Biographical directory of the state of New York, 1900, Part 11

Author: Biographical Directory Co., New York, pub
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: New York, Biographical directory company (incorporated)
Number of Pages: 592


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BENNETT, HENRY S .- Lawyer, 45 Broadway, New York City. Born in New York City, Oct. 7, 1833. Educated at Yale; admitted to the Bar in 1856. (Wid- ower.) Member Manhattan, Yale, and Alpha Delta Phi Clubs, and Yale Alumni Association.


BENNETT, JAMES GORDON-Proprietor, New York "Herald," New York City; residence 120 Champs Elysees, Paris, France. Born in New York City, May 10, 1841. Educated by private tutors. Inherited the "Herald" and a large fortune in 1872; for a time issued a London edition and still publishes a Paris edition of


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the "Herald." Lives most of his time in Paris, but retains active management of the "Herald" by cable. Member Metropolitan, Union, Racquet and Tennis, Suburban Riding and Driving, and Turf and Field Clubs, and Country Club of Westchester County.


BENNETT, WILLIAM M .- Lawyer, 100 Broad- way, New York City; residence The Cumberland, 22d street and Fifth avenue. Born in Nashville, Tenn., July 11, 1869. Educated at Oberlin College ('90) and Columbia Law School ('93). (Single.) Member of the firm of McElheny & Bennett. President and director Bailey & Fairchild Co. Member Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and of the City, Repub- lican and West Side Republican Clubs.


BENOIT, LEON J .- Lawyer, 56 New street, New York City; residence 37 East 21st street. Born in New York City, Jan. 15, 1869. Educated at New York Col- lege ('89) and Columbia Law School ('91). (Single.) Member Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity.


BENSEL, JOSEPH-Retired, 195 Clermont avenue, Brooklyn. Born in New York City, Aug. 28, 1841. (Widower.) Member Oxford Club, and Sons of the Revolution.


BENSON, TILLMAN C .- Stationer, 49 John street, New York City; residence 1150 Dean street, Brooklyn. Born in Troy, N. Y., July 6, 1866. Educated at Brook- lyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute. (Married.) Junior partner in the firm of Benjamin D. Benson & Son. Member Union League, and Crescent Athletic Clubs of Brooklyn, Reform Club of New York, and 23d Regiment Veteran Association, N. G. N. Y.


BENT, FRANCIS H .- Architect, 94 Liberty street, New York City; residence Bound Brook, N. J. Born in Boston, Mass., June 18, 1868. Educated in Boston; studied in Rome, Paris and London. (Married.) Mem- ber Middlebrook Country Club.


BENTLEY, EDWARD M .- Patents, 5 Beekman street, New York City: residence, Lawrence, L. I. Born in Ellenville, N. Y., July 31, 1858. (Married.) Member Aldine and Century Associations.


BENTLEY, H. W .- Lawyer, Boonville. Born in De Ruyter, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1838. Educated in Morris- ville, Chittenango and Berkshire schools. (Married.) Vice-president and director First National Bank. Member of the Fifty-second Congress. Surrogate of Oneida County, 1894, and president of Boonville in 1874, 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1899. Is a thirty-second degree Mason.


BENTLEY, ISAAC MADISON-Instructor, Cornell University, Ithaca; residence 49 Cascadilla place. De- grees of B.S. and Ph.D. Instructor in psychology, Cornell University.


BENTLEY, NORMAN S .- Financial Agent, 27 William street, New York City; residence 205 Con- gress street, Brooklyn. Born in Sandy Creek, Oswego Co., N. Y., March 31, 1831. Educated in Pulaski, N. Y. (Married.) Was engaged in wholesale grocery busi- ness in New York City for some time. One of the founders of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Co., the Brooklyn Library, and the Oregon Pacific R. R. Co. Member Chamber of Commerce, and life member New England Society, and Y. M. C. A.


BENTON, JOEL-Author and Lecturer, 12 Cannon street, Poughkeepsie. Born in Amenia, N. Y., May 29, 1832. Educated at Amenia Seminary. Principal of classical and grammar school, 1850; editor of Amenia "Times," 1851, and has been supervisor of Poughkeep- sie. Author of "Emerson as a Poet," "Greeley on Lincoln," "The Truth About Protection," and has done much work for periodicals. Member Twilight Club of New York City.


