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BIRD, HERBERT S .- Chemist, 65 Ninth street, Brooklyn; residence 486 East Eighth street. Born in Boston, Mass., April, 1866. Educated in Boston schools, at Medway High School, and at Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology. (Married.) Analytical chemist, Tartar Chemical Co. Member Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Society of New York, and American Chemical Society.
BIRD, J. WARREN-Lawyer, 34 Pine street, New York City; residence 63 West 46th street. Educated at Princeton. (Single.) Member University Athletic and University Clubs, and Ardsley Club of Ardsley-on- Hudson.
BIRDSALL, GEORGE N .- Banker, 54 West 32d street, New York City; residence 688 Macon street, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, Ohio, Nov. 17, 1836. Educated in public schools and academies in New York city and state. (Married.) Treasurer and trus- tee Union Dime Savings Institution. Member Union League Club of Brooklyn.
BIRDSALL, GEORGE W .- Engineer, 21 Park row, New York City; residence 56 West 38th street. Born in New York City, 1836. Educated at the College of the City of New York ('53). Assistant engineer, De- partment of Public Works, 1871-9; chief engineer of same, 1879-98; chief engineer Department of Water Supply since 1898. Member City College Club and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
BIRDSEYE, CLARENCE F .- Lawyer, 71 Broad- way, New York City. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., June 6, 1854. (Son of Lucius Birdseye.) Educated at Am- herst College ('74) and Columbia Law School ('77). (Married Ada J. Underwood.) Author of "Birdseye's Revised Statutes," "Codes and General Laws of the State of New York," "Chronological Table of the Laws of New York," "Greater New York Charter," "Analy- tical Index of New York Code of Civil Procedure," "Birdseye's Abbott's Clerks' and Conveyancers' Assis- tant," and others. Member Hamilton, Park Hill Country. and Shelter Island Yacht Clubs, and Am- herst College Alumni Association.
BIRDSEYE, RUFUS P .- Banker, Utica; residence 429 Genesee street. Born in Trenton, N. J. Educated in Utica. (Married.) Trustee Savings Bank of Utica; director Mohawk Valley Cotton Mills. Member Fort Schuyler Club, and Oriental Lodge No. 214, F. & A. M.
BIRKINS, ERNEST R .- Physician and Principal, Public School No. 10, St. Nicholas avenue and 117th street, New York City; residence 192 Lenox avenue. Born in Germantown, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1856. Educated in public schools, at the College of the City of New York and the Medical Department of the University of the City of New York. (Married.) Member Har- lem and Schoolmasters' Clubs, Medical Society of the County of New York, New York Society of Pedagogy, Hoi Skolastikoi. and Male Principals' and Teachers' Association.
BIRMINGHAM, ERNEST F .- Editor and Pub- lisher, 19 Park row, New York City; residence 117 West 79th street. Born in New Haven, Conn., 1860. Educated at New York University ('79). Editor and publisher of the "Fourth Estate," and of the "News Letter." Member Hardware, Psi Upsilon, New York Press, Richmond County and . Staten Island Cricket Clubs, and New York University Alumni Association.
BIRMINGHAM, STIRLING-Broker, 120 Broad- way, New York City; residence Far Rockaway. Born in Maryland, 1863. (Married.) Vice-president Musca- tine North and South Railroad Co. Member Lawyers' Club.
BIRNEY, WILLIAM V .- Artist, 58 West 57th street, New York City. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Educated at Boston Art School, Philadelphia Academy and Royal Academy, Munich, Germany. (Married.) Member Salmagundi Sketch, Brooklyn Art, Philadel- phia Sketch and New York Water Color Clubs.
BIRRELL, HENRY-Publisher, University Build- ing, Washington square, New York City; residence 48 East 26th street. Born in Scotland, Nov. 27, 1856. Educated at New York City Public School No. 35. (Married.) Presidential Elector Twelfth Congressional District, 1896. Connected with the American Book Co. Member New York Athletic and Republican Clubs, and Aldine Association.
