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Day, Horace Lincoln, merchant, importer, of 4 White St., New York City, was born, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, 1867, son of George Edwin and Albina S. (Hoben) Day; educated, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and Brown Univ., B.A., 1889; married, 1892, Alma Von Buhl, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; children: Kennard Phillips, born 1895; Constance S., born 1897. Pres. and gen. mgr. Horace L. Day Co., importers chocolates and cocoas (Messrs. Suchard, S. A. Neuchatel, Switzerland); Allen-Day Co., importers and factors of teas (Mazawattee Tea Co., London); A. Egger Sohn, Vienna, Austria; H. N. Fish Co., Boston, Mass.; Victor-Schmidt & Son, Vienna. Republican; Baptist. Mem. 7th Regt. N.G. N.Y., R.I. Chapter Phi Delta Theta. Trustee 1st Baptist Ch. of N.Y.

Day, William Rufus, associate justice United States Supreme Court, was born April 17, 1849, in Ravenna, Ohio, being a son of Judge Luther Day of the Supreme Court of Ohio. In 1866 he entered the academy department of the University of Michigan, where he graduated in 1870; he also spent one year in the law department of that institution. In 1872 he was admitted to the Ohio bar and began the practice of law in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, where he was elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1886. In 1889 he was appointed United States district judge for the northern district of Ohio by President Harrison, which position he declined. In April, 1897, he was appointed assistant secretary of state by President McKinley, and in April, 1898, was made secretary of state, which position he resigned to accept the chairmanship of the commission which negotiated the treaty of peace with Spain at the close of the Spanish-American War. In February, 1899, he was appointed United States circuit judge for the sixth judicial circuit by President McKinley. In February, 1903, he was made justice of the United States Supreme Court.

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Deam, Charles Clemon, druggist, of Bluffton, Ind., was born Aug. 30, 1865, in Bluffton. He has been a fellow in the Indiana Academy of Science. Since 1909 he has been state forester of Indiana.

Dean, Dr. Arthur Lyman, president University of Hawaii, Honolulu, H.I., was born, Southwick, Mass., Oct. 1, 1878. A.B., Harvard, '00; Ph.D., Yale, '02. Asst. plant physiol., Sheffield Sci. Sch., Yale, 1902-03; instr., 1903-07; Carnegie research asst., 1904-05; chief, sect. wood chem., U.S. Forest Service, 1905-07; in charge, lab. of A. D. Little, Boston, Mass., 1907-08; instr. indust. chem., Sheffield Sci. Sch., Yale, 1908-09 ; asst. prof., 1909-. F.A.A.; Chem. Soc.; Leather Chem. Assn. The chemistry of inulin ; the enzyme inulase ; the proteolytic enzymes in plants ; estimation of cellulose in wood; analysis and grading of creosotes.

Dean, Richmond, general manager the Pullman Company. Office, Chicago, Ill. Born Nov. 2, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo. Educated in the public schools. Entered service with the Boatmen's Bank at St. Louis 1875, and was subsequently until 1882 with the Missouri Pacific Ry.; 1882 to 1888, with The Pullman Company at St. Louis, Mo.; I888 to 1894, with the same company at Chicago; 1894 to 1899, assistant to vice-president Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. ; 1899 to 1905, assistant to vice-president The Pullman Company ; 1905 to date, general manager The Pullman Company; also president Pullman Rd.

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Deavitt, Edward Harrington, lawyer, state treasurer; born Moretown, Vt., Dec. 1, 1871; son of Thomas J. and Carrie E. (Harrington) Deavitt; graduated from University of Vermont, Ph.B., 1893, from Harvard, LL.B., 1896; married, Montpelier, Vt., Dec. 25, 1901, Mary Tromblee. Treasurer of the State of Vermont; director Fire National Bank of Montpelier; treasurer and director Wetmore & Morse Granite Co.; director Capital City Gas Co., Colton Manufacturing Co. Address: Montpelier.

