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DAWES, Henry May, public utilities; b. Mari- etta, O., Apr. 22, 1877; s. of Rufus R. and Mary (Gates) Dawes: B.A., Marietta Coll., 1896; m. Helen Curtis Dawes, of Marietta, Apr. 5, 1905; 2 children: Harry Curtis, Mary Gates. Pres. South- Western Gas & Electric Co .; vice pres. and treas. Metropolitan Gas & Electric Co., Union Gas & Electric Co .; treas. Dawes Bros., Inc .; dir. Chicago Morris Plan Bank. Pres. Christopher House Assn. (social settlement). Mem. Delta Upsilon, Loyal Legion. Republican, Presbyterian, Clubs: Union League, Evanston, Glen View, Evanston Country. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: Evanston, Il1. Office: Harris Trust Bldg., Chicago.
DAWES, Rufus Cutler, public utilities: b. Mari- etta, O., July 30, 1867; s. Gen. Rufus R. and Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes: B.A., Marietta Coll., 1886, M.A., 1889; m. Helen V. Palmer, of Washington C.H., O., June 3, 1893: children: William Mills, Charles Cutler, Jean Palmer, Palmer, Margaret Gates, Helen Buckner. Business life has been spent in organizing and managing gas and electric light cos .; pres. Union Gas & Electric Co., Met. Gas & Electric Co., Central Ind. Gas Co., Mobile (Ala.) Gas & Electric Co., Shreveport (La.) Gas & Electric Co .; vice pres. Dawes Bros., Inc., Seattle (Wash.) Lighting Co., Pulaski Gas Light Co., Beaumont (Tex.) Gas Light Co., Jackson County Light, Heat & Power Co. Pres. Bd. of Edn., Evan- ston, Ill. Mem. Soc. Mayflower Descendants, S.A.R. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, University, Commer- cial, Glen View. Evanston, Evanston Country. Home: 411 Clark St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 11I W. Monroe St., Chicago.
A.O.U.W. Clubs: University (Chicago and Evans- ton), Bankers', Evanston, Glen View, Wis. Soc. of Chicago. Recreation: golf. Home: 1803 Chicago Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 125 W. Monroe St.
DAWSON, Arthur, president Robert Stevenson & Co., wholesale drugs, Home: Oak Park, Ill. Of- fice: 22 E. Lake St., Chicago.
DAWSON, Edwin Alexander, railway official; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 22, 1845; s. William and Susannah (Scott) Dawson; ed. pub. and private schs, at Pittsburgh; m. Columbus, O., Oct. 16, 1884, Mary Osborn; children: Horace Lathrop, Edwin Scott, Mary Osborn. Entered the service of the Pa. R.R. System in Dec., 1863, and held various po- sitions in the traffic dept. at Pittsburgh, Colum- bus, O., and Chicago; removed to Chicago, 1888. and served as western supt. same rd. until 1896: then mgr. Union Line Bureau of the Pa. Lines; retired, 1915. Republican. Served as private in Co. B, 193d Pa. Vols., 1864. Club: Traffic. Home: 1225 Judson Av., Evanston, Ill.
DAWSON, George Ellis, lawyer; b. Loami, San- gamon Co., Ill., June 23, 1847; s. Charles H, and Julia (Meacham) Dawson: grad. Springfield (111.) High Sch., 1864; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1870, A.M., 1873; taught school 10 yrs. and studied law at same time: m. Chicago, Sept. 29, 1885, Eva Ma- nierre; children: Manierre, Mitchell, Lovell. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1881; mem. firm of Pedrick & Dawson, 1882-1904; then alone till 1915; now mem. Dawson & Dawson. Asst. atty, and atty. for Sani- tary Dist. of Chicago 31% years. Mem. Ill. State and Cook Co. bar assns., Chicago Law Inst. Demo- crat. Clubs: City, Chicago Literary. Home: 216 E. 24th St. Office: Ist Nat. Bank Bldg.
