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WILLIAMS. JOSEPH-Treasurer, 53 Duane street. New York City: residence 533 West 142d street. Born in New York City, 1956, Educated in public schools. ( Married.) Treasurer Edison Electric Illuminating Co. Member ith Regiment, N. G. N. Y.
WILLIAMS, LEIGHTON-Baptist Clergyman. 312 West 34th street. New York City. Born in New York City. Aug. 4. 1\54. Educated at Columbia. (Married. June 6. IN96.) Pastor Amity Church. Secretary Broth- erhood of the Kingdom and New York State Confer- ence of Religion. Ex-secretary and treasurer State Reservation at Niagara. Member Social Reform Club, NAT York Genealogical Society and Columbia Univer- sity Alumni Association.
WILLIAMS. LEWIS A .- Publisher, 110 Fifth ave- nus, New York City: residence Peekskill. President and director New York History Co., Century History Co. and L. A. Williams Publishing and Engraving Co. Member Press Club. Union League Club of Brooklyn. Ohio Society and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
WILLIAMS, MORNAY - Lawyer, 59 Wall street. New York City: residence 305 West SSth street. Born in New York City, June 21, 1856. Educated at Colum- hia School of Arts and Columbia Law School. (Mar- rie l.) President New York Juvenile Asylum: director Evangelical Alliance, League of Social Service and F-1eration of Churches. Member. Quill Club, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
WILLIAMS. M. PARKER - Author and Retired E litor, 410 Warren street. Hudson; residence 444 Union street. Born in Belfast, Me .. Feb. 24, 1826. Educated in Belfast and Portland, Me., and Boston, Mass. ( Married.) Editor Rockland (Me.) "Gazette." IS47-43; on staff of Boston "Herald." 1850-3: Philadelphia T'mes." I854-6: purchased Hudson (N. Y.) "Gazette," 1\; founded "Daily Register" (in connection with
" Hazotte"). 1866. Editor and prietor Hudson "Ga- Z-TT-" and "Daily Register." 1857-96: senior member of th film of Williams Brothers. IS57-69, and of Williams
& Clark, 1866-69; retired from business, 1896. Member Democratic and Reform Clubs of New York City, Democratic Society of the City of Hudson, State Edi- torial Association and executive committee of the As- sociated Press.
WILLIAMS, NORMAN A .- Berwick, Pa .; resi- dence 270 Genesee street, Utica. Born in Utica, Feb. 17, 1873. Educated at Yale ('97). (Single.) Member Yale Club and Society of Colonial Wars.
WILLIAMS, OSCAR F .- Diplomatist, Rochester. Born in Livonia, Livingston Co., N. Y., June 29, 1843. Educated at Cornell. (Married Arabella Amanda San- ford of Livonia, 1872.) Was instructor in a business college for twenty years. Consul to Havre, France, 18\9-93. Was the last United States Consul to Manila, Philippine Islands (appointed in 1897), and since the war with Spain has taken an active part in the ad- justment of the islands to the new conditions.
WILLIAMS. OTIS L .- Manufacturer of Electrical Machinery, 26 Cortlandt street, New York City; resi- dence New Brighton, S. I. Educated at Cornell ('Sy). Treasurer and director Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co. Member University, Cornell, Psi Upsilon, Rich- mond County Country and Staten Island Cricket Clubs and American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
WILLIAMS, PARDON C .- Justice, Watertown. Born July 12, 1542. Justice of the Supreme Court, Ap- pellate Division, Fourth Department. Member Union Club, Colonial Club of New York City, Citizens' Club of Syracuse, and Genesee Valley Club of Rochester.
WILLIAMS, RICHARD II .- Wholesale Coal Mer- chant. 1 Broadway, New York City; residence 4 West Bist street. Senior member of the firm of Williams & Peters, Director Mercantile National Bank. Mem- ber Metropolitan. Riding, Union, Lawyers', Westmin- ster Kennel, Racquet and Tennis and New York Yacht Clubs, Morristown (N. J.) Club. Sons of the Revolu- tion, Metropolitan Museum of Art and American Mu- seum of Natural History.
