Biographical directory of the state of New York, 1900, Part 173

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Publication date: 1900
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WYLIE, GEORGE S .- Real Estate, 2 Wall street, New York City; residence Morristown, N. J. Member Union League, Morris County (N. J.) Golf and Morris County Field Clubs, New England and St. Andrew's Societies, Sons of the Revolution, Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, Naval So- ciety of the United States and Veteran Corps of Artil- lery.

WYLIE, ROBERT HAWTHORNE-Physician, 36 West 35th street, New York City. Born in Chester, S. C., March 25, 1863. Educated at Yale ('83) and at University of the City of New York Medical Depart- ment ('85). (Single.) Assistant gynecologist to Belle-

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vue Hospital; adjunct professor of gynecology, New York Polyclinic. Formerly surgeon to City Hospital. Member Manhattan, Racquet and Tennis, University, Garden City Golf and Reform Clubs, and Ardsley Ca- sino of Ardsley-on-Hudson.

WYLIE, WALKER GILL-Physician, 215 West 43d street, New York City; residence 28 West 40th street. Born in Chester, S. C., Sept. 2, 1848. Educated at Uni- versity of South Carolina and Bellevue and Woman's Hospitals in New York City. Degree of M.D. (Mar- ried.) Ex-vice-president British Gynecological Soci- ety. Visiting gynecologist to Bellevue Hospital; pro- fessor of gynecology, New York Polyclinic. Member Reform, Riding and Democratic Clubs, Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on-Hudson, American Gynecological and Southern Societies and Academy of Medicine.

WYMAN, EUGENE-Banker, Port Henry. Born in Port Henry, Jan. 14, 1851. (Married.) Ex-treasurer Essex County. Cashier and director Citizens' Na- tional Bank of Port Henry.

WYNKOOP, GERARDUS H .- Physician, 128 Mad- ison avenue, New York City. Educated at Yale ('64). Member University, Union and Yale Clubs, American Geographical and Holland Societies and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

WYSONG, JOHN J .- Trustee, 44 Pine street, New York City; residence 30 East 34th street. Member Met- ropolitan, Union, Tuxedo, Riding, Suburban Riding and Driving and Turf and Field Clubs, Metropolitan Museum of Art and American Museum of Natural History.

XAVIER, ANTONIO F .- Brazilian Consul, 24 State street, New York City; residence 134 East 60th street. Born in Brazil, June 7. 1865. Educated in Rio de Janeiro. (Married.) Formerly Brazilian consul at Oporto, Portugal; consul-general at Geneva, Switzer- land, and Brazilian delegate to the Fifth Postal Con- gress held at Washington, D. C. Now consul-general to the United States of America at New York City.

XENELIS, NICHOLAS - Fruit Merchant, 273

Washington, and 34 Madison street, New York City; residence 23 Roosevelt street. Senior member of the firm of Xenelis & Co.

XIQUES, MIGUEL A .- Physician, 121 West 96th street, New York City, and Puerto Principe, Cuba. (Married on June 18, 1900, Aurita del Macias, daughter of Gen. de la Torre, Cuban patriot killed in the Revo- lution of 1878.) Practices his profession in Puerto Principe, Cuba.

YALE, ELMER B .- Secretary, 32 Nassau street, New York City; residence 150 Arlington avenue, Jer- sey City, N. J .. Secretary and director Bancroft Realty Co .; director Automatic Bicycle Safety Rack Co.

YALE, LEROY MILTON-Physician, 432 Madison avenue, New York City. Born in Vineyard Haven, Mass., Feb. 12, 1841. Educated at Columbia ('62) and at Bellevue Hospital Medical College (M.D., '66). (Married Julia M. Stetson of New Bedford, Mass.) Surgeon of the Charity Hospital, 1871-7; to Bellevue Hospital, 1877-82, and to the Presbyterian Hospital, 1880-5. Member Barnard Club and Columbia Alumni and Century Associations.

YALE, WILLIAM HENRY-Dry Goods Merchant, 345 Broadway, New York City; residence Bonnie Bluff, Spuyten Duyvil. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y. Educated at Yale. (Married.) Trustee Birkbeck In- vestment Savings and Loan Co. Member Union League, Merchants', Yale and Reform Clubs, Sons of the American Revolution and Chamber of Commerce.

