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 61

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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DENISON, Franklin Augustus, lawyer; b. San Antonio, Tex., 1862; grad. Lincoln Coll., Pa. (honor man), 1888; LL. B. (valedictorian and class orator ), Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1890. Admitted to Il1. bar, 1890; asst. pros. atty., Chicago, 1891-5, chief asst. pros. atty., 1895-7; later asst. corpn. counsel; apptd. inheritance tax commr., 1900; candidate for Rep. nomination for judge Municipal Ct., 1916. Commd. maj. U.S.V., 1898, and comd. 3d Battalion,

of gen. court martial and judge court of army claims in Cuba; mustered out of vols., 1899 ; apptd. q.m. with rank of maj. on staff Gen. J. B. Smith, 3d Brigade I.N.G., Aug., 1903; now col. 8th Inf. I.N.G. Republican. Home: 3132 Calumet Av. Office: 36 W. Randolph St.

DENISON, Thomas Stewart, publisher; Feb. 20, 1848-Apr. 7, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)

DENISTON, Albert Jay, vice pres. Raymond Lead Co .; b. Niles, Mich., Apr. 10, 1858; s. Ezekiel Monroe and Frances (Fowler) Deniston; ed. pub. schs. of Niles; m. Margaret T. Fuller, of Niles, Mich., Aug. 25, 1887; 2 children: Albert Jay, Jr., Florence L. Came to Chicago in 1880; bookkeeper for Eastland & Duddleston, Chicago, 1880-2; iden- tified with the Raymond Lead Co., since 1882, as bookkeeper, 1882-3, shipping clerk, 1883-9, supt., 1889-1904, supt. and asst. mgr., 1904-8, and vice pres. since 1908; also consulting mgr. of blue lead dept. United Lead Co., of New York, since 1906. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Royal League. Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreations: fishing, hunt- ing. Home: 6416 Kenwood Av. Office: 735 S. Wash- tenaw Av.

DENNEY, James Arlando, surgeon; b. Fort Re- covery, O., Aug. 22, 1857; s. Azariah and Lydia Ann (Riegel) Denney; ed. Ft. Recovery High Sch .; Liber Coll., Ind .; M.D., Physio-Med. Inst., ('incinnati, 1879; post-grad. study London Hosp. Med. Coll .; unmarried. Chief surgeon and med. dir. C.,B.&Q.R.R. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Assn. Railroad Chief Surgeons, Am. Assn. Ry. Surgeons. Democrat. Mem. Disci- ples Ch. Mason (K.T.). Club: Ill. Athletic. Resi- dence: Illinois Athletic Club. Office: 547 W. Jack- son Boul.

DENNEY, John, wholesale fruit and produce mcht .; b. Sennett, N.Y., June 1, 1870; s. Daniel and Margaret (Sullivan) Denney; grad, grammar schs. and high sch., Weedsport, N.Y .; Eastman Business Coll., Poughkeepsie, N.Y .; m. Lucy 1. Sullivan, of Chicago, July 10, 1909; 4 children: Frank Patrick, Maribelle, Margaret J., John. Employed in various capacities by S. T. Fish & Co., Chicago, 1888-1902; mem. Denney & Co. since July 1, 1902. Democrat. Catholic. Clubs: Illinois Athletic, Traffic, Windsor Park Golf. Home: 2933 E. 77th St. Office: 167 W. South Water St.

DENNING, Clarence P., lawyer; b. Odell, 111., Mar. 2, 1879; s. Rev. John Wesley and Elizabeth A. ( Scroggins) Denning; A.B., Ill. Wesleyan Univ., 1900; LL.B., John Marshall Law Sch., Chicago, 1905; m. Winifred Scott, of Harrisburg, Ill., Dec. 23, 1905; 2 children: Willard, Katherine. Came to Chicago from Normal, Ill., 1902, and since in charge of library of Chicago Bar Assn .; asst. sec. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Recreation: farming. Home: LaGrange, Ill. Office: 1110, 105 W. Monroe St., Chicago.

