The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 53

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 774

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CUTHBERTSON, William, physician; born Winterbourn, Ont., Can., Mar. 15, 1860; son George and Mary A. (De Cou) Cuthbertson; ed. St. Thomas (Ont.) High School; grad. M.B., Univ. of Toronto, M.D.C.M., Univ. of Victoria Coll., and mem. Coll. of Physicians and Sur- geons of Ont .; married Dubuque, Ia., Mar. 7, 1897, Marie L. Davis. Asst. physician Toronto Asylum for the Insane, 1883-4; in private prac- tice in Whitby and Brooklyn, Ont., 1884-7; asst. physician Northern Hosp. for the Insane, El- gin, Ill., 1887-9; since 1889 practicing in Chi- cago. Prof. surgery, Chicago Clinical School, 1896-9; attending gynecologist, St. Luke's Hosp. from 1900. Capt. and surgeon 1st Ill. Cav., 1896- 8, and major and surgeon 1st Ill. Vol. Cav. in Spanish-Am. War. Pres. Chicago Acad. of Med- icine, 1896-9, Southern District Med. Soc., 1903, 1st Civil Service Med. Board of Chicago, 1896; mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Acad. of Medicine, Miss. Valley Med. Assn. Repub- lican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Ken- wood. Office: Peoples Gas Bldg.

CUTLER, Alonzo J., commn. merchant; born Montpelier, Vt., Mar. 24, 1852; son of David W. and Maria (Marshall) Cutler; while infant, his father died; ed. in country school until 16; came to Chicago, 1869; married Jessie Estelle, daughter of O. B. Warner, of Peoria, Ill., Dec. 26, 1881; children: E. Warner, Fanchon T. (Mrs. Charles H. Taylor, Omaha, Neb.); married 2d, Miss Ethel Connely, of Lawrence, Kan., May 1, 1904. On arrival in Chicago secured employ- ment with Singer Sewing Machine Co., as driver of a wagon for a few weeks, then as salesman and soon as head salesman of the Chicago agency; then became wholesale dealer in sew- ing machines; in 1883 became broker for O. H. Roche, board of trade operator, and when Mr. Roche retired from business in 1884 established brokerage business for himself; was chief bro- ker for Ed. Pardridge during the latter's exten- sive operations. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Republican. Residence: 6423 Stewart Av. Of- fice: 322 Postal Telegraph Bldg.

CUTLER, Harry Gardner, writer; born Dex- ter, Me .; son William G. and Mary (Gardner) Cutler; grandson Maj .- Gen. Lysander Cutler, of Wis. Vol. Inf. and commander of the "Iron Bri- gade," Army of the Potomac, in Civil War; ed. pub. schs., Milwaukee and Ripon (Wis.) Coll .; married Clara Metzel, of Milwaukee, 1885; 2 sons: Stanley Gardner and Marshall Beck. Be- gan newspaper at 18; connected with Milwau- kee Evening Wisconsin and Sentinel as report- er, editorial writer, legislative correspondent, etc .; came to Chicago in 1884, and since en- gaged in newspaper and lit. work. Author: From Sky to Earth (juvenile) ; The Grimms (a novel), 1887; Panorama of Nations, 1888; The World's Fair, 1891; Medical Colleges of the West, 1896; What, When and How, 1903. Joint author: En- cyclopedia of Illinois, 1892; Bancroft's Book of the Fair, 1893; Ellis's Standard History, 10 vols., 1899; Russo-Japanese War, 1905; History of the Western Reserve, 1910. Collaborator on numerous state histories and contbr. articles Chicago and Milwaukee and other Wis. cities to Baedeker's Guide to U.S. and Canada, 1894; also contbr. to hist. and other periodicals. Member Royal Arcanum, Men's League, Chicago Sunday Evening Club. Residence: 325 N. Willow Av., Austin. Office: Pontiac Bldg.

*CUTTER, George, elec. engr .; see Vol. 1905. CUTTER, Henry W. K., mfr .; see Vol. 1905.

