Who's who in Chicago; the book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago and environs, 1917, Part 60

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 782

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DEE, William Edward, mfr. of vitrified clay products; b. Chicago, July 16, 1859; s, William M. and Julia ( Holly) Dee; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Danville, Ill., Feb. 15, 1904, Grace, d. of James Muir: children: Samuel Allerton, William E., Jane Elizabeth. Began as asst. to father, in manufac- ture of sewer pipe and other vitrified clay prod- ucts, as a bookkeeper; pres. William E. Dee Co., operating large works at Mecca, Park Co., Ind., since 1906. Mem. Ill. MIfrs.' Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Catholic. Mem. Modern Woodmen of America. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Chicago Automobile, Builders', Windsor Golf. Recreations: golf, bowling. Home: 6858 Con- stance Av. Office: 30 N. LaSalle St.

DEERING, Charles, mfr .; b. Paris, Me., 1852; s. William and Abby (Barbour) Deering; grad. U.S. Naval Acad., 1873; m. Anna Case, of Newport, R.I., 1875 (died 1876); 1 child; m. 2d, Marion, d. Gen. William D. Whipple, U.S.A., 1883; 3 children: Roger, Marion, Barbara. Served as officer in the navy until 1881, when 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., of which has since been chmn. bd. of dirs. Independent in politics. Clubs: University, Union (New York), Army and Navy (Washington, D.C.), Chicago. Home: Evan- ston, Ill. Office: Harvester Bldg., Chicago.

DEERING, James, mfr .; b. in Me., 1859; s. Wil- liam and Clara (Hamilton) Deering; ed. North- western Univ., Evanston, Ill., and Mass. Inst. of Tech .; married. Officer of Deering Harvester Co.,

DEERING, Thomas Gardiner, lawyer; b. at Chi- cago, Aug. 24, 1877; s. Thomas William and Louise Elizabeth (Gardiner) Deering; grad. grammar and high schs .; LL. B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1903; unmarried. Began practice in Chicago, 1903; now mem. firm of West & Eckhart. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Club: Hamil- ton. Recreation: tennis. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

DEERING, William, mfr .; Apr. 25, 1826-Dec. 9, 1913. ( See vol. 1911.)

DEEVES, Griffen Hampton, lumber mcht .; b. at Buffalo, N.Y., Sept. 19, 1866; s. T. S. and Rebecca G. (Hampton) Deeves; ed. Chicago pub, schs. and Bryant and Stratton Business Coll .; m. Jean Pol- lock, of Milwaukee, Mar. S. 1894. Continuously en- gaged in the lumber business in Chicago since 1885; was with Perley Lowe & Co., 17 yrs .; started in business for self, organizing, 1901, Deeves & Taylor Lumber Co., succeeded, 1904, by G. H. Deeves Lumber Co., of which is pres .; also vice pres. Miss. Lumber Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. Com- merce, Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner), Elk. Clubs: Beverly Country, South Shore Coun- try, Chicago Athletic, Ill. Athletic, Chicago Gun. Home: 3839 Michigan Av. Office: Ry. Exchange.

DEFEBAUGH, Edgar Harvey, publisher; b. Blair Co., Pa., Sept. 3, 1869; s. James Elliott and Eliza- beth Ann (Kenney) Defebaugh; ed, pub, schs. Es- tablished 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 pub- lisher; pres. Hardwood Record, American Lumber- man. Clubs: Union League, South Shore Country, Chicago Press. Home: 5468 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 537 S. Dearborn St.

DE FOREST, F. Bowden, mineral water; b. at Cleveland, Oct, 25, 1872; s. George Vance and Car- rie ( Bowden) DeForest; ed. grammar and high schs., Chicago, and Met. Business Coll .; m. Cella Marie Goehring, of Pittsburgh, Sept. 6, 1902; chil- dren: Luther Bowden, Winifred. Distributor of mineral water since 1892: vice pres. Hinckley & Schmitt, Inc., since 1902. Mem. bd. dirs. Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce, S.A.R. Trustee Jefferson Park Presbyn. Ch. Mason (32º, Shriner) ; mem. Nat. Union. Clubs: Union League, Mystic Athletic (dir.), Rotary. Recreation: fishing. Home: 519 Wellington Av. Office: 420 W. Ontario St.

