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Apawamis, Adirondack League, and Manursing Island Clubs. Democrat. Episcopalian. Resident town of Rye since October, 1911. Office 19 Cedar St., N. Y. City; residence Manursing Way, Rye.
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Harmon Sheldon Graves
Born Cambridge, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1872, son of Gemont and Maria M. (Moulton) Graves; descend- ant Thomas Graves, of England, who came to America 1600; descendant on maternal side Cotton and Pennock families, of Mass., and Chase and Moulton families, of Ohio and Vermont. Chief Justice Chase second uncle. Graduated Trinity College, A.B., 1892, A.M., 1895; graduated Yale University Law School, LL.B., 1894. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, 1895; admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, 1895; U. S. Circuit and Dist. Courts, S. D. N. Y., U. S. Supreme Court. With Coudert Brothers, 1895-1900; member Lester & Graves, 1900-1905; Lester, Graves & Miles, 1905-1908; Graves & Miles, 1908-1915; Graves, Miles & Yaw- ger, since 1915. Married, June 7, 1898, Elizabeth K. Hart, of Hartford, Conn., daughter of Artemus E. and Katharine (Litchfield) Hart. Children: Harmon Sheldon, Jr., born Mar. 25, 1899, John Hart, born Jan. 9, 1905. Corporation Counsel Rye Vill- age, 1908-09; Pres. Apawamis Club since 1914; vestryman Christ's Church, Rye, since 1909. Mem- ber Assn. Bar City N. Y., Westchester County Bar Assn., and University, Yale, Downtown, Apawamis,,
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American Yacht, Manursing Island, and Graduates (New Haven) Clubs. Republican. Episcopalian. Resident town of Rye since summer 1907. Office III Broadway, N. Y. City; residence Locust Av., Rye.
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Howard E. White
Son of Rev. Erskine N. White, former pastor Rye Presbyterian Church. Admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, June, 1897. Former trustee Rye village. Mem- ber and secretary Apawamis Club. Widower. Resi- dent town of Rye since childhood. Office 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City; residence Boston Rd., Rye, N. Y.
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Louis Taylor
Born Titusville, Penn., Jan. 5, 1873, son of Daniel Banks and Mary Irene (Baxter) Taylor. Gradu- ated Middlebury College, A.B., 1893; graduated N. Y. Law School, LL.B., 1896. Took Bar exami- nation, N. Y. City, June, 1897; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, June, 1897. Office Mamaroneck since 1897. Married, Mamaroneck, June 26, 1908, Mary Regina Donnelly, of Mamaroneck, daughter of John D. and Elizabeth Donnelly. One child, Robert Leslie, born Aug. 20, 1916. Justice Peace Town of Rye since 1914. Member Delta Kappa Epsilon Club. Republican. Resident town of Rye since 1889. Office 33 E. Boston Post Rd., Mamaroneck, N. Y .; residence 10 Henry Av., Mamaroneck.
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William Van Rensselaer Erving
Born N. Y. City, Nov. 15, 1871, son of John and Cornelia (Van Rensselaer) Erving. Paternal de- scendant of John Langdon, Gov. New Hampshire, member Continental Congress, and of William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Mass. Bay Colony. Maternal grandfather William P. Van Rensselaer, son of Stephen Van Rensselaer (died 1839) last pa- troon and owner Rensselaerwyck Manor, comprising about 700,000 acres now included in Albany, Rens- selaer, and Columbia Counties. Maternal grand- mother daughter of William Paterson, Gov. New Jersey, Justice U. S. Supreme Court. Related also to Bayard, Van Cortland, Livingston, and Rogers families of New York. Educated in private schools in New York. Studied law in offices Isaac Lawson, and Tracey, Cooper & Rathbone, Albany. Admitted N. Y. Bar, Albany, Mar. 1, 1898; U. S. Dist. Court, N. D. N. Y., Oct. 3, 1899. Office in Albany since 1899. Representative in Albany of Estate William P. Van Rensselaer. Municipal Civil Service Com- missioner, Albany, several years. Commissioner Public Safety, Albany, about 4 years. Appointed Miscellaneous Reporter N. Y. State by Gov. Whitman, Jan. 16, 1917, took office Feb. 1, 1917.