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Debevoise, Thomas McElrath, lawyer of 62 Cedar St., New York City, was born in New York City. He is a member of the law firm of Rounds, Hatch, Dillingham and Debevoise.

De Boer, Joseph Arend, life insurance president; born Warffum, Holland, June 17, 1861; son of John Arend and Anje Peiter (Kuiper) De Boer; graduated from Dartmouth, A.B., 1884; A.M., 1887, Sc. D., 1909 ; married, Albany, N.Y., Dec. 22, 1885, Augusta Charles Featherly; children: Ethel Arend, Minnie Arend, Bertha Arend, Paul Kuiper, Elizabeth Arend. Accepted appointment as actuary in National Life Insurance Co., 1889; secretary and director 1896; second vice-president 1900; vice-president 1901, president since 1902. Is a writer and speaker on subjects relating to-actuarial, historical and practical subjects of life insurance. Served as senator from Washington County, Vt., 1900; represented Montpelier, Vt., in Legislature of 1908. Republican; Episcopalian. President Phi Beta Kappa Society, 1909-1910; trustee St. Johnsbury Academy, Rock Point Institute, Montpelier Seminary; Washington County Grammar School and Wood Art Gallery ; 32° Mason. Clubs : Apollo, Country. Address : Montpelier.

Decamp, James M., general agent of the Central Department, Cincinnati, O., Liverpool and London and Globe Ins. Co., of Liverpool, Eng.; born in Cincinnati, O., Dec. 25, 1845; was graduated at the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1867. He was first connected with the Aetna Fire Ins. Co., being employed in the Cincinnati branch office, 1867-1869, after which he was special agent in Iowa and Nebraska for three years; 1872-1877 he was special agent for New York and New England for the Amazon Ins. Co., of Cincinnati, and since 1877 has been in the service of the Liverpool and London and Globe, having been special agent for New England, 1877-1879, and general agent for the Central Department since 1879. He was president of the Fire Underwriters' Assn. of the Northwest in 1883, and president of the Western Union, 1900-1902. Address : Cincinnati, O.

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DeCelles, Alfred Duclos, lawyer, editor, author, librarian; b. at St. Laurent, near Montreal; s. of A. D. DeCelles, N.P., and Sarah A. (Holmes) DeCelles, who was converted to the Church by her brother, the Rev. John Holmes; m. Eugenie Dorion; ed. at Quebec Seminary; Laval University (Litt.D. in 1890); received the honorable distinction of Officier de l'Institut Publique from the French Government; named Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur by the French Government in 1904, and C.M.G. by King Edward VII in 1907; lawyer ; editor of the Journal de Quebec until 1872, then became editor of La Minerve, the leading French Canadian Conservative organ in Montreal; assistant librarian of Parliament, February, 1880; librarian since 1885. Author of Persecutions et reparations (1881), Une paroisse Canadienne au xviie siecle (1882), Oscar Dunn (1886), Notre Avenir (1887), La Crise du regime parlementaire (1888), A la conquete de la liberte en France et au Canada (1890), L'Hon. Juge Routhier (1890), Sir Alexandre Lacoste (1891), L'Hon. John Molson (1891), Histoire des Etats-Unis (1896) (awarded highest prize, 500 francs), by the French Academy of Political and Moral Sciences, (1897), Les Etats-Unis: origines, institutions, developpements (awarded prize of the same Academy) ; also wrote Papineau (1900), and La Fontaine and Cartier (1907), which were edited in English and in French. The Habitant—His Origin—history. Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Address : 71 Russell Ave., Ottawa. Les Goemons, Pointe-au-Pic, P.Q.

Decker, Perl D., United States congressman from the fifteenth district of Missouri, was born in 1875 in Athens County, Ohio. He is a lawyer. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Joplin, Mo.

