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244 and Univ. of Mich. (mem. Collegiate Sorosis); m. Fenton, Mich., July 28, 1886, John Dewey (now prof. philosophy in Columbia Univ.); children: Fred A., Evelyn Riggs, Morris, Gordon Chipman, Lucy Alice Chipman, Jane Mary; adopted Sabino Piro Lewis of Venice, Italy. Teacher before marriage; prin. of Laboratory School of the Univ. of Chicago, 1901-04. Mem. Board of N.Y. State Hospital for Crippled Children; mem. Japan Soc, MacDowell Club, Univ. of Mich. Club of N.Y. Recreations: Camping, theatre, opera, keeping bees and other farming activities. Favors woman suffrage; organized the 21st AssmblyAssembly [sic] Dist. of N.Y. City as dist. leader for Woman Suffrage Party, 1910-11; mem. of all suffrage societies in N.Y. City.

DEWEY, Julia (Mrs. Charles Melville Dewey), 222 W. 23d St., N.Y. City.

Painter; b. Batavia, N.Y.; dau. Charles and Susan (Norton) Henshaw; ed. Bryan Sem., Batavia, N.Y.; m. N.Y. City, May, 1887, Charles Melville Dewey, artist (Nat. Academician). First exhibited in Nat. Acad. of Design, 1886; since then has exhibited in Soc. of Am. Artists, Nat. Acad. of Design, Water Color Club, Water Color Soc., portrait exhibitions, etc. Makes a specialty of portraits. Clubs: Fencers, Women's Cosmopolitan, Women's Art (was pres. four years).

DEWEY, Sara Rousseau (Mrs. A. R. Dewey), 202 N. Second St., Washington, Ia.

Born Washington, Ia., Nov. 5, 1850; dau. Dr. W. H. and Electa (Atwood) Rousseau; ed. Washington graded schools and Washington Acad.; m. Washington, Ia., May 20, 1873, A. R. Dewey (lawyer, holding office of district judge the last 12 years of his life); children: Mabel R. (Mrs. J. C. Brooking of Colorado), Charles A. (lawyer practicing in Washington, Ia.). Interested in all societies of church, in which has held various offices; also philanthropic and local work. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Republican. Pres. Supreme Grand Chapter P.E.O.; mem. Eastern Star (was first worthy matron), also since 1886 of Wednesday Afternoon Reading Class (composed of Chautauqua graduates) and Nineteenth Century Club of Washington, Ia. DEWING, Maria Oakey (Mrs. T. W. Dewing), 82 E. 55th St., N.Y. City.

Painter; b. N.Y. City, 1845; dau. William Francis and Sally W. (Sullivan) Oakey; educated at home with tutors and afterward studied anatomy and drawing the figure for three years with Dr. Rimmer; cast and life drawing at Acad. of Design; one of the founders of Art Students' League; studied painting with John La Farge; painting with Thomas Couture, in France; abroad in 1876; m. 1881, T. W. Dewing, painter; one daughter: Elizabeth Bartol. Favors woman suffrage, but anti-militant. Radical in religious convictions. Recreations: Literature, art, music, gardening.

DEWIRE, Carrie B. (Mrs. Milton V. Dewire), Sharon, Walworth Co., Wis.

Born Sharon, Wis., Dec. 8, 1871; dau. Wheeler H. and Juniette (Prindle) Stevens; ed. Sharon High School and Univ. of Wis., B.L.; m. Sharon, Wis., Sept. 28, 1897, Milton V. Dewire, M.D.; one son: Donald Stevens. Taught three years as first assistant in Sharon High School; served eight years as treasurer of Board of Education. Sunday-school worker and teacher of Young Men's Bible Class. Sup't of suffrage dep't of W.C.T.U.; county sup't of Loyal Temperance Legion. Methodist. Pres. Sharon Woman's Club.

DE WITT, Grace Hallam Learned (Mrs. Abraham Van Dyck De Witt), 255 Hempstead St., New London, Conn.

Born Canterbury, Conn.; ed. in schools of New London, Conn., and Vassar Coll., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '76; m. New London, Conn., Jan. 9, 1896, Abraham Van Dyck De Witt; one daughter. Teacher in Vassar Coll., 1876-78; Cincinnati, Ohio, 1878-81; New London, 1881-95.

DeWITT, Johnnie Snell (Mrs. Edgar L. DeWitt), Hugo, Okla.

