Biographical directory of the state of New York, 1900, Part 2

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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ADAMS, JOHN J .- Lawyer, 320 Broadway. New York City; residence 114 West 74th street. Member of the firm of Adams & Adams. Member Colonial, Man- hattan, Arkwright and Suburban Riding and Driving Clubs.


ADAMS, JOHN L .- Physician, 24 East 46th street, New York City. Born in Westport, Conn., Aug. 9, 1860. Educated at Selleck's Boarding School, Yale College and College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City. (Married.) Attending surgeon New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, and St. Bartholomew's Clinic; ophthalmologist Society of the New York Lying-in Asylum. Member Lotos, Thirteen, Yale, New York Athletic, Manhattan. University. Knicker- bocker Athletic, and Indian Harbor Yacht Clubs, and of the New York County Medical, New York Otologi- cal and American Otological Societies.


ADAMS, JULIUS WALKER-Civil Engineer, 155 Congress street, Brooklyn. Born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 12, 1812. Educated at United States Military Acad-


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emy. Engaged in engineering work, 1832-60. Colonel 67th New York Volunteers in Civil War; wounded at Fair Oaks. Was chief engineer city works, Brooklyn. Now consulting engineer to Department of Public Works, New York City. Ex-president American So- ciety of Civil Engineers. Member New York Academy of Sciences.


ADAMS, OLIVER-Financial Agent, 19 Liberty street, New York City; residence Larchmont Manor. Member Union, Larchmont Yacht and Transportation Clubs, and Down Town Association.


ADAMS, SAMUEL F .- Lawyer and Real Estate, 47 West 28th street, New York City; residence 549 Mad- ison avenue. Born in San Francisco, Cal. Educated at Columbia University. (Married.) Member of the firm of Adams Brothers. Member New York Athletic, Lotos, Psi Upsilon and Coney Island Jockey Clubs, and Columbia University Alumni Association.


ADAMS, THATCHER M .- Lawyer, 36 Wall street, New York City; residence 15 West 17th street. Mem- ber of the firm of Adams & Comstock. Member Union, Metropolitan, Yale, Whist and St. Anthony Clubs, Down Town Association, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


ADAMS THOMAS B .- Assistant Treasurer, 100 Broadway, New York City; residence Summit, N. J. Born in Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 24, 1852. Educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. (Married.) Assistant treasurer Consolidated Kansas City Smelting and Re- fining Co. and International Metal Co. Member High- land Club of Summit, N. J., and Reform Club of New York.


ADAMS, WILLIAM CRITTENDEN-Real Estate, 47 West 28th street, New York City; residence 323 West 74th street. Born in San Francisco, Cal. Educated at Columbia University School of Mines (C. E.). (Mar- ried.) With Adams Brothers. Member Union League, Colonial, Barnard, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht and Nassau Country Clubs, Columbia University Alumni Association and Squadron "A," N. G. N. Y.


ADAMS, WILLIAM NEWTON-Banker and Broker, 2 Wall street, New York City; residence 866 Prospect place, Brooklyn. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 25, 1846. (Married.) Member of the firm of Adams, Kellogg & Mason, members of the New York Stock Exchange. Life member Long Island and Virginia Historical Societies, and Brooklyn Library.


ADAMS, WILLIAM RODERICK-Lawyer, 71 Broadway, New York City: residence 151 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn. Born in Bloomfield, Conn., Dec. 24, 1873. Lineal descendant of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams on father's side, and of United States Supreme Court Justice Morrison R. Waite on mother's side. Educated at Yale College and Yale Law School (LL.B., M.L., Ph.D. and D.C.L.). (Single.) Secretary Finance Realty Trust Co .; director New York University Association of Phi Gamma Delta, Fowler Trust Association, and Pioneer Coal and Mining Co. of Alaska. Member Yale Alumni Association of Long Island, Phi Gamma Delta Frater- nity, and Hartford (Corn.) Club.


ADDICKS, J. EDWARD-Broker, 66 Broadway, New York City; residence 247 Fifth avenue. Connect- ed with the Bay State Gas Co. Director Birrell Uni- versal Transmitter Co. Member Lawyers', Republi- can and New York Yacht Clubs, Hamilton Club of Brooklyn, Eastern Yacht Club of Massachusetts, Al- gonquin Club of Boston, Mass., and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


ADEE, CHARLES V .- Secretary, 280 Broadway, New York City. Born in Columbia County, N. Y., 1836. Educated at public school. Clerk in Department of Taxes and Assessments, 1873; deputy tax commission- er, 1874; clerk to the Board of Estimate and Apportion- ment since 1878. Member Democratic, Bedford Demo- cratic and Young Men's Democratic Clubs.


