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ROHE, CHARLES-Provision Merchant, 344 Prod- uce Exchange, New York City; residence 17 West 87th street. Born in New York City, May 12, 1862. Educated in New York City. (Married.) President and treasurer Eastern Live Stock Express Co .; vice- president West Side Bank; trustee North River Sav- ings Bank. Member Transportation Club.
ROHL, FREDERICK R .- Banker and Merchant, 27 William street, New York City; residence 344 West 89th street. Member of the firm of J. M. Ceballos & Co. President and director Long Island Auxiliary Fire Alarm Co .; vice-president and director Manhattan Fire Alarm Co .; assistant treasurer, manager and director Monumental Trading Co. of Baltimore, Md .; secretary and director Arcadia Steamship Co. and New York and Porto Rico Steamship Co. Member Colonial, Suburban Riding and Driving, Atlantic Yacht, New York Yacht and Lawyers' Clubs and Liederkranz.
ROHRER, ALBERT L. - Electrical Engineer, Schenectady; residence 20 Union street. Born in Farmersville, Ohio, Feb. 29, 1856. Educated in public schools and at Ohio State University. (Married Carrie L. Gould, 1891.) Entered the service of the Thomson- Houston Electric Co. in 1884 and has been with that company and its successor, the General Electric Co., of which he is now superintendent, ever since. Mem- ber Ohio Society, American Institute of Electrical En- gineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and other scientific organizations.
ROKENBAUGH, HENRY SCOTT - Lawyer, 100 Broadway, New York City; residence 504 Fifth avenue. Born in New York City, Feb. 16, 1852. Educated at Rutgers College ('72) and at Columbia Law School ('74). Member St. Nicholas, Manhattan, Lawyers', Players', New York Yacht, New York Athletic and Delta Phi Clubs and St. Nicholas Society.
ROLLINS, EDWARD A .- Banker and Broker, 16 Broad street, New York City; residence 754 Carroll street, Brooklyn. Born in New York City, April 16, 1845. Educated at Commercial and Collegiate Institute of Yonkers, N. Y. (Married Jessie, daughter of John S. Christie.) Member of the firm of Rollins & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Montauk Club of Brooklyn, Sons of the Revolution and Society of Colonial Wars.
ROLLINS, PHILIP ASHTON-Lawyer, 32 Nassau street, New York City; residence 205 West 57th street. Educated at Princeton ('89). Member of the firm of Rollins & McGrath. Member Princeton, University Athletic and University Clubs and New England So- ciety.
ROLLINS, WARREN F .- Banker and Broker, 16 Broad street, New York City; residence 754 Carroll street, Brooklyn. Born on Staten Island, Jan. 1, 1877. Educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. (Single.) Member of the firm of Rollins & Co., members of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Nautilus Boat Club of Brooklyn. Sons of the Revolution and 23d Regiment, N. G. N. Y.
ROLLINSON, CHARLES - Designer, 202 Broad- way, New York City; residence 512 Jefferson avenue, Elizabeth, N. J. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 3, 1857. Educated in New York City public schools. (Married.) Member of the firm of Ames & Rollinson.
ROLSTON, LOUIS B .- Lawyer, 22 William street, New York City; residence 318 West 76th street. Mem- ber of the firm of Turner, McClure & Rolston. Pres- ident and director American Turquoise Co. Member Colonial, Manhattan, New York Athletic and Olympic Clubs and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
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ROMAINE, BENJAMIN F., JR. - Lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 24 East Tenth street. Educated at Columbia ('71). Member Univer- sity Club, Columbia University Alumni Association, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
ROMAINE, DE WITT C .- Physician, 473 Hudson street, New York City. Born in Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1856. Educated at the College of the City of New York (B.S., '77) and New York College of Physicians and Surgeons ('81). (Single.) United States pension sur- geon, New York City, since 1893. Member Holland So- ciety.
ROMAINE, GIRARD - Manufacturer, 84 Beaver street, New York City; residence 48 West 73d street. Educated at Columbia. Member of the firm of Ro- maine & Co. Member Psi Upsilon, New York Athletic and Reform Clubs and Columbia University Alumni Association.
