Biographical directory of the state of New York, 1900, Part 33

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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DENNY, JOHN T .- Banker and Broker, 64 Cedar street, New York City; residence 17 West 52d street. Born in New York City, June 7, 1835. Educated at the College of the City of New York. (Married.) Member of the firm of Thomas Denny & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Union League Club, New England Society, and National Academy of De- sign.


DENNY, THOMAS-Banker and Broker, 64 Cedar street, New York City; residence 19 West 36th street. Born in Boston, Mass., Aug. 22, 1833. Educated at Yale ('54). (Married.) Member of the firm of Thomas Denny & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange. Director Bank of New Amsterdam, Gallatin National Bank, and St. Paul and Duluth R. R. Co. Member Union League Club, Down Town Association, New England Society, and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.


DENNY, THOMAS, JR .- Banker and Broker, 64 Cedar street, New York City; residence 205 Boulevard. Member of the New York Stock Exchange firm of T. Denny & Co. Director Bank of New Amsterdam, Gal- latin National Bank and St. Paul and Duluth R. R. Co. Member Union League, St. Anthony, University, and Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Clubs, Sons of the Revolution, and New England Society.


DENT, RICHARD W .- Lawyer, 175 Remsen street, Brooklyn; residence 213 78th street. Born in Greene, Chenango Co., N. Y., Jan. 6, 1861. Educated at Union College ('83). ( Married.) Member Union College Alumni Association.


DENTON, ROBERT - Pianos, Buffalo. Born in England, 1828. Educated in Buffalo, N. Y. (Married.) Trustee Empire State Savings Bank.


DEPEW, CHAUNCEY MITCHELL-United States Senator, Senate Chamber, Washington, D. C., and Lawyer, Grand Central Station, New York City; resi- dence . 43 West 54th street. Born in Peekskill, N. Y., April 23, 1834. Educated in Peekskill and at Yale ('56; LL.D., '87); studied law with Hon. William Nel- son, of Peekskill, and was admitted to the Bar in 1858. (Widower.) Assemblyman from the third district of Westchester County, 1862-3; secretary of state, 1864; declined re-appointment; candidate for lieutenant- governor, 1872; declined election as United States Sen- ator, 1885: declined appointment of United States sec- retary of state, 1892: elected United States Senator, 1899; term expires, 1905. Attorney for New York and Harlem R. R. Co., 1866; for New York Central and Hudson River R. R. Co .. 1869; general counsel to entire Vanderbilt system, 1875; second vice-president New York Central and Hudson River R. R. Co., 1882-5; president of same, 1885-98; chairman of the board of directors of same since 1898. Regent of the University of the State of New York since 1874. Distinguished as an orator and after-dinner speaker. President and


