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DELPRAT, John Charles, M.D .; b. N.Y. City, Oct. 22, 1867; s. George R. and Mary L. (Beane) Delprat; came to Chicago in boyhood; ed. West Div. High Sch .; Bennett Med. Coll., 1894; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1903. Surgeon Washington Park Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs .; fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons. Home: 634 E. 51st St. Office: 25 E. Washington St.
DE MARE, Leopold Egbert, musician; b. Rotter- dam, Holland, Feb. 13, 1862; s. Florian and Louise (Drukker) de Mare; ed. under masters of music in Rotterdam and Berlin; m. Erna Ullmann, of Aix la Chapelle, Germany, Dec. 15, 1885 (died 1908); m. 2d, Elsa Beyer, of Milwaukee, Feb. 15, 1909; 2 chil- dren: Leona Marie and Thomas Frederick (died Apr. 22, 1917). Played in Rotterdam Opera Orches- tra at 15; in Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 6 yrs .; came to U.S., 1891, and settled in Chicago; first French horn soloist Thomas Orchestra and its successor the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, since 1891. Republican. Protestant. Mem. Edgewater Lodge No. 901, A.F. and A.M. Recreations: fishing, bowling, etc. Home: 6224 Magnolia Av. Office: Orchestra Hall.
DEMENT, Merritt Henry, mail advertising serv- ice; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 27, 1877; s. Merritt Henry and Genevieve (Gridley) Dement; ed. gram- mar schs., Chicago; student Armour Inst. Tech., 1893-4; Y.M.C.A. Business Night Sch., 1894-5; m. Cyril Stelle Natovick, of Chicago, Oct. 19, 1910; 1 daughter, Jane. In mail advertising service busi- ness since 1898; pres. Buckley, Dement & Co. since 1905. Mem. Ill. Naval Reserves, 1894-7. Independ- ent Republican. Rationalist. Clubs: Hamilton, North Shore Golf, Kenilworth. Recreation: golf. Home: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 605 S. Clark St., Chicago.
DEMEREE, Austin J., insurance; b. Sanford, Broome Co., N.Y., Mar. 15, 1859; s. Jacob and Har- riet A. (Sisson) Demeree; ed. pub. schs. in N.Y. State; m. Niagara Falls, N.Y., June 12, 1899, Aimee E. Foster; 1 son, Harry Jack. Identified with acci- dent ins. since 1885; now chief adjuster Preferred Accident Ins. Co. of New York. Home: 6027 Win- throp Av. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.
DEMING, Everett Brainard, grocery commn. mcht .; b. St. Louis, Sept. 13, 1860; s. Charles and Harriet (Baker) Deming; ed. St. Louis pub. schs .: m. Galena, Ill., Nov. 11, 1884, Caroline Y. Spratt: 1 child, Stuart Arthur. Began business career in St. Louis in 1875; learned the trade of horse collar maker; worked at the bench for 4 yrs .; became bill clerk for the Goddard-Peck Grocery Co .; entered firm of F. L. Deming & Co .; in 1888 the present firm of Deming & Gould Co. (of which is now pres.) was formed, with offices in St. Louis and Chicago. Also pres. Pacific-Am. Fisheries, of Bellingham, Wash. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic; also Cougar (Bellingham, Wash.). Homes: Bellingham and Chicago. Offices: 326 W. Madison St., Chicago, and Bellingham, Wash.
DEMING, Frank Lucius, grocery commn. mcht .: May 2, 1858-Jan. 19, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)
DEMME, Emil, manager Bismarck Hotel; b. Ber- lin, Germany, Sept. 24, 1857; s. Edward and Er- nestina (Bibbe) Demme; ed. schs. in Germany; came to Chicago direct from Berlin, in 1885; m .. Chicago, 1885, Marie Pessier. Was engaged in the express business in Berlin, in employ of the Ber- liner Spediteur-Verein; since coming to Chicago has been continuously identified with restaurants and hotels; mgr. of the Bismarck Hotel and Res- taurant since their opening, Apr., 1894; dir. and mgr. of the Bismarck Garden since 1896; pres. In-
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ternat. Hotel Co. since 1906. Democrat. Mason 8th Inf. Ill. Vols. in Spanish-Am. War; apptd. pres. (32°, Shriner). Mem. Orpheus Maennerchor, Chi- cago Sharpshooters' Assn. Clubs: Germania, Ill. Athletic. Recreation: deer hunting, fishing. Home: 4149 Sheridan Rd. Office: 175 W. Randolph St.
