The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 55

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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DAWSON, Thomas Jefferson, lawyer; born Chicago, July 31, 1868; son John and Mary (Carney) Dawson; grad. North Division High School, 1886; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1894; married Chicago, 1898, Mary E. Moran. In gen- eral practice in Chicago since 1894. Democrat; has served as co. central committeeman from 26th Ward; chief asst. prosecuting atty. under Mayor Harrison, 1897-1900; state senator 6th senatorial district, 1900-4, declined renomina- tion. Sec. and director The Martin Dawson Co., mfg. confectioners. Mem. Knights of Columbus, Ravenswood Männerchor, Cook Co. Democracy and ex-pres. of the Lake View Irish-American Club. Club: Ill. Athletic. Residence: 1518 Wil- sonAv. Office: Ashland Blk.

DAY, Albert M., formerly mem. firm of Coun- selman & Day, board of trade commn. mer- chants. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Cax- ton, Onwentsia. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill.

DAY, Chapin Adelbert, treas. Marshall Field & Co .; born Blue Island, Ill., Jan. 5, 1855; son Rev. Jonathan M. (Universalist) and Ordelia S. (Root) Day; ed. pub. schools; married Ella G. Chamberlain, of Chicago, May 15, 1879. Came to Chicago from LaSalle Co., Ill., 1873, and for 2 years employed in South Water St. commn. house; entered employ of Field, Leiter & Co., 1875, and has since been identified with that co. and its successor, Marshall Field & Co., in va- rious capacities, becoming treas. of the latter in 1905; retired Mar. 1911. Clubs: Union League, Midlothian. Recreations: golf, motoring, fish- ing. Residence: 5112 Madison Av. Office: 216 W. Adams St.

DAY, Charles Wesley, physician; born Wil- mington, Del., May 3, 1848; son Isaac and Mary (Lowe) Day; ed. in pub. schools of Wilming- ton, Del; attended Philadelphia Coll. of Phar- macy, 1869-70; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1892; married Chicago, Sept. 1890, Eliz- abeth Fowler; 1 daughter: Mary Elizabeth. Private in Co. G, 192d Pa. Vol. Inf. in the Civil War. Pharmacist until taking med. course; since 1892 engaged in general practice of medi- cine in Chicago; med. examiner for Royal League, Columbian Knights, Yeomen of Amer- ica, Vesta Circle. Mem. Ill. State Board of Phar- macy, 1882-91. Republican. Methodist. Archon Ill. Advisory Council Royal League. Club: Ham- ilton. Residence: 43 E. Garfield Boul. Office: 1604 Masonic Temple.

DAY, Clyde L., lawyer; born Paxton, Ill., 1869; ed. Ogden (pub.) School and North Div. High Sch., Chicago. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1890, and engaged in practice at Chicago; asst. corpn. counsel of Chicago, 1907-10; city atty. since 1910. Mem. Law Club, Legal Club, Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Residence: 5620 Monroe Av. Office: City Hall.

DAY, Edwin Charles, real estate; born La Salle, Ill., Aug. 15, 1853; son William B. and Julia Ann (Quackenboss) Day; ed. pub. schs., mil. acad., Nazareth, Pa., and Univ. of Zurich, Switzerland, as civil engr., class of 1874; mar- ried Elise Gross, of Chicago, Oct. 12, 1899; 3 children: F. Winfield, Margaret, Victorine. In civil engring. practice at Chicago a short time, 1875; since then identified with real estate op- orations, appraisements and trust business and reorganization of commercial and financial in- stitutions. Republican. Episcopalian. Club: Un- ion League. Recreations: connoisseur of art, hunting, fishing, whist. Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 945 Am. Trust Bldg.

*DAY, Francis Thomas, investment banker; see Vol. 1905.

DAY, Leonidas A. L., oculist and aurist; born Belmont Co., O .; son Israel H. and Catherine (Wise) Day; grad. Pulte Med. Coll., Cincinnati, O., M.D., 1885; New York Home. Med. Coll., M.D., 1890; Coll. of New York Ophthalmic Hosp., with degree of Ocular and Aural Surgeon, 1891. Located in Martinsburg, W.Va., in 1885; Chica- go since 1892. Prof. ophthalmology, otology and laryngology, Hering Med. Coll. and Hosp., Chicago. Mem. Am. Inst. Homœopathy, Inter- nat. Hahnemannian Assn. Residence: Wych- mere Hotel. Office: 1412 Heyworth Bldg.

