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DOW, Lorenzo Everett, lawyer; b. Gray, Me., 1859; s. William M. and Mehitable T. (Libby) Dow; ed. Normal School, Gorham, Me .; Hills- dale (Mich.) College, A.B .; Univ. of New York; Union College of Law; widower; 1 daughter: Dorothy. After leaving school was teacher in private bovs' school, Montclair, N. J .. and taught in Boys' High School, Brooklyn, N. Y., teaching from 1884 to 1886, and from 1887 to 1889; came to Chicago from Brooklyn, 1889, read law under Wallace Heckman until 1891. when was admitted to Illinois bar; since then engaged in general practice of law in Chica- go. Vice-pres. and dir. of the Merchants' Bldg. Co .; sec. and treas. Wabash Vault Co., and in- terested in other corporations. Independent Republican. Trustee Hillsdale College. Mem. City Club, Delta Tau Delta (college frater- nity), Chicago Bar Assn., Illinois State Bar Assn. Office: 160 Washington St.
DOWNEY, Joseph, contractor and builder; b. Kings Co., Ireland. Apr. 23. 1849. Came to Chicago 1856; m. 1885, Lena Kleine, Chicago. On leaving school entered employ of James McGraw, builder and contractor, to learn trade; became his partner, 1874; afterward identified with many of the largest bldg. con- tracts of the city; retired from active business and time now devoted to managing his own property. Was commissioner of hldgs. and commissioner of public works during Mayor Swift's administration; later mem. Roard of Education under Mayor Harrison. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Illinois, Menoken. Build- ers. Hamilton. Office: Stock Exchange Bldg. Residence: 1680 Jackson Boul.
DOWNS, Ebenezer Allen, 1st vice-pres. H. W. Dudley Coffee Co .; b. Chicago, Apr. 2. 1843: s. Myson Day and Lydia Elizabeth (Allen) Downs; ed. Chicago public schools: served in Civil War in 67th Illinois Vols .: m. Chicago. Dec. 24, 1867, Emma Adelaide Allen: children: Louis Cleveland, Myron Lafayette, Blanche Valeria. Began business life as a clerk in wholesale grocery house of Bliss, Moore & Co. and has continued in grocery line since 1866: later was with W. F. Mclaughlin & Co. 6 years, with Thomson & Taylor Spice Co. for 23 years, and in Jan., 1902, took his present
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position as 1st vice-pres. of H. W. Dudley Cof- fee Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Office: 9 Lake St. Residence: 739 Forest Av., Evanston.
DOX, Charles Edward, underwriter; b. Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 11, 1861; s. William A. and Ophelia A. (Smith) Dox; ed. common and high schools of Terre Haute; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov., 1900, Mary E. Bell; 1 daughter: Dorothy. Engaged in fire insurance business since 1881; now mgr. of London & Lancashire Fire Insur- ance Co. and Orient Insurance Co. Independ- ent in politics. Mem. Southern Soc., New York. Clubs: Union League, Calumet, Glen View, Washington Park; also Capital City Club, At- lanta, Ga. Office: 171 LaSalle St. Residence: Metropole Hotel.
DOYLE, James M., justice of the peace; b. Co. Wexford, Ireland, Aug. 1, 1839; s. Peter and Ellen (McDonnell) Doyle; came with par- ents to America in 1848, locating in Chicago; ed. Nat. schools of Ireland, old Scammon School, Chicago, and in the Univ. of St. Mary's of the Lake; m. Chicago, May 15, 1878, Rose Donnelly; children: Leo J., Eleanor M., Julia M., James J., Charles I. Enlisted in the 23d Ill. Vol. Infy. (Mulligan's Brigade), Sept., 1862, and went to the front; promoted from time to time and commissioned capt. Mar. 25, 1865; after war in produce business until 1869; in office of M. W. Kerwin, S. Town Col- lector, 1869-70; clerk and later asst. cashier in office of City Collector Onahan, 1860-71; chief deputy clerk of Criminal Court, 1873-87; justice of the peace since 1887 by quadrennial reappointments; was police magistrate, 1889- 1891. Democrat. R. C .; mem. of Soc. of St. Vin- cent de Paul since its first organization in Chicago. Past Commander Col. Mulligan Post, G. A. R. Mem. Catholic Benevolent Legion. Office: 186 W. Madison St. Residence: 364 Ash- land Boul.