WILLIAMS, ROGER B .- Manufacturer, Ithaca. Born in Ithaca, May x, 1848, Educated at Yale. (Mar- ried. ) Member of the firm of Williams Brothers. President Ithaca Savings Bank: trustee Cornell Uni- versity: director First National Bank of Ithaca. Ex- president of Board of Education of Ithaca. Member Town and Gown Club, Mpha Delta Phi Fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa Society, Alpha Delta Phi Club of New York City, and Yale Alumni Association.
WILLIAMS, SAMUEL GARDNER - Educator. 602 East Seneca street, Ithaca. Born in Plainfield, Ot- sego Co., N. Y .. Aug. 15. I\27. Educated at Hamilton College. Degrees of A.B. and Ph.D. (Widower.) Emeritus professor of the science and art of teach- ing at Cornell University. Formerly alderman of the city of Ithaca. Member Town and Gown Club, Phi Beta Kappa Society and Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity.
WILLIAMS, STEPHEN G .- Lawyer, 30 Broad street. New York City; residence 80 Washington square. East. Educated at Columbia ('81). President and director Standard Silica Cement Co. Member University and Reform Clubs. Association of the Bar of the City of New York and Columbia University Alumni Association.
WILLIAMS, STEPHEN M .- Capitalist, I43 Lib- erty street, New York City; residence Roselle, Union Co., N. J. Born and educated in New York City. ( Married.) Formerly general freight and passenger agent Portland and Oxford Central R. R. Co .; as- sistant controller Philadelphia and Reading R. R. Co .; vice-president Port Reading R. R. Co. Now president Manhattan Coal Co .; second vice-president Central Railroad of New Jersey, and Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co .: director New York and Long Branch R. R .. Co., Baltimore and Delaware Bay R. R. Co. and Tay- lor Iron and Steel Co. of New Jersey. Member Law- yers', Democratic and Reform Clubs, Montauk Club of Brooklyn, Megantic Fish and Game Club of Maine and Canada. and Essex County (N. J.) Country, Bal- tusrol Golf and Cranford Golf Clubs.
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WILLIAMS, THEODORE C. - Clergyman and School Master, Hackley Hall, Tarrytown. Born in Brookline, Mass., July 2, 1855. Educated at Harvard. (Married.) Head master of Hackley Hall. Formerly minister of All Souls' Church, New York City, 1883-96, and preacher at Harvard. Member Nineteenth Cen- tury Club and Century Association.
WILLIAMS, THOMAS HILTON-Mechanical En- gineer, 66 Centre street, New York City; residence 300 Bergen avenue, Jersey City, N. J. Born in Springfield, Mass., Feb. 14, 1848. Educated at Packard's Business College. (Married.) President Howley Down Draft Furnace Co .; vice-president and general manager A. A. Griffing Iron Co .; proprietor E. A. Williams & Son of Jersey City; managing trustee Luke Voorhees Cat- tle Co. of Wyoming; director Hudson County Gas Co. Member Lawyers' Club, American Society of Me- chanical Engineers, and Carteret Club, Bergen Lodge No. 47, F. & A. M., Mt. Vernon Chapter Royal Arch Masons and Unique Council Royal Arcanum, all of Jersey City.
WILLIAMS, TIMOTHY SHALER-Railroads, 168 Montague street, Brooklyn; residence 913 Union street. Born in Ithaca, N. Y. Educated at Cornell ('84). Secretary, treasurer and director Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., Brooklyn Heights R. R. Co., Brooklyn Union Elevated R. R. Co., Kings County Elevated R. R. Co., Nassau Electric R. R. Co., Sea Beach Ry. Co., Sea View R. R. Co. and Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban R. R. Co .; director Kings County Elec- tric Light and Power Co. and Queens Borough Electric Light and Power Co. Member University, Lawyers' and Cornell University Clubs, and Brooklyn and Ma- rine and Field Clubs of Brooklyn.
