Biographical directory of the state of New York, 1900, Part 171

Author: Biographical Directory Co., New York, pub
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: New York, Biographical directory company (incorporated)
Number of Pages: 592


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WOOD, BENJAMIN - Journalist, 32 Park row, New York City; residence Fifth Avenue Hotel. Born in Shelbyville, Ky., Oct. 13, 1820. Made several voy- ages to the West Indies and South America, and en- gaged in various business enterprises. Proprietor of the New York "Daily News," which he purchased in 1860, and made it, in 1867, the first one-cent paper in the United States. Congressman, 1861-5 and 1881-3. Presi- dent and director News Publishing Co. Member Man- hattan and Press Clubs and Sons of the American Rev- olution.


WOOD, EDGAR HARPER-Instructor, Cornell University, Ithaca; residence 406 West Mill street. Degrees of A.B. and M.D. Instructor in drawing in Sibley College, Cornell University.


WOOD, F. E .- Farmer, West Winfield. Born in West Winfield, July 15, 1861. Educated at West Win- field High School and Wilbraham Academy. (Mar- ried.) Vice-president West Winfield First National Bank. Member Richfield Springs Chapter, F. & A. M.


WOOD, GEORGE EDWARD - Architect. 61 Wil- liam street. New York City: residence 131 East 15th street. Educated at Columbia. Member University Glee and Calumet Clubs, Architectural League and Columbia University Alumni Association.


WOOD, GILBERT CONGDON - Publisher, 51 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence 7 West 49th street. Born in New York City. Educated at Haver- ford ('89). Member of the firm of Wm. Wood & Co. Member University Athletic, University, Seawanhaka- Corinthian Yacht and New York Athletic Clubs and Haverford College Alumni Association.


WOOD, HENRY DUNCAN - Broker, 11 Wall street, New York City; residence 105 East 40th street. Educated at Columbia. Member New York Stock Ex- change and of the Metropolitan. Union, Delta Phi, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht and South Side Sports- men's Clubs and Columbia University Alumni Asso- ciation.


WOOD, HENRY FIRTH-Secretary, 120 West Houston street, New York City; residence 84th street near Second avenue. Brooklyn. Born in New York City, Feb. 27, 1856. Educated in Jersey City and New York City. (Married.) Secretary and director Empire Steam Laundry Co. Member Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn.


WOOD, HOWARD O .- Lawyer, 51 Wall street, New York City; residence 831 St. Marks avenue, Brooklyn. Educated at Amherst College. Member of the firm of Wood & Hill. Member Alpha Delta Phi Club, Crescent Athletic. Union League and Irving Clubs of Brooklyn, and Amherst College Alumni Asso- ciation.


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WOOD, JOHN D. - Broker, 44 Wall street, New York City; residence 38 East 39th street. Educated at Yale. Member Metropolitan, Union, Westchester Coun- try and Yale Clubs, Down Town Association and Met- ropolitan Museum of Art.


WOOD, JOSEPH-Lawyer, 141 Broadway, New York City; residence Sayville, I .. I. Born in Riverhead, L. I .. Aug. 12, 1862. Educated at Yale (A.B., '84) and Columbia (LL.B. and A.M. '86). (Married.) Director and counsel for the Oystermen's National Bank of Sayville, and South Side Bank of Bay Shore. Member University Club, New Jersey Bar Association and As- sociation of the Bar of the City of New York.


WOOD, JOSEPH S .- Lawyer, Chronicle Building, Mount Vernon; residence 135 South Second avenue. Born in New York City, June 13, 1843. Educated in public schools, at New York Free Academy and at Columbia College Law School. (Married.) Superin- tendent of Cooper Union. 1862-4; superintendent of pub- lic schools of Mount Vernon, 1865-76; editor and pro- prietor of the Mount Vernon "Chronicle," 1869-92; school commissioner Westchester County, 1878-80. Was instrumental in the establishment of Pelham Bay Park on Long Island Sound. President Westchester County Bar Association, Mount Vernon Board of Trade and Board of Education of the City of Mount Vernon. Member City Club, and Reform, New York Athletic, Manhattan Chess and City College Clubs of New York City.