DEMPSTER, Charles W., investment broker; b. N.Y. City; ed. Phillips Acad., Exeter, N.H. Resi- dent of Chicago since 1882; in investment broker- age business since 1887; vice pres. Rosehill Ceme- tery Co. Home: 1318 Astor St. Office: 1617 First Nat. Bank Bldg.
DE MUTH, Benjamin Franklin, shoe mcht .; b. Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas Co., O., Jan. 31, 1852; s. John and Katharine (Cherryholmes) De Muth; ed. pub. schs. of Tuscarawas Co .; m. Mary Whitmore, of Detroit, Mich., 1877; children: John H., Eliza- beth G .- (Mrs. E. G. Deming). Began in retail shoe trade, 1868, at Millersburg, O .; mem. of firm of Renfrew & De Muth, Mt. Vernon, O., 1872-3; in business at Cleveland, O., 1873-80; traveled for Hanan & Reddish, of New York, 1880-2; opened shoe dept. for Mabley & Carew, Cincinnati, O., 1882-4; came to Chicago, 1886, and established re- tail shoe firm of De Muth & Co., of which was pres. until 1912 (retired). Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Exmoor Country. Recreations : motoring, golf, horseback riding. Winner of gentlemen's derby, 1905, riding "Shoestring" 1 mile, in 1 minute and 49 2-5 seconds. Home: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 1221 First Nat. Bank Bldg., Chicago.
DENCKER, Christian P. K., M.D .; b. Lutjenburg, Germany, Feb. 19, 1867; s. Henry T. and Gertrude (Kleingarn) Dencker; ed. Univ. of Leipzig; M.E., Sch. of Mines, Freiberg, 1890; Univ. of Chicago; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1906; m. Maria Lacay, of Chicago, Oct. 3, 1911; 1 son, Bernhard Karl. Asst. in medicine, Johns Hopkins, 1906-9; practiced in Chicago since 1909; asst. prof. medicine, Rush Med. Coll., 1911-17; attending physician Evangelical Deaconess Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc. Served as' lt. of reserve in inf. of the Army Corps of the Royal Prussian Guards, 1893-1905. Luther- an. Home: 4200 N. Hermitage Av. Office: 1548 Belmont Av.
DENEEN, Charles Samuel, ex-governor; b. Ed- wardsville, Ill., May 4, 1863; s. Samuel H. and Mary F. (Ashley) Deneen; A.B., McKendree Coll., 1882; taught sch. about 3 yrs .; m. Bina Day Maloney, of Mt. Carroll, Ill., May 10, 1891; 4 children: Charles Ashley, Dorothy, Frances Viola, Bina Day. Admit- ted to bar, 1886; practiced at Chicago, 1890-1904; mem. Ill. Ho. of Rep., 1892; atty. for Sanitary Dist., Chicago, 1895-6; state's atty. Cook Co., Ill., 1896-1904; gov. of Ill., 1905-9, 1909-13; resumed practice at Chicago. Republican. Pres. trustees McKendree Coll., Lebanon, Ill. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Law Club, etc. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Exmoor, Beverly, Englewood. Home: 457 W. 61st Pl. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.
DENICKE, Charles W., mfr. steel furniture; mgr. Charles W. Denicke & Co .; vice pres. Palt- ridge Metal Equipment Co .; mgr. Crown Metal Constrn. Co. Club: Hamilton. Home: 936 Margate Terrace. Office: 728 Monadnock Blk.
DENISE, Charles Meirs, engineer; b. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 24, 1876; s. Rusha and Louise (Meirs) Denise; B.S., Rutgers Coll., 1895; C.E., Lehigh Univ., 1898; m. L. M. Crandall, of Wolfville, N.S., Aug. 6, 1910; children: John R., Charles M., Jr. Connected with Pittsburgh office of the McClintic- Marshall Co., 1900-3; since then mgr. and contract- ing engr. for the company at Chicago. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Western Soc. Engrs. Republican. Pres- byterian. Clubs: University, Chicago Engineers, LaGrange Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 449 S. Stone Av., LaGrange, Ill. Office: 38 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
DENISON, Franklin Augustus, lawyer; b. San Antonio, Tex., 1862; grad. Lincoln Coll., Pa. (honor man), 1888; LL.B. (valedictorian and class orator), Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1890. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1890; asst. pros. atty., Chicago, 1891-5, chief asst. pros. atty., 1895-7; later asst. corpn. counsel; apptd. inheritance tax commr., 1900; candidate for Rep. nomination for judge Municipal Ct., 1916. Commd. maj. U.S.V., 1898, and comd. 3d Battalion,
of gen. court martial and judge court of army claims in Cuba; mustered out of vols., 1899; apptd. q.m. with rank of maj. on staff Gen. J. B. Smith, 3d Brigade I.N.G., Aug., 1903; now col. 8th Inf. I.N.G. Republican. Home: 3132 Calumet Av. Office: 36 W. Randolph St.
