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Drummond, Everett Richard, lawyer and banker of Waterville, Me., born Winslow, Me., Sept. 14, 1834; son of Clark and Cynthia (Blackwell) Drummond; of Revolutionary ancestry; educated in common schools and academy; married at Winslow, Me., Dec. 26, 1859, Aubigne M. Bean (died May 16, 1909). Read law; since admission to Kennebec bar in 1858 has engaged in practice in Waterville. Formed partnership in 1858 with brother Josiah H., under name of Drummond & Drummond; dissolved partnership in 1860; in same year formed partnership with Hon. E. F. Webb, under the name of Drummond & Webb; this partner-ship continued until 1863; now practicing alone. Admitted to practice in United States Circuit Court of Maine in 1867. Secretary Waterville Mutual Fire Insurance Co. until 1874; treasurer Waterville Savings Bank from June, 1874, to June, 1912. Served as town clerk eleven years; member of Common Council, 1890; member Board of Aldermen, 1892-96. Republican; Methodist. Steward, trustee, treasurer and class leader of Methodist Episcopal Church of Waterville, Me.; also superintendent of Sunday school for fifteen years. Member Civic League of Maine. Trustee Maine Wesleyan Seminary and Women's College since 1874, and treasurer of it from 1898 to 1910. Was secretary of Waterville Lodge F. & M. for several years. Drummond, James Herbert, dealer in lumber lands, banker; born Winslow, Me., Nov. 23, 1865; son of George L. and Mary P. (Murphy) Drummond; educated in common school, Winslow, Me., and Oak Grove Seminary, Vassalboro, Me.; married, St. Andrews, Fla., Oct. 1, 1902, Grace E. Day; two sons: James Herbert and Charles Day. Learned to estimate timber, and during the same time read law 1888-92, while living in Iron River, Wis., and afterwards bought, sold and estimated timber; became interested with Michigan and Wisconsin lumbermen in purchase of large tracts of timber land in Florida and British Columbia, Canada; president Bank of St. Andrews, St. Andrews Ice & Power Co.; treasurer Wis. Corporation Cascade Timber Co.; partner in The Ware Mercantile Co. Mayor of St. Andrew, Fla., first four years since town was incorporated; enlisted in Fourth Wis. Volunteer Infantry, serving as sergeant in Spanish-American War, and has been very active in working to secure appropriation from the Government to improve St. Andrew's Bay and to construct a canal to connect the Apalachicola River with St. Andrew's Bay, which has been provided for by Congress; and in advocating the improvement of our waterways generally through-out the country. Member Knights of Pythias. Address: St. Andrews, Fla.
DuBois, Henry Pastor, engineer of 43 Exchange Pl., New York City, was born Dec. 26, 1884, in Leipzig, Germany. In 1906 he graduated from Cornell University with the degree of M.E. He studied law at the George Washington University and was also a newspaper correspondent. He has been assistant to the vice-president of the General Cotton Securities Company and secretary to Congressman C. C. Pratt of Pennsylvania in 1909-10. He is a member of the Cornell University Club of New York and various other clubs. He is assistant to the president of the J. C. White & Company, secretary and treasurer of Gardenas American Sugar Company, secretary of the Engineering Securities Corporation and secretary of the Investors' Securities Corporation.
Dudley, John Leonard,
Jr., insurance of New York City, where he was born, Oct. 22, 1881; son of John Leonard and Fanny E. (Carpenter) Dudley; graduated Stevens' Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J., 1904; married Jan. 5, 1910, Maria Josephine Frances Garcia. Is in Europe part of every year. Director, president and gen. manager The John L. Dudley, Jr., Co., of N.Y. and London ; president and director of the Eagle Fire Insurance Company of N.Y. Republican; Episcopalian. Member Chamber of Commerce ; Citizens Com., Hudson-Fulton Celebration, New England Society, Beta Theta Phi. Clubs : Union League, Automobile, Players.
