Biographical directory of the state of New York, 1900, Part 99

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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MORAN, THOMAS - Artist, 37 West 22d street; residence Easthampton, L. I. Born in Bolton, Lanca- shire, England, Jan. 12, 1837. Educated in Philadel- phia (Pa.) public schools; studied art in Paris and in Italy. (Married Mary Nimmo, 1862.) Accompanied the United States Exploring Expedition to the Yellow- stone Country in 1871; in 1873 went on a similar expedi- tion and painted the pictures entitled, "Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone" and "Chasm of the Colorado," which were purchased by Congress and are now in the Capitol. Member Lotos, Catholic and Salmagundi Clubs, Century Association and National Academy of Design.


MORAWETZ, VICTOR-Lawyer, 35 Wall street, New York City; residence Metropolitan Club. Edu- cated at Harvard ('78). Director Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ry. Co., Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Ry. Co., Southern California Ry. Co. and Norfolk and Western Ry. Co. Member Union, University, Union League, Lawyers', Harvard, Riding and Metropolitan Clubs, Century Association, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


MORDECAI, ROBERT E. LEE-Real Estate, 7 Pine street, 1002 Broadway and 696 Columbus avenue, New York City; residence 56 Central Park, South. Member New York Athletic and Monticello Gun and Studio Clubs.


MOREHOUSE, DANIEL W .- Unitarian Clergy- man, 104 East 20th street, New York City; residence 70 Glenwood avenue, Yonkers. Born in Knowlesville, Orleans Co., N. Y., Feb. 4, 1846. Educated at Mead- ville Theological School. (Married.) General secretary National Conference of Unitarian and other Christian churches; secretary Unitarian Conference of Middle States and Canada; also superintendent of Middle States Department for the American Unitarian Asso- ciation. Member Reform and Barnard Clubs.


MORGAN, ALBERT J .- Manufacturer, 439 West street, New York City; residence 243 West 72d street. Vice-president and director Enoch Morgan's Sons Co. Member Racquet and Tennis, St. Nicholas, Colonial, New York Athletic, Grolier, Manhattan, New York Yacht, Larchmont Yacht and Atlantic Yacht Clubs and Aldine Association.


MORGAN, ALEXANDER C. - Stock Broker, 35 William street, New York City; residence 134 West 73d street. Member of the firm of A. C. Morgan & Co. and of the New York Stock Exchange. Member Barnard and Salmagundi Clubs, New England Society, Down Town and Century Associations and National Acad- emy of Design.


MORGAN, APPLETON-Lawyer and Author, 72d street and Broadway, New York City. Born in Port- land, Me., Oct. 2, 1850. Educated at Racine College


and at Columbia College Law School. Admitted to the Bar in 1871 and began practice in New York City. Founded, in 1885, and has since been president of the Shakespeare Society of New York. Author of "Some Shakesperean Commentators," "Venus and Adonis, a Study in the Warwickshire Language," "The Law of Literature," "Shakespeare in Fact and in Criticism," "English Versions of Legal Maxims" and many other works. Member Colonial, Baltusrol Golf and Repub- lican Clubs, Medico-Legal, Rockland County Histori- cal and St. David's Societies, Sons of the Revolution, Society of the War of 1812, Columbia Alumni Associa- tion, Historical Society of Maine and Society of Co- lonial Wars.


MORGAN, BROCKHOLST-Protestant Episcopa- lian Clergyman, 38 Bleecker street, New York City; residence Elizabeth, N. J. Superintendent and general agent New York Protestant Episcopal City Mission Society. Member Century Association, Sons of the Revolution, and Society of Foreign Wars.


MORGAN, CHARLES N .- Lawyer, 69 Wall street, New York City; residence Hotel Balmoral, 114th street and Lenox avenue. Vice-president and director Electrical Review Publishing Co .; director Yuma Im- provement Co. Member Manhattan, Calumet and Harlem Clubs, Down Town Association and Associa- tion of the Bar of the City of New York.


MORGAN, D. PARKER-Protestant Episcopalian Clergyman, 3 East 45th street, New York City. Rec- tor Church of Heavenly Rest. Member Patria and British Schools and Universities Clubs and American Geographical Society.