DEAN, Albert Flandreau, fire insurance; born Madison, Ind., July 30, 1842; son M. W. and Ruth H. (Beck) Dean; collegiate edn., Burling- ton, Ia .; married Elizabeth Pope, of Ohio, June 18, 1866; 2 children: Bessie (Mrs. George K. Owsley), Walter M. Enlisted in 1st Ia. Cav. U.S.V., 1861, and promoted through the various grades to second It .; served in Mo. and Ark., participating in various engagements; honora- bly mustered out Oct. 1862. Began in employ of a commercial house at St. Louis, 1875; then came to Chicago as cashier of the Western dept. of the Springfield (Mass.) Fire & Marine Ins. Co., becoming asst. mgr. in 1886; also pres. Western Factory Assn. Republican. Mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Recreation: golf. Clubs: Union League, Country of Evanston, Evanston Golf. Residence: 1106 Church St., Evanston, Ill. Office: Corn Exchange Bank Bldg.

DEAN, Marvin Ansel, vice-pres. and treas. Sprague, Warner & Co .; born Canaan, Conn., Nov. 13, 1852; son Henry and Almira (Munson) Dean; ed. schools of Canaan, Conn., and law of- fice of Peet & Dean; married Falls Village, Conn., Dec. 31, 1876, Carrie A. Canfield; chil- dren: William Dwight, Frances Caroline (Mrs. Robert J. Bassett, of Evanston, Ill.). Was clerk Nat. Iron Bank, Falls Village, 14 to 18 years of age; asst. treas. and treas. Falls Village Savings Bank, 18 to 26 years of age; sec. State Assn. of Savings Banks of Conn., 1877; came west, 1878; resided Sparta, Wis., 2 years; with Sprague, Warner & Co., wholesale grocers, since 1881; now vice-pres., treas. and dir. Independ- ent Republican. Congregationalist; corporate mem. Am. Bd. of Commrs. for Foreign Mis- sions. Clubs: Union League, Evanston Golf. Recreation: golf. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Of- fice: Sprague, Warner & Co.

DEAN, Richmond, gen. mgr. Pullman Co .: born St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 2, 1862; son Thomas A. and Jennie W. (MacDonald) Dean; ed. pub. schools; married Marie L. Daly, of St. Louis: 7 children: John Richmond, Katherine W., Anne M., Thomas A., Dorcas B., Philip D., Charles D. Began with the Boatmen's Bank, St. Louis. 1875, remaining several years; then with the Mo. Pacific R.R. until 1882; identified with the Pullman Co., at St. Louis, 1882-8, and at Chi- cago, 1888-94; asst. to the vice-pres. M.,K.&T. R.R., 1894-9; asst. to vice-pres. Pullman Co., Chicago, 1899-1905, and gen. mgr. since Mar. 1905; also pres. Pullman R.R.Co. Republican. Mem. Catholic Ch. Extension Soc. Clubs: Chi- cago, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Golf, Exmoor. South Shore Country, Railroad (Chicago), Man- hattan (New York). Recreation: golf. Resi- dence: 4438 Greenwood Av. Office: Pullman Building.

DEANE, Ruthven; born Cambridge, Mass .. Aug. 20, 1851; son Charles (historian) and Helen (Waterston) Deane, of Cambridge, Mass .; ed. in schools of Cambridge; married Chicago, Dec. 16, 1885, Martha R. Towner; children: Charles, Henry Towner. Fellow Am. Ornitholo- gists' Union since 1883; pres. Ill. Audubon Soc. since 1898. Mem. Cooper Ornith. Club of Cal .. Chicago Acad. of Sciences. Clubs: Union, Ex- moor Golf. Recreations: ornithology, shooting. fishing, golf. Address: 112 W. Adams St.

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DEARBORN, Luther M., lawyer; deceased; New York and Phila. pubs., 1898-1904; resigned see Vol. 1905.