DAWSON, Thomas Jefferson, lawyer; b. Chicago, July 31, 1868; s. John and Mary (Carney) Dawson; grad. North Division High Sch., 1886; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1894; m. Mary E. Moran, of Chicago, 1898: 1 daughter, Mary Kathleen. In gen. prac- tice in Chicago since 1894; sec., dir. Martin Daw- son Co., mfg. confectioners. Democrat; has served as co. central committeeman from 26th Ward; chlef asst. pros. atty. under Mayor Harrison, 1897-1900; state senator 6th Senatorial Dist., 1900-4 (declined renomination); now atty. for Bd. of Review of Cook Co .; Dem. State Central Committeeman, 10th Congressional Dist .; mem. Draft Exemption Bd. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Mem. Cook Co. Democracy, Ravenswood Mannerchor; ex-pres. Lake View Irish-Am. Club. Mem. Knights of Co- lumbus. Club: Chicago Athletic. Home: 945 Argyle St. Office: 111 W. Washington St.
DAY, Albert M., retired. Many years mem. Bd. of Trade firm of Counselman & Day. Mem. bd. of trustees since 1903, vice pres., 1905-6, pres. bd. since 1906, Presbyn. Hosp. of Chicago. Clubs: Chi- cago, Chicago Athletic, Onwentsia, Caxton. Home: Lake Forest, Ill.
DAY, Chapin Adelbert, treasurer Marshall Field & Co. Removed to Ogden, Utah. (See vol. 1911.)
DAY, Charles Earl, live stock broker; b. Carroll Co., Ind., Apr. 10, 1880; s. Edward and Sarah Ma- lissa Day; prep. edn., high sch., Monon, Ind .; stud- ent DePauw Univ., 1899-1900; m. Bessie Pearl Gray, of Monon, Ind., July 15, 1900; children: Mary Lucile, Robert Edward, Charles Earl, Jr., Dorothy Helen. Came to Chicago, 1900, and entered employ of Lawler Bros., live stock brokers in stockers and feeders; continued with firm after change of title which is now John J. Lawler; owns and operates stock and grain farm in Ind. and one in Ill. Apptd. mem. Live Stock Control Bd., Aug., 1917. Mem. Traders Exchange (Chicago and Kansas City, Mo.). Republican. Trustee Garfield Boul. M.E. Ch. and active worker in Unity Club, same ch. Mason (K.T.). Recreation: motoring. Home: 1054 W. Gar- field Boul. Office: 163 Exchange Bldg., Union Stock Yards.
DAWES, William Ruggles, banker; b. at Ripon, Wis., Oct. 5, 1862; s. Hector and Jane (Ruggles) Dawes; grad. Ripon Coll., 1884; m. Margaret Book- er, of Whitewater, Wis., Aug. 20, 1885; children: Neil Booker, Eleanor, Marian. With Spink County Bank, Redfield, S.D., 1884-9; sec., treas. Dawes DAY, Charles Wesley, M.D. Removed to New York. (See vol. 1911.) Business Blk. Co., Lincoln, Neb., 1890-8; sec., treas. Lincoln Coal Co., 1893-6; cashier Chicago Post Of- fice, 1899-1902; cashier Central Trust Co. of Ill., DAY, Clyde L., lawyer; b. Paxton, Ill., 1869; ed. Ogden (pub.) Sch. and North Div. High Sch., Chi- cago; m. Margaret Gillespie, of Chicago, June 21, 1894; children: Mark G., Paul L., John W. Ad- Chicago, since 1902, also vice pres. since 1912; pres. North Side State Savings Bank since 1909; vice pres. Mechanics and Traders State Bank since 1912. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. K.P., mitted to Ill. bar, 1890, and engaged in practice at
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Chicago; asst. corpn. counsel of Chicago, 1907-10; city atty., 1910-11; mem. firm of Church, Shepard & Day since 1912. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Law Club. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Coun- try. Home: 5620 Kenwood Av. Office: 108 S. La 39 S. LaSalle St., Chicago. Salle St.
DAY, Darby A., life insurance; b. Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 27, 1877; s. William T. and Rosalie L. ( Morris) Day; ed. Acad. of Arts, Charlestown, W. Va .; m. Elizabeth Kennedy, of Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 9, 1897; 1 son, Darby A., Jr. At age of 23 entered employ of Mutual Life Ins. Co .; gen. agent at Albu- querque, N.M., 1902-5, El Paso, Tex., 1905-6; agency supervisor for central west, 1906-11; mgr. for com- pany at Chicago since 1911. Dir. Insurance Feder- ation. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner), Odd Fellow, Elk. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Mid-Day. Home: 5717 Sheridan Rd. Office: 108 S. LaSalle St.
