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Westchester County Realty Co. Member Harvard and University Clubs, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
RANDALL, GEORGE W. - Civil Engineer, 1123 Broadway, New York City; residence 669 St. Marks avenue, Brooklyn. Member Atlantic Yacht and Cres- cent Athletic Clubs of Brooklyn, and New York Ath- letic Club.
RANDALL, MALLINSON - Organist, 2067 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence 28 West 125th street. Born in London, England. Educated in London, Paris and Hanover. (Single.) Organist and choirmaster, St. Andrew's Church, Harlem, since 1891. Was organist and choirmaster at Rev. Stopford Brooke's church, London, 1885-90; St. Barnabas, Irvington, N. Y., 1890-1. Member Harlem and Clef Clubs; founder of American Guild of Organists.
RANDALL, SAMUEL H .- Lawyer, 239 Broadway, New York City; residence 170 West 81st street. Born in Boston, Mass., Sept. 22, 1836. Educated at Otis Grammar and English High Schools, Boston, Mass., and at Harvard Law School (LL.B., '59). (Married.) Medico-Legal Society and Harvard Law Alumni As- sociation.
RANDALL, STEPHEN M .- Contractor and Build- er, 1125 Broadway, New York City; residence 669 St. Marks avenue, Brooklyn. Born on Long Island, 1843. Educated in Long Island. (Married.) Director Seven- teenth Ward Bank of Brooklyn and Young Men's Chris- tian Association; trustee East Brooklyn Savings Bank, and executive member Brooklyn Church Society. Member Manufacturers' Association.
RANDALL, T. HENRY-Architect, 51 Madison avenue, New York City; residence Madison Square Garden Tower. Born in Annapolis, Md., July 5, 1862. Educated at St. John's College ('82), Johns Hopkins University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology ('84). (Single.) Studied architecture with H. H. Richardson of Brookline, Mass., 1884-6, and with Mc- Kim, Mead & White, 1888-9. Member Church, Calumet and Reform Clubs, Architectural League and Ameri- can Institute of Architects.
RANDALL, WILLIAM B. - Banker. 66 Broad- way, New York City; residence Pelham Manor. Born in South Lee, Berkshire Co., Mass., Oct. 2, 1859. Edu- cated at Prospect School, Bridgeport, Conn. (Married.) Trust officer Knickerbocker Trust Co. Treasurer Southern States Lumber Co .; treasurer and director Gorham Coal Co .; secretary and director Laguna Val- ley Co., and Hampton Roads Hotel Co .; secretary Ash- tabula Water Co .; director Suburban Land Improve- ment Co .; trustee village of Pelham Manor. Member National Arts Club.
RANDOLPH, EDMUND-Stock Broker, 7 Nassau street, New York City; residence Mount St. Vincent. Educated at Columbia ('83). Member of the firm of Edmund & Charles Randolph, and of the New York Stock Exchange. President and director Alabama Mineral Land Co .; director Continental National Bank, Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Co. of England and New York, and Manhattan Trust Co .; trustee and chairman executive committee New York Life Insurance Co .; trustee New York Security and Trust Co. Member Union, University, Country, Rac- quet and Tennis, Turf and Field, Knickerbocker and New York Yacht Clubs and Columbia University Alumni Association.
RANDOLPH, JOHN C. F .- Mining Engineer, 35 Wall street and 15 Broad street, New York City; resi- dence Morristown, N. J. Born in Trenton, N. J., De- cember, 1846. Educated at Princeton (A.B., '66), at Co- lumbia (E.M., '69), and at Göttingen and Vienna. (Single.) Has been at different times in the service of Japan, China, Republic of Colombia and the United States as engineer in charge of mining operations. Has general consulting practice in mining and met - allurgy. Member University Club, Down Town Asso- ciation and American Institute of Mining Engineers.