DEARBORN, Walter Fenno, univ. prof .; born Marblehead, Mass., July 19, 1878; son Josiah Weare and Martha Mehitable (Dinsmore) Dear- born; grad. Phillips Exeter Acad., 1896; A.B., Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., 1900, A.M., 1903; Ph.D., Columbia Univ., 1905; student Univ. of Göttingen, 1905, Univ. of Heidelberg, 1910; unmarried. Vice-prin. Middletown (Conn.) High School, 1901-3; fellow, Teachers Coll., Co- lumbia Univ., 1903-5; instr. ednl. psychology, 1905-7; asst. prof. edn., 1907-9, Univ. of Wis .; asso. prof. edn., Univ. of Chicago, since 1909. Author: Psychology of Reading, 1906. Mem. Am. Psychol. Assn., A.A.A.S., Nat. Ednl. Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Nu Theta. Recreations: tennis, golf. Residence: 6022 Monroe Av.

DEAVITT, Henry McIntyre, consulting chem- ist; born Montpelier, Vt., Sept. 18, 1874; son Thomas J. and Carrie E. (Harrington) Deavitt; B.S., Univ. of Vt., 1895; B.S. in chemistry, Mass. Inst. of Technology, 1897; married Grace Huy- ette, of Chicago, Sept. 11, 1905. After leaving coll. was chemist for the Western Electric Co., and then a year for Am. Can Co. Pres. Mutual Chemical Co. Republican. Congregationalist. Recreations: golf, baseball, billiards. Residence: 1412 E. 56th St. Office: 601, 160 N. 5th Av.

DE BLOIS, Austen Kennedy, clergyman; born Wolfville, N.S., Dec. 17, 1866; son Stephen W. and Mary S. (Fitch) de Blois; grad. Horton Acad., 1881; in Europe, 1885; grad. Acadia Coll., Nova Scotia, 1886; Brown Univ., A.M., 1888, Ph.D., 1889; student Newton (Mass.) Theol. Inst., 1889; Univ. of Berlin, 1890; Univ. of Leip- zig, 1891; (LL.D., Franklin Coll., Ind., 1897); married Sheffield, N.B., June 25, 1890, Erminie A. Day; children: Stephen G., Cedric, Mary Ailsa, Charles H., Laurier St. J., Erminie. Vice- principal Union Baptist Sem., St. Martins, N.B., 1892, principal, 1892-4; pres. Shurtleff Coll., Al- ton, Ill., 1894-9; pastor First Baptist Church of Chicago. Trustee Shurtleff Coll .; pres. Chicago Baptist Orphanage; vice-pres. Chicago Baptist Hosp., trustee Divinity School Univ. of Chica- go; pres. Home for Missionaries' Children, Mor- gan Park; dir. Chicago Tract Soc .; mem. bd. of mgrs., Am. Baptist Foreign Mission Soc .; trus- tee West China Union Univ .; mem. laymen's commn. to the Orient, making around the world tour of christian missions, 1907; mem. exec. com. Ill. State Y.M.C.A. Mem. Delta Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa (special election); charter mem. Brown Univ. Alumni Club of Berlin. Dem- ocrat. Author: Bible Study in American Col- leges, 1899; The Pioneer School, 1900; Imperial- ism and Democracy. Address: 553 E. 34th St.

DE BOWER, Edward Wallace, pres. LaSalle Extension Univ .; born near Lodi, Vienna Tp., Dane Co., Wis., May 19, 1870; son Gerd and Mary Welling (Buffmire) DeBower; ed. Lodi (Wis.) High School; LL.B., Univ. of Wis., 1896; married Angela Montjoy Morrison, of St. Louis, Jan. 24, 1898. Admitted to Wis. bar, 1895; sen- ior mem. law firm of DeBower & DeBower, Madison, Wis., 1895-8; law book publisher at Charlottesville, Va., 1899-1900; vice-pres. John D. Morris & Co., publishers, Philadelphia, 1900-6; organized, and pres. The Making of America Co., Chicago, later succeeded by DeBower-Chap- line Co. and afterwards merged in the LaSalle Extension Univ., of which is pres .; organized, 1908, and since pres. Commonwealth Trust & Security Co. Club: Chicago Automobile. Rec- reation: his farm in Wis. Residence: 4637 Ellis Av. Office: 2517 Michigan Av.