YARD, JOHN-Lawyer, 66 Broadway, New York City; residence 241 West 52d street. Educated at Yale ('75). Member University, Republican, and Yale Clubs and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

YARD, WILSON RANDOLPH-Lawyer, 15 Wall street, New York City; residence 240 West 129th street. Born in Fairview, N. J., Jan. 8, 1867. (Son of Wesley Sterling and Emma Cooper [Wood] Yard.) Educated in private schools, Grammar School No. 64 and at the College of the City of New York ('87). (Married Sara Elizabeth Gladys, daughter of Owen Jones.) Member of the firm of Wellman & Gooch. Author of "Country Around New York," "Rand, McNally & Co.'s Cyclists' Guide to Westchester County," "Servoss' Northeastern New Jersey" and others. Member New York Athletic Club, Sagamore Lodge No. 371, F. & A. M., Colfax Council No. 1220, Royal Arcanum, and 2d Division, 1st Naval Battalion, N. G. N. Y.

YARDLEY, FARNHAM-Insurance, 58 William street, New York City; residence East Orange, N. J. Born in Yonkers, N. Y., 1868. Educated at Phillips Andover Academy. (Single.) Manager fire insur- ance department of Charles E. and W. J. Peck. Ex- secretary of the Association of the Naval Militia of the United States. Member Underwriters' (governor) and Reform Clubs, Essex County Country Club of Orange, and Founders and Patriots of America.

YATES, ARTHUR GOULD -- Railroad President. 36 Wall street, New York City, and Wholesale Coal Merchant, Savings Bank Building, Rochester; resi- dence Rochester. Born in East Waverly, N. Y., Dec. 18, 1843. Educated in common schools. Established in coal business in 1867, and was for many years at the head of the Bell, Lewis & Yates Coal Mining Co. President and director Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts- burg Ry. Co .; director Jefferson and Clearfield Coal and Iron Co. Member Transportation Club of New York City and Genesee Valley Club of Rochester.

YATES, BENJAMIN-Lawyer, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence 356 West 145th street. Born in New York City. Educated at St. Francis Xavier College. (Single.) Member of the firm of Durnin & Yates. Member New York Press and Heights Clubs and Xavier Alumni Society.

YATES, WILLIAM J. - Banker and Broker, 18 Wall street, New York City; residence 472 West 34th street. Born in New York City, March 29, 1862. Edu- cated in public schools and at the College of the City of New York. (Single.) Member of the New York Stock Exchange firm of Lindsley, Yates & Co. Mem- ber 7th Regiment, N. G. N. Y., and Young Men's Christian Association.

YEAMAN, GEORGE H .- Lawyer, 44 Wall street, New York City; residence Madison, N. J. Born in Hardin County, Ky., Nov. 1, 1829. Educated in com- mon schools. Studied law and was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1852. (Widower.) Judge of Daviess County, Ky., 1854; member of the Kentucky Legisla- ture, 1861; member of Congress, 1862-5; United States Minister to Denmark, 1865-70. Practicing law in New York City since 1871. Member Reform Club and Asso- ciation of the Bar of the City of New York.

YEREANCE, JAMES-Insurance, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 67 West 55th street. Born in New York City, Jan. 17, 1844. Educated in public schools and at Normal College. (Married.) Formerly secretary and president of fire insurance companies and manager of Foreign Fire Insurance Co. Now manager Metropolitan District, Equitable Life Assur- ance Society of the United States; secretary and treas- urer Trustees of Presbytery. Member Plaza Repub- lican and Lawyers' Clubs and Presbyterian Union.

YERKES, CHARLES TYSON-Capitalist, Chica- go, Ill .; residence 864 Fifth avenue, New York City. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 25, 1837. Educated at Quaker School and at Central High School. Was a clerk in grain commission trade until 1858; exchange broker, 1858-61; banker, 1861-86. Has been prominent in street railway operations in Philadelphia since 1860, and, since 1886, in Chicago, where he is at the head of several suburban and elevated railway corporations. Is also engaged in the construction and development of the underground electric railway system in London, England. Gave to the University of Chicago a tele- scope regarded as the largest and finest in the world, located in the Yerkes Observatory at Geneva, Ill.

YETMAN, HUBBARD R. - Superintendent, Sta- pleton, S. I. Born in Monmouth County, N. J., 1847. Educated at Freehold High School. Enlisted in the 14th Regiment, New York Volunteers, as a drummer boy, at the outbreak of the Civil War. Served throughout the war, and was in a number of severe engagements. Taught school in Tottenville, S. I., for fifteen years, and was for several years a justice of the peace in that section. Assemblyman, 1889-93. Now superintendent of schools for the Borough of Rich- mond of the City of New York.

