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DEXTER, STANLEY WALKER-Lawyer, 71 Wall street, New York City; residence 12 East 12th street. Member Union, University, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht and St. Nicholas Clubs, St. Nicholas Society, Sons of the Revolution, Down Town Association, and F. & A. M.
DEY, J. WARREN S .- Farmer and Breeder of Fine Horses, Spring Station, Ky .; residence 121 East 24th street, New York City. Born in New Brunswick, N. J., Sept. 8. 1832. Educated at Public School No. 1, New York City. (Single.) Member New York Histori- cal and Holland Societies, and several Masonic bodies.
DEYO, ISRAEL T .- Lawyer, Binghamton. Born in Union, Broome Co., N. Y., Jan. 28, 1854. Educated at Amherst College (A.B., '79). (Married.) Member of the State Legislature, 1890-3. Member of a commis- sion appointed by Governor Flower to investigate charges preferred against managers of the Elmira State Reformatory, 1894. Member of the firm of Car- ver & Deyo, attorneys for Susquehanna Valley Bank, The People's Bank, Chenango Valley Savings Bank, all of Binghamton, and many other institutions and corporations. Member local board of the State Nor- mal and Training School at Cortland; vice-president Agency and Investment Co .; vice-president and attor- ney Ensign Lumber Co .: also interested in the Strong State Bank, Citizens' Natural Gas Co., and Bingham- ton Gas Engine Co. Member Binghamton and Crafts- men's Clubs, thirty-second degree Mason, Otseningo Lodge No. 435, F. & A. M., and Malta Commandery, No. 21.
DEYO, ROBERT E,-Lawyer, 115 Broadway, New York City; residence 106 West 48th street. Member of the firm of Deyo, Duer & Bauerdorf. Member Man- hattan and Princeton Clubs, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
DEYO, SOLOMON L. F .- Civil Engineer, 10 East 119th street, New York City. Member Engineers' Club, Holland Society, American Society of Civil Engineers, and Union College Alumni Association.
DI CESNOLA, LOUIS PALMA - Director Metro- politan Museum of Art, New York City; residence 109 East 57th street. Born in Rivarolo, Italy, June 29, 1832. Educated at the Royal Military Academy at Cherasco, Piedmont, Italy. (Married.) Served in Italian Army in the war for independence and pro- moted for bravery on the battlefield. Resident of New York City since 1860. Served in Union Army during Civil War and was promoted to brigadier-general. Was United States consul at Cyprus, 1865-77; made ex- tensive archaelogical collection now exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Received gold medal and knightly orders from the King of Italy. Trustee and director Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1878. Author of many works on art subjects. Member Loyal Legion, Society of the Army of the Potomac, and American Museum of Natural History.
DICK, EVANS R .- Broker, 30 Broad street, New York City; residence 111 South 21st street, Philadel- phia, Pa. Born in St. Louis, Mo., 1858. Educated at University of Pennsylvania. (Married.) President Investment Co. of Philadelphia; vice-president Cin- cinnati, Portsmouth and Virginia R. R. Co. Member New York Yacht and Calumet Clubs and Rittenhouse. Country, Union League and Philadelphia Corinthian Yacht Clubs of Philadelphia.
DICK, HARRIS B .- Publisher, 18 Ann street, New York City; residence Park Avenue Hotel. Born in New York City. (Single.) Member Union League, Players', Lotos and Church Clubs, Dunlap Society, and 7th Regiment Veteran Association.
DICK, WILLIAM B .- Retired Publisher, 18 Ann street, New York City; residence Park Avenue Hotel. Born in Philadelphia, Pa. Member Grolier, Lotos and Church Clubs, Lafayette Post G. A. R., and Metropoli- tan Museum of Art.
DICKEL, CHARLES W .- Riding School, 130 West 56th street, and Treasurer, 55 West 42d street, New York City; residence Scarsdale. Treasurer and direc- tor Diamond Light Co. Member New York Athletic Club, and Liederkranz.
DICKERMAN, GEORGE W .- Vice-President, 280 Broadway, New York City; residence 1425 Broadway. Born in Randolph, Mass., Feb. 22, 1859. Educated at Adams Academy, and at Harvard. (Single.) Vice- president United Typewriter and Supplies Co. Mem- ber University, Harvard, New York Athletic and Ama- teur Comedy Clubs.