ADEE, ERNEST R .- Secretary Mercantile Trust Company, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 146 East 38th street. Member Union and Lawyers' Clubs, and Country Club of Westchester County.


ADEE, FRED-Plumbers' Supplies, 90 Beekman street, New York City; residence 816 Union street, Brooklyn. Born Oct. 9, 1830. Educated in country dis- trict schools. (Married.) Started in business for him- self in 1866. Member Fulton Club.


ADEE, FREDERIC WILLIAM-Lawyer, 45 Pine street, New York City; residence Westchester. Born in New York City, April 19, 1853. Educated at Yale ('73), and Columbia Law School ('75). Admitted to the Bar, 1875. Associated with Lord, Day & Lord, 1874-82; since 1883 in general practice without associates. Con- nected with the Lawyers' Title Insurance Co. Member Union, Knickerbocker, University and Metropolitan Clubs, Country Club of Westchester, Down Town As- sociation, and Association of the Bar.


ADEE, GEORGE A .- Lawyer, Adee Building, 45 Pine street, New York City; residence Bartow. Mem- ber University, Country, Yale and University Athletic Clubs.


ADEE, PHILIP HENRY-Lawyer, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence. Westchester. Born in Westchester, Aug. 19, 1851. Educated at Harring- ton's School in Westchester, Yale ('73), and Columbia Law School ('76). Admitted to the Bar, 1876. Vestry- man and clerk St. Peter's Church, Westchester. Gov- ernor Country Club of Westchester; member execu- tive committee Hammonassett Fishing Association. Member Lawyers', University and Larchmont Yacht Clubs, Triton Fishing and Game Club of Canada, and American Museum of Natural History.


ADELMAN, JOSEPH-Actor and Stage Manager, 16 Gramercy Park, New York City. Born in New York, 1862. (Married.) Instructor at the American Academy of Dramatic Art, Carnegie Hall. Actor and stage manager in Charles Frohman's companies. Mem- ber The Players'.


ADLER, FELIX-Educator, 123 East 60th street, New York City. Born in Germany, Aug. 13, 1851. Edu- cated at Columbia Grammar School, Columbia College ('71), and Universities of Berlin and Heidelberg (Ph.D.). (Married.) Professor of Hebrew, Cornell University, 1874-6; founder of the Society of Ethical Culture, 1876. Author of "The Moral Instruction of Children" and other works. Member Reform, City and Social Reform Clubs, and Columbia Alumni Asso- ciation.


ADRIANCE, HENRY B .- Lawyer, 34 Nassau street, New York City; residence 105 East 39th street. Born in New York City, Aug. 5, 1866. Educated at Greylock Institute, and Williams College. (Single.) Member University, University Athletic and New York Athletic Clubs, Holland and St. Nicholas Societies, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


ADRIANCE, I. REYNOLDS - Manufacturer, Poughkeepsie. Born in Manchester, N. H., Jan. 12, 1851. Educated at Poughkeepsie Military Institute and Churchill's School in Sing Sing. (Married.) Treasurer Adriance, Platt & Co .; president Merchants' National Bank of Poughkeepsie; director Dutchess County Mutual Insurance Co. Commissioner of schools, city of Poughkeepsie. Member Amrita, Dutchess and Dutchess County Golf Clubs, Army and Navy Club, and Holland Society of New York City, and Sons of the Revolution.


ADRIANCE, VANDERPOEL-Physician, 105 East 39th street, New York City. Born in New York City, May 13, 1869. Educated at Greylock Institute, Williams College, and College of Physicians and Surgeons. (Single.) Physician in chief of New York Hospital (O.P.D.); attending physician New York Orphan Asy- lum; pathologist to the Nursery and Child's, and the French Hospitals. Member University Athletic, Uni- versity and New York Athletic Clubs, and Williams College Alumni Association.


