charles
A. Timmons, New York City). Began business
career in St. Louis as clerk for W. W. Judy
& Co., 1875-76; bookkeeper Bank of St. Louis,
1877-78, A. Sumner & Co., 1878-80; secretary
St. Louis Stoneware Co., 1884; 1885 to 1896
bookkeeper and cashier; since 1896 secretary-
treasurer Evens & Howard Fire Brick Co.
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porters' Association. Member Compton Ave.
Presbyterian Church. Mason. Club: Mercan
tile. Recreations: hunting, fishing and horse
back riding. Office: 920 Market St. Resi
dence: 5844 Maple Ave.
JONES, Harry L.; see Vol. 1906.
JONES, Henry Thornton, deceased; see Vol.
1906. JONES, Hugh McK., dry goods commission;
born, St. Louis, Nov. 10, 1880; son of Robert
McK. and Grace (Richards) Jones; educated
iu Smith Academy to 1897; A.B., Harvard
University, 1901; married, St. Louis, June 12,
1906, Carroll West; three children: Florence
Terry, Robert McK., 2d, Grace Richards. Has
been continuously connected as partner with
Robert McK. Jones & Co. since 1906. Director
St. Louis Mercantile Library. Republican.
Unitarian; trustee Church of the Messiah.
Clubs: Noonday, St. Louis Country (director).
Recreations: golf and tennis. Office: 902 Co
lumbia Bldg. Residence: McKnight Rd., Clay
ton, Mo.
JONES, Lorraine Farquhar; born, Charles
town, Va. (now W. Va.), Nov. 9, 1837; mar
ried Matilda Fontaine Berkley, Nov. 9, 1870;
children: Berkley, Churchill (Mrs. John Pitt-
man), Charlotte T. (Mrs. James Matthews),
Lorraine F., Jr., Maury, Fontain (Mrs. Ben
jamin Randolph), Mildred. Began business ca
reer as office employe in cotton mill in Rhode
Island, 1853-57; enlisted in Confederate Army,
1861; became captain Company 2, Richmond
Howitzers, serving four years. Came to St.
Louis in 1865, and engaged in the merchandise
business; was one of the organizers of the
American Manufacturing Co., manufacturers
of bagging and cordage, of which was treas
urer; now retired. President of the State Na
tional Bank, 1906-09. Episcopalian. Club:
Noonday. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
JONES, Paul, real estate; born, Hunting
ton, Carroll Co., Tenn., Jan. 31, 1861; son of
LeGrand Michaux and Cassandra (Woods)
Jones; educated at Peabody High School,
Trenton, Tenn., and two years at Southwest
ern Baptist University, Jackson, Tenn.; mar
ried, Chicago, Apr. 15, 1895, Margaret Hum
ble; three children: Paul, Jr., Margaret Cas
sandra, Virginia Lee. Came to St. Louis, Oc
tober, 1887, and began practicing law, but
gave it up because of poor health; was for a
time in life insurance business; in real estate
business under firm name of Paul Jones & Co.
from September, 1890, until 1911, when was
incorporated as Paul Jones Realty Co., of
which is president. Negotiated purchase and
leases for the three big buildings at 12th and
Washington Sts.; promoted the residence sub
division, Hortense PL, and has been active in
other large deals. Member St. Louis Real Es
tate Exchange, Business Men's League, Civie
League. Democrat. Baptist. Clubs: Mercan

tile, Glen Echo Country. Recreation: golf. Of
fice: 708 Locust St. Residence: 5438 Delmar
Avenue. JONES, Richard A., lawyer; born, Bingham-
ton, N. Y., Mar. 9, 1869; son of Evan R. and
Sarah A. (Van Benschoten) Jones; high school
and academic education; married, St. Louis,
July 12, 1904, Alice E., daughter of Henry M.
Pollard. Admitted to bar in April, 1893, and
began practice of law at Omaha, Neb., 1894,
as junior member of firm of Brome & Jones.
Came to St. Louis and entered practice, 1896,
as senior member of the firm of Jones &
Crouch, later Jones & Herold, and since 1901
alone. Enlisted in U. S. Army as member of
Battery A, Missouri Volunteers, April, 1898;
was in service during summer in island of
Porto Rico; mustered out, December, 1898.
Member St. Louis Bar Association, Missouri
State Bar Association, American Bar Associa
tion. Methodist. Office: 1026 Century Bldg.
Residence: 5221 Kensington Ave.
JONES, Robert McKittrick, dry goods com
mission; born in County Down, Ireland, May
8, 1849; son of William and Margaret (Mc
Kittrick) Jones; fitted for college at Royal
Academical Institute, Belfast, Ireland, but on
account of ill health was obliged to give up
college course; married, St. Louis, 1879, Grace
Richards; one son, Hugh McKittrick. Served
five years' apprenticeship to linen manufac
turer, Banbridge, Ireland; worked a short
time at trade, then came to United States,
landing in New York, August, 1872; soon
after came west to Chicago and then to St.
Louis; entered dry goods house of Crow, Mc-
Creery & Co., and remained four years; in
1877 bought half interest in Randell & Co.,
dry goods commission, which was established
in 1862 by James S. Gary & Son, of Balti
more; J. B. Noland was manager at time and
firm became Noland, Jones & Co., 1877-83;
Mr. Noland sold out to Mr. Jones, 1883, when
firm name became as at present, Robert McK.
Jones & Co.; in 1886 William V. Jones and, in
1906, his son were admitted to partnership.
Director St. Louis Union Trust Company, and
former director Boatmen's Bank. Director
Mercantile Library; treasurer Mission Free
School, Advisory Board of St. Louis Children's
Hospital; member Saturday and Sunday Hos
pital Association; honorary member Civic
League. Chairman building com. Railway Ex
change Bldg. Republican. Unitarian. Clubs:
St. Louis, St. Louis Country, Commercial,
Noonday, Racquet. Recreation: golf. Office:
318 N. 8th St. Residence: 6 Westmoreland PL
JONES, Samuel Lloyd, president S. L. Jones
Building Co.; born, Wales, Dec. 20, 1848; son
of James and Sarah Jones; educated in na
tive land; married, St. Louis, Sept. 19, 1883,
Helen Frances Meiser; two sons: Ralph Ches
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trade at eighteen; worked as journeyman in
England; came to America, 1873, and after
one year in Chicago, located in St. Louis; was
in employ of James Stewart & Co. three
years, and J. H. Maurice, architect, three
years; member firm of Bonsaek & Jones two
years; operated in own name until 1900, when
business was incorporated as S. L. Jones
Building Co. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner.
Office: .304, 717 Locust St. Residence: 5183
Maple Ave.
JONES, Seebert Granberry, lawyer; born,
Black Jack Grove, Tex., Jan. 17, 1875; son of
David C. and Pauline Annie (Circle) Jones;
educated public and high schools of Southwest
City, Mo.; LL.B., Law Department, University
of Missouri, 1898; unmarried. Began practice
in St. Louis June 28, 1898; assistant circuit
attorney under Hon. Arthur M. Sager, 1905-08
inclusive; elected circuit attorney November,
1908, for term 1909-12 inclusive. Republican.
Protestant. Clubs: City, Million Population.
Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office: Mu
nicipal Courts Bldg. Residence: 5122 Wash
ington Ave.
JONES, William Edward; born, Cincinnati,
O., May 21, 1847; son of John and Mary
Jones; graduate of Cincinnati High School,
1865, and of University of Michigan, LL.B.,
1876; married, Niles, Mich., Jan. 11, 1871,
Ada Anna Jewett (now deceased); children:
Katharine Scovell (Mrs. Irwin Rew), George
Bayard, Roland Jewett, Wilbur Boardman.
Entered railway service as freight and ticket
clerk, Union Pacific Ry., Lawrence, Kan.,
1868; then terminal agent Leavenworth, Law
rence & Galveston R. R.; became general
eastern agent same road, 1871, and later gen
eral western passenger agent Ohio & Missis
sippi Ry. ; general western passenger agent St.
Louis, Vandalia & Terre Haute Ry., 1872;
general agent Atlantic & Pacific (now Mis
souri Pacific) Ry., Atchison, Kan., 1873-74.
Engaged in law practice at St. Louis, 1876-82;
general western freight agent Missouri Pa
cific System, 1882-83; general claim agent,
Missouri Pacific System, 1883-1911, retired.
Republican. Congregationalist. Mason (33°).
Club: Mercantile. Recreation: walking. Resi
dence: 535 Clara Ave.
JONES, William Thomas, lawyer; born,
Humphreys, Sullivan Co., Mo., Aug. 13, 1874;
son of Augustin and Rachel (Haley) Jones;
B.L., University of Missouri, 1896; LL.B.,
Washington University Law School, 1899;
married Ida M. Swift, of St. Louis, Nov. 3,
1903; children: Mostyn, Augustin, William T.,
Jr. Admitted to Missouri bar, 1899; member
firm of Carter, Collins, Jones & Barker since
1904. Democrat. Member St. Louis and Mis
souri State Bar associations, Law Library
Association (treasurer, 1902), Civic League.
Protestant. President University of Missouri

Alumni Association, 1910. Clubs: Mercantile,
City. Office: 1016, 506 Olive St. Residence:
5554 Maple Ave.
JORDAN, German Alexander, physician;
born, St. Louis, Jan. 8, 1865; son of Robert
M. (M.D.) and Emily (Alexander) Jordan;
educated in St. Louis public schools; Academic
Department of Washington University; Jones
Commercial College; M.D., Medical Depart
ment of Washington University, 1888; mar
ried, St. Louis, Dec. 2, 1896, Louise Elizabeth
Steber (died Apr. 29, 1898); one daughter,
Eglantine Celeste. Entered City Dispensary,
St. Louis Health Department, Apr. 1, 1888,
as assistant physician, serving until 1895;
chief physician, City Dispensary, 1895 to
1903; consulting physician to City Hospital,
Female Hospital, Insane Asylum and Poor-
house for diseases of skin and contagious and
infectious diseases, 1895-1903; superintendent
of City Isolation Hospital, 1900-03; resigned
from public hospital service, May 13, 1903, to
enter upon private practice; assistant health
commissioner since 1908. Was professor der
matology, St. Louis College of Physicians and
Surgeons, 1906-08. Member of and surgeon,
Tredway Rifles, Co. D, First Regiment, Na
tional Guard of Missouri, 1888-90. Republican.
Episcopalian. Recreations: hunting and fish
ing. Office and Residence: 4161 Lindell Boul.
JOST, Erwin Ferdinand, president and treas
urer N. Jost Cork and Bottlers' Supply Co.;
born, St. Louis, Dec. 17, 1864; son of Nicholas
and Susan (Boeder) Jost; educated in public
and high schools of St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, Dec. 17, 1895, Emma B. Hahn (now de
ceased) ; children: Veronica, Erwina; married,
2d, St. Louis, Sept. 16, 1903, Ida Bushmann.
Entered the business with his father, 1879, as
office boy; became collector, bookkeeper, and
when his father died succeeded to the business
and in 1896 incorporated as the N. Jost Cork
and Bottlers' Supply Co., of which he is
president and treasurer. Republican. Luther
an. Mason. Favorite recreation: fishing. Of
fice: 105 S. 2d St. Residence: 3535 Halliday
Avenue. JOURDAN, Morton, lawyer; born, Platts
burg, Mo., Dec. 19, 1864; son of William D.
and Catherine M. (Savage) Jourdan; edu
cated in Chillicothe (Mo.) public schools, and
studied law with Col. Charles H. Mansur;
married Lura B. Smith; one daughter, Byrd.
Admitted to bar at Chillicothe, 1883; practiced
law in Carroll Co., Mo., 1883-93; moved to
Jefferson City, January, 1893; was four years
assistant attorney general of . Missouri; re
moved to St. Louis, Jan. 27, 1897, and since
engaged in general practice. President Mis
souri State Bar Association. Democrat. Chris
tian (Campbellite). Clubs: St. Louis, Noon
day, Glen Echo Country. Recreations: base
ball and golf. Offiee: 1219 Third National
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JOY, Charles Frederick, recorder of deeds,
ex-congressman, lawyer; born, Morgan Co.,
111., Dec. 11, 1849; son of Charles and Georgi-
ana E. A. (Batchelder) Joy educated in pub:
lie schools of Jacksonville, 111., and Clark Sem
inary, Aurora, 111.; entered Yale, 1870, grad
uating, A.B., 1874, LL.B.; married, Salem,
Conn., Arabel Ordway, who survived only
one year; married, 2d, San Mateo, Cal., May
11, 1895, Mrs. Elizabeth Ina Ryer (ne Grant).
Admitted to bar, 1875; has since practiced in
St. Louis; was elected to Congress, November,
1892, and reelected four times from Eleventh
Missouri District, serving altogether from
Mar. 4, 1893-Mar. 4, 1903; resumed practice of
law until 1907; recorder of deeds of City of
St. Louis since Jan. 1, 1907; present term ex
pires Dec. 31, 1914. Republican. Congrega
tionalist; member B. P. O. Elks. Clubs: St.
Louis, Sunset Hill Country, Elks (St. Louis),
Chevy Chase (Washington), Yale (New York).
Recreations: fishing, golf. Office: 126 City
Hall. Residence: St. Regis Apts.
*JOY, Duncan, .cotton buyer; moved to
New York City; see Vol. 1906.
JOYCE, Michael David, general sales agent
Bickett Coal and Coke Co.; bora in County
Waterford, Ireland, Sept. 29, 1866; son of
Maurice and Mary (McCarthy) Joyce; came to
United States with parents in infancy; edu
cated in public schools, South Glastonbury,
Conn., and East St. Louis, 111., and Mound
City Commercial College, St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, Nov. 1, 1894, Emily F. Temm; chil
dren: Harold Temm, Melvin Louis, Mary
Marcella. Began business as bookkeeper for
three years; reporter, St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat, five and one-half years; railroad clerk
with seven different trunk lines, for ten years;
sales agent New River & Kanawha Coal Co.
of Cincinnati, and Weaver Coal and Coke Co.,
Chicago, 111., three years; since 1902 sales
agent of Bickett Coal and Coke Co. of Chi
cago and St. Louis. Republican. Catholic.
Member Knights of Maccabees, Catholic
Knights of America. Favorite recreation:
bowling. Office: 1416, 915 Olive St. Resi
dence: 5239 Minerva Ave.
JUDD, Max; merchant; deceased; see Vol.
1906. JUDGE, Charles Rogers, druggist; bora,
Cincinnati, O., Jan. 31, 1859; son of John
French and Mary (Rogers) Judge; educated
at Woodward High School, Cincinnati, 1872-
76; Ph.G., Cincinnati College of Pharmacy,
1880; unmarried. In 1876 became connected
in business as druggist with father at Cin
cinnati; came to St. Louis, 1885, and organ
ized, with Clifford M. Dolph, the firm of
Judge & Dolph, incorporated, 1890, as the
Judge & Dolph Drug Co., of which is presi
dent. Member Business Men's League. Clubs:

Mercantile, Missouri Athletic, Glen Echo. Of
fice: 515 Olive St. Residence: 4401 McPherson
Avenue. JUDGE, Sylvester Clarke, manufacturer
ladies' and children's hats; born, Baltimore,
Md., Dee: 27, 1866; son of Arthur J. and Cath
erine (Clarke) Judge; removed to St. Louis,
1868; educated at St. Louis University; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1888, Alice E. Woerner; chil
dren: Alice E., Sylvester Clarke, Jr. Began
business career in iron and steel business with
father for six months; then for three years
with his uncle, Sylvester Clarke, in hat frame
business until 1888, when engaged in present
business as a manufacturer of ladies ', misses '
and children 's straw and felt hats, bonnet and
hat frames. Democrat. Catholic. Clubs: Un
ion, Liederkranz. Recreations: handball and
tennis. Office: 1819-1825 Pine St. Residence:
3464 Hawthorne Boul.
JUDSON, Frederick Newton, lawyer; born,
St. Mary's, Ga., Oct. 7, 1845; son of Dr. Fred
erick J. and Catherine (Chapelle) Judson;
A.B., Yale College (Bristed and Woolsey
scholar and valedictorian), 1866, A.M., 1869;
LL.B., Washington University, 1871; married,
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 8, 1872, Jane W. Eakin;
one daughter, Felicia (now Mrs. Gouveneur
Calhoun). Was private secretary to Gov. B.
Gratz Brown of Missouri, 1871-73; admitted
to bar, 1873, and since engaged in practice of
law in St. Louis, now being senior member of
law firm of Judson, Green & Henry. Was
special counsel of United States in Santa Fe
rebate investigation, 1905, and in injunction
proceedings against Western Trunk Lines,
1910; appointed, 1911 by President Taft,
member commission to investigate capitaliza
tion of interstate railroads, and member1
(1912) of Board of Arbitration for. Eastern
railroads and engineers. Independent Demo
crat. Member Board of Education, St. Louis,
1878-82 (president, 1880-82), and again mem
ber and president, 1887-89. Member St. Pe
ter's Episcopal Church. Was chairman of Na
tional Conference on Taxation, Buffalo, 1901;
chairman Alumni Advisory Board of Yale Uni
versity, 1906-10. Member American Economic
Association (vice president, 1911), American
Association of Political Science (president,
1907), American Bar Association , (vice presi
dent, 1911), National Civic Federation, execu
tive committee, 1911). Author: Taxation in
Missouri, 1900; Power of Taxation, State and
Federal (under U. S. laws), 1902; The Law of
Interstate Commerce, 1904 (2d edition, 1912);
article "United States" in American Ency-r
clopedia of Law and Procedure, 1911; also
numerous addresses on legal and economic sub-.
jects: "What Shall the State Teach?" before
St. Louis Commercial Club, 1887; "The State
and Private Business Associations, ' ' St. Louis
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under the Police Power, ' ' American Bar Asso
ciation, 1891; "Taxation of Quasi Public
Corporations," American Economic Associa
tion, 1900; "The Quarter Century in Amer
ican Jurisprudence," University of Colorado,
1902; "The Crisis in Representative Govern
ment," University of Missouri, 1903; "The
Future of American Jurisprudence," annual
address before Tennessee Bar Association,
1910; and "The Progress of the Law," an
nual address, 1910, before the Colorado State
Bar Association. Clubs: University, Noonday,
Country, Round Table, City (St. Louis), Cen
tury (New York). Office: 500-508 Rialto Bldg.
Residence: 3733 Washington Ave.
JUNGHANS, Charles F., vice president and
secretary Standard Furniture Manufacturing
Co.; born, St. Louis, March 15, 1877; son of
Edward J. and Johanna (Niemeyer) Jung-
hans; educated in public schools of St. Louis;
married, St. Louis, Sept. 9, 1906, Millie Eisen-
beiss. On leaving school, in 1891, began busi
ness career in the factory of the Standard
Furniture Manufacturing Co., manufacturers
of kitchen furniture, then located in North St.
Louis, and learned trade, and in 1901 became
vice president and secretary of the company;
sold out old plant December, 1905, and moved
business to present location. Independent in
politics. Lutheran. Office: 2722-2730 S. 3d St.
Residence: 3538 California Ave.
JUNGHANS, Edward J., president Stand
ard Furniture Manufacturing Co.; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 14, 1875; son of Edward J. and
Johanna (Niemeyer) Junghans; educated in
public schools of St. Louis; married, Spring
field, 111., Sept. 5, 1911, Marie Herzer. Began
business career, 1890, in factory (originally
established by father, 1885), of Standard Fur
niture Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of
kitchen furniture, of which became president
in 1901; in December, 1905, with two brothers,
sold out old plant at 17th and Clinton Sts.,
and opened up present plant. Independent in
politics. Lutheran. Office: 2722-2730 S. 3d St.
Residence: 3625 Minnesota Ave.

KAHN, Joseph, insurance; 1836-1910; see
Vol. 1906^
KAHN, Max, glass jobber, retired; born,
Burgpreppach, Germany, Jan. 28, 1847; came
to America in 1859; self-educated; married,
St. Louis, Jan. 10, 1883, Tillie Rosenheim;
one son, Milton Kahn. Began business career
as clerk in a New York glass house in the
early sixties; came t,o St. Louis in 1867 and
founded the firm of Drey & Kahn; incorpo
rated as the Drey & Kahn Glass Co., 1899;
disposed of his interest in company in 1903
and organized the M. Kahn Glass Co., manu
facturers of all kinds of glass for building

purposes, of which was president until 1911,
when retired. Member Shaare Emeth Temple.
Mason. Club: Columbian. Favorite recrea
tion: traveling. Residence: 4929 Washington
Boulevard. KAIME, David Francis, real estate; see
Vol. 1906.
KAIME, Robert David, real estate; born,
St. Louis, Jan. 12, 1878; son of David F. and
Isabel (Eaton) Kaime; educated in Smith
Academy, St. Louis, St. Paul's School, Con
cord, N. H., and Yale University; married,
New York, June 1, 1905, Miss Zoe B. Solari.
On leaving college, 1899, entered service of
the Wabash Ry. for one year, then became a
member of the real estate agency (established
1860) now known as the J. E. Kaime & Bro.
Real Estate Co., of which is president. Mem
ber St. Louis Real Estate Exchange, Yale
Alumni Association. Clubs: St. Louis, Belle
rive Country, also Yale (New York). Favorite
recreation: all outdoor athletic sports. Office:
711 Chestnut St. Residence: 10 N. King's
Highway. KAISER, George E., president Kaiser-Huhn
Grocer Co.; bora, St. Louis, Dec. 24, 1865; son
of John G. and Maria (Meier) Kaiser; edu
cated in public schools to 1880; business course
Mound City Commercial College, 1882-84; un
married. Began active career with J. G. Kai
ser & Co., 1888, and continued until 1894,
when the John G. Kaiser Grocer Co. was
then formed, of which was secretary, 1894,
until dissolved, 1910; then incorporated as
Kaiser-Huhn Grocer Co., and since president
of same. Republican. Protestant. Mason. Rec
reations: baseball, bowling. Offiee: 901-903
Franklin St. Residence: 5069 Cabanne Ave.
KAISER, George Frank, manufacturer;
1874-1911; see Vol. 1906.
KAISER, Henry, grocer; 1851-1910; see
Vol. 1906.
KALLENBACH, Lewis Morris, dentist;
born, Macon Co., HI., Jan. 1, 1875; son of
Morris William and Louisa (Eckhardt) Kal-
lenbach; educated district schools; high school,'
Decatur, 111.; Marion-Sims College of Medi
cine, St. Louis; Louisville College of Dent
istry; Kansas City Dental College, graduat
ing with degree of D.D.S., 1901; married, Kan
sas City, Mo., Dec. 10, 1901, Gernita Quick;
two sons: Travis Earl and Maurice Dines. In
practice at Walnut, Kan., 1901-08, since at St.
Louis. Member Missouri State Dental Society,
St. Louis Dental Society, Southeastern Kan
sas Dental Society. Republican. Presbyterian.
Recreations: bowling and hunting. Office:
1825 S. Jefferson Ave. Residence: 2132 A Rus
sell Ave.
KALTWASSER, Louis Emil, furniture;
born, St. Louis, Mar. 14, 1857; son of Karl
and Frinciska (Riesen) Kaltwasser; educated
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evening school, 1870-72; married, St. Louis,
Sept. 14, 1880, Mary. Anna Michel; children:
Louis E., Jr., Walter Jacob, Karl, Aimee (Mrs.
John J. Schulte), Elsa. ^Apprenticed and
worked as paper hanger, 1870-75, then with H.
"Westhus until 1886; member firm of Kalt-
wasser & Bai'utio, carpets and wall paper,
18-86-92, - since president and treasurer Kalt-
wasser Carpet Co. President South Broadway
Building and Loan Association; treasurer
Broadway Investment Co.; secretary South
Broadway Merchants' and Manufacturers'
Association. Grand Treasurer, Grand Lodge,
Ancient Order United Workmen; treasurer
German Workman Association, Active Work
man's Association, Concordia Lodge, Ancient
Order United Workmen. Mason, Odd Fellow;
member Improved Order of Red Men, Knights
and Ladies of Honor, Royal Arcanum, Legion
of Honor, Loyal Order of Moose, Knights of
Pythias, South St. Louis Sharpshooters' As
sociation, St. Louis Central Sharpshooters'
Association. Republican. Protestant. Recrea
tion: fishing. Office: 2349-2351 S. Broadway.
Residence: 4307 Oregon Ave.
KAMMERER, William Alexander, cashier
Southern Commercial and Savings Bank;
born, St. Louis, Sept. 10, 1866; son of Louis
G. and Kate (Hoffman) Kammerer; educated
in St. Louis grammar and high schools; mar
ried, St. Louis, Feb. 20, 1889; children: Webb
Louis, Marie Rassieur, Dorothy Mildred, Helen
Catherine. Entered employ of Mullanphy Sav
ings Bank in 1885, as messenger, and occupied
various positions up to that of teller, which
was filling when bank failed in 1897; since
1897 cashier of the Southern Commercial and
Savings Bank. Mason. Republican. Metho
dist. Clubs: Bankers', Western Rowing. Of
fiee: 7203 S. Broadway. Residence: 3656 Utah
Place. KANE, R. Emmet, surgeon; born, St. Louis,
Aug. 18, 1877; son of Dr. John Joseph and
Mary Belle (Sweney) Kane; educated in St.
Louis public schools, 1883-89; A.B., St. Louis
University, 1896, A.M., 1898; M.B., Washing
ton University, 1899; unmarried. Engaged in
practice since 1899. Assistant in department
of genito-urinary surgery, St. Louis Mullanphy
Hospital, and in Medical Department of Wash
ington University. Member American Medieal
Association, Missouri State Medical Associa
tion, Medical Society of City Hospital Alum
ni, Medical Society of Washington Univer
sity, St. Louis Medical Society, American
Urological Association, American Association
for the Advancement of Science, Knights of
Father Mathew, Knights of Columbus. Ro
man Catholic. Clubs: Aero, Normandie Golf.
Recreation: golf, motoring. Office: 312 Hum
boldt Bldg. Residence: 1117 N. Grand Ave.
KARBE, Otto Ferdinand, lawyer; born,
Neosho, Newton Co., Mo., July 18, 1874; pub
lic school education; admitted to bar upon

examination before the St. Louis Court of
Appeals, 1905; married, 1895. In practice in
St. Louis since March, 1905; member House
of Delegates, from Tenth Ward, 1901-03. Pres
ident Model Baby Shoe Co. Member board of
Mullanphy Emigrant Relief Fund (president,
1911, 1912). Clubs: City, Million Population
(secretary since 1905). Office: 712, 308 N. 6th
St. Residence: 6 Nicholson PL
KAEST, Emile, retired; born, Erstein, Al
sace, France, Sept. 26, 1826; son of Joseph
Aloysius and Catherine (Miltenberger) Karst;
educated in public schools; married, 1855,
Mina Tourny (famous singer) ; one son, Jer
ome; married, 2d, St. Louis, 1874, Fannie Tay
lor; children: Edgar T., Raymond O, Theo
dore A., Emily, Blanche. Came to America
with parents, 1838; lived in Illinois for sev
eral years, then locating in St. Louis; was con
nected with private bank of Clark Bros. &
Co., 1856-64; cashier National Loan Bank,
1864-66, Continental National Bank, 1866-79;
cashier Union Savings Bank, 1879-88; in insur
ance business until 1910, when retired. Con
sular agent for France in St. Louis, 1873-90.
Democrat. Catholic For many years concert
violinist and composer. Member Franco-Amer
ican Society. Residence: 2736 Geyer Ave.
KARST, Jerome, accident insurance; born;
St. Louis, July 7, 1859; son of Emile Karst,
former French Consul, and Mina Tourny Karst
(famous singer) ; graduated from commercial
course, St. Louis University; married, New
Orleans, La., Feb. 14, 1901, Adele Marie Plai-
sance; children: Clinton Jerome, Mina Tour
ny; served in Merchants' National Bank, un
der James E. Yeatman, ten years; since 1890
in accident and liability insurance business,
now of Barrows & Karst, general agents for
accident and liability department of the JEtna
Life Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn. Mem
ber Civic League. Republican. Catholic.
Served in militia during strikes of 1877; mem
ber St. Louis Cadets, and "Old Modocs. "
Originated idea of utilizing public parks for
games, such as tennis, golf, athletics, etc.
Active in securing Olympic Championship Con
test for World's Fair. Member St. Louis
Amateur Athletic Association; member board
of governors and former president Western
Association of Amateur Athletic Union. Mem
ber Royal Arcanum. Club: City. Recreation:
outdoor sports. Office: Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 6904 Washington Boul.
KASSEBAUM, William, secretary Hermann
Oak Leather Co.; born, Farmington, la., Aug.
18, 1870; son of Henry and Louise (Hadaway)
Kassebaum; educated in public schools and
business college; married, St. Louis, 1902,
Adelyn Helmkamp; one son, Charles Edward.
Began business career as bookkeeper with M.
Wolfheim, hides, St. Louis, 1888-92; book
keeper for Hermann & Koenitzer Oak Leather
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business, 1901, and on its organization as the
Hermann Oak Leather Co., was made a di-,
rector and secretary of the company. Inde
pendent in politics. Methodist. Mason. Club:
Missouri Athletic. Office: 4056 N. Main St.
Residence: 3221 Greer Ave.
KASTOR, Benjamin Herman, advertising
agent; see Vol. 1906.
KASTOR, Ernest Herman; see Vol. 1906.
KASTOR, Herman William, retired; born,
Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany, Oct. 26, 1838;
son of Wilhelm and Gertrude (Ahlfeld) Kas-
tor; educated in public and Polytechnic
schools of Germany; married, New York,
I860, Theresa Rudolph (died 1899); children:
Benjamin H., Louis, Mollie (Mrs. H. A.
Kahn), Ernest H., Fred W., Richard H., Wil
liam B., Gertrude (Mrs. I. Seligstein), Arthur
G. Arrived in New York, Sept. 1, 1852, and
engaged in importing business with Mr. Ru
dolph (afterward father-in-law). When war
broke out was corporal in Sixth New York
Regiment, and with it saw a short term of
service at Annapolis, Md.; shortly afterward
closed out business interests (1863) and came
West; became clerk in store in Leavenworth,
Kan.; served two years as second lieutenant,
First Kansas Regiment, then went to Wyan
dotte (now Kansas City), Kan., and started
the first German newspaper in the state, Die
Fackel; later removed paper to Atchison,
Kan.; from there went to St. Joseph, Mo.,
where became editor and part proprietor of
the daily and weekly Volksblatt, 1868-95 ; sold
out in 1895, and came to St. Louis, and start
ed the H. W. Kastor & Sons Advertising Co.,
which, with sons, built up to be one of the
largest in country; withdrew from active par
ticipation in the business, August, 1902, his
seven sons since controlling and managing it.
Independent in politics. Office: Equitable
Bldg; offices also in Chicago, Kansas City, Mo.,
and Atlanta, Ga. Residence: 3811 W. Pine
Boulevard. KASTOR, Louis, advertising; born, New
York City, Nov. 26, 1862; son of Herman Wil
liam and Theresa (Rudolph) Kastor; married
at St. Joseph, Mo., June 19, 1901, Babette
Bearman. Engaged in newspaper work at St.
Joseph from time of leaving school and in
1895, with father and six brothers, came to
St. Louis and established the H. W. Kastor &
Sons Advertising Co., doing general news
paper and magazine advertising in all publi
cations in the United States and abroad; on
retirement of father from active business in
1902 was made president of the company,
which operates from offices in St. Louis, Chi
cago, Kansas City and Atlanta, Ga. Club:
Mercantile. Office: Equitable Bldg. Residence:
5535 Waterman Ave.
KATZ, Abraham, maufacturer; bora, Gies-
sen, Germany, Mar. 27, 1850; son of F. and

Johanna (Rosenberg) Katz; educated in Real
schule at Cologne, Germany; served one year
in German Army; married, New Orleans, Oct.
19, 1881, Carrie Haber; children: Alma (de
ceased), Miriam (Mrs. Alvin L. Moss, of New
York), Edith, Arthur, Felix. Came to United
States, 1870; since 1887 engaged in business
as a manufacturer of pants for the trade;
now president and treasurer of the Katz Pants
Co. Independent in politics. Jewish religion.
Office: 1120 Washington Ave. Residence: 5182
Cabanne Ave.
KAUFFMAN, Frank Edgar, president of
Bernet, Craft & Kauffman Milling Co.; born,
Dayton, O., Apr. 6, 1852; son of Jacob and
Sarah (Neff) Kauffman; educated at Iowa
Wesleyan University, 1869-72; married, Mus
catine, la., 1879, Kate Garrettson; one daugh
ter, Myrle (Mrs. Dan Hill); married, 2d, St.
Louis, Jan. 11, 1899, Nelle Dunham; children:
Frank Edgar, Emily Dunham. Worked on farm
from twelve to twenty-one years of age;
taught country schools for two years; came to
St. Louis, 1873; traveled ten years for E. O.
Stanard & Co., millers; vice president Kauff
man Milling Co., 1884-1902; president Bernet,
Craft & Kauffman Milling Co. since 1902;
president Corona Lemon Co. Member Mer
chants' Exchange. Republican. Was member
National Guard of Missouri. Methodist. Ma
son, Knight Templar. Member Phi Delta
Theta. Clubs: Algonquin Country, Knoble
Hunting and Fishing. Office: Pierce Bldg.
Residence: "The Arches," Kirkwood, Mo.
KAUFFMAN, Harold Meredith, stocks and
bonds; born, St. Louis, Dec. 20, 1874; son of
John W. and Nellie (Bronson) Kauffman; ed
ucated in Smith Academy, St. Louis; A.B.,
Yale University, 1897; married, May 22, 1906,
Janet Morton; one daughter, Jane. After
graduation entered the Kauffman Milling Co.,
of St. Louis, as vice president, and remained
in that business until 1901, when withdrew
and joined Mr. G. H. Walker in the firm of G.
H. Walker & Co. Member Lindell Avenue M.
E. Church. Clubs: Racquet, Noonday, St.
Louis Country. Office: 307 N. 4th St. Resi
dence: 51 Portland PL
KAUFFMANN, Francis A., vinegar; born,
West Prussia, Germany, Dec. 2, 1849; son of
August and Johanna Kauffman n; educated in
Realschule, Germany; widower; children: Ma
rie, Gertrude, Bodo, Francis, Hans, Martha,
Erwin. Was engaged as jewelry and merchan
dise salesman in Germany until 1877, when
came to St. Louis; was employed as newspa
per carrier, 1877-80; in 1880 bought business
from the estate of the Raaf Vinegar Works
and conducted it as manufacturer of grape
sugar and eider vinegars and sauerkraut under
own name until 1898, when incorporated busi
ness as F. A. Kauffmann Manufacturing Co.,
of which is president. Independent in politics.
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Shriner. Member Liederkranz. Office: 106-110
S. 2d St. Residence: 3503 Texas St.
*KAUFMAN, Nathan, life insurance;
moved to Chicago; see Vol» 1906.
KAUFMANN, August Ernst, dry goods;
born, Celle, Germany, Nov. 21, 1852; son of
August E. and Elizabeth (Steuber) Kauf-
mann; educated in native land; married, St.
Louis, Jan. 8, 1879, Sidonie Braun; one son,
August F. Came to America at age of thir
teen and has since made his home in St.
Louis; in employ of Hurt, Hellmers & Voorhis,
1866-70; was assistant salesman to general
manager city department of Dodd, Brown &
Co.; became connected with the Hargadine-
McKittrick Co. as salesman, 1885, and for
several years has been division manager of
city department; is a large stockholder in the
company. Republican. Protestant. Recrea
tions: music and theatre. Office: 911 Washing
ton Ave. Residence: 3130 Russell Ave.
KAVANAUGH, William Kerr, railway and
business management; born near Sweet
Springs, Saline Co., Mo., July 13, 1860; son of
Richard Parsons and Sarah (Talbot) Kava-
naugh; educated in public schools, Fulton,
Mo., and Westminster College; married, Pitts
burgh, Pa., Aug. 21, 1890, Edna Lee Boggs;
three children: Virginia (deceased), Josiah
Boggs and Sarah Talbot. Began in 1876 in
railroad tie contracting line; came to St.
Louis, 1878; was with the State Savings In
stitution five years; then in transportation
and tie business on the Tennessee River; later
became identified with transportation and
sand business on Mississippi River, at Mem
phis, Tenn., and has been in sand, transporta
tion, railroad and coal mining business in St.
Louis since 1892; president Southern Coal &
Mining Co., Wiggins Ferry Co., St. Louis
Transfer Ry. Co., East St. Louis Connecting
Ry. Co. President Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep
Waterway Association since Nov. 16, 1906;
chairman Missouri Waterway Commission
since 1909; member executive committee Na
tional Board of Steam Navigation, New York;
member of Board of National Rivers and Har
bors Congress, Washington, D. C. Southern
Methodist. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Mis
souri Athletic. Recreations: horseback riding
and tramping. Office: 916-919 Security Bldg.
Residence: 525 Clara Ave. Country Home:
"Selma Hall," Selma, Mo.
KAY, Arthur Hayden; see Vol. 1906.
KAYE, William Hounsfield, railway sup
plies; born, Sheffield, England, Feb. 9, 1862;
son of John and Elizabeth (Linley) Kaye;
educated in private schools; Collegiate Col
lege of England, graduating, 1878; married,
St. Louis, September, 1892, Sarah J. Quigley;
two daughters: Elizabeth and Lucille. Came
to America, 1879; was connected with uncle,
E. H. Linley, in railway supply business for

twelve years; then went to Nebraska and en
gaged in farming for five years; returned to
St. Louis and acted as manager C. & W. Mc-
Clean Sporting Goods Co., later becoming
financially interested in the company; was
manager E. H. Linley Supply Co., 1906-11;
since manager of St. Louis branch of the
Nathan Manufacturing Co. Member Business
Men's League. Republican. Episcopalian.
Clubs: Mercantile, Frisco Hunting and Fish
ing. Recreation: fishing. Office: 603 Frisco
Bldg. Residence: 6358 Washington Boul., Park
View, St. Louis Co.
KAYSER, Frederick Liborius, president
Kayser Raw Hide Co.; born, Herstelle, West-
falen, Germany, Nov. 14, 1857; son of Theo
dore and Louisa (Hanecke) Kayser; educated
parochial schools of Germany; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 14, 1878, Maria Gramann; twelve
children, eight of whom are living: Annie M.
(Mrs. Henry Welsch), Theodore J., Elizabeth
(Mrs. Harry Juergens), Dorthia (Mrs. Ger
hart Spreckelmeyer), Mamie (Mrs. E. G. Blu-
meyer), Louise, Ida and Beatrice. Arrived in
America Sept. 2, 1872; entered butcher busi
ness in 1875, and continued until 1900; presi
dent and treasurer since January, 1900, of
Kayser Raw Hide Co., manufacturers raw
hide and surface tanned lace leather. Inde
pendent Democrat. Catholic. President Holy
Trinity Benevolent Society; member Knights
of Columbus, Catholic Knights of America.
Recreation: driving. Office: 3914 N. Broad
way. Residence: 3606 N. 9th St.
KEARNEY, Edward Francis, superinten
dent of transportation Missouri Pacific Ry.
and St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Ry.;
born, Logansport, Ind., Mar. 27, 1865; son of
James and Margaret (Kane) Kearney; edu
cated in public schools, Logansport, Ind., 1871-
82; married at Chicago, 1884, to Miss Emma
Hoover; two children: William Edward and
Clara Frances. Began railway service as tele
graph operator Pennsylvania Lines West of
Pittsburgh, 1882; train dispatcher, same com
pany, 1893; chief clerk, train master's office,
1894-97, chief clerk superintendent's office,
Richmond, Ind., same company, 1897-99; train
master, same company, Indianapolis and Lo
gansport, Ind., 1899-1903; superintendent Ter
minal R. R. Association and Merchants'
Bridge Terminal Ry., St. Louis, 1903; general
superintendent of transportation Frisco Sys
tem, 1904; appointed, Apr. 1, 1905, superinten
dent of terminals Missouri Pacific Ry., serv
ing until Feb; 15, 1908, at which time he be
came superintendent of transportation of Mis
souri Pacific Ry. and St. Louis, Iron Mountain
& Southern Ry. Clubs: Missouri Athletic
(president), St. Louis Railway (president,
1910-11), The Traffic of St. Louis (president,
1910). Recreation: baseball. Office: 302 Mis
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KEHOE, Christopher Joseph, insurance;
born, St. Louis, Feb. 19, 1861; son of Thomas
J. and Mary (Carroll) Kehoe; educated at St.
John's Parochial School and St. Francis Xav-
ier School; unmarried. Began business career
in employ for short time, of St. Louis News
Co., 1875, then with S. F. Magurn, agent for
Emerson files and binders, 1875-76; with W. J.
Gilbert & Co., law book publishers, 1876-77;
with the Slaughter & Hirschberg Insurance
Agency, 1877-80, and on retirement of Mr.
Slaughter, continued with successor, F. D.
Hirschberg; in 1888 became partner in firm
of F. D. Hirschberg & Co. St. Louis Under
writers' Agency, general insurance business;
on death of Mr. Hirschberg, December, 1908,
the firm was incorporated and he became
president. President Underwriters' Salvage
Corps; treasurer and member executive com
mittee St. Louis Fire Prevention Bureau, also
of St. Louis Insurance Agents' Association.
Member Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis,
Business Men's League, Civie League (social
service committee) ; member Board of Com
missioners of Penal and Charitable Institu
tions. Roman Catholic; member Young Men's
Sodality, St. Vincent de Paul Society and
Knights of Columbus. Clubs: St. Louis, City,
Missouri Athletic. Office: Merchants' Ex
change. Residence: 3553 Lindell Ave.
KEHR, Edward C, lawyer; born in St.
Louis Co., Mo., Nov. 5, 1837; son of Adolph
and Elise (Zoller) Kehr; received academic
education in schools of St. Louis; unmarried.
Studied law in St. Louis and was admitted to
the bar, Feb. 18, 1858; since continuously en
gaged in practice of law in St. Louis, and
since 1875 member of the firm of Kehr & Titt-
mann (Mr. Tittmann died 1908). Democrat;
was elected to and served in Forty-fourth
Congress, 1875-77; member of the St. Louis
City Council, 1879-83. Member, since organi
zation, St. Louis Bar Association (ex-presi
dent), and American Bar Association. Prot
estant. Office: 806 Wainwright Bldg. Resi
dence: 1800 Waverly PL
KEHRMANN, Statius, insurance; see Vol.
1906. *KEIGHTLEY, George; moved to Clarks
ville, Mo.; see Vol. 1906.
KEIRSEY, William Harvey; see Vol. 1906.
KEISER, Edward Harrison, professor chem
istry, Washington University; born at Allen-
town, Pa., Nov. 20, 1861; son of Bernhard
and Katherine (Ffeifer) Keiser; B.S., Swarth-
more College, 1880, M.S., 1881; fellow, Johns
Hopkins, 1882-84, Ph.D., 1884; studied at Got
tingen and Freiberg, Saxony; specialized in
chemistry; married Elizabeth Harris, of Bryn
Mawr Pa., June 18, 1896. Instructor chemis
try, Swarthmore College, 1880-81, Johns Hop
kins University, 1884-85; professor chemistry,
Bryn Mawr College, 1885-99, Washington Uni

versity, since 1899. Member American Chem
ical Society, Society Chemical Industry, Eng
land, Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft, Acad
emy of Science, St. Louis, St. Louis Chemical
Society, American Philosophical Society. Au
thor: Laboratory Work in Chemistry, 1895;
also many papers on experimental chemical
researches, American Chemical Journal, Jour
nal American Chemical Society, and Berichte
der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft. Ad
dress: Washington University. Residence:
Clayton, St. Louis Co., Mo.
KEISER, Robert Hough, bonds, stocks and
investments; born, St. Louis, Dec. 7, 1872;
son of John P. and Laura R. (Hough) Keiser;
educated at Smith Academy and Washington
University; unmarried. After finishing studies
entered office of father, Capt. John P. Keiser,
retired capitalist, and later was his private
secretary until his death in July, 1901, when
became executor of his estate. After settle
ment of the estate was made its manager, in
which position continued until estate was
wound- up. Has served as director of the
Rich Hill Water, Light and Fuel Co., the
Vitrified Brick Co., and as vice president and
secretary of the Gilman Mining Co. Member
Civic League, Hospital Saturday and Sunday
Assn. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: St.
Louis, University, Noonday, Racquet, City,
Aero, Automobile, Mississippi Valley Kennel,
Sunset Hill Country. Favorite recreations:
hunting and motoring. Office: 620 Security
Bldg. Residence: 44 Portland PL
KEITH, William F., physician, oculist;
born, Louisiana, Mo., Mar. 14, 1876; son of
Dr. Clayton and Mary (Barnard) Keith;
graduated from Louisiana (Mo.) High School,
1892, Missouri Medical College (Medical De
partment Washington University), M.D., 1897;
unmarried. In 1896 was appointed attendant
to general surgical clinic and to medical clinic
of St. John's Hospital; later was in charge
of the orthopedic clinic, same hospital, three
years; then became attending physician to the
eye clinic, and has since limited practice to
the (eye) specialty. Examiner for several life
and accident insurance companies in this spe
cialty. Member Christian (Disciples) Church.
Office: Carleton Bldg. Residence: "Keith
Place," St. Louis Co., Mo.
KELLEY, Taylor Dennis, sales agent Amer
ican Steel Foundries; bom, Gratis, Preble Co.,
O., Nov. 27, 1862; son of William J. and
Susan (Taylor) Kelley; educated in public
schools; married, Connersville, Ind., Feb. 11,
1891, Otta Wood; children: Donald W., Eliza
beth T. Began business career as assistant in
the retail hardware store of father at Green
ville, O., 1887-94; came to St. Louis as man
ager railway supply department, Simmons
Hardware Co., 1899-1901; third vice president
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1901, to Nov. 1, 1904; since sales agent Amer
ican Steel Foundries and Simplex Railway Ap
pliance Co. Republican. Clubs: St. Louis,
Mercantile, Glen Echo, Noonday, Racquet. Of
fice: Frisco Bldg. Residence* 4416 Westmin
ster PL
KELLY, Harry Milton, glassware; born in
Muskingum Co., O., Aug. 7, 1864; son of
James A. and Martha M. (Peairs) Kelly; edu
cated in public schools at Muskingum. Co.;
Muskingum College, New Concord, O.; East
man Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
1883; married, Memphis, Tenn., July 11, 1901,
Mary L. O 'Donnell. After two years in cler
ical railroad position, entered glass business
in an office capacity at Bellaire, O., January,
1887; in 1891, went with A. J. Beatty & Son,
Tiffin, O., as traveling salesman; since 1892,
with the United States Glass Co. of Pitts
burgh, Pa., ten years as traveling salesman,
three years as local sales manager at Pitts
burgh, and since Dec. 1, 1904, local sales man
ager at St. Louis. Republican. Mason, Knight
Templar. Office: 613-617 Granite Blk. Resi
dence: Overland Park, St. Louis Co.
KELLY, John J., general agent State Mu
tual Life Assurance Co.; bom, Albany, N. Y.,
May 23, 1871; son of Thomas and Mary (Ra
leigh) Kelly; educated in schools of Albany,
N. Y.; LL.B., St. Louis Law School, Wash
ington University, 1899; married, St. Louis,
July 30, 1912, Natalie Hewit. Began business
career as clerk in First National Bank of
Albany, N. Y.; came to St. Louis, 1893, and
continued in the life insurance business, which
line he entered just before leaving Albany; in
1893 received appointment to present position
as general agent of the State Mutual Life As
surance Co. of Worcester, Mass. Member Life
Underwriters' Association of St. Louis. Club:
Glen Echo Country. Favorite recreations:
tennis, horseback riding, handball. Office: 812
Chemical Bldg. Residence: 5216 Waterman
Avenue. KELLY, John Joseph, carriages; see Vol.
1906. KEMPER, William F., jewelers' supplies;
born, St. Louis, Feb. 12, 1866; son of Capt.
Herman H. and Julia (Kasten) Kemper; edu
cated in Madison School and Toensfeldt's
Educational Institute; married, St. Louis, Apr.
24, 1890, Jennie Goldstein; children: Fred-
rieka Julia, Eunice Louise. Served as ap
prentice in jewelry business 1881-84; journey
man watchmaker, 1884-87; in business as re
tail jeweler and dealer in diamonds and
watches, 1887-1905; since in the wholesale
jewelers' and watchmakers' supply business;
now president W. F. Kemper Supply Co. Sec
retary Association of Jewelry Jobbers since
1910; secretary National Retail Jewelers' As
sociation, 1892-98; member Civic League. Re

publican. Evangelical Lutheran. Recreation:
the kodak. Office: 613 Locust St. Residence;
2350 Tennessee Ave.
KEMPSTER, George Brazell, fire insur
ance; bom, London, England, Dee. 2, 1854;
son of Thomas and Harriett Kempster; edu
cated public grammar school; B.A., on exam
ination, King's College, London, 1874; Hat-
cliffe scholar, Birkbeck Institute, London;
married, London, 1878, Matilda Pitts; two
children: Ernest Brazelle, Thomas George.
Office apprentice in insurance business, Lon
don; came to America, 1886, naturalized, 1900;
during recent years exclusively in adjustment
work, Omaha, Denver, Texas and the South;
became connected with Western Adjustment
and Inspection Co., of Chicago, at St. Louis,
1907, and ndw manager of St. Louis branch.
Episcopalian. Mason; member Woodmen of
the World, A. O. U. W. Served in London
Rifle Brigade and London Scottish Volun
teers. Club: Missouri Athletic. Recreation:
golf. Office: 1151-1155 Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 4059 Flad Ave.
KENDRICK, Justin S.; see Vol. 1906.
KENNARD, John Burton, merchant; born,
St. Louis, Apr. 5, 1868; son of Samuel M. and
Annie R. (Maude) Kennard; educated in
Stoddard School and Smith Academy, grad
uating June, 1886; married, St. Louis, Dec. 9,
1896, Elizabeth Boyd; children: Elizabeth
Shapleigh, John Burton, Jr., Mary Lees. Began
when a boy with J. Kennard & Sons Carpet
Co. (established 1857 by John Kennard, his
grandfather, who had previously been in the
same line at Lexington, Ky.), and has contin
ued with the same company, of which is now
president, in the importing and jobbing trade
in carpets, curtain goods, rugs, draperies, oil
cloths, etc. Also vice president of the Ken
nard Building Co., and of the Drannek Realty
Co.; director Southern Coal and Mining Co.
Independent in politics. Clubs: Noonday,
Racquet, City, Bellerive Country. Recreation:
golf. Office: 4th St. and Washington Ave.
Residence: 4960 Berlin Ave.
KENNARD, Samuel M., merchant; born,
Lexington, Ky., January, 1842; son of John
and Catherine (Fishburne) Kennard; edu
cated in public schools of, Lexington, Ky.;
married, St. Louis, 1867, Annie R. Maude;
children: John B., Sa'Lees, Annie M. (Mrs. J.
H. Brookmire), Mary R. (Mrs. H. B. Wallace),
Samuel M., Jr., Richard S. Lived at Lexing
ton, Ky., until 1857, when, at the age of fif
teen years, came to St. Louis with father, who
established in the carpet business; entered the
house and grew up in the business. At out
break of war, 1861, joined Landis Battery, C.
S. A., attached to Cockrell's Brigade; saw
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rendered to Grant when that place fell; re
mained prisoner of war until exchanged and
became a lieutenant in Landis and Guiboir's
batteries, which were consolidated; com
manded a section of the battery at battle of
Franklin, Tenn., Oct. 30, 1864, under Alexan
der P. Stewart; during last six months of the
war was with General Hood's army in Georgia
and Tennessee and a portion of the time aide-
de-camp to Gen. N. B. Forrest. Returned to
St. Louis after war and became a partner
with father, 1865, in firm of J. Kennard &
Sons, and after death of father, November,
1872, business was incorporated under present
style of J. Kennard & Sons Carpet Co., of
which he was president and is now chairman
of board. One of the original organizers of
St. Louis Exposition and for twelve years
was president of St. Louis Exposition Associa
tion; president of first meeting of Autumnal
Festivities Association (Veiled Prophet) in
1891; vice president Louisiana Purchase Ex
position Co.; first president Business Men's
League. Helped build new Planters' Hotel, ,
1894; director National Bank of Commerce,
Commonwealth Trust Co.; trustee Barnes Es
tate (devotes spare. time to looking over plans
and specifications for million dollar hospital
to be built by the estate). Democrat. Meth
odist (Southern). Member and was brigadier-
general, 1897-98, Missouri Division United
Confederate Veterans. Clubs: Mercantile (one
of organizers), Commercial, St. Louis, Coun
try. Office: corner 4th St. and Washington
Ave. Residence: 4 Portland PL
KENNEDY, Josiah Woodruff, architect and
builder; 1828-1909; see Vol. 1906.
KENNEDY, Pierre Beauregard, lawyer;
1869-1910; see Vol. 1906.
KENNEDY, Samuel G., fire insurance; born,
Davenport, la., Dec. 5, 1849; son of William
and Margaret (Patterson) Kennedy; came to
St. Louis, 1852; educated in St. Louis public
schools; married, St. Louis, Oct. 26, 1881,
Mary R. Kennard; children: Margaret R. and
Annie Maude. Entered small retail dry goods
store as errand boy, 1858; entered employ
of David Nicholson, wholesale and retail gro
cer, as errand boy, 1860; became clerk and
collector in private banking houses of John
M. Taylor and Miller & Karst, October, 1863 ;
on April 1, 1865, entered insurance business
with Union Insurance Co. of St. Louis and
continued until company retired from busi
ness in 1873; secretary of Marine Insurance
Co. of St. Louis from 1873 until company re
tired from business, December, 1891, then was
president of that company in liquidation. In
February, 1892, began business for self as
agent of Girard Insurance Co., of Philadel
phia, and now does general fire insurance busi
ness. Member Merchants' Exchange of St.

Louis. Methodist. Clubs: St. Louis, City. Of
fice: 1214-1215 Pierco Bldg. Residence: 4947
Maryland PL
KENNEDY, Walter Urban, surgeon; born,
Murrayville, 111., Sept. 22, 1878; son of U. B.
and Kathleen (Stuart) Kennedy; graduated
from high school, Winchester, 111.; student
University of Illinois, Barnes Medical College,
M.D., 1898; student University of Berlin,
1904; married, Springfield, 111., 1902, Sada
Vertrees; one son, Donald. Interne, and later
superintendent of City Hospital, Jacksonville,
111., 1898; removed to St. Louis, 1899; founder
and chief surgeon, North St. Louis Hospital;
secretary of board of trustees and professor
surgery College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Member Missouri State Medical Association,
St. Louis Medical Society, Tri-State Medical
Society (president); fellow Royal Microscop
ical Society. Director Aqua Pura Filter Manu
facturing Co.; Melborne Realty Co.; secre
tary Hammond-Garrison Co. Democrat. Pres
byterian. Club: Masonic. Office: 1121 Cass
Ave. Residence: 2258 Athlone Ave.
KENNERLY, George Hancock, architect;
born, St. Louis, Feb. 23, 1867; son of Pierre
Menard and Florida (Whiting) Kennerly;
grandson of Pierre Menard, first lieutenant
governor of Illinois; educated in high school,
Washington, D. O; St. John's Academy;
graduated from Hanneman School of Technol
ogy, 1888; married, Trenton, N. -J., Jan. 28,
1888, Kathrine E. Frucette. Began as archi
tect in Washington, D. C, 1888; located in St.
Louis, 1904; has designed and erected many
buildings throughout the United States,
among them: Hamilton County Court House,
Florida, 1889; Parker Memorial Church, An-
niston, Ala., 1890; entire plant for Armour &
Co., Chicago and Omaha, 1893-97; eleetric
power plant Chicago City Ry. Co. (largest
in United States at time of completion), 1896;
Princess Theatre, Hot Springs, Ark.; Vroo-
man Apartments, St. Regis Apartments,
Trimps Academy, etc., St. Louis. Democrat.
Presbytreian. Member Knights of Pythias,
Sons of Veterans. Served in National Rifles,
Washington, D. O, three years; was lieutenant
Light Battery D, National Guard, Washing
ton. Author: Instructions and Information on
Construction of Refrigerator and Cold Stor
age Warehouses, 1900; also various mono
graphs, etc. Recreations: boating, fishing, etc.
Office: Benoist Bldg., 9th and Pine Sts. Resi
dence: 4515 McPherson Ave.
KENNERLY, John Hanger, dean Washing
ton University Dental School; born, Hermit
age, Va., May 2, 1856; son of Samuel and
Frances Cathren (Hanger) Kennerly; educat
ed in log school house, later New Hope Acad
emy, New Hope, Va.; D.D.S., Missouri Dental
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School), 1888; M.D., Marion-Sims Medical
College, 1897; married, Dover, Fayette Co.,
Mo., July 23, 1890, Alice Virginia Starke.
Began practice in St. Louis, 1888; professor
prosthetic dentistry and secretary Faculty of
Dental Department, Marion-Sims College of
Medicine, 1894-1900; same to Faculty of Mis
souri Dental College, 1900-01; since dean and
professor clinical dentistry, Washington Uni
versity Dental School. Secretary National
Association Dental Faculties, 1897-1905, presi
dent same, 1906; member Missouri State Den
tal Association (president, 1904-05), St. Louis
Dental Society (president, 1897), Delta Sigma
Delta; honorary member Illinois State Dental
Society. Democrat. Methodist. Mason. Rec
reations: golf and automobiling. Office: 29th
and Locust Sts. Residence: 10 Amherst Ave.,
University City.
KENNETT, Alfred Quinton; born, St.
Louis, July 25, 1854; son of William C. and
Julia Sewall (Clapp) Kennett; educated in
Academy of Washington University; Yale
University, A.B., 1874; St. Louis Law School,
1874-75; unmarried. Admitted to bar at St.
Louis, May, 1876, and engaged in practice;
served in National Guard of Missouri, 1877-79,
1894-99; senior major First Missouri Volun
teer Infantry, May to Oct. 31, 1898, during
war with Spain; commanding officer provost
guard, Camp George H. Thomas, Chiekamauga.
For several years secretary and treasurer of
Washington University. Member Missouri
Historical Society, Archaeological Institute of
America, Civic League. Club: University.
Residence: 4366 Delmar Boul.
KENNETT, William Potts, banker; born,
St. Louis, Sept. 24, 1850; son of Mortimer and
Mary Hempstead (Beebe) Kennett; educated
in St. Louis public schools, Washington Uni
versity and Westminster College, graduating
from latter A.B., 1872; studied law; admitted
to Missouri bar, 1874, U. S. bar, 1875; mar
ried, St. Louis, Dec. 7, 1881, Jessie Simonds;
children: Stephen Hempstead (deceased), Sid
ney Gratiot (deceased), Press Graves, Mar
garet Bond. Practiced law in St. Louis, 1875-
80; manager of grain and stock house of
Francis J. Kennett & Co., New York City,
1880-81; entered employ of house of D. R.
Francis & Bro., grain mechants, 1881, incor
porated in 1884 as D. R. Francis & Bro. Com
mission Co., in which was stockholder, di
rector and secretary until 1898, then was mem
ber of firm of Francis, Bro. & Co., bonds,
stocks and general investments, until 1907.
Was agent and acting receiver (during ab
sence of D. R. Francis, the receiver, as Secre
tary of the Interior) of the United Elevator
Co., 1896-97; served as director, vice president
and president, Merchants' Exchange of St.
Louis, 1897-1901. Vice president German-
American Bank until death of A. Gehner in
1910. since president. President St. Louis

Clearing House Association. Trustee Marion-
Sims College of Medicine (now St. Louis Uni
versity College of Medicine). Democrat.
Presbyterian; president board of Trustees
First Presbyterian Church. Member Sons of
the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars,
Beta Theta Pi, Alumni Club of Westminster
College. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday. Recrea
tions: fly-fishing and hunting. Office: German
American Bank, 4th St. and Franklin Ave.
Residence: 3962 Delmar Boul.
KENNEY, James Edward, shoe machinery;
deceased; see Vol. 1906.
KENT, Hervey Vasco, paint manufacturer;
born, Stony Creek, Ont., May 26, 1845; son of
Amos B. and Lucretia (Marks) Kent; educat
ed in public schools; married, St. Louis, Mo.,
1887, Clara Sebastian; children: Stella S.,
Alida N., Cora A. Clerk in a clothing store
in Chicago for three years; then in wholesale
jewelry house of W. B. Clapp & Bro., Chi
cago, for ten years; with Chicago Dental Man
ufacturing Co., 1879-81; in 1881 came to St.
Louis, and was in partnership with A. M.
Nelson until 1883, when incorporated the
Kent & Purdy Paint Co., of which has since
been president. Member Paint, Oil and Drug
Club, Credit Men's Association. Republican.
Congregationalist.' Club: Mercantile. Office:
18th and Pine Sts. Residence: 5045 Raymond
Avenue. KENTNOR, John Harrison, treasurer of
Smith & Davis Manufacturing Co.; born, St.
Louis, Sept. 7, 1863; son of John A. and
Sarah J. (Wallace) Kentnor; educated in pub
lic schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Feb. 9, 1887, Jessie H. Hall; one son, Frank
Hall Kentnor. Began business career early in
1880 with the mercantile agency of R. G. Dun
& Co., for six months; then, in August, 1880,
entered employ of Smith & Davis Manufac
turing Co., first as office boy, then general
clerk and bookkeeper, assistant secretary, and,
since 1891, treasurer of the company. Vice
president St. Louis Furniture News. Member
Civic League. Member Pilgrim Congregational
Church. Club: Missouri Athletic. Recreations:
fishing and billiards. Office: corner 20th and
Locust Sts. Residence: 6906 Washington Ave.
KEOUGH, John Benedict, carriages; de
ceased; see Vol. 1906.
KERCHOFF, Martin William, president
Pevely Dairy Co.; born, Jarvis, Mo., June 24,
1852; son of C. H. and Louise (Rieve) Kerch-
off; educated district schools Jefferson Co.;
married, Pevely, June 8, 1876, Henrietta Kat-
telman; two children: Daniel and Viola. Be
gan business career on a dairy farm at age of
twenty years; then engaged in dairy farming
at Pevely until October, 1886; came to St.
Louis, 1886, and started in the dairy business
for himself on a small scale; organized the
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since been president, his son Daniel being
secretary of the company. Lutheran. Office:
3301 Park Ave. Residence: 3252 Lafayette
Avenue. KERENS, Richard C, railroad builder;
born, Killberry, County Meathed, Ireland,
1842; son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Gugerty)
Kerens; educated public schools, Jackson Co.,
la.; married; children: Katharyne (Mrs. F. B.
McKenna), Madeline (now Mrs. E. D. Kenna),
Richard, Jr., Vincent, Gladys (Mrs. G. Ham
ilton Colket, of Philadelphia). Came to
United States in infancy; in Union Army,
1861-65; lived in Arkansas after war; became
contractor for the Southern Overland Mail,
controlling many frontier routes, residing at
San Diego, Cal. In 1876 removed to St. Louis
and acquired railroad interests; identified
with construction of Cotton Belt System,
West Virginia Central & Pittsburgh Ry. Sys
tem, St. Louis & North Arkansas R. R., San
Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Ry. System,
Coal and Coke Railroad of West Virginia;
also interested in the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe System. Active in politics; member
of Republican National Executive Committee
1884-1900 inclusive; member for Missouri of
National Republican Committee, 1892-1904;
commissioner-at-large from Missouri to
World's Columbian Exposition, 1892-93; re
signed to accept appointment as one of three
U. S. commissioners for Inter-Continental
Railway Commission, 1892-1900; voted for as
Republican candidate for U. S. senator three
successive times as minority party's candidate
in Missouri legislature; appointed ambassador
to Austria-Hungary, Dec 21, 1909. Charter
member and specially interested in the News
boys' Home. Clubs: St. Louis, Union League
(New York), Young Men's Republican Club
(Philadelphia). Recreations: hunting and fish
ing. Office: Times Bldg. Residence: 36 Van
deventer PL
KERENS, Vincent; see Vol. 1906.
KERN, August, president August Kern-
Weber Specialty Co.; born, Ste. Genevieve Co.,
Mo., Aug. 8, 1862; son of August and Barbara
(Pfister) Kern; educated in public schools of
St. Louis; married, St. Louis, 1886, Josephine
Dierker; children: August, Jr., Irene. Began
in 1874 in the barbers' supply business estab
lished by father and has continued in it ever
since; president August Kern Barber Supply
Co., 1890-1911; since Oct. 2, 1911, president
August Kern-Weber Specialty Co., manufac
turers barbers' supplies. Republican. Recrea
tions: bowling and. billiards. Office: 16 S.
Broadway. Residence: 3848 Utah PL
KERN, Charles, manager Union Biscuit Co.;
born in Bergzabern, Bavaria, Mar. 26, 1858;
son of Michael and Katherine (Kuhn) Kern;
educated in schools of Bavaria; married,
Bergzabern, Germany, 1879, Louisa Doppler;

children: Louisa, Ida (Mrs. Albert Beyer).
Learned trade of baker in Germany, begin
ning at age of thirteen, and came to Missouri
in 1879; was merchant miller at Hermann,
Mo., several years; came to St. Louis, 1884,
and engaged as miller with Southern Mills,
two and one-half years; then started a bakery
and restaurant in Frenchtown, which con
ducted for sixteen years; since 1902 has been
manager of the Union Biscuit Co., manufac
turers of cakes and biscuits (incorporated
1899). Independent in polities. Catholic.
Member Bakery Protective Association of St.
Louis, Liederkranz, Tower Grove Turn Verein.
Recreations: billiards, bowling and traveling.
Office: 1106 N. 6th St. Residence: 3806 Flora
Boulevard. KERN, Christian, secretary and treasurer
August Kern-Weber Specialty Co.; born in
Ste. Genevieve Co., Mo., Nov. 15, 1864; son of
August and Barbara (Pfister) Kern; educated
in public schools of St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, 1892, Carrie Klinge (now deceased);
one daughter, Violet; married, 2d, May 10,
1910, Anna Busch. On leaving school in 1877
entered the barbers' supply business original
ly established in 1852 by father (who died in
1875), and upon its incorporation in 1890, as
the August Kern Barber Supply Co., became
secretary and treasurer; since Oct. 2, 19li,
with August Kern-Weber Specialty Co., manu
facturers of barbers' supplies. Republican.
Knight of Pythias. Recreations: bowling and
billiards. Office: 16 S. Broadway. Residence:
4730 Kennerly Ave.
KERN, John Henry, physician and surgeon;
born near Heidelberg, Germany, Mar. 10, 1863;
son of James and Barbara (Kammer) Kern;
educated in lyceum and Latin school in Ger
many; graduated from Central Wesleyan Col
lege, Warrenton, Mo., A.M., 1891; M.D., Mis
souri Medical College, 1894; married at Cen
tral Wesleyan College, June 6, 1905, Rosamond
Reck; children: Rosamond, John, Barbara.
Engaged in general practice in St. Louis since
1894. Member St. Louis Medical Society,
Missouri State and American Medical asso
ciations, Washington University Alumni Asso
ciation, North St. Louis Medical Association,
American Association for the Advancement of
Science. Methodist. Mason. Office: 14th and
Madison Sts. Residence: 3916 N. Grand Ave.
KERN, Robert Horace, lawyer; born in
Bourbon Co., Ky., Nov. 18, 1850; son of
Strother and Margaret (Letton) Kern; edu
cated in Kentucky University and University
of Virginia; married, Chicago, 1883, Lelkie
Murison; children: Robert and Mary (Mrs.
Paul Tutt). Admitted to bar in 1874, and
since engaged in practice. Democrat. Mason
(32°), Knight Templar, Shriner. Club: Mer
cantile. Office: 506 Olive St. Residence: St.
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*KERR, Joseph H., railway service; moved
to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
KERR, Joseph Willis, real estate; born,
New Castle, Pa., July 13, 18S5; son of JohnD.
and Margaret A. (Lutton) Kerr; educated in
public schools of New Castle, Pa.; married,
Meadville, Pa., Dec. 13, 1877, Ella J. Zimmer
man; children: Mary E. (wife of Dr. O. A.
Ambrose), Grace L. (Mrs. Charles A. Brady,
of Los Angeles, Cal.), John D. Began busi
ness career as clerk in law offiee of Gen. R. B.
McComb, New Castle, Pa., 1873, continuing
until 1877, and there acquired a knowledge
of conveyancing; came west and engaged in
real estate business in Kansas, first at New
ton, Harvey Co., and later at Augusta and
Wichita, until 1890, when located in St. Louis,
where has since engaged in real estate busi
ness; now president J. W. Kerr Realty Co.
Mason (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner. Rec
reations: traveling, fishing and billiards. Of
fice: 902 Chestnut St. Residence: 4157 Mc
Pherson Ave.
KERWIN, Edward F., president E. F. Ker-
win Ornamental Glass Co.; born in Missouri;
educated in public schools of Missouri; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1884, Miss Nellie Maher; chil
dren: Mary, Florence, Josephine. Resident of
St. Louis since 1871; began in 1879 to learn
the business of manufacturing mirrors and all
kinds of ornamental glass, and in 1891 organ
ized the E. F. Kerwin Ornamental Glass Co.,
of which is president. Office: 921-929 N. 6tfi
St. Residence: 4117 Maffitt Ave.
KESSLER, Alexander F., furrier; born, St.
Louis, Sept. 13, 1869; son of J. C. and Mar
garet (Doerbaum) Kessler; educated in Stod
dard (public) School; married, St. Louis, Sept.
25, 1890, Tillie C. Schuerman; children: Paul
A., Herbert C. Began business career in 1880
as errand boy with the M. J. Steinberg Hat
and Fur Co., and remained with that firm for
seventeen years, being manager of company
when he left in 1897 to start for himself;
joined in the formation of the Kessler-Helfers
Fur and Hat Co., of which was president,
1897-1906; then firm name was changed to
Alexander F. Kessler Fur and Hat Co., of
which he is president. Also treasurer of the
Simplex Reversible Sash Co. Republican.
Member B. P. O. Elks, and Order of Eagles.
Club: Missouri Athletic. Recreation: motor
ing. Office: 511 Olive St. Residence: 4964
Wabada Ave.
KESSLER, Emil Gustav Henry, certified
public accountant; born, Bremen, Germany,
Oct. 11, 1872; son of Gustav and Marie
(Lewecke) Kessler; educated in public schools
of Bremen, Germany, and attended Bryant &
Stratton College, St. Louis, 1894; married,
St. Louis, Aug. 23, 1899, Margaret Bamer;
children: Gustav F., Gertrude, Walter, Her
bert, Margaret, Kathrin. Began business ca

reer as clerk for mercantile firm in Bremen,
Germany, in 1887; came to United States in
1889, and was clerk for W. Tomworden, New
York, until 1893; came to St. Louis, and was
in employ of A. Moll Grocery Co., as clerk,
1893-94; with Adam Roth Grocery Co., 1894-
1900; in employ of Henry Hiemenz, Jr., as ac
countant and confidential man, 1900-02; vice
president of National Audit Co., 1902-07; since
member of firm of Rodway & Kessler. Pres
byterian. Member Missouri Society of Certi
fied Public Accountants. Mason (32°), Shrin
er. Offiee: 323-324 Frisco Bldg. Residence:
3715 Humphrey St.
KESSLER, George Edward, landscape archi
tect; born, Frankenhausen, Germany, July 16,
1862; son of Edward Carl and Clotilde Kess
ler; came to America with parents, 1865; edu
cated in public schools by private tutors, and
special instruction in civil engineering, for
estry and botany in Europe; married Ida
Grant Field, of Kansas City, Mo., May 14,
1900. Engaged as landscape architect at Kan
sas City since 1882; member firm of George E.
Kessler & Co. since 1900. Landscape archi
tect park department, Kansas City, since
1892; landscape and advisory landscape archi
tect to commission of architects, St. Louis
Exposition, and since 1904 director of restora
tion of exposition site; designer of park sys
tems and improvements for St. Louis, Mem
phis, Cincinnati, Denver, Dallas, Syracuse and
many other cities; planned ground improve
ments for universities, cemeteries, etc. Mem
ber City Plan Commission, Academy Science,
Civic League (St. Louis), American Civic As
sociation. Clubs: Commercial, Evanston Golf
(Kansas City), Mercantile, City (St. Louis),
Business Men's, Queen City (Cincinnati),
Tennessee (Memphis). Offices: Waldheim
Bldg., Kansas City; 423 Security Bldg., St.
Louis. Residence: 14 N. King's Highway, St.-
Louis. KEYSOR, William Winchester, lawyer, law
professor; born near Plattsburg, N. Y., June
9, 1852; son of Clark and Amy L. (Johnson)
Keysor; removed, when six years old, with
parents to Mankato, Minn.; graduated from
high school, Mankato; B.L., University of
Minnesota, 1879; superintendent of public
schools, Austin, Minn., 1879-81; LL.B., Law
School, Washington University, 1883; also
read law one year with Hon. Daniel Buck of
Mankato, Minn.; married, June 21, 1884, Jen
nie Ellis, of Austin, Minn.; two sons: William
Ellis and Harold Clark. Admitted to bar,
1883, and engaged in practice at Omaha, Neb.,
eight years; then three terms judge of the
Circuit Court of the Fourth Judicial District
of Nebraska (Omaha), resigning in last year
of third term, in order to accept present posi
tion as professor of law in St. Louis Law
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of Teachers of public schools of Omaha, five
years. Independent Republican. Congrega
tionalist. Club: Monday Evening (Kirkwood,
Mo.). Favorite recreations: baseball, litera
ture and music. Address: Washington Univer
sity. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
KIEFFER, Alonzo Rouse, surgeon; born,
Watertown, N. Y., Mar. 18, 1855; son of
Major Luther and Polly (Rouse) Kieffer; edu
cated in public schools of New York and Mis
souri, Missouri Medical College, graduating,
M.D., with honors of class, 1879; married,
Versailles, Mo., Apr. 13, 1880, Belle Spurlock;
children: Victor Barcroft, Bernice, Theodore
Easley, Roland Spurlock, Lois, Alonzo Rouse,
Jr., William Tolbert. Taught in public schools
of Missouri four years. Practiced medicine in
Benton Co., Mo., thirteen years, and since
1892 in St. Louis. Professor anatomy and
clinical surgery, Barnes Medical College,
eleven years; professor surgical diseases of
women and clinical surgery, Barnes Medical
College, five years; member board of trustees,
Barnes University. Member St. Louis Medical
Society (ex-president, also treasurer for eight
years, 'during which time the savings effected
made^possible the present hall of the society),
Missouri State Medical Association (president
1908-09), American Medical Association
(member House of Delegates), Medical So
ciety of the Southwest. Republican. Congre
gationalist. Office: Metropolitan Bldg. Resi
dence: 4480 Westminster PL
KIEL, Henry W., president Kiel & Daues
Bricklaying and Contracting Co.; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 21, 1871; son of Henry F. and
Minnie C. (Daues) Kiel; educated in Pope
and Hodgen public schools; Smith Academy,
1884-87; married, St. Louis, Sept. 1, 1892,
Irene H. Moonan; four children: Henrietta,
Edna, Elmer, Clarence. Learned bricklayer's
trade under father and has ever since been
identified with that industry; filled office of
vice president and is now president of the
Kiel & Daues Bricklaying and Contracting
Co., established, 1868, and incorporated, 1887;
secretary The Contracting and Supply Co. of
St. Louis; secretary and treasurer Cliffdale
Lime Co.; has executed many important con
tracts in St. Louis. Republican; chairman Re
publican City Committee; chairman 12th Con
gressional Committee, of St. Louis; presiden
tial elector-at-large, Missouri, 1908, and de
livered the electoral vote of Missouri to the
president of United States Senate, at Wash
ington. Lutheran. Member Odd Fellows,
Royal Arcanum, Elks. Club: Union. Office:
510 Odd Fellows Bldg. Residence: 1625 Mis
souri Ave.
KIELTY, Francis M., Catholic clergyman;
1830-1906; see Vol. 1906.
KIER, William F., physician; born, Leech-
burg, Pa., Aug. 4, 1849; son of Jacob Sherwell

and Martha Jane (McBride) Kier; educated
in West Newton Academy, West Newton, Pa.;
entered St. Louis Medical College (now Med
ical Department of Washington University),
1870, graduated with degree, M.D., 1871; un
married. Since graduation has been engaged
in practice, St. Louis. Member St. Louis Med
ical Society, Missouri State Medical Associa
tion. Office and Residence: 3609 Lindell Boul.
KIESELHORST, Edwin Artus, president
Kieselhorst Piano Co.; born, St. Louis, Dec.
7, 1874; son of John Albert and Emma Adele
(Homeyer) Kieselhorst; graduated from Lin
coln (public) school, St. Louis, January, 1890,
followed by one year in high school and a
few months in .Hayward 's Shorthand and
Business College; married, Little Rock, Ark.,
Nov. 14, 1900, Estelle May Williams; chil
dren: Wallace Williams, Earl Homeyer, Sid
ney Barnes. After leaving business college,
June, 1891, started as clerk for father (who
established in piano business, 1879), learning
each branch of the piano trade thoroughly,
and at father's death, Dec. 22, 1895,. was gen
eral manager; administrated the estate, which
was left to self and two brothers (mother hav
ing died in March, 1895), and continued piano
business in own name until October, 1898,
when incorporated Kieselhorst Piano Co., of
which has since been president, company han
dling at wholesale and retail pianos and
player-pianos, and being manufacturers of the
' ' Kieselhorst ' ' pianos and player-pianos. Vice
president National Bureau of Advice and
Education, Chicago; member St. Louis Sym
phony Society, Zoological Society of St. Louis,
National Piano Merchants' Association of
America, Business Men's League, St. Louis.
Independent in politics. Mason (32°), also
member Moolah Temple Mystic Shrine. Club:
City. Recreations: literature, music and all
outdoor sports. Office: 1007 Olive St. Resi
dence: 4365 Forest Park Boul.
KILGEN, Rudolph Frederick, real estate;
born New York, Sept. 7, 1861; son of George
and Caroline (Kuntz) Kilgen; educated in St.
Louis public schools; married, St. Louis, May
18, 1886, Emma Hoppe; children: Viola, Ray
mond. Started as office boy in H. M. Blos
som's insurance office and later in same busi
ness for self until 1885, since in real estate
business; member firm of Kilgen & Rule, 1889-
91; president McCormick-Kilgen-Rule Real
Estate Co., 1891-97, since president Kilken-
Rule Real Estate Co. Member Real Estate Ex
change. Republican. Mason (32°), Shriner.
Clubs: Mercantile, Midland Golf. Recreation:
golf. Office: 713 Chestnut St. Residence: 4346
Washington Ave.
KILPATRICK, Alfred Bentley, president
Alex. Kilpatrick & Sons Foundry Co.; born,
St. Louis, Feb. 29, 1872; son of Alexander and
Fanny (Brooks) Kilpatrick; educated in pub-
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Louis, October, 1910, Alice B. Kilpatrick.
Went to work in father's establishment in
1883; learned the moulder's trade and later
took charge of the works, ijutil 1902, when
the Alex. Kilpatrick & Sons Foundry Co. was
incorporated, as manufacturers of general
foundry work, of which company has since
been president. Recreation: motoring. Office:
12th and Howard Sts. Residence: 3950 Ash
land Ave.
KILPATRICK, Claude, real estate; born,
Huntsville, Ala., Nov. 11, 1848; son of Dr.
Thomas J. and Mary (Gibbons) Kilpatrick;
educated Wyman University, St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1879, Dorothy S., daughter of
John E. Liggett; children: Elizabeth (Mrs.
Charles Scudder), Lois (Mrs. L. L. Hays).
Was connected with quartermaster's depart
ment U. S. Army, at Memphis, Tenn., 1866;
later bookkeeper and cashier in employ of
Jesse Arnot, livery and sales stables, St.
Louis; identified with real estate and kin
dred interests since 1884; one of executors of
estate of John E. Liggett, and has been prom
inently identified for many years with man
agement of estates; now associated with Rut
ledge & Kilpatrick Realty Co. Democrat.
Episcopalian. Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis
Country, Racquet. Office: 717 Chestnut St.
Residence: 3645 Delmar Ave.
KILPATRICK, Frederick Morton, secre
tary South St. Louis Foundry and Machine
Shops; bora, St. Louis, May 22, 1869; son of
Robert John and Susanah (Newman) Kilpat
rick; educated in public schools; Bryant &
Stratton College; married, St. Louis, Sept. 16,
1890, Lottie W. McBride; one daughter, Mil
dred Helen. Served apprenticeship as pat
ternmaker, moulder and machinist at South
St. Louis Foundry and Machine Shops (found
ed by his father, 1875) and became foreman;
vice president of the company, 1904-10, secre
tary since 1910. Republican. Presbyterian.
Mason; member Good Hope Lodge No. 218,
A. F. & A, M.; St. Loui,s Chapter No. 8, R. A.
M.; St. Aldemar Commandery No. 18, K. T.;
Moolah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.; member
Modern Woodmen of America, Legion of
Honor. Member Company H, Missouri Na
tional Guard, 1889. Clubs: Western Rowing,
Edrus, St. Louis Country. Recreations: hunt
ing, fishing and motorboating. Office: 7514 S.
Broadway. Residence: 348 W. Hurck St.
KILPATRICK, Henry Theodore, plumber;
born, Akron, O., July 30, 1863; son of Hugh
Judson and Mary (Gaylord) Kilpatrick; edu
cated in public schools of Akron until seven
teen years of age; then three years at North
ern Indiana Normal School and Business In
stitute, Valparaiso, Ind.; married, Chicago,
1884, Annie Berry. Began as plumber's helper
with J. J. Wade & Son, Chicago, working as
apprentice, 1885-89, as journeyman, 1889-92,

and as general superintendent, 1892-1900;
moved to St. Louis, June 1, 1900, and estab
lished in plumbing business in firm of Burke
& Kilpatrick; bought out Mr. Burke, Mar. 1,
1902, and has since continued alone. Member
Master Plumbers' Association. Member A. F.
& A. M. Office: 1214 Pine St. Residence: 3158
Brantner PL
KILPATRICK, Robert John, president of
South St. Louis Foundry and Machine Shops;
born, St. Louis, Jan. 19, 1839; son of Robert
and Elizabeth (Grey) Kilpatrick; educated in
Mound (public) School, 8th and Howard Sts.;
married, Baltimore, Md., May 12, 1864, Su
sanah Newman; five children: Joseph, Fred
erick M., William, Susie (Mrs. T. H. Woods),
Charles, Edwin R. Began active career in
employ of the Peoples Iron Works, St. Louis,
1852. Served as chief engineer in Confed
erate Navy; was in Mobile Bay with Admiral
Buchanan, on gunboat Selma, with Capt. P.
U. Murphy; captured by Admiral Farragut
and confined as prisoner of war in the Union
Warehouse, New Orleans; later served as en
gineer on the "Erie," carrying troops and
munitions of war to Grant at City Point, Va.;
was chief engineer of river steamers, Mag
nolia, Florence, and Victoria, 3865, 1866, 1867.
After leaving river was superintendent of the
Western Foundry, owned by Marshall & Kil
patrick, Main and Florida Sts., St. Louis, un
til entered business on own account; president
South St. Louis Foundry and Machine Shop,
Carondelet Electric Light and Power Co., Cen
tralia Rolling Mills (one-third owner). Was
owner of brick yard at Grand Avenue and
Broadway, 1873, and established foundry at
Carondelet. Member National Association of
Stationary Engineers (vice president, 1883-84,
president, 1885). Republican. Presbyterian.
Mason; member Cache Lodge No. 416, A. F.
& A. M.; St. Louis Chapter No. 8, R. A. M.;
St. Louis Commandery No. 1, K. T.; member
Knights and Ladies of Honor, Legion of
Honor. Club: Carondelet Motor Boat. Office:
7514 S. Broadway. Residence: 338 W. Hurck
Street. *KIMBALL, Albert Edward, Salvation
Army official; moved to Chicago; see Vol.
1906. KIMBALL, Arthur Campbell, physician;
born, St. Louis, June 10, 1879; son of Thomas
Dudley and Belle (Campbell) Kimball; edu
cated in Kirkwood public and high schools
until 1893; was graduated from Central High
School, St. Louis, 1895; A.B., Washington
University, 1899; M.D., Medical Department
of Washington University, 1903; unmarried.
Junior physician City Hospital, . 1903-04; as
sistant in gynecology, Mullanphy Hospital,
1904-10 inclusive; associate in department of
pediatrics, same hospital, since Jan. 1, 1911;
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partment, 1907-10. Engaged in general prac
tice. First lieutenant and assistant surgeon,
Missouri National Guard, Apr. 9, 1904; cap
tain, June 7, 1906; major, Feb. 15, 1912; com
missioned first lieutenant Medical Reserve
Corps, U. S. Army, Apr. 10, 1911, unassigned
list. Republican. Presbyterian. Member Ameri
can Medical Association, Missouri State Med
ical Association, St. Louis Medical Society,
Phi Delta Fraternity; companion Missouri
Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal
Legion. Club: First Infantry Officers'- Of
fice: 820 N. Grand Ave. Residence: 1119 Wal
ton Avenue.
*KIMBALL, Frederic L., bed manufac
turer; now living in Santa Barbara, Cal.; see
Vol. 1906.
KIMBELL, Robert Emmet, assistant gen
eral auditor St. Louis Southwestern Ry.;
born, Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 19, 1867; son of
John Dering and Josephine (Langtree) Kim-
bell; educated in public schools of Little Rock
and Hot Springs, Ark.; married, St. Louis,
Nov. 2, 1893, Julia M. Rashcoe; children:
Fordyce, Josephine Elizabeth. Entered serv
ice of the St. Louis Southwestern Ry. at age
of nineteen, and has filled various positions,
traveling auditor, chief clerk and finally as
sistant general auditor. Also auditor of the
Memphis Union Station Co. Methodist. Ma
son; member Legion of Honor, National
Union. Clubs: Mercantile, Bass Island Hunt
ing and Fishing (president). Favorite recrea
tions: fishing and golf. Office: Pierce Bldg.
Residence: 6178 Westminster PL
KIMMEL, Karl, lawyer; born, Leaven
worth, Kan., Nov. 29, 1874; son of Peter and
Christina (Schmale) Kimmel; educated in
public schools of Leavenworth; Baker Uni
versity, Baldwin, Kan.; Law Department,
University of State of Missouri, graduating,
¦degree of LL.B., 1897; unmarried. Admitted
to Missouri bar, 1897, and has since prac
ticed in St. Louis; judge First District Police
Court since May, 1911. Republican. Member
Twenty-fifth Ward Republican Club, Young
Men's Republican Auxiliary. Member St.
Louis Bar Association, Sigma Chi Fraternity,
Missouri University Alumni Association.
Club: Missouri Athletic. Recreations: study
of sociology; tennis, golf and other outdoor
sports. Office: 1105-1106 Fullerton Bldg. Resi
dence: Washington Hotel.
KINEALY, James Ralph, lawyer; born,
Hannibal, Mo., July 17, 1862; son of Michael
and Sarah Jane (Briscoe) Kinealy; educated
in St. Louis public schools; College of the
Christian Brothers ; E.M., Washington Univer
sity, 1883; married, St. Louis, June 30, 1898,
Sarah A. Piatt; one daughter, Emmeline. Ad
mitted to bar, Oct. 6, 1884, and engaged in
practice of law in St. Louis, in which has
since continued, except period from Mar. 27,

1903, to Dec. 31, 1904, when was judge of
Circuit Court, City of St. Louis. Supreme
Chancellor of the Legion of Honor of Mis
souri, 1892. Member of Missouri State Bar
Association. Democrat. Catholic. Clubs: Noon
day, City. Offiee: 705 Olive St. Residence:
20^34 E. Harris Ave.
KINEALY, John Henry, mechanical engi
neer; born, Hannibal, Mo., Mar. 18, 1864; son
of Michael and Sarah (Briscoe) Kinealy;
educated in public schools, Smith Academy,
graduating, 1880, and Washington University,
graduating from department of mechanical
engineering, 1884; married, Raleigh, N. C,
June, 1890, Grace Strong; children: Winifred
(Mrs. W. E. Bryan), Grace, Virginia, Sarah
Briscoe, Henry John. Engaged in engineering
work of various kinds, 1884-86; tutor at
Washington University School of Engineer
ing, 1886-87; associate professor in Agricul
tural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1887-
89, professor mechanical engineering Agricul
tural and Mechanical College of North Caro
lina, 1889:92; professor of mechanical engi
neering Washington University, 1892-1902;
practicing engineering and doing patent work
in Boston, Mass., 1902-04; and in St. Louis
since 1904. Has done engineering work in
various parts of the United States. Inventor
of the Kinealy air cooling and purifying ap
paratus; of the Kinealy Thermal Valve for
vacuum systems of heating; of the Kinealy
Damper Regulator for steam and hot water-
boilers; and "of other Kinealy steam special
ties. Member American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, American Society of Heating and
Ventilating Engineers (president, 1901), So
ciety of Arts (England), St. Louis Engineers'
Club (president, 1902), Franklin Institute,
St. Louis Academy of Science. Democrat.
Club: City. Author: Steam Engines and Boil
ers; Charts for Low Pressure Steam Heating;
Formulas and Tables for Heating; American
edition of The Slide Valve, by Tennant; Cen
trifugal Fans; Mechanical Draft; and contri
butions to technical journals, etc. Recreation:
reading. Office: 503, 406 Market St. Resi
dence: Ferguson, Mo.
KINEALY, William B., lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Nov. 15, 1871; son of Michael and
Sarah J. (Briscoe) Kinealy; educated in pub
lic schools and Washington University; stud
ied law under father; married Miss Lily
Coale, of St. Louis, Feb. 12, 1904. Admitted
to Missouri bar, 1897, and since junior mem
ber of firm of Kinealy & Kinealy. Democrat;
member Missouri State Senate, 1902-06. Cath
olic. Club: Mercantile. Recreations: country
life, outdoor diversions. Office: 1419, 705
Olive St. Residence: 8557 Mead St.
KING, Alfred Byron, osteopathic physician;
born, Kittening, Pa., July 4, 1862; son of
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educated in public schools of College Springs,
la.; B.S., Amity College, College Springs,
1883; Queen City Business College, Quincy,
111., 1885 ; was graduated from S. S. Still Col
lege of Osteopathy, Des Moines, la., degree
of D.O., January, 1901; married, Dorchester,
Neb., Oct. 13, 1892, Lora Maude Kepler; one
daughter, Louise. Was with various retail
stores, 1885-88; connected with the office of
the McCord-Brady Co., wholesale grocer;-;,
Omaha, 18S8- January, 1898; practiced at
Springfield, Mo., February-November, 1901.
since at St. Louis. Republican. United Pres
byterian. Member American Osteopathic As
sociation, Missouri State Osteopathic Associa
tion, St. Louis Osteopathic Association (vice
president since Sept. 19, 1911); member Iota
Tau Sigma Fraternity. Recreations: fishing
and outdoor sports. Office: 1718 Third Na
tional Bank Bidg. Residence: 5818 Bartmer
Avenue. KING, Edward Charles, commercial paper;
born, Kirkwood, Mo., Jan. 17, 1876; son of
Wyllys and Lucy (Graham) King; educated
in public and high schools, Kirkwood; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1900, Frances Rogers; one
daughter, Katherine. After leaving school
began as clerk in the Third National Bank,
and later was with the A. G. Edwards Broker
age Co., as exchange broker, until 1902; was
connected with the firm of Steere & Burr, un
til July 1, 1904, when that firm dissolved;
then became resident partner in now firm of
George H. Burr & Co., bankers and commer
cial paper, with offices in Boston, New York,
Chicago and St. Louis. Member Business
Men's League, Civic League. Clubs: Mercan
tile, Glen Echo, Algonquin, Sunset Hill. Of
fice: 506 Olive St. Residence: New York City.
KING, Goodman, president Mermod, Jac
card & King Jewelry Co.; educated in St.
Louis public and private schools and Clark's
Academy; married, St. Louis, Apr. 30, 1884,
Mary Hopkins; one son, Clarence Hopkins.
Began business career, 1865, as employe with
Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Co., and continued
with that company and its successor, the Mer
mod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., of which
he is now president. A founder and director of
the Fall Festivities Association; vice president
Business Men's League; member St. Louis
Manufacturers' and Exporters' Association;
judge and historian of Art Metal Section, De
partment of Liberal Arts, World's Columbian
Exposition, Chicago, 1893; director and de
partment juror, Louisiana Purchase Exposi
tion, St. Louis, also vice chairman of Liberal
Arts', Manufactures', Anthropology and Eth
nology departments of same, and special com
missioner to Japan on behalf of Louisiana
Purchase Exposition. Created in March, 1907,
by the French Government a member of the
Academie Francaise, with the title of "Offi-
cier de 1 'instruction publique," in considera

tion of his services to France in the Colum
bian Exposition (1893) and the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition (1904). Member of St.
Louis Academy of Science, Missouri Histor
ical Society. Presbyterian. Mason, Knight
Templar, Shriner. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday,
Mercantile, Missouri Athletic. Office: Broad
way and Locust St. Residence: 78 Vande
venter Place.
KING, Harry Bronson, treasurer King-
Brinsmade Mercantile Co.; born, Medina, O.,
1857; son of David H. and Helen M. King;
educated in public schools, New York, and
University of the City of New York. Began
as clerk in AVall Street, New York; later en
gaged in mercantile business in Minnesota;
located in St. Louis, 1896, and was associated
with father in firm of D. H. King & Co.; now
treasurer King-Brinsmade Mercantile Co. Of
fice: 1110 Washington Ave. Residence: 3916
Washington PL
KING, Henry, managing editor The St.
Louis Globe-Democrat; born, Salem, O., May
11, 1842; son of Selah W. and Eliza (Aleshire)
King; removed in childhood to Illinois;
learned printer's trade and became an editor,
serving successfully in all departments of
daily newspapers; married, Nov. 17, ' 1861,
Maria Louise Lane (deceased); children:
Henry Lane and Bessie H. (wife of Dr. N. J.
Hawley). Has been in newspaper business
since beginning of active career; served four
years in Union Army during Civil War and
was honorably discharged with rank of cap
tain. Edited papers at Quincy, 111., and To-
peko, Kan.; joined staff of Globe-Democrat,
1883; became editor, 1897. Clubs: St. Louis,
University, Round Table. Office: Globe-Demo
crat. Residence: 3864 Cleveland Ave.
KING, J. Munliall, fire brick manufacturer;
1865-1908; see Vol. 1906.
KING, James Emmet, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Mar. 7, 1879; son of Patrick and Han-
orah (Long) King; educated in public schools,
St. Louis; St. Alphonsus High School; Chris
tian Brothers College, receiving degree of
A.B., 1898, A.M., 1901; took full course of
three years at University Law School, law
department of Catholic University of Amer
ica, Washington, D. C, graduating with de
gree of LL.B., 1901; married, St. Louis, June
24, 1908, Jennie Mueller; one child, James
Emmet, Jr. Admitted to practice in state
courts of Missouri, Dec. 15, 1900, federal
courts later; began practice in office of Faun
tleroy & Howe, St. Louis, and in 1902 asso
ciated with Seneca N. Taylor; appointed asso
ciate city attorney of St. Louis by Mayor
Wells, April, 1907, and served four years;
now in general practice. Democrat; active in
political affairs, municipal, state and national;
member advisory board of Young Men's
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ber Missouri State Bar Association, St. Louis
Bar Association, Civic League, Royal Ar
canum, Knights of Columbus. One of organ
izers of Public Question Club. During term as
associate city attorney revised and simplified
many forms used by city officials in prosecu
tion of ordinance violations and appeared in
many cases in which legality of health and
police regulations was sustained by the ap
pellate courts. Recreations: reading and out
door diversions. Office: 906-910 Third Na
tional Bank Bldg. Residence: 5830 Page Boul.
KING, John Corson, retired; born, Wil-
liamsport, Pa., Nov. 12, 1837; son of Joseph
and Mary (Corson) King; educated in public
schools and Dickerson Seminary, Williams-
port; married Ida Brecht, of Williamsport,
March, 1869 (died, 1902); 2d, Delia B. Hogan,
of St. Louis, June 14, 1905. Began active ca
reer as associate with his father in farming;
then in canal boat and lumber business at
Williamsport; disposed of interest, 1881, and
located in St. Louis, and became actively iden
tified with real estate business, from which
recently retired. Was incorporator of the
King Electric Co., with which was connected,
1898-1906. Democrat. Recreation: motoring.
Residence: 6370 Waterman Ave.
KING, Lawrence L., fire insurance; born,
London, England, Aug. 21, 1845; educated at
schools in England; married, St. Louis, 1880,
Mary E. Currier. Came from England, 1857,
and was clerk with A. T. Stewart & Co., dry
goods, New York, until 1860; then came to
St. Louis, and was clerk for W. L. Vander
voort Co., dry goods, until 1868; continued in
mercantile line, 1868-72; has since conducted
a fire insurance agency in St. Louis, and rep
resents English and American companies in
fire, tornado and accident insurance. Member
Merchants' Exchange, Legion of Honor.
Club: City. Office: Pierce Bldg. Residence:
4234 Morgan St.
KING, Roscoe Cary, manager New York
Belting and Packing Co.; born, Boston, Aug.
2, 1867; son of S. A. and M. E. King; edu
cated in public schools of Philadelphia; mar
ried, Philadelphia, May 12, 1893, Ida V.
Bangs; one son, Russel F. Began business
career as salesman, 1902; since May 1, 1904,
manager St. Louis branch of the New York
Belting and Packing Co., Ltd., manufacturers
of rubber goods for mechanical purposes such
as belting, hose, packing, etc. (established,
1846). Member Business Men's League. Re
publican. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Rotary,
Seranton Engineers' (Scranton, Pa.), Frank-
lyn (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.). Office: 218-220 Chest
nut St. Residence: 5228 Cabanne Ave.
KING, William Jones; see Vol. 1906.
KINGSLAND, David Ferguson, hardware;
born, St. Louis, July 25, 1859; son of LeRoy
and Melissa (Alter) Kingsland; educated in

St. Louis public schools; married, St. Louis,
1883, Annie M. Billbrough; one daughter, Lily
Rimmer. Entered Simmons Hardware Co. as
boy in 1879, and remained with that company
in various capacities until 1902, when joined
in organization of the Geller, Ward & Hasner
Hardware Co. (wholesale and retail), of which
has since been vice president. Democrat.
Member St. George's Episcopal Church. Club:
Winfield Hunting (Winfield, Mo.). Recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Office: 412 N. 4th
St. Residence: 3954 Washington Boul.
KINGSLAND, Lawrence Douglas, president
Convention Bureau; born, St. Louis, Sept. 15,
1841; son of George and Eliza A. (Ferguson)
Kingsland; educated in Wyman School, St.
Louis, and cadet at Western Military Insti
tute, Nashville, Tenn.; served in Civil War,
1861-65, being commissioned second lieutenant
by State of Tennessee, and later captain, C.
S. A.; married, St. Louis, Nov. 5, 1867, Lizzie
F. Tennant (now deceased); children: Doug
las G., and Bessie (Mrs. Herbrand Harvey).
Entered business, 1865, as bookkeeper for
father, George Kingsland, of firm of Kings-
land & Ferguson (established, 1844) ; suc
ceeded him at his death in 1874, and was
president of the Kingsland Manufacturing
Co., manufacturers of agricultural and saw
mill machinery, until 1908; now president
Convention Bureau of St. Louis. Founder and
president St. Louis Manufacturers' Associa
tion (now the St. Louis Manufacturers' and
Exporters ' Association) ; founder and ex-
president Latin-American Club. Consul gen
eral in St. Louis for Central American states
of Nicaragua, Guatemala, Salvador and Hon
duras. Commissioner from Nicaragua to the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition; delegate for
Guatemala to the International Library Con
gress held in St. Louis, 1904; ex- vice presi
dent for Missouri of National Association of
Manufacturers of the United States. Member
Merchants' Exchange, American Forestry As
sociation of Washington, D. O, Missouri His
torical Society. Democrat; police commis
sioner and election commissioner during ad
ministration of Gov. Lon V. Stevens. One of
the original smoke abatement citizens, and
president of St. Louis Smoke Abatement As
sociation for several years; chairman of joint
committee of the Free Bridge Bond Issue.
Episcopalian. Member Royal Arcanum and
Legion of Honor. Club: Mercantile. Office:
614 Commercial Bldg. Residence: Hotel Beers.
KINNER, Hugo, physician; bora, Woerlitz,
Germany, Mar. 17, 1840; son of Christopher
Philip and Laura Kinner; student at universi
ties of Jena, Leipzig and Greifswald, and
completed studies and graduated, M.D., at
Berlin, March, 1863; married, St. Louis, Apr.
30, 1868, Augusta Burgas (now deceased) ;
children: Gertrude L., Otto B., Helmuth M.,
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by family to settle certain family affairs in
America, where the family has been repre
sented since the early days of Virginia; set
tled in St. Louis in 1864, wheije has since been
engaged in practice of medicine. Member
American Association for the Advancement
of Science, American Anthropological Asso
ciation, Archasological Institute of America.
Has traveled among nearly all the tribes of
American Indians as an archaeologist and an
thropologist, and possesses a fine collection of
Indian curios. Address: 1103 Rutger St.
KINSELLA, William Joseph, president of
Hanley & Kinsella Coffee and Spice Co.; born,
Carlow, Ireland, June 8, 1845; son of Patrick
and Ellen (Keating) Kinsella; educated at
St. Patrick's College, Tullow, County Carlow,
Ireland; married, St. Louis, October, 1885,
Nellie M. Hanley; children: William J., Jr.,
Dalton L., Ella Marie. Began as clerk, Dub
lin; came to St. Louis, 1870, agent Kingsford
& Oswego Starch Co.; engaged as merchant
and manufacturer, 1874-78, as W. J. Kinsella
& Co.; in 1878 was incorporated as Hanley &
Kinsella Coffee and Spice Co., of which is
president. Vice president Mechanics-American
National Bank; director Mercantile Trust Co.,
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co., Business
Men's League. Republican. Catholic. Clubs:
St. Louis, Noonday, Mercantile. Office: 713
Spruce St. Residence: 442 Lindell Boul.
KINSEY, William M., judge; born, Mt.
Pleasant, Jefferson Co., O., Oct. 28, 1846; son
of Caleb B. and Sarah (Metcalfe) Kinsey;
educated at Hopedale Academy, Harrison Co.,
O., George K. Jenkins' private school, Mt.
Pleasant, Monmouth College, 111., and Law
Department of Iowa State University; mar
ried, Durant, la., 1872, Miss Lorretta L. Cha
pin; children: E. Raymond, Laura M., Robert
Ralph and Edith. Admitted to practice in
Missouri in 1875; judge of the Circuit Court
of St. Louis since 1904. Elected to Congress,
1888, as a Republican, from the (then) Tenth
District of Missouri, and served in Fifty-first
Congress, 1889-91; renominated, 1890, but de
feated at election; defeated for renomination
in 1892. Director for thirteen years of South
ern Commercial and Savings Bank of St.
Louis. Member Ethical Society of St. Louis.
Club: Century Boat. Chambers: Court House.
Residence: 6638 Vermont Ave.
KIRBY, Daniel Noyes, lawyer; born, Lyme,
Conn., Aug. 22, 1864; son of Eliab B. and
Caroline L. Kirby; educated in St. Louis High
School; A.B., Washington University, 1886;
LL.B., St. Louis Law School, 1888; unmar
ried. Practiced at first in office of Charles
Nagel; then became his partner in law firm of
Nagel & Kirby; later of Finkelnburg, Nagel
& Kirby, and since 1905 of firm of Nagel &
Kirby. Lecturer at St. Louis Law School.
Member of St. Louis and Missouri State Bar

associations. Clubs: University, Noonday, St,
Louis Country. Office: Security Bldg. Resi
dence: 4142 Morgan St.
KIRCHNER, Henry Charles Albert, physi
cian; deceased; see Vol. 1906.
KIRCHNER, Walter Charles George, phy
sician; born, St. Charles, Mo., July 14, 1875;
son of Henry A. and Caroline (Schneider)
Kirchner; educated in grammar and - high
schools of St. Louis, graduating, 1894; A.B.,
Washington University, 1897; M.D., Medical
Department of Washington University, 1901;
unmarried. In service of Health Department
of St. Louis as assistant bacteriologist, 1899-
1901; instructor in bacteriology in Medical
Department of Washington University, 1903;
assistant physician, two years, assistant su
perintendent, 1903-07, superintendent, 1907-11,
City Hospital. European travel and study in
Vienna, Berlin and London, during 1911;
since return from Europe in private surgical
practice. Member St. Louis Medical Society,
Missouri State Medical Association, American
Medical Association (ex-president), Medical
Society of City Hospital Alumni, Washington,
University Association, St. Louis Academy of
Science, St. Louis Surgical Club, American
Association of Obstetricians and Gynecolo
gists, Southern Surgical and Gynecological
Association, honorary society of Sigma Xi,
Medical Reserve Corps U. S. Army. Club:
Contemporary. Office: Metropolitan Bldg,
Residence: 1127 N. Grand Ave.
KIRKPATRICK, Halley Curry; see Vol.
1906. KIRKPATRICK, Thomas Scott, wholesale
store fixtures; bora, Ripley, Tenn., June 27,
1878; son of Thomas C. and Susan (Scott)
Kirkpatrick; educated in public schools of
Ripley, Tenn.; unmarried. Began business ca
reer as assistant cashier of the Lauderdale
County Bank, Ripley, Tenn., for two years,
and was also scretary of the Ripley Oil Mills;
went to Louisville, Ky., and for two years
was president of the Kentucky Printing Co.;
came to St. Louis with brother, Halley C,
and in January, 1904, established present firm
of Kirkpatrick Bros., wholesale store fixtures,
bank and office furniture, and fire and burg
lar-proof safes. Democrat. Presbyterian,
Club: Missouri Athletic. Office: 111*. Wash
ington Ave. Residence: Missouri Athletic
Club. KISSACK, Robert, merchant tailor; born
on the Isle of Man, Great Britain, Aug. 22,
1838; son of Thomas and Jane (Kewish) Kis-
sack; educated in common schools in native
country; married, St. Louis, Jan. 25, 1872,
Emily Ashton (died, Apr. 13, 1911); children:
Robert A., Martha, Kathryn, Alfred, Philip.
After learning the tailoring trade in native
country, emigrated to the United States in
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the service of Rosenfeld Bros., in whose em
ploy remained until going into business with
partner, Julius C. Seaman, 1878, in the tailor
ing business, now known as the Kissack &
Seaman Tailoring Co., of which is president;
formerly president of the Kissack Hat Co.
Republican. Episcopalian. Member of the
Masonic fraternity, Legion of Honor. Office:
201, 804y2 Pine St. Residence: 6918 Maple
Avenue. KLAW, Isaac W., clothing; see Vol. 1906.
KLEIBER, Frank ManueL justice of the
peace; born, Washington, D. O, Nov. 17, 1860;
son of Frank and Anna Maria (White)
Kleiber; educated in public schools in Brook
lyn, N. Y.; married, 1893, Isabella Little;
children: Kathryn, Anna, Jane. Came west in
1874; worked in mill of Harrison Wire Co.
until 1884; member of Benton Wire Co.,
manufacturers of barbed wire, 1884-87; assist
ant cashier for assessor and collector of water
rates, St. Louis, 1887-91; chief deputy clerk
St, Louis Criminal Court, 1891-94; elected,
1894, justice of the peace of Third District,
reelected in 1898 and 1902, and still serving;
police judge South St. Louis Police Court,
1902-10. Treasurer Realty Mortgage Invest
ment Co.; director United Building Co. Demo
crat. Methodist. Recreations: hunting and
fishing. Office: 1109 Chouteau Ave. Resi
dence: 1827 Kennett PL
KLEIN, Eugene Schreiber, architect; born,
St. Louis, Mar. 11, 1876; son of Judge Jacob
and Lily (Schreiber) Klein; educated in pub
lic schools of St. Louis; graduated at Smith
Academy, 1895; A.B., Harvard College, 1899;
B.S. in architecture, Lawrence Scientific
School of Harvard University, 1901; married,
January, 1907, Nella M. Lambert, of Spring
field, 111.; one son, Eugene L. On leaving col
lege entered employ of Mauran, Russell &
Garden (now Mauran, Russell & Crowell),
architects, with whom has ever since been em
ployed. -Republican. Member Pi Eta Society
of Harvard, St. Louis Architectural Club, St.
Louis Chapter American Institute of Archi
tects. Club: Harvard (St. Louis). Office:
1620 Chemical Bldg. Residence: 5504 Cates
Avenue. KLEIN, Jacob, lawyer; 1845-1910; see Vol.
1906. KLEIN, John S., manufacturer; deceased;
see Vol. 1906.
KLEINSCHMIDT, George Frank, treasurer
Beck & Corbitt Iron Co.; born, St. Louis, Jan.
13, 1868; son of Frank and Maria (Moeller)
Kleinschmidt; educated in St. Louis public
schools to 1883; married, St. Louis, Aug. 7,
1889, .Rose Goessling; three children: Minerva
Mary (Mrs. J. E. Scott), Lester George,
Gladys Caroline. Began business career as
office boy with Beck & Corbitt Iron Co., Apr.

23, 1883, then served as bill clerk, price clerk,
city bookkeeper, general bookkeeper, cashier,
assistant treasurer, and elected treasurer, also
director, February, 1907. Republican. Mem
ber Methodist Episcopal Church; trustee Eden
Church. Recreations: tennis and music. Of
fice: 1241 N. 1st St. Residence: 2209 Clarence
Avenue. KLEINSCHMIDT, Sherman Henry, whole
sale provisions, butter and cheese; born, St.
Louis, May 7, 1864; son of Anton H. and
Sophia (Luebbering) Kleinschmidt; educated
in public schools and commercial college; mar
ried, St. Louis, May 9, 1893, Minna L. Franz;
one daughter, Helen. Began business career
as clerk in retail grocery in 1880; shipping
clerk in wholesale grocery house, 1882; book
keeper for wholesale butter and cheese house,
1883-96; in 1896 formed partnership with
Charles A. Sweet and bought out stock of
former employers; incorporated, 1900, Charles
A. Sweet Provision Co., of which is vice presi
dent and treasurer. Director American Cen
tral Trust Co., 1904; vice president E. W.
Franz Estate from 1905; secretary and treas
urer of Colonial Creamery Co. since 1905. Re
publican. Presbyterian. Club: City. Office:
813 Spruce St. Residence: Webster Groves,
Missouri. KLENE, Benjamin J., lawyer; born, July 4,
1858; son of Benjamin H. and Marie (Leiner)
Klene; educated in. Sparta (111.) High School;
LL.B., Law Department, Washington Univer
sity, 1886; married, St. Louis, May 28, 1889,
Anna Meyer; children: Leonard W., Wilbur
M., Benjamin C, Homer Grant. Admitted to
Missouri bar, 1886, and began practice in St.
Louis; elected to State Senate, 1894; judge
Court of Criminal Correction, by appointment
of Governor Hadley, 1909-11; nominated for
circuit judge, Aug. 6, 1912; Republican. Con
gregationalist. Office: 906, 506 Olive St. Resi
dence: 4919 Fountain Ave.
KLETZKER, Albert J., photo-engraver; de
ceased; see Vol. 1906.
*KLICK, John Ferdinand, clergyman; now
lives in Granite City, 111.; see Vol. 1906.
KLINGE, Theodore John, president Mer
chants' Basket and Box Co.; born, St. Louis,
Sept. 24, 1865; son of Frederick and Mar
garet (Maeder) Klinge; educated at Blow
(public) School, Carondelet; Mound City Com
mercial College, 1880-83; married, St. Louis,
April 27, 1896, Elizabeth Stommel; one 'daugh
ter, Norma. Began business career as yard
clerk for Iron Mountain R. R., and promoted
to bill clerk; superintendent Station B, Post
Office of St. Louis, 1893-97; went into box
and basket business, 1897, incorporating as
Merchants' Box and Crate Co., 1899, and in
1901 changed name to Merchants' Basket and
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Past Regent South End Council, Royal Ar
canum; member local Legion of Honor, Ger-
mania Turn Verein, Carondelet. Office: 1101
N. 2d St. Residence: 7123 Michigan Ave.
KLIPSTEIN, Ernest C, architect; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 4, 1866; son of Christian and
Louisa (Zoeckler) Klipstein; educated St.
Louis Manual Training School; Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; Polyclinic, of Mun
ich, Germany; studied in Paris and traveled
in Europe; married. St. Louis, Nov. 1, 1905,
Grace Huiskamp; one daughter, Julia. In
practice in St. Louis since 1897; senior mem
ber firm of Klipstein & Rathmann since 1908.
President St. Louis Chapter, American Insti
tute of Architects; member St. Louis Society,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civic
League, Chi Phi Fraternity. Clubs: Univer
sity, City, Missouri Athletic. Recreations:
tennis and boating. Office: Chemical Bldg.
Residence: 6244 Washington Boul.
KLIPSTEIN, Theodore August, druggist
and manufacturing chemist; born, St. Louis,
Oct. 4, 1858; son of Christian and Louisa
(Zoeckler) Klipstein; among ancestors were
Philip von Klipstein, who devoted seventy
years to teaching forest culture in Hessian
Germany, and Jacob Christian Klipstein, who
assisted against England in the American
Revolution; attended school in St. Louis and
graduated from high school in Germany after
&ve years' course there; returned to St. Louis
and studied chemistry in Washington Univer
sity; graduated St. Louis College of Phar
macy, 1880 (second honors) ; married, St.
Louis, Dec. 27, 1904, Ida Kraft; twin daugh
ters, Margaret and Emma. Assumed charge,
1880, of drug business established by father,
which he has developed upon an extensive
scale; also manufacturer of aniline colors.
Davy disinfectants, etc., for the trade. Re
publican. Protestant. Member Alumni Asso
ciation, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, Royal
Arcanum, West St. Louis Turn Verein (hon
orary). Office and Residence: 2258 Cass Ave.
KNAPP, Charles Welbourne, president Pub
lishers: George Knapp & Co.; born, St. Louis,
Jan. 23, 1848; son of John and Virginia
(Wright) Knapp; graduated St. Louis Uni
versity, A.B., 1865, A.M., 1867 (LL.D., 1904) ;
graduated University of Kentucky, LL.B.,
1867; married, Frances Shackelford, of St.
Louis, Apr. 22, 1875; one daughter, Gene
vieve (Mrs. Guthrie McConnell, of Philadel
phia). Entered, 1867, service of the. Missouri
Republican, of which his father was one of
the principal proprietors; served in various
capacities and long had charge of the paper 's
Washington bureau; in November, 1887, be
came president of the corporation, "Publish
ers: George Knapp & Co.," owners of the
paper, the name of which was changed to
The St. Louis Republic, May, 1888. Director

Associated Press (president, 1900). Clubs: St.
Louis, Noonday, St. Louis Country, Log Cabin,
also Gridiron (Washington). Recreation: golf.
Office: The Republic. Residence: 4943 Mary
land Avenue.
KNAPP, Harry Gilmore, real estate; 1855-
1910; see Vol. 1906.
KNAPP, Homer Pike, vice president Butler
Brothers; born, South Owego, Tioga Co., N.
Y., May 5, 1855; son of Ezekiel W. and Sarah
(Smith) Knapp; educated in public schools
of Cleveland, O.; married, Cleveland, Nov. 1,
1882, Fannie Tillotson. Began business career
as salesman in a rubber house in Cleveland,
and after seven years there joined the young
firm of Butler Brothers, then (1879) starting
in Chicago; assisted in organizing the firm's
New York house, 1880; firm was incorporated,
1887, when became secretary; came to St.
Louis, 1898, to open another branch house,
and in 1902 became vice president of the cor
poration, with houses in New York, Chicago,
St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Dallas, Tex., firm
being dealers in general merchandise, and the
largest house in the world doing a strictly
wholesale business solely by catalogue, no
traveling salesmen being employed. Director
National Bank of Commerce. President (1905)
of Interstate Merchants' Association; member
Business Men 's League, Civic League. Inde
pendent in politics. Episcopalian. Clubs:
Union League (Chicago), Union (Cleveland),
St. Louis, University, Noonday, Mercantile,
Glen Echo, Commercial, Bellerive Country.
Office: 18th and Olive Sts. Residence: Wash
ington Hotel, St. Louis, and Painesville, O.
KNAUFT, Benjamin Franklin, real estate
and investments; born, St. Paul, Minn., Dec.
21, 1866; son of Ferdinand and Christina
(Ebel) Knauft; graduated from high school,
St. Paul, 1885; married, St. Louis, September,
]904, Bertha A. Wahl. Engaged for a number
of years in real estate and building business
at St. Paul; came to St. Louis, 1907; erected
and sold homes on monthly payment plan;
now manager real estate loan department of
Commonwealth Trust Co.; also president
Realty Savings Investment Co. Member City
Council of St. Paul three terms. Methodist.
Mason. Office: Commonwealth Trust Co. Resi
dence: 3652 Evans Ave.
KNIGHT, George Harris, lawyer; 1856-
1908; see Vol. 1906.
KNIGHT, Harry French, stock and bond
broker; born, St. Louis, Feb. 18, 1864; son of
Augustus and Fanny (French) Knight; edu
cated in public schools, Smith Academy and
Wyman Institute; married, St. Louis, June 22,
1888, Bertha Judith (now deceased), daugh
ter of Rev. Dr. James H. Brookes; children:
James B., Fanny F., Oliver D., Harry H. Be
gan business career in 1881, as employe of
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became director of Brown-Desnoyers Shoe Co.,
1889; since September, 1894, vice president of
A. G. Edwards & Sons Brokerage Co. Also
member of firm of A. G. Edwards & Sons;
vice president Third National Bank. Repub
lican. Presbyterian. Clubs: St. Louis, Noon
day, St. Louis Country, Log Cabin, Cuivre.
Office: 410-412 Olive St. Residence: 4433
Wes'tminster PL
KNIGHT, William Benjamin, manufacturer
of machinery; born, Woodford, Canada, Feb.
19, 1865; son of Benjamin A. and Ann (Ed
wards) Knight; educated in public schools of
Ohio; married, Spiceland, Ind., 1894, Clara G.
Edwards; children: Alice A., Gertrude S.,
Harold E., William Benjamin, Jr. Learned
machinist trade in St. Louis, and engaged in
business for self, 1887-90; went to Colorado
and for one year was manager of Helena
mines, Leadville, Colo.; returned to St. Louis
in 1891, and established firm of W. B. Knight
& Co., manufacturers of special machinery;
since the incorporation of William B. Knight
Machine Co., has been its president. Repub
lican. Protestant. Member Royal Arcanum.
Favorite recreation: hunting. Office: 2019-
2025 Lucas Ave. Residence: 4568 Cook Ave.
KNOX, Charles Gordon, stock yards official;
1852-1907; see Vol. 1906.
KOCH, Henry W., general manager Mis
souri Cotton Yarn Manufacturing Co.; born,
St. Louis, Sept. 24, 1865; son of Herman and
Anna (Mattfield) Koch; educated in St. Louis
public schools; married, St. Louis, 1895, Char
lotte Bender; one daughter, Eloise. Began
business career as clerk with W. F. Crow &
Co., dry goods, two years; then for five years
with Hargadine-McKittrick Dry Goods Co.,
and six years as traveling salesman with Ely-
Walker Dry Goods Co.; joined, 1895, in organ
ization of the Missouri Cotton Batting Co.,
under which style continued until 1902, when
the name of the company was changed to
Missouri Cotton Yarn Manufacturing Co., of
which is general manager. Republican. Mem
ber St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association.
Recreation: tennis. Office: 300 Lynch St.
Residence: 2738 Accomac St.
KOCH, Julius William, railway official;
born, St. Louis, June 24, 1855; son of Theo
dore and Anna (Kirsehbaum) Koch; gradu
ated from Eyser College, St. Louis, 1872; mar
ried, St: Louis, Oct. 17, 1888, Adele C. Sach
leben (died Feb. 21, 1892); one daughter,
Anna Theodora. Began business career in the
employ of F. E. Schmieding & Co., wholesale
hardware, in 1872; served in various capaci
ties until 1880, when business was incorpo
rated as the Witte Hardware Co.; director
same until Mar. 1, 1893, when, upon the or
ganization and incorporation of the Inter
national Steel Post Co., became its president,
remaining so until 1909; since treasurer Co

lumbia & Northern Electric Railway Co. Inde
pendent in politics. Presbyterian. Mason.
Club: Mercantile. Office: 207 Victoria Bldg.
Residence: 5919 Etzel Ave.
KOECHIG, William, hay, grain and feed;
bom, St. Louis, May 31, 1858; son of George
and Dorothy (Drager) Koechig; educated in
public schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
June 1, 1887, Ella J. Buckland; children:
Irene P., Jessie A., William Kenneth. Began
business career in 1876, as boy in office of
J. A. Buckland & Co., wholesale and retail
hay, grain and mill feed, in which firm became
successively clerk, bookkeeper, salesman and,
in 1895, partner; upon retirement of father-
in-law, Joseph A. Buckland, in 1900, became
sole proprietor of the business under the old
firm name of J. A. Buckland & Co. Member
Merchants' Exchange. Republican. Member
Second Baptist Church. Recreation: golf. Of
fice: 103-107 S. 3d St. Residence: 5122 Water
man Ave.
KOEHLER, Casper, brewer; deceased; see
Vol. 1906.
KOEHLER, Henry, Jr., brewer; 1864-1912;
see Vol. 1906.
KOEHLER, Hugo Arthur, president The
Independent Brewing Co.; born, St. Louis,
Nov. 22, 1868; son of Henry and Ottilie
(Schlapp) Koehler; educated in public and
high schools of Davenport, la., and academic
department of Griswold College, Davenport;
unmarried. Vice president American Brewing
Company, 1890-1910, since then president The
Independent Brewing Co. Director Davenport
Malting Co., since 1902; vice president and
director of the St. Louis, Rocky Mountain &
Pacific Co., owning and operating (in New
Mexico) the largest coal fields in the West;
also director St. Louis, Rocky Mountain &
Pacific Railway Co. Member Ethical Society.
Clubs: University, Noonday, St. Louis, Field.
Recreation: golf. Office: 932 Pierce Bldg.
Residence: 320 N. Union Ave.
KOELLE, Hugo Albert, treasurer Edward
Westen Tea and Spice Co.; born, St. Louis,
Sept. 30, 1870; son of Ernst and Mathilda E.
(Baer) Koelle; educated in private schools of
St. Louis; unmarried. Began business career
as clerk for two years with A. Moll Grocer
Co.; then collector, four years, with Jacob
Furth Grocer Co.; since 1894 with Edward
Westen Tea and Spice Co., as salesman one
and one-half years, then cashier until 1898;
when, upon incorporation of the business, be
came treasurer of the company. Also vice
president Lincoln-Pope Mercantile Co. Mem
ber Ethical Society of St. Louis. Club: Lieder
kranz. Recreation: fishing. Office: 1000 Clark
Ave. Residence: 4912 Spalding Ave.
KOELN, Edmond, collector of revenue;
born, Carondelet, Sept. 10, 1866; son of John
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cated in public schools; married, Carondelet,
1896, Annie Jodd; four children: Francis,
Geraldine, Margaret, Edmond, Jr. Engaged
in iron, steel and tin worker's trade for seven
years; became interested in politics and has
served as collector of revenue for the city
since 1909. Republican. Member Knights of
Pythias, Odd Fellows. Clubs: Missouri Ath
letic, Liederkranz, Elks'. Recreations: hunt
ing and fishing. Office: City Hall. Residence:
3624 Loughborough Ave.
KOENEMAN, William, commission mer
chant; born at Hartum, Germany, Nov. 20,
1864; son of Christian and Christine (Rom-
melman) Koeneman; educated in parochial
schools in Germany, and also attended public
school at Hoyleton, Washington Co., 111., 1881-
82; married, St. Louis, Aug. 5, 1888, Sophia
Mueller; children: Clara (Mrs. J. H. Schulze)
and Elsie. Came to America, 1881; began
business career, at St. Louis, 1885, as clerk in
a grocery store; then worked as porter in
commission houses, and after holding various
positions in that line started in wholesale
commission business on own account, in which
has since continued. Vice president Lowell
Bank; member board of directors Jefferson
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.; director and treas
urer Walthers College; director Lutheran Hos
pital. Member Fruit and Produce Exchange,
North St. Louis Citizens' Association. Ger
man Lutheran. Recreation: traveling. Office:
919 N. 4th St. Residence: 1125 E. Grand Ave.
KOENIG, Frederick Augustus; see Vol.
1906. KOENIG, George Washington, physician;
born, St. Louis, Oct. 10, 1872; son of William
and Caroline F. (Gutbrod) Koenig; educated
in public schools, graduating from St. Louis
High School, 1893; entered Medical Depart
ment, Washington University, 1900, graduat
ing with degree of M.D., 1904; unmarried.
Served as physician City Hospital, June, 1904,
to June, 1905; then junior interne, assistant
in surgical clinic, O 'Fallon Dispensary, Wash
ington University, to January, 1911. Member
St. Louis Medical Society, Medical Society
City Hospital Alumni, Missouri State Medical
Association, American Medical Association.
Republican. Member Royal Arcanum, Phi
Beta Pi Medical Fraternity. Office: 740 S. 4th
St. Residence: 2626 A Louisiana Ave.
KOENIG, Henry C, president Missouri
Press Brick and Improvement Co.; born, St.
Louis, Apr. 18, 1852; son of Henry and Mary
(Kloepper) Koenig; educated public schools
and Jones Commercial College, graduating
from latter after taking a complete course,
1870; married, St. Louis, Sept. 5, 1875, Liz-
zette Bruesselbach; two children: Edwin C.
and Mrs. Adelaide Eggers. Learned bricklay
er's trade; in dry goods business seven years;
then began brick manufacturing, and in 1896

incorporated the Missouri Press Brick and
Improvement Co., of which has since been
president. Republican. Protestant. Mason.
Member Legion of Honor. Recreations: hunt
ing and fishing. Office: Marine Ave. and
Osage St. Residence: 3836 Kosciusko St.
KOENIG, Hugh J.; see Vol. 1906.
KOENIG, Julius, city forester; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 28, 1870; son of Julius and Martha
(Gast) Koenig; educated in public schools
and St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
to 1885; received botanical training until
1893; married, St. Louis, Mar. 1, 1901, Jessie
Miller, of Chicago. Began career in his
father 's florist establishment, continuing un
til 1895, with exception of one year, 1890-91,
in employ of Michel Plant and Bulb Co.; in
florist business for self at 8321 N. Broadway,
1895-98; with H. G. Burning, wholesale flo
rist, 1898-1906; manager for Ostertag Bros.,
retail florists, 1906-09; inspector City Forester
Department, 1909-11; city forester since May
10,1911. Republican. Lutheran. Mason (32°).
Club: Masonic. Recreation: study of plant
life. Office: Room 418, City Hall. Residence:
6461 Florissant Ave.
KOERNER, Ernst A., president Merchants '
Catering Co.; born, Altenburg, Germany, Mar.
21, 1860; son of Charles and Johanna Koerner;
educated in public schools of native land to
fourteen; married, South Bend, Ind., Nov. 8,
1882, Anna Lederer; three children: Albert J.,
Arthur E., Victor Herbert. Learned catering
business in Germany; came to America, 1877;
associated with brother in business until
death of latter, 1883; later conducted old
Merchants' Restaurant and Coffee House; or
ganized, 1899, the Merchants' Catering Co.,
of which has since been head. Member
Knights of Pythias, B. P. O. Elks. Office: 408
Washington Ave. Residence: 3423 Lafayette
Street. KOERNER, Kent K., lawyer; bora, 1876.
Admitted to Missouri bar, 1900, and since
practiced in St. Louis; member of firm of
Holmes, Blair & Koerner. Democrat. Served
as sergeant major in Fourth Illinois Volunteer
Infantry, Spanish- American War. Office : 1654,
112 N. 4th St. Residence: 4808 Fountain Ave.
KOETTER, Albert F., physician; born, St.
Louis, July 14, 1871; son of Charles and Anna
(Bentzen) Koetter; educated at Smith Acad
emy; M.D., Washington University, 1892;
post-graduate study, Vienna, Berlin and Leip
zig; married, St. Louis, Apr. 8, 1902, Estella
Crone; children: Wilma Agatha and Estelle
Marie. In practice in St. Louis since 1901,
making a specialty of nose, ear and throat
diseases; osteologist Deaconess Hospital; in
structor in otology, Washington University.
Republican. Presbyterian. Member American
Medical Association, Missouri State Medical
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lieutenant Medical Reserve Corps, U. S. Army.
Clubs: City, University. Office: Olivia Bldg.
Residence: 5226 -Waterman Ave.
KOHLER, Herman C; see Vol. 1906.
KOHLER, Howard Franz, merchant tailor;
born, Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1865; son of
Christian A. and Wilhelmina Victoria (Von
Ende) Kohler; educated in St. Mary's Col
lege, Buffalo, N. Y.; married, Maplewood, Mo.,
June 3, 1903, Nell March; one son, March
Howard. Engaged in the merchant tailoring
business since 1889, and since April, 1900, has
been of the present firm of Kohler & Romer,
makers of high grade clothing for men. Mem
ber Business Men's League. Favorite recrea
tions: golf and tennis. Office: 304 Carleton
Bldg. Residence: 6911 Washington Ave., Uni
versity Heights.
KOHN, Anthony, clothing; 1857-1910; see
Vol. 1906.
KOHRING, Frederick H., president Kohring
Distilling Co.; born, St. Louis, June 24, 1862;
son of Gerhard and Anna Katherina (Sorber)
Kohring; educated in public schools and John
son Commercial College; married, St. Louis,
Feb. 14, 1885, Lizzie Binkman; two daugh
ters: Gertrude and Gladys. Began active ca
reer in 'distilling business established by his
father as the Kohring Distilling Co., of which
has been president since July, 1905. Repub
lican. Office: 803 N. 2d St. Residence: 4357
De Soto St.
KOHRING, Otto G., secretary and treasurer
Kohring Distilling Co.; born, St. Louis, Dec.
23, 1872; son of Gerhard and Anna Katherina
(Sorber) Kohring; educated in public schools
and' German School, St. Louis; married,
Waterloo, 111., Dec. 27, 1893, Theresa C.
Krone; two children: Valentine and Mans
field. Began active career in electroplating
business, under B. S. Saville, continuing three
years; then entered employ of Pelton Bros.,
manufacturers silver plated ware, and three
and one-half years later resigned and estab
lished in electroplating jobbing business, in
which continued until 1898; engaged in farm
ing, 1898-1905; upon death of father, 1905,
returned to St. Louis, as secretary Kohring
Distilling Co., and has also been treasurer of
company since 1906. Member St. Louis Pub
lic School Patrons' Alliance, North St. Louis
Saenger Bund, Harmonie Maennerchor, Ar-
beiter Gesang, etc. Office: 803 N. 2d St.
Residence: 2141 Obear Ave.
*KOINER, Cyrus Wellington; see Vol. 1906.
KOKEN, Ernest E., barbers' supplies; de
ceased; see Vol. 1906.
KOLKSCHNEIDER, Henry W., vice presi
dent Schorr-Kolksehneider Brewing Co.; born,
Rothenfelde, near Osnabruck, Hanover, Ger
many, July 6, 1853; son of Henry W. and
Louisa Kolkschneider; educated in common

schools of native land; married, St. Louis;
one daughter, Annie. Came to America, 1871;
secured employment at Schulenburg lumber
yard and later with the Joe Schneider Brew
ing Co. and Anthony & Kuhn's Brewery; be
came connected with Hyde Park Brewing Co.,
1876, continuing until 1901; associated with
Jacob B. Schorr in organization of the Schorr-
Kolkschneider Brewing Co., of which is vice
president. Office: 2537 Natural Bridge Rd.
KOLLME, Otto, physician; born, St. Louis,
Sept. 14, 1859; son of Theodore and Dorette
(Sxiellerberg) Kollme; educated in public arid
private schools and colleges in Illinois and
Missouri; graduated from St. Louis College of
Pharmacy, 1884; M.D., St. Louis Medical Col
lege (Medical Department, Washington Uni
versity), 1887; post-graduate study at univer
sities of Heidelberg, Berlin, Prague, Vienna;
married, St. Louis, Feb. 16, 1897, Agnes C.
Pockels; children: Sidney P., Beraice S. D.
Engaged in general practice as physician in
St. Louis since graduation. Member St. Louis
Medical Society, Missouri State Medical Asso
ciation. Independent in politics. Protestant.
Office and Residence: 2354 Park Ave.
KONERT, George Henry, secretary and
treasurer E. H. Kortkamp Jewelry Co.; born
in Germany, Dec. 4, 1866; son of Henry and
Wilhelmina (Feldman) Konert; came to St.
Louis in 1871; educated in public schools and
at Toensfeldt's private school, in St. Louis;
married, St. Louis, Sept. 25, 1895, Emma
Goschen. Began business career in 1882 with
E. H. Kortkamp, with whom learned jewelry
trade; when the business was incorporated, in
1891, was elected as vice president, and in
1894 as secretary and treasurer of the com
pany. Independent in politics. Member of
Masonic fraternity. Club : Elks. Favorite rec
reations: hunting and fishing. Office: 805
Washington Ave. Residence: 3927 Juniata St.
KOPPELMAN, John G, furniture; de
ceased; see Vol. 1906.
KOPPLIN, Philip, Jr., superintendent Mis
souri Fish Commission; born, St. Louis, June
11, 1867; son of Philip Kopplin, Sr.; edu
cated in public and high schools, St. Louis,
Bryant & Stratton Business College; married,
St. Louis, Olivia Schotto (died, April, 1905);
one son, Edward Mortimer. Left school at
seventeen to become identified with the work
of the Fish Commission, with which has ever
since been connected; now superintendent St.
Louis Hatchery. Congregationalist. Mason,
Knight Templar. Offiee: Forest Park. Resi
dence: 905 Euclid Ave.
KORNGOLD, Jacob Bernard, neckwear
manufacturer; born, Krakau, Austria, Oct. 6,
1863; son of Morris and Jocha (Young) Korn-
gold; educated in public schools of Krakau;
married, St. Louis, Sept. 10, 1895, Eva Frey;
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Florence, Joseph J. Came to United States in
1877; engaged in the sale of neckwear, and a
year later learned the trade of cutting neck
wear; remained at this work two years, then
moved to Tensas Parish, Louisiana, where re
mained until 1891 as manager of a cotton
plantation and merchandise store owned by
Lucian Bland; went to Europe in 1891, and on
return same year engaged in neckwear manu
facturing business; now doing business as J.
B. Komgold & Co. Republican. Mason;
Knight of Pythias; member Independent Or
der of B'nai B'rith. Favorite recreations:
hunting and fishing. Office: Columbia Theatre
Bldg. Residence: 4205 Page Ave.
KORTJOHN, Henry, Jr., lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Aug. 13, 1870; son of Henry and Eliza
beth (Wolber) Kortjohn; educated in public
schools and educational institute (private) to
1886; St. Louis Manual Training School, 1886-
89; LL.B., Washington University, 1893; mar
ried, St. Louis, Aug. 11, 1894, Tillie Kerner.
Admitted to bar, 1893, and since practiced
with father as Kortjohn & Kortjohn. Elected
member Republican City Central Committee
from old Twelfth (now Fourteenth) Ward,
1908; chairman Board of Election Commis
sioners, St. Lcrais, since 1909. Served on dif
ferent occasions as provisional judge St. Louis
Court of Criminal Correction. Secretary Amer
ican Trench Machine Co., Norman Monument
Co. Protestant. Clubs: City, St. Louis, West
ern Rowing, Liederkranz. Office: Merchants-
Laclede Bldg. Residence: 2129 Sidney St.
KORTKAMP, Otto Henry, Jeweler; born,
St. Louis, Mar. 6, 1862; son of E. H. and Ber-S
tha (Steidemann) Kortkamp; educated in
St. Louis public school and Jones Business
College, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, June 6,
1893, Louise Koch; children: Otto Henry, Jr.,
Edith Clara. After leavin" school learned the
jewelry trade under his father, who estab
lished in business in St. Louis in 1849, and
after the death of his father in 1891 incorpo
rated the business under its present style of
E. H. Kortkamp Jewelry Co., of which is
president. Republican. Protestant. Member
Royal Arcanum and St. Louis Bowling Asso
ciation. Mason. Recreations: hunting and fish
ing. Office: 805 Washington Ave. Residence:
5075 Raymond Ave.
KORY, Morris, clothing manufacturer; born,
Posen, Germany, June 18, 1836; son of Abra
ham and Rebecca (Eichel) Kory; educated at
public schools in Germany; married in Ger
many, 1861, to Miss Bertha Eichel; children:
Leo, Julius B., Mrs. Sol Morris (of Philadel
phia), Mrs. Max Knoch, Nellie. Began busi
ness as clothing manufacturer in 1879; since
1893 senior member of the firm of M. Kory
& Son, wholesale and retail clothing. Offiee:
816 Lucas Ave. Residence: 1119 Morrison
Avenue.

KOSTUBA, Charles John, furniture manu
facturer; born in Austria, Nov. 4, 1861; son
of K. and T. Kostuba; came to United States,
1870, locating in Chicago; educated in Chi
cago public schools; married, St. Louis, 1884,
Josephine Heitkamp; children: Philippine
(Mrs. F. J. Clement), Pauline C. Learned
trade ol parlor furniture making and worked
at same until 1880, when came to St. Louis
and began business for self. Director Furni
ture Board of Trade (president, 1900) ; vice
president National Association of Furniture
Manufacturers; member Furniture Manufac
turers' Association of St. Louis. Member
Knights of Pythias (Grand Chancellor of
State of Missouri, 1910) ; member National
Union, Woodmen of the World, B. P. O. Elks.
Recreation: fishing. Office: 900-902 S. 7th St.
Residence: 2704 S. 13th St.
KOTANY, Ludwig, stocks and bonds; bom,
Szegedin, Hungary, Sept. 5, 1860; son of Alex
ander .and Maria Minna Kotany; educated
in public schools, gymnasium and University
of Vienna, Austria, Ph.D., 1885; married, Oct.
24, 1908, Miss Orrie L. Gregg. Began business
career as cashier Wainwright Brewery; since
1895, engaged as broker in stocks and bonds
in St. Louis, and since 1900 associated with
G. H. Walker & Co. Author of a monograph
on Hyperelliptic Integrals, published by the
Imperial and Royal Academy of Sciences, of
Vienna; an article on Modern Geometry, pub
lished in a scientific journal in Germany; an
article on Value, published by the Quarterly
Journal of Economics, of Harvard University;
article on v. Bohm-Bawerk's Theory on Cap
ital, published in Conrad's Jahrbiichern. Of
fice: 307 N. 4th St. Residence: 4438 Laclede
Avenue. KOTANY, Max, stock broker; born, Sze
gedin, Hungary, Dec. 7, 1853; son of Alexan
der and Minna (Singer) Kotany; educated at
Realschule, Szegedin, and at St. Louis night
schools; married, St. Louis, June 5, 1895, Mil
dred Wear. Employed in stock brokerage
business by various firms until 1874, when
started in business for self as stock broker,
in which has since continued. Republican;
member City Council of St. Louis, 1893-97;
candidate for presidential elector on Mis
souri Republican ticket, 1892. Member St.
Louis Stock Exchange. Member Missouri His
torical Society. Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis
Country, Noonday, Racquet. Office: 409 Olive
St. Residence: 4384 Westminster PL
KOTSREAN, Frank J., real estate; born,
St. Louis, Feb. 12, 1857; son of Frank and
Phillippine (Stradal) Kotsrean; educated in
public schools to fourteen; married, St. Louis,
Sept. 23, 1887, Adelaide Drescher, who died
1895, leaving three sons; Robert, Chester,
William; married, 2d, Sept. 14, 1896, Jose
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active career with dye works, and later in
retail drug business; in employ of Meyer
Bros. Drug Co., 1872-93; in city assessor's of
fice, 1893-1901; since in real estate business;
president Kotsrean-Althen Realty Co. since
1907. Member Real Estate Exchange. Repub
lican. Presbyterian. Recreations : fishing, gar
dening. Office: 813 Chestnut St. Residence:
Webster Groves, Mo.
KRABBE, Henry Joseph; see Vol. 1906.
*KRABLER, John Aloysius Florentine,
Catholic priest; now living in Chicago; see
Vol. 1906.
KRAMER, Carl, clergyman; born, Munster,
Westphalia, Germany, May 8, 1865; son of
Frederick and Rosine (Hoffmann) Kramer;
educated at Evangelische Volkschule, 1872-77,
and Konigliches Paulinisches Gymnasium,
1877-80, Munster; came to United States, 1881;
graduated from Proseminar, Elmhurst, 111.,
1883, Eden College, St. Louis, 1886; married,
Pinckneyville, 111., Sept. 7, 1887, Emma Drie
meyer; children: Rudolph, Oscar. Ordained to
ministry, July 18, 1886; since 1887 member
German Evangelical Synod of North America.
Pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical Church,
Pinckneyville, 111., 1886-90, German Evangel
ical Church, Alton, 111., 1890-95, St. Matthew 's
Evangelical Church, St. Louis, 1895-99; in
1899 organized and is now pastor of St. An
drew's Evangelical Church. Recreations: hunt
ing and fishing. Office (church): California
Ave. and Juniata St. Residence: 2811 Juniata
Street. *KRAMER, Herman Bernard, life insur
ance; moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
KRAUS, Charles, secretary and treasurer
Missouri Belting Co.; born, Mainz, Germany,
July 17, 1865; son of Conrad and Anna (von
Jungenfeld) Kraus; educated at Gymnasium,
Mainz, Germany; married, St. Louis, 1894,
Emma Conrad; children: Elsa, Ralph C., Car-
lota. Came to St. Louis from Germany in
1884, and was for six months with the Con
solidated Ice Machine Co.; then for one year
with Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association;
with Willemsen Belting Co., 1886-92; in 1892
joined in organization of the Missouri Belt
ing Co., manufacturers of rawhide and oak-
tanned belting and lace leather, of which has
since been secretary and treasurer. Independ
ent in politics. Club: Liederkranz. Recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Office: Grand Ave.
and La Salle St. Residence: 3237 Longfellow
Boulevard. KRAUS, Leo M., trunk and bag manufac
turer; born, Cincinnati, O., Aug. 23, 1859; son
of M. and Lena (Stromberg) Kraus; educated
in private school, Huntsville, Ala., public
school, New York City, and commercial col
lege, Cincinnati; married, Louisville, Ky., Feb
ruary, 1883, Mollie Laub; children: Ray (Mrs.
B. J. Kaufman), Irma (Mrs. J. F. Seinsheim-

er). Entered employ of Mack, Stadler & Co.,
clothing manufacturers, Cincinnati, 1875;
moved to Louisville, and in 1884 started with
Ben P. Stromberg and Henry Laub in the
trunk manufacturing business; latter sold in
terest to Stromberg & Kraus, 1892, and in
1894, plant was removed to St. Louis, and
since conducted as Stromberg, Kraus & Co.,
manufacturers of trunks, etc. Republican.
Hebrew. Mason. Office: 714 Washington Ave.
Residence: Buckingham Hotel.
KRAUSE, Alfred Arnold, lawyer; born in
Milwaukee Co., Wis., July 6, 1854; son of Dr.
G. and Rosalie Krause; educated at Carroll
College, Waukesha, Wis., Spencerian Business
College, Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wis.; studied law and was admitted
to bar in Wisconsin, 1879; married, Milwau
kee, October, 1880, Julia A. Stoffel (now de
ceased); children: Arno D., Walter G., Kurt
A., Ralph H. Attorney and right-of-way agent
for Wisconsin Central Ry. Co. at Milwaukee,
1881-92; was also member of the law firm of
M. C. and A. A. Krause, Milwaukee, 1880-92;
attorney and right-of-way agent, Missouri, Kan
sas & Eastern R. R. Co. in Missouri, 1892-93;
general agent Missouri, Kansas & Texas Sys
tem, 1893-1901, and since May 1, 1901, general
claim attorney for same system at St. Louis,
Mo. Member Association of Railway Claim
Agents of United States and Canada. Repub
lican. Club: Missouri Athletic. Recreations:
hunting and fishing. Office: Wainwright Bldg.
Residence: 5252 Vernon Ave.
KRAUSE, Charles Henry, wholesale coal;
born, St. Louis, Nov. 21, 1873; son of John
and Lucy (Bull) Krause; educated in public
schools of Greenville, 111., and St. Louis; M.D.,
Homoeopathic Medical College of Missouri.
1893; married, St. Louis, Oct. 18, 1893, Cora
Lee Stewart; one son, Edward Ernest. Began
as offiee boy in Mullanphy Planing Mill; later
worked for George D. Barnard & Co., and later
in general office of Missouri Pacific Ry. Co. ;
studied medicine, 1890-93, and practiced for
three years after graduation, and was profes
sor of chemistry in Homoeopathic Medical Col
lege of Missouri. Organized, 1895, and since
vice president and general manager of tho
Willis Coal and Mining Co., wholesale coal.
Also president Columbia Quarry Co., Midval-
ley Oil Co.; vice president Krause Bros. In
vestment Co. Protestant. Republican. Mason,
Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs: Missouri
Athletic, Mercantile, Arcadia Country. Fa
vorite recreation: fishing. Office: 710 Fuller-
ton Bldg. Residence: 4454 Forest Park Boul.
KRAUSE, Ernest John, president and treas
urer Willis Coal and Mining Co.; born St.
Louis, Aug. 26, 1871; son of John and Lucy
(Bull) Krause; educated in public schools of
Greenville, 111., and Chicago, 111.; married, St.
Louis, Sept. 28, 1893, Louise R. Schmitt; chil
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H., Horace C, Ruth. Began business career in
art department of the Woodward & Tiernan
Printing Co., St. Louis; engaged, since 1897,
in coal, banking and other lines of business,
now being president and treasurer of the
Willis Coal and Mining Co., operators of the
Willisville, Percy and Sparta coal mines; also
president and treasurer Krause Bros. Invest
ment Co.; vice president and treasurer Colum
bia Quarry Co.; treasurer Midvalley Oil Co.
Republican. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Automobile, Glen
Echo Country. Favorite recreation: automo-
biling. Office: 710 Fullerton Bldg. Residence:
4419 Forest Park Boul.
KRAUSHAAR, Charles Frederick, retired;
born in Prussia, Germany, Mar. 18, 1847; son
of Henry R. and Rebecca (Schneider) Krau-
shaar; educated in Germany; traveled exten
sively in all the principal countries of Eu
rope, and came to America in 1870; married,
St. Louis, Dec. 2, 1874, Louise Beckman; chil
dren: Arthur (deceased), Frederick, Henry,
Emma (Mrs. Charles Richardson). Engaged
in St. Louis as a manufacturer in brass, 1873-
1911; retired as president Kraushaar Brass
Manufacturing Co. Mason (32°). Residence:
3627 California Ave.
KREISMANN, Frederick Herman, mayor;
born, Quincy, 111., Aug. 7, 1869; son of Fred
erick and Frances (Bruner) Kreismann; edu
cated in public schools of Quincy and St.
Louis and Central High School, St. Louis;
married, Jan. 25, 1902, Pauline Whitman; chil
dren: Helma Frances, Ruth Josephine. Upon
leaving high school engaged in civil engineer
ing and surveying in St. Louis, 1888-90; en
tered insurance business, 1890 as clerk in the
office of the German Mutual Fire Insurance
Co., St. Louis; special agent and adjuster of
the Mtna Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn.,
for State of Nebraska, 1891-93; became con
nected with local insurance business in St.
Louis, 1893, and is now member of the Kreis
mann- Theegarten Insurance Agency. Elected
circuit clerk, November, 1905, mayor of St.
Louis, April, 1909. Member Business Men's
League. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason,
Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs: Missouri
Athletic, St. Louis, Mercantile. Offices: City
Hall and Pierce Bldg. Residence: 4362 Mc
Pherson Ave.
KREMER, Daniel Henry, contractor; born,
Springfield, O., Jan. 28, 1872; son of William
H. and Rebecca Ann (Myers) Kremer; edu
cated in public schools of Dayton, O., Indian
apolis and St. Louis, and U. S. Naval Acad
emy, Annapolis, Md.; married, St. Louis, June,
1895, Katherine O'Neil; children: Dorothy
Eugenia, Richard Henry. Entered wire and
iron business with Ludlow-Saylor Wire Co.,
1887, and remained until February, 1903; sales
agent for the Brown-Ketcham Iron Works of
Indianapolis, 1903-10; since secretary and

treasurer Kremer & Voirol Construction Co.
Independent in politics. Presbyterian. Mem
ber Royal Arcanum. Mason. Offiee: 810 Olive
St. Residence: Webster Groves.
KRENNING, Frank Frederick William;
born, Hanover, Germany, Apr. 13, 1863; son
of H. W. and Wilhelmina Krenning; educated
in schools in Germany, and resident of St.
Louis since 1879; married, St. Louis, Dec. 16,
1885, Emma Horstkotte. Began in 1879, as a
boy with the Krenning Glass Co., wholesale
china, glass and queensware (established
1862), was afterwards clerk and salesman
until the incorporation of the business in
1896; then vice president Krenning Glass Co.;
sold out interests, 1909, and retired. Repub
lican. Protestant. Office: 510. Pine St. Resi
dence: Washington Hotel.
KRENNING, William George, physician;
see Vol. 1906.
KRESS, John Alexander, army officer, re
tired; born in Tioga Co., Pa., Nov. 4, 1839;
son of Benjamin and Margaret Ann (Wilcox)
Kress; early education in schools of Tioga
Co., Pa., and La Porte Co., Ind.; at West
Point Military Academy, 1858, until resigned
to go into active service, Oct. 31, 1861; mar
ried, Vancouver Barracks, Wash., Sept. 20,
1888, Annie Augusta Muhlenberg; children:
Helen, William, Jewett, John Alexander, Fran
ces Lydia, Clarence Cameron, Henry Clinton,
Anne. On resigning from Military Academy
appointed by Gen. James S. Wadsworth, of
New York, as first lieutenant Twenty-fifth
New York Volunteer Infantry and aid-de
camp to General Wadsworth; major Ninety-
fourth New York Volunteers, July, 1862; lieu
tenant-colonel, November, 1862; commanded
regiment in battle of Fredericksburg; detailed
as inspector general, First Division, First
Army Corps; appointed second lieutenant,
Ordnance Department, U. S. A., and later
chief ordnance officer, Department of the
James; lieutenant-colonel, 117th U. S. Colored
Troops, and inspector general, Twenty-fifth
Army Corps; assigned to Rock Island Arsenal,
1865, U. S. Arsenal, Pittsburg, 1867, Vancou
ver Barracks, Washington, 1871, San Antonio,
Tex., 1882, Indianapolis, 1883, St. Louis Pow
der Depot, 1886, Benicia Arsenal, Cal., 1887,
St. Louis Powder Depot, 1890; assigned as
chief ordnance officer, U. S. A. Camp at
Chiekamauga, Tenn.; served in Cuba as chief
ordnance officer, First Army Corps, and chief
ordnance officer of the entire island of Cuba,
on staff of Major General Brooke; again com
mander St. Louis Powder Depot, 1899, until
promoted brigadier general, U. S. A., and re
tired, Aug. 17, 1903. Baptist. Residence: 5030
Vernon Ave.
KREY, Frederick, president Krey Packing
Co.; born, Hilden, near Duesseldorf, Germany,
Jan. 8, 1866; son of John and Elizabeth (An-
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Ohligs, Germany; married, St. Louis, Sept. 5,
1889, Anna Strotjost; six children: Flora,
Elsie (Mrs. Adolph J. Westen), Leonia, Beat
rice, Marie, John. Came to St; Louis, with
parents, Sept. 4, 1879; employed in chair fac
tory three years, and was foreman for C.
Conrad & Co. six months; then associated with
father in manufacture of sausage on a small
scale and began killing hogs, gradually in
creasing operations until plant now has ca
pacity of 1,000 hogs daily; interest of father
was sold to James and Pierre Garneau in 1896,
and business was incorporated as the Krey
Packing Co., of which has since been presi
dent; also director St. Louis Independent
Packing Co., Tulsa Corporation Co.; president
Tulsa Packing Co., Tulsa, Okla. Democrat.
Catholic. Member Merchants ' Exchange. Club:
Liederkranz. Recreations: baseball and out
door sports. Office: 2100 Bremen Ave. Resi
dence: 3438 Russell Ave.
KREZ, Julius Lothar, manufacturer steam-
pipe and boiler coverings, etc.; born, Neu-
stadt, Rhenish Bavaria, Germany; son of Paul
and Helene Krez; graduate of gymnasium in
Germany; married, Chicago, 111., Jan. 9, 1896,
Katie Schumacher; children: Paul J. and
Frank P. Landed in New York, Apr. 12, 1886,
and proceeded to Chicago; entered business in
insulating line, 1886, but left same in 1888,
and went to Washington Territory. Returned
in 1890, and reentered old position as sales
man; removed to St. Louis, 1898, and in 1899
established, and has since been president of
J. L. Krez Manufacturing Co., manufacturers
and contractors for applying steam-pipe and
boiler coverings, insulations for cold storage
buildings, etc., and general western selling
agents for Ehret's Magnesia Coverings, and
Union Fiber Co. 's "Lith" cold storage insu
lation, etc. Democrat. Mason. Recreation:
baseball. Office: 518 N. 3d St. Residence:
4274 Hartford St.
KRIEGER, Joseph Andrew; see Vol. 1906.
KRIEGSHABER, David, wholesale whiskey;
born, Louisville, Ky., May 27, 1867; son of
William and Regina (Sommers) Kriegshaber;
educated in Louisville High School; married,
St. Louis, Feb. 19, 1901, Stella Weiner; chil
dren, Edith, Amy. Engaged in wholesale
whiskey business continuously since 1889;
traveled for nine years for Louisville whiskey
firm; then became connected with Edwin
Schiele Distilling Co., wholesale whiskies, of
which is vice president. Republican. Jewish
religion. 32° Mason (Missouri Consistory).
Club: Westwood Country. Office: 204 S. 4th St.
Residence: 4939 Washington Boul.
KROEGER, Ernest Richard, teacher of pi
ano and organ, composition, etc.; born, St.
Louis, Aug. 10, 1862; son of Adolph E. and
Elizabeth B. A. (Curren) Kroeger; educated
St. Louis; musical studies in St. Louis; mar
ried, Oct. 10, 1891, Laura A. Clark, of Leba

non, Mo.; four children: Mary Louise, Rich
ard Clark, Eleanor Alice, Beatrice. Has com
posed orchestral works, chamber and piano
pieces, songs, church music, etc. Director Col
lege of Music, Forest Park University for
Women, Kroeger School of Music; conductor
Amphion Club; concert pianist and organist.
President Music Teachers' National Associa
tion, 1897-99; founder American Guild of Or
ganists. Master of programs, Bureau of Mu
sic, St. Louis Exposition, 1904. Officer French
Academy. Office: Musical Art Bldg., 459 N.
Boyle Ave. Residence: St. Regis Apartments.
KROEGER, Herman William, president
Kroeger-Amos- James Grocer Co.; born Osna-
bruck, Germany, Dee. 10, 1868; son of H. J.
and Henrietta (Gehner) Kroeger; educated in
public and private schools in Germany and St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, Aug. 8, 1892, Au
gusta Brahmeyer; children: Harry W., Eleo-
nora, Clarence W. Arrived in New York from
Germany, September, 1883, and later in same
month came to St. Louis; clerk in retail gro
cery store, 1883-88; became bookkeeper with
Meyer, Schmid & Robyn Grocer Co., Decem
ber, 1888, and in 1895 was elected treasurer of
the Meyer-Sehmid Grocer Co., and secretary
and treasurer of the same company in Febru
ary, 1903; resigned in August, 1905, and until
March, 1907, was occupied with financial mat
ters. In March, 1907, organized the Kroeger-
Amos- James Grocer Co., of which is president;
also director Franklin Bank. Republican.
Member Business Men's League. Mason (32°),
Shriner. Member Legion of Honor. Clubs:
Liederkranz, Union (director). Recreation:
bowling. Office: 616-622 N. 3d St. Residence:
3850 Cleveland Ave.
KRONE, Charles Ferdinand, lawyer; born,
St. Louis, Dec 15, 1863; son of Charles A. and
Catherine (Basler) Krone; educated in public
schools, Central High School, and at Univer
sity of Missouri, 1882-83; married, St. Louis,
1898, Edna V. Doyle; children: Lawrence Ar
thur, Madeline Cecelia; married, 2d, Kate E.
Moore, of St. Louis, 1910. Admitted to bar,
'1889; assistant circuit attorney, 1887-1900.
Republican; member Missouri State Senate,
elected 1908. Member Missouri State Uni
versity Alumni Association. Office: 723-726
Title Guaranty Bldg. Residence: 2322 Whitte-
more PL
KRUG, Frederick H., physician; born,
Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany, June 28, 1869;
son of Heinrich and Antonie (Brutsche) Krug;
educated, Gymnasium, Karlsruhe; Ober-Real
Schule, Karlsruhe, graduating, 1885; State Ag
ricultural School (Emmendingen), Hochburg,
Baden; Garten and Obstrumschule, Karlsruhe,
graduating, 1887; M.D., Marion-Sims-Beau-
mont College (Medical Department of St.
Louis University), May 8, 1905; married, Lena
Mull, of St. Louis, Apr. 20, 1893; two sons:
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1892; in practice in St. Louis since May 6,
1904; professor dietetics and clinical chemis
try, National University. Member American
Medical Association, Missouri State Medical
Society, St. Louis Medical %>ciety. Mason;
member Court of Honor, Knights of Pythias,
German Military Veterans' Society. German
Benevolent Society, Badisher Unterstuetzung
Verein. Liberal Republican. Recreations: lit
erature, music. Office and Home: 2249 St.
Louis Ave.
KRUM, Chester Harding, jurist, lawyer;
born, Alton, 111., Sept. 13, 1840; son of Judge
John M. and Mary (Harding) Krum; B.A.,
Washington University, 1863; LL.B., Harvard
Law School, 1865; married, St. Louis, Oct. 26,
1866, Elizabeth H. Cutter; children: Mary F.
(Mrs. Josiah Laselle), John M. (deceased),
Clara R. (Mrs. Thomas O. Dix), Flora (Mrs.
Chester Harding), Elizabeth H., Mabel. Ad
mitted to bar, 1864, and located in practice
of law in St. Louis; member firm of Krum;
Decker & Krum, 1867. Appointed by Presi
dent Grant U. S. district attorney, 1869, and
served until elected, 1872, judge of St. Louis
Circuit Court; served until 1875, then resigned
and resumed practice. Member of faculty of
St. Louis Law School, 1873-82; member of
law firm of Krum & Madill, 1875-77, J. M. &
C. H. Krum, 1877, Krum & Jonas, 1883-87,
since has practiced alone. Appointed, January,
1912, special master in receivership proceed
ings of Wabash R. R. Was Republican, 1864-
88, since Gold Democrat. Unitarian. Member
Civic League. Member Law Library Associa
tion. Favorite recreation: floriculture. Offiee:
500 Roe Bldg. Residence: 5551 Chamberlain
Avenue. KRUTZSCH, Herman, vice president St.
Louis Iron and Machine Works; born, Chem
nitz, Saxony, Mar. 29, 1844; son of Carl and
Wilhelmina (Schubert) Krutzsch; educated in
schools in Germany, finally in Polytechnic
School, Chemnitz, Saxony; married, St. Louis,
1875, Minna Koch; children: Paul, Karl Au
gust, Hugo, Armin, Ernest, Clara. Learned
profession of mechanical engineer in Polytech
nic School, Chemnitz, Saxony; followed pro
fession in England, 1866-70; came from Eng
land to St. Louis, 1870, and became connected
with the St. Louis Iron and Machine Works,
and since 1885 has been vice president of the
company. Member Society of Mechanical En
gineers. Republican. Member Liederkranz.
Recreation: music. Office: Chouteau Ave. and
2d St. Residence: 4254 Flora Boul.
KUECHENMIESTER, John Henry, presi
dent St. Louis Paper Can and Tube Co.; born,
Chicago, Mar. 10, 1875; son of John and Ber
tha (Schwarz) Kuechenmiester; educated in
public schools of Chicago; married Martha
Seidel, of Chicago, July, 1899; two children:
Arthur, Alfred. Began in retail oil business
in Chicago, 1896, continuing for three years;

sold out and started in the paper box busi
ness, in partnership with John Alexander, as
Alexander & Kuechenmiester; disposed of in
terest to Mr. Alexander, 1901, and came to
St. Louis; associated with brother, Henry, in
the establishment of the St. Louis Paper Can
and Tube Co., manufacturers of round paper
packages or cans, of which is president. Prot
estant. Recreation: motoring. Office: 3111-3121
N. Broadway. Residence: 2363 Geraldine Ave.
KUENZEL, Andrew, president A. Kuenzel
Manufacturing Co.; born, Asch, Bohemia, Jan.
13, 1854; son of Johann and Elizabeth (Guen-
thert) Kuenzel; educated in public school of
Asch, and, 1871-73, in School of Engineering,
from which was graduated, 1873; married, St.
Louis, Dec. 2, 1876, Frances Hof; children:
Marie A. (Mrs. J. H. Gross), Louise, Andrew,
Tillie, Elizabeth, Frances. Came to St. Louis
in fall of 1873, and was employed in planing
mill as foreman; established own planing mill,
1883, conducting same under individual name
until 1902, when it was incorporated as A.
Kuenzel Manufacturing Co., of which is presi
dent. Republican. Odd Fellow. Member Lie
derkranz and St. Louis Turn Verein. Recrea
tion: traveling. Office: 2720 S. 3d St. Resi
dence: 2809 Accomae St.
KUHLMANN, Frederick Carl Emil, physi
cian; born, St. Louis, Mar. 21, 1871; son of
Henry Frederick and Marie (Kanter) Kuhl-
mann; educated Hamilton (public) School, 23d
and Dickson Sts.; Perkins & Herpel Commer
cial College, 4th St. and Washington Ave.;
St. Louis Medical College (Medical Depart
ment, Washington University), graduating,
degree of M.D., 1896; married, St. Louis, Apr.
25, 1900, Caroline E. Ruhe; one daughter,
Dorothy Marie. In practice in St. Louis since
Apr. 25, 1896; medical examiner Benton Camp
No. 248, Woodmen of the World. Member
American and Missouri State Medical asso
ciations, St. Louis Medical Society (secretary
since 1910), Washington University Medical
School Alumni, St. Louis Society of Members
of Medical Reserve Corps, U. S. A., St. Louis
Medical History Club. President Blair and
Howard School Patrons Association. Club:
Apollo (charter member). Recreations: base
ball, tennis, bowling. Office: 1444 23d St.
Residence: 2135 St. Louis Ave.
KUHN, Charles Frederick, retired; born,
Cusel, Bavaria, Dec. 10, 1836; son of Charles
and Elizabeth (Boss) Kuhn; educated in pub
lic and private schools; married, St. Louis,
1862, Margaret Kurtzeborn; children: Nettie
(Mrs. William G. Orr), Hulda (Mrs. Charles
J. Fuleher), Elizabeth (deceased). Served as
private in Seventh Missouri Volunteers in
Civil War; engaged as employe in various
mercantile pursuits until 1867, when estab
lished for self as a cloth merchant until 1871,
when retired for eight years; became sales
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and in 1890 joined in organizing the Western
Leather Co., of which was president and treas
urer until April, 1911, retired. Unitarian.
Member Legion of Honor, United Workmen,
National Union. Residence: 3456 Iowa Ave.
KUHS, August H., real estate and insur
ance; bora, St. Louis, May 29, 1859; son of
August and Christina (Schocke) Kuhs; edu
cated in public schools and Rice 's Commercial
College; married, St. Louis, Mar. 29, 1883,
Emma Decker; eight children : August J.,
Oscar, Elmer, Walter, Adelia (Mrs. Charles L.
Obert), Emma (Mrs. Peter A. Moskop), Hilda,
Edna. Began active career under father;
later entered employ of Uhrig Brewing Co.,
continuing two years; became connected with
the Arsenal Brewery, 1878, and was made
head bookkeeper, 1882, manager and cashier,
1885, and when company was incorporated he
became director and secretary, continuing un
til 1908; since in real estate business under
the firm name of A. H. Kuhs & Son. Vice
president Southside Welfare and Protective
Association; member Concordia Turn Verein.
Protestant. Member Knights of Pythias. Of
fice: 1001 Chestnut St. Residence: 2720 S.
13th St.
KUNZ, Charles Christian, real estate and
loans; born, St. Louis, July 7, 1867; son of
John and Louisa (Jacoby) Kunz; educated in
St. Louis public schools; married, St. Louis,
Jan. 20, 1903, Catherine Schomburg; one
daughter, Emilia. After leaving school en
tered the service of the St. Louis Real Estate
Exchange as office boy, for two years; then,
in 1885, entered employ of the real estate firm
of January & Moffatt; since remained with
that firm and its successors, L. A. Moffatt &
Co., Moffatt & Franciseus, and, in 1902, be
came partner with James M. Franciseus under
style of James M. Franciseus & Co., which in
1907 changed to Franciseus & , Kunz. Also
vice president Eagle Fork Realty and Invest
ment Co.; secretary Catherine Investment Co.,
Szilassy Investment Co.; director Traders' In
vestment Co., Lindell Park Land and Im
provement Co., Lindell Fairground Co. Is
identified with the subdivisions of Lindell
Park, Lindell Place and Fairground Place and
is actively interested in the upbuilding of
Northwest St. Louis. Director St. Louis Real
Estate Exchange ; member North i St. Louis
Business Men's League. Clubs: Forest Lake
Gun, St. Charles County, Arcadia Country.
Favorite recreations: hunting and fishing. Of
fice: 702 Chestnut St. Residence: 3218 Bailey
Avenue. KUNZE, Albert Carl, general contractor;
born, Detroit, Aug. 12, 1873; son of Carl and
Bertha (Aulepp) Kunze; educated in common
schools; high school, Marlette, Mich., graduat
ing, 1887; special course Alma College, Alma,
Mich.; married, St. Louis, Sept. 5, 1898, Min

nie G. Rhoadman; one son, Albert R. Came
to St. Louis at age of eighteen; salesman in
grocery store five years; later in employ of
J. C. Finck Mineral Milling Co. and secretary
Heman Construction Co.; in 1904 assisted in
organizing the Webb-Kunze Construction Co.,
contractors in grading, street paving and
quarrying, of which has since been president;
also president Tower Grove Quarry and Con
struction Co. Republican. Protestant. Mem
ber Missouri Game and Fish Protective Asso
ciation. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Of
fice: 5927 Fyler Ave. Residence: 4430 A Page
Boulevard. KUNZE, Emil William, president Victor
Iron Works; bora, Detroit, Nov. 3, 1864; son
of Carl and Bertha" (Aulepp) Kunze; educated
in country district schools; married, Mayme
Bieber, of St. Louis, Mar. 10, 1900; two chil
dren: Emil William, Jr., and Melba. Engaged
in farming in Michigan until twenty-two years
of age; came to St. Louis in 1886; in grocery
business with H. Stoffregen as clerk for three
and one-half years, then member of firm of
Boever & Kunze; has been president Victor
Iron Works since January, 1909; also secre
tary Big River Lead Co. Republican. Mem
ber Evangelical Lutheran Church. Mason.
Member Tower Grove Turn Verein. Office:
2417-2419 S. 7th St. Residence: 4246A Arsenal
Street. KUPFERLE, John C, plumbers' special
ties; deceased; see Vol. 1906.
KURTZEBORN, August, jeweler; born,
Diez, Germany, June 1, 1840; son of Gottfried
and Dorothy Kurtzeborn; educated in public
schools in Germany, and private schools in St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, Feb. 12, 1867, Eliza
beth Probst; children: August, Jr., Louis G.,
Dr. Edwin E., Arthur, Mrs. William H. Gregg,
Jr. Began in the jewelry business as an ap
prentice with L. Bauman on Market St. in
1857, and in 1867 became a partner with him
in the firm of L. Bauman & Co., of which later
became president. Dissolved partnership, tak
ing the retail department, and Mr. Bauman
the wholesale business. Sold out to Mermod,
Jaccard & Co. in 1898, but in 1900 started in
business again, with sons, Louis G. and Ar
thur Kurtzeborn, as A. Kurtzeborn & Sons,
jewelers. Member St. Louis Jewelers' Asso
ciation. Republican. Presbyterian. Member
Royal Arcanum, Legion of Honor, Woodmen
of the World. Club: Union. Recreation: trav
eling. Office: 302 Carleton Bldg. Residence:
3626 Pine St.
KUTTERER, Conrad, president Kutterer-
\ Jansen Printing Co.; born, Mt. Vernon, 111.,
Sept. 12, 1872; son of Adam and Elizabeth
(Zachelmayer) Kutterer; educated in public
schools of Mascoutah, 111.; married, St. Louis,
June 24, 1896, Ida Gausmann; children: Edna
A., Ida E., Armin O, Raymond H. Began
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Rauth Printing Co., St. Louis, 1890-93; with a
Chicago printing house, 1893-94; returned to
St. Louis and was employed in this city,
1894-97, in New Orleans, La., 1897-98; in
1898 entered the Gottschalk Printing Co., St.
Louis, partner same 1899-1906, since president
Kutterer Printing Co. and its successor, the
Kutterer-Jansen Printing Co. Member Knights
of Pythias, Royal Arcanum, West St. Louis
Turn Verein. Member St. Louis Credit Men's
Association. Favorite recreation: athletics.
Residence: 1728 N. Leffingwell Ave. Office:
300-302 Olive St.

LA BEAUME, Edmond Walter, general
passenger agent Cotton Belt Route; born, St.
Louis, June 4, 1856; son of Theodore and
Eliza A. (Hammond) La Beaume; educated
in Clay and Webster schools, and St. Louis
High School; married, Chicago, Feb. 14, 1883,
Delia M. Clark; three children: Edmond Irv
ing, Adelaide Alice, Lesley Elizabeth. Began
railway career with Iron Mountain Ry. at St.
Louis at age of seventeen; held various posi
tions with different railroads until entered
service of the Cotton Belt Route, Sept. 1,
1884, and has been successively chief clerk
passenger department, assistant general pass
enger agent, and now general passenger and
ticket agent, same road. Republican. Episco
palian. Member Civie League. Clubs: Mercan
tile, Normandie Golf. Recreations: golf and
fishing. Office: 1330 Pierce Bldg. Residence:
4710 Westminster PL
LA BEAUME, Louis E., architect; born,
St. Louis, July 31, 1873; son of Louis T. and
Angeline E. (Nance) La Beaume; educated
public schools; Manual Training School, grad
uating, 1890; studied architecture, Columbia
University, New York; married, St. Louis,
1905, Emma Updike. After leaving university
worked under architects of New York and
Boston and traveled and studied abroad; re
turned to St. Louis, 1902, and assisted M.
Emanuel Masqueray upon designs for Louisi
ana Purchase Exposition; since member firm
of Mariner & La Beaume. Member St. Louis
Chapter of American Institute Architects, So
ciety of Columbia University Architects, Bos
ton Architectural Club, etc. Clubs: Univer
sity, Noonday, Florissant Valley. Office: 721
Olive St. Residence: 5340 Waterman Ave.
LA BEAUME, Louis S., insurance; see Vol.
1906. LACKEY, William Gatewood, vice president
Mississippi Valley Trust Co.; bom in Lincoln
Co., Ky., Apr. 18, 1872; son of Gabriel A. and
Mary E. (Welch) Lackey; attended Stan
ford (Ky.) Male Seminary until 1888; Centre
College, Danville, Ky., 1888-89; Central Uni
versity, Richmond, Ky., 1889-92, graduating,
A.B., magna cum laude, and class orator; mar

ried, Louisville, Ky., Dec. 11, 1900, Rose Swiss-
helm Wintersmith; one son, Harry Winter-
smith Lackey. Taught in Hardin Collegiate
Institute, Elizabethtown, Ky., 1892-96, while
reading law in office of William H. Marriott;
came to St. Louis, September, 1896, taking bar
examination in October, and admitted to bar.
Practiced law in St. Louis with Edmond A. B.
Garesche, until his death in January, 1898,
and afterwards with B. H. Charle's in firm of
Charles & Lackey until January, 1900. Assist
ant trust officer, Mississippi Valley Trust Co.,
1900-05, bond officer, 1905-10; vice president
since 1910, also member executive committee.
President Litchfield Lamp Manufacturing Co.;
director Oklahoma Ry. Co. Member Business
Men's League, Civic League. Democrat.
Southern Methodist. Member Kentucky Soci
ety of St. Louis, Sigma Nu Fraternity. Clubs:
St. Louis, Noonday, Bellerive Country, Al
gonquin Golf. Recreations: golf, motoring,
horseback riding. Office: 201 N. 4th St. Resi
dence: Kirkwood, Mo.
LACKLAND, Henry K., sales manager;
born, St. Louis, July 1, 1867; son of E. C. and
Elise (Kayser) Lackland; educated Washing
ton University; married, Dresden, Germany,
Mar. 25, 1907, Elise von Eude; two children:
Oliva, Emily. Began business career as clerk
with Iron Mountain Ry., 1881; department
manager, St. Louis Sugar Refinery Co., 1882-
84; general assistant superintendent, Waters-
Pierce Oil Co., 1885-1900; in business for self
as manufacturer of clay products, 1902-09;
sold his interests to Laclede Clay Products
Co., 1909, and since has been manager sales
department. Office: Manchester and Sulphur
Aves. Residence: 4615 Maryland Ave.
LACKLAND, Rufus I., banker; 1819-1910;
see Vol. 1906.
*LACY, David Luther, educator; moved to
Nashville, Tenn.; see Vol. 1906.
LAFONT, William A., secretary Rutledge
& Taylor Coal Co., born, Metropolis, 111., July
16, 1879; son of Eugene and Marie (Bruner)
Lafont; educated in public schools and Bryant
& Stratton Business College; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 4, 1905, Minnie Jones; one daugh
ter, Lucille. Began business career in employ
of McReynolds & Co., grain elevator, St. Louis,
1898-99; since with Rutledge & Taylor, whole
sale coal, incorporated in 1902 as the Rutledge
& Taylor Coal Co., in which, since 1905, has
been director and secretary; also secretary
Security Coal and Mining Co. Mason. Clubs:
Missouri Athletic, Kampsville Fishing and
Hunting. Favorite recreations: music, fishing.
Office: Security Bldg. Residence: 4228 Flad
Avenue. *LAHEY, Harold Wands, commercial pa
per; moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
LAIDLEY, Leonidas Hamlin, surgeon;
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LAIRD, John Alfred, mechanical engineer;
born in Knox Co., 111., July 13, 1861; son of
John and Mary (Ragan) Laird; graduated
from High School, Galesburg, 111., 1879, from
Washington University, in mechanical engi
neering course, with degree of Bachelor of
Engineering, 1887; married, Woodhull, 111.,
1887, Miss Isabel Woods. From time of
graduation, 1887, was constructing mechanical
engineer, St. Louis Water Department, until
1899, except during the period when was
Captain Third U. S. Volunteer Engineers, in
war with Spain, 1898-99; general manager
Missouri Lead Fields Co., 1899-1901; chief en
gineer Cupples Station property, 1901-03;
from 1903 member firm of Holman & Laird,
consulting engineers. Since September, 1904,
has had charge of the producer gas tests at
United States Geological Survey coal testing
plant in Forest Park. President Gillett Brick
and Tile Co., of Woodhull, 111. Police commis
sioner of St. Louis (president, 1909-10, vice
president, 1910-11). Member American Soci
ety of Mechanical Engineers, St. Louis Engi
neers' Club. Presbyterian. Mason (33°),
Knight Templar, Shriner. Club: Missouri Ath
letic. Recreation: music, revolver shooting.
Office: 1324 Chemical Bldg. Residence: 4965
McPherson Ave.
LAKE, Frederick Clinton, secretary-treas
urer B. Nugent & Bro. Dry Goods Co.; bom,
Nunda, N. Y., April, 1859; son of Edwin
Phineas and Mary E. (Shave) Lake; gradu
ated from Nunda (N. Y.) Academy; married,
Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1883, Louise B.,
daughter of William H. Rogers, president of
the Nassau Bank of New York City; children:
Julia Florence (Mrs. Duncan I. Meier, of St.
Louis), Frederick Clinton, Jr., Louise Rogers.
Began business career with house of B. Nu
gent, at Broadway and Franklin Ave., St.
Louis, 1874; went to New York City in 1880
with jobbing dry goods house of Bates, Reed
& Cooley, and continued one year; in 1882
took charge of the New York office of B. Nu
gent & Bro., as the firm was then known, and
later was admitted to the firm; came to St.
Louis to live in 1894, and has since been sec
retary and treasurer of the B. Nugent & Bro.
Dry Goods Co. (incorporated 1893). President
Associated Retailers of St. Louis (sixty-one
largest retail stores); secretary of St. Louis
Retail Merchants' Association; chairman of
Jury of Awards No. 10 of Louisiana Purchase
Exposition, for laces, embroideries, trimmings
and costumes. Member Missouri Historical
Society. Independent in politics. Episcopa
lian. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile, Missouri
Athletic, Glen Echo Country, Contemporary.
Recreation: golf. Office: Broadway, Washing
ton Ave. and St. Charles St. Residence: 4360
Westminster PI.
LALOR, Willard Ambrose, railway official;
born, Chicago, 111., Sept. 25, 1865; son of John

and Margaret (Nyhen) Lalor; educated in
public schools; unmarried. Began railway
service as messenger in office of Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy Ry., at Burlington, la., in
1879; moved to Chicago, 1880, and passed
through various promotions in the passenger
department of same company until 1897, when
appointed assistant general passenger agent
of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Ry., Chi
cago; transferred to St. Louis in 1904 and in
1907 became general passenger agent of Mis
souri district, O, B. & Q. Ry. Clubs: Mercan
tile, Traffic, Railroad. Office: 415 Pine St.
Residence: 4058 Lindell Boul.
LAMB, John, president Cuddy & Lamb Dry
Goods Co.; bora, Magheraeloom, Carrick-
macross, Ireland, Mar. 15, 1845; son of Luke
and Margaret (McKown) Lamb; early educa
tion in a "hedge" school (tuition four cents
a week, each boy bringing two sods daily to
keep up the fire), later attended National
schools; married, St. Louis, 1869, Rose Roe
(died 1871); one son, Louis Thomas; 2d, El-
sah, 111., October, 1895, Agnes M. Daugherty;
two children: Loretta Margaret (deceased)
and Agnes Mary. Apprenticed for four years
at age of sixteen to learn the retail dry goods
business, and later saved money to pay for
.passage to America; arrived in St. Louis, Au
gust,, 1867, and secured position with dry
goods firm of D. Crawford & Co., which he
held for twenty-seven years, as buyer and de
partment manager; began business on own ac
count, October, 1895; now president and treas
urer Cuddy & Lamb Dry Goods Co., also own
er of real estate in city and St. Louis Co.
Democrat. Catholic. Member Legion of Honor.
Recreations: fishing and traveling. Offiee:
18th St. and Franklin Ave. Residence: 1704
Bacon St.
LAMB, Louis Thomas, vice president Cuddy
& Lamb Dry Goods Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct.
12, 1870; son of John and Rose (Roe) Lamb;
educated, St. Louis University; married, St.
Louis, June 12, 1895, Anna Gerst; one child,
Virgil Fredrick. Began business career with
the dry goods firm of D. Crawford & Co., con
tinuing 1889-91; was with Hargadine-McKitt
rick Dry Goods Co., 1891-95; since then has
held his present position as vice president of
Cuddy & Lamb Dry Goods Co. Member West
St. Louis Turn Verein. Democrat. Catholic.
Recreations: fishing and bowling. Offiee: 18th
St. and Franklin Ave. Residence: 1706 Bacon
Street. LAMBERT, Albert Bond, president Lam
bert Pharmacal Co.; bora, St. Louis, Dec. 6,
1875; son of Jordan W. and Lily (Winn)
Lambert; educated at Smith Academy, St.
Louis, and at University of Virginia; married,
St. Louis, Apr. 23, 1899, B. Myrtle McGrew;
children: Donaldson, Albert Bond, Jr., George
Lee. President Lambert Pharmacal Co. since
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lished two factories, one in Paris, France, and
one in Hamburg, Germany, for the Lambert
Pharmacal Co., manufacturers of Listerine and
other high-grade pharmacal specialties for the
medical and dental professions. Also vice
president of the Lambert-Deacon-Hull Print
ing Co., Beard-Hayne Co.; director Mechanics
National Bank. Vice president International
Jury, Louisiana Purchase Exposition; member
City Council, 1907-11. Member Business Men's
League, Civic League. Democrat. Episcopa
lian. Clubs: Automobile (ex-president), St.
Louis Country, Bellerive, Glen Echo Country,
St. Louis, Noonday, Aero of St. Louis (ex-
president). Member National Association of
Aero Clubs of America (executive committee).
Ex-president St. Louis Golf Association. Fa
vorite recreations: aviation, ballooning, auto-
mobiling, golf. Office: 2101 Locust St. Resi
dence: 2 Hortense PL
LAMBERT, Arthur Wilson, treasurer Lam
bert Pharmacal Co.; born, Alexandria, Va.,
May 26, 1867; son of William H. and Laura
(Steer) Lambert; descendant of John Lam
bert, commander-in-chief of Cromwell's Army;
educated public schools; married, St. Louis,
Nov. 20, 1889, Virginia Webb; four children:
Arthur W., William H., Samuel B., Mary
Webb. Began active career in a bank at
Alexandria, Va.; came to St. Louis, 1887; has
been identified with the Lambert Pharmacal
Co. since 1887, treasurer since 1895; also di
rector Commonwealth Trust Co., Grand Ave
nue Bank; trustee Lambert Estate. Presby
terian. Mason (32°). Clubs: Noonday, Mer
cantile, St. Louis, Bellerive Country, Norman
die Golf, Racquet. Recreation: outdoor sports.
Office: 2101 Locust St. Residence: Kingsbury
Apartments. LAMBERT, Jordan Wheat, proprietary
medicines; born, St. Louis, Apr. 12, 1874; son
of Jordan W. and Lily (Winn) Lambert; edu
cated at Smith Academy, St. Louis, and at St.
John's Academy, Salina, Kan., graduating
from latter, 1895; married, St. Louis, 1897,
Helen C. Smith; children: Jordan W., Jr.,
Barron Proctor. Since 1899 engaged as man
ager of the Lambert Pharmacal Co., manufac
turers of Listerine and other proprietary med
icines. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Missouri
Athletic (St. Louis), New York Athletic. Rec
reations: billiards, fishing. Office: 2101 Lo
cust St. Residence: New York City and St.
Louis. LAMBERT, Marion L. J., vice president
Lambert Pharmacal Co.; bora, St. Louis, May
29, 1881; son of Jordan W. and Lily (Winn)
Lambert; educated at Smith Academy, St.
Louis; married, Richmond, Va., 1899, Florence
Parker; children: Florence, Marion, Jr., and
Stafford Leightburn. Since leaving school,
continuously connected with the Lambert Phar
macal Co., manufacturers of Listerine and oth
er proprietary articles, and since 1903 vice

president of the company. Clubs: St. Louis,
University, Mercantile, Noonday, St. Louis
Country, Glen Echo, Missouri Athletic, Rac
quet, Aero, Dardenne Hunting and Fishing,
Lone Gum Hunting and Fishing. Recreations:
hunting and fishing. Office: 2101 Locust St.
Residence: St. Louis Club.
LAMMERT, Martin, Jr., secretary Martin
Lammert Furniture Co.; born, St. Louis, Jan.
11, 1874; son of Martin and Elise (Krueger)
Lammert; graduated from Smith Academy, St.
Louis, 1890; married, St. Louis, Feb. 14, 1900,
Mary Virginia Outten; children: Martin Out-
ten, Warren Burnet, Mary Elise. After leav
ing school became connected, in 1890, with the
Martin Lammert Furniture Co., wholesale and
retail furniture, established by his father in
1861, and incorporated in 1885, of which is
now secretary and director. Member Business
Men's League, St. Louis Sales Managers'
Association. Mason (Blue Lodge). Recrea
tion: motoring. Office: Washington Ave. and
10th St. Residence: 5142 Westminster PL
LAMPEL, Franklin L., wholesale sponges
and chamois; born, St. Louis, Mar. 20, 1866;
son of Lorenz and Caroline (Dieckman) Lam-
pel; educated Madison (public) School, 7th
St. and Chouteau Ave.; Washington Univer
sity; Bryant & Stratton Business College,
graduating, 1883; married Ida Dick, of Quin
cy, 111., Apr. 25, 1888; two children: Gertrude
(now Mrs. Frank P. Mahoney) and Stella.
Began active career at seventeen, in employ
of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co. and con
tinued as weighmaster for three years; as
sisted in organizing the Moffatt-West Drug
Co. after the Richardson Drug Co. fire, 1889;
one of organizers of the Dougherty-Crouch
Drug Co., December, 1891, with which con
tinued for eight years, the concern then sell
ing out to the Meyer Bros. Drug Co.; entered
wholesale sponge and chamois business on own
account, April, 1902, and is sole owner of the
business; also president Lampel-Schlegel Man
ufacturing Co., Inc., manufacturers of book
binders' specialties, etc; secretary Lampel
Land and Investment Co.; director Compton
Hill Improvement Co. Republican. Recrea
tion: traveling. Office: 315 Locust St. Resi
dence: Clayton Rd. and Suburban Car Line,
St. Louis Co.
LAMPERT, Jacob, cigar manufacturer;
born in London, England, of Hollandish par
entage, Mar. 6, 1856; son of Moses and Esther
Lampert; came to America with parents at
age of two years; educated in German- Amer
ican Seminary, Detroit; unmarried. Learned
cigar trade under father; located in St. Louis,
1877, and worked at trade until 1884; and
since in business for self as manufacturer of
cigars; proprietor "Flor le Lampert." Re
publican. Director Jewish Charitable and Edu
cational Union of St. Louis; vice president
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Shriner; Deputy Grand Master of Masons in
Missouri. Clubs: Columbian, Liederkranz. Rec
reation: the violin. Office: 412 Market St.
Residence: 4019A Lindell Boul.
*LAMY, Joseph Francis, grain; moved to
Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
LANDAU, Leo A., secretary Globe Store;
born, St. Louis, Jan. 26, 1881; son of Maurice
and Annie (Wilier) Landau; educated in pub-
lie schools, graduating, 1901, from St. Louis High
School, where was president of High School
Literary Society, editor of the High School
News, president of the High School Athletic
Association, director of the High School Or
chestra and representative of high school in
the. Interscholastic League; graduated from
Beethoven Conservatory, 1901; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 12, 1902, Edna Polskee; children:
Hortense, Homer W. On leaving school en
tered the Globe Store, of which is secretary
and manager; also secretary and general man
ager of the Gold Stamp Co. (trading stamps).
Non-partisan in politics. Jewish religion. Ma
son (32°), Shriner. Club: Mercantile. Recrea
tion: hunting. Office: 7th St. and Franklin
Ave. Residence: 307 Union Boul.
LANDAU, Louis, wholesale grocer; born
near Breslau, Germany, Oct. 15, 1853; son of
Argo and Ernestina (Schlusfaver) Landau;
resident of Lebanon, 111., 1860-72; educated at
McKinley College, Lebanon; married, St.
Louis, 1880, Jennie Lopez; 2d, St. Louis, Apr.
27, 1883, Annie Sehulhern; 3d, Chicago, 1905,
Fannie Kleinmart;^ five sons: Seymour, Al
bert, Milton, Leon, "Sidney. Came to St. Louis,
1872, with parents, and established, with fa
ther and brother, firm of A. Landau & Sons,
hides, wool and furs, the style of which was
afterward changed to A. Landau & Co. In
1892 started in the wholesale grocery business
as Bodenheimer, Landau & Co., which was
changed in April, 1896, to Louis Landau &
Co.; in 1906 firm was incorporated as Landau
Grocery Co., of which is president. Mason.
Offiee: 308-310 N. 2d St. Residence: 4051
Delmar Ave.
LANDAU, Maurice, merchant, banker;
born, Aperyes, Hungary, May 10, 1857; son of
Leopold and Bertha (Reed) Landau; attended
schools in Hungary, but had no American
schooling; came to America alone, at thirteen
years of age, with $15 in cash; married, St.
Louis, Apr. 11, 1880, Annie Wilier; children:
Leo A., Mrs. Amelia Landau Paul. Arrived
in St. Louis, 1872; worked for Louis Behm
five years and for E. Wedel two years; saved
out of salary from $4 to $12 per week, $1,800
in the seven years; started Globe Store with
Henry Harris, 1879; dissolved partnership
with Mr. Harris, 1882; incorporated the busi
ness, 1895, and has since been president of the
Globe. Store. President City National Bank,
1905-10; formerly director Central National

Bank. Non-partisan in politics. Jewish re
ligion. Has no superstitions, and regards Fri
day as one of the luckiest days — opened busi
ness on Friday, began advertising on Friday,
and never hesitates to start any important
undertaking on that day; believes that hard
work, honesty and keeping of promises is
the key of success. Member Business Men's
League. Mason. Recreations: horses and the
theatre. Office: Globe, 7th and Franklin Sts.
Residence: 3103 Locust St.
LAND AY, Joseph Isaac, real estate; born,
Kovno, Russia, May, 1870; son of Abraham
and Gertrude Landay; educated to fourteen
in native land; married, Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb.
12, 1908, Bertha Byk. Came to America at
age of seventeen; arrived in St. Louis, 1891,
and after three years as a canvasser began
traveling for the Koenig Furniture Co., in
Southern states; in furniture commission
business for self, 1895-1909; president Landay
Steel Range Co., 1905-10; now president Lan
day Real Estate Co. Member B. P. O. Elks.
Clubs: Columbian, Elks. Recreation: motor
ing. Office: 6, 4500 Olive St. Residence: Bar
wick Apts.
LANDE, Solomon, secretary-treasurer St.
Louis Cotton Compress Co.; born, Nashville,
Tenn., June 28, 1866; son of Nathan and Ro-
setta (Sigman) Lande; educated in public
schools of Nashville, and St. Louis, and Bry
ant & Stratton College, St. Louis; unmarried.
Resident of St. Louis since 1875; began busi
ness career Sept. 1, 1878, as office boy with
the St. Louis Cotton Compress Co., advancing
until reaching position as secretary and treas
urer of the company in 1893; also assistant
secretary and treasurer of Citizens Compress
Co., of Helena, Ark. Member of St. Louis
Cotton Exchange. Jewish religion. Club: Co
lumbian. Recreation: traveling. Office: 506
Olive St. Residence: 5263 Vernon Ave.
"LANDERS, Cole Cozzens, railway service;
moved to Danville, 111.; see Vol. 1906.
LANDRUM, Tom J., hotel manager; 1859-
1911; see Vol. 1906.
LANE, Charles Edward, president Allan-
Pfeiffer Chemical Co.; born, Greenfield, Tenn.,
Mar. 6, 1874; son of Thomas Benton and Mar
tha (Carleton) Lane; educated in public
schools of Greenfield; married, Marion, HI.,
Apr. 5, 1899, Lora B. Denison; children:
Charles Denison, Marion. Left Tennessee at
age of seventeen; came to St. Louis and be
gan working for the Allan-Pfeiffer Chemical
Co., and after six months in the house, was
traveling salesman for same company for
eight years; then was admitted to firm and a
year later was promoted to position of vice
president and general manager; has been pres
ident of the company since 1906; also presi
dent Denison Realty Co., Union Station Bank;
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Texas Land Co., Fort Scott Gas and Electric
Co. Member of Business Men's League. Clubs:
St. Louis, Mercantile, Glen Echo. Recrea
tions: golf, automobiling. Office: 1700 Morgan
St. Residence: 4160 Lindell Boul.
LANE, Nathaniel T., retired; born, Quincy,
111., Aug. 30, 1857; son of Nathaniel T. and
Helen E. (LeRoy) Lane; educated in schools
in Quincy, 111., and Cambridge, Mass.; mar
ried at St. Louis, Oct. 3, 1889, Miss Almira R.
Lane; children: Nathaniel T., Jr., Helen Le
Roy. Resident of St. Louis since 1875; was
with the Gilkeson-Sloss Commission Co., cot
ton factors, 1878-89; in 1889 became connected
with the Goodwin Manufacturing Co., manu
facturers of candles, glycerine and saponified
red oil (established 1840), of which was sec
retary and treasurer, 1893-Jan. 1, 1908, when
retired, but still holds interests in the com
pany. Also president Price Realty Co. and
Almira Realty Co. Clubs: University, Belle
rive Country, Contemporary. Recreations:
golf, motoring. Residence: 3640 W. Pine Boul.
LANFERSIECK, William, secretary Me
chanics' Planing Mill Co.; born, Lubecke,
Germany, Nov. 22, 1845; son of Charles and
Sophie (Oestermann) Lanfersieek; educated
in public schools of Germany; married, St.
Louis, 1867, Louisa Feltman; children:
Charles, Edward, Otto, Emma, William, Harry,
George, Walter. Came direct from Germany
to St. Louis, 1859, and began to work for
Capt. J. P. Kaiser, in the commission busi
ness, until 1864; learned carpenters' trade in
William Rieke's shop and in planing mill of
George Breckinridge, working there until
1875, when joined in organization of Mechan
ics ' Planing Mill Co., of which has since been
secretary. Republican. Member Evangelical
Church. Member Legion of Honor. Office:
3742 N. Broadway. Residence: 4237 Gano Ave.
LANGAN, Oliver Pierce, president Langan
& Taylor Storage and Moving Co.; born, Col-
linsville, 111., July 14, 1871; son of Oliver and
Estelle Langan; educated in public schools of
Collinsville, and St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Feb. 17, 1896, Blanche E. Walker; two sons:
Walker Oliver, Oliver Pierce, Jr. Began busi
ness career in 1892, as a clerk in a hardware
store in St. Louis; engaged in storage and
warehouse business in 1894, and in 1900 con
solidated three storage companies under the
style of Langan & Taylor Storage and Moving
Co., of which is president, and has since con
ducted it as general warehouse; also president
Langan Bros. Furniture and Carpet Co. Mem
ber Universal Exposition Co. Democrat. Ro
man Catholic. Club: Normandie. Recreations:
motoring and horseback riding. Office: 4908
Delmar Boul. Residence: St. Regis Apts.
LANGE, Berthold, real estate; see Vol.
1906.

LANGE, Edward L., box manufacturer;
born, St. Louis, Sept. 17, 1866; son of Berthold
and Jeanette (Vogel) Lange; educated in pub
lic and private schools of St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, 1896, Ottilie Karmatz; children:
Raymond, Doris. Began business career as
stock clerk in Witte Hardware Co. for two
years; then with Charm Manufacturing Co.,.
manufacturers of baking powders and gro
cers' sundries until 1894, when became a
member of the Standard-Eagle Box Co., which
was succeeded in 1897 by the Loy-Lange Box
Co., of which is treasurer. Independent in
politics. Lutheran. Member Knights of Py
thias. Office: 2104-2106 S. 3d St. Residence:
1825 Cora PL
LANGE, Theodore Fredrick, president Louis
Lange Publishing Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct.
26, 1866; son of Louis and Margaret (Schmidt)
Lange; educated in parochial schools to thir
teen; Northwestern University, Watertown,
Wis., five years; married, New Orleans, Oct.
26, 1896, Louise Odendahl; two daughters:
Amy L. and Edith L. At age of eighteen en
tered public business under father (founder
of Louis Lange Publishing Co.), succeeding as
president and treasurer, 1896, after death of
father; now one of large publishers of St.
Louis; issues German family magazines which
are circulated in principal countries of the
world. Republican. Lutheran; president Lu
theran Holy Cross Congregation; secretary
Lutheran Hospital Board; treasurer German
Hospital and Orphan Association. Recrea
tions: motoring and music. Office: 3600 Texas
Ave. Residence: 2631 Miami St.
LANGE, William H., manufacturer; 1867-
1910; see Vol. 1906.
LANGENBERG, Frederick John, wholesale
hats; 1851-1910; see Vol. 1906.
LANGENBERG, Henry Frederick, grain
commission; born, near Hermann, Mo., Aug.
18, 1846; son of Casper H. and Elizabeth
(Koch) Langenberg; educated in common
schools, private grammar school and commer
cial college; married, Lee's Summit, Mo.,
Sept. 19, 1872, Martha Letitia Haynes; chil
dren: Ida (Mrs. J. S. Mclntyre), Carl Haynes,
Harry Hill. Since 1877 has been continuously
engaged in the grain commission business as
a member of the firm of Langenberg Bros. &
Co., receivers and exporters of grain. Member
Merchants' Exchange. Member of Business
Men's League. Democrat. Presbyterian. Office:
Merchants' Exchange Bldg. Residence: 5244
Washington Ave.
LANGSDORF, Alexander Suss, college dean;
born, St. Louis, Aug. 31, 1877; son of Adolph
and Sarah (Suss) Langsdorf ; graduated from
St. Louis High School, 1894, Washington Uni
versity, School of Engineering, B.S., 1898.
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Newark, N. J., June 26, 1906, Elsie Hirsch;
children: Helen, Alexander S., Jr. Instructor
in physics and electrical engineering, 1898-
l900; graduate ' student, Cornell University,
1900-01; employed during summers of 1897
and 1898, with Emerson Electric Manufactur
ing Co.; spent summer of 1899 at Harvard
Summer School, summer of 1900, as inspector
International Electric Light and Power Co., of
El Paso, Tex.; summer of 1901 in Testing De
partment, General Electric Co., Schenectady,
NT. Y.; assistant professor of electric engineer
ing, Washington University, 1901-04; profes
sor of electric engineering since 1904; dean,
Schools of Engineering and Architecture,
since July, 1910. In summer of 1904 member
International Electrical Jury, Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition; member committee on or
ganization, International Electrical Congress,
to be held at San Francisco, 1915. Has served
as expert in numerous patent litigations. Fel
low American Association for Advancement
of Science; member Society for the Promo
tion of Engineering Education, St. Louis Acad
emy of Science, St. Louis Engineers' Club
(president, 1912), League of Electrical In
terests, American Institute of Electrical En
gineers, Sigma Xi. Club: Town and Gown.
Office: Washington University. Residence:
1205 Amherst PL
LANGSDORF, Julius, wholesale jeweler;
born, St. Louis, Feb. 18, 1866; son of Morris
and Hannah (Hessel) Langsdorf ; educated in
Peabody School, St. Louis; unmarried. Began
business career, 1881, as office boy in whole
sale grocery house of S. B. Sale & Co., con
tinuing until was buyer for the firm; buyer
for Scharff, Bernheimer Grocery Co., 1892-
1902; since 1902, vice president of the Langs
dorf Bros. Jewelry Co., wholesale jewelers and
dealers in bags, belts, combs, jewelry, etc.
Also vice president Langsdorf Land and In
vestment Co. Democrat. Jewish religion. Mem
ber B. P. O. Elks, United Commercial Travel
ers. Club. Missouri Athletic. Office: 1320
Washington St. Residence: 5310 Maple Ave.
LANGSDORF, Sidney, jewelry; see Vol.
1906. LANGTON, John James Perez, merchandise
broker; born in Lancashire, England, Jan. 30,
1862; son of M. J. P. and Mary (Perez) Lang
ton; educated privately and entered Cam
bridge University, England, later at Univer
sity of Munich, Germany; married, St. Louis,
Harriet Elizabeth Pullis; children: John C.
and Mary M. Was originally engaged in lit
erary pursuits in England; came to United
States July, 1886; traveled over United States
and located in St. Louis in 1888, and since en
gaged as merchandise broker. Member St.
Louis Merchants' Exchange. Member Royal
Society of Arts, Hakluyt Society, Royal So
cieties Club, London, England, Goethe So
ciety, Weimar, Archasological Society. Demo

crat. Catholic. Clubs: University, City. Rec
reations: fishing and books. Office: 421 S. 7th
St. Residence: 3640 Shaw Ave.
LANIGAN, John R., real estate; born, New
Haven, Mo., June 7, 1865; son of Edward and
Mary (Lynch) Lanigan; educated, St. Mala-
chy, St. Kevin and Compton schools; unmar
ried. Has been engaged in real estate busi
ness under title of J. R. Lanigan & Bro. since
1895; vice president and treasurer Easton-
Taylor Trust Co. since July 8, 1911; treasurer
Eas-Tay Investment Co. Democrat. Catholic.
Member Royal Arcanum. Recreations: auto
mobiling and traveling. Office: 4474 Easton
Ave. Residence: 1809 Cora PL
LANPHEAR, Emory, surgeon; born, Mitlis,
Turkey, July 15, 1859; son of Avery and
Hulda Raynor (Younglove) Lanphear; edu
cated Hartford Institute; Kansas State Nor
mal School; Missouri Medical College (Wash
ington University), graduating with degree
of M.D., 1881; studied at Chicago Post-Gradu-
ate School, Chicago; Chicago Polyclinic, New
York Post-Graduate School, Berne, Switzer
land, etc.; A.M., Hartford College, 1880; Ph.D.,
Kansas City University, 1887; (LL.D., from
Central College, 1898); married, Lillie Harris,
of Ashland, Neb., 1881 (died 1884); 2d, Mary
Maxson, of Parsons, Kan., 1885; two children:
Mrs. Veda L. Martin and Ethan E. Began
practice at Kansas City, Mo., 1885; located in
St. Louis, 1894; professor nervous and mental
diseases, University of Kansas City, 1885-89;
professor orthopedic surgery, University Med
ical College, 1889-92; professor operative sur
gery, Kansas City Medical College, 1893-94;
professor surgery, St. Louis College of Physi
cians and Surgeons, 1894-95; Hippocratean
College of Medicine, 1906 and 1910, American
Medical College, 1910-11; professor clinical
surgery, National University (successor to
Barnes University), since October, 1911; pro
fessor surgical gynecology, American Poly
clinic, since 1911; first lieutenant Medical
Reserve Corps, U. S. Army. Director Clinic
Publishing Co., Abbott Alkaloidal Co., Orodol
Chemical Co., American Medical College, Na
tional University, American Hospital. Social
ist. Ex-president Tri-State Medical Society;
secretary St. Louis Academy Medicine; mem
ber National Association Military Surgeons.
Author: Surgical Therapeutics, 1907. Office:
3447 Pine St. Residence: 3655 Pennsylvania
Avenue. *LANTERMAN, John Stonewall, roofing
materials; moved to Cleveland, O.; see Vol.
1906. LANZ, Fred Charles Gustav, structural en
gineer; born, St. Louis, Jan. 2, 1886; son of J.
Fred and Emma (Radtke) Lanz; educated
grammar school and night high school, St.
Louis; course in bridge engineering, in In
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St. Louis, June 12, 1907, Hattie English; one
son, Fred M. Began as apprentice draftsman,
the Union Iron and Foundry Co., 1900, and
continued for seven years; #then secured an
interest in the Century Iron Works but sold
out in fall of same year; returned to the
Union Iron and Foundry Co. and had charge
of drafting department during 1908; in Janu
ary, 1909, purchased interest in St. Louis Wire
and Iron Co., manufacturers ornamental wire,
etc., of which has since been vice president.
Mason. Office: 512 Chouteau Ave. Residence:
1319 S. Grand Ave.
LAREW, John Thomas, physician; see Vol.
1906. LASAR, Edward Frederick, president Lasar
Manufacturing Co., manufacturers ornamental
iron and bronze work; born, Canton, O., Jan.
9, 1861; son of Henry S. and Emily (John)
Lasar; was brought to St. Louis by parents
when three months old; educated in public
schools; married, St. Louis, May 3, 1888, Delia
Gibson (died June, 1904); four children: Ed
ward, Robert (deceased), Delia, Lucy; mar
ried, 2d, St. Louis, Sept. 19, 1907, Mrs. Ara
bella Wolfe. Served apprenticeship in trade
of ornamental iron work in Chicago; followed
trade in New York, Detroit and Cleveland;
returned to St. Louis, 1884, and began busi
ness on own account as Lasar & McCarron,
continuing until 1889; president Excelsior
Wire and Iron Co., 1889-96; then organized
Lasar-Letzig Manufacturing Co., of which was
president until June 6, 1910, when firm name
was changed to Lasar Manufacturing Co. and
he became president. Member Business Men's
League, Civic League. Independent in poli
tics. Presbyterian. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar, Shriner. Clubs: Mercantile, Arcadia
Country, Oasis, St. Louis, Automobile. Recre
ations: hunting, fishing, motoring. Office: 1313
N. 16th St. Residence: 5092 Raymond Ave.
LASHLY, Jacob M., lawyer; born, Ran
dolph Co., 111., Feb. 16, 1882; son of George
W. and Cora (Woolford) Lashly; educated in
high school, Sparta, 111., to 1900; then entered
St. Louis University, and graduated, A.B.,
A.M., 1903; LL.B., Washington University,
1907; married, Dayton, O., Dec. 28, 1911, Bes
sie Henderson. Admitted to Missouri bar,
1906, and practiced alone until Jan. 1, 1912;
then became junior partner law firm of John
son, Rutledge, Marlatt & Lashly. Member Bar
Association of St. Louis; on faculty St. Louis
University Institute of Law. Democrat. Pres
byterian. Royal Arch Mason; member Royal
Arcanum. Clubs: City, Missouri Athletic, Mer
amec Canoe. Recreations: horseback riding,
fishing, hunting. Office: 1201-1205 Third Na
tional Bank Bldg. Residence: Lucerne Apts.
LATIMER, Alfred Wait, physician; born,
Rock Island, Ind., Nov. 9, 1868; son of Abijah
H. and Adelia P. Latimer; educated at public
school of Camelton, Ind., until fifteen years of

age; received diploma from Kentucky State
Board of Pharmacy, 1888; M.D., Beaumont
Hospital Medical College, St. Louis, 1893; mar
ried, Pacific, Mo., Mar. 21, 1899, Clute B.
Dunn. In general practice in St. Louis since
1893. Assistant physician City Hospital, 1893-
94; Female Hospital, 1894-95; clinician Beau
mont College, 1895-96. Member St. Louis Med
ical Society. Office: 1004 S. Vandeventer Ave.
Residence: 4132 Flora Boul.
LATZ, Robert, retired manufacturer; born,
City of Posen, Prussia, Sept. 28, 1842; son of
Louis and Jeanette (Spitzer) Latz; came to
America, 1847; educated in public schools, St.
Louis, to 1860, and took course in Jones Com
mercial College; married, St. Louis, Aug. 9,
1898, Annie Judd. Began business career with
father, 1860, and continued until 1872; then
engaged in general merchandise business with
brother at Osceola, and Appleton City, Mo.,
to 1883; was member firm of John Hughes &
Co., manufacturers of cloaks and suits, 1898-
1911, then retired. Democrat. Jewish religion.
Mason; member United Workmen. Residence:
230 N. Boyle Ave.
LAUGHLIN, John Benedict, shoe dealer;
born, Rome, la., Jan. 11, 1873; son of John
and Celia (Smith) Laughlin; educated in pri
vate and public schools; unmarried. Began on
farm in Clinton Co., Mo.; left farm to enter
railroad service; worked for Burlington R. R.
Co., one year; then in restaurant business
eighteen months, after that clerk in general
store at Cameron, Mo., two years; came to St.
Louis, March, 1891, worked in various pos-
tions until 1892, when entered employ of G.
H. Boehmer Shoe Co. as collector; worked up
to manager, and later member same firm;
withdrew in February, 1903, to join in organ
izing Koers-Laughlin Shoe Co., and was vice
president of same until 1908, when organized
the Laughlin Shoe Co., of which is president
and treasurer. Independent in politics. Mem
ber Knights of Columbus. Catholic. Office:
708 Washington Ave. Residence: 3814 West
minster Ave.
LAUGHLIN, Julian, lawyer and author;
born in Bath Co., Ky., Sept. 27, 1852; son of
Tarlton Chiles and Anna (Hopkins) Laughlin;
student Translyvania University, 1867-71; ad
mitted to St. Louis bar, 1877; married Laura
E. Vail, of St. Louis, June 28, 1898. President
Arkansas Land Co. since 1898. Attorney for
his company in litigation, commencing in 1903,
involving more than $10,000,000 worth of land
in Arkansas; engaged in litigation involving
large interests in different parts of United
States and necessitating a great deal of travel.
Director Iron Mountain & Helena R. R. Co.,
St. Louis & Memphis Ry. Co. Racial expert
for Naturalization Department, U. S. Govern
ment. Socialist. Club: Papyrus. Author: His
tory of Civilization, 1904. This work includes
a histpry of life and also a history of ideas,
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Presents an original theory of the formation
of the solar system, which has been accepted
by all astronomers instead of La Place's neb
ular hypothesis. It classifies man into four
races — White, Yellow, Brown and Black. This
classification is generally accepted in the Unit
ed States instead of Caucasian, Mongolian,
Ethiopian, Malay and Indian. It describes the
great inventions of ancient times with the
names of the inventors, who became the "uni
versal gods," and presents the origin of all
of our principal ideas, both "good" and
"bad," and gives the underlying cause of
the decay of nations; and by tracing ideas in
stead of men, the author claims to elucidate a
new science — Ideology. Office: 510 Pine St.
Residence: North and South Rd., near Clayton,
St. Louis Co.
LAUGHLIN, Randolph, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Mar. 21, 1875; son of Henry D. and Ella
(Haynes) Laughlin; educated at University
of Virginia; graduated from St. Louis Law
School, 1897; married, St. Louis, June 21,
1898, Marie Highley; one son, Robert. Ad
mitted to Missouri bar, 1897, and since en
gaged in general practice. Member of several
clubs. Recreations: athletics, numismatics,
country life, archery. Office : 1722 Pierce Bldg.
Residence: "Loch-Lin," St. Louis Co., Mo.
(summer); Hamilton Hotel (winter).
LAUX, Anton J.; see Vol. 1906.
LAVERY, Daniel Joseph, clergyman; born,
County Kerry, Ireland, Dec. 19, 1860; son of
John and Ellen (Daly) Lavery; educated Na
tional Schools; seminary at Killarney; was
graduated at Maynooth College, near Dublin
(highest honors of the institution), 1886; D.D.,
granted after public examination, at Rome,
June 28, 1911. Ordained priest Roman Catho
lic Church, at Maynooth, by the Most Rev.
Dr. Higgins, May 23, 1886; came to America
soon after ordination, in 1886, and was ap
pointed assistant pastor to Father Brady of
Annunciation Church, St. Louis; transferred,
after one year, to St. Lawrence O 'Toole's
Church, and there remained for five years;
pastor Holy Rosary Parish, since 1892 (church
edifice and parish school building erected un
der his administration). Residence: 3916 N.
Newstead Ave.
LAWS, George Archer; see Vol. 1906.
LAYMAN, Waldo Arnold, president and
general manager Wagner Electric Manufac
turing Co.; born, Smithton, Mo., Oct. 27, 1869;
son of Morgan and Rhoda C. (Arnold) Lay
man; educated in Terre Haute (Ind.) public
and high schools, and Rose Polytechnic Insti
tute, Terre Haute, Ind., graduating, B.S., 1892,
M.S.. 1894, E.E., 1899; married, 1896, Laura
• E., daughter of Anderson Toms, of Richmond,
Ind.; children: Edith, Mary A., Laura, Grace.
Came to St. Louis in 1892, and entered employ
of Wagner Electric Manufacturing Co., manu

facturers of electrical machinery, with which
has been successively draftsman, assistant su
perintendent, 1895, assistant manager and
treasurer, 1898, general manager and member
board of directors, 1902, vice president and
manager and member of board, 1910, president
and manager and member board, 1912. Presi
dent St. Louis Engineers' Club, 1906; vice
president National Metal Trades Association;
member board of managers National Society
for Promotion of Industrial Education; mem
ber advisory board David Rankin, Jr., School
of Mechanical Trades; member American In
stitute of Electrical Engineers; associate mem
ber British Institution of Electrical Engi
neers. Republican in National politics. Mem
ber Church of the Unity (Unitarian). Clubs:
Mercantile, Noonday, St. Louis, Algonquin
Golf. Recreation: golf. Offices: 6400 Plymouth
Ave. and New Bank of Commerce Bldg. Resi
dence: Webster Park, Missouri.
LAYTON, Oscar Elzora, inspector weights
and measures; see Vol. 1906.
LAZARUS, Sam, president Acme Cement
Plaster Co.; born, Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 4,
1855; son of Henry L. and Annie (Isaacs)
Laz'arus; educated in public schools; married,
New Orleans, Apr. 19, 1883, Lillie N. Fisk;
one daughter, Henrietta. Began business ca
reer in employ of Wallace & Co., wholesale
dry goods, New Orleans, 1868; went to Texas,
1869, and was in employ of Henry Levy, La-
donia, Tex., in mercantile business, and later
with Schneider Bros., and Ed. Moore in Sher
man, Tex., until 1875; in mercantile business
for self, Whitesboro, Tex., 1875, sold out,
1876; returned to employ of Schneider Bros.,
Sherman, until 1877, when started in cattle
and ranching business, with which has ever
since been identified; was vice president of
American Live Stock Co. from 1889 until it
went out of business in 1891; receiver for
Texas, Louisiana & Eastern R. R., 1896; presi
dent Red River, Texas & Southern R. R., 1901.
President Acme Cement Plaster Co. since
March, 1898. Director First National Bank of
Gunter, Tex.; ex-president Galveston Ter
minal R. R., Houston Belt R. R.; now presi
dent Quanah Acme & Pacific Ry. Co. Demo
crat. Jewish religion. Clubs: Mercantile, Glen
Echo, Noonday. Office: 1015, 415 Pine St.
Residence: 4481 W. Pine Boul.
LEACOCK, Andrew Francois; born, Free-
land, DeKalb Co., 111., Aug. 29, 1860; son of
Samuel and Louise Anselme Leacock; educat
ed in public schools of Piper City, 111.; mar
ried, St. Louis, Apr. 11, 1888, Maggie Theresa
Cody; children: Genevieve Agnes, Frances
Loretta (Mrs. F. R. Nauman). Began business
career as a house and carriage painter for six
years, in Ford Co., HI.; came thence to St.
Louis, 1881; served as patrolman in Police De
partment, St. Louis, 1885-94; then with Saun
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leigh Hardware Co. as salesman until January,
1902, when became vice president of the R. J.
Leacock Sporting Goods Co., dealers in sport
ing goods; resigned, 'Nov. 1, 1911, to enter
theatrical business. Independent in politics.
Was for three years a member of the Illinois
National Guard. Member Missouri Fish and
Game League. Recreations: hunting and trap
ping. Residence: 4236 Athlone Ave.
LEACOCK, Robert James, president R. J.
Leacock Sporting Goods Co.; born, Sandwich,
111., Feb. 17, 1863; son of Samuel and Louise
(Anselme) Leacock; moved with parents .to
Piper City, 111., when three years of age; at
tended public schools, Piper City, 111., 1869-77;
married, St. Louis, May 8, 1889, Luella Breen
Hart; one son, Robert Breen. Came to St.
Louis from Piper City, 111., 1881; clerk in gro
cery store, 1881-82; with Philibert & Johan
ning Manufacturing Co. (now W. G. Frey
Manufacturing Co.) sash, doors, etc., 1883-84;
employed in St. Louis postoffice, July, 1884, to
March, 1896; manager city bicycle and ath
letic department of A, F. Shapleigh Hardware
Co., 1896-98, and manager and buyer of whole
sale bicycle and athletic goods department,
same company, 1898-1902; in November, 1902,
organized R. J. Leacock Sporting Goods Co.,
of which has since been president and man
ager. Was member of the old Missouri Ama
teur Athletic Club, 1887-89, and a director of
Pastime Athletic Club, 1892; prominent in
athletics in St. Louis, 1887-94; promoter of
athletics, 1892-1905; treasurer St. Louis Foot
ball Association, 1904. Independent in poli
tics. Catholic. Member Knights of Columbus,
Missouri Fish and Game League. Clubs: Mis
souri Athletic, Arcadia Country, Columbus,
Irish-American Athletic. Recreations: boat
ing, fishing and hunting. Office: 808-810 Pine
St. Residence: 4101 Westminster PL
LEAHY, David Patrick, real estate and
financial agent; born, St. Louis, Oct. 15, 1864;
son of Patrick and Mary (Carroll) Leahy;
educated in St. Louis public schools and St.
Louis Law School; married, St. Louis, June
27, 1892, Mary E. Horan; children: Helen
Marie, Janet. After studying law entered
real estate business on own account in 1889;
was manager of real estate department of
Lincoln Trust Co., 1900-04; bought out real
estate business of that company and added it
to his own business. In 1908 organized the
David P. Leahy House and Home Co., of
which is president; also president D. P. Leahy
Realty Co., St. Louis & Jenning R. R. Mem
ber St. Louis Real Estate Exchange. Demo
crat. Catholic. Office: 800 Chestnut St.
LEAHY, John Stephen, lawyer; bora, St.
Louis, Aug. 4, 1872; son of Stephen and Jane
M. (Doyle) Leahy; educated Christian Broth
ers College; St. Louis University; Georgetown
University; married, 1900, Julia V., daughter
of F. A. Steer,, of St. Louis; children: Jane

and John S., Jr. In practice of law in St.
Louis since 1897; member firm of Leahy,
Saunders & Barth. Republican; member City
Council since 1910. Member American Bar
Association, Missouri Bar Association, St.
Louis Bar Association. Member Business
Men's League. Member board of directors
Father Dunn's Newsboys' Home, St. Louis
Settlement Society, Father Dempsey's Exiles'
Rest, Guardian Angel Settlement Association.
Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Mercantile, Border
Hunting and Fishing. Office: 1105 National
Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 325 N.
Taylor Ave.
LEATHE, Samuel Henry, deceased; see Vol.
1906. LEAVELL, Benjamin Roy, life insurance;
born in Callaway Co., Mo., Jan. 16, 1877; son
of J. A. and Addie Cecil (Nunnelly) Leavell;
educated in public schools, Fulton, Mo., and
Westminster College, Fulton, 1894-96; married,
Centralia, Mo., Nov. 8, 1904, Nettie Glenn Mct
Bride. Began business career as clerk in Home
Savings Bank of Fulton; came to St. Louis,
1900; was with Mechanics' National Bank,
and in 1902 became associated with I. D.
Sperry, in firm of Sperry & Leavell, managers
of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
for State of Missouri and Southern Illinois.
Democrat. Methodist. Member Kappa Alpha.
Club: Mercantile. Offiee: 310 Odd Fellows
Bldg. Residence: 5153 Cabanne Ave.
LEAVY, Charles Alonzo, physician; born,
Palmyra, Mo., Sept. 25, 1873; son of James
and Mary (Saunders) Leavy; educated in
country schools, Ralls Co., Mo., and high
school, New London, Mo., to 1894; Chillicothe
Normal School, 1895-96-97; graduated from
Marion-Sims-Beaumont Medical College, 1903;
practiced medicine two years, 1903-05; then
studied ear, nose and throat diseases at Vien
na, Austria, Berlin and London; unmarried.
Returned to St. Louis from Europe, 1906;
since engaged in practice, specializing in ear,
nose and throat diseases. Member American
Medical Association, Missouri State Medical
Association, St. Louis Medical Society, Oto-
Laryngological Society, Marion-Sims-Beaumont
Alumni. Republican. Baptist. Free Mason;
member of Eastern Star, I. O. O. F., Rebekahs,
B. P. O. Elks, Modern Woodmen, Royal Neigh
bors; also Y. M. C. A. Recreation: bowling.
Office: 426-431 Metropolitan Bldg. Residence:
Hotel Beers.
LEBRECHT, John Charles, physician and
surgeon; born, St. Louis, July 28, 1859; son of
John and Louise Josephine (Ludwig) Le-
brecht; educated at St. Louis University and
St. Louis Medical College, graduating, M.D.,
1882. Engaged in general practice of medicine
and surgery in St. Louis ever since Mar. 10,
1882, making a specialty of diseases of women
and children. Member St. Louis Medical So
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associations, Mississippi Valley Medical Asso
ciation, Western Surgical and Gynecological
Association, Alumni Association of Medical
Department of Washington University, Wash
ington University Association. Medical di
rector on the staff of the Grand Division of
the Sons of Veterans, with rank of Lieuten
ant Colonel, 1883-96.. Republican. Member
Civic League. Mason, Knight Templar and
Shriner; member Knights of Pythias. Mem
ber St. Louis Turn Verein. Recreations: hunt
ing, fishing, horseback riding. Office: 1509
Chouteau Ave. Residence: 1737 S. Grand Ave.
LEDERER, Samuel Morris, president Pickel
Stone Co.; born, New York, Sept. 28, 1853;
son of Samuel and Marie (Abels) Lederer;
educated private schools of New York until
fourteen; College of the City of New York,
four years; Columbia College Law School, two
years; married, New York, Jan. 2, 1884, Au
gusta Bodenheimer; four children: Mrs. Jean-
nette Lederer Herschberger, Lucile, Marie,
James M. Began active career in mercantile
business in New York, in which continued for
three years; came to St. Louis Co., 1881, and
engaged in stone quarrying; president Pickel
Stone Co.. since 1892; also president Central
Building Co., Forest City Building Co.; treas
urer Building Industries' Association. Has
erected many buildings in St. Louis and else
where. Republican. Jewish1 religion. Club:
Columbian. Recreations: home diversions. Of
fice: 1320 S. Vandeventer Ave. Residence:
5277 Lindell Boul.
LEDLIE, Charles Hees, consulting engi
neer; born, Palatine Bridge, N. Y., July 26,
1-861; son of Gen. James H. and Catherine
(Hees) Ledlie; educated in public schools;
Adams Academy, Quincy, Mass.; graduated
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y.,
1882; married, St. Louis, Feb. 11, 1885, Eliza
beth Lucas Johnson; one son, John S. Began
professional work with Old Nevada Central
R. R.; first vice president and in charge of
engineering construction and operation, New
Orleans Railways Co., 1901-03. Member Amer
ican Society of Civil Engineers, National Geo
graphic Society. Clubs: Noonday, University
(St. Louis), Strollers' (New York). Office:
Rialto Bldg. Residence: 4162 Washington Ave.
LEE, Edward William, real estate; see Vol.
1906. LEE, George Hastings, railway official;
bom, Mt. Morris, N. Y.; son of Jay Elon and
Harriet (Hastings) Lee; A.B., Hamilton Col
lege, New York, 1885; married, 1891. Began
railroad career at Little Rock, Ark., 1893, and
continuously connected with different roads;
general passenger agent Rock Island Lines at
St. Louis since Jan. 1, 1910. Episcopalian.
Scottish Rite Mason (32°), Knight Templar;
member B. P. O. Elks. Clubs: Mercantile, St.

Louis, Bellerive Country. Recreation: golf.
Office: 1025, 705 Olive St. Residence: 5305
Delmar Boul.
LEE, James Wideman, clergyman; bora,
Rockbridge, Ga., Nov. 28, 1849; son of Zach-
ary J. and Emily H. (Wideman) Lee; A.B.,
Emory College, Georgia, 1874; married, Dec.
26, 1875, Emma Eufaula, daughter of Rev.
L. L. Ledbetter, of Cedartown, Ga.; three
sons and three daughters. Ordained Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, ministry, 1876; pas
tor Carrollton, Ga., 1879-80, Dalton, Ga., 1881-
83, Rome, Ga., 1884-85, Trinity Church, At
lanta, Ga., 1885-89, Park Street Church, At
lanta, 1889-93, St. John's, St. Louis, 1893-97;
presiding elder St. Louis District, 1897-1901;
pastor St. John's, St. Louis (second time),
1901-05, Trinity Church, Atlanta (second
time), 1905-09, Park Street Church, Atlanta
(second time), 1909-10, St. John's, St. Louis
(third time), since 1911. Head of expedition
to Palestine, 1894, sent out with R. E. M.
Bain, artist, to secure material for illustrating
book on the Earthly Footsteps of Christ and
His Apostles. Author: The Making of a Man,
1892 (translated into Japanese, Chinese and
Korean languages); Christ, the Reason of the
Universe (address before World's Parliament
of Religions, Chicago), 1893; Earthly Foot
steps of the Man of Galilee, 1895; Henry W.
Grady, Editor, Orator and Man, 1897; Illus
trated History of Methodism, 1900; History
of Jerusalem, 1904; The Real Uncle Remus,
1908; Abraham Lincoln, 1909; The Religion
of Science, 1912. Edited and illustrated Self-
Interpreting Bible, 1897. Residence: 5068
Washington Ave.
LEE, John Fitzgerald, lawyer; born, Wash
ington, D. O, June 29, 1848; son of John
Fitzgerald and Eleanor Ann (Hill) Lee; edu
cated Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg,
Md.; Georgetown University, Washington, D.
O; LL.B., University of Virginia, 1870; lo
cated in St. Louis in 1870 and has since en
gaged in practice of law; now a member of
the firm of A. & J. F. Lee. Member St. Louis
Bar Association (ex-president), Missouri State
and American Bar associations. Director Wash
ington University, president David Rankin
School of Mechanical Trades; vice-president
St. Louis Public Library, West St. Louis
Water and Light Co.; director Union Sand
and Material Co., American Central Fire In
surance Co., Chemical Building Co., Chouteau
Investment Co., Walter C. Taylor Realty Co.,
etc. Member Civic League. Democrat. Cath
olic. Clubs: St. Louis, University, St. Louis
Country, Noonday, City. Office: 600-608 Rialto
Bldg. Residence: 3744 Lindell Boul.
LEE, William H-, president of the Mer
chants-Laclede National Bank of St. Louis".
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Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Commercial (ex-
president), St. Louis Country. Office: S. W.
cor. Olive and 4th Sts. Residence: 25 Van
deventer PL
*LEFAVOR, Nathaniel Harvey; moved to
Kansas City; see Vol. 1906.
LE GEAR, William Alan, vice president
and general manager Dr. L. D. LeGear Medi
cine Co.; born, Imlay City, Mich., Aug. 18,
1877; son of James and Jennie LeGear; edu
cated in public schools of Imlay City; mar
ried, Detroit, Mich., Sept. 16, 1908, Delia
Foley. After leaving school became associated
with brother, Dr. L. D. LeGear, at Austin,
Tex., in the manufacture of remedies for dis
eases of live stock, 1896, and continued there
until 1905, when came to St. Louis to estab
lish the house here, organizing the Dr. L. D.
LeGear Medicine Co., of which is vice presi
dent and general manager. Member B. P. O.
Elks. Recreations: fishing and bowling. Of
fice: 713 Howard St. Residence: 3837 Hum
phrey. LEHMANN, Frederick William, lawyer;
bora in Prussia, Feb. 28, 1853; educated in
public schools of Ohio and Indiana, Tabor Col
lege, Tabor, la., class of 1873; studied law
privately; married, Des Moines, la., Dec. 23,
1879, Nora Stark; children: Sears, Frederick
W., Jr., John S. Admitted to bar in Fremont
Co., la., 1873, and began practice at Sidney,
la.; removed to Nebraska City, Neb., in fall
of 1873, and to Des Moines, la., 1876, where
continued practice until came to St. Louis,
1890, as attorney for the Wabash R. R.; mem
ber of the firm of Boyle, Priest & Lehmann,
1895, until 1905, when established, with sons,
Sears and John S., firm of Lehmann & Leh
mann. In 1910 was appointed by President
Taft, solicitor general of United States and
served until 1912; returned to St. Louis and
resumed practice of law. Member American
Bar Association (president, 1908-09). Chair
man Committee on Congresses and Anthropol
ogy, Louisiana Purchase Exposition; Govern
ment delegate and chairman Committee on
Plan and Scope, Universal Congress of Law
yers and Jurists, St. Louis, 1904. President
St. Louis Public Library, 1900-10; chairman
Board of Freeholders, City of St. Louis, since
1909. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Mercantile,
University. Office: 600-601 Laclede Bldg. Res
idence: 10 Benton PL
LEHMANN, Sears, lawyer; born, Des
Moines, la., July 22, 1881; son of Frederick
W. and Nora (Stark) Lehmann; graduated
from Smith Academy, St. Louis, 1898; A.B.,
Harvard University, 1902; LL.B., St. Louis
Law School, 1903; married, Feb. 10, 1912,
Agnes Mallotte Houser. Admitted to bar of
Missouri, June, 1903; was connected with of
fice of Boyle, Priest & Lehmann, 1903-05, and
on dissolution of that firm, September, 1905,

formed partnership with father, F. W. Leh
mann, in present law firm of Lehmann & Leh
mann. Member St. Louis and American Bar
associations. Democrat. Clubs: University,
Bellerive. Recreations: golf, tennis. Office:
601 Laclede Bldg. Residence: 239 Westgate
Avenue. LED3ER, Engelhard Karl, leather; 1838-
1910; see Vol. 1906.
LEIGHTON, William Elston, surgeon; born,
Portland, Me., May 9, 1872; son of George
Warren and Alexina Fischer (Drinkwater)
Leighton; was graduated at Westbrook Semi
nary, Portland, 1891; A.B., Bowdoin College,
Maine, 1895; M.D., Harvard Medical School,
Boston, 1900; married, St. Louis, November,
1910, Virginia Edwards. In practice at St.
Louis since 1904; assistant professor surgery
Medical Department St. Louis University
since 1910; associate surgeon Barnard Skin
and Cancer Hospital, since 1907; visiting sur
geon St. Louis City Hospital since 1910. Re
publican. Universalist. Member American
Medical Association, Missouri State Medical
Association, St. Louis Medical Society. Theta
Delta Chi college fraternity. Mason; member
Deering Lodge No. 183, A. F. & A. M. Club:
City. Contributor to various medical journals.
Recreation: outdoor life. Offiee: 208 Hum
boldt Bldg. Residence: 5891 Washington Ave.
LELAND, Fred Austin, chairman South
western Tariff Committee; born, Central City,
Colo., July 24, 1870; son of Charles M. and
Mary A. (Seymour) Leland; educated in
public schools of Denver, Colo., 1876-80; high
school, Marysville, Kan., 1881-86 (graduated)
and Central Business College, St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1901, Henrietta M. Brolaski;
children: Florence A., Austin Porter. Printer
and assistant editor Marshall County News,
Marysville, Kan., 1886-87; clerk to commer
cial agent of St. Louis Southwestern Ry., St.
Louis, 1887-88; bookkeeper and clerk, A. L.
Wolff & Co., cotton, St. Louis, 1888-89; secre
tary to traffic manager, St. Louis Southwest
ern Ry., St. Louis, 1889-90; chief clerk to
traffic manager, Queen and Crescent Route,
Cincinnati, 1890-93; chief clerk, traffic de
partment, Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry., St.
Louis, 1893-96; assistant general freight agent,
same road, Kansas City, 1896-1901; assistant
general freight agent, same road, at St. Louis,
January, 1901-08; chairman Southwestern Tar
iff Committee since January, 1908. Repub
lican. Baptist. Clubs: Mercantile, Normandie
Golf, The Traffic. Recreation: golf. Office:
1050 Century Bldg. Residence: 5566 Clemens
Avenue. *LEMEN, Don Morrison; moved to Denver,
Colo.; see Vol. 1906.
LEMEN, Joseph Robert, physician; bora in
Madison Co., 111., June 5, 1853; son of Robert
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in public school, Washington University and
Missouri Medical College, graduating, M.D.,
1875; married, St. Louis, 1884, Ida M. Chick;
two children: Eugenia (Mrs. Russell I. Tol-
son), J. Robert. Engaged in general practice
in St. Louis since 1875; interne City Hospital,
1876; member St. Louis Board of Health;
physician Rebekah Hospital, Deaconess Hos
pital. Director St. Louis Clay Burning Co.
Member Missouri State Medical Association,
St. Louis Medical Society. Club: St. Louis.
Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office: Vanol
Bldg. Residence: 5401 Cabanne Ave.
LEMKES, Emile J., clergyman;, born, St.
Louis, Aug. 19, 1866; son of Theodore and
Teresa (Teitscheid) Lemkes; educated, St.
Francis College, Quincy, 111., graduating with
degree of M.A., 1884; studied theology in St.
Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, Wis. Ordained
priest Roman Catholic Church, in St. John's
Church, St. Louis, by Archbishop Kenrick,
Jan. 14, 1889; served as assistant in St. Pe
ter's Church, 1889-91; pastor, Manchester, St.
Louis Co., 1891-1904 (built new church edifice
and addition to parish school); pastor St.
Barbara's Church, St. Louis, since June, 1904,
new church building dedicated 1907. Member
Catholic Knights of America. Favorite recre
ation: music. Residence: 1371 Hamilton Ave.
LEMP, William J., born, St. Louis, Aug. 13,
1867; son of William J. and Julia (Feickert) ,
Lemp; educated in public schools and Wash
ington University, and took technical course
in United States Brewers' Academy, New
York City, graduating 1885; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 24, 1899, Lillian Handlan; one son,
William J., Jr. From 1885 regularly con
nected with Wm. J. Lemp Brewing Co.
(established, 1840) and in a comparatively
short time took prominent part in manage
ment of company's affairs; became superin
tendent of the brewery, and upon incorpora
tion of the business in 1892 was elected vice
president; president since Nov. 7, 1904. Also
president of Western Cable Railway Co., St.
Louis, Joplin (Mo.) Ice and Cold Storage Co.,
Columbia Manufacturing Co., Dallas, Tex.,
Little Rock (Ark.) Brewing and Ice Co., Ard-
more (Okla.) Ice, Light and Power Co.; direct
or German Savings Institution, Kinloch Long
Distance Telephone Co., St. Louis Consumers'
Ice and Cold Storage Co., El Paso, Tex. Wa
bash Clay Co., Veedersburg, Ind. Member Mer
chants ' Exchange, Business Men's League.
Democrat. Mason. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercan
tile, Noonday, Glen Echo, St. Louis Country,
Western Rowing, Aero, Automobile, Lemp
Hunting and Fishing, Liederkranz. Office:
3322 S. 13th St. Residence: 3343 S. 13th St.
LENZ, Philip Henry, real estate; bora, Pom-
eroy, 0„ Feb. 1, 1851; son of John and Mary
(De Jong) Lenz; educated in common schools;
married, St. Louis, Mar. 8, 1882, Helen Brueg-
gemann; four children: Alvin J., Adele (Mrs.