DICKERMAN, WATSON B .- Broker, 100 Broad- way, New York City; residence Mamaroneck. Born in Mount Carmel, Conn., Jan. 4, 1846. Educated at Wil- liston Seminary. (Married.) Member of the firm of Dominick & Dickerman and of the New York Stock Exchange. Director Evening Star Mining Co., Morn- ing Star Consolidated Mining Co., Norfolk and South- ern R. R. Co., and New York Stock Exchange Build- ing Co .; trustee Long Island Loan and Trust Co. Member Metropolitan, Union League, Lawyers', Sub- urban Riding and Driving and Country Clubs, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
DICKERSON, EDWARD N .- Lawyer, 141 Broad- way, New York City; residence Stovall, N. C. Born in Newport, R. I., Aug. 23, 1852. Educated at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. (Married.) Member Man- hattan, Riding, Fencers', Psi Upsilon, Lawyers', St. Nicholas, Tuxedo, New York Athletic, Larchmont Yacht, Lambs', Camera, Suburban Riding and Driv- ing, Mendelssohn Glee, Rockaway Hunt, New York Yacht, Hudson River Ice Yacht and American Yacht Clubs, Metropolitan Club of Washington, D. C., Hart- ford (Conn.) Club, Royal Thames Yacht Club of Eng- land, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and Trinity College Alumni Association.
DICKEY, CHARLES D .- Banker, 59 Wall street, New York City; residence 11 East 34th street. Con- nected with the firm of Brown Bros. & Co., members of the New York Stock Exchange. Director Chesa- peake and Ohio Ry. Co., Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul R. R. Co., Merchants' National Bank, and United States Mortgage and Trust Co .; trustee Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York. Member Union, Knicker- bocker, University and Country Clubs, and Down Town Association.
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DICKEY, WILLIAM D .- Manager, 338 West 56th street, New York City. Member New York Athletic, Atlantic Yacht and New York Yacht Clubs, Brooklyn Club of Brooklyn, Loyal Legion, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
DICKEY, WILLIAM D .- Supreme Court Justice, County Court House, Brooklyn; residence 144 Under- hill avenue. Born in Newburgh, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1845. Educated at Newburgh Academy, in Deckertown, N. J., and at Albany Law School. (Married.) Director New- burgh Ice Machine and Engine Co. Member Brooklyn Club.
DICKINSON, ANDREW G., JR .- Lawyer, 132 Nas- sau street, New York City; residence 39 West 53d street. Born in New Orleans, La., Nov. 14, 1866. Edu- cated at Yale. (Married.) Member Yale and Delta Kappa Epsilon Clubs, Sons of the Revolution, Yale Alumni Association, Squadron "A," N. G. N. Y., and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
DICKINSON, EDWARD B. - Stenographer, 350 Fulton street, Brooklyn; residence 318 McDonough street. Born in Medway, Mass., July 23, 1844. Educat- ed at Public Latin School, Boston, Mass. Official stenographer Kings County Surrogate's Court, and G. A. R., Department of New York. Member Lafay- ette Post G. A. R., and Sons of the Revolution.
DICKINSON, EDWIN F. - Treasurer, 207 Water street, New York City; residence 312 West 77th street. Educated at University of Vermont. (Married.) Sec- retary, treasurer and director Boynton Furnace Co. Member Sigma Phi and Union League Clubs.
DICKINSON, GEORGE E. - Coal Merchant, 1 Broadway, New York City; residence Irvington. Mem- ber Manhattan and Calumet Clubs, and Ardsley Club of Ardsley-on-Hudson.
DICKINSON, HOWARD C .- Broker, 105 East 25th street, New York City. Member Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange, and of the Union and Church Clubs, St. Nicholas Society, and Down Town Association.
DICKSON, JAMES B. - Broker, 69 Wall street, New York City; residence Yonkers. Born in New York City, Dec. 8, 1853. Educated at Burlington College. (Married.) Vice-president and treasurer Johnson & Higgins. Member Metropolitan, Reform, New York Yacht and Riding Clubs, Ardsley Club of Ardsley-on- Hudson, and Down Town Association.
DIEFENDORF, BOWEN L .- Life Insurance, 164 Montague street, Brooklyn; residence 18 Glenada place. Born in Fort Plain, N. Y., May 20, 1866. Educated in public schools. (Married.) Connected with the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, as cashier of Long Island district agency.
