insurance office of Moore & Janes, 1886, and
continued in various capacities until 1898,
when became a mem. of the firm (established
1864), which was in 1901 consolidated with the
insurance agency of Lyman & Herrick, form-
ing the firm of Moore, Janes, Lyman & Her-
rick. Republican. Mem. S. Congregational
Church. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Congre-
gational. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence:
4511 Greenwood Av.
MOOSE, George Henry, fire insurance; b.
N. Hartland, Vt., Jan. 20, 1848; s. Reuben and
Ann Mariah Hunt Moore; ed. public schools;
m. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 16, 1870, Emma E.
Smith; children: Carleton W. t Ella F., George
Albert, Louise H., Irene H., Warren W. Com-
menced insurance business with Manhattan
Fire Insurance Co., of New York, 1877, as spe-
cial agent for Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indi-
ana and West Virginia; in Oct., 1882, accepted
Michigan State agency, for Liverpool and Lon-
don and Globe Insurance Co., and in 1893 was
transferred to Chicago, becoming asst. sec. of
the company. Was pres. Underwriters' Assn.
of the Northwest, 1896-7. Mem. Soc. of Colo-
nial Wars, Sons of the Revolution. Club: Un-
ion League. Office: Home Insurance Bldg. Resi-
dence: 2131 Orrington Av., Evanston, 111.
MOORE, Henry Robert, traffic mgr. Repub-
lic Iron and Steel Co.; b. Warrensville, O., Feb.
16, 1856; s. Thomas and Katharine (Gill)
Moore: ed. Cleveland public schools; m. Cleve-
land, 1876, Harriette Burnham. Began railway
service in 1872 as a clerk with the L. S. & M.
S. Ry., with which served at Cleveland, O., in
various positions to contracting agent, until
1899; Jan., 1890, to July, 1899, general freight
agent of the Cleveland, Canton & Southern R.
R. ; since July, 1899, traffic mgr. of the Repub-
lic Iron and Steel Co., Chicago. Office: 1st Nat.
Bank Bldg. Residence: 4843 Madison Av.
MOORE, James Hills, insurance; b. Wind-
ham, N. H., July 4, 1840; s. Silas and Hannah
Moore; ed. public schools, Windham, and Ches-
ter Acad., until 1856; then came west and con-
tinued studies at Mendota (111.) College until
1859; m. 1st, Chicago, Oct. 10, 1865, Nannie
D. Warner; m. 2d, Chicago, Apr. 15, 1889, Ju-
lia H. C. Tuthill. Employed in Elgin Bank, El-
gin, 111., 1859, to July, 1861, when he enlisted
as private in 36th 111. Vol. Infy. ; promoted to
q. m. and 1st lieut. 71st 111. Vols., but retired
from army on account of ill health, Sept., 1863.
Came to Chicago and took position with insur-
ance firm of L. D. Olmsted & Co. ; later became
partner in the firm, which was afterward
known as S. M. Moore & Co., Moore & Janes,
and now as Moore, Janes, Lyman & Herrick,
of which he is senior partner; firm has repre-
sented Hartford Insurance Co. for 40 years,
and other leading companies, and is one of the
largest and most successful fire insurance
418 THE BOOK OF CH1CAGOANS
agencies in Chicago. Has been mem. of nearly (New York). Office: 271 Michigan St. Resi-
every underwriting organization ever organ- dence: Hotel Metropole.
ized in Chicago and was for 2 years pres. Chi- MOOS, John Peter, manufacturer; b. Chi-
cago Fire Underwriters' Assn. Office: 159 La- cago . Feb 21, 1862; s Peter and Mary (Wol-
Salle St. Residence: 4433 Greenwood Av. lensak) Moos; ed. public schools of Chicago;
,,^-r. -r -cr^-ho^ IQTO-^T. -r>mr>tAr- h m - Sept. 1, 1891, Minnie Halvorsen. After leav-
MOOBE, James Hobart, lawyer, promoter, b. { s ^ QQl wag j barber busines s until 1893,
Berkshire N. \., June 14, 1852 acad educa- whic h year he became assistant to his
Uon; m A.Pr-. 26 ' 188 , 3 ',,^^^??^ looted uncle - Frank Voigtmann, a manufacturer of
Bank clerk, Bto&^ffiJP'**,}^}-*!*^** galvanized iron and other metal cornices, sky
n Chicago 1873; admitted to Illinois bar, jun and contractor for ti slate and ' til *
\ r '^\^- .;>,?; *vjvl MonrP\ of ?a?e in- roofing work, and has continued in that busi-
(with his brother WH. Moore) of large in n nQw be Frank Voigtmann
r US . tr , ial xT ^^^i^'nit A^ T^n Pl^te anl Cornice Co., incorporated in Jan., 1903 Inde-
M ^ Ch 'SrJtn nf ni m 'Jir C R I & P^dent in politics. Office: 129-131 N. Franklin
