Biographical directory of the state of New York, 1900, Part 82

Author: Biographical Directory Co., New York, pub
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: New York, Biographical directory company (incorporated)
Number of Pages: 592


USA > New York > Biographical directory of the state of New York, 1900 > Part 82


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138 | Part 139 | Part 140 | Part 141 | Part 142 | Part 143 | Part 144 | Part 145 | Part 146 | Part 147 | Part 148 | Part 149 | Part 150 | Part 151 | Part 152 | Part 153 | Part 154 | Part 155 | Part 156 | Part 157 | Part 158 | Part 159 | Part 160 | Part 161 | Part 162 | Part 163 | Part 164 | Part 165 | Part 166 | Part 167 | Part 168 | Part 169 | Part 170 | Part 171 | Part 172 | Part 173


LEONARD, GARDNER C .- Merchant and Manu- facturer, 472 Broadway, Albany; residence 56 Willett street. Born in West Springfield, Mass., Oct. 16, 1865. Educated at Albany Academy and Williams College ('87). (Single.) Member of the firm of Cotrell & Leonard. Director Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume. Formerly member of executive committee Albany Chamber of Commerce and Albany Historical and Art Society. Author of "Cap and Gown in Amer- ica" and "Songs of Williams." Member Albany, Press, Country, Camera, Fortnightly and Fort Orange Clubs, University Club of New York City, Mohican Canoe Club, Society of Colonial Wars and Williams College Alumni Associations of New York City and Northern New York.


LEONARD, GEORGE B .- Banker, 619 University Block, Syracuse; residence 710 Lodi street. Born and educated in Syracuse. (Married.) Formerly president Salt Springs National Bank; cashier First National


267


BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.


Bank and director Syracuse Tube Co. Secretary and treasurer Kemp & Burfee Mf'g Co. Member Citizens' Club.


LEONARD, H. WARD - Electrical Engineer, Bronxville; residence 606 West 114th street, New York City. Educated at Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology. Member New York Athletic, Union League and Calumet Clubs and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni and Ohio Societies.


LEONARD, LEWIS A .- Advertising, 154 Nassau street, New York City; residence 110 West 89th street. Born in Talbot County, Md., July 10, 1846. Educated at West River (Md.) Collegiate Institute. (Married.) Formerly editor and manager Cincinnati (Ohio) "Times Star" and vice-president United Press. Is now New York representative of the "Toledo (Ohio) Blade," "Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch" and "Comfort" and "Lane's List," both of Augusta, Me. Member Ohio and Maryland Societies.


LEONARD, WILLIAM D .- Lawyer, 141 Broadway, New York City; residence Hotel Marie Antoinette. Born in Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 18, 1857. Educated at College of the City of New York, Wesleyan University and Columbia Law School. (Married.) Member Al- pha Delta Phi Club and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


LEONORI, CHARLES L .- Superintendent, 51 East 44th street, New York City; residence 259 West 70th street. Superintendent of commissary department, Wagner Palace Car Co. Member Atlantic Yacht and New York Yacht Clubs, Ellicott Club of Buffalo, Met- ropolitan Museum of Art and Liederkranz.


LE ROY, FREDERICK GEBHARD-Stock Brok- er, 44 New street, New York City; residence Tarry- town. Member New York Stock Exchange and of the New York Athletic and Union Clubs.


LE ROY, HENRY WYCKOFF-Hardware Mer- chant, 259 Canal street, New York City; residence 169 West 12th street. Educated at Williams College. Secretary and director Gould-Mersereau Co. Member Union and University Clubs, St. Nicholas Society, Sons of the Revolution and Williams College Alumni Asso- ciation.


LE ROY, HERMAN S .- Secretary, 212 West 41st street, New York City; residence 28 Seventh avenue. Educated at Harvard. Member Harvard, University Athletic and Union Clubs and Down Town Association.


LE ROY, LOUIS C .- Dental and Oral Surgeon, 6 Lexington avenue, New York City. Born in New York City. Educated in New York City and at the College of Dentistry (D.D.S.) (Married.) Ex-president Alumni Association of New York College of Dentistry; chair- man clinical staff New York Odontological Society; ex- member clinical staff New York State Dental Society, First District; chairman clinical staff New York Col- lege of Dentistry. Member Union League Club, all the dental societies in New York City, League of American Wheelmen and Automobilists.


LE ROY, ROBERT COLEMAN-Real Estate, 21 East 20th street, New York City; residence 27 West 64th street. Educated at Columbia. Member Union, Harvard and Delta Phi Clubs and Columbia University Alumni Association.


LESHER, ARTHUR LAWRENCE-Importer of Linings, 502 Broadway, New York City; residence 9 East 75th street. Educated at Columbia. Member of the firm of Lesher, Whitman & Co. Director Citizens' National Bank. Member Union League, St. Anthony, Merchants', Essex County (N. J.) Country and Ameri- can Yacht Clubs, Columbia University Alumni Asso- ciation and American Museum of Natural History.


LESHER, RAYMOND - Importer of Linings, 502 Broadway, New York City; residence 31 East 74th street. Born in Rye, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1866. Educated in New York City. (Married.) Member of the firm of Lesher, Whitman & Co. Member Racquet and Tennis. and Collectors' Clubs.


LESSER, ADOLPH MONAE-Physician, 19 East 61st street, New York City. Born in Province of Bran- denburg, Prussia, June 22, 1858. Educated in Berlin, Munich and New York City. In 1871, while at college,


served in Red Cross during Franco-German war; served in German army, leaving as first lieutenant of reserve; served as assistant curator in Charity Hos- pital; was professor of physiology and pathology in New York Medical College. Now surgeon for abdom- inal diseases in Red Cross Hospital; surgeon-in-chief American National Red Cross, in which capacity he served in Cuba during the Cuban rebellion and Span- ish-American War. Author of "Treatment of Fevers Without Food, Antipyretics and Alcohol"; "Ventral Fixation of the Round Ligaments"; "Red Cross His- tory of the Spanish-American War," and other arti- cles. Has introduced a number of surgical instru- ments and appliances in his profession. Fellow New York Academy of Medicine and member New York County Medical Society and Physicians' Mutual Aid Association.


LETCHWORTH, OGDEN P .- Manufacturer, Buf- falo; residence 605 Niagara street. Born in Auburn, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1851. Educated in East Hampton, Mass. (Married.) President Pratt & Letchworth Co., United Hames Co. and National Founders' Association; man- ager Gowanda State Homeopathic Hospital. Member Buffalo, Ellicott and Liberal Clubs, and Transporta- tion Club of New York City.


LETCHWORTH, WILLIAM PRYOR-Philanthro- pist and Author, "Glen Iris," Portage. Born in Brown- ville, N. Y., May 26, 1823. Merchant and manufacturer in Buffalo, 1848-69; retired from business, 1873; has since devoted his time to charitable work. President Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 1871-4; member State Board of Charities, 1873-96, when he resigned; vice- president of same, 1874-8; president of same, 1878-88; president of National Conference of Charities and Cor- rection, 1884; degree of LL.D. from University of State of New York in 1893 "for distinguished services to the State;" active in securing the passage of laws for the protection of homeless children and other public de- pendents; devoted much attention to the care of the insane. Author of "The Insane in Foreign Countries," "Care and Treatment of Epileptics" and other works relating to the care of the unfortunate. President National Association for the Study of Epilepsy and the Care and Treatment of Epileptics. Member University and Buffalo Clubs.


LETHBRIDGE, ROBERT P .- Fire Insurance Broker, 56 Pine street, New York City; residence 157 Keap street, Brooklyn. Born in London, England, Sept. 26, 1845. Educated in Brooklyn. (Married.) Di- rector Kings County Co-operative Building and Loan Association and Nassau Trust Co .; trustee Citizens' Savings Bank. Member Crescent Athletic and Hano- ver Clubs of Brooklyn.


LEUBUSCHER, FREDERICK CYRUS FIELD - Lawyer, 99 Nassau street, New York City; residence 35 West 131st street. Born in New York City, Sept. 1, 1858. (Son of Louis Mortimer and Catherine [Horner] Leubuscher. Educated in public schools, at the Col- lege of the City of New York and at Columbia College Law School. Practicing in New York City since his admission to the Bar in 1880.


LEVENTRITT, DAVID-Supreme Court Justice, County Court House, New York City; residence 34 West 77th street. Born in Winnsboro, S. C., Jan. 31, 1845. (Son of George Manasseh and Betty [Goldberg] Leventritt.) Educated in New York City public and private schools, at the Free Academy (salutatorian, '64), and New York University Law School ('71). (Mar- ried Matilda, daugliter of Leopold Lithauer, 1868.) In his practice has covered a wide field, including questions of commercial, theatrical, insurance and real estate law, and has appeared as special counsel for the city in numerous condemnation proceedings. In 1898 was elected a Justice of the Supreme Court, term expiring Dec. 31, 1912. Director Rapid Safety Filter Co. Mem- ber Sagamore, Progress and Democratic Clubs, Con- gregation Temple Emanuel, Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Mount Sinai Hospital, Aguilar Free Library Associa- tion, Hebrew Technical Institute and many other so- cieties and organizations.


LEVERICH, CHARLES D .- Stock Broker. 48 Wall street, New York City; residence Corona, L. I. Born in New York City, Oct. 29, 1840. (Married.) Senior member of the New York Stock Exchange firm of C. D. Leverich & Bro. Director Bank of New York; trus- tee Atlantic Trust Co. and Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co.


268


BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.


LEVERICH, S. DUNCAN-Stock Broker, 48 Wall street, New York City; residence 27 Washington square, North. Born in New York City, Oct. 19, 1846. (Widower.) Member of the firm of C. D. Leverich & Bro. and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member New York Athletic and Colonial Clubs and Down Town Association.


LEVERMORE, CHARLES HERBERT-Educator, Lafayette avenue and St. James place, Brooklyn; resi- dence 30 St. James place. Born in Mansfield, Conn., Oct. 15, 1856. Educated at Monson Academy, Hopkins Grammar School, Yale College and Johns Hopkins University. (Married Mettie Norton Tuttle, 1884.) Formerly principal of Guilford (Conn.) Institute; Fel- low in history at Johns Hopkins University; instructor in history at University of California and professor of history at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; now president of Adelphi College. Member Hamilton and Yale Clubs, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, New England Society of Brooklyn (corresponding sec- retary and director) and American Historical Asso- ciation.


LEVERSON, MONTAGUE R .- Physician, 96th street and Shore road, Fort Hamilton. Born in Lon- don, England, March 2, 1830. Educated in London, at University of Göttingen, Germany (A.M. and Ph.D.), and at Baltimore (Md.) Medical College (M.D.). Mem- ber of California Legislature, 1882. Member of the Bars of the Supreme Court of California and of the Supreme Court of the United States. Member Brooklyn Single Tax and Brooklyn Democratic Clubs, Anti-Vaccina- tion League of Brooklyn (president), and Reform Club of New York City.


LEVETT, DAVID MAURICE-Music Teacher and Composer, 933 Park avenue, New York City. Born in New York City, Jan. 1, 1844. Educated in New York, Germany and France. (Married Kate De Jonge, 1878.) Author of many compositions for the voice, piano and orchestra. Member Manuscript Club.


LEVEY, EDGAR J .- Deputy Comptroller, 280 Broadway, New York City; residence 61 West 74th street. Born in New York City, Nov. 4, 1863. Educated at Columbia College ('83) and Law School ('86). Mem- ber of the firm of Hinman & Levey, 1887-91; secretary to the comptroller, 1891-3; assistant deputy comptroller, 1893-6; deputy comptroller since Jan. 1, 1898. Director Frederick H. Levey & Co. Member of the Manhattan Club and Columbia Alumni Association.


LEVI, JOSEPH CHARLES .- Lawyer, 140 Nassau street, New York City; residence 50 West 91st street. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 27, 1839. (Son of Charles Levi.) Educated in private and public shools in New York City and at Dr. Anthon's Grammar School of Columbia College ('54). Admitted to the bar in 1860. (Married a daughter of Dr. Manly Emanuel of Lin- wood, Pa., 1865.) Served as a non-commissioned officer in 37th Regiment, N. G. N. Y., 1862. One of the found- ers and now examining counsel of the Lawyers' Title Insurance Co. Counsel to "New Yorker Staats Zei- tung," Isabella Home and many others. Is an expert on real estate and testamentary law. Member of the New York Tax Reform and Civil Service Reform Asso- ciations and Association of the Bar of the City of New York (since 1875).


LEVICK, JOSEPH N. T .- Fire Insurance, 54 Wil- liam street, New York City; residence 244 East 86th street. Born in New Orleans, La., Aug. 15, 1834. Edu- cated in public and private schools in Philadelphia, Pa. (Married Mary L. Gardiner, a descendant of Lion Gar- diner of Gardiner's Island.) Served in Union Army during Civil War. Assistant cashier North British and Mercantile Insurance Co., since 1870. Member Col- lectors' Club, Lafayette Post, G. A. R., Seventh Regi- ment War Veterans' Association, Arcana Lodge No. 246, F. & A. M., American Philatelical Association and National Philatelical and American Numismatic and Archæological Societies.


LEVIS, JOHN S .- Public Accountant and Auditor, 99 Nassau street, New York City; residence 469 First street, Brooklyn. Born in Newburgh, N. Y., May 7, 1850. Secretary, treasurer and director United States Nomatch Light Co.


LEVY, CHARLES JOSEPH-Editor, 21 Park row, New York City; residence 1889 Madison avenue. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Jan. 31, 1870. Educated in New


York City public schools and at Cornell University ('91.) (Single.) Engaged in journalism since gradua- tion, on the editorial staffs of the "Haberdasher," the "Dry Goods Economist" and the "Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter." Now associate editor "Biographical Direc- tory of the State of New York." Member Cornell Uni- versity Club.


LEVY, JEFFERSON M .- Lawyer, 20 Broad street, New York City and Congressman, House of Represen- tatives, Washington, D. C .; residence 66 East 34th street, New York City. Represents the Thirteenth New York District in the House of Representatives, 1899-1901. Connected with the Commercial Cable Build- ing Co. Member Manhattan, Twilight, Democratic, New York Yacht and New York Press Clubs and Southern Society.


LEVY, L. NAPOLEON-Lawyer, 20 Broad street, New York City; residence 26 West 69th street. Born in New York City. Educated in New York City and Phil- adelphia and at the New York University Law School. (Married.) Ex-president Spanish and Portuguese Con- gregation Shearith Israel; president and director Seton Homestead Land Co., Land Co. of Edenwald, Commer- cial Cable Building Co. and Salisbury and Harvey Ry. Co. Member Manhattan and Democratic Clubs.


LEVY, MITCHELL A. C .- Lawyer, 20 Broad street, New York City; residence 66 East 34th street. Member Manhattan, Democratic, Reform, Criterion and Lotos Clubs.


LEWENTHAL, ISAAC-Silver and Gold Novelties, 530 Broadway, New York City; residence 131 East 83d street. Born in New York City, Oct. 3, 1867. Educated in New York City. (Married.) Secretary, treasurer and director Royal Metal Mf'g Co.


LEWI, MAURICE J .- Physician, 11 Broadway, New York City; residence 178 West 80th street. Born in Albany, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1857. Educated in Albany, Heidelberg and Vienna. (Married.) Was professor of medical jurisprudence in Albany Law School; in- structor in diseases of women and children in Albany Medical College and president of Albany County and Union County Medical Societies. Now medical director American Union Life Insurance Co .; secretary State Board of Medical Examiners. Member City Club of Yonkers, Rahway (N. J.) Colonia Country Club, State Medical and New York County Medical Societies, Al- bany Society of New York City, Society of Medical Jurisprudence and New York Academy of Medicine.


LEWINSON, BENNO-Lawyer, 119 Nassau street, New York City; residence 235 West 128th street. Born in Germany, Sept. 27, 1854. Educated in Berlin, at the College of the City of New York (B.S., '73, and M.S., '77) and Columbia Law School (LL.B., '77). (Married.) Practicing in New York City since his ad- mission to the Bar in 1877. Member of the firm of Lewinson, Kohler & Schattman. Member Columbia, City College and Minqua Clubs and Liederkranz.


LEWIS, CHARLES B .- Author, 71 Third place, Brooklyn. Born in Ohio, 1842. Educated at Michigan Agricultural College. (Married.) Prominent as a humorist; most of his work has appeared under the nom de plume of "M. Quad." Author of "Field, Fort and Fleet," "A Sketch Book of the Civil War," "The Lime-Kiln Club," "Sawed-off Sketches," " Quad's Odds" and many others. Member Press Club.


LEWIS, CHARLES H .- Physician, 47 West 58th street, New York City. Born in Naugatuck, Conn., April 8, 1857. Educated at Yale University ('82), Belle- vue Hospital Medical College and in Vienna, Berlin and London. (Single.) Visiting physician Columbus and St. Vincent's Hospitals and lecturer on clinical medicine University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. Member New York Athletic and University Clubs and Yale Alumni Association.


LEWIS, CHARLTON THOMAS-Lawyer, 34 Nas- sau street, New York City; residence Morristown, N. J. Born in West Chester, Pa., Feb. 25, 1834. Edu- cated at Yale. (Married.) Deputy United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1863-4. President State Prison Association of New York and State Charities Aid Association of New Jersey; secretary and director Erie Canal Traction Co .; director Inter- national Bell Telephone Co. (Ltd.), New York and New Jersey Ice Lines, Popular Photograph Co.,


269


BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.


United States Mortgage and Trust Co. and North American Trust Co. Author of "Lewis' Latin Dic- tionaries," "Lectures on the Life of Lafayette" and a treatise on "The Rate of Interest"; editor of "Bengel's Grammar," "Harper's Book of Facts" and "Harper's Latin Dictionary." Member Authors', Lawyers', Bar- nard, Yale and Delta Kappa Epsilon Clubs, Salisbury and Cobden Clubs of London, England, New York Historical and American Mathematical Societies, Sons of the Revolution and Yale Alumni and Century Asso- ciations.


LEWIS, DANIEL-Editor and Physician, 252 Mad- ison avenue, New York City; residence Spuyten Duy- vil. Born in Alfred, Allegany Co., N. Y., Jan. 17, 1846. Educated at Alfred Academy and Alfred University. (Married.) President and editor "Medical Review of Reviews" (Inc.); ex-president New York State Board of Health. Member Republican and Union League Clubs, Academy of Medicine and Medical Society of the County of New York.


LEWIS, DANIEL F .- President, 215 Montague street, Brooklyn; residence 248 Hancock street. Born in Brooklyn, March 28, 1849. Educated in public schools. President and director Brooklyn and New York Railway Supply Co., New York and Long Island Realty Co. and Bay Ridge Improvement Co .; director Catskill Electric Ry. Co., Eagle Warehouse and Stor- age Co., Ixtapan del Oro Mining Co. and United States Projectile Co. Member Brooklyn, Crescent Athletic, Parkway Driving and Hamilton Clubs.


LEWIS, EDWIN A .- Retired Physician, 102 Pierre- pont street, Brooklyn. Born in Naugatuck, Conn., Oct. 5, 1847. Educated at Yale. (Married.) Was vis- iting surgeon to several hospitals and professor of anatomy, Long Island College Hospital. Member Union League, Hamilton, Excelsior, Brooklyn, and Marine and Field Clubs.


LEWIS, EUGENE HOWARD-Lawyer, 44 Broad street, New York City; residence Hotel Netherland. Born in Potosi, Wis., Feb. 7, 1852. Educated at Beloit Preparatory School, Yale University and Columbia Law School. (Married.) Member of the firm of Eaton & Lewis. Member University, Manhattan. Lawyers', Alpha Delta Phi, Yale, Players' and Automobile Clubs, Metropolitan Club of Washington, D. C., and Associa- tion of the Bar of the City of New York.


LEWIS, G. GRIFFIN-Oculist, Aurist, Rhinologist and Laryngologist, 600 University Block. Syracuse; residence 110 Elk street. Born in Avoca, Steuben Co., N. Y., Dec. 17, 1866. Educated in Worcester, Mass., and at Albany Medical College. (Married.) Assistant aurist New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1894; assist- ant otologist and rhinologist Manhattan Eye and Ear Infirmary of New York City, 1895. Member Citizens' Club and Beta Theta Pi Fraternity.


LEWIS, HENRY M .- Physician and Surgeon, 109 East 18th street, New York City. Born in Lowville, Lewis Co., N. Y., 1849. Educated in Philadelphia, Pa. (Married.) Civil service commissioner under Mayor Seth Low of Brooklyn. Surgeon to Metropolitan Hos- pital. Blackwell's Island. Member Oxford Club of Brooklyn.


LEWIS, H. S .- Furniture Dealer and Undertaker, Richmondville. Born in Blenheim, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1855. Educated in Richmondville. (Married.) Director Bank of Richmondville. Member Richinondville Lodge No. 525, I. O. O. F.


