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PORTER, LOUIS H .- Lawyer, 45 Broadway, New York City; residence 146 Central Park, West. Born in New York City, 1874. Educated at Yale. (Single.) Member of the firm of Nicholas & Porter. Member Yale and Phi Beta Kappa Clubs, Linnæan Society and American Ornithologists' Union.
PORTER, NATHAN TODD, JR. - Commission Merchant, 78 Worth street, New York City; residence Montclair, N. J. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1867. Educated at Yale ('90). (Married Caroline Chester Knickerbacker.) Member of the firm of Porter Bros. & Co. Member Essex County (N. J.) Country and University Clubs.
PORTER, P. BRYNBERG-Physician, 150 West 84th street, New York City. Born in Wilmington, Del. Educated at Yale and at the Medical Depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania (M.D.). (Single.) Secretary New York County Medical Asso- ciation and Medical Association of Greater New York. Editor of "Gaillard's Medical Journal." Member Church and Delta Kappa Epsilon Clubs and Yale Alumni Association.
PORTER, ROBERT P .- Journalist, 100 Broadway, New York City; residence 36 East 65th street. Born in Norfolk, England, June 30, 1852. Educated in Nor- wich, England. Came to the United States at the age of fifteen. (Married.) Has been engaged in journal- ism since 1872. Was statistical expert of the Tenth United States Census, 1880-2; member United States Tariff Commission, 1882; on editorial staff of the New York "Tribune," 1883-4; associate editor of the Phil- adelphia "Press" and general secretary of the Ameri- can Protective Tariff League, 1884-7; editor-in-chief of the New York "Press," of which he was one of the founders, 1887-93; Superintendent of the Eleventh United States Census, 1889-93; traveled in Japan and Europe, preparing reports on industries and resources; special commissioner for the United States to Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1899. Is at present engaged in the study of European trade statistics. Member Repub- lican and Lawyers' Clubs and American Statistical So- ciety.
PORTER, THOMAS WYMAN-Commission Mer- chant, 80 Worth street, New York City; residence Montclair, N. J. Educated at Yale ('87). Member of the firm of Porter Bros. & Co. Member Union, Essex County (N. J.) Country, University, University Ath- letic, Yale, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Merchants' Clubs, and Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on-Hudson.
PORTER, WILLIAM H .- Banker, 270 Broadway, New York City; residence 56 East 67th street. Born in Middlebury, Vt., Jan. 3, 1861. Educated at Middle- bury Academy and at Saratoga High School. (Mar- ried.) Vice-president and director Chemical National Bank; director Trow Printing and Bookbinding Co .;
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trustee Franklin Savings Bank. Member Union League, Republican, New York Athletic, Atlantic Yacht and Transportation Clubs, American Geograph- ical and New England Societies and Chamber of Com- merce.
POST, A. VANZO-President, 45 Wall street, New York City; residence 140 West 77th street. Educated at Columbia. President and director Manhattan Car Trust Co .; director Car Trust Investment Co. Mem- ber Fencers' and Metropolitan Clubs and Columbia University Alumni and Down Town Associations.
POST, AUGUST T .- Banker, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence 44 West 44th street. Mem- ber of the firm of E. D. Shepard & Co. Member Alpha Delta Phi Club, Union League Club of Philadelphia, and Amherst College Alumni Association.
POST, CHARLES A .- Lawyer, 16 Exchange place, New York City; residence 15 Fifth avenue. President and trustee Post Building Co. Member Union, Sea- wanhaka-Corinthian Yacht and Knickerbocker Clubs, Scientific Alliance, American Geographical Society and Columbia University Alumni Association.
POST, CHARLES H .- Insurance, 27 Pine street, New York City; residence 276 West 86th street. Born in Derby, Conn., May 16, 1856. Educated in Ellenville, N. Y. (Married.) Manager for the United States of the Caledonian Insurance Co. of Edinburgh, Scotland; president Caledonian-American Insurance Co. of New York. Member Lotos, Richmond County Country, Baltusrol Golf and Sundown Fishing Clubs.