DIEFENDORF, MENZO - Lawyer, 55 Liberty street, and Vice-President, 881 Sixth avenue, New York City; residence 17 West 30th street. Vice-president and director New York Milk Co. Member Barnard Club, St. Nicholas Society, Sons of the Revolution, and Union College Alumni Association.
DIEFENDORE, WARREN T .- Life Insurance, 164 Montague street, Brooklyn; residence Richmond Hill. Born in Sharon Springs, N. Y., March 8, 1860. Edu- cated in public schools. (Married.) Connected with the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York as dis- trict agent for Long Island. Member Richmond Hill, Riding and Driving and Brooklyn Clubs, Life Under- writers' Association, Methodist Social Union and Orion Lodge No. 717 (thirty-second degree Mason).
DIEFENTHALER, CHARLES F. - Coffee Mer- chant, 397 Greenwich strect, New York City; residence 303 West 91st street. Born in New York City, May 9, 1863. Educated in public schools, at Packard's Business College and College of the City of New York. (Mar- ried.) Member of the firm of B. Fischer & Co. Sec- retary and director New York Fire Proof Stabling Co .; director American Encaustic Tiling Co. Member Commercial, Riverside Yacht and New York Athletic Clubs, and Arion Society.
DIELMAN, FREDERICK-Artist, 51 West Tenth street, New York City; residence 105 West 91st street. Born in Hanover, Germany, Dec. 25, 1847. Educated at
Calvert College, Maryland. (Married.) President Na- tional Academy of Design, and ex-officio member board of trustees Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mem- ber Century Association, American Water Color So- ciety, and National Academy of Design.
DIETER, FREDERIC JEWETT-Lawyer, 35 Wall street, New York City; residence Metropolitan Club. Born in New Orleans, La. Educated at Harvard Col- lege and Law School, and Boston University Law School (LL.B., '84). (Single.) Member Manhattan, Tuxedo, Democratic and Metropolitan Clubs.
DIETERICH, CHARLES F .- President, 45 Broad- way, New York City, residence 963 Fifth avenue. President and director Electric Gas Co., Indianapolis Gas Co., and United States Equitable Gas Co .; director Equitable Gas Light Co., Pacific Co., and West Side Construction Co. Member Manhattan, Metropolitan, Colonial, Lawyers' and Suburban Riding and Driving Clubs, American Geographical Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and American Museum of Natural History.
DIETZ, OTTOMAR J. L .- Advertising, 140 Nassau street, New York City: residence 679 East 141st street. Born in Bremen, Germany, April 21, 1854. Educated in Koenigsberg, Prussia. (Married.) Is owner of one of the finest collections of beetles of the United States and Canada. Member Washington (D. C.) Entomo- logical and New York Entomological Societies, Ger- man Society of the City of New York, and Deutscher Gesellig Wissenschaftlicher Verein.
DIKE, NORMAN S .- Lawyer, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence 194 Columbia Heights, Brook- lyn. Born in Brooklyn. Educated at Brooklyn Polytech- nic Institute, Brown University and Columbia College Law School. (Single.) President and director Cran- dall Electric Signal Co. and Standard Land Co .; direc- tor and counsel Kings County Bank; president Brook- lyn Homoeopathic Hospital. Member University, Uni- versity Athletic, and Psi Upsilon Clubs, Dyker Meadow Golf, Hamilton and Crescent Athletic Clubs of Brook- lyn, Brown University Alumni Association, New Eng- land Society and Sons of the Revolution.
DILL, JAMES BROOKS -- Lawyer, 27 Pine street, New York City; residence 83 Harrison street, East Orange, N. J. Born in Spencerport, N. Y., 1855. (Son of Rev. James H. Dill.) Educated at Yale ('76) and New York University Law School ('78). (Married
Mary W. Hansel of Philadelphia, 1880.) Member of the firm of Dill, Pomeisler & Baldwin. Makes a spec- ialty of corporation law. Director American School of Architecture in Rome, National Steel Co., Bee-Hive Coke Oven By-Products Co., Brookwood Coal Co., Central Teresa Sugar Co., Corporation Trust Co. of New Jersey, La Pierre Mf'g Co., M. Cohn & Co., Mar- ble Hill Real Estate Co., Merchants' Association of New York, New York Biscuit Co., New York Boat Oar Co., Porvenir Sugar Co., R. & G. Corset Co., Voelker Light Co. and others. Author of "Dill on Corpora- tions." Member Lawyers', University Glee and Yale Clubs, and Essex County Country, Orange Riding, Country and Orange Clubs of Orange, N. J.