YEWELL, GEORGE HENRY-Artist, 51 West Tenth street, New York City. Born in Havre de Grace, Harford Co., Md., Jan. 20, 1830. Educated in public schools. Studied art at the National Academy of Design in New York City and in Paris, France. (Single.) Established a studio in New York City in 1878. Member Century Association, National Acad- emy of Design and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

YONGE, HENRY-Lawyer, 56 Wall street, New York City, and 166 Montague street, Brooklyn; resi- dence Hotel Margaret, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, June 8, 1869. Educated in public schools. (Single.) Member of the firm of Yonge & Shearn. Formerly as- sistant corporation counsel, and counsel for Nassau Electric R. R. Co. Member Reform Club, Crescent Athletic, Hamilton, and Riding and Driving Clubs of Brooklyn, and Medico-Legal Association of New York.

YORK, BERNARD J .- Commissioner, 300 Mul- berry street, New York City: residence 56 St. Mark's avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, 1845. Educated at St. James' Parochial School. Studied law in the office of County Judge James Troy. Was for over twenty-five years clerk of the Court of Special Ses- sions of Kings County. Unsuccessful candidate for County Judge, 1895. Served for a time as special commissioner of jurors and one term as chairman of the executive committee of the Kings County Demo- cratic General Committee. President of the Board of Police Commissioners of the City of New York since 1898.

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YORK, THOMAS H .- Commissioner, 21 Park row, New York City; residence 409 Bergen street, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, July 12, 1839. Educated in public schools. Studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1869. Practiced law in Brooklyn with his brother under the firm name of York & York, until his appointment as deputy commissioner of bridges for the City of New York, which position he still holds.

YOUMANS, AMOS-Postmaster and Banker, 103 Oneida street, Fulton; residence 424 Buffalo street. Born in Coxsackie, N. Y., April 15, 1845. Educated in public schools, and at Falley Seminary, Fulton. (Mar- ried.) Has been village treasurer, village trustee, sec- retary of Board of Education and of Oswego Falls Agricultural Society; commander of Schenck Post, G. A. R., and has served as aide-de-camp on staff of Department Commander and Commander-in-Chief of the G. A. R. Now cashier First National Bank and treasurer Board of Education. Member Nicotine, Pathfinder Boat, and Citizens' Clubs and Schenck Post, G. A. R.

YOUMANS, EPHRAIM M .- Hatter, 156 and 1107 Broadway, New York City; residence 202 Boulevard. Educated at Yale. Member Delta Kappa Epsilon, New York Athletic and Yale Clubs, and Blooming Grove Park and Aldine Associations.

YOUMANS, WILLIAM JAY-Editor, 72 Fifth ave- nue, New York City; residence Mount Vernon. Born in Saratoga, N. Y .. , Oct. 14, 1838. Educated at a dis- trict school. Studied chemistry with his brother, Ed- ward Livingston Youmans, at Columbia College and at Yale Scientific School. Graduated in medicine from New York University (M.D., '65). (Married Celia Greene of Galway, N. Y., 1866.) Established the "Pop- ular Science Monthly" in 1872 and has been its sole editor since the death of his brother, with whom he was associated in its management.

YOUNG, ALDEN M .- 100 Broadway, New York City; residence Branford, Conn. Born Sept. 6, 1853. Educated in public schools and at an academy. (Mar- ried.) Director Connecticut Lighting and Power Co., Edison Electric Illuminating Co., Electrical Review Publishing Co. and National Carbon Co. Member Union League and Lotos Clubs.

YOUNG, ALFRED-Roman Catholic Clergyman, 415 West 59th street, New York City. Born in Bristol, England, Jan. 21, 1831. Educated at Princeton and in the Medical Department of the University of New York. Became a convert to the Roman Catholic faith in 1850; took ecclesiastical studies in Paris and was or- dained priest on Aug. 24, 1856. Vice-president of Seton Hall College, 1856-7; rector of Roman Catholic churches at Princeton and Trenton, N. J., 1857-61; en- tered the community of Paulists in New York City in 1861. Author of "Catholic Hymns and Canticles," "The Office of Vespers," "Catholic and Protestant Countries Compared," "The Catholic Hymnal" and others.