DEFREES, Joseph Holton, lawyer; b. (toshen, Elkhart Co., Ind., Apr. 10, 1858; s. James Mckinney and Victoria (Holton) Defrees; ed. pub. schs. of Ind .; Earlham Coll., Richmond, Ind .; Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill .; m. Harriet McNaughton, of Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 4, 1882; 1 son, Donald. After leaving coll. studied law, was admitted and prac- ticed at Ind. bar; removed to Chicago, 1888, and became a mem. of the law firm of Shuman & Def- rees; later mem. of Aldrich, Payne & Defrees, Def- rees, Brace & Ritter, and now of Defrees, Buck- ingham & Eaton; largely engaged in corpn. prac- tice. Pres. Windermere Co. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Il1. State Bar Assn. (vice pres. 1910), Chicago Bar Assn. (pres. 1909-11), Chicago Law Club, Civic Federation (vice pres. 1908-14); vice pres. and chmn. exec. com. Chamber of Commerce of U.S.A., 1915-16-17; mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce (pres. 1914). Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Hamilton, City, Onwentsia, South Shore Country; also Bank- ers (New York). Residence: Hotel Windermere, Office: 105 S. LaSalle St.

DE GOLYER, Laurence, mfr. hardwood lumber; h. Chicago, June 2, 1874; s. Nelson and Laura (De Golyer) De Golyer; Ph.B., Yale, 1895; m. Anabel M. Ward, of Evanston, Sept. 27, 1900; 1 daughter, Marie. Began in business with E. L. Brewster &

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Co., 1897, continuing until 1904; mem. Chapman, De kinson High Sch .; Wausau (Wis.) High Sch .; Oli- Golyer & Co., 1904-7; became connected with Ward Lumber Co., 1907, now pres .; also pres. Ward Building Co. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: University. Recreations: botany and tennis. Home: 1616 Forest Pl., Evanston, Ill. Office: Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Chicago.

DEHNING, Christoph H., banker; b. Homewood, Ill., Dec. 2, 1868; s. Christoph and Wilhelmine (Ehlers) Dehning; ed. parochial and pub. schs., Homewood, and Bryant and Stratton Business Coll., Chicago; m. Wilhelmine Rathe, of Homewood, Apr. 16, 1896; children: Arthur, Walter, Lydia. Worked on farm until 1888; clerk in wholesale shoe house of H. F. C. Dovenmuehle & Son, Chicago, and be- came city salesman, continuing until Mar., 1905; mem. firm Stege, Bartling & Dehning, real estate and banking, 1905-8; one of organizers of Guaran- tee Trust & Savings Bank, May, 1908, of which was cashier until Jan., 1914; organized Sixty-Third & Halsted State Savings Bank, and vice pres. and cashier same until Jan., 1917, now pres. Repub- lican. Lutheran. Mem. Concordia League. Club: South Side Bankers. Home: 422 W. 61st PI.

DEIBLER, Frederick Shipp, professor econom- ics; b. Deputy, Ind., May 31, 1876; s. Caleb and Harriet Florence (Roseberry) Deibler; student Moore's Hill ( Ind.) Coll., 1895-6; A.B., Hanover Coll., 1900; A.M., Harvard, 1904; Ph.D., Univ. of Wis., 1909; m. Julia May Fawcett, of New Albany, Ind., Aug. 14, 1907; children: Helen Christine, Charles Frederick. Prin. high sch., Paw Paw, Ill., 1900-2; instr. in economics, and history, 1904-5, instr. economics, 1906-9, asst. prof., 1909-12, asso. prof., 1912-15, prof. since 1915, Northwestern Univ. Spl. agent U.S. Commn. on Industrial Relations, 1914-15. Mem. Am. Econ. Assn., Am. Assn. for La- bor Legislation, 111. Assn. same, Am. Sociol. Soc., Western Econ. Soc., Am. Assn. Univ. Professors. Progressive Republican. Methodist. Clubs: City (Chicago), University (Evanston). Home: 2119 Sherman Av., Evanston, 111.

DEIBLER, Joseph Byron, automobiles. (See vol. 1911.)

