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His business life began as clerk in a wholesale provision house. He had inherited means from his grandfather; and later still further inheritance came to him from his father.
On the second of June, 1SS7, Mr. White married Miss Sarah P. Ellicott, daughter of Thomas P. Ellicott, of Baltimore county, Mary- land.
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yours truly Francis a White
FRANCIS ALBERTSON WHITE
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For the last twenty years Mr. White has been quietly but very efficiently connected with philanthropic work in Baltimore. He is a director in the Provident Savings Bank, and in the Friendly Inn; and he has been since January, 1902, president of the Board of Directors of the Young Men's Christian Association; and in the recent campaign to raise a fund of five hundred thousand dollars for the Young Men's Christian Association, he is currently reported as having been very helpful in securing that amount for this useful work for young men, both by his personal influence and by the example of considerable con- tributions from his own means. .
By political convictions he is identified with the Republican party. He is a member of the Baltimore Club, of the Merchants Club, and of the Elkridge Hunt Club. His favorite forms of exercise are the use of an auto-motor car, and golf. To the younger citizens of Maryland he suggests as the way to acquire success: "Have a pur- pose; set your ideal high; strive only for the highest and best."
Mr. White's address is 15 North Street, Baltimore, Maryland.
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organizing and administrative ability of a high order, which has met with successful rewards both in his business and public relations. In 1900 he was one of the organizers, and is now secretary and treasurer, of the W. C. White Lumber Company, of Cumberland. He is also president of the Queen City Brick and Tile Company, and is interested in a number of other local enterprises.
In May, 1900, he was elected mayor of Cumberland, and was reelected in 1902, serving in that capacity for a term of four years. During his administration of municipal affairs he was instrumental in paving many of the city's streets, and in bringing about other notable improvements.
Mr. White has always been a steadfast Republican, and an influential factor in the councils of his party. Fraternally, he is a member of the Benevolent Protective Society of Elks, and of the Patriotic Sons of America; in religion, he affiliates with the Reformed church. He is a man of attractive personality, enterprising, saga- cious, and broadminded. He is positive in his convictions, and, both in theory and practice, places great value on correct methods, stead- fastness of purpose, and good habits.
On September 10, 1885, Mr. White was married to Miss Anna Ellenberger. Four children have been born of this union, all of whom are living.
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JAMES BOSBY NOEL WYATT
W YATT, JAMES BOSBY NOEL, was born in Baltimore May 3, 1847, the son of William Edward Wyatt and Mar- garet Esther Noel, his wife. Hisfather was a civil engineer, who became an invalid from deafness and lameness when about thirty years of age and was thereafter unable to do active work. Great refinement of taste and feeling, and love for all so-called mechan- ical arts, were among his marked characteristics. The earliest known ancestor in America was Mary Chilton Winslow, who came over to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the Mayflower, in 1620. She was mar- ried to John Winslow, brother to the Governor of the Colony, and from these ancestors Mr. Wyatt is in direct descent of the ninth generation. By virtue of this ancestry, he is a member of the So- ciety of Mayflower Descendants. His maternal grandmother was a member of the Maryland Nicholson family, of which Francis Nicholson, well known as a colonial governor in the later years of the seventeenth and the earlier years of the eighteenth century, was also a member. Reverend William Edward Wyatt, whose mother's maiden name was Mary Winslow, was Mr. Wyatt's paternal grandfather. Reverend Mr. Wyatt was associate rector and rector of St. Paul's Protestant Church, Baltimore, for more than fifty years, until his death in 1864. He held prominent positions in the councils of the Episcopal Church, as the typical high churchman of that day. His home was the old rectory on Saratoga Street, at the head of Liberty, built in 1792. He was an Englishman by birth, and his father, a resident of Bristol, England, was also an only son, so that his descendants are not related to other families of the same name in America. He held prominent position, socially and as a public- minded citizen in Baltimore, and was author of one or two books of a religious character. His grandson continues a member of the same religious denomination.
James B. N. Wyatt was born in a house belonging to his mother's family, situated on part of the site of the present United States Post Office, on Calvert and Fayette Streets. He was a nervous, sensitive
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youth, especially interested in music, drawing, and quiet amuse- ments. In the formation of his character, he found specially helpful the books of the authors belonging to the New England School, such as Lowell, Emerson, Whittier, Hawthorne and Longfellow. He writes: "Whatever of good may be in me I owe to the influence of the teachings and high moral standards, in principles and conduct, of my mother, instilled in me from early youth, with the most devoted affection."
