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RULAND, IRVING - Real Estate, 5 Beekman street, New York City; residence 53 Linden avenue, Flatbush, L. I. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 26, 1866. Educated at Adelphi Academy and at Harvard ('89). (Single.) Member of the firm of Ruland & Whiting. Ex-secretary and director Real Estate Exchange and Auction Room (Ltd.); director and governor of Real Estate Board of Brokers for three years. Member Harvard and University Clubs, Sons of the Revolution Squadron "A," N. G. N. Y., and Troop "A," New York Volunteer Cavalry Association.
RULAND, MANLY A .- Real Estate, 5 Beekman street, New York City; residence 53 Linden boulevard, Flatbush, L. I. Born in Brookhaven, L. I., Sept. 2, 1833. Educated at Wesleyan University. (Married.) Member of the firm of Ruland & Whiting. Director J. E. Linde Co. and Metropolitan Realty Co .; trustee Brooklyn Bureau of Charities. Member Union League Club of Brooklyn, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (life) and American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science.
RUMBOLD, JACOB H .- Lumber Merchant, North Tonawanda. Born Nov. 25, 1866. Educated in Tono- wanda and Buffalo. (Married.) First vice-president and stockholder First National Bank; first vice-presi- dent Board of Trade of Tonawanda; proprietor War- saw (N. Y.) Lumber Co .; owns half interest in Gillie Engine and Machine Co. of Tonawanda. Member In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows and Masonic bodies.
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RUMNEY, T. S .-- Banker, 14 Wall street, New York City; residence 53 West 47th street. Born in Lewistown, Pa., Nov. 23, 1850. Educated at Trinity School and at Packard's Business College. (Married.) Director Mercantile Library Association. Was deputy chamberlain of the City of New York, 1884-5.
RUMPLE, GEORGE E. - Wholesale Boots and Shoes, 134 Duane street, New York City; residence Summit, N. J. Born in Hamilton, Ohio, June 15, 1862. Educated in public schools. (Single.) Connected with the corporation of Morse & Rogers. Member Ohio Society.
RUMSEY, DAVID-Lawyer, 2 Tryon row, New York City; residence 200 West 56th street. Born in Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y., April 16, 1875. Educated at University of Rochester. (Single.) Assistant cor- poration counsel of the City of New York. Member Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
RUMSEY, WILLIAM - Supreme Court Justice, Madison square, East, New York City; residence 200 West 56th street, and Bath. Born in Bath, Oct. 18, 1841. (Son of Hon. David Rumsey.) Educated at Williams College ('61). (Married.) Served throughout Civil War and was mustered out with the rank of col- onel. In 1867 was appointed secretary of the United States Legation to Japan; after his return took up the study of law and was admitted to the Bar in 1870. Upon the retirement of his father he was elected a Justice of the Supreme Court for the Seventh District and, in 1893, was appointed to the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, by Governor Morton; pres- ent term expires Dec. 31, 1908. Member University and Manhattan Clubs.
RUNK, CHARLES A .- Lawyer, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence 165 West 58th street. Born in New Brunswick, N. J., May 4, 1855. Educated at Rutgers College ('74) and Columbia Law School ('76). (Married.) Counsel for Pacific Fire Insurance Co. and Westchester Fire Insurance Co .; director Young Men's Christian Association. Member Lawyers' Club and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
RUNYON, CARMAN R. - Wholesale Coal Mer- chant, 111 Broadway, New York City; residence Orange, N. J. Born March 25, 1867. (Married.) Treas- urer and director Communipaw Coal Co. Member Re- form, Essex County (N. J.) Country and Orange (N. J.) Lawn Tennis Clubs.
RUNYON, CHARLES-Wholesale Coal Merchant, 111 Broadway, New York City; residence 25 Fifth ave- nue. Born in New Brunswick, N. J., March 4, 1837. Educated at Rutgers Grammar School. (Married.) President Hoboken Coal Co. and Communipaw Coal Co. Member Lawyers' Club and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
RUPERT, HENRY L .- Lawyer, 1 Madison avenue, New York City; residence Pelham. Born in Middle- bush, N. J., Jan. 25, 1867. Educated at Rutgers Col- lege ('89). (Married.) Member of the firm of Marshall & Rupert. Was corporation counsel of Westchester County. Member Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
RUPPERT, JACOB-Brewer, 1639 Third avenue, New York City; residence 1116 Fifth avenue. Born in New York City, March 4, 1842. (Son of Frank Rup- pert.) Educated in city public schools. (Married Anna Gillig.) President and director Delavergne Refriger- ating Machine Co .; director Astoria Silk Works. Mem- ber Manhattan Club and Liederkranz.