DE LAGNEAU, Lea Rachel (Miss), teacher; b. Sens, France; d. Eloi and Lucie Elise (Ruby) De Lagneau; ed. Lausanne, Switzerland; The Sor- bonne, Paris, France; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1912. Was sch. principal at Somonank, later Sandwich, Ill., and teacher history and French, Ottawa (III.) High Sch .; prof. French, Lewis Inst., Chicago, since 1897; teacher of French 8 summers, at Teach- ers Coll., Chautauqua, N. Y., at Morgan Park (111.) Acad. 3 summers. Author: Petits Souvenirs. Mem. Modern Lang. Assn. America, Alliance Française. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Chicago Woman's, Chicago Coll., Woman's City, Spanish Club, French Professors' Club. Recreations: mu- sic, reading. Home: 1612 W. Adams St.

DE LAMARTER, Eric, organist, conductor; b. at Lansing, Mich., Feb. 18, 1880; s. Rev. Louis and Mary Elizabeth (Baker) DeLamarter; ed. Kalama- zoo (Mich.) High Sch., Albion Coll .; professional study under Wilhelm Middelschulte and Mary Wood Chase, Chicago; with Charles Marie Widor and Alexandre Guilmant, Paris, France, 1900-2; m. Rubee B. Wilson, of Wausau, Wis., Apr. 19, 1906. Organist and choirmaster, New England Congl. Ch., Chicago, 1900-12, Ist Ch. of Christ, Scientist, 1912-14; organist and dir. of music, Fourth Pres- byn. Ch., Chicago, since 1914; mem, faculty, Olivet (Mich.) Coll., 1904-5, Chicago Mus. Coll., 1909-10; mus. critic, Chicago Record-Herald, 1908-9, Chica- go Tribune, 1909-10, Inter Ocean, 1910-14, Chicago Tribune, 1915-16; conductor Mus. Art Soc., Chica- go, 1911-14. Mem. Sigma Chi. Clubs: Cliff Dwellers, Triangle. Author: The De'il 's Awa' (part song), 1912; The Testimony of John (motette), 1910; In Miniature (suite for organ), 1913; Sonata (for vio- lin and piano), 1917; part songs, 1917. Lecturer and writer on mus. topics. Home: Geneva, Ill. Studio: 123 E. Chestnut St., Chicago.

vet (Mich.) Coll .; under pvt. tutors in Chicago; m. Eric DeLamarter, of Geneva and Chicago, Apr. 19, 1906; 2 children: Jeanne, Marjorie. Teacher of singing; solo soprano Fourth Presbyn. Ch. Mem. Chicago Artists' Assn., Musical Art Soc. Recrea- tions: golf, swimming. Home: Geneva, Ill. Studio: 126 E. Chestnut St., Chicago.

DELAMATER, Nicholas B., M.D .; Feb. 21, 1847- Mar. 11, 1915. (See Who's Who in America, 1914- 1915.)

DE LANG, Frederick Cornelius, stationer; b. Al- bany, N.Y., Dec. 6, 1854; s. A. C. and Marie Char- lotte De Lang; came to Chicago, 1857; ed. Chicago pub. schs. and Rush Med. Coll .; m. Chicago, 1882, Serene Lawson; children: Jessie Charlotte, Blanch- ard, Ethel Serene. After leaving sch. became con- nected with firm of Keen & De Lang, and has since continued with that house, now De Lang, Coles & Co., of which is pres. and mgr. Republican; state senator from Chicago, 1881, 82; declined appmt. in consular service to Germany, 1882. Congregation- alist. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Home: Glencoe, Ill. Office: 311 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

DELANG, Theodore O., merchant tailor; b. Mal- mo, Sweden, Oct. 25, 1867; s. Ola and Anna (John- son) Delang; ed. in old country; m. Anna C. Sun- dell, of Chicago, 1895 (died 1906) ; 1 daughter, Anna June; m. 2d, Sigred Peterson, of Jamestown, N.Y., Feb. 6, 1910; children: Theodore George, Gladys, Arthur Magnus. Came to U.S., 1889; has resided in Chicago since 1890; organized firm of Delang & Co., 1905, and continues as pres. of company. Mem. Art Inst. of Chicago. Lutheran. Clubs: Illinois Ath- letic, Swedish, New Evanston Golf. Home: 1258 Early Av. Office: 301 McCormick Bldg.

