Biographical directory of the state of New York, 1900, Part 6

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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BABBOTT, FRANK L .- Manufacturer, 316 Broad- way, New York City; residence 149 Lincoln place, Brooklyn. Treasurer and director Chelsea Jute Mills; director Atlantic Avenue Elevated R. R. Co., Long Island Ry. Co. and New York and Rockaway Beach R. R. Co .; trustee Long Island Loan and Trust Co. Member Grolier, Hardware and Alpha Delta Phi Clubs, Montauk Club of Brooklyn, and Amherst Alumni and Century Associations.


BABCOCK, CHARLES-Emeritus Professor, Cor- nell University, Ithaca; residence Sage avenue. De- grees of A.M. and D.D. Emeritus professor of archi- tecture at Cornell University.


BABCOCK, GEORGE H .- Treasurer, Watertown; residence 21 Mullin street. Born in Watertown, Oct. 25, 1851. Educated in Watertown. (Married.) Treas- urer H. H. Babcock Co .; trustee Watertown Savings Bank; president Union Club, and City Hospital of Watertown.


BABCOCK, HENRY DENISON - Banker and Broker, 17 Broad street, New York City; residence 21 West 49th street. Educated at Columbia College. Member of the firm of Hollister & Babcock. Member Metropolitan, University, Union League, Riding, Rockaway Hunting and New York Yacht Clubs, Down Town Association, New England Society, Chamber of Commerce, Sons of the Revolution, Military Order of Foreign Wars, and Columbia University Alumni Asso- ciation.


BABCOCK, ISAAC H .- Banker, Lockport. Born in Albany County, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1830. Educated at Wilson Collegiate Institute. (Married.) Member of Assembly, 1872-3. President Farmers' and Mechanics' Savings Bank, and treasurer American District Steam Co.


BABCOCK, JARED S .- Publisher and Stationer, 56 Pine street, New York City; residence 2083 Fifth avenue. Born in Newark, N. J., May 2, 1838. Edu- cated at College of the City of New York ('57). (Married.) Member Harlem Club, Martha's Vineyard Roque Club, and Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.


BABCOCK, PAUL-President, 26 Broadway, New York City; residence Montclair, N. J. Born in New York, 1841. Educated in New York City. (Married.) President and director Liebig Mf'g Co .; director Stand- ard Oil Co. of New Jersey, and British Columbia Cop- per Co. Member Atlantic Yacht and Montclair Clubs, and New England Society.


BABCOCK, SAMUEL D .- President, 32 Nassau street, New York City; residence 636 Fifth avenue. President and director New York Real Estate, Central Real Estate, Colonial Real Estate and Manhattan Real Estate Associations, and International Bell Tele- phone Co .; director American Exchange National Bank, Bank of New Amsterdam, Central Trust Co., City and Suburban Homes Co., Continental Insurance Co., Fifth Avenue Trust Co., Harlem Railroad Co., Guaranty Trust Co., Mf'g Investment Co., Metropoli- tan Opera and Real Estate Co., National Union Bank, Navesink Park Co., New York Central and Hudson River R. R. Co., Providence and Stonington S. S. Co., Popular Photograph Co., United States Lloyds,


and United States Mortgage and Trust Co .; trustee Mutual Life Insurance Co. President and director Down Town Association. Member Metropolitan, Man- hattan, Union, Country, Church, Suburban Riding and Driving, Turf and Field, and New York Yacht Clubs, Century Association, New England, American Fine Arts and American Geographical Societies, Na- tional Academy of Design, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and American Museum of Natural History.


BACH, ROBERT B .- Lawyer, 371 Fulton street, Brooklyn; residence Ocean avenue. Born in Brooklyn, July 15, 1851. Educated at College of the City of New York and University Law School. (Mar- ried.) Member Marine and Field, Brooklyn, and Cres- cent Athletic Clubs.


BACHE, ERNEST E .- Lawyer, 156 Broadway, New York City; residence 877 Trinity avenue. Born in New York City, Jan. 11, 1873. Educated in public schools and at University Law School (L.L.B., '93). (Married.)


BACHE, JULES S .- Banker, 66 Exchange place, New York City; residence 8 West 67th street. Born in New York City,. Nov. 9, 1861. Educated at Char- lier's Institute. (Married.) Senior member of the firm of J. S. Bache & Co., members New York Stock Exchange. President Electric Traction Co. of Chica- go; vice-president Central Traction Co. of St. Louis; director New Amsterdam Casualty Co. and American Union Life Insurance Co .; receiver and chairman of the board Detroit and Lima Northern Railway Co. Member New York, Suburban Riding and Driving, Transportation and Lawyers' Clubs, and Liederkranz.