DE BOWER, Herbert Francis, pres. DeBower- Elliott Co., publishers; born on farm in Dane Co., Wis., Mar. 11, 1874; son Gerd and Mary Welling (Buffmire) DeBower; ed. Lodi High School; LL.B., Univ. of Wis., 1896; married Helen Oatman, of Napoleon, O., May 8, 1901. Practiced law at Madison, Wis., 1896-8, then turned attention to commercial pursuits; with

connection with John D. Morris & Co., Phila., to establish DeBower-Elliott Co., 1904, of which has since been pres .; one of organizers of the Commonwealth Trust & Security Co., Chicago, 1908; also an organizer of the Alexander Ham- ilton Inst., of New York City, 1909. Mem. Am. Economic Assn., Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Automobile, South Shore Country. Recreations: automobiling, golf. Residence: 1354 Kenwood Park Pl. Office: Man- hattan Bldg.

DECKER, Adolf, physician; born Rheno Pa- latia, Germany, Dec. 6, 1858; son Abraham and Johanna (Rueb) Decker; ed. univs. of Erlangen and Würzburg; M.D., Würzburg, 1881; married Chicago, June 11, 1890, Melanie Stein. Prac- ticed medicine in Germany until 1889; came to Chicago and has since been engaged in general practice in this city. Mem. A.M.A., German Med. Soc. of Chicago, etc. Residence: 4237 Ev- anston Av. Office: 1007, 31 N. State St.

DECKER, Alfred, clothing mfr .; born Kirch- heimbolanden, Bavaria, Nov. 2, 1871; son Abra- ham and Johanna (Rueb) Decker; ed. in Ger- many; arrived at Chicago, June 19, 1886; mar- ried Ray Hexter, of Ashland, Ill., Mar. 29, 1904; 3 daughters: Florence, May, Virginia. Worked for clothing mfrs., 1886-97; mem. firm Schafer & Decker, in same line, 1897-1902; senior mem. firm of Alfred Decker & Cohn, since 1902. Ma- son; Nat. Union. Club: Hampden. Recreation: billiards. Residence: 6958 Sheridan Rd. Office: 509 S. Franklin St.

DECKER, Carl, produce commn .; born Kirch- heimbolanden, Rheinpfalz, Mar. 28, 1870; son Abraham and Johanna (Rueb) Decker; ed. pub. schs. at birthplace, Latin School, and Gymna- sium, at Kaiserslautern, where received qualifi- cation for one year's mil. service; came to America, Sept. 1889; married Alice Cohn, of Cincinnati, Oct. 27, 1897; 2 daughters: Elsie Hanchen, Ruth Dora. Studied as druggist in Germany, but did not follow business; in pro- duce commn. business in Chicago since 1889; was mem. firm of E. Decker & Co., 12 years, ending July 16, 1910; now operating independ- ently as Carl Decker & Co. Republican. Jewish religion. Mason and Odd Fellow. Recreation: traveling. Residence: 3810 Rokeby St. Office: 706 W. Randolph St.

*DECKER, David, banker; see Vol. 1905.

DECKER, Edward, produce commn .; born at Kirchheimbolanden, Germany, Apr. 24, 1860; son Abraham and Johanna (Rueb) Decker; ed. in Germany; married Chicago, Aug. 22, 1886, Jo- hanna Leserman; children: Frances Eliza (now Mrs. D. T. Marks), Isabel Louise (now Mrs. Ben Neiger), Alexander Herman, Helen Melanie, Harriet Johanna. Came from Germany to Chi- cago, Aug. 1882; in 1883 went to Philadelphia, and the following year to New York City; came back to Chicago, Dec. 1884, and was bookkeeper for Woolf's Clothing House, Madison and Hal- sted Sts., for about 212 years; June 6, 1887, started in produce commn. business; was a mem. of firm of E. Decker & Co. until July 18, 1910. Mem. Chicago Butter and Egg Board. Mem. National Union, Knights of Pythias, Free Sons of Israel. Recreations: fishing, swimming. Residence: 4808 Prairie Av. Office: 850 W. Ran- dolph St.