DRAKE, Chester Tuttle, manufacturer; b. Sturgis, St. Joseph Co., Mich., Feb. 22, 1851; s. Wear L. and Amelia Lydia (Gurney) Drake; grad. Northwestern Univ., 1874; m. Coldwater, Mich., Oct. 5, 1876, Albertine E. Hudson (died Apr. 19, 1898); children: Harriet A., Florence H. In 1880 established and in 1899 incorpo- rated the Drake Standard Machine Works, of which he is pres. and treas. Republican. 33º Mason: Master Golden Rule Lodge, 1885; M. E. High Priest Wiley M. Egan Chapter, 1890; Eminent Commander Chicago Commandery, 1893; M.E.S.P.G. Master Chicago Council Princes of Jerusalem Oriental Consistory, 1894-5; Illustrious Potentate Medinah Temple, 1895-6; Puissant Sovereign of Red Cross of Constantine, No. 1, 1898; now 2d Lieut. Com- mander Oriental Consistory. Office: 298-302 W. Jackson Boul. Residence: 6541 Harvard Av., Englewood.
DRAKE, John B., Jr., capitalist. Clubs: Chi- cago, Washington Park, Chicago Athletic, Glen View. Office: The Rookery. Residence: 2106 Calumet Av.
DRAKE, Lyman Manley. fire insurance agent; b. Beloit, Wis., 1867; s. Manley and Mary E. Tucker Drake; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Chicago, June 7, 1894, Jennie M. Keith; children: Lyman M., Jr., Keith. Started in fire insurance business in 1883, with R. S. Critchell & Co., as office boy; became mem. of that firm, 1899; afterward consolidated with Smith, Miller, Whitney & Barbour, in 1901, into firm of Critchell, Miller, Whitney & Bar- bour, of which he is a mem. Republican. Mem. Board of Education of Wilmette, Ill. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Union League, Hamilton, Wilmette Country. Office: 140 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: Wilmette, Ill.
DRAKE, Tracy C., capitalist; dir. Nat. Bank of the Republic. Mem. Chicago Stock Ex- change. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Mer- chants, University, Chicago Athletic. Office: The Rookery. Residence: Lake Geneva.
DRAPER, Arthur William, real estate; b. London, Eng., July 31, 1869; s. Thomas Winter and Sarah Jane (Venner) Draper; ed. common school, grad. King School and Metropolitan Business College; m. Chicago, June 28, 1893, Henrietta E. Olson; children: Arthur W., Jr., Laura. Albertina. In real estate business since Oct., 1886, beginning as a boy, and since Nov. 1, 1893, of firm of Draper & Kramer. Mem, Chicago Real Estate Board. Republican. Meth- odist. Office: 125 Dearborn St. Residence: 4955 Washington Park Pl.
DRAPER, Herbert Lyman, manufacturer; b. Hastings, Minn., July 19, 1864; s. Nelson C. and Asenath M. (Ballard) Draper; has lived in Chicago since age of 3 years; grad. Chicago High School, 1882, Williams College, 1886; m. Oak Park, Ill., Aug. 6, 1897, Mary E. Caldwell; 1 son: Nelson C. Began business career on the Chicago Board of Trade; later went into stone business and became sec. of the Western Stone Co., from which he resigned to go into the piano business, becoming, Feb. 1, 1895, sec. and treas. of the Cable Co. (organized, Feb. 8, 1881), manufacturers and dealers in pianos, organs and piano players. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Zeta Psi fraternity, Royal Arcanum, Chicago Automobile Club. Of- fice: 240 Wabash Av. Residence: 219 S. Grove Av., Oak Park, Ill.