DENNIS, Charles Henry, newspaper man; b. De- catur, Ill., Feb. 8. 1860; s. Andrew and Matilda Lavina (Baker) Dennis; B.L., Univ. of Ill., 1881 (M.A., 1905); married. In newspaper work at Chi- cago since 1881; reporter, dramatic critic, editorial writer, city editor, Chicago Daily News, 1882-91; asso. editor America (weekly lit.), 1891-92; mng. editor Chicago Record, 1892-1901; chief editorial writer and mgr. foreign news service, 1901-7, asso. editor, 1907-12, mng. editor, since 1912, Chicago Daily News. In charge of the Daily News Free Lectures, given for past 14 yrs. by corps of lec- turers in many pub. sch. halls of Chicago. On staff World To-Day, 1903-5. Club: City. Home: 668 Ir- ving Park Boul. Office: Daily News.

DENNIS, Frederick J., mfr .; b. Lowell, Mass., Oct. 31, 1853; s. Joseph S. and Faustina (Munroe) Dennis; came to Chicago in 1863; ed. Chicago grammar and high schs .; m. Chicago, June 5, 1877, Ida M. Walker. Began work in father's factory, the Chicago Mfg. Co., in Mar., 1871; saw factory destroyed in Chicago fire and helped to rebuild it; company was succeeded by Dennis & Wheeler, in which had interest; sold out in early '80s; founded, 1889, Chicago Folding Box Co., of which was pres. many yrs. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Ex- moor. Home: 2912 Washington Boul.

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DENT, Joseph Croft, clergyman: b. Harleston, Northamptonshire, Eng., Feb. 24, 1868; s. James and Mary Ann (Croft) Dent; ed. puh. sch., Harles- ton, Eng .; came to Canada, 1886, to U.S., Oct., 1889; student Moody Bible Inst., Chicago and Univ. of Chicago; grad. English Theol. Sem. (Univ. of Chi- cago), 1895; m. Minnie Austin, of Chicago, Sept. 18, 1894; children: Grace Emily, Lois Marian. Or- dained Bapt. ministry, 1892; pastor Maplewood Ch., Chicago, 1892-4, Earlville, 1894-5, Sandwich, 1895- 190], Claim St. Ch., Aurora, 1901-4, First Ch., Joliet, 1905-9, Pilgrim Temple Ch., Chicago, since Sept. 1, 1909; prof. of church history, Northern Bapt. Theol. Sem., Chicago, since Feb., 1915. Home: 1535 N. Leavitt St.

DENT, Louis Lee, lawyer; b. Salem, Mo., Sept. 21, 1871; s. James M. and Mary (Springer) Dent; grad. Salem High Sch., 1888; B.Litt., Univ. of Mo., 1892; grad. Harvard, 1893, A.B., 1894; LL.B., Har- vard Law Sch., 1896; m. Mary Barrett, of Minne- apolis, May 26, 1899. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1897; mem. law firm of Sheriff, Dent, Dobyns & Freeman since 1907. Asst. prof. law, Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1901-6. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Phi Beta Kappa. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason. Clubs: Chicago, Riverside Golf. Recrea- tions: golf, motoring. Home: Riverside, Ill. Office: 1060 The Rookery, Chicago.

DENT, Thomas, lawyer; b. Putnam Co., Ill., Nov. 14, 1831; s. George and Comfort (Ijams) Dent; reared on farm; ed. country and village schs .; studied law: m. 1857, Susan Strawn (died 1911); 1 daughter, Mary (died 1882). Admitted to bar, 1854; practiced at Hennepin, III., 1854-6; came to Chica- go, Mar., 1856; mem. firm Wallace & Dent, 1856, Arrington & Dent, 1860-7; associated with Capt. William P. Black 18 yrs .; late sr. mem. Dent & Whitman, and Dent & Jackson. Rep. nominee for judge Supreme Court of Ill., 7th Dist., 1879. Elder Second Presbyn. Ch. Hon. mem. and ex-pres. Chi- cago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst., Chicago Hist. Soc .; ex-pres. Ill. State Bar Assn .; mem. Am. Bar Assn. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Literary. Home. 360 E. Garfield Boul. Office: 35 N. Dear- born St.

DE PREE, James, pharmaceutical chemist; b. at Grand Rapids, Mich., Mar. 12, 1879; s. Peter and Mary (Van der Meulen) De Pree; ed. pub. schs., Grand Rapids; student Univ. of Mich., 1903-5; m. Fannie Wilson, of Knoxville, Tenn., July 21, 1908; 2 sons: James, Jr., Hugh Wilson. Began as sales- man for the De Pree Chemical Co., Holland, Mich., 1906; moved general office and sales office to Chi- cago, Feb., 1912; now vice pres. and sales mgr. of the company. Republican. Recreations: automo- biling, golf, swimming. Home: 1141 Pratt Av. Office: 1017 Chamber of Commerce.