DEE, George Washington, mfr .; born Wash- ington Heights, Ill., June 27, 1875; son William M. and Julia (Holly) Dee; ed. in Chicago pub. schools; married Mecca, Ind., May 3, 1896, Jo- sephine Forbes; children: Mansfield, George, Gertrude. Began at the age of 15 as a yard hand in the business owned by his father as a mfr. of sewer pipe and other vitrified clay and fire-clay products, becoming vice-pres. and treas. William E. Dee Co., 1904. Catholic. Res- idence: 5729 Magnolia Av. Office: 1026 Chicago Stock Exchange.

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DEE, Thomas J., smelter and refiner of gold, silver and platinum; born Painted Post, N.Y., Nov. 15, 1861; son John and Margaret (Ward) Dee; ed. pub. schs. of Painted Post, N.Y .; mar- ried Flora E. Bierce, of Tallmadge, O., Nov. 12, 1900. Employed by John Hoar, cut glass mfr., Corning, N.Y., 1880-5; afterwards came to Chi- cago as a representative of the N. Spencer Thomas Co .; in 1892 formed partnership with Robert Austin, known as the Austin & Dee Co., refiners of gold, silver and platinum, subse- quently succeeding this firm in 1895, and now known as Thomas J. Dee & Co. Republican. Catholic. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Club: Union League. Residence: 1214 Dearborn Av. Office: 26 W. Washington St.

DEE, William Edward, mfr. of vitrified clay products; born Chicago, July 16, 1859; son Will- iam M. and Julia (Holly) Dee; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married Danville, Ill., Feb. 15, 1904, Grace Muir. Began business career as asst. to his father in the mfr. of sewer pipe and other vitrified clay products, as a bookkeeper; now pres. William E. Dee Co., operating large works at Mecca, Park Co., Ind. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Catholic. Mem. Modern Woodmen. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Chicago Automobile, Builders', Windsor Golf. Recreations: golf, bowling. Residence: 4516 Grand Boul. Office: 42 N. LaSalle St.

DEERING, Charles, mfr .; born Paris, Me., 1852; son William and Abby (Barbour) Deer- ing; preparatory edn. at Portland, Me .; grad. U.S. Naval Acad., Annapolis, 1873; married 1875, Anna Case, of Newport, R.I., who died in 1876, leaving him 1 child; married 2d, 1883, Marion, daughter of Gen. William D. Whipple, U.S.A .; children: Roger, Marion, Barbara. Served as officer in the navy until 1881, when he resigned and became sec. of the Deering Harvester Co., until that business was merged, with the other leading harvester interests, in the Internat. Harvester Co., with wnich he has since been connected as chmn. of the board of dirs. Inde- pendent in politics. Clubs: Chicago, University and Union (New York City), Army and Navy (Washington, D.C.). Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: Harvester Bldg.

DEERING, James, mfr .; born Me., 1859; son William and Clara (Hamilton) Deering; ed. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill., and Mass. Inst. of Technology; married. Officer of Deer- ing Harvester Co. until 1902; vice-pres. Inter- nat. Harvester Co. since 1902. Clubs: Chicago, Saddle and Cycle, University, Union. Residence: 1430 Lake Shore Drive. Office: Harvester Bldg.

DEERING, Thomas Gardiner, lawyer; born Chicago, Aug. 24, 1877; son Thomas William and Louise Elizabeth (Gardiner) Deering; grad. Chicago grammar and high schools; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1903; unmar- ried. Began practice in Chicago, 1903; mem. firm of West, Eckhart & Taylor. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Club: Hamilton. Recreation: tennis. Residence: 908 Lakeside Pl. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

DEERING, William, mfr .; born Paris, Me., Apr. 25, 1826; son James and Eliza (Moore) Deering; ed. Readfield Sem .; married Oct. 31, 1849, Abby Barbour; married 2d, Dec. 15, 1857, Clara Hamilton; children: Charles, James, Abby. Engaged in a woolen mill and later in the dry goods business; became mem. of wholesale and commn. dry goods house of Deering, Milliken & Co., of Portland and New York. Established in the harvester business at Plano, Ill., 1873; re- moved to Chicago, 1880; pres. Deering Harves- ter Co. until it was merged with the Internat. Harvester Co. Hon. pres. Corpn. of Northwest- ern Univ. Residence: 408 Church St., Evanston, Illinois.