RUPPERT, JACOB, JR .- Congressman, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C., and Brewer, 1639 Third avenue, New York City; residence 1116 Fifth avenue. Born in New York City, Aug. 5, 1867. (Son of Jacob and Anna [Gillig] Ruppert.) Educated at Co- lumbia Grammar School. (Single.) Elected to Con- gress from the Fifteenth District in 1898. President and director Astoria Silk Works; director Delavergne Refrigerating Machine Co. and Yorkville Bank. Mem- ber Manhattan, Catholic, New York Athletic, Suburban Riding and Driving, Larchmont Yacht, Atlantic Yacht, New York Yacht, Jockey, Democratic, Lotos, Sagamore, Algonquin, English Kennel and American Kennel Clubs, Dunlap Society and Liederkranz.
RUSBY, HENRY HURD-Botanist, 115 West 68th street, New York City; residence Forest Hill, Newark, N. J. Born in Franklin, N. J., April 26, 1855. Educated at Massachusetts State Normal School and at New York University (M.D.). (Married Margaretta S. Hanna, 1887.) Professor of botany, physiology and materia medica at New York College of Pharmacy since 1888; also professor of Materia medica at the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. Made botanical ex- plorations for the Smithsonian Institution in New Mex- ico and Arizona, 1880-3, and in South America, 1885-6. Honorable curator in the Economic Museum of the New York Botanical Gardens; member of revision committee of the United States Pharmacopoeia; chairman of the commission of the Pan-American Medical Congress for the study of American medicinal flora. Has written considerably on medical botany and has contributed several hundred new species and specimens to various museums.
RUSCH, HENRY A .- Merchant, 90 Grand street, New York City; residence 180 Central Park, South. Born in the United States, 1869. Educated at Harvard. (Single.) Member of the firm of Abegg & Rusch. Member New York Athletic, Harvard, and Merchants' Central Clubs.
RUSHMORE, CHARLES E. - Lawyer, 40 Wall street, New York City; residence 55 West 87th street. Member of the firm of Stern & Rushmore. Member Union League, Lawyers', Riding and Colonial Clubs, New England Society and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
RUSHMORE, EDWARD C. - Physician, Tuxedo Park. Born in Cooksburg, N. Y., March 21, 1862. Ed- ucated at Swarthmore College ('81) and New York College of Physicians and Surgeons (M.D., '86). (Mar- ried.) Surgeon to Erie Railroad. Member Tuxedo and Union Clubs and New York Academy of Medi- cine.
RUSHMORE, JOHN-Physician, 129 Montague street, Brooklyn. Educated at Williams College. Member Hamilton Club and Williams Alumni Asso- ciation.
RUSSAK, FRANK-Banker, 52 Broadway, New York City; residence 19 East 65th street. Born in New York City, April 10, 1858. Educated at New York University and Harvard College. (Married Marie E., daughter of Hon. Allyn Mather Barnard of Butte County, Cal.) Senior member of the firm of Russak Brothers. Director Mount Morris Bank and Legal Aid Society. Member Harvard, Lotos, Lawyers', New York Athletic, Patria and University Glee Clubs, American Geographical Society (Fellow) and New York Academy of Sciences.
RUSSELL, ARCHIBALD D .- Real Estate, 55 Lib- erty street, New York City; residence Tuxedo Park. Trustee Greenwich Savings Bank. Member Metro- politan, Calumet, Tuxedo, New York Yacht and Union Clubs, Country Clubs of Westchester, and Down Town Association.
RUSSELL, BENJAMIN-Teller, 55 Wall street, New York City; residence 1198 Pacific street, Brook- lyn. Born in Canton, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1848. Educated at St. Lawrence Academy. (Married.) Teller at United States Custom House. Member Union League and Marine and Field Clubs of Brooklyn.