BACHELLER, IRVING-Journalist, 63 Park row, New York City; residence 320 St. Nicholas avenue. Born in Pierrepont, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1859. Was con- nected with the New York "Press" for several years; now one of the editors of the New York "World." Author of "The Master of Silence," "The Still House of O'Darrow," and numerous other tales and poems.


BACHEM, CONRAD H .- Banker and Broker, 20 Broad street, New York City; residence 180 West 88th street. Educated at Seton Hall College, South Orange, N. J. (Married.) Member of the firm of C. H. Bachem & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange. Finan- cial agent for several estates. Member Catholic Club.


BACKUS, BRADY ELECTUS-Protestant Episco- palian Clergyman, 360 West 28th street, New York City. Born in Troy, N. Y., March 24, 1839. Educated at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., and at the (Epis- copal) General Theological Seminary, New York City (D.D.). (Married.) Rector Church of the Holy Apos- tles since 1876. Member New England, New York Bible and Church Prayer Book and Psi Upsilon So- cieties, Society of Mayflower Descendants, Society of Colonial Wars, Society of the War of 1812, Sons of the Revolution, Washington Guard and Trinity College Alumni and Churchman's Associations.


BACKUS, FOSTER L .- Lawyer, 16 Court street, Brooklyn; residence 13 Lincoln road. Born in Russell, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Oct. 6, 1849. Educated at St. Lawrence University, Canton. (Married.) Ex-district- attorney of Kings County. Trustee St. Lawrence Uni- versity. Member Marine and Field, and Parkway Driving Clubs, L. A. W. and Royal Arcanum.


BACKUS, HENRY CLINTON-Lawyer, 71 Broad- way, New York City; residence 489 West 22d street. Born in Utica, N. Y., May 31, 1848. (Married.) Mem- ber Bar Association of the City of New York, Dwight Alumni and New York State Bar Associations, Repub- lican and Harvard Clubs, American Numismatic and Archaeological Society, American Academy of Politi- cal and Social Science, and Biographical Society of America; Fellow American Geographical Society, and honorary member Railway Conductors' Club of North America.


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BACKUS, J. BAYARD-Lawyer, 45 Broadway, New York City; residence 107 West 48th street. Born in Schenectady, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1853. Educated at Union College. Member Union College Alumni Asso- ciation. American Geographical and New England Societies, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Society of Colonial Wars, and Society of Mayflower Descendants.


BACKUS, TRUMAN JAY-President, Packer Col- legiate Institute, Brooklyn; residence 57 Livingston street. Born in Milan, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1842. Educated at University of Rochester (A.B., '64, A.M., '67, and LL.D., '83.) (Married.) Civil service commissioner of Brooklyn, 1894-7; was also identified with the State civil service system. Is one of the managers of the Long Island State Hospital. Author of "Great Eng- lish Writers," "Outlines of English Literature" and re- viser of Shaw's "History of English Literature." Member Alpha Delta Phi and Hamilton Clubs, Roches- ter University Alumni and Century Associations, and Phi Beta Kappa Society.


BACON, ALEXANDER S. - Lawyer, 34 Wall street, New York City; residence 297 Vanderbilt ave- nue, Brooklyn. Born in Jackson, Mich., Nov. 20, 1853. Educated at West Point Military Academy. (Mar- ried.) Vice-president Webster Piano Co .; director Henning Piano Co .; treasurer Harbor and Suburban Savings and Loan Association and American Sabbath Union. Member of the firm of M. E. Allen & Co. (lum- ber), and connected with the Magnolia Metal Mfg Co. Member Union League Club of Brooklyn, and Kismet Shrine.


BACON, DANIEL-Broker, 66 Broadway, New York City; residence 151 West 57th street. Connected with the firm of John Wallace & Co. Member New York Stock Exchange and of the Riding and New York Athletic Clubs, and New England Society.


BACON, DANIEL-Shipping, Produce Exchange, New York City; residence 267 Fifth avenue. Member Union League, Calumet, Country, Larchmont Yacht and Ardsley Clubs.