YOUNG, A. MURRAY-Banker, 15 Wall street, New York City; residence 11 West 19th street. Born in New York City. Educated at Trinity College. Mem- ber Union and Lawyers' Clubs, Musical Arts Society, Sons of the Revolution and Trinity College Alumni Association.

YOUNG, CHARLES T .- Banker, 350 Fulton street, Brooklyn; residence Bath Beach. President and di- rector National City Bank; president and trustee Brooklyn Athenaeum; director Journeay & Burnham; trustee South Brooklyn Savings Institution. Member Marine and Field Club.

YOUNG, CLARENCE HOFFMAN-Educator, 116th street and Morningside Heights, New York City; resi- dence 312 West 88th street. Born in New York City. Educated in private schools and at Columbia Univer- sity ('88). (Married.) Instructor in Greek at Colum- bia University. Business manager "American Journal of Archaeology" and secretary Archaeological Insti- tute of America. Member University Club and Co- lumbia University Alumni, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni and American Philological Associations.

YOUNG, DANIEL K .- Coffee Importer, 100 Front street, New York City; residence 118 West 81st street. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 2, 1851. Educated at the

College of the City of New York. (Married Mary Mc- Innis.) Member of the firm of Baker & Young. For- merly lecturer in "Free Lectures to the People," un- der the auspices of the New York City Board of Edu- cation. Member Camera and Good Government Clubs, Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity and Citizens' Union.

YOUNG, EDWARD F. C .- Capitalist, 31 Broad- way and 68 Reade street, New York City; residence 85 Glenwood avenue, Jersey City, N. J. President and director American Graphite Co., Cleveland Seed Co., Colonial Life Insurance Co. of America, Consolidated Traction Co., First National Bank of Jersey City, Jer- sey City and Bergen R. R. Co., Joseph Dixon Crucible Co., Newark Passenger Ry. Co., Newark Plank Road Co., New Jersey Traction Co. and North Jersey Land Co .; vice-president and director Acker Process Co .; director American Pegamoid Co., International Steam Pump Co., Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse Co., Liberty National Bank, National Exhibition Co., New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Co., People's Light and Power Co., Port Richmond and Bergen Point Fer- ry Co. and Standard Distilling and Distributing Co .; trustee Bowling Green Trust Co. Member Manhattan, Lawyers' and Democratic Clubs.

YOUNG, EDWARD LEE-Architect, 127 East 23d street, New York City; residence 222 West 23d street. Member Architectural League and New England So- ciety.

YOUNG, FRANK L .- Lawyer, 1 South Highland avenue, Sing Sing; residence 32 Linden avenue. Born in Port Byron, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1860. Educated at Ha- verford College and at Cornell. (Single.) Member of the firm of Griffin & Young, with offices at White Plains and Sing Sing. Member Cornell University Club and Society of Medical Jurisprudence of New York City.

YOUNG, FREDERICK S .- 11 West 19th street, New York City. Born in New York City. Educated at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Member Union Club and Sons of the Revolution.

YOUNG, GEORGE W .- Hangings and Upholstery Goods, 37 West 14th street, New York City; residence New Jersey. Educated at Yale ('66). Member Uni- versity Club and Yale Alumni Association.

YOUNG, GEORGE WASHINGTON-Banker, 59 Cedar street, New York City; residence 28 West 73d street. Born in Jersey City, N. J., July 1, 1864. Edu- cated in Jersey City public schools and at Cooper Union (scientific course) in New York City. (Married.) President and director United States Mortgage and Trust Co .; director Audit Co. of New York, City and Suburban Homes Co., Brooklyn, New York and Jersey Terminal Ry. Co., Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Co., New York and Long Beach Ry. Co., New York and Rockaway Beach Ry. Co., Northern Railroad of New Jersey, Lawyers' Surety Co. and Na- tional Salt Co. Member Colonial, Lawyers', Racquet and Tennis, Manhattan, Rockaway Hunt, Players', Knollwood Country, Lakewood (N. J.) Country, Deal Golf, Westchester Golf and Seabright (N. J.) Golf Clubs, Maryland Club of Baltimore, Metropolitan Club of Washington, D. C., Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on- Hudson, Down Town Association and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

YOUNG, HORACE G .- Albany. Educated at Rens- selaer Polytechnic Institute ('77). President and di- rector New York and Canada R. R. and Rutland and Whitehall R. R .; vice-president and director Adiron- dack, Lake George and Saratoga Telegraph Co., Champlain Transportation Co. and Rutland R. R. Co .; second vice-president and director Delaware and Hud- son Canal Co. and Schenectady and Duanesburg R. R. Co .; director Albany and Susquehanna R. R. Co., Troy Union R. R. Co. and Ulster and Delaware R. R. Co. Member University and Engineers' Clubs of New York City, and Fort Orange Club of Albany.

