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BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY AND PORTRAIT GALLERY.
781
Although Mr. Ewing, from his early manhood, has been a consistent and persistent advocate of the doctrines of the Democratic party, he has never sought political preferment. Pie assisted in organizing the Union Club, one of the leading and most Avealthy social clubs of Chicago, and Avas also a charter member of the famous Iro¬ quois Club, of Avhich he has been an officer al¬ most continually since its organization, having served successively as secretary, vice-president and president.
He was appointed by President Harrison one of the United States Commissioners for Illinois to conduct the World's Columbian Exposition, and at the request of Hon. James G. Blaine, Sec¬ retary of State, called to order the first meeting of that distinguished body. Mr. Ewing Avas elected a member of the Committee on Perma¬ nent Organization of the Commission, and Avas afterwards made a member of the Executive Committee, and also a member of the Committee on Fine Arts.
He Avas one of the earliest and foremost pro¬
moters of the great sanitary and commercial en¬ terprise of connecting, by abundant water Avay, Lake Michigan Avith the Gulf of Mexico, and to his intelligent and untiring labors in this behalf, as much as to those of any other man, is due the incalculable advantages in peace and war that will result to Chicago and the country at large from this stupendous triumph of engineering skill. He Avas the original promoter of the beautiful boule¬ vard noAv connecting Union Park with Douglas Park, in the city of Chicago. Mr. EAving is a man of great energy and force, and although he has given much time and thought to matters of purely public and general interest, he has been provident and Avise, and has accumulated a hand¬ some fortune. He is a man of fine ability, many accomplishments, equitable temperament, and genial, sunny disposition.
He was married in 1879, ^^ Buffalo, Ncav York, to Miss Kate Hyde, a lady of rare intellectual gifts and personal graces. Four children, three daughters and one son, have been born of this marriage.
WILLIAM LOWRY COFELAND, M.D.
CHICAGO, ILL.
WILLIAM L. COPELAND was born in 185 I at St. Catherines, Ontario, the son of William L. Copeland, a highly respected citizen, a native of Ireland, and Dency P. (Moore) Copeland, a native of New York. He has three brothers and two sisters. Arthur, a young man of exalted character and serious religious convic¬ tions, is a resident of Aurora, Illinois, and sec¬ retary of the Young Men's Christian Associa- .tion of that city. The other tAvo brothers re¬ side in Winnipeg, Manitoba, one of Avhom, Charles, is Provincial secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association of that place. One sister is the Avife of Mr. W. J. McCalla, a well- to-do merchant of St. Catharines, Ontario, and the other resides with our subject in Chicago. Plis father's death, which occurred in 1887, was the first death in a family of eight brothers and sisters since 1813, a remarkable instance of family longevity.
Dr. Copeland Avas educated in the common
schools of Upper Canada, said to be the most per¬ fect common-school system in the world, and in the St. Catharines Academy. In 1872 he was grad¬ uated at McGill Medical College, Montreal, and Avent abroad to acquire clinical Instruction in the hospitals of Europe. He studied in St. Thomas Hospital of London, also in the Berkshire Hos¬ pital for one year. Returning to Canada, his father influenced him to remain there, and he opened an office in his native town, and succeeded in building up a large and lucrative practice. But the advantages and opportunities of a small city Avere not sufficient to satisfy his ambition, and consequently, about 1879, be removed to Chicago, and was soon afterward appointed one of the at¬ tending physicians at the dispensary of the Col¬ lege of Physicians and Surgeons. At.the present time (1892) he is professor of anatomy in the Chi¬ cago College of Dental Surgery, and examining physician for the Chosen Friends. He is a mem¬ ber of the American Medical Society, the Chicago
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| Title of work | The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago, Milwaukee and the World's Columbian Exposition |
| Title | The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago, Milwaukee and the World's Columbian Exposition |
| Short title | The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago, Milwaukee and the World's Columbian Exposition |
| Author | American Biographical Publishing Company |
| Description | This two-volume work from 1892 presents biographical sketches of residents of Chicago, Illinois, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