ADRIANCE, WILLIAM ALLEN-Manufacturer, Poughkeepsie. Born in Poughkeepsie, Feb. 6, 1864. Educated in private schools in Poughkeepsie, and at Stevens Institute (M.E., '85). (Married.) Purchasing agent Adriance, Platt & Co. Director Merchants' Na- tional Bank. Member Dutchess, Dutchess County Golf, Poughkeepsie Gun, and Amrita Clubs, Powelton Club of Newburgh, Hudson River Ice Yacht Club of Hyde Park, Staten Island Baseball and Cricket Club, Hol- land Society, and University and St. Nicholas Clubs of New York City.


ADRIEN, JOSEPH L .- Clothing Manufacturer, Philadelphia, Pa .; residence 109 Grace street, Syra- cuse. Born in Keene, N. H., Aug. 21, 1866. Educated in Keene. (Married.) Connected with Marks Brothers of Philadelphia as manager of their clothing depart-


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ment. Member Citizens', Lakeside Boat and Yacht, Bievenvenue, and Syracuse Whist Clubs, Angler Asso- ciation, Masons, Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias, all of Syracuse.


AFFELD, FRANCIS O .- Manager, 22 Pine street, New York City; residence 873 President street, Brook- lyn. Vice-chairman committee on finance, Board of Fire Underwriters; trustee City Savings Bank, Brook- lyn; manager Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Co. Member Montauk, Social and Germania Clubs of Brooklyn, and U. S. Grant Post, G. A. R.


AGAR, JOHN G .- Lawyer, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence 9 West 48th street. Born in New Orleans, La., June 3, 1856. Educated at Georgetown (D. C.) University (A.B., '76; A.M., '85; Ph.D., '88). (Married.) Member of the firm of Agar, Ely & Fulton. Director Mathieson Alkali Works and National Starch Mfg Co .; vice-president New York "Times" Co. Mem- ber City, Riding, Turf and Field, Catholic, Union, Uni- versity, Metropolitan, Reform, Country, Seawanhaka- Corinthian Yacht, and New York Yacht Clubs, Asso- ation of the Bar of the City of New York, and American Geographical, and Southern Societies.


AGNEW, ANDREW GIFFORD-Director, 7 Nas- sau street, New York City; residence 23 West 39th street. Director Corralitos Co., and Rio Grande, Sierre Madre and Pacific R. R. Co .; trustee Greenwich Sav- ings Bank. Member Union League and City Clubs, National Academy of Design and American Geo- graphical Society.


AGNEW, GEORGE B .- Treasurer, 7 Nassau street, New York City; residence 23 West 39th street. Born in New York City. Educated at Princeton ('91). Ap- pointed aide-de-camp on Governor Morton's staff with rank of colonel, Jan. 1, 1895. Treasurer and director Juarez Co .; director Maguire & Baucus. Member Sea- wanhaka .Corinthian Yacht, Princeton, University, Union League and City Clubs.


AGNEW, JOHN T .- Vice-President, 7 Nassau street, New York City; residence 13 West 19th street. Formerly member of the firm of William Agnew & Sons. Now vice-president and director Continental National Bank. Member Manhattan Club, Century Association, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Design, American Geographical and New York His- torical Societies.


AIKEN, E. CLARENCE-Lawyer, 141 Genesee street, Auburn; residence 21 Orchard street. Born in Scipio, N. Y., May 6, 1856. Educated at the University of Rochester. (Married.) Member of the firm of Rich & Aiken. Has been president of the Board of Educa- tion of Auburn, and is now treasurer of the Auburn Telephone Co. Member City Club.


AIKEN, JAMES C .- Manufacturer of Jewelry, Gold Pens and Pencil Cases, 19 Maiden lane, New York City; residence 327 West 23d street. Born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., July 13, 1840. President Aiken, Lambert & Co .; president and director Aikin-Lambert Jewelry Co .; director Jewelers' Protective Union; vice- president and director Jewelers' Safety Fund Society and Stationers' Board of Trade. Member 7th Regi- ment Veterans' and Lawyers' Clubs.


AIKEN, WILLIAM MARTIN - Architect, 1133 Broadway, New York City; residence 30 West 39th street. Born in Charleston, S. C., April 1, 1855. Edu- cated at University of the South. (Single.) Taught in high school, Charleston, 1874-6; studied architecture Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1877-9; in offices of H. H. Richardson in Boston, 1880-3; W. R. Emerson in Boston, 1883-5; and James W. Mclaughlin in Cincinnati, 1885-6; in independent practice in Cin- cinnati 1886-95; supervising architect United States Treasury Department, 1895-7; in practice in New York City with Bruce Price since 1897. Was concerned in designing and erection of government exposition build- ings at Atlanta (1895), Nashville (1897), and Omaha (1898) ; mint buildings at Philadelphia and Denver, and many post-office and custom-house buildings.