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Member Assn. Bar City N. Y., and Racquet and Tennis, Republican (N. Y.), Fort Orange (Albany), Albany Country, Wolfert's Roost Country, and other clubs. Unmarried. Republican. Member Rye Presbyterian Church. Resident town of Rye from about 1876 until taking up legal residence in Albany 1895. Office 13 North Pearl St., Albany; residence 268 State St., Albany.
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William Dick Sporborg
Born Albany, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1873, son of Joseph and Clara (Dick) Sporborg. Attended Public School Albany; graduated Albany High School 1892; gradu- ated Harvard University, A.B., 1895; graduated Columbia University Law School, LL.B., 1898. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, 1898; admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, 1898; U. S. Dist. and Circuit Courts, S. D. N. Y., 1899; U. S. Dist. Court, N. D. N. Y., 1916; U. S. Dist. Court, Maryland, 1917. With Parsons, Shepard & Ogden, 1898-1901; copart- ner Thomas F. J. Connolly (Sporborg & Connolly), Port Chester and N. Y. City, since Jan 1, 1916. Married, June 5, 1902, Constance Amberg, of Cin- cinnati, Ohio, daughter of Louis and Rose (Winkler) Amberg. Children: Elizabeth, born Apr. 4, 1904, William Dick, Jr., born June II, 1909. Member Port Chester "4 Minute Men." Politics independ- ent. Jewish. Resident town of Rye since 1903. Offices 126 N. Main St., Port Chester, N. Y., and 55 Liberty St., N. Y. City; residence Hawthorne Av., Port Chester.
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William S. Gordon
Admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, November, 1898. Office 2 Rector St., N. Y. City; residence 31 Center St., Rye, N. Y.
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James Allison Kelly
Admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, March, 1899. Former resident town of Rye. Office 60 Wall St., N. Y. City; residence 1070 Madison Ave., N. Y. City.
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Benjamin Irving Taylor
Born N. Y. City, Dec. 21, 1877, son of Maurice H. Taylor, born N. Y. City, 1855, and Ella M. (Archer) Taylor, born Harrison, N. Y., 1854. Paternal grandfather, William H. Taylor, direct descendant of George Washington and of Judge Jeffreys of England and of Argyle family of Scotland. Paternal grand- mother, Mary (Haines) Taylor, direct descendant of Godfrey Haines, one of early settlers town of Rye, and of Alex. Hamilton and Hamilton family of Scot- land. Maternal grandfather, Benj. Archer, direct descendant of Ponce de Archer, head archer and one of chief advisers of William the Conqueror; Benj. Archer also descendant of John Archer, former owner of Fordham Manor. Maternal grandmother, Phoebe (Hopkins) Archer, descendant of Stephen Hopkins the Signer. Attended Public Schools Rye and New Rochelle; graduated Columbia University Law School, LL.B., 1899. Took Bar examination, Brook- lyn, 1899; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, June, 1899; U. S. Dist. Court, S. D. N. Y., 1905; U. S. Supreme Court, 1913. Studied in offices of F. W. Sherman, Port Chester, N. Y., 1899-1900, and E. A. Scott, N. Y. City, 1900-03; office Port Chester, 1903-12; copart- ner John L. Coward (Taylor & Coward), Port Ches-
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ter, since 1912. Married, Rye, Apr. 27, 1907, Harriet Tyler Bulkley, of Rye, daughter of Josiah W. and Margaret (Tyler) Bulkley. Children : Estelle B., born May 1, 1908; Dorothy F., born Mar. 27, 1910; Benj. Irving, Jr., born Nov. 11, 1911. Supervisor town of Harrison, 1905-12. Representative from 25th N. Y. Congressional Dist. to 63rd Congress. Mem- ber Port Chester "4 Minute Men"; member N. Y. State Bar Assn., N. Y. State Exempt Firemen's Assn., Harrison Fire Patrol, Rye Fire Dept. (former mem- ber), Aranac Athletic Assn., Westchester County Democratic, and Rye Beach Clubs; member Port Chester Lodge Elks and Exalted Ruler thereof 1909- IO; member Foresters of America and Chief Ranger thereof 1904-05, and Deputy Grand Chief Ranger thereof 1905-06; member Masonic, Royal Arcanum, and Moose Orders. Democrat. Episcopalian. Resi- dent town of Rye, 1892-1906. Office 24 S. Main St., Port Chester; residence Sunnyside Av., Harrison, N. Y.