DENISON, Thomas Stewart, publisher; Feb. 20, 1848-Apr. 7, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)
DENISTON, Albert Jay, vice pres. Raymond Lead Co .; b. Niles, Mich., Apr. 10, 1858; s. Ezekiel Monroe and Frances (Fowler) Deniston; ed. pub. schs. of Niles; m. Margaret T. Fuller, of Niles, Mich., Aug. 25, 1887; 2 children: Albert Jay, Jr., Florence L. Came to Chicago in 1880; bookkeeper for Eastland & Duddleston, Chicago, 1880-2; iden- tified with the Raymond Lead Co., since 1882, as bookkeeper, 1882-3, shipping clerk, 1883-9, supt., 1889-1904, supt. and asst. mgr., 1904-8, and vice pres. since 1908; also consulting mgr. of blue lead dept. United Lead Co., of New York, since 1906. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Royal League. Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreations: fishing, hunt- ing. Home: 6416 Kenwood Av. Office: 735 S. Wash- tenaw Av.
DENNEY, James Arlando, surgeon; b. Fort Re- covery, O., Aug. 22, 1857; s. Azariah and Lydia Ann (Riegel) Denney; ed. Ft. Recovery High Sch .; Liber Coll., Ind .; M.D., Physio-Med. Inst., Cincinnati, 1879; post-grad. study London Hosp .. Med. Coll .; unmarried. Chief surgeon and med. dir. C.,B.&Q.R.R. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Assn. Railroad Chief Surgeons, Am. Assn. Ry. Surgeons. Democrat. Mem. Disci- ples Ch. Mason (K.T.). Club: Ill. Athletic. Resi- dence: Illinois Athletic Club. Office: 547 W. Jack- son Boul.
DENNEY, John, wholesale fruit and produce mcht .; b. Sennett, N.Y., June 1, 1870; s. Daniel and Margaret (Sullivan) Denney; grad. grammar schs. and high sch., Weedsport, N.Y .; Eastman Business Coll., Poughkeepsie, N.Y .; m. Lucy I. Sullivan, of Chicago, July 10, 1909; 4 children: Frank Patrick, Maribelle, Margaret J., John. Employed in various capacities by S. T. Fish & Co., Chicago, 1888-1902; mem. Denney & Co. since July 1, 1902. Democrat. Catholic. Clubs: Illinois Athletic, Traffic, Windsor Park Golf. Home: 2933 E. 77th St. Office: 167 W. South Water St.
DENNING, Clarence P., lawyer; b. Odell, Ill., Mar. 2, 1879; s. Rev. John Wesley and Elizabeth A. (Scroggins) Denning; A.B., Ill. Wesleyan Univ., 1900; LL.B., John Marshall Law Sch., Chicago, 1905; m. Winifred Scott, of Harrisburg, Ill., Dec. 23, 1905; 2 children: Willard, Katherine. Came to Chicago from Normal, Ill., 1902, and since in charge of library of Chicago Bar Assn .; asst. sec. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Recreation: farming. Home: LaGrange, Ill. Office: 1110, 105 W. Monroe St., Chicago.
DENNIS, Charles Henry, newspaper man; b. De- catur, Ill., Feb. 8, 1860; s. Andrew and Matilda Lavina (Baker) Dennis; B.L., Univ. of Ill., 1881 (M.A., 1905); married. In newspaper work at Chi- cago since 1881; reporter, dramatic critic, editorial writer, city editor, Chicago Daily News, 1882-91; asso. editor America (weekly lit.), 1891-92; mng. editor Chicago Record, 1892-1901; chief editorial writer and mgr. foreign news service, 1901-7, asso. editor, 1907-12, mng. editor, since 1912, Chicago Daily News. In charge of the Daily News Free Lectures, given for past 14 yrs. by corps of lec- turers in many pub. sch. halls of Chicago. On staff World To-Day, 1903-5. Club: City. Home: 668 Ir- ving Park Boul. Office: Daily News.
