Biographical directory of the state of New York, 1900, Part 45

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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FOSTER, MATTHIAS, L .- Physician, 22 East 41st street, New York City. Born in Chatham, N. Y., June 17, 1859. Educated at Williams College ('81) and New York College of Physicians and Surgeons (M.D., '85). Lecturer on diseases of the eye and ear at the New York Polyclinic, 1888-92; now assistant surgeon Man- hattan Eye and Ear Hospital. Member Williams Col- lege Alumni Association, Medical Society of the County of New York and Society of the Alumni of St. Luke's Hospital.


FOSTER, ROGER-Lawyer, 35 Wall street, New York City; residene 69 West 55th street. Born in Worcester, Mass., April 21, 1857. Educated at Boston Latin School, Marburg (Germany) University, Yale College and Columbia Law School. (Married.) Was lecturer at Yale Law School; also tenement-house commissioner in New York City, 1894. Member Man- hattan, Twilight, Lawyers', Reform, Democratic, New York Athletic and Yale Clubs and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


FOSTER, R. F. - Editorial Writer, 168 Nassau street, New York City; residence 560 Hancock street, Brooklyn. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 31, 1853. (Married.) Connected with the New York "Sun." Sec- retary Hamilton-Foster Fog Signal Co. Member Whist and Knickerbocker Whist Clubs and I. O. O. F.


FOSTER, SCOTT-Banker, 393 Canal street, New York City; residence 332 West 72d street. Born in Newburgh, N. Y., May 19, 1837. (Married.) President and . director People's Bank. Member Union League, Colonial and Quill Clubs, Presbyterian Union, Cham- ber of Commerce, American Museum of Natural His- tory and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


FOSTER, W. EDWARD-Transfer Agent, 117 Wall street, New York City; residence 848 Prospect place, Brooklyn. Born in Thomaston, Me. (Single.) Direc- tor Storage Battery Supply Co., National Art Printing Co., Halsted Press and United States Export Co .; ac- countant American Sugar Refining Co. Member Union League, Crescent Athletic and Young Republican Clubs of Brooklyn, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sci- ences and Hackensack Golf and Oritani Field Clubs of Hackensack, N. J.


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FOSTER, WARREN W .- Judge, Criminal Court Building, and Lawyer, 10 Wall street, New York City; residence 435 East 57th street. Born in Riverhead, N. Y., July 26, 1859. Educated at Williston Seminary ('77), Williams College, Dartmouth College (A.B. '81) and Columbia College Law School ('83). (Single.) Ex-commissioner on change of grade in 23d and 24th Wards. Secretary of committees to arrange reception of U. S. S. Raleigh and Admiral Dewey, 1899; elected Judge of the Court of General Sessions, 1899; term commenced Jan. 1, 1900, and will expire Dec. 31, 1913. Executor and trustee of the estate of Charles E. Til- ford (of Park & Tilford); director Southern Light and Traction Co .; chairman 34th District Tammany Demo- cracy. Member Reform, Psi Upsilon, Wyandot and Democratic Clubs, Dartmouth Alumni Association and Suffolk County Historical and Tammany (secre- tary) Societies.


FOULKE, BAYARD FISH - Cotton Broker, 3 William street, New York City; residence 120 East 34th street. Member. Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht and Church Clubs, Society of Colonial Wars and Sons of the Revolution.


FOULKE, WILLIAM-Treasurer, 6 Bible House, New York City; residence 120 East 34th street. Treas- urer American Bible Society; trustee Home for the Relief of Destitute Blind; vestryman and treasurer St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church. Member Union, Church and Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Clubs, Sons of the Revolution and Society of Colonial Wars.


FOWLER, CHARLES A .- Retired Manufacturer, 18 East 55th street, New York City. Born in East Fishkill, N. Y., May 2, 1848. Educated at Dutchess County Academy, Poughkeepsie. (Married.) Was senior member of the firm of Fowler Brothers of Prov- idence, R. I., for twenty-one years. Member Union League Club.


FOWLER, CHARLES HENRY-Methodist Epis- copalian Bishop, 455 Franklin street, Buffalo. Born in Burford, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 11, 1837. Educated at Genesee College ('59) and Garrett Biblical Institute (D.D., '61). Degree of LL.D. from Syracuse and Wes- leyan Universities. (Married Myra A., daughter of Rev. Luke Hitchcock of Chicago. Ill., 1868.) Pastor of a church in Chicago for eleven years; president North- western University, 1872-6. Appointed by Governor of Illinois to deliver oration at Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876; elected one of the editors of the New York "Christian Advocate," 1876; elected bishop, May, 1884. Visited South America (1855) and Japan, Corea and China (1888). Organized the first Methodist Episcopal church in St. Petersburg, Russia; worked eight years on Pacific coast and established Maclay College of Theology in Southern California; also founded Nebraska Wesleyan University.


FOWLER, CHARLES N .- 56 Pine street, New York City, and Congressman, House of Representa- tives, Washington, D. C .; residence Elizabeth, N. J. Born in Lena, Ill., Nov. 21. 1852. Educated at Yale. Represents the Eighth New Jersey District in Con- gress since 1894. Member University Club, Elizabeth (N. J.) Athletic and Mattano Clubs, and Yale Alumni and Down Town Associations.


FOWLER, EDWARD PAYSON-Treasurer, 6 Har- rison street and Physcian, 38 West 48th street, New York City. Treasurer and director Genesee Salt Co. Member Union League, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Camera Clubs and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


FOWLER, EDWARD S .- Lawyer, 59 Liberty streeet, New York City; residence 447 Eighth street, Brooklyn. Member of the firm of Fowler & Wight. Member Union League and New York Press Clubs, Sons of the Revolution, Loyal Legion and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


FOWLER, FRANK-Artist and Portrait Painter, 106 West 55th street, New York City; residence Yon- kers. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y. Educated at Adelphi Academy, by private tutors and at Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France. (Widower.) Trustee Century Association. Member Architectural League, National Academy of Design and Society of American Artists.


FOWLER, FRANKLIN H .- Teacher, 435 Madison avenue, New York City; residence 335 West 55th street. Born in New York City, Feb. 19, 1841. Educated at Trinity College ('61) and Yale (M.D., '66). (Married.) Instructor in Rectory School, Hamden, Conn., 1861-5; Cheshire Academy, Conn., 1867-9; Lockwood Academy, Brooklyn, 1870-2; St. Mary's School, New York City, 1872-88; in Berkeley School since 1886. Member Trinity College Alumni Association and Society of Colonial Wars.


FOWLER, GEORGE R .- Surgeon, 301 De Kalb avenue, Brooklyn; residence 302 Washington avenue. Born in New York City, Dec. 25, 1848. Educated in Jamaica, L. I., and at Bellevue Hospital Medical Col- lege. (Married Louise R. Wells, 1873.) Served as sur- geon to 3d division of the 7th army corps during Span- ish-American war; also as chief of operating staff accompanying General Lee to Havana, where he or- ganized hospitals; honorably discharged Jan. 31, 1899. Professor of surgery in New York Polyclinic; surgeon- in-chief to Brooklyn Hospital; surgeon to the Metho- dist Episcopal Hospital. Author of many articles upon surgical subjects. Member Church, Montauk, Riding and Driving and Nassau Country Clubs.


FOWLER, HALSTEAD PARKER-Architect, 280 Broadway, New York City: residence 345 Decatur street, Brooklyn. Born February, 1854. (Married.) Member Architectural League; Fellow American In- stitute of Architects and treasurer Brooklyn Chapter of saine.


FOWLER, J. SAMUEL-Assemblyman, State Cap- itol, Albany, and Lawyer, Jamestown: residence Jamestown. Born in Harmony, N. Y., June 15, 1873. Educated at Sherman Union School, Jamestown High School ('93) and Albany Law School ('95). Represent- ing the First Chautauqua County District in the State Assembly, 1899-1900. Member of the law firm of Fow- ler & Weeks of Jamestown, where he has practiced since his admission to the Bar.


