Biographical directory of the state of New York, 1900, Part 7

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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BAKER, GEORGE F .- President, 2 Wall street, New York City; residence 258 Madison avenue. Born in Troy, N. Y., March 27, 1840. (Married.) President and director First National Bank, Astor National Bank, Long Branch Water Supply Co. and New York and Long Branch R. R. Co .; vice-president and dlrector Bankers Safe Deposit Co .; director Atlas Cement Co., Baltimore and Delaware Bay R. R. Co., Car Trust Investment Co. (Ltd.) of London, Citizens' Insurance Co., Continental Insurance Co., East Jersey Water Co., Farmers' Loan and Trust Co., Guaranty Trust Co., Lake Erie and Western R. R. Co., Lehigh and Hudson River R. R. Co., Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co., Liberty National Bank, Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Co., Montclair Water Co., Navesink Park Co., Spring Brook Water Supply Co., and North- ern Pacific Ry Co .; director and chairman executive committee Central R. R. Co. of New Jersey; trustee Consolidated Gas Co., Mutual Life Insurance Co., Provident Loan Society, Southern Ry. Co., and Bow- ery Savings Bank; member board of managers Dela- ware, Lackawanna and Western R. R. Co. Member Metropolitan, Lawyers', Union League, Barnard, Tux-


edo, Riding; Mendelssohn Glee, New York Yacht, and Atlantic Yacht Clubs, American Fine Arts, and New England Societies, National Academy of Design, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


BAKER, GEORGE HALL-Librarian, Columbia University, New York City; residence 294 Manhattan avenue. Born in Ashfield, Mass., April 23, 1850. Edu- cated at Amherst ('74), and Berlin University, 1876-8. (Married Ellen E. Adkins.) Connected with Columbia University Library since 1883. Librarian-in-chief since 1889. Member of Amherst Alumni Association.


BAKER, GEORGE I .- Banker and Broker, 60 Broadway, New York City; residence New Brighton, S. I. Born in Boston, Mass. Educated at Boston Latin and English High Schools, 1859-66. (Married.) Mem- ber Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange. Captain 8th Regiment, N. G. N. Y., and president asso- ciated Board of Officers, 108th Regiment, N. G. N. Y. Member Sons of the Revolution, Army and Navy Club, and Society of the War of 1812.


BAKER, HENRY A .- Physician and Surgeon, 100 Broadway, New York City; residence 339 West 88th street. Born in Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1870. Edu- cated at University of California and Medical Depart- ment ('91). (Single.) 1891-5 surgeon of Pacific mail steamer "San Jose" to Panama, and "City of Peking" to Japan and China. Medical examiner and surgeon of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. Medical exam- iner of Washington Life Insurance Co., Provident Sav- ings Life Insurance Co., American Union Life Insur- ance Co., etc. Member Medical Society of the County of New York, and Knickerbocker Athletic Club.


BAKER, HERBERT S .- Vice-President, 5 East 16th street, New York City; residence East Orange, N. J. Director Baker & Taylor Co. Member Aldine Association, and South Orange Field Club.


BAKER, JOHN T .- Insurance, 76 Beaver street, New York City; residence Plainfield, N. J. Born in Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Oct. 12, 1842. Edu- cated at Mount Washington Collegiate Institute, New York City. (Married.) Member of the firm of Car- penter & Baker, marine underwriters. Member Union County Country and Hillside Tennis and Golf Clubs, Down Town Association, Lafayette Post, G. A. R., and 7th Regiment Veteran Association.


BAKER, MOSES N .- Editor, 220 Broadway, New York City; residence Upper Montclair, N. J. Born in Enosburgh, Vt., Jan. 26, 1864. Educated at the Uni- versity of Vermont (Ph.B., '86, and C.E., '99). (Mar- ried Ella Sophia Babbitt.) Editor of the "Manual of American Water Works," and associate editor of the "Engineering News." Author of "Sewage Purification in America," "Sewerage and Sewage Purification," section on "Water Works" in "Municipal Monopolies," and of municipal engineering topics in the "Interna- tional Year Book."


BAKER, SMITH-Physician and Surgeon, Win- ston Building, Utica; residence 296 Rutger street. Born in Marcy, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1850. Educated at Whitestown Seminary and University of Michigan. Lecturer on the preservation of health, Colgate Uni- versity; director the Conference for Child Study, at Greenacre, Me. Member Fort Schuyler Club and American Neurological Association.