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William Aloysius Walsh
Born Yonkers, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1871, son of Michael and Margaret (Farrell) Walsh. Educated private schools of Sisters of Charity and Christian Brothers, Yonkers; University Notre Dame, Indiana; George- town University, LL.B., 1897. Took Bar examina- tion, Syracuse, 1899; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, 1899; U. S. Dist. Court, S. D. N. Y., 1906. With Fettretch, Silkman & Seybel, N. Y. City, 1897-98; member Conklin & Walsh, Port Chester, N. Y., 1901; member Esser & Walsh, ‘Mt. Vernon and Yonkers; member Walsh, Wallin, Beckwith & Edie, Yonkers, since 1907. Married, Yonkers, Feb. 12, 1907, Harriette A. Walsh, who died April 1, 1909. Married, Plattsburg, N. Y., July 23, 1913, Clara F., daughter of Samuel J. and Catherine Hingston. Children : William H., born May 10, 1914, Claire Hingston, born Mar. 5, 1917. Assistant corporation counsel, Mt. Vernon, 1898-1901; counsel late Sheriff Hartnett, Westchester County; City Judge, Yonkers, 1917; corporation counsel, Yonkers, 1918. Member American Bar Assn., N. Y. State Bar Assn., Westchester County Bar Assn., Yonkers Bar Assn., Yonkers Chamber of Commerce, City Club (Yonkers), Georgetown Alumni, Notre Dame Alumni, Medico-Legal Soc.
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(N. Y.), Notre Dame Monogram Club. Democrat. Roman Catholic. Resident town of Rye 1901. Office 2 Hudson St., Yonkers; residence 51 Park Av., Yonkers.
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Samuel Thorn, Jr.
Born Saugatuck, Conn., June 29, 1874, son of Samuel and Phebe (Van Schwonhoven) Thorne, grandson of Jonathan and Lydia Ann (Course) Thorne. Graduated Cutler School, N. Y. City, 1891; graduated Yale University, A.B., 1896; gradu- ated Harvard University Law School, LL.B., 1899. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, 1899; admitted N. Y. Bar, Jan., 1900, U. S. Circuit and U. S. Dist. Courts. Deputy Asst. Dist. Atty. N. Y. County, 1901-05; member Delafield, Howe, Thorne & Rogers, since Apr. 1, 1916. Married, June 16, 1903, Ethel M. Cheney, of Boston, Mass., daughter of Arthur and Emeline (Lewis) Cheney. Children: Samuel, 3rd, born May 28, 1904, Lewis, born Dec. 6, 1907, Ward, born Aug. 30, 1909, Emeline Lewis, born Mar. II, 1913, Arthur, born Jan. 16, 1915, Peter Brinckerhoff, born Oct. 2, 1917. Director Silver Bay Assn., Leonia Englewood Estates, Parker Pro- cess' Co .; member Board Managers Missionary Education Movement; Executive Committee Lay- men's Missionary Movement; University, City, D. K. E., Yale, Republican, Apawamis, American Yacht, Manursing Island, Okeetee, Downtown and New York Farmers Clubs. Republican. Episcopalian. Resident town of Rye since 1906. Office 27 Cedar St., N. Y. City; residence 385 Post Road, Rye.