Curtis P. Jennings), Elmer L., Helen R. Be
gan as building contractor in 1877 and con
tinued until about 1904, during part of the
time (1893-1904) being also associated with
Henry Hiemenz Realty Co.; entered real es
tate business on own account, 1906, under title
of the Lenz-Haller Realty Co., of which is
president. Member Real Estate Exchange. Re
publican. Club: Gilbert Lake Hunting and
Fishing. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Of
fice: 807 Chestnut St. Residence: 3536 Russell
Avenue. LEONARD, Frank Patrick, printing; born,
Brooklyn, N. Y., Apr. 17, 1863; son of Mich
ael and Catherine (McNally) Leonard; edu
cated in public schools of New York City;
married, Dec 25, 1889, Edna L. Coon (now
deceased). Began business career in employ
of the Cotton Belt R. R., 1887-88; with Mc
Carthy Construction Co., 1888-90, Cotton Belt
Ry., 1890-91, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago &
St. Louis Ry., 1891-94, Wiggins Ferry Co.,
1894, Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Ry., 1894,
Louisville & Nashville Ry., 1894-96, Illinois
Central R. R., 1896-1902; from September,
1902, to July, 1910, secretary of John D. Man-
ley Implement Co., wholesale dealers in farm
implements and machinery, and secretary and
treasurer of the Manley-Hill Carriage Co.;
since July, 1910, partner in firm of Furlong &
Leonard Printing Co. Democrat. Roman Cath
olic. Member Knights of Columbus, National
Union, Catholic Knights and Ladies of Amer
ica (Supreme President). Recreations: paint
ing and study of languages. Office: 210 N.
10th St. Residence: 4155 McPherson Ave.
LEONARD, Loyal Lovejoy, lawyer; born,
Oakland, Me., Feb. 7, 1873; son of Watson V.
and Irene (Stuart) Leonard; graduated from
Coburn Classical Institute, Waterville, Me.,
1890; Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., 1896;
Law Department, Washington University,
1902; unmarried. Was engaged in newspaper
work while attending college, and in the in
surance business while studying law; en
gaged in general practice of law, 1902-04;
since 1904 special counsel Louisiana Purchase
Exposition Co. Member St. Louis Bar Associa
tion, National Municipal League, American
Civie Association; treasurer Civie League of
St. Louis (executive committee). Member
New England Society; vice president Maine
Society of St. Louis. Republican. Universal-
ist. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Meramec, City.
Recreation: motoring. Office: Rialto Bldg.
Residence: 4247 Washington Boul.
LEONORI, Rufus Utley, president R. U.
Leonori Auction and Storage Co.; born, New
York City, Apr. 20, 1849; son of Rufus U. and
Sarah (Lupton) Leonori; came to St. Louis
with parents, Jan. 1, 1858; educated in St.
Louis public schools; married, St. Louis, 1879,
Fannie Hull; one daughter, Jessie (Mrs. E. A.
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son, auctioneers, as office boy, 1864, continu
ing until 1873; then with Whedon, Tyler &
Co., and their successors, Block, Tyler & Co.,
and C. H. Tyler, until January} 1884, when en
tered business on own account, and in 1903
incorporated the business as the R. U. Leonori
Auction and Storage Co., of which is presi
dent. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mason, Knight
Templar. Recreations: hunting and fishing.
Office: Grand and Laclede Aves. Residence:
3507 Lafayette Ave.
LEPPERT, Charles Joseph, president Leon-
hard Roos Fur Co.; born, Newark, N. J., July
22, 1854; son of Charles and Louisa (Roos)
Leppert; educated in public schools in New
York City; married, St. Louis, March, 1884,
Ida D. Strauss; one daughter, Lillian (Mrs.
Charles G. Bittel). Came to St. Louis from
New York in 1868, and entered the fur house
of Leonhard Roos, later becoming salesman
and also practically learning the furrier's
trade; admitted to~ an interest on incorpora
tion of the business in 1883, becoming vice
president, and since the death of Mr. Roos, in
1900, has been president and treasurer of the
Leonhard Roos Fur Co., importers of skins
and manufacturers of furs; also director Cen
tral National Bank. Member Business Men's
League, Civic League. Independent in poli
tics. Member B. P. O. Elks. Clubs: Glen Echo
Country, Missouri Athletic, Liederkranz. Of
fice: 809 Washington Ave. Residence: 1 N.
Taylor Ave.
*LESAN, Harry Edmund, advertising agent;
moved to New York; see Vol. 1906.
LESLIE, James Arthur, division superin
tendent United Railways Co.; see Vol. 1906.
LESSER, Julius, cotton merchant; 1853-
1908; see Vol. 1906.
LEVI, Joseph M., real estate and financial
agent; born, Memphis, Tenn., May 9, 1865; son
of Marx and Rosa (Meyer) Levi; attended
Pope's School one year, Stoddard School two
years, and Illinois College (Jacksonville) one
year; married, St. Louis, Mar. 31, 1896, Eve
lyn Eiseman; children: Doris Henrietta, Jo
seph Melvin. Began business career, 1882, in
employ of Jacob Furth & Co. (grocers), con
tinuing until January, 1883; then with Scharff,
Bernheimer & Co., grocers, as traveling sales
man, until Dec. 31, 1892. Entered real estate
business, Jan. 1. 1893, under firm name of
Levi & Epstein (dissolved Jan. 1, 1898), since
as J. M. Levi & Co. ¦ President National Realty
Co., Doris Realty Co., Melvin Realty Co.; di
rector Mercantile Realty and Investment Co.
Jewish religion. Member Real Estate Ex
change. Club: Columbian. Office: 810 Chest
nut St. Residence: 5047 Waterman Ave.
LEVIS, Leo, president Levis-Zukoski Mer
cantile Co.; born, Wiirttemberg, Germany,
Feb. 21, 1839; son of Seligman and Jetta
(Rosenheim) Levis; educated in public schools

of Wiirttemberg and later at Wheeling, Va.;
married, St. Louis, Jan. 12, 1870, Josephine
Singer; four children living: George S., Wal
ter, Edgar S. and Edna (wife of Dr. W. H.
Hamburger, of Chicago). Came to America,
1854, and secured employment in dry goods
store, Wheeling; joined uncle, Morris Rosen
heim, wholesale millinery, in St. Louis, 1857,
later admitted to partnership; upon retire
ment of Mr. Rosenheim, 1893, the- Levis-Zu
koski Mercantile Co. was formed, of which
has since been senior partner. Member Busi
ness Men's League. Republican., Member
Hebrew Charities Association, Ethical Cul
ture Society. Clubs: Columbian, Westwood
Country, Mercantile. Recreation: traveling.
Office: 1113 Washington Ave. Residence: St.
Regis Apts.
LEVIS, Robert H., glass manufacturer;
born, Alton, 111., May 2, 1862; son of Edward
and Mary (Morfoot) Levis; educated in pub
lic schools of Alton; married, Alton, 1886,
Mary Middleton; children: Thomas Middle-
ton, Arthur R. Began business career as boy
in the factory of the Illinois Glass Co., in
1875, and continued in various capacities in
the service of the company until 1902, when
was elected second vice president. Member
Business Men's League. Republican. Metho
dist. Recreations: hunting and horseback rid
ing. Office: 612-616 N. 2d St. Residence:
Alton, 111.
LEVIS, Simon, vice president Levis-Zukoski
Mercantile Co.; born, Freudenthal, Germany,
May 17, 1857; son of Seiigman and Jetta
(Rosenheim) Levis; educated in public
schools, Germany, to 1871; married, St. Louis,
June 22, 1886, .Hannah Singer; two children:
Adele and Edwin. Began business career in
a jobbing cotton goods house at Stuttgart,
Wiirttemberg, Germany, 1871-74; came to
America, 1874, and was employed as stock
clerk with J. H. Wear & Co., wholesale dry
goods, 1875-76, Dodd & Brown Co., -1876-79;
department manager Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co.,
1879-83; then in retail dry goods business for
himself, 1883-94, since with present firm; was
secretary, 1900-08, and has been vice-president
Levis-Zukoski Mercantile Co. since 1908. Re
publican. Jewish religion. Clubs: Mercantile,
Columbian, Westwood Country. Recreation:
golf. Office: 1113-1119 Washington Ave. Res
idence: 4242 Westminster PL
LEVY, Charles Frank, president the Hub
Furniture Co.; born, New Orleans, La., Oct.
10, 1872; son of L. H. and Regina E. (Lengs-
field) Levy; educated in public schools of St.
Louis and manual training course at Wash
ington University; married, Memphis, Tenn.,
Nov. 9, 1901, Dorothy Watson; children: Re
gina, Charles Frank, Jr., Lawrence H. Began
business career in 1889 as partner with father
in Olive Street Furniture Co., selling out,
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niture Co., of which has since been president.
Jewish religion; member United Jewish Char
ities Association. Independent in politics.
Member Knights of Pythias. Office: N. E. cor.
Washington Ave. and Broadway. Residence:
4721 Westminster PL
LEVY, Gustav Abe, jewelry business; born,
Navasota, Tex., Sept. 7, 1874; son of Simon
and Henrietta (Hyman) Levy; educated in
public schools; married, St. Louis, Mar. 17,
1902, Nellie Stuart. Was engaged with father
in general merchandise business at Navasota
until 1895, when came to St. Louis, and was
connected with Globe Shoe and Clothing Co,
as offiee manager until Nov. 10, 1905; secre
tary and treasurer S. A. Rider Jewelry Co.
since its reorganization. Office: 1120 Washing
ton Ave. Residence: 785 N. Euclid Ave.
LEVY, Lee; born, New York City, Apr. 10,
1856; son of Meyer and Caroline Levy; edu
cated in public schools and Hebrew Orphan
Asylum, New York City; married, Gainesville,
Tex., Apr. 3, 1886, Zetta Sproesser; children:
Irene, Beebe (Mrs. Ben Wolfman) and Milton.
Came west from New York City and located at
Gainesville, Tex., 1881; traveled in Texas,
in wholesale liquor business, and in 1888, es
tablished in same line on own account at
Gainesville, Tex., removing business to St.
Louis, 1903, and since conducting it as Lee
Levy & Co. Member Knights of Pythias. Of
fice: 6 N. Main St. Residence: 5310 Vernon
Avenue. LEVY, Leopold Henry, vice president the
Hub Furniture Co.; born in Bavaria, Germany,
July 6, 1839; came to United States at age of
ten, settling in New Orleans, La.; educated in
schools of New Orleans; served in Confeder
ate Army as captain, and was a steamboat
captain for a few years, before and after the
Civil War; married, New Orleans, 1870, Re
gina E. Lengsfield; children: Charles F., Lu
cille (deceased), Nellie (Mrs. Bernard
Woelen).. In retail dry goods store in New
Orleans, 1865-76; removed to St. Louis, 1875,
and engaged in wholesale grocery business
in firm of S. B. Sale & Co., and remained in
that firm until sold out to Mr. Sale; bought
out stock of Ward Furniture Co., and in 1889,
with son, Charles F., started the Olive Street
Furniture Co., which sold in 1897. A year
later joined son in establishing the Hub Fur
niture Co., of which is vice-president. Demo
crat. Jewish religion; member United Jewish
Charities Association. Mason; member Knights
of Honor, Knights of the Maccabees,_ Royal
Arcanum. Recreations: fond of music and
reading. Offiee: Broadway and Washington
Ave. Residence: 4721 Westminster PI.
LEWIS, Albert Nathan, Teal estate; born,
Middletown, O., July 1, 1871; son of Charles
and Henrietta (Crowley) Lewis; educated in
public schools of Middletown; unmarried.
Boyhood passed in Middletown, until 1883, in

Central Illinois until 1887; came to St. Louis
and entered employ of Rice, Stix & Co., whole
sale dry goods, later with L. Herzog & Bro.
Dry Goods Co. In real estate department of
the Lincoln Trust Co., 1897-1905; with D. P.
Leahy Real Estate and Investment Co., 1905-
06; since member firm Caulfield & Lewis, real
esate. Member Real Estate Exchange. Re
publican. Mason (32°), Knight Templar,
Shriner. Favorite recreations: hunting and
fishing. Office: 700 Chestnut St. Residence:
945 Belt Ave.
LEWIS, Bransford, surgeon; bora, St.
Charles, Mo., Nov. 14, 1862; son of Judge
Edward A. and Parthenia A. (Bransford)
Lewis; graduated from Smith Academy, St.
Louis; M.D., Missouri Medical College, 1884;
post-graduate courses in surgery in London,
Paris and Vienna, 1891, and in Berlin, 1902;
married, Sedalia, Mo., 1896, Jennie Jaynes.
Engaged in practice of surgery in St. Louis
from 1884. Junior, senior and assistant su
perintendent of City and Female hospitals,
1884-89; professor genito-urinary surgery in
Marion-Sims College (St. Louis University);
genito-urinary surgeon to Deaconess, Rebekah,
Frisco, City and Female hospitals and St.
Ann's Foundling Asylum. Member American
Medical Association, American Association of
Genito-Urinary Surgeons, Missouri State Med
ical Society, Mississippi Valley Medical Asso
ciation (president 1905), Medical Society of
the City Hospital Alumni, St. Charles County
Medical Society; ex- vice president St. Louis
Medical Society. Democrat. Methodist. Clubs:
St. Louis, Noonday, City, Glen Echo Country.
Office: 550 Century Bldg. Residence: 4396
Lindell Boul.
LEWIS, Edward Simmons; bora, Richmond,
Mo., Aug. 22, 1848; son of Edward A. Lewis
(late judge of St. Louis Court of Appeals,
judge of Supreme Court of Missouri, grandson
of Lund Washington, who was a cousin of
George Washington) and Parthenia A. (Brans
ford) Lewis; educated at St. Charles College,
St. Charles, Mo.; married, Nashville, Tenn.,
Apr. 4, 1876, Pattie. Cooke; children: Watson
Cooke, Bransford (Mrs. C. V. D. Hill),. Ed
ward M., Marian. Began business career
with wholesale firm of Wear & Hickman, St.
Louis, September, 1867; then with Chase &
Cabot, as buyer and department manager,
until July, 1881; traveling salesman with
Crow, Hargadine & Co. (established 1835 by
Wayman Crow) in the wholesale dry goods
business, and became member of the firm in
June, 1884; second vice president of its suc
cessor, the Hargadine-McKittrick Dry Goods
Co. until 1906. In 1906 organized and became
first president of the Central National Bank;
then vice president Missouri-Lincoln Trust Co.,
two years, 1907-08, president of St. Louis Na
tional Life Insurance Co. until 1911; now re
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several corporations. Was third vice president
Colonial Trust Co., 1901, vice president St.
Louis Water and Light Co., 1902; director Van
deventer Bank, 1902; vice president Travel
ers' Protective Association of Missouri, 1903.
Ex-vice president National Wholesale Dry
Goods Association; ex-president Interstate
Merchants' Association. Curator St. Charles
College. Democrat. Methodist; president
board of trustees St. John's M. E. Church.
Club: Mercantile (ex-president). Recreations:
golf, genealogical research. Office: 705 Olive
St. Residence: 4239 Washington Boul.
LEWIS, John Ashbury, banker; born, St.
Louis, Oct. 24, 1864; son of John and Mar
garet (Bentz) Lewis; educated in Duvall and
Franklin public schools and Central High
School; married, St. Louis, Feb. 4, 1891, Kath
arine Wilson; one son, Wilson. Left school
to become messenger with Bank of Commerce,
Jan. 17, 1881; left Bank of Commerce, Oct. 1,
1881, to become coin teller with Gen. A. G.
Edwards, assistant treasurer of the United
States at St. Louis, and remained with him
until the end of his term, Apr. 1, 1887; trav
eled in England and on European Continent
until September, 1887; in employ of Conti
nental Bank of St. Louis in various capacities
from Sept. 16, 1887, until that bank was ab
sorbed by National Bank of Commerce, May
31, 1902; became assistant cashier, and since
1904 cashier of the latter bank. Member
Business Men's League (treasurer), Civic
League. Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis Amateur
Athletic, Bankers ', Bellerive Country (elected
president October, 1911). Recreation: golf.
Office: National Bank of Commerce. Resi
dence: 6 Windermere PL
LEWIS, Joseph William, Jr., lawyer; born,
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 27, 1868; son of Rev.
Joseph W. (D.D.) and Eliza (Silver) Lewis;
graduated from Smith Academy, St. Louis,
1886; A.B., Princeton University, 1890,
A.M., 1892; LL.B., Washington University
(Law Department), 1893; married, Annis-
quam, Mass., Aug. 28, 1902, Emily Augusta
Westwood; children: William McMillan, Em
ily Westwood. Was instructor in history and
Latin, Smith Academy, St. Louis, 1890-94;
since 1894 engaged in general practice; mem
ber firm of Lewis & Rice since 1909. Member
of St. Louis Bar Association. Democrat.
Methodist (South). Club: City. Recreation:
fishing! Office: 415 Pine St. Residence: 484
Lake Ave.
LEWIS, Turner T., real estate and invest
ments; born, St. Louis, Dec. 13, 1857; son of
William J. and Rebecca (Turner) Lewis; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools and Wash
ington University; unmarried. Began busi
ness with the banking house of Bartholow,
Lewis & Co., continuing for three years; then
became connected with the Meramec Iron
Mining Co., of which was secretary and treas

urer for nineteen years. In 1886 joined in
organization of the Lewis Real Estate and
Investment Co., of which is president. Also
vice president Eagle Packet Co. Episcopalian.
Club: St. Louis. Recreation: baseball. Office:
305 Wainwright Bldg. Residence: 368 N.
Taylor Ave.
LEWIS, Walter French; see Vol. 1906.
LEWIS, Walter Jefferson, real estate agent ;
bom, Morgan Co., O., Mar. 13, 1858; son of
Walter and Nancy (Carter) Lewis; educated
in what was known as the Federal School,
Homer Township, Morgan Co., to 1878; then
attended Atwood Institute, Albany, Athens
Co., O., until 1879; married, Washington, Mo.,
May 20, 1890, Emma M. Simon; three chil
dren: Rhea V., Grace L., Clifton C. After
leaving school engaged in saw mill and tim
ber camps in Florida and Alabama until 1880;
in surveying and bridge construction Inter
national & Great Northern Ry., Mexico, 1881;
acquired interest in sheep ranch with Thom
son Bros., Austin, Tex., 1882; in hotel busi
ness, Abilene, Tex., 1883; purchased ranch fif
teen miles south of Abilene, 1884, and re
mained there until 1889. Began real estate
business, St. Louis, 1889, and continuously
engaged in same ever since; secretary Tower
Grove and Southwestern Building Association,
organized in 1889; vice president Jefferson
Gravois Trust Co., from its organization until
1911, when sold out his interests; secretary
and treasurer State League Building and Loan
associations of Missouri, 1911; owner "Pine-
olia" (resort, 4,000 acres, Citronelle, Ala.);
president Clifton Realty Co.; and as W. J.
Lewis conducts general real estate and finan
cial business. Member Civie League of St.
Louis. Republican. Protestant. Recreations:
bee raising, and the production of fancy comb
and pure extraction honey. Office: 2608 S.
Jefferson Ave. Residence: 6255 Simpson Ave.
LEYHE, Henry W., secretary and agent
Eagle Packet Co.; born, Warsaw, 111., May 16,
1869; son of William and Mary (Godertz)
Leyhe; educated in schools in St. Louis and
La Grange, Mo.; married, St. Louis, 1901,
Gula Hinrichs. Since 1890 engaged in busi
ness in association with father, and is now
secretary and agent of the Eagle Packet Co.
(of which father is president), operating a
line of packets from St. Louis to Lower Mis
sissippi River points and Illinois River points.
Member Business Men's League. Clubs: Mis
souri Athletic, The Traffic. Recreation: mo
toring. Office: foot of Vine St. Residence:
4630 Cook Ave. .
LICHLITER, Mcllyar Hamilton, clergyman;
born, Butler, Pa., Aug. 23, 1877; son of Mar
cellus D. and Mary Florence (Mcllyar) Lich-
liter; educated public schools of Allegheny
City and McKeesport, Pa.; Ohio Wesleyan
University three years; B.A., DePauw Uni
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Wesleyan, 1903; married, Greenfield, Ind., Jan.
15, 1902, Gertrude Larimore (classmate at
DePauw); two children: Mary Florence (born
Dec. 17, 1905), James Marcellus (Apr. 28,
1911). Ordained Methodist Episcopal minis
try, 1900; pastor Pitcairn, Pa., 1900-01, South
Fork, Pa., 1901-03, Verona, Pa., 1903-05, First
Church, Olean, N. Y., 1905-08, Maple Avenue
Church, St. Louis, since Sept. 30, 1908. Inde
pendent Democrat. Chairman joint committee
on public morals, organized April, 1912, to
suggest a constructive program for control
and repression of vice in St. Louis; member
Civie League, Federation for Social Service,
Religious Education Association, Phi Gamma
Delta fraternity, etc. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar; Odd Fellow. Clubs: Town and Gown,
Mercantile, City: Recreations: boy scouts,
hunting, fishing and tennis. Residence: 5545
Maple Ave.
LICHTER, John J., mechanical engineer;
bora, St. Louis, May 27, 1867; son of John J.
and Mary E. (Arnoux) Lichter; M.E., Wash
ington University, 1890; married, St. Louis,
1902, Miss Irene Anderson. Formerly em
ployed with various St. Louis concerns, in
cluding the St. Louis Transit Co., until 1901,
when became associated with William Jens in
present firm of Lichter & Jens, consulting en
gineers; president St. Louis Frog and Switch
Co. Member Engineers' Club and St. Louis
Academy of Science. Recreation: music. Of
fice: 1318 Chemical Bldg. Residence: 1740
Simpson PL
LIDE, Basil Manly, manufacturer and
wholesale dealer in white lead, linseed oil
and colors; born, Dallas Co., Ala., Dec 29, 1859;
son of David Robert and Louisa Elizabeth
(DuBose) Lide; educated in preparatory de
partment Howard College, Marion, Ala. (now
at East Lake, Birmingham, Ala.), and one
year in college; married, Marion, Ala., Dec. 3,
1889, Mollie Cobb Howze; two children:
Claudia Clayton, Basil Manly, Jr. Engaged
in retail drug business at Marion for several
years; located in St. Louis, 1903, and entered
lead and oil business; now proprietor Lide
White Lead Co. (not incorporated). Mem
ber City Council, Marion, two terms and was
trustee, Judson College, Marion. Democrat.
Baptist. Mason, Knight Templar. Recreation:
fishing. Office: 514 Elm St. Residence: 3809
Russell Ave.
LIEBER, Arthur, pianist, organist and
composer; born, Louisville, Ky., Dec. 15, 1873;
son of Isaac and Rosa (Sale) Lieber; edu
cated in public and high schools of Louisville
and St. Louis; studied piano, theory, composi
tion, counterpoint and organ under competent
masters in United States; married Clemence
Samish, of St. Louis, Sept. 28, 1905. Began as
teacher, 1888; organist Central Christian
Church, St. Louis, 1888-90; Union Methodist
Episcopal Church, 1890-97, Church of the

Messiah, 1897-1902, Second Baptist Church,
since 1902. Director Apollo Club, 1907-08,
Grand Leader Choral Club, since 1911; also
director music at Hosmer Hall and Smith
Academy. Liberal Democrat. Member Civic
League. Author: (operettas in one act) The
Pilgrim's Prank, The Dancing Master, Miss
Cupid of Chicago, Arlington Light Foot P. D.;
(songs) The Sweetest Flower, Mother's Song,
The Oblation, My Love; (suite for piano)
Novelette, etc. Recreations: tennis, theater,
fishing. Studio: Musical Arts Bldg. Resi
dence: Kendall Hotel.
LIEBER, Leslie, vice president Haas-Lieber
Grocery Co.; born, Louisville, Ky., Apr. 5,
1875; son of Isaac and Rose (Sale) Lieber;
removed to St. Louis, 1888; educated in public
schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Apr.
1, 1901, Rosalie Dillenberg; children: Dorothy,
David. Began business career with the Son
nenfeld Millinery Co., as clerk for two years,
then cashier for S. B. Sale & Co., wholesale
grocers; traveled for F. Smith & Son, whole
sale grocers, until 1898, when joined in organ
ization of the Haas-Lieber Grocery Co. Jew
ish religion. Office: 2d and Olive Sts. Resi
dence: 4523 Laclede Ave.
LIEBKE, Christian F., manufacturer of
hardwoods; born near Berlin, Germany, Aug.
13, 1836; son of Gottlieb and Christiana (AU-
gier) Liebke; came in childhood with parents
to Ameriea, settling in St. Louis; educated
in public and parochial schools of St. Louis;
married, Oct. 15, 1873, Mary Ruth Yore (died
Dec. 14, 1902); children: Joseph, Frank, Paul,
Marie (deceased), Ruth (deceased), Sadie
Ruth. Began when fourteen years of age
in furniture store; went to California, 1851,
arriving in San Francisco with $6; hired
out next day to work on ranch in Contra
Costa Co., later in various employments
in San Francisco; opened a hat store in
Sacramento; at mother's request returned
to St. Louis, 1856; interested in furniture
store with James Craig, 1856-58; went into
mill and lumber business in small way, with
two partners, 1858; since 1886, in full control,
becoming sole owner and manager; now pres
ident C. F. Liebke Hardwood, Mill and Lum
ber Co. (a million dollar corporation). Does
his banking exclusively with the Boatmen's
Bank. Member St. Louis Lumber Exchange
(president 1905-06), Business Men's League,
Civic League, Citizens' Industrial Association.
Independent in polities. Catholic. Clubs:
Mercantile, City, Algonquin Golf. Recreation:
driving (especially fond of horses). Office: 2d
and Buchanan Sts. Residence: 4188 W. Belle
PL Country Residence: Berry Rd., St. Louis
County. LIERMANN, John Clemens, hay and grain
merchant; born, St. Louis, Dec. 14, 1855; son
of Henry and Sophia (Hardebeck) Liermann;
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married, St. Louis, 1880, Frances Bollwerck
(now deceased); children: John H., Agatha.
After leaving school engaged in gardening
with father until 1880, whens began on own ac
count in grocery and feed store, now confining
business to that of dealer in hay, grain and
mill feed. Also secretary Cherokee lee Manu
facturing Co. Member Merchants' Exchange.
Roman Catholic; trustee of St. Agatha's
Church. President St. Martin's Benevolent
Society; secretary St. Vincent's Orphan So
ciety; president St. Vincent de Paul Poor
Conference. Member of Particular Council St.
Vincent de Paul Society; member Widow and
Orphan Fund. Democrat. Offiee and Resi
dence: 3228-3230 S. 13th St.
LIGHTHOLDER, William P., real estate;
born, St. Louis, Nov. 10, 1869; son of James
and Eliza Jane (Williamson) Lightholder;
educated Miss Nolan's Select School, located
on north side of Easton, east of Compton
Ave.; St. Louis University; St. Mary's Col
lege, Kansas, graduating, youngest member of
the class, 1886; later took business course in
Jones' Business College; unmarried. Was in
employ of Green & La Motte, real estate deal
ers, 1887-96; began in real estate business on
own account, Aug. 1, 1896; member firm of
Philibert & Lightholder (Paul A. Philibert),
1897-1903; chief deputy recorder of deeds,
City of St. Louis, Jan. 1, 1903- Jan. 1, 1907; in
real estate business on own account,- 1907-09;
secretary and treasurer William J. Murray
Realty Co., since October, 1909. Served as
quartermaster sergeant Light Battery A
(Rumbold's Battery), in. Spanish American
War; member Missouri House of Representa
tives, Sixth District, City of St. Louis, Forty-
first General Assembly, 1901. Democrat.
Catholic. Member Ivanhoe Tribe No. 68,
Improved Order of Red Men (Great Chief
of Records [state secretary] Great Council
of the order in Missouri). Also member
Alpha Council No. 1, Legion of Honor, and
of St. Louis Lodge No. 9, B. P. O. Elks and
Camp Walker Jennings, U. S. War Veterans.
Club: Western Rowing. Office: 19 N. 7th St.
Residence: 4015A Lindell Boul.
LIMBERG, Rudolph, brewer; 1863-1910; see
Vol. 1906.
LINCOLN, Norman Lee, commission
broker; born, Columbus, Miss., Sept. 15, 1870;
son of Cicero Lee and Texana Minerva (Alex
ander) Lincoln; educated in public schools of
Columbus, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa,
Ala., and Goodman's Business School, Nash
ville, Tenn.; married, St. Louis, Dec. 14, 1904,
Augusta Helm Porter; two sons: William Lee,
Porter Alexander. Brgan business career,
1891, as clerk in postoffice, Columbus, Miss.;
clerk in general merchandise store, Columbus,
1892; came to St. Louis, Mar., 1893, and se
cured employment with Hamilton-Brown Shoe
Co.; was superintendent factory until Janu

ary, 1907, when resigned, and in 1908 went
into brokerage business, handling shoe leather.
Member Mississippi State Society. Club:
Normandie Golf. Recreation: golf. Office: 903
Lucas Ave. Residence: 5537 Waterman Ave.
LINDAS, Benjamin Franklin, real estate;
see Vol. 1906.
LINDAY, Joseph I., furniture commission;
born, Kovno, Russia, May, 1870; educated to
fourteen in native land; married, Brooklyn,
N. Y., Feb. 12, 1908, Bertha Byk. Came to
Ameriea at age of seventeen; arrived in St.
Louis, 1891, and after three years as a can
vasser began traveling for the Koenig Furni
ture Co., in Southern states; in furniture com
mission, business for self since 1896; president
Linday Steel Range Co., Linday Real Estate
Co. Member B. P. O. Elks. Club: Columbian.
Office: 6, 4500 Olive St. Residence: Barwick
Apartments. LINDENSCHMIT, Charles, grocer; born,
St. Louis, Feb. 2, 1857; son of Joseph and
Theresa (Wagenmann) Lindenschmit; edu
cated in Stoddard Public School; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 20, 1886, Minnie Breidenbach; two
children: Carl and Julia. Began in grocery
business with father, 1872; after death of
father in 1886, took charge of business, which
was incorporated 1887, as the Joseph Linden
schmit Grocery Co., of which is president.
Club: Missouri Camera. Recreation: photog
raphy. Office: 4755 McPherson Ave. Resi
dence: 5086 Westminster PL
LINDENSCHMIT, Henry, groeer; bora,
St. Louis, Apr. 27, 1870; son of Joseph and
Theresa (Wagenmann) Lindenschmit; edu
cated in public schools; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 6, 1896, Nellie Leacock, who died June
15, 1903; three children: Louise H., Helen M.,
Joseph; married, 2d, at St. Louis, 1905, Mrs.
Eva M. Shafer. Began as clerk in father's
grocery store at fifteen and so continued until
death of father, 1886; since vice president
Joseph Lindenschmit Grocery Co. Republican.
Presbyterian. Recreations: bicycling and
handball. Offiee: 4753 McPherson Ave. Resi
dence: 4424 W. Bell Ave.
*LINDSAY, John Wise, commercial freight
agent; moved to Vincennes, Ind.; see Vol.
1906. *LINDSLEY, Alfred E., printers' supplies;
moved to Collinsville, Okla.; see Vol. 1906.
LINK, J. Joseph, surgeon; bora in Ma
coupin Co., 111., Apr. 1, 1863; son of Joseph
and Kathrine (Roeder) Link; educated in
public schools of Macoupin Co. and by
private tutors; took business and academic
course at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloom
ington, 111.; full course in Illinois College of
Pharmacy, and graduated from Northwestern
University Medical School, Apr., 1890, and
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Louis, June 10, 1891, Lina Michel; children:
Alethea Maria, Lenore Clara. Engaged in
practice of medicine at St. Louis since 1891;
professor and head of the department of surg
ery and president board of Trustees, Ameri
can Medical College. Member of the St. Louis
Medical Society, Missouri State Medical
Association, American Medical Association,
Tri-State Medical Society (111., Mo. and la.),
Northwestern University Medical School
Alumni Association; honorary member Ma
coupin County (111.) Medical Society. Inde
pendent in politics. Offiee: 212 Metropolitan
Bldg. Residence: 910 Lami St.
LINK, Theodore Carl, architect; born in
Wimpfen, Germany, Mar. 17, 1850; academic
education at Heidelberg, London and Paris,
1864-69 (was not graduated); married, 1876,
Annie C. Fuller, Detroit; children: Karl Eu
gene, Edwin Cary, Clarence Vincent. Won
first prize in competition for St. Louis Union
Station; consulting architect St. Louis City
Hall; architect of the Mississippi State House,
Mines and Metallurgy Building, St. Louis
Exposition, and many public buildings, etc., in
St. Louis and vicinity. Member commission
of architects for Louisiana Purchase Exposi
tion, St. Louis, 1904. President St. Louis Art
ists' Guild; fellow American Institute Archi
tects; member St. Louis Chapter American
Institute Architects, Missouri State Society
Architects, New York Architectural League;
member Archaeological Institute of America,
American Association for the Advancement of
Science, Civie League; corresponding member
Vienna Society of Architects. Club: St. Louis.
Recreations: farming and out-door life. Office:
1000 Carleton Bldg. Residence: 628 N. Spring
Avenue. LINN, Mortimer Palmer; see Vol. 1906.
LIONBERGER, Isaac H., lawyer; born,
Boonville, Mo., Aug. 30, 1854; son of John
R. and Margaret (Clarkson) Lionberger;
educated in preparatory department, Wash
ington University, 1864-70; graduated, Prince
ton College, 1875; St. Louis Law School, 1875-
76; married, St. Louis, June 9, 1886, Louise
Shepley; children: Margaret, John S., Louise
Marion, Anne, Ruth, Arthur. Admitted to
bar, 1877; member of law firm of Lionberger
& Shepley, 1886-96; assistant attorney general
of the United States, 1896. Instructor in cor
poration law, St. Louis Law School, 1892-1905.
Democrat; expelled from Sedalia Democratic
Convention, 1896, because he was a gold
standard man. Member State Militia, 1876,
posse eomitatus, 1877-1900. Episcopalian.
Member American Bar Association, St. Louis
Bar Association (president 1899), Missouri
Bar Association, Missouri Historical Society;
chairman Public Welfare Committee on char
ter revision, 1901; secretary Committee of
Public Safety, 1892. Clubs: St. Louis Uni
versity (president 1900), St. Louis Country,

Noonday, Bellerive, City, Recreations: walk
ing and reading. Office: 815 Security Bldg.
Residence: 37 Westmoreland PL
LIPKIND, Goodman, rabbi;, born, London,
Eng., June 27, 1878; son of John and Rebekah
(Tuehman) Lipkind; educated, Jews' College,
London, and University of Cambridge; B. A.,
London University, 1900; unmarried. Or
dained rabbi at Jews' College, London, 1901;
came to America, 1903; rabbi Emanuel
Brotherhood Congregation, New York, 1903-
07; in Milwaukee, Wis., 1907-11, St. Louis,
since September, 1911. President of Central
Jewish Council, St. Louis; member B'nai
B'rith, Knights of Pythias. Contributor to
Jewish Encyclopedia of America. Recreations:
motoring, riding, golf. Residence: Winder
mere Hotel.
LIPMAN, Edward, fancy poods; born, Cin
cinnati, Jan. 13, 1865; son of Michael H. and
Belle Lipman; educated in public and high
schools of Cincinnati; married, St. Louis, Jan.
10, 1905, Miss Bertha Epstein; two children:
Isabel Ruth, Berenice. Began business career
in Cincinnati in firm of May & Lipman,
dealers in novelties, bric-a-brac, jewelry, cut
glass, toilet pieces, leather goods, fancy goods,
etc., 1898-99; then removed to St. Louis, in
firm of May & Lipman, establishing the store
known as The Palace, Jan. 1, 1900; firm name
changed to Lipman & Lipman, 1907. Member
Masonic fraternity. Independent in polities.
Offiee: 516 Washington Ave. Residence: 5238 A
Waterman Ave.
LIPPE, Meyer Jay, physician, surgeon;
born, St. Louis; son of Jacob and Lena Lip-
pe; educated at St. Louis High School; M.D.,
Missouri Medical College, 1895; unmarried.
Served as physician to City Dispensary and
as assistant superintendent of City Hospital;
now engaged in general practice as physician
and surgeon in St. Louis. Member St. Louis
Medical Society, Medical Society of City
Hospital Alumni, Missouri Medical Associa
tion, American Medical Association. Jewish
religion. Club: Columbian. Recreations: lit
erature and automobiling. Office: 456-457
Century Bldg. Residence: 5349 Maple Ave.
LIPPELT, Gustave Henry, dry goods com
mission; 1858-1908; see Vol. 1906.
LIPPELT, Lewis Andrew Jackson, real
estate; 1852-1907; see Vol. 1906.
LIPPMAN, George Edward, vice president
Vinsonhaler Shoe Co.; born Maryville, Mo.,
v Dec. 14, 1879; son of Charles and Lisette
(Nagel) Lippman; educated in public schools,
Maryville, Mo.; married, Maryville, Dec. 24,
1902, Clella A. French; two children: Pierce
French, Marjorie May. Began business career
as clerk in a retail shoe store at Maryville,
continuing about five years; on Mar. 1, 1901,
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as salesman, and became vice president and
director Jan. 1, 1905. Republican. Presby
terian. Member Woodmeii of the World.
Office: 1512 Washington Avie. Residence:
5108 Kensington Ave.
LITCHFIELD, Parker Howard, publisher
The Modern Miller; born, Medford, Mass.,
Oct. 28, 1849; son of Parker R. and Maria H.
(Tannatt) Litchfield; educated in public and
high schools, Medford; married, Pittston, Me.,
Feb. 27, 1884. Began active career as sales
man and bookkeeper in wholesale flour house,
Boston, 1870; moved to Minneapolis, 1884,
and became connected with the Northwestern
Miller, Minneapolis; disposed of interests,
1896, and acquired control of The Modern
Miller, of Kansas City; moved the paper to
St. Louis and since president and manager
Modern Miller Co. Republican. Episcopalian.
Member St. Louis Merchants' Exchange (di
rector two years), St. Louis Trade Press Asso
ciation (president, 1911 and 1912), St. Louis
Millers' Club (secretary and treasurer since
1901), McPherson Avenue Improvement Asso
ciation (secretary and treasurer). Mason (Tus
can Lodge No. 360, A. F. & A. M.). Club:
Mercantile. Recreation: Horticulture. Office:
Pierce Bldg. Residence: 5082 Waterman Ave.
LITTLE, Alden Howe, bonds and stocks;
born, St. Louis, June 22, 1881; son of William
C. and May R. (Simon) Little; educated in
Smith Academy, 1892-95; St. Louis High
School, 1895-98, graduating 1898; Cornell Uni
versity, 1899-1901; married, St. Louis, 1904,
Blanche F. Niedringhaus; children: Marjorie
A., William A. On leaving college, June, 1901,
took present position as secretary and di
rector of the Little & Hays Investment Co.
Episcopalian. Mason. Clubs: St. Louis Coun
try, Racquet. Office: 303 N. 4th St. Resi
dence: 4650 Berlin Ave.
LITTLE, Harry Joseph, bonds and stocks
born in Jefferson Co., Va., July 20, 1853; son
of George W. and Mary J. (Alden) Little
educated in public schools; married, in Frank
lin Co., Mo., Sept. 18, 1883, Nellie M. Pulliam
one daughter, Vivian G. Was engaged in
farming in St. Charles Co., Mo., until 1879
in merchandising business in grain buying and
retail hardware at Wentzville, Mo., as junior
member of the firm of Johnson & Co., until
1886; traveling representative of J. F. Seiber-
ling & Co., harvesting machine manufacturers,
until 1888, when located in St. Louis; cashier
for W. C. Little, Scott & Co., stocks and
bonds, later known as W. C. Little & Co.,
until incorporated under present style of Lit
tle & Hays Investment Co., of which is second
vice president. Member Merchants' Ex
change, Bank Clerks' Association, Royal
Arcanum. Office: 303 N. 4th St. Residence:
1246 Amherst PL

LITTLE, Patrick Bernard, wholesale lum
ber; deceased; see Vol. 1906.
LITTLE, William Cyrus, bonds and stocks;
born in Jefferson Co., Va., Feb. 23, 1849; son
of George W. and Mary Jones (Alden) Little;
educated in common schools of Virginia and
public schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 16, 1878, May Rose Simon; children:
Alden Howe, Marie Louise (Mrs. Cary N.
Weisiger), Margaret Alden. Entered banking
house of Clark Bros. & Co., St. Louis, Apr. 20,
1864; became teller in Traders' Bank, Mar. 1,
1870; assistant cashier Continental Bank,
1871-76; member of firm of P. F. Keleher &
Co., 1876-80; organized firm of Wm. C. Little
& Co., May 1, 1880; on Aug. 1, 1883, removed
to New York City, and, Oct. 1, 1883, joined
Albert Kelley, a New York banker, in firm
of Kelley & Little; returned to St. Louis,
1886, and reestablished firm of Wm. C. Little
& Co.; changed name to William C. Little,
Scott & Co., 1889, and in 1893, incorporated
as William C. Little & Bro. Investment Co.;
in May, 1898, changed to present style of
Little k Hays Investment Co., of which is
president. Ex-president St. Louis Stock Ex
change. Member American Bankers' Associa
tion, Missouri Bankers' Association, Bank
Clerks' Association. Episcopalian. Clubs:
Noonday, St. Louis Country. Recreations: mo
toring, golf, pool, billiards, etc. Offiee: 303 N.
4th St. Residence: Lucerne Apts.
LITTMANN, Max, president Nixdorff-Krein
Manufacturing Co.; born, Germany, Jan. 8,
1846; son of Ezekiel and Johanna (Moses)
Littmann; educated in public schools of Ber
lin, Germany; Bryant and Stratton Business
College, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Feb.
18, 1877, Marie Baer; four children: Hannah
(Mrs. Isidore Auer, of Chicago), Edgar, Ber
nard and Sophie. Began active career as
clerk in mercantile house, Berlin, Germany;
emigrated to America, 1865, and came to St.
Louis, 1869; was porter at the old Planter's
House, continuing there until 1878; then be
came partner in firm of Franz Krein, manu
facturer of hames, chains, and singletrees;
has since continued in same line of business,
the firm being incorporated, 1880, as Franz
Krein Manufacturing Co., and name changed
later to the Nixdorff-Krein Manufacturing
Co., of which is president and treasurer. Mem
ber Business Men's League. Enlisted in the
regular army, March, 1866, and served three
years in the Second Battalion, Eighteenth
U. S. Infantry, afterwards the Twenty-seventh
U. S. Infantry; was sent with regiment to Da
kota Territory to build Fort Philip Kearney,
which was evacuated, 1868; was promoted
during the Indian campaign to sergeant. Re
publican. Jewish religion; vice president Jew
ish Charitable and Educational Institute.
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travel. Office: 900 Howard St. Residence:
4904 McPherson Ave.
LLOYD, Hiram, contractor and builder;
born in St. Clair Co., 111., July 27, 1863; son
of Thomas and Hannah (Pepper) Lloyd; edu
cated in public schools of Illinois; married,
Rentchler, 111., May 27, 1888, Jane Ann Mait-
land; children: Thos. H., Weston Robert. Es
tablished in business as contractor and builder
in 1890, and on May 14, 1903, business was
incorporated as Hiram Lloyd Building and
Construction Co., of which is president and
treasurer. Also president Triangle Realty Co.;
president Master Builders' Association, 1904-
5. Methodist. Republican; served four terms
in Municipal Assembly, Lower House, 1895-
99, speaker of Lower House, 1897-99; member
Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth General Assem
blies; member Republican State Committee
since 1900, Republican City Committee, 1900-
02; chairman Twelfth Congressional Commit
tee, 1904-05; national committeeman Repub
lican League Clubs of Missouri, 1899-1903.
Member Citizens' Industrial Association,
Academy of Science, St. Louis Architectural
Club. Mason, Odd Fellow: Grand Patriarch,
Grand Encampment of Missouri, 1901-02;
Grand Master I. O. O. F. of Missouri, 1903;
Department Commander, Patriarchs Militant,
I. O. O. F., 1902-04. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
Mercantile. Recreations: fishing and hunting.
Offiee: 803 Odd Fellows Bldg. Residence: 3111
Laclede Ave.
*LOCHER, W. Horace, life insurance;
moved to St. Paul; see Vol. 1906.
LOCKWOOD, George Robinson, lawyer;
bom, St. Louis, Mar. 22, 1853; son of Rich
ard J. and Angelica Peale (Robinson) Lock-
wood; educated in preparatory department
Washington University (now Smith Acad
emy), and at University of Virginia, graduat
ing as civil engineer; LL.B., St. Louis Law
School; married, in Albemarle Co., Va., Nov.
23, 1881, Anna Preston Davis; children: Rich
ard John, Louisa Saunders (Mrs. Gray Carroll
Stribling), Angelica Peale, Thomas Preston.
Since 1881 continuously engaged in practice
of law in St. Louis. Also president of Belle-
fontaine Cemetery Association, George D.
Hall Real Estate Co., Lockwood Real Estate
Co. Member Missouri State Bar Association,
and St. Louis Bar Association. Democrat;
organized, 1895, St. Louis Democratic Sound
Money Club, and was its secretary until close
of campaign of 1896; candidate for presiden
tial elector on the Palmer and Buckner ticket,
1896. Elected, 1903, Democratic member of
Board of Education of St. Louis, and served as
vice president of that body. Episcopalian.
Wrote pamphlets on the money question, and
in 1898 wrote "Apprehension vs. Progress, a
Defense of Trusts," in 1901, "The Tools to
Him Who Can Handle Them, or a Protest
Against the Anti-Trust Crusade," in 1912,

"Why I Oppose Woman Suffrage." Office:
614 Rialto Bldg. Residence: 5710 Cates Ave.
LOCKWOOD, William Morrison, assistant
comptroller, City of St. Louis; born, St. Louis,
July 15, 1848; son of Richard John and Jane
Berenice (Morrison) Lockwood; educated in
Washington University and public schools of
St. Louis, until 1862; Highland Military Acad
emy, Worcester, Mass., 1862-63; Chestnut Hill
Academy, Baltimore, Md., 1863-66; married,
St. Louis, May 25, 1875, Mary Gardiner
Isaacs; children: Berenice Morrison (Mrs.
Berenice Lockwood Marshall), Mary Wool-
worth. Clerk with George R. Robinson & Co.,
1866-68; partner of Archie Robinson, insur
ance, 1868-75; partner Lockwood & Nisbet,
insurance, 1875-81; partner Green, Lockwood
& Co., and Green-Lockwood Grocer Co., whole
sale grocers, 1881-85; clerk Advance Elevator
Co., grain, 1886-89; secretary St. Louis Agri
cultural and Mechanical Association, 1890-94;
treasurer St. Louis Fair Association, 1894-
1901; since 1901 assistant comptroller, City of
St. Louis. Episcopalian. Recreations: yacht
ing, hunting and fishing. Office: City Hall.
Residence: 5972 Cates Ave.
LODWICK, Jason A.; born, Askeaton, Ire
land; son of Christopher and Agnes Isabel
Lodwick; educated in private and Episcopal
schools; married, Feb. 6, 1878, Eugenie Mary
Keating; children: Agnes Isabel, Eugenia K.,
Jason A., Jr., John Delmage. Moved to
United States in early life, and entered em
ployment of Howard, Sanger & Co., importers
and manufacturers, New York, with whom he
remained twenty-one years; settled in Bay-
onne, N. J., in 1869. Elected secretary and
treasurer of Mechanics' Trust Co., Bayonne,
in 1885, and held this position until his ap
pointment as manager of the Mississippi
Glass Co. of Missouri, in 1892, when he moved
to St. Louis; member Business Men's League,
etc. Republican. Protestant Episcopalian.
Residence: Darst, near Annette St.
LOEB, Hanau Wolf, physician; born Phil
adelphia, Pa., Aug. 25, 1865; son of Bernhard
and Bertha (Myer) Loeb; A.B., University of
Missouri, 1883, A.M. 1886; M.D., Medical De
partment of Columbia University, New York,
1888; married, St. Louis, Apr. 12, 1893, Grace
Sadler; one child, Jeanette Irene. Began prac
tice of medicine at St. Joseph, Mo., 1888, bjit
in 1890 came to St. Louis and has since been
engaged in practice in this city; specialist in
diseases of the nose, throat and ear. Profes
sor of ear, nose and throat diseases, St. Louis
University. Member American Laryngolo-
gical, Rhinological, and Otological Society,
American Otological Society, American Med
ical Association, American Anatomical Asso
ciation, American Academy of Ophthalmology
and Oto-Laryngology. Editor of the Annals
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reation: golf. Office: 208 Humboldt Bldg., 537
N. Grand Ave. Residence: 5154 Westminster
Boulevard. LOEB, Leo, pathologist; born in Germany,
September 21, 1869; son of Benedict and
Barbara Loeb; educated gymnasium, Ger
many; studied natural science and medicine,
universities of Heidelberg, Berlin, Zurich,
Freiburg, 1889-96; research fellow, McGill
University, 1903; unmarried. Adjunct profes
sor pathology, University of Illinois, 1900-01;
experimental pathologist, New York State
Pathological Laboratory, Buffalo, 1902; assist
ant professor experimental pathology, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, 1904-10; director de
partment pathology, Barnard Skin and Cancer
Hospital, St. Louis, since October, 1910. Fel
low American Association Advancement of
Science; member American Society, Natural
ists, American Association Pathologists and
Bacteriologists (member of council), Ameri
can Physiological Society, Society Cancer Re
search (president, 1911), International Asso
ciation Cancer Research (vice president),
American Association Anatomists, Society Ex
perimental Medicine and Biology, Association
American Physicians, American Philosophical
Society (chairman section on pathology and
physiology, 1912), American Medical Asso
ciation. Contributor chiefly on tissue and
tumor growth, physiology of generative or
gans, pathology of blood and circulation, etc.
Club: University. Office: Barnard Skin and
Cancer Hospital, Washington and Theresa
Aves. Residence: 5800 Clemens Ave.
LOEWEN, David, retired; born, Branden
burg, Prussia, Feb. 12, 1842; son of Aaron and
Helene Loewen; educated in high school;
married, St. Louis, Sept. 13, 1868, Emma Bie-
nenstok; children: Albert (Enid, Okla.), Mil
ton, Carrie (Mrs. Harry Wiener), Saydie
(Mrs. Oscar W. Miller), Helene (Mrs. O. Haz-
zard). Member firm of Loewen & Liepman,
Fort Scott, Kan., 1866-70; moved to St. Louis,
1870, and went into wool business in firm of
S. Bienenstok & Sons; moved to Philadelphia,
1878, and engaged in wool and broomcom
business in firm of Mitchell & Loewen; re
turned to St. Louis, 1885; president Loewen
Broomcorn Co., 1885-1906; treasurer Boggs
Broomcom Co., 1906-10, since retired. Repub
lican. Member Shaare Emeth Congregation.
Mason. Member B 'nai B 'rith, Legion of Hon
or. Was for twenty years a member of the
Merchants' Exchange. Residence: 4478 West
minster PI.
LOEWENBERG, Joseph, furniture; 1865-
l'9l2; see Vol. 1906.
LOEWENSTEIN, Ralph, wholesale jeweler;
born, Schwabach, Bavaria, Germany, Mar. 5,
1859; son of Leopold and Mariana (Rosenfels)
Loewenstein; educated in public and high
schools of Schwabach, graduating from, high
school, 1872; came to America, August, 1873;

married Henrietta Berg, of Camden, Ark., Apr.
30, 1884; one son, Milton Berg. Employed as
clerk in New York for one year; then went to
Camden, Ark., and engaged in business for
eight years; in 1882 established jewelry firm
of Loewenstein Bros., which became the R.
Loewenstein Jewelry Co., 1895, of which is
president and treasurer. Republican. Member
Masonic Order since 1887. Recreation: travel
ing. Office: 406 Globe-Democrat Bldg. Resi
dence: 5339 Vernon Ave.
LOHMANN, Henry William, western man
ager James Stewart & Co., general contrac
tors; born, St. Louis, Jan. 8, 1870; son of
Henry and Catherine (Herpel) Lohmann;
educated in public schools and Polytechnic
High School, St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Mar. 2, 1899, Minka Henke; children: Eunice
Stuart, Janet Henke. Began business career
with L. C. and William L. Bulkley, architects,
1887-88; since with James Stewart & Co., gen
eral contractors, beginning as draughtsman
and advancing through intermediate positions
to present one of western manager for the
firm. Also president Henry Lohmann Realty
Co.; vice president Stuart Realty Co.; vice
president and treasurer Gray Summit White
Sand Company. Member American Society
for Testing Materials, International Society
for Testing Materials, Business Men 's League,
Civic League. Republican. Member Evangel
ical Church. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Mer
cantile, Liederkranz, Automobile, City, Glen
Echo Country, Century Boat. Recreations:
motoring and bowling. Office: 1312 Bank of
Commerce Bldg. Residence: 3651 Botanical
Avenue. LOKER, David Cartan; see Vol. 1906.
LOKER, George Hubert, president Meyer
Mining Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct. 9, 1845; son
of George Hannibal and Mary Louise (Flem
ing) Loker; educated in private school until
1853; Benton (public) School to 1857; Wash
ington University to 1861; A.B., St. Louis
University, 1864; A.M., College de la Paix,
Namur, Belgium, 1866; unmarried. Clerk in
wholesale tobacco house of William Seemuller
& Co., 1867-70; organized St. Louis Smelting
and Refining Co., 1870, and also several min
ing companies of which was secretary for
twenty-seven years; then became secretary of
the Carbo-Aluminum Co. until it retired from
business; now president Meyer Mining Co.;
director Mikado Mining and Smelting Co.
Roman Catholic. Office: 411 Olive St. Resi
dence: 4474 McPherson Ave.
LONG, (Samuel Miller) Breckinridge, law
yer; born, St. Louis, May 16, 1881; son of
William Strudwick and Margaret M. (Breck
inridge) Long; educated, Stoddard (public)
School and Smith Academy, 1894-96; St. Louis
(now Central) High School, graduating. 1899;
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Law School (Washington University), 1905-
06; M.A., Princeton, 1909; married, June 1,
1912, Miss Christine Alexander Graham. Ad
mitted to Missouri bar, while still in law
school, January, 1906; made trip around the
world, 1906-07; opened office in St. Louis on
return and since in general practice. Director
Hughes Realty and Investment Co. Democrat.
Presbyterian. Candidate for state legislature,
1908. Member Phi Delta Phi (legal frater
nity). Clubs: University, Bellerive Country.
Recreations: sailing, tennis, golf. Office: 318-
322 Rialto Bldg. Residence: 5376 Waterman
Avenue. LONG, Edward Henry, school principal;
1838-1911; see Vol. 1906.
LONGAN, Edward Everett, lawyer; bora
on a farm in Moniteau Co., Mo., Sept. 8, 1865;
son of William Ludwell and Polly Ann
(Yows) Longan; graduated from University
of Missouri, B.L.B.P., 1886, M.L., 1889; LL.B.,
Yale University, 1890; married, Sept. 2, 1895,
Hattie Aronson. After leaving the University
of Missouri, taught school at Boonville, Mo.,
and read law under W. M. Williams, ex-judge
of the Supreme Court of Missouri; admitted
to bar, 1888; after course in Yale, came to St.
Louis, 1890, and has since been engaged in
practice, confined exclusively to patent and
trade mark litigation; has been identified
with some of the most important patent and
trade mark litigation in the West. Baptist.
Mason (32°), Shriner. Recreations: hunting
and literature. Office: Central National Bank
Bldg. Residence: 6054 Cates Ave.
LORTZ, L. Edward, secretary Fulton Iron
Works; born, Ellis Grove, 111., Sept. 8, 1864;
son of Henry and Alvina (Pape) Lortz; edu
cated in public schools of Chester, 111., and
Bryant & Stratton Commercial College, St.
Louis; married, Alton, 111., 1885, R. Eugenia
Moser; children: Edna, Russell, Adrian, Am
brose. Resident of St. Louis since 1882; began
business career as assistant foreman with the
N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Co., continuing
from fall of 1882 until April, 1884; since
April, 1884, with Fulton Iron Works, succes
sively, timekeeper, purchasing agent and traf
fic manager, superintendent, and on reorgani
zation of the company in November, 1905,
was elected as secretary; also second vice
president. Recreations: traveling and motor
ing. Office: Plymouth Ave. and Wabash R. R.
tracks. Residence: 37 Lewis PL
LOTH, Jacob, president Loth-Hoffman Cloth
ing Co.; born, St. Louis, Jan. 6, 1867; son
of Adolph and Sarah Loth; educated at Stod
dard School and Smith Academy; unmarried.
Began business career as a traveling salesman
for Kramer & Loth and A. Loth & Sons, 1883-
89; one of incorporators of. the Loth Jeans
Clothing Co., 1889, and was secretary and
treasurer, 1900-03; president after death ¦ of

father, September, 1903, and in November,
1905, corporate name was changed to Loth
Clothing Co., now Loth-Hoffman Clothing Co.
Republican. Jewish religion. Trustee of Tem
ple Israel. Office: 914 Pine St. Residence:
4167 Washington Ave.
*LOTHROP, John Howland, railway offi
cial; moved to Spokane, Wash.; see Vol. 1906.
LOUDERMAN, Henry B., financial agent;
born, Baltimore, Dec. 15, 1842; son of Henry
R. and Leonora R. (Rabb) Louderman; edu
cated in private schools of Baltimore; mar
ried, St. Louis, Sept. 5, 1865, Sarah Marshall;
four children: Henry B., William M., John H.,
Leonora (now Mrs. Frank J. Carlisle, of Los
Angeles, Cal.). Came to St. Louis, 1860; be
gan active career in employ of John J. Roe &
Co., pork packers, advancing to membership
in firm; withdrew, 1872, to engage in other
lines of business; was elected vice president
American District Telegraph Co., 1876, and
assisted in introducing the first telephone line
and exchange in St. Louis; president St. Louis
Sectional Dock Co. and Carondelet Marine
Railway Co., 1886-95; since manager of es
tates. Member Business Men's League, Civie
League. Protestant. Member Legion of Honor.
Office: 320, 510 Pine St. Residence: 4038 Lin
dell Boul.
LOUDERMAN, William M., stock and bond
broker; born, St. Louis, Mar. 4, 1868; son of
Henry B. and Sarah Rowland (Marshall)
Louderman; educated in St. Louis public
schools and Manual Training School, grad
uating from latter, 1886; unmarried. Began
business career in 1886 with Sells & Co., com
mission merchants; president of the Illinois
Supply & Construction Co., 1891-99; actively
interested in the brick industry until 1906,
since in the stock and bond brokerage busi
ness. President St. Louis Stock Exchange,
1911; director American Hydraulic Press
Brick Co. Mason (32°), Knight Templar,
Shriner. Club: Missouri Athletic. Recreations:
athletics and outdoor diversions. Office: 510
Pine St. Residence: 4038 Lindell Boul.
LOVE, Ira Wallace, secretary Geller, Ward
& Hasner Hardware Co.; bora on farm in
Athens Co., O., Jan. 11, 1861; son of Isaiah
and Mahala E. (Hoskinson) Love; educated in
public schools, Odin, 111.; married, Odin, May
14, 1885, Lettie J. Jackson; children: Floy
Winifred (Mrs. William Dickie), Charles Eu
gene. Lived in Odin, 1865-1902; after leaving
school was with the Ohio & Mississippi R. R.
Co., as assistant agent in Odin, 1882-85; came
to East St. Louis as assistant cashier in Ohio
& Mississippi R. R. local freight office, 1885-
87; bookkeeper and cashier A. M. Woodward
& Co., Odin, 1887-89; bought half interest in
business, 1889, and continued in it until
August, 1902, when sold out and came to St.
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ner Hardware Co. Republican; city clerk,
Odin, 1884. Protestant. Mason. Recreations:
traveling and reading. Officer* 412-414 N. 4th
St. Residence: 3928 Flora Boul.
LOVE, John Erwin, real estate; deceased;
see Vol. 1906.
*LOVE, Robertus, writer prose and verse;
moved to New York; see Vol. 1906.
*LOVEJOY, Arthur Oncken, educator;
moved to Princeton, N. J.; see Vol. 1906.
LOWENBAUM, Ralph, manufacturer of
underwear; born, Lincoln, 111., Feb. 2, 1867;
son of Selig and Fannie (Rosenthal) Lowen-
baum; educated public schools, Grand Rap
ids, Mich.; married, Chicago, Oct. 23, 1894,
Martha Pollak, of Cincinnati; two children:
Marjorie Pollak and Ralph, Jr. Began at
Grand Rapids as messenger boy Western
Union Telegraph Co.; went to New York,
1882, and became connected with the embroid
ery firm of Einstein, Wolff & Co.; entered
commission business in Chicago, 1896; came
to St. Louis, 1898, and founded the Sterling-
Manufacturing Co. in connection with the
Ely Walker Dry Goods Co., 1900; retired from
this company in 1902 and established ladies'
underwear factory in connection with the
Ferguson-McKinney Dry Goods Co., contin
uing until 1911; since in business on own ac
count as the R. Lowenbaum Manufacturing
Co. Jewish religion. Club: Westwood Country.
Recreation: golf. Office: 1813-1815 Olive St.
Residence: 4916 Laclede Ave.
LOWENHAUPT, Abraham, lawyer; born,
Mt. Vernon, Ind., Dec. 22, 1878; son of Ben
jamin and Rachel (Rosenbaum) Lowenhaupt;
was graduated at Mt. Vernon High School,
1896; matriculated in University of Michigan,
graduating with degree of Ph.B., 1900; studied
law at same university and in Law Depart
ment Lake Forest University, graduating, de
gree of LL.B., 1901; married, St. Louis, Oct.
18, 1910, Bessie Cronbach, formerly of Mt.
Vernon, Ind.; one child, Bettie C, born Sept.
1, 1911. Admitted to Illinois bar, September,
1901, and practiced for firm of Moran, Mayer
& Meyer, until May, 1905; since in St. Louis;
associated in office with Lyon & Swartz, An
thony O'Halloran, William C. Connett and
Dwight Currie. Member St. Louis and Mis
souri State Bar associations. Jewish religion.
Recreation: tennis. Office: 1305-1310 Third
National Bank Bldg.
LOWES, John Livingston, professor Eng
lish, Washington University; born, Decatur,
Ind., Dec. 20, 1867; son of Abram Brower and
Mary Bella (Elliott) Lowes; A.B., Washing
ton and Jefferson College, Pa., 1888, A.M.,
1901; universities of Leipzig and Berlin, 1894-
95; A.M., Harvard, 1903, Ph.D., 1905; mar
ried, Mary Cornett, of Madison, Ind., June 23,
1897; one son, John Wilber. Adjunct pro
fessor mathematics, Washington and Jefferson

College, 1888-91; professor English, Hanover
(Ind.) College, 1895-1902, Swarthmore (Pa.)
College, 1905-09, Washington University since
September, 1909. Lecturer in English, sum
mer session, New York University, 1902, 1904,
1905; Ropes lecturer comparative literature,
University of Cincinnati, 1909. Member Mod
ern Language Association, Ameriea, Mod
ern Language Association, Great Britain,
American Folk-Lore Society, Goethe Gesell
schaft (Weimar, Germany), Societe des
anciens textes frangais. Clubs: University,
Florissant Valley, Round Table, Town and
Gown, Players, Contemporary, Harvard (St.
Louis). Editor (with George Lyman Kitt-
redge) of synonyms in New International
Dictionary; contributor to American and for
eign philological and literary journals. Recre
ations: walking, tennis. Residence: McMil
lan Hall, Washington University.
*LOWRY, John Selmes, financial agent;
moved to Louisiana; see Vol. 1906.
LOY, Lincoln K., box manufacturer; bora,
St. Louis, Apr. 14, 1861; son of John and
Kate (Kerwin) Loy; educated in St. Louis
public schools and Jones Commercial College;
married, St. Louis, June 16, 1890, Elizabeth
Knight; children: Bessie Kerwin, Knight
Sheridan and Doris. Began business career
with father in the coal business; in 1883, be
came identified with box manufacturing and
in 1897 joined in forming Loy-Lange Box Co.,
wholesale box manufacturers, of which is
president. Mason. Member Royal Arcanum.
Club: Million Population. Office: 2106 S. 3d
St. Residence: 2908 Accomac St.
LUBKE, George William, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 22, 1845; son of H. William and
Catherine (Pennigroth) Lubke; educated at
German Lutheran School, Venedy, 111.; Ger
man Evangelical School, public schools and
private tutors, St. Louis; read law in office
and under direction of Hon. Henry Hitch
cock; married, St. Louis, Sept. 10, 1868, Hen
rietta Luttercord; five children: George W.,
Jr., Ida H., Laura L., Edgar H., Arthur F. Ad
mitted to bar, October, 1884, at 19 years of
age, and has since been continuously engaged
in law practice at St. Louis, except the period
from 1883 to 1889, when served as judge of
St. Louis Circuit Court. He has been for
twenty years past one of the active members
of the Board of Examiners of applicants for
license to practice law in the federal courts
in Missouri. Member of St. Louis and Mis
souri State Bar associations. Member Civic
League. Democrat. Member German Evangel
ical Church. Club: Border Game and Fishing.
Office: Title Guaranty Bldg. Residence: 6339
Berlin Ave.
LUBKE, George William, Jr., lawyer; born,
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 16, 1869; son of George
W. and Henrietta (Luttercord) Lubke; edu
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emy; Washington University; State Univer
sity of Missouri; LL.B., St. Louis Law School
of Washington University, 1891; married,
Glendale, St. Louis Co., Mo., June 29, 1892,
Bernice Woods; children: Percy N., Karl E.,
Dorothy. Admitted to bar, June, 1890, and
since continuously engaged in general prac
tice with father. Member of St. Louis and
Missouri State Bar associations. Democrat.
English Lutheran. Recreations: hunting, fish
ing, amateur photography. Office: 706 Chest
nut St. Residence: 3536 Victor St.
LUCAS, Ernest, secretary Rubelmann-Lucas
Hardware Co.; born in Gasconade Co., Mo.,
Feb. 2, 1860; son of George and Amelia
(Proesch) Lucas; educated in public schools
and Johnson's Business College; unmarried.
Began business career as salesman in father's
grocery store in 1877; in 1880 came to St.
Louis, entering employ of Rubelmann & Co.,
hardware, and in July, 1885, on incorporation
of the Rubelmann-Lucas Hardware Co., be
came a director and secretary of the com
pany. Member Legion of Honor. Clubs: Mis
souri Athletic, Liederkranz. Recreation: fish
ing. Office: 1934 N. Broadway. Residence:
2448 West Pine St.
LUCAS, James Richard, grain commission;
born, Williamstown, Grant Co., Ky., Dec. 14,
1867; son of Elisha C. and Louisa E. (Nix)
Lucas; educated in public schools of Creston,
la.; married, Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 20, 1899,
Lyda G. Hyland; one daughter, Dorothy
Frances. Began business career as bookkeeper
in employ of father, retail dealer in agricul
tural implements and buyer of grain and hay,
Creston; became partner in business, 1888,
under style of E. C. Lucas & Son; came to
St. Louis, 1899, in employ of St. Louis Hay &
Grain Co., and in 1900 established in same
business under style of J. R. Lucas & Co.
Member Merchants' Exchange. Catholic. Of
fice: Pierce Bldg. Residence: 3450 Halliday
Avenue. LUCAS. John B. C, capitalist; 1847-1908;
see Vol. 1906.
*LUCCOCK, Naphtali, clergyman; see Vol.
1906. LUDINGTON, Elliot Kingman, member of
firm of H. & L. Chase Bag Co.; bora, St.
Louis, June 8, 1876; son of Francis Henry and
Almaria (Kingman) Ludington; graduated
from Stoddard (public) School, 1891 ; attended
high school one year and Manual Training
School two years; C.E., Pennsylvania Military
College, 1897; married, St. Louis, June 9,
1898, Florence Edson Bemis; children: Lucy
Margaret, Francis Henry, 2d, Elliot Kingman,
Jr., Florence Bemis, Jr. Since 1897 engaged
with the H. & L. Chase Bag Co., manufac
turers and dealers in bags of all kinds, and is
now a member of the firm. Member Business

Men's League. Republican. Baptist. Clubs:
St. Louis, Noonday, Automobile, Racquet,
Glen Echo Country, Algonquin Golf. Recrea
tions: golf, automobiling. Office: 18 N. Main
St. Residence: 26 Washington Terrace.
LUDINGTON, Francis Henry, importer and
manufacturer of bags; 1836-1910; see Vol.
1906. LUDWIG, William Henry; see Vol. 1906.
LUEDDE, William Henry, physician; born,
Warsaw, 111., Aug. 13, 1876; son.. of Henry J.
M. and Emilie M. (Naumann) Luedde; edu
cated in Warsaw public schools to 1893; M.D.,
Medical Department, Washington University,
1900; took post-graduate courses at Univer
sity of Kiel, Germany, 1904-05, at London,
Vienna and Utrecht, 1905, and at Laboratoire
d 'Ophthalmologique, Sorbonne, Paris, France,
1906; married, St. Louis, Mar. 24, 1909, Net
tie B. Shryock; one child, Philip S. Before
attendance at European clinics, was assistant
surgeon St. Louis City Hospital, 1900; assist
ant to Dr. M. H. Post, 1901-04. Returned
from France, 1906, and was assistant to Dr.
John Green until 1908; since engaged in prac
tice alone, and assistant surgeon eye clinic,
Medical Department, Washington University.
Member American Medical Association (oph
thalmic section), Missouri State Medical As
sociation, St. Louis Medical Society, Academy
of Science, St. Louis, St. Louis Biological So
ciety, Alumni of Medical Department, Wash
ington University, and Societe Frangaise d'
Ophthalmologic. Was chairman organization
committee Independence Day Association,
1910 (later vice president) ; appointed first
lieutenant, Medical Reserve Corps, U. S. A.,
April, 1911; president Medical Society of City
Hospital Alumni, 1911. Member Civic League,
Washington University Association. Repub
lican. Congregationalist. Member Tuscan
Lodge, No. 360, A. F. & A. M., St. Louis
Chapter, Sons of the Revolution. Clubs: City,
Apollo (associate). Recreation: out of door
life. Office: 311-314 Metropolitan Bldg. Resi
dence: 5056 Vernon Ave.
LUEDEKING, Robert, physician; 1853-
1909; see Vol. 1906.
LUEHRMANN, Edward H., lumber; born,
St. Louis, Dec. 21, 1876; son of Charles F. and
Mary (Voelker) Luehrmann; educated in pub
lic and private schools of St. Louis; unmar
ried. Began business career as office boy for
the St. Louis Lumber Co., 1890-91; since 1891
with Chas. F. Luehrmann Lumber Co., begin
ning as bookkeeper, later becoming secretary,
and since 1902 vice president and auditor of
the company. Treasurer The Wayne Manufac
turing Co.; vice president Indiana & Arkan
sas Lumber and Manufacturing Co., of Ar
kansas; treasurer L'Anguille River Railway
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ite recreations: music, billiards and traveling^
Office: 148 Carroll St. Residence: 2223 S.
Grand Ave.
LUEHRMANN, George Ernest William,
lumber; born, St. Louis, Mar. 25, 1868; son of
Charles F. and Mary (Voelker) Luehrmann;
educated in St. Louis public schools, graduat
ing from St. Louis High School, 1884; unmar
ried. Began business career on leaving school
as bookkeeper for Verdin Lumber Co., 1886;
manager St. Louis Lumber Co., 1886-90; in
1890 became secretary, treasurer and manager
of the Charles F. Luehrmann Hardwood Lum
ber Co., and after father's death in 1900 suc
ceeded him as president and treasurer of the
company. Also president Wayne Manufactur
ing Co., Indiana & Arkansas Lumber & Man
ufacturing Co., L'Anguille Railway Co. Lu
theran. Club: Union. Office: 148 Carroll St.
Residence: 2223 S. Grand Ave..
LUKENBILL, Jesse D., grocer; born, Cham-
bersburpj, Ind., June 25, 1870; son of William
W. and Elizabeth (Mahan) Lukenbill; educat
ed in public schools of-Butler, Bates Co., Mo.;
married, Jefferson City, Mo., Oct. 19, 1896,
Hilda Glutz; one daughter, Bessie. Entered
grocery business on own account, St. Louis,
1904; president firm of Lukenbill & Glutz;
director St. Louis Wholesale Grocery Co.,
Marcus Heights Realty Co. Member price
maintenance committee National Association
Retail Grocers; director St. Louis Retail Gro
cers' Association since 1904, secretary, 1906-
08; secretary St. Louis Master Butchers' As
sociation since 1909. Democrat. Recreation:
fishing. Offices: 3871 Shenandoah Ave. and
3866 Folsom Ave. Residence: 3868 Folsom
Avenue. LUMAGHI, Joseph D., coal; born, Collins-
ville, 111., Sept. 30, 1861; son of Octavius and
Ann (McLaughlin) Lumaghi; educated in
Catholic school and Christian Brothers Col
lege of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, 1892,
Daisy Blythe; two children: Octavius and
Ann. Has been engaged in coal business in
Collinsville and St. Louis, since 1881; came to
St. Louis from Collinsville in 1886, and since
1894 has been secretary and treasurer of the
Lumaghi Coal Co., miners and shippers of
coal, operating mines at Cantine, Collinsville
and Johnson City, 111.; also treasurer William
son County Coal Co., of Illinois. Member Mer
chants' Exchange, Business Men's League,
Knights of Columbus. Club: Missouri Ath
letic. Favorite recreation; hunting. Offiee:
606-613 Locust St. Residence: 4633 Berlin
Avenue. LUND, Herluf G., physician; born, Aarhus,
Denmark, June 20, 1882; son of Nicol R. and
Caroline (Pedersen) Lund; educated under
tutor, 1890-94; Soro Academy, Soro, Den
mark, 1894-98; matriculated at Washington
University, St. Louis, 1903, and was graduated
with degree of M.D., June, 1907; married,

Alma M. Johnson, of Webster Groves, Mo.,
Sept. 7, 1907; one child, Eugene H., born,
July 8, 1909. Came to America, 1901, and was
identified with Deaconess Hospital, St. Louis,
from 1901 to 1907, serving the first four years
as nurse, and as assistant superintendent for
two years, continuing there until his grad
uation; assistant in Genito-Ufinary Depart
ment, St. Louis University, 1908;, genito-uri
nary surgeon Evangelical Deaconess Hospital
since May, 1911; makes a specialty of treat
ment of genito-urinary diseases. Lutheran.
Member American Medical Association, Mis
souri State Medical Association, St. Louis
Medical Society, Phi Delta medical fraternity,
I. O. O. F. Recreations: drama, football,
horses and baseball. Office: 703-704 Carleton
Bldg. Residence: 6070 Maple Ave.
LUNGSTRAS, Robert, vice president Lung-
stras Dyeing & Cleaning Co.; born, St. Louis,
July 3, 1874; son of Eugene and Elise
(Springe) Lungstras; educated in public
schools, to 1888; married, St. Louis, June 10,
1909, Edna Donk; one child, Marie Elise. En
gaged in dyeing and cleaning business since
boyhood, serving apprenticeship in Germany;
engaged as journeyman in Germany, France
and Scotland, until 1896; came to America,
1896, and organized the Lungstras Dyeing &
Cleaning Co., of which is vice president. Re
publican. Protestant. Office: 1300 Park Ave.
Residence: 3405 Shenandoah Ave.
LUTTMER, William Henry, hats; see Vol.
1906. LUTZ, Frank J., surgeon; born, St. Louis,
May 24, 1855; son of John T. and Rosina
(Miller) Lutz; educated in St. Louis public
schools; St. Louis University, graduating in
class of 1873; M.D., St. Louis Medical Col
lege, 1876; married, Mexico, Mo., 1884, May
Silver. Engaged' in practice of surgery in St.
Louis since 1876; surgeon-in-charge Josephine
Hospital, 1630 S. Grand Ave.; attending sur'-s
geon Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital
of St. Louis; professor surgery in Medical
Department, Washington University. Member
St. Louis Medical Society, St, Louis Surgical
Society, Missouri State Medical Associa'tion,
American Medical Association, American
Surgical Association. Office: 1630 S. Grand
Ave. Residence: 3337 Lafayette Ave.
LUYTIES, August Kaiser, president Luy-
ties Market Co.; born, St. Louis, Apr. 16,
1867; son of Dr. D. R. and Anna Lucia (Ruy-
ter) Luyties; educated in public and private
schools in St. Louis; married, Toledo, O., Mar.
18, 1903, Susan M. Young. Began business ca
reer as a boy and worked up to be a buyer
and head manager for a large retail house,
1883-95; in business with brother, 1895-98;
member Luyties Bros. Grocery Co., 1898:1902;
president Luyties Bros. Mercantile Co., 1902-
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cers. Member Royal Arcanum. Recreation:
traveling. Office: cor. 6th St. and Franklin
Ave. Residence: 1322A Shawmut PL
LUYTIES, Carl J., physician; born, St.
Louis, Sept. 15, 1860; son of Diedrich Rein-
hard (M.D.) and Anna Lucia (Ruyter) Luy
ties; preliminary education in public and
high schools of St. Louis; was graduated at
Mound City Commercial College, 1877; Ph.G.,
St. Louis College of Pharmacy, 1881; M.D.,
Missouri Medical College, 1884; M.D., Hahne
mann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1885;
post-graduate work in clinics and hospitals
of Vienna, Austria; married, St. Louis, Oct.
29, 1892, Ella Evangeline Augst; two chil
dren: Dorothea and Walter Augst. In prac
tice at. St. Louis since 1884; resident physi
cian St. Louis Child's Hospital, 1885-88; mem
ber visiting staff same, 1898-1909; member
visiting staff City Hospital since May, 1910;
professor chemistry, Homoeopathic Medical
College of Missouri, 1885-88; professor dis
eases of children, same college, 1898-1909.
Lutheran. Member St. Louis Medical So
ciety, Missouri State and American Medical
Association, Royal Arcanum, Legion of Honor.
Recreations: music, art, literature. Office and
Residence: 2100 Lafayette Ave.
LUYTIES, Frederick August, homoeopathic
pharmacist; bora, St. Louis, June 23, 1867;
son of Herman C. G. and Louise (Rein) Luy
ties; educated in public schools and St. Louis
College , of Pharmacy; married, St. Louis,
June 12, 1895, Emma Thompson; children:
William Herman, Elizabeth, Frederick Au
gust, Jr. Began business career in retail drug
trade as clerk for A. A. Mellier, 1886-88;
since 1888, connected with the Luyties Homoe-
pathic Pharmacy Co. (founded, 1853, by fa
ther), of which is now vice president. Also
president Walker Pharmacal Co. Presbyterian.
Club: St. LOuis. ' Offiee: 3861 Laclede Ave.
Residence: 4475 Lindell Boul.
*LUYTIES, Frederick Wilhelm, merchant;
moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
LUYTIES, Henry Ruyter, real estate; de
ceased; see Vol. 1906.
LUYTIES, Herman C. G., president Sanitol
Chemical Laboratory Co.; born, St. Louis,
July 26, 1871; son of Dr. Herman C. G. and
Louise (Rein) Luyties; educated in public
schools of St. Louis and St. Louis College of
Pharmacy, graduating in class of 1891; mar
ried, St. Louis, .1899, May C. Carlin; one son,
Herman C. G. Luyties, Jr. From boyhood was
connected with Luyties Homoeopathic Phar
macy Co. (established in 1853 by father, who
died 1896), and was vice president of the
company until 1907, when he sold out his in
terests; president Walker Pharmacal Co., 1890-
1907. Founder, and president since 1898, of
Sanitol Chemical Laboratory, ,in connection
with which originated the cooperative idea

as applied to a connection between a manu
facturer of tooth aid toilet goods, and the
dentists and druggists of the United States.
The Sanitol Co. is composed of over 5,000 den
tists and druggists, stockholders, who par
ticipate in the profits of the business; the ma
jority of the dentists and druggists of Amer
ica also actively cooperate in pushing the sale
of Sanitol products. (Mr. Luyties has made
St. Louis the greatest manufacturing center
for tooth powder in the world. The plant,
which is believed to be the most perfectly
equipped of the kind in the world, includes
seven acres of floor space. The machinery
was invented and made under supervision of
Mr. Luyties and is so thoroughly adapted for
the work that no hand comes into contact
with any of the preparations here manufac
tured. Kenwood Springs, a suburban resi
dence district of St. Louis Co., was devel
oped by Mr. Luyties in 1907 and there he
built over one hundred residences which he
has disposed of on. the installment plan.)
Recreations: traveling abroad, driving four-
in-hand and automobiling. Office: Laclede and
Boyce Aves. Residence: 36 Portland PL Sum
mer Residence: Kenwood Springs, Mo.
LYCETT, Edward Howes, general account
ant Missouri Pacific Ry. Co.; born, Baltimore,
Md., June 20, 1851; son of Edward Lyddon
and Eliza Margaret (Wildgoss) Lycett; edu
cated at private schools in Philadelphia, Pa.;
married, Philadelphia, Oct. 14, 1871, Anna
Heckley Fox; children: Edward Howes, Jr.,
Emily Montague (Mrs. Stevenson Crothers,
of Philadelphia), Anna Elizabeth, George
Rawle, Mary Foster (Mrs. Edward Hacker, of
Philadelphia), Helen Montell (Mrs. Harold E.
Webb, of Woldingham, Eng.), Eliza Margaret,
Rebecca Alice. Employed with S. Fulton &
Co., Philadelphia, 1866-72, St. Louis Gas Light
Co., 1872-73, Life Association of America, at
St. Louis, 1874-76; member of firm of Hatch,
Lycett & Co., 1877-78; clerk of the Circuit
Court of St. Louis Co., 1879-83; since 1883
with the Missouri Pacific Ry. Co., being au
ditor of disbursements from 1888 to 1911, nqw
general accountant. Republican. Episcopa
lian. Mason. Royal Arcanum. Member
Church Club, Hill Crest Golf Club. Recrea
tion: golf. Offiee: 705 Market St. Residence:
Kirkwood, Mo.
LYLE, Charles L., railway supplies, etc.;
born, St. Louis, June 10, 1876; son of Robert
B. and Rebecca Gilman (Miller) Lyle; edu
cated in public schools and high school; mar
ried, St. Louis, Sept. 26, 1903, Jean Frances
Dailey; children: Mary Mildred, Robert Paul.
Began as shipping clerk in wholesale drug
house, then became assistant superintendent
of the Illinois Steel Co., Chicago; traveling
salesman in railway supplies, etc., and now
sales agent and manager St. Louis branch of
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and machine tools. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
Columbia Yacht, St. Louis, Mercantile. Of
fice: Frisco Bldg. Residence * 4141 McPherson
Avenue. LYMAN, Harry W., physician and surgeon;
born, Cedar Rapids, la., Mar. 10, 1873; son of
James E. and Martha E. (Day) Lyman; resi
dent of St. Louis since 1886; graduated from
St. Louis High School, 1892; M.D., St. Louis
College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1895;
married, St. Louis, 1900, Sarah E. Long. En
gaged in practice of medicine in St. Louis
since 1895; house physician St. Louis Woman's
Hospital, 1896; clinical study in ear, nose and
throat at London Hospital, and Central Lon
don Throat Hospital, 1900; practice limited to
diseases of the ear, nose and throat. Professor
of anatomy, College of Physicians and Sur
geons, 1900-07; consulting physician, City Hos
pital, 1905-10; assistant in otology, Washing
ton University. Member St. Louis Medical So
ciety, Missouri State Medical Association,
American Medical Association. Member Royal
Arcanum. Club: Normandie. Office: 700 Carle
ton Bldg. Residence: 5657 Vernon Ave.
*LYNN, Charles, postal official; moved to
Fort Gage, 111.; see Vol. 1906.
LYNN, Jacob Matthew, secretary and treas
urer Allan-Pfeiffer Chemical Co.; born, Weak
ley Co., Tenn., Mar. 22, 1868; son of Henry
and Mary E. (Parks) Lynn; educated in pub
lic and high schools; married Daisy E. Ezell,
of Chapel Hill, Tenn., Jan. 4, 1899; three chil
dren: Mary Elizabeth, Virginia, Jacob Mat
thew, Jr. Began with Allen & Lynn Dry
Goods Co., Greenfield, Tenn., Jan. 1, 1890; lo
cated in St. Louis as secretary and treasurer
Allan-Pfeiffer Chemical Co., January, 1907.
Democrat. Methodist. Member Masonic Or
der, Knights of Pythias. Recreations: fishing
and hunting. Office: 1700 Morgan St. Resi
dence: 4219 Maryland Ave.
LYNN, John Thomas; see Vol. 1906.
LYON, Elias Potter, educator, physiologist;
born Cambria, Hillsdale Co., Mich., Oct. 20,
1867; son of Nelson J. and Mary (Hebard)
Lyon; A.B., Hillsdale College, 1892; Ph.D. (in
physiology), University of Chicago, 1897;
M.D. (honorary), St. Louis University, 1911;
married, Sept. 1, 1897, Nelle P. Eastman, of
Limerick, Me. Instructor in Hillsdale College,
1890-92, Harvard School, Chicago, 1892-96,
Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, 111.,
1897-1900; assistant professor, Rush Medical
College, 1900-04; assistant professor physiol
ogy, University of Chicago, 1901-04; professor
of physiology, St. Louis University Medical
School since 1904 and dean of same since 1907.
Investigator, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, 1909-
11. Biologist Cook Greenland Expedition, 1894.
Fellow American Association for the Advance
ment of Science; member Society of Experi
mental Biology and Medicine (New York).
Clubs: City, St. Louis, Biological, St. Louis

Medical Science. Contributor to American
Journal of Physiology. Address: 1402 S. Grand
Ave. Residence: 4326 Forest Park Boul.
LYON, George Elmer, physician; born,
Watervliet, N .Y., Apr. 13, 1863; son of Ran
som and Eliza (Nowland) Lyon; educated Al
bany Academy; Union University; M.D.,
Columbia University (Medical Department),
1887; unmarried. Engaged in practice of med
icine from graduation, and since 1894 resident
physician at the Planters Hotel, St. Louis;
chief examiner at St. Louis for New York
Life Insurance Co.; surgeon Medical Reserve
Corps, U. S. Army. Member American Med
ical Association, Missouri State Medical As
sociation, St. Louis Medical Society, New
York State Medical Society. Served as major
and surgeon, Third Regiment United States
Volunteer Engineers, in war with Spain.
Member Society of Colonial Wars, Military
Order of Foreign Wars. Protestant. Clubs:
St. Louis, Normandie and Aero. Recreation:
golf. Office and Residence: Planters Hotel.
LYON, Montague, lawyer; born, St. Louis,
Sept. 22, 1864; son of Henry and Caroline
(Marks) Lyon; educated in public and high
schools, graduating, 1880; matriculated in
Washington University, from which was grad
uated with degree of Ph. B., 1884; read law in
offices of Dyer, Lee & Ellis; married, St. Louis,
Aug. 30, 1894, Frances' Robnett Smith; three
children: Montague, Jr., Randolph Smith and
Mildred Frances. Admitted to bar, 1886, and
since in practice in St. Louis; member firm of
Blevins, Lyon & Swarts, 1898-1900, since mem
ber Lyon & Swarts. Director and counsel La
elede-Christy Clay Products Co. Member St.
Louis and American Bar associations, Mis
souri Historical Society. Clubs: Mercantile,
Normandie Golf, City. Recreations: fishing,
music and books. Offiee: 1305, 506 Olive St.
Residence: 5865 Cates Ave.
LYON, Myer Anthony, hats and furs; born,
Mobile, Ala., Jan. 21, 1864; son of J. and
Bettie Lyon; educated in public schools and
at Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie,
N. Y.; married, Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 10,
1904, Edna Reinach. Lived at Mobile, Ala.,
until fourteen years of age, then eight years
at Columbus, Ga. ; began business career in
shoe business at Columbus, Ga.; later was com
mercial traveler in various lines; came to St.
Louis from Birmingham, Ala., in 1897, and
since September, 1897, has been secretary M.
J. Steinberg Hat and Fur Co. Jewish religion.
Member A. F. & A. M. Office: 307 N. Broad
way. Residence: 4376 W. Pine St.
*LYON, Philemon B., business manager ;
moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
LYONS, John, clergyman; born, County
Cork, Ireland, Nov. 16, 1867; son of Daniel
and Anna (Condon) Lyons; educated Mount
Mellary Seminary three years and St. Pat
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priesthood Roman Catholic Church by Bishop
Comerford, May 31, 1890; came to United
States same year and was appointed assistant
to Father Fenlon of Visitation Parish, St.
Louis; assistant to Father J. G. Harty, 1895-
1900; pastor at Indian Creek, Mo.; 1900-04,
Holy Rosary Church, Monroe City, Mo., 1904-
05; since pastor St. Pius Church; erected new
church edifice, 1906. Residence: 3310 S. Grand
Avenue. LYTTLE, Garnet Crawford^ physician; bom,
St. Louis, Dec 23, 1885; son of Joseph and
Elizabeth (Beeket) Lyttle ; educated in public
schools of St. Louis; M. D., Medical Depart
ment, St. Louis University, 1907; unmarried.
In general practice since 1907, making a spe
cialty of surgery; district surgeon for the
Ocean Accident and Liability Corporation.
Republican. Presbyterian. Member City Hos
pital Alumni Association. Recreations: boat
ing and out-door sports. Office: 309 S. Broad
way. Residence: 3844 Westminster PI.
M
McADAMS, Clark, writer; bom in Jersey
Co., HI., Jan. 29, 1874; son of William and An
nie E. (Curtis) McAdams; educated in public
schools and Shurtleff College, Illinois; mar
ried Laura S. Baker, of Alton, 111., July 12,
1904. Began newspaper work with Alton Sen
tinel-Democrat, 1894; editor Alton Republi
can, 1898-99; since 1900 with Post-Dispatch,
St. Louis (writer humorous department).
Member American Press Humorists' Associa
tion, St. Louis Artists' Guild (president).
Club: Cuivre Island (president). Author: The
Archaeology of Illinois (published by the Illi
nois Historical Society), 1909. Recreations:
hunting, fishing, motor-boating, archaeology.
Address: 5836 Cates Ave.
McALINEY, Peter J., advertising; born,
Carlinville, 111., Aug. 28, 1874; son of Peter
and Catherine (Murphy) McAliney; educated
in public schools of Macoupin Co., 111., and
Hayward 's Business College, graduating in
bookkeeping and stenography, 1892; married,
St. Louis, May 6, 1903, Emilia von Pfleger.
Engaged in advertising and bill-posting busi
ness since October, 1894; president St. Louis
Bill Posting Co., East St. Louis Bill Posting
Co.; director Cincinnati Bill Posting Co. Pres
ident Associated Bill Posters ' Associations of
the United States and Canada; member Busi
ness Men's League, St. Louis Advertising
Men's League, member Citizens' Industrial
Association. Democrat. Catholic. Clubs: Mis
souri Athletic, St. Louis Automobile, Sunset
Hill Country. Recreations: horseback riding,
golf. Office: 631 S. 6th St. Residence: 4611
Morgan St.
McARDLE, Montrose Pallen, architect;
born, St. Louis, Feb. 1, 1868; son of Felix and
Emma Christman (Pallen) McArdle; educated

in public schools of eleven different states
and took special course at Georgetown Uni
versity, D. O; married, St. Louis, Apr. 20,
1892, Mary T. Reed; two children: Montrose
Pallen and Alleyne. Entered Office of Eames
& Young, architects, St. Louis, at age of
eighteen; was under Pierce P. Furber, of Pea
body, Sterns & Furber, Boston, 1889-94, as
chief assistant in the St. Louis office; since
in business on own account. Awarded gold
medal for design of the Temple of Fraternity,
at St. Louis Exposition, and was member Na
tional Jury of Selection for Fine Arts, and
International Jury of Awards, at the Exposi
tion; architect of many public and private
buildings in St. Louis and elsewhere; drew
the plans for the St. Louis School of Fine
Arts and was professor of architecture in that
institution for three years; holds chair of ar
chitecture, University of Kansas. Member
American Institute of Architecture and St.
Louis Chapter same,. Two-by-Fours (society of
artists). Episcopalian. Club: Algonquin Golf.
Office: 1103-1104 Chemical Bldg. Residence:
Algonquin Lane, Glendale, Mo.
McAULIFFE, Eugene, general coal agent
Frisco Line; born, London, England, Oct. 3,
'1866; son of John and Mary (Williams) Mc-
Auliffe; educated in public and private
schools; married Nell Shuler, of Springfield,
Mo., June 17, 1896; two children: Kathleen
and Marv. Was brought to America by par
ents, 1869; entered railway service, 1884, as
shop apprentice, and passed through various
positions as locomotive fireman, locomotive
engineer, shop foreman, superintendent of air
brakes, road foreman of equipment, fuel
agent, general fuel agent, and general coal
agent, St. Louis & San Francisco R. R. and
allied lines, having held the position last
named since Sept. 1, 1911. General manager
Crawford County Mining Co. Democrat. Mem
ber American Institute Mining Engineers;
organizer of the International Railway Fuel
Association (president, 1908-09 and 1909-10).
Member Masonic Order, Knight Templar,
Shriner. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic,
St. Louis Railway (St. Louis), Union League,
Western Railway (Chicago). Offiee: 916
Frisco Bldg. Residence: St. Louis.
MacBRIDE, John L.; see Vol. 1906.
*McBRJDE, Walter J., business manager;
moved to Michigan City, Ind.; see Vol. 1906.
McCABE, James J., clergyman; born, Ire
land, May 10, 1843; son of Patrick and Mar
garet (Grunan) McCabe; came to America,
1857; educated Christian Brothers College, St.
Louis; St. Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau,
Mo., 1859-63; Baltimore Seminary, Maryland,
three years. Ordained to priesthood Roman
Catholic Church at Baltimore, by Archbishop
Spaulding. July 2, 1866; served as assistant
St. Patrick's parish, St. Louis, during cholera
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1866-71; pastor Sacred Heart Church since
1871; church edifice bearing name of Shrine
of the Sacred Heart erected under his admin
istration. Member St. Vincent de Paul Soci
ety, Parish Association. Residence: 2336 Uni
versity St.
MACCALLUM, James, printer and pub
lisher; bora, Perth, Scotland, Jan. 31, 1862;
son of Peter and Jeannie (Gray) Maccallum;
educated eighteen months at grammar school,
Dunfermline, Scotland, 1872-73; no other
school except three months at Clay School, St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, Dec. 15, 1888, Nan
nie L. De Vol; one son, James. Arrived in
United States May 1, 1873,. and in Novem
ber, 1873, entered employ of William Barr &
Co., continuing for five years; was in various
other occupations until 1881, when was ap
pointed overseer in street department of City
of St. Louis, which position left in May,
1885, to engage in printing and publishing
business in firm of Weiss & Maccallum; pur
chased partner's interest, 1899, and incorpo
rated business as James Maccallum Printing
Co., of which is president and treasurer. Sec
retary North St. Louis Citizens' Association.
Republican. Presbyterian. Member Citizens '
Industrial Association. Member Masonic Or
der, Legion of Honor, Royal League. Recrea
tion: reading. Office: 3737 N. Broadway.
Residence: 4403 N. 14th St.
McCANDLESS, William A., surgeon; born,
Macomb, 111., Oct. 28, 1849; son of William
F. and Margaretta C. (Scroggs) McCandless;
A.B., Knox College, Galesburg, 111., 1871
(A.M., 1876); M.D., Medical Department of
Washington University, St. Louis, 1873; mar-
ried,*St. Louis, 1884, Miss Alice Lansden. En
gaged in practice in St. Louis since 1876,
making a specialty of surgical practice; for
merly professor surgery, Medical Department,
St. Louis University; chief surgeon Terminal
Railway Association. Member American Med
ical Association, American Gynecological As
sociation, Missouri State Medical Association,
St. Louis Medical Society. Presbyterian. Rec
reations: fishing, sailing, travel. Office: Metro
politan Bldg. Residence: 5056 Westminster
Place. McCARTY, Charles C; born near Mexico',
Mo., Sept. 11, 1863; son of John B. and Susan
E. (Cunningham) McCarty; educated in pub
lic schools, followed by chemical education in
St. Louis School of Pharmacy; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 29, 1888, Florence R. Stratton;
one daughter, Mildred E. Engaged in drug
business, Nov. 12, 1879, to Aug. 5, 1886, at
Joplin, Mo.; drug business at St. Louis, Jan.
1, 1887, to June 20, 1887; cashier and chief
clerk St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute R. R.,
East St. Louis, 1887-88, freight claim agent,
same company, 1888-90; general southern
agent, same, 1890-96; division passenger
agent Illinois Central R. R., Apr. 14, 1896, to

May 1, 1906; then general manager at St.
Louis for Eureka Springs Water Co. Recrea
tion: fishing. Residence: 4526 A Laclede Ave.
McCHESNEY, Samuel Parker, lawyer;
born, Lexington, Ky., Sept. 22, 1881; son of
W. S., Jr., and Sallie Caldwell (Warfield) Mc-
Chesney; graduated from Manual Training
School of Washington University, 1902; stu
dent Washington University for one year;
entered St. Louis Law School and graduated,
degree of LL.B., 1905; married, St. Louis,
Mathilde C. Ferguson, Jan. 29, 1908; one child,
W. S. III. In practice at St. Louis since Sep
tember, 1905; associated with law firm of
Boyle & Priest; general counsel Citizens' In
dustrial Association of St. Louis; assistant
general attorney Terminal Railroad Associa
tion of St. Louis, and allied companies; di
rector St. Louis Merchants' Bridge Terminal
Railway Co., St. Louis Belt & Terminal Rail
way Co., St. Louis Terminal Railway Co.
Member St. Louis, Missouri State and Amer
ican Bar associations, Sigma Chi and Phi
Delta Phi college fraternities. Presbyterian.
Office: 1204-1220 New Bank of Commerce
Bldg. Residence: 5619 Clemens Ave.
McCHESNEY, William Samuel, Jr., presi
dent of Terminal Ry. ; born, Cynthiana, Har
rison Co., Ky., Aug. 5, 1856; son of William
S. and Martha (Curry) McChesney; educated
in public schools and Transylvania Univer
sity; married, Lexington, Ky., 1880, Sally
Warfield (now deceased) ; children: Samuel
T., Martha B. Began railway service as pas
senger agent of Ohio & Mississippi R. R., 1879-
80; then general agent Louisville, Cincinnati
& Lexington R. R., 1881-82; moved to Lexing
ton as general agent for the Louisville &
Nashville R. R., and remained until Decem
ber, 1895, when came to St. Louis as superin
tendent for same road; was connected with
the St. Louis Terminal Association as vice
president and general manager until March,
1903, when was elected president. Mason,
Knight Templar. Member Business Men's
League. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Mercan
tile, City, St. Louis Railway, The Traffic, St.
Louis Country, Bellerive Country. Favorite
recreations: hunting, fishing and outdoor
sports. Office: 107 Union Station. Residence:
4406 McPherson Ave.
McCLAIN, William H., charity worker;
1852-1911; see Vol. 1906.
McCLELLAN, Thomas G., general Western
agent Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Ry.;
born, Somerville, Tenn., June 14, 1865; son of
Thomas G. and Fannie E. (Porter) McClellan;
educated in schools of Culeoka, Tenn.; mar
ried, Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 23, 1891, Walker
Jones; children: Walker M. (girl), Thomas
Greer, Margaret. Began railway service in
1885, as clerk in the auditor's department of
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department, Memphis & Charleston R. R.,
Memphis, Tenn., 1887-98; since 1898 general
Western agent Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Louis R. R., St. Louis, Mo. Democrat. South
ern Methodist. Member Knights of Pythias.
Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic, The
Traffic. Favorite recreation: general athletic
sports. Office: 405-407 National Bank of Com
merce Bldg. Residence: Vernon Apts.
McCLELLAND, James Irwin, manager St.
Louis agency American Real Estate Co.; born,
Nashville, Tenn., Mar. 25, 1859; son of Wil
liam A. and Louisa Morris (Edgar) McClel
land; educated in public and private schools
in Hughesville and Georgetown, Mo.; mar
ried, New Brighton, Pa., Nov. 22, 1906, Louise ,
M. Merrick. First employment was in the
city department of the Samuel Cupples Wood
enware Co., 1878; then as traveling salesman
for the Graham Paper Co., 1878-80; for John
S. Hood Fruit Co., 1881-82; Jarratt, Gilliland
& Roberts, wholesale grocers, 1882-85; J. M.
Anderson & Co., wholesale grocers, 1885-1901;
associate manager, American Real Estate Co.,
1901-02, and since March, 1902, manager St.
Louis agency American Real Estate Co. Inde
pendent Democrat. Elder in Washington and
Compton Avenue Presbyterian Church; chair
man Auxiliary Cities Men ' and Religion For
ward Movement; treasurer City Rescue Mis
sion; ex-president St. Louis Christian En
deavor Union (two terms), and ex-president
Sixth District of Missouri Christian Endeavor
Union (two terms). Club: City. Office: 605
Century Bldg. Residence: Lamb and Wayne
Aves., Meridian Heights, St. Louis Co.
McCLOSKEY, John, president St. Louis
Carbonating and Manufacturing Co.; 1856-
1910; see Vol. 1906.
*McCLUNEY, James, branch manager Li
brary Bureau; moved to Chicago; see Vol.
1906. McCLUNEY, John Henry, president State
National Bank; born, Wheeling, W. Va., Oct.
2, 1840; son of James and Isabella (Helm)
McCluney; educated in St. Louis public
schools and St. Louis High School; married,
St. Louis, Nov. 4, 1874, Clara Esther Copp;
children: Clara, Elizabeth Copp (Mrs. Allen
W. Caldwell), John H., Jr., Samuel O, James,
Mildred, Ethel (Mrs. Cyrus Loutrell), Daniel
C. Began business career, Dee. 2, 1857, with
State Savings Association, and since that in
stitution was succeeded by the State National
Bank has continued with the latter, of which
was vice president until 1907; since presi
dent. Republican; was member of the. Home
Guards during the Civil War. Presbyterian.
Clubs: St. Louis, Country, Noonday, Cuivre,
Aero, Sunset Hill. Office: 4th and Locust Sts.
Residence: 4427 Westminster PL
McCLUNEY, John Henry, Jr., broker in
commercial paper; born, St. Louis, Mar. 8,
1878; son of John Henry and Clara Esther

(Copp) McCluney; educated at Smith Acad
emy, 1890-97; Amherst College, 1897-99; mar
ried, June 4, 1907, Margery Wessel, of Cin
cinnati. Clerk in State National Bank of St.
Louis, 1899-1900; with A. G. Edwards & Sons
Brokerage Co., 1900-02; resident manager in
firm of Benedict &' Copp, private bankers and
note brokers, of New York and St. Louis,
1902-05; partner in firm of McCluney & Copp,
note brokers and dealers in commercial paper,
St. Louis and Chicago, January, 1906-January,
1907, since senior member McCluney & Co.
Member Business Men's League. Republican.
Was member of posse in street railway strike
of 1900. Presbyterian. Clubs: St. Louis, St.
Louis Country, Racquet, City. Recreation:
golf. Office: 411 Olive St. Residence: 4421
McPherson Ave.
McCLUNEY, Samuel Copp, commercial pa
per; born, St. Louis, Aug. 29, 1879; son of
John Henry and Clara (Copp) McCluney';
graduated from Smith Academy, St. Louis,
1898; A.B., Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.,
1902; married, Katharine Robinson, of Co
lumbus, O., May 17, 1905; two children: Kath
arine and Samuel Copp., Jr. Member of firm
of McCluney & Co., dealers in commercial pa
per, with offices in Chicago and St. Louis,
since 1902. Member Civic League. Republican.
Presbyterian. Member Psi Upsilon college
fraternity. Clubs: Noonday, Racquet, St.
Louis Country. Recreations: golf and motor
ing. Office: 411 Olive St. Residence: Hamp
ton Park, Clayton, Mo.
McCONKEY, James Gulliford, lawyer; born
in Roanoke Co., Va., July 5, 1869; son of
James G. and Elizabeth (Garwood) McCon-
key; educated in public and graded schools of
Roanoke Co., Va., 1875-89; Virginia Military
Institute, Lexington, Va. (graduating C.E.),
1889-93; military instructor and commandant
of cadets, Wentworth Military Academy, Lex
ington, Mo., 1893-95; law student, University
of Michigan, 1895-98, LL.B., 1898; married,
Lexington, Mo., Oct. 5, 1903, Bell Gordon;
three daughters: Mary Elizabeth, Mary Bell
and Virginia Gordon. In practice of law for
three years from admission to bar in 1898;
secretary to Mayor Wells, of St. Louis, five
years; associate city counselor, 1906-11; re
sumed private practice. Democrat. Member
St. Louis Bar Association. Member Grand
Avenue Presbyterian Church. Club: Univer
sity. Favorite recreation: golf. Office: 514
Rialto Bldg. Residence: 5591 Bartmer Ave.
McCONKIN, William North, see Vol. 1906.
McCONNELL, Guthrie; see Vol. 1906.
McCORMICK, David, contractor; bom,
Winchester, Va., Apr. 1, 1864; son of William
A. and Charlotte (Foushee) McCormiek; edu
cated at Winchester, Va., 1872-81; graduated
Bryant and Stratton Business College, Balti
more, 1884; unmarried. Civil engineer in
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1886; Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Ry.,
1886-87; superintendent water works, Hia
watha, Kan., 1887; representative of A. J.
McBean & Co., contractors, Kansas City, 1888,
J. B. Smith & Co., contractors, Kansas City,
1889-90; representative the Barber Asphalt
Paving Co., St. Louis, 1891-94; president the
Parker-Washington Co., contractors, since
1896. Offices: Chicago, Kansas City, Okla
homa City, Muskogee, Tulsa, San Antonio and
4500 Duncan Ave., St. Louis. Residence: 4500
Duncan Ave.
McCREERY, Isaac Newton, wholesale lum
ber; born, West Fairfield, Westmoreland Co.,
Pa., Mar. 18, 1846; son of Robert and Nancy
(DuShane) McCreery; common school educa
tion; married, Bloomington, 111., Apr. 16,1868,
Jennie E. Hamill; five daughters: Gertrude,
Edith (Mrs. S. D. McFarland, of Pasadena,
Cal.), Lola (Mrs. R. D. Baldwin, of Oklahoma
City), Jessie (Mrs. R. B. Oliver, of Cape
Girardeau), Helen. Was manager retail lum
ber yard for J. K. Tyler, Parsons, Kan., 1875-
78, and for his successor until 1881; engaged
in lumber business with Lee Clark as partner
under title of McCreery & Clark, 1881, and as
McCreery Bros., 1887-90; maintained yard at
Kansas City, Mo.; sold out at Parsons and
Kansas City, 1890. In 1888 became inter
ested with W. F. Creel in four retail yards un
der title of McCreery-Creel Lumber Co., the
partnership being dissolved 1889; engaged in
retail lumber business at St. Louis, 1890-
1907; bought out J. R. Perkins' interest in the
Bledsoe-Perkins Lumber Co., 1907, and incor
porated under name of the Bledsoe-McCreery
Lumber Co.; sold out to Bledsoe in 1908; in
wholesale lumber business as the I. N. Mc
Creery Lumber Co. since 1907; also director
State Bank of Wellston, Eldorado Electric
Light and Water Co., of Eldorado, Ark. En
listed in U. S. Signal Corps, Indiana, Pa.,
Feb. 16, 1864; honorably mustered out at
Washington, September, 1865. Republican.
Congregationalist. Member Ransom Post, G.
A. R. Recreations: motoring, bowling. Office:
611 Third National Bank Bldg. Residence:
5607 Clemens Ave.
McCULLOCH, Richard, vice president and
assistant general manager United Railways
Co.; born in St. Louis Co., Mo., June 3, 1869;
son of Robert and Emma (Paxton) McCul-
loch; educated in public and high schools, St.
Louis, Washington University, graduating,
1891, as engineer of mines (honorary A.M.,
1905); married, Milwaukee, 1906, Mary Grace
Beggs; two children: John, Robert. Chief en
gineer National Railway Co. of St. Louis,
1893-99; engaged in construction of electric
railways in France and Switzerland, 1899-
1901; assistant general manager Chicago City
Railway Co., 1901-04; since June, 1904, assist
ant general manager United Railways Co. of
St. Louis, also vice president since 1907. Mem

ber American Society of Civil Engineers,
American Institute of Electrical Engineers,
Engineers' Club of St. Louis, Society of -Colo
nial Wars, Sons of Revolution, Society of the
Cincinnati. Mason (Scottish Rite), Knight
Templar, Shriner. Clubs: St. Louis, Racquet.
Office: 3869 Park Ave. Residence: 4394 West
minster PL
McCULLOCH, Robert, president and gen
eral manager United Railways Co. of St.
Louis; born, Missouri, Sept. 15, 1841; son of
Roderick Douglas MeCulloch, of Amherst Co.,
Va., and Elizabeth McClanahan (Nash) Me
Culloch, of Roanoke, Va.; removed in in
fancy, with parents, to Rockbridge Co., Va.,
where attended private schools and afterwards
attended Virginia Military Institute, from
which went to war, Apr. 19, 1861 (given di
ploma of graduation after war closed) ; en
tered Confederate service as drillmaster, then
enlisted as private, promoted lieutenant, then
adjutant, then captain Company B, Eighteenth
Virginia Infantry, Garnett's Brigade, Pick
ett's Division, Army of Northern Virginia;
wounded at First Manassas, Second Manas
sas, Seven Days' Fight Around Richmond,
and twice at Gettysburg in Pickett's charge,
July 3, 1863; accounted dead, prisoner, ex
changed, surrendered, April, 1865; married in
Rockbridge Co., Va., June 18, 1868, Emma
Paxton; children: Richard, Roberta, Grace
(Mrs. Thomas E. Powe). Came to St. Louis
from Virginia, January, 1869; soon thereafter
entering service of Bellefontaine Railway Co.
in general utility work; continued in street
railway work without a day of intermission
from that time to present; has occupied every
position and performed every duty connected
with construction and operation of horse, ca
ble and electric railways; was several years
general manager Chicago City Railway Co.,
and in 1904 returned to St. Louis, becoming
director, vice president and general manager
United Railways Co. of St. Louis; remained so
until 1907, when was elected president and
general manager. Mason (32°), Knight Tem
plar, Shriner (ex-Grand Commander of Mis
souri). Democrat. Protestant. Clubs: St.
Louis, Mercantile, Racquet, Bellerive Country.
Office: Park and Vandeventer Aves. Resi
dence: 4469 Westminster PL
McDANIEL, Lawrence, lawyer; born, Sa
vannah, Mo., Jan. 31, 1884; son of Gilbert
(banker) and Sarah Jane (Hamm) McDaniel;
educated, Savannah High School; University
of Missouri; married Claire M. Webster, of
Savannah, Aug. 30, 1906; two children: Gil
bert Webster and Lydia Webster. Admitted
to Missouri bar, 1905; practiced in office of
Valle Reyburn, former appellate judge, 1905-
07, since alone. Director Royal Typewriter
Co., Wrisberg Mining and Milling Co., Amer
ican Seating Co., Bender Fish and Oyster Co.,
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St. Louis Bar Association. Democrat. Mem
ber M. E. Church, South. Member Masonic
Order, Legion of Honor. Recreations: cork-
ball, bowling, billiards. Office: 520-523 New
Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 5340
Ridge Ave.
McDARIS, Charles Marion, lumber; bora in
Wright Co., Mo., Sept. 16, 1872; son of Robert
H. and Martha N. (Claxton) McDaris; edu
cated in public schools, Mountain Grove, Mo.,
and Drury College, Springfield, Mo.; married,
Brinkley, Ark., June 3, 1896, Maude T. Good
rich; children: Dean, Vivian. Began business
career with the King-Ryder Lumber Co., Thom-
asville, Indian Territory; was with Klondyke
Lumber Co., Winthrop, Ark., and after that
with the Bluff City Lumber Co., Pine Bluff,
Ark., and Charles T. Abeles & Co., Little
Rock, Ark.; came to St. Louis, 1900. Was
with W. T. Ferguson Lumber Co., 1900-02;
vice president and general manager of Fer-
guson-McDaris Lumber Co., 1902-08, when he
organized the Consolidated Saw Mills Co., of
which became secretary and general manager;
vice president Continental Lumber Co.; presi
dent of Wyatt Lumber Co., Wyatt, La.; vice
president and general manager A. J. Neimeyer
Lumber Co., Little Rock, Ark.; manager Lit
tle Rock, Maumelle & Western R. R.; secre
tary Bryceland Lumber Co., of Bryceland,
La. Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner;
member Odd Fellows, Hoo Hoo. Club: Mer
cantile. Recreation: baseball. Office: 1200-
1209 Wright Bldg. Residence: 6326 Waterman
Avenue. McDERMOTT, John Francis, lawyer; born,
St. Louis, Oct. 6, 1868; son of John Francis
and Louise C. (Cortambert) McDermott; A.B.,
St. Louis University, 1887; LL.B., Washington
University, 1890; married, St. Louis, Nov. 14,
1894, Mary Steber; children: Franklin, Ed
gar, John F., Philip A. Admitted to bar, 1890,
and since engaged in practice. Attorney for
labor organizations for many years. Inter
ested in real estate; developed Edgewood
Park, Hanover Heights, and other properties;
president Franklin Investment Co. Office:
515-516 Liggett Bldg. Residence: Clayton and
Price Rds.
McDONALD, Cornelius Martin, real estate;
born, Port Jefferson, Long Island, N. Y..,
May 1, 1875; son of John G. and Margaret
(O'Callaghan) McDonald; removed with par
ents to St. Louis, 1881; educated in paro
chial schools and Jones Commercial College,
St. Louis; married, St. Louis, July 11, 1906,
Miss Stella C. Unland; children: J. Glennon
and Lucille M. Began business career as office
boy with the Griffin Real Estate Co., in 1889,
becoming secretary in 1900. In 1908 bought
out the firm and organized the C. M. McDon
ald Real Estate Co., of which is president.
Director Security Title Co.; treasurer St. Louis
Real Estate Exchange. Member Civic League;

secretary Irish-American Society, Irish-Amer
ican Sons of Erin. Democrat. Catholic. Mem
ber Knights of Columbus, Legion of Honor.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Columbus (secre
tary). Favorite recreations: travel and base
ball. Office: 1111 Chestnut St. Residence:
3519 University St.
McDONALD, Edgar Baird, tobacco manu
facturer; born in St. Charles Co., Mo., Aug. 4,
1861; son of Dr. Donald and Mary (Baird)
McDonald; educated in public schools of St.
Louis Co.; married, Nashville, Tenn., June 30,
1899, Mary Lou Banks; three children: Don
ald, Edgar B., Jr., Banks. Began active ca
reer in tobacco business with Evans Bros.,
12th and Poplar Sts., 1882; became connected
with Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., 1884, and
has ever since been identified with that com
pany, of which has been vice president since
December, 1911. Independent in politics.
Presbyterian. Clubs: Mercantile, Racquet.
Recreations: fishing and hunting. Office: 4241
Folsom Ave. Residence: 5082 Westminster PL
*McDONALD, James Emmett, clergyman;
removed from St. Louis; see Vol. 1906.
McDONALD, Jesse, jurist; born in Wabash
Co., Ind., Nov. 14, 1864; son of David W. and
Sarah A. (Ramsey) McDonald; educated in
Northern Indiana Normal School (now Val
paraiso University), Valparaiso, Ind.; LL.B.,
Law Department of Washington University,
1890; married at Orange, N. J., Nov. 29, 1893,
to Gertrude Dillon; children: John D., Ger
trude. Admitted to bar in 1890; secretary of
City Council, 1890; engaged in practice; as
sistant circuit attorney of City of St. Louis,
1892-96; then in general practice until Jan. 1,
1903, when became judge of the Circuit Court
of St. Louis, from which office he resigned
January, 1908; since returned to general prac
tice as member of firm of McDonald & Taylor.
Member advisory board St. Louis University.
Instructor in constitutional law, Law Depart
ment, St. Louis University. Member Amer
ican, Missouri State and St. Louis Bar asso
ciations, National Geographic Society, Amer
ican Economical Association, American Acad
emy of Political and Social Science. Clubs:
Racquet, Noonday. Recreation: hunting. Of
fice: Third National Bank Bldg. Residence:
4542 Berlin Ave.
MAC DONALD, Malcolm, president Mac
Donald Manufacturing Co.; born, Detroit,
Mich., Sept. 15, 1862; son of Christopher C.
and Margaret (Gorrie) MacDonald; educated
in Detroit public and high schools; married,
Florence McGrath, of St. Louis, Nov. 25,
1897; one child, Lorna. Advertising manager
and assistant general manager J. L. Hudson
& Co., St. Louis, 1892-95; entered business on
own account, 1895, as manufacturer of ladies'
dresses, skirts and waists, and in 1898 incor
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which has since been president and treasurer;
also owner of the Barrie Co., mail order cata
logue house. Club: St. Louis Amateur Ath
letic Association. Recreations: golf and ten
nis. Office: 612 N. 11th St. Residence: 4960
Park View PL
McDONALD, Stewart, vice president Moon
Motor Car Co.; born, Owatonna, Minn., Mar.
26, 1878; son of John J. and Elizabeth
(Brown) McDonald; educated in public
schools, Chicago, to 1889; then entered Cor
nell University, graduating 1899; married, St.
Louis, April 20, 1908, Grace Moon; one child,
Carol. With Chicago & Northwestern Ry.,
Chicago, 1899-1904; connected with the In
surance Agency Co., St. Louis, 1904-08; since
vice president Moon Motor Car Co. Member
Automobile Board of Trade, Licensed Associa
tion of Automobile Manufacturers, National
Association of Auto Manufacturers, Society of
Automobile Engineers. During Spanish- Amer
ican War was ensign in U. S. Navy, marine
engineering service. Republican. Protestant.
Mason (Blue Lodge). Recreations: hunting,
fishing and baseball. Offiee: 4400 N. Main St.
Residence: 5305 Delmar Ave.
McDONALD, William Lee, vice president
National Bank of Commerce; born, Washing
ton, Mo., June 28, 1865; son of William P.
and Sarah E. (King) McDonald; educated in
public schools of Henry Co., Mo., and West
minster College, Fulton, Mo.; married in
Henry Co., Mo., Nov. 25, 1885, Creth E.
Payne; two children: Lucile, James L. After
leaving college was bookkeeper in a mill at
Brownington, Mo., then clerk in general store;
assessor, 1890-92, county collector, 1892-96,
Henry Co.; receiver for Bank of Montrose,
Missouri, 1898-1900; appointed bank examiner
by Secretary of State Lessueur, 1900, re-ap
pointed by Secretary of State Sam B. Cook,
1901; removed to St. Louis, January, 1902,
and became connected with the Germania
Trust Co. as vice president and treasurer, un
til it was merged, January, 1904, into the
Commonwealth Trust Co., of which was vice
president until 1908; vice president National
Bank of Commerce since 1908. Also director
Grand Avenue Bank, Missouri State Life In
surance Co., Southern Surety Co. Member
Business Men's League. Democrat. Clubs: St.
Louis, Racquet, Mercantile, Noonday, Glen
Echo Country. Recreation: golf. Office: cor.
Broadway and Olive St. Residence: 5093
Washington Ave.
MCDONNELL, Edward O 'Meagher Condon,
lime and cement; born, St. Louis, Oct. 23,
1876; son of Joseph and Catherine (Kerens)
McDonnell; educated in public schools to
1892; attended Christian Brothers College un
til 1894; married, Carlyle, 111., April 26, 1900,
Anna R. Robinson; six children: Lester Vin
cent, Edward Robinson, Gerald Joseph, Rus
sell Adrian (died Dec. 10, 1906), Joseph Wil

liam, Marion Francis. Began business career
with father in plastering business, 1S95, be
came partner, 1905, and continued until 1910;
also engaged in general contracting and build
ing business, 1907-10; since with the Inde
pendent Lime and Cement Co., of which is
secretary, treasurer and general manager.
Member The American Wheel. Was member
Co. I, National Guard of Missouri, 1895-98.
Independent in politics. Catholic Member
Knights of Columbus, Royal Arcanum. Rec
reation: outdoor sports. Offiee: Vandeventer
Ave. and Market St. Residence: 4560 Page
Boulevard. McDONNELL, Joseph, contractor; born,
Ballina, Ireland, July 3, 1850; son of Patrick
and Ann (Kelly) McDonnell; educated in na
tional schools of Ireland; married, 1S72, Cath
erine Kerrens (died 1906); married, 2d, 1907,
Catherine B. Knox; children: Patrick H., Ed
ward, Catherine, Sarah, Mary, Thomas, Em
mett. Came to Ameriea at age of seventeen;
learned plasterer's trade; began with Joseph
Doerr as plastering contractor, 1890, later
with David Randford, until 1898; in partner
ship with son, Edward, 1899-1909; since mem
ber firm of McDonnell & Dunn. Vice presi
dent Mullanphy Board, 1894-1900. Captain
Company I, First Regiment, Missouri Volun
teers, Spanish- American War. Catholic. Mem
ber Knights of Columbus, Spanish War Vet
erans. Office: 617 Wainwright Bldg. Resi
dence: 5022 Devonshire Ave.
McDOWALL, John L., real estate; born,
Alton, 111., Nov. 17, 1865; son of John and
Fannie (Shelly) MeDowall; educated in pub
lic schools; married, Nashville, Cal., Jan. 11,
1904, Virginia Campbell Heald. Clerk with
real estate firm of Rutledge & Horton, St.
Louis, 1887-95; partner with Howard Gam
brill in real estate firm of Gambrill & Me
Dowall, 1895-1900; since in business alone;
also vice president Lane Realty Co. Member
St. Louis Real Estate Exchange. Presbyterian.
Recreations: baseball, fishing. Office: 927
Chestnut St. Residence: 4162 Morgan St.
McELROY, Warren Finlay, president Non-
Royalty Shoe Co.; born in Ralls Co., Mo., June
14, 1865; son of J. A. B. and Cordelia Frances
(Finlay) McElroy; reared on farm; educated
in country school and Van Rensselaer Acad
emy in North Missouri; married, St. Louis,
Apr. 20, 1899, Estella G. Brown; children:
Jane Blackburn, Warren Finlay, Ruth Eliza
beth, David Brown. Went to work for Ham
ilton-Brown Shoe Co., July, 1884, as time
keeper and clerk; rose to assistant superin
tendent, and in 1890 was sent out on the road
as salesman, covering Georgia and Florida,
until was made superintendent of the factory,
1891; elected director, 1898; vice president,
1901-11; president Non-Royalty Shoe Co. since
June 1, 1912. Protestant. Democrat. Favorite
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22d and Pine Sts. Residence: 4933 Forest
Park Boul.
McELWEE, Lucien Claude, surgeon; born,
Mt. Gilead, Ky., Mar. 26, 1862; son of John
James and Laura (Goodman) McElwee; edu
cated in public schools of Lincoln Co., Mo.;
taught school in same county, 1878; read medi
cine with father; M.D., Missouri Medical Col
lege, 1882; M. D., ad eundem, Homoeopathic
Medical College of Missouri, 1888; married,
St. Louis, Nov. 18, 1891, Hallie Barnes; chil
dren: Claude Webster, John James, Pinckney
Glasgow. Engaged in general practice in St.
Louis from 1888, making a specialty of sur
gery since 1898. Professor of physiology, 1889,
clinical medicine, 1890, physical diagnosis,
1893, materia medica, 1894, therapeutics and
gynecology, 1897, and surgery since 1898, and
dean, Homoeopathic Medical College of Mis
souri. Former medical examiner National
Life Insurance Co. Member American Insti
tute of Homoeopathy, Missouri Institute of
Homoeopathy, St. Louis Homoeopathic Medical
Society (ex-president), Children's Hospital
Alumni Society. Member Joint Medical Coun
cil, St. Louis; member visiting staff Christian
Hospital, attending staff Mothers ' and Ba
bies ' Home; member Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Commission. Democrat; served as second lieu
tenant, Company E, National Guard of Mis
souri (Rainwater Rifles). Recreation: motor
boating. Office and Residence: 1221 N. Grand
Avenue. McFARLAND, Bates Holland, lawyer; born,
Brenham, Tex., Nov. 20, 1876; son of Bates
and Betty Byrd (Holland) McFarland; edu
cated in public schools, Rockport, Tex., to
1894; Agricultural and Mechanical College,
Bryan, Tex., 1894-95; entered academic and
law departments University of Texas, 1895,
graduated, Litt.B., 1899, LL.B., 1901; mar
ried, Jackson, Mo., June 12, 1907, Olga Evelyn
Byrd (died 1908). Admitted to Texas bar
and began practice in El Paso. 1901; member
firm of McFarland & McFarland until 1907;
removed to St. Louis and engaged in general
law practice. Member St. Louis Bar Associa
tion, Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Democrat.
Recreations: reading, outdoor life. Office:
Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence: Winder
mere Hotel.
McGEARY, Brian Gunning, secretary Regal
Buggy Co.; born, Allegheny, Pa., Dec 28,
1878; son of Marshall H. and Ida (Riddle)
McGeary; educated in public schools of Alle
gheny, Pa., and St. Louis, arriving in this city
from Allegheny, Pa., 1890; married, New York
City, Dec. 5, 1905, Miss Maeme Durden; four
children: Ruth Gunning, Judith Riddle, Marie
Durden, Brian G., Jr. Began business career
as messenger with Third National Bank, for
one year; then with Rice, Stix & Co., dry
goods, one year; with the Banner Buggy Co.
three, years; member firm of McGeary Bros.,

brokers in stocks and bonds, 1904-07; since
secretary Regal Buggy Co. Recreations: gar
dening and raising chickens. Office: 1700 N.
11th St. Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
McGEARY, Lewis Irwin, stocks and bonds;
born, Allegheny, Pa., July 2, 1880; son of
Marshall H. and Ida (Riddle) McGeary; came
to St. Louis Co. in infancy; educated in pub
lic schools of Kirkwood, Mo., and St. Louis,
and at Earlham College, Richmond, Ind.; mar
ried, Kirkwood, Oct. 22, 1901, Mary Olive
Hyatt; children: Lewis Irwin, Jr., Mary Ida.
Began business career with the Twin Burner
Vapor Stove Co., and afterwards with Ma
jestic Manufacturing Co., stove manufactur
ers; in brokerage business as member of Mc
Geary Brothers, 1904-07; since member firm
of Paul Brown & Co. Member Merchants ' Ex
change, St. Louis and New York Stock ex
changes. Member A. F. & A. M. Office: Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 6903 Kingsbury Boul.
McGEHEE, James Stewart, retired mer
chant; born, Wilkinson Co., Miss., Mar. 9,
1860; son of John Burruss and Catherine Eliza
(Stewart) McGehee; educated in Magruder
Institute, Baton Rouge, La.; Episcopal High
School, Alexandria, Va.; University of Vir
ginia; married, in West Feliciana Parish, La.,
Dec. 5, 1882, Lise Courtney Johnson. Track
walker and conductor on the West Feliciana
R. R., 1881-86; general agent of same com
pany at Woodville, Miss., 1886-88; came to St.
Louis, 1891, secretary and treasurer of W. L.
Green Commission Co., 1892-1903; president
Burlington Elevator Co., grain elevator and
warehouse, 1903-06. In 1906 retired from act
ive business; director and stockholder W. L.
Green Commission Co.; also has extensive
farming interests in Wyoming, Missouri and
Louisiana. Member Merchants' Exchange.
Mason, Knight Templar. Universalist. Rec
reations: hunting, fishing and reading. Resi
dence: 4540 Westminster PL
McGJNNIS, Burton, real estate; born, Ge
neva, Henderson Co., Ky.,' Dec. 31, 1877; son
of Strother and Annie (Sisson) McGinnis;
completed eighth grade in St. Louis public
schools; married, Virginia Louise Ferguson, of
Columbia, Mo., Aug. 2, 1902. Clerked in coun
try dry goods store 1894-96; office clerk and
stenographer, 1896-1906; credit man for Swift
& Co. six months and head of city depart
ment R. G. Dun & Co. 's local branch one
year; entered real estate business July 1,
1907, and since Apr. 1, 1911, senior member
real estate firm of McGinnis Bros.; also di
rector and secretary Economy Building and
Loan Association. Vice president Missouri
State League of Building and Loan Associa
tions; member St. Louis Real Estate Ex
change. Protestant. Recreations: baseball and
billiards. Office: 200 Title Guaranty Bldg.
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*McGRATH, Dennis, transfer business;
moved to Kansas City, Mo.; see Vol. 1906.
McGRATH, Edward C, assistant secretary
John O'Brien Boiler Works Co..; born, St.
Louis, July 12, 1863; son of James and Mary
(Hughes) McGrath; educated in public and
parochial schools of St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, June 20, 1894, Jennie Byrnes; children:
Patricia, Edward, Jane Isabelle, Josephine.
Began business career with Waterman Bros. &
Co., iron and steel, and afterwards was with
the Samuel Cupples Woodenware Co., until
Jan. 1, 1887, when became connected with
Rosenheim, Levis & Co., wholesale millinery
continuing with this firm and its successor un
til organization, 1903, of the Richard Hanlon
Millinery Co., wholesale millinery, of which
was secretary and treasurer; now assistant
secretary John O'Brien Boiler Works Co.
Democrat. Catholic. Member Knights of Co
lumbus. Office: 1601 N. 11th St. Residence:
1430 Granville PL
McGREW, George S., manufacturing sta
tioner; 1851-1912; see Vol. 1906.
*McHOSE, Charles W.; moved to New
York; see Vol. 1906.
McINTIRE, Edwin B., president and treas
urer Charles A. Drach Electrotype Co.; born,
Barry, 111., July 18, 1868; son of Mathew W.
and Mahala (Askew) Mclntire; educated in
public and high schools of Barry; Gem City
Business College, Quincy, 111.; married Carrie
T., youngest daughter of Charles A. Drach, of
St. Louis, Dec. 27, 1900; two children: Charles
Edwin and Dorothy Rose. Began as shipping
clerk in employ of the Dickason-Haas-Odi-
orne Shoe Co., in 1886; traveling salesman for
the company, 1889-92; traveling salesman
Barton Bros., of Kansas City, 1892-96, and of
George F. Dittman Shoe Co., of St. Louis
(now Dittman Shoe Co.), 1896-98; western
representative for J. S. Nelson & Sons Shoe
Co., of North Grafton, Mass., 1898-1906; pres
ident and treasurer Charles A. Drach Electro
type Co. since 1906. Democrat. Baptist. Ma
son (32°), Shriner; member United Commer
cial Travelers of America. Clubs: Union (St.
Louis), Dixon Hunting and Fishing (Dixon,
Mo.). Recreations: hunting and fishing. Of
fice: 325 Locust St. Residence: 3805 Cleveland
Avenue. McINTYRE, Harry Herbert, auditor pas
senger receipts, Missouri Pacific Ry.; born,
Chester, Windsor Co., Vt., May 24, 1866; son
of Willard Martin and Annette Elmira (Ord-
way) Mclntyre; educated in district and
graded schools of Chester, Vt.; married, Chi-
copee, Mass., Dec. 3, 1890, Margaret Annie
Smith; one daughter, Margaret Thompson Mc
lntyre. Was page in legislature of Vermont
when ten years of age (session of 1876) ; ran
newspaper route, while attending school, for
several years prior to 1882; then in postoffice
and jewelry store at Chester, Vt., while con

tinuing school work; began study of law but
did not like it; entered office of Connecticut
River R. R. at Springfield, Mass., May 12,
1885, as minor clerk; resigned as chief clerk
of passenger accounts to accept position in
office of Missouri Pacific Ry. Co., Mar. 20,
1889; promoted until appointed to present po
sition of auditor of passenger receipts, same
road, Apr. 25, 1900. Republican. Episcopalian.
Member Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Church, St.
Louis Railway. Office: Missouri Pacific Ry.
Residence: 5936 Julian Ave.
McINTYRE, Joseph Shelby, lawyer; born,
Mexico, Mo., Apr. 4, 1871; son of Thomas A.
and Helen (Sayers) Mclntyre; graduated
from Mexico High School, 1892; P.B. and L.B.,
Missouri State University, 1897; LL.B., Law
Department of same, 1899; married, St. Louis,
Feb. 3, 1908, Ida, daughter of H. F. Langen
berg. Taught school fall of 1892 and spring
of 1893; taught in university while student,
then located in practice of law at Mexico,
Mo., June 30, 1899, and on July 3, 1899, was
appointed assistant prosecuting attorney.
Came to St. Louis Oct. 13, 1900, and entered
general practice of law, making a specialty of
corporation law; since January, 1910, member
firm of Wilfley, Wilfley, Mclntyre & Nardin.
Member St. Louis and Missouri State Bar as
sociations, St. Louis Law Library Association,
Blackstone Society. Edited Independent (col
lege publication) 1896-97. Democrat. Mem
ber Pilgrim Congregational Church. Mason
(32°); chairman appeals and grievance com
mittee Grand Lodge of state of Missouri.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Bellerive Country,
City, Masonic. Recreation: golf. Office: 705
Olive St. Residence: 5244 Washington Ave.
MACKAY, George Castleman, lawyer; born,
St. Louis, Dec. 18, 1881; son of Andrew, Jr.,
and Helen (Dewey) Mackay; LL.B., Harvard
University, 1904; married, Rock Island, 111.,
Feb. 21, 1911, Suzanne Benton, daughter of
Hon. Ben T. Cable; one daughter, Suzanne
Cable Mackay. In practice since 1905; mem
ber firm of Mackay & Mackay (father and
son). Member St. Louis Bar Association, Mis
souri Bar Association, Harvard Law School
Association, St. Louis Law Library Associa
tion, National Geographic Society, Civic
League. Episcopalian. Clubs: St. Louis, Con
temporary, Harvard, Amateur Athletic Asso
ciation, City. Recreations: travel, music, ten
nis. Office: Security Bldg. Residence: 3802
Westminster PL
*McKAY, Robert J., railway official; moved
to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
McKEAN, Joseph Coulter; see Vol. 1906.
McKEE, Charles Henry, vice president of
the Globe-Democrat; born, St. Louis, July 5,
1852; son of Henry and Matilda Jane (Hill)
McKee; educated in St. Louis public schools;
married, Bethel, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1892, Carrie
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oil inspector, 1871-72, for his father, who was
appointed by Gov. B. Gratz Brown; clerked
and kept books for Globe-Democrat until 1891;
was then made assistant secretary, and in
1897 was elected vice president, which posi
tion now holds. Republican. Presbyterian.
Club: City. Recreations: hunting, fishing and
boating. Offiee: Globe-Democrat, 6th and Pine
Sts. Residence: 5116 Cabanne Ave.
McKEE, Flavius Arminius, retired; born,
Edwardsville, 111., Dec. 12, 1848; son of James
B. and Helen Frances (Otwell) McKee; edu
cated in country school, Edwardsville High
School and at Lincoln (111.) University, 1868-
69; married, St. Louis, May 22, 1877, Matilda
Hartnagel; children, Ralph Edwin, Mrs. Leo-
na May McKee Monteith (Kansas City, Mo.),
Harold LeRoy, Flavius Royden. Was engaged
in farming five years in Illinois; with St.
Louis Stamping Co., 1879-92, when the McKee,
Hartnagel Real Estate Co. was organized, of
which was president until 1907, since retired.
Member Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Residence: 1823 Bacon St.
McKEEN, Benjamin, railway official; born,
Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 23, 1864; son of Wil
liam Riley and Ann (Forbes) McKeen; gradu
ated from Rose Polytechnic Institute, Terre
Haute, as Mechanical Engineer, 1885; mar
ried, Terre Haute, Ind., Oct. 20, 1891, Anna
Massey Strong; one daughter, Mary Joseph
ine. Entered service of Terre Haute & In
dianapolis Railroad Co. (now Vandalia R. R.),
Sept. 25, 1885, as draftsman in the office of
the superintendent of motive power and ma
chinery at Terre Haute; later was rodman on
engineering corps, same company, and in
April, 1886, was appointed resident engineer
on work of cutting down the Rockville grade
on the Logansport division; appointed, Jan.
1, 1887, engineer of maintenance of way, Lo
gansport division, Jan. 5, 1894, superintendent
of Peoria division, and of St. Louis division,
same road, Jan. 10, 1901; appointed, Apr. 1,
1902, superintendent Chicago Terminal divi
sion of Pennsylvania Lines west of Pitts
burgh, with office at Chicago; appointed, Dec.
15, 1903, to present position as general man
ager of the Vandalia R. R., with office at St.
Louis. Director Merchants-Laclede National
Bank, Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co.;
vice president Missouri & Illinois Bridge &
Belt Ry. Member American Society of Civil
Engineers, Business Men's League of St.
Louis. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs:
St. Louis Engineers', Commercial, St. Louis,
Round Table, Noonday, St. Louis Country.
Recreations: golf, hunting and fishing. Office:
806 Century Bldg. Residence: 4376 Westmin
ster PL
McKEEN, Milton M., produce merchant;
born, New Hudson, Allegheny Co., N. Y., Sept.
30, 1834; son of Solomon and Susanna (Os
good) McKeen; educated in public schools

and Rushford Academy, Allegheny Co., N. Y.;
married, Lanark, Carroll Co., 111., July 16,
1866, Emily Hayes; children: Charles S., Emma
Stuart. Served three years in Civil War as
regimental quartermaster sergeant of the Sec
ond Colorado Cavalry. Since February, 1871,
engaged in wholesale trade in butter, cheese,
eggs and country produce (partner now be
ing Charles S. McKeen) in firm of M. M. Mc
Keen & Co. Democrat. Offiee: 6-8 N. 2d St.
Residence: 3749 Delmar Ave.
McKEIGHAN, John E., lawyer; 1841-1908;
see Vol. 1906.
McKELLEGET, Thomas P., contractor;
born, Washington, D. O, Mar. 29, 1838; son of
James and Harriet (Tracy) McKelleget; edu
cated in public schools of Washington, D. C;
married, St. Louis, 1864, Anne T. Amelia; five
children: Laura, Thomas Francis, Charles Ed
ward, George Tracy, Pearl. Worked in print
ing offiee of Congressional Globe, Washington,
D. O, three years, then learned plasterer's
trade; removed to St. Louis, 1858. Member
Missouri State Militia at outbreak of Civil
War and was captured at Camp Jackson in
1862; served as mechanic in quartermaster's
department of the Union Army at Camp Ben
ton, Mo., Columbus, Ky., and Huntsville, Ala.;
returned to St. Louis, 1865, and engaged as
contracting plasterer. Director Builders' Ex
change (president, 1890-91). Democrat. Cath
olic. Member Knights of Father Mathew, Le
gion of Honor, Catholic Knights of America.
Recreations: baseball and theatre. Office: 202
N. 9th St. Residence: 1711 Grand Ave.
McKELVEY, James N., commissioner of
public buildings; born, Durham, County Gray,
Canada, Oct. 4, 1864; son of Robert B. (died
May 25, 1912) and Jane (Grey) McKelvey;
educated, in public schools of Canada; mar
ried, Kate Ambruster, of St. Louis, Aug. 15,
1893; three children: Grace H., James G.,
Maude M. Came to the United States at age
of seventeen; began active career with the
Chapline Construction Co. and became fore
man of the company, a position he held for
ten years; organized, in 1892, the McKelvey
Construction Co. (a corporation), of which
was president until May, 1911, when was ap
pointed commissioner of public buildings; has
since devoted entire time to duties of the
office, having relinquished active management
of the construction company. Republican;
member Republican City Committee, repre
senting Twenty-third Ward. President Tower
Grove Citizens' Association four years; mem
ber Million Population Club. Presbyterian.
Mason (32°), Shriner; member Odd Fellows,
Knights of Maccabees. Clubs: Western Row
ing, Oasis. Recreations: fishing and motoring.
Officer 310 City Hall. Residence: 4119 Wash
ington Boul.
McKENNA, John Francis, wool and furs;
born, St. Louis, July 16, 1857; son of John

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and Ann (Quinn) McKenna; educated in St.
Louis public schools, graduating from high
school, 1874; unmarried. .Began in wool and
fur business in 1875, andin 1888, with two
brothers, established present firm of McKenna
Brothers; one brother died in 1895, and the
other withdrew in 1903, to remove from the
city; since has conducted the business under
same firm name. Writer on subjects connect
ed with wool trade; furnished Associated
Press reports and quotations on wool for
many years for St. Louis market. Democrat.
Catholic. One of the original members and
officers of Choral Symphony Society founded
by Joseph Otten. Recreation: traveling. Of
fice: 222-224 N. 1st (Main) St. Residence:
American Hotel.
McKENZIE, Benjamin; see Vol. 1906.
MACKENZIE, William Alexander, physi
cian, secretary and treasurer Lloyd Chemical
Corporation; born, Chester, 111., Nov. 22, 1877;
son of William Robert and Eleanor M. (Gor
don) Mackenzie; educated at Monmouth Col
lege, 111.; University of Pennsylvania; M.D.,
Marion-Sims-Beaumont College of Medicine
(St. Louis University), 1903; special course
in diseases of the chest and physical diag
nosis, St. Louis City Hospital; married, Leb
anon, HI., Dec. 22, 1903, Carrie Virginia
Nichols. Began as general practitioner; as
sistant to Dr. W. Porter two years; former
physician in charge of Mt. St. Rose Hospital;
lecturer in Medical Department, St. Louis
University, 1903-04; since 1910 secretary and
treasurer Lloyd Chemical Corporation, manu
facturers of chemicals. Progressive in poli
tics. Mason; member Odd Fellows, Knights
of Pythias, Modern Woodmen, Eagles. Club:
Missouri Athletic. Office: 542 De Baliviere
Ave. Residence: 5621 Minerva Ave.
McKINLAY, John Fisher, mining machin
ery; born, Glenham, Dutchess Co., N. Y., Dec.
24, 1842; son of Peter and Mary Louise (Sco
field) McKinlay; educated in public schools
in Glenham and Wappingers Falls, N. Y.;
Dutchess Academy, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1856;
private school, 1856-58; Williston Seminary,
East Hampton, Mass., 1858-60; married, Chi
cago, June 26, 1872, Caroline R. True; chil
dren: Alice, Mary Louise, Howard True, Ar
thur Ralph, Albert William True. Began busi
ness career in office of Garner & Co., cotton
mills, Wappingers Falls, until 1865, went
west and engaged in insurance and banking
until 1877; engaged in farming, 1877-80. Since
1880 in mining machinery business in St.
Louis; represented the Jeffrey Manufacturing
Co., of Columbus, O., until 1907 and still rep
resenting the Norwalk Air Compressors of
Norwalk, Conn., also H. W. Caldwell & Sons
Co., of Chicago. Republican. Presbyterian.
Mason (with Chapter and Templar degrees) ;
Odd Fellow. Office: 913 Security Bldg. Resi
dence: 1376 Blackstone Ave.

McKINLEY, Crittenden, vice president and
manager Tyler Estate; born, Frankfort, Ky.,
Aug. 18, 1854; son of Andrew and Mary (Wil
cox) McKinley; educated in private schools
and Wyman 's School, St. Louis, Washington
University and Princeton University; mar
ried, St.. Louis, Apr. 19, 1892, Lucy Bent; one
son, Silas Bent McKinley. In auditing de
partment of St. Louis & South Eastern Ry.,
1877-80, until road was consolidated with
Louisville & Nashville R. R.; in charge of St.
Louis office of Carbondale Coal and Coke Co.,
1880-83; then in coal business alone on own
account and later bought an interest in the
Western Anthracite Coal Co., of which was
president for fourteen years; vice president
and general manager Bessemer Washed Coal
Co., 1902-06; vice president and manager Ty
ler Estate since 1904. Member Civie League.
Member Princeton Alumni Association. Epis
copalian. Club: Bellerive. Recreations: horse
back riding and golf. Offiee: Granite Bldg.
Residence: 3817 Washington Ave.
*McKINNEY, John Edward, vice president
General Baking Co.; moved to New York;
see Vol. 1906.
McKITTRICK, Hugh, dry goods merchant;
born, St. Louis, Aug. 16, 1868; son of Hugh
and Mary Weber (Cutter) McKittrick; grad
uated from Smith Academy, 1884; Ph.B.,
Washington University, 1888; married, St.
Louis, May 9, 1895, Grace Kennett; children:
William Kennett, Mary, John. Upon gradua
tion in 1888, entered the Hargadine-McKit
trick Dry Goods Co., of which is vice presi
dent. Also director of the Mechanics-Amer
ican National Bank; treasurer St. Louis Mer
cantile Library. Member Business Men.'s
League, Civie League. Republican. Unitarian.
Clubs: Noonday, St. Louis Country, Round
Table, Racquet, St. Louis Railway, The Traf
fic, Aero (St. Louis), University, Merchants'
(New York). Office: Hargadine-McKittrick
Dry Goods Co. Residence: 4943 Berlin Ave.
McKITTRICK, Thomas Harrington, presi
dent of Hargadine-McKittrick Dry Goods Co.;
born, St. Louis, Apr. 17, 1864; son of Hugh
and Mary W. (Cutter) McKittrick; A.B.,
Washington University, 1883; married, St.
Louis, May 9, 1888, Hildegarde Sterling; chil
dren: Thomas H., Jr., Margaret, Sterling. On
leaving school entered employ of Hargadine,
McKittrick & Co., 1883 (business founded,
1835, as Crow & Tevis, and was successively
Crow, McCreery & Co., Crow, Hargadine &
Co., and Hargadine, McKittrick & Co.) ; con
tinued in various capacities with that house
and its successor, incorporated 1889, as the
Hargadine-McKittrick Dry Goods Co., and be
came president of company in 1895. Director
National Bank of Commerce, St. Louis Union
Trust Co., Broadway Savings Trust Co., Amer
ican Central Insurance Co. Unitarian. Clubs:
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Country, Florissant Valley (St. Louis), Uni
versity, Merchants' (New York). Office: 911-
919 Washington Ave. Residence: 4949 Berlin
Avenue. McKITTRICK, Walter; born, St. Louis,
Mar. 19, 1873; son of Hugh and Mary W.
(Cutter) McKittrick; educated in Smith Acad
emy, 1891; A.B., Harvard University, 1896;
married, St. Louis, Jan. 24, 1912, Marjory Hol
land. In 1896 entered the employ of the Har
gadine-McKittrick Dry Goods Co., advancing
through various positions to present office of
third vice president; manager of credit de
partment of company; also director Mercan
tile Trust Co. Clubs: St. Louis Country, Rac
quet, Noonday. Recreation: golf. Office: 911-
919 Washington Ave. Residence: 525 Clara
Avenue. McKITTRICK, William James, clergyman;
born, Greenport, N Y., May 13, 1854; son of
William and Isabella (Wasson) McKittrick;
educated in public school and academy, Hud
son, N. Y., Princeton University, and Union
Theological Seminary, New York (D.D., West
minster College, Fulton, Mo., 1903; LL.D.,
Missouri Valley College, 1909) ; married, Flor
ida, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1889, Julia Humphrey Sew
ard; one son, Seward McKittrick. Ordained
to Presbyterian ministry, 1880. Pastorates:
Hope Chapel, New York City; Presbyterian
Church, Florida, N. Y.; Presbyterian Church,
Batavia, N. Y.; Calvary Presbyterian Church,
Buffalo, N. Y.; since 1899, First Presbyterian
Church, St. Louis. Trustee Westminster Col
lege, Missouri, Lindenwood College, Missouri.
Vice president Religious Education Associa
tion. Address: 4256 Westminster PL
McLACHLIN, John Cyrus; see Vol. 1906.
McLAIN, John T., commission merchant;
born, Carlyle, 111., Mar. 31, 1854; son of Jo
seph and Margaret (O'Connell) McLain; edu
cated in public schools of Carlyle; married,
St. Louis, April,. 1880, Florence O. Meyers;
children: Merle (Mrs. J. D. Schierbaun),
John T., Jr. (deceased). Began business life
as driver, salesman and cashier for James A.
Smith & Son, for three years; was in train
service and assistant general baggage mas
ter for Ohio & Mississippi Ry., fifteen years;
during part of same period was also in com
mission business, established, 1884; incorpo
rated business, 1900, and since president of
McLain-Alcorn Commission Co. Mason (32°),
member Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Missouri Ath
letic, Rotary. Office: 705 N. 3d St. Residence:
4490 Forest Park Boul.
McLEAN, John J., life insurance; see Vol.
1906. McLEAN, Thomas Martin, carriage manu
facturer; 1847-1910; see Vol. 1906.
McLEOD, Nelson Wesley, lumberman and
banker; born, Calais, Me., Apr. 28, 1860; son
of Robert and Sarah (James) McLeod; edu

cated in public schools; married, Cobden, 111.,
Oct. 22, 1884, Alice G. Albon; children: Eloise,
Gertrude A. and Jean. Began business career
as telegraph operator, 1874; train dispatcher,
1877; railroad station agent, 1879-84; con
ducted retail lumber yard, 1885-87; lumber
manufacturer since 1887; vice president of the
Grayson-McLeod Lumber Co., which was the
St. Louis Refrigerator and Wooden Gutter Co.
from 1873, until changing to the present name
in 1898, and is now exclusively engaged in
the manufacture of pine lumber at wholesale.
President German Savings Institution; di
rector of the Mississippi Valley Trust Co.,
Frost-Johnson Lumber Co., National Lumber
Manufacturers' Association and Southern
Lumber Manufacturers ' Association. Demo
crat. Presbyterian. Mason (32°). Clubs: Mer
cantile, Glen Echo, Bellerive Country, Rac
quet. Recreation: golf. Offiee: German Sav
ings Institution Bank, 4th and Pine Sts.
Residence: 15 Kingsbury PL
McLURE, Charles Derickson, mining man,
retired; born, Carrollton, Mo., Feb. 22, 1844;
son of William R. and Margaret A. E. (Par
kinson) McLure; educated in public schools
of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Nov. 10,
1885, Clara Edgar; eight children: Park, T. B.
Edgar, William R., Mary Ann Edgar, Clara
Edgar, Charlotte, Charles D. Began active ca
reer freighting between Missouri River and
Denver, 1860; in charge of herd of 450 cattle,
from Denver to Virginia City, Nev., 1863; en
gaged in freighting between Salt Lake City
and points in Montana, 1864, and later be
tween Ft. Benton and mining camps; mined
in Confederate Gulch, 1865-66, and located the
Western Extension of the Whitlatch Union, at
Unionville, Mont.; took charge of Centennial
Mills at Butte, Mont., 1873, and later of mills
of the Hope Co., at Philipsburg, Mont. Dis
covered Granite Mountain Lode Claim 1879,
and organized the Granite Mountain Mining
Co., one of the most noted silver mining com
panies of the world. Purchased the James G.
Blaine Lode, 1882, which formed basis of the
Bi-Metallic Mining Co.; director Granite-Bi-
Metallie Consolidated Mining Co.; has been
promoter of numerous corporations in St.
Louis and the West. Episcopalian. Clubs:
University, Country. Offiee: 822, 319 N. 4th St.
McMAHON, John F., contractor; born, St.
Louis, Sept. 13, 1863; son of John and Brid
get (Hogan) McMahon; educated Christian
Brothers College; married, St. Louis, Feb. 12,
1890, Margaret E. Murphy; seven children:
Joseph F., Bernard, Alphonse, Miriam, Girard,
Katherine, Elizabeth. Began active career in
real estate business, which he conducted alone,
1893-98; since engaged in construction of
streets, sewers and public improvements. Dem
ocrat. Catholic. Member Knights of Colum
bus. Club:- City. Office: 801 Wainwright
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McMASTER, LeRoy, chemist; born, Mt.
Pleasant, Md., Mar. 26, 1879; son of John
Lincoln and Susan Catharine (Barrick) Mc-
Master; Ph.B., Dickinson College, 1901, M.A.,
1902; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1906
(specialized in chemistry) ; married, Walkers-
ville, Md., June 12, 1902, Anna B. Jones. In
structor in chemistry, Dickinson College,
Pennsylvania, 1901-04; fellow Johns Hopkins
University, 1905-06; instructor and assistant
professor chemistry, Washington University,
since 1906. Member American Chemistry So
ciety; fellow Johns Hopkins University. Mem
ber Masonic Order, Royal Arcanum (Regent
Cabanne Council No. 1204, 1912), Beta Theta
Pi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Author of
many articles on experimental chemical re
search, published in American and foreign
journals. Recreation: research work in chem
istry. Address: Washington University.
McMATH, Robert Emmett, civil engineer;
born, Varick, Seneca Co., N. Y., Apr. 28,
1833; graduated Williams College, 1857; mar
ried, Dec 29, 1859, Frances E. Brodie, De
troit. Deputy county surveyor, St. Louis,
1860-62, U. S. Coast Survey, 1862-65; assistant
engineer, U. S. A. rivers and harbors, Illinois,
Arkansas and Mississippi rivers, 1866-80; with
Mississippi River Commission, 1880-83; sewer
commissioner, St. Louis, 1883-91; private
practice, 1891-93; president Board of Public
Improvements, St. Louis, 1893-1901; consult
ing engineer, 1901-12. Offiee: 226 Title Guar
anty Bldg. Residence: 512 Bompart Ave.,
Webster Groves, Mo.
*McMEEKIN, James A.; moved to Chi
cago; see Vol. 1906.
McMENAMY, John, real estate and finan
cial agent; born, Normandy, St. Louis Co.,
Mo., Oct. 28, 1858; son of Bernard and Mary
A. (Bowles) McMenamy; educated in St.
Louis University and St. Mary's (Kansas)
College, returning to finish at St. Louis Uni
versity, 1878; married, St. Louis, Nov. 3,
1886, Angela, daughter of late Hon. Joseph
O'Neil; children: John Malcolm, Delphine.
Began business in St. Louis as real estate
and financial agent, 1879, incorporating, Jan.
26, 1903, as John McMenamy Investment and
Real Estate Co., of which is president and
treasurer. Treasurer Overland Real Estate
Co.; director St. Louis Vitrified and Fire
Brick Co., Ramsay Calendar and Printing Co.
Member Universal Exposition Co., Real Estate
Exchange. Catholic. Favorite recreations:
horseback riding, bowling, hunting and fish
ing. Office: 1308 N. Grand Ave. Residence:
5347 Cabanne Ave.
McMILLAN, Cliff H., vice president Mer
cantile Trust Co.; born, Bowling Green, Pike
Co., Mo., Jan. 16, 1871; son of John T. and
Nancy M. McMillan; educated in home schools;
married, Feb. 15, 1904, Anne S. Sullivan.
Came to St. Louis, 1891, entering employ of

Anderson- Wade Realty Co., and continuing
with that firm in various capacities until it
was merged into Mercantile Trust Co. On or
ganization, 1899, of latter company, was
elected secretary and director, vice president
since 1910. Officer and director of several
real estate and investment corporations. Mem
ber Business Men's League. Clubs: St. Louis,
Noonday, Bellerive Country. Office: 8th and
Locust Sts. Residence: 4626 Maryland Ave.
McMILLAN, Neill Alexander, president St.
Louis Union Trust Co.; born, Coosa Co., Ala.;
son of Archibald A. and Scotta H. (McKenzie)
McMillan; educated private schools and com
mercial college; married, Dallas, Tex., Apr. 2,
1890, Mattie Caruth. Engaged in wholesale
and retail grocery business, Waxahachie, Tex.,
1880; organized private bank of Patrick Mc
Millan & Co., Waxahachie, 1881; organized
First National Bank of Waxahachie, 1882,
and was its cashier until Dec. 31, 1886; one of
organizers of National Exchange Bank, Dal
las, Tex., January, 1887, and was cashier of
same. Came to St. Louis in May, 1897; treas
urer of Union Trust Co. of St. Louis, until its
merger in April, 1902, into St. Louis Union
Trust Co., of which was vice president until
October, 1909, since president. Member Busi
ness Men's League, Civic League. Democrat.
Clubs: St. Louis, University, Bankers', Round
Table, Noonday, St. Louis Country, Racquet.,
Bellerive. Recreations: golf, reading, motor
ing. Office: 4th and Locust Sts. Residence:
5125 Lindell Boul.
McMILLAN, Ross H., assistant cashier
Mercantile National Bank; born, Maryville,
Nodaway Co., Mo.,/ Jan. 20, 1879; son of
Capt. Ira V. and Mattie L. (Hosmer) Mc
Millan; educated in public and high schools at
Maryville; married, Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 15,
1 904, Katherine, daughter of Gilbert D. Raine,
editor and publisher of Memphis News-Scim
itar; one daughter, Katherine. In employ of
dry goods store at Maryville, Mo., 1895-98;
enlisted in Company E, Fourth Missouri In
fantry Volunteers, and served as quartermas
ter-sergeant in Spanish-American War, until
mustered out at Camp Wetherill, Greenville,
S. C, Feb. 10, 1899; city salesman with Swof-
ford Bros. Wholesale Dry Goods Co., Kansas
City, Mo., 1899-1902; with Ferguson-McKin-
ney Dry Goods Co. (wholesale) until Nov. 15,
1904; with the Mercantile Trust Co. (bond de
partment), 1904-10; assistant cashier Mercan
tile National Bank since 1910. Member Civic
League. Was captain and commissary of
Third Regiment, National Guard of Missouri,
at Kansas City, 1902-03. Republican. Club:
City. Office: 717 Locust St. Residence: 5897
Washington Ave.
McMORROW, Peter J., secretary A. Geisel
Manufacturing Co., sheet metal goods; born,
St. Louis, Apr. 12, 1857; son of John and
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parochial schools of St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, 1882, Veronica Geisel; children: Albert,
Leeola, Hazel. Began business career with
Robert S. McCormick, grain merchant, as
clerk, for fifteen years, then in business on
own account as grain commission merchant
for fifteen years; since 1901, secretary of the
A. Geisel Manufacturing Co., manufacturers
of steel enameled ware. Member Merchants'
Exchange. Democrat. Catholic. Office: 221 S.
2d St. Residence: 2828 Eads Ave.
*McMURRY, William Fletcher, clergyman;
moved to Louisville, Ky.; see Vol. 1906.
McNAIR, Charles Alfred, president St.
Louist Blast Furnace Co.; 1831-1907; see Vol.
1906. McNAIR, Lilburn Gazzam, president Mc
Nair & Harris Realty Co.; born, St. Louis,
Feb. 7, 1856; son of Antoine de Reilhe and
Cornelia (Tiffin) McNair; grandson of Alex
ander McNair, last territorial governor and
first governor of the state of Missouri; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools; married,
Belleville, 111., Jan. 23, 1893, Minerva Primm
(now deceased); children: Jane, Cordelia Mar
garet. Began business career with William
Barr Dry Goods Co., then messenger for Kan
sas Pacific Ry. Co.; treasurer for receiver of
same, 1879; in stock brokerage business, 1879-
93; president of McNair & Harris Realty Co.,
and financial agent of the Connecticut Mutual
Life Insurance Co.; also director in various
financial and industrial corporations. Repub
lican. Clubs: St. Louis Country, Noonday,
Racquet (St. Louis), Country Club (Hartford,
Conn.). Office: 8th and Locust Sts. Residence:
Buckingham Hotel.
McNICHOL, James Lee, traffic manager;
born, St. Louis, Dec. 7, 1872; son of Daniel
and Matilda (Griffith) McNichol; educated in
public schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Jan. 6, 1906, Minnette Wulze. In employ of
transportation companies, 1888-99; with Amer
ican Tobacco Co. and its successors since Feb
ruary, 1899; division traffic manager, 1906-11;
traffic manager Liggett-Myers Tobacco Co.
since December, 1911. Democrat. Member
Christian (Disciples) Church. Mason, Shriner
(Moolah Temple). Office: 4241 Folsom Ave.
Residence: 3937 W. Pine St.
McNICHOLS, Henry J., furniture; born, St.
Louis, Sept. 18, 1878; son of Henry and Mary
(O'Neil) MeNichols; educated in St. Louis
University, and St. Mary's College, St.
Mary's, Kan., class of 1896; unmarried. Since
leaving school has been continuously in the
furniture business, starting in factory, and
later succeeded to the business, established
by father, May 5, 1865; in 1902 incorporated
business as MeNichols Furniture Co., manu
facturers and retailers of furniture, of which
is president. Democrat. Roman Catholic. Mem
ber Knights of Columbus, Marquette 606. Of

fice: 1020-1024 Market St. Residence: 4724
Westminster PI.
MACOY, Harold Chambers, secretary and
treasurer Great Western Printing Co.; born,
Des Moines, la., Apr. 18, 1887; son of Eugene
H. and Theresa (Chambers) Macoy; educated
in Chicago public schools to 1903; St. John's
Military School, Delafield, Wis. (B. V. T. sec
ond lieutenant), 1904-06; Brownsberger Busi
ness College, Los Angeles, Cal., 1907; Winona
Technical Institute, Indianapolis, 1907; mar
ried, Covina, Los Angeles, Co., Cal., Oct. 4,
1911, Evelyn Fletcher. Began business career
with National Printing and Engraving Co. at
the plant of the company at Niles, Mich.,
and continued until 1907; assistant superin
tendent National Printing and Engraving Co.,
New York, 1907-08; secretary and treasurer
Great Western Printing Co., St. Louis, since
1908; retains an interest in the National
Printing and Engraving Co., of which is sec
ond vice president. Member Wisconsin Na
tional Guard (second lieutenant), 1904-06. In
dependent in politics. Episcopalian. Clubs:
Missouri Athletic, St. Louis Athletic. Recrea
tions: tennis and handball. Office: 7th and
Elm Sts. Residence: 19 N. Taylor Ave.
McPHEETERS, Samuel Brown, lawyer;
bora, Bedford City, Va., Sept. 4, 1876; son of
Alexander Miller and Sarah (Leftwich) Mc-
Pheeters; educated public schools; McCabe's
University School, Petersburg, Va.; LL.B.,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.,
1900; unmarried. Began practice at St. Louis,
1900; member firm of McPheeters & Harris,
October, 1900-April, 1905; has since practiced
alone. Secretary Bar Association of St. Louis,
1907-10; secretary Reception Committee, Cen
tennial Celebration Committee, October, 1909;
secretary Board of Freeholders, St. Louis,
1909-January, 1911. Member Civie League,
Beta Theta Psi college fraternity. Democrat.
Presbyterian. Clubs: University, City. Rec
reations: golf, horseback riding. Office: 902
Central National Bank Bldg. Residence: 3824
Delmar Boul.
McPHEETERS, Thomas S., Jr., lawyer;
born, St. Louis, Aug. 27, 1881; son of Thomas
S. and Elizabeth (Polk) McPheeters; edu
cated, Smith Academy, St. Louis; Lawrenee-
ville School, Lawrenceville, N. J. ; A.B., Prince
ton University, 1903; LL.B., Washington Uni
versity Law School, 1905; married, Madeleine
Taussig, of St. Louis, Sept. 1, 1910; one
child, Thomas S., III. Admitted to Missouri
bar, 1905; member firm of McPheeters &
Burkham, 1905-09; practiced alone, 1909-11;
with Benjamin A. Wood, under title of Mc
Pheeters & Wood, since Apr. 1, 1911; presi
dent Polk Estate Co.; director McPheeters
Warehouse Co., Mack Motor Truck Co. Demo
cratic primary nominee for legislature from
Sixth District, 1908. Presbyterian. Member
St. Louis Bar Association, Civic League, Pli

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Delta Phi legal fraternity. Clubs: City, St.
Louis Country, University (St. Louis), Cottage
(Princeton University). Recreations: golf,
sailing. Office: Rialto Bldg, Residence: 4931
McPherson Ave.
McPHEETERS, Thomas Shanks, warehouse
man; 1852-1909; see Vol. 1906.
MACQUEARY, Thomas Howard, teacher of
history, Soldan High School, author; born
near Charlottesville, Va., May 27, 1861; son
of Thomas H. and Sarah J. (Garland) Mac-
queary; graduated Episcopal Theological Sem
inary, Alexandria, Va., 1886; A.B., Univer
sity of Minnesota, 1897, A.M., 1898; graduate
student in history and economics, University
of Chicago, summers 1897, 1899 and session
1900-01; married, Jan. 14, 1892, Emma Clark
son, daughter of Hon. John T. Harris, of Har
risonburg, Va.; children: Virginia H., Janet
G. Deacon, 1885, priest, 1886, P. E. Church;
pastor Fairmount, W. Va., and Canton, O.,
1885-91; tried by ecclesiastical court at Cleve
land, O., January, 1891, for denial of mira
cles; suspended from P. E. ministry for six
months; resigned, September, 1891, and en
tered Universalist ministry, but finally re
signed; engaged in sociological work; founded
Unity House Social Settlement, Minneapolis,
and taught in Morgan Hall Academy, Minne
apolis, 1897-99; vice principal Northwestern
Military Academy, Highland Park, 111., 1899-
1900; superintendent Parental School, Chicago,
1901-06; head department of history, Yeatman
High School and Soldan High School, St.
Louis, 1906-10. Author: The Evolution of
Man and Christianity, 1889; Topics of the
Times, 1891; also articles in magazines. Resi
dence: 6108 McPherson Ave.
McQUILLIN, Eugene, judge; bora in Lee
Co., la., Dec. 14, 1860; son of B. and Hannah
(Shane) McQuillin; educated in public and
normal schools and private academies in Iowa;
LL.B., Keokuk College of Law, 1883. Ad
mitted, to bar, 1884, and engaged in practice
of law. Elected circuit judge in 1908, for six
years, ending 1915. Member St. Louis and
Missouri Bar associations, St. Louis Law Li
brary Association. Republican. Mason (33°).
Author of following legal works: 2d edition
of Murfree on Sheriffs and Ministerial Offi
cers, 1890; Missouri Digest, 1891; Missouri
Pleading and Practice (two volumes), 1892-
93; Municipal Code of St. Louis (annotated),
1901; Amended Charter of St. Louis (an
notated), 1902; Treatise on the Law of Mu
nicipal Ordnances, 1904; The Law of Instruc
tions to Juries in Civil Cases, with approved
forms, 1905; Missouri Civil Practice (two
volumes), 1907; Code Pleading Forms, 1909;
Municipal Corporations (six volumes), 1911,
12. Chambers: Court House. Residence: Ham
ilton Hotel.
McREE, William Griffith, retired capitalist;
born in Planter 's House, St. Louis (first child

born in that hotel), July 22, 1841; son of
Col. Samuel (U. S. A.) and Mary (Urqu-
hardt) Wheaton McRee; educated in private
schools; married, St. Louis, Apr. 25, 1867,
Rosalie G. Taylor; children: Mary (Mrs. How
ard O 'Fallon), Rosalie (Mrs. T. J. Drew)
William Griffith, Jr., James Fergus, Henry.
Began active career in real estate business;
was member John Flournoy & Co. and later
was associated with Luther W. Conn under
title of Conn & McRee; since 1887 has de
voted attention to private affairs. Democrat.
Member Society of the Cincinnati. Residence:
11 Hortense PL Summer Home: Biddeford
Pool, Me.
McTAGUE, James Hugh, caterer; born, Mor
ris, 111., Jan. 25, 1858; son of Hugh and Rose
(McCann) McTague; educated at Christian
Brothers College, Prairie du Chien, Wis.; mar
ried, Watertown, S. D., June 17, 1891, Cath
erine B. Dunn; children: Florence, Pauline,
Catherine, James D. Engaged in catering
business in Omaha, 1884-96; located in St.
Louis, 1896, and was originator of basement
restaurants; general manager St. Louis Cater
ing Co. (a consolidation of St. Louis restau
rants) 1902-04; withdrew to devote attention
to McTague 's Restaurant and later organized
the Operating Co. for the Maryland Hotel — the
only leading St. Louis hotel erected and oper
ated without raising funds by selling stock.
Now president Maryland Hotel Co., and
The McTague Catering Co. Member Busi
ness Men's League. Democrat. Catholic.
Member B. P. O. Elks. Clubs: Norman
die Golf, Algonquin, Triple A. Recrea
tion: golf. Offices: Maryland Hotel and Cen
tury Bldg. Residence: 5290 Westminster PL
McVOY, James Alexander, secretary Cen
tral States Life Insurance Co.; bom, Summer-
field, Ala., July 21, 1875; son of Alexander D.
and Anna Cannon (DuBose) McVoy; educated
in public schools and Southern University;
married, Jefferson City, Mo., June 19, 1906,
Atwood Moss Robinson; children: Virginia,
Alexander. Appointed clerk Missouri Insur
ance Department, 1899; promoted to actuary;
resigned, 1909; assistant secretary and ac
tuary Central States Life Insurance Co., 1910-
11; secretary same since November, 1911, also
director. Democrat. Methodist. Mason. Clubs:
City, Masonic. Recreations: tennis, gardening,
fishing. Office: 402 Central National Bank
Bldg. Residence: 6048 McPherson Ave.
McWILLIAMS, Charles Milton; see Vol.
1906. MAENDLEN, Eugene, leaf tobacco dealer;
born, St. Louis, Oct. 27, 1868; son of William
and Bertha Maendlen; educated in Toenfeldt 's
Educational Institute; unmarried. On leaving
school entered the leaf tobacco business (es
tablished by his father, William Maendlen),
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1898, firm known as The William Maendlen
Leaf Tobacco Co., importers and dealers in
Havana, Sumatra and seed leaf, of which has
been proprietor since 1900. Office: 17 N. 3d
St. Residence: 3412 Eads Ave.
MAFFITT, Pierre Chouteau, president of
Maffitt Realty and Investment Co.; born, St.
Louis, Sept. 3, 1845; son of Dr. William and
Julia (Chouteau) Maffitt; educated in Wash
ington University; married, St. Louis, Aug.
15, 1868, to Miss Mary I. Skinker; children:
"William, Thomas S., Julia C. From 1868 to a
few years ago was actively engaged in vari
ous industrial and financial enterprises, but
has largely withdrawn from active business;
now president of Maffitt Realty and Invest
ment Co., comprising his private realty and
financial interests. Formerly vice president of
the Iron Mountain Co., and of the Chouteau-
Harrison-Valle Iron Co. Clubs: St. Louis,
Racquet, Noonday, St. Louis Country. Favor
ite recreation: books. Office: Security Bldg.
Residence: 4315 Westminster PL
MAFFITT, Thomas Skinker, real estate;
born, St. Louis, Mar. 6, 1876; son of Pierre
Chouteau* and Mary I. (Skinker) Maffitt;
graduated from Yale University, 1899; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1902, Miss Sarah Pierce; chil
dren: Thomas S., Jr., Edward P. Engaged in
real estate and financial business in St. Louis
since 1900. Director of the State National
Bank; viee president Missouri Iron Co. Mem
ber Business Men's League, Civic League.
Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis Country, Noonday,
Racquet. Offiee: Security Bldg. Residence:
3715 Lindell Boul.
MAFFITT, William, banker; bora, St. Louis,
Aug. 15, 1869; son of Pierre Chouteau and
Mary I. (Skinker) Maffitt; graduated Smith
Academy, St. Louis, 1886; A.B., Yale Univer
sity, 1893; married, St. Louis, Jan. 28, 1902,
Ellen H. Walsh. Began business career with
Missouri R. R. Co.; with Mercantile Trust
Co., since Nov. 15, 1899, as assistant treas
urer, later treasurer and since 1908 as viee
president; also vice president Mercantile Na
tional Bank. Member Civic League, Board
of Public Library. Episcopalian. Clubs: St.
Louis, Noonday, Country, Racquet (St. Louis),
Graduates' (New Haven, Conn.), University
(New York). Recreations: automobiling, ath
letics. Office: 8th and Locust Sts. Residence:
4215 Lindell Boul.
MAGILL, Edward Everett, merchant in
woolens; born in McMinn Co., Tenn., Sept. 7,
1864; son of James H. and Sarah J. (Rankin)
Magill; educated in high schools of McMinn
Co., and Grant University, Athens, Tenn.,
quitting college, 1881, to enter railroad busi
ness; married, Rome, Ga., Oct. 21, 1897, Caro
line Clark. Was in railroad positions, 1881-86;
in banking business at Athens, Tenn., 1886-89;
at Rome, Ga., 1889-96; insurance business, St.
Louis, 1897-99; since 1899 in wholesale woolen

business, as president of the Ulman, Magill &
, Jordan Woolen Co. ; also vice president Grand
Avenue Bank of St. Louis. Presbyterian.
Clubs: St. Louis, City, Normandie Country.
Recreation: golf. Office: 914 Pine St. Resi
dence: 30 Lenox PL
MAGINN, James Patrick, lawyer; bora,
Cincinnati, Aug. 1, 1851; son of John and
Catherine (Gorman) Maginn; educated at St.
Xavier's School, 1856-61, and College of St.
Francis Xavier, 1861-68, Cincinnati, graduat
ing A.B., 1868; LL.B., St. Louis Law School,
1877; married, St. Louis, Oct. 28, 1874, Cath
erine A. McMenamy; children: Mary Brenda,
Henry Bertram, Gertrude Florence, Edith.
Clerk in wholesale clothing house of Edward
Martin & Co., Cincinnati, 1868-71; removed to
St. Louis, 1871, and was with wholesale cloth
ing house of B. & J. F. Slevin & Co. until
1875; began study of law in office of Hon.
William L. Scott; since May, 1877, engaged on
own account in general practice of law.
President and treasurer of Humboldt Realty
Co., Slevin Realty Co., Maginn Investment Co.
Member St. Louis Bar Association, St. Louis
Law Library Association, St. Louis Law
School Alumni. Member Knights of St. Pat
rick. Democrat; member St. Louis Board of
Public Schools for Twentieth Ward, 1879-82.
Recreations: walking, rowing. Office: Times
Bldg. Residence: 5588 Bartmer Ave.
MAGNER, John F., editor; 1855-1907; see
Vol. 1906.
MAGOON, Ephraim, physician; born, Har
mony, Me., Mar. 17, 1842; son of Joseph A.
and Matilda (Watson) Magoon; educated in
common schools; married, at Harmony, Oct.
24, 1863, Margaret Ellen Tenny; three chil
dren living: Dr. Frank L., Charles E., Harry
A. Enlisted in Union cause, Civil War, Sept.
29, 1862, and served until September, 1863;
discharged on account of physical disability.
Studied medicine in office of Charles A. Par
sons, St. Albans, Me., and in Maine Medical
School; practiced at Sebee, Me., 1865-69; then
at Clarence, Mo., until 1893; removed to St.
Louis, 1893. Republican. Member Methodist
Church since 1856. Odd Fellow; member G.
A. R. Office and Residence: 3837 Lee Ave.
MAGOON, Frank L., physician; born in
Sebec, Me., Nov. 3, 1867; son of Dr. E. and
Margaret Ellen (Tenny) Magoon; graduated
from high school, Clarence, Mo., 1884; M.D.,
St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons,
1892; post-graduate course in Missouri Med
ical College (now Medical Department of
Washington University), 1896; married, Clar
ence, Mo., 1893, to Miss Kate Herron; chil
dren: Fred Herron, Edith Louise. Engaged
in general practice of medicine in St. Louis
from 1892 to 1900, since which time practice
limited to diseases of the eye. Member of
Board of Education of St. Louis for term
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Methodist. Club: Masonic. Office: Metropoli
tan Bldg. Residence: 4423 N. 21st St.
MAGUIRE, James McManus, boys' cloth
ing; 1854-1909; see Vol. 1906.
MAGUIRE, Louis Thomas, manufacturer of
glass; born, St. Louis, Nov. 9, 1863; son of
John and Catherine (Hart) Maguire; edu
cated in private school until fourteen years
old, then at St. Louis University until eight
een years old, followed by two years of pri
vate studies; married, St. Louis, Oct. 5, 1893,
Jane Elizabeth Franciseus; children: Fran
ciseus Louis, Louis Thomas, Jr. At age of
twenty entered manufacturing business as
clerk, and in 1889 joined in organizing the
Oriel Glass Co., manufacturers of bent glass
exclusively, of which has since been president
and manager. Republican. Catholic. Member
Merchants' Exchange, Civic League, Legion
of Honor. Favorite recreation: automobiling.
Office: 722 Chestnut St. Residence: 1812
Longfellow Boul.
*MAGUIRE, Robert Watson; moved to Se
attle, Wash.; see Vol. 1906.
MAGUOLO, Ferdinand D., president the
Century Woodworking Manufacturing Co.;
born, Venice, Italy, Feb. 2, 1862; son of Louis
and Louisa (D'Epoli) Maguolo; educated in
native country; married, Jan. 8, 1893, Fiorina
Lashin, of Venice; five children: George, Nel
lie, Amerigo, Louis, Ferdinand. Learned cab
inet making in Venice; came to America, Oct.
9, 1888; founded the Venitian Woodworking
Co.; 1898, at 1926 Washington Ave., and con
ducted same until obliged to close up, on ac
count of ill health, 1899; now president the
Century Woodworking Manufacturing Co., in
corporated, manufacturers of fine cabinet
work, specializing in interior hardwood finish.
Served in Italian Army. Catholic. Recreation:
hunting. Office: 4215 N. Market St. Resi
dence: 4217 N. Market St.
*MAHER, John Nicholas; moved to Pacific
Coast; see Vol. 1906.
MAHLER, Louis Frank, consulting engi
neer, and manufacturers' and financial agent;
bora, Oshkosh, Wis., Sept. 19, 1876; son of A.
H. and Mathilda (Dranger) Mahler; gradu
ated King's Grammar School, Chicago, 1893;
M.A., Armour Institute, Chicago, 1895; B.S.
and E.E., Armour Institute Technology, 1899;
married, St. Louis, Apr. 5, 1905, Jessie Jane
Dobyne; three children: Margaret Ruth, Jane
Dranger, Louis Frank, Jr. In June, 1899, ap
pointed chief engineer for the construction of
road and installation of light and power plant
for the Waupaca (Wis.) Electric Light and
Ry. Co.; appointed, December, 1899, sales and
installation engineer for the De Laval Steam
Turbine Co., of Stockholm, Sweden, and for
two years had charge of business of the com
pany in all of Europe, from London to Si
beria, and from Scandinavia to Italy, with

headquarters at St. Petersburg, Russia; trans
ferred, 1902, to the American De Laval fac
tory at Trenton, N. J.; appointed district
manager for De Laval Steam Turbine Co. at
Chicago; in July, 1903, appointed district
manager at St. Louis for the Bullock Electric
Manufacturing Co.; from February, 1904, to
August, 1911, at head of L. F. Mahler Co., con
tractors for complete electric, steam, gas, hy
draulic, mill and mining power plants, and
purveyors of electrical, mechanical, railway,
mill and mining appliances, specialties and
supplies; since 1911 with the Champion and
Universal Shoe Machinery Co.; also president
and treasurer Dobyne Realty and Investment
Co. Presbyterian. Mason; member Tuscan
Lodge, No. 360, A. F. & A. M.; St. Louis
Chapter, No. 8, R. A. M.; Ascalon Command
ery, No. 16, Knights Templar; Moolah Tem
ple, A. A. O. N. M. S. Club: Masonic. Recrea
tion: athletics. Office: 3727 Forest Park Boul.
Residence: 6002 W. Cabanne PL
MALLINCKRODT, Edward, manufacturer
of chemicals; born, St. Louis, Jan. 21, 1845;
son of Emil and Eleanore Didier (Luckie)
Mallinckrodt; educated public and private
schools in St. Louis, Webster College, and
chemical education in Germany; married, St.
Louis, June 7, 1876, Jennie, daughter of
Charles R. Anderson; one son, Edward, Jr.
Began business career in September, 1867, as
member of the firm of G. Mallinckrodt & Co.,
manufacturers of chemicals, which was suc
ceeded by the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works,
incorporated, 1882, with works at St. Louis
and Jersey City, N. J., of which has since
been president. Organized, 1889, the National
Ammonia Co., St. Louis, of which is president;
also president National Ammonia Co. of Penn
sylvania, with works in Philadelphia, Michi
gan Ammonia Works, Detroit and Toronto,
Ont., Pacific Ammonia and Chemical Co., Se
attle, Wash., The Ammonia Co. of Australia,
Sydney, N. S. W. Director St. Louis Union
Trust Co. President Mercantile Library As
sociation; director Washington University;
member American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science, American Pharmaceut
ical Association, American Chemical Society,
Society of Chemical Industries of Great Brit
ain, Deutseher Chemiker Verein, of Berlin,
Germany, St. Louis Academy of Science. Re
publican. Clubs: Commercial, Round Table,
St. Louis, University, Noonday, Country. Of
fice: 3600 N. 2d St. Residence: 26 Vandeven
ter PL
MANCHESTER, John S., president and
treasurer The Railway Supply Co.; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 15, 1855; son of John and Mary
(Vannata) Manchester; educated in St. Louis
public schools; married, St. Louis, 1886, Annie
Neff. Messenger boy with Western Union
Telegraph Co., four years; with M. M. Buck
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business for self as president of The Railway
Supply Co., railway, foundry and machine
supplies. Mason, Knight Templar; member of
Moolah Temple, Mystic Shrine. Clubs: Mer
cantile, Glen Echo, Liederkranz. Favorite
recreations: fishing and hunting. Offiee: 514
N. 3d St. Residence: 5622 Cabanne Ave.
MANEWAL, George, president Manewal
Bread Co.; born near Darmstadt, Germany,
Aug. 5, 1854; son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth
(Kuehn) Manewal; came to America, 1859;
educated in public and private schools, St.
Louis, to 1868; married, St. Louis, Sept. 15,
1880, Amalia Claus; five children: Gustave,
Elizabeth, Caroline (Mrs. George Will), Em
ile F., Leslie. Began business career, 1873,
and continuously engaged in bakery trade;
organized the Manewal Co., September, 1906,
at 107 S. 8th St., later moved to present quar
ters. Republican. Lutheran. Recreations:
driving and walking. Offiee: 2329 S. Broad
way. Residence: 4174 Cleveland Ave.
MANEWAL, Louis August, secretary Mane
wal Bread Co.; born, St. Louis, July 7, 1866;
son of August and Elvira (Kroeger) Manewal;
educated in public schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1888, Ella Vollmer; one son,
Wilton Louis. After leaving school, in 1883,
became connected with the Manewal-Lange
Cracker Co., established in 1865 by father and
Henry Lange; business was, in 1894, amalga
mated with the National Biscuit Co., from
which, in 1902, the two sons of original foun
ders withdrew and organized the Manewal-
Lange Biscuit Co.; was president of this com
pany until 1908, when bought the Old Vienna
Bakery and firm name was changed to the
Manewal Bread Co., of which is secretary.
Member Merchants' Exchange, Royal Ar
canum. Republican. Club: Missouri Athletic.
Recreations: bowling, walking and baseball.
Office: Clark Ave. and 15th St. Residence:
4922 Wabada Ave.
MANLEY, John David, president of imple
ment and carriage company; born, St. Louis,
June 1, 1859; son of William C. and Margaret
(McVeigh) Manley; educated in public schools
of Litchfield, 111.; married, Edwardsville, HI.,
September, 1884, Matilda Klugman; children:
Caroline (Mrs. R. T. Watts, of Indianapolis),
Agnes, Bernadotte (Mrs. Walter Mullen),
John D., Jr., Helen. Boyhood spent at Litch
field, 111.; returned to St. Louis in early sev
enties and began business career with the
Furst & Bradley Manufacturing Co., then be
came shipping clerk, and afterward salesman
on road for the Moline Plow Co., then with
Kingman & Co., Peoria, HI., continuing until
1888, when, with Mr. Thompson, started in
business for self as Manley & Thompson;
later organized as the Manley & Thompson
Implement Co., changing in 1902 to present
style of John D. Manley Implement Co., farm
implements, of which is president and treas

urer. Also president of John D. Manley Car
riage Co.; director Jackson Park Improvement
Co. Member Farm Implement and Vehicle
Board of Trade. Independent in polities.
Catholic. Member Knights of Columbus, Le
gion of Honor. Recreation: music. Office: 709
Cass Ave. Residence: 1639 S. Theresa Ave.
*MANLEY, William Charles, vehicles; now
living in Evansville, Ind.; see Vol. 1906.
*MANN, Frederick Bayard, architect;
moved to Illinois; see Vol. 1906.
MANNING, Lewis Williams, builder; born,
Ashby, Mass., Jan. 15, 1840; son of Asa and
Adelaide (Williams) Manning; educated in
public schools; married, East Haverhill, N.
H., Dec 31, 1864, Louisa L. Ayer; children:
Grace E., Lewis L. Served during Civil War
for three years in Seventy-fourth Regiment,
New York Volunteer Infantry, in Gen. Daniel
E. Sickles' Brigade. Began business career
after war as a carpenter and builder at Nash
ville, Tenn., 1865-67; came to St. Louis, 1868,
and established in same business, in which
has ever since continued; in 1903 formed the
present firm of L. W. Manning & Son, taking
in his son, Lewis L. Manning. Presbyterian.
Member Ransom Post, G. A. R., and of the
Legion of Honor. Recreation: fishing. Office:
24 S. 11th St. Residence: 5152 Von Versen
Avenue. ,
MANNY, Edmund A., architect; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 19, 1863; son of Edmund A. and
Mary (Goodyear) Manny; educated in St.
Louis public and high schools, and finally at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bos
ton; married, St. Louis, 1895, Edith Scarritt;
three children: Edmund S., Mary Sanford,
Charlotte. Began business career with the
Simmons Hardware Co. as boy, and afterwards
was bookkeeper for Orr & Lindsley, whole
sale shoe house, until age of twenty; traveled
abroad, and began as architectural drafts
man, 1885, and worked as such until 1890,
meanwhile taking special course in architec
ture at Massachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy; returned to St. Louis, and was with
Eames & Young, architects, 1890-91; went
abroad and studied architecture, 1891-92; in
practice for self since 1892. Presbyterian. In
dependent in politics. ' Clubs: Missouri Ath
letic, Glen Echo. Office: 906 Security Bldg.
Residence: 5041 Westminster PL
*MANSFIELD, Clifford Jones, lumber;
moved to Warren, Ark.; see Vol. 1906.
MANSUR, Charles Winthrop, secretary and
manager John Deere Plow Co.; bora, Chilli
cothe, Mo., Oct. 29, 1861; son of Charles H.
and Demarious (Broshear) Mansur; educated
in public schools and Quincy College; married,
Coffeyville, Kan., Mar. 11, 1886, Frances Is-
ham; one son, Charles I. Began business ca
reer in employ of Deere, Mansur & Co., at
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ping clerk, field expert and traveling sales
man, and in 1891 came to St. Louis as sales
manager for the Mansur & Tebbetts Imple
ment Co., continuing until 1893, when was
elected secretary; on sale of these interests to
the John Deere Plow Co., assumed the man
agement of the company, and on its incorpo
ration, 1906, was elected secretary in connec
tion with position as manager of the com
pany, manufacturers and dealers in agricul
tural implements and vehicles. Director Mer
chants-Laclede National Bank, Frost-Johnson
Lumber Co., St. Louis Deere Co., Moline, 111.,
John Deere Plow Co., Kansas City, John
Deere Plow Co., Dallas, Tex. Director Citi
zens' Industrial Association. Member Busi
ness Men 's League, Civic Association, Mer
chants ' Exchange, Manuf acturers ' Associa
tion. Clubs: Mercantile (director), Glen Echo
(first vice president), St. Louis, Sunset Hill
Country, also Fort Smith (Ark.) Country.
Recreations: fishing, golf and outdoor sports.
Office: Broadway and Monroe St. Residence:
6227 McPherson Ave.
MARDORF, William Charles, physician;
born, St. Louis, Mar. 24, 1867; son of H. F.
and Wilhelmine Mardorf ; educated in public
and high schools of St. Louis; M.D., Medical
Department of Washington University (for
merly St. Louis Medical College), 1888; mar
ried, June 8, 1907, Ella Spiegelhalter; two
daughters: Elise, Marian. Since graduation
in 1888, continuously engaged in general prac
tice in St. Louis. Member American Medical
Association, Missouri State Medical Associa
tion, St. Louis Medical Society, Medical Soci
ety of City Hospital Alumni, St. Louis Acad
emy of Science. Mason; member Lodge No.
179, R. A. M., Chapter No. 8, Ivanhoe Com
mandery, K. T., and Moolah Temple, A. A. O.
N. M. S. Member Royal League. Club: Lieder
kranz. Office and Residence: 2136 S. Grand
Avenue. MARITZ, Edward Ferdinand, manufactur
ing jeweler; born, New Orleans, Mar. 17,
1863; son of Edward and Celeste (Pogue)
Maritz; educated in St. Louis public schools;
married, St. Louis, Mar. 17, 1891, Fannie Gil-
foy; children: Raymond E., James A. (now
associated with father in business), Lloyd P.
Began active career, 1878-80, as apprentice
with L. Bauman Jewelry Co.; went to Cali
fornia and finished learning his trade in jew
elry and diamond setting, 1880-86; returned to
St. Louis and entered the old firm of L. Bau
man Jewelry Co., remaining for six months,
and from 1887-88 was with Wild Bros., then
went to Kansas City, Mo., and was manager
for E. Jaccard Jewelry Co. until 1893; en
gaged as diamond setter for the Edwards &
Sloane Jewelry Co., Kansas City, 1893-96,
when he returned to St. Louis; began business
as a manufacturing jeweler in a small way
at 617 Washington Ave., June 20, 1896;

bought Wild Bros. ' manufacturing plant, Jan.
28, 1901; incorporated business, Feb. 1, 1905,
under name of E. Maritz Jewelry Manufactur
ing Co., of which is president, and moved,
May 1, 1905, to present quarters, where com
pany is engaged in manufacture of jewelry
and diamond mountings, and also doing a dia
mond brokerage business. Independent in
politics. Christian Scientist. Member Knights
of Pythias, Modem Woodmen, Independent
Order of Foresters, St. Louis Turn Verein.
Office: 217 N. 6th St. Residence: 3445 Mag
nolia Ave.
MARK, George William, president United
States Assay and Refining Co.; born in St.
Louis, Mar. 7, 1868; son of Emil and Ruth
(Bobe) Mark; educated in public schools and
Henderson Academy; took a special course in
assaying and chemistry in private laboratory
of Charles Luediking, Ph.D.; married, Dec. 2,
1896, Caroline Wetzel; children: Mildred O,
Esther D. Appointed assayer in charge U. S.
Assay Office, St. Louis, July 2, 1901, his com
mission being one of the last, if not the last,
signed by President McKinley; re-appointed
by President Roosevelt Dec. 17, 1901, and
again Nov. 28, 1905, remaining in office until
June 30, 1911, when the U. S. Assay Office at
St. Louis was discontinued. In October, 1911,
incorporated the United States Assay and Re
fining Co., of which is president. Member
Washingon University Association. Club:
City. Recreations: field sports and athletic
games. Office: 321 Fullerton Bldg. Residence:
3858 Ashland Ave.
MARKHAM, George D., general insurance
agent; born, New Haven, Conn., July 25, 1859;
son William H. and Margaret M. (Dickson)
Markham; preparatory education at Kinne's
School, Ithaca, N. Y. ; freshman and sopho
more, Washington University, St. Louis, 1876-
78; at Harvard University, 1878-81, A.B.,
1881; while in business took law course at
Washington University Law School, LL.B.,
1891; married, St. Louis, Feb. 5, 1902, Mary,
daughter of Hugh McKittrick. In insurance
business in St. Louis continuously since Au
gust, 1881; fire insurance until 1900, when
added all other departments; now head of in
surance firm of W. H. Markham & Co., estab
lished, 1873. Organized, 1902, Individual Fire
Underwriters of St. Louis, which his firm still
manages. Has been active in introducing im
proved construction of buildings and in
creased protective equipment; has also la
bored to establish just and equitable rating
arrangements, and has led two campaigns be
fore Missouri legislature for more intelligent
insurance laws. Has been president Missouri
and National associations of local fire insur
ance agents. Democrat. Member City Coun
cil, 1901-05. Presbyterian. Member National
and local academies of science, historical so
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chief of Bureau of Music, as well as director
of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition; over
seer of Harvard, 1907; president Civic League,
1910; chairman committee on charities, Busi
ness Men 's League. President Associated Har
vard Clubs. Clubs: Commercial (president),
St. Louis Country (vice president), University
(president), St. Louis, Noonday, Mercantile
(St. Louis), Harvard (New York), University
(Chicago). Office: 1226, 112 N. 4th St. Resi
dence: 4961 Berlin Ave.
MARKLE, Charles Noble, broker; see Vol.
1906. MARKMANN, Philip John, engineer; born
in Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, Feb. 3,
1857; son of George Adam and Katharina
(Arnold) Markmann; educated in public
schools, Grossachsen, to 1871, high school,
Mannheim, Germany, graduating, 1876, and
graduated from engineering school of Poly-
technieum, Stuttgart, Germany, 1880; mar
ried, Greenville, 111., 1891, Kate Merkel; chil
dren: Carl Bennett, Lucy, Bertha. Came to
United States, 1882; engaged in structural en
gineering work at Chicago, 1882-85; Louis
ville, Ky., 1885-90, Chicago, 1890-1901, St.
Louis since 1901; was in charge of structural
engineering and designing for the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Co.; office engineer of
Sewer Department, St. Louis, since Aug. 22,
1910. Independent in politics. Protestant.
Member Royal League. Club: St. Louis En
gineers'. Office:' City Hall. Residence: 2154
Allen Ave.
MARKS, David Anderson, president Conti
nental Brick Co.; bom in Allegheny Co., Pa.,
Aug. 9, 1849; son of Samuel Breck and Eliza
beth (Anderson) Marks; educated in public
schools of Union Co., 111., until fourteen; mar-
Tied, St. Louis, Jan. 12, 1887, Sarah W. Stobie;
children: William Stobie, Mrs. Vida Anderson
Gerhard, Mrs. Edna Frances Kempf. Began
business career as a boy of fourteen; clerk
in store at Cairo, 111., 1865-69; bookkeeper in
St. Louis, 1869-73; in business in Columbia,
111., 1873-75; returned to St. Louis, 1875, and
was employed with wholesale grocery firm
two years; in 1877 founded the Stobie Cereal
Mills, and was engaged in the manufacture
of cereals from that date to January, 1905,
when sold interests in that corporation. Since
May, 1899, president and treasurer Continent
al Brick Co.; formerly president Continental
Portland Cement Co.; director American Ex
change Bank, 1880-90. Republican. Member
Legion of Honor (charter member of Benton
Council). Clubs: Glen Echo, Duplex Hunting.
Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office: 1112
Syndicate Trust Bldg. Residence: 5730 Cham
berlain Ave.
MARKS, Heine, Physician; born, Lake
Providence, La., Dee. 6, 1859; son of Henry
and Hannah (Bazinsky) Marks; educated in
J. B. Stuart's Collegiate Institute, Memphis,

Tenn., graduating, 1875; M.D., Cincinnati Col
lege of Medicine and Surgery, 1878; married,
St. Louis, 1882, Vivian Mildred Plougher.
After graduation engaged in practice for a
few months in 1878, but later same year came
to St. Louis, where has since been engaged in
general practice of his profession. Was pro
fessor of anatomy in College for Medical
Practitioners, 1882. Member St. Louis Med
ical Society (ex-vice president), American
Medical Association, Missouri State Medical
Association, Tri-State Medical Society. For
merly superintendent St. Louis City Hospital,
and has served as member of managing board
of the House of Refuge. Formerly member St.
Louis City Council. Ex-president North St.
Louis Gentlemen's Driving Club. Recreation:
experiments in pure food products. Office:
Marina Bldg., Grand Ave. and Lindell Boul.
MARONEY, Andrew Charles, lawyer; bom,
Decatur, 111., Sept. 23, 1862; son of John J.
and Ellen (Godfrey) Maroney; educated in
public schools of Decatur, 111.; LL.B., St.
Louis Law School, 1894; married, Nov. 30,
1899, Maggie Addis; children: Arthur J. (de
ceased), Helen: Engaged in general practice
of law in St. Louis since 1894. Has filled of
ficial positrons in the city as clerk recorder of
voters, assistant circuit attorney, chairman
of the Board of Election Commissioners, and
vice president of the Board of Police Com
missioners. Democrat. Roman Catholic. Of
fice: 722 Chestnut St. Residence: 4767 West
minster PL
MARQUARDT, Henry Fred W., life under
writer; born, Niagara Falls, N. Y., Jan. 1,
1866; son of Henry and Frederika (Heinze)
Marquardt; educated in Lutheran parochial
schools, at New Baltimore, Mich.; married;
two daughters: Eleanore (Mrs. Rev. Theodore
Hempelman) and Irma (Mrs. Arthur Boeken-
kroeger). Began in dry goods store at De
troit, Mich., at fifteen, in which remained
three years; was with J. P. Becker, dry goods,
at East St. Louis, 111., eighteen years, being
vice president and general manager of the
business the last nine years; engaged in life
insurance underwriting since 1905; with the
Bankers' Reserve Life Insurance Co., 1905-08;
superintendent of the St. Louis department of
the Great Western Life Insurance Co., 1908-
11; supervisor of agents of the Franklin Life
Insurance Co., since July 15, 1911. Repub
lican. Lutheran. Recreations: reading and the
theatre. Office: 725-728 Frisco Bldg. Resi
dence: 5045 Delmar Boul.
MARSH, Charles Stewart, banker; born,
Iron Co., Mo., Oct. 20, 1874; son of John
Stewart and Nancy Armenta (White) Marsh;
educated in rural schools, Iron and Madison
counties, Mo., from six to thirteen years of
age; Frederiektown (Mo.) public schools,
from thirteen to eighteen; William Jewell
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with degree of A.B., 1899; Missouri State
University, 1899-1901, LL.B., 1901; married
Martha Gibbs, of Liberty, Mo., Sept. 12,
1902; two children: Pauline and Charles Stew
art, Jr. Began active career as cashier Miners
and Merchants Bank, Flat River, Mo., con
tinuing, 1901-02; secretary Frederiektown
(Mo.) Trust Co., 1902-06; secretary Bankers
Trust Co., St. Louis, Feburary, 1906, to Feb
ruary, 1912, since vice president; director
West End Bank, St. Louis, First National
Bank, Madison, 111., First National Bank,
Eureka Springs, Ark. Mayor of Frederick-
town, Mo., 1904-06. Member Business Men's
League. Republican. Baptist. Member Ma
sonic Order, Sigma Nu (social) and Phi Delta
Phi (law) college fraternities. Clubs: St.
Louis Amateur Athletic Association, Midland
Valley Golf. Recreations: reading and bil
liards. Office: 620 National Bank of Com
merce Bldg. Residence: 6316 Waterman Ave.
MARSHALL, Cloyd; see Vol. 1906.
?MARSHALL, Edward S.; moved to Dallas,
Tex.; see Vol. 1906.
MARSHALL, Samuel T., grain; see Vol.
1906. MARSHALL, William Champe, lawyer;
born, Vieksburg, Miss., Nov. 13, 1848; son of
Thomas A. and Letitia (Miller) Marshall;
educated in Vieksburg by private tutors;
University of Mississippi, 1865-67; B.L., Uni
versity of Virginia, 1869; married, Vieksburg,
Miss., Dec. 5, 1876, Katherine M. Reading
(died, 1907); two children: Katherine Mar
guerite, Letitia Love. Admitted to bar in
1870, and engaged in general practice; has
been member firm of Henderson, Marshall &
Becker since 1910. City counselor of St.
Louis, 1891-98; judge Supreme Court of Mis
souri, 1898-1906. Member of Missouri State
and St. Louis Bar associations. Military cap
tain engineer corps, National Guard of Mis
souri, 1872; captain Company A, Third Regi
ment, 1882, and Company K, First Regiment,
1883-84; judge advocate First Regiment for
about ten years. Democrat. Episcopalian.
Mason. Club: Noonday. Recreation: reading.
Office: 921 Security Bldg. Residence: Buck
ingham Annex.
*MARSHEL, John Blaine, railway agent;
moved to Dallas, Tex.; see Vol. 1906.
MARTIN, Charles Landen, vice president
Crunden-Martin Wooden Ware Co.; born,
Maquoketa, la., Mar. 11, 1858; son of James
W. and Lois (Weaver) Martin; educated in
St. Louis public schools and Cornell College,
Mt. Vernon, la.; married, Cedar Rapids, la.,
May 13, 1886, Eleanor Camburn; children:
Leonard O, Frances E. Began business career
as clerk in country store in Clinton Co., la.,
1876; organized the Martin Wooden Ware
Co., 1891, which was succeeded in 1892 by
the Crunden-Martin Wooden Ware Co., manu

facturers and dealers in wooden and willow
ware, etc., of which is vice president. Presi
dent Bank of Webster Groves; viee president
Webster Groves Trust Co.; secretary Conzel-
man-Crunden Realty Co. Republican. Congre
gationalist. Clubs: Mercantile, City, Contem
porary, Glen Echo Country, Algonquin Golf.
Recreations: golf, tennis. Office: 2d and
Gratiot Sts. Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
MARTIN, Charles Warren, fish nets; see
Vol. 1906.
MARTIN, John Irwin, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, May 24, 1848; son of William and
Frances (Irwin) Martin; educated in St.
Louis public schools; married, St. Louis, June
11, 1871, Clara E. LaBarge; children: Mac
Donald, Clara E. (now Mrs. M. C. Zederbaum),
Frances O. (now Mrs. William M. Drumm).
Elected, 1871, when twenty-three years of
age, to Missouri legislature and twice re
elected (speaker, 1875); admitted to bar,
1877, and since engaged in practice. Member
Missouri State Bar Association. Has for
many years been member Democratic State
and City Committees; speaker in every na
tional campaign since 1876; presidential elect
or from Missouri and the messenger which
cast Missouri's vote for Cleveland and Hen
dricks' first election; sergeant-at-arms of
Democratic National Committee since 1892,
and managed National conventions held at
Chicago, 1896, Kansas City, 1900, St. Louis,
1904, Denver, 1908, and Baltimore, 1912. Ser
geant-at-arms of National River and Harbor
Convention for seven years; sergeant-at-arms
of Conservation Congress. Vice president Up
per Mississippi River Improvement Associa
tion (representing State of Missouri); vice
president Mississippi to the Atlantic Inland
Waterway Association. Was brigade inspector
rifle inspector rifle practice, Missouri Na
tional Guard, with rank of colonel; counselor
for Great Camp of Knights of Maccabees for
State of Missouri since 1902; chairman for
twelve years Committee on Statutory Legisla
tion of Missouri Fraternal Congress (com
posed of all leading fraternal societies). Dem
ocrat. Presbyterian. Club: Million Popula
tion. Recreations: hunting, fishing and horse
back riding. Office: 1111 Clark Ave. Resi
dence: 3624 Cleveland Ave.
MARTIN, Tilly Alexander, physician; born,
Miami, Saline Co., Mo., January, 1854; son
of Morris and Mary (Cole) Martin; educated
in public schools; Pritchett Institute, Glas
gow, Mo.; M.D., Bellevue Hospital Medical
College, New York, 1870; Missouri Medical
College, St. Louis, ad eundem degree; mar
ried, St. Louis, Oct. 9, 1901, Mrs. M. E.
Wright; children: Maria E. and Martin. Pro
fessor diseases of children, Missouri Medical
College, since 1902; professor pediatrics,
Barnes Medical College. Democrat. Presby
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Medical associations, St. Louis Medical So
ciety. Mason (Tuscan Lodge). Has read a
number of papers before medical societies.
Office: 426 Metropolitan Bldg. Residence:
4509 Washington Boul.
MARTIN, William McChesney, assistant
trust officer; born, Lexington, Ky., July 2,
1874; son of Thomas L. and Hettie M. Mar
tin; educated at private school and Alleghan
Academy, Lexington, Ky., receiving from lat
ter scholarship in Washington and Lee Uni
versity, from which graduated A.B. (valedic
torian), 1895; LL.B., St. Louis Law School,
1900; married, St. Louis, Nov. 21, 1905, Mary
Rebecca Woods. Assistant secretary, 1892-94,
secretary, 1895, Kentucky Agricultural and
Mechanical Association (Lexington Fair);
moved to St. Louis, as secretary to Superin
tendent of Terminals, Louisville & Nashville
R. R., Mar. 1, 1896; chief clerk to division
passenger agent, same road, 1898-99; resigned
to attend law school; admitted to St. Louis
bar, June 15, 1900; substitute teacher English
classics, Smith Academy, 1899; entered trust
department Mississippi Valley Trust Co., 1900;
safe deposit officer same, Apr. 1, 1904-De-
cember, 1905, assistant bond officer same,
since December, 1905; also assistant trust of
ficer since 1910. Member Civic League, Amer
ican Economic Association, American Acad
emy Political and Social Science. Viee presi
dent Kentucky Society. Member of St. Louis
Bar Association. Presbyterian. Clubs: City,
Normandie Golf. Office: 4th and Pine Sts.
Residence: 422 Lake Ave.
MARX, Henry, wool merchant; born, Frank -
fort-on-Main, Germany, Mar. 25, 1851; son of
M. and Rose (Rothschild) Marx; educated in
schools in Germany; came to St. Louis di
rect from Germany in 1874; married, Water
loo, Ind., 1900, Julia Lowenstein. Began busi
ness career in employ of Hartman & William
son, and later was of the firm of Schott &
Marx in the wool business until 1897, when
established firm of Henry Marx & Co., since
April, 1910, Henry Marx Wool Co. Member
Business Men's League. Member A. F. & A.
M. Club: Columbian. Recreation: traveling.
Office: 221-225. N. Main St. Residence: 5133
Washington Boul.
MASON, C(larence) Homer, real estate;
born, San Saba, Tex., Oct. 28, 1877; son of
Charles Anderson and Laura Anna (Kirkpat
rick) Mason, and of English, Scotch, Irish
and German descent; grandparents were pio
neers in the West, those of father in Iowa
and those of mother in Texas; early educa
tion in San Saba; moved to Vernon, Wilbar
ger Co., Tex., 1889, and attended grammar
and high schools, graduating from high school,
1895; read law greater part of 1897; entered
Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, N.
Y., 1902, and graduated, 1903; married, Hart
ford, Conn., June 6, 1903, Miss Blanche Trav

is, of Poughkeepsie; one child, Travis A. In
contracting and building business until open
ing of World's Fair at St. Louis, 1904; with
John S. Blake & Bro. Realty Co., 1905; with
Holbrook-Blackwelder Real Estate Trust Co.,
1906; in partnership with Martin F. Trepp as
the Mason-Trepp Real Estate Co. since 1907;
carrying on general real estate business, rent
collections, selling and leasing of city prop
erty and management of estate properties.
Member Real Estate Exchange. Enlisted at
Austin, Tex., as private in Troop G, First
Texas Volunteer Cavalry, Apr. 1, 1898, upon
call for volunteers, Spanish-American War;
was sent to Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio,
Tex., ostensibly to guard the Mexican fron
tier until ordered to front; honorably mus
tered out at close of war. Republican. Meth
odist. Member Occidental Lodge No. 163, A.
F. & A. M. Club: Maple Avenue Men's. Rec
reation: outdoor diversions. Office: 814 Chest
nut St. Residence: 5570 Vernon Ave.
MASON, Edward Martin; see Vol. 1906.
MASON, Isaac M., mining; 1831-1907; see
Vol. 1906.
MASON, William Lowe, lawyer; born near
Dublin, Ga., Jan. 9, 1877; son of Benjamin F.
and Alameda (Walker) Mason; educated in
public schools of Telfair Co., Ga., and the
South Georgia College until 1897; LL.B., Uni
versity of Virginia Law School, 1902; mar
ried, June 12, 1912, Miss Siddie A. D. Stuckey,
of Webster Groves, Mo. Taught in the public
schools of South Georgia, 1895-96; principal
of high school, Camilla, Ga., 1898-1900. From
1902 to January, 1905, was associated in prac
tice of law with R. T. Brownrigg, and then
formed partnership with him in present law
firm of Brownrigg & Mason, in which con
tinues. Democrat. Methodist. Member St.
Louis Bar Association, Law Library Associa
tion. Mason (Kilwinning Chapter, R. A.).
Club: St. Louis Amateur Athletic. Recrea
tions: golf and fishing. Office: 1225, 705
Olive St. Residence: 6142 Waterman Ave.
MASSA, Edwin, wholesale jeweler; born,
Keene, Coshocton Co., O., May 10, 1848; son
of Anthony and Isabel (Falconer) Massa;
educated in public schools and Keene Acad
emy; married, Omaha, Neb., Apr. 10, 1890,
Marie Comford; one son, Harrison. Began
business career, 1865-1868, as clerk with Wil
liam Blinn, jeweler, Columbus, O.; then went
to Alton, ill., and was employed by Cary,
Hawley & Co., continuing until 1869; re
turned to Columbus, and was with Tress &
Harrington, successors to William Blinn, and
remained until 1877. Came to St. Louis, and
began in wholesale jewelry business for self,
1877, as E. Massa & Co., firm subsequently
changing to Massa, Cary & Co., and three
years later to Massa, Lewis & Co., and in 1889
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Jewelry Co., of which is vice president. Re
publican. Presbyterian. Mason. Office: 210
Commercial Bldg. Residence* 5409 Maple Ave.
MASSENGALE, James Rhea, wholesale
lumber; bora, Nashville, Tenn., Apr/ 1, 1873;
son of John E. and Jennie E. (Cunningham)
Massengale; educated in public and high
schools of St. Louis and Missouri State Uni
versity until 1893; married, St. Louis, June 1,
1894, Eda J. Corwin; one daughter, Jane
Rhea. Leaving university in June, 1893, es
tablished at Halls, Tenn., for five years, oper
ating spoke factory and meal mill under style
of Massengale, James & Co.; sold out in
1898, came back to St. Louis, and became
chief clerk of one of the steamers of the St.
Louis and Tennessee River Packet Co., of
which father, John E. Massengale, is traffic
manager. In January, 1903, established the
firm,, of Massengale Lumber Co., and incorpo
rated same in March, 1905, of which is now
secretary and treasurer. Member Tennessee
Society of St. Louis, Order of Hoo Hoo. Ma
son. Office: 2500 N. Main St. Residence:
Webster Groves, Mo.
MASTERS, Stanley Madison, president and
general manager Masters Lumber Co.; born at
Independence, Mo., Jan. 1, 1878; son of Moses
Madison and Sallie (Scholl) Masters; edu
cated Independence public schools, Kansas
City High School; A.B., University of Mis
souri, 1902; studied for one year in Benton
School of Law; unmarried. Spent four years
in banks of Kansas City, Mo., prior to 1902;
at lumber plants, in Neame and Carson, La.,
of the Central Coal and Coke Co. of Kansas
City, 1902-03; general manager Texarkana
Lumber Co., of Texarkana, Ark., during early
part of 1904; general sales agent for B. H.
Pollock Lumber Co., of St. Louis, during lat
ter part of 1904 and throughout 1905; man
ager J. A. Wilson Lumber Co., St. Louis,
1906; member of Masters & Sleumer Lumber
Co., 1907; president Masters Lumber Co. since
1908. While at University of Missouri served
for one year as member Missouri National
Guard. Republican. Member Christian (Dis
ciples) Church, Sigma Alpha Epsilon college
fraternity. Club: University. Office: Fuller-
ton Bldg. Residence: Buckingham Hotel.
MATESON, Henry Morell, president Alfred
Scannell Leather Co.; born, New York, Dec.
8, 1871; son of Francis and Agnes (Frcy)
Mateson; educated in public schools of New
York; married Charlotte Scannell, of St.
Louis, Feb. 12, 1903; two children: Morella
Agnes, Charlotte Scannell. Began active ca
reer as traveling salesman for a wholesale
leather house of New York, 1889; traveled
out of Cleveland, O., in same capacity, 1902-
07; came to St. Louis, February, 1907, and
bought out the Alfred Scannell Leather Co.,
of which is president; also secretary The An
other Building Co. Protestant. Member Com

mercial Travelers' Association, Utica, N. Y.,
Travelers' Protective Association, St. Louis,
Tower Grove Turning Society. Clubs: Cen
tury Boat, American Wheel. Recreations: fish
ing and bowling. Office: 1506-1508 Market St.
Residence: 3516 Wyoming St.
MATHES, Joseph, secretary G. Mathes
Iron and Metal Co.; born, New York, Feb. 15,
1873; son of Mayer and Gertrude (Baum)
Mathes; educated in St. Louis public schools ;
married,' St. Louis, Jan. 8, 1901, Fannie
Prince. On leaving school, entered the busi
ness of G. Mathes Sons, dealers' in rags, scrap
metals, scrap iron, etc. (established 1871),
and in May, 1894, when the business was in
corporated as G. Mathes Sons Rag Co., be
came secretary of the company, the title later
changed to G. Mathes Iron and Metal Co.
Republican. Jewish religion. Mason (32°),
Shriner. Club: Columbian. Office: 3120 N.
Broadway. Residence: 5376 Waterman Ave.
MATHEWS, William Tatum, real estate and
financial agent; born in Chambers Co., Ala.,
Aug. 20, 1862; son of Rev. John (D.D.) and
Mary A. (Menefee) Mathews; educated at
military academy and by private tutor at
New Orleans, and later graduated from Webb 's
Training School, Culleoka, Tenn., then took
course of study at Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tenn.j for M.A. degree; married,
St. Louis, October, 1902, Sadie L. Hanford.
Entered the dry goods business as a clerk in
employ of Bullene, Moores & Emery, of Kan
sas City, Mo., in 1881; entered dry goods
business for self, in Kansas City in 1882, un
der firm name of Moore & Mathews, and in
1885 bought the business of Leslie & Edwards,
Kansas City; retired from dry goods business,
1890, and moved to St. Louis, to engage in
real estate business, in which has since con
tinued; president, treasurer and general man
ager of the Mathews Real Estate Co.; presi
dent Mathews-Sharp Real Estate Co. Inde
pendent Democrat. Methodist. Recreation:
motoring. Office: 615 Chestnut St. Residence:
3441 Pine St.
MATHEY, Constant Fred, vice president
Mermod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co.; born,
St. Louis, Sept. 15, 1866; son of Charles F.
and Cecilia G. (Hutawa) . Mathey; educated
at Washington University, St. Louis, in class
of 1884. Entered house of Mermod, Jaccard
& Co. (established 1829) in 1885 as clerk, then
became an officer in the Mermod, Jaccard &
King Jewelry Co.; has been treasurer since
1895, and after, Mr. Mermod 's death in 1902
was elected vice president. Club: Missouri
Athletic. Office: corner of Locust and Broad
way. Residence: 3444 Russell Ave.
MATLACK, Ellwood Vandevere, electrical
engineer; bom, Philadelphia, Pa.; educated in
public schools. Began in the electrical busi
ness in 1877, learning the mechanical and sci
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expert electrical engineer, and designer of
numerous electrical plants, including the
power house and electric light plant of the
Laclede Power Co.; this company he assisted
in organizing in 1889, becoming its secretary
in 1890 and its president, 1907, until its ab
sorption by the Union Electric Light and
Power Co. Originated Department of City
Lighting, of St. Louis, and was supervisor of
city lighting in 1889. Member American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers, American In
stitute of Mining Engineers, American Asso
ciation for the Advancement of Science. Mem
ber Pennsylvania Society. Club: Mercantile.
Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
MATRfi, Anthony, Supreme Secretary Cath
olic Knights of America; bora, Cincinnati,
Dec. 16, 1866; son of Joseph and Magdalen
(Seubert) Matre; educated at St. George's
Parish School and St. Francis College, Cin
cinnati, and Catholic Normal School, near
Milwaukee, Wis.; married, Cincinnati, Nov.
29, 1888, Catherine Godar; children: Francis
J., Victor, Richard, Lawrence. Was principal
of St. Philomena's School, Cincinnati, for
eighteen years, until appointment to present
position as Supreme Secretary of the Cath
olic Knights of America, Sept. 1, 1904; na
tional secretary of American Federation of
Catholic Societies. Member of Knights of Co
lumbus, Catholic Knights of America, Cath
olic Order of Foresters. Office: 717 Locust St.
Residence: 3871 Utah PL
MATTESON, David J., resident manager,
Royal Insurance Co.; 1859-1907; see Vol.1906.
MATTHEWS, Alfred, hats; bora, St. Louis,
Aug. 31, 1864; son of George and Mary (Cun-
nington) Matthews; graduated from public
schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Nov.
25, 1891, Mabel Alice Reed; children: Alfred
Reed, Phoebe, Arthur Pollard, Mary Eliza
beth. Engaged in retail hat business in St.
Louis since March, 1887. Democrat. Presi
dent St. Louis Sunday School Union, M. E.
Churches. Member Methodist Episcopal
Church; president City Evangelization Union;
trustee Deaconess Home and Hospital, Emer
gency Home. Member Missouri Historical So
ciety. Mason; member Knights of Pythias,
Legion of Honor, National Union, Royal
League, Elks. Clubs: City, Methodist. Rec
reations: hunting and fishing. Office: 700
Pine St. Residence: Glendale, Mo.
MATTHEWS, George Thomas, oils and- en
gineers' supplies; bora, St. Louis, Apr. 7,
1866; son of Thomas and Emma (Hopkins)
Matthews; educated in St. Louis public
schools; unmarried. Began business career _ in
1880 in employ of Rowe, Parmalee & Co., oils,
etc., continuing with the firm and its succes
sors, B. F. Parmalee & Co., Parmalee & Merse-
man, and Pacific Oil Co., until 1887; in 1887
began business on own account as member of

firm of Flachman & Matthews, and in 1898
bought out Mr. Flachman 's interest, since
which time has conducted the business alone,
as George T. Matthews & Co., manufacturers
and jobbers of oils, mill and engineers' sup
plies, belting, packing, etc. Also director
National Oil Co. of Missouri. Republican.
Episcopalian. 33° Mason (Scottish Rite), As
calon Commandery, Knights Templar, Moolah
Temple, Mystic Shrine; past presiding . officer
of all Masonic bodies of which is a member.
Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic, Glen.
Echo Country. Office: 20 S. Main St. Resi
dence: 5514 Cabanne Ave.
MATTHEWS, Joseph R., milling business
born, Kirkwood, Mo., Sept. 7, 1872; son of
Joseph R. and Sara A. (Garnett) Matthews
educated Kirkwood public schools and St
Louis University; married, Kirkwood, Nov
14, 1901, Charlotte Thornton Jones; three chil
dren: Charlotte Thornton, Joe Garnett, Lo-
raine Churchill. In milling business since 1889;
organized Corno Mills, 1904, and since presi
dent; organized National Oats Co., 1910, of
which is also president; director Universal
Stenotype Co. Democrat; mayor of Kirkwood,
1912-13; member public school board since
1911. Catholic. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Hill
Crest Golf. Recreations: hunting, tennis and
hand ball. Office: 1020 Liggett Bldg. Resi
dence: Kirkwood, Mo.
MATTHEWS, Leonard, broker and banker;
born, Baltimore, Md., Dec. 17, 1828; son of
John, Jr., and Mary Righter (Levering) Mat
thews; educated in Baltimore, 1834-36, later
in various private schools and in 1851-54 took
chemical and technical studies at Pope 's Med
ical College, St. Louis; married, Oct. 2, 1861,
Mary Spotswood, daughter of William Nisbet,
banker and broker; children: Mary (Mrs.
Robert L. Morton), Belle (Mrs. Saunders
Norvell), Nina (Mrs. Percy Warren), Wil
liam, Edmund Orville, Leonard, Jr., Lucy
(Mrs. William Lionel Chambers), Claude Lev
ering. First visited Missouri for a year, in
1838; after leaving school went to California,
whence came to St. Louis in 1851, and began
business career as retail druggist, with broth
er, William; admitted Aaron Levering, 1854,
as Matthews, Levering & Co., wholesale drug
gists, and in 1857, firm became J. Matthews &
Sons; sold out to Meyer Bros. & Co., 1865;
traveled extensively through Europe, Asia,
Africa and the islands, 1865-66. In 1870, with
Gen. A. G. Edwards, opened brokerage and
banking business of Edwards & Matthews;
about 1873 took in Edwards Whittaker, as
Matthews & Whittaker, and later Charles
Hodgman also became partner; retired from
firm 1888. When U. S. 5 per cent loan was
placed on market, was western agent for
same. ' Held various directorate positions.
Trustee Missouri Botanical Garden since 1895.
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command of U. S. S. Brooklyn, hunting fili
busters in Caribbean Sea, who was sent by
ex-President Soto, against Honduras; was at
Panama, and was among first to show failing
condition of the Canal Co., in contribution to
The Republic, Mar. 23, 1886. Clubs: St. Louis,
Noonday. Recreations: floriculture and litera
ture. Offiee: 300 N. 4th St. Residence: 5447
Cabanne Ave.
MATTHEWS, Leonard, Jr., secretary Nor
vell-Shapleigh Hardware Co.; born, Oakland,
Mo., July 16, 1873; son of Leonard and Mary
Spotswood (Nisbet) Matthews; educated
in St. Louis public schools to 1886; St. Louis
Manual Training School, until 1888; Smith's
Academy, 1890; married, St. Louis, Feb. 20,
1906, Elvira Houston. Began business career
with the Wagner Electric Co., 1890, and con
tinued until 1893; with local insurance com
pany, 1894; special traveling cutlery sales
man with the Simmons Hardware Co., 1894-
1900; resigned and with brother, W. N. Mat
thews, engaged in electrical specialty busi
ness; buyer and manager of cutlery depart
ment Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Co., 1901-
10; became assistant secretary same, in 1910,
secretary since 1911. Republican. Presby
terian. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Noonday.
Recreation: outdoor sports. Office: Norvell-
Shapleigh Hardware Co. Residence: 4538
Maryland Ave.
MATTHEWS, William Nisbet, manufac
turer; born in St. Louis Co., July 9, 1869;
son of Leonard and Mary (Nisbet) Matthews;
educated in public schools of Kirkwood, Mo.,
and Smith Academy, St. Louis; married, Nov.
18, 1911, Mrs. Minnie L. McDowell, of Min
neapolis, Minn. Began business life in whole
sale drug house, 1884-86; made trip around
world, 1886-87, as guest of uncle, Admiral E.
O. Matthews, on old frigate "Brooklyn"; in
1891 bought interest in St. Louis Electrical
Supply Co., of which was vice president and
later president, until 1899, when sold out to
enter present business of W. N. Matthews &
Bros., mechanical specialties; also president
Matthews-Davis Tool Co. Member League of
Electrical Interests. Presbyterian. Clubs:
Noonday, St. Louis, Aero, City. Office: 3722
Forest Park Boul. Residence: 5005 Cabanne
Avenue. MAUCH, Herman, watchmaker and jewel
er; born, St. Louis, Nov. 24, 1859; son of
Henry and Augusta (Klosse) Mauch; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools; married, St.
Louis, 1881, Elizabeth Emling. Learned watch
making and jewelry trade under his father
(who established in business as a watchmaker
and jeweler in St. Louis in 1852) and was as
sociated with him until his death in 1888,
when succeeded to the business, handling
general lines of watches, diamonds, jewelry,
clocks, silverware, umbrellas, optical goods,
etc. Ex-president Retail Jewelers' Associa

tion of Missouri and National Retail Jewel
ers' Association of the United States; ex-
president St. Louis Public School Patrons
Alliance. Republican; elected a member
Board of Education of St. Louis, 1911; mem
ber Civic League, Franklin American Im
provement Association. 32° Mason (Past Po
tentate Moolah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.;
Past President Missouri Association of Past
Commanders, Knights Templar); member
Royal Arcanum, Knights of Pythias, Wood
men of the World. Clubs: Oasis, Montezuma
Hunting and Fishing, Century Boat. Recrea
tions: fishing and hunting. Office: 507 Frank
lin Ave. Residence: 2918 Aecomae St.
MAULL, Louis, president Louis Maull
Cheese and Fish' Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct.
16, 1873; son of Charles and Doris (Ahlers)
Maull; educated in St. Louis public schools;
married, St. Louis, Apr. 22, 1896, Augusta
Beckmann; children: Lewis, Lester. After
leaving school was associated with father in
produce commission business, 1891-97; then
started in business, in 1897, for self, as whole
sale dealer in cheese, sausage and salt fish,
incorporating the business, Jan. 1, 1906, as
the Louis Maull Cheese and Fish Co., of which
is president. Member Woodmen of the World.
Office: 422-424 N. 3d St. Residence: Fergu
son, Mo.
MAURAN, John Lawrence, architect; born,
Providence, R. I., Nov. 19, 1866; son of Frank
and Mary Louise (Nichols) Mauran; edu
cated in Providence grammar and high schools
and Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
married, St. Louis, 1899, Isabel, daughter of
J. G. Chapman; children: Isabel, Elizabeth
Chapman. After completing studies at Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology, 1889,
traveled abroad, completing architectural edu
cation. Entered office of Shepley, Rutan &
Coolidge, architects, Boston, and after two
years in office of the firm went, in its em
ploy, to Chicago, working on the Chicago
Public Library and the Chicago Art Institute;
•in 1893, came to St. Louis to represent Shep
ley, Rutan & Coolidge, and later became St.
Louis partner of the firm. In 1900, with Er
nest John Russell and Edward Gordon Gar
den, established firm of Mauran, Russell &
Garden; in 1908 Mr. Garden retired from the
firm, which remained Mauran & Russell until
the present firm of Mauran, Russell & Crowell
was formed in 1911. Chairman Public Build
ings Commission, appointed by Mayor Wells;
went as delegate from United States to Sixth
International Congress of Architects, Madrid,
Spain, 1904. Fellow American Institute of
Architects (ex-president St. Louis Chapter);
vice president Civic League; ex-member Board
of Control of St. Louis Museum; member
Public Library Board and School of Fine
Arts; director St. Louis Skin and Cancer
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sociation; treasurer Mercantile Library Asso
ciation. Member Missouri Historical Society,
American Arch ajologi cal Society. Unitarian;
president board of trustees Church of the
Messiah. Clubs: Round Table (ex-director),
University (ex-vice president), St. Louis,
Noonday (ex-president), Country (director),
Florissant Valley (ex-president), St. Anthony,
Tavern (Boston), Strollers (New York). Rec
reations: tennis and motoring. Office: 1620
Chemical Bldg. Residence: 46 Vandeventer
Place. MAURER, Charles J., lawyer; bora, St.
Louis, Aug. 8, 1868; son of Henry and Cath
erine Maurer; educated country schools, Oak
Grove and St. Jacob, 111.; LL.B., McKendree
Law School, Lebanon, 111., 1895; married, St.
Louis, Aug. 15, 1900, Minnie C. Meyer. In
practice in St. Louis since 1897; member law
firm of Cunningham & Maurer for seven
years; now practicing alone. Democrat; can
didate for Congress, Tenth District of Mis
souri, 1910. Protestant. Mason. Recreation:
fishing. Office: 704 Houser Bldg. Residence:
1727 Longfellow Boul.
MAUZe, Joseph Layton, clergyman; born,
Montevideo, Va., Feb. 2, 1873; son of Joseph
Nicholas and Margaret Jane (Yancy) Mauze;
educated at Augusta Military Academy, Fort
Defiance, Va., 1887-89, Hampden-Sidney Col
lege, Virginia, A.B., 1896, Union Theological
Seminary, Richmond, Va., B.D., 1899; mar
ried, Lexington, Va., Dec. 11, 1900, Eleanor
Harman; children: George Watts, Eugene
Harmon, Eleanor Cameron, J. Layton, Jr.,
Margaret. Pastor Presbyterian Church, Tim
ber Ridge, Va., June, 1899-January, 1902,
Central Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, since
February, 1902. President St. Louis Presby
terian Bible Training School for Lay Work
ers. Republican. Member Sigma Chi, Chi
Alpha, Alpha Tau Epsilon. Club: Mercantile.
Recreations: golf and baseball. Offiee
(church) : Delmar Boul. and Clara Ave. Resi
dence: 5635 Cates Ave.
MAXWELL, Harold, vice president Samuel
Cupples Woodenware Co.; born, St. Louis,
Feb. 5, 1871; son of Thomas S. and Ida M.
(Redfield) Maxwell; educated in public gram
mar and high schools of St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, Dec. 9, 1896, Clara M. Snyder;
children: Margaret Eleanor, Robert Snyder,
Dorothy Redfield. Began business career, July
12, 1887, as office boy with Samuel Cupples
Woodenware Co., and has since remained with
the company, occupying several office posi
tions, then becoming traveling salesman for
a time; made assistant secretary, 1899, secre
tary in 1904, vice president in 1908. Repub
lican. Clubs: City, Racquet, St. Louis Coun
try. Office: 7th and Spruce Sts. Residence:
5033 Washington Ave.
MAXWELL, Joseph Weitz, railway official;
deceased; see Vol. 1906.