BAKER, STEPHEN, President, 40 Wall street, New York City; residence 689 Madison avenue. Born in Dutchess County, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1859. (Married.) President and director Bank of the Manhattan Co. Member Union League Club, Down Town Association, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


BAKER, WENDELL-Electrician, 15 Dey street, New York City; residence 27 West 44th street. Born in New York City, Oct. 19, 1862. Educated at St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass., and Harvard ('86). (Married.) Connected with the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Member Harvard, Delta Kappa Epsilon and University Athletic Clubs, and Hasty Pudding and A. D. Clubs of Cambridge, Mass.


BAKER, WILLIAM C .- Car Heaters, 143 Liberty street, New York City; residence Alpine, N. J. Born in Dexter, Me., July 25, 1829. Educated in public schools. (Widower.) Sole manufacturer of the non- freezing hot water car heaters. Member Psi Upsilon Club.


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BAKER, WILLIAM H .- Vice-President, 253 Broad- way, New York City; residence 920 St. Marks avenue, Brooklyn. Vice-president and director Commercial Union Telegraph Co., and Van Kannel Revolving Door Co .; vice-president and general manager Postal Tele- graph Cable Co .; director American Forcite Powder Mfg Co., Commercial Cable Building, Electric Build- ing and Loan Savings Association, and New York Quotation Co. Member Arkwright, Hardware, Man- hattan and Marine and Field Clubs.


BAKEWELL, ALLAN C. -- Vice-President, 527 West 34th street, New York City; residence 479 Fifth avenue. Second vice-president and general manager Sprague Electric Co. Member Metropolitan, Grolier, Union League and Players' Clubs, and commander of Lafayette Post No. 140, G. A. R.


BALDWIN, ALFRED FREEMAN-Broker, 60 Broadway, New York City; residence 8 East 41st street. Member Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange, and of the Union League Club, Delta Kappa Epsilon Society, and Columbia Alumni Association.


BALDWIN, EDWIN, Lawyer, 31 Nassau street, New York city; residence 21 West 30th street. Born in Jersey City, N. J., March 23, 1847. Educated at Hamilton College. (Single.) Member of the firm of Baldwin & Blackmar, counsel for New York Produce Exchange. Member Reform, University, Psi Upsilon and Lawyers' Clubs, American Geographical Society, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Fine Arts Association and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


BALDWIN, GEORGE VAN NEST-Lawyer, 32 Nassau street, New York City; residence 7 West 26th street. Born in New York City, Jan. 23, 1838. Edu- cated at Rutgers Grammar School and Rutgers Col- lege (A.B., '56, and A.M.). Chairman library committee of trustees New York Society Library. Member Union, Delta Phi and University Clubs, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York Historical and St. Nicholas Societies, Down Town, Century and Rutgers Alumni Associations, and Metropolitan Mus- eum of Art. .


BALDWIN, HENRY DE FOREST-Lawyer, 11 Pine street, New York City; residence 255 West 98th street. Member University, Reform and Commercial Clubs, Yale Alumni, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


BALDWIN, J. DIXON ROMAN-Lawyer, 27 Wil- liam street, New York City; residence 70 West 51st street. Member of the firm of Baldwin & Boston. Member Knickerbocker, Harvard and Meadow Brook Hunt Clubs, and Columbia University Alumni Asso- ciation.


BALDWIN, JOSEPH C .- President, 55 Beekman street, New York City; residence 7 West 76th street. Born in New Haven, Conn., March 19, 1838. Educated in New Haven. (Married.) President and director New York and Boston Dyewood Co .; director Market and Fulton National Bank; trustee North River Sav- ings Bank, and Washington Trust Co. Member Fulton and Republican Clubs, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New England Society, Society of Colonial Wars, and American Museum of Natural History.


BALDWIN, L. GRANT-Physician, 28 Schermer- horn street, Brooklyn. Born in Lawrenceville, Pa., Nov. 18, 1863. Educated in Lawrenceville and at Uni- versity of Michigan and Long Island College Hospital. (Married.) Visiting gynecologist to St. Peter's Hospi- tal, Brooklyn; consulting gynecologist to St. Francis Hospital, Jersey City. Member Society of Medical Jurisprudence, Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, New York Obstetrical Society, Brooklyn Gynecological Society, Woman's Hospital Society of New York, American Medical Association, and various general medical societies in New York City.