RUSSELL, CHARLES HAZEN-Lawyer, 32 Nas- sau street, New York City; residence 1249 Pacific street, Brooklyn. Born in Canton, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., July, 1845. Educated in Canton public schools and at St. Lawrence University. (Married.) Mem- ber of the firm of Russell & Percy. Director Twenty- sixth Ward Bank of Brooklyn, and American Union Life Insurance Co .; trustee Washington Trust Co. and Nassau Trust Co. Member New York, Universalist and St. Lawrence Clubs, and Invincible Republican, Young Republican and Union League Clubs of Brook- lyn.
RUSSELL, HORACE-Lawyer, 280 Broadway, New York City; residence 47 Park avenue. Born in Bom- bay, Franklin Co., N. Y., June 19, 1843. (Son of Charles and Hannah [Wright] Russell.) Educated at Franklin Academy, Malone, N. Y., Kimball Union
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Academy, Meriden, N. H., Dartmouth College (A.B., '65 and LL.D., '93) and at Harvard Law School (LL.B., '67). (Married Josephine Hilton, 1878.) Practicing in New York City since 1869. Assistant district attor- ney, New York County, 1873-80; Judge Advocate-Gen- eral of the State of New York, 1879-82; Judge of the Superior Court, New York City, 1880-3; receiver of the West Shore R. R. Co., 1884-5. President and director "Spirit of the Times" Co .; treasurer and director Gar- den City Co .; director Navesink Park Co. Member Union League, Metropolitan, University, Garden City Golf (president, 1899), Merchants' and Hardware Clubs, American Fine Arts and New England (president, 1884-5) Societies, Dartmouth College Alumni Associa- tion, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
RUSSELL, ISAAC F .- Lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 150 Hancock street, Brook- lyn. Born in New Haven, Conn., Aug. 25, 1857. Edu- cated at New York University and Yale. (Married.) Professor of law since 1881 at the New York Univer- sity. Member Lawyers' and Quill Clubs, Union League Club of Brooklyn, and Yale Alumni and Al- dine Associations.
RUSSELL, JAMES C .- Coffee Broker, 101 Front street, New York City; residence 136 Clinton street, Brooklyn Member Hamilton, Crescent Athletic and Brooklyn Clubs of Brooklyn, and Down Town Asso- ciation.
RUSSELL, LESLIE W .- Lawyer, Canton. Justice of the Supreme Court of the Fourth District of the State of New York, term expiring Dec. 31, 1905. Vice- president and director First National Bank. Member Lawyers' Club and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
RUSSELL, ROBERT HOWARD - Publisher, 3 West 29th street, New York City; residence 20 East 27th street. (Single.) Vice-president American So- cial Science Association. Member Players', Union, Racquet and Tennis and Lambs' Clubs and New York Zoological Society.
RUSSELL, THOMAS H .- Broker, 58 Pine street, New York City; residence New York Athletic Club. Born in Montreal, Canada, 1877. Educated at the Uni- versity of New York. (Single.) Connected with the New York Life Insurance Co. and New York Fire In- surance Exchange. Member New York Athletic and Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Clubs and Zeta Psi and Theta Nu Epsilon Fraternities.
RUSSELL, WILLIAM HAMILTON-Architect, 32 Nassau street, New York City; residence Mamaroneck. Educated at Columbia ('78). Member of the firm of Clinton & Russell. Member Players', Knickerbocker, Calumet, St. Anthony, Larchmont Yacht, University and Country Clubs, Columbia Alumni Association, American Fine Arts Society, Architectural League and Society of Colonial Wars.
RUSSELL, WILLIAM HENRY-55 East 68th street, New York City. Born in New Britain, Conn., Feb. 27, 1854. Educated in Oxford, England. (Mar- ried Isabel King of New York City.)
RUTHERFORD, JOHN ALEXANDER - Stock Broker, 11 William street, New York City; residence 46 East 64th street. Member of the firm of Myers, Rutherfurd & Co., and of the New York Stock Ex- change. Director Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Ry. Co. Member Metropolitan, Larchmont Yacht, Man- hattan, Adirondack League and New York Yacht Clubs, Liederkranz, Society of the Cincinnati and Sons of the Revolution.