BISBEE, ELDON-Lawyer, 32 Liberty street, New York City. Born in Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 26, 1866. Educated at Harvard. (Married.) Member Harvard and University Clubs, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
BISCHOFF, HENRY, JR .- Supreme Court Justice, County Court House, New York City; residence 19 West 96th street. Born in 1852. Educated in New York City public schools, at Bloomfield (N. J.) Acad- emy, and at Columbia College Law School ('71). Ad- mitted to the Bar, 1873. Collector of arrears of per- sonal taxes, 1879-89. Judge Court of Common Pleas, 1890-4; Supreme Court Justice since 1894; term expires, 1903. Director Union Square Bank. Member Manhat- tan, Colonial and Democratic Clubs, and Liederkranz.
BISHOP, CORTLANDT FIELD - Lawyer, 11 Madison avenue, New York city; residence 13 Madison avenue. Born in New York City, Nov. 24, 1870. Edu- cated at Columbia University (A.B., '91 and Ph.D., '93) and Columbia Law School. (Married.) Member Metropolitan, City, Grolier, Collectors' and Knicker- bocker Clubs, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, American Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Design, Society of Colonial Wars, and Columbia University Alumni Association.
BISHOP, GEORGE R .- Official Stenographer, New York Stock Exchange, 10 Broad street, New York City; residence 142 East 18th street. Born in Stan- ford, Dutchess Co., N. Y. Educated in schools of Dutchess County and at Dutchess County Academy, Poughkeepsie, (Married.) Member Barnard and Patria Clubs.
BISHOP, HEBER REGINALD-Retired Merchant and Banker, 881 Fifth avenue, New York City. Born in Medford, Mass., March 11, 1840. In business first at Boston in 1859. Settled at Remedios, Cuba; estab- lished house of Bishop & Co., 1861; retired in 1876 to Irvington-on-Hudson. Financially interested in rail- road, iron, gas and other properties. Director Rock Island and Pacific R. R. Co., Chandler Iron Co. and Metropolitan Trust Co .; formerly of the New York Elevated Ry. Co., Manhattan Elevated Railway Co., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha R. R. Co., Duluth and Iron Range R. R. Co., Chicago and Indiana Coal R. R. Co., Minnesota Iron Co., and other corporations; also interested in management of hospitals. Member American Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art and many other clubs and societies.
BISHOP, JOSEPH B .- Editor, 206 Broadway, New York City; residence 256 West 94th street. Born Sept. 5, 1847. Educated at Brown University. (Married.) Member University and Barnard Clubs, and Brown University Alumni Association.
BISHOP, LOUIS FAUGERES-Physician, 54 West 55th street, New York City. Born in New Brunswick, N. J., 1864. Educated at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., Rutgers College and College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. (Married.) Secre- tary New York Academy of Medicine; attending physician to Colored Hospital; assistant physician in French Hospital. Author of numerous medical works. Member Calumet and Delta Phi Clubs and Sons of the Revolution.
BISHOP, WILLIAM D., JR .- Secretary, Grand Central Station, New York City; residence Bridge- port, Conn. Secretary New York, New Haven and Hartford R. R. Co .; director Western Union Telegraph Co. Member Reform, University, New York Yacht, Yale and Transportation Clubs.
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BISSELL, EUGENE-Auction and Commission, 12 Murray street, New York City; residence 210 Berkeley place, Brooklyn. Born in Suffield, Conn., Nov. 1, 1839. Educated at Connecticut Literary Institute, Suffield, Conn. (Married.) Member of the firm of E. Bissell & Co. Director Seventh National Bank. Member Hardware Club, Montauk Club of Brooklyn, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, Lafayette Post G. A. R., and 7th Regiment Veteran and 9th Regiment Veteran Associations.
BISSELL, HERBERT P .- Lawyer, 714 Ellicott square, Buffalo; residence 549 Linwood avenue. Born in New London, Oneida Co., N. Y., Aug. 30, 1856. Edu- cated at Harvard. (Married.) Member of the firms of Bissell, Sicard, Bissell & Carey, and Bissell & Metcalf. Director Pan-American Exposition. Member Buffalo, Saturn, Ellicott, Liberal and Independent Clubs, and University Club of New York City.
BISSELL, JAMES DOUGAL-Physician, 34 West 38th street. New York City. Born July 5, 1864. Edu- cated at University of South Carolina ('85) and Uni- versity of Maryland Medical Department ('88). (Sin- gle.) Gynecologist to Woman's Hospital (out door de- partment), Demilt Dispensary and McDonough Hos- pital, and consulting obstetrician to Old Marion Street Maternity Hospital. Member Sons of the Revolution, Society of Mayflower Descendants, and Women's Hos- pital Society.
