Information Regarding Spaulding & Co. - Chicago

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Spaulding & Co. - Chicago - 1922

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Spaulding & Co. - Chicago - 1920

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BOSTON

W. A. Benton has written from Paris, France, that he is located with Spaulding & Co. there. He was for years with A. Stowell Co., but went overseas with the A. E. F. He reports that for three months he worked in Limoges, the centre of France.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 7th January 1920

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Spaulding & Co. - Chicago - 1893

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Spaulding & Co. - Chicago - 1909

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Spaulding & Co. - Chicago - 1921

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Spaulding & Co. - Chicago - 1919

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Spaulding & Co. - Chicago - 1920

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Owing to changes in the management of Spaulding & Co., Joseph Mann, who has for many years been associated with that firm as credit man and cashier, has resigned his position.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 22nd February 1905

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Alfred Linton of the firm of Spaulding & Co., Michigan Ave. at Vanburen St., is showing his friends a modern version of Aah-Hotep's famous bracelet. She was the wife of the great Kames, the last king of the 17th dynasty in Egypt. In late years the bracelet has lain in a glass case in the Koulak Museum in Cairo and Mr. Linton had the one which he is exhibiting made by a famous artisan in Paris.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 16th March 1921

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Spaulding & Co. - Chicago - 1913

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Spaulding & Co. - Chicago - 1919

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Spaulding & Co. - Chicago - 1922

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Elephant Tusk Tankard

A unique and costly ivory tankard was recently furnished by Spaulding & Co., Chicago, for Edward McNeill, of Marshalltown, Ia. It was made from a part of the largest elephant tusk ever seen in this country. The most interesting feature in the massive piece is in the top or cover, which is made from a cross section of the tusk, in which is embedded a steel bullet which has been carried there perhaps half a century. In cutting up the huge ivory the workmen noticed a peculiar spot near the smaller end and it was decided to divide it at that point.

As the saw cut toward the center it struck a solid substance, which was finally bisected after much difficulty, and the foreign substance proved to be a rifle bullet which must have been fired at the elephant when the interior of the tusk was soft and the animal quite young. The ivory for several inches in all directions showed much evidence of having been diseased and afterward healed over and the metal had become a part of the tusk. The ivory was taken from a lot gathered with great care in the interior of East India, and was originally intended for exhibition at the World’s Fair.

This piece was bought in London by Mr. McNeill, who conceived the idea of having the piece made into its present shape and kept for its value as a relic and a curiosity. The workmanship on the tankard is of the best. The design is decidedly East Indian. The handle is formed by two silver snakes entwined, and the decorations are lotus leaves and flowers.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 26th September 1894

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Spaulding & Co. - Paris and Chicago - 1891

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Spaulding & Co. - Chicago and Paris - 1891

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Spaulding & Co. - Chicago and Paris - 1912

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EDWARD FORMAN - Director and Secretary of Spaulding & Co.


Edward Forman. To be well and favorably known in the mercantile circles of Chicago one must have been long a merchant, for many years identified with leading mercantile houses either by ownership or in some prominent and responsible capacity; and to be known as one of the promoters and managers of one of Chicago's leading houses in any line is to be widely known throughout the country, if not throughout the civilized world.

The great business house of Spaulding & Co., jewelers and silversmiths, Chicago, and Paris, France, is unique among mercantile establishments. With the success of this house Edward Forman, the company's secretary, has had much to do, having brought to bear upon its affairs an intimate knowledge of Chicago and the Western trade, gained from long and confidential connection with the old house of N. Matson & Co., which was for years a landmark in Chicago's mercantile center.

Mr. Forman was born at Nichols, Tioga County, N. Y., a son of Sands and Mary (Matthews) Forman. His father was born in Washington County, N. Y., in 1797, and became a well-to-do farmer. He died while the immediate subject of this sketch was yet quite young. Miles Forman, grandfather of Edward Forman, who was also a native of Washington County, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and his name is recorded on the list of those who gallantly served the patriot cause. Mr. Forman's mother was born in Washington County in 1800 and died at Nichols, N. Y., in 1866. She was a member of a family well known and honored in her native State. Mr. Forman was educated in the common schools and at the New York Conference Seminary at Charlotteville, N. Y., and supplemented his schooling, as have so many successful men, by devoting some time to teaching in a district school. To this he attributes experience and discipline quite impossible to acquire in other vocations.

In 1857 Mr, Forman began his business career by entering the employ of Matson & Dickinson, at Owego, N. Y., the seat of justice of his native county. In 1863 he came to Chicago, continuing his connection with Mr. Matson here until the latter's death in 1887, his connection with him covering a period of more than thirty years. After the death of his old employer, Mr. Forman was made receiver, under appointment by Judge Gresham of the United States Court, to settle the business, and upon his success in that exacting and difficult task he was congratulated by the entire business public, and the creditors of N. Matson & Co. joined in signing and presenting him with a testimonial to the tact, efficiency, and unquestionable integrity with which he had carried the matter to a gratifying termination.