director Chicago Junction Railways and Stock Yards Co., Gouverneur and Oswegatchie Ry. Co., Mohawk and Malone R. R. Co., New York and Putnam R. R. Co., Niagara Falls Branch R. R. Co., Tivoli Hollow R. R. Co. and West Shore R. R. Co .; vice-president and director St. Lawrence and Adirondack Ry. Co .; director Beech Creek R. R. Co., Boston and Albany R. R. Co., Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., Buffalo Erie Basin R. R. Co., Joseph Ladue Gold Mining and De- velopment Co. of Yukon, Buffalo, Thousand Islands and Portland R. R. Co., Carthage and Ohio Ry. Co., Carthage, Watertown and Sacketts Harbor R. R. Co., Carthage and Adirondack Ry. Co., Central Dock and Terminal Ry. Co., Chicago and Northwestern Ry. Co., Chicago St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Ry. Co., Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis R. R. Co., Columbus, Hope and Greensburg R. R. Co., Dela- ware and Hudson Canal Co., Detroit and Bay City R. R. Co., Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburg R. R. Co., Fall Brook Railway System, Fonda, Johns- town and Gloverville R. R. Co., Jersey City and Bay- onne R. R. Co., Lake Shore and Michigan Southern R. R. Co., Leamington and St. Clair Ry. Co., Michigan Central R. R. Co., Michigan, Midland Canada R. R. Co., New Jersey Junction R. R. Co., New Jersey Shore Line R. R. Co., New York and Harlem R. R. Co., New York Central Niagara River R. R. Co., New York, Chicago and St. Louis R. R. Co., New York, New Haven and Hartford R. R. Co., New York, Ontario and Western R. R. Co., Ontario, Carbondale and Scranton Ry. Co., Oswego and Rome R. R. Co., Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburgh R. R. Co., Spuyten Duy- vil and Port Morris R. R. Co., Terminal Railway of Buffalo, Toledo, Canada Southern and Detroit Ry. Co., Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Ry. Co., Utica and Black River R. R. Co., Wagner Palace Car Co., Wall- kill Valley R. R. Co., West Shore and Ontario Ter- minal Co. of New York and New Jersey, American Safe Deposit Co., Brooklyn Warehouse and Storage Co., Canada Southern Bridge Co., Clearfield Bitumin- ous Coal Corporation, Depew Improvement Co., Equit- able Life Assurance Society of the United States, Merchants' Despatch Transportation Co., Morris Run Coal Mining Co., Mutual Gas Co., National Surety Co., New York Mutual Gas Light Co., Niagara Grand Island Bridge Co., Niagara River Bridge Co., Palatine Insurance Co. (Ltd.) of Manchester, England, Scher- merhorn Bank of Brooklyn, Standard Trust Co., Trad- ers' Fire Insurance Co., United Agency Co., Western National Bank, Western Transit Co., and Western Union Telegraph Co .; trustee American Surety Co., Fifth Avenue Trust Co., Mercantile Trust Co. and Union Trust Co. Member Metropolitan, Union League, Lotos, University, Yale, Lawyers', Republican, Play- ers', Psi Upsilon, Tuxedo, New York Yacht, Quill, New York Press and Transportation Clubs, Montauk and Oxford Clubs of Brooklyn, Authors' Society, Century Association, Sons of the American Revolution, St. Nicholas and Holland Societies, Lafayette Post G. A. R., and Ardsley Club of Ardsley-on-Hudson.


DE PEYSTER, MAJOR - GENERAL, JOHN WATTS-M.A., IL.D., Ph.D., Litt.D., of "Rose Hill," Tivoli, Dutchess County. Born in New York City, March 9, 1821, and represents the seventh generation in New York of the notable De Peyster line. He also de- scends from other famous colonial lines, including the families of Watts, de Lancey, van Rensselaer, Schuy- ler, Philipse, van Cortlandt, Nicolls and Livingston. Was commissioned colonel, N. Y. S. I., in 1846; in 1849 at a time of insubordination in the ranks, was for "meritorious conduct" assigned to command of 22d Regimental District, M. F. S. N. Y .; received special thanks of Governor and Adjutant-General, with gold medal, and in 1851 for "important service" was commis- sioned Brigadier-General, M. F. S. N. Y. In 1851-3 was Military Agent, S. N. Y., in Europe, appointed by Gov- ernor and endorsed by Federal Government, while his reports led to reforms in militia, helped to prepare the North for the Rebellion, secured introduction of paid fire departments, steam fire engines and fire escapes in the United States, and led to introduction of metro- politan police system in New York City. Was Adju- tant-General, S. N. Y., in 1855, and reformed the militia. Was a founder of the Republican party in this State. In respect to number of monographs pub- lished, range of field covered, exhaustive research and powers of acute and judicious analysis, has no peer as a inilitary critic in American literature. His numer- ous works prior to and during the Rebellion pro- foundly influenced the issue; it is known that jealous opposition alone prevented President Lincoln from or-