DENNIS, Frederick J., mfr .; b. Lowell, Mass., Oct. 31, 1853; s. Joseph S. and Faustina (Munroe) Dennis; came to Chicago in 1863; ed. Chicago grammar and high schs .; m. Chicago, June 5, 1877, Ida M. Walker. Began work in father's factory, the Chicago Mfg. Co., in Mar., 1871; saw factory destroyed in Chicago fire and helped to rebuild it; company was succeeded by Dennis & Wheeler, in which had interest; sold out in early '80s; founded, 1889, Chicago Folding Box Co., of which was pres. many yrs. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Ex- moor. Home: 2912 Washington Boul.
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DENT, Joseph Croft, clergyman; b. Harleston, Northamptonshire, Eng., Feb. 24, 1868; s. James and Mary Ann (Croft) Dent; ed. pub. sch., Harles- ton, Eng .; came to Canada, 1886, to U.S., Oct., 1889; student Moody Bible Inst., Chicago and Univ. of Chicago; grad. English Theol. Sem. (Univ. of Chi- cago), 1895; m. Minnie Austin, of Chicago, Sept. 18, 1894; children: Grace Emily, Lois Marian. Or- dained Bapt. ministry, 1892; pastor Maplewood Ch., Chicago, 1892-4, Earlville, 1894-5, Sandwich, 1895- 1901, Claim St. Ch., Aurora, 1901-4, First Ch., Joliet, 1905-9, Pilgrim Temple Ch., Chicago, since Sept. 1, 1909; prof. of church history, Northern Bapt. Theol. Sem., Chicago, since Feb., 1915. Home: 1535 N. Leavitt St.
DENT, Louis Lee, lawyer; b. Salem, Mo., Sept. 21, 1871; s. James M. and Mary (Springer) Dent; grad. Salem High Sch., 1888; B.Litt., Univ. of Mo., 1892; grad. Harvard, 1893, A.B., 1894; LL.B., Har- vard Law Sch., 1896; m. Mary Barrett, of Minne- apolis, May 26, 1899. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1897; mem. law firm of Sheriff, Dent, Dobyns & Freeman since 1907. Asst. prof. law, Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1901-6. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Phi Beta Kappa. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason. Clubs: Chicago, Riverside Golf. Recrea- tions: golf, motoring. Home: Riverside, Ill. Office: 1060 The Rookery, Chicago.
DENT, Thomas, lawyer; b. Putnam Co., Ill., Nov. 14, 1831; s. George and Comfort (Ijams) Dent; reared on farm; ed. country and village schs .; studied law; m. 1857, Susan Strawn (died 1911); 1 daughter, Mary (died 1882). Admitted to bar, 1854; practiced at Hennepin, Ill., 1854-6; came to Chica- go, Mar., 1856; mem. firm Wallace & Dent, 1856, Arrington & Dent, 1860-7; associated with Capt. William P. Black 18 yrs .; late sr. mem. Dent & Whitman, and Dent & Jackson. Rep. nominee for judge Supreme Court of Ill., 7th Dist., 1879. Elder Second Presbyn. Ch. Hon. mem. and ex-pres. Chi- cago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst., Chicago Hist. Soc .; ex-pres. Ill. State Bar Assn .; mem. Am. Bar Assn. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Literary. Home: 360 E. Garfield Boul. Office: 35 N. Dear- born St.
DE PREE, James, pharmaceutical chemist; b. at Grand Rapids, Mich., Mar. 12, 1879; s. Peter and Mary (Van der Meulen) De Pree; ed. pub. schs., Grand Rapids; student Univ. of Mich., 1903-5; m. Fannie Wilson, of Knoxville, Tenn., July 21, 1908; 2 sons: James, Jr., Hugh Wilson. Began as sales- man for the De Pree Chemical Co., Holland, Mich., 1906; moved general office and sales office to Chi- cago, Feb., 1912; now vice pres. and sales mgr. of the company. Republican. Recreations: automo- biling, golf, swimming. Home: 1141 Pratt Av. Office: 1017 Chamber of Commerce.