LEWIS, JAMES F .- Mining Engineer and Manu- facturer of Mining Machinery, 100 Broadway, New York City; 1328 Monadnock Building, Chicago, Ill .; 18 Victoria square, Montreal, P. Q., and Sherbrooke, P. Q., Canada; residences 4522 Forestville avenue, Chi- cago, Ill .; Windsor Hotel, Montreal, P. Q., and Sher- brooke, P. Q., Canada. Born in Blandford, Hampden Co., Mass., May 26, 1840. Educated in Blandford, Mass., Meriden, Conn., and Bloomfield, N. J. (Mar- ried.) Served as a private during Civil War and was wounded at the battle of Bull Run. Formerly vice- president (two terms) and director (eight years) of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. Member Engineers', Republican and Twilight Clubs, New Eng- land Society, Lafayette Post G. A. R., American In- stitute of Mining Engineers, American Society of Me- chanical Engineers and American Society of Civil En-


gineers of New York City; Western Railway, St. Louis Railway and Technical Clubs, Western Society of Engineers, The Art Museum, Foundryman's Asso- ciation, Historical Society and Field Columbian Mu- seum, all of Chicago, Ill .; Canadian Mining Institute, St. George's Club of Sherbrooke, Mining Society of Nova Scotia, Halifax and City Clubs of Halifax, and Iron and Steel Institute of London, England.


LEWIS. JOHN N .- Lawyer, 31 Nassau street, New York City; residence 349 Madison avenue. Born in Malden, N. Y., March 18, 1837. Educated at Williams College and New York University. Captain United States Valunteers, 1862; ex-assistant district attorney New York County. Member of the firm of Lewis & Stoddart. Member Manhattan, Larchmont Yacht and Knickerbocker Athletic Clubs, Lafayette Post G. A. R., Blooming Grove Park Association, Society of the War Veterans of the 7th Regiment, Tammany So- ciety and life member of the Grand Lodge, F. & A. M .. , of Connecticut.


LEWIS, NELSON P .- Civil Engineer, 21 Municipal Building, Brooklyn; residence 1511 Albemarle road. Born in Annandale, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1856. Educated at St. Stephen's College and Rensselaer Polytechnic In- stitute. (Married.) Chief engineer Department of Highways, Borough of Brooklyn. Member Whist, Knickerbocker Field and Crescent Athletic Clubs, Engineers' Club of New York City, American Society of Civil Engineers and American Society of Municipal Improvements.


LEWIS, RICHARD V .- House Furnishings, 132 West 42d street, New York City; residence Irvington- on-Hudson. Member of the firm of Lewis & Conger. Member Baptist Social Union, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History and Lafayette Post G. A. R.


LEWIS, TEACKLE WALLIS-Coffee Merchant, 132 Front street, New York City; residence 116 East 16th street. Born in Baltimore, Md., Oct. 11, 1860. Edu- cated in Baltimore. (Widower.) Formerly member of the firm of George W. Lane & Co., Rowland Hum- phreys & Co. and Carter Macy & Co. Member Union, Babylon, New York Athletic and New York Rowing Clubs.


LEWIS, WALTER H .- Dry Goods Merchant, 59 Worth street, New York City; residence 11 East 35th street. Born in Roxbury, Mass., Nov. 5, 1829. (Mar- ried.) Member of the firm of H. & W. H. Lewis. Di- rector Home Insurance Co .; trustee General Theo- logical Seminary, Five Points Home of Industry and New York Life Insurance Co .; vestryman Trinity Church. Member Union, Wool and Tuxedo Clubs, New England Society and National Academy of De- sign.


LEWIS. WILLIAM E .- Editor, 140 West 42d street, New York City; residence 600 West 114th street. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 14, 1864. Educated at West- ern Reserve University. (Married.) Formerly man- aging editor of the Chicago, Ill., "Times" and Kansas City, Mo., "News"; secretary Cleveland, Ohio, Board of Improvements, and political editor of the New York "Journal." Now editor New York "Telegraph." Mem- ber University and Transportation Clubs, Order of Founders and Patriots of America and National Bar Association.


LEWISOHN, ADOLPH-Metal Merchant, 81 Ful- ton street, New York City; residence 9 West 57th street. Born and educated in Hamburg, Germany. Member of the firm of Lewisohn Bros., members of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Fulton and En- gineers' Clubs.


LEWISOHN, LEONARD-Metal Merchant, 81 Ful- ton street, New York City; residence 14 East 57th street. Born and educated in Hamburg, Germany. (Married.) Member of the firm of Lewisohn Bros., of the New York Stock Exchange, and of the Chamber of Commerce. Member Fulton and Engineers' Clubs.


LEXOW, CHARLES K .- Lawyer, 43 Cedar street, New York City; residence 161 East 46th street. Born in New York City, Jan. 21, 1849. (Son of Rudolph and Caroline Lexow.) Educated in Brooklyn, at Bonn (Germany), Harvard University and at Columbia Law School. (Single.) Member of the firm of Lexow, Mac- kellar & Wells. Attorney and one of the founders of




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.