MAXWELL, William, general traffic man
ager Wabash R. R.; born, Keokuk, la., Feb.
20, 1865; son of John and Elizabeth Maxwell;
educated in common schools; married, Colum
bus, Ind., 1891, Persis Taylor Cochrane; one
daughter, Elinor Agnes. Continuously con
nected with the traffic department of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy System from 1881
to 1905; general agent, 1891-1902, at Keokuk,
la.; assistant general freight agent, 1902-05,
at St. Louis and St. Joseph, Mo.; assistant
general traffic manager, 1905-08, and general
traffic manager since 1908, Wabash System,
at St. Louis. Episcopalian. Clubs: Mercan
tile, Traffic of St. Louis. Office: Title Guar
anty Bldg. Residence: 5922 Clemens Ave.
*MAY, George Oliver, public accountant;
moved to New York; see Vol. 1906.
*MAY, Harry, insurance; moved to Texas;
see Vol. 1906.
MAYER, Emil, lawyer; born, Niedernoch-
stadt, Rheinpfalz, Germany, June 24, 1874;
son of Bernhard, II, and Babette (Frank)
Mayer; received his preliminary education in
Gymnasium, Landau, Germany; arrived in
Ameriea, Oct. 29, 1888; LL.B., Law Depart
ment, University of Missouri, 1894; unmar
ried. Began practice at Fort Smith, Ark.,
July, 1894; came to St. Louis, 1896; member
law firm of Taylor & Mayer since 1906; secre
tary Multiplex Display Fixture Co. Repub
lican. Member St. Louis Bar Association,
Law Library Association. Past president Dis
trict Grand Lodge, Independent Order B'nai
B'rith; past president Young Men's Hebrew
Association; director Jewish Charitable Edu
cational Association; member board of trus
tees of Temple Israel, Masonic Board of Re
lief, Civie League. Club: Columbian (direct
or). Recreations: reading and walking. Of
fice; 1644-1646 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 5535
Waterman Ave.
MAYER, Franc David; see Vol. 1906.
MAYER, Frederick, president the Mayer
Fertilizer Co.; born, Chicago, Oct. 4, 1861;
son of Abraham B. and Minna (Feist) Mayer;
educated, German private school, St. Louis;
Jones Commercial College, St. Louis; mar
ried Julia Haas, of St. Louis, Mar. 15, 1885;
three children: Minnie (Mrs. Herman S. Wolf -
heim), Irving I., Fay H. Has been identified,
in St. Louis, with the manufacture of fer
tilizers, and with the scrap iron business ever
since boyhood; now president the Mayer Fer
tilizer Co.; viee president Arkansas Fertil
izer Co., Little Rock, Ark; Republic Metal
and Rubber Co., Crown Millinery Co. Served
as orderly in Simpson's Battery, 1870. He
brew. Member B'nai B'rith, B. P. O. Elks.
Recreations: fishing and motoring. Office: 2d
St. and Withers Ave. Residence: 5257 Water
man Ave.
MAYES, Joseph Frank, physician; born,
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Okla.), Dec. 21, 1876; son of Samuel Houston
(ex-cvhief , of Cherokees) and Martha Eliza
beth (Vann) Mayes; educated, Cherokee Na
tional Male Seminary, Tahlequah; University
of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.; Central Col
lege, Fayette, Mo., graduating with degree of
Ph.B., 1900; Medical Department, Washing
ton University, degree of M.D., 1904; mar
ried Esmeralda Berry, of St. Louis, June 2,
1909. Practiced at Female Hospital, repre
senting City Health Department, 1904-05; has
since maintained office on own account, mak
ing a specialty of gynecology. Democrat.
Methodist. Member American Medical Asso
ciation, Missouri State Medical Society, St.
Louis Medical Society, Medical Society of
City Hospital Alumni, etc. Member Anchor
Lodge No. 443, A. F. & A. M.; Oriental Chap
ter No. 78, R. A. M.; Ascalon Commandery
No. 16, Knights Templar; Moolah Temple, A.
A. O. N. M. S, Clubs: Masonic, South Broad
way Athletic, Irish American Athletic. Rec
reation: outdoor sports. Office: 1801 Olive St.
Residence: 1124 A Morrison Ave.
MAYFIELD,, Eli Burton, physician and
surgeon; born, Patton, Mo., Jan. 6, 1862; son
of George Washington and Mary E. (Cheek)
Mayfield; educated at Will Mayfield College,
Marble Hill, Mo.; afterwards attended State
Normal School, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; M.D.,
College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Louis,
1886; post-graduate course, New York Poly
clinic, 1893; married Miss Ida Conrad, of
Marble Hill, Sept. 17, 1890; two sons: Eli
Burton, George Conrad. Began practice in St.
Louis, 1886; removed to Grubville, Jefferson
Co., Mo., same year and continued there until
1893; first assistant to chief surgeon of Mis
souri Baptist Sanitarium, 1893-96; became as
sistant surgeon and house physician Mayfield
Sanitarium, 1896; removed to 2 Lewis PL,
1902, and has since engaged in private prac
tice and continued as assistant ' surgeon of
Mayfield Sanitarium. Democrat. Baptist.
Member Tri-State Medical Society. Member
Masonic Order, S. A. R. Recreation: driving.
Office and Residence: 2 Lewis PL
MAYFIELD, William Henderson, surgeon;
born, Patton, Ballinger Co., Mo., Jan. 18,
1852; son of George Washington and Mary
Borders (Cheek) Mayfield; educated, Carle
ton College, Farmington; Mo.; Fruitland Nor
mal Institute, Jackson, Mo.; began study of
medicine under Dr. H. J. Smith, Sedgwick-
ville, Mb., 1874; matriculated in St. Louis
Medical College (Medical Department, Wash
ington University), graduating with degree
of M.D., 1883; married, Marquand, Mo., May
10, 187'4, Ellen Catherine Sitzes;' three chil
dren; two died in infancy and William H.,
Jr., died at the age of twenty-one. Taught
schqol for a number of years, beginning at
age pi seventeen; practiced at Mayfield, Mo.,
1873-74, since in St. Louis. Professor materia

medica, therapeutics and diseases of children,
College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1884-86;
founded, 1884, and superintendent and sur-
gBon-in-ehief until 1896, Missouri Baptist
Sanitarium; founder, 1896, and since presi
dent and surgeon-in-chief, Mayfield Sanita
rium; vice president board of directors Will
Mayfield College (founded by self, wife and
friends as memorial to son), Marble Hill, Mo.;
president Union Hill Mining Co.; vice presi
dent Flat River Mining Co. Democrat. Bap
tist; member managing board of 'Foreign Mis
sionary Board of Northern Baptist Conven
tion; executive officer American Baptist Hos
pital Association. Contributed to erection of
hospitals at Laichowfee, North China, Hu-
ehow, South China (named William Mayfield,
Jr., M.D., Hospital, in honor of son), and he
and wife and W. G. Tyzzer erected hospital
at Haka, Burmah (the three hospitals all
controlled by Baptist denomination). Mem
ber Tuscan Lodge No. 160, A. F. & A. M. ; St.
Aldemar Commandery, Knights Templar;
Moolah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. Has con
tributed papers on abdominal, brain and bone
surgery, "Medical Missions in Foreign
Lands," "The Army of Invasion," etc. Ad
dress: 920 N. Taylor Ave.
MAYHALL, Frederick Arthur, lawyer;
born, St. Louis, Mar. 18, 1872; son of Jeffer
son Alsop and Mary Beattie (La Beaume)
Mayhall; educated, Christian University,
Canton, Mo. (theological course); Law De
partment, Washington University, graduating
with degree of LL.B., 1905; married, New
London, Mo., June 19, 1896, Frances R. Bris
coe; one child, John La Beaume. Ordained
ministry Christian (Disciples) Church, 1897;
held pastorates at Vandalia and Louisiana,
Mo., and successively pastor of Fifth, Second,
Hamilton Ave. and Maplewood Ave. churches
in St. Louis; admitted to bar, 1905, and since
in general practice in state and federal courts;
member firm of Mayhall & Sanders; presi
dent Mayhall Realty and Investment Co.,
capitalized at $40,000 (fully paid). Independ
ent Democrat. Attorney Maplewood Business
Men's Association, Maplewood Civic League;
member Ministerial Alliance, Washington
University Alumni Association, Bon Amis.
Now writing a book entitled Novus Homo, or
The Humorous and Pathetic in the Life of a
Sky Pilot. Recreations: literature, music,
flowers, swimming, baseball. Office: Suite 701-
715 Times Bldg. Residence: 7319 Marietta
Ave., Maplewood.
MAYO, William Henry, Masonic official;
1843-1907; see Vol. 1906.
MEAD, Frank, vice president Equitable
Surety Co.; born, Quincy, 111., Sept. 10, 1877;
son of William E. and Laura E. (Steele)
Mead; educated in public and private schools
of Kansas City, Mo.; married, Nov. 29, 1904,
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oaughter, Virginia Elizabeth. Began with Na
tional Surety Co., at Kansas City, 1895, con
tinuing until 1899; with American Surety Co.
of New York, at St. Louis, 1899-1911; vice
president Equitable Surety Co. since April,
1911. Republican. Episcopalian. Recreation:
athletic sports. Office: 506 Olive St. Resi
dence: Webster Park, Mo.
MECHIN, Gustave V. R., examiner of real
estate titles; bora, London, Eng., May 6,
1856; educated in Birkbeek School, London;
Protestant Grammar School; Pension Pillet,
Paris, France; College of Onzain, France, to
1870; married, St. Louis, Apr. 2, 1894, Flora
J. Mackenzie; one child, Rene J. Came to
Ameriea in 1872, when began business career
with J. G. McClellan, title examiner, St.
Louis; with Sterling & Webster, title exam
iners, 1873-78; with late August Gehner, 1878
until became examiner in Title Guarantee
Trust Co.; since 1905, member firm of Mechin
& Voyce. Secretary of Equality Saving and
Building Association, Mount Olive Building
and Loan Association, No. 2, General Han
cock Building and Loan Association. Demo
crat. Protestant. Mason, Knight Templar,
Shriner. Recreation: reading. Office: 808
Chestnut St. Residence: 5088 Raymond Ave.
MECKFESSEL, Frederick Bernard, treas
urer Buettner Furniture and Carpet Co.; born,
St. Louis, Sept. 8, 1875; son of Frederick W.
and Caroline (Jostes) Meckfessel; educated
in St. John's Evangelical (parochial) School
and St. Louis public schools; married, St.
Louis, Apr. 26, 1899, Millie Schrage; two
daughters: Melba Caroline, Althea Minnie.
Began business at age of fourteen as stock
clerk with Standard Stamping Co., and con
tinued in various positions (the last four
years as city buyer) until 1896; then began
with St. Louis House Furnishing Co., as ship
ping olerk, and remained with that firm until
Feb. 8, 1903, when joined in organization of
the Union House Furnishing Co., now Buettner
Furniture and Carpet Co., of which is treas
urer. Mason. Member Evangelical Church.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Masonic. Offiee:
7th St. and Washington Ave. Residence: 3908
Greer Ave.
MEDART, Philip, manufacturer; 1838-1910;
see Vol. 1906.
MEDART, Walter Rudolph, manager Me-
dart Patent Pulley Co.; born, Ste. Genevieve,
Mo., June 27, 1869; son of Philip and Eliza
(Stange) Medart; educated in St. Louis pub
lic schools to 1883; Toensfeldt's (private)
School, 1884-85; Bryant & Stratton 's Com
mercial College, 1885-86; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 12, 1898, Katherine Reynolds. Began
business career 1886, -since continuously con
nected with Medart Patent Pulley Co.; ac
quired practical experience in every depart
ment, becoming manager in 1902, and has

been part owner and manager since Decem
ber, 1910; also director South Side Bank.
Member United Engineering Society of New
York. Republican. Clubs: Union, Lieder
kranz, Aero. Recreation: fond of all outdoor
sports. Office: 3500 DeKalb St. Residence:
Forest Ridge, Mo.
MEGGINSON, Lloyd McFall, commercial
agent; born, Sandusky, O., Apr. 21, 1872; son
of George W. and Sarah (McFall) Meggin-
son; graduated from public schools of San
dusky, 1889; married, Shrewsbury, Mo., Jan.
6, 1904, Ella Houston Williams; children:
Leonard Pitt, Marion Annette. Entered local
office of ' ' Big Four " R. R. at Sandusky, O.,
as clerk, 1889, and worked at various desks
until 1894; then clerk in St. Louis office, same
road, 1894-95; west-bound agent West Shore
Line, 1894-98; agent Red Line, 1898-1911;
now commercial agent of Lake Shore & Mich
igan Southern, and Lake Erie & Western rail
ways. Republican. Recreation: gardening.
Office: 527 Pierce Bldg. Residence: Old Or
chard, Mo.
MEIER, Duncan Ivers, secretary and treas
urer the Ludlow-Saylor Wire Co.; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 27, 1882; son of Henry M. and
Emily (Ivers) Meier; educated Smith Acad
emy, St. Louis; St. Paul's School, Concord,
N. H.; Taft School, Waterbury, Conn.; Har-
strom School, Norwalk, Conn.; A.B., Yale,
1905; married, St. Louis, Apr. 4, 1907, Julia
Lake; one son, Duncan Ivers, Jr. Began act
ive career as stock clerk Simmons Hardware
Co., 1905; in charge of city department of
Ludlow-Saylor Wire Co., 1906-09; secretary
and treasurer same company since September,
1909. Republican. Episcopalian. Club: City.
Recreations: tennis and walking. Office: 634
S. Newstead Ave. Residence: Skinker
Heights, Mo.
*MEIER, Edward Daniel, mechanical en
gineer; moved to New York; see Vol. 1906.
MEIER, Frederick Charles, merchant; 1871-
1910; see Vol. 1906.
MEIER, Henry, Jr., vice president Frank
lin Bank; born, St. Louis, Aug. 1, 1859; son
of Henry and Catherine Adelheide (Kaiser)
Meier; educated in private school, Stoddard
(public) School, and Central High School,
graduating June 16, 1876; married, St. Louis,
Dee. 28, 1887, Alvine Rehbein; one daughter,
Lora Lois. On June 17, 1876, entered the
wholesale grocery house of father, Henry
Meier (established 1846), and on incorpora
tion of the business in 1900, as Henry Meier
Grocer Co., became vice president of the com
pany, and after death of father, took his
place as president, in 1901; since Mar..l, 1911,
vice president of Franklin Bank. Republican.
Lutheran. Member Royal Arcanum. Recrea
tion: reading. Office: 720 N. 4th St. Resi
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MEIER, John H., furniture manufacturer;
1842-1912; see Vol. 1906.
MEIER, Theodore Gerasd, treasurer Heine
Safety Boiler Co.; born, Bremen, Germany,
Mar. 17, 1836; son of Adolphus and Rebeeca
(Rust) Meier; was brought to St. Louis by
parents, 1837; educated in St. Louis Univer
sity; married Harriett Bessman, of Louisville,
Ky. Began active career as clerk with Adol
phus Meier & Co., 1852; went to Boston two
years later and served as salesman in hard
ware business, with Butler, Keith & Hill; re
turned to St. Louis, 1856; partner in firm of
Adolphus Meier & Co., 1859-84; treasurer
Heine Safety Boiler Co. since Jan. 1, 1885.
Office: 2449 E. Marcus Ave. Residence: 5220
Washington Ave.
MEISEL, John A., trunk manufacturer;
born in Cole Co., Mo., Sept. 13, 1859; son of
John and Elizabeth (Fuchs) Meisel; educated
in public schools of Jefferson City, Mo.; mar
ried, St. Louis, April, 1882, Emma Kopmeyer;
children: Joseph A., Alma L. Resident of St.
Louis since 1872; began business career in
chair manufacturing business, 1872-73; with
P. C. Murphy Trunk Co., errand boy to trav
eling salesman, 1873-88; in 1888, started firm
of Herkert & Meisel, manufacturers of trunks
and traveling goods; business was incorpo
rated, 1891, as Herkert & Meisel Trunk Co.,
of which was secretary until 1901, since presi
dent. Republican. Mason; member Ascalon
Commandery, Knights Templar, and Moolah
Temple, Mystic Shrine. Clubs: Missouri Ath
letic, Liederkranz. Recreation: bowling. Of
fice: 608 Washington Ave. Residence: 3211
Sullivan Ave.
MEISENBACH, Albert H., surgeon; bom,
St. Louis, June 3, 1852; son of Daniel and
Franziska (Hagen) Meisenbach; educated in
public and high schools, Mendota, 111.; Wes
leyan Seminary, Mendota; M.D., St. Louis
Medical College, Medical Department of
Washington University, 1876; post-graduate
work in Berlin, Vienna, Paris and London,
1889, 1890; interne St. Louis Female and City
hospitals, 1876, 1877; married, Belleville, 111.,
July, 1877, Elizabeth Brandenburger (died
June 20, 1912); four children: Hilda (Mrs.
R. L. Tweedy, of Cleveland, O.), Roland Otto,
Kurt Karl, Paul Laporte. Began practice in
St. Louis, 1880. A founder (one of original
faculty) Marion-Sims Medical College (now
Medical Department of St. Louis University),
1890; professor anatomy and clinical surgery,
same, 1890-92; professor surgery and clinical
surgery, 1892-1900; resigned, 1900, and since
engaged in private surgical practice. For
merly consulting surgeon Female and City
hospitals. Member St. Louis Medical Society,
Hospital Alumni Medical Society (charter
member), Missouri State Medical Association,
American Medical Association, Southern Illi
nois Medical Association. Mason. Club: Lieder

kranz. Extensive contributor to medical lit
erature on a wide range of subjects pertain
ing to surgery. Recreations: outdoor life, fish
ing, hunting, music, literature. Office: 2229
S. Broadway. Residence: 3627 Botanical Ave.
MEISENBACH, Gustave, Jr., real estate
agent; born, St. Louis, June 16, 1857; son of
Gustav and Emma (Jaeger) Meisenbach; edu
cated in public schools; married, St. Louis,
Mar. 25, 1886, Alice Loewenstein; children:
Emma A. (Mrs. George L. Hausner), Gustave
C, Edna, Hulda, Mildred. Was engaged for
years as carpet salesman with Jacob Stumpf,
1300 South Broadway; since August, 1893,
member of the firm of Meisenbach & Schmitz,
real estate agents. Member of the Legion of
Honor. Office: 604 Chestnut St. Residence:
3304 Texas Ave.
MEISER, Lewis John, dealer in men's fur
nishing goods; born, Baltimore, Md., Jan. 12,
1853; son of John and Mary (Schrader) Mei-
ser; educated in the St. Louis public and pri
vate schools; married, St. Louis, Apr. 28,
1873, Anna Stinson; children: Mrs. Edward
A. Feehan, Lewis J., Jr., Edna (deceased),
Mrs. Robert Overstreet, Maud, Walter, Helen.
Began business career in employ of N. H.
Clark, October, 1867, and remained with Henry
F. Gee & Co. (who bought out Mr. Clark in
1871) until January, 1878; was then with
John V. Metlar until Dee. 30, 1884, when
bought him out (with W. E. Hess), forming
firm of Hess & Meiser; dissolved partnership
Jan. 1, 1901, and took E. G. Becht as partner,
under firm name of Meiser & Becht; bought
out William E. Hess & Co., Aug. 1, 1903, and
took into firm William L. Reingruber, forming
the firm of Meiser, Reingruber & Becht,
dealers in men's furnishing goods, clothing,
hats, etc.; incorporated business, September,
1909, as the Meiser & Bauer Furnishing Goods
Co. Democrat. Catholic. Grand Regent Royal
Arcanum of Missouri, 1900-01; representative
to Supreme Council, Royal Arcanum, 1901-04;
member Knights , of Columbus, Catholic
Knights of America, Independent Order of
Foresters. Club: Missouri Athletic. Office:
211 N. 6th St. Residence: 4230 Morgan St.
MEISSNER, George Nicholas, manager of
McKinney Plant and director of General Bak
ing Co. of New York City (largest corpora
tion in baking business in Ameriea); bom,
Bunker Hill, 111., May 28, 1872; son of W. C.
and Matilda (Darlington) Meissner; educated
in public schools of Bunker Hill, and Bryant
& Stratton College, St. Louis; unmarried. On
leaving commercial college, 1890, entered the
factory of the McKinney Bread Co., manu
facturers of bread and all kinds of bakery
products, of which was secretary from 1893
to June 26, 1911; company was then sold out
to the General Baking Co., of New York City,
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vice president Jefferson Bank. Secretary and
treasurer of Wholesale Bakers' Club of St.
Louis; member National Master Bakers' As
sociation of United States. Republican. Scot
tish Rite Mason (32°), Shriner. Clubs: Mis
souri Athletic, Mercantile, City, Rotary. Rec
reation: traveling. Office: cor. Mills St. and
Jefferson Ave.
MEISTER, Otto F., zinc smelter; born, St.
Louis, July 9, 1853; son of Frederick W. and
Fredericke C. (Thilenius) Meister; educated
at Washington University, taking technical
course in applied chemistry and metallurgy,
finishing in 1876; married, St. Louis, Apr. 9,
1900, Frieda K. Schlossstein ; four sons: Wal
ter T., Arthur L., Edward H., Otto F., Jr. In
1888 joined in organization of the Collinsville
(111.) Zinc Co., smelters of zinc ores, of which
has since been secretary and treasurer; di
rector German Savings Institution of St.
Louis. Republican. Protestant. Club: Union.
Recreation: motoring. Office: Collinsville, 111.
Residence: 2935 Russell Ave., St. Louis.
MEKEEL, Charles Haviland, journalist,
philatelic expert, specialist in rare stamps for
collectors; born in Westchester Co., N. Y.,
Dec. 1, 1863; son of George M. and Maria
(Haviland) Mekeel; educated in public
schools of Chicago, with courses in Union Col
lege of Law, Chicago, and Law School of
Washington University, St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, July 28, 1885, Anna Maud, daugh
ter of William Alexander Funk; children:
Charles Haviland, Jr., Elsie Maria, Benjamin
Van Cortright, Maud Marion, Robert Paxson.
Author of technical philatelic works, special
ist and expert; member and associate of phila
telic societies of England, France, Germany
and America. Editor and founder of The
Philatelic Journal of America, the most im
portant publication of its class in the United
States. Member Missouri Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution, Society of Colo
nial Wars, New York Society of St. Louis,
New England Society of St. Louis, Underbill
Society of America (descendants of Capt.
John Underhill, who came to America in
1630). Republican. Member Lindell M. E.
Church. Member Tuscan Lodge, A. F. & A. M.
Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo Country. Resi-'
dence: Cortright Hall, St. Louis Co. (R. F. D.
29). MELETIO, George, vice president Meletio
Fish and Oyster Co.; born of Greek parents in
Smyrna, Asia Minor, Sept. 7, 1841; son of
George and Despina (Pyrini) Meletio; in boy
hood attended the Smyrna Greek College; at
age of eighteen entered Barth 's English Col
lege, Smyrna, and studied English and French
two years; married at St. Louis, June 28,
1868, Julia M. Roy (died 1899); eight chil
dren, six of whom are living: Julia (Mrs.
Pat Givnan), William, Laura (Mrs. Julian
Green), Monroe, May (Mrs. Walter Burk-

hurst), Florence. Came to America, March,
1866; in vegetable and produce business until
1875; then in oyster and fish business as
Eastman & Meletio; later as Meletio & Cous
ins; business incorporated, 1901, under style
of the Meletio Fish and Oyster Co., of which
is vice president. Member Knights of Pythias,
Woodmen of the World, National Union,
Royal Arcanum. Office: 414-416 Franklin Ave.
Residence: 3723 S. Jefferson Ave.
MELLIER, Albin, manufacturing druggist;
born, New Geneva, Fayette Co., Pa., Sept. 15,
1850; son of Amedee Augustus and Christine
M. (Haverstick) Mellier; educated in Wy
man and Washington universities, St. Louis,
and Princeton University; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 29, 1873, Laura T., daughter of George
R. Taylor; children: Ida Christine, Rebecca
Taylor (Mrs. Allan Pendleton), Adele (Mrs.
Kenneth F. Burnes), Duncan, Taylor, Mar
guerite. Started in business, Sept. 1, 1869, as
clerk for Scott & Mellier, wholesale drug
gists, St. Louis, and on July 1, 1873, became
junior partner in firm of A. A. Mellier, suc
cessor to Scott & Mellier; one of incorpo
rators of Mellier Drug Co., organized Janu
ary, 1887; served as its president until Jan. 1,
1901; since vice president of the company,
manufacturers of proprietary medicines. Dem
ocrat. Episcopalian. Member Royal Arcanum,
Legion of Honor. Favorite recreations: hunt
ing and fishing. Office: 2112 Locust St. Resi
dence: 4903 Berlin Ave.
MELLIER, Kennedy Duncan, manufactur
ing druggist; born, St. Louis, May 23, 1849;
son of Amedee Augustus and Christine M.
(Haverstick) Mellier; educated in public
school, City University and high school, St.
Louis, graduating, 1865; A.B., Princeton Uni
versity, 1869, A.M., 1875; married, St. Louis,
1895, Mrs. Alice Stoner Williams. Entered
employ of Scott & Mellier, wholesale drug
gists, 1869, which was succeeded by A. A.
Mellier, in 1870; became member of firm in
1873, and in January, 1887, business was in
corporated as the Mellier Drug Co.,' manufac
turers of pharmaceuticals, of which is secre
tary and treasurer. Episcopalian. Member
Missouri Historical Society. Clubs: St. Louis,
Noonday, St. Louis Country. Recreation: golf.
Office: 2112 Locust St. Residence: 4 N.
King's Highway.
MELSON, Edmund P., president Missouri
State Life Insurance Co.; born in Ralls Co.,
Mo., Oct. 29, 1866; son of Samuel J. and
Sarah D. (Pendleton) Melson; educated in
public school, New London, Mo., Gem City
Business College, Quincy, ill., and four-year
course U. S. Naval Academy, graduating in
class of 1888; married, Monroe City, Mo.,
May 22, 1888, Virgie I. McClintic; children:
Edna, Irene, Lena. Since 1889, in life insur
ance business; president of the Missouri State
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ness Men 's League. Democrat. Baptist. Clubs:
Mercantile, Glen Echo, Automobile. Recrea
tions: hunting and golf. Office: 410-424 Chem
ical Bldg. Residence: 5164 Washington Boul.
*
MELTZER, Mark Carl, general manager
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States; born, Koenigsberg, Germany,
Apr. 15, 1866; son of Simon and Theresa Melt-
zer; educated abroad and at Metropolis Law
School, New York; married, Feb. 22, 1890,
Dora Sterne, of Columbus, Ga., and New
York; children: Theresa M., Beulah R., Mark
O, Jr. Came to America, 1879; began in life
insurance business with Metropolitan Life In
surance Co., April, 1888, continuing until
1900; since with the ¦ Equitable Life Assur
ance Society, manager at St. Louis since Jan.
1, 1912. Also vice president General Paper
Goods Manufacturing Co., New York; di
rector Broad and Market National Bank,
Newark, N. J., Commercial Casualty Co. Ma
son (32°); member Bunting Lodge No. 655,
A. F. & A. M., New York; New York Con
sistory; Salaam Temple, A. A. O. N. M.. S.,
Newark, N. J. Clubs: Republican, Meridian
(New York), Columbian, Westwood, Progress
(Newark, N. J.). Recreations: reading, horse
back riding. Offiee: Equitable Bldg., 6th and
Locust Sts. Residence: Washington Hotel.
MENESTRINA, Jules Francis, surgeon;
1866-1910; see Vol. 1906.
MENG, Edwin Ruthven, physician; born,
New Bloomfield, Calloway Co., Mo., Mar. 13,
1849; son of Dr. Samuel Thornton and El
mira (Harrison) Meng; educated in public
schools of Dover, Mo.; M.D., Missouri Med
ical College, St. Louis, Mar. 2, 1876; married,
Feb. 22, 1909, Mrs. Alice W. Johnson. En
gaged in practice of medicine since Mar. 2,
1876; since 1893, professor of diseases of
children, Barnes University, Medical Depart
ment, and member of faculty of Barnes Uni
versity. Member St. Louis Medical Society,
Missouri State Medical Association, Ameri
can Medical Association. Democrat. Member
Christian (Disciples) Church. Office: 701 Met
ropolitan Bldg. Residence: Washington Hotel.
MENZENWERTH, Henry, general super
intendent Anheuser-Busch Brewing Associa
tion; born, Washington, Mo., Sept. 27, 1862;
son of Frederick and Mary (Goeter) Menzen-
werth; educated in public schools to fifteen;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 11, 1891, Emelia
Bergman; two children: Henry, Emelia. Be
gan active career at fifteen under his father
in Washington brewery; removed to St. Louis
four years later and became connected with
the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association;
general superintendent since 1890; also third
vice president South Side Bank; director
Diesel-Buseh-Sulzer Machine Co. Protestant.
Clubs: Liederkranz, Apollo, Western Rowing.
Recreations: motor touring, hunting and fish

ing. Office: Pestalozzi, N. E. cor. 9th St. Resi
dence: 3238 Coplin Ave.
MEPHAM, George Saxby, manufacturer of
colors; born, St. Louis, Dec. 11, 1856; son of
M. S. and Maria Mepham; educated in St.
Louis public and high schools; married, St.
Louis, Dec. 4, 1889, Lizzie Lodge. Began
business career in 1873, as clerk in the em
ploy of M. S. Mepham & Bro., wholesale gro
cers, who later began the manufacture of min
eral colors; now head of firm of George S
Mepham, organized, 1902. Member Merchants
Exchange, Missouri Historical Society, Archse
ological Association of America. Republican
Clubs: St. Louis, Contemporary, Missouri Ath
letic. Favorite recreation: archaeological re
search. Office: 20th St. and Lynch Ave., East
St. Louis. Residence: 4434 Westminster PL
MEPHAM, Hampden D., Jr., electric rail
way builder; born, St. Louis, Aug. 28, 1869;
son of Hampden D. and Fidelia (Ludington)
Mepham; educated in public and high schools,
St. Louis; married, 2d, St. Louis, Dec. 26,
1911, Edith Morriss Kendrick; one daughter,
Margaret Kendrick; also two children by first
marriage: Hampden D., Ill, and Jessie May.
Engaged in various pursuits until 1898; es
tablished an exporting business between St.
Louis and New York, and Cuba, in which
continued until 1905; organized the Southern
Traction Co. of Illinois, 1906, and is now in
charge of construction of the road in south
ern Illinois. Recreations: tennis and outdoor
sports. Office: 915 Olive St. Residence: St.
Regis Apts.
MERCER, Sylvester Thompson, wholesale
and commission lumber merchant; born, New
Wilmington, Pa., Sept. 29, 1861; son of Lyle
and Elizabeth (Thompson) Mercer; (father
served in the Civil War; grandfather drove
the first team of horses attached to a farm
wagon across the Allegheny Mountains into
Mercer Co., Pa., and was the first settler to
purchase outright a tract of land there; a
distant cousin, General Hugh, was aid-de
camp to George Washington in the French
and Indian War, was also a prominent figure
in the War of 1812, was wounded in the bat
tle of Princeton, N. J., and died a few days
later) ; educated in public schools in prepara
tory department of Westminster College, New
Wilmington, Pa.; Grove City College, 1881-
82; married, Hermitage, Mercer Co., Pa., Sept.
30, 1891, Lucy J. Robison. Began active ca
reer in general merchandise store at Turtle
Creek, Pa., in 1882; in employ of Joseph
Horne & Co., dry goods, Pittsburgh, 1883-87;
returned to home in Mercer Co., Pa., 1887, and
engaged in manufacture of oak lumber; came
to St. Louis, 1891; managed general merchan
dise store at Ferguson, Mo., and later was
with dry goods house of Scruggs, Vander
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lumber business in St. Louis, December, 1900,
as manager Horace P. Coulter; member firm
of Mercer & Holloway, 1902-03; became part
ner in Coulter, & Mercer Lumber Co., Jan. 1,
1905, and on its incorporation, May 1, 1905,
was elected president of the company; com
pany is also local representative of Southern
and Pacific Coast mills; also interested in
Hattiesburg Lumber Co. Republican. Presby
terian. Member Lumbermen's "Hoo-Hoo"
organization; secretary Brotherhood Club of
Webster Groves. Recreation: gardening. Of
fice: 903-905 Wright Bldg. Residence: 211
Spring Rd., Webster Park, St. Louis Co.
MEREDITH, Charles A., physician; bora,
Pulaski, la., Apr. 21, 1868; son of Andrew F.
and Mary (Wolf) Meredith; educated in dis
trict schools; Southern Iowa Normal College,
to seventeen; Marion-Sims Medical College,
graduating, degree of M.D., 1893; married,
New Haven, Mo., February, 1896, Julia Heid-
mann; one son, Russell W. Engaged in prac
tice in St. Louis since 1893. Member Tri-State
Medical Association. Recreation: traveling.
Office and Residence: 3903 Lee Ave.
MERIWETHER, Lee, lawyer, author; born,
Columbus, Miss., Dec. 25, 1862; son of Minor
and Elizabeth (Avery) Meriwether; educated
at Memphis, Tenn.; studied law; has prac
ticed in St. Louis since 1892; married Jessie
Gair, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 4, 1895; chil
dren: Elsie, Lee, Jr. In 1885-86 took a
"tramp trip" from Gibraltar to the Bos-
phorus; later appointed by the Secretary of
the Interior to write a report on condition of
laborers in Europe; subsequently special
agent Interior Department, and for three
years collected data in regard to labor in
United States and Hawaiian Islands; labor
commissioner of Missouri, 1889-91 and 1895^
96. His report led to laws against "truck
store" system. Reports on municipal govern
ment and street railway franchises led to his
receiving Democratic nomination for mayor
of St. Louis; Public Ownership Party candi
date for mayor, 1901, and claimed election,
but was counted out; again candidate, 1905.
Took a trip, 1891, to the island prisons of
the Mediterranean; on twenty-fifth anniver
sary of his "tramp trip" through Europe
traversed the same route with his wife in an
automobile. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Lieder
kranz. Author: A Tramp Trip — How to See
Europe on Fifty Cents a Day, 1887; The
Tramp at Home, 1890; Afloat and Ashore on
.the Mediterranean, 1892; Miss Chunk, 1899;
A Lord's Courtship, 1900; Seeing Europe By
Automobile, 1911. Office: Wainwright Bldg.
Residence: 3716 Delmar Boul.
MERKLE, William S., contracting engi
neer; born, St. Louis, July 15, 1868; son of
Richard and' Charlotte (Bush) Merkle; edu
cated in public and private schools of St.
Louis; married, Bushberg, Mo., 1897, Emma

Meissner; children: Hildegarde Alvina, Rich
ard William, Edward Gustav. Began business
career in father's wax candle and beeswax
factory, 1886-90; since 1890 in electrical busi
ness; and in 1892 was connected with the
Municipal Light and Power Co.; with West
ern Electrical Supply Co., as manager of engi
neering department, for nine years; joined, in
1902, in organizing the Ewing-Merkle Elec
tric Co.,' jobbers in electrical supplies and
machinery, of which was vice president and
general manager for three years; since has
maintained office as consulting engineer.
Member American Institute of Electrical En
gineers, Electrical League of St. Louis. Favor
ite recreation: hunting. Offiee: 1005 New
Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 2601
Louisiana Ave.
*MERRELL, Albert, physician; moved to
Wilmington, Del.; see Vol. 1906.
MERRELL, George Robert, first vice presi
dent J. S. Merrell Drug Co.; born, St. Louis,
Nov. 13, 1869; son of Jacob Spencer and
Catherine (Kellogg) Merrell; educated in
public schools, St. Louis, Smith. Academy and
St. Louis College of Pharmacy, graduating
from latter, 1889; married, St. Louis, Apr. 12,
1893, Alice Atkins; five children: Spencer At
kins, George Robert, Jr., Charles Marquis,
Ruth Porter, Alice Jane. After leaving school
began business career as clerk with the J. S.
Merrell Drug Co. (established 1845, incorpo
rated 1885), of which later became salesman,
then treasurer, and, since 1901, has been vice
president. Member Business Men's League,
St. Louis Salesmanagers ' Association (direct
or). Republican. Congregationalist. Member
Tuscan Lodge of Masons and Royal Arcanum.
Clubs: Mercantile, Normandie Golf, Arcadia'
Country. Recreations: outdoor diversions.
Office: 2-8 N. 4th St., cor. Market St. Resi
dence: 6209 Washington Ave.
MERRELL, Hubert Spencer, wholesale
druggist; 1858-1911; see Vol. 1906.
MERRICK, Harrison Hopkins, retired jew
eler; born, Carmel, N. Y., January, 1841; son
of Allen and Caroline (Hopkins) Merrick;
educated in public schools, Carmel, to 1856;
widower. Began business career with Ball.
Black & Co., New York City, 1856; came to
St. Louis and was with Eugene Jaccard, jew
eler, 1866-78; resigned to engage in same line,
firm organized as Merrick, Walsh & Phelps
Jewelry Co., of which was continuously presi
dent until retirement from active business,
April, 1901. Republican. Christian Scientist.
Recreation: traveling. Residence: 5174 Cab
anne Avenue.
MERRIWEATHER, Anthony, general sec
retary Salvation Army; bom near York,
England, Mar. 29, 1866; son of George and
Susan (Spence) Merriweather; educated in
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national Training College, Clapton, England,
until 1885; married, Schenectady, N. Y., Mar.
22, 1888, Margaret A. Greenhalgh; four chil
dren: George, William, Rachel, Margaret.
Commissioned as lieutenant Salvation Army,
by Gen. William Booth, July 19, 1885; came
to Ameriea, Aug. 2, 1886; was one of the
earliest Salvation Army officers in this coun
try. Served in different important offices, such
as overseer Training Schools, Oakland, Cal.,
and Chicago; in charge divisions of Connecti
cut, Michigan, Florida and Hawaiian Islands;
general secretary in Omaha, Minneapolis and
Seattle from 1906, until appointed to Mid
land Province, St. Louis, Sept. 5, 1909; St.
Louis general secretary for various branches
of the work in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas
and southern Illinois. Ordained minister of
the Gospel of The Salvation Army, 1895. Rec
reations: reading, walking. Office: 401 Ful
lerton Bldg. Residence: 3920 Maffitt Ave.
MERRYMAN, John F., lawyer; born, Mt.
Vernon, Ky., Sept. 14, 1854; son of Joseph E.
and Harriett N. (Gabriel) Merryman; edu
cated, Gaylord's Academy, Platte City, Mo.;
University of Missouri; Bethany College,
West Virginia, graduating with degree of
A.B., 1874; married, St. Louis, Feb. 1, 1886,
Carrie P. Johnson, who died April, 1892; two
children: Elvira F. and Frank Johnson; mar
ried, 2d, St. Louis, Sept. 5, 1894, Florence
Ruffner; three children: Catherine, Virginia,
Florence. Admitted to the bar, 1874, and
practiced at Platte City for one year, since
at St. Louis. Elected member Missouri House
of Representatives, 1880, serving one term.
Democrat. Member Hamilton Avenue Chris
tian Church. Office: 322, 705 Olive St. Resi
dence: 5936 W. Cabanne PL
MERSMAN, Otto Lewis, real estate; born,
St. Louis, Sept. 18, 1864; son of Joseph J.
and Claudine (Crusbar) Mersman; educated
at Smith Academy and Manual Training
School, graduating, 1883; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 26, 1887, Mary, daughter of John A.
Scudder; children: Scudder, Isabel and Otto
L., Jr. Began business career as president of
Pacific Oil Co., 1886-91; since 1891 engaged in
real estate business in St. Louis. Clubs: Uni
versity, Noonday, St. Louis Country, Racquet.
Recreations: polo, automobiling and travel.
Office: 719 Chestnut St. Residence: 71 Van
deventer Place.
MERTENS, Theodore William, president
Heidbreder Ice Co.; bora, Westphalia, Ger
many, Sept. 1, 1853; son of Henry John and
Gerstine (Fausner) Mertens; educated in pub
lic schools in Germany; married, Fort Madi
son, la., Feb. 26, 1878, Lizzie Schulte; chil
dren: Mary (Mrs. Frank Helman), John O,
Otto, Theodore W., Jr., Herman B., Bernhard.
Began business career in the brick yard and
packing plant of Fischer & Kronenburger,
1870-71; soon after went into ice business for

self, until 1892, when organized, and in 1902
was elected president and manager of the
Heidbreder Ice Co., wholesale ice and coal;
became sole owner, Nov. 16, 1909, and firm
name was changed to T. W. Mertens Ice
Plant. Catholic. Member Catholic Knights of
America, Holy Trinity Benevolent Society.
Office: 12th and Palm Sts. Residence: 3905
Parnell. MERTON, Seth D., contractor; born, Ra
cine, Wis., July 14, 1863; son of John and
Persis Valentia (French) Merton; educated in
public schools, Chicago; married, St. Louis,
May 27, 1903, Bernardine A. White; children:
Julia, Sibley. Resident of Chicago, 1875-83;
began business career as settling elerk on
Chicago Board of Trade; resident of St. Louis
since 1883; engaged in brokerage business on
'change six years, then in electric supply
business three years, and with Heine Safety
Boiler Co. the next six years; contractor in
fire brick construction since 1899. Independ
ent in politics. Unitarian. Club: Engineers'.
Office: 500 Security Bldg. Residence: Clayton,
Missouri. MESKER, Frank, manufacturer iron and
sheet metal work; born, Evansville, Ind., Jan.
8, 1861; son of John B. and Elizabeth Mesker;
educated in private schools and commercial
colleges, Evansville, Ind., to 1878; married,
St. Louis, June 11, 1903, Pauline Gehner.
Began business career in St. Louis, March,
1879, since continuously engaged in manu
facture of iron and sheet metal work as
Mesker & Brother. Member Business Men's
League, Academy of Science. Clubs: St.
Louis, Century, Elks, etc. Office: 421 S. Sixth
St. Residence: 4958 Forest Park Boul.
MESSING, Henry J., rabbi; born, Gostyn,
Posen, Germany; son of Joseph (rabbi and
author) and Fannie (Barnett) Messing; re
moved with parents to London, England, upon
appointment of father as rabbi of the Ger
man Synagogue on Broad St., W. E.; edu
cated in Gymnasium, Glogan; University and
Rabbinical Seminary, Breslau; studied the
Talmud under Grand Rabbi Algas Gutmaster;
married, Williamsport, Pa., January, 1872,
Jennie May; eight children: Elsie Jane Ber-
man (deceased), Lillian (Mrs. Egmont Dill-
mont), Alfred H., Oscar, Hattie (Mrs. M.
Fireside), Josphine (Mrs. Ben Roma), Flor
ence (Mrs. Lawrence May), Roswell. Rabbi
Hebrew Congregation, Dubuque, la., 1868-70,
Williamsport, Pa., 1870-77, Peoria, 111., 1877-
78, United Hebrew Congregation, St. Louis,
1878-1907, rabbi emeritus since November,
1907. Under his administration a new temple
was erected at corner of 21st and Olive Sts.
which was occupied for twenty-one years, and
then the present property at King's Highway
and Morgan St. was acquired. For over thirty
years (until obliged to retire on account of
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Relief Society and the Jewish Educational
and Charitable Union, resigning as first vice
president of latter; founded Hebrew "Free
School Society, 1880 (now a branch of the
Jewish Educational Union). Mason; member
Free Sons of Israel, B'nai B'rith. Home: St.
Louis. MESSMER, Ferdinand, retired; born in
Baden, Germany, Oct. 11, 1833; son of Joseph
and Marguerite Messmer; educated in paro
chial school in Germany; married, St. Louis,
1856, Anna Stark; 'children: Louisa (Mrs. Al
bert Bugg), Minnie (Mrs. Fred. Herming-
haus), Sophie V., Charles, Emily (Mrs. Albert
Seheckner), Clara (Mrs. J. T. Mack-ay), An
nie (Mrs. F. J. Vellner), Ferdinand, Jr., Jo
seph, Ida, Lena (Mrs. Gilbert Anderson), Ed
ward (deceased). Came to St. Louis from
Germany, 1855; metal worker in employ of
the Pauly Jail Works, and the Fulton Iron
Works, and assisted in erecting the dome of
the St. Louis Court House; in 1863 became
a government contractor, forging bridle bits
for the U. S. Government, and later changed
to locksmith, and brass worker, finally devel
oping the Ferd. Messmer Manufacturing Co.,
brass founders, of which was president until
January, 1907, when retired. Odd Fellow.
Residence: 2845 Lemp Ave.
MESSMER, Ferdinand, Jr., president Ferd.
Messmer Manufacturing Co., brass foundry
and machine shop; born, St. Louis, Aug. 20,
1871; son of Ferdinand and Anna (Stark)
Messmer; educated in public schools of St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, May 10, 1893, Rose
Duerbeck; one son, Walter. Began active
career in manufacturing business under
father, 1888; was made secretary of the com
pany, 1891, treasurer, 1902, and elected presi
dent, 1908; now serving as president and
treasurer. Director St. Louis Altenheim. Rec
reations: baseball, motoring. Office: 2700 S.
7th St. Residence: 3307A S. Jefferson Ave.
MESSMORE, John L., president Ballard-
Messmore Grain Co.; born, Pancoastburg, O.,
Jan. 6, 1861; son of Alvan Lotan and Evaline
Howard (Leach) Messmore; educated in high
schools at London, O., and St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, Oct. 18, 1893, Elizabeth A. Marks.
Began active career as traveling salesman
for Crowley, Eisner & Co., St. Louis, 1880-82;
solicitor for Rosenbaum Bros., Chicago, 1882-
84; formed firm of Blair & Messmore, grain
dealers, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1885; traveling sales
man for H. & L. Chase Bag Co., St. Louis,
1887-91; assisted in organizing firm of Bal
lard, Messmore & Braun, 1892, which in 1908
became the Ballard-Messmore Grain Co., of
which is president. Member executive com
mittee Council of Grain Exchanges of North
America; first viee president St. Louis Mer
chants' Exchange; ex-president St. Louis
Grain Club; member Civie League. Repub
lican. Protestant. Member Ohio Society of

St. Louis (ex-president). Mason. Clubs: Glen
Echo Country (vice president, 1911), Contem
porary, Automobile. Recreations: golf, travel,
motoring. Office: 520 Merchants' Exchange.
Residence: 5848 Von Versen Ave.
MESTON, Charles Robert, electrical engi
neer; bora, Kilbagie, near Edinburgh, Scot
land, Oct. 8, 1867; son of Archibald and Mag
dalene Jane (Smart) Meston; attended schools
at Elgin and Edinburgh, Scotland, up to
1876, and at Detroit, Mich.; married, St.
Louis, 1896, Nancy Van Rensselaer Ashcroft;
one son, Alexander William. Began business
career as bookkeeper, Blackmer & Post Pipe
Co., St. Louis, 1885-89; with Southwestern
Electrical Engineering Co., St. Louis, 1889-
90; organized, 1890, Emerson Electric Manu
facturing Co., in connection with A. W. Mes
ton and Judge J. W. Emerson, to engage in
general electrical manufacturing; since 1893
has had full charge of the manufacturing
part of the business; now first vice president
The Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co.,
whose specialty is manufacture of electric
motors. Associate member American Institute
Electrical Engineers; member Business Men's
League, Citizens' Industrial Association.
Independent Republican. Protestant. Clubs:
Mercantile, Missouri Athletic, Noonday. Of
fice: 21st St. and Washington Ave. Residence:
5 Kingsbury PL
MESTON, Thomas M., second vice presi
dent The Emerson Electric Manufacturing
Co.; born, Elgin, Scotland, June 23, 1871; son
of Archibald and Magdalene Jane (Smart)
Meston; educated in public and high schools
in Canada; married, St. Louis, Apr. 27, 1893,
Mary Ella Sugru (now deceased); one son,
Robert Scott; married, 2d, Nov. 10, 1909,
Gertrude S. Phillips, of St. Louis; one daugh
ter, Elizabeth. Came to St. Louis in 1886, and
was engaged as clerk with the Simmons
Hardware Co. until 1897; became secretary to
The Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co.,
manufacturers of electrical apparatus, so con
tinuing until 1905, when was elected second
vice president of the company. Independent
in politics. Clubs: St. Louis, Glen Echo,
Noonday, Bellerive Country. Office: 2030
Washington Ave. Residence: 501 Clara Ave.
MEYER, Alfred Charles Frederick, cashier
South Side Bank of St. Louis; born, St. Louis,
Aug. 6, 1873; son of John P. and Wilhelmina
(Kueck) Meyer; educated in Peabody (pub
lic) and St. Louis high schools; private school
in Weisbaden, Germany; LL.B., Law Depart
ment of Washington University, 1895; mar
ried, St. Louis, Jan. 15, 1898, Christine Ar
nold; children: Alfred Arnold, John Philip,
Margaret (deceased), Arnold, Roderick Max,
Richard Frederick. Practiced law in St. Louis
with Rudolph Schulenberg, in firm of Sehulen-
berg & Meyer, 1895-1904; dissolved, June,
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Bank of St. Louis as caphier and also director.
Member St. Louis Bar Association, Business
Men's League. Republican. Clubs: Union,
Liederkranz. Recreation: aiumismatics. Of
fice: N. W. cor. Broadway and Pestalozzi St.
Residence: .1605 Missouri Ave.
MEYER, Carl Frederic, treasurer, St. Louis
Cooperage Co.; born, St. Louis, June 11, 1880;
son of George Frederic and Katherine (Plant)
Meyer; attended St. Louis public schools un
til 1897, then entered St; Louis Manual Train
ing School, from which graduated in 1899;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 30, 1907, Norburu
Berry; one daughter, Elizabeth. On leaving
school entered the service of the St. Louis
Cooperage Co. (established by father in 1884),
and is now treasurer of the company. Inde
pendent in polities. Episcopalian. Recreation:
tennis. Office: Main and Arsenal Sts. Resi
dence: 24 S. Rockhill Rd., Webster Groves,
Missouri. MEYER, Edwin John, secretary of insur
ance companies; bora, St. Louis, Nov. 29,
1855; son of Frederick and Claudine (Hugo)
Meyer; educated in public schools and Wy
man 's School, St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Jan. 17, 1911, Louise Lee Rabuski. Began
business career as boy in printing house, then
was for some years^ in the passenger depart
ment of the Frisco Line, and afterwards for
nine years with Wickham & Pendleton, whole
sale grocers. In 1888 became assistant secre
tary and in 1902 was elected to present posi
tion as secretary and trustee of the German
Mutual Life Insurance Co. of St. Louis, and
secretary, treasurer and director of the Wash
ington Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of St. Louis.
Republican. Protestant. Member Liederkranz.
Recreations: fishing, music. Office: -506 Olive
St. Residence: 3005 Lafayette Ave.
MEYER, Ernest William, manager Eden
Publishing House; born, Basel, Switzerland,
Jan. 18, 1872; son of John Jacob and Verena
(Kiefer) Meyer; educated in public schools
and gymnasium, Basel; Elmhurst College,
Elmhurst 111.; married, Cincinnati, May 30,
1893, Emilie Lehmann; four children: Ernest
J. J. (deceased), Thusnelda E., Carl Armin,
Verena Brunhilde. Came to America, 1887;
learned printer's trade at Cincinnati; entered
journalistic and publishing field at Cincinnati,
1894, continuing at Huntingburg and Crown
Point, Ind., and Pittsburgh, Pa.; settled in St.
Louis, fall of 1908, and since connected with
Eden Publishing House, manager since fall of
1910. Member St. Paul's Friedens Evangel
ical Church. Independent in politics. Recrea
tions: baseball and fishing. Office: 1716-1718
Chouteau Ave. Residence: 2027 Russell Ave.
MEYER, Frederick William, president Enno
Sander Mineral Water Co., manufacturers of
soda and mineral waters; born, Hanover, Ger
many, June 15, 1862; son of Frederick W. and
Charlotte (Waechter) Meyer; public school

education; married, St. Louis, Dec. 20, 1881,
Emma Lembach; one child, Gladys (Mrs. Ed
win Ballman). Arrived in America in Novem
ber, 1867; as a boy was employed as city
lamp lighter during Mayor Brown's term at
a salary of eleven dollars a month; began
business career as clerk in store of Fred Net-
terhut, 2310-2312 Chouteau Ave., 1875-78;
then in hardware store of William Stutz,
1878-79; with older brother started a grocery
store, continuing 1879-82; worked for Grone
& Co., pioneer soda and mineral water manu
facturers, 1882-90. Started in manufacturing
business for self, June 17, 1890, at 1550 S.
7th St., continuing there until 1896; then lo
cated at 211-213 St. George St. and continued
for seventeen years; president Meyer-Mein-
hardt Co., 1890-1912; bought out the business
of Enno Sanders Mineral Water Co., 1912, and
now president of the company; also pro
prietor of Les-Cheneaux Hotel, Meyer, Mich.
Republican. Protestant. Fotvnded Missouri
Bottlers' Association, at Moberly, Mo., 1906,
and was elected first president; again elected
president, 1912, and now chairman board of
directors; third vice president American Bot
tlers' Protective Association; member Citi
zens ' Industrial Association, German Protest
ant Orphan Society, Rock Springs Saenger-
bund, St. Louis Altenheim, West St. Louis
Turn Verein, Elks, Knights of Pythias. Clubs:
Million Population, Missouri Athletic, Olym-
pia Athletic, Western Rowing. Recreations:
fishing and hunting. Office: 2807 Lawton
Ave. (new modern building, S. E. cor. Comp
ton and Lucas Aves., after Nov. 1, 1912).
Residence: 5619 Cates Ave. Summer Resi
dence: Les-Cheneaux Hotel, Meyer, Mich.
MEYER, George Adolph, banker, wholesale
grocer; born, Burlington, la., Nov. 18, 1860;
son of Adolph and Emma (Knust) Meyer;
educated in private German school and pub
lic schools of Burlington, la.; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 14, 1883, Dora Ludewig; chil
dren: Clara Louise, Georgia, Edwin, Carl.
Began business career as office boy with
Biklen-Winzer Grocer Co., 1876-78; salesman,
1878-82; removed to St. Louis, 1882; sales
man Wulfing-Dieckriede & Co., and Fink &
Nasse, 1882-88; president Meyer, Schmid &
Robyn Grocer Co., 1888-94; president Meyer-
Schmid Grocer Co., 1894-1909, since chairman
of the board; president International Bank of
St. Louis since Oct. 21, 1911; formerly di
rector Mechanics-American National Bank;
vice president Vane-Calvert Paint Co., Nie
meyer Drug and Paint Co. Member Business
Men's League, Civic League. Member board
of Children's Industrial Home. Independent
Republican. Clubs: Glen Echo, Union (presi
dent, 1905-06), Liederkranz, King's Lake
Hunting and Fishing. Recreations: outdoor
life, principally motoring, hunting and fish
ing. Office: 4th and Olive Sts. Residence:
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MEYER, George Theodore, adjuster for
Meyer Bros. Drug Co.; born, Ft. Wayne, Ind.,
Jan. 10, 1867; son of J. F. William and Julia
(Gerke) Meyer; educated in parochial school,
Ft. Wayne, Ind., Ft. Wayne High School, Dr.
Sachs' Collegiate Institute, New York, Har
vard, academic course, three years, Har
vard Law School, two years; married; St.
Louis, Feb. 1, 1893, May Andrews; children:
Ridgely William, Gladys Julia, Ella May.
Since Sept. 15, 1890, engaged in present posi
tion as adjuster for the Meyer Bros. Drug Co.
Republican. Episcopalian. Club: Amateur
Athletic Association. Recreations: fishing,
tennis and golf. Office: Meyer Bros. Drug Co.,
4th St. and Clark Ave. Residence: 5869 Cates
Avenue. MEYER, Gustave John, wholesale druggist;
born, New York, Sept. 23, 1848; son of Mar
tin and Caroline Meyer; educated at Con
cordia College, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; married, St.
Louis, Apr. 22, 1875, Emma Hertel; children:
Arthur F., Olivia F. (Mrs. Olivia F. Browne),
Jerome G. Began business in 1863 as a clerk
with Meyer Bros., retail drugs; came to St.
Louis, 1867, and became connected with
Meyer Bros. & Co., wholesale drugs; later
.went back to Indiana for two years; returned
to St. Louis, and on incorporation of the
Meyer Bros. Drug Co., in 1889, was elected
to present position as secretary of the com
pany. Member Business Men.'s League, Latin-
American Club. Was member First Regiment,
Missouri State Guards. Episcopalian. Office:
219 S. 4th St. Residence: 3853 Westminster
Place. MEYER, Harry Henry, physician; born,
Labadie, Franklin Co., Mo., Oct. 8, 1872; son
of Alfred William and Emilie (Mueller)
Meyer; educated in country school and one
year in high school; graduated from Missouri
Medical College, M.D., 1897; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 13, 1906, Olive Hill; two children:
Delphina Roberta, Geraldine. Came from
Labadie, Mo., to St. Louis, in 1889; entered
employ of Gildehaus, Wulfing & Co.; studied
medicine, 1894-97; interne at St. Louis Fe
male Hospital one year; assistant physician
St. Louis Insane Asylum, for one and one-
half years; studied in Berlin, Germany, and
Vienna, Austria, fifteen months; in general
practice since 1901. Member Alumni Wash
ington University, St. Louis Medical Society,
Missouri State and American Medical associa
tions. Awarded Chemistry (Curtmann) Prize,
1896. Protestant. Recreation: hunting. Of
fice: 1823 N. Taylor Ave. Residence: 1723 N.
Taylor Ave.
MEYER, Isaac, retired; bora in Germany,
June 27, 1849; son of Louis and Rebecca
(Falk) Meyer; educated in schools of Shreve
port, La.; married, St. Louis, May 6, 1875,
Bertha Suss; children: Mrs. Florence M.
Kirschbaum, Alex. S., Mrs. Adele M. Stix,

Leon G., Lucille B. Removed to St. Louis
from Shreveport, and at age of nineteen be
came connected with the firm of Meyer, Ban-
nerman & Co., manufacturers and wholesale
dealers in saddlery, harness, etc.; was partner
until 1911, when firm retired from business.
Democrat. Member Royal Arcanum. Clubs:
Columbian, Westwood Country. Recreation:
golf. Office: 806 Chestnut St. Residence:
4378 Lindell Ave.
MEYER, Jacob, retired; born in Bavaria,
Dec. 5, 1847; son of Louis and Rebecca
(Falk) Meyer; educated in common school;
married, , Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 18, 1881,
Blanche Hayman; children: Lester, Alvin,
Arthur, Erma (Mrs. Abe Rosenberger, of
Kansas City, Mo.). Began as clerk in retail
store at Shreveport, La.; with earnings, and
a small inheritance, entered business with
Jacob Straus under firm name of Jacob Straus
& Co., in 1866; dissolved in 1870, when with
Isaac Meyer and James Bannerman estab
lished firm of Meyer, Bannerman & Co.,
wholesale saddlery manufacturers, and job
bers of saddlery hardware, which firm retired
from business, 1910; president Meyer-Banner-
man Real Estate Co. Democrat. Israelite.
Founded and was first president of Columbian
Club. Was formerly trustee of the Mullanphy
Board; director Hebrew Charitable Associa
tion of St. Louis. Recreations: traveling,
hunting and fishing. Residence: 4236 Lindell
Boulevard. MEYER, John Ferdinand, merchant miller;
born in Westphalia, Germany, July 25, 1830;
son of Adam and Maria (Hartmann) Meyer;
educated in private schools in Germany; mar
ried, 1862, Anna C. Fechtel (died, June, 1902) ;
children: Herman, Anna, Henry, Ferdinand,
Lutwig, Joseph, Rosa (Mrs. W. Barry), Elea
nora. Learned to be a miller in Germany;
came to St. Louis from Germany, 1860, and
engaged in grocery business three years and
four months; began in commission business
in 1865, in firm of Imbs & Meyer, which be
came Imbs, Meyer & Fusz in 1866, and Imbs,
Meyer & Co. in 1872; changed to Meyer &
Bulte, 1881, and in 1894 retired from com
mission business and entered with sons into
present business as merchant miller, under
style of John F. Meyer & Sons, of which is
president; also president of Meyer & Sons
Milling Co., Springfield, Mo., operating two
mills, the Queen City and the Model. Demo
crat. Was in German Army, 1851-53. Catho
lic; member St. Vincent de Paul Society (was
president eleven years) ; ex-president Catholic
Orphans' Society. Office: 724 Laclede Bldg.
Residence: 1739 Pennsylvania Ave.
MEYER, John Jacob, clergyman and con
sul of Switzerland; born, Basel, Switzerland,
May 8, 1859; son of John Jacob and Verena
(Kiefer) Meyer; educated in public schools,
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Basel, to 1874; French school Neuveville, Can
ton Bern, six months; in banking house of
Benedict La Roche, Basel, 1875-78; Theolog
ical Seminary University of Basel, 1879-82;
Ph.B., and A.M., Taylor University, Indiana;
married, Basel, May 30, 1882, Clara Allen-
spach; children: Rev. Paul J. (of Cincinnati),
Richard (of St. Louis), Rev. Achilles B. (of
Pendleton, Mo.), Alfred T., Werner S. (de
ceased), Theodora, Hedwig, Martha V. Came
to America, 1882; ordained Evangelical min
istry, 1882; pastor Stearley ville, Ind., 1882-
83, Princeton, Ind., 1883-85, Cincinnati, 1885-
90; superintendent Deaconess' Hospital, Cin
cinnati, 1890-92; pastor circuit, Lebanon, Ma
son, Foster, O., 1892-98, Boonville, Ind., 1898-
1905, St. Paul's Friedens Church, St. Louis,
since Aug. 1, 1905; also consul of Switzerland
for Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and southern
Illinois, since Mar. 8, 1912. Member German
Evangelical Synod of North America. Trustee
Good Samaritan Hospital, Emmaus Asylum
for Epileptics and Feeble Minded. Recrea
tions: study of history and languages; fishing.
Residence: 2006 S. 13th St.
MEYER, Otto Paul, vice president Meyer
Bros. Drug Co.; bom, St. Louis, Feb. 28,
1870; son of C. F. G. and Frances (Schmidt)
Meyer; educated in University of Michigan,
graduating with degree of Ph.O, 1890; mar
ried, Grand Rapids, Mich., June 6, 1894, Alice
Hewett McGowan; two children: Frances
Theodora and Adelaide Virginia. Began busi
ness career in laboratory of Meyer Bros.
Drug Co., 1891; manager of laboratory, 1894;
assistant secretary of the company, 1896, vice
president since 1909. Republican. Recreation:
motoring. Office: 4th St. and Clark Ave. Resi
dence: 4112 Westminster PL
MEYER, Robert, president Meyer Bros.
Coffee and Spice Co.; born on farm in Frank
lin Co., Mo., Sept. 20, 1865; son of Alfred
William and Emilie (Mueller) Meyer; edu
cated in public schools in Franklin Co., Mo.,
and in Bryant & Stratton Business College,
St. Louis, 1884-85; married, St. Louis, Nov.
18, 1896, Amanda Endres; children: Aimee
Elise, Robert Endres. Left farm in 1881 and
clerked in general store in Augusta, Mo., until
1884; came to St. Louis to attend business
college; kept books for commission house two.
years; traveling salesman, 1888-94; assistant
general manager local coffee firm, 1894-99;
organized Meyer Bros. Coffee and Spice Co.,
September, 1899, and has since been president
of the company. Member Business Men's
League, St. Louis Manufacturers ' Association.
Protestant. Mason. Club: Masonic. Recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Office: 400 S.
7th St. Residence: 7 Shaw PL
MEYER, Rudolph J., clergyman; born, St.
Louis, Nov. 8, 1841; son of George Henry
and Anna Mary (Kemper) Meyer; educated
St. Louis University, Boston College, George

town College and Woodstock (Md.) College.
Entered the Society of Jesus, July 11, 1858;
ordained priest, Roman Catholic Church, 1873;
in Europe, 1874-75; minister and prefect of
studies, St. Xavier College, Cincinnati, 1876-
77; prefect of studies, St. Ignatius College,
Chicago, 1877-79; president St. Francis Xavi
er 's College, Cincinnati, 1879-81; president
St. Louis University, 1881-85; provincial of
Missouri, 1885-89; commissary or visitor of
the California Mission Society pf Jesus, 1889;
prefect of studies and, later, rector, Marquette
College, Milwaukee, Wis., 1890-92; delegated
to assist at the General Congregation, Society
of Jesus, Loyola, Spain, 1892; assistant for
English; speaking provinces of Society of
Jesus, with residence in Rome, 1893-1906; su
perior of Buffalo Mission Society Jesus, whose
colleges and houses he annexed to the Ameri
can provinces of the order, 1906-07; provin
cial of Missouri since 1907. Author: First
Lessons in the Science of the Saints, 1902;
The World in Which We Live, 1908; also
many articles on religious subjects in news
papers and magazines. Address: St. Louis
University. MEYER, Theodore Frederick, president of
Meyer Bros. Drug Co.; born in Ft. Wayne,
Ind., June 4, 1857; son of Christian F. G. and
Franciska Therese (Schmidt) Meyer; edu
cated in German Lutheran parochial schools
and public schools in St. Louis; Concordia
College, Ft. Wayne, Ind., graduating, 1876;
University of Michigan, College of Pharmacy,
graduating, 1878; married, San Antonio, Tex.,
June 20, 1888, Eda Hampmann; children:
Theodore F., Jr., Elizabeth K. Entered em
ploy of Meyer Bros. & Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind.,
1878; transferred to house of Meyer Bros. &
Co., Kansas City, Mo., 1879; transferred to
Meyer Bros. & Co., St. Louis, 1883; in charge
of Dallas, Tex., branch, 1887-89; elected vice
president and manager of Meyer Bros. Drug
Co., 1889, holding that position until 1906,
since which time has been president of the
company, importers and wholesale druggists,
manufacturers of pharmaceutical prepara
tions, Imperial Crown Perfumes, drug millers
and paint grinders (established in Ft. Wayne,
Ind., 1852, opened in St. Louis, 1865, incor
porated, 1889). Independent in politics. Presi
dent National Wholesale Drug Association.
Clubs: St. Louis, Commercial, Glen Echo; Rec
reation: driving. Office: cor. 4th St. and
Clark Ave. Residence: 4930 Lindell Boul.
MEYERS, John Christian, general agent
Reliance Life Insurance Co. of New York;
bora, Bremen, Germany, Feb. 23, 1857; son
of Henry and Elizabeth (Petersen) Meyers;
educated in Realschule and High School
(Gymnasia), Bremen; came to America, 1879,
and took course in commercial college; mar
ried, St. Louis, Oct. 25, 1882, Louise Schopp;
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University of Hlinois), Arthur C. (lieutenant
U. S. Navy), and- Ruth. Established American
Sporting Goods Co., 1887; started "Force"
magazine, 1900; built Crystal Natatorium,
1908; manager at St. Louis of the Germania
Life Insurance Co., 1909-12; since general
agent Reliance Life Insurance Co. Served as
volunteer in German army one year; was spe
cial dispatch messenger in war between Ger
many and France, 1870-71; commodore U. S.
Volunteer Life Savers for Western Waters
since 1904. Member board of directors
Muegge Institute; member Society for Phys
ical Education, Schiller Verein, Ethical So
ciety. Owner of medal awarded by German
Government, 1872, for saving life of drown
ing person. Became citizen of United States,
1884. Independent in poltics. Member Ger
man Protestant Church. Clubs: City, St.
Louis Turn Verein, Western Rowing, Missouri
Athletic Recreation: general athletics. Of
fice: 11th floor, New Bank of Commerce Bldg.
Residence: 3611 McDonald Ave.
MICHAEL, Elias, president of Rice-Stix
Dry Goods Co.; born, Eschau, Bavaria, Ger
many, Sept. 28, 1854; son of Simon and Sarah
(Ottenheimer) Michael; educated in public
schools of Memphis, Tenn.; married, Cincin
nati, June 17, 1886, Rachel Stix; one daugh
ter, Selma (died, 1894). When fifteen years
of age entered employ of Rice, Stix & Co.,
wholesale dry goods, at Memphis, Tenn., Sept.
15, 1869, as stock clerk; when nineteen, ap
pointed buyer for notion department; in 1879,
owing to yellow fever in Memphis, firm con
cluded to open at St. Louis, and, upon locat
ing here, he was made buyer of the hosiery,
notions, furnishing goods and white goods
departments; was admitted to interest in
business in 1884 and made full partner, 1885;
upon incorporation of firm, 1899, was made
secretary; served as vice president, 1903-06,
since president of the company, original cap
ital of which was $2,000,000, increased in
1902 to the present capital of $4,000,000.
President Premium Manufacturing Co.; di
rector Commonwealth Trust Co., National
Bank of Commerce. Independent in politics.
Member Board of Education of St. Louis,
1904-10 (finance committee); appointed by
Mayor Wells as vice chairman Bridge and
Terminals Commission. Jewish religion; mem
ber of board of directors of Jewish Charitable
and Educational Union of St. Louis. Trustee
St. Louis Provident Association, Self Culture
Hall Association; member executive board
Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association
(chairman trades committee). Member Busi
ness Men's League (vice president), St. Louis
Manufacturers' Association, National Whole
sale Dry Goods Association (president, 1910-
11), and identified with all prominent charita
ble and educational organizations. Director
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Clubs: Co

lumbian, Mercantile (president, 1902), Noon
day, Contemporary, Glen Echo Country. Prin
cipal recreation: golf. Office: 1000 Washing
ton Ave. Residence: 4383 Westminster PL
MICHEL, Charles Eugene, physician, ocu
list; born, Charleston, S. C, May 9, 1833;
son of John and Anna (Febve) Michel; edu
cated in private schools of Charleston, and
Charleston College (literary) ; graduated from
Medical College of State of South Carolina,
Charleston, March, 1857; post-graduate study
in medical schools and hospitals of Paris,
France, 1857-60; married, Celeste E. Nidelet;
two chidren. Served in Confederate Army as
surgeon in the field, and later was in charge
of hospitals at Graysville, Marietta, Atlanta
and Macon, Ga.; engaged in practice at St.
Louis after war; specialist in ophthalmology;
professor of ophthalmology in Missouri Med
ical College, 1869-1907. Ex-member St. Louis
Medical Society and Missouri State Medical
Association. Independent Democrat. Recrea
tions: hunting and outdoor sports. Office and
Residence: 2925 Washington Ave.
MICHEL, Joseph A., cashier Penn Mutual
Life Insurance Co.; born, St. Louis, May 8,
188.1; son of Joseph and Maria (Mascheck)
Michel; educated in SS. Peter and Paul's Pa
rochial School, St. Louis, to 1895; unmarried.
Began business career as clerk with J. W.
Teasdale & Co., 1895, continuing until 1896;
then engaged with Penn Mutual Insurance
Co., St. Louis office, of which has been cashier
since 1899. Catholic. Recreations: fishing and
bowling. Office: 510 Chemical Bldg. Resi
dence: 2237 Missouri Ave.
MICHEL, Pierre A., dentist; born, New
Orleans, Jan. 25, 1878; son of Pierre and
Minnie A. (Fulkerson) Michel; educated in
grammar and high schools, New Orleans, to
June, 1895; D.D.S., Dental Department, Uni
versity of Maryland, Baltimore, Mar. 31,
1898; married, St. Louis, Aug. 13, 1901, Anna
F. Brettelle; one daughter, Pearl A. Prac
ticed in New Orleans, May 20, 1898-Dec. 31,
1903; demonstrator operative technics, New
Orleans College of Dentistry, sessions of 1899-
1900 and 1900-01; came to St. Louis, Jan. 4,
1904, and opened offiee at 3903 W. Belle PL on
Jan. 20 following; moved to present address
Dec. 27, 1910. Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Member Xi Psi Phi dental fraternity, Royal
Arcanum, National Union, Knights of Colum
bus. Recreation: bowling. Office: 4908 Del
mar Ave. Residence: 5863 Etzel Ave.
MICHENER, Walter Lewis, life insurance
manager; born in Montgomery Co., Pa., Aug.
2, 1871; son of Theodore and Lydia D. (Pugh)
Michener; educated in public schools of Phila
delphia; married, Philadelphia, June 16, 1896,
Alice H. Hancock; children: Edward Russell,
Walter Lewis, Jr. Served three years in
printing business; in 1887 entered employ of

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Provident Life and Trust Co. of Philadelphia,
as errand boy, and was promoted from time
to time until 1901, when was made cashier of
the insurance department. In April, 1904, was
sent to St. Louis to take the general agency
for the company, which (with Edwin S. Wil
liams) now conducts under style of Michener
& Williams, general agents. Republican. Epis
copalian. Mason (Chapter, Commandery,
Shrine). Clubs: Mercantile, Normandie Golf.
Recreation: golf. Office: Central National
Bank Bldg. Residence: 5108 Vernon Ave.
MICHENFELDER, Charles John, president
Missouri Cider and Vinegar Co.; born, St.
Louis, June 5, 1855; son of Francis and Jo
sephine (Schiehle) Michenfelder; educated in
St. Mary's Parochial School to 1867; Chris
tian Brothers College, 1867-68; then Poly
technic High School to 1869; three years in
Central High School, 1869-72; married, St.
Louis, May 10, 1881, Margareth E. Buse; four
children: Harry A., Mae, Albert A., Adele.
Began business career as bookkeeper Frank
lin Savings Bank, St. Louis, 1872, and con
tinued until 1878; then engaged in general
commission business to 1899; acquired owner
ship of Green & Clark's cider business, 1899,
which was incorporated, 1902, as the Mis
souri Cider and Vinegar Co., of which has
since been president. Catholic. Member Catho
lic Knights of America/ Royal Arcanum. Rec
reations: rowing, bowling and billiards. Of
fice: 205-207 S. 16th St. Residence: 2345 S.
13th St.
MIDDLEKAUFF, Frank Gibson, brick
manufacturer; 1863-1906; see Vol. 1906.
MIDDLETON, John Alexander, freight
traffic manager; born, Kingston, Ont., Oct. 11,
1856; son of Lewis and Sophia (Lyall) Mid-
dleton; educated in public schools; married,
St. Louis, July 22, 1885, Jean B. Murray;
children: Lewis L., Bessie (Mrs. James A.
Work, Jr., of Elkhart, Ind.), Vera, Will M.
Began business career, 1870, as telegraph
messenger; tinner and cornice maker, 1870-78;
clerk Simmons Hardware Co., 1879-82; entered
service of St. Louis & San Francisco R. R.,
as clerk in freight department, Jan. 11, 1883,
and became chief clerk in same, July 1, 1884;
assistant general freight agent, Jan. 1, 1890;
general freight agent, July 1, 1900; since
July 1, 1904, freight traffic manager of the
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Co.; also
freight traffic manager of the Chicago & East
ern Illinois Railroad Co., since Jan. 1, 1912.
Independent in politics. Member National
Geographic Society, Business Men's League.
Episcopalian. Member Royal Arcanum, Na
tional Union. Clubs: Mercantile, Traffic of
St. Louis, Normandie Golf. Office: 1013 Frisco
Bldg. Residence: 5830 Clemens Ave.
MIDLAM, William Thomas; bom, Erie,
Pa., June 23, 1860; son of Charles E. and
Helen E. Midlam; educated in public schools

of Erie, Pa., until fifteen; married, Hartwell,
O., Apr. 8, 1896, Edith May Hancock. Began
business with Empire Transportation Co., as
office messenger, in Erie, Pa., and promoted
to different clerkships from April, 1876, to
January, 1889, during which time name of
the company was changed to Empire Line,
authorized fast freight line of the Philadel
phia & Erie Division of the Pensylvania R.
R.; promoted to agent at Evansville, Ind.,
Feb. 1, 1889; promoted to agent at Cincin
nati, Jan. 1, 1892; was agent at St. Louis,
Jan. 1, 1895, to May 31, 1908; freight solicitor
for Star Union Line and Anchor Line since
June 1, 1908. Republican. Served three years
in militia of Pennsylvania. Methodist. Club:
The Traffic of St. Louis. Recreation: baseball.
Office: 226 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 583S
Maple Ave.
MILBRADT, Gustave A., president Mil-
bradt Manufacturing Co.; born, Bielefeld,
Germany, Oct. 13, 1858; son of August and
Hattie (Strochine) Milbradt; educated in
public schools of St. Charles, Minn.; married,
St. Paul, Minn., Apr. 24, 1907, Hanna Luecke.
Began manufacture of rolling step ladders in
St. Paul, 1886; came to St. Louis, 1896; incor
porated, 1906, as the Milbradt Manufacturing
Co., of which has since been president and
treasurer. Methodist. Member of Business
Men's League, Civic League. Club: Automo
bile. Recreation: motoring. Office: 1436-1442
N. 8th St. Residence: McKnight Rd., Clayton,
Missouri. MILIUS, George Washington, shoe manu
facturer; born, Cincinnati, May 7, 1854; son
of William S. and Eva (Wolf) Milius; edu
cated in Cincinnati public schools; married,
St. Louis, Apr. 14, 1886, Pauline Stix; chil
dren: Evelyn, William Stix, Dorothea, Helen.
Was connected with shoe manufacturing con
cern as traveling salesman before forming a
similar connection with the Wertheimer-
Swartz Shoe Co. on its organization in De
cember, 1891, of which company he is now
vice president. Republican. Hebrew; director
Jewish Hospital; member Young Men's He
brew Association. Mason. Clubs: Columbian,
Glen Echo, Westwood Country. Recreation:
golf. Office: 18th and Locust Sts. Residence:
5143 Westminster PL
*MILKS, Lewis Lyon, agricultural imple
ments; moved to Indianapolis; see Vol. 1906.
MILL, Milton, sales agent; bora, Chicago,
Mar. 22, 1870; son of James W. and Alice
(Slack) Mill; educated in public schools of
Chicago; married, St. Louis, Dee. 5, 1904,
Anna Blow Johnson; one son, William Blow.
Began business career with Thomas Kane &
Co., machinery manufacturers, as clerk and
office man for five years, and became man
ager of the machinery department; member
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tractors, Little Rock, Ark., four years; then
came to St. Louis and engaged with Western
Electrical Supply Co., as assistant manager,
remaining until 1902, when, on organization
of Ewing-Merkle Electric Co., jobbers of elec
trical supplies, became secretary; since April,
1907, representative of Weston Electrical In
strument Co., Chicago Fuse Manufacturing
Co. and American Conduit Manufacturing Co.
Member League of Electrical Interests. Re
publican. Protestant. Office: 915 Olive St.
Residence: 6021 Berlin Ave.
*MILLARD, Clifford I., lumber; moved to
Norfolk, Va.; see Vol. 1906.
MILLER, Alfred I., railway purchasing
agent; 1865-1911; see Vol. 1906.
MILLER, Edward Joseph, president of St.
Louis Screw Co.; born, Vienna, Austria, June
11, 1863; son of Edward and ' Josepha
(Thaute) Miller; educated in grammar school,
Cincinnati, until July, 1871, and grammar
school at Jefferson City, Mo., until 1877; mar
ried, Feb. 8, 1888, Caroline F. Jaeger; chil
dren: William H.- (deceased), Rosabel (Mrs.
Charles Moody, of Jennings, Mo.), Irene, Ed
ward, Marguerite, Roy, Roland, Carroll (de
ceased), Lawrence. Began business career at
Jefferson City, as grocery clerk, 1877-80; lum
ber clerk and bookkeeper, 1880-83; came to
St. Louis, October, 1883, and worked for
Medart Pulley Co., successively as laborer,
machine helper and shipping clerk, to 1886;
started St. Louis Screw Co. as co-partnership,
1886, incorporated Nov. 26, 1888, and has
since been president of the company. Mem
ber Business Men's League, Citizens' Indus
trial Association, Manufacturers' Association,
Metal Trades' Association. Independent in
politics. Non-sectarian. Club: Rotary. Rec
reations: hunting and fishing. Office: Clarence
and Bulwer Aves. Residence: Jennings, Mo.
MILLER, Edward Terhune, general attor
ney St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Co.;
born, Keytesville, Mo., Dee. 29, 1870; son of
John Caskie and Ann Almeria (Hawes) Mil
ler; educated in public schools of Keytes
ville, graduating 1886; Wentworth Military
Academy, Lexington, Mo.; Westminster Col
lege, Fulton, Mo., graduating with degree of
B.S., 1889, M.S., 1892; married Bessie Town-
send, of Gallatin, Mo., Jan. 20, 1904; one
child, Edward Hawes, born May 26, 1907.
Admitted to bar, 1892, and practiced at
Keytesville, 1892-98; Brunswick, 1898-1901,
again at Keytesville, 1901-03; removed to St.
Louis, January, 1903, and entered office of
Boyle, Priest & Lehmann; became connected
with legal department of the Frisco R. R.,
Feb. 1, 1908, and has served as general at
torney of same since Jan. 1, 1909. President
West End Bank. Democrat. Presbyterian.
Member Missouri Bar Association, St. Louis
Bar Association, Sons American Revolution,

Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Mason, Knight
Templar. Clubs: Mercantile, Normandie Golf.
Recreation: golf. Office: Frisco Bldg., 9th
and Olive Sts. Residence: 6318 Waterman
Avenue. *MILLER, Frank E., dining car service;
moved to Oklahoma; see Vol. 1906.
MILLER, Franklin, lawyer; bom, Lan
caster, Mo., Mar. 25, 1878; son of Henry A.
and Ella (Potter) Miller; educated in public
schools of Lancaster and Memphis, Mo., grad
uating from Memphis High School, 1892;
A.B., University of Missouri, 1901; LL.B., St.
Louis Law School, 1903; unmarried. Ad
mitted to bar, 1903, and engaged in general
practice; member firm of Harlan, Jeffries &
Wagner, 1905-07; since 1909 member of firm
of Wagner & Miller. Member St. Louis Bar
Association (treasurer, 1910-12), Missouri
State Bar Association, Law Library Associa
tion, St. Louis Code Club, Phi Beta Kappa,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternities.. Recrea
tions: literature and music. Office: 830 Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 5871 Washington Ave.
MILLER, George Washington, wholesale
wallpaper; bora, Wooster, O., Mar. 23, 1859;
son of George W. and Amanda (Conner) Mil
ler; educated in public schools of Wooster;
married, Taylorsville, 111., June 5, 1902, Mary
E. Carroll. Clerk in the wallpaper store of
Holland & New, Des Moines, la., 1879-82;
went to California, 1882, and was employed
by Marsh, Eckstrom & Strassburg of Los An
geles in same line; later represented the Na
tional Wall Paper Co., as traveling salesman,
covering western territory, and on dissolution
of that company, in 1901, joined with asso
ciates in organizing the G. W. Miller Wall
Paper Co., of which is president. Office: 1504
Pine St. Residence: 1321 Blackstone Ave.
MILLER, Gregory Sears, physician; born,
St. Louis, Aug. 17, 1867; son of Tom, Jr., and
Jane Ann (Sears) Miller; educated in Clin
ton (public) School, 1875-82; Smith Academy
of Washington University, 1881-85; M.D., St.
Louis Medical College, 1888; married, St
Louis, Apr. 9, 1890, Lillie B. Holland; chil
dren: Frank G., Katherine J. Engaged in
general practice of medicine in St. Louis since
Mar. 10, 1888; now Supreme Medical Director
of Legion of Honor of Missouri. Republican.
Episcopalian. Club: Masonic. Offiee and Resi
dence: 3866 Russell Ave.
MILLER, Haiden Curd, freight traffic man
ager Mobile & Ohio R. R. and Southern Rail
way Co. in Mississippi;, born, Louisville, Ky.,
Jan. 16, 1858; son of George R. and Mary
(Curd) Miller; educated at Cecilian College,
near Elizabethtown, Ky.; married, Louisville
June 26, 1880, Nettie M. Smedley; children:
Haiden Curd, Jr., Josephine Edrington. Be
gan railway service as bill clerk for Louis
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freight agent, Louisville, Apr. 1, 1883; chief
clerk general freight office, same road, at
Montgomery, Ala., December, 1887; general
freight and passenger agent, Alabama Mid
land R. R., February, 1890; general freight
agent Georgia Pacific R. R., November, 1892;
assistant general freight agent Southern Ry.,
November, 1895; general freight agent Mo
bile & Ohio R. R., 1898, freight traffic man
ager from 1906. Democrat; was for five years
member State Guard Kentucky. Episcopa
lian. Member Sons of Confederate Veterans,
Southern Society. Club: Missouri Athletic.
Recreations: fishing and hunting. Office: 910
Fullerton Bldg. Residence: 5802 Julian Ave.
MILLER, Howard Eliot, secretary Miller
Coal and Coke Co.; born, St. Louis, Nov. 16,
1870; son of Charles E. and Anna R. (Dodge)
Miller; educated in public and high schools of
St. Louis; unmarried. Studied law for two
years, but abandoned same to enter U. S.
postal service; was connected with the St.
Louis Postoffice for twenty years, resigning
to enter the coal business; assisted in organ
izing the Miller Coal & Coke Co., of which
has been secretary since January, 1910, com
pany soliciting railroad, government and mu
nicipal steam contracts, and operating coal
mines at O 'Fallon and Belleville, 111. Inde
pendent in politics. Unitarian. Recreation:
bowling. Office: 1234 Syndicate Bldg. Resi
dence: 1108 S. 18th St.
MILLER, John Clark, merchant tailor;
1857-1907; see Vol. 1906.
MILLER, John J., physician; bora, Fayette,
Howard Co., Mo., May 3, 1842; son of James
and Martha J. (Woodson) Miller; educated in
grammar school until fourteen years of age;
at St. Charles (Mo.) College, 1856-57; Univer
sity of Nashville and Western Military In
stitute, Nashville, Tenn., graduating, A.B.,
and receiving a lieutenant's commission,
1860; entered Missouri State Guard as in
structor of tactics, with rank of captain, in
spring of 1861; wounded and permanently dis
abled from active service, September, 1861;
M.D., St. Louis Medical College (now Med
ical Department, Washington University),
March, 1864; in May, 1864, appointed assist
ant surgeon Confederate States Army, and
served at Winder General Hospital and Libby
Prison Officers,' Hospital, Richmond, Va., un
til the occupation of Richmond by Federal
troops, 1865; married, St. Louis, Dec. 28,
1865, Mary Elizabeth Burd; children: Richard
Burd, Mary Evelyn (Mrs. Frederick Vierling),
Clara Maud (Mrs. Edison B.'Sherzer). After
war practiced in suburbs of St. Louis until
1892, when moved into the city. Member St.
Louis Medical Society, Missouri State Med
ical Association, American Medical Associa
tion. Democrat. Member M. E. Church, South.
Office: S. E. cor. Taylor Ave. and Suburban
Ry. Residence: 4439 W. Morgan St.

MILLER, Joseph Gilinan, broker in steel
rails and railroad material; born, St. Louis,
May 11, 1859; son of Joseph Gilman and
Adele (Shirmer) Miller; graduated from St.
Louis High School, 1877; married, St. Louis,
1889, Caroline O 'Fallon; children: Caroline
O'F., John O'F. From 1877 to 1887 was em
ployed in traffic department of "Vandalia,"
< ' Wabash, " " Big Four ' ' and St. Louis South
western railroads; with Tudor Iron Works,
1887-90; secretary Madison Car Co., 1890-94;
since 1894, in business for self as broker in
railroad material. Presbyterian. Mason,
Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs: St. Louis,
Noonday, Missouri Athletic, Racquet, Belle
rive Country, Dardenne. Recreations: golf,
motoring, and fishing. Office : Commonwealth
Trust Bldg. Residence: 32 Portland PL
MILLER, Lewis Bennett, author; born in a
settler's cabin on Blocker Creek, Cooke Co.,
Tex., May 27, 1861; son of Henry and Lurilla
(Osborn) Miller; early education in frontier
school houses of Texas; A.B., Texas Christian
University, Thorp Spring (now Fort Worth),
Tex., 1881; unmarried. Teacher Greek and
Latin, Texas Christian University, 1881-84;
teacher public schools of Texas, 1885-87; in
office work, Keokuk, la., and St. Louis, Bur
lington and "Big Four" railways, 1888-91; in
employ publishing company (now Crowell
Publishing Co.), Springfield, O., 1892-93;
writer of short stories of adventure for lead
ing magazines, 1894-1903; took up homestead
in Western Oklahoma, 1904. Club: Papyrus.
Member Christian (Disciples) Church. Au
thor: The White River Raft, 1910; A Crooked
Trail, 1911; Saddles and Lariats, 1912. Resi
dence: 3749 Laclede Ave.
MILLER, Oscar Winston, president Boggs
Broom Corn Co.; born, Evansville, Ind., Apr.
10, 1875; son of Charles P. and Marie (Pree-
torius) Miller; educated in public schools of
Evansville; married, St. Louis, Sept. 29, 1902,
Sadye Loewen; two children: Ruth Loewen
and Oscar Winston. Began active career with
the German-American Press Association, 1891,
continuing until 1902; with Loewen Broom
Corn Co., 1901-06; since 1906 in charge of the
Boggs Broom Corn Co., of which is president
and manager; also president Kalkaska Broom
Handle Manufacturing Co., Kalkaska, Mich.
Republican. Episcopalian. Member Business
Men's League. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
Latin American. Recreation: outdoor sports.
Office: 1206-1212 N. 1st St. Residence: 5622
Cabanne Ave.
MILLER, Owen, musician and editor; born
near Camden, N. J., Oct. 23, 1850; son of
George and Margaret (Stuart) Miller; edu
cated in home public schools to 1864; married,
St. Louis, Feb. 12, 1902, Margaret Heben-
streit. Served in United States Army, sta
tioned at St. Louis Arsenal and Jefferson
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Louis Symphony Orchestra, 1885-1900; en
gaged in St. Louis theaters since 1883. Had
charge of the music for St. Louis Centennial
celebration, 1909; editor International Mu
sician since 1901. Member American Federa
tion of Musicians (secretary), St. Louis Mu
sicians' Union (president), Missouri State
Federation of Labor (president), Central
Trades and Labor Union (ex-president) ; also
member Board of Freeholders, and advisory
board of Rankin School. Was state senator
from Thirty-first Missouri District, 1889-93.
Democrat (progressive). Quaker. Member
Knights of Pythias, Maccabees. Clubs: Mil
lion Population, Asehenbroedel. Office: 3535
Pine St. Residence: 2820 La- Salle St.
MILLER, Richard Bernard; see Vol. 1906.
MILLER, Richard Burd, treasurer O. J.
Lewis Mercantile Co.; born in St. Louis Co.,
Mo., Sept. 26, 1866; son of Dr. John J. and
Mary E. (Burd) Miller; educated in public
schools and in Manual Training School of
Washington University. Bookkeeper for Al-
kire Grocery Co., St. Louis, 1882-86; book
keeper, 1886-97, to president of Collins Bros.
Drug Co., until its retirement from business;
in 1897 became secretary, and is now treas
urer, of the O. J. Lewis Mercantile Co., salvage
commission merchants; also president Well
ston Pharmacy Co. Member M. E. Church,
South. Member Masonic orders. Office: 616
N. 8th St. Residence: 4439 Morgan St.
MILLER, Richard E., artist; born, St.
Louis, Mar. 22, 1875; son of Richard L. and
Essie (Story) Miller; educated in St. Louis
public schools to 1893; while engaged at
newspaper work, began study in art at St.
Louis School of Fine Arts, 1885, and con
tinued until 1889; went abroad, 1899, and
student in Julien Academy, Paris, France, un
til 1901; married, London, England, Novem
ber, 1907, Harriet, daughter of Joshua Adams,
of Providence, R. I.; one daughter, Elsbeth.
First picture exhibited, Paris, France, award
ed gold medal Salon, 1901; second gold medal
Salon, 1904; awarded medal, St. Louis, 1904;
medal, Leigh, Belgium, 1905; medal Portland
(Ore.) Exposition, 1905; French Government
purchased Salon, pictures, 1908 and 1909, for
the Luxemburg galleries. Knighted by Presi
dent of France, Chevalier of The Legion of
Honor, 1906. Represented in galleries at St.
Louis, Mo.; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh,
Pa.; Peta Pala, Paris, France; Florence and
Venice, Italy; private collection King of It
aly, Rome; Budapest, Hungary; Berlin, Ger
many; Stockholm, Sweden; Christiania, Nor
way; The Hague, Holland; Leigh, Belgium,
etc. Member International Society of Paint
ers and Sculptors, Paris Society of American
Painters, American Art Students' Associa
tion, Artists' Guild, St. Louis. Address: 14
Rue Boisanade, Paris, France. Residence:
3806 Arsenal St., St. Louis.

MILLER, Webster L., wholesale coal mer
chant; bora, St. Louis, Mar. 2, 1875; son of
Charles E. and Anna Robertson (Dodge) Mil
ler; educated in St. Louis public schools and
St. Louis High School; married, June 1, 1908,
Miss Edna Simpson, of Troy, Mo.; two chil
dren: Eugene H., Webster L., Jr. Clerk in au
ditor's office, Cairo Short Line, 1891-96; clerk
in auditor's office of Illinois Central R. R.,
at Chicago, 1896-99; traveling auditor, St.
Louis, Peoria & Northern Ry., St. Louis,
1899-1900. Started in coal business, 1900, with
Consolidated Coal Co. of St. Louis, in sales
department; sales agent Madison Coal Co.,
1901-02; on Apr. 1, 1902, when Cluley-Miller
Coal Co. was organized, became president of
the company, wholesale jobbers and, shippers
of coal, and also operating mine under name
of Fullerton Coal Co., at Belleville, HI; so
remained until March, 1911, when he organ
ized the Miller Coal and Coke Co., of which
is president. Member Order of Kokoal. Ma
son (George Washington Lodge, Consistory
and Shrine). Recreations: billiards and hunt
ing. Office : 1234 Syndicate Trust Bldg. Resi
dence: 6120 Waterman Ave.
MILLER, William A., elevator manufac
turer; born in Effingham Co., 111., Oct. 11,
1869; son of A. W. and Elizabeth (Hoggie)
Miller; educated in public schools of Hlinois
and St. Louis; married, St. Louis, 1891, Sarah
Hackmann; children: William, Olind, August,
Irene, Esther. Came from Illinois to St.
Louis in 1881; learned trade in shops of
Charles D. Hoffman, with whom remained four
years, then, in 1886, established as a manu
facturer of passenger and freight elevators;
incorporated the business, 1895, as William A.
Miller Elevator Manufacturing Co., of which
is president. Lutheran. Recreations: motor
ing, hunting and fishing. Office: cor. 9th and
Vietor Sts. Residence: 3110 New Ashland PL
MILLER, William Jackson, surgeon; born
in Davis Co., Mo., July 29, 1869; son of John
and Isabella C. (Allen) Miller; graduated
from high school, Jameson,' Mo., 1887; M.D.,
Marion-Sims Medical College, 1893; married,
St. Louis, Apr. 18, 1900, Ella E. Hammerstein;
one son, William Chester. Began practice in
St. Louis, with Dr. A. C. Bernays; afterwards
in clinical work at Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore; located in St. Louis, 1900, and has
since made specialty of surgery. Democrat.
Member St. Louis Medical Society, Missis
sippi Valley Medical Association, American
Medical Association. Mason. Recreation: out
door life. Office: 307 Humboldt Bldg. Resi
dence: 3227 Geyser Ave.
MILLS, Charles Smith, clergyman; born,
Brockton, Mass., Jan. 17, 1861; son of Charles
Lewis and Rebecca Bartlett (Smith) Mills;
educated in Boston public schools, 1866-73;
Eliot High School, Boston, 1873-74, Roxbury
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emy, Andover, Mass., 1876-78, graduating,
1878; Amherst College, 1878-82, A.B., 1882,
Hartford Theological Seminary, 1882-84; An
dover Theological Seminary, 1884-85, grad
uating 1885 (D.D., Oberlin College, 1901, Am
herst, 1907) ; married, Hartford, Conn., June
17, 1885, Alice Morris; children: Margaret
Morris, Charles Morris. Ordained to min
istry of Congregational Church at Springfield,
Vt., July 2, 1885; pastor of Congregational
Church, Springfield, Vt., 1885-88, First Con
gregational Church, North Brookfield, Mass.,
1888-91; secretary Brookfield Service Asso
ciation, 1886-88, designing and publishing
Sunday Evening Responsive Services, reach
ing circulation of nearly a million copies, and
president same, 1891; pastor Pilgrim Congre
gational Church, Cleveland, 0., 1891-1905;
moderator Ohio State Association Congrega
tional Churches and Pastors, and president
Ohio Home Missionary Society, 1897-98; was
made corporate member American Board
Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1897
chairman Committee of Reorganization Con
gregational Home Missionary Society, 1905
pastor of Pilgrim Congregational Church, St.
Louis, since 1905. Trustee Oberlin College
since 1896, Drury College since 1905, Hart
ford Theological Seminary since 1906, Chicago
Theological Seminary since 1906. Director St.
Louis Congregational City Missionary So
ciety. Club: Glen Echo Country. Residence:
5130 Washington Boul.
MILLS, Edwin Weller, lawyer; born, Web
ster Groves, Mo., Nov. 22, 1878; son of Ralph
W. and Mary Wilda (McKinney) Mills; edu
cated at Webster Groves grammar and high
schools; A.B., Centre College, Danville, Ky.,
1899; instructor Centre College, 1900-01;
LL.B., Centre College Law School, 1901; mar
ried, McAfee, Ky., June 14, 1905, Addie Cle-
land Lapsley. Admitted to bar, Jan. 18, 1902;
has been assistant prosecuting attorney for
St. Louis Co.; appointed by Governor Hadley,
probate judge of said county, July 27, 1909;
elected prosecuting attorney and served since
January, 1911. Attorney for Webster Groves
Loan and Building Association. Member of
Law Library Association. Republican. Pres
byterian. Favorite recreations: hunting and
fishing. Office: Clayton, Mo. Residence: Web
ster Groves, Mo.
MILTENBERGER, George, cider manufac
turer; bom, Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 28, 1844;
son of Anthony and Mary Letitia (Bryan)
Miltenberger; removed to St. Louis in child
hood; educated in private and public schools
and Central High School, St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, May 15, 1881, Kittie Lassen; chil
dren: George, Jr., William Paul, Alexander
Lassen. Began business career as assistant
shipping clerk to Bryan & Miltenberger,
wholesale grocers, 1859; then clerk for the
Pacific Insurance Co. and Citizens' Insurance

Co., until 1862; was employed continuously
on river steamers for twenty-five years; man
ager cotton seed purchasing department of
American Cotton Oil Co. of New York, at
Memphis, Tenn., 1886-87; left Memphis, 1888,
came to St. Louis, and was member of James
W. Scudder & Co., until Sept. 10, 1895, when
bought controlling interest in the Clarksville
Cider Co., of which has since been president
and treasurer; also treasurer and director R.
U. Realty Co. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mem
ber Legion of Honor. Recreations: fishing and
walking. Office: 3601 Selena St. Residence:
3758 Pine St.
MILTENBERGER, Mansfield Banton, mer
chant; 1847-1910; see Vol. 1906.
MINNIS, James Louis, lawyer; bora in
Carroll Co., Mo., Nov. 6, 1866; son of Thomas
W. and Emeline (Templeman) Minnis; edu
cated at William Jewell College, Liberty,
Mo., studied law in law office, and admitted
to bar, 1887; married Martha A. Standley, of
Carlisle, Ky., Oct. 30, 1889; children: Milton
Stanley, Marie Louise, James Louis, Wells
Blodgett. Prosecuting attorney, Carroll Co.,
1889-91; member Missouri legislature, 1896-
98; delegate, 1896, delegate-at-large, 1900,
Republican National conventions; moved to
St. Louis, 1900; general attorney, 1906-07;
general solicitor since Nov. 1, 1907, Wabash
R. R. ; also general counsel Pacific Express
Co. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday. Recreations:
boating and hunting. Offiee: Lincoln Trust
Bldg. Residence: 6 Beverly PL
MITCHELL, George W., contractor and
builder; born, Independence, Mo., Jan. 7,
1870; son of Isaac N. and Mary J. (Carver)
Mitchell; descendant on mother's side of the
Carver family of Masaschusetts; educated
public schools of Leavenworth, Kan.; mar
ried, St. Louis, Apr. 25, 1895, Susan C. Bal
son; children: Calvin B., Eva B., George M.
Located at St. Louis, 1886; early became ac
quainted with building trade, to which has
applied himself as. contractor since 1897. Re
publican. Methodist. Member Knights of
Pythias. Recreation: athletics. Office: 5899
Delmar Boul. Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
MITCHELL, Isaac McGirk, treasurer Crun
den-Martin Woodenware Co.; born, Lexing
ton, Mo., May 2, 1868; son of Z. J. and Lizzie
I. (McGirk) Mitchell; educated in St. Louis
High School; married, St. Louis, 1898, Anna
D. Wheat; one son, Daragh1 G. Began busi
ness career in 1884, with Udell & Crunden,
changing in 1891 to Martin Woodenware Co.,
and in 1892 to present style of Crunden-Mar
tin Woodenware Co., of which is treasurer.
Member Credit Men's Association. Independ
ent in politics. Presbyterian. Recreations:
hunting and fishing. Office: 2d and Gratiot
Sts. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
MITCHELL, John E., manufacturer, in
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1871 ; son of Jefferson Franklin and Sidney
(Hix) Mitchell; educated in public schools of
Tullahoma and by private tutor; married,
Tullahoma, Dec. 24, 1894, Libbie Laurent
(now deceased); two children: John Elvin,
Jr., Orville. Began designing special ma
chinery at age of eighteen; in 1895 became
connected with Knickerbocker Co., of Jack
son, Mich., the company manufacturing his
inventions; in 1901, incorporated the Mitchell-
Parkes Manufacturing Co., for manufacture
of special machinery; during 1904, designed
and perfected the Alsop Process, for purify
ing flour and other substances; now president
Alsop Process Co., of Toronto, Can.; vice
president and general manager The Alsop
Co., St. Louis; director in other manufactur
ing concerns and interested in lands in the
South. Has obtained over 100 U. S. and for
eign patents on own inventions. Democrat.
Member Tennessee Society of St. Louis. Mem
ber Christian (Disciples) Church. Recreation:
automobiling. Office: 506 Olive St. Residence:
6205 Simpson Ave.
MITCHELL, Lee F.; see Vol. 1906.
MITCHELL, Leonard Francis, vice presi
dent Mitchell Clay Manufacturing Company;
born, Maysville, Mason Co., Ky., Oct. 12,
1851; son of Stanislaus and America (Bay-
less) Mitchell; educated Maysville public
schools and at University of Maysville; un
married. Began active career in manufacture
of fire brick with father in St. Louis, 1872;
later firm became S. Mitchell & Sons, and in
corporated, 1886, as the Mitchell Clay Manu
facturing Co., of which is vice president; also
secretary Cheltenham Fire Clay Co.; vice
president Mitchell Realty and Investment Co.
Democrat. Office: 5625 Manchester Ave. Resi
dence: 1915 America Ave.
MITCHELL, Leonidas Stratton, assistant
to the president National Bank of Commerce;
born in Montgomery Co., 111., Aug. 11, 1863;
son of James B. and Martha (Dysart) Mitch
ell; educated in public schools, Kirksville,
Mo., and at State Normal School, Kirksville,
Mo.; married, Clinton, Mo., Aug. 17, 1886,
Lura Owen; children: Owen, Helen, Frances.
Taught school in Randolph and Caldwell coun
ties, Mo.; was connected with what is now
the Citizens' National Bank, Kirksville, Mo.,
1883-87, and with Citizens ' National Bank,
Kansas City, Mo., 1887-92; came to St. Louis
and was With St. Louis Trust Co., 1892-1902;
secretary of Colonial Trust Co. from 1902
until it was merged, in May, 1903, into the
Commonwealth Trust' Co., of which was treas
urer until . January, 1909; since assistant to
the president National Bank of Commerce.
Democrat. Presbyterian. Offiee: . 701, 420
Olive.lSt. Residence: 4426 Lindell Boul.
MITCHELL, Samuel Alfred, lawyer; born
nea,r Cincinnati P. O., Washington Co., Ala.,

May 27, 1883; son of John C. and Mary
(West) Mitchell; A.B., University of Arkan
sas, Fayetteville, Ark., 1903; LL.B., Univer
sity of Michigan, 1906; married, St. Louis,
Jan. 14, 1910, Ruth Young; one child, Samuel
West. Admitted to Missouri bar, 1906, and
engaged in general practice in St. Louis,
1906-10; connected with Mercantile Trust Co.
since June, 1910. Democrat. Presbyterian.
Member St. Louis Bar Association, St. Louis
Law Library Association, Kappa Sigma Fra
ternity, Civie League. Clubs: University,
City. Recreations: reading and outdoor diver
sions. Office: Mercantile Trust Co., 721 Locust
St. Residence: 5564 Von Versen Ave.
MITCHELL, Stanislaus, president Mitchell
Clay Manufacturing Co.; born, Maysville,
Ky., Oct. 6, 1855; son of Stanislaus and
America (Bayless) Mitchell; educated district
schools of St. Louis Co.; business course at
Christian Brothers College; public schools of
Maysville; unmarried. Associated with father
in clay manufacturing business, 1875-80 ; mem
ber firm of S. Mitchell & Sons, 1880-86; presi
dent Mitchell Clay Manufacturing Co. since
1886; vice president Cheltenham Fire Clay
Co.; president Mitchell Realty and Invest
ment Co.; director Chouteau Trust Co. Demo
crat. Member Royal Arcanum, Legion of
Honor, Columbian Knights. Club: Missouri
Athletic. Recreation: traveling. Office: 5625
Manchester Ave. Residence: 1915 America-
Avenue. MIX, George Edward, lawyer; born, Water-
ville, Oneida Co., N. Y., Aug. 21, 1876; son of-
Daniel and Ida (Bigelow) Mix; educated in
public schools of New Britain, Conn., and at
Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Mass.;-
LL.B., Yale University, 1904 (elected perma
nent secretary of his class); was president
Yale-Kent Debating Club and held record
for championship in Indian club swinging;
married, Belleville, 111., Feb. 29, 1908, Irene:
Zent, daughter of Morris F. Zent, of Belle1-
ville. Began practice in New York City, July, ¦
1904; came to St. Louis, February, 1905, as
attorney for Chicago House Wrecking Co.;
in general practice since January, 1907. Ap
pointed, 1909, by St. Louis Circuit Court, as
special commissioner in case of Johnson vs.
the United Railways Co., wherein nearly
$3,000,000.00 was involved. Member American
Bar Association, Civic League. Member Pole
Star Lodge No. 79, A. F. & A. M.; St. Louis
Chapter No.. 8, Royal Arch Masons. Club:;
Yale (New York).- Recreations: golf, swim
ming and gymnastics. Offiee: 1312, 506 Olive
St. Residence: 5830 Westminster PL
MOBERLY, Alfred Frederick, carriage
manufacturer; born, Buford, O., Dec. 20, 1866;
son of James and Sarah (Foreman) Moberly; ,
educated in public schools; married, Buford,
Feb. 15, 1893, Myra Moon; children: Mabel,
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in Ohio; went, to Council Bluffs, la., 1890, and
entered employ of Keys Bros. Carriage Co.,
and in a short time had charge of the ship
ping department and assembling department;
in 1894 came to St. Louis and became con
nected with Joseph W. Moon Buggy Co., in
which purchased an interest, becoming a di
rector, later secretary, and is now vice presi
dent of the company; also treasurer Moon
Motor Car Co. Member Christian (Disciples)
Church. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Of
fice: Main and Douglas Sts. Residence: 3223 A
Dodier St.
MOBERLY, Jerire Barling, director Mer
cantile Trust Co.; born in Saline Co., Mo.,
Dec. 3, 1874; son of James B. and Rebecca
Moberly; educated in Stoddard School and
Branch High School at 7th and Chestnut Sts.,
until 1890; married, St. Louis, June 15, 1895,
Alice Babcock; one son, Milton. Began busi
ness career in 1890, and was employed by
Hammett & Morrison, in tie and timber busi
ness until 1892; private secretary of B. F.
Hammett, president of the Hammett-Ander-
son-Wade Real Estate Co., until he sold his
interest in that company; then in employ of
Anderson- Wade Realty Co., until organization
of the Mercantile Trust Co., of which was
assistant secretary until 1909, since director
and real estate loan officer same. Member Mt.
Cabanne Christian Church. Club: St. Louis.
Office: 721 Locust St. Residence: 5561 Water
man Ave.
MODER, Ferdinand Joseph, art goods; born,
Schlesselburg, Bohemia, June 3, 1842; son of
John and Catherine (Cervenka) Moder; edu
cated in private schools in Bohemia and in
America; married, St. Louis, Feb. 2, 1865,
Mary E. Harding; children: Mary E., K.
Matilda, John F., George Edward. Began as
apprentice to gilding trade with George M.
Harding, finishing in 1865; associated with
him as shop manager until 1881; then with
old firm of Pettes & Leith, 1881-88; in 1888
established for self in art goods line, making
a specialty of artistic framing, re-gilding,
etc.; now head of firm of F. J. Moder & Son.
Member Knights of America. Office: 910 Pine
St. Residence: Shrewsbury Park.
MODISETTE, James Breading, general pas
senger agent Pennsylvania Lines (Vandalia
R. R.); born, Uniontown, Pa., Apr. 19, 1859;
son of Robert M. and Mary (Austin) Modi-
sette; educated in public and private schools,
Uniontown, Pa., to 1872; attended Chelten
ham Academy until 1876; Hills School, Potts-
town, Pa., class of 1879; married, Pittsburgh,
June 19, 1888, Edna Jeffery Ford; three chil
dren: Robert M., De Mott, Ellen Ford. Be
gan railroad career at Cincinnati, 1885, and
continuously engaged in various clerical and
official positions; general passenger agent of
the Vandalia R. R. at St. Louis, since 1910.
Member Business Men 's League. Republican.

Episcopalian. Member Royal Arcanum, Na
tional Union. Clubs: Mercantile, Traffic. Rec
reations: hunting, fishing, golf. Office: 1301
Syndicate Trust Bldg. Residence: 15 Park
land PL
MOELLMAN, William August, president
Nelson Distilling Co.; born, Venedy, Wash
ington Co., 111., Sept. 1, 1860; son of Henry
and Catherine (Wortman) Moellman; edu
cated in public schools and Johnson's Com
mercial College; married, Venedy, Nov. 2,
1882, Olga E. Eckelman; children: William
Henry, August Henry, Olga H. Was in the
retail grocery business at St. Louis for fif
teen years; salesman in wholesale grocery firm
for eight years; in 1903 became secretary, and
in January, 1906, secretary and treasurer, of
the Nelson Distilling Co., wholesale liquors;
since July, 1909, president and sole owner of
the business; president Phos-Ferrone Manu
facturing Co. Republican; member-at-large of
the City Council, elected April, 1905, for
term expiring April, 1909. Is president Teu
tonic Hall Association. 32° Mason (Ascalon
Commandery, Knights Templar) ; member
Elks, I. O. O. F., Knights of Pythias. Mem
ber Christian Church. Member Liederkranz
Society. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Oasis, Ce
dar Crest Country. Favorite recreations:
bowling, literature and music. Office: 922 N.
Broadway. Residence: 2355 Louisiana Ave.
MOFFITT, Nathaniel Lyon, grain commis
sion; born, St. Louis, Oct. 17, 1862; son of
William and Mary (Stewart) Moffitt; educated
in public schools of St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, 1895, Olive Boogher; children: Sophie
Josephine, Olive, Natalie. Began business ca
reer in 1879 as clerk at the East St. Louis
Elevator; clerk with Hubbard & Bartlett
Commission Co., 1882-86; was secretary of
the same company from 1886 until firm
changed to present style of Hubbard & Mof
fitt Co., grain commission merchants, of which
is now vice president. President St. Louis
Grain Clearing Co.; member St. Louis Mer
chants' Exchange (ex-vice president), St.
Louis Grain Club, Chicago Board of Trade,
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, Kansas
City Board of Trade. Member St. Louis Man
ufacturers' and Exporters' Association (di
rector), Civie League. Methodist. Mason
(32°); member Tuscan Lodge No. 360, A. F.
& A. M., Knights Templar, Missouri Con
sistory, Moolah Temple, Mystic Shrine. Clubs:
St. Louis, City. Recreations: literature and
travel. Office: 212 Chamber of Commerce.
Residence: 48 Kingsbury PL
MOLITER, Frederic Albert; see Vol. 1906.
MOLL, Adolph Arthur, president A. Moll
Grocer Co.; born, St. Louis, Sept. 25, 1873;
son of Adolph and Hedwig (Ballaseux) Moll;
educated in public schools, St. Louis; Toens
feldt's School; Manual Training School; un
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Electric Co., continuing for two years; en
tered grocery business as clerk with the A.
Moll Grocer Co., June, 1895; was acting gen
eral manager, and after death of brother,
Paul, 1903, became vice president and general
manager; president since 1907. Recreations:
hunting, fishing and traveling. Office: 618
Franklin Ave. Residence: 4530 Berlin Ave.
MOLLENHAUER, Louis Christopher, real
estate; born, Lewiston, Lewis Co., Mo., Sept.
8, 1868; son of John and Elenora (Feigenspan)
Mollenhauer; educated in paroehial schools
of Quincy, 111.; married, Minnie Florence
Retemeyer, of Quincy, Apr. 20, 1887. Engaged
in the contracting and building business in
Quincy, 1889-90; reporter on the Quincy Jour
nal, 1891-92; operated fancy poultry farm,
18,92-94; salesman for Swift & Co., 1895-99;
engaged in dyeing and cleaning business,
1899-1905; since Apr. 19, 1905, in real estate
business; with Fischer & Co. Real Estate Co.,
1905-07, since with A. R. Schollmeyer. Mem
ber Real Estate Exchange. Republican. Lu
theran. Club: Arcadia Country. Recreations:
theatre, reading, gardening. Office: 705 Chest
nut St. Residence: 767 Aubert Ave.
MOLLMANN, Herman, secretary of the
Campbell Iron Co.j. bora, St. Louis, July,
1865; educated in public schools of St. Louis.
Began business career in 1885, as a minor em
ploye of Waterman, Campbell & Co., and
continued with that firm until it was incor
porated, 1891, as the Campbell Iron Co., job
bers of heavy hardware, of which has since
been secretary. Office: 809 Cass Ave. Resi
dence: 2300 Holly Ave.
MONNIG, Joseph A., president Tyler Ware
house Co.; born, St. Louis, May 2, 1860; son
of Otto and Emma Monnig;, educated in
Christian Brothers College to 1876; entered
Missouri State University, 1877, graduated,
1879; married, St. Louis, September, 1885,
Lena Burger; three sons: Emil J., Eugene G.,
Joseph T. Began business career with' Wul
fing, Dieckriede & Co., wholesale grocers, 1880,
and continued until 1897; then secretary St.
Louis Syrup and Preserve Co. to 1910 (re
tired); secretary Dickson Street Realty and
Investment Co.; director Monnig Dry Goods
Co., Fort Worth, Tex.; since May, 1912, presi
dent Tyler Warehouse Co. Independent in
politics. Protestant. Office: 315 Fullerton
Bldg. Residence: 3036 Hawthorne Boul.
MONROE, Charles M., wholesale stationer;
born, St. Louis, Sept. 18, 1858; son of George
W. and Sarah Elizabeth (Randall) Monroe;
educated in public schools; married, St. Louis,
May 4, 1903, Lillie L. Gates; one son, Charles
M., Jr. Engaged in stationery and notions
business since Sept. 23, 1877; incorporated
business in August, 1905, as the Charles M.
Monroe Stationery Co., of which is president
and treasurer. Democrat. Was first lieutenant
of Company K, First Regiment, National

Guard of Missouri, 1883-87; resigned. Offiee:
209 N. 3d St. Residence: 5374 Maple Ave.
MOON, Edward W., elevator manufacturer;
born, Louisville, Ky., Feb. 22, 1844; son of
John L. and Jane P. (Lindsay) Moon; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools; married,
Farmington, la., 1876, Emma S. Smith; chil
dren: Russell (deceased), Gertrude, Edward
W., Jr., Sarah. Served apprenticeship as ma
chinist and foundryman with McCord & Co.,
1862-66; engineer of steamboat on Mississippi
River, 1866-67; stationary engineer for Em
pire Flour Mills, St. Louis, 1867-68; superin
tendent for Smith, Beggs & Rankin, general
machine and engine builders, 1868-83; then
went into business for self as E. W. Moon &
Co., manufacturers of elevators, incorporated
May, 1895, as Moon Elevator Co., of which
was president until 1907; was connected with
Otis Elevator Co. Member Business Men's
League. Democrat. Presbyterian. Mason
(32°), Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs: Mer
cantile, Missouri Athletic. Office: Security
Bldg. Residence: 5910 Washington Ave.
MOON, John Corydon, carriage manufac
turer; born in Brown Co., O., July 3, 1853;
son of Alva and Delila (Sewell) Moon; edu
cated in public schools of Ohio; married,
Barry, 111., Jan. 1, 1880, Lelia M. Davis; one
daughter, Maude M. (Mrs. James P. O'Neil).
Has spent entire business life in business for
self; first as photographer for two years;
then bought and sold buggies on own account
until 1878, when located at Barry in livery
business, until 1881; in 1882 joined in organ
izing and became president of the Moon Bros.
Carriage Co., wholesale manufacturers of car
riages; president Landis Machine Co., Moon-
Hopkins Billing Machine Co., Mutual Wheel
Co., of Moline, 111. Member Business Men's
League. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile, Glen
Echo. Office: 4900 McKissock Ave. Resi
dence: 3843 W. Pine Boul.
MOON, Joseph W., carriage and automo
bile manufacturer; born in Brown Co., O.,
Mar. 29, 1850; son of Alva and Delila (Sewell)
Moon; educated in public schools; married,
Buford, O., 1873, Rebecca A. Wood; children:
Earl Joseph, Grace Alma (Mrs. Stewart Mc
Donald), Stanley Alva. Began business career
as a photographer, and practiced for four
years; later engaged in sale of buggies and
wagons, and in 1882 began as a manufacturer
of vehicles in St. Louis; now president Joseph
W. Moon Buggy Co.; also president Moon
Motor Car Co. Republican. Member Ohio So
ciety of St. Louis. Recreation: fishing. Office:
Main and Douglass Sts. Residence: 24 Wash
ington Terrace.
MOONEY, Arthur E., court reporter; born,
St. Louis, May 25, 1852; son of Jonathan and
Nancy Ann Mooney; educated in publie
schools, St. Louis, DeSoto, Mo., and Keokuk,
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Bradford; two children living: Arthur B.,
Ralph E. Began as clerk in life insurance of
fice, Keokuk, 1871, removing to St. Louis in
same capacity, 1872; entered office of Wal-
bridge, Holland & Brown,* shorthand report
ers, 1874, and has ever since been identified
with work of reporting; member firm of Allen
& Mooney, court reporters, since 1883. Took
testimony in litigation relating to the Ames
Estate, extending over many years, from
early in the '70s; in the noted bribery cases
tried in the St. Louis Circuit Court; in the
case of the United States against the North
ern Securities Co.; in the case of Missouri vs.
the State of Illinois for polluting the Missis
sippi River; reported and transcribed proceed
ings of the Universal Congress of Lawyers
and Jurists, St. Louis, 1904, etc. Recreations:
amateur photography, boating and fishing.
Offiee: 122, 220 N. 4th St. Residence: 11
Parkland PL
*MOORE, Bernard Wise, physician; left
St. Louis, 1910; see Vol. 1906.
MOORE, Charles Ludwig, Jr., insurance and
bonds; born, Union, Franklin Co., Mo., Nov.
23, 1880; son of Charles Ludwig and Mary
Elizabeth (McFad'den) Moore; educated in
public and high schools; Warrensburg (Mo.)
State Normal School; Missouri State Univer
sity; unmarried. Began in insurance business
at Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1905; now junior
member of L. S. Joseph' & Co., insurance and
bonds; resident vice president Empire State
Surety Co. of New York; manager Inter
Ocean- Life and Casualty Co. of Springfield,
111.; agent Continental Fire Insurance Co., St.
Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. Repub
lican. Presbyterian. Member Knights of
Pythias, B. P. O. Elks, Sons of Revolution.
Club: City. Recreations: reading, chess, out
door sports. Office: Pierce Bldg. Residence:
5863 Bartmer Ave.
MOORE, Charles W., broker; born, St.
Louis, Apr. 2, 1880; son of Robert and Alice
(Filley) Moore; educated in Smith Academy;
Washington University; A.B., Harvard Uni
versity, 1901; married, St. Louis, Jan. 10,
1906, Frances G. Wickham; one son, Charles.
Member of the firm of A. G. Edwards &
Sons. Clubs: St. Louis Country, Noonday.
Office: 410-412 Olive St. Residence: 28 Van
deventer PL
MOORE, George Francis, president Manu
facturers' Railway Co.; born, Bloomington,
Monroe Co., Ind., Feb. 22, 1862; son of Samuel
J. and Mary Geneva (Otwell) Moore; edu
cated at State University of Indiana, Bloom
ington, Ind., college course interrupted to be
come a wage earner; married, Florence Moore
(no relative), of Georgetown, Scott Co., Ky.,
Aug. 26, 1884; two daughters: Genevieve
(now deceased), Mary Frances. Was for
twenty-eight years, 1880-190'8, in railway serv

ice, spending about nine years in each of the
three departments — accounting, transportation
and traffic; reached the head of each depart
ment and served as auditor, traffic manager
and general manager of various roads; presi
dent and general manager Manufacturers'
Railway Co. since Feb. 22, 1909. Was acting
consular agent for United States at Parral,
Mexico, few months, 1906; examiner with
Interstate Commerce Commission, 1908-09.
Republican. York Rite Mason. Clubs: Mis
souri Athletic, St. Louis Railway and The
Traffic of St. Louis. Recreation: baseball.
Offiee: South Side Bank Bldg. Residence:
4170 Lindell Boul.
MOORE, George Thomas, botanist; born,
Indianapolis, Feb. 23, 1871; son of George T.
and Margaret (Marshall) Moore; B.S., Wab
ash College, 1894; A.B., Harvard, 1895, A.M.,
1896, Ph.D., 1900; married Emma L. Hall,
of Indianapolis, Dec. 30, 1896; two chil
dren: Harriett Hall, Thomas Gaunt. Assistant
in cryptogamie botany at Harvard and taught
at Radeliffe College; in charge of botany,
Dartmouth College, 1899-1901; physiologist
and algologist, Bureau Plant Industry, Depart
ment of Agriculture, 1901; in charge Labora
tory of Plant Physiology, Department of Agri
culture, 1903-05; in charge of botany, Marine
Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass.,
since 1905; director Shaw's Garden, St. Louis,
since 1912; professor applied botany and plant
physiology, Shaw School of Botany (Washing
ton University) and physiologist to Missouri
Botanical Garden, since September, 1909.
Consulting expert in applied botany; discov
erer of a method for preventing pollution of
water supplies by algaa and certain pathogenic
bacteria; perfected method for inoculating the
soil with bacteria which enable certain crops
to use atmospheric nitrogen. Reviser for
"algae," Century Dictionary; contributor to
scientific journals and Department of Agri
culture bulletins, upon Pollution of Water
Supplies by Alga?, with recommendations for
preventing these growths, and upon Fixation
of Nitrogen by Bacteria, etc. Botanical editor
American Year Book; American editor, physi
ology, Botanisches Centralblatt. Fellow A. A.
A. S.; member American Philosophical So
ciety, Washington Academy of Sciences, St.
Louis Academy of Science, Botanical Society
of America, Botanical Society of Washington,
Society of American Bacteriologists, Phi
Gamma Delta fraternity. Clubs: University,
Round Table, Town and Gown (St. Louis).
Address: (winter) Missouri Botanical Garden,
St. Louis; (summer) Woods Hole, Mass.
MOQRE, Harry Morgan, physician; born,
California, Mo., Mar. 1, 1874; son of John W.
and Charlotte (Curtis) Moore; graduated from
California High School, 1891; student West
minster College, Fulton, Mo.. 1892-93; A.B.,
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Department of Washington University, 1898;
married, Rockport, Ind., June 8, 1912, Jamie
H. Jones. In practice in St. Louis since 1898;
chief surgeon St. Louis Police Department
since January, 1912; first lieutenant Medical
Reserve Corps, U. S. Army. Republican. Pres
byterian. Member Beta Theta Pi. Mason,
Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs: University,
Bellerive Country. Recreation: golf. Office:
27 Linmar Bldg. Residence: 5614 Waterman
Avenue. MOORE, Hiram N., lawyer; born in Lin
coln Co., Mo., Nov. 18, 1868; son of J. C. and
Mary Elizabeth (Ripley) Moore; educated in
public schools, high school, and Simonson's
Academy, all at Troy, Mo.; married, 1893,
Jennie Porter; one child, Mary Porter. Ad
mitted to bar, 1888; practiced law at Troy,
Mo., until 1889; formed partnership with late
Nat. C. Dryden, at Mexico, Mo., 1890, under
firm name of Dryden & Moore; removed to
St. Louis, 1897, and in practice here until
1902; judge of the St. Louis Court of Crim
inal Correction, 1902-08; then resumed prac
tice. Democrat. Club: Missouri Athletic
Favorite recreations: horseback riding and
hunting. Office: 220 Wainwright Bldg. Resi
dence: 5375 Cabanne Ave.
MOORE, John, manager of St. Louis branch
of General Fire Extinguisher Co.; born, Brook-
line, Mass., July 28, 1859; son of George and
Sarah (Sheriden) Moore; educated in public
schools of Boston and Cambridge, Mass. ; mar
ried, Cincinnati, Nov. 26, 1899, Louise J.
Deprez; one daughter, Helen Meyers. En
gaged in automatic sprinkler business continu
ously since 1880; now authorized agent in
Missouri for the General Fire Extinguisher Co.
of New York (organized, 1893), manufactur
ers and jobbers of all kinds of fire extinguish
ing apparatus. Independent in politics. Epis
copalian. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner.
Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic, Elks.
Office: Pierce Bldg. Residence: Clayton Rd.
MOORE, John William, retired; born in
Licking Co., O., Mar. 7, 1858; son of Solomon
and Catherine (Kimmel) Moore; educated in
public school and business college at Macon,
Mo.; M.D., Missouri Medical College, St.
Louis, 1882; married, Macon, Mo., Jan. 24,
1882, Susie Graves; children: Waldo W.,
Claudia G., Mary Helen. Practiced medicine
four years in Macon; became associated with
A. M. Leslie Instrument Co.; bought out the
company, 1892, and joined in organization of
Holekamp-Moore Instrument Co. ; retired from
that company, 1897, and associated in organ
ization of Blees-Moore Instrument Co., of
which was secretary, treasurer and general
manager until July, 1911, when sold out to
Aloe & Co., and retired. Recreation: fishing..
Residence: 2341 Whittemore PL

MOORE, Philip North, geologist and mining
engineer; born, Connersville, Ind., 1849; son
of Henry C. and Susan (North) Moore; A.B.,
Miami University, Ohio, 1870; student School
of Mines of Columbia University, New York,
1870-72; married, Rockford, 111., 1879, Eva
Perry; two children: Elizabeth, Perry North.
Assistant Michigan Geological Survey, 1872,
Missouri Geological Survey, 1873, Kentucky
Geological Survey, 1873-77; metallurgist and
engineer, Leadville, Colo., 1878-81; managing
director and treasurer, Slate Creek Iron Co.
of Kentucky, 1882-89; consulting mining engi
neer at St. Louis since 1889. President and
treasurer Rose Run Iron Co. of Kentucky
since 1889; president Tecumseh Iron Co. of
Alabama, 1890-1908; manager German Bar
Mining Co. of Montana, 1897-1900, Courey
Placer Mining Co., Montana, 1897-1900; con
sulting engineer Black Mountain Mining Co.,
of Chicago and Mexico, 1904-09; consulting
engineer Pittsburgh Silver Peak Mining Co.,
1906-07. Member American Institute Mining
Engineers, Mining and Metallurgical Society
of America, American Geographical Society,
Engineers ' Club of St. Louis, Civic League.
Clubs: Country, Round Table, Noonday. Of
fice: 611 Laclede Bldg. Residence: 3125 La
fayette Ave.
MOORE, Robert, consulting civil engineer;
born, New Castle, Pa., June 19, 1838; son of
Henry C. and Amelia (Whippo) Moore; A.B.,
Miami University, Ohio, 1858, A.M.; married,
St. Louis, 1878, Miss Alice Filley; one son,
Charles W. Practicing as civil engineer since
1863; was assistant United States engineer in
military service in central Kentucky, in 1863;
sewer commissioner of St. Louis, 1877-81;
since 1897, member, and twice president of
the Board of Education of St. Louis. Member
of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Lon
don, and past president of the American So
ciety of Civil Engineers. Member of the Eth
ical Society of St. Louis, Civie League. Clubs:
Noonday, Commercial, Round Table, Engi
neers' (twice president). Recreation: read
ing. Office: Laclede Bldg. Residence: 61
Vandeventer PL
MOORE, Stanley Holmes, head assistant
McKinley High School; born, St. Louis, No
vember, 1874; son of George R. and Anna M.
(Bretz) Moore; graduated from Manual Train
ing School, Washington University, 1893;
later taking special evening course at same;
married, April, 1897, M. Katherine Wayland;
two children, one living, Merle Wayland. Was
engaged as draftsman, Ranken-Fritsch -Co.,
St. Louis, 1893-95, inspector . of drawings,
same, 1895-96; on engineering staff of Web
ster, Camp & Lane, Akron, O., 1897; director
of: manual training, Manual Training High.
School, Kansas City, Mo., 1897-1904; since.-
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arts, McKinley High School, St. Louis. Mem
ber or associate American Society Mechanical
Engineers, American Institute Electrical En
gineers, American Association Advancement
of Science, American Chemical Society,
American Federation of Mathematics and Sci
ence, Society Promotion Engineering Educa
tion, National Geographic Society, National
Education Association, Engineers' Club,
Franklin Institute. Author of a technical ref
erence work, "Mechanical Engineering and
Machine Shop Practice." Recreation: archi
tecture. Residence: Forest and Selma Aves.,
Webster Groves, Mo.
MOORE, Thomas Anthony, Jr.; see Vol.
1906. MOORE, William Dunn, lawyer; born, Pa
cific, Mo., Aug. 1, 1876; son of Samuel L. and
Annie J. (Miles) Moore; was graduated at St.
Louis Manual Training School, 1893; gradu
ated Bryant & Stratton Business College,
1894; A.B., Missouri State University, 1901;
course in St. Louis Law School; married, St.
Louis, Mar. 18, 1904, Ethel P. Sledd; two chil
dren: Ruth E. and Norman G. Was employed
as an instructor by Board of Education, St.
Louis, 1901-06; began practice of law, 1907;
elected justice of the peace, Ninth District,
St. Louis, November, 1910, for term extending
to November, 1914. Graduated from Missouri
State Military School and commissioned
brevet lieutenant by Governor Dockery;
served in Spanish-American War as member
Company L, First Regiment, Missouri Volun
teer Infantry. Republican. Methodist. Mem
ber St. Louis Bar Association, Hamilton Fish
Camp, Spanish-American War Veterans. Ma
son; member Lambskin Lodge No. 460, A. F.
& A. M.; Chapter No. 8, Royal Arch Masons.
Clubs: Masonic, Army and Navy, Rod and
Gun. Recreation: fishing. Office: 4006 Chou
teau Ave. Residence: 4236 Russell Ave.
MOORE, William Grant, physician; born,
Lexington, Ky., Feb. 16, 1853; son of Wil
liam Grant and Sarah Banks (McConnell)
Moore; educated in district schools of Ken
tucky, Kentucky University, Washington and
Lee University; M.D., Jefferson Medical Col
lege, Philadelphia, 1875; married, St. Louis,
Mar. 27, 1878, Etolia Tevis North; children:
Jessie Atkins (Mrs. Roger E. Simmons, of
Hagerstown, Md.), North, William Grant, Jr.
Engaged in general practice of medicine in
St. Louis since 1875. Member American Med
ical Association (vice president, 1910), Mis
souri State Medical Association (ex-presi
dent), St. Louis Medical Society (ex-presi
dent), St. Louis Obstetrical Society (ex-presi
dent). Democrat; member Board of Educa
tion, St. Louis, for six years. Methodist.
Club: Jefferson. Recreation: field sports. Of
fiee and Residence: 86 Vandeventer PL
MORE, Edward Anson, president of More-
Jones Brass and Metal Co.; bora, Philadel

phia, Pa., Nov. 7, 1848; son of Edward B. and
Margaretta (Rambo) More; educated in West
Jersey Academy to 1863; married, St. Louis,
Mar. 20, 1879, cousin, Mary C. More; chil
dren: Lucius Elmer, Enoch Anson, Cyrus
Burnham, Katherine Alice (deceased). Was
clerk for More & Co., on North 2d St., 1865-
76. Started as manufacturer of journal and
railroad engine bearings, solders, babbitt
metals, etc., in 1874, but retained clerkship
until 1876, when gave up position in order to
devote entire attention to metal business; in
corporated business in 1899, as More-Jones
Brass and Metal Co., of which is president
and treasurer, continuing the manufacturing
branches above named, and also being jobbers
of all kinds of metals except iron. Also presi
dent and treasurer of St. Louis Chilled Bear
ing Co. Member Business Men's League,
Civic League, Citizens ' Industrial Association.
Republican. Presbyterian; trustee West Pres
byterian Church. Clubs: St. Louis Country,
Mercantile, Bellerive Country. Recreation:
golf. Office: 3138-3144 N. Broadway. Resi
dence : 4526 W. Pine Boul.
MOREY, Richard, contractor; born, Seda
lia, Mo., Feb. 16, 1870; son of A. P. and E.
Jennie (Bard) Morey; educated in high school,
Sedalia, Mo.; Missouri State University, 1889-
90; Washington University, 1890-92; Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology, 1893-95, de
gree of B.S. in civil engineering, 1895; mar
ried, Sedalia, Nov. 16, 1898, Mary G. Maekey;
one son, Richard, Jr. City engineer of Sedalia,
1895-97; manager and engineer for Gilsonite
Roofing and Paving Co., of St. Louis, at Kan
sas City offiee, 1897-1902; since 1902, president
of the Morey-Faulhaber Construction Co., en
gaged in railroad and municipal contracting
work. Member American Society of Civil En
gineers. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs:
Bellerive, St. Louis Engineers'. Office: Chem
ical Bldg. Residence: 5509 Clemens Ave.
MORFIT, John Campbell, surgeon; born,
Baltimore, Md., Apr. 4, 1874; son of Mason
and Elizabeth Meigs (Garrison) Morfit; edu
cated in public schools of Baltimore; M.D.,
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Balti
more, 1895; post-graduate course Johns Hop
kins Medical School; resident gynecologist
Baltimore City Hospital, 1895-96; married,
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 17, 1900, Josephine H.
Nations; one daughter, Josephine Gregory.
Engaged in practice in St. Louis, with spe
cialty in surgery, since 1897. Formerly in
structor in surgery, Washington University;
surgeon St. Louis Mullanphy Hospital; con
sulting surgeon Mount St. Rose Sanitarium.
Member Clinical Society of Maryland, Med
ical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, St.
Louis Medical Society (viee president, 1905;
president, 1907), St. Louis Surgical Club (sec
retary, 1904), Missouri State Medical Asso
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era Surgical Association, Mississippi Valley
Medical Association (viee president, 1898).
President Joint Medical Council, 1907-10; ap
pointed first hospital commissioner, City of
St. Louis, 1910. Office and Residence: 3534
Washington Ave.
MORFIT, Thomas Garrison, president The
Rice & Hutchins St. Louis Shoe Co.; born,
Baltimore, Md., June 12, 1868; son of Mason
and Elizabeth Meigs (Garrison) Morfit; edu
cated in public schools of Baltimore; married,
Apr. 28, 1908, Belle T. Sloss; one daughter,
Elizabeth G. Entered business as traveling
salesman for Lawrence Gould & Co. (whole
sale shoes), of Baltimore; a year later be
came traveling salesman for the Chesapeake
Shoe Co. of Baltimore, in which position con
tinued until January, 1900, when came to St.
Louis and was elected president of the Rice
& Hutchins St. Louis Shoe Co., in which posi
tion has since continued. Also director (for
merly president) Frisco Building Co. Member
Business Men's League, Civie League. Secre
tary of Maryland Society of Missouri. Demo
crat. Member Third Baptist Church. Clubs:
University, City, Bellerive Country. Principal
recreations: golf, horseback riding. Office:
1025 Washington Ave. Residence: 5155 West
minster PI.
MORGAN, David Evart, see Vol. 1906.
MORGAN, George Hagar, secretary Mer-
' chants' Exchange; 1838-1911; see Vol. 1906.
MORGAN, William Edgar, merchant; born,
Monmouthshire, England, July 3, 1854; son of
Solomon D. and Jane (Davies) Morgan; edu
cated in public schools in England; married,
St. Louis, Dec. 15, 1885, May Kimball; chil
dren: Frederick E., William E., Jr. Was ap
prenticed to the David Morgan dry goods es
tablishment at Rhymney, Glamorganshire,
Wales, 1869, for five years, at expiration of
which time went to London and was employed
by Spencer, Turner & Boldero (dry goods),
1874-77; came to United States, 1877, and was
two years buyer for Owen Jones, New York
City; came to St. Louis, 1879, and after a
short time in the employ of Burns & Eckstein
entered employ of Ely, Janis & Co., and be
came second vice president of its successor,
Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co.; resigned, May
1, 1912, to become vice president William
Meyer & Co. Member Business Men 's League,
Advertising Men's League, Civic League; for
merly manager St. Louis Salesmanagers ' Asso
ciation. Clubs: Mercantile, Normandie. Rec
reation: golf. Office: 483 Broadway, New
York. Residence: 5339 Page Boul., St. Louis.
Summer Residence: Siasconset Island, Nan
tucket, Mass.
MORISSE, J. Ernst F., lace importer; born,
Bremerhaven, Germany, Nov. 22, 1852; son of
J. H. and Louise (Ehringhaus) Morisse; edu
cated in public school of Bremerhaven, Ger

many; married, St. Louis, Nov. 8, 1882; chil
dren: William J., Herbert. Came from Ger
many to St. Louis in 1870, and was engaged
with Chase & Cabot and afterwards with Rice,
Stix & Co., wholesale dry goods, until May,
1886, when established business of Morisse &
Maure, importers of embroideries, laces, lace
curtains and dress trimmings, of which is now
sole owner. Member Royal Arcanum. Recrea
tion: traveling. Office: 1627 Washington Ave.
Residence: 3531 Sidney St.
MORITZ, Gustave, M.D., oculist and opti
cian; born, Paris, France, Aug. 24, 1867; son
of Samuel and Emma (Aroon) Moritz; moved
to San Antonio, Tex., in 1872; graduated from
public high school of San Antonio, 1884, Tu-
lane University, New Orleans, 1886; M.D.,
University of Illinois, 1889; post-graduate
work at University of Vienna, Austria, 1892;
married, St. Louis, June 7, 1900, Jennie
Lyons; one daughter, Erma. In practice as
specialist in diseases of the eye and ear since
1889; since 1896, as oculist and optician.
Member board of trustees of United Hebrew
Congregation. Member Young Men's Hebrew
Association, Independent Order B'nai B'rith.
Mason. Recreations: chess and billiards. Of
fice: 609 N. Broadway. Residence: 5037 Cab
anne Ave.
MORLEY, William Jarman, proprietary
medicines; born, Dillsboro, Ind., Mar. 24,
1848; son of William and Melinda (Addison)
Morley; educated in public schools of Car
rollton, Ky.; married, Austin, Tex., Dee. 22,
1880, Sudie Hansbrough; children: William
Hansbrough, Annie Myrtle (Mrs. S. C. Wool-
ley), Guilford S. Lived at Carrollton, Ky.,
until seventeen; then went into drug business
at Cincinnati; located at Austin, Tex., and
from 1875 operated jobbing house and medi
cine manufacturing business under firm name
of Morley Brothers; in 1885 moved laboratory
to St. Louis and still operates business under
firm name of Morley Bros.; business at Aus
tin, Tex., conducted as Morley Bros. Drug Co.,
since 1912. Democrat. Member Christian
(Disciples) Church. Knight of Pythias. Office:
214-216 S. Main St. Residences: 5018 Cabanne
Ave., St. Louis, and Austin, Tex.
MORRELL, Michael Pinckney, physician;
born, Greenville, Miss., Sept. 9, 1850; son of
Michael Pinckney and Mildred Ann (Bledsoe)
Morrell; entered St. Louis University, 1865;
afterwards went to Transylvania University,
Lexington, Ky.; M.D., University of Virginia,
1873; married, St. Louis, Sept. 14, 1893, Caro
lyn Louise Shelp; children: Loris Pinckney,
Helenice Louise. Was in Europe from 1874 to
1880, attending medical schools and hospitals
in London, Paris, Vienna and Berlin ; returned
to St. Louis, 1880, and has been in general
practice ever since; was until recently attend
ing physician St. Mary's and St. Ann's Catho
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Health Department since July, 1911. Member
American Medical Association, St. Louis Med
ical Society. Democrat. Club: Mercantile.
Recreation: traveling. Office and Residence:
3693 Olive St.
MORRILL, Charles Henry, general insur
ance agent; born, Marshalltown, la., Nov. 23,
1878; son of i Henry Leighton and Clara
(White) Morrill; educated at Stoddard School
and Smith Academy, St. Louis; A.B., Harvard
University, 1900; married, Nov. 30, 1909,
Lenita Collins, of St. Louis; one son, Charles
L. After graduation entered the insurance
business m the employ of W. H. Markham &
Co., and on Jan. 1, 1903, was made member of
the firm. Member Loyal Legion (by inherit
ance). Clubs: Noonday, St. Louis Country,
Harvard (St. Louis). Office: Pierce Bldg.
Residence: 6142 Westminster PL
MORRIS, Calvin S.; see Vol. 1906.
MORRIS, Charles Marion, local freight
agent Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Co.; born, Hannibal, Mo., Jan. 10, 1877; son
of George F. and Sarah (Edmiston) Morris;
educated in Hannibal public schools to 1892;
married, June 3, 1901, Inez Smith; one child,
Charles, Jr. Began railroad career with Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co., 1892,
and continuously engaged with same com
pany; clerk local freight office, Hannibal, Mo.,
1892-97; chief clerk, 1897-1903; agent, Louisi
ana, Mo., 1903-05; then agent at Hannibal to
January, 1906; since local freight agent at
St. Louis, and in charge of East St. Louis sta
tion, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R.
Democrat. Methodist. Mason (Blue Lodge,
Chapter and Commandery). Club: St. Louis
Railway. Recreations: hunting and fishing.
Office:. 107 Franklin St. Residence: 908 N.
Euclid Ave.
MORRIS, Christopher Columbus, surgeon;
born in Putnam Co., Ind., Dec. 27, 1858; son
of Joseph M. and Sarah E. (Owen) Morris;
educated in public schools of Indiana, Lick
ing Academy, Licking, Mo.; M.D., Missouri
State University, 1884; post-graduate work at
New York Polyclinic, winter of 1890-91;
(A.M., Ewing College, 1896); married, June
17, 1885, Willa Raines; one daughter, Ina.
Engaged in general practice of medicine in
northeast Missouri until 1890; moved to St.
Louis, 1891; in 1893, organized the St. Louis
Baptist Hospital, of which is now superin
tendent and surgeon-in-chief. Member St.
Louis Medical Society, Missouri State Medical
Association, American Medical Association,
American Electro-Therapeutic Association,
American Hospital Association. Independent
Republican. Baptist. Mason (both York and
Scottish rites). Clubs: Glen Echo Country,
Racquet. Recreation: golf. Office: Baptist
Hospital, N. E. cor. Garrison and Franklin
Aves. Residence: 5550 Bartmer Ave.

*MORRIS, William Cullen, fire clay; moved
to Los Angeles, Cal.; see Vol. 1906.
MORRISON, Gilbert Burnet, principal of
McKinley High School; born in Rutland Co.,
Vt., Apr. 21, 1852; son of John and Mary
(Burnet) Morrison; early education by mother
and private tutors in New York; later, chiefly
self-taught, while gaining a livelihood by un
aided, individual effort; honorary A.M., Wash
ington University, St. Louis, 1903; married,
Hamlin, Kan., Nov. 8, 1879, Jean Ernest; chil
dren: Jean (Mrs. Alfred H. Wagner, of Kan
sas City), Eva. Began teaching in country
schools of Missouri, 1876; taught in country
schools in Kansas, 1878-79; returned to Mis
souri, 1879; principal Barry, Mo., public
schools, 1880-81; principal of Liberty, Mo.,
public schools, 1882-83; teacher of physical
sciences, Central High School, Kansas City,
Mo., 1883-97; prineipalManual Training High
School, Kansas City, Mo., 1897-19Q3; principal
McKinley High School, St. Louis, from 1903.
Author of ' ' Warming and Ventilation of
School Buildings," in Appleton's Interna
tional Educational Series; editor Educational
Advance for three years; presented paper,
"Some Thermal Determinations in the Heat
ing of Buildings, ' ' at the Columbus meeting
of the American Association for the Advance
ment of Science; wrote monographs, "The
School Buildings of the United States," for
the U. S. Commission to the Paris Exposition
(silver medal), "School House Architecture
and Hygiene ' ' for Louisiana Purchase Exposi
tion (gold medal), and "Content of Cosmo
politan High Schools." Also wrote pam
phlets of "Studies of Shakespearian Charac
ters, ' ' numerous papers for National Educa
tional Association and other professional so
cieties, and numerous articles for newspapers
and magazines. Commissioned by Board of
Education to travel in Europe, 1908, studying
the schools abroad. Active member of Na
tional Educational Association, American As
sociation for the Advancement of Science,
National Geographical Society, National Asso
ciation of Science and Mathematics, Missouri
State Teachers' Association. Office: McKin
ley High School. Residence: Webster Groves,
St. Louis Co., Mo.
MORRISON, John William, secretary and
treasurer R. W. Morrison Construction Co.;
born, St. Louis, Sept. 14, 1881; son of Robert
W. and Ella V. (Paden) Morrison; educated
in St. Louis public schools, Smith Academy,
and Washington University; unmarried. Af
ter leaving school entered father's office, in
1901, and in 1903 was elected to present posi
tion as secretary and treasurer of the R. W.
Morrison Construction Co., engineers and con
tractors. Member Missouri Athletic Club and
St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association. Of
fice: 306 Liggett Bldg. Residence: 5800 Von
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MORRISON, Robert Wakefield, contractor;
born, Sistersville, Va. (now W. Va.), Aug. 19,
1848; son of James and Martha (Corbitt)
Morrison; educated in private school, Sisters
ville, and college at Pittsburgh, Pa.; married,
in Virginia, 1879, Ella V. Paden; children:
John W., Robert W., Jr., Florence Ella, Mar
tha. Resident of St. Louis since 1873; entered
contracting business as a member of the firm
of Barnes & Morrison; after 1879, conducted
business alone until Mar. 31, 1899, since presi
dent R. W. Morrison Construction Co.; di
rector Winona Oil Co., Bartlesville, Okla.;
treasurer Morrison Oil Co., Bridgeport, 111.
Scottish Rite Mason (32°), Knight Templar,
Shriner. Member Legion of Honor. Club:
Mercantile. Favorite recreation: music. Of
fice: 113 N. 8th St. Residence: 5553 Maple
Avenue. MORRISON, Thomas, tent manufacturer;
1824-1907; see Vol. 1906.
MORROW, Charles E., lawyer; born in
Johnson Co., Mo., Jan. 20, 1869; son of Baxter
E. and Mary (O'Neill) Morrow; educated in
public schools, and Missouri State Normal
School; married, Warrensburg, Mo., Dec. 24,
1891, Flora Anderson; two chidren: O'Neill S.
and Charles A.. Admitted to Missouri bar,
1892, and practiced at Warrensburg, Mo., un
til 1905, since practiced in St. Louis; profes
sor torts, St. Louis University Law School,
since 1909. Member St. Louis and Missouri
State Bar associations. Prosecuting attorney
Johnson Co., Mo., 1900-04; regent Warrens
burg State Normal School, 1898-1906. Demo
crat. Presbyterian. Member Knights of Pyth
ias, Elks. Club: Missouri Athletic. Recrea
tion: fishing. Office: 311-316 Third National
Bank Bldg. Residence: 1354 Belt Ave.
MORSE, Hiram Boardman, publisher St.
Louis Daily Record; born, Forsythe, Macon
Co., 111., Nov. 10, 1864; son of Lemuel R. and
Anna M. (Boardman) Morse; educated in pub-
lie school near Warrensburg, 111.; academy at
Valparaiso, Ind., 1881-82; Illinois State Uni
versity, Champaign, 111., 1883-84; Columbian
Law School, Washington, D. C, 1885-87; mar
ried, St. Louis, Oct. 9, 1898, Olive Beatrice
Bell; children: Beatrice Southwood, South-
wood Bell, Lucius Boardman. Lived on farm
at Forsythe, 111., 1864-66, and near Warrens
burg, 111., 1866-85; appointed under civil serv
ice rules, 1885, to clerkship in War Depart
ment at Washington, D. O, serving until
1887; practiced law at Kansas City, Mo.,
1887-89; in 1891 became member of firm of
Morse & Van Buren, publishers of the St.
Louis Daily Record; on death of Mr'. Van
Buren, 1897, paper passed into hands of St.
Louisans, and in 1899 the owners incorporated
as Daily Record Co., of which is president
and manager. Member American Court Press
Association. Republican. Club: City. Office:

1003 Fullerton Bldg. Residence: 6219 West
minster PL
MORSE, John Jay, secretary and treasurer
St. Louis Car Wheel Co.; born, Orwell, Addi
son Co., Vt., Oct. 16, 1864; son of Jay Dana
and Eliza Adell (Olmsted) Morse; boyhood
spent on farm; educated in public schools in
Iowa and Missouri, graduating from Wells-
ville (Mo.) High School, 1886; then Stansr
bury (Mo.) Normal School, Bryant & Strat
ton Business College, St. Louis, and Lewis
College, Glasgow, Mo.; married, St. Louis,
Rosalyn Spurgin Knowles; one son, John Jay,
Jr. Taught in Wellsville (Mo.) High School;
stenographer for D. Snitzer & Co., wholesale
sewing machines and bicycles, February to
May, 1889; stenographer to master mechanic,
Missouri Pacific Ry., 1889-90; successively
stenographer, bookkeeper, exchange teller
and note teller Merchants' National Bank of
St. Louis, 1890-92; since March, 1892, with
St. Louis Car Wheel Co., beginning as book
keeper, and afterwards successively chief
clerk, assistant treasurer, treasurer and assist
ant secretary, and March, 1898, secretary,
treasurer and a director of the company, also
general manager since December, 1908. Re
publican. Congregationalist. Member Business
Men's League. Mason (Tuscan Lodge); mem
ber Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Mercantile, Glen
Echo Country, St. Louis, Traffic, Million Popu
lation. Favorite recreations: horseback rid
ing, golf and tennis. Offices: Spring Ave., Mis
souri Pacific and Wabash rys., and Room 511
Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 3834
Flad Ave.
*MORSEY, William Louis, lawyer; now
lives in Warrenton, Mo.; see Vol. 1906.
MORTON, Claude Austin, grain commis
sion; bom in Pike Co., 111., Aug. 12, 1876; son
of Turner B. and Jane L. (Allen) Morton;
educated in public schools; married, St. Louis,
June 1, 1898, Jessie Gilmore; children: Aline,
Jessie, Austin, Judith. Began in grain busi
ness in 1895 as employe of Messmore, Gan
nett & Co., and later with Messmore, Morton
& Co., becoming, in 1900,- a member of the
firm of Morton & Co., grain commission. Mem
ber St. Louis Merchants' Exchange, St. Louis
Grain Club. Congregationalist. Offiee: 509-510
Chamber of Commerce. Residence: Webster
Groves, Mo.
MORTON, David Lee; born, Morton's Gap,
Hopkins Co., Ky., March, 1865; son of John
G. W. and Sophia W. (Price) Morton; edu
cated in public schools of Kentucky and Glas
gow (Ky.) Normal School; married, St. Louis,
Nov. 29, 1893, May Kraus; children: Ray
mond (deceased), Marguerite (deceased),
Elizabeth May, Eveline. After leaving school
worked on father's farm in Hopkins Co., Ky.,
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of same county; then clerk in general stores
in Nortonville and Madisonville, Ky.; came
to St. Louis, 1890, and was bookkeeper for
St. Louis Varnish Co., 1890-93; Feb. 1, 1894,
became connected with Powitzky & Collins
Carriage Wood-Work Co. as secretary; also
secretary Paul Realty Co. Democrat. Mem
ber Fourth Christian Church. Recreation:
traveling. Office: cor. Main St. and Grand
Ave. Residence: 2352 Holly Ave.
*MORTON, Frank, clergyman; now living
in Oran, Mo.; see Vol. 1906.
*MORTON, John; moved to Birmingham,
Ala.; see Vol. 1906.
MORTON, Stratford Lee, life insurance;
born, Dixon, 111., Dec. 14, 1887; son of Robert
Lee and Ella (Stratford) Morton; graduated
Central High School,, St. Louis, 1906; Wash
ington University, 1910; married, Appleton
City, Mo., Mar. 2, 1912, Anna K. Dierfeld;
one- daughter, Katharine Ysabel. Began in in
surance business May 18, 1908, with Connecti
cut Mutual Life Insurance Co.; reentered col
lege in the fall; returned to insurance busi
ness, June, 1909; appointed as superintendent
local agency, same company, January, 1910,
and since January, 1912, general agent for
eastern Missouri and East St. Louis. Member
Washington University Association, Beta
Theta Pi, New England Society, Sons of
American Revolution, Civic League. Clubs:
City, Beta Theta. Recreations: canoeing,
swimming, collecting rare books. Office: Chem
ical Bldg. Residence: 107 Joy Ave., Webster
Groves, Mo.
MORTON, Turner Bynem, grain commis
sion; 1849-1910; see Vol. 1906.
MOSBERGER, Jacob, wholesale hardwood
lumber; born in Canton St. Gall, Switzerland,
Feb. 21, 1861; son of Frank J. and Mary
(Sehieble) Mosberger; educated in public
schools in Switzerland and at Troy, N. Y. ;
married, St. Louis, November, 1883, May
Nolte; children: Mary (Mrs. Anthone Han-
hardt), Herman, Grace. Began business ca
reer as an inspector of lumber for Frank H.
Smith, and afterwards became yard foreman,
buyer and salesman for the Little Lumber
Co.; in 1899 formed partnership with Richard
O 'Reilly under firm name of Mosberger &
O'Reilly, and in 1905 incorporated the busi
ness as Mosberger-0 'Reilly Lumber Co., of
which was president until 1907, when sold
out his interests to O'Reilly Lumber Co.; later
started for himself as the Mosberger Lumber
Co., of which is sole owner. Member St. Louis
Lumbermen's Exchange. Roman Catholic.
Office: 653 Mbrin Ave. Residence: 2206 Red
Bud Ave.
MOSBY, Charles V., publisher; born near
Nevada, Mo., Aug. 18, 1875; son of John S.
and Mary Frances (Hilliard) Mosby; edu
cated in public and high schools of Nevada,

graduating, 1893; student Beaumont Medical
College two years; M.D., College of Physi
cians and Surgeons, 1900; married, St. Louis,
Apr. 10, 1901, Margaret Cavanaugh; two chil
dren: Charles V., Jr., Highland Mary. Prac
ticed for a short time in St. Louis; became
connected with D. Appleton & Co., publishers,
1901, and continued until 1906; then organ
ized the C. V. Mosby Medical Book Co., pub
lishers of medical works, of which is presi
dent. Congregationalist. Clubs: Million Popu
lation, Knoble Hunting and Fishing. Recrea
tion: gardening. Office: 806, 508 N. Grand
Ave. Residence: 425 Fairlawn Ave.
MOSELEY, Arthur Guyon, lawyer; born in
Buckingham Co., Va., Feb. 23, 1859; son of
Arthur and Lavinia Blanchard (Williams)
Moseley; graduated from Peabody Normal
College, degree of L.I., 1878; A.B. and A.M.,
University of Nashville, 1879; married, Yazoo
City, Miss., Mar. 3, 1890, Lucy K. Gadberry;
children: Ellen Douglas (by former mar
riage), and Arthur Guyon, Jr. Principal of
Clarksville (Tenn.) High School, 1879-81, and
principal of school at Mexia, Tex., until 1884;
admitted to bar in Texas, 1884, and practiced
at Sherman and Denison until 1907; since in
St. Louis. Member Missouri State Bar Asso
ciation, Texas State Bar Association; dele
gate to American Bar Association, 1887.
Democrat. Episcopalian. Member Sons of
American Revolution. Clubs: Missouri Ath
letic, Triple A, City, Midland Valley. Recrea
tion: golf. Office: 415 Pine St. Residence:
1230 Amherst PL
MOSER, Byron Wallace, publicity manager ;
born, Ironton, Mo., Sept. 23, 1884; son of
Flora Ellen Moser; educated Stoddard gram
mar school, St. Louis; graduated from Cen
tral High School, June, 1903; continued edu
cational work in local chapter of the Ameri
can Institute of Banking (educational section
American Bankers' Association) and gradu
ated, 1911; married, St. Louis, Oct. 24, 1911,
Ella V. E. Starke. Has been connected with
the St. Louis Union Trust Co. since June,
1903; publicity manager same, since Mar. 21,
1911. Member board of governors local chap
ter American Institute of Banking. Repub
lican. Methodist. Member Alpha Omega.
Clubs: City, St. Louis Amateur Athletic Asso
ciation. Recreations: tennis, baseball, golf.
Office: 4th and Locust Sts. Residence: 5796
McPherson Ave.
MOSER, Leo, hotel keeper; born, Baden
Baden, Germany, July 1, 1841; son of Ignatz
and Magdalene (Ruhl) Moser; attended school
in Germany, then went to school of Paulist
Fathers at Cincinnati, O., until ten years old;
later, for a short time, in a business college
in St. Louis; twice married; one daughter,
Kate, by former wife, is now a Sister of
Mercy (Sister Mary Anita); married, 2d,
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Murphy; children: Leo, Jr., Joseph Edgar,
Elizabeth L. WThen ten years of age was ap
prenticed to a shoemaker; did not like it, so
ran away from home and enlisted as a drum
mer boy; when facts were learned was dis
missed. Found a place on an old Mississippi
River steamboat, helping at everything, where
remained until 1872, advancing until was
steward; left to open the Lindell Hotel, where
also served as steward until opening of Moser
Hotel, about 1875, which conducted until
1906. Republican. Catholic. Residence: 3725
Lindell Boul.
MOSER, Otto, president Moser Cigar and
Paper Box Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct. 28, 1855;
son of Joseph G. and Annie (Brack) Moser;
educated in public schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, May, 1881, Bertha Seidel;
children: Otto, Jr., Louis, Fritz, Ernst, Ella.
Began business career with Louis Hock, file
cutters, for four and one-half years, then en
tered business of father in manufacture of
cigar boxes and paper boxes (established,
1853); succeeded to business on father's death
in 1874, and in 1884 incorporated it as Moser
Cigar and Paper Box Co., of which is presi
dent and manager. Republican. Member
Liederkranz, A. F. & A. M., and Ascalon Com
mandery, K. T.; also St. Louis Turn Verein,
Schiller Verein, German-American Alliance,
Sharpshooters, and other German societies.
Office: 200 Elm St. Residence: 2213 S. Grand
Avenue. MOTT, Frederick W., real estate, loans and
insurance; born, New York City, Dec. 2, 1849;
son of John and Anna (Thiel) Mott; educated
in common schools; Blackburn University,
Carlinville, 111.; St. Louis High School; mar
ried, Mar. 27, 1871, Isabella S., daughter of
Archibald S. Rutherfurd, of St. Louis; two
sons: Frederick R., and Edwin Webster who
lost Ms life at age of seventeen while at
tempting to rescue a companion from drown
ing in the Mississippi River. Messenger to
assistant actuary, Life Association of Amer
ica, St. Louis, to 1878; organized and built
the Carondelet Electric Light and lee Plant;
as vice president and manager Carondelet
Street Ry., extended and built railway to
Howard St., reducing fare from Carondelet to
St. Louis from fifteen cents to five cents; or
ganized the Syenite Granite Co., 1882, with
capital of $300,000, and served as secretary;
in real estate business since 1883; president
F. W. Mott Realty Co. since 1905. Member
Missouri House of Representatives four years,
1879-82, inclusive; succeeded State Senator
J. C. McGinnis on his death, serving two years
of his unexpired term, and reelected to Sen
ate for four years, term ending in 1900 — 39th
and 40th General Assemblies; assessor and
collector of water rates under Mayors Ewing
and Francis, 1883-87, during which time had
noted controversy with Gen. W. T. Sherman;

secretary Republican State Committee eight
years, 1879-87; member Republican National
Convention, 1884. Director St. Louis Real
Estate Exchange (ex-vice president and now
chairman public service committee) ; organ
ized and now member Carondelet Business
Men's Association; member Saturday and
Sunday Hospital Association (auditing com
mittee). Presbyterian; ex-president board of
trustees Carondelet Presbyterian Church. Ma
son; member Ascalon Commandery, K. T.
Club: Masonic. Recreations: fishing, hunting.
Office: 617 Wainwright Bldg. Residence: 6604
Virginia Ave.
MOTT, Henry T., insurance and real estate
investments; born, New York City, Dec. 6,
1853; son of John and Annie (Thiel) Mott;
educated in public schools and at Hillsboro
Academy; married, Valparaiso, Ind., June 9,
1881, Martha E. Bartholomew; one daughter,
Marguerite D. In shoe business at St. Louis,
1872-92 (except two years, 1882-84, at Fargo,
Dak.); since in general insurance and real
estate business. For many years a member of
St. Louis National Guard. First man in St.
Louis, outside of organized militia, to offer
services for the Spanish- American War; was
selected assistant adjutant general for mobil
ization of troops, on the staff of General Bell,
with rank of lieutenant colonel; served with
that officer in the state and at Washington,
D. O, from April to November, 1898; brought
350 fever-stricken volunteers back to Mis
souri on special trains and organized Spanish-
American War Committee for relief work;
was treasurer of Citizens' reception commit
tee for returning soldiers, and was awarded
gold medal by citizens for service to volun
teers. Republican. Methodist. Mason. Mem
ber Missouri Historical Society, Spanish War
Veterans. Offiee: 213-217 Navarre Bldg. Resi
dence: 6146 Gambleton Ave.
MOULTON, Julius, civil engineer; bora,
St. Louis, Nov. 15, 1844; son of Jonathan B.
and Jane E. (Smith) Moulton; educated in
public schools and Washington University;
married, St. Charles Co., Mo., Nov. 27, 1871,
Marion P. Nelson. Associated with his father
in engineering business after leaving univer
sity; appointed engineer sewer department' of
St. Louis, 1874; chief engineer department of
harbor and wharfs since 1883. Episcopalian.
Member Engineers' Club of St. Louis. Office:
305 City Hall. Residence: 5176 Maple Ave.
MUCKERMANN, Ignatius C, general man
ager Polar Wave Ice and Fuel Co.; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 7, 1865; son of Christian and Wil
helmina (Schulte) Muckermann; educated in
public schools, St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Sept. 12, 1888, Helena Nyhof (now deceased) ;
children: Richard O, Helena W.; married, 2d,
St. Louis, May 15, 1907, Lena Jucker; one
son, Louis T. After leaving school began busi
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which remained until Oct. 17, 1888, when en
tered service of the Polar Wave Ice and Fuel
Co., wholesale and retail dealers in ice, coal,
coke, hardwood and kindling, of which is now
general manager. Office: 1326 Chestnut St.
Residence: 5049 Raymond Ave.
MUCKERMANN, John C, vice president
Polar Wave Ice and Fuel Co.; born, St. Louis,
Nov. 8, 1868; son of Christian and Wilhelmina
(Schulte) Muckermann; educated in Catholic
parish school at North St. Louis until thirteen
years of age; when fifteen, went to St. Fran
cis College, Quincy, 111., where remained one
year; married, St. Louis, Nov. 19, 1890, Paul
ina Leber; six children: Chris., Frank H.,
Walter I., Rose Laura, Ruth Clara, Alice Paul
ina, Gladys. On leaving college assisted
father in ice, wood and coal business, as
Chris. Muckermann, and in 1889, when busi
ness was incorporated as Muckermann Ice
and Coal Co., became treasurer and manager
of the company, until it was absorbed, 1903,
by the Polar Wave Ice and Fuel Co., of which
is viee president. Catholic. Recreations: hunt
ing and fishing. Office: 1326 Chestnut St.
Residence: 6054 W. Cabanne Ave.
MUDD, Harvey Gilmer, surgeon; born, St.
Louis, Aug. 29, 1857; son of Henry Thomas
and Sarah Elizabeth (Hodgen) Mudd; edu
cated in public schools, Kirkwood, Mo., and
St. Louis High School, graduating, 1876; M.D.,
St. Louis Medical College, Washington Uni
versity, 1881; studied in Berlin, Vienna, Paris,
London, Edinburgh, 1885-87; married, St.
Louis, Jan. 20, 1892, Margaret de la Plaux
Clark; one son, Stuart. Professor of clinical
surgery, Medical Department of Washington
University; member board of directors and
president medical staff, St. Luke's Hospital;
surgeon and member board of directors Barn
ard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital. Member
St. Louis Medical Society, St. Louis Surgical
Society, City Hospital Alumni Medical So
ciety, American Medical Association,, Ameri
can Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons,
American Surgical Association, International
Association of Urology. Republican. Clubs:
St. Louis, University, St. Louis Country, Rac
quet, Bellerive, Dardenne Shooting, Army and
Navy (Washington, D. C). Recreations: golf
and shooting. Office: 408 Humboldt Bldg.
Residence: 4144 Washington Ave.
*MUDGE, Solomon Hinckly, telegraph offi
cial; moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
MUEHLBERG, F. W. Richard, traffic man
ager Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association;
born, Leipzig, Germany, Dec. 31, 1855; son of
Frederick W. and Wilhelmina (Krause)
Muehlberg; educated in public schools and
college, Leipzig; married, St. Louis, June 1;
1892, Alvina Kahlbaum; two children: Ellen
O, Clarence E. Came to America, 1883; later
went to Mexico and engaged in railroad build

ing for two years; located permanently at
St. Louis, 1887; was placed in charge of the
railway claim department of the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing Association, and since 1902
has served as traffic manager; also traffic
manager Manufacturers' R. R.; president In
terstate Warehouse and Realty Co.; secretary
St. Louis Refrigerator Car Co. Republican.
Protestant. Mason; Keystone Lodge No. 243,
A. F. & A. M.; St. Louis Chapter No. 8, R. A.
M.; St. Aldemar Commandery No. 18, K. T.;
Moolah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. Clubs:
Liederkranz, Railway of St. Louis, Traffic of
St. Louis. Recreations: outdoor sports. Of
fices: Pestalozzi, N. E. cor. 9th St., and South
Side Bank Bldg., Pestalozzi and Broadway.
Residence: 3920 Cleveland Ave.
MUELLER, Charles Fred August, real es
tate agent; bom, St. Louis, Dec. 8, 1850; son
of Dietrich and Wilhelmina (Luttercord)
Mueller; educated in St. Louis public schools,
German Institute, and Rohrer's and Jones
Commercial colleges, receiving diplomas from
two latter; married, St. Louis, Oct. 16, 1878,
Annie Hafferkamp; children: Alfred, Clar
ence, Irene. In employ of Oesterly & Zeppen-
feld, wholesale mattress manufacturers, 1867-
69; collector and bookkeeper for Grether &
Boeck, real estate agents, 1869-90; with
Booth, Barada & Co., real estate, until July,
1891; member firm of Mueller & Faribault,
real estate, 1891-1907, now alone. Member St.
Louis Real Estate Exchange. Member Legion
of Honor of Missouri, Royal Arcanum. Of
fiee: 20 N. 7th St. Residence: 4821 Cote Bril-
liante Ave.
MUELLER, Henry, furrier; 1860-1910; see
Vol. 1906.
MUELLER, Otto G., sales agent; born in
Sachsa, Germany, Apr. 28, 1866; son of Au
gust F. W. and Wilhelmina (Seiter) Mueller ;
came to United States in fall of 1867; edu
cated in public schools, St. Louis; married,
Belleville, 111., July, 1886, Katie E. Laubach;
three children: Augusta Anna, Elsie Louise,
Harry G. Began business career in 1879, as
messenger for the Western Union Telegraph
Co., then storekeeper for the old Vulcan Steel
Works; in 1883 clerk in purchasing depart
ment of the Wabash R. R.; in 1885 cleric
transportation department Missouri Pacific
R. R., chief clerk, 1893; superintendent of
car service, September, 1899, and assistant
superintendent of transportation, 1900, same
road. Resigned from latter position, 1901, to
enter mercantile pursuits, in which has since
engaged; served with Republic Railway Ap
pliance Co., American Car and Foundry Co.,
St. Louis Refrigerator Car Co., and, since
1910, sales agent for Scullin & Gallagher Steel
Co. Democrat. Presbyterian. Scottish Rite
Mason (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner. Club::
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ball and other athletic sports. Offiee: 1401,
915 Olive St. Residence: 3631A Nebraska
Avenue. MUENCH, Francis Anthony, candle manu
facturer; born, Syracuse, N. Y., Apr. 7, 1879;
son of William and Elizabeth (Baumer)
Muench; educated in Catholic parochial
school, Assumption Academy, Syracuse High
School, and Henley State Regent Commercial
College of New York State, graduating June
30, 1897; married, St. Louis, June 19, 1905,
Lucille F. Marshall (deceased) ; one daughter,
Frances Elsbeth; married, 2d, St. Joseph, Mo.,
Aug. 2, 1910, Marie Davis; one son, William
Norbert. Began business career as clerk in
father's drug store, Syracuse; came to St.
Louis, Sept. 8, 1898, and was bookkeeper for
the Richard Merkle Co., manufacturers of
candles, refiners and bleachers of beeswax,
and when it was incorporated, Nov. 3, 1900,
was elected secretary, treasurer and director,
and on July 1, 1901, was also appointed man
ager. Member National Credit Men's Asso
ciation. Democrat; appointed, Sept. 7, 1905,
by Governor Folk delegate to represent Mis
souri at convention in New York of National
Civic Federation. Roman Catholic. Recrea
tions: horseback riding and shooting. Office:
405 N.Main St. Residence: Richmond Heights,
Park and Belleview.
MUENCH, Hugo, judge; born in Warren
Co., Mo., July 14, 1851; son of Friedrich and
Louise (Fritz) Muench; early education from
father (who -had been minister in small vil
lage of Hessen, and who, with other former
students of the University of Giessen, organ
ized an emigration society and settled in War
ren Co., Mo., in 1834), later at Augusta, Mo.,
and from 1867-71, Washington University;
LL.B., St. Louis Law School, 1873; married,
St. Louis, Nov. 12, 1874, Eugenia F. Thamer
(died May 9, 1908); children: Julius Thamer,
Paula Emilie, Alice Frances, Hugo, Jr. Con
tinuously" engaged in practice of law in St.
Louis, 1873-1902; U. S. consul at Zittau, Ger
many, April, 1902, to July, 1903, then Ameri
can consul at Plauen, Germany, until resigned,
Oct. 1, 1905. Elected judge Circuit Court, No-
vember^ 1906, for term of six years. Member
St. Louis Bar Association. Director German
Mutual Life Insurance Co. of St. Louis. Mem
ber Board of Public Schools, 1886-88; presi
dent National Turner Bund, 1888-92. Club:
Liederkranz. Chambers: Court House. Resi;
dence: 3117 Longfellow Boul,
, MUENCH, Julius Thamer, lawyer; born, St.
Lou,is, Aug. 11, 1875; son of Hugo and Eugenia
(Thamer) Muench; educated in Irving School,
St. Louis High School, Washington Univer
sity; LL.B., St. Louis Law School, 1897; mar
ried, St. Louis, June 18, 1898, Elsa von
Starkloff; one son, Max Starkloff; Engaged in
practice alone, in office: 'OfLubke- &.. Muench,
from June, 1897, to April, 190.2; then with

Lambert E. Walther, in firm of Walther &
Muench; on Dec. 1, 1905, the firm was changed
to Muench, Walther & Muench, and on Jan. 1,
1906, back to Walther & Muench; has prac
ticed alone since July 1, 1909. Professor of
medical jurisprudence at Marion-Sims-Beau
mont College of Medicine, now Medical De
partment, St. Louis University, 1902-05. Re
publican. Member Mullanphy Board, 1905-08
(president, 1908); member board of directors
St. Louis Altenheim since 1904. Member St.
Louis Bar Association, Internationale Vereini-
gung fiir Vergleichende Rechtswissensehaft
und Volkswirthschaftslehre (Berlin), Missouri
Historical Society (St. Louis), Deutsche Ge
sellschaft. Clubs: City, Liederkranz.- Favor- -
ite recreation: tennis. Office: 710-714 Times
Bldg. Residence: 2956 Milton Ave.
MUETZE, Henry, physician (oculist and
aurist); born, Marburg, Germany, Feb. 21,
1863; son of Johann Peter and Louise (Garthe)
Muetze; graduated from Realgymnasium,
Marburg, Germany, 1879; came to St. Louis,
1879, and was apprenticed to an apothecary,
served time, matriculated, 1882, and gradu
ated, 1884, from St. Louis College of Phar
macy, as Ph.G.; D.D.S., Missouri Dental Col
lege, 1888; M.D., Missouri Medical College
(now Medical Department, Washington Uni
versity), 1891; was resident physician at St.
Louis Polyclinic, Jefferson and Lucas Aves.
(now Washington University Hospital), 1891-
95; went to Germany in 1895, devoting him
self to special studies at University of Mar
burg; returned to St. Louis in 1896; married,
St. Louis, Mar. 23, 1892, Lulu Charlotte Fried-
rich; children: Hazel Eisie, Henry Alvin,
Juanita Victoria. Engaged in practice ' of
medicine in St. Louis since 1891, specializing
as oculist and aurist. Oculist to Missouri Pa
cific Ry., Iron Mountain and Southern Ry. and
Cotton Belt Line; lectured on ophthalmocopy,
and was clinician at Beaumont Hospital Med
ical College, 1898-99; oculist to Alexian Broth
ers Hospital, 1898-1908. Member St. Louis
Medical Society, Missouri State Medical Asso
ciation. Independent in polities. Lutheran.
Member St. Louis Turn Verein. Club: Lieder
kranz. Office: 1703 S. Grand Ave. Residence:
3201 Shenandoah Ave.
MUGAN, M(arion) Durand, professor of
law; born, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Can., Nov.
11, 1870; son of P. J. and Mary Catherine
(Mugan) Mugan; educated Woodstock Insti
tute, Canada, Oberlin College, Ohio, and Val
paraiso University, Ind., graduating from lat
ter with degree of A.M. Principal in public-
schools of Memphis, Tenn., five years, and in
public schools of St. Louis ten years; since'
1901 has been professor law in various col
leges; now member Faculty Law Department,
University of Alabama. Owner of several
valuable properties in St. Louis. "Mugwump"
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lish Grammar, 1891; The English Language by
Way of English Grammar, 1902. Address:
Tuscaloosa, Ala. Home: 4000 Delmar Ave., St.
Louis. MULLALY, John, commission merchant;
born, County West Meath, Ireland, Dee. 25,
1834; son of Martin and Bridget (Murray)
Mullaly; educated in public schools; married,
St. Louis, 1854, Margaret Kelley; children:
Margaret (Mrs. George McNulta), Mamie
(Mrs. Henry M. Wise), Theresa (deceased),
Martin J., Agnes (deceased). First engaged
in the dray business at St. Louis, in 1854, and
afterwards, while still in that business, estab
lished as a retail dealer in grain, hay, feed,
etc.; became wholesale grain commission mer
chant in 1864, and in 1887 incorporated busi
ness as John Mullaly Commission Co., of which
is president. Member Merchants' Exchange
of St. Louis. Roman Catholic. Office: 405
Chamber of Commerce. Residence: 4419 W.
Pine Boul.
MULLALY, Martin James, grain commis
sion; born, St. Louis, Oct. 4, 1868; son of John
and Margaret (Kelley) Mullaly; educated at
St. Louis University; married, St. Louis, Jan.
31, 1894, Clara Gugerty; children: John, Ma
rie, Martin J., Jr., Clara, Thomas, Margaret.
After leaving the university, in 1887, entered
the service of the John Mullaly Commission
Co., grain, hay and seeds (of which father
was founder and is president), and in 1890
acquired an interest and became a director of
the company, of which is now vice president.
Member St. Louis Merchants ' Exchange, St.
Louis Grain Club. Roman Catholic. Recrea
tion: outdoor diversions. Office: 405 Chamber
of Commerce. Residence: 5170 Cabanne Ave.
MULLARKEY, Patrick, president St. Louis
Cloak Manufacturing Co.; born, Ireland, May,
1858; son of Patrick and Kathleen (Kehoe)
Mullarkey; educated in schools in Ireland;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 11, 1891, Nora Finan;
children: Patrick, Mary Loretto, Catharine,
Marguerite, Norine, James, Cecelia, John.
Reared on farm in Ireland; came to United
States, 1878, and followed farming in Minne
sota and Wisconsin; came to St. Louis in 1880,
and engaged in liquor business until 1889; in
manufacture of men 's and ladies ' hosiery,
1889-91, then established the St. Louis Cloak
Manufacturing Co. Democrat; member House
of Delegates, St. Louis, 1891-92. Originator of
street car fender bill. Catholic. Member
Knights of Columbus, Ancient Order of Hiber
nians. Offiee: 901-905 Washington Ave. Resi
dence: 4600A Vernon Ave.
MULVIHILL, Michael John, retail furni
ture dealer; born, Toronto, Can., Mar. 15, 1859;
son of Patrick and Mary (Carmody) Mulvi-
hill; moved with parents to St. Louis when
two- years of age; educated in St. Lawrence
O 'Toole School; married, St. Louis, June 4,
1890, Mary A. Fay; one daughter, Veronica.

At age of ten became cash boy in one of city
department stores, then errand boy in whole
sale house, then five years in press-room of
St. Louis Times, and after that with St. Louis
Dispatch and Post-Dispatch as pressman, for
two years. Traveled on the road, selling
goods, and in 1884 established in business on
a small scale at 1427 Franklin Ave.; now
president Mulvihill Furniture Co. and sole
owner, the company occupying a seven-story
building. President National Retail Furniture
Dealers' Association; member Business Men's
League. Member Democratic State and City
committees from Eleventh Congressional Dis
trict. Catholic. Member Knights of Colum
bus, A. O. U. W., Irish-American Society.
Club: Missouri Athletic. Offiee: 112-114 N.
12th St. Residence: 2414 N. Grand Ave.
MULVIHILL, Thomas Edward, lawyer;
born, County Clare, Ireland, May 25, 1862; son
of Lawrence and Mattie (Finucan) Mulvihill;
was brought to America, 1866; educated in
public schools of Illinois; LL.B., St. Louis
Law School (Washington University), 1885;
married, St. Louis, Sept. 28, 1892, Katie M.
Daily; five children: Mary M., Thomas E., Jr.,
Francis X., Virginia, Josephine Folk. Came to
St. Louis, 1882; first employment was with B.
Nugent & Bro.; admitted to Missouri bar,
1885; formed partnership with E. C. Dodge,
1886, which continued until 1905; excise com
missioner, 1905-09, since in practice of law.
Member firm of Schaeffer & Mulvihill, hard
ware, Fairfield, 111. Has been an active worker
in Democratic party ever since reaching twen
ty-one years of age. Was for four years a mem
ber Company I, Missouri State Militia. Lec
turer on Negotiable Instruments, St. Louis Uni
versity Institute of Law. Member Knights of
Columbus, Legion of Honor, ex-Confederate
Historical Society, St. Louis Bar Association,
Civic League, St. Louis Law School Alumni
Association, St. Louis Law Library. Clubs:
Knights of Columbus, Irish-American Ath
letic. Recreation: fishing. Offiee: 814 Rialto
Bldg. Residence: 5104 Cabanne Ave.
MUNGER, Carlton Austin, manufacturer;
born, Hannibal, Mo., Aug. 17, 1871; son of
Henry E. and Anne Gilbert (Snyder) Mun-
ger; educated in grammar and high schools,
Hannibal; married, Alton, 111., Aug. 18, 1895,
Nelle Gordon Brown; three children: Nelle
Buelah, William Carlton, Lucy Anne. Began
active career in employ of the Illinois Glass
Co., Alton, continuing in various capacities
for fifteen years; gave up the glass business,
Jan. 1, 1907, to become vice president and gen
eral manager of the Wayne Manufacturing
Co. and the American Washer Co., manufac
turers of washboards and hand power, water
power and electrically driven washing ma
chines (the oldest manufacturing plant for
washing machines in the United States); also
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Republican. Recreations: his library, and fish
ing. Office: 118-124 Sidney St., St. Louis.
Residence: 712 State St., Alton, 111.
MURCH, Abraham Jarvis, contracting build
er; bom in Devonshire, England, Nov. 5, 1864;
son of William H. and Jane ((Jarvis) Murch;
educated in public schools; married, St. Louis,
1892, Laura Widdicombe; children: George H.,
Edith, Jessie, Lucile, Mildred, Ethel Susan.
Learned carpenter's trade in London, England;
came to St. Louis, 1886; started in business,
1889, as contracting builder, with two broth
ers, F. and W. Murch, under name of Murch
Bros.; incorporated in 1895, as Murch Bros.
Construction Co., of which is president. Ma
son (32°), Shriner; member Odd Fellows. Of
fice: 508 Odd Fellows Bldg. Residence: 5070
Cabanne Ave.
MURPHY, David, soldier, lawyer, retired;
born in Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, Eng
land, Oct. 20, 1835; son of John and Ann
(Mason) Murphy; came to America with par
ents at six years of age; educated in public
schools, New York City; LL.B., St. Louis Law
School (Washington University), 1871; mar
ried, De Soto, Jefferson Co., Mo., Nov. 14, 1866,
Mary Jane Bainbridge. Worked on farm in
New Jersey until 1851; carpenter's apprentice
and journeyman to spring of 1860; taught
school in Franklin Co., Mo., until spring of
1861. Lieutenant First Regiment, Missouri In
fantry, April, 1861; captain Battery F, First
Regiment, Missouri Light Artillery, January,
1862; major same regiment, March, 1863; re
signed July 13, 1863; lieutenant and adjutant
Forty-seventh Missouri Infantry, AugUBt,
1864; lieutenant colonel Fiftieth Missouri In
fantry, October, 1864; colonel same regiment,
May, 1865, so continuing to close of war. In
general practice of law, Franklin Co., Mo., and
St. Louis, 1865-1910. Appointed circuit attor
ney Ninth Judicial Circuit and served October,
1865-August, 1866; special agent post-office de
partment, 1866-69; acting circuit attorney St.
Louis, 1880-82; Republican nominee for judge
of Court of Criminal Corrections, 1886 (de
clined) ; fusion nominee attorney general of
Missouri, 1884; Republican nominee attorney
general of Missouri, 1892; elected judge of
Court of Criminal Corrections, St. Louis, and
served 1894-98. Member St. Louis Law School
Alumni Association, Washington University
Association. Was president board trustees
Mullanphy Emigrant Relief Fund and member
same two terms, 1877, 1894. Member G. A. R.
and was president of the first Missouri Asso
ciation. Was editor and publisher Franklin
County Observer, Washington, Mo., 1867-70.
Residence: 1320 Goodfellow Ave.
MURPHY, Fred Towsley, surgeon; born,
Detroit, Oct. 23, 1872; son of Charles Edmund
and Helen P. (Towsley) Murphy; graduated
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., 1893; A.B.,
Yale, 1897; M.D., Harvard Medical School,

1901; married, Cornelia Brownell Gould, of
Andover, Mass., Aug. 8, 1904 (died, 1907);
one son, Charles B. G. Assistant in anatomy,
Harvard. Medical School, 1903-04; assistant
surgeon Infants' Hospital, Boston, 1904-08;
Austin teaching fellow in surgery, Harvard
Medical School, 1905; surgeon to out-patients,
Massachusetts General Hospital, 1907-11; vis
iting surgeon to clinic, Harvard Medical
School, 1909-11; assistant in surgery, Harvard
Medical School, 1910-11; professor surgery,
Washington University, since 1911. Trustee
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. Republican.
Member American Medical Association, So
ciety of Clinical Surgery, Massachusetts Med
ical Society. Clubs: Racquet, St. Louis Coun
try. Office: 1806 Locust St. Residence: 5738
Cates Ave.
MURPHY, John C, surgeon; born, St.
Louis, Aug. 3, 1871; son of John C. and Eliza
beth (Keane) Murphy; educated in private
school; M.D., John A. Creighton Medical Col
lege, 1895; unmarried. Engaged in practice in
St. Louis since 1895, specializing in surgery
and gynecology. Medical examiner for the
Bankers Life Association of Des Moines, la.
Member St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri
State Medical Association, Tri-State Medical
Society, American Medical Association. Rec
reation: music. Office and Residence: 4263
Morgan St.
*MURPHY, John H., lawyer; moved to St.
Paul; see Vol. 1906.
MURPHY, Michael Joseph, lawyer; born,
New York, Aug. 20, 1834; son of Thomas and
Mary (Hogan) Murphy; educated in Old Ca
thedral Parish School, public schools; LL.B.,
St. Louis Law School, 1870; married St.
Louis, Jan. 22, 1863, Annie Louise Arnot;
children: Jessie Arnot, Joseph A., Annie Lou
ise Hemenway (deceased), George Gill, Fred.
B., Bradford. Engaged in general practice of
law in St. Louis from 1870; also, since 1895,
with son, Fred. B. Murphy, engaged in general
real estate and financial agency business, as
M. J. Murphy & Son. Democrat. President
Board of Public Schools, 1879; harbor and
wharf commissioner, 1887-90; street commis
sioner, 1890-95; member Board of Public Im
provements, 1887-95; member Board Mullan
phy Commissioners (president, 1901-02). Fa
vorite recreations: hunting and fishing. Of
fice: 1023 Chestnut St. Residence: 3741 W.
Pine Boul.
MURPHY, Patrick C, manufacturer of
trunks and traveling bags; born, County of
Cork, Ireland, Mar. 17, 1836; son of Charles
and Johanna (McCarthy) Murphy; educated
in common schools; married, St. Louis, 1867,
Nora Maloney; seven children: Charles L. (de
ceased), Marie E. (Mrs. Alfred E. Baker),
Kate L., Frank Leo, Josephine (Mrs. George
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of Peoria, 111.), Julius (deceased). Came to
United States direct to Philadelphia in 1852;
worked there for two yfars in the saddlery,
harness and trunk business; in 1854 removed
to St. Louis, and engaged with S. F. Sommers,
trunk manufacturer, three years; established
for self, in St. Louis, in 1859; in 1892 the
business was incorporated as the P. C. Mur
phy Trunk Co., of which is president, the
company manufacturing all kinds of trunks,
traveling bags, suit cases and traveling goods
of every kind. Democrat. Catholic. Recrea
tion: traveling. Office and Factory: 13th and
Papin Sts. Retail Store: 707 Washington Ave.
Residence: Jefferson Hotel.
MURPHY, Robert Brent, physician; born,
Washington Co., Mo., Feb. 16, 1867; son of
William S. and Eliza Grace (Brent) Murphy;
educated in public schools, Fenton, St. Louis
Co., Mo.; graduated from Christian Brothers
College (Commercial Department), 1884;
M.D., St. Louis Medical College, 1889; mar
ried, Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 19, 1903, Mayde
Williamson; three children: Robert Brent, Jr.,
William Talbot, Mayde. Assistant physician
to St. Louis Female Hospital, 1889-90. Mem
ber American Medical Association, Missouri
State Medical Association, St. Louis Medical
Society, Medical Society of City Hospital
Alumni. Democrat. Catholic. Office and Resi
dence: 6120 Victoria Ave.
MURRAY, Henry Ray, secretary American
Manufacturing Co.; born, Cincinnati, Sept. 8,
1855; son of Henry and Ann (Ray) Murray;
educated in public schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, Webster Groves, Mo., 1882, Helen Braun;
children: Grace B., Harry L., Helen M. (Mrs.
Z. J. Mitchell). Was for twenty-one years
with the St. Louis Bagging Co., until the com
pany discontinued in 1889; entered employ of
The American Manufacturing Co., manufac
turers of bagging for covering cotton, Jan. 1,
1890, and represented the company as state
agent in Texas for ten years; now secretary
same company. Secretary and treasurer Mingo
Land and Lumber Co. Member Business Men 's
League. Presbyterian. Club: Noonday. Of
fiee: 102 Rialto Bldg. Residence: 5048 Water
man Ave.
MURRAY, Matthew P., Jr.; see Vol. 1906.
MURRAY, Matthew Peter, lawyer; born,
Carlyle, 111., Jan. 31, 1847; son of Peter and
Mary Ann (Cummins) Murray; educated in
public school and Illinois State Normal Uni
versity; married, Carlyle, 111., Nov. 9, 1869,
Mary A. McGaffigan (died Oct. 8, 1901) ; chil
dren: Hugh Vincent, Julia M., Nano A., Ce
celia B., Matthew Paul, Mark D., Andrew P.,
Richard L., Irene Edna, George E., Dolor P.,
Ruth. Admitted to bar by Supreme Court of
Illinois, March, 1871; since in general prac
tice in courts of Illinois; member firm of
Moore & Murray, 1871-73, Murray & Andrews,

1873-86; state's attorney for Clinton Co., 111.,
1880-96 (declined to serve longer); in 1902,
the firm of Murray & Murray was formed at
Carlyle, 111., the business since then being
chiefly conducted by son, Hugh V. Murray.
Counsel and trust officer of Missouri-Lincoln
Trust Co., 1902-05. Member St. Louis Bar As
sociation. Democrat. Catholic. Offiee: 421
Liggett Bldg.; also Carlyle, 111. Residence:
4143 Maryland Ave.
MURRAY, William Joseph, real estate;
born, Cincinnati, Nov. 8, 1864; son of Joseph
and Mary (Stanton) Murray; graduated from
St. Louis University, 1876; unmarried. In
office of Hemp, Cuno & Co., 1876-79; clerk in
the post-office department at St. Louis, 1879-
99; in the real estate business as secretary of
the D. J. Hayden Realty Co., which later be
came the Murray-Hayden Realty Co., of which
was president until February, 1910; now presi
dent William J. Murray Realty Co. Served as
second lieutenant Light Battery A, Missouri
Volunteers, in Porto Rico expedition, 1898;
retired after twenty-five years' service as
first lieutenant Light Battery A, National
Guard of Missouri. Catholic. Office: 17-19 N.
7th St. Residence: 4106 A Michigan Ave.
_ MURRAY, William Michael, second vice
president St. Louis Coffin Co.; bom, Potosi,
Mo., July 16, 1866; son of Hugh and Mary
(Moloney) Murray; educated in public schools
of Missouri; married, Richwoods, Mo., Sept.
6, 1893, Mary Flynn;. children: Aloyse, Greg
ory, William, Vivian, Mary. Began as school
teacher in Washington and St. Francois coun
ties, Mo., continuing for five years; came to
St. Louis, 1889, and became employe of the St.
Louis Coffin Co., with which has ever since
been connected, and now second vice presi
dent. Roman Catholic. Member Knights of
Columbus, Knights of Father Matthew. Of
fice: 1821 Chouteau Ave. Residence: 3918
Iowa Ave.
MUSICK, U. S., secretary Louisiana Lum
ber Co.; born, Robertsville, Mo., Feb. 7,
1875; son of Francis M. and Martha A.
(Twitty) Musick; educated in local grammar
schools and commercial schools at Springfield,
Mo.; married, Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 19, 1906,
Miss Sallie Selena Spangler. Taught commer
cial course in Queen City Business College at
Springfield, 1893-98; engaged in wholesale and
manufacturing lumber business since 1898,
and secretary and director of the Colonial
Lumber and Timber Co., 1901 to Feb. 1, 1909;
since secretary Louisiana Lumber Co., manu
facturers and wholesale dealers in yellow pine
lumber. Democrat. Member of Hoo Hoo. Club:
Missouri Athletic. Recreations: hunting and
fishing. Office: Wright Bldg. Residence: 6042
Westminster PL
MUSICK, William H., electro-plater; born,
Creve Coeur, St. Louis Co., Mo., Aug. 25, 1859;
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Musick; educated, Fee Fee School, St. Louis
Co.; Kirkwood public schools; Stoddard (pub
lic) School, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Oct.
26, 1882, Mollie E. Bowe; six children: Ed
ward, Bessie, William, Venita, Ida, George.
Began in electro-plating business in St. Louis,
1878; general manager firm of Degge & Mu
sick, electro-platers, 1881-86; now head Musick
Plating Works. Democrat. Baptist. Member
Masonic Order, Knights of Honor, Royal Ar
canum. Club: St. Louis Rotary. Recreation:
bowline'. Office: 717-719 Market St. Resi
dence: 4814 Labadie Ave.
*MUSSON, William H., CM., clergyman;
moved to Perryville, Mo.; see Vol. 1906. '
MUTH, John Benedict, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 5, 1878; son of Lorenz and Maria
A. (Reuter) Muth; educated St. Louis Uni
versity and St. Louis Law School (Law De
partment, Washington University), graduat
ing with degree of LL.B., 1899; married, St.
Louis, July 31, 1896, Catherine Ahrens; three
children: Marion, Celeste, Paul. In practice
in St. Louis since June, 1899. Secretary Muth
Dry Goods Co., Muth Realty Co., Clayton
Road Lumber and Supply Co., Argus Realty
and Improvement Co. Democrat. Catholic.
Member Real Estate Exchange, St. Louis,
University and Washington University Alumni
associations. Member B. P. O. Elks, Knights
of Columbus. Club: City. Recreations: hunt
ing, fishing, boating. Office: 4111 Manchester
Ave. Residence: 6724 Oakland Ave.
MYER, Jesse S., physician; born, Salisbury,
Mo., Dec. 17, 1873; son of Jacob and Mary
(Shire) Myer; A.B., Missouri State University,
1893; M.D., Marion-Sims College of Medicine,
1896; post-graduate study in universities of
Berlin and Strassburg, 1897-98. Engaged in
practice of internal medicine, in St. Louis,
since 1898. Instructor in Medical Department
of Washington University; associate physi
cian to Jewish Hospital. Member American
Medical Association, Missouri State Medical
Association, St. Louis Medical Society. Jew
ish religion. Office: Linmar Bldg. Residence:
5021 Waterman Ave.
MYER, Max W., surgeon; born, Salisbury,
Mo., Feb. 22, 1878; son of Jacob and Mary
(Shire) Myer; A.B., University of Missouri, .
1897; M.D., Marion-Sims College of Medicine,
St. Louis, 1899; post-graduate work at Berlin,
Strassburg and Munich, Germany, and Vienna,
Austria, for three years, 1900, 1901 and 1902;
unmarried. Began practice at Columbia, Mo.,
1902; removed to St. Louis, 1908, and has
since engaged in general practice in this city.
Member Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Beta Omicron.
Office: 3894 Washingon Boul. Residence:
Washington Hotel.
MYERS, Eugene Lee, physician; born, St.
Louis, May 22, 1880; son of Lee and Sarah
(Greengard) Myers; was graduated at Divoll

(grammar) School, St. Louis; attended Cen
tral High School two years; privately tutored
to equivalent to B.S. degree; matriculated in
College Physicians and Surgeons, St. Louis,
graudating, summa cum laude, 1909 ; unmar
ried. Junior and senior interne, City Hospital,
eighteen months, 1909-10; private assistant,
and in association with Dr. Max A. Goldstein,
1910-11; since in practice on own account.
Member American Medical Association, Mis
souri State Medical Society, St. Louis Medical
Society, City Hospital Alumni Association.
Member Forest Park Lodge No. 578, A. F. &
A. M. Club: Masonic. Recreations: music,
science and athletics. Office and Residence:
3904 Laclede Ave.
MYERS, John B., contractor; born, St.
Louis, Mar. 26, 1866; son of John B. and Ada-
line (Motrin) Myers; educated in public
schools of St. Louis Co. until 1881, then one
year in Smith Academy, and afterwards in
Washington University, degree of B.E., 1886,
and C.E., 1887; married, St. Louis, Oct. 4,
1905, Florence Fletcher; three children: Mary
Adaline, Florence and Jane. Began profession
al-career as engineer in Water Department of
St. Louis, 1887-89; engineer of bridge and
building department of the Missouri Pacific
B. R., 1889-90; engineer for Penney Surveying
Co., 1890-92; vice president Penney-Myers
Construction Co., 1892-96; since 1896, presi
dent Myers Construction Co. Member Civie
League, Engineers' Club of St. Louis. Cath
olic. Member Royal Arcanum. Club: Mercan
tile. Recreation: fishing. Office: 1109, 506
Olive St. Residence: 5723 Bartmer Ave.
MYERS, Rudolph Herman, president R. H.
Myers Hardware Co.; born, St. Louis, Nov. 9,
1867; son of Charles H. and Jennie (Bodeck-
er) Myers; educated Webster (grammar)
School, Polytechnic High night school, Toens
feldt's School, and under private tutelage in
German and Spanish; married, St. Louis, Dec.
3, 1889, Wilhelmi Ley, ' of Belleville, 111.;
three children: Ralph, Irene, Eugene. Began
active career as errand boy for 0- -A-- R-
Hardware Co. and resigned after eight years,
when in charge of tool department; then was
with Charles Humes Hardware Co., in charge
builders' hardware department and salesmen
on street for five years; gave up this position,
May 10, 1892, to enter into partnership in
hardware business with Herman Kreibohm;
bought out partner's interest, Jan. 1, 1897,
and since president and treasurer R. H. Myers
Hardware Co. Also manufacturers ' agent for
the Allith PrOuty Co., of Danville, 111., and
Oscar Rixon Co., of Chicago. Member Retail
Hardware Dealers' Association (ex-president),
North St. Louis Business Men's Association,
North St. Louis Citizens' Association, North
St. Louis Turn Verein, T. P. A.; secretary
Hook Worm Club of U. S. A., founded by
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gregationalist; trustee Hyde Park Congrega
tional Church. Member Keystone Lodge, A. F.
& A. M. (Past Master); Bellefontaine Chapter
No. 25, R. A. M.; Ascalon Commandery,
Knights Templar; Shrine; and Eastern Star
Lodge No. 69, Order of Eastern Star. Clubs:
Missouri Athletic, St. Louis Railway, Brook
lyn Hunting and Fishing (Arkansas). Recrea
tions: fishing, hunting, swimming. Offiee:
3711-3713 N. Broadway. Residence: 2912 Uni
versity St.
MYERSON, Samuel F., printer; born, St.
Louis, May 13, 1861; son of Samuel F. and
Louise G. (Chouteau) Myerson;' educated in
St. Louis public schools and Christian Broth
ers College; married, Jefferson, Tex., Jan. 14,
1885, Leila L. Perry; children: Samuel F., Jr.,
Leila L. Entered printing business, 1879, in
corporated Samuel F. Myerson Printing Co.,
1893, and is now president and treasurer of
company; treasurer Myerson Real Estate Co.
Republican. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Ath
letic, Normandie Golf, Million Population.
Recreation: golf. Offiee: 3d and Chestnut Sts.
Residence: 5739 Cabanne Ave.
N
NABORS, John McHenry, vice president
Burrow, Jones & Dwyer Shoe Co.; born, Union
Co., Ark., Oct. 30, 1855; son of John Henry
and Susan (McHenry) Nabors; educated in
country district schools to 1876; married,
Keaehie, La., Dec. 30, 1880, Mary Lee; seven
-children: Irma Lee, James T., J. Baehman,
Susie, J. M., Jr., W. O, Morris. Began busi
ness career as traveling salesman for John
Henry & Co., shoe jobbers, New Orleans, Oc
tober, 1889, and continued until 1892; engaged
with Walden-Parcels-Jordan Shoe Co., St.
Louis, 1892-94; then with Brown Shoe Co., un
til 1903; was one of sixteen traveling sales
men that organized the Desnoyers Courtney
Shoe Co., 1902, which name changed to Court
ney Shoe Co., in 1904, again changed to pres
ent firm of Burrow, Jones & Dyer Shoe Co., of
which has been second vice president since its
organization, and traveling salesman through
out Louisiana. President of Nabors Oil and
Gas Co., Logan Oil Co., Grand Bayou Planting
Co.; second vice president Peoples Bank of
Mansfield, La.; vice president South Mansfield
Mercantile Co., De Soto Industrial Co. Demo
crat. Methodist. Member Masonic Order,
Knights of Pythias, Hoo Hoo. Club: Missouri
Athletic. Recreations: quail shooting and fish
ing. Office: 1001-1002 Washington Ave., St.
Louis. Residence: Mansfield, La.
NAGEL, Charles, lawyer; born, Colorado
Co., Tex., Aug. 9, 1849.; son of Dr. Hermann
and Friedericke (Litzmann) Nagel; graduated
high school, St. Louis, 1868; LL.B., St. Louis
Law School, 1872; studied Roman law, polit
ical economy, etc., University of Berlin, Ger

many, 1873; (LL.D., Brown University, 1911);
married Fannie Brandeis, of Louisville, Ky.,
Aug. 4, 1876; 2d, Anne Shepley, of St. Louis,
May 5, 1895. Admitted to bar, 1873, and
practiced at St. Louis; member firm Finkeln-
burg (Gustavus Adolphus), Nagel & Kirby,
1903-05, Nagel & Kirby, 1905-09; lecturer, St.
Louis Law School, 1885-1909. Member Mis
souri House of Representatives, 1881-83; presi
dent St. Louis City Council, 1893-97; member
Republican National Committee, 1908-12; Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor in cabinet of
President Taft, since March, 1909. Trustee
Washington University; member board of con
trol St. Louis Museum Fine Arts. Clubs: Met
ropolitan, Chevy Chase (Washington), Uni
versity, Commercial, St. Louis, Round Table,
Country, Noonday. Address: Department
Commerce and Labor, Washington. Residence:
St. Louis.
NAHM, Gustav A., coffees and spices; see
Vol. 1906.
NAMENDORF, Charles H., maker of um
brellas; born, Xenia, O., Oct. 21, 1860; son of
Frederick William and Barbara (Gabler)
Namendorf ; educated in public schools of Day
ton, O., and Chicago, 111.; married, Dayton, O.,
1888, Minnie Glaser. Worked as embosser and
gilder for seven years in Dayton, and after
wards for four years at Chicago branch of
Gane Bros. & Co., of New York, bookbinders'
supplies; came to St. Louis, 1887, and with
Frederick F. Namendorf established in the
umbrella business, succeeding as sole proprie
tor, on the death of partner, in 1894. Member
Ohio Society of St. Louis. Office: 416 N. 6th
St. Residence: 3529 Lafayette Ave.
NAPIER, Robert Christian, grain commis
sion; born, Milwaukee, Wis., May 8, 1869;
son of John and Anna Napier; educated in
public schools and Evangelical Lutheran
School; married, Carlinville, 111., Oct. 16, 1901,
Rose J. Brockmeier; two children: Robert O,
Jr., and Ruth Janet. Began active career
Feb. 19, 1883, as office boy for Hubbard &
Bartlett Commission Co., with which has ever
since been connected, the title being changed
to Hubbard & Moffitt Commission Co.; now
secretary of the company and member board
of directors. Club: Missouri Athletic. Rec
reation: bowling. Office: 212 Chamber of Com
merce. Residence: 5160 Waterman Ave.
NARDIN, William T., lawyer; born, Schuy
ler Co., 111., Oct. 2, 1874; son of James F. and
Sarah E. (Thompson) Nardin; educated, Van
dalia (Mo.) High School; A.B., University of
Missouri, 1903, A.M., 1904; LL.B., Law De
partment, same university, 1907; married,
Vandalia, Oct. 27, 1910, Mary E. Conway. On
farm until twenty-two years of age; began
practice of law in St. Louis, in office of X. P.
Wilfley and J. S. Mclntyre, September, 1907;.
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10; member firm of Wilfley, Wilfley, Mclntyre
& Nardin since February, 1910. Republican.
Unitarian. Member American Bar Associa
tion, St. Louis Bar Association, Phi Delta Phi
legal fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa, Theta
Kappa Nu, Club: City. Offiee: 815 Central
National Bank Bldg. Residence: 5701 Julian
Avenue. NASH, Lawrence Eugene; see Vol. 1906.
NASH, W(ade) Hampton, physician and
surgeon; bora, Fleming Co., Ky., Jan. 22, 1877;
son of James Samuel and Adah Lilse (Walk
er) Nash; educated at Cote Brilliante gram
mar school; Franklin High night school;
learned carpentering and building and spent
six years in Wyoming; returned to St. Louis
and began study of medicine under Dr. Waldo
Briggs; matriculated in College of Physicians
and Surgeons, 1899, and graduated, with de
gree of M.D., 1903; married, St. Louis, Nov.
14, 1905, Julia Antoinett Pesold; two chil
dren: Wade Hampton Nash, Jr., and Phillips
Kereheval Nash. Has practiced in St. Louis
since 1903; chief clinician of genito-urinary
surgery, " Barnes Medical College, 1906-07;
professor genito-urinary surgery, St. Louis
College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1909.
Member American Medical Association, Mis
souri State Medical Society, St. Louis Medical
Society. Served in state militia, Douglas, Wyo.
Democrat. Member Protestant Methodist
Church, South. Mason; Past Master St. Louis
Lodge No. 20, A. F. & A. M.; Scottish Rite
(32°); Moolah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.;
also member Walnut Lodge, Knights of Py
thias. Clubs: Masonic, Business Men's, Gym
nasium. Recreations : hunting, fishing and any
outdoor sports. Office: 405-406 Commercial
Bldg. Residence: 4807 Cote Brilliante Ave.
NASSE, August, wholesale grocer; born in
St. Charles Co., Mo., Dec. 29, 1837; son of
August C. and Matilde (Wuerdeman) Nasse;
educated in public schools of Gasconade Co.,
Mo., and St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Mar.
24, 1869, Caroline Fink (died Apr. 21, 1908) ;
children: Albert T. (died Nov. 21, 1910), Wal
ter C. Came to St. Louis from Gasconade Co.,
Mo., in 1856; was employed with Collins, Kel-
log & Kirby, dry goods, until 1861; served
through Civil War in Third Regiment U. S.
Reserves in Missouri and the Southwest;
later member Seventh Regiment, Missouri Na
tional Guard. On Jan. 1, 1867, organized
wholesale grocery firm of Fink & Nasse, which
continued until the death of Mr. Fink; has
since continued the business alone. Member
Merchants' Exchange; director Lafayette
Building and Loan Association. Republican.
Member Hassendeubel Post No. 13, G. A. R.
Office: 209-211 N. 2d St. Residence: 2323 La
fayette Ave.
NATHANSON, Henry, president Phoenix
Furniture Co.; born, Johnstown, Pa., Feb. 16,
1865; son of Lewis and Amelia (Engel) Na-

thanson; educated in public schools in Penn
sylvania; married, Cincinnati, 1891, Emma
Stern; children: Amy, Herman. Began busi
ness career in wholesale clothing house of
Hilbroner Bros. & Co., Philadelphia, 1879,
working in stock first and afterwards as trav
eling salesman, covering the middle West; in
business in men's furnishing goods at Sun-
bury, Pa., 1887-90; in furniture business, New
ark, O., 1890-92; since 1892 in furniture busi
ness in St. Louis, now president of the Phoe
nix Furniture Co. Jewish religion. Recrea
tion: motoring. Office: 1101-1103 Olive St.
Residence: 6145 McPherson Ave.
NEALE, Harry George; living in England;
see Vol. 1906.
NEELEY, Charles E., president of the South
Arkansas Lumber Co.; born, Marion City, Mo.,
Jan. 28, 1851; son of Solomon C. and Esther
(Carpenter) Neeley; attended public schools
until seventeen years of age, then attended
Whipple Academy, Jacksonville, 111.; married,
Kane, Greene Co., 111., Aug. 25, 1874, Martha
Emma King; one daughter, Lotta King (wife
of S. W. Reyburn, president Union Trust Co.,
of Little Rock, Ark.). Learned telegraphy at
Whitehall, 111., 1872; agent and operator on
Chicago & Alton R. R. four years; then with
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Ry. as
relief agent and later as district operator and
traveling auditor until 1884, when resigned
and engaged in lumber manufacturing and
building short-line railroads; in 1886, with
others, built the South-Western R. R., from
Smithton, Ark., to Okolona, Ark.; organized
the Citizens' Bank, Arkadelphia, Ark.; later
organizing the South Arkansas Lumber Co.,
Limited, of which is president, and the Huie-
Hodge Lumber Co., Limited; built the Arkan
sas Southern R. R., from El Dorado, Ark., to
Winfield, La.; finally lumber manufacturing
interests grew so that it was necessary to
establish a St. Louis office for marketing the
product; organized and is president Mignon
ette Mining Co., of Joplin, Mo.; director
Union Trust Co., Little Rock, Ark. Demo
crat. Baptist. Mason (King Solomon Lodge
No. 197, Kane, 111.). Clubs: Mercantile, Buck
ingham. Favorite recreation: motoring. Of
fice: 1209 Fullerton Bldg. Residence: Buck
ingham Hotel.
NEILSON, Henry Wilson, vice president
Campbell Glass and Paint Co.; born, Belle
ville, Ontario, Can., May 6, 1858; son of
George and Sarah (Leavens) Neilson; edu
cated in public schools of Belleville and col
lege at Kingston, Ont.; married, Boston, Mass.,
June, 1904, Florence E. Butters. Began busi
ness career as clerk in bank at Belleville, five
years; then went to Kansas City, Mo., where
was bookkeeper for Campbell & Cutler, and
when in 1884 the firm became incorporated as
the Campbell & Cutler Paint and Glass Co.,
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poration divided and the Campbell Glass and
Paint Co. was formed and incorporated in
1893; was elected vice president and since
1896 has resided in St. Louis in charge of
company's branch house here. Member Mer
chants' Exchange, Business Men's League.
Independent in polities. Presbyterian. Clubs:
Amateur Athletic Association, Mercantile,
Glen Echo, Sunset Hill. Recreation: golf. Of
fice: 801 S. Main St. Residence: Kingsbury
Apartments. *NEIMEYER, Andrew Johnson, wholesale
lumber; moved to Pasadena, Cal.; see Vol.
1906. NEKULA, John, clergyman; born, Moravia,
Jan. 3, 1871; son of Jacob and Katherine
(Prokas) Nekula; was graduated at gym
nasium in native country, 1891; pursued theo
logical studies at University of Louvaine, Bel
gium, and later at Kenrick Seminary. Or
dained to priesthood Roman Catholic Church
by Archbishop Kain, June 8, 1895; assistant
pastor St; John's of Nepomuk Church, 1895-
1901; pastor St. Wenceslaus Church since 1901.
Member Bohemian Catholic Central. Union,
Bohemian Bowling League. Recreations: gar
dening, poultry raising, bowling. Residence:
3014 Oregon Ave.
NELSON, Clement William, assistant gen
eral manager St. Louis Southwestern Ry.
Lines; born, Morristown, 111., July 12, 1870;
son of John and Charlotte E. (Mcllroy) Nel
son; educated in public schools of Cambridge,
111., 1878-82, and of Larimore, N. D., 1884-89;
married, Larimore, 1895, Ann Kenney; chil
dren: Agnes K., Clement William, Jr., Charlotte
E. Agent and messenger American Express Co.,
June, 1889, to September, 1890; clerk, time
keeper, etc., in various departments of Great
Northern Ry., 1890-96; chief clerk to superin
tendent on various divisions of Great Northern
Ry., 1896-99 ; chief clerk to general superintend
ent St. Louis Southwestern Lines, 1899-1900;
chief clerk to vice president and general man
ager St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Lines, March,
1900-May, 1906; since assistant general man
ager same. Director Frost-Johnson Lumber
Co., St. Louis, Gray's Point Terminal Ry.
Co., Memphis Union Station Co., Memphis
Railroad Terminal Co. Member Business Men 's
League. Episcopalian. Mason (Scottish Rite).
Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile, Glen Echo (di
rector), St. Louis Railway. Favorite recrea
tions: golf, fishing and hunting. Office: 1551
Pierce Bldg. Residence: 5152 Vernon Ave.
NELSON, Edwin Mills, physician; deceased;
see Vol. 1906.
NELSON, French Louis, president O. K.
Harry Steel Co.; born, Bunceton, Cooper Co.,
Mo., July 2, 1871; son of Wyan and Adelia
(French) Nelson; educated in grammar and
high schools of Kansas City, Mo.; married,
St. Louis, Apr. 9, 1903, Lillie Belle Harry;

two children: Ida Harry and French L., Jr.
Began active career as clerk in employ of
Wabash R. R. at St. Louis, 1890, and con
tinued with the road for ten years; agent
Lackawanna R. R. at St. Louis, 1900-03; sales
man O. K. Harry Steel Co., 1903-05, and presi
dent and manager of the company since 1906;
director Morris Fire Appliance Co. Democrat;
member Democratic City Central Committee
from Twenty-second Ward, 1898. Member
Christian (Disciples) Church. Club: Rotary.
Recreation: baseball. Office: 2333 Papin St.
Residence: Knickerbocker Apts.
NELSON, Henry Philip; see Vol. 1906.
NELSON, James Martin, Jr.; born, Fort
Scott, Kan., Mar. 7, 1876; son of Lewis C. and
Louise (Bradford) Nelson; collegiate educa
tion; married, June 28, 1910, Virginia M..
Dines. Has charge of properties of father.
Clubs: St. Louis, University, Noonday, Glen
Echo Country, Bellerive. Office: 900 Security
Bldg. Residence: "Nelsonia, " St. Louis Co.
NELSON, John Gustaf, Swedish consul;
born, Bastad, Sweden, Aug. 1, 1861; son of
John and Christina (Benson) Nelson; edu
cated in public schools, Sweden; went to sea
until 1882, when came to America, and to St.
Louis in 1884; studied at Y. M. C. A., St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, Nov. 17, 1888, Laura
E. Lund (died July, 1893); one child, Lau-
rentia; married, 2d, St. Louis, Dec. 16, 1896,
Emma C. Carlson. In employ of an iron sup
ply house until 1896; engaged in fire insurance
business until 1906; since in business as John
G. Nelson, real estate and insurance, Maple
wood, Mo., and St. Louis. President Maple
wood Storage Co., and director Bank of Ma
plewood. Vice consul, Sweden, since 1909.
Prohibitionist. Congregationalist. Member
Knights of Pythias. Offices: 1423 Pierce Bldg.,
and 7344 Manchester Ave. Residence: 2629
Margaut Ave., Maplewood, Mo.
, NELSON, Lewis C, retired banker; born,
Boonville, Mo., Sept. 18, 1848; son of James
M. and Margaret (Wyan) Nelson; educated
at Kemper School, Boonville, Mo.; A.B., Mis
souri State University, 1867; Yale University;
married in Saline Co., Mo., 1874, Louise Brad
ford; one son, James Martin, 2d. Began busi
ness career as private secretary to late Hon.
Joseph L. Stephens, of Boonville, 1867; in
1869 was assistant cashier of the Central Na
tional Bank of Boonville; in 1871 organized
the First National Bank of Fort Scott, Kan.;
came to St. Louis, 1880, as cashier of Valley
National Bank; subsequently operated exten
sively in Texas bonds and lands, and gas and
water works; president of St. Louis National
Bank from 1892 to 1899, when retired perma
nently from all active business. Presbyterian.
Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Glen Echo. Rec
reation: farming. Offiee: 900 Security Bldg.
Residence: "Nelsonia," St. Louis Co., and 23
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NELSON, Nelson O., manufacturer; born in
Norway, Sept. 11, 1844; son of Anders and
Gertrude Nelson; came to United States in
childhood; educated in schools of Buchanan
Co., Mo.; married, St. Joseph, Mo., April,
1868, Almeria Posegate; two daughters: Julia
(Mrs. L. D. Lawnin, of Leclaire, 111.), Char
lotte (Mrs. E. L. Burroughs, of Edwardsville,
111.). Established, 1872, as manufacturer of
plumbers' and steam fitters' supplies; has
headquarters in St. Louis and factories at
Leclaire, 111., and Bessemer, Ala. Adopted
profit-sharing with employees in 1886. Estab
lished cooperative village Leclaire (Edwards
ville, 111., P. O.), 1890. Active in single tax
and social reform movements; also in intro
ducing farmers' cooperative associations and
rural industrial education in the South. Of
fice: 10th and Chestnut Sts. Residence: Ed
wardsville, 111.
NETTLESHIP, James Douglas, auditor
freight accounts, St. Louis & San Francisco
R. R. Co.; born, Lockerbie, Scotland, Aug. 22,
1869; graduated from Lockerbie High School,
1886; married, St. Louis, Sept. 16, 1896, Mary
Letitia Taylor; children: Margaret Wayland,
Caroline Taylor. Came to United States, June
1, 1887, and immediately entered service of
the St. Louis & San Francisco R. R. Co. as jun
ior clerk, accounting department; promoted to
freight accountant, Dee. 1, 1898; since Oct. 1,
1501, auditor freight accounts, same road.
Member Royal Arcanum. Recreations: hunt
ing and fishing. Office: Frisco Bldg. Resi
dence: 5700 Clemens Ave.
*NETTLETON, William A., railway official;
moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
NEUHOFF, Fritz, physician; born, Belle
ville, 111., Oct. 2, 1863; son of George L. and
Mary (Knoebel) Neuhoff; educated at Belle
ville grammar school; Smith Academy; A.B.,
Washington University, 1884; M.D., St. Louis
Medical College, 1887; married, St. Louis, Feb.
15, 1894, M. Ethel Coulter; children: Ralph,
Sidney, Dorothy. Assistant physician, St.
Louis City Hospital, 1887-88; assistant phy
sician, St. Louis Female Hospital, 1888-89;
since in general private practice in St. Louis;
physician-in-chief to men 's medical depart
ment of St. Mary's Infirmary; consultant to
Mt. St. Rose Hospital for diseases of lungs;
medical examiner Legion of Honor since 1895.
Member St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri
State ^Medical Association, American Medical
Association. Office and Residence: 3206 La
fayette Ave.
NEUN, Walter J. G., lawyer; born, St.
Louis, June 17, 1881; son of Charles H. and
Augusta (Scharringhausen) Neun; graduated
from Smith Academy, 1899 (president of
class); then at Washington University; LL.B.,
with honors, St. Louis Law School, 1902; mar
ried, St. Louis, Jan. 23, 1909, Miss Marie E.
Nagel; one son, Frank A. Admitted to bar,

July 10, 1902, and since in practice; assistant
counsel Simmons Hardware Co., 1908-09; as
sistant circuit attorney, 1909-10; since assist
ant counsel National Bank of Commerce.
Member St. Louis Bar Association. Repub
lican. Presbyterian. Mason (32°), Shriner.
Recreation: tennis. Office: 420 Olive St. Resi
dence: 5915 Clemens Ave.
*NEUSTADT, Jules Henry; moved to Cali
fornia; see Vol. 1906.
NEWBERY, Frederick Ernest, contracting
electrical engineer; bora, Milton Ernest, Bed
ford, Eng., Nov. 10, 1864; son of Frederick
and Jane (Day) Newbery; preparatory educa
tion, Bedford schools; E.E., Finsbury Tech
nical College, 1883; married, Buchanan, Mich.,
Mar. 8, 1897, Gertrude Hanley. After leaving
college was in employ of Patterson & Cooper
Electrical Works, of London, Eng.; came to
United States, 1888; with Thomson-Houston
Central Station, at Maiden, Mass., 1888-89;
Westinghouse Electric Co., 1890, North Amer
ican Construction Co., 1890-94, in construction
and engineering work for L. K. Comstock Co.,
of Chicago, 1894-97; entered business on own
account at St. Louis, 1897; now president F.
E. Newbery Electric Co. of St. Louis, New-
bery-Bowers Electric Co., of Los Angeles, Cal.,
Newbery-Bendheim Electric Co., of San Fran
cisco, F. E. Newbery Electric Co., of Illinois.
Episcopalian. Member National Electrical
Contractors' Association, League of Electrical
Interests, Citizens' Industrial Association.
Clubs: Bellerive Country, Glen Echo Country.
Recreations: golf and hunting. Office: Cen
tury Bldg. Residence: Glen Echo Country
Club. NEWBY, James Broadhead, dentist; born,
Flint Hill, St. Charles Co., Mo., Nov. 23, 1850;
son of John H. and Mary Anne (Broadhead)
Newby; educated in high school in St. Louis,
college in St. Charles, Mo.; D.D.S., Missouri
Dental College, 1870; married Lesbia A. North,
of Gray's Summit, Mo.; children: Mrs. Mary
Newby Boyd and Florence Newby Anderson.
Engaged in practice of dentistry in St. Louis
since 1871. Member, vice president and act
ing president of the Dental Department of
Washington University; member (president
two terms) St. Louis Dental Society; member
Missouri Historical Society. Methodist. Clubs:
University, Normandie Golf. Offiee and Resi
dence: 434 Harrison Ave., Kirkwood.
NEWCOMB, Charles Lawrence; vice presi
dent Newcomb Bros. Wall Paper Co.; born,
St. Louis, May 24, 1872; son of George Amos
and Julia Augusta (Floyd) Newcomb; edu
cated in public and high schools; married, St.
Louis, June 27, 1900, Anna Heron; children
(by adoption) : Charles DeForest, Heron and
Harry. Associated with brother Norton, in es
tablishment of the Newcomb Bros. Wall Paper
Co., with which has been identified since be
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years traveling salesman and has been vice
president and secretary of the company since
1905. Member Business Men's League, Credit
Men's Association, Business Men's League
of Webster Groves (chairmam), Sons American
Revolution, Civic League. Republican. Epis
copalian. Club: Missouri Athletic. Recrea
tions: gardening and raising chickens. Office:
416-418 N. 4th St. Residence: 102 Mason Rd.,
Webster Park, Mo.
NEWCOMB, George Amos, wall paper;
1841-1906; see Vol. 1906.
NEWCOMB, Norton, president Newcomb
Bros. Wall Paper Co. (originally established,
1852); born, St. Louis, Feb. 13, 1871; son of
George Amos and Julia Augusta (Floyd) New
comb; educated in public and high schools of
St. Louis; married, Peoria, 111., July 17, 1903,
Pearl M. Spaulding; three children: Julia,
Norton, Jr., Robert S. Has been connected
with Newcomb Bros. Wall Paper Co. ever
since beginning of active career; was travel
ing salesman fifteen years; was elected presi
dent of the company, January, 1907 (after
death of father, which occurred Dec. 12,
1906). Member Business Men's League (board
of governors), Civic League, Citizens' Indus
trial Association. Republican. Presbyterian.
Club: Missouri Athletic. Recreation: outdoor
sports. Office: 416-418 N. 4th St. Residence:
56 Marshall PL, Webster Groves, Mo.
NEWLON, Hiram Samuel; see Vol. 1906.
NEWMAN, Louis Edward, physician; born,
St. Louis, Sept. 3, 1861; son of Socrates and
Lina (Vitalis) Newman; A.B., St. Louis Uni
versity, 1880, A.M.; M.D., Jefferson Medical
College, Philadelphia, 1883; married, Inde
pendence, Mo., Feb. 8, 1899, Mrs. Martha B.
Sherwood, Engaged in general practice of
medicine in St. Louis since 1883. Member
American Association of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists, St. Louis Medical Society, St.
Louis Obstetrical and Gynecological Society,
Missouri State Medical Association. Office:
512 Humboldt Bldg. Residence: 5381 Water
man Ave.
NEWMAN, Samuel Victor, president S.
Newman & Co., department store; born, Rolla,
Mo., Feb. 15, 1878; son of David and Bertha
(Victor) Newman; educated in public schools
of St. Louis; unmarried. Began active career
as errand boy at same location where he now
carries on business, 1891; advanced through
various positions until he became president of
S. Newman & Co., owners of Newman's De
partment Store. Member Independent Order
B'nai B'rith. Recreation: fishing. Office: 1800-
1802 S. 9th St. Residence: 1723 Longfellow
Boulevard. NEWMAN, William T., merchant tailor;
born, Gillingham, Dorsetshire, Eng., Nov. 3,
1854; son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Lambert)
Newman; educated in common schools; mar

ried, St. Louis, July 22, 1886, Alice M. M.
Pierson; two children: Adelaide A., George
Lambert. Served apprenticeship of four years
to dry goods merchant, at Sherbourne, Eng.;
later was employed in various cities of Eng
land; came to America, 1881, and has for
many years been identified with merchant tai
loring business of St. Louis; president New-
man-Biehle-Joyce Tailoring Co. since 1898.
Mason (32°), Knight Templar. Episcopalian.
Recreation: outdoor sports. Office: 1009 Olive
St. Residence: 5754 Waterman Ave.
*NEWTON, Albert W., civil engineer;
moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
NEWTON, Charles Henry, freight claim
agent Wabash R. R.; born, Cosumnes, Cal.,
Dee. 31, 1855; son of John Clark and Mary
Jane (Chapman) Newton; possessed limited
advantages of education in boyhood, but later
graduated from business college and Chautau
qua Reading Circle; married, Ft. Wayne, Ind.,
June 19, 1878, Mary J. Wilding (died 1904);
2d, Hanford, Cal., Nov. 10, 1909, Louise C.
Newport; three children from first marriage:
Dr. Charles A., Mabel O, Mrs. George John
ston. Served as apprentice in printing offices
at Clayton, 111., and Clinton, Mo., and with
brother, O. L. Newton, published the Clinton
Advocate, 1873-74; entered railway service as
telegraph messenger, June, 1874; promoted to
agent Wabash R. R., at Ft. Wayne, Ind., Au
gust, 1883; transferred as joint agent Wabash
and Wheeling & Lake Erie roads, at Toledo,
O., June, 1900; freight claim agent Wabash
R. R. at St. Louis since July 1, 1907. Repub
lican. Presbyterian. Member Sons American
Revolution. Mason. Recreations: golf, fish
ing and shooting. Office: 506 Title Guaranty
Bldg. Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
NEWTON, William Presley, railway official;
born Portersville, Pa., Oct. 4, 1854; son of
James and Mary Jane (Hall) Newton; edu
cated in private school; married, St. Louis,
Mar. 4, 1881, Ida S. Sidebothem; one daughter,
Florence (Mrs. L. M. Rumsey, Jr.). Began
railway service, 1875, as bill clerk Leaven
worth, Lawrence & Galveston Road at Kansas
City, Mo., since which time has been consecu
tively, 1877-1879, auditor, secretary and treas
urer Joplin Road at Girard, Kan.; May, 1879,
to March, 1881, traveling auditor St. Louis &
San Francisco Ry.; March, 1881, to Septem
ber, 1900, chief clerk and general bookkeeper
same road and its successor, St. Louis & San
Francisco Ry. Co.; since Sept. 1, 1900, assist
ant general auditor St. Louis & San Francisco
Railway Co.; also director in a number of
auxiliary companies of the Frisco System. Re
publican. Protestant. Mason.. Favorite recrea
tion: hunting. Office: 1127 Frisco Bldg. Resi
dence: 4156 Morgan St.
NICCOLLS, Samuel, banker; born, Emporia,
Kan., Nov. 3, 1871; son of William T. and
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cation; married, De Soto, Mo., Feb. 16, 1896,
Sarah E. Thomas; two children: Mary Ann
and Samuel. Began active career, 1889, in em
ploy of Peoples Bank, De Soto, Mo., and re
signed as assistant cashier, 1901; established
State Bank of Poplar Bluff, Mo., and served
as cashier until 1904; cashier Peoples Bank,
De Soto, until Jan. 1, 1905; state bank exam
iner for Missouri, 1905- July, 1907; secretary
Missouri-Lincoln Trust Co., St. Louis, until
January, 1910; then became cashier Washing
ton National Bank, continuing until Febru
ary, 1911, when same was merged into the
American Trust Co., of which has since been
vice president. Republican. Presbyterian. Ma
son, Knight Templar. Club: City. Recrea
tions: reading and music. Office: 710 Chestnut
St. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
NICCOLLS, Samuel Jack, clergyman; born,
Greenfield Farm, Westmoreland Co., Pa., Aug.
3, 1838; son of William Todd and Elizabeth
(Jack) Niccolls; educated at Eldersridge
Academy, Pennsylvania; A.B., Washington
and Jefferson College, 1857; B.D., Western
Theological Seminary, 1860 (D.D., LL.D.,
Princeton University, New Jersey, Centre
College, Kentucky, and Washington and Jef
ferson College) ; married, 1860, Margaret A.
Sherrick; two children: Mary (Mrs. E. M.
Samuel) and Grace. Pastor Presbyterian
Church, Chambersburg, Pa., 1860-64, Second
Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, since 1865.
Chaplain 126th Regiment, Pennsylvania Vol
unteers, in Civil War; now chaplain Missouri
Commandery, Loyal Legion. Moderator Gen
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church,
1872; president Board of Directors, McCor-
mick Theological Seminary; member Commit
tee on Revision of the Committee to Revise
Confession of Faith; president of Board of
Lindenwood College; president Church Exten
sion Society, Board Westminster College;
member Board of Missions of Presbyterian
Church for fifteen years. Recreations: lectur
ing and writing. Address: 8 Hortense PL, St.
Louis. NICHOL, William Fosdick, president St.
Louis Seed Co.; born, Clinton, Mo., Mar. 4,
1870; son of Alfred M. and Fannie T. Nichol;
educated in public schools, Granville, O.; mar
ried, St. Louis, Jan. 26, 1906, Miss E. Drayer.
Began business career with Nichol & Hervey,
of Granville, nurserymen and garden stock
and seed growers, remaining six years and ad
vancing to foreman; then member of A. M.
Nichol & Son, seed growers, of Granville,
nine years; with Livingston Seed Co., Colum
bus, O., as traveling man, three years; came
to St. Louis in December, 1900, and was trav
eling salesman for the Plant Seed Co. until
Oct. 1, 1903, when the St. Louis Seed Co. was
organized, of which has since been president
and general manager. Republican. Presby
terian. Member Merchants' Exchange, St.

Louis Credit Men's Association. Recreation:
fishing. Offiee: 619-621 N. 4th St. Residence:
5872 Bartmer Ave.
NICHOLLS, Charles Chamberlain, real es
tate and financial agent; born, Camden, N. J.,
Jan. 4, 1855; son of Ebenezer and Rebecca
Young (Anderson) Nicholls; educated in Qua
ker School, Camden, N. J., public school and
high school, Philadelphia; married, St. Louis,
June 1, 1881, Julia Cleaveland Chamberlain;
children: Julie O, Charles O, Jr. When four
teen years of age entered employ of Lee &
Walker, music publishers, Philadelphia, re
mained with them five years; came to St.
Louis at nineteen and was one year with
Mullanphy Planing Mill Co.; in 1875 entered
employ of Beard & Bro., dealers in cotton ties
and safes, and two years later, when firm was
incorporated as Beard & Bro. Safe and Lock
Co., was made secretary; continued in this
business until 1885, when the death of Eleazer
J. Beard necessitated the winding up of the
business. Administered upon the estate of
Mr. Beard, amounting to about $250,000, also
closed out the business of the Beard & Bro.
Safe and Lock Co., selling patents, good- will,
etc. In 1885 started in the real estate busi
ness, continued by himself until 1892, when
he sold a half interest to E. P. V. Bitter, or
ganizing the Nicholls-Ritter Realty and Finan
cial Co., of which was president; company re
incorporated under the name of the Nicholls-
Ritter-Goodnow Realty Co., of which is presi
dent. Director Citizens' Insurance Co. of St.
Louis. Member Merchants ' Exchange, Busi
ness Men's League, Y. M. C. A. Member
Grand Avenue Presbyterian Church, of which
has been an elder for a number of years.
Clubs: Mercantile, City. Office: 718 Chestnut
St. Residence: 5638 Kingsbury PL
NICHOLS, Andrew Bascom, physician;
born, Charlestown, Va., Sept. 28, 1852; son of
Isaac and Mary (Morrison) Nichols; gradu
ated from Slade College, Bell Co., Tex., 1871;
M.D., Missouri Medical College (Washington
University), 1875; married, Jonesboro, 111.,
1890, Carrie A. Roberts. Began practice of
medicine in St. Louis in 1875, and has since
continued; also a registered physician of the
State of Illinois. Director St. Louis Baptist
Hospital Laboratory. Recreations: study of
bacteriology and pathology. Office and Resi
dence: 3877 Washington Ave.
*NICHOLS, Charles Clinton, asbestos manu
facturer; moved to California; see Vol. 1906.
NICHOLS, Howard Edward, president Wal-
nutta Manufacturing Co.; born, near San Se
bastian, Spain, Nov. 1, 1872; was brought to
America at age of four years; educated in
grammar and high schools, Case School of Ap
plied Science, Cleveland; married, St. Louis,
February, 1901, Nellie Wheallen; four chil
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T. Manager laboratory of Strong, Cobb & Co.,
Cleveland, 1890-91; traveling salesman for a
Baltimore firm until 1898; came to St. Louis
and entered into partnership with E. G. Lewis
as secretary and treasurer Progressive Watch
Co., later Winner Magazine, until 1902; start
ed The Walnutta Manufacturing Co., 1902, of
which has since been president and treasurer;
vice president Proprietary Manufacturing Co.
of Canada; director Kirkwood Trust Co. Mem
ber National Wholesale Druggists' Associa
tion, National Retail Druggists' Association,
Proprietary Association of America. Repub
lican. Member School Board, Kirkwood. Ma
son (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner; Past Pa
tron O. E. S. Club: Automobile. Recreations:
home diversions and motoring. Office: 2208
Clark Ave. Residence: Oakland Terrace,
Kirkwood, Mo.
NICHOLS, Robert Mathew, lawyer; bom on
farm in St. Louis Co., Dee. 19, 1855; son of
Thomas W. and Anna (King) Nichols; edu
cated in private and public schools; Washing
ton University; Central College, Fayette, Mo.;
Bryant & Stratton Business College; LL.B.,
St. Louis Law School, 1879; married at St.
Louis, June 24, 1885, Lizzie M. Nichols (same
name, but no relation); eight children: Violet
P., Anna K., Robert W., John M., Addel C,
Julia E., Katherine L., Dorothy. Admitted to
Missouri bar, 1880, and since in practice at St.
Louis. Has never engaged in polities or sought
public office. Democrat. Methodist. Trustee
Methodist Orphans' Home Association. Rec
reations: reading, motoring, horseback riding.
Office: Rialto Bldg. Residence: 4059 West
minster PL
NICHOLS, Walter, railway official; born
near Newport, Ky., Jan. 3, 1862; son of
Nathan B. and Harriet (Brown) Nichols; edu
cated in Indianapolis (ind.) public schools
graduating from Indianapolis High School
1881; married, Philadelphia, Dee. 13, 1887
Laura Belle McConahy; children: Lester
Helen, Marjorie. Clerk in freight department
Pennsylvania Lines, at Indianapolis, 1881-86
chief clerk Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw
Ry. at Toledo, O., 1886-92; chief clerk freight
department, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago &
St. Louis Ry., St. Louis, Aug. 1, 1892-May 1,
1896; general agent, May 1, 1896-Feb. 1, 1902;
division freight agent, Feb. 1, 1902-Dec. 1,
1903; assistant general freight agent, Dec. 1,
1903- Jan. 1, 1911; since division freight agent
same railway. Mason, Knight Templar,
Shriner; member National Union. Clubs: Mis
souri Athletic, Traffic of St. Louis. Office:
517 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 1239 Amherst PL
NICHOLS, William Lewis, cashier Grand
Avenue Bank; born, St. Louis, Dec. 9, 1869;
son of William and Austine (Jolls) Nichols;
educated in public schools; Manual Training
School; Washington University (selective
course) one year; married, Chicago, Apr. 22,

1896, Eugenia Carr; three children: Eugenia,
Minerva, Margaret. Began as clerk in the
Commercial Bank and continued through vari
ous positions until its consolidation with the
State Bank, remaining with last named insti
tution three years; was with Commonwealth
Trust Co. two years; one of organizers, 1905,
and cashier of the Grand Avenue Bank; also
president Lewis Blind Stitch Machine Co. Re
publican. Episcopalian. Member Royal Arca
num, Legion of Honor. Club: Gilbert Lake
Hunting and Fishing. Office: 507 N. Grand
Ave. Residence: 3821 W. Pine Boul.
NICHOLSON, Charles Benson, president
C. B. Nicholson Printing Co.; born, Beards
town, 111., Dec. 1, 1865; son of John 8. and
Jemima (Harris) Nicholson; educated in pub
lic schools of Beardstown, 111.; married, St.
Louis, Sept. 14, 1892, Agatha L. Hencke; chil
dren: Benson Edgar, Charles Harris, Louise
Agatha. Worked at printing trade as com
positor and foreman, 1880-90; started in busi
ness as partner in firm of Merry & Nicholson,
1890, and when firm was incorporated, Mar.
23, 1895, as the Merry & Nicholson Printing
Co., became secretary and treasurer, and. in
1900 president of the company, so continuing,
until Sept. 1, 1910, when firm changed to C. B.
Nicholson Printing Co., of which he is presi
dent. Republican. Protestant. Scottish Rite
Mason (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner; mem
ber Royal Arcanum, Royal League. Recrea
tions: raising tropical plants and motoring.
Office: Main and Walnut Sts. Residence: 6147
Columbia Ave.
NICHOLSON, Clarence Maurice, surgeon;
born, Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 15, 1868; son of
Eugene Pendleton and Elizabeth (Griffin)
Nicholson; educated in Kansas City and St.
Louis; B.S., St. Louis University; M.D., Mis
souri Medical College, 1891; New York- Post-
Graduate Medical School, 1892; clinics and
hospitals in London, Paris, Vienna and Berlin,
1893; married, St. Louis, June 7, 1899, Clara,
daughter of Norman J. Colman (secretary of
agriculture, Cleveland's Cabinet); children:
Norman and Clarence. Engaged in general
practice of medicine in St. Louis 1891-1903,
when limited his practice to surgery. Profes
sor of general descriptive anatomy, Beaumont
Hospital Medical College, 1897-1901; Marion-
Sims-Beaumont College of Medicine, 1901-03;
professor of surgery, Medical Department, St.
Louis University, 1903-12; chief surgeon Re-
bekah Hospital; consulting surgeon St. Ann's
Hospital. Ex-president St. Louis Medical So
ciety and Missouri State Anatomical Board;
member American Medical Association, Mis
sissippi Valley Medical Association, Missouri
State Medical Association, Western Surgical
Association. Office: Lister Bldg. Residence:
5499 Delmar Boul.
NICHOLSON, David Grace, grocer; 1851-
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NICKERSON, John, retired banker; born,
LeRoy, N. Y., July 25, 1837; son of Major
Anson and Susan (Camp) Nickerson; attend
ed district school and academy at Stillwater,
N. Y., and Smith Academy, Troy, N. Y.; mar
ried, St. Louis, Oct. 15, 1878, Mary Wyman
King; children: Lucy Wyman, Susan Camp
(Mrs. W. Scott Bryan), John, Jr. Clerk in the
Bank of Troy, 1852-56; teller National Bank
of Albany, N. Y., 1856-57; in 1857 took charge
of assorting department m New York Assort
ing Association, formed for the purpose of
clearing and returning for redemption the
circulation of the state banks of New York;
in 1862 became teller of the State Bank, after
ward The First National Bank, of Detroit,
Mich.; went into brokerage business there in
1865; removed to St.. Louis, 1867, and became
paying teller in State Savings Association;
elected cashier of St. Louis National Bank,
1878; became cashier Merchants' National
Bank, 1890; elected president St. Louis Na
tional Bank, 1896, and in 1898 became director
and vice president National Bank of Com
merce, retiring February 1, 1912. Member
Merchants ' Exchange, Civie League. Repub
lican. Episcopalian. Clubs: St. Louis, Bank
ers', St. Louis Country. Recreations: golf,
music and theater. Office: 405 Olive St. Resi
dence: 4336 McPherson Ave. .
NICKS, Harry George, physician; born,
Cardiff, Wales, Apr. 23, 1861; son of William
.J. and Mary (Bunker) Nicks; educated in,
Chicago public and Hinsdale (111.) grammar
and high schools, graduating 1878; M.D., Ens-
werth Hospital Medical College, 1890, St.
Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons,
1899; student Post-Graduate Medical School
of Chicago, 1903; married, Chicago, Oct. 22,
1891, Mary Grey; one daughter, Marion. En
gaged in general practice of medicine since
1890. Member St. Louis Medical Society, Mis
souri Medical Association, Tri-State Medical
Association, American Medical Association.
I Independent Republican. Presbyterian. Club :
Masonic Recreation: study of birds. Office
and Residence: 933 Goodfellow Ave.
NICOLAUS, Henry, president St. Louis
Brewing Association; born, Rhein-Pfalz, Ger
many, Aug. 14, 1850; son of Gottfried and
Caroline (Fuhrmann) Nicolaus; educated in
public and polytechnic schools in Germany;
widower; children: Stella (Mrs. August An
heuser), Louis, Elsa. Resident of St. Louis
since 1867; began business career in the malt
house o'f Becker & Hoppe, then was with the
National Brewery, as a practical brewer, and
afterwards with E. Anheuser & Co., brewers,
as brewer; went to Europe and worked in
Munich and Vienna breweries, learning dif
ferent brewing processes for ten months; re
turned to the United States and located in
Cincinnati; for three years in the Windischer,
Muehlhauser Brewery of that city as brewer;

then for four years was superintendent of
Leisy Bros.' Brewery, Keokuk, la.; was brau-
meister of the Green Tree Brewery, St. Louis,
and one year later became part owner and
superintendent, until the brewery was merged
into the St. Louis Brewing Association, of
which became director, but has remained man
ager of the Green Tree Brewery, and, Jan. 1,
1903, became president of the St. Louis Brew
ing Association, which operates ten breweries
in St. Louis; also president Brewers' Associa
tion of St. Louis and East St. Louis. Presi
dent Gilsonite Construction Co.; director Kin
loch Telephone Co., Hammer Dry Plate Co.;
formerly director Mechanics-American Na
tional Bank. Director Merchants' and Manu
facturers' Association; member Merchants'
Exchange, Business Men's League, Civic
League. Democrat in National polities. Ger
man Lutheran. Member Liederkranz Society.
Mason (32°); member Moolah Temple Mystic
Shrine. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile, Log,
Cabin, Union, Glen Echo. Recreation: golf.
Office: 7th floor, Wainwright Bldg. Residence:
2149 S. Grand Ave.
NIEDERLANDER, Donald Ralph, railway
supplies; bom Bowma'nsville, Erie Co., N. Y.,,
June 2, 3 870; son of Nicholas Frederick and,
Cynthia Henrietta (Slosson) Niederlander;
educated in public schools and Lewis Acad
emy, Wichita, Kan., and Phillips Exeter (N.
H.) Academy, 1890-91; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 10, 1900, Anne Louise Fraser; children:,
Edith Roberta, Donald Ralph, Jr. Began busi
ness career, 1891, as clerk in office of N. F.
Niederlander & Co., real estate and insurance,
Wichita, Kan.; removed to St. Louis, Aug. 13,
1895; in bicycle business until April, 1898;
traveled for Simmons Hardware Co., April-
December, 1898; treasurer Western Engraving
Co., Jan. 1, 1899, to July, 1902; organized In^
land Equipment Co., railway supplies, Octo
ber, 1902, and on Jan. 1, 1904, combined latter
company with Adreon Manufacturing Co., of
which is director, secretary and treasurer;
also director and secretary Separable Body
Bolster Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Club:
Missouri Athletic. Recreation: golf. Office:
Security Bldg. Residence: 9 Parkland PL
NIEDERLANDER, Nicholas F., president
Westinghouse Automatic Air and Steam
Coupler Co.; born, Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1844;
son of Nicholas and Anna Marie (Wise)
Niederlander; educated in public schools and
graduated from Hicks' Commercial College,
Buffalo, N. Y.; married, 1875, Blanche Huson,
of Sandusky, O.; children: Marion H. (Mrs.
U. S. Houghland, of Kansas City), D. Ralph,
Ethel N. (Mrs. Fred J. Bleakley, of Franklin,
Pa.), Stacy N. (Mrs. Thomas K. Cooper, of
Clayton, Mo.), June N. (Mrs. A. C. Hoyt, of
New Castle, Pa.), Rene N. (Mrs. Kurt V
Moll), Bess N. (Mrs. Merrell P. Walbridge).
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New York National Guard Regiment, enrolled
in United States service. After graduation
from commercial college succeeded father in
the tanning business, in which continued un
til 1877; moved to Wichita, Kan., and en
gaged in real estate, loan and insurance busi
ness; organized and became president, 1885,
of the Kansas Loan and Investment Co.; also
was one of organizers and vice president of
the Wichita & Colorado R. R. (now part of
the Missouri Pacific System) and is still presi
dent of the town companies along the line of
that road; came to St. Louis, 1891, and en
gaged in real estate business; in 1895 elected
president of the Westinghouse Automatic Air
and Steam Coupler Co. Also president Acme
Pipe Clamp Co. Republican. Member of Gar
field Post, G. A. R., Wichita. Club: Mercan
tile. Member Knights of Pythias, Woodmen
of the World. Recreation: traveling. Offices:
Broadway and Tyler St., and Security Bldg.
Residence: 4462 Washington Boul.
NIEDRINGHAUS, Albert William, assist
ant superintendent Granite City Steel Co.;
born, St. Louis, Mar. 24, 1869; son of William
F. and Mary (Bittner) Niedringhaus; edu
cated in public schools of St. Louis; Wyman
Institute, Alton, 111.; Riverview Military
Academy, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Phillips Acad
emy, Andover, Mass.; married, St. Louis, Apr.
10, 1907, Agnes Delafield; one son, W. Dela-
field. Assistant superintendent of the Granite
City Steel Co., manufacturers of steel, tin
plate and sheet iron, 1896-1907, now general
superintendent same; trustee Granite City
Real Estate Co.; director Granite City Na
tional Bank. Methodist. Clubs: St. Louis
Country, Racquet, Automobile, Sunset Hill.
Recreation: motor touring. Office: Granite
City, 111. Residence: 4937 Berlin Ave., St.
Louis. NIEDRINGHAUS, Arthur C, secretary and
treasurer Charles Niedringhaus House Fur
nishing Co.; born, St. Louis, Jan. 16, 1869; son
of Charles and Louisa (Koenig) Niedring
haus; educated in public schools of St. Louis;
married, Newport, Ky., 1890, Amelia Hum-
mitsch; children: Maude, Clara, Helen. On
leaving school in 1886 entered the business
conducted by father, and after serving as
clerk and salesman advanced to present posi
tion as secretary and treasurer of the com
pany in 1892; also president Niedringhaus
Furniture and Carpet Co., Granite City, 111.;
secretary Franklin Avenue Improvement As
sociation. Republican. Member Royal Arca
num. Recreation: fishing. Office: 1001-1005
Franklin Ave. Residence: 5808 Maple Ave.
NIEDRINGHAUS, Charles, president of
Charles Niedringhaus House Furnishing Co.;
born in Westphalia, Germany, June 10, 1843;
son of William F. and Mary (Siebe) Niedring
haus; educated in public schools in Germany
and night schools in St. Louis; married, St.

Louis, Oct. 31, 1867, Louisa Koenig; children:
Arthur C, Mrs. Lillie A. Eisenmayer (de
ceased), Edwin A. (of Los Angeles, Cal.),
John W., Ben F., Alice (Mrs. Dr. Hamm, of
Granite City, 111.), Irving C. (of Homestead,
Pa.), Edith (Mrs. William Schmidt), Louise
(Mrs. Charles Gillespie), Walter S., Norman
H., Edna. Came from Germany to St. Louis
4- 1858 and learned tinner's trade, which fol
lowed for ten years; then became identified
with a stove and house furnishing store, and
in 1867 became sole proprietor of the busi
ness; in 1896 incorporated as Chas. Niedring
haus House Furnishing Co., of which he is
president. Republican; served in Fourth Mis
souri Infantry in Civil War; now -member
General Lyon Post, G. A. R. Member German
Methodist Church. Mason. Office: 1001-1005
Franklin Ave. Residence: 6024 W. Cabanne
Avenue. NIEDRINGHAUS, Frederick G., chairman
of board of National Enameling and Stamping
Co.; born in province of Westphalia, Ger
many, Oct. 21, 1837; son of Frederick W. and
Mary Niedringhaus; educated in schools in
Germany; married, St. Louis, 1860, Dena Key;
children: Thomas K., Alexander, Samuel C.,
Amalia (Mrs. J. B. Cozzens), Lennie (Mrs.
F. C. Bonsack), Nellie (Mrs. Tyrrell Wil
liams), Olive (Mrs. F. C. Sharp), Addie, May
(deceased), Blanche (Mrs. AJden H. Little).
Emigrated from Germany to United States in
1855, coming direct to St. Louis; began work
at a tinner's bench, and at end of six months
was joined by brother, William, and they
worked together at the tinning business for
two years, then turned their attention to the
manufacture of stamped tinware in 1862, of
which made a success from the first; incorpo
rated business, 1866, as St. Louis Stamping
Co., of which was president until it was
united with others in forming the present Na
tional Enameling and Stamping Co., of which
was president until 1908; retired and since
chairman board, same company. President
Granite Realty and Investment Co.; director
Blanke-Wenneker Co.; president St. Louis
Pressed Brick Co.; viee president Granite City
Gas Co. Elected to Fifty-first Congress from
Eighth Congressional District of Missouri,
and served from Mar. 4, 1889, to Mar. 4, 1891.
Republican. Methodist. Clubs: St. Louis,
Country Club, Noonday, Commercial (St.
Louis), Union League, Republican (New
York). Recreations: reading and walking.
Office: 909 New National Bank of Commerce
Bldg. Residence: 4532 Lindell Boul.
NIEDRINGHAUS, George W., second vice
president and manager steel mills, National En
ameling and Stamping Co. ; bora, St. Louis, May
28, 1864 ; son of William F. and Mary (Bittner)
Niedringhaus; educated at Smith Academy,
St. Louis, and Williston Seminary, Massachu
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Hayward; children: George Hayward, Erwin,
William Francis, George W., Marion. From
1884 to 1899 treasurer St. Louis Stamping Co.,
which was absorbed, 1899, by the National
Enameling and Stamping Co.; factory man
ager at Granite City, 111., 1900-08, since sec
ond vice president and manager steel mills.
Also president Granite City National Bank,
Granite City Gas and Fuel Co.; trustee and
manager Granite City Realty Co.; vice presi
dent Granite City and Eastern R. R. Member
Business Men 's League, Civic League. Repub
lican. Methodist. Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis
Country, Florissant Valley, Racquet. Office:
Granite City, 111. Residence: 3745 Lindell Ave.
NIEDRINGHAUS, Henry P., cashier Na
tional Enameling and Stamping Co.; bora in
Westphalia, Germany, Apr. 3, 1850; son of
Frederick William and Mary (Kroeger) Nied
ringhaus; came to St. Louis, 1858; educated in
common schools of St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 14, 1875, Lydia Boeshenz; three
children: Ralph E., Edgar H., Lyde May.
Began business career with the St. Louis
Stamping Co.; employed with R. Sellew & Co.,
1870-86; in 1886 reentered service of St. Louis
Stamping Co., with which remained until it
was merged, 1899, into the National Enamel
ing and Stamping Co., of which has since been
cashier. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner.
Recreation: fishing. Office: Granite City, 111.
Residence: 5939 Clemens Ave., St. Louis.
NIEDRINGHAUS, Oliver Bittner, general
supt. National Enameling and Stamping Co.;
born, Jan. 12, 1874; son of William F. and Mary
(Bittner) Niedringhaus; educated in private
schools of St. Louis, Wyman Institute and
Princeton Preparatory School, Princeton, N.
J.; married, Nov. 13, 1903, Louise Riley;
one daughter, Marie Louise. Since 1896 en
gaged in the stamping works of the National
Enameling and Stamping Co., of which is gen
eral superintendent, and is also a director of
the company; director of the Granite City
Gas Light and Fuel Co.; director Granite City
National Bank, and interested in the Granite
City Realty Co. Methodist. Clubs: Florissant
Valley Country, Racquet, Bellerive Country,
Automobile, Aero. Recreations: golf and mo
toring. Office: 2d St. and Cass Ave. Resi
dence: St. Regis Apts.
NIEDRINGHAUS, Thomas Key, vice presi
dent and manager National Enameling and
Stamping Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct. 21, 1860;
son of F. G. and Dena (Key) Niedringhaus;
educated in St. Louis public schools, Wash
ington University, St. Louis, and Wesleyan
University, Middletown, . Conn. ; married, St.
Louis, Apr. 18, 1888, Hennie B. Johnson; chil
dren: Dorothy, Thomas Key, Jr. Became sec
retary of St. Louis Stamping Co., 1880, which
position held until that company was merged
into the National Enameling and Stamping
Co., of which is vice president and a director.

Also vice president of the Commonwealth
Steel Co., and secretary of the Granite Realty
and Investment Co. Republican; received
caucus nomination for U. S. senator, Jan. 5,
1905, but failed of election by a bolt in the
legislature in joint session, Jan. 18, 1905.
Methodist. Member Business Men's League.
Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, University, St.
Louis Country, Cuivre, Log Cabin, Racquet
(St. Louis), Chicago (Chicago), Union League
(New York), Cumberland (Portland, Me.).
Recreations: golf and shooting. Office: suite
909, New National Bank of Commerce Bldg.
Residence: 79 Vandeventer PL
NIEDRINGHAUS, William F., manufac
turer; 1835-1908; see Vol. 1906.
NIEHAUS, August William; see Vol. 1906.
*NIEHOFF, Barney A., Jr.; wholesale gro
cer; moved to Jefferson City; see Vol. 1906.
NIEKAMP, Charles Henry, wholesale hard
ware; born, Osnabrueck, Hanover, Germany,
Mar. 31, 1851; son of Casper H. and Catherine
(Lammert) Niekamp; came to United States
with parents in 1854; educated in German
Lutheran parochial school; married, St. Louis,
May 12, 1874, Sophia Miller; children: Charles
O. (deceased), Mary G. (deceased), William
L., Laura O, Gertrude M. (deceased), Nellie
M. (Mrs. W. L. Rathmann), Blanche (de
ceased), Frances, George H.; married, 2d., St.
Louis, Sept. 11, 1894, Margaret Popp; children:
Charles A., Margaret H., Robert. Started in
business Apr. 7, 1873, as A. Burman & Co.;
firm name changed four years later to Nie
kamp & Baker; incorporated, June 18, 1891, as
Globe File and Hardware Co.; name changed,
Feb. 25, 1895, to Globe File and Iron Co.,
which consolidated, Jan. 1, 1901, with the Beck
& Corbitt Iron Co., wholesale heavy hardware
(established, 1852), of which was vice presi
dent and general manager until 1906; since
president and general manager. Also presi
dent Shelter Top Co.; director St. Louis Screw
Co. Republican. Protestant. Mason (Scottish
Rite). Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Glen Echo.
Recreation: billiards. Office: 1st and Ashley
Sts. Residence: Jennings Station, St. Louis
County. NIEKAMP, William Louis, secretary Beck
& Corbitt Iron Co.; born, St. Louis, June 21,
1877; son of Charles H. and Sophia (Miller)
Niekamp; educated in public schools to 1891;
married, St. Louis, Jan. 21, 1899, Engie M.
Schultz; one child, William L., Jr. Began
business career with Globe File and Hardware
Co., June 22, 1893, and continued to present
time with successors; reorganized as Globe
File and Iron Co., 1895; merged with Beck &
Corbitt Iron Co., 1901, of which has been sec
retary since 1907. Member Business Men's
League, Manufacturers' and Exporters' Asso
ciation, National Geographic Society. Mem
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Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic, Masonic,
City, Glen Echo, Arcadia Country. Recrea
tions: golf and swimming. Offiee: 1232 N.
Main St. Residence: 5242 Cabanne Ave.
NIEMAN, Fred Henry, president Mechanics
Paint Co.; born in Oldenburg, Germany, Apr.
16, 1864; son of Alite and Dina (Mahlman)
Nieman; attended schools at Germantown,
111., until was twelve years of age and after
wards received private instruction; married,
St. Louis, Oct. 8, 1905, Anna Von Eschen.
Journeyman painter until 1896; then in busi
ness on own account and later as Nieman
Bros. Paint Company; opened store, 1902, as
Great Western Paint and Color Co.; president
Mechanics Paint Co. since 1906. Republican.
Catholic. Member Knights of Columbus. Of
fice: 707 S. 4th St. Residence: 1908 La Salle
Street. NIEMANN, Gustave William, financial and
real estate agent; born, St. Louis, July 27,
1857; son of William and Minna (Trauer-
nicht) Niemann; educated in public schools
of St. Louis, and Washington University until
1873, and a few years later in law school of
Washington University; unmarried. Began
business career with August Gehner, title in
vestigators to real estate and abstractors,
from Aug. 1, 1873, until February, 1901, when
that firm sold out to the Title Guaranty Trust
Co. Admitted as partner in firm, 1881, and on
Feb. 1, 1901, became secretary and treasurer
of the Title Guaranty Trust Co., continuing
until January, 1904, when was made president
of the company. Resigned, January, 1910, to
become member firm of Niemann & Weber,
financial and real estate agents; also vice
president German- American Bank; director of
Title Guaranty and Trust Co, American Trust
Co. Republican. German Lutheran. Scottish
Rite Mason (33°); Past Master Tuscan
Lodge; Past Eminent Commander, Ascalon
Commandery, K. T.; Past Potentate Moolah
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. Clubs: St. Louis,
Union, Apollo. Favorite recreations: hunting,
fishing, literature and music. Office: 703 Chest
nut St. Residence: 4472 Lindell Boul.
*NIEMANN, Oscar; removed from city; see
Vol. 1906.
NIEMEIER, Charles Louis, grain commis
sion; bora, Columbia, 111., Nov. 28, 1867; son
of Christian and Catherine (Kraus) Niemeier;
educated in Columbia (public) School, Bryant
& Stratton College, graduating from both;
married, St. Louis, Jan. 14, 1891, Emma K.
Wissmath. Shipping clerk Schwartz Bros.
Commission Co., 1884-87, and grain buyer
same firm, 1887-97; member firm of Schultz &
Niemeier, 1897-1900; since secretary and treas
urer Schultz & Niemeier Commission Co. Also
president Lindell Park Land and Improve
ment Co.; director Lindell Fair Grounds Real
Estate and Investment Co. Republican. Mem

ber Merchants' Exchange, St. Louis Grain
Club. Treasurer Zion's Evangelical Congrega
tion. Mason (32°), Shriner. Recreations: fish
ing, baseball. Office: 305-306 Chamber of
Commerce. Residence: 3211 University St.
NIEMEYER, Charles August, president of
Vane-Calvert Paint Co.; bom, Lebanon, 111.,
Dee. 14, 1873; son of Louis and Marie (Gerne)
Niemeyer; educated in public schools and
McKendree College; married, St. Louis, April,
1905, Julia Dieckman; one daughter, Eliza
beth D. Began active career in employ of
Herman Bockels, drug merchant, also attend
ing College of Pharmacy, from which was
graduated, 1894; purchased business of the
Gempp Drug and Paint Co., 1897, and organ
ized the Niemeyer Drug and Paint Co.; in
1898 acquired the Vane-Calvert Paint Co., of
which has since been president; also president
Haas Soap Co.; secretary Warner- Jenkinson
Manufacturing Co. Republican. Member Mis
souri Pharmacists ' Association. Clubs : Union,
Automobile, Apollo. Recreation: motoring.
Office: 1601 N." Broadway. Residence: 4257
Maryland Ave.
NIESEN, Frederick E., financial agent ;
bora in St. Louis Co., Mo., Dec. 18, 1856; son
of William and Alwina (Rahm) Niesen; edu
cated in public school in St. Louis Co., and in
private school of Frederick Steines, at Oak-
field, Franklin Co., Mo.; married, St. Louis,
May 18, 1880, Julia Ambs; children: Adela J.,
Laura C. (Mrs. H. W. Kramer), Paula I. Be
gan business career in grocery business, 1874,
but branched out in 1878 into the grain and
feed business; in fancy grocery business,
1880-92; since 1892 in business as real estate
and financial agent. President West St. Louis
Land Co., Ozark Water Co.; vice president
General Improvement Co.; secretary and
treasurer Skinker Road Land and Leasing Co.
Member Business Men's League, Civic League.
Republican. Favorite recreation: automobil
ing. Office: Bank of Commerce Bldg. Resi
dence: Frontier Ct., St. Louis Co., Bellevue
and Highland Aves.
NIETERT, Herman Lewis, surgeon; born,
Edwardsville, 111., Feb. 22, 1866; son of Fred.
and Minnie (Schlueter) Nietert; educated in
public schools of Madison Co., 111., Shurtleff
College, Upper Alton, HI.; M.D., St. Louis
Medical College, 1889; post-graduate work at
University of Heidelberg two years; married,
St. Louis, Oct. 29, 1902, Katherine Ziegenheim.
Engaged in practice in St. Louis since 1891;
connected with surgical clinic St. Louis Med
ical College, 1891-99; superintendent St. Louis
City Hospital, 1899-1903; since in private
practice as surgical specialist; now surgeon to
Deaconess Hospital and to Lutheran Hospital.
Member City Hospital Alumni Association, St.
Louis Medical Society, Missouri State Medical
Association, American Medical Association.
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Mason (Knight Templar). Recreations: auto
mobiling and mountaineering. Office: 500 Cen
tury Bldg. Residence: 3614 Russell Ave.
NIMS, Eugene Dutton, telephone and bank
ing business; born, Fond du Lac, Wis., Apr.
3, 1865; son of Alexander R. and Sarah Nims;
educated in public schools; unmarried. Went
from Kansas City to ' Oklahoma in 1893 and
engaged in lumber business; became inter
ested in banking and telephone business; re
turned to Kansas City as vice president Bell
Telephone Co., 1911; came to St. Louis, May
12, 1912, and since first vice president and
treasurer Southwestern Bell System, including
Bell Telephone companies in Missouri, Kan
sas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas. Also
viee president Commercial National Bank,
Muskogee, Okla.; director National Bank of
Commerce, Kansas City, Mo., Security Na
tional Bank, Oklahoma City. Republican.
Scottish Rite Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner ;
member Elks and Hoo-Hoo. Clubs: St. Louis,
Noonday. Recreations: golf and motoring.
Office: 912 New National Bank of Commerce
Building. NIPHER, Francis Eugene, professor phys
ics, Washington University, since 1874; born,
Port Byron, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1847; son of Peter
and Roxalana P. (Tilden) Nipher; graduated
State University of Iowa, 1870; married, Iowa
City, la., July 1, 1873, Matilda Atkins. Mem
ber Academy of Science, St. Louis (president,
1885-90), American Physical Society; fellow
American Association for the Advancement of
.Science; president Engineers' Club, St. Louis,
1890. Author: Theory of Magnetic Measure
ments; Introduction to Graphical Algebra;
Nature of Electricity; and other works. Also
has contributed to scientific journals and socie
ties, many articles, reports, etc., on physics,
magnetic measurements, photography and oth
er topics. In 1889 showed that positive or re
versed photographic pictures could be best
produced by development in the light instead
of in the dark room. He has developed perfect
pictures on the most sensitive plates with the
developing bath fully exposed to direct sun
light. Member an^ addressed International
Congress Arts and Sciences, St. Louis, 1904,
also chairman section cosmical physics; mem
ber Royal Society of Arts (London, England),
Physical Society of France. Club: Authors'
(London). Recreations: boating and fishing.
Residence: Kirkwood, St. Louis County.
NISBET, Fritz, secretary and assistant
treasurer The Bell Telephone Co. of Missouri;
born, Berwick, England, Jan. 19, 1848; son of
Christopher and Marianne (Boehm) Nisbet;
educated at gymnasium and Handels Acad
emy, Danzig, Germany; married, Kirkwood,
Mo., Oct. 21, 1897, Jennie Edwards Nisbet.
Was in cotton exporting business in various
southern ports, 1870-84; clerk in Kansas City

and Cawker City, Kan., 1884-89; clerk with
St. Louis general agency, the Mutual Life In
surance Co. of New York, 1889-99; since Oct.
12, 1899, secretary of The Bell Telephone Co.
of Missouri, also assistant treasurer. Mem
ber Civic League. Unitarian; secretary and
treasurer of trustees of the Church of the
Messiah. Clubs: Mercantile, .Contemporary,
City. Office: 910 New Bank of Commerce-
Bldg. Residence: 5702 Clemens Ave.
NIXON, William C, railway official; born,
Earlville, 111., Feb. 15, 1858; son of William
and Sarah C. (Musselman) Nixon; public
school education in Illinois; married, Brook
lyn, Mich., Sept. 13, 1891, Hettie E. Pitcher;
one son, Jack. Began railway service with
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe By., 1879;
superintendent terminals, Chicago, to 1896,
general agent freight department, 1896-97,
superintendent Chicago division, 1897-1900,
same railway; served in capacity of general
superintendent, 1900-02, general manager,
1902-04, second vice president and general
manager, 1904-06, Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Ry.; vice president and general manager St.
Louis & San Francisco R. R. Co. (Frisco
Lines), Aug. 1, 1906-11, vice president same
since May 1, 1911. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday,
Mercantile (St. Louis), Pickwick (New Or
leans), Aziola (Galveston), Dallas (Dallas.
Tex.). Office: .Frisco Bldg. Residence: 16
Windemero PL
NOBLE, John Willock, lawyer; 1831-1912;
see Vol. 1906.
NOBLE, Philip Schaff, real estate; born,
Pittsburgh, Pa., May 30, 1868; son of Fred
erick A. and Lucy (Perry) Noble; graduated
from Yale University, in class of 1890; mar
ried, Mar. 10, 1907, Frances Teale; one daugh
ter, Mary Frances. Began business career
with Estey & Camp, pianos and organs, and
with that firm in Chicago and St. Louis about
eight years; then one year with National Lin
seed Oil Co., and in 1905 engaged in real es
tate business as member of firm of Hilden-
brand & Noble Realty Co.; also director In
vestment Loan Co. Member of St. Louis Real
Estate Exchange. Republican. Congregation
alist. Club: Algonquin. Office: 615 Chestnut
St. Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
NOEL, Henry Graves, bonds and stocks;
born, St. Louis, Aug. 18, 1868; son of Henry
M. and Julia Edwards (Graves) , Noel; edu
cated in St. Louis public and high schools, and
Princeton University, A. B., 1889; married, St.
Louis, June 3, 1890, Lena B. Wylie; children:
Lois Edwards, Henry Martyn, Alice Rose,
Lena Lovett and Cynthia Wylie. Has been in
the bond and stock business since 1890, enter
ing house of H. M. Noel & Co. and continuing
with its successor, Noel- Young Bond and Stock
Co., of which is vice president. Member St.
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Normandie Park Golf. Recreations: golf and
music. Office: 304 N. 4th St. Residence: 5065
Waterman Ave.
NOEL, Henry Martyn, banker and broker;
born in Polk Co., Mo., Apr. 12, 1841; son of
Rev. E. P. and Jane A. Noel; educated in
Troy, Mo.; married, Springfield, Mo., Nov. 12,
1S67, Julia E. Graves; children: Henry G.,
Mary (Mrs. J. N. Carpenter, Jr.), Helen (Mrs.
Frank Ellis), Charles, Ephraim Percy. Came
to St. Louis, 1861, and engaged as dry goods
salesman until 1876. Bank cashier, 1876-79;
established partnership of Nelson & Noel to
handle municipal bonds and local securities;
later formed present corporation of Noel-
Young Bond and Stock Co., of which is presi
dent. Member Merchants ' Exchange, St. Louis
Stock Exchange. Republican. Presbyterian;
treasurer Presbyterian Church Extension So
ciety of St. Louis. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercan
tile. Recreation: automobiling. Office: 304 N.
4th St. Residence: 4930 Berlin Ave.
NOHL, Walter H., lawyer; born, St. Louis,
May 24, 1876; son of Charles F. C. and Doro
thea (Buddecke) Nohl; preparatory education
in public schools of St. Louis; matriculated in
Benton College of Law, graduating with de
gree of LL.B., 1904; unmarried. Spent five
years in jobbing district on Washington Ave.,
St. Louis, as secretary and credit man and
one year on staff of the St. Louis Republic;
began practice in St. Louis, May 1, 1905; vice
president Point Milling and Manufacturing
Co.; secretary Arab Realty Co. Member Mis
souri Bar Association. Vice president Elev
enth Congressional District Missouri League
of Republican Clubs. Member Masonic Order,
Knights of Pythias. Club: Century Boat.
Recreation: literature. Office: 1018-1022 Chem
ical Bldg. Residence: 3610 Wyoming St.
NOLAN, John Andrew, real estate; born,
St. Louis, Oct. 14, 1876; son of Michael and
Margaret (Meagher) Nolan; educated at St.
Bridget's Parochial School; married, St.
Louis, Feb. 6, 1902, Winifred M. Comer; one
son, John A., Jr. Began business career as
office boy with William A. Meagher, real es
tate; then successively clerk, assistant book
keeper, and assistant manager, and after the
death of Mr. Meagher, Mar. 22, 1900, became
president and manager of the William A.
Meagher Real Estate Co., house and real
estate agents, and so continues. Democrat.
Catholic. Member Knights of Columbus. Fa
vorite recreation: baseball. Office: 826 Chest
nut St. Residence: 3538 Halliday Ave.
NOLDE, John Theodore; see Vol. 1906.
NOLKER, Louis Theodore, electrical sup
plies; bora, St. Louis, Sept. 7, 1877; son of
William F. and Louisa (Brinckwirth) Nolker;
educated in Jackson (public) School, Chris
tian Brothers College, Smith Academy, gradu
ating, 1898; unmarried. Was connected with

Kinloch Telephone Co. for short time; vice
president and treasurer of Commercial Elec
trical Supply Co., March, 1899, to 1906, since
president and treasurer of company. Also sec
retary and treasurer St. Louis Tin and Sheet
Metal Co.; treasurer Kinloch & Bloomington
Telephone Co. and Citizens' Indiana Tele
phone Co., of Terre Haute, Ind.; director
Guarantee Electrical Co. Member advisory
board of National Irrigation Association.
President Smith Academy Alumni Association,
1906, now member of board. Mason (Tuscan
Lodge). Clubs: Glen Echo Country, Union,
Missouri Athletic, Sunset Hill Country, Cen
tury Boat. Favorite recreation: horseback
riding. Office: 15th and Pine Sts. Residence:
4504 Lindell Boul.
NOLKER, William Frederick; see Vol.
1906. NOLTE, Edward F., architect; born, St.
Louis, Nov. 15, 1870; son of F. William and
Henrietta (Krueger) Nolte; educated in pub
lic schools, and Washington University; mar
ried, St. Louis, June, 1897, Marie A. Birke-
meyer; three children: Edward, Esther Marie,
Helen. Began active career as clerk with
N. T. Thompson Publishing Co., continuing
three years; then entered university, and aft
er completing his studies there was connected
with office of L. Cass Miller, architect, for
five years; began on own account, 1894.
Among buildings erected by him are: Park
view and Blenheim apartments, and many
smaller apartment buildings, R. B. Bullock's
residence, etc. Member West End Business
Men's League. Republican. Evangelical. Ma
son. Recreation: automobiling. Office: 1101
Fullerton Bldg. Residence: 4955 A Terry Ave.
NOLTE, Louis, sheriff and dealer in real
estate; born, North St. Louis, Oct. 28, 1871;
son of Louis and Louise Nolte; educated in
common schools and commercial college; mar
ried, St. Louis, Nov. 9, 1897, Mary H. Hau-
schulte. Entered real estate business, 1890,
and is now member of firm of Nolte & Will-
mann. Was elected sheriff, November, 1906',
for term of two years; reelected, November,
1908, for term of four years, by a majority of
28,000 votes; Republican. Catholic. Member
Knights of Pythias, B. P. O. Elks. Club: Mis
souri Athletic. Recreation: outdoor diversions.
Office: 2207 N. Broadway. Residence: 1129
Penrose St.
NOONAN, Edward Aloysius, lawyer; born,
Reading, Pa., Dec. 20, 1852; son of Martin
and Nano (Nagle) Noonan; educated in pub
lic schools of Reading; LL.B., Albany Law
School, 1871; married, St. Louis, 1875, Mar
garet Brennan; children: Edward A., Jr. (de
ceased), Zoe (Mrs. Guy Goltermann), Florence
(Mrs. W. H. Gemmer). Admitted to bar, 1871,
and engaged in practice of law; member of
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sistant circuit attorney, twice judge of the
Court of Criminal Correction, and served four
years as mayor of St. Louis (1889-93). Demo
crat; seven terms member of Democratic State
Committee. Catholic Office: 212 S. 12th St.
Residence: 310 S. Euclid Ave.
NOONAN, Robert McGinnis; see Vol. 1906.
NORTH, Emmett Pipkin, physician; bom,
Labadie, Mo., Aug. 13, 1877; son of Eugene
B. and Mary S. North; educated in Labadie
public schools; Central College, Fayette, Mo.;
M.D., Beaumont Medical College, 1900; mar
ried, Washington, Mo., Dee. 2, 1903, Maud Is-
bell; one daughter, Mildred Isbell. Assistant
physician, St. Louis City Hospital, 1900-01;
house surgeon Missouri Pacific Railway Hos
pital, St. Louis, 1901-03; physician in charge,
St. Louis South Side Dispensary, 1903-04;
since in general practice. Member St. Louis
City Hospital Alumni Association, St. Louis
Medical Society, Missouri State Medical Asso
ciation, American Medical Association. Demo
crat. Presbyterian. Office: 2124 S. Grand Ave.
Residence: 3901 Park Ave.
NORTONI, Albert Dexter, jurist; born,
New Cambria, Macon Co., Mo., Jan. 26, 1867;
son of Dr. Edward Warren and Hannah T.
(Howell) Nortoni; educated in common
schools and by private instruction; admitted
to bar, 1888; married, Dec. 22, 1892, Maggie
H. Francis (died, 1894); 2d, July 3, 1906,
Emma T. Belcher. Engaged in practice of law
from age of twenty-one, in counties of Ma
con, Linn and Chariton, and in the City of St.
Louis. Served as school director, New Cam
bria, Mo., one term; city attorney two terms;
private secretary to Congressman C. N. Clark,
First Missouri District, one term; in 1894
nominated by Republicans for probate judge
of Macon Co., declined; Republican nominee
for state senator in Ninth Missouri District,
1896, defeated; nominated by Republicans,
1898, for circuit judge Second Circuit, de
feated; appointed, Jan. 1, 1903, assistant U. S.
district attorney and located in St. Louis;
elected, November, 1904, judge of the St.
Louis Court of Appeals for twelve-year term.
Progressive party candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1912. Presbyterian. Odd Fellow,
Woodman. Club: Noonday. Chambers: 1741
Pierce bldg. Residence: 775 Goodfellow Ave
nue. NORVELL, Saunders, publisher The Hard
ware Reporter; born, St. Catharines, Canada,
Aug. 12, 1864; son of Louis C. and Sarah
(Saunders) Norvell; educated in St. Louis
public and high schools; married, St. Louis,
Apr. 14, 1886, Belle Matthews; children: Lucy,
Edward Simmons, Mary Spottiswood, Isabel.
Entered employ of Simmons Hardware Co. in
1880, serving in various capacities until 1898,
vice president same, 1898-1901; president Nor
vell-Shapleigh Hardware Co., 1901-10. Now

publisher of The Hardware Reporter. Director
Mississippi Valley Trust Co., Norvell-Shap
leigh Hardware Co. Juror at Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition, 1904. Ex-president Civic
League; trustee Self-Culture Hall Association.
Presbyterian. President Washington Univer
sity Art School; trustee Shaw's Botanical
Garden; member Artists' Guild of St. Louis;
honorary life member National Hardware As
sociation. Clubs: St. Louis, University, Noon
day, St. Louis Country. Recreations: collect
ing rare books, prints and pictures; horseback
riding; also golf enthusiast. Office: 509 Olive
St. Residence: 9 Kingsbury PL
NORWINE, Floyd E., president Norwine
Coffee Co.; born, Mineral Point, Mo., June 23,
1877; son of Andrew Jackson and Mary Anna
(Clarke) Norwine; educated in country public
schools, Washington and St. Francois counties,
Mo.; married, St. Louis, Apr. 17, 1900, Blanche
Burton; three sons: Floyd E., Jr., J. Burton
and John Clarke. Began business career at
seventeen in employ of the C. F. Blanke Cof
fee Co., first as bookkeeper and later as credit
man, continuing until August, 1899; then asso
ciated with others in organization of the
Meyer Brothers Coffee Co. and was secretary
and manager of the office, 1899-1908; organ
ized, in 1908, the Norwine Coffee Co., import
ers and dealers in coffee, tea and spices, of
which is president. Independent Democrat.
Presbyterian. Member St. Louis Coffee Roast
ers ' Traffic Association (director), St. Louis
Association of Credit Men (director and ex-
president), Business Men's League. Club:
Missouri Athletic. Recreation: shooting. Of
fice: 311 N. 2d .St. Residence: 7387 Maple
Boul., Maplewood, St. Louis Co.
NUGENT, Byron, merchant; 1842-1908; see
Vol. 1906.
NUGENT, Charles Wesley, dry goods; 1857-
1911; see Vol. 1906.
NUGENT, Daniel C, president B. Nugent
& Bro. Dry Goods Co.; born, Belmont, Canada,
1855; son of Thomas and Eleanor (Morgan)
Nugent; educated in London (Canada) High
School; married, Mt. Vernon, 111., Carrie
Casey; three children: Louise A. (Mrs. Rich
ard S. Kennard), Daniel O, Jr.,. Morgan
Thomas. Began business career with Byron
Nugent at Mt. Vernon, 111., 1870-73; since
1873 in St. Louis in dry goods business as
member of firm of B. Nugent & Bro.; upon in
corporation was elected first vice president;
has served as president since 1908. Clubs:
University, St. Louis, Mercantile, St. Louis
Country, Racquet. Recreation: golf. Office:
Broadway and Washington Ave. Residence:
3701 Westminster PL
NUGENT, Edwin Thomas, insurance; born,
St. Louis, Mar. 1, 1876; son of "Byron and
Julia (Lake) Nugent; educated in public
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Concord, N. H.; student Yale University, class
of 1899; married, Philadelphia, Dec. 18, 1901,
Olga Clinton; one child, Olga Marie. Clerk in
father 's store, 1899-1901j in charge New York
offiee of B. Nugent & TBro. Dry Goods Co.,
1901-06; upon return to St. Louis was identi
fied with business interests of father for two
years; established E. T. Nugent & Co., insur
ance company, of which has since been the
head; vice president Douglass Loan and In
vestment Co. Episcopalian. Member Delta
Phi. Clubs: St. Louis, Racquet, Bellerive
Country, Aero, Automobile, City. Recreations :
golf, motoring. Office: 600 Chestnut St. Resi
dence: 5228 Westminster PL
NUGENT, Francis V., clergyman; born,
Oconomowoc, Wis., Jan. 16, 1855. Educated in
St. Vincent's College, -Cape Girardeau, Mo.;
St. Vincent's Seminary, Germantown, Pa.;
Congregation of Mission. Ordained Roman
Catholic priesthood, May 2, 1884, by Bishop
Shanahan, of Harrisburg, P,a.; at St. Vin
cent's College, Cape Girardeau, ten years, the
last five years as president; pastor St. Jo
seph's Church, New Orleans, 1893-97; presi
dent Kenriek Seminary, St. Louis, 1897-1903;
pastor St. Vincent de Paul's Church since
1903; also director of missions, western prov
ince, of Vincentian fathers. Residence: 1427
S. 9th St.
NUGENT, James Gillespie, vice president
and general manager B. Nugent & Bro. Dry
Goods Co.; bora, Picton, Ont., Canada, June
6, 1852; son of Thomas and Eleanor A. (Mor
gan) Nugent; educated in public schools, Bel
mont, Canada, Victoria College, Cobourg, Can
ada, and Eastman Business College, Pough
keepsie, N. Y.; married, Mt. Vernon, 111., Nov.
3, 1886, Lillian Patton; children: Eleanor
(Mrs. H. G. Bosler, of Indianapolis), James
Byron, Harry Hodgen, Charlotte (Mrs. W.
Adams, of St. Louis), Lulu, Fred, Lily. After
leaving school entered store of Hewitt Hard
ware Co., Toronto, continuing for two years,
then was prospector in Manitoba, Canada, for
two years. Came to St. Louis in 1874, and be
came a clerk in the dry goods store of his
brother, B. Nugent; was admitted to the firm
about 1888, under the style of B. Nugent &
Bro., and in 1899 the business was incorpo
rated as B. Nugent & Bro. Dry Goods Co., of
which is vice president and general manager
(elected vice president Jan. 1, 1912). Repub
lican. Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo. Recrea
tions: horseback riding and fishing. Office:
cor. Washington Ave. and Broadway. Resi
dence: cor. Maple Ave. and Thornley PL
NUGENT, William, clergyman; born in
Limerick, Ireland, Aug. 23, 1879; son of Mau
rice and Honora (Ryan) Nugent; began his
education at national schools in Ireland;
came to America, 1898, and entered Christian
Brothers College, St. Louis; left college in
junior year and entered Kenriek Seminary in

fall of 1900; was selected by the late Arch
bishop Kain to represent the archdioceses of
St. Louis in the North American College,
Rome, 1902, spending three years in Rome.
Was1 ordained to priesthood of Roman Catho
lic Church, June 17, 1905; visited parents and
relatives in Ireland and then returned to St.
Louis; served as assistant pastor Church of
Our Lady of Good Counsel, North St. Louis,
1905-08; assistant" pastor Church of Notre
Dame de Lourdes, Wellston, since June, 1908.
Church and Residence: 6309 Cote Brilliante
Avenue. NULSEN, Albert George, president Nulsen,
Klein & Krausse Manufacturing Co.; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 1, 1870; son of John C. and Al-
bertine (Kreutzbauer) Nulsen; educated at
Peabody (public) School, St. Louis; Toens-
f eldt 's Educational Institute, St. Louis ; Smith
Academy; Bryant & Stratton Business Col
lege; St. Louis Manual Training School, grad
uating, 1888; also student Washington Univer
sity for one year; married, St. Jjouis, Oct. 15,
1890, Maude Kreher; six children: Mildred
E., Joe K., Albert G., Jr., Norman, Richard,
Jack C. Began active career in employ of
Smith & Davis Manufacturing Co. at age of
nineteen; entered firm of George S. Mepham
& Klein, 1891, and was identified with that
concern for eleven years; assisted in organ
izing the Nulsen, Klein & Krausse Manufac
turing Co., manufacturers of barytes and
whiting, 1891, which was incorporated in 1892,
and has been president of same since 1907.
Republican. Christian Scientist. Clubs: Mer
cantile, Automobile. Recreations: motoring
and yachting. Office: Levee and Sidney Sts.
Residence: 5315 Waterman Ave.
NULSEN, Anthony Joseph, vice president
and treasurer of Missouri Malleable Iron Co.;
born, St. Louis, June 10, 1856; son of John C.
and Albertine (Kreutzbauer) Nulsen; educat
ed at Smith Academy and Washington Univer
sity; married, St. Louis, 1879, Mollie Hester;
two children: Bernice, Doris (Mrs. Samuel
Stocker). Left Washington University at age
of seventeen; spent two years for business
training in retail and wholesale grocery busi
ness; entered firm of Nulsen & Co., wholesale
liquor dealers, and succeeded to sole owner
ship of same in 1879, and continued until
1882, when the Missouri Malleable Iron Co.
was established; has been treasurer of same
ever since and is now also vice president;
plant moved to East St. Louis, 1891. Director
German Mutual Life Insurance Co., St. Louis,
Southern Illinois National Bank, and Illinois
Trust Co., East St. Louis. Republican. Club:
Union. Recreation: fishing. Offiee: Missouri
Malleable Iron Co., East St. Louis, 111. Resi
dence: 3133 Hawthorne Boul., St. Louis.
NULSEN, John Clemens, president Missouri
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NUTE, John Wesley, car wheels; 1860-1909;
see Vol. 1906.