Duel, Arthur B., physician and surgeon, of 27 E. 57th St., New York City, graduated from Harvard, M.D. (Alumnus Boston City Hosp.), 1894. Makes specialty of diseases of the ear, nose and throat; prof. otology, Polyclinic Med. Sch. and Hosp., since 1908; aural surgeon, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hosp.; consulting aural surgeon, N.Y. Health Board Hospitals; otologist to Babies' Hosp. Consulting aural 'surgeon N.Y. Skin and Cancer Hosp. Mem, N.Y. Co, Med. Soc,, N.Y. Acad. Medicine, Harvard Med. Soc ., Med. Assn, N.Y., N.Y. Otol. Soc., Am. Otol. Soc., Am. Laryngol., Rhinol, and Otol. Soc. Clubs: Calumet, Racquet. and Tennis, Harvard, Riding, Sleepy Hollow Country.
Duell, Charles Holland, associate-justice Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, was born April 13, 1850, in Cortland, N.Y. In 1873 80 he practiced law in New York City; and in 1878-82 was a representative in the New York State Legislature. In l898 1901 he was United States commissioner of patents. In 1901 he was appointed associate-justice of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, but resigned in September, 1906, to resume the practice of patent law in New York City. In 1908 he was at the head of the Republican Electoral Ticket of New York State. In 1911 he was one of the delegates to represent the United States in the convention (held at Washington) for the protection of Industrial property. Duell, Holland S., lawyer of New York City; born Syracuse, N.Y., Jan. 29, 1881; son of Charles H. and Harriet (Sackett) Duell; graduated Yale, B.A., 1902; N.Y. Law School, LL.B., 1904; married N.Y., Sept. 29, 1904, Mabel Halliwell; children: Charles Halliwell, born 1905 ; Helen, born 1906 ; Holland Sackett, Jr., born 1908; Harriet Anne, born 1910; Halliwell Ledyard, born 1912. .Admitted to bar, 1904; engaged in practice, with specialty in patent law, as member law firm of Duell, Warfield & Duell. Member Assembly, 1907 and 1909 from 2d Dist., Westchester County. Director of the McClure publications, Inc., N.Y., of the Noise-less Typewriter Co., Middletown, Conn.; Wm. A. Rogers, Lt'd, Toronto, Can. ; Yonkers National Bank of Yonkers, N.Y.; The Klauder-Weldon Dyeing Machine Co., Amsterdam, N.Y. Progressive Republican. Clubs : Union League, Yale, St. Nicholas, Lawyers, New York Yacht, American Yacht, Saegkyl. Member Westchester Bar Association, Washington Patent Bar Association.
Duffield, Pitts, publisher, born at Detroit, Mich., Jan. 22, 1869; son of Henry M. and Frances (Pitts) Duffield. He was graduated from Harvard, A.B., 1892. He was formerly secretary of Fox, Duffield & Co., publishers; and is now president, treasurer and director of Duffield & Co., publishers (incorporated). He is a member of the American Publishers' Assn., the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Harvard), the University, Players' and Harvard Clubs of New York and the Hasty Pudding Club of Harvard. Mr. Duffield married at Washington, D.C., Jan. 6, 1904, Isabel, daughter of Justice McKenna, of the United States Supreme Court, and they have a daughter, Carolyn Pitts Duffield, born Dec. 9, 1904. Residence, Setauket, L.I. Address, 36-38 West 37th St., New York City.
Duffy, James
Buckley, born Jan. 3, 1875, in Chicago, Ill.; received his preliminary education in the Christian Brothers'
schools, later attending Sacred Heart College, San Francisco, Cal. Is general agent, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway, San Francisco, Cal. Married Mabelle Florence Witts.
Address, 673 Market St., San Francisco, Cal.
Dugro, Philip Henry, jurist ; born in New York City, October 3, 1855; son of Anthony Dugro. Was graduated from Columbia College, as A.B. in 1876; A.M. in 1876; and from Columbia Law School as LL.B. in 1878. He was elected a member of the Assembly of the State of New York in 1878, and a member of Congress, in 1880. He was nominated for comptroller of City of New York, by the Democratic Party, in 1884, but owing to his father's death immediately after nomination, he declined it. In 1886, he was nominated by the governor of New York as emigration commissioner of the State, but while the nomination was pending in the State Senate, he was elected judge of the Superior Court of the City of New York. In 1896, by constitutional amendment, he was made justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and in 1900, was elected to the same position for a term expiring in 1914. Judge Dugro has always been a Democrat in politics. He built the Hotel Savoy and the Hotel Seville. Has two children: Charles H. Dugro (born in 1878) and Antonia, now Mrs. William H. Young, born in 1887. Address, Hotel Savoy, New York City.