other combinations or capital. JJir. U,,K, i. at st Residence- 2711 Wavnp AV
P. R. R. Co., Am. Can Co., Frazer Lubricator bt - ^ *J* Wayne AV.
Co Price Flavoring Extract Co., Union Bag MOOS, Joseph Bernhard, cigar and tobacco
and Paper Co., of New Jersey, International merchant; b. Chicago, Apr. 24, 1867; s. Bern-
Forest Fish and Game Assn. Office: 76 Monroe hard and Caroline Moos; ed. Chicago public
St Residence: 2922 Michigan Av. schools; m. Chicago, 1889, Katherine H. Hoyt;
MOORE, Lewis Theodore, consulting engi- 1 daughter: Elizabeth M. Since 1883 in cigar
neer I C R. R.; b. Thompson, Conn., Feb. 20. and tobacco business; now pres. of J. & B.
1843' s Samuel and Sophronia F. (Stone) Moos, wholesale cigars and tobaccos, and well
Moore; ed public and high schools and at a known as the largest cigar and tobacco job-
school in Providence; m. 1st, E. Douglas, bers in the West. Republican. Club: City. Of-
Mass Burnett E. Stone, May 26, 1866; m. 2d, fice: 102-104 Michigan Av. Residence: 1814
Amboy, 111., Feb. 10, 1875, Mrs. Martha M. Oakdale Av. and Lake Forest, 111.
Hinds; children: Frank E., Lewis E. Began MOBAZT, Thomas A., Jr., lawyer; s. late
engineering on street railroad in Providence, Judge Thomas A. and Josephine (Quinn)
R. I., 1864. Since^lSej continuously^in^the ^ser- Moran; jnem. J^aw firm of_Mpran, Mayer &
sior
roamsm ' =*mond aaymmd, physician; b. St.
riiicieo 1881-7 chief eneineer 1887- Raymond, Que., Can., Dec. 15, 1864; s. Ferdi-
Mar 1 1892 conlumni eneineer nan <* and Adeline (Angers) Moras; classical
Offlop- ' central S^ltlon Residence-' education Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.;
AV Central fatatlon - Resid ce - grad. Harvard Univ. Med. School, M.D., 1888,
Grler inwver- h Indiana and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chi-
wrier, lawyer, o. iimid.ua. notm ~\ir T\ ISSQ- TVI rvi<<-.a</^ T.iiii IQ iann
1?' T?PV John and Anna ca s> JM.L., iBoVj m. CnlcagO, July 19, 1900,
^
. I i<-.</ .i
p>o Tnn 9fi 18>1?' T?PV John and Anna s> .., ioj . ncag, uy
a - ^ Anna Stamm; 1 son: Carl Stamm. Mem
fWbitPl A/Tnnrp- P-rad T afnvpttp Polleee BHMunj J. sun. ^an oiamm. mem.
in, Pa , in class' o 1873; m Peoria, ifl ! Chicago Med. Soc. Prof, of obstetrics, College
Jorie. ^toitS 1 to r i)ar! ll iiW!'p : ri*tilceT''at M pS- SjSSSLvJSi^i OfHce and> residence: ' 1403~
oria, 111., in firm of James, Jack & Moore, MOS.-P niaii. vino lo^,.. H TI , 1,1 v,
1878-85; since then in Chicago, first in law w *^^ "gS* ftPT^ Buc T kin S nam ..
firm of Wilson & Moore, 1885-8, and since 1888 ^^Rebecck ( Van Horn) More- ffthef'dfed Yn
"Wilson Moor6 & McllvainG VicG-prcs and **- Ilu j\-cuc^L.ct v v ii .