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Deiser, George F., lawyer and librarian of 206 Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa., was born May 16, 1877, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1909-11 he was a Fellow of the University of Pennsylvania law school; in 1910-13 he was lecturer of the University of Pennsylvania law school. He is joint author with F. W: Johnson, Claims, and of magazine articles. He is librarian of the Hirst Free Law Library.

Deitrick, Frederick Simpson, United States congressman from the eighth district of Massachusetts, was born April 9, 1875, in New Brighton, Pa. He is a lawyer, and has served three terms in the State Legislature. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Cambridge, Mass.

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Delafield, Lewis L., lawyer, born in New York City, Jan. 30, 1863; son of Lewis L. Delafield and Emily (Prime) Delafield. He was educated at St. Paul's School at Concord, New Hampshire, at Harvard and the Columbia Law School, graduating from there in 1884 with the degree of LL.B. He has been for many years in the active practice of his profession, and is a member of the law firm of Hawkins, Delafield & Longfellow. He is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and has been chairman of its executive committee; he has also served for several terms as chairman of the executive committee of the New York State Bar Association, and has been vice-president of that association ; he was a member of the executive committee of the Committee of Seventy in 1894, and secretary of the Rapid Transit Board of New York City from 1895 to 1899. He was nominated in 1906 by the lawyers of the City of New York for Justice of the Supreme Court. Mr. Delafield is a member of the Episcopal Church and or the Union and Century Clubs of New York City. He married, April 25, 1885, Charlotte Hoffman Wyeth. Their children are; Lewis L., Jr., and Charlotte, and Emily Delafield. Address: 20 Exchange Place, New York City.

Del Drago, Josephine-Schmid, business woman, of 2 W. 55th St., New York City, was born, Covington, Ky.; grad. convent at Montreal, at 18 years of age; married, first, August Schmid (mem. firm Bernheimer & Schmid, owners of Lion Brewery in N.Y. City); second, (Giovanni Del Drago, son Prince Del Drago, of Rome, Italy, now an Am. citizen. Upon death of Mr. Schmid, being familiar with business, took his place in brewery firm. In July, 1903, bought out partner of concern and turned it into corp'n (called Lion Brewery of N.Y. City), owning all stock; reorganized entire working force. Owns much property on lower Broadway, Cortlandt and Warren streets, and Eighth and Columbus avenues. She built a fine residence at 62d St. and 5th Ave. (designed for her by Richard H. Hunt), which she filled with works of art gathered while traveling in various countries, and a beautiful villa at Tarrytown, N.Y., by the same architect.

De Lima, Elias S. A., merchant, banker; born on Island of Curacao, Dutch West Indies; son of S. A. de Lima, merchant, and Sylvia Senior A. de Lima; family of Dutch extraction; attended a Dutch school on the Island of Curacao until age of fourteen, then went to Germany and completed education at the Gymnasium Andreanum in Hildesheim; married, N.Y. City, Feb. 14, 1901, Lucie Robinson Spanneut. Came to the United States, 1880, and entered the house of D. A. de Lima & Co., a leading firm in the trade with Latin America; became partner, 1883; senior member from death of D. A. de Lima, 1891, until end of 1910; also president, 1907-1910, of De Lima, Cortissoz & Co., who are likewise engaged in trade with Latin America and the West Indies. President Hungarian-American Bank of New York, 1908-1910; since then managing director Banco Mexican& de Comercio e Industria, in the City of Mexico, with which prominent Mexican interests, the Deutsche Bank of Berlin, the inter-national banking house of Speyer & Co., and some other leading American financial men are identified. Republican. Director N.Y. Board of Trade and Transportation, and chairman of its committee which arranged for the National Convention held in Washington to discuss plans for reforming the U.S. Consular Service, of which the outcome was the passage of the Lodge bill, which effected most salutary changes in that service ; also conceived and brought about the National Commercial Convention of February, 1907, which effected marked improvement in the foreign trade of the United States; did effective work in securing ultimate ratification of the Santo Domingo treaty. Elected by unanimous vote trustee of village of Larchmont, 1903; re-elected in 1906, and elected president of the village in 1908. Member Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, Japan Society of New York. Clubs : City, N.Y. Athletic. Address : Banco Mexicano de Comercio  Industria, Mexico City, Mexico. 

