Biographical directory of the state of New York, 1900, Part 70

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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JARVIS, SAMUEL M .- President, 100 Broadway, New York City; residence The Dakota. Director North American Trust Co., Augusta Ry. and Electric Co., Bear River Irrigation and Ogden Waterworks Co., Northeast Electric Ry. Co., Ottawa Waterworks and Light Co. and United States Land Co. Member Lawyers' and Colonial Clubs, Southern Society and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


JASPER, WILLIAM H .- Secretary, 320 Broadway, New York City; residence 462 Second street, Brook- lyn. Born in New York City, 1852. Educated at New York. High School; studied law in the office of Jona- than Edgar. Connected with the Board of Assessors, of which he has been secretary since 1873.


JAY, WILLIAM (Lieutenant-Colonel)-Lawyer, 48 Wall street, New York City; residence 22 East 72d street. Born in New York City, Feb. 12, 1841. Edu- cated at Columbia College ('59). (Married.) Member


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of the firm of Jay & Candler. President New York Cab Co .; director American Horse Exchange, Com- mercial Cable Telegraph Co., Continental Trust Co. and Manhattan Storage and Warehouse Co. Member Lawyers', Knickerbocker, City, Metropolitan, Church, Meadow Brook Hunt and Suburban Riding and Driv- ing Clubs, Columbia University Alumni and Century Associations, American Geographical and St. Nich- olas Societies, Sons of the Revolution, Military Order of the Loyal Legion and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


JAYCOX, WALTER H. - Lawyer, Patchogue. Born, Sept. 3, 1863. Educated in common schools of Dutchess County. (Married.) Attorney and trustee Union Savings Bank. Formerly deputy clerk of Suf- folk County. Present district attorney. Member Patchogue Club and Brooklyn Club of Brooklyn.


JEFFERSON, CHARLES B .- Theatrical Manager, 1440 Broadway, New York City; residence 160 West 98th street. (Son of Joseph Jefferson.) (Married.) Member Players' and Lambs' Clubs.


JEFFERSON, JOSEPH - Actor, Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York City, and Buzzard's Bay, Mass. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., 1829. (Married.) Member Lotos, Players' and Authors' Clubs, Dunlap Society and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


JELLERSON, GEORGE S .- Manufacturer, 78 Water street, New York City; residence Montclair, N. J. Born in Boston, Mass., 1850. (Married.) Secre- tary and director C. H. Parsons Co .; director Young Men's Christian Association.


JENCKS, FRANCIS M .- Lawyer, 146 Broadway, New York City; residence 89 Riverside avenue. Mem- ber Union League, New York Yacht, Lawyers', Sea- wanhaka-Corinthian Yacht and Country Clubs, New England Society and Down Town Association.


JENKINS, ARTHUR-Journalist, Syracuse; resi- dence 721 Tallman street. Born in Buffalo, N. Y., July 23, 1851. Educated in common schools of Milwaukee, Wis. (Married Emma Hogan, 1874.) Resident of Syra- cuse since 1871. President and director "Syracuse Her- ald" Co., which publication he established in 1877. Member Century and Citizens' Clubs.


JENKINS, EDMUND FELLOWS-Secretary and Superintendent, 297 Fourth avenue, New York City; residence 297 Fourth avenue. Born in Weedsport, N. Y., July 28, 1844. (Son of John Stillwell and Minerva [Fellows] Jenkins.) Educated in public schools. (Mar- ried Adelaide Eliza, daughter of George Montgomery, of Newburyport, Mass., 1889.) Served during Civil War, 1861-5, as first lieutenant 126th United States Vol- unteers. Second lieutenant Old Guard of New York. Secretary and superintendent New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children for twenty-five years. Member Larchmont Yacht Club, New England Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, Military Order of Foreign Wars and Old Guard.


JENKINS, FRANK W .- Hydraulic Engineer, 86 Liberty street, New York City; residence 28 Tompkins place, Brooklyn. Connected with the firm of Gerard, Dufraisseix & Abbot. Member Reform and Hardware Clubs, and Crescent Athletic and Hamilton Clubs of Brooklyn.


JENKINS, FREDRIC W .- Attorney, Phelps Bank Building, Binghamton; residence 82 Riverside Drive. Born in Rochester, N. H., May 12, 1859. Educated at Exeter High School, Phillips Exeter Academy and Co- lumbia University. (Married.) Member of the firm of Jenkins & Page. Counsel and director Security Mutual Life Insurance Co., Strong State Bank, Binghamton Beet Sugar Co., Binghamton Building Co. and Home Mutual Loan and Savings Association. Member Bing- hamton and Country Clubs, and Republican Club of New York City.


