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Mr. du Bois was born in the town of Ossining, Westchester county, New York, and moved in 1871 to the town of White Plains, in the same county, to the residence on Hamilton avenue where he has lived since that time.

He was admitted to the bar of New York state as attorney and counselor at law in 1879, after having graduated at the Columbia Law School with the degree of LL. B. . and has followed the practice of the law, his office being located in White Plains. He was also admitted to the United States district court in 1879.

He is descended from many families whose names are to be found among the earliest records of this country, some of his ancestors being of Huguenot origin, to-wit: duBois, Le Fevre, Hasbrouck, Deyo (four of the patentees of New Paltz, New York), Bianshan, du Ry, Le Maistre, Le Comte, Parmentier and Cresson; some of them being Holland Dutch, to-wit: van Bomell, van Kleeck, van der Bogart, van Voorhoudt, van Schoonhoven, van der Linden, van Dyck, Viele, Aertsen, ter Bos, Segers, Schouw, Frederickse, Ten Broeck, Ten Eyck, Jorisen, Schermerhorn and Meyer; some of them English, to-wit: Skinner, Manning, Way, Marshall, Broadhead and Hughson; and some of them of various nationalities: for instance, Zabriskie (Poland), Goetschius (Swiss), Vermilye (Italian), Hazard (Welsh).

Mr. du Bois is a Freemason and a member and officer of White Plains Lodge, No. 473, F. &. A. M., of the state of New York, and also a member of the following (and other) societies, viz. : Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Saint Nicholas Society of New York, Huguenot Society of America, Washington Continental Guard, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York Historical Society, Westchester County Historical Society and the Westchester County Bar Association.

He married, at White Plains, New York, first, Grace Bartram, who died May 29, 1885, eldest daughter of Colonel Nelson B. Bartram; and secondly, Mabel Bartram, the second daughter of Colonel Bartram. Colonel Bartram, who died December 25, 1886, was of New England descent and commanded during the war of the Rebellion the regiment raised by the Union League Club of New York city.

Mr. and Mrs. du Bois have one child, a daughter named Mabel.