WOOD, J. SCOTT-Physician, 172 Sixth avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Kentucky, Sept. 1, 1863. Educated at Georgetown (Ky.) College and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. (Married.) Ophthalmic surgeon Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital, and Kings County Hospital; consulting ophthalmic surgeon Norwegian Hospital. Member Montauk and Hospital Graduates' Clubs, Medical Society of the County of Kings, and Kings County Medical Association (corresponding sec- retary).


WOOD, ROBERT C .- Broker, 30 Broad street, New York City: residence New York Athletic Club. Born in New York City, 1869. Educated at Lawrenceville (N. J.) Academy and at Harvard. (Single.) Member of the firm of Wood & Havemeyer. Member Demo- cratic, Calumet, New York Athletic and Luncheon Clubs.


WOOD, THOMAS CLARK-President, 120 Liberty street, New York City; residence 273 West End avenue. Born in Utica. N. Y., May 10, 1850. Appointed to the United States Naval Academy by Roscoe Conkling, 1866; graduated with class and served on European and West Indian stations; took part in naval expedition on the Rio Grande River to assist army in suppression of cattle raiding between Texas and Mexico: resigned from navy in 1876 to enter business and established en- gineering firm of Skinner & Wood, at Erie, Pa. Elected a director in First National Bank of Erie, 1882; retired from active business in 1885 and was abroad until 1887. Re-entered business in 1891 and became president of the Ball & Wood Co. (engineers). Re-entered the navy and served as lieutenant on the "Gloucester" under Captain Wainwright during Spanish-American War, and took part in naval operations on south side of Cuba, in the Battle of Santiago and in the landing operations in Porto Rico of General Miles' division; re- sumed business connections at close of war. President and director Ball & Wood Co. Member University Club, Naval Order of the United States and other or- ganizations.


IVOOD, THOMAS WATERMAN-Artist, 51 West Tenth street, New York City. Born in Montpelier, Vt., Nov. 12, 1823. Educated at Montpelier Academy. Stu- died art in Boston, Mass., and in Europe. (Married Minerva Robinson, 1850; deceased May 15, 1889.) Es- tablished a studio in New York City in 1866. President American Water Color Society, 1878-87; president Na- tional Academy of Design, 1891-9. Member Artists' Aid (president) and New England Societies, Century Association, National Academy of Design and Metro- politan Museum of Art.


WOOD, WILLIAM-Manager, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 164 West 85th street. Manager Palatine Fire Insurance Co. Member Lawyers', New York Athletic, New York and Union Clubs and St. An- drew's, St. George's and Burns Societies.


WOOD, WILLIAM H. S .- Publisher, 51 Fifth ave- nue, New York City. Born in New York City, 1840. Educated at Haverford College. (Married.) Member of the firm of William Wood & Co. Trustee Bowery Savings Bank. Formerly director Young Men's Chris- tian Association and manager American Bible Society. Member Grolier, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht and Indian Harbor Yacht Clubs, St. Nicholas, New York Historical, American Geographical, American Pomo- logical and New York Zoological Societies, Scientific Alliance, New York Botanical Gardens (incorporator) and Chamber of Commerce.


WOOD, WILLIS D .- Banker, 31 Pine street, New York City; residence 880 St. Marks avenue, Brooklyn. Member of the firm of Ladd, Wood & King. Member Alpha Delta Phi Club and Irving, Crescent Athletic, Hamilton and Riding and Driving Clubs of Brooklyn.


WOODBERRY, GEORGE EDWARD-Professor, 116th street and Morningside Heights, New York City. Born in Beverly, Mass., May 12, 1855. Educated at Harvard ('77). Professor of English at the University of Nebraska. 1877-8 and 1880-2; on editorial staff of "The Nation," 1878-9. Now professor of English liter- ature at Columbia University in the City of New York. Author of "History of Wood Engraving," "Life of Ed- gar Allan Poe," "Heart of Man" and other works. Member Harvard and Players' Clubs and Century As- sociation.


WOODBURY, GORDON-Lawyer, 33 Pine street, New York City; residence Manhattan Club, and Man- chester, Vt. Educated at Harvard ('86). Director Fowler Mfg Co. (Ltd.). Member Democratic, Univer- sity, Manhattan, Harvard and Reform Clubs and As- sociation of the Bar of the City of New York.