BERDELL, THEODORE-Director, 71 Broadway, New York City; residence Summit, N. J. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1846. (Widower.) Trustee Barrington Apartment and Berkshire Apartment As- sociations; director Consolidated Kansas City Smelt- ing and RefinIng Co., and International Metal Co. Member Lawyers', and Reform Clubs, American Mu- seum of Natural History and Franklin Institute.


BERG, CHARLES I .- Architect, 10 West 23d street, New York City; residence 34 Gramercy Park.


Born in Philadelphia, Pa. Educated in Philadelphia and at School of Fine Arts, Paris, France. Was sec- retary Architectural League of New York for eight years. Now corresponding secretary of New York Chapter American Institute of Architects. Member Grolier, Knollwood, Camera and National Arts Clubs, Architectural League, American Institute of Archi- tects, and Sculpture Society.


BERG, LOUIS DE COPPET-Architect, 31 East 17th street, New York City; residence 250 Washington avenue, Brooklyn. Member Architectural League, and Marine and Field, and Hamilton Clubs of Brooklyn.


BERGEN, FRANCIS HENRY-Secretary, Pier 2, East River, New York City; residence 51 St. Mark's place, New Brighton, S. I. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 14, 1869. Educated at Public School No. 2 and Bryant & Stratton's Business College. (Married.) Secretary, treasurer and director New York and Brooklyn Ferry and Steam Transportation Co .; secre- tary and director South Brooklyn Railroad and Termi- nal Co. Member Staten Island Club, St. Nicholas Society of Nassau Island, Long Island Historical and Holland Societies, and Sons of the Revolution.


BERGEN, JOHN W. II .- Cashier, Eighth Ward Bank, Brooklyn; residence 223 82d street. Born Nov. 6, 1863. Educated at Public School No. 2 and Poly- technic Institute. (Married.) Member Crescent Ath- letic Club of Brooklyn, Holland Society, Sons of the Revolution and St. Nicholas Society of Nassau Island.


BERGEN, VAN BRUNT-Civil Engineer; resi- dence Shore road and 77th street, Brooklyn. Born in Bay Ridge, N. Y., 1841. Educated at Brooklyn Collegi- ate and Polytechnic Institute and Rensselaer Polytech- nic Institute. (Married.) Director Long Island Safe Deposit Co. Member Reform, Hamilton, Crescent Ath- letic and Ridge Clubs, Long Island Historical and Hol- land Societies, American Society of Civil Engineers, St. Nicholas Society of Nassau Island, and Blooming Grove Park Association.


BERKELEY, LANCELOT MINOR-Lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 224 West 45th street. Born in Virginia. Educated at West Virginia University and University of Virginia. (Single.) Member of the firm of Bushby & Berkeley. Member Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


BERNHEIMER, ADOLPH L .- Cotton Goods, 51 White street, New York City; residence 534 Fifth ave- nue and Grimes Hill. Born in Ulm, Germany, Oct. 6, 1866. Educated in Geneva, Switzerland. (Single.) Member of the firm of Bernheimer & Walter. Member Lotos, and Richmond County Country Clubs.


BERNHEIMER, MAYER S .- Cotton Goods, 31 White street, New York City; residence 16 East 62d street. Born in New York City, July 3, 1861. Educated at Columbia College. (Married.) Member of the firm of Jacob S. Bernheimer & Bro. Director Lowell and Suburban Street Railway Co. Member Republican, Criterion and Dalton Clubs.


BERRI, WILLIAM-Carpets, 524 Fulton street, Brooklyn; residence 401 Grand avenue. Director Na- tional City Bank of Brooklyn, and Review Publishing Co. of New York City: trustee Hamilton Trust Co. Member Union League, Hamilton, Oxford and Brook- lyn Clubs, and Lotos, Press and Quill Clubs of New York City.


BERRICK, SOLON-Deputy Supervisor, 2 City Hall, New York City; residence 1044 Lexington avenue. Born in New York City, Jan. 18, 1860. Educated at Grammar School No. 15 ('73) and New York University Law School ('85). Admitted to the New York Bar, 1886. Examiner for commissioners of accounts, 1892-5; deputy supervisor of the "City Record" (by appoint- ment of Mayor Van Wyck) since June, 1898.


