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Dan P. Eells. who is treasurer of the Bucyrus Company of South Milwaukee, was born in Cleveland. Ohio, September 24, 1884, and is a son of Howard and Alice (Overton) Eells. He became a student in the University School of Cleveland, Ohio, from which he was graduated with the class of 1903, and he later completed a course in Cornell University at Ithaca. New York, in 1907, when the Bachelor of Arts degree was conferred upon him. While a student there he was interested in various college organizations, including musical, social and other societies.

After leaving Cornell, Mr. Eells came to South Milwaukee in the fall of 1907 and entered the plant of the Bucyrus Company as an employee in a humble capacity. He worked his way steadily upward through various departments until he became treasurer of the company in 1910. In addition, for the past few years he has had charge of the foreign business of the company, which has built up a very extensive trade in European and other countries. In fact the business of the company extends to all parts of the civilized world. The development of the foreign patronage is attributable in a measure to his progressive methods. Mr. Eells is also the president of the Dolomite Products Company of Cleveland, is one of the directors of the Bucyrus Company of South Milwaukee, is a director of the Sandusky Cement Company of Cleveland, a director of the Atchison & Eastern Bridge Company and a director of the Van Dyke Knitting Company of Milwaukee.

On the 7th of September, 1912, Mr. Eells was married to Miss Anita Van Dyke, daughter of John H. Van Dyke, Jr., and they are the parents of three children: Anna Camp, Maude and Elinor. The family residence is at 209 Prospect avenue and Mr. Eells also owns a country home at Fox Point.

Mr. Eells is one of the executors of his father's estate, having at the death of his father, in connection with his brothers, taken over the responsibility of the management of the large interests which were left by his father. In club circles Mr. Eells is prominently known, belonging to the University Club of New York city, the University Club of Chicago, the University Club of Milwaukee, the Tavern Club of Cleveland, the Town Club of Milwaukee and the Fox Point Country Club. He has attractive social qualities which have won him warm friendships and at the same time he is a thoroughgoing, substantial man, widely and prominently known in the business circles not only of Milwaukee but of Cleveland and in other sections of the country as well.