Dumbeck, Frederick C., assistant general freight agent St. Louis & San Francisco Rd. Office, St. Louis, Mo. Born Oct. 19, 1860, at Stuttgart, Germany. Educated in a private school at Rock Island, Ill. Entered railway service 1875, as messenger local office Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Ry. at Peoria, Ill., since which he has been consecutively March 1, 1880, to September, 1882, chief clerk local office Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Rd. at Peoria, Ill. ; Sept. 1, 1882, to Oct. 2, 1884, agent same road at Evansville, Ind. ; Oct. 1, 1884, to Sept.. 15, 1885, chief clerk traffic department same road at Peoria; Sept. 15, 1885, to Sept. 15, 1887, chief clerk traffic department Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago Rd. at Cairo, Ill. ; Sept. 15, 1887, to 1890, chief clerk traffic department St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas Ry., "Cotton Belt" of Texas; March 1, 1890, to February, 1892, chief clerk traffic department same road, now St. Louis, Southwestern Ry. at St. Louis, Mo.; March 1, 1892, to Nov. 22, 1893, assistant general freight agent Newport News & Mississippi Valley Co. and Ohio Valley Ry. at Memphis, Tenn.; Nov. 22, 1893, to Jan. 1, 1894, acting general freight agent same roads ; Jan.' 1, 1894, to Sept. 1, 1896, general freight agent Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Rd.; Sept. 1, 1896, to Oct. 1, 1901, assistant general freight agent Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Memphis Yd.; Oct. 1, 1901, to May 16, 1912, assistant general freight agent St. Louis & San Francisco Rd. at Kansas City; May 16, 1912, to date, assistant general freight agent same road at St. Louis, Mo.
Dumont, Charles W., law publisher, born in Juneau, Wis., 1860; son of Dr. John E. and Julia Warford Dumont. Was educated at the University of Wisconsin. Was principal and superintendent of various public high schools in Wisconsin for six years; was formerly treasurer of the Edward Thompson Co., Northport, L.I., N.Y., law publishers; is now president and manager of the American Law Book Company. Was the designer and founder of the Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure (CYC) a forty-volume compilation of American and English law. This is the largest and most universally used compilation of American and English law extant. Has visited most of the European countries; Republican in politics. Member of the Lotos Club, New York Athletic Club and member of the Empire State Society "Sons of the American Revolution." Married at Juneau, Wisconsin, 1879, Jennie Hargraves. Has three children : George W. Dumont, born in 1880; Dorothea Dumont, born 1885; Chas. W. Dumont, Jr., born 1898. Residence, Glendale, Northport, L.I., NY. Address, 27 Cedar St., New York City.
Duncan, Louis, electrical engineer of New York City; born at Washington, D.C., March 25, 1862; son of Thomas and Maria (Morris) Duncan; graduated U. S. Naval Academy, 1880; studied physics and mathematics at Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D., 1885; married, Philadelphia, 1887, Edith McKee ; children : Mc-Kee, born 1889; Dorothy, born 1892; Harriet, born 1894; Edith, born 1899. Served in U. S. Navy until 1887; resigned; professor applied electricity, Johns Hopkins University, 1887-98; head Department Electrical Engineering, Mass. Institute Technology, 1902-04. Wrote article on Electric Traction in Encyclopedia Britannica; also many articles on engineering subjects in technical journals. Served as major 1st Volunteer Engineers in Spanish-American War. Member American Institute Electrical Engineers (twice president) ; honorary member Franklin Institute; fellow American Philosophical Society; member Mathematical Society of France and Physical Society of France. Clubs: University, Engineers (N.Y. City), Maryland (Baltimore), Army and Navy (Washington & N.Y. City).