JENKINS, GEORGE W .- Banker, 120 Broadway, New York City; residence Morristown, N. J. Born in Pennsylvania. Educated at Yale. (Married.) Presi- dent and director American Deposit and Loan Co. Member Lawyers', University, Morristown (N. J.), Morristown Golf and Union League Clubs and Yale Alumni Association.


JENKINS, RAYMOND-Banker, 682 Broadway, New York City; residence 22 Monroe place, Brooklyn. President and director East River National Bank. Member Hamilton, Brooklyn and Crescent Athletic Clubs of Brooklyn, and Aldine Association.


JENKINS, SYLVANUS F., JR .- Rochester. Mem- ber St. Nicholas and Calumet Clubs of New York City, Genesee Valley Club and Sons of the Revolution.


JENKINS, WILLIAM B .- Wine Importer, 67 Lib- erty street, New York City; residence Larchmont. Member New York Athletic, New York, Larchmont Yacht, Indian Harbor Yacht and Manhattan Clubs. Union League, Jersey City and Carteret Gun Clubs of Jersey City, N. J., Country Club of Lakewood, N. J., and Holland Lodge.


JENKINS, WILLIAM T .- Physician, 17 State street, and Commissioner, 55th street and Sixth avenue, New York City; residence Rosebank, S. I. Born in Holly Springs, Miss., October, 1856. Educated at the Universities of Mississippi, Virginia and New York. (Married.) Coroner's physician New York City, 1881-2; health officer port of New York, 1892-4. Now commis- sioner of health of New York City; director Mer- chants' Marine Hospital Service for foreign sailors; chairman sanitary commission of Board of Health. Member Democratic Club, County Medical Society and County Medical Association.


JENKINSON, GEORGE B., 2D .- Leather Goods, 368 Broadway, New York City; residence South Orange, N. J. Born in Newark, N. J. (Married.) General manager T. B. Peddie & Co. Member Hard- ware Club, Essex County Country Club of Orange, N. J .; South Orange Field Club of South Orange, N. J .; New Jersey Historical Society, and New Jersey State Rifle Association.


JENKS, ALMET F. - Supreme Court Justice, Court House, Brooklyn; residence 8 Pierrepont street. Born in Brooklyn, May 21, 1853. Educated at Phillips Andover Academy ('71), Yale ('75) and Columbia ('77). (Married.) Assistant district attorney of Kings Coun- ty, 1884-6; corporation counsel of Brooklyn, 1886-93; Judge-Advocate General of New York State, 1891-5; member of Constitutional Convention, 1895; assistant corporation counsel of New York City, in charge of office in Brooklyn, 1898; elected Supreme Court Justice in 1898 for term expiring Dec. 31, 1912; appointed by Governor Roosevelt to the Appellate Division, Supreme Court, Second Department, April, 1900. Member Ham- ilton, Crescent Athletic, Brooklyn, Riding and Driving and Dyker Meadow Clubs, Democratic Club of New York City, and Society of Colonial Wars.


JENKS, JEREMIAH WHIPPLE-Professor, Cor- nell University, Ithaca; residence 220 South avenue. Born in St. Clair, Mich., Sept. 2, 1856. Educated in public schools of St. Clair, at Michigan University (A.B. and A.M.) and University of Halle, Germany (Ph.D.). (Married.) Professor of political science and English literature at Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., 1886-9; professor of economics and social science at Indiana State University, 1889-91; expert agent United States Industrial Commission in investigation of trusts, 1899-1900; consulting expert United States Department of Labor, 1899-1900. Professor of political economy and civil and social institutions at Cornell since 1891. Non- resident member Century Association of New York City, and Washington Academy of Sciences of Wash- ington, D. C .; member Town and Gown, and Country Clubs of Ithaca, and various scientific and educational associations.


JENNER, WILLIAM A .- Lawyer, 34 Pine street, New York City; residence 125 East 60th street. Mem- ber University, Nineteenth Century and Barnard Clubs, Century Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


JENNER, WILLIAM A. - School Principal, 412 East Genesee street, Syracuse; residence 203 Seymour street. Born in Clyde, N. Y., March 1. 1868. Edu- cated at Syracuse University. (Married.) Principal Boy's Preparatory School. Member Century and Cit- izens' Clubs.