His early years were spent in Baltimore city and county, and he was for three years a pupil in the school of Reverend G. F. Morri- son. The "faulty training in early youth in lines of systematic study and mental development and the inefficient school systems in Balti- more at that time" were drawbacks to his later success. The family removed to Cambridge, Mass .. where Mr. Wyatt was educated by a tutor for a year, and then at Harvard University, where he was graduated with the degree of A.B. in 1870. A fascination from early youth for designing buildings, together with a keen appreciation of form and color, caused him to become an architect. He spent six months at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studying archi- tecture, and was then a pupil in atelier Vaudremer, of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, for parts of three years, the remainder of those years being spent in travel. After his return from Paris he was in an architect's office in Baltimore for a few months, and then formed the partnership of Wyatt and Sperry; subsequently, he became senior partner in Wyatt and Nolting, which firm still exists. Mr. Wyatt modestly says: "If I have been of any public value, it was through the merits of architectural work done by my firm of Wyatt and Nolt- ing, notably the new court house. I attribute my success and good fortune to association with men of marked talent and ability, my position in the firm being largely one of consultation and advice." The Baltimore court house, erected by this firm during the years 1898 to 1901, is a conspicuous example of modern architecture as applied to public buildings. It is built of white marble in Renaissance style.
After the influences of home and private study, Mr. Wyatt has chiefly been guided by the "character, thought, words and work of men of Harvard and New England, and by the art influences of France and Italy." He is president of the Baltimore Chapter of the Ameri- can Institute of Architects, and a Fellow of the Institute; and served
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in 1904, as one of the three members of the Advisory Board, the other two members being Walter Cook and Frederick Law Olmstead in the architectural development of "Homewood," the new site for the Johns Hopkins University. In addition, he is Secretary of the Balti- more Art Commission and a director of the Baltimore Municipal Art Society. He was one of the founders of the University Club, of which he is still a member. He is Republican in politics, but states that "the party, as such, does not influence me, but rather the principles and the men." He has never married. His experience leads him to feel that the best methods for strengthening sound ideals are to " aim to sacrifice the too great individualism to the general benefit of the community; to cultivate a sense of good form, order and decorum in public places, to think carefully, then act independently for principle and purpose, not for party or an individual."
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INDEX OF BIOGRAPHIES
Volume I
Page
Page
Warfield, Edwin.
27
Hall, Clayton C.
171
Ainslie, Peter
31
Harris, William H. 175
Alvey, Richard H
34
Hemmeter, John C. 179
Avirett, John W.
38
Henderson, James B. 185
Baker, Bernard N.
45
Hoffman, Richard C 189
Baldwin, Charles W
48
Hood, John M. 192
Baldwin, Summerfield.
53
Hook, Jacob W 201
Bennett, Benjamine F.
59
Howard, William L. 205
Bonaparte, Charles J
63
Hubbard, Wilbur W 209
Brewington, Marion B
64
Huckel, Oliver.
212
Brown, Arthur G.
66
Hunt, German H.
219
Bruce, William C. 68
Janney, Stuart S.
223
Bryan, William S., Sr.
70
Jefferys, Edward M
224
Bryan, William S., Jr
75
Jones, Spencer C. 226
Carothers, Daniel D
79
Keedy, Martin L.
230
Carroll, David H 83
Keyser, William.
234
Collins, William.
86
Latrobe, Ferdinand C. 241
Culbreth, David M. R
93
Levering, Eugene. 246
252
Drum, Richard C.
99
Miller, Theodore K.
256
Elderdice, Hugh L. 102
Morgan, Francis O. 260
263
Fell, Thomas.
108
Newcomer, Benjamin F'
266
Foard, Norval E.
113
Newcomer, Waldo
274
Franklin, Walter S.
121
Oswald, George B
278
Frick, Frank.
124
Pearce, James A., Sr.
281
Fuchs, Carl G. O.
131
Pearce, James A., Jr
284
Funk, Jacob J.
135
Porter, William F
286
Gail, Georg W., Sr
139
Prettyman, Elijah B
291
Gail, George W., Jr.
140
Purnell, Clayton 293
Gary, Edward S.
146
Ritchie, Albert C.
298
Gibbons, James Cardinal.
149
Rodgers, Frederick
303
Gildersleeve, Basil L.
153
Rohrback, Jacob
306
Gilman, Daniel C
156
Schley, Winfield S 310
Gilpin, Henry B.
160
Schultz, Edward T 317
Hagner, Alexander B
161 Seth, Joseph B 320
Doll, Melville E.
96
McCosker, Thomas
Fearhake, Adolphus.
106
Mullan, Dennis W
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INDEX OF BIOGRAPHIES
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Page
Skinner, Harry G
327
Tilghman, Oswald
375
Smith, Robert H.
330
Toadvin, Edward S.
378
Snowden, Wilton.
334
Tyler, Joseph H.
380
Spence, William W
336
Van Sickle, James H 387
Stanley, Charles H.
340
Vernon, George W. F
391
Stephens, Martin B
344
Wheeler, James R.
394
Stone, John Theodore.
351
Wheelwright, Jere H.
398
Stone, John Timothy
354
Wight, Charles S.
402
Stump, Herman.
359
White, Francis A
406
Talbot, Hattersly W
365
White, Warren C.
410
Thomas, Douglas H
368
Wyatt, James B. N
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