AINSWORTH, DANFORTH E .- Lawyer, Sandy Creek. Born in Clayton, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Nov. 29, 1848. Educated at Pulaski Academy, and Falley Sem- inary. Deputy state superintendent of public instruc- tion since June, 1895. Member Albany Camera Club.


AITKEN, JOHN W .- Dry Goods, 873 Broadway, New York City; residence 28 West 54th street. Born in New York City, Jan. 31, 1850. Graduate of Princeton University. (Married.) Director Carnegie Music Hall Co. and Second National Bank; trustee Bowery Sav- ings Bank. Member Union League, University, Metro- politan, Princeton, and Grolier Clubs, Genesee Valley Club of Rochester, Aldine Association, American Fine Arts Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Amer- ican Museum of Natural History.


AITKEN, WILLIAM B .- Lawyer, 111 Broadway, New York City; residence 702 Madison avenue. Born in New York City, 1867. Educated at Columbia Col- lege, Schools of Arts, Law and Political Science. (Wid- ower). Member Delta Kappa Epsilon, and New York Athletic Clubs, Columbia University Alumni Associa- tion, Sons of the Revolution, and Society of Colonial Wars.


ALBEE, ERNEST-Instructor, Cornell University, Ithaca; residence 214 Dryden road. Degrees of A.B. and Ph.D. Instructor in philosophy, Cornell Univer- sity.


ALBERS, HENRI-Operatic Baritone, Metropoli- tan Opera House, New York City; residence La Var- enne, France. Born in Amsterdam, Holland, Feb. 1, 1867. Educated in Holland, Brussels, and Paris. Ap- peared first in opera in Paris. Author of various musi- cal compositions. Elected officer of the French Acad- emy in 1892.


ALBING, OTTO FREDERICK-Editorial Writer, 428 Vermont street, Buffalo. Born in Hanover, Ger- many, March 25, 1840. Educated at Universities of Gottingen and Heidelberg. Editor of Buffalo "Demo- krat" since 1885.


ALDEN, ADELBERT H .- Rubber Commission Merchant, 290 Broadway, New York City; residence Lawrence, L. I. Born in Boston, Mass., May 1, 1857. (Married,) Member of the firms of George A. Alden & Co. of New York and Boston; Alden, Symington & Co. of London; Symington, Bussweiler & Co. of Liverpool, and Adelbert H. Alden of Para and Manaos, Brazil. Vice-president New York Commercial Co .; director Seamless Rubber Co. of New Haven, and New York Shellac Co. Member New York Yacht, Atlantic Yacht, Calumet, Riding, Racquet and Tennis, and Rockaway Hunting Clubs, Country Club of Brookline, Mass., and Down Town Association.


ALDEN, HENRY MILLS-Editor, 331 Pearl street, New York City; residence Metuchen, N. J. Born in Mount Tabor, Vt., Nov. 11, 1836. Graduate of Williams College ('57), and Andover Theological Seminary ('60). (Widower.) Editor of "Harper's Magazine." Author of "God in His World" and "A Study of Death." Mem- ber Authors' Club.


ALDRICH, HERBERT L .- Publisher, 309 Broad- way, New York City; residence 253 West 42d street. Educated at Cornell University. (Married.) Partner in the firm of Aldrich & Donaldson, publishers of "Marine Engineering."


ALDRICH, SPENCER-Lawyer, 45 Broadway, New York City; residence 271 West 72d street. Born in New York City, Jan. 19, 1854. Educated at Columbia Grammar School, Columbia College, School of Arts ('74), and Columbia Law School ('76). (Married.) Treasurer Adirondack League Club. Member Union League, St. Anthony and Church Clubs, and Wyan- danch Club of Smithtown. L. I.


ALDRIDGE, DARWIN R .- Secretary, 32 Burling slip, New York City; residence 64 Montague street, Brooklyn. Born in New Jersey, March 1, 1858. (Mar- ried.) Treasurer and director Assured Building Loan Association; secretary and director China and Japan Trading Co. (Ltd.). Member Marine and Field, and Merchants' Central Clubs, Sons of the Revolution, New England Society, and Chamber of Commerce.


