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BECK, HOWARD-Lawyer, 56 Wall street, New York City; residence 159 West 44th street. Member of the firm of Feitner & Beck. Member New York Ath- letic Club, Blooming Grove Park Association, and As- sociation of the Bar of the City of New York.
BECKER, GUSTAV L .- Musician, 1 West 104th street, New York City Born in Richmond, Tex., May 22, 1861. Educated in private schools in Texas and New York City and at Royal High School of Music In Berlin. Studied with Moszkowski, Ph. Scharwenka, Spitta, Bargiel, and others in Europe. (Married.) Teaches piano and theory at Hasbrouck Institute, Jer- sey City. Conducts the "Becker lecture-musicales" at his studio, now in their fifth year. Member Society of American Musicians, Men's Club of the Church of the Messiah (on executive board), Avon Club for the study of Shakespeare, Society of Science, Letters and Art of London, Eng., Mosaic Lodge, F. & A. M., Polaris Coun- cil, Royal Arcanum, and Bach Assembly, Order of Registered Musicians.
BECKLEY, JOHN N .- Railroad President, Grand Central Station, New York City; residence Rochester. Born in Clarendon, N. Y., Dec. 30, 1848. Educated at Syracuse University. (Married.) Was corporation counsel of city of Rochester, and president Rochester Railway Co. Now president Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Ry. Co .; trustee Massachusetts Electric Com- panies; director Rochester Ry. Co., and Rochester Gas
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and Electric Co. Member Lawyers', Psi Upsilon, Transportation and National Arts Clubs, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Syracuse Uni- versity Alumni and Down Town Associations, and Genesee Valley Club of Rochester.
BECK WITH, CHARLES L .- Secretary, 346 Broad- way, New York City; residence 18 North Maple ave- nue, East Orange, N. J. Born in Glens Falls, N. Y., May 12, 1855. Educated at Glens Falls Academy. (Married.) Secretary and director The Bradstreet Co. Member Congregational Club.
BECKWITH, JAMES CARROLL-Artist, 58 West 57th street, New York City; summer residence Tan- nersville. Born in Hannibal, Mo., Sept. 23, 1852. Edu- cated at National Academy of Design and Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. (Married.) Chairman ways and means committee National Academy of Design. Mem . ber City, and Fencers' Clubs, Century Association, Society of American Artists, American Water Color Society, National Academy of Design, and Metropoli- tan Museum of Art.
BEDELL, FREDERICK-Professor, Cornell Uni- versity, Ithaca; residence 106 Cook street. Born April 12, 1868. Educated at Yale and Cornell (Ph.D.). (Mar- ried.) Assistant professor of physics at Cornell Uni- versity. Editor of "The Physical Review." Past gen- eral secretary American Association for the Advance- ment of Science. Author of scientific works. Member Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Physical Society of Lon- don, England, American Physical Society, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, and other scientific and engineering organizations.
BEEBE, CHARLES W .- Tea Merchant, 130 Water street, New York City; residence 939 Madison avenue, Plainfield. N. J. Born in New York City, 1839. Edu- cated at Putnam's Academy, New York City. (Mar- ried.) Member of the firm of Beebe & Brother. Mem- ber Montauk Club of Brooklyn, Union County Country, and Hillside Tennis and Golf Clubs of Plainfield, Down Town Association and New England Society.
BEEBE, CLARENCE-Paper, 150 Nassau street, New York City; residence 227 West 121st street. Born in New York City, March 13, 1852. Educated at Adel- phi Academy, Brooklyn, and Cornell University. (Married.) Member Sons of the American Revolution and Cornell Club.
BEEBE, IRA LOVEJOY-Paper and Pulp, 132 Nassau street, New York City; residence Allendale, N. J. Born in Ghent, Columbia Co., N. Y., Feb. 25, 1841. Educated at Grammar School No. 35, New York City. (Married.) President Ira L. Beebe Co. Member Sons of the Revolution.
BEECKMAN, R. LIVINGSTON-Stock Broker, 66 Broadway, New York City; residence 319 Fifth avenue. Connected with the firm of David Lapsley & Co. Member of the New York Stock Exchange, and of the Knickerbocker, Racquet and Tennis, Country and Ma- rine and Field Clubs.