Dellinger, Oris Polk, Pittsburg, Kansas. Histology, physiology. Born in Bicknell, Ind., Aug. 14, 1877. Educated, Chicago, 1900-01; A.B., Indiana, 1905; Fellow, Clark, 1905-07, Ph.D., 1907. Asst. physiol., Clark, 1904-07, instr. biol., 1907-08; prof., Winona Nor. Coll., 1908-09; State Manual Training Nor. Sch., Pittsburg, Kas., 1909. Instr. nature study, biol. sta., Indiana, summers, 1906-07. M.A.A.; Physiol. Soc.; Nat. Educ. Assn. ; Nature Study Soc. Locomotion of the Amoeba and allied forms; the cilium as a key to the structure ; contractile protoplasm—Structure and function in the Amoeba Proteus; fibrillar structure of Flagella; biology of the Amoeba Proteus. Fellow A.A. for Adv. of Science.

Delmas, Delphin Michael, lawyer, born France, April 14, 1844; son of Antoine and Coralie Delmas. Educated, A.B., Santa Clara College, 1862; A.M., 1863;. Ph.D., 1901. LL.B., Law Dept., Yale College, 1865. Married, Pauline Hoge, of San Francisco, April 7, 1869. Elected dist. atty. of Santa Clara Co., 1867. Regent of Univ. of Cal., 1884-92. Del.-at-large to Democratic Natl. Conv., St. Louis, 1904. Clubs: Lawyers, Yale (N.Y.). Author "Speeches and Addresses," 1901. Democrat. Res., Los Angeles, Cal. Offices, Bank of Commerce Bldg., Nassau and Cedar Sts., New York City, and 1919 Hollingsworth Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Senior member of the firm of Delmas, Imel & Banks.

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DeLong, Ira Mitchell, of 1341 Broadway, Boulder, Colo, was born, Monroe, Ia., Jan. 7, 1855. A.B., Simpson '78, A.M. '81. Prof: math., Central (Ia.), '78-'86; Latin, Ia. Wesleyan, '86-'88; math., Colorado, '88—. Ed. problem dept., "School Sci. and Math." F.A.A.A.S.; Am. Math. Soc.; Colo. Math. Soc.

De Meritte, Edwin, educator, of 815 Boylston St., Boston, Mass., was born, Durham, N.H., March 3, 1846; son of Stephen and Nancy Perkins (Chesley) De Meritte; educated, Phillips Exeter Acad.; grad. Dartmouth Coll., A.B., class 1869; married, Boston, Dec. 18, 1868, Frances Alexine Norton; children: Florence, George E., Mabel P. Principal Hampton (N.H.) Acad., 1870-1872; instr. classics, Chauncey Hall Sch., Boston, Mass., 1872-1879 ; head of Classical Dept., 1879-1884; principal Berkeley Sch.; Boston, 1884-1896; principal Chauncey Hall Sch., Boston, 1896-1900; principal De Meritte Sch., Boston, 1900 to date. Episcopalian. Clubs: University, Boston (Mass.), Sch. Masters, Dartmouth, Rotary.

  

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Denegre, Walter Denis, lawyer and statesman of New Orleans, La., where he was born June 17, 1858. He was educated at the Jesuits' College of New Orleans, La.; studied two years at St. John's College of Fordham, N.Y.; in 1879 graduated from Harvard; and in 1881 graduated from the law department of Tulane University. He began the practice of law in 1881. In 1881 he was special counsel for the United States before the French and American Claims Commission. In 1889 he helped suppress the Mafia in New Orleans. He was a leader of the Independent Democracy in Louisiana ; in 1896 was a candidate for United States senator; and it was claimed he was elected. He was a conspicuous leader in the campaign of 1899, which brought about the drainage and sewerage of New Orleans, and which gave that city a pure and clear water plant. He served as a member of the board of administrators of the Tulane University Educational Fund; is a member of the Boston Club of New Orleans University, the Brook, Harvard and of other clubs of New York and Washington. His home is in New Orleans, and he resides in summer at Manchester, Mass.