CUTTER, Millard Hawthorne, investment bonds; born Medford, Mass., Oct. 18, 1878; son Gershom and Jeannette (Hawthorne) Cutter; ed. public schools, Kewanee, Ill., and Chicago; married Belle Hulbert Forbes, of Chicago, Sept. 14, 1910. Began active career as office boy with Mason, Lewis & Co., bond brokers, Aug. 1894, continuing until 1902, when went with another house for 11/2 years; in bond business at Dav- enport, Ia., 11/2 years, 1904-5; buyer for George M. Bechtel & Co .; Western representative of O'Connor & Kahler, New York bond house, 1905- 8; pres. Cutter, May & Co., buyers and sellers of municipal railroad and corpn. bonds, since Mar. 1, 1908. Republican. Episcopalian. Ma- son, Blue Lodge, Chapter and Apollo Command- ery (K.T.). Clubs: Union League, Chicago Yacht, Equestrian. Recreations: horseback rid- ing and yachting. Residence: 1028 Lawrence Av. Office: 611 The Rookery.

CUTTING, Charles Sidney, judge; born High- gate Springs, Vt., Mar. 1, 1854; son Charles A. and Laura E. (Averill) Cutting; ed. high school, Hastings, Minn., and Willamette Univ., Salem, Ore .; (LL.D., Univ. of Mich., 1907); married Annie E. Lytle, of Palatine, Ill., June 27, 1876; 1 son: Robert M. After leaving coll. was asst. editor Cedar Rapids (Ia.) Times; prin. high school, Palatine, Cook Co., 1874-80; admitted to Ill. bar, Jan. 8, 1880; practiced at Chicago, in firms of Cutting, Austin & Castle and Cutting, Castle & Williams, 1880-1900; master in chan- cery Circuit Court of Cook Co., 1890-3; judge of

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Probate Court of Cook Co. since 1899; present term expires, 1914. Republican. Mem. Cook Co. Board of Edn. 5 years (ex-pres.); also ex-pres. Palatine Bd. of Edn. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago Bar assns. Mason (32°, K.T.), Odd Fellow. Clubs: Union League (ex-pres. ), Ham- ilton, The Oaks (Austin), City, Westward Ho. Residence: 307 N. Waller Av., Austin. Cham- bers: Court House.

CUTTING, Starr Willard, univ. prof .; born W. Brattleboro, Vt., Oct. 14, 1858; son Henry Maynard and Cornelia Liscom (Starr) Cutting; A.B., Williams Coll., 1881, A.M., 1892; studied univs. of Leipzig and Geneva, 1886-8; grad. stu- dent, 1890-1, Ph.D., 1892, Johns Hopkins; mar- ried Mary Edith Derby, of Springfield, Mass., Sept. 11, 1887. Prin. Deerfield (Mass.) Acad., 1881-6; prof. modern langs., Univ. of S.D., 1888- 90; prof. German and French, Earlham Coll., Ind., 1891-2; asst. prof. German, 1892-4, asso. prof., 1894-1900, prof. German lit., 1900-6, prof. and head of dept. Germanic langs. and lits. since 1906, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. (pres. cen- tral div., 1901-2) Modern Lang. Assn. America. Author of several vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Residence: 5423 Greenwood Avenue.

DADIE, John, sec. and treas. W. J. Moxley; born Warrenville, Ill., May 1860; son Jeremiah and Mary Dadie; ed. Northwestern Coll., Na- perville, Ill .; married Agnes Adams, 1885 (died 1887); married 2d, Margaret, daughter W. J. Moxley, 1892. Began as bookkeeper for Mar- shall Field & Co., 1879-81, for W. J. Sloan Car- pet Co., 1881, and later for W. J. Moxley, Inc., becoming sec. and treas. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Club: Chicago Athletic. Residence: 1419 W. Congress St. Office: 541 W. Randolph Street.

DAGG, Thomas Levi, physician; born Fores- ter, Mich., Jan. 12, 1868; son John and Nancy (Mccullough) Dagg; ed. pub. schools of Mich .; M.D., Univ. of Mich., 1898; married Harriet Hyde Rolfe, of Staceyville, Ia., Aug. 1909. Prac- ticed medicine at Bay City, Mich., 1898-1902, at Chicago since 1902; attending pathologist St. Luke's Hosp., 1903-9, now anæsthetist to same; dir. pathol. dept. Chicago Laboratory since 1907. Mem. A.M.A., Am. Assn. Pathologists, Chicago Pathol. Soc. Club: University. Residence: 1717 E. 55th St. Office: 8 N. State St.