WILLIAMS, WALTER LONG-Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca; residence 115 Valentine place. Born in Argenta, Ill., Feb. 26, 1856. Educated at Mount Zion Seminary, Mount Zion, Ill., University of Illinois and McGill University. (Married.) Ex-assistant state veterinarian of Illinois; ex-inspector Bureau of Ani- mal Industry, United States Department of Agricul- ture; professor veterinary science, Purdue University, 1891-93; professor of veterinary science, Montana Col- lege of Agriculture, 1893-6; ex-president Illinois Veter- inary Medical Association, United States Veterinary Association and Indiana Veterinary Medical Associa- tion. Professor of principles and practice of veterina- ry surgery, zootechny, obstetrics and jurisprudence, New York State Veterinary College, Cornell Univer- sity. since 1896. Associate editor "American Veterina- ry Review." Member American Veterinary Medical and New York State Medical Associations and Sigma Xi Society.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM-Lawyer, 35 Wall street, New York City; residence University Club. Born in New London, Conn., June 2. 1862. Educated at Yale and at Harvard Law School. (Single.) Associate counsel for United States Government in the Behring Sea Arbitration, 1892-3. Enlisted in the war with Spain as a private in Troop "A," New York Volunteer Cav- alry, and later received a commission in the commis- sary department, with rank of major. Member Law- yers'. University, Larchmont Yacht and Yale Clubs, Century Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM H .- Lawyer, 181 Broad- way, New York City; residence Yonkers. Born in Ledyard. Conn., Oct. 22, 1839. Educated at Brown University ('65) and at Columbia Law School ('68). (Married.) Member Alpha Delta Phi and Brown Uni- versity Clubs.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ROBERT-Physician and Instructor, 152 West 57th street, New York City. De- grees of A.M. and M.D. Instructor in hygiene, Cor- nell University Medical College, New York City.
WILLIAMSON, ARTHUR E .- Steam Heating Ex- pert, 92 Beekman street, New York City; residence Passaic, N. J. Born in Toronto, Canada, Feb. 2, 1869. Educated at Trinity School. (Married.) Vice-presi- dent. assistant treasurer and director Richardson & Morgan Co. Member Knickerbocker Yacht, Seacliff Yacht and Passaic Clubs.
WILLIAMSON. EDWARD L .- Physician, 163 West 74th strect, New York City. Born in Albany, N. Y.,
Oct. 19, 1864. Educated at Dartmouth ('89) and New York College of Physicians and Surgeons ('92). (Sin- gle.) Assistant physician Roosevelt Hospital; instruc- tor in surgery Polyclinic Hospital. Member Quill and Country Cycle Clubs, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Asso- ciation and Society of American Musicians and Com- posers.
WILLIAMSON, GEORGE M .- Grand View. Born in New York City, May 13, 1850. Educated in Brooklyn public schools. (Married.) Member Grolier Club.
WILLIAMSON, W. W .- Dentistry, 113 East Jeffer- son street, Syracuse; residence Globe Hotel. Born in Malone, N. Y., 1857. Educated at Amherst College. (Single.) Patented dental engine, which is now ex- tensively used in the dental profession. Member Citi- zens' Club.
WILLING, J. THOMSON-Artist, 70 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence 108 East 45th street. Born in Toronto, Canada, 1860. Educated in Toronto. (Mar- ried.) Member Salmagundi Club.
WILLISTON, JAMES R .- Banker and Broker, 30 Broad street, New York City; residence 10 West 43d street. Born in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 5, 1859. Edu- cated at Harvard. (Married.) Member of the firm of J. R. Williston & Co. of New York, Boston and Provi- dence, and of the New York Stock Exchange. Mem- ber New York Athletic Club, Brookline (Mass.) Coun- try Club and Boston Athletic Association.
WILLITS, FREDERICK E .- Farmer, Glen Cove. Born in Glen Cove, 1846. Educated at Yale. (Married.) Vice-president and director Glen Cove Bank; treas- urer and director Glen Cove Mutual Insurance Co .; director Hamilton Fire Insurance Co., Nassau County Bank and Westchester Fire Insurance Co .; trustee Roslyn Savings Bank.
WILLS, CHARLES T .- Builder, 156 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence 309 West 82d street. Mem- ber Colonial, Riding, New York Athletic, Suburban Riding and Driving, American Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, Indian Harbor Yacht, Columbia Yacht. South- ampton Shooting and Fairfield County Golf Clubs, American Geographical and American Fine Arts So- cieties, Building Trade, Aldine, Blooming Grove Park, Riverside, Masons' and Builders', West End. West- chester County Horse Show and State Road Horse As- sociations, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, Chelsea Plantation, Chamber of Commerce, General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, Board of Trade and Transportation, Mechanics' and Traders' Exchange, American Insti- tute and various Masonic and benevolent organiza- tions.