DE PUY, Clarence Elbert, mechanical engr .; b. on farm, Jackson Co., Mich., Mar. 11, 1863; s. of James and Helen (Reynolds) De Puy; ed. pub. schs., Jackson Co., Mich .; Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y., 1 yr .; M.E., Univ. of Mich., 1891; m. Marian Drummond, of Janesville, Wis., 1896; 2 children: Clarence Drummond, James Reynolds. Began in employ of the Dennis Machine Co., Jackson, Mich., 1882, and learned machinists' trade, continuing 5 yrs .; served as instr. in mech. work, Chicago Man- ual Training Sch., 1891-6; with Lewis Inst., Chi- cago, since 1896, now prof. machine construction. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs. Progressive Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Club: City. Home: 411 N. Elmwood Av., Oak Park, Ill.

DERBY, William Miner, Jr., real estate; b. Chi- cago, Nov. 25, 1863; s. William M. and Frances ( Wood) Derby; A.B., Yale, 1885; m. Chicago, Mar. 7, 1892, Mary, d. Addison Ballard; children: Doro- thy, William Ballard. Engaged in real estate busi- ness, on personal account, since 1885. Commd. It. U.S. Navy, comdg. Sect, Patrol No. 216, 1917. Pres- byterian. Clubs: University, Yale, Chicago Ath- letic, Chicago Yacht, Quadrangle, Union League, Sanganois, Onwentsia, Indian Hill, South Shore, Skokie Country. Recreations: shooting, fishing. golf, sailing. Home: 4857 Kimbark Av. Office: 108 S. LaSalle St.

DERING, Charles Lewis, coal; h. New Diggings, Wis., Sept. 4, 1861; s. Philip Frederick and Ellen

(True) Dering: ed. Darlington (Wis.) High Sch .; m. Chicago, Sept. 25, 1888, Alice H. Weeks; 1 son, Roger. Was clk. in drug store in Wis., 1876-82; clk. with McCann, Fitch & Converse, paper house. Chicago, 1882-4; since 1884 in coal business; now mgr. Chicago office of S. C. Schenck, agt. of the coal dept. of the D., L.&W.R.R.Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Kenwood, Mid- lothian, Chicago Yacht. Home: 5648 Dorchester Av. Office: Old Colony Bldg.

DERING, Jackson Kemper, coal; h. Darlington, Wis., Aug. 1. 1870; s. Philip Frederick and Ellen E. (True) Dering: ed. pub. schs. at Darlington: m. Edith Stouffer, of Chicago, Oct. 15, 1896: 1 son. Jackson Kemper, Jr. Came to Chicago, 1888, and has since been identified with the coal business; was with his brother, C. L., 1888-94; gen. sales agt. for Consolidated Coal Co. and the Riverton Coal Co., 1894-7; in coal business on own account since 1897; vice pres. Dering Coal Co., 1904-12; pres. J. K. Dering Coal Co. since 1912. Also mgr. and vice pres. Oak Hill Coal & Mining Co. since 1904 and gen. mgr. O'Gara Coal Co. Operates large farm at Lake Villa, Ill. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht, Fox Lake Yacht, Union League, Mid-Day, South Shore Country. Recreation: farming. Home: 924 Hyde Park Boul., Chicago; (summer) Lake Villa, Ill. Office: 1914 McCormick Bldg., Chicago. DERNBURG, Carl, fur merchant; b. at Zeilhard, Germany, May 27, 1857: ed, in Germany; came to Chicago, 1874; m. Oct., 1881. Emma Loewenberg, of Chicago; children: Sylvan M., Lester J. Worked as clerk in a retail dry goods store until became mem. firm of Morper & Dernburg, later Morper, Dern- hurg & Co .; with partners, established a retail dry goods house under the style of The Leader, of which was at the head for several years; later pres. Dernburg Mfg. Co .; head of Carl Dernburg & Son, fur mchts., since 1910. Past Regent of the Royal Arcanum; Past Archon Royal League. Clubs: Standard, Columbian (St. Louis). Home: 4557 Grand Boul. Office: 115 S. Dearborn St.