DELANO, Frederic Adrian, vice governor of the Federal Reserve Bd., Washington, D.C .; b. Hong Kong, China, Sept. 10, 1863; s. Warren and Cath- erine Robbins (Lyman) Delano (both natives of Mass.); lived most of boyhood at Newburg, N.Y .; A.B., Harvard, 1885; m. Matilda A. Peasley, of Chi- cago, 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. tempora- rily acting 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 con- sulting engr. to War Dept., in relation to railroads in P.1 .; pres. Wheeling & Lake Erie R.R. Co., Wa- bash-Pittsburgh Terminal Ry. Co., May 1, 1905- 1914; Ist vice pres. Wabashı R.R., May 1-Oct. 5, 1905, pres., Oct. 5, 1905-Dec., 1911, and one of re- ceivers, Dec., 1911-Dec., 1913; pres. C.,I.&L. (Mo- non) Ry. Co., Dec., 1913-Aug. 10, 1914. Mem. Com. on Industrial Relations, 1912-14; apptd, by Pres. Wilson, 1914, mem. Federal Reserve Bd., for 6 yr. term, and elected vice gov. Mem. bd. overseers Harvard Coll .; ex-trustee Univ. of Chicago; vice pres. Am. Unitarian Assn., 1907. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Am. Inst. Mining Engrs., Western Soc. Engrs., A.A.A.S., Am. Ry. Assn., Franklin Inst., Internat. Ry. Congress, Western Ry. Club, Chicago, etc. Clubs: Union League, University, Chicago, Chicago Literary, Commercial (Chicago), Metropolitan, Chevy Chase, Cosmos (Washington). Legal Resi- dence: Chicago. Home: 1128 16th St. N.W. Office: Treasury Bldg., Washington, D.C.

DELANY, Arthur Gibbs, grain commn .; b. Bal- timore, May 20, 1877; s. James H. and Julia De- lany; acad. edn. at Baltimore and pub. schs., Joliet, Ill .; m. Della C. Williamson, of Chicago, Jan. 21, 1903; children: Arthur G., Mary Kathryn. Learned telegraphy; with Weare Grain Co., 3 yrs., Logan & Bryan, 10 yrs .; now broker with Thomson & Mc- Kinnon. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade. Democrat. K.C. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Westmoreland Coun- try, Germania. Home: 692 Irving Park Boul. Of- fice: 3 The Rookery.

DE LAMARTER, Rubee Wilson (Mrs. Eric De Lamarter), singer; b. Ft. Atkinson, Wis .; d. George DELANY, Frank Joseph, grain commn . b. Peru, Wesley and Minette (Emery) Wilson; ed. Ft. At- Ill., Nov. 2, 1875; ed. pub. and parochial schs. and

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Frank, Richard. Grain buyer, Ladd, Ill., 1893-5; city editor LaSalle (Ill.) Democrat, 1895-6; trav- eling rep. Nash-Wright Co., Chicago, 1896-1904; vice pres. and mgr. Nash-Ferguson Grain Co., Kansas City, Mo., and Elwood Grain Co., St. Jo- seph, Mo., 1904-7; with J. C. Shaffer & Co., Chicago, 1907-8; grain mcht. on own account since 1908. Also pres. Cragin Elevators Co., Cragin Products Co. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade. Unofficial rep. of U.S. Dept. of Agr. to Argentina, 1902-3, and re- ported upon grain conditions there. Author: Ar- gentina from a Grain Man's Point of View. Home: 6342 Winthrop Av. Office: 140 W. Van Buren St.

DE LEE, Joseph Bolivar, M.D .; b. Cold Springs, N.Y., Oct. 28, 1869; s. Morris and Dora (Tobias) De Lee; ed. 1 yr. at Coll. City of New York; grad. Chi- cago High Sch., 1888; M.D., Chicago Med. Coll. (now Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch.), 1891; interne Cook Co. Hosp., 1891-2; studied in univs. of Vienna and Berlin, 1893-4, Paris, 1894; (hon. A.M., North- western, 1906); unmarried. Demonstrator anat- omy, Chicago Med. Coll., 1892-3; demonstrator physiology, Dental Sch., 1892-3; became demon- strator obstetrics, Chicago Med. Coll., 1894; lec- turer on obstetrics same, 1895, took chair of ob- stetrics, 1896, and given title of prof. of obstetrics, 1897. Founded, 1895, Chicago Lying-in Hosp. and Dispensary, opened hosp. in connection with same, 1899, and is now med. dir. and pres. of medical staff; consulting obstetrician to Mercy, Evanston and Provident hosps., and Chicago Lying-in Hosp. and Dispensary. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc. (councillor, 1902), Ill. State Med. Soc. (sec., 1899), Chicago Gynecol. Soc. (pres. 1908), Author: Ob- stetrics for Nurses, 1904; Notes on Obstetrics, 1904; Yearbook of Obstetrics, 1904-13; The Prin- ciples and Practice of Obstetrics, 1913. Home: 5028 Ellis Av. Office: 25 E. Washington St.