WILLS, JOSEPH LAINSON-Professor, 39 South William street, New York City; residence 133 Mid- wood street, Flatbush, Brooklyn. Born in England, 1850. Educated in England. (Married.) Professor of brewing chemistry and zymotechnology in National Brewers' Academy. Has held various positions in mining, metallurgical and chemical industries. Mem- ber Brooklyn Engineers' Club, Chemical Society (Fel- low) of London, England, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and American Institute of Mining Engineers.
WILLSON, THOMAS EDGAR-Editor, 59 Park row, New York City; residence Mott avenue and 165th street. Born in Sag Harbor, L. I., May 27, 1846. Edu- cated at the College of the City of New York and at Rutgers College. (Married.) On the editorial staff of the New York "World" since 1868. Member Reform Club.
WILMARTH, LEMUEL EVERETT-Artist, 352 Adelphi street, Brooklyn. Born in Attleboro, Mass., Nov. 11, 1835. Educated in Boston. Studied art in Europe at the Royal Academy of Munich and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France. (Married Emma B. Barrett, 1872; deceased 1895.) Professor in charge of the schools of the National Academy of Design, 1870-90. Member National Academy of Design.
WILMERDING, A. CLINTON-Photographic Sup- plies, 165 Broadway, New York City; residence 72 West 87th street. Born in New York City, Sept. 24. 1859. Educated at Charlier's Institute and in public schools. (Married Katharine Rutgers Bache, Jan. 22, 1895.) Member Camera and American Kennel Clubs.
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WILMERDING, JOHN C .- Auctioneer, 66 White street, New York City; residence Orange, N. J. (Mar- ried Marie Fatimeh, daughter of Vanderbilt Allen, a grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1892.) Senior mem- ber of the firm of Wilmerding, Morris & Mitchell. Member Richmond County Country and Staten Island Polo Clubs.
WILMERDING, LUCIUS K .- Dry Goods Commis- sion Merchant, 78 Leonard street, New York City; res- idence Islip, L. I. Educated at Columbia ('68). Mem- ber of the firm of Wilmerding & Bisset. Trustee Greenwich Savings Bank and Washington Trust Co. Member Metropolitan, Merchants', University, South Side Sportsmen's, and Delta Phi Clubs and Columbia University Alumni Association.
WILMERDING, WILLIAM E. - Photographic Apparatus, 165 Broadway, New York City; residence 145 West 48th street. Born in New York City, Sept. 20, 1867. Educated in private schools. (Single.) Treasurer Camera Club.
WILMOT, DE BORDEN-Lawyer, 55 Broadway, New York City; residence 40 West 97th street. Born in Onondaga County, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1849. Educated at Cornell. (Married.) Member of the firm of Wilmot & Gage. Connected with a number of corporations in this country and abroad, as officer, director or counsel. Member Colonial and Cornell University Clubs, and State Bar Association.
WILSDON, GEORGE R. - Banker, Cohoes; resi- dence 58 Saratoga avenue. Born in Lyons, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1863. Educated in Waterford, N. Y., and Cohoes. (Married.) Director and cashier National Bank of Co- hoes; trustee Cohoes Savings Institution.
WILSON, CHARLES G .- Lawyer, 60 Broadway, New York City; residence 250 West 91st street. Born in Baltimore, Md. Educated at Loyola College. (Mar- ried.) President New York Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange. President Board of Health, 1889-98.
WILSON, CHARLES R .- Lawyer, 3 White Build- ing, Buffalo; residence 261 Georgia street. Born in Dorchester, Mass., Oct. 20, 1863. Educated in private schools and by private tutors. (Single.) Member of the firm of Wilson & Smith. Treasurer and trustee Buffalo General Hospital; director Buffalo Public Li- brary; trustee Hobart College; curator Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and vestryman St. Paul's Church, Buf- falo. Member National Arts and Grolier Clubs and Dunlap Society of New York City. Society of the Cin- cinnati, Society of Colonial Wars and Sons of the Rev- olution.
WILSON, EDMUND BEECHER-Professor, 116th street and Morningside Heights, New York City; resi- dence 305 West 78th street. Born in Geneva, Ill., Oct. 19, 1856. Educated at Yale (Ph.B., '78), at Johns Hop- kins University (Ph.D., '81) and in Europe. (Single.) Professor of zoology at Columbia University in the City of New York. Member Century Association, New York Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Science.