BISSELL, JOSEPH B .- Physician, 15 West 58th street, New York City. Member University, Manhat- tan, Democratic, New York Athletic, Yale and Chi Phi Clubs, and New England Society.
BISSELL, WILSON S .- Lawyer, Buffalo. Born in New London, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1847. Educated at Yale (A.B., '69 and LI.D., '93); studied law at twenty-one, with Lansing. Cleveland & Folsom; formed partner- ship with Lyman K. Bass, 1872. Grover Cleveland be- ing admitted to the firm a year later, name changed to Bass, Cleveland & Bissell. Firm now Bissell, Carey & Cooke. Presidential Elector, 1884. Postmaster-Gen- eral of United States, 1893-5. Member University, Manhattan and Transportation Clubs of New York City, and Yale Alumni Association.
BISSET, THOMAS B .- Merchant, 78 Leonard street, New York City; residence New York Club. Member New York, Merchants', Manhattan and Rac- quet and Tennis Clubs.
BISSINGER, PHILLIP-President, 100 East 14th street, and Diamonds, 20 John street, New York City; residence 19 East 34th street. President and trustee German Savings Bank; director German-American Bank, Holmes Electric Protective Co. and Manhattan Life Insurance Co. Member New York Club, Down Town Association, Liederkranz, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, and American Geographical Society.
BIXBY, WILLARD G .- Secretary, 194 Hester street, New York City; residence 2411 Creston avenue. Born in Salem, Mass., July 13. 1868. Educated in pub- lic schools of Salem and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. (Married.) Treasurer and director S. M. Bixby & Co. Member Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Society.
BJERREGAARD, CARL HENRY ANDREW- Librarian, New York Public Library, New York City; residence Montclair, N. J. Born in Fredericia, Den- mark, May 24, 1845. Educated at Fredericia College, Copenhagen University ('63) and Military Academy of Denmark ('66). (Married Matilda J. Thompson.) Served as lieutenant in Danish Army five years. Pro- fessor of botany Fredericia College two years; re- signed to join Danish Legation to Court of Russia; served in same two years. Came to this country in 1873 for political reasons. Author of "Mysticism and Nature Worship," "Being and the Philosophical His- tory of the Subject" and "Jewish Encyclopedia" (twelve volumes). Collaborator on the "Standard Dictionary," and an authority on Orientalia, and mys- ticism. Has written many articles and lectured in many cities. Librarian since 1879,
BLACK, ALEXANDER R .- Author, 146 Montague street, Brooklyn; residence 125 Vernon avenue. Born in New York City, Feb. 7, 1859. (Married Elizabeth
IIelmle, 1881.) Edited Ostrander's "History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County." Author of "Story of Ohio," "Photography Indoors and Out," "Miss Jerry," "A Capital Courtship," "Miss America" and "The Girl and the Guardsman." Member of the Authors' Club.
BLACK, E. MARTIN-Publisher, 49 Exchange place, New York City; residence 25 West 95th street. Born in New York City Aug. 21, 1854. Educated at Franklin College. (Married.) Editor and publisher "Wall Street Daily News." Member New York Press and Democratic Clubs, and Freundschaft Society.
BLACK, FRANK S .- Lawyer, 149 Broadway, New York City; residence Troy. Born in Limington, Me., March 8, 1853. Educated at Dartmouth College ('75 and LL.D., '98). (Married Lois B. Hamlin, 1879.) Ad- mitted to the Bar, 1879; delegate to Republican Na- tional Convention, 1896: Congressman, 1895-7; Governor of New York State, 1897-9. Member of the firm of Black, Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge.
BLACK, HENRY V. D .- Lithographer, 93 William street, New York City; residence Irvington. Member of the firm of Snyder & Black. Member Union League, Drug, and Army and Navy Clubs.
BLACK, JOHN V .- Lithographer, 93 William street, New York City; residence 47 West 43d street. Member of the firm of Snyder & Black. Member Uni- versity, Union League, Camera, New York Athletic, Mendelssohn Glee and Larchmont Yacht Clubs, City College Alumni Association, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
BLACKBURN, JOHN-Coal Dealer, Albany; resi- dence Albany. Born in Ireland, 1837. Educated in Ireland. (Married.) Member of the firm of Black- burn, Wallace & Co. Trustee Albany Exchange Sav- ings Bank.