DeROODE, Holger, insurance; b. at Rotterdam, Holland; s. Holger J. C. and Caroline M. (van Hou- tum) de Roode: early edn. at Nashville, Tenn., and Louisville, Ky., and St. Francis Xavier's Coll .. Cincinnati, 1865-9; m. Cornelia M. Volwider, of Chicago, Mar. 20, 1879 (died 1906) ; children: Al- bert V. (m., 1905, Helen MeHenry, of Cumberland. Md.), Roger (m., 1908, Mary Elise Morphy, of New Orleans, La.), Clifford H., Cornelia Louise. En- gaged in ins. business, 1869; mem. firm E. E. Ryan & Co., Chicago, 1873; gen. western mgr., 1879-93, Clinton Fire Ins. Co., New York, Providence-Wash- ington Ins. Co. of Rhode Island, and Southern Cal. Ins. Co .: was mem. firm of de Roode, Faulkner & Ettelson until 1908, since then head of H. de Roode & Co .; representing principally the California Ins. Co. since 1916. Author of booklet, "Some Facts for Investors in Fire Insurance Shares," regarded as authority in ins. and financial circles. Charter mem. Chicago Bd. of Underwriters; sec. Soc. of Life Members of the Fire Underwriters' Assn. of the Northwest. Mem. Chicago Ethical Soc., Hol- land Soc. Club: Playgoers'. Recreations: tennis, music, literature. Home: 5214 Magnolia Av. Of- fice: 175 W. Jackson Boul.

DE SALVIO, Alfonso, college prof .; b. in Italy, July 13, 1873; s. Antonio and Antonia (Terlizzi) de Salvio: Am. Internat. Coll., Springfield, Mass .; A.B., Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., 1899; A.B., Harvard, 1902, A.M., 1903, Ph.D., 1904: studied Univ. of Paris; m. Marion Gertrude Smith, of Hartford, Conn., July 7, 1913. Teaching at North- western Univ. since 1904; asso. prof. Romance langs. since 1915. Mem. Modern Lang. Assn. Amer- ica. Club: University (Evanston), Edited (with intro., notes and vocabulary): Tamayo's Lo Posi- tivo (with Dr. Philip Harry), 1908; Fogazzaro's Pereat Rochus, 1909. Translations from old Span- ish documents for The Philippine Islands, 1904-6; also translated from the Spanish DeQuiros' Mod- ern Theories of Criminology, 1911; from the Ital- ian and Latin Dialogues Concerning Two New Sci- ences by Galileo Galilei (with Prof. H. C. Crew), 1914. Home: 1115 Davis St., Evanston, Ill.

DE SMET, George William, dealer and mfr. of Portland cement, etc .; b. London, Eng., Jan. 28,

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1862; s. Ernest Hubert and Blanche (Downer) De Chicago Plan Commn. Catholic. Mem. Nat. Union, Smet; ed. in Sch. of Providence, Amiens, France; Catholic Order of Foresters, Knights of Maccabees, Knights of Columbus. Club: Iroquois, Home: 5901 Kenmore Av. Chambers: 437 County Bldg. Univ. of Louvain (law sch.); m. Julia Corselis, of Chicago, Dec. 30, 1893; children: Marie-Therese, George W., Louis E., Madeleine Christine. Since 1892 a dealer and mfr. of Portland cement, water- proofing compounds and floor tile, in Chicago, rep- resenting, as sales agent, 1892-6, the North's Port- land Cement of Antwerp, Belgium; agent the Vul- canite (N.J.) Portland Cement Co. since 1897 ; pres. De Smet Quartz Tile Co., Vitrifyx Co. Republican. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Builders'. Home: 5948 Winthrop Av. Office: 133 W. Washington St.

DESPRES, Emile M., president Despres, Bridges & Noel; June 17, 1864-1915. (See vol. 1911.)

DE STEFANO, Gaetano S., steamship agt. (See vol. 1911.)

DETWEILER, Edwin S., M.D., surgeon; b. nr. Doylestown, Pa., May 9, 1856: s. Samuel A. and Magdalena L. (Shadinger) Detweiler; ed. rural schs. of Whiteside Co. and Sterling, Ill .; student Eureka (Ill.) Coll., 1 yr .; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1888; m. Ella M. Fox, of Freeport, Ill., June 19. 1890. Interne Presbyterian Hosp., Chicago, 1888-9; began gen, practice at Highland Park, Ill., 1889; specialist in treatment of eye, ear, nose and throat since 1911; asst. surgeon, Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary; examiner for Ill. Bankers' Life Ins. Co., N.Y. Life Insurance Co., Guarantee Fund of Omaha, Nat. Life Ins. Co. of Des Moines. Served in 1st Regt., Neb. N.G., 3 yrs. (hon. discharged). Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Pa. Soc. of Chicago. Protestant. Mason. Home: 755 Montrose Boul. Office: 31 N. State St.