WOODBURY, JOHN McGAW - Physician, 120 Fifth avenue, New York City. Educated at Prince- ton ('78) and at the Royal College of Surgeons, Lon- don, England (M.D.). Instructor in orthopaedic sur- gery in Cornell University Medical College, New York City. Member University, New York Yacht, Union, University Athletic, Princeton, Corinthian Yacht and Larchmont Yacht Clubs, Sons of the Revolution, and Royal College of Surgeons, London, England.


WOODFORD, ARTHUR B .- Professor, 32 Waver- ley place, New York City; residence Oak Hill, New Haven, Conn. Born in West Winsted, Conn., Oct. 7, 1861. Educated at Yale ('81). (Married.) Formerly professor of social economics at the University of Pennsylvania, at Princeton and at New York Univer- sity. Now private lecturer. Member Patria and Schoolmasters' Clubs and Good Government Club "E,"


WOODFORD, STEWART LYNDON-Lawyer and Diplomatist, 18 Wall street, New York City; residence 869 President street, Brooklyn. Born in New York City, Sept. 3, 1835. Educated at Columbia ('54). Re- ceived degree of A.M. from Yale and Columbia, LL.D. from Trinity College and D.C.L. from the University of Syracuse. (Married, second, Isabel Hanson, Sept. 26, 1900.) Practicing in New York City since his ad- mission to the Bar in 1857, and is now member of the firm of Ritch, Woodford, Bovee & Wallace. Delegate to the National Republican Convention of 1860; mes- senger of the Presidential Electoral College, 1860; as- sistant United States attorney for the Southern Dis- trict of New York, 1861-2; resigned this office and en- listed as a private in Company H, 127th Regiment, New York Volunteers, August, 1862; became captain of his company and afterwards lieutenant-colonel of regiment. Served in the Army of the Potomac and in the Department of the South; judge-advocate-gen- eral, provost marshal-general and later chief-of-staff to Major-General Gilmore, commanding Department of the South; military governor of Charleston, S. C., and afterwards military governor of Savannah, Ga .; resumed duty as chief-of-staff to Department; pro- moted to colonel and brevetted brigadier-general. The war having closed, resigned in August, 1865, De- and resumed law practice in New York City. clined Republican nomination for Judge of Court of Common Pleas, 1865; was unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of New York, 1870; elector-at- large and president New York Electoral College, 1872; Congressman, 1872-5; had joint discussion with General Thomas Ewing in Ohio in autumn of 1875 on the ques- tion of specie resumption; member of the commission


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to prepare charter for the Greater City of New York, 1896; United States Minister to Spain, 1897-8. Director and general counsel Metropolitan Life Insurance Co .; trustee Franklin Trust Co. and City Savings Bank of Brooklyn; resident American trustee Svea Life and Fire Insurance Co. of Sweden. Member University and Lawyers' Clubs, and Hamilton Club of Brooklyn.


WOODHULL, JOHN FRANCIS-Professor, 120th street and Morningside Heights, New York City; resi- dence 1161 Amsterdam avenue. Born in Westport, N. Y., July 2, 1857. Educated at Yale (A.B., '80), at Johns Hopkins University and at Columbia (Ph.D., '99). (Married.) Formerly superintendent of the buildings and grounds at the Teachers' College and acting president of same, twice; instructor in science at the New York State Normal School, 1887-8. Pro- fessor of physical science at the Teachers' College, Columbia University, since 1888. Fellow American As- sociation for the Advancement of Science; member Congregational Club, Yale Alumni Association, New York Academy of Sciences and National Institute of Arts and Letters.


WOODHULL. THENFORD - Lawyer, 4 Court square. Brooklyn; residence 124 Berkeley place. Born in New Brunswick, N. J., May 24, 1848. Educated at Columbia ('69) and Columbia Law School ('71). (Sin- gle.) Member Long Island Historical Society, Colum- bia College Alumni and Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Asso- ciations, and Law Library of Brooklyn.


WOODIN, WILLIAM H .- Railroad Car and Car Wheel Manufacturer, 47 Cedar street, New York City; residence Berwick, Pa. Educated at Columbia. Vice- president and director Jackson & Woodin Mfg Co. Member Lawyers', Union League, Engineers' and Alpha Delta Phi Clubs and Columbia University Alumni Association.