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JENNEY, CHARLES A .- Insurance Statistician, 58 William street, New York City; residence 29 Mc- Donough street, Brooklyn. Born in New Bedford, Mass., Oct. 18, 1841. Educated in public schools. (Mar- ried.) Secretary of the statistical bureau of the Na- tional Board of Fire Underwriters, 1876-83; special ex- pert and supervisor of fire insurance statistics for the tenth United States census and all insurance statistics for the eleventh United States census, 1879-83 and 1889-92. President, treasurer and director Under- writer Printing and Publishing Co., publishers of the "Weekly Underwriter"; vice-president Once-a-Year Club of Insurance Journalists; member board of man- agers Society of American Authors. Fellow Royal Statistical Society of England, and American Statisti- cal Association. Member New York Press and Under- writers' Clubs, Union League and Church Clubs of Brooklyn, New England Society, American Trade Press Association and Academy of Political and So- cial Science.


JENNINGS, ALBERT GOULD - Manufacturer, Park avenue and Hall street, Brooklyn; residence 2 East 82d street, New York City. Educated at Prince- ton. Member Union, Tuxedo, Princeton, University, St. Nicholas. Dyker Meadow Golf and St. Andrew's Golf Clubs, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars and University Cottage Club of Princeton, N. J.


JENNINGS, CHARLES E .- Hardware Merchant, 79 Reade street, New York City; residence South Nor- walk, Conn. Senior member of the firm of C. E. Jen- nings & Co. Member Hardware, University and New York Yacht Clubs, New York Historical and New England Societies, Society of Colonial Wars and Met- ropolitan Museum of Art.


JENNINGS, FREDERICK B .- Lawyer, 15 Broad street, New York City; residence 86 Park avenue. Born in Bennington, Vt., Aug. 6, 1852. Educated at Williams College ('72) and Harvard Law School ('74). (Married.) Member of the firm of Stetson, Jennings & Russell. Vice-president and director Bennington and Rutland Ry. Co., First National Bank of North Bennington, Long Dock Co. and New York, Lake Erie and Western Docks and Improvement Co .; director American Trading Co., Chicago and Erie R. R. Co., Continental Trust Co .; member of executive commit- tee of Bar Association and first vice-president Wil- liams College Alumni Association. Member Union League, Metropolitan, University, New York Athletic, Racquet and Tennis, Delta Kappa Epsilon and West- chester Country Clubs. Century and Down Town As- sociations, New England Society and other organia- tions.


JENNINGS, HERBERT T .- Lawyer, 296 Broad- way, New York City; residence Mt. Vernon. Born in Freehold, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1862. Educated at Columbia Law School ('89). (Married.) Treasurer and director Tarrytown, White Plains and Mamaroneck R. R. Co .; director People's Bank of Mt. Vernon. Member New York Athletic Club.


JENNINGS, OLIVER GOULD-Lawyer, 52 Broad- way, New York City; residence Fairfield, Conn. Mem- ber Metropolitan, University, Larchmont Yacht and Turf and Field Clubs, American Geographical Society and Yale Alumni and Century Associations.


JENNINGS, SPENCER A .- Metal Manufacturer, 190 Water street and 248 Pearl street, New York City; residence 663 Willoughby avenue, Brooklyn. Member Union League Club of Brooklyn, and Fulton Club.


JENNINGS, WALTER-Petroleum, 26 Broadway, New York City; residence 11 East 41st street. Trustee Continental Trust Co. Member Metropolitan, Univer- sity Athletic, University, New York Yacht and Sea- wanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Clubs, New England So- ciety and Yale Alumni Association.


JENNINGS, WILLIAM HENRY - Manufacturer and Agent, 71 Broadway, New York City; residence 101 West 106th street. (Single.) Agent Falls Rivet Co., Cleveland Rolling Mill Co., Champion Rivet Co. and American Steel and Wire Co. Member Ohio Society.