BEEKMAN, HENRY RUTGERS-Supreme Court Justice, County Court House, New York City; resi- dence 35 West 17th street. Born in New York City, Dec. 8, 1845. Educated at Columbia ('65) and Columbia Law School ('67). Admitted to the New York Bar, 1867. (Married Isabella Lawrence, 1870.) Was mem- ber of the firm of Ogden & Beekman; school trustee, 1884; park commissioner, 1885-6; president Board of Aldermen, 1886-8; corporation counsel, 1888-9; Justice Supreme Court since 1895, for term expiring 1908. Mem- ber University, Union, City, Manhattan, Reform and Democratic Clubs, Holland Society, Columbia Univer- sity Alumni and Century Associations, and Associa- tion of the Bar of the City of New York.
BEEKMAN, CHARLES K .- Lawyer, 111 Broad- way, New York City; residence 55 Fifth avenue. Born in Milburn, N. J. Educated at Columbia College ('89) and Columbia Law School ('92). (Single.) Member of the firm of Philbin & Beekman. Member Union, Uni- versity and St. Anthony Clubs, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
BEEMER, JAMES GAGE - Director, Yonkers. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 16, 1849.
Educated in Hamilton. (Married.) Director Consoli- dated Gas Co. of New Jersey, Traders' Fire Insurance Co. of New York, and New York and Pennsylvania Brick Tile and Terra Cotta Co .; trustee Industrial Christian Alliance, Young Men's Christian Associa- tion, Young Women's Christian Association, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Histori- cal Society. Member Sons of the Revolution.
BEER, WILLIAM C .- Insurance, 346 Broadway, New York City; residence 12 Bell place, Yonkers. Born in Bucyrus, Ohio, Jan. 23, 1863. Educated at West Point. (Married.) President's confidential agent New York Life Insurance Co .; ex-Eastern superinten- dent National Surety Co. Member Lawyers' and Union League Clubs, and Ohio Society.
BEERS, LUCIUS HART-Lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 35 West 82d street. Born in New York City. Educated at Columbia College and Columbia Law School. Member of the firm of Lord, Day & Lord. Member Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Century, Columbia University Alumni, and Down Town Associations, and Sons of the Revolution.
BEERS, MATTHEW H .- Merchant, 410 Broadway, New York City; residence 1044 Fifth avenue, and Far Rockaway, L. I. With the firm of Calhoun, Robbins & Co. Member Merchants' Club, American Geographi- cal Society, American Museum of Natural History, Chamber of Commerce, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
BEHRISCH, GABRIEL I .- Lawyer, 175 Remsen street, Brooklyn; residence 154 Montague street. Born in Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 20, 1863. Educated at Gram- mar School No. 40, New York City, Norwich, Conn., Free Academy, Yale University, and law office of Wait & Greene (Norwich, Conn.). (Single.) Reader of abstracts of titles to real estate in the Brooklyn of- fice of the Title Guarantee and Trust Co. Member Reform and Yale Clubs, Yale Alumni Association, and Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.
BEINECKE, BERNHARD-President, foot West 59th street, New York City; residence 23 West 76th street. President and director Eastmans Co .; director Beinecke & Co., Germania Bank and William Ottmann & Co. Member Transportation and American Yacht Clubs, American Museum of Natural History and Liederkranz.
BELASCO, DAVID-Dramatic Author, 883 Seventh avenue, New York City; residence 247 West 70th street. Born in San Francisco, Cal., 1862. Educated at Lincoln College, California. Author of "The Heart of Maryland," "Lord Chumley," "Men and Women," "The Girl I Left Behind Me," "Hearts of Oak," "Naughty Anthony," and others; adapter of "Zaza."
BELDEN, JAMES JEROME-Banker, Manufact- urer and Contractor, Syracuse. Born in Fabius, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1825. Educated in Fabius and Pompey public schools. (Married.) Has been Mayor of Syracuse, member of Congress, president of Syracuse Northern R. R. Co., president of extensive blast furnaces, and general contractor. Now president Robert Gere Bank and "The Post-Standard" Co .; trustee Syracuse Uni- versity, and director in various corporations. Member Republican and Transportation Clubs of New York City, and Order of Founders and Patriots of America.