FOWLER, THOMAS POWELL-Lawyer, 56 Bea- ver street, New York City: residence 39 East 68th street. Born in Newburgh, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1851. Edu- cated at College Hill School, Poughkeepsie, and Colum- bia College Law School. (Married.) President and director New York, Ontario and Western Ry. Co., Ni- agara River Hydraulic Co. and Wharton Valley Ry. Co .; director Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ry. Co., Atlantic and Pacific R. R. Co., Santa Fe Pacific R. R. Co. and Havana Electric Ry. Co .; trustee New York Life Insurance Co. and Trust Co. of New York. Mem- ber Metropolitan, Tuxedo and Grolier Clubs, Down Town Association. Sons of the Revolution, Columbia University Alumni Association and New York Geneal- ogical and Biographical Society.


FOX, ANDREW J .- Physician, 120 Broadway. New York City: residence 73 East 54th street. Born in Natchez, Miss., Nov. 14, 1856. Educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and Jefferson College. Miss. (Married.) Was physician in State Emigrant Hospital for five years. Now on medical staff of Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. Member Law- yers' Club and American Geographical Society.


FOX. AUSTEN G .- Lawyer, 45 Wall street, New York City; residence 45 West 33d street. Member Har- ward, University, Players' and Nineteenth Century Clubs, American Geographical and St. Nicholas So- cieties, Century and Down Town Associations, Metro- politan Museum of Art, Zeta Psi Fraternity and Asso- ciation of the Bar of the City of New York.


FOX. CHARLES-Lawyer, 3 Broad street, New York City; residence 693 Greene avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Danvers, Mass., Feb. 28, 1854. Educated in public schools. (Married.) Member of the firm of Marbury & Fox. Member Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


FOX, FREDERICK PAUL-Passenger Agent, 287 Main street, Buffalo; residence 331 Franklin street. Born in New London, Ohio, July 25, 1859. Educated at Pennsylvania Military College. (Single.) Division passenger agent Delaware, Lackawanna and Western R. R. Co. Member Ellicott, Acacia and Transporta- tion Clubs, Country and Pine Cliff Clubs of Elmira, City Club of Corning. Elmira Athletic Association, Ivy Lodge F. & A. M. and Sons of the Revolution.


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FOX, GEORGE HENRY-Physician, 18 East 31st street, New York City. Born in Ballston Spa, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1846. Educated at University of Rochester, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania and in Europe. (Married.) Professor of diseases of the skin at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University; president of the New York State Medical Society. Member University, Psi Upsilon, Barnard and Camera Clubs.


FOX, JOSEPH-Banker, 501 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence 127 East 79th street. (Married.) President and director Columbia Bank. Member Transportation Club.


FOX, REUBEN L .- Captain, 226 State street, Al- bany; residence Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York City, and Oneonta. Member Knickerbocker Athletic and Republican Clubs of New York City and Oneonta Club.


FOX, THOMAS FRANCIS-Teacher, 163d street and Broadway, New York City; residence 545 West 157th street. Born in New York City, Nov. 16, 1860. Educated in public schools, in academic department of New York Institute for the Deaf and at Gallaudet College. (Married.) Senior assistant to the principal and professor of English in the New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb; librarian and curator of museum in same institution; president National Association of the Deaf; secretary American committee to International Congress of Deaf in Paris, August, 1900. Member University Athletic and Xi Phi Sigma Clubs, Gallaudet Alumni Association and American Instructors of the Deaf.


FOYE, ANDREW J. C .- President, 11 Broadway, New York City; residence 163 West 79th street. Born in Northumberland County, Pa., Dec. 23, 1833. Edu- cated in Mt. Gilead (Ohio) schools. (Married Kather- ine Sophia House, 1862.) President Standard Graphite Co .; vice-president Ohio Society. Member American Geographical Society, Colonial, Patria and Twilight Clubs, Sons of the American Revolution, Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade and Transportation.


FRAENCKEL, RICHARD H. - Merchant, 19 Greene street, New York City; residence 55 West 69th street. Born and educated in Germany. (Married.) Member Merchants', Central and German Clubs.


FRAENKEL, JOSEPH-Physician and Instructor, 46 East 75th street, New York City. Degree of M.D. Clinical instructor in diseases of the nervous system, Cornell University Medical College, New York City.