DELFOSSE, Joseph T., commercial paper, drug- gist; b. Chicago, Sept. 5, 1869; s. Antoine J. and Marie (Clementine) Delfosse; prep. edn. West Div. High Sch .; student Univ. of Ill., 1886-8; m. Anna B. Thompson, of Chicago, Nov. 28, 1894; 1 son, Jo- seph T., Jr. Has engaged in wholesale and retail drug business at 31 N. State St., with Henry G. Dinet, title of Dinet & Delfosse, since 1888, also at 77 E. Washington St .; individually dealer in com- mercial paper since 1910. Republican. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, South Shore Country. Recreations: outdoor diversions. Home: 2315 N. Kedzie Boul. Office: 31 N. State St.

DELIHANT, William Thomas, coal mcht. (See vol. 1911.)

DELLERS, Walter, violinist, composer; b. Chi- cago, Dec. 1, 1885; s. Jacob J. and Emille (Bresen) Dellers; ed. grammar schs., Forest Park, III., high sch., Oak Park, III .; began study of violin and piano under father at age of 6; studied music at the Drake Sch. and Am. Conservatory of Music, Chicago; with Henri Marteau and Hugo Kaun, Berlin, Germany; m. Sophie Stroka, of Graz, Aus- tria, July 19, 1910; 1 son, Arthur William. Engaged in teaching and concertizing since 1901. Composi- tions: (violin with piano accompaniment) In Hun- garian Style, dedicated to Francis MacMillan; Serenade Espagnole, dedicated Mischa Elman; etc. Home: Seven Oak Av., River Forest, Ill. Studio: 917 Kimball Hall, Chicago.

DELO, Charles G., engineer: b. Dec. 5, 1866; ed. Univ. of Kan. and Cornell Coll., Ia. Began as rod- man with bridge corps, A.,T.&S.F.Ry., 1887, later draftsman same rd .; asst. engr., 1890-2, drafts- man, 1892-9, div. engr. at Cedar Rapids, 1899-1902, Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern R.R .; prin. asst. engr. C.,R.I.&P.Ry., at Chicago, 1902-3; con- tracting business, 1903-4; div. engr., C.G.W.Ry .. 1904-5; engr. maintenance of way, C.&A.R.R., at Kansas City, Mo., and Bloomington, Ill., 1905-8; div. engr., C.G.W.Ry., at Des Moines, Sept .- Dec., 1908; engr. maintenance of way, Nat. Rys. of Mex- ico, 1908-10; engr. maintenance of way, 1910, now chief engr. C.C.W. Ry. Home: Oak Park, 111.

* DE LONG, David Denman, clergyman. (See vol. 1911.)

DE LONG, Frederic Thomas, vice pres. Chicago

St. Bede Coll., Peru; m. Estil Marion Wood, of Kansas City, Mo., June 19, 1907; 3 children: Cicely, Ry. Equipment Co .; b. Utica, N.Y .; s. Martin B. and Helen (Lennebacker) DeLong; ed. pub. schs. of Utica; Hamilton Coll., Clinton, N.Y .; m. Mary Shaver, of Utica, N.Y .; I son, Charles S. Began in clerical position with a mfg. concern at Utica, later holding various positions elsewhere; then gen. mgr. Buhl Malleable Co., Detroit, until 1905; 2d vice pres. Chicago Ry. Equipment Co. since 1905. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, University (Chicago); Detroit, Country (Detroit). Recreations: sailing, fishing, shooting. Home: 1347 Astor St. Office: 322 S. Michigan Av.