MORGAN, EDWIN D .- Merchant, 54 Exchange place, New York City; residence "Wheatly," West- bury, L. I. (Son of Edwin D. Morgan, Governor of New York, 1858-62.) Educated at Harvard ('77). (Married.) Member of the firm of E. D. Morgan & Co. Vice-president and director Rio Grande, Sierra Madre and Pacific R. R. Co .; director Corralitos Co. and Candelaria Mining Co. Member Metropolitan, Union League, Union, University, Knickerbocker, Lawyers', Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Harvard, New York Yacht, Tuxedo, Atlantic Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, Racquet and Tennis, Meadow Brook Hunt and Turf and Field Clubs, Country Club of Westchester, American Geographical and New England Societies, Sons of the Revolution and National Academy of De- sign.


MORGAN, FRED J .- Stenographer, 126 West Ken- nedy street, Syracuse. Born April 26, 1851. (Married.) Official stenographer Fifth Judicial District. Member Citizens' Club.


MORGAN, GEORGE D .- President, Buffalo; resi- dence 45 West 35th street, New York City, and Brock- port. Born in Brockport, Dec. 14, 1864. Educated at Greylock Institute, South Williamstown, Mass. (Mar- ried.) President D. S. Morgan & Co .; trustee Empire State Savings Bank. Vestryman St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Brockport. Was president Brockport Elec- tric Co. and Brockport Building and Loan Association. Member Buffalo, Saturn, Genesee Valley and New York Clubs, Buffalo Historical Society and Society of Colonial Wars.


MORGAN, GEORGE II. - Superintendent, 11 Broadway, New York City; residence Hotel St. George, Brooklyn. Director Philipsburg Coal and Land Co. Member Union and Metropolitan Clubs, Metropolitan Museum of Art and American Museum of Natural History.


MORGAN, JAMES HENRY-Broker, 27 William street, New York City; residence 478 Classon avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn. Educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. (Married.) Secretary-general of Military Order of Foreign Wars. Member Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars and Society of the War of 1812.


MORGAN, JAMES L., JR .- Manufacturing Chem- ist, 32 Liberty street, New York City; residence 7 Pier- repont street, Brooklyn. Member of the firm of James L. Morgan & Co. Treasurer and director General Chemical Co. and Hudson River Chemical and Dye Wood Co .; director Knickerbocker Chemical Co. and Market and Fulton National Bank. Member Union League, Crescent Athletic and Hamilton Clubs of Brooklyn.


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MORGAN, J. LIVINGSTON RUTGERS-Chemist, 116th street and Morningside Heights, New York City: residence New Brunswick, N. J. Educated at Rutgers; degrees of B.S. and Ph.D. Tutor in chemical philosophy and chemical physics at Columbia Univer- sity in the City of New York.


MORGAN, JOHN HILL-Lawyer, 166 Montague street, Brooklyn; residence 7 Pierrepont street. Born in Brooklyn, June 30, 1870. Educated at Yale (A.B., '93, and I.L.B.). Member of Assembly from First Dis- trict of Kings County, 1900. Member Brooklyn Re- publican and Hamilton Clubs, University Club of New York City, Fort Orange Club of Albany, Nassau Country Club, Psi Upsilon and Phi Delta Phi Frater- nities, Society of Colonial Wars and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT - Banking and Railroads, 23 Wall street, New York City; residence 219 Madison avenue. Born in Hartford, Conn., April 17, 1837. Educated at Boston (Mass.) English High School and at the University of Göttingen, Germany. (Married.) Member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., members of the New York Stock Exchange. Vice- president and director National Bank of Commerce; director Carthage and Adirondack Ry. Co., Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis R. R. Co. (The Big Four), Columbus, Hope and Greensburg R. R. Co., Federal Steel Co., General Electric Co., Harlem River and Portchester R. R. Co., Housatonic R. R. Co., Jer- sey City and Bayonne R. R. Co., Lake Shore and Michigan Southern R. R. Co., Madison Square Garden Co., Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Co., Mexican Telegraph Co., Mohawk and Malone R. R. Co., Niagara Falls Branch R. R. Co., New Jersey Shore Line R. R. Co., New York Central and Hudson River R. R. Co., New York, New Haven and Hartford R. R. Co., New York and Putnam R. R. Co., Pacific Cable Co., West Shore R. R. Co. and Western Union Telegraph Co .; trustee New Jersey Junction R. R. Co. and West Shore and Ontario Terminal Co. of New York and New Jer- sey. Member Metropolitan, Union, Union League, Grolier, Turf and Field, Collie, Mendelssohn Glee, Knickerbocker, City, Tuxedo, Union, Racquet and Tennis, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Whist, Riding, Players' and New York Yacht Clubs, New England, American Fine Arts, New York Genealogical, Musical Arts and American Geographical Societies, Century Association, National Academy of Design, Metropoli- tan Museum of Art and American Museum of Natural History.


MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT, JR .- Banker, 23 Wall street, New York City; residence 8 East 36th street, and London, England. Born in New York City. Educated at Harvard ('89). (Married.) Member of the firms of J. P. Morgan & Co. of New York, and J. S. Morgan & Co. of London. Director Acadia Coal Co. and Alabama Great Southern R. R. Co. Member New York Stock Exchange, and of the Metropolitan, City, University, Harvard, Racquet and Tennis and New York Yacht Clubs, New England Society and Century Association.


MORGAN, JUNIUS S. - Banker, 44 Pine street, New York City; residence Princeton, N. J. Educated at Princeton ('88), Member of the firm of Cuyler, Mor- gan & Co., members of the New York Stock Exchange. Director Des Moines and Kansas City Ry. Co., Depew Improvement Co. and Kansas Irrigation Co. Member Princeton, Grolier, Metropolitan, University Athletic and University Clubs, Down Town and Century Asso- ciations, New England Society and Sons of the Revo- lution.


MORGAN, LANCASTER-Manufacturer and Mer- chant, 47 Fulton street, and 32 Liberty street, New York City; residence 123 West 44th street. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 27, 1867. Educated at Columbia University School of Mines ('88). (Married.) Con- nected with the General Chemical Co. Member Uni- versity and Chemists' Clubs, Society of Colonial Wars and Psi Upsilon Fraternity.


MORGAN, ROLLIN M. - Lawyer, 41 Park row, New York City; residence 1315 Madison avenue. Mem- ber of the firm of Morgan, Whiton & Mitchell. Mem- ber Commercial and Democratic Clubs, Ohio Society, and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


MORGAN, THOMAS J .- Secretary and Baptist Clergyman, 111 Fifth avenue, New York City; resi- dence 414 Warburton avenue, Yonkers. Born in Frank- lin, Ind., Aug. 17, 1839. Educated at Franklin College and at Rochester Theological Seminary (D.D., '68, and LL. D., '94). Degree of D.D. from University of Chi- cago in 1874. Served during Civil War as private, major, colonel and brevet brigadier-general. Professor of church history at Baptist Theological Seminary, Chicago, Ill., 1874-81; principal of Normal School at Providence, R. I., 1884-9; United States Indian Com- missioner, 1889-93; corresponding secretary to the American Baptist Home Mission Society since 1893. Editor of the "Home Mission Monthly." Author of "Patriotic Citizenship," "Studies in Pedagogy," "Edu- cational Mosaics," "Student's Hymnal" and other works. Member Quill Club and Loyal Legion.


MORGAN, WILLIAM -- Artist, 2 West 14th street, New York City; residence 939 Eghth avenue. Born in London, England, 1826. Educated in England, France and the United States. (Married.) Makes a specialty of genre painting. Member National Academy of Design and Artists' Fund Society.


MORGAN, WILLIAM FELLOWES-Storage, 4 Brooklyn Bridge and 7 Harrison street, New York City; residence Short Hills, N. J. Born in Clifton, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1860. Educated in Rugby, England, and at Columbia. (Married Emma, daughter of Mar- tha A. and Henry S. Leavitt, 1885.) President and di- rector Harrison Street Cold Storage Co .; secretary and director Brooklyn Bridge Freezing and Cold Storage Co .; treasurer and director National League for the Protection of American Institutions; director and chairman of executive committee Y. M. C. A .; direc- tor Chimo Valley Beet Sugar Co. Member St. An- thony Club and Columbia University Alumni Asso- ciation.


MORGAN, WILLIAM J .- Banker, 71 Broadway, New York City; residence Bensonhurst. Born in New York City, Jan. 29, 1867. Educated at Mt. Pleasant Military Academy, Sing Sing, N. Y. (Married.) Spec- ial partner in the banking firm of C. W. Morgan & Co., and of A. W. Reynolds, plumbing contractor. Treasurer Knickerbocker Loan Co. Member Graves- end Bay Yacht Club.