WOODMAN, CLARENCE EUGENE - Roman Catholic Clergyman, 415 West 59th street, New York City. Born in Saco, Me., Nov. 1, 1852. Educated at Monson Academy, Trinity College (A.B., '73), Amherst College (A.M., '77) and at Manhattan College (Ph.D., '81). Studied at the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York City, but was converted to the Roman Catholic faith. En- tered the Congregation of St. Paul and was ordained priest. Is famous as an orator, and was lecturer at the Catholic University of America, 1891-3. Was knighted by the King of Spain in 1894, Knight Com- mander of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic. Now stationed at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York City. Member Psi Upsilon Club, Aztec Club of 1847, Society of Colonial Wars, Society of the War of 1812, Phi Beta Kappa Society, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Sons of the American Revolution and Trinity College Alumni, Amherst College Alumni and Manhattan College Alumni Associations.


WOODMAN, DURAND - Analytical Chemist, 80 Beaver street, New York City; residence 251 West 88th street. Born in New York City, 1859. Educated at Stevens Institute of Technology (B.S., '80) and at the University of Berlin. Member American Chemical So- ciety, Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft and American Association for the Advancement of Science.


WOODMAN. RAYMOND HUNTINGTON-Organ- ist and Choirmaster, 1346 Pacific 'street, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, Jan. 18, 1861. Educated in public schools and at the College of the City of New York. (Married.) Formerly professor of music at Packer Collegiate Institute and professor of organ at the Met- ropolitan College of Music. Now organist and choir- master of the First Presbyterian and Emanuel Baptist Churches. Member Clef Club and American Guild of Organists.


WOODRUFF, A. EDWARD-Lawyer, 120 Broad- way. New York City; residence Rahway, N. J. Born in Rahway, Oct. 27, 1846. Educated at Princeton and at Columbia Law School. (Married.) Member Law- yers', Princeton, Colonia Country and Ilderan Outing Clubs.


WOODRUFF, ARTHUR D .- Teacher and Musical Conductor, 136 Fifth avenue, New York City: residence 27 West 11th street. Born in Washington, Conn., Aug. 22, 1853. Educated in Washington, and Poughkeepsie,


N. Y. (Married.) Formerly conductor Mendelssohn Glee, Produce Exchange Glee and Harlem Choral Clubs of New York City, and Summit Choral, Eliza- beth Music and Elizabeth Glee Clubs of New Jersey. Now conductor University Glee Club of New York City, Orange (N. J.) Musical Art Society, Lyric Club of Newark, N. J., and Englewood (N. J.) Choral Club. Member Mendelssohn Glee, Players' and Manuscript Clubs and Washington (Conn.) Golf Club.


WOODRUFF, CHARLES H .- Lawyer, 35 Nassau street, New York City; residence 14 East 68th street. Born in Newark, N. J., Oct. 1, 1836. Educated at Yale ('58), at Harvard and at Columbia Law School. (Mar- ried Catherine G. Sanford of New Haven, Conn.) Counsel with the firm of Gulick, Woodruff & Marsh. Member Mendelssohn Glee and University Clubs, New England Society, Society of the Cincinnati, Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


WOODRUFF, EDWIN HAMLIN-Professor, Cor- nell University, Ithaca; residence 401. North Aurora street. Born in Ithaca, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1862. Educated at Cornell. Degree of LL.B. (Single.) Librarian and professor of law Leland Stanford, Jr., University, Cal- ifornia, 1891-6. Professor of law, Cornell University. Member New York State Bar Association.


WOODRUFF, FREDERICK S .- Lawyer, 35 Nas- sau street, New York City; residence 14 East 68th street. Born in New York City, Oct. 21, 1869. Educa- ted at Yale ('92). (Single.) Member of the firm of Gulick, Woodruff & Marsh. Member University and Strollers' Clubs and Sons of the Revolution.


WOODRUFF, JOHN S. - Lawyer, 45 Broadway, New York City; residence 126 East 34th street. Born in New Britain, Conn., Sept. 4, 1870. Educated at Yale. (Married.) Member of the firm of Wheeler & Cortis. Director East Side Co-operative House Owning and Investment Co. and Reconstructed Granite Co. Mem- ber Union League and Yale Clubs, Essex County Country Club of Orange, N. J., Graduates' Club of New Haven, Conn., Kane Lodge F. & A. M. and Asso- ciation of the Bar of the City of New York.