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ganizing an advisory military staff with General de Peyster at its head. Was made Brevet Major-General, S. N. Y., for "meritorious services rendered to the National Guard and to the United States prior to and during the Rebellion," by special act of New York Legislature in April, 1866. His hundreds of military works may be roughly grouped into treatises on the military history of the Dutch, the thirty years war, the wars of Frederick the Great, Napoleon and his campaigns, the battles of the American Revolution, the battles of the Rebellion, and American generals, to which must be added a formidable miscellaneous list, military, historical, scientific, theological, dramatic and lyrical, together with historical romance. In the words of the late British general, Sir Edward Cust, author of "Annals of the Wars" (9 vols.) and "Lives of the Warriors" (6 vols.), General De Peyster's mili- tary works "address the higher ranks of the army" and "seek to philosophize the art of war." (See his acknowledgment of his "deep obligations" in his 28-page dedication of final volume of "Lives of the Warriors" to General de Peyster, to whom he also dispatched his portrait during his last illness.) Gen- eral De Peyster's best work includes his most recent monographs, written at the age of seventy-nine. He received three silver medals from Oscar I. of Sweden, the gold medal for "scientific and literary attain- ments" of the London Society of Science, Letters and Art, and the thanks of the Legislatures of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He erected in Trinity Church yard the bronze statue of his grandfather, John Watts, Jr., last royal Recorder of New York City, speaker of the New York Assembly, congressman, judge, and founder and endower of the Leake and Watts Orphan House. As a gift to the city of New York, he erected in Bowling Green the bronze statue of his ancestor, De Heer Abraham de Peyster, colonel commanding the New York City troops, Mayor of New York, Chief Justice of New York, Acting Governor of same, Treasurer of New York and New Jersey, and two hundred years ago Receiver of New York (equiva- lent to Collector of the Port) with office at the present site of his statue, opposite the site of the new Custom House. General De Peyster's benefactions also in- clude a college building and library, two church build- ings, a boys' training school with nearly three hun- dred acres of ground, a hospital with grounds, a home for girls with grounds, and gifts of libraries and works of art to various institutions. He is honorary vice- president of the Historical and Archaeological Society of Pennsylvania, a member of the Maatschappij Ned- erlandsche Letterkunde of Leyden, Holland; a life member of the Royal Historical Society of Great Brit- ain; honorary member of the Clarendon Historical Society of Edinburgh, Scotland, which republished many of his works, and a member of more than fifty other scientific, historical and literary societies in Europe and America.


DE PUY, FRANK A .- Editor, Herald Square, New York City; residence 811 St. Nicholas avenue. Born in Lima, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1854. Educated at Union Col- lege. (Married.) Connected with the New York "Herald." Member Union College Alumni Associa- tion, and Sigma Kappa Society.


DERBY, RICHARD H .- Physician. 9 West 35th street, New York City; residence 3 East 40th street. Born in Boston, Mass., March 12, 1844. Educated at Harvard College and Medical School. (Married.) Sur- geon New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. Member University, Riding and Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Clubs, Sons of the Revolution, New England Society, and Century Associations.


DE RIDDER, J. H .- Banker, Saratoga Springs. Born in Easton, N. Y. (Married.) Cashier Citizens' National Bank. Treasurer Schuylerville Bridge Co., and S. E. G. Ranson Co. Member Holland Society.


DE RONGE, ALFRED H .- Liquor Merchant, 87 Beaver street, New York City; residence Short Hills, N. J. Member of the firm of A. H. & Charles De Ronge. Member Manhattan, Commercial, New York Athletic, Larchmont Yacht, Riverside Yacht and Bal- tusrol Golf Clubs, and Field Club of Short Hills, N. J.


DE SELDING, HERMANN - Real Estate, 149 Broadway, New York City; residence 9 Lefferts place, Brooklyn. Born in Parkersburg, Va., Oct. 29, 1856. Educated at Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn. (Married.)


Member of the firm of De Selding Bros. Secretary Ransome Concrete Co. Member Crescent Athletic and Riding and Driving Clubs of Brooklyn, and Church Club of the Diocese of Long Island.


DESHON, CHARLES A .- Lawyer, 237 Broadway and 34 Park row, New York City; residence 616 West 113th street. Director Assured Building and Loan Association, and Produce Exchange Trust Co. Mem- ber New York Athletic, and Marine and Field Clubs, Southern Society, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


DE SILVER, CARLL H .- Broker, 45 Broadway, New York City: residence 43 Pierrepont street, Brook- lyn. Member of the New York Stock Exchange. Di- rector Nassau National Bank of Brooklyn, Brooklyn Academy of Music and American Swedenborg Print- ing and Publishing Society; trustee Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, and South Brooklyn Savings Institution. Member Mendelssohn Glee and Tuxedo Clubs, Crescent Athletic and Brooklyn Clubs of Brook- lyn, and American Fine Arts and Ohio Societies.


DESMOND, JOHN J .- Manufacturer, 90 Walker street, New York City; residence 404 Clermont avenue, Brooklyn. Born in San Francisco, Cal., March 3, 1865. Educated at the "school of experience." (Single.) President and director Townsend, Desmond & Voorhis Co. Member "Les Enfants Perdu," and Californians' Society.