POST, DANIEL HAZELTINE-Manufacturer, 2 Steele street, Jamestown; residence 500 Pine street. Born in Jamestown, July 17, 1850. Educated at Wil- liams College ('74). (Married.) Engaged in newspa- per work for nine years. Clerk of the United States Commission to Paris Monetary Conference, 1878; served as captain in N. G. N. Y. Partner Jamestown Bedstead Co .; director Chautauqua County Trust Co .; treasurer James Prendergast Library; civil service commissioner of city of Jamestown. Member James- town (secretary) Club, Army and Navy and Delta Kappa Epsilon Clubs of New York City, Military Ser- vice Institution, Sons of the Revolution and Buffalo Historical Society.
POST, EDMUND M .- Credits, 224 Church street, New York City; residence 1 West 83d street. Born on Staten Island, 1860. Educated in Staten Island. (Mar- ried.) Formerly in charge of credit department of Morrison, Herriman & Co., and Sylvester Bell & Co .; now connected in the same capacity with H. B. Claflin Co. Member New York Athletic and Colonial Clubs.
POST, EDWIN M .- Banker. 71 Broadway, New York City; residence 18 West Tenth street. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 6, 1870. Educated at Columbia. (Married.) Member of the firm of Thomas & Post, members of the New York Stock Exchange. President and director Express Coal Line and Georgia Car Co .; vice-president and director Southern Iron Car Line; secretary, treasurer and director Manhattan Car Trust Co .; secretary and director Louisville, Hender- son and St. Louis Ry. Co. Member Union, Tuxedo, Lambs', St. Anthony, Knickerbocker, Larchmont Yacht and Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Clubs, Down Town Association and Sons of the Revolution.
POST, GEORGE B .- Architect, 33 East 17th street, New York City; residence 11 West 21st street. Presi- dent and director Architectural League; secretary and trustee Post Building Co. Member Union, Lawyers', Seawanhaka - Corinthian Yacht and Camera Clubs, Century Association, American Geographical Society, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Insti- tute of Architects and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
POST, GEORGE B., JR .- Banker and Broker, 15 Broad street, New York City; residence 131 East 35th street. Born in New York City, July 30, 1864. (Son of George B. and Alice [Stone] Post.) Educated at St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass., and Columbia Uni- versity. (Married Julia Smith.) Member of the firm of Post & Flagg, and one of the governors of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Union, Knickerbock- er, St. Anthony, New York Athletic, Morristown (N. J.), Morristown Golf and Somerset Hills Country Clubs and Columbia University Alumni Association.
POST, GEORGE W .- 55 West 75th street, New York City. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1850. Ed- ucated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. (Married.)
POST, HENRY A. V .- Banker, 45 Wall street, New York City; residence 140 West 77th street. Born in New York City, May 16, 1832. Educated in New York City. (Married.) Was colonel of 2d Regiment United States Sharpshooters in 1862. President and director Chattanooga Southern R. R. Co .; treasurer and di- rector Bullard Machine Tool Co. and Railroad Equip- ment Co .; director Carolina and Cumberland Gap Ry. Co. and Central Car Trust Co. Member Union Club, Down Town Association and American Museum of Natural History.
POST, REGIS HENRI - Manufacturer, 63 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence "Littlewood," Bay- port, L. I. Educated at Harvard. President and di- rector Weir Filter Co. Member Union, Harvard and Knickerbocker Clubs.
POST, WALDRON KINTZING - Lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 79 Clinton place. Born in New York City, 1868. Educated at Harvard. Member Union, University Athletic, Seawanhaka-Cor- inthian Yacht and Harvard Clubs and Military Order of the Loyal Legion.
POST, WILLIAM STONE-Architect, 33 East 17th street, New York City; residence Bernardsville, N. J. Member Union and St. Anthony Clubs, Architectural League and American Institute of Architects.