Dunham, Charles A., signal engineer Great Northern Ry. Office, St. Paul, Minn., born Oct. 20, 1866, at Hamilton, Ont. Educated in the public schools of Ontario, at night schools at Chicago, and took a correspondence course with the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pa. Entered railway service 1884, since which he has been consecutively to April, 1886, helper in mechanical department Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rd. at Chicago ; April, 1886 to 1887, in bridge department New York, Chicago & St. Louis Rd.; in 1887 was for three months with the U. S. Rolling Stock Co. at Hegewich, Ill.; August, 1887, went to California and from September, 1887, to January, 1890, was in the service of Grant Bros., railroad contractors; January, 1890 to September, 1892, locomotive fireman and brakeman Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rd.; September, 1892 to March, 1896, with the Union Switch & Signal Co. and the National Switch & Signal Co.; March, 1896 to March, 1901, inspector of signals Illinois Central Rd.; March, 1901 to June, 1905, signal engineer same road; June, 1905 to November, 1912, signal engineer Great Northern Ry.; November, 1912 to February 1, 1913, signal engineer Grank Trunk Ry.; Feb. 1, 1913 to date, signal engineer Great Northern Ry. Dunham, Walter Edward, supervisor Motive Power & Machinery, Chicago & North Western Ry. Office, Winona, Minn., born Sept. 9, 1873, at Newark, N.J. Educated at Sibley College of Cornell University, 1891-95. Entered railway service, 1896, as helper in machine shop Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. since which he has been consecutively draftsman same road; master mechanic same road; chief draftsman Chicago & North Western Ry., mechanical engineer same road, master mechanic same road, and is now supervisor motive power and machinery same road at Winona, Minn. Dunham, William
Peyton, mine owner; born Van Buren Co.,
Ia., Nov. 8, 1862; son of William Pugh and Catherine Elizabeth (Murphy) Dunham. Educated public and high schools,
Leavenworth, Kan.; married Susan Vermillion Whiteford, Dec. 24, 1887, in Chicago. Pres. and principal owner, Arizona Hercules Copper Co., Ray, Ariz.; pres. and principal stockholder, Ray Development Co., now building a large hotel in Ray, Ariz., which will be one of the finest buildings in that state; pres. and largest stock-holder Cuyutlan Gold Mines Co.,
Tepic, Mexico; Jara Goldes ., Mexico; Los Indies Gold Mines Co., Mexico ; Glorieta
Gold Mines Co., Mexico ; Belmont Silver-Lead Mines Co., Mexico ; Consuelo Mining, Milling & Power Co.; Chihuahua Experanza Gold Mining Co.; Medallion Oil Co., and vice-president Pines Altos Mines Co. Clubs: California and Sierra Madre (Los Angeles, Cal.) ; Alts (Salt Lake City, Utah) ; El Paso (Colorado Springs, Colo.) ; Rocky Mountain (New York City) ; Arizona (Phoenix, Ariz.) ; Foreign (Chihuahua, Mexico). Residence, 680 Berendo St., Los Angeles, Cal. Offices, No. 5 London Walls Bldg., London, Eng.; 111 Broadway, New York, N.Y.; 700-1-2-3 Union Oil Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.
Dunn, Alpin I., oil producer, of 148 Front St., New York City, was born, San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 25, 1883; son of Charles W. and Alice Ida (Baker) Dunn; received public school education; unmarried. Vice-president, treas. and dir. N..B. Cook Oil Co., of New York, and director Monmouth Oil & Guano Co., of. Port Monmouth, N.J., and Great South Beach Improvement Co., of Fire Island, New York. Independent Republican. Dunn Harris Ashton, banker, of 60 Broadway, New York City, was born, N.Y. City, Feb. 28, 1878; son of Gano and Amelia (Sillick) Dunn; graduated Coll. City of N.Y., B.S., 1897; married, Nov. 29, 1905, Ella Smythe Turner; one son, Harris Ashton, Jr., born Dec. 4, 1906. Treas. Columbia Trust Co., Tanana Valley R.R. Co.; dir. Merchants' Safe Deposit Co. Republican; mem. M. E. Ch. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Sons of Revolution. Dunn, Henry E., president of The Bradstreet Co. of New York City; born Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 9, 1868; received public school education; married, Rochester, N.Y., June 24, 1896, Elizabeth Wadsworth Ives; three children. President and director The Bradstreet Co. Member Chamber of Commerce, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Club, Merchants. Dunn, Thomas B., United States congressman from the thirty-eighth district of New York, was born March 16, 1853, in Providence, R.I. He has been president of the Chamber of Commerce; and a member of the Stale Senate. He was elected to the sixty-third congress for the term of 1913-15; and resides in Rochester, N.Y.