WILSON, EDWARD LIVINGSTON - Editor and Publisher, 853 Broadway, New York City. Born in Flemington, N. J., March 4, 1838. Educated in village schools. Received degree of Ph.D. from Washington and Jefferson College. Editor and proprietor of "Wil- son's Photographic Magazine" since 1864.
WILSON, FLOYD B. - Lawyer, 30 Broad street, New York City; residence 726 Marcy avenue, Brook- lyn. Born in Watervliet, Albany Co., N. Y., June 23, 1845. Educated at University of Michigan ('71) and Ohio Law College ('73). (Married Esther M. Cleve- land, of Cleveland, Ohio, 1874). Principal of Euclid Avenue Seminary, Cleveland, Ohio, 1872-3; lecturer on elocution and English literature at Racine College, 1875-80; poet of University of Michigan, 1880; alumni orator of same, 1888. Devoted time for the past twen- ty years largely to the practice of corporation law and the promotion of railway. industrial and mining enterprises. Author of "Uphill" (a novel); also many published articles in leading magazines on travel and metaphysical subjects; translated "La Cojay el Enco- jide" (a comedy) from the Spanish. President and counsel South American Promoting Syndicate and
Arizona Gold and Copper Co .; president Santa Bar- bara Gold Placer Co., New York School of Philosophy, and Idaho Consolidated Copper Mines Co .; vice-presi- dent and counsel Copper Hill Mining Co .; director Santa Fe and Grand Canyon R. R. Co. Member Delta Kappa Epsilon Club, Kane Lodge F. & A. M., Scottish Rite bodies and Mecca Temple.
WILSON, FRANCIS-Actor, 1402 Broadway, New York City; residence "The Orchard," New Rochelle. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 7, 1854. Educated in public schools. (Married Mira Barrie, 1884.) Made first professional appearance with a minstrel troupe. Became leading comedian of the MeCaull Opera Co. Subsequently organized the Francis Wilson Opera Co., and has taken leading roles in "The Merry Monarch," "The Lion Tamer," "The Chieftain," "Half a King." "The Little Corporal" and "The Monks of Malabar." Member Grolier and Players' Clubs and Dunlap So- ciety.
WILSON, FREDERIC N .- Physician, 24 West 50th street, New York City. Born and educated in Boston, Mass. Connected with New York Post-Graduate Hospital. Member Harvard Club.
WILSON, FREDERICK-Artist, 333 Fourth ave- nue, New York City: residence Pelham. Born in Great Britain, 1858. Educated in Great Britain. (Mar- ried.) Art director Tiffany Glass Co. Member Play- ers', Reform and Apawamis Clubs, Art Club of Phila- delphia, and Architectural League.
WILSON, GEORGE-Secretary, 32 Nassau street, New York City; residence 200 Greene avenue, Brook- lyn. Born in New York City, Jan. 7, 1839. Educated in public schools. Secretary of the Chamber of Com- merce since 1858. Member New York Club, New Eng- land Society (secretary), Military Order of the Loyal Legion, American Museum of Natural History and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
WILSON, GEORGE T .- Life Insurance, 120 Broad- way, New York City; residence 138 West 58th street. Born in New York City, Sept. 23, 1859. ( Married.) Third vice-president Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. Member Union League, Colonial, Lawyers', Princeton, New York Athletic, Knollwood and National Arts Clubs, National Sculpture Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Chamber of Com- merce.
WILSON, HENRY B .- Banker, 40 Wall street, New York City; residence 34 West 73d street. Presi- dent and director International Hydraulic Co .; direc- tor Consolidated Gas Co. of New Jersey, Economy Mf'g Co. and Western Gas Co. Member Colonial, Union League, West Side Republican and Lotos Clubs and Art Federation.
WILSON, HENRY S .- Stock Broker, 66 Broadway, New York City; residence 25 West 35th street. Mem- ber New York Stock Exchange and of the Union League, Manhattan, New York Athletic and Whist Clubs.
WILSON, JAMES GODFREY-Manufacturer of Floors, Blinds and Rolling Shutters, 74 West 23d street, New York City, and Olean; residence 308 West 89th street. Born in London, England. 1842. Educated at private school and at South Kensington School of Art, London. Member Reform, Church and Colonial Clubs, and Laurentian Club of Canada.