BACON, EDWARD R .- Lawyer and President, 2 Wall street, New York City; residence 247 Fifth ave- nue. Born in New York City, Nov. 22, 1846. Edu- cated in Exeter, N. H. (Single.) Director Baltimore and Ohio R. R. Co., Consolidated Coal Co., Farmers' Loan and Trust Co., West Virginia and Pittsburg R. R. Co., and Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific R. R. Co. Member Metropolitan, Union, Manhattan, Law- yers', Tuxedo, and Racquet and Tennis Clubs, Asso- ciation of the Bar of the City of New York, and Down Town Association.


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BACON, FRANCIS-Piano Manufacturer, 302 Mott avenue, New York City; residence Bronxville. Born in New York City, Jan. 31, 1831. (Married.) Member Society of Mayflower Descendants, New England So- ciety, and 7th Regiment Veteran Association.


BACON, FRANCIS McNEIL-Commission Mer- chant in Woolens, 92 Franklin street, New York City; residence 22 West 10th street. Born in Dorchester, Mass., 1836. Educated in Boston. (Married.) Member of the firm of Bacon & Co. Trustee Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co .; director National City Bank. Member Union League, Union, Players', Merchants' and Church Clubs, Century Association, National Acad- emy of Design, Sons of the American Revolution, and American Geographical and New England Societies.


BACON, FRANCIS McNEIL, JR. - Commission Merchant in Woolens, 92 Franklin street, New York City: residence 135 East 39th street. Born in Brook- lyn. N. Y .. April 10, 1864. Educated at Harvard. (Mar- ried.) Member of the firm of Bacon & Co. Member Knickerbocker and Harvard Clubs.


BACON, GORHAM-Physician and Professor, 47 West 54th street, New York City. Degrees of A.B. and M.D. Professor of otology in Cornell University Medi- cal College; aural surgeon to New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. Member University, Seawanhaka-Corin- thian Yacht and Metropolitan Clubs, New England So- ciety, Century Association and Sons of the Revolution.


BACON, JAMES F. - Commission Merchant in Woolens, 92 Franklin street, New York City; resi- dence 22 West 10th street. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 9, 1867. Educated at Columbia College. (Single.)


Member of the firm of Bacon & Co. Member St. An- thony and Knickerbocker Clubs, and Columbia Uni- versity Alumni Association.


BACON, JOSEPH M .- Coal Merchant, 1178 Fulton street, Brooklyn; residence 614 St. Marks avenue. Born in New York City, Feb. 11, 1858. Educated at public school and University of the City of New York. (Married.) Member Union League Club of Brooklyn, Acanthus Lodge F. & A. M., and Lefferts Council No. 1452, Royal Arcanum.


BACON, LATHROP R .- Broker, 8 Broad street, New York City; residence Tarrytown. Born in New York State. Vice-president and director Columbus and Northwestern R. R. Co .; vice-president San Juan and Rio Piedras R. R. Co., Puerto Rico; director Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City R. R. Co. Member New York Stock Exchange. Member Union League Club, American Geographical Society, and Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on-Hudson.


BACON, LELAND CAREY-Treasurer, 28 Union square, New York City; residence Mt. Vernon. Born in Central Moreland, Wyoming Co., Pa., 1862. Edu- cated in New York City, at Cooper Union, and United States Medical College. (Married Carrie Beatrice Camp, 1889.) United States Consul at Samana, San Domingo, 1882-3. Treasurer Pan-American Sewing Machine Co .; director Pelham Park and City Island Street Railways.


BACON, ROBERT-Banker, 23 Wall street, New York City; residence 1 Park avenue. Director Na- tional City Bank, New England R. R. Co., and North- ern Pacific Ry. Co. Member Racquet, Tuxedo and Riding Clubs, and New England Society.


BACON, SELDEN-Lawyer, 154 Nassau street, New York City; residence 393 West End avenue. Born in New Haven, Conn., Sept. 28, 1861. Educated at Yale, Carleton College and University of Wisconsin Law Department. (Married.) Member of the firm of Sackett, Bacon & McQuaid. Trustee American Arch- aeological Institute. Member Yale and Hardware Clubs, American Geographical Society, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and American Bar Association.


BACON, STEPHEN H .- Stock Broker, 66 Broad- way, New York City; residence 369 Washington ave- nue, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, Nov. 30, 1849. Edu- cated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. (Single.) Member Excelsior and Polytechnic Clubs, New Eng- land Society and Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sci- ences.