DAY, Edwin Charles, real estate; b. LaSalle, Ill., Aug. 15, 1853; s. William B. and Julia Ann (Quack- enboss) Day; ed. pub. schs., mil. acad., Nazareth. Pa., and Univ. of Zurich, Switzerland, as civil engr., class of 1874; m. Elise Gross, of Chicago, Oct. 12, 1899; 3 children: E. Winfield, Margaret, Victorine. In civil engring, practice at Chicago a short time, 1875; since then identified with real estate operations, appraisements and trust busi- ness and reorganization of commercial and finan- cial institutions. Republican. Episcopalian. Club: Union League. Recreations: connoisseur of art, hunting, fishing, whist. Home: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 105 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
DAY, Elias Vanghan, president Lyceum Arts Conservatory; b. Belvidere, N.J .; s. George B. and Orilla (Vaughan) Day; Univ. of Mich .; m. Oranne Truitt, of Tuscola, III., Apr. 12, 1905. Lyceum and chautauqua lecturer and entertainer for 20 yrs .; teacher and coach, musical and dramatic com- panies 12 yrs .; pres. and dir. Lyceum Arts Con- servatory, Chicago, since Sept. 1, 1913. Republican. Christian Scientist. Clubs: Playgoers, Oak Park Country, River Forest Tennis, Home: 40 Quick Av., River Forest, Ill. Office: 600-610 Lyon and Healy Bldg., Chicago.
DAY, James B., varnish mfr .; b. Niles, Ill., June 24, 1872; s. Rodney and Isabel (Brown) Day; ed. pub. schs., Niles; jr. course Northwestern Univ .; m. Elizabeth Thomson, of Chicago, June 24, 1896; children: Arthur T., Dorothy, James B., Jr. Began in employ of M. L. Barrett & Co., mfr. shellac var- nish, etc., 1892, continuing 9 yrs .; entered business on own account, 1901, inc., 1909, as James B. Day & Co., of which is pres. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn .. Chi- cago Assn. Commerce. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: 111. Athletic, Ravenswood Masonic. Recre- ations: golf, motoring. Home: 4526 N. Seeley Av. Office: 214 W. Ohio St.
DAY, Leonidas A. L., oculist, aurist: b. Belmont Co., O .; s. Israel H. and Catherine (Wise) Day; M.D., Pulte Med. Coll., Cincinnati, O., 1885, New York Homoe. Med. Coll., 1890; Coll. of New York Ophthalmic Hosp., degree of Ocular and Aural Surgeon, 1891; unmarried. Located in Martins- burg, W. Va., in 1885, Chicago since 1892. Mem. Am. Inst. Homoeopathy, Internat. Hahnemannian Assn. Residence: Wychmere Hotel. Office: 29 E. Madison St.
DAY, Stephen A., lawyer: b. Canton, O., July 13. 1882; s. Justice William Rufus ( Supreme Court of U.S.) and Mary Elizabeth ( Schaefer) Day; ed. Uni- versity Sch., Cleveland, O .: Asheville (N.C.) Sch .; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1905; m. Mary Thayer Day, of Canton, Nov. 14, 1905: 3 children: Mary, Elizabeth, Helen. Served as pyt. sec. to Chief Justice Mel- ville W. Fuller, of the Supreme Court of U.S., 1905- 07; admitted to Ohio bar, 1907, and practiced in Cleveland; with Pam, Hurd & Day, Chicago, 1908- 12; practiced alone, 1912-14; partner of Judge Pe- ter S. Grosscup since May 1, 1914. Devotes spl. attention to federal court matters and corpn. or- ganization and reorganization: counsel for numer- ous large companies; sec., dir. and gen. counsel, Dawes Bros., Inc. Mem. Am., III. State and Chicago bar assns., Psi Upsilon. Pres. Nat. Industrial Peace League. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Hamil-
ton, Glen View. Revised and annotated "Appellate Jurisdiction and Procedure in all Courts of the United States," 1917. Recreations: hunting, golf. Home: 2206 Orrington Av., Evanston, Ill. Office:
DAY, William Baker, college prof .; b. Peru, Ill., Feb. 15, 1871; s. Minthorne M. and Caroline M. (Stockdale) Day; prep. edn. Wheaton (Ill.) High Sch .: Ph.G., Chicago Coll. Pharmacy (now Univ. of Ill. Sch. of Pharmacy), 1892; (hon. Phar. M., Phila. Coll, Pharmacy, 1917) ; m. Bertha P. Quinn, of Chi- cago, June 10, 1895 (died 1916) : 2 children: Helen May, Charlotte. Prof. histol. botany, 1900-13, prof. botany and materia medica and acting dean since 1913, Univ. of Ill. Sch. of Pharmacy. Mem. Am. Pharm. Assn. (gen. sec.), Ill. Pharm. Assn. (sec.). Progressive Republican. Recreations: botanizing. Home: 221 S. Lombard Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 701 S. Wood St., Chicago.