OBEAR, Bryan, engineer and inventor;
born, St. Louis, Apr. 17, 1855; son of Josiah
H. and Maria Jane (Bryan) Obear; educated
in Clay (public) School; Franklin School;
German Institute; Washington University;
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va.;
also studied law, but never practiced; wid
ower. Engaged in farming in Boone Co., Mo.,
1875-79; in real estate business, 1879-82; engi
neer for contractors in Arizona, 1882-87; sec
retary and treasurer Julian Mining and Mill
Co., St. Louis, 1887-89; manager Western
Smoke Preventer Co., Chicago, 1889-1894; en
gaged in stock raising at Crescent, Mo., 1894-
1900; patentee of smoke preventer, 1892, also
of other mechanical devices; now manager
The Montague Compressed Air Co., manufac
turers of machinery. Was captain of the Thir
teenth Ward Guards in 1877, at the time of
the railroad strike. Democrat. Episcopalian.
Recreations : study of metaphysics, philosophy,
sociology. Office: 1108 Chemical Bldg. Resi
dence: 19 N. Spring Ave.
OBERNIER, Robert A.; see Vol. 1906.
OBERSCHELP, Henry Herman, lawyer;
born, St. Louis, Mar. 24, 1875; son of Herman
J. and Johanna (Wiegand) Obersehelp; edu
cated in public grammar schools of St. Louis;
A.B., Washington University, 1896, LL.B.,
1898; married, St. Louis, June 27, 1900, Grace
Cottrill; children: Vera J., Grace M. Engaged
in general practice of law in St. Louis since
admission to the bar; vice president and
counsel North St. Louis Savings Trust Co.
Member of St. Louis Bar Association. Prot
estant. Member Civic League. Mason. Clubs:
City, Contemporary, Public Question. Office:
Rooms 902-909, 705 Olive St. Residence: 3502
Palm St.
OBERT, Louis, president Louis Obert Brew
ing Co.; bora, Baden, Germany, Feb. 8, 1845
son of Louis and Theresa , (Wuelman) Obert
educated in public schools, Baden, to 1859
married, St. Louis, Sept. 20, 1870, Elizabeth
Kolb; four children: Louis, "William A., Karl,
Eliza. Served apprenticeship in brewing busi
ness, 1859-62; journeyman brewer in Germany
until 1866, when came to America. With Pes-
wich Brewery, St. Louis, 1866-67; foreman
Arsenal Brewery, 1867-70; foreman Louis
Cook Brewery, 1870-74; first superintendent of
Casperloosic Brewery, New Orleans, La., until
1876; foreman short time for Repple & Ehler
mann, malt house, St. Louis, 1876; then with
Mathias Weis purchased Obert Brewing Co.,
becoming president in 1881; principal owner
of West End Heights property. Republican.
Catholic. Recreation: music Office: 2700 S.
12th St. Residence: 2631 S. 12th St.

O' BOYLE, Francis Joseph, clergyman and
professor of philosophy; born, London, Ont.,
Canada, Oct. 9, 1870; son of Andrew and
Julia (Delaney) O 'Boyle; was brought to De
troit, Mich., at two years of age; acquired his
primary education in public schools of De
troit; entered Detroit College, 1882, and was
graduated with degree of A.B., 1889; entered
Jesuit Order, July, 1889, and spent three
years in the novitiate of order at Florissant,
Mo.; then took a post-graduate course of three
years in philosophy at St. Louis University,
1892-95, and a course in divinity, 1900-04;
went to Europe, 1908, and pursued special
course in theology at University of Innsbruck,
Austria, 1908-10; also visited the leading uni
versities for the purpose of studying condi
tions and methods. Appointed professor of
languages in College Department, St. Louis
University, 1895; ordained to priesthood of
the Roman Catholic Church by Archbishop
Glennon, 1903; appointed professor classical
literature, St. Xavier College, Cincinnati, 1905,
and in August, 1906, was made vice president
and chancellor of St. Louis University; in
June, 1907, was appointed acting rector of
the university to succeed Rev. W. Banks
Rogers; has served as professor philosophy
and moral theology, St. Louis University,
since September, 1910. Address: St. Louis
University. O'BRIEN, Dennis P.; see Vol. 1906.
O'BRIEN, John Cornelius, vice president T.
J. Reid Shoe Co.; born, St. Louis, Jan. 24,
1869; son of John and Catherine (O'Connor)
O'Brien; educated in public and parochial
schools; married, St. Louis, Apr. 17, 1901, Mae
Reid; four children: Thomas Reid, Dorothy
Mae John Glennon, Lelia Moon. With Scruggs,
Vandervoort & Barney Dry Goods Co., 1883-
89; then entered employ of Mermod, Jaccard
& King Jewelry Co. and became diamond
salesman; resigned, 1908, to take charge of
diamond department of the Hess & Culbertson
Jewelry Co.; vice president T. J. Reid Shoe
Co. since Mar. 4, 1912. Democrat. Catholic.
Member Knights of Columbus, Knights of
Father Mathew, Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Columbus. Recrea
tion: athletic sports. Office: 711 Washington
Ave. Residence: Ferguson, Mo.
O'BRIEN, John J., lawyer; born, St. Louis,
June 26, 1867; son of Patrick and Alice (Han-
rahan) O'Brien; educated in St. Bridget's
parochial school; Benton College of Law; un
married. Teamster from 1882 to 1887; in coal
and ice business, as member of firm of John J.
O'Brien & Bro. since 1887. Admitted to the
bar, 1908, and since engaged in practice. Dem
ocrat; member of House of Delegates from
Twentieth Ward, 1903-09, speaker of House,
1905-07. Member Royal Arcanum, Knights of
Columbus, Knights of Father Mathew. Fa
vorite recreations: hunting, fishing. Office:

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410 Fullerton Bldg. Residence: 1521 N. Jef
ferson Ave.
OCHTERBECK, Henry Conrad; born, St.
Louis, Aug. 25, 1861; son of John A. and
Caroline (Kunter) Ochterbeck; educated in
St. Louis public schools, graduating from high
school, 1881; married, New Philadelphia, O.,
June 17, 1890, Magdalen Gilgen; two children:
Irene, Paul G. Began business career with
George Wolff & Son clothing house, 1884, and
continued until 1898; then became credit man
with Logwood, DeCamp & Co., operators of
mines at DeCamp, 111., as DeCamp Coal Min
ing Co., of which is vice president; Christian
Science practitioner since 1910. Member Civic
League of St. Louis. Was mayor Kirkwood,
Mo., 1906-08. Democrat. Recreations: garden
ing and raising chickens. Office: Odeon Bldg.
Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
OCKER, Louis Henry, manufacturer of
wood partition bottle packing; born, Wash
ington, Mo., Feb. 21, 1868; son of Henry W.
and Charlotte (Beeke) Ocker; educated in
Shepard and Lyon public schools, St. Louis,
and Toensfeldt Educational Institute, graduat
ing, 1883; married, St. Louis, Apr. 4, 1893,
Regina A. Schoenthaler; children: Erwin
Louis, John Raymond (deceased), Arthur Regi
nald. Began business life as shipping clerk,
1883-87, and bookkeeper, 1887-90, in whole
sale grocery house in St. Louis; bookkeeper,
Collier Shot Tower Co., St. Louis, 1890-91;
assistant manager of the Le Roy Shot and
Lead Co., New York City (branch of Amer
ican Shot and Lead Co.), 1891-92; in Decem
ber, 1892, became interested in the Schoen
thaler Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of
wood partition bottle packing, of which was
secretary and treasurer until 1905, since viee
president and treasurer. Republican. Evan
gelical Lutheran. Member St. Louis Lieder
kranz, Turn Verein, Altenheim. Club: St.
Louis Rotary. Office : 1013-1019 Chouteau Ave.
Residence: 3820 Flora Boul.
OCKERSON, John A., consulting engineer;
born, Sweden, 1849; came to United States,
1851; graduated University of Illinois, B.S.
and C.E., 1873; married, June, 1890, Clara W.
Shackelford, of Kentucky. Served in Civil
War in 132d Hlinois Volunteer Infantry and
First Minnesota Heavy Artillery; in milling
business in Minnesota, 1865-68, recorder and
later assistant in field and office on survey
Great Lakes, 1871-79; assistant engineer, lo
cation and construction Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe R. R., 1872; U. S. assistant engi
neer Eads jetties, 1876; survey Mississippi
River, 1879-87; manager and engineer gold
and silver mine in Colorado, 1888-89; principal
assistant engineer, 1889-98, and since Aug. 4,
1898, member Mississippi River Commission;
in general practice as consulting engineer.
President American Society Civil Engineers,
1912; member National Geographic Society,

Engineers' Club of St. Louis. Author numer
ous papers on topographical, hydrographical
and engineering subjects, especially with ref
erence to Mississippi River (hon. D.E., 1903).
Chief department of liberal arts, St. Louis
Exposition, 1904; member International Jury
of Awards, Paris Exposition; delegate Inter
national Congress of Navigation, 1900; dele
gate Congress of Merchant Marine, Paris.
Decorated Knight Crown of Germany, Order
of the Double Dragon, China, Officer Public
Instruction (France), Knight Crown of Italy
(Italy), Knight Order of Vasa, Commander
Order of Vasa (Sweden), Knight Order of
Leopold. Clubs: Noonday, Bellerive. Recrea
tions; hunting and fishing. Office: 1301 Lig
gett Bldg. Residence: New Kingsbury Apts.
O'CONNELL, John William, master painter
and decorator; born, Shangarry, County Cork,
Ireland, Oct. 7, 1843; son of William and Ellen
(Cullinane) O'Connell; was brought to Amer
ica, 1851; educated at the old Benton School,
then on 6th St. between Locust and St.
Charles Sts., 1853-56 inclusive; also attended
night school in same building for parts of
three years; secured membership in private
libraries, from which received great encour
agement and benefit; married, St. Louis, Sept.
19, 1865, Annie Dolan; eight children: Harry
W., John W., Jr., Phillip Leo, Frank E., Elli-
nore, Genevieve (Mrs. James Spencer, of Se
dalia, Mo.), Margaret. Apprentice to H. Farm
er & Son, painters and decorators, 1857-62;
began business, 1872, in St. Louis, with boy
hood friend, Patrick H. Tobin; bought out
partner's interest, 1873, and continued alone
until associating with sons in 1900, in vari
ous branches of decorating and painting; now
president of the J. W. O 'Connell Painting Co.,
which has been highly successful in securing
work in different parts of the United States
and is one of the leading concerns of the
kind in America; also president St. Louis
Building and Contracting Co. Has traveled
extensively in this country and Europe and
made many observations about harmonization
of colors, etc., which have been of special ad
vantage to the company. Member School
Board, 1874-92. Democrat. Catholic. Member
Knights of Father Mathew, Business Men's
League. Was one of the original members of
the Empire Baseball Club and played with
the first nine for seven years, beginning about
1860, the same ball grounds at Grand and
Sullivan Aves. now being used by the Amer
ican Association. Recreations: extensive trav
eling, and baseball. Offiee: 1011 N. Broadway.
Residence: 5939 Bartmer Ave.
O'CONNOR, Patrick J., clergyman; bom,
Listowel, Ireland, Jan. 2, 1883; son of Cor
nelius and Mary (Corridon) O'Connor; edu
cated in national schools to fourteen; com
pleted classical course in St. Michael's Col
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lege and completed preparation for the min
istry. Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church
by Archbiship Patrick Foley, June 9, 1907;
came to Ameriea, November, 1907; since as
sistant pastor St. Edward's Church, St. Louis.
Recreations: hunting and fishing. Residence:
2709 Clara Ave.
O 'DONNELL, Edmund Ronayne, cotton
linters and cotton; born in Ireland, May 10,
1867; son of Patrick E. and Elizabeth (Green)
O 'Donnell; educated in National schools and
Jesuit College in Ireland; twice married;
children by first wife: Edmund A., Mary;
married, 2d, St. Louis, Aug. 3, 1905, Elizabeth
J. Mackey. Employed by Macdonald & Co.
as clerk, 1883-93; since 1893 in St. Louis as
dealer in cotton linters and cotton. Member
Cotton Exchange. Roman Catholic. Office: 5
Spruce St. Residence: 3823 Flora Boul.
O'DONNELL, Patrick, retired; born near
Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, Mar. 5,
1852; son of Owen and Winifred (Hester)
O 'Donnell; educated in public schools; came
to America, 1864; married, Fulton, Mo., Sept.
15, 1885, Nannie L. Hook; two children:
Winifred, Maud. Began contracting business,
St. Louis, 1871, and as John O 'Donnell &
Brother engaged in construction of water
mains for city of St. Louis until 1909, when
retired. Democrat. Catholic. Residence: 5015
Raymond Ave.
OEHLER, Emil E., manufacturer pressed
brick; 1865-1911; see Vol. 1906.
OEHLER, Otto C, president Enterprise
Brick Works Co.; born, St. Louis, Dec. 2,
1863; son of Paul and Franziska (Zuhm)
Oehler; educated in St. Louis public schools;
married, June 30, 1892, May T. Werbarg; chil
dren: June, Paul, Linetta. Began business ca
reer as a boy in the brickyard (established in
1863) owned by his father, Paul Oehler, and
learned the business practically; at age of
seventeen went to work for the South St.
Louis Foundry Co., as a pattern maker; in
1896 again became identified with the original
brick business, which had been incorporated
as the Enterprise Brick Works Co., acquiring
an interest in the business and becoming a
director and president of the company; di
rector and secretary Continental Brick Co.
Member I. O. O. F. Club: Liederkranz. Rec
reation: fishing. Office: 915 Olive St. Resi
dence: 3139 Russell Ave.
O' FALLON, Charles Pope, manager of es
tates; born in Madison Co., Ala., Aug. 3,
1868; son of John J. and Caroline (Mastin)
O 'Fallon; educated in St. Louis public schools,
Smith Academy, private schools and Prince
ton University, in class of 1890; married,
Feb. 24, 1910. Mrs. Mary G. Overton, of Mem
phis, Tenn. Began business career in 1889 as
clerk with Merchants ' National Bank, then in
real estate business for one year; since has

been engaged as manager of estates, having
charge of the affairs of John J. O 'Fallon, and
since 1902 of estate of Mrs. Caroline Pope.
President Shultz Belting Co. Member Busi
ness Men's League. Republican. Member M.
E. Church, South. Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis
Country, City. Favorite recreations: motoring
and riding. Office: 421 Olive St. Summer Resi
dence: Manchester and Barrett Station Rds.,
St. Louis County.
O 'FALLON, Eugene Peter, printing; 1865-
1908; see Vol. 1906.
O'FALLON, John Julius, capitalist; born,
St. Louis, Mar. 6, 1840; son of Col. John and
Caroline Ruth (Sehuetz) O 'Fallon (father was
aide-de-camp to Gen. William Henry Harri
son in War of 1812; and came to St. Louis in
1818); educated in Washington University
and at private school at New Haven, Conn.;
married, Huntsville, Ala., Apr. 10, 1860, Caro
line Mastin; children: Frank M. (deceased),
Caroline (Mrs. J. G. Miller), Charles Pope
O 'Fallon. After leaving school devoted him
self to management of his real estate inter
ests. Director Merchants-Laclede National
Bank. Member Business Men's League, Civic
League. Republican. Trustee Methodist Or
phans' Home. Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis
Country. Office: 415 Locust St. Residence:
28 Westmoreland PL
OGLESBY, Rube, railroad and warehouse
commissioner; born, Knobnoster, Mo., June 22,
1874; son of Charles T. and Ella (Rubey)
Oglesby; educated at Warrensburg (Mo.)
State Normal School; married, Warrensburg,
Oct. 1, 1908, Mary B. Shouse; two children:
Harriett Frances, Ella Katherine. Engaged
in live stock and livery business at Warrens
burg fifteen years; in service of Missouri Pa
cific R. R. two years; railroad and warehouse
commissioner of Missouri since Jan. 1, 1907.
Democrat. Presbyterian. Member Masonic Or
der, Knights of Pythias, Modern Woodmen of
America, B. P. O. Elks. Office: 418 Chamber
of Commerce. Residence: Jefferson City, Mo.
O' GORMAN, Daniel D., physician and sur
geon; born in County Cork, Ireland, Feb. 13,
1865; son of Daniel and Catherine (Naughten)
O 'Gorman; educated at French College, Black-
rock, Dublin, Ireland, 1878-82; Royal Univer
sity of Ireland, Ledwitch School of Medicine,
1882-86; Royal College Physicians and Sur
geons, Canada, and Trinity University Med
ical College, Toronto, 1886-88, M.D., 1888;
married, St. Louis, July 24, 1895, Kate M.
Rilliet; children: Daniel R., Catherine M.,
John E., Richard J., Thomas Charles. En
gaged in medical and surgical practice at
Lincoln, Neb., 1888-94, then moved to St.
Louis, where has since been in active prac
tice. Supreme medical director Catholic
Knights and Ladies of Ameriea; medical ex
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Father Mathew. Independent Democrat. Ro
man Catholic. Office and Residence: 2839
Park Ave.
O'HALLARON, Anthony A., lawyer; born,
St. Louis, Jan. 5, 1875; son of Edward S.
(resident of St. Louis since 1856) and Mary
(Dunphy) O'Hallaron; educated in public
schools of St. Louis; St. Louis High School,
graduating, 1892; LL.B., Washington Univer
sity, 1899; married, St. Louis, Aug. 1, 1900,
Eugenia O'Neil; five children: Frances, Frank
O'Neil, Anthony A., Jr., Margaret and Eu
genia. Was in employ of U. S. postoffice
while attending high school and of the N. O.
Nelson Manufacturing Co. while a law stu
dent at the university; admitted to bar, 1899,
and since in practice at St. Louis; president
Vandeventer Realty Co.; vice president Mc
Kinley Bread and Baking Co., Mortgage Real
ty Co., United Building Co., Vandeventer
Amusement Co.; secretary and director Star
Tile and Mantel Co.; director Hagerman-Fitz
Simmons Realty Co., St. Charles Amusement
Co. .Served as justice of the peace for the
Fifth District of St. Louis, 1904-10. Demo
crat. Catholic. Member St. Louis and Mis
souri State Bar associations, Washington Uni
versity Alumni Association, Knights of Co
lumbus, St. Vincent de Paul Society. Clubs:
Catholic, Missouri Athletic. Recreations:
fishing and hunting. Office: 506 Olive St.
Residence: 5875 Von Versen Ave.
OHLSEN, Henry Richard, treasurer J. B.
Sickles Saddlery Co.; born, St. Louis, July 8,
1868; son of Christian W. and Meta (Luhrs)
Ohlsen; educated in public schools of St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, Sept. 22, 1897,
Paulena Hinzpeter; children: Irving Richard,
May Virginia. Entered service of the J. B.
Sickles Saddlery Co. (established 1834, incor
porated 1881) in 1885, as entry clerk, and
after serving in various capacities became
treasurer of the company about 1900. Mem
ber Royal League, Royal Arcanum. Club:
Gilead Hunting and Fishing. Favorite recrea
tions: handball, . hunting, fishing. Office: 21st
St. and Washington Ave. Residence: 3834
Juniata St.
OHMANN-DUMESNIL, Amant Henry, phy
sician; bora, Paris, France, Sept. 30, 1857;
son of F. L. and Mary Celestine Caroline
(Dumesnil) Ohmann; graduated from College
of Christian Brothers, 1873; State University
of Missouri, M.E., C.E., A.M., 1877; St. Louis
Medical College, M.D., 1878; married, 1891,
Mrs. Lillie P. Beecher; 2d, Algiers, May 4,
1901, Mrs. E. A. Loring. Specialist in derma
tology; professor of dermatology and syph-
ilology, St. Louis College for Medical Practi
tioners, 1881, St. Louis College of Physicians
and Surgeons, 1882, Marion-Sims College of
Medicine, 1895-97. Editor and proprietor of the
St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal; ed

itor Medico-Legal Journal. Member American
Geographical Society, International Congress
of Dermatology, International Congress on
Tuberculosis, St. Louis Academy of Medicine
(president), St. Louis Medical Society, Mis
souri State Medical Association, American
Medical Association, International Medical
Congress, etc. Author of Handbook of Derma
tology, 1898; History of Syphilis (3 volumes),
1899; also many articles and monographs on
same subjects. Office: Times Bldg. Residence:
3966 Lincoln Ave.
O'MEARA, John Baptiste, quarry operator
and general contractor, retired; born, St.
Louis, June 4, 1850; son of Patrick and Mary
(Dunn) O'Meara; educated in public schools
and St. Louis University, graduating, A.B.;
graduated Jones Commercial College as Mas
ter of Accounts; married, St. Louis, June 4,
1874, Sallie Helm Ford (now deceased), who
was a granddaughter of Governor Helm of
Kentucky (grandfather, John Baptiste
O 'Meara, was lieutenant in Walsh 's Regi
ment of the Irish Brigade that served under
Count de Rochambeau in the Revolutionary
War). Was teller and assistant cashier Citi
zens' Savings Bank, 1873; was in the stock
and bond brokerage business with P. F. Kele
her & Co. until 1880; in 1880 went into the
quarry and contracting business established
by father in 1833; was secretary and treas
urer of the Hill-O'Meara Construction Co.;
now president and treasurer O'Meara Real
Estate and Investment Co. and vice president
St. Louis Vitrified and Fire Clay Co.; retired
from active business, January, 1912. Built
all the roads and driveways at old St. Louis
Fair Grounds (afterwards Jockey Club, now
Fair Grounds Park), all roads and driveways in
Vandeventer PL, Chamberlain Park, Clemens
PL, Horton PL, Portland, Westmoreland and
Fairmount places, Gibson Height, also many
miles of paving and sewers, intake tower and
tunnel at Chain of Rocks, two settling basins,
Carleton Building, St. John's M. E. Church,
Second Presbyterian, St. Luke's Catholic
Church, Lindell Ave. M. E. Church; recon
structed Exposition Hall into the Coliseum;
built Syndicate Trust Co. Building; built
Meramec Highlands Electric R. R. and
changed the whole Lindell R. R. from horse
power to electric. Democrat; was lieutenant
governor of Missouri, 1892-96. Was a member
of the original committee of 200 which organ
ized the St. Louis World's Fair, for which he
raised a large sum of money amongst his fel
low contractors, his own firm donating the
largest amount, and materially assisted in
Washington, D. C, in obtaining the $5,000,-
000 appropriation. Member of National Guard
since 1870, as private, captain, major and
chief paymaster (now holds latter office).
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dumbbell exercising, and fishing. Office: 306
Wainwright Bldg. Residence: 5347 Cabanne
Avenue. O'NEIL, David N, lumber; born, St. Louis,
July 23, 1874; son of Joseph and Catherine A.
O'Neil; educated Manual Training School;
LL.B., St. Louis Law School, 1898; married,
St. Louis, June 10, 1903, Barbara Blackman;
four children: David Blackman (deceased),
George Blackman, Horton, Barbara. Began
business career at age of eighteen in the
real estate business, continuing until 1899,
when became vice president and secretary of
the O'Neil Lumber Co., wholesale and retail
dealers in lumber (established 1867) ; presi
dent same since 1908. Member Business Men 's
League, Civic League. Clubs: University, St.
Louis, City, Noonday, Racquet, Bellerive
Country. Recreation: golf. Office: 1232 S.
King's Highway Boul. Residence: 6300 For
sythe Ave.
O'NEIL, Frank R., journalist; 1851-1908;
see Vol. 1906.
O'NEIL, Henry, lumber; born, St. Louis,
Nov. 29, 1855; son of Joseph and Eliza
(Dwyer) O'Neil; educated in part at St.
Louis University, then two years at Notre
Dame University, South Bend, Ind., and re
turned to St. Louis University; married, St.
Louis, July 30, 1890, Sidney Rowley; children:
Joseph, Henry, Jr., George Rowley. Began
business career as clerk in Citizens' Savings
Bank (of which father was president) and
later became receiving teller; since February,
1881, in lumber business; in 1899 became pres
ident of the O'Neil Lumber Co., wholesale
and retail lumber merchants, from which busi
ness he retired in the spring of 1910 to organ
ize the Henry O'Neil Lumber and Land Co.,
of which concern he is now the president and
treasurer. Formerly president Retail Lumber
Merchants' Association. Catholic. Office:
1430 S. Vandeventer Ave. Residence: St.
Regis Apts.
O'NEIL, John Francis, president Fulton Iron
Works; bora, Brockport, N. Y., Apr. 23, 1857;
son of Daniel and Ellen (McMahon) O'Neil;
educated in public schools of Corry, Pa.; mar
ried, Dubuque, la., 1885, Jessie Bird Winall;
children: Lawrence W., Sarah F. (Mrs. J. H.
Wallace) and Ellen D. Learned trade of ma
chinist at Corry, Pa., and followed it there un
til 1879, when went to Dubuque, la., and
worked at trade until 1888, becoming super
intendent of Dubuque Iron Works; came to
St. Louis, 1888, to assume position of general
superintendent of the Fulton Iron Works, of
which was later made viee president and gen
eral manager; so continued until November,
1905, when was elected president. Member
American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Club: Glen Echo. Favorite recreations: driv
ing and automobiling. Office: 6300 Plymouth
Ave. Residence: 4236 W. Pine Boul.

O'NEILL, Edward Joseph, railway official;
born, Newry, Ireland, Feb. 15, 1869; son of
Peter J. and Anna (McGough) O'Neill; came
to America with parents at age of two and
one-half years; educated in St. Columbkill 's
Parish School, and St. Louis University; mar
ried, St. Louis, November, 1895, Mary E.
Gavin; children: Florence, Marian, Esther,
Dorothy. Bill clerk and chief bill clerk, Mis
souri Pacific R. R., 1889-93; chief bill clerk,
Iron Mountain & Southern, Missouri Pacific
and Frisco railways, at Carondelet, 1893-1902;
chief clerk Wabash R. R. freight department,
1902-03; contracting freight agent, 1903-04,
and from 1904 to 1906 general agent Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific R. R. Co.; from 1906 to
1910 general agent for Frisco Lines; since
general representative of all departments at
St. Louis of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
cific R. R. Co. Member Business Men's
League. Was member of House of Delegates
of St. Louis, one term, 1903-05; member Board
of Education, April, 1907-1913. Catholic.
Member Modern Woodmen, Knights of Co
lumbus. Clubs: Mercantile, St. Louis Rail
way, Missouri Athletic, Traffic of St. Louis.
Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office: 703
Olive St. Residence: 6641 Vermont Ave.
OPEL, Louis, wholesale merchant; 1842-
1910; see Vol. 1906.
OPIE, Eugene Lindsay, pathologist; bom,
Staunton, Va., July 5, 1873; son of Thomas
and Sallie (Harman) Opie; A.B., Johns Hop
kins, 1893, M.D., 1897; married Gertrude
Lovat Simpson, of Montreal, Can., Aug. 6,
1902 (died May 2, 1909). Medical house offi
cer, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1897-98; assist
ant, instructor, and associate in pathology,
Johns Hospkins University, 1898-1904; pathol
ogist to Bay View Asylum, 1898-1904; mem
ber Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re
search, 1904-10; visiting pathologist to Pres
byterian Hospital, New York, 1907-10; pro
fessor pathology, Washington University,
since July 1, 1910, also dean Medical School
same. Published studies on malarial para
sites, 1898, on the anatomy and pathology of
the pancreas, and relation of pancreas to dia
betes, 1899-1902; studies of inflammation,
tuberculosis and diseases of the liver and kid
neys, 1902-12. Member Association of Amer
ican Physicians, American Association Pathol
ogists and Bacteriologists, American Medical
Association, Medieo-Chirurgical Faculty of
Maryland, New York Pathological Society,
Society for Experimental Biology and Med
icine, St. Louis Medical Society, St. Louis
Academy of Science; fellow American Asso
ciation for the Advancement of Science. Epis
copalian. Author: Diseases of the Pancreas,
1902, second edition, 1911. Co-editor Journal
of Experimental Medicine, 1904-10. Office:
1806 Locust St. Residence: 4474 Washington
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OREAR, Celsus, secretary Blackwell-Wie-
landy Book and Stationery Co.; born in Sa
line Co., Mo., Apr. 6, 1869; son of Belvard J.
and Margaret (Brenham) jprear; educated in
public school and high school; married, Mar
shall, Mo., 1898, Ida Noble; one daughter,
Genevieve. Began in stationery business,
1888, as manager of a retail store at Mar
shall; removed to St. Louis, 1892, and became
connected with John L. Boland Book and Sta
tionery Co., as traveling salesman in Texas
for ten years; was one of the original stock
holders and took part in organization, 1902,
of the Blaekwell-Wielandy Book and Sta
tionery Co., of which has been secretary' since
1904. Baptist. Mason, Knight Templar. Of
fice: 1601 Locust St. Residence: 6111 Berlin
Avenue. O'REILLY, Andrew J., civil and mechan
ical engineer; born, Montgomery Co., Mo.,
Jan. 13, 1863; son of Thomas (M.D.) and
Helen Barbour (Dunlop) O'Reilly; educated
St. Louis public schools, 1869-74; Christian
Brothers College, 1874-75; West Newton
(Mass.) English and Classical School, 1875-77;
Smith Academy, 1875-81; Washington Uni
versity, 1881-82 and 1886-87; married at
Wentzville, Mo., Nov. 3, 1883, Mary E. How
ard, of North Brookfield, Mass.; seven chil
dren: Thomas, Andrew and Mary, who are
deceased, the others being Helen (Mrs. Thom
as Caldwell, Jr.), Elizabeth, Janette and Mar
garet. Began in engineering, 1887; conducted
a pattern shop and draughting office until
1889; then assisted in erection of Municipal
Electric Light and Power Co. 's plant and in
stallation of electric light system for streets
of St. Louis; supervisor of city lighting, 1890-
1903; engineer St. Louis Fire Prevention Bu
reau during Louisiana Purchase Exposition;
president Board of Public Improvements,
1905-09. Member American Institute Elec
trical Engineers, American Association for
Advancement of Science, St. Louis Engineers '
Club, St. Louis Academy of Science, St. Louis
Museum of Fine Arts (board of control), Busi
ness Men's League. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar, Shriner; member B. P. O. Elks.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Masonic, Circle.
Recreations: reading, experimentation. Of
fice: 1720 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 2207 S.
Grand Ave.
O'REILLY, Gerald Basil, real estate and
financial agent; born, St. Louis, March 2,
1876; son of Michael B. and Mary C. (Dono
van) O'Reilly; educated in St. Louis Univer
sity, Bryant & Stratton Commercial College
and St. Louis Law School; married, St. Louis,
Nov. 15, 1899, Stella R. Reilly. In 1893 be
came associated with father in real estate
business (established, 1859), incorporated,
1901, as the M. B. O'Reilly Realty and In
vestment Co.; was made vice president, and
on death of father in 1907 became president;

also secretary and treasurer of the Annex
Realty Co. Interested in a number of realty
and investment companies. President Cham-
berlin Park Improvement Association. Presi
dent St. Louis Real Estate Exchange, 1911;
member Business Men's League, Mississippi
Valley Kennel Club. Democrat. Roman Cath
olic Fancier ot dogs. Office: 723 Chestnut
St. Residence: 5334 Page Boul.
O'REILLY, James Archer, physician; born,
St. Louis, Sept. 24, 1879; son of Thomas and
Mary (Archer) O'Reilly; educated in Frank
lin (public) School; Smith Academy; A.B.,
Harvard University, 1902; M.D., Harvard
Medical School, 1906; married, Cambridge,
Mass., June 20, 1906, Jane Edith Lever; two
sons: James Archer, Jr., Noel Lever. In prac
tice in St. Louis since 1907; specializing in
orthopedic surgery. Republican. Catholic.
Member American Medical Association. Clubs :
City, University, Bellerive. Recreations: golf,
etc. Office: Metropolitan Bldg. Residence:
6369 Berlin Ave.
O'REILLY, Joseph M., real estate; bom, St.
Louis, Apr. 21, 1877; son of Michael B. and
Mary C. (Donovan) O'Reilly; educated in St.
Louis University until 1895; unmarried. Be
gan business career, 1895, as clerk with the
M. B. O'Reilly Realty and Investment Co.,
real estate and loans, and has continued with
that company ever since, becoming secretary
and treasurer Mar. 15, 1901. Served as cor
poral of Company C, First Regiment, U. S. V.,
in Spanish- American War. Democrat. Office:
723 Chestnut St. Residence: 4498 Forest Park
Boulevard. O'REILLY, Luke John, merchant tailor;
born, St. Louis, Oct. 27, 1874; son of John and
Mary (Corrigan) O'Reilly; educated in Cath
olic parochial schools, St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, June 23, 1903, Elizabeth Byrne. Began
business career in J. G. Brandt shoe store as
office boy for two years; clerk in American
District Telegraph Co. 's office for six years,
then for six years with M. E. Croak & Co.,
clothiers, until August, 1904, when became
member of present firm of O'Reilly & Erd
mann, tailors. Democrat. Catholic. Member
Knights of Columbus, Knights of Father
Mathew. Clubs: Tower Grove Turn Verein,
Irish- American Athletic. Favorite recreation:
baseball. Office: 613 Locust St. Residence:
3436 Utah St.
O'REILLY, Michael Byrne, lawyer; 1838-
1907; see Vol. 1906.
*0' REILLY, Patrick Francis, Catholic
priest; now living in .Springfield, Mo.; see
Vol. 1906.
O'REILLY, Richard J., wholesale hardwood
lumber; born, St. Louis, Aug. 24, 1870; son of
Richard and Catharine (Duane) O'Reilly;
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married, St. Louis, 1903, Mary Ryan. Began
business career in a minor office position with
the Little Lumber Co.; later represented the
company as a traveling salesman, until 1899,
when with Jacob Mosberger established in
wholesale hardwood lumber business under
firm name of Mosberger & O'Reilly; in 1905
the business was incorporated as Mosberger-
O 'Reilly Lumber Co., of which was secretary
and treasurer until 1907, when firm name was
changed to O'Reilly Lumber Co., of which
is president. Roman Catholic. Recreation:
motoring. Office: Main and Chambers Sts.
Residence: 4773 Labadie Ave.
O'REILLY, Robert Joseph, physician; born,
Virginia, County Cavan, Ireland, Oct. 6, 1845;
son of Michael and Mary (Smith) O'Reilly;
came to St. Louis, June 9, 1854; educated in
St. Louis public schools, 1854-56, St. Louis
University, 1856-61, receiving certificate from
commercial course of the school; M.D.,. St.
Louis Medical College, 1868; studied at Halle-
Wittenberg University, Vienna High School
of Medicine, 1869-70, and at British schools
of medicine, 1870-73; married, St. Louis, Apr.
19, 1887, Mary Agnes Martin; children: Cath
erine, Edward M., Thomas A., Paul, John,
Ruth, Annette, Charles D., also Joseph (de
ceased). Served in U. S. commissary and aft
erward as clerk in quartermaster's depart
ment, during Civil War, as member of Com
pany G, Ninth Regiment, Missouri State Mili
tia. Engaged in practice of medicine in St.
Louis ever since completing courses in med
ical schools. President Dr. Thomas O'Reilly
Estate Co., capitalized at $800,000; also presi
dent National Investment Co., and director
Mississippi Valley Trust Co. Member Amer
ican Medical Association, Missouri State Med
ical Association, St. Louis Medical Society.
Republican. Roman Catholic. Recreation: lit
erature. Office: 1107 N. Grand Ave. Resi
dence: 27 Washington Terrace.
ORB, Charles Jordan, physician; 1866-1908;
see Vol. 1906.
ORE, Edward Stevens; see Vol. 1906.
ORR, 'Isaac Henry, lawyer; born, Louisiana,
Pike Co., Mo., Feb. 14, 1862; son of Judge
William Campbell and Eliza (Jordan) Orr;
graduated from Louisiana High School, 1880;
LL.B., St. Louis Law School (Washington
University), 1883; married, San Jose, Cal.,
July 19, 1893, Ella V. Pitman. Began practice
of law in offiee of Garland Pollard, 1883;
partner with Harvey L. Christie, in law firm
of Orr & Christie, 1885-96, then of Orr, Chris
tie & Bates (Charles W. Bates), 1896-1900;
dissolved the partnership and retired from
general practice to devote entire attention to
management of the Trust Department of St.
Louis Union Trust Co., as trust officer. Mem
ber American Bankers' Association (execu
tive committee, trust company section, and
law committee); member Civie League. Mem

ber of St. Louis, Missouri State and American
Bar associations. Republican. Presbyterian.
Clubs: Noonday, Glen Echo, Bellerive Coun
try, Maine Fishing and Hunting. Recreation:
golf. Office: 401 N. 4th St. Residence: 5608
Cabanne PL
ORRICK, Allen Cromwell, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Apr. 18, 1871; son of John C. and
Penelope (Allen) Orrick; educated in Stod
dard School; Smith Academy; A.B., Yale Uni
versity, 1892; Harvard Law School, 1894; un
married. Admitted to bar, 1894, and has since
been engaged in practice in St. Louis; since
Jan. 1, 1903, in present firm association, firm
becoming Nagel & Kirby, June 1, 1905. Mem
ber St. Louis and American Bar associations.
Republican. Captain Company H, First Regi
ment of Missouri National Guard, 1904-06;
during Spanish-American War was corporal
of Light Battery A, and went to Porto Rico.
Clubs: University, Florissant Valley Country.
Noonday, Bellerive. Office: 700 Security Bldg!
Residence: 4512 Westminster Ave.
ORTHWEIN, Max Robert; see Vol. 1906.
ORTHWEIN, William D., grain merchant;
born, Wiirttemberg, Germany, Feb. 9, 1841;
educated in schools in Germany; came to
United States in 1855, but later returned to
Germany to complete education, coming back
to United States in 1860; married, St. Louis,
June 9, 1870, Emily H. Thuemmler; children:
Fred O, Walter E., Alice S. (Mrs. Edward
Heissler), Edgar T., William R., Nellie F., P.
James, Mildred. Located in St. Louis in 1862;
in employ of Haenshen & Orthwein, grain
commission, until 1870; member Orthwein &
Mersman, 1870-79, then Orthwein Bros, until
1893, when organized the William D. Orth
wein Grain Co., of which is president; presi
dent Kinloch Telephone Co. since 1905; di
rector Mississippi Valley Trust Co. Clubs:
Union, St. Louis, Log Cabin. Office: 10th and
Locust Sts. Residence: 15 Portland PL
ORVIS, Frank Ernest, automobiles; born,
Girard, Kan., Apr. 12, 1871; son of Otto A.
and Hattie P. Orvis; educated in public
schools of Kansas City, Mo., and classical
course in Washburn College, Topeka, Kan.;
married, Kansas City, Dec. 19, 1892, Alice
Swan; one daughter, Marguerite. Began busi
ness career as teller and bookkeeper in Se
curity Savings Bank, Kansas City, 1886-90;
traveling salesman for Eudora Milling Co.,
Kansas City, 1890-92; in charge of branch
house depot, Armour Packing Co., 1892-96;
eame to St. Louis, September, 1896, and con
nected with E. B. White, grain exporter, until
1897; then for a short time with William D.
Orthwein, grain exporter;. secretary Orthwein
Investment Co., 1898-1905; in bond business
for self, 1905-11; since general manager War
ren Garage and Renting Co. Member Mer
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E. Church. Mason (32°), Shriner. Office:
4919 Delmar Boul. Residence: Webster Groves,
Missouri. »
ORVIS, Otto A., grain dealer; born, Edin-
burg, Portage Co., O., Feb. 15, 1852; son of
Reuben H. and Sarah E. (LaDue) Orvis; edu
cated in district schools to thirteen; married,
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 8, 1878, Harriet P.
Mcintosh; one son (stepson), Frank E. Orvis.
Began as messenger with Western Union Tele
graph Co.; learned telegraphy, worked as oper
ator and entered railway service; was con
nected with various railroads as station agent
and train dispatcher altogether about twenty-
two years. Entered grain commission business
at Kansas City, 1890; since 1902 president The
Orvis Grain and Sacking Co., shippers of
grain, domestic and export. Member St. Louis
Merchants' Exchange, St. Louis Grain Club.
Christian Scientist. Member Ohio Society.
Club: Missouri Athletic. Recreations: books,
whist. Office: Chamber of Commerce. Resi
dence: 5401 Cabanne Ave.
OSTRANDER, Lewis Fay, president and
general manager of the Continental Radiator
and Foundry Co.; born, Bath, N. Y., Apr. 28,
1867; son of John J. and Ella E. (Fay) Os-
trander; educated public schools,. St. Louis,
1872-81; Haverling University, Bath, N. Y.,
until 1885; married, Wheaton, 111., May 20,
1902, Jennie L. Perrine, of Lebanon, O.; one
child, Richard Huntington. Began business
career at St. Louis and Little Rock, Ark., as a
salesman for father, 1885; apprentice steam
and hot water heating trade, with firm of
Rumsey & Sickemeier Co., 1886-87; traveling
salesman for same firm, 1887-93; western dis
tributing agent for The H. B. Smith Co., of
Westfield, Mass., with headquarters at De
catur, 111., 1893-1908-; engaged in the boiler
radiator and foundry business, as first vice
president and general manager of the Conti
nental Radiator and Foundry Co., 1908-12;
president and general manager same, since
Jan. 1, 1912; also president and general man
ager of Continental Foundry Corporation, of
Fort Madison, la. Member Business Men's
League, Grand Lodge and Local Council
United Commercial Travelers, Travelers' Pro
tective Association, Civic League of St. Louis.
Republican. Congregationalist. Scottish Rite
Mason (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner; also
member B. P. O. Elks, White Cross, and Mod
ern Woodmen of America. Club: Arcadia
Country. Recreations: fishing and hunting.
Office: Continental Bldg., 1409 Olive St. Resi
dence: 4922 Forest Park Boul.
OTTOFY, Ladislaus M., physician; born,
1867. Homoeopath. Member St. Louis Society
of Medical Research. Opponent of vaccina
tion. Democrat. Office: 5233 Delmar Boul.
Residence: 5228 Vernon Ave.

OTTOFY, Leopold Frank, lawyer; born,
Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 5, 1861; son of Leo
pold and Aloysia (Lauffer) Ottofy; early edu
cation in private schools in Europe; came to
United States, 1874, and to St. Louis, 1876;
attended public schools in Cincinnati and St.
Louis; LL.B., St. Louis Law School (Law De
partment of Washington University), 1882;
married, Oct. 20, 1891, Mrs. Sarah Baker
Sitlington, of Columbia, Mo.; children: Bessie
(stepdaughter), James Carlisle, Frank Baker.
Studied law with Judges D. D. Fisher and
Franklin Ferriss, Clinton Rowell, and Frank
M. Estes, then attended law school; admitted
to bar, 1882, and since engaged in general
practice. Jan. 1, 1900, originator of the cus
tom now prevailing in state courts of St.
Louis, of rising by members of the bar, on
convening of the courts, as a mark of respect
to the bench. Inventor of street flushing ma
chine in general use in United States. Mem
ber Civic League. Democrat until 1896, since
Republican. Member American, Missouri State
and St. Louis Bar associations. Mason (32°);
member Missouri Consistory No. 1, A. & A. S.
R., Knight Templar and Shriner. Club: City.
Recreation: motoring. Office: Merchants-La
clede Bldg. Residence: 5820 Clemens Ave.
OUTTEN, Warren Bell, surgeon; 1844-
1911; see Vol. 1906.
OVERALL, John Henry, lawyer; born, Co
lumbia, Mo., Aug. 28, 1881; son of John Henry
and Mary E. (Rollins) Overall; descendant of
Bishop John Overall, dean St. Paul's Cathe
dral, London, 1602-32, and one of principal
translators of King James I Bible; grandson
of Maj. James S. Rollins, founder of Univer
sity of Missouri; grandson of Eliza Ann Over
all, first woman in America to own and edit a
newspaper; educated, public schools of St:
Louis; Smith Academy, graduating, 1899;
Yale University, Ph.B., 1902; St. Louis Law
School, degree of LL.B., 1904; married, St.
Louis, May 25, 1910, Martha Cupples Scudder,
granddaughter of Samuel Cupples; one daugh
ter, Amelia Cupples Scudder. Admitted to
Missouri bar, 1903, and began practice in of
fice of father, whose death occurred in same
year; associated with F. N. Judson, father's
former partner, 1903-10; now practicing alone;
specializes in municipal bonds and law of in
terstate commerce. Member St. Louis Bar As
sociation, American Bar Association, Civic
League. Formerly a member Battery A, Na
tional Guard of Missouri. Democrat. Presby
terian. Member Delta Psi. Clubs: Racquet,
St. Louis Country. Author: Overall on Mu
nicipal Bonds, 1912. Co-author: Judson on In
terstate Commerce, 1905. While at college
was a member of Yale track team and estab
lished intercollegiate records, mile and half
mile. Recreations: athletics in general. Of
fice: New Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence:
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OVERSTOLZ, Herman Ludwig, steamship
agent; 1861-1910; see Vol. 1906.
OWEN, Charles William, secretary and
treasurer North St. Louis Savings Trust Co.;
born, New Albany, Ind., June 5, 1874; son of
Charles Curtis and Emily (Collins) Owen;
educated public schools; married, St. Louis,
Nov. 14, 1907, Lena C. Koehler; two children:
Bessie A., Charles William, Jr. Began as in
vestigator of titles, 1889; then successively
with the Lincoln Trust Co., Missouri Trust
Co. and Missouri-Lincoln Trust Co., until 1906;
assisted in organizing the West St. Louis
Trust Co., with which continued, 1906-09;
was an organizer, August, 1909, of the North
St. Louis Savings Trust Co., of which has
since been secretary and treasurer; director
State Bank of Bay, Mo. Republican. Episco
palian. Member National Union, Arlington
Circle of the Protected Home Circle. Recrea
tion: baseball. Office: 3500 N. Grand Ave.
Residence: 4855 Maffit Ave.
OWEN, WiUiam Henry, capitalist; 1840-
1911; see Vol. 1906.

PADBERG, Lorenz Frederick, secretary
Padberg Mercantile Co.; born, St. Peter,
Minn., Sept. 28, 1867; son of Lorenz and Mar
garet (Filler) Padberg; educated in parochial
schools to 1883; married, St. Louis, May 4,
1892, Margaret Tiefenbrunn; six children:
Lorenz J. V., Florence M., Margaret, Edwin
M., George J., Lambert A. Engaged with
father in mercantile business, 1881, and con
tinued same ever since, now being proprietor.
Also president of Mutual Brewing Co., and
vice president Chippewa Bank. Member Na
tional Association Retail Grocers; president
St. Louis Retail Grocers' Association; presi
dent Retail Liquor Dealers' Association. Re
publican. Catholic. Recreation: home diver
sions. Office and Residence: 3903 S. Broadway.
PADDOCK, Gaius Foster, insurance; born,
Alton, 111., Apr. 3, 1866; son of Gaius and
Josepha (Foster) Paddock; educated at Smith
Academy, St. Louis;- Episcopal Academy,
Cheshire, Conn.; Ph. B., Yale University,
1890; unmarried. Began business career as
chemist with the Carnegie Steel Co., Pitts
burgh, Pa., 1891-92; engaged in mining opera
tions in Sonora, Mexico, 1892-93; with Pad-
dock-Hawley Iron Co., 1893-1906, since insur
ance broker. Member Civic League. Episco
palian. Club: University. Office: 118 N. 4th
St. Residence: 3928 A Lindell Boul.
PALAN, Abraham, wholesale and retail
shoe dealer; born, Poland, Russia, June 26,
1871; son of Samuel and T.obia (Palan) Palan;
self-educated; married, Poland, Oct. 3, 1890,
Lillie Spalenitz; six children: Jacob A., Rob
ert, Louis, Harry, Blanche, Jennie. Came to
America, 1891; started shoe shop, 1892, and

since 1906 has also engaged in wholesale shoe
business. Republican. Jewish religion. Of
fice: 805-7-11 Morgan St. Residence: 5885
Bartmer Ave.
PALLETTE, W. Baird; see Vol. 1906.
PALMER, Samuel Cornelius, clergyman;
bora, Windham, Portage Co., O., Nov. 2, 1847;
son of Sheldon and Hannah Eliza (Gifford)
Palmer; A.B., Western Reserve College, Hud
son, O., 1873; graduated Lane Theological
Seminary, 1876; (D.D., Blackburn University,
Carlinville, 111., 1895); married, Cincinnati,
June 27, 1876, Annie J. Goodman (died 1906);
children: Paul Gifford, Charles Goodman, Hor
ace Ray, Robert Conrad, Leroy Sheldon. Pas
tor of Presbyterian churches, Monroe, Butler
Co., O., 1876-79, Lockland, O., 1880-83, Rush-
ville, 111., 1884-88, Lafayette Park Church, St.
Louis, 1889-1909, Macon, Mo., 1909-12; re
turned to St. Louis. Member from its begin
ning of Ohio Society of St. Louis (president,
1905-06). Republican. Mason. Club: Chi
Alpha, X. A. Residence: St. Louis Co., Mo.
PALMISANO, Charles Lawrence, president
M. Longo Fruit Co.; born, Terminie, Sicily,
July 12, 1874; son of Lawrence and Mary
(Russo) Palmisano; received limited educa
tion in Sicily; married, St. Louis, Sept. 15,
1900, Margerita Lapperito; three children,
two deceased, one son living, Lawrence. Emi
grated to America, 1899, and became con
nected with fruit trade in St. Louis; one of
organizers, 1903, of the M. Longo Fruit Co.,
wholesale dealers in fruits, of which has been
president since 1906. Member board of di
rectors St. Louis Fruit Buyers' Exchange
Auction Co.; member St. Louis Fruit and
Produce Exchange. Independent in politics.
Catholic. Office: 713 N. 3d St. Residence:
2335 St. Louis Ave.
PALMORE, William Beverly, clergyman;
born, Fayette Co., Tenn., Feb. 24, 1844; son
of William Pledge and Elizabeth Ann (Hob-
son) Palmore; educated in private schools and
Vanderbilt University (D.D., Central College,
Fayette, Mo.). Served under Gen. John S.
Marmaduke, C. S. A., and surrendered his
division flag at close of Civil War; ordained
to M. E. Church, South, ministry and began
preaching in Kansas City, Mo., 1877; entered
editorial work in St. Louis, 1890; editor and
publisher St. Louis Christian Advocate. Has
lectured and preached in nearly every coun
try of the world since 1880; assisted in estab
lishing Collegio Palmore in Mexico and Pal-
more Institute in Japan. Member Second
Ecumenical Methodist Conference, Washing
ton, 1891, Third Ecumenical Methodist Con
ference, London, 1901, and Four general con
ferences of the church. Founder of Order of
New Century Knighthood (boys). President
board of curators of Central College for
Women; ex-chaplain Missouri Senate, Mis
souri State Penitentiary. Chosen Prohibition

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nominee for Vice President of the United
States, 1908, but declined. Prohibitionist.
Recreations: literature and travel. Office:
3504 Washington Ave. Residence: 1414 Locust
Street. PALTZER, Adolph Phillip, retired; born,
Binsfeld, near Trier, Germany, Aug. 20, 1850;
son of Jacob and Catherine (Faber) Paltzer;
came to United States with parents in 1857
and to St. Louis in 1859; educated at St.
Louis University; unmarried. Began business
career July 1, 1868, as clerk with Forbes Bros.
& White, wholesale tea dealers; two years
later, Mr. White retired and the business was
continued by A. P. and M. S. Forbes, under
the firm name of Forbes Bros. & Co., until the
death of A. P. Forbes in 1902, when it was in
corporated as Forbes Bros. Tea and Spice Co.,
of which was vice president until 1910; now
director of company. Director Midland Build
ing Association. Catholic. Recreation: fish
ing. Office: 112 Locust St. Residence: 2241
University St.
PANCOK, Edward, expert accountant and
chirographist; born, St. Louis, Apr. 15, 1862;
son of Charles and Johanna (Holtmeyer)
Pancok; graduated from the Jefferson public
school, St. Louis, 1878, and from Jones Com
mercial College, 1879; married, St. Louis,
Sept. 19, 1888, Millie Milfeil; three children:
Norma, Adeline and Louis. Was employed in
the auditor's office of the Missouri Pacific
Railway Co. until 1890, when he entered busi
ness on his own account; was one of the or
ganizers of the North St. Louis Savings Trust
Co., 1909, and is vice president same, and in
charge of the bond department; also secretary
and treasurer North St. Louis Cooperative
Store. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason
(32°), Shriner. Club: Business Men's. Rec
reations: rod and gun. Office: Grand Ave. and
Hebert St. Residence: 3505 Sullivan Ave.
PANK, C(hristopher) Waller, manager for
Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; born, Port Rowan,
Canada, Sept. 2, 1868; son of Christopher W.
and Lucy Burroughs (Wakely) Pank; edu
cated in common and high schools and Colle
giate Institute at Port Rowan; married, Chi
cago, Sept. 2, 1890, Marguerite Ella Gibson;
children: Marguerite Waller, Phyllis Waller,
Dorothy Gibson, Beatrice Marsden. In Janu
ary, 1886, entered in employ, at Chicago, 111.,
of Fairbanks, Morse & Co., manufacturers
and jobbers of Fairbanks Scales, gas and
gasoline engines, steam pumps, windmills, rail
road supplies, motors and generators, and en
tire business life has been with that corpora
tion; beginning as stenographer, January,
1886, becoming correspondent, 1887, and two
years later a salesman; became department
manager, 1891, city manager, 1896, at Chicago,
and in January, 1901, was placed in charge of
the firm's branch house in Kansas City, Mo.,
and in 1904 promoted to management of the

St. Louis branch, the most important of the
nineteen branch "houses of the company, con
trolling the business in Missouri, Arkansas,
Indian Territory, Texas, and the Republic of
Mexico. Member Business Men's League.
Episcopalian. Clubs: Mercantile, Normandie
Golf. Recreation: golf. Offiee: corner 8th St.
and Clark Ave. Residence: 5734 Bartmer Ave.
PAPIN, Edward Villere, fire insurance;
born, St. Louis, Dec. 2, 1869; son of Theo-
phile and Emily (Carlin) Papin; educated at
Smith Academy, St. Louis and Washington
universities, and St. Louis Law School; mar
ried, Pierremont, South St. Louis, Marie
Julia, daughter late Charles P. Chouteau;
children: Julia Maria, Edward Chouteau.
Since 1890 engaged in general fire insurance
business in St. Louis; also president Chouteau
Investment Co.; vice president Julia Building
Association. Democrat. Roman Catholic; ap
pointed, j 912, private chamberlain at the Vat
ican by Pope Pius X. Member Missouri His
torical Society. Clubs: Racquet, Bellerive.
Favorite recreations: traveling, hunting and
photography. Office: 610 Rialto Bldg. Resi
dence: 4642 Berlin Ave.
PAPIN, Harry Edward, fire insurance; born,
St. Louis, Feb. 1, 1870; son of Dr. T. L. and
Lida (Yarnall) Papin; educated in public
school and St. Louis University; married, St.
Louis, Dee. 10, 1895, O'Lint Niedringhaus
(now deceased); children: Pierre Loisel, Har
ry Edward, Jr. Began business career with
Boatmen's Bank, but on account of ill health
went to Eureka Springs, Ark., and organized
the Citizens' Bank, of which became cashier;
then accepted position with the Chemical Na
tional Bank, St. Louis, but resigned, 1896, to -
become treasurer of Moffit-West Drug Co.,
wholesale drugs; since February, 1906, in the
fire insurance business. Member Merchants'
Exchange. Republican. Catholic. Clubs: St.
Louis, Bellerive Country, Automobile, Mer
cantile. Recreations: golf and motoring. Of
fice: Pierce Bldg. Residence: 5055 McPherson
Avenue. PAPIN, Theophile, Jr., real estate; born,
St. Louis, Apr. 23, 1857; son of Theophile and
Julia (Henrie) Papin; educated in youth in
Paris, France, afterwards at St. Louis Uni
versity, finishing at the University of Mar
burg, Germany; unmarried. Has been engaged
in the real estate business in St. Louis since
1882; member firm of Papin & Tontrup, es
tablished originally by S. V. Papin and Theo
phile Papin, Sr., in 1848, under style of S. V.
Papin & Bro.; organized present firm in 1886,
with Louis H. Tontrup. Member Real Estate
Exchange. Club: St. Louis. Favorite recrea
tion: old pictures. Office: 626 Chestnut St.
Residence: 3765 Lindell Boul.
PAPIN, William Booth, real estate; born,
St. Louis, Dec. 2, 1868; son of Eugene and
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schools of St. Louis; unmarried. Began busi
ness career in office of his grandfather, Wil
liam Booth, in 1890; and continued with him
until 1899, when succeeded as sole proprietor
of the real estate and financial agency under
the old name of William Booth & Co. Member
St. Louis Real Estate Exchange. Office: 108%
N. 8th St. Residence: 4925 Berlin Ave.
PAQUIN, Ozias, physician and surgeon;
born, St. Andrews, Can., Aug. 28, 1864; son of
Julien and Celina (Degardin) Paquin; edu
cated in common schools and first college
course at Rigaud, Can., to 1878; Missouri
State University, 1885-87; graduated from St.
Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons,
1888; then Post-Graduate College, New York,
to 1894; married, St. Louis, Aug. 28, 1889, Jen
nie F. Mullally; two children: Ozias M., Fran
ces L. Since completing studies has been con
tinuously engaged in practice of medicine and
surgery. Democrat. Catholic. Member B. P.
O. Elks, Royal League, Maccabees, Knights of
Columbus. Recreation: motoring. Office: Cen
tury Bldg. Residence: 7103 Waterman Ave.,
University City.
PARK, John P., general freight agent, St.
Louis Southwestern Ry. Co.; born, Blooming
ton, 111., Aug. 21, 1860; son of Robert and
Catherine (McSwiney) Park; educated in pub
lic schools of Illinois; married, St. Louis, Mo.,
1885, Sarah E. Connell; two sons: Robert and
Harry E., and two daughters: Hannah W.
(Mrs. George Woolley, Jr., of Columbia, S. O),
and Mary V. First employment was with the
St. Louis Transfer Co. as messenger, beginning
August, 1876; continued with that company in
various capacities, including the position of
chief clerk, also foreman, leaving its service
in 1888 to enter the railroad business. Was
for several years thereafter in local office of
the Missouri Pacific Ry. at St. Louis; later
transferred to the freight traffic department
of the same company, occupying the positions
of rate clerk, chief rate clerk, assistant chief
clerk; entered the employ of St. Louis South
western Ry. Co. (Cotton Belt Route), July,
1896, filling the position of chief clerk in the
rate department; transferred to Texas in Sep
tember, 1898, remaining at Tyler until Mar.
8, 1901, during which period held position of
chief clerk of freight traffic department of
the St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. of Texas;
returned to St. Louis, Mar. 9, 1901, as assist
ant general freight agent of the St. Louis
Southwestern Ry. Co. ; promoted, Sept. 1, 1902,
to present position as general freight agent,
same company. Member Legion of Honor of
Missouri, Knights of Columbus. Clubs: The
Traffic of St. Louis and The Traffic of Chi
cago. Office: 1531 Pierce Bldg. Residence:
5706 Chamberlain Ave.
PARKELL, Julius Burrett; see Vol. 1906.
PARKER, Frank Stuart, real estate; see
Vol. 1906.

PARKER, George Washington, lawyer and
railway official; bora, Springfield, 111., Aug.
12, 1836; son of Leonard Buford and Eliza
beth (Fairleigh) Parker; father a native of
Pennsylvania and mother of Kentucky; in in
fancy taken by mother to Kentucky, on ac
count of death of father, and reared in Ken
tucky; educated in common schools; Eliza
bethtown Academy; studied law in office of
Col. Thomas B. Fairleigh, of Brandenburg,
Ky.; LL.B., University of Louisville, 1861;
married, Charleston, 111., Oct. 20, 1863, Nellie,
daughter of Dr. Aaron Ferguson; five chil
dren: Clarence F. (vice president Illinois
Central R. R.), Charles M. (vice president and
treasurer American Radiator Co.), Letticia,
Bessie (wife of A. H. Brueggeman, of St.
Louis), Gertrude (wife of Ewing Hill, Jr., of
St. Louis). Learned printer's trade; editor
and proprietor Elizabethtown (Ky.) Intelli
gencer, two years, Glasgow Free Press, one
year; member law firm of Wiley & Parker,
Charleston, 111., 1861-76; successively local at
torney, general counsel, viee president, gen
eral manager, and elected president, 1887, St.
Louis, Alton & Terre Haute R. R. (now part
of Big Four System), continuing until road
was sold to the Big Four, 1889; built St. Louis
& Cairo Short Line, 1869-70, and in charge un
til 1896, when it was sold to Illinois Central
Ry. Located in St. Louis, 1876; was vice
president Continental National Bank for more
than twenty years; organized Union Trust
Co., 1890, and served as its president; re
signed, 1892, on account of ill health and
made trip around the world. Republican; ex-
mayor Charleston, 111.; member Illinois legis
lature, 1868-69; Republican candidate for
mayor of St. Louis, 1901. (Has never sought
public office.) Methodist. Was director Lou
isiana Purchase Exposition, now trustee;
president American Railway Association,
1885-86; member Business Men's League,
Civie League, Sons of Revolution. Mason.
Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Methodist, City.
Interested in civic affairs. Office: 705 Olive
St. Residence: 4474 Westminster PL
PARKER, Herbert Lawrence, manufacturer
of electric motors; born, Pepperell, Mass.,
June 28, 1854; son of John Loring and Ma-
rinda Corcoran (Blake) Parker; educated in
district schools, Worcester (Mass.) public
schools, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute;
married, Morgan Park, 111., Apr. 2, 1892, Em
ily L. King; children: King Lawrence, Her
bert Lloyd, Katharine Amanda, Elizabeth
Blake, Patricia. Was with John L. Parker &
Co., manufacturers of seamless wrought iron
goods, Worcester, Mass., 1870-72; served ap
prenticeship as engraver, 1872-76; with King
& Eisele Jewelry Co., Buffalo, N. Y., 1877-79;
began railroading in 1880, with Fitchburg
Railroad Co., Boston; went to Paso del Norte,
Mexico, with Mexican Central Ry., 1882,
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National Ry., Chicago, 1888, Santa Fe general
agent, City of Mexico, 1890; since 1892 presi
dent of The Emerson Electric Maufacturing
Co., manufacturers of eiectric motors and
electric fans. Member Business Men 's League.
Republican. Clubs: Glen Echo, Missouri Ath
letic, Dardenne Hunting and Fishing, Lone
Gum Island Outing, Maine Hunting and Fish
ing. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office:
Washington Ave. and 21st St. Residence: 39
Washington Terrace.
PARKER, John Carr, distiller and whole
sale liquor dealer; born, Cincinnati, May 5,
1840; son of Benjamin Franklin and Cather
ine (Carr) Parker; educated at Haire's Acad
emy, Reading, O., 1850; College Hill (Ohio)
Academy, 1852; Farmer's College, College
Hill, 1853; Bartlett 's Commercial College,
Cincinnati, graduating, 1856; commissioned,
Apr. 20, 1861, first lieutenant Company D,
Sixth Ohio Infantry; served under McClellan
in West Virginia Campaign; resigned, Feb.
15, 1862; commissioned May 24, 1862, third
master, U. S. Navy; promoted to acting mas
ter, U. S. Navy, Oct. 1, 1862, upon recom
mendation of Admiral D. G. Farragut, com
manding West Gulf Squadron; promoted,
Mar. 29, 1864, to acting volunteer lieutenant,
U. S. Navy, for gallant and meritorious con
duct, upon recommendation of Rear Admiral
D. D. Porter, commanding Mississippi Squad
ron; commanded U. S. ironclad steamer Essex;
resigned July 15, 1865; married, Memphis,
Tenn., Oct. 5, 1865, Laura M. Ayres; one son,
John O, Jr. Member of firm of Wilshire,
Parker & Co., bankers and brokers, Memphis,
Tenn., 1865-71; removed to St. Louis, 1871,
and engaged in distilling business; became
member of firm of Fisher, Parker & Co., 1880,
and upon consolidation of that firm with
Mound City Distilling Co., was elected vice
president of the company; resigned, February,
1895, and became vice president of Louisiana
Distilling Co., and Southern Re-distilling and
Rectifying Co., at New Orleans; returned to
St. Louis, 1900, and founded Parker Distilling
Co., of which is president. Episcopalian.
Member Ohio Society of St. Louis, Missouri
Commandery Military Order of the Loyal
Legion, Order of Naval Veterans, Ransom
Post, G. A. R., Navy League. Club: Mercan
tile. Recreations: literature and art. Office:
213 Market St. Residence: 5404 Maple Ave.
PARKER, Lemon, manufacturer of refrac
tories; born, St. Louis, July 5, 1857; son of
George W. and Russella Lucy (Russell)
Parker; educated at St. Paul's School, Pal
myra, Mo., and Jones Commercial College, St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, 1895, Emily C. Mac-
donald; two sons: George Macdonald and
Harry L. In employ of Parker-Russell Mining
and Manufacturing Co., 1872-80; with Dug-
gan-Parker Hardware Co., 1880-84; at Key
West, 1884-85; returned to St. Louis, 1886,

and started in the factory of the Parker-
Russell Mining and Manufacturing Co., manu
facturers of gas retorts, etc.; in 1899 was
made superintendent and later also vice presi
dent; director Ellis Adding Typewriter Co.
Member American Ceramic Society, Engi
neers' Club of St. Louis. Republican; repre
sented Twenty-fourth Ward in House of Dele
gates, 1899-1901. Episcopalian. Recreation:
motoring. Office: 3314 Morganford Rd. Resi
dence: 3413 Oak Hill Ave.
PARKER, Luman F., lawyer; deceased; see
Vol. 1906.
PARKER, Wilbur Fisk, real estate; 1855-
1908; see Vol. 1906.
PARKHURST, William A. S., general man
ager The N. K. Fairbank Co.; born, La Salle,
111., Feb. 8, 1863; son of James H. and Joseph
ine (McCourt) Parkhurst; resident of St.
Louis since 1871; educated in public schools ;
married, Collinsville, 111., June 5, 1889, Flor
ence Reynolds; children: Ruth, Tom, Adelaide
and Bill. Began business career with Alkire
Grocer Co., five years; became clerk in office
of The N. K. Fairbank Co., in 1885, later
bookkeeper and other positions, and since
1902 manager of the St. Louis branch of the
company; also director R. B. Brown Oil Co.
Member Merchants' Exchange, Business
Men's League. Republican. Clubs: Mercan
tile, Missouri Athletic, City. Recreations:
hunting, fishing and physical exercise. Office:
1100-1200 S. 3d St. Residence: 3684 Lindell
Boulevard. PARKS, James Julius, superintendent of
Franklin Life Insurance Co.; bora in Rock
Island Co., 111., Jan. 10, 1852; son of Henry
H. and Martha (Gingles) Parks; A.B., A.M.,
Knox College, Galesburg, 111., 1872; married,
Rock Island, 111., Sept. 30, 1875, Flora Con
way; two daughters: Cleland (Mrs. W. M.
Huntt), Elizabeth (Mrs. W. R. Bright). Ad
mitted to bar in Illinois, 1874, practiced law
for twenty years at Rock Island, 111., Wichita,
Kan., and Missouri, and was city attorney of
Rock Island for two years; began in insur
ance business in Iowa in 1896, for the New
York Life Insurance Co.; since 1902 with the
Franklin Life Insurance Co., of Springfield,
111., and since 1903 superintendent of office at
St. Louis. Member First Presbyterian Church.
President Presbyterian Brotherhood of St.
Louis, State Sunday School Association; mem
ber Young Men's Christian Association. Ma
son; member Knights of Pythias. Favorite
recreation: baseball. Office: 1314 Syndicate
Trust Bldg. Residence: 4323 Morgan St.
PARRISH, Dinks Lucien, laundryman:
born, Bowling Green, Va., Mar. 7, 1855; son oi
Rev. John G. and Elizabeth (Bunbury) Par-
rish; mainly self-educated; married, St. Louis,
Nov. 28, 1878, Aggie Cooper; three children:
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reer in men 's furnishing goods business, at
211 N. 5th St., St. Louis, 1876; continued un
der title of Sellers & Parrish, 1876-1902, when
sold out, became connected with laundry busi
ness, 1892, and is now president of the Dinks
L. Parrish Laundry Corporation, St. Louis;
also president Dinks Parrish 's Slowest Laun
dry Co., Oklahoma City, Okla. Member Mis
sissippi Valley Kennel Club (board of gov
ernors), St. Louis Horse Show Society (exec
utive committee). Mason (32°), Knight Tem
plar. Club: Missouri Athletic Recreations:
saddle horses and athletic sports. Office: 3126-
3128 Olive St. Residence: 5607 Cabanne Ave.
*PARRISH, John George, Jr., physician;
moved to Portland, Ore.; see Vol. 1906.
PARSON, John R., Grand Secretary of
Masonic Grand Lodge of Missouri; born, Buf
falo, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1839; son of Timothy and
Agnes (Templeton) Parson; educated in pub
lic and high schools of Buffalo, N. Y.; mar
ried, St. Louis, July 8, 1872, Emmeline Woods;
one daughter, Eva Templeton. Came to St.
Louis in 1859, and engaged in regalia and flag
business as a member of the firm of Parson &
Co. Organized corporation of John R. Parson
Flag and Regalia Co., and was its president
until 1.904, when gave up business to accept
position of Grand Secretary of Grand Lodge
of Masons of Missouri, to which was appoint
ed Oct. 22, 1904. Has attained thirty-third
degree in Scottish Rite, and has held highest
office in all the Masonic grand bodies of Mis
souri, viz.: Grand Lodge, Grand Chapter,
Grand Council, Grand Commandery, and Con
sistory. Presbyterian. Office: 313 Roe Bldg.
Residence: 5639 Cates Ave.
*P ARSONS, Robert Edward, business man
ager; moved to Kansas City, Mo.; see Vol.
1906. PARSONS, Scott Elijah, surgeon; born, St.
Louis, Jan. 21, 1872; son of Scott Burrill and
Henrietta (Knight) Parsons; educated in pub
lic schools of St. Louis, Foster Academy,
Washington University; graduated from Per
kins & Herpel Mercantile College; M.D.,
Homoeopathic Medical College of Missouri,
1894; married, April, 1894, May Frances
Claphamson; children: Scott Ghion, Jane F.
Engaged in practice in St. Louis in 1894, spe
cializing in surgery. Member St. Louis Sur
gical Club, St. Louis Medical Society, Mis
souri Institute of Homoeopathy, American In
stitute of Homoeopathy, Hahnemann Club,
American Homoeopathic Surgical Society.
Episcopalian. Member Phi Alpha Gamma.
Mason; Tuscan Lodge, Missouri Consistory,
Moolah Temple, Mystic Shrine. Member Le
gion of Honor. Recreations: billiards, hunt
ing and fishing. Office and Residence: 4052
Washington Boul.
PARTENHEIMER, Edwin Frederick, treas
urer Geller, Ward & Hasner Hardware Co.;
born, Brunswick, Mo., May 30, 1862; son of

Frederick and Verona (Meyer) Partenheimer;
educated in St. Louis public schools until
1878; married, St. Louis, Mar. 27, 1884,
Amelia Selb; children: Edwin B., Percival H.,
Arthur R., Esther E. Went to Paris, Ky.,
1878, and engaged with William Davie & Co.,
distillers, and learned trade of compounder
of spirits, continuing until 1880; returned to
St. Louis and entered employ of C. Conrad &
Co., original Budweiser Beer bottlers, with
whom remained until 1882; then in under
taking business, with August Kron Livery
and Undertaking Co. until 1888, as credit
clerk; with Simmons Hardware Co. until May
1, 1902', when joined in organization of the
Geller, Ward & Hasner Hardware Co., whole
sale and retail hardware, of which has since
been treasurer. Republican. Member Knights
of Pythias. Favorite recreations: hunting and
fishing. Office: 412 N. 4th St. Residence: 1426
Penrose St.
PARTRIDGE, J. Ashley, vice president and
treasurer American Bed Co.; born, White
water, Wis., Sept. 28, 1849; son of John S.
and Henrietta (Johnson) Partridge; educated
in public schools, Whitewater; Milton (Wis.)
College; also under private tutors; married,
Whitewater, Nov. 7, 1872, Ella Branch; one
daughter, Grace (Mrs. F. W. Smith, of Phila
delphia). Began active career as bookkeeper
for Winchester & Partridge Manufacturing
Co., Whitewater, 1870; became secretary and
later president same, continuing with the
company until 1892; secretary Standard
Smelting and Refining Co., Durango, Colo.,
1892-96, and engaged in mining and smelting
enterprises until 1900; financial manager at
Winthrop, Cal., for J. R. De Lamar's Bully
Hill Mining and Smelting Co., 1900-04; since
April, 1904, with American Bed Co., St. Louis.
Republican. Christian Scientist. Director St.
Louis Furniture Board of Trade (president,
1910) ; secretary adjustment bureau St. Louis
Credit Men's Association; member Business
Men's League, etc. Office: 18th St. and Park
Ave. Residence: 2225 Park Ave.
PASQUIER, Joseph, assessor; 1835-1912;
see Vol. 1906.
PATTERSON, James Milton, business man
and foreign missionary secretary; born on
farm in Tennessee, July 15, 1865; son of Al
len H. and Adaline (Wilder) Patterson; pub-
lie schools and two years at University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.; married, Evans
ville, Ind., 1890, Mary Johnson; two children:
C. Edward and Virginia. Served as book
keeper and accountant for fifteen years; came
to St. Louis, 1899; organized and successfully
promoted the Arkansas Orchard Planting Co.,
Highland, Ark., also The Patterson Orchard
Co. and The Patterson-Pope Marketing Co.,
both of St. Louis; president of two companies
last named, growers and packers of fancy
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west Arkansas. Democrat. Presbyterian (U.
S. A.) ; secretary Presbyterian Board of For
eign Missions for the South and Southwest
since 1899. Member Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
Mason. Club: Mercantile. Recreation: fishing.
Office: 1421 Wright Bldg. Residence: 10
Parkland PL
PATTISON, Everett Wilson, lawyer; born,
Waterville, Me., Feb. 22, 1839; son of Robert
Everett and Frances (Wilson) Pattison; A.B.,
Waterville (now Colby) College, Maine, 1858;
A.M., Shurtleff College, Illinois, 1867; married,
June 15, 1861, Marcia Scott Whitehouse (died
May 20, 1884); 2d, Sept. 24, 1892, Alice M.
Gould. Principal West Gardiner Academy,
Maine, 1859; professor in Oread Institute,
Worcester, Mass., 1859-61; volunteered at Bos
ton, May 28, 1861, as private in Company I,
Second Massachusetts Infantry; made first
sergeant same company; second lieutenant and
first lieutenant Company E; captain Company
F, same regiment. In practice of law at St.
Louis since 1865; was attorney of the St.
Louis School Board for two terms, beginning
1877. Author of Digest of Missouri Reports
(nine volumes); a work on Missouri Code
Pleadings, and one on Criminal Instructions —
also four articles in American and English
Cyclopedia of Law; has contributed to vari
ous law journals. Republican. Member Loyal
Legion, Grand Army of the Republic, Phi
Beta Kappa Society. Clubs: City, Normandie
Golf. Office: Rialto Bldg. Residence: 4254
Olive St.
PATTON, Fred William, physician and sur
geon; born, Pierpont, O., July 29, 1855; son of
C. H. and Charlotte (Shave) Patton; gradu
ated from Mt. Vernon (111.) High School,
1877; M.D., Miami Medical College, Cincin
nati, 1884; married, Covington, Ky., Feb. 25,
1885, Maggie Barney; children: Lottie May,
Charles Heywood. Went to Garfield, Kan.,
1878; farmed two years, then returned to Mt.
Vernon, 111.; after graduation practiced at
Mt. Vernon, 1884-97; appointed local surgeon
for the Louisville & Nashville R. R., 1884,
Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis, 1889, Jack
sonville & Southeastern R. R., 1894, Chicago,
Paducah & Memphis R. R., 1894, Chicago &
Eastern Illinois R. R., 1897; appointed U. S.
examining surgeon at Mt. Vernon, 1884, and
served eight years; in general practice in St.
Louis since 1897. Member Southern Illinois
Medical Society, St. Louis Medical Society.
Republican. Methodist. Office: 925 Belt Ave.
Residence: 5572 Vernon Ave.
PAULEY, Frank Charles, president St.
Louis Vitrified and Fire Brick Co.; born near
Berlin, Germany, Oct. 20, 1843; son of Wil
liam H. and Wilhelmine (Grueneberg) Pauley;
educated in public schools of Lockport, N. Y.;
served two years in Second New York Mount
ed Rifles, Army of the Potomac; married, St.
Louis, June 26, 1869, Lena Kaut; children:

Marie (Mrs. F. W. Christmann), Dr. William
H., Estelle (Mrs. Dr. Pritchard), Lillian (Mrs.
Ed. Damaske), Helen (Mrs. H. Erneman),
Daisy, Frank O, Jr. After being mustered
out of army at Petersburg, Va., Aug. 10, 1865,
came to St. Louis; embarked in retail drug
business as F. C. Pauley, at corner of Easton
and Compton Aves.; sold out in 1901, and in
corporated the St. Louis Vitrified and Fire
Brick Co., manufacturers of fire brick, tile,
cupola blocks and fire clay goods of all kinds,
of which is president. Republican; served
two terms in House of Delegates, 1895-99.
Presbyterian. Member Legion of Honor, Ran-
some Post No. 131, G. A. R. Recreation: gar
dening. Office: 306 Wainwright Bldg. Resi
dence: 939 Maple PL
PAULL, Cornelius H.; born, Berkley, Mass.,
Oct. 22, 1848; son of Joseph S. and Laura E.
(Lothrop) Paull; educated in Berkley district
schools, Myricksville (Mass.) Academy, and
Pierce Academy, Middleboro, Mass., graduat
ing, 1865; married at Buffalo, N. Y., 1905, to
Alma A. Mitchell. Began business career
June 1, 1866, with Taunton Tack Co., Taun
ton, Mass., of which was clerk and book
keeper, 1866-72, traveling salesman, 1872-79,
local agent at Chicago, 111., 1879-87; recalled to
factory office, Taunton, as manager, 1887-90;
traveling salesman, 1890-92; since Taunton
Tack Co. was merged, with others in same
line, into the Atlas Tack Co., has been in
service of latter company; traveling salesman,
1892-96; since 1896, located in St. Louis as
agent for St. Louis and west to the Pacific
Coast. Episcopalian. Mason. Office: 801 Na
tional Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence:
6003 Etzel Ave.
PAULY, George A. ("Ed" Pauly), vice
president G. A. Pauly Hardware Co.; born,
St. Louis, May 30, 1881; son of Gerhard A.
and Lena (Heekman) Pauly; educated at
Divoll Grammar School and Central High
School, St. Louis; unmarried. Entered employ
of the G. A. Pauly Hardware Co., 1898, and
has ever since been connected with the or
ganization; upon incorporation of company,
1902, was elected secretary and has served as
vice president since 1906; assisted in organ
ization of the Hodiamont Bank, 1910, and has
since filled office of vice president same. Re
publican. Methodist. Mason; member Rose
Hill Lodge No. 550, A. F. & A. M.; St. Louis
Chapter, R. A. M.; St. Aldemar Commandery
No. 18, K. T. Recreation: traveling. Office:
6072 Maple Ave. Residence: 6229 Washington
Boulevard. PAULY, Peter Joseph, president Pauly Jail
Building Co.; born, Miesenheim Rhein, Ger
many, May 23, 1832; son of Christian and
Catherine (Holzhauer) Pauly; educated in
schools in Germany; came to St. Louis from
Germany, with parents, in 1846; educated self
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Hahn (born in St. Louis Co., 1836; celebrated
golden wedding, Oct. 9, 1903; died Sept. 1,
1911); children: Peter J., Jr., Josephine (de
ceased), Mary V. (wife of Dr. William J.
Pohrer), John W., Katie E. (deceased).
Learned trade of blacksmith at Gaty Foun
dry, St. Louis; established firm of P. J. Pauly
& Bro. (with brother, John Pauly), as steam
boat blacksmiths, 1856; on decline of steam-
boating, 1870, made jail and prison building
a specialty; incorporated, 1885, the Pauly Jail
Building Co., of which is president; also
president of Lafayette Bank. Member Busi
ness Men's League. Catholic. Progressive
Democrat; was member Missouri legislature,
1871, 1872. One of old volunteer firemen, be
longed to St. Louis No. 4, and now member of
the Volunteer Firemen's Historical Society
and Missouri Historical Society. Favorite rec
reation: playing billiards at his home. Office:
2215 De Kalb St. Residence: 2232 S. Grand
Avenue. PAVEY, Frederick Charles, president of
Pavey Fuel Co.; bora, St. Louis, Oct. 17, 1875;
son of Reuben Wilson and Margaret Jane
(Lynn) Pavey; educated in public schools of
St. Louis; married, St. Louis, June 15, 1898,
Lottie May Morrison; one son, Frederick Wil
liam Wilson Pavey. Left school at fourteen
because of poor health; began business career
in 1890 with Hon. Rolla Wells, and in 1892-93
was with the Missouri-Illinois Coal Co.; was
connected with the St. Louis Big Muddy Coal
Co., 1893-1902, until The Hurricane Coal Co.
was organized, June 1, 1902, when was elected
secretary-treasurer, also director and as
sistant general manager; firm dissolved, Feb.
28, 1909, and on Mar. 1, 1909, became presi
dent Pavey Fuel Co. Republican. Methodist.
Mason. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, King's
Lake. Recreations: motoring, hunting and
fishing. Office: 339-340 Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 5221 Kensington Ave.
PAVEY, Reuben Wilson, retired; born, Al-
lensville, Boone Co., Ky., Aug. 11, 1843; son
of Eli R. and Catherine (Wilson) Pavey; edu
cated in public schools of Kentucky and Illi
nois; married, Warsaw, 111., June 16, 1862,
Margaret J. Lynn; children: Clara E. (Mrs.
Arnold Bassett), Maude K. (Mrs. B. Taylor),
Fred C. Began business career on the Mis
sissippi River as a boy, followed steamboating
on Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers and
the Gulf of Mexico for thirty-three years, and
was for twenty-nine years chief engineer of
the Anchor Line, plying between St. Louis
and New Orleans. General sales agent of the
St. Louis & Big Muddy Coal Co., 1893-1902;
vice president and general manager Hurricane
Coal Co., 1902-10, when retired. Methodist.
Mason. Odd Fellow. Residence: 4774 Ham
mett PL
*PAVYER, Benjamin J., machinist; see
Vol. 1906.

PAXSON, Alfred Allen, lawyer; born, Win
chester, Scott Co., 111., Dec. 10, 1844; son of
Stephen and Sarah (Pryor) Paxson; A.B., Illi
nois College, Jacksonville, 111., 1868, A.M.,
1870; LL.B., Law Department of Washington
University, 1870; married, St. Louis, Oct. 8,
1873, Julia L. Hart; four children: Nellie,
Harry, Pryor and Ruth. Practiced in St. Louis,
1870-73, when removed to Texas and con
tinued practice, also serving as district attor
ney under appointment of Judge M. H. Bon
ner; returned to St. Louis, 1877, and since in
general practice; provisional judge Court of
Criminal Corrections for six months in 1890,
and judge of the Second District Police Court,
1891-95. Member American Bar Association,
Legion of Honor. Democrat. Member Eng
lish Evangelical Lutheran Church. Recrea
tions: walking, fishing. Office: 1723 Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 5558 Vernon Ave.
PAYKEN, John Rudolph Herman, retired
manufacturer; born, Bremen Lehe, Germany,
Oct. 21, 1837; son of Nicholaus and Elizabeth
(Trentephol) Pay ken; educated in common
schools, Germany; came to America, 1853;
married, St. Louis, July 20, 1861, Katherine
Hofferberth (died April, 1911); six children,
three living: Rudolph, Herman, Alma. Began
business career as grocery clerk, New York,
1853, and continued until 1857; engaged in
business for self, 1857-59; removed to St.
Louis, 1860, and worked as a laborer on
steamboats for a few months; then was con
nected with wine and liquor business continu
ously for twenty-five years; in 1886 engaged
in manufacturing chains, singletrees, yoke
hangers and saddlery hardware; was vice
president and manager of Nixdorff-Krein
Manufacturing Co., 1886-1911, when retired
from active business, but still holds interests
in company as before. Director Protestant
Orphans' Home; president St. Louis Bundes-
ehor. Republican. Protestant. Odd Fellow.
Recreations: singing, traveling and charitable
work. Residence: 2253 Holly Ave.
PAYNE, Benjamin Howard, general pas
senger agent Missouri Pacific Ry.; born, Lex
ington, Ky., Nov. 1, 1861; son of Walter S.
and Maria Louise (Ingels) Payne; educated
in schools in Kentucky; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 28, 1891, Chaille F., daughter of Col. Wm.
Hyde; children: Chaille Howard, William
Hyde. Entered railroad service, October,
1879, as offiee boy in general passenger office,
Kentucky Central R. R., Covington, Ky.; af
terwards worked for several roads in Cincin
nati, became rate clerk in general passenger
department of Missouri Pacific Ry., Jan. 1,
1887, and in June, 1892, was appointed assist
ant general passenger and ticket agent, same
road, which position he occupied until Jan. 1,
1908, when he became general passenger
agent. Democrat. Episcopalian. Club: Mer
cantile. Favorite recreation: horticulture.

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Office: 203 Missouri Pacific Bldg. Residence:
343 Oakwood Ave., Webster Park.
PAYNE, Samuel Goodman, stock broker;
bom, Morris, 111., Jan. 16, 1866; son of Peter
Clark and Martha (Hawkins) Payne; educat
ed in Wentz private school, 1871-72; St.
Charles Military Academy, 1872-73, and St.
Louis public and high schools; married, St.
Louis, February, 1892, Ruth Buck; children:
Ruth K., S. Gaylord, Goodman B. Began busi
ness career as messenger on 'change and later
telegraph operator for the Western Union
Telegraph Co.; telegraph operator for St.
Louis & Iron Mountain Ry. Co.; telegraph
operator in general manager's office of Wab
ash Ry., under Col. A. A. Talmage; then re
porter Globe-Democrat; afterward operator in
'change at Chicago; since 1888 in brokerage
office; now senior member of Payne & Becker,
stock, bond and grain brokerage. Member
Chicago Board of Trade, St. Louis Merchants '
Exchange. Member First Christian Church.
Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo, St. Louis Elks.
Office: Ground floor Chemical Bldg. Resi
dence: 5575 Chamberlain Ave.
PEABODY, William Russell, general freight
agent, St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
R. R.; 1849-1909; see Vol. 1906.
PEACHY, John Robert, railway official;
see Vol. 1906.
PEARCE, Stanley Dodd, lawyer; born,
Bloomfield, Ky., July 5, 1877; son of Eugene
Hamer and Annie Elizabeth (Armstrong)
Pearee; educated at Centre College, Danville,
Ky., 1891-95; Kentucky Wesleyan College,
Winchester, Ky., 1895-96, A.B., 1896; LL.B.,
University of Virginia Law Department, 1899;
married, Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 4, 1903, Odie-
lein McCarthy; children: ' Stanley Dodd, Jr.
(deceased), Odielein, Nellie Lee. Admitted to
bar, June 17, 1899; has been engaged in prac
tice of law in St. Louis since Nov. 14, 1899;
member firm of Boogher & Pearee, 1900-02,
Webb, Boogher & Pearee, 1902-03, Boogher,
Pearee & Davis, 1903-05, Pearee & Davis,
1905-07, Pearee, Davis & Curlee, 1907-11; has
since practiced alone. Democrat. Southern
Methodist. Member of Missouri Historical
Society, St. Louis Bar Association, Civie
League. Alderman of Kirkwood, Mo., 1911.
Past Chancellor Knights of Pythias. Inter
ested in Boy Scout work. Office: 1307 Wright
Bldg. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
PEARCY, Claude Otis, lawyer; born, Thorn
field, Mo., Jan. 6, 1881; son of George Wash
ington and Josephine M. (Lyon) Pearcy; edu
cated in Marionville (Mo.) public schools:
Stanberry Normal School; Mountain Grove
public schools; Thornfield Normal School
University of Missouri, 1897-1900; Law De
partment, University of Missouri, 1903-06
graduating with degree of LL.B., 1906; mar
ried Isabel Frances Johnston, of St. Louis
Aug. 17, 1911. Admitted to Missouri bar

1906; assistant attorney for Missouri, Kansas
& Texas Ry., 1906-10; in general practice
alone since 1910. Served in Spanish-American
War for seven months. Republican. Protes
tant. Member St. Louis Bar Association. Odd
Fellow. Recreations: reading, fishing. Office:
624 Wainwright Bldg. Residence: 4126 Con
necticut St.
PEARCY, Elmer E., lawyer; born, Thorn-
field, Ozark Co., Mo., July 8, 1879; son of
George W. and Josephine (Lyon) Pearcy;
educated in Marionville (Mo.) public schools;
Stanberry (Mo.) Normal School; Mound
Grove High School, 1891-93; Thornfield Nor
mal School, 1893-95; student University of
Missouri, 1896-97, 1898-99 and 1900-04, gradu
ating from Law Department, degree of LL.B.,
1904; married, St. Louis, July 2, 1910, Patri
cia McCord; one daughter, Ruth. Admitted
to bar, 1904, and engaged in general practice
in St. Louis; associated with firm of Klein &
Hough, 1907-09; appointed third assistant city
counselor, January, 1910, now first assistant.
Instructor in City College of Law, 1911. Re
publican. Member St. Louis Bar Association,
St. Louis Law Library Association; Royal
Arcanum. Served as private Fifth Missouri
Regiment, U. S. Volunteer Service, May 1-
Nov. 12, 1898, Spanish- American War; major
Cadet Battalion at University of Missouri,
1904; captain Company H, First Regiment,
Missouri National Guard, 1908-09. Clubs:
City, Million Population. Recreation: litera
ture. Office: 234 City Hall. Residence: 718
Clara Ave.
PEARSON, Edward J., first vice president
Missouri Pacific Ry.; born, Rockville, Ind.,
Oct. 4, 1863; son of Leonard and Lucy
(Jones) Pearson; educated in public schools to
1879; entered engineering department Cornell
University, 1879, graduated, 1883; married,
Evanston, HI., 1899, Gertrude S. .Simmons;
one child, Harlow S. Began railroad career in
engineering department Missouri Pacific R.
R., 1881, on the extension from Atchison to
Omaha, for about five months; railway con
struction in Indian Territory and Texas, 1882;
terminal construction at Portland, Ore., 1883-
84. Became supervisor of St. Paul and Minne
sota Division, Northern Pacific Ry., 1884, in
charge of construction train service until
1890; division engineer same road on lines
east of Livingston, 1890-92; principal assist
ant engineer Wisconsin Central Ry., Chicago
& Calumet Transfer Co., and Chicago Termi
nals (leased by Northern Pacific Ry.), 1892-
94; with Northern Pacific By., 1894, as super
intendent of Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain
and Pacific Divisions, and assistant general
superintendent in charge transportation, then
chief engineer, same road, 1905; chief engi
neer O., M. & P. S. Ry., 1906-11; first vice
president Missouri Pacific Ry. since June 1,
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neers. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile, Noonday
(St. Louis), Kansas City (Kansas City). Rec
reation: outings. Office: Missouri Pacific Bldg.
Residence: 24 Kingsbury PL
PEARSON, Orin F., lumberman, retired;
born, Potosi, Mo., Dec. 16, 1866; son of Wes
ley R. and Lucy J. (Woolford) Pearson; edu
cated in public schools and Washington Uni
versity; married, Oct. 20, 1897, Lela M. Bird;
three children: Lucile, Orin Ford, Richard
Bird. Entered lumber business under father,
firm of G. & W. R. Pearson, incorporated,
1897, as W. R. Pearson Lumber Co. of Arkan
sas, of which was treasurer; became president
and secretary after death of father, Jan. 9,
1898; sold out, 1901, removed to St. Louis,
and was elected first vice president Big Four
Lumber Co.; an organizer and general man
ager Grant Lumber Co., a Louisiana corpora
tion; retired from active business, 1902. Resi
dence: 28 Windemere PL
PECK, John Adams, trustee of estate of
Charles H. Peck; bora, St. Louis, Feb. 13,
1859; only living male child out of seven
brothers, and two sisters; son of Charles H.
Peck (who died July 3, 1899, at age of eighty-
two years) and Rebecca (Adams) Peek (who
died May 10, 1909, at age of eighty-nine
years) ; parents came to St. Louis in 1837,
and were married May 31, 1840, by Rev. Dr.
William S.- Potts; educated in Washington
University and in Illinois Industrial Univer
sity, leaving latter while a member of sopho
more class, in 1879; married, St. Louis, Dec
5, 1882, Alice J. Hilton; one daughter, Mar
garet Mary Peck. Was buyer for drug firm of
Jacob S. Merrell in 1877, but in fall of 1877
went back to college; became collector for
Goulds & Ostrander, 1879, continuing until
1881, when went to Wellington, Kan., where
was in drug business with cousin until 1882;
returned to St. Louis and collected father's
rents until 1887; in employ of L. M. Rumsey
Manufacturing Co., 1887-89; then in real es
tate business with brother Stephen; now one
of the trustees of .estate of Charles H. Peck.
Member Real Estate Exchange. Chairman
Grand Lodge Finance Committee, Ancient Or
der United Workmen, from 1902 to 1907.
Formerly Great Keeper of Wampum Improved
Order of Red Men and member Missouri Fra
ternal Congress. Office: 207 Liggett Bldg.
Residence: 3954 Westminster PL
PECK, Stephen, real estate; 1847-1911; see
Vol. 1906.
PECKHAM, Osgood H., president National
Candy Co.; born in New York state, Sept. 9,
1844; son of George T. and Cynthia M. (Os
good) Peckham; educated at Pulaski Acad
emy, Pulaski, N. Y.; married, Utica, N. Y.,
Oct. 12, 1876, Fannie Sherwood; children:
Frank E., Marie Frances (Mrs. S. Graham Wil
son); married, 2d, Syracuse, N. Y., Mar. 3,
1891, Susie H. Clark. Was traveling' salesman

in grocery line out of Chicago for seven years
before coming to St. Louis in 1873 and estab
lishing in candy business as O. H. Peckham
Co.; later became successively Dunham, Peck
ham & Co., O. H. Peckham & Co., and O. H.
Peckham Candy Manufacturing Co., which,
with seventeen other candy manufacturing
concerns, formed in 1902 the National Candy
Co., of which has been president since 1903.
President Clinton Sugar Refining Co., of Clin
ton, la.; director Merchants-Laclede National
Bank. Member Business Men's League, Civic
League. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: St.
Louis, Noonday, St. Louis Country, Commer
cial. Recreations: golf and motoring. Office:
415 Pine St. Residence: 4382 Westminster PL
PEITZMEIER, John Anton, business man
ager of "Amerika"; born, St. Louis, Mo.,
Apr. 12., 1851; son of Frank and Elizabeth
(Holtkamp) Peitzmeier; educated in parochial
schools and Christian Brothers College; mar
ried, St. Louis, July 8, 1891, Clara Druhe;
children: John, Frank. After leaving school
was for seven months cashier for the Vorn-
boeck Furniture Co., and then, until Dec. 24,
1881, was general bookkeeper of the Biddle
Market Savings .Bank, which was consoli
dated with the German- American Bank; left
latter in January, 1882, to become business
manager for the German Literary Society,
publishers of the daily, Sunday and semi-
weekly German journal "Amerika." Demo
crat. Catholic; member St." Vincent 's Orphan
Society, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Catholic
Knights of America. Favorite recreation: lit
erature. Office: 18 S. 6th St. Residence: 3853
Page Ave.
PENDERGAST, Richard, secretary Nelson
Chesman & Co.; born, St. Louis, Aug. 14, 1867;
son- of Richard and Mary (Gannon) Pender-
gast; educated in Annunciation School to
1878; Christian Brothers College, 1879-80;
married, St. Louis, Apr. 22, 1902; one daugh
ter, Anna Dell. Began business career, St.
Louis, 1881, and continuously engaged with
Nelson Chesman & Co., general newspaper
and magazine advertising, since 1881, becom
ing secretary, 1899. Member Advertising
Men's League. Democrat. Catholic. Recrea
tion: outdoor sports. Office: 1127-1129 Pine
St. Residence: 216 N. Elm Ave., Webster
Groves, Mo.
PENDLETON, Louis Baylor, architect;
born, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 19, 1875; son of
Henry Clay and Nancy (Robinson) Pendle
ton; educated in Atlanta, first at private
schools, to 1887; Georgia Military Academy,
1887-90; then Georgia School of Technology
until 1893; married, St. Louis, Dec. 17, 1908,
Bertha Evans; one child, Nancy. Began pro
fessional career at Nashville, Tenn., but first
engaged in linotype departments of Nashville
Banner and Advocate Publishing Co., 1890-
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and continued until 1895; engaged with promi
nent architects, Chicago and Detroit, 1895-
1900; architect, division ^pf exhibits, World's
Fair, St. Louis, 1900, since then permanently
located in St. Louis. Was appointed advisory
architect to Missouri State Capitol Commis
sion, Dec. 13, 1911. Member American Insti
tute of Architects. Democrat. Baptist. Rec
reation: outdoor sports. Office: 920-921 Cen
tral National Bank Bldg. Residence: 304
Skinker Rd.
PENNEY, Joseph Lewis, traffic manager
Terminal Railroad Association; born, Morches,
L. I., N. Y., Sept. 14, 1860; son of Usher H.
and Mary Louise (Stevens) Penney; educated
in public schools; married, Ida May Fisher;
ehildren: Garner W., Cleves S., John S., Fran
cis E., Usher H. Began business career with
Midland Construction Co., of New York, and
New York, Ontario & Western Ry., 1879-80;
North River Construction Co., 1880-81; New
York, West Shore & Buffalo Ry., 1881-84, serv
ing in engineering department of these com
panies; then with freight department, West
Shore Ry., 1884-88; came to St. Louis, 1888,
and entered freight department of the St.
Louis Bridge and Tunnel Co., with which com
pany and its successor has remained, now be
ing traffic manager and industrial commis
sioner of the Terminal Railroad Association
of St. Louis. Independent in polities. Metho
dist. Member A. F. & A. M., K. T., Shriner.
Clubs: St. Louis Railway, Mercantile, Mis
souri Athletic, Bellerive Country. Favorite
recreation: golf. Office: 120 Rialto Bldg.
Residence: 5362 Maple Ave.
PENNING, Herman E., secretary Polar
Wave lee and Fuel Co.; born, Peru, La Salle
Co., 111., Apr. 3, 1856; son of William and
Mary (Miller) Penning; educated in Peru
High School; married. Began business career
with the Peru National Bank as clerk, later
bookkeeper and assistant cashier; city clerk
at Peru, 1878; came to St. Louis, 1887; for
merly secretary of Huse & Loomis Ice and
Transportation Co., Creve Cceur Lake Ice Co.,
Crystal Lake Ice Co., Huse Goodell lee Co.;
since February, 1903, secretary of Polar Wave
Ice and Fuel Co. Member A. F. & A. M. Fa
vorite recreations: outdoor sports. Office:
1326 Chestnut St. Residence: 5186 Vernon
Avenue. PENNY, Alexander, dry goods merchant;
bora in Scotland, July 9, 1845; son of William
Penny; educated in schools in Scotland; mar
ried, New York, Sept. 5, 1874; Jennie Mor
rison; children: Elizabeth J., William A.
Since Jan. 10, 1859, continuously engaged in
the dry goods business. In 1873 the present
firm of Pennj' & Gentles was formed, and has
since been identified with the retail dry goods
business in St. Louis. Congregationalist. Of
fice: Broadway and Morgan St. Residence:
Webster Groves.

PENNY, William Alexander, treasurer
Penny & Gentles Dry Goods Co.; born, St.
Louis, Nov. 25, 1878; son of Alexander and
Jane (Morrison) Penny; was graduated at
Smith Academy, St. Louis, 1897; matriculated
at Yale, graduating with degree of B.A., 1901;
married, Ottawa, Kan., Apr. 18, 1906, Laura
Strong Sheldon; one daughter, Elizabeth
Jane, born May 4, 1907. Has been identified
with dry goods business since September,
1901; treasurer Penny & Gentles Dry Goods
Co. since Feb. 1, 1909. Republican (usually).
Congregationalist. Member Delta Kappa Ep-
silon college fraternity. Recreations: base
ball, swimming, yachting. Office: Broadway
and Morgan St. Residence: 20 W. Sarah St.,
Webster Groves, Mo.
PERKINS, Albert Thompson, president and
syndicate manager of railroads; born, Bruns
wick, Me., Oct. 2, 1865; son of Charles S. and
Mary S. (Murray) Perkins; graduated from
Boston Latin School, 1883; then entered Har
vard University, graduating 1887; married,
St. Louis, Feb. 17, 1898, Eva Spotswood Le-
moine; one child, Katherine Lemoine. Began
railroad career with Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Ry., Chicago, October, 1887, and con
tinued as clerk, traveling agent, chief clerk,
general agent, local freight agent, superin
tendent of terminals, and superintendent, in
both traffic and operating departments, until
Mar. 31, 1906; engaged as adviser to Munici
pal Bridge and Terminals Commission of St.
Louis, giving exclusive time until Jan. 1,
1908, then part time to March, 1909; one serv
ice was investigation of railroad terminals in
principal American and European cities, 1906-
07. Since Jan. 1, 1908, has been railroad ad
viser to St. Louis Union Trust Co., and syn
dicate manager. President of New Iberia &
Northern R. R., Marshall & East Texas R. R.,
Chicago, Milwaukee & Gary R. R., B. & M.
Bridge Co.; first vice president St. Louis,
Brownsville & Mexico Ry.; director and mem
ber executive committee Missouri & North
Arkansas Ry. Member St. Louis Engineers'
Society, Association of Harvard Engineers,
Academy of Science. Director St. Louis Pure
Milk Commission. Served on sheriff's posse
thirty-one days during street car strike, 1900.
Clubs: Noonday, Bellerive Country, Round
Table, Harvard (of St. Louis), St. Louis Rail
way (St. Louis), University (Chicago), Har
vard (New York). Recreations: golf, tennis,
and hunting. Office: St. Louis Union Trust
Co. Residence: 470 Lake Ave.
PERKINS, Clarence M.; see Vol. 1906.
PERKINS, Henry Clay; born, Crafton,
Pa., July 22, 1857; son of William and Cath
erine Perkins; educated in public schools
near Crafton and at Pittsburgh, Pa., and
Select Academy, Leechburg, Pa.; graduated
from Duff's Mercantile College, Pittsburgh,
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Dramatic Art, 1895; married, Sarah O'Neal,
1885; married, 2d, St. Louis, July 17, 1901,
Idora V. Sharp; children: Elmer W., Harry
H., Jennie L. With partner, Philip J. Herpel,
established, Aug. 1, 1882, the Perkins & Her
pel Business College, 4th St. and Washington
Ave.; February, 1909, sold out to New St.
Louis Business College; secretary and treas
urer of Brown Business College, 1910-June 1,
1912. Republican. Christian Scientist. Ma
son; member Royal Arcanum. Recreations:
fishing and hunting. Residence: 1701 Marcus
Avenue. PERKINS, Joseph Russell, wholesale lum
berman; born, Brookhaven, Mass., Oct. 24,
1863; son of John R. and Mary A. Perkins;
educated in public schools of Brookhaven,
Mass.; married, St. Louis, June 24, 1895, Sal-
lie D. Wilson, of Duquoin, 111. Was formerly
engaged in the banking business, and cashier
of the First National Bank of Duquoin until
January, 1900, when came to St. Louis and
established in the lumber business under
present style of J. R. Perkins Lumber Co.
(wholesale), in which has since continued;
interested in saw-mills in Arkansas. Demo
crat. Baptist. Mason. Favorite recreation:
baseball. Office: Fullerton Bldg. Residence:
6169 Berlin Ave.
PERKINS, Nathan Wait, retired manufac
turer; born, Medford, Mass., Apr. 3, 1824; son
of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Wait) Perkins;
descendant of old New England stock; edu
cated in grammar and high schools of Med
ford to fourteen; has been twice married;
first wife died, 1863, and was mother of two
children, one of whom, Nathanial W., Jr., is
now living; married, 2d, December, 1865, at
Groton, Mass., Sarah O. Spaulding, born
Charlestown, Mass.; four children, two of
whom are living: Robert Fulton and Fannie
Elizabeth. Learned shoe making trade; came
to St. Louis, 1850, and secured employment
with general merchandise firm of Davis, Til
den & Richards, and later was with Samuel C.
Davis; partner in firm of Samuel C. Davis &
Co., 1853-73; then bought out the shoe de
partment of the house and entered business on
own account; closed out in 1878; became iden
tified with the Whitmans in 1880 and as
sisted in organizing the Whitman Agricul
tural Co., manufacturers of agricultural im
plements, of which is now a director. Mem
ber Home Guards in Civil War, under Major
Leighton. Republican. Unitarian. Recreation:
reading. Office: 6900 S. Broadway. Residence:
3645 Laclede Ave.
PERBIN, Thomas Harrison, printing; 1843-
1910; see Vol. 1906.
PERRIN, William Harrison, printer and
publisher; born, Alton, 111., Dec. 23, 1868; son
of Thomas Harrison and Martha A. (Logan)
Perrin; graduated Alton High School, 1887,
and from Bryant & Stratton Business College,

1889; married three times, first two wives
deceased; present wife, Rosaline Baker, to
whom was married at Upper Alton, 111., Aug.
17, 1910; two children: Courtney Kauffman,
by first wife, Viola Virginia, by second wife.
Began in printing business at Alton, 111.,
1891; was connected with the Perrin & Smith
Printing Co., and was elected vice president
upon incorporation of the company, 1898;
was elected president, January, 1911, to suc
ceed father, deceased. Served as assistant
postmaster at Alton, 1887-89. Democrat.
Presbyterian. Past Exalted Ruler of B. P. O.
Elks, Alton. Clubs: Ben Franklin, St. Louis
Railway. Offiee: 217-219 Olive St. Residence:'
616 State St., Alton, 111.
PERRY, George W., wholesale rubber
goods; born, Randolph, Mass., May 24, 1856;
son of William W. and Ellen (Kenyon) Perry;
educated in public schools; married, Temple
ton, Ind., 1888, Ida V. Templeton; children:
George T., Marguerite V. Began business ca
reer as traveling salesman for the American
Rubber Co. of Boston, 1877-86; then went to
Chicago and established business under the
firm name of Perry, Stearns & Co., agents of
the American Rubber Co. of Boston; in 1888
came to St. Louis and started an agency un
der the same name and for the same company,
until 1893, when changed to present style of
G. W. Perry, agent for the United States Rub
ber Co. Member Business Men's League.
Clubs: Mercantile, St. Louis, Noonday, Maine
Fishing and Hunting. Recreation: farming.
Office: 1605-1607 Washington Ave. Residence:
5355 Vernon Ave.
PERRY, Ira William, pie manufacturer;
born, New York City, March 24, 1862; son of
Ira and Sallie (Keating) Perry; resident of
St. Louis from infancy; educated in public
schools; Manual Training School and Jones
Commercial College; married, St. Louis, Nov.
27, 1901, Elsa Riedel; one son, Ira John. In
1878 entered the pie manufacturing business
established by father in 1862, and incorpo
rated in 1887 under the present style of Ira
Perry Pie Co., and upon death of father in
1898 assumed position as secretary, treasurer
and manager of the company; in August,
1907, the Perry Pie Co. and the Whiting Pie
Co. consolidated under name of Perry-Whit
ing Pie Co., of which is president and treas
urer. Christian Scientist. Member A. F. &
A. M., and Royal Arch Masons, Royal Ar
canum, Knights of Pythias, T. A. W. Office:
1008 Dillon St. Residence: 5078 Delmar Boul.
PETERS, Henry William, first vice presi
dent International Shoe Co. and ex-president
Peters Shoe Co., shoe manufacturers; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 14, 1856; son of Francis H. and
Charlotte Peters (maiden name not changed
through marriage) ; early training entrusted
to tutelage of Miss A. E. Carroll, a cultured
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of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Sept. 25,
1879, Anna E. Stoenner (died June 6, 1911);
children: Ella C, Edwin H., Oliver F. At
age of sixteen began as shipping clerk in em
ploy of Claflin, Allen & Co., shoe jobbers;
became salesman at eighteen and traveled
ten years; then member of firm for three
years; bought out the firm in 1892 and organ
ized the Peters Shoe Co., manufacturers of
fine shoes, of which was president from 1892
to 1912 inclusive; on Dec. 29, 1911, the Peters
Shoe Co. consolidated with Roberts, Johnson
&. Rand Shoe Co. and incorporated as Inter
national Shoe Co. (with a capital of $25,000,-
000.00) and he became its first vice president.
Although not an active club man, he is a mem
ber of several clubs and is also interested in
the following banking institutions, organiza
tions and associations: director Mississippi
Valley Trust Co., Boatmen's Bank, St. Louis
Coliseum Co.; ex-president Missouri Manufac
turers' Association, St. Louis Manufacturers'
and Jobbers' Association; member executive
committee Business Men's League, Million
Population Club; member National Boot and
Shoe Manufacturers' Association, Mississippi
Valley Trust Estates Committee, Parkview
Trustees, Washington University Association,
American National Red Cross, Civic League.
Ex-member Republican State Committee. At
tends Pilgrim Congregational Church. Mem
ber board of governors Amphion Club, Sym
phony Society. Clubs: Commercial, St. Louis,
Mercantile, Aero, Automobile. Office: 13th
and Washington. Residence: 6245 Westmin
ster PL
PETERSEN, Julius, commission merchant;
born, Germany, July 22, 1837; educated in
Germany, went to sea as boy and followed
sea for twelve years; came to St. Louis when
twenty-seven years of age; married, St. Louis,
1864, Mary Dieckmann (now deceased) ; chil
dren: Amelia (Mrs. John Krings), Dorothea
(Mrs. Barufio), Julius J., Rosalia (Mrs. E. T.
Hezel), Edward. On coming to St. Louis first
engaged in business with brother, and at the
close of the Civil War went into business for
self as a general commission merchant, in
which has since continued, now being presi
dent of the Julius Petersen Commission Co.,
produce commission; also proprietor Julius
Petersen Hotel and farm yard. Member of
the Merchants' Exchange. Recreations: fish
ing, hunting and traveling. Office: Broadway
and Carroll St. Residence: 2117 Russell Ave.
PETERSEN, Julius Joseph, commission mer
chant; born, St. Louis, July 5, 1877; son of
Julius and Mary (Dieckmann) Petersen; edu
cated at SS. Peter and Paul School, St. Louis
University, and graduated from St. Joseph's
College, Teutopolis, 111.; married, St. Louis,
Feb. 20, 1909, Isabelle M. Goessling; one son,
Julius August. On leaving college, 1895, en
tered employ of Simmons Hardware Co., re

maining until 1901; in employ of B. Barutio,
commission merchant, 1901-02; treasurer Ju
lius Petersen Commission Co. since November,
1902. Member Merchants' Exchange. Clubs:
Windsor Lake, Rod and Gun. Recreations:
hunting and fishing. Offiee: 709 Carroll St.
Residence: 2007 S. Compton Ave.
' PETERSEN, Lauritz, sash, doors and blinds;
born, Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark, May 25,
1852; son of Lars and Annie Petersen; edu
cated in public schools in Denmark; married,
St. Louis, 1878, Ottillie Quade; children: An
nie (Mrs. A. Botfield), Isadora (Mrs. A. Del-
porte), Lily (Mrs. Charles Weisert), Theo
dore, Emil, Adolph, Laura. Learned trade in
old country and, coming to United States in
1873, worked at it for eight months in Chi
cago; came to St. Louis, and after working as
journeyman for other firms started for self
in 1881 in present enterprise as a manufac
turer of sash, doors and blinds. Independent
in politics. Lutheran. Member Concordia
Turn Verein. Recreations: driving; fond of
horses. Office: cor. Lynch and Lyon Sts. Resi
dence: 2814 Lyon St.
PETERSON, Cyrus Asbury, physician; bom
in Burke Co., N. C, Mar. 30, 1848; son of
Daniel and Eliza (Wilson) Peterson; educated
in little log schoolhouse until thirteen years
of age (1861); after that purely self-educated
until entered Missouri Medical College, 1877;
graduated M.D., 1878; married, Frederick-
town, Mo., July 20, 1872, Christina A. Hart-
kopf ; children: Darwin Paine, Winona, Julian
Ingersoll (deceased), Tyndall Humboldt. Was
farmer's boy until seventeen; taught school
at age of twenty; read law, a full course, but
did not practice; now practically retired from
practice of medicine, and devoting leisure to
scientific study. Vice-president Thiel Detect
ive Service Co. Ex-president Missouri His
torical Society. Republican. Agnostic. Office:
Century Bldg. Residence: Webster Groves.
PfiTING, Amedee, stationery business ; born,
St. Louis, June 9, 1860; son of Amedee and
Celestine (Aymond) Peting; educated in a
private school, now out of existence; married,
St. Louis, Dee. 6, 1882, Mary Virginia Diggs;
two children: Mrs. Hazel Virginia Sullivan
and Lillian Gertrude. Began active career in
employ of George D. Barnard & Co., July,
1876; has continued with the company in all
departments to the present time — a period of
more than thirty-five years; director George
D. Barnard & Co., Vandeventer Trust Co.
Served three years in Missouri State Militia.
Democrat. Past Grand Regent Royal Ar
canum of Missouri; Past Chancellor Grove
Council Legion of Honor; member B. P. O.
Elks, Knights of Pythias, Travelers' Protect
ive Association. Office: Laclede and Vande
venter Aves. Residence: 4112 W. Pine Boul.
PETTENGILL, Heman Judson, telephone
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and Rebecca (Hamilton) Pettengill; educated
in public schools; married at Boston, 1875,
Elizabeth Keene (died 1897); three children:
Harrison V., Heman J., Jr., Russell A.; mar
ried, 2d, Nov. 2, 1904, Mrs. Elizabeth Lee Mur
phy, of Kentucky. Learned telegraphy and
was employed by Western Union Telegraph
Co. as operator, and served as manager, 1875-
82; manager American Rapid Telegraph Co.
and superintendent Postal Telegraph Cable
Co. for New England states, 1882-99; since
identified with companies affiliated with the
American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Presi
dent Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone
Co., with headquarters at Dallas, Tex., 1903-
11; now president Southwestern Bell Tele
phone System, headquarters in 13t. Louis, in
cluding Bell Telephone Co. of Missouri, Mis
souri and Kansas Telephone Co., Pioneer Tele
phone Co. (Oklahoma), Southwestern Tele
graph and Telephone Co. (Arkansas and Tex
as). Member Business Men's League. Repub
lican.. Episcopalian. Ex-president Old Time
Telegraphers' Association, Boston Electric
Club; was chairman executive and finance
committees of the Commercial Secretaries and
Business Men's Association of Texas. Scottish
Rite Mason (32°); Past Commander Hugh de
Paynes Commandery, Knights Templar, of
Melrose, Mass.; Shriner. Clubs: St. Louis,
Noonday. Recreation: golf. Office: 914 Na
tional Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence: St.
Louis Club.
*PETTIS, Clifton D., railway official; moved
to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
PETTKER, Henry, grocer; born, Dissen,
Westphalia, Germany, Mar. 30, 1841; son of
Mathias and Charlotte (Struwe) Pettker; edu
cated in Germany; came to America, 1865;
married, Fairfield, la., Apr. 17, 1870, Hannah
Stuetzer (died 1891); 2d, St. Louis, 1896, Car
oline Hartman; four children: Marie (Mrs.
Charles Houston, of Mansfield, Ind.), William,
Henry Mathias, Marie Elsie (deceased). En
gaged with different merchants. 1866-77; asso
ciated with brother, Frederick W., in grocery
business, 1877-81; since continued alone. Re
publican. Lutheran. Mason; also member I.
O. O. F. Office and Residence: 2300 Cass Ave.
PETTUS, Charles Parsons; born, St. Louis,
Oct. 15, 1876; son of W. H. H. and Mary A.
(Saugrain) Fettus; graduated from Smith
Academy, 1894, Washington University, A.B.,
1899; married, June 11, 1902, Georgia A.
"Wright. Secretary and treasurer of the Han
nibal Water Co. Member of the Interna
tional Congress of Arts and Science, St. Louis,
1904 (secretary of section "The Library");
secretary Missouri Historical Society; mem
ber of board of control City Art Museum;
member of board of directors St. Louis Mer
cantile Library, St. Louis School of Social
Economy; acting president St. Louis Society

for Relief and Prevention of Tuberculosis;
member St. Louis Academy of Science, Archae
ological Institute of Ameriea, Civic League,
Business Men's League, etc. Clubs: Univer
sity, Racquet, Noonday, City, St. Louis Coun
try. Office: 611 Security Bldg. Residence: 33
Westmoreland PL
PFEFFER, Francis Joseph, physician; born,
Columbia, 111., Mar. 17, 1873; son of John A.
and Johanna K. (Funk) Pfeffer; educated in
Catholic parochial schools and public schools
of Columbia, 111., St. Louis University; M.D.,
Medical Department of Washington Univer
sity, 1895; married, St. Louis, June 7, 1899,
Margaret J. Field; children: Francis J., Mar
garet A. (deceased), Marie Louise, Gabriella
Frances, Louis John. Engaged in general prac
tice of medicine in St. Louis since March,
1896. Member City Hospital Alumni Associa
tion, American Medical Association, Lieder
kranz. Independent in polities. Roman Cath
olic. Recreations: automobiling and shooting.
Residence: 1653 S. Jefferson Ave.
PFEFFER, Otto John, president St. Louis
Clock and Silverware Co.; born, St. Louis,
July 20, 1860; son of J. G. and Maria (Hau-
ser) Pfeffer; educated in St. Vincent's Paro
chial School and St. Louis University; mar
ried, St. Louis, Apr. 3, 1894, Elizabeth Fehl;
one daughter, Adele Marie. Began business
career with the L. Bauman Jewelry Co., con
tinuing for fourteen years; organized, 1890,
the St. Louis Clock and Silverware Co., whole
sale jewelers, of which has since been presi
dent; also vice president George Fehl Blue
Ribbon Cigar Co. Independent Democrat. Fa
vorite recreations: hunting and fishing and
baseball. Office: 412 N. 7th St. Residence:
3527 Crittenden St.
PFEIFER, Herman J., engineer of main
tenance of way, Terminal R. R. Association of
St. Louis; born, St. Louis, Feb. 23, 1871; son
of Charles and Marie (Rotteek) Pfeifer; edu
cated in public schools of St. Louis, St. Louis
University, B.A., 1889, and Washington Uni
versity School of Engineering; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 26, 1901, Pauline Wuerpel; chil
dren: Katherine, Carl, Mildred, Pauline. En
gineer with Scherpe & Koken Architectural
Iron Co., 1891-92; in various capacities up to
engineer of maintenance of way with St.
Louis Merchants' Bridge & Terminal Ry. ,Co.,
and Terminal R. R. Association of St. Louis,
1892-1902; in private engineering practice,
1902-03; secretary of committee of American
Society of Civil Engineers to arrange for par
ticipation in the Louisiana Purchase Exposi
tion, August-November, 1903; general super
intendent of construction, Street Department,
St. Louis, 1903-05; since September, 1905, en
gineer of maintenance of way, Terminal R. R.
Association of St. Louis. Member American
Society of Civil Engineers, Engineers' Club

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of St. Louis. Catholic. Member Civic League,
Royal Arcanum. Clubs: City, St. Louis Rail
way (president). Recreations: baseball and
pool. Office: 206 Union Station. Residence:
2102 Blendon PL
*PFEIFFENBERGER, James Mather, phy
sician; moved to Alton, 111.; see Vol. 1906.
PFEIFFER, Gustavus A., druggist; see Vol.
1906. *PFEIFFER, Henry, manufacturer drug
gists' specialties; moved to Philadelphia; see
Vol. 1906.
PFINGSTEN, Christian Frederick, physi
cian; born, St. Louis, May 11, 1875; son of Fred
erick and Sophia (Lohmeyer) Pfingsten; edu
cated public schools, St. Louis; Beloit College
Academy, Beloit, Wis. ; M.D., St. Louis College
of Physicians and Surgeons, 1898; post-graduate
studies in diseases of the ear, nose and throat,
Royal University, Berlin, 1907, Royal Univer
sity, Vienna, 1908; married, St. Louis, Oct. 30,
1909, Lillian Janvier Brown; one daughter,
Marian Grace. In practice in St. Louis since
March, 1898; specializes in diseases of ear,
nose and throat; instructor in diseases of ear,
nose and throat, Medical Department, St.
Louis University; oto-laryngologist, visiting
staff, St. Louis City Hospital, Sanitarium, Fe
male Hospital, Koch Hospital. Member Amer
ican Medical Association, St. Louis Medical
Society, Alma Mater. Scottish Rite Mason
(32°); Occidental Lodge, No. 163, A. F. & A.
M.; Moolah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. Clubs:
Missouri Athletic. Offiee: 813-820 Metropoli
tan Bldg. Residence: 2918 Dodier St.
PFLAGER, Harry Miller, senior vice presi
dent Commonwealth Steel Co.; born, St. Louis,
Nov. 29, 1866; son of Harry W. and Jessie
(Miller) Fflager; educated in- schools of St.
Louis, Manual Training School, and Washing
ton University; married, Milwaukee, Wis.,
Apr. 5, 1903, Alyce Louise Barber; one son,
Harry Barber Pflager. After leaving school
entered employ of the Pullman Co. in St.
Louis shops; worked up in various positions
to that of mechanical superintendent, with
offices in Chicago, remaining there until 1901;
from 1901 to September, 1903, in manufac
turing business in Chicago; from Sept. 1, 1903,
to Sept. 1, 1904, associated with American
Steel Foundries, at St. Louis; since Sept. 1,
1904, associated with Commonwealth Steel Co.,
with' offices in St. Louis, Mo., as senior vice
president. Also vice president American Steel
Body Double Bolster Co., Davis Locomotive
Wheel Co. Member Business Men's League.
Republican. Congregationalist. Member Royal
Arcanum. Clubs: St. Louis, Glen Echo (St.
Louis'). Chicago Athletic. South Shore Coun
try (Chicago), Railway (New York). Recrea
tion: golf. Office: 1632 Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 5403 Maple Ave.

PHELAN, Francis William, paint manufac
turer; born, St. Louis, Aug. 29, 1854; son of
William and Bridget C. (Cooney) Phelan;
student St. Louis University, 1865-67; A.B.,
Notre Dame University, Ind., 1873; married,
St. Louis, Nov. 15, 1879, Mary T. Walsh ;
eleven children, seven now living: William,
Frank, Georgiana, Anna, Leo, David S. and
Mary Rose (now Mrs. Claude H. Smith).
First employment was in 1874 with Frank A.
Drew; later with Norton and Wieder Glass
and Paint Co. until 1886; in employ of Wieder
Paint Co., 1886-92; associated with John
Hazard in forming corporation of Buehler-
Phelan Paint Manufacturing Co., 1901, later
disposing of the business; organizing the Phe-
lan-Faust Paint Manufacturing Co. of East
St. Louis, 111., 1902, of which has since been
senior member. Democrat. Catholic. Member
Knights of Columbus, Royal Arcanum. Club:
Missouri Athletic. Recreation: fishing. Office:
1008-1010 Pine St. Residence: 5599 Bartmer
Avenue. PHELAN, J. Percival, credit insurance;
1870-1910; see Vol. 1906.
PHELAN, Sidney Marcellus, life insurance ;
born, Talladega, Ala., Apr. 15, 1851; son of
Joseph H. and Laura (Powell) Phelan; edu
cated at the University of Alabama, at Tusca
loosa, and was a cadet in the Alabama State
Service during the Civil War; married, St.
Louis, 1899, Charlotte Willis; children: Sid
ney M., Jr., William Balfour. Began business
career as clerk in Montgomery, Ala.; came
to St. Louis in 1891; president The Amer
ican Credit Indemnity Co. of New York, 1893-
1909; since city manager Prudential Life In
surance Co. Episcopalian. Club: Mercantile.
Office: Chemical Bldg. Residence: 4917 Wash
ington Ave.
PHELPS, John Lester, president Phelps-
Donley Coal Co.; 1850-1909; see Vol. 1906.
*PHELPS, William Harlow; moved to
Carthage, Mo.; see Vol. 1906.
PHILLIPS, Alroy S., lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Nov. 6, 1879; son of Douglas A. and
Josephine (Scollay) Phillips; educated Stod
dard (public) School, St. Louis, 1885-94; St.
Louis High School, Central Branch, 1894-98;
Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., 1900-01;
Princeton University, 1901-05, graduating,
1905, with degree of A.B.; St. Louis Law
School (Washington University), 1905-08,
LL.B., 1908; unmarried. Owned and operated
the Phillips Dairy, St. Louis Co., 1898-1900;
in office of the Mississippi Valley Transporta
tion Co., St. Louis, summer of 1902; ax-man
Missouri Pacific engineering corps, construct
ing the Farmersville & Southern Ry., Louisi
ana, summer of 1903; director Fowler Play
Grounds, St. Louis, summer of 1904; partner
in law firm of Erd & Phillips, St. Louis, 1906-
07; has practiced alone since July 1, 1907;

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president and treasurer Norfolk Investment
Co., Maplewood Building and Realty Co.; sec
retary Canterbury Investment Co. Elected,
1910, to State Senate from Thirty-second Dis
trict of Missouri. Republican. Presbyterian.
Member Missouri Bar Association, St. Louis
Bar Association, Law Library Association of
St. Louis, Civic League, Alpha Eta Chapter
of Kappa Alpha Fraternity, American Cleo-
sophic Society, Royal Arcanum. Club: City.
Office: 1605-1614 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 5665
Cates Ave.
PHILLIPS, George Marquet, surgeon; born,
Hanly, Jessamine Co., Ky., Aug. 11, 1862; son
of Judge William H. and Selma V. (Spears)
Phillips; educated in public schools of Jessa
mine Co., Bethel Academy, Nicholasville, Ky.,
Kentucky Wesleyan College, Millersburg, Ky. ;
M.D., College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Baltimore, Md., 1887; married, Washington,
Mason Co., Ky., Sept. 7, 1887, Hattie Lee
Cutter; children: Rebekah (Mrs. Lang Whar
ton), Virginia Spears. Engaged in practice
of Medicine and surgery since 1887; professor
of genito-surgery in Barnes University. Mem
ber of American, Missouri State and St. Louis
Medical associations. Democrat. Club: Mis
souri Athletic. Office: 405-406 Commercial
Bldg. Residence: 4172 Delmar Ave.
PHILLIPS, Hiram, civil engineer; born in
Boone Co., Mo., Nov. 9, 1859; son of Hiram C.
and Frances (Pemberton) Phillips; graduated
from the State University of Missouri with
, degree of Topographical Engineer, 1880, Civil
Engineer, 1889; married, Nellie, daughter of
Frank and Elizabeth Horine; children: Paul
P., Elizabeth. U. S. assistant engineer with
the Mississippi River Commission, 1880-84;
U. S. deputy mineral surveyor for the District
of Colorado, 1884-89; assistant professor of
civil engineering, Missouri State University,
1889-92; in consulting practice as civil engi
neer, 1892-1901; president of Board of Public
Improvements, St. Louis, 1901-05; since in pri
vate practice. Member American Society of
Civil Engineers. Democrat. Clubs: Noonday,
Railway, Engineers' Office: Liggett Bldg.
Residence: 5161 Kensington Ave.
PHILLIPS, John Howell, automobiles; born,
Cairo, 111., July 27, 1872; son of John H. and
Emily F. (Koester) Phillips; educated in pub
lic schools of Cairo and Davenport, la.; mar
ried, Chicago, Apr. 7, 1896, Clara Frances Mil
ler; one son, Gerald H. Engaged as stenog
rapher, Davenport, 1888-89; bookkeeper, San
Antonio, Tex., 1889-92; stenographer, Chicago,
1892-93; traveling salesman, bicycles, Chicago,
February -October, 1893; advertising solicitor,
1893-95; advertising manager, 1895-96, at Chi
cago; manager retail bicycle store, Erie, Pa.,
1PPP.Q7: manaser Mead Cvcle Co., Chicago,
1897-1903; president Art Study Co., Janes
ville, Wis., 1903-04; vice president Langan &

Phillips Mercantile Co., 1904-06; since in au
tomobile business, now secretary Phillips Au
tomobile Co. Office: 5033 Delmar Boul. Resi
dence: St. Louis County.
*PHILLIPS, Richard Harvey, civil engi
neer; moved to Mexico, Mo.; see Vol. 1906.
n™^S' Harry Arthur, manager O. K.
Houck Piano Co.; 1865-1910; see Vol. 1906.
t,.5iCKEL' £efnard George, cut stone con
tractor; see Vol. 1906.
iQnoI0KEL^ Ge.°„rge' wholesale stone; 1845-
1909; see Vol. 1906.
*PICKEL William, Jr., manager Pickel
S "vol &liof tS C°-; m°Ved t0 California;
co^EPTE,^FranZ^UgUSt °tt0' President Con
cordia Lutheran Theological Seminary since
W 97 1Ufi^°aTltZ' Fomerania, Germany,
CWhJL ' p '' ed.ucated at Dom-Gymnasium
Ooiberg, Pomerama; came to United States -
graduated Northwestern University" Water-
mWn' ^V872' Concordia Seminary, 1875;
Cnl'wf 7 th+weStern .U.niversity and Decorah
Vr?^" Lutileran lister, Manitowoc, Wis.,
1875-78; professor theology, 1878-87, Concor-
^r,Jem*n*TJ; P^ident-general Lutheran
?fi?Q ion ^1SX°UI\ °hi0 and other sta*es,
1899-1911 Author: Grundbekenntniss der Lu
theran Kirche, 1880; Lehre von der Rechtfer-
d^W i889^ Di« Ev^lical Lutheran Kirche
die Wahre Sichtbare K. auf Erden, 1890;
Die Lutheran Lehre von d. Rechtfertigung
1891 Gesetz und Evangelium, 1892; Distinc
tive Doctrines of the Lutheran Church, 1892-
Das Geistliche Leben d. Christen, 1893; Un-
sere Stelling in Lehre und Praxis, 1896; Lehr-
stellung d. Missouri-Synode, 1897; Christ's
Work, 1898; Wie Studiert Man TheXie
A8„9f '' S°ia ^dT',19,°0; La^e ^ Kirche?™
Anfang des 20 Jahrhunderts, 1901; Das Wesen
des Christenthums, 1903. Editor:'. Lehre unS
Wehre. Address: 2627 Winnebago St.
RaWv1? BTm' ma™facturer; born,
Buffalo NY Nov. 6, 1856; son of Col Carlo
and Elizabeth Piepho; educated in public
schools; widower. At eleven years of age be
came connected with a book publishing house
with which was connected about fifteen years;
then for twenty-four years a manufacturer of
vehicles at Cincinnati; was connected with
various enterprises in St. Louis until 1906
then organized the St. Louis Tin and Sheet
Metal Working Co., of which is vice president
and general manager. Office: 6th St. and
Clark Ave Residence: Lucerne Apts, 377
N. Taylor Ave.
*PIERCE, Andrew Burt; see Vol. 1906.
PIERCE Clay Arthur, president Waters
Pierce Oil Co.; born, Cote Brilliant, Mo Dec
%¦ i ?; -d8-011 °f ?enry ^y aDd ^me
(Finlay) Pierce; educated, Misses Thomp
son School, St. Louis; Smith Academv-

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Pickwick School; St. Paul's School, Concord,
N. H.; Harvard University, class of 1896;
married, Chicago, Oct. 15, 1898, Irene Tewks
bury. Began active career as assistant in lu
bricating departrnent of Waters Pierce Oil
Co., 1899. Was made assistant treasurer and
assistant secretary of the company, 1900;
member executive committee, 1900; became
acting president, May, 1905, and has served as
president since June, 1905; also vice presi
dent Pierce Investment and Trust Co.; direct
or National Railways of Mexico, Tennessee
Central Ry. Co., Briar Hill Collieries Co.
Democrat. Episcopalian. Clubs: Racquet, St. •
Louis Country, Essex County, etc. Offiee: 420
Olive St. Residence: 23 Kingsbury PL
PIERCE, Francis Ruskin, president Louis
Werner Saw Mill Co.; born in Alleghany Co.,
Va., Aug. 19, 1862; son of John N. and Emma
(Curtice) Pierce; educated in, public schools;
married, Springfield, Mo., Sept. 18, 1893, Lou
ise Noetling. Began business career as book
keeper with the Richard Ritter Co., retail lum
ber dealers, 1881, and after a short time
there went with W. J. Young & Co., Clinton,
la., first as traveling salesman and later as
superintendent of yard until 1886; southern
purchasing agent for Chicago Lumber Co.,
1886-90; then acquired an interest in Louis
Werner Saw Mill Co., of which was vice presi
dent, 1899-1912, since president of company.
Also director Vandeventer Trust Co., Griffin,
Magnolia & Western R. R., Saline Bayou R. R.
Mason (Chapter). Member Order of Hoo Hoo.
Clubs: Mercantile, Noonday, Lumbermen's,
Masonic Recreation: fishing. Office: 510 Ful
lerton Bldg. Residence: 5545 Bartmer Ave.
PIERCE, H(enry) Clay, financier; born, St.
Lawrence, Jefferson Co., N. Y.; son of Dr.
Dyer Ensworth and Mary Jane (Ackert)
Pierce; educated Jefferson Co. high schools;
married, London, Mrs. Virginia (Prickett)
Burrowes, of New York, Aug. 2, 1909. Chair
man New York board National Railways of
Mexico; chairman board Waters-Pierce Oil
Co. (St. Louis), Pierce Fordyce Oil Associa
tion, Mexican Central Ry. Co., Ltd.; president
Pierce Investment Trust Co. (St. Louis); di
rector Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern R. R.
Co., Seaboard Air Line Ry., Mexican Pacific
Ry. Co., Central Mexico R. R. Co., Tennessee
Central R. R. Co. and Tennessee Construction
Co. (Nashville), Mexican-American Steamship
Co., Mexican & Northern Steamship Co., Mex
ican National Construction Co., Tampico Har
bor Co., Brier Hill Collieries (Nashville), In
ternational Banking Corporation (New York),
National Bank of Commerce, Mississippi Val
ley Trust Co., American Central Insurance Co.,
Title Guaranty Trust Co. (St. Louis), Bank
of Commerce and Industry (City of Mexico),
Mercantile ' Fire and Marine Insurance Co.
(Boston), Mexican Fuel Co., City of Mexico.
Offices: 25 Broad St., New York, and 420

Olive St., St. Louis. Residences: 15 E. 57th
St., New York, and 40 Vandeventer PL, St)
Louis. PIERCE, Lawrence Blunt, investments;
born in Greenville, Co., Va., March 30, 1859;
son of Rice B. and Martha (Blunt) Pierce;
educated in Pa-ducah, Ky.; married, St. Louis,
Apr. 14, 1886, Lucie Alexander; children:
Helen, Richard, Katharine. Came to St. Louis
from Kentucky, 1879; began business" career
as entry clerk for wholesale dry goods house
of Crow, Hargadine & Co.; in 1883 was ap
pointed active secretary of St. Louis Exposi
tion and Music Hall Association, continuing
three years; became chief clerk in real estate
and financial firm of Charles H. Turner & Co.,
and became active member of the firm in
1889; organized Commonwealth Trust Co.,
1901, and was its vice president until 1905,
when resigned to devote entire time to per
sonal affairs and railroad interest, though
still a director of the company, and member
of its executive committee. "Was one of the
five syndicate managers who merged the Cin
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Ry. and the Per^e
Marquette Ry. into one system. In 1901
erected the Pierce Bldg. President Income
Leasehold Co. (owners and operators of Pierce
Bldg.); chairman of board American Auto
mobile Insurance Co.; president City Improve
ment Association. Member Business Men's
League. Member St. John's M. E. Church,
South. Member Missouri Historical Society;
director St. Louis Symphony Society. Clubs:
St. Louis, Noonday, Bellerive. Recreations:
motoring and travel. Office: 1615 Pierce Bldg.
Residence: 39 Kingsbury PL
PIERCE, Thomas Murray, lawyer; born,
Union City, Tenn., July 18, 1877; son of Rice
A. and Mary (Hunter) Pierce; educated at
Georgetown Preparatory School and George
town University, Washington, D. C, graduat
ing, A.B., 1898; Cumberland University Law
School, Tennessee, LL.B., 1899; married, Leb
anon, Tenn., May 30, 1899, Miss Mary Beard;
children: Julius Walsh, Thomas M., Jr., Dick
son W. Engaged in practice of law since
1899; since 1905 in St. Louis; general counsel
for the St. Louis & Suburban Ry. Co. during
1905 and 1906; now general counsel for Ter
minal Railroad Association; vice president St.
Louis Merchants' Bridge Terminal Ry. Co.;
general counsel Wiggins Ferry Co. Member
St. Louis and American Bar associations.
Member of Law Library Association, Business
Men's League, Civie League. Democrat. Ro
man Catholic. Clubs: Noonday, St. Louis,
Racquet. Recreations: outdoor athletic sports.
Office: Union Station. Residence: 4550 Mc
Pherson Ave.
PIETZCKER, Ezra James, southwestern
manager Standard Underground Cable Co.;
born, Rochester, O., Dec. 22, 1857; son of Dr.
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Pietzcker; educated in public schools of East
Massillon and West Massillon, O.; married,
Sour Lake, Tex., Apr. 8, 1880, Vaturia Eliza
beth Merchant; children: George Sealy, Mar
garet Elizabeth. Began business life as a
newsboy, 1865-66; clerk in news and wall
paper store, 1873, in grocery store, 1874, man
ager of same, 1875; in general merchandise
business in Texas, 1877-82; traveling sales
man, 1882-91; Texas, Mexico and South Amer
ican representative of the Washburn & Moen
Manufacturing Co., 1891-99 ; then with the Amer
ican Steel and Wire Co., which acquired the
Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co., 1899-
1902 ; was special representative of the American
Steel and Wire Co, at the Exposition Universelle,
Paris, 1900; since 1902 with Standard Under
ground Cable Co., southwestern manager same
since 1905. Republican ; was member of the Ohio
State Militia, 1875-77, and in active service
during mining riots in Ohio and Pennsylvania
in 1876; deputy U. S. marshal in Eastern
District of Texas, 1878-84. Member American
Society of Electrical Engineers, Chicago Elec
trical Society. Methodist. Mason. Member
Sons of Veterans. Recreations: golf and ath
letics. Office: 521 Security Bldg. Residence:
5646 Clemens Ave.
FILCHER, John E., vice president Baldwin
Forging and Tool Co.; born, Dover, Kent,
England, July 19, 1844; son of John and Eliz
abeth V. (Brett) Pilcher; educated in com
mon schools in England and United States.;
married, St. Louis, Aug. 6, 1866, Charlotte
Gunnell; children: Florence Elizabeth (Mrs.
Brainard Allison), Lillie (Mrs. A. B. Pierce^,
Charlotte G. (Mrs. A. M. Myers), Edna M.
(Mrs. Stuart E. Knappen), Edward Sim
mons. Began business career in 1860, as
clerk with Charles Blow & Co., wholesale
druggists; on Jan. 11, 1863, entered employ
of Wilson, Levering & Waters, wholesale
hardware, as shipping clerk; later traveling
salesman for its successors; the firm became
Levering, Waters & Co., then Waters, Sim
mons & Co., E. C. Simmons & Co., and incor
porated as the Simmons Hardware Co., of
which was vice president, retiring Apr. 1,
1905; joined Aug. 1, 1905, the Baldwin Forg
ing and Tool Co., of Columbus, O., manufac
turers of shovels of all kinds, and drop forg-
ings, of which company is vice president; vice
president First Infantry Armory Association;
treasurer Coliseum Co.; charter member, di
rector from organization Business Men's
League (now vice president), Civic League.
Independent in polities. Club: Mercantile
(vice president two terms). Office: 1412-1414
New Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence:
5034 Washington Ave.
PILLEY, Charles A., manufacturer; 1832-
1909; see Vol. 1906.
PIM, Louis Tousard, physician; born, St.
Louis, Jan. 20, 1872; son of Louis Tousard

(M.D.) and Celeste (Picotte) Pim; educated
in St. Louis public schools, 1880-83; St. Louis
University, 1884-87; University of Notre
Dame, special literary and preparatory course
in medicine, 1887-89; M.D., graduated from
Missouri Medical College, 1893; married, St.
Louis, July 9, 1901, Mrs. Edwina Bixby Ladd;
two step-children: Pelagie Berthold Ladd,
Bixby Ladd. Member of American Medical
Association, Missouri State Me'dical Associa
tion, St. Louis Medical Society (has been sec
retary and vice president). Joined State Mili
tia (Battery A), 1889, and now major surgeon
of same; was recruit examiner for Spanish-
American War. Democrat. Catholic Office:
Humboldt Bldg. Residence: 4960 Lotus Ave.
PINGREE, Samuel Smith, commission mer
chant; born, Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 26,
1867; son of Joseph W. and Ann Eliza (Smith)
Pingree; came to St. Louis at age of two
years; educated in public schools of St. Louis;
married, St. Louis, Mar. 19, 1890, Elizabeth A.
McKay; children: Samuel Joseph, Grace.
When only eleven years of age worked as
water-boy in lumber yard; when thirteen be
came helper in small candy factory; receiving
and warehouse clerk for large fur and wool
dealer, 1881-87; entered employ of F. C. Tay
lor & Co. (established 1871) as assistant book
keeper and soon purchased an interest in the
business, and when F. C. Taylor died in 1889
became sole owner of the business, which has
since continued under old name, firm being
raw fur merchants; president of the St. Louis
Fur Exchange. Member Merchants' Ex
change. Clubs: St. Louis, Glen Echo Country.
Office: Fur Exchange Bldg. Residence: 4228
Pine B6ul.
PIPE, Edward Harry, theater manager;
born, St. Louis, June 14, 1873; son of Edwin
and Anna (Nixon) Pipe; educated public
schools and Central High School; married, St.
Louis, Dee. 29, 1897, Edna C. Lennox; chil
dren: Lucile P., Lenore L., Edward H., Vir
ginia. Began in contracting business with fa
ther, but after four years became interested
in hotel enterprises; organized E. H. Pipe
Realty Co.; directing manager of the Delmar
and Olive theaters; proprietor Lennox Hotel,
1907-1910. Republican. Offiee: 4938 Delmar
Boul. Residence: Usona Hotel.
PIPER, Edmund J., president and treasurer
Bollman Bros. Piano Co.; born, Decatur, 111.,
Mar. 20, 1860; son of Edmund A. and Sarah
(Querrey) Piper; brought up on farm in Ma
con Co., 111.; educated in country schools in
Macon Co.; married, Decatur, 111., Oct. 8,
1885, Mattie Givler; children: William M.,
Linn T., Edith L., Edmund J., Jr. Left the
farm in 1883; worked in photograph gallery,
Decatur, 1883-85; came to St. Louis, 1885,
and engaged as collector for Bollman Bros.
Piano Co.; has continued with the house ever
since, successively as cashier, bookkeeper, sec-

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retary, March, 1904, and in September, 1905,
on becoming the largest stockholder, was
elected viee president and general manager;
since June 16, 1911, has been president and
treasurer of the company,., wholesale and re
tail dealers in pianos, organs and musical
merchandise. Protestant. Republican. Clubs:
Mercantile, St. Louis Rotary, Universal Ex
position Co. Favorite recreations: horseback
riding, bowling, tennis. Office: 1120-1122 Olive
St. Residence: 1239 Amherst PL
PITTMAN, William Daviess, sales manager;
born, St. Louis, Apr. 29, 1863; son of Wil
liamson H. (died 1874) and Hannah (Daviess)
Pittman; educated in public schools of Louis
ville, Ky., New Orleans, La., and St. Louis,
and high school in St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 12, 1887, Sarah Duncan Patterson;
children: Velona Angeline (deceased), Marie
Daviess, Cora Sophronia, William Daviess,
Jr. Clerk for Henry Amelung and George J.
Kinskey, 1879-81, Udell-Schmieding Wooden-
Ware Co., 1881-83; from 1886 to 1898 was
with the Drummond Tobacco Co.; secretary
Drummond Realty and Investment Co., 1897-
1907; bond officer Mississippi Valley Trust
Co., 1902-05; president W. Daviess Pittman
Investment Co., 1909-12; since sales manager
Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co. Democrat.
Member Christian (Disciples) Church. Office:
307 N. 3d St. Residence: 4918 McPherson Ave.
PITZMAN, Julius, surveyor and civil en
gineer; born, Halberstadt, Prussia, June 11,
1837; son of Frederick G. and Amalia (Ebers)
Pitzman; educated in Real Gymnasium, Hal
berstadt, Prussia, and private instruction in
engineering at St. Louis; came to United
States, 1854; married, St. Louis, Oct. 1, 1867,
Emma R. Tittmann; children: Florence H.
(Mrs. Edward A. Hermann), Edwin Sherman,
Otto Hilgard (died in infancy); married, 2d,
St. Louis, March 31, 1879, Caroline Marsh
Wislizenus; children: Julius (died in infancy),
G. Marsh, Harold W., Frederick, Louise Na
talia. Entered office of city engineer, St.
Louis, 1856; chief of county surveyor's of
fice, 1857-58; started private surveyor's of
fice, 1859; acting county engineer, St. Louis
Co., 1861. Resigned and entered army as first
lieutenant of engineers, fall of 1861; trans
ferred to staff of Gen. William T. Sherman as
chief topographical engineer, Fifteenth Army
Corps, 1862, and promoted to captain; seri
ously wounded in front of fortification at
Vieksburg, May, 1863; resigned after recov
ery and was elected county surveyor, St.
Louis Co., November, 1863; volunteered in
fall of 1864, and acted as major of engineers
for army organized to repel invasion of Gen
eral Price. Held offiee of county surveyor un
til separation of city from county; served as
commissioner in dividing nearly all big es
tates in St. Louis since 1863. and served sev
eral times on Board of Equalization to revise

the assessment; chief engineer of Forest Park
from 1874 until plan was completed and drives
laid out; city surveyor since 1877. Designed
and laid out Vandeventer, Westmoreland and
Portland places, Compton Heights, Flora
Boul., and introduced system of selling prop
erty under restrictions. One of the three com
missioners appointed by the mayor and City
Council to prepare plans and specifications
for King's Highway Boul. President Pitz
man 's Company of Surveyors and Engineers,
St. Clair Ferry and Transfer Co., Lake View
Improvement Co.; vice president Merchants'
and Manufacturers' Railroad Warehouse Co.
Member of the commission to frame the new
charter of St. Louis, submitted, 1911. Mem
ber Engineers' Club, Missouri Historical So
ciety, Academy of Science, American Society
of Civil Engineers. Club: Noonday. Office:
615 Chestnut St. Residence: 1900 S. Compton
Avenue. PLACKE, L(ouis) Ferdinand, cashier Ger
man-American Bank; born, St. Louis, June 9,
1858; son of August and Elizabeth (Ballman)
Placke; educated in private and public
schools and colleges, St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, Aug. 23, 1893, Lillie Caroline Sodt-
mann; three children: Wesley Owen, Clarence
Walter, Clifford. Has been connected with
German-American Bank since sixteen years
of age; assistant cashier, 1901-07; since cash
ier. Member Legion of Honor, Tower Grove
Turn Verein. Club: Liederkranz. Recreations:
golf and fishing. Office: 400 Franklin Ave.
Residence: 3849 Hartford St.
PLANT, Alfred, seed merchant; 1821-1907;
see Vol. 1906.-
PLANT, Samuel, merchant miller; born, St.
Louis, May 31, 1872; son of George H. and
Alby (Easton) Plant; educated Smith Acad
emy and St. Louis Manual Training School ;
married, St. Louis, Jan. 10, 1900, Clara Ewing ;
one daughter, Mary. Began active career,
1889, in manufacturing department of the
George P. Plant Milling Co., and learned the
miller's trade; was transferred to the office,
1892, and since 1908 has been vice president
and general manager of the company. Re
publican. Congregationalist. Member St.
Louis Merchants' Exchange, St. Louis Mil
lers' Club, Civie League. Clubs: Racquet, St.
Louis Country. Recreations: hunting and mo
toring. Office: 501 Chamber of Commerce
Bldg. Residence: "Easton," Clayton, St.
Louis Co.
PLATT, Albert Binns, contractor; see Vol.
1906. PLAYER, James Yeatman, retired; born,
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 14, 1851; son of
Thomas Trezevant and Emma (Yeatman)
Player; educated in schools of Nashville and
various preparatory schools in the East, and
in Sheffield Scientific School of Yale Univer
sity; married, Ashwood, Tenn., Mar. 7, 1877,

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Susan S. Polk; children: George Polk, James
Y., Jr., Susan T. (Mrs. W. P. Graves), Thom
son T. and Sallie H. Came to St. Louis after
leaving college and was employed for one
and one-half years in the old Merchants'
Bank; then for three years in Philadelphia
in employ of Townsend, Whelen & - Co. and
with Philadelphia & Reading Ry. Co.; re
turned to St. Louis, 1875, and for twenty- two
years was connected with the Board of Edu
cation as, consecutively, secretary to the su
perintendent, secretary of committee for fif
teen years, and secretary and treasurer of the
board for seven years; then in real estate
business for three years; comptroller of the
City of St. Louis, 1901-09; president Mid-
Continent Casualty Co., 1910-11; retired. Dem
ocrat. Episcopalian. Member of Tennessee
Society, St. Louis Academy of Science, Civic
League. Favorite recreations: hunting and
fishing. Residence: 5549 Vernon Ave.
PLOCHMAN, Oscar Emil, secretary and di
rector Hamilton Brown Shoe Co.; bora, St.
Louis, Jan. 5, 1857; son of Emil and Lisetta
(Renner) Ploehman; started to German pay
school at age of five years; at seven started
to Eiser's German College; at ten entered the
Hodgen (public grammar) School, from which
was graduated January, 1872; married, Wash
ington, D. O, June 23, 1876, Emma C. H.
Rackaway; three children: two sons (who
died in infancy) and one daughter, Mabel S.
(Mrs. H. A. Linneman). Began active career
as collector in real estate business, for John
Maguire, summer of 1872, continuing until
1878, when resigned; engaged with F. R. Rice
& Co., cigars, etc., 1878-1892; identified with
Hamilton Brown Shoe Co. since 1892 and has
been secretary and director same, since Janu
ary, 1909. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem
ber Odd Fellows and Royal Arcanuum. Clubs:
Glen Echo Country, Devil 's Elbow Fishing.
Recreations: golf and fishing. Office: 12th St.
and Washington Ave.
FLOESER, Louis, president J. B. Sickles
Saddlery Co.; born, St. Louis, May 14, 1852;
son of Christian and Elizabeth (Luft) Ploe-
¦ser; educated in public schools, Eyser's Ger
man Institute, Jones Business College; mar
ried, St. Louis, Oct. 3, 1888, Alice Kreher;
-children: Sterling Louis (with Brown Shoe
Co.), Chester Ralph. First business experi
ence was in 1868, during school vacation, as
office boy with Fourth National Bank; en
tered regularly on business career as office boy
with Grimsley & Co., manufacturers of har
ness, saddlery and collars, in 1869, and when
that firm retired in 1872 started in with J. B.
Sickles & Co. in same line; traveled for firm
¦sixteen years; was elected vice president of
J. B. Sickles Saddlery Co. on its incorporation,
1881, and on death of J. J. Kreher, president
¦of the company, 1897, purchased his stock in
the firm and was elected president and gen

eral manager, in which position continues.
Member Business Men's League. Member Sales-
managers' Association of St. Louis (executive
committee), Million Population Club. Repub
lican. Presbyterian. Member Legion of Honor.
Favorite recreations: horseback riding and
driving. Office: 2100 Washington Ave. Resi
dence: 5231 Washington Ave.
PLUMB, Joseph Hudson, manufacturer of
tools; born, Cape May, N. J., Sept. 4, 1882;
son of Fayette Rumsey and Kathryn Carroll
(Middleton) Plumb; educated at Delancey
School, Philadelphia, 1892-99; Hotchkiss
School, Lakeville, Conn., 1899-1902; Harvard
University, 1902-05; married, Geneva, N. Y.,
June 22, 1912, Ma Belle Cole Houghton, of
Geneva. Worked in shops of Philadelphia
plant of Fayette R. Plumb, Inc. (founded
1856), 1905-06; in office, paying special atten
tion to sales, 1906-07; traveled as salesman in
United States, 1907-08; general work in office,
special attention to finances, 1908-10; elected
treasurer of company, 1909; has represented
company in St. Louis since November, 1911.
Republican. Episcopalian. Member Business
Men's League. Clubs: University, Racquet.
Recreations: outdoor sports. Office: Wellston.
Residence: Colchester Apts., Kingshighway.
PLUMMER, Theodore, lumber merchant;
see Vol. 1906.
POAGE, Franklin Riley, clergyman; see
Vol. 1906.
POHLMANN, Frederick Ludwig, physician;
born, St. Louis, Sept. 3, 1874; son of Henry
and Caroline (Rieckenberg) Pohlmann; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools, commercial
college, Missouri Medical College (now Medi
cal Department, Washington University),
M.D., 1897; married, St. Louis, Aug. 8, 1900,
Katie Yost; children: Lucille, Evelyn. En
gaged in general practice of medicine in St.
Louis since 1897. Member St. Louis Medical
Society, Missouri State Medical Association,
American Medical Association. Republican.
Recreation: fishing. Office: 2202 N. Market St.
Residence: 2931 A Greer Ave.
*POINDEXTER, John St. Louis, life insur
ance; moved to Minneapolis, Minn.; see Vol.
1906. POLK, Charles Martin, lawyer; born Hel
ena, Ark., June 28, 1878; son of Rufus J. and
Cynthia (Martin) Polk; LL.B., University of
Arkansas, 1898; LL.M., Columbian (now
George Washington) University, Washington,
D. O, 1900; married Nannie Lee, Nov. 6,
1907; children: William Lee, Cynthia. Ad
mitted to St. Louis bar, Apr. 21, 1903, and
since engaged in practice. Member St. Louis
Bar Association. Democrat. Episcopalian.
Clubs: St. Louis Country, Noonday, City. Of
fice: Rialto Bldg. Residence: 3707 Westmin
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POLLARD, William Jefferson, ex-judge
Second District Police Court; born, Kingston,
Mo. ; son of William S. and Mary Ann (Parks)
Pollard; (father at the ofltbreak of the Civil
War was a large land and slave owner; devo
tion to the "lost cause" deprived him of his
fortune) ; unmarried. Began business life as
messenger for Western Union Telegraph Co.;
proprietor of a grocery store eight years; ad
mitted to practice law in 1897; first attracted
attention in politics as personal representative
of David R. Francis in gubernatorial cam
paign of 1888, reading clerk of national, state
and city (Democratic) conventions, and other
conventions, not political. At Chicago, 1896,
called roll when stampede was made to Wil
liam J. Bryan, resulting in nomination of Mr.
Bryan for President; reading clerk, House of
Representatives, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth and
"Forty-second General Assemblies of Missouri;
justice of the peace in St. Louis for two
terms (8% years) ; four years member and
treasurer Board of Managers, Missouri School
for the Blind; member A. F. & A. M., 32°
Scottish Rite; Shriner. Favorite recreation:
literature. Originated the ' ' Pollard plan ' ' for
those charged with drunkenness or petty of
fenses in Police Court, releasing accused on
his signing a total abstinence pledge for one
year; plan widely copied. Has served as
delegate to various conventions, temperance
and reform, in America and Europe. Resi
dence: 518 Whittier St.
POLLMAN, Henry C, president H. C. Poll-
man & Bro. Coal and Sprinkling Co.; born in
New York Harbor, Oct. 7, 1848; son of Fred
erick and Elizabeth (Prange) Pollman; resi
dent of St. Louis from infancy; educated
partly in public schools, but largely self-edu
cated; married, 1869, Violet M. Morange; one
child, Florence (Mrs. Harry Braun); married,
2d, St. Louis, 1891, Helena Koops; five chil
dren: Marguerite, Henry O, Jr^, Marie, Isa
belle, Walter, Roy Philip. Learned trade of
plasterer in St. Louis and followed it until
1879, when with brother, F. C. Pollman, or
ganized H. C. Pollman & Bro. Coal and
Sprinkling Co., of which is president and
treasurer. Also president St. Louis College of
Midwifery. Served in Fourth Missouri Volun
teers three years and six months as drummer
boy in Civil War; participated in actions at
Wilson's Creek, Booneville and Frederiek
town. Member Harding Post, G. A. R. Con
gregationalist. Mason (32°), Knight Templar,
Shriner. Odd Fellow. Club: Brookland Hunt
ing and Fishing. Recreation: fishing. Office:
14th St. and Bremen Ave. Residence: 3808
N. 11th St.
POLLOCK, Benton Hall, lumberman; born,
Burlington, la., Nov. 27, 1862; son of Frank
and Josephine (Hall) Pollock; educated in
public schools of Burlington, la., and Notre
Dame University, South Bend, Ind., 1879-81;

married, Burlington, Nov. 21, 1888, Kate
Hutchinson. Began business career in 1883 in
lumber business at Burlington; afterwards
with Chippewa Lumber and Boom Co., Chippe
wa Falls, Wis.; organized, with others, Colo
nial Lumber and Timber Co., St. Louis, Janu
ary, 1900, and was vice president of the com
pany. Since 1902 in wholesale and retail lum- i
ber business in St. Louis under style of B. H.
Pollock Lumber Co. Republican. Episcopalian.
Clubs: Glen Echo Country, Bellerive Country,
Mercantile. Favorite recreation: golf. Offiee:
714 Wright Bldg. Residence: 5859 Von Versen
Avenue. POLLVOGT, Henry L., proprietor Hornet
Mantel Co.; born, St. Louis, May 30, 1862;
son of Henry and Frances (Witte) Pollvogt;
educated in St. Louis public schools and John
son's Commercial College; married, St. Louis,
Anna Koppelman: five children: Eleanora, Ar
thur, Florence, Mamie, Elsie. After leaving
business college engaged as bookkeeper with
lumber company and continued until 1884;
with Simmons Hardware Co., 1884-91; since
conducted the mantel business. Member Evan
gelical Church. Office: 1112-1120 Market St.
Residence: 2710 N. 21st St.
POLSTER, Oscar M., brewers' supplies;
born, Breslau, Germany, Oct. 2, 1863; son of
William and Ottilie Polster; educated in Ger
man public schools and in University of Bres
lau; married; children: William G., Olga, Os
car M., Jr. Lived in New York, 1880-81, and
was engaged with various firms in brewers'
supply business; removed to St. Louis, 1888,
and engaged as bookkeeper with Meyer &
Hoffman, in same line; vice president and
secretary of Meyer Supply Co., 1895-1901;
since October, 1901, engaged in business for
self. Member Eleventh Infantry, National
Guard State of New York, 1884-86. Protes
tant. Favorite recreation: music. Offiee: 106
S. 1st St. Residence: 2643 Armand PL
FOMMER, Robert W., seed merchant; born
in Germany, 1856; educated in public schools
in Germany; unmarried. Resident of St. Louis
since 1872, and in 1875 became connected with
the house of D. I. Bushnell & Co., wholesale
seed merchants, in which has been a partner
since 1882. Member Merchants' Exchange.
Club: Liederkranz. Office: 105 N. 2d St. Res
idence: 1931 S. Compton Ave.
POPE, Edmund Orson, fruits and produce;
born, Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1866; son of
Henry O. and Elizabeth (Schaffner) Pope;
moved to St. Louis, 1876; educated in public
schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, 1894,
Annie Moody; one son, Nelson Moody Pope.
Began business career with Jones-Pope Pro
duce Co. as viee president, 1888-1903; secre
tary and manager the Lincoln-Pope Mercan
tile Co., wholesale general merchandise and
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dent Patterson-Pope Marketing Co. Repub
lican. Member West Presbyterian Church.
Member A. F. & A. M. and St. Aldemar Com
mandery, Knight Templar. Office: 825 N. 4th
St. Residence: 931 Laurel Ave.
POPPER, Morris, physician; born, Mlasov,
Bohemia, Feb. 11, 1869; son of Adalbert and
Johanna (Mahrer) Popper; educated in public
schools, Staats Realschule, and Staats Gewerb-
schule, Pilsen, Austria; graduated and passed
Missouri State Board of Pharmacy, Ph.G.,
1890; received medical education in Europe
and at Barnes University, St. Louis, graduat
ing, M.D., 1899; married, Quincy, 111., Oct. 10,
1900, Bella Kingsbaker; children: Jeanette
May, Thelma Alberta. Professor in Barnes
University (Medical Department). Engaged
in general practice of medicine since Apr. 12,
1899. Member St. Louis Medical Society, Mis
souri State Medical Association. Republican.
Jewish religion. Club: Missouri Athletic. Ma
son, Knight Templar. Office: 518 Mermod &
Jaccard Bldg. Residence: 5192 Vernon Ave.
*PORTER, Valentine Mott, lawyer; see Vol.
1906. PORTER, William, physician; born, Beaver,
Pa., Mar. 18, 1852; son of Byron and Agnes
(Rankin) Porter; educated at Elderton (Pa.)
Academy, Westminster College, Pa., 1870;
M.D., Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
1873; London Hospital, 1874, Golden Square
(London) Throat and Chest Hospital and
assistant to Sir Morell MaeKenzie, 1874-75;
Vienna, Paris and Berlin, 1875-76; married,
Memphis, Mo., 1885, Pearl E. Dickinson. En
gaged in practice of medicine, since 1876, in
St. Louis; medical director State Sanitarium
for Tuberculosis; physician in charge, Mount
St. Rose Throat and Chest Sanitarium; physi
cian to Protestant Hospital. Director of Na
tional Association for Prevention of Tubercu
losis; vice president St. Louis Society for Pre
vention of Tuberculosis; professor of clinical
medicine in Medical Department of St. Louis
University. Member American Medical Asso
ciation, Mississippi Valley Medical Associa
tion, American Medical Editors' Association,
St. Louis Medical Society, American Thera
peutic Society. Recreation: outdoor life. Of
fice and Residence: 3886 Washington Boul.
PORTERFIELD, Elmo Pattin, physician;
bora Commerce, Mo., Sept. 16, 1874; son of
John Donalson and Fannie V. (Cullum) Por-
terfield; educated grammar school, Cape Gi
rardeau, Mo.; South East Missouri Normal
School, Cape Girardeau; University of Mis
souri, Columbia, Mo.; Ph.G., Northwestern
University, Chicago, 1895, Ph.C., course, 1896;
M.D., Rush Medical College (University of
Chicago), 1899; married, St. Louis, June 4,
1901, Clyde Elizabeth Musick; three chil
dren: Margaret, Francis, Mary Elizabeth.
Practiced at Cape Girardeau, 1899-1905; since

at St. Louis; assistant and instructor in medi
cine, Medical Department St. Louis Univer
sity, 1907-10; professor histology, Dental De
partment, same, 1909-10; professor clinical
medicine, American Medical College, since
1911; chief medical examiner at St. Louis for
the Fidelity and Casualty Co. of New York,
since 1906; house physician Scruggs- Vander-
voort-Barney Dry Goods Co., since 1911. Mem
ber American Medical Association, Missouri
State Medical Association (delegate, 1909 and
1912), South East Missouri Medical Associa
tion, St. Louis Medical Society, Knights of
Pythias, B. P. O. Elks, Alpha Kappa Kappa,
Phi Delta Chi. Served as captain Sixth Bat
talion Missouri National Guard, 1902; coroner,
Cape Girardeau County, 1903. Republican.
Methodist. Author of numerous original arti
cles on medical subjects in various medical
journals. Office: Century Bldg. Residence:
5232 Maple Ave.
POST, Henry M., lawyer; born, Jackson
ville, 111., Nov. 27, 1840; son of Rev. Truman
M. (D.D.) and Frances Alsop (Henshaw)
Post; came to St. Louis with parents, 1847;
preparatory education in private school; Yale
College, class of 1861; A.B., Illinois College,
1861; admitted to bar, 1862; married, Jack
sonville, 111., June 14, 1866, Emma Reed Robb;
four children: Harriet (wife of Professor Wil
liam A. Rawles, of University of Indiana),
Truman M., Margaret Stanley (Mrs. Henry
H. Niemeyer), Clara B. In practice in St.
Louis since 1862; for many years partner with
brother, Truman A. Post, but since his death,
1902, has practiced alone. Disqualified from
service in U. S. army on account of infirmity
in hearing, but served as army correspondent
for St. Louis newspapers, 1862-63; first lieu
tenant Company B, Tenth Regiment, Enrolled
Missouri Militia; also first lieutenant of vol
unteer company during railroad strike, 1877.
Congregationalist. Member Alpha Delta Phi
college fraternity. Assisted brother (then offi
cial reporter), 1869-77, in editing Missouri Re
ports, Vols. 42 to 64, inclusive. Recreations:
literary. Office: 410 Liggett Bldg. Residence:
5678 Cabanne Ave.
POST, Lewis Walter, safes; born, Essex,
Conn., Mar. 6, 1847; son of David Rawson and
Maria Philips (Urquhart) Post; educated in
common school at Essex, Conn., until fifteen;
married, Hartford, Conn., Dec. 19, 1879, Mary
Ingham Rockwell; children: Malcolm Phelps,
Walter Urquhart, Marjorie. In April, 1862,
shipped "before the mast" in London packet
ship (sailing) American Eagle; in 1869 was
chief mate of ship Good Hope in same line;
came to St. Louis, 1872, engaging in minor ca
pacity in sewer pipe manufacturing business;
formed partnership, in same line, with L. R.
Blackmer, as Blackmer & Post, in 1878; in
corporated business, 1893, as Blackmer & Post
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general manager until 1907, when retired; in
1910 organized and became president of Hall
Safe and Fixture Co. Democrat. Episcopalian.
Club: Mercantile. Office: #108 N. 4th St. Resi
dence: Chesterfield Apts.
POST, M. Hayward, physician; born, St.
Louis, Mar. 31, 1851; son of Truman Marcellus
and Frances Alsop (Henshaw) Post; educated
in St. Louis public schools, Smith Academy;
A.B., Washington University, 1872; St. Louis
Medical College, M.D., 1877; post-graduate
study in London, England, and Utrecht, Hol
land, 1881; married, Louisville, Ky., May 6,
1885; Mary Lawrence Tyler (died Jan. 2,
1888); children: M. Hayward, Jr., Lawrence
Tyler; married, 2d, Jacksonville, 111., Jan. 4,
1906, Mary Brown Tanner; children: Edward
Tanner, Frederick Woodford. Was principal
in St. Louis public schools before studying
medicine; since 1877 engaged in practice in
St. Louis. Member American Ophthalmolog
ical Society, American Academy of Medicine,
St. Louis Academy of Science, American Med
ical Association. Independent Republican.
Congregationalist. Clubs: University, St.
Louis Country, The Round Table. Office: Met
ropolitan Bldg. Residence:' 5371 Waterman
Avenue. POTTER, Clarkson, commercial paper bro
ker; born, Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 19, 1880;
son of Henry S. and Margaret (Lionberger)
Potter; educated in Mrs. Dozier 's School,
1887-90; Rugby Academy, 1890-91; Smith
Academy, 1891-94; St. Paul's School, Concord,
N. H., 1894-97; Yale University, 1897-1901,
graduating A.B.; married, St. Louis, June 21,
1902, Amy Holland; children: George Holland,
John Clarkson, Henry S., 2d. With Mississippi
Valley Trust Co., November, 1901, to March,
1904; with Mercantile Trust Co. (bond depart
ment), March to September, 1904; assistant
St. Louis representative of F. S. Moseley &
Co., of Boston, commercial paper, until Janu
ary, 1908; since vice president W. R. Compton
Bond and Mortgage Co. Member Business
Men's League, Civic League. Episcopalian.
Clubs: Noonday, St. Louis Country, Racquet,
City (St. Louis), University (Chicago), Yale
(New York). Recreations: golf, football, ten
nis. Office: 408 Olive St. Residence: 42 West
moreland PL
POTTER, Oscar F., physician, retired; born
near Watertown, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1829; son of
Levi Warren and Betsey Burns (Mills) Pot
ter; descendant of Vincent Potter, who was
one of the signers of the death warrant of
King Charles I of England; Anthony Potter,
the emigrant ancestor, arrived in America
1648; descendant in maternal line from the
patriot, Gen. Joseph Warren, who was killed
at Bunker Hill; educated principally at Mc
Kendree College, Lebanon, 111.; M.D., Missouri
Medical College, 1856; married, New Orleans,
Apr. 2, 1874, Alice La Fontain Mayerton

(died Aug. 12, 1897). Began practice in St.
Louis, 1852; has traveled extensively in Eu
rope and America; was for a number of years
member and dean St. Louis College of Phar
macy; was also editor St. Louis Medical and
Surgical Journal for three years; retired from
active practice, 1900. Residence: 2556 N.
Grand Ave.
POTTER, William Bleecker, mining engi
neer and metallurgist; born, Schenectady, N.
Y., Mar. 23, 1846; son of Rt. Rev. Horatio P.
(P. E. bishop of New York) and Mary Jane
(Tomlinson) Potter; A.B., Columbia Univer
sity, 1866, A.M., 1869; E.M., School of Mines,
Columbia, 1869 (Sc.D., 1904); assistant in ge
ology there, 1869-71; also assistant geological
survey of Ohio; married, St. Louis, Nov. 14,
1888, Agnes Kennett Farrar; children: Min
nie Chauncey, Anna, Horatio, Kennett Farrar.
Assistant in geological survey of Missouri,
1872-74; engineer of Pilot Knob Iron Co.,
1874-78; metallurgist of Vulcan Iron and Steel
Works, 1876-78; engineer of Iron Mountain
Co., 1882-93; member board of managers Mis
souri Geological Survey, 1889-93; professor
mining and metallurgy, Washington Univer
sity, St. Louis, 1871-93. Founder and manager
St. Louis Sampling and Testing Works. Presi
dent St. Louis Engineers' Club, 1887; presi
dent American Institute of Mining Engineers,
1888; member American Institute of Mining
Engineers, American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, Mining and Metallurgical Society
of America; corresponding member New York
Academy of Science, Wisconsin Academy of
Science; member National Geographic Soci
ety. Recreations: books and country life. Of
fice: 713 Clark Ave. Residence: 4021 Wash
ington Boul.
POTTS, Jerome Dillard, physician and sur
geon; born in Henry Co., Mo., Apr. 7, 1854;
son of James Frederick and Cornelia E. (Me-
Quitty) Potts; educated at Rocheport, Mo.,
under tutelage, 1863-75; University of Mis
souri, 1876-78, M.D., 1878; post-graduate work,
Philadelphia Polyclinic, and New York Post-
Graduate Medical School, 1903 ; married, Boon
ville, Mo., May 4, 1880, Carrie L. Mills; four
children: Erla, Jerome F., Vibert E., Martha
U. Practiced at Rocheport, 1878-79; in Cooper
Co., Mo., 1879-84, Boonville, 1887-1904, St.
Louis since November, 1904; professor dis
eases of rectum and anus, American Medical
College (formerly held same chair in Barnes
University). President Faculty Realty Co., a
company organized to hold the realty of
Barnes Medical University. Democrat (since
1875). Baptist (since 1882). Member Amer
ican Medical Association, Missouri State Med
ical Association (ex-vice president), St. Louis
Medical Society; ex-president Cooper County
Medical Society. Royal Arch Mason; Forester.
Author of various monographs and papers re
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preparation a text-book on Proctology. Rec
reations: fishing and hunting. Office: 423 Del
mar Bldg. Residence: 5018 Raymond Ave.
POTTS, Jerome F., physician and surgeon;
born, Boonville, Cooper Co., Mo., May 24,
1886; son of Jerome D. and Carrie Lee (Mills)
Potts; graduated from high school, Boonville,
1904; removed to St. Louis, 1904; M.D., Barnes
University, May, 1909; unmarried. House
physician Centenary and St. Luke 's hospitals,
1909-10; in general practice since September,
1910. Member Medico-Chirurgical Association.
Democrat. Baptist. Mason. Recreations:
horseback riding and motoring. Office: 423
Delmar Bldg. Residence: 5018 Raymond Ave.
POULIN, Remy Napoleon, president Mer
cantile Grocery Co.; born, Marieville, Canada,
Dec. 6, 1847; son of Dr. Joseph Napoleon (for
sixteen years a member of the Canadian Par
liament) and Josephte (Bourdages) Poulin;
great grandson of Hon. Louis Bourdages,
called ' ' the great Bourdages, ' ' for many years
a leading statesman of Canada; was giadu-
ated at Marieville College, and from the Royal
Military School of Quebec, March, 1865, being
awarded first honors; married, St. Johns, Can
ada, Aug. 12, 1872, Onesime B. Saint-Aubin;
thre^e children: Hortense Beatrice (now wife
of Capt. O. W. Bell, U. S. A.), Remy B., Al
bert J. Came to St. Louis Apr. 9, 1865, and se
cured employment as clerk in the retail dry
goods store of Porter Worthington; in 1869
opened a grocery with the late Joseph Garman
at 17th and Morgan Sts.; firm dissolved, 1872,
and he has ever since conducted business on ,
own account; now president of the Mercantile
Grocery Co. Served as lieutenant in British
Army in Canada. Roman Catholic. Recrea
tion: baseball. Office: 4653-4657 Maryland
Ave. Residence: 336 Newstead Ave.
POWE, Thomas E., lumber merchant; born,
Cheraw, S. C, Jan. 5, 1872; son of James Har
rington and Josephine E. (Robbins) Powe; ed
ucated in local schools and Cheraw Academy,
Cheraw, S. O; special student at Harvard Uni
versity, 1899-1904; married, St. Louis, Nov. 10,
1910, Miss Grace, daughter of Captain Robert
McCulloch; one daughter, Josephine Paxton.
Assistant lumber inspector Powe & Warren
Lumber Co., St. Louis, 1896-97; buyer and in
spector for Little Lumber Co., 1897, and man
ager of the company's branch office and yard
at Memphis, Tenn., 1899; secretary Plummer-
Benediet Lumber Co., St. Louis, 1901; from
1903 vice president and director Plummer
Lumber Co., until Sept. 1, 1909, when this
company was succeeded by the present firm of
Thomas E. Powe Lumber Co., of which he is
owner. Also president St. Louis Lumber Ex
change; director Hardwood Manufacturers'
Association of the United States; member Na
tional Hardwood Lumber Association; direc
tor Lumbermen's Club (St. Louis). Member

Business Men's League. Democrat. Episco
palian. Past Commander United Sons of Con
federate Veterans. Clubs: Field, Missouri Ath
letic (member board of governors), Normandie
Golf. Recreations: golf and literature. Offiee:
3100 Hall St. Residence: 304 Skinker Rd.
POWELL, George F., dealer in grain; born,
Baltimore, Md., May 17, 1869; son of Robert
and Elizabeth (Grace) Powell; educated in
public schools of Baltimore; married, Atlanta,
Ga., Mar. 3, 1908, Comie Robertson; three
children: John G., Nancy E., Robert M. Came
to St. Louis, 1884; was employed as clerk by
Connor Bros., 1884-1900, and became a partner
of the firm, so continuing until 1909; assisted
in organizing firm of Powell & O'Rourke,
1909, of which is senior member. Member St.
Louis Merchants' Exchange. Democrat. Cath
olic. Member Knights of Columbus. Clubs:
Normandie Golf, St. Louis Grain, St. Louis
Traffic. Recreations: -golf, automobiling. Of
fice: 836 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 4440 Mary
land Ave.
POWELL, German Green, vice president F.
A. Steer Furnishing Goods Co.; born on farm
near Lebanon, Tenn., July 13, 1859; son of
William T. and Sarah J. (Duncan) Powell;
educated in country schools, Lebanon; mar
ried, St. Louis, Nov. 25, 1887, May Berry;
one daughter, Marguerite. Lived on farm un
til nineteen; came to St. Louis in 1881, and in
1882 entered employ of Mr. F. A. Steer in
furnishing goods business; admitted as part
ner in 1884 in one of the branch stores, since
consolidated at the present address, and since
incorporation of the business has been vice
president and manager of the company. Of
fice: 213-215 N. Broadway. Residence: .304
Skinker Rd.
*POWELL, Thomas Carr, railway official;
moved to Cincinnati; see Vol. 1906.
POWELL, Walker V., life insurance; bom,
Simcoe, Canada, Dee. 4, 1864; son of Isaac A.
and Lizzie M. Powell; educated in public
schools; married, Wichita, Kan., Jan. 28, 1894,
Katie Vennard; one daughter, Josephine. Be
gan railroad work as telegraph operator and
railroad agent in 1880; served in these capaci
ties and as train dispatcher until 1893, when
was elected president of the Order of Rail
road Telegraphers, the International Associa
tion representing that class of railway em
ployes; resigned, 1900, to aeeept employment
with Russell Harding, viee president and gen
eral manager of the Missouri Pacific Ry., as
his right-of-way agent; served in that ca
pacity until March 15, 1905, when resigned to
engage in other business. Started in life in
surance, 1907, as manager Dominion Life In
surance Co. of New York, at Little Rock,
Ark., for Arkansas and Oklahoma; general
agent for National Life Insurance Co. of U.
S. A. for State of Missouri since 1910. Di
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Democrat. Mason (32°), K. T., Shriner. Club:
Masonic. Recreations: boating, hunting and
fishing. Offiee: 505-506 Victoria Bldg. Resi
dence: Albemarle Hotel
POWERS, J. Hugh, assistant treasurer Mer
cantile Trust Co.; born, St. Louis, Sept. 15,
1880; son of John Edward and Theresa (Long)
Powers; educated in St. Louis Catholic and
public schools, and took course in Bryant &
Stratton Business College; married, St. Louis,
June 2, 1906, Mary Blong; three children:
Mary, Frances T., J". Hugh, Jr. Began busi
ness career with Wabash R. R. Co., 1893, and
continued until 1901; then entered savings de
partment Mercantile Trust Co., and has been
manager of bond department and assistant
treasurer since 1907. Lecturer on investments
and comparative values, School of Commerce
and Finance, St. Louis University. Democrat.
Catholic. Member Knights of Columbus.
Club: Noonday. Recreations: music, books.
Office: Mercantile Trust Co. Residence: 3536
Connecticut St.
POWITZKY, Henry Frank, manufacturer
carriage wood-work; born, Leipzig, Germany,
Jan. 2, 1856; son of Charles and Caroline
(Hardmann) Powitzky; educated in public
schools in Germany and St. Louis, coming
with parents direct to this city when twelve
years of age; married, St. Louis, Nov. 2, 1879,
Louisa Werremeyer (now deceased); children:
H. Frank, Jr., Clara M. (Mrs. C. O. C. Max) ;
married, 2d, 1907, Mrs. Malcom Ulch. Began
business career in shop of Nathan Card, with
whom served over three years as apprentice
and journeyman at carriage making; later
was foreman for Haydock Brothers until
started business for self, 1886, and in 1891 the
firm became Powitzky & Collins and later
was incorporated as Powitzky & Collins Car
riage Wood- Work Co., of which is president.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Union, Liederkranz.
Office: E. Grand Ave. and 1st St. Residence:
3555 Longfellow Ave.
PREDOCK, George Edward, furniture man
ufacturer; born, Washington, Mo., Nov. 26,
1862; son of Antoine and Georgia (Gay)
Predoek; educated in public schools; married,
St. Louis, Apr. 30, 1901, Emma Gore. Came
to St. Louis in 1883, and was employe and
later superintendent of the N. O. Nelson Man
ufacturing Co., manufacturers of plumbers'
supplies, until 1891; engaged in business for
self as manufacturer of plumbers' specialties,
1891-93; superintendent of A. P. Bohlinger
Table Co., 1893-99; since organization, July
1, 1899, vice president and superintendent of
the Udell-Predock Manufacturing Co., manu
facturers of furniture. Member St. Louis
Furniture Board of Trade (director), North
St. Louis Business Men's Association. Re
publican. Presbyterian. Favorite recreation:
automobiling. Office: 2305-2315 N. Broadway.
Residence: 5229 Paulian PL

PREETORIUS, Edward Louis, journalist;
born, St. Louis, July 14, 1866; son of Dr. Emil
and Madalene (Smith) Preetorius; educated
at public school, Peabody School, Manual
Training School, and Washington University,
graduating, 1884; married, St. Louis, Apr. 9,
1902, Carrie Dickson Cook. Began newspaper
work in St. Louis, Sept. 1, 1884; now presi
dent and general manager of the German-
American Press Association, publishers of the
St. Louis Times and Westliehe Post. Director
Commonwealth Trust Co., Mortgage Trust Co.,
Free Library Board. Member Business Men's
League. Republican. Clubs: St. Louis, Union,
Glen Echo, Racquet, Noonday, Missouri Ath
letic, Century Boat. Recreation: athletics. Of
fice: Times Bldg., Broadway and Chestnut St.
Residence: 4534 W. Pine Boul.
PRENDERGAST, James, president of Pren-
dergast Lumber Co.; bora in St. Louis Co.,
Mo., Feb. 8, 1859; son of Edmund and Mary
(McCullough) Prendergast; educated in pub
lic school, Holy Cross (parochial) School and
Christian Brothers College, St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, Nov. 24, 1896, May Dowling.
Born and reared on farm; went into lumber
business in 1891; started Prendergast Lum
ber Co. in 1900, and has since been at its
head as president; also president Equality
Saving and Building Association. Democrat.
Catholic. Member Business Men's League.
Member Knights of Columbus, Knights of Fa
ther Mathew. Recreations: motoring and fish
ing. Offiee: 826 Cass Ave. Residence: 3630
Cook Ave.
*PRENTICE, Thomas Junius; moved to De
catur, 111.; see Vol. 1906.
PRESCOTT, James Allen, motor trucks;
born, Paterson, N. J., Dec. 30, 1871; son of
George H. and Hattie A. (Whipple) Prescott;
educated in public schools, Westfield, Mass.,
and business college at Springfield, Mass.;
married, St. Louis, Dee. 18, 1901, May L.
Greeley; one son, James Allen, Jr. Began
business career as mechanic in the factory of
the Rand Drill Co., at Tarrytown, N. Y., for
four years; was representative of that com
pany in Chicago for three and one-half years,
and at St. Louis, 1898-1905; sales manager
for the Blaisdell Machinery Co. of Bradford,
Pa., Exeter Machine Works of Pittston, Pa.,
and Jeanesville Iron Works Co., of Hazleton,
Pa., 1905-07; president .Prescott Motor Car
Co. since 1908. Member American Society Me
chanical Engineers. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar, Shriner. Club: St. Louis Railway.
Recreation: motoring. Office: 222 Title Guar
anty Bldg. Residence: 5838 Westminster PL
PREUSS, Arthur, author; born, St. Louis,
Mar. 22, 1871; son of Dr. Edward and Con
cordia (Schuricht) Preuss; educated parochial
schools (Catholic), St. Louis; Canisius Col
lege, Buffalo, N. Y.; St. Francis College, Quin
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AM., 1889; married, East St. Louis, Oct. 23,
1900, Pauline Beuckmann; seven children:
Isabella, Edward, Alma, Eleanor, Alfred, Wil
frid, Charles Arthur. Associate editor St.
Louis Daily Amerika, 1889-92; chief editor
Catholic Sonntagsblatt and Volkszeitung,
Chicago, 1892-96; founded the Catholic Fort
nightly Review, Chicago, 1894, of which con
tinues as editor and publisher; associate ed
itor Daily Amerika, 1896-1903; chief editor
same, 1903-05. Independent in politics. Cath
olic; member board governors Catholic Ex
tension Society of United States. Vice presi
dent German Literary Society of St. Louis,
publishers of Daily Amerika. Member Mis
souri Historical Society. Author: The Funda
mental Fallacy of Socialism, 1908, second edi
tion, 1909 ; A Study in American Freemasonry,
1908; God, His Knowability, Essence and At
tributes, 1911; The Divine Trinity, 1912; God,
the Author of Nature and the Supernatural,
1912. Office: 18 S. 6th St. Residence: Bridge-
ton, St. Louis Co., Mo.
PRICE, Robert Coleman, president Colum
bia Box Co.; born, Lexington, Ky., May 18,
1861; son of Gen. Samuel Woodson and Mary
Frances (Thompson) Price; graduated from
Louisville (Ky.) High School; married, Louis
ville, Ky., June 1, 1893, Sally Green Hum
phrey; children: Jessamine H., E. Humphrey,
Mary Frances. Began business career as rail
way mail clerk for some months in 1881,
then in Louisville postoffice until end of 1882,
and after that deputy collector of internal
revenue at Louisville; afterwards with the
C. C. Mengel, Jr., & Bro., lumber and box
manufacturers (and was one of the incorpo
rators of that business as C. C. Mengel, Jr., &
Bro. Co. in 1888) ; came to St. Louis, 1895, to
represent the company, and started a factory
in this city; in 1899 the lumber interests of
the company were separated from its box
manufacturing interests, the latter being or
ganized as the Mengel Box Co., of which he
was secretary and also manager of St. Louis
branch until 1901, when the Columbia Box Co.
was organized, of which has since been presi
dent. Republican. Was member of First Ken
tucky Regiment (Louisville Legion). Mem
ber Second Presbyterian Church. Member
Kentucky Society. Club: Missouri Athletic.
Recreations: athletic sports of all kinds. Of
fice: 19th and N. Market Sts. Residence: 4600
McPherson Ave.
PRICE, Thomas E., grain commission; born
in St. Louis Co., Mo.; son of Fred and Vir
ginia (Minor) Price; educated Washington
University; twice married; children: Thomas
E., Jr., Virginia M. and Leslie. In grain com
mission business since 1877 as head of firm of
T. E. Price & Co. Member St. Louis Mer
chants' Exchange, St. Louis Grain Club. Clubs:
Mercantile, Missouri Athletic. Office: 111 N.
3d St. Residence: 26 N. King's Highway.

PRICE, Vincent Leonard; born, Waukegan,
111., July 30, 1871; son of Dr. Vincent C. and
Harriet (White) Price; educated in public
schools of Waukegan, Racine (Wis.) College,
and graduated from Sheffield Scientific School
of Yale University, 1894; married, Mineral
Point, Wis., Oct. 3, 1894, Marguerite C. Will
cox; children: Harriet, James Mortimer,
Lauralouise, Vincent L., Jr. Since 1894 has
been actively identified with the interests of
his father, Dr. V. C. Price, of Chicago, and
since 1894 has also been identified with the
candy trade; came to St. Louis from Chicago
when the National Candy Co. was organized,
Oct. 1, 1902, becoming vice president; also
vice president and director Price Cereal Food
Co., Chicago. Chairman -executive committee
of the National Confectioners' Association of
the United States. Republican. Episcopalian.
Clubs: Noonday, Racquet, Bellerive, City,
Aero, Automobile. Office: 415 Pine St. Resi
dence: 5227 Washington Ave.
PRICHARD, James B., physician and sur
geon; born, Ray Co., Mo., Mar. 18, 1860; son
of Enoch Smith and Ruth (McClung) Prieh-
ard; educated, Richmond (Mo.) High School,
and Missouri Medical College (Washington
University), graduating with degree of M.D.,
1885; married, St. Louis, Jan. 12, 1897, Es-.
telle F. Pauley; four children: Violet, Arline,
James and Marion. In practice in St. Louis
since 1887; demonstrator anatomy, Marion-
Sims Medical College, 1893-97; professor gen
eral pathology, Barnes Medical College, 1904-
08; U. S. examining surgeon for pensions, Sfe
Louis; captain and assistant surgeon National
Guard of Missouri. Member Board of Health,
City of St. Louis. Republican. Methodist.
Member American Medical Association, Mis
souri State Medical Society, St. Louis Medical
Society. Member Masonic Order, also various
fraternal insurance societies. Recreation: out
door sports. Office: Metropolitan Bldg. Resi
dence: 3746 Windsor PL
PRIEP, Fred William, foundryman; bom,
Mecklenburg, Schwerein, Germany, Mar. 8,
1870; son of Henry and Sophia (Blohm)
Priep; was brought to America, 1874; edu
cated in Evangelical Lutheran School, St.
Charles, Mo., 1878-1883; married, St. Charles,
Aug. 4, 1897, Minnie M. Halbruegge; two
children: Wilma and Cora. Began as an iron
moulder at St. Charles, 1890; entered business
on own account, Jan. 8, 1904, as viee presi
dent, and has been president Tower Grove
Foundry Co. since 1908. Republican. Evan
gelical Lutheran. Recreation: country life.
Office: 4444 Hunt Ave. Residence: 4528 Areo
Avenue. PRIESMEYER, William Henry, retired;
born, Westphalia, Germany, June 25, 1846;
son of William and Caroline (Quaebe) Pries-
meyer; educated in schools in Germany; came
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Mar. 23, 1872, Anna Gaus (died Jan. 6, 1912).
Became identified with the salt business as
employe of H. F. Priesmeyer in 1872, and
from July 22, 1873, to Mar. 1, 1909, engaged
in business for self as a salt dealer and lye
manufacturer in St. Louis; retired from busi
ness, 1909; president Priesmeyer-Stevens Au
tomobile Co. Director of the German General
Protestant Home. Folk Democrat. Attends
Christian Science Church at King's Highway
and Westminster PL Member St. Louis Single
Tax League. Residence: 1541 S. Grand Ave.
PRIEST, Henry Samuel, lawyer; born in
Ralls Co., Mo., Feb. 7, 1853 ; son of Thomas J.
and Amelia Elliott (Brown) Priest; educated
at Van Rensselaer Academy, Ralls Co., Mo.,
and Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., in class
of 1872 (LL.D., Westminster College); mar
ried, Moberly, Mo., Nov. 9, 1876, Henrietta K.
Parsell; children: George T., Grace E. (Mrs.
William Grayson, Jr.), Jeannette B. (Mrs.
Thomas Bond), Wells Blodgett; married, sec
ond time, St. Louis, Aug. 19, 1912. Admitted
to bar in 1873, and since continuously engaged
in general practice of law; since July 1, 1905,
associated with Wilbur F. Boyle under firm
style Boyle & Priest. Director National Bank
of Commerce. Appointed by President Cleve
land in 1894 U. S. district judge, resigning
about one year later. Member St. Louis, Mis
souri State and American Bar associations.
Democrat. Presbyterian. Clubs: St. Louis,
Noonday, Missouri Athletic, Country, Log
Cabin, Kinloch, Cuivre, Bellerive. Recrea
tions: golf and shooting. Office: 415 Pine St.
Residence: 4320 Westminster PL
PRIEST, WeBs Blodgett, lawyer; bom,
Webster Groves, Mo., July 13, 1888; son of
Henry Samuel and Henrietta King (Parsell)
Priest; educated, public schools; Smith Acad
emy; Lawrenceville Preparatory School, Law-
renceville, N. J.; Westminster College, Ful
ton, Mo.; University of Virginia; St. Louis
Law School; married, St. Louis, Apr. 12, 1909,
Marjorie Ruth Everts; two children: Marjorie
Jean and Wells Blodgett, Jr. Admitted to
Missouri bar, 1909, and since in practice in
St. Louis; member firm of Boyle & Priest.
Member Missouri State Bar Association,
Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta Phi. Presbyterian.
Club: City. Recreations: fishing, hunting.
Office: 12th floor Bank of Commerce Bldg.
Residence: 5537 Waterman Ave.
PRIMM, Alexander Timon, Jr., vice presi
dent J. Kennard & Sons Carpet Co.; born,
Belleville, 111., Apr. 12, 1864; son of Alexander
Timon and Jane E. (Sharp) Primm; educated
in Belleville public schools and Smith Acad
emy, St. Louis; unmarried. Began business
career in employ of J. Kennard & Sons Car
pet Co., 1882; served in various positions and
as salesman, then manager of wholesale de
partment, in which position still continues;
was elected vice president of the company,

January, 1912. Treasurer Park Automobile
Co. Clubs: University, St. Louis, St. Louis
Country, Noonday, City, Racquet. Recreation:
polo. Office: 400 Washington Ave. Residence:
607 N. Grand Ave.
PRIMM, L. J. Clawson, artist; born, Belle
ville, 111., Feb. 4, 1859; son of A. T. and Jane
Elizabeth (Sharp) Primm; graduated from
Belleville High School and from Smith Acad
emy; entered Washington University, but left
during senior year on account of illness; un
married. After leaving university was en
gaged in business with father; since Septem
ber^ 1902, has been engaged, as artist, in the
applied arts of interior decoration. At his
studio may be seen many artistic treasures,
among them an Italian room of the Renais
sance period. Clubs: University, St. Louis
Country, Imperial, Choral Symphony, Morning
Choral, Apollo. Recreation: music. Office:
507-508 Mermod & Jaccard Bldg. Residence:
Washington Hotel.
PRIMM, Samuel Stookey, president Park
Automobile Co.; born, Belleville, 111., Jan. 31,
1868; son of Alexander Timon and Jane Eliza
beth (Sharp) Primm; educated in Belleville
public schools to 1882; entered Washington
University, 1882, from which graduated, 1886;
married, St. Louis, July 22, 1909, Lulu G. Cot-
ty; one daughter, Minerva Clawson. Began
business career with St. Louis News Co., 1887,
and continued until 1895; with George D. Bar
nard Stationery Co., 1896-1900; salesman with
Mississippi Valley Automobile Co., 1900-04;
then organized present company of which has
since been president. Independent in politics.
Recreation: motoring. Office: 5201 Delmar
Ave. Residence: 727 N. Union Ave.
PRENUE, Zachariah, manufacturer ladies'
underwear; born, New York City, March 28,
1870; son of Benjamin and Lena Prince; ed
ucated in public schools; unmarried. Began
business career as clerk in retail store, and
in 1889 started in business as a manufacturer of
ladies' underwear in the firm of S. Grabinsky
& Co., St. Louis, which afterwards changed to
Prince, Evans & Co.; in 1906 Abraham L.
Evans died and firm name was changed to
Prince & Co.. Jewish religion. Member Mis
souri Lodge B'nai B'rith. Club: Columbian.
Recreation: horseback riding. Office: 420 N.
8th St. Residence: 5376 Waterman Ave.
FRINZ, Hermann, dental surgeon; born near
Halle, Germany, June 13, 1868; son of August
and Frederica Prinz; educated in lyceum at
Leipzig, universities of Halle and Berlin, Ger
many, University of Michigan and Harvard
University, D.D.S., M.D., 1896; married, St.
Louis, July 5, 1905, Lily Koop. Professor ma
teria medica, dental pathology and therapeu
tics, and director of the research laboratory,
Washington University Dental School. Mem
ber American Medical Association, Missouri
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ciety, St. Louis Medical Society. Office: 29th
and Locust Sts. Residence: Webster Groves,
Missouri. PRIOR, Christian H., real estate and loan
agent; born, St. Louis, Sept. 10, 1865; son of
Frederick G. and Marie D. Prior; educated in
public schools to 1875; Eiser German Institute,
1875-77; also two terms in Greer's Commer
cial College; married, St. Louis, Apr. 28, 1898,
Edna Shield; one son, Christian H., Jr. With
Ponath & Buse, real estate, 1884-88; book
keeper and cashier with Charles Vogel, 1888-
1904; entered business for self as member of
firm of Prior & Hartig. Republican. German
Evangelical. Mason. Recreations: hunting and
fishing. Office: 616 Chestnut St. Residence:
5946 Von Versen Ave.
PROCTER, William Otis, president Procter-
Connell Fish Co.; born, Gloucester, Mass.,
Oct. 11, 1844; son of Joseph J. and Eliza Ann
(Gilbert) Procter; educated in public and
high schools, Gloucester; married, St. Louis,
June 19, 1901, Lydia M. Rohlfing. Retired
from Trask Fish Co., Jan. 15, 1902, to join Mr.
J. F. Connell in organizing Procter-Connell
Fish Co., importers and wholesale dealers in
dry, salted, pickled and canned ocean and
lake fish, of which company is president. Re
publican. Member Pilgrim Congregational
Church; member Society of Pilgrim Brother
hood. Office: 510-512 N. 2d St. Residence:
6120 Washington Ave.
PROVENCHERE, Peter WiUiam, lawyer;
born, St. Louis, July 23, 1852; son of Ferdi
nand and Mary J. D. (Linton) Provenchere;
A.B., St. Louis University, 1871; attended
Law Department, Washington University, St.
Louis, one term; then in law school of Uni
versity of Virginia, graduating B.L., 1873;
unmarried. Admitted to bar in 1873, and since
engaged in the general practice of law in St.
Louis. Roman Catholic. Democrat; served
one term in House of Representatives of Mis
souri legislature, 1881-82. Member of St. Louis
Bar Association, Law Library Association.
Residence: 5628 Clemens Ave.
PRUFROCK, William, manufacturer of par
lor furniture; born, Lucknetz, Germany, Mar.
20, 1843; son of Frederick and Louisa (Bon
ing) Prufrock; educated in public schools of
Germany; married, St. Louis, Jan. 4, 1872, Ma
tilda Hampeter; children: Cornelia (Mrs. John
Materne), Adelia (Mrs. Henry Pope), Matilda
(Mrs. A.. Bauer), Harry. Served as apprentice
in cabinet making trade for four years at
Stettin, Germany, then worked at bench in
Berlin until was twenty-one years of age, when
entered upon military service and remained in
German Army three and one-half years; saw
service in two German wars during 1864 and
1866. Came to United States in 1868, and di
rect to St. Louis, where worked at trade until
fall of 1869; since in business for self as man

ufacturer of upholstered furniture, first under
individual name, and now as president of the
William Prufrock Furniture Co. Presbyterian.
Member St. Louis Turn Verein, Liederkranz.
Office: 1439-1447 6th St. Residence: 2630 Ten
nessee Ave.
PRYOR, Edward Bailey, railway official;
born, Fayetteville, W. Va., Mar. 8, 1854;. son
of Joseph William and Frances Frazier (Bai
ley) Pryor; educated in public schools of Pal
myra, Mo. Entered railway service with the
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Ry. Co. as clerk
in auditor's office, December, 1879; has con
tinued successively in various positions as
clerk, chief clerk, assistant auditor, assistant
secretary, assistant to president and as vice
president Wabash R. R. as follows: with Wa
bash, St. Louis & Pacific Ry. Co., 1879-84, Wa
bash Western R. R. Co. to Aug. 1, 1889, Wa
bash R. R. Co. since Aug. 1, 1889. Also vice
president Wiggins Ferry Co., East St. Louis
Connecting Ry. Co., St. Louis Transfer Ry.
Co., Pacific Express Co., Wabash R. R. Co.;
director Missouri Pacific Ry. Co., State Na
tional Bank. Congregationalist. Clubs: Noon
day, Round Table, St. Louis Country. Office:
1108 Title Guaranty Bldg. Residence: 5256
Westminster PL
PUCKETT, Robert Butler, president Hodia-
mont Bank; born, Centerville, Hickman Co.,
Tenn., June 10, 1862; son of James Wiley and
Elizabeth J. (True) Puekett; removed to Ken
tucky, 1865; educated public schools, Bland-
ville, Ky., and Blandville College, paying tui
tion by working in printing office; married,
Cairo, 111., Dec. 10, 1884, Ella M. Batty; three
children: Edith F., Alfred Kelley and Ber-
neyce R. Began active career at eighteen as
clerk in retail dry goods store at Cairo, salary
of $35 a month; went on the road as sales
man for wholesale shoe house, 1887; later be
came general salesman for Roberts, Johnson
& Rand Shoe Co., now International Shoe Co.,
and continued in that position for thirteen
years, 1898 to 1911 (now stockholder in the
company) ; president Hodiamont Bank since
Nov. 1, 1910, and also vice president Amer
ican Shoe Stock Co. Republican. Director
Tennessee Society of St. Louis. Member Chris
tian Church. Member Rose Hill Lodge, No.
550, A. F. & A. M.; St. Aldemar Command
ery, No. 18, Knights Templar; also Safford
Lodge, No. 67, I. O. O. F., of Cairo. Clubs:
Masonic, Normandie Golf, Bankers'. Recrea
tion: golf. Offiee: 6143 Bartmer Ave. Resi
dence: 6235 Waterman Ave.
PUFELES, Max Peter, merchant; see Vol.
1906. PUFELES, Sigmund Henry, manufacturer
cloaks; born, Nokomis, HI., Jan. 1, 1880; son
of M. P. and Dora (Weinstein) Pufeles; grad
uated from Smith Academy, St. Louis, 1897;
married, St. Louis, Dee. 26, 1904, Rosalind

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Mahler; one daughter, Dorothy. Began busi
ness career in 1897, with West End Bazaar
Co., dry goods, as secretary, until the organi
zation on Feb. 18, 1901, of, the Pufeles-Ganz
Cloak Co., retailers of cloaks, suits, skirts,
waists, furs and millinery, of which he was
secretary until February, 1909; firm then
changed to Pufeles Cloak Co.; since death of
father, in 1910, has been president of com
pany. Jewish religion. Member Associated
Retailers. Mason (Blue Lodge). Clubs: Co
lumbian, St. Louis Amateur Athletic Associa
tion, Missouri Athletic. Favorite recreations:
outdoor athletics. Office: 520 Washington Ave.
Residence: 5295 Waterman Ave.
PULLER, Edwin Seward, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Dee. 31, 1866; son of John J. and Eliza
A. Puller; educated private schools, Drury
Academy (Springfield, Mo.), graduating 1884,
Marietta (Ohio) College, Ph.B., 1889, and St.
Louis Law School, 1893; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 5, 1903, Mathilde Anderson. Admitted to
bar at St. Louis in 1893, and since engaged in
general civil and corporation practice. Mem
ber St. Louis Bar Association. Democrat.
Methodist. Clubs: Elks, Normandie. Recrea
tion: golf. Offiee: 924, 705 Olive St. Resi
dence: 3840 Lindell Boul.
PUNCH, Montague, lawyer; born St. Louis,
Nov. 6, 1868; son of Charles and Ricka (Trie-
ber) Funch; educated in grammar schools,
Helena, Ark., Greenville, Miss., and St. Louis,
graduating from Central High School, Jan.
29, 1886; LL.B., Law Department, Washing
ton University, 1889 (thesis prize of $50) ;
married, Covington, Ky., Aug. 16, 1902, Mar
guerite S. Smoot; children: Maurice, Lucille.
Admitted to bar, Nov. 6, 1889, and has since
been engaged in general practice in St. Louis.
Democrat. Office: 1018-1022 Chemical Bldg.
Residence: 6015 Cabanne PL
PURDON, Charles de la Cherois ("C. D.
Purdon"), civil engineer; born Belfast, Ire
land, Oct. 6, 1850; son of Charles de la Cherois
(M.D.) and Jane Maria (Calvert) Purdon; ed
ucated ordinary school at Belfast, Ireland;
C.E. course at Queen's University by private
tutor; came to United States November, 1868;
married, Paris, Tex., May 11, 1887, Jennie
Theo. Arthur; children: Arthur, Eleanor. Be
gan engineering career as axeman on Inter
colonial Ry., Canada, May, 1870, and later be
came assistant engineer, same road, until
1872; assistant engineer Public Works Depart
ment of Canada, on surveys of St. Lawrence
River and canals, 1872-75; county surveying,
etc., in Texas, 1875-79; assistant engineer
Texas & St. Louis Ry. (Cotton Belt Route),
and locating engineer, Birds Point, Mo., and
Camden, Ark., also in charge of Arkansas
River Bridge at Rob Roy, Ark., 1880-84; resi
dent engineer of Little Rock Junction Ry.,
bridge over Arkansas River at Little Rock,

Ark., 1884-85; assistant engineer St. Louis &
San Francisco R. R., Arkansas River bridge
at Van Buren, Ark., etc., 1885-86; assistant
chief engineer St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas
Ry. (Cotton Belt Route), 1887-88; resident
and division engineer Louisville & Nashville
Ry., 1888-90; assistant to A. P. Boiler on
Canal Bridge, Duluth, Minn., June, 1890; with
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry., 1890-1901,
as successively bridge engineer, resident engi
neer, principal assistant engineer and assist
ant chief engineer; chief engineer Frisco Sys
tem, 1901-04; engineer maintenance of way,
Frisco System, April, 1904, to May, 1905;
May, 1905, to March, 1909, consulting engi
neer Frisco System; March to September,
1909, chief engineer Memphis R. R. Terminal;
September, 1909, to June, 1910, Missouri Pa
cific Ry., making valuations of road; June 1,
1910, to date, cbief engineer St. Louis South
western Ry. Member American Society of
Civil Engineers, St. Louis Railway Club, En
gineers ' Club of St. Louis, American Railway
Engineering Association, American Society for
Testing Materials. Gold Democrat. Episco
palian. Mason, Knight Templar (Command
ery No. 5, Topeka, Kan.). Member Citizens'
Industrial Association. Recreation: literature.
Office: 1342 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 6157
Kingsbury Boul.
*PURDY, George Washington, paints; moved
to Fort Worth, Tex.; see Vol. 1906.

QUEENY, John Francis, manufacturer of
chemicals; born, Chicago, Aug. 17, 1859; son
of John and Sarah (Flaherty) Queeny; edu
cated in public schools of Chicago; married,
Olga Mendez Monsanto, of St. Thomas, Dan
ish West Indies, Feb. 5, 1896; two children:
Edgar Monsanto and Olguita Monsanto.
Shortly after Chicago fire (in which property
of father was totally destroyed) entered em
ploy of Tolman & King, wholesale druggists,
Chicago; later became connected with I. L.
Lyons & Co., New Orleans, also in wholesale
drug business, continuing with this firm, 1881-
91; served as buyer, drug department, Meyer
Bros. Drug Co., St. Louis, 1892-94; manager
sales department Merck & Co., chemical manu
facturers, New York, 1894-97; returned to
Meyer Bros. Drug Co. as buyer, 1897, in which
position continued until 1906; opened local
branch as manager for Powers-Weightman-
Rosengarten Co. of Philadelphia, 1906; re
signed, 1907, to devote entire time to Mon
santo Chemical Works, incorporated 1901, and
is president and treasurer of the incorporated
company. Republican. Catholic. Member So
ciety Chemical Industry (England), American
Electrochemical Society, Chemists ' Club (New
York), Business Men's League, St. Louis
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B. P. O. Elks. Recreation: home diversions.
Office: 1800 S. 2d St. Residence: 3827 Russell
Avenue. QUELLMALZ, Henry, president Henry
Quellmalz Lumber and Manufacturing Co.;
born, St. Louis, Nov. 27, 1857; son of Henry
and Elizabeth (Hafner) Quellmalz; educated
in public schools of Mound City, 111.; mar
ried, St. Louis, Dec. 27, 1881, Anna A. Sel-
lioefer; children: Henry A., Marie E., Edwin
Louis, Theela. Worked at blacksmith trade,
Mound City, 111., 1871-73; with Woolworth
Handle Works, Mound City, 1873-75; came to
St. Loilis, 1875; worked in handle works of
Chester-Harris Manufacturing Co., 1875-85; es
tablished in manufacture of wagon wood
stock, purchasing two-fifths interest and be
coming vice-president and secretary of the
Lloyd G. Harris Manufacturing Co., 1885; was
secretary and director of that company until
April, 1907, when he bought out interests of
Mr. Harris and formed the Henry Quellmalz
Lumber and Manufacturing Co., of which is
president and treasurer, his son, Henry A.,
being secretary of the company; also presi
dent Brookings & Peach Orchard Railway Co.
Established 1900, and was president Mound
City Manufacturing and Enameling Co.,
wholesale manufacturers of kitchen enameled
ware, until 1908, when sold his interests; also
interested in saw mills and lands in Clay and
Green counties, Ark. Democrat; state central
committeeman, Tenth Congressional District,
eight years; city central committeeman, twen
ty years. Protestant. Member Legion of Honor
(Lafayette Council No. 19), Tower Grove
Turn Verein, Business Men's League, Citi
zens' Industrial Association. Clubs: Western
Rowing, Million Population, Lumbermen's.
Recreations: boating, hunting and fishing. Of
fice: Levee and Barton Sts. Residence: 4964
Reber Place.
QUERL, Charles F., lumber; born St. Louis,
Oct. 12, 1840; son of Charles F. and Amalia
(Ostman) Querl; educated in schools of St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, 1865, Annie S. Beh-
rens; children: Lydia M., Julia M., William
H., Laura. Began in lumber business in St.
Louis in 1857 in employ of Alexander Riddle,
and afterwards with Bryan & Bros., lumber
merchants, whom he succeeded in business; in
1868 associated with A. H. Schnelle in firm of
Schnelle & Querl, which was succeeded by the
corporation of Schnelle & Querle Lumber Co.,
of which was treasurer until death of Mr.
Schnelle in 1910, when became president; in
March, 1911, the firm name was changed to
Chas. F. Querl Lumber Co., of which was
president, the company being dealers in lum
ber, shingles, lath and pickets, building and
roofing papers, sash, doors and blinds, paints,
oils and brushes. Member Lumber Dealers'
Association of St. Louis. Lutheran. Club:
Lumbermen's. Died, September, 1912.

QUERNHEIM, Hermann W., builders' hard
ware; born St. Louis, March 3, 1862; son of
Hermann H. and Wilhelmine (Klueter)
Quernheim; educated in German parochial and
public schools; married, St. Louis, Jan. 14,
1885, Alvina Heckel; children: Isabel H. (Mrs.
W. H. Humes), Oliver H. Began business ca
reer with Excelsior Manufacturing Co., 1877-
79; with W. H. Quernheim & Bro. until 1883;
became junior partner in firm in 1886; bought
out brother's interest and formed the firm of
Quernheim & Heckel, of which he was senior
member; in 1888 firm changed to Quernheim-
Mitchell Hardware Co., of which was president
and treasurer; in 1893 business was re-organ
ized under the style of Mound City Hardware
Co., of which he was president until 1899;
proprietor Quernheim Hardware Co. until
1908, since proprietor Quernheim Sales
Agency. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner;
member Royal Arcanum. Office: Century Bldg.
Residence: 5545 Cates Ave.
QUESNEL, Charles Jules, grain commis
sion merchant; born, St. Louis, Feb. 19, 1845;
son of Jules P. and Regina (Knight) Quesnel;
educated in public schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, New Hartford, Pike Co., 111., March 5,
1866, Martha J. (Baker) Quesnel; children:
Harry (died 1881), Edward, Ralph, Walter.
Served in Company D, Third Missouri Volun
teers, in Civil War, 1861-65, and also served
in Signal Corps, U. S. A. Began business life
as clerk in country store until 1868; in employ
of Memphis & St. Louis Packet Co., 1868, as
mail agent for a few months, and later as sec
ond clerk on several of their steamers, and
after company reorganized as The Anchor
Line, remained as first clerk until 1885; book
keeper for Hewit, Sharp & Co., 1885-89, stock
holder and secretary of the Hewit-Sharp Com
mission Co., 1889, and of its successor, the
Chris. Sharp Commission Co., until after the
death of Mr. Sharp, 1901, when was elected to
present position as president of the company.
Member Merchants' Exchange, Civic League.
Office: 1019-1020 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 4940
Reber PL
QUICK, Leon W., president Washington
National Bank; city treasurer; born, Delaware
Co., Iowa, June 1, 1872; son of Simon W. and
Catherine (Bigelow) Quick; educated in pub
lic schools to 1887; married, Vinton, Iowa,
Feb. 15, 1895, Mae Leonard; one child, Mabel
Frances. Began business career as railroad
telegrapher, 1887, and was operator with
Western Union, Postal Telegraph Co., Asso
ciated Press and United Press; has been
Grand Secretary and Treasurer Order of Rail
road Telegraphers since 1901. Elected vice-
president Washington National Bank, St.
Louis, 1907; president, 1908. Elected city
treasurer, St. Louis, 1909, term expiring 1913;
candidate for nominee for governor, 1912. Re
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No. 9, A. F. & A. M.; Oriental Chapter, No.
78, R. A. M.; Ascalon Commandery, No. 16,
Knights Templar; Missouri Consistory, No. 1,
A. A. S. R.; Moolah Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S.;
St. Louis Council, No. 6, Legion of Honor.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, City. Office: City
Hall. Residence: 763 N. Euclid Ave.
QUIGLEY, John Bayard, engineer; see Vol.
1906. QUINETTE, Stephen Francis, real estate;
born, St. Louis, June 20, 1849; son of Oliver
and Sarah (Ladew) Quinette; educated in
Wyman 's School (old City University) to
1870; married, St. Louis, Feb., 1885, Lydia M.
Newcomb; one daughter, Adele (Mrs. James
Orson Phelps). After leaving school was en
gaged as clerk for the Samuel Cupples Wood
enware Co., for seven years; then was sales
man for three years for the Smith & Udell
Woodenware Co., and afterwards was a fire
insurance broker; in 1881 began business for
self in real estate, and in 1883 joined Charles
E. Bradley, forming the present real estate
firm of Bradley & Quinette, engaged in sales,
loans and renting. Director Economy Build
ing and Loan Association. Democrat. Mem
ber M. E. Church, South. Member Knights of
Honor. Favorite recreations: hunting and fish
ing. Office: 715 Chestnut St. Residence: 4460
Morgan St. ,
QUINLIVAN, James Finn, president James
F. Quinlivan & Bro. Feed Co.; born, St. Louis,
Mar. 17, 1862; son of Sol J. and Ann (Finn)
Quinlivan; educated in public schools to 1877;
then entered St. Louis University and gradu
ated 1880; married, St. Louis, Oct. 12, 1894,
Laura L. Ritter; one child, Frank Ritter. Be
gan with father, 1880, in grain and shipping
business, which was conducted under name of
Sol J. Quinlivan until 1887; then admitted to
partnership under firm name of Sol J. Quin
livan & Sons; the present firm was established
in 1893, and later milling and elevating was
added to business. Democrat. Catholic. Mem
ber Knights of Columbus. Recreation: base
ball. Office: Theresa Ave. and Missouri Pacific
tracks. Residence: 6033 Cates Ave.
R
RABOTEAU, John, druggist; 1855-1909; see
Vol. 1906.
*RAIKES, Charles Fitz Gerald; now living
in London, Eng.; see Vol. 1906.
RAILEY, Robert Tarleton, lawyer; born,
Milligans Bend, La., Jan. 19, 1850; son of
Tarleton and Mary W. (Blackwell) Railey;
educated Christian Brothers College, 1867; Mo.
State University, 1868-70; married, Harrison-
ville, Mo., Sept. 3, 1874, Martha S. Beattie;
one son, Tarleton. Studied law in law office
at Harrisonville, Mo., and admitted to bar,
1873; assistant general attorney Missouri Pa

cific Ry., 1882-1909; general attorney same
road, at St. Louis, since Jan. 1, 1909. Demo
crat. Methodist. Member Missouri State Bar
Association (president, 1908). Mason, Knight
Templar. Recreations: hunting and fishing.
Office: 705 Market St. Residence: 6347 Berlin
Avenue. RAITH, William George, secretary H. M.
Smith Produce Co.; born Highland, 111., June
13, 1880; son of Edwin J. and Eliza (Rugger)
Raith; educated at public schools of Highland,
111'., and in Missouri; married, St. Louis, Jan.
24, 1905, Emma A. Milentz; children: Russell
M., William G., Jr. Was engaged in flour mill
ing business at Trenton, 111., for three years
before coming to St. Louis in 1899; began
with H. M. Smith & Co., produce comission
merchants, in 1899, as cashier; later became
salesman for the firm and since its incorpora
tion, 1902, as the'H. M. Smith Produce Co.,
has been secretary of the company. Member
St. Louis Credit Men's Association, B. P. O.
Elks. Recreation: baseball. Office: 819 N. 4th
St. Residence: 3228 Lafayette Ave.
RAITHEL, Edward Albert, lawyer; born,
Jefferson City, Mo., Sept. 16, 1880; son of
Christian H. and Mary Kathrine (Kraemer)
Raithel; educated, St. Louis public schools;
married, St. Louis, June 28, 1911, Gertrude S.
Meyers. Admitted to Missouri bar, 1905, and
since in practice at St. Louis; elected member
Board of Education, St. Louis, April, 1911, for
term of six years. Democrat. Member St.
Louis Bar Association, St. Louis Law Library
Association. Recreation: reading. Office:
Suite 620 Rialto Bldg. Residence: 4466 A Ash
land Ave.
RAITHEL, George Edmund, manufacturer
sash, doors and millwork; born, Lawrence,
Kan., Aug. 3, 1866; son of John George and
Helen Virginia (Dutro) Raithel; educated in
public schools of Springfield, Mo., Drury Col
lege, Springfield, and Bryant & Stratton Busi
ness College, St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 12, 1892, Rosina Julia Kupferle; two chil
dren: John Kupferle and Marjorie Emma. Be
gan active career in planing mill business,
with the St. Louis Manufacturing Co., 1882,
advancing from office .boy to estimator and
continuing until 1892; then entered employ of
St. Louis Sash & Door Works, and was placed
in charge of city department, which he con
ducted for eleven years, 1891-1902; proprietor
and manager George E. Raithel Manufactur
ing Co. (not a corporation) since 1902; also
director Broadway Savings and Trust Co., John
C. Kupferle Foundry Co., John C. Kupferle
Investment Co., all of St. Louis. Was member
Company E (Rainwater Rifles), First Regi
ment Missouri National Guard. Republican.
Member Lindell Ave. M. E. Church. Mason;
Keystone Lodge, No. 2431, A. F. & A. M.; St.
Louis Chapter No. 8; Ascalon Commandery,'
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(Delmar Council). Club: Missouri Athletic.
Office: Broadway and Monroe Sts. Residence:
4343 Forest Park Boul.
RAMMING, William Alexander, president
John Ramming Machine Co.; born, St. Louis,
March 10, 1878; son of John and Anna
K. Ramming; educated in public schools, and
graduated , from St. Louis Manual Training
School, 1894; married, St. Louis, Dorothea
Koenig; children: Richard, William. Since
leaving school, 1894, has been actively con
nected with John Ramming Machine Co., engi
neers and machinists (founded by father in
1875), and after death of father in November,
1903, incorporated the business in December,
1903, and has since then been president of the
company; also president Ramming Real Estate
Co. since 1907. Republican. Member A. F.
& A. M. Club: Western Rowing. Recrea
tions: automobiling and rowing. Office: 300
S. Main St. Residence: 2838 Magnolia Ave.
*RAMSEY, Arthur Clark, lumber; moved to
Nashville, Ark.; see Vol. 1906.
?RAMSEY, John Patterson, railway official;
moved to Springfield, 111.; see Vol. 1906.
RAND, Edgar Eugene; see Vol. 1906.
RAND, Frank C, shoe manufacturer; born,
Marshall Co., Miss., Feb. 25, 1876; son of Hen
ry Oscar and Ada E. (Norfleet) Rand; moved
from Mississippi to Memphis, Tenn., 1893; ed
ucated at training school, Bell Buckle, Tenn.,
and graduated from Vanderbilt University,
A.B., class of 1898; married, St. Louis, Oct. 5,
1904, Nettie Lumpkin, daughter of Phillip H.
Hale; children: Edgar E., Miriam L., Frank
O, Jr., Henry Oscar. Traveled as shoe sales
man from St. Louis for Roberts, Johnson &
Rand Shoe Co., 1898-1902, superintendent of the
factory, 1902-08, vice president, January, 1908-
December,1911; vice president of International
Shoe Co. since Dee. 27, 1911. Member Delta
Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday,
Glen Echo Country. Recreation: golf. Office:
1505 Washington Ave. Residence: 7100 Del
mar Boul.
RANDALL, John Frederic, fire insurance;
1839-1909; see Vol. 1906.
RANDOLPH, Tom, banker, financier, busi
ness man; born, Rome, Tenn.; son of John
Lewis and Mary (Bradley) Randolph; located
in Texas with parents when four vears of age;
educated in private schools; married, Sher
man, Texas, July 31, 1889, Fay Binkley; chil
dren: Ada B., Tom, Jr., Mary Etta. Began
banking business as • messenger in 1872;
cashier, 1874; since 1886 president Merchants
& Planters National Bank, Sherman, Tex.
Was president Commonwealth Trust Co., St.
Louis, for about five years; now vice pres
ident and director National Bank of Com
merce; director Commonwealth Trust Co. (St.
Louis), Equitable Life Assurance Society of

New York; also director various institutions
outside of St. Louis. Member executive coun
cil American Bankers' Association, 1893-96;
member Business Men's League. Democrat.
Methodist. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Glen
Echo, St. Louis Country, Racquet, Maine
Hunting and Fishing. Recreations: automobil
ing and traveling. Office: Southeast cor.
Broadway and Olive St. Residence: No. 7
Kingsbury PL
RANKEN, David, Jr., real estate; 1835-
1910; see Vol. 1906.
RANKIN, Robert Murphy, business man
ager; 1852-1910; see Vol. 1906.
RASSIEUR, Leo, lawyer; born in Wadern,
Prussia, Germany, April 19, 1844; son of The
odore and Margaret (Klauck) Rassieur; re
moved from Germany to the United States
with parents in early childhood and was ed
ucated in St. Louis public schools, graduating
from Central High School in 1861; enlisted in
First Missouri Infantry Volunteers, U. ' S. R.
C, 1861, as private, serving four years in
Union1 Army as soldier and officer, and being
mustered out in 1865, after having been com
missioned major of the Thirtieth Missouri
Infantry Volunteers; married, July 9, 1872,
Mary C. Kammerer, of Wheeling, Va. (now W.
Va.); children: Estelle E., Cora M. (Mrs.
George B. Parsons), Leo, Jr. Taught in public
schools of St. Louis, 1866-67, at same time
studying law, and was admitted to bar at St.
Louis, Apr. 1, 1867, engaging in practice of
law; elected attorney for the Board of Public
Schools of St. Louis, serving from 1880 to
1890; elected November, 1894, and served four
years from Jan. 1, 1895, as judge of the Pro
bate Court of St. Louis; declined renomina-
tion, and since Jan. 1, 1899, has been actively
engaged in general practice of law. Member
of St. Louis Bar Association. Republican;
presidential elector and chairman electoral
college State of Missouri, 1908. Member G. A.
R., and was commander-in-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic of the United States,
1900-1901. Member St. Louis Gymnastic So
ciety. Clubs: Union, Western Rowing (founder
and president for thirteen years). Office: 406
Market St. Residence: 2335 Whittemore PL
RASSIEUR, Leo S., judge; bora, St. Louis,
Aug. 1, 1870; son of Theodore, Sr., and Pau
line (Schraag) Rassieur; educated in St. Louis
public schools and various grammar schools,
graduating from St. Louis Central High
School, Jan. 25, 1889; matriculated in Law
Department, Washington University, and was
graduated with degree of LL.B., June, 1891;
married, St. Louis, Aug. 19, 1896, Laura Stock -
hoff. Admitted to Missouri bar, Aug. 1, 1891;
was connected in practice with Leo Rassieur
(former probate judge) and Benjamin Schnur-
macher (former city counselor) for several
years; senior member firm of Rassieur & Bu-
der, 1895-1908, Rassieur & Feuerbacher, 1908-

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11; elected judge Circuit Court, Eighth Judi
cial Circuit of Missouri, fall of 1910, and as
sumed duties Jan. 3, 1911; term expires, 1917.
Republican. Member Missouri Bar Associa
tion, St. Louis Bar Association. Mason; mem
ber Royal Arcanum; Royal League. Club:
Century Boat. Favorite recreation: horseback
riding. Chambers: Municipal Court Bldg. Res
idence: 3644 Castleman Ave.
RASSIEUR, Louis, surgeon; born, St. Louis,
Dec. 21, 1876; son of Theodore and Pauline
(Schraag) Rassieur; educated in public and
high schools of St. Louis, graduating classical
course of latter, 1895; M.D., Marion-Sims
Medical College (now Medical Department St.
Louis University), 1899; post-graduate work
University of Vienna, Austria, and Vienna
General Hospital, 1903-07; unmarried. Junior
interne, St. Louis City Hospital, 1899-1900;
senior interne, same, 1900-01, and assistant
superintendent of the hospital, 1900-03; sur
geon to Mount St. Rose Hospital, St. Louis,
1907-08, Lutheran Hospital, 1908-09, St.
Mary's Infirmary, since 1909; visiting surgeon
to St. Louis City Hospital since 1909; asso
ciate professor surgery St. Louis University.
Member American Medical Association, Mis
souri State Medical Association, St. Louis
Medical Society, Verein Deutscher Aerzte,
Alma Mater Society; honorary member Alpha
Kappa Kappa; was president Association
American Medical Men, Vienna, 1905-07. Lib
eral Republican. Recreations: fishing and
traveling. Contributor to various societies and
medical journals on surgery, of the heart,
hemorrhoids, carcinoma of the large bowel,
etc. Office: 316 Metropolitan Bldg. Residence:
2314 Louisiana Ave.
RASSIEUR, Theodore, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, July 26, 1866; son of Theodore and
Pauline (Schraag) Rassieur; educated public
and high schools; LL.B., Law Department,
Washington University, 1887; married, St.
Louis, Mar. 18, 1896, Carrie, daughter of
August F. Miller; children: George M., Ben
jamin F. and T. Edward. Began practice,
1887, with firm of Rassieur & Schnurmacher,
continuing until 1892; then practiced alone
until January, 1899, when became member of
firm of Rassieur & Rassieur; title changed to
Rassieur, Schnurmacher & Rassieur, 1904, and
since 1909 has been Schnurmacher & Rassieur.
Democrat. Member American, Missouri State
and St. Louis Bar associations. Club: Belle
rive. Recreations: golf and fishing. Office: 415
Pine St. Residence: 3663 Flora Boul.
RATHELL, Samuel Thomas, real estate;
1849-1906; see Vol. 1906.
RATHMANN, Walter Lincoln, architect;
born, St. Louis, Sept. 16, 1880; son of Carl
Gustave George and Anna Elizabeth (Crece-
lius) Rathmann; educated in public and pri
vate schools of Kansas City, Mo.; Manual
Training School, Washington University;

University of Pennsylvania, 1905-07 (special
course in architecture) ; married, St. Louis,
June 18, 1908, Nell K. Niekamp; one daugh
ter, Elizabeth Sophia. Draftsman, 1900-08;
then assisted in organizing firm of Klipstein &
Rathmann, of which is now a member. Inde
pendent Republican. Episcopalian. Member
American Institute of Architects, St. Louis
Architectural Club, Architectural Society of
University of Pennsylvania, T-Square Club of
Philadelphia. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Lie
derkranz. Office: 1501-1504 Chemical Bldg.
Residence: 3808 Sullivan Ave.
RAU, John A., secretary St. Louis Seed
Co.; born Waterloo, 111., April 7, 1878; son of
Jacob A. and Catherine .(Reininger) Rau; ed
ucated in public schools of Waterloo; unmar
ried. Removed from Waterloo to St. Louis in
1895, and was engaged in the grocery business
until Jan. 1, 1905, when became secretary of
the St. Louis Seed Co. Catholic. Member
Knights of Columbus. Recreation: hunting.
Office: 621 N. 4th St. Residence: 4047 West
minster PL
RAUH, Aaron S., wholesale dry goods;
born, Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 26, 1872; son of
Samuel and Jeannett (Rice) Rauh; educated in
St. Louis High School; married, Elsie Kohn,
Nov. 4, 1908. Since leaving school in 1890, has
been continuously associated in business with
the Riee-Stix Dry Goods Co., of which is now
department manager hosiery, gloves and knit
goods, and vice president of the company.
Jewish religion. Clubs: Columbian, Mercan
tile, Westwood Country. Recreation: golf. Of
fice: Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co. Residence: 4726
McPherson Ave.
RAUTH, Henry, printing; see Vol. 1906.
RAVARINO, John, president Ravarino &
Freschi Grocer Co.; born, Bassignana, Italy,
Dec 24, 1876; son of Francesco and Carolina
(Bassi) Ravarino; received elementary and
technical education in native land; married,
Charlotte Denari, of Tortona, Italy, Aug. 9,
1909; two children: Angelina and Frances.
Came to America, 1898; started in business,
October, 1901, with Joseph Freschi, at 1829
Franklin St., capital amounting to $92.00; en
tered partnership with F. Rossi, at 15th and
Morgan Sts., 1893; bought out Mr. Rossi's in
terest, 1904, and moved to 720 Franklin St.,
moving again, in 1908, to 811 Franklin; in
corporated the Ravarino & Freschi Grocer Co.,
of which is president and treasurer, in 1909,
with a capital of $35,000, and on Nov. 15, 1911,
opened retail department at 819 Washington
Ave.; also secretary and treasurer Cicard &
Ravarino Realty Co. Catholic. Member Itali
an-American Cavalry Society, Fratellanza Ita-
liana. Recreations: music and traveling. Of
fiee: 819 Washington Ave. Residence: 6242
Wagner Ave.
RAVOLD, Amand, physician; born, St.
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E. (Huzzy) Ravold; educated in St. Louis pub
lic schools to 1875; School of Mines, Rolla,
Mo., 1876-78; Washington University, 1878-79;
St. Louis Medical College, 1879-81; unmar
ried. Interne City Hospital, Female Hospital
and Poor House, 1881-85; instructor Post-
Graduate School and Hospital, 1885-89; in
structor in bacteriology Shaw School of Bot
any, 1886-87; professor bacteriology, Medical
Department, Washington University, 1889-
1902. Bacteriologist, City of St. Louis, 1896-
1902; chief biologist sanitary survey of Lake*
Michigan, Chicago Drainage Canai, Illinois,
Miss, and Missouri rivers, for St. Louis and
State of Missouri, 1889-1902; professor of
bacteriology and hygiene, Medical Department
of Washington University, 1902-06; engaged
in research work, in laboratories and hospitals
of France, Germany and England, 1906; in
practice of medicine, St. Louis, since .1881.
First lieutenant Reserve Corps, U. S. Army.
Founder, American Medical Association of
Vienna, Austria; member American Associa
tion of Urologists, American Medical Associa
tion, Missouri Medical Society, etc. Mason.-
Clubs: City, Normandie Golf. Recreation:
golf. 'Office: 1208 Chemical Bldg. Residence:
5248 Vernon Ave.
RAWLINGS, George Henry, sporting goods;
1855-1909; see Vol. 1906.
RAY, E. Lansing, secretary and advertising
manager St. Louis Globe-Democrat; born, St.
Louis, Aug. 30, 1884; son of Simeon and Jessie
(Lansing) Ray; educated, Smith Academy;
married, St. Louis, Jan. 25, 1910, Mary Burk
ham; one son, E. Lansing, Jr. Has been en
gaged with Globe-Democrat since beginning
of active career; became advertising manager,
1905; secretary, 1910. Director Title Guaran
tee & Trust Co., American Trust Co. Repub
lican. Presbyterian. Clubs: University, City,
Racquet, Mercantile, Bellerive. Office: St.
Louis Globe-Democrat. Residence: 484 Lake
Avenue. READ, Benjamin Stalker, general manager
Bell Telephone Co. of Missouri; born, Carth
age, Tenn., Jan. 21, 1876; son of Thomas Ben
ton and Alice Treadway (Johnson) Read; ed
ucated in public schools; married, Carthage,
Apr. 20, 1899, Sallye Berry Stevens; two sons:
Charles Joseph and Ben S., Jr. Entered serv
ice of Cumberland Telegraph and Telephone
Co., as toll station attendant and messenger
boy, October, 1889; afterwards made manager
at Carthage and still later was in general of
fices at Nashville, Tenn., manager at Owens-
boro, Ky., New Orleans, La., and division su
perintendent for Southern Mississippi and
state of Louisiana; was elected general man
ager Missouri Bell Telephone Co.,- Mar. 1,
1912, and has since occupied that position.
Member Business Men's League. Trustee
Christian High School, New Orleans. Demo
crat. Member Christian (Disciples) Church.