Dunne E. F., governor of the State of Illinois, was born Oct. 12, 1853, in Waterville, Conn. In 1905-07 he was mayor of Chicago, III., and since has been in the practice of law. He is governor of Illinois for the term of 1913-17; and resides in Springfield, Ill.
Dunning, David M, banker, Auburn; residence 4 Grover St., born in Auburn, 1844. Educated in Auburn and at Union College. (Married.) Has served as city surveyor of Auburn and as inspector of rifle practice N. G., N.Y. Now president and trustee of Auburn Savings Bank. President of Auburn City Hospital. Trustee of Cayuga County Historical Society. Member of Owasco Country Club, Auburn City Club, and Psi Upsilon fraternity.
Dunshee, Bertram Harvey, mining engineer; born, Bristol, Vt., April 18, 1857; son of John and Rosina L. (Parmalee) Dunshee ; Ph.B., Univ. of Cal., College of Mines, 1879. Married Fannie Bowie, April 15, 1903, at Philipsburg, Mont. Supt. quartz mill Head Center Mining Co., Tombstone, Ariz.; supt. quartz mill Bi-Metallic Mining Co.; mgr. Black Pine Mining Co.; supt. of mines Boston & Montana Gold & Silver Mining Co.; asst. general supt. of mines Amalgamated Copper Co., Butte, Mont. Member Am. Inst. Mining Engrs., Montana Soc. of Engrs., Am. Mining Congress. Club : Silver Bow (Butte, Mont.). Residence: 1034 Caledonia St. Address : Box 278, Butte, Mont.
Dunsmoor, John M., physician, born Minneapolis, Minn., Mar. 12, 1855. Educated at Los Angeles High School; Lawler Academy; M.D., College of Med., Univ. Sou. Cal., 1900; interne, Cal. Hosp., Los Angeles. Married Nannie C. Straus, Sept. 20, 1879. Taught public schools, 1874-86; dep. county clerk Bd. of Super-visors, Clerk of Superior Court, 1886-96; secy. Masonic Bd. of Relief; asst. supt. Los Angeles Co. Hosp., 1907-08-09. Member Los Angeles Co. Med. Assn., Sou. Cal. Med. Soc., Med. Soc. State of Cal., Am. Med. Assn. ; Nu Sigma Nu fraternity. Residence : 233½ N. Grand Ave. Office : 256 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, Cal. Med. dir. Western Masons Mutual Life Assn. ; attending physician to Masonic Orphans' Home.
Dunwody, William Elliott, manufacturer, born, Savannah, Ga., Dec. 17, 1870; son of William Elliott and Aimee (LaRoche) Dunwody; received first honor, Boys' High School, Macon, Ga.; educated Mercer Univ., Macon, Ga,; married, Macon, Ga., Oct. 10, 1892, Bessie Webster; two children: William Elliott, Jr., Kenneth W. Was cashier Macon Hardware Co., 1890-93; cashier Union Savings Bank & Trust Co., Macon, Ga., 1894-1900; vice-president Cherokee Brick Co., Macon, Ga., since 1900; president Standard Brick Co., Macon, Ga., since 1906; president Georgia State Fair Assn..; vice-president Macon Chamber of Commerce ; director Citizens National Bank, and Midland City Hotel Co., Macon, Ga., Macon & Brunswick Navigation Co. Director Building Brick Association of America, N.Y. City. Democrat ; Presbyterian (elder First Presbyterian Church and music director) ; director Young Men's Christian Assn. Member Southern Commercial Congress, Washington, D. C. Mason, Elk, Knight of Pythias. Clubs : Cherokee, Log Cabin, Outing. Residence : 321 Orange St. Office : 416 Cherry St., Macon.