BLACKFORD, EUGENE G .- Merchant, Banker and President, 80 Fulton street, New York City, and Bedford avenue and Halsey street, Brooklyn; resi- dence 725 St. Mark's avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Mor- ristown, N. J., Aug. 8, 1839. Educated in common schools. (Married.) President and director Bedford Bank, and Blackford's; president Atlantic Avenue Commission; trustee City Savings Bank, Consolidated Savings Loan Investment Co. and People's Trust Co. Ex-president New York State Fishery Commis- sion. Member Fulton, Hamilton, Montauk, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Union League, Dyker Meadow Golf and Knickerbocker Field Clubs, Lawyers' Club, and others.
BLACKMAR, ABEL E .- Lawyer, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence 1074 Bergen street, Brook- lyn. Born in Newark, N. J., Aug. 21, 1852. Educated at Hamilton College and Columbia College Law School. (Married.) Member of the firm of Baldwin & Blackmar. Counsel to New York Produce Exchange. Member Union League Club of Brooklyn, and Associa- tion of the Bar of the City of New York.
BLACKWELL, FRANCIS OGDEN - Electrical Engineer, 44 Broad street, Schenectady; residence Schenectady. Born in New York City, June 23, 1868. Educated at Princeton ('87). (Married.) Engineer General Electric Co. Member University and Manhat- tan Clubs of New York City, American Institute of Mining Engineers, and American Institute of Electri- cal Engineers.
BLACKWELL, FRANK E .- Lawyer, 63 Wall street, New York City: residence 32 West 75th street. (Married.) Member of the firm of Blackwell Bros. Member Union League and Barnard Clubs, and Down Town Association.
BLACKWELL, GEORGE E. - Lawyer, 63 Wall street, New York City; residence Astoria, L. I. Born in Astoria, Feb. 19, 1860. Educated at Columbia Gram- mar School, Columbia College and Columbia Law School. (Married.) Member of the firm of Blackwell Bros. Member Reform and Delta Kappa Epsilon Clubs, Down Town Association, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and Columbia College Alumni Association.
BLACQUE. VALENTINE A .- Stock Broker, 24 Broad street, New York City: residence 116 East 39th street. Member of the firm of W. H. Goadby & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member
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BLAIKIE, WILLIAM - Banker and Druggist, Utica. Born in Scotland, Aug., 1822. Educated in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Married.) President and trustee Savings Bank of Utica.
BLAIKIE, WILLIAM - Lawyer and Author, 206 Broadway, New York City; residence Englewood, N. J. Born in York, N. Y., May 24, 1843. Educated at Harvard ('66) and Harvard Law School ('68). (Mar- ried.) Pardon clerk, United States Attorney-General's office, 1869-70; assistant United States district-attor- ney, 1870-2. In law practice in New York City at pres- ent. Lecturer on physical training. Author of "How to Get Strong," and other works.
BLAIN, WILLIAM H .- Lawyer, 271 Broadway, New York City; residence Hastings. Born in New York State, April 12, 1852. Educated at Williams Col- lege and Columbia College Law School. (Married.) Member Williams College Alumni Association.
BLAIR, BENJAMIN F. - Lawyer, 32 Liberty street, New York City; residence 195 Greene avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Constantine, Mich., June 19, 1837. (Married.) Was commissioner of elections in Brook- lyn under Mayor Schieren. Now director Wallabout Bank. Member Union League Club of Brooklyn, Ful- ton Club, Loyal Legion, and U. S. Grant Post, G. A. R.
BLAIR, CLINTON LEDYARD-Banker, 33 Wall street, New York City; residence 15 East 60th street. Born in Belvidere, N. J., July 16, 1867. Educated at Princeton ('90). (Married.) Member of the New York Stock Exchange firm of Blair & Co. Secretary and . director Kansas City, Osceola and Southern Ry. Co .; director Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, United States Mortgage and Trust Co., Commercial Trust Co., Western National Bank, Belvi- dere (N. J.) National Bank, Green Bay and Western Ry. Co., St. Louis and Hannibal Ry. Co., Toledo and Ohio Central Ry. Co., Northwestern Elevated R. R. Co. of Chicago, New York, Ontario and Western R. R. Co., Bangor and Portland Ry. Co., and Chicago, Iowa and Dakota Ry. Co. Member Metropolitan, Country, University, University Athletic, Racquet and Tennis, Princeton, Lawyers', Morris County Golf and Somerset Hills Country Clubs, Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on- Hudson, and Sons of the Revolution.