RUTHERFURD, WALTER-Broker, 11 William street, New York City; residence 714 Madison avenue. Member of the New York Stock Exchange firm of Myers, Rutherfurd & Co. Member Metropolitan and St. Nicholas Clubs, St. Nicholas Society, Colonial Or- der and Sons of the Revolution.
RUTHRAUFF, CHARLES C .- 52 Broadway, New York City; residence 261 West 70th street. Member Salmagundi, Colonial, National Arts, Knollwood Coun- try and Lotos Clubs, National Sculpture Society, Mu- nicipal Art League and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
RUTTENBER, EDWARD MANNING-Author, Newburgh. Born in Bennington, Vt., July 17, 1825. Educated by private tutors. (Married Matilda Ann McIntyre, 1847.) Was for many years interested in journalism and edited the "Newburgh Telegraph," "Newburgh Register," "Goshen Independent Republi- can" and other newspapers. Author of "History of Newburgh," "History of Orange County, New York," "History of Regimental Flags," "History of Obstruc- itons to Navigation of the Hudson River in 1776" and "History of Indian Tribes Along the Hudson River."
RUTZLER, ENOCH-Heating and Ventilating En- gineer and Contractor, 178 Centre street, New York City; residence 40 Montgomery place, Brooklyn. Born and educated in New York City. (Married.) Member Montauk Club of Brooklyn, and Grant Post No. 327, G. A. R. (past commander).
RUXTON, PHILIP-Manufacturer of Printers' Ink, 290 Broadway, New ork City; residence 10 Garden place, Brooklyn. Born on Staten Island, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1866. Educated in Brooklyn. (Married.) Member of the firm of Ruxton & Lynch. Treasurer and direc- tor A. J. Sheldon Co. Member Crescent Athletic (ex- governor), Riding and Driving and Excelsior Clubs of Brooklyn, and Sons of the Revolution.
RYAN, HARRIS JOSEPH-Professor, Cornell Uni- versity, Ithaca; residence 114 Cascadilla place. Born in Powells Valley, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1866. Educated at Cor- nell. Degree of M.E. (Married.) Professor of elec- trical engineering in Sibley College of Cornell Univer- sity. Member American Institute of Electrical Engi- neers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow), and Franklin Institute of Philadelphia.
RYAN, JOHN J .- Undertaker, 79 East Broadway, New York City; residence 128 East 127th street. Born in New York City, Jan. 21, 1856. Educated at Public School No. 2. (Married.) Alderman Seventh Ward 1886; declined renomination; appointed police justice by Mayor Grant, 1889; reappointed by Mayor Gilroy, 1893. Has been inspector and commissary of the 69th Regi- ment, N. G. N. Y., for ten years. Member Democratic, Catholic, Manhattan and Harlem Democratic Clubs.
RYAN, THOMAS F .- Capitalist, 32 Liberty street, New York City; residence 239 West 72d street, and Suffern, Reckland County. Born in Nelson County, Va., Oct. 17, 1851. (Married Ida M. Barry of Baltimore, Md., 1873.) Secured employment in a Baltimore dry goods commission house, 1868: entered a banking house in New York City, 1870; formed partnership with a member of the Stock Exchange in 1872 and bought a seat on the Exchange in 1874; turned his attention to the purchase, consolidation and extension of street railway lines in 1886; was remarkably successful and extended his operations to the establishment and reor- ganization of railway systems in all parts of the coun- try. Was the original promoter of the Metropolitan Street Ry. Co. (which practically controls all the sur- face lines in New York City), Consolidated Traction Co. of New Jersey, Atlantic Coast Electric Line, Staten Island Electric System. Union Elevated Railroad in Chicago, Chicago Union Traction Co., Southern Ry. Co., Central Railway of Georgia, Charleston and West- ern Carolina Railway, Union Tobacco Co. and many others. Is a director or trustee in the following cor- porations: Bank of New Amsterdam, Charleston and Western Carolina Ry. Co., Christopher and Tenth Streets R. R. Co., Columbus, Hocking Valley and To- ledo Ry. Co .; First Municipal Bond Assurance Co. of America, Flint and Pere Marquette R. R. Co., Long Island R. R. Co., Metropolitan Street Ry. Co., Rapid Transit Ferry Co., Second Avenue R. R. Co., Staten Island Electric R. R. Co., Twenty-eighth and Twenty- ninth Streets Crosstown R. R. Co., Virginia Midland Ry. Co., American Tobacco Co., Thirty-fourth Street Crosstown Ry. Co., Morton Trust Co. (vice-president), Consolidated Gas Co., American Surety Co., Edison Electric Illuminating Co., American Air Power Co., Electric Storage Battery Co., Central Crosstown R. R. Co., Fulton Street R. R. Co., Hocking Valley Ry. Co., Richmond Borough Co. and others. Member Union, New York Athletic, Catholic, Manhattan, Lawyers' and Riding and Driving Clubs and American Geographical and Southern Societies.