Denman, William, lawyer, born San Francisco, 1872; son of James and Helen V. (Jordan) Denman. Educated, Clement grammar school, 1881 85; Old Lincoln grammar school, 1885-86; grad. Lowell high school, 1889; Univ. of Cal., 1894; Hastings College of Law ; L.L.B , Harvard Law School, 1897. Married, Leslie Van Ness, April 4, 1905. Asst. prof. of law and lecturer, Hastings College of Law, and Univ. of Cal., 1902-06. Retained by attorney general of U.S. to take charge of litigation arising out of withdrawal by President Taft of fuel oil lands in California and Wyoming; general practice 1913; also maritime litigation, such as sinking of "Rio de Janeiro," explosion of "Progreso," and similar cases. In 1908 organized campaign for non-partisan election of judges in California; law enacted 1911. In 1909 chairman of committee to report on causes of municipal corruption in San Francisco and drafted report. In 1910 drafted charter amendment for non-partisan majority election in San Francisco, and organized campaign for its passage. Law partner, Denman & Arnold. Clubs : University, Pacific Union, Unitarian, Common-wealth, Sierra. Member Bar Assn., Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Res.: 3399 Pacific Ave. Office : Merchant's Exchange Bldg., San Francisco.

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Dennis, Harry R., banker; born Tama, Iowa, Jan. 31, 1869; son of J. B. and Alice (Reynolds) Dennis; educated in common schools; married, Toledo, Iowa, Sept. 16, 1891, Regina Giger; eight children. President of Sioux Falls Savings Bank; vice-president of Manchaster Biscuit Co., Sioux Falls, S. Dak., treasurer Manchester Biscuit Co. of North Dakota, Fargo, N. Dak. Republican. Residence : 319 North Duluth Av. Office : 100 North Phillips Av., Sioux Falls.

Dennis, Leonidas, lawyer; born Johnsonburgh, N.J., Dec. 30, 1860; son Lewis and Amanda (Davis) Dennis; educated Blair Hall, N.J., Princeton Univ., Columbia Univ. Law School, A.M., LL.B.; married, Kingston, N.Y., April 16, 1890, Mary Shafer. Vice-president Lawyers' Surety Co., counsel U.S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co. Republican ; Presbyterian. Address : 160 Broad-way, N.Y. City.

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Dent, Stanley Hubert, congressman, was born Aug. 16, 1869, in Eufaula, Ala. He was appointed prosecuting attorney for Montgomery County, and went into office Dec. 1, 1902; in 1904 was reelected for a term of six years ; was nominated by the Democrats in a congressional primary Sept. 12, 1908, and was elected to the sixty-first and sixty-second congresses as a Democrat; and was reelected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Montgomery, Ala.

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DeRousse, Oswald J., general assistant to president Pennsylvania Rd. Office Philadelphia, Pa. Born Feb. 18, 1867. Entered railway service July 18, 1884, as telegraph operator Pennsylvania Rd. at Philadelphia, Pa., since which he has been consecutively June 28, 1885, to March, 1897, in office of the president New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Rd.; March, 1897, to June 9, 1899, secretary; June 9, 1899, to Jan. 1, 1913, chief clerk to president ; Jan. 1, 1913, to date, general assistant to president same road.

Dershem, Frank L., United States congressman from the seventeenth district of Pennsylvania, was born March 5, 1865, in Union County, Pa. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Lewisburg, Pa.

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Des Jardins, Benjamin M., inventor of Hartford, Conn., was born Oct. 16, 1858, in Tyre, Mich. In 1882 he constructed the first type-setting machine, and made the first computing instrument to justify the lines. He was for two years employed on the Chicago Inter-Ocean. In 1899 he invented the typewriter adding machine. He is now president of the Des Jardins Computing Register Company; and a director in various corporations.

