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 DE MOTTE

DENBY

Hiram college, 1870-72 ; instructor in matliemat- ics, University of Michigan, l»72-73; principal of Ann Arbor high school, 1S73-7G; assistant professor of English and history, University of Michigan, 187(>-7y, and of English, lt<79-.Sl, and in 1881 Wiis elected to the full chair of English and rhetoric, lie gave considerable attention to library matters and became an expert bibliog- rapher. He was married in 1871 to Emma, daugliter of the Rev. Eli Regal of Ypsiianti, Mich. Ue received the degree of LL.D. from the University of Nashville in 189G. He is the autlior of nmnerous contributions to current literature; of Mistory of English Literature from 2066 to 1603 m Progress, Chicago, 1897; and editor of various university publications.

DE MOTTE, Harvey Clelland, educator, was bom in Greene county, 111., July 17, lSiJ8; son of John L. and Phebe Amanda (Curry) De Motte. He was prepared for college at Bloomington, 111., and in 1861 was graduated at the Illinois Wes- leyan university, where he was professor of mathematics, 1861-84, and vice-president of the imiversity, 1866-84 In May, 1862, he enlisted in the Union army, under special call, for three months, going to the front as 1st lieutenant of Companj- G, 68th Illinois volunteers, and re- turned to his work as a teacher in Octol^er. In 1884 he was elected president of Chaddock col- lege, Quincy, 111., resigning in 1887 to become superintendent of the Soldiers' Orphans' home, at Normal, 111. In September, 1896, he assumed the position of editor-in-chief of the Leader, pub- lished at Bloomington, 111. He was married, July 36, 1864, to Sarah J. Kern of Atlanta, 111. He received the degree of Ph. D. from Syracuse imiversity in 1877 and that of LL.D. from Baker university in 1883.

DE MOTTE, Mark Lindsey, representative, was born at Kockville, Ind., Dec. 28, 1832; son of Daniel and Mary (Brewer) De Motte, and grand- son of John De Motte and of John Brewer. He wa-s graduated from Indiana Asbury (afterward De Pauw) university in arts in 1853. and in law in 18.55. He practised law until 1861, and then joined the Union army as 1st lieutenant, 4th Imliana battery. He was promoted captain and as8i.«tant quartermaster in 1862 and served throughout the war. He was editor of the Lex- ington. Mo.. liegisier, 1868-76, removed to Val- paraiso, Ind.. in 1876, and in 1879 accepted the chair of law in the Northern Indiana law school at Valparai-so, of which he was afterward chosen dean. He was a senator in the 55th Indiana a-ivsembly and a representative in the 47th congress, 1881-^3. He was married. Dec. 16. lS.-)6, to EliMibeth Christie, and after her death in 1891, he married in 1893 as his second wife, Clara Stevens,

DE MOTTE, WHIiam Holman, educator, was born iit liarrodsburg, Ky., July 17, 1830: son of Daniel and Mary (Brewer) De Motte; grautison of John and Anne (Cozine) De Motte, and of John and Jane (Van Arsdol) Brewer; and a descendant of Richard De Motte of Long Island, N.Y., a Huguenot, who came to America the latter part of the seventeenth century. He was graduated at De Pauw university in 1849 and was a teacher in the Indiana institution for the deaf, 1850-64. In 1864-65 he wiis Indiana state military and sanitary agent, stationed at Washington, D.C., and in the latter year was elected president of the Indiana female college. This office he resigned in 1868 to accept the presidency of the Illinois female college at Jacksonville, lU. He was superintendent of the Wisconsin institution for the deaf, 1875-80, and superintendent of the Kansas institution for the deaf, 1880-82. In 1882 he was chosen president of Xenia college, Ohio, resigning in 1889 to become teacher in the Indiana institution for the deaf. Indianapolis, Ind. He was married in 1852 to Catharine Hoover, who died in 1872, and in 1874 to Anna A. Graves. He received from De Pauw univer- sity the degree of A.M. in 1853 and from Law- rence university that of LL.D. in 1877.

DEMPSTER, John, educator, was born in Florida, Orange county, N.Y., Jan. 2, 1794; son of the Rev. James Dempster, a Scotchman by birth, educated at the University of Edinburgh and appointed by John Wesley missionary to America. The son entered the ministry in 1815, and was appointed to the Genesee conference. He held many of the more important appoint- ments in New York city and elsewhere, was for some time presiding elder, and was missionary to Buenos Ayres, 1835-41. In 1847 he opened a biblical institute at Concord, N.H. He became chief instructor and remained there until 1852, when he was elected president of the Illinois Wesleyan universitj'. He held this office nomi- nally for two years, never, however, performing any of its duties, as he was engaged in founding a school at Evanston, 111., which became the Garrett biblical institute. He remained there as senior professor until his death. McKenzie college and Wesleyan university, Middletown, conferred upon him the degree of D.D. in 1848. He is the author of: Lrrtures and Addresses (1864). He died in Evanston, 111., Nov. 28, 1863.

DENBY, Charles, diplomatist, was born in Botetourt county, Va., June 16, 1830; son of Nathaniel and Jane (Harvey) Denby. His pjrandfather emigrated from England and settled in Virginia, where his father was bom. His mother was the daughter of Matthew and ^lag- dalen (Hawkins) Harvey, and a descendant of Benjamin Burden, an Englishman, who brought