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Justus Albert Boies Cowles
Born N. Y. City, Feb. 17, 1862, son of Edward Pitkins Cowles, former Justice N. Y. Supreme Court, and Sarah Ely (Boies) Cowles; descendant of John Cowles who emigrated from England in 1635, and settled at Farmington, Conn .; descendant on maternal side of Ely family, early settlers at Long Meadow, Mass., and Boies family which was estab- lished in Blanford, Mass., in first half 17th century. Graduated Park Institute, Rye, 1879; graduated Columbia University, A.B., 1883; graduated Colum- bia University Law School, LL.B., 1885. Took Bar examination, Poughkeepsie, June, 1885; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, 1885, U. S. Circuit and Dist. Courts, S. D. N. Y., 1885. Began practice 1885, Port Chester, N. Y., continued to 1887; member firm E. B. & C. P. Cowles, 33 Wall St., N. Y. City, 1887- 19II, and then retired, entering paper manufacturing business, being elected president W. H. Parsons & Co. Pres. Rye Village 1907-08-09. Member Union League, Columbia University, Psi Upsilon, Apawamis, American Yacht, Laurentian (Mon- treal), and Cumberland (Portland, Me.), Clubs, Columbia Alumni Assn. Pres. and director W. H. Parsons & Co., pres. and director Pejepscot Paper
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Co., pres. and director Sajadahoc Towing Co. Unmarried. Republican. Presbyterian. Resident town of Rye since May 1870. Office III Broadway, N. Y. City; residence Milton Rd., Rye.
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William Samuel Johnson
Born Ellicottville, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1859, son of Samuel William and Frances Ann (Sanderson) Johnson. Graduated Columbia University Law School, LL.B. cum laude, 1884. Admitted N. Y. Bar, 1885; clerk U. S. Attorney's office, 1886-87; practiced Westchester County and N. Y. City, 1887-1905. Married, June 19, 1894, Carrie R. Gately Beers, of Mamaroneck, N. Y., daughter of D. C. and Olive F. Gately. Author of Glamourie, 19II; Nothing Else Matters, 1913; Prayer for Peace, and Other Poems, 1915; The Eagle and Buttadeus. Member Association Bar City N. Y., Westchester County Bar Association, and Cercle Philidor (Paris), and American Yacht, Orienta Yacht, Manhattan Chess, and City Clubs. Resided at Paris, France, 1905-10. Resident town of Rye since 1869. Resi- dence 205 E. Boston Post Rd., Mamaroneck, N. Y.
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Francis Effingham Laimbeer
Graduated Columbia University, A.B., 1883; A.M. 1884; graduated Columbia University Law School, LL.B., 1885. Admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, May, 1885. Member Assembly, 1896-98. Former resi- dent town of Rye. Office Woolworth Bldg., N. Y. City.
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Stuart William Cowan
Born N. Y. City, Mar. 24, 1860, son of William and Jane (English) Cowan, Scotch-Irish descent. At- tended Parker Academy, Woodbury, Conn .; gradu- ated Columbia University Law School, LL.B., 1885. Took Bar examination, Litchfield, Conn., Dec. I, 1885; admitted Conn. Bar, Litchfield, Dec. 5, 1885; N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, 1886. Practiced N. Y. City and Mt. Vernon, N. Y., 1886-1903. Married, Waverly, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1887, Anna E. DuBois, of Waverly, daughter of Joseph and Euphemia (Gray) DuBois. Children: Euphemia Gray, born Mar. 31, 1890; Stuart DuBois, born Dec. 12, 1892; Arthur Joseph, born June 2, 1900. School Commissioner Mt. Vernon four years. Member Litchfield Bar Association.
Democrat. Protestant. Resident town of Rye summers 1904-5-6. Office Greenwood Union Ceme- tery, Rye; residence Harrison Av., Harrison, N. Y.