Deussen, Alexander, University Station, Austin Tex., was born, San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 19, '82. B.S., Texas, '03, fellow, '03-'04, M.S., '04. Student asst. zool., Texas, '02-'03, tutor geol., '04-'05, instr., '05-. Assistant geologist, U.S. Geol. Surv., '07-. Fel. Tex. Acad. Stratigraphy and economic geology of the Texas coastal plain.
Devoto, James Augustus, lawyer; born, San Francisco, July 29, 1869. Edu. ! Wash. grammar school; Boys' High School; Hastings' College of Law: Married, Elizabeth Castagnetto, 1901. Senior member law firm, Devoto, Richardson & Devoto. Member : Masons, Native Sons of the Golden West, Druids. Democrat. Res.: 1704 Union St.; Office : Foxcroft bldg., San Francisco, Cal.

Dewey, Frederic Perkins, 1801 Summit Plain, N.W., Washington, D.C., was born, Hartford, Conn., Oct. 4, '55. Ph.B., Yale, '76. Instr. chem., Lafayette, '76-'77; chemist building stones, tenth census, '81; mineralogist, U.S. Geol. Surv., 82 ; curator econ. geol., and metal, U.S. Nat. Museum, '82-'89; expert in chem. and metal patents, '89-'03; assayer, bur. of the mint, U.S. Treas. Dept., '03- and acting director, '13. Chem. Soc.; Min. Eng. ; Soc. Chem. Indust.; Electrochem: Soc.; Wash. Chem. Soc. (pres. 93, treas., '01-). Wash. Acad. Sci. Met. Inst. Social Sci. Analytical chemistry and its application to metallurgy.

Dewey, Melvil, educator, librarian, was born, Adams Center, N.Y., Dec. 10, 1851; grad. Amherst Coll., 1874; acting librarian .Amherst, 1873-1876; 1876 moved to Boston, establishing Am. Library Ass'n, Library Journal, Metric Bureau, Spelling Reform Ass'n; also Library Bureau to secure better library methods, appliances and supplies ; managed these till May, 1883, when appt'd chief librarian of Columbia Coll.; prof. library economy, 1884; 1887, director Columbia Coll. Sch. of library economy, whose establishment he had urged; sec., treas. and exec. officer Univ. of State of N.Y., 1889-1899; dir. N.Y. State Library & Library Sch., 1889-1905; Chautauqua Library Sch., 1906 to date; N.Y. State dir. of libraries, 1889-1906; sec. Am. Library Ass'n,1870-1890; 1897-1898, treas., 1879-1881, pres. 1891, 1893; edited Library Journal, 1876-1881, Library Notes, Metric Bulletin, Metric Advocate, Spelling Reform Bulletin. Dir. N.Y. State ed'n exhibit, Columbian Exp'n, 1893. The value of his peculiar work has been recognized by universal exp'ns in Paris, 1878, 1889; Chicago, 1893, and Paris, 1900, where of nine grand prizes awarded to U.S., one was for an exhibit of methods of ed'n by means of reading and traveling libraries, another' for gen. library exhibit (both prepared by N.Y. State Library) and a third to him in honor of his distinguished services not only as a librarian, but as an educator whose administration during period of reorg 'n of Univ. of State of N.Y. (1889-1900), produced marked advances in both secondary and higher ed'n; a similar award of a gold medal was made by La. Purchase Exp'n, 1904. Author : Library School Rules; Simplified Library School Rules; Decimal Classification and Relativ. Index. Address : Lake Placid Club, Essex Co., N.Y.