| County | Milwaukee County; Cook County; |
| State | Wisconsin; Illinois; |
| Place of Publication (Original) | Chicago, Illinois and New York, New York |
| Publisher (Original) | American Biographical Publishing Company |
| Publication Date (Original) | 1892 |
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| Title of work | The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago, Milwaukee and the World's Columbian Exposition |
| Title | 781 |
| Page Number | 781 |
| Author | American Biographical Publishing Company |
| Publication Date (Original) | 1892 |
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| Full Text | BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY AND PORTRAIT GALLERY. 781 Although Mr. Ewing, from his early manhood, has been a consistent and persistent advocate of the doctrines of the Democratic party, he has never sought political preferment. Pie assisted in organizing the Union Club, one of the leading and most Avealthy social clubs of Chicago, and Avas also a charter member of the famous Iro¬ quois Club, of Avhich he has been an officer al¬ most continually since its organization, having served successively as secretary, vice-president and president. He was appointed by President Harrison one of the United States Commissioners for Illinois to conduct the World's Columbian Exposition, and at the request of Hon. James G. Blaine, Sec¬ retary of State, called to order the first meeting of that distinguished body. Mr. Ewing Avas elected a member of the Committee on Perma¬ nent Organization of the Commission, and Avas afterwards made a member of the Executive Committee, and also a member of the Committee on Fine Arts. He Avas one of the earliest and foremost pro¬ moters of the great sanitary and commercial en¬ terprise of connecting, by abundant water Avay, Lake Michigan Avith the Gulf of Mexico, and to his intelligent and untiring labors in this behalf, as much as to those of any other man, is due the incalculable advantages in peace and war that will result to Chicago and the country at large from this stupendous triumph of engineering skill. He Avas the original promoter of the beautiful boule¬ vard noAv connecting Union Park with Douglas Park, in the city of Chicago. Mr. EAving is a man of great energy and force, and although he has given much time and thought to matters of purely public and general interest, he has been provident and Avise, and has accumulated a hand¬ some fortune. He is a man of fine ability, many accomplishments, equitable temperament, and genial, sunny disposition. He was married in 1879, ^^ Buffalo, Ncav York, to Miss Kate Hyde, a lady of rare intellectual gifts and personal graces. Four children, three daughters and one son, have been born of this marriage. WILLIAM LOWRY COFELAND, M.D. CHICAGO, ILL. WILLIAM L. COPELAND was born in 185 I at St. Catherines, Ontario, the son of William L. Copeland, a highly respected citizen, a native of Ireland, and Dency P. (Moore) Copeland, a native of New York. He has three brothers and two sisters. Arthur, a young man of exalted character and serious religious convic¬ tions, is a resident of Aurora, Illinois, and sec¬ retary of the Young Men's Christian Associa- .tion of that city. The other tAvo brothers re¬ side in Winnipeg, Manitoba, one of Avhom, Charles, is Provincial secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association of that place. One sister is the Avife of Mr. W. J. McCalla, a well- to-do merchant of St. Catharines, Ontario, and the other resides with our subject in Chicago. Plis father's death, which occurred in 1887, was the first death in a family of eight brothers and sisters since 1813, a remarkable instance of family longevity. Dr. Copeland Avas educated in the common schools of Upper Canada, said to be the most per¬ fect common-school system in the world, and in the St. Catharines Academy. In 1872 he was grad¬ uated at McGill Medical College, Montreal, and Avent abroad to acquire clinical Instruction in the hospitals of Europe. He studied in St. Thomas Hospital of London, also in the Berkshire Hos¬ pital for one year. Returning to Canada, his father influenced him to remain there, and he opened an office in his native town, and succeeded in building up a large and lucrative practice. But the advantages and opportunities of a small city Avere not sufficient to satisfy his ambition, and consequently, about 1879, be removed to Chicago, and was soon afterward appointed one of the at¬ tending physicians at the dispensary of the Col¬ lege of Physicians and Surgeons. At.the present time (1892) he is professor of anatomy in the Chi¬ cago College of Dental Surgery, and examining physician for the Chosen Friends. He is a mem¬ ber of the American Medical Society, the Chicago |
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