BACON, WILLIAM POST HAWES, Piano Manu- facturer, 302 Mott avenue, New York City; residence Bronxville. Born in New York City," March 14, 1864. Educated at New York University. (Single.) With the firm of Francis Bacon. Member Psi Upsilon Club, 7th Regiment Veteran Association, Society of May- flower Descendants, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sons of the Revolution.


BADGER, WILLIAM W .- Lawyer, 176 Broadway, New York City; residence 326 West 85th street. Mem- ber Sons of the Revolution, Society of Medical Juris- prudence, and Lafayette Post, G. A. R.


BADGLEY, CHARLES-Banker and Broker, 18 Wall street, New York City; residence 303 West 78th street. Born in Albany, N. Y., Feb. 5, 1851. Educated at Bonn. Germany. Member of the firm of Floyd- Jones & Robison, members New York Stock Exchange. Member New York Athletic, Barnard, Coney Island Jockey and Turf and Field Clubs.


BAGBY, ALBERT MORRIS-Author and Musi- cian, 18 West 34th street, New York City; residence 21 West 31st street. Born in Rushville, Ill., April 20, 1850. Educated in Berlin, and in Weimar, Germany, under musical instruction of Franz Liszt. Author of "Miss Traumerei," and magazine articles. Member Calumet and Manuscript Clubs.


BAGG, LYMAN HOTCHKISS-Author and Jour- nalist, 107 Waverley place, New York City. Born in West Springfield, Mass., Dec. 24, 1846. (Son of Richard and Susan [Atwater] Bagg.) Educated at Williston Seminary ('65) and at Yale ('69). (Single.) Has re- sided on Washington square continuously since 1876. Wrote. weekly "College Chronicle" for New York


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"World," 1876-82. Managed the Harvard-Yale boat races at New London, Conn., 1878-83. Librarian of the University Club from March 20, 1889, to April 30, 1900. Author of "Four Years at Yale, by a Graduate of '69" (1871), "Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle, by Karl Kron" (1887), "Carl, the Best of Bulldogs" and "Castle Solitude in the Metropolis" (1888). Is now engaged in compiling a genealogy of the descendants of John Bagg and Hannah Burt, who were married in Spring- field, Mass., Dec. 24, 1657.


BAGG, S. F .- Manufacturer, Watertown. Born in Utica, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1848. Educated at Hamilton College. (Married.) President and treasurer of vari- ous manufacturing companies. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Reform Club.


BAILEY, ELIJAH PRENTISS-Editor, Observer Building, Utica; residence 336 Genesee street. Born in Manlius, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1834. Educated in common and Latin grammar schools in Utica. (LL.D. St. John's College, Fordham; A.M. Colgate University.) (Married Julia S. Wetherby in 1857, who died in 1860; second, Hannah Chapman, in 1868.) Postmaster of Utica, 1887-91; president New York State Civil Service Commission, 1892-5; again postmaster from 1896 to present time. Editor Utica "Observer," with which he has been connected forty-six years. President E. P. Bailey & Co. (inc.); acting president Carlton Island Club. Member Fort Schuyler Club, Oneida Historical Society, Faxton Lodge F. & A. M., Yah-nun-da-sis Lodge Scottish Rite Masons, and Utica Mechanics' Association.


BAILEY, FRANK-Vice-President, 175 Remsen street, Brooklyn; residence 338 Clinton avenue. Born in Chatham, N. Y. Educated at Union College. (Mar- ried.) Vice-president and director Title Guarantee and Trust Co .; treasurer Montauk Theatre Co .; sec- retary Bond and Mortgage Guarantee Co .; director Nassau National Bank and Manufacturerers' Trust Co. Member Marine and Field, Brooklyn, Long Island Country, Adirondack League and Riding and Driving Clubs, Union College Alumni Association (president), and Sons of the Revolution.


BAILEY, FREDERICK D .- Physician, 260 Han- cock street, Brooklyn. Born in Sidney, Delaware Co., N. Y., Sept. 28, 1860. Educated in Norwich and at Bainbridge Academy. (Married.) Member of staff of Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital. Member Long Island Medical, Brooklyn Medical, Kings County Medical and New York State Medical Societies, Union League Club, and Physicians' Mutual Aid Association.