POSTLEY, CLARENCE A. (Colonel)-817 Fifth avenue, New York City. Educated at United States Military Academy ('70). Member Union League, Uni- versity, Larchmont Yacht, New York Yacht, New York Athletic, New York Jockey, Driving, Atlantic Yacht, Seawanhaka - Corinthian Yacht, American Yacht, Riding, Suburban Riding and Driving, Players', Corinthian Yacht and Michaux Cycling Clubs, Country Club of Westchester, Army and Navy Club of Wash- ington, D. C., and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
POTHIER, WILLIAM A. - Coal Merchant, Reid and De Kalb avenues, Brooklyn; residence 194 Quincy street. Born in New York City, Jan. 14, 1860. Edu- cated in New York City. (Married.) Member of the firm of Bacon & Co. Member Union League and Young Republican Clubs, Amaranth Dramatic Society, Inde- pendent Royal Arch Lodge No. 2, F. & A. M., Lefferts Council No. 1452, Royal Arcanum, Keystone Council No. 48, Home Circle, Troop "C," N. G. N. Y., and Vet- eran Association of 23d Regiment, N. G. N. Y.
POTTER, E. CLIFFORD-Real Estate, 128 Broad- way, New York City; residence 328 West 86th street. Member of the firm of Potter & Bro. Director Interna- tional Banking and Trust Co., North American Trust Co. and National Exhibition Co. Member New York Athletic, Manhattan, Union League, Lawyers', Sub- urban Riding and Driving and Lambs' Clubs.
POTTER, EDWARD CLARKSON - Banker, 36 Wall street, New York City; residence "Clearview," Westchester. Member of the firm of E. C. Potter & Co. and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Metropolitan, Knickerbocker, New York Yacht, New York, Racquet and Tennis, and Turf and Field Clubs, Country Club of Westchester, American Geographical Society and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
POTTER, ELIPHALET NOTT-Protestant Episco- palian Clergyman, 29 Lafayette place, New York City; residence Featherbed lane. Born in Schenectady, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1836. (Son of Rev. Alonzo and Maria [Nott] Potter.) Educated at Union College (D.D.). Degrees of LL.D. from Williams and Trinity Colleges, D.C.L. from University of the South and L.H.D. from St. Stephens College. (Married Helen Fuller of Troy, N. Y.) Entered Protestant Episcopalian ministry in 1862. Was for a time professor at Lehigh University and president of Union College. Founded Union Uni- versity, of which he was for a time chancellor. Served as president of Hobart College until 1897 and later as president of Cosmopolitan University. Now engaged in educational and ministerial work in New York City. Member New York Genealogical and Biographical and Pennsylvania Societies and Kappa Alpha Fraternity.
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POTTER, ELLIS M .- Coffee and Spices, 390 Wash- ington street, New York City; residence 146 West 87th street. President and director Potter-Parlin Co .; direc- tor Vigilante Mining and Milling Co. and W. L. John- son Co. Member New York Athletic and Commercial Clubs.
POTTER, FREDERICK-Lawyer and Real Estate, 71 Broadway, New York City; residence Sing Sing. Born in New York City, July 19, 1856. Educated at Yale ('78). (Married.) Treasurer and trustee New York Fire Proof Wood Co .; director Bond and Mort- gage Guarantee Co .; trustee Title Guarantee and Trust Co., and New York Architectural Terra Cotta Co .; managing trustee estate of Orlando B. Potter. Mem- ber Reform, University, Democratic and Lawyers' Clubs, Board of Trade and Transportation, American Geographical and New England Societies, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Bar Association, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and Ardsley Ca- sino of Ardsley-on-Hudson.
POTTER, FREDERICK G. - Real Estate, 128 Broadway, New York City; residence 303 West 86th street. Born in New York City, Aug. 9, 1855. Educated in New York City. (Married.) Member of the firm of Potter & Bro. Director New York Plate Glass In- surance Co. Member Democratic, New York, Law- yers', New York Athletic, Union League and Colonial Clubs.
POTTER, HENRY A. - Manufacturer, 41 Union square, New York City; residence East Orange, N. J. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 19, 1856. Educated at the University of Pennsylvania and at Lafayette Col- lege. (Married.) Vice-president and director Thomas Potter, Sons & Co. (Inc.). Served as a member of the New Jersey Legislature, 1884-5, and as colonel on the staff of Governor Griggs. Member of the New Jersey State Republican Committee since 1888. Member Essex County (N. J.) Country and Orange Clubs, Union League Club of Philadelphia, Pa., and Blooming Grove Park Association.
