Cook County IL Archives Biographies.....Abbott, William Rufus 1869 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 29, 2006, 6:18 pm Author: Mae Felts Herringshaw (1916) Abbott, William Rufus, General Commercial Superintendent, 212 West Washington Street, was born Sept. 18, 1869, in New York City. He was formerly Special Agent in charge of rights of way and claims of the Chicago Telephone Company. In 1901 he was Superintendent of the Chicago Telephone Company, and since 1914 has been General Manager. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HERRINGSHAW'S CITY BLUE BOOK OF BIOGRAPHY CHICAGOANS OF 1916. TEN THOUSAND BIOGRAPHIES EDITED BY MAE FELTS HERRINGSHAW CHICAGO CLARK J. HERRINGSHAW PUBLISHER Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1916, by Mae Felts Herringshaw in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/cook/bios/abbott14nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb