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LEDYARD, LEWIS CASS-Lawyer, 54 Wall street, New York City; residence 271 Lexington ave- nue. Born in Michigan, April 4, 1851. Educated at Harvard. (Married.) Member of the firm of Carter & Ledyard. Director United States Trust Co., Atlan- tic Trust Co., Boston aud Maine R. R. Co., Maine Cen- tral R. R. Co., Long Island R. R. Co., American Ex- press Co., National Express Co. and New York Pub- lic Library. Member Union, Knickerbocker, Harvard, University, Tuxedo, New York Yacht and Lawyers' Clubs, Century and Down Town Associations and others.
LEE, ALBERT-Editor, 331 Pearl street, New York City; residence 128 East 34th street. Born In New Orleans, La., May 11, 1868. Educated at Yale. (Married.) Managing editor "Harper's Weekly." Au- thor of several works. Member Yale Alumni Associa- tion and Yale Club.
LEE, CHARLES H .- Leather Merchant, 26 Ferry street, New York City; residence 5 Gramercy Park. Educated at Cornell. (Married.) Director United States Leather Co. Member Reform Club and Cen- tury Association.
LEE, CHARLES N .- Dry Goods Merchant, 86 Worth street, New York City; residence 114 West 78th street. Member of the firm of Lee, Tweedy & Co. Member Union League Club and New England So- ciety.
LEE, DAVID BRADLEY-138 Fifth avenue, New York City. Born in New York City. Educated at Co- lumbia. (Single.) Member Union Club.
LEE, DUNCAN CAMPBELL-Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca; residence 120 East Buffalo street. Born in Bovina Centre, Delaware Co., N. Y., March 4, 1869. Educated at Hamilton College; degree of A.M. (Married.) Enlisted as a private in 203d New York Volunteer Infantry in Spanish War; promoted to sergeant, sergeant-major and lieutenant. Assistant professor of oratory in charge of the department of oratory, Cornell University. Editor-in-chief "Ithaca Daily News." Member Theta Delta Chi and Delta Chi Fraternities, Phi Beta Kappa Society and American Academy of Political and Social Science.
LEE, ELMER-Physician, 10 West 49th street, New York City. Born in Piqua, Ohio, March 12, 1856. Educated at Ohio Wesleyan University (A.B., '77 and A.M., '80) and Missouri Medical College (M.D., '82). (Single.) Practiced in St. Louis, Mo., 1882-8; in Chi- cago, Ill., 1888-96, and in New York City since 1896. Member of committee on revision United States Phar- macopia, 1890-1900; served as surgeon in United States Army during Spanish-American War. Mem- ber of several medical societies.
LEE, FREDERIC H .- Dry Goods Merchant, 86 Worth street, New York City; residence 110 West 39th street. Educated at Columbia. Member of the firm of Lee, Tweedy & Co. Member Racquet and Tennis, New York, Larchmont Yacht and Arkwright Clubs and Columbia University Alumni Association.
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LEE, FREDERIC S .- Professor, 437 West 59th street, New York City; residence 107 West 74th street. Born in Canton, N. Y., June 16, 1859. (Son of Prof. John S. Lee.) Educated at St. Lawrence University (A.B., '78), Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D., '85) and Leipzig University ('86). (Single.) Associate in phy- siology Bryn Mawr College, 1887-91. Now adjunct pro- fessor of physiology Columbia University, and asso- ciate editor "American Journal of Physiology." Au- thor of numerous papers on physiological subjects, published in American and foreign books and periodi- cals. Member Century Association, American So- ciety of Naturalists, American Physiological Society and New York Academy of Sciences.
LEE, GEORGE C .- Broker, 130 Pearl street, New York City; residence 378 Third street, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, Sept. 3, 1861. Educated at Leipzig Uni- versity, Germany. (Single.) Member of the firm of Hogins & Lee. Member Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, and Reform Club of New York.
LEE, HERMAN F .- Treasurer, 107 Liberty street, New York City; residence 172 West 79th street. Born in Fishkill, N. Y., May 18, 1864. Educated at Prince- ton. (Married.) Treasurer and director New York Carbon and Transfer Paper Co. Member Princeton Club and New England Society.
LEE, HOMER-President, 65 Duane street, New York City; residence 553 West End avenue. President and director Homer Lee Bank Note Co .; vice-president and director Franklin-Lee Bank Note Co. Member Colonial Club, Ohio Society and Sons of the American Revolution.
LEE, HORATIO SHUMWAY-Wholesale Lumber Merchant, 567 West Ferry street, Buffalo. Member of the firm of Mixer & Co. Member Saturn Club and Sons of the Revolution.
LEE, J. BOWERS-Broker, 19 William street, New York City; residence 1 West 21st street. Member of the New York Stock Exchange firm of Lee, Livingston & Co. Member Union, Knickerbocker, Metropolitan and Union League Clubs.
LEE, JAMES G. KING-Lawyer, 20 Nassau street, New York City; residence 3 Gramercy Park. Edu- cated at Harvard. Member of the firm of Lee & Lee. Member University Athletic and Harvard Clubs.
LEE, JOHN CLARENCE - Educator, Canton. Born in Woodstock, Vt., Oct. 15, 1856. (Son of John S. Lee, D.D.) Educated at St. Lawrence University (A.B., '76, A.M., '79 and Ph.D., '95), Harvard ('78) and Canton Theological School ('80). (Married Helena Crumett of Hyde Park, Mass., 1889.) In Universalist ministry, 1880-4; professor of English literature at Lombard College, 1884-92; vice-president of same, 1892- 6; president of St. Lawrence University since 1896.
LEE, ROBERT PERINE-Lawyer, 115 Broadway, New York City. Born in Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y., April 30, 1835. (Son of Rev. Robert Perine Lee.) Educated at Montgomery Academy and at Rutgers College; studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1858. Member Lawyers' Club and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
LEE, S. VAN WYCK-Lawyer, 115 Broadway, New York City; residence 52 East 63d street. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1869. Educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and Columbia University. (Sin- gle.) Associated with Robert P. Lee. Member Knick- erbocker Athletic, Atalanta Boat and Pickaninny Dra- matic Clubs, Columbia Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity and Columbia University Alumni Associa- tion.
LEE, THOMAS B .- Expert Accountant and Audi- tor, 280 Broadway, New York City; residence East Orange, N. J. Born in Newark, N. J., Jan. 8, 1856. Educated at Rock Hill College, Ellicott City, Md. (Married.) Formerly chief clerk, assistant secretary and auditor of the American Society of Civil Engi- neers. Now superintendent of offices at Calvary Cem- etery for trustees of St. Patrick's Cathedral; State secretary New York State Council Catholic Benevolent Legion. Member Alumni Association of Rock Hill College, Xavier Alumni Sodality, Mt. Morris Council No. 36, Catholic Benevolent Legion, Harlem Council
No. 624, Royal Arcanum, City of Orange Council No. 235, Knights of Columbus and many social and char- itable societies.
LEE, THOMAS F .- Silk Merchant, 57 Greene street, New York City; residence 1 East 39th street. Member New York Athletic, Union League and Mer- chants' Central Clubs and New England Society.
LEE, W. HARVEY-Insurance 99 Cedar street, New York City; residence 1730 Broadway. Born in London, England, March 1, 1857. Educated at Brigh- ton College, and King's College, London. (Single.) Superintendent Fidelity and Casualty Co. Member New York Athletic and New Jersey Boat Clubs and Scottish and other societies.
LEE, WILLIAM HENRY-Agent, 21 Park row, New York City; residence 220 Central Park, South. Born in Greenville, Miss. Educated at University of Mississippi ('85) and Eastman's College, Poughkeep- sie, N. Y. ('89). (Single.) Member Southern Society and Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.
LEE, WILLIAM H. L .- Lawyer, 20 Nassau street, New York City; residence 107 West 54th street. Born in New York City, Oct. 31, 1848. Educated at Yale. (Widower.) Member of the firm of Lee & Lee. Mem- ber University, Yale, University Athletic and Arts Clubs, Down Town Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
LEECH, JOHN E .- Merchant, 72 Pine street, New York City; residence 94 Remsen street, Brooklyn. Member of the firm of James Lee & Co. Director Commonwealth Insurance Co .; trustee Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn. Member Reform, Barnard and National Arts Clubs, Hamilton, Rembrandt, Riding and Driving, and Twentieth Century Clubs of Brook- lyn, and Down Town Association.
LEECH, WILLIAM E .- Merchant, 72 Pine street, New York City; residence 270 Clinton avenue, Brook- lyn. Member of the firm of James Lee & Co. Mem- ber Union League Club and Down Town Association.
LEEDS, CHARLES C .- Lawyer, 45 William street, New York City; residence 781 Park avenue. Educated at Yale. Member Lawyers' and Yale Clubs.
LEEDS, THEODORE EDWARD-Lawyer, 3 Broad street, New York City; residence 20 Fifth avenue. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 4, 1839. Educated in Boston by private tutors. (Married.) Retired from active business and is now consulting counsel to cor- porations, banks and estates. Member Union League, Players', Lawyers', Social Reform and Good Govern- ment Clubs and life member of the New England Genealogical and Historical Society of Massachusetts, and New York State Bar Association.
LEEMING, JAMES-General Freight Agent, 21 Cortland street, New York City; residence 850 West End avenue. Born in Brantford, Ontario, Dec. 5, 1857. Educated at Brantford Collegiate Institute. (Married.) General freight agent Erie R. R. Co. and New York, Susquehanna and Western R. R. Co. Member Cran- ford (N. J.) Golf and Colonial Clubs.
LEEMING, WOODRUFF-Architect, 111 Fifth ave- nue, New York City; residence 490 Fourth street, Brooklyn. Born in Quincy, Ill., July 14, 1870. Educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Married.) Secretary Departnient of Architecture, Brooklyn Insti- tute of Arts and Sciences. Member Nassau Country and National Arts Clubs, National Sculpture Society, Architectural League and Phi Gamma Delta Fra- ternity.
LEES, JAMES E .- Cotton Manufacturer, 320 Broadway, New York City; residence 36 West 17th street. Born in Holden, Mass., Aug. 9, 1845. Educated at Friends' Boarding School, Providence, R. I. (Mar- ried.) Treasurer and director Lees Mfg Co.
LEETE, CHARLES H .- Teacher, 116 Central Park, South; residence 32 West 84th street. Born in Pots- dam, N. Y., March 17, 1857. Educated at State Normal School ('75), Syracuse University, Yale College ('79) and in Leipzig (A.M. and Ph.D. '90), Berlin and Halle. (Married Isadore A. Kelton, 1883.) Taught schools in Potsdam, 1879-81; in Dr. Sachs's Collegiate In- stitute, New York City, 1881-7; associate editor
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"Longman's School Geography, Atlas and Questions," 1889; visited schools in America, England and Ger- many, 1890-1; head master of Dr. Julius Sachs's School for Girls since 1891. Member Potsdam Club, American Geographical Society and Potsdam Normal Alumni and Yale Alumni Associations.
LEFEVER, JACOB-Banker, New Paltz. Born April 20, 1830. (Married.) Served as assemblyman for four years, and as Congressman for four years. Presi- dent and director Huguenot National Bank; vice-presi- dent and trustee New Paltz Savings Bank. Member Holland Society of New York City.
LEFFERTS, GEORGE MOREWOOD-Physician, 212 Madison avenue, New York City. Born in Brook- lyn, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1846. Educated at the College of the City of New York and at College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University (M.D. '70); also studied in Vienna. Practicing in New York City since 1874; makes a specialty of diseases of the throat and chest, upon which he has written several works. Pro- fessor of laryngoscopy to College of Physicians and Surgeons. Member Union League, University and Riding Clubs and National Academy of Design.
LEFFERTS, MARSHALL CLIFFORD-President, 34 Washington place, New York City; residence 34 East 65th street. Born in New York City, Nov. 28, 1848. (Son of Col. Marshall Lefferts.) Educated in public schools and at the College of the City of New York. (Married.) Served as a member of the Com- mittee of Seventy, 1894. President and director The Celluloid Co .; vice-president and director Baker, Voor- his & Co .; director Manufacturers' National Bank of Newark, N. J. Member Grolier, Union League and Rockaway Hunting Clubs, Good Government Club A, St. Nicholas, Dunlap and Zoological Societies, Metro- politan Museum of Art, Newark (N. J.) Board of Trade and others.
LEFFERTS, ROBERT-Real Estate, 597 Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn. Member Crescent Athletic and Montauk Clubs, Bellport (L. I.) Gun Club, University Club of New York City, and Holland Society.
LEFFINGWELL, JOHN E .- Insurance, 346 Broad- way, New York City; residence 1373 Pacific street, Brooklyn. Born in Norwich, Conn., Sept. 16, 1821. Ed- ucated at Bacon Academy, Colchester, Conn. (Mar- ried.) President Farragut Fire Insurance Co. Member Order of Founders and Patriots of America.
LEFFINGWELL, WILLIAM E .- President, Wat- kins. Born in Aurora, Cayuga Co., N. Y., July 10, 1855. Educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and Cornell. (Married.) President Glen Springs Sanitarium Co., Schuyler Salt, Oil and Gas Co. and Glen City Laundry Co. Member Elmira City Club, Rochester Club, Hamilton Club of Brooklyn, Craftsmen's Club of New York City, Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, thirty-second degree Mason and St. Omer's Commandery No. 19, Knights Templar.
LEGG, GEORGE-Artificial Flower Manufacturer, 707 Broadway, New York City; residence 25 West 81st street. Member Colonial, New York Athletic, Mer- chants' Central and Union League Clubs and Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on-Hudson.
LEGGETT, FRANCIS H .- Importer of Food Pro- ducts, 126 Franklin street, and Banker, 10 Wall street, New York City; residence 21 West 34th street. Born in New York City, March 17, 1840. Educated in New York City. Senior member of the firm of Francis H. Leggett & Co. Vice-president and director Bankers' Trust Co .; director Butler Hard Rubber Co. and Home Insurance Co .; trustee Greenwich Savings Bank. Member Union League, Merchants', Tuxedo, Riding, Grolier, Metropolitan, Arts and Sculpture Clubs and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
LEGGETT, J. SHAW-Carriage Manufacturer, 109 South State street, Syracuse; residence 329 James street. Born in Canada, 1844. Educated in Canada. (Married.) Member Century Club and Masonic Lodge.
LEGRAS, GUSTAVE-Professor, 17 Lexington ave- nue, New York City; residence 62 West 124th street. Born in New York City, Jan. 24, 1858. Educated at the College of the City of New York. (Single.) Assistant professor of mathematics at the College of the City of New York; also connected with the French Benevo-
lent Society Hospital. Member City College and Re- form Clubs, Phi Beta Kappa and American Mathe- matical Societies, American Social Science Asso- ciation and others.
LEHMAIER, JAMES S .- Lawyer, 132 Nassau street, New York City; residence 758 West End avenue. Educated at Cornell ('78). Member of the firm of Leh- maier & Williams. Member Republican, Cornell, Hard- ware, West Side Republican and Patria Clubs and Academy of Political Science.
LEHMAN, ARTHUR-Commission Merchant, 16 William street, New York City; residence 5 West 62d street. Born in New York Citl, June 1, 1873. Educated in New York City. Member of the firm of Lehman Bros., members of the New York Stock, Cotton, Cof- fee and Produce Exchanges. Director International Steam Pump Co. Member Harvard, Harmonie and Century Country Clubs.
LEHMAN, EMANUEL-Commission Merchant, 16 William street, New York City; residence 16 East 46th street. Born in Bavaria, Germany, Feb. 15, 1827. Edu- cated in Germany. Member of the firm of Lehman Bros., members of the New York Stock, Produce, Cot- ton and Coffee Exchanges. Vice-president and direc- tor East River Gas Co. and Hoboken Ferry Co .; treas- urer and director Berry-Boice Cattle Co .; director Baron De Hirsch Fund, Consolidated Gas Co. of New Jersey, East River Gas Co. of Long Island City, Mer- cantile National Bank, New York and East River Ferry Co., North Shore Traction Co., Queens County Bank, Shelby Iron Co., Tenth and Twenty-third Streets Ferry Co. and Woodbine Land Improvement Co. Mem- ber Harmonie Club, Southern Society, American Mu- seum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Chamber of Commerce.
LEHMAN, MEYER H .- Commission Merchant, 16 William street, New York City; residence 40 West 70th street. Born and educated in New York City. Member of the firm of Lehman Bros., members of the New York Stock, Cotton, Coffee and Produce Exchanges. Mem- ber Harmonie Club.
LEHMAN, PHILIP - Commission Merchant, 16 William street, New York City; residence 150 West 58th street. Born and educated in New York City. Member of the firm of Lehman Bros., members of the New York Stock, Cotton, Coffee and Produce Exchanges. Director Havana Commercial Co. Member Century Country and Harmonie Clubs.
LEHMAN, SIGMUND M .- Stock Broker, 16 Wil- liam street, New York City; residence 16 East 46th street. Born in New York City, Feb. 19, 1859. Edu- cated in New York City and at Cornell University ('79). Member of the firm of Lehman Bros., and of the New York Stock. Cotton, Coffee and Produce Exchanges. Member Manhattan, Cornell and Delta Kappa Epsilon Clubs.
LEICH, ADAM H .- Councilman, City Hall, New York City, and Insurance Broker, 200 Montague street, Brooklyn; residence 314 Monroe street, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, May 5, 1854. Educated at Public School No. 11. (Married.) Represented the Second District in the Brooklyn Board of Aldermen, 1894-5, and the Fifth District, 1896-7. Now serving as councilman from the Seventh District (Borough of Brooklyn), New York City (1898-1901). Ex-vice-president Long Island Insurance Co. Member Union League, Invincible, Levi P. Morton and Stuyvesant Heights Clubs, DeWitt Clinton Ready Relief, Columbia Council Loyal Addi- tional Benefit, Brooklyn Public Library, Columbia Im- mediate Relief and Good Roads Associations, Royal Arcanum Wheelmen, League of American Wheelmen, Associated Cycling Clubs of Brooklyn, Euclid Lodge No. 656, F. & A. M., DeWitt Clinton Council No. 419, Royal Arcanum, Constellation Chapter Royal Arch Masons, Clinton Commandery No. 14, Knights Templar, Kismet Temple Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and Au- rora Grata Lodge of Perfection, Council of Princes and Chapter of Rose Croix.
LEIGH, WILLIAM ROBINSON-Artist, 101 West 66th street, New York City. Born in Berkeley County, W. Va., Sept. 23, 1866. Educated by private tutors; studied art at Maryland Institute, and at Royal Acad- emy in Munich, Bavaria. Engaged as figure and por-
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trait painter and illustrator. Has been awarded sev- eral medals and had picture awarded honorable men- tion at Paris Salon in 1892.
LEIGHTON, CHARLES A .- Stock Broker, 7 Wall street, New York City; residence 353 West 57th street. Born in New York State, January, 1850. Educated in public schools. (Married.) Connected with the firm of Brown, Bruns & Co. Member Colonial Club.
LEIGHTON, MELVILLE H. - Insurance, 218
Broadway, New York City; residence 350 Jefferson avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn, Oct. 10, 1865. Educated at Public School No. 16 and Long Island Business College. (Married.) Member Union League Club of Brooklyn.
LEIPZIGER, HENRY M .- Educator and Lec- turer, 146 Grand street, New York City; residence 324 East 50th street. Born in England, 1854. Educated in New York City public schools, at College of the City of New York and at Columbia College Law School (LL.B., '75). Admitted to the New York Bar but never engaged in practice: devoted several years to travel and study. Organized the Hebrew Technical Institute in New York City, and directed same, 1884- 91; assistant superintendent of public schools, 1891. Supervisor of free lectures, Board of Education, since 1890; chairman of the library committee of the Aguilar Free Library since its organization in 1888. Member City College and Reform Clubs and Phi Beta Kappa Society.
LE JEUNE, CAPEL ELLIS-Public Accountant, 33 Pine street, New York City; residence West New Brighton, S. I. Member American Association of Public Accountants and National Association of Cer- tified Accountants.
LELAND, ARTHUR S .- Banker, 36 Wall street, New York City: residence Ardsley-on-Hudson. Born in Boston, Mass. Educated at Chauncy Hall School, Boston, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. (Single.) Member of the New York Stock Exchange firm of Arthur S. Leland & Co. Member Reform Club, Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on-Hudson, and Athletic and Algonquin Clubs of Boston, Mass.
LELAND, CHARLES H .- Stock Broker, 18 Wall street, New York City; residence 162 Madison avenue. Director Empire City Fire Insurance Co .; trustee Union Trust Co. Member New York Stock Exchange and of the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht and Union League Clubs, Country Club of Westchester, and La- fayette Post, G. A. R.
LELAND, FRANCIS L .- Banker, 79 Eighth ave- nue, New York City; residence 1 West 37th street. President and director New York County National Bank: director United States Life Insurance Co. Mem- ber Westminster Kennel, New York Yacht and Union League Clubs, Marine and Field Club of Brooklyn, Al- dine Association, Military Order of the Loyal Legion and Lafayette Post, G. A. R.