Royal Arch Mason; member Knights of Pyth
ias, W. O. W., also Jovian. Clubs: Mercantile,
City, Million Population. Recreations: out
door sports. Office: 611 Locust St.
READ, Edward Mason, pianos and organs;
born in Chittenden Co., Vt., July 25, 1846; son
of Hon. David and Emily (Marsh) Read; ed
ucated in public schools, and musical educa
tion received in East, studying organ and
composition with S. B. Whitney of Boston;
married, Plattsburgh, N. Y., April 24, 1873,
Elizabeth S. Piatt; children: Grace Van Wyck
(wife of Rev. H. D. Hannum, Superior, Wis.),
Marie Piatt (Mrs. H. S. Gardner), Edward
Mason, Jr., Sarah Ferris (Mrs. John Bryant
Reinhart). Went to Chicago from Burlington,
Vt., and after service in company's Chicago
branch, came to St. Louis in 1879 as manager
of the St. Louis house of The Estey Co., Estey
pianos and organs, and has so continued ever
since. Church organist and composer of music
for pipe organ and piano. Republican. Pres
byterian. Office: 1116 Olive St. Residence:
5649 Cates Ave.
REARDON, James A., wholesale glue, etc.;
bom, Quincy, 111., July 17, 1860; son of
Michael J. and Amelia (Burns) Reardon; ed
ucated in public schools until fifteen; married,
St. Louis, June 6, 1883, Margaret Kilcullen;
children: Robert E., James Ambrose, Jr., Jo
seph Vincent, Marguerite, Genevieve, Cath
erine. Began business career as porter in
wholesale glue house in St. Louis, 1878, in
which became shipping clerk, 1879-81; sales
man, 1881-84; manager, 1884-91; since 1891,
president of Reardon Manufacturing Co., man
ufacturers and wholesale jobbers of glue,
curled hair, cold water paint, sand-paper, etc.
Ex-president Latin- American Club; ex-pres
ident St. Louis Furniture Board of Trade; or
ganized and brought over Irish exhibit to
World's Fair. Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Club: Papyrus (vice president). Collector rare
books, first editions, etc. Office: 1531-1533
North Broadway. Residence: 519 N. Newstead
Avenue. REASOR, William Edward, manager
Draughon's Business College; born, Edna,
Kan., Aug. 22, 1879; son of William and Mil-
icent (Hammer) Reasor; B.S., Ohio Valley
College, Sturgis, Ky., 1898; married, Louis
ville, Ky., Apr. 13, 1904, Ethel Hulda Benz; two
children: Gertrude Renz, Charles Hayden. In
grocery business, Sturgis, Ky., 1897; with
various business colleges until 1902; principal,
bookkeeping department Draughon's College,
St. Louis, 1902-03; bookkeeper Donovan Com
mission Co., 1904-05, Cella Commission Co.,
1906; president Reasor-Rappel Mercantile Co.
(three stores), 1907-09; in real estate business
with C. E. Hayden, 1909-10; manager Draugh
on's Practical Business College, since 1910;
also in real estate business (subdivision, Ma
ple Place, No. 3). Democrat. Baptist. Mem-

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ber Bridgeton Lodge No. 80, A. F. & A. M.
Club: Masonic. Recreation: landscaping and
gardening. Office: 611 N. Broadway. Res
idence: Thomas Sta., Weljston.
REBER, Charles S., lawyer; bora, St. Louis,
Aug. 18, 1870; son of Samuel and Margaret M.
(Reese) Reber; educated public schools; Smith
Academy, 1887; A.B., Washington University,
1891; St. Louis Law School; unmarried. Ad
mitted to bar, 1893, and since in general prac
tice; is associated in practice with Isaac H.
Lionberger. Served two months in Signal
Corps, Spanish-American War. Republican.
Episcopalian. Member St. Louis Bar Associa
tion. Clubs: Algonquin, Bellerive, Triple A.
Recreation: outdoor athletic sports. Office:
Rialto Bldg. Residence: 3630 Delmar Boul.
REBER, Henry Linton, vice president and
general manager Kinloch Telephone System;
born, St. Louis, Aug. 18, 1870; son of Samuel
and Margaret M. (Reese) Reber; educated in
public schools, Smith Academy, class of 1888,
and Washington University, C.E., 1893; un
married. Began business career as draughts
man in water department of City of St.
Louis, 1893, and in same year with chief en
gineer's office, Union Pacific System, as assist
ant engineer; from 1896 to 1897 identified
with enterprises of Charles H. Ledlie, consult
ing engineer; then with St. Louis Electric
Construction Co. as engineer, 1897-98; secre
tary and chief engineer Kinloch Telephone
Co., 1899-1901; secretary and general manager
same company, 1901-09; vice president and
general manager Kinloch Telephone System
since 1909.. In United States military service,
as captain Third U. S. Volunteer Engineers in
Spanish- American War, 1898-99; captain Com
pany 15, posse comitatus, during 1900. Mem
ber American Society of Civil Engineers,
American Institute of Electrical Engineers,'
St. Louis Engineers' Club, St. Louis Academy
of Science, St. Louis Merchants' Exchange,
Business Men's League, Military Order of
Foreign Wars. In-dependent Republican. Epis
copalian. Clubs: University, Mercantile, City,
Algonquin, Bellerive, Aero Club of Ameriea.
Favorite recreation: outdoor sports. Offiee:
Kinloch Bldg. Residence: 3630 Delmar Boul.
RECTOR, James Alcorn, lawyer; born, Hot
Springs, Ark., June 22, 1884; son of Elias
William and Rosebud (Alcorn) Rector; ed
ucated, public schools of Hot Springs; Speers
Lankford Military Academy, Searcy, Ark.;
Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N. J.,
graduating 1906; Law Department, University
of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., graduating
with degree of LL.B., 1909; unmarried. Ad
mitted to bar, 1909, and began practice at
Hot Springs, Ark.; located in St. Louis, 1910;
practiced as member firm, of Taliaferro, Rec
tor & Taliaferro until Oct. 1, 1911, since alone;
secretary and treasurer Logan Ventilating
Window Co. Democrat. Methodist. Member

St. Louis Bar Association, Law Library Asso
ciation, Delta Psi Fraternity. Lecturer on
' ' Sales, ' ' in City College of Law and Finance.
Member Masonic Order, Elks. Club: Missouri
Athletic. Recreation: athletics. Member
American Olympic Team, London, 1908; co-
holder of world's record for 100 yards dash
in 9 3-5 seconds. Office: Third National Bank
Bldg. Residence: 4324 Maryland Ave.
REDDING, Charles Justus, president Red
ding Feather Manufacturing Co.; born, Bryan,
O., Apr. 28, 1875; son of David and Jenette
(Simonds) Redding; removed to Kansas City,
Mo., at age of eight years and attended pub
lic schools there; came to St. Louis, 1896, and
took commercial course in the old Southwest
ern Business College; married, Anna Scheidig,
of St. Louis, May, 1897; one daughter, Es-
telle. Began manufacturing millinery feathers,
1899 (the first enterprise of the kind west of
New York); incorporated the business as the
Redding Feather Manufacturing Co., June,
1911. Independent in politics. Unitarian.
Member Premier Lodge Knights of Pythias,
United Commercial Travelers. Recreation:
baseball. Office: 19th and Locusts Sts. Res
idence: 4609 Page Boul.
REDER, Francis, surgeon; born, New
Athens, 111., Jan. 9, 1864; son of Franz (M.D.)
and Theresa (Dietz) Reder; educated in pub-
lie school, New Athens; private school, Belle
ville, 111.; Washington University, St. Louis;
M.D., St. Louis Medical College, 1884; in
European universities, 1888-91; married, Quin
cy, 111., June 23, 1897, Ella Castle; children:
Eloise, Dorothea, Francis. House surgeon, City
Hospital, 1884-85, and Female Hospital, 1885-
86, St. Louis; German Hospital, New York,
1886-88; since 1891 engaged in surgical prac
tice in St. Louis; chief of clinic diseases of
rectum, in Medical Department, Washington
University, 1899-1911; consulting surgeon of
Wabash and Burlington railroads; visiting
surgeon, City Hospital; surgeon, Missouri Bap
tist Sanitarium. Member St. Louis Medical
Society, St. Louis Verein Deutscher Aerzte,
Medical Society of City Hospital Alumni,
American Association of Gynecologists and
Obstetricians, Missouri State Medical Associa
tion, American Medical Association, St.
Louis Surgical Club, Association of Military
Surgeons, Southern Surgical and Gynecolog
ical Society; first lieutenant Medical Reserve
Corps, U. S. A. Republican. Mason. Club:
Army and Navy (Washington, D. C). Recrea
tions: art, music and sports of the field. Of
fice: King's Highway and Delmar Boul. Resi
dence: 4629 Cook Ave.
REEDY, William Marion, editor and pro
prietor The Mirror; born St. Louis, Dec. 11,
1862; son of Patrick and Ann (Marion)
Reedy; educated in public schools, Christian
Brothers Academy and St. Louis University,
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latter, 1880; married. Began business career
as reporter on the Missouri Republican, now
the Republic, and for many years special
writer on the Globe-Democrat and other pa
pers. Since 1893 editor, and since October,
1896, editor and proprietor St. Louis Mirror.
Independent, with Democratic leanings. Ro
man Catholic. Office: , Syndicate Trust Bldg.
Residence: Clonmel Farm, Webster Groves,
Missouri. REHEIS, John Alois, president St. Louis
Lumber Co.; born in St. Louis County(/Mo.,
Feb. 8, 1867; son of Jacob and Susan (Zieg-
ler) Reheis; educated at St. Vincent Schools,
St. Louis; married, St. Louis, 1892, Emma
Dreher; one daughter, Marie. Began business
career in 1880 with George A. Rubelmann
Hardware Co., continuing as clerk for two
and a half years, then for two and a half
years with H. A. Hyatt, photographic sup
plies; then entered employ of John J. Ganahl
Lumber Co., as assistant bookkeeper, and con
tinued fifteen years, the last ten years as vice-
president; then organized Reheis-Rolfes Lum
ber Co. in 1900, and in 1903 consolidated it
with the Eau Claire-St. Louis Lumber Co.,
wholesale and retail lumber, of which was
vice president until 1905, when, upon death of
Mr. Marbes, succeeded him as president of the
company. Sold his interests in the company,
1906, and organized the Wilson, Reheis &
Rolfes Lumber Co., of which was president
until August, 1908, when this company consoli
dated with a number of other lumber com
panies as the St. Louis Lumber Co., of which
is president. Also director Broadway Invest
ment Co. Member Business Men's League.
Roman Catholic. Clubs: Lumbermen's, Sunset
Hill Country, Arcadia Country. Favorite rec
reation: fishing. Office: 2509 S. Broadway.
Residence: 3449 Pestalozzi St.
REHFELD, Gustave, chemist; born, Berlin,
Germany, Oct. 31, 1858; son of Charles R. and
Henrietta (Langdon) Rehfeld; educated in
high school (Das Graue Kloster), Berlin;
graduated from University of Berlin, 1878 (D.
Phil.); post-graduate work at University of
Jena, Germany, and Ecole Chimique, Paris,
France; circled globe in interest of archasolog-
ical studies, coming to United States in 1883;
married, Waco, Tex., Feb. 1, 1890, Miss B.
Bassist; children: Herbert Clarence, Hertha
Belle, Walter Leon, Norma Beatrice. Located
at Galveston, Austin and Waco, Tex., in
pharmaceutical lines, 1883-97; traveled in
South America, Central America and Mexico,
1897-1900; founded the Heptol Split Manufac
tory, Waco, Tex., 1900; removed plant and
business to St. Louis, 1903, where it was con
ducted as The Morrison Heptol Co., manufac
turers of laxative waters, of which was secre
tary and treasurer; now chemist and superin
tendent of laboratory of Meyer Bros. Drug

Co. Democrat. Mason. Office: 4th and Elm
Sts. Residence: 4145 Laclede Ave.
REHFELDT, Charles Sixtus, physician and
surgeon; born,- St. Louis, Sept. 1, 1873; son of
Charles and Constance Victoria Emma (Ka-
minsky) Rehfeldt; educated in public schools
of St. Louis and by private instruction; regis
tered as pharmacist, State of Missouri, by ex
amination, January, 1891; graduated from Mis
souri Medical College, 1896; unmarried. En
gaged as pharmacist in St. Louis, 1891-96; act
ing assistant surgeon, U. S. Marine Hospital
and Public Health Service, Evansville, Ind.,
1896-98; since in general private practice in
St. Louis; professor physical diagnosis Amer
ican Medical College. Member St. Louis Med
ical Society, Missouri State, Tri-State and
American Medical associations. Republican.
Presbyterian. Recreation: traveling. Office
and Residence: 2302 S. Jefferson Ave.
REHME, Henry R., banker; born, St. Louis,
May 8, 1861; son of Gerhard and Louise (Holt-
mann) Rehme; educated in St. Anthony's
(parochial) School till was twelve years
of age, and at Christian Brothers College until
1877; married, St. Louis, Oct. 23, 1888, Cath
erine Lager; children: Martha, Joseph, Harry,
Albert, Gregory. Began business career as
clerk in retail grocery store in 1877, and after
five years entered employ, 1882, of Conti
nental National Bank, serving in various ca
pacities until 1895, when opened real estate
office, handling- real estate and loans until
1899, when entered employ of St. Louis Trust
Co.; resigned, 1902, to become cashier of the
Wellston Bank, Wellston, Mo.; resigned, July,
1905, to accept position as cashier in City Na
tional Bank of St. Louis, remaining until
1910, when the bank merged with Central Na
tional Bank; organized the City Trust Co., of
which was president until he sold interests and
retired in October, 1911; since July 1, 1912,
secretary and treasurer Farmers and Merch
ants Trust Co. Democrat. Catholic; member of
several Catholic societies, and of Tower Grove
Turn Verein. Recreations: driving and bowl
ing. Office: Cor. Grand and Gravois Aves.
Residence: 4127 Nebraska Ave.
REICHARDT, Oscar George, merchandise
broker; born, Mascoutah, 111., Nov. 19, 1880;
son of George and Louise (Storck) Reichardt;
educated in public schools of St. Louis and
St. Louis Mercantile College, graduating No
vember, 1895; married, Feb. 14, 1911, Helen
Morton Young. Began business life as sales
man for Albach-Flach Commission Co., Nov. 9,
1896, until Mar. 23, 1903; on Apr. 1, 1903,
joined in organization of the Rosen-Reichardt
Brokerage Co., of which is vice president, the
company doing a wholesale grocery brokerage
and importing business. Republican. Protes
tant. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Union, Sunset
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kranz. Office: 800-804 Spruce St. Residence:
Royal Astor Apts.
REICHMANN, John, president Feuerborn
Toy and Mercantile Co.; ftorn, Trenton, 111.,
Mar. 7, 1859; son of Joseph and Barbara
(Reinbold) Reichmann; educated in public
schools of Trenton, 111.; married, St. Louis,
Sept. 25, 1883, Frances Bulla; children: Ella
Louisa (Mrs. Frank P. Drees), Frances Sophia,
John, Florence Bertha, Genevieve. Began
business career as a delivery boy with
Francis B. Meissner, book-seller, of St* Louis;
in 1878 became a clerk in the store of the H.
P. Fabricius Toy Co., and afterwards was
traveling salesman with the same company
until 1894, when engaged in similar capacity
with the Feuerborn Toy and Notion Co.; in
1904 joined in the organization of the Feuer
born Toy Co., incorporated, Jan. 1, 1905, title
ehanged,1911, to Feuerborn Toy and Mercantile
Co., of which he is president. Roman Catholic.
Democrat. Member of Travelers' Protective
Association, Catholic Knights of America.
Favorite recreation: bowling. Office: 919 N.
Broadway. Residence: 3215 A Oregon Ave.
REID, Erastus F., president Seminole Chem
ical Co.; bora, Randolph Co., 111., Mar. 22,
1854; son of Jerome J. and Margaret Ann
(Ryan) Reid; educated in common schools;
married, Rockwood, 111., 1888, Alice L. Wal
ters (died 1902); one son, Earl E.; married,
2d, St. Louis, 1906, Rebecca Besser. Learned
blacksmith's trade and later employed as sta
tionary engineer, St. Louis; became member
George W. Reid Oil Co., 1902; president Sem
inole Chemical Company since 1911. Repub
lican. Presbyterian. Residence: 4856 Easton
Avenue. REID, George W., lubricating oils and
greases; born, Rockwood, 111., Feb. 13, 1856;
son of Joseph and Margaret A. (Ryan) Reid;
educated in public schools of Rockwood; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1884, Addie I. Luttrell; chil
dren: George L. (deceased), Ewing, Roger Ed
ward, Ruth Ann. Came from Rockwood to St.
Louis, 1875; began business career with M. C.
Bingnall & Co., plumbers' supplies, and after
wards N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Co., 1875-
82; in 1882 began business of handling and
compounding lubricating oils and greases, and
incorporated the business in 1886 as Geo. W.
Reid Oil Co., of which is president. Also, in
1903, with brother, J. Edward Reid, estab
lished firm of Reid Bros., agents for threshing
machinery. Democrat. Favorite recreation:
hunting. Office: 410 N. Main St. Residence:
4762 Cote Brilliante Ave.
REDD, Thomas Joseph, shoe merchant; 1852-
1911; see Vol. 1906.
REID, William Joseph, president T. J. Reid
Shoe Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct. 22, 1863; son
of M. W. and Laura (Hanly) Reid; educated
in public schools of St. Louis and at St. Louis

University; married, San Francisco, April,
1893, Jane Hughes; children: Rienzi, Roland,
Marian, Genevieve, Thomas J., Lucille. After
leaving school became salesman, and ten years
later went to San Francisco and conducted a
store, 1892-95; sold out and engaged as sales
man for Baughman Shoe Co., and Mauzy &
Reid Shoe Co., both wholesale, until June,
1904, when came to St. Louis to visit the
World's Fair; returned to California in July,
but came back to St. Louis to stay, November,
1904, becoming vice president of the T. J.
Reid Shoe Co., retailers, established 1863, in
corporated 1892; on death of brother, Thomas
J. Reid, October, 1911, was elected president
of the company. Member Retail Merchants'
Association. Democrat. Catholic. Member Inde
pendent Order of Foresters, Knights of Co
lumbus. Recreations: fishing and driving. Of
fice: 709-711 Washington Ave. Residence: Fer
guson, Mo.
REIFSNTDER, Calvin Kryder, president
Midland Publishing Co.; born, Greentown, O.,
Mar. '21, 1847; son of Joseph Graeff and An
nie (Kryder) Reif snider; educated, district
schools and Mt. Union College, 1865-66; mar
ried, St. Louis, Dec. 10, 1884, Anna C. Porter
Ellis; children: Mrs. R. L. Scott, of St. Louis,
Mrs. G. A. Jewell, of Cincinnati, Mrs. F. W.
Stanton, of Findlay, and two sons deceased.
Served in Company B, 162d Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, Civil War; taught school,
and was connected with Aultman-Miller
Reaper Works, Akron, O.; began newspaper
work on Cleveland Daily Herald, 1870; came
to St. Louis, 1876; bought the Journal of Com
merce, 1878, changed it to "The Age of
Steel," and sold it out, 1883; founder, 1883,
and since president Midland Publishing Co.
Published the St. Louis Miller, and the Indus
trial Gazette, afterwards merged into "Farm
Machinery"; publisher of Implement Blue
Book, also of books written by wife: Unfor-
given; How She Earned It, or $25,000 in
Eleven Years; Saved by a Dream; Between
Two Worlds; True Memory; Gilgal-Stones
that Pave the Way. One of the founders of
St. Louis Trade Press Association and of Fed
eration of Trade Press Associations. Inde
pendent Republican. Swedenborgian. Mason
(32°), Knight Templar, Shriner; member Ran
som Post, G. A. R. (commander, 1909 and
1910.) Recreation: principally automobiling.
Offiee: 804% Pine St. Residence: 5249 Lindell
Boulevard. REINER, Harry Chauncey; see Vol. 1906.
REINERT, Otto, president Gold Spring Dis
tilling Co.; born, Hanover, Germany, June 21,
1855; son of William and Augusta (Voss)
Reinert; educated in gymnasium in Germany;
married, St. Louis, 1881, Ida Fette; children:
Richard, Carl, Otto, Erna (Mrs. Julius I. Le
ber). Resident of St. Louis since 1873; began
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Mercantile Co., cigars, etc., then salesman for
Becker, Niemann & Co., soap manufacturers,
and as salesman for the G. Riesmeyer Distill
ing Co.; organized, 1881, the Gold Spring Dis
tilling Co., of which is now president. Inde
pendent in politics. Catholic. Member North
St. Louis Turn Verein, Knights of Pythias.
Club: Liederkranz. Office: 1106-1108 N. Broad
way. Residence: 2928 Sullivan St.
REINGRUBER, William Louis; see Vol.
1906. REINHARD, Edwin F., president Shepard
Baking Powder Co.; born, Union, Mo., Aug.
10, 1869; son of Frederick W. and Pauline
(Dress) Reinhard; educated public schools,
Union, Mo.; Northern Indiana Normal Insti
tute, Valparaiso, Ind., graduating 1890; State
University, Columbia, Mo.; unmarried. Began
active career as salesman for James W. Scud
der & Co., 1890, continuing for five years; with
Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co., 1896-97;
salesman Shepard Baking Powder Co., manu
facturers of baking powder, 1897-1907, and
president of same since 1907. Republican.
Baptist. Recreations: hunting and fishing.
Office: 311 N. Main St. Residence: Union, Mo.
REINHARDT, John H., chief weigher St.
Louis Post Office; bora, St. Louis, Nov. 4, 1864;
son of August and Katherine (Windhorst)
Reinhardt; educated in St. Louis public
schools to 1881; married, St. Louis, June 24,
1891, Minnie Deterding; two children: Nelson
A. and Luella. After leaving school served
three years in picture frame gilding trade
with Pettis & Leathe, until 1883; then entered
Government service in general post office and
advanced through various branches; was su
pervisor Fair Grounds Station of post office
during World's Fair, 1903-04; appointed to
present position July, 1908. Financially inter
ested in Reinhardt Improved Burial Vault.
Republican. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner.
Recreation: fishing. Office: St. Louis Post Of
fice. Residence: 2922 Greer Ave.
REINHARDT, John Washington, president
John W. Reinhardt Stair Co.; born, St. Louis,
Feb. 18, 1862; son of Jacob and Margarett
(Mueller) Reinhardt; educated in Shepard
and Lyon (public) schools; High Polytechnic,
7th and Chestnut Sts.; married, St. Louis, Sep
tember, 1895, Eleanor Bomberg; four children:
Adah May, Lois Estelle, William Harvey,
Edna Salinda. Began learning trade as stair
builder, 1877; entered business for self, 1888,
as the John W. Reinhardt Stair Co., of which
has been president since incorporation, 1904.
Republican. Congregationalist. Member City
Industrial Association. Mason (Blue Lodge,
Chapter, Commandery and Shrine). Club:
American Wheel. Office: 25 S. 15th St. Resi
dence: 5188 Vernon Ave.
REINHART, Emil Trodler, wholesale gro
cer; bora, Boonville, Mo., Dec. 20, 1862; son of

Karl and Fredericka (Trodler) Reinhardt;
graduated from Boonville (Mo.) public
schools; married, Houston, Tex., June 6, 1899,
Ida Bibb Johnson; children: Vivienne, Philip
W. At age of seventeen entered employ of
Hayward & Co., wholesale grocers, Hannibal,
Mo., as traveling salesman, and a year later
connected self in same capacity with Krafft,
Holmes & Co., wholesale grocers, St. Louis;
later was house buyer and manager of James
W. Scudder & Co., -continuing until Feb. 1,
1902, when established the Reinhart Grocer
Co., of which has since been president. Repub
lican. Recreations: outdoor sports. Office: 501
S. 3d St. Residence: Ferguson, Mo.
REINHOLDT, Julius W., banker; born, St.
Louis, Jan. 30, 1869; son of William and
Marie (Sinner) Reinholdt; educated public
and private schools; married, St. Louis, Feb.
6, 1890, Frieda Barthel; three children: Julius
W., Roland R., Charles A. Began as messenger
National Bank of Commerce, 1887, and assist
ant cashier, 1898-1912; since vice president
International Bank of St. Louis. Republican.
Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: Liederkranz, St.
Louis, Union, Masonic, Bankers'. Recreations:
fishing, billiards. Office: 222 N. 4th St. Resi
dence: 3658 Cleveland Ave.
REIS, Charles Edwin, president Carondelet
Planing Mill; born, Shakopee, Minn., Apr. 19,
1868; son of Valentine and Josephine (Ap-
feld) Reis; educated in parochial schools of
Belleville, 111., and Belleville public and high
schools; married, St. Louis, June 25, 1901,
Sarah Mullen; two children: Charles E., Jr.,
and M. J. Alice S. Came to St. Louis Aug. 3,
1891, and began in planing mill business, con
tinuing until plant was destroyed by fire, July
8, 1905; built a new factory and engaged in
local and shipping business, being president
and treasurer of the company, manufacturers
of sash, doors, blinds, etc. Democrat. Roman
Catholic. Member Knights of Columbus. 'Rec
reations: fishing and traveling. Office: 5826
S. Broadway. Residence: 5812 Michigan Ave.
REIS, Frederic Ernest, dry goods commis
sion; born, Brooklyn, N. Y., Dee. 10, 1859; son
of Adolph and Rosalie Ada (Lowerre) Reis;
educated in Brooklyn public schools and
Shortledge's Academy, Kennett Square, Pa.,
graduating June, 1874; married, St. Louis,
Dec. 14, 1881, Ida Boyden; children: Gordon
L., Frederic E., Jr., Arthur B. Began business
career as assistant bookkeeper, Ingersoll Paint
Co., New York, 1874; stock clerk, Lowenstein
Bros., Memphis, Tenn., 1875; stock clerk, Rice,
Stix & Co., Memphis, Tenn.; came to St. Louis
with them, 1879, and became buyer for same
firm, 1883-99; vice president Dwyer Bros. Mer
cantile Co., 1899-1901; with Ferguson-McKin-
ney Dry Goods Co., 1901-08; since treasurer
Wagner & Reis Commission Co. Republican.
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Arcanum. Recreations: whist, motoring. Of
fice: 619 N. 8th St. Residence: 5144 Von Ver
sen Ave.
REIS, Henry F., lumber* bora, Shakopee,
Minn., Feb. 21, 1860; son of Valentine and
Josephine (Apfeld) Reis; educated in public
schools of Minnesota; married, Belleville, 111.,
1889, Millie Ganahl; children: Valentine F.,
Edith P., Walter Chailes (deceased), Oliver
Vincent, Irwin Paul, Viola E., Jerome Henry.
Began business life as an associate of his
father in the contracting and building busi
ness in Belleville, 111., for ten years; came to
St. Louis, 1889, and engaged in the lumber
business under firm name H. F. Reis & Co.,
in 1900; president the John J. Ganahl Lumber
Co., 1903-08; since president H. F. Reis Lum
ber and Material Co. Also secretary Carondelet
Planing Mill Co. Office: 5318 Virginia Ave.
Residence: 6622 Michigan St.
REIS, Valentine Anthony, pianos and mu
sical goods; born, St. Louis, Sept. 20, 1874;
son of Bartholomew and Bern'erdine (Stein-
weh) Reis; educated in public schools and
business college; married, St. Louis, Nov. 23,
1905, Emma Rebou. Established a book and
news depot at eighteen, of which was pro
prietor from 1893 to 1912; began as dealer in
musical instruments, 1898, incorporated, 1907,
as Val. Reis Piano Co., of which is president.
Catholic. Member St. Louis Music Dealers'
Association, Knights of Columbus. Clubs:
Catholic, Carondelet Motor Boat. Recreations:
motoring and motor boating. Office: 1005 Olive
St. Residence: 6037 Waterman Ave.
REITH, Edward Benjamin, treasurer Adam
Roth Grocery Co.; bora, St. Louis, Dec. 17,
1857; son of Henry T. and Catherine (Arnold)
Reith; educated in public schools of St. Louis;
married, St. Louis, 1878, Clara Zimmer; chil
dren: Chester Frazer, Ethel Louise, Edna Eliz
abeth (Mrs. P. H. Mead, Jr.). Began business
career as collector with the lion Mountain
Bank for one year, then bookkeeper for In
ternational Bank one year; since 1879 with
Adam Roth (established 1848) and his succes
sor, Adam Roth Grocery Co., wholesale gro
cers, as, successively, bookkeeper, cashier,
credit man, and, finally, since 1900, treasurer
of the company. Republican in national pol
itics. Member Legion of Honor, Royal Ar
canum. Office: Cupples Block (433 S. 7th St.).
Residence: 535 Linden Ave., Clayton, Mo.
RELLER, August H., cashier Bremen Bank;
born, St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 25, 1867; son of
August F. and Anna M. (Appel) Reller; edu
cated in private school, public school and
Jones Commercial College (graduated) ; mar
ried, St. Louis, Aug. 22, 1895, Flora Gast;
children: Oliver, Etta, Virginia. Began busi
ness career as a clerk in a retail grocery
store; in 1884 became clerk in the Bremen
Bank, now cashier. Republican. Lutheran.

Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Glen Echo Country,
Franklin. Recreation: golf. Office: 3600 N.
Broadway. Residence: 24 Gast PL
RELLER, George, produce commission; see
Vol. 1906.
REMBOLD, Henry, president H. Rembold
Optical Co.; born, Cologne, Germany, Dec. 12,
1868; son of Peter and Margaret (Westes)
Rembold; came to United States, 1872; edu
cated in public schools of Chillicothe, Mo.;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 20, 1897, Fannie Gram-
lieh; children: Arthur, Gertrude, Margaret,
Mamie, Elsa. Removed to St. Louis, 1880;
began business career with Blattner & Adams,
opticians, 1882-88; then with A. S. Aloe, op
tician, one year; after that with Erker Bros.
Optical Co., until 1902, when started for self,
organizing H. Rembold Optical Co., of which
is president. Catholic. Member Royal Arca
num, Tower Grove Heights Improvement As
sociation. Favorite recreation: photo outings.
Office: 512 Pine St. Residence: 3655 Connecti
cut St.
REMMERS, Theodore William, manufac
turer; born, St. Louis, June 30, 1863; son of
Henry B. and Martha Elizabeth (Yesberg)
Remmers; educated in public schools of St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, May 27, 1891, Emma
Prietzel; children: Florence Dorothea, Hilda
Anna. Served apprenticeship at Felber Ma
chine Works, St. Louis; member Remmers &
Whittaker, pattern makers, Kansas City, Mo.,
1886-87; went east, 1887, and returned to St.
Louis, 1890, establishing, Feb. 1, 1890, the
Remmers Pattern Co., of which was president
until March, 1909; now president of the Dia-
graph Co. (established Aug. 20, 1902), manu
facturers of stencil cutting machines. Director
Broadway Savings Trust Co. Republican.
Protestant. Mason (32°). Recreation: fishing.
Offiee: 2121 N. 9th St. Residence: 3513 Pes
talozzi St.
RENARD, Louis, retired merchant; born,
Berlin, Germany, Oct. 1, 1854; son of Charles
and Helene (Rosenstock) Renard; educated in
private gymnasium at Berlin, Germany; mar
ried, St. Louis, Feb. 6, 1905, Sallie Singer;
children (by first wife) : Helen (Mrs. H. R.
Putzel, of Denver, Colo.), Blanche, Wallace.
Began business career as cash boy for two
years; then, Apr. 4, 1867, entered employ of
Trorlicht & Duncker, carpetings and curtain
goods, as office assistant, and remained with
same house in various capacities, becoming
secretary of the Trorlicht, Duncker & Renard
Carpet Co.; sold interests and retired, Septem
ber, 1907; vice president Union Station Bank
since February, 1909. Republican. Hebrew.
Club: Columbian. Office: 12th St. and Wash
ington Ave. Residence: 4463 Westminster PL
RENTH, Henry, treasurer Funsten Bros.
Co., furs; born, St. Louis, Oct. 15, 1857; son of
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cated in Eyser's Institute, St. Louis public
school, and St. Joseph's (parish) School; un
married. Began business career at the age of
thirteen as cash boy with Wm. Barr Dry
Goods Co., then as general office man, continu
ing until 1883; became cashier for Funsten &
Co., continuing until 1893, when the Funsten
Bros. & Co., Inc., was organized and incor
porated, *of which is treasurer. Member Busi
ness Men's League. Independent in politics.
Catholic Member Goethe Gesellschaft, Weim-,
er, Germany. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Auto
mobile. Recreations: reading and automobil
ing. Office: 2d and Elm Sts. Residence: 1813
Cora Ave.
RETON, Arthur Edwin, manager American
Type Founders Co.; born, Milwaukee, Wis.,
Jan. 28, 1869; son of John T. and Mary E.
(Adams) Reton; graduated from public
schools of Kansas City, Mo.; married, Wash
ington, D. C, May 7, 1900, Frances M. Dewey.
Began business career in the Kansas City
Type Foundry, of which father was proprie
tor; started a printers' supply house in Kan
sas City, which was consolidated with the
American Type Founders Co. in 1894; man
ager Kansas City branch of that company,
1894-97; since 1897 manager St. Louis branch
same company. Mason (32°). Republican.
Member B. P. O. Elks. Office: 9th and Walnut
Sts. Residence: Washington Hotel.
REUTER, Philip George, secretary and
treasurer Reutcr-Jones Manufacturing Co.,
special machinery and mill supplies; born,
Nashville, 111., Jan. 21, 1876; educated in pub-
lie schools and business college; married,
Chamois, Mo., June 7, 1905, Margaret Crut-
singer. Began business career as clerk Huege-
ley Milling Co., Nashville, 111., 1896; entered
service of Government, 1898, and accompanied
Commission to Five Civilized Tribes of Indian
Territory; then for two years secretary and
treasurer Canadian Trust Co., Muskogee,
Okla.; assisted, 1905, in organizing the Reuter-
Jones Manufacturing Co., St. Louis, of which
has since been secretary and treasurer. Mem
ber National Metal Trades Association. Re
publican. Protestant. Office: 1607 S. 3d St.
Residence: 2616 Louisiana Ave.
REX, William S., president St. Louis Bank
Fixture Co.; born, St. Louis, Sept. 5, 1866; son
of John and Mary E. (Hooper) Rex; gradu
ated from St. Louis University in class of
1880; unmarried. Began business career in
1880 with firm of Bearman, Heidelberg & Co.,
wholesale clothing, New York, 1880-84; came
to St. Louis in 1884, and was with Mack &
Co., wholesale clothing, until 1886, when be
came connected with the St. Louis Bank Fix
ture Co., with which has ever since been iden
tified; in 1904, upon its incorporation, was
elected to present position as president of the
company. Democrat; member Democratic City
Central Committee. Catholic. Recreations:

hunting and fishing. Office: 811 Walnut St.
Residence: 317 Union Ave.
REXFORD, Ley Peterson, manufacturer;
born, Somerville, Mass., Jan. 1, 1876; son of
Richard W. and Grace (Peterson) Rexford;
educated in public schools of Philadelphia;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 12, 1905, Lucy Liv
ingston Whitelaw; two children: Louise Au
gustine, Oscar Whitelaw. After leaving school
served for several years in the Third National
Bank; was secretary and treasurer of the
American Roll Paper Co., 1906-07; president
American Paper Cutter Manufacturing Co.,
1907-10; president American Paper Products
Co. since 1910. Republican. Presbyterian.
Office: 2d St. and Bremen Ave. Residence:
3829 Westminster PL
REYNOLDS, George Delachaumette, law
yer; born, Gettysburg, Pa., Dec. 16, 1841; son
of Rev. William M. (D.D.) and Anna (Swan)
Reynolds; educated in public schools, Gettys
burg and Allentown, Pa., and Springfield, ill.;
graduated from Illinois State University (then
at Springfield, 111), A.B., 1861, A.M., 1866;
enlisted as private in Second Illinois Light
Artillery, 1861; mustered out in 1866 as lieu
tenant colonel, U. S. Volunteers; married,
Louisiana, Mo., Oct. 10, 1876, Julia, eldest
daughter of Augustus S. and Maria Vogdes;
children; George V., James Wj (died Sept. 19,
1911), Julia. Admitted to bar at Hannibal,
Mo., October, 1867; settled at Potosi, Wash
ington Co., Mo., 1867; circuit attorney, old
Fifteenth Circuit, 1868-71; removed to St.
Louis, 1871; went to Colorado, 1874; settled at
Boulder, Colo., and practiced there until 1877,
when returned to St. Louis; engaged in active
practice until elected judge of the St. Louis
Court of Appeals in 1908, for a term of twelve
years, which position he now holds, being
presiding judge of the court. One of attor
neys of Insurance Department of Missouri,
1877-81, and compiled, with W. S. Relfe and
S. M. Gilbert, the Revision of the Insurance
Laws of Missouri, 1879; admitted to bar, Su
preme Court, United States, 1881; U. S. attor
ney for Eastern District of Missouri, 1889-93.
Member American Bar Association, Missouri
and St. Louis Bar associations, Law Library
Association. Member G. A. R. (past com
mander Gen. Lyon Post, No. 2) ; companion
Military Order Loyal Legion of the United
States (past commander Missouri Command
ery); member Tuscan Lodge, A. F. & A. M.
In 1896 organized the Pennsylvania Society
of St. Louis and was its first president. Prot
estant Episcopalian. Club: Mercantile. Fa
vorite recreations: fishing and sailing. Office:
Pierce Bldg. Residence: 4239 Lindell Boul.
REYNOLDS, Matthew Givens, lawyer;
born, Bowling Green, Mo., Nov. 19, 1854; son
of Dr. Stephen J. and Sophronia (Givens)
Reynolds; graduated U. S. Naval Academy,
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1877; studied law under Robinson & Smith,
Bowling Green, and at St. Louis Law School;
admitted to bar, 1878; married, Louisiana,
Mo., 1880, Mamie Fagg; eight children: Ste
phen Clark, Florence (wife of Guy Gruner,
lieutenant U. S. A.), Alice (Mrs. Fred W.
Mysenberg of New York), Mary, Matthew
G., Jr., Robert Parker, Lucy Winn and John.
Practiced at Bowling Green and Louisiana,
Mo., and since 1886 at St. Louis. Elected
judge Circuit Court of St. Louis, 1904; served
four and one-half years, and resigned, to re
enter practice of law; member of firm of Rey
nolds & Harlan since 1909. Elected member
Missouri House of Representatives from Pike
Co., 1880; delegate Republican National Con
vention, 1884; U. S. attorney Court of Private
Land Claims, 1891-1904. Mason, Knight Tem
plar. Clubs: Mercantile, Racquet, City. Rec
reation: fishing. Office: 1105, 705 Olive St.
Residence: St. Regis Apts.
RHODES, Mosheim, English Lutheran cler
gyman; born, Williamsburg, Pa., April 14,
1837; son of Peter and Catharine Rhodes;
educated West Sunbury; graduated in theol
ogy, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove,
Pa., 1861; (D.D. Wittenberg College, Spring
field, O., 1878); entered ministry, 1861; mar
ried, May 4, 1861. Pastor Sunbury, Pa., 1861-
65, Lebanon, Pa., 1865-69,, St. Mark's Lu
theran, St. Louis, since 1871. President Gen
eral Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church,
1885-86; president Lutheran Board of Educa
tion; trustee United Societies of Christian En
deavor. Author: Life Thoughts for Young
Men; Life Thoughts for Young Women; Vital
Questions Pertaining to Christian Belief; also
Expository Lectures on Epistle to the Philip-
pians, etc. Address: 4414 Washington Ave.
RICE, Arthur Joseph, dry goods merchant;
born, New York City, Nov. 2, 1870; son of
Henry and Rachel (Herman) Rice; was grad
uated from Columbia Grammar School, New
York, 1888; matriculated at Columbia Univer
sity and was graduated as chemist, degree of
Ph.G., 1891; unmarried. Began active career
in employ of Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit, as
chemist, 1892, continuing, 1893, and until fall
of '"1894; identified with the Rice-Stix Dry
CoOds Co. since October, 1894, and member
pp'ard of directors since 1908. Democrat. Jew
ish religion. Member Masonic. Order, B. P. O.
Elks. Clubs: Columbian, Westwood, City, Mer
cantile Libraray. Favorite recreations: golf,
motoring and baseball. Office: 1000 Washing
ton Ave. Residence: West End Hotel.
RICE, Charles M., lawyer; born, St. Louis,
Apr. 8, 1882; son of Jonathan and Aurelia
(Stix) Rice; educated in St. Louis public
schools to 1898; Smith Academy, 1898-1900;
then entered Washington University and grad
uated, A.B., 1904; graduated from St. Louis
Law School, LL.B., 1907; married, St. Louis,

Sept. 23, i908, May Goldman; two children:
Erna Sarah, Jay D. Goldman. Admitted to
bar, 1906, and engaged in general practice
with law firm of Lyon & Swarts; in partner
ship with Joseph W. Lewis as Lewis & Rice
since March, 1909. Director School of Social
Economy; secretary Jewish Hospital; treas
urer St. Louis Branch Boy Scouts of America;
trustee Kingsbury Terrace and Kingsbury
Place. Member St. Louis Bar Association,
Academy of Science, Washington University
Alumni Association, St. Louis Law School
Alumni. Republican. Jewish religion.. Clubs:
City, Columbian, Westwood Country. ' Recrea
tions: golf and fishing. Office: Suite 1508,
New Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 51
Kingsbury Terrace.
RICE, Dell Frank, physician and surgeon;
born, Paw Paw, Mich., July 24, 1863; son of
Norman and Clarinda L. (Stone) Rice; edu
cated in public schools of Paw Paw; Ph.O,
College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan,
1885; M.D., Louisville Hospital College of
Medicine, Louisville, Ky., 1892; married, St.
Louis, 1897, Ida Freudenstein; children: Lu
cille, Josephine, Norman, Ida Dell. Engaged
in business as druggist at Louisville, Ky.,
1885-93; came to St. Louis in 1893, and since
in general practice as physician and surgeon.
Member St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri
State Medical Association, American Medical
Association. Mason. Office: Delmar Bldg. Res
idence: 5145 Cabanne Ave.
RICE, Frank R., president F. R. Rice Mer
cantile Cigar Co.; born, Mackinac Island,
Mich., Jan. 20, 1843; son of Justin and Mary
(Throop) Rice; educated in public schools,
Detroit; married, Boston, Mar. 17, 1883, Em
ma F. Lock; two children: Kathleen (Mrs. S,
B. Sheldon) and Justin. R. Began business ca
reer as a member firm of Rice & Byers, dealers
in cigars and tobacco, St. Louis, 1871; firm
name changed to F. R. Rice & Co., 1879; in
1892 the business was incorporated as the F.
R. Rice Mercantile Cigar Co., of which has
since been president; director Mechanics-
American National Bank. Republican. En
listed as private in First Michigan Infantry,
Apr. 18, 1861; served as private and commis
sioned officer, until wounded, and lost a leg
at battle of Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13,
1862; was transferred to Veteran Reserve
Corps, U. S. A., June 27, 1863, and remained
in that corps until close of the war; was then
commissioned as second lieutenant, Forty-
fourth U. S. Infantry, and remained with the
regiment until retired as captain, Jan. 15,
1871. Member Loyal Legion, Ransom Post,
G. A. R. Club: Mercantile. Office: 305 N. 4th
St. Residence: 3660 Lindell Ave.
' RICE, Henry, merchant; born, Bamberg, Ba
varia, Germany, June 28, 1835; son of Selig-
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in Polytechnic School and Realschule, Bam
berg; came to United States in 1850; married,
New Ybrk, Aug. 12,- 1863, Rachel Herman;
children: Samuel H. (deceased), Sol. J. (de
ceased), Arthur J., Jerome H., Fred D., Hilda
(now Mrs. Horace S. Gumbel), Edna (now
Mrs. L. B. Tim), Florence (now Mrs. Milton
C. Blum). Was in New York City, 1850-53;
in clothing business as Henry Rice & Co.,
Jacksonville, 111., 1853-61; military storekeep
er, U. S. Army, 1861-62; established in dry
goods business, Memphis, Tenn., in summer of
1862, in firm of Rice, Stix & Co., remaining
there until 1879, when business was removed
to St. Louis, where it was later incorporated
as Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co., of which was
president, now chairman advisory board. Has
lived in New York since 1866, and represents
the firm in the East. Trustee for many years
of Baron Hirsch Fund, which disburses about
$300,000 yearly to Russian immigrants, and
identified with many philanthropic and chari
table organizations. Member New York Cham
ber .of Commerce, Metropolitan Museum of
Art. Republican; was one of Committee of
Seventy that helped elect Colonel Strong as
Mayor of New York in 1894; has served as
commissioner of Board of Education, New
York. Address: 377 Broadway, New York.
RICE, James Aloysius, real estate; see Vol.
1906. RICE, Joe Pugh, president Missouri Rail
road and Warehouse Commission; 1857-1911;
see Vol. 1906.
*RICH, Morris, contractor; moved to Phila
delphia, Pa.; see Vol. 1906.
RICHARDS, Darius P., Wholesale sterling
silver, etc.; born, Columbia, Mo., Aug. 30,
1876; son of Darius P. and Sophia P. Rich
ards; educated in public and high schools of
Columbia, Mo., and State University of Mis
souri; married at Kansas City, Mo., 1904, to
Miss Gertrude Lucille Campbell; children:
Ralph O, Darius P., Jr. Began business career
as buyer for retail jewelry store of father, D.
P. Richards, June, 1895, and served until his
death, in March, 1897; in June, 1897, opened
store under firm name of Richards & Hen-
¦ ninger, of which was president until sold, Jan
uary, 1900, to Claud M. Wheeler, firm becom
ing Henninger & Wheeler; traveling sales
man with A. J. Jordan Cutlery Co., Septem
ber, 1900, to January, 1904, then manager of
retail and city wholesale departments, same
company, until Apr. 14, 1906; joined in or
ganizing, Apr. 15, 1906, the Maschmeyer,
Richards Silver Co., of which is secretary and
treasurer. Clubs: Mercantile, Million Popula
tion, Sunset Hill. Office: 203 Carleton Bldg.
Residence: 6157 Berlin Ave.
*RICHARDSON, Charles Fremont, railway
foreman of equipment; moved to Memphis,
Tenn.j see Vol. 1906.

RICHARDSON, Ernest Herbert, men's fur
nishings; bora in Forest of Dean, England,
February, 1869; son of Thomas J. and Mary
(Jones) Richardson; educated in private
school in England and at Coronal Institute,
San Marcos, Tex.; married, November, 1908,
Nella, daughter of Dr. Frank Tracy. Went to
Texas in boyhood, and after leaving school
was in retail millinery business with his
mother for six years in Texas; came to St.
Louis in 1891, entered service of T. B. Boyd
& Co., impqrters, retailers and manufacturers
of men's furnishings; in 1899 became junior
partner of the firm; in 1904 the business of
T. B. Boyd & Co. was incorporated under the
title of T. B. Boyd Furnishing Goods Co., of
which has since been vice president. Member
Associated Retailers. Club: Mercantile. Of
fice: Olive and 6th Sts.
RICHARDSON, Jack P., lumber; see Vol.
1906. RICHARDSON, Russell A., president Rus
sell A. Richardson Real Estate Co.; born,
Quincy, 111., June 2, 1866; son of Charles R.
and Meriba (Avise) Richardson; educated in
Quincy public schools to 1882; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 3, 1894, Lucy E. I. Methudy; two
children: Charles E., Russell K. After leav
ing school engaged with father in merchandis
ing and cotton planting, Louisiana, until 1892;
then removed to St. Louis, and since engaged
in real estate business; owner of several sub
divisions. Member St. Louis Real Estate Ex
change. Protestant. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar, Shriner; member B. P. O. Elks.
Clubs: Liederkranz, Missouri Athletic. Recre
ations: hunting and fishing. Office: 204, 706
Chestnut St. Residence: 1746 Waverly PI.
RICHARDSON, William Haerston, lumber;
born, Aberdeen, Miss., Sept. 1, 1858; son of
Jack P. and Mary Louise (Meek) Richardson;
educated in St. Louis public schools. Started
business career in 1885 as clerk for his father,
under firm name of J. P. Richardson Lumber
Co.; became member of firm of J. P. & W. H.
Richardson, 1898 ; on Aug. 1, 1904, was elected
vice president Massengale Lumber Co., hard
wood lumber; on death of his father, Apr. 30,
1910, he succeeded firm of J. P. & W. H. Rich
ardson, and since operates in own name; also
representative of Deco-Veneer Co., of Indian
apolis. Republican. Mason; member Royal Ar
canum, Order of Hoo Hoo. Office: 737 Century
Building. RICHMOND, Manley Glencoe, wholesale
fruits and produce; born, Detroit, Mich., Mar.
12, 1857; son of Emerson and Mary (Cassidy)
Richmond; educated in common schools of Ox
ford, Mich., and University of Michigan; mar
ried, St. Louis, Aug. 22, 1888, Gillian Eudore
Irish; children: Gillian I., Gladys L., Glendo-
lyn M. After leaving university taught school
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elected superintendent of schools of Oxford
Township; then was bookkeeper to a produce
firm in Detroit, two years; came to St. Louis,
in fall of 1881, and embarffed in produce busi
ness as Richmond & Andrews, for one year,
then for self, two years; since 1884 member
firm of Shaw & Richmond; incorporated, 1890,
as Shaw & Richmond Produce Co., of which is
president. Member Merchants' Exchange
(second viee president, 1904-05, vice president,
1905-06, president, 1906-07); past first, second
and third vice presidents St. Louis* Manufac
turers' Association; member and past fourth
vice president Business Men's League; mem
ber International Apple Shippers' Association,
National League of Commission Merchants,
Western Fruit Jobbers' Association. Demo
crat. Mason, Knight Templar (Ivanhoe Com
mandery), Shriner. Offiee: 829 N. 3d St. Resi
dence: 5666 Cabanne Ave.
RICKETTS, Alfred, president Alfred Rick-
etts Realty Co.; born, London, Eng., Feb., 12,
1865; son of Charles and Martha (Levi) Riek-
etts; public school education; married, St.
Louis, Jan. 15, 1891, Clara Gerhard; two chil
dren: Charles E. and Virginia M. Came to
America, 1886; assistant manager Browning,
King & Co., clothiers, St. Louis, 1886-1902;
now president Alfred Ricketts Realty Co.,
Missouri Oolitic Stone Co.; secretary and
treasurer Rio Grande Timber and Develop
ment Co., Active Investment Co., Walloon In
vestment Co. Member St. Louis Real Estate
Exchange. Democrat; judge of election, Sixth
Precinct, Twenty-eighth Ward, ten years.
Baptist; clerk, Third Baptist Church (mem
bership 2,300) since 1905, also deacon. Mem
ber Modern Woodmen of America, National
Union. Club: Apollo. Recreation, music. Of
fice: 816 Olive St. Residence: 5632 Von Ver
sen Ave.
RIDDLE, Frank Coston, manufacturer of
burial caskets; born, Allegheny City, Pa.,
May 24, 1852; son of John Weaver and Eliza
(Adams) Riddle; educated in public and pri
vate schools of Allegheny City, Pa.; married,
Allegheny City, Mar. 7, 1878, Ada Lucene
Layton (died May 14, 1879) ; married, 2d, St.
Louis, Feb. 28, 1883, Georgella Meredith. Be
gan business career, 1868, in employ of Hamil
ton, Lemmon, Arnold & Co., manufacturers of
coffins and caskets, Allegheny City; in 1870
was employed by Allegheny Savings Bank as
teller; returned to employ of Hamilton, Lem
mon, Arnold & Co. in 1874, as traveling sales
man; located in New York, 1876, as manager
of their business in New York and New Eng
land; came to St. Louis, 1879, and engaged in
same business on own account; formed co
partnership with Robert M. Riddle, 1882, and
continued under name of F. C. Riddle & Bro.,
until 1890, when business was incorporated as
F. C. Riddle & Bro. Casket Co., manufacturers
of burial caskets and jobbers of undertakers '

supplies, of which is president. Director Jef
ferson Bank. Republican. Methodist. Mason,
Knight Templar; member Royal Arcanum, Le
gion of Honor. Recreations: automobiling
and golf. Office: 1400-1412 Hogan St. Resi
dence: 4507 McPherson Ave.
RIDDLE, George Treadway, president
Franklin Bank; born, St. Louis, Feb. 22, 1847;
son of Alexander and Mary E. (Treadway)
Riddle; educated in grammar and high schools
in St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Apr. 5, 1877,
Frederieka Mohrenstecher; children: Gertrude
F. (Mrs. Eben T. Bradbury), Edna M. (Mrs.
Arthur B. Birge), Clara M. (Mrs. Edward A.
Morse, Jr.), Georgia E. Began business career,
1863, as clerk in provost-marshal general's of
fice in St. Louis, remaining until end of war;
clerk and bookkeeper with James and William
Patrick, lumber merchants, 1865-70; secretary,
1870-78, of Mississippi Planing Mill Co., which
was succeeded, 1878, by the Riddle-Rehbein
Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of mill-
work, packing boxes and interior finish for
residences, of which is president and treas
urer, active management of company being in
the hands of his son-in-law, Eben T. Brad
bury; president of Franklin Bank since Mar.
1, 1911. In 1902 formed the George T. Riddle
Real Estate Co., for the purpose of holding the
real estate acquired during his business
career, and is its president and treasurer; also
president of Carthage Marble and White Lime
Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Member board
of trustees of First Presbyterian Church.
Club: Bankers'- Office: Franklin Bank, 4th
and Morgan Sts. Residence: 5207 Lindell Boul.
Summer Residence: Charlevoix, Mich.
RIDGELY, Henderson, capitalist; born,
Springfield, 111., Dec. 10, 1853; son of Nicholas
H. and Jane Maria (Huntington) Ridgely; ed
ucated in Springfield public schools; married,
Jan. 25, 1889, Emily S. Parker. Entered fath
er's banking institution, Springfield, 1869;
later came to St. Louis and since engaged
principally in real estate investments. Direct
or Ridgely National Bank, Springfield, 111.;
large owner of St. Louis and other property.
Extensive traveler both ^n America and
Europe. Member Provident Association.
Clubs: Apollo and Amphion (associate mem
ber). Recreations: fishing, hunting, billiards.
Residence: 5738 Von Versen Ave.
RIEFLING, Frank Joseph, lumber manufac
turer; born, St. Louis, Nov. 18, 1877; son of
John George and Anna Magdalen (Hennerich)
Riefling; began attending school at Burford-
ville, Mo.; moved to St. Louis with parents
and was student public and parochial schools
and St. Louis University; took course in book
keeping and shorthand, Southwestern Business
College; married, St. Louis, Oct. 3, 1900,
Kitty Buchanan; one son, Richard George,
born Feb. 23, 1903. After experience in vari
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A. P. Bollinger Co., at St. Louis, February,
1896, and was connected with H. Lee Servoss
in a similar capacity, 1897 ; was identified
with the Missouri Lumber & Land Exchange,
Kansas City, Mo., as stenographer and book
keeper; went to company's mills at Grandin,
Mo., to learn lumber trade, 1898; returned to
St. Louis, 1899, and worked for Chicago Coal
and Lumber Co., until Mar. 1, 1901; then en
tered employ of George W. Miles Timber and
Lumber Co., as stenographer and bookkeeper,
advancing to secretary and general manager,
which offices he now holds; also vice president
Columbia Cooperage Co., Broadway Vehicle
Co. Independent in politics. Catholic. Member
Hoo-Hoo, Tower Grove Turn Verein. Recrea
tions: fishing, hunting, motoring, amateur pho
tography. Office: Wright Bldg. Residence:
3310 Magnolia Ave.
RIEFLING, John George, retired; born,
Muelhausen, Germany, April 3, 1853; son of
Henry and Christiana (Meinhardt) Riefling;
went to St. Vincent School, St. Louis, one
year and five months; married, St. Louis, July
13, 1875, Anna M. Hennerich; children now
living: Frank Joseph, George Barnard, Harry
Paul. Worked as stove moulder until 1881; in
grocery and general merchandise business un
til 1885; in, grocery and liquor business until
1901; then established Columbia Cooperage
Co., of which was president until 1906, retired.
Was one of founders of American Brewing
Co., 1891. Democrat; postmaster at Burford-
ville, Mo., 1883-85. Catholic. Recreations: lit
erature and music. Residence: 2700 Russell
Avenue. *RIELOFF, Friedrich Carl, German consul;
now in Mexico; see Vol. 1906.
*RIESMEYER, Louis Theodore, physician;
moved to Texas; see Vol. 1906.
RIGG, William Johnson, manager St. Louis
branch, Underwood Typewriter Co.; born,
Stratford, Ont., Can., June 4, 1868; son of Wil
liam Johnson and Arabella (Harvey) Rigg;
educated in public school of Stratford, until
1882; married, Newark, N. J., Sept. 28, 1902,
Ella Ulrick; one son, Irving. After leaving
school was dry goods clerk at Hamilton, Ont.,
until 1888; then was clerk with L. A. Smith
Dry Goods Co., Detroit, for one and one-half
years, then with Adam, Meldrum & Anderson,
dry goods, Buffalo, N. Y., with American
Writing Machine Co., in New York City, as
salesman, the Hammond Typewriter Co., Chi
cago, the Remington Typewriter Co., St.
Louis, Jan. 2, 1896; then with the Underwood
Typewriter Co., as salesman in Buffalo, N. Y.,
1902, and in 1903 returned to St. Louis and
has since been manager of the company's
house here. Democrat. Mason (32°). Club:
Missouri Athletic. Recreations: hunting, fish
ing and athletic sports. Office: 115 N. 8th St.
Residence: 4338 Laclede Ave.

RILEY, William Francis, contractor of mu
nicipal work; born, St. Louis, Dec. 28, 1863;
son of William and Ann (Martin) Riley; e<sr
ucated in public and parochial schools, St.
Louis, to 1877; married, St. Louis, Jan. 6, 1886,
Katherine Nolan; eight children: William A.,
Frank A., Loretto, Cecilia, Irene, John, Albert,
Katherine. Began business career at St. Louis,
1892, and continuously engaged in contract
work until 1896; since president of The Wil
liam F. Riley Construction Co., contractors
for public works. Democrat. Catholic. Mem
ber Knights of Columbus, Royal Arcanum.
Recreation: theatre. Office: 522-523 Victoria
Bldg. Residence: 3640 Cook Ave.
RINAMAN, Ryon Lewis, banker; born in
Muskingum Co., O., Feb. 28, 1866; son of
Napoleon and Elizabeth Mary (Sibley) Rina-
man; public school education; married, New
Orleans, November, 1894, Nannie Reed; one
daughter, Elizabeth G. Began as clerk in
railroad office, continuing about two years;
then in employ of wholesale grocery house at
Springfield, Mo.; visited Pacific coast and
Alaska, 1885-86; in various business enter
prises, 1886-89; engaged in insurance business
at Birmingham, Ala., and New Orleans, 1889-
97; manager American Surety Co. of New
York, at St. Louis, 1897-1901; secretary and
treasurer Illinois State Trust Co., East St.
Louis, until 1908; secretary Illinois Bankers'
Association, at Chicago, 1908-09; since vice
president Title Guarantee Trust Co. and Amer
ican Trust Co. Mason. Clubs: City, Bellerive
(St. Louis), Union League (Chicago). Recre
ations: motoring and golf. Office: 706 Chest
nut St. Residence: 6182 Washington Ave.
RING, Frank, physician and surgeon; bora,
St. Louis, June 11, 1855; son of Edward W.
and Mary (Roche) Ring; graduated from St.
Louis University, 1871, St. Louis College of
Physicians and Surgeons, 1892; married, St.
Louis, 1887, Nellie Prendergast. Began busi
ness career as manufacturer of oils and refined
lard in association with father from 1871 until
death of father in 1877, then continued busi
ness alone until 1885, as Edward Ring & Sons;
withdrew in 1885, and later began study of
medicine; since graduation, in 1892, engaged
in general practice as physician and surgeon.
Member American Medical Association, Mis
souri State Medical Association, St. Louis
Medical Society. Catholic. Recreation: travel.
Office: 619 Chemical Bldg. Residence: 6218
Wagner Ave.
RING, John, exporter of provisions; bora
in County Cork, Ireland, June 12, 1841; son of
Edward and Mary (Roche) Ring; educated in
private schools in Ireland, and later attended
St. Louis University and Christian Brothers
College, taking a course in chemistry; mar
ried, St. Louis, Sept. 8, 1868, Katie M. O 'Neil,
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of Citizens' Bank; children:. Vincent P. (de
ceased), Catherine O'Neil (deceased), Ethel
(deceased), John, Jr., Joseph, Genevieve,
Mary (Mrs. Dr. Louis R. Padberg). Began
business career in the porl? packing establish
ment of father in 1855, and later became a
partner in the business under firm name of
Edward Ring & Sons, in which continued for
years; more recently engaged on own account
as shipper and exporter of lard, tallow, grease,
etc. Member St. Louis Merchants' Exchange
since its organization. Formerly engaged as
inventor of double acting ammonia compres
sors, now used by manufacturers of ice ma
chines in United States; now interested in an
apparatus of his own invention for the purifi
cation and refrigeration of air in subways.
Member Academy of Science of Philadelphia,
Alumni Association of St. Louis University.
Roman Catholic Office: 508 Chamber of Com
merce. Residence: 3924 Westminster PL
RIPPEY, John Denise, lawyer; born, Law-
son, Ray Co., Mo., May 2, 1876; son of Joseph
T. and Talitha (Gordon) Rippey; attended
public sehools till 1891; A.B., Lawson Col
lege, 1895; A.B., LL.B., University of Mis
souri, 1899 (while there was member of Sigma
Chi, Phi Delta Phi, and Theta Nu Epsilon
fraternities) ; married Gertrude Christophel,
Nov. 7, 1911. After graduation in law was
admitted to bar, 1899, and has since engaged
in practice in St. Louis as Rippey & Kings-
land. Member St. Louis Bar Association. Of
fice: 112 N. 4th St. Residence: 5906 Plymouth
Ave. RITCHEY, Alexander Catlette, vice presi
dent Ferguson-McKinney Dry Goods Co.;
born, Pleasant Gap, Bates Co., Mo., Mar. 6,
1846; son of Leander Horace and Maria Dun
can (Stark) Ritchey; lost father at age of
seven years and family moved to Allen Co.,
Ky.; mainly self-educated, but possessed ad
vantages of limited attendance at country
schools of Ky.; married, Auburn, Logan Co.,
Ky., Feb. 24, 1869, Mary Elizabeth Catherine
Veirs; children: John E. (now director Hamil
ton-Brown Shoe Co.), Mrs. A. W. Payne,
Blanche (deceased), and Catherine V. Began
working on farm at age of eleven, continuing
.until eighteen; clerk J. S. Procter & Co., gen
eral merchandise, Franklin, Ky., for one
year; then moved to Auburn, Ky., for same
firm; next went to Louisville, Ky., and at
tended commercial school for a short time;
entered employ of R. H. Edelen & Co., jobbers
of hats, Aug. 13, 1867, and went on road as
salesman, traveling in Kentucky for ten years
and in Texas for three years; with McCord-
Boomer & Co., in same line of business, for
sixteen months; was with the Gauss-Hunieke
Hat Co. of St. Louis from Jan., 1882, until
became identified with the Gauss-Shelton Hat
Co., remaining with latter concern until Jan.,
1900; then assisted in organizing the Fergu

son-McKinney Dry Goods Co., of which was
one of the incorporators and is now vice pres
ident. Member board of directors Western
Commercial Travelers' Association. Demo
crat. Baptist; treasurer Third Baptist Church
Endowment Fund, and also of Missouri Bap
tist Sanitarium Endowment Fund. Member
Tuscan Lodge No. 360, A. F. & A. M. Club:
Mercantile. Recreations: chess and baseball.
Office: Ferguson-McKinney Dry Goods Co.
Residence: 6124 Kingsbury Boul.
RITTER, Edward P. V., real estate and
financial agent; born, Chester, 111., Sept. 27,
1858; son of Valentine and Josephine Hor
tense (Paschali) Ritter; educated in St. Louis
public schools, Washington University and
Bryant & Stratton Business College, St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, June 25, 1884, Fan
nie Belle, daughter of Congressman W. H.
Stone; children: Paschal Stone, Wesley Har-
court. Began business life as clerk with the
"Famous" Shoe and Clothing Co., of which
afterwards became successively cashier, book
keeper, secretary, vice president and presi
dent. In 1892 engaged in the real estate busi
ness with Charles C. Nicholls; assisted in or
ganizing the Nieholls-Ritter Realty and Fi
nancial Co., of which was vice president until
the business was taken over by the Nicholls-
Ritter-Goodnow Realty Co., and is vice presi
dent of latter corporation; also vice president
St. Louis, Lakewood & Grant Park Ry.; presi
dent Merchants' and Manufacturers' Ex
change, a corporation of New York City, and
president of the Floral Garden Development
Co. of New York. Republican. Methodist.
Mason (32°), Knight Templar. Club: Mercan
tile. Recreation: motoring. Residences: Jef
ferson Hotel, St. Louis, and also New York
City. Office: 718 Chestnut St.
RITTER, Otto Ludwig Reinhard, superin
tendent Hyde Park Brewery; born, Wies
baden, Germany, April 11, 1853; son of Hein-
rick and Amalie (Ebenhach) Ritter; educated
in elementary schools, Bavaria and Wurzburg;
entered polytechnic school and continued stu
dies until 1873; acquired knowledge of brew
ing business by service in breweries in Ger
many; married, Germany, 1880, Charlotte
Boeder; two children: August, Emma. After
leaving school engaged with Riedinger & Son
Machine Factory, Augsburg, Bavaria, and
continued until 1876; with Augsburg Machine
Co., Bavaria, 1877-9; came to America, 1880;
began business career, St. Louis, 1880, and
since continuously connected with Hyde Park
Brewery. Mason. Office: 2110 Salisbury St.
Residence: 3500 University St.
RIVET, Antoine Rush, financial and com
mercial editor of Globe-Democrat; born St
Lbuis, Aug. 29, 1851; son of John and Ger
trude (Koch) Rivet; educated in public
schools and afterwards by private instructors-
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L'Ange; two sons: Ignatius L., Francis X.
Began in newspaper work, 1874, and has been
assigned to all departments and branches; has
worked on all papers in the city; for several
years engaged in the electrical business; took
private instruction for three years in electric
ity. Since 1892, financial and. commercial ed
itor of Globe-Democrat. Associate member
American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Catholic . Member St. Louis League of Elec
trical Interests. Office: The Globe-Democrat.
Residence: 7511 Pennsylvania Ave.
ROACH, Harry F., architect; born, St.
Louis, May 7, 1871; son of H. E. and Sarah
(Haley) Roach; educated in public schools
and manual training school, St. Louis, and
at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bos
ton; married, St. Louis, Mar. 8, 1893, Mary
E. Gallup; children: M. Constance, John G.
(deceased), Mildred E. (deceased), HaTry F.,
Jr., Alden G., Dorothy E. Began practice as
architect in spring of 1891; member firm of
H. E. Roach & Son, 1891-1900, since alone.
Member American Institute of Architects and
St. Louis Chapter same, Business Men's
League. Baptist. Club: City. Recreations:
study of railroad mechanical devices and mu
sic. Office: Syndicate Trust Bldg. Residence:
3812 Flora Boul.
ROBARTS, Heber, physician; see Vol. 1906.
ROBBINS, Alexander Henry, Jr., lawyer
and law publisher; born St. Louis, June 21,
1875; son of Alexander H. and Annie (Robin
son) Robbins; graduated from Divoll Gram
mar School, 1890, Central High School, 1894,
Washington University and St. Louis Law
School, LL.B., 1898; married, St. Louis, Feb.
20, 1903, Katherine Gundelfinger; one daugh
ter, Mary Robbins. In 1898 entered on prac
tice of law in association with Judge J. G.
Woerner; collaborated with Judge Woerner
in publication of his work on the American
Law of Administration, 1899; editor of the
Central Law Journal since 1901, and since
1905 secretary Central Law Journal Co. Wrote
and published, 1903, text-book on "American
Advocacy," now leading text -book on advo
cacy and legal ethics. Professor of the Law
of Domestic Relations at the St. Louis Uni
versity Institute of Law. Democrat. Southern
Methodist. Member St. Louis and Missouri
State Bar associations. Office: 420 Market St.
Residence: 4465 Greer Ave.
ROBBINS, Edward Combs, president St.
Louis Well Machine & Tool Co.; born, Hawes-
ville, Hancock Co., Ky., Dec. 5, 1841; son of
Samuel and Mary Augusta (Longest) Rob
bins; came to St. Louis in childhood; educated
in Wyman 's, Avery's and Martin's schools
and graduated from St. Louis High School,
1859; attended Dr. Wines' School, 1859-60,
and Amherst College, Mass., September, 1860,
to May, 1861; served in Confederate Army,

1861-65; married, St. Louis, Dec. 5, 1872, Elea
nor Woodruff Kingsland; one son, Leroy
Kingsland Robbins. Returned to St. Louis in
1867; was engaged with the American Powder
Co., 1867-68; went into iron firm of Graff,
Bennett & Co., 1868, and remained until its
dissolution in 1888; meanwhile engaged, in
1879, in manufacture of well drilling machin
ery and tools, in which has ever since contin
ued. Is president of the St. Louis Well Ma
chine & Tool Co. Member Latin-American
Club (president, 1898-99 and 1901-02); was
also president Farm Implement and Vehicle
Board of Trade, 1897. Democrat. Presby
terian. Club: St. Louis. Recreation: reading.
Offiee: Cor. Wabash Track and Newstead Ave.
Residence: Buckingham Hotel.
ROBBINS, Leroy Kingsland, vice president
St. Louis Well Machine & Tool Co.; born, St.
Louis, Sept. 10, 1873; son of Edward C. and
Eleanor W. (Kingsland) Robbins; graduated
from the St. Louis Manual Training School,
and from Washington University, B.S., in
mechanical engineering, 1895; married, Green
field, Ohio, Dec. 10, 1895, Adelia B. South
ward; one son, Leroy S. Robbins. After grad
uation, in 1895, took present position as vice
president of the St. Louis Well Machine &
Tool Co., manufacturers of well-drilling ma
chinery for sinking water, oil and gas wells,
and mineral prospecting machinery. President
of the Implement and Vehicle Board of Trade
for 1905. Presbyterian. Commissioned first
lieutenant, Company D, Mar. 16, 1894, and
captain Company C, Feb. 3, 1897, in First Reg
iment Infantry, National Guard of Missouri;
commissioned and served as captain Company
C, First Regiment Missouri Volunteer In
fantry, during Spanish-American War, May 4
to Oct. 31, 1898; commissioned captain Com
pany A, First Infantry National Guard of
Missouri, Apr. 10, 1907, and as such served in
April, 1911, as one of Missouri's represent
atives with the regular army concentrated in
Texas during the Mexican Revolution; com
missioned major, Third Battalion, First Regi
ment Infantry, July 6, 1911. Member Society
of Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution, Society
of Foreign Wars, United Spanish War Vet
erans. Clubs: University, Missouri Athletic.
Recreation: military affairs. Office: S. New-
stead Ave. and Wabash R. R. Tracks. Resi
dence: Buckingham Hotel.
ROBBINS, Nelson Chapman, president A.
Robbins Varnish Co.; born, St. Louis, May 8,
1852; son of Alexander and Eliza A. (Chap
man) Robbins; educated in St. Louis public
schools and Griswold College, Davenport, la;
unmarried. Began business career handling
goods on commission and traveled for ten
years (half the time); with firm of A. Rob
bins & Co., varnish manufacturers, from 1871
to 1885, when business was incorporated under
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which became president in 1902. Member
Paint, Oil and Drug Club. Club: Missouri
Athletic. Recreation: Fishing. Office: 1531-
1539 N. 8th St. Residence: 2956 Dickson St.
*ROBERT, Benjamin Joseph; moved to Dal
las, Tex.; see Vol. 1906.
ROBERT, Douglas W., lawyer; born, Little
Rock, Ark., Sept. 20, 1866; son of Rev. P. G.
(D.D.) and Elizabeth (Scott) Robert; educat
ed at Smith Academy, St. Louis; LL.B., St.
Louis Law School (Washington University),
1898; married, St. Louis, Apr. 19, 1900, Eliza
Clendenin; children: Elizabeth Clendenin, Isa
belle Douglas. Engaged in general practice in
St. Louis from graduation in 1898; since 1906,
member of law firm Robert & Robert. Mem
ber St. Louis and American Bar associations,
St. Louis Law Library Association, Civic
League. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mason. Mem
ber of Royal Arcanum. Club: Racquet. Office:
414 Rialto Bldg. Residence: 4950 Forest Park
Boulevard. ROBERTS, Henry, manufacturer; 1862-
1909; see Vol. 1906.
ROBERTS, John Calvin, manufacturer of
boots and shoes; born, Readyville, Tenn., Dec.
17, 1853; son of James Madison and Louisa
(Conley) Roberts; graduated from Woodbury
(Tennessee) College, 1872, and , from T. A.
Leddin 's Commercial College, Memphis, Tenn.,
1874; married, Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 5,
1889, Anna C. Kiser; children: Elzey Mea
cham, John Calvin, Jr. Clerked in country
store for one year, then was two years in re
tail hardware store at Murfreesboro, Tenn.;
went to commercial college; worked as bill
clerk for M. L. Meacham & Co., wholesale
grocers, Memphis, one year, and after that re
turned to Murfreesboro, Tenn., and engaged
one year in retail grocery business; then went
on road selling shoes for Bramlet & Moore,
Boston, Mass.; came to St. Louis, 1880, and
was associated with Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co.
until 1897; vice president Roberts, Johnson &
Rand Shoe Co. until 1911, since vice president
International Shoe Co. Member Business
Men's League. Democrat. Clubs: St. Louis,
Mercantile, Glen Echo, Noonday. Recrea
tions: golf, motoring. Office: 15th St. and
Washington Ave. Residence: Page Boul. and
Partridge Ave., St. Louis Co.
ROBERTSON, John C, lawyer; born, Ty
rone, Blair Co., Pa., Jan. 18, 1872; son of Alex
ander and Mary A. (Pittman) Robertson; edu
cated public and high schools, St. Louis; LL.
B., St. Louis Law School, 1894; married, St.
Louis, Sept. 25, 1899, Adelia Black; children:
Esther M. and Florence D. Admitted to bar,
1894, and since in practice in St. Louis. Jus
tice of the peace Seventh District, 1900-06.
Republican. Member St. Louis Bar Associa
tion. Royal Arch Mason. Club: City. Office:
715 Times Bldg. Residence: 2924 Barrett St.

ROBERTSON, William Murray, physician;
born, Fayette, Ala., Oct. 3, 1866; son of John
C. and Mary (Alley) Robertson; educated in
public schools, Bellevue High School, Virginia;
A.B., Washington and Lee University, Vir
ginia, 1885; M.D., Medical Department, Uni
versity of Virginia, 1889; unmarried. Interne
New York City Hospital for two years after
graduation; came to St. Louis, 1894, and has
since been engaged in practice in this city.
Associate surgeon, Jewish Hospital; genito
urinary surgeon to City Hospital; instructor
in genito-urinary surgery in Medical Depart
ment of Washington University. Member St.
Louis Medical Society, Missouri State Medical
Association, St. Louis Surgical Club, Washing
ton University Alumni Association. Club:
University. Office: 602 Humboldt Bldg. Resi
dence: Colonial Bldg.
ROBERTSON, William Pitman, president
Dixie Printing Co.; born, Tyrone, Pa., Mar.
18, 1868; son of Alexander and Mary A. (Pit
man) Robertson; educated, public schools, Ty
rone, and Independence, Kan., and Clay
School, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, R. May
Kay; one son, Earle. Began learning printer's
trade at Independence, Kan., 1880; came to
St. Louis and opened an offiee at Ninth and
Pine Sts., 1886, selling out next year; was pro
prietor and editor Brighton News, Brighton,
111., 1889-90; sold out and returned to St.
Louis; associated with others in Robertson
Printing Co., 1891, but disposed of interest,
1904, since identified with the Dixie Printing
Co., of which is president; also director Dixie
Realty Syndicate. Member Business Men's
League. Was treasurer and chairman Public
ity and Advertising Committee of Constitu
tional Amendment Association No. 10, in cam
paign of 1910; director Citizens' Industrial
Association; member executive committee St.
Louis Sunday School Association. Presbyte
rian. Recreations: motoring and tennis. Of
fiee: 1627 Washington Ave. Residence: 3625
Finney Ave.
ROBINSON, Anslem Clark, physician ; born,
St. Charles, Mo., Nov. 13, 1851; son of Rev.
John W. and Dorcas (Griffith) Robinson; at
tended Gimble German School, five years,
Washington University (academic and collegi
ate courses) ; M.D., Missouri Medical College,
1874; married, St. Louis, Dec. 2, 1875, Maria
Duffer; children: Mrs. Hattie R. Leggat, Mrs.
Ella R. Scarritt. Engaged in general practice
of medicine in St. Louis since 1874. Was for
ten years city physician of St. Louis, and af
terwards served for four years member of the
St. Louis Board of Health; for twenty-five
years chief surgeon Police Department, St.
Louis; served for one year as major surgeon,
First Regiment, National Guard of Missouri.
Member St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri
State Medical Association, American Medical
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Methodist Church. Recreation: athletic sports.
Office: 428 Delmar Bldg. Residence: 5083
Westminster PL
ROBINSON, Anthony Saugrain, president
Thomas Law Book Co.; born, St. Louis, Feb.
12, 1855; son of Anthony Saugrain and Eliza
beth May (Alton) Robinson; educated in
Christian Brothers College, St. Louis; married,
Bunker Hill, 111., Dec. 10, 1884, Eugenia W.
Dorsey; two children: Edward Hamilton and
May Eugenia. Began active career as clerk in
a mercantile house, continuing, 1871-73; en
gaged in farming, 1874-76, and again as clerk,
1877-84; became identified with the Thomas
Law Book Co., 1885; served as secretary until
1908, since president. Democrat. Catholic.
Was Supreme Regent Royal Arcanum, 1903
and 1904, now Supreme Treasurer; member
Royal League, Legion of Honor. Recreations:
music, fishing. Offiee: 14 S. Broadway. Resi
dence: 5529 Von Versen Ave.
ROBINSON, Earle Temple, president Rob
inson Fire Apparatus Manufacturing Co.;
born, Nevada, Mo., Aug. 14, 1880; son of Wil
liam R. and Ella (Berry) Robinson; educated
in public schools to 1893; Smith Academy sci
entific class, 1900; took course in engineering
under Professor Maloney, English engineer,
1903; unmarried. Began business career with
father, lumber dealer, 1900; elected treasurer
Stemple Fire Extinguisher Manufacturing Co.,
Sept. 1, 1900; was general manager and grad
ually purchased capital stock Stemple com
pany, also bought plant and good will P. J.
Cooney Manufacturing Co., July, 1906; con
solidated two companies under name of Rob
inson Fire Apparatus Manufacturing Co., in
corporated, 1904; since president and general
manager same. Member North St. Louis Busi
ness Men's Association. Served four years
as member First Regiment, National Guard of
Missouri. Democrat. Member Christian
Church. Club: Mercantile. Recreations: expe
rimental work and automobiling. Office: 4250-
4268 North 20th St. Residence: 11 Princeton
Ave., University Heights, St. Louis.
ROBINSON, Eben Clay, lumber merchant;
born, Marysville, O., Oct. 1, 1847; son of Wil-.
Ham Morrison and Hannah Hooper (Crawford)
Robinson; educated in common and high
schools of Marysville; married, Thayer, Kan.,
Nov. 24, 1872, Katherine Elizabeth Stall; five
children: Calvin L. (secretary Chicago Lum
ber and Coal Co.), Arthur D. (master mechan
ic, Sioux City, la.), Cora B., Lena M. (Mrs.
W. B. Christian), Frederick M. Entered lum
ber business at Thayer, Kan., 1874, continu
ing there until 1880; in business at Ottawa,
Kan., 1880-90, as partner S. A. Brown Lumber
Co. (line yards); located at St. Louis, 1890,
and was in lumber business on own account,
1890-1900; president E. C. Robinson Lumber
Co. (line yards), since 1900; member Business
Men's League, and made trip to Panama, Feb

ruary, 1912. Was connected with retail gro
cery business at Thayer, Kan., 1870-80. Dem
ocrat. Protestant. Mason (32°). Clubs: Ma
sonic, Lumbermen's (treasurer), Normandie
Golf, Oasis Hunting and Fishing. Recreation:
traveling. Office: 1311 Wright Bldg. Resi
dence: 6231 Waterman Ave.
ROBINSON, Frederic Morrison, vice presi
dent E. C. Robinson Lumber Co.; born, Otta
wa, Kan., Oct. 15, 1882; son of Eben C. and
Katherine E. (Stall) Robinson; educated in
public schools, graduated from Central High
School, 1902; then entered Washington Uni
versity, graduated with degree of B.S., 1906;
married, St. Louis, Apr. 9, 1910, Lonore Bond
Clabaugh; one enild, William M. Since gradu
ation engaged with father, doing business as
E. C. Robinson Lumber Co.; vice president
same since 1910. Democrat. Presbyterian.
Member Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.
Recreation: baseball. Office: 1311 Wright
Bldg. Residence: Ferguson, Mo.
ROBINSON, George Rowan, retired; bora
in St. Louis Co., Mo., Sept. 14, 1866; son of
George R. and Anne Randolph Page (An
drews) Robinson; educated in public schools;
married, Old Orchard, Mo., Nov. 25, 1902,
Elsie H. Hewlett. Was employed in auditor's
office Missouri Pacific Ry., November, 1880, to
June, 1884; Antlers Hotel, Colorado Springs,
Colo., June to October, 1884; Clark & Stuy-
vesant Grocery Co., St. Louis, November, 1884,
to May, 1886; Meyer's Feed Mill, St. Louis,
May, 1886, to May, 1888. Vice president An
drews & Robinson Forage Co., May, 1888, to
October, 1893; established Ralston Purina Co.,
October, 1893, manufacturers of cereals. Dem
ocrat. Episcopalian. Residence: Kirkwood,
Missouri. ROBINSON, Henry Kellogg, machinery;
born, Amherst, Mass., Aug. 18, 1878; son of
William and Jane B. (Ingram) Robinson; ed
ucated in public schools of Worcester, Mass.,
and at Amherst College, graduating in class
of 1900; married, New York City, Oct. 3, 1901,
Lucy May Johnson; one son, Hobert. On leav
ing college became cashier in office of the
Munson Steamship Line, in New York City;
came to St. Louis, 1901; with Johnson Ma
chinery Co., 1901-04; president Johnson-Rob
inson Machinery Co., 1904^09; now local man
ager Lambert Hoisting Engine Co. Member
Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Office: 717 N. 2d
St. Residence: 771 Belt Ave.
ROBINSON, Jchn Beverley, professor archi
tecture. Washington University; born, New
York City. June 10, 1853; son of Henry Bar
clay and Caroline (Betts) Robinson; educated
Charles Morris' School, New York City, 1865-
67; George C. Anthon's School, 1867-69; Co
lumbia University, 1869-72; married, New
York, July 1, 1885, Elizabeth Devereux Urn-
sted; two sons, Beverley and Devereux and
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In independent business as architect, firm of
Thayer & Robinson, New York City, 1882-97;
deputy superintendent school buildings, Board
of Education, New York Cjty, 1897-1910; pro
fessor architecture, Washington University,
since 1910. Fellow American Institute of
Architects and member of St. Louis Chapter
same; member Alumni Association Columbia
College. Clubs: Artists' Guild (St. Louis),
Columbia University (New York City). Au
thor: Principles of Architectural Composition,
1899; Architectural Composition, 1908. Ad
dress: Washington University. Residence:
3739 Windsor PL
ROBINSON, Paul Gervais, physician; see
Vol. 1906.
ROBINSON, Samuel Roland Hiland, rail
road contractor; born in County of Gray, On
tario, Can., Nov. 22, 1860; son of Thomas Argo
and Sarah (Scott) Robinson (both from the
north of Ireland) ; educated in common schools
of Ontario; married, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Can., Mar. 4, 1884, Mary Elizabeth McPhee;
children: Thomas Argo, Leone, Charles Ro
land, Gordon Walter. Began, 1872, as water
boy on Hamilton Northwestern R. R., Canada;
later held various positions on railroads and
in lumber camps in Michigan; in 1882 began
as railroad contractor; superintendent and
manager of Minnesota & Arizona Construction
Co., constructing railroads and canal in Ari
zona; in 1898-1900 superintendent of construc
tion Vera Cruz al Pacifico R. R. in Mexico;
engaged in construction of Arizona & South
western R. R. in Arizona and Mexico, 1900-02;
in partnership with MacArthur Bros, in con
struction of Frisco R. R. between St. Louis
and Crystal City; also in construction of Lit
tle Kanawha R. R., a branch of the Wabash,
in Ohio; in 1904 laid 127 miles of track for
the Canada Northern R. R. in Canada. Has
been member of firms of Robinson & Jeffrey^
constructing Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
R. R., Robinson & Maney and Robinson &
Chaney; builder of Missouri River Northwest
ern R. R. in South Dakota. Now member of
S. R. H. Robinson & Son Contracting Co. Re
publican. Congregationalist. Mason (32°),
Knight Templar, Shriner. Office: Chemical
Bldg. Residence: 4339 Morgan St.
ROBLEE, Joseph Henry, vice president The
Brown Shoe Co.; born, Granville, N. Y., Apr.
8, 1859; son of Mahalon and Rhoda (Dilling
ham) Roblee; educated in public schools of
Granville, Friends' Seminary, Easton, N. Y.,
Granville Military Academy; married, Gran
ville, Sept. 23, 1885, Florence Allen; children:
Robert A., Louise. Came to St. Louis, 1879;
entered employ of Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co.
as clerk, July 5, 1879, and later was traveling
salesman for same firm; in November, 1887,
became connected with the Brown Shoe Co.,
shoe manufacturers, of which was treasurer

until 1893, since which time has been vice
president. Member business Men's League,
Civic League. Independent in politics. Bap
tist. Clubs: Glen Echo Country, St. Louis,
Mercantile, Arcadia Country. Recreations:
farming and horsebock riding. Office: The
Brown Shoe Co. Residence: Arcadia, Mo.;
also St. Regis Apts., St. Louis.
*ROBYN, Alfred G., musician; moved to
Brooklyn, N. Y.; see Vol. 1906.
ROBYN, Ernst, wholesale grocer and bank
er; born, St. Louis, June 2, 1850; son of Prof.
Henry and Alwina (Angelrodt) Robyn; edu
cated public schools; Christian Brothers Col
lege; Wirtz German and French Institute;
Lincoln-Jefferson Law College (correspondence
course) ; married, St. Louis, Dec. 5, 1872, Eliza
beth Schoenthaler; six children: Ernest, Ella,
Philip, Evelyn, Oscar, Emma. Began in gro
cery business, St. Louis, Mar. 21, 1865, and
has ever since been connected with that
branch; president Knippenberg Grocer Co.
since 1910; also actively identified with bank
ing, and president Central Bank of St.
Charles, Mo. Member Simpson Battery, O. M.
M.; honorary member Post No. 576, G. A. R.,
Department of Missouri. Republican. Presby
terian. Recreation: vacations on farm. Office:
206-210 S. 7th St. Residence: St. Charles, Mo.
Country Home: Augusta, Mo.
ROBYN, Paul, fire underwriter; born, St.
Louis, Dec 10, 1853; son of Professor William
and Clemence (Miltenberger) Robyn; educat
ed in Christian Brothers Academy, 1863;
Washington (public) School, 1864; Wyman In
stitute, 1866; Washington University, 1869;
married, St. Louis, Apr. 23, 1890, Louise Dyer;
children: Pauline, Lucille, Virginia, Odille,
Paul, Jr. Began in insurance business in 1871
in St. Louis and has continued ever since; be
came member of the insurance firm of Roes-
lein & Robyn, 1880, and since 1904 vice presi
dent of The Insurance Agency Co., this agen
cy handling over one million dollars in in
surance premiums annually. Besides fire in
surance writes accident, employers' liability,
tornado, automobile, marine, burglary, plate
glass and bonding insurance. Trustee Guardian
Angels' Home. Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Club: St. Louis. Recreation: music. Office:
Pierce Bldg. Residence: 3716 Pine St.
ROCKEL, Charles Elliott, leaf tobacco mer
chant; born, St. Paul, Minn., Mar. 19, 1862;
son of Gustavus and Johanna (Heller) Rockel;
educated in public schools, St. Louis; unmar
ried. Since 1879 has been connected with
wholesale leaf tobacco; embarked in business
on own account, 1897, as senior partner of
Rockel, Woeldike & Co.; retired from that
firm in January, 1903, and on Feb. 1, 1903,
started present firm of Rockel Leaf Tobacco
Co., wholesale dealers, of which is president.
Republican. Evangelical Lutheran. Mason

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(32°). Office: 15 S. Second St. Residence:
4937 Laclede Ave.
RODDY, Willard A., dentist; born, Boone
Co., Mo., Aug. 25, 1865; son of Robert A. and
Sarah Roddy; educated in public schools and
Missouri Dental College, graduating 1888;
married, Boonville, Mo., Sept. 20, 1893, Emma
Gibson. In practice in St. Louis since 1888.
Member Missouri State Dental Society, St.
Louis Dental Society, Washington University
Alumni Association. Democrat. Presbyterian.
Office: Frisco Bldg.
RODES, Boyle Owsley, general insurance;
born, Danville, Ky., Mar. 25, 1882; son of
Charles H. and Mary (Davis) Rodes; A.B.,
Central University of Kentucky, 1901; unmar
ried. Engaged in development work in south
ern part of Mexico, 1902-04; came to St. Louis,
1904, and since connected with W. H. Mark
ham & Co., insurance, now junior partner of
the firm; vice president T. L. Horn Trunk Co.
Presbyterian. Secretary Hospital Saturday
and Sunday Association. Clubs: St. Louis
Country, Racquet, University. Recreations:
golf and riding. Office: Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 4155 Lindell Boul.
RODES, Joseph H., lawyer; born, Ralls Co.,
Mo., Mar. 24, 1854; son of Dr. Tyree Rodes
(of Virginia) and Eliza (Tipton) Rodes,
daughter of Gen. Jacob Tipton, of Tennessee;
educated public schools; Van Rensselaer Acad
emy, Ralls Co.; Central College, Fayette, Mo.,
graduating with degree of Ph.B., 1877; taught
schools and studied law in' office of Judge
Theodore Brace, of Paris, Mo.; matriculated in
Law Department, University of Missouri,
graduating, degree of LL.B., 1881; married
Leona Williams, of Mexico, Mo., Dec. 31, 1891;
two children: Beulah H., W. Clifton. Practiced
in Paris, Mo., 1882-91; formed partnership
with Judge A. H. Waller, 1886, as Waller &
Rodes, Moberly, Mo., and Rodes & Waller,
Paris; dissolved partnership, 1881, and prac
ticed in Sedalia, 1891-1910; removed to St.
Louis, 1910, and retired from active practice,
devoting attention to personal affairs. Presi
dent and general manager Worrell Manufac
turing Co., manufacturers of chemicals and
disinfectants; president of trustees, Florida
Fruit Lands Co., of Kansas City, Mo., holding
in trust 180,000 acres of land. Prosecuting at
torney Monroe Co., 1882-86 inclusive; was
first state game and fish warden of Missouri
under the Walmsly law and secured about 300
convictions in two years. Member Missouri
State Bar Association. Democrat. Protestant.
Member St. Louis Business Men's Association.
Mason (Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commandery,
Shrine) ; member Elks, Knights of Pythias.
Recreations: hunting, fishing, golf. Office: 918
Wainwright Bldg. Residence: 5448 Forest
Park Boul.
RODGERS, Hickman Price, lawyer; born,
St. Louis, Feb. 5,. 1859; son of James A. and

Hannah E. (Stith) Rodgers; educated in pub
lic schools of St. Louis; LL.B., St. Louis Law
School, 1880; married, St. Louis, Sept. 25,
1884, Margaret McChesney; children: Sterling,
Milton, Atwell. Admitted to St. Louis bar,
June 14, 1880; enrolled in United States Su
preme Court, Apr. 13, 1903. Since admission
has been engaged in general practice of law
and is an authority on special tax questions;
appointed judge of Court of General Sessions,
1907; nominee for judge of Probate Court,
1910. Member of St. Louis Bar Association
and Law Library Association. Democrat. Ma
son, Knight Templar; member Legion of Hon
or. Office: 415 Pine St. Residence: 4718 Cote
Brilliante Ave.
RODGERS, William Langdon, secretary-
treasurer Fernholtz Brick Machinery Co.;
born, Alton, 111., July 8, 1873; son of Col. An
drew F. and Jennie (De La Plaine) Rodgers;
educated in public schools; A.B., Shurtleff
College, Upper Alton, 111., 1892; LL.B., St.
Louis Law School, 1898; unmarried. Practiced
law in St. Louis, 1899-1902, as member of law
firm of Foster & Rodgers. Since 1899 has been
secretary and treasurer, and since 1902 has de
voted entire attention to business as general
manager of the Fernholtz Brick Machinery Co.
Democrat. Recreations: fishing and baseball.
Office: 1421 S. Boyle St. Residence: 4326 W.
Pine St.
ROEDER, Philip, bookseller; born, Offen-
thal, Hesse-Darmstadf, Germany, Jan. 7, 1846;
son of John and Marie Roeder; came to St.
Louis in 1855; educated in public schools of
St. Louis; married, St. Louis, 1870, Amanda C.
Sonnewald (now deceased); children: Oliver
L., Charles W., Philip, Jr., Emma (Mrs. Oscar
O. Durham), Amanda (Mrs. Louis F. Aber).
Began business career in early part of 1862 as
errand boy with W. H. Gray, for whom later
became clerk, and finally, in fall of 1879,
started in business on own account as book
seller, stationer and newsdealer, in which has
continued ever since; head of Philip Roeder
Book and Stationery Co. Republican. Office:
703 Locust St. Residence: 1709 Carr St.
ROEHRIG, Philip, president Roehrig & Ja
coby Wall Paper and Carpet Co.; born, Ba
varia, Germany, June 7, 1850; son of August
and Elizabeth (Schramm) Roehrig; educated
in grammar schools of Germany; married
Friederieka W. Jacoby, of Bremen, Germany,
Sept. 10, 1878; five children: Herman, Perla
(Mrs. E. C. Alexander), Edward P., Augustave,
Elsie. Arrived in Ameriea Oct. 3, 1866; be
came connected with wall paper business at
1308 Franklin Ave., St. Louis, 1874; president
and treasurer Roehrig & Jacoby Wall Paper
and Carpet Co. since 1893. Republican. Lu
theran. Mason; member Legion of Honor,
Knights of Honor, Harugari; honorary mem
ber West St. Louis Turn Verein. .Office: 1223
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ROESCH, Anton, carpets, wall paper, etc.;
born, St. Louis, Dec. 7, 1862; son of Michael
and Elizabeth Roesch; educated in Pestalozzi
and Carroll public schools: married, St. Louis,
Aug. 19, 1886, Caroline Vollmar; children:
Ernestine (Mrs'. Arthur Ruemler), Anton, Ella,
Adolf, Oscar, Walter. Began business career
in 1883, lime whiting and paper hanging; be
gan in wall paper business and carpets, 1887;
incorporated business, 1896, as the Roesch Car
pet and Wall Paper Co., and in 1909 changed
name to Roesch Furniture, Carpet and Wall
Paper Co., of which is president and treasurer.
Republican. Evangelical. Member Young
Men's Christian Association, Civic League.
Office: 1541-1543 S. Broadway. Residence:
2744 Cherokee St.
ROGERS, Charles Loomis, president Sligo
Furnace Co.; born, Greene, Chenango Co., N.
Y., Oct. 25, 1858; son of Rev. Ferdinand and
Sylvia Jeannette (Loomis) Rogers; educated
at Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa.,
graduating with degree of M.E., 1883; mar
ried, Bethlehem, Pa., Dec. 9, 1885, Fanny Al
der Webb. Began as draughtsman for New
York Central & Hudson River R. R. Co., 1883,
continuing for five years; general manager
Milton Car Works, Milton, Pa., 1888-99; dis
trict manager American Car and Foundry Co.,
Milton, 1899-1905; president Sligo Furnace Co.
since 1905; also president Sligo & Eastern R.
R. Co. Has resided in St. Louis since 1907.
Member Civic League. Independent in poli
tics. Episcopalian. Mason; member Chi Phi
college fraternity. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercan
tile, Bellerive (St. Louis), Engineers' (New
York). Recreations: motoring, golf. Office:
915 Olive St. Residence: Buckingham Hotel.
ROGERS, Stephen Cook, lawyer; born, Chi
cago, 111., Sept. 9, 1872; son of Randolph R.
and Cynthia (Scott) Rogers; educated in pub
lic schools at Jefferson City and Centretown
(Cole Co.), Mo., 1878-89. Worked on farm at
Centretown until eighteen years of age; then
carried newspapers and clerked in stationery
and music store at Jefferson City for three
years; worked in shoe factory six years, study
ing law at night; admitted to bar at Jefferson
City, Nov. 26, 1896; located in St. Louis and
started to practice law, Jan. 14, 1897; general
practice. Member of Bar Association of St.
Louis, Law Library Association of St. Louis.
Democrat. Episcopalian by birth and training
— not attached. Mason; member Knights of
Pythias. Recreations: fishing and hunting. Of
fice: Suite 710-712 Carleton Bldg. Residence:
4437 Delmar Boul.
*ROGERS, William Banks, clergyman;
moved to Detroit; see Vol. 1906.
ROGERS, William Rolla, president Rogers-
Schmitt Wire and Iron Co.; bora, Nashville,
111., Sept. 27, 1872; son of John F. and Eliza
beth E. (Ferguson) Rogers; educated in public
schools, graduating from high school, 1892;

married, Ashley, 111., Apr. 29, 1896, Harriet E.
Meffert; two sons: Harold Lucian, Donald
Porter. Began active career with the Excel
sior Wire and Iron Co., 213 Market St., St.
Louis, 1893; was a member of the Lasar-Let-
zig Manufacturing Co., incorporated 1896;
was with the Cleveland Rolling Mill Co.,
Cleveland, O., from 1899 until the company
sold out to the American Steel and Wire Co.,
and with Ludlow-Saylor Wire Co. until 1903;
then returned to the Lasar-Letzig Manufac
turing Co.; assisted, in 1909, in organizing the
Rogers-Schmitt Wire & Iron Co., manufactur
ers of ornamental bronze and iron work, of
which has since been president. Democrat.
Presbyterian. Mason; member Corner Stone
Lodge No. 323, A. F. & A. M.; Belief ontaine
Chapter, No. 55, R. A. M.; Ivanhoe Command
ery, No. 8, Knights Templar; Rose Hill Lodge,
No. 120, O. E. S. Club: Masonic. Recreation:
reading. Offiee: 1714-1716 N. Broadway. Resi
dence: 6321 Isabella Ave.
ROHAN, James Michael, vice president of
Title Guaranty Trust Co., and of American
Trust Co.; bora, St. Louis, Feb. 18, 1867; son
of Michael and Mary (MeGovern) Rohan;
A.B., Christian Brothers College, 1883; mar
ried, St. Louis, Apr. 22, 1896, Mae Wath'en;
children: Eugene, Virgil, Philip, Francis M.,
James A., Joseph E. Engaged in business of
examination of titles to real estate, 1883-99;
assistant manager title department of St.
Louis Trust Co. and its successor, the Title
Guaranty Trust Co., of which was elected sec
retary and treasurer in 1902, and vice presi
dent in 1910; vice president American Trust
Co.; vice president St. Louis Fire Works Co.;
secretary Mound City Building and Loan As
sociation and several savings and building as
sociations. Democrat. Catholic. Member
Knights of Columbus. Club: Mercantile. Of
fice: 710 Chestnut St. Residence: 5039 Ray
mond Ave.
ROHAN, John Ambrose, viee president John
Rohan & Son Boiler Works Co.; born, St.
Louis, Jan. 1, 1874; son of John and Christina
(Lortz) Rohan; educated in public and pri
vate schools to 1881; St. Alphonsus (paro
chial) School, 1881-83; then Christian Broth
ers College, graduating with degree of B.S.,
1893; married, St. Louis, Apr. 26, 1899, Mary
Elizabeth Hatton; one child, John A., Jr. En
gaged in the boiler manufacturing business,
1893; elected vice president of company, 1894;
superintendent of works since 1905. Trained
vocal and instrumental musician, St. Louis
product; baritone voice, and expert sight-
reader of music. Member Apollo (musical)
Club, Temple Israel Choir, Temple Male Quar
tette. Democrat. Catholic. Member B. P. O.
Elks, Benton Council, Royal Arcanum. Club:
St. Louis Millers'. Recreation: baseball. Of
fice: 1915 North 9th St. Residence: 5912 Cates
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ROHAN, Philip Alphonse, boiler manufac
turer; born, St. Louis, July 15, 1877; son of
John and Christina (Lortz) Rohan; educated
at Christian Brothers College; married, St.
Louis, June 25, 1910, Stella Price Holliway.
Began business career as assistant in the of
fice of John Rohan & Son Boiler Works Co., as
a mechanical draughtsman, and later did the
estimating work for the company; on death
of father, 1905, succeeded to the presidency
of the company; in 1908 resigned as president
and became treasurer and general manager.
Also director Broadway Savings Trust Co.
Recreation: music. Offiee: 1915 N. 9th St. Res
idence: Hotel Berlin.
ROHDE, Henry, vice president J. B. Sickles
Saddlery Co.; born, St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 1,
1846; son of J. B. and Wilhelmina (Droeger)
Rohde; educated in private school, 1852-54,
public school, 1854-59, Jones Commercial Col
lege (nights), 1862; married, St. Louis, Apr.
25, 1877, Minnie, daughter of late Henry
Meier, president of Franklin Bank; children:
Cora, Ella, Edwin. In employ of Warne, Chee-
ver & Co., hardware and house furnishing
goods, 1860-63; then with Hayden & Wilson,
wholesale saddlery hardware, later incorporat
ed as the P. Hayden Saddlery Co., as salesman
until 1865; traveling salesman for same com
pany, 1865-81, buyer until May 1, 1902, when
bought an interest in the J. B. Sickles Sad
dlery Co., of which is first vice president.
Member German Evangelical Church. Served
in 1864 in the Seventh Regiment of State Mi
litia. Odd Fellow; member Legion of Honor.
Club: Gilead Fishing and Hunting. Favorite
recreation: fishing. Offiee: 2100-2104 Washing
ton Ave. Residence: 5105 Vernon Ave.
ROHLFING, Charles G., physician; born,
St. Louis, Dec. 24, 1843; son of William L.
and Elizabeth (Richman) Rohlfing; educated
in Lutheran parochial schools, public schools
and Central High School, St. Louis; Jefferson
Medical College, Philadelphia; M.D., Hum
boldt Medical College, St. Louis, 1867; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1870, Mathilda Pulse; eleven
children, four of whom are living: Florence
Mathilda, Charles E., Olive Stella and Dr.
Walter A. In practice at St. Louis since 1867.
Member American Medical Association, Mis
souri State Medical Association, St. Louis
Medical Society. Independent Republican. Lu
theran. Office: 1827 Cass Ave. Residence:
3803 Russell Ave.
ROHLFING, Louis Christian, physician;
born in Franklin Co., Mo., Mar. 5, 1866; son
of Louis C. H. and Mary (Wollblock) Rohl
fing; educated in grammar schools in Franklin
Co., 1872-81, and St. Louis, 1881-82; St. Louis
Manual Training School, graduating 1885;
M.D., Missouri Medical College, 1887; mar
ried, St. Louis, Nov. 14, 1889, Louise C.
Luecke; one daughter, Ethel L. Continuously
engaged in general practice of medicine since

graduation, first four years in Kansas, coming
to St. Louis, 1892. Director North St. Louis
Trust and Savings Bank. Member St. Louis
Medical Society, Missouri State Medical As
sociation. Republican. Methodist. Office and
Residence: 3521 Dodier St.
ROHWER, Henry, civil engineer; born on
estate near Rendsburg, Holstein, Germany,
Oct. 17, 1847; son of Henry and Magarete
(Rohwer) Rohwer; educated in public schools,
Province of Holstein, Polytechnic Institute
(private), Hamburg; graduate Royal Poly
technic High School, Hanover, 1869; came to
United States in 1869; married, Fremont, Neb.,
Oct. 8, 1873, Anna Sievers; children: Oscar H.
D., Henry G. A., Walter Chesbrough (de
ceased), A. Louise, Enne (deceased). From
1869 to 1874 was topographer, chief drafts
man, engineer in charge of construction and
chief engineer Burlington & Missouri River R.
R., in Nebraska, and for one year (1872) also
resident engineer at Omaha of the Omaha &
South Western Ry.; city engineer of Omaha,
Neb., 1876-81, establishing street grades, start
ing with paving of same and planning and su
pervising sewers and water works; division
engineer locating and constructing Oregon
Short Line (then branch of Union Pacific
Ry.), engineer in charge of tunnel and later
resident engineer and engineer of maintenance
of way, same line, 1881-85; engineer in charge
location and construction Omaha Belt Rail
way and Missouri Pacific extension to Omaha
and Lincoln, Neb., 1885-87; assistant engineer
in charge of maintenance of way, Mo. Pacific
Ry., Sedalia, Mo., 1887-1901; chief engineer
Missouri Pacific Ry. System, Mar. 1, 1901, to
Jan. 1, 1905; consulting engineer, same sys
tem, until June, 1906, since in private prac
tice. Member American Society Civil Engi
neers, Society of Engineers of Germany,
Ameriean Railway Engineers and Mainte
nance of Way Association, Engineers' Club of
St. Louis, fraternity of German Students of
A. H. A. H. Republican. Evangelical Lu
theran. Office: 609 Fullerton Bldg. Residence:
5646 Cates Ave.
ROLF, Henry William, wholesale wall pa
per; born, St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 29, 1863; son
of John C. and Mary (Manther) Rolf; educat
ed in public schools of St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 12, 1887, Rosa Buckha; children:
Edna (Mrs. Tryce Pickens), John, Hyacinth,
Henry W., Jr. Began business career as ship
ping clerk for F. W. Rosenthal in wall paper
business, continuing ten years; then served in
same capacity with Newcomb Bros. Wall Pa
per Co., for five years; was for seven years
with the National Wall Paper Co., and stock
holder in the G. H. Oliver Wall Paper Co. un
til 1901, when joined in organization of the
G. W. Miller Wall Paper Co., wholesale deal
ers in wall paper, of which is viee president.
Republican. Member Royal Arcanum. Recre-

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ation: fishing. Office: 1504 Pine St. Resi
dence: 2325 Oriole Ave.
ROMER, Wilhelm J., merchant tailor; born,
Lima, Allen Co., 0., Nov* 8, 1868; son of Jo
seph and Wilhelmina (Laba) Romer; educated
at St. Xavier's College, Cincinnati; married,
Lima, O., Oct. 11, 1897, Winnifred Sullivan;
children: Rosamond Josephine, William Sulli
van. Learned the merchant tailoring business,
in which has been actively engaged on his
.own account since 1889; in April, 1900, joined
Howard F. Kohler in establishing the present
firm of Kohler & Romer. Member Permanent
Exposition. Catholic. Club: St. Louis Riding.
Kecreation: horseback riding. Office: 304
Carleton Bldg., 6th and Olive Sts. Residence:
4848 Fountain Park.
ROOS, Solomon, manager The American
Metal Co., Limited; born, Frankfort a/M.,
Germany, Apr. 22, 1876; son of Jacob and
Johanna (Mayer) Roos; gymnasium education
in Germany; married, St. Louis, Jan. 16, 1906,
Selma Kalter; children: Margaret, John. En
gaged in trade in metals since 1892, beginning
at Frankfort-on-the-Main, and continuing in
same line in New York, 1894-95; since 1895
connected with the American Metal Co. of
New ^ork, Limited, of which became resident
manager at St. Louis, January, 1905. Presi
dent Lanyon-Starr Smelting Co., St. Paul Min
ing Co.; vice president Bartlesville Zinc Co.
Member Merchants ' Exchange. Mason. Club:
Columbian. Office: 506 Olive St. Residence:
4467 McPherson Ave.
RORICK, David, insurance; born near Col
umbus, Franklin Co., O.; son of Cornelius
Hoyt and Julia Fowler (Kimball) Rorick; ed
ucated in district and high schools, Franklin
Co., O.; married, Wyandotte, Kan., Sept. 27,
1869, Lucy A. Meriwether; one son, David, Jr.
Began business career as clerk in hotel, New
castle, Ind., 1858; learned marble cutting trade
and followedit until enlisting, in 1862, as pri
vate, Co. G, Thirty-first Iowa Infantry; pro
moted to first lieutenant on battlefield at
Vieksburg, Miss., and thereafter served on
staff of Gen. W. T. Sherman; took part in bat
tles of Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, siege
of Vieksburg, Lookout Mountain, Dallas, Ken-
esaw Mountain, around Atlanta, Jonesboro,
March to the Sea, and Columbia, S. O, where
was taken prisoner, exchanged and returned
to the command at Raleigh, N. C; joined in
march through Virginia to Washington, D. O,
where armies were reviewed by Grant and
Sherman and mustered out in 1865. Resumed
marble business and studied law; removed to
Jefferson Co., Kan., and began practice of law
in firm of Mc Arthur & Rorick, 1867; elected
to lower house of Kansas legislature, 1869-70,
and was one of three members who voted
against ratification of the Fifteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution of the United States;
became connected with American Central In

surance Co., November, 1869, and has served
consecutively as special agent, general agent
on Pacific Coast, 1877-78, general adjuster,
second vice president, 1894, and as vice presi
dent since 1903. Democrat. Member Military
Order of Loyal Legion. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar. Odd Fellow. Member Ransom Post,
G. A. R. Club: Missouri Athletic. Offiee: 816
Olive St.
ROSEBROUGH, Charles A.; born, Galena,
111., Sept. 10, 1853; son of Richard Love and Lu
cretia (Hunt) Rosebrough; came to St.. Louis,
1858; educated in St. Louis public schools and
high school; married, St. Louis, Feb. 23, 1885,
Ida V. Hagaman; children: Charles A., Hes
ter, Richard L., Sidney H. Since leaving
school entire business career has been spent
in monument manufacturing work; now presi
dent and treasurer the Rosebrough Monument
Co. Mason (32°), Knight Templar. Offiee:
Olive and 20th Sts. Residence : 4549 Cook Ave.
ROSEBROUGH, Frank Henry, physician;
born, St. Louis, June 17, 1878; son of James
William and Margaret (Robinsqii) Rose
brough; educated at St. Louis public schools;
Manual Training School; studied medicine two
years in Marion-Sims College; advanced work
in science, Summer School, New York Univer
sity, 1901; assistant in science, Westminster
College, Fulton, Mo., 1901-02; A.B., Westmin
ster College, 1902; M.D., Medical Department,
St. Louis University, 1904; post-graduate
courses in New York, 1905, London and Vien
na, 1908, Vienna, 1909, Berlin and Vienna,
1910, Paris, 1912; unmarried. Associated in
practice (diseases of eye and ear) with Dr. J.
G. Ehrhardt since 1904; member visiting staff
of St. Louis City Hospital (diseases of the
eye), 1910. Presbyterian. Member American
Medical Association, Missouri State Medical
Association, St. Louis Medical Society, Amer
ican Medical Assn., of Vienna, Beta Theta Pi.
Member Occidental Lodge, No. 163, A. F. & A.
M.; St. Louis Chapter, No. 8, R. A. M. Clubs:
City, Triple A Golf. Recreations: automobil
ing and golf. Office: 928 N. Grand Ave. Resi
dence: 3802 Windsor PL
ROSEN, Louis, president Rosen-Reichardt
Brokerage Co.; born, Bayou Sara, La., Apr.
10, 1876; son of Louis and Dora (Miller)
Rosen; educated in public schools to 1888;
then entered Tulane High School, New Or
leans, graduating, 1892; married, Chicago,
Apr. 27, 1898, Hattie Benjamin; two children:
Louis, Jr., Earl. Began business career as
member firm of Louis Rosen & Co., 1895, and
continued until 1902; then organized Rosen-
Reichardt Brokerage Co., importers and com
mission merchants, canned goods, dried fruits,.
etc. Also director International Bank; presi
dent National Preserve Co. Member National
Canned Goods and Dried Fruit Brokers' Asso
ciation. Republican. Jewish religion. Mason
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urer and director). Recreation: golf. Office:
800 Spruce St. Residence: 5218 Raymond St.
ROSENHEIM, Robert Faist, millinery mer
chant; bora, St. Louis, July 12, 1861; son of
Morris and Matilda (Ottenheimer) Rosen
heim; educated in the public schools of St.
Louis, and for six years in Frankfort-on-the-
Main and Stuttgart, Germany, until 1877;
married, St. Louis, Feb. 14, 1898, Lottie Doro
thy Ware. Returned to St. Louis from Ger
many in summer of 1877, and engaged in 1879
with his father's business, Rosenheim, Levis
& Co., wholesale millinery, serving fourteen
years, from boy to partner, 1879-93; engaged
in various enterprises 1893-96, and finally,
with father and brother, opened again in
1896; sold out in 1899, and then established
the R. F. Rosenheim Toggery Co.; since 1907
in retail millinery business. Republican. Rec
reation: traveling abroad. Office: 3826 Olive
St. Residence: 3867 Washington Boul.
ROSENTHAL, George Daniel, manager Gen
eral Electric Co.; bora, Krementschug, Rus
sia, Jan. 6, 1869; son of Herman and Anna
Rosenthal; educated in University of Poltawa,
Russia, 1879-81; came to United States in
1882; attended high school of Mitchell, S. D.,
1883-86; married, St. Louis, Apr. 27, 1896, Jo
sephine Murphy; children: George D., Jr., Nor-
myan, Leonore Katherine, Helen Dorothy, Jo
sephine. Employed with the General Electric
Co. since 1887; in factory at Harrison, N. J.,
1887-90, Chicago office, 1890-92, since 1892
manager of St. Louis branch. Also vice presi
dent P. C. Murphy Trunk Co. Republican.
Mason (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs:
Mercantile, City, Liederkranz, Engineers'.
Favorite Recreations: books, golf, fishing and
hunting. Office: 815-816 Wainwright Bldg.
Residence: 4304 Washington Boul.
ROSENTHAL, Isaac Bernhardt, president
Rosenthal-Sloan Millinery Co.; born, Villmar,
Germany, Jan. 6, 1849; son of Bernhardt and
Shanett (Ackerman) Rosenthal; educated in
public schools; married, Scranton, Pa., Aug. 3,
1870, Carrie Lipschutz; one daughter living,
Ray (now Mrs. Walter Wise). Came to Amer
ica, 1862; clerk in retail dry goods store, San
Francisco, several years, and engaged in busi
ness on own account six years; removed to
New York, 1867, and was member firm of D.
Hauser & Co., wholesale dry goods; in busi
ness, Scranton, Pa., eight years; sold out, and
located in St. Louis; established wholesale
millinery business, 1876, as I. B. Rosenthal &
Co., later I. B. Rosenthal Millinery Co., and
since 1900, Rosenthal-Sloan Millinery Co., of
which is president. Republican. Jewish reli
gion. Mason. Clubs: Mercantile, Columbian.
Recreation: motoring. Offiee: 1700 Washing
ton Ave.
ROSENTRETER, Adolph, rabbi; born,.Gol-
lantsch, Germany, Dec. 27, 1858; son of Meyer
and Frommet Rosentreter; graduated from

gymnasium at Berlin, 1878, and from Univer
sity of Berlin, 1880; married, 1st, St. Louis,
Aug. 15, 1886, Fanny Schwabe (died Feb. 7,
1902); children: Emmy, Frieda, Meyer; mar
ried, 2d, St. Louis, Nov. 27, 1904, Eva Gotts-
chalk. Rabbi of congregation at Meseritz,
Germany, 1877-84; came direct to St. Louis,
1884, and from Jan. 10, 1885, to 1911, was
rabbi of B 'nai Amvona Congregation, but the
position not affording sufficient monetary re
turn, secured employment with Washington
National Bank, continuing with its successor,
the American Trust Co. Now rabbi of Beth
David Congregation. Republican. Member
B 'nai B 'rith, Free Sons" of Israel, I. O. B. A.,
O. B. A., Progressive Order of the West, Mod
ern Woodmen of America, Yeomen Brother
hood; ex-president Beth Moshah Sekenim
(Home for the Aged). Office: Title Guarantee
Trust Bldg., 726 Chestnut St. Residence: 4311
W. Belle PL
ROSSKOPF, Henry A., lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 31, 1877; son of John and Susan
(Hiestand) Rosskopf; educated, Lyon (pub
lic) School until fifteen; Bryant & Stratton
Business College; LL.B., Benton College of
Law, 1901; married, St. Louis, June 5, 1905,
Mrs. Augusta Rogers; three children: Eugenia
O, Henry A. and Susan Lea. In employ of St.
Louis Woodenware Works, 1892-1900; admit
ted to bar 1901 ; associated with Charles F.
Krone in practice, 1901-05; appointed assist
ant circuit attorney, 1905, and re-appointed,
1909. Republican. Member German Evangel
ical Church. Member Bar Association of St.
Louis. President Tower Grove Heights Im
provement Association. Mason; member Sons
of Veterans, Tower Grove Turn Verein. Rec
reation: baseball. Office: Municipal Courts
Bldg. Residence: 3504 Hartford St.
ROST, Otto, brewer; 1844-1909; see Vol.
1906. ROTH, Charles Alexander; see Vol. 1906.
ROTH, Frederick, Sr., wholesale coffee mer
chant; born in Bavaria, Germany, Sept. 14,
1856; son of John and Franziska (Matt) Roth;
educated in public schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, Dec. 25, 1876, Amelia Yeckel;
children: Mrs. Lulu Roth Henckler, Frederick,
Jr., Oliver H. Began business career as a gro
cery clerk, 1872-75; entered retail grocery
business in 1875 and continued until 1885; be
gan in wholesale coffee business in 1885, as
city salesman, and continued as such until
1898, when with associates organized the
Roth-Homeyer Coffee Co., importers and job
bers of coffees, of which has since been presi
dent. Also vice president of St. Louis Boat
and Engine Co. Republican. Recreations: fish
ing and bowling. Office: 601 N. Main St. .Res
idence: 2950 Milton Ave.
ROTH, George Adam, president of the Adam
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1855; son of Adam and Margaret (Arnold)
Roth; educated in public and private schools,
also in Bryant & Stratton Business College;
married Mary Tillery, of Columbia, Mo., Oct.
20, 1886; children: Thomas A., Margaret
Frances. After leaving school, 1874, entered
the retail grocery house of his father, Adam
Roth, this business having been established
by his father at Broadway and Spruce Sts.,
1848, and changed to a wholesale basis in
1876. Began at the bottom and served in every
department, and, upon incorporation of the
business in 1885 as the Adam Roth Grocery
Co., became vice president of the company,
continuing until death of his father, June 20,
1900, when he became president; also vice
president of the Payne-Roth Grocery Co. of
Columbia, Mo.; director Litchfield (111.) Gro
cer Co., and American Coffee Co. Member ex
ecutive committee of Business Men's League;
treasurer and one of the three originators of
the Children's Industrial Farm Association,
which provides a two weeks' outing, on the
Association farm, for 900 children selected
from the poorest tenement districts, during
the summer months. Member of the Grand
Avenue Presbyterian Church; member Royal
Arcanum; Chancellor of Bonaparte Council
and member of the Supreme Council of the
Legion of Honor. Club: City. Office: Cupples
Block, 7th and Poplar Sts. Residence: 5145
Von Versen Ave.
ROTH, John Henry, grocer; 1859-1910; see
Vol. 1906.
ROTH, John Jacob, architect; born, St.
Louis, Jan. 17, 1884; son of Henry and Dora
Elizabeth (Schreeke) Roth; educated in pub
lic and high schools; St. Louis School of Fine
Arts; studied architecture at Washington Uni
versity, completing the course in 1906; mar
ried, May 29, 1912, Flora M. Breyman. Began
practice in St. Louis, 1902; spent two years
traveling in Japan and China, studying the
architecture of those countries; in civil serv
ice under War Department of United States
in Manila as assistant to consulting architect,
1908-09; building commissioner of University
City, 1912; member firm of Roth & Study.
President St. Louis Architectural Club; mem
ber Beta Theta Pi. Republican. Presbyterian.
Clubs: Union, Liederkranz. Recreations: horse
back riding, music and art. Office: Suite 1108
Liggett Bldg. Residence: 27 Amherst Ave.,
University City.
ROTH, Will Keber, real estate; bora, St.
Louis, July 7, 1865; son of Adam and Mar
garet (Arnold) Roth; educated in German
schools, 1872, public school, 1880, Manual
Training School, 1880-83, in first graduating
class; married, St. Louis, Jan. 22, 1896, Anna
H. Haeussler; children: Albert William, Anna
Eleanor. During summers, 1880-83, was em
ployed with John Kimpel, wagonmaker and
blacksmith shop, and with Turner & Co., mill
wrights; drove wagon and assisted in shop

with B. Roth Tool Co., then as timekeeper,
draftsman, wood-inlayer, and assistant to su
perintendent, Pullman Car Shop. In 1885 be
came connected as errand boy, and subse
quently was office boy, street buyer, auditor,
buyer, and was vice president Adam Roth
Grocery Co; in 1909 became associated with
sales department of Papin & Tontrup, real es
tate loans and leases. Republican. Active
member Compton Hill Congregational Church.
Recreations: traveling and outdoor sports. Of
fice: 626 Chestnut St. Residence: 2909 Acco-
mac St. (Compton Heights.)
ROTHENSTEINER, John E., clergyman;
born, St. Louis, Jan. 7, 1860; son of John and
Magdalene Rothensteiner; educated SS. Pe
ter and Paul's (parochial) School; Christian
Brothers College; went to Milwaukee, Wis.,
1875, and spent nine years as student at St.
Francis Seminary. Ordained priesthood Ro
man Catholic Church, at St. Louis, by Arch
bishop Ryan, 1884; acting pastor parish of
Portage de Sioux; then assigned to Jackson,
Mo., where continued for two years; subse
quently in charge of Reviere aux Vases, Ste.
Genevieve Co., Mo.; pastor St. Michael's
Church, Frederiektown, Mo., for twenty years,
1887-1907; pastor Holy Ghost parish, St.
Louis, since 1907. Under his administration of
the Church of the Holy Ghost, a new church
building has been erected at an expenditure
of about $90,000, also the new parsonage, $13,-
000. Director parochial school of Holy Ghost
parish; secretary Board of Synodal Examiners
of archdiocese of St. Louis. Democrat. Trus
tee State 'Historical Society, Columbia, Mo.
Spent four months traveling in Europe, 1898.
Author: The Catholic Church and Civil Lib
erty, 1892; Hoffnung und Erinnerung, (Hope
and Memory), 1903; Indianer Sommer (Indian
Summer), 1905; Heliotrope (a book of verse),
1908; Am Sonniger Hang (On the Sunny
Slope), 1909; Columbus the Christ Bearer,
1911; Sonnets and Songs, 1911; also transla
tions from the German. Residence: 1911 N.
Taylor St.
ROTHGIESSER, Louis, men's furnishings;
born, Borek, Germany, Apr. 9, 1872; son of
Michael and Charlotte (Kory) Rothgiesser;
resident of St. Louis since 1885; educated in
public schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Feb. 9, 1897, Fannie Epstein; one daughter,
Alice. On leaving school became connected
with the gentlemen's furnishing and tailoring
business with S. Rothgiesser & Bro., becoming
a member of the firm in 1890, and in 1903 the
style of the firm was changed to Rothgiesser
Bros., as at present. Also vice president Colo
nial Laundry Co. and Colonial Tower Service
Co. Member South Broadway Merchants' As
sociation. Republican. Mason. Office: 101-103
N. Broadway. Residence: 4546 Laclede Ave.
ROTHGIESSER, Simon, men's furnishings;
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chael and Charlotte (Kory) Rothgiesser; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools; unmarried.
Resident of St. Louis since 1876; connected
with Kory & Sons, manufacturers of clothing,
for seven years; established in business in
men's furnishings, 1883; joined by brother,
Louis, as S. Rothgiesser & Bro., and in 1903
the firm became Rothgiesser Bros.; director
Washington National Bank. Republican. Mem
ber Young Men 's Hebrew Association. Office :
101-103 N. Broadway.
ROUDEBUSH, Alfred Holt, lawyer; born,
New Orleans, Apr. 12, 1873; son of Rev.
George Shotwell (D.D.) and Margaret Hughes
(Moore) Roudebush; A.B., University of Mis
sissippi, 1894; LL.B., Washington University,
1900; married, St. Louis, Nov. 30, 1907, Susan
D'Arcy; one son, George Shotwell, Jr., bom
Feb. 18, 1909. Admitted to Missouri bar, 1901,
and has practiced in St. Louis since February,
1901; assistant city counselor, 1907-10; associ
ate city counselor, 1910-11; was instructor in
Smith Academy, 1896-1900. Democrat. Pres
byterian. Member St. Louis Bar Association
(secretary, 1912), Blackstone Society (presi
dent, 1912), Mississippi Society of St. Louis
(ex-president), Delta Psi, Phi Delta Phi law
fraternity. Recreation: walking. Office: 720
Rialto Bldg. Residence: 5616 Cates Ave.
ROWE, Thomas J., lawyer; born, St. Louis,
June 26, 1851; son of David and Margaret
(Fitzgerald) Rowe; A.B., Christian Brothers
Academy, St. Louis, 1868; LL.B., St. Louis
Law School, 1872; married Elizabeth A.
O'Neill of Griggsville, 111., Aug. 7, 1879; nine
children, six of whom are living: Thomas J.,
Jr., Henry, Robert, Nathaniel David, Mrs.
Adele Rowe Oyler, and Vivian. Admitted to
Missouri bar, 1872, and since engaged in prac
tice in St. Louis. Democrat. Catholic. Office:
Suite 220 Wainwright Bldg. Residence: 3736
Delmar Boul.
ROWE, William, retired; bora, Bristol, Eng
land, Jan. 13, 1830; son of Thomas and Mary
(Du Fay) Rowe; educated in public schools;
married, 2d, Portsmouth, Eng., 1865, Harriet
Young; children (by first wife) : Mamie, Will
iam, Emma; children by 2d marriage: Nellie,
Alice, Ada, Effie. Came to America in 1845
and to St. Louis in 1849; engaged as mate and
captain on steamboats plying the Mississippi
River and all its tributaries, until 1865, and
during the Civil War was captain of hospital
boat on Mississippi for U. S. Government; in
1865 established in business as dealer in tents,
awnings, and all kinds of duck goods, and
later added rubber clothing and footwear, in
corporating the business in 1894 as the Mound
City Duck and Rubber Co., of which was pres
ident until 1909, when retired. Residence:
1525 N. Market St.
ROWLAND, Edmund Shackelford, life in
surance; bom, Richmond, Ky., Jan. 17, 1860;
son of Sidney V. (one of the pioneers of Ken

tucky) and Susan (Shackelford) Rowland (de
scendant of the De Irvine family of Ken
tucky, which came to Virginia in the early
days of the Revolution; William and Christo-
pher Irvine and the latter's son Christopher
were pioneers of Kentucky and actively in
strumental in the development of the state) ;
educated in schools at Danville, Ky.; married
at Danville, 1882, to Miss Patti Belle Bryant.
Traveled in California for two years for the
Mayfield Woolen Mills Clothing Co.; con
nected with concessions during World's Fair
period; resident manager for about one year
for the North American Accident Insurance
Co., of Chicago; city manager Prudential In
surance Co., 1905-07; since member of firm of
Rowland & Wilson, general managers state of
Missouri for Prudential Insurance Co. of
America. Member Merchants' Exchange of
St. Louis, Life Underwriters' Association,
Kentucky Society. Presbyterian. Clubs: St.
Louis, Missouri Athletic. Recreation: fishing.
Office: 512 Chemical Bldg. Residence: Buck
ingham Hotel.
ROWLAND, Joseph Henry, contractor gran
itoid paving; born, Hamilton Co., Tex., Feb.
12, 1855; son of Joseph and Sallie Ann (Fer
guson) Rowland; educated in district schools
of Franklin Co., Mo.; married, St. Louis, Nov.
6, 1893, Mary E. Hartmann; six children: Ha
zel, Joseph Edgar, Jessie Mabel, George, Alice
and William. Engaged in farming in Franklin
Co. until 1888 and then became connected
with blacksmithing; conducted a flour mill in
Gasconade Co., Mo., 1889-93; located in St.
Louis, 1893, and has since been identified with
contracting business; founder and head of Jo
seph H. Rowland Granitoid Construction Co.
Democrat. Universalist. Member Royal Arca
num. Office: 610 Chestnut St. Residence: De
Soto, Mo.
RUBELMANN, George Alwin, president
George A. Rubelmann Hardware Co.; born, St.
Louis, Apr. 7, 1869; son of George A. and
Sara (Guthrie) Rubelmann; educated in St.
Louis public schools, LaGrange (Mo.) Baptist
College, and Foster's Academy, St. Louis;
married, Louisiana, Mo., June 6, 1895, Mattie
Harvey. On leaving school in 1885, entered
the house of George A. Rubelmann Hardware
Co. (established I860,' incorporated 1881), and
after serving in various capacities became
vice president of the company. For one year,
because of impaired health, traveled exten
sively in the United States. Republican. Bap
tist. Member Knights of Pythias. Office: 905-
907 N. Sixth St. Residence: 6131 Westminster
Place. RUBELMANN, George Andrew, hardware;
1841-1912; see Vol. 1906.
RUB'PT.MANN. George Ferdinand, presi
dent Rubelmann-Lucas Hardware Co.; born,
St. Louis, May 26, 1869; son of John G. and
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public and private schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1896, Anna Wiegand; one
daughter, Alice D. Began business career as
assistant to father, Jojin G. Rubelmann, in
hardware store (established 1860), the firm
then being Rubelmann & Co., and incorpo
rated July, 1885, as the Rubelmann-Lucas
Hardware Co., of which later became a di
rector and since 1898 has been president of
the company. Member Civic League. Member
Evangelical Church. Office: 1939 N. Broad
way. Residence: 6309 McPherson Ave.
RUBINSTEIN, Tobias L., shirt manufac
turer; born, Kovno, Russia, 1866; son of Na
than I. and Sarah R. (Taubman) Rubinstein;
educated in Russia; came to United States,
July, 1881; married, St. Louis, September,
1890, Lillie Weiss; children: Wilton, Adeline.
Started in shirt business in 1887; incorporat
ed, 1893, as the New Era Manufacturing Co.
Hebrew religion. Offiee: 903 Lucas Ave. Res
idence: 4382 Pine St.
RUCKER, William Henry, 2d viee president
Boogher, Force & Goodbar Hat Co.; born, Cole
Camp, Benton Co., Mo., Sept. 25, 1857; son of
Henry Anthony and America Fry (Ferguson)
Rucker; educated in public schools of Pilot
Grove, Mo.; married, Columbia, Mo., Oct. 25,
1882, Fannie Hickman Lukens; one daughter,
Lucile. Began active career as clerk in gen
eral store at Pilot Grove for H. W. Harris,
1875; entered business on own account in
same town as Lukens & Rucker, 1883; sold out
to Gehlken & Maddex in 1889; became con^
nected with the Scott & Jones Hat Co., of St.
Louis, Jan. 1, 1888, and continued with its
successor, the Boogher, Force & Goodbar Hat
Co. to present time, director and 2d vice presi
dent since 1906. Democrat. Baptist. Member
William D. Muir Lodge, No. 277, A. F. & A.
M.; St. Louis Chapter, No. 8, R. A. M.; Mis
souri Consistory, No. 1; Moolah Temple, A. A.
O. N. M. S. Recreation: breeding standard
bred horses. Office: 1608 Washington Ave.
Residence: Columbia, Mo.
RUECKING, Herman, president Ruecking
Construction Co.; bora, St. Louis, Feb. 6,
1858; son of Henry and Louise (Zu Broxton)
Ruecking; educated in public schools, St.
Louis, to 1873; married, St. Louis, Oct. 21,
1881, Emma Rapp (died, 1903); married, 2d,
St. Louis, June, 1904, Clara Schubert; three
children: Herman, Emma, Frederick. After
leaving school, engaged with father in con
tracting business, and continued until 1886;
then engaged in business for self, first build
ing sewers for city. Purchased quarry, 1888,
and conducted same alone until incorporated
as Ruecking Construction Co., 1904; since con
ducting general construction and quarry busi
ness. Interested in municipal government;
served as Ninth Ward delegate on City Cen
tral Committee. Republican. Protestant. Ma
son, Knight Templar, Shriner. Club: Lieder

kranz. Recreation: athletic sports. Office* 4036
Marine Ave. Residence: 4850 S. Broadway.
RUECKOLDT, George, manufacturer of fix
tures; born Waldkarppel, Germany, Jan. 14,
1852; son of George and Elizabeth (Burg-
hardt) Rueckoldt; educated in public schools
in Germany; married, Bremen, Germany, Oct.
17, 1875, Anna Werner; children: Bertha
(Mrs. Adolph Miller), Emma (Mrs. Gustava
Schmitt), Charles, George (deceased). Learned
cabinet-maker's trade in Germany, beginning
1866, and served several years there as super
intendent before coming direct from Germany
to St. Louis, 1881; employed twenty months in
B. Tholes Artistic Cabinet Works, then start
ed in business with William Staudte, as man
ufacturers of interior wood work, under firm
name of Staudte & Rueckoldt, until 1?93,
when business was incorporated as the Staudte
& Rueckoldt Manufacturing Co., of which has
since been president. Independent in politics.
Member German Evangelical Church. Mason
(32°), Knight Templar, Shriner. Member St.
Louis Social Society, German-American Alli
ance. Club: Liederkranz. Favorite recreation:
athletic exercises. Office: 112 Soulard St. Res
idence: 3549 Holliday Ave.
RUEHMKORF, Henry J., secretary and
treasurer Feuerborn Toy Co.; born, Red Bud,
111., Nov. 6, 1859; educated in public schools;
married, 1888, Anna Bahrenburg. Began busi
ness career with general merchandise firm in
home town, and continued to 1888; then came
to St. Louis and engaged with Hennen & Co.,
dealers in notions, as salesman, and became a
partner, 1905; business changed hands and
was incorporated as Feuerborn Toy Co., of
which has since been secretary and treasurer.
Republican. Methodist. Member Royal Arca
num. Office: 919 N. Broadway.
RUEMMELL Albert, manufacturer; born in
City of Mexico, Jan. 24, 1853; son of Henry
and Elizabeth (Hoffmann) Ruemmeli; educat
ed in Germany; married at Zurich, 1881, Lou
isa Knoblauch; children: Marie, Clara, Ella,
Louise, Alice. Learned trade of machinist in
Switzerland and Germany; came to America
in 1881, and worked in New York City, 1881-
83, and in St. Louis, 1883-96; in 1896 joined in
organization of the Ruemmeli-Dawley Manu
facturing Co., manufacturers ¦ of ice-making
and refrigerating machinery, of which has
since been president. Member Liederkranz.
Office: 3900 Chouteau Ave. Residence: 2102
Lafayette Ave.
RUHE, Henry F. W., general manager
American Bakery Co.; born, Germany, May
12, 1847; son of Henry and Maria (Borg-
mann) Ruhe; educated in public and parochial
schools, to 1857; then came to America, and
continued studies at Indianapolis, until 1860;
took course in Bryant & Stratton Business
College; married, Buffalo, N. Y., Dec' 17, 1868,
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William May), Henry W., Carrie (Mrs. Fred
erick E. C. Kuhlmann), Bertha (Mrs. Julius
Horstman), Louisa, George and Gertrude.
Served as apprentice, and journeyman carpen
ter, to 1872; began as salesman with Welle-
Boettler Bakery Co., 1872, became partner,
1884, and continued until 1897, wlien company
merged into the American Bakery Co. and he
became director and general manager same.
President Ruhe-Boettler Realty Co.; vice pres
ident Theo. R. Appel Realty Co.; director
North-Western Bank. Clubs: Missouri Ath
letic, Liederkranz. Recreations: motoring,
traveling. Office: 901-7 Liggett Bldg. Resi
dence: 2129 St. Louis Ave.
RUHL, Joseph Anthony, clothing manufac
turer; bora, Columbus, O., Oct. 31, 1855; son
of Anton and Caroline (Engler) Ruhl; reared
on farm; educated in schools of Columbus;
married, Columbus, Nov. 25, 1880, Catherine
G. Ziminer; children: John A., Charles J., Lu
cille, Agnes, Catherine, Marie, Marguerite. In
1875 took position as stock clerk in wholesale
clothing store at Columbus; moved to Omaha,
Neb., 1887, and started firm of Gilmore &
Ruhl, which moved to St. Louis, April, 1897;
after death of Mr. Gilmore, organized the J.
A. Ruhl Clothing Co., wholesale clothing man
ufacturers, of which is president. Member
Business Men's League. Democrat. Catholic.
Office: 1231 Washington Ave. Residence: 4459
Lindell Ave.
RULE, Adrian Ogle, real estate; born in
Pike Co., Mo., Nov. 12, 1860; son of John
Thomas and Eliza Ann (Ogle) Rule; educated
in Louisiana (Mo.) High School, and in law
school of Washington University, 1885; mar
ried, St. Louis, Nov. 27, 1895, Julia Cave; five
children: Adrian O., Jr., Francis Daniel, John
Cave, Rhodes Elmore, Mary Julia. Began bus
iness career as printer's boy in office of
Champ Clark, when latter edited paper at
Louisiana, Mo., for three years; came to St.
Louis, 1881; librarian St. Louis Law Library
for four years; studied law, was admitted to
bar, 1885, and engaged in practice until Sep
tember, 1889; since in business as real estate
and financial agent; vice president Kilgen-
Rule Real Estate Co. Member Business Men's
League, Lake-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway As
sociation, Missouri Manufacturers' Associa
tion, Universal Exposition Co., St. Louis Real
Estate Exchange (ex-president). Democrat.
Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile, Noon-day, Maine
Hunting and Fishing. Office: 713 Chestnut St.
Residence: 3832 Lindell Boul.
RULE, Virgil, lawyer; bora, Louisiana, Pike
Co., Mo., Mar. 31, 1864; son of John T. and
Eliza Ann (Ogle) Rule; educated in public
schools, Louisiana, graduating from high
school, 1880; LL.B., St. Louis Law School
(Washington University), 1887; married, St.
Louis, Feb. 16, 1898, Estelle, daughter of John
D. Johnson; children: Amy Johnson, John

Thomas, Jane, Helen, Virgil, Jr. Printer's
"devil," Louisiana Journal, 1880; employed
with division engineer Chicago & Alton R. R.,.
at Louisiana, 1881; clerk Exchange Bank,
Louisiana, and Farmers ' Bank, Bowling Green,
Mo., 1881-83 ; assistant librarian and librarian,
Law Library Association of St. Louis, 1883-
90; studied law while in library, 1884-87; in
office of Charles P. and John D. Johnson, 1890-
94; in practice of law in St. Louis since 1891.
Judge of Circuit Court, 1908. Democrat.
Member American and St. Louis Bar associa
tions. Clubs: St. Louis, Bellerive Country.-
Office: 1016, .506 Olive St. Residence: 3731
Westminster PL
*RUMBOLD, Frank Meeker, physician;
moved to Jefferson City, Mo.; see Vol. 1906.
RUMSEY, Edwin, vice-president James W.
Byrnes Belting and Hose Co.; born, East
Bridgewater, Mass., March 10, 1851; son of'
Alfred S. and Marcia A. (Hatch) Rumsey;
educated in public and private schools and
high school, Bridgewater, Mass.; married, Mid-
dleboro, Mass., May 6, 1872, G. . Matilda
Briggs. Came to St. Louis from New York in
1880, and started as salesman for the L. M.
Rumsey Manufacturing Co.; in 1890 engaged.
with the Revere Rubber Co., and in 3896 the:
James W. Byrnes Belting and Hose Co. was
incorporated. In 1910 firm name was changed
to Byrnes Belting Co., of which has since been:
vice president and sales manager, company.
being manufacturers of belting and wholesale
dealers in all kinds of hose and packings, and
now located in own new building, occupying
40,000 square feet of floor space.' Also gehJ
eral manager St. Louis Fire Hose and Equip
ment Co. Republican in national, liberal in
local politics. Non-sectarian. Office: 2107-11-
Locust St. Residence: 5045 Raymond Ave.
RUMSEY, Horace Southard, vice president
and general manager of the L. M. Rumsey
Manufacturing Co.; bora St. Louis, March 30,
1877; son of Lewis Miller and Emma (Gaty)
Rumsey; educated in public schools, Smith
Academy, St. Louis Manual Training School,
class of 1895, and Washington University;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 19, 1902, Louise Chap
pell; one daughter, Louise G. O. On. leaving'
school entered the shops of the L. M. Rumsey
Manufacturing Co., and after learning the
business of manufacturing steam fittings and
plumbing supplies took charge of the machine
shop; served as volunteer in Spanish- Amer
ican War, 1898; was traveling salesman, cov
ering United States, Canada and Mexico, 1898-
1900, for the L. M. Rumsey Manufacturing
Co.; became cashier in 1900, and in 1902 was
made general manager of the company, now
also vice president. President Security Build
ing Co.; director Good Hope Mining Co.
Served ten years in 1st Regiment National
Guard of Missouri as 2d lieutenant of Com
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captain of Company A. Member Military and
Naval Order Spanish-American War, Order of
Foreign Wars. Democrat. Episcopalian. Clubs:
Noonday, Mercantile, Missouri Athletic, Glen
Echo. Recreations: golf, motoring and fishing.
Office: 810 N. 2d St.; branch office: Mexico
City, Mexico. Residence: 5265 Westminster
Place. RUMSEY, Lewis Miller, Jr., president L. M.
Rumsey Manufacturing Co.; born, St. Louis,
Jan. 24, 1876; son of Lewis Miller and Emma
(Gaty) Rumsey; educated in public schools of
St. Louis, Washington University, and Smith
Academy, class of 1893; married, St. Louis,
Apr. 2, 1902, Florence Newton; children:
Lewis Miller, III, and Margaret. On leaving
school became associated with the L. M. Rum
sey Manufacturing Co., manufacturers and
jobbers of steam fittings, etc., established by
father in 1865; advanced from office boy
through various departments; had charge of
factory and later of the office, then vice pres
ident until 1905, since president of the com
pany. Also director St. Louis Union Trust
Co. and State National Bank of St. Louis;
secretary Granite Bi-Metallic Consolidated
Mining Co. Served eight years in First Regi
ment, Missouri National Guard, and for six
months in First Missouri Volunteer Infantry
in Spanish-American War. Member Military
Order of Foreign Wars. Clubs: Noonday, Glen
Echo, Missouri Athletic, Racquet. Recreations:
hunting and golf. Office: 810 N. 2nd St. Resi
dence: 4378 Westminster PL
RUMSEY, William C, real estate; 1854-
1912; see Vol. 1906.
RUNYAN, Van Leer, dental supplies; born,
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 17, 1846; son of Benja
min M. and Mary E. (Dunkin) Runyan; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools and Wash
ington University until 1863; married, Prairie
du Rocher, Dec. 19, 1868, Euphrasie Clarke;
children: Benjamin M., Clement D., Van L.,
Jr., Eloise M. (Mrs. Lucien M. Harris), Rob
ert A., Caroline P. (Mrs. Wm. Simpson), Sid
ney L. Has been resident of St. Louis from
childhood, and was engaged in various mer
cantile and financial pursuits until 1893; as
sistant cashier of the Continental National
Bank, 1893-96, and of the Fourth National
Bank, 1896-1905; cashier, 1905-06, assistant
cashier, 1906-11, National Bank of Commerce;
since vice president O 'Brien-Worthen Co.,
dental supplies. Office: 906 Olive St. Resi
dence: 5808 Westminster PL
RUPRECHT, William, president W. & F.
Ruprecht Construction Co.; born, St. Louis,
Feb. 14, 1869; son of Joseph and Barbara
(Kunkel) Ruprecht; educated in public schools
to thirteen; married, St. Louis, 1888, Louisa
Emmeneger; three children: William, Edward,
Frank. Learned trade of stationary engineer;
later engaged in hauling business, and organ
ized firm of W. & F. Ruprecht, general con

tractors, now W. & F. Ruprecht Construction
Co.; secretary and treasurer Banner Bottling
Co., Banner Sash and Door Co.; member Rup-
recht-Voirol Hollow Concrete Block Construc
tion Co.; director Southern Commercial Sav
ings Bank. Catholic. Member Woodmen of
America. Offiee: 8011 S. Broadway. Resi
dence: 8300 S. Broadway.
RUSSELL, Charles Silas, manufacturer and
miner; born, St. Louis Co., Mar. 7, 1833; son
of James and Lucy (Bent) Russell; educated
in St. Louis Co. and at Yale College; married,
St. Louis, 1858, Mary E. Mead (who died,
1897); 2d, St. Louis, 1906, Florence Davis;
children (all by first marriage): Sue M. (Mrs.
Thomas G. Portis), Silas Bent, Charles M.,
and three sons who are deceased — Edward
Mead, Guy R. and Wolfert Ecker. Began ac
tive career in connection with affairs relating
to the family estate, and for several years was
associated with- his mother in management of
the Oak Hill Farm and coal mines owned by
the estate, adjoining the tract of land now
known as Tower Grove Park, in St. Louis; as
sisted in organizing the Russell Coal Co., of
which was general manager; president for
many years of the Parker-Russell Mining &
Manufacturing Co., now chairman of board;
president Russell Real Estate & Investment
Co. Democrat. Episcopalian. Recreation: lit
erature. Office: 501 Liggett Bldg. Residence:
5973 Cates Ave.
RUSSELL, Ernest John, architect; born,
London, England, March 5, 1870; son of John
Stokes and Mary J. (Mayhew) Russell; came
to United States in childhood; educated in
public schools in Colorado; married, Spring
field, O., 1896, Elizabeth Dunlap; two chil
dren: Mary D., Elizabeth B. Began study of
architecture in 1887, and has been continu
ously identified with the profession ever
since; member of firm of Mauran, Russell &
Garden, 1900-09, Mauran & Russell, 1909-11,
Mauran, Russell & Crowell since 1911. Past
chairman Public Baths Commission; past pres
ident Architects' League of America; fellow
American Institute of Architects; member
American Society for Testing Materials, St.
Louis Architectural Club, Missouri Historical
Society. Member House of Delegates, St.
Louis, 1909-1911. Baptist. Clubs: University,
St. Louis, Racquet, Noonday, City, Automo
bile, Aero, Glen Echo, Bellerive. Recreation:
automobiling. Office: 1620 Chemical Bldg. Res
idence: 3835 Westminster PL
RUSSELL, Francis Wayland, clergyman;
born, Fairport, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1865; son of
Byron P. and Betsy (Pitman) Russell; B.Sc,
University of Nebraska, 1890; graduated Mc-
Cormiek Theological Seminary, 1894; (D.D.,
Coe College, 1903); married Lucile Cross, of
Fairbury, Neb., Oct. 5, 1897. Ordained Pres
byterian ministry, 1894; pastor, Fairbury,
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Colo., 1903-04, West Presbyterian Church, St.
Louis, since 1904. Chairman foreign missions
work, Presbyterian Church, for Missouri.
Member Loyal Legion, Sigma Chi. Club: Mer
cantile. Address: 5848 Maple avenue.
RUSSELL, S. Bent, civil engineer; born in
St. Louis County (now St. Louis), Aug. 21,
1860; son of Charles S. and Mary Elizabeth
(Mead) Russell; educated at St. Paul's Col
lege, Palmyra, Mo., Shenandoah Valley Acad
emy, Winchester, Va., Smith Academy and
Washington University, St. Louis, graduating
as engineer of mines, 1881; married, 1886,
Anne Clendenin; three children: Austin O,
Isabel K., Wolfert E. Began professional
work, 1881, as instrument man on railroad and
river improvement work; entered St. Louis
Water Department as assistant engineer, 1882,
and most of practice after that until 1902 was
in engineering positions in that department;
since 1902 in private practice as consulting
civil engineer. In 1908 was chief engineer
Louisville water works; became secretary and
treasurer of The Parker-Russell Mining and
Manufacturing Co., January, 1911; also inter
ested in Russell Real Estate and Investment
Co. Past president St. Louis Engineers' Club;
member American Society of Civil Engineers,
Civic League. Originator of several improve
ments in machinery for testing materials. Au
thor of numerous professional monographs and
contributions. Clubs: City, Bellerive Country.
Recreation: Golf. Office: 501-508 Liggett
Bldg. Residence: 4950 Washington Ave.
RUSSELL, Thomas A., lawyer; born, Cabell
Co., Va. (now W. Va.), Aug. 24, 1834; son of
John and Rebecca (Buffington) Russell; was a
student of Marshall Academy, Cabell Co.,
1846-47; came to Missouri, 1847; entered Uni
versity of Missouri, 1847, but gave up studies
to cross plains to California, 1849; returned to
Missouri, 1854, and again entered University
of Missouri, graduating 1857; studied law un
der brother, Col. F. T. Russell, and was ad
mitted to bar at Kansas City, Mo., 1858; mar
ried, Columbia, Mo., Feb. 16, 1858, Miss M. L.
Lenoir; two children: Minnie L. (now wife
of J. D. Thomas) and Frances L. (wife of Dr.
Thomas E. Ferguson). Began practice in Kan
sas City, 1857, associating with Thomas F.
Bell; removed to St. Louis, 1864, and prac
ticed until 1907, except during years 1895, '96
and '97, when he served as judge of Circuit
Court. Interested in Lenox Hall, a young la
dies' school, conducted by his daughter, Mrs.
Thomas, at University City. Has served as
member and vice president of Board of Edu
cation, St. Louis. Democrat. Member Chris
tian (Disciples) Church. Odd Fellow. Office:-
Laclede Bldg. Residence: 4-041 Cook Ave.
RUST, Martin A., real estate; bora, St.
Louis, July 25, 1864; son of Bernhard and
Helena (Menne) Rust; educated St. Anthony 's
(parochial) School; St. Louis University; Bry

ant & Stratton Business College; married, St.
Louis, May 8, 1889, Clara B. Lodenkamper;
seven children: Martin L., Walter J., Adele
C, Larelda B., Marcella O, Othmar J., Ermin
G. Began active career as clerk for Wulfing
Dieckriede & Co., wholesale grocers, 1878; be
came clerk for J. F. Imbs Milling Co., 1880,
advancing as bookkeeper, cashier and treas
urer until 1903; then was appointed deputy
recorder of deeds, which position he held for
three years; resigned Apr. 30, 1906, and on
May 1, started real estate firm of Korte-Rust
Realty Co., with which has since been iden
tified. Member Real Estate Exchange. Demo
crat. Catholic. Member Knights of Columbus,
St. Vincent's Orphan Society, St Anthony's
and St. Cecelia's Benevolent Societies, etc.
Recreation: reading. Office: 816 Chestnut St.
Residence: 4119 Oregon Ave.
RUTLEDGE, Charles Waite, lawyer; born,
Hillsboro, 111., Mar. 16, 1871; son of Thomas
Jefferson and Sylvia (Bennett) Rutledge; edu
cated ' public schools; Hillsboro Academy;
Washington University; married, Springfield,
111., July 5, 1895, Florence N. Morse. In real
estate business, 1891-96; admitted to Mis
souri bar, 1896, and since in practice at St.
Louis. Alternate delegate to Republican Na
tional Convention, Chicago, 1908; candidate
for Republican nomination for circuit judge,
1908 and 1910. Protestant. Member St.
Louis Bar association, Civie League. Mason;
member Knights of Pythias. Club: Rotary.
Recreation: literature. Office: 924 Wainwright
Bldg. Residence: 3658 Flad Ave.
RUTLEDGE, James Edmund, president Rut
ledge & Taylor Coal Co., selling agents for
the New Staunton Coal Co., Security Coal and
Mining Co. and Groom Coal Co.; born, Bloom
ington, 111., Oct. 30, 1861; son of Washington
Delany and Lucy (Askins) Rutledge; edu
cated in public schools of St. Louis; children:
Hattie Frances (Mrs. R L. Murphy, of East
St. Louis), Walter Edmund. Resident of St.
Louis since 1871, coming from Springfield, 111.;
began business career as cash boy at William
Barr Dry Goods Co., and later in various other
occupations, finally entering the coal business
as salesman for the Consolidated Coal Co., in
1888; began business on own account in 1894.
Organized the Rutledge & Taylor Coal Co.,
shippers of bituminous coal, of which is presi
dent and treasurer; this company has branch
offices at Chicago and Davenport, Iowa, and
salesmen of the company cover all territory
reached by Illinois coal fields; the company
handles 1,500,000 tons of coal yearly. Also
president and treasurer Security Coal and
Mining Co.; president New Staunton Coal Co.,
and Standard Briquette Fuel Co., of Kansas
City. Member Business Men's League. Ma
son. - Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic.
Favorite recreations: fishing and music. Of
fice: 820 Security Bldg. Residence: 5950 Von
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RUTLEDGE, Oscar Pinckney, insurance;
born in Titus County, Tex., Mar. 3, 1859; son
of James and Martha (Sparks) Rutledge; ed
ucated in public schools of Texas; married,
Columbia, Tenn., Dec. 5,- 1882, Anna Wilson.
Began in drug business at Columbia, continu
ing for thirteen years 'as clerk or proprietor;
then sold out and bought interest in Columbia
(Tenn.) Herald, of which was business man
ager; sold out and entered general insurance
as agent for various companies in fire and
casualty insurance; special agent in Alabama,
Georgia and Tennessee, 1901-2; resident man
ager, liability and boiler department, U. S.
Casualty Co. of New York, at St. Louis, cover
ing Missouri and southern Illinois, 1902-08;-
with J. E. Lawton & Son, as manager of lia
bility department, 1908-Nov. 30, 1911; since
Dee. 1, 1911, manager of the casualty depart
ment of the Fidelity & Deposit Company of
Baltimore, Md., covering eastern and south
western Missouri and southern Illinois. Dem
ocrat. Presbyterian. Member Tuscan Lodge
No. 360, A. F. and A. M., Royal Arcanum, Le
gion of Honor. Club: City. Favorite recrea
tions: fishing, hunting, boating. Office: Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 1041 Goodfellow Ave.
RUTLEDGE, Robert, real estate agent;
born, Gold Hill, El Dorado County, California,
Mar. 4, 1857; son of Edward and Elizabeth
(Wray) Rutledge; educated in public schools
in California; married, Allegheny, Pa., Nov.
17, 1881, Elizabeth McLelland Cowden; chil
dren: Robert O, Edward A., Elizabeth W.,
Helen W. (Mrs. Robert S. Montgomery),
Thomas Granville. Came to St. Louis with
parents in 1873; began as office boy in 1874;
three years later became bookkeeper, and in
1880 member of firm of S. D. Porter & Co.; in
December, 1884, title of firm was changed to
Rutledge & Kilpatrick, and later became the
Rutledge & Kilpatrick Realty Co., of which is
president. Member Real Estate Exchange.
Democrat. Member United Presbyterian
Church. Clubs: Mercantile, St. Louis. Rec
reation: reading. Office: 717 Chestnut St.
Residence: 4414 Morgan St.
RUTLEDGE, Thomas George, lawyer; born,
Gold Hill, El Dorado County, California, July
26, 1871; son of Edward and Elizabeth
(Wray) Rutledge; came to St. Louis with par
ents, 1873; educated in St. Louis public
schools; A.B., Washington University, 1892,
LL.B., 1894; unmarried. Admitted to bar in
1894, and has since been continuously engaged
in general practice in St. Louis; now member
of firm of Johnson, Rutledge, Marlatt &
Lashly. Democratic nominee for circuit judge
in 1910. United Presbyterian. Member St.
Louis Bar Association, Missouri Historical So
ciety; -president Washington University Asso
ciation, 1911-12. Clubs: University, Bellerive,
City. Office: 506 Olive St. Residence: 4951
Washington Ave.

RUTLEDGE, William Askins, real estate;
born, Mechanicsburg, 111., Mar. 12, 1855;
son of Washington Delany and Lucy (Askins)
Rutledge; educated in public schools of
Springfield, 111.; also course in business col
lege; married, St. Louis, Feb. 17, 1903, Mrs.
Fannie L. Poole; one stepson, Clemens Arthur
Poole. Began business career, 1870, in employ
of wholesale law book firm, and later with
wholesale drug houses; dealer in real estate
since 1873; in business alone, 1877-1882; part
ner with William M. Horton, 1882-95, then
alone until 1897; since president of William
A. Rutledge Realty Co. Republican. Meth
odist; was for several years secretary and
treasurer St. Louis City Church Extension and
Missionary Society of M. E. Church. Life
member Y. M. C. A. Mason. Recreations: fish
ing, boating. Residence: 5246 Minerva Ave.
*RUTTER, William Adelbert, Jr.; see Vol.
1906. RYAN, Michael S., CM., D.D., president
Kenriek Seminary; born, St. Louis, Dec. 22,
1875; son of John and Ellen (Ready) Ryan;
educated St. Mary's Seminary, Perry ville,
Mo.; University of Minerva, Rome, Italy; de
grees of Ph.D. and D.D. from Roman Univer
sity. Ordained to priesthood Roman Catholic
Church by Cardinal Cassetta, Rome, Italy,
1898; president Kenriek Seminary since Sept.
1, 1906; also professor moral and pastoral
theology. Residence: Kenriek Seminary.
RYAN, O'Neill, lawyer, jurist; born, St.
Louis, Jan. 5, I860; son of Richard and Mar
garet (O'Neill) Ryan; educated at Benton
(public) School until 1873;' then at Polytech
nic Building Night School for twp years;
studied law in office of Given Campbell; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1897, to Mary Carmen Rash-
coe; children: John O'Neill, Francis Camp
bell, Mary Carmen, Mary Kathleen Margaret.
Admitted to bar in June, 1880; partner in law
practice with Given Campbell, 1883-99; judge
of Circuit Court of City of St. Louis, 1900-06;
resumed practice and since 1911 member firm
of Ryan & Thompson. Member of Public Li
brary Board; member St. Louis, Missouri
State and American Bar associations, Civic
League. Was Supreme Chancellor of Legion
of Honor of Missouri, 1890. Catholic. Club:
Noonday. Office: 506 Olive St. Residence: 29
Windemere PL S
SACHS, Guy Solomon, merchant; born, St.
Louis, May 5, 1879; son of Solomon and Min
nie (Epstein) Sachs; educated in St. Louis
public schools, graduating from Central High
School, 1896; married, St. Louis, Jan. 11, 1911,
Marie Heibel. Began business as traveling
salesman for Hurst & Zucker Neckwear Co.;
organized, 1905, the Superior Manufacturing
Co., of which is president. Republican. Jew
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motoring. Office: 801 Washington Ave. Resi
dence: 6160 Washington Ave.
SACKS, Nathan, concert pianist and teacher
of piano; born, St. Louis, June 4, 1870; son of
Simon and Rachel (Ryback) Sacks; graduated
St. Louis High School, 1886; studied music
with Alberto Jonas, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1897-
98; then went to Vienna, Austria, and spent
2% years under Prof. Theodore Lesehetizky;
studied composition with R. Fuchs, Vienna,
and Max Bruch and J. Wolff, Berlin, spending
three years in Europe; married, St. James,
Mo., July 11, 1912, Mrs. Maude A. Rawlings,
daughter of Captain and Mrs. W. F. Henry.
Began teaching music in St. Louis and East
St. Louis, 1888; upon returning from abroad,
1902, was appointed music director of Baylor
Female College, Belton, Tex.; returned to St.
Louis, 1903, and founded Sacks School of
Music, of which has since been director. Re
publican. Jewish religion. Member National
Music Teachers' Association, Missouri State
Music Teachers' Association (ex-president).
Prominently identified with musical affairs
and has given one to three annual piano re
citals in St. Louis for past seven or eight
years. Club: Papyrus. Author (piano compo
sitions): Cradle Song; Minuet; Theme and
Variations; also a number of unpublished
compositions for piano. Address: 619 N.
Kingshighway. SACKS, William, lawyer; born, St. Louis,
Mar. 18, 1874; son of Simon and Rachel (Ry
back) Sacks; educated in public schools, St.
Louis High School, and Benton Law College;
married, Apr. 7, 1905, Miss Lynna Heard.
Entered postal service as clerk in 1891; be
came chief clerk, foreman, assistant superin
tendent and finally superintendent of city de
livery; held latter office for five years, until
January, 1905 (chairman of board civil service
examiners, 1898-1903), when resigned, on ad
mission to bar, to take up general practice of
law, in which is now engaged. Director Wells
ton Trust Co., president Lynna Realty and In
vestment Company. Republican. Jewish re
ligion. President Young Men's Hebrew Asso
ciation, 1903-4. Member Masonic fraternity,
B 'nai B 'ritli. Office: 706 Carleton Bldg. Resi
dence: 6152 Berlin Ave.
SAGER, Arthur Noble, lawyer; born, Ken
osha, Wis., Dec. 2, 1871; son of George H. and
Margaret (Long) Sager; educated in Kenosha
High School; LL.B., Law Department of De
Pauw University, Greencastle, Ind., 1893;
married, Feb. 14, 1894, Lizzie Scott; one son,
George H„ Jr.; married, 2d, Jan. 3, 1901,
Louisville, Ky., Matilda F. C. Cowling; one
daughter, Margaret Churchill. Admitted to
bar in Arkansas, 1893; came to St. Louis,
1896, and has since engaged in general prac
tice. Circuit attorney of St. Louis, 1904-08,
then resumed private practice. Member of St.
Louis and Missouri State Bar associations, Mis

souri Historical Society. Republican. Method
ist. Clubs: St, Louis, Mercantile. Favorite
recreations: literature and music. Office: New
Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 4916 Mc
Pherson Ave.
SAHLENDER, Otto L., physician and sur
geon; born, Belleville, 111., March 17, 1870; son
of Gottfried and Julia Luetta Sahlender; edu
cated in public schools of Belleville, and Med
ical Department of Washington University,
graduating M.D., 1896; unmarried. Has been
in St. Louis since 1893; began in commercial
pursuits, then took up study of medicine; en
gaged in practice as physician and surgeon
since 1896; was physician in charge of obstet
rical out-clinic of Washington University for
one year; on hospital staff 4th Illinois Infan
try, 1893-96. Member St. Louis Medical Soci
ety; president Gregory Medical Society. Of
fice and Residence: 321 N. Grand Ave.
ST. GEORGE, William Sterne, railway offi
cial; born in Ireland; son of Henry Lucas and
Harriet Charlotte (Sterne) St. George; edu
cated under private tuition; married, Grace
Kinnear Reeves, of New York City, Apr. 23,
1899; two daughters: Marjory, Katherine.
Contracting freight agent Port Royal & Au
gusta Railway, at Augusta, Ga., 1876-81; sec
retary and treasurer Augusta & Port Royal
Compress Co., 1881-2; freight agent, Savan
nah, Florida & Western Railway at Savannah,
Ga., Jan. 1-Oct. 15, 1882; general southern
agent at Atlanta, Ga., 1882-3, general agent at
Louisville, Ky., 1883-4, general eastern agent
at New York, 1884-94, Cincinnati, New Or
leans & Texas Pacific Railway; general east
ern agent at New York, 1894-1905, and gen
eral passenger and ticket agent at St. Louis,
since Oct. 15, 1905, Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Railway. Clubs : Mercantile, The Traffic of St.
Louis. Recreation: boating. Office: Wain
wright Bldg. Residence: Cambridge Apts.
SALE, Lee, lawyer; born, Louisville, Ky.,
March 8, 1861; son of Isaac and Henrietta
(Dinkelspiel) Sale; educated in public and
high schools, Louisville;; A.B., Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, 1881; teacher at Boys'
High School, Louisville, Ky., 1881-83; LL.B.,
St. Louis Law School, 1885; married, St. Louis,
April 27, 1903, Hilda Levy. Admitted to bar
at St. Louis, June, 1885, and since engaged in
general law practice; member of firm of Sale
& Sale. Lecturer St. Louis Law School, 1892-
07. Democrat; member Board of Commission
ers on Charitable Institutions of St. Louis, ap
pointed 1904. Member of St. Louis Bar Asso
ciation. Member of Jewish Congregation
Shaare Emeth. Was active in the organiza
tion of the Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, and
was secretary and director during the first
three years of its existence. Favorite recrea
tion: fishing. Office: 1514-1518 New Bank of
Commerce Bldg. Residence: 5200 McPherson
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SALE, Moses Nathaniel, lawyer; born,
Louisville, Ky., Oct. 17, 1857; son of Isaac and
Henrietta (Diukelspiel) " Sale; educated in
Louisville public schoolsj B.A., University of
Louisville, 1877; attended Louisville Law
School while in office of James Speed, ex-atty.-
general of the United States, and read law
for two years in his office until September,
1881; married, St. Louis, April 5, 1887, Flor
ence D. Rider; children: Rietta, Erna (de
ceased), Frances. Admitted to bar, 1879; came
to St. Louis, September, 1881, and engaged in
practice, first alone, then as senior member of
Sale and Sale, 1884-1903. Judge of Circuit
Court of the City of St. Louis, first by ap
pointment of Governor Dockery, in November,
1903, to fill the unexpired term of Franklin
Ferriss, resigned, and elected November, 1904,
for term of six years; since December, 1910,
member firm Sale .& Sale. Member St. Louis
and Missouri State Bar associations. Demo
crat. Jewish religion. Member of Selden Soci
ety of London. Club: Noonday. Office: 415
Pine St. Residence: 5632 Cabanne Ave.
SALE, Samuel, rabbi; born, Louisville, Oct.
29, 1854; son of Isaac and Henrietta (Dinkel-
spiel) Sale; graduated public schools and at
University of Louisville, 1872; studied at Uni
versity of Berlin and at Rabinnical Seminary
of Berlin, 1873-8; University of Berlin, 1878;
rabinnical diploma; married, Baltimore, Jan.
12, 1881, Rachel Goldenberg; children: Llew
ellyn, Ashley, Irma, Gretchen, Frank, Ruth
and Blanche. Rabbi of Har Sinai Congrega
tion, Baltimore, 1878-83, Congregation Anshe
Maarab, Chicago, 1883-7; Congregation Shaare
Emeth ("Gates of Truth"), St. Louis, since
1887. Has officiated as chaplain at all na
tional political conventions held in St. Louis
during residence there. Member B 'nai B 'rith.
Mason (32°). Recreation: study of classical
and Oriental languages. Address: 4621 West
minster PL
SALISBURY, Charles Edwin; born, Utica,
N. Y, March 31, 1862; son of John and Mary
Salisbury; educated in public schools; mar
ried, Arkansas City, Kan., 1887, Rose Wagner;
children: Fay W., Earl E. Began business ca
reer as clerk in retail store of W. Lippett,
Hamilton, N. Y, 1879-80; then with A. Allen,
¦retail boots and shoes, 1880-86; then in retail
boot and shoe business at Arkansas City,
Kan., 1886-98; came to St. Louis, 1898, and
became connected with O. J. Lewis Mercantile
Co., wholesale auctioneers and commission
merchants, of which was treasurer from 1900
to 1907, later vice president. Recreation: trav
eling. Office: 616 N. Eighth St. Residence:
5142 Cabanne Ave.
SALOMON, Fred Zadek; born, Greeley,
Colo., October 11, 1872; son of Adolph Z. and
Matilda (Joel) Salomon; educated, Denver
High School; unmarried. Was associated with
father in department store business in Denver
until 1901; came to St. Louis, 1901, as super

intendent Famous Shoe & Clothing Co. (now
Famous Barr Co.), and still continues as su
perintendent; also president Associated Re
tailers' Suburban Delivery Co. Jewish relig
ion. Clubs: Columbian, Westwood Country.
Recreations: motoring and swimming. Offiee:
519 Washington Ave. Residence: 4950 Mc
Pherson Ave.
SALTER, John Cleveland, physician; born,
Waverly, 111., Aug. 7, 1873; son of John Cleve
land and Margaret (McKee) Salter; gradu
ated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.,
1893; A.B., Yale University, 1897; M.D.,
Johns Hopkins University, 1901; post-gradu
ate work, Berlin, 1901; unmarried. House
physician, St. Luke's Hospital, New York,
1902-03; resident physician New York Lying-
in Hosp., 1903-04; instructor Washington Uni
versity, St. Louis, since 1904; member visiting
staff St. Louis City Hospital, St. Louis Skin
and Cancer Hospital. Republican. Presbyte
rian. Clubs: University, City. Recreation; au
tomobiling. Office: Humboldt Bldg. Resi
dence: 4398B Olive St.
SAMISH, Adolph, millinery; 1850-1911; see
Vol. 1906.
*SAMPSON, William H., president Corti-
celli Silk Co.; moved to Chicago; see Vol.
1906. SANBORN, Charles W., vice president
Standard Heel and Counter Co.; born, Moul-.
tonborough, N. H., Dec. 7, 1863; son of
Charles S. and Nancy L. (Eaton) Sanborn;
educated in public schools in New Hampshire;
married, Lynn, Mass., May 1, 1886, Emma D.
Webster; seven children. Was connected with
shoe manufacturing interests at Lynn, Mass.,
1880-93; removed to St. Louis in 1893, and be
came connected with the Standard Heel and
Counter Co., manufacturers of heels, counters,
of which is vice president. Offiee: S. E. cor.
11th and Carr Sts. Residence: 4642 N. Market
Street. SANDER, Enno, manufacturing chemist;
1822-1912; see Vol. 1906.
SANDERS, Barney Henry, iron and brass
foundry; born, St. Louis, June 18, 1865; son
of Henry and Louisa (Haase) Sanders; edu
cated in private and public schools and busi
ness college; unmarried. Learned pattern mak
ing and machinist trade and worked as jour
neyman in various foundries; bought stock in
Pleuger & Henger Manufacturings Co., and
was secretary and general manager of the
company from 1893 to 1908; firm name then
changed to American Foundry and Manufac
turing Co., of which is president and general
manager. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Ath
letic, Engineers'. Recreation: traveling. Of
fiee: 11th and Hebert Sts. Residence: 1114
Mallinckrodt St.
SANDERS, George Washington, president
Sanders Duck and Rubber Co.; 1837-1912; see
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SANDERS, Lon, president Sanders Engrav
ing Co.; born, Corinth, Miss., Sept. 30, 1886;
son of Dr. Marion M. and Cinnie C. (Bruton)
Sanders; educated in public schools; married,
Corinth, Apr. 25, 1891, Ida L. Sharp; chil
dren: Anita L., Gladys. Entered career of en
graver at Chicago in 1886; came to St. Louis
in 1887, and organized the Sanders Engraving
Co., manufacturing electrotypers and engrav
ers, operating extensive plants at St. Louis,
Memphis, Tenn., and Chattanooga, Tenn.; is
president of company and owner of 90 per
cent of its stock. Also director Grand Avenue
Bank; vice president National Thermo Co.;
treasurer Chamberlain Park Association; sec
retary Clemens Place Protective Association.
Is president Missouri Democratic League and
was the moving spirit in pushing the cam
paign of Joseph W. Folk for President. Was
mentioned as a Democratic candidate for
mayor in spring election, 1909, but declined
to run. Was a nominee upon the Democratic
ticket for City Council in April, 1911. South
ern Methodist. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri
Athletic. Office: 221-223 Olive St. Residence:
5431 Bartmer Ave.
SANDS, George Lincoln, railway official;
born, Brunswick, Me., Apr. 18, 1845; son of
Jacob Waterhouse and Mary Jane (Dunlap)
Sands; educated in public schools of Bruns
wick, Me.; entered merchant marine at age
of sixteen, serving before the mast until Sep
tember, 1863; entered United States Navy as
acting master's mate, September, 1863; pro
moted to acting ensign, January, 1865; hon
orably discharged, August, 1865; married,
Houston, Tex., 1874, Theresa A. Doebbler. Be
gan railway service as brakeman, Chicago &
Northwestern By., in 1865, and has since been
in railroad work as, consecutively, brakeman,
conductor, road master, train master, resident
engineer, division superintendent, general
manager, vice president; vice president and
general manager St. Louis, Kansas City &
Colorado R. R., 1890-1902; was also vice presi
dent and general manager Wiggins Ferry Co.;
since August, 1902, viee president of the St.
Louis & North Arkansas R. R. Co. Also presi
dent New Staunton Coal Co. Unitarian.
Member St. Louis Railway Club. Office: 818
Security Bldg.
SANDS, James Thomas, manager and
trustee Roe Estate; born, St. Louis, Feb. 22,
1844; son of Samuel Gilbert and Ann Marie
(Wright) Sands; educated in public and pri
vate schools and by private tutors at Marys
ville, Cal.; bachelor. Began business career
as bookkeeper in mercantile firm at Marys
ville, Cal.; returned to St. Louis, 1867; book
keeper and cashier U. S. Internal Revenuue
office, 1867-69; represented John J. Roe & Co.
in packing business at St. Joseph, Mo., 1869-
70; partner in firm of John J. Roe & Co.,
1870-71; since 1872 manager Roe Estate, and

for years was a director in many corpora
tions; built Roe Building, 1884. Member Mer
chants' Exchange. Read law, 1872-74, has had
probate practice. Member of Old Home Circle
and Assembly clubs; one of organizers of
McCullough Dramatic Club. Deeply inter
ested in Americana and genealogy for past
twenty-five years and has in preparation work
on family history from data gathered in Eu
rope and America. Member Society of Colonial
Wars, Sons of the Revolution, Military Order
Foreign Wars, New England Society, Society
of War of 1812, Order of Founders and Pa
triots, Legion of Honor. Clubs: University,
Country, Aero (St. Louis), The Strollers (New
York). Favorite recreations: dramatics and
genealogical research. Office: Roe Bldg.,
Broadway and Pine St. Residence: Bucking
ham Club.
SARGENT, Charles William, merchant; see
Vol. 1906.
SARTELLE, John Coburn, railway official;
born, Ft. Craig, N. M., Oct. 30, 1869; son of
William Judson and Sophia (Fletcher) Sar-
telle; educated in grammar school, and one
year in high school, Peoria, 111.; married,
Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 28, 1890, Helen Mary
Robinson, of Lexington, 111.; one daughter,
Laura Louise (Mrs. S. V. Brooks, of Atlanta,
Ga.). Stenographer with Santa Fe Ry., To
peka, Kan., 1892-95, and has continued with
same railway as follows: private secretary to
assistant freight traffic manager, Chicago,
1895-97; contracting freight agent, Chicago,
1897-1904; southern freight and passenger
agent, Atlanta, Ga., 1904-09; general agent,
New Orleans, 1909-10; general agent freight
department Santa Fe System, St. Louis, since
June 1, 1910. Republican. Presbyterian.
Member Business Men's League. Mason.
Club: Traffic of St. Louis. Recreations: golf
and fishing. Office: 209 N. 7th St. Residence:
5968 Clemens Ave.
SAUER, William Emil, physician; born,
Evansville, 111., Apr. 17, 1875; son of Nicholas
and JDlizabeth (Gerlach) Sauer; educated in
public schools of Evansville, 111., Sparta (111.)
High School, Shurtleff College, Alton, 111.;
M.D., Medical Department of Washington
University, 1896; post-graduate work in uni
versities of Heidelberg and Berlin, Germany,
and Vienna, Austria; married, Sparta, 111.,
1901, Irene Borders. Engaged in medical prac
tice since Apr. 25, 1896; practice now limited
to diseases of the ear, nose and throat; in
structor in clinical laryngology, Washington
University. Member American Laryngologic-
al, Rhinological and Otological Society, St.
Louis Academy of Science, American Medical
Association, St. Louis Medical Society, City
Hospital Alumni Society, American Academy
of Oto-Laryngology, Verein Deutscher Aerzte,
Verein Alter Deutscher Studenten. Presby
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quin Country. Office: Humboldt Bldg., Grand
and Washington Aves. Residence: 4965 Mary
land Ave.
SAUERBRUNN, George, president Sauer-
brunn Construction Co.; born in Germany,
Apr. 14, 1857; son of Valentine and Christian
(Luckbaun) Sauerbrunn; came with parents
to Ameriea, 1861; educated in St. Louis pub
lic schools; married, St. Louis, June 25, 1882,
Emma Lohide; five children: Charlotte, Ethel,
Alma, George O, Roy. After leaving school
engaged with James Bright, contractor, and
continued until 1884; began brick construc
tion business for self, 1884, gradually becom
ing general contractor; present company was
incorporated, 1897. Republican. Lutheran.
Member Knights of Pythias. Recreation:
fishing. Office: 111 N. 7th St. Residence: 5328
Von Versen Ave.
SAUNDERS, Edward Watts, physician;
born in Campbell Co., Va., Oct. 15, 1854; son
of Robert C. and Caryetta (Davis) Saunders;
educated in private schools; M.D., University
of Virginia, 1875; post-graduate work in
Royal University of Vienna; unmarried. Came
to St. Louis in 1878, and has since been con
tinuously engaged in practice of his profes
sion; professor emeritus of pediatrics and
clinical obstetrics in Medical Department of
Washington University; member medical staff
of Bethesda Hospital and of the Missouri Bap
tist Sanitarium. President of the Bethesda
Association. Member American Pediatric So
ciety, American Medical Association, St. Louis
Medical Society. Presbyterian. Club: Arcadia
Country. Recreation: automobiling. Office:
4500 Olive St. Residence: 1541 S. Grand Ave.
SAUNDERS, Ripley Dunlap, journalist;
born, Ripley, Miss., Dec. 17, 1856; son of Dr.
Pascal Washington and Catherine (Kennelly)
Saunders; educated private select schools at
Marianna, Ark., Memphis, Tenn., and Pass
Christian, Miss.; married, St. Louis, Aug. 3,
1903, Mrs. Mary E. (Schinkel) Spearing.
Bookkeeper, 1874-89; connected with St. Louis
Republic, 1889-90, St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
1890-92; correspondent Post-Dispatch in New
York, 1892-93; Sunday editor, 1893-96; edi
torial writer St. Louis Republic, 1896-1902, ex
cept during Spanish War; with Washington
Times, October, 1902-January, 1903, then with
St. Louis Republic until August, 1903; since
special writer and now dramatic critic of the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Was lieutenant in
Light Battery A, First Missouri Artillery, but
resigned; reenlisted in same at beginning of
war with Spain, and served as gunner-cor
poral in invasion of Porto Rico by Gen. Nel
son A. Miles, 1898. Presbyterian. Democrat.
Author: John Kenadie, 1902; Colonel Todhun-
ter of Missouri, 1911. Office: Post-Dispatch.
Residence: 3910 Westminster PI.
SAUNDERS, Virsinius Otey, real estate;
bora in Cooper Co., Mo., May 18, 1847; son of

Dr. Samuel H. and Sarah Ann (Otey) Saun
ders; educated in public schools in Otterville,
Mo.; married, 1873, Ada Alexander, of Coop
er Co. (died Sept. 22, 1911); children: Vir-
ginius O., Jr., Paul, Mrs. Lola Rayburn. Came
to St. Louis, 1865; in employ of wholesale dry
goods house of Wear & Hickman, 1868-78;
then with Crow, Hargadine & Co., wholesale
dry goods, and afterwards became interested
in Ely, Walker & Co., and remained in that
firm seven years; member firm of Janis, Saun
ders & Co.; sold out interest there in Decem
ber, 1893, going into Wear & Boogher Dry
Goods Co. as secretary, but two years later
retired from dry goods business; manager In
terstate Merchants' Association, 1903-11; now
in real estate business. Mayor of Webster
Groves, Mo., 1911-12. Member Reformed
Episcopal Church; president Spruce Street
Mission. Club: Mercantile. Recreation: mis
sion work. Office: 1002 Century Bldg. Resi
dence: 5012 Cabanne Ave.
SAUNDERS, William Flewellyn, secretary
and general manager Business Men's League;
bora Wetumpka, Ala., Mar. 19, 1860; son of
Robert Milton and Mary Jane (Toomer)
Saunders; educated in public schools, Berlin,
Germany, Furman University, Greenville, S.
O, and Randolph-Macon College, Ashland,
Va. ; married, St. Louis, Christmas Day, 1891,
Lilian L. Stone; one boy, William F., Jr., and
one girl, Nancy Lewis. Left college before
completing course and worked on newspapers
for thirteen years; edited the Times in Ouray,
Colo., and established a daily in Santa Fe,
N. M.; correspondent New York Herald and
Chicago Times; with expedition that rescued
Meeker women from hostile Utes after White
River massacre in 1875; afterwards reporter
for St. Louis newspapers until 1893, when he
became secretary to Mayor Cyrus P. Wal-
bridge; election commissioner, 1895-98; assist
ant postmaster of St. Louis, 1898-1901; since
Jan. 1, 1901, secretary and general manager
of the Business Men's League. Clubs: Mer
cantile, City, Artists' Guild. Offiee: 510 Lo
cust St. Residence: 5562 Clemens Ave.
SAVAGE, William Henry; see Vol. 1906.
SAWTELLE, Harry Gregg, insurance; born,
Wheeling, W. Va., Dec. 2, 1866; son of George
Franklin and Priscilla (Morgan) Sawtelle;
educated in Danville (Iowa) High School;
married, Junction City, Kan., Nov. 9, 1898,
Daisy Henderson McClure; one daughter, Ger
trude Louise. Clerk in a Kansas country gro
cery, 1885-86; employed as collector and sales
man for The Rockwell Merchandise and Grain
Co., Junction City, Kan., Jan. 1886, to March,
1898; engaged in retail book and stationery
business at Junction City, 1898-1900; sold out,
and became house salesman for John L. Bo-
land Book and Stationery Co., St. Louis, 1900-
01; since Jan. 1, 1901, engaged in fire and
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Episcopalian. Mason, Knight Templar, Shrin
er. Club: Masonic. Office: New National
Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 955 Ma
ple PL
SAWYER, Frank Orville, manufacturer;
born, Exeter, N. H., Dec. 22, 1835; son of
Almon and Charlotte Neil (Libbey) Sawyer;
educated in public schools to 1847; A.B.,
Woodward College, Cincinnati; married, Bun
ker Hill, 111., May 16, 1872, Ellen S. Knowl-
ton; three children: Frank Knowlton, Edith
(deceased), Mary Knowlton (Mrs. C. J. Nie-
haus). Began business career as wholesale
paper dealer, St. Louis, 1859, and continuous
ly engaged in paper business until 1905. Pres
ident American Insulating Co, since 1905.
Served three months in Union army during
Civil War, with active service in early bat
tles in Missouri, under Capt. George Rowley.
Republican. Member Church of the Messiah.
Mason (32°), Shriner. Office: 705 Olive St.
Residence: 4246 Lindell Boul.
SAWYER, Isaac Howe, financial agent;
born, Boxford, Mass., Apr. 3, 1858; son of
Thomas and Sophia Bridgeman (Howe) Saw
yer; educated in public schools of Boxford
and in Putnam High School, Newburyport,
Mass.; married, Wollaston, Mass., Jan. 15,
1896, Bertha Colby; children: John Colby,
Aaron Everett. With firm of Hyde, Peabody
& Co., Boston, 1876-80; connected with whole
sale shoe house of Smith, Simmons & Peabody,
Toledo, 0., as manager of store, 1880-84; de
partment manager American Rubber Co., of
Boston, 1884-90; became connected with The
Brown Shoe Co., 1890; second vice president
of the company, 1910-12; since representing
Max Oscher & Co., financial agents, New York.
President Missouri Manufacturers' and Ex
porters* Association; ex-president St. Louis
Advertising Men's League; member Business
Men's League, Civie League. Methodist.. Ma
son, Knight Templar. Clubs: Mercantile, City.
Recreations: motoring, horseback riding. Of
fice: 404 Carleton Bldg. Residence: 4342 Wash
ington Ave.
SCANLAN, Philip Christy; born, St. Louis,
Nov. 2, 1870; son of James J., and Mary Fe-
licite (Christy) Scanlan; educated St. Louis
University; Holy Cross College., Massachu
setts; Stonyhurst College, England. Widower.
With Wiggins Ferry Co., 1892-1902, retiring
as secretary and treasurer. Appointed by
Mayor Rolla Wells, park commissioner, April,
1907, and served until June 1, 1911. Demo
crat. Catholic Member Business Men's
League. Clubs: University, St. Louis, Noon
day, Racquet and Country. Recreation: trav
eling. Office. Security Bldg. Residence: 4450
Lindell Boul.
SCARRITT, Charles Hale, viee president
and general manager Scarritt-Comstock Fur
niture Co.; born, St. Louis, Mar. 1, 1855; son
of Russell and Charlotte (Gilette) Scarritt;

educated in public schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, Oct. 3, 1900, Ella G. Robinson;
one daughter, Violet G. After leaving school
entered house of Scarritt Furniture Co.
(founded 1837 by father, Russell Scarritt, as
Scarritt & Mason, later becoming Scarritt,
Curtis & Mason and then Scarritt Furniture
Co.). After clerkship of few years became
member of firm, and later he and brother, S.
G., became the principals; style changed, 1897,
to Scarritt-Comstock Furniture Co., of which
is vice president and general manager (broth
er, S. G., retired from presidency and from
active business because of failure of health).
Also president Western Furniture Co. Member
Business7 Men's League. Democrat. Presby
terian. Member Tuscan Lodge, A. F. & A. M.
Clubs: St. Louis, Missouri Athletic, Glen
Echo Country, St. Louis Railway. Recrea
tions: fishing and golf. Office: Broadway and
Locust St. Residence: 5807 Clemens Ave.
SCHABERG, John Fred, president J. F.
Schaberg Hardware Co.; born, Germany, May
10, 1843; son of John Henry and Elizabeth C.
(Greive) Schaberg; was brought to America,
1844; educated in public schools of St. Charles
Co., Mo., and at Eden College, St. Charles Co.;
married, Cappeln, Mo., Jan. 31, 1867, Louisa C.
Brueggemann; six children: Lydia J., Hanna
L., J. Fred, Jr., Irwin W., Mrs. E. H. Brewer,
Mrs. John Hecker. Reared on farm until sev
enteen; came to St. Louis at age of eighteen
and worked in a grocery store for five years;
started in grocery business on own account,
1866; formed partnership with brother, under
title of H. & J. F. Schaberg, continuing, 1868-
84, when sold out to brother; in hardware
business, 1884-1910; then incorporated as J.
F. Schaberg Hardware Co., of which is presi
dent. Served in Home Guards during the Civil
War. Republican. Baptist. Office: 2505-2507
S. Jefferson Ave. Residence: 4030 Hartford
Street. SCHADE, Wilfred, Custom House broker;
born, St. Louis, Mar. 5, 1869; son of George
J. and Magaret (Steininger) Schade; educated
in St. Louis public schools and graduated from
Manual Training School, 1887; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 9, 1899, Harriet Collins Gleason;
one son, Carlisle Schade. Clerk Custom House
broker's office (Charles H. Wyman & Co.),
August, 1887, to Jan. 1, 1892; started business
of Wilfred Schade & Co., Jan. 1, 1892; ap
pointed foreign freight agents of the Chesa
peake & Ohio R. Rs, Jan. 1, 1894, also foreign
freight agents of its fast freight lines, The
Kanawha Despatch, The Blue Ridge Despatch.
Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: City,
Traffic of St. Louis, Automobile, Contempo
rary. Recreation: stockraising. Office: 814
Century Bldg. Residence: Fairacres Stock
Farm, St. Louis Co. %
SCHAEFFER, Jacob, soap and candle man
ufacturer; bora, St. Louis, Apr. 12, 1849; son

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of Nicholas and Anne Marie (Ley) Schaeffer;
educated in St. Louis University, then went
abroad and studied in France and Germany;
married, St. Louis, April 25, 1883, Mary C.
Murray; one daughter, Marie B. Since 1870
engaged in present business as manufacturer
of mining, coach and star candles, laundry
soaps, grades of lard oil, etc., first with father,
Nicholas Schaeffer, until 1879; since with his
successor, the Schaeffer Bros. & Powell Manu
facturing Co., of which is now president.
Member Civic League. Club: Automobile.
Recreation: motoring. Office: Barton and Kos-
euisko Sts. Residence: 4430 Forest Park Boul.
SCHAELICH, August J., vice president St.
Louis Architectural Iron Co.; bora, St. Louis,
Apr. 8, 1866; son of August and Christina
(Kaffai) Schaelich; educated in public schools
of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, June, 1890,
Anna Kemper; children: Laura, Alma. Lived
on farm in Jefferson Co., Mo., from age of
eleven to twenty; came to St. Louis, 1886, and
entered employ of the Christopher & Simpson
Architectural Iron Co., remaining until 1900,
then withdrew and joined in organizing the
St. Louis Architectural Iron Co., of which is
vice president. Member Royal Arcanum,
Tower Grove Turn Verein. Clubs: Western
Rowing, St. Louis Cruising and Anedo Hunt
ing and Fishing. Recreations: hunting and
fishing. Office: De Kalb St. and Geyer Ave.
Residence: 3638 Juniata St.
SCHAFF, Charles Ellsworth, railway offi
cial; bora in Licking Co., O., Feb. 4, 1856;
son of Isaac Milton and Angeline (Cleves)
Schaff; self-educated; married at Columbus,
O., Dec. 31, 1878, Leila White; two sons:
Howard E. and Frederick A. Began railway
career as water boy for a section gang on the
Pennsylvania lines at 50 cents a day, and be
came freight brakeman at $45 a month; then
successively freight fireman, driver of switch
engine, freight conductor, yardmaster, train
master, superintendent and general superin
tendent; assistant to president, 1893-94, assist
ant general manager, 1894-95; general man
ager, 1895-1906, vice president, New York Cen
tral Lines west of Buffalo, viz., Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern Ry., Michigan Central R.
R., Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & St.
Louis Ry., Chicago, Indiana & Southern R. R.,
Lake Erie & Western R. R., Peoria & Eastern
Ry., Cincinnati Northern R. R., Indiana Har
bor Belt R. R., 1906-Apr. 10, 1912; since presi
dent Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. Member
Business Men's League. Clubs: St. Louis,
Noonday. Office: Wainwright Bldg. Resi
dence: 4415 W. Pine Boul.
SCHALL, Edward Garrett, examiner of land
titles; bora, East St. Louis, 111., June 17, 1870;
son of Henry and Luisa (Witte) Schall; edu
cated in public schools; married, Sept. 30,
1891, Cora M., Meyer; children: Cora Edna,

Ewart G. (deceased), Edward G., Jr., Charles
Henry, Margaret Witte, Louise Marietta, Hil-
degard Helen. Engaged, in constant practice
in St. Louis as examiner of land titles since
Dec. 19, 1889. Member Civic League, Na
tional Geographic Society. Independent in
politics. Presbyterian. Favorite recreations:
floriculture and photography. Office: 1021
Chestnut St. Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
SCHARFF, Adolph, wholesale liquors; born,
Essingen, Germany, Jan. 25, 1843; son of
Aaron and Lena (Rose) Scharff; educated in
public schools in Essingen; married, Mont
gomery, Ala., May 7, 1874, Jeauette Myer;
children: Dr. Eugene A., Ophelia (Mrs. Jack
Elson), Clarence, Myrtle. Came to United
States, 1864; was a short time in Cairo," 111.,
and from there went to Vieksburg, Miss., and
became clerk in dry goods house of brothers,
Scharff Bros.; in 1870, with brother, Lazarus,
opened up wholesale liquor business at Vieks
burg, continuing until 1876, when removed
stock to St. Louis, where firm continued busi
ness as L. & A. Scharff until 1906; then in
corporated as L. & A. Scharff Distilling Co.,
of which is secretary and treasurer. Repub
lican. Jewish religion. Club: Columbian. Rec
reations: hunting and fishing. Office: 1427
Lucas Ave. Residence: 4967 W. Pine Boul.
SCHARFF, Edward E., wholesale grocer;
born, Vieksburg, Miss.; son of Nicholas and
Carrie (Bernheimer) Scharff; educated in pub
lic schools, St. Louis, and Poughkeepsie (N.
Y.) College, class of 1888; unmarried. Began
business career as assistant in minor capaci
ties in father's wholesale grocery business,
and on its incorporation, 1893, as Nicholas
Scharff & Sons Grocer Co., was made vice
president and treasurer. President Merchants '
Exchange, 1909; member Business Men's
League. Republican. Jewish religion. Clubs:
Mercantile, Columbian, Westward Country,
Millers', Traffic. Recreations: golf and motor
ing. Office: 801 Spruce St. Residence: 5225
Lindell Ave.
SCHARFF, Lazarus, distiller and wholesale
liquor merchant; born, Essingen, Bavaria,
June 1, 1846; son of Aaron and Lena (Rose)
Scharff; educated in schools in Bavaria; mar
ried, Fayette, Miss., June 7, 1876, Clara Eis-
man; children: Arthur, Helen (Mrs. Albert
Newman, of Joplin, Mo.), Harold, Herbert,
Adolph, Milton. Came to United States in
1871, and has since been engaged in wholesale
wine and liquor business; was in business at
Vieksburg, Miss., 1871-76; since in St. Louis;
was member of firm of L. & A. Scharff, title
changed, 1906, to L. & A. Scharff Distilling
Co., Inc., of which is president. Jewish re
ligion; member United Jewish Charities. Club:
Columbian. Office: 1427 Lucas Ave. Resi
dence: 4371 Lindell Ave.
SCHARFF, Nicholas, wholesale groeer;
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Aaron and Lena (Rose) Scharff; educated in
public and private schools; married, Port Gib
son, Miss., 1870, Carrie Bemheimer; children:
Edward, Blanche, Sidney, Maude, Evelyn,
Lennie and Aurelia. Began business career in
mercantile houses at Vieksburg, Miss.; estab
lished the firm of Scharff Bros., wholesale dry
goods, boots and shoes, until 1875; established,
1875, the business of Scharff & Bernheimer,
wholesale grocers, which continued until 1893,
when he bought out the interest of his partner
and incorporated the Nicholas Scharff & Sons
Grocer Co., of which has since been president.
Jewish religion; ex-president of Congregation
Shaare Emeth; member United Hebrew Char
ities, Cleveland Orphan Asylum, and other
charitable institutions. Club: Columbian. Of
fice: 801-809 Spruce St. Residence: 5225 Lin
dell Boul.
SCHARLACH, Frederick Richard; bom,
Montgomery Co., Mo., Mar. 26, 1868; son of
Rudolph and Helena (Gross) Scharlach; edu
cated in public schools, Mexico, Mo., to 1881;
high school, Jefferson City, Mo., to 1888; then
entered St. Louis College of Pharmacy, grad
uating, 1890; married, Moberly, Mo., June 6,
1894, Emma Beatty. Began as boy in drug
store, 1881, and continued until 1892; with
J. S. Merrell Drug Co. (wholesale), as sales
man until 1902 and sales manager until 1909;
since then representing Auto Sales Gum and
Chocolate Co. Director Union Station Bank,
Jogood Realty Co. Member Missouri Pharma
ceutical Association, Travelers' Protective As
sociation (director). Democrat. Lutheran.
Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner; member
Royal League. Club: Masonic. Recreations:
traveling, automobiling. Office: 312 Olive St.
Residence: 4963 Fountain Ave.
SCHARLOTT, George John, dry goods;
born, Landau, Bavaria, July 29, 1853; son of
Peter and Lena (Wehl) Scharlott; educated in
public schools and under private tutelage;
married, St. Louis, 1887, Lena Deichler; chil
dren: Charles G., Emil S., Frank, Conrad F.
and Mamie. Came to America, 1873; engaged
as carpenter in St. Louis, later in employ of
Peters Furniture Manufacturing Co., and St.
Louis Furniture Co. Entered dry goods busi
ness, 1880, in partnership with father-in-law,
Charles Deichler, 1882, until death of latter,
1895; then in control for self until June, 1911,
when business was incorporated as the George
T. Scharlott Mercantile Co., of which is presi
dent. Member North St. Louis Business Men's
Association. Protestant. Member Turn Verein,
German Orphans' Home, Altenheim. Recrea
tion: singing. Office and Residence: 2312 N.
Market St.
SCHARWITZ, Francis, assessor; 1835-1911;
see Vol. 1906.
SCHATTGEN, William, vice president
Busy Bee Candy Co.; born, Jefferson City,
Mo., May 30, 1869; sen of Peter and Cath

erine (Fischer) Schattgen; educated in pub
lic schools in St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Feb. 24, 1898, Alvinia Kombrink; children:
Grace, William, Jr., Paul, Helen. Resident of
St. Louis since November, 1876; began busi
ness career as a boy in the Krien Chain Fac
tory and continued six years; followed trade
of painting until November, 1894, when en
tered the employ of W. W. Candy Co. as ap
prentice and learned the candy making trade;
eventually became a partner and, on incorpo
ration of the business as the Busy Bee Candy
Co., was elected vice president. United Pres
byterian. Recreation: church work. Office:
417 N. 7th St. Residence: 4566 Gibson Ave.
SCHATZMAN, Jules Joseph, investment se
curities; born, St. Louis, Oct. 18, 1879; son of
Jules and Rose (Horan) Schatzman; educated
in public schools of St. Louis; married, No
vember, 1903, Genevieve Graham; children:
Thomas, Mary, Alice. Began business career
in 1894, entering Simmons Hardware Co. as
clerk and remaining with them until 1899;
then was clerk with National Bank of Com
merce, 1899-1902, and with Germania Trust
Co., 1902-03; member firm of Hermann &
Schatzman, investment securities, 1903-08, and
in same business alone until 1911; since as
sociated with G. H. Walker & Co., stock and
bond brokers. Independent in polities. Cath
olic. Office: 307 N. 4th St. Residence: 3700
Connecticut Ave.
SCHAUB, Charles William, physician; bora,
St. Louis, Aug. 28, 1867; son of John and
Sophia (Jacob) Schaub; educated at St. Louis
public schools; M.D., Missouri Medical Col
lege, 1894; married, St. Louis, Jan. 18, 1898,
Emma Keifaber; two daughters: Berenice
and Virginia. In general practice in St. Louis
since 1894. Member St. Louis Medical So
ciety, Missouri State Medical Association,
American Medical Association. Mason (32°);
member Missouri Consistory, Shrine. Club:
Liederkranz. Recreations: driving, horseback
riding. Offiee and Residence: 2300-2302 Salis
bury St.
SCHAUS, Paul, manager Excelsior Brew
ery; born, Ehrenbreitstein, Germany, June 29,
1861; son of Frederick and Sybilla (Allen-
dorf) Schaus; educated in schools in Ger
many; married, St. Louis, 1890, Mary Madden;
children: Freda May, Catherine Blanche, Sy
billa Eunice. Emigrated to United States
from Germany, 1881, locating in New York
until about 1883, when came to St. Louis;
was bookkeeper for wholesale druggists; be
came bookkeeper and cashier, 1889, and in
1900 was made manager of the Hyde Park
Brewery Depot; promoted, Deceinber, 1907, to
manager of the Excelsior Brewery. Member
Tower Grove Turn Verein, German-American
Alliance. Club: Liederkranz. Favorite rec
reations: hunting, fishing and music. Office:
17 S. 17th St. Residence: 3846 Hartford St.

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SCHELP, George Henry, secretary and
treasurer Joseph W. Moon Buggy Co.; born,
Ballwin, St. Louis Co., Mo., Mar. 2, 1859;
son of Frederick and- Marie (Kleinsorge)
Schelp; educated in public schools of Ballwin,
Mo.; married, Ballwin, Mo., Mar. 18, 1885,
Hannah M. Zeinert; children: Charles Milton,
Walter F., Esther A. Member of Schelp Bros.,
fire insurance agents, Ballwin, Mo., 1877-87;
of Fred. Schelp & Sons, Ballwin, manufac
turers of wagons, buggies, etc., and dealers in
farm implements and machinery, 1880-87 (suc
ceeding F. Schelp, who was in the wagon
business there over forty years); then of
Schelp Wagon and Carriage Co., St. Louis
(organized by George H. Schelp and F.
Schelp, Jr.), 1887-93, which business was dis
continued after a fire; joined J. W. Moon,
December, 1893, in organizing Joseph W.
Moon Buggy Co., of which is secretary and
treasurer; also secretary of the Moon Motor
Car Co., which was incorporated Oct. 2, 1907;
director Schelp-Burke Tire and Rubber Co.
Republican (member St. Louis Republican
Club). Methodist; president board of trustees
Salem M. E. Church, cor. Page Boul. and Pen
dleton Ave. Recreation: church work. Of
fice: Main and Douglass Sts. Residence: 4148
W. Belle PL
SCHENK, Nicholas, insurance; born, St.
Louis, July 2, 1871; son of Adolph and Julia
(Reider) Schenk; educated private schools
and Christian Brothers College, St. Louis;
married, St. Louis, November, 1900, Emma
Hagedorn. Began business career as a sales
man for safes; in the insurance business with
Royal Insurance Co. as broker, 1897-1905;
member firm of Campbell, Schenk & Co., gen
eral insurance, 1905-08; formed, 1908, present
firm of Nicholas Schenk & Co. Inventor of
the' Schenk Pneumatic Wheel. Catholic. Of
fiee: Odd Fellows Bldg. Residence: 1051
Goodfellow Ave.
SCHENK, Oscar A., life insurance; born,
Tell City, Ind., Sept. 10, 1873; son of Chris
tian and Augusta (Steiner) Schenk; educated
public schools of Jasper, Ind.; married, St.
Louis, 1895, Edith Fuller; children: Helen,
Dorothy, John. Began active career as print
er, continuing, 1890-1900; assistant general
organizer Knights of Pythias insurance de
partment, in Missouri, 1900-05, and general
organizer for northern Missouri with head
quarters at St. Joseph, 1905-07; appointed
agent Bankers Life Insurance Co., 1907; man
ager St. Louis office same, 1909, and general
agent for Missouri and Illinois since 1911.
Democrat. Member Knights of Pythias. Rec
reation: fishing. Office: 618-619 Frisco Bldg.
Residence: 7240 Rule Ave., Maplewood, Mo.
Summer Home: Spring Lake, Mich.
SCHENKEL, Henry, retired; born, Hesse
Darmstadt, Germany, Dec. 24, 1837; son of
George and Maria (Heil) Schenkel; educated

in schools in Germany and Jones Commercial
College, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, 1861,
Margareta Kalbfleisch; children: Annie, Mary
(widow of Dr. Rudolph Hanser), Ida (Mrs.
Powell Doederlein, of Dundee, 111.), Cornelia
(wife of Prof. Otto Boeder, of Springfield,
111.), Amanda (wife of Rev. E. Bruegman),
Henry A. Came from Germany to St. Louis
in 1854, and began work as a cooper; after
wards was in the grocery business and later
was bookkeeper in St. George Flour Mill for
seven years; in 1863 became a member of the
firm of John G. Haas & Co., manufacturers
of laundry soaps, and from incorporation of
the business in 1882 as J. G. Haas Soap Co.,
was president of the company; retired, 1908.
Lutheran. Residence: 1445 John Ave.
SCHERCK, Henry Joseph, B.S., M.D., phy
sician; born, New Orleans, La., Dec. 5, 1867;
son of Major Isaac and Esther (Marks)
Scherck; educated in public schools, New Or
leans; Academical Department of Tulane Uni
versity to 1885; M.D., Medical Department,
Tulane University, New Orleans, 18S9; stu
dent University of Heidelberg, Germany, 1900;
B.S., St. Louis University; married, St. Louis,
Aug. 30, 1902, Natalie Altheimer; two sons:
Irving Gordon and Henry J., Jr. Practiced-
medicine at New Orleans until 1896, when
came to St. Louis and has since een engaged
in the practice of genito-urinary surgery here ;
chief dispensary surgeon of the municipal
dispensaries of City of St. Louis, 1903-07;
visiting genito-urinary surgeon, City Hospital ;
surgeon in charge Oif genito-urinary division
Jewish Hospital Dispensary; genito-urinary
. surgeon to Jewish Hospital; clinical instruc
tor of genito-urinary surgery, St. Louis Uni
versity School of Medicine, and genito-uri
nary surgeon Missouri Pacific R. R. Hospital.
Member editorial staff St. Louis Medical Re
view. Member American Urologieal Associa
tion, St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri State
Medical Association, American Medical Asso
ciation, Mississippi Valley Medical Society,
Charity Hospital Alumni Association. Demo
crat. Jewish religion. Clubs: City, Colum
bian. Office: Century Bldg. Residence: 4507
McPherson Ave.
SCHERMERHORN, Alexander Van Rens
selaer, surety, bonds and casualty insurance;
born, Baltimore, May 29, 1880; son of Charles
Seymour and Charlesetta (Applegarth) Seher-
merhorn; educated public schools of Balti
more; Baltimore City College; A.B., Johns
Hopkins, 1900; LL.B., University of Mary
land, 1902; married, Baltimore, Apr. 28, 1904,
Edith May Salisbury; three children: Lewis
Van R., Edith May, Killian Van R. Practiced
law, Baltimore, until August, 1905; assistant
superintendent agents U. S. Fidelity and Guar
anty Co. of Baltimore, 1905-08; general agent
same company for Oklahoma, headquarters at
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partment at St. Louis since Nov. 1, 1911;
member firm of Martin, Schermerhorn & Mc
Lean. Republican. Episcopalian. Member
Kappa Alpha Fraternity (Southern). Recrea
tion: reading. Office: 705 Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 5635 Bartmer Ave.
SCHEVE, Julius Lincoln, hardwood lumber;
born, Mascoutah, ,St. Clair Co., 111., Apr. 16,
1865; son of Charles and Elizabeth (Dathan)
Scheve; educated public schools and Univer
sity of Illinois; married, Gray ville, 111., Dec.
14, 1897, Metamora Clarke. Began business
career in a mill at Grayville, 111., 1888; en
tered lumber business at St. Louis, with the
Bonsack Lumber Co., 1895, and continued for
twelve years; member Krebs-Scheve Lumber
Co. since 1907. Republican. Member Ethical
Society. Mason. Club: Mercantile. Office:
Hall St. and St. Louis Ave. Residence: 4173
Fla-d Ave.
SCHEWE, William Henry, real estate; born,
St. Louis, Aug. 24, 1871; son of Fred and
Mary (Horstmann) Schewe; educated, Henry
Ames (public) School;, married, St. Louis Co.,
Mar. 16, 1892, Carrie Althoff (died July 10,
1909); three children: Mary L., Edna C. and
Fred W. ; married, 2d, St. Louis, June 16,
1910, Julia M. Furstenfeld; one son, Richard
Mansfield. Engaged in farming up to 1902;
in grocery business, 1902-05; since in general
real estate business; also director Baden
Bank. Republican. Member United Brethren.
Clubs: St. Louis, City. Recreation: horse
back riding. Office: 8212 N. Broadway. Resi
dence: 1063 Hornsby Ave.
SCHIELE, Edwin, whisky merchant; born,
St. Louis, July 9, 1862; son of Sigmund and
Fanny (Schulman) Schiele; educated in St.
Louis public schools and Jones Commercial
College; married, St. Louis, December, 1897,
Mynne Kramer; children: Herbert Sigmund,
Frances Fanny. Began business career in
wholesale notions house; entered liquor busi
ness at seventeen, and at twenty went on
road as traveling salesman. Began business
for self in 1895, at Cincinnati, and in 1899
removed to St. Louis and established firm of
Edwin Schiele & Co., distillers of whisky.
Republican. Jewish religion. Member Ethical
Society. Club: Columbian. Office: 204 S. 4th
St; Residence: 4558 Washington Ave.
SCHIELE, Jacob W., general insurance;
born, Highland, 111.; son of Jacob John and
Sylvia (Winterroth) Schiele; public school
education; married, St. Louis, May 16, 1900,
Clara Brinckmeyer; four daughters: Grace L.,
Sylvia D., Alice L., Edna H. Learned bar
ber's trade and followed it from 1889 to 1899;
entered insurance business as agent for Jef
ferson Mutual Fire Insurance Co.; in Novem
ber, 1908, formed general agency under title
of the Schiele:Kleinschmidt Agency Co., of
which is president and of which William A.
Kleinschmidt (who had been connected with

The National Enameling and Stamping Co.
for a number of years) is secretary. Repub
lican; served as deputy marshal, 1898-1901;'
now candidate for Missouri House of Repre
sentatives from Fourth District. Protestant.
Member North St. Louis Business Men 's Asso
ciation; secretary and treasurer Teutonia Hall
Association. Mason (32°), Knight Templar,
Shriner. Club: Avalon, of Clement, Mo. (sec
retary and treasurer). Recreations: fishing
and hunting. Office: Pierce Bldg. Residence:
2931 Barrett St.
SCHIELE, Sidney, real estate; bora, St.
Louis, Aug. 23, 1873; son of Sigmund and
Fanny (Schulman) Schiele; educated in gram
mar and high schools of St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, Jan. 8, 1906, Belle Idleman. Began
business life in wholesale house of Baer, Sea-
songood & Co. in 1888. Engaged in real es
tate business with brother-in-law, Samuel
•Bowman, until 1895; since in real estate busi
ness for self. Secretary to St. Louis Real Es
tate Exchange, 1897-1907. Republican. Clubs:
Columbian, Westward Country, Mercantile.
Office: 813-815 Chestnut St. Residence: 4718
McPherson Ave.
SCHILLER, Francis Henry, clergyman;
born, St. Louis, June 4, 1880; son of Robert
and Mary (Mueller) Schiller; educated, St.
Vincent's (parochial) School, 1886-94; in
business pursuits, 1894-98; student Sacred
Heart College, Prairie du Chien, Wis., 1898-
1901; St. Mary's Institute, Dayton, O.,.1901-
02; Kenriek Seminary, St. Louis, 1902-07,
graduating, 1907. Ordained priest Roman
Catholic Church by Archbishop Glennon, June
11, 1907; assistant rector Sacred Heart Church
1907-09; assistant rector Cathedral since Aug.
20, 1909. Independent in polities. Residence:
209 Walnut St.
SCHILLER, William, photo supplies; born,
.Frankfort-on-the-Main, Nov. 21, 1867; son of
William and Louise Schiller; educated in pub
lic schools of native city to 1884; came to
Ameriea, 1885; married, St. Louis, Jan. 1,
1887, Pauline Schnelzenbach; four children:
Johanna, Louise, Rudolph, Ella. Began busi
ness career with M. A. Seed Dry Plate Co.,
St. Louis, 1886, and continued until 1888; en
gaged as. photographer, 1888-90; since con
ducted photo supply business, now known as
W. Schiller & Co. Member Baden Saengerbund;
also Twenty-seventh Ward Republican Club.
Club: Dixon Hunting and Fishing. Recrea
tions: hunting, fishing. Office: 6 S. Broadway.
Residence: 1701 Cora Ave.
SCHINDLER, Frank, viee president Gravois
Planing Mill Co.; born, Silesia, Germany,
June 20, 1861; son of Albert and Mary (Pohl)
Schindler; educated in public schools; mar
ried, St. Louis, Nov. 17, 1887, Bertha Lowack;
five children: Fred, Edwin, Alfred, Elsa,
Frank. Came to America, 1887; learned plan
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at trade in St. Louis until organization, 1903,
of the Gravois Planing Mill Co., of which has
since been vice president. Republican. Mem
ber Tower Grove Turn Verein. Office: 3026
Juniata St. Residence: 3525 Hartford St.
SCHISLER, Edwin, physician; born, St.
Louis, Mo., Nov. 27, 1874; son of Henry
Michael and Caroline (Koenig) Schisler; edu
cated, Educational Institute; St. Louis High
School; matriculated in Beaumont Hospital
Medical College (Medical Department, St.
Louis University), graduating with degree of
M.D., 1896; married, St. Louis, Mar. 2, 1898,
Lily G. Young. In practice at St. Louis since
1896; medical examiner Metropolitan Life
Insurance Co. since 1898; physician in charge
of St. Louis Altenheim since 1904; president
Fresh Air Mission since 1907; on medical staff
Alexian Brothers Hospital since 1910; assist
ant in medicine, St. Louis University, since
1910. Member American Medical Association,
St. Louis Medical Society, Academy of Sci
ence (St. Louis), Alumni Association St. Louis
University. Scottish Rite Mason, Shriner;
member Royal Arcanum. Recreations: horse
back riding, automobiling. Office and Resi
dence: 2600 S. Grand Ave.
SCHISLER, Henry Michael, retired; born in
St. Louis Co., Mo., July 4, 1843; son of
Michael and Melinda Schisler; educated in
country school in St. Louis Co. and in St.
Louis schools; married, St. Louis, Mar. 3,
1873, Caroline C. Koenig; children: Dr. E. J.,
Mrs. E. N. Karcher, Amanda (Mrs. William
Essmueller), Arthur W. Began business ca
reer as a clerk in grocery store for a few
months, then on Jan. 14, 1865, entered employ
of William Koenig & Co., seeds and agricul
tural machinery, with whom remained until
1876, then became member of firm of H.
Michel & Co., seeds, etc.; entered Plant Seed
Co., 1878, and a year later became member
of the firm, remaining until 1895, when joined
in organizing a seed company of which was
vice president, 1895-1909; now spends most of
his time with A. W. Schisler Grain Co., 708 N.
4th St. Republican. Served in Company A,
First Missouri Regiment, 1863-64. German
Protestant. Member board 'directors the Ger
man Protestant Orphans' Home. Member A.
F. & A. M., Travelers' Protective Association.
Recreation: traveling. Office: 708-710 N. 4th
St. Residence: 3807 Hartford St.
SCHTWITZ, Edward, secretary Western
Candy and Bakers' Supply Co.; bora, Goliad,
Tex., Nov. 28, 1852; son of Christoff and
Katherine (Weiskirch) Schiwitz; educated in
public schools, in Germany; married, St. Louis,
June 17, 1876, Anna Lintz; eight children
living: August, Anna (now Mrs. Edward Mc
Donnell), Ida, Clara, Charles, Dolly, Louise,
Edna. Learned confectionery business and
worked at baker's trade in St. Louis; asso
ciated with Herman Flebbe, 1878, and opened

flour and bakery supply store, later admitting
William Pamperin to partnership, as Flebbe-
Schiwitz-Pamperin Flour, Grocer and Commis
sion Co.; present name Western Candy and
Bakers' Supply Co., of which is secretary.
Member St. Louis Turn Verein, Carondelet
Singing Club. Offiee: 113 S. 11th St. Resi
dence: 2808 Vietor St.
SCHLAFLY, August, banker; born on farm
in Switzerland, May 4, 1850; son of John Jo
seph and Helena (Margis) Schlafly; educated
in private and public schools; married, Car
lyle, 111., Nov. 12, 1874, Jane Allen; children:
Helen Jane (now Mrs. William C. Connett),
Mary Jessie, Louis Allen, John F., Paul A.,
James J. Engaged in mercantile business and
private banking at Carlyle, 111., in 1871; or
ganized the State Bank in 1894, which was
changed in 1900 to First National Bank of
Carlyle; also organized the Bank of Breeze,
First National Bank of Edwardsville, 111., Cit
izens ' National Bank of Alton, 111., and Union
Trust and Savings Bank of East St. Louis,
111., of which is now president; member of
August Schlafly & Sons, commercial paper
and bonds; director Mississippi Valley Trust
Co.; president St. Louis Coliseum since its
organization. Member Business Men 's League.
Director and member advisory board of St.
Louis University. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercan
tile, Glen Echo Country. Office: 400, 506
Olive St: Residence: 4532 Westminster PI.
SCHLAG, Charles, coffees and teas; born,
Hessen Cassel, Germany, July 21, 1871; son of
Johannes and Elizabeth (Nikal) Schlag; at
tended grammar schools, Germany; came to
United States, September, 1886; student in
public schools, St. Louis, and Perkins & Her-
pel Business College; married, St. Louis, Feb.
28, 1895, Barbara Lielich; four children:
Frank, Edwin, Viola and Carl. Began in em
ploy of Mrs. Christina Schlag, retail groceries,
St. Louis, 1886, continuing about four years;
with Fred Ringhoff one year; was connected
with the Great Eastern Coffee and Tea Co.
as city salesman, 1890-97; in coal and teaming
business two years, and then sold out to or
ganize the Progressive. Coffee and Tea Co.,
1900; after two years disposed of interest in
the company and organized the Ideal Coffee
and Tea Co., which was incorporated April,
1903; has since been president and manager
same. Recreation: fishing. Office: 1244 S.
Broadway. Residence: 4548 Magnolia Ave.
SCHLANGE, Eugene H., tobacco; see Vol.
1906. SCHLAPP, Carl Henry, president Krenning
Grocer Co.; bora, Ft. Madison, la., July 18,
1867; son of August and Caroline (Knust)
Schlapp; educated in public schools and busi
ness college; married, Burlington, la., Oct. 26,
1905, Frances Neally Higbee; one son, Carl
Higbee. Began business career in freight of
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R., Burlington, la., then shipping clerk for
Biklen-Winzer Grocer Co., Burlington, la., and
became consecutively bill clerk, salesman in
house, city salesman and secretary; in Au
gust, 1902, moved to St. Louis, buying out F.
H. Krenning & Son, and forming stock com
pany under name of Krenning Grocer Co., of
which is president. Also director Biklen-Win
zer Grocer Co., of Burlington. Member Busi
ness Men's League. Clubs: St. Louis, Racquet,
Algonquin Golf, Missouri Athletic (St. Louis),
Burlington Boat, Burlington Golf (Burling
ton, la.). Office: 816-818 N. 3d St. Residence:
Algonquin, St. Louis Co., Mo.
SCHLECHT, Joseph A., president Mound
City Buggy Co., born, St. Louis, Mar. 28, 1878;
son of Charles and Louisa (Braun) Schlecht;
educated in public schools- of St. Louis and
Bryant & Stratton Business College; married,
St. Louis, Aug. 8, 1907, Mamie M. Mueller.
Began active career at age of fifteen in em
ploy of Nelson Morris & Co., packers, and ad
vanced through various positions to that of
general southern auditor; gave up connection
with this company to become identified with
the Banner Buggy Co., under Russell E. Gard
ner; after one year entered buggy business on
own account, November, 1900, and was found
er and has since been president of the Mound
City Buggy Co., dealers in vehicles and auto
mobiles. Catholic. Recreations: fishing, mo
tor touring and theater. Office: Broadway and
Cass Ave. Residence: 3666 Wyoming St.
SCHLEIFFARTH, Edgar Louis, manufac
turer of surgical supplies; born, Cincinnati,
Apr. 5, 1859;. son of Charles and Matilda
(Hofferberth) Schleiffarth; educated in pub
lic schools; M.D., St. Louis Medical College,
1881; married, St. Louis, May 5, 1886, Anna
R. Wetzel; children: Hilda (Mrs. Otto Wey-
mann), Edgar, Armin, Gertrude, Lucille. Be
gan practice of medicine in 1881, first as in
terne in the City Hospital and then in regular
practice, became identified with the business
established by his father in 1859, as manufac
turer of surgical apparatus, and is now senior
member of Chas. Schleiffarth Co. Member St.
Louis Medical Society, Medical Society of
City Hospital Alumni. Republican. Member
First Regiment, Missouri National Guard.
Liberal Unitarian. Mason (33°); member Lie
derkranz. Office: 8 S. Broadway. Residence:
2804 Eads Ave.
SCHLERETH, John J., clergyman; born, St.
Louis, July 7, 1871; son of Anthony and An
na M. (Voll) Schlereth; educated St. Nicholas
and St. Bernard's parochial schools; Christian
Brothers College; St. Mary's Seminary, Perry-
ville, Mo. Ordained priest Roman Catholic
Church by Bishop Montgomery, May 30, 1896;
served as missionary in Chicago and New
Orleans to 1897; teacher of canon law, church
history and liturgy, St. Mary's Seminary, Per
ry ville, 1895-1901; assistant pastor St. Vin

cent de Paul Church, St. Louis, since 1907.
Residence: 1427 S. 9th St.
SCHLOSSSTEIN, Adolph George, physician;
born, St. Louis, Oct. 2, 1872; son of Adolph
and Caroline (Schaeffer) Schlossstein; educat
ed St. Louis public schools; graduated Toens
feldt's Educational Institute, 1889; graduated
Smith Academy, 1890; M.D., Washington Uni
versity Medical School, 1894; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 29, 1901, Clara Emma Brann; two
sons: Frederick Alfred and Adolph George,
Jr. In practice at St. Louis since Jan. 1,
1895; lecturer and instructor, Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington Uni
versity Medical School; lieutenant Medical
Reserve Corps, U. S. A. Member Evangelical
Church. Member St. Louis Medical Society,
Medical Society of City Hospital Alumni, Ve
rein Deutscher Aerzte of St. Louis, Alumni
Association Washington University Medical
School, Alma Mater of St. Louis^. Club: Lie
derkranz. Office and Residence: 3153 Longfel
low Boul.
SCHLUETER, Robert E., surgeon; born, St.
Louis, June 9, 1872; son of Ernst and Elisa
beth (Pullmann) Schlueter; educated in public
schools of St. Louis; Toensf eld's Educational
Institute, St. Louis; Ph.G., St. Louis College
of Pharmacy, 1891; M.D., Missouri Medical
College, 1895; unmarried. Teacher of phar
macy and physiology, Missouri Medical Col
lege, until it became connected with Washing
ton University, 1899; instructor in Depart
ment of Surgery, Washington University until
July, 1911; has since devoted entire time to
private practice of surgery. President St.
Louis College of Pharmacy; member St. Louis
Medical Society (president, 1911), Missouri
State Medical Association, American Medical
Association, etc.; first lieutenant Medical Re
serve Corps, U. S. A. Republican. Member
Civie League. Recreations: travel and litera
ture, principally medical history. Office: Met
ropolitan Bldg. Residence: 909 Park Ave.
SCHLUETER, William George, secretary
Bohn-Lenartz Commission Co. ; born, St. Louis,
July 15, 1878; son of William and Louisa
(Herr) Schlueter; educated at St. Joseph's
School, St. Louis, Christian Brothers School
and Bryant & Stratton Business College, 1895 ;
married, St. Louis, Feb. 22, 1905, Bertha
Wille; three children: Marcella, William, Ber
tha. Entered employ of Hoffman Bros. Pro
duce Co. as entry clerk, 1895; in 1900 became
connected with Steffen & Stoltman, commis
sion merchants, who were later succeeded by
the Bohn-Stoltman Commission Co., and after
the death of Henry Bohn in February, 1905,
the present Bohn-Lenartz Commission Co. was
organized, of which is secretary and treasurer.
Republican. Roman Catholic. Recreation:
bowling. Office: 714 N. 4th St. Residence:
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SCHMEDTJE, Johannes, secretary and man
ager Adolphus Busch Glass Manufacturing
Co.; born, Holstein, Germany, Oct. 23, 1850;
son of S. and Marie (Dieckmann) Schmedtje;
educated in gymnasium in Germany; married,
St. Louis, May 28, 1878, Johanna Busch; chil
dren: Adolph, Elsa (deceased), Gussie, Paula,
Clara, Lily, Hilda. Emigrated 'to St. Louis,
1870; engaged as clerk in wine house, 1870-75;
became identified with Anheuser-Busch Brew
ing Association as general clerk, 1875, and was
in freight department for fifteen years; when
glass works were erected, was put in charge
of same by Adolphus Busch in 1891; now vice
president, secretary and manager, Adolphus
Busch Glass Manufacturing Co. Evangelical
Lutheran. Independent in politics. Club: Lie
derkranz. Favorite recreations: music and
thespian art. Office: Corner of Main and Dor
cas Sts. Residence: 2337 S. 13th St.
SCHMIDT, Anthony John, secretary Brown
Bond and Stock Co.; born, Glasgow, Mo., Dec.
2, 1882; son of Conrad and Josephine (Rei-
deser) Schmidt; educated in parochial schools
and academy to 1896; then attended Pritehett
College, Glasgow, Mo., until 1898; married,
June 8, 1910, Adele Thiebes (died June 11,
1911). Came to St. Louis, 1901, and engaged
as stenographer with Brown Bond and Stock
Co., becoming secretary in 1903. Republican.
Catholic. Club: Missouri Athletic Recrea
tions: tennis and handball. Office: 400 N. 4th
St. Residence: 3242 Longfellow Boul.
SCHMIDT, August Richard, president G. R.
Schmidt Woolen Co.; born, St. Louis, Jan. 21,
1877; son of Frank, and Minna (Hennecke)
Schmidt; educated in public schools, St. Louis;
married, St. Louis, Emma, daughter of George
Rueckoldt; one son, George Rueckoldt, born
Apr. 15, 1909, and one daughter, Edna Emma,
born Jan. 19, 1912. Began active career as
errand boy and tailor's apprentice with B. F.
Meyers Tailoring Co., 1892; office boy Joseph
M. Hayes' Woolen Co., 1893-96; entry clerk
Labsap-Crucknell Woolen Co., 1896; continu
ing until 1901; then became connected with
the Greeley Printery as secretary, remaining
in that position for seven years; resigned
June, 1908, and was president of the Sehmidt-
Hochberg Woolen Co., importers and jobbers
of woolens and tailors' trimmings and sup
plies, until May 1, 1911, when firm name was
changed to G. R. Schmidt Woolen Co., of
which is president. Republican. Liberal Prot
estant in religious views. Member Compton
Hill Council, Royal Arcanum, National Union,
Foresters, and Masonic Order. Clubs: Western
Rowing, Masonic. Offiee: N. W. cor. 7th and
Locust Sts. Residence: 3141 Michigan Ave.
SCHMIDT, John B., president John B.
Schmidt Sign Co. ; born, St. Louis, Nov. 3,
¦1860; son of August and Minna Schmidt; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools, Polytechnic
School, Washington University; married, Sept.

21, 1887, Emma Schueler. After leaving school
moved to Minneapolis, Minn., with parents
and engaged in sign painting; returned to St.
Louis, 1885, and conducted sign painting busi
ness as John B. Schmidt & Co.; incorporated
under present name, 1900. Director Olive Land
and Mining Co. Republican. Presbyterian.
Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner; member An
cient Order of Druids, Knights of Pythias, Le
gion of Honor. Clubs: Liederkranz, Sharp
Shooters. Office: 1113 Pine St. Residence:
3432 Chippewa St.
?SCHMIDT, Louis, banking; gone abroad;
see Vol. 1906.
SCHMDDT, Louis, candy manufacturer;
born, Rhine Province, Prussia, Dec. 10, 1848;
son of John and Elizabeth (Stamm) Schmidt;
graduated from Central Wesleyan College,
Warrenton, Mo., 1866; married, St. Louis,
June 10, 1871, Caroline Blanke; children: Ly
dia (Mrs. F. A. Kansteiner), Emma (Mrs.
Hugo Boellner), Adeline (Mrs. George Gib
son), Louis, Jr., William O., Albert F. Came
to St. Louis 1864; first permanent position
was as errand boy for Col. A. A. Schaeffer,
and in 1867 became clerk in store of W. Witte,
Moro, 111., but soon returned to St. Louis and
worked in hardware store of Charles Meyer
and later with F. A. Kansteiner; with Metro
politan Bank until 1869, when became con
nected with Blanke Bros. Candy Co.; now
treasurer of Blanke-Wenneker Candy Co.; also
vice president Strassberger Conservatory of
Music; treasurer Blanke Bro.s. Realty Co. Was
in organized college company of militia dur
ing Price 's raid, in Civil War, but was not en
listed in the army. Mason. Clubs: Lieder
kranz, Million Population. Recreations: hunt
ing and fishing. Office: 608 Market St. Resi
dence: 3668 Shaw Ave.
SCHMITT, Eugene Emil, secretary and
¦treasurer Rogers-Schmitt Wire and Iron Co.;
bom, St. Louis, Nov. 24, 1876; son of Charles
and Anna (Mayer) Schmitt; educated at Pen
rose (public) School to fourteen; spent three
and one-half years in Schenk 's Drawing Acad
emy, working for tuition; married, St. Louis,
Apr. 17, 1901, Paula Frances Proske; three
children: Irwin E., Anna M., Girard C. En
gaged as sketch artist two and one half years;
entered employ of the Ludlow-Saylor Wire
Co. as draughtsman and estimator, 1896, con
tinuing until 1903; secretary St. Louis Wire
and Iron Co., 1903-09; assisted in organizing
the Rogers-Schmitt Wire and Iron Co., 1909,
of which is secretary and treasurer. Repub
lican. Presbyterian. Member West Gate
Lodge, No. 445, A. F. & A. M.; Belief ontaine
Chapter, No. 25, R. A. M.; Ivanhoe Command
ery, No. 8, Knights Templar. Club: Masonic,
Recreation: fond of athletic sports. Office:
Broadway and Mound Sts. Residence: 1815 N.
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SCHMITT, Frederick, building contractor;
born, Pomeroy, O., Jan. 1, 1870; son of Conrad
and Marie (Kuehne) Schmitt; educated in
public schools; married, Cincinnati, 1890, Ame
lia Aschbach; three children: 'Fred, Raymond
Julius, Henrietta. Began to provide for own
support at ten and at eighteen commenced
learning bricklayer's trade; in contracting
business on own account since 1893; president
Fred Schmitt & Co. Republican. Member
Master Bricklayers' Association, West St.
Louis Business Men's Association. Recrea
tion: automobiling. Office and Residence:
5912 Von Versen Ave.
SCHMITZ, Herman M., real estate; born,
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. '18, 1870; son of Ed
ward and 'Eva (Firmbach) Schmitz; educated
at Toensfeldt's Educational Institute; unmar
ried. Bill clerk for the Hays Woolen Co.,
1885-90; collector for Kroeger & Linde, 1890-
92; salesman in real estate business, 1892-93;
since in partnership with Gustave Meisen
bach, firm of Meisenbach & Schmitz, real es
tate and financial agents. Member South
Broadway Merchants ' and Manufacturers ' As
sociation, Sons of Veterans, Catholic Knights
of America. Recreation: fishing. Office: 604
Chestnut St. Residence: 4527 Virginia Ave.
SCHMITZ, Rudolph, president Schmitz &
Shroder Clothing Co.; born, Mayence, Ger
many, Mar. 17, 1852; son of Ludwig Albrecht
and Augusta (Wolf) Schmitz; educated in
realschule in Germany; married, St. Louis,
Nov. 17, 1875; Helene Lipphardt; children:
Rudolph, Jr., Adele, Walter Lipphardt, Edgar
F. Came to United States April, 1870; started
as clerk at cloth house of Hugh Boyle, St.
Louis, July, 1870, became buyer, 1875, and
continued with successor, J. M. Hayes, until
1880; represented Cincinnati cloth house of
Hy. Geiershofer & Co., 1880-84; started Swiss
embroidery factory in 1884 and sold out in
1889; in clothing business since 1890; presi
dent and treasurer Schmitz & Shroder Cloth
ing Co., president Lipphardt & Klie Clothing
Co., of East St. Louis, Lipphardt & Heymann
Clothing Co., of Detroit; director Central Na
tional Bank of St. Louis. Member Manufac
turers' Association. Republican. Member So
ciety for Ethical Culture. Clubs: Mercantile,
Glen Echo Country. Recreations: horseback
riding and music. Office: 8th St. and Wash
ington Ave. Residence: 5385 Waterman Ave.
SCHMOLL, John, contractor and banker;
born, Amsterdam, Holland, Feb. 16, 1870; son
of Gerritt M. and Fredrika (Van Der Lann)
Schmoll; educated in public schools of St.
Louis and Academy of Architectural Science,
graduating 1894; married, St. Louis, June,
1896, Sophia Uthoff; three children: Fred
erick G., Dewey John, Ethel. Has engaged in
brick contracting and construction business
since 1894; president Tower Grove Bank;
Contracting Supply Co., Consumers' Brick and

Quarry Co.; director American Trust Co. Re
publican; chairman Republican City Central
Committee. Member Board of Freeholders,
1911. Presbyterian. President Master Brick
layers' Association; member Tower Grove
Heights Improvement Association. Mason,
Knight Templar (Ascalon Commandery),
Shriner; member National Union. Clubs: Lie
derkranz, Tower Grove Turn Verein. Recrea
tions: fishing and hunting. Office: 816 Olive
St. Residence: 3626 Utah PL
SCHNECK, Henry, merchant tailor; born,
Washington, Mo., Feb. 4, 1861; son of Jacob
and Marguerita (Freischlag) Schneck; edu
cated in public schools, Washington, Mo., un
til 1877, and Johnson's Commercial College,
St. Louis, 1884; married, St. Louis, Apr. 7,
1885, Emma M. Benda; children: Ruby, Harry,
Guy. Came to St. Louis, 1877, and entered em
ploy of Mills & Averill, clothiers, as clerk,
later becoming cashier, then secretary in 1901,
vice president in 1903; on Feb. 14, 1905, re
signed and with A. C. Mills and J. H. Dunklee,
organized firm of Mills, Schneck & Dunklee,
merchant tailors. Mr. Dunklee died June 10,
1905, and firm is now under title of Mills-
Schneck-Powers Tailoring Co. Republican.
Mason (32°), Knight Templar. Office: 705
Washington Ave. Residence: 6046 Berlin Ave.
SCHNEIDERHAHN, Edward Vincent Paul,
lawyer; born, St. Louis, Sept. 23, 1874; son
of Maximilian and Frances (Bleckmann)
Schneiderhahn; educated in St. Mary's and St.
Vincent's parochial schools; title of A.B.,
from St. Louis University; LL.B., Law De
partment, Washington University, 1896; un
married. In practice since 1896. Member St.
Louis and Missouri State Bar associations.
Member City Council, 1908-11 (vice president,
1910-11). Member National German-American
Alliance (ex-president Missouri Division),
Catholic Union of Missouri (ex-president), St.
Louis Settlement Association (board of gov
ernors), etc. Republican. Recreation: walk
ing. Office: 722 Chestnut St. Residence: 1129
S. 7th St.
SCHNELLE, August H., lumber merchant;
1839-1910; see Vol. 1906.
SCHOEN, Ernest E., secretary Standard
Syrup Co.; born, St. Louis, Sept. 10, 1876; son
of Jacob and Amely (Eller) Schoen; educated
in public schools of Iowa City, la., Peoria, HI.,
and Leavenworth, Kan.; married at St. Louis,
1899, to Miss Grace Perry. In 1894 organized
the Standard Syrup Co., of which is secretary.
Has been a member of the First Regiment,
National Guard of Missouri, since 1895, and
was captain of Company E until 1908; served
six months in the volunteer service, during
the war with Spain, in the First Missouri
Volunteers. Member Spanish War Veterans.
Clubs: Officers of National Guard, Missouri
Athletic. Recreation: walking. Office: 215 S.
2d St. Residence: 3039 Eads Ave.

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SCHOEN, Jacob, syrup refiner; born, Bo
hemia, Austria, 1845; educated as chemist at
University of Prague, Bohemia; married Miss
Amely Eller. Came to %he United States from
Germany in 1866, and was engaged, until 1894,
as chemist in the employ of sugar refineries
and glucose factories; resided in St. Louis,
1874-80; in Buffalo, N. Y., 1880-94; since 1894
president of The Standard Syrup Co. Office:
215 S. 2d St. Residence: 3039 Eads Ave.
SCHOENBERG, Friedrich E., president F.
E. Schoenberg Manufacturing Co., window
and window wire screens, etc.; born, Germany,
June, 1846; educated public schools; married,
St. Louis, 1872, Wilhelmina Witrock; two chil
dren: Gustav and Clara (Mrs. William Boefer,
Jr.). Learned trade of glazier and cabinet
maker; in German Army, 1867-69, advancing
to corporal. Came to America, 1870, to St.
Louis, 1871; in employ Balke-Thonssen &
Phierman -Co., manufacturers picture and look
ing glass frames, until 1874; member firm of
Schmidt & Schoenberg, 1874 until death of
Mr. Schmidt, 1890; then acquired entire own
ership, the business since incorporated as the
F. E. Schoenberg Manufacturing Co. Mason
and Odd Fellow. Office: 2022 De Kalb St.
SCHOENING, Charles August; see Vol.
1906. SCHOENING, Edward Elias, merchant; see
Vol. 1906.
SCHOENING, William Louis, merchant; see
Vol. 1906.
SCHOENLAU, William, president Schoen-
lau-Steiner Trunk Top and Veneer Co.; born,
Boesingfeld, Lippe-Detmold, Germany, Nov. 6,
1839; educated in common schools, Germany;
came to America, 1857; married, St. Louis,
May, 1863, Augusta Hains (died 1875); 2d,
St. Louis, Jan. 16, 1877, Sophia Beuger; eight
children, four living: Augusta (Mrs. Edward
Palus), Elizabeth (Mrs. Joseph Hickel, Jr.),
Ida W., Anna Marie (Mrs. Otto G. Steiner).
Began business career St. Louis, 1857, and
continued in Central Market until 1861; with
brother in grocery business, 1861-62; then con
ducted same alone; became connected with
Kukkuck Two-Ply Trunk Top Co., 1894, which
was re-incorporated, 1896, and since president
of company. Owner Schoenlau Grove. Member
St. Louis Turn Verein. Republican. Member
Protestant Evangelical Church. Club: Lieder
kranz. Recreation: traveling. Offiee: 129 E.
Fillmore St. Residence: 1214 S. 18th St.
SCHOENTHALER, J. G. Woerner, secre
tary Eisenstadt Manufacturing Co.; born, St.
Louis, Jan. 5, 1879; son of Fred C. and Doro
thea (Thormann) Schoenthaler; educated,
Clinton (public) School; Manual Training
School; unmarried. Began active career as
bookkeeper and assistant cashier of the Scud
der Gale Grocer Co., 1894, continuing seven
years; became connected with the Eisenstadt

Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of jewelry,
Sept. 15, 1901, and has been secretary of same
since 1903. Democrat. Member Ethical Soci
ety, B. P. O. Elks. Recreations: music and
field sports. Office: 1205 Olive St.1 Residence:
4121 Magnolia Ave.
SCHOKMILLER, Charles Henry, type foun
dry; born, St. Louis, Aug. 21, 1870; son of
Gottlieb and Louise (Herwig) Schokmiller;
educated in St. Louis public schools to 1885;
married, St. Louis, Dee. 6, 1898, "Cecelia But
ler; one child, Charles F. Served as apprentice
with Kingsland & Douglass Manufacturing Co.
to 1890; with Joseph Heimbach Machine Co.,
1890-91; with Burroughs Adding Machine Co.,
Central Type Foundry, Inland Type Foundry
Co., and Keystone Type Co., to 1904. Engaged
in manufacture of type founders' machin
ery, 1904, consolidated with Western Printers '
Supply Co., of Chicago, 1905, and formed
Western Type Foundry Co., of which is viee
president and manager. Republican. Protes
tant. Mason. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Ma
sonic. Recreation: motoring. Office: 108 Pine
St. Residence: 3831 Page Boul.
SCHOLLMEYER, Adolph Rudolph, real es
tate; born, St. Louis, Jan. 6, 1868; son of
Rudolph and Henrietta (Woeltje) Scholl-
meyer; educated in public schools; unmarried.
Began active career in real estate office, 1889;
established business for self, 1890; incorpo
rated, 1905, as A. R. Sehollmeyer Real Estate
Co., of which has since been president. Also
secretary Schiller Investment Co., Dresden In
vestment Co., Sutter Real Estate Co., Sideyer
Real Estate and Investment Co., Wiesekorn
Realty and Investment Co., Eiler Real Estate
and Investment Co. President St. Louis Real
Estate Exchange, 1912; member Business
Men 's League, Civic League. Mason, Knight
Templar, Shriner. Club: Mercantile. Recrea
tion: Theatre. Office: 705 Chestnut St. Resi
dence: Buckingham Hotel.
SCHOLLMEYER, Gustave Herman, direct
or Hargadine-McKittrick Dry Goods Co.;
born, St. Louis, June 6, 1865; son of Rudolph
and Henrietta (Woeltje) Sehollmeyer; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 26, 1910, Mary Bird. Began active
business career with D. Crawford & Co., 1878,
and continued until 1885; then became con
nected with Hargadine-McKittrick company,
as stock clerk, department salesman, travel
ing salesman, assistant general manager,
stockholder and director; has had charge of
sales since 1907. Also second vice president
Tower Grove Bank (St. Louis) and director
of Bank of Piedmont, Piedmont, Mo. Owner
of 2,000-acre farm in southeastern Missouri.
Member Mound Builders, Southeastern Mis
souri Drummers' Association (president,
1905); national director of Travelers' Pro
tective Association; organized Scully's Army,
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Association. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mem
ber Tuscan Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; Missouri
Chapter No. 1, R. A. M.; St. Aldemar Com
mandery, Knights Templar; Moolah Temple,
A. A. O. N. M. S.; also B. P. 0. Elks (life
member). Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo,
Oasis Hunting and Fishing, Cascade Fishing.
Favorite recreations: golf and fishing. Office:
911 Washington Ave. Residence: 6460 Ellen-
wood Ave.
SCHOLZ, Roy Philip, physician; specializ
ing in nose, throat and ear; born, St. Louis,
Apr. 21, 1879; son of Philip and F. Belle
(Carrington) Scholz; educated at Clay School,
Central High School, Educational Institute;
M.D., Medical Department, Washington Uni
versity, 1904; post-graduate study, Imperial
and Kingly University, Vienna, Austria, and
in Berlin and Freiburg, Germany, and Berne,
Switzerland; unmarried. Assistant in St.
Louis City Hospital, 1904-05; was assistant to
Drs. M. Hajek and Hofrat and Prof. Adam
Politzer, of University of Vienna, 1905-08;
after returning to America became chief of
nose, throat and ear department of the Social
Service Hospital and Clinic, St. Louis, and
took up private practice in Metropolitan
Building. Oto-laryngologist to Christian Or
phans ' Home, St. Louis Blind Girls ' Home,
Father Dunn's Newsboys' Home, Terminal
Railroad; member medical staff Tuberculosis
Society of St. Louis; oto-laryngologist visit
ing staff of St. Louis City Hospital, Female
Hospital Sanitarium, Koch Sanitarium and
Infectious Hospital, etc. Editor oto-laryngo-
logical department St. Louis Medical Review.
Republican. Member Washington University
Association, Alumni of Washington Univer
sity Medical Department, Verein Deutscher
Aertzte, St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri
State Medical Society, American Medical As
sociation (otp-laryngological section), Missis
sippi Valley Medical Society, City Hospital
Alumni. Mason (32°), Shriner. Clubs: City,
Alma Mater. Office: Metropolitan Bldg. -Resi
dence: 1110 Ferry St.
SCHONEBECK, Louis William, fire insur
ance; born, St. Louis, Aug. 19, 1865; son of
Charles B. and Catharine (Drebes) Schone-
beck; educated in O 'Fallon School, Henry
Ames School and Bryant & Stratton Commer
cial College; married, Chicago, Nov. 24, 1903,
Catharine Emde. Began business career on
the sixteenth anniversary of birth, Aug. 19,
1881, as office boy with the Jefferson Mutual
Fire Insurance Co. of St. Louis; has remained
with the company continuously and since
1901 has been secretary and treasurer. Repub
lican. Protestant. Mason (32°), Shriner.
Member Royal Arcanum. Club: Century Boat.
Favorite recreations: athletics and fishing.
Office: 317 Chestnut St. Residence: 2904 Ac-
comae St.
SCHORR, John J., secretary Schorr-Kolk-
sehneider Brewing Co.; born, St. Louis, Sept.