BLAIR, DE WITT C .- Banker, 33 Wall street, New York City. Educated at Princeton ('56). Member of the firm of Blair & Co., members of the New York Stock Exchange. Director Lackawanna Iron and Steel Co., and Bangor and Portland Ry. Co. Member of various clubs and societies.
BLAIR, JOHN N .- Lawyer, 32 Liberty street, New York City: residence 80 Washington square, East. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y. Educated at Amherst Col- lege, University of Michigan and Columbia Law School. Member of the firm of Blair & Rudd. Mem- ber Nassau Country and Hardware Clubs, Association of the Bar of the City of New York and Amherst Col- lege Alumni and University of Michigan Alumni As- sociations.
BLAKE, ARTHUR M .- Insurance Broker, 41 Pine street, New York City; residence 106 West 55th street. Born in England, Nov. 28, 1870. Educated at Oxford University, England. (Single.) Member Players', Racquet and Tennis and Amateur Comedy Clubs, and Squadron "A," N. G. N. Y.
BLAKE, JOSEPH A .- Physician, 601 Madison ave- nue, New York City. Born in San Francisco, Cal., 1864. Educated at Yale (B.A., '85 and Ph.B., '86) and College of Physicians and Surgeons (M.D., '89). (Mar- ried.) Assistant demonstrator of anatomy College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University; at- tending surgeon to Harlem and St. Luke's Hospitals. Member Penataquit Corinthian Yacht and University Clubs, Yale Alumni Association, Alumni of College of Physicians and Surgeons, Association of Alumni of St. Luke's Hospital, Association of American Anatomists, New York Academy of Medicine, New York County Medical and Zoological Societies and Fellow New York Academy of Sciences.
BLAKE, MICHAEL F .- Lawyer, 8 City Hall, New York City; residence 343 East 18th street. Born in New York City, Aug. 1, 1857. Educated in public schools and at Columbia Law School. Became inter-
ested in journalism and was for many years a writer on the staff of the "Herald"; deputy clerk Board of Alderman, 1889-95; clerk of Common Council, 1893-8; clerk Board of Aldermen, since 1898. Vice-chairman General Committee of Tammany Hall of the Eigh- teenth Assembly District. Member Democratic, Press and Anawanda Clubs.
BLAKE, STEPHEN S .- Assistant District Attor- ney, Criminal Court Building, New York City; resi- dence 1466 Lexington avenue. Born in County Clare, Ireland, 1843. Educated at College of Our Lady of Angels, Suspension Bridge, N. Y .. at College and Sem- inary of Montreal, Canada, and Albany Law School ('71). Served as city clerk, alderman, town attorney, prosecuting attorney and city court judge of Bridge- port, Conn. Candidate for Secretary of State (Con- necticut) on Democratic ticket, 1880. Resident of New York City since 1881. Delegate to Constitutional Con- vention, 1894. Member of the Legislature, 1895. Assist- ant district attorney since 1896.
BLANCHARD, FRANK L .- Journalist, 19 Park row, New York City; residence 12 Fifth avenue. Born in Lewiston, Me. Educated in public schools, at Nichols Latin School and at Bates College. Associate editor "The Fourth Estate" and "The News Letter," and partner in the Thistle Mfg Co.
BLANCHARD, ISAAC H .- Printer and Publisher, 241 West Broadway, New York City; residence 108 High street, Orange, N. J. Born in Newark, N. J., Sept. 11, 1862. Educated in Newark. (Married.) Presi- dent Isaac H. Blanchard Co .; secretary New York Woven Wire Mattress Co. Member Wool Club, Ty- pothetæ, New England Society, Chancellor Walworth Lodge F. & A. M., Guardant Council No. 1322, Royal Arcanum, and Newark Lodge, No. 31, A. O. U. W.