ROMAINE, LOUIS TYSON - Manufacturer, 84 Beaver street, New York City; residence 290 West End avenue. Educated at the University of Heidelberg, Germany ('75). Member of the firm of Romaine & Co. Director Commonwealth Insurance Co. of New York. Member University, New York and Colonial Clubs.
ROMEIKE, HENRY-Press Clippings, 110 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence 111 West 83d street. Born in Riga, Russia, Nov. 19, 1855. Educated in Memel, Prussia. (Married.) Founded the press clip- ping industry in London, where it attained great im- portance and widespread influence. Came to the United States in 1887 and took charge of a press clip- ping bureau, of which he is now the head, and the growth and importance of which is very marked. Member Lotos and Press Clubs.
ROMER, ALFRED-Baker, 77 Harrison avenue, Brooklyn; residence 579 Greene avenue. Vice-presi- dent and director John H. Shults Co. and Produce Ex- change Building and Loan Co. Ex-president New York Produce Exchange. Member Union League Club, Manufacturers' Association and Sons of the Revolu- tion.
RONALDS, GEORGE LORILLARD - 615 Fifth avenue, New York City, and Tuxedo Park. Member Tuxedo, Players', Seawanhaka - Corinthian Yacht, Camera, Metropolitan, Racquet and Tennis, New York Yacht, Larchmont Yacht and Lawyers' Clubs, and Country Club of Westchester.
RONALDS, HENRY JAY - Printer, 656 Hudson street, New York City; residence Rutherford, N. J. Born in Troy, N. Y., May 12, 1860. Educated in Troy common schools. (Married.) President and director H. J. Ronalds Printing Co. Was president Baptist Young People's Union of Brooklyn; member of Board of Education of Rutherford, N. J. for six years. Mem- ber Boiling Spring Lodge No. 152, F. & A. M., Royal Arcanum No. 1229, A. O. U. W., Acme Lodge, and Bap- tist Church, all of Rutherford, N. J.
RONALDS, PIERRE LORILLARD, JR .- Plumb- ers' Materials, 54 Cliff street, New York City; residence 106 East 38th street. Member of the firm of Ronalds & Johnson Co. Member Metropolitan, New York, Knickerbocker and Tuxedo Clubs.
RONAN, EDWARD D .- Lawyer, 34 Tweddle Build- ing, Albany; residence 22 Willett street. Educated at Union College. Ex-member New York Legislature. Member Fort Orange and Psi Upsilon Clubs, Union Alumni Association and Post No. 63, G. A. R.
RONAYNE, MAURICE-Roman Catholic Clergy- man, 30 West 16th street, New York City. Born in County Cork, Ireland, 1828. Studied at Ecclesiastical College at Maynooth, at Laval Seminary and became a Jesuit in 1853. Came to the United States in 1855 and taught for a time at St. John's College, Fordham. Professor of history at St. Francis Xavier College since 1888. Author of "Religion and Science" and other works.
ROOD, OGDEN NICHOLAS - Professor, 116th street and Morningside Heights, New York City; resi- dence 567 Park avenue. Born in Danbury, Conn., Feb. 3, 1831. Educated at Princeton, and in Berlin and Mu- nich, Germany. Degree of A.M. (Married.) Pro- fessor of physics at Columbia University since 1863. Was vice-president American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science in 1867. Author of "The Voice and the Ear," "Modern Chromatics" and seventy-five original investigations, published in American and foreign journals. Member Barnard Club, American Philosophical and American Otological Societies, Yale Alumni and Century Associations, American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science, New York Acad- emy of Medicine (honorary), American Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Design, Metropolitan Museum of Art (honorary Fellow) and National Acad- emy of Science.
ROOME, CLAUDIUS M .- Protestant Episcopalian Clergyman, Christ Church, New York City; residence 253 West 70th street. Born in New York City, 1860. Educated at Columbia College and at General Theolog- ical Seminary. (Married.) Chaplain Veterans of 7th Regiment. Member St. Nicholas Club, St. Nicholas Society, Columbia Alumni Association and Military Order of the Loyal Legion.