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DeWitt, Alexander, banker ; born Pepperell, Mass., March 7, 1854; son of Horace Smith and Sarah Jane (Phelps) DeWitt; descendant of John Witt, who came from Holland to Lynn, Mass., about 1630 (the prefix "de" added by later generations, belonging properly to the original name) ; educated in schools of Sutton, Oxford and Leicester, Mass. ; married, Sept. 21, 1880, Caroline Murdock. Began as clerk in hardware store of Kinnicutt & Co., Worcester, Mass., 1871-1881; with J. & J. Murdock of Leicester, Mass., 1881-1883; in partnership with Lincoln N. Kinnicutt in banking business, 1884-1906; director Worcester Trust Co.; trustee Peoples Savings Bank; trustee and treas. Memorial Hospital. Address : Worcester.

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DeWolf, Silas Wright, general superintendent Texas Mexican Ry. Office: Laredo, Tex. Born Feb. 17, 1859, at Columbus, Ga.  Educated at University of Georgia. Entered railway service Sept., 1886, in engineering department Central Ry. of Georgia, since which he has been consecutively March, 1889, to July 1, 1889, levelman on surveys Savannah Americus & Montgomery Ry. in Georgia ; July 4, 1889, to Sept. 1, 1901, roadmaster Mexican National Rd.; Sept. 1, 1901, to May 1, 1902, roadmaster Mexican Southern Rd.; May 1, 1902, to May 1, 1903, superintendent Ixtlahuaca Ry. in Mexico ; May 1, 1903, to May 1, 1904, resident engineer Mexican National Rd.; May 1, 1904, to April 1, 1905, superintendent Interoceanic Ry. in Mexico; April 1, 1905, to Oct. 1, 1906, resident engineer Mexican National Rys.; Oct. 1, 1906, to Aug. 1, 1908, agent for Texas state lands; Aug. 1, 1908, to Sept. 1, 1909, general superintendent Texas Mexican Ry.; Sept. 1, 1909, to July 1, 1912, engaged in other business; July 1, 1912, to date, general superintendent Texas Mexican Ry. at Laredo, Tex.

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Dexter, Gordon, capitalist ; graduated from Harvard University, A.B., 1887. Director American Trust Co., Hunt-Spiller Manufacturing Corporation, Security Safe Deposit Co. Address: 50 Congress St., Boston.

Dexter, Stanley Walker, lawyer; born London, Eng., Oct. 3, 1857; son of Henry Stanley and Annie Breese (Walker) Dexter; graduated from Yale University, A.B., 1878; married, Benicia, Calif., Sept. 10, 1884, Gabriella M. McAllister; children: Gabriella M. (who married Thomas W. Peirce), Julian Stanley, and Sidney Breese. Senior member of the firm of Dexter Osborn & Fleming; referee in bankruptcy since 1898; director of Mutual Trust Co. of Westchester County; Episcopalian. Member New York City Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, St. Nicholas Society, Sons of Revolution, Phi Beta Kappa Society, Scroll and Key Society, Past Master of Holland Lodge of Masons. Clubs: University, Union, Yale, Down Town, Church. Residence: Oyster Bay, Long Island, and 48 West 55th St. Office: 71 Broadway, N.Y. City.

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Dice, Agnew Thomson, vice-president and general manager Philadelphia & Reading Ry. Office Philadelphia, Pa.  Born Nov. 2, 1862, at Scotland, Pa. Entered railway service 1881, since which he has been consecutively to 1882, flagman with engineering corps Pennsylvania Rd.; 1882 to 1887, rodman and assistant engineer same road; 1887 to 1888, engaged on special work on signals at Altoona, Pa.; 1888 to 1890, assistant supervisor, and 1890 to Jan. 1, 1892, supervisor same road ; Jan. 1, 1892, to Jan. 1, 1893, superintendent of signals New York Central & Hudson River Rd.; Jan. 1, 1893, to April 1, 1894, assistant superintendent of Hudson division same road; April 1, 1894, to Jan. 1, 1897, superintendent Atlantic City Rd.; Jan. 1 to Feb. 1, 1897, assistant superintendent Reading division Philadelphia & Reading Ry. in charge freight terminals at Philadelphia, Pa.; Feb. 1, 1897, to May 1, 1903, superintendent Shamokin division same road; May 1, 1903, to Jan. 1, 1910, general superintendent same road; Jan. 1, 1910, to date, general manager same road; Jan. 1, 1913, to date, also vice-president same road.

