Denby family

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Charles Denby (1830-1904)

1830, June 16 Born, Mount Joy, Va. 1850 Graduated, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va. 1855 Admitted to the Indiana bar; began practicing law in Evansville, Ind. 1858 Married Martha Fitch 1861 Appointed lieutenant colonel, 42nd Indiana Volunteers 1862 Engaged in battle of Perryville, Ky. Appointed colonel, 80th Indiana Volunteers 1863 Resigned from military 1876 Delegate to Democratic National Convention, St. Louis, Mo. 1884 Delegate to Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Ill. 1885 1898 United States minister to China 1898 Named to United States Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain 1899 Appointed to United States Philippine Commission Visited Philippines 1904, Jan. 13 Died, Jamestown, N. Y. 1906 Posthumous publication of China and Her People (Boston: L. C. Page and Co. 2 vols.)

Charles Denby (1861-1938)

1861, Nov. 14 Born, Evansville, Ind. 1882 Graduated, College of New Jersey, Princeton, N. J. (now Princeton University) 1885 1893 Second secretary, United States legation, Peking, China 1893 1897 First secretary, United States legation, Peking, China 1895 Married Martha Dalzell Orr 1897 1900 In business with Arnhold, Karberg and Co., Tientsin, China 1900 Appointed secretary general of provisional government, Tientsin, China 1902 1905 Foreign advisor to viceroy of Chilhi Province, China 1905 1907 Chief clerk, State Department, Washington, D. C. 1907 1909 United States consul general, Shanghai, China 1909 1915 United States consul general, Vienna, Austria 1915 1917 Vice president, Hupp Motor Car Corp., Detroit, Mich. 1917 Director, Bureau of Foreign Agents, War Trade Board, Washington, D. C. 1918 Special representative, State Department, Japan and China 1922 1923 Special representative, United States Shipping Board, Japan and China 1938, Feb. 14 Died, Washington, D. C.

Edwin Denby

1870, Feb. 18 Born, Evansville, Ind. 1887 1894 Served in Chinese Maritime Customs Service 1896 Received law degree, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Started law practice, Detroit, Mich. 1898 Gunner’s mate, Yosemite (auxiliary cruiser) 1903 Elected to Michigan House of Representatives 1905 1911 Republican congressman, Michigan First District, United States House of Representatives 1911 Married Marion Bartlett Thurber 1917 Enlisted in United States Marine Corps. 1920 1921 Chief probation officer, Recorder’s Court, City of Detroit, Mich., and Circuit Court of Wayne County, Mich. 1921 1924 Secretary of the navy; resigned following Teapot Dome affair 1929 Died, Detroit, Mich.

From the guide to the Denby Family Papers, 1850-1911, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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