ROOME, WILLIAM HARRIS - Lawyer, 40 Wall street, New York City; residence 29 West 52d street. Born in New York City, Nov. 10, 1861. Educated by private tutors and at Columbia College ('80) and Law School. Practicing in New York City since his admis- sion to the Bar. Was school trustee of the Nineteenth Ward for four years and a member of the executive committee of the Committee of Seventy of 1894. Mem- ber University, Church and City Clubs, St. Nicholas Society, Columbia Alumni Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
ROOME, WILLIAM J .- Real Estate, 11 West 34th street, New York City; residence 101 East 57th street. Born in New York City, June 20, 1857. Educated at New York University. (Married.) President Excel- sior Savings Bank. Member Psi Upsilon Club.
ROOME, WILLIAM P .- Tea and Coffee Importer, 133 Water street, New York City; residence Mount Freedom, N. J. Born and educated in New York City. (Married.) Member of the firm of William P. Roome & Co. Vice-president and director Montgomery Auction and Commission Co. Ex-lieutenant-colonel and adju- tant-general United States Army; ex-member United States Government Board of Tea Experts. Member Colonial Club and Down Town Association.
ROONEY, JOHN JEROME-Merchant, 66 Beaver street, New York City. Born in Binghamton, N. Y., March 19, 1866. Educated at Mount St. Mary's College (A.B. and A.M.). (Single.) Was for several years a member of the editorial staff of the Philadelphia "Record." Took a position with a brokerage house and later established in business for himself. During the Spanish-American War wrote "Hobson of San- tiago," "Victor Blue" and other verse, which was later published in book form under the title, "The Men Behind the Guns."
ROORBACH, HAROLD - Publisher, 132 Nassau street, New York City; residence South Orange, N. J. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 6, 1857. Educated at Yale (Ph.B., '79) and at Columbia (LL.B., '82). (Mar- ried.) Member University and Yale Clubs and Dunlap Society.
ROOSA, DANIEL BENNETT ST. JOHN-Physi- cian, 20 East 30th street, New York City. Born in Bethel, N. Y., April 4, 1838. Educated in Boston, Mass., in New York City and at the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College (M.D., '60). Received degree of A.M. from Yale and LL.D. from the University of Vermont. Was for a time house surgeon in New York Hospital and a member of the faculty of New York University and of the University of Vermont. Now president of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and professor of diseases of the ear. Author of a treatise on the ear, a treatise on the eye, a work on the necessity of wearing glasses and many other papers. Member Union League Club, St. Nicholas and Holland Societies, Century Association and Sons of the Revolution.
ROOSA, DE WITT-Lawyer. Rondout; residence 77 Fair street, Kingston. Born in Rondout. Educated at Kingston Academy, Phillips Andover Academy and at Yale. (Married.) Member Kingston Club, Holland Society, Psi Upsilon Fraternity, Yale Alumni Associa- tion of Eastern New York and Sons of the American Revolution.
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ROOSEVELT, CHARLES H. - Lawyer, 52 Ex- change place, New York City; residence Pelham Manor. Member St. Nicholas and Holland Societies, American Museum of Natural History and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
ROOSEVELT, JAMES - Capitalist, 21 Cortlandt street, New York City; residence Springwood, Hyde Park. Born in Hyde Park, 1828. Educated at Union College ('47) and at Harvard. (Married.) President Champlain Transportation Co. and New York and Canada Ry. Co .; vice-president and director Delaware and Hudson Co .; director Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. and City Trust Co. Alternate commissioner to World's Columbian Exposition from New York, 1893; formerly commissioner State Board of Charities and manager Hudson River State Hospital. Member Met- ropolitan, Union, Delta Phi and University Clubs, Holland Society, Union Alumni and Century Associa- tions and Chamber of Commerce.
ROOSEVELT, JAMES ROOSEVELT - Capitalist, 21 Cortlandt street, New York City; residence 1 East 32d street, and Hyde Park. Director Mercantile Trust Co .; trustee Real Estate Trust Co. Member Metropol- itan, Knickerbocker, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, New York Yacht, Riding, Coaching and Hudson River Ice Yacht Clubs, Country Club of Westchester, Somer- set Club of Boston, Mass., St. Nicholas Society and Down Town and Century Associations.