DILLER, WILLIAM E .- Physician and Builder, 284 Columbus avenue, New York City; residence 269 West 72d street. Member Colonial Club, University of Virginia Alumni Association and Metropolitan Mu- seum of Art.
DILLEY, CHARLES H .- Lawyer, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence 7 West 26th street. Member Reform and Democratic Clubs, Down Town Association, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
DILLINGHAM, E. L .- Publisher, 153 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence 76 West 85th street. Born in Bangor, Me., May 3, 1861. Educated at Yale. (Sin- gle.) Manager of subscription department Charles Scribner's Sons. Member Psi Upsilon and Yale Clubs.
DILLINGHAM, FRANK A .- Lawyer, 96 Broad- way, New York City; residence Summit, N. J. Born in New York City, Dec. 31, 1869. Educated at Yale ('91) and Columbia College Law School ('94). (Mar- ried.) Member of the firm of Rounds & Dillingham. Secretary, treasurer and director Lake Placid Im-
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provement Co. Member Adirondack League, Baltus- rol Golf and Yale Clubs, Delta Kappa Epsilon Fra- ternity, and Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Delta Phi So- cieties.
DILLINGHAM, FREDERICK H .- Physician, 55th street and Sixth avenue, New York City; residence 76 West 85th street. Born in Bangor, Me., April 7, 1857. Educated at Bowdoin College (A.B., '77, and A.M., '80) and Columbia College (M.D., '80). (Married.) Ad- junct professor of dermatology New York Polyclinic; assistant sanitary superintendent New York Health Department. Member Psi Upsilon and Democratic Clubs and New York Academy of Medicine.
DILLON, JOHN F .- Lawyer, 195 Broadway, New York City; residence Far Hills, N. J. Born in New York State, Dec. 25, 1831. Educated in New York and Iowa. General counsel to Missouri Pacific R. R. Co., Texas Pacific R. R. Co., and Western Union Tele- graph Co .; consulting counsel to Manhattan Elevated Ry. Co. and Union Pacific R. R. Co. Member Union League, Lawyers', University and Barnard Clubs, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
DILLON, JOHN M .- Lawyer, 195 Broadway, New York City; residence Far Hills, N. J. Born in Iowa, April 28, 1867. Educated at Columbia College. (Mar- ried.) Member of the firm of Dillon & Hubbard. Member Lawyers', New York Athletic and Delta Kap- pa Epsilon Clubs, and Columbia University Alumni Association.
DIMICK, JEREMIAH W., JR .- Carpets, 111 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence Rifton Glen. Presi- dent and director J. W. Dimick Co. Member Union League and New York Athletic Clubs, and Rondout Club of Rondout.
DIMOCK, HENRY F .- Steamships, Pier 11, North River, New York City; residence 25 East 60th street. President and director Cromwell Steamship Co .; vice- president, treasurer and director Metropolitan Steam- ship Co .; director Boston and Maine R. R. Co., Do- minion Coal Co., Knickerbocker Trust Co., National Bank of North America, New York Loan and Im- provement Co., and Sydney and Louisburg Ry. Co .; trustee New England Gas and Coke Co. Member Metropolitan, University, Manhattan, Democratic, Lawyers' and Barnard Clubs, New England Society, Down Town Association, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and American Museum of Natural History.
DIMOCK, OTIS K .- Plumbers' Supplies, 220 East 125th street, New York City; residence 205 West 57th street. Born in Connecticut, 1856. Educated in Con- necticut. (Married.) President Dimock & Fink Co .; director Norwood Engineering Co. of Massachusetts and William P. Baker Co. Member Atlantic Yacht, Richmond Country and New York Athletic Clubs.
DIMOND, THOMAS-Iron Manufacturer, 128 West 33d street, New York City; residence 20 West 73d street. Born in Phillipstown, Putnam Co., N. Y., Sept. 1. 1854. Educated in New York public schools and at Packard's Business College. (Married.) Treas- urer and director Wright Steam Engine Works of Newburgh; director American Lloyds Insurance Co., Colonial Assurance Co., Washington Insurance Co. and Mutual Bank; trustee Bank for Savings; vestryman All Angels Church. Member American Yacht, Colo- nial (vice-president), Church, Twilight, Knollwood Golf (governor), Larchmont Yacht, Union League, Lotos, Apawamis Golf, Chelsea Plantation and Build- ing Trade Clubs, 7th Regiment Veteran (colonel), Westchester County Horse Show (vice-president), Na- tional Horse Show, West End and Aldine Associa- tions, Iron League, and American Fine Arts, Me- chanics' and Tradesmen's, and Architectural Iron (trustee) Societies.