RANDOLPH, JOSEPH F. - Lawyer, 15 Broad street, New York City; residence Morristown, N. J. Born in Trenton, N. J., Dec. 4, 1843. Educated at Yale (A.B., '62), Columbia Law School (LL.B., '65), Göttin- gen University, Heidelberg and Ecole de Drolt In
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Paris. (Widower.) Member of the firm of Randolph, Condict & Black, with an office also in Jersey City, N. J. Author of "Randolph on Commercial Paper" (3 vols.) and American editor of "Jarman on Wills" (3 vols.), and "Williams on Executors" (3 vols.). Mem- ber Lawyers' Club and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
RANDOLPH, STUART F. - Lawyer, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence 303 West 85th street. Member Church Club, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
RANDOLPH, WILLIAM F. - Stock Broker, 44 Broad street, New York City; residence 303 West 85th street. Born in Plainfield, N. J., April 14, 1847. Edu- cated in New York City. (Single.) Member of the firm of Rodgers & Randolph, members of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Seawanhaka-Corin- thian Yacht and New York Athletic Clubs and St. Nicholas Society.
RANDOLPH, WILSON G. H. - Clothier, 1245 Broadway, New York City; residence 239 Hancock street, Brooklyn. President and director Smith, Gray & Co. Member Union League Club, and Hamilton, Union League and Hanover Clubs of Brooklyn.
RANKIN, EGBERT GUERNSEY-Physician, 226 Central Park, South, New York City. Born in Astoria, N. Y., July 19, 1856. Educated at Lockwood Academy, Brooklyn. Columbia ('76) and University Medical Col- lege ('79). Visiting physician Metropolitan Hospital. Department of Public Charities. Member St. Nicholas Club, Sons of the Revolution and Society of Colonial Wars.
RANKINE, HAROLD STURGES-Lawyer, 2 Try- on row, New York City; residence 44 West 44th street. Born in Geneva, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1871. Educated at Hobart (A.B., '92) and Columbia Law School. (Sin- gle.) Assistant corporation counsel City of New York. Member University and Democratic Clubs and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
RANKINE, WILLIAM B .- Lawyer, 35 Wall street, New York City; residence 44 West 44th street, and Niagara. Born in Owego, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1858. Edu- cated at Hobart College and at Union College ('77). (Single.) President Niagara Falls Water Works Co .; vice-president and director Vulcanized Fibre Co. of Wilmington, Del., and Niagara Falls-Clifton Suspen- sion Bridge Co .; second vice-president, treasurer and director Niagara Falls Power Co., Niagara Junction Ry. Co. and Niagara Development Co .; secretary, treasurer and director Cataract Construction Co .; sec- retary and director Nikola Tesla Co .; director and member of executive committee Buffalo Ry. Co., Buf- falo Traction Co., Buffalo and Niagara Falls Electric Ry. Co. and Buffalo and Lockport Ry. Co .; director Interstate Casualty Co. and Niagara Falls and Sus- pension Bridge Ry. Co. Member University, Metro- politan, Lawyers', Alpha Delta Phi and Church Clubs, Union Alumni Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
RANNEY, AMBROSE LOOMIS-Physician, 345 Madison avenue, New York City. Born in Hardwick, Mass., June 10, 1848. Educated at Dartmouth College (A.B., '68. and A.M .. '72) and in the Medical Depart- ment of New York University (M.D., '70). (Married.) Has held chairs of anatomy and nervous diseases in several colleges. Author of "Essentials of Anatomy," "Lectures on Nervous Diseases," "Electricity in Medi- cine" and other works of a similar nature. Member Union League, New York Yacht, New York Athletic and Rockaway Hunting Clubs and Dartmouth College Alumni Association.
RANSOM, PAUL C .- Lawyer, 137 Main street, Buffalo; residence 1298 Main street. Born in Earl- ville, N. Y., March 4, 1863. Educated at Williams Col- lege ('86), and at Harvard and Columbia Law Schools. (Single.) Member Country and Saturn Clubs, and Reform and University Clubs of New York City.
RANSOM, RASTUS S .- Lawyer. 290 Broadway, New York City; residence 338 West 77th street. Born in Mt. Hawley, Ill .. March 31, 1839. Educated in El- mira, N. Y. (Married.) President Society of Ameri- can Authors. Ex-surrogate of New York County. Member Patria, Lotos and Democratic Clubs, Old
Guard, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Lafayette Post, G. A. R., New England Society and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
RAOUL-DUVAL, CHARLES-Wine Importer, 63 Pine street, New York City; residence France. Mem- ber of the firm of Raoul-Duval, Stevens & Hall. Mem- ber Lawyers', New York Yacht, Country and Racquet and Tennis Clubs.