DREYFUS, Jacob, furs, skins and wool; b. Altkirch, Alsace, France, Feb. 14, 1852; s. Leo- pold and Hannah (Ullmann) Dreyfus; ed. com- mon public school in Alsace; m. Chicago, Apr. 21, 1885, Bella Goodkind; children: Milton H., Helen G., Alfred J., Maurice M. Came from Al- sace to Chicago, 1872, and has since been in the fur skins and wool business; began with Jo- seph Ullmann, Chicago, 1872, and left him in 1882 to go into business for self as a whole- saler in same line. Republican. Clubs: Stand- ard, Mem. United Hebrew Charities Assn. Of- fice: 212-14 Michigan St. Residence: 4454 Ellis Av.
DREYFUS, Moise, pres. Ohio Iron and Metal Co .; b. Alsace, France, Oct. 20, 1861; s. Simeon and Sarah (Levy) Dreyfus; early education in France and later at Gymnase Protestant Col- lege, Strasburg; m. Chicago, Feb. 12, 1901, Carolyn Stern; 1 daughter: Emily Clara. Came to U. S., 1880, and settled in Cleveland, O., from which place removed to Chicago in 1898. Established as iron and steel merchant in 1881 and has so continued ever since, and is now pres. and dir. of the Ohio Iron and Metal Co., with headquarters in Chicago and branches at Cleveland, O., and in New York City. Also pres. of the Tennis Coal Co. Honorary mem. 1st Regt., I. N. G. Republican. Club: Standard. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 2914 Prairie Av.
DRILL, Thomas Taylor, musician; b. Bir- mingham, Eng., June 30, 1865; s. William Drill (many years organist of St. Patrick's Cathe- dral, Dublin) and Anna (Taylor) Drill; re- moved to New York in childhood and received general education in schools of that city; was boy soprano in leading Episcopal churches of New York and Brooklyn; student in voice, as boy, of Dr. A. H. Messiter and George F. Le Jeune, of New York, and after attaining bass voice studied under Ivan Morowski, William Courtney and M. Jacques Bouhy; m. Brooklyn N. Y., 1888, Miss Sarah L. Davis; children? Ethel, Anna. Soloist, voice being a basso can. tate of large range and power; was chosen by Dudley Buck, the composer, to create the role of Christopher Columbus in his dramatic can tata of that name; came to Chicago from New York, 1897, and has since been engaged here a: teacher of voice culture, as well as a solois in many musical events. Was one of the or ganizers of the Irish Choral Soc. of Chicago organized in accord with the recent movemen in Ireland for the resuscitation of its nativ
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music and literature. Office: 243 Wabash Av. Residence: 5207 Calumet Av.
DRISCOLL, Frederick, commissioner Am. Newspaper Publishers' Assn, since Apr. 2, 1900; b. Boston, July 31, 1834; academic education; m., 1st, May 31, 1858, Anna L. Brown (died Mar. 31, 1880); 2d, Nov. 8, 1882, Mrs. Lucy N. Styles; children: Frederick, Jr., Arthur Brown, Walter John. Went to Minnesota, 1858; mem. State legislature, 1860; sec. Republican State Central Committee, 1867-8; chairman
same, 1869-70; pres. St. Paul Chamber of Commerce, 1890; dir. in Associated Press, 1892- 1899; dir. Am. Newspaper Publishers' Assn., 1894-9; gen. mgr. Pioneer Press Co. for 36 years. Mason. Office: 108 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: 1632 Graceland Av.
DRIVER, John Merritte, clergyman; b. Mt. Vernon, Ill., 1858; s. James Ransom and Matilda Caroline Driver; grad. Boston Univ., 1885; A.M., Baldwin; D.D., Rust Univ .; Ph.D., Am. Univ .; m. 1899, Elsie Wiley, Casey, Ill. Ordained elder M. E. Church, 1887; pastor in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Massachusetts, until 1902; traveled abroad, 1900; pastor Peo- ple's Church, Chicago, since 1902. Mem. Am. and Asiatic Archæol. Soc. Writer and lecturer. Author: Samson and Shylock, 1892; Nepenthe, 1896; Purple Peaks Remote, a Romance of Italy and America, 1905. Residence: 6059 Jef- ferson Av.