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Albert William Putnam
Born Spuyten Duyvil, N. Y. City, Sept. 22, 1877, son of Albert E. and Margaret E. (Morrison) Put- nam, grandson of Albert Putnam and of James Mitchell Morrison. Attended Halsey School, N. Y. City; graduated Columbia University, A.B., 1897; graduated Columbia University Law School, LL.B., 1900. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, 1900; admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, 1900; U. S. Dist. and Circuit Courts, S. E. & N. Dists. N. Y., also N. J. With Curtis, Mallet-Prevost & Colt, 1900-02; Nadal & Carrere, 1902-03; Winthrop & Stimson, since 1903, and member thereof since 1906. Married, May 23, 1908, Grace Witherbee Tucker, daughter of Dr. Willis G. and May (Newman) Tucker, of Albany, N. Y. Children: Mary Elizabeth, born Mar. 5, 1909; Betty Waters, born May 28, 1911; Nancy Tucker, born Nov. 1, 1914. Nineteen years' service Troop B., Squadron A., N. Y. Cav., N. G .; three years as captain; six months' Mexican border service 1916, command of troop. In U. S. service since July 16, 1917, now in command Co. A., 105th Machine Gun Battalion, 53d Brig., 27th Div., U. S. A. Member Assn. Bar City N. Y., Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi (legal) Fraternities, and
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Squadron A., University, Apawamis, Underwriters, Adirondack League, Columbia University, Alpha Delta Phi, and Manursing Island Clubs. Republican. Presbyterian. Resident town of Rye 1907 and 1909. Office 32 Liberty St., N. Y. City; residence Highland Rd., Harrison, N. Y.
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Arthur Russell Wilcox
Born Port Chester, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1878, son of Josiah North Wilcox, born Riversville, Greenwich, Conn., Nov. 6, 1847, and Henrietta (Lyon) Wilcox, born Port Chester, Apr. 8, 1853. Descendant on paternal side of John Willcocks, a native of England, one of original proprietors of, and who settled in Hartford, about 1636. Descendant on maternal side of Thomas Lyon, of Yorkshire, England, who settled in Stamford about 1650. Paternal grand- father, Josiah Wilcox, born Middletown, Conn., May 9, 1804, died Riversville, Conn., June 13, 1883, who married, Aug. 24, 1828, Celestia (Wilcox) Wil- cox, born Sept. II, 1806, died Riversville, Mar. 28, 1873. Maternal grandfather, William Penn Lyon, born Port Chester, May 22, 1825, died Port Chester, Aug. 19, 1899, who married Phebe Elizabeth (Sher- wood) Lyon, born Oct. 13, 1826, died Port Chester, Aug. 31, 1906. Attended Port Chester Public School until 1893; Hiram U. King's Private School, Stamford, Conn., 1894-97; N. Y. Preparatory School, 1898; graduated N. Y. University Law School, LL.B., 1900. Took Bar examination, Syracuse, Oct., 1900; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, Nov. 20, 1900; U. S. Circuit Court, S. D. N. Y., Dec. 1, 1900; U. S. Dist.
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Court, S. D. N. Y., Feb. 3, 1910. Entered office Jerome A. Peck, Port Chester, and induced by him to take up profession of law, 1898; copartner Jerome A. Peck (Peck & Wilcox), Port Chester and N. Y. City, Jan. 1, 1901-May 1, 1908; own office 34 Adee St., Port Chester, since May 1, 1908. Justice Peace town of Rye, 1904-08; Police Justice Port Chester village 1908-10; counsel town of Rye 1911-13; trustee Port Chester village 1912-14; corporation counsel Port Chester village 1914-15, and 1916- 18; counsel Rye Union Free School, Dist. No. 4, since 1916. Elected president Port Chester village, Apr. 23, 1918. President and director Abendroth Brothers, Port Chester and N. Y. City. Trustee Port Chester Savings Bank since June 1914. Chairman Port Chester "4 Minute Men" (first such organi- zation in Westchester County). Compiler The Bar of Rye Township, 1918. Member N. Y. State Bar Assn., Westchester County Bar Assn., Elks Order, Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, and Republican, White Plains, and Port Chester Country Clubs. Unmarried. Republican. Presbyterian. Resident town of Rye since birth. Office 34 Adee St., Port Chester; residence 46 Leicester St., Port Chester.
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Frank Lawrence
Son of Frank Richard and Eva Annette (Reed) Lawrence. Attended Harvard University, 1895-8; graduated N. Y. Law School, LL.B., 1899. Admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, Feb. 1901. Former resident town of Rye. Office 60 Bway., N. Y. City.