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Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright
Born N. Y. City, Dec. 10, 1864, son of John How- ard and Margaret Livingston (Stuyvesant) Wain- wright. Attended private schools, N. Y. City and abroad; graduated Columbia University, A.B., 1884; Ph.B. (School Politicial Science), 1884; A.M., causa honoris, 1908; graduated Columbia University Law School, LL.B., 1886. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, 1886; admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, 1886; U. S. Circuit and Dist. Courts, S. D. N. Y., 1886. Studied in office Dorsheimer, Bacon & Steele and U. S. Dist. Atty .; with Strong & Cadwalader, 1892- 1900; member Barry, Wainwright, Thacher & Sym- mers, N. Y. City, since 1913. Married, N. Y. City, Nov. 23, 1892, Laura Wallace Buchanan, of Balti- more, Md., daughter of James Buchanan, of Mary- land Bar, and Rosa' (Parran) Buchanan. One child, Laura Fonrose, born Dec. 28, 1893. Assembly- man 2nd Dist. Westchester County, 1902-08; State Senator 24th Dist., Westchester County, 1909-12; Workmen's Compensation Commissioner, N. Y., 1914-15; former chairman Assembly Education & Railroad Committees; former member Assembly & Senate Judiciary Committees; chairman Wainwright Commission 1909-10, on whose recommendation
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first Workmen's Compensation Law was adopted in N. Y. State; sponsored legislation creating Rye Town Park and making Boston Post Road a State highway; Second Lieut. 12th Regt., N. G. N. Y., 1889-91; Regtl. Adj. and Capt. 1891-1900; Lieut. Col. 1903-06; Capt. 12th Regt. N. Y. Vols. in war with Spain, 1898; served on Mexican border as personal representative of Governor N. Y. State, 1916; Lieut. Col. Inspector Genl. Dept., S. N. Y., 1916-17; appointed Division Inspector, Div. N. Y. N. G., 1917; called and drafted in U. S. service in war with Germany, 1917, serving as Lieut. Col. Gen. Insp., 27th Division, U. S. Army. Director, since 1901, and former President Rye National Bank; director Mutual Trust Co. of Westchester County (Port Chester) and Westchester Trust Co. (Yonkers); director, one of organizers and former President Westchester & Bronx Title & Mortgage Guaranty Co. (White Plains). Member and vestryman Christ's Church, Rye. Member Westchester County Bar Association, and Pres. thereof 1904-05, Assn. Bar City N. Y., Delta Psi Fraternity, Masonic and Elks Orders, and Union, University, City, Republican, Apawamis, American Yacht, Manurs- ing Island, and Green Meadow Clubs. Resident town of Rye since childhood. Republican. Episco- palian. Office 59 Wall St., N. Y. City; residence Forest Av., Rye.
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David Boies Porter
Born Northampton, Mass., Oct. 4, 1860, son of William Augustus Porter, born Catskill, N. Y., and Abigail Louise (Boies) Porter, born Blanford, Conn. Graduated Columbia University, Ph.B., 1883. Ad- mitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, 1886. Resident town of Rye 1872-85. Residence 3740 East John St., Seattle, Wash.
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George Gardiner Fry
Graduated Columbia University Law School, 1885. Admitted N. Y. Bar, Poughkeepsie, May, 1886. Then and since resident town of Rye. Cor- poration counsel Mamaroneck village, 1898-1900. Office 25 Broad St., N. Y. City; residence 14 Sophia St., Mamaroneck, N. Y.
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Henry William Simpson
Graduated Harvard University, A.B., 1885; admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, June, 1887. Resi- dent town of Rye past several months. Office 160 Broadway, N. Y. City; residence 321 S. Main St., Port Chester, N. Y.
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Joseph Midaugh Main
Graduated Columbia University Law School, LL.B., 1887; admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, Dec., 1888. Removed to Port Chester, N. Y., and erected house on corner of Westchester Avenue and Pro- spect Street, which he occupied several years. Re- moved to N. Y. City about 1907. Retired from practice. Former vestryman St. Peter's Church, Port Chester. Married. Episcopalian. Resident town of Rye about ten years. Residence 390 West End Av., N. Y. City.