counsel Federal Trust and Savings Bank; dir. 1 865 _ : J^ v < ^ d a d i^ rf Mrf? h Sll!5Jfe No . rt heastern
Dolese & Shepard Co. Associate mem. Chicago p^i " V^ w'aitnn iS v ^W* TTI V ri 6 iT'
Real Estate Board. Republican. Presbyterian. Colo., and Walton. NY and Univ. of Mich-
Mem. Board of Trustees of Scoville Institute, ^an, grad Union College of Law, Chicago,
and of His?h School Board of Oak Park, 111. V,Tii?"at7w.t nV 1 ? %,^i A* B i9 , ' *
r*inh- TTninn T P-IP-IIP TTnivprjitv Oak- Park- Julia BtoCKweUj 1 son: Stuart. At 13 years of
Westward Ho Office' 204 Dearborn It Resi- a & e was taken b y mother to Colorado; worked
denceTl29 Forest Av Oak Park n" as cowboy in Colorado and Wyoming, attend-
MOOKHEAD, William Henry, 'hay and grain ln ^ school at Greeley, Colo., winters, and
commission; b. Belfast, Ireland, Nov. 16, 1860; *PM228E ^A^ 6 !??"/ 6 * tO K pay iQK su ? se r
s. Jacob and Alice (Bell) Moorhead; came to Jt u ent eaucation Aomitted 1 ) bar 1885; clerk
Chicago with parents, in childhood; m. DeKalb L n J, aw "SSf ?L' t H ' Ander . s on and Millard &
Co 111 Oct 11 1883 Alice Blair- children- Smlth until 1888, then went to work for law
Walter "George, Maude's. Learned the boiler- 5 * ?* SSJ?' 1 J*SJ7 S Gray; afterward
maker's trade in the rolling mills now owned ? eca * I m '^ Ti . tnat _ nrm ' since May 1,
by the Illinois Steel Co.; started as a boy 1895, of firm of Bulkley, Gray & Mora Repub-
and advanced until was foreman of the shop " can - T C ngreg ^iP nali |t- Clubs: Hamilton,
Started in retail feed business July 20, 1883, Union League Office Home Insurance Bldg.
and after 8 years sold out and engaged in the Residence. Hotel Del Prado.
commission business with Kilmer Commission MOKENTTS, Howard Bailey, sec. and treas.
Co. In 1895 bought an interest and became of The Hobart M. Cable Co.; b. Walton, N.
a mem. of the present firm of Van Wie & Y., May 31, 1869; s. Harvey B. and Elizabeth
Moorhead. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Re- Hunter Morenus; ed. public schools of Walton,
publican. Presbyterian. Office: Board of Trade N. Y. ; m. Walton, N. Y., 1893, Martha S.
Bldg. Residence: 58 Campbell Park Boul. Cable; 1 son: Richard Cable. After leaving
MOORHOUSE, 'William Russell, tobacco school became clerk in the 1st Nat. Bank of
manufacturer; b. Chicago, July 17, 1873; s. Walton, N. Y., and was afterward promoted
William Henry and Frances (Farrar) Moor- to bookkeeper in the same bank. Came west
house: preparatory ed. Harvard School, Chi- and entered the employ of the Chicago Cot-
cago; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1894; m. Ot- tage Organ Co., as bookkeeper and traveling
tumwa, la., Nov. 17, 1896, Merry Mitchell; 1 salesman, afterward becoming mgr. of that
daughter: Phyllis. Clerk for Spaulding & Mer- company's Southern business, with head-
rick, tobacco manufacturers, 1894-7; cashier, quarters at Atlanta, Ga. On the organization
1897-1900; sec., 1900-2; business mgr., 1902-4; of the Hobart M. Cable Co., 1900, became sec.
vice-pres. and gen. mgr. since Jan., 1904. and treas. of that company. Republican. Club:
Clubs: Calumet, Washington Park, Chicago Chicago Athletic. Office: Steinway Hall. Resi-
Automobile, Chicago Athletic; also Yale Club dence: 4947 Lake Av.