YOUNG. JAMES-Actor, "Telegram" Office, Bal- timore, Md .; residence 16 Gramercy Park, New York City. Born in Baltimore, Md. Educated at Baltimore City College. (Single.) Made first professional ap- pearance when seventeen years of age as "Richard III." at the Lyceum Theatre in Baltimore. Created

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important role in "Thermidor," with Miss Elsie de Wolfe, under the management of Charles Frohman. Joined Augustine Daly for the part of "Christian" in "Cyrano de Bergerac." Member Players' Club, Ariel Boat Club of Baltimore, and Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.

YOUNG, JAMES C .- Capitalist, 32 Liberty street, New York City. President and director Continental Investment Co. and Registrar and Transfer Co .; vice- president and director Real Estate Trusts of New Jersey; director American Chicle Co. and American School Furniture Co.

YOUNG, JAMES HYDE-Capitalist, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence Brooklyn. Treasurer and director Babylon R. R. Co., Dodge Motor Co. and Kinetic Mf'g Co .; secretary and director Manhattan Silver Plate Co.

YOUNG, JOHN ALVIN-Secretary, 39 William street, New York City; residence 33 West 12th street. Born in Jersey City, N. J., August 18, 1868. Educated in Jersey City public schools and at Cooper Union in New York City. (Married.) President and director United States Flax Fibre Co .; vice-president and di- rector Bank of Jamaica and South American Explora- tion Co .; secretary, treasurer and director National Salt Co .; treasurer and director Excelsior Steamboat Co .; secretary and director New York Architectural Terra Cotta Co .; director Kanona and Prattsburg R. R. Co. Member Calumet, Reform, Richmond Hill Golf, Lawyers', Jamaica and Jersey City (N. J.) Clubs.

YOUNG, REGINALD - Secretary, 105 Hudson street, New York City; residence 115 West 115th street. Secretary and director Fabric Measuring and Pack- ing Co .; director Gotham Co. Member American Mu- seum of Natural IIistory and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

YOUNG, RICHARD-Wholesale Leather Mer- chant, 35 Spruce street, New York City; residence 7 Lincoln road, Brooklyn. President and director Rich- ard Young Co .; director Hide and Leather National Bank: trustee East River Savings Institution. Mem- ber Montauk and Union League Clubs of Brooklyn, and Holland Lodge.

YOUNG, RICHARD N .- 11 Pine street, New York City; residence 18 West 21st street. Director San Cris- tobal Gold Mines Co. and Brooklyn Ferry Co. Mem- ber City, Union, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Met- ropolitan, New York Yacht, Players', Racquet and Tennis, St. Andrews' Golf and Lawyers' Clubs, Ameri- can Geographical Society, Sons of the Revolution and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

YOUNG, ROCKWELL - Lumber and Coal Mer- chant, White Plains; residence 41 Baker terrace. Born in New York City, Sept. 12, 1850. Educated in New York City and at Bedford Academy. (Married.) Director Central Bank; trustee Home Savings Bank and Building and Loan Association.

YOUNG, S. MARSH-Contractor, 11 Broadway, New York City; residence 174 West 58th street. Born in New York City, June 9, 1867. (Married.) Vice- president and director Manhattan General Construc- tion Co. Member New York Athletic Club.

YOUNG, THOMAS - Manufacturer and Importer, 37 Murray street, New York City; residence East Or- ange, N. J. President and director New York China Glass and Toy Co .; director Venetian Iron Co. Mem- ber Hardware Club.

YOUNG, THOMAS S., JR .- Broker, 100 Broadway, New York City; residence 5 West 20th street. Edu- cated at Princeton ('71). Member of the New York Stock Exchange. Director Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. Member University, Princeton, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht and Oyster Bay Yacht Clubs and Sons of the Revolution.

YOUNG, WILLIAM HOPKINS-Lawyer, 31 Nas- sau street, New York City; residence 501 Fifth avenue, and Poughkeepsie. Born in Poughkeepsie. Educated at Yale and at Columbia. Member St. Anthony, St. Nicholas, Lawyers', Union League and New York Athletic Clubs, New York Historical Society, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars and Colonial Order.