RYAN, WILLIAM HENRY-Congressman, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C .; residence 471
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Elk street, Buffalo. Born in Hopkinton, Mass., May 10, 1860. Educated at Buffalo High School. (Married Ellen T. Cosgrove, 1887.) Was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Erie County for five years. Member of Fifty-sixth Congress from the Thirty-second New York District.
RYCROFT, CHARLES E .- Dry Goods Merchant, 45 White street, New York City; residence 247 Fifth avenue. Senior member of the firm of Charles E. Ry- croft & Co. Member Union League, St. Andrew's Golf and Merchants' Clubs.
RYDBERG, PER AXEL-Curator, New York Bot- anical Gardens, Bronx Park, New York City. Born in Odh, Sweden, July 6, 1860. Educated at Royal Gym- nasium, Skara, Sweden ('81) and at the University of Nebraska (B.S., '91). Received degrees of M.A. in 1895 and Ph.D. in 1898 from Columbia. (Single.) Member of the faculty at Luther Academy, Wahoo, Neb., 1884- 90, and 1891-3; at Upsala Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1895-6, and 1897-8, and at Upsala College, New Orange, N. J., 1898-9. Fellow in botany at Columbia, 1896-7; assistant in botanical laboratory at the University of Nebraska, 1894-5. Now assistant curator at the New York Botanical Gardens. Author of several bot- anical reports.
RYDER, ALBERT PINKHAM-Artist, 308 West 15th street, New York City. Born in New Bedford, Mass., March 19, 1847. Studied art at the National Academy of Design in New York City. Makes a spe- cialty of pastoral landscapes.
RYDER, CHARLES JACKSON - Secretary, 287 Fourth avenue, New York City; residence Stamford, Conn. Born in Oberlin, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1848. Educated at Oberlin College (A.B., A.M. and D.D.). (Married Sarah H. Tenney, of Chester, N. H., 1876.) Correspond- ing secretary American Missionary Association. Has contributed articles on sociology, education and mis- sions to various periodicals. Member Quill Club.
RYDER, CLAYTON-Lawyer and Banker, Carmel. Born in Carmel, Feb. 8, 1860. Educated at Cornell (B.S., '79). (Married.) President Putnam County Na- tional Bank.
RYER, JAMES B .- Upholstery Goods, 451 Broad- way, New York City; residence Hotel Majestic, and Freneau, N. J. Born in New York City, 1841. Edu- cated in New York City. (Married.) Senior member of the firm of J. B. Ryer, Son & Co. Member Colonial Club.
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SABIN, ALVAH HORTON-Chemist, 45 Broad- way, New York City; residence 305 Barclay street, Flushing. Born in Norfolk, N. Y., 1851. Educated at Bowdoin College ('76). (Married.) Professor of chem- istry in University of Vermont, 1880-6; State chemist of Vermont, 1882-6; president American Milk Sugar Co., 1885-7; lecturer New York University, 1897-1900; lecturer University of Michigan, Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology and Purdue University, 1898-1900. Director Edward Smith & Co. Member Chemists' Club, American Chemical and Phi Beta Kappa Socie- ties, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers and International Society for Tests.
SACHS, BERNARD - Physician, 21 East 65th street, New York City. Born in Maryland, 1858. Edu- cated at Harvard and at the University of Strassburg, Germany. Makes a specialty of diseases of the ner- vous system. Member New York Athletic and Har- vard Clubs. Society of Medical Jurisprudence and Met- ropolitan Museum of Art.