WOODRUFF, LEWIS B. - Lawyer, 30 Broad street, New York City; residence 14 East 68th street. Born in New York City, Jan. 1, 1868. Educated at Yale, at Columbia Law School and at New York Law School. (Single.) With the firm of Hornblower, Byrne, Miller & Potter. Member University, Yale and Litchfield Clubs, Linnæan Society, Sons of the Revo- lution, Scientific Alliance and American Ornithological Union.


WOODRUFF, TIMOTHY LESTER-Lieutenant- Governor of the State of New York, Executive Cham- ber, Albany; residence 94 Eighth avenue, Brooklyn. Born in New Haven, Conn., Aug. 4, 1858. (Son of John Woodruff.) Educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and at Yale (A.B., '79, and A.M., '89). (Married Cora C. Eastman of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.) Became a resident of Brooklyn and engaged in business as a member of the firm of Nash, Whiton & Co., 1881. Became pro- prietor of the Franklin. Commercial, Nye and Wav- erly Stores in 1887, and when the Brooklyn Grain Warehouse Co. was organized in 18$8, was made a di- rector and secretary of the company. Represented his assembly district in the Republican State Conven- tion of 1885, and has been a delegate to all succeeding State and local conventions. Was a delegate to the National Republican Conventions of 18SS and 1896. Represented his congressional district on the Repub- lican State Committee and was a member of the executive committee of that body, 1889-90. Was com- missioner of parks of the City of Brooklyn during the administration of Mayor Wurster. Was elected Lieu- tenant-Governor in 1896, re-elected in 1898 and was nominated for a third term in September. 1900. Presi- dent and director Knapp Extract Co. and Maltine Mf'g Co .; treasurer and director Worcester Salt Co .; direc- tor Co-operative Building Bank, Duncan Co., Mer- chants' Exchange National Bank and Preferred Acci- dent Insurance Co .; trustce Hamilton Trust Co. of Brooklyn. Member Union League, University, Psi Upsilon, Republican and Hardware Clubs of New York City, Union League, Crescent Athletic, Hamil- ton. Hanover and Montauk Clubs of Brooklyn, Yale Alumni Association and Sons of the Revolution.


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WOODS, ROBERT L .- Manufacturer, 47 Dey street, New York City, and 59 Commerce street, Brooklyn; residence 267 West 79th street, New York City. President and director American Extract Sup- ply Co.


WOODS, THOMAS F .- Alderman, 8 City Hall, and Horseshoer, 161 East 32d street, New York City; resi- dence 534 Second avenue. Born in New York City, 1866. Educated in public schools. Learned the trade of a horseshoer and now owns a successful establish- ment for the purpose in New York City. Represents the Twentieth District on the Board of Aldermen and is president of that body.


WOODWARD, BENJAMIN DURYEA-Assistant Commissioner-General of the United States to the Paris Exposition, 20 Avenue Rapp, Paris, France; resi- dence 462 West 22d street, New York City. Born in New Jersey, March 13. 1868. Educated at Columbia University (A.B., '88, A.M., '89, and Ph.D., '91) and at the University of Paris (B.L., '86, and B.S., '91). Prize Fellow at Columbia College, 1888-90; instructor in German at Barnard College, 1890-1; tutor in the Romance languages and literature at Columbia, 1890-4. Instructor in the Romance languages and literature at Barnard College since 1891, and at Columbia Univer- sity since 1894. Was nominated by President McKin- ley to the post of Assistant Commissioner-General for the United States to the Paris Exposition in 1898 and is absent from the university on leave until the close of the Exposition. Member University, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa Clubs and Columbia University Alumni Association.


WOODWARD, BENJAMIN W .- Lawyer, 229 Gar- field place, Brooklyn. Born in Hector, Schuyler Co., N. Y., May 3, 1837. Educated in Ovid Academy, Ho- bart College (A.B. and A.M.) and Albany Law School (LL.B.). (Married.) Judge of Schuyler County, N. Y., 1867-71; ex-trustee High School of Watkins; receiver Second National Bank, 1876; United States inspector of customs, 1882-5. Member Alpha Delta Phi Club and Hobart Alumni and Phi Beta Kappa Associations.


