Owen Franklin Aldis, B.A. 1874.
Born June 6, 1852, in St. Albans, Vt.
Died August 5, 1925, in Pans, France.
Father, Asa Owen Aldis (B A.University of Vermont 1829); studied at Harvard Law School; judge of Supreme Court of Vermont; judge on Southern and French Claims commissions; trustee University of Vermont; son of Asa Aldis (B.A. Brown 1796), chief justice of Vermont, and Amy (Owen) Aldis; descendant of John Aldis, who came from England to Dedham, Mass., about 1634.
Mother, Mary (Taylor) Aldis; daughter of James and Mary (Townsend) Taylor; granddaughter of Alexander Taylor, who came to America from Scotland during the latter part of the eighteenth century.
Yale relatives include three nephews: Francis S. Houghteling, ex-'o^ James L Houghteling, '05, and William Houghteling, ex-o% S.
Studied in Europe for about five years and under a private tutor in Brattleboro, Vt. Entered Yale as a Sophomore in 1871, two first prizes in English composition Sophomore year; first dispute appointments Junior and Senior years; second prize at Junior Exhibition; first premium in English composition Senior year; chairman of board of Tale Literary Magazine Senior year; member Sophomore and Junior Class Supper and Junior Promenade committees, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Delta Beta Xi, Delta Kappa Epsilon,and Skull and Bones. Studied law at Columbian Law School, Washington, D. C, during winter of 1874 and in Vermont the following summer; went to Chicago in October, 1875, and continued law studies with firm of Beckwith, Ayer & Kales; admitted to Chicago Bar in September, 1876; practiced in that city until 1890, largely occupied in realty law and the management and development of central business property; founded real estate firm of Aldis, Aldis & Northcote (now Aldis & Company) in 1886, but retired from active business about 1908 on account of ill health; trustee of many large estates; agent for several Scottish and English insurance and investment companies; pioneer in building steel framework office buildings in Chicago; director of World's Fair 1893 and member of its grounds and building committees; trustee Field Columbian Museum; former president University Club of Chicago; established Aldis Collection of American Belles Lettres at Yale in 1911, by presenting his very valuable and unique collection of first and notable editions, manuscripts, and letters of American authors to the University Library; after retirement from active business spent some time in Washington, D. C; during last twelve years of his life had lived in France most of the time
Married (i)December 18,1878, in Chicago, Leila R., daughter of William DeZeng and Marcia Elizabeth (Stockbridge) Houghteling, and sister of James L. Houghteling, '76 S. One son, Owen (died in 1903). Mrs. Aldis died in 1885.
Married (2) October 28,1912, in Pans, Mane Madeleine, daughter of Comte Gaston duMas and Comtesse duMas (nee Madeleine de la Roche-Giffard). No children by second marriage. Death due to a stroke of paralysis. Interment in Louvaines Cemetery near Chateau deLaunay (Maine et Loire), France. Survived by wife, a brother, Arthur T. Aldis, of Lake Forest, 111., and a sister, Mrs. Bryan Lathrop, of Chicago (another sister, Miss Cornelia Aldis, studied in Yale School of the Fine Arts in 1874); also left a nephew and five nieces.
Born June 6, 1852, in St. Albans, Vt.
Died August 5, 1925, in Pans, France.
Father, Asa Owen Aldis (B A.University of Vermont 1829); studied at Harvard Law School; judge of Supreme Court of Vermont; judge on Southern and French Claims commissions; trustee University of Vermont; son of Asa Aldis (B.A. Brown 1796), chief justice of Vermont, and Amy (Owen) Aldis; descendant of John Aldis, who came from England to Dedham, Mass., about 1634.
Mother, Mary (Taylor) Aldis; daughter of James and Mary (Townsend) Taylor; granddaughter of Alexander Taylor, who came to America from Scotland during the latter part of the eighteenth century.
Yale relatives include three nephews: Francis S. Houghteling, ex-'o^ James L Houghteling, '05, and William Houghteling, ex-o% S.