THE BOOK OF CHICAGOANS
410
MORF, Paul Frederick, physician; b. Blue
Island, Cook Co., 111., Oct. 26, 1871; s. C. F.
and Katherine (Walz) Morf; grad. Northwest-
ern Univ. Med. School, M.D., 1897; m. Chicago,
July 9, 1903, Louise E. Paulus; 1 son: Karl
F. P. House physician. Cook Co. Hosp., June,
1897, to Dec., 1898. Asst. in surgery Chicago
Policlinic; instructor in surgery, Northwest-
ern Univ. Med. School. Mem. Chicago Med.
Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chicago Acad.
of Medicine. Republican. Methodist. Office:
270 Larrabee St. Residence: 318 Webster Av.
MOB G AN, Ike, Illustrator; b. Grand Tower,
111., June 28, 1871; father German; mother
Scotch-Irish; ed. public schools, St. Louis;
studied drawing and painting St. Louis School
of Fine Arts. Did first illustrating for St.
Louis Republic; since 1896 in Chicago doing
special work for Record-Herald. Illustrated:
Kids of Many Colors; Pickaback Songs, etc.
Studio: Record-Herald Bldg. Residence: 386
Dearborn Av.
MORGAN, Otlio Herron, varnish manufac-
turer; b. Lawrenceburgh, Ind., Aug. 11, 1838; s.
Elisha and Catharine (Colt) Morgan; ed. Wil-
liston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass.; m.
Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 19, 1864, Julia Potwin;
children: William P., Anson C., Elisha, Cath-
arine C., Helen V. D., Julia P. Entered Union
Army as 2d lieut. 7th Ind. Battery, Dec., 1861;
promoted capt. of same, Apr., 1864; mustered
out of service Dec., 1864; entire military ser-
vice in the Army of the Cumberland. With A.
C. Potwin, in 1866, established the Chicago
Varnish Co., not incorporated till several years
later, when he became vice-pres., and later
pres. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason mem.
Apollo Commandery and Oriental Consistory.
Clubs: Union League, Marquette. Office: 35
Dearborn Av. Residence: Highland Park, 111.
MORGAN, Thomas J., lawyer, socialist lead-
er; b. Birmingham, Eng., Oct. 27, 1847; s.
Thomas J. and Hannah (Simcox) Morgan; ed.
Sunday and evening schools; m. Jan. 26, 1867,
Elizabeth Chambers; children: Thomas S.,
Annie (now Mrs. Allen Courser). Worked at
machinist's trade 37 years; active in labor
movement since 1873; Socialist Labor nominee
for mayor of Chicago, 1891; one of the com-
mittee to secure location of World's Fair at
Chicago; represented the labor organizations
of the U. S. before congressional committee
at Washington, requesting the opening of the
World's Fair on Sunday. Grad. Chicago Law
College, 1895; is now in practice as a lawyer.
Delivered an address before the Trust Conf.,
Chicago, "A Socialist's View of the Trusts."
One of the committee of 100 selected by Civic
Federation to recommend reforms in Chicago
public schools. Sec. of nat. campaign commit-
tee, Social Democratic party, 1900; Social
Democrat candidate for state's atty., Cook
Co., 111., 1900. Lecturer Nat. Social. Convoca-
tion, Lake Bluff, 111., 1900. Delegate Nat. Con-
vention Socialist party, Indianapolis, 1901;
nominee Socialist party for city atty., Chicago,
1903; delegate to Nat. Convention Socialist
party (Chicago), 1904, and chairman of Illi-
nois state campaign committee. Mem. of grand
lodge Order of Sons of St. George, including
Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin. Mason; Odd
Fellow. Office: Unity Bldg. Residence: 6235
Madison Av.
MORGAN, William Edward, surgeon; b.
Madison, Wis., July 23, 1858; s. Charles E. and
Naomi (Seymour) Morgan; ed. public school,
Madison, Wis.; Univ. of Wisconsin, 1876-9;
Chicago Med. College, 1879-82, graduating,
M.D., 1882; m. Chicago, Sept. 3, 1885, Frank
C. Jamieson (died 1890); 1 son: Charles Wood-
ward (student at Armour Institute of Tech-
nology). Interne Cook Co. Hosp., 1882-4;
started general practice on South Side in
spring of 1884, and has continued ever since.
Has been connected with surgical dept. of
alma mater from graduation, and for 10 yeara
past prof, of operative surgery and clinical
surgery in Northwestern Univ. Med. School.
Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med.
Soc., Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Surgical Soc.