WILSON, JAMES GRANT-Author, 226 West 58th street, New York City; residence 15 East 74th street. Born in Edinburgh, April 28, 1832. Educated at Col- lege Hill, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and under private tu- tors. Degrees of D.C.I .. and LL.D. (Married. 1870.) For a time with his father in business, later becom- ing his partner; went abroad in 1855. and after his return, established in Chicago the first literary paper published in the Northwest; disposed of his journal and was commissioned major 15th Illinois Cavalry, 1862; became acting colonel and took part in many engagements and in Vicksburg campaign: accompa- nied General U. S. Grant to New Orleans and ac- cepted, by his advice, the colonelcy of the 4th Regi- ment, United States Colored Cavalry; assigned to duty as aide-de-canıp to commanding general, Department of the Gulf. with whom he remained until 1865: bre- vetted brigadier-general and placed in command of
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Fort Hudson. Resigned from army in July, 1865, and returned to New York City. Delegate from St. James Protestant Episcopal Church to the New York Dio- cesan Conventions. Appointed meinber of Board of Visitors to United States Naval Academy, 1879, and also to United States Military Academy, delivering the address to the cadets, 1880; appointed chairman of committee to collect State's contribution to Garfield Monument, 1882; president of the New York Genealogi- cal and Biographical Society since 1885, and of Ameri- can Authors' Society since 1892; vice-president Amer- ican Ethnological Society. Member of the executive committee of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Has published numerous addresses and contributed very many articles to English and Amer- ican magazines, among the principal ones being "Life and Letters of Fitz-Greene Halleck," "Life of General U. S. Grant," "Poets and Poetry of Scotland from the Earliest to the Present Time," "Memorial History of the City of New York" and was editor of "Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography" (6 volumes). Member American Geographical and New York His- torical Societies, Military Order of the Loyal Legion and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
WILSON, JOHN C., JR .- Manager, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 107 West 82d street. Born in New York City, June 21, 1857. Educated at United States Naval Academy. (Single.) Manager Equita- ble Life Assurance Society of the United States; vice- president J. B. Wilson Co. Member New York Ath- letic Club.
WILSON, RICHARD T .- Banker, 33 Wall street and 141 Pearl street, New York City: residence 511 Fifth avenue. President and director East River Gas Co. of Long Island City; director American Cotton Oil Co., Bertha Mineral Co., Denver and Rio Grande R. R. Co., Fourth National Bank, Hudson Building Co., Man- hattan Trust Co., Mathieson Alkali Works, New York and East River Gas Co., Rio Grande Southern R. R. Co., Union Trust Co., United States Casualty Co., Western Union Beef Co. and Yonkers R. R. Co. Mem- ber Metropolitan, Manhattan and Union Clubs, South- ern Society, Down Town Association and American Museum of Natural History.
WILSON, RICHARD T., JR .- Banker, 33 Wall street, New York City; residence 511 Fifth avenue. Educated at Columbia. Member of the firm of R. T. Wilson & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange. Commissioner of the Bureau of Municipal Statistics. Director Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Ry. Co. Member Metropolitan, Union, Knickerbocker, St. An- thony, Turf and Field, Westchester Country, Demo- cratic, South Side Sportsmen's, and Racquet and Ten- nis Clubs, Columbia University Alumni Association and American Institute of Mining Engineers.
WILSON, ROBERT H .- Lawyer, 84 Broadway, Brooklyn; residence 168 Hayward street. Born in Brooklyn, Feb. 27, 1870. Educated at Weston Milltary Institute, Weston, Conn., Brooklyn High School, and at Cornell. (Married.) Member of the firm of Burr, Coombs & Wilson. Member Cornell University Club, Troop "C," Country and Union League Clubs of Brook- lyn, and Troop "C," N. G. N. Y.
WILSON, ROBERT M .- Manufacturer, 92 Walker street, New York City; residence Rome. Born in Bucks County, Pa., Oct. 26, 1853. Educated in Easton, Pa. (Married.) President and principal stockholder of the R. M. Wilson Mf'g Co. of Rome. Member Sons of the American Revolution, Runan Lodge No. 223, F. & A. M., and Manhattan Chapter No. 184, R. A. M.
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