Louis Boisot

Louis Boisot, Jr., (1856–1933) was President of the First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, Illinois.[1]

Early life

Louis Boisot was born in Dubuque, Iowa on May 23, 1856. He was the son of Louis Daniel Boisot and Albertina Bush. Boisot went to the Hamilton College (Iowa) in 1877 and Columbia College Chicago in 1879, and was admitted to the bar in 1880. He practiced law in Chicago from 1880 to 1903.

Louis married Mary Spencer on May 13 1887. He was a member of the La Grange Country Club in Illinois and a prominent churchman. He was a director of three other Chicago banks and trustee of Rollins College.[2]

The 1920 US Census lists Louise Boisot as age 60, wife Mary, and daughter Pauline. He lived with his family in La Grange, Illinois. His brother Emile Kellogg Boisot was also a banker.

Publications

Boisot was a contributor to legal periodicals and wrote two books, “By-laws of Private Corporations” in 1892 and “Treatise on the Law of Mechanics' Liens” in 1897.

Death

On July 23, 1933, Boisot died in Portland, Maine. He was 77 years old.

References

  1. The history of the First National Bank of Chicago, pg 174.
  2. The New York times, July 23, 1933
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