1830, June 16Born, Mount Joy, Va.1850Graduated, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington,
Va.1855Admitted to the Indiana bar; began practicing law in
Evansville, Ind. 1858Married Martha Fitch1861Appointed lieutenant colonel, 42nd Indiana
Volunteers1862Engaged in battle of Perryville, Ky. Appointed colonel, 80th Indiana Volunteers1863Resigned from military1876Delegate to Democratic National Convention, St. Louis,
Mo.1884Delegate to Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Ill.
18851898United States minister to China1898Named to United States Commission Appointed by the President
to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain1899Appointed to United States Philippine Commission Visited Philippines1904, Jan. 13Died, Jamestown, N. Y.1906Posthumous publication of
China and Her People (Boston: L. C. Page and Co.
2 vols.)
Charles Denby (1861-1938)
1861, Nov. 14Born, Evansville, Ind.1882Graduated, College of New Jersey, Princeton, N. J. (now
Princeton University)18851893Second secretary, United States legation, Peking,
China18931897First secretary, United States legation, Peking,
China1895Married Martha Dalzell Orr18971900In business with Arnhold, Karberg and Co., Tientsin,
China1900Appointed secretary general of provisional government,
Tientsin, China19021905Foreign advisor to viceroy of Chilhi Province, China
19051907Chief clerk, State Department, Washington, D. C.19071909United States consul general, Shanghai, China19091915United States consul general, Vienna, Austria19151917Vice president, Hupp Motor Car Corp., Detroit, Mich.1917Director, Bureau of Foreign Agents, War Trade Board,
Washington, D. C.1918Special representative, State Department, Japan and
China19221923Special representative, United States Shipping Board, Japan
and China 1938, Feb. 14Died, Washington, D. C.
Edwin Denby
1870, Feb. 18Born, Evansville, Ind.18871894Served in Chinese Maritime Customs Service1896Received law degree, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Mich. Started law practice, Detroit, Mich. 1898Gunner’s mate, Yosemite
(auxiliary cruiser) 1903Elected to Michigan House of Representatives19051911Republican congressman, Michigan First District, United
States House of Representatives 1911Married Marion Bartlett Thurber 1917Enlisted in United States Marine Corps. 19201921Chief probation officer, Recorder’s Court, City of
Detroit, Mich., and Circuit Court of Wayne County, Mich. 19211924Secretary of the navy; resigned following Teapot Dome affair
1929Died, Detroit, Mich.From the guide to the Denby Family Papers, 1850-1911, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)