BERRY, ARTHUR-Lawyer, 200 Broadway, New York City; residence The Florence. Educated at Seton Hall College and Columbia College Law School. (Married.) Member of the firm of Berry Bros. Mem- ber Morris County Golf and Democratic Clubs, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


BERRY, MARTIN E .- Storage and Forwarding, 256 West street and 12A Produce Exchange, New York City; residence 1164 Dean street, Brooklyn. General


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manager, secretary and director Campbell Stores. Member Crescent Athletic and Lincoln Clubs of Brooklyn.


BERRY, PERLEY M .- Manager, 90 West Broad- way, New York City; residence 252 Lafayette avenue, Passaic, N. J. Born, Feb. 14, 1856. Educated in Mas- sachusetts and Maine public schools and at Limerick Academy. (Widower.) President Board of Trade, Pas- saic, N. J. Member Commercial Club, Passaic, Youn- takah Country and Bear River Clubs of New Jersey, and Country Club of Maine.


BERRY, WILTON G .- Secretary, 24 Whitehall street, New York City; residence 170 West 78th street. Member Sons of the Revolution, Psi Upsilon Frater- nity, and American Institute of Mechanical Engineers.


BERWIND, EDWARD J .- Coal, 1 Broadway, New York City; residence 2 East 64th street. Born in Phila- delphia, Pa., June 17, 1848. Educated at the United States Naval Academy. (Married.) President and director Berwind-White Coal Mining Co., Pennsyl- vania and Northwestern R. R. Co., Ocean Coal Co. and Punxsutawney Coal and Coke Co .; first vice- president Morton Trust Co ..; director Alexandria Coal Co., Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co., At- lantic and Pacific R. R. Co., Elk Run Co., Fifth Ave- nue Trust Co., Santa Fe Pacific R. R. Co., Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Co. and Colorado Southern R. R. Co. Member Metropolitan, Union, University, Turf and Field, Riding, City, New York Yacht and Collie Clubs, United States Naval Academy Alumni Asso- ciation, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Geo- graphical Society, American Museum of Natural His- tory, and Musical Arts Society of New York.


BEST, WILLIS J .- Transportation, 27 William street, New York City; residence 21 West 31st street. Born in Chatham, N. Y. Educated in Poughkeepsie. (Single.) Connected with the Atlantic and Mexican Gulf Steamship Co., and F. J. Lord & Co. Member New York, Atlantic Yacht and Colonial Clubs.


BETTLE, SAMUEL-Steamships, 73 Broadway, New York City; residence 7 West 26th street. (Mar- ried.) Member St. Andrew's Golf, New York Yacht and Union Clubs, Philadelphia, Rittenhouse and Coun- try Clubs of Philadelphia, Pa., and Down Town Asso- ciation.


BETTS, CRAVEN LANGSTROTCH-Author, 14 West 12th street, New York City; residence 450 Man- hattan avenue. Born in St. Johns, New Brunswick, April 23, 1853. (Son of Hiram and Sarah A. [Purdy] Betts.) Educated in New Brunswick at St. John's Grammar School and Fredricton College. (Single.) Author of "The Perfume Holder," "A Persian Love Story," "Tales of a Garrison Town," "A Garland of Sonnets," and others. Secretary American Authors' Guild. Member Salmagundi Club and American So- ciety of Authors.


BETTS, E. H .- Underwriter, 45 William street, New York City; residence Mt. Vernon. Born in New York City, Jan. 16, 1837. Educated in New York City. (Married.) Member of the firm of E. H. Betts & Co. Secretary, director and manager Lafayette Fire In- surance Co. Member Underwriters' Club, and Chester Hill Club of Mt. Vernon.


BETTS, FREDERIC H .- Lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 22 East 65th street. Mem- ber of the firm of Betts, Betts, Sheffield & Betts. Lecturer on patent law in Yale University, 1873-85. Member University, Metropolitan, City, Lawyers', Grolier and Church Clubs, Century and Yale Alumni Associations, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the Rev- olution, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musical Arts So- ciety, and Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on-Hudson.


BETTS, GEORGE WHITEFIELD, JR .- Lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence Englewood, N. J., and Princeton Club, New York City. Born in Englewood, N. J., Feb. 14, 1871. Educated at Prince- ton. (Single.) Member of the firm of Hunt, Hill & Betts. Member Princeton, Englewood Field and En- glewood Golf Clubs, Tiger Gun Club, and American Whig Society of Princeton.