DAHL, Svenning, physician and surgeon; born St. Aistrup, Denmark, Mar. 11, 1857; son Soren and Kristine (Jonathansen) Dahl; A.B., Univ. of Copenhagen, 1886, Ph.B., 1887; student of medicine at Univ. of Copenhagen, 1886-8; emigrated to U.S., 1888, M.D., Coll. Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, 1890; post-grad. studies at Post-Grad. Med. School, Chicago, 1892; in Berlin, 1897; in Freiburg, Germany, 1898; vis- ited European hosps., 1907-8; married Hutchin- son, Minn., May 20, 1894, Anna Jensen, of Co- penhagen, Denmark (died 1906); married 2d, Lila Mosey, Leland, Ill., Oct. 17, 1908. During summer of 1889 was interne at the German Hosp., Chicago; began general practice, 1890; attending physician Tabitha Hosp., 1891-5; at- tending surgeon Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess Home and Hosp. since 1897. Pres. Scandina- vian-Am. Med. Soc., 1909-10; mem. A.M.A., Chi- cago Med. Soc. Republican. Lutheran. Office and Residence: 2029 Ewing Pl.

DAHM, Hans A., leather mfr .; born Norway, May 21, 1870; son Severen P. and Bernhardine (Johnson) Dahm; came to America, June 1, 1880; ed. pub. schools and business colls., Chi- cago; Chicago Coll. of Law (evenings); mar- ried Caroline Berg, of Chicago, June 21, 1892; 1 son: Omer. Began in leather business as a general utility man, Nov. 1, 1897; started own business, Apr. 1, 1904, continuing alone until Jan. 1, 1907, when consolidated with Edgar S. Office: 1206, 542 S. Dearborn St.

Kiefer, of Grand Rapids, as the Dahm & Kiefer Tanning Co., of which is vice-pres. and treas. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreations: hunting, fishing, travel. Residence: 934 Alexander Pl. Office: 214 W. Lake St.

DAIGGER, Andrew, dealer in chemists' sup- plies; born Germany, Nov. 12, 1865; son Benja- min and Marie (Pflumm) Daigger; took coll. course in Stuttgart, Germany; Ph.G., Maryland Coll. of Pharmacy, 1888; married Milwaukee, Wis., July 2, 1898, Blanca L. Ruthenberg. Came to Chicago, 1888, and was mgr. of prescription dept. for E. H. Sargent & Co., 1888-93; in em- ploy of Richards & Co., 1893-4; in drug busi- ness, 1894, and before long owned four drug stores on the North Side; since 1902, whole- sale dealer in chemists' supplies under firm name of A. Daigger & Co. Mason. Residence: 543 Belmont Av. Office: 54 W. Kinzie St.

DAL, John Wesley, physician; born Pough- keepsie, N.Y., Sept. 17, 1854; son Rev. Jacob and Christine Elizabeth (Lauer) Dal, both na- tives of Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany; ed. German Normal School, Galena, Ill., spring of 1868; fall of same year went to Wallace Coll. of Baldwin Univ., Berea, O., then was obliged to earn own living; took short special course at old Chicago Univ., 1875; M.D., Chicago Med. Coll., 1878; married Effie M. Wilson, 1908. Prac- ticed at Le Sueur, Minn., 1878-80; since 1880 in Chicago; consulting physician German Hosp., 1892-6. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chi- cago Med. Soc. Mem. Field Columbian Museum Assn. Republican. Mason. Office and Resi- dence: 1124 N. Robey St.

DALE, Hervey Smith, insurance; born Ste- vens Point, Wis., July 4, 1857; son Hervey S. and Emeline (Holabird) Dale; removed with parents to Chicago, 1864; grad. Chicago High School. After graduation was associated with father, a government contractor, until 1878, when was offered by Gen. Sheridan, a position in the q.m.'s dept. of the army at Chicago, in which continued for 11 years as chief of that office; since 1890 mgr. at Chicago for Union Mu- tual Ins. Co., of Portland, Me. Treas. Life Un- derwriters' Assn. of Chicago. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Windsor Golf, Beverly Golf, Coleman Lake Fishing (sec. and treas.). Rec- reations: trout and fly fishing, hunting, golf. Residence: 5002 Washington Av. Office: 39 W. Adams St.

