Denby family papers, 1850-1911

Biographical Notes

Date	Event
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.)

Date	Event
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 (now known as Beijing), China
1893-1897	First secretary, United States legation, Peking (now known as Beijing), China
1895	Married Martha Dalzell Orr
1897-1900	In business with Arnhold, Karberg and Co., Tientsin (now known as Tianjin), China
1900	Appointed secretary general of provisional government, Tientsin (now known as Tianjin), China
1902-1905	Foreign advisor to viceroy of Chilhi Province (now known as Zhili 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.

Date	Event
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.