DEUEL, Charles Ephraim, clergyman. (See vol. 1911. )

DEUEL, Harry Wasson, woolens. (See vol. 1911.)

DEUTSCH, Joseph, lithographer; b. Baltimore, Md., July 10, 1865; s. Solomon and Augusta (Levy) Deutsch; ed. pub, schs. of Hartford, Conn., and Cooper Inst .. New York City; m. Baltimore, Aug. 3, 1901, Anna Christiana Gressinger. Began in print- ing and lithographing establishment of Frieden- wald & Co., Baltimore, 1878; came to Chicago, 1891, and was with the Shober & Carqueville Litho- graphing Co. 4 yrs .; with the Orcutt Lithograph- ing Co., later known as the Clinton Co., 2 yrs .; pres. Edwards, Deutsch & Heitmann, now Edwards & Deutsch Lithographing Co., since 1896. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Nat. Chamber of Commerce, Nat. Assn. of Employing Lithographers (exec. com., chmn. employment bu- reans, dir. for City of Chicago since 1906), To- bacco Mfrs.' Assn., Art Inst. of Chicago (life), Chicago Band Assn. Hebrew. Republican. Mason (32°, Shriner); mem. Paragon Chapter, O.E.S .; Chicago Lodge No. 4, B.P.O. Elks; Loyal Order of Moose. Clubs: Chicago Advertising, Old Colony. Recreations: motoring, travel, fishing. Home: 4611 Grand Boul. Office: 2320-2332 Wabash Av.

DEUTSCH, Samuel, iron mcht .; b. Louisville, Ky., June 1, 1865; s. Isadore and Harriet (Jacobs) Deutsch; ed. pub. schs. of Indianapolis; m. Indi- anapolis, 1889, Lelia Gundelfinger; children: Ar- mand, Florence (Mrs. Silvan Kaufman), Dorothy (Mrs. Harold Goodkind), Ruth. Removed to Cleve- land, O., 1880, and became connected with the Ohio Iron & Metal Co., of which he is now vice pres .; settled in Chicago, 1898. Jewish religion. Clubs: Standard, Lake Shore Country. Home: 4936 Ellis Av. Office: 1134 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

DEVER, William Emmett, judge; b. at Woburn, Mass., Mar. 13, 1862; s. Patrick James and Mary A. (Lynch) Dever; ed. Woburn (Mass.) pub. schs .; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1890; m. at Olean, N.Y., Jan. 5, 1885, Katherine E. Conway. Employed at leather mfg. business for father at Woburn, Mass., 1881-4; at same work for White Co., 1884-6, and for Grey, Clark & Engle, Chicago, 1884-9; from 1890 engaged in practice of law. Elected alderman, 17th ward, 1902, reelected, 1904, 1906, 1908; elected judge Superior Court of Cook Co., Nov. 8, 1910; apptd. justice Appellate Court, 1916; present term expires, 1922. Mem. exec. com. and chmn. judiciary com. of Dem. Co. Central Com .; mem. excc. com.

DEVINE, Miles J., lawyer; b. Chicago, Nov. 11, 1866; s. Patrick and Elizabeth Devine; ed. St. Francis Sem., Bay View, Wis., the Sem. of Our Lady of Angels, Niagara, N.Y., and Lake Forest (Ill.) Univ .; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1890; m. Emma (Gamash) Devine, of Waukegan, Ill., Mar. 17, 1884; children: Miles J., Paul P., Leo Jerome, Mabel Ruth, Raymond, Carter Harrison (deceased), Mildred. Admitted to bar, 1890, and since engaged in gen. practice; city pros. atty. under Mayors Harrison (senior), Hopkins and Swift (resigned); nominated by Populists of 15th Senatorial Dist. for State Senate, 1893 (declined); nominated for Congress 4th Dist., Aug., 1896 (declined) ; elected city atty. of Chicago, 1897, serving until 1899. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Citizens' Assn., Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Democrat; pres. Cook Co. Democracy. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Garfield Park Driving Assn. (pres.). Widely known as speaker on politics and topics of public interest. Recrea- tion: driving horses. Home: 1262 Macalister PI. Office: Reaper Blk.