(charter mem.). Republican. Office: 42 Madison
St. Residence: 3122 S. Park Av.
MORISON, John Archibald, clergyman; b. on
a farm in Quebec, Can., Mar. 10, 1867; s. Wil-
liam and Mary Anne (Towner) Morison; in
early years was ed. by private tuition of uncle,
Rev. D. W. Morison, D.D., and by Rev. George
Weir, DD., LL.D. (sometime prof, in Morin
College, Quebec) ; attended Huntingdon Acad.,
1883-4; McGill Univ., 1884-8, graduating B.A.;
Montreal Presbyterian College, 1888-91, grad-
uating in divinity; took post-graduate courses
in oratory at Univ. of Michigan, and in phi-
losophy at Univ. of Wooster, grad. M.A., Ph.D.;
courses in philosophy and divinity, Edinburgh
Univ., and in New Testament literature at
New College, Edinburgh, 1891-2; courses in
philosophy and theology in Royal Prussian
Univ., Berlin, 1898, and was certified by same
as full matriculated student holding degree of
Ph.D. and granted standing accordingly;
course in Old Testament literature, Christ
Church, Oxford, 1899; m. Listowel, Ont., Sept.
11, 1894, Clara Jeanette Nichol; 1 daughter:
Josephine Jeannette. Ordained to Presbyterian
ministry Feb. 3, 1893; held pastorates at Lis-
towel, Ont., Toronto, Ont., and St. John, N. B M
Can.; now pastor of 1st Presbyterian Church,
Chicago. Vice-pres. The Upper Canada Relig-
ious Tract and Book Soc.; mgr. ex-officio of
the Presbyterian Hosp., Chicago. Honorary
mem. St. Andrew's Soc. of St. John, N. B. ;
for some years chaplain Bernard Lodge No.
225, Ontario, A. F. & A. M. Residence: 51 E.
22d St.
MORLEY, Robert Lyth, western mgr. the
Michigan Stove Co.; b. York, Eng., Jan. 23,
1849; s. William and Ann (Holdsworth) Mor-
ley; ed. national schools at York, Eng., and
by private tutor; m. St. Thomas, Can., Dec.
21, 1875, Mary J. Stacy; children: Ida M. (now
Mrs. E. E. Moore), Bertha L. (now Mrs.
Charles B. Van Dyke), Ebor L. (son), Ethel,
Gertrude. For 3 years was associated with dry
goods business in London, Eng., before coming
to America in 1873, when engaged with the
Toronto Globe, in the accounting dept.; then
with Michigan Stove Co. at Detroit, Mich., and
in 1884 assumed duties of associate mgr. of
the company's western branch at Chicago, and
in 1902 was promoted to his present position
as western mgr. Republican. Episcopalian.
Clubs: Union League, Casino (Edgewater). Of-
fice: 256-262 S. Clinton St. Residence: 869 Win-
throp Av., Edgewater, 111.
MORPHY, William J., general agent The
Am. Credit Indemnity Co. Has been general
agent for the Dept. of the Northwest for the
Am. Credit Indemnity Co. of New York since
1898. Democrat. Club: Iroquois. Office: Mar-
quette Elder. Residence: 1632 Ridge Av.,
Evanston, 111.
MORREIil,, Frederick Lathrop, life insur-
ance mgr.; b. Aurora, Cayuga Co., N. Y., May
27, 1854; s. Charles and Margaret (Lathrop)
Morrell; ed. high school, Aurora, N. Y. ; m.
Dunkirk, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1881, Marguerite Ger-
rans; 1 daughter: Gladys Lathrop. Clerk In
store, Aurora, N. Y., 1867-73; with Blue Line
Fast Freight, 1873-92, in general office at
Rochester, N. Y. ; then as agent at Kansas City
and St. Louis, Mo.; resigned to accept position
as inspector Building and Loan Assns. for
Illinois under Gov. John P. Altgeld; then with
Franklin Life Insurance Co. of Springfield;
since July, 1898, with Manhattan Life Ins. Co.,
of New York, and its mgr. at Chicago since
that date. Democrat. Mem. staff of Gov. John
P. Altgeld, 1892-6. Episcopalian. Clubs: Iro-
quois, Oak Park. Office: Marquette Bldg. Resi-
dence: 244 Home Av., Oak Park, 111.