DAY, Winfield Scott, grain and stocks; b. Peru, Ill., Sept. 20, 1880; s. Minthorne M. and Caroline M. (Stockdale) Day; ed. parochial schs., Chicago; m. Imelda Grace Boyle, of Chicago, Apr. 10, 1901; chil- dren: Clarisse L., Virginia J., Winfield S., Jr. With W. H. Beebe & Co., grain, Chicago, 1896-8, Church- ill & Co., 1898-1902, Logan & Bryan, 1902-6; in real estate business with Regelen, Jenson & Co., and Day, Scheuck & Co., 1906-7; with Pringle, Fitch & Rankin, grain comnın., 1907-14; mem. Mackenzie & Day, 1914-16; dir., sec. Simons, Day & Co., since Jan. 1, 1917; pres. States Chemical Co .; dir. Atlas Auto Supply Co. Mem. Chicago Ed. of Trade. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Clubs: Union League, Chi- cago Automobile, Elmhurst Golf. Recreations: horseback riding, fishing. Home: Elmhurst, 111. Office: 330 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
DEAGAN, John C., mfr. musical bells, chimes, tubes, etc .; b. Hector, N.Y .; s. Michael and Mary (Maher) Deagan; ed. pub, and parochial schs .; m. Sophia K. Tunk, of Belleville, Ill., 1884; children : Claude, Waldo, Roy, Vita. Professional musician ; entered manufacture of percussion instruments at N.Y. City, 1878; now pres. and treas. J. C. Deagan Musical Bells, Inc .; inventor and mfr. line of mu- sical instruments, new, original and unique. Au- thority on acoustics and writer on science and philosophy of musical tone. Home: 4132 N. Her- mitage Av. Office: 1770 Berteau Av.
DEAN, Albert Flandreau, fire insurance; b. Mad- ison, Ind., July 30, 1842; s. M. W. and Ruth H. (Beck) Dean; descendant of early Colonial ances- try; collegiate edn., Burlington, Ia .; m. Elizabeth Pope, of Ohio, June 18, 1866; 2 children: Bessie (Mrs. George K. Owsley), Walter M. Enlisted in 1st la. Cav. U.S.V., 1861, and promoted through the various grades to 2d It .; served in Mo. and Ark., participating in various engagements; hon. mus- tered out, Oct., 1862. Began in employ of a com- mercial house at St. Louis, 1875; then came to Chi- cago as cashier western dept. Springfield (Mass.) Fire & Marine Ins. Co., becoming asst. mgr. in 1886 and mgr., Oct., 1912. Ex-pres, Western Fac- tory Assn. Republican. Mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Clubs: Union League, Country of Evans- ton, Evanston Golf. Home: 1106 Church St., Ev- anston, Ill. Office: Corn Exchange Bank Bldg., Chicago.