YOUNG, WILLIAM S .- Lawyer, 32 Liberty street, New York City; residence South Orange, N. J. Born in Lockport, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1865. Educated at Cornell and at New York University Law School. (Married.) Formerly New York manager Deane Steam Pump Co., Snow Steam Pump Works and Laidlaw-Dann-Gordon Co. Director in several corporations. Member Cor- nell University, West Side Republican and Colonial Clubs, Phi Delta Phi and Theta Nu Epsilon Fraterni- ties and American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

YOUNGMAN, HARRY VREELAND-Wholesale Coal Merchant, 1 Broadway, New York City; residence 142 St. Marks avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Albany, N. Y., June 30, 1865. Educated at Albany Academy and at Williams College. (Married.) Member of the firm of Leonard & Youngman. Member Sons of the Revolution, Chi Psi Fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa Society.

YOUNGS, WILLIAM J .- Secretary, State Capitol, Albany, and Lawyer, Oyster Bay, L. I .; residence Oyster Bay. Educated at Cornell ('72). Secretary to Theodore Roosevelt, Governor of the State of New York. Member Cornell University Club of New York City, and Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Club.

YZNAGA, FERNANDO-Banker, 15 Wall street. New York City; residence Tuxedo. (Single.) Member of the New York Stock Exchange firm of H. B. Hol- lins & Co. Director City Gas Co. of Norfolk, Va. Member Union, Metropolitan and Tuxedo Clubs.

ZABRISKIE, ANDREW C .- President, 52 Beaver street, New York City: residence 2 West 56th street. Born in New York City, May 30, 1853. Educated at Co- lumbia. (Married Frances Hunter.) Formerly cap- tain in the 71st Regiment. N. G. N. Y. President American Numismatic and Archaeological Society and Bergen Turnpike Co .; manager St. Luke's Hospital. Member Metropolitan, City, Church and Army and Navy Clubs, American Geographical and Holland So- cieties, Society of the War of 1812, National Academy of Design, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History and 7th Regiment Veteran Association.

ZABRISKIE, CORNELIUS-Banker, 243 Washing- ten street, Jersey City, N. J .; residence 846 Carroll street, Brooklyn. Born in Cherry Hill, Bergen Co., N. J., Feb. 24, 1839. Educated in Jersey City. (Mar- ried.) Director Hudson County Gas Co., Hudson County National Bank of Jersey City, and First Na- tional Bank of Hoboken. Member Union League Club, Chamber of Commerce and Metropolitan Mu- seum of Art of New York City, Hamilton, and Riding and Driving Clubs of Brooklyn, and Washington As- sociation of New Jersey.

ZABRISKIE, GEORGE-Lawyer, 15 Broad street, New York City; residence 45 West 48th street. Edu- cated at New York University ('70). Member of the firm of Zabriskie, Burrill & Murray. Member City, Church and University Clubs, Holland Society, Cen- tury and Down Town Associations, Association of the Bar of the City of New York and Metropolitan Mu- seum of Art.

ZABRISKIE, N. LANSING-Lawyer, Aurora. Born in Flatbush, N. Y., 1838. Educated at Union Col- lege. (Married.) President First National Bank of Aurora, and board of trustees of Wells College, Au- rora; director Park Co .; trustee Auburn City Hospi- tal. Ex-director Dry Dock, East Broadway and Bat- tery R. R. Co. of New York City. Member Transpor- tation Club of New York City, and Delta Phi Society.

ZABRISKIE, SIMEON TEMPLETON - Lumber Merchant, Passaic, N. J .; residence 222 West 23d street, New York City. Born in Hackensack, N. J., Feb. 13. 1847. Educated at Hackensack Institute. (Married.) President Anderson Lumber Co. of Pas- saic. Member Holland Society of New York City, and Washington Society of New Jersey.

ZAISS, WILLIAM-Manager, 771 Broadway, New York City; residence 153 St. Marks avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Philadelphia, Pa. (Single.) Member Cres- cent Athletic Club of Brooklyn.

ZALINSKI, EDMUND L .- Inventor and Captain, United States Army (retired). 97 Liberty street, New York City; residence 7 West 43d street. Born in Prus- sian Poland, Dec. 13, 1848. Educated in New York City and in United States Army. (Single.) Inventor of the Zalinski Dynamite Gun. Member Union League. Lotos and Engineers' Clubs, Union League Club of Brooklyn, Army and Navy Club of Washing- ton, Century Association, Lafayette Post, G. A. R., American Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow), and Military Order of the Loyal Legion.