DALE, John Thomas, lawyer, author; born Sandbach, Eng., Apr. 25, 1841; son Thomas and Jane (Burgess) Dale; came to U.S. with par- ents when 8 years old, locating, 1849, on a farm at Salem, Kenosha Co., Wis .: ed. pub. schools and at an acad. in Liberty, Wis .: took course in real estate law at Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1866; married Steele City, Neb., Sept. 30, 1880, Leila W. Graves (died Sept. 14, 1901); children: Ruth Geraldine. Jane Constance (Mrs. W. W. Power), Arthur Graves, John Theodore. Taught schools 2 terms in Wis .; came to Chi- cago, 1863; law student in office of D. C. and I. J. Nichols, 1863-5; admitted to Ill. bar, 1865: partner with Edmund S. Holbrook, 1867-71, with Sidney Thomas, 1872-3. In 1891 organized a syndicate and founded Chicago Ridge, a mfg. suburb near city limits; has done much bldg. in the city; was the pioneer in building up S. Dearborn St. Republican. Was pres, and trus- tee Village of Winnetka about 10 years; was 2d vice-pres. and dir. Ill. Humano Soc. for near- ly 20 years; ex-vice-pres. Am. Humane Assn. Congregationalist: trustee of Wheaton Coll. Author: What Ben Beverly Saw at the Great Exposition (Centennial at Philadelphia) : Fin- gerposts on Life's Highway (for young peo- ple) : Heroes and Great Hearts and Their Ani- mal Friends (adapted for schools and for young people) ; Flashlights from Real Life. Recrea- tion: literature. Residence: 1223 Dearborn Av.

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DALE, Samuel Emmet, lawyer; born Dublin, St. Luke's Hosp .; consulting phys. Mary Thomp- Ireland, Sept. 16, 1841; son Samuel and Jane son Hosp. Mem. Assn. Am. Physicians, A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., S.A.R. Residence: 2240 W. Monroe St. Office: 138 N. State St. (Alcock) Dale; removed with parents from Ire- land to Milwaukee, Wis., when he was 6 years of age; ed. pub. schools of Milwaukee; married Sept. 13, 1871, H. Harriet Beckwith, of· Exeter, Eng .; children: Gertrude (Mrs. Wm. Jenkins), Walter B., Frederick S., Harriett. At age of 17 entered law offices of Finches, Lynde & Miller, of Milwaukee, with whom remained 6 years; admitted to Wis. bar, 1862, and in 1863 located in Chicago and began practice; was mem. of firm of Carter, Becker & Dale, 1869-74, of Becker & Dale, 1874-80, then practiced alone for some years; since 1889, mem. of firm of Dale & Fran- cis. Mem. of Chicago Bar Assn. Residence: 530 Belmont Av. Office: 42 N. Dearborn St.

DALE, William Bird, mfr .; born Kankakee, Ill., Oct. 12, 1862; son Hervey S. and Emeline (Holabird) Dale; grad. West Division High School, Chicago, 1878; married Chicago, July 7, 1886, Clara E. Miller; 2 sons: Hervey M., W. Bruce. With Fieldhouse, Dutcher & Belden, jobbers of plumbers' supplies, 1882-92; vice- pres. Street & Kent Mfg. Co., plumbers' brass goods, since 1892. Republican. Vice-pres. Win- netka Republican Club. Formerly a, trustee of Village of Winnetka. Clubs: Winnetka, Skokie Country. Recreations: golf, hunting. Residence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 549 Fulton St.

DALTON, John Edmund, lawyer; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

DALZELL, Samuel M., coal operator; born Crawford Co., Pa., Dec. 3, 1850; son William and E. C. Dalzell; ed. pub. schools of Eastern Ohio. Began business life at 18, taking charge of a country store, 1869-71; in the iron business about 4 years, the last time as gen. supt. Mt. Hickory Iron Co., Erie and Sharpsville, Pa .; be- gan mining coal in 1872; since 1889 gen. mgr. Spring Valley Coal Co., operating extensive coal mines in Bureau Co., Ill .; also, since 1901, pres. Ill. Third Vein Coal Co., operating mines at Ladd, Ill .; pres. Ladd Mercantile Co., Uni- versal Folding Machine Co .; dir. Kenwood Trust & Savings Bank; dir. and treas. Ill. Coal Oper- ators' Mutual Fire Ins. Co .; vice-pres. and dir. Blackly Mercantile Co. Was 3 years pres. Ill. Coal Operators' Assn., declining further reëlec- tion. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Yacht, South Shore Country. Residence: 4030 Grand Boul. Office: Old Colony Bldg.