DRURY, Edwin, abstract-maker; b. Gage's Lake, Lake Co., Ill., Nov. 12, 1842; s. George Albert and Mary Elizabeth (Heald) Drury; ed. public schools at Gage's Lake; enlisted, Aug. 9, 1862, in Co. G, 96th Illinois Vol. Infy. and served with his regt. in Dept. of the Cumber- land until mustered out at Camp Harker, Tenn., June 10, 1865; m. Apr. 19, 1871, Hannah Augusta Howard; children: Fred Howard (de- ceased), Gertrude (deceased), who left him a grandchild, Mildred Gertrude. Entered office of his uncle, A. H. Heald, city collector of Chicago, 1865, serving during his term of 4 years, and continuing 1 year with his succes- sor, W. J. Onahan; was in office of Henry Spear, south town collector, 1870-1, 1 year in county treas. office under Heber S. Rexford, then clerk in office of John G. Gindele, county clerk, and chief clerk in same office during succeeding administrations of George W. Wheeler, Joseph Pollock and Hermann Lieb. In June, 1875, resigned to establish business with John Carne, Jr., of making tax abstracts, under firm name of Carne & Drury, until 1886; afterward in business of making abstracts of taxes and conducting a real estate office with his brother, Horace G. Drury, as firm of Drury Bros., in Chicago, Ill .; also dir. of the Spear & Hansen Co., locating engineers and contractors. Since Nov. 1, 1902, asst. postmas- ter at Wilmette, Ill. Mem. George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R., Chicago, Ill., and of Ouilmette Council of Royal Arcanum, of which he was the first Regent. Has been village trustee, school dir. and subsequently sec. of the board of ed, and village collector. Residence: Wil- mette, Ill.
DRURY, Horace Greeley, real estate agent and tax abstracter; b. Gage's Lake, Lake Co., Ill., Nov. 22, 1847; s. George Albert and Mary Elizabeth (Heald) Drury; ed. country school, Gage's Lake, and in 1865-6 at Bryant & Strat- ton Business College, Chicago; m. Nov. 22, 1870, Jeannette, daughter of George Stickney, of Nunda, McHenry Co., Ill .; children: Lillian May, George Edward, Clarence Howard, Ma- rion Adella, Florence Evangeline. Farmer un- til 17 years of age, on father's farm; in 1865 went to Chicago to learn trade of carpenter and builder with Edward Ballard, for 4 years; in contracting and building business, 1869-73. except about 12 months in 1870-71 at McHen- ry, Ill., assisting father in starting a furniture and undertaking business; began work for Carne & Drury in tax abstract business in lat-
ter part of 1873; acquired interest in the busi- ness in 1875; in Nov., 1886, with Edwin Drury, withdrew from that partnership and formed firm of Drury Bros. in real estate and tax ab- stract business, and began handling North Shore real estate principally; brother, Edwin Drury, withdrew from firm in Oct., 1902, to assume duties of postmaster of Wilmette un- der S. S. Dingee; has since conducted business alone, retaining firm name of Drury Bros. Pres. Elevated Suspension Electric Ry. Co. Republican (9 years mem. School Board at Wilmette, 2 years village trustee and 2 terms pres. Village of Wilmette). Christian Scientist. Mem. S. A. R. Regent Ouilmette Council, No. 1107, Royal Arcanum, and 5 times Representa- tive of Grand Council of Order. Office: Tacoma Bldg. Residence: 622 Central Av., Wilmette, Il1.
DUBIA, Harry Amos, banker; b. Chicago, Sept. 2, 1868; s. Henry Franklin and Harriet B. (Kennedy) Dubia; ed. Chicago public schools to 1879; St. Ignatius College, 1879-84, graduating 1884; m. Chicago, Oct. 2, 1899. Katherine E. White; children: Avis, Frank, Harry, Arline. On leaving college in 1884 went with the Chicago West Division Ry. Co. as receiving teller, and so continued until 1891, when went to work in the Industrial Savings Bank as bookkeeper; became cashier of the bank in 1896 and pres. in 1902, and still occu- pies the position. Democrat. Catholic. Clubs: Iroquois, Sheridan, Ellerslie Cross Country. Office: 652 Blue Island Av. Residence: 1649 W. Adams St.