DE PUY, Clarence Elbert, mechanical engr .; b. on farm, Jackson Co., Mich., Mar. 11, 1863; s. of James and Helen (Reynolds) De Puy; ed. pub. schs., Jackson Co., Mich .; Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y., 1 yr .; M.E., Univ. of Mich., 1891; m. Marian Drummond, of Janesville, Wis., 1896; 2 children: Clarence Drummond, James Reynolds. Began in employ of the Dennis Machine Co., Jackson, Mich., 1882, and learned machinists' trade, continuing 5 yrs .; served as instr. in mech. work, Chicago Man- ual Training Sch., 1891-6; with Lewis Inst., Chi- cago, since 1896, now prof. machine construction. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs. Progressive Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Club: City. Home: 411 N. Elmwood Av., Oak Park, Ill.
DERBY, William Miner, Jr., real estate; b. Chi- cago, Nov. 25, 1863; s. William M. and Frances (Wood) Derby; A.B., Yale, 1885; m. Chicago, Mar. 7, 1892, Mary, d. Addison Ballard; children: Doro- thy, William Ballard. Engaged in real estate busi- ness, on personal account, since 1885. Commd. It. U.S. Navy, comdg. Sect. Patrol No. 216, 1917. Pres- byterian. Clubs: University, Yale, Chicago Ath- letic, Chicago Yacht, Quadrangle, Union League, Sanganois, Onwentsia, Indian Hill, South Shore, Skokie Country. Recreations: shooting, fishing, golf, sailing. Home: 4857 Kimbark Av. Office: 108 S. LaSalle St.
DERING, Charles Lewis, coal; b. New Diggings. Wis., Sept. 4, 1861; s. Philip Frederick and Ellen
(True) Dering; ed. Darlington (Wis.) High Sch .; m. Chicago, Sept. 25, 1888, Alice H. Weeks; 1 son, Roger. Was clk. in drug store in Wis., 1876-82; clk. with McCann, Fitch & Converse, paper house, Chicago, 1882-4; since 1884 in coal business; now mgr. Chicago office of S. C. Schenck, agt. of the coal dept. of the D.,L.&W.R.R.Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Kenwood, Mid- lothian, Chicago Yacht. Home: 5648 Dorchester Av. Office: Old Colony Bldg.
DERING, Jackson Kemper, coal; b. Darlington, Wis., Aug. 1, 1870; s. Philip Frederick and Ellen E. (True) Dering; ed. pub. schs. at Darlington; m. Edith Stouffer, of Chicago, Oct. 15, 1896; 1 son, Jackson Kemper, Jr. Came to Chicago. 1888, and has since been identified with the coal business; was with his brother, C. L., 1888-94; gen. sales agt. for Consolidated Coal Co. and the Riverton Coal Co., 1894-7; in coal business on own account since 1897; vice pres. Dering Coal Co., 1904-12; pres. J. K. Dering Coal Co. since 1912. Also mgr. and vice pres. Oak Hill Coal & Mining Co. since 1904 and gen. mgr. O'Gara Coal Co. Operates large farm at Lake Villa, Ill. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht, Fox Lake Yacht, Union League, Mid-Day, South Shore Country. Recreation: farming. Home: 924 Hyde Park Boul., Chicago; (summer) Lake Villa, Ill. Office: 1914 McCormick Bldg., Chicago.
DERNBURG, Carl, fur merchant; b. at Zeilhard, Germany, May 27, 1857; ed. in Germany; came to Chicago, 1874; m. Oct., 1881, Emma Loewenberg, of Chicago; children: Sylvan M., Lester J. Worked as clerk in a retail dry goods store until became mem. firm of Morper & Dernburg, later Morper, Dern- burg & Co .; with partners, established a retail dry goods house under the style of The Leader, of which was at the head for several years; later pres. Dernburg Mfg. Co .; head of Carl Dernburg & Son, fur mchts., since 1910. Past Regent of the Royal Arcanum; Past Archon Royal League. Clubs: Standard, Columbian (St. Louis). Home: 4557 Grand Boul. Office: 115 S. Dearborn St.