Du Pont, Alfred Camille, physician, educator of 310 W. 23d St., New York City, was born in N.Y. City, Nov. 28, 1867, of French ancestry; educated in France and America, grad. N.Y. Univ., 1895, B.A., M.D.; married. Examiner in lunacy for state of New York; fellow Med. Soc. Greater N.Y.; life mem. Soc. Science, Letters and Art, of London, England. Mem. Alumni N.Y. Univ.; mem. Alumni French Hosp.; colonel Nat. Volunteer Emergency Service. Mem. Masonic Order, Chapter, Commandery and Mystic Shrine, active mem. and grand sec. gen. of Sovereign Grand Consistory and Supreme Council A.A.R.S. for the U.S., its Territories and Dependencies, and is a 33d degree ad vitem. Mem. B.P.O. Elks. Devotee of music and art. Director of Grand Conservatory of Music. One of the organizers of Pleiades Club. Du Pont, Henry Algernon, United States senator, was born July 30, 1838, in Wilmington, Del. He served through the Civil War; and received the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1879 he became president of the Wilmington and Northern Railroad Co. In 1905 he became a member of the United States Senate.
Dupre, Henry Garland, congressman. He was elected to the House of Representatives of the state of Louisiana from the fourteenth ward of the parish of Orleans in 1900; was re-elected in 1904 and in 1908; was elected speaker of the House of Representatives of the state of Louisiana for the session of 1908, and served in that capacity through the regular and extra sessions of 1910; was elected to the Sixty-first Congress. At the same election he was elected to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third congresses.
Durand, William Cecil, banker, born Milford, Conn., June 15, 1851; son of Calvin and Sarah Cecil (Hunter) Durand; graduated from Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, 1871; married, first in Milford, Jan. 15, 1885, Elizabeth C. Ford (died Aug. 18, 1888) ; second, Milford, June 17, 1890, Clara Baldwin Clark (died March 9, 1904) ; third, Bridgeport, Aug. 1, 1908, Anna M. Keefe. Was in mercantile business with father, 1871-78; secretary and treasurer Milford Savings Bank since 1891. Member Connecticut House of Representatives, 1883, 1884, 1889; one of state auditors, 1889-91. Cleveland Democrat; Episcopalian. Clubs: Milford, Milford Yacht. Address: Milford Savings Bank, Milford.
Duren, Charles McKeen, banker, born in Sangerville, Me., Nov. 26, 1842; son of Charles and Serena (McKeen) Duren; attended common schools in Vermont; married, Dubuque, Ia., June 1, 1868, Gertrude Eliza Whiting ; five children. Clerk in country store, Sheldon, Vt., 1858; druggist in St. Albans, Vt., 1864; traveled for New York paper house, 1866; bookkeeper in Dubuque, Ia., 1867; cashier Hardin County Bank, Eldora, Ia,, 1869, president, 1893. Now president Hardin County National Bank, Hardin County Savings Bank, Providence State Bank. Republican; Congregationalist. Trustee Iowa College, Grinnell. Recreation: Horseback riding. Address: Eldora.
Durfee, Frank D., banker, born Elsie, Mich., June 17, 1858; son of Aaron B. and Sarah A. (Cole) Durfee; educated in schools of Fenton, Mich.; married, Lansing, Mich., Sept. 10, 1896, Jennie M. Van Auken; one daughter, Anna Allene. Served as clerk of County Court, 1884-88, in Michigan. Organized the Old Perrinton Bank at Perrinton, Mich., in 1889, and is still its president. Went to North Carolina in 1904, and organized in 1908, the Citizens' Bank of Hendersonville, North Carolina, of which is president ; also director and trustee in several business enterprises. his served as chairman Board of Supervisors, and several times has been president of the town in which he was at that time living. Democrat; Methodist (has been Sunday School superintendent many years). Mason, Knight Templar, Modern Woodman. Address: Hendersonville.