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Schuyler Casemate Carlton
Graduated Yale University, A.B., 1887; graduated Columbia University Law School, LL.B., 1890. Admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, Oct., 1889. Former resident town of Rye. Office 233 B'way, N. Y. City; residence 126 E. 19th St., N. Y. City.
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Samuel Cochran Herriman
Born Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 29, 1854, son of John and Susan C. (Johnstone) Herriman. Attended school N. Y. City until 1883; graduated Columbia University, A.B., 1887; attended Columbia Univer- sity Law School, 1889. Took Bar examination, Poughkeepsie, 1889; admitted N. Y. Bar, Pough- keepsie, 1889; U. S. Dist. Court, S. D. N. Y. Office with Worcester, Williams & Saxe, N. Y. City, since 1903. Married, Rye, May 23, 1901, Alice Madeleine Ward (died Apr. 3, 1918) of Rye, daughter of Dr. James H. and Mary Louise (Burton) Ward. No children. Member Bar Association City N. Y., and University, Columbia University, and Apawamis Clubs. Independent Democrat. Episcopalian. Resident town of Rye since 191I. Office 30 Broad St., N. Y. City; residence Apawamis Av., Rye.
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George Atwood Slater
Born Greenwich, Conn., Sept. 2, 1867, son of At- wood Slater, born Port Chester, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1842, died Greenwich, Oct. 28, 1905, and Julia (Scott) Slater, born Greenwich, Oct. 17, 1843, died Greenwich, Feb. 23, 1904. Descendant of Thomas Stedwell, who emigrated from Sussex, England, 1642, and settled at Hastings, now Manursing Island, Rye, and of Abraham Slater, known as Slawter and Slaughter, who was in Rye town prior to 1730. Attended Greenwich Public School and Greenwich Academy; graduated Columbia University Law School, LL.B., 1890. Took Bar examination N. Y. City, 1889; admitted N. Y. Bar, 1889; Conn. Bar, Bridgeport, 1888. Studied in office Col. H. W. R. Hoyt, Greenwich, 1883-88; with Carter & Ledyard, 1888-90. Office N. Y. City since 1891, Port Chester since 1900. Married, Port Chester, June 2, 1891, Eva Elizabeth Sours, of Port Chester, daughter of Charles H. and Camille (Lyon) Sours. No children. Counsel town of Rye, 1900-06; trustee Port Chester village, 1902-08; member Assembly, 1912; State Senator 24th dist. (includes all Westchester County),
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1915-18. Formed Committee of One Hundred, Port Chester, which secured modern highways for that village; charter member first Board of Trade, Port Chester; advocated and secured establishment Rye Town Park, 1907, preparing and securing passage park bill and obtaining unprecedented land grant for park; Kensico Dam Commissioner; defeated grant designed to take part Port Chester harbor, and convinced land office commissioners that royal patent vested Rye township with lands under water; sup- ported Suffrage amendment, 1912; conceived and had passed first military training bill in U. S., 1916; advocated and secured Normal School, Westchester County, 1917; advocated bills changing and reducing tax exemption, 1917; one of half-dozen leaders in 1917 and 1918 Senates; member Senate Finance, Cities, Insurance, Internal Affairs, Codes, Reappor- tionment, Special Election Law, and War Commit- tees, 1917-18; chairman Joint Legislative Committee to consider Mohansic Hospital land question; chair- man local War Committee on Food Supply; creator Westchester Co. War Committee Public Safety, 1917; member Port Chester "4 Minute Men"; member Natl. Military Universal Training League; appointed to represent Regents N. Y. State University and State Education Dept. at session Natl. Security League, Chicago, 1918; prominently mentioned in press of State as Republican Candidate for Governor, 1918. Director Abendroth Bros., Port Chester and N. Y. City. Member Westchester County Bar Assn., Republican Club, Masonic and Elks Orders. Re-
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publican. : Episcopalian. Resident town of Rye since 1891. Offices 176 Broadway, N. Y. City, and 103 Westchester Av., Port Chester; residence 316 Westchester Av., Port Chester.