BAILEY, JAMES H .- President, 11 Broadway, New York City; residence 123 West 44th street. Born in DeWitt, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1846. Educated at Academy in Fayetteville, N . Y. (Married.) President and direc- tor Manhattan General Construction Co .; vice-presi- dent and director "Railroad Gazette"; director Elec- tric Arc Light Co. Member Engineers', Army and Navy, National Arts, Press and New York Railroad Clubs, Laurentian Club of Canada, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Grand Army of the Republic, and American Geographical, Albany, and National Sculp- ture Societies.


BAILEY, JOHN M .- Lawyer, 61 State street, Albany; residence 118 Lancaster street. Born in Beth- lehem, N. Y., Aug. 24, 1838. Educated at Union Col- lege, and Albany Law School. (Married.) Senior member of the firm of Bailey & Dugan; director First National Bank, and trustee Albany County Savings Bank. Was district attorney Albany County, collector of internal revenue, United States Consul, Hamburg, Germany, and member of Congress. Member Fort Orange Club and Albany Historical Society.


BAILEY, J. TROWBRIDGE-Mining Engineer, 141 Broadway, New York City; residence 13 Stuyvesant place, St. George, S. I. Born in Newport, R. I .. June 15, 1860. (Married.) Member Rittenhouse and Phila- delphia Clubs of' Philadelphia, Sons of the Revolution, Colonial Society, and Society of the War of 1812.


BAILEY, LIBERTY HYDE-Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca; residence 3 East avenue. Degree of M.S. Professor of general and experimental horti- culture at Cornell University.


BAILEY, PEARCE-Physician, 4 West 50th street, New York City. Born in New York City, July 12, 1865. Educated at Princeton (A.M .. '86), and New York Col-


lege of Physicians and Surgeons ('89). (Married Edith Lawrence Black.) Author of "Accident and Injury, Their Relation to Disease," and various pamphlets on medical subjects. Consulting neurologist St Luke's, Orthopaedic and Babies' Hospitals. Member Univer- sity and Princeton Clubs, and Ardsley Casino of Ards- ley-on-Hudson.


BAILEY, WILLIAM H .- Agent, 20 Gold street, New York City; residence 913 Seventh avenue. Born in Boston, Mass., 1834. Educated at English High School, Boston. (Single.) Agent American Tube Works; director Edison Electric Illuminating Co., Equitable Gas and Electric Lighting Co. of Utica, and Nassau Electric R. R. Co. of Brooklyn. Member Union League, New York Yacht and Engineers' Clubs, Cuttyhunk Island Club (Buzzard's Bay, Mass.), Down Town Association, New England Society, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, National Academy of Design, and American Society of Naval Engineers.


BAIN, FERDINAND, R .- Real Estate and Insur- ance, 42 Market street, Poughkeepsie; residence 135 Academy street. Born in Chatham, N. Y., May 3, 1861. Educated in Poughkeepsie. (Married.) Has been alderman, supervisor and assessor. Ex-president Poughkeepsie R. R. Co., and ex-secretary Dutchess County Agricultural Society. Director Farmers' and Manufacturers' Bank and Poughkeepsie Gas Co .; sec- ond vice-president Dutchess County Agricultural So- ciety, Member Amrita Club, Masonic order, and Re- publican Club of New York City.


BAINBRIDGE, H. C .- Paper Goods, 12 Cumber- land street, Brooklyn; residence 26 Cambridge place. Born in Brooklyn, Jan. 4, 1854. Educated at Brooklyn Public School No. 11. (Married.) With the firm of Charles T. Bainbridge Sons; president Stationers' Board of Trade. Member Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, and Royal Arcanum.


BAINBRIDGE, RICHARD WARREN - Paper Goods, 12 Cumberland street, Brooklyn; residence 1405 Dean street. Born in Brooklyn, June 23, 1856. Edu- cated in Brooklyn common schools. (Married.) With the firm of Charles T. Bainbridge Sons. Director Manhattan Association of New York, and Associated Manufacturers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Member Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, Penataquit-Corin- thian Yacht Club, and Manufacturers' Association of New York.


BAIRD, FRANK B .- Iron manufacturer, 1000 Elli- cott square, Buffalo. Born in Marietta, Ohio. Nov. 24. 1852. (Son of the late Samuel Baird, Ohio iron manu- facturer.) Educated in Zanesville and at Ohio Wes- leyan University. (Single.) Was prominent in devel- opment of the Hocking Valley (Ohio) iron region. President Union Iron Works of Buffalo, Buffalo Char- coal Iron Co., and Emporium Furnace Co .; vice-presi- dent Old Sterling Iron Co., and Ishpeming Mining Co .; director Pan-American Exposition Co., City National Bank, Elmira Steel Co., and other iron companies. Member Buffalo and Ellicott Clubs, and Atlantic Yacht Club of New York City.