DEAN, George Robinson, architect; b. Satara, Bombay Presidency, India, Aug. 11, 1864; s. Samuel Chase and Augusta Elizabeth (Abbott) Dean; Doane Coll., Crete, Neb., 1880-5: Atelier Henri Du- ray, Paris, France, 1892-3; m. Emily Washburn, of Chicago, Oct. 22, 1903. With W. Channing Whitney, architect, Minneapolis, 1886-9; with Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, Boston, 1889-91; in Europe, 1891-3; with Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, in Chicago, 1893-5; be- gan practice for self in Chicago, 1895; In partner- ship with Arthur R. Dean, since 1903, as Dean & Dean; firm architects for U.S. Steel Corpn.'s houses, Gary, Ind .; Village of Morgan Park, Duluth, Minn .; Alpha Delta Phi Chapter House, Cornell Univ. and Univ. of Mich .; Sigma Alpha Epsilon House, Univ. of Ill., etc. Mem. Am. Inst. Architects, Chamber of Commerce, U.S., Chicago Assn. Commerce, Pi Kappa Delta. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Cliff Dwell- ers. Recreations: hunting, motor-boating. Home:
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Montgomery Av., Highland Park, Ill. Office: 137 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
DEAN, John Marvin, clergyman; b. Cobleskill, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1875; s. John Marvin and Eva ( Muller ) Dean; ed. pub. schs .; m. Alice Beatrice Fisken, of Seattle, Wash., Jan. 19, 1903. Entered Bapt. minis- try, 1894; evangelistic work, 1894-6; pastor, Rey- noldsville, Pa., 1897-8; spl. work under Internat. Com. Y.M.C.A. among U.S. troops in P.I., 1899- 1901; pastor Tabernacle Ch., Seattle, 1902-9, First Ch., San Jose, Cal., 1910-11; with Men and Religion Forward Movement of N. America, 1911-12; pas- tor 2d Bapt. Ch., Chicago, since May 1, 1912, and pres. Northern Bapt. Theol. Sem., since 1913. Au- thor: The Cross of Christ in Bolo Land, 1902; The Promotion, 1906; Rainier of the Last Frontier, 1911; Evangelism and Social Service, 1913. Home: 3549 W. Monroe St.
DEAN, Marvin Ansel, wholesale grocer; b. Ca- naan, Conn., Nov. 13, 1852; s. Henry and Almira (Munson) Dean; ed. schs. of Canaan, and law office of Peet & Dean; m. Falls Village, Conn., Dec. 31, 1876, Carrie A. Canfield; children: William Dwight, Frances Caroline (Mrs. Robert J. Bassett, of Ev- anston, Ill.). Was clk. Nat. Iron Bank, Falls Vil- lage, 14 to 18 yrs. of age; asst. treas. and treas. Falls Village Savings Bank, 18 to 26 yrs. of age; sec. State Assn. of Savings Banks of Conn., 1877; came west, 1878; resided Sparta, Wis., 2 yrs .; with Sprague, Warner & Co., wholesale grocers, since 1881, now vice pres, and treas. Republican. Con- gregationalist; corporate mem. A.B.C.F.M. Club: Union League. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 600 W. Erie St., Chicago,
DEAN, Maurice S., railway official; b. Blakeley, Minn., May 28, 1871; s. Isaac Newton and Rebecca Jane (Jones) Dean: ed. Le Sueur (Minn.) High Sch .; normal and high schs., Mankato, Minn .; m. Hester Orr Woods, of St. Peter, Minn., Oct. 30, 1896; 1 son, Burt Winsor. Began as clk. in supt.'s office, C.,St.P.,M.&O.Ry., 1889, continuing 7 yrs .; sec. to vice pres., later purchasing agt., Ohio River R.R., Parkersburg, W.Va .; Ist vice pres. Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Ity., at Anaconda, Mont., also traffic mgr. Anaconda Copper Mining Co., 1900-4; at Chicago in same positions since 1904; also traf- fic mgr. Internat, Smelting Co., Internat. Lead Re- fining Co. Republican. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Traffic, Calumet Country (Chicago); Rocky Mountain (New York), Recreation: golf. Home: 6203 Lundy Av. Office: 1825 Peoples Gas Bldg.
DEAN, Richmond, vice pres. Pullman Co .; b. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 2, 1862; s. Thomas A, and Jennie W. (MacDonald ) Dean; ed. pub. schs .; m. 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, 1>75, remaining several yrs .; then with the Mo. Pacific R.R. until 1882; identified with the Pullman Co., at St. Louis, 1882-8, and at Chi- caro, 1888-94; asst, to the vice pres. M., K.&T.R.R., 1894-9; asst. to the vice pres., 1899-1905, gen. mgr., 1905-14, vice pres. since 1914, Pullman Co. Dir. Union Trust Co. Republican. Mem. Catholic Ch. Extension Soc. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Golf, Exmoor, South Shore Country (Chi- cago); Manhattan (New York). Recreation: golf. Home: 4438 Greenwood Av. Office: Pullman Bldg.