RAPALLO, EDWARD SUMNER - Lawyer, 66 Broadway, New York City; residence 508 Fifth ave- nue. Born in Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 18, 1853. (Son of Charles A. Rapallo.) Educated in private schools, at Columbia ('74) and at Columbia Law School. (Mar- ried.) Practicing in New York City since his admis- sion to the Bar in 1876. Director and counsel Manhat- tan Life Insurance Co .; trustee Manhattan Savings Institution. Member Manhattan, Whist, University, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Racquet and Tennis Clubs, Columbia Alumni and Century Associations, New York Law Institute and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
RAPP, SAMUEL-Physician, 350 East 50th street, New York City. Born in New York City, May 15, 1855. Educated in city public schools and at Bellevue Hospital Medical College (M.D.). (Married.) Con- sulting physician Hebrew Infant Asylum; attending physician Orphanage of the Holy Trinity. Ex-coro- ner of Del Norte, Rio Grande Co., and ex-coroner of Hinsdale County, Colo. Member Physicians' Mutual Aid Association, German Aid, Medico-Legal, Metro- politan Medical and New York County Medical Socie- ties and Society of Medical Jurisprudence.
RAPPARD, AUGUSTE-Importer of Embroideries, 41 Greene street, New York City; residence 48 Central Park, South. Member of the firm of A. Rappard & Co. Member Merchants' Central and Wool Clubs and Deutscher Verein.
RASCOVAR, JAMES-Publisher, 71 Broadway and 41 Broad street, New York City; residence 16 West 82d street. Born in Providence, R. I., Jan. 6, 1857. Edu- cated in New York City public schools. (Married.) Connected with the New York News Bureau and with Albert Frank & Co. Member Lotos and Press Clubs, Mystic Shrine, Darcy Lodge, F. & A. M., Olympic Lodge, I. O. O. F., Deer Council, Royal Arcanum, and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
RASINES, ANTONIO - President, 21 Park row, New York City; residence 102 West 75th street. Born in New York City, March 22, 1847. Educated at French Institute, New York City. (Married.) Formerly pres- ident Twelfth Ward Savings Bank and Canal Street Bank, vice-president Twelfth Ward Bank, and school trustee of Twelfth Ward for eleven years. Now presi- dent Commercial Co. of America; treasurer Columbia Publishing Co .; commissioner Bureau of Municipal Statistics. Member New York Athletic, Democratic, Harlem Democratic, Undine and Business Men's Democratic Clubs, Sons of the Revolution, and a thir- ty-second degree Mason.
RASMUSSEN, KROLL - Advertising, 18 Broad- way, New York City; residence 74th street and Fort Hamilton avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Denmark, Sept. 30, 1855. Educated in Denmark. (Married.) Trustee A. F. Roderick & Co. (Inc.).
RASOR, PAUL E. - Fire Insurance, 71 William street, New York City. Born in Wadsworth, Ohio, 1853. United States manager of the Magdeburg Fire Insur- ance Co. since 1895. In 1873 was with the German- American Fire Insurance Co. of New York as assistant secretary.
RASQUIN, WILLIAM, JR .- Lawyer, 32 Nassau street, New York City; residence Flushing, L. I. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 16. 1864. (Married.) Mem- ber Flushing Fishing and Flushing Boat Clubs, Per- palpha Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Cornucopia Lodge, F. & A. M., Commonwealth Council, Royal Ar- canum, and Oak Lodge, Knights of Pythias.
RATHBONE, JARED L .- Capitalist and Ex-Army Officer, San Francisco, Cal .; residence Union Club, New York City. Born in Albany, N. Y., 1844. (Son of Jared L. and Pauline Rathbone.) Educated at Phillips Andover Academy, Troy Polytechnic Institute, and at
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West Point Military Academy ('65). (Married Alexan- dra Atherton.) Served as aide-de-camp for many years on Lieutenant-General Schofield's staff; re- signed from army in California. Was appointed by President Cleveland Consul-General of the United States at Paris in 1887 and served until 1891. Officer of the Legion of Honor of France. Has been an officer of Pacific Union, University, Jockey and Burlingame Country Clubs, Pony Racing Association, Horse Show, Veterinary College in San Francisco. Member Union Club and of clubs in Paris and London.