JEPSON, JOHN P .- Customs Broker and Notary, 19 Liberty street, New York City; residence 135 Bain- bridge street, Brooklyn. Born in Pomfret, Conn., Oct. 9, 1839. Went to New York City, 1843, and attended


private schools; returned to Pomfret in 1849 and com- pleted his education with Rev. Roswell Park, D.D., rector of Christ Episcopal Church. (Married.) Com- menced business with Handy & Everett in 1860, and remained with their successors, Handy & Hoadley, Hoadley, Eno & Co. and Hoadley & Co. until 1898. When the latter failed, in November, 1898, he started in business for himself. Member Mendelssohn Glee Club, Stuyvesant Heights Republican Club of Brook- lyn, and New York Canoe Club of Bensonhurst.


JEREMIAH, JOHN A .- Insurance, 63 Wall street, New York City; residence 251 West 11th street. Mem- ber Reform Club and Crescent Athletic Club of Brook- lyn.


JEROLOMAN, JOHN-Lawyer, 229 Broadway, New York City; residence 258 West 34th street. Born in New Jersey, 1845. Educated at Princeton and at Albany Law School. Served with New Jersey Cavalry Volunteers throughout Civil War; served with Gen- eral Sheridan in Shenandoah Valley and was wounded several times. Practicing in New York City since his admission to the Bar; member of the firm of Jerolo- man & Arrowsmith. Was school inspector of the Ninth and Sixteenth Wards, 1885, Justice of the Civil Court of the Eighth Judicial District, and president of the Board of Alderman, 1895-6. Member Democratic Club.


JEROME, WILLIAM TRAVERS-Judge, Crimi- nal Court Building, New York City; residence 535 West 148th street. Born in New York City, April 18, 1859. Educated by private tutors and at Williston Seminary, Amherst College and Columbia Law School. Admit- ted to the Bar, 1884. Assistant district attorney New York County, 1888-90: assistant counsel with John W. Goff to Lexow Investigating Committee of 1894; mem- ber Committee of Seventy, 1894. Judge of the Court of Special Sessions, term expiring July 1, 1903. Member of the law firm of Jerome & Nason. Member Union, Heights, City, Manhattan Chess and Nineteenth Cen- tury Clubs, Amherst Alumni Association and Associa- tion of the Bar of the City of New York.


JESSUP, HENRY WYNANS-Lawyer, 30 Broad street, New York City; residence 8 West 130th street. Born in Beirut, Syria, Asia, Jan. 20, 1864. (Son of Henry Harris Jessup, D.D.). Educated at Albany Academy ('82), Princeton University (A.B., '86, and A.M., '88), and New York University Law School (LL.B., '88 and LL.M., '92). (Married.) Member of the law faculty of New York University under Austen Abbott, 1891-3; resigned on going into partnership with Hon. Noah Davis; in partnership with David Bennett King since the retirement of Mr. Davis, un- der the firm name of King & Jessup. Author of "Jes- sup on Law and Practice in New York Surrogate's Court." Member Phi Delta Phi, Quill and Princeton Clubs, New York Law Institute and State Bar Asso- ciation.


JESUP, CHARLES M .- Banker, 37 Wall street, New York City; residence 124 East 36th street. Sec- ond vice-president and trustee Metropolitan Trust Co .; treasurer and director Des Moines and Kansas City Railway Co .; director New York Sonora Smelting Co. Member New England Society and Metropolitan Mu- seum of Art.


JESUP, JAMES R .- Stock Broker, 18 Broadway, New York City; residence 555 Fifth avenue. Member of the firm of Jesup & Lamont, and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Tuxedo Club, New Eng- land Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Amer- ican Museum of Natural History.


JESUP, MORRIS KETCHUM-Banker, 44 Pine street, New York City; residence 197 Madison avenue. Born in Westport, Conn., June 21, 1830. Educated at Williams College. (Married Maria Van Antwerp, daughter of Rev. Thomas De Witt, 1854.) Resident of New York City since 1852; actively engaged in bank- ing business until 1884. President Five Points House of Industry since 1872; president, since 1881, New York City Mission and Tract Society, for which he built the De Witt Memorial Church; president American Museum of Natural History since 1881; trustee Union Theological Seminary to which he presented Jesup Hall; also trustee Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Half Orphan Asylum and Metropol''an Trust Co. Member Metropolitan, City, Univers' Mendelssohn Glee,


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New York Yacht and Riding Clubs, American Fine Arts, New York Genealogical, American Geographical and New England Societies, Williams College Alumni, Century and Down Town Associations, Sons of the American Revolution, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Academy of Design and Chamber of Com- merce.