Durgin, Walter Clements, banker, born, Cleveland, 0., 1857; son of L. W. and Helen (McAlpine) Durgin. Educated in common schools. Vice-president California Savings Bank, 4th and Spring St., Los Angeles. Member Masons. Club : California. Residence : 1537 West 8th St. Office : Los Angeles, Cal.
Durrett, James
Leonard, assistant general freight agent Illinois Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Rds. Office: Louisville, Ky. Born, March 12, 1862, at Flemingsburg, Ky.
Educated in country school, Franklin County, Ky., 3 months. Entered railway service October, 1889, since which he has been consecutively to March 1, 1896, clerk in general freight office Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern and Newport News & Mississippi Valley Rds. March 1, 1896, to March, 1897, rate clerk general freight office Louisville & Nashville Rd. at Louisville, Ky.; March, 1897, to June, 1898, claim clerk general freight office Illinois Central Rd., same place; June, 1898, to May, 1902, rate clerk, tariff clerk, chief rate clerk, same office; May, 1902, to Dec. 1, 1905, traveling freight agent same road; Dec. 1, 1905, to July 1, 1909, commercial agent same road at Nashville, Tenn.; July 1, 1909, to Jan. 1, 1910, commercial agent same road at Jacksonville, Fla. ; Jan. 1, 1910, to June 30, 1913, assistant general freight agent same road at Memphis, Tenn. ; July 1, 1913, to date, assistant general freight agent Illinois Central Rd., at Louisville, Ky.
Durstine, Lee B., investment banker of 55 Liberty St., New York City, was born Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, Sept. 7, 1857; son Jacob and Mary A. (Hartman) Durstine; grad. Univ. of Wooster (Ohio), A.B., 1878, A.M., 1881; married Boscobel, Wis., Dee. 25,•1878, Katharine M. Sarles; children : Florence S., born 1883; Roy S., born 1886. Sup't school Conneaut, O., 1878-1882; wholesale and retail lumber dealer in Wis. and N. Dakota, 1882-1889; mg'r and insp. of agencies N.Y. Life Ins. Co., 1883-1907; pres. and dir. N. Am. Life Ins. Co., of Newark, N.J., 1907-1911; investment banker, 1911-1913; v.-p. and dir. The White Investing Co.; dir., Standard Slate Corp'n ; trustee Alumni Ass'n of Wooster Univ. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Sigma Chi fraternity. Mason, Knight Templar and, Shriner. Clubs: Graduates (mem. B'd Gov.), Lawyers.
Dutton, Charles Everett, mining engineer; born Mascoutah, St. Clair County, Ill., April 11, 1875; son of Charles and Anna E. (Wuetcher) Dutton; his grandfather (maternal), Michael Wuetcher, was born in Berlin, Germany, and came to America at the age of 10 (about 1834); crossed America by schooner to California, during 1847 and 1848; later located a homestead in Jasper County, Ind., where he died in 1904; his father, Charles Dutton, was from Pennsylvania and disappeared or died in 1882. Educated: was self-made, home study; left school while in third grade, has never been in one since; started in life as newsboy selling Henry Watterson's Louisville Courier Journal; between ages of 12 and 18 traveled considerably, and worked at many different occupations. Served three years (between ages of 18 and 21) in Troop I, 3d Regular U.S. Cav., as private and non-commissioned officer. Practical experience in mining has been from mucker up to supt., with which has been combined the technical study of mining in all its branches. Has also studied commercial and mining law and economics. Grad., E.N., I.C.S., Scranton, Pa., 1913. Left California in April, 1906, since which time has been operating in southern Nevada. Supt. Leviathan Mining Co., Goldfield, Nev. ; supt. Senator Jones Mining Co., Gold Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nev. ; supt. Harrison Mining Co., Inyo County, Cal. Life member Am. Inst. Mining Engrs; life member National Geographic Society; member B.P.O. Elks. Address : Box 104, Goldfield, Nev.