DEAN, William Dwight, lawyer; b. Evanston, Ill., July 9, 1883; s. Marvin Ansel and Carrie Au- gusta (Canfield) Dean; A.B., Yale, 1905; LL. B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1908; m. Helga Han- gan, of Evanston, June 28, 1909. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1908; clerk in law office of Adams & Candee, Chicago, 1908-10; then admitted to firm and so con- tinned about 2 yrs., 1910, 1911; assisted in organiz- ing firm of Dean & Rickcords, Nov. 1, 1911, and re- mains as sr. mem, same. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Yale, Uni- versity, Evanston Country, Westmoreland Coun- try. Recreations: golf, racquet. Home: 1122 Jud- son Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: Chicago Title & Trust Bldg., Chicago.
DEANE, Ruthven, ornithologist. (See Who's Who in America, 1916-17.)
DEARBORN, Walter Fenno, college prof. (See vol. 1911.)
DEAVITT, Henry Mcintyre, consulting chemist; b. Montpelier, Vt., Sept. 18, 1874; s. Thomas J. and Carrie E. (Harrington) Deavitt; descendant of early Colonial ancestry; B.S., Univ. of Vt., 1895; B.S. in Chemistry, Mass. Inst. Tech., 1897; m. Grace Huyette, of Chicago, Sept. 11, 1905. After leaving coll. was chemist for the Western Electric Co., and then a year for Am. Can Co .; since in practice for self; pres. Mutual Chemical Co., Continental Chem- ical Co .; dir. Lambert Process Co., Mechanics' & Traders' State Bank. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc. Re- publican. Congregationalist. Clubs: South Shore Country, Flossmoor Country, Adventurers. Recre- ations: golf, baseball, billiards, motoring. Home: 1412 E. 56th St. Office: 1122 The Rookery.
DeBERARD, Wilford Willis, editor, engineer; b. Fairfax, la., Oct. 31, 1874; s. Wilford Henry and Lovie (Whitney) DeBerard; A.B., Beloit (Wis.) Coll., 1896; Mass. Inst. Tech., 1901; m. Blendena E. Emmons, of Denver, Sept. 15, 1902; 2 children: Emmons Wilford, Elizabeth. Chemist and bac- teriologist, Denver Union Water Co., 1896-9; in charge water testing station, Phila., 1902-3; build- ing filter plant, Harrisburg, Pa., 1903-5; asst. in designing filter plant, pumping station, etc., Co- lumbus, O., 1905-7; in charge water testing station, Oakland, Cal., 1907-8; chemist and bacteriologist, Denver Union Water Co., 1908-9; asst. engr. U.S. Reclamation Service, 3 mos., 1909; same Metropoli- tan Sewerage Commn., New York, 6 mos., 1909; western editor Engineering Record, in Chicago, since 1910. Asso. mem. Am. Soc. C.E .; mem. West- ern Soc. Engrs., Am. Waterworks Assn., Am. Assn. Engrs., Phi Kappa Psi. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Club: Chicago Engineers'. Recreation: photography. Home: 1418 Howard St. Office: 1570 Old Colony Bldg.
DE BEY, Cornelia Bernarda, M.D .; b. in Holland, May 26, 1865; d. Bernardus and Antja (Schoar- anga) De Bey; brought to America, 1868; grad. Cook Co. (Ill.) Normal Sch., 1889; Art Inst. of Chi- cago; Northwestern Univ .; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1895. Practiced at Chicago, since 1895; assisted in settling the Chicago Stock Yards strike, 1904; mem. Bd. of Edn., 1905-8; a leader in securing passage of bill legalizing kindergartens as part of pub. schs., 1890; also Child Labor Bill in Ill. legislature, 1902-3. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc. Club: Chicago Woman's. Home: 4581 Oakenwald Av. Office: 32 N. State St.
DE BLOIS, Austen Kennedy, clergyman. Re- moved to Brookline, Mass. (See Who's Who in America.)
DE BOWER, Edward Wallace, former president LaSalle Extension Univ. and Commonwealth Trust & Security Co .; b. nr. Madison, Dane Co., Wis., May 19, 1870; s. Gerd and Mary Welling ( Buff- mire) DeBower; ed. Lodi (Wis.) High Sch .; LL.B., Univ. of Wis., 1896; m. Angela Montjoy Morrison, of St. Louis, Jan. 24, 1898. Admitted to Wis. bar, 1895; senior mem, law firm of DeBower & DeBower, Madison, Wis., 1895-8; law book publisher, 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-Chapline Co. and afterwards merged into the LaSalle Extension Univ .; pres. Am. Trust and Security Co. (Chicago), The Line-Drive Trac- tor ( Milwaukee) ; vice pres. Parmelee Trust & Se- curity Co. (Chicago); sec. The Harmonola Co. ( Philadelphia); treas. Guaranty Securities Co. ( Minneapolis), Am. Commerce Assn. (Chicago). Recreation: his stock farm, "Mont-joy," in Wis. Home: 441 E. 42d St. Office: 206 S. Wabash Av.