RATHBONE, JOHN FINLEY-Manufacturer, Al- bany. Born in Albany, Oct. 12, 1819. Educated at Al- bany Academy. Built a foundry at Albany in 1845 for the manufacture of stoves, which has become the largest of its kind in the world. Was brigadier-general commanding the 9th Brigade National Guard New York from 1861 to 1867, and was adjutant-general, with the rank of major-general, on the staff of Governor John A. Dix. Donated money for the building of the Rathbone Library at the University of Rochester and was one of the founders of the Albany Orphan Asy- lum. President Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany Acad- emy, Mutual Fire Insurance Co. and Albany Orphan Asylum; also interested in many other financial and benevolent institutions.
RATHBONE, ROBERT C .- Insurance Broker, 27 Pine street, New York City; residence 118 West 130th street. President and director Assurance Co. of Amer- ica; director Lafayette Fire Insurance Co., National Standard Insurance Co. and Nineteenth Ward Bank. Member Suburban Riding and Driving Club, Down Town Association and Lafayette Post, G. A. R.
RATHBORNE, CHARLES L .- Banker and Broker, 20 Broad street, New York City; residence 135 East 57th street. Born and educated in England. Member of the firm of C. L. Rathborne & Co., and of the New York Stock, New York Cotton, New York Produce and Liverpool Cotton Exchanges. Member Riding and Metropolitan Clubs, American Geographical Society and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
RAUTENBERG, THEODORE H .- Retail Millinery Merchant, 364 South Salina street, Syracuse; residence 128 Wood avenue. Born in Syracuse, March 10, 1865. Educated in Syracuse. (Married.) Member of the firm of Rautenberg & Co. Member Citizens' Club and Royal Arcanum.
RAVEN, ANTON A .- Insurance, 51 Wall street, New York City; residence 864 President street, Brook- lyn. President and director Atlantic Mutual Insur- ance Co .; director Home Life Insurance Co. and Phe- nix National Bank; trustee Atlantic Trust Co. Mem- ber Montauk Club of Brooklyn, American Geographical Society and American Museum of Natural History.
RAWLINGS, CARROLL C .- Banker, 80 Broad- way, New York City; residence 415 High street, West Hoboken, N. J. Assistant secretary Union Trust Co. Member Twilight Club, Society of Colonial Wars and Sons of the American Revolution.
RAWSON, ALBERT LEIGHTON-Artist and Au- thor, 423 East 51st street, New York City; residence Woodcliff, N. J. Born in Chester, Vt., Oct. 15, 1829. Educated by private tutors at Black River Academy, Ludlow, Vt., and at Christ College, Oxford, England. (Married, first, Mary Dickinson; second, Cynthia Cur- tis; third, Emma Taylor, daughter of Laura Keene, the actress.) Studied law under William H. Seward, theology under Elder Graves, and medicine under Pro- fessor Webster of Massachusetts Medical College; made several visits to the Orient and a pilgrimage from Cairo to Mecca with the annual caravan, dis- guised as a Mohammedan medical student. Was adopted as a brother by the Bedouins of Moab and in- itiated by the Druses on Mount Lebanon. Has trav- eled in Yucatan and Hudson's Bay regions. Has painted portraits of Queen Victoria, Louis Napoleon, Empress Eugenie and others, and has illustrated Beecher's, Deems' and Crosby's Lives of Christ and many other books. Author of "Histories of all Re- ligions," "Antiquities of the Orient," "The Unseen World," and of vocabularies, dictionaries and transla- tions from Arabic, Persian, Bedouin, Turkish and other Oriental languages. Now engaged in writing a history of mysticism. Was one of the four founders of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine in the United States, a
founder of the Theosophical Society in the United States, and is a general for life of the Society of the Rosy Cross. Fellow National Arts, American Geo- graphical, American Philosophical and Theosophical Societies. Member Manhattan Liberal Club, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, F. & A. M., and many other organ- izations.