*DALZELL, Walter, mfr .; see Vol. 1905.

DAMSEL, William Hudson, vice-pres. Adams Express Co .; born West Chester, Chester Co., Pa .; son Uriah and Catherine (Phipps) Damsel; ed. common schools of West Chester, Pa., and Barnesville, O .; enlisted in the 3d Ohio Regt., Apr. 1, 1861, for 3 months, and was discharged at Columbus, O., Aug. 17, 1861; married Colum- bus, O., Sept. 15, 1870, Mrs. Susan R. Vance; children: William Wynkoop, Edna Murray, Jes- samine Phipps, Ethel Birch, Percy. Entered service of Adams Express Co. as messenger May 1, 1864; promoted to route agt. Mar. 1, 1869, to agt. at St. Louis, Mo., May 1, 1881, to supt. Aug. 1, 1884; elected mem. board of mgrs. May 14, 1890, 2d vice-pres. May 8, 1901, vice- pres. since Nov. 10, 1903. Clubs: Chicago, Mid- Day, Evanston Country, Glen View. Recrea- tions: outdoor diversions. Residence: 1632 Sher- idan Rd., Evanston. Office: Old Colony Bldg.

DANFORTH, Jerome Joseph, pres. Abstract Construction Co .; born Boston, Mass., Nov. 1, 1849; son Martin G. and Louisa M. (Roberts) Danforth; ed. pub. schools of Boston; LL.B., Chicago Law School, 1896; married Chicago, Jan. 6, 1881, Frances W. Mckinney; children: Winifred L., Alice L. Came to Chicago from Boston in Mar. 1866, and was with S. C. Griggs & Co., booksellers, until 1868; deputy clerk Su- perior Court of Cook Co., 1868-73; then pres. of the Cook Co. Abstract Co. until the business was absorbed by the Chicago Title & Trust Co., of which was for several years 3d vice-pres .; organized, Feb. 1904, and was pres. until May 1905, the Abstract Construction Co .; pres. Real Estate Title & Trust Co. since 1905; also pres. Kane Co. Abstract Co. Republican. Mason, Ori- ental Lodge. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Hinsdale. Recreation: fishing. Residence: 122 Chicago Av., Hinsdale, Ill. Office: 102 N. LaSalle St.

DANIELS, Alfred, cashier; born Matteawan, N.Y., July 22, 1838; son Joseph and Eleanor (Miller) Daniels; married Margaret N. Cady, of Cincinnati, O .; children: Joseph A., George C., Mary Eleanor, Elizabeth (Mrs. Robert H. For- sythe), Orinda (Mrs. Ralph E. Fox). Identified with A. S. Perry & Co., bankers, Kankakee, 111., 1857-60; later engaged in furniture business there until coming to Chicago in 1865; engaged in produce commn. business and later commn. merchant on the Board of Trade; with E. W. Bailey & Co., grain merchants, as cashier for past 20 years. Republican. Episcopalian. Resi- dence: 3824 Ellis Av. Office: Board of Trade.

DANIELS, Francis Barrett, lawyer; born at Grafton, Vt., 1848; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1871; LL.B., Columbia Law School, New York, 1874. Admitted to the bar, 1874, and began practice at Dubuque, Ia., law firm of Henderson, Hurd, Daniels & Kiesel, until 1895, when came to Chi- cago and entered legal dept. of the Pullman Co., and now its gen. solicitor. Republican; presidential elector in Ia., 1880. Clubs: Univer- sity, Glen View. Residence: Pullman Bldg.

*DANIELS, Ward Seymour; see Vol. 1905.