BETTS, I. F. HOLBROOK-Lawyer, 120 Broad- way, New York City; residence 22 East 65th street. Born May 21, 1870. Member of the firm of Betts, Betts,


Sheffield & Betts. Member University and Knicker- bocker Clubs, Yale Alumni Association, Society of Co- lonial Wars, and Sons of the Revolution.


BETTS, SAMUEL TALLMAN-Real Estate In- vestor, 332 South Salina street, Syracuse; residence 416 James street. Born in Syracuse, July 6, 1854. (Son of Lewis and Esther [West] Betts.) (Married Edith Lizette, daughter of Allen and Lucy W. Butler.) With Hemingway & Co. for eighteen years. Was general secretary Young Men's Christian Association of Port- land, Me. Entered his present profession in 1889. President Central New York Horticultural Society and Syracuse Free Dispensary; vice-president Bureau of Labor and Charities, and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Life member New York State Agricultural Society, Central New York Horticultural Society and the Onondaga County Historical Society. Member Rose Society of America, Anglers' Club of Onondaga County, Citizens' Club of Syracuse, Park Central Presbyterian Church, Young Men's Christian Association, and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.


BEUTENMULLER, WILLIAM-Curator, Ameri- can Museum of Natural History, New York City; resi- dence 106 West 133d street. Born in Hoboken, N. J., March 31, 1864. Educated in public and private schools, and at a business college in New York City. Author of "Butterflies and Moths Found Within Fifty Miles of New York City," and over a hundred articles on entomology in scientific magazines. Editor of the Journal of the New York Entomological Society. Curator in Entomology Department of the American Museum of Natural History since 1889. Member New York Entomological Society, Torrey Botanical Club, and others.


BEVERIDGE, ALVEN-Broker, 10 Wall street, New York City; residence New Rochelle. Member New York Club and New England Society.


BEVERIDGE, JAMES-Lawyer, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence 56 Clark street, Brooklyn. Born in New York City, Feb. 8, 1868. Educated at Fort Edward Collegiate Institute, Princeton Univer- sity and New York Law School. (Single.) Member of the firm of Lamb & Beveridge. Member Princeton Club, and Princeton University Alumni Association.


BEVIN, LEANDER A .- Vice-President, 22 Cort- land street, New York City; residence 150 West 76th street. Born in East Hampton, Conn., March 30, 1845. Educated at Williston Seminary, Phillips Exeter Acad- emy and Yale. (Married.) Treasurer and director Delamater Iron Works; secretary and director Rider- Ericsson Engine Co .; director Garfield Safe Deposit Co. Member New England Society, Colonial Club, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Laurentian Club of Canada.


BEYEA, JAMES L .- Physician, 217 Second avenue, New York City. Born in Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., July 28, 1837. Educated at Farmers' Hall Academy, Goshen, and the New York Homeopathic Medical Col- lege and Hospital. (Single.) Physician to the Asso- ciation for Befriending Children and Young Girls. Member Lafayette Post G. A. R., and Chiron Club.


BEYER, GUSTAVE-Furrier and Entomologist, 771 Broadway, New York City; residence 511 East 117th street. Born in Baerenstein, Saxony, July 5, 1840. Educated in Walkenstein, Saxony. Came to the United States, 1861. Member of the firm of G. W. Beyer & Co. Has one of the best and largest collec- tions of American beetles.


BIBB, WILLIAM GARRETT-Broker, 33 Wall street, New York City; residence 10 West 43d street. Born in New Orleans, La. Educated at Episcopal High School in Virginia and at the University of Vir- ginia. (Single.) Member Metropolitan, Calumet, Chi Phi, Lawyers', Church and Fencers' Clubs, and South- ern Society.


BIBBY, ANDREW ALDRIDGE-Real Estate, 55 Liberty street, New York City; residence 56 East 49th street. Born in New York City, May 30, 1864. Edu- cated in New York City. (Single.) Member Delta Phi (ex-vice-president), Calumet and Knickerbocker Clubs, Society of Colonial Wars and St Nicholas Society.


BICKELHAUPT, A .- Merchant, Redwood. Born in Germany, March 10, 1848. Educated in common schools. (Married.) Was director First National


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Bank. Member Watertown Commandery, No. 11, K. T .; Syracuse Consistory No. 330, Alexandria Lodge No. 297, F. & A. M., and Theresa Chapter No. 149, R. A. M.