MORISON, ANDREW P .- Banker, 57 Broadway, New York City; residence Montclair, N. J. President Eastern Kentucky Development Co., Hutchinson-Jen- kins Steel Co. and Tomahawk Copper and Zinc Min- ing Co. Member Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange.


MORISON, GEORGE SHATTUCK-Civil Engi- neer, 35 Wall street, New York. Born in New Bed- ford, Mass., Dec. 19, 1842. Educated at Harvard (A.B., '63, A.M., '66 and LL.B., '66). Admitted to the Bar in 1866 but never practiced. Engaged in engineering in Kansas City, Mo., 1867-73; in New York City, 1873-87; in Chicago, Ill., 1887-98, and again in New York City since 1898. Appointed, in 1894 (by President Cleve- land), a member of the board of engineers to deter- mine the greatest practical length of span for a bridge across the North River in New York City; consulting engineer to New York City Department of Docks, 1895-7; also served as a member of the United States Isthmian Canal Commission. Was chief engineer on many important engineering works, principally bridges. Member Union, Engineers' and University Clubs, Chicago (Ill.) Club, Down Town Association, American Geographical Society, American Society of Civil Engineers (past president), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Mining Engineers and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


MORISON, SAMUEL L .- General Manager, 26 Cortlandt street, New York City; residence 3 Wash- ington square, North. Born in Baltimore, Md., Oct. 28, 1851. Educated at Harvard ('73). (Married.) Gen- eral manager and director New York Filter Mf'g Co. Ex-vice-president and director Jewell Export Filter Co. Member University, Engineers' and Manhattan Clubs, Rittenhouse Club of Philadelphia, Pa., and So- ciety of the Cincinnati.


MORRELL, WILLIAM H .- Retired Merchant and Editor, 34 West 25th street, New York City. Born in London, Middlesex Co., Canada, Nov. 12, 1831. In- herited Crown lands in Middlesex County deeded to


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him by Lord Elgin, a cousin of Queen Victoria. Edu- cated in New York City and Canada. (Single.) Trav- eled extensively in America and Europe for over twenty years. Has contributed to numerous newspa- pers and was proprietor and editor of "The Albion," New York City, from 1863-9, and again in 1873. Offered a knighthood and life senatorship in Canada by Sir John Macdonald and Lord Monck, respectively, but declined both honors. Member American Geographi- cal, New York Historical, New York Bible and Ameri- can Tract Societics, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Na- tional Academy of Design and Mercantile Library; life member St. George's Society.


MORRIS, D. B. S .- Clergyman, Princeton Club, New York City, and Nanking, China. Born, Sept. 20, 1873. (Single.) Educated at Princeton. Member Princeton and Cap and Gown Clubs and Princeton University Alumni Association.


MORRIS, FORDHAM (Lieutenant)-Lawyer, 16 Exchange place, New York City; residence 45 East 30th street. Member of the firm of Morris & Steele. Member New York Yacht and Fordham Clubs, New York Historical and St. Nicholas Societies, Colonial Order, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Lafayette Post, G. A. R., and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


MORRIS, FREDERICK P .- Publisher, foot of James Slip, New York City; residence 121 Jamaica ave- nue, Flushing, L. I. Director Flushing Bank and Long Island News Co .; trustee Masonic Hall and Asy- lum Fund. Member Lotos, New York Press, Republi- can and Transportation Clubs, and Republican and Niantic Clubs of Flushing.


MORRIS, HENRY LEWIS-Lawyer, 16 Exchange place, New York City; residence 12 West 53d street. Born and educated in New York City. (Married.) Member of the firm of Morris, Sentell & Morris. Di- rector New York Life Insurance and Trust Co. and Real Estate Trust Co. Member City, Metropolitan, Church, Riding, Lawyers' and Strollers' Clubs, Amer- ican Geographical, St. Nicholas and Historical Socie- ties, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art and American Museum of Natural History.


MORRIS, JAMES -- Lawyer, 11 Wall street, New York City; residence 31 Washington square, West. Member City Club, St. Nicholas Society, Columbia University Alumni Association and Association of the Bar of the City of New York.


