Lee de Forest

Per historian Susan Douglas in the Ken Burns documentary: Empire of the Air, Lee de Forest was:  

  "a churl, a roue, a cad, a thief, a romantic . . ."

And de Forest also was for a short time: 

a Milwaukeean !  

Who knew ?  He worked with the founder of Johnson Controls, Warren Johnson:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_S._Johnson

De Forest living in Milwaukee is per the wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_de_Forest

and also per the 1900 census (see line 20):

 

Personally I was a Nashville-ian for a short time (born there but left when still a baby) - I have no memories of Nashville - I wonder if de Forest had memories of Milwaukee ?  :)

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm