Bio of De MARS, Louis L., Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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LOUIS L. De MARS - Vol II, pg 394
Louis L. de Mars, a successful optometrist of Minneapolis, holds to high
standards in his professional work and has become recognized throughout the
Northwest as a leader in his chosen calling. He was born in Lawrence,
Massachusetts, and acquired his early education in the public schools of
Minneapolis. He then took up the study of optometry and was graduated from the
Northern Illinois College, which later con­ferred upon him the honorary degree
of Doctor of Ophthalmology. He established himself in business in Minneapolis as
an optometrist and afterward opened a school of optometry at No. 622 Nicollet
avenue in this city, which he successfully conducted for twenty-five years. He
was at the head of this school, which was the only institu­tion of its kind in
the Northwest, but is no longer in existence. He is an able educator, keeping in
close touch with the advancement that is being made along this line, and the
course of training offered by the school was most thorough and comprehensive. It
was highly endorsed by optometrists throughout the Northwest and was accredited
by the Minnesota state board of optometry. Mr. de Mars has also become well
known as a lecturer and has delivered addresses before many conventions upon the
subject of optometry, which he has been largely instrumental in raising to the
dignity of a science.
Mr. de Mars married Miss Ethel Beach and they have become the parents of three
children: Louis Lincoln, Jr., Theodore Edwin and Lucy Marie. Mr. de Mars is a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he has served as chief
patriarch of the encampment branch, and is also connected with the Minneapolis,
Minnesota State and National Associations of Optometrists, in which
organizations he has held various offices. He has never been content with
mediocrity, but with progress as his watchword he has ever endeavored to reach
the highest degree of perfection possible in his work, and concentrated effort
and superior ability have made him a leader in his chosen vocation.