Upon the organization of the house of Spaulding & Co., in 1888, Mr. Forman became a director and secretary of that corporation. He is known as one of the oldest jewelry men in Chicago, having been so long and so intimately connected with the trade that his reputation extends to the farthest limits of Chicago's tributary territory. Since becoming a resident of Chicago, Mr. Forman has been prominent in everything tending to the enhancement of the interests of the general public or any considerable class of his fellow-citizens. When the Iroquois Club was being formed
he was actively identified with its organization, and was elected one of the first vice-presidents of the club, representing the south division of the city, and held that office 1882-84. He was treasurer in the year 1885, corresponding secretary in 1886, and vice-president again in 1887. He is a member of the Chicago Athletic Association and of other popular organizations, including the Church Club of Chicago, which has a membership representing in many respects a higher order of Christian manhood than any other club in the country, and of which he was a prominent promoter and is now a director, and in the management of which he has ever been active and useful. Membership of the Protestant Episcopal Church is a requisite to membership of this club, and with Trinity Episcopal Church Mr. Forman has been identified for many years, and during the past six years as vestryman. Always a stanch Democrat, he has taken great interest in national politics, and has been an earnest worker in the ranks of the party, although never an aspirant for official honors.

Mr. Forman was married in 1871 to Miss Caroline Clarke, daughter of Henry B Clarke, one of Chicago's most highly esteemed residents, who came here in 1833 when the present World's Fair city was only a big village, and who died of cholera in the epidemic of 1849, after having seen the beginning of the unexampled development which now promises to make this the grand continental metropolis.

Source: Industrial Chicago - 1894

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Spaulding & Co. - Chicago - 1909

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LLOYD MILNOR - Treasurer of Spaulding & Co.


Lloyd Milnor. No matter how unfavorable the outlook in life, or how little encouragement is received, there are some who will succeed in whatever they undertake, while others, placed in the same position, will give up in despair. Truly it is not always that "circumstances make the man," for the career of Lloyd Milnor is a shining example to the contrary; and there is no one who envies the success he has achieved because his indefatigable toil and hours of patient thought and labor have brought about a just reward. He belongs to that army of intelligent, persevering, courageous people whose attributes of energy, thrift, perseverance and integrity have been the stepping stones to the success they now enjoy, and that his life has been a useful and highly honorable one can not be denied. He owes his nativity to the city of Baltimore, Md., where he was born in 1856, his parents being J. N. L. and Susan Johns (Semmes) Milnor, the former of whom was for many years one of the leading merchants of the Maryland metropolis. His death occurred in the city of New York in 1873, but his widow, who was born in Charles County, Md., is now a resident of Baltimore. She is a first cousin of Raphael Semmes, of Confederate naval fame. The paternal grandfather of Lloyd Milnor was Joseph Kirkbride Milnor, a native of the State of New Jersey, and who for many years was an extensive importer of Chinese merchandise and the owner of a mercantile house in China and also one in the city of New York.

Private schools of Baltimore and New York City afforded Lloyd Milnor with educational facilities up to the age of sixteen years, at which time he left school to enter the employ of the banking house of Morton, Bliss & Co., of New York City, with which firm he remained for five years. For about four years thereafter he took a deep interest in city politics; was secretary to Mayor Smith Ely, Jr., and to his successor, Mayor Edward Cooper (he was the mayor's marshal), son of the noted philanthropist, Peter Cooper, and while thus employed acquired an extensive acquaintance with the leading politicians of the city and became thoroughly familiar with the workings of city politics. He became a member of the famous political organization, Tammany Hall, which has done so much to control, not only the politics of that State, but also that of the nation at large, in which he was an active worker for some years. At a later period Mr. Milnor became an employe of the firm of Moses Taylor & Co., which was one of the oldest and most substantial mercantile houses of the city and which had a continual existence for a period of fifty-six years, and remained in their employ for nine years, or until the house was closed in 1889.

In 1890 Mr. Milnor came to Chicago, and from that time has been and is treasurer for the famous jewelry firm of Spaulding & Co., and is now, in connection with Mr. Edward Forman, manager of the interests of this firm in this city. Mr. Milnor came to Chicago with the intention of making a success, the extent and solidity of which should warrant a permanent residence here; and how well he has prospered may be seen by the confidence which is reposed in him by his associates and by the numerous friends he has gathered about him in business circles. He has proven an acquisition to the city, is an active laborer for the interests of Democracy, and is a member of the Chicago Athletic Association. In 1886 he was married to Miss Gertrude L. Palmer, a native of Connecticut and a daughter of F. E. Palmer, a prominent coffee and tea merchant of the city of New York. To their union have been born two children, Dorothy Semmes and Joseph Kirkbride.

Source: Industrial Chicago - 1894

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