DANSER, Alfred Cookman, pub .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

DANZ, Charles A., pres. Chicago Metal Cov- ering Co .; born Chicago, Aug. 29, 1860; son Ja- cob and Margaret (Busser) Danz; ed. Chicago pub. schools, Dyrenfurth Coll. and Bryant & Stratton Business Coll .; married Chicago, Apr. 1896, Ida M. Gunderson. Commn. merchant in meats, etc., 1883-Sept. 1, 1908, when sold that business to Chas. A. Danz Co .; now pres. and treas. Chicago Metal Covering Co. Club: Town and Country. Residence: 3007 Washington Boul. Office: W. Lake St. and Clarkson Court.

*DARBY, Samuel Edgar, patent lawyer; see Vol. 1905.

DARLING, Ira C., insurance; born Chicago, Jan. 1, 1884; son Ira C. and Louise F. (McCloy) Darling; ed. pvt. schs .; married Agatha Birk- hoff, Chicago, Oct. 1906. With Swift & Co., Chi- cago, 1903-5; then entered lumber business with the Laurens Hull Lumber Co., becoming sec., 1907-8; in ins. business since 1908; representa- tive of various life, fire, accident, casualty and other cos. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, South Shore Country, Kenil- worth. Recreations: outdoor sports. Residence: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 424 Nat. Life Bldg.

DANFORTH, Isaac Newton, physician; born Barnard, Vt., Nov. 5, 1835; son A. H. and Elvira (Bosworth) Danforth; M.D., Dartmouth, 1862 (hon. A.M., 1881); married Elizabeth Skelton, of Chicago, June 9, 1869; children: Dr. William C. and Sarah E .; married 2d, Mary McPherson *DARLING, William Lafayette, engr .; see Vol. 1905. Barnes, of Chicago, Jan. 12, 1898. In practice at Chicago since 1866; lecturer pathology, 1870- 81, prof. pathology and histology, 1881-3, Rush DARLINGTON, Henry Powell, commn. mcht .; see Vol. 1905. Med. Coll .; prof. pathology and renal diseases, Chicago Med. Coll., 1883-92; prof. of pathology DARLINGTON, Herbert, insurance; born at West Chester, Pa., Feb. 25, 1851; son Howard and renal diseases, 1875-98, dean, 1895-9, Wom- an's Med. Sch., Northwestern Univ .; hon. phys. and Anna Maria (Haines) Darlington; of Qua-

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ker ancestry (settled in Chester Co., Pa., in 1711) ; ed. private schools and at Griswold Coll., Davenport, Ia., but left during junior year to go to work; married Chicago, Feb. 15, 1876, Catherine Augusta Flynn; children: Genevieve, Herbert S., Grace Howard, Harley Chester, Florence. Began business life Nov. 6, 1866, as office boy for I. F. Dobson & Co., ins., Chicago; after great fire of Oct. 9, 1871, went to Doyles- town, Pa., and for 6 months was bookkeeper for the Bucks County Intelligencer; June 1, 1872, returned to Chicago and resumed work with Geo. C. Clarke & Co. (successors to I. F. Dob- son & Co.); on death of George C. Clarke, Apr. 5, 1887, succeeded to business, with S. A. Har- vey, name changed later to Darlington, Harvey & Co .; bought out Mr. Harvey, 1896, and be- came sole proprietor, conducting agency as H. Darlington & Co., until Mar. 1897, when he con- solidated the business with Fred S. James & Co. (now incorporated), of which is sec. and dir. Independent in politics, with Democratic leanings; mem. board of trustees, Village of LaGrange, 4 years, pres. of Village 2 years; mem. board of edn., LaGrange, 3 years. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, LaGrange Country, Calumet Country. Recreations: reading, golf. Residence: 329 S. Stone Av., LaGrange, Ill. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St.