POTTER, HENRY CODMAN-Protestant Episco- palian Bishop, 29 Lafayette place, New York City; res- idence 10 Washington square, North. Born in Schenec- tady, N. Y., May 25, 1835. (Son of Rev. Alonzo and Maria [Nott] Potter.) Educated at Episcopal Acad- emy of Philadelphia, Pa., and at Virginia Theological Seminary. Degrees of A.M., D.D. and LL.D. from Union College and D.D. from Harvard University, Trinity College, and from Oxford and Cambridge Uni- versities of England. Deacon, 1857; priest, 1858. Rector of Christ Church, Greensburg, Pa., 1857-8; St. John's Church, Troy, 1859-66; also Grace Church, New York City. Secretary of the House of Bishops, 1863-83. Be- came coadjutor to his uncle, Horatio Potter, in 1883, and upon his death, in 1887, succeeded him as Bishop of New York. Director Metropolitan College of Music and trustee Columbia University in the City of New York. Author of several religious works. Member City Club. Century Association, Dunlap Society, Scien- tific Alliance and Colonial Order.
POTTER, HENRY LANGDON-Inspector of Cus- toms, United States Barge Office, New York City; residence Linden, N. J. Born in Tyringham, Mass., March 26, 1828. Educated in Massachusetts public schools. (Married.) Erected a large mill and engaged in the manufacture of paper in Housatonic, Mass., 1851-5. Served as colonel of the 71st Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry during Civil War; partici- pated in nineteen battles and engagements with the Army of the Potomac and was wounded at Fair Oaks, Bristol Station and Gettysburg. In civil service of the United States since 1866. Member Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Society of the Army of the Potomac, Society of the Third Corps Union, Society of Founders and Patriots of America and Knights Templar.
POTTER, HOWARD NOTT-Architect, 111 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence "Nutwood," New Rochelle. Educated at Union College. Member Rac- quet and Tennis Club, Country Club of Westchester, Union College Alumni Association, American Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art and National Academy of Design.
POTTER, JAMES BROWN - Merchant, 59 Wall street, New York City; residence 52 Park avenue. Ed-
ucated at Union College. President and director Clove Branch R. R. Co .; director Electric Selector and Signal Co., London and New York Investment Corporation, Missouri, Kansas and Texas Ry. Co., Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut R. R. Co. and United States Casualty Co .; trustee English and Scottish-American Mortgage and Investment Co. (Ltd.). Member New York Yacht and Tuxedo Clubs, Union College Alumni and Down Town Associations and National Academy of Design.
POTTER, JOHN A .- Real Estate and Insurance, Patchogue. Born in New York City, July 2, 1841. Edu- cated in Brooklyn, N. Y. (Married.) President Patchogue Bank and Patchogue Investment Co .; direc- tor Patchogue Mf'g Co. and Patchogue Lyceum; trus- tee of the village; member of Board of Education. Member Patchogue Club.
POTTER, JULIAN-Banker and Broker, 6 Wall street, New York City; residence New Rochelle. Mem- her New York Stock Exchange firm of Breese & Smith. Member Knickerbocker, New York Yacht and Players' Clubs.
POTTER, MARK WINSLOW - Lawyer, 63 Wall street, New York City; residence 25 West 84th street. Born in Kaneville, Ill., Jan. 9, 1866. Educated at New York University Law School ('88). (Married.) Member of the firm of Cole & Potter. Member Phi Delta Phl and Strollers' Clubs and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
POTTER, ROBERT F. - Banker and Broker, 36 Wall street, New York City; residence Westchester. Member of the New York Stock Exchange firm of E. C. Potter & Co. Member Racquet and Tennis and Knickerbocker Clubs, and Country Club of Westches- ter.
POTTER, SAMUEL H .- Banker, Main and Deitz streets, Oneonta; residence 51 Ford avenue. Born in Cooperstown, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1862. Educated at Coop- erstown. (Married.) Assistant cashier Wilber Na- tional Bank. Member Oneonta Club, Empire State Society Sons of the American Revolution and Oneonta Chapter No. 271, R. A. M.