ALDRIDGE, FREDERICK T .- Secretary, 203 Montague street, Brooklyn; residence 471 Clinton ave- nue. Born in Brooklyn, Sept. 3, 1859. Educated in schools and academies in Brooklyn. (Married.) Di- rector Brooklyn Fire-Brick Works; secretary Long Island Loan and Trust Co .; vestryman Church of the Holy Trinity; trustee Sheltering Arms Nursery: audi- tor Brooklyn Home for Aged Men. Member Crescent


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Athletic Club of Brooklyn, Sons of the Revolution, Church Club of the Diocese of Long Island, and Veteran Association 23d Regiment.


ALDRIDGE, GEORGE W .- Contractor, 89 Ply- mouth avenue, Rochester. Born in Michigan City, Ind., Dec. 28, 1856. Educated in public and private schools of Rochester and at Cary Collegiate Seminary, Oakfield, Genesee County, N. Y. (Married.) Has


been member of the Board of Public Works, Mayor of Rochester, and New York State Superintendent of Public Works. Is now director of the German- American Bank of Rochester. Member Knights Temp- lar (thirty-second degree Mason), Odd Fellows, Red Men, Order of Maccabees, Rochester Whist, and Rochester Clubs, Rochester Athletic Association, Rochester Historical Society, and Rochester Maenner- chor; Cypress Temple, A. A. O. M. N. S., Fort Orange, and Albany Clubs of Albany; American Social Science Association, and Knickerbocker Athletic and Republi- can Clubs of New York City.


ALEXANDER, CHARLES BEATTY-Lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 4 West 58th street. Vice-president and director Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway Co .; director Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States; chairman local board of Palatine Insurance Co. of Manchester, Eng. (Ltd.). Member University, Union, Metropolitan, Lawyers', Tuxedo, Riding and Driving, Princeton, University Athletic, and Turf and Field Clubs, Sons of the American Revolution, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


ALEXANDER, DE ALVA STANWOOD-Con- gressman and Lawyer, 932 Ellicott square, Buffalo. Born in Richmond, Me., July 17, 1846. Educated at Bowdoin College ('70). Practiced law at Indianapolis, Ind., until 1881, and in Buffalo, N. Y., since 1885. Con- gressman from Thirty-third New York District since 1897. Member University, Ellicott, and Liberal Clubs.


ALEXANDER, FREDERICK B .- Superintendent, 22 Morton street, Brooklyn; residence 210 Macon street. Born in Northfield, Mass., May 28, 1853. Educated at Cornell. Superintendent Union Rattan Mfg Co. Member Cornell Club.


ALEXANDER, GEORGE - Presbyterian Clergy- man, 47 University place, New York City. Born in West Charlton, N. Y .. Oct. 12, 1843. Educated at Union College (A.B., '66 and D.D., '84), and Princeton Theo- logical Seminary ('70). (Single.) Pastor of East Ave- nue Presbyterian Church, Schenectady, N. Y., 1870-83; professor of rhetoric and logic in Union College 1877- 83; pastor of University Place Presbyterian Church in New York City since 1884. Director Princeton Theo- logical Seminary; trustee Sao Paulo College, Brazil, and Union College. Member Union College Alumni and Century Associations and Adirondack League Club.


ALEXANDER, HENRY M., JR .- Lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 4 West 40th street. Director Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. Member Princeton, Calumet, Uni- versity Athletic, St. Anthony, Lawyers' and University Clubs, Ardsley Club of Ardsley-on-Hudson, and Asso- ciation of the Bar of the City of New York.


ALEXANDER, JAMES A .- Insurance, 52 William street, New York City; residence Plainfield, N. J. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 29, 1827. (Married.) Member cf the firm of Scott, Alexander & Talbot. Director American Coal Co., and George's Creek and Cumber- land R. R. Co. Member Lawyers' Club, National Academy of Design, and American Fine Arts Society.


ALEXANDER, JAMES W .- President, 120 Broad- way, New York City; residence 4 East 64th street. Born in Princeton, N. J., July 19, 1839. Educated at Princeton University. (Married.) President and di- rector Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States; vice-president and director Western National Bank; director Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. and Mercantile Trust Co .; trustee Princeton University. Member Metropolitan, Princeton. University, Univer- sity Athletic, Lawyers', National Arts, and Seabright (N. J.) Golf Clubs, Century Association, Chamber of Commerce, Municipal Art Society, American Museum of Natural History, and Nassau and Ivy Clubs of Princeton.