RAY, ALFRED-Dry Goods Commission Merchant, 24 Thomas street, New York City; residence 20 Fifth avenue. Born in Pittsfield, Mass., July 28, 1840. Edu- cated in Pittsfield, Mass. (Married Fanny N., daughter of Jerome B. Hulbert of Pittsfield, 1865.) Formerly connected with the firms of J. M. Beebe & Co. of Bos- ton, Mass., and Marshall Field & Co. of Chicago, Il1. Member of the firm of Lawrence & Co. Director Continental Insurance Co. Member Merchants', Union League and Metropolitan Clubs and New England So- ciety.
RAY, FRANK S .- Bicycles, 941 Eighth avenue, New York City; residence 7 West 101st street. Born in Canton, Mo., Oct. 14, 1864. Educated in public schools. (Married.) Manager New York branch, Gormully & Jeffery sales department, American Bi- cycle Co. Previous to the formation of the latter company, had been manager of the New York branch of that firm for eight years. Member Huguenot Yacht, New York Canoe, Knickerbocker Athletic, New York Mycological and Camera Clubs.
RAY, GEORGE W .- Congressman, House of Rep- resentatives, Washington, D. C., and Lawyer, Norwich. Born in Otselic, Chenango Co., N. Y., Feb. 3, 1844. Educated in common schools and at Norwich Acad- emy. Studied law, was admitted to the Bar in 1867 and has since practiced in Norwich. Served in Union Army during Civil War. Represented the Twenty- sixth District in Congress, 1883-5, and again since 1891; present term expires in 1901.
RAY, LOUIS DWIGHT -Educator, 35 West 84th street, New York City. Born in New York City, 1860. Educated at Columbia and New York Univer- sity. (Married.) Head master Irving School and clas- sical department of St. Mary's School; treasurer New York Society, Archaeological Institute of America. Member Barnard Club and Columbia Alumni and Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Associations.
RAYMOND, ANDREW V. V .- Clergyman and Ed- ucator, Union College, Schenectady; residence College Hill. Born in Visscher's Ferry, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Aug. 8, 1854. Educated at Union College (A.B., '75, A.M., '78, and D.D., '87), and at New Brunswick (N.J.) Theological Seminary (D.D.,'78). Degree of LL.D. from Williams College in 1894. (Married.) Held pastorates in Paterson, N. J., until 1894, First Reformed Church, 1878-81; Trinity Reformed Church, 1881-7; Fourth Pres- byterian Church, 1887-94. President of Union College since 1894. Member Alpha Delta Phi, Adirondack League and University Clubs, Union College Alumni and Century Associations and Phi Beta Kappa Society, all of New York City.
RAYMOND, CHARLES H .- Insurance, 32 Liberty street, New York City; residence New York City. Born in Albany, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1834. Educated in Albany. (Widower.) Acting assistant adjutant - general 3d Brigade, 2d Division, 19th Army Corps, Department of the Gulf, in 1863. Has been deputy superintendent In- surance Department State of New York. Now general agent Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York. Mem- ber Union League, Army and Navy, Lawyers', Colo- nial, Suburban Riding and Driving and Westminster Kennel Clubs, Morristown (N. J.) Club, Fort Orange Club of Albany, and Maryland Club of Baltimore, American Geographical and Southern Societies, Down Town Association, Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion, American Museum of Natural History, and Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on-Hudson.
RAYMOND, GEORGE H. - Grain Elevator, 57 Chapin Block, Buffalo; residence 190 Baynes street. Born in Adams Basin, N. Y., 1853. Educated at State Normal School, Brockport, N. Y., and University of Rochester ('74). (Married.) Vice-president and di- rector Consolidated Lake and Canal Co .; Kalbfleisch and Raymond Elevator Co., and A. B. Raymond & Co. For many years prominent in Erie Canal improvement plans and water transportation problems generally. Member Gamma Sigma and Alpha Delta Phi Fraterni- ties.
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RAYMOND, JOHN M .- Clothier, Nassau and Ful- ton streets, New York City; residence Sewaren, N. J. Born in New York City. (Married.) Member of the firm of A. Raymond & Co. Member New York Ath- letic, Colonial, Laurence Harbor Country and Sewaren Land and Water Clubs.