DUBIA, Walter Joseph, sec. and treas. Bar- num & Richardson Mfg. Co .; b. Chicago, Feb. 17, 1868; s. Henry Franklin and Harriet B. (Kennedy) Dubia; ed. public schools and St. Ignatius College, Chicago. to 1885; m. Chicago, Apr. 23, 1890, Mary V. McCaffrey; children: Marie A., Harry C. In auditor's office of the C. & A. Ry., 1885-90, and in 1890 entered the service of Barnum & Richardson Mfg. Co., first as bookkeeper, but in 1899 became sec., treas., dir. and resident mgr. Republican. Catholic. Knight of Columbus. Club: Sheridan. Office: 64 S. Jefferson Av. Residence: 4440 El- lis Av.
DUBOIS, Charles Gilbert, manufacturer; b. New York City, Mar. 22, 1870; s. William H. and Anne (Gilbert) DuBois; ed. public schools of Randolph, Vt .; grad. A.B., Dartmouth Col- lege, 1891; m. Randolph, Vt., June 6, 1901, Sue Sanford; 1 son: William Sanford. Sec. of the Western Electric Co. since 1898; with that company since 1891 except for a year and a half, 1895-6, when he was cashier of the Ran- dolph Nat. Bank, Randolph, Vt. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Union League; also University Club, of New York. Office: 259 S. Clinton St. Residence: 1209 Hinman Av., Evanston.
DUDDLESTON, George, merchant; b. Wis- bech, Eng., July 30, 1851; s. Hugh and Eliza- beth (Etherington) Duddleston; ed. public schools of England; came to U. S. in 1870 and to Chicago In 1872; m. Chicago. 1872, Miss Ellen T. Doherty; children: Elizabeth, Robert. George, Edmund. Since 1872 has been engaged in the wholesale and retail meat business. Democrat. Mem. City Council from the 11th Ward, 1897-1901; later was appointed Bride- well Commissioner, and since July, 1904, mem. Chicago Board of Education. Mason, Dearborn Lodge, A. F. and A. M., Washington Chapter. Chicago Commandery, Oriental Consistory. Medinah Temple. K. P. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Iroquois. Office> 27 Market St. Residence! 44 Throop St.
DUDLEY, Henry Walbridge, wholesale tra and coffee merchant; b. Grand Rapids, Mich .. Mar. 28, 1840 (one of first white children born in Grand Rapids, and was born in log house occupied by Father Slater, missionary to the Indians); s. Lewis and Eunice ( Walbridge)
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Dudley; ed. private school and high school, Grand Rapids, and in Rugby Acad., Washing- ton, D. C .; m. Chicago, Sept. 14, 1865, Mary Eliza Darrow; children: Lewis Walton, Arthur Hinsdale (deceased), Isabel Walbridge, Ray- mond Carleton, Grace Elliott, Lawrence How- ard, Henry Stewart. Was in mercantile busi- ness (wholesale groceries) until Civil War; enlisted Taylor's Chicago Battery of 1st Regt., Illinois Light Artillery; served 3 years and resumed mercantile life; mem. of firm of Sib- ley, Dudley & Co., wholesale grocers, up to 1882; afterward for some years vice-pres. of E. B. Millar & Co .; now pres. of H. W. Dudley Coffee Co. (incorporated 1901). Republican. Now dir., and formerly vice-pres. of the Chi- cago Bible Soc. Office: 7-9 E. Lake St. Resi- dence: 38 E. 29th Pl.