DARROW, Clarence Seward, lawyer; born Kinsman, O., Apr. 18, 1857; son Amirus and Emily (Eddy) Darrow; ed. Ohio pub. schools; studied law; admitted to bar, 1875; twice mar- ried; 1 son: Paul. Formerly atty. for North- western Ry. Has been identified with many prominent cases; of recent years notably in cases against monopolies, including litigation against gas trust in Chicago; chief counsel for anthracite miners in the anthracite coal strike arbitration at Scranton and Philadelphia, 1902-3, commn. appointed by Pres. Roosevelt; Moyer, Heywood and Pettibone cases in Ida., etc .; now senior mem. law firm of Darrow, Mas- ters & Wilson. Elected to the Ill. Legislature, 1902. Active in political campaigns as Inde- pendent Democrat. Platform speaker. Clubs: Iroquois, Athletic, Press, South Shore Country. Author: Persian Pearl (essays); Resist not Evil, Tolstoi (essays) ; Farmington (novel) ; An Eye for an Eye (novel). Also various pam- phlets on social and economic questions. Resi- dence: 1539 60th St. Office: Ashland Blk.

*DARROW, Edward Norman, lawyer; see Vol. 1905.

DART, Carlton Rollin, civil engr .; born Lan- sing, Mich., Feb. 1, 1862; son Rollin Charles and Sarah Elizabeth (Darling) Dart; . ed. Lansing pub. schools to 1878; B.S., Mich. Agricultural Coll., 1881; took partial post-grad. course in engring., 1882-3. Asst. to city engr., Lansing, Mich., 1881-2; draftsman Marquette & Western R.R., Marquette, Mich., 1883-4, G.R.&I.Ry., Grand Rapids, 1885-6; asst. engr., U.P. System, on construction of terminals, 1886-91; in gen- eral engring. work, 1891-7; since 1897 in bridge engring. Since Fcb. 1901, bridge engr. of the. Sanitary District of Chicago. Mem. Am. Soc. of Civil Engrs., Western Soc. of Engrs., Chica- go Engrs.' Club. Residence: 1536 Monroe St. Office: 76 W. Monroc St.

*DARVILLE, Frederick, law pub .; see Vol. 1905.

DAU, J. J., inerchant; born Denmark, Dec. 31, 1845; came to Chicago in 1868 and entercd the grocery house of James Forsyth & Co. as clerk until 1875; married Oct. 21, 1874, Harriet Hughes, of Oshkosh, Wis. Became traveling salesman for Reid, Murdoch & Fischer, 1875; the firm was incorporated in 1891 as Reid, Mur- doch & Co., of which was vice-pres. until the death of Mr. Thomas Murdoch, Dec. 1909, when he became pres. Dir. State Bank, United Chari- ties. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Commercial, Kenwood. Recreation: golf. Residence: 4807 Greenwood Av. Office: Reid, Murdoch & Co.

DAUCHY, George Kellogg, pres. Dauchy Iron Works; born Fulton Co., N.Y., Jan. 3, 1829; son Samuel and Clarissa (Kellogg) Dauchy; ed. Union Coll., Schenectady, N.Y .; married Jordan, N.Y., Dec. 8, 1864, Levinia Otis; children: Sam- uel, Otis B., George V., Elinor B. Was in Cal., 1849-53, in San Francisco, at mines and on ranch; returned to New York in 1853, and was in wholesale grocery business with father; came to Chicago before the war; served in Civil War as 1st lieut. and capt. in 12th N.Y. bat- tery, serving in and participating in all battles of the 2d and 3d Army Corps, in Army of the Potomac, 1863-4, after Gettysburg; after the war, was in grocery business, 1867-73; estab- lished the Dauchy Iron Works, 1873, and is now at its head as pres. Mem. of George H. Thomas Post, G.A.R .; Loyal Legion. Residence: 4233 Evanston Av. Office: 215-223 W. Illinois St.

*DAUCHY, Walter Edward, civ. engr .; see Vol. 1905.

*DAVENPORT, Herbert Joseph, educator; moved to Columbia, Mo .; see Vol. 1905.

DAVEY, James Rensselaer, physician; born Prairie City, McDonough Co., Ill., Oct. 24, 1858; son Sylvester and Allena Anna (Dickenson) Davey; ed. pub. schs .; A.M., Taylor Univ., Ind .; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1887; married Fran- ces L. Lindquist, of Wheaton, Ill., Apr. 28, 1901; 3 children: David, Paul, Marshall Burr. Began practice in 1887, and since 1900 as specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Sur- geon to Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Recrea- tion: fishing. Residence: 2016 Washington Boul. Office: 740 W. Madison St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 53

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed Publication date: 1911 Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company Number of Pages: 774

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 774