DESSAR, LEO C .- Lawyer, 261 Broadway, New York City; residence 238 West 72d street and Nyack- on-Hudson. Born in Cincinnati, Oliio. (Son of Dr. Julius H. Dessar.) Educated in Cincinnati, and at Columbia College Law School. Admitted to the New York Bar, 1870. Assemblyman, 1875; Civil Justice Eleventh Judicial District, 1885; now in general prac- tice. Trustee Colonial Trust Co. Member Manhattan, Democratic and Hardware Clubs, and American Geo- graphical Society.


DESSAU, S. HENRY-Physician, 144 West 85th street, New York City. Born in Macon, Ga., July 24, 1847. Educated in Macon and at Jefferson Medical College (M.D., '68). (Married Mary Hart.) Professor of pediatrics in New York School of Clinical Medicine. Author of numerous contributions to medical jour- nals, as "The Value of Small and Frequently Repeated Doses," etc. Member Northwestern Medical and Sur- gical Society (ex-president). Medical Society of the County of New York (ex-vice-president), Harlem Medical Association, Academy of Medicine and Royal Arcanum Club.


DETMERS, ARTHUR - Principal, West High School, Buffalo; residence 41 Oxford avenue. Born in Buffalo, Jan. 22, 1865. Educated at University of Rochester. (Single.) Head teacher in classical de- partment of Buffalo Central High School, 1890-8. Member Phi Beta Kappa Society and Liberal Club.


DETMOLD, WILLIAM L .- Dry Goods Merchant, 71 Worth street, New York City; residence 60 West 11th street. Member Union, New York Athletic, Mer- chants', Larchmont Yacht and Wool Clubs.


DETTMER, JACOB G .- Vice-President, 172 Mon- tague street, Brooklyn; residence 27 Prospect Park, West. Vice-president and director People's Trust Co .; director Bedford Bank, Brooklyn Art Association and Brooklyn Real Estate Exchange; trustee City Savings Bank and Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Member Montauk, Union League, Riding and Driving and Hamilton Clubs.


DEUEL, JOSEPH MERRITT - City Magistrate, New York City; residence 118 West 48th street. Born in Deerfield, Oneida Co., N. Y., April 23, 1846. (Son of John C. and Elmina [Barnard] Deuel.) Educated in Deerfield and Poland and at Whitestown Seminary. (Married.) Commonwealth attorney for Elizabeth and Warwick Counties, Virginia, 1869-71; private secretary to United States Senator Roscoe Conkling, 1871-4; Assistant United States District Attorney, New York City, 1875-6; deputy clerk United States Circuit Court, 1876-80; clerk of same, 1880-2; in private practice, 1882-95; city magistrate since 1895. Chairman of execu- tive committee New York Medical College and Hospi- tal for Women; director Metropolitan Post-Graduate School of Medicine, and "Town Topics" Publishing Co.


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Member Republican Club, Society of Medical Juris- prudence and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


DE VARONA, IGNACIO M. - Engineer; Water Supply Extension, Municipal Building, Brooklyn; resi- dence 163 East 60th street, New York City. Born in Cuba, Feb. 4, 1842. Educated in the United States and in Europe. (Married.) Formerly chief engineer Neu- vitas and Puerto Principe R. R. Co., in Cuba. Mem- ber Brooklyn and Democratic Clubs, and American Society of Civil Engineers.


DE VEAU, F. CLINTON-Broker, 7 Nassau street, New York City; residence 59 East 53d street. Born in New York City, Aug. 23, 1864. Educated at Harvard ('87). (Married.) Member of the firm of Edmund & Charles Randolph, and of the New York Stock Ex- change. Member University and Harvard Clubs.


DEVERY, WILLIAM S. - Chief, 300 Mulberry street, New York City; residence 327 West 28th street. Born in New York City, 1854. Educated in public schools. Chief of Police since May, 1898.


DEVINE, EDWARD T .- Secretary, 105 East 22d street, New York City; residence 170 West 81st street. Educated at Cornell College (Iowa), University of Pennsylvania and University of Halle (Germany). (Married.) General secretary Charity Organization Society of the City of New York. Member Congrega- tional and Social Reform Clubs, American Academy of Political and Social Science, and American Econo- mic Association.