DEVITT, Martin Allen, banker. Removed to New York. (See vol. 1911. )

DE VOS, Julius Emilius, clergyman; b. Ingoy- gham, W. Flanders, Belgium, Mar. 28, 1848; s. John Baptist and Francisca (Baert) De Vos; ed. Coll. Roulers, Sem. Bruges, and Louvain, Belgium. Or- dained Catholic priest, 1873, curate, Espierres, 1874-7, Warneton, 1877-83, Belgium; moved to America, 1871; pastor of Catholic colony, Ghent, Minn., 1883-4, O'Connor, Neb., 1884-5, Greeley Co., Neb., 1884-1905, Spalding, Neb., 1885-1905, Alliance, Neb., 1905-6; pastor St. John Berchman's Ch., Chi- cago, since 1906. Organized, 1911, and was pres. Catholic Colonization Soc. of the U.S. of America. Dir. of colonization, Belgian-Holland Priesterbond. Author: The Three Ages of Progress, 1900; The Family Record, 1912. Home: 2517 Logan Boul.

DEVRIES, Herman, vocal teacher; b. N.Y. City, Dec. 25, 1858; s. David and Rosa (Van Os) Devries; ed. Paris Lycee Condorcet; m. Hattie Van Buren, of New Orleans, La., Oct. 14, 1904; 2 children: Rene, Mercedes. Singer 20 yrs. in Paris Grand Opera, Opera Comique; Metropolitan Opera Co., 2 yrs .; Covent Garden; Brussels; etc .; established Herman Devries Studios, Chicago, 1900; music critic Chicago American. Decorated thrice by the French Govt., Officier Nicham Iftikar, Officier d'Academie, Officier de l'Instruction Publique. Compositions published in America include: Le Meilleur Moment des Amours; Bonjour Suzon; Souvenir o' Orient; Si J'etais Dieu; several pieces for piano and orchestra, etc. Residence: Congress Hotel. Office: Fine Arts Bldg.

DE VRIES, Tiemen, college prof .; b. Groningen, Netherlands, Nov. 24, 1865; s. Jan Tiemen and Fenje (Stollenga) De Vries; grad. Zetten Gymna- sium, 1885; J.D., Free Univ., Amsterdam, 1895; m. Johanna van der Wal, of Friesland, Netherlands. Prof. Dutch history, art and lit., Univ. of Chicago, 1911-13, Northwestern Univ., since 1915. Author of several vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 716 Clark St., Evanston, Ill.

DE WEES, William Wharton, president Chicago Addressing Co .; b. Canton, O., Mar. 2, 1866; s. Wil- liam Brown and Elizabeth (Lape) De Wees; ed. pub. schs. of Canton; m., 1887, Harriet Dewey, relative of Admiral Dewey and first cousin of Capt. Charles Gridley of the Olympia. Originated the circular advertising business in 1883 under the head of the C. S. Boles Addressing Co .; after the business became established in Chicago, started a N. Y. City branch under the same heading and then returned to Chicago; upon dissolution of the C. S. Boles Addressing Co., 1887, started the Chicago Addressing Co., of which has since been pres. This concern has always been the largest house of the kind in the world, employing over 350 persons and handling over $450,000 of stamps per annum, being the largest patron of the Chicago Post Of- fice. Pres. Adams Folding Machine Co., commer- cial folding machines; dir. Great Northern Land &

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Townsite Co. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Ohio Soc. of Chicago, Mason (Home Lodge No. 508). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, The Forty, Chicago Advertising, South Shore Country, Columbia Yacht, Olympia Fields Country, Sanga- nois Shooting. Recreations: fishing, shooting, travel; fond of the woods. Home: 4430 Drexel Boul. Office: 720 S. Dearborn St.