420 THE BOOK OF CHICAGOANS
MOBBIIiXi, Allan Augustus, varnish; b. East Co., A. M. Rothschild & Co., Union Rendering
Kingston N H , May 3, 1859; s. Charles Enoch Co., and officer or dir. in numerous other cor-
and Adeline Susan (Carter) Morrill; ed. Phil- porations. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade,
lips Acad., Andover, Mass.; m. Manchester, N. Clubs: Washington Park, Mid-Day, Standard.
H, Mar., 1883, Cora Susan Dodge; 1 son: Office: Union Stock Yards. Residence: 4455
Allan Donald. After leaving school, entered, Grand Boul.
1879, the house of Valentine & Co., manufac- MOBBIS, Frank Marion, bookseller; b. Clin-
turers of varnishes and colors (of which his ton, Co., O., June 9, 1857; s. George and Jennie
father is pres.), and is now a dir. and asst. (Strawn) Morris; ed. public schools and at
treas of the company. Democrat. Clubs: Chi- Butler Univ., Indiana; m. Chicago, 1884, Willa
cago Athletic, Washington Park. Office: Fisher Guffin; 1 son: George. Began in 1880 as a clerk
Bldg Residence: 5209 Kimbark Av. in the book store of Bowen-Merrill Co., In-
MORRlliL, Charles Enoch, varnish and color dianapolis, Ind., continuing until 1884, in
manufacturers; b. on farm East Kingston, N. which year came to Chicago and opened a
H., Jan. 11, 1832; s. Amos and Sarah E. book store, which has ever since continued,
(Nichols) Morrill; ed. public schools; m. East his establishment known as "The Book Shop,''
Kingston, N. H., 1857, Adeline Susan Carter; making a leading specialty of rare books. Also
children: Allan A., Mrs. Susie A. Cole, Mrs. senior mem. of The Book Shop Bindery, of
Annie S. Hays. At 16 years of age learned which N. K. Aranoff is the junior mem. Repub-
shoe-making; from 18 to 20 in a country lican. Formerly mem. of the Indianapolis
grocery and dry goods store; began with Stim- Light Infy., a part of the Indiana N. G. Mem.
son, Valentine & Co. (now Valentine & Co.), Illinois State Library Assn., Bibliographical
manufacturers of varnishes and colors, as Soc. of America, Am. Booksellers' Assn. Clubs:
shipping clerk, 1858-62; traveling salesman, Chicago Athletic, Press, Forty, Caxton, Chica-
1862-82; mgr. Chicago branch, 1882, in which go Library. Office: 171 Madison St. Residence:
year he established and became pres. of the 4713 Indiana Av.
Lawson Varnish Co., but retained his connec- MOBBIS, George Avery, manufacturer; b.
tion with Valentine & Co.; in 1899 both com- Chicago, May 27, 1860; s. James H. and Caro-
panies consolidated, and he was elected vice- line E. (Stone) Morris; ed. Chicago public
pres., and in 1900 he was elected pres.; stores schools and at Highland Military School, Wor-
and factories in New York and Chicago, and cester, Mass., graduating in scientific course;
branches in Boston, Paris and Amsterdam, m. Dixon, 111., June 1, 1887, Ida L. Alexander;
Democrat. Clubs: Union League, Washington children: Margaret E., Lucia. After leaving
Park. Office: Fisher Bldg. Residence: 275 53d school engaged in the wholesale grocery for 20
St. years, Morris Grocery Co., until Oct., 1902,
MORBHiIi, Donald Uttlefield, lawyer; b. when, having acquired an interest in Brown
Auburn, Me., Feb. 8, 1860; s. Nahum and Anna Bros. Mfg. Co., became pres. Dir. Manufactur-
I. (Littlefleld) Morrill; prepared for college at ers Bank. Shriner. Republican. Clubs: Dixon
high school of Auburn, Me.; grad. Brown (Dixon, 111.), Evanston Country. Office: 22d St.
Univ., A.B., 1880; A.M., 1883; m. Chicago, Oct. and Campbell Av. Residence: Evanston, 111.