BELDING, MILO MERRICK-Manufacturer, 455 Broadway, New York City; residence, 10 West 72d street. Born in Ashfield, Mass., April 3, 1833. Edu- cated at Shelburne Falls Academy. (Married.) Presi- dent and director Belding Bros. & Co., and American Union Life Insurance Co .; vice-president and director Commonwealth Insurance Co .; director Retsof Mining Co., Avery Salt Co., Genesee and Wyoming R. R. Co., Belding, Paul and Co. (Ltd.), of Montreal, Can., and National Light and Power Co. Member Colonial and Merchants' Central Clubs, Sons of the Revolution, American Geographical Society, Founders' and Pa- triots of America, and Chamber of Commerce.
BELDING, MILO MERRICK, JR .- Merchant, 455 Broadway, New York City; residence 10 West 72d street. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 14, 1865. Edu- cated at Adelphi Academy (Brooklyn) and by private tutor. (Married.) Director and treasurer Belding Bros. & Co., and American Union Life Insurance Co .;
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director and secretary Belding, Paul & Co. (Ltd.), of Montreal; director Commonwealth Insurance Co., Livonia and Lake Conseus R. R. Co., Retsof Mining Co., and Park National Bank of Holyoke, Mass .; vice- president and director Genesee and Wyoming R. R. Co. Member Union League, Lawyers', Colonial, Knick- erbocker Athletic, New York Athletic, Merchants' Central and West Side Republican Clubs; Marine and Field, and Crescent Athletic Clubs of Brooklyn, Sons of the Revolution, American Geographical Society, Founders and Patriots of America, and Chamber of Commerce.
BELKNAP, W. E .- Civil Engineer, Pier "A," North River, New York City. Residence 102 West 93d street. Born in Yonkers, N. Y. Educated at New York University. (Married.) Assistant Engineer in Department of Docks and Ferries. Member American Society of Civil Engineers.
BELKNAP, WALDRON PHOENIX-146 Broad- way, New York City; residence 29 Washington square, West. Born in New York City, Feb. 8, 1873. Educated at Lawrenceville School and Cornell University. (Married.) Connected with Title Guarantee and Trust Co. Member Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colo- nial Wars, and Society of the Cincinnati.
BELL, CHRISTOPHER M .- Physician, 320 Fifth avenue, New York City. Director New York Ware- house and Security Co. Member Metropolitan Club, American Fine Arts Society, and American Museum of Natural History.
BELL, CLARK-Lawyer, Journalist and Author, 39 Broadway, New York City; residence 200 West 78th street; country residence Bell View Farm, Dundee. Born in Rodman, Jefferson Co., N. Y., March 12, 1832. Educated at Franklin Academy, Prattsburgh, Steuben Co .; fitted for Yale, but ill-health prevented matricu- lation. Studied law at Hammondsport, N. Y. Ad- mitted to the Bar in 1853 at Rochester. Practiced in Hammondsport. Succeeded Governor Campbell in firm of McMaster & Bell, in Bath, N. Y., in 1862. Re- moved to New York City in 1864, where he has since resided. Has been attorney for Union Pacific Rail- way, Pacific Mail Steamship Co., and other corpora- tions. President Medico-Legal Society in 1872, and several times later; was re-elected for 1900. Was originator and president Saturday Night Club, in 1883. Author of Bell's "Medico-Legal Studies," of which six volumes have been published, and a writer of dis- tinction on sociological and scientific subjects. Was president Palette Club five years; of New York Infant Asylum eight years; International Medico-Legal Con- gress of 1889 in New York; of 1893 at Chicago, and Medico-Legal Congress of New York of 1895. Degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by Taylor University of Indiana, and by Rutherford College of North Caro- lina. Honorary member of a large number of foreign and home scientific bodies, and of historical societies. Editor and founder of "Medico-Legal Journal," a standard authority on medical jurisprudence, now in its seventeenth year of publication. Editor and author of "Supreme Court of the States and Provinces of North America." Stands in front rank of American medico-legal jurists. Holds a prominent position at the New York City Bar. Member Press, Union League, Twilight, Thirteen and Sunrise Clubs, and of various other societies.