ALEXANDER, ROBERT C .- Editor, 203 Broad- way, New York City; residence 243 West 99th street. Born in West Charlton, N. Y., July 7, 1857. Educated at Union College (M.A., '80), and Albany Law School ('81). (Married Annie Clare.) Practiced law in Elmira, 1881-4. Moved to New York City 1884. Counsel to Col. Elliott F. Shepard, and negotiated for him purchase of "Mail and Express" from Cyrus W. Field (1888); secre- tary and treasurer of same since 1888; editor-in-chief since 1895, and (with R. E. A. Dorr) proprietor since 1897. Organized, in 1890, and was for two years presi- dent Adirondack League Club; trustee Union College. Member Union League, University, Republican, Adir- ondack League, Fulton, Alpha Delta Phi, and Megan- tic Clubs, Bar Association of the City of New York, Union Alumni, and American. Forestry Associations, Phi Beta Kappa, and St. Andrew's Societies, and Palmetto Club of South Carolina.


ALEXANDER, SAMUEL-Physician and Profes- sor, 5 West 58th street, New York City. Degrees of A.M. and M. D. Professor of diseases of genito-uri- nary system in Cornell University Medical College; surgeon to Bellevue Hospital. Member Princeton, New York Athletic and University Clubs.


ALEXANDER, WALTER-Lawyer, 32 Nassau street, New York City; residence 46 West 25th street. Born in St. Charles, Mo., Jan. 3, 1866. Educated at St. Charles College, Harvard College, and Harvard Law School. (Single.) Member Harvard, University, Dem- ocratic, and Westchester Golf Clubs, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


ALEXANDER, WILLIAM-Secretary, 120 Broad- way, New York City; residence 14 West 37th street. Secretary and director Equitable Life Assurance So- ciety of the United States. Member University, Union, Lawyers', Tuxedo, and Salmagundi Sketch Clubs, and University of Virginia Alumni Association.


ALEXANDRE, J. HENRY-Residence, 10 West 32d street, New York City. Born in New York City, June, 1848. (Married.) Member executive committee Coney Island Jockey Club; governor Riding Club. Steward National Steeplechase and Hunt Association. Member Metropolitan, Racquet and Tennis, Turf and Field. Tuxedo, Suburban Riding and Driving, Rich- mond County Country, and New York Yacht Clubs, and American Museum of Natural History.


ALEXANDRE, JOHN E. - 26 West 38th street, New York City. Director Sixth Avenue R. R. Co. Member Turf and Field, Riding and Suburban Riding and Driving Clubs.


ALKER, ALPHONSE H .- Lawyer, 11 Pine street, New York City; residence 338 Madison avenue. Born in New York City, Oct. 8, 1851. Educated at the College of the City of New York, and Columbia College Law School. ( Married.) Member Lawyers', New York Athletic, and Larchmont Yacht Clubs, and Associa- tion of the Bar of the City of New York.


ALLEN, ADDISON-Lawyer, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence 35 West 33d street. Born in New York City, Feb. 28, 1865. Educated at Columbia. (Single.) Partner in the firm of Allen & Bentley, 1 Madison avenue. Member Alpha Delta Phi and Quill Clubs, Sons of the American Revolution. Columbia University Alumni and Dwight Alumni Assciations.


ALLEN, AUGUSTUS HENRY-Lawyer, 320 Broadway, New York City; residence Bedford Park. Born in New York City, Aug. 6, 1841. Educated at New York University Law School; admitted to the Bar, 1872. (Married.) Member of the firm of Allen. Talmage & Allen, 1874-94: since 1894 member of the firm of Allen & Talmage. Member Republican, Fordham, and Bed- ford Park Clubs.


ALLEN, CALVIN H .- (C. E.) President, 290 Broadway, New York City; residence 1 West 72d street. Born in Central New York, 1827. (Married.) Has been largely interested in railroads, as builder, manager, receiver and president. President Union Surety Co .; vice-president Chemical and Electrical Co. Member Colonial Club, New England Society, Amer- ican Society of Civil Engineers, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, Genesee. Valley Club of Rochester, and Buffalo Club.


ALLEN, ELMER A .- Lawyer, 80 Broadway, New York City; residence 313 St. James street (Bronx). Born in Amenia. N. Y., Nov. 26, 1844. Educated at




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