BLANCHARD, JAMES A .- Lawyer, 154 Nassau street, New York City; residence Hotel Savoy. Born in Jefferson County, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1845. (Son of Philip and Catharine [Drummond] Blanchard.) Educated at Ripon College (A.B.) and Columbia College Law School (LI .. B.). (Married.) Was vice-president of the Republican League of the United States, 1888-9, for the State of New York, and chairman of the sub- committee for four years; president Republican Club 1892, and for many years represented the Twenty-first Assembly District in the Executive Committee of the Republican County Committee; was a member of the Committee of Thirty that reorganized the Republican party in New York County, and member of the Com- mittee of Seventy in 1894. Now commissioner of Grand Boulevard and Concourse, and Judge of Court of Gen- eral Sessions. Member Union League and Republican Clubs, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Lafayette Post G. A. R., Geographical Society, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
BLANDY, CHARLES-Lawyer, 15 Wall street, New York City; residence 143 West 121st street. Born in Ireland, Aug. 18, 1847. Educated in public schools, at Worcester College, Owens College and by private tuition. Assistant corporation counsel under John Whalen. Formerly assistant in the same office under Whitney, Andrews, Lacombe and Clark. His specialty is as a nisi prius lawyer. Member of the firm of Blandy, Mooney & Shipman. Director Harlem Board of Commerce and Manhattan Refrigerating Co. Mem- ber Harlem (president) and Democratic Clubs, Medico- Legal Society and State Bar Association.
BLANDY, GRAHAM F .- Broker, 16 Broad street, New York City; residence 449 Washington avenue, Brooklyn. Born in New York City, Dec. 17, 1868. Edu- cated in Philadelphia, New York, Brooklyn, Dieppe (France) and Montreaux (Switzerland). (Single.) Di- rector American Wood Board Co., and Eddy & Bissel Live Stock Co .; trustee Colwell Lead Co. Member New York Stock Exchange. Member Calumet and Lunch- eon Clubs, Crescent Athletic and Dyker Meadow Golf Clubs of Brooklyn, and Sons of the Revolution.
BLANEY, CHARLES P .- Lawyer, 30 Broad street, New York City; residence 187 Madison avenue. Born in Dorchester, Mass., March 14, 1868. Educated at Harvard College and Harvard Law School. (Single.) Associated with the firm of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost & Colt. Member Harvard Club, Society of Medical Juris- prudence, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
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BLENNER, CARLE J .- Artist, 58 West 57th street, New York City. Born in Richmond, Va., Feb. 1, 1867. Educated at Marburg, Germany, Yale Art School and Julian Academy, Paris, France. (Single.) Member Salmagundi Sketch and Players' Clubs, and Yale Alumni Association.
BLEYTHING, GEORGE D .- Physician, 1008 Madi- son avenue, New York City. Born in Morris County, N. J., Oct. 18, 1842. Educated in Trenton, N. J., and at Medical School of Columbia University. (Married.) Member New York Athletic and Church Clubs, Ameri- can Geographical, New York County Medical, New York Pathological and Lenox Medical and Surgical Societies, and New York County Medical Association.
BLISS, CORNELIUS NEWTON-Dry Goods Com- mission Merchant, 117 Duane street, New York City; residence 198 Madison avenue. Born in Fall River, Mass., Jan. 26, 1833. Educated in public schools. Senior member of the firm of Bliss, Fabyan & Co. Was member of the Pan-American Conference; Secretary of the Interior, in cabinet of President Mckinley, 1897-8. Director American Cotton Co., Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Fourth Na- tional Bank and Home Insurance Co .; trustee Lan- cashire Insurance Co. of Manchester, England, Ameri- can Surety Co. and Central Trust Co. Member Union, Union League, Metropolitan, Lotos, Players', Mer- chants', Republican and Lawyers' Clubs, Union League Club of Brooklyn, Dunlap, American Geographical and New England Societies, Chamber of Commerce, Metro- politan Museum of Art and American Museum of Nat- ural History.
BLISS, ELIPHALET W .- Inventor and Manufac- turer of Machinery, 17 Adams street, Brooklyn; resi- dence 4 East 61st street, New York City. Born in Cooperstown, N. Y., April 12, 1836. Educated in Cooperstown. (Married.) President E. W. Bliss Co. and United States Projectile Co. Member Union League, New York Yacht, Metropolitan, Atlantic Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, and American Yacht Clubs, and Lafayette Post No. 140, G. A. R.
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