DeROODE, Holger, insurance; b. at Rotterdam, Holland; s. Holger J. C. and Caroline M. (van Hou- tum) de Roode; early edn. at Nashville, Tenn., and Louisville, Ky., and St. Francis Xavier's Coll., Cincinnati, 1865-9; m. Cornelia M. Volwider, of Chicago, Mar. 20, 1879 (died 1906); children: Al- bert V. (m., 1905, Helen McHenry, of Cumberland, Md.), Roger (m., 1908, Mary Elise Morphy, of New Orleans, La.), Clifford H., Cornelia Louise. En- gaged in ins. business, 1869; mem. firm E. E. Ryan & Co., Chicago, 1873; gen. western mgr., 1879-93, Clinton Fire Ins. Co., New York, Providence-Wash- ington Ins. Co. of Rhode Island, and Southern Cal. Ins. Co .; was mem. firm of de Roode, Faulkner & Ettelson until 1908, since then head of H. de Roode & Co .; representing principally the California Ins. Co. since 1916. Author of booklet, "Some Facts for Investors in Fire Insurance Shares," regarded as authority in ins. and financial circles. Charter mem. Chicago Bd. of Underwriters: sec. Soc. of Life Members of the Fire Underwriters' Assn. of the Northwest. Mem. Chicago Ethical Soc., Hol- land Soc. Club: Playgoers'. Recreations: tennis, music, literature. Home: 5214 Magnolia Av. Of- fice: 175 W. Jackson Boul.
DE SALVIO, Alfonso, college prof .; b. in Italy, July 13, 1873; s. Antonio and Antonia (Terlizzi) de Salvio; Am. Internat. Coll., Springfield. Mass .; A.B., Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., 1899; A. B .. Harvard, 1902, A.M., 1903. Ph.D., 1904; studied Univ. of Paris; m. Marion Gertrude Smith, of Hartford, Conn., July 7, 1913. Teaching at North- western Univ. since 1904; asso. prof. Romance langs. since 1915. Mem. Modern Lang. Assn. Amer- ica. Club: University (Evanston). Edited (with intro., notes and vocabulary) : Tamayo's Lo Posi- tivo (with Dr. Philip Harry), 1908: Fogazzaro's Pereat Rochus, 1909. Translations from old Span- ish documents for The Philippine Islands, 1904-6: also translated from the Spanish DeQuiros' Mod- ern Theories of Criminology, 1911: from the Ital- ian and Latin Dialogues Concerning Two New Sci- ences by Galileo Galilei (with Prof. H. C. Crew), 1914. Home: 1115 Davis St., Evanston, Ill.
DE SMET, George William, dealer and mfr. of Portland cement, etc .; b. London. Eng .. Jan. 28,
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1862; s. Ernest Hubert and Blanche (Downer) De Smet; ed. in Sch. of Providence, Amiens, France; Univ. of Louvain (law sch.); m. Julia Corselis, of Chicago, Dec. 30, 1893; children: Marie-Thérèse, George W., Louis E., Madeleine Christine. Since 1892 a dealer and mfr. of Portland cement, water- proofing compounds and floor tile, in Chicago, rep- resenting, as sales agent, 1892-6, the North's Port- land Cement of Antwerp, Belgium; agent the Vul- canite (N.J.) Portland Cement Co. since 1897; pres. De Smet Quartz Tile Co., Vitrifyx Co. Republican. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Builders'. Home: 5948 Winthrop Av. Office: 133 W. Washington St.
DESPRES, Emile M., president Despres, Bridges & Noel; June 17, 1864-1915. (See vol. 1911.)
DE STEFANO, Gaetano S., steamship agt. (See vol. 1911.)
DETWEILER, Edwin S., M.D., surgeon; b. nr. Doylestown, Pa., May 9, 1856; s. Samuel A. and Magdalena L. (Shadinger) Detweiler; ed. rural schs. of Whiteside Co. and Sterling, Ill .; student Eureka (Ill.) Coll., 1 yr .; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1888; m. Ella M. Fox, of Freeport, Ill., June 19, 1890. Interne Presbyterian Hosp., Chicago, 1888-9; began gen. practice at Highland Park, Ill., 1889; specialist in treatment of eye, ear, nose and throat since 1911; asst. surgeon, Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary; examiner for Ill. Bankers' Life Ins. Co., N.Y. Life Insurance Co., Guarantee Fund of Omaha, Nat. Life Ins. Co. of Des Moines. Served in 1st Regt., Neb. N.G., 3 yrs. (hon. discharged). Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Pa. Soc. of Chicago. Protestant. Mason. Home: 755 Montrose Boul. Office: 31 N. State St.
DEUEL, Charles Ephraim, clergyman. (See vol. 1911.)