FRAGNER, A. M. - Lawyer, 350 Fulton street, Brooklyn; residence 16 Park place. Born in Worcester, Mass., April 4, 1871. Educated in public and high schools of Brooklyn and at Cornell University and New York Law School. (Single.) Is a partner of Con- gressman Mitchell May, under the firm name of May & Fragner. Member Cornell, Washington, Reform, National Civic, Unity and Country Clubs, Democratic Organization of Kings County, Troop "C," N. G. N. Y., and Masonic orders.


FRALEY, JOHN URBAN-Dry Goods Merchant, 65 Worth street, New York City; residence 962 Madison avenue. Member Union League, Merchants', Adiron- dack League and New York Yacht Clubs and Sons of the American Revolution.


FRANCIS, ARTHUR WHEELER-Real Estate, 353 Fifth avenue, New York City; residence 108 East 38th street. Member of the firm of Francis & Wilson. Member University, Alpha Delta Phi, New York Yacht and Mendelssohn Glee Clubs and Williams College Alumni Association.


FRANCIS, AUGUSTUS T .- Jewelry, 1126 Broad- way, New York City; residence Borough Park. Born In New York City. Educated at Friends Institute. (Widower.) Incorporator Mercantile Library Associa- tion; colonel N. G. N. Y. Member Historical Society, Royal Arcanum, Lafayette Post G. A. R. and Kane Lodge No. 454 F. & A. M.


FRANCIS, CHARLES S .- Publisher, Times Build- ing, Troy; residence 191 Second street. Born in Troy, June 17, 1853. Educated at Troy Academy and Cornell University ('76). (Married.) Proprietor and publisher Troy "Times." Vice-president Society for Preserva-


tion of Scenic and Historic Places and Objects of New York State; director United National Bank of Troy; trustee Cornell University. Member Cornell Univer- sity Club of New York City and Riverside, Pafraets Dael and Troy Clubs.


FRANCIS, CHESTER E .- Merchant, Carthage. Born in Champion, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1836. Educated in Watertown. (Married.) President Carthage Loan and Building Association; director Carthage National Bank; trustee First Methodist Episcopal Church.


FRANCIS, CLARENCE W. - Lawyer, 31 Pine street, New York City; residence 244 West 73d street. Born in New York City, Aug. 4, 1856. Educated in private schools and at Columbia College. (Married.) Deputy Attorney-General of the State of New York. Member Lawyers', Republican and West Side Repub- lican Clubs, Society of Medical Jurisprudence and Co- lumbia University Alumni and West End Associa- tions.


FRANCIS, DANIEL JAMES-Marble and Granite Merchant, 122 West Onondaga street, Syracuse; resi- dence 422 West Onondaga street. Born in Utica, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1845. Educated in Utica and Troy. (Married.) Member of the firm of Francis & Co. President the Boys' Evening Home Association (inc. 1898). Member Citizens' and Lakeside Yacht and Boat Clubs, Order of Founders and Patriots of America, Sons of the American Revolution, Onondaga Historical Associa- tion and Genealogical Society of Central New York.


FRANCIS, LEWIS-Clergyman, 143 Noble street, Brooklyn. Born in Vermont. Educated at University of Vermont and Andover Theological Seminary. (Mar- ried.) Pastor Kent Street Reformed Church. Mem- ber New England Society, Patria Club and Sons of Vermont.


FRANCKE, ALBERT-Broker, 50 Exchange place, New York City; residence Lawrence, L. I. Educated at Yale. Member of the firm of L. H. & A. Francke, members of the New York Stock Exchange. Member St. Anthony, University Athletic and Rockaway Hunt Clubs and Yale Alumni Association.


FRANCKE, EDWARD J .- Sugar Merchant, 101 Wall street, New York City; residence Lawrence, L. I. Educated at Yale. Member of the firm of Francke, Hijos & Co. Member University, University Athletic and Rockaway Hunt Clubs and Yale Alumni Associa- tion.


FRANCKE, LEOPOLD H .- Broker, 50 Exchange place, New York City; residence Lawrence, L. I. Edu- cated at Yale. Member of the firm of L. H. & A. Francke and of the New York Stock Exchange. Mem- ber University Athletic, Rockaway Hunt and Univer- sity Clubs and Yale Alumni Association.