BALDWIN, LEROY W .- President, 60 Murray street, New York City; residence 8 East 70th street. Born in Rutland, Vt., Oet. 31, 1864. Educated in Rut- land. (Married.) President and director National Weighing Machine Co .; managing director American Automatic Weighing Machine Co. (Ltd.) of London, England; treasurer Manhattan Introduction Co .; director Phenix National Bank, Railway Automatic Sales Co., Tubular Despatch Co. and New Amsterdam Casualty Co. Member Lawyers', Hardware, Suburban Riding and Driving, and Turf and Field Clubs.


BALDWIN, OCTAVIUS DUNHAM-Vice-Presi- dent, 309 Broadway, New York City; residence 53 East 54th street. Born in Montrose, Pa., April 27, 1834. Educated in New York City public schools. (Married.) Trustee Bowery Savings Bank and Madison Avenue Baptist Church; director Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association. Member Manhattan and Lotos Clubs, American Museum of Natural History, and American .Geographical and New England Societies.


BALDWIN, RADCLIFFE-Shipping, 53 Broad- way, and Wine Merchant, 25 Water street, New York City; residence 49 West 70th street. Member New York and Meadow Brook Hunt Clubs, and Down Town and West End Associations.


BALDWIN, SPENCER S .- Clothing Merchant, 75 Spring st, New York City, and 380 Fulton street, Brooklyn; residence 109 Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Wilmington, N. C., July 12, 1854. Educated in Brooklyn, and in Stuttgart, Germany. Manager firm of Baldwin the Clothier. Member Oxford, Crescent Athletic, Long Island Country and Dyker Meadow Golf Clubs of Brooklyn.


BALDWIN, WILLIAM DELAVAN-President, 71 Broadway, New York City; residence 14 West 68th street. President and director Otis Electric Co .; vice- president and director First National Bank of Yon- kers, Otis Elevating Ry. Co., and Catskill and Tan- nersville R. R. Co .; director New Jersey Galvanizing Co. Member Union League, New York Athletic, Rac- quet and Tennis, Calumet, Lawyers', Engineers', Ful- ton and Adirondack League Clubs, Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on-Hudson, Aldine Association, Chamber of Commerce, and New York Geographical Society.


BALDWIN, WILLIAM H .- Dry Goods, 43 Worth street, New York City; residence, 70 West 51st street: Born in Maryland. (Single.) Member of the firm of Woodward, Baldwin & Co. Member Manhattan and Knickerbocker Clubs, and Maryland Society.


BALDWIN, WILLIAM H., JR .- President, 32 Nas- sau street, New York City; residence 112 Willow street, Brooklyn. Born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 5, 1863. Edu- cated in public schools, and at Roxbury Latin School, Harvard College and Harvard Law School. President and director Long Island R. R. Co .; director Atlantic Avenue Elevated R. R. Co., Brooklyn, New York and Jersey City Terminal Railway Co., Great Neck and Port Washington R. R. Co., North Shore Branch, Mon- tauk Co., Montauk Extension R. R. Co., Montauk Wa- ter Co., New York, Brooklyn and Manhattan Beach R. R. Co., New York Extension R. R. Co., New York and Long Beach R. R. Co., New York and Rockaway Beach Railway Co., and Prospect Park and Coney Island R. R. Co. Member Hamilton Club of Brooklyn, and University and Harvard Clubs. of New York City.'


BALFE, HARRY - Groceries, 61 Hudson street, New York City; residence 494 Quincy street, Brook- lyn. Born in Newburgh, N. Y., August 20, 1862. Edu- cated at Newburgh Academy. (Married.) Has been actively engaged in the grocery business since 1878, and has been connected with the largest wholesale' concerns in the North and South; is now and has been for several years past with Austin, Nichols & Co., and is an authority on everything in the grocery line. Member Union League and Riding Clubs of Brooklyn, Commercial Club of New York City, DeWitt Council R. A., and Improved Order of the Heptasophs.


BALKAM, GEORGE H .- Lawyer, 44 Pine street, New York City; residence 157 West 76th street. Born in Robbinston, Me., April 26, 1859. Educated at Uni- versity of New Brunswick ('79), and Harvard Law School ('83). (Married.) Member Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


BALL, ALWYN, JR.ยบ-Real Estate, 111 and 401 Broadway, New York City; residence Rutherford. N. J. Born in Haverstraw, N. Y., June 6, 1859. (Married.) Director Central Realty Bond and Trust Co. and Alli- ance Realty Co. Member of the firm of Frederick Southack & Alwyn Ball, Jr. Member Lawyers' and Merchants' Club. -


BALL, JOHN OSCAR-Lawyer, 52 Wall street, New York City; residence Mott avenue and 163d street. Born in Hanover, N. J., March 24, 1859. Educated at New York University (A.B.), and Columbia Law School (LL.B.). (Married.)


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BALL, THOMAS-Sculptor, 207 East 17th street, New York City; residence Montclair, N. J. Born in Charlestown, Mass., June 3, 1819. Educated at May- hew School in Boston. (Honorary A.M., Dartmouth, 1860.) (Married Ellen Louisa Wild, 1854.) Practiced painting, 1840-52; adopted sculpture, 1851; designed and made equestrian statue of Washington in Boston; statue of Daniel Webster in Central Park, New York City, and many others. Resided in Florence, Italy, 1865-97. Devoted years 1891-8 to monument of Wash- ington for Methuen, Mass. Author of "My Three Score Years and Ten," an autobiography. Honorary Fellow National Sculpture Society, and member Handel and Haydn, Harvard Musical and American Authors' So- cieties.


BALL, THOMAS R .- Merchant, 60 West 23d street, New York City; residence 48 West 72d street. Mem- ber Manhattan and Colonial Clubs, Aldine Association and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


BALL, WILLIAM G .- Druggist, Ballston Spa. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 23, 1839. Educated in public schools. (Married.) Captain U. S. V. 1861-5. Town Clerk of Milton, Saratoga County, N. Y., 1869-70. Member Board of Education, Ballston Spa, 1890-5. Now vice-president and director, Ballston Spa Na- tional Bank. Member Franklin Lodge No. 90, F. & A. M., and William H. McKittrick Post No. 40, G. A. R.


BALLANTINE, JAMES NACK-Assistant Secre- tary, 346 Broadway, New York City; residence 331 West 87th street. Born March 4, 1865. Educated at Columbia University. (Married.) Assistant secretary Provident Savings Life Insurance Co. Member Phi Beta Kappa Society, Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, and Omega Association of New York.


BALLANTINE, ROBERT F .- Brewer, 134 Cedar street, New York City, and Newark, N. J .; residence 37 Washington street, Newark, N. J. Born in Albany, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1836. (Married.) President and director P. Ballantine & Sons; vice-president and director Howard Savings Institution; director Celluloid Co. and Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. Member Union League, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, New York Yacht, Essex County Country, Morris and Chi Phi Clubs, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Mus- eum of Natural History, and American Fine Arts and New York Zoological Societies.


BALLARD, ADDISON, Professor and Minister, University Heights, New York City. Born in Fram- ingham, Mass., Oct. 18, 1822. (Son of John and Pa- melia [Bennett] Ballard.) Educated at Williams Col- lege ('42), and entered Congregational ministry. (Mar- ried Julia Perkins Pratt.) Has been tutor and pro- fessor of rhetoric in Williams College; professor of natural philosophy and astronomy in Marietta Col- lege, Ohio; professor of Latin and mathematics in Ohio University: professor of Christian, Greek, Latin and moral philosophy in Lafayette College. Pastor of First Congregational Church of Williamstown, Mass., 1857-65, and pastor of First Congregational Church of Detroit, Mich., 1866-72. Professor of logic in New York Univer- sity since Nov. 13, 1893. Author of "Arrows; or, Teaching, a Fine Art," and of various published dis- courses.


BALLARD, D. A .- Manufacturer and Banker, Schuylerville. Born in Schuylerville, July 6, 1814. Edu- cated in common schools. (Married.) President Na- tional Bank of Schuylerville, Schuylerville Paper Co., Fort Miller Pulp and Paper Co., and Saratoga and Washington County Insurance Co.