DEEVES, Griffen Hampton, lumber merchant; born Buffalo, N.Y., Sept. 19, 1866; son T. S. and Rebecca G. (Hampton) Deeves; ed. Chicago pub.

schools and Bryant & Stratton Business Coll .; married Milwaukee, Wis., Mar. 8, 1894, Jean Pollock. Since June 15, 1885, has been continu- ously engaged in the lumber business in Chi- cago; was with Perley Lowe & Co. for 17 years as stenographer, shipping clerk, salesman and mgr., and on their giving up yard business in Chicago, in 1901, started in business for self, organizing, Apr. 1, 1901, the Deeves & Taylor Lumber Co., succeeded, Apr. 1, 1904, by G. H. Deeves Lumber Co., of which is pres .; dir. Miss. Lumber Co. Mason, 32°, Oriental Consistory, Chicago Commandery K.T., Medinah Temple Mystic Shrine. Mem. B.P.O. Elks. Clubs: Bev- erly Country, South Shore Country, Chicago Athletic, Ill. Athletic, Chicago Gun. Residence: 3839 Michigan Av. Office: Ry. Exchange.

DEFEBAUGH, Edgar Harvey, publisher; born Blair Co., Pa .; son James Elliott and Eliz- abeth Ann (Kenney) Defebaugh; ed. public schools. Established the "Barrel and Box," at Louisville, Ky., 1896; removed it to Chicago, 1906, and has since continued as its editor and publisher; established the "Rock Products," 1902, and the "American Stone Trade," of both of which is editor and publisher. Has been in- strumental in organizing a number of associa- tions in connection with his journals. Clubs: Union League, South Shore Country, Chicago Automobile, Press, Ill. Athletic. Residence: 5468 East End Av. Office: Ellsworth Bldg.

DEFEBAUGH, James Elliott, lumber jour- nalist; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

DE FOREST, F. Bowden, vice-pres. Hinckley & Schmitt; born Cleveland, Oct. 25, 1872; son George Vance and Carrie (Bowden) DeForest; ed. grammar and high schools, Chicago, and Met. Business Coll .; married Cella Marie Goeh- ring, of Pittsburg, Sept. 6, 1902; 1 son: Luther Bowden. Distributor of mineral water since 1892; vice-pres. Hinckley & Schmitt, Inc., since 1902. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Trustee Jefferson Park Presbyn. Church. Mason (32°, Shriner); mem. Nat. Un- ion. Clubs: Union League, Rotary, Columbia Yacht. Recreation: fishing. Residence: 1507 W. Congress St. Office: 420 W. Ontario St.

DEFREES, Joseph Holton, lawyer; born Go- shen, Elkhart Co., Ind., Apr. 10, 1858; son James McKinney and Victoria (Holton) Defrees; ed. pub. schools of Ind., Earlham Coll., Richmond, Ind., and Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill .; married Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 4, 1882, Harriet Mc- Naughton; 1 son: Donald. After leaving coll., studied law, was admitted and practiced at Ind. bar until 1888, when came to Chicago and be- came a mem. of the law firm of Shuman & De- frees; later of Aldrich, Payne & Defrees, and now of Defrees, Buckingham, Ritter & Camp- bell; largely engaged in corpn. practice. Pres. Windermere Co .; dir. Chicago Car Seal Co., Far- well Trust Co. Vice-pres. Civic Federation; dir. Chicago Assn. of Commerce; mem. Chicago Bar Assn. (pres. 1909-11), Chicago Law Club. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Hamilton, City, Midlo- thian, South Shore Country. Residence: Hotel Windermere. Office: 226 S. LaSalle St.

DE GOLYER, Lawrence Nelson, stock broker: see Vol. 1905.

DE GOLYER, Watts, mfr .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

DEHNING, Christoph H., banker; born Home- wood, Ill., Dec. 2, 1868; son Christoph and Wil- helmine (Ehlers) Delning; ed. parochial and pub. schools, Homewood, and Bryant & Strat- ton Business Coll .. Chicago; married Wilhel- mine Rathe, of Homewood, April 16, 1896. Worked on farm until 1888; clerk in wholesale shoe house of H. F. C. Dovenmuchlo & Son. Chicago, and became city salesman, continuing until Mar. 1905; mem, firm of Stego, Bartling & Dehning, real estate and banking, 1905-8; one of organizers of Guarantee Trust & Savings Bank, May 1908, of which has since been cash-

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ier and dir. Republican. Lutheran. Mem. Con- School, 1888; grad. Chicago Med. Coll. (now cordia League. Club: South Side Bankers'. Res- idence: 422 W. 61st Pl. Office: 835 W. 63d St.