22, 1876; son of Jacob B. and Louise (Koeekel)
Schorr; educated in German and English pub
lic and private schools, St. Louis, until 1892;
then served apprenticeship, and attended
Brewers Academy, Chicago, to 1896; married,
St. Louis, Apr. 25, 1900, Emma Leroi; two
children: Alma, Ilda. Began business career
with Tennessee Brewing Co., Memphis, 1896,
continuing to 1907; engaged with Green Tree
Brewery, 1897-98; was assistant superintend
ent and brewmaster Charles G. Stifel Brewing
Co., 1898-1901; since secretary of Schorr-
Kolkschneider Brewing Co. Republican. Ma
son, Knight Templar, Shriner. Office: 2537
Natural Bridge Rd. Residence: 3817 N. 12th
Street. SCHOTTEN, Jerome J., coffees, spices, etc.;
born, St. Louis, Aug. 15, 1882; son of Julius
John and Pauline C. (Feldman) Schotten;
educated at St. Louis University and Smith
Academy; unmarried. Began business career
working during school vacations in the vari
ous departments of William Schotten & Co.,
roasters of coffees, and manager same since
Sept. 1, 1902. Clubs: Racquet, St. Louis. Of
fice: 318 S. Broadway. Residence: Racquet
Club. SCHOTTEN, Julius John, coffee merchant;
bora, St. Louis, June 9, 1858; son of William
and Wilhelmina E. (Verborg) Schotten; edu
cated at St. Mary's (parochial) School and
St. Louis University; married, St. Louis, Nov.
9, 1881, Pauline C. Feldman; children: Je
rome J., Zoe Louise. At age of fifteen was
bookkeeper at Iron Mountain Bank; two
years later, on death of father, became con
nected with firm of William Schotten & Co.,
as cashier; became partner in 1880, and since
death of brother, 1897, has been sole owner
of the business (founded by William Schotten,
1847), firm being importers and wholesale
dealers in teas, coffees and spices; also presi
dent National Coffee Roasters' Association.
Catholic. Member Business Men's League.
Clubs: St. Louis, Racquet. Recreation: golf.
Office: 318 S. Broadway. Residence: near
Clayton, Mo.
SCHRADER, Louis August; see Vol. 1906.
SCHRAUBSTADTER, Carl; see Vol. 1906.
SCHRAUBSTADTER, Oswald, vice presi
dent Inland Type Foundry; born, Brookline,
Mass., April 23, 1868; son of Carl and Augusta
(Stern) Schraubstadter; educated in public
and high schools of St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, June 5, 1901, Eleanor B. Heynen; two
sons: Carl, Oswald, Jr. Entered employ of
Central Type Foundry, St. Louis, in 1884, and
continued with that company in advancing
positions, and- when, in 1903, the Inland Type
Foundry was incorporated to manufacture
type and printers ' supplies, was one of the in
corporators of the company, of which is now
vice president. Clubs: Mercantile, Lieder
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vorite recreations: music and fishing. Office:
204 N. 14th St. Residence: 3134 Longfellow
Boulevard. SCHRAUBSTADTER* William A., president
Inland Type Foundry; born, Brookline, Mass.,
Oct. 21, 1864; son of Carl and Augusta (Stern)
Sehraubstadter; educated in public schools of
Brookline, Mass., and St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, 1891, Mary Wells McEntire; children:.
Lucille, Madeline, Edith, Alvina. Came to St.
Louis, with parents, from Brookline, Mass.,
1875. Began business experience with the
Central Type Foundry of St. Louis, where
learned type-founder's trade until 1893; in
1894, with brothers, Oswald and Carl, organ
ized the Inland Type Foundry, of which is
president. Clubs: Mercantile, Arcadia Coun
try, Liederkranz, Niangua Game and Fish
Preserve. Recreations: outdoor sports, music
and art. Office: 204 N. 14th St. Residence:
4425 W. Belle PL
SCHRENK, Hermann von, botanist; born,
College Point, L. I., N. Y., Mar. 12, 1873; son
of Professor Joseph and Anna (Bandtke)
Schrenk; graduated Hoboken Academy, 1888,
Oswego Normal School, 1889, Cornell Univer
sity, B.S., 1893 (AM., Harvard, 1894, Ph.D.,
Washington University, 1897) ; married, Feb.
22, 1909, Mary Jane Kimball. Assistant in
botany, Harvard University, 1893-94; instruct
or Manual Training School, St. Louis, 1895-96;
instructor plant diseases Shaw School of Bot
any, Washington University, 1896-1903; spe
cial agent U. S. Department Agriculture, 1898-
1901; pathologist in charge Mississippi Valley
Laboratory, Bureau Plant Industry, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, 1901-06; chief di
vision forest products, Bureau of Forestry,
1903-05; in charge investigations on timber
diseases and timber preservation; special com
missioner U. S. Department Agriculture, 1903.
Lecturer on timber diseases and wood pres
ervation, Yale Forest School, 1902-07. Chair
man Missouri State Forest Commission. Pres
ent occupation: consulting timber engineer at
Tower Grove and Flad Aves.; also pathologist
Missouri Botanical Garden; lecturer Biltmore
Forest School. Member Botanical Society of
America, A. A. A. S., Deutsche Botanische Ge
sellschaft, National Geographical Society,
American Forestry Association, American So
ciety of Naturalists (treasurer, 1904-08), So
ciety for Promotion of Agricultural Science,
American Society for Testing Materials,
American Railway Engineers and Mainte
nance of Way Association, St. Louis Academy
of Science, Association Internationale des
Botanistes; member International Jury, St.
Louis Exposition. Secretary American Board
of Editors Botanisehes Centralblatt; specially
engaged in investigations on diseases of fruit
trees and forest trees and timber preserva
tion. Unitarian. Author: Decay of Timber
and Methods for Preventing It; Seasoning of

Timber, and papers on kindred subjects.
Clubs: University, Round Table, City. Resi
dence: 4139 McPherson Ave.
SCHROEDER, Roland, vice president Philip
Gruner Bros. Lumber Co.; born, St. Louis,
Feb. 2, 1867; son of George and Caroline
(Gruner) Schroeder; educated St. Louis pub
lic schools until 1885, then at Franklin Insti
tute to 1888; married, St. Louis, Oct. 10, 1892,
Emma Simpkins. Began with Philip Gruner
Bros. Lumber Co., 1892, serving in various ca
pacities, and became vice president, 1902; also
vice president Leisner Realty and Building
Co., elected 1908. Republican. Member Eth
ical (culture) Society. Mason. Club: Mid
land Valley Country. Recreations: golf, fish
ing and outdoor sports. Offiee: 4006 N. Broad
way. Residence: 5007 Von Versen Ave.
SCHROERS, John, business manager West-
liche Post; 1856-1908; see Vol. 1906.
SCHROETER, Charles F., president Schroe-
ter Coal Co.; bora, St. Louis, Jan. 29, 1854;
son of Edward Charles and Laura (Neidner)
Sehroeter; educated in Cross Lutheran (paro
chial) School, St. Louis, to 1867; Concordia
College, Ft. Wayne, Ind., 1867-71; took course
in Jones Commercial College, St. Louis, 1872;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 2, 1879, Anna Erck;
children: Laura (Mrs. Max Karch), Arthur H.,
Flora and Edwin (deceased). Began business
career, Apr. 12, 1886, since continuously iden
tified with coal interests; organized Sehroeter
Coal Co., 1886; also president North Breese
Coal and Mining Co. and Concordia Publish
ing House; director South Side Bank since
1903. Lutheran. Recreation: bowling. Of
fice: 2300 Miami St. Residence: 2302 Miami
Street. SCHROETER, Oscar J., hardware; born, St.
Louis, July 18, 1869; son of Bruno O. and
Christiana Sehroeter; educated in public
schools. With hardware house of Julius Mor
isse two years; then entered employ of Sim
mons Hardware Co., but eighteen months
later returned to original position; associated
with brother, Charles G., and established
Sehroeter Bros. Hardware Co., of which is
president. Office: 717 Washington Ave.
SCHUCHAT, W. Louis, physician and sur
geon; born in Austria, Apr. 2, 1875; son of
Moritz and Helene (Wieder) Schuchat; came
to St. Louis with parents, 1876; attended St.
Louis public schools, graduating from Madi
son School, 1889; attended the Polytechnic,
Foster Academy, and graduated from Central
High School, January, 1893; graduated from
Missouri Medical College (now Medical De
partment of Washington University), M.D.,
summa cum laude, 1896; unmarried. Ap
pointed, after competitive examination, and
served as junior assistant physician, City
Hospital, 1896-97; since engaged in general
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Member American and Missouri State Med
ical associations, St. Louis Medical Society,
Medical Society of City Hospital Alumni,
Alumni Association Medical Department of
Washington LTniversity. Jewish religion;
member Young Men's Hebrew Association.
Office: 2200 Chouteau Ave. Residence: 3647
Russell Ave.
SCHUCK, Philip, physician and surgeon;
born, St. Louis, Jan. 20, 1876; son of Philip
J. and Mary (Saddel) Sehuck; educated in
public schools, high school, and the Educa
tional Institute, St. Louis; graduated, from
Marion-Sims College of Medicine, M.D., 1897;
married, St. Louis, 1904, Elsie Von Tolcacz;
one son, Carl Alfred. In general practice as
physician and surgeon in St. Louis since 1897.
Office: 1420 S. Broadway. Residence: 1133
Rutger St.
SCHULTE; John Joseph, hay and grain
commission; born, St. Louis, Sept. 16, 1865;
son of George J. and Mary (Brode) Schulte;
educated at St. Joseph's School and Greer's
Commercial College; married, St. Louis, Feb.
16, 1887; children: John J., George P:, Isa
belle; Edna, Brayman, Marie, Karl, Paul and
Dorothy. In grain business since 1879; mem
ber firm of George J. Schulte & Co. since
1902.' Member St. Louis Merchants' Ex
change; president St. Louis Hay Receivers'
Association. Democrat. Catholic. Member
Knights of Columbus, Catholic Knights of
America. Office: 505 Chamber of Commerce.
Residence: 3701 Evans Ave.
SCHULTE, William Fredrick, secretary
Christian Peper Tobacco Co.; born, St. Louis,
Oct. 23, 1877; son of B. Rudolph and Anna
(Tirre) Schulte; educated in St. Louis public
schools to 1890; married, St. Louis, May 13,
1903, .May Cavendish; two children: William
F., Jr., Bernard Richard. After leaving school
held minor positions, and engaged with Sim
mons Hardware Co., 1894-98; conducted gro
cery business, for self until 1900. Entered
Christian Peper Tobacco Co. as clerk, 1901,
and has been secretary since 1904. Repub
lican. Member Church of Christ. Member I.
O. O. F., Modern Woodmen of America. Club:
Western Rowing. Recreations: hunting and
fishing. Office: 721 N. Main St. Residence:
Woodland, Mo.
SCHULTZ, H. E., Jr., president Zittlosen
Manufacturing Co.; born, Jefferson City, Mo.,
Sept. 16, 1866; son of Herman E. and Caro
line (Heintze) Schultz; educated in Bryant &
Stratton Business College, St. Louis, Smith
Academy, and Riverview Military Academy,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; married, St. Louis, 1898,
Helen Fischer. Began business career with the
Schultz Dry Goods and Carpet Co., of Jef
ferson City, Mo., 1883-85; removed to St.
Louis, 1885, and entered employ of Martin
Zittlosen, manufacturer of tents, awnings, be
coming secretary of Zittlosen Manufacturing

Co. in 1888, president since 1891; also presi
dent Schultz Realty and Investment Co.; vice
president Tower Grove Bank. Member Na
tional Manufacturers' Association. Recrea
tions: motoring and traveling. Office: Park
Ave. and Dolman St. Residence: 3640 Hart
ford St.
SCHULTZ, Henry C, president Schultz &
Niemeier Commission Co.; born, St. Louis,
Dec. 6, 1861; son of Louis and Wilhelmina
(Bollmann) Schultz; educated in St. Louis
public schools, Bryant & Stratton Business
College; married, Ft. Madison, la., May 12,
1887, Ida S. Schaper; one son living, Arthur
W. Began in grain business as office boy,
1877; associated since Mar. 1, 1897, with C. L.
Niemeier and H. H. Beekman as Schultz &
Niemeier Commission Co., of which is presi
dent. Member St. Louis Merchants' Ex
change, St. Louis Grain Club. Republican.
Lutheran. Recreation: music. Office: 305-306
Chamber of Commerce. Residence: 2945
Dodier St.
SCHULZ, Henry William, druggist; born,
Waverly, -0., Dee. 10, 1874; son of William
and Katherine (Spitzhirn) Schulz; educated
grammar and high schools; matriculated in
St. Louis College of Pharmacy, graduating
with degree of Pharm. Grad., Mar. 25, 1891;
married, Wellsville, Mo., Apr. 25, 1894, Char
lotte May White; two children: Marguerite
and Harold. Began in drug business Mar. 5,
1897, in location where he has since remained,
and is proprietor Schulz 's Pharmacy. Member
North American Retail Druggists' Associa
tion, St. Louis Retail Druggists' Association,
West End Business Men's League, Royal Ar
canum, Alumni of St. Louis College of Phar
macy. Office: Vandeventer and Laclede Aves.
Residence: 3955 W. Pine Boul.
SCHUREMAN, Willis Perry, vice president
Bradley Stencil Machine Co.; born, St. Louis,
May 29, 1864; son of John N. and Elizabeth
(Saville) Schureman; educated in Stoddard
School and High School, St. Louis; unmarried.
Began business with Park, Brother & Co.,
Black Diamond Steel Works, 1879, and re
mained with that company, traveling in west
ern territory until 1887, when resigned and
became member of firm of Weyer & Schure
man, representing Sanderson Bros. Steel Co.
and other manufacturers; in 1892 went to Ari
zona as secretary of the Chrystoval Construc
tion Co. for the building of irrigation canals;
returned to St. Louis and connected with
irrigation enterprises and New York Life In
surance Co.; in January, 1901, accepted posi
tion of general manager of the Bradley Sten
cil Machine Co., manufacturers of stencil ma
chines, and in 1903 was elected vice president,
in which office is still serving, as well as in
position of general manager. Member St.
Louis Sales Managers' Association. Repub
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Methodist, Union, Century Boat, St. Louis
Railway, Monroe Hunting. Recreations: hunt
ing and billiards. Office: 3745 Forest Park
Boul. Residence: 5820#Maple Ave.
SCHURK, Henry, proprietor and manager
Schurk Iron Works; born, Westphalia, Ger
many, Feb. 17, 1864; son of William and Eliz
abeth (Sellinghoff) Schurk; educated in paro
chial schools of Henrichenburg, Westphalia;
married Lucy Zimmerman, of Westerholt,
Westphalia, May 16, 1889; five children: Hen
ry, Lucy, William, Joseph, Anthony. Arrived
in America Apr. 1, 1887; started in general
iron working business, 1893, under title of
Berendes & Schurk; in 1895 partnership was
dissolved and name changed to Schurk Iron
Works, of which is proprietor. Democrat.
Catholic. Office: 327 S. 14th St. Residence:
3433 Montana St.
SCHUSTER, Nicholas B., carriage manufac
turer; born, Chicago, March, 1852; son of
George and Katherine Schuster; educated in
public schools to 1864; married, St. Louis,
May 31, 1882, Katie Reimert; five children.
Began business career with Clokey & Hand,
hat store, Chicago, 1864, and continued until
1867; in grocery business, 1867-69; then in
father's carriage and wagon factory to 1871.
Removed to St. Louis and was with Solar Car
riage Co. to 1872; with Wesley Fallon Car
riage Works until 1883; then established pres
ent business. Member Knights of Pythias,
Royal Arcanum. Office: 1625 Wash St. Resi
dence: 4974 Wabada Ave.
SCHUSTER, Siegmund Joseph, president
Straus Saddlery Co.; born, Germany, Apr. 10,
1861; son of Joseph and Sarah (Floirsheim)
Schuster; educated in public schools, Ger
many, to 1874; came to America, 1884; mar
ried, New York City, Dee. 1, 1897, Sarah
Frank; two children: Blanche and Lucille.
Began business career as salesman Phelan
Glassware Co., New York, 1884, and continued
until 1885; then with Henry Birn organized
firm of Schuster & Birn, glassware and china;
purchased partner's interest, 1898, and con
tinued alone until 1901. Disposed of New
York business to Kollish & Walloek, and re
moved to St. Louis, 1901; then acquired own
ership of Jacob Straus Saddlery Co., now con
ducted as Straus Saddlery Co. Member Busi
ness Men's League. Jewish religion. Mason.
Club: Columbian. Office: 27th and Locust Sts.
Residence: 4435 W. Pine Boul.
SCHUYLER, William, teacher; born, St.
Louis, May 4, 1855; son of Montgomery (D.D.)
and Sophia Elizabeth (Norton) Schuyler; B.A.,
Washington University, 1874, M.A., 1877;
studied music and composition with private
instructors, drawing and painting, St. Louis
school of Fine Arts, 1876-80; married, Hidee
Remington, of Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1881
(died 1897); children: Montgomery, Reming
ton, Norton. Teacher, lecturer and writer, gen

eral and pedagogical subjects, since 1877; as
sistant principal in high schools, St. Louis,
since 1895. Member N. E. A. (president de
partment secondary education, 1905). Demo
crat. Episcopalian. Author: An Ambassador
of Christ, 1901; Under Pontius Pilate, 1906;
The Art of Composition (with Philo M. Buck,
Jr.); Mona Lisa (under the nom de plume of
Guglielmo Scala), 1911. Editor: Macaulay's
Life of Samuel Johnson, 1903. Also musical
composer. Residence: 1615 Missouri Ave.
SCHWAB, Leon J., vice president Schwab
Clothing Co.; born, West Chester, Pa., July
16, 1863; son of Jacob and Amelia (Friedman)
Schwab; educated in public schools; married,
St. Louis, Oct. 25, 1892, Ray Stix; children:
James L., William S., Lee J., Alice Stix. Be
gan business career in clothing house in New
York in 1879, and in 1884 became connected
with the Schwab Clothing Co. of St. Louis,
manufacturers of clothing (established 1866,
incorporated 1883), which served in various
capacities until taking present position as vice
president of the company in 1895. Republican.
Jewish religion; member board of directors
Jewish Home for the Aged and Infirm. Mas6n
(32°). Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo Country,
Columbian. Recreation: golf. Office: 1132
Washington Ave. Residence: 5106 Washington
Avenue. SCHWAB, Max, clothing; 1848-1911; see
Vol. 1906.
SCHWANER, Frederick Charles, manager
branch house, engines and boilers; born in
Evansville, Ind., Jan. 28, 1867; son of Diet
rich and Maria (Heim) Schwaner; educated
in public schools of Evansville, Ind.; married,
Evansville, Nov. 15, 1892, Lorena C. Emrich;
one son, 'Emrich P. At age of fourteen en
tered employ of William Heilman, of Evans
ville, and continued in his employ and that
of his successor for eighteen years as ship
ping clerk, office man, traveling salesman,
purchasing agent and assistant manager; since
Jan. 1, 1900, manager of the St. Louis branch
house of The Brownell Company, manufactur
ers of engines and boilers. Republican. Pres
byterian. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Ath
letic, Algonquin Golf. Office: 401 Bank of
Commerce Bldg. Residence: 5189 Cabanne
Avenue. SCHWARTING, Henry, tailor; born in
Prussia, July 19, 1846; son of Henry and
Anna (Rolfs) Schwarting; educated in schools
in Germany and by private instruction at St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, 1876, Johana Louisa
Witthoefft; children: William D., Emil Fred
erick, Harry, Louisa, Tille (Mrs. J. W. Bis
sell), Delia A. Learned tailoring trade in Ger
many and worked at it in city of Bremen and
other towns until came to America at age of
twenty -two; after a short stay in Baltimore
came to St. Louis, and worked at trade for

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Keck & Goemann eleven years; was partner
for a short time in firm of Wolfe'& Schwart-
ing, and in 1880 in firm of Schwarting & Keck,
incorporated January, 1906, as Schwarting &
Keck Clothing Co., of which is president. Odd
Fellow. Recreations: fishing and bowling.
Office: 3601 N. Broadway. Residence: 3520 N.
9th St.
SCHWARTING, William Dietrich; see Vol.
1906. SCHWARTZ, Robert Joseph, president All
Paper Box Co.; born, St. Louis, Dec 28, 1872;
son of Frederick and Theresa (Springer)
Schwartz; educated in public schools of St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, July 25, 1908, Marie
Davis; three children: Earle Alfred, Robert
Roy, Georgianna Robertia. Began active ca
reer in employ of the Moser Cigar and Paper
Box Co. at seventeen, continuing for two and
one-half years; was with St. Louis Paper
Box Co. as salesman for twelve years, 1891-
1903; secretary Progressive Box Co., 1903-05;
manager box factory of National Candy Co.,
1905-09;. organizer and president and treasurer
All Paper Box Co. since Aug. 1, 1909; also
vice president Another Building Co. Repub
lican. Member St. Louis Credit Men's Asso
ciation. Mason; member Anchor Lodge, No.
443, A. F. & A. M. Clubs: Century Boat,
American Wheel, St. Louis Cricket. Recrea
tion: baseball. Office: Sv W. cor. 2d and Wal
nut Sts. Residence: Clayton, Mo.
SCHWARTZ, Selig, vice president Cohen-
Schwartz Rail and Steel Co., born, Kief, Rus
sia, Dec. 28, 1867; son of Julius and Bessie
(Goldin) Schwartz; educated in public schools
of Prussia; married, Rosa Greenspan, of St.
Louis, June 6, 1887; six children: Frank,
Goldie (Mrs. DaVe Berger), Dora, Abe, Sam,
Bernard. Came to Ameriea, 1885; began act
ive career in employ of Standard Stamping
Co.; entered retail scrap iron business, at
Broadway and Tyler St., with B. Koplar, 1888;
in same business on own account, 1890-1902;
then with others organized the Cohen-Schwartz
Rail and Steel Co., incorporated, October,
1902, of which is vice president and secretary;
also vice president L. J. Cohen & Co. and co
partner "Western Iron and Rag Co. Repub
lican. Treasurer Jewish Orthodox Old Folks
Home. Member B'nai B'rith, I. O. O. F. Of
fice: 3130 Hall St. Residence: 5124 Maple
Avenue. SCHWARZ, Henry, physician; born, Gies-
sen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Nov. 14, 1855;
son of Jacob and Susan Schwarz; attended
gymnasium to seventeen; came to America,
1873; graduated St. Louis College of Phar
macy, 1876; M.D., St. Louis Medical College,
1879; post-graduate study University of Gies-
sen, Germany, 1879-80; married, St. Louis,
Sept. 1, 1886, Johanna Laura Forster; four
sons: Marquard J., Otto H., Walter O, Fred

erick W. Served as assistant, University Fe
male Hospital, Giessen, 1880-81, also at Uni
versity Female Hospital, Heidelberg, in
charge pro tern., and as first assistant teacher
of midwifery, 1881-83; in practice St. Louis
since 1883. Appointed clinical lecturer on
gynecology, St. Louis Medical College, 1886,
professor gynecology, 1889; professor obstet
rics and gynecology, Washington Medical
School, since 1900. Member St. Louis Medical
Society, Missouri State and American Medical
associations, Verein Deutschen Aertzte. Office
and Residence: 440 N. Newstead Ave.
SCHWEDTMAN, Ferdinand Charles, elec
trical engineer; born, Osnabrueck, Germanv,
May 13, 1867; son of William and Bertha
(Van Derwald) Schwedtman; came to United
States, 1881: educated at Hanover, Amster
dam, and at Cooper Institute, New York;
married Cora H. Gehner, of St. Louis, Jan. 18,
1904. Chief engineer Missouri Electric Light
and Power Co., 1889-99; founder and general
superintendent, 1891-1904, Wagner Electric
Manufacturing Co. Consulting engineer. In
ventor of electrical and mechanical machines.
President Citizens' Industrial Association of
St. Louis; vice president National Association
of Manufacturers; member American Institute
Electrical Engineers; member Employers' Lia
bility and Workmen's Compensation Commit
tee. Clubs: University, Mercantile. Office:
706 Locust St. Residence: Kingsbury Apts.
SCHWENKER, Henry Frank, real estate;
born, New Haven, Franklin Co., Mo., Sept. 24,
1867; son of Charles and' Louise (Klein)
Schwenker; educated in public schools; mar
ried, St. Louis, Dec. 20, 1901, Hattie Schneidt;
one son, Henry Frank, Jr. Started in business
at age of eighteen and for nine years was in
the grocery business; after that for six years
in the contracting business until 1900; since
engaged in general real estate business in St.
Louis. Member A. F. & A. M. Offiee: 1107
Chestnut St. Residence: 3706 S. Broadway.
SCHWERDTMANN, Emil Richard, presi
dent Schwerdtmann Toy Co.; born, Baltimore,
Md., Aug. 11, 1861; son Theodore and Augusta
(Seegers) Schwerdtmann; educated in private
school, Baltimore; married, Keokuk, la., Feb
ruary, 1887, Anna Kast; children: Edmund A.,
Paula G., Alfred L. Entered in 1877, as a boy
of sixteen, in the toy business, established by
father at Baltimore in 1853, remaining there
until 1880, when the entire business was re
moved to St. Louis, where a branch house had
been conducted from 1874. Father died in
1887 and business was incorporated as
Schwerdtmann Toy Co., of which has since
been president. Evangelical Lutheran. Mem
ber Royal Arcanum, American Wheel Associa
tion. Recreation: traveling. Office: 811-813
Washington Ave. Residence: 3508 Crittenden
Street.

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SCHWERDTMANN, Otto P., secretary and
treasurer Schwerdtmann Toy Co. ; bora, Balti
more, Md., Oct. 9, 1863; son of Theodore and
Augusta (Seegers) Sghwerdtmann; educated
in grammar and high schools of Baltimore;
married, St. Louis, September, 1889, Marie
Heinicke; children: four daughters, two sons.
Began business career at age of sixteen in
office of a wholesale cloth house in St. Louis;
became assistant bookkeeper, bookkeeper,
cashier and finally office manager and credit
man. In 1886 entered the business of father
(established 1853), who was the pioneer in the
United States in the exclusive toy business,
the firm becoming Schwerdtmann & Sons; on
death of father in July, 1887, business was in
corporated under present style of Schwerdt
mann Toy Co., of which has since been secre
tary and treasurer. Democrat. Evangelical
Lutheran. Club: Liederkranz. Recreations:
hunting and fishing. Office: 811 Washington
Ave. Residence: 3532 Flora Ct.
?SCOTLAND, Thomas Henderson, fire in
surance; moved to Hartford, Conn.; see Vol.
1906. SCOTT, George Christian, broker; see Vol.
1906. SCOTT, Henry Clarkson, president Laclede
Power Co.; 1859-1911; see Vol. 1906.
SCOTT, Oreon Earle, real estate and insur
ance; born, McClellandtown, Pa., Nov. 11,
1871; son of Clark B. and Catherine C. (Gil
more) Scott; educated in public schools of
Fayette Co., Pa.; A.B., Bethany College,
West Virginia, 1892; LL.B. and A.M., Univer
sity of Michigan, 1894; married, Chicago, July
17, 1895, Mabel Crabbe; children: Margaret
L., Katharine M., Mary E. Financial agent
Bethany College, 1892; admitted to St. Louis
bar, Oct. 1, 1894; business manager Christian
Courier, Dallas, Tex., 1895; engaged in adver
tising business as Scott Advertising Co., in
Cincinnati, 1895-96; president Standard Add
ing Machine Co., 1907-08; in real estate and
insurance business in St. Louis, since April,
1896, firm being Oreon E. & R. G. Scott. Mem
ber St. Louis Real Estate Exchange. Inde
pendent Republican. Member Christian (Dis
ciples) Church; secretary Christian Board of
Publication; director National Benevolent As
sociation of the Christian Church; member
Business Men's League, Advertising Men's
League, Pennsylvania Society, Ohio Society,
National Geographic Society, Archaeological
Institute of America, Missouri Historical So
ciety. Scottish Rite Mason (32°), Knight
Templar, Shriner; member Royal Arcanum,
Royal League. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday,
Mercantile, Normandie Golf, Franklin, City,
Masonic. Aero. Automobile. Office: 817 Chest
nut St. Residence: 5211 Westminster PL
SCOTT, Pierre Chouteau, manufacturer
hickory handles, etc.; born, St. Louis, Feb. 10,
1875; son cf Thomas J. and Sarah (Lackland)

Scott; educated in Christian Brothers College
and at Missouri Military Academy, Macon,
Mo., graduating 1894; married in St. Louis,
Jan. 23, 1900, Adele Keller; one daughter,
Marie Louise. Began business career in 1897
as clerk in Boatmen's Bank, St. Louis; since
Jan. 1, 1901, secretary and treasurer of Keller
& Tamm Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of
hickory handles, and wagon and buggy wood
stock (established 1844). Democrat. Served in
Battery A, in Spanish-American War, in Porto
Rico. Member Business Men's League. Club:
St. Louis. Recreation: hunting. Office: Main
and Victor Sts. Residence: 4464 W. Pine Boul.
SCOTT, Raymond Gilmore, real estate and
insurance; born, McClellandtown, Pa., Dec.
11, 1872; son of Clark B. and Catherine C.
(Gilmore) Scott; removed with parents to
Bethany, W. Va., 1888; A.B., Bethany (W.
Va.) College, 1892; LL.B., Law Department of
University of Michigan, 1894; married, Rome,
Ga., Oct. 6, 1903, May, daughter of John H.
Reynolds, president First National Bank of
Rome, who died June 13, 1906; children:
Reynolds Gilmore and May. Practiced law
for four years in cities of Wheeling and Wells
burg, W. Va., 1894-98; came to St. Louis,
April, 1899, and engaged in real estate and
insurance business with brother, Oreon E.
Scott, under present firm name of Oreon E. &
R. G. Scott. Member of St. Louis Real Estate
Exchange. Republican. Was engrossing clerk
Senate of West Virginia in session of 1899.
Member of Christian (Disciples) Church.
Member Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Occidental
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Delmar Council, Royal
Arcanum. Offiee: 817 Chestnut St. Residence:
5004 Delmar Boul.
SCOTT, Samuel Stilwell, real estate; 1838-
1909; see Vol. 1906.
SCOTT, Stewart, president of Stewart Scott
Pressroom Co.; born, Edinburgh, Scotland,
Feb. 22, 1854; son of James and Marget M.
(Brown) Scott; educated in Edinburgh, Scot
land; married, St. Louis, Jan. 15, 1880, Sarah
D. Noel; children: Eleanor W., Marget J.,
Stewart, Jr., Carrie Noel. Left school at
eleven years of age, and went to work in
printing office; came to United States in 1868;
worked at trade until 1881 when began busi
ness as Scott & Richarz Pressroom Co., at 316
Chestnut St.; removed to 110 S. 9th St. in
1886, and to 325 N. 3d St., in January, 1901,
when firm name was changed to Stewart Scott
Pressroom Co., of which he is president; re
moved in 1905 to own building at 312-314
Chestnut St., when firm name was changed to
Stewart Scott Printing Co., now doing all
classes of printing. Treasurer St. Louis Typo-
thetffi. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason (Scot
tish Rite), member Chapter, Commandery and
Shrine; also member Woodmen of the World,
Caledonia Society, ^lub: Mercantile. Office:
312-314 Chestnut S„. Residence: 2319 Albion
Place.

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*SCOTT, William Franklin, manufacturer;
moved to Keokuk, la.; see VoL 1906.
SCOTT, William Samuel, coal mine oper
ator; born, Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862;
son of Hugh and Anne (Clarkson) Scott; edu
cated by private instruction and later at
tended Fredericksburg Military Academy;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 12, 1897, Margaret
Lytton; children: Marjorie L., Henry O, Sam
uel L. Began business life as a clerk in gro
cery store of Brockenbrough & Knox, Fred
ericksburg, Va., and after that in dry goods
store of A. B. Botts & Co., at same place until
1879; in bank of Conway, Gordon & Garnett,
1879-82; came to St. Louis, 1882; cashier Un
ion Depot Elevator Co., 1882-85; secretary
Lalement Milling Co., Carondelet, and later
assistant to secretary Carondelet Gas Light
Co., 1885-87; vice president T. & H. Mining
Co., 1887-93, and when in 1893 that company
was merged into the Missouri & Illinois Coal
Co., miners of Turkey Hill and Carterville
coal, was made vice president and general
manager of latter company; president same
since January, 1909. Member Business Men's
League, Merchants' Exchange. Episcopalian.
Clubs: St. Louis, City, The Traffic, St. Louis
Railway. Recreations: walking and the thea
tre. Office: 407 N. Broadway, room 805. Resi
dence: Carson Rd., Ferguson, Mo.
SCUDDER, Charles, Jr., secretary Wesco
Supply Co.; born, Kinloch, St.- Louis Co., Mo.,
Aug. 9, 1876; son of Charles and Sarah Vir
ginia (Rogers) Scudder; educated in the pub
lic schools to 1890; Washington University,
1890-94; married, St. Louis, Apr. 17, 1906,
Elizabeth Kilpatrick; one child, Elizabeth
Liggett. Engaged as salesman with Wesco
Electrical Co., 1894, continuously identified
with same, and elected secretary Wesco Sup
ply Co., 1906; also director Liggett Realty Co.
Was in Light Battery A, Field Artillery, U. S.
Army, during Spanish-American War. Repub
lican. Episcopalian. Member Knights of Py
thias. Clubs: St. Louis, City, St. Louis Coun
try, Aero. Recreations: golf and horseback
riding. Office: Clark Ave. and 7th St. Resi
dence: 4622 Maryland Ave.
SCUDDER, Charles White, president Raw-
lings Manufacturing Co.; born, St. Louis,
July 29, 1864; son of John Anderson and
Mary (White) Scudder; educated in Smith
Academy and Wyman Institute (now Western
Military Academy), St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 12, 1887, Mary Mason; children:
Mary, Mason. After leaving school began
business career with the Hargadine-McKit
trick Dry Goods Co.; after that was for six
years secretary of the Clark & Stuyvesant
Grocery Co. until 1897, when joined in organ
ization of the Rawlings Sporting Goods Co.,
of which was president until 1907; then organ
ized the Rawlings Manufacturing Co., of
which is president, the firm doing a wholesale

business only. Director Union Dairy Co.
Member Civic League. Republican. Clubs:
Noonday, St. Louis, St. Louis Country, Belle
rive Country, Cuivre. Recreations: hunting,
fishing, golfing and all outdoor sports. Office:
2301 Lucas Ave. Residence: 75 Vandeventer PL
SCUDDER, Cliffton Rogers; president Sam
uel Cupples Envelope Co.; born, St. Louis,
Oct. 21, 1862; son of Charles and Sarah Vir
ginia (Rogers) Scudder; educated in public
schools of St. Louis and in Washington Uni
versity; married, St. Louis, Feb. 24, 1892,
Mary Belle Lowman; children: Samuel Cup
ples, Cliffton Rogers, Jr. Began business ca
reer in 1876 with Guernsey, Jones & Co., fur
niture dealers, as collector, and remained with
that company, becoming treasurer, until re
signed, 1887, to become vice president and
treasurer of the St. Louis Electric Light and
Power Co., until 1897; elected, February, 1899,
vice president and treasurer of the Samuel
Cupples Envelope Co., operating large fac
tories at St. Louis, New York and Chicago;
now president of the company. Also president
of the Wesco Supply Co.; director of the
Merchants '-Laclede National Bank. Repub
lican. Methodist. Clubs: St. Louis Country,
St. Louis, Noonday. Favorite recreations:
fishing and hunting. Office: 638 S. 6th St.
Residence: 4557 W. Pine Boul.
SCUDDER, Elisha Gage,- wholesale grocer;
1839-1911; see Vol. 1906.
SCUDDER, James White, president The
Scudders-Gale Grocer Co.; born, St. Louis,
July 3, 1861; son of John A. and Mary
(White) Scudder; educated in public schools
and Washington University; married, St.
Louis, February, 1891, Harriet McKinley^
children: John Anderson and James W. Be
gan business career as clerk with Fink &
Nasse, wholesale grocers, 1881-82; with Gar
neau, Scudder & Co., grocers, 1882; later sec
retary for Krafft-Holmes Grocery Co. until
1890, when established in business for self as
James W. Scudder & Co., wholesale grocers,
which business was amalgamated with The
Scudders-Gale Grocer Co., of which is presi
dent. Clubs: Noonday, Bellerive Country,
Deer Plain. Recreation: shooting. Office: 714
Spruce St. Residence: 3833 Washington Ave.
SCUDDER, John A., capitalist; born, Mays
ville, Ky., June 12, 1830; son of Dr. Charles
and Mary H. Scudder; came to St. Louis at
early age; educated in local schools; married,
St. Louis, 1852, Mary A. White; children:
James W., Charles W., Isabel S. (Mrs. Dr.
Wheeler Bond), and Mary S. (Mrs. Otto L.
Mersman). Followed steamboating practically
all of his active career, becoming steamboat
captain; was one of organizers of Memphis &
St. Louis Packet Co. (Anchor Line) and its
president, 1870; in 1879 reorganization taking
place, with consolidation of another line, com
pany became known as St. Louis and Vicks-

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burg Anchor Line, of which was president and
chief executive officer; now retired from act
ive business. Director State National Bank,
St. Louis Union Trust £o. Member Merchants'
Exchange of St. .Louis (president 1877).
Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis Country. Offiee:
Security Bldg. Residence: 17 Vandeventer PL
SCULLIN, Harry, president Scullin-Galla-
gher Iron and Steel Co.; bora, Leavenworth,
Kan., Oct. 6, 1866; son of John and Hannah
(Perry) Scullin; educated St. John's College,
Fordham, N. Y.; St. Louis University; mar
ried, St. Louis, Dec. 26, 1888, Julia Frye
Woodward; two children: Mary Julia, Eu
genia Lenore. Began as clerk in office of
Union Depot R. R. Co., St. Louis, September,
1885; held various positions, becoming pur
chasing agent, general manager, then vice
president of the company; elected director
Grand Avenue R. R. Co., 1890, also vice presi
dent, general manager and later president
same company; formerly a director Laclede
Gas Light Co., St. Louis National Bank, Mis
souri & North Arkansas Ry., St. Louis, Kansas
City & Colorado Ry., Arkansas & Choctaw
Ry., also builder, vice president and general
manager East St. Louis Ry. Co.; president
Scullin-Gallagher Iron and Steel Co. since
1900; director Mercantile Trust Co., Mercan
tile National Bank. Independent Democrat.
Roman Catholic. Clubs: St. Louis, Racquet,
Bellerive. Recreations: shooting, tennis, mo
toring, and all outdoor sports. Office: 6700
Manchester Ave. Residence: 5218 S. Broadway.
SCULLIN, John, chairman board Scullin-
Gallagher Iron and Steel Co.; born in St.
Lawrence Co., N. Y., Aug. 17, 1836; son of
Nicholas and Mary (Callahan) Scullin; edu
cated in public schools and at Potsdam (N.
Y.) Academy; married, Montreal, Canada,
Aug. 18, 1863, Hannah Perry; children: Mae
(Madame de Gheest), John Harry, Frederick
William (deceased), Robert C. (deceased),
Lenore (Mrs. Charles McLure Clark), Charles
Luis. Was employed on father's farm in
Town of Brasher, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.,
until at age of nineteen entered service of
Grand Trunk Ry. in construction work in
minor capacity and advancing until placed in
charge of the work; in 1863 became contractor
at Minneapolis, Minn., for construction of
Minneapolis & Cedar Valley R. R. (now part
of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul System);
then crossed plains and prospected until 1865,
when returned to New York state; bridge
contractor in Leavenworth Co., Kan., 1866,
contractor for construction Central Branch
of Union Pacific R. R., 1867. Built extension
of Missouri Valley Ry. to Iowa state line in
1868 and part of road from Leavenworth to
Cameron, Mo., now owned by the Rock Island
System. In 18,69 commenced construction of
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. from Em
poria, Kan., through to Texas, and the Mis

souri division through to Moberly, completing
the work in 1874. In 1875 became interested
in street railways in St. Louis. In 1883 was
appointed general manager of Western di
vision of Mexican Central, City of Mexico,
resigning in 1885 to return to St. Louis.
President of the Wiggins Ferry Co., 1886-
1902; president of the St. Louis, Kansas City
& Colorado R. R. Co., 1899-1902; president of
the St. Louis & North Arkansas R. R. Co. in
1899; president of the Arkansas & Choctaw
Ry. Co. in 1901-02; chairman of board Scul
lin-Gallagher Iron and Steel Co.; director St.
Louis Union Trust Co., St. Louis Transfer
Co., St. Louis & North Arkansas R. R. Co.,
Denison Light and Power Co. Clubs: St.
Louis, Noonday, Bellerive Country, Racquet,
Log Cabin. Recreations: golf and walking.
Office: 818 Security Bldg. Residence: 5218 S.
Broadway. SEAMAN, Julius C, merchant tailor; bora,
Cleveland, O., Oct. 17, 1848; son of Simon and
Sophia (Lessing) Seaman; educated in pub
lic schools; married, Cleveland, Aug. 16, 1874,
Barbara Wyman; children: Sylvia S. (Mrs. E.
J. Marx), Harry Alfred, Walter C. Began
business career as salesman for Bosenfeld
Bros., 1862-74; salesman for Constam Bros.,
1874-77; since in business for self; now treas
urer Kissack & Seaman Tailoring Co. Repub
lican. Jewish religion. Favorite recreation:
baseball. Office: 804% Pine St. Residence:.
5201 Westminster PL
SEARS, Edmund Hamilton, principal of
Mary Institute; born, Wayland, Mass., Apr.
20, 1852; son of Rev. Edmund Hamilton
(D.D.) and Ellen (Bacon) Sears; graduated
from Boston Latin School, 1870; A.B., Har
vard College, 1874; A.M., Washington Univer
sity, 1897; married, June 19, 1895, Helen
Clark Swazey. Taught at Hampton Normal
and Agricultural School, 1874-75; instructor in
Latin and Greek, University of California,
1875-83; conducted private school for girls,
1885-91; principal of Mary Institute, St.
Louis, since September, 1891. Member Civic
League. Swedenborgian. Clubs: Harvard of
St. Louis, The Round Table, Contemporary
(St. Louis), Authors' (London, Eng.). Au
thor: Political Growth of the Nineteenth Cen
tury, 1900. Recreations: tennis and walking.
Office: The Mary Institute. Residence: 4 N.
King's Highway.
SEARS, John Harold, lawyer; born, Knox-
ville, la., May 9, 1881; son of William H. H.
and Kate (Milner) Sears; educated, Chicago
public schools; Elk . Rapids (Mich.) High
School; St. Louis Central High School, grad
uating, January, 1901; LL.B., Yale Univer
sity, 1904; married, St. Louis, Feb. 29, 1908,
Katherine Conroy (died May, 1908). Admitted
to Missouri bar, 1904, and since engaged in
general practice in St. Louis; counsel for
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of Missouri; director L. C. Smith & Bros.
Typewriter Co. of Missouri, Royal Typewriter
Co. of Missouri, Atlas Amusement Co., Bender
Fish and Oyster Co. (secretary) ; statutory
agent in Missouri of American Bridge Co. of
Mew York and of New Jersey, American Steel
and Wire Co., Sinclair & Valentine, New
York, etc. Swedenborgian. Member St. Louis
Bar Association, Thayer Law Club, Phi Delta
Phi, Phi Gamma Delta. Club: City. Recrea
tions: reading, theatre. Office: 922-923 New
Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 3723
Windsor PL
SEBRING, Francis C, boiler compound; see
Vol. 1906.
SEDDON, James Alexander, lawyer; born,
Richmond, Va., Mar. 9, 1850; son of James A.
and Sarah (Bruce) Seddon; educated in coun
try school near Sabot Hill, Goochland Co.,'
Va., Dinwiddie School, Albemarle Co., Va.,
and University of Virginia, graduating, M.A.,
1870; professor of modern languages, 1870-71,
in Norwood College, Nelson Co., Va.; re
turned to University of Virginia, 1871, and
graduated from Law Department, B.L., 1872;
married, St. Louis, Dec. 4, 1889, Louisa Q.
Scott; children: Bruce, Scott; married, 2d,
Montrose, St. Louis Co., Mo., Nov. 15 ,1899,
Anne Carter Wickham; children: James A., Jr.,
and John W. Admitted to bar at St. Louis, Feb
ruary, 1873, and engaged in practice of law.
Democrat; served as judge advocate, with
rank of major, on staff of Governor Marma-
duke; was judge of Circuit Court of City of
St. Louis, March, 1887, to Jan. 1, 1889; mem
ber of City Council, Jan. 1, 1885, to Mar. 1,
1887. President McPheeters Warehouse Co.
Member of St. Louis Bar Association, Mis
souri State Bar Association. Episcopalian.
Clubs: St. Louis, University, Noonday, St.
Louis Country. Recreations: hunting, dogs and
farming. Office: 705 Olive St. Residence: 5341
Waterman Ave.
SEELE, Frederick William, grain commis
sion; born, St. Louis, Oct. 20, 1872; son of
Frederick W. and Emma M. (Hohenschild)
Seele; educated in public schools of St. Louis;
married, Troy, 111., November, 1901, Sarah R.
Jarvis. Began business career as an employe
of Annan, Berg & Co., grain and flour com
mission merchants, continuing 1890-98; be
came office manager P. P. Williams Grain Co.,
1898, and was secretary of the company, 1901-
06; then organized Seele Bros. Grain Co., of
which is senior partner. President Seele Ele
vator Co.; director Troy Exchange Bank,
Troy, 111. Member St. Louis Merchants' Ex
change, Chicago Board of Trade, St. Louis
Grain Club. Presbyterian. Recreations: read
ing, boating, motoring, fishing and hunting.
Office: Chamber of Commerce. Residence:
4468 Forest Park Boul.; also Troy, HI.
SEELIG, M. G., surgeon; born, Helena, Ark,.
Feb. 19, 1874; son of Simon and Vera (Cohen)

Seelig; graduated St. Louis High School, 1892;
A.B., Harvard University, 1896; M.D., Med
ical Department, Columbia University, 1900;
married, Cleveland, O., January, 1906, Clover
Althea Hartz; three children: Clover, Frank,
Vera. Practiced in New York, 1900-03; pro
fessor surgery St. Louis University since
1910; surgeon to City Hospital; associate
surgeon Jewish Hospital. Lieutenant Medical
Reserve Corps, U. S. Army. Office: Humboldt
Bldg. Residence: 5059 A Waterman Ave.
SEELIG, William L.; born, Aug. 15, 1868.
Entered railway service as clerk in the au
ditor's office of the Wisconsin Central R. R.,
1886; successively assistant bookkeeper, 1888-
89, general bookkeeper, 1889-90, and chief
clerk, 1890 to Apr. 1, 1891, same road; chief
clerk auditor's offiee Jacksonville Southeast
ern Line, Apr. 1, 1891, to Oct. 1, 1892; gen
eral bookkeeper, Oct. 1, 1892, to Nov. 1, 1893,
chief clerk, Nov. 1, 1893, to Mar. 1, 1898,
auditor receipts and disbursements, Mar. 1,
1898, to Aug. 1, 1900, assistant general auditor,
Aug. 1, 1900, to Nov. 10, 1903, and auditor
to July 1, 1912 (resigned), Missouri, Kansas
& Texas Ry. Mason (32°), Shriner. Office:
105 N. 7th St. Residence: 5737 Bartmer Ave.
SEEVER, William John, archaeologist; born,
St. Louis, July 20, 1861; son of William and
Christiana (Erler) Seever; common school
education; by profession illustrator and en
graver, but best known by his archaeological
researches. Conducted archaeological explora
tions in Missouri, Illinois and Arkansas, 1880-
92; collected and exhibited, for the state, the
Missouri archaeological exhibit at Chicago Ex
position, 1893; recorder and curator Missouri
Historical Society, 1893-1900; now engaged in
archaeological research in Mississippi Valley,
especially the central portion; has large col
lections. Address: 2929 Abner PL
SEGUENOT, Louis, consular agent for
France and consul for Belgium; bora, Autun,
France, Aug. 25, 1833; son of Claude and
Jeanne (Paquelin) Seguenot; educated in
France, graduating from College of Autun,
with degree of Bachelor of Letters, Aug. 20,
1851; married, France, Dee. 31, 1856, Jennie
Regnier (died 1895); two children: Louise
Clementine (widow of Robert E. Fisher), Isa
belle Clementine (wife of William H. Grimes).
Came to America April, 1865; professor of
French language, 1866-88. Consular agent for
France since September, 1888, and consul for
Belgium since 1899. Democrat. Catholic. Of
ficer de 1 'Instruction Publique (France). Rec
reation: reading. Office: DeMenil Bldg., 119
N. 7th St. Residence: 4346 Maryland Ave.
SEIBERT, James Monroe, real estate and
tax agent Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain
Ry. companies; born, Perry Co., Mo., Feb. 3,
1847; son of Daniel and Sarah Milissa (Me-
Combs) Seibert; educated in common schools
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lege, Lebanon, 111.; married, Perry Co., Dec.
27, 1866, Emma Abigail Wilson; four chil
dren: Alpha M. (Mrs. Daniel J. Hancock, Jr.),
Daniel F. (deceased), Robert M. (deceased),
Alma L. Served as sheriff and collector of
Cape Girardeau Co., Mo., four years and as
collector for six years; elected state treasurer
for term of four years, 1884; elected state
auditor, 1888, and reelected, 1892 and 1896;
excise commissioner St. Louis, four years,
1901-05, during Governor Dockery 's adminis
tration. Has been connected with the Mis
souri Pacific Ry. Co. since 1906; in law depart
ment, 1906-10; general agent of the passenger
department, 1910-Sept. 1, 1911; with tax de
partment, Sept. 1, 1911-January, 1912, when
the real estate and tax departments were con
solidated and he was appointed real estate
and tax agent Missouri Pacific and Iron
Mountain lines. Democrat. Presbyterian. Ma
son, Knight Templar; member United Wood
men, B. P. O. Elks. Recreations: reading, also
hunting and fishing. Office: 411 Title Guar
anty Bldg. Residence: 5163 Vernon Ave.
SEIDEL, Emil Ferdinand, retired; born,
Schlettau, Saxony, Aug. 6, 1840; son of Fran
cis and Caroline (Guenther) Seidel; educated
in schools in Germany; came to United States,
Apr. 22, 1857; married, St. Louis, Sept. 26,
1894, Helene S. Schwarze; children; Frank
H., Robert H. Worked as cabinet maker in
various shops and established in business of
manufacturing fine woodwork, May 23, 1870,
under the firm name of Seidel & Schoenle;
bought out partner's interest, Dec. 24, 1885;
continued business under his own name until
July 28, 1902, when became incorporated un
der the name of E. F. Seidel Manufacturing
Co., of which he was president; retired, Aug.
1, 1911. Lutheran. Mason. Member Lieder
kranz. Recreation: art collecting. Residence:
2922 Henrietta Ave.
SEIDEL, Julius, lumberman; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 31, 1866; son of Ernst Louis and
Emilie (Ackermann) Seidel; educated in St.
Louis public schools, Franklin High School
and Bryant & Stratton Business College; mar
ried, St. Louis, Apr. 20, 1904, Eugenia An
thony; two children: Julius Anthony, Alice
Eugenia. Began business career, Feb. 1, 1882,
in South Side yard of Eau Claire Lumber Co.,
and after thorough training in inspection,
measuring, etc., entered shipping department,
of which was given charge, 1886; in 1889 was
made salesman, style of company having
changed to Eau Claire-St. Louis Lumber Co.;
was made director, 1896, and in 1897 elected
secretary, with full charge of sales depart
ment; resigned, Jan. 1, 1903, to enter business
for self, organizing Julius Seidel Lumber Co.,
of which is president, operating wholesale and
retail lumber yard. Also secretary Accomac
Realty Co. President Lumber Dealers' Asso
ciation; director Southwestern Lumbermen's

Association, Citizens' Industrial Association.
Member Civic League, St. Louis Gymnastic
Society (ex-president), St. Louis Altenheim.
Republican. Protestant. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar (Ascalon Commandery), Shriner.
Clubs: Mercantile, Rotary, Lumbermen's
(president, 1909), Masonic, Liederkranz, Cen
tury Boat. Favorite recreations: gymnastics,
music, literature. Office: 2000 S. King's High
way. Residence: 6040 W. Cabanne Ave.
. SEIDLITZ, George Neuman, oculist and
aurist; born near Port Gibson, Miss., Apr. 25,
1861; son of George Neuman and Sarah
(Measey) Seidlitz; educated in public schools,
Keokuk, la., Denmark Academy, Denmark,
la.; Ph.B., State University of Iowa, 1882,
A.M., 1885; M.D., Hahnemann Medical Col
lege, Chicago, 1884; married, Iowa City, la.,
May 23, 1888, Florence M. Hess; one daugh
ter, Margaret C. Engaged in practice since
1884; since 1894 specialist in diseases of eye
and ear. Member St. Louis Homoeopathic
Medical Society, Missouri Institute of Ho
moeopathy, Medical Research Society, Amer
ican Homoeopathic O. O. & L. Society. Demo
crat. Episcopalian. Odd Fellow. Offiee: 1023
N. Grand Ave. Residence: 5939 Clemens Ave.
SELDEN, O. Guy, president Selden-Breck
Construction Co.; born in Paulding Co., O.,
Feb. 24, 1870; son of A. H. and Caroline
(Myers) Selden; educated in public schools of
Lexington, 111., and commercial college at
Quincy, 111.; married, St. Louis, 1895, Eleonore
Cowan; children: Wentworth, Edward, Marie
Quinette. Resident of St. Louis since 1889;
since 1891 in building and contracting busi
ness, manager for James Stewart Co., con
tractors, and later Southwestern manager for
George A. Fuller Co., of Chicago and New
York; since 1904 president of Selden-Breck
Construction Co. Associate member Engineers '
Club of St. Louis. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
Bellerive Country, Century Boat. Recrea
tions: golf and motoring. Office: 1108 Fuller-
ton Bldg. Residence: 5139 Westminster PL
SELIGMAN, Harry; born at Connersville,
Ind., Dec. 12, 1868; son of William H. and
Lizzie (Wallenstein) Seligman; educated in
public schools and graduated from Cincinnati
High School, then attended business college;
unmarried. Resident of Cincinnati, 1869-99;
was traveling salesman, and later partner in
wholesale clothing house at Cincinnati; sold
out interest, 1892, to embark in present busi
ness of H. Seligman & Co., manufacturers and
wholesale dealers in ladies' neckwear; re
moved business from Cincinnati to St. Louis,
1899. Clubs: Columbian, Westwood Country.
Favorite recreations: hunting, fishing and
golf. Office: 1401-1403 Washington Ave. Resi
dence: Washington Hotel.
SELKIRK, Benjamin Johnstone, auctioneer;
bora, St. Louis, Mar. 10, 1863; son of Alex
ander and Louisa Selkirk; educated at O'Fal-

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Ion, Webster, Chouteau and Clinton public
schools; married, St. Louis, Jan. 19, 1892,
Mary E. McLaughlin; children: Katheryn,
Alexander A., Mary Virginia, Benjamin J., Jr.
Began business career as messenger boy with
Western Union Telegraph Co., 1878; went into
cigar business, 1879, then with W. H. Hag-
gerty in auction jobbing business, and at
times for self until 1885; auction pool seller,
1885-89; since 1889 partner in firm of A. A.
Selkirk & Co., general auctioneers and storage
warehousemen. Partner in Selkirk & Eisner,
voting booths; general manager Home Com
fort Gas Machine Co. Democrat. Catholic.
Member Royal Arcanum and Royal League.
Office: 1808 Chouteau Ave. Residence: 5105
Fairmount Ave.
SELLER, J. William, candy manufacturer;
born, Versailles, Ky., Dec. 10, 1870; son of
Thomas and Louella (Story) Seller; educated,
Vanderbilt University, 1888-92; married, Ver
sailles, Ky., 1897, Vanda Nelson. Began active
career with J. William Seller & Co., dealers in
shoes, Versailles, 1894, continuing six years;
secretary Van B. Nelson Clothing Co., Louis
ville, Ky., 1900-04; removed to St. Louis and
has been secretary and treasurer Modern Can
dy Manufacturing Co. since 1905; also di
rector Tower Grove Bank. Is the owner of
all concessions American and National League
Baseball clubs at St. Louis. Democrat. Bap
tist. Member Knights of Pythias, St. Louis
Turn Verein. Recreations: bowling and fish
ing. Office: 202 S. Main St. Residence: 3615
Shenandoah Ave.
SELLERS, John McLean, president St.
Louis Roofing Co.; 1837-1912; see Vol. 1906.
SELLMEYER, Henry John, produce com
mission merchant; born, Oldenburg, Ind., Dec.
4, 1867; son of John and Mary (Enneking)
Sellmeyer; educated in common school and
at St. Xavier's College, Cincinnati, O.; mar
ried, St. Louis, June 2, 1897, Olivia Tietzel;
one son, Edwin Henry. Was employed in a
general store in Indiana before coming to St.
Louis in 1885, to take position with Hackman
& Gaupel; in 1892 formed partnership with
Louis A. Jasper under firm name of Jasper &
Sellmeyer, produce commission merchants-
Catholic Member Knights of Columbus. Mem
ber' Fruit and Produce Exchange, National
League of Commission Merchants of the
United States. Offiee: 835 N. 3d St. Resi
dence: 1717 Pennsylvania Ave.
SELLNER, Albert Christian; born, Stutt
gart, Germany, Mar. 20, 1840; educated in
gymnasium in Germany; married, St. Louis,
1863, Annie Steinwender; children: Herbert
S., William A., Amanda (Mrs. Edward Beek-
man), Julia (Mrs. William A. Gardner), Came
to United States from Germany in 1859, and
was engaged in leather business at Fort
Wayne, Ind., and Quincy, 111., until 1870; re
moved to St. Louis and with Gustav A. Stein

wender engaged in wholesale wii e and liquor
business as Steinwender & Sellner; continued
until 1905, when incorporated business as
Steinwender & Sellner Mercantile Co., of
which was treasurer and manager; later en
gaged in selling gas and electric lighting fix
tures. Member Merchants ' Exchange, B. P. O.
Elks. Club: St. Louis. Office: 412 N. 8th St.
Residence: 4540 Duncan Ave.
SELPH, Colin McRae, lawyer; born, Rich
mond, Va., July 16, 1864; son of Colin McRae
(officer in Confederate Army) and Elizabeth
(Dimitry) Selph; lineal descendant of Gen.
John Smith, of Virginia, Robert Mills, de
signer of Washington monument, and Alex
ander Dimitry, founder of the public school
system of Louisiana; educated, St. Simeon's
School, Lushers' Academy and Tulane Uni
versity, all of New Orleans; married Nancy
Helen Witbeck, of St. Louis Co., June, 1900;
one son, Colin McRae, 3d. Came to St. Louis,
1886, and was employed by Philip Roeder,
and established circulating library and first
general news stand for national dailies, etc.;
with Post-Dispatch, 1889-99; manager Kansas
City Times, 1899-1900; published World's Fair
Bulletin, official journal of Louisiana Purchase
Exposition, 1900-04, and awarded diploma and
medal for same. Began practice of law, 1905;
secretary and counsel Anthracite Coalette
Fuel Co. Notable achievement was settlement
of Olive Street Bank failure (as chairman as
sociation of depositors), whereby 3,880 de
positors received 100 cents on the dollar.
Member Washington Artillery, New Orleans,
1878-84; member Missouri legislature, 1903-
05; member Joint Free Bridge Commission,
1905-08; member Citizens' Municipal Bridge
Commission and chairman campaign commit
tee same; member City Plan Commission, Civ
ic League, Million Population Club, etc. Dele
gate Democratic State Convention, 1904, 1906,
1908, Democratic National Convention, 1908;
president St. Louis Detnocratie Club, 1906-10;
nominee Democratic party for Congress,
Twelfth District, 1906 and 1908, receiving
largest vote cast for any Democrat in ten
years. Catholic Member Missouri Bar Asso
ciation, B. P. O. Elks, Knights of Pythias,
Caledonian Society. Recreations: music and
outdoor sports. Office: 411 Olive St. Resi
dence: 4250 Lindell Boul.
SEMMELMEYER, John Albert, manager
Graton & Knight Manufacturing Co.; born,
Chicago, June .30, 1878; son of John and Sarah
D. (Johnson) Semmelmeyer; graduated from
public school, Chicago, 111., 1892; graduated
from Y. M. C. A. Commercial College, May,
1897; married, Kenosha, Wis., Feb. 12, 1898,
Ella Louise Taylor; children: Hennie Hatten,
John Albert, Jr. Employed by Charles Mun
son Belting Co., Chicago, 111., as clerk in of
fice, July, 1897, to February, 1899; cashier in
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Co., February, 1899, to Sept. 27, 1902; since
then St. Louis manager Graton & Knight
Manufacturing Co., leather belting. Republic
an. Episcopalian. Mason, Knight Templar;
member Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Missouri
Athletic, Masonic Recreations: reading, bil
liards and pool. Office: 619 N. 8th St. Resi
dence: 5949 Maple Ave.
SEMPLE, Frederick Humphrey, stock and
bond broker; born, St. Louis, Dec. 24, 1872;
son of Edward H. and Mary (Hart) Semple;
educated in St. Louis public schools, St. Louis
Manual Training School and Rugby Academy;
married at St. Louis, 1905, Isabel J. F. Bel
cher; one daughter, Anne Thruston Farrar.
In the stock and bond business since 1896;
since Jan. 1, 1910, member of firm of Fisher,
Semple & Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs:
Racquet, St. Louis Country, Automobile, Aero.
Recreations: motoring, golf and farming. Of
fice: Rialto Bldg. Residence: Clayton, R. F. D.
No. 1, St. Louis Co.
SEMPLE, Nathaniel Meacon, physician;
born, Liberty, Clay Co., Mo., Oct. 22, 1876;
son of Robert Baylor and Lucy Anne (Shel-
ton) Semple; A.M., William Jewell College,
Liberty, Mo., 1894; M.D., Medical Depart
ment, Washington University, 1897; post
graduate work, University of Kiel, Germany,
1900-01; University of Paris, France, 1902;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 6, 1909, Margery
Ferriss; one son, Robert Baylor. Began prac
tice in St. Louis, 1897; specializes in treat
ment of the eye. Member Medical Reserve
Corps, U. S. A., American Medical Associa
tion, St. Louis Medical Society, American
Ophthalmological Society, St. Louis Ophthal
mological Society, Washington University
Medical Department, Phi Gamma Delta, Nu
Sigma Nu. Democrat. Baptist. Clubs: Uni
versity, Bellerive Country. Recreation: golf.
Office: 505 Humboldt Bldg. Residence: Nor
mandy, Mo.
SENDEN, Carl G, custom house broker;
1858-1909; see Vol. 1906.
SENSENBRENNER, John F., president C.
E. Hilts Shoe Co.; born, Buffalo, N. Y., Apr.
7, 1864; son of Philip and Eva (Geller) Sen-
senbrenner; educated at St. Joseph College,
Buffalo, N. Y. ; married, St. Louis, 1884, Lillie
Burman; children: Joseph, Rose (Mrs. Arthur
Von Reppert), Viola (deceased), Edna. Began
business career as shoe salesman at Indian
apolis, 1881, and in 1884 came to St. Louis;
became salesman in 1885 with the C. E. Hilts
Shoe Co., and upon incorporation of the busi
ness in 1894 was made manager and secretary;
in January, 1910, was elected president. Mem
ber Business Men's League, Civic League.
Member Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Missouri Ath
letic, Liederkranz. Office: corner 6th and St.
Charles Sts. Residence: 3638 Cleveland Ave.
SENSENEY, Edgar Moore, physician; bora,
Winchester, Va., Dec. 29, 1855; son of Edgar

' Jacob and Margaret Haney (Moore) Sen-
seney; educated at Central College, Fayette,
Mo.; M.D., St. Louis Medical College, 1887;
post-graduate studies at University of Vienna,
Austria; married, St. Louis, June, 1890, Mary
Thurston Messick; children: Eugene Towner,
Barbara Thurston, Margaret Moore, Harriet
Gaulbert. Engaged in practice of medicine in
St. Louis since 1887; appointed lecturer in
physiology, 1888, professor of therapeutics,"
1890, St. Louis Medical College. Member Mis
souri State Medical Association, St. Louis
Medical Society, St. Louis Academy of Sci
ence. Democrat. Methodist. Clubs: Illini
Yacht, Automobile Club of St. Louis. Recrea
tion: hunting big game in Rocky Mountains.
Offiee: Lister Bldg., 4500 Olive St. Residence:
5738 Clemens Ave.
SENTER, Charles Parsons, president Senter
Commission Co.; born, St. Louis, Feb. 14,
1870; son of William M. and Lucy Jane (Wil-
kins) Senter; educated at Stoddard (public)
School, and Smith Academy, St. Louis, class
of 1888, and University of Virginia; unmar
ried. Engaged in banking and real estate
business, 1890-93; since connected with the
house established by father, 1864, as Senter &
Co., cotton factors and commission merchants
in grain, furs, wool, hides, etc.; in 1900 the
business was incorporated as the Senter Com
mission Co., of which he is president. Ex-
president St. Louis Cotton Exchange; mem
ber Merchants' Exchange, Business Men's
League. Ex-president Tennessee Society; ex-
treasurer Democratic State Executive Com
mittee, Young Men's Democratic Club; direct
or St. Louis Provident Association. Baptist;
president Baptist City Mission Board. Clubs:
St. Louis, Glen Echo Country, Automobile,
Aero (vice president), Franklin. Office: N. W.
cor. 3d and Walnut Sts. Residence: No. 1
Beverly PL
*SERRANO, Rafael D., consul; returned to
Mexico; see Vol. 1906.
SESSINGHAUS, Oscar F., lawyer; born, St.
Louis, May 12, 1871; son of Gustavus and
Helena B. (Diestrichs) Sessinghaus; educated
Webster School (grammar); Smith Academy;
University of Michigan, graduating, degree of
LL.B., 1893, LL.M., 1894; married, St. Louis,
Apr. 13, 1903, Agnes B. Graff. Admitted to
Missouri bar, 1894, and since in practice at
St. Louis; vice president St. Louis and Colo
rado Development Co. Member Thirty-ninth
General Assembly, Missouri; assistant U. 8.
district attorney, 1898-99. Republican. Mem
ber B. P. O. Elks. Club: St. Louis Railway.
Office: Central National Bank Bldg. Resi
dence: 4336 Olive St.
SESSINGHAUS, Theodore William; see
Vol. 1906.
SETTLE, John C, general contractor and
engineer; born, Monroe City, Mo., Oct. 3,
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ter) Settle; educated in public and high
schools of Monroe City, Mo.; private instruc
tion in architecture and in mechanical and
civil engineering at Pueblo, Colo.; married,
Versailles, Mo., Dec. 24, 1902, Agnes Price;
one daughter, Nadine. During his residence in
Pueblo, 1886-93, was engaged in architecture,
civil and mechanical engineering and general
contracting, being connected as partner with
firms of Sanders & Settle and W. S. Williams
& Co.; built large smelting plants and other
buildings at Pueblo and in other Colorado
towns. Came to St. Louis in 1898 and joined
in organizing and incorporating a construc
tion company of which was secretary and en
gineer in charge of construction, and built
the Varied Industries Building at the Louisi
ana Purchase Exposition. At close of fair
withdrew from firm and in March, 1904, ef
fected organization for the general contract
ing business which he is now conducting un
der the firm name of J. C. Settle & Co., com
posed of himself and S. R. Price. Has erected
nearly 100 buildings for one corporation in St.
Louis;' has built several U. S. Government
post-office buildings and custom houses and
army posts in Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas;
has erected in St. Louis and other cities and
towns some of the finest church buildings; re
built Union M. E. Church at Garrison Ave.
and Locust St., etc. Was one of the organ
izers and for years a director Missouri State
Life Insurance Co. In December, 1905, was
one of the organizers and incorporators of
the Jefferson-Gravois Trust Co. of St. Louis.
Democrat. Methodist. Mason, Odd Pellow.
Club: Masonic. Favorite recreations: hunting
and fishing. Office: 810 Olive St. Residence:
3909 Cleveland Ave.
SEUEL, Edmund, publisher; born, Vin
cennes, Ind., Apr. 21, 1865; son of Rev. Peter
and Emilie (Konrad) Seuel; educated in Con
cordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind., to 1883;
then continued studies to Concordia Seminary,
St. Louis, until 1886; married, Indianapolis,
Dec. 27, 1888, Emma Ostermeyer; three chil
dren: Waldo, Hulda, Ralph. Became president
and professor Walther College, St. Louis, 1888,
and continued until 1907; since engaged in
publishing business as general manager Con
cordia Publishing House. Republican. Luther
an. Club: Ben Franklin. Recreation: music.
Offiee: 3558 S. Jefferson Ave. Residence: 1730
Missouri Ave.
SEVERSON, Cooper Stuart, printing and
stationery; born, Memphis, Tenn., Mar. 21,
1872; son of Charles S. and Georgia (Cooper)
Seyerson; educated in public schools of Mem
phis; married Jennie Messick, of Louisville,
Ky., November, 1898; two daughters: Eliza
Thruston, Martha Morris. Came to St. Louis,
1882; entered employ of the Pacific Express
Co. at fourteen and remained eight years, serv
ing in various capacities; with the Spalding

Stationery Co. three years, until 1897, since
which time has been engaged in the printing
and stationery business for himself. Member
Business Men's League. Democrat. Member
M. E. Church, South; treasurer Cabanne
Church. Mason (Lodge and Chapter) ; Past
Master and now Treasurer Rosehill Lodge;
member Royal Arcanum, Modern Woodmen,
Knights of Pythias, Maccabees. Clubs: Auto
mobile, St. Louis Stationers' (treasurer). Rec
reation: motoring. Store: 111-113 N. 8th St.
Residence: 5561 Von Versen Ave.
SEWARD, Francis Dwight, treasurer Na
tional Candy Co.; born, Rosamond, 111., Nov.
17, 1859; son of Maurice Dwight and Mary
(Marvin) Seward; graduated from Normal
High School, Normal, 111., 1876; attended Illi
nois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 111.,
1876-77; married, St. Louis, Feb. 5, 1902,
Marian Day; one son, Francis Dwight, Jr.
Began business career in Bloomington Stove
Co. (of which father was one of the incorpo
rators), representing father's estate, Jan. 1,
1879, after his death; came to St. Louis, Jan.
1, 1882, as partner in firm of Dodge & Seward,
manufacturing confectioners, incorporated as
Dodge & Seward Confectionery Co., June 13,
1889 (of which was president), and changed
to F. D. Seward Confectionery Co., Mar. 18,
1892, of which remained president until con
solidated into the National Candy Co., of
which is treasurer, director and member of
executive committee. Treasurer and director
Clinton Sugar Refining Co., Clinton, la.; di
rector Riverside Land Co., Continental Land
Co.; member advisory board Fidelity Deposit
Co. of Maryland. Member National Confec
tioners' Association of the United States (sec
retary, 1891-1909, president, 1909-11), Civic
League, American Automobile Association;
member and director Citizens' Industrial As
sociation. Republican. Congregationalist.
Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, St. Louis Country,
Contemporary, Automobile. Recreations: auto
mobiling and fishing. Office: New Bank of
Commerce Bldg., 415 Pine St. Residence:
4615 Berlin Ave.
SEXTON, Henry D., banker; born, East St.
Louis, 111., Nov. 18, 1854; son of Daniel and
Mary (Brandy) Sexton; educated in public
schools of St. Louis and East St. Louis; mar
ried, East St. Louis, 111., 1879, Jennie F. Hake.
Began business career in 1869 in the law and
real estate office of late ex-Mayor John B.
Bowman, of East St. Louis, continuing with
him until 1879, when opened real estate and
insurance office; admitted brother, Stephen, to
partnership in 1896, and firm became H. D.
Sexton & Bro., which later changed to Sexton
& Co.; president Southern Illinois National
Bank, of East St. Louis, since 1898; also
president Southern Illinois Trust Co. Vice
president East St. Louis Light and Power Co.;
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St. Louis Connecting R. R., Terminal R. R. of
East St. Louis, Illinois Transfer R. R. Co.
Republican. Member Business Men's League,
St. Louis. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday (St.
Louis), St. Clair County (East St. Louis).
Recreation: traveling. Office: Southern Illi
nois National Bank, East St. Louis. Resi
dence: 417 N. 8th St., East St. Louis.
SHALLCROSS, Wyatt, president Shallcross
Printing and Stationery Co.; born, Louisville,
Ky., Mar. 5, 1866; son of John W. and Caro
line V. (Hyman) Shallcross; educated in pub
lic schools of Louisville, Ky.; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 28, 1896, Lavina H. Butler; chil
dren: Eleanor Curtis, Nan Butler, Lawrence
Butler, Wyatt, Jr. Began business career in
office of Louisville Lithographing Co., contin
uing one and one-half years; came to St.
Louis, 1885, and was in employ of Levison &
Blythe Stationery Co. for three years; then
eight years with the Buxton & Skinner Sta
tionery Co. as office man and later secretary,
until 1895, when organized Shallcross Printing
and Stationery Co., of which has since been
president. Episcopalian. Member A. F. & A.
M., Missouri Chapter, R. A. M., Ascalon Com
mandery No. 16, Knights Templar, Knights of
Honor. Club: Mercantile. Office: 419 N. 4th
St. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
SHALLER, Harry John, president St.
Louis House and Window Cleaning Co.; born,
New York, Oct. 15, 1866; son of George and
Martha Shaller; educated in public schools of
Philadelphia; married, Feb. 22, 1890, Marie
Ruth Yore. Was engaged in brokerage busi
ness in Philadelphia, and was also, for three
years, superintendent of the Lockwood Manu
facturing Co., Philadelphia, manufacturers of
folding boxes and envelopes; came to St.
Louis from Philadelphia, and in 1889, with
associates, organized St. Louis House and
Window Cleaning Co., of which is president.
Member Knights of Pythias. Club: Centurv
Boat. Office: 915 Pine St. Residence: 320
Skinker Rd.
SHANER, James C, lawyer; born, St.
Francis Co., Mo., Mar. 3, 1862; son of Jack
son and Loretta (Fields) Shaner; B.S., Nor
mal School, Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1893; LL.B.,
Law Department, University of Missouri,
1896; married, Crawford Co., Mo., May 3,
1905, Mary Woods. Taught school at various
times while securing education; in general
practice at St. Louis, 1896-1910; assistant cir
cuit attorney since Nov. 1, 1910. Member St.
Louis Bar Association. First vice president
West End Business Men's Association. Odd
Fellow. Protestant. Recreations: hunting and
fishing. Office: Circuit Attorney's Office.
Residence: 1422 McCausland Ave.
SHANKLIN, Arnold, consul general; born,
Carrollton, Mo., Jan. 29, 1866; son of Wesley
Dunscombe and Locke (Arnold) S.; brother
of William Arnold Shanklin, president of Wes

leyan University, Middletown, Conn.; edu
cated public schools; LL.B., Washington Uni
versity, 1889; LL.D., Upper Iowa University,
1908; unmarried. Admitted to bar, 1889;
more than ten years of active practice; attor
ney and counsellor of Supreme Court of
United States; commissioner of St. Louis Ex
position to Mexico, 1903-04; member Interna
tional Jury of Awards, St. Louis Exposition,
1904; American Consul General at Panama,
1905-09, during the last two years of which
he served as dean of the consular corps there;
American consul general at Mexico City, since
Feb. 19, 1909. Republican. Delivered Inde
pendence Day oration, July 4, 1909, at Mexico
City, and though the United States has had
diplomatic relations with Mexico since 1823,
he is the first orator on such occasion to de
liver a part of his oration in Spanish. Dele
gate to and addressed the Trans-Mississippi
Commercial Congress at San Antonio, 1910;
designated by Secretary of State Knox as of
ficial representative of the State Department
to attend and address the Trans-Mississippi
Commercial Congress at Kansas City, 1911.
Member American Society International Law,
Missouri Bar Association, National Geographic
Society; honorary member Army and Navy
Union of America, Mexican Geographical and
Statistical Society. Mexican Astronomical So
ciety. Mason (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner.
Clubs: St. Louis, University, Missouri Ath
letic (St. Louis), University, Commercial
(Panama), American, University, Country
(Mexico City). Home Address: St. Louis Club,
St. Louis, Mo. Address: American Consulate-
General, Mexico, D. F., Mexico.
SHANTZ, Israel W., president Shantz Real
Estate and Investment Co.; born, Wellsville,
Montgomery Co., Mo., July 8, 1865; son of
Benjamin and Margarette (Swinton) Shantz;
educated in Dallas Co. public schools; mar
ried, Dallas Co., Sept. 29, 1889, Mary I. Mil
ler; eight children: Izora, Benjamin L., Swin
ton E., Abraham, Thelma, Miller, Mary E.,
Israel W., Jr. Traveling salesman, 1884-91;
clerk Circuit Court, Dallas Co., 1891-99; with
Bank of Buffalo (Mo.) as cashier, 1898-1900;
since engaged in real estate business, St.
Louis; president Shantz Real Estate and In
vestment Co. since 1906. Member Real Estate
Exchange. Republican. Mason, Knight Tem
plar; member Knights of Pythias, B. P. O.
Elks. Club: Masonic. Recreations: fishing
and outdoor life. Office: 103 N. 9th St. Resi
dence: 3736 W. Pine Boul.
SHAPLEIGH, Alfred Lee, hardware mer
chant; born, St. Louis, Feb. 16, 1862; son of
Augustus Frederick and Elizabeth Anne (Urn-
stead) Shapleigh; educated in academic de
partment, and special course of two years in-
undergraduate department, Washington Uni
versity, leaving in 1880; married, Cincinnati,
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ander Wessel, Jane. Began business career as
clerk in the Merchants ' National Bank, Octo
ber, 1880; clerk Thomson & Taylor, wholesale
coffee and spices, January, 1882; cashier
Mound City Paint and Color Co., November,
1882; in July, 1885, became secretary of A. F.
Shapleigh Hardware Co. (originally founded
1843, as Shapleigh, Day & Co.), and in July,
1901, when present corporation of Norvell-
Shapleigh Hardware Co. succeeded, became
treasurer of that company; chairman board of
directors same since Jan. 1, 1912. Also presi
dent Shapleigh Investment Co., Union Lead
Co., Washington Land and Mining Co.; viee
president Merchants-Laclede National Bank,
American Credit Indemnity Co. of New York;
director St. Louis Cotton Compress Co., United
Elevator and Grain Co. Ex-president Mer
cantile Library Association; treasurer St.
Louis Light Artillery Armory Association;
first vice president Hospital Saturday and
Sunday Association; director Washington
University; director and member executive
committee Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co.;
member executive committee Business Men's
League, Civic League. Republican; served in
National Guard of Missouri as lieutenant and
captain about eight years. Presbyterian. Mem
ber St. Louis Merchants' Exchange, New
Hampshire Society of the Cincinnati, Missouri
Society Sons of Revolution, Society of Colo
nial Wars, Missouri Historical Society. Clubs :
Commercial, St. Louis, Noonday, Racquet, St.
Louis Country, Deer Plain, Harbor Point
Country, Recreations: golfing, boating - and
automobiling. Office: corner 4th St. and Wash
ington Ave. Residence: 3636 Delmar Boul.
SHAPLEIGH, John Blasdel, physician;
bora, St. Louis, Oct. 31, 1857; son of Augustus
Frederick and Elizabeth Anne (Umstead)
Shapleigh; A.B., Washington University, 1878;
. M.D., St. Louis Medical College, 1881; special
1 work in ear diseases, Vienna, Austria, 1884-
85; married, St. Louis, Oct. 27, 1886, Anna T.
Merritt; children: Bias-del, Margaret. Interne
St. Louis City Hospital, 1881-82; St. Louis
Female Hospital, 1882-83; since 1885 engaged
in practice limited' to diseases of the ear.
Lecturer on diseases of the ear, St. Louis
Medical College, 1886-90; clinical professor
diseases of the ear, St. Louis Medical Col
lege (Medical Department, Washington Uni
versity), 1890-95; since 1895, professor of otol
ogy, Medical Department, Washington Uni
versity, and was dean of faculty of depart
ment, 1901-02; member staff of St. Luke's
Hospital, St. Louis Skin and Cancer Hospital;
member Hospital Board since 1910. Member
St. Louis Medical Society, Medical Society of
City Hospital Alumni (president, 1896), Amer
ican Otological Society. Republican. Presby
terian. Clubs: Normandie, St. Louis Country,
Bellerive. Recreation: golf. Office: Humboldt
Bldg. Residence: 4950 Berlin Ave.

SHAPLEIGH, Richard Waldron, hardware
merchant; born, St. Louis, Sept. 28, 1859; son
of Augustus Frederick and Elizabeth Anne
(Umstead) Shapleigh; educated at Professor
Wyman 's School and through Academic De
partment of Washington University; married,
Newton, Mass., Sept. 22, 1886, to third cousin,
Helen Shapleigh, of Philadelphia; one daugh
ter, Dorothy (Mrs. Leo De Smet Carton). En
tered employ of A. F. Shapleigh & Co., hard
ware jobbers, in 1876; has since served with
that firm and its successors, the A. F. Shap-
leigh-Cantwell Hardware Co., the A. F. Shap
leigh Hardware Co. (of which was vice presi
dent), and as first vice president of the Nor-
vell Shapleigh Hardware Co., 1901-January,
1911, since president. Director four years
and president two years of Western Commer
cial Travelers' Association. Independent in
politics. Was member Municipal Bridge and
Terminal Commission, appointed by Mayor
Wells. Enlisted in militia during strike of
1877; member Battery A, National Guard of
Missouri, about ten years, being first sergeant
when resigned. Episcopalian. Clubs: St. Louis,
Noonday, Country, Bellerive Country, Nor
mandie Golf. Recreation: golf. Office: Wash
ington Ave. and 4th St. Residence: 4471 W.
Pine Boul.
SHARON, Theodore William, manufac
turer's agent, carpets, etc.; see Vol. 1906.
SHARPE, Harry St. John, insurance; born,
Toronto, Can., June 24, 1870; son of Henry
Edward and Eleanor (Urmston) Sharpe; was
brought to America at two years of age; edu
cated in public schools of St. Louis and New
York and under private tutelage; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 20, 1906, Miss Hannah Hardin, of
Bardstown, Ky.; two children: David Hardin,
Eleanor Urmston. Read law in offiee of father
and finished course- in office of Simon S. Bass,
but never applied for admission to bar; ad
mitted to membership in St. Louis Typograph
ical Union No. 8, Apr. 27, 1890; served in vari
ous offices and as secretary-treasurer for four
and one-half years, ending Dec. 31, 1910; in
general insurance business and also special
agent Prudential Insurance Co. of America,
since Jan. 1, 1911. For many years took an
active part in cause of organized labor; ap
pointed by Gov. Herbert S. Hadley as dele
gate representing state of Missouri at Child
Labor Conference, New Orleans, April, 1909;
also appointed by Governor Hadley as mem
ber of State Employers ' Liability Commission,
Nov. 28, 1910, and served during life of the
commission; served as second viee president
and member board of directors Million Popu
lation Club. Served as sergeant in Company
K, First Missouri Volunteer Infantry, in
Spanish- American War, 1898. Member Walker-
Jennings Camp No. 4, Spanish War Veterans.
Favorite recreations: boxing and bicycling.
Offiee: 512 Chemical Bldg. Residence: 4307
Maryland Ave.

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SHARPE, Norvelle Wallace, surgeon; born,
Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 21, 1869; son of James
Boude and Mary Catherine (Bean) Sharpe;
educated St. Louis* Seminary (St. Louis
County) ; St. Louis public grammar and high
schools; M.D., Beaumont Hospital Medical
College (now Medical Department, St. Louis
University), 1890; New York Polyclinic, 1891.
Married, Aug. 19, 1895, Daisy McClain Scott;
two sons: Norvelle Wallace II, Donald Scott.
Student interne, Missouri Pacific Railway Hos
pital, 1889; served, 1890-91, as interne St.
Louis City Hospital; entered private practice,
1891. Assistant in anatomy, Medical Depart
ment, St. Louis University; surgeon to Home
for the Friendless. Member Medical Society of
City Hospital Alumni, St. Louis Medical So
ciety, Missouri State Medical Association;
trustee St. Louis Medical Library. Democrat.
Presbyterian. Office and Residence: 3520 Lucas
Avenue. SHARPE, Robert Joseph, manufacturer
kitchen ranges; 1860-1906; see Vol. 1906.
SHATTINGER, Adam, music dealer; born
in Bavaria, Germany, Sept. 3, 1844; son of
Thomas and Barbara (Will) Shattinger; came
to United' States when six years of age; edu
cated in public schools of Cincinnati and New
Orleans; married, Cincinnati, 1865, Mary
Kunkel; children: Charles, Mignon, Oliver.
Settled in New Orleans in boyhood; thence
went to Cincinnati, and taught music, and in
1869 came to St. Louis. Established in piano
and music business in 1876, and incorporated
the business in 1896 as the Shattinger Piano
and Music Co., general music dealers, whole
sale and retail, and music publishers, of which
he is president. Independent Republican.
Protestant. Member Royal Arcanum, Legion
of Honor, Royal League, A. O. U. W. Office:
910 Olive St. Residence: 4247 Laclede Ave.
SHATTINGER, Charles, physician; born,
Cincinnati, July 31, 1865; son of Adam and
Mary (Kunkel) Shattinger; educated in pub
lic schools of St. Louis, 1872-81; M.D., Med
ical Department, Washington University,
1886; married, St. Louis, Sept. 25, 1889, Ada
C. Brown. Assistant physician St. Louis City
Hospital, 1886-87; engaged in private practice
since May, 1887; professor physiology, Beau
mont Hospital Medical College, 1892-1901; pro
fessor physiology, Medical Department, St.
Louis University, 1901-04; professor physical
therapy, American Medical College; member
St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri State Med
ical Association, American Medical Associa
tion, Medical Society of City Hospital Alumni
(ex-president). Independent in politics. Recre
ations: literature and music. Office: 2924 S.
Grand Ave. Residence: 3553 Crittenden St.
SHAUGHNESSY, Martin, capitalist; born,
in County Galway, Ireland, July 26, 1855; son
of Michael and Mary (Mooney) Shaughnessy;

educated in public schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, Sept. 9, 1891, Agnes Tivy.
Came from Ireland to St. Louis in 1866; began
business in employ with uncle in American
House; then with John C. Foley & Co., whole
sale whisky commission merchants, for three
years; in 1877 started on own account, suc
ceeding uncle, John Mooney, wholesale and re
tail liquors, under own name of M. Shaugh
nessy, afterwards incorporated as Shaugh
nessy Distilling Co., of which is president.
President and general manager of Lindell
Hotel Co., proprietors of old Lindell Hotel
(torn down in 1905), 1898-1910. Democrat.
Catholic. Office: Ozark Bldg. Residence: 1
Washington Terrace.
SHEA, Edward J., clergyman; born, County
Limerick, Ireland, Apr. 20, 1844; son of Thom
as and Mary (Kennedy) Shea; educated St.
Louis University, Vincention Seminary, Cape
Girardeau, Mo. Ordained priest Roman Cath
olic Church, by Archbishop Kenriek, July 4,
1868; pastor Church of the Immaculate Con
ception since 1879; present church building
erected at cost of $205,000 under his adminis
tration, and dedicated, May 14, 1908. Mem
ber Catholic Seminary Board, Catholic School
Board; member Board Priests' Infirm Fund.
Residence: 1511 Pennsylvania Ave.
SHELBY, William Harper, shoe manufac
turer; born, Brandon, Miss., June 29, J.861;
son of Winchester Bledsoe and Margaret E.
(Alexander) Shelby; educated in public
schools to age of thirteen; married, Vieksburg,
Miss., Dec. 2, 1885, Mariah Pegram Lindsey;
five children: Lindsey, William L., Marion,
Jacques P., Warren. Began active career, 1874,
and for more than twenty-five years was trav
eling shoe salesman,, being connected with the
Hamilton Brown Shoe Co., Claflin, Allen &
Co., and Shofer, Swarts & Co.; vice president
Friedman-Shelby Shoe Co., wholesale manu
facturers, from 1906 to Jan. 1, 1912; now con
nected with the Peters branch, International
Shoe Co.; also director Kirkwood Bank. Dem
ocrat. Episcopalian. Clubs: Mercantile, Al
gonquin Golf. Recreation: golf. Offiee: Wash
ington Ave. and 13th ,St., Residence: Kirk
wood, Mo.
SHELDON, Frank E., lumberman; born,
Billerica, Mass., July 15, 1861; son of Oren
and Jane (Wight) Sheldon; educated in pub
lic schools, Billerica, and McCoy's (private)
School, Lowell, Mass.; married, St. Louis,
Sept. 29, 1892, Jennie Maude Hammett. Began
at St. Paul, Minn., in 1880 and same year with
a party locating the Northern Pacific through
Yellowstone Valley; in exploration survey for
Canadian Pacific Railroad, 1881-82; engineer
in charge construction same road until 1887.
Member lumber firm of George E. Snell & Co.,
St. Paul, Minn., 1887-92; removed to Summer-
town, Tenn., 1892, and organized Lawrence
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ciated with T. H. Garrett Lumber Co., St.
Louis, since 1895. Director Grant Land &
Timber. Co., Grant Timber & Manufacturing
Co., and Louisiana Railway Co., Selma, La.;
also Boatmen's Bank, St. Louis. Republican.
Member Academy of Science. Clubs: Missouri
Athletic, Noonday. Office: Suite 1220, 721
Olive St. Residence: 5315 Delmar Boul.
SHELDON, Walter L., lecturer; 1858-1907;
see Vol. 1906.
SHELTON, Richard T., wholesale hats;
born in Pettis County, Missouri, July 7, 1871;
son of Theodore and Jane Redd (Gentry)
Shelton; educated in St. Louis at Stoddard
(public) School and Smith Academy, and at
Princeton University, graduating A.B., 1893;
married, St. Louis, Apr. 26, 1899, Allouise
Douglass; children: Caroline, Richard Douglas.
Began business career, 1893, in employ of
Gauss-Shelton Hat Co., serving as clerk and
salesman until 1901; then became connected
with the White-Branch-Shelton Hat Co., of
which has been secretary since 1904. Member
Society of Sons of the Revolution, Society of
Colonial Wars. Clubs: Mercantile, University,
Racquet, Bellerive Country, Normandie Golf
(St. Louis), University and Princeton (New
York), Cap and Gown (Princeton). Recrea
tions: hunting and golf. Office: 1511 Wash
ington Ave. Residence: 4352 Westminster PL
SHELTON, Theodore, wholesale hats; born,
Sheltonville, Ga., June 18, 1844; son of V. B.
and Emily (Connelly) Shelton; educated in
schools in Georgia and Boonville, Mo.; mar
ried, Pettis County, Missouri, Feb. 20, 1868,
Jane Redd Gentry; children: Richard T., Wil
liam Gentry. Began commercial career as clerk
with Cloney, Crawford & Co., Sedalia, Mo.;
came to St. Louis, 1866, entering employ of
Henderson, Ridgeley & Co., wholesale dry
goods, and when the firm retired from busi
ness, March, 1867, entered employ of -Gauss-
Hunicke & Co., wholesale hats; became part
ner, 1874; firm later became Gauss-Shelton
Hat Co., until 1901, when he sold interest and
bought interest in White-Branch-Shelton Hat
Co., of which he is vice president. Democrat.
Club: Mercantile. Office: 1511 Washington
Ave. Residence: 4467 Lindell Ave.
SHEPLEY, Arthur Behn, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, March 21, 1873; son of John R. and
Mary A. (Clapp) Shepley; A.B., Yale Univer
sity, 1895; LL.B., St. Louis Law School, 1897;
married, St. Louis, May 20, 1903, Emily Cat
lin; children: Emily, Arthur, Mary. Admitted
to St. Louis bar, June, 1897; practiced alone
until entered office of Nagel & Kirby, 1901;
member of that firm since January, 1903.
Member of St. Louis and American Bar asso
ciations, Law Library Association. Republi
can. Clubs: University, Noonday, Florissant
Valley, Country. Office: 700 Security Bldg.
Residence: 50 Westmoreland PL

SHEPLEY, John Foster, vice president St.
Louis Union Trust Co.; bora, St. Louis, Oct.
11, 1858; son of John R. and Mary A. Shepley;
educated at Washington University and Yale
University, graduating B.A. in class of 1880;
LL.B., St. Louis Law School, 1882; married,
St. Louis, May 18, 1893, Sarah Hitchcock;
children: John R., Ethan A. H. and Margaret.
Admitted to bar, 1882, and engaged in prac
tice of law in St. Louis; was member of law
firm of Lionberger & Shepley until 1900, when
entered tho old Union Trust Co., and upon its
consolidation with the St. Louis Trust Co.,
1903, became vice president of the St. Louis
Union Trust Co. Member St. Louis Bar Asso
ciation, Business Men's League, Civic League;
trustee Missouri Botanical Garden, Bellefon-
tain Cemetery; director Humane Society of
Missouri. Democrat. Clubs: University, St.
Louis, Noonday, St. Louis Country, Commer
cial, Round Table, Bellerive. Recreation : golf.
Office: 401 Locust St. Residence: 50 Vandev
enter PL
SHIELDS, Benjamin Franklin, real estate;
1872-1908; see Vol. 1906.
SHIELDS, George Howell, jurist; born,
Bardstown, Ky., June 19, 1842; son of George
W. and Martha A. (Howell) Shields; lived in
Missouri since 1844; educated in private
schools, Hannibal, Mo., and then in Westmin
ster College, Fulton, Mo. (which conferred de
gree of LL.D., 1892); graduated from Louis
ville Law School, LL.B., March, 1865; mar
ried, Hannibal, Mo., Feb. 1, 1866, Mary Har
rison Leighton; children: George Howell, Jr.,
Sara Bainbridge (Mrs. William M. Warren),
and Leighton. Practiced law in Hannibal,
1865-73; in partnership with Hon. John B.
Henderson, 1873-83, in St. Louis; practiced
alone, 1883-89; removed to Washington, D. O,
1889, and was assistant Attorney General of
United States and counsel for Interior Depart
ment under the administration of President
Harrison, 1889-93; returned to St. Louis, 1894;
law partner with Hon. John W. Noble, 1894-
1903; member of the firm of Barclay, Shields
& Fauntleroy, 1905-06; elected judge St. Louis
Circuit Court (leading his ticket) for term of
six years, ending Jan. 1, 1913; Republican.
Was captain 53d Regiment Enrolled Missouri
Militia; city attorney of Hannibal, Mo., three
terms; member General Assembly of Missouri
from Marion County, 1871-72; member Mis
souri Constitutional Convention from St.
Louis, 1875; member and president St. Louis
Board of Freeholders which formed Scheme
and Charter for St. Louis; agent and counsel
for United States before Chilean Claims Com
mission, 1893-94; master in chancery, United
States Circuit Court, 1880-1905. Candidate for
Supreme Court of Missouri, 1872; chairman
Republican State Committee, 1876-80. Presby
terian; elder Second Presbyterian Church.
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Society Sons of the American Revolution
(viee president National Society one year) ;
member F. P. Blair Post, G. A. R. Chambers:
Court House. Residence: 3665 Delmar Boul.
SHIELDS, Leighton, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, July 12, 1883; son of George Howell
and Mary Harrison (Leighton) Shields; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools; A. B., Har
vard University, 1904; LL.B., St. Louis' Law
School, 1905; unmarried. Admitted to Mis
souri bar, 1905, since engaged in general prac
tice; member firm of Shields & Orthwein. Was
United States commissioner, 1909-10; member
Missouri state legislature, 1910-12. Member
Missouri State and St. Louis Bar associations.
Republican. Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: St.
Louis, University, Million Population, St.
Louis Amateur Athletic, Harvard. Recrea
tions: tennis, swimming. Office: 1200 Third
National Bank Bldg. Residence: 3665 Delmar
Boul. SHIPLEY, Frederick William, professor
Latin; born, Cheltenham, Ontario, Can., Jan.
15, 1871; son of William and Harriet (Hage-
mann) Shipley; educated public schools, Chelt
enham; high school, Brampton; A.B., Univer
sity of Toronto, 1892 (first class honors, and
McCaul medal, in classics) ; classical master,
Collegiate Institutes, Collingwood and Lind
say, Ont.; fellow in Latin, University of Chi
cago, 1894-97, spending nearly two years in
study at Rome, in American School of Clas
sical Studies and in Vatican Library; Ph.D.,
University of Chicago, 1901; married, Elyria,
O., Mar. 28, 1899, Antoinette Cary; children:
Frederick Gary, Walter Cleveland. Assistant
in Latin, 1897-1908, University of Chicago;
head department of Latin, Lewis Institute,
Chicago, 1898-1901; professor Latin, Washing
ton University, since 1901. Member Latin sec
tion Congress of Arts and Sciences, World's
Fair, St. Louis, 1904 (secretary) ; member
managing committee American School of Clas
sical Studies in Rome. Member St. Louis Soci
ety Archaeological Institute of America (gen
eral secretary), Archaeological Institute of
America (vice president), American Philolog
ical Association, Classical Association of Mid
dle West and South (first vice president, 1911-
12), Language and Literature Club of Wash
ington University (president, 1912-13), Clas
sical Club of St. Louis (president, 1909-10),
Washington University Association (secre
tary, 1902.-04, president, 1905), Town and
Gown (secretary, 1906-11), Contemporary
Club (executive committee), Chi Psi. Author:
Certain Sources of Corruption in Latin MSS.,
The Macmillan Co., 1904; also (monographs)
Studies in Manuscripts of Livy; The Treat
ment of Dactytic Words in the Rhythmic
Prose of Cicero, etc. Contributor to magazines
and reviews. Club: City. Business Address:
Washington University. Residence: 539 Han
ley Road, Clayton, Mo.

SHIRAS, Oliver, president International
Supply & Engineering Co.; born, Ottawa,
Kan., Aug. 29, 1876; son of Peter and Rachel
(Ellison) Shiras; educated at Cornell Univer
sity, Ithaca, N. Y., graduating with degree of
E.E., 1897; married, Terre Haute, Ind., May
9, 1906, Sophia Wheeler; one daughter, Sarah
Patterson. In engineering department of New
York Telephone Co., 1897-1900; manager S.
England and Colonial offices of the British
Westinghouse Co., 1900-04; consulting elec
trical engineer International Nickel Co. of
New York, 1904-05; president Wire & Tele
phone Co. of America, Rome, New York, 1905-
08; located in St. Louis, 1908, and now presi
dent and treasurer International Supply & En
gineering Co., Shiras Electric Co.; president
St. Louis Taxieab Co., White Motor Car Co.
of Mo., Guaranteed Electric Storage Battery
Co.; director People's National Bank of Ot
tawa, Kan. Member Engineers' Club (New
York and St. Louis), British Institute Elec
trical Engineers, Civic League, League of
Electrical Interests, Quill and Dagger, Phi
Kappa Psi (Cornell), etc. Clubs: St. Louis, City,
Bellerive Country, Automobile; also Cornell
University (New York). While at Cornell was
manager athletic teams; president Inter-Col
legiate Association of Amateur Athletics;
member Board of Governors of Amateur Ath
letic Union. Recreations: golf, tennis, motor
ing. Office: 921 Locust St. Residence: "Over-
dale," Lucas PL, Normandy, St. Louis Co.
SHOCK, Floyd, banker; born, Big Pond Fur
nace, Pa., Aug. 9, 1853; son of M. P. and
Caroline (Beeler-Floyd) Shock; parents re
turned to Virginia, 1885; resided there until
close of war, and, owing to disturbed condi
tion of country during school age, received
only limited education; married, Graham,
Tex., March 25, 1878, Sallie R. Richards, of La
Fayette, Ala.; children: Sally Floyd, Mary
(Mrs. Vernon Walsh, Jacksonville, Fla.),
Kenan O, Fretwill. Went to Texas in 1873;
settled on frontier, engaged in stock raising;
elected clerk of District Court in Young
County, Tex., 1878; in 1880 entered employ of
George D. Barnard & Co. of St. Louis, manu
facturing stationers, blankbook manufacturers,
etc., as traveling man, and in 1889 engaged in
manufacturing stationery business at Dallas,
Texas; in 1890 became a director in George D.
Barnard & Co. Since 1905 has been actively
engaged in looking after his own investments;
viee president Central National Bank . and
Vandeventer Trust Co. Episcopalian. Club:
Mercantile. Recreation: fishing. Office: 3927
Olive St. Residence: 5534 Clemens Ave.
SHOENBERG, Moses, vice president of The
May Department Stores Co.; born, Dayton, O.,
Dec. 2, 1852; son of Elias and Fannie (Roths
child) Shoenberg; educated in public and high
schools of Dayton, O.; married, Quincy, HI.,
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ney M. Began business career in 1874, in trade
in men's wearing apparel, at Springfield; went
to Leadville, Colo., where was in same line, as
a member of the firm of May & Shoenberg,
for seven years; removed to Kansas City and
was a partner in department store of G. Bern-
heimer Bros. & Co. for seven years; came to
St. Louis in 1892 and was managing partner
of ' ' The Famous ' ' until Dec. 5, 1903, when he
joined in the purchase of the business of D.
Crawford & Co. and established The May Com
pany department store, of which he was presi
dent; company incorporated, 1911, as The May
Department Stores Co., of which is vice presi
dent; also officer and director in The May
Company, Cleveland, O., and The May Com
pany, Denver, Colo. Director Mechanics- Amer
ican National Bank, Mortgage Trust Co.,
United Jewish Charities, and of the Jewish
Hospital. Republican. Member Business Men 's
League, Civic League. Clubs: Columbian,
Westwood Country, Mercantile, Noonday.
Recreation: traveling in this and foreign coun
tries. Office: 6th and Olive Sts. Residence:
Washington Hotel.
SHOENBERG, Sydney Melville, dry goods;
born, Leadville, Colo., Aug. 23, 1881; son of
Moses and Dollie (Bernheimer) Shoenberg;
educated at Smith Academy, St. Louis, and
Washington University, to 1900; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 27, 1909, Stella Hays; one son,
Sydney Melville, Jr. Entire business career
has been as associate of father in department
store business, beginning with The Famous,
1900; with The May Company, Dec. 5, 1903, to
December, 1906, as treasurer of the company;
treasurer Famous Department Store, 1906-09;
treasurer of William Barr Dry Goods Co.,
1910-12; now director The Famous, William
Barr Dry Goods Co., May Department Stores
Co., Southern Security Co., Commercial Credit
& Investment Co., and Light & Development
of St. Louis. Republican. Clubs: Columbian,
Missouri Athletic, Westwood Country, City.
Recreations: hunting, golf. Office: 6th and
Olive Sts. Residence: 8 Washington Terrace.
SHORT, Patrick, theatrical manager; 1848-
1911; see Vol. 1906.
*SHORTAL, Joseph Michael, real estate;
moved to Belleville, Mo.; see Vol. 1906.
SHOTWELL, A. J., mining; see Vol. 1906.
SHOTWELL, James B., manager Macbeth-
Evans Glass Co.; bora, Cincinnati, Oct. 23,
1866; son of Cassius and Virginia D. (Bone)
Shotwell; educated in Cincinnati public
schools; married, Chicago, June 16, 1900, Alice
M. Wilson; one daughter, Elsie (now de
ceased). Began business life at age of four
teen with Wm. A. McCall & Co., hardware
merchants, Cincinnati, for six years; went to
Chicago and was with Hibbard, Spencer,
Bartlett & Co. for seven years; then at Chi
cago office of Macbeth-Evans Glass Co., as
salesman, 1897-1902; came to St. Louis, 1902,

taking present position as manager of St.
Louis office. Republican. Protestant. Favorite
recreations: outdoor exercises. Office: Chem
ical Bldg. Residence: 5108 Delmar Ave.
SHRODER, Samuel W., clothing merchant;
born, Cincinnati, Dec. 3, 1860; son of William
and Emily (Hoffheimer) Shroder; educated in
public schools of Cincinnati; married, St.
Louis, Dec. 18, 1890, Stella Schiele; children:
Ralph S., Edwin William. Engaged in whole
sale and retail clothing business in St. Louis
since Mar. 15, 1890; now vice president and
secretary of Schmitz & Shroder Clothing Co.;
also vice president of the Lipphardt & Klie
Clothing Co. of East St. Louis, 111., and the
Lipphardt & Heyman Clothing Co. of Detroit,
Mich. Republican. Hebrew. Clubs: Mercan
tile, Columbian, Westwood Country. Recrea
tion: golf. Office: 8th St. and Washington
Ave. Residence: 5077 Washington Boul.
SHULTZ, John Andrew Jackson, manufac
turer of belting; see Vol. 1906.
SHULTZ, John Rhodes; bom, St. Louis,
Aug. 19, 1872; son of J. A. J. and Mary E.
(Brown) Shultz; educated in public schools of
St. Louis until 1889, and in Manual Training
School of Washington University until 1892;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 22, 1905, Mary Stuart
Henry. During part of 1892 was engaged in
druggist supply business as agent; in 1893 was
draughtsman and erecting engineer; began
with Shultz Belting Co., November, 1893, as
salesman, and was manager of the company,
1903-11. Member export committee, Furniture
Board of Trade. Democrat. Lutheran. Mem
ber Sons of the Revolution. Club: Missouri
Athletic. Residence: 4961 McPherson Ave.
SHULTZ, Llewellyn Brown, secretary Pilley
Packing and Flue Brush Manufacturing Co.;
born, Grantville, Md., Nov. 1, 1853; son of
Chauncey F. and H. C. (Brown) Shultz; resi
dent of St. Louis since 1859; educated in pub
lic schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
1887, Mary Pilley; children: Helen, Chauncey
F., Hadessa C. (deceased). Began business ca
reer with Norris-Taylor Grocer Co. as clerk
for five years; then was with Shultz & Sam
ples, hides and leather, as salesman for four
years, then clerk in city assessor 's offiee,
three years; went west and engaged in mining
in New Mexico, Arizona and Old Mexico until
1887, when returned to St. Louis, and in 1888
joined in organizing the Pilley Packing and
Flue Brush Manufacturing Co., manufacturers
of packings, flue brushes and engineers' tools,
of which is secretary, treasurer and general
manager. Member Civic League. Democrat.
Episcopalian. Recreation: athletic sports. Of
fice 608 S. 3d St. Residence: 6019 Waterman
Avenue. SHUMATE, William O, secretary Barr &
Widen Commercial Agency Co.; born, St.
Louis County, Dec. 26, 1854; son of Rev.
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schools and Arcadia College, Iron Co., Mo.;
married, St. Louis, Apr. 30, 1889, Margaret
Connon; two daughters. , Engaged in general
merchandise busines* in St. Louis County and
later as superintendent of agents for publish
ing house of St. Louis; became connected with
the Barr & Widen Commercial Agency Co. as
general manager subscription department,
1885, and has ever since been identified with
the company. Republican.. Presbyterian. Mem
ber Legion of Honor. Office: 515 Commercial
Bldg. Residence: 4418 McPherson Ave.
SHUTT, Cleveland H., physician and sur
geon; born, DeKalb Co., Ind., Aug.. 9, 1881;
son of Lewis C. and Elizabeth (Rummel)
Shutt; attended graded and high schools, In
diana; Ph.D., Northern Indiana College, 1900;
M.D., St. Louis College of Physicians and Sur
geons, 1904; post-graduate work hospitals of
Vienna, Paris, Berlin and London, 1910-11;
unmarried. Junior interne City Hospital, St.
Louis, 1904-05; senior interne, same hospital,
1905-06; superintendent Emergency Hospital
No. 2, 1906-07; assistant superintendent City
Hospital, 1907-10; hospital commissioner, St.
Louis, since Nov. 9, 1911. Member Medical
Reserve Corps, U. S. A., since 1911. Author
of several monographs on medical and scien
tific subjects. Recreations: outdoor sports and
travel. Office: Metropolitan Bldg. Residence:
3953 Delmar Boul.
SICHER, William, president William Sicher
& Sons Dry Goods Co.; born, Bohemia, Aus
tria, July 14, 1835; son of Herman and Marie
(Levi) Sicher; came to America, 1852; at
tended Lafayette School, St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, Jan. 27, 1864, Hannah Emanuel
(died 1899); five children: Henry W., Mrs.
Ben Saenger, Edward, Mrs. J. H. Friedman,
Milton J. Began in St. Louis as clerk for
Singer & Weiss, 1852; started business, 1853,
on own account; head of William Sicher &
Sons Dry Goods Co.; is now the oldest dry
goods merchant in St. Louis. Served in Civil
War as member Second Missouri Reserve
Corps. Republican. Jewish -religion. Member
B'nai B'rith, Free Sons of Israel. Recrea
tion: motoring. Office: 1216 S. Broadway.
Residence: 1912 Nebraska Ave.
SIDENER, Howard, prosecuting attorney of
City of St. Louis; born, Crawfordsville, Ind..
Oct. 29, 1875; son of Charles and Minnie
(Myers) Sidener; Ph.B., Wabash Coll., 1898;
LL.B., St. Louis Law School, 1901; married,
St. Louis, Oct. 8, 1908, Myrtle Grennalt. In
general practice in St. Louis, 1901-09; asso
ciate prosecuting attorney, City of St. Louis,
August, 1909-11; elected prosecuting attorney,
November, 1910, for term, of four years, ex
tending from January, 1911-January, 1915.
Member St. Louis Bar Association. Republi
can. Scottish Rite Mason, and Shriner; mem
ber Knights of Maccabees, Tribe Ben-Hur,
Moose. Club: Masonic. Recreations: hunting

and fishing. Office: Municipal Courts Bldg.
Residence: 3933 Pine St.
*SIEBER, Edward Saunders; moved to
New York; see Vol. 1906.
SIEGEL, Alfred Jacob, secretary and gen
eral manager Huttig Sash and Door Co.; born,
Waterloo, 111., Mar. 20, 1871; son of August
and Mathilde (Weinel) Siegel; educated in
public schools; married, St. Louis, November,
1894, Anna Foegeding; children: Ralph W.,
Richard Roy. Began business career as clerk
in the Commercial Bank, Waterloo, 111., in
which remained two and one-half years; came
to St. Louis, 1888, and entered employ of Hut
tig Sash and Door Co., of which was elected
secretary and general manager, 1898; also
director Manchester Bank. Member Business
Men's League. Democrat. Mason, Knight
Templar. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile, Nor
mandie Golf. Favorite recreations: golf, fish
ing, motoring. Office: 1206 S. Vandeventer
Ave. Residence: 5223 Vernon Ave.
SIEGRIST, Henry Ashley; see Vol. 1906.
SIEVING, Gustav William, physician; bom,
St. Louis, Jan. 24, 1872; son of C. H. and
Anna (Brockschmidt) Sieving; graduated Lu
theran High School; pursued two years'
course St. Louis College of Pharmacy, grad
uating, 1893; M.D., Marion-Sims Medical Col
lege, 1898; married, St. Louis, Dec. 12, 1911,
Florence Tqepfer. Practiced, 1898-99, then en
gaged in drug business for six years; resumed
practice, 1905. Member American Medical As
sociation, Missouri State Medical Association,
St. Louis Medical Society. Republican. Lu
theran. Recreation: hunting. Office and Resi
dence: 3601 S. Jefferson Ave.
SILVERSTEPN, Bernard M., president Del
mar Manufacturing Co.; born, Bukharest, Rou-
mania, Aug. 15, 1866; son of Marcus and
Bertha (Epstein) Silverstein; educated in
public schools of Bukharest; married, Phila
delphia, Mar. 27, 1887, Bertha Morrowitz. Be
gan business career as a dry goods clerk at
age of thirteen, continuing, 1879-84; came to
America, July 24, 1884; followed trade as a
cutter at Philadelphia, first with Joseph
Shoueman & Co., clothing manufacturers,
1884-90, then with Abe Kirehbaum, 1890-94.
Removed to St. Louis, 1894, and was with
Rosenthal & Desberger Clothing Co., 1894-97,
Gilmore & Ruhl, 1897-98, Schwab Clothing Co.,
1898-1903; entered manufacturing business on
own account, Nov. 11, 1903, at which time he
organized, and became president of the Del
mar Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of in
fants' and children's headwear, and novel
ties. Member St. Louis Salesmanagers ' As
sociation, Congregation of Temple Israel. In
dependent Order B 'rith Abraham. . Mason.
Recreations: fishing and bowling. Office: 415
N. 8th St. Residence: 3203 Dodier St.
SILVERTHORNE, Albert Elijah, lumber
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1863; son of Albert David and Fannie (Hodg-
kins) Silverthorne, of Bangor, Me.; educated
in Allen Academy, Chicago; married, Chicago,
May, 1893, Margaret Docker, of Cincinnati;
children: Olga, Albert Elijah, Jr. Was man
ager for A. P. & W. E. Kelley & Co., Chicago,
for twelve years; in 1896 entered lumber man
ufacturing business of the Summit Lumber
Co. at Upland, Ark., and Randolph, La., of
which is r.ow secretary and manager; also
president and general manager Carrabelle
Sawmill Co., Carrabelle, Fla.; vice president
and general manager Interstate Lumber Co.,
of Columbus, Miss.; director Anchor Sawmill
Co., Ellisville, Mies. Member Business Men's
League, Civic League. Republican. Presby
terian. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic.
Recreation: athletics. Address: St. Louis, Mo.
SIMMONS, Edward Campbell, hardware
merchant; born, Frederick, Md., Sept. 21,
1839; son of Zachariah T. and Louisa C. Sim
mons; educated in St. Louis grammar and
high schools; married, St. Louis, Nov. 24, 1866,
Garrie Welch; children: Wallace D., Edward
H., George W. Engaged in hardware business
in St. Louis since Jan. 1, 1856; incorporated
Jan. 1, 1874, Simmons Hardware Co., whole
sale, retail and manufacturing, and has since
been at head of the company, now chairman
of the board of directors; director Bank of
Commerce, St. Louis Refrigerating & Cold
Storage Co. Police commissioner under Gov.
Crittenden (member of Cupples Board), 1881.
Democrat. Episcopalian. Clubs: St. Louis,
Noonday, St. Louis Country. Office: 9th and
Spruce Sts. Residence: 21 Westmoreland PL
SIMMONS, George Welch, vice president
Simmons Hardware Co.; bora, St. Louis, Aug.
12, 1878; son of Edward C. and Garrie
(Welch) Simmons; graduated from Smith
Academy with highest standing in class of
1895, and from Yale University, A.B., 1900;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 21, 1903, Virginia
Wright; children: Richard Wright, Virginia,
Lulie. Began with Simmons Hardware Co. of
St. Louis, Jan. 1, 1901, at bottom, pushing
trucks in warehouse at a salary of $20 a
month; worked up through every department
of house and went on the road; made general
manager, January, 1904, the company being
manufacturers and distributors of hardware,
cutlery, sporting goods, harness, etc. Member
Business Men's League (executive commit
tee), Civic League, City Plan Association.
Member Missouri Historical Society, Sym
phony Society (executive committee), St.
Louis Grand Opera Committee. Clubs: St.
Louis, Noonday, St. Louis Country, Dramatic,
Traffic, Round Table, City, Automobile. Recre
ations: polo, golf. Office: 900 Spruce St. Resi
dence: Clayton, St. Louis County.
SIMMONS, Wallace Delafield, president
Simmons Hardware Co.; born, St. Louis, Nov.
24, 1867; son of Edward C. and Garrie

(Welch) Simmons; graduated from Yale Col
lege, 1890; married St. Louis, Oct. 31, 1900,
Jessamine Barstow; children: Eleanor, Ed
ward C. Since leaving college time has been
devoted, practically exclusively, to the hard
ware business; made director of Simmons
Hardware Co., Mar. 8, 1892; elected presi
dent Jan. 3, 1898. Protestant-Episcopalian.
Clubs: St. Louis, University, Noonday, Mer
cantile, St. Louis Country, The Round Table,
Amateur Athletic Association, Algonquin
Golf, Yale (New York), Graduates (New
Haven, Conn.). Office: 9th and Spruce Sts.
Residence: 4638 Berlin Ave.
SIMON, Charles Albert, president St. Louis
Architectural Iron Co.; born, Louisville, Ky.,
June 6, 1855; son of Conrad and Sarah (Chris
topher) Simon; educated in private schools at
Paducah, Ky.; married, Memphis, Tenn., May
22, 1883, Etta L. Burdick; children: Charles
(died in infancy), Ramsay, Emory, Ruth, Dan
iel. Started on his 17th birthday to learn the
trade of machinist in shops of Chesapeake &
Ohio R. R. ; three years later became foreman
and in 1882 when the change was made from
five feet to the standard gauge he was placed
in charge of the road as superintendent of
machinery; was with company altogether
about ten years; in 1883 he resigned to be
come a member of the firm of Christopher &
Simpson Architectural Iron Co.; sold out his
interest in that company in 1900 and or
ganized the St. Louis Architectural Iron Co.,
of which he has since been president. Member
and trustee Lafayette Park M. E. Church.
Recreation: European travel. Office: De Kalb
St. and Geyer Ave. Residence: St. Louis.
SIMON, Frederick Casimir, physician;
born, St. Louis, Jan. 7, 1875; son of William
and Rebecca (Bannann) Simon ; attended high
school, St. Louis; graduated St. Louis College
of Pharmacy, degree of Ph.B., 1896; M.D.,
Missouri Medical College, 1899; post-graduate
study, Berlin and Vienna, 1905; unmarried.
In practice in St. Louis since 1900, making a
specialty of the ear. nose and throat. Director
and member of staff St. Louis Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat Infirmary; surgeon tq ear depart
ment St. Louis Children's Hospital; lieuten
ant Medical Reserve Corps, U. S. A. Member
American Medical Association, Missouri State
Medical Association, St. Louis' Medical Soci
ety, Medical Society of City Hospital Alumni,
Aiumni Association of Washington Univer
sity Medical School. Evangelical. Club: City.
Recreations: walking in the country and
canoeing. Offiee: 825 Metropolitan Bldg. Res
idence: 1835 Cass Ave.
SIMON, George H., secretary and treasurer
St. Louis Architectural Iron Co. ; bora, Louis
ville, Ky., May 25, 1850; son of Conrad and
Sarah (Christopher) Simon; educated in pub
lic and private schools at Paducah, Ky.; mar
ried, Paducah, Ky., 1879, Annie L. Judd; chil-

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dren: George J., Walter O, Raymond J.; mar
ried, 2d, St. Louis, 1897, Charlotte I. Pilcher;
one daughter, Lillian May. Was printer in
, early youth and f olrbwed the trade from 1870
until 1882; during that time was connected
with the Post (now Post-Dispatch), the Globe-
Democrat, and other papers; came from
Evansville, Ind., to St. Louis, 1882, and be
came a member of the Christopher & Simp
son Architectural Iron Co. until 1900, when
resigned and promoted the St. Louis Archi
tectural Iron Co., of which has since been sec
retary and treasurer. Member of Mound City
Council, National Union. Member of the Good
Shepherd (Episcopal) Church. Favorite recrea-
ations: bowling, traveling. Office: De Kalb St.
and Geyer Ave. Residence: 5932 Julian Ave.
SIMON, Israel Mark, banker and broker;
born, Cincinnati, May 3, 1849; son of Mark
and Lottie (Thurnauer) Simon; educated in
public schools of Cincinnati; graduated from
Woodward High School, Cincinnati; LL.B.,
Harvard Law School, 1871; married, St. Louis,
June 15, 1880, Alice Kohn; children: Mark,
Frederick, Clara Louise, John E. Practiced
law in Cincinnati, as member of firm of
Christy, Wright & Simon; in 1880 organized
firm of Simon & Huseman, afterwards changed
to I. M. Simon & Co., and engaged in banking
and brokerage business; organized Equitable
National Bank, 1887; removed to St. Louis,
1900, and succeeded to business of Kohn &
Co., bankers and brokers; member of firm of
Simon, Brookmire & Clifford since 1906. Mem
ber New York Stock Exchange. Republican.
Jewish religion. Member Missouri Historical
Society, Ohio Society. Clubs: Columbian,
Noonday, Glen Echo Country, Contemporary,
Westwood Countrv. Recreations: reading and
golf. Office: Security Bldg. Residence: 4168
W. Pine St.
SIMON, John Henry, physician; born in old
Camp Jackson, St. Louis, Dec 5, 1868; son of
Anton and Anna Marie (Klamer) Simon;
graduated from St. Louis University, A.B.,
1887, AM., 1888, Missouri Medical College,
M.D., 1890; married, St. Louis, Nov. 27, 1890,
Mary J. Cummings (grand-daughter of Peter
Mead); children: Anton, Katherine, Marie,
Jerome, Helen. Engaged in general practice
of medicine since 1890; member staff Rebekah
Hospital. Member Missouri State Medical As
sociation, St. Louis Medical Society; vice:
president International Tuberculosis Con
gress. Member Missouri Historical Society,
St. Louis University Alumni Association (ex-
president). Democrat. Roman Catholic. Office:
4000 Chouteau Ave., Chouteau Trust Co. Bldg.
Residence: 1201 McCausland Ave.
SIMON, Loins S.; see Vol. 1906.
SIMON, Nickolas, contractor and builder;
born, Luxemburg, Germany, Oct. 7, 1842; son
of Peter and Marjorie (Keiger) Simon; edu
cated in public schools; married, St. Louis,

1884, Julia Coffey; four children: Bernard,
Edward L., William M., Aurolia. Learned
carpenter's trade and worked in home town,
later at Reims, France; came to America,
1867; in 1870 became foreman bridge con
struction work on Iron Mountain R. R.; in
business independently as contractor in St.
Louis since 1893. Catholic. Residence: 4332
Evans Ave.
SIMPSON, David Roderick, secretary John
Ramming Machine Co.; born, St. Louis, May,
1875; son of David and Frederika (Steinman)
Simpson; educated in public schools of St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, April, 1901, Nellie
Long; children: David W. and Violet. Has
been connected with the John Ramming Ma
chine Co., engineers, machinists, builders of
Corliss engines and complete steam and power
plants, since 1894, and since incorporation,
December, 1903, has been secretary of the
company. Republican. Office: corner 1st St.
and Clark Ave. Residence: 3334 California
Avenue. SIMPSON, William Ephram, vice president
Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co.; born, Dangerfield,
Tex., Nov. 17, 1856; son of William Burton
and Lucy Matilda (Bridges) Simpson; edu
cated in public schools; unmarried. First ex
perience in dry goods business was with Ne-
vius & Co., Denison, Tex., 1874-79; was con
nected with R. G. Hall & Son, Gainesville.
Tex., 1879-80, and Simon & Gregory Dry Goods
Co., St. Louis, 1881-85; became salesman with
Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co., 1886, a director 1903,
and has been vice president since 1908. Demo
crat. Member M. E. Church, South. Recrea
tions: hunting, fishing and motoring. Office:
Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co., 10th to 11th Sts.,
Washington Ave. Residence: 4262 Washing
ton Ave.
SIMSON, Leslie Noble, public accountant;
born, Seneca Falls, N. Y., Apr. 13, 1868; son
of Joseph F. and Caroline E. (Prince) Sim-
son; educated in public schools and Mynderse
Academy, Seneca Falls, graduating from lat
ter, 1886; married, Cedar Falls, la., Mar. 30,
1903, Nellie Fairfield. Clerk in Exchange Na
tional Bank, Seneca Falls, 1886-90; traveling
auditor, bookkeeper, and in various other ac
counting capacities, with Kansas City, Fort
Scott & Memphis R. R. Co., 1890-1901; since
with Haskins & Sells, certified public account
ants, and now manager of St. Louis offices of
firm. Republican. Methodist. Member Mis
souri Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Club: Glen Echo Country. Office: 1702 Third
National Bank Bldg. Residence: 4 N. King's
Highway. SINCLAIR, Clarence A., painting contract
or; born, Savanna, Carrol Co., 111., Nov. 29,
1858; son of Allen and Rachel (Connor)
Sinclair; educated in public schools of St.
Louis and Johnson's Business College; mar
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Began with father, who established painting
business in St. Louis in 1858; purchased the
business of father, Jan. 2, 1879, continuing as
Sinclair & Co. until 1890, when incorporated
as Sinclair Painting Co., of which is president
and treasurer. Was member First regiment
Police Reserves, and Third and First regi
ments, National Guard of Missouri, 1878-
1903; served as major First Missouri Volun
teers, May 13 to Sept. 21, 1898, and of Sev
enth U. S. Volunteers, Sept. 21, 1898, to Feb.
28, 1899, in War with Spain; captain First
Regiment, 1884-99, colonel First Regiment,
1899-1903. Mason (32°), Knight Templar,
Shriner. Member United Spanish War Vet
erans, Order of Foreign Wars, Citizens' In
dustrial Association. Recreation: as drillmas-
ter. Office: 1108-1110 St. Charles Ave. Resi
dence: 5654 Bartmer Ave.
*SINGER, Louis B., wholesale clothing;
moved to New York City; see Vol. 1906.
SINGER, Richard, broker; 1864-1906; see
Vol. 1906.
SISSON, William Armstead, chief clerk R.
G. Dun & Co.; born in Henderson Co., Ky.,
June 9, 1851; son of Strawther and Julia
(Cheaney) Sisson; attended country school
during winter months, helping father on the
farm in the summer; took course in Evans
ville (Ind.) Business College, 1871; married,
Sept. 16, 1874, Mary Catherine Walker; chil
dren: Rupert H., Vinton E., Julia DupreS.
Engaged in grocery business at Geneva, Ky.,
in fall of 1878; became city reporter for the
Bradstreet Co., at Evansville, Ind., Nov. 12,
1881; appointed superintendent of office at
Evansville, Oct. 1, 1882; transferred to St.
Louis offiee as assistant superintendent, Apr.
1, 1886; made city solicitor, Sept. 28, 1888;
resigned to fill similar office with R. G. Dun &
Co., July 1, 1899, and was appointed to pres
ent position, Dec. 1, 1902. Member St. Louis
Manufacturers' Association, St. Louis Credit
Men's Association. Club: Mercantile. Office:
314 Pine St. Residence: Oak Eminence, Web
ster Groves, Mo.
SKEEL, Samuel C, physician; born, Jef
ferson Co., Mo., Nov. 16, 1839; son of Samuel
and Sarah (King) Skeel; educated public
schools; M.D., Medical Department, Washing
ton University, 1882, College of Physicians
and Surgeons, 1884; married, Washington Co.,
Mo., Aug. 3, 1861, Margaret A. Long; one
daughter (Mrs. William L. Rinehart) and two
sons: Dr. William A., Dr. Clarence Skeel (Dr.
Clarence Skeel died in 1897). Began practice
in Washington Co., 1882; removed to St.
Louis, 1897, and has since specialized in
rectal diseases. Democrat. Methodist. Mem
ber Tri-State Medical Association. Mason.
Office: S. E. cor. S. Grand and Shenandoah
Aves. Residence: 3455 S. Grand Ave.
SKELLY, James William, civil engineer;
born in Audrain Co., Mo., Apr. 14, 1873; son

of John and Clementine McPherson (Weidler)
Skelly; educated in public schools of Audrain
Co., and at Missouri State University, grad
uating, B.S., 1896, C.E., 1898; married at Mex
ico, Mo., Dec. 13, 1899, to Miss Pearl Smith;
children: Gladys Gertrude and Frank How
ard. Began professional career as rodman
with the Mississippi River Commission, Au
gust, 1896, and has been continuously en
gaged upon work for the improvement of the
Mississippi River, except during the period,
March, 1901, to July, 1902, during which time
was connected with the Engineering Depart
ment of the Missouri Pacific Ry. Member
American Society of Civil Engineers; member
Civic League. Methodist. Mason (Royal
Arch). Clubs: St. Louis Engineers', St. Louis
Railway, Masonic. Recreation: fishing. Of
fice: U. S. Engineer's Office, Custom House.
Residence: 4231 Russell Ave.
SKINKER, Charles Rives, lawyer; born, St.
Louis Co., Mo., Dec. 18, 1870; son of Thomas
Keith and Bertha (Rives) Skinker; educated,
Smith Academy; University of Virginia;
Washington University; Yale University,
B.A., 1894; St. Louis Law School, LL.B., 1896;
married, Baltimore, Md., Oct. 27, 1904, Eliza
beth Baldwin Selden; three children: Nancy
Selden, Charlotte Keith, Charles Rives, Jr.
Admitted to Missouri bar, 1896, and since in
practice in St. Louis; assistant city counselor,
1903-07. Member St. Louis Bar Association.
Democrat. Episcopalian. Member Scroll and
Key, Yale, 1894. Club: Florissant Valley.
Recreation: tennis. Office: 806 Pierce Bldg.
Residence: 4931 Laclede Ave.
SKINKER, Thomas K., lawyer; born in St.
Louis Co., Mo., June 9, 1845; son of Thomas
and Jane (Neilson) Skinker; educated in pri
vate schools, 1855-57; A.B., Washington Uni
versity, St. Louis, 1863; studied at University
of Virginia, 1866-67; married, Charlottes
ville, Va., Dec. 8, 1869, Bertha Rives; chil
dren: Charles R., Isabella N., Bertha R., Alex
ander R., Jane N. (Mrs. Claude L. Matthews).
Admitted to bar in Circuit Court, St. Louis,
Dec. 29, 1867, Supreme Court of United
States, 1876; official reporter of decisions of
Supreme Court of Missouri, 1877-84; engaged
in general practice, but for many years has
given special attention to municipal bonds,
both litigating them in court and passing on
the legality of new issues for municipal cor
porations and investors. Director and coun
sel Trust Co. of St. Louis Co.; president Law
Library Association of St. Louis (director,
1887-1904); was president Clayton and Forest
Park Electric Ry. Co. and built road in 1893.
Democrat. Member Board of Election Com
missioners, City of St. Louis, 1905-09. , Dele
gate to New York Conference for Reform of
Primary and Election Laws, 1906. Member
Missouri Bar Association, St. Louis Bar As
sociation, Washington University Alumni As
sociation, University of Virginia Alumni As-

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sociation, Sons of the Revolution, Delta Kappa
Epsilon. Episcopalian. Club: Noonday. Rec
reation: gardening. Office: 1035 Pierce Bldg.
Residence: 6464 Elletwood Ave.
SKINNER, Albert Barnes, stationer; see
Vol. 1906.
SKINNER, Warren; born, Union City, Ind.,
June 19, 1874; son of Frank R. and Alice
(Studebaker) Skinner; educated in public
schools of Indiana and Kansas; married, St.
Louis, Apr. 18, 1900, Ida Rose; one daughter,
Esther Rose Skinner. Was elected secretary
and director of the Skinner & Kennedy Sta
tionery Co., 1900, and has served as president
same company since September, 1908. Rec
reation: country tramps. Office: 312 N. Broad
way. Residence: 5644 Chamberlain Ave.
SKIPWITH, Peyton Horatio, Jr., manager
The Spool Cotton Co.; born, Pebble Hills,
Hardin Co., Tenn., June 8, 1848; son of Pey
ton Horatio and Catherine Adair (Anderson)
Skipwith; attended preparatory school of
Rev. Pike Powers, Mt. Laurel, Halifax Co.,
Va., 1862-64; appointed cadet of Virginia Mil
itary Institute, September, 1864, and reported
for duty at Camp Lee, Richmond, Va.; at
tached to Gen. Joseph R. Anderson's Division,
and served on line of fortifications on north
side of James River, south of Richmond, and
surrendered at Appomattox, Va.; attended
University of Virginia three years, beginning
Oct. 1, 1865; graduated in Anglo-Saxon,
French, German, chemistry, junior natural
philosophy and mathematics; married, St.
Louis, Feb. 18, 1890, Lennie Powell; children:
Mary Adair, Cornelia Greene, Emma Webster,
Edith Powell. Began business career as a
clerk in a general store at Oxford, Miss.;
came to St. Louis in September, 1874; book
keeper for Alfred Veal & Co., cotton factors;
employed as manager of The Spool Cotton
Co. since 1890. Democrat. Member United
Confederate Veterans, Sons of American Revo
lution, Alumni of University of Virginia, Phi
Kappa Psi; honorary member Battery A, St.
Louis Light Artillery. Recreations: fishing,
hunting and baseball. Office: 1113 Locust St.
Residence: 4105 Westminster PL
SKRAINKA, Louis, general contractor;
bora, St. Louis, Aug. 27; 1859; son of Joseph
and Katharine (Schmiedlinger) Skrainka;
graduated from St. Louis High School; un
married. Began reading law at nineteen, then
became drug clerk, and afterwards timekeeper
for various contracting firms; since 1883 in
contract business, and in 1884 joined in or
ganizing the Skrainka Construction Co., of
which is president. Also president Atlantic
Quarry and Construction Co., Union Quarry
Co.; viee president Big Bend Quarry Co.
Clubs: Columbian, Missouri Athletic. Favor
ite recreation: athletics. Office: 806 Security
Bldg. Residence: 4318 W. Pine St.

SKRAINKA, Morris, general contractor;
born, St. Louis, Aug. 14, 1858; son of Joseph
and Katharine (Schmiedlinger) Skrainka;
educated in St. Louis public and high schools;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 24, 1894, Blanche
Scharff; children: Walter J., Ralph Nicholas.
Began business career at eighteen years of
age as clerk for Torlina, Endres & Co., then
timekeeper for contracting firms; entered gen
eral contracting business, 1883, and in 1884
joined in organization of the Skrainka Con
struction Co., of which is secretary and treas
urer. Also secretary and treasurer Atlantic
Quarry and Construction Co.; director MoUnd
City Roofing Co., New Union Sand Co.; treas
urer Big Bend Quarry Co.; secretary Union
Quarry and Construction Co. Mason. Clubs:
Columbian, Westwood Country. Recreation:
golf. Office: 806 Security Bldg. Residence:
4235 Lindell Ave.
SLACK, Buckman Leas; see Vol. 1906.
SLAUGHTER, Charles Henry, president
Sinclair Quarry and Construction Co.; born,
Augusta, 111., Feb. 18, 1862; son of Henry H.
and Mary J. (Denny) Slaughter; educated in
public schools of Keokuk, la.; married, St.
Louis, 1900, Clara Vogelsang. Began business
career in hardware establishment at Ottumwa,
la.; traveling salesman for ten years; came
to St. Louis, 1901, and bought into the Sin
clair Quarry and Construction Co., of which is
president. Republican. Office: 407 N. Sth St.
Residence; 4 Parkland PL
SLAUGHTER, John Bibb, fire insurance
manager; 1850-1909; see Vol. 1906.
SLAUGHTER, John William, hardware;
born, Culpeper, Va., June 30, 1838; son of Dr.
Philip Clayton and Mary Elizabeth (McDow
ell) Slaughter; educated in private schools,
Culpeper, until July, 1855; entered sophomore
class of University of Wisconsin, graduating
A.B., 1858 (later A.M.); married, Webster
Groves, Mo., Oct. 11, 1871, Alice Helfinstein;
children: Mary Helfinstein, Alice Maude (Mrs.
Glenn W. Hutchinson). Served as private
Company B, Thirteenth Virginia Infantry, C.
S. A., enrolled April, 1861, discharged on pa
role, May, 1865; entered railway supply house
of Fowle & Co., New York City, to October,
1866; office manager J. H. Franklin & Co., cot
ton and commission merchants, Selma, Ala.,
1866-67; resigned on account' of ill health and
was in cotton business in New York on own
account, 1867-77; entered service Missouri
Glass Co., St. Louis, 1877, and was secretary
and treasurer of company, 1878-88; engaged in
real estate business from 1888 until Jan. 1,
1894, when was appointed United States dep
uty collector of internal revenue, first district
of Missouri, serving until July 31, 1903; in
real estate business until Jan. 10, 1905, then
entered auditing department Simmons Hard
ware Co. (wholesale house) ; on May 26, 1905,
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remained until 1907; since connected with au
diting department Simmons Hardware Co.
Democrat. Episcopalian. Member Phi Delta
Theta Society, Legion of Honor, Knights of
Honor, Mason. Club: Tuesday Evening (Web
ster Groves). Recreations: fishing and hunt
ing. Office: 9th and Spruce Sts. Residence:
Webster Groves, Mo.
SLIEMAN, Anthony, pastor St. Anthony
the Hermit's Church; born, Ito, Mount Leb
anon, Syria, July 18, 1870; son of Paul An
thony and Hand (Slieman) Slieman (cousins) ;
educated in village school to 1880; graduated
from high school, 1888; finished studies for
priesthood at St. Anthony College, Mount
Lebanon, 1891. Ordained, Nov. 20, 1892, by
Archbishop Stevens, and assigned to Syrian
Church of Saint Sareas of Ito, continuing un
til 1902; came to America, 1903; organized
and was pastor of first Syrian church at Min
neapolis, Minn., continuing there until 1905;
then removed to St. Louis and established a
Syrian school, the first in United States teach
ing that tongue; pastor the Hermit's Church
since Oct. 1, 1905. Church: 617 S. Broadway.
Residence: 1201 St. Ange Ave.
SLOAN, James Melmoth, director and sales
manager Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co.; born,
Marshall Co., Miss., Dec. 4, 1850; son of Rev.
James A. and Sarah (Moffatt) Sloan; edu
cated in public schools of northern Mississippi;
married, Oxford, Miss., Sept. 1, 1880, Molcie
Carter; seven children: Isla, Lucia, Berkeley,
Eugene W., Mildred, William Carter, Mary.
Began business career as clerk in country
store, Taylor, Miss., 1870, and continued until
1875; engaged as manager clothing and men's
furnishing goods department, Oxford, Miss.,
1882, which store was removed to Fort Smith,
Ark.; remained with company to 1886, when
engaged as traveling salesman, state of Ar
kansas, with Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co.; was
eastern buyer for the company, 1900-10, since
sales manager; also a director of the company.
Democrat. Presbyterian. Member Mississippi
Society and Southern Society. Clubs: St.
Louis, Mercantile, Glen Echo, Automobile.
Recreations: golf and motoring. Office: 1144
Washington Ave. Residence: 36 Washington
Terrace. SLOAN, William George, retired; bora,
Harrisburg, 111., Jan. 23, 1860; son of William
G. and Sallie E. (McKinney) Sloan: educated
in public schools of Harrisburg, and commer-
• cial school at Evansville, Ind.; married, Har
risburg,. April, 1881, Nellie Pearee; children:
Inez (Mrs. Eugene L. Berg), Katherine (Mrs.
Bernard H. Wood, Jr., of New York City).
Was in retail dry goods business, Harrisburg,
until 1889, also running, at same time, branch
dry goods stores at Golconda, Eddyville and
Elizabethtown, 111., and two or three stores in
Kentucky; then acquired interest in Swofford
Bros, (wholesale dry goods), Kansas City, Mo.,

for two years; buyer for wholesale house of
Wear & Boogher Dry Goods Co. (how Carle
ton Dry Goods Co.) until 1900; first viee presi
dent of Rosenthal-Sloan Millinery Co., 1900-11,
retired. Republican. Recreation: whist. Resi
dence: 5831 Clemens Ave.
SLOAN, William Moffatt, second vice presi
dent Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co.; born on farm
in Marshall Co., Miss., Nov. 3, 1863; son of
Rev. James A. and Sarah A. (Moffatt) Sloan;
attended public schools until age of fifteen;
married, Shreveport, La., Feb. 14, 1894, Caro
Wise At age of sixteen took position as re
tail salesman in Holly Springs, Miss.; three
years later moved with same firm to Hon
Smith, Ark.; came to St. Louis and secured
position with Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co'., No
vember, 1885; filled position as house salesman
until Jan. 1, 1887, then traveled for house in
Louisiana for twelve years; quit traveling
Jan. 1, 1899, to take charge of building and
managing the company's "Sunlight Factory,
which position held until October, 1911, when
he changed his headquarters to 12th St. and
Washington Ave. Member St. John's M. L.
Church (South) and superintendent of its
Sunday School. Founder and superintendent
Sloan 'Mission (now "Kingdom House ), 8th
and Hickory Sts; president Church Extension
and City Mission Society. Clubs: Methodist
(vice president), Mercantile, Glen Echo Coun
try. Recreations: golf, hunting and fishing.
Office: 12th St. and Washington Ave. Resi
dence: 5151 Washington Boul.
SMALL, George Henry, real estate; born in
Mason Co., Ky., Apr. 10, 1843; son of David
and Mary A. (Dollis) Small; educated in pub
lic schools of Lafayette Co, Mo and gradu-
ated from commercial school at Louisville
Kv • served in Confederate Army from 1861
to close of war in 1865, and about three years
of the time was in the artillery service; mar
ried, Clinton, la., Feb. 14, 1877, Ida M Wei>
more. Came to St. Louis Jan. 13, 1867, and
shortly after entered employ of S. A. ^ant-
ham & Co., commission merchants; about two
years later formed co-partnership with J. -N..
Crouch; dissolved partnership about three
years later and soon after became member of
Charles P Burr & Co.; withdrew fiom ttiat
SrmXteniber, 1881, and entered Uo,—
business alone, continuing until 1895, member
firm of Small & Crouch, real estate 1900 '08 ,
since retired. Resident viee president National
Surety Co" of New York. Democrat; appoint
ed police commissioner by Governor Francis,
1889 to fill unexpired term of two years, and
of the United States at St Louis 19°| 09.
Member Missouri Historical Society, Ken
tuckv Society, Legion of Honor, and Camp
St Louis No 731, Confederate Veterans Rec-
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SMALL, Harold Rainey, lawyer; born, De
catur, 111., Feb. 19, 1877; son of Dr. Archibald
Robertson and Minerva (Rainey) Small; edu
cated in public schools of Decatur, Chicago
and Belleville, 111., graduating from Belleville
Public High School, 1894; graduated from
Smith Academy, St. Louis, 1896; LL.B., Law
Department, University of Michigan, 1899;
married, St. Louis, Mar. 8, 1910, Edna W.
Ramsay. Since 1899 has engaged in law prac
tice in state and federal courts of Missouri
and Illinois. Member of St. Louis Bar Asso
ciation. Democrat. Presbyterian. Club: St.
Louis Amateur Athletic Association (presi
dent, 1911-12). Recreation: tennis. . Office:
1605-14 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 5415 Maple
Avenue. SMITH, Alexander Hamilton, retired; born,
Burlington, Lawrence Co., 0., May 22, 1833;
son of Russell and Matilda Miller (Runner)
Smith; educated in district school in Farming-
ton, 'la., and Jones Commercial College, St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, Feb. 1, 1858, Ade-
laine E. Proctor; children: Mary Isabel, Helen
Churchill (wife of Jordon W. Lambert). Be
gan business career at age of fourteen as clerk
in country store at Farmington; after short
course at, commercial college, 1850, became
clerk for George Pegram & Co., commission
merchants, and was with their successors,
Rhodes, Pegram & Co. until 1860. Began for
self as flour manufacturer, and in 1861 joined
with Mr. Pegram in consolidation of milling
interests under firm name of Alex. H. Smith
& Co.; in 1870, with S. G. Sears, formed Em
pire Mill Co.; in 1880 promoted the Victoria
Mill Co., and built the Victoria Mill; severed
connection with latter, 1899, and retired. Dem
ocrat. Captain Enrolled Missouri Militia,
commissioned by Governor Gamble, 1861; cap
tain of Police Reserves in Strike of 1877.
Member Merchants' Exchange, St. Louis Mil
lers' Club, Knobel Fishing Club (president).
Office: Merchants' Exchange. Residence: 5108
S. Broadway.
SMITH, Charles August, manager of The
Great Eastern Coffee and Tea Co.; born, St.
Louis, Mar. 11, 1865; son of Charles A. and
Christina (Wittich) Smith; educated in public
schools of Belleville, 111., and St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, Nov. 30, 1893, Ottilie Koelle;
children: Herbert, Doris. Began business ca
reer in shoe department of John P. Becker,
East St. Louis. 1879-81; in retail toy business,
with Ernest Koelle, 1881-83, H. R. Krite &
Co., wholesale toys, 1883-86; then traveling
salesman for Charles Schmidt Toy and Notion
Co., 1886-94, and for KipD Bros., Indianapolis,
1894-97; now manager Great Eastern Coffee
and Tea Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Rec
reation: home diversions. Offiee: 801 Franklin
Ave. Residence: 4840 Cote Brilliante Ave.
SMITH, Charles Burgess, manager St. Louis
district for R. G. Dun & Co.; born, George

town, O., Dec. 24, 1841; son of Abram and
Mary (Jones) Smith; educated in common
schools; married, Chicago, July 26, 1868, Em
ma E. Fee. Worked on farm until 1863 and
taught in country schools; enlisted jn' Ohio
regiment, Civil War, May, 1864, saw active
service in Maryland, under Gen. Lew Wal
lace, and was discharged, August, 1864. In-
employ of R. G. Dun & , Co since 1866, first at
New York, then at Chicago; removed to St.
Louis, 1871, and assistant manager St. Louis
district until 1884, since manager. Member St.
Louis Merchants' Exchange, Business Men's
League, Civic League, Million Population
Club. Democrat. Member Christian (Disciples)
Church. Member B. P. O. Elks. Clubs: Mer
cantile, St. Louis Country. Recreation: shoot
ing. Office: 314 Pine St. Residence: 4849 Cote
Brilliante Ave.
SMITH, Clarence Norton, manager Bur
roughs Adding Machine Co.; born, Muscatine,
la., Mar. 15, 1868; son of John Jay and Fan
nie Mary (Brownwell) Smith; educated in
public schools of Keokuk, la.; married, Chi
cago, Apr. 11, 1890, Bertha K. Buehlar; one
child, Dorothy Elizabeth. Began active ca
reer as clerk in a bank at Keokuk, 1882, and
held various positions until 1884; with whole
sale stationery house at Cedar Rapids, 1884-
87; salesman for Standard Oil Co., at Omaha,
Neb., 1887-92; with Baker-Vawter Co, of Chi
cago, 1893-1900, and National Cash Register
Co., 1902-04; manager system department Bur
roughs Adding Machine Co. at Detroit, Mich,
1905-10; manager St. Louis district same com
pany since January, 1910. Member St. Louis
Credit Men's Association. Democrat. Episco
palian. Clubs: City, Missouri Athletic, Rotary.
Recreations: baseball and bowling. Office: 312
N. 12th St. Residence: 6008 Washington Boul.
SMITH, Edward Ashwell, treasurer Perrin
& Smith Printing Co.; bora, Sutton, Bedford
shire, England, May 19, 1846; son of Thomas
and Elizabeth (Boston) Smith; came to Amer:
ica with parents, 1852; educated in public
schools of Alton, 111.; married, Boston, Mass.,
June 16, 1869, Edna Cushing Jewett (died
1907); eight children: Luey Emery, Edna
Cushing (Mrs. Allen Keiser), Frank Jewett
(deceased), Edward Harris, Jewett, Ruth Asli-
well (Mrs. F. J. Worden, of Muskogee, Okla.),
Walter Morgan, Herbert Cushing. Began in
printing business at Alton, 111, in 1870, under
firm name of E. A. Smith, later as Perrin &
Smith; removed to St. Louis, March, 1880,
firm name became The Perrin & Smith Print
ing Co. (incorporated May 28. 1898), of which
has since been treasurer. For a number of
years firm owned the Alton Daily Democrat
which was merged into the Alton Sentinel
Democrat and sold in 1890. Independent in
politics. Congregationalist; trustee Alton
Church of the Redeemer. Vice president Alton
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try. Recreations: golf, fishing, hunting. Of
fice: 217-219 Olive St. Residence: 520 Semi
nary Sq., Alton, 111.
SMITH, Elsworth. Jr., physician; born, St.
Louis, Jan. 1, 1864; son of Dr. Elsworth F.
and Isabella (Chenie) Smith; educated in St.
Louis public schools; A.B, St. Louis Uni
versity, 1884, A.M., 1899; M.D, St. Louis
Medical College, 1887; married, St. Louis, Feb.
2L 1900, Grace, daughter of Henry S. Piatt;
children: Elizabeth Piatt, Elsworth Alexan
der McDougal, Isabella Chenie, Phillip Piatt.
Served as junior and senior physician and as
sistant superintendent St. Louis City Hos
pital, 1887-90; since engaged in private prac
tice. Clinical professor of medicine, Medical
Department of Washington University; physi
cian St. Louis Mullanphy Hospital, Barnard
Free Skin and Cancer Hospital, O 'Fallon Dis
pensary. Member Medical Society of City
Hospital Alumni (ex-president), American
and Missouri State Medical associations, St.
Louis Medical Society, St. Louis Society of
Internal Medicine (president). Independent in
politics. Roman Catholic. Clubs: St. Louis,
Racquet, Bellerive Country, University. Of
fice: 505-511 Humboldt Bldg. Residence: 4502
Maryland Ave.
SMITH, Eugene, secretary Merchants' Ex
change; born, Warrensburg, Mo, Oct. 8, 1869;
son of William G. and Mary Virginia (Dil-
lard) Smith; educated public and private
schools, graduating from high school ; Keatehie
College, Keatehie, La, 1886-88; graduate com
mercial course, same college, 1887; married,
Mexico, Mo, 1904, Frances Newman Karnes;
one daughter, Eugenia. Reporter on Globe-
Democrat, 1888-89; studied law but gave up
law on account of father 's health, and entered
his brokerage office at Little Rock, Ark.; re
turned to St. Louis after father's death and
with Globe-Democrat, 1892-94, with Chronicle,
1894-1906; secretary St. Louis Manufacturers'
Association, 1905-06; assistant secretary Mer
chants ' Exchange, 1906-12, since secretary and
treasurer same. Democrat. Episcopalian. Ma
son (32°), Shriner. Club: Mercantile. Recrea
tion: literature. Office: Merchants' Exchange.
Residence: 6019 McPherson Ave.
SMITH, Frederic Augustus, real estate;
1850-1907; see Vol. 1906.
SMITH, French Weems, grain commission
merchant; 1840-1910; see Vol. 1906.
SMITH, George E, lawyer; born, Clermont
Co, O, Mar. 20, 1839; son of Eratus and Mar
tha (Hulick) Smith; educated Knox College,
Gajesburg, 111, graduating with degree of
A.B., 1861; married, Port Byron, 111, Sept. 25,
1871, Mary P. Lyford; three children: Bell
(Mrs. Charles D. Perrine), Clara L. and Reno.
Entered Union Army immediately upon leav
ing college and served as first lieutenant and
captain Company H, Thirty-third Regiment,

Illinois Volunteers, from September, 1861, to
Nov. 19, 1865, participating in many of the
important battles and movements of the war;
admitted to Missouri bar, November, 1867,
and has since engaged in practice in St. Louis.
Republican. Member Missouri House of Repre
sentatives, 1880-81. Member Ransom Post, G.
A. R. Recreations: books, flowers. Offiee: La
clede Bldg, 408 Olive St. Residence: 5953
Page Ave.
SMITH, George Kimball, lumberman; born,
Rosemond, 111, Feb. 23, 1862; son of Brainard
and Nancy O. (Hawley) Smith; educated in
public schools; married, Kansas City, Mo,
June 3, 1885, Lora A. Allen. Engaged in lum
ber business from 1886; secretary of the Yel
low Pine Manufacturers' Association since
1890; also secretary National Lumber Manu
facturers ' Association. Republican. Protest
ant. Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo Country.
Favorite recreation: golf. Office: Wright
Bldg. Residence: 4239 Delmar Ave.
SMITH, Henry M, produce and fruits;
born in Hanover, Germany, Dec. 3, 1848; son
of Wilhelm and Kate (Bonameyer) Smith;
educated in public schools of Germany; mar
ried, St. Louis, Feb. 1, 1872, Fredrica Hart-
man; seven children living, three deceased,
Came to United States from Hanover in 1866;
lived three years in Philadelphia, where
learned the trade of cabinet maker; came to
St. Louis in 1869, and in 1870 established H.
M. Smith & Co., general commission mer
chants and dealers in fruits and produce; in
corporated the business, 1903, as H. M. Smith
Produce Co., of which has since been presi
dent. Member St. Louis Produce Exchange.
Office: 819 N. 4th St. Residence: 4344 Hart
ford St.
SMITH, Huntington, real estate; 1847-1907;
see Vol. 1906.
SMITH, Irwin Z.; born, St. Louis, Aug. 19,
1862; son of Irwin Z. and Elizabeth (Kerr)
Smith; educated at Washington University,
St. Louis, and mining engineering course at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bos
ton; married, St. Louis, Aug. 14, 1893, Emma
Bailey; children: Frances, Marian. Began
business career as manager of an orange
grove in Florida, continuing for three years;
then was with the Union Trust Co. of St.
Louis for seven years as clerk, secretary and
director, resigning 1909; in real estate busi
ness as a member of the Junior Realty Co.
until November, 1910; since looking after
personal investments. Independent in politics.
Clubs: St. Louis, University, St. Louis Coun
try, Noonday, Racquet. Favorite recreations:
hunting , and fishing. Office: 805 Chestnut St.
Residence: 87 Vandeventer PL
SMITH, J. Campbell, physician; born, Win
chester, Va, Oct. 30, 1860; son of John Alfred
and Elizabeth (Campbell) Smith; M.D, Uni
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Dec 7, 1892, Georgiana Anderson. Began
practice of medicine at Dawson, Pa, 1886-89;
then went to Clifton Springs, N. Y, where
was on medical staff^ of Clifton Springs Sani
tarium, 1889-94; after one year of travel
abroad came, in 1896, to St. Louis, where has
since engaged in practice. Member of Amer
ican Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-
Laryngology, St. Louis Medical Society, Mis
souri State Medical Association, American
Medical Association. On medical staff St.
Luke's Hospital, St. Louis Skin and Cancer
Hospital, Evangelical Deaconess Hospital.
Episcopalian. Club: St. Louis Country. Rec
reation: golf. Office: 505-511 Humboldt Bldg.
Residence: 3750 Westminster PL
SMITH, J. Sheppard, member Francis,
Brother & Co.; bom, St. Louis, Feb. 3, 1871;
son of Elsworth F. and Isabelle (de Mun
Chenie) Smith; educated in public schools,
and at St. Louis University; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 11, 1893, Susan Mitchell Cabanne;
five children: Susan, Elsworth F, J. Shep
pard, Jr., Cabanne, Mary Ambrose. Began
active career as clerk for Greeley-Burnham
Grocer Co, 1888; became credit man, same
company, 1889, and continued in that position
four years; then was made director and man
ager credit department of Scudders-Gale Gro
cer Co., continuing, 1893-1902; member Fran
cis, Brother & Co. since 1902, and manager
bond department same; director St. Louis
Dairy Co. Republican. Catholic. Club: St.
Louis Country. Recreations: golf, baseball.
Office: 214 N. 4th St. Residence: 4516 West
minster PL
SMITH, James Elwood, president Equitable
Surety Co.; bora, Schelisburg, Bedford Co.,
Pa, Feb. 12, 1851; son of John and Jane
(Rea) Smith; educated in public schools of
Schelisburg; married, Pottsville, Pa, Dec. 15,
1880, Sallie Bryant; children: James Elwood,
Jr., Gladys Bryant. Clerk in hardware house
in Bedford, Pa, until 1870, when removed to
St. Joseph, Mo, becoming traveling salesman
with William Fairleigh & Co., wholesale hard
ware; removed to St. Louis, 1875, and became
connected with the Simmons Hardware Co.;
elected a director of the company in 1889,
secretary, 1893, vice president, 1898, which
latter position he held until Apr. 1, 1911,
when he became president of the Equitable
Surety Co. of St. Louis. In 1902 was sent to
Japan as honorary commissioner to invite
that country to participate in the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition. Japanese Consul for St.
Louis; decorated by the Emperor of Japan
with Order of the Rising Sun. Director, chair
man of committee on electricity, member
committee of fine arts and member of Inter
national Jury of Awards, Louisiana Purchase
Exposition. Member Business Men's League.
Democrat. Presbyterian. Clubs: St. Louis,
Commercial, Glen Echo. Recreation: golf.

. Office: Third National Bank Bldg. Residence:
8 Lenox PL
SMITH, James Michael, Supreme Recorder
Legion of Honor of Missouri; born, Chilli
cothe, O, Mar. 12, 1856; son of Matthew and
Johanna (Parle) Smith; educated in Chris
tian Brothers School, principally in St. Pat
rick's Academy (left before graduating);
married, St. Louis, Feb. 18, 1890, Mary C.
Meaney, of Litchfield, 111. ; one daughter, Mary
Margaret. Held clerical position with Wheel
er & Wilson Sewing Machine Co, 1871-76;
associated with L. Kenny, in manufacture
and sale of ice cream, 1877-81; entered ac
counting department of St. Louis Transfer
Co, 1881, and was chief accountant for
eighteen years prior to Jan. 23, 1903, when
was elected as Supreme Recorder, Legion of
Honor of Missouri. Catholic. Democrat. Mem
ber Knights of Columbus. Favorite recreation:
baseball. Office: 211 Granite Blk. Residence:
4390 Gibson Ave.
SMITH, James Walter, surgeon; see Vol.
1906. SMITH, Jay Herndon, stock and bond
broker; born, Urbana, 111, Apr. 8, 1871; son
of William H. and Mary (Herndon) Smith;
educated in public schools of Urbana and
Champaign, 111, and University of Illinois,
but was not graduated; married, St. Louis,
1899, Lida Brookings Wallace, daughter of A.
A. Wallace; children: Wallace Herndon, Rob
ert 'Brookings, Katherine Herndon. With
Lobdell, Farwell & Co., bankers and brokers,
Chicago, 1890-96; in business for self at Chi
cago, 1896-99; came to St. Louis in 1899, and
has since been member of firm of A. G. Ed
wards & Sons, stock and bond brokers; vice
president A. G. Edwards & Sons Brokerage
Co. Member Business Men's League, Civic
League. Member St. John 's Methodist Church.
Clubs: Racquet, City, Noonday, St. Louis
Country. Recreations: golf and horseback
riding. Office: 412 Olive St. Residence: 6500
Ellenwood Ave.
SMITH, John Van Ortwick, retired; see
Vol. 1906.
SMITH, Lansing Furman, president Amer
ican Educational Society, publishers; born,
Monsey, N. Y, Mar. 8, 1873; descendant of
Revolutionary ancestry; son of Nelson and
Marietta (Furman) Smith; educated in dis
trict school, Township of Ramapo, Rockland
Co., N. Y.; left school at seventeen to take
position in New York City and has attended
no other school except that of experience;
married, St. Louis, Dec. 7, 1898, Fannie Belle
Biggers. Began business career as clerk with
Dunham, Buckley & Co., dry goods, New York,
1890; became subscription book salesman,
1893; entered business on own account at In
dianapolis as member of firm of Tichenor &
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moved to St. Louis, 1897; organized the Amer
ican Educational Society, 1907, of which has
since been president. Independent in politics.
Presbyterian; elder Second Presbyterian
Church. Secretary of Good Citizenship
League of Missouri; interested in Sunday
School and Brotherhood Work; and member
of executive committee of city and state
Sunday School associations. Member Mis
souri Historical Society, Sons American Revo
lution. Office: 625 Locust St. Residence: 5514
Cabanne Ave.
SMITH, Luther Ely, lawyer; born, Down
er's Grove, Du Page Co, 111, June 11, 1873;
son of Luther R. and Adaline (Ely) Smith;
educated in public schools of Monmouth Co.,
N. J, and Washington, D. C, Emerson
Institute, Washington, D. O; graduated
Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass.,
1890, Amherst College, 1894, and St. Louis
Law School, 1897; married, St. Louis, Nov.
17, 1909, SaLees Kennard; one daughter, Ade
line Ely. Was teacher in Smith Academy, St.
Louis, 1894-98; began practice of law in St.
Louis in 1899; lecturer St. Louis Institute of
Law since 1908. Member St. Louis, Missouri
State and American Bar associations. Repub
lican. Served in United States and Cuba in
Third United States Volunteer Engineers,
1898-99. Baptist. Clubs: University, City.
Office: Pierce Bldg. Residence: 5321 Water
man Ave.
SMITH, Marcius Cortias, lumber manufac
turer; see Vol. 1906.
SMITH, Michael E, president Nash-Smith
Tea and Coffee Co.; born in County Cavan,
Ireland, Aug. 14, 1841; son of Michael and
Margaret (McCabe) Smith; educated in Na
tional Schools in Ireland; married, St. Louis,
1871, Mary A. Riley (now deceased) ; chil
dren: Margaret A. (Mrs. S. J. Smith), Walter
M, Cecelia (Mrs. Phil. A. Broadhurst), Mary
A. Came direct from Ireland to St. Louis, in
spring of 1865; began business career in city
as clerk in the grocery house of Nash Brothers
until 1870, when with George Nash and
Charles Espenschied established in the im
porting and jobbing trade in teas, coffees and
spices, as Nash, Smith & Espenschied; latter
withdrew in 1878, and firm continued as Nash
& Smith until 1887, when business was incor
porated as Nash-Smith Tea and Coffee Co., of
which is president. Independent in politics.
Catholic. Member United Irish Land League,
Irish- American Society, Knights of Columbus.
Offiee: 918-920 N. 6th St. Residence: 5202
Vernon Ave.
SMITH, Richard Francis Xaviour, paper
merchant; born, St. Louis, Dec. 4, 1866; son
of Philip and Julia (Farrell) Smith; educated
in schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Sept. 18, 1901, Marie A, Luke; four children:
Gertrude, Veronica, Mary Agnes, Richard F.
Began business career with F. O. Sayer Paper

Co., 1880, advancing to secretary of the com
pany; organized the National Paper Co, Feb
ruary, 1904, and is president same. Offiee:
9-11 S. 3d St. Residence: 5136 Minerva Ave.
SMITH, Samuel T. G, lawyer; born, Kan
sas City, Mo, Dec. 11, 1869; son of Charles J.
and Carrie E. (Parkinson) Smith; educated'
in Leavenworth, Kan, public sehools and
St. Louis Law School; married, Sept. 2, 1908,
Anna L. Force, of St. Louis. Continuously en
gaged in the general practice of law in St.
Louis since admission to bar on Dec. 1, 1892.
Club: Glen Echo Country. Office: 821 Mer
chants-Laclede Bldg. Residence: 4931 Mc
Pherson Ave.
SMITH, Wayne, physician; born, Salt Lake
City, Utah, Jan. 31, 1876; son of Amos K.
and Cordelia Tyrell (Allen) Smith; educated
in Salt Lake City High School; University
of Utah; Washington University Medical
School, degree of M.D, 1902; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 26, 1901, Elizabeth Bell; three
children. Began practice in St. Louis, 1902;
registrar Washington University Medical
Scnool, 1903-11, and secretary same, 1908-11;
superintendent Washington University Hos
pital, January, 1904-December, 1911; since
superintendent City Hospital. Republican.
Episcopalian. Member American Hospital
Association (ex-vice president), Phi Delta
Theta, Nu Sigma Nu; honorary member
Canadian Hospital Association, British Hos
pital Association. Mason. Office and Resi
dence: City Hospital.
SMITH, William Adolphus, civil engineer;
born, Upperville, Loudoun Co, Va, Dee. 2,
1868; son of Ohanning Meade and Lucy
(Davenport) Smith; educated under private
tutelage and later general course and civil
engineering, Bethel Academy, Virginia; mar
ried, St. Louis, Sept. 26, 1904, Ida S. Stevens;
one son, Channing. Taught school in Virginia,
1884-86; with surveyor's office, St. Louis Co.,
under B. E. Johnson, 1886-90; also in city
surveying work, and ran level line to Chicago
and line for electric railway under Dr.
Adams; assistant editor Clayton Argus one
year; traveled for Liggett & Myers, 1891-97;
entered employ of Laclede Power Co. as con
tract agent, 1901, continuing until absorption
of same by the Union Electric Co.; an incor
porator of the Light and Development Co.,
1908, and now vice president; director Paris
Light and Power Co, Cape Girardeau Water
Works and Electric Co. Democrat. Episcopa
lian. Recreations: fly fishing and hunting.
Office: 1116 Wright Bldg. Residence: 3516
Vietor St.
*SMITH, William Dickinson Griswold;
moved to Vermont; see Vol. 1906.
SMITH, William John, president J. R. Smith
Cork Co.; born, Elkton, Washington Co., Ill,
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man) Smith; educated at the Gamble (public)
School, 20th and Randolph Sts, St. Louis, un
til breaking out of Civil War; unmarried.
Associated with brother, J. R. Smith, in cork
business, 1S80; brother died, 1902, and the
business was incorporated as the J. R. Smith
Cork Co., of which is president and treasurer.
Served as orderly sergeant Company A,
Eleventh Enrolled Missouri Militia. Repub
lican. Member Reformed Presbyterian Church.
Club: Horseshoe Hunting and Fishing. Rec
reations: hunting and fishing. Office: 110 Wal
nut St. Residence: 1401 N. Euclid Ave.
SMITHER, Alexander C, clergyman; born,
Frankfort, Ky,, June 10, 1865; son of L. N.
and Keziah (Curry) Smither; student Ken
tucky University, Lexington, Ky, 1882-86;
studied two years at Butler University, In
dianapolis, graduating, degree of A.B., 1890;
married, Los Angeles, Cal, July 29, 19ll, Miss
Gertrude Clough; one child, Chester Camp
bell. Ordained Christian (Disciples) minis
try, 1890; pastor First Christian Church, Los
Angeles, 1890-1911; general manager Chris
tian Board of Publication, St. Louis (a cor
poration controlled by the Disciples of Christ),
since October, 1911. Trustee Pomona College,
Claremont, Cal. Office: 2712 Pine St. Resi
dence: Usona Hotel.
SMYTHE, Edgar Rutherford, fire under
writer; born, London, Ont, Can, May 10,
1877; son of Charles E. and Mary E. (Young)
Smythe; educated in St. Louis public schools,
graduating from Pope School, January, 1895;
married, St. Louis, Dee. 17, 1897, Meta E.
Davis, of San Francisco; one daughter, Mary
Adelaide. Since leaving school has been con
tinuously and exclusively engaged in the fire
insurance business; established business for
self, -Jan. 1, 1900, under style of Edgar R.
Smythe & Co., continuing until May 1, 1911,*
when consolidated with Atwood & Johnson
under firm name of Atwood, Johnson &
Smythe (Mercantile Insurance Agency, Inc.);
now in business alone. Democrat; member of
House of Delegates of St. Louis from Twenty-
seventh Ward, 1905-09. Episcopalian. Mem
ber Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum,
Knights of Maccabees, Modern Maccabees,
Fraternal Order of Eagles. Favorite recrea
tion: automobiling. Office: 1144 Pierce Bldg.
Residence: 5899 Theodosia Ave.
SNIDER, Denton Jaques, lecturer, author;
born, Mount Gilead, O, Jan. 9, 1841; son of
John R. and Catherin (Prather) Snider; grad
uated Oberlin College, 1862; unmarried. Au
thor: Commentaries on the Literary Bibles (9
volumes — 3 on Shakespeare and 2 each on
Goethe, Dante and Homer), 1877-93; Walk in
Hellas, 1882; The Freeburgers (novel), 1889;
World's Fair Studies, 1895; Commentaries on
Froebel's Play-Songs. 1895; Psychology and
the Psychosis, 1896; The Will and Its World,
1899; The Psychology of Froebel's Play-Gifts,

1900; The Life of Frederick Froebel; The
Father of History, Herodotus; Social Institu
tions, 1901; The State, 1902. Also (verse):
Delphic Days, 1878; Agamemnon's Daughter,
1885; Prorsus Retrorsus, 1890; Homer in
Chios, 1891; Johnny Appleseed's Rhymes,
1894; Ancient European Philosophy, 1903;
Modern European Philosophy, 1904; Architec
ture, 1905; The Psychology of Feeling; The
American Ten Years' War, 1906; European
History, 1907; The Father of History, 1907;
A Tour in Europe, 1908; Abraham Lincoln,
1908; A Writer of Books, 1909; Cosmos and
Dracosmos, 1909; Lincoln in the Black Hawk
War, 1910; The Broeosmos, 1911. Address:
210 Pine St.
SNODGRASS, George, typewriters' sup
plies; 1859-1912; see Vol. 1906.
SNOW, Lewis Eben, insurance; deceased;
see Vol. 1906.
SNOW, Marshall Solomon, educator; born,
Hyannis, Mass., Aug. 17, 1842; son of Rev.
Solomon P. and Maria J. (Pratt) Snow; edu
cated at Phillips Exeter Academy, 1858-62;
graduated Harvard, A.B, 1865, A.M., 1868;
LL.D, Washington University, 1905; married,
July 9, 1867, Ellen Frances Jewell, Exeter, N.
H. Submaster High School, Worcester, Mass.,
1865-66; principal High School, Nashville,
Tenn, 1866-67; professor Latin and principal
of Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville Uni
versity, 1867-70. Since 1870 at Washington
University, St. Louis, as professor belles let-
tres, 1870-74, professor history since 1874, reg
istrar of college, 1871-76, dean, 1877-1912, act
ing chancellor, 1887-91, and 1907-08. Member
Missouri Historical Society (president 1894-
1900), New Hampshire Historical Soeiety,
Minnesota Historical Society, American His
torical Association, American Economic Asso
ciation. Clubs: University, Harvard, Round
Table. Secretary Standing Committee P. E.
diocese of Missouri; junior warden Christ
Church Cathedral. Secretary Episcopal Resi
dence Corporation; secretary and treasurer
Parochial Trust Fund. Author: The City Gov
ernment of St. Louis; also various magazine
articles. Residence: McMillan Hall, Washing
ton University.
SODEMANN, Christian, radiators; born in
Schleswig, Germany, Nov. 16, 1862; son of
Christian Jacob and. Lucie (Fischer) Sode-
mann; educated in public school and gymna
sium at Schleswig, Germany, and later in pub
lic schools at Concordia, Mo.; married, Co
lumbia, 111, Jan. 1, 1893, Tillie Niemeier;
children: Clarence, Dorothy. Became connect
ed, June, 1886, with the Detroit Heating and
Lighting Co, Detroit, Mich, and in following
October returned to St. Louis as representa
tive of the company; entered employ of Rin-
gen Stove Co, St. Louis, May 1, 1887, and on
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of the Ringen Stove Co. (in fall of 1900), and
reorganized it as the Sodemann Heat and
Power Co.; in 1910 became district manager
United State Radiator Co. Republican. Evan
gelical Protestant. Scottish Rite Mason. Clubs:
Mercantile, Missouri Athletic. Recreation:
traveling. Office: 204 N. 14th St. Residence:
3501 Pestalozzi St.
SOLOMON, Isaac M, furs, pelts and wool;
born, Philadelphia, October, 1866; son of Mar
tin and Delphina (Pommer) Solomon; educat
ed in Philadelphia public schools; married,
New York City, 1902, Louise T. Woolner. Was
a member of the firm of Henry Cohn & Co.,
hides, furs and wool, at Salt Lake City, Utah,
for fourteen years; went to New York City,
and from there came to St. Louis, 1899; mem
ber of firm of Henry Marx & Co, 1899-1910,
since vice president Henry Marx Wool Co.
Member of the Produce Exchange of New
York, I. O. O. F, B. P. O. Elks. Club: Mer
cantile. Office: 221-225 N. Main St. Resi
dence': Washington Hotel.
*SOMERMEIER, Thomas George; moved to
Nampa, Ida.; see Vol. 1906.
SOMMER, Otto Aloysius, vice president
Gunn Fruit Co.; born, St. Louis, Nov. 6, 1870;
son of Joseph and Barbara (Maschek) Som-
mer; educated at SS. Peter and Paul (paro
chial) School, and at St. Louis University;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 24, 1894, Julia Dirk;
children: Otto, Walter, Julia Cornelia, Francis
and Richard. Began business career as offiee
boy in lawyer's office in 1885; clerk for John
Wahl & Co, grain dealers, 1888-89; book
keeper St. Louis Lead and Oil Co, 1890-92;
bookkeeper, 1892-95, and since vice president
and secretary Gunn Fruit Co., wholesalers, im
porters and jobbers of fruit. Republican. Ro
man Catholic. Office: 3d and Carr Sts. Resi
dence: 3704 Juniata St.
SOMMERS, Edgar P.; see Vol. 1906.
*SOMMERS, Samuel Alexander, distiller;
moved to Grand Rapids, Mich.; see Vol. 1906.
SOMMERS, William Frederick, retired man
ufacturer; born in Westphalia, Germany, Mar.
8, 1850; son of Henry and Caroline (Lind-
stroth) Sommers; educated in private schools
in Germany; married, St. Louis, 1875, Fred-
erika Sophia Beckman; children: Lena (Mrs.
August Niehaus), Louisa, Fred H, Louis G,
Arthur B, Carl J, Albert Ph., Freda G. Emi
grated to America in 1864, coming direct to
St. Louis, and worked in brick yard of Hanni
bal Brothers until 1869; then worked for Kul-
age Brick Manufacturing Co., until 1872;
learned the trade of horse collar making with
D. Hussman, 1872-79; began business for self
in 1879, and in 1889 erected present building,
incorporating the business, 1897, as the Som
mers Bros. Manufacturing Co, manufacturers
of horse collars, of which was president; re

tired, October, 1906. Mason, Knight Templar,
Odd Fellow. Residence: 3814 N. 11th St.
SONNEMANN, Charles, proprietor West
End Carriage and Automobile Factory; born,
Carlinville, 111, Oct. 1, 1861; son of Henry and
Christiana (Giesking) Sonnemann; educated
in public schools and six months at college,
Carlinville; married, St. Louis, Apr. 28, 1888,
Emily Walter; five children: Charlotte, Carl,
Edward G, Alma, Marvel. Learned carriage
making trade and was employed in John Kim-
pel Wagon Factory, St. Louis, two years, and
ley James A. Wright four years; in business
on own account since 1889. Republican. Lu
theran. Office: 3432 Lindell Ave. Residence:
3628 Folsom Ave.
SOPER, Horace Wendell, physician; born,
Hillsboro, 111, Aug. 25, 1867; son of William
L. and Delilah (Homrighaus) Soper; educated
in Ramsey (111.) public schools, Jacksonville
(111.) High School; M.D, Medical Department,
Washington University, 1894; post-graduate
work, Vienna, Berlin and Paris, 1906 and
1907; married, Aug. 12, 190S, Mary Reynolds
Holeombe, of Rochester, N. Y. Assistant phy
sician, City Hospital, 1894-95; in general
medical practice in 'St. Louis until 1908; prac
tice since limited to diseases of the digestive
system. Member Medical Society of City
Hospital Alumni (ex-president), St. Louis
Medical Society, Missouri State Medical Asso
ciation, American Medical Association. Demo
crat. Member Ethical Society. Club: Univer
sity. Office: Metropolitan Bldg. Residence:
4731 Westminster PL
SORAGHAN, John Thomas, physician; born-
in Morgan Co, Mo, June 21, 1867; son of
Peter and Catherine (Cahill) Soraghan; edu
cated in public schools, Cape Galena, Mo, un
til sixteen years of age, then high school, Mt.
Pleasant, Mo, one year, Aurora Springs (Mo.)
Academy, one year, and graduated; taught
school in Miller and Morgan counties, four
years; M.D, Missouri Medical College, 1891;
married, St. Louis, Apr. 23, 1895, Mallie A.
Dunn (died Aug. 31, 1909); children: Justin
Raymond, Matie Loretta, Katherine Virginia,
John Thomas, Jr., Peter Joseph, Aurora Ag
nes. Began practice of medicine at Cape Ga
lena, Mo, 1891; removed to St. Louis, 1892,
and since in practice here. Member St. Louis
Medical Society, American Medical Associa
tion. Democrat'. Catholic. Office: 1505 N. Jef
ferson Ave. Residence: 4417 Greer Ave.
SOUTHER, Eustace Everett, iron mer
chant; 1834-1906; see Vol. 1906.
SOUTHWARD, Arthur Woodbridge, whole
sale dry goods; bora, Washington C. H, Fay
ette ¦ Co, O, Nov. 8, 1860; son of Austin
Buchanan and Lavinia Jane (Stitt) South
ward; educated Greenfield (Ohio) High
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University of Wooster and graduated with de
gree of A.B, 1883; married, St. Louis, June
4, 1890, Lillie K. Parrish; one son, Dudley
Woodbridge. Came to St. Louis, 1883, and
was employed by Wilson Bros. & Boyd until
1889; then entered employ of the Wear &
Boogher Dry Goods Co, now the Carleton
Dry Goods Co., of which was stock clerk,
1889-91; held various other positions until he
became cashier in 1896; has been a stock
holder in the corporation since 1898. Repub
lican. Presbyterian. Member Phi Kappa Psi
college fraternity. Clubs: Mercantile, Glen
Echo Country. Recreation: golf. Office: Wash
ington Ave. and 12th St. Residence: 6135
Kingsbury Boul.
SPALDING, George Messenger, president
Spalding Stationery Co.; born, Ravenna, 0,
Dec. 10, 1863; son of Ebenezer and Frances
Louisa (Day) Spalding; educated at Benton
(public) School, St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 31, 1888, Lucie Josephine Pettit; chil
dren: Georgia Cooper, Frank, Virgil Pettit,
Charles Thomas, Lucille. Engaged in business
for self as partner with Edwin E. Miller (firm
Miller & Spalding), Sept. 1, 1888; incorpo
rated, 1895, as the Miller & Spalding Sta
tionery Co.; purchased Mr. Miller's interest,
December, 1900, and changed the name to
Spalding Stationery Co., wholesale and retail
stationery business and conducting printing
office. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner. Mem
ber Legion of Honor. Office: 324 Olive St.
Residence: 6024 Cates Ave.
SPANGLER, Peter Abraham, proprietary
medicines; 1836-1906; see Vol. 1906.
SPAULDING, Wilbur Berry, claims attor
ney, Frisco System; born, Mt. Pleasant, la,
Jan. 23, 1860; son of Wesley J. and Martha
(Berry) Spaulding; graduated from Iowa
Wesleyan University, 1881 (M.A.); LL.B, St.
Louis Law School, 1898; unmarried. From
1881 to 1888 was in the engineering, construc
tion and traffic departments of the New York,
West Shore & Buffalo, R. R.; since 1888 in
claim department of the St. Louis & San
Francisco R. R. Co. Republican. Office: 842
Frisco Bldg, 9th and Olive Sts. Residence:
809 N. Grand Ave.
SPAUNHORST, Henry John, insurance;
1828-1906; see Vol. 1906.
SPEAR, George B, president St. Louis
Edible Nut Co.; born near Cincinnati, Apr. 8,
1856; son of Samuel B. and Rachel (Carey)
Spear; educated in public schools and was
graduated from Hughes High School, Cin
cinnati; married, Mar. 29, 1885, Jennie E.
Crank, Cincinnati; 2d, Apr. 11, 1900, Mary G.
Cluff, of Ottawa, Can.; children: Gladys, Jean,
James D, George Blake, Jr., Mary Spear.
Began business career in 1878 in Cincinnati,
as a member of the firm of Bishop & Spear;
removed to St. Louis in October, 1884, and

continued to fire of 1887, when bought out
Bishop's interest and changed firm name to
George B. Spear, which was succeeded in
1893 by the St. Louis Edible Nut Co, of
which is president. Swedenborgian. Club:
Noonday. Office: 2201-2211 Scott Ave. Resi
dence: 5121 Washington Ave.
SPEIGHT, Jesse, bookseller; born, Waco,
Tex, Dec. 15, 1879; son of Joseph Warren and
Mary (Bolton) Speight; educated in Waco
High School and Baylor University; married,
McKinney, Tex, Oct. 23, 1907, Irma Clifton.
Gained first business experience in charge
of Baylor Book Concern, of Baylor Univer
sity, beginning 1900; went to Dallas, Tex,
1903, as clerk for the Dallas branch of Amer
ican Baptist Publication Society of Phila
delphia, Boston, Chicago and St. Louis, being
appointed manager of the Dallas branch,
1906; located in St. Louis as manager St.
Louis branch same society, 1909,' a position he
now occupies. Democrat. Baptist. Mason,
Knight Templar, Shriner. Recreation: fishing.
Office: 514 N. Grand Ave. Residence: 5600
Cates Ave.
SPENCER, Eugene Jaccard, consulting en
gineer; see Vol. 1906.
SPENCER, Horatio Nelson, physician; bora,
Port Gibson, Miss, July 17, 1842; son of
Horatio N. and Sarah (Marshall) Spencer;
educated by private tutors and at Fort Gibson
Academy, 1848-56; A.B, University of Ala
bama, 1862; served as private three years in
Confederate Army, Cowan's Brigade, Loring's
Division, Army of Tennessee, under Generals
Bragg and Johnson; M.D, College of Physi
cians and Surgeons (Medieal Department Co
lumbia University), New York, 1868; hon
orary LL.D, Westminster College, 1890; mar
ried, New York, Sept. 28, 1868, Anna Kirt-
land; 2d, Charleston, S. C, July 6, 1887, Eliza
beth P. Dwight; children: Mrs. Laura Spencer
Edmunds, Mrs. Dean Spencer Du B.ose, Mrs.
Anna Spencer Hancock, Selden (M.D.), Ho
ratio N, Jr. Engaged in practice of medicine
since 1868; specialist in diseases of the ear;
professor of diseases of the ear in Medical
Department of Washington University. Dem
ocrat. Presbyterian. Member American Oto
logical Society, Society of Colonial Wars in
the state of Missouri (Governor), Sons of
Revolution. Clubs: St. Louis, City, St. An
thony's, Delta Psi. Office and Residence: 2723-
2725 Washington Ave.
*SPENCER, Richard Franklin; moved to
New York; see Vol. 1906.
SPENCER, Richard Perry, lawyer; born,
Ashland, Boone Co, Mo, Jan. 11, 1874; son of
Richard and Annie (Gibbs) Spencer; grad
uated from Windsor High School, 1891; at
tended Central College, Fayette, Mo.; mar
ried, Fayette, Feb. 14, 1901, Jeannette Leon
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cipal public schools at Moberly, Mo, 1893-95,
at Marshall, Mo, 1895-97; engaged in practice
of law since 1897, having been city counselor
of Marshall, 1897-1903; came to St. Louis,
January, 1903, and has since been engaged
here in general practice. Appointed, August,
1911, by Governor Hadley, Democratic mem
ber Board of Election Commissioners of St.
Louis and is its secretary (was one of six en
dorsed by Democratic State Central Commit
tee). Southern Methodist. Member St. Louis
Bar Association, Missouri State Bar Associa
tion and American Bar Association. Mason
(Royal Arch); member Knights of Pythias.
Office: 1212-1220 Central National Bank Bldg.
Residence: 5520 Cabanne Ave.
SPENCER, Selden, physician; born, St.
Louis', Mar. 23, 1873; son of Horatio Nelson
and Anna E. (Kirtland) Spencer; educated,
Stoddard (public) School, St. Louis; Miss
Jennie Alexander's private school; Smith
Academy; Manual Training School; St. Paul's
School, Concord, N. H. ; Princeton University,
graduating, degree of A.B, 1897; Missouri
Medical College, St. Louis, M.D, 1899; post
graduate studios in England, Scotland and
Germany; married, New York, June 3, 1903,
Mabel Williams; two daughters: Elizabeth
and Louise Castree. In practice in St. Louis
since March, 1899; chief of clinic and lecturer
in otology, Washington University; aural sur
geon, St. Louis Children's Hospital; surgeon
Missouri Baptist Sanitarium. First lieuten
ant Medical Reserve Corps, U. S. A. Demo
crat. Presbyterian. Member American Oto
logical Society, Nu Sigma Nu medical frater
nity. Club: City. Recreations: architecture,
canoeing and long tramps. Office: 2723 Wash
ington Ave. Residence: 63 Marshall PL, Web
ster Groves.
SPENCER, Selden Palmer, lawyer; born,
Erie, Pa,, Sept. 16, 1862; son of Samuel Selden
and Eliza D. (Palmer) Spencer; educated in
public, schools of Erie; Hopkins Grammar
School, New Haven, Conn.; A.B, Yale Uni
versity, 1884; LL.B, Law Department, Wash
ington University, 1886; received degrees of
A.M. and Ph.D., from Westminster College
(honorary M.D, Missouri Medical College) ;
married, St. Louis, Dec 8, 1886, Susan M.
Brookes; children: James Brookes, Selden
Palmer, Jr., Oliver Wade. Admitted to bar
at St. Louis, 1885; member of the Missouri
legislature, 1895-96; judge of the Circuit
Court, 1897-1903. Was for several years pro
fessor of medical jurisprudence in Missouri
Medical College and Washington University.
Republican. Presbyterian. Member Sons of
the Revolution, American Bar Association,
Missouri Bar Association, Society of Colonial
Wars, New England Society, Military Order
of Foreign Wars; president International
Committee Y. M. C. A, 1907. Clubs: St.
Louis, Mercantile, Missouri Athletic. Office:

802, 421 Olive St. Residence: 4457 Washing
ton Boul.
SPERRY, Isaac Dunham, manager Phoenix
Mutual Life Insurance Co.; born, Clarksburg,
O, June 7, 1857; son of Jacob and Emily A.
(Dunham) Sperry; educated in public schools
of Frankfort and Newark, O, and graduated
from Fairfield Union Academy, Pleasantville,
O, 1880; married, 1st, Topeka, Kan, 1887,
Delia Akin (died 1893); 2d, Tuxedo Park,
Mo, July 18, 1895, Eleanor E. McLain. Reared
on farm in- Ohio to age nineteen; then in dry
goods business at Topeka, Kan, with Steven
son & Peckham; came to St. Louis, 1887;
With Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney, as dress
goods salesman, four years; then with Aetna
Life Insurance Co. six months; since Septem
ber, J.891, manager for the Phoenix Mutual
Life Insurance Co. for Missouri and Southern
Illinois with headquarters at St. Louis. Gold
Democrat. Clubs: Algonquin Golf, Missouri
Athletic. Favorite recreations: hunting and
fishing. Office: 310 Odd Fellows Bldg. Resi
dence: 4476 Washington Ave. Winter Home:
Dade City, Fla.
SPIEGELHALTER, Joseph, physician and
surgeon; 1834-1909; see Vol. 1906.
SPIEKERMAN, Bernard Edward, station
er; born, St. Louis, Sept. 20, 1858; son of
Bernard H. and Mary (Keitz) Spiekerman;
educated in German schools, St. Louis, and
graduated from St. Louis Polytechnic School;
married, St. Louis, May 18, 1903, Hortense
Brackett. Began business career with C.
Witer, stationer, etc, 1875-77; since 1877 with
Buxton & Skinner Stationery Co., first as
salesman, secretary, 1890-1909, and now sales
man. Entered First Regiment, Missouri Na
tional Guard, 1877; captain of St. Louis Hus
sars, 1887-89; now honorary member National
Guard of Missouri and of Branch Guard Vet
erans. Catholic. Member St. Louis Advertis
ing Men's League. Member Knights of Co
lumbus, Legion of Honor, T. P. A. (ex-presi
dent, Fost A). Club: Union. Recreations:
bowling, baseball. Office: 306 N. 4th St. Resi
dence: Normandy, Mo.
SPIERING, Louis C, architect; 1874-1912;
see Vol. 1906.
SPIES, Charles, vice president C. F. Blanke
Tea and Coffee Co.; bora .on farm in Madison
Co., Ill, June 13, 1850; son of Jacob and
Katherine (Kaufman) Spies; educated in pub
lic schools of Madison Co., 111.; graduated
from McKendree College, Lebanon, 111, 1872
(A.M.) ; married, Marine, 111, August, 1874,
Emma Blanke; children: Mrs. V. M. Seiter
(of Kansas City), Linda. After leaving col
lege was principal of public schools, St. Jacob,
111, for two years; then in drug business on
own account for twenty-five years; also sec
retary Valier & Spies Milling Co., St. Jacob,
111, 1889-1903; came to St. Louis, 1899, and
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charge of sales department, becoming vice
president, January, 1904. Republican; was
township treasurer in Madison Co., 111. Office:
7th St. and Clark Ave* Residence: 2918 Allen
Avenue. -SPIES, Louis Alexander, president Union
Dairy Co.; bora near St. Jacob, 111, Feb. 12,
1853; son of Jacob and Katherine (Kaufman)
Spies; educated in country schools; private
school, Marine, 111.; McKendree College, Leb
anon, 111, degree of A.B, 1875; married, St.
Louis, Apr. 12, 1876, Minnie Dzengolewski.
Taught country school fall of 1875 to spring
of 1878; managed mills at St. Jacob, 1878-81;
has since been identified with dairy farming;
president State Bank of St. Jacob, and of
Union Dairy Co., St. Louis; owner of Calla
Lily Farm (conducted for the purpose of
demonstrating dairy farming to farmers who
supply milk to St. Louis), his country home,-
near St. Jacob, where he produces' certified
milk for St. Louis market. President Madi
son Co. (111.) Farmers' Institute twelve
years, Illinois State Dairymen's Association
three years; member dairy division of ad
visory board Illinois Agricultural College,
Urbana, 111, two terms; member staff of lec
turers for Illinois Farmers ' institutes eighteen
years. Republican. Presbyterian. Member
Masonic Order, O. E. S. Recreation: going to
country home and watching the improved
growth of the finely-bred young stock which
he has produced. Offiee: Union Dairy Co.
Residence: 3007 Hawthorne Boul. Country
Residence: St. Jacob, 111.
SPINK, Alfred Henry, newspaper publish
er; see Vol. 1906.
SPRAGUE, Frank Addison, sales manager
John Deere Plow Co.; born, Vermontville,
Mich, Jan. 22, 1861; son of Pandora A: ancl
Amanda (McNeil) Sprague; educated in pub
lic schools and Albion (Mich.) College, class
of 1879; married, Sandwich, 111, Sept. 24,
1885, Stella Wright; nine children. Taught
school in Eaton Co., Mich, and at Sandwich,
111, 1879-84; sales manager for the Sandwich
Manufacturing Co. at Council Bluffs, la, 1884-
92; in life insurance business, 1892-94; with
Moline Plow Co., Moline, 111, in charge of
branch house, #1894-96, then manager for same
company's branch at St. Louis, 1896-98; with
J. I. Case Plow Co:, on special work, 1899-
1900; since 1900 sales manager at St. Louis
for John Deere Plow Co., and since 1908 a
director of the company. Member St. Louis
Sales Managers' Association. Congregation
alist. Mason. Club: Hillcrest Golf. Recrea
tions: golf and tennis. Office: 2204-2220 N.
Broadway. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
SPRAGUE, Harry E, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Mar. 13, 1876; son of Rodolphe A. and
Ada M. (Clements) Sprague; educated in St.
Louis public schools to 1893; LL.B, St. Louis
Law School, Washington University, 1899;

married, Boston, Oct. 3, 1904,- Ethel Nye
Gibbs. While attending law school, was en
gaged with Woerheide & Garrell, title investi
gations; appointed trust officer Lincoln Trust
Co, 1901, and continued until 1907; since en
gaged in general law practice. Member St.
Louis Bar Association (secretary grievance
committee). Republican. Episcopalian. Of
fice: 1819 Third National Bank Bldg. Resi
dence: Kirkwood, Mo.
SPROULE, Andrew, merchant; 1831-1912;
see Vol. 1906.
SPUCK, John, president Spuck Iron and
Foundry Co.; born in Germany, Sept. 29,
1850; son of William and Margaret (Stork)
Spuck; educated in public schools and gym
nasium in Germany and night schools in St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, 1880, Anna Freese;
one daughter, Flora. Learned trade of black
smith and locksmith with Henry Geyer in St.
Louis in 1865, and in 1880 started a shop of
his own, which conducted until in 1900 organ
ized the Spuck Iron and Foundry Co., of
which is president. Mason; member Odd Fel
lows, Knights of Honor. Office: 14th and
Branch Sts. Residence: 2935 Barrett St.
SQUIER, Edward E, coal and foundry
sand; born, Hanover, N. J,. Feb. 14, 1842; son
of Abner and Nancy (Morris) Squier; resi
dent of St. Louis from Dec. 25, 1843; educated
in Mound and Webster (public) schools, ancl
Jones Commercial College; married, St. Louis,
Apr. 9, 1878, Carrie M. Wilson; children: Ed
ward Eugene, Bessie Louisa, Robert Harold,
Marjorie Charlotte. Began business career as
train boy on North Missouri R. R, and was
the first on the Wabash Ry, West, 1854-60;
clerk and pilot on Mississippi, White, Red,
Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, 1861-70;
real estate dealer, 1870-88; in 1888 bought
land and began mining and manufacturing
foundry moulding sand, in which has since
continued as president of Ed. E. Squier
Company; also since 1908 has represented
the Chesapeake & Ohio Coal and Coke Co.
Was secretary and treasurer of company
building the mortar boats, and nine tugs to
tow them to Vieksburg, Miss, 1861. Demo
crat. Member and for past ten years treas
urer Clifton Heights Lodge No. 520, A. F. &
A. M. Office: 1520 Bank of Commerce Bldg.
Residence: 4930 Washington Ave.
*STACY, Charles Aurelius; moved to Cali
fornia; see Vol. 1906.
STAHLHUTH, Samuel Gottlieb, manager
Hynson Tool and Supply Co.; born, St.
Charles, Mo, Aug. 25, 1866; son of Gottlieb
and Mary (Boellner) Stahlhuth; educated in
public schools of St. Charles Co., Mo.; mar
ried, St. Louis, Dec. 5, 1899, Lydia S. Kraft;
children: Raymond S, Helen D. Began busi
ness career in father's brick yard at New
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Louis, 1881, and was employed in brick yard
of Henry Heman until 1883; then with the
St. Louis Stamping Co., 1883-89; started in
house and sign painting business in 1889, and
in 1896 was joined by brother, Bon F. Stahl-
huth, forming present firm of Sam G. Stahl-
huth & Bro, house and sign painters. Also
secretary-treasurer ancl general manager of
Hynson Tool and Supply Co. Baptist. Mem
ber Masonic orders. Recreation: fishing. Of
fice: 4756-4758 Easton Ave. Residence: Web
ster Groves, Mo.
STAHMANN, Christian Conrad, superin
tendent Children's Home Society of Missouri;
born, Bremen, Germany, Jan. 25, 1860; son of
Henry and Johanna (Bruns) Stahmann; came
to America with parents, 1869; educated pub
lic schools of St. Louis; completed theological
course Central Wesleyan College, 1883; mar
ried at Jamestown, Mo, July 22, 1885, Ma
tilda Muri; one daughter, Florence (now Mrs.
Charles F. Reimers, of Springfield, Mo.). Or
dained M. E. ministry, 1885; pastor at Jef
ferson City and Drake, Mo, 1883-86; field
agent Missouri Sunday School Association,
1886-89; pastor in St. Louis County and Caron
delet M. E. Church to 1900, when resigned to
become superintendent Children's Home So
ciety of Missouri. Republican. Mason, Knight
Templar. Recreation: horseback riding. Of
fice: Newstead and Margaretta Aves. Resi
dence: 4026 Labadie Ave.
STAMM, Edward John, president St. Louis
Cut Stone Co.; born, St. Louis, Sept. 27, 1850;
son of Carl and Henrietta (Hoeken) Stamm;
educated in pub. schools; married, St. Louis,
June, 1875, Anna Mentrup; five children liv
ing: Jacob Edward, Henrietta (Mrs. Charles
A. Maclill), Oscar Leo, Alfred Alexander, Har
ry Mathias. Learned stonecutter's trade under
Jacob Pickel & Bros, and continued with the
firm, advancing to position of foreman and
manager; entered stone cutting business on
own account, 1878; organized, April, 1890, St.
Louis Cut Stone Co., of which has since been
president. Independent in. politics. Protest
ant. Office: 3535 Gratiot St. Residence: 1519
S. Grand Ave.
STANARD, Edwin Obed, flour manufac
turer; born, Newport, N. H, Jan. 5, 1832; son
of Obed and Betsy Ann (Webster) Stanard;
family came west with colony in 1836, and
settled in southern Iowa before there was a
territorial organization there; educated in-
country school; married, Iowa City, la, June
19, 1856, Hettie A. Kauffman (now deceased);
children: Cora Z. (Mrs. E. D. Tilton, de
ceased), William K, Ella (Mrs. J. F. Shoe
maker), Edwin (deceased). Came to St. Louis,
1853; taught school in Madison Co, 111, three
winters; graduated from St. Louis Commer
cial College, 1855; bookkeeper and part of
time traveling salesman for commission house
in Alton, 111, 1856-57; in grain commission

business in St. Louis, 1857-66; since 1866 in
milling business; was president E. O. Stanard
Milling Co., with mills at Alton, 111, and
Dallas, Tex, until 1907, when firm name was
changed to Stanard-Tilton Milling Co., of
which is president.' Director Boatmen's Bank,
St. Louis Union Trust Co. Member Mer
chants' Exchange (president, 1866). Repub
lican; elected lieutenant governor of Missouri,
1868; elected to Congress from St. Louis,
1872; member Indianapolis Monetary Confer
ence, 1897-98. Member Lindell Ave. M. E.
Church. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile. Office:
Pierce Bldg. Residence: 4499 Lindell Boul.
STANARD, William Kauffman, vice presi
dent Stanard-Tilton Milling Co.; born, St.
Louis, Oct. 4, 1861; son of Edwin O. and Het
tie A. (Kauffman) Stanard; educated in pub
lic schools, Washington University, and one
year at Virginia Military Institute, Lexing
ton, Va.; married, June 24, 1885, Mary Tillay
(now deceased); children: Edwin and Mar
garet (Mrs, Joseph R. Brown) ; married, 2d,
St. Louis, Nov. 6, 1895, Anne Chew; one
daughter, Eleanor. Began business career
with the E. O. Stanard Milling Co, in 1882,
as cashier, and in 1886 was elected secretary,
and later to present position as vice president
of the company, large manufacturers of red
winter and hard wheat flours. Director Boat
men's Bank. Republican. Member M. E.
Church. Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis Country,
Glen Echo Country, Racquet, Bellerive Coun
try. Recreation: music. Office: 1015 Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 4548 W. Pine Boul.
STANLEY, Charles P, cigar manufacturer;
born, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1859; came to
St. Louis at age of seven; educated St. John's
(parochial) School, Christian Brothers Col
lege, Eads School; married, St. Louis, Rose
Murphy. Entered cigar business with brother
at sixteen; now operating several cigar stores
in St. Louis and two factories at Tampa, Fla.;
director Central National Bank, Park Circuit
Realty Co, Ft. Scott (Kan.) Public Utilities
Co., etc. Clubs: Mercantile, Aero, etc. Of
fice: 606 Olive St. Residence: 4241 Westmin
ster PL
STANOWSKI, Urban, clergyman; born,
Opole-Slazk, German Poland, Sept. 2, 1856;
son of Antoni and Johanna (Barteeko) Stan-
owski; educated at Humaniora, Opole, seven
years; came to United States, 1875; attended
school at Teutopolis, 111, one year; studied
philosophy at St. Francis College, Quincy, 111,
two years, theology at -Franciscan Fathers
School, St. Louis, four years. Ordained to
priesthood Roman Catholic Church by Arch
bishop Ryan, May 16, 1880; in charge of
Polish Church at Radom, 111, 1880-85; pastor
St. Stanislaus Parish, Si. Louis, since 1885;
instrumental in erection of present church
edifice, also parish house and convent, etc.;
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olic St. Stanislaus Parish (inc.); director Po
lish Catholic St. Stanislaus Kostka's School.
Author of several works in Polish language.
Business Address: L113 N. 20th St. Resi
dence: street between Cass Ave. and 0 'Fallon
Street. STARCK, Charles F, builder and contract
or; born in Madison Co, O, June 19, 1870;
son of Charles Philip and Sophie Starck; re
moved with parents to Missouri, 1882; edu
cated in public schools; married, St. Joseph,
Mo, October, 1892, Margaret E. Kelly; two
children: Martha B, Burdette C. Went to
Seattle, Wash, 1889, and learned plumber's
trade; in plumbing business in St. Louis,
1894-1904; since engaged as builder and con
tractor. Republican. Presbyterian. Member
Ohio Society of St. Louis. Offiee: 3008 S.
Grand Ave. Residence: 3640 Shaw Ave.
STARK, Louis John, vice president and
treasurer Stark Distillerv Co.; born, Hermann,
Mo, Mar. 29, 1882; son "of George and Laura
(Feldmann) Stark; educated in public schools
of Hermann; Christian Brothers College, St.
Louis; Smith Academy, St. Louis; Bryant &
Stratton Commercial College, St. Louis; mar
ried, Mae Walrond, of St. Louis, Mar. 16,
1908. Has engaged in distillery and wine
growing business ever since leaving college;
vice president and treasurer Stark Distillery
Co.; treasurer Stone Hill Wine Co, Hermann,
Mo. Club: Stark Bowling. Recreations: auto
mobiling and bowling. Residence: 2322 Vir
ginia Ave. Office: 217-219 Pine St.
STARK, Ottmar George, liquor merchant;
born, Hermann, Mo, Jan. 11, 1873; son of
George and Laura (Feldmann) Stark; edu
cated in public schools, John Toensfeldt's
Educational Institute, St. Louis, and Bryant
& Stratton Business College; married, St.
Louis, Sept. 12, 1901, Helen A. Hahn; six chil
dren: Mignon Gladys, Marguerite Helen,
Lawrence Ottmar, Lee George, Lucille Char
lotte, Yvonne. Vice president and secretary
Stone Hill Wine Co., of Hermann, Mo.; also
president and secretary of Stark Distillery
Co, of St. Louis. Member Business Men's
League. Member Lodge No. 9, B. P. O. Elks,
St. Louis, Odd Fellows, Royal Arcanum, T. P.
,A, Fraternal Order of Eagles. Recreations:
fishing, automobiling. Office: 217-219 Pine St.
(6-story building) . Residence : 3714 Humphrey
Street. STARKE, Bruce, lawyer; bom near Johns
town, Bates Co, Mo, May 30, 1874; son of
Return J. and Mary E. (Poage) Starke; edu
cated in public schools of Bates Co., Mo, and
at Georgetown University, Washington, D. O;
LL.B, St. Louis Law School, 1900; unmarried.
Deputy circuit clerk of Bates Co, 1887-92;
stenographer Twenty-ninth Judicial Circuit of
Missouri, 1892-94; secretary of Hon. David A.
De Armond, M. C, Sixth District of Missouri,

1894-96; in office of general attorney of Mis
souri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co, 1896-1901;
secretary to president St. Louis Police Board,
1901-03; clerk of Probate Court, 1903-07;
since in practice of law. Democrat. Member
St. Louis Bar Association. Mason. Club:
City. Office: 548 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 1375
Burd Ave.
STARKLOFF, Hugo Maxmillian von, phy
sician; born, Stuttgart, Germany, Oct. 3, 1842;
son of Carl and Sophie von Rapp (Frauen-
feld) von Starkloff; gymnasium education
at Stuttgart and Ulm, Germany, and univer
sities of Tubingen; M.D, 1854, Heidelberg
and Prague; twice married; children: Emil
Arthur, Max Carl, Elsa Sophie (married to
Julius F. Muench), and Irma Louise (married
to Edgar Bombauer), both of St. Louis. On
completion of medical education came to the
United States, and was acting assistant sur
geon, U. S. Army, before Civil War; during
war became surgeon Forty-third Illinois In
fantry, U. S. Volunteers, and medical director
First Division, Seventh Army Corps; after
war engaged in general practice as physician
and surgeon in St. Louis; formerly professor
of orthopedic surgery in Marion-Sims Medical
College. Republican; served as U. S. Consul
to Bremen, Germany; ex-member of School
Board of St. Louis. Member St. Louis Acad
emy of Science, American Historical Associa
tion, Historical Society of St. Louis, German-
American Historical Society, etc. Member
Liederkranz, St. Louis Turn Verein, German-
American Alliance. Recreations: literature
and music. Residence: 3623 Cleveland Ave.
STARKLOFF, Max C, physician; born,
Quincy, 111, Dee. 30, 1859; son of Dr. Hugo M.
and Hermina von Starkloff; educated in pub
lic schools and Pennsylvania Military Acad
emy, Chester, Pa.; studied medicine under
Dr. John T. Hodgen, St. Louis Medical College,
1882; married, 1879, Mary E. Flynn, of Mex
ico, Mo. (who is now deceased) ; two children,
one surviving, Adele; married, 2d, Genevieve
Baldwin, 1903. In practice in St. Louis since
1882; health commissioner of St. Louis, 1895-
1903, and re-appointed, 1911. Surgeon Vulcan
Iron Works for fifteen years, also surgeon for
Missouri Pacific R. R. Republican. Clubs:
City, Century. Recreations: boating, hunting
and fishing. Office: 7619 S. Broadway. Resi
dence: Carondelet.
*STAUDTE, William L, cabinet maker;
moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
STAUFFER, William H, physician; bora,
Canton, O, Oct. 22, 1862; son of J. E. and
Barbara (Hoffman) Stauffer; educated in
Canton Normal Schools and University of
Michigan, graduating from regular Medical
Department, degree of M.D, 1887; married,
Arkansas City, Kan, June 1, 1892, Elizabeth
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gaged in practice of medicine and surgery
since July 1, 1887; member of staff, Missouri
Pacific Railway Co.'s Hospital, Evangelical
Deaconess Hospital, St. Louis Maternity Hos
pital; pays especial attention to diseases of
the rectum. Member American Medical Asso
ciation, Missouri State Medical Association,
St. Louis Medical Society, Medical Associa
tion of the Southwest, Civic League, of St.
Louis, Michigan Alumni, Ohio Society. Re
publican. Member Pilgrim Congregational
Church. Member A. F. & A. M, Knights of
the Maccabees. Office: 202 Humboldt Bldg.
Residence: 5328 Page Boul.
STEARNS, Melvin H, varnish; see Vol.
1906. *STEBBINS, George Peirce; moved to
Omaha, Neb.; see Vol. 1906.
STECHER, Rudolph, cooperage; bora, Ger
many. Came from Germany to Cincinnati, O,
and soon after to St. Louis, and was employed
in Anheuser-Busch Brewery seven years.
President of the Stecher Cooperage "Works.
Republican. Mason: Itasca Lodge, Belief on
taine Chapter, R. A. M, Ascalon Com
mandery, K. T.; also member Murphysboro
Lodge, B. P. 0. Elks; St. Louis Badensehen
Verein, Central Sharpshooters of St. Louis.
Office: 3d and Barton Sts. Residence: Mur
physboro, 111,
STEEDMAN, Edwin Harrison, vice presi
dent Curtis & Company Manufacturing Co.;
born, St. Louis, Dec. 31, 1873; son of I. G. W.
and Medora (Harrison) Steedman; educated,
Smith Academy; Manual Training School,
1891; Washington University, one year; Harv
ard College, 1895; married, Philadelphia, Oct.
20, 1906, Almira McNeely; one child, Almira.
After leaving college became connected with
the Curtis & Company Manufacturing Co.,
manufacturers of saws, saw mills and pneu
matic machinery; spent a period of appren
ticeship in various departments and became
superintendent; now viee president and man
ager of works; director Bucyrus Co. Episco
palian. Clubs: St. Louis Country, Racquet.
Recreations: golf, shooting, motoring. Office:
Hamburger and Kienlen Aves. Residence:
4417 McPherson Ave.
STEEDMAN, George Fox, machinery; born,
St. Louis, Jan. 5, 1871;. son of I. G. W. and
Medora (Harrison) Steedman; educated at
Smith Academy, 1880-84; Manual Training
School, 1884-87; Washington University, 1887-
88; B.S, Harvard University, 1892; married,
St. Louis, June 27, 1903, Carrie R. Howard;
two daughters: Katherine, Medora. Father
bought control of Curtis & Company Manufac
turing Co. -for his sons; entered the business
immediately after graduation from Harvard,
1892, and since 1903 president of the com
pany. Independent in polities. Episcopalian.
Member Business Men's League. Clubs: St.

Louis Country, Florissant Valley, Racquet,
Bellerive Country. Recreation: golf. Office:
Wellston, St. Louis County. Residence: West
moreland PL and Lake Ave.
STEEDMAN, James Harrison, machinery;
born, St. Louis, June 24, 1867; son of Dr. I.
G. W. and Medora (Harrison) Steedman; edu
cated in St. Louis Manual Training School,
graduating, 1885; B.S, Washington Univer
sity, 1889; married, New York, February,
1900, Virginia Chase. With the St. Louis
Steel Foundry Co. as president from 1889 to
1891; secretary Curtis & Company Manufac
turing Co., 1901-08, since vice president same
company. Clubs: University, Racquet, Florris-
sant Valley Country. Favorite recreation: au
tomobiling. Office: Wellston, Mo. Residence:
401 N. Newstead Ave.
STEELE, Aaron John, surgeon; born in
Rochester, N. Y, Nov. 20, 1835; son of John
and Anna (Coon) Steele; educated in public
schools and academies at Rochester, colleges
at Lima and Rochester, N. Y, medical college
at Buffalo; M.D, Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia, 1859; post-graduate work in Eu
ropean cities at different times; married,
Brooklyn, N. Y, 1870, Cassie Leonard (now
deceased); children: Corinne, Helen, Murray;
married, 2d, Sept. 1, 1886, Cornelia Sanborn.
Medical interne Buffalo General Hospital,
1859; demonstrator of anatomy, Buffalo Med
ical College, 1863; served as surgeon in Union
Army during whole of Civil War; in 1867 en
tered general practice at St. Louis; held vari
ous professorships at the Humboldt Medical
College and the College of Physicians and
Surgeons, the Beaumont Medical College, the
Polyclinic and Post-Graduate Medical schools,
the Missouri Medical College, and more re
cently in the Medical Department of Wash
ington University. Orthopedic surgeon to the
Missouri Baptist Sanitarium. Congregational
ist. Member and ex-president American Ortho
pedic Association. Frequent contributor to
medical literature. Office: 5871 Maple Ave.
Residence: 2 Parkland PL
STEELE, William Hamilton, lumber; born
in Halton Co, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 1, 1848;
son of James R. and Margaret (Hamilton)
Steele; educated in public schools and Univer
sity of Toronto; married, St. Louis, 1892,
Mary Schmieder. Began business career as
boy in employ of the Hutchinson Navigation
Co. (Baird & Son), Toronto, Ont, 1865-66;
went to New York City and was employed by
the Cunard Line, 1866-70; came to St. Louis
and was; traveling salesman for J. H. Lewis &
Co., of which was partner, 1870-79; assisted
in organization of St. Louis Coffin Co, 1879,
and was with it as secretary and treasurer
until 1883; engaged in lumber business on
own account, 1883-85; in 1885 organized lum
ber firm of Steele & Hibbard, wholesale yard
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was incorporated^ as the Steele & Hibbard
Lumber Co, of which is president. Assisted
in organizing, 1892, the Jefferson Bank; was" a
charter member and one of original directors
and is now president of same. President of
S. C. Major Lumber Co. of Memphis, Tenn. Was
member local militia, Halton Co, Ont, before
leaving Canada; served as emergency deputy
sheriff during street car riots in 1902; member
Republican Club, Citizens' Industrial Asso
ciation, Civic League. Episcopalian. Member
Royal Arcanum, Legion of Honor (St. Louis).
Recreations: literature and arts. Office: JS1.
Broadway and Dock St. Residence: 2941 Sul
livan Ave, N. E. cor. Garrison Ave.
STEER, Frank Albert; president of F. A.
Steer Furnishing Goods Co.; born, St. Louis,
March, 1849; son of John and Catherine
(Heitzig) Steer; educated in public and pri
vate schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Dec. 17, 1870, Maggie Crawford; children:
Mamie (now Mrs. Raleigh), Daisy (Mrs.
Way), William C, Julia V. (Mrs. Leahy). Be
gan business career in employ of Graff, Ben
nett & Co, iron manufacturers, 1864; started
firm of Steer, Harrington & Co., iron mer
chants, 1870, but sold out to Paddock, Hawley
& Co, 1872, and established business of F. A.
Steer & Co., furnishing goods, later incorpo
rated as F. A. Steer Furnishing Goods Co,
retail haberdashery and men's clothing, of
which is president. Republican. Episcopalian.
Club: Glen Echo Country. Office: 213-215 N.
Broadway. Residence: 4365 Lindell Boul.
STEER, Justin, physician; .1849-1909; see
Vol. 1906.
STEGALL, Harry West, secretary and
treasurer Union Biscuit Co.; born, Jackson,
Tenn, June 23, 1874; son of J. N. and Laura
(West) Stegall; educated in public schools
and Smith Academy, St. Louis, and Wyman
Institute, Alton, III.; married, St. Louis, Oct.
9, 1901, Alby R. Watson. Began business ca
reer in employ of the Samuel Davis Dry Goods
Co, and was afterwards with the Missouri
Electric Co. and the Meeks-West Grocer Co.
until 1899, when became secretary and treas
urer of the Union Biscuit Co, manufacturers
of biscuits and crackers. Also president Wat
son Investment Co. Independent in politics.
Baptist. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Rotary.
Office: 1101 N. 6th St. Residence: 4931 Mc
Pherson Ave.
*STEGALL, Jasper Newton, commission;
moved to Little Rock, Ark.; see Vol. 1906.
STEGEMAN, John D, president Koppel
man Furniture Co.; born, Badbergen, Han
over, Germany, Nov. 25, 1840; son of John H.
and Mary (Hegewisch) Stegeman; educated
in schools in Germany and in public schools
in St. Louis and Petersburg, 111.; married, St.
Louis, 1866, Louisa Stegeman; children: Clara
(Mrs. Charles A. Gewe), Bertha (Mrs. John

F. Brockhouse), Walter, Harold, Adele, Viola.
Came to Missouri in 1860, and after leaving
school entered grocery business, in 1864, as
member of firm of August Rode & Co., in
which continued until 1869, when became
associated with John H. Koppelman in the
furniture business, incorporated, 1877, as the
Koppelman Furniture Co.; was secretary and
treasurer until death of partner, John H. Kop
pelman, 1909, since which time has been presi
dent. Republican. Evangelical Lutheran. Mem
ber Erwin Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Recreation:
bowling. Office: 911-913 N. Broadway. Resi
dence: 3942 Sullivan Ave.
STEIGERS, William C, vice president, di
rector and business manager of the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch; born, St. Louis, Sept. 15, 1847;
son of Francis I. and Sarah (Price) Steigers;
educated in Wyman School, Christian Brothers
College and public grammar and high school
in St. Louis; married, New York, Sept. 4,
1896, Helen Martha Wadsworth, daughter of
Charles Chester Wadsworth and grand-niece
of Gen. James Wadsworth, of New York state.
Served in Eighth Missouri Volunteers and
U. S. Signal Corps in Civil War, in Federal
Army; enlisted September, 1862, and dis
charged October, 1863, on account of physical
disability contracted at siege of Vieksburg.
Began business career as bookkeeper in Eagle
Foundry; became collector for the Evening
Dispatch, Apr. 10, 1868, and later served as
advertising agent, same paper; resigned to be
come advertising manager of St. Louis Times,
January, 1872; advertising manager the Eve
ning Post, July, 1878, until Dec. 10, 1878,
when Joseph Pulitzer bought Evening Dis
patch and consolidated it with Evening Post;
continued as advertising manager Post-Dis
patch until October, 1895, then advertising
manager New York World until June, 1897;
returned to Post-Dispatch, and has since been
its business manager. Director Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition. Member Business Men's
League, Civic Improvement League, Million
Population Club. Past Exalted Ruler, St.
Louis Lodge, B. P. O. Elks. Clubs: St. Louis,
Glen Echo Couutry, Missouri Athletic, City.
Golf enthusiast. Office: St. Louis Post-Dis
patch. Residence: 5156 Von Versen Ave.
STEIN, Samuel A, wall paper; see Vol.
1906. STEINBISS, Herman W, general secretary-
treasurer International Building Trades Coun
cil; born, Aschersleben, Germany, Sept. 4,
1853; son of Frederick William and Johanne
(Hellsinger) Steinbiss; graduated from high
school at Aschersleben, Germany, 1867; mar
ried, Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 9, 1870, Mary M.
Knabel; children: Herman W, Jr. (deceased),
Genevieve M. (Mrs. F. E. Pernoud), Frederick
M. After serving apprenticeship as fresco
painter, came to America, 1870; enlisted in
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try, U. S. Army, 1871-76; honorably dis
charged; followed trade in various cities,
'1876-83; came to St. Louis, 1883. General sec
retary-treasurer International Building Trades
Council since 1897. Was director Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Co. Editor The Labor
Compendium since September, 1896. Member
Missouri Historical Society, Missouri Press
Association, Legion of Honor of Missouri,
National Union (financial secretary), North
American Union. Member Children's Protect
ive Alliance of Missouri. Democrat. Office:
2422 N. Sarah St. Residence: 4221 Labadie
Avenue. STEININGER, Edward A, president E. A.
Steininger Construction Co.; born, St. Louis,
Jan. 5, 1868; son of George and Christina
(Lanitz) Steininger; educated in St. Louis
public schools to 1883; married, May 27, 1890,
Emma Roenfeldt (died, 1900) ; one child,
Adele. After leaving school engaged in con
struction work with father, continuing until
his death, 1892; conducted business alone to
1904, when present company was incorporated,
of which has since been president. Repub
lican. Lutheran. Mason, Knight Templar,
Shriner. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Oasis,
Liederkranz. Recreation: hunting. Office:
824, 407 N. 8th St. Residence: 5810 Bartmer
Avenue. STEINMESCH, Henry, president Stein-
mesch Feed and Poultry Supply Co.; bora, St.
Louis, Oct. 7, 1850; son of John Herman and
Catherine (Huelsmann) Steinmesch; educated
in public schools and • at Jones Commercial
College, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Dec
27, 1876, Adelaide C. Caldwell; three children:
Harry J, Jessie H, Henrietta May. > Began
active career in employ of Plant & Bro, deal
ers in agricultural implements and seeds,
1866; in seed business for self, 1876-81; with
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and Indian
apolis & St. Louis railways for three years
and with the Wabash road for twenty years;
in feed and poultry supply business since
1904. Member National Feed Manufacturers'
Association of Milwaukee, the St. Louis Mer
chants' -Exchange since 1891, and the Citi
zens' Industrial Association. President Silver
Wyandotte Club of America; also officer
American Poultry Association. Republican.
Presbyterian. Mason. Club: Missouri Ath
letic. Favorite recreation : raising fancy
Chickens. Office: 220 Market St. Residence:
Normandy, St. Louis Co, Mo.
STEINMEYER, August, president Niese
Grocer Co.; bora, St. Louis, June 11, 1863;
son of David and Christiana (Kuenne) Stein-
meyer; educated in Lutheran parochial
schools, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, 1888,
Lillie Niese; children: Edith, Herbert. Be
gan business career, on leaving school, in
produce business, in which continued until
1888, when entered the Niese Grocer Co., with

which has continued ever since, becoming
president of the company in 1903. Lutheran.
Member Liederkranz. Recreations: music and
automobiling. Office: 19-21 S. Main St. Resi
dence: 3962 Flora Boul.
STEINWENDER, Herman August, whole
sale liquor merchant; 1839-1909; see Vol. 1906.
STEINWENDER, William J, vice presi
dent The Steinwender Co.; bora, St. Louis,
Mar. 18, 1879; son of Gustav A. and Mary
(Medart) Steinwender; was graduated at
Smith Academy, 1898; B.S, Princeton Univer
sity, 1902; LL.B, Washington University,
1904; married, St. Louis, Sept. 20, 1910, Kath
erine Schuyler Tutt; one daughter, Katherine
Elise. Began active career as secretary Stein
wender & Sellner Mercantile Co, 1904, con
tinuing for six years; succeeded to presidency
of the company, October, 1910, on death of
father; in July, 1911, formed consolidation of
the Steinwender & Sellner Mercantile Co.
with H. A. Steinwender & Co, ancl incorpo
rated the two firms under title of The Stein
wender Co., distillers, importers and whisky
merchants, of which has since been vice presi
dent and secretary. Presbyterian. Clubs:
Union, Missouri Athletic, St. Louis Amateur
Athletic Association, Normandie Golf, Auto
mobile of Missouri. Recreation: athletics. Of-
nce: 820 N. Broadway. Residence: 1753 Mis
souri Ave.
STELTEMEIER, Frederick Casper, lawyer;
bora, St. Louis, Dec. 16, 1871; son of William
and Maria Angela (Heitkamp) Steltemeier;
educated in parochial and public schools, St.
Louis, Jones Commercial College, School of
Architecture; LL.B, State University of Mis
souri, Law Department, graduating May,
1897; unmarried. Admitted to bar at St.
Louis, June, 1897, and since engaged in gen
eral practice. Member of St. Louis Bar Asso
ciation. Democrat. Catholic. Member Royal
Arcanum, Royal League, Knights of Colum
bus. Favorite recreations: hunting and fish
ing. Office: 706 Carleton Bldg. Residence:
2846A Lafayette Ave.
STEPHAN, William (Charles Frederick),
coal merchant; born, Hofgeismar, Germany,
Nov. 10, 1855; son of William and Marie
(Kohlhepp) Stephan; educated in Realschule,
Hofgeismar, Germany, and in business college
at St. Louis ;- married, St. Louis, May 22, 1879,
Helen M. Klein; children: Charles Robert
William, Oscar Henry. Began business career
as apprentice clerk in- retail hardware busi
ness in Germany; came to United States in
1874, and was in employ of The Germania
Life Insurance Co. of New York at St. Louis,
1874-77; in July, 1877, entered coal business
as sales agent for Trenton Coal Co., and in
1886 started business on own account as
wholesale and retail dealer in anthracite and
bituminous coal, incorporating business, 1896,
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which is president. Also president Bulwer
Investment Co. since 1907. Member Home
Rule Club, St. Louis Turn Verein. Mason.
Recreation: country, life. Office: 117 N. 3d St.
Residence: 3932 Hartford St.
STEPHENS, Lawrence Vest, banker, ex-
governor, ex-state treasurer; born, Boonville,
Mo, Dec. 21, 1858; son of Joseph L. and
Martha (Gibson) Stephens; educated in pub
lic school, Cooper Institute, and Kemper Fam
ily School, Boonville, and Washington and
Lee University, Lexington, Va. ; (LL.D, Uni
versity of Missouri, 1898) ; married, Boonville,
Oct. 5, 1880, Margaret Nelson. Learned print
er's trade; was editor of the Boonville Adver
tiser; was for a time bank clerk, then tele
graph operator. Entered Central National
Bank of Boonville as bookkeeper, afterwards
becoming assistant cashier and later vice-
president; also proprietor of the Boonville
Advertiser; appointed Government receiver of
the Fifth National Bank of St. Louis, 1887;
paid depositors 98 cents on the dollar. Was
state treasurer of Missouri, 1889-97; governor
of Missouri, January, 1897, to January, 1901.
Democrat; was colonel on staffs of Governors
Marmaduke and Francis; promoted to general
by Governor Francis. Now vice president and
director Central National Bank of Booneville;
director Bank of Versailles, and of Boonville,
St. Louis & Southern R. R, and stockholder
in many corporations. Founded Bank of
Bunceton, Bunceton, Mo, and Central Mis
souri Trust Co, of Jefferson City, Mo. Metho
dist; curator of Central College, Fayette, Mo;
Member board of trustees of Barnes Hospital,
St. Louis, which' is conducted under the aus
pices of the M. E. Church, South. Mason,
Knight Templar. Clubs: Jefferson, Mercan
tile, Delta Psi, Methodist. Recreation: travel
ing. Residence: 5836 Cabanne Ave.
*STEPHENSON, Edgar Kaercher, sales
manager; moved to New York; see Vol. 1906.
STERN, Meyer L, commission merchant;
deceased; see Vol. 1906.
STEVENS, Charles Dillon, physician; born,
St. Louis, Feb. 10, 1852; son of Charles Whit
tlesey and Susan Francis (Dillon) Stevens;
educated in public and private schools and
Washington University; M.D, St. Louis Med
ical College, 1878; married, St. Louis, Jan. 18,
1888, Lena Tarrant; children: Dillon Tarrant,
Barbara Francis, Robert Louis. Engaged in
practice of medicine in St. Louis since 1878.
Member St. Louis Academy of Science, St.
Louis Medical Society, Missouri Historical
Society. Republican. Was in military hospital
service (not enrolled) at ten years of age,
and later was with the Army in southern Mis
souri ; was -druggist and assistant physician at
St. Louis Insane Asylum. Office and Resi
dence: 5352 Vernon Ave.
STEVENS, George F, life insurance; born,
San Francisco, Aug. 7, 1870; son of George

and Anne (Picken) Stevens; educated Wash
ington (California) College; Lytton Springs
(California) College; married, Corsicana, Tex,
Dec. 27, 1902, Ida L. Walker; one son, George
W. Engaged as commercial traveler in
western states, until 1896; then entered life
insurance business at Houston, Tex, and was
successively superintendent at Dallas, Sher
man and San Antonio, Tex, and Sedalia, Mo.,;
since 1908 superintendent South St. Louis dis
trict for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. of
New York. Presbyterian. Mason; member
Alamo Lodge, A. F. & A. M, San Antonio,
Tex.; Order Eastern Star (Belief ontaine
Chapter); also B. P. O. Elks, Sedalia, Mo.
Club: Masonic (St. Louis). Recreations: fish
ing and hunting. Office: 1410 S. Jefferson St.
Residence: 5065 Maple Ave.
*STEVENS, John Henry David, secret so
ciety official; moved to Alberta, Canada; see
Vol. 1906.
STEVENS, Walter Barlow, author, news
paper correspondent; born, Meriden, Conn,
July 25, 1848; son of Rev. Asahel Augustus
and Mary Comstoek (Bristol) Stevens; youth
passed at Peoria, 111.; A.B, University of
Michigan, 1870, A.M.. 1872; (LL.D, Wash
ington University, St. Louis, 1908). Con
nected with St. Louis newspapers, as reporter,
city editor, and staff correspondent, since
graduation from college; Washington corre
spondent St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 1884-
1901; president Gridiron Club, Washington,
1895; traveled extensively and corresponded
for Globe-Democrat through United States,
Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico, Jamaica,
and Panama. Writer of letters over signature
"W. B. S," which appeared in serial form
in the Globe-Democrat under titles: The New
States,- Convict Camps, Missouri Mineral, Sil
ver in a Silver Country, Black Labor in the
South, Washington Topics, Signs of the Times,
Recollections of Lincoln, etc. Secretary Lou
isiana Purchase Exposition Co. from organ
ization, 1901; director of exploitation, and
member Superior Jury of Awards, same, 1904;
secretary National Prosperity Association,
1908; secretary St. Louis Centennial Associa
tion, 1909; secretary City Plan Commission of
St. Louis, 1912. ICciight of Crown of Italy,
1904; First Grade, Third Class, Order of
Double Dragon, China, 1905; Chevalier Order
of Leopold, Belgium, 1905; medal of honor,
First Class, Philippine Government, 1905;
Fourth Class, Order of Rising Sun, Japan,
1906; Officer's Cross, Order of Red Eagle,
Germany, 1907; Officier de l'lnstruction Pub-
lique, France, 1907. Congregationalist. Repub
lican. Member Missouri Historical Society,
National Geographic Society, Phi Beta Kappa;
Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile, Round Table,
Burns, Franklin (St. Louis), Gridiron (Wash
ington). Author: Through Texas, 1892; The
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A Trip to Panama, 1907; Introduction and
Notes on Facsimiles of Poems and Letters of
Robert Burns, 1907; The Building of St.
Louis, 1908; St. Louis, the Fourth City, 1909;
The Log of the Alton, 1909; One Hundred
Years in a Week, 1910; The Brown-Reynolds
Duel, 1911; Water Purification at St. Louis,
1911; History of St. Louis, two volumes, 1911.
Recreation: farming. Office: 231 Municipal
Courts Bldg. Residence: 5918 Washington
Avenue. STEVENSON, Charles A, merchant; see
Vol. 1906.
STEWART, Alcee, lumber; born, New Or
leans, Feb. 27, 1869; son of Alcee William and
Elizabeth Floyd (Greene) Stewart; educated
in Peabody and Stoddard schools, and Smith
Academy, until 1884; married, St. Louis, June
1, 1898, Abigail Webb Sergeant; children:
Dorothy Valeria, Alcee William, Mary Eliza
beth. Began business career at fifteen years
of age in employ of O. H. Peckham & Co., St.
Louis, later holding clerical positions in vari
ous lines until May 1, 1893, when branched
out for self, becoming a member of Powe &
Stewart, which firm dissolved Dec. 31, 1894;
since alone as Alcee Stewart & Co., wholesale
hardwood lumber. Episcopalian. Club: Mer
cantile. Office: 402 Security Bldg. Residence:
6249 Waterman Ave.
STEWART, Alphonso Chase, lawyer; born,
Lebanon, Tenn.,. Aug. 27, 1848; son of Lieut.-
Gen. Alexander P. and Harriet Byron (Chase)
Stewart; educated in private schools of Ten
nessee; served in Stearns' .Fourth Tennessee
Cavalry, C. S. A.; cadet on staff of Lieut.-Gen.
Alex. P. Stewart; Alabama Military Corps
Cadets; married, Winchester, Tenn, July 19,
1871, Elizabeth Smith; children: Dr. Samuel
Smith Stewart, Harriet Chase (Mrs. George
H. Williams). Admitted to bar, 1867; member
firm of Turney & Stewart, lawyers, Win
chester, Tenn, 1869, Evans & Stewart, Enter
prise and Meridian, Miss, 1871. Since 1873
engaged in practice in St. Louis; member of
firm of King, Phillips & Stewart, 1873, Phil
lips & Stewart, 1874, Phillips,' Stewart, Cun
ningham & Eliot, 1889, Stewart, Cunningham
& Eliot, 1897, Stewart, Eliot & Williams, 1904,
Stewart, Bryan, Christie & Williams, 1911;
now Stewart, Bryan & Williams. Member St.
Louis, Missouri State and American Bar asso
ciations. Since October, 1889, counsel St.
Louis Union Trust Co.; director Shultz Belt
ing Co., Tower Realty Co., Vinita Realty Co.
(president and treasurer), Spring Avenue
Realty Co. (president and treasurer), South
western Improvement Association (secretary
and treasurer), Mermod, Jaccard & King
Jewelry Co.; president Fulton Fire Brick Co.;
director Christian-Peper Tobacco Co. Was
secretary, treasurer and counsel Northwestern
Building and Loan Association, 1873-79.
Democrat. Was president of Board of Police

Commissioners, City of St. Louis; member St.
Louis Board of Health. Cumberland Presby
terian; president Sabbath School Assembly,
Synod of Missouri. President St. Louis Pub
lic Museum; member Missouri Historical So
ciety. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Racquet.
Recreations: motoring, reading. Offiee: 1605
Pierce Bldg. Residence: 5727 Cabanne Ave.
STEWART, Arthur Tipton, assistant to
vice president Missouri Pacific Railway Co.;
bom, Humboldt, Kan, May 11, 1872; son of
Watson and Elizabeth (Tipton) Stewart;
graduated from Independence (Kan.) High
School, 1889; married, Independence, Sept. 7,
1892, Zell Wilson; children: Donald, Morna.
Entered railway service as clerk for the Rock
Island Ry. at Topeka, Kan, July, 1890; re
moved to St. Louis, September, 1891, entering
office of general manager of the St. Louis
Southwestern Railway Co.; in June, 1892, en
tered service of freight traffic department of
the Missouri Pacific Railway Co., at St. Louis,
in which occupied various positions until ap
pointed assistant general freight agent, May
1, 1903, so continuing until Sept. 1, 1908;
since assistant to vice president same road.
Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Mis
souri Athletic, St. Louis Railway. Recreation:
baseball. Office: Missouri Pacific Bldg. Resi
dence: 5563 Clemens Ave.
*STEWART, Charles Carroll; moved to
Memphis, Tenn.; see Vol. 1906.
STEWART, Hugh Henry, real estate; born
in St. Louis Co, Mo, June 25, 1871; son of
Henry and Mary (Burke) Stewart; educated
in public and parochial schools and St. Louis
University; married, St. Louis, Apr. 19, 1904,
Cecelia E. Gallagher; children: Charles Henry,
Mary Louise. Began business career as clerk
for Adams Express Co., 1884-85; clerk for
J. T. Donovan Real Estate Co, 1885-1901;
since September, 1901, in business for self as
general real estate and financial agent. Mem
ber Real Estate Exchange (director, 1904-05).
Democrat. Catholic. Member Knights of Co
lumbus. Club: Irish- American Athletic. Fa
vorite recreations: baseball and other athletic
sports. Office: 1002 Chestnut St. Residence:
4138 Russell Ave.
STEWART, James, supervisor of Hygiene
Department, Public Schools, St. Louis; born,
Glasgow, Scotland, Sept. 22, 1874; son of
Alexander and Mary (McClain) Stewart;
eame to America, 1883; educated in St. Louis
public schools to 1889; entered Barnes Med
ical College, 1892, graduating, 1895; married,
Warren Co, Mo, Mar. 10, 1898, Laura Char
lotte Jasper; one child, Myrtle Jasper. Began
official and professional career as coroner,
Warren Co, elected, 1898, reelected, 1900, and
served until 1902; was health officer Warren
Co, 1904-06. Member Forty-third General As
sembly of Missouri, 1905-06; was author of
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torium for incipient pulmonary cases; also in
troduced bill to compel physical examination
of all applicants for marriage certificates,
which created much comment but was de
feated; looked after other bills for State
Board of Health, was on Ways and Means
Committee, and chairman Commission of Sani
tation. Appointed medical adviser Board of
Education, St. Louis, 1908, and changed to
supervisor of hygiene, 1910. Member Ameri
can Medical Association, Missouri State Med
ical Association, St. Louis Medical Society.
Republican. Presbyterian. Recreations: out
door sports, hunting, etc. Office: Board of
Education Bldg. Residence: 6053 McPherson
Avenue. STEWART, Seymour, retired; born in
Thomaston, Ga, Sept. 30, 1867; son of Alcee
William and Elizabeth Floyd (Greene) Stew
art; resident of St. Louis since 1875; educated
at Smith Academy, St. Louis; unmarried. Be
gan business career with Samuel C. Davis Dry
Goods Co, St. Louis, 1885-90; in 1890 joined
Charles C. Salveter in forming firm of Sal-
veter & Stewart, dealers in men's furnishing
goods, clothing and hats; also secretary and
treasurer of Evanston Realty Co. and JEtna.
Realty Co.; retired from active business, Jan
uary, 1908. Democrat. Commissioner Mullan
phy Emigrant Relief Fund since 1903. Epis
copalian. Member Sous of Revolution; com
mander Missouri Division, United Sons of
Confederate Veterans. Clubs: St. Louis, Mer
cantile, Gleu Echo, Automobile. Office: 402
Security Bldg. Residence: 5261 Washington
Boulevard. STICKNEY, William Albert, president Wil
liam A. Stickney Cigar Co.; born, Townsend,
Mass., Aug. 5, 1844; son of Dr. Augustus G.
and Louise ("Wilson) Stickney; educated in
public schools in Massachusetts; married,
Covington, Ky, 1873, Millicent M. Taylor;
children: Albert Taylor, Stuart Grosvenor,
William Arthur, Mildred Lemoine. Went to
Boston, 1862, and was clerk in a coffee, tea
and tobacco store for two years; then enlisted
in Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry;
after term of service expired went to New
York City and became identified with cigar
trade; came to St. Louis, 1872, and later es
tablished William A. Stickney Cigar Co., im
porters, jobbers and wholesalers of cigars and
tobacco, of which is president; company has
branches at Kansas City, Denver and Salt
Lake City. Member Business Men 's League,
Civie League, Grand Army of the Republic.
Clubs: Mercantile, St. Louis, and Country.
Recreation: golf. Office: 209 N. 4th St. Resi
dence: 46 Westmoreland PL
STICKNEY, William Arthur, broker; born,
St. Louis, May 28, 1879; son of William Al
bert aud Millicent M. (Taylor) Stickney; edu
cated in public schools; graduated from Smith

Academy, St. Louis, 1897; A.B, Yale Univer
sity, 1901; unmarried. Began business career,
Dec. 8, 1901, with A. G. Edwards & Sons,
brokers, and member of firm since 1907. Pres
byterian. Clubs: Noonday, Racquet, St. Louis
Country. Recreation: golf. Office: 412 Olive
St. Residence: 46 Westmoreland PL
STIERLIN, Frederick Charles, president
Stierlin Piano Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct. 10,
1865; son of Henry J. and Amanda (Welcker)
Stierlin; attended Marquam College, Bloom
ington, UL, seven years; graduated from Fos
ter Academy, St. Louis, 1882; married, St.
Louis, Dec. 21, 1891, Annie Eichele; children:
Annette L, Mary M. Began business career
as assistant bookkeeper with Christian Peper
Tobacco Co.; chief bookkeeper Dozier Bakery,
1888-93; vice president and treasurer Thiebes-
Stierlin Music Co., 1893-1907; since president
Stierlin Piano Co. Also president of Koerber-
Brenner Music Co., exclusive jobbers of mu
sical instruments. Republican. Episcopalian.
Member Compton Heights Bowling Club, St.
Louis Railway Club, Heine Stein Gesellschaft,
St. Louis Credit Men's Association. Favorite
recreation: amateur photography. Office: 4812
MeKissock Ave. Residence: 3S12 Vander-
venter PL
STIFEL, Herman Charles, stock and bond
broker; born, St. Louis, June 7, 1860; sou of
Christopher A. and Emelia (Hammerstein)
Stifel; educated in public schools, Washing
ton University and Polytechnic Institute;
married, St. Louis, Sept. 30, 1891, Clara
Forster; children: Arnold G, Florence E. Be
gan business career as mechanical engineer
with Gerard B. Allen Iron Works, 1877-81;
assistant superintendent for Kupferle Bros.
Manufacturing Co, 1883-85; in charge of fac
tory of N. O. Nelson Manufacturing Co, 1885-
97; since 1897 in bond and stock business as
vice president and treasurer of the Altheimer
& Rawlings Investment Co. Director Toledo-
Telephone Co, Detroit Telephone Co., Inde
pendent Breweries Co. Member St. Louis
Stock Exchange (ex-president). Republican.
Member board of the Mullanphy Emigrant
Relief Fund, under Mayor Walbridge. Mason
(32°), Shriner. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile,
Union, St. Louis Republican, Glen Echo Coun
try, Big Lake Shooting Club of Arkausas, The
Triton Fish and Game Club of Canada, King's
Lake Hunting and Fishing. Recreations:
horseback riding, hunting and fishing. Office:
207 N. Broadway. Residence: 3127 Longfellow
Boulevard. STIFEL, Hugo B, second vice president
Gaier & Stroh Millinery Co.; bora, St. Louis,
Mar. 13, 1868; son of Christopher A. and
Emelia (Hammerstein) Stifel; educated in
public and private schools and Smith Acad
emy, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, April,
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opher, Elva. Began business career as clerk
with A. Moll Grocer Co., remaining a few
years, then with Adam Roth Grocer Co. as
salesman; was for several years with Herman
& Koenitzer, tanners; in 1887 entered employ
of Franklin Bank and held various positions
until 1901, when became salesman with the
Gaier & Stroll Millinery Co., jobbers of mil
linery goods; after death of Mr. Gaier, in
January, 1906, was elected treasurer of the
company, so continuing until 1911, when be
came second viee president. Independent in
politics. Member Royal Arcanum. Clubs:
Liederkranz, Kampville Hunting and Fishing,
Jerseyville Hunting and Fishing, Mangua
Fishing and Game Preserve, Tannhauser
Hunting and Fishing, Tower Grove Turn Ver
ein, St. Louis Trap Shooters ' Association.
Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office: 1221
Washington Ave. Residence: 1723 Pennsyl
vania Ave.
STIFEL, Otto Frederick, president Otto F.
Stifel 's Union Brewing Co.; bom, St. Louis,
Nov. 4, 1862; son of Col. Charles G. and
Louise Stifel; educated at Washington Uni
versity, St. Louis, and later at School of Tech
nology, Stuttgart, Germany; married, St.
Louis, 1893, Ella Conrades; two children-:
Charles G, Marie Louise. Father being a
prominent brewer of St. Louis, entered his
establishment after returning from studies
abroad; carefully studied science of brewing
in Chicago, Milwaukee and New York; was
partner of his father until 1894, when the
Stifel Brewery passed into hands of St. Louis
Brewing Association, and lie served as presi
dent until the formation of the Union Brew
ing Co., of which became president; in 1908
name was changed to Otto F. Stifel 's Union
Brewing Co,, of which is president. Also
director Commonwealth Trust Co., Northwest
ern Savings Bank, Washington Mutual Life
Insurance Co., and Jefferson Mutual Fire In
surance Co. Republican. Mason (32°); mem
ber B. P. O. Elks. Clubs: Mercantile, St.
Louis, Glen Echo Country. Office: Cor. Gra-
vois and Michigan Aves. Residence: 2007
Hebert St.
STINDE, George C, life insurance; born,
St. Louis, Aug. 18, 1857; son of Conrad R.
and Augusta- (Whist) Stinde; educated public
schools and Washington University; married,
Cincinnati, June 4, 1889, Ellen F. Joyce. Be
gan active career in employ of father (whole
sale and manufacturing boot and shoe house,
established, 1852), and continued about ten
years, during latter part of time being in
charge of manufacturing department; then
traveling salesman, same line, for a Chicago
house, until 1892; general agent accident de
partment of Aetna Life Insurance Co. at
St. Louis, 1892-94; in real estate business,
1894-98; special agent New York Life

Insurance Co. since 1898. Member Acad
emy of Science, Missouri Fish and Game
League. Served three years in Missouri Na
tional Guard. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Trip-
pie A, Million Population, Ha Ha Tonka.
Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office: 625
Locust St. Residence: 5146 Waterman Ave
STINE, William I, railway official; born,
Amboy, 111, Feb. 3, 1875; son of William H.
and Cornelia (Tompkins) Stine; educated,
high school, Amboy, and Western Normal
College, Shenandoah, la.; married, Under
wood, Minn, Mar. 9, 1896, Edith Harang.
Entered railway service as brakeman Illinois
Central Ry, 1891; stenographer to general
manager Chicago, §t. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha R. R, 1894-96; chief clerk to same,
1896-1905; traveling car agent, Missouri Pa
cific Ry, 1906-07; chief clerk to superintend
ent of transportation, 1907-June 1, 1912; since
superintendent car service Missouri Pacific
System. Republican. Methodist. Mason
(32°), Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs: Mis
souri Athletic, St. Louis Railway. Recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Office: 705 Market
St. Residence: 1409A Aubert Ave.
STINSON, Charles Herbert, railway offi
cial; born, Weaver Falls, Pa,. Nov. 19, 1871;
son of Robert J. and Mary .1. (McCleary)
Stinson; educated in grammar schools, Pa.;
married, Dec. 12, 1893, Lillian C. Hunter, of
Chicago; four children: Herbert H, H. Grace,
Harry P. and R. John. Entered railway ser
vice at Chicago at age of 14, as messeuger iu
office of Chicago, Minneapolis & St. Paul R.
R, and held several clerkships until 1889; has
since been connected with Wabash Road; in
various clerical positions, traveling freight
agent and general agent at Chicago until
1906; located at St. Louis since Jan. 1, 1906;
chief clerk in general office, 1906-07; assistant
general freight agent, 1907-08; general freight
agent since Aug. 20, 1908. Clubs: Missouri
Athletic, Normandie Golf, St. Louis Traffic.
Office: 706 Chestnut St. Residence: Ferguson,
Missouri. STITES, William M, contractor; born,
Washington, Mo, Mar. 21, 1871; son of A. T.
and Sarah (Goff) Stites; educated in public
schools, Washington, and private school, St.
Louis, graduating as draughtsman; married,
St. Louis, Apr. 27, 1894, Gertie D. Freer; one
son, Dinsdale. Began active career under
Robert L. Macey, general coutractor, and ad
vanced to position of foreman; in business ou
own account since 1907. Democrat. Methodist.
Member Master Builders ' Association, Busi
ness Men's League, Civie League. Recrea-
. tions: shooting, boating. Offiee: 329, 816 Olive
St. Residence: 7340 Maple Boul, Maplewood.
STITH, Wilmer Curtis; born, St. Louis,
June 21, 1858; son of James W. and Fannie

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L. (Taylor) Stith; educated in Blow School,
South St. Louis, and St. Louis High School;
married, Carondelet, Sept. 22, 1886, Elizabeth
Wardner Staples (now deceased); children:
Wilmer Curtis, Jr., Edwin Emerson, Laura
Phelps. Entered service of St. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern Ry, Aug. 7, 1877; chief
clerk of the consolidated Missouri Pacific and
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern general
freight office until September, 1886, when was
appointed assistant general freight agent;
general freight agent, Kansas City, Ft. Scott
& Memphis R. R, Kansas City, Mo, 1890-91;
returned to St. Louis, Jan. 1, 1892, as general
freight agent Missouri Pacific Railway Co.,
and promoted, Dec. 18, 1899, to freight traf
fic manager; was chairman executive commit
tee Southwestern Traffic Bureau; retired from
railway service, December, 1907; traffic man
ager Waters-Pierce Oil Co, 1908-11. Demo
crat. Episcopalian. Residence: Antlers Apts,
5585 Waterman Ave.
STIX, Charles Aaron, president Stix, Baer
& Fuller Dry Goods Co.; born, Cincinnati, O,
June 27, 1861; son of Aaron and Hannah
(Rice) Stix; educated in public schools of
Cincinnati, graduating from Hughes High
School, 1880; married, St. Louis, May 14, 1890,
Sadie Fraley; one daughter, Winifred. Began
business career as stock boy with Stix, Krouse
& Co., Cincinnati, September, 1880; began
traveling for same firm, 1883; was given in
terest in firm, 1885, but left, 1886, with inten
tion of going to Wichita, Kan, but remained
at St. Louis and, with John Manning, bought
gentlemen's furnishing goods department of
"The Famous" (firm of Stix & Manning),
February, 1887; bought out Manning's inter
est, 1891, and late in same year ' ' The Fa
mous" was destroyed by fire. Practically out
of business until Sept. 1, 1892, when the firm
of Stix, Baer & Fuller went into business un
der the trade name of "Grand Leader" on
Broadway, between Morgan and Franklin Sts,
moving to Broadway and Washington Ave. in
1897; now in mammoth department store
building on the site of old Lindell Hotel; firm
incorporated as Stix, Baer & Fuller Dry Goods
Co., of which is president. Also viee president
Grand Leader Realty Co. and of Arthur Realty
Co. Was vice president Civic Improvement
League; treasurer St. Louis Retail Merchants'
Association; ex-president Washington Avenue
Improvement Co. Member executive commit
tee Business Men's League, Manufacturers'
Association; director Louisiana Purchase Ex
position; member City Council, 1907; president
Civie League; director Jewish Orphan Asylum,
of Cleveland, O, Jewish Charitable and Edu
cational Alliance. Republican in National, in
dependent in State and municipal polities.
Jewish religion. Clubs: Mercantile, Colum
bian, Glen Echo, King's Lake. Recreations:
traveling, reading and fishing. Office: Wash

ington Ave. and 6th St. Residence: 26 Port
land PL
STIX, Charles Henry, wholesale leather;
born, Cincinnati, May 26, 1880; son of Henry
S. and Clara F. Stix; educated in public
schools of Cincinnati; A.B, Harvard Univer
sity, 1901; unmarried. Began business career
in shoe manufacturing at Cincinnati, and in
1902 came to St. Louis as manager of the St.
Louis branch of Charles Stem & Co., whole
sale leather merchants of Rochester, N. Y.;
established independently, 1906, as successor
to above firm in St. Louis. Republican. Mem
ber Civic League. Clubs: Columbian, City,
Harvard, Westwood Country. Office: 14th and
Locust Sts. Residence: 5570 Cabanne Ave.
STIX, William, wholesale dry goods; born,
Demmelsdorf, Germany, Apr. 25, 1838; son of
Solomon and Deborah (Cohn) Stix; educated
in public schools, Cincinnati, and Farmer's
College, College Hill, O.; married, Cincinnati,
Apr. 1, 1863, Dinah Rice; children: Pauline
(Mrs. Milius), Rachel (Mrs. Schwab), Alma
(Mrs. Einstein), Cora (Mrs. Friedman), Ern
est William, Edith (Mrs. Wasserman). Started
in retail business in Springfield, 111. (Stix &
Marcuse), 1854; in wholesale and retail dry
goods (Stix & Eckhart); St. Joseph, Mo,
1856; formed partnership in wholesale and re
tail dry goods business with Henry Rice, as
Rice, Stix & Co., in Memphis, Tenn,, 1862;
moved to Cincinnati, 1868, retained interest in
Rice, Stix & Co., and at same time became
partner in Stix, Krouse & Co, wholesale
clothing, Cincinnati; gave up interest in Stix,
Krouse & Co, 1884, and moved to St. Louis to
devote entire time to Rice, Stix & Co., of
which was vice president until 1909, when be
came viee president advisory board. Also
vice president Premium Manufacturing Co.
Member Business Men 's League, Civic League.
Independent in politics. Jewish religion. Presi
dent Jewish Orphan Asylum, of Cleveland,
O.; treasurer Jewish Charitable and Educa
tional Union; treasurer Jewish Hospital; vice
president Hospital Saturday and Sunday Asso
ciation. Clubs : Columbian, Mercantile. Office:
1000 Washington Ave. Residence: 4642 Lin
dell Ave.
STOCK, Bernard, merchant; born, Osnabe-
ruek, Germany, May 21, 1849; son of Conrad
Stock; educated in common schools; married,
St. Louis, 1875, Julia Schwartzenthal; seven
children: Bernard A, Joseph F, Edward J,
William A, Mamie (Mrs. Frank Peterman),
Clara A, Annie R. Learned carpenter's trade
in old country; came to .America, 1867; worked
at trade in Cincinnati three years; then lo
cated in St. Louis, continuing in employment
of others ten years; began contracting on
own account, 1880, and was, head of firm of
Bernard Stock & Son until 1910; now presi
dent Stock-Peterman House Furnishing Co.
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Member Catholic Knights of America. Office:
3719 N. 14th St. Residence: 5717 Florissant
Avenue. STOCKE, Jacob, Sr, retired; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 10, 1833; son of George V. and
Lena (Breitensten) Stocke; educated in St.
Louis public schools; married, St. Louis, Annie
Schill; six children: Sophia (Mrs. Henry
Fruch), Mary (Mrs. Louis Schurk), Katie
(Mrs. Adolph Klinger), Anna (Mrs. Henry C.
Beckmann), Juliette (Mrs. William Sehroeter),
Jacob, Jr. After leaving school had charge of
vegetable stand in old market; then engaged
as dealer in fruits and vegetables until 1910.
President of the Progress Pressed Brick and
Machine Co. since 1892. Served through Civil
War with Fifth Militia Regiment. Repub
lican. Office: 3205 S. Kingshighway. Resi
dence: 4177 Magnolia Ave.
STOCKHO, Louis, vice president Martin
Lammert Furniture Co.; born, St. Louis, Aug.
9, 1855; son of Christ ancl Maria Louisa
(Wortman) Stockho; educated in Emanuel
Lutheran School; married, St. Louis, Aug. 23,
.1879, Emma Campen; children: Edwin F,
Walter, Irene (Mrs. Rev. Theodore Stiege-
meyer, of Memphis, Tenn.), Anita. Began
business career in 1868 as offiee boy with
Martin Lammert in the furniture business,
and has continued with the same business
ever since; in 1885, became vice president of
the Martin Lammert Furniture Co., upon its
incorporation. Member Traveling Men's Pro
tective Association. Republican. Lutheran.
Club: Missouri Athletic. Recreations: bowl
ing and music. Office: 920 Washington Ave.
Residence: 3011 Rausehenbach Ave.
STOCKHOFF, Walter William, pianist,
composer and teacher; born, St. Louis, Nov.
12, 1876; son of Herman Henry and Catherine
Louise (Huning) Stockhoff; educated in Pea
body (public) School and St. Louis High
School; musical development in St. Louis; un
married. Devotes attention especially as
teacher of piano, many professional musicians
having been benefited by his instruction; les
sons by correspondence, in harmony, counter
point and composition; is well known as a
composer, and his works are published both
in America and Europe. Author of Twelve
Quodlibets (for piano), published by- Breit-
kopf & Hartel, Leipzig, Germany, 1903; and
other compositions. Studio and Residence:
2024 Rutger St.
STOCKSTROM, Louis, secretary American
•Stove Co., and general manager Quick Meal
Stove Co.; bora, Oldenburg, Germany, Nov.
10, 1858; son of Heinrich and Maria (Kra
mer) Stockstrom; educated in public schools,
Germany, to 1872; came to Ameriea, 1880;
married, St. Louis, Apr. 1, 1889, Bertha Meis-
ler; three children: Eleanor (Mrs. D. A. Mc-
Millen, of South America), Arthur Louis,
Jessie. Served two years in Eisenbahn Regi

ment, German Army, 1876-78; also served ap
prenticeship in machinist's trade, Germanv.
Began businoss career, St. Louis, 1882, as a
stove manufacturer, and since continuously
engaged in same business; name of Quick
Meal Stove Co. was adopted, 1883, and busi
ness incorporated, 1901, as the American
Stove Co. (a corporation of New Jersey with
main offices at St. Louis) ; has been secretary
of latter company since 1909. Member Busi
ness Men's League, Civic League, American
Manufacturers ' Association. Independent in
politics. Member Ethical (culture) Society.
Clubs: Union, Missouri Athletic, Dardenne
Shooting. Recreations: hunting, fishing,
shooting. Office: 2001 S. King's Highway,
corner of Daggett St. Residence: 3263 Haw
thorne Boul.
STOCKTON, Robert Henry, manufacturer
of Majestic Ranges; born, Mt. Sterling, Ky,
July 5, 1842; son of George Jouett and Gusta
Ann (Somersall) Stockton; went to common
schools of Kentucky until was twelve years
of age, then, parents both dying, went to
work and never had advantage of further
schooling; served all four years of Civil War,
and was lieutenant of Company I, Second Mis
souri Regiment, Cockrell's Brigade, C. S. A.;
married, Richmond, Mo, December, 1868, Bet
tie Mae, Warder (died Nov. 29, 1904). Was
the first secretary of the Simmons Hardware
Co., serving in that capacity for ten years,
then as vice president of same company ten
years; since 1891 president of Majestic Manu
facturing Co., manufacturers of charcoal iron
and malleable iron ranges, which are sold to
dealers in forty states in the United States,
and in Canada and Mexico. Director Missis
sippi Valley Trust Co.; director Louisiana
Purchase Exposition (chairman of press and
publicity committee). Member Christian
Church. Member Business Men's League,
Board of Washington University. Clubs: Mer
cantile, Noonday, St. Louis. Inclination and
recreation is to go to the country and spend
his vacation in the woods, fields ancl on
farm. Office: 2014 Morgan S't. Residence:
4528 Maryland Ave.
STOFFEL, Remy Joseph, physician; born,
Paris, France, Dec. 1, 1851; son of Remy and
Adelahaid (Marque) Stoffel; educated in pub
lic schools of St. Louis, St. Vincent College,
Cape Girardeau, Mo, graduating in Commer
cial Department, 1874; taught school in Ran
dolph Co, 111, 1874-77; attended St. Louis
Medical College, and was graduated as M.D,
1880; married, St. Louis, 1880, Mary E. Green;
children: Leonie (Mrs. Dr. Charles R. Burnett,
of South Hampden, L. I.), Remy E, Irene
(Mrs. William Hess, of St. Louis), Clarence.
Engaged in genera] practice of medicine since
Mar. 3, 1880. President Empire Supply and
Manufacturing Co. (established, 1908), of
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eral manager. Also proprietor of Lemp Ave
nue Pharmacy, and treasurer of Josephine
Hospital Corporation. Royal Arch Mason. Of
fice: 2868 Lemp Ave. Residence: 2752 Ar-
mand St.
STOFFREGEN, Charles, coffee merchant;
bora in Germany, July 9, 1851; educated
there and came to this country and direct to
St. Louis, in 1866; married, Quincy, 111, May
20, 1875, Augusta Kespohl; children: Herman
C, Charles H, Otto G. and Ida M. Kept
books for several years and in 1873 embarked
in grocery business with his brother, Herman.
In 1876 with his brother and Julius Stein
wender started in the wholesale coffee, tea
and spice business under the firm name of
Steinwender, Stoffregen & Co, and incorpo
rated in 1896 as Steinwender, Stoffregen Cof
fee Co., of which is president. In 1885 estab
lished the importing house of Steinwender,
Stoffregen & Co., in New York, at present and
for many years past located at corner of
Water and Wall Sts. The members of the
firm are Julius Steinwender, Charles Stoff
regen and Christian Arndt. Director German
Savings Institution, St. Louis. Member New
York Coffee Exchange. Republican. Lutheran.
Club: Leiderkranz. Office: Broadway and
Clark Ave. Residence: 3514 Hawthorne Ave.
STOFFREGEN, Herman, secretary Koken
Realty Co.; deceased; see Vol. 1906.
STOLLE, Henry Jasper, treasurer J. S.
Merrell Drug Co.; born, St. Louis, June 7,
1856; son of Matthias and Catherina (Polil-
mann) Stolle; educated at St. Liborius School
until 1870, then at Christian Brothers School
until 1872; married, St. Louis, Jan. 25, 1905,
Lily Zwarts. Began business career with Hor
ace E. Dimmick, gunsmith, 1872; with Pettus
& Leathe, pictures, 1874; individual book
keeper with Bank of St. Louis, 1876-77, until
its affairs were liquidated; became bookkeep
er with Jacob S. Merrell (who had been pres
ident of the Bank of St. Louis) in his whole
sale drug business; was made cashier in 1880
and continued in that capacity after the J. S.
Merrell Drug Co. was incorporated (1885) un
til 1900, when succeeded to his present posi
tion as treasurer of the company. Catholic.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Liederkranz, West
ern Rowing. Recreation: driving. Office: 2
N. 4th St. Residence: 920 Lami St.
STOLTMAN, Bernard Herman, real estate;
born, St. Louis, Nov. 8, 1872; son of Mathias
and Clara M. (Specht) Stoltman; received
primary education in parochial schools; grad
uated from classical department of Christian
Brothers College, St. Louis, 1892; married,
St. Louis, Apr. 29. 1903, Minnie Ritter; three
children: Catherine Marie, Bernard H, Jr.,
Adele Louise. Began active career in emploj
of the Lammert Furniture Co., continuing onl>
a short time; entered real estate business
with Albert J. Aiple, 1890, and after seven

years bought out his West End offiee; since in
business on own account; president B. H.
Stoltman Real Estate Co.; director Manches
ter Bank, of St. Louis; secretary M. Stolt
man Investment Co. Roman Catholic. Mem
ber Civic League, Knights of Columbus.
Club: St. Louis Automobile. Recreation: mo
toring. Office: 4003 Chouteau Ave. Residence:
Clayton, Mo.
STONER, Stanley, lawyer; born, Griggs
ville, 111, Jan. 19, 1865; son of Eben R. and
Ann E. (Whitaker) Stoner; B.S, Cornell Uni
versity, 1886; LL.B, St. Louis 'Law School,
1891; married, Lake Minnetonka, Minn, Sept.
18, 1902, Evadne Rumsey; one daughter, Ma
rian. Admitted, to St. Louis bar, 1891, and
engaged in general practice. Was commis
sioned American consul general at Calcutta,
India, Mar. 8, 1905, but resigned the office
Sept. 29, 1905, and resumed practice of law.
Lecturer on philosophy and political economy,
Washington University, 1887-1901. Member
St. Louis and Missouri State Bar associations,
Law Library ' Association, Civic League. In
dependent in politics. Member Lake Mohonk
Peace Conference. Clubs: University, St.
Louis Country, Racquet, City. Automobile
(St. Louis), Cornell (New York); honorary
member Bengal Club, Calcutta, India. Office:
608-609 Security Bldg. Residence: Brentmoor
Park. STORM, John Francis, real estate; born,
Emmitsburg, Md, Aug. 6, 1845; son of James
A. and Margaret A. (Baumgardner) Storm;
commercial education at St. Benedict's Col
lege, Atchison, Kan, 1859-62; served as pri
vate in Missouri Militia during last two years
of Civil War; married, Florissant, Mo, Nov.
7, 1871, Lizzie J. Powers; children: Frank P.,
Edith D. (Mrs. George A. Mellon), John M..
James A, Lloyd A. Employed in father's
planing mill, 1862-66; in produce business
with father (Storm & Co.), 1866-73; with St.
Jo Gazette as market reporter, advertising
agent and with a two-year lease on city cir
culation, 1874-75; with produce firm of Chase
& Blanchard, 1876-77; in assessors' office, St.
Louis, 1877-78; in registry department of the
postoffice, 1878-79; again in assessor's office,
1879-84; with Fisher & Co, real estate, 1884-
88; member firm of Lohmeyer & Storm, 1889-
92, of Storm & Farish, 1893-1912, since alone.
Democrat. Roman Catholic. Member Knights
of Columbus. Recreation: fishing. Office: Lig
gett Bldg. Residence: 3506 Pine St.
STOUT, Perry Gillett, advertising contrae-'
tor; born, Germantown, Pa, Apr. 20, 1865;
son of Samuel Barclay and Mary Elizabeth
(Lewis) Stout; educated in public schools,
Dayton, Mich, one year, and Plymouth, Ind,
three years; married, Dubuque, la, Sept. 20,
1886, Fannie Winterer; one child, Samuel
Jerome. Advertising manager Collins Bros.
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card writer for Scruggs, Vandervoort & Bar
ney Dry Goods Co, 1887, and for the Mer-
mod-Jaccard Jewelry Co., 1888; started in
sign painting business at 2601 Morgan St.,
Apr. 19, 1888; president P. G. Stout Sign and
Advertising Co, and Stout Sign Co.; director
Baldwin Manufacturing and Supply Co., Ru-
bayat Cigarette Co., Mayaguez Fruit Culti
vating Co., San Juan, Porto Rico. Repub
lican. Member Christian (Disciples) Church.
Member Illinois National Guard, 1882-85;
member Washington University Association,
Million Population Club, Travelers' Protect
ive Association, West End Business Men's
Association. Mason (32°), Knight Templar,
Shriner. Clubs: Rotary, Masonic. Office: 3930-
3932 Morgan St. Residence: 5223 Raymond
Avenue. STRAUS, Jacob David, wholesale saddlery
manufacturer; 1857-1910; see Vol. 1906.
STRAUSS, Adalbert, president Malvern
Lumber Co.; born in Berlin, Germany, Aug.
25, 1848; son of Theodore and Emilie Eleo-
nore (Eckelt) Strauss; educated in New Col
lege, London, England, graduating from Col
lege of Preceptors; widower. Came to St.
Louis, 1864; was assistant librarian of the
Mercantile Library , to 1866; with Theo.
Strauss & Co., lumber dealers, St. Louis, and
Shreveport, La, 1866-72; in sash and door
business as Adalbert Strauss & Co., 1872-77;
in commission business and lumber dealer at
Little Rock, Ark, 1877-80; erected manufac
turing plant at Perla, Ark, 1880, and began
as A. Strauss & Co., manufacturers of yellow
pine and hardwood lumber, which business
was incorporated, 1888, as Malvern Lumber
Co., of which is president. Congregationalist.
Club: Mercantile. Recreation: gardening. Of
fice: 1012 Chemical Bldg. Residence: 3114
Longfellow Boul.
STRAUSS, David Max, millinery mer
chant; born, St. Louis, Nov. 4, 1863; son of
Simon and Caroline (Block) Strauss; edu
cated in Franklin and Peabody schools to
1872, and Washington University, 1873-79;
unmarried. Started employment with S.
Strauss & Co., continuing in various positions;
left in 1892 to engage in business for self,
renting the millinery department of The Fa
mous; in 1896 rented the millinery depart
ment of Grand Leader; in 1900 joined in or
ganization of the corporation of Strauss &
Stumer Mercantile Co., retail millinery; was
secretary and manager of the company until
Feb. 1, 1911, when firm name was changed to
Strauss-Frank Mercantile Co., of which is
treasurer. Jewish religion. Mason (32°),
Shriner; member B. P. O. Elks. Club: Sai El
Corte Fishing. Favorite recreations: automo
biling and fishing. Office: 518 Washington
Ave. Residence: 4242 Lindell Ave.