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William Allen Davidson
Born Cooperstown, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1876, son of William Davidson, descendant Davidson clan, born Morebattle, Scotland, June 22, 1845, and Jennie (Feakins) Davidson, born Cherry Valley, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1846. Graduated Cooperstown High School, 1897; graduated Albany Law School, 1901. Took Bar examination, Albany, 1901 ; admitted N. Y. Bar, Albany, Mar. 5, 1901; U. S. Dist. Court, N. D. N. Y.,
1902; U. S. Dist. Court, S. D. N. Y., 1914. Copart- ner Nathaniel P. Willis, then Surrogate of Otsego County (Willis & Davidson), Cooperstown, 1903-05. Own office Port Chester, N. Y., since 1905. Married, June 30, 1903, Mabel A. Sherwood, of Port Chester, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Lockhart) Sher- wood. One child, John W., born Mar. I, 1905. Member Port Chester Lodge Elks and Exalted Ruler thereof, 1912-13. Clerk Board of Supervisors Otsego County, 1900; clerk and treasurer Cooperstown vill- age, 1901-1902; Justice Peace, town of Rye, 1908-12; Corporation Counsel Port Chester village, 1911-13; County Attorney Westchester County since 1915; member District Board, S. D. N. Y., created under selective service law (draft act), since 1917. Republi- can. Presbyterian. Resident town of Rye since December, 1904. Office 103 Westchester Av., Port Chester; residence 99 Glen Av., Port Chester.
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Grenville Temple Emmet
Born New Rochelle, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1877, son of Richard Stockton and Catherine (Temple) Emmet, of New Rochelle. Attended St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., 1888-1894; graduated Harvard University, A.B., 1898; graduated N. Y. Law School, LL.B., 1901. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, May, 1901; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, May 28, 1901; U. S. Dist. Court, S. D. N. Y., 1912. Began practice office Maurice Dillon, Port Chester, N. Y., 1901, continued to 1903. Member Emmet & Parish, 52 Wall St., N. Y. City, since 1912. Married, Sept. 18, 1905, Pauline A. Ferguson, of St. Paul, Minn., daughter of Paul D. and Annie (Borup) Ferguson. Children: Pauline Anne Temple, born Oct. 29, 1906, Grenville Temple, Jr., born Mar. 31, 1909. Member Assn. Bar City N. Y., and Knickerbocker, Harvard, and University Clubs. Democrat. Episcopalian. Office 52 Wall St., N. Y. City; residence Katonah, N. Y.
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William Baruch
Born Rye, N. Y., June 7, 1880, son of Bernhard and Ricka (Levison) Baruch. Attended Rye Public School, New Rochelle High School; graduated N. Y. University Law School, LL.B., 1901. Took Bar examination, Brooklyn, June, 1901; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, 1901, U. S. Supreme Court and U. S. Dist. Court, S. D. N. Y., Married, June 20, 1913, Hattie Kodziesen, of Brooklyn, daughter of Abraham and Augusta Kodziesen. Member Port Chester "4 Minute Men." Member Elks and Masonic Orders, Sons of Veterans. Resident town of Rye since birth. Office 20 S. Main St., Port Chester, N. Y .; residence I Webster P1., Port Chester.
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Sidney L. Josephthal
Born N. Y. City, Dec. 27, 1878, son of Louis and Martha (Corn) Josephthal. Attended Columbia Grammar School, 1887-95 ; graduated Columbia Uni- versity, A.B., 1899; graduated Columbia University Law School, LL.B., 1901. Took Bar examination and admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, 1901; U. S. Dist. Court, S. D. N. Y., 1904. With Parsons, Sheppard & Ogden, 1901-02; George D. Mumford, 1902-03; counsel Legal Aid Society, 1903-04. Married, Balti- more, Feb., 1911, Marie Louise, daughter of Caleb D. and Lucy (Boisliniere) Cherbounier, of Baltimore, Md. Children: Sidney Dorsey, born Jan., 1913, Martha Louise, born Aug., 1915. Member American Bar Assn., United Hunt and Racing Assn., Civil Ser- vice Reform Assn., N. Y. Press, Fauquier, Warrenton Country, Warrenton Hunt, Chester Valley Hunt, Bryn Mawr Polo, and Richmond Country Hunt Clubs. Democrat. Hebrew. Resident town of Rye 1911-13. Residence, 49 W. 72nd St., N. Y. City.
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Charles Minot Sheafe, Jr.
