Rev. Joseph F. Lubeley, pastor of the Holy Trinity church at Fourteenth and Mallinckrodt streets in St. Louis, was born in Lockhaven, Pennsylvania, September 15, 1873, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Selter) Lubeley, both of whom were natives of Germany, where they were reared and married. Immediately after that important event in their lives […]
Henry William Kuechenmeister is a prominent figure in the industrial and commercial circles of St. Louis as the secretary and treasurer of the St. Louis Paper Can & Tube Company. He also has other important interests and is recognized as a dynamic force in business affairs-one who inspires others with his contagious enthusiasm and who
Dr. Alonzo Leo Fitzporter, physician and surgeon of St. Louis, in which city he was born July 23, 1884, is a son of Dr. John L. Fitzporter, who passed away June 15, 1915, at the age of seventy-six years, having long figured prominently as a representative of the medical profession in this city. Dr. A.
Rev. ZeBarney Thorne Phillips, rector of St. Peter’s Episcopal church, St. Louis, was born in Springfield, Ohio, May 1, 1875. His father, ZeBarney Phillips, was born in Chautauqua county, New York, and at the time of the Civil war enlisted in the Union army, serving throughout the period of hostilities in the One Hundred and
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Thomas Harper Cobbs, lawyer and senior member of the firm of Cobbs & Logan, 1111-1116 Third National Bank building, St. Louis, Missouri, was born August 26, 1868, on a farm in Fairview township, Lafayette county, about six miles southeast of Napoleon, Missouri. His father, Thomas T. Cobbs, was a native of Tennessee. His grandfather, Thomas
Henry Greve, a member of Governor Hyde’s staff and one of the prominent business men of St. Louis, has made his home in this city since 1875 and through the intervening period his steady progress and advancement along business lines have brought him to a place of prominence and distinction, for he is now sole
John Henry Kuechenmeister, president of the St. Louis Paper Can and Tube Company, was born in Chicago, Illinois, March 10, 1875. His father was John Kuechenmeister, a native of Mecklenburg, Germany, who came to Chicago in 1868 and engaged in the brick contracting business, dying here in March, 1919. His mother was Bertha Schwartz, who
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The far too farseeing French in 1702, in furtherance of their design of dominion in North America, despatched a detachment of about thirty men from Kaskaskia under the temporal command of M. Juchereau de St. Denis and the spiritual direction of fiery Father Mermet to establish a trading post, mission and fort, as near as
For about a quarter of a century Harry Jiencke traveled about over the State of Kansas as a salesman, building up a large acquaintance and business relationship, but for the past twelve years had been prominently identified with the oil and gas and various other industrial affairs of Independence, where he is one of the
Gen. William A. Harris was a brave officer of the Confederacy, a pioneer railroad engineer, a successful and leading stock raiser of improved breeds and, both in state and national bodies (including the Congress of the United States), an untiring and effective promoter of agricultural interests. Born in Loudoun County, Virginia, October 29, 1841, as
J. C. O. Morse, who was the first superintendent of the State Reformatory at Hutchison, a former member of the State Board of Railroad Commissioners and now president of the Kansas Casualty and Surety Company of Wichita, had had a long and prominent career in Kansas. He is an able business man and the efficiency
Llewellyn Kiene had served four years in the office of sheriff of Shawnee County, and his administration had been all that his friends predicted and had been such as to give him rank among the ablest sheriffs this important county in the state had ever had. Sheriff Kiene is a Kansan by many years of
BACHA, Donald H., Pfc., USMCR. Mother, Mrs. John Brown, 407 South Rockton Ave., Rockford. BACHELOR, Charles B., Pfc., USMCR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Bachelor, 1305 West Addison St., Chicago. BACHRACH, Alan, Ensign, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bachrach, 1283 Asbury Ave., Winnetka. BACKMAN, Walter Howard, Radioman 2c, USN. Father, Mr. August Ferdinand
WACHEWICZ, Leonard Joseph, Pfc., USMC. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wachewicz, 1522 W. 18th Place, Chicago. WACHLIN, Alvin F., Pfc., USMCR. Mother, Mrs. Mabel Wachlin, Route 3, Freeport. WADE, James Daniel, Pfc., USMC. Mother, Mrs. Grace F. Wade, 14601 Jefferson Ave., Harvey. WAGGONER, Frank Junior, Fireman 2c, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Franklin Waggoner,
ABBOTT, William Edwin, Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3c, USN. Mother, Mrs. Lillian Dell Abbott, 1306 North University, Peoria. ABEL, John Henry, Torpedoman’s Mate 1c, USN. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Carl Abel, 545 South Spencer St., Aurora. ABRAHAMSON, Alexander Julius, Motor Machinist’s Mate 2c, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Mary Jane Abrahamson, 4449 W. End Ave., Chicago. ABRAHAMSON,
KACHERIS, Peter, Jr., Seaman 2c, USN. Father, Mr. Peter Kacheris, Sr., 2702 W. Belden Ave., Chicago. KACHINSKY, Roland F., Platoon Sgt., USMC. Father, Mr. Mike Kachinsky, 5424 So. Prairie Ave., Chicago. KACZYNSKI, John Joseph, Gunner’s Mate 3c, USCG. Father, Mr. Ignatius Kaczynski, 1222 Noble St., Chicago. KADDATZ, Wilbert A., Pfc., USMCR. Mother, Mrs. Ella Kaddatz,
LACE, Clarence E., Jr., Pfc., USMC. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Lace, Sr., 1236 Garrison Ave., Rockford. LACESA, Joseph P. A., 2nd Lt., USMC. Mother, Mrs. Katherine LaCesa, 1353 No. Lockwood Ave., Chicago. LACK, John Dee, Fireman 1c, USN. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Andrew Lack, Route 1, Edwardsville. LADSON, Melvin Eugene, Aviation Ordnanceman
VAID, Edward R., Pvt., USMCR. Mother, Mrs. Mary Vaid, 5218 Drummond Place, Chicago. VALLIS, George, Machinist’s Mate 3c, USN. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harris Vallis, 9947 Ave., H, Chicago. VAN BUREN, Stuyvesant, Pvt., USMCR. Father, Mr. George B. Van Buren, 2258 Lincoln Park, West Chicago. VANCE, Ernest Edgar, Baker 3c, USNR. Wife, Mrs. Marjorie Lewise
IANI, Ralph, Ensign, Supply Corps, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Baldo Iani, 948 No. Austin Boulevard, Oak Park. IDOUX, Paul L., Pfc., USMCR. Mother, Mrs. Theresa M. Idoux, Route 1, Belleville. IGNATIUS, Harry Anthony, Seaman 1c, USN. Brother, Mr. John Ignatius, 2037 No. 73rd Ave., Elmwood Park. IMBUSH, Leo Rufus, Yeoman 1c, USN. Mother, Mrs.
JABLONICKY, Joseph August, Jr., Cpl., USMC. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Jablonicky, Sr., 220 No. Latrobe Ave., Chicago. JABLONSKI, Russell Lawrence, Pharmacist’s Mate 3c, USN. Father, Mr. Frank Jablonski, 3600 So. 52nd Court, Cicero. JACKSON, George Arthur, Seaman 2c, USN. Mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Peterson, 2008 20th St., North Chicago. JACKSON, James Harlan, Fire Controlman