BICKFORD, C. H .- Farmer, Adams. Born in Harrisburgh, Lewis Co., N. Y., Aug. 23, 1861. Educated at Cook County Normal School and Cornell. (Single.) Was teacher of mathematics State Normal School, Indiana, Pa., and teacher of physics State Normal School, Platteville, Wis. Director Citizens' National Bank. Member Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Psi Fraternities.


BICKLEY, LAWRENCE WHARTON-Broker, 20 Broad street, New York City; residence Manhattan Club. Born and educated in Philadelphia, Pa. (Sin- gle.) Member of the firm of Bickley & Hopkins, and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Manhat- tan, New York Athletic and Carteret Gun Clubs, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, and His- torical Society of Pennsylvania.


BICKMORE, ALBERT SMITH-Curator, Ameri- can Museum of Natural History, New York City; resi- dence 12 East 41st street. Born in St. George, Me., March 1. 1839. Educated at Dartmouth ('60); studied under Agassiz at Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard. (Married.) Author of "Travels in East Indian Archi- pelago," "The Ainos or Hairy Men of Jesso" and "Sketch of a Journey from Canton to Hangkow." Member Camera Club, Dartmouth Alumni and Cen- tury Associations, Baptist Social Union and American Geographical Society.


BIDWELL, GEORGE R .- Collector of Customs, Custom House, New York City; residence Hotel Endi- cott. Born in Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1858. Educated in city schools. (Married.) Secretary and director Spalding-Bidwell Co .; director Dr. Savage's Physical Development Institute. Member Lawyers', Transpor- tation, American Yacht, Columbia Yacht, New York Yacht and Republican Clubs.


BIERSTADT, ALBERT-Landscape Artist, 322 Fifth avenue, New York City. Born near Düsseldorf, Germany, Jan. 7, 1830. Has painted many pictures of scenes in the Rocky Mountains, Sierras and Switzer- land, and has been awarded many foreign medals, and the crosses of the Legion of Honor and St. Stanislaus, and Imperial Order of the Medjidii. Member Union League, and Boone and Crockett Clubs, National Academy of Design, National Institute of Arts and Letters, Century Association, and others.


BIGELOW, CHARLES E .- President, 91 Chambers street, New York City; residence Plaza Hotel. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 29, 1851. Educated at Yale. (Married.) President and director Bay State Shoe and Leather Co .; vice-president and director Gansevoort Bank; trustee Bowery Savings Bank. Member Uni- versity Club, Marine and Field, Crescent Athletic, Brooklyn and Hamilton Clubs of Brooklyn, and Yale Alumni Association.


BIGELOW, CLARENCE O .- Apothecary, 102 Sixth avenue, New York City; residence 146 West 78th street. Born in Phenix, R. I., Nov. 29, 1851. Educated in public schools of Chicopee, Mass., and at New York College of Pharmacy. (Single.) Trustee West Side Savings Bank; president New York Board of Pharmacy; treas- urer College of Pharmacy of the City of New York. Member Aldine, New York State Pharmaceutical, and American Pharmaceutical Associations, German Apothecaries' Society of New York, and Past Master Ancient Lodge, No. 724, F. & A. M.


BIGELOW, EDWIN W .- Vice-President, 91 Cham- bers street, New York City; residence 10 Schermerhorn street, Brooklyn. Born in New York City, April 7, 1861. Educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. (Married.) Vice-president and director Bay State Shoe and Leather Co. Member Crescent Athletic and Ham- ton Clubs of Brooklyn.


BIGELOW, ERNEST A .- Lawyer, 35 Nassau street, New York City; residence 18 West 40th street. Born in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 4, 1868. Educated at Harvard. (Married.) Member Harvard and Union Clubs.


BIGELOW, WESLEY-233 Fifth avenue, New York City. Born in Massachusetts, Nov. 16, 1847. Edu-


cated at Allen's Academy, Newton, Mass. (Single.) Member Twilight, Reform, Manhattan Chess, and At- lantic Yacht Clubs, and Sons of the Revolution.


BIGELOW, WILLIAM B .- Architect, 1123 Broad- way, New York City; residence University Club. Born in Medford, Mass., Feb. 5, 1852. Educated at Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, and Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. ( Married.) Member University Club, American Institute of Architects (New York Chapter) and Beaux-Arts Society of Architects.