Studied in Europe for about five years and under a private tutor in Brattleboro, Vt. Entered Yale as a Sophomore in 1871, two first prizes in English composition Sophomore year; first dispute appointments Junior and Senior years; second prize at Junior Exhibition; first premium in English composition Senior year; chairman of board of Tale Literary Magazine Senior year; member Sophomore and Junior Class Supper and Junior Promenade committees, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Delta Beta Xi, Delta Kappa Epsilon,and Skull and Bones. Studied law at Columbian Law School, Washington, D. C, during winter of 1874 and in Vermont the following summer; went to Chicago in October, 1875, and continued law studies with firm of Beckwith, Ayer & Kales; admitted to Chicago Bar in September, 1876; practiced in that city until 1890, largely occupied in realty law and the management and development of central business property; founded real estate firm of Aldis, Aldis & Northcote (now Aldis & Company) in 1886, but retired from active business about 1908 on account of ill health; trustee of many large estates; agent for several Scottish and English insurance and investment companies; pioneer in building steel framework office buildings in Chicago; director of World's Fair 1893 and member of its grounds and building committees; trustee Field Columbian Museum; former president University Club of Chicago; established Aldis Collection of American Belles Lettres at Yale in 1911, by presenting his very valuable and unique collection of first and notable editions, manuscripts, and letters of American authors to the University Library; after retirement from active business spent some time in Washington, D. C; during last twelve years of his life had lived in France most of the time
Married (i)December 18,1878, in Chicago, Leila R., daughter of William DeZeng and Marcia Elizabeth (Stockbridge) Houghteling, and sister of James L. Houghteling, '76 S. One son, Owen (died in 1903). Mrs. Aldis died in 1885.
Married (2) October 28,1912, in Pans, Mane Madeleine, daughter of Comte Gaston duMas and Comtesse duMas (nee Madeleine de la Roche-Giffard). No children by second marriage. Death due to a stroke of paralysis. Interment in Louvaines Cemetery near Chateau deLaunay (Maine et Loire), France. Survived by wife, a brother, Arthur T. Aldis, of Lake Forest, 111., and a sister, Mrs. Bryan Lathrop, of Chicago (another sister, Miss Cornelia Aldis, studied in Yale School of the Fine Arts in 1874); also left a nephew and five nieces.
Owen Franklin Aldis, B.A. 1874.
Born June 6, 1852, in St. Albans, Vt.
Died August 5, 1925, in Pans, France.
Father, Asa Owen Aldis (B A.University of Vermont 1829); studied at Harvard Law School; judge of Supreme Court of Vermont; judge on Southern and French Claims commissions; trustee University of Vermont; son of Asa Aldis (B.A. Brown 1796), chief justice of Vermont, and Amy (Owen) Aldis; descendant of John Aldis, who came from England to Dedham, Mass., about 1634.
Mother, Mary (Taylor) Aldis; daughter of James and Mary (Townsend) Taylor; granddaughter of Alexander Taylor, who came to America from Scotland during the latter part of the eighteenth century.
Yale relatives include three nephews: Francis S. Houghteling, ex-'o^ James L Houghteling, '05, and William Houghteling, ex-o% S.
Studied in Europe for about five years and under a private tutor in Brattleboro, Vt. Entered Yale as a Sophomore in 1871, two first prizes in English composition Sophomore year; first dispute appointments Junior and Senior years; second prize at Junior Exhibition; first premium in English composition Senior year; chairman of board of Tale Literary Magazine Senior year; member Sophomore and Junior Class Supper and Junior Promenade committees, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Delta Beta Xi, Delta Kappa Epsilon,and Skull and Bones. Studied law at Columbian Law School, Washington, D. C, during winter of 1874 and in Vermont the following summer; went to Chicago in October, 1875, and continued law studies with firm of Beckwith, Ayer & Kales; admitted to Chicago Bar in September, 1876; practiced in that city until 1890, largely occupied in realty law and the management and development of central business property; founded real estate firm of Aldis, Aldis & Northcote (now Aldis & Company) in 1886, but retired from active business about 1908 on account of ill health; trustee of many large estates; agent for several Scottish and English insurance and investment companies; pioneer in building steel framework office buildings in Chicago; director of World's Fair 1893 and member of its grounds and building committees; trustee Field Columbian Museum; former president University Club of Chicago; established Aldis Collection of American Belles Lettres at Yale in 1911, by presenting his very valuable and unique collection of first and notable editions, manuscripts, and letters of American authors to the University Library; after retirement from active business spent some time in Washington, D. C; during last twelve years of his life had lived in France most of the time
Married (i)December 18,1878, in Chicago, Leila R., daughter of William DeZeng and Marcia Elizabeth (Stockbridge) Houghteling, and sister of James L. Houghteling, '76 S. One son, Owen (died in 1903). Mrs. Aldis died in 1885.