BALLARD, FREDERICK E .- Stock Broker, 30 Broad street, 30 New street, 9 West 26th street, 571 Fifth avenue and 2 East 58th street, New York City; residence 21 West 73d street. Member of the firm of Alfred de Cordova & Co., and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member New York, Colonial and New York Athletic Clubs, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


BALLARD, SUMNER-Editor, 19 Beaver street, New York City; residence 61 West 83d street. Member Lawyers', Union League, New York and Calumet Clubs, and Ardsley Club of Ardsley-on-Hudson.


BALLOU, GEORGE WILLIAM - President, 10 Wall street, and 80 Broadway, New York City; resi- dence 101 West 81st street. Member Union League Club, New England Society and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


BAMBERGER, ABRAM E .- Cotton Commission Merchant, Cotton Exchange Building, New York City; residence 152 West 73d street. Born in Louisville, Ky., 1854. Educated in New York City public schools and at the College of the City of New York. (Married.)


BANCROFT, WILDER DWIGHT-Professor, Cor- nell University, Ithaca; residence 7 East avenue. De- grees of A.B. and Ph.D. Assistant professor of phy- sical chemistry at Cornell University.


BANGS, CHARLES W .- Lawyer, 15 Broad street, New York City; residence 11 Monroe place, Brooklyn. Born in New York City, Sept. 27, 1841. Educated at New York University Grammar School, College Hill (Poughkeepsie) and Columbia College Law School. Member of the firm of Stetson, Jennings & Russell, formerly Bangs, Stetson, Tracy & MacVeagh. Mem- ber Union League, Twilight, Tuxedo and Lawyers' Clubs, Hamilton Club of Brooklyn, Long Island His- torical Society, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sci- ence, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


BANGS, FRANCIS SEDGWICK-President, 100 Broadway, New York City; residence 161 West 73d street. President and director State Trust Co .; director Maryland Trust Co. and Oregon Short Line R. R. Co. Member Union League, Metropolitan and University Clubs, Century, Down Town and Columbia University Alumni Associations, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


BANGS, JOHN KENDRICK-Author and Editor, 331 Pearl street, New York City; residence Yonkers. Born in Yonkers, May 27, 1862. Educated at Columbia College. (Married.) Editor "Harper's Weekly"; pres- ident Halsted School, Yonkers; trustee Yonkers Pub- lic Library; vestryman St. Paul's Church, Yonkers; director Yonkers Gas Light Co. and Yonkers District Telegraph Co. Author of numerous works. Member St. Andrew's Golf, Lotos and University Clubs, St. Bo- tolph Club of Boston, Dunlap Society, Columbia Uni- versity Alumni and Century Associations, Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on-Hudson, and Society of Medical Jurisprudence.


BANGS, LEMUEL BOLTON-Surgeon, 29 East 44th street, New York City; residence 31 East 44th street. Born Aug. 9, 1842. Educated at the College of the City of New York, College of Physicians and Sur- geons, and in the Medical Department of the Univer- sity of Vienna. (Married.) Trustee American Savings Bank; director Brooklyn Manor Co .; professor genito- urinary surgery in the Medical Department of the New York University; attending surgeon to Bellevue Hospital; consulting surgeon to St. Luke's, St. Vin- cent's, City and St. Mark's Hospitals. Member Uni- versity, Riding, and Quill Clubs, New England So- ciety, Columbia University Alumni and Century Asso- ciations, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Mu- seum of Natural History, and numerous medical so- cieties.


BANKS, AUGUSTINE-Stock Broker, 34 New street, New York City; residence 814 Union street, Brooklyn. Born in New York City, Sept. 28, 1844. Member of the firm of A. Banks & Co. Member Sons of the Revolution. and Montauk, Rembrandt and Rid- ing and Driving Clubs of Brooklyn.