DE VINNE, THEODORE LOW-Printer, 12 La- fayette place, New York City; residence 300 West 76th street. Born in Stamford, Conn., Dec. 25, 1828. Edu- cated in common schools. ( Married.) Senior member of the firm of Theodore L. De Vinne & Co. Ex-presi- dent Typothetæ of New York City, and of United Typothetæ of America. Member Authors' and Grolier Clubs, and Aldine and Century Associations.


DEVINS, JOHN BANCROFT-Editor, 156 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence 138 Second street. Born in New York City. Educated at New York Uni- versity and Union Theological Seminary. (Married.) Managing editor of New York "Observer." Member American Institute of Christian Philosophy, Victoria Institute of London, Presbyterian Union, and Social Reform Club.


DEVOE, FREDERICK WILLIAM-Manufacturer, 101 Fulton street, New York City; residence 69 Park avenue. Born in New York City, Jan. 26, 1828. Edu- cated by tutors. Member of the firm of Raynolds & Devoe, 1852-64, and F. W. Devoe & Co., 1864-90. Now president F. W. Devoe & C. T. Raynolds Co. Presi- dent New York Juvenile Asylum. Member Fulton and Church Clubs, St. Nicholas and Historical Societies, American Museum of Natural History, and Scientific Alliance.


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DEW, J. HARVIE-Physician, 252 West 54th street, New York City. Member Southern Society, Medical Society of New York County, University of Virginia Alumni and City Hospital Alumni Associations, Acad- emy of Medicine, and Confederate Veteran Camp of New York.


DE WARDENER, RUDOLPH-(Baron.) Broker, 117 Wall street, New York City; residence Cedarhurst, L. I. Born in Hermanstadt, Austro-Hungary, March 22, 1827. Educated at Imperial Royal Military Acad- emy, Wiener-Neustadt, Austria. (Married.) Was first lieutenant of 4th Regiment Imperial Royal Aus- trian Lanzers (Uhlans). Is connected with the Ameri- can Sugar Refining Co. Member Consolidated Stock and Petroleum, and Maritime Exchanges, and of the Rockaway Hunt Club.


DEWEY, EDWARD W .- Clothing Merchant, 406 Broome street, New York City; residence 22 East 56th street. (Widower.) Connected with the firm of Brown- ing, King & Co. Member Union League and Metro- politan Clubs, New England Society, Chamber of Com- merce, and Thousand Islands Yacht Club.


DEWEY, GEORGE E .- Wine Importer, 138 Ful- ton street, New York City; residence 651 Putnam ave- nue, Brooklyn. Born in Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 19,


1843. Educated in public schools of Sandusky, Ohio. (Widower.) Vice-president, secretary and director H. T. Dewey & Sons Co. Member Sons of the Revolu- tion, Founders and Patriots of America, Society of the War of 1812, and Grand Army of the Republic.


DEWEY, GEORGE W .- Secretary, 135 Broadway, New York City; residence "The Alpine." Member Manhattan and Lawyers' Clubs, Marine and Field Club of Brooklyn and Southern Society.


DEWEY, HIRAM S .- Wine Merchant, 138 Fulton street, New York City: residence 1250 Dean street, Brooklyn. Born in Sandusky, Ohio, July 3, 1857. Edu- cated at Claverack and Adelphi Colleges. (Married.) Treasurer and director H. T. Dewey & Sons Co. Mem- ber Sons of the Revolution, Founders and Patriots of America and Society of the War of 1812.


DEWEY, HIRAM TODD-Wine Merchant, 138 Fulton street, New York City; residence 657 Putnam avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Poultney, Vt., July 13, 1816. (Widower.) President and director H. T. Dewey & Sons Co. Member Sons of the Revolution, Founders and Patriots of America, and Society of the War of 1812.


DEWEY, THOMAS HENRY - Lawyer, 48 Wall street, New York City; residence 95 Willow street, Brooklyn. Born in Hartford, Conn., Oct. 29, 1844. Educated at Yale. (Married.) President and director Spaeth Mf'g Co .; director New York Fire Insurance Co., and Allopathic Specific Co. Member Hamilton and Barnard Clubs of Brooklyn, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and Yale Alumni Asso- ciation.