DELPRAT, John Charles, M.D .; b. N.Y. City, Oct. 22, 1867; s. George R. and Mary L. (Beane) Delprat; came to Chicago in boyhood; ed. West Div. High Sch .; Bennett Med. Coll., 1894; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1903. Surgeon Washington Park Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs .; fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons. Home: 634 E. 51st St. Office: 25 E. Washington St.

DE MARE, Leopold Egbert, musician; b. Rotter- dam, Holland, Feb. 13, 1862; s. Florian and Louise (Drukker) de Mare; ed. under masters of music in Rotterdam and Berlin; m. Erna Ullmann, of Aix la Chapelle, Germany, Dec. 15, 1885 (died 1908); m. 2d, Elsa Beyer, of Milwaukee, Feb. 15, 1909; 2 chil- dren: Leona Marie and Thomas Frederick (died Apr. 22, 1917). Played in Rotterdam Opera Orches- tra at 15; in Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 6 yrs .: came to U.S., 1891, and settled in Chicago; first French horn soloist Thomas Orchestra and its successor the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, since 1891. Republican. Protestant. Mem. Edgewater Lodge No. 901, A.F. and A.M. Recreations: fishing, bowling, etc. Home: 6224 Magnolia Av. Office: Orchestra Hall.

DEMENT, Merritt Henry, mail advertising serv- ice; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 27, 1877; s. Merriti Henry and Genevieve (Gridley) Dement; ed, gram- mar schs., Chicago; student Armour Inst. Tech., 1893-4; Y.M.C.A. Business Night Sch., 1894-5; m. Cyril Stelle Natovick, of Chicago, Oct. 19, 1910; 1 daughter, Jane. In mail advertising service busi- ness since 1898; pres. Buckley, Dement & Co. since 1905. Mem. Ill. Naval Reserves, 1894-7. Independ- ent Republican. Rationalist. Clubs: Hamilton, North Shore Golf, Kenilworth. Recreation: golf. Home: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 605 S. Clark St., Chicago.

DEMEREE, Austin J., insurance: b. Sanford, Broome Co., N.Y., Mar. 15, 1859; s. Jacob and Har- riet A. (Sisson) Demeree; ed. pub. schs. in N.Y. State; m. Niagara Falls, N.Y., June 12, 1899, Aimee E. Foster; 1 son, Harry Jack. Identified with acci- dent ins. since 1885; now chief adjuster Preferred Accident Ins. Co. of New York. Home: 6027 Win- throp Av. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.

DEMING, Everett Brainard, grocery commn. melt .; b. St. Louis, Sept. 13, 1860; s. Charles and Harriet (Baker) Deming; ed. St. Louis pub. schs .: m. Galena, III., Nov. 11, 1884, Caroline Y. Spratt; 1 child, Stuart Arthur. Began business career in St. Louis in 1875; learned the trade of horse collar maker; worked at the bench for 4 yrs .; became bill clerk for the Goddard-Peck Grocery Co .; entered firm of F. L. Deming & Co .; in 1888 the present firm of Deming & Gould Co. (of which is now pres. ) was formed, with offices in St. Louis and Chicago. Also pres. Pacific-Am. Fisheries, of Bellingham, Wash. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic; also Cougar (Bellingham, Wash.). Homes: Bellingham and Chicago. Offices: 326 W. Madison St., Chicago, and Bellingham, Wash.

DEMING, Frank Lucius, grocery commn. mcht .: May 2, 1858-Jan. 19, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)

DEMME, Emil, manager Bismarck Hotel; b. Ber- lin, Germany, Sept. 24, 1857; s. Edward and Er- nestina (Bibbe) Demme; ed. schs. in Germany; came to Chicago direct from Berlin, in 1885; m .. Chicago, 1885, Marie Pessler. Was engaged in the express business in Berlin, in employ of the Ber- liner Spediteur-Verein; since coming to Chicago has been continuously identified with restaurants and hotels; mgr. of the Bismarck Hotel and Res- taurant since their opening, Apr., 1894; dir. and mgr. of the Bismarck Garden since 1896; pres. In-

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ternat. Hotel Co. since 1906. Democrat. Mason 8th Inf. Ill. Vols. in Spanish-Am. War; apptd. pres. (32°, Shriner). Mem. Orpheus Maennerchor, Chi- cago Sharpshooters' Assn. Clubs: Germania, Il1. Athletic. Recreation: deer hunting, fishing. Home: 4149 Sheridan Rd. Office: 175 W. Randolph St.