DEUEL, Harry Wasson, woolens. (See vol. 1911.)
DEUTSCH, Joseph, lithographer; b. Baltimore, Md., July 10, 1865; s. Solomon and Augusta (Levy) Deutsch; ed. pub. schs. of Hartford, Conn., and Cooper Inst., New York City; m. Baltimore, Aug. 3, 1901, Anna Christiana Gressinger. Began in print- ing and lithographing establishment of Frieden- wald & Co., Baltimore, 1878; came to Chicago, 1891, and was with the Shober & Carqueville Litho- graphing Co. 4 yrs .; with the Orcutt Lithograph- ing Co., later known as the Clinton Co., 2 yrs .; pres. Edwards, Deutsch & Heitmann, now Edwards & Deutsch Lithographing Co., since 1896. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Nat. Chamber of Commerce, Nat. Assn. of Employing Lithographers (exec. com., chmn. employment bu- reaus, dir. for City of Chicago since 1906), To- bacco Mfrs.' Assn., Art Inst. of Chicago (life), Chicago Band Assn. Hebrew. Republican. Mason (32°, Shriner); mem. Paragon Chapter, O.E.S .; Chicago Lodge No. 4, B.P.O. Elks; Loyal Order of Moose. Clubs: Chicago Advertising, Old Colony. Recreations: motoring, travel, fishing. Home: 4611 Grand Boul. Office: 2320-2332 Wabash Av.
DEUTSCH, Samuel, iron mcht .; b. Louisville, Ky., June 1, 1865; s. Isadore and Harriet (Jacobs) Deutsch; ed. pub. schs. of Indianapolis; m. Indi- anapolis, 1889, Lelia Gundelfinger; children: Ar- mand, Florence (Mrs. Silvan Kaufman), Dorothy (Mrs. Harold Goodkind), Ruth. Removed to Cleve- land, O., 1880, and became connected with the Ohio Iron & Metal Co., of which he is now vice pres .; settled in Chicago, 1898. Jewish religion. Clubs: Standard, Lake Shore Country. Home: 4936 Ellis Av. Office: 1134 First Nat. Bank Bldg.
DEVER, William Emmett, judge; b. at Woburn, Mass., Mar. 13, 1862; s. Patrick James and Mary A. (Lynch) Dever; ed. Woburn (Mass.) pub. schs .; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1890; m. at Olean, N.Y., Jan. 5, 1885, Katherine E. Conway. Employed at leather mfg. business for father at Woburn, Mass., 1881-4; at same work for White Co., 1884-6, and for Grey, Clark & Engle, Chicago, 1884-9; from 1890 engaged in practice of law. Elected alderman, 17th ward, 1902, reelected, 1904, 1906, 1908; elected judge Superior Court of Cook Co., Nov. 8, 1910; apptd. justice Appellate Court, 1916; present term expires, 1922. Mem. exec. com. and chmn. judiciary com. of Dem. Co. Central Com .; mem. exec. com.
Chicago Plan Commn. Catholic. Mem. Nat. Union, Catholic Order of Foresters, Knights of Maccabees, Knights of Columbus. Club: Iroquois. Home: 5901 Kenmore Av. Chambers: 437 County Bldg.
DEVINE, Miles J., lawyer; b. Chicago, Nov. 11, 1866; s. Patrick and Elizabeth Devine; ed. St. Francis Sem., Bay View, Wis., the Sem. of Our Lady of Angels, Niagara, N.Y., and Lake Forest (Ill.) Univ .; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1890; m. Emma (Gamash) Devine, of Waukegan, Ill., Mar. 17, 1884; children: Miles J., Paul P., Leo Jerome, Mabel Ruth, Raymond, Carter Harrison (deceased), Mildred. Admitted to bar, 1890, and since engaged in gen. practice; city pros. atty. under Mayors Harrison (senior), Hopkins and Swift (resigned) ; nominated by Populists of 15th Senatorial Dist. for State Senate, 1893 (declined); nominated for Congress 4th Dist., Aug., 1896 (declined); elected city atty. of Chicago, 1897, serving until 1899. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Citizens' Assn., Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Democrat; pres. Cook Co. Democracy. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Garfield Park Driving Assn. (pres.). Widely known as speaker on politics and topics of public interest. Recrea- tion: driving horses. Home: 1262 Macalister Pl. Office: Reaper Blk.
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