POTTER, WILSON-Architect, 3 Union square, West, New York City; residence Hotel Majestic, and Forrestville, Conn. Born in Litchfield, Conn., March 2, 1866. Educated in Boston under direction of Henry Van Brunt. (Married.) Formerly with Richard Mor- ris Hunt and was manager of the architectural firm of Van Brunt & Howe. Member Colonial Club.
POTTER, WILLIAM A .- Architect, 160 Fifth ave- nue, New York City; residence 39 West 27th street. Born in Schenectady, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1842. Educated at Union College. (Single.) Formerly Supervising Archi- tect of the Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. Member Union College Alumni and Century Associa- tions, American Institute of Architects and Metropoli- tan Museum of Art.
POTTER, WILLIAM WARREN - Physician and Editor, Buffalo; residence 284 Franklin street. Born in Strykersville, Wyoming Co., N. Y., Dec. 31, 1838. Educated in Lima. N. Y., and Buffalo. (Married.) Was surgeon of 57th New York Volunteers in Civil War and attained rank of brevet lieutenant - col- onel United States Volunteers; was president of the Medical Society of the State of New York, 1891; men- ber board of trustees American Medical Association, 1891-2. Now president State Medical Examining Board and Alumni Association of the Medical Department of the University of Buffalo; secretary American Asso- ciation of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Editor of Buffalo "Medical Journal." Member Press and Ellicott Clubs, Army and Navy Club of New York City, and Military Order of the Loyal Legion.
POTTHAST, EDWARD HENRY-Artist and Illus- trator, 52 East 23d street, New York City; residence 21 West 24th street. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 11, 1857. Educated in public schools; studied art in Munich and Paris.
POTTS, FREDERIC AUGUSTUS-Wholesale Coal Merchant, 143 Liberty street, New York City; residence 39 East 39th street. Senior member of the firm of F. A. Potts & Co. President and director Arnoux and
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Hockhausen Electric Co .; director Dover Iron Co., St. Anthony Association, West End Coal Co. and New York and Sea Beach Ry. Co. Member Union, Union League, St. Anthony, New York Athletic and Larch- mont Yacht Clubs.
POTTS, WILLIAM-Author, 229 Lexington ave- nue, New York City. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 5, 1838. Educated at West Town Boarding School, Pa. (Widower.) Vice-president National Civil Service Re- form League. Formerly chairman executive commit- tee New York State Forestry Association; president Farmington Forestry Association, Brooklyn Art Guild and Brooklyn Guild Association; vice-president and secretary Continental Trust Co .; treasurer Brooklyn Art Association; secretary National Civil Service Re- form League, New York Civil Service Reform Asso- ciation, Brooklyn Civil Service Reform Association, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn Art Association and other organizations, and also formerly chief examiner New York State Civil Service Commis- sion. Author of "From a New England Hillside," "The Rolling Year," "The New Home," "More Notes from Underledge," "The Monetary Problem," "Vegetal Evolution," "Form and Color in Nature," "Socialism and Social Reform" and other essays and addresses; compiler of "A Bibliography of the Publications of Societies." Member Brooklyn Canoe Club, Authors' Club, Pennsylvania Society, American Canoe, Middle East Side Neighborhood, New York Civil Service Re- form and Century Associations and National Civil Service Reform, New York Anti-Imperialistic and New England Anti-Imperialistic Leagues.
POUCHER, JOHN W .- Physician and Surgeon, 339 Mill street, Poughkeepsie. Born in Claverack, N. Y., July 24, 1859. Educated at Claverack College, Union University and University of Berlin, Germany. (Married.) Was first lieutenant and assistant surgeon of Volunteers during Spanish-American War. Ex- alderman. Now commissioner of public works of the City of Poughkeepsie; consulting surgeon to Vassar Brothers' Hospital; director Poughkeepsie National Bank. Member Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, Naval and Military Order of Spanish- American War, thirty-second degree Masons, Mystic Shrine, Mecca Temple, New York City, Poughkeepsie Commandery, Knights Templar (eminent commander), and New York State Medical, Dutchess County Medi- cal and Holland Societies.