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Arthur Outram Sherman
Born Fairfield, Conn., Aug. 20, 1864, 7th son of Edward Standish and Catherine Augusta (Town- send) Sherman; grandson of Roger Sherman, 2nd; great-grandson of Roger Sherman, prominent in Revolutionary times; mother the daughter of Dr. Solomon Davis Townsend, of Boston, noted physi- cian referred to by Dr. Holmes in Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. Attended Park Institute, Rye, 1874-83; in business N. Y. City 1883-84; went West 1884; rowed down Mississippi River 729 miles from St. Paul to St. Louis, alone in a small boat, 1885; began study of law while working in lumber camp Northern Michigan; in law office, Grand Rapids, Mich., three years; returned to N. Y .; entered Columbia Law School, in last class taught by late Prof. Dwight. Took Bar examination, Poughkeep- sie, 1891; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, May 14, 1891. Studied in office Henry D. Hotchkiss, now Supreme Court Justice. Office 40 Wall St., N. Y. City, since 1896. Married, Apr. 10, 1894, Janet Morrison Sheldon (died Mar. 12, 1913), of N. Y. City, daughter of Isaac Esleeck Sheldon, publisher, and Cora Elizabeth (Smith) Sheldon, daughter late E. Darwin Smith, Supreme Court Justice and Court
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of Appeals Judge. Children: Outram Willett, born 1895, Esleeck Sheldon, born 1897, Audrey Townsend. Counsel Rye village during incorporation and 1904- 07, serving without compensation. Nominated for Assembly; nominated supervisor 1915. Delegate National Convention, Baltimore, which first nomi- nated President Wilson; delegate State Democratic Convention; Pres. Bd. Managers Mohansic State Hospital for Insane. Interested in historical re- search; has made addresses and published pamphlets on subjects relating to Rye, Westchester County, and U. S. Constitution. January 13, 1909, pre- sented by governing board of Rye, England, with engrossed resolutions, expressing thanks for his efforts in encouraging friendly relations between that community and local community, as result of writings on historical relations between the two. While in West engaged in literary work and wrote poem of welcome to the Army of the Cumberland, which held reunion in Grand Rapids, and commended on the occasion by Gen. Philip Sheridan. Author of Westchester County and the Town of Rye, 1909, and other works. Member and sec. Democratic Club Westchester County, and one of organizers thereof. Member Westchester County Bar Assn., Assn. Bar City N. Y., Westchester County Historical Soc., N. Y. Genealogical and Biographical Soc., and Apa- wamis, American Yacht, and Nat. Democratic Clubs. Widower. Democrat. Resident town of Rye since 1874. Office 40 Wall St., N. Y. City; residences Eastcliff, Rye, and N. Y. City.
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William Rand
Born Chicago, Il1., Jan. 8, 1866, son of William H. and Harriet Husted (Robinson) Rand. Attended private schools Switzerland and Germany; graduated Phillips Exeter Academy, 1884; Harvard University, A.B., 1888; Harvard Law School, LL.B., A.M., 1891. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, 1892; admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, Oct. 1892; U. S. Dist. and Circuit Courts, S. D. N. Y., 1893. Practiced law N. Y. City since 1892; member Rand, Moffat & Webb, 1906-10; Jerome, Rand & Kresel, since 1910. Married, June 15, 1892, Rosalie Crocket, daughter of Charles B. and Katharine Crocket, of Medford, Mass. Children: William, Jr., born 1895, Robert Crocket, born 1898. Overseer Harvard College 1908-13. Asst. corpora- tion counsel N. Y. City, 1894-96; asst. dist. atty. N. Y. County, 1902-06. Commissioned Major, Judge-Advocate, U. S. A., Dec., 1917. Member Assn. Bar City N. Y., N. Y. Co. Lawyers Assn., Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, Sons Revolution, and Harvard, Cen- tury, University, Downtown, Apawamis, and American Yacht Clubs. Democrat. Episcopalian. Resident town of Rye since 1902. Office 37 Wall St., N. Y. City; residences 116 E. 58th St., N. Y. City, and Rye, N. Y.