STRAUSS, Herman, treasurer and manager
M. J. Steinberg Hat and Fur Co.; born, Wies
baden, Germany, July 4, 1861; son of R. and
Amelia (Elkan) Strauss; educated in public
schools of Wiesbaden; unmarried. Came to
United States in 1879 and went to Hot
Springs, Ark, where he lived until 1895; em
ployed there with I. Trepp & Co, hats and
clothing, 1879-83; then in business on his own
account as H. Strauss & Co., Hot Springs, of
which is still senior partner. In 1895 came to
St. Louis, buying interest in M. J. Steinberg
Hat and Fur Co., of which is treasurer and
manager; also director Savings Trust Co. Re
publican. Jewish religion. Clubs: Columbian,
Westwood Country. Office: 307 N. Broadway.
Residence: Jefferson Hotel.
STREETT, James Clark, oil merchant;
bora, St. Louis, Mar. 20, 1879; son of James
Douglas and Maud (Miller) Streett; edu
cated in Smith Academy and Washington Uni
versity; married, St. Louis, Nov. 12, 1902,
Maud Wells; children: Rolla Wells, Maud
Miller, James D. Streett, II. On June 1, 1896,
entered the house of J. D. Streett & Co., oils
and supplies, and has ever since been active
ly engaged in that business, filling all posi
tions up to his present one of managing part
ner. Member Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs:
St. Louis Country, Missouri Athletic. Recrea
tions: golf and all outdoor sports. Office:
809 N. 2d St. Residence: 4218 Lindell Boul.
STREETT, James Douglas, merchant in
oils, railway and mill supplies; born, St.
Louis, June 29, 1854; son of James and Mary
(Ferguson) Streett; educated in St. Louis
public and high schools; married, St. Louis,
June 12, 1878, Maud Miller; children: James
Clark, Florence Miller. Began as clerk for
George P. Whitelaw, wholesale dealer in oils,
June, 1867, and continued until 1877, when
established business for self at 316 N. Main
St., removing to present location in June,
1884; now head of firm of J. D. Streett &
Co. (his partners being J. Clark Streett, Capt.
George H. Shields, Jr., and Charles J. Mil
ler), wholesale jobbers of oils, railway and
mill supplies. Also director of Mechanics-
American National Bank. Democrat. Presby
terian. Clubs: Noonday, St. Louis, Missouri
Athletic. Office: 809 N. 2d St. Residence: 14
Kingsbury PL
STREUTKER, Charles E. F, physician;
born, St. Louis, June 25, 1873; son of George
and Johanna (Hunike) Streutker; educated
public and private schools; Walther College,
graduating, 1890; Ph.G, St. Louis College of
Pharmacy, 1892; M.D, St. Louis Medical Col
lege, 1895; post-graduate work Vienna, Aus
tria, 1908. In practice since 1895; house
physician Home of Aged and Infirm Israel
ites; medical examiner State Mutual Life In
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iean Medical Association, Missouri Medical
Association, St. Louis Medical Society. Of
fice: 3772 S. Broadway. Residence: 2410 S.
10th St.
STRIBLING, William Clarkson, retired
merchant; born, Markham, Va, Oct. 13, 1853;
son of William C. and Mildred (Clarkson)
Stribling; educated in school at Markham;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 6, 1889, Martha Mc
Kittrick; children: William C, Jr., Mildred
C. (Mrs. Harry Blackwell) ; married, 2d, Mag
nolia, Mass, Aug. 15, 1903, Mrs. Florence
(Plimpton) Thornburg; wife's children: Mar
jorie Thornburg (Mrs. John H. Holliday),
Edwin Thornburg, William Henry Thornburg.
After leaving school came from Virginia to
St. Louis and entered the employ of the
wholesale shoe house of Tennant, "Walker &
Co.; upon withdrawal of Mr. Walker became
a member of the firm, which re-organized as
the Tennant, Stribling & Ely Shoe Co., and
afterwards the style was changed to Tennant-
Stribling Shoe Co., with which continued un
til 1900, when retired. Member Civic League.
Clubs: Noonday, St. Louis Country. Office:
Security Bldg. Residence: 23 Portland PL
STRODTMAN, George William, real estate
and insurance agent; born, St. Louis, May 23,
1869; son of George and Sarah J. (Myers)
Strodtman; educated at Ames and Clay
schools and three years in Educational Insti
tute; married, St. Louis, Sept. 28, 1895, Gene
vieve E. Richardson. Engaged in real estate,
insurance and loan business since May 1,
1887, at 3607 N. Broadway, in firm of Strodt
man & Strodtman, of which is now sole prin
cipal, and also has safe deposit boxes to rent.
Secretary of the Penrose Investment Co.;
president of the Holly Real Estate Invest
ment Co. Member Real Estate Exchange and"
St. Louis Insurance Agents' Association. Re
publican. Episcopalian. Club: City. Recrea
tion: motoring. Office: 3607 N. Broadway.
Residence: 4407 N. 21st St.
STROH, Eugene R, millinery; 1859-1911;
see Vol. 1906.
STROMBERG, Benjamin P, trunk manu
facturer; born, Cincinnati, Sept. 4, 1860; son
of Philip and Lena (Stein) Stromberg; lived
in Aschaffenburg a/M, Bavaria, and Stutt
gart, Wurttemberg, 1869-74; educated in pub
lic schools and Cincinnati High School, and
graduated from Gewerb Schule, Aschaffen
burg a/M, Bavaria, Germany, for university;
married, Louisville, Ky, May, 1883, Fannie
Laub; children: Minnie (Mrs. M. Frankel, of
Greenville, Miss, now deceased), Myra, B.
Hunt. Beginning in 1878, was employed for
five years in trunk manufacturing establish
ment of N. Drucker & Co, Cincinnati; estab
lished business of Laub, Stromberg, Kraus &
Co. in Louisville, Ky, 1883; traveled for Cin
cinnati concern and for self for about twelve

years; bought out Henry Laub in Louisville,
1903, and in January, 1905, removed business
to St. Louis, where it has since been con
ducted as Stromberg, Kraus & Co., manufac
turers of trunks. Member St. Louis Board of
Education. Republican. Jewish religion. Rec
reations: boating and fishing. Offiee: 714
Washington Ave. Residence: St. Regis Apts.
STRONG, Henry R, publisher The Na
tional Druggist, and The Medical Brief; born
in North Carolina, Dec. 19, 1858; son of Hen
ry R. and Sally A. (Coleman) Strong; edu
cated in schools of North Carolina; married,
St. Louis, 1898, Louise Maschmeyer; two
children: Grace, Henry R, Jr. Began busi
ness career as editor and publisher; in 1893
bought The National Druggist (established
1882), of which has ever since been publisher.
Also publisher of The Medical Brief, and
viee president of the Hale Publishing Co;
Student of politics and has taken active part
in political affairs. Democrat; voted with
Democratic party always, until 1896, when
began to vote with Republicans, but is not a
Republican, still believing in historic doc
trines of Democratic party. Episcopalian.
Clubs: Mercantile; also Drug Trade Club of
New York. Recreation: literature. Office: 914
Century Bldg. Residence: 5133 Vernon Ave.
STUBBLEFIELD, William Raens, under
taker; see Vol. 1906.
STUBINGER, William Frederick, manufac
turer of hotel kitchen outfits; bora, Cincin
nati, Aug. 21, 1868; son of Frederick and
Adelaide (Lemle) Stubinger; educated in pub
lic schools of Leavenworth, Kan.; married,
St. Louis, Sept. 14, 1897, Cecelia MeCormick;
one daughter, Adelaide. Began in retail shoe
trade at Leavenworth, Kan, 1885-88; then in
wholesale shoe house of Joseph Baum Shoe
Co., St. Louis, and later entered employ
Thomas Sexton & Co, manufacturers of hotel
kitchen ranges and outfits; became an officer
of the company on its incorporation as the
Sexton-Stubinger Range Co., 1896, and presi
dent since June, 1905. Republican. Club:
Missouri Athletic. Office: 15 S. Broadway.
Residence: 2837 S. Jefferson Ave.
STUCKSTEDE, Henry, bell manufacturer;
1836-1911; see Vol. 1906.
STUDNICZKA, Henry, retired; born, Aus
tria, Jan. 6, 1851; son of Adolph (who was a
government official of high standing in the
Austrian Empire) and Caroline (Strobach)
Studniczka; educated as a chemist in his na
tive country; came to America, 1872; married,
St. Louis, 1874, Miss Katherine Lumelius;
one son: Adolph (deceased). Chemist St.
Louis Sugar Refinery, 1872-79; then engaged
in erecting and operating beet, cane and glu
cose refineries, also conducted fertilizer busi
ness, in which was engaged for nearly thirty
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busiuess, literary and social organizations
with which had been actively identified. Sec
retary Business Men's Taft Club. Visited
Europe as agent of Department of Commerce
and Labor, 1910-11, to investigate the trade
and labor conditions; has written and spoken
extensively on industrial and patriotic sub
jects; advocate of free text-books in public
schools. Lectures: What Is Masonry? Abra
ham Lincoln, etc. Published addresses: The
Beet Sugar Industry (before Trans-Missis
sippi • Commercial Congress, Salt Lake City,
1897) ; Our European Competitors (before
American Hardware Manufacturers ' Associa
tion, Atlantic City, N. J, 1911, and has had
a publication of 200,000 copies), etc. Partici
pated in the war between Austria and Prus
sia in 1866. In the battle of Koeniggraez was
wounded four times within two hours, for
which received a bravery medal. Mason
(32°), Knight Commander of Court of Honor.
Speaks seven languages. Recreations: music,
high class theatres and rustic outings. Inter
ested in charitable institutions, particularly
the St. Louis Altenheim and Scottish Rite
Cathedral Association. Residence: 2012 St.
Louis Ave.
STUDY, Guy, architect; born, Richmond,
Ind, Nov. 29, 1880; son of Abel Lomax and
Mary Alice (Hittle) Study; educated public
schools, Richmond; Phillips Exeter Academy,
Exeter, N. H.; Architectural Department,
Washington University; Atelier Laxoux
1 'iiicole des Beaux Arts and Academy Julian,
Paris, France; traveled for three years in
England, France and Italy, studying architec
ture; married, Paris, France, Apr. 14, 1909,
Georgette Avelin. Began practice in St. Louis,
1902; member firm of Roth & Study. Trustee
Hittle Estate. Member Society Beaux Arts
Architects of America, St. Louis Chapter
American Institute Architects, Phi Delta
Theta; patron of the Atelier St. Louis Archi
tectural Club. Republican. Episcopalian.
Clubs: City (St. Louis), American Art
(Paris). Contributor articles "The Renais
sance of Gothic Architecture" and "The St.
Louis Public Library," to American Archi
tect, and "The Reredos of Christ Church Ca
thedral, St. Louis," and "Washington Uni
versity, St. Louis," to Architectural Record.
Recreation: travel. Office: Liggett Bldg. Res
idence: 5736 Clemens Ave.
STUEVER, Anton C, brewer; born in
Clinton Co, 111, Feb. 28, 1866; educated St.
Peter's and St. Paul's School, and St. Louis
University; married, St. Louis, 1886, Cather
ine Sweeney; two children: Charles and An
toinette. Almost entire business career spent
in brewery business; president and treasurer
Home Brewing Co.; also president Highlands
Fire Clay Co. and Forest Park Highlands.
Democrat; member, 1888, treasurer, 1890,
Democratic City Central Committee; member

Tenth District Congressional Committee, 1888;
elected member Democratic State Committee,
1892; appointed police commissioner of St.
Louis by Governor Stephens, January, 1897.
Office: Forest Park Highlands. Residence:
4601 Magnolia Ave.
STUMPF, Louis, president Louis Stumpf
Grocery Co.; born, Baden, Germany, Dec. 13,
1839; son of Christian and Theresa (Eiten-
benz) Stumpf; came to America with father,
1851 (father became naturalized as citizen of
United States, 1855, and served five years in
Union Army, enlisting three times) ; educated
in common schools, Munich, Germany, and St.
Louis public schools; then took course in
Jones Commercial College; married, St. Louis,
Jan. 1, 1867, Anna Elizabeth Weber; children:
Louis C, M. Elizabeth (Mrs. Alvin H. Sippy),
Carrie Eleanora (Mrs. Carl Stoffregen). After
leaving school engaged as clerk in grocery at
eight dollars a month about 1856; went to Ne
braska City, Neb, about 1859; returned to
St. Louis, 1861, and later went to Memphis,
Tenn, and Helena, Ark, and had charge of
store and of cotton plantation; returned to
St. Louis on account of sickness, 1862, and
was placed in charge of store on Island 92,
owned by Col. J. W. Bissell. Entered busiuess
for self in St. Louis, 1866; president of Louis
Stumpf Grocery Co., which was incorporated
June 28, 1888. Was president of the first Re
tail Grocers' Association of St. Louis; presi
dent West End Grocers' Club. Republican;
has served as judge of election for many
years. Lutheran. Recreation: fishing. Office:
1007 N. Vandeventer Ave. Residence: 3905
W. Belle PL
STURDEVANT, Willard L, lawyer; born,
Chestnut Hill, Ind, Apr. 21, 1865; son of
Francis M. and Samantha (Wyatt) Sturde-
vant; A.B, Central Normal College of In
diana, 1886; read law in offices of Hogate
(dean of Law School, Indiana State Univer
sity), and Blake, Danville, Ind.; admitted to
bar, 1888; unmarried. Practiced in Wichita,
Kan, 1888-95, since in St. Louis under firm
name of Sturdevant & Sturdevant, of which
is surviving member. Acted as special coun
sel for U. S. Government in suits to recover
lands in the Oklahoma town site fraud trans
actions; was chief counsel for Creek tribe
of Indians in test suit to determine the power
of Congress to extend its guardianship over
the lands and Indians of the five civilized
tribes since statehood; also chief counsel for
Creek and Choctaw tribes in suits to deter
mine right of state of Oklahoma to tax the
homesteads and other lands of members of
the five civilized tribes, in violation of treaty
agreement entered into prior to statehood.
Republican; active in politics, but never
sought or held office, except was a member
of Municipal Assembly, St. Louis, 1899 to
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St. Louis Bar associations, St. Louis Law Li
brary Association, Civic League. Club: City.
Recreation: study of history, economics and
civil government. Office: 826-827, 705 Olive
St. Residence: Hamilton Hotel.
STURGEON, Isaac Hughes, railway official ;
1821-1908; see Vol. 1906.
STURTEVANT, Myron Richard, banker;
bora, North Dana, Mass, Mar. 12, 1866; son
of Thaddeus H. and Abbie Eliza (Lindsay)
Sturtevant; educated in public schools. North
Dana, and Hinman's Business College, Spring
field, Mass.; LL.B, Law Department, Univer
sity of Michigan, 1896; married, Tolono, 111,
March, 1900, Florence W. Morgan. Served as
national bank examiner from March, 1901, to
February, 1907; removed to St. Louis, 1907,
as cashier of Central National Bank, becom
ing vice president March, 19Q9; director
Southern Surety Co. Republican. Presbyterian.
Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs: Mer
cantile, Masonic, Normandie Golf. Offiee: Cen
tral National Bank, 7th and Olive Sts. Resi
dence: 5591 Waterman Ave.
STUTE, Frederick William, vinegar and
pickles; born, Bremen, Germany, Oct. 13,
1853; son of Henry and Frederica (Blome)
Stute; educated in public schools in Ger
many; unmarried. Came to United States
in 1870, and was in grocery business in Cin
cinnati, 1870-74; came to St. Louis, 1874, and
was employed with W. Leo, vinegar manu
facturer, until 1879, when started the Eagle
Vinegar and Pickle Works, which has since
conducted as sole proprietor under present
firm name of Stute & Co. Republican. Recre
ations: hunting and fishing. Office: corner
Lj'nch and Lyon Sts. Residence: 4264 Arsenal
Street. SUDHOLT, Frederick August, shoe manu
facturer; born, St. Louis, June 30, 1863; son
of John Henry and Henrietta L. (Brinkmann)
Sudholt; educated in parochial schools of
Evangelical Church, and public schools of St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, Sept. 14, 18S7, An
nie F. Briekenkamp; children: Ruth A, Es
ther H, Aloys A. Began business career, July,
1S78, in office of Claflin, Allen & Co, shoe
jobbers, and remained with the house in of
fice positions through the successive changes
as Claflin-Allen Shoe Co. and Peters Shoe Co.,
serving in office of secretary, 1892-1912; on
Dec. 29, 1911, Peters Shoe Co. consolidated
with Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Co., and
incorporated as International Shoe Co., and
he became its secretary; also secretary and
treasurer Diamond Foot Support Co. Member
Business Men's League. Republican. Evan
gelical. Treasurer Y. M. C. A. since Decem
ber, 1908. Clubs: Automobile, Aero. Recrea
tion: motoring. Office: 13th St. and Wash
ington Ave. Residence: 3537 Sidney St.

SULLIVAN, Albert W, railway official;
bora, New York City, Sept, 17, 1854; educat
ed in public and high schools of Boston; mar
ried, New Orleans, La, Feb. 6, 1893, Mary
Spelman; two children: Andrienne Franeoise,
Mark Rollo. Began railway service, Nov. 10,
1870, with Illinois Central R. R, with which
continued until Sept. 30, 1904, as follows:
machinist apprentice five years; mechanical
draughtsman three years; chief clerk machin
ery department four years; assistant superin
tendent machinery three years; division su
perintendent three years; superintendent lines
in Illinois two years; general superintendent
eleven years; assistant second vice president
three years; came to St. Louis, Oct. 1, 1904,
and was general manager Missouri Pacific
Railway Co. until Jan. 1, 1912, resigned. Pres
ident American Railway Association, October,
1901, to October, 1904; chairman American
section International Railway Congress, Wash
ington, D. C, 1905. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday
(St. Louis), Union League (Chicago). Ad
dress: 75 Church St, New York, N. Y.
SULLIVAN, Andrew McClure, lawyer;
born, Lexington, Ky, Mar. 11, 1847; son of
James Wilson and Maria Louisa (Fleming)
Sullivan; educated in public and preparatory
schools; entered Kentucky University, gradu
ated in several departments and finally from
College of Law, LL.B, 1869; married, St.
Louis, 1885, Jesse Peel Young. Admitted to
bar, 1869; has practiced in St. Louis since
1870. Member St. Louis Bar Association. Di
rector and attorney The Commercial Build
ing Co. Served in Missouri National Guard
ten years, first in Engineer Co., later old Com
pany A and St. Louis Light Cavalry Co. Dem
ocrat. Member Christian Church. Member
Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial
Wars. Recreation: literature. Offiee: 609-610
Commercial Bldg. Residence: 5119 Raymond
Avenue. ' SULLIVAN, Frank Hugh, lawyer; born in
Caldwell Co, Ky, Jan. 2, 1869; son of Dr.
Flavius J. and Lucy Mary (Beckner) Sullivan;
educated in public schools in Kentucky; pre
pared for university at Princeton (Ky.) Col
legiate Institute; LL.B, Cumberland Univer
sity, Lebanon, Tenn, 1890; married, Para
gould, Ark, June 12, 1894, Susie Hope Hicks;
one son, Hugh Hicks. Reared on farm and
worked with farm hands when not at school;
father a country physician. After graduation
went to Paragould, 1891, and engaged in prac
tice of law there until 1898, when removed to
St. Louis, where has since practiced; member
firm of Block & Sullivan since June, 1904.
Member of St. Louis and Missouri Bar asso
ciations. Democrat. Baptist. Club: Mercan
tile. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office:
807-815' Carleton Bldg. Residence: 6254 Water
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SULTAN, Frederick William, manufactur
ing chemist; born, Baltimore, Md, Mar. 28,
1864; son of Henry and Marie Therese (Hen
ning) Sultan; educated in public schools of
Baltimore; graduated from Maryland Univer
sity School of Pharmacy, 1884; took special
course in analytical chemistry under Pro
fessors Simon and Dickery, receiving degree
Phar.D.; married, St. Louis, June 11, 1890, Ida
B. Froebel; children: Ethel Marie, Thomas
Preston, Frederick William, Jr., Isabelle. Con
nected with laboratory of Sharp & Dohme,
Baltimore, manufacturers of chemicals and
pharmaceuticals, 1879-89; purchased retail
drug business at Washington and Vandeven
ter Aves, St. Louis, 1889; sold retail store
and embarked, 1890, as manufacturing chem
ist and manufacturer of proprietary medi
cines; president Sultan Drug Co.; secretary
and treasurer of the Peacock Chemical Co.,
and stockholder in other similar enterprises.
Member American Pharmaceutical Associa
tion, St. Louis Manufacturers' Association,
Business Men's League, Civic League and St.
Louis Paint, Oil and Drug Club. Lutheran.
Clubs: St. Louis, King's Lake Fishing and
Hunting. Recreations: music and sports. Of
fice: 112-114 N. 2d St. Residence: 6151 Kings
bury Boul.
SUMMA, Henry Hermann Fredrick, physi
cian and surgeon; born, Oettingen, Bavaria,
May 16, 1853; son of Dr. Ulrich (counsellor
at law, Bavarian Court) and Fanny (Schrei- ¦
ber) Summa; educated in Latin School and
Progymnasium (high school), Windsbach, Ba
varia, 1868; studied natural sciences, Nurem
berg, Bavaria, 1870; came from Germany to
St. Louis, 1870; passed Missouri State Board
of Pharmacy examination, 1874; M.D, St.
Louis Medical College, 1875; post-graduate
studies at University . of Wurzburg, 1900,
Hamburg Eppendorf City Hospital; married,
St. Louis, May 16, 1878, Emma Wurmb; 2d,
St. Louis, Nov. 23, 1901, Anna Berthold; chil
dren: Mrs. Frieda Eggmann (East St. Louis),
Marie, Henry T. N. Served as assistant in
Wurmb 's Drug Store, 1871-72; in general prac
tice in St. Louis since 1875. Member- St. Louis
Medical Society, Missouri State and American
Medical associations. Protestant. Office: 3707
N. 11th St. Residence: 5703 Florissant Ave.
*SUMMERFIELD, Moses, wool, feathers,
etc.; moved to Ft. Wayne, Ind.; see Vol. 1906.
SUMMERFIELD, Simon, wool and furs;
1852-1912; see Vol. 1906.
SUMMERS, Charles Edwin, lawyer; see
Vol. 1906.
SUMMY, Charles David, express official;
born, Wyoming County, N. Y, May 28, 1867;
son of Mortimer and Desdemona (Sweet)
Summy; educated, public schools, New York
and Iowa; married, St. Louis, Apr. 19, 1897,
Florence E. Whitaker; three adopted chil

dren: Florence, Myrtle and Charles. Clerk in
bank at Corning, la, four years, and in gen
eral merchandise store and bank, Faulkton, S.
D, five years. Entered express business as
agent American Express Co., at Barnesville,
Minn, 1892 and has ever since been identified
with the company; chief clerk to superin
tendent at Dallas, Tex, 1893-94; route agent,
1894-1903; assistant superintendent at Dallas,
1903-06; superintendent at Omaha, Neb,
1906-11; manager southern division at St.
Louis since February, 1911. Republican. Cath
olic. Member Business Men's League. Mem
ber Knights of Columbus. Clubs: Mercantile,
Algonquin Golf. Recreation: golf. Office:
Liggett Bldg. Residence: 504 Oakwood Ave,
Webster Groves.
SUPER, Daniel Ruediger, secretary St.
Louis Glass and Queensware Co.; born in
Perry Co., Pa, Jan. 9, 1850; son of Henry
and Mary (Deiner) Super; educated in public
schools of Perry Co.; married, Pottsville, Pa,
Oct. 10, 1873, Valeria C. Schoener; children:
Edwin S, Paul and Mary L. Went from
Pennsylvania to Cincinnati, 1877; traveled
for C. E. Brockmann, manufacturer of queens
ware; came to St. Louis in January, 1882;
traveled for E. F. W. Meier; in 1885 pur
chased an interest in the St. Louis Glass and
Queensware Co., of which was made vice pres
ident, and in 1902 was elected to present posi
tion as secretary of the company. Indepen
dent in politics. Lutheran. Recreation: church
work. Office: 620 Market St. Residence: 4581
Gibson Ave.
*SURBER, Henry, manufacturer; moved to
Nebraska; see Vol. 1906.
SURKAMP, Henry B, real estate; born,
Hamilton Co, O, July 18, 1856; son of Henry
and Elizabeth (Hatke) Surkamp; educated
parochial schools of Cincinnati; married, St.
Louis, Apr. 27, 1886, Emma Sebastian; three
children: Helen, Florence, Harry. Came to St.
Louis, 1880; engaged in grocery business,
1884-1900; president Surkamp Real Estate
Co. since 1900; vice president First National
Bank of Wellston. Catholic. Member Knights
of Columbus. Office: 6209 Easton Ave. Resi
dence: Normandy, Mo.
SURMEYER, George, wholesale lumber;
born, Quincy, 111, Dec. 7, 1868; son of Henry
and Crescentia (Metzger) Surmeyes; educated
at St. Boniface School, St. Francis College and
Gem City Business College, Quincy; married,
Kansas City, Mo, Apr. 30, 1S"U, Agnes Bowles.
Before entering the lumber business was
stockholder and credit man of the Tenk Hard
ware Co, of Quincy; resident of St. Louis
since 1898; engaged in lumber business on
own account, Feb. 16, 1902; incorporated the
business, Aug. 1, 1904, as George Surmeyer
Lumber Co. of St. Louis, wholesale yellow
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dent. Member Order of Hoo Hoo. Indepen
dent in politics. Catholic. Favorite recrea
tions: driving and motoring. Office: 800 Ful
lerton Bldg. Residence: 7100 Washington Ave.
SUTHERLAND, George W, barbers' sup
plies; born, Detroit, Mich, Oct. 24, 1862; son
of David and Sena (Port) Sutherland; educat
ed in Detroit graded and high schools and at
St. Louis High School; married, St. Louis, Oct.
14, 1890, Olla I. Barnett; children: David Bar
nett, Catherine Eleanor, Sena Margaret. Be
gan business career as clerk for Missouri Car
and Foundry Co. (of which father was gen
eral superintendent for many years) ; later
entered service, in clerical capacity, of Deere,
Mansur & Co, and continued with successor,
Mansur & Tebbetts Implement Co, of which
was cashier; in 1892 became interested in the
Koken Barbers' Supply Co., manufacturers of
barbers' chairs, barbers' furniture, etc, of
which was treasurer until 1909, since presi
dent and treasurer. Republican; was three
years in Missouri State Militia. Presbyterian.
Member Business Men's League, Civic League.
Clubs: City, Mercantile. Recreation: church
work. Office: 915 Market St. Residence: 3815
Botanical Ave.
SUTHERLAND, William Methuen, contract
ing builder; born, Peterhead, Scotland, Apr.
5, 1868; son of John and Jane (Bain) Suther
land; educated at Peterhead Academy; mar
ried, St. Louis, Sept. 17, 1896, Darlie Wilkins.
Learned building trade and worked at it as
journeyman until 1891, since actively engaged
in business on own account in St. Louis as a
contracting builder. In April, 1906, organized
and became president of W. M. Sutherland
Building and Contracting Co.; president Wa
terman Improvement Co. Independent in poli
tics. Scottish Rite Mason. Clubs: Mercantile,
Normandie Golf, Maine Hunting and Fishing.
Recreation: golf. Office: 312, 114 N. 7th St.
Residence: "Keith Inch," St. Louis Co.
SUTTER, Charles; born, Louisville, Ky,
Feb. 23, 1858; son of Adolph and Charlotte
Sutter; educated in public schools of Louis
ville and Deutsche Institut, St. Louis; mar
ried, 1889 (wife died 1900) ; married, 2d, 1904,
Anne Block. Has resided in St. Louis since
close of Civil War; began active career in
employ of a St. Louis bank but has given at
tention principally to manufacturing and com
mercial enterprises. Secured first contract to
light St. Louis by electricity, 1888; built first
conduits for burial of electric wires, 1889; ac
quired franchise upon which Kinloch Tele
phone system operates, 1896; inaugurated, in
conjunction with the Brazilian Government,
steamship line between New Orleans and Bra
zil, 1912. President Sanitary Street Flushing-
Machine Co.; director Quincy Home Telephone
Co., etc. Universalist. Member Southern So
ciety of New York, Royal Arcanum. Clubs:

St. Louis, Missouri Athletic, New York Ath
letic. Office: Carleton Bldg. Residence: 4 N.
Kingshighway. SUTTER, Otto, physician and surgeon; born,
Sutter, St. Louis Co, Mo, Feb. 24, 1863; son
of John and Catherine (Killian) Sutter; edu
cated in public schools of St. Louis; Ph.G,
St. Louis College of Pharmacy, 1883; M.D,
Marion-Sims-Beaumont Medical College, 1891.
Engaged in general practice of medicine in St.
Louis from 1891; was superintendent of City
Hospital, 1895-1900; professor clinical ab
dominal surgery, American Medical College,
Member St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri
State Medical Association, American Medical
Association. Office: 906 Olive St. Residence:
6360 Washington Ave.
SWAINE, Frederick John, stamping press
and die manufacturer; born in Leeds, York
shire, England, Feb. 16, 1848; son of Thomas
and Eliza (Theaker) Swaine; educated at
Kier Academy, England; married, St. Louis,
June 15, 1870, Louise Avison (died Nov. 17,
1911); four children: Louise (Mrs. T. R.
Thomas), Charles A, Fred J, Jr., Edith E.
(Mrs. Theodore Hallstrom). Came to America,
1869, with Joseph Boyer; engaged in machine
business (moulds and dies), 1870-74; superin
tendent of Copper Alloy Co., 1874-77; then
returned to die manufacturing business on
own account until 1907 when, with sons, in
corporated as Fred J. Swaine Manufacturing
Co., of which is president. Democrat. Club:
St. Louis Yacht. Recreations: cruising and
motoring. Office: corner 7th and O 'Fallon Sts.
Residence: 5233 Maple Ave.
SWARTS, Charles Louis, shoe manufac
turer; born, Cincinnati, Feb. 25, 1859; son of
Joseph L. and Caroline (Stix) Swarts; edu
cated at Cincinnati public schools, Charlier's
Institute, New York City, and Pennsylvania
Military College, Chester, Pa, graduating as
civil engineer, June, 1879; married, Milwau
kee, Wis, December, 1883, Emma S. Weil;
children: Joseph Louis, Elsa (Mrs. Howard R.
Heydon, of Providence, R. I.), Charles Eugene.
With Louis Stix & Co., wholesale dry goods,
Cincinnati, 1879-83; associated with J. J.
Wertheimer and J. H. Schafer in establishing
the firm of Schafer, Swarts & Co., jobbers of
shoes, 1883; early perceived necessity of es
tablishing factories; in 1901, with Mr. J. J.
Wertheimer, bought interest of J. H. Schafer,
and organized present corporation of Wer-
theimer-Swarts Shoe Co., of which is secre
tary and treasurer. "Mugwump" in polities.
Jewish religion. Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo
Country, Westwood Country (St, Louis), Ves
per Country and Boat (North Chelmsford,
Mass.), Elysium (Boston), Woodlawn Coun
try (Newton, Mass.). Recreations: golf , horse
back riding, automobiling, fishing and all out
door exercises. Office: 18th and Locust Sts,
Residence: St. Regis Apts.

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SWARTS, Solomon Louis, lawyer; boru,
Cincinnati, Apr. 17, 1866; son of J. L. and
Caroline (Stix) Swarts; A.B, Harvard, 1888,
LL.B, 1891; married, St. Louis, Feb. 14, 1898,
Florence Eiseman; two sons: Frederick and
John. Practiced in Cincinnati, 1891-96; since
in St. Louis; member firm of Lyon & Swarts
since 1898. Member St. Louis, Missouri State
and American Bar associations. Hebrew.
Clubs: University, Harvard, St. Louis Coun
try. Recreations: fishing, music and golf. Of
fice: 1305, 506 Olive St. Residence: 4476 W.
Pine Boul.
SWARTZ, Harry Rolinson, president Colo
nial Lumber and Timber Co.; born, Topeka,
Kan, May 5, 1872; son of George and Aurelia
(Coklren) Swartz; educated at Washburn Col
lege, Topeka, Kan.; 'married, St. Louis, 1899,
May Williams; one son, George, Jr. Began
business career with Central Coal and Coke
Co. at Kansas City, Mo, 1892-1900; then came
to St. Louis in 1900 and represented the Chi
cago Coal and Lumber Co. for one year; es
tablished business in wholesale and retail
lumber for self; in 1903 joined in organizing
the Swartz Lumber Co., of which was viee
president until 1909; also from 1903 vice
president of the Eau Claire-St. Louis Lumber
Co., and of the Monroe & Southwestern Ry.
Co. until 1909, when he became president of
the Colonial Lumber and Timber Co. Director
West End Bank. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile,
Glen Echo. Office: Third National Bank Bldg.
Residence: 6902 Washington Boul.
*SWASEY, William Albert, architect;
moved to New York; see Vol. 1906.
SWEET, Charles Arthur, president Charles
A. Sweet Provision Co.; born, Oswego, N. Y,
Aug. 24, 1855; son of C. O. and Martha (Al
len) Sweet; educated in public schools of
Oswego; married, St. Louis, Dec. 17, 1895,
Sadie' Dodge. Came from Oswego to St. Louis
in 1874 and was for seven years salesman for
Owen & Co, commission merchants, then with
John Purcell & Co., commission merchants,
1882-95; in 1895 organized the Charles A.
Sweet Provision Co., of which is president.
Republican. Member Royal Arcanum. Club:
Missouri Athletic. Office: 813 Spruce St. Resi
dence: 4399 W. Pine Boul.
SWIFT, Edgar James, psychologist; born,
Ravenna, O.; son of Charles Edgar and Emily
(Folger) Swift; educated Phillips Academy,
Exeter, N. H.; A.B, Amherst College, 1886;
post-graduate study, University of Leipzig,
University of Berlin, Clark University; mar
ried, Worcester, Mass, Dee. 22, 1907, Claire
Martha Coburn. Professor psychology and
education Washington University since Sep
tember, 1903. Fellow American Association
for the Advancement of Science; member
American Psychological Association, Society
College Teachers of Education, Western Phil

osophical Association, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs:
City, Algonquin. Author.: Mind in the Mak
ing, 1908. Recreation: golf. Address: Wash
ington University.
SWIFT, William Henry, president Fruin-
Bambrick Construction Co.; born, Cayuga Co.,
N. Y, Mar. 27, 1832; son of Joseph P. and
Abigail (Tousley) Swift; educated in public
schools; married, January, 1885, Josephine
Verc'lin; children: Margaret, James V. and
William H. Began business career in news
paper offiee, apprentice with Auburn (N. Y.)
Advertiser, 1844-49 (setting type with Amos
J. Cummings, Gov. Charles P. Johnson, John
Wittinger and Charles Gonter) ; removed to
St. Louis, 1850; engaged as journeyman print
er, foreman, then owner, State Journal, until
paper was discontinued, 1861; with St. Louis
Dispatch as city editor, 1865-67, and as busi
ness manager, 1867-68; political writer and
commercial editor Missouri Republican (now
St. Louis Republic), 1868-71. Became part
ner with Fruin & Co., contractors, 1873, con
tinuing to 1885; then incorporated as Pruin-
Bambrick Construction Co., and has since
been president; member Rust, Swift & Co,
general contractors, since 1910. Democrat;
secretary Democratic State Committee, 186S-
76; clerk of City Circuit, 1866-67 and 1871-76.
Catholic. Recreations: literature and writing.
Office: 800 S. Spring Ave. Residence: 4335 W.
Pine Boul.
SWINGLEY, Charles Ernest, chief of St.
Louis Fire Department; bora, Mount Morris
Township, Ogle Co, 111, Jan. 4, 1849; son of
George and Anna Elizabeth (Locker) Swing-
ley; attended country school in Ogle Co., 111.,
until 1858; went to Olathe, Kan, attending
school until 1861, when came to St. Louis,
where was graduated from the public schools;
married, St. Louis, June 1, 1869, Eliza Charl
ton; three sons: Charles W, Edward C, B. E.
Apprentice in bricklaying trade, 1867-69;
joined St. Louis Fire Department, 1869, and
filled positions in each branch of the service
until April, 1895, when was promoted to pres
ent position as chief. Ex-president Interna
tional Association Fire Engineers. Member of
Masonic fraternity, Knights of Pythias. Meth
odist. Recreation: attending yearly conven
tion of International Association of Fire En
gineers. Office: 104 City Hall. Residence:
3890 Washington Ave.
SWITZER, Frederick Michael, proprietor
Missouri Candy Co.; born, St. Louis, Aug. 25,
1865; son of Michael and Margaret (Markin)
Switzer; educated in public schools of St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, Mar. 25, 1905, Eliz
abeth Kern. Began business career as em
ploye in the candy factory of John S. Dun
ham, 1885; started for self in 1887 as candy
salesman and proprietor of small portable
candy business; later became permanently es
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Candy Co., wholesale, and' in 1896 established
for self as sole owner of the Yellow Jacket
Co., manufacturers and jobbers of candy.
Office: 612-618 N. Mam St. Residence: 3811
Greer Ave.
SWITZER, Roland W, treasurer Fulton
Iron Works; bora, St. Louis, July 10, 1866;
son of Henry R. and Caroline A. (Stockwell)
Switzer; educated in public schools of St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, April, 1904, Stella
Cook; three children: Grace, Frank, Stella.
Began business career with Gregory, Stagg &
Co, 1881-84; tnen with the Plant Milling Co,
with which continued until 1890, when en
tered employment of the Fulton Iron Works,
of which was made secretary in 1891 and
treasurer'in 1903; since reorganization of the
company in November, 1905, has continued as
treasurer. Episcopalian. Recreation: motor
ing. Office: Plymouth Ave. and Wabash R. R.
tracks. Residence: 4419 Morgan St.
SWOPE, Meier, retail shoes; bora, St.
Lengsfeld, Germany, Apr. 17, 1850; son of H.
and B. (Sondheimer) Swope; educated in
public schools in Germany, and in private
school at Frankfurt-on-Main; married, Mem
phis, Tenn, January, 1883, Jennie Marks; one
son, Horace M. Came to St. Louis from Ger
many in 1866, and from 1867 has been con
tinuously in the retail shoe business, original
ly established by Joel Swope, later becoming
Joel Swope & Bro, and in 1901 incorporated
as the Swope Shoe Co., of which is president
and treasurer. Republican. Jewish religion.
Clubs: Columbian, Westwood Country. Rec
reation: golf. Office: 311 N. Broadway. Resi
dence: 4466 Westminster PL

TALBOT, Frank Layng, theatrical man
ager; born, Salt Lake City, Sept. 17, 1871;
son of Major Presley and Anna M. (Layng)
Talbot (one of the first families of gentiles
settling in Utah); public school education;
married Miss Marie Flood, of Montreal, Can.,
September, 1899. Was with the Paine Fire
works Display Co., 1892-97, and had charge
of pyrotechnical displays at World's Fair,
Chicago, 1893; later built summer resort
known as Presque Isle, on Maumee River, be
low Toledo, O.; with "Carnival of Madrid,"
Saltair Beach, Salt Lake City, 1897, later at
Portland, Ore.; in charge of "Battle of Ma
nila" at Seattle, etc.; in general advertising
business, Omaha and Minneapolis, 1900-02.
Came to St. Louis, 1902, and published the
St. Louis Police Book; secured several im
portant concessions at Louisiana Purchase Ex
position; in amusement business, St. Louis,
since 1905; proprietor Talbot's New Hippo
drome. Mason, Knight Templar; member
Knights of Pythias. Club : Friars. Recrea

tions: outdoor and athletic sports. Offiee: 16
S. 6th St. Residence: 15 S. 6th St.
TALBOTT, Hudson, surgeon; born in Saline
Co, Mo, Feb. 10, 1874; son of Dr. Edward M.
and Mary Mildred (Hudson) Talbott; edu
cated in district schools of Saline Co. and
Missouri State University; won scholarship in
competitive examination in Marion-Sims Med
ical College, St. Louis, and was graduated at
head of class of 1877 (gold medal), M.D,
1898; married, Kansas City, Mo, June 25,
1902, Frances P. Tabb; children: Mary Fran
ces, Charles Hudson, Peyton Tabb. Also sur
geon Rebekah Hospital; instructor in surgery,
St. Louis University. Member American Med
ical Association, Missouri State Medical As
sociation, St. Louis Medical Society, Medical
Society of City Hospital Alumni. Vice presi
dent Scott-Madden Iron Works Co. Demo
crat. Baptist. Office: Metropolitan Bldg. Res
idence: 4229 Washington Ave.
T ALLEY, Willis Edward, investments;
born, Scottsville, Ky, Mar. 27, 1866; son of
Willis Hill and Martha (Rector) Talley; edu
cated in schools of Millersville and Oak
Ridge, Mo.; State Normal School, Cape Girar
deau, Mo.; also Marvin College, Frederick-
town, Mo.; married, Frederiektown, Oct. 3,'
1898, Byrd May Graham; five children: Her
bert, Edward, Mary Louise, Graham, Eliza
beth. Began in banking business at Hayti,
Mo, continuing, 1897-99; was for three years
cashier of bank at Caruthersville, Mo, and
spent one year on the road for the Bankers'
Trust Co.; then served as cashier of the First
National Bank of Jonesboro, Ark, and later
as president State Savings Bank, Springfield,
Mo.; vice president Bankers' Trust Co. of St.
Louis, 1910-12; president Bank of Marma
duke, Ark, Talley Timber and Tram Co.;
vice president National Securities Co. En
gages in farming and owns three large planta
tions in Arkansas and Louisiana; buys and
sells real estate on own account; now building
a short line of railroad in Arkansas to de
velop lands adjoining. Democrat. Baptist.
Member Knights of Pythias. Club: Amateur
Athletic Association. Recreations: golf and
motoring. Office: 622 Bank of Commerce
Bldg. Residence: 4452 Washington Boul.
TAMM, Max, president Tamm Bros. Glue
Co.; born, St. Louis, Feb. 1, 1853; son of Ja
cob and Julia (Schroeder) Tamm; educated
in public schools and German Institute, St.
Louis, and at schools at Cuxhaven, Germany,
Stuttgart, Wurtemberg, Zurich, Switzerland,
and Bryant & Stratton Business College, St.
Louis; unmarried. At age of nineteen learned
the glue manufacturing business, and a year
later started east and worked in Chicago,
Philadelphia and Louisville; bought smali
factory, at the location still occupied, in 1873,
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until 1889, then incorporating under the pres
ent style of Tamm Bros. Glue Co., of which is
president and treasurer. Established, 1891,
The Tamm Ice and Coal Co., also the Man
chester Cotton Batting Mills, 1901. Democrat.
Club: Union. Recreation: reading. Office:
Vandeventer Ave, between Wabash and Mis
souri Pacific R. R. Residence: 4136 Pine Boul.
TANSEY, George Judd; born, Alton, 111,
Mar. 25, 1865; son of Robert Park and Maria
(Mangum) Tansey; educated in Stoddard
(public) School, St. Louis; graduated St.
Louis High Seheol, 1884; B.L, Cornell Uni
versity, 1888; entered St. Louis Law School,
1888; admitted to bar, June, 1889; married,
St. Louis, Feb. 15, 1900, Grace Fisher. As
sistant secretary and auditor St. Louis Trans
fer Co, June, 1889, to March, 1890. Member
law firms of Laughlin, Kern & Tansey, Laugh
lin & Tansey, and Laughlin, Tansey & Laugh
lin, 1890-99; since April, 1899, president and
general manager St. Louis Transfer Co. First
vice president, 1901, president, 1902, St. Louis
Merchants' Exchange; director Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Co.; vice president Lou
isiana & Missouri River R. R. Co. Member
Business Men's League, St. Louis Manufac
turers' and Exporters' Association. Demo
crat. Unitarian. Member Delta Upsilon. Clubs:
St. Louis, Noonday. Office: 400 S. Broadway.
Residence: 226 N. Newstead Ave.
TAUSSIG, Albert E, physician; bora, St.
Louis, 1871; son of Joseph S. and Mary L.
(Cuno) Taussig; A.B, Harvard University,
1891; M.D, Medical Department of Washing
ton University, 1894; married, St. Louis, 1903,
Harriet Palmer Learned; four children: Jo
seph Bondy, Barrett Learned, Lucelia Wake
field, May Cuno. Clinical professor- of medi
cine in Medical Department of Washington
University; member of staff of St. Luke's
Hospital. Associate member Association of
American Physicians. Club: University. Rec
reation: canoeing. Office: Metropolitan Bldg.
Residence: 4201 Washington Ave.
TAUSSIG, Frederick Joseph, physician;
bora, Brooklyn, N. Y, Oct. 26, 1872; son of
Joseph S. and. Mary L. (Cuno) Taussig; grad
uated, from Smith Academy, St. Louis, 1889;
A.B, Harvard College, 1893; M.D, Medical
Department of Washington University, 1898;
unmarried. Interne and assistant superintend
ent of the St. Louis Female Hospital, 1898-
1901; interne Imperial and Royal Elizabeth
Hospital, Vienna, Austria, 1902-03. Member
of staff of Barnard Free Skin and Cancer
Hospital, Washington University Hospital, St.
Louis Maternity Hospital; -visiting gynecolo
gist to the City Hospital and City Sanitarium.
Member American Gynecological Society,
American Association for Cancer Researcn,
American Association of Anatomists, St. Louis
Surgical Club, American Medical Association,
Chicago Gynecological Society, St. Louis Med

ical Society. Member Ethical Society. Clubs:
Harvard, University, City, Contemporary.
Recreations: music and work in social hy
giene. Offiee: Metropolitan Bldg. Residence:
4462 Maryland Ave.
TAUSSIG, Hubert Primm, civil engineer;
born, St. Louis, Mar. 8, 1854; son of Charles
and Anna (Abeles) Taussig; educated in St.
Louis public schools; C.E, Washington Uni
versity, 1873; married at St. Louis, Mar. 8,
1880, Miss Amanda Jolivet; three children:
Amadee J, Gladys (Mrs. B. S. Lang), Anna
Abeles. In civil engineering ever since be
ginning of active career; president Western
Manufacturers' Building Co.', Eureka Explora
tion Co. Member American Society of Civil
Engineers. Unitarian. Clubs: City, Glen Echo.
Recreation: golf. Offiee: 321 N. 14th St. Res
idence: Buckingham Hotel.
TAUSSIG, J(ohn) Clarence, lawyer; born,
St. Louis, Feb. 5, 1872; son of John J. and
Leonore Taussig; educated at Smith Acad
emy; Manual Training School; A.B, Harvard
College, 1893; LL.B, St. Louis Law School,
1895; unmarried. Admitted to bar in St.
Louis, Sept. 25, 1895, and since engaged in
general practice. Member of St. Louis Bar
Association. Republican; member House . of
Delegates, 1909-11 (speaker pro tem). Uni
tarian. Clubs: University, City, Florissant
Valley. Recreation: tennis. Office: Rialto
Bldg. Residence: 3501 Lafayette Ave.
TAUSSIG, John J, banker and broker;
born, Prague, Austria, July 9, 1843; son of
John L. and Charlotte (Bondy) Taussig; came
with parents to United States in 1848; edu
cated in public schools of St. Louis and Wash
ington University, to 1857; married, Dec. 21,
1865, Miss Leonore Taussig; children: Bella
L, Grace A, Charlotte E, Leonore J, Clar
ence, Garfield J. Entered office of Shryock &
Rowland, grain commission, continuing four
years; then embarked in business on own ac
count, and in 1865 became senior partner in
firm of Taussig & Fisher, bankers and brokers,
out of which grew the firms of Taussig, Fisher
& Co, of New York, and Gempp & Taussig,
Frankfort-on-the-Main, all of which were
swept away in panic of 1873; has since eon-
fined operations to St. Louis and since 1874
member firm of J. & J. Taussig, bankers and
brokers. Director Hope Mining Co. Repub
lican. Unitarian. Member Civic League.
Club: Noonday. Office: 621 Security Bldg.
Residence: 3501 Lafayette Ave.
TAUSSIG, Joseph Seligman, banker; 1832-
1911; see Vol. 1906.
TAUSSIG, Knox, secretary and treasurer
William R. Bush Construction Co.; born, St.
Louis, Oct. 2, 1885; son of Charles Sumner
and Sarah Augusta (Knox) Taussig; educated
Lockwood School until 1898; Smith Academy,
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University, 1906; unmarried. Began business
career with W. H. Markham &.Co, insurance,
continuing until fall of 1909; since with Wil
liam R. Bush Construction Co. as secretary
and treasurer; also treasurer Mack Motor
Truck Co., of St. Louis; secretary and treas
urer Simplex Automobile Sales Co. Repub
lican. Presbyterian. Clubs: City, University,
St. Louis Country. Recreations: tennis and
automobiling. Office: Holland Bldg. Resi
dence: 4241 Washington Boul.
TAUSSIG, Samuel, president St. Louis Leaf
Tobacco Co.; born, Bohemia, Austria, Dec. 21,
1854; son of Lazarus and Eleanor (Federer)
Taussig; educated in common schools, Hos-
toun, Austria, to 1867; married, Bohemia,
Feb. 4, 1885, Flora Bondy; four children: Ir-
ma, Blanche, Frances, Lester. In notion busi
ness until 1887; then came to America and
engaged, with brother William, in leaf to
bacco business at Chicago until 1893; removed
to Minneapolis, Minn, and conducted whole
sale tobacco house alone, 1894-1904; since
president of St. Louis Leaf Tobacco Co. Jew
ish religion. Member B'nai B'rith. Office:
221 Market St. Residence: 3902 Lindell Boul.
TAUSSIG, William, president St. Louis
Bridge Co.; born, Prague, Bohemia, Feb. 28,
1826; son of John L. and Charlotte (Bon
dy) Taussig; graduated from University of
Prague, 1844; M.D, St. Louis School of Medi
cine, 1850; (honorary LL.D, Washington
University, 1905); married, St. Louis, May 3,
1857, Adele Wuerpel; children: Jennie (Mrs.
Alfred Brandeis, of Louisville, Ky.), Frank
(now professor of political economy, Harvard
University), and Walter M. Began business
career in practice of medicine, 1851, continu
ing to 1864; mayor of Carondelet, 1852; mem
ber, 1859-65, and presiding justice, 1863-65,
St. Louis County Court; president Traders'
Bank, 1866-69; director and general manager
of St. Louis (Eads) Bridge, 1867-96; president
Terminal Railroad Association, 1889-96'; re
tired from that position, and from business,
in 1896, but continues as president of St.
Louis Bridge Co.; director and member execu
tive committee of St. Louis Union Trust Co.
Member Board of Education, 1899-1911 (presi
dent, 1903-04) ; president Self-Culture Hall As
sociation twelve years; president Tenement
House Association of St. Louis, 1905-08. Mem
ber Ethical Society of St. Louis. Clubs: St.
Louis, University, Commercial, Noonday. Resi
dence: 3447 Lafayette Ave.
TAXIS, Frederick C, civil and consulting
engineer; born, Besigheim, Wuerttemberg, Ger
many, Sept. 9, 1881; son of Frederick C. and
Caroline (Keck) Taxis; graduated from gym
nasium, 1898; graduated as civil engineer
from Technikum, Stuttgart, 1902; married,
Clayton, Mo, Jan. 16, 1906, Mary Suess.
Practiced at Stuttgart, 1902-04; came to St.

Louis, 1904, and shortly afterwards engaged
in the construction and engineering line. Ma
son. Office: 825-826 Victoria Bldg. Residence:
Clayton, Mo.
TAYLOR, Amos Riley, lawyer; born near
Owensboro, Ky, Jan. 23, 1842; son of How
ard and Elton (Riley) Taylor; descendant of
Revolutionary ancestry; educated seminary,
Owensboro; entered junior class, Yale Uni
versity, 1860, but did not graduate owing to
outbreak of Civil War; married, Louisville,
Ky, Nov. 26, 1868, Anna Rudd; four chil
dren: Nannie (Mrs. Evariste Retailliau, of
Poitiers, France), Howard, Alexandrine, Elea
nor (deceased). Enlisted in Confederate Army
as private, Company A, First Kentucky Cav
alry; commissioned second lieutenant, July,
1862; after three years' service enrolled a
company, serving to end of war as captain
Company H, consolidated Eighth and Twelfth
Regiments, Kentucky Cavalry; paroled at
Columbus, Miss, May 15, 1865. Admitted to
bar, 1865; county attorney, Daviess Co., Ky,
1866-68; resigned, located in St. Louis and
has since engaged in general practice. Demo
crat. Member Missouri State Constitutional
Convention, 1875. Recreation: reading. Of
fice: 212, 706 Chestnut St.
TAYLOR, Daniel Gilchrist, lawyer; born,
St. Louis, Apr. 23, 1868; son of Daniel G. and
Emilie (Le Beau) Taylor; educated at Stod
dard (public) School, 1873-78; University of
Notre Dame (Indiana), 1879-84; LL.B, Law
Department of Washington University, 1891;
married, St. Louis, December, 1891, Emma
Leslie Whitelaw, daughter of George P. White-
law; children: Jane, Grace. Admitted to bar
in June, 1891, and was engaged in practice
until January, 1903; judge St. Louis Circuit
Court, 1903-09; since member firm of McDon
ald & Taylor. Member St. Louis, Missouri
State and American Bar associations. Inde
pendent Democrat. Roman Catholic. Clubs:
Noonday, St. Louis, St. Louis Country, Mer
cantile, Racquet. Office: 1806, 506 Olive St.
Residence: 4906 Berlin Ave.
TAYLOR, Isaac S, architect; born, Nash
ville, Tenn, Dec, 1850; son of Isaac W. and
Mary (Stacker) Taylor; obtained classical
education at St Louis University, from which
later received degree of M.A. on completion
of World's Fair work; unmarried. Began pro
fessional career in offiee of George I. Barnett,
architect, 1869; for over twenty years has
been in business for himself. Architect of
Southern Hotel, Liggett & Myers Bloek,
Drummond Tobacco Factory, Globe-Democrat
Building, Public Library, Republic Building,
National Bank of Commerce, Planters ' Hotel,
etc, and many buildings in Illinois and Texas.
Director of works for Louisiana Purchase Ex
position. Member American Institute of Ar
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Member Business Men's League. Clubs: St.
Louis, Mercantile. Office: 717 Locust St. Resi
dence: 5814 Bartmer Ave.
TAYLOR, Joseph Bogy, grain commission
merchant; born, St. Louis, Sept. 21, 1869; son
of Philip C. and Leontine (Stout) Taylor;
both born in St. Louis, the father, July 14,
1831, and the mother, Mar. 17, 1840; educated
Nash Private School and Stocldard School un
til 1886; married, St. Louis, June 24, 1893,
Belle Rude; one child, Joseph B, Jr. Began
business career as cashier T. C. Taylor & Co,
1889, continuing until 1900; member firm of
P. C. Taylor & Son, 1900-07; secretary and
member firm Chris Sharp Commission Co.,
1907-09; an organizer and partner Taylor-
Hunter Grain Co., 1909-11; since head of J. B.
Taylor Grain Co. Member St. Louis Mer
chants' Exchange, St. Louis Grain Club. Dem
ocrat. Club: Apollo (since 1899). Recreation:
music. Office: Pierce Bldg. Residence: 4377
Delmar Boul.
TAYLOR, Perry Post, lawyer; bora, Litch
field, 111, Apr. 29, 1867; son of Daniel W. and
Mary Belle (Post) Taylor; educated in public
schools, Litchfield, 1872-83; Litchfield High
School, graduating, 1883; Smith Academy,
1884-5, graduating, 1885; Washington Univer
sity, 1885-86; Cornell University, 1886-89,
Ph.B, 1889; St. Louis Law School, 1889-90;
Union College of Law, Chicago, 1890-91; mar
ried, Newfield, N. Y, June 14, 1893, Alice L.
Dudley; two children: Dudley Post (died in
infancy) and Lucy. Admitted to Illinois bar,
November, 1891; came to St. Louis, December,
1891, and was admitted to Missouri bar, Feb
ruary, 1892; member law firm of Boogher &
Taylor, 1891-1900, Taylor, Harlan & Powers,
1901, Taylor & Harlan, 1902, Taylor & Mayer
since Mar. 1, 1907. Assistant city attorney St.
Louis, 1898-99, city attorney, 1899-1903. Re
publican. Presbyterian. Member American
and St. Louis Bar associations, St. Louis Law
Library Association, Civic League, Citizens'
Industrial Association. Club: City. Office:
1644-1646 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 5944 Cates
Avenue. TAYLOR, Richard Vipon, railway official;
bora, Newbern, N. C, Aug. 11, 1859; son of
Richard Nixon and Susan (Stevenson) Taylor;
educated at Barton Academy and Mobile, Ala,
public school; married, Mobile, Ala, Aug. 10,
1882, Helen Buck; children: Adrian Steven
son, Richard Vipon, Jr., William Buck, Helen
Buck. Was librarian of law library, 1871-73;
clerk in various establishments, 1873-75;
worked at cooper's trade, 1875-77; since Sept.
27, 1877, in service of Mobile & Ohio R. R.
Co, engaged in accounting- department from
lowest position to head of department until
Oct. 1, 1904; since general manager and now
also vice president. Democrat. Baptist. Office:
Fullerton Bldg. Home: Mobile, Ala.

*TAYLOR, Sam Frank, clergyman; see Vol.
1906. TAYLOR, Seneca Newberry, lawyer; born,
Oakland, Mich, Jan. 1, 1836; son of John and
Leah (Shannon) Taylor; educated Oakland
(Mich.) public schools; Dickinson Institute,
Romeo, Mich, 1855-56; Agricultural College,
Lansing, Mich, 1857-59; University of Michi
gan, Law Department, 1860; married, Niles,
Mich, 1863, Letitia Wayland Chester; chil
dren: Mrs. Mary L. Nettleship, Seneca C,
Caroline W. (Mrs. Newell S. Ferry, of De
troit) ; married, 2d, Washington, D. C, Sept.
21, 1896, Mary Morrison; one daughter, Leah
-Shannon. Practiced law at Niles. Mich, 1861-
6'5, and was master in chancery there 1862-64;
in practice in St. Louis since 1865; member of
firm Seneca N. .and S. C. Taylor. Delegate to
Divorce Congress at Washington in 1906.
Member St. Louis, Missouri State and Amer
ican Bar associations. Republican. Presbyte
rian. Clubs: Mercantile, Contemporary. Office:
530 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 4220 Washington
Boulevard. TAYLOR, Walter Cerre; bora in St. Louis
Co, Mo, July 7, 1866; son of George R. and
Therese (Paul) Taylor; educated at St. Louis
University; Georgetown College, D. O; Phil
lips Andover Academy, and Princeton Uni
versity, class of 1888; married, St. Louis,
June 15, 1892, Martha Lowman (now de
ceased). Began business career in 1886, and
has since continued as president of the Mel
lier Drug Co.; also president Walter C. Tay
lor Realty Co. Catholic. Clubs: St. Louis,
Noonday, Racquet, St. Louis Country. Recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Office: 2112 Locust
St. Residence: 3800 Delmar Boul.
TAYLOR, William E, secretary Pulitzer
Publishing Co.; born, St. Louis, July 25, 1861;
son of William N. and Mary Jane (Everett)
Taylor; educated public schools, Mound City
Business College, and by home study; married,
St. Louis, Mar." 17, 1886, Carrie B. Wright;
two children: W. Everett, Edith Wright. In
employ of St. Louis branch of D. Appleton &
Co., publishing house, until 1879; then became
identified as collector with Post-Dispatch and
was successively superintendent of circula
tion, purchasing agent and manager of want
advertising department; since 1906 secretary
Pulitzer Publishing Co. Congregationalist.
Member Royal Arcanum, Legion of Honor.
Clubs: St. Louis Amateur Athletic Associa
tion, City. Recreation: golf. Office: 210 N.
Broadway. Residence: 5241 Maple Ave.
TAYLOR, Wilson Allen, judge; born, Texas
Co., Mo, Jan. 27, 1875; son of John L. and
Martha E. (McCurrey) Taylor; received pre
paratory education in Salem (Mo.) High
School ; matriculated in Law Department, Uni
versity of Missouri, from which was gradu
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Admitted to Missouri bar, 1896, and began
practice in St. Louis in September of that
year; judge Court of Criminal Correction,
1906-10; elected jutge of Circuit Court, 1910;
term expires, 1917. Lecturer Benton College
of Law. Member St. Louis Bar Association.
Republican. Recreation: walking. Chambers:
Municipal Court Bldg. Residence: Hotel
Beers. *TEAS, Charles Royal, express official;
moved to San Francisco, Cal.; see Vol. 1906.
TEASDALE, Everett Pattison, merchant;
see Vol. 1906.
TEASDALE, James Waller, grain commis
sion; born, St. Louis, Aug. 17, 1850; son of
James H. and Lucy (Waller) Teasdale; edu
cated in public schools and Wyman 's Acad
emy; married, St. Louis, Jan. 11, 1882, Fannie
Barney; one child, Edith May (Mrs. A. J. Cal
houn). Began business life as local agent of
St. Louis and San Francisco R.- R, and at
same time as local express agent at Pierce
City, Mo, 1871-73; in 1874 entered the grain
commission business established by father in
St. Louis in 1848, first as employe, and later
as partner, in firm of J. H. Teasdale & Co.;
business incorporated, 1891, as J. H. Teasdale
Commission Co., of which was president until
1900, vice president until 1909, now director.
Member Merchants' Exchange. Member Royal
Arcanum, Legion of Honor, Royal League.
Recreations: hunting, fishing. Office: 103
Chamber of Commerce. Residence: 2852 Aceo-
mac St.
TEASDALE, John Warren, dried fruits;
born, Fredericksburg, Va, Nov. 13, 1838; son
of Rev. John and Susan B. (Losey) Teasdale;
educated in public schools and for three years
at Shurtleff College, Upper Alton, 111.; mar
ried, Centralia, HI, Oct. 1, 1863, Mary E,
daughter of Capt. George W. Willard; chil
dren: George W, Mamie W. (Mrs. Joseph
Wheless), John W, Jr., Sarah T. In mercan
tile business since 1857; served in Home
Guards at beginning of the Civil War, enlist
ing under Gen. Frank P. Blair, and sworn into
service by Captain (afterwards General)
Lyon. Since 1865 at head of J. W. Teasdale
& Co, of which is president. Member Mer
chants' Exchange. Republican. Member Third
Baptist Church. Recreation: horses. Office:
806-808 Spruce St. Residence: 38 Kingsbury
Place. TEASDALE, Thomas Bowker, grain com
mission; born, St. Louis, Apr. 7, 1862; son of
James H. and Lucy (Waller) Teasdale; edu
cated in public schools of Missouri, and later
attended Shurtleff College; married, St. Louis,
1889, Rebecca Murphy. Began business career
in 1880, in employ of grain commission house
of J. H. Teasdale & Co., and on its incorpora
tion as the J. H. Teasdale Commission Co., in
1891, became one of the officers; elected presi

dent, 1900, and vice president since 1909.
Member St. Louis Merchants' Exchange, St.
Louis Grain Club, St. Louis Millers' Club.
Recreation: horseback riding. Office: 103
Chamber of Commerce. Residence: 5830 Cates
Avenue. TEBBETTS, Lewis Bates, retired banker '
and carriage manufacturer; born, Great Falls,
N. H, Aug. 30, 1834; son of Lewis B. and
Rebecca (Roberts) Tebbetts; removed when
a few weeks old to Newbury, Vt, and in 1844
to Lowell, Mass.; educated chiefly in public
and high schools of Lowell; married, 1859,
Ellen Mansur; children: George S, Alice
(wife of A. P. DeCamp), Alvah M, Mabel,
Rebecca (wife of Lloyd* H. Rickart). When
twenty-one years of age, in 1855, went to Bal
timore and, about 1859, became connected
with the manufacturing concern of Poole and
Hunt, now Robert Poole & Son; during the
Civil War had charge of the firm's large fac
tory, which furnished the Government with
lighthouses, engines for gunboats, and ammu
nition. Came to St. Louis, 1874, and estab
lished agricultural implement business, first
known as Deere, Mansur & Co., and later as
the Mansur & Tebbetts Implement Co., of
which he later became president; in 1900 sold
interests in the company and established the
L. B. Tebbetts & Sons Carriage Co., and Com
monwealth Carriage Co., of which was presi
dent until 1910, when sold out business and
retired. Offiee: 712, 705 Olive St. Residence:
5465 Bartmer Ave.
TECKEMEYER, Harry W, lumber; born,
St. Louis, Jan. 26, 1872; son of Rudolph and
Elizabeth (Dreyer) Teckemeyer; educated in
St. Peter's (Evangelical) Parochial School;
married, St. Louis, June 26, 1905, Emily C.
Springmeyer; one daughter, Ethel. Began busi
ness career as clerk in employ, of Verdin
Hardwood Lumber Co, 1887-90; bookkeeper
in employ of D. O. Strifler, and Strifler &
Wehinger, 1890-98; on Jan. 1, 1898, enterecl
lumber business on own account with H. W.
Giese, in firm of Giese & Teckemeyer; on
Feb. 1, 1900, with A. Hader, formed firm of
Teckemeyer & Hader, which, on Feb. 1, 1902,
was succeeded by Teckemeyer, Hader & We
hinger; in June, 1902, with F. J. Wehinger,
purchased interest of A. Hader; business since
conducted as Teckemeyer & Wehinger Lumber
Co., wholesale and retail hardwood lumber.
Republican. Member Bethel Evangelical
Church. Mason (32°), Knight Templar, Shrin
er. Member of Hoo Hoo. Clubs: Liederkranz,
Oasis. Recreation: fishing and motoring. Of
fice: 2d and Wright Sts. Residence: 3833
Greer Ave.
TEICHMANN, Charles Henry, commission
merchant; born, Celle (Hanover), Germany,
July 27, 1832; son of Fred and Christiane
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lege at Celle, 1847; married, St. Louis, Sept.
5, 1857, Emily Bang (now deceased); chil
dren: William C, Anna, Otto L. Entered com
mercial business at Brunswick, Germany, 1847-
49; arrived in New York, Oct. 5, 1849; held
position in large importing house there, 1849-
53; bookkeeper in wholesale house in St.
Louis, 1853-57; began commercial business un
der firm name of Teichmann & Co, September,
1857, incorporated, September, 1882, as Teich
mann Commission Co., of which has since
been president. Member Merchants' Ex
change since 1856 (second vice president 1872,
first vice president 1886). Republican; en
rolled May 28, 1861, and discharged Aug. 17,
1861, in Company H, U. S. Reserve Corps.
Member Mullanphy Emigrant Relief Board
two terms. Evangelical Lutheran. Office: Gay
Bldg. Residence: 1610 Mississippi Ave.
TEICHMANN, Otto Louis, secretary and
treasurer Teichmann Commission Co.; bom,
St. Louis, May 12, 1865; son of Charles H.
and Emily (Bang) Teichmann; educated un
til tenth year in Eyser Institute, St. Louis;
then for two years in Brunswick, Germany,
and after that at Smith Academy of Wash
ington University until sixteen years of age;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 21, 1890, Vivian
Holm; children: Irma Holm, Vera Holm. Be
gan business career at sixteen with the Teich
mann Commission Co., of which has been sec
retary and treasurer since 1886. Member
Merchants' Exchange (president, 1905). Mem
ber Civic League. Republican. Member Board
of Police Commissioners, 1909-11. Member
Ethical Society (executive committee), St.
Louis Turnverein, Schiller Verein, Deutsche
Gesellschaft, Altenheim, St. Louis Society of
Hygiene. Clubs: Liederkranz, City, Traffic,
Aero, Public Question (ex-president), St.
Louis Grain. Office: Gay Bldg, 3d and Pine
Sts. Residence: 3401 Longfellow Boul.
TEMM, Francis A, A.M., Ph.G, M.D.;
born, St. Louis, Aug. 1, 1866; son of Hermann
Henry and Mattie M. (Tooker) Temm; edu
cated parochial and public schools; Christian
Brothers College; was graduated at St. Louis
College of Pharmacy, 1887; M.D, Missouri
Medical College (now Medical Department,
Washington University), 1890; married, St.
Louis, June 5, 1894, C. Virginia Crawley (died
June 27, 1909); three children: Francis Von
Lien, Aurelia Virginia, Agnes Nadine. Iden
tified with drug business from boyhood; be
gan practice of medicine in St. Louis, March,
1890; assistant to clinic in Diseases of Women
Polyclinic, under Dr. G. J. Englemann, 1890-
96; lecturer on materia medica and pharmacy,
Missouri Medical College, 1890-93; attending
physician, Convent of Mercy, 1896-1902; at
tending physician and gynecologist to St.
John's Hospital since 1896; physician to
Christian Brothers College since 1900; in

structor gynecological clinic, St. John's Hos
pital (Medical Department St. Louis Uni
versity). Member Alumni Association St.
Louis College of Pharmacy (vice president,
1892). Democrat. Roman Catholic. Member
Knights of Columbus (St. Louis Council, No.
143). Recreations: baseball, tennis and hand
ball. Office and Residence: 5115 Page Boul.
TEMPLE, John B., manager J. A. Fay &
Egan Co.; born, LaFayette, Ind, Jan. 24,
1857; son of O. H. and Emily Temple; edu
cated in public schools and Ford High School
until 1875; married, Rossville, 111, Nov. 28,
1882, Nettie M. Winans. Began business ca
reer by learning machinist, boiler making and
molder's trades, 1875-81; was half owner in
machine business, building engines, boilers,
etc, 1881-86; became connected with J. A.
Fay & Co., manufacturers of woodworking ma
chinery, of Cincinnati, 1886, as salesman, and
in 1893 this firm consolidated with The Egan
Co., in the same line, as the J. A. Fay & Egan
Co., with which continued as salesman till
1898, when was made manager of the com
pany's St. Louis branch. Republican. Metho
dist. Mason (32°), Shriner. Club: Missouri
Athletic. Offiee: 410-412 Bank of Commerce
Bldg. Residence: 9 Amherst Ave, University
City. TEMPLE, Joseph, general agent Adams Ex
press Co.; born, Galena, 111, Nov. 24, 1838;
son of Henry and Kate Temple; educated in
public schools of Cincinnati, Vincennes (Ind.)
College, and Herring College, Cincinnati; mar
ried, Odin, 111, February, 1872, Jennie Russell;
one daughter, Mrs. C. B. Allen. Began busi
ness career as messenger at Cincinnati in serv
ice of Adams Express Co, and continued as
clerk, etc, until 1865; with same company in
St. Louis, 1865-79; general agent Pacific and
United States Express companies, at St. Louis,
1879-83; in livery stable busiuess, 1883-93;
since 1893 general agent Adams Express Co.
Served four years in City Council of St. Louis
in early '80s; later collector and assessor of
water rates under Mayor Francis. Episco
palian. Royal Arch Mason. Recreation: farm
ing. Office: 410 N. 4th St. Residence: Ashley,
Illinois. TEMPLEMAN, William James, fruit and
produce merchant; born, St. Louis, July 29,
1857; son of John and Elizabeth (Kinsella)
Templeman; educated in public and parochial
schools, St. Louis, to 1868; married, St. Louis,
June 25, 1884, Elizabeth Menaugh; children:
Genevieve Agnes, Mary, Rose Margaret, Louis
Francis and John. Began business career as
Templeman & Co., wholesale fruit and produce
dealer, 1883, and continued in St. Louis until
1885; removed to Pleasant Hill, Cass Co, Mo,
1885, and engaged in grocery business one
and one-half years; returned to St. Louis,
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fruit and produce business as W. J. Temple
man & Co. Democrat. Catholic. Member
Knights of Columbus, Catholic Knights of
America, Royal Arcanum. Recreations: fish
ing and hunting. Office: 808 N. 3d St. Resi
dence: 3829 Flad Ave.
TEN BROEK, Gerrit Hendrik, lawyer;
born, St. Louis, Mar. 30, 1859; son of Hen
drik and Gepke (Diekenga) Ten Broek; edu
cated in St. Louis grammar and high schools
and St. Louis Law School (Law Department
of Washington University); married., Cleve
land, O, Oct. 18, 1893, Frances Lorraine Colby.
Admitted to bar, St. Louis, 1885, and ever
since engaged in practice of law. Founder
and editor "The Mercantile Register"; presi
dent and treasurer of The Mercantile Ad
juster Publishing Co.; president Cullman Coal
and Coke Co.; secretary of Associated Law
Offices; secretary St. Louis Protestant Hos
pital Association. Director Western Society
for the Suppression of Vice; manager Nied
ringhaus Memorial Mission. Member Civie
League, Merchants' Exchange. Vice consul
of The Netherlands for Missouri, Iowa, Kan
sas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas,
New Mexico and Arizona; commissioner-gen
eral of The Netherlands to Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition; Knight of the Order of
Orange-Nassau (Netherlands). Republican;
delegate to Republican Judicial Convention,
Joplin, Mo, 1902. Member St. Louis and Mis
souri State Bar associations, Law Library As
sociation. Episcopalian. Club: Mercantile.
Favorite recreations: music, literature and
mineralogy. Offiee: 717 Locust St. Residence:
1103 Jackson PL
TERPENNING, Frank Wallace, secretary,
treasurer and general manager Trinidad As
phalt Manufacturing Co.; born, Ira, Cayuga
Co, N. Y, July 3, 1860; son of Isaac S. and
Sarah E. (Wallace) Terpenning; educated in
public and high schools of Auburn, N. Y.;
married, Auburn, January, 1882, Margaret M.
Armstrong (now deceased); children: Laura
J, Helen A. Since 1895 in asphalt business at
St. Louis, and since January, 1898, secretary,
treasurer and general manager of the Trini
dad Asphalt Manufacturing Co. Republican.
Congregationalist. Club: City. Office: 444 S.
Theresa Ave. Residence: 33 Marshall PL,
Webster Groves, Mo.
TERRELL, William Edmonds, merchant
tailor; born, Toronto, Ont, Oct. 7, 1859; son
of Thomas and Jennie (Fountain) Terrell;
educated Chicago public and grammar schools;
married, Chicago, Dec. 25, 1880, Louise Timp-
son; children: Harold Cross, Edgar Russell,
Ethel Irene (Mrs. W. T. Days). Since Feb
ruary, 1896, president of the William E. Ter
rell Tailoring Co. Republican. Methodist.
Club: Mercantile. Recreation: motor-boating.
Office: 304 Globe-Democrat Bldg. Residence:
4380 Forest Park Boul.

TERRY, Albert Oregon, real estate; born,
Otterville, Jersey Co, 111, Mar. 22, 1843; son
of Jasper M. and Mary A. (Waggoner) Terry;
educated common and high schools, Otterville ;
Shurtleff College, three years; Literary ancl
Law Department, University of Michigan,
LL.B, 1874; married, Jerseyville, 111, Aug.
29, 1862, Mary G. Felter; children: Anna A,
William H. and George L.; 2d, Malone, N. Y,
Aug. 6, 1891, Lizzie Culver. Practiced law at
Ann Arbor, Mich, 1873-74, St. Louis, 1874-77,
Rico, Colo, 1879-81; developed a mine in Colo
rado which was sold in 1882 for $225,000; in
cattle business in Kansas, 1883-86; supply and
construction contractor Southern Kansas R.
R, 1886-87; in real estate and building busi
ness since 1887; associated with L. C. and T.
F. Terry and organized and put on the' mar
ket the town of E. Newkirk, Okla, still own
ing a large interest in the town; also opened
up an oil field at Sandoval, 111, with six pro
ducing wells. Was first lieutenant Grafton
Guards, Hlinois State Militia, 1861; probate
judge Dolores Co., Colo, 1879-80; nominated
for Congress Eleventh Missouri District, 1892,
but declined. Republican. Baptist. Mason
(32°). Residence: 3458 Pestalozzi St.
TERRY, Albert Todd, real estate; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 19, 1869; son of John H. and Eliz
abeth (Todd) Terry; educated in public
schools and Smith Academy, St. Louis, and
Cornell University; married, St. Louis, Oct.
24, 1897, Bessie D. Whitelaw; children: White-
law, Elizabeth, Lucy. After leaving school in
1890, entered father's real estate office; in
1893 became a member of the firm of John
H. Terry & Sons and later organized the firm
of Albert T. Terry & Co., real estate and
financial agents. Director Trust Co. of St.
Louis County. Member Real Estate Exchange.
Democrat. Unitarian. Member Loyal Legion. ¦
Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis Country, Round
Table, Cornell, Dardenne Shooting, Automo
bile, Aero. Recreations: hunting, fishing, golf
and horseback riding. Office: 823 Chestnut St.
Residence: 5231 Westminster PL
TERRY, John Henry, lawyer, retired; born,
Covert, Seneca Co, N. Y, July 30, 1835; son
of James and Anor (Hopkins) Terry; edu
cated in public schools and academy, Tru-
mansburg, N. Y, and academy, Ithaca, N. Y,
and graduated from Albany Law School;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 5, 1868, Elizabeth H.
Todd; 2d, Trumansburg, N. Y, Oct. 3, 1891,
Vashti Boardman; children: Albert Todd,
Robert James, John Hopkins, Howard Leslie.
Served as captain in Union Army in Civil
War. Admitted to Missouri bar, 1865, and
after army service engaged in practice of
law in St. Louis until 1880, then engaged
in the real estate business under firm name of
Terry & Scott, until 1890, when Mr. Scott
withdrew and the firm became John H. Terry
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life, but remained president of Terry Realty
Co. until 1904, and is now president of Covert
Property Co.; also president St. Louis Public
Museum. Democrat; has served as assistant
U. S. attorney, member of House of Repre
sentatives of Missouri, land commissioner of
St. Louis, state senator, and member Munici
pal Assembly of St. Louis. Ex-president of
St. Louis Real Estate Exchange. Unitarian.
President New York Society of St. Louis;
was one of the incorporator^ of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition. Member Missouri His
torical Society (ex-president), National Geo
graphic Society, Civic Improvement League,
St. Louis Public Museum, Citizens' Industrial
Association, Mercantile Library, Public Li
brary, Loyal Legion, Sons of the Revolution,
Legion of Honor (organizer and is known as
father of the legion). Mason, Knight Tem
plar. Member Grand Army of the Republic.
Clubs: Mercantile, Unitarian (ex-president).
Recreations: art collector, also collector of
antiques; traveling. Residence: 5825 Clemens
Avenue. TERRY, Robert James, professor anatomy,
Washingon University; born, St. Louis, Jan.
24, 1871; son of John Henry and Elizabeth
Helen (Todd) Terry; Cornell University,
1890-92; M.D, Missouri Medical College, 1895;
A.B, Washington University, 1901; studied in
Edinburgh, 1898, Freiburg, 1903; Austin teach
ing fellow, Harvard, 1906-07; married Grace
Vernon Speck, of St. Louis, Nov. 24, 1897;
children: Celeste, Robert, Charles. Demon
strator anatomy, Missouri Medical College,
1896-99; assistant professor anatomy, 1899-
1900, professor since 1900, Washington Uni
versity. Fellow American Association for Ad
vancement of Science; member American As
sociation of Anatomists (executive commit
tee), Anatomische Gesellschaft, American
Breeders' Association, St. Louis Medical So
ciety, St. Louis Academy of Science, Sigma
Xi, Zeta Psi. Member Civic League, St. Louis.
Clubs: University, City, Town and Gown,
Contributor chapter Respiratory Organs, in
Morris's Human Anatomy, 1907; also papers
on medical education, human and compara
tive anatomy, etc. Office: 1806 Locust St.
Residence: Crescent, St. Louis Co.
TEUSCHER, Emil Charles, machinery;
born, Halle, Germany, Aug. 12, 1839; son of
John Frederick and Rosa (Eckert) Teuscher;
educated in public schools in Germany and at
Niagara Falls, N. Y.; married, St. Louis,
Nov. 2, 1871, Rosa Dienstbach; children:
Adele, Edward O, Fannie T. Learned trade
of machinist and mechanical draughtsman at
Buffalo, N. Y.; came to St. Louis, 1861, and
worked at trade; served as orderly sergeant
in the Fifth Missouri Militia during Civil
War. President Teuscher & Son Machinery
Supply Go. Republican. Protestant. Member

Liederkranz. Office: 527 N. 2d St. Residence:
3304 Shenandoah Ave.
TEVIS, Hupp, transfer business; born in
Wheeling, Va, Apr. 24, 1852; son of John and
Elizabeth (McNamee) Tevis; educated in
public schools of Iowa and two years at Wil
ton Seminary, Wilton, la.; married, St. Louis,
Dec. 4, 1872, Sarah Pamelia Park; children:
John F, Charles P, Clarence H, Hupp, Jr.,
Wallace R, Gertrude C. (Mrs. Thomas Kopp-
lin), Minnie P. (Mrs. H. R. Tresouthic).
Worked on a farm in Iowa; then came to St.
Louis, July 27, 1870; began as clerk in gro
cery store, Easton and Webster Aves.; in
grocery business for self at Muscatine, la,
September, 1872-March, 1874; clerk, then cap
tain of steamer W. D. Smith, 1874-75; in
commission business, 1875-76. Has been con
nected with transfer business in St. Louis
since 1876; member firm of Tevis & Kopplin
Transfer Co.; also owner of farm in Nebraska.
Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Rotary,
Congregational. Office: 113 Pine St. Resi
dence: 5085 Cabanne Ave.
TEVIS, Norman Eugene, proprietary medi
cines; born, Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 26, 1863;
son of Norman and Eugenia (Caldwell) Tevis;
educated in public schools of Camden, N. J.;
married, Woodbury, N. J, Oct. 11, 1888, Mary
E. Dobbs; one son, N. Dean. Has been con
nected with the proprietary medicine business
since 1879, and was traveling salesman in the
South in that line until came to St. Louis,
Mar. 1, 1900; secretary, treasurer and resident
officer of the C. E. Simmons Medicine Co.,
1900-10; since vice president and manager
same. Democrat. Member Second Baptist
Church. Mason; member Royal Arcanum. Of
fice: 500 N. 2d St. Residence: 4740 Wash
ington Ave.
THACHER, Arthur, mining engineer; born,
Newtonville, Mass., May 8, 1857; son of
Thomas and Catherine ("Worcester) Thacher;
educated in schools of New York City and in
the School of Mines of Columbia University,
from which was graduated, C.E. and E.M,
1877; married, St. Louis, 1890, Carrie Greene;
children: Theodora, Arthur Worcester. In pri
vate practice since 1877; also western man
ager of mines of New Jersey Zinc Co. of New
York since 1908. Member American Institute
of Mining Engineers, Mining and Metallur
gical Society of America, Academy of Sci
ence, St. Louis, Civie League. Republican.
Clubs: St. Louis, University, Country, Noon
day, Round Table. Office: 420 Roe Bldg. Resi
dence: 5185 Lindell Ave.
THAL, Gustav, wholesale grocers' sundries;
born, St. Louis, May 19, 1861; son of Meyer
and Henrietta (Gutterman) Thai; educated in
public schools of St. Louis; unmarried. Began
business career with S. J. Brittain, 'dry goods,
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for ten years; in retail clothing business for
self for five years, until 1889, when became
identified with brother in National Molasses
Co., of which is vice, president; also vice presi
dent Red Cross Vinegar Co. Republican.
Member Shaare Emeth Congregation. Member
B. P. 0. Elks. Club: Columbian. Favorite rec
reations: riding, driving and automobiling.
Office: 204 S. Main St. Residence: 4163 Wash
ington Ave.
THAL, Robert, president National Import
ing Co.; born, New York City, Mar. 12, 1859;
son of Meyer and Henrietta (Gutterman)
Thai; educated in Jefferson School and Jones
Commercial College, St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 16, 1881, Laura Marks; children:
Adele, Herbert, Gladys. In employ of Alden
Vinegar Co. for ten years; started the Red
Cross Vinegar Co. in 1887, and is now its sec
retary and treasurer; also secretai'3r and treas
urer of the National Molasses Co., and presi
dent of National Importing Co. Republican.
Jewish religion; member board Temple Shaare
Emeth. Mason (32°). Club: Columbian. Rec
reations: motoring and golf. Office: Granite
Bldg. Residence: 5115 Washington Boul.
THALMANN, Bernard, printing ink; 1838-
1907; see Vol. 1906.
THEEGARTEN, Paul, insurance; born in
Rhein Province, Germany, Feb. 14, 1859; son
of Carl and Emilie (Dahlmann) Theegarten;
college education; married, St. Paul, 1886,
Tinie Gutenberg; children: Edward P., Elsie
M, Adele F. Came to United States as a
youth, and since 1885 has been engaged in fire
insurance business; member firm of Kreismann
& Theegarten since 1909. Republican in na
tional, independent in local politics. Mason
(32°), Shriner. Club: Liederkranz. Recrea
tion: hunting. Office: Pierce Bldg. Residence:
3829 Russell Ave.
THIELECKE, Walter George, examiner of
land titles; bom, St. Louis, Aug. 17, 1877; son
of Emil and Mary (Schima) Thielecke; edu
cated in Peabody and Charless public schools;
LL.B, Benton College of Law, 1903; married,
St. Louis, Mar. 9, 1904, Anna Schoepf; chil
dren: Walter Louis, Harold Robert. Was in
employ of D. Inde Neudorf, title examiner,
from March, 1892, to February, 1901; at time
of death of Mr. Neudorf succeeded, with Wil
liam Stukenberg, to the real estate and loan
business of Mr. Neudorf; at death of Mr.
Stukenberg, in February, 1904, formed part
nership with William Haase in real estate
business under style of Haase Realty Co., of
which is secretary; also president "Walter G.
Thielecke Title Co. Democrat. Mason. Rec
reation: fishing. Office: 921 Chestnut St. Resi
dence: 601 Dover PL
THOMAS, Charles Edward Livingston, law
yer; see Vol. 1906.

THOMAS, Charles Edwin, president Thomas
& Proetz Lumber Co.; born, St. Louis, Apr.
17, 1872; son of George and Martha (Ed
wards) Thomas; educated in St. Louis public
schools; married, St. Louis, Apr. 17, 1893,
Minnie C. Roosevelt; one son, Edwin Roose
velt Thomas. Started in lumber business in
1888, at age of sixteen, in employ of the Rus-
sell-Massengale Lumber Co., 1896; since Au
gust, 1896, president and manager of the
Thomas & Proetz Lumber Co.; president of
Charles E. Thomas Land and Timber Co.; viee
president North Wharf Land Co. Member St.
Louis Lumber Exchange. Office: 3400 Hall St.
Residence: 4310 W. Pine Boul.
THOMAS, Hugo Frederick, real estate;
1836-1910; see Vol. 1906.
THOMAS, John Richardson, merchant and
manufacturer, retired; born in St. Louis Co.,
Mo, Apr. 19, 1855; son of Benjamin Franklin
Thomas and Jane Chambers, granddaughter
of John Mullanphy; educated at Christian
Brothers College, Washington University;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 4, 1898, Mary M.
Winslow, of New York City; one daughter,
Jane Winslow, born Jan. 3, 1902. Began with
firm of Shorb & Boland, Sept. 9, 1S74, later
John L. Boland and incorporated as John L.
Boland Book and Stationery Co., of which he
was vice president and treasurer for sixteen
years; was in wholesale book and stationery
business thirty-one years. Vice president and
treasurer Kindel Manufacturing Co., manufac
turers of bed davenports, 1906-11, retired.
Was member Missouri National Guard twelve
and one-half years ; volunteered in First Regi
ment, Police Reserves, 1877 (railroad strike),
later First Regiment, Missouri National
Guard; subsequently joined Troop A, St. Louis
Light Cavalry, of which was second lieuten
ant; troop disbanded, 1889, but continues
civil organization; holds gold service medal.
Democrat. Roman Catholic. Member St. Louis
Academy of Science, City Art Museum (Forest
Park), National Geographic Society, Citizens'
Industrial Association, Civie League. Clubs:
University, Noonday, New St. Louis Country,
King's Lake Hunting and Fishing; also Tour
ing Club of France. Recreations: hunting,
fishing and horseback riding. Residence: 4128
Washington Boul.
THOMAS, Nelson, lawver; bom in Crockett
Co, Tenn, Jan. 26, 1878;" son of David Hamil
ton and Emma (Parker) Thomas; educated in
common schools of Tennessee; studied in law
office in Brownsville, Tenn, for three years;
LL.B, St. Louis Law School, June, 1901; un
married. Member of law firm of Jamison &
Thomas, 1901-11, since alone; assistant prose
cuting attorney, 1905-06. Democrat. Member
Tennessee Society of St. Louis .(secretary,
1904-06), Alumni St. Louis Law School, Law
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sonic 'Favorite recreation: power boating.
Office: 907-911 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 5223
Von Versen Ave.
THOMAS, William Sherman, treasurer of
Wagner Electric Manufacturing Co.; bora,
Pleasant Hill, Pike Co, 111, Aug. 21, 1867;
son of John A. and Sophie (Blair) Thomas;
educated in Pleasant Hill public schools to
1885; State Normal University, Normal, 111,
1885-89; married, St. Louis, Oct. 20, 1892,
Frances R. Moore; four children: Maurice L,
Ralph R, Nelson R, Dwight D. Began busi
ness career as teller in Maverick Bank, San
Antonio, Tex, Jan. 1, 1890, and continued un
til June 1, 1890; engaged in general merchan
dise business as member firm of Thomas Bros,
Pleasant Hill, 111, 1890-94. Became president
Aroma Coffee ancl Spice Co., St. Louis, June
1, 1894, and continued until July 1, 1902; then
general manager D. G. Evans & Co., import
ers of teas and coffees, St. Louis, to Dee. 1,
1907; since treasurer Wagner Electric Manu
facturing Co. Member National Credit Men's
Association of America, National Electric
Light Association. Republican. Baptist. Mem
ber A. F. & A. M, Knights of Pythias, Mod
ern Woodmen of America. Clubs: City, Nor
mandie, Triple A Golf. Recreations: golf,
fishing, baseball. Office: 6400 Plymouth Ave.
Residence: 4135 Delmar Boul.
THOMAS, Winthrop Orr; bora, Seneca, O,
June 24, 1854; son of Cushing and Prudence
(Grant) Thomas; educated in common schools
and high school at Forest City, 111.; married,
Omaha, Neb, 1887, Emma E. Evans; one
daughter, Jennie G. Engaged in real estate
business in St. Louis, 1875-98, since retired.
Republican. Methodist. Recreation: motor
touring. Residence: 3214 Morgan St.
THOMPSON, Arthur Lee, real estate; 1856-
1911; see Vol. 1906.
THOMPSON, Brady Stilwell, secretary of
Hoyt Metal Co.; born, Point Pleasant, W. Va,
June 29, 1857; son of James D. and Louise
(Stilwell) Thompson; married, St. Louis, 1882,
Alice Pettes; four children. Engaged in coal
mining and identified with other mining inter
ests in Colorado until 1903; since secretary
Hoyt Metal Co. Club: City. Offiee: 408 Olive
St. Residence: 5960 Clemens Ave.
THOMPSON, C. McClung, insurance; born,
St. Louis, Dec. 17, 1864; son of Charles L.
and Betty S. Thompson; educated in public
schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
March, 1905, Leonora E. Scott; one son,
Charles L. Member Merchants' Exchange,
Royal Arcanum. Democrat. Office: Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 4947 McPherson Ave.
THOMPSON, Collins, secretary and treas
urer St. Louis Republic; born, Sedalia, Mo,
Aug. 9, 1875; son of James C. and Sally C.
(Sneed) Thompson; educated Phillips Exeter
Academy, Exeter, N. H.; Wabash College,

Crawfordsvillo, Ind.; married, St. Louis, Nov.
15, 1910, Nellie Lutz; one son, Frank Lutz.
' With General Electric Co., City of Mexico,
1895-99; with Wabash R. R. Co, 1899-1901;
secretary to David R. Francis, 1901-08; with
New York Life Insurance Co., 1908-10; sec
retary and treasurer St. Louis Republic
since 1910. Democrat. Presbyterian. Director
Louisiana Purchase Exposition; member Beta
Theta Pi Fraternity. Decorated Officer French
Academy, Order of Chinese Dragon. Clubs:
City, Algonquin, Missouri Athletic. Recrea
tion: golf. Office: 7th and Olive Sts. Resi
dence: 640 E. Monroe St., Kirkwood.
THOMPSON, Frank A, lawyer; born, St.
Louis Co, Oct. 4, 1880; son of Frank A. and
Kate (Edmonstone) Thompson; educated St.
Louis High School; University of Missouri;
University of Michigan, LL.B, 1904; mar
ried, Ferguson, Mo, Oct. 19, 1910, Olive
Jacques. Admitted to Missouri bar, 1904, and
since in practice in St. Louis. Director State
Bank of Webster. Democrat; candidate for
Congress on Democratic ticket, 10th District
of Missouri, 1908. Episcopalian. Member Bar
Association of St. Louis, Phi Delta Theta, Phi
Delta Phi college fraternities. Recreation:
tennis. Office: Rialto Bldg. Residence: Fer
guson, St. Louis Co., Mo.
THOMPSON, Harry Clay, vice president
Buck's Stove and Range Co.; born, Milwau
kee, Wis, Sept. 27, 1847; son of Jared and
Minerva (Hayden) Thompson; educated in
public schools at Milwaukee to 1863; married,
St. Louis, Dec. 30, 1876, Minnie S. Maurice;
two children: J. Maurice, Harry O, Jr. En
listed in Union army, Thirteenth Wisconsin
Battery, 1863, became gunner, and remained
in service until close of war. Began business
career as traveling salesman with the Chicago
wholesale hardware house of Jewett & But
ler, 1865, and continued until 1870; traveling
representative with Excelsior Manufacturing
Co., St. Louis, 1870-83; removed to Memphis,
Tenn, and was manager for H. Wetter Manu
facturing Co. until 1888. Returned to St.
Louis and engaged as traveling salesman with
Buck's Stove and Range Co., October, 1888;
advanced to assistant secretary, 1891; elected
to present position as vice president, 1907.
Republican. Member National Union (Mound
City Council No. 104). Club: Missouri Ath
letic. Recreations: country life and motor
ing. Office: 3500 N. 2d St. Residence: 7127
Lanham Ave.
THOMPSON, Leslie Helfenstein, publisher;
born, Webster Groves, Mo, Aug. 8, 1878; son
of Nathan David and Katie Gore (Helfen
stein) Thompson; graduated from Smith Acad
emy, St. Louis, 1896; Ph. B, Yale University,
1899; married, St. Louis, 1908, Violet Kauff-
mann. Entered employment of N. D. Thomp
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11, 1899; continued so until Oct. 9, 1902, and
has been president of The Thompson Publish
ing Co. since Oct. 27,»1902; company engaged
in publishing and selling high class subscrip
tion books (usually special editions) ; secre
tary and general manager of The Dalworth
Realty Co. (Company owns 1172 acres of land
midway between Dallas and Fort Worth, Tex,
and is building a suburban city.) Since July
6, 1905, secretary and treasurer of the Graphic
Compendious Co.; director Eclipse Land and
Mining Co. Congregationalist. Independent in
politics. Clubs: Algonquin, Missouri Athletic,
Chicago Press. Favorite recreations: horse
back riding, tennis and golf. Office and Resi
dence (at present) : Dalworth, Tex.
THOMPSON, Nathan David, publisher; born
in Metcalfe Co, Ky, Jan. 5, 1842; son of
Lewis Morgan and Mary (Robertson) Thomp
son; educated at Camden Seminary, Barren
Co., Ky, and at Georgetown College (Ky.) ;
married, Webster Groves, Mo, Oct. 20, 1877,
Katie Gore Helfenstein; children: Leslie Hel-
fenstein, Nathan David, Jr. Since 1875 en
gaged in publishing business in St. Louis.
Vice president and general manager of The
Thompson Publishing Co., which he organ
ized in 1888. Publishes many miscellaneous
publications of popular character, extending
through many years; undertook and success
fully carried out two especially notable pub
lishing enterprises, one being an expedition
under combined direction of an author and
skilled outdoor photographer to go to Egypt,
Palestine, Asia, Minor and Rome to trace the
journeyings of Christ and His apostles, and
of Old Testament characters, and to photo
graph and describe 500 actual places of Bible
occurrences, the result of which a four volume
quarto Bible illustrated with photographic
views of the definite places of Bible events as
those places appear today; has had a sale in
England, Canada and Australia almost equal
to that in Ameriea; also sent similar expedi
tion to Cuba, Porto Rico, the Isle of Pines,
Hawaii and the Philippines, after Spanish
War, the result of which was a two-volume
publication on Our Island Possessions which
had the phenomenal sale of 400,000 sets.
Member Civic League. Democrat. Congrega
tionalist. Clubs: Mercantile, Papyrus. Recrea
tion: horseback riding. Office: 1127 Pine St.
Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
THOMPSON, Ralph L, physician and pro
fessor pathology; born, Lisbon, Me, Nov. 15,
1872; son of Haley P. and Mehitable (Smith)
Thompson; A.B, Bates College, Lewiston, Me,
1896, A.M., 1901; M.D, Harvard Medical
School, 1900; unmarried. Pathological interne,
Boston City Hospital, 1901-2; fellow Rocke
feller Institute for Medical Research, 1902-03;
first assistant in pathology, Boston City Hos
pital, 1903-04; removed to St. Louis, 1904;

associate professor pathology, St. Louis Uni
versity, 1904-06, and professor pathology, same
institution, since 1906; first lieutenant Med
ical Reserve Corps, U. S. army. Member Hos
pital Board, City of St. Louis; member Ameri
can Medical Association, American Association
of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, Ameri
can Association for Cancer Research; fellow
American Association for the Advancement
of Science. Clubs: University, City. Author:
Glimpses of Medical Europe, 1908; Surgery
and Pathology of the Thyroid and Parathy
roid Glands (with A. J. Ochsner), 1910; also
contributor to medical journals and reviews.
Recreation: European travel. Office: 1402 S.
Grand Ave. Residence: 4448 Olive St.
THOMPSON, Robert Holmes, lumber; born,
St. Louis, Oct. 18, 1855; son of A. B. M. and
Rebecca (Andrews) Thompson; educated in
private and public schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1881, Fannie Virginia Weng-
ler, who died Feb. 20, 1894; children: Robert
H, Jr., Estelle (deceased), Abraham. Began
business career 1869 with H. & L. Chase Bag
Co, remaining until 1874; from 1874 to 1879
with Granby Mining and Smelting Co.; since
1879 with J. A. Holmes Lumber Co., of which
is secretary and treasurer. Mason (32°). Rec
reation: reading. Office: 915 Spruce St. Resi
dence: Webster Groves, Mo.
THOMPSON, William B, lawyer; born, Vir
ginia, Cass Co, 111, June 20, 1843; son of
Nathaniel B. and Louisa (Dutch) Thompson;
educated in public and private schools; LL.B,
Law Department, University of Michigan,
1865; married, St. Louis, 1869, Camilla Stiles;
children: Camilla (deceased), Ford W, Wirt
L, Grace and Ethyl. Came to St. Louis, 1865,
and has since been engaged in practice of law.
Democrat; member Missouri State Senate,
1876-80. Member St. Louis, Missouri State
and American Bar associations, Missouri His
torical Society (life member). Clubs: St.
Louis, Noonday, Glen Echo Country (St.
Louis), York (Me.) Reading Room and York
(Me.) Country, Recreation: golf. Office: 510,
408 Olive St. Residence: Si Louis Club.
Summer Residence: York Harbor, Me.
THOMPSON, William M, lawyer; born,
Brooklyn, N. Y, Sept. 17, 1867; son of- Corne
lius and Louisa A. (Benoist) Thompson; edu
cated at Johns Hopkins University; LL.B, St.
Louis Law School (Washington University),
1893; University of Vienna, Austria, 1897-98;
unmarried. In practice in St. Louis since
1893; lecturer, St. Louis University Institute
of Law. Member St. Louis Bar Association,
Phi Delta Phi. Republican. Catholic. Clubs:
University, Florissant Valley. Recreation: ten
nis. Office: Rialto Bldg. Residence: 5027
Westminster PL
THOMSEN, Thomas, manufacturer of sash,
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Germany, Jan. 16, 1851; son of Thomas and
Elizabeth Thomsen; educated in public
schools; married, St. Louis, Apr. 4, 1878,
Catherine Lauermann; children: George P.,
Otto T, Lulu C, Francis T, Tillie C. Learned
rudiments of trade of carpenter and builder
in Germany, and followed it as journeyman
until engaged as general contractor and build
er in St. Louis, 1875-82; president and general
manager Great Western Planing Mill Co.,
1882-87; moved to California for two years;
returned, and in 1890 was one of incorpo
rators, and secretary and treasurer until 1898,
of the Orescent Planing Mill Co. Conducted a
sash and door factory in his own name, and
in 1901 incorporated the business as Thomsen
Planing Mill Co, of which is president. Ma-
Son, Odd Fellow. Recreation: traveling. Of
fiee: 1700 S. Vandeventer Ave. Residence:
4169 Flora Ave.
THOMSON, John Edwin, banker; born, St.
Louis, 1851; son of Almon and Emma (Lewis)
Thomson; educated in public schools of Bos
ton and St. Louis, graduating from St. Louis
High School; married, Muskogee, Indian Ter
ritory, Oct. 2, 1876, Frances H, daughter of
Rev. S. W. Marston, D.D. Began business life
as cashier in St. Nicholas Hotel, St. Louis;
later with Valley National Bank, St. Louis;
with the Bank of Commerce, St. Louis, until
1896; cashier Citizens National Bank,i St.
Louis, 1896-98; now engaged in professional
banking. Member Civic League. Unitarian.
Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile, Bellerive, Harbor
Point Yacht, St. Louis Field. Office: 503 La
clede Bldg. Residence: Buckingham Club
Hotel. THOMSON, William Holmes, viee president
Boatmen's Bank; born in Frederick Co., Md,
Apr. 16, 1837; son of William James and Mar
garetta Ann (Davis) Thomson; attended com
mon school in Frederick Co. in early boyhood,
and, 1852-55, boarding schools at Strausburg
and Mount Joy, Pa.; married, St. Louis, July
16, 1862, Margaret Lewis Foote Larkin; one
daughter, Maggie Larkin (deceased) ; mar
ried, 2d, St. Louis, Jan. 23, 1872, Annie Lou
Hargadine; children: Julia Hargadine (Mrs.
C. C. Collins), Annie Lou, Mary McCreery,
William Hargadine, Susan Larkin (wife of
Capt. A. B. Coxe, U. S. Army), Virginia Mc-
Cullough (Mrs. George W. Tracy), Georgia
Betts (deceased), Holmes Lackland (wife of
Dr. A. G. Fuller). On leaving school in 1855
entered civil engineering corps and continued
for about a year, surveying Metropolitan R.
R, from Washington City to "Point of
Rocks," on B. & O. R. R.; then entered em
ploy of Love, Martin & Co., western produce
merchants, Baltimore, Md. On leaving there,
after a year or so, came to St. Louis; entered
employ of Boatmen's Bank, Apr. 16, 1857
(twentieth birthday) ; served as clerk, teller,
etc, till Oct. 26, 1869, when was appointee!

assistant cashier; on May 17, 1870, was ap
pointed cashier, and on Jan. 10, 1911, was
elected vice president. Member Business
Men's League. President St. Luke's Hospital
(one of its organizers). Democrat. Member
Trinity Episcopal Church (one of its organ
izers, ancl senior warden for many years).
Clubs: St. Louis, Missouri Athletic, Noonday,
Aero, Bankers', Million Population. Recrea
tions: reading and outdoor diversions. Office:
Boatmen's Bank. Residence: 3805 Lindell
Boul. Summer Residence: Arcadia, Mo.
THORPE, Burton Lee, dental surgeon; edu
cated in public schools, Belmond, Iowa; began
study of dentistry under private tutor, 1889,
and continued until 1892; then entered West
ern Dental College, Kansas City, Mo, gradu
ated with degree D.D.S, 1895; M.D, Barnes
University, 1904; married, Gallatin, Mo, Dec.
4, 1895, Miss Berta Scott. Began practice of
dentistry, St. Louis, 1899, and continued ever
since; appointed member Missouri State
Board Dental Examiners by Gov. A. M. Dock
ery, 1900; reappointed, 1903, 5-year term, to
1908 (president, 1903); was dean of faculty,
also professor operative dentistry and dental
history, Barnes Dental College, 1903-05. Mem
ber National Dental Association (president,
1909), Missouri State Dental Association
(president, 1901), St. Louis Dental Society, St.
Louis Society of Dental Science (president,
1905), National Association Dental Examin
ers (president, 1903); honorary member Vir
ginia, Tennessee, Ohio," Iowa, Kansas, Colo
rado an-d Southern Illinois Dental societies,
and National Dental Association of France;
corresponding member of The National Dental
Society of Germany; member Delta Sigma
Delta Fraternity (president St. Louis Auxil
iary Chapter, 1904-05). Was originator Fourth
International Dental Congress, St. Louis,
1904, and received commemorative diploma
and gold medal, conferred for this service by
The Universal Exposition Co.; organized
Jamestown Dental Convention, Norfolk, Va,
1907, and was chairman committee on organi
zation; assistant orgajiizer Fifth Interna
tional Dental Congress, Berlin, Germany,
1909; then elected delegate to organize Sixth
.International Dental Congress, London, Eng,
1914; elected assistant secretary International
Dental Federation and reelected for five
years, 1909. Associate editor The Dental Brief
since 1904; devoted to dental history, and
chairman, several occasions, of committee on
history for different dental societies. Author:
Biographical History of Pioneer American
Dentists and Their Successors (800 pages),
1909; History of the Missouri State Dental
Association (150 pages), 1909. Recreations:
golf and automobiling. Offiee: 3605 Lindell
Boul. Residence: "Four Acres," St. Louis
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TIEMANN, Fritz; born in Augusta, St.
Charles Co, Mo, Mar. 10, 1853; son of Charles
F. and Susanna (Mueller) Tiemann; educated
in public schools of ^Augusta; married, St.
Louis, October, 1880, Frances Helmkampf;
children: Frances, Fred, Otto, Alma, Walter.
Came to St. Louis, 1894, and established F.
Tiemann Stove and Hardware Co., of which is
proprietor. Member Royal Arcanum, Inde
pendent Order Odd Fellows. Club: Lieder
kranz. Office: 210-214 Walnut St. Residence:
3029 Shenandoah Ave.
TIEMEYER, John Henry, carpet merchant;
1848-1910; see Vol. 1906.
TIESLER, Theodore R, president St. Louis
Wire and Iron Co.; born, Schlesien, Germany,
June 13, 1855; son of Gottlieb Tiesler; edu
cated in public schools in Germany; married,
St. Louis Co, Mo, Feb. 28, 1889, Matilda
Greb; children: Bertha, Ida, Delia, Flora,
Theodore R, Jr. Came to St. Louis, 1872; es
tablished St. Louis Wire and Iron Co., 1885,
incorporated, 1903, and has since been presi
dent. Republican. Lutheran. Member A. F.
& A. M. Office: 516-522 Chouteau Ave. Resi
dence: 8918 Nebraska Ave.
TIFFANY, Dexter, lawyer; born, St. Louis,
Aug. 28, 1846; son of Dexter and Hannah
(Kerr) Tiffany; A.B, Harvard University,
1868; married, 1870, Annie H. Shepley, of
Portland, Me.; children: Dexter, Jr., George
S. Admitted to Missouri bar, 1871, and since
in practice in St. Louis; formerly member of
firm of Funkelnburg & Rassieur, and later of
Rassieur & Tiffany until 1894, since alone.
President Tiffany Real Estate Co. Was asso
ciated with late Judge J. Klein in the man
agement of the Knox Estate. Member St.
Louis Bar Association. Episcopalian. Mem
ber Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: St. Louis
Country, Racquet. Recreation: golf. Office:
200 Market St. Residence: 72 Vandeventer
Place. TIFFANY, George Shepley, cotton buyer;
born, St. Louis, Dec. 22, 1877; son of Dexter
and Annie (Shepley) Tiffany; educated at
Harvard Academy, St. Louis, 1889-90; Smith
Academy, 1890-91; St. Paul's School, Concord,
N. H, 1891-95; A.B, Harvard University,
1899; married at 3535 Lucas Ave, 1905, Marie
Therese Scanlan; children: Mary Christy,
George Shepley, Jr., Phillip F, Nicholas Jar-
rot. Engaged in business in St. Louis as cot
ton buyer since 1901. Member Business Men's
League, Civic League. Episcopalian. Clubs:
Noonday, St. Louis Country, City, Racquet.
Office: 200 Market St. Residence: 14 Lenox
Place. TILLES, Cap. A, capitalist; born in St.
Louis, Nov. 27, 1865; son of Louis and Rosalie
(Peck) Tilles; educated in public schools of
Fort Smith, Ark, and University of Arkan
sas. In wholesale cigar and tobacco business

at Fort Smith, 1883-87, and in same line of
business in St. Louis under title of Missouri
Cigar & Tobacco Co. until 1896; was iden
tified with bond and stock brokerage business
for several years; now engaged in looking
after own investments and real estate prop
erties. President St. Louis Fair Association,
1896-1905. Traveled abroad, 1906-09. Repub
lican. Member Business Men's League, Trav
elers' Protective Association, Y. M. C. A.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Automobile, Sunset
Hill Country, Canteen Hunting and Fishing.
Office: 525, 705 Olive St. Residence: St. Louis
County, Mo.
TILTON, Edgar Disbury, secretary Stan
ard-Tilton Milling Co.; born, Tiltonville, Jef
ferson Co., O, July 14, 1852; son of Noah and
Eliza Ann (Robinson) Tilton; educated in
public school, Tiltonville, and public night
school in the old Polytechnic Bldg. at 7th and
Chestnut Sts, St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Feb. 14, 1884, Cora V. Stanard; children:
Owen Stanard, Esther Cornelia, Edgar, Jr.,
Webster. In 1864 until close of the Civil War
was messenger for the Military Telegraph Co.;
later with the Western Union Telegraph Co.;
with wholesale shoe firm of Maclay & Vimont,
1870-74; bill clerk, 1874, and later manager,
until 1888, for O. J. Lewis & Co.; in 1888 be
came secretary of the E. O. Stanard Milling
Co., flour manufacturers (incorporated 1886),
succeeded by the Stanard-Tilton Milling Co,
of which is also secretary. Member Business
Men 's League, Civic League. Republican.
Member Lindell Avenue M. E. Church (trustee
and president of the official board). Trustee
Evangelical Deaconess Home. Clubs: Mercan
tile, St. Louis, Glen Echo, St. Louis Country,
Noonday, Racquet, Bellerive. Office: Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 4511 Pine St.
TIMMERMAN, Arthur Henry, chief engi
neer of Wagner Electric Manufacturing Co.;
born, New York City, May 1, 1871; son of
John Henry and Celia (Lussen) Timmerman;
educated in public schools of New York City;
B.S, College of City of New York, 1891; M.E.
in electrical engineering, Cornell University,
1892, M.M.E, 1893; married, Ithaca, N. Y,
1894, to Mary E. Pearson; one son, Arthur
Pearson. Instructor in physics, Washington
University, 1893-94, professor of physics ancl
electrical engineering in School of Mines and
Metallurgy, University of Missouri, Rolla,
Mo, 1894-99; engineer in employ of Wagner
Electric Manufacturing Co, 1899-1900; assist
ant superintendent, 1900-02, superintendent
and electrical engineer, August, 1902, to Jan
uary, 1908; since then chief engineer same
company. Member St. Louis League of Elec
tric Interests, American Institute of Elec
trical Engineers', Academy of Science of St.
Louis, Engineers' Club and Cornell Club, St.
Louis, National Geographic Society, Phi Gam
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6400 Plymouth Ave. Residence: 5364 Vernon
Avenue. TIMMERMAN, Gerhard Henry, president
St. Louis Iron and Machine Works; 1824-
1910; see Vol. 1906.
TIMMERMAN, John Henry, president and
treasurer St. Louis Iron and Machine Works;
bora, St. Louis, Nov. 1, 1849; son of Gerhard
Henry and Mary C. (Hackman) Timmerman;
educated in parochial schools, Christian
Brothers College, and Bryant & Stratton Busi
ness College; married, St. Louis, 1873, Mary
M. Kugler; children: Mamie (Mrs. Louis
Retter), Ida (Mrs. Gratz B. Self), Frederick
C. Began to ieam trade of patternmaker in
shops of St. Louis Iron and Machine Works,
forty years ago, and has continued with com
pany ever since; elected secretary and treas
urer of the company, 1891, president, 1910.
Democrat. Catholic. Recreation: traveling.
Office: 126 Chouteau Ave. Residence: 3803
Castleman Ave.
*TINKER, Zachariah Wainwright, brewer;
moved to New Orleans; see Vol. 1906.
TIRMENSTEIN, Martin Samuel, business
manager; 1858-1907; see Vol. 1906.
TIRRILL, Jacob P, vice president Graham
Paper Co.; born, Alton, 111, Oct. 22, 1864; son
of Henry and Louisa (Kleinfelter) Tirrill;
educated in grammar and high schools; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1907, Frances Allison. En
tered employ of Graham Paper Co., 1882;
served as salesman and secretary, and is now
vice president of the company. Republican.
Member Sons of the Revolution. Clubs: Mer
cantile, Noonday, Bellerive. Offiee: 1018
Spruce St. Residence: 5291 Washington Ave.
TITTMANN, Eugene C, lawyer; 1852-1908;
see Vol. 1906.
TITTMANN, Harold H, manufacturer of
forest products; born, Belleville, 111, 1854;
son of Edward and Rosa (Hilgard) Tittmann;
educated by private instruction; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 26, 1886, Emma Roe Copelin; chil
dren: Harold Hilgard, Winifred. Employed
in U. S. consular service, 1873-74, attached to
U. S. Consulate at Lyons, France, 1873, by ap
pointment of President U. S. Grant; promoted
to U. S. Consulate General at Rome, Italy,
1874, by Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State.
Since 1884 engaged as a manufacturer of
forest products, and now president of the St.
Louis Stave and Lumber Co. (plant at Fay-
etteville, Ark.) Member Archreological Insti
tute of America, Legion of Honor. Vice presi
dent Board of Education; member Civic
League, St. Louis. Protestant. Clubs: Coun
try, University. Office: Roe Bldg. Residence:
5024 Westminster PL
TOBERMAN, Walter H, grain and hay
commission; bora, Fillmore, 111, Apr. 19, 1879;
son of Isaiah and Mary (Harris) Toberman;
educated in district school and Fillmore High

School, graduating from latter, 1899; mar
ried, Fillmore, Sept. 16, 1903, Estelle Short;
one son, Walter I. Began active career in
grain business at Coffeen, 111, and continued
1901-03; was connected with V. C. Tiee &
Co., 1903-05; member firm of Tice, Toberman
& Mackey, 1905-07; president and senior mem
ber Toberman Mackey Co. since 1907; also co
partner in firm of Toberman Bros, Coffeen,
111. Member St. Louis Merchants' Exchange.
Member St. Louis Grain Club. Democrat.
Baptist. Member Knights of Pythias, Modern
Woodmen of America. Recreation: baseball.
Offiee: 1136 Pierce Bldg. Residence: 3603
Humphrey Ave.
TOBIN, Thomas J, general auditor Wabash
Railroad Co.; born, St. Louis, May 17, 1859;
son of Richard and Mary (Cantwell) Tobin;
educated in St. Louis University; married, St.
Louis, Sept. 12, 188.1, Mary C. Cluney; chil
dren: Paul S, Fred J. (deceased), John C,
Edward L, Frank, Thomas, Jr. Has spent
practically whole business life with Wabash
R. R, beginning as clerk in auditor's offiee,
then chief clerk, then assistant auditor and
auditor, and now general auditor Wabash
Railroad Co. Secretary-treasurer East St.
Louis Relay Passenger Station Association;
treasurer Parnell Saving and Building Asso
ciation, 1905-10. Member American Associa
tion of Railway Accounting Officers (member
of standing committee on corporate, fiscal
and general accounts) Was member Board of
Aldermen of City of Ferguson, Mo. Favorite
recreation: baseball. Office: Title Guarantee
Bldg. Residence: 4202 W. Pine Boul.
TODD, D. Clay, physician; bora, St. Louis,
April 26, 1875; son of Dr. James A. and Lib-
bie M. (McClay) Todd; educated in Evans
(Colo.) public schools; Presbyterian Academy
of Payson, Utah; B.S., Geneva College,
Beaver Falls, Pa, 1898; M.D, Marion-Sims-
Beaumont Medical College, St. Louis, 1902;
A.M., St. Louis University, 1908; married,
Meadville, Pa, 1904, Belle 'Mac-Fate. Assist
ant physician and surgeon, St. Mary's Infirm
ary, 1902-03; now professor anatomy, Amer
ican Medical College; consulting gynecologist,
American Hospital. Office: 4503 Page Boul.
Residence: 4523 Page Boul.
*TODD, Henry Rhine; moved to Birming
ham, Ala.; see Vol. 1906.
TODEBUSH, Charles Wilmont, vice presi
dent Cornelius Mill Furnishing Co.; born, St.
Louis, Jan. 9, 1860; son of John and Frances
(Chapman) Todebush; educated in public
schools; married, at St. Louis, Jan. 18, 1881,
Frances M. Hamschmidt; one son, Charles D.
Began as boiler-maker's helper with John
Rohan & Sons; after learning the trade, en
tered employ of Todd & Stanley, and con
tinued for twenty years, advancing to posi
tion of foreman of corrugating department;
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nelius Mill Furnishing Co., of which has viee
president since 1900. Republican. Presbyte
rian. Member Royal Arcanum. Recreation:
traveling. Office: lllfl JST. 6th St. Residence:
5245 Maple Ave.
TOLSON, Russell I, lawyer; born, Fayette,
Mo, Dec. 21, 1881; son of John Downing and
Katherine (Crigler) Tolson; educated in pub
lic schools of Fayette; A.B, Central College,
Fayette, 1902; LL.B, Washington University,
1904; married, St. Louis, June 18, 1910, Eu
genia Chick Lemen; one daughter, Eugenia
Chick. Admitted to Missouri bar, 1904; prac
ticed at Fayette, 1904-09, since at St. Louis.
Democrat. Baptist. Member St. Louis Bar
Association. Organized chapter of Sigma Nu
Fraternity at Washington University, 1903.
Mason (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner; Odd
Fellow. Recreations: reading, music and ath
letics. Office: 1654 Pierce Bldg. Residence:
,1013 Clarendon Ave.
TOMKINS, Logan, bank cashier; 1839-
1910; see Vol. 1906.
TONNIES, August G, president Colorprint
Label Co.; born, Welsede, Province of Han
over, Germany, Jan. 13, 1844; son of Forester
Christian and Susanna (Hoenkohl) Tonnies;
educated in public schools of Amelgatzen,
Duingen, Aschendorf, and Rothenfelde, and
high school at Dissen, Germany; married, St.
Louis, April 11, 1867, Henriette Louise Pet
ers; children; Fred. L, George F. (deceased),
August H, Susanna W, Henriette E. C,
Louis G. (deceased), Alfred K, Harry A.
Came to St. Louis from Germany in 1858; em
ployed in a book store, 1859-1875; in same
line of business for self, 1875-90; manager
, Eden Publishing House, 1890-1910; since
president Colorprint Label Co. Served in En
rolled Missouri Militia, 1862-64. Republican.
Member German Evangelical Church, Evan
gelical Deaconess Society. Recreation: phil
ately (stamp collecting). Offiee: 617-623 N.
Main St. Residence: 2602 N. 14th St.
TONTRUP, George Henry, general man
ager American Car Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct.
25, 1876; son of Louis Henry and Georgie
(Corwin) Tontrup; educated in public schools
of St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Nov. 6, 1901,
Clara Belle Rowe. Began business career,
after leaving school, as clerk with American
Car Co., 1891, and has held all office positions
from the bottom to the present one as general
manager; also vice president and general
manager Danville Car Co.; partner in firm of
Harkins & Tontrup, fire insurance. Member
Business Men's League, Citizens' Industrial
Association, American Electric Railway Man
ufacturers' Association, American Automobile
Association. Baptist. Mason (Scottish Rite),
Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs: St. Louis,
Glen Echo, St. Louis Automobile, St. Louis
Railway, Sunset Hill Country, King's Lake

Hunting and Fishing, and Manufacturers'
Club of Philadelphia. Office: 1518 S. Vande
venter Ave. Residence: 4200 Washington
Boulevard. TONTRUP, Louis Henry, real estate; born,
St. Louis, June 29, 1842; son of Jobst H. and
Sophia (Bramseh) Tontrup; educated in pri
vate and public schools, and St. Louis High
School; graduated from Bryant & Stratton
Business College; married, St. Louis, June 18,
1867, Georgie Corwin; children: Ella May,
Alice Eva, George Henry. Began as clerk in
grocery store; later collector for produce firm;
with J. Weil & Bro, wholesale dry goods,
1861-83; began real estate and financial
agency business on own account, March, 1884;
since 1886 member firm of Papin & Tontrup,
successors of S. V. Papin & Bro.; treasurer
American Car Co., 1891-1902; president Mound
City Real Estate and Investment Co.; secre
tary and treasurer Hutchinson Realty Co.,
Glades Realty and Investment Co. Repub
lican; member St. Louis City National Guard
during Civil War. Protestant. Member Mer
chants ' Exchange, St. Louis Real Estate Ex
change. Favorite recreations: hunting and
fishing. Offiee: 626 Chestnut St. Residence:
Hamilton Hotel.
TORRENCE, Frederick A, president Jones
Business College; born, Gallipolis, O, Sept.
12, 1869; son of Benjamin Franklin and Isa
bel Charlotte (Thomasson) Torrence; educated
in public schools, Gallipolis, to 1879; high
school, Ashland, Ky, until 1885; Richeson's
(private) Academy, Ashland, Ky, 1885-86;
entered Jones Commercial College, St. Louis,
1887, graduated as Master of Accounts, 1888;
married, St. Louis, Dec. 30, 1891, Frances M.
Prevot; two children: Charl Joseph, Louis
Joseph Prevot. Began teaching at Jones Com
mercial College immediately after graduation,
1888; dean of faculty, 1896, vice president,
1906, president since 1909. Has practiced pub-
lie accounting twenty-four years, now consult
ing accountant. Member National Teachers',
Owners' and Managers' Association, Educa
tional Society. Independent in politics. Catho
lic. Recreations: horseback riding and base
ball. Office: 625 Locust St. Residence: 3506
Magnolia Ave.
TORWEGGE, Henry John, retired; born in
Hanover, Germany, Nov. 15, 1844; son of
Henry J. and Catherine (Tepe) Torwegge;
educated in public schools in Germany and
came from there to St. Louis in 1859; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1887, Emma Ruwart. Learned
trade of hat making with brother, F. W. Tor
wegge, and was associated with him until his
death in 1890, when succeeded to an interest
in Raymond & Torwegge Hat Manufacturing
Co., continuing until April, 1909, when retired.
Lutheran. Residence: '3950 Sullivan Ave.
*TOTTEN, William J.; moved to Chicago,
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TOWLER, John R, general manager of
Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney Dry Goods Co.;
bom, Brecksville, O, Mar. 1, 1866; son of
Rev. Thomas and Mercy (Adams) Towler;
educated in high schools, and Olivet College,
Michigan; married, June 20, 1907, Mrs. Annie
McLean Moores, of Mt. Pleasant, Ky. Began
business career as clerk in general store in
Michigan, 1883, and in 1887 became traveling
salesman for Wilson, Larrabee & Co., Boston,
remaining until 1890; traveling salesman with
W. G. Hitchcock, of New York, 1890-92, with
James McCreery & Co, New York, 1892-1901,
visiting St. Louis and the Southwest; with
Cheney Bros, silk manufacturers, 1901-05; be
came member and secretary of Scruggs-Van
dervoort-Barney Dry Goods Co., 1905, and in
December, 1907, became general manager of
the company. Clubs: Racquet (St. Louis),
New York Athletic (New York). Office: Olive,
10th and Locust Sts. Residence: Buckingham
Hotel. TOWNSEND, Henry C, passenger and
ticket agent, Missouri Pacific Railway Co.;
1847-1909; see Vol. 1906.
TRACY, Daniel O'Connell, lawyer; born,
Liverpool, England, Mar. 10, 1844; son of
James M. (native of Ireland) and Esther
(Hamilton) Tracy; came to United States
when eight years of age; educated in Benton
(public) School, St. Louis, and public schools
of New Orleans, La, and part of post-gradu
ate course at St. Louis University; married,
St. Louis, Aug. 5, 1869, Caroline R. Kernan;
children: Esther (now Mrs. H. D. Risdon),
Joseph F. and Daniel J. Admitted to bar at
St. Louis, May 19, 1877; city attorney of St.
Louis, 1877-83; city register, 1885-89; appoint
ed, June 16, 1902, judge Second District Police
Court, to serve unexpired term of Judge Wiz-
lezness, resigned; judge First District Police
Court, February, 1903-1911, resumed practice
of law. Served ~ in militia in states of Cali
fornia and Missouri for ten years. Member
St. Louis Law Library Association. Demo
crat. Catholic. Member Knights of Father
Mathew, Knights of Columbus. Favorite rec
reation: baseball. Office: 524 Granite Bldg.
Residence: 4413 Delmar Ave.
TRAUNMILLER, Frank Joseph, manager
Excelsior Brewery; 1859-1908; see Vol. 1906.
TRAUTMANN, Theodore J, physician; see
Vol. 1906.
TRAVERS, N. Lee, real estate; deceased;
see Vol. 1906.
TRA VILLA, James C, street commissioner
City of St. Louis; born, Philadelphia, July 11,
1865; son of Henry C. and Mary (Coxey)
Travilla; educated in public schools, Philadel
phia, and State Normal School; then entered
University of Pennsylvania, graduating as
civil engineer, 1886; married, St. Louis, Mar.
30, 1892; three children: Helen, Dorothy,

James C, Jr. With engineering department
Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. until 1890; engi
neer with board of public improvements City
of St. Louis, 1890-94; with George Barnett as
firm of Travilla & Barnett, civil engineers,
1894-96; returned to city service as superin
tendent street department, 1896, continuing
to 1897; then appointed by Mayor Rolla Wells
as street commissioner. Member Civic League.
Methodist. Member Pennsylvania Society.
Mason. Office: City Hall. Residence: 1395
Union Ave.
TRAVOUS, Charles Norton, lawyer; 1857-
1907; see Vol. 1906.
TREAT, Edwin Miles, president American
Credit Indemnity Co.; born, Mobile, Ala,
Aug. 10, 1867; son of Edwin M. and Kathar
ine H. (Bull) Treat; educated at Barton
Academy, Mobile (high school) ; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 25, 1895, Clara B. Foster; chil
dren: Edwin M, Jr., Katharine V. N, Fran
ces, Foster. Was chief clerk traffic depart
ment of Mobile & Ohio R. R, at Mobile, and
later at St. Louis; became secretary arid di
rector of the American Credit Indemnity Co.
upon its incorporation in April, 1893, vice
president, 1907, president, 1909, same com
pany. Democrat. Presbyterian. Club: Mer
cantile. Office: 7th floor, 415 Locust St. Resi
dence: 5949 Woodland PL
TREICHLINGER, David, merchandise brok
er; born, Strakonitz, Bohemia, Dec. 18, 1852;
son of Herman and Anna (Bloch) Treich-
linger; graduated from Gymnasium, Pisek,
Bohemia; married, Hudson, Mich, Jan. 14,
1880, Bertha Frensdorf; one daughter, Flor
ence (Mrs. Isadore Salinger). Came to St.
Louis and was member of firm of Jacob Furth
& Co., 1869-85; then in business alone until
1891, when admitted Meyer L. Stern, the firm
continuing as Treichlinger & Stern. Member
Civie League. Member Temple Israel (Jew
ish). President Jewish Educational Alliance.
Mason. Clubs: Columbian, Westwood Coun
try. Office: 813-815 Spruce St. Residence:
4531 Maryland Ave.
TRELEASE, William, botanist; born, Mt.
Vernon, N. Y, Feb. 22, 1857; son of Samuel
R. and Mary (Gandall) Trelease; B.S, Cor
nell, 1880; Sc.D, Harvard, 1884; (LL.D, Uni
versity of Missouri, 1903, Washington Univer
sity, 1907) ; married, Julia M. Johnson, of
Madison, Wis, July 19, 1882. Was in charge
of Summer School of Botany, Harvard, 1883-
84; lecturer on botany, Johns Hopkins, 1884;
instructor botany, 1881-83; professor botany,
1883-85, University of Wisconsin; Engelmann
professor botany, Washington University,
1885-1912; director Missouri Botanical Gar
den, 1889-1912; member board of commission
ers, Tower Grove Park, 1889-1912. Secretary
Wisconsin Horticultural Society, 18S2-85,
Cambridge Entomological Club, 1883 (pres.,
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tanical Society of Ameriea, 1893, president,
1894-95, and secretary same during reorgan
ization, 1906; viee president Society American
Florists, 1893; directeur (president) Academie
Internationale de Geographie Botanique, 1896;
secretary Academy of Science, St. Louis, 1896-
1903 (president, 1909-11); vice president
(chairman in botany) American Association
for the Advancement of Science, 1900; presi
dent American Society of Naturalists, 1903,
Botanists of. Central States, 1906; honorary
president Engelmann Botanical Club since its
organization. Honorary commissioner from
Missouri at Buffalo and Charleston exposi
tions; chairman plant morphology (also medal
ist), World's Fair Congresses, St. Louis, 1904;
honorary representative U. S. Department of
Agriculture in West Indies, 1907; etc. At
various times associate editor Psyche, Ameri
can Naturalist and Botanical Gazette; chair
man American board of editors, and special
editor in systematic botany, Botanisches Cen-
tralblatt; councillor American Association for
the Advancement of Science, Botanical So
ciety of America, and American Philosophical
Society; chairman committee on botany, Na
tional Academy of Sciences; member advisory
committee City Plan and Municipal City Plan
Commission, St. Louis, etc. Member various
scientific organizations herein named, also So
ciety for Promotion of Agricultural Science,
American Forestry Association, St. Louis Hor
ticultural Society, etc. Editor: Botanical
Works of George Engelmann (with Asa
Gray) ; Reports Missouri Botanical Garden,
I to XXII; Transactions Academy Science, St.
Louis, and Reports of Wisconsin Horticultural
Society; Proceedings American Philosophical
Society; Proceedings and Memoirs Boston So
ciety of Natural History; contributions to va
rious entomological and botanical journals,
etc. Translator of Poulsen's Botanical Micro-
Chemistry, Salomonsen 's Bacteriological Tech
nology. In research work in Europe, 1912.
Address: Missouri Botanical Gardens.
TREMBLY, Charles Z, real estate; born,
Murphysboro, 111, Jan. 25, 1868; son of Jo
seph and Oetavia (Lucier) Trembly; educated
in public schools of Murphysboro; married,
St. Louis, Nov. 25, 1895, Ida J. Park; one
daughter, Ida J. Came to St. Louis from Mur
physboro, January, 1890; read law and studied
bookkeeping. Began as bookkeeper and cash
ier, September, 1893, with Keeley & Co., real
estate, and in 1894 became salesman for same
firm; upon incorporation, 1898, was elected
vice president, and in 1904 president, of The
Keeley Real Estate Co. President Trembly-
Miller Real Estate Co. Member Royal Arca
num. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Of
fice: 105 N. 9th St. Residence: 5571 Bartmer
Avenue. TREPP, Martin Frank, real estate; born,
St. Louis, June 27, 1881; son of Isaac and

Mathilda (Frank) Trepp; educated in St.
Louis, graduating from Pope School, 1896,
Central High Schobl, 1900, and Ralph Sellew
Institute, 1905; married, St. Louis, July 25,
1911, Freda Levis, of Freudenthal, Germany.
Began business career, 1900, with A. G. Ed
wards & Sons, bonds and stocks, and continued
two years; in newspaper work as reporter,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1902-04; entered real
estate business as rent collector with a local
firm, November, 1904, advancing to position
of salesman; associated with C. Homer Mason
as the Mason-Trepp Co., general real estate,
loans and rent collections, since May 1, 1907.
Republican. Member B 'nai B 'rith. Recrea
tions: tennis, baseball. Office: 814 Chestnut
St. Residence: 3933 W. Pine Boul.
TRIGG, Alfred, dentist; born, St. Louis,
May 31, 1874; son of Alfred and Catherine
(Bagnell) Trigg; educated in public schools;
entered employ of Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry
Co. at fourteen; later became connected with
H. W. Kiess, mechanical dentistry, ancl con
tinued for twelve years; received instruction
in dentistry under Dr. A. H. Fuller, and Drs.
Eames, Bowman and Morrison; D.D.S, Dental
Department of Washington University, 1904;
married, St. Louis, 1895, Annie E. Brune; one
son, Clifford Alfred. In practice since 1904.
Member St. Louis Dental Society. Recrea
tion: outdoor sports. Office: 718, 508 N.
Grand Ave. Residence: 2910 Bailey Ave.
TROLL, Harry, lawyer; born, St. Louis,
May 3, 1881; son of Henry and Francisca
(Ruegg) Troll; educated in local colleges and
Law Department of Washington University,
graduating with degree of LL.B, 1901; mar
ried, St. Louis, Mar. 15, 1910, Lily Schubert;
one child, Charles Ferdinand. Admitted to
Missouri bar, 1901, and since practiced in St.
Louis; elected public administrator, 1904, and
reelected, 1908, for term ending 1912. Mem
ber St. Louis, Missouri State and American
Bar associations. Republican. Mason (32°),
Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs: Glen Echo,
Union, Missouri Athletic, Oasis. Recreation:
flower gardening. Office: Security Bldg. Resi
dence: 3635 Shaw Ave.
TRUEBLOOD, Alva Cooper, lawyer; born,
St. Louis, Sept. 12, 1881; son of Elisha T. and
Mary C. (Cooper) Trueblood; educated in
public schools of St. Louis; St. Louis High
School, graduating, January, 1901; matricu
lated at Washington University, graduating
with degrees of A.B, 1904, and LL.B, 1907;
unmarried. Admitted to Missouri bar, March,
1906, and has since practiced at St. Louis.
Member St. Louis Bar Association. Baptist.
Club: City. Recreation: canoeing. Office: 303
Chemical Bldg. Residence: 5705 Vernon Ave.
TRUEBLOOD, Wilson David, cotton goods
commission; born, Salem, Ind, July 9, 1871;
son of Abram and Abigail (Wilson) True-
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Salem, Danville (Ind.) High School (graduat
ing 1890), and Lake Forest (111.) University;
married, Hillsboro, Tex, 1898, Grace S.
Slater; four sons: Wilson D, Jr., Edward
Gatewood, Lorman Chancellor and Howard
Jerome. Began business career with Marshall
Field & Co, wholesale, Chicago, 1890-93; with
T. E. Wells & Co., Chicago, proprietors of the
International Packing Co., 1893-98; went
south and engaged in the cotton goods busi
ness; came to St. Louis in 1903, representing
southern ' cotton mills, and has established
business connections in practically every part
of the United States. Republican. Presby
terian. Club: City. Office: 1118 Chemical
Bldg. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
*TRULOCK, Guy Percy, broker; moved to
New York; see Vol. 1906.
TRUMBO, George M, banking; bora, Lin-
neus, Mo, Feb. 28, 1881; son of Charles W.
ancl Mary (Carter) Trumbo; educated in pub-
lie schools of Linneus; Gem City Business Col
lege, Quincy, 111, graduating, 1898; unmar
ried. In employ of Farmers & Merchants
Bank, Linneus, July 1898- June, 1899; cashier
Sumner Exchange Bank, Sumner, Mo, 1899-
1900; became connected with American Ex
change Bank, St. Louis, as clerk, 1900, and
advanced to position of assistant cashier in
February, 1905; after consolidation of Ameri
can Exchange Bank with the Mechanics Na
tional Bank, May, 1905, forming Mechanics-
American National Bank, was made assistant
cashier same, an office he now holds. Demo
crat. Recreations: baseball, bowling. Office:
Mechanics- American National. Bank. Resi
dence: 4476 Washington Ave.
TUHOLSKE, Herman, surgeon; born, Me-
seritz, Prussia, Mar. 27, 1848; son of Newman
and Johanna (Arnfleld) Tuholske; educated
in public school and gymnasium, Meseritz,
Berlin, Vienna and London Medical univer
sities; M.D, Missouri Medical College, 1870;
married, St. Louis, 1874, Sophie Epstein;
children: Rose (wife of Dr'. Ernst Jonas),
Lister. Engaged in practice in St. Louis since
1870, specializing in surgery; was for a time
surgeon to First Regiment, National Guard
of Missouri. Is now surgeon-in-ehief, Jewish
Hospital. Member American Medical Asso
ciation, St. Louis Medical Society (ex-presi
dent), St. Louis Surgical Society, Southern
Surgical and Gynecological Association, West
ern Surgical Association, der Deutscher Chi-
rurgischen Gesellschaft; honorary member
Southeast Missouri Medical Society, Inter
national Gynecological Association. Emeritus
professor of surgery, Medical Department
of Washington University. Club: St. Louis.
Office: 453 N. Taylor Ave. Residence: 4495
Westminster PL
TULLY, Kivas Keeldar, architect and civil
engineer; born, Toronto, Canada, Feb. 10,
1852; soil of John Aspinwall and Anne Helena

(Watson) Tullv; student in Government
Model School, Toronto; pupil of William H.
Willcox and Charles C. Miller (Willcox &
Miller), of Chicago; married, St. Louis, Apr.
24, 1889, Mary W. Kennedy; one son, James
Kivas, born, 1892, now a student in Washing
ton University. Member of firm of Tully &¦
Clark, architects, 1886-1912; built Central Y.
M. C. A. Building, American, Central Insur
ance Company's Bldg, St. Peter's Church, St.
George's Church, 1895-1906; architect of
Christ Church Cathedral, 1908-12; etc. Repub
lican. Episcopalian. Fellow American Insti
tute of Architects; corresponding member of
Society Central of Architecture, Brussels, Bel
gium, etc. Office: 906 Security Bldg. Resi
dence: 5875 Cabanne Ave.
TUNE, Lewis T, division superintendent
The Bradstreet Co.; born, Shelbyville, Tenn,
April, 1865; son of William T. and Christine
Tune; educated in public schools of Tennes
see and University of Tennessee; unmarried.
Entered service of The Bradstreet Co., as re
porter, at Nashville (Tenn.) office, 1882; su
perintendent Houston (Tex.) office, December,
1885, Dallas (Tex.) office, April, 1890; super
intendent state of Texas, 1891; division super
intendent, since 1896, at St. Louis, covering
all Southwest, including offices in Tennessee,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New
Mexico, Missouri and part of Illinois; also
superintendent (direct) of St. Louis offiee.
President Tune Bros, Terre Haute, Ind.; sec
retary St. Louis, El Reno & Western R. R.
Independent Republican. 32° Mason (Scot
tish Rite), Knight Templar, Shriner. Member
Merchants ' Exchange, Business Men 's League.
Member state board of managers Sons of the
Revolution. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Glen
Echo Country, Oasis. Recreations: travel and
art. Office: 219 Security Bldg. Residence: St.
Louis Club.
TUPPER, Paul Yoer, physician; born,
Washington, Ga, Mar. 1, 1858; son of Henry
Allen and Nancy (Boyce) Tupper; educated
in Norwood High School, Richmond, Va.;
Richmond College; M.D, Medical Department
of Central University, Louisville, Ky, 1880;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 26, 1890, Marie Papin
Moses; one son,. Gregory. Interne Louisville
City Hospital ancl Forest Hill Lying-in Hos
pital, Louisville, Ky, 1880-81; in practice in
St. Louis since 1881. Professor of applied
anatomy and operative surgery in Medical
Department of Washington University; mem
ber of staff of surgeons, Missouri Baptist
Sanitarium and Bethesda Hospital. Member
St. Louis Surgical Society, St. Louis Medical
Society, Missouri State Medical Association,
American Medical Association. Baptist. Mem
ber Masonic orders. Clubs: Racquet, Bellerive
Country, Log Cabin Hunting and Fishing.
Recreation: European travel. Office: Linmar
Bldg. Residence: 4629 Berlin Ave.

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?TURNER, Henry Smith; see Vol. 1906.
TURNER, John E, lawyer; born on farm in
Randolph Co, Mo.; son of Andrew Jackson
and Marie E. (Draper) Turner; educated in
country schools; military school, Salisbury,
Mo, four years, 1891-95; graduated with de
gree of LL.B, from Valparaiso University,
Indiana, 1898; married, Virginia, 111, Mar. 15,
1899, Julia Katherine Carr; one child, Mar-
garete Katherine. Taught school, 1890-91; as
sistant cashier Citizens' Bank, Higbee, Mo,
1895-96; began practice of law at Macon, Mo,
Aug. 1, 1898; removed to St. Louis, 1905, and
since engaged in practice in this city. Chair
man of Head Camp Modern Woodmen of
America Sanitarium Commission, now oper
ating largest and most completely equipped
tuberculosis sanitarium in the world, at Colo
rado Springs, Colo, which furnishes free treat
ment to members, and is., supported by more
than 1,250,000 members in the order; member
Brotherhood American Yeomen, Fraternal Aid
Association, West End Business Men's Asso
ciation (president). Presbyterian. Recreation:
reading. Office: 415 Merchants-Laclede Bldg,
Residence: 1393 Goodfellow Ave.
TURNER, Voluntine C, secretary and treas
urer Scullin-Gallagher Iron and Steel Co.;
born, St. Louis, Aug. 2, 1870; son of John W.
and Blanche (Soulard) Turner; educated at
Smith Academy; Graylock Institute; A.B,
Williams College, 1894; married, St. Louis, Oct.
10, 1895, Beatrice Clark; children: Blanche
Rose, Beatrice Chouteau, Mary Soulard. Since
its organization, 1900, secretary and treasurer
Scullin-Gallagher Iron and Steel Co. Roman
Catholic. Clubs: St. Louis, Sunset Hill Coun
try. Recreation: hunting. Office: Manchester
Ave. and Kraft St. Residence: 5679 Cabanne
Avenue. TURNER, Wilson P. H, real estate; born,
Normandy, Mo, Oct. 28, 1862; son of Henry
S. and Julia (Hunt) Turner; educated at
Washington University; married, St. Louis,
Jan. 17, 1887, Maud Valle; children: Henry,
Isabel Anstes (Mrs. H. C. Carr), Wilson P. H,
Jr. Since Jan. 1, 1890, president of the Tur
ner Real Estate Co. Roman Catholic. Mem
ber Business Men's League, Civic League,
Missouri Historical Society. Clubs: St. Louis,
City, St. Louis Country, Florissant Valley,
Round Table, Racquet, Cuivre. Offiee: 406,
411 Olive St. Residence: Normandy, Mo.
TUSTIN, Joseph S, freight claim agent;
1857-1912; see Vol. 1906.
TUTTLE, Daniel Sylvester, P. E. bishop of
Missouri; bora, Windham, Greene Co., N. Y,
Jan. 26, 1837; son of Daniel B. and Abigail C.
(Stimson) Tuttle; educated in public schools
there, and at Delhi (N. Y.) Academy; gradu
ated Columbia College, New York, 1857 (A.M.,
1860, S.T.D, 1866); graduated General Theo
logical Seminary, New York, 1862; married,

Sept. 12, 1865, Harriet Minerva Foote, of
Morris, N. Y.; four children: Dr. George M,
Herbert E, Arthur L, Christine (Mrs. S. M.
Ramsay). Ordered deacon, 1862; priest, 1863;
rector Zion Church, Morris, N. Y, until 1867.
Consecrated, 1867, missionary bishop of Mon
tana, Utah and Idaho; transferred to the dio
cese of Missouri, 1886. Presiding bishop since
1903. Recreations: golf and swimming during
summer vacation. Address: 74 Vandeventer
Place. TUTTLE, George Marvine, physician; born,
Morris, Otsego Co, N. Y, Sept. 21, 1866; son
of Daniel Sylvester (now bishop of Missouri)
and Harriet Minerva (Foote) Tuttle; edu
cated at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H.;
A.B, Columbia University, 1888; M.D, Med
ical Department, Columbia University, 1891;
Married, Salt Lake City, Sept. 26, 1899, Grace
Dean Wallace; two sons: Daniel Sylvester, 2d,
and Wallace. Served for two years as resi
dent physician at St. Luke's Hospital, New
York, then for six months resident physician
in Nursery and Child's Hospital, New York;
came to St. Louis, 1894. Professor clinical
pediatrics, Medical Department of Washing-
tqn University; president staff St. Louis Chil
dren's Hospital. Member St. Louis Medical
Society. Episcopalian. Recreation: golf dur
ing vacations. Office and Residence: 4917
Maryland Ave.
TYRRELL, Warren Ayres, civil engineer;
born, Mexico, Mo, Feb. 16', 1875; son of
George J. and Fannie (Shootman) Tyrrell;
educated St. Louis public schools, graduating
from high school, 1893; Washington Univer
sity, B.S. in civil engineering, June, 1897;
married, St. Louis, June 16, 1909, Flora B.
Hess. Engaged in railroad engineering two
years after graduation; employed about two
years in St. Louis Water Department; after
wards engaged in structural engineering for
local iron companies and for various archi
tects, during which time designed steel work
for addition to Chemical Building, St. Louis;
opened office, 1903, and has since engaged in
general engineering practice. Consulting en
gineer for Department of Concessions and Ad
missions, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904.
Associate member American Society of Civil
Engineers. Club: St. Louis. Recreations: fish
ing, golf and baseball. Office: Room 3, 620
Chestnut St. Residence: 322 N. Boyle St.
TYZZER, Walter Granville, physician; bora,
Wakefield, Mass., Aug. 8, 1863; son of George
R. and Matilda J. (Edwards) Tyzzer; edu
cated public schools; B.S, Will Mayfield Col
lege, Marble Hill, Mo, 1899, M.D, Barnes Med
ical College, St. Louis, 1903 ; married, Wakefield,
Mass, Apr. 6, 1886, Emily Eunice Seaver;
three children: Marion Roberts, Robert Neal,
Margaret Seaver. Came to St. Louis, 1893;
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tarium since its inception, 1897, and is now
general manager, house physician and sur
geon, and also member board of trustees; as
sociate professor obstetrics American Medical
College; professor gynecology, Barnes Univer
sity, and secretary of faculty, 1910-11; secre
tary board of trustees Centenary Hospital,
1910-11. Member Tri-State Medical Society.
Republican. Baptist; moderator of St. Louis
Baptist Association since 1907; member board
directors Central Y. M. C. A. Member Mt.
Moriah Lodge No. 40, A. F. & A. M.; vice
president St. Louis New England Society.
Recreations: church work, athletic sports and
music. Office: 920 N. Taylor Ave. Residence:
4488 West Belle PL u
UDE, Octavius A, cashier of Wainwright
Brewery; born, St. Louis, Oct. 10, 1882; son
of George and Barbetta (Anschel) Ude; edu
cated public and high schools and Jones Busi
ness College; unmarried. Began active career
in employ of C. F. Liebke Lumber Co, con
tinuing for two years; then became connected
with Wainwright Brewery as stenographer;
cashier since 1907. Mason; member Oriental
Chapter No. 78, R. A.; also member Compton
Hill Council No. 555, Royal Arcanum (Past
Regent), Polar Star Lodge No. 79, B. P. O.
Elks. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Century Boat.
Recreation: theatre. Office: 1015 Papin St.
Residence: 3550 S. Grand Ave.
UDELL, Clinton Edwin, cheese merchant;
born, Jefferson, O, Oct. 6, 1848; son of Cor
nelius and Lois (Langworthy) Udell; edu
cated in high school of Jefferson and Grand
River Institute, Austinburg, O.; married, Jef
ferson, Sept. 25, 1872, Laura Hawley; one
daughter, Elizabeth Lenore. In wholesale
cheese business from 1872, and later joined
firm established by S. R. Udell, title being
S. R. Udell & Co. until 1882, when S. R. Udell
retired and firm assumed present style of C.
E. Udell & Co. Also vice president Provident
Chemical Works, and director of American
Credit' Indemnity Co. Member Merchants'
Exchange, Missouri Historical Society. Re
publican; was appointed by the Hon. Carl
Sehurz, Secretary of the Interior, inspector of
Indian supplies for the Southwest, 1877. Mem
ber Second Baptist Church of St. Louis, and
of Y. M. C. A. Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo
Country, Hamilton. Recreation: golf. Office:
410-412 N. 2d St. Residence: 4009 Westmin
ster PI.
UDELL, Frank Lincoln, furniture manufac
turer; born, St. Louis, July 13, 1868; son of
Matthias R. and Anna (Pease) Udell; edu
cated at St. James Military Academy, Macon,
Mo, and at Washington University; married,
St. Louis, Jan. 21, 1891, Minnie Lou Knott
(now deceased); one daughter, Gladys K.;

married, 2d, St. Louis, Sept. 28, 1899, Sonora
N. Maize (now deceased); married, 3d, St.
Louis, Apr. 18, 1911, Marie Donnell. Treas
urer of the Udell-Predock Manufacturing Co.
since 1899. Member Business Men's League,
Legion of Honor, Royal Arcanum. Recrea
tion: fishing and bowling. Office: 2305-2315
N. Broadway. Residence: 5332 Vernon Ave.
UDELL, Matthias R, president of Udell-
Predock Manufacturing Co.; born, Westerloo,
Albany Co, N. Y, Oct. 2, 1843; son of Gardi
ner and Minerva (Bennett) Udell; attended
district school, Westerloo, until sixteen; mar
ried, Springfield, Mass, Aug. 23, 1864, Anna
M. Pease; children: Frank L, Edna (now
Mrs. J. F. Michaels), Lillian I. (now Mrs.
L. D. Fischer, of Joliet, 111.). Served in Union
army in thirtieth unattached company of
heavy artillery (of Springfield, Mass.), from
August, 1864, to close of war. In May, 1867,
came to St. Louis and established a branch of
the business of his brother, C. G. Udell, who
was a manufacturer of ladders and wooden
ware at Chicago. In 1875 consolidated the
business with that of Udell, Schmieding &
Co., the latter retiring from business in 1882;
in 1883 established firm of Udell & Crunden,
and in 1891 incorporated the Udell Wooden
ware Co., in which continued until 1899, when
entered the Udell-Predock Manufacturing Co.,
of which has been president from its in
corporation. Republican. Member Legion of
Honor, Royal Arcanum, Woodmen of the
World. Recreation: fishing. Office: 2305-2315
N. Broadway. Residence: 5323 Vernon Ave.
UHL, Arthur, wholesale jeweler; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 8, 1866; son of William and Mag-
deline (Hoeltze) Uhl; educated in public
schools of St. Louis; married, July 7, 1910,
Catherine Weber. Began business career with
St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Asso
ciation as office boy; was secretary, eight
years later, when took charge of wholesale
and retail department William Prufrock, with
whom remained fourteen years; joined, in
1901, in organization of Furstenwerth-Uhl
Jewelry Co., of which is vice president. Of
fice: 1009 Washington Ave. Residence: 4009
Hartford St.
UHL, Oscar Ferdinand, wholesale jeweler;
born, St. Louis, May 1, 1869; son of William
and Magdeline (Hoeltze) Uhl; educated in
public schools of St. Louis and Bryant &
Stratton Business College; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 5, 1890, Matilda Hain; children: Ida,
Florence, Mildred. Began business career as
errand boy with the Providence Jewelry Co.,
April, 1884; and in 1892 entered into business
for self with C. R. Hettel Jewelry Co. as a
member of the corporation; since 1901 presi
dent and treasurer of Furstenwerth-Uhl Jew
elry Co. Republican. Office: 1009-1011 Wash
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UHLENHAUT, William Andrew Frederick,
president Uhlenhaut Bros. Wagon Co.; born,
Casey ville, 111, Nov. 5, 1860; son of Henry
Hermann and Elizatoeth (Swaine) Uhlenhaut;
educated in Casey ville public schools to 1876;
Herdicks (private) Technical Carriage Draft
ing School, St. Louis, two terms, ending 1882;
married at St. Louis, Nov. 29, 1893, Anna
Werminghaus ; four children: Adele, "William,
Corinne, Dorothy. Served apprenticeship in
southern Illinois factories two years and fin
ished in Kimball carriage works, St. Louis,
1878; worked as body builder about two years
for Yeckel Carriage Co. Began business
career, with H. H. Bothe, carriage builder, as
foreman, St. Louis, 1881, and continued until
1889; then engaged in business as Uhlenhaut
Bros, 1889, incorporated as Uhlenhaut Bros.
Wagon Co., 1906, since president of company,
manufacturers of wagons and automobiles.
Patentee of milk cabinet used for delivery of
bottled milk by wagon; designer and builder
of one of the first fire apparatuses in use by
salvage corps. President Carriage and Wagon
Builders' Club; member Implement, Vehicle
and Hardware Association, American Auto
mobile Association, St. Vincent's German Or
phan Society; honorary member of Harmoni
Sangerbund. Clubs: St. Louis Automobile,
Edrus Hunting and Fishing. Recreation: mo
tor touring. Office: 1322-1324 Merchant St.
Residence: 1130 Morrison Ave.
UHRI, William Conrad, ice and coal; born,
St. Louis, June 15, 1854; son of Andrew and
Frederica (Lang) Uhri; educated in public
schools; married, St. Louis, May 21, 1889,
Emilie Rose; five children: Edward William,
William Clarence, Ida Rose, Eugenia Mar
guerite, Henry Andrew. Engaged as clerk
with Long Bros, wholesale grocers, Kansas
City, Mo, two and one-half years; returned to
St. Louis and learned carpenter 's trade under
father, also studied architecture; partner An
drew Uhri & Son, contractors, 1880-92, when
father retired; conducted business alone until
1892 when became president Colorado Sand &
Gravel Co. of St. Louis, later absorbed by
Union Sand & Gravel Co.; president Mer
chants' Ice & Coal Co.; vice president German
Savings Bank and director in a number of
business organizations. Republican. Mason
(32°), Shriner; treasurer Tuscan Temple As
sociation. Member Legion of Honor. Clubs:
Union, Oasis, Owls Bowling, Liederkranz. Of
fice: 405, 314 N. 4th St. Residence: 2163 S.
Grand Ave.
ULRICH, Frederick, vice president Caron
delet Milling Co.; bora, Badwilduning-Wal-
deck, Germany, July 29, 1850; son of Daniel
and Katherine (Hiekenmann) Ulrich; edu
cated in Germany; came to America, 1868;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 2, 1871, Elizabeth
Khor. Began business career as grocery clerk,

with Fred Beeek (founder of Beeckville),
1868, and continued until 1870; engaged in
bakery and confectionery business for self,
1870-72; later removed to South St. Louis.
Organized St. Louis Baking Co., 1899, and
served as president until disposed of interest,
1904; president Banner Bottling Co.; director
Southern Commercial Savings Bank; vice pres
ident Carondelet Milling Co. since 1897. Mem
ber German Singing Society (president), Al-
tenheim Society, and Germania Turn Society
(president). Republican. Evangelical. Mem
ber Woodmen of the World. Club: Carondelet
Gun. Recreations: hunting and music. Office:
7020 S. Broadway. Residence: 7720 Ivory
Avenue. UNGLES, Frank A, insurance; born, Den
ison, Tex, Mar. 31, 1881; son of Frank D. ancl
Anna B. (Hall) Ungles; educated in public
schools of Texas; married, Denison, Jan. 9,
1907, Daisey B. Gardner; one daughter, Eliza
beth G. Began active career June, 1902, as
stenographer Graham Dry Goods Co. (whole
sale), Denison, continuing until March, 1903,
when concern moved to Dallas, Tex.; then
became bookkeeper Denison Bank & Trust
Co. and was elected treasurer same October,
1905; while still holding this office was elected
assistant secretary Southern Surety Co. (or
ganized May, 1907); resigned treasurership -in
bank and trust company, February, 1909, and
moved to Muskogee, Okla, the Southern Sur
ety Co. having established its general offices
there; was elected vice president of the com
pany, which moved to St. Louis, June, 1911,
and still serving in that capacity. Secretary
School Board, Denison, 1908-09. Republican.
Club: Normandie Golf. Recreation: golf. Of
fice: fourth floor, New Bank of Commerce
Bldg. Residence: 6127 Berlin Ave.
UPSHAW, Richard Webb, secretary-treas
urer Napoleon Hill Cotton Co.; bora, Suffolk,
Va, Aug. 28, 1860; son of Thomas E. and
Mary Diana (Webb) Upshaw; educated in
village school of Bolivar, Tenn, and Univer
sity of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn, gradu
ating June, 1879; married, St. Louis, July 10,
1895, Blanche Kendall; one son, Richard
Webb, Jr. Began business career as clerk in
house of Hill, Fontaine & Co, cotton factors,
St. Louis, which was afterwards incorporated
as Napoleon Hill Cotton Co., of which is sec
retary and treasurer. Also director St. Louis
Cotton Compress Co. Has served two terms
as president of St. Louis Cotton Exchange.
Democrat. Episcopalian. Office: 116 S. Main
St. Residence: 5227 Westminster PL
URBAUER, Hugo Frederick, contractor;
born, Linz, Austria, Sept. 29, 1868; son of
Frederick William and Lina (Atz) Urbauer;
educated in public school, Linz, Austria,
1874-78; Institute Garnier, Homberg, Ger
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1879-83; Handels Academie, Linz, Austria,
1883-87, graduating, 1887; passed examina
tion to enter Austrian Army as officer; took
course in mechanical drawing, Washington
University, St. Louis, 1890-91. Began busi
ness career in wholesale commission house in
Milwaukee; afterwards with H. Moores & Co.;
heating contractors. Took charge of heating
department of Front Rank Street Furnace
Co, St. Louis, 1894-99; sold interest and es
tablished Urbauer-Atwood Heating Co., of
which is president. Member Engineers' Club
of St. Louis, and of Architects' Club of St.
Louis. Mason (32°), Knight Templar, Shrin
er. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic, Ro
tary, King's Lake Hunting and Fishing,
Oasis Hunting and Fishing, Mozark Hunting
and Fishing. Office: 106-108 S. 12th St. Resi
dence: 210 N, Sarah St.
USHER, Roland Greene, associate profes
sor; born, Lynn, Mass., May 3, 1880; son of
Edward Preston and Adela Louise (Payson)
Usher; educated Grafton High School, 1893-
97; A.B, summa cum laude, Harvard Uni
versity, 1901, A.M., summos honores in his-
toria, 1902; studied Oxford, Paris, Cambridge
University (England), 1902-04; married, St.
Louis, June 9, 1910, Florence Wyman Richard
son; one daughter, Florence Richardson. As
sistant in history, Harvard University, 1904-
07; instructor in history, 1907-10, assistant
professor, 1907-12, associate professor in
charge of department of history, since July 1,
1912, Washington University. Republican.
Episcopalian. Member American Historical
Association, Mississippi Valley Historical As
sociation, Missouri Society of Teachers of
History and Government, Missouri Historical
Society. Club: Public Question. Author:
Presbyterian Movement in the Reign of Queen
Elizabeth, 1905; The Reconstruction of the
English Church, two volumes, 1910. Also con
tributor on current history to leading Amer
ican and English magazines and reviews. Rec
reation: music. Address: Washington Uni
versity. Residence: 5737 Cates Ave.
USTICK, Clyde Ebright, mechanical engi
neer; bora, Washington Court House, O,
July 1, 1879; son of Harlan P. and Elizabeth
(Ebright) Ustick; graduated from engineer
ing department of University of Nebraska,
1901; married, St. Louis, Mar. 14, 1907, Eliza
beth Biebinger. Came to St. Louis in 1904 as
Western manager for the Continental Car and
Equipment Co; since 1908, manager Amer
ican Appraisal Co, of Milwaukee. Republi
can. Member Beta Theta Pi. Office: 420 Olive
St. Residence: 6015 McPherson Ave.
USTICK, Foskitt H, railway official; bora.
Lyons Valley, la, Apr. 18, 1858; son of
Thomas and Roxanna (Yours) Ustick.; edu
cated in public and high schools of Hannibal,
Mo.; married, Hannibal, Apr. 10, 1894, Norah

Crahan; two children: Thomas Clark and Ina
May. In employ of railroad shops, Hannibal,
1875-78; entered service of Hannibal & St.
Joseph R. R, 1878, and continued with that
road and its successor, the Chicago, Burling
ton & Quincy R. R, successively as brake-
man, freight conductor and passenger con
ductor, until 1896; then appointed general
yardmaster at St. Louis, continuing, 1890-
1902, superintendent terminals, St. Louis,
1902-04; division superintendent at Brook
field, Mo, 1904-06; superintendent Aurora di
vision, Aurora, 111, 1906-08; since general su
perintendent Burlington Route at St. Louis.
Republican. Presbyterian. Member Business
Men's League. Clubs: Mercantile, St. Louis
Railway, and Benton (St. Joseph, Mo.). Rec
reation: fishing. Offiee: 415 Pine St. Resi
dence: 3509 University St.

VAHLKAMP, Henry, secretary William J.
Lemp Brewing Co.; born, Lippstadt, West
phalia, June 26, 1845; son of Henry and Hen
rietta (Blankenburg) Vahlkamp; educated in
public schools and one year in college; mar
ried, St. Louis, December, 1872, Helen Hay
(who died 1878, leaving two children) ; 2d.
September, 1879, Caroline Hay, sister of first
wife; has had fifteen children, twelve living.
Served in German Army one year; in employ
wholesale dry goods house, Brussels, Belgium,
until June, 1867; then came to America, locat
ing in St. Louis, 1870; since identified with
William J. Lemp Brewing Co., secretary since
1892; also interested in various other enter
prises, St. Louis ancl elsewhere. Member Mer
chants' Exchange. Member Odd Fellows,
Red Men, Liederkranz. Office: 13th and Cher
okee Sts.
VALIER, Charles, miller; born in Wiirtem-
burg, Germany, Jan. 1, 1841; son of Francis
and Annette (Lebetgem) Valier; educated
in schools of Germany; married, Marine, Mad
ison Co., Ill, 1872, Louisa Spies; children:
Nellie, Annette, Louis A, Robert, Charles E.
Served in Civil War as second lieutenant of
Seventh Illinois Cavalry; after war engaged
as miller at Marine, 111. In milling business
at St. Jacob, 111, 1870, in partnership with
James Stafford as Valier & Stafford, and in
1875 at Marine, 111, as Valier and Spies, in
corporating the business in 1886 as Valier &
Spies Milling Co., proprietors of the Cable
Mills at Marine, and Enterprise Mills at St.
Jacob, 111, as well as grain elevators at nine
Illinois points, and is still at head of that
company as president. Went to Greenville,
111, 1886, and organized The Greenville Ex
port Milling Co, thence came to St. Louis,
1894, where has since maintained main offices.
Member of Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis.
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ders. Office: 913 Pierce Bldg. Residence:
4362 Washington Boul.
VALLe, Jules Felix, physician; born, St.
Louis, Dec. 29, 1859; son of Jules and Isa
bella (Sargeant) Valle; educated in public
schools; Washington University; M.D, St.
Louis Medical College, 1885; married, St.
Louis, 1881, Mary Clover (died 1912); chil
dren: Jules F, Elizabeth (Mrs. C. A. Leonard,
of Pittsfield, 111.), Isabel. In general
practice of medicine in St. Louis since 1885;
member staff St. Luke's Hospital; member
St. Louis Medical Society, Medical Society of
City Hospital Alumni, Si. Louis Obstetrical
and Gynecological Society. Director of Iron
Mountain Co, and of Chouteau, Hamilton &
Valle Iron Co. Clubs: St. Louis, Racquet,
Bellerive. Recreation: golf. Offiee and Resi
dence: 4955 Maryland Ave.
*VALLIANT, Leroy Branch; now chief jus
tice Supreme Court of Missouri, Jefferson
City; see Vol. 1906.
VAN BLARCOM, Jacob Craig, banker;
1849-1908; see Vol. 1906.
VAN BRUNT, Osborn, manager traffic de
partment Simmons Hardware Co.; born, Bos
ton, July 17, 1875; son of Henry and Alice
Sterrett (Osborn) Van Brunt; educated in
private schools at Cambridge; Mass., and
Kansas City, Mo, and at State University of
Kansas, Lawrence, Kan, 1891-93; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 27, 1909, Edith C. Morrill. Moved
from Cambridge to Kansas City, 1887; en
tered a real estate office in Kansas City in
summer of 1893; resigned, 1898, to enter serv
ice of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Ry. at
Kansas City; served there until 1899, at
Leavenworth, Kan, until January, 1900, and
at St. Louis in various positions from clerk
to contracting freight agent until Mar. 6,
1905, when entered house of Simmons Hard
ware Co.; became manager of traffic depart
ment Dec. 8, 1905. Member Civic League.
Episcopalian. Clubs: City, Florissant Valley.
Recreation: tennis. Office: 9th and Spruce
Sts. Residence: 412 N. Union Boul.
VANCLEAVE, Arville Aaron, proprietor
Grand View Fire Clay Mines; born Lebanon,
Ind, Mar. 30, 1880; son of C. A. and Sarah
(Pavey) Vancleave; educated in the public
schools of Grant City, Mo.; married, St. Louis,
1901, Miss Blanche Barrioz; three children:
Arville, Melba, Hazel. Began active career in
car building business at St. Louis, in which
continued for seven years; has been identified
with mining of fire clay since 1902 and ships
to principal states in the Union, also to Mex
ico and Canada; secretary and treasurer Grand
View Realty Co. Democrat. Protestant. Club:
Western Rowing. Recreations: hunting, fish
ing and outdoor sports. Office: Watson Rd.
Residence: 2555 Clifton Ave.

VAN CLEAVE, James Wallace, stove man
ufacturer; 1849-1910; see Vol. 1906.
VANDIVER, Willard Duncan, ex-congress
man, life insurance; born in Hardy Co., Va.
(now West Virginia), Mar. 30, 1854; son of
Rev. Louis Hyder and Mary Ann (Vance)
Vandiver; moved to Missouri, 1857; Ph.B,
Central College, Fayette, Mo, 1877; married
Alice Louise Headlee, of Caledonia, Mo, June
17, 1880; children: Dean Vance, Helen Louise,
Lillian. Professor natural science, 1877-80,
president, 1880-89, Bellevue Institute; pro
fessor natural science, 1889-93, president,
1893-97, State Normal School, Cape Girar
deau, Mo. Member Fifty-fifth to Fifty-eighth
Congresses (1897-1905), Fourteenth Missouri
District; Democrat; chairman of committee
that managed campaign of Joseph W. Folk
for governor of Missouri, 1904; insurance
commissioner State of Missouri, 1905-09. Vice
president Central States Life Insurance Co.,
St. Louis, since December, 1909; treasurer
same, 1909-11. Proprietor dairy farm at Co
lumbia, Mo. Member M. E. Church, South.
Mason, Knight Templar; member Woodmen
of the World. Clubs: Masonic, St. Louis Rid
ing. Recreation: horseback riding. Office:
402 Central National Bank Bldg. Residence:
227 Westgate Ave, University City.
VANDIVER, William Knox, railway offi
cial; bora, Louisville, Ky, Dec. 25, 1867; son
of Jerome Alexander and Jane (Rutherford)
Vandiver; graduated Male High School, Louis
ville, Ky, 1886; married, Louisville, Nov. 17,
1892, Sarah Elizabeth Walker; one son, Je
rome A. Began as clerk in general freight of
fice of Louisville & Nashville R. R, Louis
ville, Ky, June 1, 1886; became assistant
chief clerk, 1892; resigned, Dec. 1, 1894; chief
clerk South Eastern Freight Association, At
lanta, Ga, 1894-99, resigned; chief clerk gen
eral freight office Mobile & Ohio R. R, St.
Louis, Sept. 15, 1899-Oct. 1, 1906, since assist
ant general freight agent same road. Demo
crat. Presbyterian. Recreation: fishing. Of
fice: 910 Fullerton Bldg. Residence: 5377 Ca
banne Ave.
VAN DYKE, Adolphus Wilson, job printer;
1848-1908; see Vol. 1906.
VAN HOEFEN, Siegfried' Arthur, phy
sician; born, Augusta, Mo, Oct. 15, 1877; son
of Samuel and Rebecca (Gast) Van Hoefen;
preliminary education, public schools and
Walthers College; M.D, St. Louis College of
Physicians and Surgeons, 1902; married, Cher;
okee, Okla, Sept. 5, 1902, Minnie M. Statler;
one son, Harry Statler. In practice' in St.
Louis since April, 1902. Member St. Louis
Medical Society, Tri-State Medical Society,
American Medical Association, Mississippi
Valley Medical Association, Missouri State
Medical Association. Mason, Knight Templar,
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tion: motoring. Office and Residence: 8309
Halls Ferry Rd.
VAN ORNUM, John Lane, professor of civil
engineering, Washington University; born,
Hartford, Vt, May 14, 1864; son of A. Judson
and Josephine (Lane) Van Ornum; graduated
from civil engineering course, University of
Wisconsin, B.S, 1888, C.E, 1891; married,
1894, Carrie Beattie Scott; one son living,
ThurwOod. Engaged as civii engineer on mu
nicipal works, Waukesha, Wis, 1888; assistant
engineer War Department of United States
on river and harbor improvements at Sa
vannah, Ga, Fernandina, Fla, and Brunswick,
Ga, 1889-90; assistant engineer Chicago &
North- Western R. R, 1890; in charge of hy-
drographic survey of Tennessee River, Knox-
ville to Chattanooga, 1891; chief topographer
Mexican Boundary Survey, El Paso to Pacific
Ocean, under Department of State, 1892-94;
instructor in Washington University; trav
eled in Europe, 1897; appointed captain and
promoted to major Third U. S. Volunteer En
gineers, in war with Spain, 1898-99; professor
of civii engineering, Washington University,
since 1899. Fellow American Association for
.the Advancement of Science; member Amer
ican Society Civil Engineers, Engineers ' Club
of St. Louis (past president), Society for the
Promotion of Engineering Education, Interna
tional Association for Testing Materials, In
ternational Association of Navigation Con
gresses, Academy of Science of St. Louis,
American Society for Testing Materials, New.
England Society. Congregationalist. Office:
Washington University. Residence: Clayton,
, Missouri. VAN RIPER, John C, president Title
Guaranty Trust Co. and American Trust Co.;
born in Cass Co, Mich, Feb. 22, 1863; son of
George and Parthania (Crowell) Van Riper;
educated in public schools of Ypsilanti, Mich,
and St. Marys, O.; taught school, Ohio, 1880;
married, Decatur, 111, May 25, 1886, Anna
Moore Prather; children: Walker Moore, Leah
M, John C, Jr., George P. Organized Peo
ple's Bank of Sedalia, Mo, 1891; studied law,
and admitted to bar, 1898. Sold interest in
bank, and moved to Lincoln, Neb, 1900 and
had charge of gas and electric properties
there. Came to St. Louis in 1901; purchased
control of First National Bank of East St.
Louis, 111.; organized Illinois State Trust Co.,
of which was president until 1908; since May,
1909, president Title Guaranty Trust Co., and
since November, 1909, president of American
Trust Co.; president St. Louis, El Reno and
Western Ry. Co., Apalachicola Northern R. R.
Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: St.
Louis, St. Louis County, Bellerive Country,
Noonday, Maine Hunting and Fishing. Rec
reations: golfing, hunting and fishing. Office:
710 Chestnut St. Residence: 5357 Waterman
Avenue.

VAN SANT, Robert L, civil engineer; born
in Frederick Co., Va. (now West Virginia),
Jan. 11, 1853; son of Thomas M. and Mary E.
(Sappington) Van Sant; educated in private
schools of Hannibal, Mo, and Hannibal In
stitute; unmarried. Since 1895 engaged in
civil engineering. Member American Society
of Civil Engineers since 1884, Engineers, Club
of St. Louis since 1888, Engineers' Club of
New York. Mason (32°). Clubs: Missouri
Athletic, St. Louis Railway. Office: 719 Ful
lerton Bldg. Residence: 4.20A N. Vandeventer
Avenue. VAN SLYKE, James Rogers, lawyer; bora,
Cottage Grove, Minn, Jan. 23, 1875; son of
John and Letitia Ann (Rogers) Van Slyke;
graduated from high school, Hastings, Minn,
1892; B.Litt, Carleton College, Northfield,
Minn, 1896; LL.B, St. Louis Law School,
1901; unmarried. Admitted to the bar in 1901,
Member of St. Louis Bar Association. Demo
crat. Presbyterian. Club: Amateur Athletic
Association. Recreations: golf and hunting.
Office: 705 Olive St. Residence: Berlin Hotel.
VASTERLING, Paul Frederick, chief sur
geon Missouri Pacific Ry.; born, Cape Girar
deau, Mo, Oct. 20, 1862; son of Julius and
Johanne (Luekefette) Vasterling; educated in
State Normal School, Cape Girardeau; M.D,
St. Louis Medical College (now Medical De
partment of Washington University), 1883;
married, June 10, 1908, Adelaide Elliott. First
house surgeon in charge of the Missouri Pa
cific Ry. St. Louis Hospital; appointed assist
ant chief surgeon Missouri Pacific Ry, July 1,
1907, chief surgeon July 1, 1909. Member St.
Louis Medical Society, American Medical As
sociation. Lutheran. Offiee: Missouri Pacific
Railway Hospital. Residence: 2125 Nebraska
Avenue. VAUGHAN, John Clay, lawyer; bora, Car
thage, Mo, May 14, 1877; son of James B.
and Anne E. (Weller) Vaughan; educated in
St. Louis public schools; LL.B, Benton Law
School, St. Louis, 1900; married Louise Paine,
of Louisville, Ky, June 28, 1910; one son,
Jack Terrell. Was connected with the Hop
kins- Weller Drug Co. as credit man, and after
graduation in law was admitted to the bar at
St. Louis, 1900; since attorney Meyer Bros.'
Drug Co. Treasurer Weller-Stephens Saddle
Bag Co. Member St. Louis Bar Association.
Democrat. Member M. E. Church, South.
Club: City. Recreation: fishing. Office: 215 S.
4th St. Residence: 5110 Von Versen Ave.
VAUGHAN, John W, surgeon; born in St.
Louis Co., Mo, 1857; son of William Russell
and Harriet Newel (Patton) Vaughan; edu
cated at Bridgeton Academy, St. Louis Co.;
Ph.B, Central College, Fayette, Mo, 1880;
M.D, St. Louis College of Physicians and
Surgeons, 1884; University of Vienna, Austria,
1885; married, Austin, Tex., 1900, Bessie Far
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Bridgeton Academy, 1877; principal Lineville
(Iowa) graded schools, 1880-82; engaged in
practice in St. Louis since 1884. Professor of
physiology and demonstrator of anatomy, St.
Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons,
1885-92; professor of surgery, Barnes Medical
College, 1892-1903; professor orthopedic and
clinical surgery, St. Louis College of Physi
cians and Surgeons, 1906. Secretary of Alumni
Society of St. Louis College of Physicians and
Surgeons; secretary Missouri State Board of
Anatomy, 1890. Member St. Louis Medical
Society, Missouri State and American Medical
associations. Curator of Central College. Mem
ber Virginia Society, St. Louis. Club: Method
ist. Recreation: fishing. Office and Residence:
S. W. cor. Euclid Ave. and Washington Boul.
VELLNER, Frederick Julius; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 7, 1863; son of Henry and Johanna
(Evers) Vellner; educated in St. Louis public
schools; married, St. Louis, Feb. 4, 1891, Anna
Messmer; children: Irene, Clarence, Marguer
ite. Began business career as clerk in meat
market at age of fifteen, and next worked
one year on farm in St. Louis Co.; in 1879 en
tered employ of Ferd. Messmer, brass founder
and manufacturer of saloon supplies (estab
lished 1864) and has been continuously in
same business; in 1891, when business was in
corporated as Ferd. Messmer Manufacturing
Co., was elected viee president. Republican.
Evangelical Lutheran. Recreation: home di
versions. Office: 2700 S. 7th St. Residence:
3624 Minnesota Ave.
VERDIER, Albert Rock; 1874-1910; see
Vol. 1906.
VETSBURG, Karl M, lawyer; born, Jeffer
son City, Mo, June 22, 1879; son of Sigmund
and Carrie (Loth) Vetsburg; was graduated
at Charles Pope (public) School, St. Louis,
1891, and Central High School, St. Louis, 1895;
student Washington University, two years;
LL.B, Law School of Columbia University,
New York, 1903; unmarried. Admitted to Mis
souri bar, Oct. 16, 1903, and since in practice
at St. Louis. Member St. Louis Bar Associa
tion, Civic League. Republican. Member
Young Men's Hebrew Association (president,
1907) ; financial secretary Congregation Tem
ple Israel. Mason; member B'nai B'rith.
Club: Amateur Athletic Association. Recrea
tion: tennis. Office: 1502-1506 Liggett Bldg.
Residence: 4153 McPherson Ave.
VICKROY, Samuel Percy; see Vol. 1906.
VICKROY, Wilhelm Rees, principal Manual
Training School; born, Shrewsbury, York Co,
Pa, Apr. 28, 1859; son of Thomas Rees and
Ettie (Stahl) Vickroy; educated in Lebanon
College Preparatory School, 1866-71; St. Louis
public schools, 1871-76, graduating from High
School; Washington University, 1879-83, grad
uating Ph.B, summa cum laude; studied. Eng
lish at Harvard during summers of 1893 and

1894; studied English literature at University
of Chicago, graduate course, suriimers of 1895
and 1899; married, St. Louis, 1898, Clara Ses-
singhaus; one son, Theodore S. Spent three
years, 1876-79, learning matrix fitting with
Schraubstadter & St. John, St. Louis; after
leaving college spent four years, 1883-87, as
principal in the public schools of St. Louis,
three years at Baden, and one year at the old
Edward Bates School; assistant-in-charge of
the first year classes, 1887-1904, principal since
1904, in the Manual Training School. Mem
ber National Educational Association, Acad
emy of Science, Civic League, Citizens ' Indus
trial Association. Office: Manual Training
School. Residence: 2901 Rauschenbach Ave.
VIERLING, Frederick, trust officer Missis
sippi Valley Trust Co.; born, St. Louis, Jan. 2,
1871; son of Frederick and Helena (Knecht)
Vierling; educated in public schools of St.
Louis; read law in offices of Breckinridge
Jones and Judge L. B. Valliant, and took
three-year course in evening law school of
Benton College of Law; admitted to bar, July,
1901; married, St. Louis, June 11, 1901, Evelyn
M, eldest daughter of Dr. John J. Miller; one
son, John Frederick. Entered employ of Hon.
Breckinridge Jones, as clerk and stenogra
pher in law office; later, when Mr. Jones had
offiee with Judge Valliant, was so employed
'for both until 1888; then clerk and stenogra
pher for the Decatur (Ala.) Land and Im
provement Co, a year, and then for Judge R.
C. Bricknell, formerly chief justice of Ala
bama Supreme Court, until fall of 1890, when
returned to St. Louis; clerk and stenographer,
January, 1891, to February, 1897, trust officer
Mississippi Valley Trust Co. since 1897. Demo
crat. Member University M. E. Church, South;
member Y. M. C. A. (secretary and member
committee of management St. Louis Central
Branch). Mason (Rose Hill Lodge, Missouri
Chapter, R. A. M, St. Aldemar Commandery).
Member Legion of Honor of St. Louis, St.
Louis and American Bar associations, St.
Louis Law Library, Blackstone Society. Clubs:
St. Louis, Mercantile, City. Writer and lec
turer on legal, financial and commercial top
ics. Office: N. W. corner 4th and Pine Sts.
Residence: 6255 Waterman Ave.
VIETHS, Oscar Henry, manufacturer; born,
St. Louis, Apr. 8, 1874; son of Claus and Mar
garet (Mueller) Vieths; educated in public
school to 1889; Smith Academy to 1892; Ph.B,
Yale University, 1895; married, St. Louis,
Apr. 17, 1901, Mary Louise McCreery; chil
dren: Christine McCreery, Wayman, Mar
garet. Is president and treasurer of Claus
Vieths Realty and Financial Co., St. Louis
Paper Box Co. and Vieths' Paper Mills. Re
publican. Episcopalian. Club: St. Louis Coun
try. Recreation: outdoor sports. Office: 21st
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VINNEDGE, Charles Albert, railway of
ficial; born, Indianapolis, Jan. 14, 1859; son of
John Albert and Ellen (Espy) Vinnedge; edu
cated in public schools of Indianapolis; mar
ried, Indianapolis, Nov. 10, 1880, Jennie L.
Vinson; one daughter, Rosanna Margaret
(Mrs. James F. Bailey, of Indianapolis); mar
ried, 2d, Mar. 12, 1906, Miss Sarah Hesley, of
Indianapolis. Secretary and auditor Terminal
Railroad Association of St. Louis and its as
sociate companies since 1903, and auditor of
the St. Louis Merchants' Bridge Terminal Co.
and its associate companies; secretary and
auditor Illinois Dredging and Construction
Co. Presbyterian. Recreations: fishing, hunt
ing and baseball. Office: Union Station. Resi
dence: 4611 Maryland Ave.
VINSONHALER, Harry; born in Nodaway
Co., Mo, June 2, 1870; son of George and
Sarah (Rea) Vinsonhaler; educated in public
schools of Maryville, Mo.; married, Mary
ville, Mo, Dec 12, 1893, Elizabeth Saunders
(now deceased). Joined in organization of
Vinsonhaler Shoe Co., 1901, of which has
since been secretary, treasurer and manager.
Member Business Men's League. Republican.
Episcopalian. Mason. Clubs: Mercantile, Nor
mandie Golf. Recreation: golf. Office: 1512
Washington Ave. Residence: 4411 McPherson
Avenue. VITT, Rudolph Simon, physician; born,
Washington, Mo, May 29, 1874 (father died
when son was an infant) ; reared on a farm
by grandparents; received preliminary educa
tion in schools of Washington, Mo, and at
age of thirteen began apprenticeship in drug
store of Ludwig Muench; graduated from St.
Louis College of Pharmacy, 1893; M.D, Med
ical Department, St. Louis University, 1904;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 26, 1899, Caroline
Fischer; one child, Edwin F. Engaged in drug
business for twelve years previous to gradua
tion in medicine; has practiced in St. Louis
since 1904. Was for two years treasurer Na
tional Association Retail Druggists; member
American Medical Association, Missouri State
Medical Association, St. Louis Medical So
ciety. Mason (32°), Shriner; member Knights
of Pythias, Royal Arcanum, Maccabees, Wood
men of the World. Club: Western Rowing.
Recreation: bowling. Office and Residence:
3924 S. Broadway.
VOELKER, William David, president Voel
ker Products Co.; born, St. Louis, June 14,
1874; son of John A. and Sarah Jane (Sprin
kle) Voelker;, educated public schools of St.
Louis and Drury College, Springfield, Mo.;
married, Boonville, Mo, Jan. 1, 1901, Emily
Gibson. Began active career as secretary and
treasurer of O. Voelker Commission Co, 1894,
continuing for two years; secretary and treas
urer Western Poultry and Game Co, 1896-
1900; department manager Armour & Co.,
1900-10; president and general manager since

1910 of Voelker Products Co., dealers in but
ter, eggs, poultry and fruit and produce.
Member St. Louis Butter, Poultry and Egg
Exchange, New York Produce Exchange, Chi
cago Produce Exchange, St. Louis Merchants'
Exchange, St. Louis Fruit and Produce Ex
change. Presbyterian. Author of monographs:
Grading of Eggs; Packing of Poultry for
Shipment; Packing of Poultry and Eggs for
Storage. Recreations: hunting and fishing.
Office: 826 N. 3d St. Residence: 5741 Mc
Pherson Ave.
VOGEL, Charles Frederick, real estate;
born, Neuchatel, Switzerland, Mar. 22, 1845;
son of John and Anna (Christinger) Vogel;
educated in Christian Brothers College, 1855,
and public schools of St. Louis, and after
war attended night schools; served in Civil
War as drummer-boy, Company I, Second U.
S. Reserve Corps, Missouri Volunteer Infan
try, three months' service; then private Com
pany E, Twenty-ninth Missouri Volunteer In
fantry (three years' service), Fifteenth Army
Corps, Army of the Tennessee; discharged
June 12, 1865, at Washington, D. O; married,
St. Louis, Sept. 22, 1869, Laura M. Fisher;
children: Oliver C, Estella A. (Mrs. Stephen
Saum), Edna M. (Mrs. George A. Luecking).
Clerk of police court, St. Louis, 1866-70; dep
uty clerk of County Court, 1871-77; clerk of
Council (first Upper House under new char
ter), 1877-78; clerk of Circuit Court, 1879-86;
since Jan. 1, 1887, engaged as real estate and
financial agent. Member Merchants' Ex
change, Real Estate Exchange, Concordia
Turners, and other German societies. Repub
lican. 32° Scottish Rite Mason; member Mis
souri Lodge No. 1, A. F. & A. M, for over
forty-three years (Worshipful Master, 1877,
treasurer over thirty-one years, also Past Dis
trict Deputy Grand Master) ; Missouri Royal
Arch Chapter No. 1; St. Louis Commandery
No. 1, Knights Templar; Moolah Temple, Mys
tic Shrine. Odd Fellow for forty-four years;
Past Brigadier General Uniformed Division,
Past Grand Patriarch and Past Grand Repre
sentative to Sovereign Grand Lodge; Grand
Treasurer of Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of
Missouri. Member Frank P. Blair Post No. 1,
G. A. R. (Past Post Commander) ; served fif
teen years as member, treasurer and president
Federal Soldiers' Home Board, St. James,
Mo.; also treasurer Odd Fellows' Home, Lib
erty, Mo. Recreation: reading. Office: 624
Chestnut St. Residence: 3150 Allen Ave.
VOGEL, Henry F, general insurance, and
manufacturers' agent; born, St. Louis, June
6, 1861; son of Henry and Mary (Weiss)
Vogel; educated in public schools and Jones
Commercial College, St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, 1889, Bertha M. Kappesser (died Oct.
18, 1911); children: Harry F. C. (in engineer
ing department of American Car and Foundry
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gan with father in bakery and grocery busi
ness for several years; then taught Spen-
cerian penmanship in#colleges at Altoona, Pa,
and Chicago, and for some years was illus
trator of the Chicago Daily Graphic; with
drew from that field of work in 1888, because
of failing eyesight; returned to St. Louis;
was in auditor's office of the American Re
frigerator Transit, then in private office of
President McMillan of the old Missouri Car
and Foundry Co., and became traffic manager
same company, continuing until 1898; also,
from 1893, in same capacity with St. Louis
Car Co.; in 1898 was appointed assistant gen
eral manager of the St. Louis Car Co., ad
vancing to office of manager in 1900; vice
president and general manager same company,
1903-06; president Danville (111.) Car Co,
1907-08. Returned to St. Louis in 1909 and
embarked in the life insurance business as
district manager of Germania Life Insurance
Co.; now also in general insurance, and manu
facturers' agent; represents St. Louis Car
Co., Railway Utility Co., etc. President Nat
ural Power Co.; director Paris Lamp Co. Ger
man Protestant. Mason (32°); member St.
Aldemar Commandery, Knights Templar, and
Shriner. Recreations: collector of books and
papers and medallions; also walking. Office:
Houser Bldg. Residence: 3203 Harper Ave.
VOGEL, Louis D, vice president and secre
tary Charier Oak Stove and Range Co.; bom,
St. Louis, July 31, 1852; son of William and
Amelia (Coleman) Vogel; educated at Benton
and Laclede public schools, 1859-67; married,
St. Louis, May 1, 1877, Cornelia L. Krausse;
one son, Clifford A. In 1868 became office boy
for Excelsior Manufacturing Co., and remained
ever since with that company and its suc
cessor, the Charter Oak Stove and Range Co.,
of which became secretary in 1896, and vice
president in 1903. Member St. Louis Credit
Men's Association. Republican. Member Le
gion of Honor. Club: Union. Recreations:
horseback riding, driving, billiards. Office:
Antelope and Conduit Sts. Residence: 2929
Lafayette Ave.
VOGEL, Valentine, teas and coffees; born,
St. Louis, May 2, 1868; son of Joseph and
Margaret (Buehlheller) Vogel; educated in
public schools; married, Minneapolis, Minn,
October, 1899, Anna May Weaver; five chil
dren: Kenneth Weaver, Willard Robert, Loren
Henry, Valentine May, Katherine Ellwood.
Began in employ of Great Atlantic and Pa
cific Tea Co.; at age of seventeen associated
with brother, Robert, in tea and coffee busi
ness; sold out to Frederick Roth, 1897. Was
identified with theatrical profession for one
season; in 1900 again entered tea and coffee
business as member Athletic Tea Co. Meth
odist. Recreation: horseback riding. Office:
709 Lucas Ave. Residence: 5179 Cabanne Ave.

VOGT, William H, physician; bora, St.
Louis, Sept. 9, 1877; son of Gustavus W. and
Lina (Merckel) Vogt; educated public and
private schools of St. Louis; M.D, Medical
Department, Washington University, 1897;
post-graduate course, Vienna, Berlin and
Dresden, 1899-1903; married, New York City,
Apr. 8, 1908, Edna Nichols; one son, William
H, Jr. In practice in St. Louis since 1903,
specializing in diseases of women and sur
gery; assistant in obstetrics, Medical .Depart
ment Washington University; gynecologist to
Lutheran Hospital; assistant to Dr. A. C. Ber-
nays, 1903-06. Republican. Protestant. Mem
ber American Medical Association, Missouri
State Medical Association, St. Louis Medical
Society, Mississippi Valley Medical Associa
tion, Society of German Physicians, St. Louis
Gynecological and Obstetrical Society. Mason
(32°), Shriner. Translator of Leopold's Very
Young Human Ovum; contributor to medical
journals. Recreation: automobiling. Office:
733 Metropolitan Bldg. Residence: 4953 Lotus
Avenue. VOIGHT, Lewis, Jr., wholesale wall paper;
born, Cincinnati, Nov. 28, 1873; son of Lewis
and Susanna Voight; educated in public
schools and Woodward High School, Cincin
nati, and commercial college; married, Cin
cinnati, Nov. 19, 1896, Florence Keeler; chil
dren: Lewis, III, Helen K, Elaine M. Began
business career as bookkeeper in father's
wall-paper house at Cincinnati, known as
Lewis Voight & Sons Co., and in 1888 became
traveling salesman for the house; came to St.
Louis July, 1897, and opened up a branch of
the United States Wall Paper Co.; later
bought out the company and has since con
ducted a wholesale business in wall paper and
decorations; president Empire Wall Paper
Co.; also vice president United States Wall
Paper Co., of Cincinnati. Lutheran. Mason.
Club: Missouri Athletic. Office: 1105 Olive St.
Residence: 4552 Westminster PL
VOLLMER, Frank, real estate investments;
born, Westphalia, Germany, Jan. 9, 1845; son
of Henry and Gertrude (Eisenbach) Vollmer;
educated in parochial schools, Germany, to
1859; came to America, 1869; married, St.
Louis, Aug. 25, 1875, Maria Hoelscher; eight
children, four living: Maria (Mrs. Henry
Wurm), Agnes, Josephine, Frank. Engaged
as tailor, 1869-73; with Henry Knabe con
ducted tailoring business as Vollmer & Knabe,
1873-92; then continued alone until retired,
1903 ; has since given attention 1:0 real estate
investments. Democrat. Catholic Member St.
Vincent de Paul Society, St. Mary's School
Society; trustee St. Vincent's Orphan So
ciety, etc. Residence: 2133 California Ave.
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VON SCHRADER, George Morrison, real
estate; see Vol. 1906.
VOSBURGH, Charles Augustus, surgeon;
born at Red House Shoals, W. Va, Oct. 4,
1878; son of Augustus Jacob and Rachel Ellen
(Rowley) Vosburgh; educated, Ravenswood
(W. Va.) public and high schools; Ohio Val
ley College, Ravenswood; Ph.G, Barnes Col
lege of Pharmacy, St. Louis; M.D, Medical
Department, Barnes University, 1904; post
graduate courses, University of Austria, Vien
na, and New York Post-Graduate School; un
married. House surgeon Centenary Hospital,
1904-05; appointed pathologist to Barnes Uni
versity, 1905; clinical professor surgery, same,
1909; professor clinical surgery, American
Medical College, since September, 1911; pro
fessor clinical surgery National University,
St. Louis, since 1912. Secretary board direct
ors, Faculty R'ealty Co. Member American
Medical Association, Missouri State Medical
Association, St. Louis Medical Society, South
ern Illinois Medical Society. Republican.
Presbyterian. Mason; member Tuscan Lodge
No. 360, A. F. & A. M.; St. Louis Chapter No.
8, R. A. M.; Ascalon Commandery No. 16,
Knights Templar; Moolah Temple, A. A. O. N.
M. S. Recreations: big game hunting, and
fishing. Office: 832-833 Metropolitan Bldg.
Residence: Buckingham Club.
VROOMAN, Herbert Alexander, real es
tate; 1868-1912; see Vol. 1906.
w
WACHTEL, Max, millinery; 1861-1910; see
Vol. 1906.
WADE, Festus John, banker; born, Lim
erick, Ireland, Oct. 14, 1859; son of Thomas
and Catherine (McDonough) Wade; educated
in public schools of St. Louis until ten years
of age, Bryant & Stratton Business College
from twenty to twenty-four; married, St.
Louis, Aug. 28, 1883, Kate V. Kennedy; chil
dren: Mrs. Stella Marie Seullin, Marie L.
(Mrs. Charles Sewell Thomas, Jr.), Florence
J, Festus ' J, Jr. Secretary St. Louis Agri
cultural and Mechanical Association (St.
Louis Fair), 1883-88; secretary Aug. Gast
Bank Note and Lithographing Co., January,
1888-August, 1889; vice president Hammett-
Anderson-Wade Real Estate Co., August, 1889-
November, 1899; since November, 1899, pres
ident Mercantile Trust Co.; also president
Mercantile National Bank since January,
1909. President Commerce Realty Co, Cor
ner Realty Co., Eleventh Street Realty Co,
Hotel Realty Co, Republic Building Co, and
Twenty-first Street Realty Co.; viee president
Emporium Realty Co.; secretary-treasurer Ri
alto Realty Co.; vice president Henderson
Realty Co.; director Hotel Jefferson Co, Haw
Real Estate Co. Member Merchants' Ex
change, Business Men's League. Catholic.

Clubs:. St. Louis, Commercial, Bellerive, Rac
quet, Mercantile, Noonday, Glen Echo. Office:
8th and Locust Sts. Residence: 4451 Lindell
Boulevard. WAGGONER, Edward Le Roy, grain com
mission; born, Waggoner, 111, Sept. 28, 1863;
son of William R. and Sarah (McCollough)
Waggoner; educated in public schools and
Blackburn University; married, Hillsboro, 111,
Dec. 17, 1883, Ella Clotfelter (now deceased).
Clothing salesman at Hillsboro, 1881-83; mem
ber of firm of Sawyer & Waggoner, abstracts
and real estate, Hillsboro, until 1887; travel
ing representative of the Redmond-Cleary
Commission Co., grain, until 1890; resided at
Boise City, 1890-94; agent Mutual Life In
surance Co. of New York, 1894-96; in grain
business with E. F. Catlin & Co, 1897-98;
vice president Brinson-Judd Grain Co., later
president of the Brinson-Waggoner Grain Co.
and its successor, the Waggoner Grain Co.,
until 1908; now vice president W. L. Green
Commission Co. Member Merchants' Ex
change of St. Louis. Mason, Knight Templar.
Clubs: Missouri Athletic, St. Louis Grain, St.
Louis Millers'- Office: Chamber of Commerce.
WAGGONER, Sol E, insurance; bora in
Richland Co, O, Mar. 8, 1851; son of Wil
liam and Malinda (Small) Waggoner; edu
cated at grammar and high schools, Oska-
loosa, la, and graduated from Oskaloosa Col
lege, June, 1870; married, Macon, Mo, Apr.
30, 1872, Catherine White (died 1892); chil
dren: Zella M. (Mrs. F. G. Myers), Martha
L. (Mrs. L. E. Smith), William C. With H. S.
Glaze & Bros, at Macon, wholesale grocers,
1870-72; began insurance career with the
North British- and Mercantile Insurance Co.
as local agent at Macon, Mo, 1872-74, special
traveling agent, 1875-82, state agent and ad
juster, 1883-88, and resident secretary at St.
Louis, 1889-94; With Citizens ' Insurance Co.
of St. Louis, as secretary, 1895-98, and from
January, 1899, to 1907, as president, now a
director. Director Masonic Home of Mis
souri; was president of Salvage Corps; Grand
Commander of Knights Templar of Missouri,
1880-81; chairman building committee of Ma
sonic Home of Missouri ancl chairman board
of trustees of Endowment Fund of same. Re
publican. Methodist; chairman building com
mittee Union M. E. Church; treasurer Metho
dist Deaconess Association and branches, Ep-
worth Institute and Epworth Emergency
Home. Clubs: Mercantile, Aero, Automobile.
Office: 1415 Pierce Bldg. Residence: Cam
bridge Apts.
WAGNER, Edward, president Model Bot
tling Machinery Co.; born, Breslau, Germany,
Dee. 25, 1857; son of Ignatz and Caroline
(Willgus) Wagner; educated in Elizabeth
College, Breslau, to 1872; came to America,
1874; married, Chicago, Oct. 20, 1879, Wil-

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helmine Maurer; four children: Ida (Mrs:
Paul Lehmann), Edward, Jr, Emma (Mrs.
Gus. Koopman), Clara. Began as proprietor
Bavarian Brewing Co, Chicago, 1884, and
continued until 1889; 'engaged with American
Brewing Co, St. Louis, 1890, and was vice
president when withdrew from company,
1907. Built Wagner Brewery, Granite City,
111, 1903, and president until consolidated
with Independent Breweries Co., 1907; di
rector and technical manager latter company,
1907-10; organized Model Bottling Machin
ery Co., 1893, and now president. Member
United States Brewmasters' Association
(president, 1903-07, now honorary president),
Braumeisters ' Association of St. Louis, Mer
chants ' Exchange. Democrat. Catholic. Mem
ber Turn Verein. Clubs: Missouri AtMetic,
Liederkranz. Recreations: billiards and mo
toring. Offiee: 3662 Forest Park Boul. Resi
dence: 3506 Hawthorne Boul.
WAGNER, Edwin Harris, auditor and
credit manager; born, Laramie, Wyo, Oct. 6,
1873; son of Henry and Susan (Cantwell)
Wagner; educated Laramie parochial and pub-
lie schools; Jesuit College, Denver, Colo.;
University of Wyoming; took partial law
course in St. Louis Law School (Washington
University) ; married, Denver, June 10, 1900,
Corinne Shevnin; six children: Corinne M,
Edwin H, Virginia S, Warren A, Ellen, John
S. Began active career as messenger in audit
ing department Denver & Rio Grande Ry,
Denver, 1890; removed to Pittsburgh, 1894,
and became bookkeeper for the Westinghouse
Co.; later with O'Neil Coal Co.; came to St.
Louis to study law, October, 1898; secretary
and treasurer Columbia Lead Co., 1899-1901,
Catherine Lead Co, 1899-1904, Madison Lead
and Land Co, 1904-09; auditor and credit
manager of Hanley & Kinsella Coffee and
Spice Co. since Oct. 4, 1909. Republican.
Catholic. Member Knights of Columbus, also
first state treasurer same. Office: 715 Spruce
St. Residence: 5017 Maple Ave.
WAGNER, Hugh Kiernan, patent lawyer;
born, St. Louis, Sept. 29, 1870; son of Hugh
K. and Mary Ann (Elliot) Wagner; descend
ant of German and English ancestry; educat
ed in St. Louis public schools, leaving Cen
tral High School, 1886; married, St. Louis,
June 7, 1893, Annette Elliott Hill; children:
Elliott Goodwyn, Paul Brookes. Employed in
railroad offices, 1886-92; began study of law,
1892, at same time entering employ of a
leading patent lawyer of St. Louis, with whom
remained until August, 1899; admitted to bar,
October, 1897; engaged in practice of patent,
trade-mark and copyright law under own
name in August, 1899, and has been identi
fied with much important patent, trade-mark
and copyright litigation. Member St. Louis,
Missouri and American Bar associations;
member local council for Missouri of Amer

ican Bar Association, 1910-11, 1911-12; repre
sentative of Associated Advertising Clubs, of
America in American Publishers' Copyright
League, etc. Member Business Men's League,
Civic League, Washington University Asso
ciation, Missouri Historical Society, Sons of
American Revolution, and many other na
tional and local organizations. Life member
Society of Authors, Incorporated, of London.
Lecturer at Benton College of Law, St. Louis,
1901-11. Republican; one of the earliest mem
bers of St. Louis Republican Club; ex-presi
dent Young Men's Republican Auxiliary of
St. Louis. Secretary board of trustees, and
formerly Bible class teacher, West Presby
terian Church. Mason, Knight Templar,
Shriner. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile, City,
Missouri Athletic, St. Louis Amateur Ath
letic, Century Boat, Glen Echo Country, Nor
mandie Golf, Aero, Union, Automobile, West
ern Rowing, Million Population, Liederkranz,
Contemporary, Public Question, Apollo, Am-
phion, St. Louis Orchestra Club. Author: The
Relations of Sessions and Trustees, 1906; also
pamphlets and articles on various subjects;
read paper entitled Mechanical Equivalents,
August, 1910, before patent section American
Bar Association; etc. Recreations: motoring,
golf, bowling; collector of art, statuary and
books. Address: suite 503, Fullerton Bldg.
WAGNER, Hugo Carl, business manager;
born, Milwaukee, Wis, Feb. 25, 1873; son of
Robert and Alwina (Ehlert) Wagner; edu
cated in public and grammar schools and
East Side High School, Milwaukee; married,
Milwaukee, Dec. 10, 1902, Gertrude Louise
Boynton; three children: John Phelps, Marie,
Helen. Began active career as bill clerk with
J. C. Iversen Co, Milwaukee; was salesman
Standard Oil Co, 1892; with Milwaukee Fur
niture Co., in charge Wisconsin territory,
1892-97; became connected with the Simmons
Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of metal
beds, Kenosha, Wis, 1897, and has been in
charge of St. Louis branch since 1906. Re
publican. Member Masonic Order, Knights
Templar, Scottish Rite and Shrine. Club:
Glen Echo. Offiee: 810 Spruce St. Residence:
5315 Delmar Boul.
WAGNER, Peter, carriage manufacturer;
see Vol. 1906.
WAGNER, Stephen Mary, president Wag
ner & Reis Commission Co.; bom, New Or
leans, May 9, 1872; son of Joseph A. and
Louisa (Minervia) Wagner; educated in pub-
lie schools; married, St. Louis, June 10, 1896,
Belle Peck; two children: Ruth J. and Ed
ward W. Was with Dodd, Brown & Co., whole
sale dry goods, four years; then for two years
with H. T. Simon Gregory Dry Goods Co.;
next entered employ of E. H. Wenglin & Co.,
and continued for thirteen years; associated,
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Commission Co., wholesale notions and dry
goods, of which has since been president.
Member St. Louis Laundrymen's Association,
United Commercial Travelers. Mason (32°),
Shriner; member Order of Owls. Club: Mil
lion Population. Office: 619 N. 8th St. Resi
dence: 3420 Eads Ave.
WAGNER, Thomas Hall, lawyer; born,
Memphis, Mo, Sept. 22, 1861; son of Levi J.
and Mary C. (Gray) Wagner; educated in
public schools of Memphis and Central Col
lege, Fayette, Mo.; married, Fayette, June
22, 1887, Byrd E. Ewin; children: Annie, Mar
garet, Catherine, Thomas H, Jr., Byrd. Ad
mitted to bar, 1885, and practiced at Mem
phis, Mo, until 1901; was insurance commis
sioner for the State of Missouri, 1901-02; en
gaged in practice of law in St. Louis since
June, 1903; member of law firm of Harlan,
Jeffries & Wagner, 1905-09, since Wagner &
Miller. Member Business Men's League.
Democrat. Member M. E. Church, South.
Clubs: Mercantile, St. Louis, Glen Echo Coun-
. try. Office:' Pierce Bldg. Residence: 5046
Washington Boul.
WAGONER, George C. R, president Wag
oner Undertaking Co.; born, Cincinnati, Sept.
3, 1863; educated public schools of St. Louis;
later student Beaumont Hospital Medical Col
lege; married, Greenville, 111, Sept. 1, 1887,
Lulu L. Blanchard. Was connected with
Richardson Drug Co. two years; then book
keeper Graves & Goldsmith, Louisiana, Mo,
one year; entered employ of father in under
taking business, 1881; was admitted to part
nership, 1900; now president Wagoner Un
dertaking Co. Republican; member Fifty-
seventh Congress. Mason (32°), Shriner;
member Knights of Pythias (Fast Grand
Chancellor), Legion of Honor. Clubs: Mer
cantile, Missouri Athletic. Offiee: 3621 Olive
St. Residence: 4159 Lindell Boul.
WAGONER, Harry Epply, president Wag
oner Mercantile Co.; born, Cincinnati, Sept.
24, 1865; came with parents to St. Louis,
1867; son of Henry H. and Sophronia Z. (Wil
son) Wagoner; educated in public schools of
St. Louis; married, Chicago, Feb. 5, 1890,
Adeline P., daughter of Frederick and Louise
(Palmier) Myers; one son, Harry Stanley
Blewett. Began business career with Good
year Rubber Co. as traveling representative
and office man, continuing, 1885-94; in 1894
organized the Monarch Rubber Co., of which
was president until 1902; built first rubber
shoe factory in St. Louis, which was the only
rubber factory west of the Allegheny Moun
tains making a general line of rubber boots
and shoes; manager rubber department of
Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Co, 1902-
March, 1910; then organized the Wagoner
Mercantile Co., of which is president. Also
president of Tocomaeho Rubber Co., of Hon

duras. Methodist. Member B. P. O. Elks, and
Order of Hoo Hoo. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar and Shriner. Clubs: Mercantile, Glen
Echo. Recreation; golf. Office: 19th and Pine
Sts. Residence: 5137 Kensington Ave.
WAGONER, Henry Hoover, undertaker;
1824-1906; see Vol. 1906.
WAHL, John, president German Savings
Institution; 1840-1910; see Vol. 1906.
WAINWRIGHT, Samuel Hayman, clergy
man; born, Columbus, 111, Apr. 15, 1863; son
of Daniel Thomas and Amanda (Fitzallen)
Wainwright; reared from infancy in Lewis
Co, Mo.; M.D, Missouri Medical College,
1886; (D.D, Central College, of Fayette,
Mo.) ; married Margaret Miller Todd, of Shel-
byville, Mo, Dec. 30, 1886; three children:
Daniel Todd, Samuel Hayman, Jr., Elizabeth
A. Practiced medicine at Pierce City, Mo,
1886-87; went to Japan under Board of For
eign Missions, 1888; licensed to preach by
Japan Annual Conference, 1893; principal
Kwansei Gakuin, Kobe, 1890-1906; twice
elected president Japan Annual Conference;
delegate to General Conference in America
three times; transferred to St. Louis Annual
Conference, 1906, and appointed presiding el
der St. Louis district (the most important
appointment of the kind in the denomina
tion); pastor University Methodist Church,
since 1911. President Evangelical Alliance,
St. Louis, 1910. Member M. E. Church, South.
Democrat. Member American Sociological As
sociation. Clubs: Mercantile, Chi Alpha.
Translator of Wesley's Sermons and J. W.
Lee's "Making of a Man" into Japanese;
contributor to magazines and reviews on Ori
ental and sociological subjects; versed in
Oriental classical literature and was fre
quently called upon to deliver addresses and
lectures before learned assemblies in Japan.
Residence: 5562 Von Versen Ave.
WALBRIDGE, Cyrus Packard, wholesale
druggist, ex-mayor; born, Madrid, N. Y, July
20, 1849; son of Arlo Judson and Althea Ma
ria (Packard) Walbridge; educated in public
schools of DeKalb Co., Ill, and Stanton,
Minn, to 1868, Carleton College, Northfield,
Minn, to 1871; LL.B, University of Michi
gan, 1874; married, St. Louis, October, 1879,
Lizzie Merrell (now deceased) ; one son, Mer
rell Packard. Practiced law at Minneapolis,
Minn, 1874-76, at St. Louis, 1876-79; house
attorney for J. S. Merrell, wholesale drug
gist, 1879-85; president of J. S. Merrell Drug
Co. since 1885. President of Bell Telephone
Co. of Missouri, 1904-10. Republican; served
eight years in National Guard of Missouri,
retiring in 1885 as lieutenant-colonel First
Regiment; served in House of Delegates of
St. Louis, 1881-83; president City Council,
1889-93; mayor of St. Louis, 1893-97; endorsed
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vice president of United States; Republican
nominee for governor of Missouri, 1904. Vice
president Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
1904; chairman City Plan Commission, etc.
Member First Trinitarian Congregational
Church, Business Men's League, Manufac
turers' Association, Masonic order. Clubs:
Mercantile, Round Table, Bellerive Country.
Recreation: golf. Office: 2 N. 4th St. Resi
dence: 3714 Westminster PL
WALBRIDGE, Merrell Packard, wholesale
druggist; born, St. Louis, Sept. 5, 1884; son of
Cyrus P. and Lizzie (Merrell) Walbridge;
educated, Smith Academy, graduating, 1903;
Amherst College, Mass, graduated with de
gree of A.B, 1907; married, St. Louis, Nov.
10, 1910, Bess Dorothy Niederlander. Began
active career with the J. S. Merrell Drug
Co. and served as director and secretary same
from Jan. 20, 1908, to Jan. 1, 1912, since sec
ond vice president. Republican. Presbyte
rian. Member Sons of American Revolution,
Alpha Delta Phi college fraternity. Club:
Bellerive Country. Recreation: golf. Office:
4th and Market Sts. Residence: 501 Clara
Avenue. WALDO, Clarence Abiathar, professor of
mathematics and applied mechanics, Wash
ington University; born, Hammond, St. Law
rence Co, N. Y, Jan. 21, 1852; son of Orange
Gersham and Barbara Ellen (Zoller) Waldo;
A.B, Wesleyan University, Conn, 1875, A.M.,
1878; universities of Leipzig and Munich,
1882-83; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1894;
married, Stamford, Conn, Abby Wright,
daughter of late Levi W. Allen, of South Had
ley, Mass., Aug. 2, 1881; one child, Alice God
dard Waldo. Instructor in mathematics and
registrar, Wesleyan University, 1877-81; pro
fessor mathematics, 1883-91, acting president,
1885-86, 1888-89, Rose Polytechnic Institute,
Terre Haute, Ind.; professor mathematics,
DePauw University, 1891-95; head professor
mathematics, Purdue University, 1895-1908;
professor mathematics, Washington Univer
sity, since 1908, Thayer professor of mathe
matics and applied mechanics, since 1910.
Fellow American Association for Advance
ment of Science (vice president Section D,
1902-03, secretary council, 1903-04, general
secretary, 1904-05) ; president Indiana College
Association, 1890, Indiana Academy of Sci
ence, 1898; member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma
Xi, etc.; arbitrator Chicago Conference Col
leges (Big Eight), 1901-12, Ohio Conference
Colleges (Big Six), 1903-05. Author: Manual
of Descriptive Geometry, 1888. Editor Pro
ceedings Indiana Academy of Science, 1896-
97-98, Proceedings Society for Promotion of
Engineering Education, 1901-03. Editor Pro
ceedings North Central Association of Col
leges and Secondary Schools, 1898-1900. Con
tributor to various societies. Residence: Wash
ington University.

WALDSTEIN, Franz Falk, lumber mcht.;
born, in Berlin, Germany, Apr. 22, 1861; son
of Nathan and Rosa (Kiefer) Waldstein;
graduated from Johannes Gymnasium, Bres-.
lau, Germany, 1879; studied elocution; came
to St. Louis, 1885; married, August, 1902,
Mary Louise Stunkel. Entered, 1885, lumber
business of N. Waldstein in St. Louis, which
was incorporated in 1892 as the Waldstein
Lumber Co., of which became president in
1900. Member St. Louis Lumbermen's Ex
change. Republican. Recreation: reading. Of
fice: 2501 S. 7th St. Residence: 1736 Simpson
Place. WALKER, David Davis, merchant; see Vol,
1906. WALKER, Henry, furniture; born, Brock-
ville, Can, Sept. 1, 1849; son of James and
Sophia (Grew) Walker; educated in public
schools; married, Rochester, N. Y, 1879, Mary
Armstrong; one daughter, Edna S. (Mrs.
. Louis Yeckel). Learned upholstering trade
and worked in various cities in the United
States; engaged in upholstery business at
Lyons, la, two years; located in St. Louis in
same business, 1880; president Henry Walker
Furniture Co, 1880-1908; now member
firm of Walker & Armstrong. Republican.
Christian Scientist. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar, Shriner. Office: 1306 Olive St. Resi
dence: 3969 Westminster PL
*WALKER, Herbert Newton; moved to
California; see Vol. 1906.
WALKER, Joseph Sidney, secretary and
treasurer Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co.; born,
St. Louis, Oct. 11, 1863; son of David D. and
Martha A. (Beakey) Walker; educated at St.
Louis University, graduating in class of 1883;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 14, 1898, Katherine
Mudd. Began business career in employ of
the Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co. in 1884; was
elected secretary and treasurer of the com
pany, 1900. Member Business Men's League,
Civie League, Saturday Hospital Association.
Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, St. Louis Country,
Racquet. Recreations: golf, tennis, automo
biling. Office: 1520 Washington Ave. Resi
dence: 5 Hortense PL
WALKER, Robert Franklin, lawyer; born,
Florence, Morgan Co, Mo, Nov. 29, 1850;
son of Belford Stephenson and Abigail Lewis
(Evans) Walker; A.B, Missouri State Uni
versity, 1873, LL.B, 1875; married, Fayette,
Mo, Sept. 20, 1877, Nannie A. Wright (died
Nov. 24, 1892); children: Katharine (now
Mrs. F. K. Smith), Leland R.; married, 2d,
Brooklyn, Sept. 28, 1895, Geneva C. Percy.
Admitted to Missouri bar, Apr. 26, 1876, to
Supreme Court of United States, Jan. 12,
1894; practiced in Morgan County until 1897;
prosecuting attorney, Morgan County, 1877-
85; assistant attorney-general Missouri, 1885-
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ticing law in St. Louis. Non-resident lecturer
on public service corporations, University of
Missouri. Member Revising Commission Mis
souri Statutes, 1889, and chairman of like
commission, 1909; counsel for Merchants' Ex
change of St. Louis, 1899-1909. Member Mis
souri Bar Associatiou (president, 1906-07),
American Bar Association, Missouri Histori
cal Society; delegate Universal Congress of
Lawyers and Jurists, St. Louis, 1904. Mem
ber editorial staff Cyclopedia of Law and
Procedure. Democrat. Author of addresses
and articles on legal and literary subjects.
Office: Rialto Bldg. Residence: 5537 Cabanne
Avenue. WALKER, Samuel Asbury, vice president
Acme Cement Plaster Co.; born, Savannah,
Mo, July 7, 1854; son of Henry T. and Mar
tha (Earls) Walker; educated in public
schools of Missouri and Westminster College,
Pulton, Mo.; married, Plattsburgh, Mo, Dee.
11, 1879, Harriet Davis; children: Georgia
(Mrs. R. R. Richardson, of Chicago), Louis
R., Paul A. Was engaged in the banking busi
uess in various cities and towns of Kansas
and Missouri until 1894, when he became vice
president and manager of the Acme Cement
Plaster Co. and moved to St. Louis, Jan. 1,
1899. Democrat. Clubs: Glen Echo Country,
St. Louis, Noonday, Hillcrest Golf. Recrea
tion: golf. Office: 1015, 415 Pine St. Resi
dence: 4272 Washington Boul.
WALKER, William M, hotel manager;
born, Washington, D. C, Oct. 21, 1867; son of
William J. and Marion E. (Ross) Walker;
educated Emerson Institute, Washington, D.
O; married, Washington, June 19, 1900, Maud
MaeSween; one son, Burton Rodgers. Began
as night clerk in a hotel in Washington, Oct.
2, 1885; served in various capacities in hotels
in Washington, Bay Ridge, Md, Crescent
Springs, Pa, Winter Park, Fla, Chicago,
Mackinac Island and Eureka Springs, Ark.;
came to Jefferson Hotel, St. Louis, 1899, and
has been manager Planters Hotel since 1908.
Served ten years in District National Guard,
Washington, D. C. ; was sergeant drill corps,
National Fencibles. Baptist. Member St.
Louis Hotel Men's Association. Club: Cen
tury Boat. Residence": Planters Hotel.
WALL, Charles Watson, treasurer Meyer
Brothers Drug Co.; bora, Fort Wayne, Ind,
Aug. 23, 1855; son of Watson and Mary A.
(Barnett) Wall; educated in public schools
of Indiana; married, St. Louis, Feb. 27, 1879,
Mary G. Holmes; children: Charles W, Jr.,
Harry G, Theodore M. Came to St. Louis in
1869 and began business career as office boy
and later bookkeeper for the wholesale drug
house of Meyer Bros. & Co., continuing until
1873; in credit department of Samuel Cup
ples & Co, 1873-75; returned to financial de
partment of Meyer Brothers & Co., with which

house has continued, having been treasurer of
the Meyer Brothers Drug Co. from incorpora
tion of the company in 1889. President and
treasurer Holland Realty and Power Co,
Alada Oil Co., Sussex Realty Co., Stratford
Hotel and Realty Co.; president Hanover
Realty and Power Co., Watsonia Realty Co.
Democrat. Episcopalian. Clubs: Glen Echo
Country, Normandie Country. Recreations:
golf, athletics. Office: 4th St. and Clark Ave.
Residence: 4946 Berlin Ave.
WALL, Louis J. W, manager August Gast
Bank Note and Lithographing Co.; born, Gra-
vois Settlement, St. Louis Co., Mo, Dec. 30,
1848; son of Rev. George W. and Julia F.
(von Turnau) Wall; attended German school
connected with father's church, 1855-57; La
fayette (public) School, 1857-63; Wyman 's
City University, 1863-64; unmarried. Began
business career, 1865-67, with George W. Cur
tis & Co., coal oil and lamp dealers; then in
office of Barr, Duncan & Co., and its suc
cessor, William Barr & Co. (later William
Barr Dry Goods Co.), 1867-69; clerk First Na
tional Bank, 1869-72; bookkeeper Provident
Savings Institution, 1872-76; purchased inter
est in the firm of August Gast & Co.; formed
August Gast Bank Note and Lithographing
. Co., 1884, and was its president, 1903-12, now
manager same. Republican; delegate from
Tenth Congressional District of Missouri to
National Republican Convention, 1896. Mem
ber German Evangelical Church. Recreation:
fishing. Office: 21st ancl Morgan Sts. Resi
dence: 4532 Virginia Ave.
WALL, Nicholas Roe, insurance; vice presi
dent Title Guaranty Trust Co., American
Trust Co.; born, St. Louis, Dec. 15, 1861; son
of Nicholas and Frances Elizabeth (Calvert)
Wall; educated in Stoddard School and Wash
ington University; married, St. Louis, June 3,
1885, Queen Reynolds; children: Dorothy,
Winifred. Went as a boy to Washington, 'D.
C, with his uncle, who was in the army sup
ply business, and remained two years; re
turned to St. Louis and was clerk in the post-
office two years, then clerk for Samuel Cup
ples Wooden Ware Co. until 1881. Clerk with
H. M. Blossom & Co., insurance, 1881-84; then
with W. G. Bently & Co., as special agent for
Continental Insurance Co. of New York; mem
ber firm of Wall & Whittemore, 1887-1906;
since 1906 vice president Title Guaranty Trust
Co., and American Trust Co.; also since 1911
local manager American Central Fire Insur
ance Co. of St. Louis. Secretary and treasurer
Missouri Association of Local Fire Insurance
Agents, 1905-06; member St. Louis Insurance
Agents' Association (president, 1905-06);
chairman insurance committee Merchants '
Exchange, 1905. Republican. Methodist. Ma
son (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner; member
Legion of Honor. Served four years in in
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St. Louis Light Artillery Co. Clubs: Mercan
tile, Glen Echo Country. Recreation: golf.
Offices: 104-106 N. 4th St. and 710 Chestnut
St. Residence: 4228 Westminster PL
WALL, Otto Augustus, Ph.G, M.D.; born
in St. Louis Co, Mo.; son of Rev. George W.
and Julia Friedericka (von Turnau) Wall;
educated at St. Marcus (parochial) School un
til 1856; Lafayette School, St. Louis, 1856-60;
Missouri College, Warren Co, Mo, 1860-61;
Wyman 's City University, 1861-64; Ph.G, St.
Louis College of Pharmacy, 1866; student
Humboldt Medical College, 1868-69; M.D,
Missouri Medical College (now Medical De
partment of Washington University), 1870;
M.D, Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New
York, 1871; married at Jefferson City, June
29, 1871, to Miss Julia Rieger; children: Otto
A, Jr, Mrs. Henrietta Wall Stith, and Alice
Irene. Druggist with Enno Sander & Co.,
1864-68; retail drugist, 1868-73; practicing
physician, 1871-83; since 1882 engaged as man
ufacturing pharmacist, and now president of
the Otto Wall Laboratory. Professor of ma
teria medica, botany and pharmacognosy in
St. Louis College of Pharmacy; formerly pro
fessor of materia medica and therapeutics in
Missouri Medical College. Member of Com
mittee for Revision of U. S. Pharmacopoeia,
1880-90, and 1890-1900; vice president of Con
vention for Revision of U. S. Pharmacopoeia,
1900-1910; presiding officer Pharmacopoeia!
Convention, 1910. Member American Pharma
ceutical Association. Was a member of the
St. Louis School Board, 1874-77. Residence:
S. Dakota St. between Virginia and S. Comp
ton Aves.
WALL, Otto Augustus, Jr, physician; born
in St. Louis, Aug. 17, 1873; son of Dr., Otto
Augustus and Julia (Rieger) Wall; educated
in St. Louis public schools; Smith Academy;
Ph.B, summa cum laude, Si. Louis College of
Pharmacy, 1895; M.D, cum laude, Missouri
Medical College, 1898; post-graduate course
in Medical Department of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, Baltimore, Md, 1898; married at Ei
Dorado Springs, Mo, June 29, 1904, Miss
Emma Elizabeth Babler. Resident surgeon,
Emergency Hospital, Louisiana Purchase Ex
position (World's Fair), 1904; instructor in
pharmacognosy and lecturer on accidents and
emergencies, St. Louis College of Pharmacy.
Member of Charter Board of Directors and
now associate medical director of the Inter
national Life Insurance Co., St. Louis. Ed
itor of Weekly Bulletin of the St. Louis Med
ical Society. Officer of Acadcemie des Beaux
Arts, Paris, France; member Alumni Associa
tion of Washington University Medical De
partment, St. Louis Medical Society; Missouri
State Medical Association, American Medical
Association. Club: Contemporary. Office: N.
E. cor. Grand Ave. and Hartford St. Resi
dence: 3122 S. Grand Ave.

