. Notable men of Illinois & their state. ek; came to Chicago with pareats when 18 months old; ed. ; at age 12 started to earn living as cash boy: 1889 openedstore at 18th. St. and Blue Island Ave., which he developed; since1906 akso mem. of firm of Kolacek & Melichar, in Lincoln Ave.;Mason; mem. I. O. O. Royal League, Illinois Club, ChicagoAssn. of Commerce and BohemianSoc; special park comm.; ofHce,2030 Milwaukee Ave. BLISS, ELIAKIM RAYMOND, lawyer, Chicago; b. New Bruns-wick, N. .J., Sept. 3, 1846; s. Rev. George Ripley and Mary A.(Raymond) Bliss; ed. old l^niv. of Chi., Univ.
. Notable men of Illinois & their state. ek; came to Chicago with pareats when 18 months old; ed. ; at age 12 started to earn living as cash boy: 1889 openedstore at 18th. St. and Blue Island Ave., which he developed; since1906 akso mem. of firm of Kolacek & Melichar, in Lincoln Ave.;Mason; mem. I. O. O. Royal League, Illinois Club, ChicagoAssn. of Commerce and BohemianSoc; special park comm.; ofHce,2030 Milwaukee Ave. BLISS, ELIAKIM RAYMOND, lawyer, Chicago; b. New Bruns-wick, N. .J., Sept. 3, 1846; s. Rev. George Ripley and Mary A.(Raymond) Bliss; ed. old l^niv. of Chi., Univ. of Lewisburg, Pa.,M. A.; Columbian Univ., LL. B.: lived in Chicago since 1863; 1873: county atty. Cook Co. 1882-4, 1886-9; gen. counseland dir. Chicago City Ry. Co.; Mason: one of 3 Masons to carryout plan of erecting Masonic Temple in Chicago: judge advocategen. I. N. G. 1897; retired 1911 with rank of brig, gen.; Bar Assn.: Western Economical Soc; clubs. Union League,South Shore; office, 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. 127. OBERT WOOLSTON HUNT, one of Chicagos leadingengineers, was born at Fallsington, Bucks County, Pa.,Dec. 9, 1838, the son of Dr. Robert A. and Martha L. (Wool-ston) Hunt. He received his early education in the publicschools of Covington, Ky., and later worked in a rolling millat Pottsville. Pa., where he learned in a practical way puddling, heating,rolling, etc. He studied analytical chemistry in Philadelphia and duringthe years 1850-60 was chemist of the Cambria Iron Company. In 1860he enlisted as a private in the Pennsylvania volunteers and was promotedto sergeant in 1861. From 1861 to 1865 he was captain in command ofCamp Curtin at Harrisburg, Pa. He was superintendent of a steel works at Wyandotte, Mich., during1865 and 1866, representing the Cambria Iron Company. He was con-nected with the Cambria Iron company from 1866 to 1873, and from 1873to 1875 with John A. Griswold & Company of Troy, N. Y. The yearsfrom 1875 to 1888 were spent with the Tro
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