Born Holden, Mo., Aug. 14, 1874, son of Charles M. Sheafe, born New Hampshire, 1843, and Anna (Jones) Sheafe, born Iowa, 1847. Attended Seattle High School; University of Washington, Seattle, 1892-93; Leland Stanford, Jr., University, 1893-94; graduated Harvard University, A.B., 1898; gradu- ated Harvard University Law School, LL.B., 1901. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, 1902; ad- mitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, Feb., 1902; U. S. Circuit and Dist. Courts, S. D. N. Y., 1905. In legal dept. (N. Y. State), N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., since 1905. Married, June 18, 1907, Mary S. Hoague, of Boston, daughter of Isaac Theodore and Carolyn (Daniell) Hoague. Children: Anna Carolyn, born Oct. 13, 1908; Charles M., 3rd, born Nov. 12, 1910; Theodore, born June 17, 1914; Mary Amelia, born June 5, 1916. Chairman Rye Y. M. C. A. Board. On Harvard 'Varsity Crew 1889-1900. Chairman Local Board No. 6, created under selective service law (draft act), since 1917. Member Port Chester "4 Minute Men." Member Assn. Bar City N. Y., Republic Lodge Masons, Sons Amer- ican Revolution, and Harvard, Apawamis, and
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Manursing Island Clubs. Republican. Episco- palian. Resident town of Rye since 1910. Office Grand Central Terminal, N. Y. City; residence 51 Milton Rd., Rye.
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Dunlevy Milbank
Admitted N. Y. Bar, N. Y. City, June, 1902. Resident town of Rye past several years. Office 40 Wall St., N. Y. City; residences 27 E. 39th St., N. Y. City, and Ridge St., Rye, N. Y. I7
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Eugene Lee Flandreau
Born N. Y. City, Oct. 24, 1868, son of Theodore and Marietta (Onderdonk) Flandreau. Attended N. Y. Public Schools; graduated Cooper Union, B.S., 1896; graduated N. Y. Law School, LL.B., 1900. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, 1902; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, 1902. Clerkship with Wm. R. Hill, N. Y. City. Discontinued practice 1904, since in business. Married, Port Chester, N. Y., June II, 1896, Sadie Smith, of Port Chester, since deceased. No children. Corporal Company B, 7Ist Regt. N. G. N. Y., 712 years. Democrat. Methodist. Resident town of Rye since 1896, ex- cepting two years. Residence 485 Westchester Av., Port Chester.
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Charles Basil Brophy
Born Ottawa, Can., Dec. 15, 1876, son of John Purcell, born Castle Comer, Kilkenny, Ireland, and Mary Therese (Kelly) Brophy, of Ottawa. At- tended private schools; Ottawa College, 1890-93; in Canadian Civil Service until 1897; moved to Buffalo 1897. Took Bar examination Rochester, Jan. 1903; admitted N. Y. Bar, Rochester, Mar. 1903; U. S. Circuit and Dist. Courts, S. D. N. Y., 1905; U. S. Supreme Court, 1913. With Rogers, Locke & Milburn, Buffalo, 1898-1903; Howard Taylor, N. Y. City, 1903-II; copartner Taylor, Jackson & Brophy, 1911-16; copartner Taylor, Jackson, Brophy & Nash, since May 1, 1916. Mar- ried, Sept. 2, 1905, Margaret Alida Bingay, of Yar- mouth, N. S., daughter of George Bingay, K. C., and Susan C. (Stryker) Bingay. Children: Geraldine Frances, born June 17, 1909, Katherine Livingston, born Dec. 2, 1910, Margaret, born May 10, 1916. Member American Bar Assn., N. Y. State Bar Assn., Assn. Bar City N. Y., and Lawyers, Catholic, Democratic, American Yacht, Apawamis, and Green Meadow Country Clubs. Democrat. Roman Cath- olic. Resident town of Rye since 1914. Office 30 Pine St., N. Y. City; residence Mendota Av., Rye.