WALLACE, Fred Lamot, grain commission;
born, Raymond, Union Co, O, Mar. 31, 1865;
son of John James and Elvira J. (Lockwood)
Wallace; educated in public schools; married,
Chattanooga, Tenn, June 17, 1896, Mabel
O'Neal; children: Marion, Helen, Grace and
Ruth. Began as employe in insurance office,
Champaign, 111, 1880-82; then in merchandis
ing as clerk, 1882-84; in service of Peoria &
Pekin Union Ry, and other railroads, until
1887; in grain business as employe of S. C.
Bartlett & Co., Peoria, 111, representing the
company in Buffalo, and later with Bartlett,
Frazier & Co., Chicago; came to St. Louis,
1902; secretary and treasurer Burlington Ele
vator Co., then in grain commission business
under firm name of F. L. Wallace & Co.; man
ager Security Warehouse and Elevator Co.
since 1908. Member Merchants' Exchange.
Office: Chamber of Commerce. Residence:
Kirkwood, Mo.
WALLACE, Harry Brookings, vice presi
dent Samuel Cupples Woodenware Co.; born,
St. Louis, Aug. 6, 1877; son of Asa A. and
Mary Jane (Brookings) Wallace; educated in
Smith Academy to 1895; B.A, Yale Univer
sity, 1899; married, St. Louis, Oct. 29, 1902,
Mary R. Kennard; two children: John Ken
nard, Anne. Began with Samuel Cupples
Woodenware Co, Sept. 1, 1899, engaged in
, sample and stock room, then city desk clerk,
until 1901; next entered buyer's department
as assistant, and became buyer and manager
manufacturing department; elected assistant
secretary, 1907, secretary, 1909, and viee pres
ident, 1912. Member Business Men's League,
Civic League, City Plan Commission, Munici
pal Voters ' League. Viee president Mercan
tile Library Association; member board of
control Kingdoms House. Republican. Meth
odist. Clubs: City, Round Table, St. Louis
Country, Racquet. Recreations: golf, tennis.
Office: Samuel Cupples Woodenware Co. Resi
dence: 4976 Berlin Ave.
WALLACE, John Thomas, first vice presi
dent Blackmer & Post Pipe Co.; born, Freder
icksburg, Va, Aug. 31, 1858; son of Howson H.
and Betty S. (Crouch) Wallace; educated in
public schools of Fredericksburg; married, at
St. Louis, 1898, Mrs. Lulu Meriwether (nee
Norvell). Began business career in 1880, in
employ of the firm of Blackmer & Post, manu
facturers of sewer pipe and a full line of vit
rified clay goods; and has been with the same
business ever since as bookkeeper, salesman,
general agent, and, since 1909, as first viee
president Blackmer & Post Pipe Co., and of
the Post Pipe Co. Presbyterian. Mason.
Clubs: St. Louis, Algonquin Golf. Recreation:
golf. Office: Wainwright Bldg. Residence:
501 Clara Ave.
WALLACE, Mahlon Brookings, president
and general manager Samuel Cupples Wood
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son of Asa A. and Mary J. (Brookings) Wal
lace; educated Smith Academy, St. Louis;
married Miss Grace Lathrop Whitelaw, of St.
Louis, Feb. 15, 1898. Began active career as
stock clerk with Samuel Cupples Woodenware
Co., 1890, and has since continued with the
company, of which has been president and
general manager since 1912. Also president
Escanaba Manufacturing Co.; director State
National Bank, Commonwealth Trust Co. (St.
Louis), Union Bag and Paper Co. (New York).
Methodist. Clubs: "St. Louis, St. Louis Coun
try, Noonday, Racquet, Commercial. Office:
401 S. 7th St. Residence: Clayton, Mo.
WALLS, Gaston B., secretary and treasurer
St. Louis Transfer Co.; born, Warsaw, Benton
Co., Mo, Mar. 5, 1851; son of William and
Lydia B. (Halpain) Walls; educated in St.
Louis public and high schools; married, St.
Louis, July 11, 1882, Margaret Gould Schaub;
one son, Robert Gould Walls. Began as a
clerk with A. M. Leslie & Co, St. Louis, 1866,
and held various clerical positions until 1879;
became identified with the St. Louis Transfer
Co., which served successively as collector,
assistant cashier and cashier until 1888, when
was elected treasurer of the company, of
which is now secretary and treasurer. Member
Royal Arcanum, National Union. Office: 400
S. Broadway.
WALSH, C(harles) K(ay) Dickson; born, St.
Louis, Oct. 30, 1872; son of Julius S. and
Josephine (Dickson) Walsh; educated in
Christian Brothers College, St. Louis, and
Georgetown University, Washington, D. O;
married, Dec. 2, 1898, Jessie Kehlor. Former
ly secretary and director Kehlor Flour Mills
Co.; vice president and director St. Louis
Merchants ' Bridge and Terminal Ry. Co. Cath
olic. Clubs: University, Noonday, Country,
Racquet. Residence: 14 Hortense PL
WALSH, Julius S, chairman of the board
of directors Mississippi Valley Trust Co., and
Terminal Railroad Association; born, St. Louis
Dec. 1, 1842; son of Edward and Isabelle (de
Mun) Walsh; educated in schools of St. Louis,
St. Louis University (A.M., 1865, LL.D, 1904)
and St. Joseph's College, Bardstown, Ky,
graduating, A.B, 1861; graduated from Law
Department of Columbia College, LL.B, 1864;
married, St. Louis, Jan. 11, 1870, Josephine
Dickson; children: Julius S, Jr., Robert A. B,
C. K. Dickson, N. S. Chouteau, Isabelle (Mrs.
Charles L. Palms, Detroit, Mich.), Ellen (Mrs.
William Maffit), Josephine (Mrs. Capt. J. S.
Bates, of St. Louis). Admitted to practice
law in New York, 1864; came to St. Louis
same year and engaged in business. In 1870
was made president of the Citizens Railway
Co., and in 1873 president of the Union Rail
way Co.; in 1875 became the first president of
the South Pass Jetty Co., organized for the
purpose of providing an open mouth to the
Mississippi River; in 1877 became president

of the People 's Railway Co., and of the Tower
Grove and Lafayette Railway Co.; in 1885
built the Northern Central Ry.; president St.
Louis Bridge Co., 1875-90; in 1895 was made
viee president of the St. Louis Terminal Asso
ciation, in 1896 succeeded to its presidency,
and is now chairman of its board of directors.
Organized, 1890, the Mississippi Valley Trust
Co., and was its president; was president of
the St. Louis & Suburban Railway Co. until
it was merged into the United Railways Co.
of St. Louis; also president of the Mississippi
Glass Co., and Union Electric Light and Power
Co. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, University,
Racquet, Commercial, St. Louis Country, Kin
loch, also Union Club (of New York). Rec
reations: motoring and traveling. Office: Mis
sissippi Valley Trust Co., N. W. cor. 4th and
Pine Sts. Residence: 3628 Delmar Boul.
WALSH, Julius Sylvester, Jr.; born, St.
Louis, Oct. 22, 1876; son of Julius S. and
Josephine (Dickson) Walsh; A.B, Georgetown
University, Washington, D. C, 1898; married,
Dec. 30, 1905, Clara, daughter of D. D. Bell,
of Lexington, Ky. Began business career, No
vember, 1898, with Terminal R. R. Associa
tion as yard clerk and later served in various
capacities; formerly vice president and gen
eral manager St. Louis & Suburban Ry. Assist
ant secretary Terminal R. R. of St. Louis.
Catholic. Clubs: University, Noonday, St.
Louis Country. Recreations: horseback riding,
driving, automobiling. Residence: Pine Lawn,
Missouri. WALSH, Robert A. B, vice president and
general manager Mississippi Glass Co.; bora,
St. Louis, Dec. 25, 1878; son of Julius S. and
Josephine (Dickson) Walsh; educated in St.
Louis University, Georgetown University, and
Princeton University to 1900; unmarried. On
leaving college became connected with the
Mississippi Glass Co., assisting in the super
intendent's office; in 1902 was elected secre
tary of the Mississippi Glass Co. of Missouri,
continuing until 1909, when he became vice
president and general manager; also second
vice president of the Mississippi Glass Co. of
New York, the company manufacturing wired
glass, a late invention for fire protection in
place of iron shutters; also manufacturing fire
brick and fire clay products. Republican.
Clubs: University, St. Louis Country, Noon
day. Recreation: horseback riding. Office:
Main and Angelica Sts. Residence: 3628 Del
mar Ave.
WALTER, A. J, secretary National Candy
Co.; born, Brooklyn, N. Y, Oct. 16, 1859; son
of Anthony and Clara (Rhein) Walter; edu
cated in college at Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany;
unmarried. Came from Brooklyn to St. Louis,
1869; began business career in 1876 with F.
Walter, candy manufacturer, and remained
with him until 1888, when bought out Mr.
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later changed to A. J. Walter, and so re
mained until 1902, when consolidated with
National Candy Co., the factory on S. 3d -St.
becoming the A. J. ^W alter branch of the Na
tional Candy Co., of which company has been
secretary since the consolidation. Independent
in politics. Member Liederkranz. Office: 711,
415 Pine St. Residence : 3447 Longfellow Boul.
WALTHER, Lambert Edward, city counsel
or; born, St. Louis, July 4, 1872; son of Lam
bert and Sophia (Gundlach) Walther; edu
cated in St. Louis public and high schools
and Law Department of Washington Univer
sity; married, St. Louis, Dec. 6, 1898, Con
stance Lynn; children: Gertrude L, Constance
and Hugo M. Admitted to bar at St. Louis,
June 14, 1894; joined Julius T. Muench in
forming the law firm of Walther & Muench,
Apr. 1, 1901; firm dissolved June, 1909, upon
appointment of senior member as city coun
selor; was member City Council for unex
pired term November, 1908-April, 1909. Di
rector of the German Mutual Life Insurance
Co., Broadway Savings Trust Co. Member St.
Louis and American Bar associations, 'Civic
League. Republican. Member Ethical Culture
Society. Member A. F. & A. M, Royal Ar
canum. Clubs: City, Masonic. Offiee: 234
City Hall. Residence: 3512 Palm St.
WALTKE, Louis Henry, soap manufac
turer; born, St. Louis, June 1, 1855; son of
William and Anna Waltke; educated in Lu
theran parochial and high schools, College of
Pharmacy and Jones Commercial College;
married, St. Louis, May, 1880, Annie Stoffre
gen; children: Louis A, Richard, Herbert,
Annie (Mrs. H. Heitner), Laura. Entire busi
ness career has been with father's firm of
William Waltke & Co. (established 1858),
soap makers, perfumers and chemists, begin
ning in 1888, and learning all the technical de
tails of the manufacture as well as of man
agement, and is now vice president of the
company. President Lutheran Altenheim, Lu
theran Homeless Children's Society; member
board of directors Walther College; member
Humane Society of Missouri. Member St.
Louis Chemical Society, Manufacturers' Asso
ciation, Business Men's League, Merchants'
Exchange, Latin American and Foreign Trade
Association, North St. Louis Business Men's
Association, North St. Louis Citizens' Asso
ciation. Republican. Lutheran. Clubs: Mis
souri Athletic, Missouri Hunting and Fishing.
Recreations: traveling and motoring. Office:
2d St. and E. Grand Ave. Residence: 2002
Obear Ave.
WALTKE, William, soap manufacturer;
bora in Prussia, Nov. 18, 1822; son of Fred
erick and Christina Waltke; educated in ele
mentary schools of Germany; served in Prus
sian Army; married at St. Louis, 1853, to
Miss Anna Koring (now deceased) ; one son,
Louis H. Came to United States from Ger

many in 1851, and later to St. Louis, and for
seven years was employed in the soap works
of Becker & Brand; in 1858 started in busi
ness for self in small way, which has always
been conducted as William Waltke & Co. (now
a corporation, of which is president). Lu
theran. Recreation: reading. Office: E. Grand
Ave. and 2d St. Residence: Algernon and
Harris Aves.
WANGLER, Charles J, vice president Jo
seph F. Wangier Boiler and Sheet Iron Works
Co.; born, St. Louis, 1867; son of Joseph Fran
cis and Matilda (Carpenter) Wangier. Began
in shops of father's boiler and sheet iron
work business in 1885, serving apprenticeship
of five years, and in 1891, on incorporation,
became vice president of the company. Clubs:
Mercantile, St. Louis Railway, Century Boat.
Recreation: stock farming. Office: 1547 N 9th
St. Residence: Kirkwood, Mo.
WANGLER, Joseph Francis, manufacturer
of steam boilers, tanks, etc.; born, Pittsburgh,
Pa, Mar. 4, 1837; son of Conrad and Teresa
(Steigers) Wangier; educated in parochial
schools, Pittsburgh, and O 'Fallon Polytechnic
School, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Nov. 30,
1865, Matilda Carpenter; children: Charles J,
Joseph A, Clara, Matilda (Mrs. Franck),
Anna, Teresa. Left Pittsburgh Feb. 15, 1851,
and arrived in St. Louis, after quick passage
of steamer Isaac Newton, on Feb. 22, 1851.
Started, Feb. 25, 1851, to serve apprenticeship
at boiler-making and sheet-iron work at
Broadway Foundry on Broadway, between
Cherry and Biddle Sts.; worked at the trade
until starting for self, Mar. 28, 1864; was in
U. S. Navy, building gunboats at St. Louis,
1862; since 1864 conducting general boiler and
sheet iron works, incorporated, 1891, as Joseph
F. Wangier Boiler and Sheet Iron Works Co.,
of which is president. Also president Joseph
F. Wangier Realty Co. Member Merchants'
Exchange, St. Louis Merchants' Library, Citi
zens' Industrial Association, St. Louis School
of Fine Arts, St. Louis Bowling Association.
Independent voter, with Democratic leanings.
Roman Catholic. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, En
gineers', St. Louis Railway. Recreations: mu
sic, art and reading. Office: 1547 N. 9th St.
Residence: 2241 St. Louis Ave.
WANSTRATH, George J, real estate; born,
Bersenbruck, Hanover, Germany, Jan. 29,
1866; son of Henry and Minnie (Budke) Wan-
strath; married, St. Louis, Apr. 16, 1891, Car
rie Alfeld; children: George B, Minnie. Be
gan business career in 1888, conducting a res
taurant at Topeka, Kan, until 1889; in res
taurant business at St. Louis three years and
in grocery business until 1901; established in
real estate business, now owner of George J.
Wanstrath Real Estate Co. President Carrie
Investment Co. Member St. Louis Real Estate
Exchange, Business Men's League, North St.
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Member Knights of Columbus. Office: 717^
Chestnut St. Residence: 4270 Athlone, cor. of
Carter St.
*WARE, Charles Alexander, physician;
moved to Virginia; see Vol. 1906.
WARE, Charles Edward, manager railroad
department Buxton & Skinner Printing Co.;
born, St. Louis, Mar. 23, 1850; son of Joseph
E. and Evelyne (Crary) Ware; educated in
public schools; married, St. Louis Co., June
25, 1874, Eliza Bissell (deceased) ; four chil
dren: James Bissell, Edwin Stanley, Eloise,
Charles E. Engaged with father in sewing
machine business, Jaeksonport, Ark, 1861;
taught detail of men to operate machines in
making uniforms for Confederate forces; was
in charge father's salt and saltpeter works
when First Indiana Cavalry destroyed plant,
1862; was guide and mail-carrier for Confed
erate army, 1862-63; served on supply boat,
Blue Wine, under Maj. C. C. Rainwater, for
Confederates; when Confederates abandoned
Arkansas, made way to Potosi, Mo, March,
1864; was pressed into service as guide to
Shelby's forces, to whom Potosi surrendered,
October, 1864. Served thirteen years as mem
ber Missouri State Militia, in Light Cavalry,
1877-91; was in service during three strikes,
1884-85, 1886 and 1887; appointed colonel
Flambeau Battalion, 1886; member St. Louis
Light Cavalry Association, United Confeder
ate Veterans ' Association. Began business ca
reer with newspaper conducted by George B.
Clark, Potosi, Mo, 1867; became member firm
of Clark, Ware & McGrain, adding book store
to printing business, 1868, and continued until
1870; then engaged with New Orleans Pica
yune to February, 1871. Removed to St. Louis,
1871, since connected with printing business;
acquired interest in job department Times
Printing Co, 1871, and Continued until 1885;
engaged with Buxton & Skinner, 1885-86;
with Woodward & Tiernan, 1886-1900; since
department manager Buxton & Skinner Print
ing Co. President Ozark Land and Fruit
Growing Co.; was treasurer West Cabanne
Improvement Co. Formerly member Manufac
turers' Association of St. Louis, and Civic
League; also Historical Society. Democrat.
Methodist. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner;
member B. P. O. Elks. Clubs: formerly mem
ber of Mercantile, St. Louis Field, Aerial.
Office: 306 N. 4th St. Residence: Usona Hotel.
WARE, J.. Allen, railway construction:
bom in Salem County, N. J, Mar. 5, 1845;
son of Clement A. and Lydia (Allen) Ware;
educated in public schools; widower; chil
dren: J. Allen, Jr., Mrs. Lydia Bortoii. En
gaged in railroad tie business in Jefferson
City, Mo, until 1875; then located in St.
Louis, and has since been identified with
railway construction. Member Business Men's
League. Mason. Club: Noonday. Office: 509
Chestnut St. Residence: Bridgeton, St. Louis
County, Mo.

WARNER, Erastus Herrick, retired; born
in Erie Co, N. Y, Mar. 20, 3 833; son of
Hyman and Sallie (Richards) Warner; edu
cated at Aurora (N. Y.) Academy; married,
Omaha, Neb, Sept. 7, 1870, Ella N. Barney;
children: Ralph W, "Walter T. Came west in
1852 to Chicago, and in 1855 went to Omaha,
by way of St. Louis and up the Missouri
River; in 1858, to Denver; in 1874 came to St.
Louis for the Union Pacific R. R. Co., to buy
lumber. In May, 1877, established in lumber
business under the firm name of Warner &
Hanpeter, later Warner & Moore, Warner &
Alf ord, and Warner & Pearman, and conducted
business alone until July, 1909, when retired.
Republican. Congregationalist. Member Royal
Arcanum and Legion of Honor. Office: Ma
rion and Kosciusko Sts. Residence: 1905 S.
Grand Ave.
WARNER, George Ketchum, treasurer St.
Louis Southwestern Railway Co.; bora, Mo
bile, Ala, Sept. 2, 1860; son of George O. and
Martha D. (Horn) Warner; graduated from
Barton Academy, Mobile, Ala, 1875; married,
Mobile, 1882, Helen R. Ewing; children: Mar
tha E. (Mrs. Miller Patterson, of Kansas City,
Mo.), Robert H, Ann T, James L, George O,
Lula D, Margaret. Began railway service
February, 188.3, as storekeeper for Louisville
& Nashville R. R. at Mobile, until December,
3883; chief clerk in mechanical department,
Texas & St. Louis My. Co. (now St. Louis
Southwestern Ry. Co.), at Jonesboro and Pine
Bluff, Ark, December, 1883, to July, 1884;
bookkeeper accounting department, same com
pany, St. Louis, 1884-85; chief clerk, 1885-88;
since Dec. 5, 1888, treasurer St. Louis South
western Ry. Co. Also secretary and treasurer
of Paragould Southeastern Ry. Co, Pine Bluff
Arkansas River Ry, Grays Point Terminal Ry.
Co, and treasurer The Shreveport Bridge and
Terminal Co., Central Arkansas & Eastern R.
R. Co.; assistant treasurer Stephen ville North
& South Texas Ry. Co. Office: 1524 Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 6003 Clemens Ave.
WASS, James K, general auditor The
Southwestern Bell Telephone System; born,
Addison, Me, Aug. 28, 1869; son of Warren
and Josephine (Longfellow) Wass; educated
in public schools of Massachusetts ;. married,
Boston, Oct. 21, 1890, Mabel Studley; chil
dren: Roland S, Mildred L, Arnold C. Began
business career in 1886 in the offices of the
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co,
at Boston; auditor of the Bell Telephone Co.
of Missouri, 1903-12, since general auditor
The Southwestern Bell Telephone System.
Club: Noonday. Office: 611 Locust St. Resi
dence: 1926 Louisiana Ave.
WASSERMAN, Bennett, broker; deceased;
see Vol. 1906.
WATERWORTH, James Alexander, Mis
souri Actuarial Bureau; born in County Down,
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(Davidson) Waterworth; educated in private
schools and Belfast Academy, 1856-62; mar
ried, St. Louis, Jan. 21, 1875, Lillie Brooks;
two sons: John, Edward. Began business ca
reer as clerk in Ulster Bank, 1862-67; came to
St. Louis, November, 1867; clerk in United
States Insurance Co., 1868, director in same,
1871; partner in insurance agency of H. I.
Bodley & Co., 1871; president St. Louis Board
of Fire Underwriters from 1881 until dissolu
tion of the board in 1899; began, 1899, in
business of publishing insurance surveys,
making surveys of buildings, their construc
tion, occupancy and protection, and furnish
ing data for estimating fire insurance rates;
now conducts business as Missouri Actuarial
Bureau (fire insurance). Democrat, until
1896; since independent. Member of Public
Service Commission, Business Men's League,
Civic League. Assisted in organizing, 1877,
and several years member of Light Battery
A, National Guard of Missouri; was president
of Board of Charity Commissioners under ad
ministration of Mayor Francis. Protestant
Episcopalian; secretary of the Chapter of
Christ Church Cathedral. Member Archaeo
logical Institute of America, Missouri His
torical Society. Clubs: Noonday, Commercial,
Round Table, Church (ex-president), City.
Office: Pierce Bldg. Residence: Bellevue
Apts, 14 N. Kingshighway.
WATKINS, John Arthur, real estate; bora,
St. Louis Co, July 6, 1870; son of Benjamin
Franklin, and Anna Jerusha (MacArthur)
Watkins; educated in public schools, Wash
ington University, Law School of Washing
ton University; also took a course in Perkins
& Herpel Commercial College'; unmarried. Be
gan in real estate business at St. Louis, June
20, 1893; head of firm of John A. Watkins &
Co. Member Real Estate Exchange. Repub
lican. Protestant. Member Tuscan Lodge A.
F. & A. M. Clubs: City, Missouri Athletic.
Recreations: travel, golf and chess. Office:
307 Liggett Bldg. Residence: 4334 Cook Ave.
*WATROUS, William C; moved to St. Paul,
Minn.; see Vol. 1906.
WATSON, Archie E, lawyer; born, Alli
ance, Stark Co., 0, Nov. 21, 1863; son of
James and Mary (Slaven) Watson; educated
in Kansas State University, to end of junior
year; LL.B, University of Michigan, 1890;
married Capitola Robaugh, Oct. 11, 1905; one
son, Ralph A. Admitted to bar, Juty, 1890;
practiced profession at Kansas City, Kan,
as member of law firm of McGrew, Watson &
Watson, from July, 1890, until April, 1905,
when came to St. Louis; attorney for iEtna
Life Insurance Co., at St. Louis. Republican.
Recreations: hunting and books. Office: 607
Pierce Bldg. Residence: Lackland Ave, St.
Louis County.
WATSON, James D, railway official; born,
Port Huron, Mich, June 30, 1870; son of Wil

liam J. and Isabell (Taylor) Watson; educat
ed in public schools of Little Rock, Ark.;
married, Little Rock, June 20, 1894, Ida Gor
don Harrell; three children: Lillian Arline,
Cedric, Melvin. Entered railway service, Au
gust, 1880, as messenger St. Louis, Iron Moun
tain & Southern Ry, at Little Rock; served
in operating, machinery, car and traffic de
partments same for fifteen years; became con
nected with the St. Louis Southwestern Ry.
(Cotton Belt Route), Oct. 15, 1895; identified
with traffic department same at Little Rock,
in various capacities, and assistant general
freight agent at St. Louis since July 15, 1906.
Republican. Presbyterian. Mason (32°);
member B. P. O. Elks. Clubs: Missouri Ath
letic, St. Louis, Liederkranz. Recreation:
reading. Office: 1531 Pierce Bldg. Residence:
3503 Park Ave.
WATSON, Rolla S, finance and real estate;
born, St. Louis, June 3, 1883; son of Selma-
and Athelia (Coffmann) Watson; member of
one of the oldest St. Louis and county fam
ilies; grandfather, Wesley Watson, arrived at
St. Louis from Virginia in 1827 and pur
chased several thousand acres of land, part
of which now comprises the site of Shaw's
Garden (Watson Road is named in honor of
this early pioneer) ; educated in public schools
of St. Louis County and Webster Groves High
School, graduating from the latter; married,
St. Louis, Dec. 7, 1909, Ethel Connon Shu
mate. Entered real estate and financial field
as associate of Edward K. Love, directly
after graduating from high school; this busi
ness connection continued until 1905-, when
withdrew and organized the Rolla S. Watson
Realty Co., of which has since been presi
dent; has promoted numerous large deals and
launched a number of business and financial
organizations; president Berclid Realty Co,
Re-Claim Land Co., June Realty and Invest
ment Co.; vice president Pueblo Construction
Co. Independent in politics. Presbyterian.
Member St. Louis Real Estate Exchange, Mis
souri Historical Society; Clubs: Amphion, St.
Louis Amateur Athletic Association. Recrea
tion: outdoor life. Office: 606 Chestnut St.
Residence: 5156 Westminster PL
WATTERS, William Hugh, retired; born in
England, Oct. 14, 1847; son of John and
Charlotte (Tregoning) Watters; removed to
Pennsylvania in childhood and was educated
there as a civil and mining engineer; mar
ried, Ishpeming, Mich, Dec. 7, 1874, Miss
Amelia Mitchell; one daughter, Laura. In
1873 entered the gunpowder and high explo
sives business, in which was connected with
a New York concern and afterwards in Mich
igan until removed to St. Louis in December,
1882; became general agent of the Atlantic
Dynamite Co, and was located in Chicago
for a short time until returned to St. Louis,
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retired, 1908. Methodist. Member Royal Ar
canum. Residence: 5831 Clemens Ave.
WATTS, Frank Overton, banker; born, Pa
ducah, Ky, Nov. 14, 1867; son of Thomas
Lacey and Ruth (Caldwell) Watts; educated
public and preparatory schools, Tennessee;
married Helen Moore, of Helena, Ark, Jan.
16, 1894; children: Lawson, Helen, Frank O.
Cashier First National Bank, Union City,
Tenn, 1888-97; cashier, 1897-1903, president,
1903-12, First National Bank of Nashville;
vice president Third National Bank, St. Louis,
since July, 1912. Was chairman executive
committee First Savings Bank and Trust Co.,
also director Cumberland Telegraph and Tele
phone Co., Nashville Railway and Light Co.
Chairman executive committee, 1908-09, vice
president, 1909-10, president, 1910-11, Ameri
can Bankers' Association. Independent Demo
crat. Address: Third National Bank.
WATTS, Millard F, lawyer; born, Ran
dolph Co, Mo.; son of James J. and Martha
(Lewis) Watts; educated in Central College,
Fayette, to 1874; Cornell University, 1874-76;
then entered Washington University, gradu
ating 1879; married, New Harmony, Ind,
Jan. 1, 1880, Laura Gambrel; two children:
Laura May (Mrs. Oliver C. Smith), Martha
E. Admitted to bar, 1879, and was associated
with Judge S. M. Breckenridge until 1892;
later associates include Judge Shepard Bar
clay, Judge McKeighan, Judge Horatio D.
Wood; present firm of Watts, Gentry & Lee,
corporation lawyers, was formed 1911. Mem
ber American Bar Association, Missouri State
Bar Association, St. Louis Bar Association,
Missouri Historical Society, Academy of Sci
ence, Cornell Alumni. Odd Fellow. Repub
lican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Noonday, Belle
rive. Recreations: motoring, fishing and
traveling. Office: 408 Olive St. Residence:
5740 Cabanne Ave.
WATTS, Thomas Gillum, real estate" agent;
born in Halifax Co., Va, June 5, 1844; son of
Brackett Barnes and Mary Elizabeth (Over
ton) Watts; educated in public schools; en
tered Confederate Army, April, 1861, at
Lynchburg, Va, being then sixteen years of
age, and served in First Tennessee Regiment,
after that rejoined the Forty-first Tennessee
and served until close of war; during the bat
tle (Resaca, Ga.) was wounded and captured;
married, St. Louis, Jan. 27, 1876, Honora
Theresa Keane; children: Brackett Barnes,
Viola Rebecca (Mrs. R. W. McBride), Thomas
G, Jr., Alexander Hamilton. Was in real es
tate business in Jefferson, Tex, from 1865-67;
came to St. Louis and was engaged as builder
and contractor from September, 1867, until
June, 1876; since June, 1876, engaged in busi
ness as real estate agent; president Watts
Realty Co, T. G. Watts Real Estate Invest
ment Co., Roland Stock and Dairy Co, Roland
Coal and Mining Co. Democrat. Presbyte

rian. Member Merchants' Exchange. Mem
ber Confederate Veterans. Office: 821 Chest
nut St. Residence: 5900 Cates Ave.
WEAKLEY, Raymond DeKamp, architect;
born, Cincinnati, 1878; son of John W. and
Emma (Merriman) Weakley; educated Cin
cinnati public schools; Cedar Rapids (la.)
High School: special training in architecture,
Des Moines, la.; married, St. Louis, 1903, Al
berta Gieger; two children: Raymond D, Jr,
Elsbeth Alberta. In practice as architect in
St. Louis since 1905; has been identified with
construction of some of the principal build
ings of the city. Served in Philippine cam
paign, 1898-1900; captain Company L, 1st In
fantry, National Guard of Missouri, until
October, 1911. Protestant. Member St. Louis
Chapter, American Institute of Architects.
Mason; member Loyal Legion and other mili
tary societies. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Ma
sonic. Office: 15th floor, 705 Olive St.
*WEAR, David Walker, contractor; see Vol.
1906. WEAR, Joseph Walker, dry goods commis
sion; born, St. Louis, Nov. 27, 1876; son of
James and Nannie E. (Holliday) Wear; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools to 1890;
graduated from Smith Academy, 1895, then
entered Yale University, graduating 1899;
married, Philadelphia, Apr. 14, 1903, Adaline
Coleman Potter; one child, William Potter.
Began business career with Arthur Yancey
Wear, 1899, as Wear Brothers, and has since
continued with same firm. Republican. Pres
byterian. Clubs: St. Louis Country, Racquet,
St. Louis Amateur Athletic. Recreations:
golf, tennis. Office: 318 N. 8th St. Residence:
6 Hortense PL
WEBB, James Avery, lawyer; born, Mem
phis, Tenn, July 2, 1868; son of M. D. and
Minerva Caroline^ Webb; graduated from
Lauderdale Institute, Ripley, Tenn, A.B.;
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn,
LL.B.; took business course in Southern Nor
mal School and Business College, Bowling
Green, Ky.; married, Brownsville, Tenn, June,
1907, May Folk. Admitted to bar, June, 1889,
and since engaged in practice. Director and
treasurer Mercantile Metal Milling Co.; treas
urer Wyoming Power Co. Democrat. Club:
Missouri Athletic Author of numerous finan
cial and legal writings, including: Webb &
Meigs' Digest of Tennessee Decisions; Webb
on Interest and Usury; Webb on Passenger
and Freight Elevators; Webb's Pollock on
Torts; etc Office: 1427 Central National Bank
Bldg. Residence: 4233 W. Pine Boul.
WEBB, William, physician; born, Hills
boro, N. C, Sept. 6, 1825; son of Dr. James
and Anne (Huske) Webb; educated in Bing
ham's School, Hillsboro; Calwell Institute,
Greensboro, N. O; M.D, Jefferson Medical
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ington, Ky, Oct. 2, 1856', Mary' Ann Castle-
man (died 1902); children: David Castle-
man, Anne Huske, Mary Castleman, Mrs.
Virginia Castlemam Webb Lambert, Mrs.
Willie Webb Davis. Came to St. Louis, June
1, 1850, and engaged in general practice of
medicine and surgery; served as surgeon in
Confederate Army through Civil WarJ and at
its close resumed practice in St. Louis. Hon
orary member St. Louis Medical Association
(vice president, 1856); member United States
Medical Association, Cincinnati, May, 1850.
Elder Grand Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Residence: 5569 Delmar Boul.
WEBER, Charles Christian, wagon manu
facturer; born, St. Louis, June 4, 1861; son of
Philip J. and Eliza (Becktold) Weber; edu
cated in public schools; married, St. Louis,
1890, Clara Ziegengeist; children: Adelaide,
Lucille: Began business career in father's
wagon shop, in which learned the business
practically; upon incorporation, 1888, became
a director in the Weber & Damme Wagon Co.,
and later bought other interests and was
elected to presidency. Member Citizens ' In
dustrial Association. Republican. Evangel
ical. Member Masonic order. Recreations:
hunting, fishing and bowling. Office: 1609-
1621 N. Broadway. Residence: 2925 Univer
sity St.
WEBER, Charles L, real estate; see Vol.
1906. WEBER, George Christian, wagon manu
facturer; born, St. Louis, Mar. 28, 1855; son
of Philip J. and Eliza (Becktold) Weber; ed
ucated in public schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1879, Maggie Schlattweiler;
one son, George P. Began business career as
a blacksmith in wagon shop of father. Upon
incorporation of the business, 1888, as the
Weber & Damme Wagon Co., became a di
rector and secretary of the company. Repub
lican. Evangelical. Offiee: 1609 N. Broadway.
Residence: 3817 Flora Boul.
WEBER, Harry Charles; born, Philadel
phia, June 25, 1879; son of William P. and
Henrietta (Meister) Weber; educated in high
school at Philadelphia; married, Philadelphia,
Jan. 4, 1905, to Miss C. E. Holthaus. Began
business career in 1897, as clerk in the house
of F. Weber & Co., artists' materials, Phila
delphia, and remained in the service of the
house' there until July, 1903; since manager
of branch house of same firm in St. Louis.
Office: 1825 Washington Ave. Residence: 4033
Flad Ave.
WEBER, Philip Christian, wagon manufac
turer; born, St. Louis, Feb. 4, 1858; son of
Philip J. and Eliza (Becktold) Weber; edu
cated in public schools of St. Louis; unmar
ried. Began business career in the black
smith department of the wagon works estab
lished by father in 1861. In 1888, when busi

ness was incorporated as the Weber & Damme
Wagon Co., became a director of the com
pany, later treasurer. Republican. Evangel
ical. Member Masonic order. Recreations:
hunting and fishing. Office: 1609 N. Broad
way. Residence: 2925 University St.
WEBSTER, George B, lawyer; born, Madi
son Co., Ill, June 26, 1869; son of Benjamin
F. and Mary E. (Bragg) Webster; attended
Smith Academy, St. Louis, 1883; Phillips
Exeter Academy, Exeter, N. H.; A.B, Am
herst College, Massachusetts, 1889; married,
Springfield, Mo, June 28, 1899, Pansy Sher
wood; two children: Barbara Heriot, John
Sherwood. Admitted to Missouri bar, Oct. 1,
J 890, and since in practice at St. Louis. Gen
eral counsel Cairo, Truman & Southern R. R,
Westinghouse Machine Co.; general attorney
Ozark Cooperage and Lumber Co. Served as
captain and adjutant First Missouri Volunteer
Infantry in Spanish-American War. Repub
lican. Episcopalian. Member Chi Psi college
fraternity. Recreation: reading. Office: Lig
gett Bldg. Residence- 4473 McPherson Ave.
. WEDEMEYER, John H, retired; born, Ra
cine, Wis, Sept. 20, 1858; son of H. F. and
Catherine (Pelke) Wedemeyer; educated in
public schools of Racine, and at commercial
college; married, Hartford, Wis, June 30,
1879, Florence Wagner; children: Henry F,
Matie (Mrs. A. S. Bigley). In mercantile
business, and postmaster at Bloomer, Wis,
1885-89; department store in Oklahoma City,
1889-1902; came to St. Louis, 1902, and bought
out Wright, Green & Wilkinson Manufactur
ing Co., clothing, etc, which conducted as
Red Diamond Clothing Co., of which was pres
ident; sold out, 1909, and retired. President
Guipure d'Art Manufacturing Co. Recrea
tion: traveling. Residence: 5335 Delmar Boul.
WEDEMEYER, William, architect and su
perintendent; born, St. Louis, Oct. 31, 1869;
son of Henry and Phillipene (Wuest) Wede
meyer; educated in St. Louis public schools
to 1884; graduated from O 'Fallon Polytechnic
High School, 1884; married, Beardstown, 111,
June 20, 1903, Adaline Willmann; two chil
dren: Geneva, Wesley. Began architecture
with J. S. Lee, as Lee & Wedemeyer, 1893,
and continued until 1895; then practiced in
southern Hlinois to 1898; returned to St.
Louis, 1898, and since engaged in profession
alone. Member St. Louis Architectural Sketch
Club, North St; Louis Business Men's Asso
ciation (director). Vice president Webocko
Realty and Investment Co.; secretary and
treasurer The Wedemeyer Realty Co. Presby
terian. Club: City. Recreations: hunting and
fishing. Office: 824-25 Wainwright Bldg. Resi
dence: 1522 N. 17th St.
WEHINGER, Frank J, lumber; bom in
Tyrol, Austria, Oct. 31, 1860; son of Joseph
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cated in parochial schools in Austria; mar
ried, St. Louis, Oct. 1, 1883, Anna M. Ste-
phensmeier; one son, Anthony A. Learned
trade of cabinet maker in Austria and con
tinued at trade, after arrival in United
States; in employ of Phoenix Furniture Co.,
St. Louis, 1882-84, and with William Pru
frock, St. Louis, 1884-90, becoming foreman
of factory; in May, 1891, with C. E. Strifler,
formed firm of Strifler & Wehinger, which
was dissolved January, 1902; joined firm of
Teckemeyer & Hader, February, 1902; con
tinued business as Teckemeyer, Hader & We
hinger until June, 1902, when, with II. W.
Teckemeyer, purchased interest of A. Hader;
business since conducted as Teckemeyer &
Wehinger Lumber Co. Republican. Catholic.
Club: Liederkranz. Office: 2d and Wright Sts.
Residence: 2939 University St.
WEHMILLER, Fred, president Barry-Weh-
miller Machinery Co.; born, St. Louis, Nov.
10, 1873; son of John Henry and Henrietta
Eleanor (Yebker) Wehmiller; educated in
Shepard (public) School to June, 1888; St.
Louis Manual Training School, graduating,
June, 1891; married, St. Louis, May 16, 1905,
Lillie Widmann;. three children: Eleanor Lil
lie, Dorothy Helen, Frederick Widmann. Be
gan active career as surveyor assistant St.
Louis Merchants' Bridge Terminal R. R,
1891, continuing until December, 1893; drafts
man for Essmueller & Barry, 1893-97; secre
tary Barry-Wehmiller Machinery Co., 1897-
1903, and president same company since Au
gust, 1903 (company makes a specialty of
manufacturing bottling machinery) ; director
Union Station Bank; president Barry- Weh
miller Machinery Co., Ft. Worth, Tex. Repub
lican. Member St. Louis Manufacturers' and
Exporters' Association. Mason (32°), Knight
Templar, Shriner. Club: Liederkranz. Recre
ations: hunting and fishing. Office: 21st and
Walnut Sts. Residence: 3909 Flora Boul.;
6501 Florissant Ave, cor. Kingshighway, N.
W, after Jan. 1, 1913.
WEIDLICH, Ernest Cochran, wholesale
jewelry; see Vol. 1906.
WEIDLICH, William, president Weidlich
Jewelry Co., wholesale watches, diamonds,
clocks, jewelry and silverware; born, Sey
mour, Conn, Sept. 24, 1870; son of Charles
A. and Frances A. (Cochran) Weidlich; edu
cated public and high schools at Akron, O.;
married, Bridgeport, Conn, June 24, 1897,
Antoinette Godfrey; children: Godfrey Wil
liam, Clifton Fairchild, Marian Evelyn. Be
gan business career as traveling salesman
With the New England Watch Co, covering
all sections of the United States and Canada,
1886-97; came to St. Louis and was manager
of sales for middle west, 1897-99; in 1899,
with brother, Ernest C, established business
of William Weidlich & Bro, succeeded by
Weidlich Jewelry Co, incorporated, 19l0,

wholesale dealers and manufacturers' agents
in watches, clocks and silverware. Also one
of partners in Wright Pen Co, manufacturers
of fountain pens. Member Business Men's
League. Methodist. Club: Missouri Athletic.
Offiee: 510 Locust St, 4th floor. Residence:
6905 Washington Boul.
WEIGELT, Arthur Oswald, glass and mir
ror manufacturer; born, Berlin, Germany, Apr.
25, 1853; son of Fred, and Sophie (Scheffler)
Weigelt; educated in private school at Berlin,
1861-68; married, Berlin, Germany, Mar. 7,
1876, Selma Reinhardt; served two years in
German Army (infantry) as junior officer.
Learned profession of fresco artist in Ger
many; came to United States in 1881; started
own business in 1883, and continued until
1893, when established in glass and mirror
business; president Weigelt Glass and Mirror
Manufacturing Co.; also president National
Oil Co. Lutheran. Independent Republican.
Member Liederkranz. Office: 615-617 S. 6th
St. Residence: 2020 Victor Ave.
WEIL, Julius, insurance; see Vol. 1906.
*WEIL, Maurice, merchant; moved to Chi
cago; see Vol. 1906.
WEIL, Max, clothier and men's outfitter;
born in Alsace, France, Apr. 4, 1860; son of
Lazard and Rachel Weil; was educated in
schools in Alsace, and moved to Dijon in
1873; married at Dijon, 1885, to Miss Eugenie
Metzger; two children: Elma (deceased),
Ralph. Three years' experience in largest de
partment stores in Paris, Magasin du Louvre,
and Bon Marche, from age of seventeen to
twenty. Came to United States in 1880, and
was" employed as clerk in clothing store in In
dianapolis until 1885; engaged in business in
Kansas City, Mo, from 1885 to 1902; pro
prietor of "The Model," 1902-09; since presi
dent Weil Clothing Co. Member Business
Men's League. Clubs: Mercantile, Columbian.
Recreation: travel. Offiee: 801 Washington
Ave. Residence: 4950 Lindell Boul.
WEINBERG, Jacob, coal; bora, St. Louis,
Jan. 17, 1863; son of Isaac and Emma (May-
field) Weinberg; educated in public schools of
St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Dee. 2, 1897,
Helen Emrich. Began business life at age of
fourteen in railroad ticket broker's office, re
maining five and one-half years; then in whole
sale wine and liquor business until 1890; be
gan in coal business in 1890 with the Con
solidated Coal Co., continuing until 1894; with
Berry-Horn Coal Co., 1894-97; manager of
Hart Coal Co. until 1907; since in charge of
retail department Union Fuel Co. Recreation:
fishing, Office: 915 Olive St. Residence: 5812
Clemens Ave.
WEINERT, John F, president Broadway
Laundry Co.; born, Racine, Wis, Jan. 22,
1854; son of Joseph and Josephine (Ludwig)
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mann, Mo.; married, St. Louis, May, 1874,
Margaret Schubert; children: Frank L, Ar
thur (deceased), Rudolph L, Meta (Mrs. Niek-
los Martin), Dorothy, Juliette. Began business
career as clerk in retail grocery in St. Louis,
1870; in 1875 embarked in same line on own
account, continuing until 1886; vice president
Charm Manufacturing Co., 1886-87; again in
retail grocery business, 1887-92; when he went
into the laundry business which was incorpo
rated, December, 1896, as the Broadway
Laundry Co., of which is president and treas
urer. Also president Big River Lead Co. Dem
ocrat. Catholic. Member Liederkranz, Alten-
heim, St. Louis Laundrymen's Association.
Club: Million Population. Office: 615 Barton
St. Residence: 1937 Victor St.
WEINSBERG, Charles Henry, physician;
born, Hofgeismar, Germany, Apr. 30, 1866;
son of Justus and Sabine (Sasse) Weinsberg;
educated in public and high schools of Hof
geismar, Germany, 1872-81; attended St. Louis
College of Pharmacy, 1884; passed examina
tion before Missouri State Board of Phar
macy, as pharmacist, 1885; M.D, St. Louis
College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1889; at
tended private clinics for diseases of women,
of Professors Landan and Oltshausen, Berlin,
Germany, 1892; married, St. Louis, Apr. 3,
1895, Alma Reisse; children: Laura, William,
Flora. Member St. Louis Medical Society.
President German-American Alliance (St.
Louis branch); member St. Louis Liederkranz,
St. Louis Gymnastic Society. Republican.
Protestant. Recreation: traveling. Office and
Residence: 2805 Lafayette Ave.
WEINZETTEL, Emil, fire insurance; born,
St. Louis, Mar. 11, 1859; son of Charles and
Catherine (Scheifel) Weinzettel; educated in
public schools and Franklin High School, St.
Louis; married, St. Louis, Sept. 11, 1889, Hen
rietta Josephine Hurter (now deceased) ; chil
dren: Arthur H, Corinne. Has been identified
with the fire insurance business since the be
ginning of his business career; was connected
with John R. Triplett, 1879-1902; purchased
the business and has since conducted it alone.
Republican. Office: 1204 Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 2207 Missouri Ave.
WEISELS, Henry Richard, real estate;
born, St. Louis, Sept. 26, 1874; son of Wil
liam and Rose (Magmts) Weisels; educated in
Clinton and Pope public schools of St. Louis
and finished with a, three-year course in
Toensfeldt's College; married, St. Louis, Dec
4, 1901, Martha, oldest daughter of late Frank
Block; two daughters: Jane Arline and Mar
tha Virginia. Entered real estate business,
November, 1892, with firm of S. F. and T. A.
Scott, and after one year associated with
Frank H. and Charles B. Gerhart, realty
agents and managers of the Wainwright Bldg. ;
was with them as salesman until Jan. 1, 1902,
when was elected secretary of the F. H. & C.

B. Gerhart Real Estate Co.; resigned, Decem
ber, 1903, and Jan. 1, 1904, with Thomas S.
Gerhart, organized the Weisels-Gerhart Real
Estate Co., of which became vice president
and secretary, general real estate, financial
and rental collection business. Also secretary
of the T. S. Gerhart Realty and Financial Co.
Republican. Jewish religion. Mason (32°),
Shriner. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Columbian,
St. Louis Amateur Athletic Association, St.
Louis Riding. Recreations: tennis, fishing,
hunting, horseback riding. Office: 104-106 N.
8th St. Residence: 4548 Westminster PL
WEISS, Max Louis, diamond importer;
born, Budapest, Hungary, Feb. 23, 1869; son
of Samuel and Janette Weiss; educated in
Polytechnic School, Budapest; married, St.
Louis, Apr. 30, 1896, Gizella Loewenstein; one
son, Sidney I. Learned diamond setting and
jeweler's trade at Budapest, and was engaged'
in manufacturing jewelry business there, 1884-
94; came to St. Louis, 1894, engaging in busi
ness as manufacturing jeweler. Served in Im
perial Austrian Artillery. Republican. Jew
ish religion. Member of B'nai El Congrega
tion. Mason. Member B'nai B'rith. Office:
Globe-Democrat Bldg. Residence: 2844 Acco-
mac St.
WEITZEL, George T, diplomat; born at
Frankfort, Ky, June 23, 1873; son of Jerome
and Caroline (Boland) Weitzel; A.B, Har
vard, 1894; LL.B, 1897. Practiced law at St.
Louis, 1897-1907, and admitted as attorney
Supreme Court of United States; with St.
Louis Battery, Porto Riean campaign, Span
ish-American War, 1898; secretary American
Legation to Nicaragua and Costa Rica, Au-
gust-1907-July, 1908; to Panama, July, 1908-
10; diplomatic adviser to Admiral Kimball,
commanding Niearaguan expeditionary squad
ron, Dec. 17, 1909; appointed second secretary
American Embassy at Mexico City, Mar. 31,
1910; assigned to duty in Division Latin-
American Affairs, Department of State, July,
1910- January, 1911; special duty at American
Embassy, Mexico City, Mar. 22-May 23, 1911,
during Madero revolution; assistant chief,
Division Latin-American Affairs, June-Decem
ber, 1911; envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to Nicaragua, since December,
1911. Clubs: University, Country, Greenleaf
Law. Recreation: riding. Address: American
Legation, Managua, Nicaragua.
WELCH, Aikman, lawyer; see Vol. 1906.
WELLER, Leroy Ashton; moved to Cali
fornia; see Vol. 1906.
WELLPOTT, William Henry, varnish manu
facturer; born, St. Louis, Aug. 21, 1869; son
of Charles H. W. and Katherine (Broker)
Wellpott; educated in public school and at
tended Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton,
Mo, and Jones Business College. Began busi
ness career in the varnish works established,

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1869, by father, C. H. W. Wellpott, and be
came practical varnish maker; succeeded to
the management of the business on the death
of father in 1888. Member Legion of Honor.
Office: 514 De Soto St. Residence: 2310 Ben
ton St.
WELLS, George E, consulting engineer;
bora, Apr. 29, 1875, in Vigo Co, Ind.; son of
Benjamin and Rose (Cornell) Wells; B.S. in
electrical engineering, Rose Polytechnic Insti
tute, Terre Haute, Ind, 1896; married, Mar.
14, 1903, Eloise C. Long; children: George E,
Jr., Willis, David, Eloise. Served three years
in engineering department of the Wagner
Electric Manufacturing Co.; in 1901 became
a member of the firm of Ruebel & Wells, con
sulting engineers; in 1908 resigned from this
firm to become consulting engineer for the
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association; work
includes design and supervision of new work
and improvements in power plants, refriger
ating plants, etc. Episcopalian. Member
American Institute of Electrical Engineers,
American Society of Refrigerating Engineers,
Engineers' Club of St. Louis. Mason. Club:
Missouri Athletic. Office: 9th and Pestalozzi
Sts. Residence: 4308 Washington Boul.
WELLS, Hal Prescott; see Vol. 1906.
WELLS, Harry Sherman, manager St. Louis
branch of Otis Elevator Co.; bora, Milwaukee,
Wis, Oct. 24, 1862; son of George H. and Dora
L. Wells; educated in public schools of Chi
cago. Came to St. Louis from Moline, 111,
1894, and was with Smith-Hill Elevator Co.
until 1899, when it was merged into the Otis
Elevator Co., and has since been manager of
St. Louis branch of that company. Clubs:
Noonday, Mercantile. Office: 321 Security
Building. WELLS, Rolla, ex-mayor of St. Louis; born,
St. Louis, June 1, 1856; son of Hon. Erastus
and Isabella Bowman (Henry) Wells; edu
cated in Washington University, St. Louis,
and Princeton University; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 2, 1878, Jennie Howard Parker; children:
Maud (Mrs. J. Clark Streett), Erastus, Lloyd
P., Jane H, Isabella. Began business career
as assistant superintendent of street railway
corporation, and afterwards general manager,
1879 to 1883; then was associated with his
father in various business enterprises until
death of latter in 1893; was president of the
American Steel Foundry Co., 1903, which was
consolidated and is now, known as the Ameri
can Steel Foundries; director Mississippi Val
ley Trust Co, State National Bank. Demo
crat; delegate to Democratic National Con
vention, 1896; mayor of St. Louis two terms,
1901-09; treasurer Democratic National Com
mittee, 1912. President Business Men's
League. Received decoration of Red Eagle,
third class, from Emperor William III, of
Germany, 1902; order of the Double Dragon,
from Emperor of China, 1905; order of the

Rising Sun, from Emperor of Japan, 1905.
Episcopalian. Clubs: St. Louis, University,
Noonday, Log Cabin, Kinloch, Country, Belle
rive Country, Quivre. Office: 306 La Salle
Bldg. Residence: 4228 Lindell Ave.
WELLS, William B, banker; 1847-1910; see
Vol. 1906.
*WEMPNER, Charles Mulford; moved to
Kansas City; see Vol. 1906.
WENNEKER, Charles Frederick, manufac
turer, corporation president; born, St. Louis,
Oct. 10, 1853; son of Clemens and Henrietta
(Blanke) Wenneker; educated in public
schools and Bryant & Stratton College; mar
ried, St. Louis, June 18, 1875, Johanna Heid
breder; four children (three deceased). Has
been engaged in the manufacture of candies,
chocolate and cocoas since fifteen years of
age; now president of the Blanke-Wenneker
Candy Co., now the largest independent candy
manufactory of the West; also president Wen
neker Chemical Co. Served four years as U. S.
collector of revenue under President Harrison
for the First District of Missouri; also as col
lector of revenue for the City of St. Louis,
having been elected on the Republican ticket
by 22,000 majority in the spring of 1896; was
delegate to the Republican National Conven
tion that nominated President Harrison and
also President McKinley. Republican. Metho
dist. President Million Population Club; mem
ber Business Men's League, Missouri Manu
facturers' Association, and Merchants' Ex
change, also National Geographic Society,
Missouri Society of New York. Trustee Ger
man Protestant Orphan's Home. Scottish Rite
Mason; member Legion of Honor. Clubs: Ad
Men 's League, Missouri Athletic, Liederkranz,
Blue Wing Gun. Recreation: fishing. Office:
608-616 Market St. Residence: 5567 Water
man Ave.
WENNEKER, Edward Frederick Henry,
secretary Blanke-Wenneker Candy Co.; born,
St. Louis, Dec. 24, 1862; son of Clemens ancl
Henrietta (Blanke) Wenneker; educated in
public schools of St. Louis; married, St. Louis,
Oct. 31, 1890, Alice D. Schleuter; one daugh
ter, Hope Florence. Began business career in
the Blanke Bros. Candy Co., 1883, continuing
until 1889; organized and was member of the
Wenneker-Morris Candy Co, 1S89-1900; pur
chased Morris interests and continued as the
Wenneker Candy Co. until 1905, when, by
consolidation, reorganized under present style
of Blanke-Wenneker Candy Co., manufactur
ers and wholesalers of confections, of which is
secretary. Member Million Population Club,
Business Men's League. Methodist. Member
Union Methodist Club. Mason, Knight Tem
plar (St. Louis Commandery). Club: Lieder
kranz. Recreations: automobiling, tennis,
handball. Office: 608 Market St. Residence:
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WENZEL, Hermann, president H. Wenzel
Tent and Duck Co.; bora in Cassel, Germany,
May 31, 1850; son of Frederick and Mary
(Geelert) Wenzel; educated in military school
at Cassel; married, St. Louis, 1877, Emma
Buch; children: Mary (Mrs. David Ridge-
way), Martin, Frederick, Tillie (Mrs. William
H. Richling), Rosa. Learned trade of machin
ist in Germany, came to United States, 1866,
and lived in Springfield, Mass., working at
machinist's trade, 1866-68, and in St. Louis,
1868-71; then became foreman for Martin Zit
tlosen, tents and awnings, 1871-81; since 1881
in business for self as manufacturer of tents,
wagon covers, awnings, tarpaulins, horse cov
ers, etc, and jobber of cotton duck. Repub
lican. Protestant; treasurer Immanuel Ger
man Evangelical Church. Member St. Louis
Turn Verein. Recreations: traveling and bowl
ing. Office: 1035 Paul St. Residence: 3828
Botanical Ave.
WENZLICK, Albert, real estate and finan
cial agent; born, St. Louis, Apr. 22, 1860; son
of Peter and Marie (Voldraht) Wenzliek; edu
cated in public schools of St. Louis; married,
St. Louis, Apr. 17, 1888, Emma Schall; chil
dren: Adelbert, Roy W, Ruth L. Began busi
ness career at tailoring in 1872; clerked in the
title examining business, 1877-85; entered firm
of George Wenzliek & Bro, Mar. 1, 1885;
bought out brother's interest, 1899; continued
in title business until February, 1901, then
sold out to Title Guarantee Co, and engaged
in general real estate and loan business. Presi
dent Excelsior Press Brick Co.; for past
twenty-five years secretary of Columbia Build
ing and Loan associations, Nos. 1 and 2; also
secretary of Gas and Electric Building ancl
Loan Association. Member Real Estate Ex
change, Business Men's League, Civic League.
Republican. Presbyterian; superintendent of
Markham Memorial Presbyterian Sunday
School. Mason, Knight Templar; member Le
gion of Honor, Royal Arcanum, Royal League.
Office: 1010 Chestnut St. Residence: 3630
Flad Ave.
WERNER, Benjamin; bora, St. Louis, July
26, 1864; son of Morris and Theresa Werner
educated in St. Louis public schools; married
St. Louis, 1891, Carrie Emanuel; children
Gladys, Harold. In retail business at Cairo
111, 1881-91; removed to St. Louis, 1891, be
coming a, member of firm of Werner Bros.
changing in 1906 to Werner & Werner, of
which is vice president and treasurer. Mem
ber Business Men 's League. Republican. Jew
ish religion. Member Ethical Culture Society
Clubs: Columbian, Westwood Country, Mis
souri Athletic. Office: Locust and 6th Sts
Residence: 6178 Kingbury Boul.
WERNER, Jacob M, clothing; bom, St.
Louis, Dec. 27, 1863; son of Morris and The
resa Werner; educated in Carr Lane School
and Central High School; married, St. Louis,

Sept. 16, 1885, Beckie Sandfelder. Was trav
eling salesman for eighteen years; then mem
ber of firm of Werner Bros, retail clothing,
1899-1905; withdrew from' the firm and with
his brother, Benjamin, established firm of
Werner & Werner. Member Business Men's
League, Associated Retailers. Republican.
Jewish religion. Member B. P. O. Elks. Clubs:
Columbian (director), Westwood Country, Mil
lion Population, Missouri Athletic. Recrea
tion: golf. Office: 6th and Locust Sts. Resi
dence: Washington Hotel.
WERNER, Morris, clothing; born, Zempel-
burg, Germany, Aug. 16, 1837; son of Hirsch
and Yetta Werner; educated in schools in
Germany, and came to St. Louis in 1852;
married, St. Louis, 1858, Theresa Punch;
children: Henrietta (Mrs. M. M. Myer), J.
M, Benjamin, Rosa (Mrs. Myer Stern), Ray
(Mrs. Max Stern), Edward, Simon, Frederick.
Has been engaged in business in St. Louis
since 1852, and for thirty years was in whole
sale clothing business under firm name of
Werner & Isaacs; since 1900 member of firm
of Werner Brothers (incorporated), of which
is president. Residence: West End Hotel.
WERNER, Percy, lawyer; born, Cincinnati,
Oct. 29, 1857; son of Friedrich and Hedwig
(Guhrauer) Werner-Steinbreeher; educated in
public schools and Woodward High School,
Cincinnati; B.S, University of Cincinnati,
1878; LL.B, Cincinnati Law College, 1880;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 6, 1889, Nina, daugh
ter of Leonard Matthews; children: Howard
B, Dorothea Spottiswood, Percy, Jr., Walter
Courtney, Matthews, Saunders Norvell. Ad
mitted to bar, 1880; was member of firm of
Pollard & Werner (Garland Pollard, died,
1898). Was assistant general counsel Ohio &
Mississippi Ry. Co., 1883-86; general counsel
American Refrigerator Transportation Co.
and Associated Car Companies, 1888-98; gen
eral counsel Union Casualty and Surety Co.
of St. Louis since 1899, and of St. Louis
Merchants' Exchange since 1909. Independ
ent Republican. Member New Church (Swed-
enborgian). Member Civie League, St. Louis
Artists' Guild. Clubs: St. Louis, University,
Noonday, Contemporary, City, The Franklin
(secretary). Office: 720 Rialto Bldg. Resi
dence: 5505 Cates Ave.
WERNER, Samuel, secretary Swanson-
Crawford Film Co.; born in Poland, Nov. 14,
1S68; son of Aaron and Bessie Werner; edu
cated in Europe and United States; married,
May 15, 1892, Miss Ernestina Wagner; chil
dren: Bertha, Isadore. In cigar manufactur
ing business in St. Louis, 1889-94; established
the St. Louis Leaf Tobacco Co., incorporated,
1904, and was president until 1908; since sec
retary Swanson-Crawford Film Co. President
Samtine Realty Co. Republican. Jewish re
ligion. Mason. Offiee: Century Bldg. Resi
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WERNER, Simon, clothier; see Vol. 1906.
WERTHEIMER, Jacob J, president
Wertheimer-Swarts Shoe Co.; born, Troy, O,
June 12, 1852; son of Joseph and Jennette
(Barnett) Wertheimer; educated at 2nd In
termediate School, Cincinnati, and at Troy
public and high school, graduating, 1870; at
tended Dartmouth College, 1871-72; married,
Cincinnati, April 2, 1879, Amelia S. Swarts;
children: Louis, Joseph, Charles, Dora (Mrs.
C. E. Pritz, of Cincinnati), Alfred, Jeanne.
Came to St. Louis, Feb. 14, 1873. Since 1882
in boot and shoe business; organized the
Wertheimer-Swarts Shoe Co., of which is pres
ident. Also director of Merchants-Laclede
National Bank. Member Business Men's
League. Republican. Jewish religion. Clubs:
Commercial, St. Louis, Noonday, Columbian,
Glen Echo. Recreations: golf and fishing.
Office: 18th, Locust and St. Charles Sts. Resi
dence: 6075 Cabanne PL
WESCOAT, Clarence Ford, lawyer; born,
Clarksville, O, Aug. 10, 1879; son of Sabirt
Fillmore and Mary Ellen (Ford) Wescoat;
educated public and high schools of Wilming
ton, 0.; Benton College of Law, St. Louis,
degree of LL.B, 1906; unmarried. In gen
eral practice in St. Louis since Dec. 1, 1906.
Member Bar Association of St. Louis, Alumni
Association Benton College of Law (presi
dent, 1912), Ohio Society of St. Louis (secre
tary), Civic League. Republican. Methodist.
President Mound City Council No. 154, Na
tional Union. Club: City. Recreation: tennis.
Office: 810 Central National Bank Bldg. Resi
dence: 4803 Fountain Ave.
WESSELER, Frederick William, physician;
bora in Dubois County, Ind, Dec. 28, 1841;
son of William and Catherine Elizabeth (Ot-
ting) Wesseler; attended common schools of
Indiana and Illinois; served as private Com
pany F, 87th Illinois Volunteers, from Aug.
9, 1862, to May 4, 1865, and as medical cadet,
U. S. Army, from June 21, 1865, until June
21, 1866; 'M.D, St. Louis Medical College,
March 1, 1866; married, St. Louis, March 7,
1872, Sophia Splete; children: Frances Agnes
(Mrs. Walter L. Hughes), William Julius,
Lillian (Mrs. Frank C.< Harvey), Ella B,
Addie C, Edwin H. For short time after
graduation was medical officer at U. S. Marine
Hospital; then attended U. S. Ordnance Corps
Cold Arsenal), also House of Refuge and City
Work House; had medical charge of Alexian
Brothers' Hospital, 1871-89; president U. S.
Pension Examining Board since 1880, except
1885-89 and 1893-97; since 1897 president of
South Board at St. Louis. Member American
and Missouri State Medical associations, St.
Louis Medical Society. Republican. Presby1
terian. Member Blair Post No. 1, G. A. R,
''oncnrdia Turn Verein. Recreation: travel-
in°\ Office and Residence: 3195 S. Grand Ave.
WEST, Allen T, broker in stocks and
bonds; born in Mississippi, Aug. 2, 1872; son

of Thomas H. and Florence (Terry) West;
educated in St. Louis public schools and by
private tuition; married, Minneapolis, Minn,
Nov. 8, 1908, Rebekah Semple; children: Al
len T, Jr., Katherine. In employ of St. Louis
Trust Co. from 1891 to 1903; since 1903 mem
ber of firm of G. H. Walker Co. Clubs: Noon
day, St. Louis Country, Racquet. Office: 307
N. 4th St. Residence: 48 Westmoreland PL
WEST, Courtney H, secretary Granite City
Gas Light & Fuel Co.; bora, Sniithsburg,
Washington Co, Maryland, Sept. 11, 1854;
son of David N. and Elizabeth F. West; edu
cated in public schools of Maryland and pri
vate school, Greencastle, Pa.; married, St.
Louis, Dec. 5, 1882, Lida M. Niedringhaus.
Came to St. Louis from Cincinnati in 1876;
began business career with the Adams Ex
press Company in Cincinnati; and was with
the St. Louis Stamping Company, 1883-1889,
when joined in the incorporation of the Mof-
fitt-West Drug Co., importers and wholesale
druggists, of which was secretary until the
company sold out its business in February,
1906; since 1907 connected with the Granite
City Gas Light & Fuel Co., as secretary, also
identified with the Granite City Realty Co.
Republican. Clubs: St. Louis Country, Gran
ite City Commercial. Recreation: golf. Office:
Granite City, 111. Residence: Buckingham
Hotel. *WEST, James Lee; moved to Dallas, Tex.;
see Vol. 1906.
WEST, Samuel Harris, lawyer; born in
Washington County, Arkansas, June 14, 1863.
Came to St. Louis in 1889 as assistant attor
ney St. Louis Southwestern Ry. and a few
years later became general attorney. Mem
ber St. Louis, Missouri State and American
Bar associations. Office: Pierce Bldg. Resi
dence: 5807 Bartmer Ave.
WEST, Thomas Henry, banker; born. Mif
flin, Henderson Co., Tenn, July 27, 1846; son
of John and Martha F. West; educated in
schools of Tennessee; entered Confederate
service early in 1863 and served under Gen
eral Forrest until close of war; married, 1868,
Miss Florence Terrv; children: John Terry,
Allen T, Thomas H, Jr., Florence, Walter
H, Carroll; married, 2nd, 1900, Virginia
Hodges; one daughter. Frances. Was engaged
in business in Louisville, Ky.. for about five
years immediately after the Civil War; then
moved to Mobile, Ala, and was engaged in
the cotton business for several years, coming
to St. Louis. 1880. President St. Louis Union
Trust Co.. 1889-1909, since chairman of board.'
Baptist. Clubs: Commercial, St. Louis Coun
try, Pacouet, Bellerive. Office: 4th and Locust
Sts. Residence: 11 Westmoreland PL
WEST, Thomas Henry. Jr, secretary St.
Louis Union Trust Co.; born. Mobile, Ala,
Jan. 8. 1875; son of Thomas H. and Florence
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schools to 1890; Wyman Institute, Upper
Alton, 111, 1890-92; Smith Academy, St. Louis,
1892-93; entered Yale University, 1893; grad
uated, Ph.B, 1896; ^married, Detroit, Mich,
Oct. 21, 1898, Wilhelmina Crapo Cristy; four
children: Thomas H, 3d, and Wilhelmina
John and Ann. Began business career as
clerk with Hamilton Brown Shoe Co., 1896,
and continued until 1900; was secretary La-
Prelle Shoe Co., 1900-04; secretary Broadway
Savings Trust Co. until 1908; since secretary
St. Louis Union Trust Co. Member Credit
Men's Association. Baptist. Clubs: City,
Noonday, Bankers', Racquet, St. Louis Coun
try. Recreations: golf, tennis, automobiling.
Office: N. W. cor. 4th and Locust Sts. Resi
dence: Clayton, Mo.
WEST, Walter Hart, secretary Equitable
Surety Co, born, Mobile, Ala, Jan. 7, 1878;
son of Thomas Henry and Florence (Terry)
West; educated in Smith Academy, St. Louis,
to 1895; A.B, Yale University, 1899; mar
ried, St. Louis, Jan. 11, 1892, Laura May
Scott; three children: Walter H, Jr, Eliza
beth, Virginia. Began with Ferguson-McKin
ney Dry Goods Co, credit department, 1899,
continuing until 1904; in credit department
Ely- Walker Dry Goods Co, 1904-09; secretary
Wm. Barr Dry Goods Co, 1909-11; since with
Equitable Surety Co., and now secretary and
member advisory board. Baptist. Member
Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Clubs: City,
Racquet, St. Louis Country. Recreations:
golf and tennis. Office: Third National Bank
Bldg. Residence: 5362 Waterman Ave.
WESTEN, Edward, president Edward
Westen Tea and Spice Co.; born, Moravia,
Austria, Aug. 3, 1850; son of Anton and Eva
Westen; educated in private school and busi
ness college in Moravia; married, St. Louis,
Aug. 3, 1887, Marie Rottmann; children:
Adolf, Adele (Mrs. F. B. Gill), Reinhold,
Hugo. Was officer in Austrian army, 1871-73;
since 1874 has been in mercantile business
on own account, first in Europe, and since
1885 in the United States. Established, 1893,
the Edward Westen Tea and Spice Co, of
which is president. Member Business Men's
League. Republican. Catholic. Clubs: Mer
cantile, Glen Echo: Office: 10th St. and Clark
Ave. Residence: 4959 Wabada Ave.
WESTERBECK, Emil J, secretary and
treasurer of the Columbia Can Co.; born,
St. Louis, Dec. 1, 1878; sbn of Fred L. and
Anna Westerbeck; educated in Blair School,
St. Louis, and Was graduated from Perkins
& Herpel's Business College, 1896; married,
Belleville. Ill, Sept. 19. 1906, Lillian Seib;
one son, Colin Leslie. Began business career
May 1, 1897, with Mound City Can Co.; this
company was absorbed by American Can Co.
March 22, 1900, and was traveling salesman
for latter company until 1902. On May 10,
1902, joined in the organization of the Co

lumbia Can Co. (which bought out the busi
ness of Fred L. Westerbeck), and is secretary
and treasurer; also secretary Westerbeck
Realty Co. Director Citizens' Industrial As
sociation; member Civie League. Member
Royal Arcanum. Recreation: baseball. Office:
2nd and Madison Sts. Residence: 2920 Greer
Avenue. WESTERBECK, Frederick L, president of
Columbia Can Co.; born, Germany, July 3,
1851; son of Frederick Westerbeck; educated
in public schools of St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, 1874, to Miss Anna Wernemann; chil
dren: Frederick H, Annie (Mrs. Charles
Doerman), Emil J, Clara (Mrs. Gustave Bier-
man), Emma (Mrs. John M. Briggs), Laura
(Mrs. Valentine Beiser) ; married, 2d, St.
Louis, 1893, Marie Koestring; one daughter,
Ilda. Learned trade of sheet metal worker,
and in 1878 became a partner in the Western
Can Co., which was later merged into the
Mound City Can Co, and in 1902 reorganized
as the Columbia Can Co., manufacturers of
tin cans, of which he is now president. Also
director of the Northwestern Bank; president
Westerbeck Realty Co. ¦ Member for a number
of years and treasurer St. Louis Paint, Oil
and Drug Club. Lutheran. Recreation: mo
toring. Office: 2d and Madison Sts. Resi
dence: 2233 St. Louis Ave.
WESTERMANN, Henry, merchant; see
Vol. 1906.
WESTERMANN, William Henry, vice pres
ident Westermann China and Glass Co. since
1905; born, St. Louis, Nov. 21, 1857; son of
Henry and Caroline (Wenkel) Westermann;
educated in private schools and at Washing
ton University; married, St. Louis, Septem
ber, 1882, Bertha Gockel; children: Oscar W,
Walter E, Alice B. In china business since
3880. Office: 916 N. Sixth St. Residence: 5139
Ridge Ave.
WETMORE, Claude Hazeltine, author; see
Vol. 1906.
WETTERAU, George Henry, wholesale
grocer; born, Germany, Oct. 14, 1842; son of
John and Regina (Meytrott) Wetterau; edu
cated in schools in Germany and at Bryant
& Stratton Business College, St. Louis; mar
ried, St. Louis, 1872, Christine Trautwein;
children: George C, Otto J. C, Theodore, and
five daughters, Minnie M, Louise, Anna, Mrs.
W. Pinckert, Ella. Early life spent in Ger
many, where was engaged in farming and in
the grocery business; came from Germany to
St. Louis in 1868, and began as clerk with
the firm of John F. Laumann & Co., wholesale
grocers, in 1869; started in business on own
account in 3877 as a member of the firm of
Goebel & Wetterau, wholesale grocers, which
continued until 1899, when firm dissolved, and
with his sons, George C. and Otto J. C. Wet
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terau & Sons. Office: Cupples Block, 433 S.
7th St. Residence: 3242 Copelin Ave.
WHARTON, Joseph Jackson, general con
tractor; born, St. Louis, Mar. 1, 1851; son of
Robert and Rebecca (Painter) -Wharton; edu
cated in public schools, night school and two
terms at Art Museum (drawing) ; married,
St. Louis, Nov. 2, 1876, Amelia M. Behrend;
five children: Grace E. (Mrs. T. R. Clemow,
of Billings, Mont.), Charles P, Flora V. (Mrs.
A. H. Beardsley), May A, Robert L. Worked
at carpenter's trade until 1873; associated
with John J. Roosevelt in contracting busi
ness, 1873-78; has operated independently
since June, 1879; Independent Democrat.
Methodist. Member North St. Louis Business
Men's Association. Mason, Knight Templar;
member O. E. S. and A. O. U. W. Recreation:
fishing. Offiee: 2844 Glasgow Ave. Residence:
2829 University St.
WHEELER, Harry S, department manager,
Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co.; born, Rockford, 111,
Jan.' 7, 1866; son of Henry C. and Nettie
(Beattie) Wheeler; educated in public- schools
of Lincoln, Neb, until thirteen years of age;
married, Atchison, Kan, Feb. 28, 1889,
Sweetie Ulah Woods, of Weston, Mo.; chil
dren: Rexford, Esther. Began business career
as stock boy with Janssen & Freyschlag,
wholesale notions, Atchison, 1881, continuing
nine years in Atchison and four years in Kan
sas City; with John S. Brittain Dry Goods
Co., of St. Joseph, Mo, nearly five years, as
salesman and buyer; in July, 1899, became
connected with the Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co.,
and is now manager of the notion, fancy
goods, ribbon and ladies ' ready to wear depart
ments; was elected director of the company
in January, 1905. Clubs: Mercantile, Glen
Echo Country, Sunset Inn, Country, Aero.
Recreation: golf. Office: Rice-Stix Dry Goods
Co. Residence: 6195 Kingsbury Boul.
WHEELER, Herbert Allen, mining engi
neer; born, Brooklyn, N. Y, Feb. 25, 1859;
son of John, Jr, and Martha (Meriam)
Wheeler; educated in public and private
schools; EM, School of Mines, Columbia Uni
versity, 1880; unmarried. Assistant geologist,
U. S. Geological Survey, 1880; assistant engi
neer Denver & Rio Grande R. R, 1881; su
perintendent Ely Copper Mine, Vermont,
1882; professor of mining, Washington Uni
versity, 1883-95; assistant geologist, Missouri
Geological Survey, 1890-95; manager Standard
Tile Co, 1895-1900; president Elizabeth Lead
Co., 1900-03; now manager and viee president
Central Oil Co.; manager Penicaut Lead Co.;
treasurer Siva Oil Co. Member American In
stitute of Mining Engineers, St. Louis Engi
neers' Club, St. Louis Academy of Science,
American Ceramic Society. Clubs: Mercan
tile, Contemporary, Amateur Athletic Associa
tion. Office: 510 Pine St. Residence: 3437
Lucas Ave.

WHELAN, Patrick Thomas, president Whe-
lan-Aehle-Hutchinson Jewelry Co.; born, At
lanta, Ga, Oct. 13, 1854; son of Michael and
Anne (Toole) Whelan; educated in parochial
schools of St. Louis; unmarried. Began in the
jewelry business in St. Louis with Eugene
Jaccard & Co, July 27, 1870, continuing for
twenty- three years; was connected with Mer
rick, Walsh & Phelps Co, Oct. 1, 1893, to
April, 1901. In fall of 1901, with partners,
formed the Whelan-Aehle-Hutchinson Jewelrv'
Co., of which has since been president. Dem
ocrat. Catholic. Office: 621 Locust St. Resi
dence: 3833 Iowa Ave.
WHELESS, Joseph, lawyer; born, Nashville,
Tenn, Nov. 13, 1868 ; son of Joseph and Ellen
Thomas (Malone) Wheless; educated in pub-
lice schools, Nashville, and Webb Bros.
School, Bell Buckle, Tenn, eighteen months in
all; studied law with Hill & Granbery, attor
neys, Nashville, 1888-89; married, St. Louis,
June 17, 1904, Mamie Willard Teasdale,
daughter of John Warren Teasdale. Admitted
to bar in Nashville on 21st birthday, Nov.
13, 1889; admitted to St. Louis bar, June 3,
1895; member of bar of U. S. Supreme Court;
engaged in general practice of law. Member
Business Men's League, Civic League. Repub
lican. Methodist till Nov. 13, 1904, when
joined Third Baptist Church of St. Louis.
Member American, Missouri and St. Louis Bar
associations. Royal Arch Mason. Served as
corporal, Company C, 1st Tennessee Regiment,
during Coal Creek Miners' War, 1892; 1st
lieutenant Company B of "posse" in street
car strike in St. Louis, June, 1900; enlisted in
Company L, 6th Missouri Regiment, Spanish-
American War. Is conversant with the
French, Italian, Spanish and German lan
guages, which he largely uses in his practice.
Author: Compendium of the Laws of Mexico,
1910; Digest of Tennessee Reports. Clubs:
City, Million Population. Office: 907 Carleton
Bldg. Residence: 6'251 Washington Ave.
WHELPLEY, Henry Milton, medical editor
and educator; born, Harmonia, Battle Creek,
Mich, May 24, 1861; son of Dr. Jerome Twin
ing and Charlotte (Chase) Whelpley; edu
cated at Cobden (111.) grammar school, 1868-
76, Otsego (Mich.) High School, 1876-80, also
by private instruction; Ph.G, St. Louis Col
lege of Pharmacy, 1883; M.D, Missouri Med
ica] College, 1890, St. Louis Post-Graduate
School of Medicine, 1896; married, St. Louis,
June 29, 1892, Laura Eugenie Spannagel. Ed
itor National Druggist, 1884-87; editor and
manager Meyer Brothers Druggist since 1888;
collaborator Medical Fortnightly and Medical
Standard since 1892. Professor microscopy
since 1884, dean since 1904, St. Louis College
of Pharmacy; professor physiology and his
tology, director of biological laboratory, and
secretary of faculty, Missouri Medical Col
lege, 1890-1900, and lecturer in materia med-

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ica and pharmacy in same, 1886-89; professor
of physiology and secretary of St. Louis Post-
Graduate School of Medicine, 1890-98; pro
fessor of- materia medica and pharmacy, Mis
souri Dental College, 1900-03; professor ma
teria medica and pharmacy, Medical Depart
ment of Washington University, 1900-11. Au
thor of Chemical Lecture Notes, and Thera
peutic Terms. Trustee and secretary U. S.
Pharmacopoeial Convention, 1900-10 (member
and secretary board trustees same since 1910);
vice president American Institute Archaeology,
St. Louis Society, 1911-12; member American
Medical Association, American Microscopical
Society, Royal Microscopical Society (Lon
don), American Association for the Advance
ment of Science, American Anthropological
Society, American Pharmaceutical Associa
tion (president, 1901-02, secretary of council,
1902-08, treasurer since 1908), American Con
ference of Pharmaceutical Faculties (presi
dent, 1905-06), Missouri State Medical Asso
ciation, Missouri Pharmaceutical Association
(secretary since 1890), Missouri Historical
Society, St. Louis Medical Society, St. Louis
Academy of Science, St. Louis Biological So
ciety, St. Louis Naturalists' Club, St. Louis
Microscopical Society, St. Louis Public Mu
seum, etc. Republican. Unitarian. Club:
Contemporary. Office: 222 S. Broadway. Resi
dence: 2342 Albion PL ,
WHIPPLE, Alphonzo, retired; born in Car
roll County, Illinois, Nov. 29, 1842; son of
Rev. Lorenzo (Methodist clergyman) and
Nancy (Gaston) Whipple; educated in com
mon district schools of northern Illinois; mar
ried, Jan. 3, 1871, Elenora Harman. Worked
on farm until eighteen; enlisted, 1861, in 15th
Illinois Infantry and served as private in
the ranks until 1864; worked on farm, then
six months in a bakery; clerk in a hotel at
Toledo, O, 1866-67; in May, .1867, started re
porting fires for insurance companies in Chi
cago; sold out, 1868, and came to St. Louis,
and started the fire reporting and inspecting
business for insurance companies, in partner
ship with Austin P. Oliver; in 1869 added in
surance surveying and insurance maps to the
business; bought Mr. Oliver's interest, 1871;
sold out entire business to the Sanborn Map
Co, of New York, Jan. 1, 1903, and retired.
Mason (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner. Re
publican. Member Frank P. Blair Post No. 1,
G. A. R. Club: Mercantile. Recreations: fish
ing and pool. Office: Temple Bldg. Residence:
West End Hotel.
WHITAKER, Alexander Edward, piano
dealer; born, St. Louis, Oct. 5, 1866; son of
Frederick and Minnie (Rethage) Whitaker;
educated in common and high schools of St.
Louis; married, Washington, D. C, March 10,
1904, Mildred G. Campbell. Began business
career as clerk for Edward Nennstiel, piano
dealer, in 1882 purchased business in 1890,

and had stores at 1518 Olive and 2512 N. 14th
St. until 1898, when sold out to F. G. Smith,
manufacturer of pianos, New York; opened
store for him at 1012 Olive ¦ street, .1898, as
manager; incorporated business as F. G. Smith
Piano Co. on Jan. 1, 1905, and became secre
tary and manager. Independent Republican;
aide to marshal of inauguration parade, March
4, 1901, and March 4, 1905. Member M. E.
Church, South; for some years president Mis
souri State Epworth League and president
City Union Epworth League; now member
executive. committee St. Louis Sunday. School
Union. Clubs: Mercantile, Normandie Golf.
Recreation: golf. Office: 1115 Olive St. Resi
dence: 5638 Kingsbury Boul.
WHITAKER, Edwards, banker, stocks and
bonds; bora, St. Louis, Aug. 29, 1848; son of
William A. and Letitia (Edwards) Whitaker;
educated in public schools of St. Louis; mar
ried, Kirkwood, Mo, 1874, Sophia Taylor; one
daughter, Emma C. (Mrs. Samuel C. Davis).
After leaving school served as clerk under
Col. L. S. Metcalfe, quarter-master's depart
ment, U. S. Army; clerk in U. S. sub-treasury
office at St. Louis, under Gen. Albert G. Eel-
wards, assistant U. S. treasurer;' after that
with firm of Edwards and Matthews, bankers
and brokers; became junior member Matthews
& Whitaker, and in 1890, when Matthews re
tired, firm became Whitaker & Hodgman,
changing later to present style of "Whitaker &
Co. (Edwards Whitaker and H. Blakesley Col
lins and E. J. Costigan). President Boatmen's
Bank since 1910; director St. Louis Union
Trust Co. President Missouri Botanical Gar
den. Member Business Men's League, Civic
League. Clubs: St. Louis, University, Noon
day, Mercantile, Cuivre, Commercial, Country,
Bellerive; also Union, Manhattan, Mid-Day
(New York). Recreations: traveling, golf.
Offices: Boatmen's Bank, and 300 N. 4th St.
Residence: 13 Westmoreland PL
*WHITE, Clarence Alexander, expert in
precious stones; see Vol. 1906.
WHITE, Frank M, lawyer; born, Stockton,
Cal, Aug. 30, 1880; son of William Jonathan
and Elizabeth S. (Kincaid) White; educated
in public schools of Arizona; Lincoln (public)
School, St. Louis; Manual Training School,
St. Louis, two years; Drury College, Spring
field, Mo.; A.B., St. Louis University, 1901,
A.M., 1905 ; LL.B, Law Department of Wash
ington University, 1904; married, St. Louis,
May 8, 1909, Florence E. Kramer. Admitted
to Missouri bar, 1904, and since in practice in
St. Louis; member firm of Boogher & White
since 1908. Democrat. Episcopalian. Member
St. Louis Bar Association. Club: St. Louis.
Recreations: fishing, reading. Office: 1000
New Bank of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 723
Clarendon Ave.
WHITE, John Sibley, retired; bora, Brewer,
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(Sibley) White; educated in district schools
in Maine; married, St. Louis, June 5, 1873,
Emilie H. Juvet; one daughter, Bernardine
Antoinette (Mrs. S. D. Merton). Entered the
Bradbury Marble Co. in 1892 and was treas
urer until 1907, when retired. Member Na
tional Manufacturers' Association. Repub
lican. Unitarian. Club: Contemporary. Office:
510 Pine St. Residence: Clayton, Mo.
WHITE, Thomas William, lawyer; born, St/
Louis, Aug. 2, 1883; son of Thomas William
and Marion (Carpenter) White; educated in
public schools of Memphis, Tenn.; University
School, Memphis; A.B, University of Missis
sippi, 1903; LL.B, Washington University,
1905; special courses in law, Harvard Law
School, 1906; married, St. Louis, June 2, 1910,
Mary • Humphreys Weisiger. Began practice
.at St. Louis, June, 1906; associated in prac
tice with S. W. Fordyce, Jr, 1906-08; member
law firm of Fordyce, Holliday & White since
Jan. 1, 1908; secretary James M. Carpenter
Realty Co. Democrat. Presbyterian. Member
St. Louis Bar Association, Sigma Chi and Phi
Delta Phi fraternities. Clubs: City, Harvard,
Racquet. Recreations: reading and travel. Of
fice: 1401-1410 Third National Bank Bldg.
Residence: 4256 Maryland Ave.
*WHITE, Willard Claude; moved to Peoria,
111.; see Vol. 1906.
WHITE, William S, banking; born, Rich
mond, Va, Apr. 4, 1871; son of William S. and
Clara Edwards (Hunt) White; went to south
ern Georgia, 1874; to Helena, Ark, 3878; edu
cated in private schools, Helena; married,
Fort Smith, Ark, Oct. 17, 1900, Ruth. Mat
thews. Began business career in 1885 in re
tail dry goods store at Helena; located in St.
Louis, 1892, and was engaged with Brown
Shoe Co. until 1901; became connected with
Desnoyers Shoe Co, which changed to Des-
noyers-Courtney Shoe Co, and one year later
to Courtney Shoe Co., of which was treasurer
until 1910; now cashier Night and Day Bank.
Director Burrow, Jones & Dyer Shoe Co.
Member Travelers' Protective Association.
Democrat. Club: Missouri Athletic. Office:
808 Olive St. . Residence: 6175 Westminster PL
WHITEHEAD, Samuel Asa, grain commis
sion; born, Hanover, Jefferson Co, Mo, Mar.
15, 1860; son of George Edwards and Ann
Marie (Woodson) Whitehead; educated in
public schools; married, Kimmswick, Mo,
Sept. 7, 1882, Susan M. Waters; children:
Walter H, Orrick W, Edna, Lawrence Ed
wards, Murray Nanson. Began at age of
eighteen, when became partner in general
store of T. J. Lovelass & Co, Festus, Mo.; sold
interests shortly after, and became member of
the firm of Waters & Co, Kimmswick, Mo,
until 1886, when became connected with the
Nanson Commission Co, St. Louis, as wheat
buyer, later becoming a stockholder and officer
in the company, of which is now second vice

president. Member Merchants' Exchange of
St. Louis. Republican. Mason, Knight Temp
lar, Shriner; member Royal Arcanum. Recrea
tion: fishing. Offiee: 202 Chamber of Com
merce. Residence: Kimmswick, Mo.
WHITELAW, Oscar Livingston, assistant
treasurer of United States, St. Louis; born,
Ryegate, Vt, May 10, 1841; son of William T.
and Lucy (Morse) Whitelaw; educated in dis
trict schools in Vermont, and three terms in
Peacham (Vt.) Academy; married, St. Louis,
May 8, 1873, Lillie Dwight Lathrop; children:
Mrs. Grace L. Wallace, Mrs. Bessie D. Terry,
Mrs. Lucy L. Rexford, Hamilton D. Served in
Civil War as Private in Company K, Fifteenth
Vermont Volunteers, from which was honor
ably discharged on expiration of term of en
listment, July, 1863. Since 1866 in paint and
oil business, and in 1885, with brother, ac
quired the business, established 1853, now con
ducted as Whitelaw Brothers, wholesale deal
ers in oils, paints, naval stores, drugs and
chemicals. In June, 1909, was appointed by
President Taft as assistant treasurer of
United States at St. Louis, for term of four
years. Member Merchants' Exchange (second
vice president, 1897, first vice president, 1898,
president, 1899); president National Paint,
Oil and Varnish Association, 1889; president
National Transportation Association, 3 897-
3.900; member Business Men's League, Civic
League. Republican; member of board, and
president several years, St. Louis Public Li
brary. Congregationalist; was president Con
gregational City Missionary Society; now
treasurer St. Louis Bible Society; was regis
trar St. Louis Association of Congregational
Ministers and Churches; trustee Iberia (Mo.)
Academy. Member New England Society,
Ransom Post, G. A. R. Clubs: Commercial,
Round Table, Mercantile, Bellerive Country.
Recreation: golf. Offiee: Federal Bldg. Resi
dence: 3631 Washington Ave.
WHITELAW, Robert Henry, merchant;
born, Ryegate, Vt, Sept. 11, 1847; son of Wil
liam Trotter and Lucy Wells (Morse) White-
law; educated in public schools, Ryegate;
married, St. Louis, February, 3876, Mary Gray
Westgate (now deceased); children: Margaret
Gray (Mrs. E. S. Wilson), Ralph Thomas, Rob
ert Malcolm. Since February, 1866, engaged
in present line of business, and in 1885, with
brother, Oscar Livingston Whitelaw, succeed
ed, under firm name of Whitelaw Brothers, to
wholesale jobbing and commission in heavy
chemicals, oils, paints and drugs. Republican.
Congregationalist. Clubs: St. Louis, Round
Table. Offiee: 409-411 N. 2d St. Residence:
The Buckingham.
WHITMARSH, Thomas Calvin, general
manager W. T. Ferguson Lumber Co.; born,
Chicago, 111, July 15, 1870; son of Lewis C.
and Julia E. (Winship) Whitmarsh; educated
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sons, Kan.; married, Parsons, July 15, 1891,
Nannie Doty; one son, Thomas Cecil. For
merly with William Buchanan, lumber, Tex
arkana, Ark, and in 1893 was given charge of
W. T. Ferguson Lumber Co., the offices being
removed to St. Louis in 1898, and since then
general manager in St. Louis for the company,
which operates many mills in Texas, Arkansas
and Louisiana. Member Hoo Hoo, Elks. Re
publican; formerly member Texas National
Guard at Sherman, Tex, and Kansas National
Guard at Parsons, Kan. Clubs: Mercantile,
Missouri Athletic, Glen Echo Country, Arca
dia Country, Bass Island Hunting and Fish
ing. Recreation: motoring, hunting and fish
ing. Office: Suite 1710 Wright Bldg. Resi
dence: 4614 Westminster PL
WHITTEMORE, Benjamin Merrill, treas
urer St. Louis Embroidery Co.; born, Charles
ton, 111, Nov. 18, 1860; son of William A. and
Esther Olive (Merrill) Whittemore; educated
in public schools of Charleston, and Univer
sity of Illinois; married, Onarga, 111, Nov. 18,
1884, Alice George; children: Dora, Clara,
Paul Dalrymple. Independent; served two
terms as alderman and three terms as school
director of Webster Groves. Congregational
ist. Mason; member Royal Arcanum. Office:
1009 Washington Ave. Residence: Old Orchard,
Missouri. WHITTEMORE, Frederick Churchill, insur
ance; bora, St. Louis, Aug. 31, 1864; son of
Robert Blackwell and Katherine Spain (Lev
ering) Whittemore; educated in private
school, Peabody Branch High and Central
High schools, but did not complete course;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 17, 1892, Elenore De-
Luce Englesing; children: Frederick Church
ill, Jr., Edith, Robert Lawrason. In general
insurance since 1887; member firm of Wall &
Whittemore, 1887-1906, since as F. Churchill
Whittemore Co. Also president of the Lever
ing Investment Co.; secretary and treasurer
Foundry Investment Co. Member Business
Men's League, Civic League. Republican.
Episcopalian. Clubs: University, Noonday,
Racquet, Bellerive, Florissant Valley. Recrea
tion: golf. Office: 118-120 N. 4th St. Resi
dence: 68 Vandeventer PL
WHITTEMORE, Robert Blackwell, invest-
'ments; 1826-1910; see Vol. 1906.
WHYTE, Joseph Patrick, real estate; born
in Galway, Ireland, Mar. 15, 1850; son of
Richard and Catherine (Brooke) Whyte; edu
cated in public schools of New York, 1856-63,
and in Notre Dame University, South Bend,
Ind, 1863-67; married, St. Louis, Feb. 17, 1886,
Sarah A. Maguire; children: Mary Louise,
Joseph P., Jr., Sarah M. Began business ca
reer as messenger and bookkeeper with the
Butchers' and Drovers' Bank, St. Louis, 1867-
6S ; bookkeeper for Daly & Bros, stationers,
3 868-73; in 3873 engaged in business as agent
for European steamship companies, and in

1875 added the real estate business, which was
incorporated in 1900 as Joseph P. Whyte Real
Estate Co., of which was president until 1912;
sold out to Commonwealth Trust Co. and is
now manager real estate department same.
Ex-president Real Estate Exchange, S.t, Louis
Catering Co. Democrat; license collector,
1901; harbor and wharf commissioner of City
of St. Louis, 1903-11. Catholic. Club: St.
Louis. Office: Commonwealth Trust Co. Resi
dence: 5824 Cates Ave.
WICH, Joseph Frank, secretary and treas
urer Columbia Box Co.; bora, St. Louis, Jan.
29, 1879; son of John and Victoria (Bern-
inger) Wick; educated in Catholic parochial
schools; married, St. Louis, 1901, Angeline
Hellrung; children: Joseph Frederick, Cath
erine Frances, Victoria Rose, John Anthony.
Began business career with father, John Wich,
box manufacturer, for three years; then solcl
out to the C. C. Mengel, Jr. & Bro. Co., who
later sold out to the Mengel Box Co, from
which, in 1901, business was bought by the
Columbia Box Co., of which has since been
treasurer, also secretary since Apr. 27, 1912.
Catholic; member Knights of Columbus. Of
fice: Cor. 19th and N. Market Sts. Residence:
2231 N. Market St.
WICHELMAN, William, Jr, coffees and
spices; 1875-1909; see Vol. 1906.
WICHMANN, Hermann Louis, physician;
born, Rock Island, 111, Feb. 1, 1866; son of
Hermann and Ida (Stein) Wichmann; edu
cated in public schools; Toensfeldt Institute;
St. Louis School of Pharmacy, degree of
Ph.G, 1885; M.D, St. Louis Medical College,
1888; married, St. Louis, May 6, 1891, Ida E.
Kiel. In practice in St. Louis since 1888; phy
sician Lutheran Hospital, 1890-92; physician
South Side Day Nursery since 1888, and Lu
theran Altenheim since 1908. Formerly part
owner of South Broadway Pharmacy and
South Jefferson Avenue Pharmacy, both incor
porated. Republican. Lutheran. Member Mis
souri State Medical Association, St. Louis
Medical Society. Clubs : Century, Vietor Skat.
Recreations: skat, bowling. Office and Resi
dence: 3229 S. Jefferson Ave.
WIDEN, Joseph Barada, president Barr &
Widen Commercial Agency Co.; born, St;
Louis, Aug. 5, 1864; son of Joseph and Ellen
(Barada) Widen; educated at St. Louis Uni
versity, graduating, 1879; married, Pulaski,
N. Y, July 30, 1885, Eleanor Augusta Gra
ham; one daughter, Vera Graham (Mrs. Le
Grand Jones). Established in the mercantile
agency business in 1882, and in 1886 incorpo
rated the business as the Barr & Widen Com
mercial Agency Co. (of which is president),
furnishing credit reports on firms, corpora
tions and individuals, and making collections.
Member Business Men 's League, Civic League.
Republican in national, independent in local
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mercial Bldg, 520 Olive St. Residence: 4647
Berlin Ave.
WIDMANN, Frederick, architect; born in
Wurtemberg, Germany, May 30, 1859; son of
Frederick and Wilhelmine (Schillinger) Wid
mann; educated in public ancl high schools in
Germany, and in art branch of Washington
University, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, Oct.
30, 1888, Sophie Sander. Began professional
¦career with Walsh and Jungenfeld, as
draughtsman and later as superintendent,
1877-84; in 1884, on death of Mr. Jungenfeld,
joined with Robert W. Walsh and C. D. Bois-
selier in firm of Widmann, Walsh & Boisselier,
architects; title changed to Widmann & Walsh,
1906; designed all buildings for Anheuser-
Busch Brewing Association in St. Louis and
elsewhere, and St. Louis Brewing Association;
also designers of Machinery Hall at Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, the Kinloch Building,
10th and Locust Sts, and many mercantile
and manufacturing buildings. Director South
Side Bank of St. Louis. Member Industrial
Association. Member American Institute of
Architects and of St. Louis Chapter, same, St.
Louis Turn Verein. Clubs: St. Louis, Lieder
kranz. Office: 902 Wainwright Bldg. Resi
dence: 3545 Longfellow Boul.
WIEDMANN, August Henry, cigar box
manufacturer; 1870-1909; see Vol. 1906.
WIEDMER, Frederick, vice president of
Springfield Filler Co.; born in Bond Co., Ill,
Oct. 20, 1866; son of John and Catherine
(Grob) Wiedmer; educated in public schools;
married, St. Louis, 1890, Margaret Miller;
children: Nellie L, William F. Learned trade
of millwright with Todd & Stanley, 1886-90;
engaged as stationary engineer, 1890-92; be
came connected with mechanical department
of Gratiot Street Warehouse Co., grain deal
ers and handlers of salvage grain, until 1899,
when acquired an interest in the business;
became a director, and later vice president, of
the company until it was dissolved in 1911;
now vice president Springfield Filler Co.,
manufacturers of fertilizers. Was one of the
proprietors of the Mound City Elevator at 2d
and Branch Sts. until 1910. Member St. Louis
Merchants' Exchange. Democrat; member of
House of Delegates from Thirteenth Ward,
3904-10. Odd Fellow. Club: Century Boat.
Recreations: hunting and fishing. Office: 630
Pierce Bldg. Residence: 3872 Hartford St.
WIEGAND, Charles, vice president Stand
ard Stamping Co.; born, St. Louis, Dee. 1,
1861; son of George John Conrad and Caro
line (Godron) Wiegand; educated first for a
few years in Soldan's (private) School; then
in public schools until 1874; married, Atchi
son, Kan, May 14, 1890, Carrie M. Sterner;
two children: Herbert, Charles Oliver. Began
manufacture of tinware, 1874, since continu
ously engaged in same business; elected vice
president Standard Stamping Co., 1908. Demo

crat. Member Business Men 's League. Clubs:
Mercantile, Missouri Athletic, Automobile,
Aero. Recreation: motoring. Office: 2000 A".
Broadway. Residence: 43 Washington Terrace.
WIEGAND, Charles Frederick William,
vice president Nelson Distilling Co.; 1864-
3908; see Vol. 1906.
WIEGAND, George, manufacturer; 1833-
1908; see Vol. 1906.
WIEGAND, George, president of Standard
Stamping Co.; bora, St. Louis, July 16, 1863;
son of George and Caroline (Godron) Wie
gand; educated in public schools; married, St.
Louis, Feb. 16, 1887, Mattie L. Porter; chil
dren: Porter, Caroline R, James J, George G,
Eliza L. At age of fourteen started to work
in father 's shop, where learned tinner 's trade,
and later assisted in retail store; in 1881,
when Standard Stamping Co. was incorpo
rated, represented same as traveling sales
man; was vice president of the company until
death of father, 1908, since which time has
been president. Director of Broadway Savings
Trust Co. Member of Business Men 's League. .
Clubs: Mercantile, St. Louis. Office: 2000-2006
N. Broadway. Residence: 35 Washington Ter
race. WIELANDY, Paul J, books and station
ery; born, Jefferson City, Mo, June 5, 1864;
son of John F. and Kunigunde (Wagner)
Wielandy; educated in St. Louis public
schools; married, St. Louis, June 28, 1904,
Louise Angermueller; one daughter, Louise
Dorothy. Entered employ of Shorb & Boland,
wholesale booksellers and stationers, 1879;
traveled for John L. Boland, successor of
Shorb & Boland in Colorado, New Mexico and
Arizona, 1884-1901; in January, 1902, with
A. M. Blackwell, of Las Vegas, N. Mex, or
ganized the Blackwell- Wielandy Book and
Stationery Co., of St. Louis, of which was
vice president, now president. (The Black-
well-Wielandy Book and Stationery Co. bought
out the firm of John L. Boland Book and Sta
tionery Co., June 18, 1910.) Member Business
Men's League. Member executive Committee
Civic League. Republican. Protestant. Ma
son (32°), Knight Templar. Club: Mercantile.
Favorite recreations: fishing and hunting. Of
fice: 16th and Locusts Sts. Residence: 3515
Dodier Ave.
WIENER, Meyer, oculist; born, St. Louis,
Jan. 10, 1876; son of Isador M. and Julia
(Meyer) Wiener; educated at Pope (public)
School to January, 1890; St. Louis Manual
Training School to 1893; M.D, Missouri Med
ical College, 1896; attended universities of
Berlin, Heidelberg and Paris, until 1899; un
married. Chief of eye clinic Washington Uni-
veristy Hospital and Dispensary; chief of eye
clinic Jewish Hospital Dispensary; oculist to
Bethesda Hospital, Jewish Hospital, Washing
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ophthalmology, Washington University Med
ical Department. Editor: Annals of Ophthal
mology. Member St. Louis Medical Society,
American Medical Association, Medical So
ciety of City Hospital Alumni, Verein Alter
Deutscher Studenten. Democrat. Recreation:
outdoor sports. Office: 500 Carleton Bldg.
Residence: 3854 Westminster PL
WIESE, Edward W, lumber; bora, St.
Louis, June 12, 1882; son of Frederick W. and
Louisa (Roethemeyer) Wiese; graduated from
Webster School, 1896, and from Jones Com-.
mercial College; married, St. Louis, Mar. 22,
1905, Adelia L. Heidbrink; four children:
Ethel Adeline, Edward Louis, Harold Walter,
Raymond. Since June, 1897, engaged in the
wholesale hardwood lumber business, and now
vice president of the Thomas & Proetz Lum
ber Co. Also vice president of Belzoni Hard
wood Lumber Co., Birmingham Sawmill Co.,
Charles E. Thomas Land and Timber Co. Re
publican. Member Reformed Church. Office:
3400 Hall St. Residence: 2242 Holly Ave.
WIGET, Frank J, lawyer; bora, St. Louis,
May 21, 1882; son of Xavier and Amanda
(Nadig) Wiget (both natives of Switzerland) ;
educated in SS. Peter and Paul's (parochial)
School; St. Vincent's School; Jones Commer
cial College, graduating, 1898; Benton College
of Law, degree of LL.B, 1904; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 26, 1907, Ottilia, daughter of
Anton Laux, retired pork packer of South St.
Louis; children: Marcella and Lester. Began
practice in St. Louis, August, 1904; associated
with Bounds E. Hamilton, under title of
Wiget & Hamilton, until Feb. 1/ 1906, when
firm was dissolved; has since practiced alone.
Viee president and counselor Farmers ' & Mer
chants ' Trust Co., St. Louis, since 1908. Inde
pendent in politics. Catholic. Member Knights
of Columbus, Western Catholic Union, Tower
Grove Turn Verein. Recreation: motoring.
Office: 908 Wainwright Bldg. Residence: 3409
Pestalozzi St.
WIGHTMAN, Frank A, railroad and ware
house commissioner; born, Genco, Minn, Aug.
19, 1863; sou of Frank H. and Mary A. (Gar
field) "Wight-man; educated in public schools,
Springfield, Mo, to 1878; married, Spring
field, Mo, Sept. 7, 1890, Daisy Thomas. Began
railroad career as machinist with St. Louis
and San Francisco Railway, 1879, and contin
ued until 1881; then engaged in freight train
service as brakeman and conductor to 1885,
and passenger conductor until 1904. Nom
inated by acclamation, state offiee of railroad
and warehouse commissioner, Republican con
vention, St. Joseph, June, 1904; elected for
six-year term, and reelected, 1910. Director
First National Bank, Monett, Mo.; president
Masonic Burial Association. Member Order
of Railway Conductors. Republican. Presby
terian. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner;
member B. P. O. Elks, Woodmen of the

World. Recreations: fishing, hunting. Office:
Chamber of Commerce Bldg, St. Louis; also
Jefferson City, Mo. Residence: Monett, Mo.
WILCOX, Charles Arthur, vice president
Great Eastern Coffee and Tea Co.; born, Ux-
bridge, Mass., Jan. 6; 1856; son of David and
Mary J. (Dodge) Wilcox; educated in public
schools of Uxbridge and Blackstone, Mass.;
married, Atlanta, Ga, Apr. 9, 1884, Ada
Bryan; children: Charles A, Jr., Lucy Louisa.
After leaving school was salesman in shoe
store, and later in grocery store, Fall River,
Mass.; with brothers formed Boston Branch
Grocery Co., Woonsocket, R. I.; subsequently
in Cincinnati as salesman in tea business;
went to Wichita, Kan, where' was in business
for self as Imperial Coffee and Tea Co., 1886-
88; came to St. Louis, 1888, ancl has since
been connected with the Great Eastern Coffee
and Tea Co. (established 1878), and since its
incorporation in 1898 has been viee president
of the company, importers and jobbers. Re
publican. Presoyterian. Member Royal Arca
num. Office: 801 Franklin Ave. Residence:
5210 Waterman Aye.
WILCOX, Thomas Daniel, books and sta
tionery; born, Clarksville; Tenn, Aug. 13,
1855; son of Dr. Thomas E. and Ann Eliza
(Merritt) Wilcox; educated in private school
at Paducah, Ky, and high school at Cairo,
111, graduating from latter; married, St.
Louis, Aug. 13, 1878, Jennie Johnson; chil
dren: Mrs. I. Boyce Gates, of New York, and
Mrs. Myrtle Wilcox Lindsay, of Jackson,
Tenn. Began business career with Shorb &
Bpland, and remained for twenty-five years
with that firm and its successor, the John L.
Boland Book and Stationery Co.; with Black-
well-Wielandy Book and Stationery Co. since
its organization, 1902, now vice president.
Member Civic League. Democrat. Methodist.
Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner. Club: Mer
cantile. Office: 3601 Locust St. Residence:
3651 Washington Ave.
WILD, William W.; born, Manchester, Eng
land, May 31, 1867; son of William Frederick
and Adaliza Jane (Wilson) Wild; educated in
public schools of Stockport and Manchester;
married, St. Louis, Oct. 29, 1902, Mary T.
Jones; children: Caroline Annie, William Wil
fred, Dorothy May, Frank Edmondson, Lionel
Richard. In employ of the Stockport (Eng
land) Chronicle, 1882-84; in 1884, appointed
to position in ticket office of London & North
Western R. R, Manchester, from which re
signed in March, 1891; came to United States,
May, 1891; with Simmons Hardware Co., St.
Louis, 1891-92; since November, 1892, in em
ploy of Crunden-Martin Woodenware Co., as
factory manager. Episcopalian. Office: S. W.
cor. Main and Cedar Sts. Residence: 5974
Garfield Ave.
WILDER, Edward Bliss, secretary of Day
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1862; son of Nahum C. and Sarah J. (Bliss)
Wilder; educated in public and high schools
of Hartford, Conn.; married, Kirkwood, Mo,
May 9, 1888, Frances Isabel Allen; children:
Allen Bliss, Wentworth. Began business ca
reer with John W. Gray & Co., Hartford, at
age of sixteen; was made bookkeeper and
given char,ge of the office at seventeen; came
to St. Louis in April, 1882, with Messrs. Day
Bros. & Co., assisting in purchasing stock and
opening up the business, which was incorpo
rated in 1885 as the Day Rubber Co., of which
has since been secretary. Republican. Con
gregationalist. Member Sons of the Revolu
tion and the Colonial Society. Recreation:
fishing. Office: 415 N. 4th St. Residence: 5702
Maple Ave.
WILES, John Henry, vice president Loose-
Wiles Biscuit Co.; born, Flemingsburg, Ky,
April 28, 1861; son of Peter Blackstone and
Jennie W. (Jones) Wiles; educated in public-
schools, Covington, Ky, to 1877; then entered
Georgetown (Ky.) College, graduated, 1880;
married, Indianapolis, Nov. 29, 1882, Ella G.
McKnight; one child, Richard E. Began busi
ness career with D. P. Erwin & Co., wholesale
dry goods, Peoria, 111. (firm removed to In
dianapolis, Ind, 1881), and continued until
1883; then organized Mount Cracker & Candy
Co, manufacturers and wholesalers, Kansas
City, Mo, continuing to 1902. The Loose-
Wiles Biscuit Co. was organized, May, 1902,
first at Kansas City, Mo, since incorporated;
vice president all Loose-Wiles companies, also
Brown Cracker & Candy Co, Dallas, Texas,
and Bliss Syrup Refining Co., Kansas City.
Republican/ Member Church of Christ. Scot
tish. Rite Mason (Past Master of Blue Lodge,
Past Eminent Commander Knights Templar,
Shriner). Clubs: Kansas City, Midday, Com
mercial, Rotary. Recreations: golf, fishing,
shooting. Has summer cottage at Minnesouri
Angling Club, on Lake Miltona, near Alex
andria, Minn. Office: 15th and Clark Sts, St.
Louis. Residences: 2838 Troost Ave, Kansas
City, Mo, Jefferson Hotel, St. Louis.
WILFLEY, Lebbeus Redman, lawyer; born
in Audrain County, Mo, March 30, 1866; son
of James Frank and Sarah (Pindall) Wilfley;
graduated from Central College, Fayette, Mo,
with degree of A.M., 1889; LL.B, Yale Law
School, 1892 (LL.D, Clark University, 1909) ;
unmarried. Admitted to bar, 1893, and was
engaged in general practice in St. Louis until
1901; attorney-general of the Philippine Is
lands, 1901-06; first judge U. S. Court of
China, 1906-09; was member Wilfley, Wilfley,
Mclntyre & Nardin. U. S. delegate Universal
Congress Lawyers and Jurists, St. Louis, 1904.
Democrat. Methodist. Offiee: 705 Olive St.
Residence: 5401 Cabanne Ave.
WILFLEY, Xenophon Pierce, lawyer; born
in Audrain County, Missouri, March 18, 1871;
son of James Frank and Sarah (Pindall) Wil

fley; graduated from Clarksburg (Mo.) Col
lege, 1891; AM, Central College, Fayette,
Mo, 1895; LL.B, St. Louis Law School, 1899;
married, Rosamond Guthrie, of Mexico, Mo,
Oct. 28, 1908; one son, John Franklin. Taught
in Central College one year; then for three
years held chair of mathematics in Sedalia
(Mo.) High School before entering law school;
began law practice in 1899; now member of
Wilfley, Wilfley, Mclntyre & Nardin. Member
of St. Louis, Missouri State and American Bar
associations. Democrat. Member of Southern
Methodist Church. Clubs: Mercantile, Belle
rive, City. Recreation: golf. Office: 705 Olive
St. Residence: 5085 Vernon Ave.
WILHELMI, Otto J, architect; born, Gray 's
Summit, Franklin Co, Mo, Aug. 20, 1853; son
of Julius and Louise (Landfried) Wilhelmi;
educated in St. Louis High School and at
Polytechnic, Carlsruhe, Germany, 1878-79;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 23, 1882, Emilie
Stifel; children: Gertrude, Paula, Tillie, Otto,
Curt. Treasurer and secretary Missouri Cre
matory Association, Liederkranz Building As
sociation. Was architect of Board of Public
Schools, three years. Republican. Freethinker.
Member Liederkranz. Office: 402 Granite
Bldg. Residence: 1537 S. Grand Ave.
WILKES, Benjamin A, physician; born, Ar
kansas, June 15, 1858; son of Henry C. and
Anna E. (Whitely) Wilkes; educated in pri
vate schools in Virginia until 1876, New Lon
don Academy, 1876-78, Hospital College of
Medicine, Louisville, Ky, 1879-82, M.D, 1882;
post-graduate work in Medical Department,
University of New York, 1882-83; married in
Virginia, Oct. 3, 1883, Margaret S. Irvine; one
daughter, Anna Lois. Reared on farm in Vir
ginia; practiced at Bowling Green, Mo, 1883-
96; was elected superintendent and house
physician, Missouri Baptist Sanitarium, 1896,
when came to St. Louis; resigned position and
re-entered private practice, Nov. 1, 1900, in St.
Louis. Member Board of Managers and med
ical staff, Missouri Baptist Sanitarium, and
physician to Christian Orphans' Home. Mem
ber American Medical Association, Missouri
State Medical Association, St. Louis Medical
Society. Democrat. Baptist. Office: 719-720
Metropolitan Bldg. Residence: 4515 Washing
ton Ave.
WILKINSON, Melville Le Vaunt, president
Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney Dry Goods Co.;
born, Maysville, Ind, Jan. 31, 1865; son of
Rev. Charles H. and Mary (Hawkins) Wilk
inson; completed college preparatory course in
high schools of Elkhart, Ind.; married, Dela
ware, O, June 11, 1890, Miss Minerva Evans;
one daughter, Jessie Jua'nita. Began business
career at Butler, Ind, 1880; received a work
ing interest in Knisely Brothers Dry Goods
Co., 1888, and was admitted as partner in
1890; sold interest in 1898 and became con
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Cleveland, O.; was director and manager of
the William Taylor Sons Co., retail dry goods,
Cleveland, 1901-06; moved to Buffalo, N. Y,
1906. He is now president of The William
Hengerer Co., dry goods, and the J. N. Adam
Co., of Buffalo; also since Jan. 16, 1911, presi
dent of the Scruggs- Vandervoort-Barney Co.,
of St. Louis; general manager The Root Co.,
of Terre Haute, Ind. Republican. Congrega
tionalist. Member Buffalo Chamber of Com
merce. Member Knights of Pythias, I. 0. 0.
F. Member Business Men's League. Clubs:
Noonday, St. Louis, Racquet, Country, Sunset
Inn (St. Louis), Buffalo (Buffalo). Recreation:
golf. Office: Olive and Tenth Sts. Residence:
4401 Westminster PL
WILKINSON, William Robert, commission
merchant; see Vol. 1906.
WILL, Lawrence Leopold, cashier Lowell
Bank; bom, St. Louis, Aug. 10, 1884; son of
Ludwig G. and Ernestine F. (Kolb) Will; ed
ucated in St. Louis public schools, to 1898;
apprentice, printers' trade, one year, and ma
chinists' trade, one year; then graduated as
accountant from Bryant & Stratton Business
College, Feb. 11, 1901; married, St. Louis,
June 19, 1907, Corinne M. Riepenhaus; one
child, Lawrence L, Jr. Began business career
as office boy, later keeper cash sales book,
with Flohr-Walter Candy Co, Mar. 6, 1901,
and continued with firm until September,
1904; engaged with David Nicholson Grocer
Co. as bookkeeper for retail city accounts,
1904-05. Became messenger and bookkeeper
Lowell Bank, May 1, 1905, teller Jan. 23, 1907,
assistant cashier Oct. 17, 1910, and cashier
since Jan. 18, 1911; also director Missouri
Bottle & Label Co. Member American Insti
tute of Banking. Republican. Lutheran. Rec
reation: baseball. Office 5000 N. Broadway.
Residence 2231A Athlone Ave.
WILLARD, William G, manufacturer of
steel ranges; bora in New York City, June 7,
1852; son of Joseph and Albertina Willard;
educated in public schools of Jersey City, N.
J.; married, St. Louis, 1882, Augusta Weber;
nine children: William G, Jr., Dora (Mrs. Beri
Funk), Joseph, George, Edward, Napoleon,
Fred, Theodore, Albertina. Canal boy on Mor
ris and Essex canal, and afterwards in same
capacity on Erie Canal; located on farm near
Bloomington, 111, for five years; came to St.
Louis, 1870, and was workman of the Eads
bridge and St. Charles bridge; then for seven
years at Rock Island, 111, at United States
arsenal, and helped to build the Rock Island
bridge; came back to St. Louis and engaged
in manufacture of clothes wringers, and later
in manufacture of steel ranges, and also of
various articles of household furniture. Mem
ber National Union. Recreation: theatre mat
inees. Office: 316-320 Chestnut St. Residence:
St. Clair Co, 111.

WILLIAMS, Charles B, lawyer; born,
Buena Vista, Miss, July 1, 1869; son of U. S.
and Martha (Pulliam) Williams; educated in
public schools, Buena Vista, to 1887; attended
University of Mississippi, 1889-91; married,
Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 29, 1905, Lorena Mcintosh;
one child, Catherine. Admitted to bar at
Meridian, Miss, 1891; practiced there till
1893, then at Okoloua, Miss, 1893-1900; re
moved to St. Louis, 1900, since member law
firm of R. P. & C. B. Williams. Member St.
Louis and Missouri State Bar associations.
Democrat. Presbyterian. Member Knights of
Pythias, Maccabees. Club: City. Recreations:
hunting and fishing. Office: 1416 Third Na
tional Bank Bldg. Residence: 5617 Clemens
Avenue. WILLIAMS, Charles P., lawyer; born,
Mansfield, La, Jan. 8, 1872; son of Thomas
J, Jr. and Florence (Parker) Williams; B.A.,
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn,
1895, M.A, 1897; married, Sandusky, O,-
June, 1903, Mabel Annette Megginson; chil
dren: Sarah McFall, Florence Parker. Ad
mitted to bar, 1898, and since in practice in
St. Louis; member firm of Bates, Blodgett,
Williams & Davis since 1911. Prosecuting at
torney, 1902-05; 2d associate city counselor,
1905-00. Lecturer Washington University
Law School. Democrat. Methodist. Member
St. Louis Bar Association, Phi Delta Theta.
Clubs: City, Missouri Athletic. Recreation:
fishing. Office: Third National Bank Bldg.
Residence: 6215 Washington Ave.
WILLIAMS, Edmund Alfred, railway offi
cial; see Vol. 1906.
WILLIAMS, Edwin Satterthwaite, general
agent Provident Life and Trust Co., of Phila
delphia; bom, Riverton, N. J, Feb. 4, 1870;
son of Joseph S. and Anna (Satterthwaite)
Williams; educated at Friends' School, River-
ton, N. J, from age of seven to twelve; mar
ried, New Britain, Pa, June 24, 1896, Bertha.
V. Kratz. Began business life at age of thir
teen, as eashboy with Strawbridge & Clothier
(dry goods), Philadelphia; eight months later
resigned and secured position with Whitall,
Tatuin & Co., manufacturers of druggists'
glassware and sundries, Philadelphia, remain
ing in various capacities, from mail clerk to-
traveling salesman, for sixteen years; travel
ing salesman with National Lead Co., St. Louis,
1899-1902; went east in 1902 and became life
insurance solicitor for Provident Life and
Trust Co. o'f Philadelphia; on April 1, 1904,.
was appointed, with Walter- L. Michener, as.
Miehener & Williams, general agents for the
company in eastern half of Missouri, with
office at St. Louis. Independent in politics.
Member Society of Friends. Member Capitol
Lodge, 110, A. F. and A. M, Des Moines, la.
Clubs: Mercantile, Normandie Golf, Bellerive.
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National Bank Bldg. Residence: 917 Belt
Avenue. WILLIAMS, George Howard, lawyer; born,
California, Mo, Dec. 1, 1871; son of John M.
and Alice Gray (Howard) Williams; gradu
ated from California high school, 1889; Drury
College Academy, 1890; A.B, Princeton Uni
versity, 1894; LL.B, St. Louis Law School,
1897; married, St. Louis, June 12, 1900, Har
riet Chase Stewart; children: Stewart, How
ard. Taught in California high school, 1894-
95; admitted to bar at California, March,
1896; in practice of law in St. Louis since
1897; member firm of Stewart, Eliot & Wil
liams, 1900-07; judge of Circuit Court, 1907-
11; now member firm of Stewart, Bryan &
Williams. Member St. Louis and Missouri Bar
associations. Republica'n. Congregationalist.
Clubs: Noonday, Bellerive. Office: 1605 Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 7 Windermere PL
WILLIAMS, James Edward, roofing; born,
Ottawa, Can, Feb. 24, 1864; son of Francis
and Ann Williams; educated in public schools;
married, Toronto, Can, August, 1884, Kate
Quillinan; four children: Edward J, Gordon,
Kate, Mabel. Learned merchant tailoring
business under father; later entered employ of
W. D. Hutson, slate roofing, Toronto, and con
tinued for five years; came to St. Louis, 1886,
and was connected with Jayden Slate Co. four
years; in business on own account since 1890.
Democrat. Episcopalian. Office: 1548 S. Van
deventer Ave. Residence: 4319 McRee Ave.
WILLIAMS, John Richard, president Libby
& Williams Paper Co.; born, Baltimore, Md,
June 19, 1839; son of Richard W. and Martha
W. (Loane) "Williams; educated in public and
private schools of St. Louis and Baltimore;
married, May 21, 1863, Mary E. Wallace (died
April 3, 1899); children: John R, Jr, Carrie,
Annie; married, 2d, Sept. 30, 1903, Dorothea
E. Jorgenson. Came west with parents to St.
Louis, 3843; returned to Baltimore, 1850; re
turned to St. Louis, 1855. Served as 1st ser
geant in National Guard of Missouri several
years, and for short time as 1st sergeant of U.
S. Volunteers. Established in 1861 firm of
Libby & Williams (with M. C. Libby), which
firm was incorporated in 1884, with M. C. Lib
by as president; succeeded him as president
of the company on death of the latter in Octo
ber, 1884, in which position continues. Mem
ber Business Men 's League, Civic League. Re
publican. Unitarian. Member I. O. O. F, Le
gion of Honor. Club: Mercantile. Recreations:
riding and driving. Office: 419-421 North 2d
St. Residence: 5520 Clemens Ave.
WILLIAMS, Joseph Green, lawyer; born,
Goldman, Jefferson County, Missouri, Oct. 1,
1870; son of Forkland H. and Fanny C.
(Frazer) Williams; educated in public school
of Sandy, Mo, high school at Hillsboro, Mo,
graduating, 1889; graduated from Jones Busi
ness College, St. Louis, 1890; graduated from

Law School of University of Missouri, LL.B,
cum laude, 1893; married, DeSoto, Mo, Dec.
25, 1905, Miss Alice Bell. Admitted to bar,
June, 3*93; entered law practice with Judge
Sherer; removed to Hillsboro, June, 1894; was
assistant prosecuting attorney of Jefferson
County, 3894; elected prosecuting attorney,
November, 1894, und served four terms; began
general practice of law at DeSoto, Mo, 1898;
prosecuted, while in office, several murder
cases, and afterwards defended nine murder
cases, losing none; owned controlling interest
in newspaper, the Jefferson County Crystal
Mirror, 1894-99; appointed, 1904, assistant U.
S. District Attorney of Eastern District of
Missouri, at St. Louis. Member law firm of
Williams, Miller & Frazier until 1907; since
member Williams & Rollins. Member Missouri
State Bar Association. Defended the Spaugh
murder eases, the Seidel murder case, and
many others. Republican. Baptist. Mason,
Odd Fellow; member of Knights of Pythias,
Eagles, Elks, Modern Woodmen of the World,
Select Knights and Ladies of Honor. Favorite
recreations: horseback riding, hunting and
fishing. Office: 603, 604% Chestnut St. Resi
dence: 4068 Flad Ave.
WILLIAMS, Milton Franklin, president
Williams Patent Crusher & Pulverizer Co.;
born, Somertou Tp, Belmont Co., Ohio, Oct.
13, 1846; son of Robert and Sarah Anu
(Hampton) Williams; possessed very limited
advantages of early education; attended a
country school for a short time, and later was
pupil in a school in a small town of Monroe
Co., Ohio, and one winter in graded school in
Martin's Ferry; married, Gillespie, Macoupin
Co, 111, Nov. 23, 1875, Emily Priscilla Stev
ens; four children: Milton Judson, Arthur
Franklin, Oliver Julian, Florence I. (wife of
Dr. Carson). Worked as a journeyman mill
wright, for Messrs. Foreman & Shanafelt, at
1417 N. 2d St., St. Louis, and a portion of the
time for A. K. Halteman & Co, at 1611 S. 3d
St., also assisted in building a mill in Illinois,
up to Jan. 1, 3 875; then formed a co-partner
ship in general millwright work, with Wm. H.
Foreman, until Jan. 1, 1880; went on the road
selling mill machinery for one year for the
LaCroix Purifier Co, of Indianapolis; in em
ploy of Downton & Miller, as superintending
draftsman and estimator, 1881-83. Purchased
a half interest in a millwright shop from Wm.
H. Scott, and went into partnership with him
at 311 Convent St.; after ninety days pur
chased partner 's interest and remained in the
millwright business under the name of M. F.
Williams & Co, company being nominal, until
Feb. 6, 1886; then formed a co-partnership
with W. D. Rinehart, of Terre Haute, Ind, in
millwright and machine business, until Jan. 1,
1887, under firm name of Williams & Rine
hart; purchased Mr. Rinehart 's interest and
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Williams, Rinehart & Co, until Feb. 6, 1890;
started in the same business at 2705 N. Broad
way, as M. F. Williams & Co, and remained
under that title until 1892; incorporated, 1892,
as the M. F. Willia'ms Manufacturing Co.
(father and sons), and during this time, and
in the year 3895, invented and started to
place upon the market the Williams Patent
Crusher and Pulverizer, and continued to
manufacture and sell same until Jan. 28,
3897; then incorporated the Williams Patent
Crusher & Pulverizer Co., M. F. Williams
being president of both corporations; con
tinued in this line of business, each corpora
tion operating separately, until May 1, 1906,
when the two corporations consolidated as
the Williams Patent Crusher & Pulverizer
Co., of which is president. Republican. Con
gregationalist. Mason; member Cosmos Lodge
No. 282, A. F. & A. M.; Belief ontaine Chap
ter No. 25, R. A. M.; Ivanhoe Commandery
No. 8, Knights Templar. Office: Broadway
and Montgomery St. Residence: 5153 Vernon
Avenue. WILLIAMS, Robert Elliott, secretary and
treasurer Bellefontaine Cemetery Associa
tion; born near Front Royal, Va, June 11,
1846; son of Dr. G. A. and Mary R. (Blake-
more) Williams; educated in country schools
in Virginia; married, St. Louis, March 22,
1892, Lillie M. Miller; one daughter, Ellenore
Blakemore Williams. Resident of St. Louis
since 1864. Democrat. One of the original
members of Battery A, National Guard of
Missouri, and was its captain, 1890. Member
and vice president Virginia Society of St.
Louis. Office: 514 Security Bldg. Residence:
508 Lake Ave.
WILLIAMS, Robert James, state manager
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co.; born
near Keytesville, Mo, Nov. 18, 1864; son of
John P. and Polly S. (Watts) Williams; edu
cated in public school near Keytesville, and
later at Central College at Fayette, Mo.;
married, St. Louis, December, 1906, Emeline N.
Easton; one daughter, Elizabeth, by previous
marriage. Early life was spent on farm; came
to St. Louis as young man, and soon after
began in insurance business with the Equit
able Life Assurance Society of New York,
until 1902; since manager, state of Missouri,
for the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co.
of Philadelphia. Democrat. Member Life
Underwriters' Association of St. Louis (sec
retary for a number of years). Member
Knights of Pythias. Club: Mercantile. Rec
reations: motoring and billiards. Office: 615
Central National Bank Bldg. Residence: 5182
Vernon Ave.
WILLIAMS, Robert Pulliam, lawyer; bom
in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, April 14,
1857; son of Uriah S. and Martha B. (Pul
liam) Williams; educated in Summerville
(Miss.) Institute; A.B, Emory and Henry

College, Virginia, 1878; taught country school
in Mississippi one year, reading law at same
time, then attended St. Louis Law School one
year, 1880; married, Okolona, Miss, Dec. 13,
1883, Alice Mcintosh; children: Robert S,
Edward R, Evelyn, Alice. Admitted to bar,
May, 1881; practiced law in Nebraska eigh
teen months, and in Mississippi until 1893;
removed to St. Louis as special counsel Mo
bile & Ohio R. R. Law partner with Silas B.
Jones, 1894-96; then for a time with Edward
T. Farish; since June 1, 1900, with brother,
C. B. Williams, engaged in general law prac
tice under style of R. P. and C. B. Williams,
in addition to being counsel for Mobile &
Ohio R. R. Member St. Louis, Missouri State
and American Bar associations, St. Louis Law
Library. Democrat. Presbyterian. Mason,
Knight Templar (Ascalon Commandery).
Club: Mercantile. Recreation: fishing. Office:
506 Olive St. Residence: 5369 Maple Ave.
WILLIAMS, Tyrrell, lawyer; born, San
dusky, O, July 17, 1875; son of Rev. Dr.
Meade C. and Elisabeth (Riddle) Williams;
educated in public schools of Princeton, 111,
until 1892; Rugby Academy, St. Louis, 1892-
94; A.B, Princeton University, 1898; LL.B,
Washington University, St. Louis, 1900; mar
ried, Aug. 17, 1906, Miss Eleanor Niedring
haus, of St. Louis; one son, Meade. Admitted
to St. Louis bar in June, 1900, and has since
been engaged in general practice of law.
Member of St. Louis Bar Association, Mis
souri State Bar Association, American Bar
Association, Missouri Historical Society. Re
publican. Presbyterian. Joint Author (with
the late G. A. Finkelnburg) : Missouri Appel
late Practice, 1906. Member Civic League.
Clubs: University, Bellerive Country, City,
Meramec Canoe. Office: 400, 408 Olive St.
Residence: 20 N. Kingshighway (Aberdeen
Apartments') .
WILLIAMSON, Harry Edwin, general
agent United States Express Co.; born, Win
chester, Ind, Jan. 14, 1866; son of Charles C.
and Sarah E. (Clark) Williamson; educated
in public schools of Columbus and Dayton,
O, and Jamestown, N. Y.; unmarried. After
leaving school, 1882, entered the employ of
the United States Express Co., at age of six
teen, at Jamestown, N. Y, as clerk, later
cashier and agent at Bradford, Pa, four
years; in superintendent's office at Cleveland,
O, one year; traveling auditor Ohio, In
diana, Missouri and Illinois for sixteen years,
until in June, 1903, came to St. Louis and
took present position as general agent for the
United States Express Company. Republican.
Protestant. Mason (32°); member Erie Com
mandery No. 23, Knights Templar, Sandusky,
O.; Consistory, Cleveland, O. Member B. P.
O. Elks. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, St. Louis
Railway. Office: 421 N. 4th St. Residence:
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WILLIAMSON, William James, cleryman;
bom near New Bloomfield, Mo, Oct. 13, 1869;
son of Andrew Jackson and Barbara S.
(Kyger) Williamson; educated, public schools
of Fulton Mo.; Westminster College; A.B,
William Jewell College, 1893, D.D, 1902;
Ph.D., Westminster College, 1897; also is a
graduate of Kirksville (Mo.) State Normal
School, and was post-graduate student of
Chicago University; married, Kansas City,
Mo, Apr. 12, 1894, Jessie Lee Warinner; two
children: Augusta Barbara, Virginia Lee. Or
dained Baptist ministry, 1891; pastor Bales
Ave. Church, Kansas City, 1891-1901, Third
Baptist Church, St. Louis, since 1901. Trustee
Stephens College, William Jewell College,
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
President Baptist Young People's Union of
America. Independent in politics. Mason,
Knight Templar; member Modern Woodmen.
Clubs: City, Mercantile. Residence: 6235
Washington Ave.
WILLIS, Gordon, vice president and secre
tary Hunkins-Willis Lime and Cement Co.;
born, Galena, HI, May 29, 1859; son of W. B.
and Ellen T. (Pratt) Willis; resident of St.
Louis since 1865; educated in St. Louis public
schools; married, St. Louis, 1891, Letha Tin-
del; one son, Barnard. Began business career
with Wiggins Ferry Co., as superintendent of
car ferry for eight years; then for four years
with R. S. McCormick & Co.; in 1889 became
secretary of the Thorn & Hunkins Lime and
Cement Co. (established 1875), which was in
3896 succeeded by the Hunkins-Willis Lime
and Cement Co, of which is viee president
and secretary. Elected president, Jan., 1906,
of the National Builders' Supply Association.
Member Business Men's League. Club: Mer
cantile. Recreations: travel, athletics. Office:
Century Bldg. Residence: 4553 Washington
Avenue. WILLMANN, Joseph W, distiller; born, St.
Louis, Feb. 7, 1874; son of John and Mary
(Riegert) Willmann; educated in St. Louis
public schools; married, St. Louis, Nov. 30,
1893, Clara E. Hase, of Bloomington, 111.
President Wiegand-Boeker Distilling Co.,
wholesale wines and liquors, and importers,
since 1910. Republican. Protestant. Clubs:
Western Rowing, Ole Kaintuckee Kernel
Hunting and Fishing. Recreations: tenpins,
hunting and fishing. Office: 11 N. 2d St.
Residence: 4130 Nebraska Ave.
WILSON, Allen, physician; born, St. Louis,-
Feb. 23, 1850; son of Dr. B. F. and Mary E.
Wilson; educated at Louisiana Military Acad
emy, Alexandria, La, 1866-67, and Washing
ton College, 1868-70; M.D, Missouri Medical
College, 1879; unmarried. Taught school in
Texas, 1870-76; removed to Kansas, 1876;
practiced medicine in that state until 1893,
when returned to St. Louis. Member St. Louis
Medical Society, Missouri State Medical Asso

ciation. Independent Democrat. Presbyterian.
Offiee ahd Residence: 1514 Wagoner PL
WILSON, Arthur Orville, banker; born,
Paoli, Orange Co., Ind, May 16, 1869; son of
James S. and Susan (Dunnington) Wilson;
educated in public schools of Paxton, 111,
graduating from Paxton High School, 1883;
attended Paxton Collegiate and Normal Insti
tute a short time; A.B, Tarkio (Mo.) College,
1888 (being first classical graduate from that
college) ; married, Rockford, 111, Sept. 30,
1897, Mabel S. Penfield; children: Genevieve,
Marion, James. Began business career as
bookkeeper in the First National Bank of
Tarkio; assistant cashier and a director of
same for several years, and during same
period secretary to Hon. David Rankin, cattle
feeder and banker; on May 8, 1901, entered
Government service as national bank exam
iner for St. Louis and the Missouri district;
also acted as special examiner in Iowa, Minne
sota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Indian
Territory, Oklahoma and Texas; resigned,
Mar. 16, 1906, to accept present position as a
viee president of State National Bank of St.
Louis. Member Missouri Bankers' Associa
tion (treasurer, 1908, viee president, 1909,
president, 1910-11), Business Men's League.
Republican; was for several years a member
of the Atchison County (Mo.) Republican
Central Committee, and of the Senatorial
Committee for the First Senatorial District of
Missouri. United Presbyterian. Clubs: Noon
day, Bellerive Country. Recreation: reading.
Office: State National Bank. Residence: 14
Windermere PL
WILSON, Charles Alonzo, physician; born,
South Royalston, Mass, April, 1842; son of
Wheaton and Jerusha (Chase) Wilson; edu
cated in public schools of Massachusetts;
M.D, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts,
1869; married, Gardner, Mass., 1865, Harriet
S. Brick (died Mar. 1, 1902); one son, Dr.
Charles Frederick Wilson; married, 2d, 1904,
Caroline Reinguber. Enlisted in Twenty-fifth
Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, and was
soon detailed into the Medical Department; in
1863 was transferred to the Navy, on board
U. S. S. Delaware, later to U. S. S. Onward,
to capture and sink privateers of the Con
federacy; studied medicine and engaged in
general practice, but since 1890 has devoted
entire attention to diseases of the ear, nose,
throat and lungs. Member American Medical'
Association, St. Louis Medical Society, Tri-
State Medical Association, Sons of the Revo
lution. Republican. Baptist. Member Ransom
Post, G. A. R. Office : 633 Century Bldg. Resi
dence: 1355 Granville PL
WILSON, Eugene Smith, lawyer; born in
Bloomfield, N. J, May 30, 1879; son of Robert
Patterson and Mary Jeanette (Smith) Wil
son; graduated from Adelphi Academy, Brook
lyn, N. Y, 1898; A.B, Amherst College, 1902;

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LL.B, Law Department, Washington Univer
sity, St. Louis, 1904; married, St. Louis, Sept.
20, 1904, Margaret Grey Whitelaw; children:
Eugene Smith, Jr, Rqbert Whitelaw, Potter.
Admitted to bar, June, 1904, and is associated
in practice with Nagel & Kirby. Member St.
Louis Bar Association, Civic League. Repub
lican. Member First Congregational Church,
Royal Arcanum, Psi Upsilon Fraternity.
Clubs: Algonquin, City. Office: 700 Security
Bldg. Residence: Webster Groves, Mo.
WILSON, George Washington, vice presi
dent Mercantile Trust Co.; born, New York
City, July 4, 1862; son of George W. and Mary
(Mulhollancl) Wilson; educated at St. Francis
Xavier Catholic School and night public
school, St. Louis; married, St. Louis, July 24,
1890, Mary H. Long; one child, George W, Jr.
Began business career with Scruggs, Vander
voort & Barney, dry goods, St. Louis. June
29, 1874, continuing* until Oct. 1, 1887, and
serving as cash-boy to cashier; then for over
one year engaged in mining business in Mex
ico; secretary, 1889-93, treasurer, 1893-99, An
derson-Wade Realty Co.; treasurer Mercantile
Trust Co. (successor to Anderson- Wade Realty
Co.), 1899-1906, and second vice president
same since 1906. Dean of School of Commerce
and Finance (St. Louis University). Demo
crat. Roman Catholic Member Knights of
Columbus. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday. Rec
reations: reading and motoring. Office: 721
Locust St. Residence: 3647 Page Ave.
WILSON, George Williams, secretary Wolff-
Wilson Drug Co.; born, Cynthiana, Harrison
Co, Ky, July 8, 1860; son of Charles T. and
Sarah (Williams) Wilson; educated in com
mon schools of Cynthiana to 1878; Ph.G, Col
lege of Pharmacy, 1881; married, St. Louis,
January, 1886, Minette Mayer; one son,
Charles T. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Ath
letic Office: Cor. Washington Ave. and 6th
St. Residence: 5357 Bartmer Ave.
WILSON, Goldburn H, physician; born,
Rock Island, 111, Apr. 29, 1864; son of Thomas
P. and Sarah E. (Quick) Wilson; educated in
public schools, Henry Co., Mo, to 1882; en
tered State University of Missouri, 1883, and
graduated, 1887; then continued medical stud
ies in St. Louis College of Physicians, from
which graduated, 1889; married, at Union,
Franklin Co, Mo, June 20, 1896, Laura Phil
lips; three children: Goldburn H, Jr., Thomas
Phillips and Laura. Since graduation has con
tinuously practiced in St. Louis; professor of
chemistry Marion-Sims Medical College, 1892-
94, also in Woman 's Hospital Medical College,
1894-95. Member American Medical Associa
tion, Missouri State Medical Society, St. Louis
Medical Society, Mississippi Medical Associa
tion. Was elected to state legislature, 1896,
several times reelected and has continuously
served since, with exception of year 1903;
was speaker pro tem. of House, 1905. Repub

lican. Methodist. Member Mt. Moriah Lodge
No. 40, A. F. & A. M, and Montrose Lodge
No. 383, I. O. O. F. Recreation: traveling.
Office and Residence: 2410 N. 14th St.
WILSON, Guy, life insurance; born in
Christian Co, Ky, May 1, 1878; son of Rich
ard H. and Maggie (Smith) Wilson; educated
in public schools, Hopkinsville, Ky. ; married,
St. Louis, May 21, 1910, Louise May. Em
ployed in operating department of various
railroads, 1893-1904; entered life insurance
business as cashier of Prudential Insurance
Co., at St. Louis, 1904; since Aug. 5, 1907,
member firm of Rowland & Wilson, general
managers state of Missouri for Prudential In
surance Co. of America. Mason; member B. P.
O. Elks. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Union. Of
fiee: Chemical Bldg. Residence: 1143 Union
Boulevard. * WILSON, Herbert George, freight agent;
moved to Kansas City, Mo.; see Vol. 1906.
WILSON, James, president Wilson Stove
and Manufacturing Co.; born in Scotland,
Aug. 16, 1846; son of Gordon and Susan
(Gray) Wilson; educated in schools of native
land and Brown's Business College, Brooklyn,
N. Y.; married, Columbia, Mo, Dec. 19, 1876,
Mary Bedford; children: James Bedford,
Catherine (Mrs. S. H. Long), Susan Gray.
Came to America, 1865; engaged in hardware
business in Texas seventeen years; located in
St. Louis, 1894; organizer "Wilson Stove ancl
Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of' stoves,
ranges and heaters, with plant at Valley Park.
President Washington National Bank, 1905-
08, then vice president until consolidated with
Title Guaranty Trust Co., of which is a di
rector; also president "Wilson Investment Co.
Member Caledonian Society (president, 1908-
30). Presbyterian. Recreation: reading. Of
fice: Odeon Bldg. Residence: 4327 W. Bell PL
WILSON, John Timothy, labor union offi
cial; 1861-1908; see Vol. 1906.
WILSON, Massey, lawyer, life insurance;
born, Grove Hill, Ala, Oct. 10, 1869; son of
Hon. Jack R. and Emily Jane (De Woolf)
Wilson; educated public schools and Univer
sity of Alabama, LL.B, 1897; married, Wil
cox County, Ala, Dec. 20, 1892, Julia Dale.
Admitted to Alabama bar, 1891, and immedi
ately began practice; in 1903 became member
of firm of Wilson & Martin; attorney general
Alabama, 1903-07; since member law firm of
Tyson (ex-chief justice Supreme Court of
Alabama), Wilson & Martin, of Montgomery,
Ala.; also since 1909 president International
Life Insurance Co. of St. Louis. Served as
clerk of House of Representatives of Ala
bama, 1892-95; member House of Represen
tatives, 1900; member Alabama State Con
stitutional Convention, 1901. Democrat.
Methodist. Member Knights of Pythias. Club:
Mercantile. Recreation: hunting. Office: 915
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WILSON, Robert Edward, surgeon; born,
Chester, 111, Apr. 2, 1870; son of Johnson and
Maggie (McConkey) Wilson; educated in pub
lic schools and University of Illinois; M.D,
Washington University Medical College, 1890 ;
married, St. Louis, Nov. 21, 3900, Grace M.
Cunningham; children: Ella Marie, Virginia
Marguerite, Robert Edward, Jr., Grace Kath
arine. Member St. Louis Medical Society,
American Medical Association. Catholic.
Clubs: St. Louis, Missouri Athletic, Glen Echo
Country. Recreation: raising fine chickens at
his summer home in the country. Office: 817-
819 Third National Bank Bldg. Residence:
4259 Lindell Boul. Country Home: 14 miles
from city on St. Charles Rock Rd.
WILSON, Robert Monroe, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Aug. 9, 1875; son of late Robert Mon
roe and Mary (Robertson) Wilson; educated
at Smith Academy, graduating, 1893; student
in Washington University one year; matricu
lated in St. Louis Law School, graduating
with degree of LL.B, 1903 ; .unmarried. Was
with Simmons Hardware Co, 3894-98; re
signed from position at beginning of Spanish-
American War; began practice in offices of
Dawson & Garvin, June, 1901; assumed posi
tion in law department of Commission to the
Five Civilized Tribes of Indian Territory,
June, 1902, at Muskogee, Okla.; resumed prac
tice in St. Louis, September, 1904, in which
still continues. Enlisted in National Guard of
Missouri, 1894, as member Company C, and
served successively as private, corporal, ser
geant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant and
captain, same company, to 1900, when' re
signed. First lieutenant Company C, First
Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Spanish- Ameri
can War; mustered in with regiment, May,
1898, and mustered out with regiment, Oct.
31, 1898; served at Chickamauga Park, con
tracting typhoid fever there. Democrat; ex-
president Twenty-fifth Ward Democratic
Club; Democratic nominee prosecuting attor
ney of St. Louis, November, 1910. Episcopa
lian. Member St. Louis Bar Association,
United Spanish War Veterans, Phi Delta
Theta, Phi Delta Phi, Civic League of St.
Louis. Club: St. Louis Amateur Athletic As
sociation (director). Recreation: tennis. Of
fice: Rialto Bldg. Residence: 4049 Washing
ton Boulevard.
WILSON, Samuel Graham, treasurer Carle
ton Dry Goods Co.; born, Petersburg, Va,
June 14, 1852; son of William Venable (D.D.)
and Grace Anne Wilson; educated in private
schools, Lynchburg, Va, and Holston Male
Academy, Marion, Va.; married, Greensboro,
Ga, Jan. 6, 1876, Sarah N. Poullain (now de
ceased) ; married, 2d, Greensboro, Ga, June
19, 1883, Felixina Poullain; children: Grace
Evelina (Mrs. H. A. Nickell), Samuel Gra
ham, Jr, Mrs. Sarah P. Hennings, William
Venable, Julia Celeste, Foster Poullain, Eula.

Began business career as clerk in country
store; came to St. Louis, 1871, and traveled
twenty years and general salesman for Chase
& Cabot, Crow, Hargadine & Co., and Wear &
Boogher Dry Goods Co.; since Dec. 1, 1894,
treasurer Carleton Dry Goods Co. Democrat.
Presbyterian. Clubs: Mercantile, Glen Echo,
Bellerive Country. Recreation: golf. Office:
32th St. and Washington Ave. Residence: 38
Washington Terrace.
WILSON, William E, dentist; born in
Michigan, Sept. 23, 1882; son of William H.
and Esther A. (Parkinson) Wilson; educated
in public and high schools; dental course at
University of Michigan; continued studies in
Dr. Angle 's School of Orthodontia, St. Louis ;
married, August, 1909, Gladys Powers; one
daughter, Julia Lee. In practice at St. Louis
since 1907, devoting attention entirely to
orthodontia. Member St. Louis Dental So
ciety, St. Louis Society of Dental Science,
Angle Alumni Society. Club: Missouri Ath
letic, Office: 808, 508 N. Grand Ave. Resi
dence: 309 Big Bend Rd, Webster Groves,
Missouri. *WILSON, William Singleton; moved to
Pinckneyville, 111.; see Vol. 1906.
WINCHELL, Benjamin L, president Frisco
Lines; born, Hannibal, Mo, July 8, 1858; son
of Joseph Rice and Katherine Anna (La Fon)
Winchell; educated in public and private
schools of Hannibal, graduating from Hanni-/
bal High School, June, 1874; married, Hanni
bal, Sept. 15, 1880, Jeanette Helm (her father
of Helm family of Kentucky) ; one son, Ben
jamin L, Jr. Entered railway service, July,
3 874, in mechanical department, Hannibal &
St. Joseph Ry. ; occupied positions in various
departments of Atchison & Nebraska R. R, at
Atchison, Kan, Kansas City, Fort Scott &
Memphis R. R, at Kansas City, Mo, and Colo
rado Southern Ry, at Denver; elected vice
president of latter, March, 1899; president
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis R. R,
October, 1900; president Rock Island Lines,
April, 1904; president Frisco Lines since De
cember, 1909; also president Chicago & East
ern Illinois Railroad Co., Kansas City, Fort
Scott & Memphis Railroad Co., New Orleans,
Texas & Mexico Railroad Co. Presbyterian.
Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis Country, Racquet,
Noonday (St. Louis), Kansas City, Kansas
City Country (Kansas City), Pickwick (New
Orleans), Tennessee (Memphis), Chicago, On-
wentsia, Saddle and Cycle (Chicago). Office:
Frisco Bldg. Residence: Buckingham Hotel.
WINKELMEYER, Adolph Eiias, president
Union Biscuit Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct. 12,
1860; son of Julius L. and Christiana F.
(Stifel) Winkelmeyer; educated at Eiser's
private German Institute, 1865-67; Eads (pub
lic) School, 1867-73; Washington University,
1873-77; unmarried. Began business career
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Kimple, 3879; worked for Zenas Varney, car
riage builder, 1879-81; J. B. Brewster & Co.,
New York, 1881-84; quit the carriage trade
and worked for Missouri* Glass Co., 1884, and
in 1885 became member of Alkire Grocery Co.
(established 1852, incorporated 1885), in
which continued until 1902, to give entire at
tention to business of Union Biscuit Co., of
which has been president from its organiza
tion in 1899. President of the Missouri Sports
man 's Game and Fish Protective League.
Member Business Men's League, St. Louis
School of Fine Arts, Horse Shoe Society.
Democrat. Clubs: Liederkranz, Gilead Hunt
ing and Fishing (president), Diamond Hunt
ing and Fishing, Canteen Hunting and Fish
ing, Big Lake Shooting (of Arkansas), Mis
sissippi Valley Kennel and Edrus. Recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Offiee: 1101 N. 6th
St. Residence: 4373 W. Pine Boul.
WINN, William B, physician; born, Mem
phis, Tenn, July 22, 1856; son of K. J. B. L.
and Juliet Fillingim (Strong) Winn; A.B,
Washington and Lee University, Lexington,
Va, 1873; M.D, Medical Department of Co
lumbia University, 1878; married, Charleston,
S. C, Apr. 10, 1878, Cordelia M. Cohen; chil
dren: Hettie M. (now Mrs. W. E. Hazard),
Buford B, Virginia O, Harry S, Dorothy,
Anna S. and Ruth. Member Howard Medical
Corps, yellow fever epidemic, Memphis, 1878-
79; medical inspector National Board of
Health, in charge Mississippi River Inspec
tion and Quarantine Service, 1879-85; located
at St. Louis, 1893; surgeon major Fifth U. S.
Army Corps, at Santiago, July, 1898, War
with Spain, and later with Eighth U. S. Army
Corps, Philippines, as chief surgeon and med
ical supply officer second district, Department
of the Visayes, at Cebu; assistant health com
missioner City of St. Louis, 1907-08. Lecturer
at St. Louis University on Public Hygiene
and Sanitation, 1907-08. In addition to prac
tice of medicine is general agent for Missouri
of Federal Life Insurance Co. of Chicago.
Episcopalian. Member American Medical As
sociation, Missouri State Medical Assn., St.
Louis Medical Society, Spanish-American War
Veterans (chief surgeon Department of Mis
souri), Society of Santiago. Recreation: travel.
Office: 3821 Humphrey St. Residence: 614
Fullerton Bldg.
WINSTEAD, George Wellsley, lawyer; born
in Weakley Co, Tenn, Dec 28, 1856; son of
Seth M. and Priscilla (Hearn) Winstead; edu
cated in public and private schools of Weak
ley Co, 1865-76; B.S. and A.M., East Tennes
see Wesleyan University, 1881; married, St.
Louis, Nov. 14, 1894, Carolyn Lackland Scott;
children: George Neal, Marion, James L.
Reared on farm and did first work as farmer;
taught school and after graduation practiced
law in Tennessee and incidentally engaged for
several years in banking business; removed

from Knoxville, Tenn, to St. Louis, 1900, and
has since practiced in this city. Republican.
Was superintendent public schools ¦ of Weak
ley Co., Tenn, 1882-84; on Republican elect
oral ticket of Tennessee, 1884; delegate from
Tennessee to Republican National Convention,
1888; Republican candidate for governor of
Tennessee, 1892; caucus nominee of Repub
lican members of Tennessee legislature for
U. S. senator, 1893. Methodist. Member Civic
League. Clubs: Mercantile, City. Office: Pierce
Bldg. Residence: 4238 Maryland Ave.
*WINSTON, Ambrose Pare, university pro
fessor; moved to Maryland; see Vol. 1906.
WINTER, George B, dentist; born, Brook
lyn, N. Y, Apr. 14, 1878; son of Ernest D.
and Matilda (Ravensdorf) Winter; educated
in public schools of Brooklyn and St. Louis
University; unmarried. In practice of den
tistry since 1900; specializes in extraction of
teeth. Secretary and treasurer Missouri State
Dental Association; member St. Louis
Dental Society. Clubs: Missouri Athletic,
Union, Liederkranz, Century Boat. Office: 906
Olive St. Residence: 3711 S. Broadway.
WINTER, Samuel' Drew, editor; born, Clin
ton, La, Dec. 28, 1845; sou of William D. and
Lucretia (Bass) Winter; attended Virginia
Military Institute, but before graduation the
corps was ordered into service and attached
to the "Stonewall Brigade"; served through
Civil War in Washington Artillery, Longstreet
Corps, Army of Northern Virginia; married,
Frankfort, Ky, Jan. 23, 1881, Elizabeth Sneed.
After war engaged as cotton planter in Lou
isiana, 1865-66; came to St. Louis, 1867, and
was employed as bookkeeper and cashier for
Brown & Hofman, sugar dealers; engaged in
various commercial pursuits; now editor Agri
cultural Review and representative Press Cor
respondence Bureau. Member Washington Ar
tillery, Camp No. 15, New Orleans, and Camp
.St. Louis No. 731, United Confederate Veter
ans, Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the
Revolution, Legion of Honor. Mason. Office:
915 Olive St. Residence: 4444 Laclede Ave.
WINTERER, Charles, retired; born, Baden,
Germany, Jan. 18, 1840; son of Kasper and
Petronela (Weber) Winterer; limited com
mon school education in his native land;
came to America at seventeen, landing at
New Orleans, Nov. 18, 1857; married, St.
Louis, Aug. 3, 1865, Caroline F. Futscher;
nine children: Edwin A. (deceased), Louise
E. (deceased), John G, Otto L, Ottilia P.
(now Mrs. Arthur A. Vogel), Charles W,
Caroline F. (now Mrs. John Kormann), Aloise
A, Maria Antonia. Began active career in a
foundry at St. Louis, 1857; later learned
baker 's trade and served in Civil War as
member Company F, Second Regiment, U. S.
Volunteers, 1864-65. pursuing his work as a
baker; honorably discharged at close of war.
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67; in employ of Z. F. Wetzel & Co, 1867,
until plant was destroyed by fire, 1870; with
J. S. Merrill Drug Co., filling many respon
sible positions, 1870-1903; resigned and re
tired from active labors, 1903. Catholic.
Residence: 1000 Russell Ave.
WINTERMANN, Rudolph, president St.
Louis Syrup and Preserving Co.; 1853-1909;
see Vol. 1906.
WITHERS, John William, principal St.
Louis Teachers' College; born, Ben Lomond,
W. Va, Sept. 23, 1868; son of John M. and
Sarah Ann (George) Withers; brought up on
farm; educated in public schools of Mason
County, W. Va.; Gallia Academy, Gallipolis,
O.; B.S, National Normal University, Leb
anon, O, 1890, B.A, 1891, Ped.D, 1896; M.A,
Yale University, 1902, Ph.D., 1904; Univer
sity fellow at Yale, 1902-04; married, Leb
anon, Jan. 10, 1895; Margaret C. Mathews;
children: John Edwin, Herbert William,
Charles Robert. Taught in country schools
of West Virginia three years; principal Ken
tucky Normal School, two years; dean of pre
paratory school, and teacher of higher math
ematics at National Normal University, Leb
anon, O, 1893-96, vice president, 1896-97, and
president, 1897-1901; principal Yeatman High
School, St. Louis, 1904-05; principal St. Louis
Teachers' College, since 1905. Director Gei'-
ling Realty and Investment Co. Member
Civic League. Author of "Euclid's Parallel
Postulate: an Essay in the Philosophic Foun
dations of Geometry," 1905 (Open Court
Publishing Co.). Member National Educa
tional Association, American Mathematical
Society, Missouri Society of Mathematical
and Science Teachers, St. Louis Society of
Teachers of Mathematics, National Society of
Teachers of Mathematics and Science, St.
Louis Schoolmasters' Club. President Mis
souri State Teachers' Association, 1910-11;
ex-president of Missouri Society of Teachers
of Science and Mathematics; member board
of directors School of Social Economy of
Washington University; member Advisory
Council Abbotsholme (school for boys), Der
byshire, Eng.; member National Council of
the National Educational Association. Member
Methodist Episcopal Church. Club: Town and
Gown. Recreation: walking. Office: Teach
ers' College, Park and Theresa Aves. Resi-
dencce: 5169 Vernon Ave.
*WITHERSPOON, Thomas Casey, physi
cian; moved to Tacoma, Wash.; see Vol. 1906.
WITHROW, James Edgar, jurist; born,
Rushville, Schuyler Co, 111, May 22, 1843;
son of William Edgar and Harriet Eliza
CChase) Withrow; educated in the schools of
Illinois (L.L.D.); married, St. Louis, April 25,
1872, Addie S. Patridge; one son, Edgar P.
Admitted to St. Louis bar, January, 1868;
assistant city counsellor, St. Louis, 1877-79;

judge St. Louis Circuit for two terms from
January, 1889, to January, 1901; in practice
of law, 1901-05; again elected judge St. Louis
Circuit Court for six-year term, from Janu
ary, 1905, and reelected to serve from Janu
ary, 1911, to January, 1917. Was member
Company I, 78th Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
serving ' in Civil War from 1862-1865. Was
secretary of St. Louis Bar Association seven
years, and of Missouri State Bar Association
three years. Republican. Methodist. Member
Sons of the American Revolution (first vice
president since 3.904), Ransom Post, G. A. R.
Club: Mercantile. Residence: 3721 West
minster PL
WITT, Thomas Dudley, merchant, retired;
born, Albion, Orleans Co, N. Y, May 6, 1833;
son of Thomas and Electice (Cole) Witt; re1
moved to Illinois with parents, 1842; edu
cated in public schools of Rushville, 111, to
fourteen; unmarried. Began learning watch
maker's trade in jewelry store of E. J. Har
per, Alton, 111, 1847; came to St. Louis, 1849,
to continue trade with S. C. Jett; entered
jewelry business under firm name of Prouhet
& Witt, 1857; sold interest to partner, Feb.
1, 1862, to join Union Army; employed by
former partner after Civil War, the business
being absorbed by E. Jaccard & Co., 1872;
continued with latter firm, which was incor
porated as E. Jaccard Jewelry Co, 1880, and
was elected secretary; became vice president,
1883, and president, in 1884, succeeding Eu
gene J. Cuendet. Was appointed executor of
the estate, without bond, by will of Mr.
Cuendet; resigned as president of E. Jaccard
Jewelry Co., November, 1899, and in Decem
ber following resigned as executor of E. J.
Cuendet 's estate, turning the property over
to his son, Eugene R. Cuendet, after having
been engaged in business fifty-two years,
with only three months of unemployed time. -
Has traveled extensively during past twelve
years. Joined St. Louis National Guards,
1858; went with South West Expedition, 1860,
to repel threatened invasion of Kansas by
Kansas "Jay hawkers"; resigned from state
militia, 1861, when Governor Jackson refused
to cooperate with President Lincoln in sup
port of the Union; joined Union army Feb. 2,
1862, as second lieutenant K Battery, First
Regiment Missouri Light Artillery; partici
pated in battles of Ft. Donaldson, Pittsburgh
Landing, capture of Corinth, battle of Cor
inth (1862), battle" of Helena and capture of
Little Rock; promoted, first lieutenant, 1863;
appointed ordnance officer, department of
Arkansas, 1863, so continuing until honor
ably mustered out of service, Aug. 4, 1865.
Republican. Member Academy of Science,
Mercantile Library, Ethical Society, Sons of
Revolution, Loyai Legion, . Elks, G. A. R.
Recreations: spending the winters in southern
California and the summers on the lakes in
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WITTE, Frederick A, vice president Witte
Hardware Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct. 2, 1868;
son of Frederick A. and Cornelia (Lieber)
Witte; educated at Smith Academy, St. Louis,
until May, 1881; graduated from Real Gym
nasium, Oldenburg, Germany, April, 1885;
married, St. Louis, April 18, 1900, Lillian T.
Gehner. Entered employ of Witte Hardware
Co. (wholesale hardware) as a clerk, Nov. 1,
1885; advanced through the different depart
ments; on Jan. 1, 1896, was elected secretary
of the company, and on January 1, 1910, vice
president. Republican. Protestant. Member
Business Men's League, Salesmanagers ' Asso
ciation, Missouri Historical Society. Clubs:
Mercantile, Glen Echo Country, Traffic of St.
Louis. Favorite recreations: golf, horseback
riding, music. Office: 704 N. 3rd St. Resi
dence: Kingsbury Apts, 501 Clara Ave.
WITTE, Oscar Rudolph, general insurance;
born, St. Louis, Jan. 4, 1870; son of John F.
and Marie (Schmieding) Witte; educated in
public schools of St. Louis to 1886 married,
Evansville, Ind, July 10, 1895, Marie Wack;
one daughter, Elsa Clara. In the insurance
business since 1893; was member of John F.
Witte & Sons until 1900; since head of Oscar
R. Witte & Co. Republican. Life member
St. Louis lodge No. 9, B. P. O. Elks. Clubs:
Elks, Million Population. Office: Navarre
Bldg, 6th and Chestnut Sts. Residence: 3522
Halliday Ave.
WITTE, Otto H, hardware merchant; born,
Wehdem, Germany, June 18, 1846; son of
Frederick August and Charlotte (Williams)
Witte; graduated from gymnasium at Min-
den, Germany; came to United States in
1862; married, St. Louis, Oct. 26, 1873, Minna
Lieber. Entered hardware firm of F. E.
Schmieding & Co., St. Louis, 1862; bought out
the firm (with brother, the late F. A. Witte)
in 1873, and continued the business under
firm name of F. A. Witte & Co., until death
of F. A. Witte, December, 1880; incorporated
as the Witte Hardware Company, January,
3 881, and has since been president and treas
urer of the company, engaged exclusively
in wholesale hardware business. Member Mer
chants' Exchange, Business Men's League,
Missouri Historical Society. Republican.
Protestant. Was a member of International
Jury at Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904.
Club: Glen Echo Country. Office: 704-706 N.
3d St. Residence: 3427 Longfellow Boul.
WITTE, Otto W, second vice president
Witte Hardware Co.; bora, St. Louis, Dee.
30, 1871; son of Frederick A. and Cornelia
(Lieber) Witte; educated in St. Louis public
schools until May, 1881; pursued studies fur
ther in Germany, graduating from Gymna
sium, Oldenburg, April, 1888; unmarried. Be
gan active career as clerk for Witte Hard
ware Co., wholesale hardware, July 1, 1888;
passed through various departments, and has

served as second vice president since Jam 1,
1910. Republican. Protestant. Member Mis
souri Historical Society. Clubs: Missouri Ath
letic, Glen Echo Country. Recreations: music
and literature. Office: 704-706 N. 3d St. Res
idence: 3427 Longfellow Boul.
WITTER, Frank J, president Union Soda
Water Co.; born, St. Louis, June 17, 1861;
son of Joseph and Anna Maria (Ueberger)
Witter; educated in SS. Peter and Paul
(parochial) school to 1875, also took private
business course; married, St. Louis, April 8,
1900, Bertha Holzman. In retail grocery until
1892; soda water salesman, 1892-1902; since
president and treasurer Union Soda Water
Co. Member South Broadway Merchants' As
sociation. Democrat. Catholic. Member
Knights of Pythias. Clubs: St. Louis Rowing,
South Broadway Athletic, Irish American
Athletic, Concordia Turn Verein. Recreation:
bowling. Office: Cor. 18th St. and Allen Ave.
Residence: 1725 Allen Ave.
WOERHEIDE, Arthur Albert Bernhard,
president Board of Police Commissioners of
St. Louis; born, St. Louis, Oct. 24, 3864; son
of Jobst H. and Anna M. (Laker) Woerheide;
educated in public schools; married, St. Louis,
1889, Ida M. F. Zelle; four children: Berenice
Garrell (Mrs. Arthur B. Brueggemann) ; Edith
Ophelia, Ralph Edwin and Arthur William.
Began business career in employ of August
Gehner, examiner of titles, 1880-88; then,
with partner, established firm of Woerheide
& Garrell, examiners of titles and financial
agents, in which continued, 1888-94; secre
tary Lincoln Trust Co., 1894-1900, president
same, 1900-1905; president Lincoln Title and
Trust Co, 1905-08; president Texas Sugar
Land Co. since June, 1908; secretary and
director Woerheide Realty & Improvement
Co.; vice president National Pickle & Can
ning Co. Republican. Appointed September,
1910, president Police Board of St. Louis.
Member Evangelical Church. Club: Mercan
tile. Recreations: music, reading. Residence:
4929 Wabada Ave. Office: 610, 415 Pine St.
WOERNER, William F, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Aug. 20, 1864; son of J. Gabriel and
Emilie (Plass) Woerner; educated at St.
Louis public schools, graduating from Central
High School, January, 1883; clerk in Probate
Court, spring and summer of 1883; attended
St. Louis Law School, 1883-85, graduating,
LL.B, 1885; married, 1907, Agnes T. Judge;
three children. Admitted to bar, 1885; prac
ticed law as partner with Charles W. Bates,
1885-87; after that alone, except during years
of 1895-99, in partnership with father; as
sisted J. G. Woerner in preparation of law
books, American Law of Administration and
American Law of Guardianship, and prepared
subsequent editions of former work. Demo
cratic candidate for judge of Probate Court,
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eratic candidate that year, but was defeated
with rest of ticket. Appointed police commis
sioner, Feb. 23, 1901, by Governor Dockery;
resigned from police board, Mar 9, 1901; ap
pointed associate city counselor, Jan. 24,
1902; reappointed, April, 1903, and served to
September 26, 1905, when resigned; appointed
by Mayor Wells, Sept. 27, 1905, to revise
ordinances of St. Louis, and completed same,
1906; same officially printed, 1907, as "Re
vised Code of St. Louis." Conceived and
drafted what is known as the Mill-tax Street
Car Ordinance, and successfully defended
same through the Federal Courts, the United
States Supreme Court sustaining it in 1908.
Re-entered private practice of law in Octo
ber, 1905. Democratic candidate for mayor
in 1909, but the entire ticket was defeated.
Holds chair on "Wills and Administration"
at St. Louis University Institute of Law.
Member St. Louis and American Bar associa
tions, Law Library Association. Mason. Mem
ber Phi Delta Phi Fraternity. Club: City.
Recreations: tennis, handball, writing and
reading. Offiee: 800-802 Times Bldg. Resi
dence: '2124 S. Compton Ave.
WOESTENDIEK, Herman Henry, wagon
manufacturer; born in Westphalia, Germany,
Apr. 30, 1854; son of Carl and Mina (Schaep-
erkoetter) Woestendiek; educated in public
schools in Germany, 1860-68; Webster Even
ing School, St. Louis, 1877-78; O 'Fallon Poly
technic Institute, St. Louis, 1878-79; married,
St. Louis, May 1, 1890, Sophie Olfe; children:
Alma, Clara. Engaged in wagon manufactur
ing business in St. Louis since 1870, and is
now president of the Linstroth Wagon Co.
(established 1848, incorporated 1886). Re
publican. Evangelical. Member Citizens' In
dustrial Association. Recreation: floriculture.
Office: 2622 Chouteau Ave. Residence: 2850
Shenandoah Ave.
WOESTMAN, John Bernard, insurance;
1883-1909; see Vol. 1906.
WOESTMAN, Louis Henry, retired; bora,
Hanover, Germany, Sept. 2, 1839; son of John
Henry and Maria (Ellbrech) Woestman; edu
cated in the public schools of Hanover, Ger
many; married, St. Louis, Nov. 7, 1872, Au
gusta Bergesch; children: Ida, Alma. Came
to St. Louis from Germany in 1857; was a
dry goods clerk in Carondelet from 1859 to
1868; traveled in Germany, 1869; engaged in
wholesale grocery business in St. Louis, 1871-
1902, retired; viee president and treasurer
Nelson Distilling Co. until January, 1906,
when became president, retiring March, 1911.
Was a member of the Home Guards of St.
Louis during the Civil War. Republican.
Presbyterian. Residence: 2703 N. Grand Ave.
WOLF, Benjamin J, lawyer; born, Gnaden-
hutten, O, May 31, 1881; son of Jacob and
Catherine (Miller) Wolf; graduated from
high school, and from Ohio State University,

degree of LL.B, 1906; unmarried. In general
practice since 1907. Democrat; was president
of Thurman Club (Democratic) at University.
Moravian. President Hunter Law Society
(Ohio State University) ; member Maccabees,
American Yeomen, Tower Grove Turn Verein.
Recreation: amateur photography. Office:
1128 Central National Bank Bldg. Residence:
3644 Cleveland Ave.
WOLFF, George Trask, secretary and treas
urer Shallcross Printing and Stationery Co.;
born, St. Louis, Nov. 2, 1865; son of George
M. and Harriet E. (Trask) Wolff; educated in
public schools of St. Louis until 1879; mar
ried, St. Louis, January, 1901, Edith L. Long-
lands; children: Florence Adele, Amy Edith,
Edward, William. Began business career as
boy, and later stock clerk, with Humphrey
Clothing Co., 1879-85: then bookkeeper and
later cashier with Buxton & Skinner Station
ery Co, 1885-95; in 1895, with Messrs. Shall
cross and Hamlin, organized the Shallcross
Printing and Stationery Co., of which is sec
retary and treasurer. Republican. Methodist.
Member A. F. & A. M, and of Royal Arca
num. Recreation: reading. Office: 419 N. 4th
St. Residence: Maplewood, Mo.
WOLFF, Julius Rivesell, real estate; born,
Flensburg, Germany, June 28, 1869; son of
C. A. and Sophie (Petersen) Wolff; educated
in public and high schools in Germany; mar
ried, St. Louis, Sept. 28, 1904, Minnie Thomas;
one daughter, Clara. Came from Germany to
St. Louis in 1886, and was engaged in seeds
and produce commission business for sixteen
years; member of firm of Thomas & Wolff,
real estate and insurance agents, 1905-10;
since in business on own account. Republican.
Recreations: traveling and hunting. Offiee:
1538 S. Broadway. Residence: 1546 Missis
sippi Avenue.
WOLFF, Paul E, shirt manufacturer; born,
Stettin, Germany, May 30, 1854; son of
Charles and Countess Mathilde (von Meusel)
Wolff; graduated from high school, Stettin,
1872; married, St. Louis, May 4, 1884, Tessie
Clements; children: Mrs. E. T. Orthwein, Mrs.
George T. Priest, Maude E. (Mrs. John T.
Taylor), Hazel T. Started to learn business in
Germany in wholesale grocery house of De la
Bar & Klein, 1873; manager of coal and iron
export house of E. T. Salvesen & Co., Glas
gow, Scotland, 1878; came to New York, 1881,
learned practical part of shirt manufacturing
and started a factory at Warrensburg, N. Y.;
removed to St. Louis as manager of manufac
turing plant of F. J. Dexter & Co, 1883; be
came partner in 1886; bought out F. J. Dex
ter, 1889, and started firm of A. T. Hunger-
ford & Co. in 1890; bought out Mr. Hunger-
ford, 1895, and on Jan. 1, 1896, incorporated
the Paul E.' Wolff Shirt Co., wholesale manu
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Democrat. Presbyterian. Office: 815-821 Wash
ington Ave. Residence: 4543 Westminster PL
WOLFNER, Henry Lincoln, physician-ocu
list; born, Chicago, Nov. 1, 1860; son of
Ignatius and Josephine (Saxl) Wolfner; edu
cated in Chicago , public schools, Springfield
(111.) High School, St. Louis College of Phar
macy; M.D, Missouri Medical College, 1881;
attended University of Berlin and other Eu
ropean clinics; married, St.' Louis, Sept. 6,
1885, Miss Mary Wolfner; children: Fannie R.
(Mrs. Roy M. Edmonds), Bessie J. Engaged
in practice since 1881; practice now confined
to diseases of the eye; formerly professor of
clinical ophthalmology, Washington Univer
sity Medical Department. Oculist to Bethesda
Homes, Episcopal Orphans' Home, St. Louis
Jewish Hospital; consulting ophthalmologist
to Passavant Hospital, Jacksonville, 111. Mem
ber American Medical Association, St. Louis
Medical Society. Republican. Jewish religion.
Club: Westwood Country. Recreations: me
chanics, photography and automobiling. Of
fice: 500 .Carleton Bldg. Residence: 4563 For
est Park Boul.
WOLTER, Otto L, physician; born, Sheboy
gan, Wis, Jan. 22, 1875; son of Dr. John G.
and Louise (Englishkircher) Wolter; educated
public schools, Beaver Dam, Wis.; Park Re
gion College, graduating, 1898; University of
Minnesota; M.D, Medical Department, Wash
ington University, 1904; married, St. Louis,
Nov. 10, 1905, Elizabeth Merz; three children:
John G. Etton, Otto L, Elizabeth. Interne
City Hospital, 1904-05; since in general prac
tice in St. Louis. Professor hygiene and sani
tary science, College of Physicians and Sur
geons, since 3 907, also professor of physical
diagnosis. Member American Medical Associa
tion, Missouri State Medical Association, St.
Louis Medical Society, City Hospital Alumni
Association. Member Modern Woodmen of
America, National Union. Recreation: farm
ing. Office and Residence: 1446 Blair Ave.
WOLTERING, William, secretary and treas
urer Hall & Brown Wood Working Machine
Co.; born, St. Louis, Oct. 14, 1867; son of
John Bernard and Anna M. (Berger) Wolter-
ing; educated at St. Joseph's (parochial)
School and St. Louis University; married, St.
Louis, May 17, 1894, Anna Gebauer; children:
WiRiam, Jr., John F, Hildegarde Maria, Re
gina Cecelia, Rose Lillian. Began business ca
reer in office of R. Sellew Hardware Co.,
continuing until 1883; then in employ of
Western Stove Co. until 1886; entered employ
of Hall & Brown Wood Working Machine Co.
in 1886 and became stockholder, director, and
secretary and treasurer. Roman Catholic. Of
fice: 1913 N. Broadway. Residence: 1805 Ben
ton St.
WOOD, Benjamin Artie, lawyer; born near
Rose Hill, Johnson Co, Mo, Nov. 18, 1876;
son of William L. and Laura Helen (Smith)

Wood; educated public schools; Holden (Mo.)
College; Warrensburg State Normal School,
graduating, 1896; A.B., University of Mis
souri, 1902; LL.B, Law Department, Wash
ington University, 1905; married, St. Louis,
Sept. 25, 1909, Edith T. Smith; one daughter,
Laura Emily Newbold. Admitted to Missouri
bar, 1903; practiced at Warrensburg until
1904, since at St. Louis; member firm of Mc
Pheeters & Wood. Member Phi Delta . Phi.
Office: 620 Rialto Bldg. Residence: 5652 Cates
Avenue. WOOD, Ernest Edward, lawyer, ex-con
gressman; see Vol. 1906.
WOOD, Francis Coolidge; see Vol. 1906.
WOOD, Frank Henry, real estate; see Vol.
3.906. , •
WOOD, Frederick Hill, lawyer; born, Leb
anon, Me, Jan. 2, 1877; son of Frederick An
sel and Mary Calista (Hill) Wood; graduated
from Central High School, Kansas City, 1894;
A.B, University of Kansas, 1897, LL.B, 1899;
unmarried. In practice at Kansas City, Mo,
1899-1904; assistant professor law, University
of Kansas, October, 1903-February, 1905;
member firm of Piatt, Lea & Wood, Kansas
City, 1904-10; assistant general solicitor, Kan
sas City Southern Ry. Co., 1905-10; general
attorney and commerce counsel, St. Louis &
San Francisco R. R. Co., since Jan. 1, 1910.
Member Kansas City Bar Association, Phi
Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Delta Phi.
Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: St.
Louis,. Mercantile, Normandie Golf (St.
Louis), Kansas City Country, University
(Kansas City). Recreation: golf. Office: 906
Olive St. Residence: 5875 Cabanne Ave.
WOOD, Henry, retired; born, England,
Mar. 17, 184.6; son of William and Mary Jane
(Cheeksfield) Wood. Came to United States
in 1866, locating in Springfield, 111, and en
gaging in the general merchandise business;
later removed to Chicago, and thence, in 1881,
to St. Louis, continuing in mercantile busi
ness until 1890; president Union Dairy Co.,
1890-1907, now director; vice president Bur
roughs Adding Machine Co.; director Jeffer
son Bank. Member Merchants' Exchange of
St. Louis. Episcopalian. Clubs: Mercantile,
University, Glen Echo Country. Recreations:
European travel and motoring. Office: Metro
politan Bldg. Residence: Buckingham Hotel.
WOOD, Horatio Dan, lawyer; 1841-1906;
see Vol. 1906.
WOOD, John McKee, lawyer; bora in
Franklin Co., Ky, Aug. 8, 1855; son of Rich
ard Julian and Sarah Margaret (McKee)
Wood; A.M., La Grange (Mo.) College, and
later LL.D.; married, Kahoka, Mo, June 10,
3 886, Marparet A. McKee; children: Cordelia
May, Margaret Louise, Eleanor. Until twen
ty-six years of age lived and worked on farm
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settled in 1855; admitted to bar, 1878; in
1879 became partner with T. L. Montgomery
as Wood & Montgomery, practicing law at
Kahoka, Mo, until Jan. 1, 1889; attorney gen
eral of Missouri, 1889-93; practiced law in
firm of Laughlin, Wood & Tansey, St. Louis,
1893-95; appointed circuit judge, 1895,- and on
retirement entered firm of Wood & Douglas;
since election of Judge Douglas to circuit
bench has practiced alone. Director and lec
turer Benton College of Law since 1901. Mem-
v ber American, Missouri State and St. Louis
Bar associations. Democrat; served several
terms in Missouri House of Representatives
(ex-speaker). Member Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. Mason. Member Kentucky So
ciety of St. Louis. Office: suite 802, Laclede
Bldg. Residence: 5535 Clemens Ave.
WOOD, Nathaniel Scudder, real estate and
loans; born, Mason Co., Ky, Mar. 31, 1863;
son of David and Elizabeth (Baker) Wood;
educated in public schools, Maysville, Ky, to
1882; married, St. Louis, May, 1889, Lulis S.
Shackleford; two children: Elizabeth May
and Neal Shackleford. Came to St. Louis in
1884 and entered employ of Browning, King
& Co., wholesale clothing department, contin
uing until 1893; since in real estate business.
Member Real Estate Exchange. Office: 915
Chestnut St. Residence: 5061 Cabanne Ave.
WOOD, William Thomas, army officer; bom,
Irving, Montgomery Co, 111, June 19, 1854;
son of Preston and Jane K. (Christian) Wood;
graduated from U. S. Military Academy, 187/ ;
married, Danville, 111, Sept. 27, 1877, Janet
Judson Sandford; one daughter, Janet (Mrs.
Henry C. Pillsbury). Cadet military acad
emy, July 1, 1873; additional second lieuten
ant, Fourth Infantry, June 15, 3 877; second
lieutenant, Eighteenth Infantry, June 30,
1877; first lieutenant, Oct. 15, -1886; captain,
June 6, 1894; major Thirtieth Infantry, Feb.
20, 1901; transferred to Twentieth Infantry,
Sept. 20, 1901; inspector general, Nov. 28,
1903; lieutenant colonel of infantry, July 3,
1906; colonel Nineteenth Infantry, Mar. 12,
1910. Served during Spanish-American War
and during Philippine Insurrection in Philip
pine Islands. Episcopalian. Member Loyal
Legion, U. S. Infantry Association. Clubs:
Army and Navy (New York, Washington, D.
C, and Manila), St. Louis, Missouri Athletic
(St. Louis). Recreations: golf, horseback rid
ing. Address : Jefferson Barracks.
WOODRUFF, Frederick Eno, oculist; born,
Ferguson, St. Louis Co, Mo, Apr. 26, 1872;
son of Frederick C. and Mary Humphrey
(Newton) Woodruff; educated in St. Louis
public and high schools, graduating 1890;
Missouri State University, 1891; Washington
University, 1891-94; then taught in St. Louis
High School two and one-half years; grad
uated from Missouri Medical College, 1897;
married, St. Louis, Dec. 9, 1897, Flora L. Man

ning (died Jan. 13, 1905); one daughter, Mary
Louise; married, 2d, Apr. 19, 1911, Florence
R. Holmes. Assistant in eye department of
Washington University Medical College; as
sistant oculist at Bethesda Hospital. Member
St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri State
Medical Association, City Hospital Alumni
Association, Bethesda Pediatric Association,
Alumni Medical Society. Republican. Congre
gationalist. Office: 825-831 Metropolitan Bldg.
Residence: 5290 Waterman Ave.
WOODS, Charles Carroll, clergyman; born
at Rocky Mount, Va, July 4, 1838; son of
Samuel Hairston and Sicily (Patterson)
Woods; educated Trinity College, North Caro
lina, 1855; Central College, Missouri, 1859-60;
(D.D, Trinity, N. C, 1878); married Anna
M. Nicolds, of Howard Co, Mo, July 30,
1866; children: Samuel H, Mrs. Minnie C.
Hall, Charles R, Mrs. Bessie M. Childs, Eu
gene A, Mrs. Nell Stuckey, Mabel A. Or
dained M. E. ministry, 1860; chaplain Par
son's division, Missouri state troops, in C. S.
A, and of camp, St. Louis, U. C. V.; pastor iu
various Missouri cities, beginning 1867; pre
siding elder, 1875-79, and 1882-86; president
Scarritt College, Neosho, Mo, 1888-96; asso
ciate editor St. Louis Christian Advocate
suice 3 898; secretary S. W. Missouri Confer
ence M. E. Church, South, since 1876. 'Demo
crat. Scottish and York Rite Mason (Grand
Master, 1882-83, Grand High Priest, 1883-84,
Grand Prelate thirteen years, Grand Primate,
3908-09). Author: The Passing Years (poems),
1913. Address: 3504 Washington Ave.' Win
ter Address: Sarasota, Fla.
WOODS, Glen Howard, supervisor music,
public schools; born, Sedalia, Mo, July 17,
1875; son of Richard and Hattie V. (Fish)
Woods; graduated Sedalia High School, 1894;
graduated National Summer School of Music,
Chicago, 1902; post-graduate study same
school, 1905; married, Kansas City, Mo, June
22, 1909, Dorothy Lyle. Began active career
as supervisor of music, Sedalia public schools,
1901, continuing three years; occupied a sim
ilar position with the Manual Training High
School, Kansas City, Mo, 1904-09, and has
had charge of music in the McKinley High
School, St. Louis, since January, 1909. Or
ganist and choirmaster St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, Kansas City, 1904-09; organist and
choirmaster Episcopal Church of the Holy
Communion, St. Louis; was director Kansas
City Oratorio Society, Kansas City Choral
Club, Kansas City Ladies' Lyric Club; con
ductor Arion Club, Webster Groves. Won two
first prizes Missouri State Music Teachers'
Association, for the best two musical compo
sitions, 1906; also won first prize for best
chorus, at. May Festival, Kansas City, 1900.
Member Missouri State Music Teachers ' As
sociation; secretary Missouri Chapter Amer
ican Guild of Organists. Republican. Episco-

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palian. Author: Songs for Male Voices, 1908.
Office: McKinley High School. Residence:
3661 Washington Boul.
WOODS, John Matthews., secretary Com
monwealth Trust Co.; born, Webster Groves,
St. Louis Co, Mo, Aug. 11, 1867; son of Ar
chibald and Mary (Matthews) Woods; edu
cated in public schools; married, St. Louis,
Feb. 14, 1901, Susan Earl Miller; children:
Mary Miller, Archibald. Began business ca
reer in employ of Anchor Line Boat Store,
1883-85; with National Bank of Commerce,
1885-91; cashier First National Bank of East
St. Louis, 1891-1901; since organization of
Commonwealth Trust Co., May 20, 1901, has
been secretary of the company. Member Civic
League. Presbyterian. Clubs: Mercantile,
City. Office: Broadway and Olive St. Resi
dence: 5241 Waterman Ave.
WOODS, Woodson Kidder, vice president
and treasurer Ralston Purina Co.; born,
Frankfort, Ky, Dec. 30, 1871; son of George
M. and Louisa F. (Woodson) Woods; public
school education; married, Kansas City, Mo,
Oct. 1, 1903, Elizabeth S. Halloway; children:
Woodson K, Jr, James Halloway. Began
business career as office boy with J. B. Sickles
Saddlery Co, St. Louis, 1887-89; then in em
ploy of St. Louis Dairy Co, as bookkeeper,
1889-91; was for several years identified with
Andrews & Robinson, and secretary and treas
urer Robinson Forage Co.; became connected
with the Ralston Purina Co, manufacturers
cereals and stock feed, about 1895, and has
been vice president and treasurer of the com
pany since 1910. Member St. Louis Mer
chants' Exchange. Democrat. Trustee Web
ster Groves Presbyterian Church. Clubs:
City, Webster Racquet. Recreation: fishing.
Office: 821 S. 8th St. Residence: Webster
Groves, Mo.
WOODSON, Robert Everard, vice president
Barnhart Mercantile Co.; born, Bloomington,
111, Mar. 8, 1857; son of Robert Everard and
Sarah Temberlake (Carter) Woodson; edu
cated in public schools, Kansas City, Mo, and
graduated from high school, 1873; married,
St. Louis, June 1, 1892, Ada Lee Cowan; two
children: Roberta E, Robert Everard, 3d. In
country store, Belton, Mo, 1874-75; librarian
Kansas City Law Library, 1877-80; engaged
in wholesale grocery business, Kansas City,
1880-84. Removed to St. Louis, 1884, engaged
as traveling salesman, with Barnhart Mer
cantile Co., and since continuously connected
with same house, now vice president. Presi
dent Euelid-Genessee Realty Co., Cleveland,
O, Falfurrias Farm and Trading Co., Wood
son Nut Lock Co.; secretary and treasurer
Globe Realty Co., Randolph Realty Co. Dem
ocrat. Presbyterian. Mason, Knight Templar,
Shriner. Offiee: 200 S. Commercial St. Resi
dence: 5723 Vernon Ave.

WOODWARD, Calvin Milton, university
dean; born, Fitchburg, Mass., Aug. 25, 1837;
son of Isaac Burnap and Eliza (Wetherbee)
Woodward; A. B, Harvard, 1860; (hon. Ph.D.,
1883, LL.D, 1905, Washington University;
LL.D, University of Wisconsin, 1908) ; mar
ried Fanny Stone Balch, of Newburyport,
Mass, Sept. 30, 1863; children: Clara L, Fan
nie L, Margaret. Principal Brown High
School, Newburyport, 1860-65; captain Com
pany A, Forty-eighth Massachusetts Volun
teers, 1862-63, serving in Louisiana. Vice
principal Smith Academy, St. Louis, 1865-70;
professor descriptive geometry, 1870-71, dean
School of Engineering, 1871-96, dean School
of Engineering and Architecture, 1901-09, pro
fessor mathematics and applied mechanics,
1871-1909, since professor emeritus, Washing-
ington University. Originator and director
since organization, 1879, of St. Louis Manual
Training School; lecturer on manual training.
Member St. Louis Board of Education, 1877-
79, and since 1897 (president of board, 1899-
1900, 1903-04); regent (president of board),
University of Missouri, 1891-97. President
North Central Association College and Sec
ondary Schools; fellow A. A. A. S. (president,
1905-06) ; member Society for Promotion of
Engineering Education (past president), St.
Louis Academy of Science (president, 1907,
1909), St. Louis Engineers' Club (ex-presi
dent). Author: History of St. Louis Bridge,
1881; The Manual Training School, 1887;
Manual Training in Education, 1890; Ap
plied Mechanics for Engineering and Archi
tectural Students. Residence: 3013 Hawthorne
Boulevard. WOODWARD, Edgar Berkeley, printing
and lithographing; 1867-1911; see Vol. 1906.
WOODWARD, Louis Bierman, vice presi
dent and general manager Woodward & Tier-
nan Printing Co.; born, St. Louis, Sept. 27,
1874; son of William H. and Maria (Knight)
Woodward; educated in public schools, St.
James Military Academy, Macon, Mo, Mar
maduke Military Academy, Sweet Springs,
Mo, Smith Academy, graduating 1894, and
one year at Washington University;, married,
Brunswick, Mo, Oct. 27, 1897, Ora Magruder
Woodward; one daughter, Dorothy (deceased).
In 1895 became connected with the Woodward
& Tiernan Printing Co.; was elected secretary
of the company, February, 1904, vice presi
dent, 1912. Also associated with Edgar B.
and Walter B. Woodward as executors of the
estate of W. H. Woodward. Democrat. Epis-^
copalian. Member Smith Academy Alumni.
Odd Fellow, Mason (32°), Knight Templar,
Shriner; member Royal Arcanum and Sigma
Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: St. Louis, Mercantile,
Missouri Athletic, Noonday. Favorite recrea
tions: billiards and reading. Office: 309 N.
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WOODWARD, Samuel Lippincott, briga
dier-general U. S. Army; born, Burlington Co.,
N. J, Oct. 28, 1840; son of John E. and
Elizabeth L. (Hornor) Woodward; educated
Philadelphia public schools, 1848-58; unmar
ried. Served in volunteer army, from private
to major, Feb. 1, 1862-Sept. 29, 1865; in reg
ular army, second lieutenant, June 18, 1867,
to brigadier-general, retiring from active
^service after more than forty years' service,
July 9, 1904. Member Ransom Post, G. A. R,
Loyal Legion. Club: Missouri Athletic. Resi
dence: 5710 Clemens Ave.
WOODWARD, Walter Bliss, president of
Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co.; born, St.
Louis, Aug. 27, 1869; son of William H. and
Maria (Knight) Woodward; educated in St.
Louis public schools; married, St. Louis, Nov.
28, 1894, Emma Belle Buchanan; children:
Knight, Mary Willie. Began work with the
Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co., 1885, and
on Jan. 1, 1905, was elected vice president
and general manager; elected president, 1912,
the company now employing 950 persons.
Member Business Men's League. Democrat.
Episcopalian. Mason (32°); member Mis
souri Consistory, St. Louis Commandery, Moo
lah Temple; life member Elks. Clubs: St.
Louis, Mercantile, Noonday, Missouri Ath
letic, Normandie Golf, Dardenne Shooting,
King's Lake Hunting and Fishing. Favorite
recreations: hunting and fishing. Office: 309
N. 3d St. Residence: Forest Ridge, St. Louis
County: *WOOLF, Alfred Eugene, vice president
Morris Woolf Silk Co.; moved to Chicago;
see Vol. 1906.
WOOLF, George, merchant; see Vol. 1906.
*WOOLF, Morris^ president Morris Woolf
Silk Co.; moved to Chicago; see Vol. 1906.
WOOLGER, Elbert Mortimer, president
Monarch Laundry Co.; bora, Denton, Mich,
Oct. 30, 1869; son of Henry C. and Alice C.
(Mendell) Woolger; educated public schools,
Topeka, Kan.; Washburn College, three years;
Cleary Business College, Ypsilanti, Mich.;
married, Topeka, Nov. 19, 1890, Anna Mautz;
three children: Agnes, Frances, Frank. Began
active career in Topeka as manager Topeka
Steam Laundry, 1889; sold out in 1895 and
bought laundry at 928 N. Broadway, St. Louis;
moved same to N. Market St, 1896, and
changed name to Monarch Laundry, locating
on Franklin Ave. in 1903; purchased interest
in Anchor Laundry, 1909; now president Mon
arch Laundry Co.; vice president Jefferson
Bank; secretary Anchor Laundry Co. Viee
president St. Louis Laundrymen's Associa
tion (ex-president) ; member Missouri Laun-
drymen's Association (ex-president), Citizens'
Industrial Association (executive committee),
Missouri Manufacturers' Association (execu
tive committee). Republican. Methodist. Ma

son (32°), Shriner; member Modern Wood
men. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Oasis Hunt
ing and Fishing, Richfield Hunting and Fish
ing, Coleman Hunting and Fishing. Recrea
tions: hunting and fishing. Office: 2719-2725
Franklin Ave. Residence: 4537 Forest Park
Boulevard. *WOOLLEY, Edgar Mott; moved to Cin
cinnati, O.; see Vol. 1906.
WORCH, Otto Henry, general manager
Simmons Saddlery Co.; born, Galena, 111,
Sept. 12, 1863; son of Herman and Mary
Worch; educated in public schools of Daven
port, la.; married, Dallas, Tex, 1892, Alice
Holker; one daughter, Mary Alice. Has been
in saddlery business ever since leaving school;
manager Simmons Saddlery Co. since 1901.
Club: Algonquin Golf. Recreation: golf. Of
fice: 314-316 S. 9th St. Residence: 5445 Von
Versen Ave.
WRAPE, Henry, manufacturer of tight bar
rel staves and heading, also manufacturer of
carbon products; born on farm near North
Vernon, Ind, Jan. 15, 1851; son of Henry and
Ann (Bible) Wrape; educated in country
schools of Indiana; St. Mary's College, Mar
ion Co, Ky, 1866-68; Notre Dame (Ind.)
College, 1868-70; married, North Vernon, June
29, 1886, Emma T. Davis; four children:
Harold J, Emma Euphrasia, Bible Marie, Mar
tha Helene. Began manufacturing business
in North Vernon, Ind, 1870, and removed to
St. Louis, 1890; president Henry Wrape Co,
manufacturers of tight barrel staves and
heading, since 1882; also president American
Carbon and Battery Co, manufacturers of
carbon products, since 1900. Democrat. Cath
olic. Member Knights of Columbus. Offices:
509 Chestnut St, and 509 Olive St. Residence:
5602 Von VeTsen Ave.
WRIGHT, George Morrison; born, New
York City, Feb. 12, 1844; son of John and
Margaret (Finnie) Wright; educated in Ward
School No. 35, and at Mt. Washington Uni
versity, New York; married, Philadelphia,
January, 1874, Sarah Sterrett; children: Jes
sie B, Jean F. (Mrs. J. L. Ford, Jr, of St.
Louis), Mary S. (Mrs. L. Sturgis Day, of St.
Louis), Margaret. Entered employ of the
house of which the present corporation of
William Barr Dry Goods Co. is the successor,
in April, 1860, as assistant cashier, at the
nominal salary of $4 per week; was elected a
director and secretary and treasurer, Jan. 15,
1880; elected viee president and general man
ager, Jan. 15, 1905; president of the company,
July 6, 1905 to 1909, when retired from act
ive business. President Wright Building Co.;
director State National Bank. Served with
Seventh Missouri Enrolled Militia, 1862-64.
Republican. Episcopalian. Member L^gion of
Honor. Clubs: St. Louis, Noonday, Mercan
tile, Commercial, Log Cabin, Country, Cuivre,
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and motoring. Office: Security Bldg. Resi
dence: 4457 Westminster PL
WRIGHT, John Fenton, railway paymaster;
1870-1908; see Vol. 1906.
WRIGHT, John H, wholesale and retail ci
gars; 1847-1911; see Vol. 1906.
WRIGHT, John Lewis, grain commission;
see Vol. 1906'.
WRIGHT, Joseph Alexander, lawyer; born
in Bartholomew Co., Ind, Feb. 8, 1872; son
of William and Pamela (Wynn) Wright;
Ph.B, De Pauw University, Greencastle; Ind,
1894; A.M., Columbia University, New York
City, 1896; university fellow in comparative
jurisprudence, Columbia University, 1895-96;
graduate student, University of Goettingen,
Germany, 1895; unmarried. Admitted to St.
Louis bar, Dec. 3, 1898, and since engaged
continuously in general practice of law in St.
Louis. Member Missouri State Bar Associa
tion, St. Loui's Bar Association, American
Economic Association; viee president Na
tional Union (fraternal beneficiary society).
Democrat. Methodist. Recreations: fishing
and hunting. Office: 1416-1420 Third National
Bank Bldg. Residence: 5338 Bartmer Ave.
WRIGHT, Joseph Potter, manufacturer;
1852-1908; see Vol. 1906.
*WRIGHT, Lealon Burgess, contractor;
moved to Murphysboro, 111.; see Vol. 1906.
WRIGHT, Thomas, retired merchant; born,
New York City, Jan. 27, 1841; son of Robert
and Martha Wright; educated in New York
public schools; served through the Civil War
in the Army of the Potomac, enlisting in
May, 1861, as private, and being mustered out
in November, 1865, as major and brevet lieu
tenant-colonel; married, NeW York, Mar. 3,
1869, Emilie Garrigue; children: Waldemar
R, Guy H, Ralph Garrigue, Charlotte (de
ceased), Roy H. (deceased). Established in
the cigar business at Third and Olive Sts. in
March, 1866, as T. Wright & Co, and con
tinued until 1896, when retired from business,
which has been conducted by brother, John
H. Wright, and son, W. R. Wright (incorpo
rated as T. Wright & Co. Cigar Co.), at 800
Olive St, and at 300 Olive St. President
Chemical Building Co., Monetary Realty and
Building Co, Thomas Wright Investment Co.;
vice president Third National Bank; director
Missouri-Lincoln Trust Co., Lincoln Trust and
Title Co. Member Business Men's League,
Loyal Legion, G. A. R. Mason. Clubs: Mer
cantile, St. Louis. Recreation: fishing. Office:
1601 Third National Bank Bldg. Residence:
Beers Hotel.
WRIGHT, Waldemar Robert, president T.
Wright & Co. Cigar Co.; bora, New York City;
son of Thomas and Emilie (Garrigue) Wright;
removed to St. Louis 1871; educated at Stod
dard and Franklin public schools, St. Louis,
Lititz, Pa, Smith Academy, St. Louis, and
Michigan Military Academy, Orchard Lake,

Mich.; married, Sharon, Mass, Oct. 20, 1898,
Marion E. Wyeth; children: Margaret Emilie,
Roy Thomas, John Wyeth, Elizabeth. On
leaving school, 1886, entered house . of T.
Wright & Co.; business later incorporated as
T. Wright & Co. Cigar Co., of which is presi
dent. Also secretary of Thomas Wright In
vestment Co. Republican. Mason; member
Loyal Legion, Elks. Office: 800 Olive St. Resi
dence: 5478 Clemens Ave.
WRIGHT, William Long, financial agent
heirs of James B. Eads; born in St. Louis Co.,
Mo, June 30, 1849; son of Thomas Edmund
and Mary Ella (Long) Wright; educated in
Clay, Benton and Everett schools and high
school; Stewart and Jones commercial col
leges; married, St. Louis, Oct. 7, 1873, Olive
S. Shirland; children: Pearl Ella (Mrs. John
H. Clarkson, Jr.), Elva Talcott . (Mrs. Walter
T. Booth). Began business career at thirteen
at Overstoltz & Dryden 's saw mill; . book
keeper for Strode, Rubey & Co. and successor,
E. G. Morse, until 1866; clerk and collector in
Mercantile Library for short time, and with
the Grafton Stone Co. until Aug. 7, 1867; took
charge of office of Col. James Andrews, con
tractor stone work St. Louis Bridge, also
with Capt. J. B. Eads until the latter's death;
was in charge of his estate for the executors;,
now financial agent for the various heirs of
Captain Eads, Mrs. Eads, Colonel How and
Mrs. Switzer. Secretary and treasurer Etta
Mining and Milling Co., Indiana Improve
ment Co.; secretary El Blanco Silver Mining
and Milling Co. Democrat. Baptist. Mason
(Royal Arch). Club: Masonic. Qffice: 3111
Chemical Bldg. Residence: 337 Gray Ave,
Webster Groves.
WRIGHT, Wirt, banker; born, Liberty ville,
111, June 6, 1878; son of C. Frank and Emma
Jane (Price) Wright; educated, Libertyville
public schools; Jefferson Park High School,
Chicago; graduated from Beloit Academy, Be
loit, Wis, 1897; A.B, Beloit College, 1901;
married, Chicago, Oct. 15, 1901, Addie Wis-
well Stafford; one daughter, Katherine. Book
keeper with N. W. Harris & Co., bankers and
bond dealers, Chicago, 1901-04; cashier First
National Bank, Edgarton, Wis, 1904-07; be
came cashier Stock Yard Bank, National
Stock Yards, Illinois, April, 1907, bank na
tionalized under name of National Stock
Yards National Bank, May 1, 1908; president
same since Jan. 1, 1910; also president Na
tional Cattle Loan Co.; director East St. Louis
Rendering Co. Independent in politics. Pres
byterian. Member East St. Louis Commercial
Club, Business Men's League of St. Louis.
Clubs: St. Clair Country, Missouri Athletic.
Recreations: motoring, golf, fishing. Office:
National Stock Yards, Illinois. Residence;
5604 Waterman Ave, Si. Louis.
WUERKER, Carl A, secretary J. B. Sickles
Saddlery Co.; born, Alton, 111, Apr. 9,- 1869;

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son of Christian and Magdalene Wuerker; ed
ucated in Alton public schools and Shurtleff
College; married, Alton, Dee. 12, 1893, Edith
Hamill. Began business career in 1886 in em
ploy of the P. Hayden Saddlery Hardware' Co.,
serving in various capacities until 1902, when
became actively associated with the J. B.
Sickles Saddlery Co. (established in 1834, in
corporated 1881), in the reorganization of
that company, of which has since been secre
tary. Presbyterian. Club: Alton Country.
Recreation: golf. Office: Washington Ave. and
21st St. Residence: Alton, 111.
WUERPEL, Edmund Henry, artist; bora,
St. Louis, May 13, 1866; son of Edmund M.
and Minnie (Taussig) Wuerpel; pupil of the
St. Louis School of Fine Arts; W. A. Bougue-
reau, Tony Robert-Fleury, Gabriel Ferrier,
and Edmund Aman-Jean, Paris; married Min
nie Clay Johnson, of St. Louis, June 25, 1895.
Formerly instructor, director since Apr. 1,
1909, St. Louis School of Fine Arts. Exhib
ited at Paris Salons. Member St. Louis Ar
tists' Guild, Society of Western Artists
(president); honorary member American Art
Association, Paris. Exhibited at Paris Expo
sition, 1900; member National Jury, Paris
Exposition, 1900; corresponding secretary
American Jury in Paris for Chicago Exposi
tion, 1893; member Jury of Selection, and of
International Jury of Awards, St. Louis Ex
position, 1904; represented by pictures in St.
Louis Museum of Fine Arts, Indianapolis Art
Museum. Lecturer and writer on history of
art. Residence: 5637 Von Versen Ave.
WUERTENBAECHER, John Jacob, secre
tary The Ruemmeli Dawley Manufacturing
Co.; born, St. Louis, Jan. 8, 1869; son of Ja
cob and Bertha (Lautenschlaeger) Wuerten-
baeeher; educated in public schools; Smith
Academy; Manual Training School; mechan
ical training Julius Hurter's (private) School;
married, St. Louis, Sept. 21, 1892, Estella Lei-
ber; one child, Winona. Began active business
career as apprentice with Smith, Beggs &
Rankin, and became draftsman, then pat
tern maker, draftsman, and millwright for
Tilman Puetz; foreman Essmueller & Barry;
draftsman St. Louis Iron and Machine
Works; draughtsman and foreman American
Ice Machine Co.; then engaged as consulting
engineer and as contractor for Featherstone"
Foundry and Machine Co., of Chicago; sales
man and engineer Fred W. Wolf Co, Chicago;
became connected with the Ruemmeli Dawley
Manufacturing Co, 1892, and has served as
secretary since 1910. Member American So
ciety Refrigerating Engineers. Republican.
Protestant. Mason (33°), Knight Templar,
Shriner; member Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Lie
derkranz, Rotary. Recreations: fishing, base
ball, music. Office: 3900 Chouteau Ave. Resi
dence: 3315 Russell Ave.

WULFING, Charles, wholesale grocer; born,
Lennep, Germany, July 7, 1832; son of Gus
tavus and Christiane F. (Schmieding) Wul
fing; educated in public and private schools
and Jones Commercial College; married, Osna-
bruck, Germany, 1857, Hermine Dieckriede;
children: John Max, Julia Krausnick, Helen
Herber (deceased), Alice. Emigrated from
Germany with parents in 1835, and after
residence in Ohio and Kentucky came to St.
Louis, 1842. Clerked for several hardware
houses, and in 1849 established for self in
hardware business as member of firm of
Schmieding & Wulfing; in 1856 disposed of
interest and in 1858 established in the whole
sale grocery business under firm name of H.
Gildehaus & Co. ; the firm was for many years
Wulfing, Dieckriede & Co., and in 1902 was
incorporated as Wulfing Grocer Co, of which
is president. Unitarian. Member Civic League,
Industrial League, Washington University
Association. Office: 106 N. 2d St. Residence:
3439 Longfellow Boul.
WULFING, John Max, wholesale grocer;
born, St. Louis, Dec. 8, 1859; son of Charles
and Hermine (Dieckriede) Wulfing; gradu
ated from Smith Academy, 1876; studied in
Germany, 1876-78; married, St. Louis, Nov.
20, 1888, Lillie Guye; children: Hildegarde,
Lucy, Charles (deceased), Helen, John Alfred,
Lillie Guye. Engaged in business since Jan.
1, 1882, with Charles Gildehaus, under firm
name of Gildehaus. Wulfing & Co., of which
is senior member. Democrat. Chairman board
of trustees Park Unity Church. Member Mis
souri Historical Society, St. Louis School of
Fine Arts, Citizens' Alliance, Wisconsin Ar
chaeological Society, Anthropological Society
of Washington, D. C, Archaeological Institute
of St. Louis (treasurer), Washington Univer
sity Association; member executive commit
tee Civic League. Clubs: City, Town and
Gown, Franklin, Contemporary (executive
committee). Office: 19 S. 2d St. Residence:
3448 Longfellow Boul.
*WULZE, William Henry, milling; moved
to California; see Vol. 1906.
WUNDERLICH, Charles, cooperage manu
facturer; born, St. Louis, Dec. 20, 1862; son
of Charles and Rosa (Binz) Wunderlich; edu
cated in Webster (public) School to 1875;
married, St. Louis, May 11, 1886, Lizzie Har-
bart; four children: Gertrude, Irene, Carl,
Mabel. Began, 1875, in cooperage business
with father (who established in 1861), con
tinuously engaged in same line; incorporated
as Charles Wunderlich Cooperage Co., 1892,
of which since father's death, January, 1900,
has been president and treasurer; established
branch shops Springfield, Mo, and Clinton,
1897; president Manila Stave Co. (Manila,
Ark.), Luxora Cooperage Co. (Luxora, Ark.),
Monette Cooperage Co. (Monette, Ark.) ; sec
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Cooperage Co.; director Northwestern Bank..
Republican. Protestant. Mason, Knight Tem
plar, Shriner; Odd Fellow. Recreation: trav
eling. Office: 2210 N.^th St. Residence: 3230
Bailey Ave.
WURMB, Theodore H, druggist; bora, St.
Louis, May 4, 1861; son of Theobald and
Wenig (Theresa) Wurmb; educated in paro
chial and public schools and University of
Michigan, graduating as pharmaceutical chem
ist, 1882; married, St. Louis, Feb. 16, 1909,
Ida Hoevel Simon. Entered drug business un
der father, 1882, and now proprietor drug
store at 1923 E. Grand Ave. Republican.
Protestant. Recreations: laboratory experi
ments. Office: 1923 E. Grand Ave. Residence:
1921 E. Grand Ave.
WYCHE, Charles, physician, ear, nose and
throat specialist; born, "Wheatland," Wil-
liamsboro, N. C, July 20, 1871; son of Ben
jamin and Sarah (Hunter) Wyche; educated
Roxboro Academy, University of North Caro
lina; M.D, College of Physicians and Sur
geons, Baltimore, 1893; post-graduate work,
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Central London Ear,
Nose and Throat Hospital, 1902-03; married
Miriam Gratz, daughter of Rear Admiral
Peirce Crosby, U. S. N, Washington, D. C,
Aug. 24, 1911. Began practice in North Caro
lina; acting assistant surgeon U. S. A, 1900-
02; located in St. Louis, 1900; first lieutenant
and assistant surgeon Medical Reserve Corps,
U. S. A, since 1911. Episcopalian. Member
American Medical Association, Missouri State
Medical Association, St. Louis Medical So
ciety, National Geographic Society. Clubs:
Army and Navy (Manila, P. I, and Washing
ton, D. O). Offiee: 537 N. Grand Ave. Resi
dence: Kirkwood, Mo.
*WYLIE, Walter Harwood; see Vol. 1906.
WYMAN, Frank, ex-postmaster of St.
Louis; born, St. Louis, July 25, 1850; son of
Edward and Elizabeth Frances (Hadley) Wy
man; educated in Washington (public) School,
and from 1863 to 1866 attended Wyman City
University; married, St. Louis, Dec. 1, 1875,
Mary J. Manny; children: Mabel E. (Mrs.
John Waterworth), Edmund Allan, and Flor
ence Isabel. Began business career in 1867
with the firm of Waters, Simmons & Co.,
which, a few years later, became the firm of
E. C. Simmons & Co, these two firms being
the foundation of the Simmons Hardware Co.,
with which remained for thirty- two years;
resigned from the corporation in 1902, and
retired from business. Postmaster of St. Louis,
1904-09. President of Silverine Co. of St.
Louis, manufacturers of silver polish; presi
dent Scott Drill Co. Republican. Episcopa
lian. President Children's Industrial Farm As
sociation of St. Louis. Club: St. Louis Re
publican. Offiee: 1613 Chestnut St. Residence:
5845 Cabanne PL

WYMAN, Henry Purkitt, real estate and!
financial agent; born, Hillsboro; 111, Oct. 25,
1841; son of Edward and Elizabeth Frances
(Hadley) Wyman; resident of St. Louis since
.1843; educated at Wyman 's English and Clas
sical High School, St. Louis; married, St.
Louis, Oct. 29, 1863, Annie E. Leigh'; chil
dren: Edward, Ella (Mrs. W. M. Tuttle),
Leigh, Hadley. Began business career at age.
of seventeen in wholesale, grocery house, 1858-
61; in United States Quartermaster's Depart
ment, as assistant to Gen. L. B. Parsons, in
charge of transportation, 1861-67; in United
States Customs Service as special deputy sur
veyor of St. Louis, 1867-80; secretary ancl
treasurer of St. Louis and Mississippi Valley
Transportation Co, 1880-1903; assistant post
master of St. Louis, 1904-1907; since in real
estate business. Member St. Louis Real Es
tate Exchange, Business Men's League. Re
publican. Presbyterian (elder First Church).
Member Missouri Historical Society; secre
tary and treasurer Lindenwood Female. Col
lege; member Sons of the Revolution, Society
of Colonial Wars, New England Society. Of
fice: 1001 Chestnut St. Residence: 228 N.
Taylor Ave.
WYNNE, Edward J, clergyman; born,
Luglin Bridge, County Carlow, Ireland, Mar.
.6, 1849; son of Richard and Mary' (Moore)
Wynne; attended national schools; came to
United States, 1866; pursued classical and
theological studies St. Francis de Sales Semi
nary, Milwaukee, Wis. Ordained priest Ro
man Catholic church by Archbishop Heis, of
Milwaukee, June 28, 1880; assistant pastor St.
John's Church, St. Louis, 1880-82; pastor
Byrensville, Mo, 1882-86, Siver Lake and St.
Mary's, Mo, to 1893; organized, 1893, St. Ed
ward's parish, St. Louis, of which has since
been pastor (church edifice, parochial resi
dence and school building erected under his
administration). Residence: 2709 Clara Ave.
WYRICK, Taylor Blow, lawyer; born,
Batesville, Ark, Feb. 5, 1870; son of Mordecai
L. and Martha J. (Moore) Wyriek; educated,
Marshfield Grammar School; Batesville High
School; Benton College of Law, St. Louis,
graduating with degree of LL.B, 1906; mar
ried, St. Louis, Dec. 27, 1904, Stella E. Fis
cher. Was for nearly twenty years with Re
public, in advertising department of compos
ing room; in practice of law in St. Louis
since 1906; member firm of Wyriek & Eaken.
Republican. Episcopalian. Mason, Knight
Templar, Shriner. Club: Masonic. Recreation;
fishing. Office: Central National Bank Bldg.
Residence: 3634 Connecticuut St.

YAGER, Charles M, editor; born, Alton,
111, Sept. 5, 1872; son of John H. (dean Madi
son Co. bar) and Ida E. (Hess) Yager, of St.
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ing, 1892; studied law in offices of John H.
Yager one year; married, June 21, 1898, Kath-
ryn M, daughter of Thomas Pates, of the
Hapgood Plow Co, Alton; four children: Wil
liam, Kathryn, Charles, Jr., Richard. In news
paper and trade paper work seven years; ed
itor of the Modern Miller, St. Louis, since
1902, also vice president of the company.
Has made several trips through Cuba to study
flour trade, banking and traffic facilities. Re
publican; member Alton City Council eight
years. Member Alton Board of Trade. Presi
dent Alton High School Alumni Association.
Club: City (St. Louis). Author: Flour Trade
of Cuba, 1899. Recreation: hunting. Office:
1032 Pierce Bldg. Residence: Alton, 111.
YANTIS, William Gray, first viee presi
dent Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Co.; born,
Davenport, la, Nov. 15, 1863; son of John M.
and Johanna M. Yantis; educated in Chicago
public and high schools; married, Chicago,
Aug. 20, 1901, Mayme E. Dwight. Began busi
ness career in the hardware house of Pribyl
Bros, Chicago, in various capacities, 1881-86;
came to St. Louis, 1886, and was with the
Simmons Hardware Co, 1886-1901, and in lat
ter year when the A. F. Shapleigh Hardware
Co. was reorganized and incorporated as the
Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Co., entered the
latter as second vice president, remained in
this position until January, 1911, when was
elected first vice president. Independent in
politics. Member Christian Church. Clubs:
St. Louis, Noonday, Bellerive Country. Rec
reation: golf. Office: 4th St. and Washington
Ave. Residence: 5077 Westminster PL
YAWITZ, Joseph Jay, president National
Chair Co.; born, June 15, 1887; son of David
and Jennie (Holzman) Yawitz; came to Amer
ica with parents in childhood and educated in
public schools of St. Louis; unmarried. Began
as office boy in Mound City Chair Factory;
went on the road at sixteen and at twenty-
three was elected president of the National
Chair Co. (which he organized), a position he
now holds; also treasurer of Yawitz Dyeing
and Cleaning Co. Independent in politics.
Jewish religion. Mason; member St. Louis
Lodge No. 20, A. F. & A. M. and Royal Arch
Chapter No. 50; also Missouri Lodge No. 22,
I. O. B. B.; Pacific Lodge No. 304, Knights of
Pythias. Clubs: Masonic and Y. M. H. A.
Recreation: motoring. Office: Main and Clark
Sts. Residence: 4611 McMillan Ave.
YOCH, J. Edward, president International
Coal and Mining Co.; born, Belleville, 111,
Mar. 12, 1882; son of Bernhard and Agnes
(Acker) Yoch; educated in parochial and
high schools, Belleville, 111, Quincy (111.) Col
lege, and Belleville Commercial College, 1898;
married, Belleville, June 10, 1902, Catherine
L. Karr; five children: Martha A, Bernard T,
Theodore E, Edward A, and Eleanor M. Be
gan business career as clerk with Southern

Illinois National Bank at East St. Louis, 111,
1898; with Lebanon Coal and Machine Asso
ciation, first as clerk, 1900, secretary, 1903,
and president of company, 1905; became presi
dent of International Coal and Mining Co.
(wholesale), 1906; also president St. Agnes
Coal Co. (retail with yards throughout St.
Louis); president O 'Fallon Teaming Co.
Treasurer Coal Operators ' Association. Mem
ber Knights of Columbus. Club: Western
.Rowing. Office: 6012 S. Broadway. Residence:
6017 S. Broadway.
YONGE, Robert Gage, general merchandise;
bora, Rising Sun, Ind, Sept. 17, 1843; son of
Robert Gage and Eunice (Hull) Yonge; edu
cated in public schools of Rising Sun, Ohio
Co., Ind.; married, Bowling Green, Mo, 1873,
Elizabeth Griffith. Enlisted in 1861 in Sev
enth Indiana Infantry and served three years
and three months in Army of Potomac;
wounded at Petersburg, Va, 1864, and three
months in hospital; was orderly at headquar
ters of Generals Doubleday, Rice, Wadsworth
and Cutler. After war returned to Indiana,
then came to Pike Co, Mo, and ran sawmill
and stave factory at Louisiana for three
years; removed to St. Louis and began mak
ing a patent door and gate spring; entered
general merchandise business, 1872, as mem
ber of Coe, Yonge & Co. (now Coe-Yonge
Mercantile Co.), importers and jobbers of
general merchandise. Republican. Recreation:
fishing. Office: 905 Lucas Ave. Residence:
2226 University St.
YORK, Frank B.; born, Hermon, Me, Feb.
25, 1846; son of John B. and Sarah B. (Fletch
er) York; educated in public schools and
Hampden Academy, of Hampden, Me.; mar
ried, St. Louis, Jan. 8, 1880, Mary L. Harda-
way; children: Florence (Mrs. William Rus
sell Allen, Jr.), Margaret, Frances B. Clerk
in grocery store, 1863-65; in general mer
chandise business at Junction City, Kan,
1865-69; in general merchandise and banking-
business at Parker, Kan, 1869-75; then
started a line of general stores at Dodge
City, Kan, Caldwell, Kan, and Fort Griffin,
Tex, as York & Draper. In 1881 organized
the York-Parker-Draper Mercantile Co., at St.
Louis, later changing name to York-Key Mer
cantile Co., of which has since been president;
also operates in cattle in Kansas and Texas.
Now practically retired from active business.
Clubs: St. Louis, Algonquin. Office: 308 N.
6th St. Residence: 5214 Washington Ave.
YOST, Walter Burt, physician; born, Man-
nington, W. Va, Jan. 29, 1873; son of Perme-
tus David and Martha Adele (Grymes) Yost;
educated in St. Louis public schools until
1883; Philadelphia and Baltimore public
schools, 1883-85; Maryland Agricultural Col
lege, 1885-87; student Medical Department,
West Virginia University, 1889-90; matricu
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uating, degree of M.D, 1894; post-graduate
studies in New York Polyclinic and Bellevue
Hospital Medical College; married, St. Louis,
Aug. 10, 1907, Grace^Emily Hockmuth; one
child, Virginia Grace. Began practice at Man-
nington, W. Va, 1894; removed to St. Louis,
1896; was resident physician of the Inside
Inn at World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904; has since
engaged in general practice. Member Amer
ican and Missouri State Medical associations,
St. Louis Medical Society. Democrat. Mason
(32°), Shriner. Recreation: automobiling. Of
fice: 1115 Union Boul. Residence: 950 Belt
Avenue. YOUNG, Allyn Abbott, professor economics;
bora, Kenton, O, Sept. 19, 1876; son of Sut
ton Erastus and Emma Matilda (Stickney)
Young; Ph.B, Hiram College, Ohio, 1894;
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1902; married
Jessie Berniee Westlake, of Madison, Wis,
Aug. 10, 1904; one child, John Westlake.
Teacher economics, University of Wisconsin,
Western Reserve University, and Dartmouth
College; head of department of economics,
Leland Stanford Jr. University, 1906-1911;
professor of economics, Washington Univer
sity, since 1911; lecturer on economics, Har
vard, 1910-11. Fellow Royal Statistical So
ciety; member of a number of American
learned societies, economic, historical and sta
tistical, and of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Frater
nity. Joint Author: Outlines of Economics,
revised edition, 1908. Contributor numerous
articles and monographs on economic and sta
tistical subjects; * member board of editors
American Economic Review. Address: Wash
ington University. Residence: 704 Central
Avenue. YOUNG, Anthony Obediah, physician; born
on farm near Butler, Montgomery Co., Ill,
Dec. 25, 1868; son of William Albion and
Mary Ellen (Ware) Young; educated in dis
trict school, Butler, 111, Bunker Hill (111.)
Academy, Brown's Business College, Jackson
ville, 111, Bryant & Stratton Business College;
M.D, Beaumont Hospital Medical College,
3 893; married, Houston, 111, Sept. 15, 1893,
Allie Holt. Began, Mar. 31, 1893, as general
practitioner, making a specialty of surgery.
Member St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri
State Medical Association, American Medical
Association. Democrat. Baptist. Recreations:
hunting and fishing. Office: 3906 Olive St.
Residence: 8136 Page Ave.
YOUNG, Anthony W, merchandise broker;
see Vol. 1906.
YOUNG, Charles Everett, general engi
neer; 1868-1909; see Vol. 1906.
YOUNG, Felix Warner, paymaster Frisco
System; born, St. Louis, June 16, 1868; son of
William and Adelia M. (Coone) Young; edu
cated in public schools of St. Louis; unmar
ried. Began business career, 1881; for six
months in employ of mercantile agency of R.

G. Dun & Co.; since 1882 in employ of the ac
counting and treasury departments of St.
Louis & San Francisco R. R. Co.; was assist
ant secretary and assistant treasurer, 1903-10,
since paymaster. Club: Frisco Railway. Fa
vorite recreation: billiards. Office: Frisco
Bldg. Residence: 5626 Julian Ave.
YOUNG, Frank Heber; born, Pittsburgh,
Pa, Feb. 17, 1849; son of William P. and
Minerva W. (Woodward) Young; educated in
private schools, Milwaukee, Wis, and at Ra
cine (Wis.) College; married, St. Louis, Dec.
7, 1875, Mary Kate; children: Frank J, Grace
Mary, Lily W, William E. Since 1904 man
ager at St. Louis for the National Glass Co,
of Pittsburgh. Democrat. Episcopalian. Royal
Arch Mason. Offiee: 325 Locust St. Resi
dence: 4325 Delmar Boul.
YOUNG, Henry McClure, surgeon; born, St.
Louis, Sept. 19, 1877; son of Daniel Comstock
and Clara Harrison (Post) Young; A.B, Yale,
1899; M.D, Washington University, 1908; un
married. Resident physician St. Louis City
Hospital, 1908-09; post-graduate study in Ber
lin, 1909; assistant in Royal Surgical Univer
sity clinic, Konigsberg, 1910; now instructor
in surgery, St. Louis University School of
Medicine. Republican. Congregationalist.
Member American Medical Association, Mis
souri State Medical Association, St. Louis
Medical Society, Nu Sigma Nu, Alpha Omega
Alpha, Deutsche Gesellschaft. Member Med
ical Reserve Corps, U. S. Army. Club: Public
Question. Recreation: tennis. Office: 303-307
Metropolitan Bldg. Residence: Buckingham
Hotel Annex.
YOUNG, Paul, Jr.; see Vol. 1906.
YOUNG, Samuel Hart, vice president Gauss-
Langenberg Hat Co.; born in Carroll Co,
Miss, Apr. 25, 1850; son of Samuel Hart and
Catherine (Small) Young; educated in private
schools in Mississippi; married, St. Louis,
May 12, 1887, Emma J. Gauss; children: Ida
H, Marie H. Began, 1873, as shipping clerk
for Gauss-Hunicke & Co.; became traveling
salesman for the company, and in 1900, when
firm changed to Gauss-Langenberg Hat Co.,
was elected vice president. Office: corner 12th
and St. Charles Sts. Residence: 6142 Kings
bury Boul.
YOUNG, Taylor Robert, lawyer; born,
Brandenburg, Meade Co, Ky, Dec. 18, 1872;
son of Davis and Sallie (Ashcraft) Young;
educated in an old log school house, Meade
Co, Ky, and public schools, Sandy Hill, to
1887; graduated from Forest Home College,
1888; studied telegraphy in Whittemore &
Hooker's School, Independence, Mo, 1889;
read law in office of J. R. W. Smith, Louis
ville, Ky, 3 894; then entered St. Louis Law
School, graduated, 1896; married, St. Louis,
June 3, 1897, Lulu Denny Thompson; 'three
children: Ruby Ruth, Lulu Laverne, Gene
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raphy, 1889, engaged with railroads, Asso
ciated Press, and Western Union Telegraph
Co., as operator at Barronett, Clayton, Cum
berland, New Richmond and Spooner, Wis,
Windom, Minn, Whitehall, Bozeman and Liv
ingston, Mont, Minneapolis, Minn, Louis
ville, Ky, Nashville, Tenn, and St. Louis,
1894. Admitted to Missouri bar, 1896, since
engaged in general practice of law in state
and federal courts; counsel for important in
terests, including organized labor. Member
St. Louis Bar Association. Republican. Mem
ber Christian (Disciples) Church. Mason;
member Keystone Lodge No. 243, A. F. & A.
M.; St. Louis Chapter No. 8, R. A. M.; As
calon Commandery No. 16, Knights Templar;
Moolah Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S.; also mem
ber Apollo Tent, Maccabees. Recreation:
working with tools. Office: suite 926-930, 706
Chestnut St. Residence: 6928 Plateau Ave.
YOUNG, Thomas Crane, architect; born,
Sheboygan, Wis, Feb. 28, 1858; son of Van
Epps and Arelisle (Seaman) Young; grad
uated from high school, Grand Rapids, Mich,
1876; special student Washingon University,
1878-79; student University of Heidelberg,
Germany, 1880, £cole des Beaux Arts, Paris,
1881; married at St. Louis, June 12, 1887, Miss
Ruth Hodgman; children: Dorothy (Mrs. Wil
liam B. Jones), Ruth (Mrs. S. A. Mitchell)
and Marjorie. Engaged in practice in partner
ship with William S. Eames, as firm of Eames
& Young, architects, in St. Louis, since 1885;
for number of years in general practice, in
cluding many of the first dwellings in St.
Louis; architects for "Cupples Plant," con
sisting of about ten city blocks of wholesale
warehouse buildings, 1889; were architects of
Lincoln Trust Building, Ferguson-McKinney
Building, Hargadine-McKittrick, Mississippi
valley Trust Co., Victoria, Missouri-Lincoln,
Frisco Annex, Liggett, Augusta, Third Na
tional Bank and other office buildings in St.
Louis; architects for Art Building, Trans-Con
tinental Exposition, Omaha, Neb, 1897, for
Federal Prison, Leavenworth, Kan, 1897, and
Federal Prison, Atlanta, Ga, 1899; member
Board of Architects for Louisiana Purchase
Exposition (Educational Building), 1903; ar
chitect for U. S. Custom House,.. San Fran
cisco, Cal, 1904; for Alaska Building, Seattle,
Wash, 1906. Director Frisco Annex Building
Co. Fellow American Institute of Architects.
Member Loyal Legion, Sons of American Rev
olution. Served two years in Michigan militia,
1877-78; twice elected mayor of Webster
Groves, serving 1901-03, and resigning before
completing second term. Member Business
Men's League, Civic League; member City
Plan Commission. Clubs: Mercantile, City.
Recreation: reading history. Office: Wright
Bldg. Residence: 5388 Waterman Ave.
YOUNG, Truman Post, lawyer; born, St.
Louis, Sept. 19, 1877; son of Daniel C. and

Clara H. (Post) Young; educated at Smith
Academy and Rugby Academy, St. Louis;
B.A, Yale University, 1899; LL.B, St. Louis
Law School, 1901; unmarried. Admitted to
bar in state and federal courts, 1901; assist
ant U. S. district attorney, 1907-10; since as
sistant city counselor. Republican. Member
Civic League, Law Library Association, Zeta
Psi, Phi Delta Phi. Member First Congrega
tional Church. Clubs: Missouri Athletic, Mera
mec Canoe, City, Public Question. Recrea
tions: canoeing, boating, horseback riding.
Offiee: City Hall. Residence: Buckingham
Annex. YOUNG, Will H, retired; born, Troy, Mo,
Dec. 25, 1842; son of William and Sarah Cole
man (Russell) Young; educated at Lincoln
County Academy, Troy; unmarried. Began
business career as deputy in the county clerk 's
office of Lincoln Co.; afterwards clerked in
general store at Cap-au-Gris, Mo.; then with
grain commission house in St. Louis, and bill
clerk with wholesale grocery house of F.
Mitchell & Bro. for nine years; began, 1883,
in brokerage business; secretary and treas
urer, Noel & Young Bond and Stock Co, until
1911, when retired. Democrat. Residence:
5948 Cates Ave.
YOUNG, William, chief of police; born, St.
Louis, July 5, 1856; son of Anton and Cath
erine (Kimmel) Young; common school educa
tion; married at Sedalia, Mo, June 5, 1901,
Mrs. Anna Bryne Young. Joined the St.
Louis police department, 1878; was promoted
to sergeant, 3884, captain, #889; left the de
partment in 1893, but returned three months
later as captain; chief of police since Apr. 9,
3910. Member board of governors National
Bureau -of Identification. Mason (Knight
Templar). Offiee: 208 S. 12th St. Residence:
1727A Longfellow Boul.
YOUNG, Willis Brock, surgeon; born,
Sioux City, la, Oct. 21, 1868; son of James
H. and Caroline F. (Ganter) Young; edu
cated in public schools; M.D, Homoeopathic
Medical College of Missouri, 1891; married,
.Apr. 30, 1908, Lucy Hosmer Stoughton. Vis
iting surgeon, City Hospital. Member St.
Louis Homoeopathic Medical Society, Missouri
Institute of Homoeopathy, Southern Homoeo
pathic Medical Association, American Insti
tute of Homoeopathy. Republican. Club: City.
Office: Metropolitan Bldg. Residence: 3620
Blaine Ave.
YULE, Alexander, coal and coke; born,
Manchester, Eng, Sept. 19, 1870; son of Alex
ander and Ann (Swallow) Yule; educated in
public schools of Manchester and Liverpool,
Eng, and in business college in St. Louis;
married, St. Louis, 1896, Ruth Matson; one
daughter, Helen. Began in pig iron and coke
business, 1891; was assistant secretary of the
St. Louis Blast Furnace Co.; secretary and
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Coal and Coke Co, 1905-11; since secretary
and treasurer Pioneer Coal and Coke Co. Mem
ber Citizens' Industrial Association. Meth
odist. Club: Missouri Athletic. Recreations:
horseback riding, hunting, fishing. Office:
Syndicate Trust Bldg. Residence: 5155 Ken
sington Ave.
YULE, William, president of DeCamp Bros.
and Yule Iron, Coal and Coke Co, since 1905;
born, Manchester, Eng, Jan. 1, 1867; son of
Alexander and Ann (Swallow) Yule; educated
in Radnor Street Wesleyan Schools of Man
chester, Eng.; married at St. Louis, 1891, to
Helen Davenport (now deceased) ; one son,
Edward Davenport. Came to United States in
1885. Republican. Member Lindell Ave. M. E.
Church. Clubs: Mercantile, Missouri Athletic.
Office: 705 Olive St. Residence: 5926 W. Ca
banne PL Z
ZACH, Max Wilhelm, musician; born, Lem-
berg, Austria, Aug. 31, 1864; son of Heinrich
and Julie (Deim) Zaeh; educated in Lower
and Middle School (Gymnasium), Lemberg
and Vienna; musical education, Conservatory
of Music, Vienna; married, Boston, Mass.,
July 4, 1891, Blanche Going; three children:
Leon Henry, Philip, Eleanor. Came to Amer
ica, October, 1886; member Boston Symphony
Orchestra, 1886-1907, also conductor of popular
concerts in Boston; conductor St. Louis Sym
phony Orchestra since 1907. Served as non
commissioned officer in Austrian Army. Mem
ber Sehlaraffia, St. Louis. Clubs: Liederkranz
(St. Louis), St. Botolph (Boston). Recrea
tion: reading. Office: 1120 Olive St. Winter
Residence: Hotel Jefferson, St. Louis. Home
Address: 36 Atherton St., Roxbury, Mass.
ZACHRITZ, William, lawyer; bora, St.
Louis, Aug. 28, 1859; son of Frederick W. and
Elizabeth (Strauss) Zachritz; educated at
grammar school, Central High School and St.
Louis Law School; admitted to Missouri bar,
3 881; married Emma Hinzpeter, of St. Louis,
Aug. 12, 1885; three children: William O,
Edgar F. and Walter. Appointed assistant
city attorney, 1885, and elected assistant cir
cuit attorney, 1888; elected circuit attorney,
1892; judge of Circuit Court, 1896; resumed
private practice Jan. 1, 1903; member law
firm of Zachritz & Zachritz. Republican. Prot
estant. Mason; member Royal Arcanum, Le
gion of Honor. Club: Liederkranz. Recrea
tion: fishing. Office: 415 Pine St. Residence:
2921 Lafayette Ave.
ZAHORSKY, John, physician; born in Hun
gary, Oct. 13, 1871; son of John and Amelia
(Gura) Zahorsky; educated in grammar
school, Cleveland, O, 1878; public schools,
Steelville, Mo, 1880-87; A.B, Steelville Nor
mal and Business Institute, 1891; M.D, Mis
souri Medical College, 1895; post-graduate
work, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1899, New
York Polyclinic, 1899; married, St. Louis,

June 27, 1900, H. Elizabeth Silverwood; two
children: Theodore Saunders and Elizabeth.
Engaged in general practice of medicine since
1895; assistant to Dr. E. W. Saunders, 1897-
1900. Lecturer in Latin and prescription writ
ing, Missouri Medical College, 1896; chief of
children's clinic, St. John's Hospital, 1896-
1902; attending physician to Bethesda Found
ling Home for twelve years; chief of chil
dren 's clinic, Washington University Dispen
sary, 1902-05; attending physician to Episco
pal Orphans' Home; lecturer on children's
diseases, Washington University, for several
years; clinical professor of pediatrics in same,
1905-12; professor of pediatrics, St. Louis
University School of Medicine, 1912. Editor
St. Louis Courier of Medicine, 1902-06; con
tributor to medical press, on children 's dis
eases. Member St. Louis Medical Society,
Academy of Science, St. Louis Pediatric So
ciety, Missouri Medical Alumni Association,
American Medical Association, American As
sociation of Teachers of Children's Diseases,
St. Louis Pure Milk Commission, Civic
League. Republican. Presbyterian. Address;
1460 S. Grand Ave.
ZEIBIG, Frederick Gustav, real estate
agent; born, Ottawa, 111, Aug. 21, 1860; son
of G. A. and Eliza (Madja) Zeibig; educated
in St. Anne's School, Normandy, Mo, and
Jones Commercial College; married Virginia
McKinney, of Ferguson, Mo, Sept. 17, 1888;
children: Virginia A, Mary Prudence, Charles
Hunt, Elsa Louise, Douglas Churchill, Georgia
Augusta. Began business career as collector
with Charles L. Hunt, real estate, July, 1873,
remaining with him until his death in 1885;
in real estate business on own account until
May, 1889, since member Cornet & Zeibig.
Vice president Mortgage Guarantee Co., St.
Louis. Ex-president St. Louis Real Estate
Exchange. Democrat. Roman Catholic. Clubs:
St.. Louis, Racquet, Bellerive. Recreations:
reading, hunting, fishing, ball game. Office:
719 Chestnut St. Residence: 37 Kingsbury PL
ZETZSCHE, Julius Franco, wholesale hat
merchant; born, Okawville, 111, Dec. 25, 1857;
son of John F. and Margaret J. (Beckham)
Zetzsche; educated in public schools and Mc
Kendree College, and later attended Union
College of Law, Chicago; married, Richview.
Ill, Sept. 5, 1878, Flora, daughter of Rev. Levi
S. Walker. Boyhood spent on farm; entered
retail store at fifteen and remained there dur
ing school vacations for five years; later be
came proprietor and conducted country store
for seven years; was traveling representative
in southern Illinois for twenty years; since
February, 1903, president Harris-Polk Hat
Co, wholesale hats and caps. Republican.
Methodist. Member Masonic Order, Modern
Woodmen of America. Club: Mercantile. Rec
reation: farming. Office: 1227 Washington
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ZIEGENHEIN, Henry, ex-mayor, banker;
deceased; see Vol. 1906.
ZIEGLER, Charles Calvin, secretary Amer
ican Brake Co.; born, Rebersburg, Pa, June
19, 1854; son of Isaac and Catherine (Kern)
Ziegler; educated in public schools of Re
bersburg, Pa.; Ph.B, State University of
Iowa, 1878, A.M, 1880; A.B, Harvard Col
lege, 1884; married, St. Louis, Apr. 13, 1888,
Mary Catherine Conser; children: Laura
Alpha (died Nov. 30, 1899) and Calla Alpha.
Engaged in clerical work after leaving col
lege; became cjerk, 1887, with the American
Brake Co., of which, Oct. 19, 1901, was elected
to present position as secretary and treasurer.
Independent in politics. Member St. Mark's
Evangelical Lutheran Church. Member Penn
sylvania German Society (of Pennsylvania),
Pennsylvania Society (St. Louis), and Forest
Park Lodge No. 457, A. F. & A. M. Clubs:
Harvard, St. Louis Railway. Author of
"Drauss un Deheem, " a small volume of
poems in the Pennsylvania German dialect,
published in Leipzig, Germany, 1891. Recrea
tion: roller skating. Office: 1932 N. Broad
way. Residence: 5726 McPherson Ave.
ZIELINSKI, Simon J, clergyman; born,
Poland, Germany, Aug. 17, 1875; son of Jacob
and Mary (Kaminska) Zielinski; attended
elementary schools of native land; caino to
America, 1893; classical course, St. Stanislaus
College, Chicago, and St. Bede College, Peru,
111.; philosophy and theology, Kendrick Sem
inary, St. Louis. Ordained to priesthood Ro
man Catholic Church by Archbishop Kain,
June 14, 1902; assistant pastor St. Stanislaus'
parish, eight months, St. Casimir's parish,
1903-04; temporarily in charge of mission at
Owensville, Mo, and then re-organized con
gregation and built parish residence at Doni
phan; officiated for a short time at St. Cas
imir's Church; pastor St. Hedwig's Church
since Feb. 1, 1906. Favorite recreation: school
work. Residence: 3212 Pulaski St.
ZILLE, Frederick E, commission merchant;
deceased; see Vol. 1906.
ZIMMER, Nicola P, lawyer; born, Pough
keepsie, N. Y, Dec 29, 1869; son of Thomas
J. and Catherine (Sehroeder) Zimmer; edu
cated public schools, Poughkeepsie, and
Northwestern Law School, Chicago; married,
Barre, Vt, Sept. 24, 1896, Julia Blanchard.
Admitted to bar at St. Louis, Oct. 1, 1895, and
since in general practice. Republican. Prot
estant. Member St. Louis Law Library Asso
ciation. President Mullanphy Emigrant Relief
Fund Commissioners. Mason (32°). Recrea
tion: reading. Office: 908 Wainwright Bldg.i
Residence: 4475 Evans Ave.
ZIMMERMAN, Harry Murray, superintend
ent of shoe factory; born, St. Louis, Jan. 24,
1877; son of John J. and Melinda (McLaugh
lin) Zimmerman; graduated from Christian

Brothers College, 1894; unmarried. Began
business career in 1894 as bookkeeper in the
office of a shoe factory; and in 1895 went on
road for John Meier Shoe Co.; became con
nected with the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co.,
1902, representing the company in Tennessee
and Kentucky; superintendent Union Fac
tory, same company, 1904-09; then superin
tendent "Full Value" factory, Peters Shoe
Co, now International Shoe Co. Clubs: Mer
cantile, Glen Echo. Recreation: golf. Office:
Glasgow and N. Market Sts. Residence: Hotel
Beers. ZIMMERMANN, Christian Friedrich, pav
ing contractor; born, Stuttgart, Germany,
Feb. 10, 1850; son of Christ D. and Caroline
(Zielfieisch) Zimmermann; educated in public
schools in Stuttgart; married, St. Louis, Oct.
18, 1875, Ottilia Schleuter; children: Clara
(Mrs. George W. Hazelroth) , Christ, Julius
Albert, Elenora, Laura. Came from Germany
direct to St. Louis, arriving Oct. 1, 1867. ' Be
gan as paver and mason journeyman, working
first for S. Skrainka & Co., and later for
Vietch & Allen; started in business for self,
1885, and since 1895, when the business was
incorporated, has been president of Christ
Zimmermann & Co, contractors for stone,
brick and granitoid paving, cement concrete
foundations, etc; also director Dunderberg
Mining Co., of Nevada. Republican. Luther
an. Member Legion of Honor, Schwabian
Unterstaziug Verein. Office: 502 Howard
Bldg, 709 Pine St. Residence: 3443 California
Avenue. ZIMMERMANN, Theodore Frederick Wil
liam, lawyer; born, Neumark, Prussia, Mar. 7,
1843; son of Gottfried and Caroline (Theme)
Zimmermann; came to America with parents,
1848; educated in district schools and took
high school course, Sheboygan, Wis, to 1858;
attended Concordia College, 1859-61, and
branch at Fort Wayne, Ind, 1861-62; returned
and graduated from same college, St. Louis,
1863; married, St. Louis, Feb. 24, 1864, Eliza
beth M. Ameiss; five children: Theodore F.
W, Jr, Arthur (deceased), Agnes (Mrs.
Philip Haller), Alexander (deceased), Eugene
(deceased). Engaged as school teacher, Terre
Haute, Ind, one term, 1863; became overseer
House of Refuge, St. Louis, 1864, and con
tinued until 1870; then assistant superintend
ent City Work House to 1879. Appointed jus
tice of peace under Mayor Ewing, also police
court justice, South St. Louis, 1881, continu
ing until 1902; since engaged in general prac
tice of law. Independent Republican. Prot
estant. Member South Broadway Merchants'
and Manufacturers' Association, Southwest
Turner Association. Member Meridian Lodge,
No. 2, A. F. & A. M.; Missouri Chapter, No. 1,
R. A. M.; and Red Men. Recreations: hunt
ing, fishing. Office: 2626 S. Broadway. Resi
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ZINK, William, real estate and financial
agent; born, St. Louis, June 13, 1861; son of
Michael and Elizabeth (Boulinger) Zink; edu
cated in St. Louis public schools and St. Fran
cis Solanus College, Quincy, 111, graduating
in general commercial studies; married, April,
1890, Beatrice Farrington. Since July 1, 1889,
in real estate business as William Zink & Co.;
secretary Real Estate Building and Loan As
sociation. President Orpheus Musical Society
and Symphony Orchestra. Democrat. Roman
Catholic. Member Legion of Honor, Royal
Arcanum. Clubs: St. Louis Yacht, St. Louis
Trap Shooters' Association. Recreations:
vacating, shooting and fishing. Offiee: 15 N.
7th St. Residence: 3620 Folsom Ave.
ZOLLMANN, George Henry, fruit and prod
uce merchant; 1864-1909; see Vol. 1906.
ZOLLMANN, George Louis, president of
George H. Zollmann Produce Co.; born, St.
Louis, Jan. 20, 1887; son of George H. and
Catherine CDauseh) Zollmann; educated in
Blair ("public) School to 1900; then entered
Manual Training School, Washington Univer
sity, and continued until 1902; took course in
Draughan's Business College, 3903; unmar
ried. Began business career as clerk with
United Railways Co, St. Louis. Nov. 3, 1903.
and continued until Feb. 1, 1906; engaged
with father as cashier and bookkeeper, be
came treasurer Mav 1, 1907. and since father's
death, Nov. 5. 1909, has been president of
George H. Zollmann Produce Co. Secretary
and treasurer St. Louis Fruit and Produce Ex
change; member St. Louis Butter. Egg and
Produce Exchange. Republican. Protestant.
Member Erwin Lodge. No. 121, A. F. & A. M.
Office: 833 N. 3d St. Residence: 2307 Sullivan
Avenue.

ZOLNAY, George Julian, sculptor; born.
Pecs, Hungary. July 4, 1863; son of Ignatius
and Caroline Zolnav; although intended for
diplomatic career, he chose art. graduating
with highest honors from Royal Art Institute
at Bucharest, and Imperial Aca'^mv of Fine
Arts, Vienna. 1890; married, 3 902, Miss Abi
gail Rowan Gillim, of Owensboro, Ky. ; two
children. Began American career, 1892 (Co
lumbian Exposition, Chicago); settled, 1894,
in New York City and achieved national rep
utation; came to St. Louis, 1903, in charge
of sculpture division, Art Department World's
Fair, and instructor St. Louis School of Fine
Arts (Washington University) ; resigned,
1909. to become director University City Art
Academy. Principal works abroad: Vienna,
St. Poelten, Bucharest and Budapest. In
America: Universitv of Virginia (E. A. Poe
and Tympanum) ; Richmond, Va. (Jefferson
Davis monument, Hayes and Winnie Davis
memorials); Savannah, Ga. (General MeLaws
and General Barton monuments) ; Owensboro,
Ky. (soldier monument) ; Louisville, Ky.

(Duncan Jacob memorial) ; San Francisco
(groups on U. S. courthouse) ; New Bedford,
Mass. (public monument to Industry) ; St.
Louis (Pierre Laclede monument, City Hall,
Colossal Lions, University City Gates) ; Nash
ville, Tenn. (Sam Davis and Confed. soldier
monument). Portrait busts of Emperor
Francis Joseph, Vietor Hugo, Gen. Stonewall
Jackson, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, Clara Hoffman,
Walter S. Sheldon, W. H. Thompson, Maj.
James S. Rollins, F. Louis Soldan, etc. Past
President St. Louis Artists' Guild; vice pres
ident National Arts Club, New York; secre
tary International Sculpture Scfry, St. Louis
World's Fair, 1904; chairman Missouri Art
Commission, Portland Exposition, 1905.
Member Union Internationale des Arts et
Sciences (Paris), Society of Western Artists,
Art Committee of St. Louis Civic League.
Clubs: Public Question, St. Louis, Noonday,
etc. Decorated by King of Roumania, first
class Order Pour le Merit. Recreations: plays
the violin and raises flowers. Studio: eleventh
floor Security Bldg. Residence: 362 N.
Taylor Ave.
ZUCKER, David Irving, editor Real Estate
Bulletin; born, St. Louis, Dec. 6, 1871; son of
Simeon S. and Esther Phoebe (Levi) Zucker;
educated in public schools, Memphis, Tenn,
td 1881; married, St. Louis, May, 1899, Eliza
beth K. Drysdale, of Lexington, Mo. (died
1903); two children: Sabella, David, Jr.; mar
ried, 2d, St. Louis, Apr. 17, 1909, Florence
Hazel Pierce; one child, Richard G. ' Began
business career as office boy with Scott-Rick-
arz Pressroom Co., 1888, and continued until
1898; with Simmons Hardware Co, 1899-1901;
offiee manager Stewart-Scott Pressroom Co,
and confidential man, to 1905. Engaged with
Real Estate Printing and Publishing Co. (pub
lishers of Real Estate Bulletin, official organ
St. Louis Real Estate Exchange), 1906, and
elected secretary, 1907, vice president, 1909,
president, January, 1912. Member St. Louis
Real Estate Exchange, Business Men's League.
Was member Speed Zouaves, Memphis, Tenn,
1886'; also old Busch Zouaves, under Captain
Roemner, St. Louis, 1890; with Company F,
First Regiment, National Guard of Missouri,
private to first sergeant, 1889-96; organized
independent company, 3 897, later merged with
Company K, National Guard of Missouri, dur
ing Spanish-American War. Independent in
politics. Hon. member St. Louis Society of Ac
countants. Mason. Recreations: books, gar
dening (flowers). Offiee: 9 and 11 N. 8th St.
Residence: 513 East Lockwood, Webster
Groves, Mo.
ZUCKER, Harry H, neckwear manufac
turer; born, New York City, May 28, 1871;
son of Isidor and Annie (Seheyer) Zucker;
educated in Chicago ; married, New York City,
Oct. 31, 1893, Rose Symons; one son, Alvin
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Neckwear Co. Republican. Jewish religion.
Mason. Office: 1322 Washington Ave. Resi
dence: 1311 Clara Ave.
ZUKOSKI, William Aloysius; born, Zbaraz,
Galicia, Austrian Empire. June 21, 1836; son
of Peter and Anna Zukoski; educated in
schools in Austria; married, St. Louis, Dec.
31, 1862, Josephin Haas; children: Edmund
L, Charles F. Came to St. Louis from Aus
tria in 1851, and in 1855 entered millinery
business, in which he has since continued;
now vice president Levis-Zukoski Mercantile
Co. Member Business Men 's League. Served
in Civil War as a member of the Home Guard,
in McNiel 's regiment. Club: Mercantile. Rec

reation: reading. Office: 1115 Washington
Ave. Residence: 3262 Hawthorne Boul.
ZUMBALEN, Joseph Henry, lawyer; born,
St. Louis, July 4, 1861; son of Henry and
Augusta (Wurz) Zumbalen; educated in Ger
man Lutheran Evangelical School, public
grammar and St. Louis high schools; LL.B,
St. Louis Law School, 1887; unmarried. Now
member law firm of Ferriss, Zumbalen & Fer
riss. Member Missouri State Bar Association,
St. Louis Bar Association. Member Board St.
Louis Public Library. Republican. Protestant.
Office: 820 Rialto Bldg. Residence: 2358 Ten
nessee Ave.