DE WITT, ABRAHAM V .- Lawyer, 36 Tweddle Building, Albany. Born in Coxsackie, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1836. Educated in Coxsackie and Albany. (Married.) Treasurer and trustee Albany Exchange Savings Bank. Member Holland Society of New York and Fort Orange Club.


DE WITT, CHARLES H .- Broker, 30 New street, New York City; residence 176 West 76th street. Born in New York City. (Single.) Member of the firm of Bell & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member New York Athletic and Manhattan Clubs.


DE WITT, GEORGE GOSMAN-Lawyer. 88 Nas- sau street, New York City; residence 70 East 55th street. Educated at Columbia. (Married.) Director Eagle Fire Insurance Co., and Lawyers' Surety Co .; trustee Greenwich Savings Bank, Real Estate Trust Co., New York Life Insurance and Trust Co., and Columbia University. Member Union, Union League, Metropolitan, Suburban Riding and Driving and South Side Sportsmen's Clubs, Columbia University Alumni and Down Town Associations, St. Nicholas, Dunlap, American Geographical and Holland Societies, Metro- politan Museum of Art and American Museum of Natural History.


DE WITT, HENRY C .- Lawyer, 21 Park row, New York City; residence 223 West 34th street. Born in Savannah, Ga., April 28, 1850. Educated at Chatham Academy, Savannah, Ga., and at Columbia College. (Married.) Member Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and Holland Society.


DE WITT, THEODORE- Lawyer, 88 Nassau street, New York City; residence 10 West 30th street. Member of the firm of De Witt. Lockman & De Witt. Member Adirondack League and Reform Clubs, St. Nicholas Society, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


DE WITT, THOMAS D. - Coal Merchant, 111 Broadway, New York City; residence 133 West 78th street. Born in New York City. Member of the firm of Peter De Witt & Co. Member New York Athletic and Colonial Clubs, Holland and St. Nicholas Socie- ties, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


DE WITT, WILLIAM G. - Lawyer, 88 Nassau street, New York City; residence 10 West 30th street. Member of the firm of De Witt, Lockman & De Witt. Meniber Manhattan, Grolier and Adirondack League Clubs, St. Nicholas, Holland and Dunlap Societies, Scientific Alliance, American Museum of Natural His- tory, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


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DEXTER, FREDERICK C .- Lawyer, 150 Nassau street, New York City; residence 915 President street, Brooklyn. Born in Guilford, N. H., Nov. 7, 1859. Edu- cated in New Hampton, N. H., and at Oberlin College. (Married.) Formerly member of the firm of Brown & Dexter. Member Crescent Athletic, Hamilton, Brook- lyn, Montauk, Riding and Driving, Marine and Field, and Dyker Heights Clubs of Brooklyn.


DEXTER, HENRY-Retired, 42 West 56th street, New York City. Born in West Cambridge (now Ar- lington), near Boston, Mass., March 14, 1813. (Son of Jonathan Marsh Dexter and grandson of David Dex- ter of the Malden, Mass., family.) Educated in pri- vate and common schools. (Married Lucretia Mar- quand Perry, of Easton, Conn., Oct. 11, 1853; has one son living, Orrando Perry Dexter, of Norwalk, Conn.) Director and ex-president American News Co., whose plan he conceived in 1859, and which was founded in 1864. Is also a director in various other corporations. Has traveled over Europe, Asia and Africa as well as throughout Mexico and the United States of America. Life director American Bible Society since 1864, and Seamen's Mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church; founder and Fellow in perpetuity Metropolitan Mu- seum of Art; life Fellow Geographical Society; life member Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren, Young Men's Christian Association, Christian Home for Inebriates, Midnight Mission, and St. Luke's Hospital, American Tract, New York Historical and Charity Organization Societies; also member Chamber of Commerce and of many other organizations.


DEXTER, SEYMOUR-Banker, Elmira; residence 103 South Main street. Born in Independence, Alle- gany Co., N. Y., March 20, 1841. Educated at Alfred University. (Married.) Was city attorney of Elmira; judge and surrogate of Chenango County; member of Assembly, and held many other minor positions. Now president Second National Bank, and Chenango Valley Mutual Loan Association; treasurer Elmira Building Co., Elmira College Association, and Steele Memorial Library Association; trustee Alfred University. Mem- ber American Economic and American Social Science Associations and Academy of Political and Social Sci- ence.




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