BAIRD, HENRY MARTYN, JR .- Lawyer, 111 Broadway, New York City; residence 63 High street, Yonkers. Member Psi Upsilon Club, University of New York Alumni Association, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


BAIRD, JOHN S .- Stock Broker, 66 Broadway, New York City; residence 137 West 85th street. Edu- cated at Princeton. Member of the firm of Wilcox & Co., members New York Stock Exchange. Member Princeton, New York Athletic and Colonial Clubs.


BAKER, ALFRED J .- Lawyer, 30 Broad street, New York City; residence 2141 Fifth avenue. Born in New York City, Sept. 13, 1849. Educated by private tutor, and at Columbia Law School ('74). (Single.) Member Democratic, Sagamore and Jockey Clubs, and Sagamore Lodge No. 371, F. & A. M.


BAKER, CHARLES DUANE-Lawyer, 220 Broad- way, New York City; residence 225 West 135th street. Born in Steuben County, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1844. Edu- cated at Oberlin College and Cornell University. (Mar- ried.) Member Cornell, Delta Upsilon and Harlem Republican Clubs, and the Biographical Society ( f America.


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BAKER, CHARLES H .- Merchant, 26 Broadway,' New York City; residence Montclair, N. J. Born in Detroit, Mich., April 19, 1860. Educated in Detroit public schools, and at Amherst College. (Married.) Cashier American Agricultural Chemical Co. Member Amherst College Alumni Association.


BAKER, D. HINSDELL-General Insurance, 136 South Salina street, Syracuse; residence 509 Montgom- ery street. Born in Lafayette, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1852. Educated at Oberlin, Ohio. (Married.) Connected with the firm of Baker & Knapp. Member Citizens' Club.


BAKER, ELWOOD T .- Accountant, County Treas- urer's Office, Brooklyn; residence 781 Prospect place. Born in Marion, Ohio, July 12, 1853. Educated in Mar- ion. (Married.) Chief accountant in Kings County treasurer's office. Member Brooklyn Whist and Carle- ton Clubs, and New York Whist and Knickerbocker Clubs of New York City.


BAKER, FISHER A .- Lawyer, 2 Wall street, New York City; residence Yonkers. Born in Dedham, Mass., Feb. 8, 1837. Educated at Dartmouth College and Albany Law School. (Married.) Served with the Army of the Potomac. Member of the firm of Pea- body, Baker & Peabody. Director First National Bank, Bankers' Safe Deposit Co., and New Jersey Security Co .; secretary and director Vermont Marble Co. Member Alpha Delta Phi and Unitarian Clubs, Dartmouth College Alumni Association, New England Society, and G. A. R.


BAKER, FRANKLIN T .- Professor, 120th street and Amsterdam avenue, New York City; residence Caryl, Yonkers. Born in Hagerstown, Md., Sept. 12, 1864. Educated at Dickinson College. (Married.) Professor of English in Teachers' College.


BAKER, FREDERIC-Retired, 815 Fifth avenue, New York City. Born in Watertown, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1830. Educated at New York University. (Married.) Connected with the Presbyterian Hospital. Member University, Metropolitan and Psi Upsilon Clubs, Phi Beta Kappa Society, Century and Down Town Asso- ciations, Metropolitan Museum of Art and American Museum of Natural History.


BAKER, GEORGE AUGUSTUS- Lawyer and Author, 206 Broadway, New York City; residence 13 East 46th street. Born, 1849. Educated at the College of the City of New York, and Columbia Law School ('70). Author of "The Bad Habits of Good Society," and several other stories. Member Republican, Patria and Camera Clubs, and Society of Medical Jurispru- dence.


BAKER, GEORGE COMSTOCK-Lawyer, Capitol, Albany; residence Comstock. Born in Comstock, April 29, 1868. Educated at Union College, Albany Law School and Cornell Law School. (Married Mary Louise Van Wormer.) Deputy Attorney-General State of New York. Ex-vice-president-general Society of the War of 1812. Member Fort Orange, Camera and Acacia Clubs, Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution, General Society of the War of 1812, Society of Old Guards, Knights Templar, and a thirty-second degree Mason.




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