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William Cowper Prime
Born Yonkers, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1870, son of Ralph Earl and Annie Richards-Walcott Prime. Ancestry American, without exception, since 1637. Forebears emigrated from Flanders to England, thence to America. Graduated Princeton University, A.B., 1890; A.M., 1892. Admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, Feb., 1893. With Alexander & Green, N. Y. City, 1893-1912; member R. E. & A. J. Prime, Yonkers, since 1912. Married, Sept. 6, 1900, Charlotte Lovell. Three children. Resident town of Rye about seven years. Office 27 Warburton Av., Yonkers; residence Yonkers.
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James Shea
Born Port Chester, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1869, son of James Shea, born New York City, 1830, died Port Chester, and Emma Shea, born Boston, Mass., Mar. 18, 1845. Attended Public School, Port Chester; St. Francis Xavier College; graduated Columbia University Law School, LL.B., 1903. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, Mar., 1893; admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, April, 1893, U. S. Dist. Court.'S. & E. D. N. Y. Member Bowman & Shea. Married, N. Y. City, April, 1901, Caroline M. Hendricksen, of N. Y. City. Children: Marian A., born Jan. 23, 1902, died May 13, 1913; Philip James, born April 22, 1909. Republican. Resident town of Rye 1869-85. Office 416 Broadway, N. Y. City; Residence N. Y. City.
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DeWitt Harris Lyon
Born Greenwich, Conn., Sept. 16, 1870, son of George W. Lyon, born Stamford, Conn., and Annie M. (Harris) Lyon, born Greenwich, died Greenwich, 1917; descendant of Thomas Lyon, who settled at Fairfield, Conn., 1654. Attended Public Schools, Greenwich, and Greenwich Academy. Took Bar examination, Poughkeepsie, May 11, 1893; admitted N. Y. Bar, Poughkeepsie, May II, 1893; U. S. Dist. Court, S. D. N. Y., Mar. 31, 1896; U. S. Circuit Court, S. D. N. Y., July II, 1902; U. S. Supreme Court, Apr. 7, 1913. With J. S. & F. H. Bosworth, 1887-88, Cary & Whitridge, 1888-97. Own office Port Chester, N. Y., since 1897. Married, N. Y. City, Nov. 15, 1904, Elsie M. Flint, of Port Chester, daughter of Wilford E. and Minnie I. (Sniffen) Flint. No children. Member Board of Education, Dist. No. 4, town of Rye, since 1912; treas. Westchester County Bar Assn., since 1916; director First Natl. Bk., Port Chester, since May, 1917; trustee P. C. Savings Bank since Dec., 1916; town counsel town of Rye 1900-02; corporation counsel Port Chester village 1913-14 and 1915-16; trustee Library and Reading Room, Port Chester. Member N. Y. State Bar Assn., Westchester County Bar Assn., Masonic and
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Elks Orders, and White Plains Club. Democrat. Episcopalian. Resident town of Rye since 1897. Office 124 N. Main St., Port Chester; residence 19 Elizabeth St., Port Chester.
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Spencer Percival Mead
Born Greenwich, Conn., Mar. 23, 1863, son of Isaac H. and Mary E. (Mead) Mead. Removed to Port Chester N. Y. fall 1891. Began study of law in office Blair & Keeler, N.Y. City, 1890; graduated N.Y. Law School, LL.B., with honor, 1893; admitted N. Y. Bar, Poughkeepsie, June, 1893. Removed to N. Y. City fall 1895. Examiner, law dept., Lawyers Title & Trust Co. Member committee management West Side branch Y. M. C. A., Sons of Revolution, Soc. Colonial Wars, New England Soc. 32nd degree Mason. Author History and Genealogy of the Mead Family, 1901, and Ye Historie of Greenwich, Conn., 19II. Unmarried. Republican. Episcopalian. Resi- dent town of Rye 1891-95. Office 160 Broadway, N. Y. City; residence 318 W. 45th St., N. Y. City.