FRANCKE, RICHARD THOMAS-Sugar Mer- chant, 101 Wall street, New York City; residence Law- rence, L. I. Educated at Yale. Member of the firm of Francke, Hijos & Co. Member University, Racquet and Tennis, and Rockaway Hunt Clubs and Yale Alumni Association.


FRANCKLYN, CHARLES G .- Stocks, 17 William street, New York City; residence 15 Washington Square, North. Member Knickerbocker, Union, Tux- edo, Coney Island Jockey and New York Yacht Clubs and American Institute of Mining Engineers.


FRANK, ISAAC-Railway and Steamship Ticket Broker, 347 Broadway, New York City; residence 787 West End avenue. Born in Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1858. Educated in Syracuse. (Married.) Ex-president American Ticket Brokers' Association; ex-president and present treasurer West End Club.


FRANK, JULIUS J .- Lawyer, 29 Pine street, New York City; residence 138 West 78th street. Born in New York City, March 3, 1852. Connected with the Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Montefiore Home for Incurables, Edu- cational Alliance and Jewish Publication Society of America. Member Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Reform Club, Society of Ethical Cul- ture, Young Men's Hebrew Association, Freundschaft Verein, Masonic Order and Independent Order B'nai B'rith.


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FRANKENHEIMER, JOHN-Lawyer, 20 Broad street, New York City; residence 139 West 81st street. Born in New York City, July 15, 1853. Educated at Cornell University and Columbia Law School. (Mar- ried.) Member of the firm of Kurzman & Franken- heimer. Trustee Society for Ethical Culture; member of executive committee Citizens' Union. Member Re- form, Cornell and Harmonie Clubs and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


FRANKLAND, FREDERICK WILLIAM-Insur- ance, 346 Broadway, New York City; residence 700 West End avenue. Born in Manchester, England, April 18, 1854. (Son of Sir Edward Frankland.) Edu- cated at University of London. (Married Miriam Sy- mons of New Zealand, 1879.) In New Zealand civil service, 1876-91. Associate actuary of the New York Life Insurance Co. since 1893. Fellow Institute of Ac- tuaries of Great Britain and Ireland, Actuarial So- ciety of America, American Mathematical Society and American Association for the Advancement of Science.


FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN-Lawyer, 38 Park row. New York City; residence 232 East 124th street. Born in New York City, Sept. 8, 1862. Educated in New York City public schools and at New York University Law School. (Married.) Counsel and director West- chester Building and Loan Association; counsel to Inter-State Law Collection Agency. Life member New York Free Circulating Library; member State Bar As- sociation and of numerous fraternal, political and so- cial organizations.


FRANKLIN. BENJAMIN W .- Lawyer, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence 54 Harrison street, East Orange, N. J. (Married.) President and direc- tor International Traction Co .; vice-president and di- rector Interstate Casualty Co. Member Alpha Delta Phi Club and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


FRANKLIN, EDWARD M .- Insurance, 346 Broad- way, New York City; residence 62 Sanford avenue, Flushing, L. I. Born in New York City, May 26, 1853. Educated at Flushing Institute and Riverview Mili- tary Academy, Poughkeepsie. (Married.) Head book- keeper for New York Life Insurance Co. Member Men- delssohn Glee and Reform Clubs, St. Nicholas Society and Musurgia of New York.


FRANKLIN, RUFORD-Lawyer, 45 Broadway, New York City; residence Summit, N. J. Member Bal- tusrol Golf and Calumet Clubs, Zeta Psi Fraternity, Columbia University Alumni Association and Asso- ciation of the Bar of the City of New York.


FRANZEN, AUGUSTUS - Portrait Painter. 7 West 30th street. New York City. Born in Sweden. Educated in Paris. (Single.) Member Players' and National Arts Clubs and Society of American Artists.


FRASER, ALEXANDER HUGH ROSS-Librar- ian, Cornell University, Ithaca; residence Boardman Hall. Librarian of the law library at Cornell Univer- sity.


FRASER, ALEXANDER W .- Lawyer, 41 Wall street, New York City; residence 67 West 49th street. Born in New York City, Feb. 15, 1846. Educated at Columbia College, New York University ('70) and New York University Law School ('71). (Married.) Mem- ber Delta Phi Club and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


FRASER, ALFRED-Merchant, 50 Wall street, New York City; residence 124 Pierrepont street, Brook- lyn. Member Marine and Field and Hamilton Clubs of Brooklyn, Long Island Historical and American Geographical Societies, Down Town Association, American Museum of Natural History and Metropoli- tan Museum of Art.