POULSON, NIELS-Architectural Iron Manufac- turer, North 11th and Berry streets, Brooklyn; resi- dence Shore Road and 88th street, Bay Ridge. Born in Denmark, Feb. 27, 1843. Educated in Denmark. (Married.) President Hecla Iron Works; vice-presi- dent Franke & Zenner Flooring Co. Member Cres- cent Athletic Club and Blooming Grove Park Associa- ticn.
POUND, CUTHBERT WINFRED-Lawyer and Professor, Ithaca; residence 611 East Seneca street. Born in Lockport, N. Y., June 20, 1864. Educated at Cornell University. (Married.) State senator, Twen- ty-ninth District. 1894-5. Professor of corporation, criminal and constitutional law, evidence and part- nership in the College of Law of Cornell University. Member Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Delta Phi Fra- ternities and American Historical Association.
POWEL, DE VEAUX-Coal Merchant, 29 Broad- way, New York City; residence 62 West 88th street. President and director Powelton Barge Co .; secretary, treasurer and director Baker Transport Co. Member Engineers' Club, American Institute of Mining Engi- neers, American Geographical Society and American Museum of Natural History.
POWELL, ADONIRAM J .- Pianos, 142 Fifth ave- nue, New York City, and 774 Fulton street, Brooklyn; residence 99 McDonough street, Brooklyn. Born in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., N. Y., December, 1855. Edu- cated in Rochester, N. Y. (Married Alma Webster Hall, a direct descendant of the Webster family.) Sec- retary and director Webster Piano Co .; treasurer and director Henning Co .; cashier since 1880 for Freeborn G. Smith, manufacturer of Bradbury pianos. Has been organist in some of the largest churches includ- ing the Hanson Place M. E. Church and that of Dr. Talmage.
POWELL, EDWARD A .- Real Estate and Nur- seryman, Syracuse; residence 805 West Genesee street.
Born in Shadeland, Pa., June 27, 1838. Educated in Springboro, Pa. (Married.) President Syracuse, Lake- side and Baldwinsville Ry, Co., Powell Oil and Paint Co., Syracuse Portland Cement Co. and Syracuse Bus- iness Men's Association; vice-president Smith's & Powell Co., and board of trustees First Presbyterian Church; director Syracuse Construction Co .; trustee Onondaga County Savings Bank. Member Lakeside Yacht and Boat, and Fortnightly Clubs.
POWELL, EDWARD E .- Coal Merchant, 218 Che- nango street, Binghamton; residence 1 Orton avenue. Born in Wales, Sept. 10, 1870. Educated in Hazleton, Pa. (Married.) Member of the firm of Ford, Beach & Powell. Was health commissioner of Binghamton three years, and street commissioner three years. Member Broome County Country and Binghamton Clubs.
POWELL, EDWARD PAYSON-Journalist, Clin- ton. Born in Clinton, 1833. Educated at Hamilton Col- lege (A.B., '53, and A.M.) and at Union Theological Seminary (D.D., '58). (Married Lucy J. Maltbie.) Held Congregational and, later, Unitarian pastorates at Adrian, Mich., St. Louis, Mo., and Chicago, III. Was editorial writer on the St. Louis "Globe-Demo- crat" for several years; now associate editor of "The New Unity" of Chicago. Author of "Our Heredity from God," "Liberty and Life" and other works. Member American Arbitration Congress, American Historical Society and many other bodies.
POWELL, SENECA D .- Surgeon, 12 West 40th street, New York City. Born in Wilcox County, Ala., Jan. 5, 1848. Educated at Universities of Virginia and New York; degrees of LL.D. and M.D. Formerly pres- ident Medical Society of the County of New York and of Medical Society of the State of New York. Now professor of surgery, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, and visiting surgeon Post-Grad- uate Hospital and St. Mark's Hospital. Member New York Athletic Club, Southern, New York County Medi- cal, New York State Medical and Northwestern Medi- cal and Surgical Societies, Medical Society of the State of Connecticut (honorary), Bellevue Hospital Alumni and Physicians' Mutual Aid Associations and New York Academy of Medicine.
POWELL, WILLIAM R .- Merchant, 1160 Broad- way, New York City; residence 254 West 75th street. Born in New York City. Educated at Columbia. (Single.) Member Colonial and Grolier Clubs, Metro- politan Museum of Art and Columbia College Alumni Association.
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