ROOSEVELT, JOHN ELLIS - Lawyer, 44 Wall street, New York City; residence 676 Madison avenue. Member of the firm of Roosevelt & Kobbe. Secretary and director Broadway Improvement Co .; director Elkhorn Valley Coal Land Co. Member Metropolitan, St. Anthony, New York Athletic, Boone and Crockett, Michaux Cycling and Westbrook Golf Clubs and Down Town Association.
ROOSEVELT, ROBERT BARNWELL - Retired Banker, 57 Fifth avenue, New York City, and Sayville, L. I. Born in New York City, Aug. 7, 1829. (An uncle of Governor Theodore Roosevelt.) Studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1851. Practiced in New York City until 1872, when he retired and became in- terested in the promotion of clubs and societies for the protection and preservation of game. Was a member of the New York State Fishery Commission for twenty years and its president for most of that time. Con- gressman, 1873-5; United States Minister to the Neth- erlands, 1888-90; treasurer of the Cleveland Democracy during the campaign of 1892. Was a prominent war Democrat, one of the founders of the Union League Club, a commissioner of the Brooklyn Bridge and a leader in the fight against the Tweed Ring. Has been a delegate to many Democratic National Conventions. Author of "Game Fish of North America," "Game Birds," "Superior Fishing," "Fish Hatching and Fish Catching," "Five Acres Too Much" and many other works of a similar nature. Director Brigantine Co. and Broadway Improvement Co .; trustee Holland Trust Co. Member Manhattan, Democratic, Lotos, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht and Press Clubs, St. Nicholas, Holland, American Geographical and Au- thors' Societies, Sons of the American Revolution, Na- tional Academy of Design, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
ROOSEVELT, ROBERT BARNWELL, JR .- Real Estate, 33 Wall street, New York City; residence "The Lilacs," Sayville, L. I. Born in Flushing, L. I., Aug. 20, 1866. Educated at St. Paul's School, Garden City, L. I. (Married.) Member Metropolitan, New York Yacht, Players', Larchmont Yacht, New York Ath- letic and Camera Clubs, Holland Society and Down Town Association.
ROOSEVELT, SAMUEL MONTGOMERY - Im- porter, 99 Pearl street, New York City; residence 1032 Fifth avenue, and Roosevelt Hall, Skaneateles. Born in New York City. Educated in Paris, France. Pres- ident General American Reduction Co. Senior mem- ber of the firm of Roosevelt & Schuyler. Ex-school commissioner. Member Knickerbocker, Lambs', Man- hattan, Fencers' and Larchmont Yacht Clubs.
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE-Governor of New York State, Capitol, Albany; residence "Sagamore Hill," Oyster Bay, L. I. Born in New York City, Oct. 27, 1858. Educated at Harvard ('80). (Married.) Rep-
resented the Thirty-first District in the State Assem- bly, 1882-4; unsuccessful candidate on the Republican ticket for mayor of New York City, 1886; United States Civil Service Commissioner by appointment of Presi- dent Harrison, 1889-95; president of the Board of Po- lice Commissioners of New York City, 1895-7; Assist- ant Secretary of the Navy of the United States by ap- pointment of President Mckinley, 1897-8. Resigned from the latter position at the outbreak of the Span- ish-American War and organized, with Dr. (now Gen.) Leonard E. Wood, the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, popularly known as Roosevelt's Rough Rid- ers, and went to the front in command of same with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. The regiment distin- guished itself in action in Cuba, and he was promoted to colonel for gallantry at the battle of La Quasina. Was elected in November, 1898, Governor of New York, for term, 1899-1901. Was nominated by the National Republican Convention held in June, 1900, for Vice- President of the United States on the ticket with Wil- liam Mckinley. Has done considerable big game shooting in the West. Author of "Naval War of 1812" (1881), "Life of Thomas Hart Benton" (1886), "Life of Gouverneur Morris" (1887), "Ranch Life and Hunting Trail" (1888), "History of New York City" (1890), "Es- says on Practical Politics" (1892), "The Wilderness Hunter" (1893), "The Winning of the West" (three vols.), "American Political Ideas" (1898), "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman" and "The Rough Riders" (1899). Member Union League, Republican, Seawanhaka-Co- rinthian Yacht and Harvard Clubs, Delta Kappa Ep- silon Fraternity, New York Genealogical and Holland Societies and Century Association.