MORRIS, JOHN LEWIS-Professor, Cornell Uni- versity, Ithaca; residence 108 North Geneva street. Degrees of A.M. and C.E. Sibley Professor of prac- tical mechanics and machine construction at Cornell University.


MORRIS, JOHN P .- Lawyer, 164 Montague street, Brooklyn. Born and educated in Brooklyn. (Married.) Director Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City R. R. Co.


MORRIS, JOHN J. - Merchant, 66 White street, New York City; residence 111 Cambridge place, Brook- lyn. Educated at New York University. Member Merchants, Delta Phi and Calumet Clubs, Holland So- ciety and New York University Alumni Association.


MORRIS, LEWIS RUTHERFORD-Physician, 60 West 58th street, New York City. Educated at Belle- vue Hospital Medical College ('84). (Married Kather- ine Stauffer, daughter of United States Senator Wil- liam Clark of Montana, 1900.) Member Calumet, Uni- versity Athletic and Metropolitan Clubs, Century As- sociation, Musical Arts Society and Sons of the Revo- lution.


MORRIS, MOREAU - Medical Inspector, 55th street and Sixth avenue, New York City; residence 109 East 73d street. Born in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., N. Y., June 19, 1825. Educated at Clinton High School. (Married.) Health commissioner, 1866; superintend- ent Health Department, 1870-2; State cattle comission- er, 1871-2; surgeon 7th Regiment, N. G. N. Y., 1871-84; tenement house commissioner, 1884-5. Member 7th Regiment Veteran, American Public Health and Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons Alumni Associations and Academy of Medicine.


MORRIS, NEWBOLD-Retired Lawyer, 52 East 72d street, New York City. Born in New York City, Jan. 12, 1868. Educated at Columbia (LL.B.). (Mar- ried Helen S. Kingsland.) Secretary of trustees of Teachers College, Columbia University. Was captain 12th Infantry, New York Volunteers, 1898. Member City, Metropolitan, Fencers' and National Arts Clubs, Sons of the Revolution, Columbia University Alumni Association, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, American Geographical and New York Zoologi- cal Societies and Delta Phi Fraternity.


MORRIS, PAUL WINTERS-Sculptor, 232 West 14th street, New York City. Born in Du Quoin, Ill., Nov. 12, 1865. Educated at the University of Roches- ter. (Single.) Designer of tablet on cruiser "Olym- pia." Member Rochester University and Reform Clubs and Psi Upsilon Fraternity.


MORRIS, ROBERT CLARK-Lawyer, 35 Nassau street, New York City; residence Hotel Savoy. Born in Connecticut. Educated at Yale (LL.B., LL.M. and D.C.L.). (Married Alice A. Parmelee, 1890.) Special lecturer on the French codes at Yale University. Member Yale and Republican Clubs, Society of the Cincinnati and Military Order of the Loyal Legion.


MORRIS, ROBERT TUTTLE-Physician and Sur- geon, 58 West 56th street, New York City. Born in Seymour, Conn., May 14, 1857. Educated at Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven, Conn., at Cornell and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University (M.D., '82). (Married.) Professor of sur- gery at New York Post-Graduate Medical School. Author of several medical and surgical works. Mem- ber Cornell, New York Athletic and Alpha Delta Phi Clubs, New England Society, Sons of the Revolution and of various local and international medical socie- ties.


MORRIS, WILLIAM-Actor, 2 West 14th street, New York City; residence 211 West 107th street. Born in Boston, Mass., Jan. 1, 1864. Educated in Boston. (Married Etta Hawkins.) Was the first leading man of Charles Frohman's Stock Co., playing principal role in "Men and Women," "The Lost Paradise," "The Girl I Left Behind Me" and others, and starred in "The Adventures of Lady Ursula," 1900. Member Play- ers' Club.


MORRISON, CHARLES KING-Lawyer, 43 Cedar street, New York City; residence 691 Fifth avenue. Born in New York City, June 24, 1867. Educated by private tutors, at Cutler's School in New York City, Harvard (A.B., '91) and at Columbia (LL.B., '94). (Single.) Member of the firm of Morrison & Morrison. Special counsel for Manhattan Elevated Ry. Co. Member Metropolitan and Harvard Clubs, St. An- drew's Society, Society of Colonial Wars and Sons of the Revolution.