DEWES, Edwin Peter, brewer; b. Chicago, Sept. 2, 1879; s. Francis Joseph and Hedwig (Busch) Dewes; ed. pub, schs., Chicago, 1886-92; University Sch., Chicago, 1892-8: A.B., Harvard, 1902; North- western Univ. Law Sch., 1902-4; m. Grace LaPierre Wooldridge, of Baltimore, Md., Apr. 6, 1910; 3 chil- dren: Grace Hedwig, Dorothy Wooldridge, Elisa- beth Goode. With The Standard Brewery since 1904, sec. since 1905. Mem. Phi Delta Phi (North- western). Republican. Presbyterian, Clubs: Uni- versity, Harvard, Exmoor Country. Recreations: golf, squash, racquets. Home: 2314 Lincoln Park West. Office: 1225 S. Campbell Av.

DEWES, Francis Joseph, brewer; b. Losheim, Rhenish Prussia, Apr. S. 1845; s. Peter and Mar- garetha (Zengerle) Dewes (father, a brewer, was mem. of the Ist German Parliament, held at Frank- fort, in 1848); grad. Realschule, Cologne, 1861; came from Germany direct to Chicago, Feb., 1868; m. 1876, Hedwig Busch, of Detroit, Mich .; chil- dren: Irma, Edwin Peter, Arthur, Meta Margaret (Mrs. Henry Burgweger). Bookkeeper for Rehm & Bartholomae, brewers, 1868-70; then for Busch & Brand; became a stockholder and sec. of the com- pany, 1873, upon incorporation as Busch & Brand's Brewery Co .; sold out interest, May 1, 1881, and went to Germany; returned, 1882, and established the F. J. Dewes Brewery Co., of which was sole propr .; sold out later and organized the Standard Brewery, of which is pres. In 1892 presented statue of Alexander von Humboldt to Humboldt Park. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Germania Männerchor. Home: 503 Wrightwood Av. Office: 1225 S. Campbell Av.

DEWEY, Albert Brownfield, real estate; h. Ca- diz, O., Mar. 28, 1846: s. of Chauncey and Nancy (Pritchert) Dewey; ed. pub. schs .; m. Mary Louise Schuveldt, of Chatham, N. Y., 1879; 2 sons: Charles Schuveldt, Albert Brownfield, Jr. Served in signal corps, 170th Ohio Vols., in campaign of 1864; in lumber business, Cadiz, O., 1865-70; commercial agt., P.,C.C.&St.L.R.R., 1870-6; asst. cashier Har- rison Nat. Bank, Cadiz, 1876-80; came to Chicago, 1880, and since engaged in handling Chicago real estate and Kan. and Neb, lands. Republican. Pres- byterian. Club: Union League. Recreation: travel. Home: 920 Lincoln Parkway. Office: 1342 Otis Bldg.

DEWEY, Charles Schuveldt, lieutenant U.S.N .; b. Cadiz, O., Nov. 10, 1880; s. Albert Brownfield and Mary Louise (Schuveldt) Dewey; prep. edn. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N.H .; Ph.B., Yale Univ., 1904; m. Marie Suzette Hall, of New York, Dec. 20, 1905; 4 children: Marie Suzette, Charles Schuveldt, Jr., Louise, Albert Brownfield, III. Associated with father in handling Chicago real estate and Kan. and Neb. lands, 1904-17. Lt. U.S.N. since May, 1917, stationed at Great Lakes Naval Training Sta. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Shore Acres, Chi- cago, Onwentsia, University. Home: Lake Forest, Illinois.

DEWEY, Richard (Smith), alienist, neurologist. Home: Wauwatosa, Wis. (See Who's Who in America. )

DEWEY, William W., clergyman. (See vol. 1911.) DE WINDT, Heyliger Adams, wholesale shoes; b. Fishkill-on-Hudson, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1858; s. Ar- thur and Georgiana (Rich) DeWindt; A.B., Har- vard Univ., 1881; m. Bertha W. Mandell, of New Bedford, Mass., Sept. 10, 1889 (died July, 1907); children: Heyliger, Delano, Caroline, Alice; m. 2d, Alice Greene Arnold, of Cambridge, Mass., Mar. 16, 1912. Came to Chicago, July, 1881, and began ac- tive career with C. H. Fargo & Co., with which re- mained for 10 yrs .; in 1894 acquired interest in the Sidwell-DeWindt Shoe Co., of which is now pres. and treas .; dir. Palrpoint Corpn., New Bedford, Mass. Commr. Winnetka Park Dist., 1904-9. Re- publican. Clubs: Chicago, University, Indian Hill Country, Winnetka. Recreations: horseback rid-

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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 61

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