DEIBLER, Joseph Byron, automobiles; born Berlin, Wis., Dec. 10, 1872; son Nathan and Bertha (Bleifus) Deibler; grad. Berlin (Wis.) Univ., 1901; married May Higgs, of Berlin, Wis., Sept. 11, 1895 (died Dec. 30, 1907); 1 daughter: Florence. Mfr. of bicycles, Berlin, Wis., 1897- 1902; engaged in steam heating, plumbing, farm implement. and carriage business, 1902-3; mgr. Haynes Automobile Co., Chicago, 1903-9; organ- ized Deibler Motor Car Co., agents of the Pope- Hartford automobiles, 1909. Republican. Bap- tist. Club: Chicago Motor. Residence: 4454 Drexel Boul. Office: 2637 Michigan Av.

DELAMATER, Nicholas B., physician; see Vol. 1905.

DELAMATER, Samuel, real estate; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

DELANEY, Daniel, wholesale liquors; see Vol. 1905.

DE LANG, Frederick Cornelius, president De Lang, Coles & Co., stationers; born Albany, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1854; son of A.C. and Marie Charlotte De Lang; came to Chicago in 1857; ed. Chicago pub. schs. and Rush Med. Coll .; married Chi- cago, 1882, Serene Lawson; children: Jessie Charlotte, Blanchard, Ethel Serene. After leav- ing school became connected with firm of Keen & De Lang, and has since continued with that house, now De Lang, Coles & Co., of which he is pres. and mgr. Republican; state senator from Chicago, 1881, 1882; declined appointment in consular service for Germany, 1882. Trustee Congregational church, Glencoe Ill. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Recreation: outdoor life. Residence: Glencoe, Ill. Office: 311 S. LaSalle Street.

DELANO, Frederic Adrian, ry. pres .; born Hong Kong, China, Sept. 10, 1863; son Warren and Catherine Robbins (Lyman) D. (both na- tives of Mass.); lived most of boyhood at New- burg, N.Y .; A.B., Harvard, 1885; married Ma- tilda A. Peasley, of Chicago, Nov. 22, 1888; 4 daughters: Catherine, Louise, Laura, Matilda. Began ry. service with the C.,B.&Q.R.R.Co., with engring. party in Colo., Aug. 1, 1885; entered Aurora (Ill.) shops, same road, Oct. 1, 1885, as apprentice machinist; apptd. temporarily act- ing engr. of tests at Aurora, Apr. 1887; placed in charge bur. rail inspn. at Chicago, July 1, 1887; asst. to 2d vice-pres. at Chicago, Apr. 1889; supt. freight terminals at Chicago, July 1890; supt. motive power at Chicago, Feb. 1, 1899; gen. mgr. at Chicago, C.,B.&Q.R.R., July 1, 1901-Jan. 10, 1905. After leaving service of Burlington was consulting engr. to War Dept., in relation to railroads in P.I .; pres. Wheeling & Lake Erie R.R. Co., Wabash-Pittsburg Ter- minal Ry. Co., May 1, 1905-June 8, 1908; 1st vice-pres. Wabash R.R., May 1, 1905, pres. since Oct. 10, 1905; chmn. bd. dirs. Met. W. Side Elevated R.R. Co. (Chicago); dir. Union Min- ing Co. of Md. Pres. Am. Ry. Assn., 1908-9; mem. Am. Soc. Civ. Engrs., Am. Inst. Mining Engrs., Western Soc. Engrs., A.A.A.S., Franklin Inst., Am. Master Mechanics' Assn., Am. Mas- ter Car Builders' Assn., Internat. Ry. Congress, Western Ry. Club, Chicago. Mem. Bd. Over- seers, Harvard Coll .; pres. bd. dirs. Chicago Lying-in Hosp .; vice-pres. Am. Unitarian Assn., 1907. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Univer- sity, Chicago Literary, Commercial (Chicago) ; also social clubs in St. Louis and Pittsburg. Residence: 510 Wellington Av. Office: Western Union Bldg.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 55

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