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Herbert Parsons
Born N. Y. City, Oct. 28, 1869, son of John Edward and Mary D. (McIlvaine) Parsons. At- tended Everson School, N. Y. City; St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H .; graduated Yale University, A.B., 1890; attended University of Berlin, Germany, 1890- 91; Harvard University Law Scool, 1891-93; Metro- polis Law School, 1893-94. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, 1894; admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, July, 1894; U. S. Supreme Court, 1905. Member Parsons, Shepard & Ogden, 1895-1902; Parsons, Closson & McIlvaine, since 1902. Married, Sept. I, 1900, Elsie Worthington Clews, of N. Y. City, daughter of Henry and Lucy (Worthington) Clews. Children: Elsie, born Aug. 6, 1901; John E., 2nd, born Aug. 14, 1903, Herbert, Jr., born Oct. 20, 1909, McIlvaine, born Aug. 31, 1911. Alderman N. Y. City, 1900-03; member 59th, 60th, and 6Ist Con- gresses from 13th N. Y. Dist .; member Natl. Conser- vation Commission; Republican leader 25th Assembly Dist., 1903-05; President Republican County Com- mittee, N. Y. County, 1905-09; delegate Republican Natl. conventions 1908, 1912, 1916; member Republi- can Natl. Committee from N. Y. 1916; member of its Executive Committee and of Natl. Campaign Com-
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mittee 1916; private and corporal 7th Regt. N. G. N. Y., 1895-98; Judge Advocate, Ist Brigade, 1898- 99; commissioned major, 1917, now in Signal Corps Reserve, A. E. F., France; president Greenwich House Settlement, 1914-16; pres. Memorial Hospital for Treatment of Cancer and Allied Diseases, 1915-17; pres. bd. trustees Canton Christian College, China, 1916; member bd. trustees Manhattan Eye, Ear, & Throat Hospital and Brick Presbyterian Church; vestryman Trinity Church, Lenox, Mass .; member Assn. Bar City N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Association, and Republican, Metropolitan, University, Union League, City, Apawamis, American Yacht, Lenox (Mass.), and Metropolitan (Washington, D. C.) Clubs. Republican. Presbyterian. Residence in town of Rye since 1915. Office 52 William St., N. Y. City; residence 7 E. 76th St., N. Y. City.
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Burton Charles Meighan
Born Mamaroneck, N. Y., Mar. 25, 1871, son of Thomas J. Meighan, born N. Y. City, September 22, 1842, and Phebe S. (Bryan) Meighan, born Shekomeko, N. Y., February 5, 1847. Graduated College City N. Y., Salutatory, 2nd honor man, B.S., 1890; graduated N. Y. University Law School, prize man, LL.B., 1894. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, 1894; admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, Nov. 16, 1894; U. S. Circuit and Dist. Courts, S. D. N. Y., 1902. Studied in office Sampter & Fleisch- man, N. Y. City; copartner Henry Necarsulmer (Meighan & Necarsulmer), Mamaroneck and N. Y. City, since 1894. Married, Sept. 21, 1899, Effie I. Hunter, of Mamaroneck, daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Herdt) Hunter. Children: Burton C., Jr., born 1900, Howard S., born 1906, T. Jefferson, born 1908, Hunter, born 1914. Trustee Mamaroneck village about 1901-04; corporation counsel Mamaro- neck village about 1905-II; trustee and counsel Union Savings Bk. Westchester Co .; counsel First Nat. Bk., Mamaroneck; counsel and director Larch- mont Nat. Bk .; counsel Mamaroneck Co-op. Svgs. & Loan Assn .; director and member exec. com. Lawyers Westchester Mtge. & Title Co .; director
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and treas. Halcyon Park Co .; pres. and director Si- wanoy Realty Associates; pres. and director Meighan Land Co .; pres. Broad Avenue Realty Co .; chairman commission to condemn lands Kensico Reservoir; member character committee 2nd dept. 1916. Mem- ber N. Y. State Bar Assn., Westchester County Bar Assn., Assn. Bar City N. Y., Masonic Fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Delta Phi Frater- nities, Phi Beta Kappa Soc., and Larchmont Yacht, Orienta Yacht, White Plains, and Republican Clubs. Republican. Methodist. Resident town of Rye about 1899-1903. Offices Mamaroneck, and 120 Broadway, N. Y. City; residence 92 Prospect Av., Mamaroneck.