ZARING, CHARLES W .- Lawyer, 20 Broad street, New York City; residence 57 West 39th street. Born in Orleans, Ind., Oct. 28, 1864. Educated at De Pauw University. (Single.) Assistant district attorney of New York County, 1897; Deputy Attorney-General of New York State, 1899. Member Republican Club. American Geographical Society, Society of Medical Jurisprudence and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

ZELLER, LORENZ - Lawyer, 99 Nassau street, New York City; residence 326 East 124th street. Mem-

ber of the firm of Zeller & Miehling. Director John F. Trommer Evergreen Brewery and Harlem River Park Amusement Co.

ZELLHOEFER, CHARLES-Physician, 175 South Fourth street, Brooklyn. Born in New York City, January, 1851. Educated at New York University. (Married.) Consulting physician Eastern District Hospital; visiting physician New German Hospital. Member Hanover Club, Kings County Medical Society and New York Physicians' Mutual Aid Association.

ZEMAN, JOSEPH-Importer and Manufacturer of Infants' Wear, 594 Broadway, and 126 Crosby street, New York City; residence 125 Hancock street, Brook- lyn. (Married Hattie Benedict of Newark, N. J.) Member of the firm of Zeman, Bros. Served with Troop "C," N. G. N. Y., in the Puerto Rican cam- paign during Spanish-American War. Member Riding and Driving Club of Brooklyn.

ZENTGRAF, CHARLES F. - Manufacturer of Paints and Colors, 73 Duane street, New York City; residence Boyd Hill, Stapleton, S. I. Sole agent for the United States of the United Ultramarine Factories, Nuremberg, Germany. Vice-president and director Staten Island Savings Bank; treasurer and director International Ultramarine Works; director American Enameled Brick and Tile Co., American Lucol Co. and Staten Island Ry. Co. Member Richmond County Country and Merchants' Clubs and Metropolitan Mu- seum of Art.

ZEREGA, LOUIS A. DI .- Physician and Surgeon, 58 West 56th street, New York City. Born in New York City, June 9, 1864. Educated at the College of the City of New York (A.B., '86), at the College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons (M.D., '89) and in Göttingen, Hei- delberg, Vienna and Paris. (Single.) House surgeon Bellevue Hospital, second sugical division, until July 1, 1891; interne of Sloane Maternity Hospital, 1891. Now assistant surgeon Out-Patient Department Roose- velt Hospital. Secretary Society of Alumni of Belle- vue Hospital. Member St. Nicholas and Badminton Clubs, Sloane Maternity Hospital Alumni Society and Linnæan Society of New York.

ZIEGELE, ALBERT-Brewer, Buffalo; residence 108 Oxford avenue. Born in Stuttgart, Wurtemburg, April 9, 1818. Educated in Stuttgart. (Married.) Di- rector Commercial Insurance Co .; trustee Empire State Savings Bank. Member Buffalo Historical, Lied- ertafel and Orpheus Singing Societies, Deutscher Ver- ein, German Young Men's Association, Buffalo Art Gallery and Masonic bodies.

ZIEGLER, WILLIAM H. - Wholesale Coal Mer- chant, 1 Broadway, New York City; residence 34 Eighth avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, Feb. 19, 1857. Educated in Brooklyn. (Married.) Member of the firm of Barber & Ziegler. Director Hamilton Bank of Brooklyn, and Century Trust Co. of New York; also interested in People's Trust Co. and Hamilton Trust Co., both of Brooklyn. Member Hamilton and Mon- tauk Clubs of Brooklyn, and Parkside Angling Asso- ciation of Pennsylvania.

ZIEGLER, WILLIAM - Real Estate, 60 Liberty street, New York City; residence 624 Fifth avenue. Member New York Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, Atlantic Yacht and Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Clubs, Brooklyn and Union League Clubs of Brooklyn, Union League Club of Chicago, Ill .. Down Town Association and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

ZIMMERMAN, JEREMIAH-Lutheran Clergy- man, 109 South avenue, Syracuse. Born in Snyders- burg, Carroll Co., Md., April 26, 1848. Educated at Pennsylvania College ('73). Received degree of D.D. from Wittenberg College, Pennsylvania College and

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Susquehanna University. (Married.) Rector of the First English Lutheran Church of Syracuse. Lec- turer and numismatist at Syracuse University. Mem- ber of several scientific organizations, including the Victoria Institute of Great Britain.

