Prussing, Eugene E. (Eugene Ernst), 1855-1936

Prussing was born on July 12, 1855 in Chicago, IL; attended Bryant and Stratton's Business College; LLB, Univ. of Michigan, 1878; admitted to IL and MI bars in 1878; practiced law in Chicago until 1918; settled in Hollywood, CA, 1921; director of Citizens' Assn. of Chicago, serving as president, 1903-4; publications include George Washington in love and otherwise (1925) and The estate of George Washington, deceased (1927); he died in 1936.

From the description of Papers, 1910-1935. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40859039

Prominent Chicago and Hollywood lawyer and son of Ernst Prussing after whom the Prussing Elementary School in Chicago was named.

Father Ernst Prussing, born in Germany in 1824 (original name Prüssing), came to Chicago in 1849. He served on the Chicago Board of Education, co-founded Das Deutsche Haus and the Germania Männerchor, and was involved with the Underground Railroad and the Free Soil Party. He married Louise F. Peltzer in 1853, and had six children who lived to adulthood. Eugene E. Prussing was born July 12, 1855 and attended the Newberry School, Chicago High School, and the University of Michigan's law school in Ann Arbor. He married Louise Schenck in 1880 and had seven children -- Ella, Rudolph, Harry, Carl, Margaret, George, and Louise -- six of whom lived to adulthood. After Louise's death in 1900, Prussing married Lillian Edgerton Barrett in 1902. There were no children from this second marriage. Later in life, Prussing spent half of the year in Evanston and the other half in Hollywood, California. Prussing was a co-founder of the Law Club and the Judges' Table at the Union League Club. He wrote a pamphlet entitled "Making Trust Companies Universal," which was adopted as an act in Illinois in 1887 and 1889 and copied by many other states and countries. Other writings were "Chicago's First Great Lawsuit," about the Forsyth et al. vs. Nash case, George Washington in Love and Otherwise (1925), and The Estate of George Washington, deceased (1927).

From the description of Eugene E. Prussing papers, 1928-1957. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 641628124

Biography

Prussing was born on July 12, 1855 in Chicago, Illinois; attended Bryant and Stratton's Business College; LLB, University of Michigan, 1878; admitted to Illinois and Michigan bars in 1878; practiced law in Chicago until 1918; settled in Hollywood, California, 1921; director of Citizens' Association of Chicago, serving as president, 1903-04; publications include George Washington in love and otherwise (1925) and The estate of George Washington, deceased (1927); he died in 1936.

From the guide to the Eugene E. Prussing Papers, 1910-1935, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)