RAYMOND, JOSEPH HOWARD-Professor, Henry and Amity streets, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, Nov. 18, 1845. (Son of Israel Ward and Frances Bryant [ Howard] Raymond.) Educated at Brooklyn Poly- technic Institute, Williams College ('66), Long Island College Hospital and at Columbia; degrees of A.M. and M.D. (Widower.) Formerly member of the Brook- lyn Board of Education; was connected with Brooklyn Health Department as vaccinator, inspector, sanitary superintendent, deputy health commissioner, 1872-82, and health commissioner, 1882-6. Professor of physi- ology and hygiene at Long Island College Hospital since 1873; trustee Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute since 1884; editor "Brooklyn Medical Journal" since its foun- dation in 1888; secretary and treasurer Hoagland Lab- oratory; secretary Polhemus Memorial Clinic. Author of a manual of physiology and of medical and sanitary papers. Member Medical Society of the County of Kings, American Public Health Association and Brooklyn Genealogical Society.
RAYMOND, ROSSITER WORTHINGTON-Mining Engineer, 99 John street, New York City; residence 123 Henry street, Brooklyn. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 27, 1840. Educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic In- stitute, and, in Germany, at the Universities of Mu- nich and Heidelberg and at Freiberg Mining Acad- emy. (Married.) Served in Union Army during Civil War. United States Mining Commissioner, 1868-76; professor of ore deposits at Lafayette College, 1870-82; United States Commissioner to Vienna Exposition of 1873; New York State commissioner of electrical sub- ways, 1885. Secretary of the American Institute of Mining Engineers since 1884. Author of numerous es- says on mining, mining law, etc., and of several vol- umes of stories. Member Engineers' Club, Hamilton Club of Brooklyn, Century Association, Military Or- der of the Loyal Legion, American Geographical So- ciety and honorary member of the Society of Civil En- gineers of France, American Philosophical Society and other bodies.
RAYMOND, RUSSELL-Treasurer, 501 Fifth ave- nue, New York City; residence 151 West 87th street. Born in New York City, April 18, 1836. Educated at the College of the City of New York. (Married.) Secre- tary, treasurer and manager American Safe Deposit Co. Member Congregational and Transportation Clubs and Presbyterian Union.
RAYMOND, WILLIAM GALT - Professor, Rens- selaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. Born in Princeton, Iowa, March 2, 1859. (Son of W. H. V. and Laura G. [Peet] Raymond.) Educated in public schools, at the University of Kansas and at Washington University (C.E., '84). (Married Helen Williams, daughter of Ed- win Bay of Chicago, Ill.) Instructor in civil engineer- ing at the University of California, 1884-90; was engi- neer in charge of railway location in the mountains of California and, for a time, town engineer of Berkeley, Cal. Professor of geodesy, road engineering and topo- graphical drawing at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute since 1892. Author of "Plane Surveying" and of nu- merous technical papers. Member New England Rail- way Club, American Society of Civil Engineers, So- ciety for the Promotion of Engineering Education and Fellow of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science.
RAYMOND, WILLIAM LEWIS- Lawyer, 17 Broadway, New York City; residence Summit, N. J. Born in New York City, April 1, 1836. Educated at Columbia College and Columbia Law School. (Mar- ried Decima, daughter of Alexander Oakley of New York.) United States consul at Leeds, England, 1864- 8; assistant private secretary to Governor Fenton, Albany, 1869; admitted as attorney and counselor at law New York Supreme Court, May 12, 1869. Mem- ber Monday Night Club of Summit, N. J., and Sons of the Revolution.
RAYNOLDS, EDWARD H .- Paint and Color Man- ufacturer, 103 Fulton street, New York City; residence 27 West 70th street. Director F. W. Devoe & C. T. Raynolds Co. Member New York Athletic Club.
RAYNOR, E. A .- Furniture, Port Jefferson; resi- dence Main street. Born in Wading River, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1832. Educated in Wading River. (Married.) Di- rector Bank of Port Jefferson since organization; member Board of Education: secretary Cedar Hill Cemetery Association since 1873. Past master Suffolk Lodge No. 60, F. & A. M., and has been treasurer of same for over twenty-five years.
RAYNOR, EDWIN F. - Banker and Broker, 20 Broad street, New York City; residence 93 Riverside Drive. Born in New York City, 1856. (Married.) Member of the firm of E. F. Raynor & Co. and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member New York Ath- letic and Harlem Clubs.
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