ROOSEVELT, WILLIAM EMLEN (Major) - Banker, 33 Wall street, New York City; residence 804 Fifth avenue. Born in New York City, April 30, 1857. (Married.) President and director Broadway Im- provement Co. and Wessell Silver Co .; vice-president and director Sixth National Bank; director Astor Na- tional Bank, Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Ry. Co., Chemical National Bank, Gallatin National Bank, Indemnity Fire Insurance Co., Mexican Telegraph Co., National Starch Mf'g Co., Omaha and St. Louis R. R. Co. and Terminal Improvement Co .; trustee Baloise Fire Insurance Co., Institution for Savings of Mer- chants' Clerks, New York Life Insurance and Trust Co., Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society and Union Trust Co. Member Metropolitan, City, and Suburban Riding and Driving Clubs, Sons of the American Rev- olution, Down Town and Century Associations and American Museum of Natural History.
ROOT, CHARLES O .- Retired, 92 Oak street, Bing- hamton. Born in Chenango Forks, Broome Co., N. Y., Jan. 31, 1830. Educated in common schools of Che- nango Forks. (Married.) Was elected clerk of Broome County for a term of three years in 1861, and re-elected in 1864. Engaged in mercantile busi- ness, 1867-74, and then acted as local agent for several insurance companies, 1875-90; afterwards was ap- pointed accountant in construction of State Capitol Building at Albany; then was connected with the Met- ropolitan Street R. R. Co. in New York City as in- spector of construction. Formerly treasurer 20th Sep- arate Company, N. G. N. Y., of Binghamton; secre- tary of Binghamton Street R. R. Co. for twelve years, assisting in its organization and has been director in same. Now connected with the Binghamton Beet Sugar Co., under State appointment as inspector. Member and incorporator Binghamton Club.
ROOT, CHARLES T .- Publisher, 78 Walker street, New York City; residence East Orange, N. J. Has been prominently identified with the interests of trade journalism in New York City for many years. Presi- dent and director Textile Publishing Co., publishers of the "Dry Goods Economist," the organ of the American dry goods trade; treasurer and director John C. Cochran Co .; director Dry Goods Reporter Co. and Gallison & Hobron Co .; ex-president Root & Tinker Co. Member Merchants' Club and Aldine As- sociation.
ROOT, EDWIN B .- Lawyer, 54 William street, New York City; residence 966 Woody Crest avenue. Born in Waterford, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1863. Educated at Hamilton College and at Columbia Law School. (Mar- ried.) Member of the firm of Root & Taylor. Mem- ber Sigma Phi and Republican Clubs, Phi Beta Kappa Society and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
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ROOT, ELIHU-Secretary of War of the United States, Washington, D. C., and Lawyer, 32 Liberty street, New York City; residence 25 East 69th street. Born in Cuinton, Oneida Co., N. Y., Feb. 15, 1845. (Son of Oren Root.) Educated at Hamilton College ('64) and at the University Law School. Received honorary degree of LL.D. from Yale in June, 1900. (Married.) Member of the firm of Root, Howard, Winthrop & Stimson. Practicing in New York City since his ad- mission to the Bar in 1867. Unsuccessful candidate on the Republican ticket for Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1879; United States District Attor- ney for the Southern District of New York, by ap- pointment of President Arthur, 1883-5; chairman of the Republican County (New York) Committee, 1886; delegate-at-large to the Constitutional Convention of 1894 and was chairman of the judiciary committee. Appointed Secretary of War by President Mckinley on Aug. 1, 1899. Director American Surety Co., Bank of New Amsterdam, National Bank of North America, and Title Guarantee and Trust Co. Member Metro- politan, City, Union League (president), Sigma Phi, University, Republican, Shinnecock Golf, Lawyers', Players' and Riding Clubs, Down Town and Century Associations, New England Society (ex-president), So- ciety of Colonial Wars, Sons of the American Revolu- tion, American Museum of Natural History and Asso- ciation of the Bar of the City of New York.