DININNY, FERRAL C., JR .- President, 29 Broad- way, New York City; residence 186 Riverside Drive. Born in Addison, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1851. Educated at Cornell. (Married.) President and director Allegheny Tron Co. and Neptune Meter Co. Member New York Yacht. Colonial, Lawyers', American Yacht, Larch- ront Yacht and New York Athletic Clubs, and New England Society.
DINKELSPIEL, LOUIS W .- Lawyer, 59 Wall street, New York City; residence 275 Central Park, West. Born in New York City, July 4, 1872. Educated at Columbia College and New York Law School. (Sin- gle.) School trustee Congregation Ahawath Chesed; president Branch No. 10 New York Building Loan- Banking Co. Member Metropolitan Museum of Art, Independent Order of Foresters, King Solomon's Lodge No. 279 F. and A. M., Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Heptasophs and Royal Foresters.
DISBECKER, HARRY P .- Lawyer, 50 Post Office Building, New York City; residence 39 East 50th street. Born in New York City, Aug. 23, 1874. Educated at Yale. (Married.) Assistant United States District At- torney. Attorney for Commercial Travelers' Sound Money League of the United States. Member New York Athletic and Theta Delta Chi Clubs, and Yale Alumni Association.
DITMARS, EDWARD WILSON - Lawyer, 302 Broadway, New York City; residence 612 Carlton ave- nue, Brooklyn. Born in Astoria, Long Island City, N. Y. Educated at Columbia College. (Single.) Mem- ber Holland Society, Aldine Association, Crescent Ath- letic Club of Brooklyn, and Sons of the Revolution.
DITSON, CHARLES H .- Music Publisher, 867 Broadway, New York City; residence 17 East 38th street. Secretary, treasurer and director Charles H. Ditson & Co. Member Players', Manuscript and Men- delssohn Glee Clubs, and New England Society.
DITTENHOEFER, ABRAM JESSE-Lawyer, 96 Broadway, New York City; residence 18 East 75th street. Born in Charleston, S. C., March 17, 1835. (Son of Isaac and Babetta Dittenhoefer.) Educated in New York City public schools and at Columbia College. (Married.) Senior member of the firm of Dittenhoefer, Gerber & James. Was judge of the City Court, presi- dent of the Republican general committee and elector of Presidents Lincoln and Johnson. Was prominently identified with the defence of Elverton R. Chapman of the firm of Moore & Schley, and the Washington cor- respondents of the Philadelphia "Press" and the New York "Mail and Express," who were indicted by the United States Senate in connection with the investiga- tion of the alleged Sugar Trust scandal. Is an honor- ary member of the Actors' Fund of America and its honorary counsel; also counsel to a number of banks and corporations.
DIVEN, GEORGE M .- Lawyer, Elmira. Born in Angelica, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1835. Educated at academy in Elmira, preparatory school in Geneva and at Ham- ilton College ('57). (Widower.) President La France Fire Engine Co., director Elmira Steel Co., Elmira and Williamsport R. R. Co., Elmira and Lake On- tario R. R. Co., Elmira, Cortland and Northern R. R. Co., Waverly and State Line R. R. Co., and Canal R. R. Co .; manager Arnot-Ogden Memorial Hospital. Member Manhattan and Lawyers' Clubs of New York City, Union League Club of Philadelphia, Red Jacket Club of Canadaigua and Seminole Club of Jackson- ville, Fla.
DIVINE, CHARLES - Publisher, 21 Park row, New York City; residence 150 Schermerhorn street, Brooklyn. Born in Irvington, N. J., Oct. 21, 1870. Edu- cated in private school, and at Rutgers College ('90). (Married Bertha Haughwout, 1900.) Treasurer and di- rector Biographical Directory Co., publishers of the Biographical Directory of the State of New York; director Plastic Material Metal Covering Co. Member Zeta Psi and Theta Nu Epsilon Fraternities.