DuVal, Edward William, district superintendent Canadian Pacific Ry. Office: Souris, Man. Born June 5, 1885, at Toledo, O. Educated at Collegiate Institute, Winnipeg, Man. Entered rail-way service June 5, 1902, since which he has been, consecutively to April 8, 1903, junior clerk in superintendent's office Canadian Northern Ry. at Winnipeg, Man.; April 8, 1903, to Dec. 1, 1904, stenographer; Dec. 1, 1904, to June 3, 1905, secretary to superintendent same road at Port Arthur, Ont.; June 3, 1905, to April 16, 1906, secretary to general superintendent Canadian Pacific Ry. at Winnipeg, Man.; April 16 to Sept. 10, 1906, chief clerk superintendent's office ; Sept. 10, 1906, to March 1, 1907, assistant chief clerk in general superintendent's office ; March 1 to June 5, 1907, chief clerk in general superintendent's office at Calgary, Alta. ; June 5, 1907, to May 9, 1910, chief clerk in general manager's office at Winnipeg, Man.; May 9, 1910, to Jan. 2, 1911. trainmaster in operating department at Calgary, Alta.; 2, 1911, to April 5, 1912, superintendent District No. 1, Sask. Div., at Moose Jaw, Sask.; April 5, 1912, to April 30, 1913, superintendent District No. 4, Manitoba Div., same road at Souris, Man.; May 1, 1913, to date, superintendent District No. 3, Saskatchewan Division, at Saskatoon, Sask.
Dwyer, Jeremiah, manufacturer, founder, was born Aug. 22, 1838, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was educated in the common schools of Detroit, Mich, Then he learned the foundry trade; and worked in several shops with his brother. In 1861 he organized the firm of J. Dwyer and son, which became the Detroit stove works. In 1869 he sold his interests; and in 1871 established the Michigan stove works, of which he is still president. He is a director of the Buck stove and range company; a director of the Ideal manufacturing company; and a director of the People's savings bunk of Detroit, Mich. Dwyer, John, educator; born at Liberty, N.Y., educated at Liberty Academy Albany Normal College; Fordham University (A M.) ; New York University (Pd.M. and Pd.D.). Principal of Academy 1880.82; teacher, 1884-96, and principal, 1896-1902, in Now York public, school; district supt. of schools in New York City since 1902. Has contributed to several school magazines; traveled in nearly every country in Europe, Mexico and the Pacific Coast. Member of Catholic Historical Society and National Teachers' Assn. Club : School Master. Address : 456 W. 153d St., New York City.
Dyer, John La Fayette, lawyer; born, Waco, Texas, April 17, 1873; son, John La Fayette (formerly one of the leading lawyers of Tex.) and Roberta (Herring) D. Educated: Public schools at Waco; Baylor Univ. at Waco; Hampden-Sidney College, Hampden-Sidney, Va.; only completed sophomore years; attended no law school ; was bookkeeper for Ed. Strauss, wholesale hardware, Waco, from 18 to 24, read law at night, and admitted to bar at Waco, in Jan:, 1897; remained there until Dec., 1899, removing to El Paso, Tex. Married, Annie L. Green, Oct. 14, 1897, at Nashville, Tenn. Asst. District Atty., during 1900; elected City Atty. of El Paso, in April, 1901, holding office two years. Atty, for Am. Natl. Bank and Union Bank & Trust Co., both of El Paso. Secy. of Grand View Realty Co., and Morning Side Heights Realty Co., both of El Paso. Member : Texas State Bar Assn. (director 1907-8-9-10) ; elected vice-president Texas Bar Assn. July, 1914; Am. Bar Assn. Clubs: Toltec, (dir.) ; El Paso Social, also local Democratic clubs. Res.: 1305 Arizona St. Office : Suite 505, First National Bank bldg., El Paso, Tex. Dyer, Leonidas Carstarphen, senator, was born in Warren County, Mo., June 11, 1871; was educated in the common schools; Central Wesleyan College, at Warrenton, Mo., and the law department of the Washington University; is a lawyer and served as assistant circuit attorney of the city of St. Louis; was elected to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses.
Source:
Men of 1914, Chicago, Ill, 1915
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