JEVONS, THOMAS E .- Merchant, 301 Produce Exchange, New York City; residence 307 West 71st street. President and director Busk Tunnel Ry. Co .; director Mobile and Ohio R. R. Co. Member of the firm of Busk & Jevons. Member University and Ards- ley Clubs and Down Town Association.


JEWELL, JOHN V .- Flour Merchant, Broadway and Fulton street, Brooklyn; residence 18 Williams place. Second vice-president and director Twenty- sixth Ward Bank of Brooklyn; director Kings County Fire Insurance Co. and Produce Exchange Building and Loan Association. Member Union League and Crescent Athletic Clubs.


JEWELL, THEODORE F .- Inspector, Buffalo. United States Naval Inspector, Tenth Light House District. Member Army and Navy and University Clubs of New York City.


JEWETT, CARLTON R .- Physician, 305 Pearl street, Buffalo; residence 1299 Main street. Born in Moravia, N. Y., March 5, 1852. Educated at Yale ('78) and Columbia Medical School ('81). (Married.) Mem- ber University, Saturn, Westminster, Buffalo Medical, Buffalo and Liberal Clubs and Sons of the American Revolution.


JEWETT, CHARLES-Physician and Surgeon, 330 Clinton avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Bath, Me. Edu- cated in Bath, at Bowdoin College and New York Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons (M.D. and D.Sc.). (Widower.) Professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and obstetrician and gynecologist Long Island College Hospital; president of board of trustees, and consulting gynecologist Bushwick Hospital; consulting obstetri- cian Kings County Hospital; consulting physician St. Christopher's Hospital. Author and editor of books and journals on obstetrics and gynecology. Member Union League Club, American Gynecological, New York State Medical, New York Obstetrical (ex-presi- dent) Brooklyn Gynecological (ex-president), Kings County Medical (ex-president) and Brooklyn Patho- logical Societies, Bowdoin College Alumni, Columbia University Alumni and Long Island Hospital Alumni Associations, New York Academy of Medicine and. Periodical International Congress of Gynecologists and Obstetricians.


JEWETT, CHARLES T .- Physician, 305 Pearl street, Buffalo; residence 892 Main street. Born in Moravia, N. Y., 1865. Educated at Yale (Ph.B.) and Columbia (M.D.). (Single.) Visiting physician Erie County Hospital. Member Saturn and Liberal Clubs, Erie County Medical Society, American Academy of Medicine and Buffalo Academy of Medicine.


JEWETT, EDGAR B. (General)-Banker, Buffalo; residence 210 Sumner street. Born in Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 14, 1843. (Married.) Mayor of Buffalo, 1895-7. President Columbia National Bank, John C. Jewett Mf'g Co. and Jewett Refrigerator Co .; vice- president Cary Safe Co. Member Buffalo and Ellicott Clubs, Sons of the American Revolution and Order of Founders and Patriots of America.


JEWETT, EDWARD H .- Broker, 26 Broad street, New York City; residence Englewood, N. J. Member of the firm of Jewett Bros. and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Racquet and Tennis Club and Down Town Association.


JEWETT, EDWARD WOOLSEY-Stock Broker, 31 Broad street, New York City; residence 37 East 21st street. Connected with the firm of Halsted & Hodges. Member of the New York Stock Exchange and of the Union, and Racquet and Tennis Clubs.


JEWETT, GEORGE L .- Retired, 20 Fifth avenue, New York City. Formerly member of the firm of T. B. Coddington & Co., metals, 27 Cliff street. Member Reform, Church and National Arts Clubs, New Eng- land, American Fine Arts and American Geographical


Societies, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Chamber of Commerce and Century Association.


JEWETT, JOSIAH-Stove Manufacturer, Buffalo. Born in Buffalo, Oct. 4, 1842. Educated at Yale. (Mar- ried.) Member of the firm of Jewett & Co. President of the Grosvenor Library; connected with the Colum- bia National Bank of Buffalo. Member University Club, Yale Alumni Association and Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution.


JEWETT, NATHAN HALL-Stove Manufacturer, Buffalo. Born in Buffalo, June 6, 1871. Educated at Yale. (Single.) Member of the firm of Jewett & Co. Member University Club and Sons of the American Revolution.


JEWETT, RUTGER BLEECKER-Publisher, 7 East 16th street, New York City; residence 424 West 20th street. Born in Dayton, Ohio, 1868. Educated at Hobart College. (Single.) Member of the firm of J. F. Taylor & Co. Member St. Nicholas, Manuscript, City and Sigma Phi Clubs.