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Dickerman, Albert, lawyer; born, Masonville, N.Y., Mar. 26, 1840; son, Nathaniel and Mary Ann (Ferry) D. Edu.: Norwich and Oxford Academies, N.Y.; Geauga Seminary and Oberlin College, in Ohio; Union Law College, Cleveland, 0. Probate Judge Hillsdale County, Michigan, 1872-1876; State Senate, Michigan, 1881-1882; Circuit Judge, 14th Dist. of Mich., 1888-94. Republican.  Address: Watsonville, Cal.

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Dickinson, Clement Cabell, senator, born Dec. 6, 1849, in Prince Edward County, Va., was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1900, and served one term of two years; was elected to the State Senate of Missouri in 1902, and served one term of four years.  In 1907 was appointed a member of the Board of Regents of the State Normal School at Warrensburg, Mo., for a term of six years; was elected to Congress to fill the unexpired term of David A. De Armond, deceased, and took his seat Feb. 7, 1910.  Reelected to the sixty-second and sixty-third congresses.

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Dickson, John B., superintendent New York Division Erie Rd. Office: Jersey City, N.J.  Born at Steubenville, O. Educated at Wellsville high school. Entered railway service 1881, since which he has been consecutively to April, 1887, in maintenance of way department of Cleveland & Pittsburgh division Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburgh; April, 1887, to Feb.,,1893, supervisor same division; Feb., 1893, to Jan. 1, 1902, roadmaster Galena division Chicago & North Western Ry.; Jan. 1, 1902, to Jan. 1, 1903, assistant engineer maintenance of way Baltimore & Ohio Rd.; Jan. 1, 190:1, to June 1, 1905, engineer maintenance of way, same road; June 1, 1905, to Sept. 1, 1907, chief engineer maintenance of way same road; Sept. 1, 1907, to July 1, 1909, superintendent Erie ltd. at Rochester, N.Y.; July 1, 1909, to Jan., 1913, general agent same road at Chicago; Jan., 1913, to Jan. 1, 1914, superintendent New York division same road; Jan. 1, 1914, to date, assistant general manager, Erie Railroad, Cleveland.

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Didier, Paul, principal assistant engineer Baltimore & Ohio Rd. Office: Pittsburgh, Pa.  Born June 12, 1850, at Sept-Fontaines, France. Graduated from the Ecole Industrielle, Athenee and Polytechnblue, receiving degree of B.S. Aug., 1869, and C.E. Aug., 1872.  Entered railway service Sept., 1872, since which he has been consecutively to March, 1874, engineer in projecting department, Northeast Rd. at Lille, France; March, 1874, to Jan., 1881, constructing engineer on surveys, locations, plans of bridges and buildings, etc., of the lines from Hennin-Lietard to Don and from Tubize to Braine I'Alleud; March, 1881, to March, 1884, chief of field party on location of various cross lines Baltimore & Ohio Rd. in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia; March, 1884, to Aug., 1886, in charge of office of engineer maintenance of way Pittsburgh division same road; Aug., 1886, to June, 1903, chief engineer Pittsburgh & Western Rd.; June, 1903, when the Pittsburgh & Western Rd. came under the control of the Baltimore & Ohio Rd., to date, successively district engineer latter road on Pittsburgh & Western System and principal assist-ant engineer in charge of construction central district, same road. Has been a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers since March 6, 1889, and was a delegate to the International Rail-way Congress at Paris, France, in 1900. Charter member of the American Railway Engineering & Maintenance of Way Association. Member of the Franklin Institute. Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Source:  Men of 1914, Chicago, Ill, 1915   

  


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