ZIMMERMAN, LEOPOLD-Banker and Broker, 9 Wall street, New York City; residence Sea Cliff, L. I. Born in Germany, June 5, 1853. Educated in German schools. (Married.) Member of the firm of Zimmer- mann & Forshay, and of the New York Stock Ex- change.

ZITTEL, FREDERICK-Real Estate, 1027 Third avenue, and 266 Columbus avenue, New York City; residence 33 West 75th street. Director Fifth National Bank and Stuyvesant Insurance Co .; trustee Dry Dock Savings Institution. Member Colonial and Twi- light Clubs and Presbyterian Union.

ZOEBISCH, CHARLES A .- Importer of Musical Instruments, 19 Murray street, New York City; resi- dence 362 Clinton street, Brooklyn. Born in Markneu- kirchen, Saxony, May 9, 1824. (Widower.) Senior member of the firm of C. A. Zoebisch & Sons. Direc- tor German-American Bank and Germania Fire In- surance Co .; trustee German Savings Bank.

ZOGBAUM, RUFUS FAIRCHILD-Artist and Au- thor, New Rochelle. Born in Charleston, S. C., Aug. 28, 1849. Studied at the Art Students' League in New York City, and under Bonnat in Paris, France. Makes a specialty of military and naval subjects. Author of "Horse, Foot and Dragoon, or Sketches of Army Life," "Ships and Sailors," etc. Member Players' and Army and Navy Clubs and Century Association.

ZOLLIKOFFER, OSCAR F .- Secretary, 4 Irving place, New York City; residence 49 West 54th street, and New Rochelle. Born and educated in New York City. (Married.) Secretary Consolidated Gas Co. of New York; director Germania Bank; trustee German Savings Bank. Member New York Athletic Club, American Gas Light Association and New York Bo- tanical Gardens.

ZIMMERMANN, WILLIAM F .- Mechanical Engi- neer, 40 Wall street, New York City; residence 176 Prospect street, East Orange, N. J. Born in Snug

Harbor, S. I., 1857. Educated at Trinity School and at Stevens Institute of Technology. (Married Stephanie C. Lake.) Formerly assistant general manager, and later, general eastern agent of the Westinghouse Elec- tric and Mf'g Co. Now vice-president and general manager St. Lawrence Power Co. Member Engineers', Lawyers' and Essex County (N. J.) Country Clubs and American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

ZUCCA, ANTONIO - Coroner, Criminal Court Building, and Fruit Merchant, 76 Park place, New York City; residence 288 St. Nicholas avenue. Born in Trieste, Austria, 1851. Educated in Milan, Italy. Emigrated to the United States in 1868, and settled in New York City, where he has since continuously re- sided. Has been engaged in the fruit business as a member of the firm of Zucca & Co., for many years. Was for a time a school trustee in the First Assembly District. Served on the general and executive com- mitees of Tammany Hall, and as president of the Fruit Dealers' Association and of the United Italian Societies. Decorated by President Crespo of the Ven- ezuelan Republic with "Cavalier of the Order of Lib- ertador" for services rendered during the boundary controversy between that government and Great Brit- ain in 1895. Was elected coroner for the Borough of Manhattan of the Greater City of New York in 1897. President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce and a trustee of the Fruit Exchange. Secretary and di- rector Cosmopolitan Range Co.

ZUCKER. ALFRED-Architect, 33 Union square, West, New York City. Born in Freiburg, Silesia. Ger- many, Jan. 23, 1852. Educated at Polytechnic Schools of Brieg, Hanover, and Berlin. (Married.)

ZUCKER, PETER-Lawyer, 302 Broadway, New York City; residence 4 West 72d street. Born in Cleve- land, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1856. Educated in Cleveland pub- lic schools. (Married.) President of the Cleveland Board of Education, 1886-8. Counsel to Mosler Safe Co., M. Guggenheim's Sons, Russian-American Export and Import Co., Omega Chemical Co., Millinery Mer- chants' Protective Association and others. Member of the Republican Committee of the City of New York. Member Republican, Lotos and Dry Goods Clubs and Ohio Society.

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Biographical directory of the state of New York, 1900, Part 173

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

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