Born Lewisburg, Tenn., May 22, 1869; dau. Spencer and Callie (Bills) Smith; ed. Lewisburg, Tenn.; m. Paris, Tex., Edgar L. DeWitt; children: Lewis, Irene, Mabel, Helen. Teacher before marriage seven years in Tenn., two years in Hugo, Okla. Interested and active in Ladies' Aid Soc. and church work. Mem. Christian (Disciples) Church, Maccabees, Woodman Circle, Mothers' Club.

De WOLF, Margaret Harding Krum (Mrs. E. A. De Wolf), 5459 Bartmer Av., St. Louis, Mo.

Born St. Louis, Mo.; dau. John Marshall and Mary Ophelia (Harding) Krum; ed. Mary Inst., St. Louis; m. St. Louis, Oct. 17, 1877, Edwin Allis De Wolf; children: Ophelia, b. May 21, 1881 (died May 7, 1888); Herbert, b. Nov. 14, 1883 (died Feb. 17, 1903). Interested in Open Air School, Mission Free School, Needlework Guild, Woman's Pure Food Ass'n, Consumers' League. Mem. Social Service Conference and Wednesday Club. Unitarian.

DeWOLFE, Elsie Anderson, 4 W. Fortieth St., N.Y. City.

Actress, artist; b. N.Y. City, Dec. 20, 1865; dau. Dr. Stephen and Virginia (Copeland) DeWolfe; ed. in N.Y. City and London, England. Began her stage experience as an amateur and scored a success at the Criterion Theatre, London, in a benefit for a church charity, playing in The White Milliner in the presence of the Prince and Princess of Wales (afterward King Edward VII. and Queen Alexandra). After that she played Gertrude in The Loan of a Lover and other leading parts (including Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal) in various amateur performances in N.Y. City. Her father's death in 1890 making it necessary to earn her livelihood she made her professional début under engagement with Charles Frohman at Proctor's Theatre, N.Y. City, as Fabienne Lecoulteur in Sardou's Thermidor, which part she had studied in Paris under the author's direction. Two seasons on the road followed, in which she played in Joseph, Judge and Four-in-Hand, and later in N.Y. City as Rose Reade in Sister Mary. She then was a member for some years of the Empire Stock Company, and later at the head of her own company, one of her greatest successes being the part of Helene in Catherine. Meanwhile she had been following as a recreation the study of decorative art, and since 1906 has been professionally engaged in it as a vocation, decorating the interior of the Colony Club, N.Y. City, as well as some of the finest homes in N.Y. City, Chicago and other cities. DEWSON, Mary Williams, South Berlin, Mass.

Social worker: b. Quincy, Mass., Feb. 18, 1874; dau. Edward H. and Elizabeth Weld (Williams) Dewson; ed. Miss Ireland's School, Boston; Dana Hall, Wellesley, Mass.; Wellesley Coll., B.A. Sup't of girls' dep't of Mass. training schools, 1900-12; sec. of Mass. Commission on Minimum Wage Boards. Agitator for the custodial care of the high grade feeble-minded. Interested in dairy farming. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Mass. Woman Suffrage Ass'n and College Equal Suffrage Ass'n.

DEY, Clarrissa Worcester Smith (Mrs. John Dey), Summit, N.J.

Born Smithville, Mass., 1867; dau. J. Edwin and Eliza (Lees) Smith; ed. Granger Place School, Canandaigua, N.Y.; Miss Heloise E. Hersey's School, Boston, Mass.; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '96; grad. student Clark Univ., 1896-97; m. Boston, Mass., June 24, 1901, John Dey; children: Alexander, Louise, Clarissa. Mem. Syracuse (N.Y.) Aid to George Jr. Republic; director Summit (N.J.) Town Improvement Ass'n, Coll. Bureau of Employment. Episcopalian. Mem. Collegiate Equal Suffrage League, Bryn Mawr Club of N.Y.; hon. mem. Portfolio Club of Syracuse, N.Y.; mem. Fortnightly Club of Summit, N.J.

DEY, Mary Evelyn Duguid (Mrs. Donald Dey), 201 De Witt Road, Syracuse, N.Y.

Graduate Smith Coll., B.A. '84; m. Jan. 18, 1894, Donald Dey; one daughter: Harriet Duguid, b. Oct. 30, 1894. From graduation prominent in the affairs of the Smith Coll. Alumnæ Ass'n, of which was pres. 1891-95; served as alumnæ trustee of Smith Coll., 1896-1902; delegate from Smith Coll. to the celebration of the 450th anniversary of Glasgow Univ., 1901. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnæ, Smith Coll. Alumnæ Ass'n.