DUDLEY, Walter Webb, insurance; b. Guil- ford, Conn .; s. William L. and Phoebe A. (Ives) Dudley; removed to Wisconsin in child- hood; ed. Wisconsin public schools; m. Potts- town, Pa., 1880, Mary E. Beecher; 1 daughter: Grace Margaret. Began insurance experience as a local agent at La Crosse, Wis., in 1867; later special agent for the St. Paul Fire Insur- ance Co. and for the German-Am. Insurance Co. (with latter company for 8 years); went to Dakota and was 3 years in- banking busi- ness there; came to Chicago, becoming asst. mgr. of the Western dept. of the North British and Mercantile Insurance Co., and afterward mgr. until 1890; became U. S. Mgr. Manches- ter Assurance Co., of Manchester, Eng., 1890-7; since Mar., 1897, sec. of the governing commit- tee of the Western Union Insurance Co., of Chicago. Clubs: Union League, Kenwood. Of- fice: 240 LaSalle St. Residence: 4427 Lake Av. DUGAN, Alphonso Gray, general agent of Hartford Fire Insurance Co .; b. Louisville, Ky., Mar. 14, 1861; s. James W. and Mary J. (Gray) Dugan; ed. public schools of Louis- ville and at Forrest Acad., Anchorage, Ky .; m. Louisville, Ky., Apr. 25, 1899, Mary Helen Gates; children: Forrest, A. G., Jr., Hugh, Jo- seph. Began in the insurance business in gen- eral office of the Southern Dept. of the Queen Insurance Co., Louisville, Ky., for 4 years; then became special agent and adjuster for the Springfield Insurance Co. for Kentucky and Tennessee, and after that general agent for same company, with headquarters at San Francisco, Calif., until 1894; then returned to Louisville, engaging with the Hartford Fire Insurance Co. as special agent and adjuster, and in Oct., 1903, was made general agent, re- moving to Chicago as mem. of Cofran & Du- gan, general agents for the Western Dept. of the company. Republican. Office: 171 LaSalle St. Residence: 5222 Hibbard Av.
DUGGER, Jarrot Prator, mechanical engi- neer; b. Carlinville, Ill., Sept. 11, 1854; s. Sam- uel B. and Catherine Miller (Odell) Dugger; ed. public schools and Blackburn Univ. at Car- linville; m. Kankakee, Ill., May 15, 1878, Ida O. Townsend (died 1897); children: Robert Prator, Duane Davis (both deceased). On leav- ing school became bookkeeper in St. Louis, Mo., 1874-7; mgr. for gas company at Kan- kakee, Ill., 1877-80; mechanical engineer with the John Davis Co., 1880-9; Chicago mgr. for Henry R. Worthington Steam Pump Works, 1889; with Western Tube Co., Kewanee, Ill., 1890-1; since 1891 sec. and dir. Kewanee Boil- er Co., manufacturers of boilers and of power and heating appliances, having works and gen- eral offices at Kewanee, Ill., and a branch at Chicago, of which he has charge; also dir. Federal Boiler and Supply Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Columbia Yacht, Wash- ington Park, Midlothian. Office: 167-69 E. Lake St. Residence: Del Prado Hotel.
DUMBLE, William Henry, Chicago mgr. for Dunlap & Co., hatters; b. Devonshire, Eng., Feb. 2, 1862; ed. public schools in Devonshire, Eng., and 6 months in Wayne Co., Pa .; m. New
York City, Oct., 1890, Adda Williams. Was in hat business for 20 years in New York; has been with Dunlap & Co. since 1890, having been at their New York house until 1902, in which year was transferred to this city as mgr. of the Chicago store. Independent in poli- tics. Mem. O. S. C., Medinah Temple. Office: 171 State St. Residence: 1452 Grace St.
DU MOULIN, Frank, clergyman; b. Mon- treal, Can .; s. Rt. Rev. J. P. Du Moulin, Bishop of Niagara, and Frances M. (Brough) Du Mou- lin; ed. Trinity College School, Port Hope, Can .; Toronto Univ., B.A., 1892; M.A., 1894; Trinity Theological College, Toronto; m. Chi- cago, June 18, 1902, Ethel Rockwell King; 1 daughter: Frances King. Ordained deacon, 1893; ordained priest 1894 by Bishop of To- ronto. Asst. Holy Trinity Church, Toronto, 1893-5; asst. Trinity Church, Chicago, 1895-7; rector Emmanuel Church, Cleveland, O., 1897- 1899; rector St. Peter's Church, Chicago, since 1899. Club: University. Residence: 1835 Roscoe St.