JEWETT, SHERMAN SKINNER - Lawyer, 805 Morgan Building, Buffalo; residence 333 Porter avenue. Born March 15, 1870. Educated at Yale (A.B.) and Columbia Law School (A.M. and LL.B.). (Married.) United States Commissioner Northern District of New York; first lieutenant 74th Regiment N. G. N. Y. Member University Club, Sons of the American Revo- lution and Republican League.


JEWETT, WILLIAM KENNON-President, 35 Warren street, New York City; residence New Brigh- ton, S. I. Member University, Sigma Phi and Rich- mond County Country Clubs, Ohio Society and Wil- liams Alumni Association.


JIMENIS, J. OSWALD-Merchant, 114 Wall street, New York City; residence 272 West 73d street. Born in Matanzas, Cuba, 1858. (Married.) Member of the firm of Jimenis & Co. Member New York Athletic, New York Bicycle and North Woods Clubs.


JOHANNSEN, OXKAR AUGUSTUS-Instructor, Cornell University, Ithaca; residence 527 East State street. Instructor in civil engineering, Cornell Uni- versity.


JOHNES, EDWARD R .- Lawyer, 50 Broadway, New York City; residence 143 West 81st street. Born in Whitesboro, Oneida Co., N. Y., Sept. 8, 1852. Edu- cated at Yale. (Married.) Author of several legal works. Member University, New York Yacht and Colonial Clubs, American Geographical Society and Yale Alumni Association.


JOHNES, HENRY PIERSON-Lawyer, 55 Liberty street, New York City; residence 24 West 50th street. Member University Club and Yale Alumni Association.


JOHNS, HENRY W., JR .- Asbestos and Paint Manufacturer, 100 William street, New York City; residence 309 Washington avenue, Brooklyn. President and director H. W. Johns Mf'g Co. Member Calumet Club, Oxford and Hamilton Clubs of Brooklyn and Columbia Alumni Association.


JOHNSON, ALBERT L .- Street Railroads, 268 23d street, Brooklyn; residence 354 West End avenue, New York City. President and director Allentown and Lehigh Valley Traction Co., Nassau Electric R. R. Co. and Yonkers R. R. Co .; second vice-president and di- rector New York State Street Railway Association; director Atlantic Avenue R. R. Co., Brooklyn, Bath and West End R. R. Co. and Lehigh Traction Co.


JOHNSON, ALEXANDER B .- Lawyer, 4 Warren street, New York City; residence 21 East 69th street. Member Union League, University and Union Clubs, Yale Alumni Association, Sons of the Revolution and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


JOHNSON, ALFRED J .- Secretary, 220 Fourth avenue, New York City; residence 312 East 116th street. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 1869. Educated in Brooklyn. Private secretary to Hon. Hugh J. Grant, while he was sheriff and mayor, 1886-92; secretary to the board of buildings of the Department of Build- ings of the City of New York since Jan. 1, 1898. Mem- ber New York Athletic and Catholic Clubs.


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JOHNSON, ALVIN R .- Lawyer, 189 Montague street, Brooklyn; residence 826 President street. Mem- ber of the firm of Johnson & Lamb. Member Cres- cent Athletic Club.


JOHNSON, BENJAMIN W .- Albany Savings Bank Building, Albany; residence 612 Madison avenue. Member Albany Club and Reform and University Clubs of New York City.


JOHNSON, CHARLES C .- Lawyer, Seneca Falls. Born in New York City. Educated at Cornell and Co- lumbia Universities. (Married.) District attorney of Seneca County, 1896-9. Member Alpha Delta Phi and Democratic Clubs and Military Order of the Loyal Legion.


JOHNSON, CHARLES HALDANE-Lawyer, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence Montclair, N. J. Member Congregational and Cornell Clubs and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


JOHNSON, CHARLES L .- Rubber Manufacturer, 15 Murray street, New York City; residence 17 West 53d street, and Ansonia, Conn. Born in Connecticut. Educated at Yale. (Married.) Manager of sales and director United States Rubber Co .; treasurer and di- rector L. Candee & Co .; director American Rubber Co. of Mass., Goodyear's Metallic Rubber Shoe Co., of Naugatuck, Conn., Goodyear's India Rubber Glove Mfg Co. and Boston Rubber Co. Member Lotos and Hardware Clubs.




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