LELAND, LESTER-Treasurer and General Man- ager, 101 Milk street, Boston, Mass .; residence 316 Beacon street, Boston, and Union Club, New York City. Born in Boston, July 20, 1864. Educated in Bos- ton. (Married.) Treasurer and general manager Boston Rubber Shoe Co .; director State National Bank and United States Rubber Co. Member Union, Puri- tan, Eastern Yacht and Country Clubs of Boston, and Union Club of New York City.
LELAND, WILLIAM E .- Mechanical Engineer, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C .; residence 82d street and Twenty-third avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Framingham, Mass., May 4, 1870. Educated at Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology. (Married.) Fer- merly assistant with Alfred R. Wolff, consulting en- gineer, and William J. Baldwin, consulting engineer; now inspector of heating and ventilating apparatus, Supervising Architect's Office, United States Treasury Department. Member Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Society.
LEMOINE, ASHTON-Broker, 44 Pine street, New York City; residence 1 West 54th street. Educated at Princeton. Member University, Princeton, New York Yacht and Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Clubs.
LEMOYNE, WILLIAM J .- Actor, 128 East 34th street, New York City. Born in Boston, Mass., 1831. Made first professional appearance in 1852. Served with Massachusetts Volunteers during Civil War; was wounded at South Mountain, left the service and re- turned to the stage. Has taken leading parts in many presentations. Member Players' and Barnard Clubs and Dunlap Society.
LENNEY, JAMES C .- Lawyer, 35 Nassau street, New York City; residence 56 West 49th street. Born in Potsdam, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1869. Educated at Pots- dam Normal School and New York Law School (LL.B.). (Single.) Member of the firm of Lenney & Donovan. Secretary New England Co. Member Nor- mal Alumni Association.
LENT, B. F .-- General Music Dealer, Ithaca; resi- dence 505 North Cayuga street. Born in New York City, June 8, 1861. Educated in New York City and Yonkers. (Married.) Formerly salesman with Jacob Brothers, R. A. Saalfield and Dakin & Co., all of New York City. Served in the 7th Regiment, N. G. N. Y. Member Craftsman's and Town and Gown Clubs, Business Men's Association. Tornado Hook and Lad- der Company, and Masonic Order.
LENT, SMITH-Lawyer, 280 Broadway, New York City. Born in Peekskill, Westchester Co., N. Y., 1851. Educated in common schools, at Albany Normal School and at Albany Law School ('75). Practiced in Sing Sing until his election as Judge of Westchester Coun- ty in 1895. Now practicing in New York City. Mem- ber Society of Medical Jurisprudence, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
LENTILHON, EUGENE-Civil and Contracting Engineer, 11 Broadway, New York City; residence 48 Central Park, South. Born in New York City, Aug. 14, 1869. Educated at Yale. (Married.) Member Yale, New York Athletic, Democratic and New York Yacht Clubs and American Society of Civil Engineers.
LEO, JOHN P .- Architect, 139 West 125th street, New York City; residence 584 West 146th street. Born in New York City, April 10, 1859. Educated in public schools and at Cooper Union. (Married.) President Builders' League; director Bower Decorating Co.
LEONARD, CLARENCE E .- Broker, 32 Nassau street, New York City; residence Yonkers. Born in New Bedford, Mass., Feb. 10, 1854. Educated in Mas- sachusetts. (Married.) Member of the New York Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange. Mem- ber Old Colony Historical (life) and New England So- cieties, Robert Treat Paine Chapter of the Massachu- setts Society, Society of Mayflower Descendants, Sons of the Revolution and Sons of the American Revolu- tion.
LEONARD, EDGAR COTRELL-Merchant, 472 Broadway, Albany; residence 196 Washington avenue. Born in Albany, May 28, 1862. Educated at Albany Academy and Williams College (A.B., '86). (Married.) Member of the firm of Cotrell & Leonard. Secretary and treasurer Albany Safe Deposit and Storage Co .; director Albany Mutual Fire Insurance Co .; member of State executive committee Young Men's Christian Association. Member Society of Colonial Wars, So- ciety of Mayflower Descendants, Sons of the Revolu- tion and Delta Psi Fraternity.
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