Background
Emile Kellogg Boisot was born in Dubuque, Iowa on February 26, 1859. He was the son of Louis Daniel Boisot and Albertina Bush. He is a direct descendant of Jean-Baptiste Boisot who was a French abbot, bibliophile, and scholar.
Emile Kellogg Boisot was born in Dubuque, Iowa on February 26, 1859. He was the son of Louis Daniel Boisot and Albertina Bush. He is a direct descendant of Jean-Baptiste Boisot who was a French abbot, bibliophile, and scholar.
He was educated in public and high schools of Dubuque, Iowa.
In 1875 he was employed by the German Bank at Dubuque, where he remained for three years. In 1878, Boisot moved to Chicago, Illinois where he entered the bond department of the First National Bank. The First National Bank of Chicago became the First Chicago Bank, which merged into Bank One Corporation and later the Chase Bank.
Louis wrote two books, “By-laws of Private Corporations” in 1892 and “Treatise on Mechanics" Liens” in 1897.
On November 4, 1891, Boisot married Lilly Woodbury Reid in Chicago, Illinois. They had three children, Louis Marston, Marion and Elizabeth.
On January 1, 1897, Boisot was promoted manager of the Foreign Exchange and Bond Department at the First National Bank of Chicago. In 1904, He was appointed vice president and manager of the bank.
He was director of three other Chicago banks and trustee of Rollins College.
In 1908, Boisot built a large house on the block of 6th Avenue in Louisiana Grange, Illinois. In December 1915, Boisot was elected president of the First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago. In 1924, Boisot moved to a large home at 585 Bellefontaine Saint in Pasadena, California.
The house was designed in 1912 by Frederick C. Grable and Clarence A. Austin of the well known design firm, Grable & Austin who are accredited to building over seventy homes in the Pasadena area.
On February 1, 1941, Boisot died in Pasadena, California. He was 81 years old.
Member Chicago Stock Exchange. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Chicago Golf, Mid-Day, South Shore Country, Lake Geneva Country, Old Elm.
Married Lillie Reid, of Chicago, November 4, 1891.