BELL, DIGBY-Comic Opera Singer, 1476 Lexing- ton avenue, New York City. Born in Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 8, 1849. Educated at Charlier's Institute, New York City. (Married Laura Joyce.) Made first ap- pearance on island of Malta in "La Sonnambula." Returned to the United States and played in leading baritone roles of comic opera. For several seasons at the head of his own company. Member Players' and Lambs' Clubs, Elks and Actors' Order of Friendship.
BELL, EDWARD-Broker, 80 Broadway, New York City; residence 251 Lexington avenue. Born in New York City, Feb. 28, 1860. (Married.) Was commis- sioner of education, commissioner of public parks and school trustee. Now trustee of Knickerbocker Apart- ment Co .; president of Police Riot Relief Fund of New York City, and trustee of Mott Memorial Library. Member Manhattan, Union, Lambs', Carteret Gun, New York Yacht, New York Athletic and Meadow Clubs, Shinnecock Golf Club of Southampton, and Maryland Club of Baltimore.
BELL, EDWARD A .- Artist, 226 Central Park, South, New York City; residence 262 West 54th street, Born in New York City, Dec. 18, 1861. Educated at New York National Academy of Design. Studied un- der Von Loefftz, in Munich, Germany, 1881-3. Re- ceived silver medal Royal Academy, Munich; bronze medal, Paris Exposition, 1889; second Hallgarten prize, New York Academy of Design, 1893.
BELL, EDWARD HAMILTON-Artist, Decorator and Landscape Gardener, 424 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence Quaker Ridge, Mamaroneck. Born in London, England, 1857. (Married.) President Hamil- ton Bell & Co .; secretary Municipal Art Society and Fine Arts Federation. Member Players', National Arts and Apawamis Clubs, and Architectural League.
BELL, EDWARD R .- Director, 50 West 21st street, New York City. Director Baltimore and Ohio South- ern Ry. Co. and Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. Mem- ber Union and Players' Clubs, National Academy of Design, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
BELL, EDWARD W .- Lawyer, 15 Dey street, New York City; residence 160 Central avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Marlborough, Conn., Dec. 23, 1841. Educated at Yale University and Columbia Law School. (Mar- ried.) Connected with the legal department of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Member As- sociation of the Bar of the City of New York, State Bar, and American Statistical Associations, American Geographical Society, American Academy of Political and Social Science, and American Institute of Civics.
BELL, HILLARY-Editor, 38 Park row, New York City; residence 115 West 45th street. Born in Ireland, Feb. 11, 1857. Educated in Ireland. (Married.) Musical and dramatic critic New York "Press"; editor "Insur- ance Economist," and director Mutual Reserve Insur- ance Co.
BELL, JAMES M .- Wholesale Wines, 21 Warren street, New York City; residence 16 West 83d street. President James M. Bell Co. Member Colonial, Hard- ware, Phoenix, Lambs', Suburban Riding and Driving, Garrick and Pequot Clubs.
BELL, LOUIS K .- Editor, 100 William street, New York City; residence Bedford. Born in Sing Sing, N. Y., 1845. Educated in Bedford. (Married.) Vice- president and secretary "Oil, Paint and Drug Re- porter" and "Druggists' Circular." Member Drug Club and General Society of Mechanics and Trades- men.
BELL, WILLIAM DUFFIELD-Physician, 160 West 83d street, New York City. Member Army and Navy Club, Sons of the Revolution, and Sons of the American Revolution.
BELLAMY, FREDERICK P .- Lawyer, 204 Mon- tague street, Brooklyn; residence 260 Henry street. Born in 1847. Educated at Union College. (Married.) Trustee and secretary board of trustees Packer Colle- giate Institute, and other institutions. Member Law- yers', Barnard and Reform Clubs, Hamilton Club of Brooklyn, and Union College Alumni and Century As- sociations.