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James Keith Symmers
Born Columbia, S. C., Apr. 23, 1868, son of George Symmers, born Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1832, died Columbia, S. C., 1882, and Jessie Bell (St. Clair- McKay) Symmers, born North Berwick, Scotland, 1845, died Bronxville, N. Y., 1915. Attended private schools until 1884; graduated University South Carolina (A.B., LL.B.), 1888. Admitted South Carolina Bar 1889; New York Bar, N. Y. City, 1894; U. S. Supreme Court; Circuit Courts Appeals Ist, 2nd, 4th, 5th Circuits. With Carpenter & Mosher, 1892-94; Carpenter & Park, 1894-97; member Carpenter, Park & Symmers, N. Y. City, 1897-1909; Wallace, Butler & Brown, N. Y. City, 1909-13; Barry, Wainwright, Thacher & Symmers, N. Y. City, since 1913. Married, University of Virginia, Sept. 7, 1905, Agnes Louise Shuey, of Virginia, daughter of Theodore F. and Martha Summerfield (Mayes) Shuey. Children: James Keith, Jr., Isabella Win- ston, William Garth. Counsel U. S. Bureau War Risk Insurance, London Salvage Assn., and other shipping and marine insurance interests here and abroad. Member American Bar Assn., N. Y. State Bar Assn., Assn. Bar City N. Y., International Law Assn., Maritime Law Assn. U. S., Sigma Alpha
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Epsilon Fraternity, and South Carolina, University Athletic, Marine Insurance, Apawamis, and American Yacht Clubs. Independent Democrat. Protestant. Resident town of Rye since April, 1917. Office 59 Wall St., N. Y. City; residence Milton Point, Rye.
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T. Ludlow Chrystie
Born N. Y. City, Feb. 25, 1872, son of Dr. Thomas M. L. and Julia (Ross) Chrystie; great-great-grand- son Major James Chrystie, Scotchman, who came to America 1775 and served in Revolutionary Army 1776-83. Attended Fifth Avenue School, 1880-88; graduated Columbia University, A.B., 1892; gradu- ated N. Y. Law School, LL.B., 1893. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, 1894; admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, 1894. Clerkship Cary & Whitridge, 1893-95; own office since December, 1895. Married, September 29, 1896, Sallie Hooper Morrow, of Nashville, Tenn., daughter of Dr. William and Elizabeth (Luttrell) Morrow. Children: Elizabeth Ludlow, born Jan. 6, 1898; Thomas Witter, born August 23, 1902; Frances Nicholson, born Dec. 7, 1904. Author of Chrystie on Inheritance Taxation. Former Transfer Tax Appraiser, N. Y. County; former Asst. Atty. for N. Y. State Comptroller; Sec'y Committee on Police Problem, N. Y. City, 1905-06. Member Amer. Bar Assn., N. Y. State Bar Assn., Assn. Bar City N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers' Assn., Soc. Cincinnati, Soc. Colonial Wars, St. Nicholas Soc., Kane Lodge Masons; Phi Gamma Delta, University, Downtown, Columbia University,
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