DEMPSTER, Charles W., investment broker; b. N.Y. City; ed. Phillips Acad., Exeter, N.H. Resi- dent of Chicago since 1882; in investment broker- age business since 1887; vice pres. Rosehill Ceme- tery Co. Home: 1318 Astor St. Office: 1617 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

DE MUTH, Benjamin Franklin, shoe mcht .; b. Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas Co., O., Jan. 31, 1852; s. John and Katharine (Cherryholmes) De Muth; ed. pub. schs. of Tuscarawas Co .; m. Mary Whitmore, of Detroit, Mich., 1877; children: John H., Eliza- beth G .. ( Mrs. E. G. Deming). Began in retail shoe trade, 1868, at Millersburg, O .; mem. of firm of Renfrew & De Muth, Mt. Vernon, O., 1872-3; in business at Cleveland, O., 1873-80; traveled for Hanan & Reddish, of New York, 1880-2: opened shoe dept. for Mabley & Carew, Cincinnati, O., 1882-4; came to Chicago, 1886, and established re- tail shoe firm of De Muth & Co., of which was pres. until 1912 (retired). Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Exmoor Country. Recreations: motoring, golf, horseback riding. Winner of gentlemen's derby, 1905, riding "Shoestring" 1 mile, in 1 minute and 49 2-5 seconds. Home: Highland Park, Il1. Office: 1221 First Nat. Bank Bldg., Chicago.

DENCKER, Christian P. K., M.D .; b. Lutjenburg, Germany, Feb. 19, 1867; s. Henry T. and Gertrude (Kleingarn) Dencker; ed. Univ. of Leipzig; M.E., Sch. of Mines, Freiberg, 1890; Univ. of Chicago; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1906; m. Maria Lacay, of Chicago, Oct. 3, 1911; 1 son, Bernhard Karl. Asst. in medicine, Johns Hopkins, 1906-9; practiced in Chicago since 1909; asst, prof. medicine, Rush Med. Coll., 1911-17; attending physician Evangelical Deaconess Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc. Served as' It. of reserve in inf. of the Army Corps of the Royal Prussian Guards, 1893-1905. Luther- an. Home: 4200 N. Hermitage Av. Office: 1548 Belmont Av.

DENEEN, Charles Samuel, ex-governor; b. Ed- wardsville, Ill., May 4, 1863 ; s. Samuel H. and Mary F. (Ashley) Deneen; A.B., McKendree Coll., 1882; taught sch. about 3 yrs .; m. Bina Day Maloney, of Mt. Carroll, Ill., May 10, 1891; 4 children: Charles Ashley, Dorothy, Frances Viola, Bina Day, Admit- ted to bar, 1886; practiced at Chicago, 1890-1904; mem. Ill. Ho. of Rep., 1892; atty. for Sanitary Dist., Chicago, 1895-6; state's atty, Cook Co., Ill., 1896-1904; gov. of Ill., 1905-9, 1909-13; resumed practice at Chicago. Republican. Pres. trustees McKendree Coll., Lebanon, Ill. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Law Club, etc. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Exmoor, Beverly, Englewood. Home: 457 W. 61st Pl. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.

DENICKE, Charles W., mfr. steel furniture; mgr. Charles W. Denicke & Co .; vice pres. Palt- ridge Metal Equipment Co .; mgr. Crown Metal Constrn. Co. Club: Hamilton. Home: 936 Margate Terrace. Office: 728 Monadnock Blk.

DENISE, Charles Meirs, engineer; b. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 24, 1876; s. Rusha and Louise (Meirs) Denise: B.S., Rutgers Coll., 1895; C.E., Lehigh Univ., 1898; m. L. M. Crandall, of Wolfville, N.S., Aug. 6, 1910; children: John R., Charles M., Jr. Connected with Pittsburgh office of the McClintic- Marshall Co., 1900-3; since then mgr. and contract- ing engr. for the company at Chicago. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Western Soc. Engrs. Republican. Pres- byterian. Clubs: University, Chicago Engineers, LaGrange Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 449 S. Stone Av., LaGrange, Ill. Office: 38 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

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Who's who in Chicago; the book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago and environs, 1917, Part 60

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed Publication date: 1905 Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company Number of Pages: 782

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 782