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ROOT, LOUIS CARROLL-Economist, 52 William street, New York City; residence 817 Greene avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Port Byron, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1868. Educated at Cornell ('92). (Married Alice S. Beers of Ithaca, N. Y., 1892.) Fellow in political economy and finance at Cornell, 1892-3; assistant to Indianapolis Monetary Commission, 1897-8. Author of numerous monographs on monetary subjects. Member Cornell University Club and American Economic Association, and secretary of the sound currency committee of the Reform Club.
ROOT, OREN-Professor, Hamilton College, Clin- ton. Born in Syracuse, N. Y., May 18, 1838. Educated at Hamilton College ('56). Degrees of D.D. from Rut- gers College in 1891, and L.H.D. from Union College in 1895. (Married first, Anna J. Higgins of Waterford, N. Y., in 1862; died in 1865; second, Ida C. Gordon of Columbia, Mo., in 1867; deceased, 1896.) Practiced law until 1874 When he entered the Presbyterian ministry. Professor of English at the University of Missouri, 1866-71; president of Pritchett College, 1873-6. Now professor of mathematics at Hamilton College. Prom- inent in Masonic circles and was grand high priest of the Royal Arch Masons in Missouri in 1868, grand commander of the Knights Templar in Missouri in 1871 and grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge, F. & A. M., in New York, 1891-2.
ROOT, OREN, JR .- Railroads, 621 Broadway, New York City; residence 51 West 37th street. Born in Columbia, Mo., June 30, 1873. (Son of Oren. and Ida C. [Gordon] Root.) Educated at Hamilton College. (Single.) Assistant to the president of the Metropoli- tan Street Ry. Co .; secretary, treasurer and director Second Avenue R. R. Co .; director Broadway and Sev- cnth Avenue R. R. Co .; Twenty-third Street Ry. Co., Central Park, North and East River R. R. Co., Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry R. R. Co. and For- ty-second Street and Grand Street Ferry R. R. Co. Member Republican and Sigma Phi Clubs and Sigma Phi Fraternity.
ROPES, CHARLES H .- Lawyer, 66 Broadway, New York City; residence Plaza Hotel. Born in New York City, May 7, 1857. (Married.) Connected with the Idaho Consolidated Mining Co. Member Union League, Metropolitan and New York Athletic Clubs, New England Society and Order of Founders and Pa- triots of America.
ROPES, WILLIAM HALL-Merchant, 74 Wall street, New York City; residence 125 Willow street, Brooklyn. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 20, 1845. Educated in England. (Married.) Member of the firm of W. Ropes & Co. Trustee American Sea- men's Friend Society. Member Hamilton Club of Brooklyn, and Chamber of Commerce.
RORKE, JAMES-China Merchant, 40 Barclay street, New York City; residence 112 Sixth avenue, Brooklyn. President and director Irish Emigrant So- ciety; treasurer and director Nassau Land and Im-
provement Co .; trustee Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank. Member Hardware Club, and Carleton and Co- lumbia Clubs of Brooklyn.
ROSA, HYMAN B .- Furniture Dealer, Fishkill. Born in Fishkill. Jan. 26, 1829. Educated at Fishkill Academy. (Married.) Second vice-president Fishkill Savings Institute.
ROSE, ABRAM J .- Lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence Hotel San Remo. Born in Ul- ster County, N. Y., March 10, 1854. (Married.) Mem- ber of the firm of Kellogg, Rose & Smith. Director Blanchard Bros. & Lane. Member Lawyers' Club, Es- sex Club of Newark, N. J., and New Jersey Whist Club.
ROSE, ACHILLES - Physician, 126 East 29th street, New York City. Born in Germany, Nov. 4, 1839. (Single.) Secretary German Medical Society. Author of "Christian Greece and Living Greek," which has been translated into Greek, German and French, and of which a second Greek edition will be published within the year.
ROSE, FREDERICK - Starch Merchant, 196 Chambers street, New York City; residence 169 Con- gress street, Brooklyn. Born in Austria, 1850. Edu- cated in Vienna and New York City. (Married.) Senior member of the firm of F. Rose & Co. Member Crescent Athletic, Chess, Civic and Whist Clubs of Brooklyn, and Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.
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