BIGGS, HERMANN M .- Physician, 5 West 58th street, New York City. Born in Trumansburg, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1859. Educated at Cornell ('82), Bellevue Hos- pital Medical College ('83), and Universities of Berlin and Greifswald, Germany. (Married Frances M. Rich- ardson.) Pathologist and director in bacteriological laboratories of the Health Department, 1892. Pro- fessor in Bellevue Hospital Medical College since 1887; attending physician in Bellevue and St. Vincent's Hos- pitals. President New York Pathological Society; director Carnegie Laboratory. Contributor to medical periodicals. Member University, Cornell and Quill Clubs, Century Association, and New York Academy of Medicine.


BIGLOW, LUCIUS HORATIO-Retired, 340 West End avenue, New York City, and Ridgefield. Conn. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 26, 1833. President and director Duncan Co., and Metropolitan Realty Co .; vice-president and director Maltine Mf'g Co .; director Merchant's Exchange National Bank, Preferred Acci- dent Insurance Co., Hamilton Trust Co., and Worces- ter Salt Co. Member Hardware, Union League, Subur- ban Riding and Driving, and Arts Clubs, Aldine Asso- ciation, American Geographical and New England So- cieties, and American Museum of Natural History. .


BILLINGS, FREDERICK-Banker and President, 15 Wall street, New York City; residence 279 Madison avenue. Born in Woodstock, Vt., Dec. 23, 1866. Edu- cated at the University of Vermont. (Single.) Mem- ber Union League, Riding, Republican and University Clubs, University of Vermont Alumni Association, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


BILLINGS, HARRY MORTIMER-28 West 50th street, New York City. Director Lettuce Cream Co. Member Calumet. New York Yacht, Larchmont Yacht and Racquet Clubs, and Ardsley Club of Ardsley-on- Hudson.


BILLINGS. JOHN SHAW-Surgeon and Libra- rian, 40 Lafayette place, New York City; residence 32 East 31st street. Born in Switzerland County, Ind., April 12, 1839. Educated at Miami University ('57 and A.M., '60), and Ohio Medical College (M.D.). Degrees of LL.D., Edinburgh, 1884: LL.D., Harvard 1886; LL.D., Buda-Pesth 1896; M.D., Munich 1889; M.D., Dublin 1892, and D.C.L., Oxford 1889. Demonstrator of anatomy in Medical College of Ohio, 1860-1. Served in army during Civil War as assistant surgeon, surgeon, lieutenant- colonel, deputy surgeon-general, and medical in- spector of the Army of the Potomac. Professor of hygiene in University of Pennsylvania, 1893-6; since 1896 Director of New York Public Library (Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations). Extensive writer on medical and sanitary subjects. Author of "Principles of Ventilation and Heating," "National Medical Dic- tionary," and many others. Member Authors' Club, and Century Association, and Cosmos Club of Wash- ington.


BILLINGS, WILLIAM E .- Lawyer, 25 Pine street, New York City; residence 34 Gramercy Park. (Sin- gle.) Member Union League and Yale Clubs, Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on-Hudson, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


BINGHAM, FRANK PARKER-Physician, 218 Kingsley street, Buffalo; residence 525 Niagara street. Born in Pleasantville, Pa., April 13, 1874. Educated at Titusville (Pa.) High School ('92), University of Ver- mont ('96), and University of Buffalo ('99). Resident physician German Deaconess Hospital. Member Phi Delta. Theta Fraternity and University Club.


BINGHAM, THOMAS-Meat and Produce, 13 Thir- teenth avenue, New York City; residence 826 Wash- ington street. Born in Ireland, Sept. 2, 1843. Educated in national and public schools. (Married.) Senior member of the firm of T. Bingham & Co. Member Ninth Ward Republican Club, and Masonic Orders.


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BINGHAM, WELLS A .- Paper Merchant, 150 Worth street, New York City; residence Bloomfield, N. J. Born in East Haddam, Conn., Aug. 7, 1846. Educated at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., and at Dartmouth College. (Married.) President and treasurer W. A. Bingham & Co. Member New Eng- land Society, Dartmouth College Alumni Association and Lafayette Post No. 140, G. A. R.


BINZEN, FREDERICK W .- Printer, 1997 Third avenue, New York City; residence 1327 Fifth avenue. Born in New York City, May 14, 1869. Educated in city grammar and high schools. (Married.) Member of the firm of F. W. Binzen & Co., and connected with A. C. Haus & Co. Member Echo Club and Improved Order of Heptasophs.




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