Shank, Edgar Lee
Edgar Lee Shank, broker;
born in: Xenia, Ohio, on June 8, 1869;
son of: George Washington Shank and Sarah Lavinia Shank, nee: Sarah Lavinia Martin
education: public schools of Dayton, Ohio; High School, Huron, South Dakota; graduated: Miami Commercial College, Dayton, Ohio;
married: Lulu Estelle Shank, nee: Lulu Estelle Brosier, in Hamilton, Ohio, on July 19, 1893;
son: Clifford Everett Shank.
First business connection was with the Beadle County National Bank, Huron, South Dakota;
late manager of the Southern Immigrant newspaper at Chattanooga, Tennessee and Memphis, Tennessee;
later purchasing agent Dayton Globe Iron Works, Dayton, Ohio;
after that in brokerage business in Chicago,
and since 1903 president of E.L. Shank & Company, brokers in commercial paper and bonds.
Office: 184 LaSalle St.
Residence: 812 W. Lunt Avenue, Rogers Park
Source: Book of Chicagoans, 1905