BELMONT, AUGUST-Banker, 23 Nassau street, New York City; residence 190 Madison avenue. Born in New York City, Feb. 18, 1853. Educated at Harvard ('75). (Widower.) Senior member of the firm of Au- gust Belmont & Co., and member New York Stock Ex- change. Acting president and director Audit Co. of New York; chairman and director Louisville and Nashville R. R. Co .; director Bank of the State of New York, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. Co., Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Fifth Avenue Trust Co., Guaranty Trust Co., Long Island R. R. Co., Manhattan Trust Co., National Park Bank, Westchester Racing Association, Westinghouse Electric and Mfg Co., Zanesville and Ohio Ry. Co., Plaza Bank, New Amsterdam Gas Co., Republic Iron and Steel Co., Mount Morris Bank, and First National Bank of Hempstead, L. I. Member Union, Manhattan, Democratic, Knickerbocker, Lawyers', Harvard, New York Athletic, Racquet and Tennis, Meadow Brook Hunt, Atlantic Yacht, New York Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, New York Press, Turf and Field, Coaching, Jockey (chairman), American Kennel, Coney Island Jockey and Westchester Polo Clubs, Down Town Asso- ciation Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Sons of the Revolution.
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BELMONT, OLIVER H. P. - 677 Fifth avenue, New York City. Born Nov. 12, 1858. (Married.) Edu- cated at United States Naval Academy, Annapolis. Member Coaching, Coney Island Jockey, Country, Four-in-Hand, Jockey, Knickerbocker, Lambs', Law- vers', Manhattan, Meadow Brook, Metropolitan, New York Yacht, Players', Racquet and Tennis, Tandem, South Side Sportsmen's, Union and University Clubs, Amphitryon Club of London, Polo Club of Paris, and many others.
BELMONT, PERRY-Lawyer, 24 West 57th street, New York City. Born in New York City, Dec. 28, 1851. Educated at Harvard. (Married.) Trustee Colonial Trust Co .; director United States Casualty Co. Mem- ber Knickerbocker, Metropolitan, Democratic, Man- hattan, Union, University, Jockey, Riding, Harvard, Fencers', Racquet and Tennis, Country, Turf and Field, South Side Sportsmen's, Coney Island Jockey and New York Yacht Clubs, Musical Art and Histori- cal Societies and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
BEMENT, EDWARD-Stock Broker, 24 Broad street, New York City; residence 31 East 24th street. Member of the firm of W. H. Goadby & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member University, Grolier, Union, New York Yacht, Yale, South Side Sportsmen's, and Seawanhaka - Corinthian Yacht Clubs, American Fine Arts Society, Century Associa- tion, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
BEND, GEORGE H .- Broker, 62 New street, New York City; residence 201 West 54th street. Member of the New York Stock Exchange, and New York Yacht, Union, City, Players', Metropolitan and Riding Clubs, American Geographical Society, and American Mu- seum of Natural History.
BENDHEIM, MAX-Vocal Teacher, 332 West 56th street, New York City; residence 164 West 96th street. Born in Berlin, Germany, Oct. 6, 1850. Educated at college in Berlin. Studied singing with Julius Stock- hauser, Berlin. (Married.) Member Society of Ameri- can Musicians and Composers.
BENEDICT, CHARLES M .- Cashier. 207 Water street, New York City; residence 204 West 119th street. Born in Dundee, N. Y., Nov. 9, 1858. Educated at Oak- side Seminary, Unionville, N. Y. Cashier Boynton Furnace Co. Member Republican and New York Ath- letic Clubs, and 7th Regiment Sons of Veterans.
BENEDICT, ELIAS C .- Banker, 80 Broadway, New York City; residence 10 West 51st street, and Greenwich, Conn. Born in Somers, N. Y., June 24, 1834. (Married.) Senior member of the firm of E. C. Benedict & Co., and member of the New York Stock Exchange. President and director Kansas City and Omaha Railway Co. Member Players', Seawanhaka- Corinthian Yacht, American Yacht, New York Yacht, Mendelssohn Glee and Democratic Clubs, and Dunlap and New England Societies.
BENEDICT, FREDERICK H .- Stock Broker, 29 Broad street, New York City; residence 6 West 52d street. Born in New York City, Dec., 1860. (Married.) Member of the firm of E. C. Benedict & Co., and New York Stock Exchange. Treasurer and director John- son-Lundell Electric Co. Member City, Manhattan, Players', Riding, Country, Tuxedo, Calumet, Men- delssohn Glee, Racquet and Tennis, Union, New York Athletic, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht and New York Yacht Clubs, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
BENEDICT, HENRY HARPER-Manufacturer, 280 Broadway, New York City; residence Hotel Neth- erland. Born in Herkimer County, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1844. Educated at Little Falls Academy, Fairfield Seminary and Hamilton College. (Married.) President and director Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict; trustee Hamil- ton College and Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sci- ences. Member Grolier, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Union League, Republican, University, Hamilton, Rembrandt and Riding and Driving Clubs, Long Island Historical Society, and Chamber of Commerce.