FRASER, HORATIO N .- Merchant, 262 Fifth ave- nue, New York City; residence 335 West 86th street. Born in Providence, R. I., Nov. 30, 1851. Educated at Davenport High School and Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. (Married.) Senior member of the firm of Fraser & Co. President and director Fraser Tablet Triturate Mf'g Co. Member Union League, Lotos, American Yacht, National Arts and Chemical Clubs, Montauk and Manufacturers' Clubs of Brooklyn, Al-


dine Association, Chamber of Commerce, New Eng- land, American Geographical, Historical and Micro- scopical Societies and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


FRAYER, EUGENE-Lawyer, 141 Broadway, New York City; residence 323 West 104th street. Born in Huron County, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1851. Educated at Oberlin College, Cornell University and Columbia Law School. (Married.) Member of the firm of Frayer, Smith, White & Seaman. Member Reform, Cornell University and Colonial Clubs, Phi Beta Kappa So- ciety and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


FRAZAR, EVERETT-Merchant, 63 Wall street, New York City; residence Orange, N. J. Born in Dux- bury, Mass., Oct. 4, 1834. (Married.) Senior member of the firm of Frazar & Co. of Japan. Consul-general for Korea. President New Jersey Postal Telegraph Co., Music Hall Association of Orange, American Asiatic Association and board of trustees of the First Presbyterian Church; director Atlantic Mutual Insur- ance Co., Harvey Steel Co., Sims-Dudley Defence Co .. Christian College in Canton, and International Insti- tute in Peking, China. Member New England Society of Orange, Chamber of Commerce, American Geo- graphical Society and Down Town Association.


FRAZEE, WILLIAM C .- Insurance, 66 Broadway, New York City; residence Red Bank, N. J. Born in New York City, July 9, 1839. Educated at Mount Washington Collegiate Institute. (Married.) Secre- tary Manhattan Life Insurance Co. Member New York Athletic Club, American Museum of Natural His- tory and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


FRAZER, ALEXANDER W .- Lawyer, 41 Wall street, New York City; residence 67 West 49th street. Born in New York City, Feb. 15, 1846. Educated at Co- lumbia College, New York University ('70) and New York University Law School ('71). (Married.) Mem- ber Delta Phi Club and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


FRAZER, ALFRED-Merchant, 50 Wall street, New York City; residence 124 Pierrepont street, Brook- lyn. Member Marine and Field and Hamilton Clubs of Brooklyn, Long Island Historical and American Geographical Societies, Down Town Association, Met- ropolitan Museum of Art and American Museum of Natural History.


FREEDMAN, ANDREW-President, 142 Broad- way, New York City; residence 617 Fifth avenue. Born in New York City, 1860. Educated at Grammar School No. 35 and City College. (Single.) Was re- ceiver of Manhattan Athletic Club, Lincoln Fire In- surance Co. and Hammerstein's Olympia; also treas- urer of the Democratic campaign of 1897. Now presi- dent and director National Exhibition Co .; vice-presi- dent and director United States Fidelity and Guaran- tee Co .; treasurer Idaho Exploration and Copper Co .; director Maryland Casualty Co. Member Lawyers', Suburban Riding and Driving, Democratic, Coney Island Jockey, Ridean Fishing and American Jockey Clubs, Union Club of St. Johns, N. B., National Horse Show Association, Tammany Society, American So- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Met- ropolitan Museum of Art and others.


FREEDMAN, JOHN JOSEPH- Supreme Court Justice, County Court House, New York City; resi- dence 120 West 125th street. Born in Nuremberg, Ger- many, Oct. 7, 1835. Educated in Germany; came to the United States at the age of sixteen; studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1860. Judge of the Su- perior Court, 1869-96; Supreme Court Justice since 1896; present term expires Dec. 31. 1904. Member Man- hattan and Riding Clubs, American Geographical So- ciety, Association of the Bar of the City of New York and Liederkranz.




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