DIVINE, DWIGHT-Manufacturer of Cutlery, El- lenville. Born in Fallsburgh, Sullivan Co., N. Y., March 18, 1841. Educated in common schools. (Mar- ried.) President Ellenville Savings Bank; director First National Bank. Memher Wawarsing Lodge No. 582 F. & A. M., and Ward Post No. 191 G. A. R.
DIX, MORGAN-Protestant Episcopalian Clergy- man, 187 Fulton street, New York City; residence 27 West 25th street. Born in New York City, Nov. 1, 1827. (Son of General John A. Dix.) Educated in Al- bany and at Columbia College ('48) and General Theo- logical Seminary ('52). Degrees of S.T.D. from Co- lumbia, 1862; D.C.L. from University of the South, 1885, and D.D. from Princeton, 1896, and from Oxford
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University, England, in 1900. (Married.) Deacon, 1852; priest, 1853. With Trinity parish since 1855; assistant minister 1855-9; assistant rector 1859-62; rec- tor since 1862. President Lower House General Con- vention, State Convention Diocese of New York, and trustee of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine; vice- president City Mission Society; trustee Columbia Uni- versity, General Theological Seminary, Sailors' Snug Harbor, House of Mercy, Society for the Promotion of Religion and Learning, Leake & Watt's Orphan House, St. Stephens College, Home for Old Men and Aged Couples, St. Luke's Home and many others. Author of "Sermons, Doctrinal and Practical," "Lectures on the Calling of a Christian Woman," "Memoirs of John A. Dix," "Gospel and Philosophy," "The Sacramental System," "The Seven Deadly Sins," "Lectures on the First Prayer Book of Edward VI," "The Two Estates -Wedded in the Lord," and "Single for the Kingdom of Heaven's Sake." Member Grolier and Psi Upsilon Clubs, Phi Beta Kappa and American Geographical Societies, Society of the War of 1812, Military Order of Foreign Wars, Scientific Alliance, Columbia Univer- sity Alumni Association, Sons of the Revolution, Met- ropolitan Museum of Art and American Museum of Natural History.
DIXON, EPHRAIM W .- Secretary, 221 East 38th street and 1533 Broadway, New York City; residence 30 West 49th street. Member Players', University, and Racquet and Tennis Clubs.
DIXON, FREDERICK B .- Dentist, 68 West 45th street, New York City. Born in Philadelphia, Pa. (Married.) Member Lafayette Post G. A. R., 7th Regiment Veteran' Association, Chancellor Walworth Lodge No. 271 F. & A. M., and New York Athletic Club.
DIXON, GEORGE A .- Physician, 15 West 49th street, New York City. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 6, 1857. Educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and at College of Physicians and Surgeons of Colum- bia University. (Married.) Member Riding and Knick- erbocker Clubs and Century Association.
DIXON, WILLIAM P .- Lawyer, 80 Broadway, New York City; residence 29 West 49th street. Born in New York City, March 19, 1847. Educated at Yale. (Married.) Member of the firm of Miller, Peckham & Dixon. President and director Popular Photograph Co .; vice-president and director Signal and Control Co .; secretary and director Lawyers' Title Insurance Co .; director American Exchange National Bank, Cen- tral Real Estate Association, Colonial Real Estate As- sociation, Fidelity and Casualty Co., and United States Mortgage and Trust Co .; trustee Mutual Life Insur- ance Co. Member Metropolitan, University, Yale, Rid- ing, Rockaway ITunt, Lawyers' and Suburban Riding and Driving Clubs, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and Century and Down Town Associa- tions.
DOANE, WILLIAM CROSWELL - Protestant Episcopalian Bishop, 29 Elk street, Albany. Born in Boston, Mass., March 2, 1832. Educated at Burlington (N. J.) College ('50). (Married Sarah Condit, 1853.) Deacon, 1853; priest, 1856. Was rector of churches in New Jersey, Connecticut and New York. Bishop of Albany since 1869. Member University Club and New England Society of New York City, Society of Colonial Wars and Burlington College Alumni Association.
DOBSON, GEORGE F .- Editor, Eagle Building, Brooklyn; residence 149 Remsen street. (Widower.) Managing editor "Brooklyn Daily Eagle." President Harway Basin Improvement Co .; secretary Montauk Theatre Co .; director Manufacturers' Insurance Co. Member Brooklyn and Montauk Clubs and Democratic Club of New York City.
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