BANKS, DAVID-Publisher of Law Books, 21 Murray street, New York City; residence 10 West 40th street. Born in New York City, Dec. 25, 1827. Educated at Shea's Grammar School. (Widower.) President Banks Law Publishing Co. and Artificial Granite Co .; trustee United States Insurance Co. and New York Dental College; chairman of building committee, New York University. Member Union, New York, City, Su- burban Riding and Driving, New York Yacht, Atlantic Yacht, Lotos, Atlantic Boat, Long Island Country and Delta Chi (president) Clubs, American Geographical, New York Biographical, Zeta Psi and New England Societies, Thames Club of New London, Conn., Pequod Association of New Haven, Conn., Colonial Order, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, Society of the War of 1812, Kane Lodge F. & A. M. (trustee), Jerusalem Chapter, Coeur de Lion Commandery (trustee), and Exempt Firemen, Pequod and University Associations.


BANKS, HENRY W .- Coffee Merchant, 103 Front street, New York City; residence, Englewood, N. J.


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Senior member of the firm of H. W. Banks & Co. Director Merchants' National Bank and Market and Fulton National Bank. Member Atlantic Yacht Club, Down Town and Blooming Grove Park Associa- tions, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


BANKS, HENRY W., JR .- Coffee Merchant, 103 Front street, New York City; residence Englewood, N. J. Member of the firm of H. W. Banks & Co. Member University, University Athletic and Atlantic Yacht Clubs, and Down Town and Williams Alumni Associations.


BANKS, JAMES LENOX-Lawyer, 27 William street, New York City; residence 30 West 56th street. Member Union Club, St. Nicholas Society, and Co- lumbia Alumni Association.


BANKS, JOHN H .- Mining Engineer and Chemist, 104 John street, New York City; residence Boonton, N. J. Born in New York City, Nov. 28, 1861. Edu- cated in New York schools and at School of Mines, Columbia College. (Married.) Member of the firm of Ricketts & Banks. Member Fulton Club, Columbia University Alumni Association, and American Insti- tute of Mining Engineers.


BANNIN, MICHAEL E .- Merchant, 83 Worth street, New York City; residence 893 Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Glens Falls, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1846. Educated at Glens Falls Academy and Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie. (Married.) Member of the dry goods firms of Converse, Stanton & Co., and Lindon & Bannin. Vice-president National Credit Men's Association; director New York Credit Men's Association. Member Catholic and Merchants' Clubs, Champlain Club of Lake Champlain, and Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.


BANTA, JOSEPH E .- Teacher, Cortland; residence 89 North Main street. Born in Corbettsville, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1855. Educated at Amherst College. (Mar- ried.) Formerly principal of Rockville (Conn.) High School and of Hiawatha (Kan.) Academy; also super- intendent of schools in Rockville, Conn. Now professor of Latin and Greek in Cortland Normal School. Mem- ber Tioughnioga Club, and Delta Kappa Epsilon Fra- ternity.


BANTON, JOAB HAMILTON-Lawyer, 203 Broad- way, New York City; residence 21 West 114th street. Born in Massachusetts, Aug. 27, 1869. Educated at Kentucky University (A.B.) and University of Vir- ginia Law School. (Married.) Counsel for John Boyle & Co., Retailers' Rating Association of America, Ward Electric Supply and Construction Co., James L. Rob- ertson & Sons, Boudreaux Dynamo Brush Co., and other firms and corporations. Member Masonic order.


BARBER, AMZI LORENZO-Managing Director, 11 Broadway, New York City; residence Ardsley-on- Hudson. Born in Saxton's River, Vt., June 22, 1843. Educated at Oberlin College, Ohio. (Married.) Chair- man of the board Barber Asphalt Co .; managing director New Trinidad Lake Asphalt Co. (Ltd.); and Trust Co., and Westchester Trust Co. Member Metropolitan, Congregational, Lawyers', Republican, Engineers, Riding, University, Ardsley, New York Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, Atlantic Yacht, Atlantic Yacht, and Royal Thames Yacht Clubs, American Geographical, National Sculpture and New England Societies, American Protective Tariff League, Ameri- can Museum of Natural History, and Chamber of Commerce.


BARBER, LE DROIET LANGDON-President, 11 Broadway, New York City; residence Ardsley-on-Hud- son. Born in Washington, D. C., May, 1873. (Single.) President Ardsley Electric Co. and Ardsley Water Co .; vice-president Lorena Co., Clavena Co. and Statena Co. Member New York Yacht Club, Sons of the Amer- ican Revolution, Ardsley Club, of Ardsley-on-Hudson, and Society of Colonial Wars of the District of Colum- bia.




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