WOODWARD, JAMES T .- Banker, 11 Nassau street, New York City; residence 9 East 56th street. President and director Hanover National Bank; direc- tor Birmingham (Ala.) Trust and Savings Co., Madison Square Garden Co., Mercantile Trust and Deposit Co. of Baltimore, Md., Southern Ry. Co. and Tennessee Coal, Iron and R. R. Co .: trustee Union Trust Co. Member Metropolitan, Union, Manhattan, Knickerbocker, Tux- edo, Riding, Rockaway Hunting, Southside Sports- men's Clubs, New England Society and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


WOODWARD, ROBERT B .- Banker, 26 Pine street, New York City; residence 118 Pierrepont street, Brooklyn. Second vice-president and director Bowery Savings Bank; secretary and director Bensonhurst Co. and Borough of Brooklyn Borough Park Co .; chair- man and director Svea Fire and Life Insurance Co. of Sweden; director Nassau National Bank of Brooklyn, and Lloyds Plate Glass Insurance Co .; trustee Frank- ling Trust Co. of Brooklyn. Member Riding and Driv- ing Club, Hamilton, Crescent Athletic, Montauk, Rem- brandt, Art and Philharmonic Clubs of Brooklyn, Laurentian Club of Canada, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Down Town Association and Metropoli- tan Museum of Art.


WOODWARD, ROBERT SIMPSON-Professor. Morningside Heights, New York City; residence Mont- clair, N. J. Born in Rochester, Mich., July 21, 1849. Educated at the University of Michigan (C.E., '72, and Ph.D., '92). (Married Martha G. Bond, 1876.) Assist- ant engineer United States Lake Survey, 1872-82; as- sistant astronomer United States Transit of Venus Commission, 1882-4; astronomer and chief geographer United States Geological Survey, 1884-90; assistant on the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1890-3. Professor of mechanics since 1893, and dean of the School of Pure Science since 1895 at Columbia Univer- sity in the City of New York. Author of numerous scientific articles. Member American Mathematical Society, Century Association, National Academy of Sciences and American Association for the Advance- ment of Science.


WOODWARD, THOMAS - Merchant, 44 Front street, New York City; residence 109 West 90th street.


Born in New York City, 1846. Educated at Haverford College. (Widower.) Member of the New York Con- solidated Stock and Petroleum, New York Produce and New York Maritime Exchanges. Member West Side Republican and Colonial Clubs.


WOODWORTH, ALBERT L. - Manufacturer, 87 Chambers street, New York City; residence 75 Halsey street, Brooklyn Born in South Windsor, Conn., Aug. 22, 1841. Educated at New Britain (Conn.) High School. (Married.) Treasurer and director H. L. Judd & Co. One of the organizers and charter members of the Institute of Accountants and Bookkeepers of New York City. Member Union League Club of Brooklyn.


WOODWORTH, CHAUNCEY B .- Capitalist, 41 South Washington street. Rochester. Born in South Coventry, Conn., Feb. 25, 1819. Educated in Rochester. Established in grocery business in 1840; built a saw- mill, in 1841, which he conducted for several years; later started several successful enterprises, including that now known as C. B. Woodworth's Sons Co., man- ufacturers of perfumery and glassware. Bought, in 1868, at foreclosure sale, the entire property and franchises of the street railway system in Rochester; re-organized and enlarged it and sold it to a syndi- cate in 1889. Owner of the Woodworth and other of- fice buildings.


WOODWORTH, CHAUNCEY C .- Banker, Roch- ester; residence 411 East avenue. Born in Rochester, Feb. 5. 1843. Educated at Williams College ('64). ( Married.) President Flour City National Bank of Rochester; trustee Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Co. Member Genesee Valley and Country Clubs, Sons of the Revolution and Society of Colonial Wars.


WOOLF, ALBERT E .- Inventor, 415 Lexington avenue, New York City; residence 832 West End ave- nue. Born in New York City, Sept. 25, 1846. Educated at the College of the City of New York. (Married.) Director Electrozone Co. and Chemical and Electrical Co. Discovered and adapted to practical use the "Electrozone" method of purifying drinking water, the prevention of zymotic diseases, the disinfection of sewage, the sterilization of garbage and other sani- tary work. Plants for carrying on sanitary work un- der this method have been built and are in operation in Brewster, N. Y., Philadelphia, Pa., London, Eng- land, Havana, Cuba, and other cities, and have proven very successful. Member American Institute of Elec- trical Engineers.




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