BENEDICT, LEMUEL C .- Broker, 6 Wall street, New York City; residence 61 South Portland avenue, Brooklyn. Member of the firm of James McGovern & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange.
BENEDICT, SEELYE-Fire Insurance, 35 Nassau street, New York City; residence 400 West End avenue. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1848. Educated at
Yale. Member of the firm of Benedict & Benedict. Member Union League, St. Andrew's Golf, and Uni- versity Clubs, Down Town and Aldine Associations, and Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on-Hudson.
BENEDICT, WALTER S .- Insurance, Court and Montague streets, Brooklyn; residence 75 Columbia Heights. (Married.) Member of the firm of Benedict & Benedict. Member Brooklyn, Hamilton, Crescent Athletic and Dyker Meadow Golf Clubs.
BENJAMIN, EDWARD M .- Retired Merchant, 17 East 33d street, New York City. Born in New York City, June 13, 1826. (Married.) Member New England Society.
BENJAMIN, GEORGE HILLARD-Patent Law- yer, 45 Broadway, New York City; residence 46 East 74th street. Born in New York City, Dec. 25, 1852. Edu- cated at the Universities of New York and Freiburg, Germany. (Married.) Consulting expert United States Government, and various State Governments, in elec- tricity, chemistry and high explosives. Member Man- hattan and Lawyers' Clubs.
BENJAMIN, PARK-Patent Lawyer, 203 Broad- way, New York City; residence 270 West 73d street. Born in New York City, May 11, 1849. Educated at Trinity School, United States Naval Academy and Albany Law School. (Married.) Editor-in-chief Ap- pleton's "Cyclopedia of Applied Mechanics." Member University Club, Metropolitan Club of Washington, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, British Chartered Institute of Patent Agents; vice-president United States Naval Academy Alumni Association, and associate member Society of Naval Architects and Engineers.
BENJAMIN, WILLIAM EVARTS-Publisher and Bookseller, 22 West 33d street, New York City; resi- dence 113 West 57th street. Member New York Ath- letic Club, Dunlap Society, and Union Alumni and Al- dine Associations.
BENN, ERASTUS H .- Lawyer, 220 Broadway, New York City; residence 131 Cambridge place, Brook- lyn. Born in Rensselaerville, Albany Co., N. Y. Studied law in Columbia County, and when admitted to practice removed to Chemung County, where he was extensively engaged until 1873, when he came to New York City, where he has been engaged in prac- tice ever since. Attorney and counsel for several cor- porations. (Married.) Member Republican Club, So- ciety of Medical Jurisprudence, American Anti-Vacci- nation League, One Hundred Year Club, State Bar As- sociation, and others.
BENNETT, CHARLES EDWIN-Professor, Cor- nell University. Ithaca; residence 1 Grove place. Born in Providence, R. 1., April 6, 1858. Educated at Brown University (A.B., '78). (Married.) Professor of Latin at University of Wisconsin, 1889-91; professor of clas- sical philology at Brown University, 1891-2. Now pro- fessor of Latin at Cornell University. Member Amer- ican Philological Association, Phi Beta Kappa Society and Delta Upsilon.
BENNETT, CHARLES G .- Lawyer, 95 Nassau street, New York City; residence 1090 Gates avenue, Brooklyn. Director People's Bank. Member Union League, Brooklyn, Crescent Athletic, Aurora Grata and Hanover Clubs of Brooklyn, and Association of the Bar of the City of Brooklyn.
BENNETT, CHARLES GIBSON-Lawyer, 16 Wil- liam street, New York City; residence Metropolitan Club. (Single.) Member of the firm of Murray, Ben- nett & Ingersoll. Member Metropolitan, University and Riding Clubs, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and Michigan University Alumni Asso- ciation.
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