16, 1890, Edith M. Storey; 1 son: Nahum, Jr. MOBBIS, Henry Crittenden, lawyer; b Chi-
Studied law at Auburn, Me., in office of N. cago, Apr. 18, 1868; s. John and Susan Claude
and J. A Morrill, 1880-2; principal of high Morris; ed. prep, school old Chicago Univ..
school at Molme, 111., 1882-5; principal of An- 1879-81; grad. Lombard College, Galesburg,
derson School, Chicago, 1885-9; admitted to m 1887; A.M., 1890; grad. Chicago College of
bar of Supreme Court of Illinois, 1886; since Law i 8 S9; admitted to Illinois bar. U. S. con-
1889 engaged in active practice of law in sul at Ghent, Belgium, 1893-8; sec., 1890-1,
Chicago; mem of firm of Johnson & Morrill. pres ., 1891-2, Young People's Christian (Uni-
Mem. Board of Education of Chicago. 1890-1; ver salist) Union of Illinois; trustee Lombard
?& f J, Boar <L. f Education of Chicago. 1891- college since 1900. Clubs: Hamilton, Twentieth
1898. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Unitarian. Century. Office: 188 Madison St. Residence:
Clubs: Law, University, Germama. Office: 100 4442 Grand Boul
Washington St. Residence: 1809 Arlington PI. MOBBIS, Ira Nelson, packer; b. Chicago;
MOBBIS, Alfred Iiawrence, insurance: b. ed. Phillips Acad. and Yale Univ. Sec. and asst.
Chandler's Valley, Warren. Pa.. Oct. 2. 1865; treas. Morris & Co.; pres. Union Rendering
B. A. P. and Louise (Bondeson) Morris: ed. Co.; treas. Consumers Cotton Oil Co.; sec.
common and Viieh schools. Suear Grove. Pa.; Fairbank Canning Co.; dir. Nat. Packing Co.,
m. Chicago. 1889, Linda F. Jerner: children: Nat. Stock Yards Co., East St. Louis, 111., A.
Irene, Edgar. Florence. Clerk, traveling sales- M. Rothschild & Co. Clubs: Washington Park,
man, 1855-98; deputv clerk in Criminal Court, Twentieth Century, Press. Office: Union Stock
1898-1901: since 1901 gen. mer. Scandia Mu- Yards. Residence: 3401 Michigan Av.
tual Life Insurance Co. Republican. Lutheran. MOBBIS, Nelson, packer; b. Black Forest,
Pres. Wasa Sick Benefit Assn. Office: 159 Ger., Jan. 21. 1839; self educated; came to U.
LaSalle S*-. Residence: 2724 Princeton Av. S. at age of 12; came to Chicago, 1854; se-
MOBBIS, Benjamin Franklin, mgr. Chicago cured employment in stock yards; 2 years
branch Union Stoneware Co.; b. Talmadge, O., later began business for himself; m. Chicago,
Feb. 22, 1870; s. John and Mary A. (Lewis) 1863, Sarah Vogel; children: Edward, Ira N.,
Morris; ed. public schools. Talmadge, O.. and Gusta (Mrs. M. L. Rothschild), Maud (Mrs.
at Spencerian Business College, Cleveland, O. ; Henry C. Schwab). Pres. Morris & Co., Fair-
m. Red Winer. Minn., June 23. 1897. Mary E. bank Canning Co.; dir. 1st Nat. Bank. 1st
DeKay: children: Frances. Cornelia. Since 1889 Trust & Savings Bank. Nat. Live Stock Bank,
has been in employ of the Union Stoneware Stock Yards Savings Bank, People's Trust &
Co., the sole selling agents of the Minnesota Savings Bank. Mem. Chicago Lodge, A. F. &
Stoneware Co. and the Red Wins: Stoneware A. M. Clubs: Standard. Saddle and Sirloin.
Co.. both having extensive potteries at Red Office: Union Stock Yards. Residence: 2453
Wing, Minn.; was resident of Red Wing. Indiana Av.
Minn., 1892-6. coming to Chicago. Jan.. 1896, MOBBIS, Bobert Nelson, physician; b. Hills-
and since then being mgr. of the Chicago dale Co.. Mich., July 14, 1860; s. Robert and
branch of the Union Stoneware Co. Independ- Ellen (Whan) Morris; ed. Reading, Mich.,
ent in politics. Office: 33 Market St. Resi- High School, and Hahnemann Med. College,