SACKETT, HENRY WOODWARD-Lawyer, 154 Nassau street, New York City; residence 250 West 88th street, and Mamaroneck. Born in Enfield, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1853. Educated at Ithaca Academy and at Cor- nell (A.B., '75). (Married Elizabeth Titus of Brook- lyn.) Senior member of the firm of Sackett, Bacon & McQuaid. Served on Governor Black's military staff with rank of colonel, 1897-8. Director Larchmont Horse Ry. Co. and various other corporations; trus- tee Cornell University and Society for Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects. Editorial writer on legal subjects in the New York "Tribune." Member University, Cornell University (ex-president), City, Republican, Hardware and Twilight Clubs, St. George's, American Geographical and Phi Beta Kappa Societies, Society of Medical Jurisprudence, New York State Bar Association, Order of Founders and Pa- triots of America, Sons of the American Revolution, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Veterans of Squadron "A," N. G. N. Y., and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SACKETT, JOHN THOMPSON-Lawyer, 99 Nas- sau street, New York City; residence 454A Greene ave- nue, Brooklyn. Porn in New York City, Oct. 1, 1865. Educated at Cornell ('86) and Columbia Law School ('88). (Married.) Member of the firm of Sackett & Lang. Vestryman of the Church of the Incarnation, Brooklyn. Member Cornell University Club, Dutchess County Club, Union League Club of Brooklyn, and Church Club of the Diocese of Long Island.
SADLER, GEORGE B .- Editor, 34 Beaver street, New York City; residence Englewood, N. J. Born in Marietta, Ga., Oct. 12, 1856. Educated at Trinity School, New York City. (Married.) Editor "Bonfort's Wine and Spirit Circular" and of "Wine" and "Spir- its" for Standard Dictionary. Member Democratic Club, and Englewood Golf and Englewood Clubs.
SAFFORD, PHILO P .- Lawyer, 141 Broadway, New York City; residence New Rochelle. Born in Bellevue, Ohio, July 10, 1863. Educated at Oberlin, Ohio. (Married.) Member of the firm of Holden, Al- len, Safford & Frost. Member Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
SAFFORD, WALTER B .- Lawyer, 32 Nassau street, New York City; residence 65 Park avenue. Born in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 23, 1864. Educated at Williams College (A.B., '85). (Single.) Member Delta Kappa Epsilon and University Clubs and Williams College Alumni Association.
SAFFORD, WILLIAM M .- Lawyer, 20 Broad street, New York City; residence Mansion House, Brooklyn. Member of the firm of Safford & Rogers. Director Maritime Register Publishing Co. Member
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SAGE, DEAN-Hillside, Albany. Educated at Al- bany Law School ('61). (Married.) Director National Exchange Bank. Member University and Grolier Clubs and Sons of the Revolution of New York City, and Fort Orange Club of Albany.
SAGE, RUSSELL-Banker and Capitalist, 31 Nas- sau street, New York City; residence 506 Fifth avenue. Born in Shenandoah, Oneida Co., N. Y., Aug. 4, 1816. Was reared on a farm and attended a country school during the winter months. (Married.) Began busi- ness career as an errand boy in his brother's grocery store in Troy. Embarked in the grocery business for himself in 1837, in which he remained until 1857. Served as alderman (1847), treasurer of Rensselaer County and as a member of Congress (1853-7). Re- moved to New York City in 1863 and became interested in the management of railways and as an operator in railway and other securities. President and director Empire and Bay State Telegraph Co. and Poughkeep- sie and Eastern R. R. Co .; vice-president, treasurer and director Albia and Centreville Ry. Co .; director American Speaking Telephone Co., American Tele- graph and Cable Co., Chattanooga Southern R. R. Co., Fifth Avenue Bank, German-American Real Es- tate Title Guarantee Co., Gold and Stock Telegraph Co., Hamilton Bank Note Engraving and Printing Co., Importers' and Traders' National Bank, Interna- tional Ocean Telegraph Co., Iowa Central Ry. Co., Manhattan Ry. Co., Missouri Pacific R. R. Co., New York Mutual Telegraph Co., Pacific Mail Steamship Co., St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern R. R. Co., Shore Line Ry. Co., Texas and Pacific Ry. Co., United States Guarantee Co., Wabash R. R. Co., Washington and New Orleans Telegraph Co. and Western Union Telegraph Co. Member New York Stock Exchange and of the New York Genealogical and Biographical and New England Societies, Founders and Patriots of America, American Museum of Natural History and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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