Married (2) October 28,1912, in Pans, Mane Madeleine, daughter of Comte Gaston duMas and Comtesse duMas (nee Madeleine de la Roche-Giffard). No children by second marriage. Death due to a stroke of paralysis. Interment in Louvaines Cemetery near Chateau deLaunay (Maine et Loire), France. Survived by wife, a brother, Arthur T. Aldis, of Lake Forest, 111., and a sister, Mrs. Bryan Lathrop, of Chicago (another sister, Miss Cornelia Aldis, studied in Yale School of the Fine Arts in 1874); also left a nephew and five nieces.
Born June 6, 1852, in St. Albans, Vt.
Died August 5, 1925, in Pans, France.
Father, Asa Owen Aldis (B A.University of Vermont 1829); studied at Harvard Law School; judge of Supreme Court of Vermont; judge on Southern and French Claims commissions; trustee University of Vermont; son of Asa Aldis (B.A. Brown 1796), chief justice of Vermont, and Amy (Owen) Aldis; descendant of John Aldis, who came from England to Dedham, Mass., about 1634.
Mother, Mary (Taylor) Aldis; daughter of James and Mary (Townsend) Taylor; granddaughter of Alexander Taylor, who came to America from Scotland during the latter part of the eighteenth century.
Yale relatives include three nephews: Francis S. Houghteling, ex-'o^ James L Houghteling, '05, and William Houghteling, ex-o% S.
Studied in Europe for about five years and under a private tutor in Brattleboro, Vt. Entered Yale as a Sophomore in 1871, two first prizes in English composition Sophomore year; first dispute appointments Junior and Senior years; second prize at Junior Exhibition; first premium in English composition Senior year; chairman of board of Tale Literary Magazine Senior year; member Sophomore and Junior Class Supper and Junior Promenade committees, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Delta Beta Xi, Delta Kappa Epsilon,and Skull and Bones. Studied law at Columbian Law School, Washington, D. C, during winter of 1874 and in Vermont the following summer; went to Chicago in October, 1875, and continued law studies with firm of Beckwith, Ayer & Kales; admitted to Chicago Bar in September, 1876; practiced in that city until 1890, largely occupied in realty law and the management and development of central business property; founded real estate firm of Aldis, Aldis & Northcote (now Aldis & Company) in 1886, but retired from active business about 1908 on account of ill health; trustee of many large estates; agent for several Scottish and English insurance and investment companies; pioneer in building steel framework office buildings in Chicago; director of World's Fair 1893 and member of its grounds and building committees; trustee Field Columbian Museum; former president University Club of Chicago; established Aldis Collection of American Belles Lettres at Yale in 1911, by presenting his very valuable and unique collection of first and notable editions, manuscripts, and letters of American authors to the University Library; after retirement from active business spent some time in Washington, D. C; during last twelve years of his life had lived in France most of the time
Married (i)December 18,1878, in Chicago, Leila R., daughter of William DeZeng and Marcia Elizabeth (Stockbridge) Houghteling, and sister of James L. Houghteling, '76 S. One son, Owen (died in 1903). Mrs. Aldis died in 1885.
Married (2) October 28,1912, in Pans, Mane Madeleine, daughter of Comte Gaston duMas and Comtesse duMas (nee Madeleine de la Roche-Giffard). No children by second marriage. Death due to a stroke of paralysis. Interment in Louvaines Cemetery near Chateau deLaunay (Maine et Loire), France. Survived by wife, a brother, Arthur T. Aldis, of Lake Forest, 111., and a sister, Mrs. Bryan Lathrop, of Chicago (another sister, Miss Cornelia Aldis, studied in Yale School of the Fine Arts in 1874); also left a nephew and five nieces.
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