DUN, James, chief engineer of the A., T. & S. F. Ry. System; b. Chillicothe, O., Sept. 8, 1844; s. James and Virginia Walke Dun; ed. Miami Univ .; m., 1st, Springfield, Mo., 1885, Mrs. Belle R. Otterson; 2d, 1899, Mrs. Lucy J. Rucker; 1 daughter: Mary E. Began railway service as chainman with the engineering corps of the Indianapolis & Cincinnati R. R., 1866; asst. engineer of the A. & P. Ry., 1867- 1871; asst. engineer, Mo. P. Ry., 1871-4; engi- neer Union Depot Co., St. Louis, Mo., 1874-7; supt. of Bridges and Bldgs., St. L. & S. F. R. R., 1877-8; chief engineer, same road, 1878-90; chief engineer of the A., T. & S. F. R. R. Co., and its successor, the A., T. & S. F. Ry. Co., 1890-1900; since Aug. 1, 1900, chief engineer of entire A., T. & S. F. Ry System. Mem. Am. Soc. of C. E., Western Soc. of Engineers, St. Louis Soc. of Engineers, Am. Ry. Engineering and Maintenance of Way Assn. (vice-pres.). Clubs: Chicago, Onwentsia. Office: Railway Ex- change Bldg. Residence: 503 N. State St.
DUNBAR, Arthur J., merchant; b. Cleve- land, O., Apr. 8, 1860; s. George E. and Eliza (Reid) Dunbar; ed. grammar school, Cleveland, and Western Reserve Univ., Hudson, O .; m. Chicago, Dec. 15, 1882, Carrie Zacher; 1 daughter: Cora Irene. Came to Chicago, Dec., 1880; worked at trade as wire-drawer until 1887, when he established in his present busi- ness as a retail dealer in hardware, furniture and general housefurnishing supplies. Repub- lican; appointed, 1901, by Gov. Yates, a com- missioner from the State of Illinois to the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition. Office: 3004-6 Archer Av. Resi- dence: 1115 Garfield Boul.
DUNCAN, James W., lawyer; b. LaSalle, Ill., Jan. 18, 1849; s. Nicholas and Isabella (Mc- Boyle) Duncan; ed. common schools of La Salle, and at Univ. of Niagara, N. Y .; studied law in office of E. F. Bull, LaSalle, Ill .; m. LaSalle, Ill., 1872, Bridget Cody (died Oct. 11, 1898); children: Edgar V., Isabella (now Mrs. Ralph Cupler). Admitted to Illinois bar, 1871; practiced at LaSalle, Ill., 1871-82; Ot- tawa, Ill., 1882-8; since then in Chicago; mem. of firm of Duncan & O'Conor, 1876-88; Duncan & Gilbert, 1888-97; since then alone. Was mem. of the State Senate from LaSalle Co., Ill., 1882-6; mayor of LaSalle, 1875-9; trial law- yer, Chicago Union Traction Co., 1899-1901; now counsel for South Chicago City Ry. Co. Democrat. Clubs: Washington Park, Iroquois, Sheridan, Columbus. Office: 59 Clark St. Resi- dence: 3364 Prairie Av.
DUNCAN, John Alexander, wholesale paper; b. Baltimore, Md., Sept. 22, 1852; s. P. and Isa- bella Duncan; attended country school until 16 years old, and went to St. John's College, Annapolis, Md., for 2 years; m. Baltimore, Md., June 19, 1884, Mrs. Emma Brashers. After leaving school worked in Baltimore for Na-
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vassa Phosphate Co., and William Taylor Holl In the foreign commission business; came to Chicago in 1879 and worked for 2 years with Godfrey & Clark, paper manufacturers. In 1881, with W. D. Hollis, established the pres- ent firm of Hollis & Duncan. Club: Ravens- wood. Office: 10-18 Market St. Residence: 3178 Malden St.
DUNCOMBE, Herbert Sydney, lawyer; b. Simcoe, Ont., Aug. 16, 1870; s. D. T. and Em- ily (Powell) Duncombe: ed. public schools and law dept. of Lake Forest Univ., graduating, LL.B., 1891; m. Chicago, Apr., 1892, Alice Price; children: Herbert S., Jr., Mary V. Be- gan practice of law alone in Chicago, 1891, and so continued until 1901, when became mem. firm of Duncombe & Evans. Republican. Ex-lieut. I. N. G. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Washington Park, Marquette, Mid-Day. Office: Chamber of Com- merce. Residence: 401 Superior St.
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