MORRISON, DAVID MITCHELL-Banker, 280 Broadway, New York City; residence 20 East 49th street. Born in New York City, Dec. 13, 1841. Edu- cated in New York City. (Married.) President and trustee Washington Trust Co .; director North River Fire Insurance Co. and Preferred Accident Insurance Co .; trustee Greenwich Savings Bank. Member Union League, Merchants' and Riding Clubs, and Hamilton Club of Brooklyn.


MORRISON, EDWARD A .- Retired, 49 West 47th street, New York City. (Married.) Member New York Yacht, Larchmont Yacht and New York Athletic Clubs and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


MORRISON, EDWARD A., JR .- Dry Goods Mer- chant, $93 Broadway, New York City; residence 36 West 35th street. Member of the firm of Edward A. Morrison & Son. Member New York Athletic, Man- hattan, Suburban Riding and Driving, Essex County (N. J.) Country, American Yacht, Larchmont Yacht and Lotos Clubs and Metropolitan Museum of Art.


MORRISON, FRANK E .- Manufacturer and Ad- vertising Agent, 5 Beekman street, New York City; residence 482 Bedford avenue, Brooklyn. Born in Mar- low, N. H., March, 1865. Educated at Marlow Acad- emy. (Single.) Eastern manager Morrison & Som- merman, advertising agents of Chicago; manager Granite State Evaporator Co. of Albany. Member Commercial and Atlantic Yacht Clubs, and Hanover Club of Brooklyn.


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MORRISON, GEORGE AUSTIN-Capitalist, 27 Beaver street, New York City; residence 691 Fifth avenue. President, chairman of board and director American Cotton Oil Co .; president and director N. K. Fairbank Co .; president-commissary Holland- American Cotton Oil Co .; vice-president and trustee Washington Trust Co .; director Terminal Warehouse Co. and Atlas Portland Cement Co .; trustee New York Life Insurance Co. Member Lawyers', Metropolitan, New York Yacht and Players' Clubs, National Acad- emy of Design, Metropolitan Museum of Art and American Museum of Natural History.


MORRISON, GEORGE AUSTIN, JR .- Lawyer, 43 Cedar street, New York City; residence 691 Fifth ave- nue. Born in New York City, March 26, 1864. Edu- cated in New York City, at Harvard (A.B., '87), at Co- lumbia (M.A., '89) and at Columbia Law School (LL.B., '89). (Single.) Member of the firm of Morri- son & Morrison. Secretary St. Andrew's Society, founded 1756. Author of "The King Family of Rhode Island," "The King Families in England"; also sev- eral burlesques and comic operas, and treatises on international questions. Member Metropolitan, Play- ers', Lawyers' and New York Yacht Clubs, Ardsley Casino of Ardsley-on-Hudson, St. Nicholas, American Geographical and St. Andrew's Societies, Sons of the Revolution and Society of Colonial Wars.


MORRISON, HARRY STEELE-Writer and Lec- turer, 42 West 17th street, New York City. Born in Mattoon, Ill., Nov. 26, 1880. Educated at Mattoon High School and in private schools in Chicago and New York City. At the age of sixteen made a tour in Eu- rope and interviewed various monarchs and notabili- ties; on his return entered literary and lecture field and has lectured in the larger cities of the East. Author of "A Yankee Boy's Success."


MORRISON, HENRY PRENTICE-Civil Engi- neer, 21 Park row, New York City. Born in Troy, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1858. Educated in New York City pub- lic schools, at Clark's Academy ('76) and at New York University (B.S. and C.E.). Deputy commissioner and chief engineer of highways and sewers in the Depart- ment of Water Supply of New York City, with which he has been connected for many years. Member American Society of Civil Engineers.


MORRISON, LEWIS-Actor, Morrison Manor, Peekskill-on-Hudson. Born in Jamaica, West Indies, 1845. (Married Florence Roberts.) Served as an offi- cer in the Union Army during Civil War. Made first theatrical appearance in 1865; has supported Lawrence Barrett, Tomasso Salvini, Edwin Forrest and Edwin Booth. Now starring at the head of his own com- pany.


MORRISON, ROBERT B .- Architect, 41 Wall street. New York City; residence 541 East 154th street. Member of the firm of Dodge & Morrison. Member Harlem Wheelmen.




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