DE BOWER, Herbert Francis, publisher. Re- moved to New York. (See vol. 1911.)
DE BRONKART, Eugene H., broker; b. Denver, Colo., Dec. 27, 1888; s. Gustave C. and Eugenie ( Hoyne) de Bronkhart; ed. Harvard Sch,, Chicago; Lake Forest Acad .; A.B., Williams Coll., 1912; m. Elinor V. Davies, of N.Y. City, Jan. 22, 1916; 1 daughter, Elinor V. Partner firm of Perry, Price &
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Co., brokers in stocks, bonds and grain, since Jan. until 1902; vice pres. Internat. Harvester Co. since 1, 1914. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade. Episcopalian. 1902. Now pres. Internat. Harvester Co. of N.J. Clubs: University, Casino, Exmoor Country, On- Clubs: Chicago, Saddle and Cycle, University, wentsia, Chicago Tennis; Adirondack League, Wil- Union, Home: 1430 Lake Shore Drive. Office: 137 liams Club (New York). Recreations: golf, tennis. S. LaSalle St. Home: 452 Aldine Av. Office: 105 S. LaSalle St.
DECKER, Adolf, M.D .; Dec, 6, 1858-1915. (See vol. 1911.)
DECKER, Alfred, clothing mfr .; b. Kirchheim- bolanden, Bavaria, Nov. 2, 1871; s. Abraham and Johanna (Rueb) Decker; ed. in Germany; arrived at Chicago, June 19, 1886; m. Ray Hexter, of Ash- land, 111., Mar. 29, 1904; children: Florence, May, Virginia, Theodore. Worked for clothing mfrs., 1886-97; mem. firm Schafer & Decker, in same line, 1897-1902; mem. firm of Alfred Decker & Cohn since 1902; pres. Ill. State Bank. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce (vice pres. 1917), Chicago Band Assn. (vice pres. 1916, 1917); trustee Associated Hebrew Charities. Mason. Clubs: Hampden, Stand- ard, Idlewild Country. Recreations: billiards, golf. Home: 6958 Sheridan Rd. Office: 416 S. Franklin St.
DECKER, Carl, produce commission merchant; Mar. 28, 1870-1916. (See vol. 1911.)
DECKER, Edward, produce commn .; Apr. 24, 1860-Nov. 16, 1912. (See vol. 1911.)
DEE, George Washington, mfr .; b. Washington Heights, Ill., June 27, 1875; s. William M. and Julia (Holly) Dee: ed. in Chicago pub. schs .; m. Mecca, Ind., May 3, 1896, Josephine Forbes; children: Mansfield, George, Gertrude, Josephine. Began at the age of 15 as a yard hand in the business owned by father as a mfr. of sewer pipe and other clay products, becoming vice pres. and treas. William E. Dee Co., 1904. Catholic. Home: 5729 Magnolia Av. Office: 1026 Chicago Stock Exchange.
DEE, Thomas J., smelter and refiner of gold, sil- ver and platinum; b. Painted Post, N.Y., Nov. 15, 1861; s. John and Margaret (Ward) Dee: ed. pub. schs. of Painted Post, N.Y .; m. Flora E. Bierce, of Tallmadge, O., Nov. 12, 1900. Employed by John Hoare, cut glass mfr., Corning; N.Y., 1880-5; after- wards came to Chicago as a representative of the N. Spencer Thomas Co .; in 1892 formed partner- ship with Robert Austin, known as the Austin & Dee Co., refiners of gold, silver and platinum, sub- sequently succeeding this firm in 1895, and now known as Thomas J. Dee & Co .; one of organizers Midland Metal Co., 1890, of which is pres. Repub- lican. Catholic. Club: Union League, Home: 1222 N. State St. Office: 1010, 5 S. Wabash Av.
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