. History of Illinois Republicanism, embracing a history of the Republican party in the state to the present time ... with biographies of its founders and supporters ... also a chronological statement of important political events since 1774. in Chancery, andhas occupied with great success that position ever since. He is a member of theBar Association, the Law Club, and served one term as Director of the Law In-stitute. He is a member and Director of the Massachusetts Society in Chicago,and member and vice-president of the Menoken Club, a member of the HamiltonClub, and a member of the Royal A
. History of Illinois Republicanism, embracing a history of the Republican party in the state to the present time ... with biographies of its founders and supporters ... also a chronological statement of important political events since 1774. in Chancery, andhas occupied with great success that position ever since. He is a member of theBar Association, the Law Club, and served one term as Director of the Law In-stitute. He is a member and Director of the Massachusetts Society in Chicago,and member and vice-president of the Menoken Club, a member of the HamiltonClub, and a member of the Royal Arcanum. He is a L niversalist. having beenconnected with the Church of the Redeemer of this city since 1868. For severalyears past he has been treasurer of that society. He was married on May 3rd. 1882. to Miss Jennie E. Woodard, daughter ofWillard Woodard. who in his life time served one term in the State Senate inIllinois, and as President of the West Chicago Park Board for several mother was Lavina Ellery. a granddaughter oi William Ellery. and a grand-niece of Josiah Bartlett, both signers of the Declaration of Independence. Theyhave four children, one daughter and three sons, ranging from six to sixteenyears of age. 436. 1<£-^ 437 EDWARD H. ELWELL. The business of life insurance in the United States has become so vastand so important that it has called into service some of the brightest mindsand some of the most indefatigable workers in the country. The problemsto be confronted and overcome embrace hard study and careful investigation,and it is noted that those men who have come to the front in insurance circlesand placed themselves among the leaders of important reforms and improvedmethods are men of far more than ordinary ability and capacity for hard a man is the subject of this sketch. He is descended from members ofthe family who first came to America in the year 1635 and settled in Salem andGloucester, Mass. They were members of that large cla
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