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Arthur Michael Augustine Kane
Born Rye, N. Y., Apr. 19, 1880, son of John C. and Kate (Molloy) Kane. Attended Mamaroneck Schools; graduated Mamaroneck High School, 1897; graduated Fordham University, A.B., cum laude, 1901; graduated N. Y. Law School, LL.B., 1903. Took Bar examination, Brooklyn, 1903; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, May, 1903. Own office Mama- roneck, N. Y., since 1903. Married, Oct. 25, 1905, Gretta DuB. Valentine (died Apr. 26, 1913), of New- ark, N. J., daughter of Theodore and Josephine (Du Bordeau) Valentine. No children. Married, Dec. 20, 1917, Emma Jeannette Buckhout, of Mamaro- neck, daughter of Craig E. and Emma (Waters) Buckhout. Justice Peace town Mamaroneck, 1908- 12. Member American Bar Assn., Westchester County Bar Assn., Mamaroneck High School Alumni, Fordham Alumni. Democrat. Roman Catholic. Resident town of Rye 1880-81. Offices 242 Mamaro- neck Av., Mamaroneck, and 50 E. 42nd St., N. Y. City; residence Villa Av., Riverdale Park, Mamaro- neck.
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William Matheus Sullivan
Born N. Y. City, June 26, 1881, son of Daniel Matheus and Genevieve (Spillard) Sullivan. Descen- dant of Gen. John Sullivan of Revolutionary fame. Attended Polytechnic Preparatory School; graduated N. Y. University Law School, LL.B., 1902, LL.M., 1903. Took Bar examination, Brooklyn, 1903; ad- mitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, 1903, and federal courts. Formerly in office Willard A. Mitchell, N. Y. City. Director of several corporations. Past Master Baltic Lodge, 284 F. & A. M. Member Delta Chi Fraternity and University, Apawamis, and American Yacht Clubs. Unmarried. Republican. Episcopalian. Resident town of Rye since 191I. Office, 35 Nassau St., N. Y. City; residence, The Maples, Milton Point, Rye.
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Walter Andrew Ferris
Born Port Chester, N. Y., July 1, 1882, son of Andrew Ferris, born Sound Beach, Conn., 1833, died Port Chester, 1907, and Mary Elizabeth (Studwell) Ferris, born 1855. Attended Port Chester Public Schools, 1888-1898; St. John's Military Academy, Ossining, N. Y., 1898-1899; graduated Hudson River Military Academy, Nyack, N. Y., June, 1901 ; in law office Wilson Brown, Jr., White Plains, July 1901-Dec. 1905; attended N. Y. Law School Sept. 1902-June 1904. Took Bar examination, N. Y. City, 1904; admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, June 24, 1904. Office in Port Chester Dec. 1905-Jan. 1, 1914. Mar- ried, Port Chester, Oct. II, 1906, Eva R. Parker, of Port Chester, daughter of Theodore C. and Sarah R. (Slater) Parker. One child, Theodore Parker, born Dec. 23, 1908. Justice Peace, town of Rye, 1908-12; Police Justice Port Chester village, 1912-14; Second Asst. Dist. Atty Westchester County since Jan. I, 1914; President Port Chester village 1914-16. For- mer vestryman St. Peter's Church, Port Chester. Member Westchester County Bar Assn., Masonic order, and Transportation and White Plains Clubs. Republican. Episcopalian. Resident town of Rye since birth. Office County Court House, White Plains; residence 402 Irving Av., Port Chester.
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Williamson Pell
Admitted N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, June, 1904. Then and since resident town of Rye. Retired from practice. Vice-President U. S. Trust Co., N. Y. City. Office 45 Wall St., N. Y. City; residence Highland Rd., Rye.
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Charles Francis Dalton
Born Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 13, 1877, son of Charles and Mary (Mahon) Dalton. Attended Waterbury High School, 1891-93; office assistant and afterward chief accountant and financial execu- tive Curran Department Store, Waterbury, 1894- 1901; graduated Yale University Law School, LL.B., 1903, completing course in two years. Took Bar examination, Hartford, Dec., 1902; admitted Conn. Bar by Superior Court, New Haven, Jan., 1903; N. Y. Bar, Brooklyn, Nov. 15, 1904; Tennessee Bar, Knoxville, Sept., 1901; U. S. Dist, and Circuit Courts, Conn. I9II; U. S. Dist. and Circuit Courts, S. D. N. Y., 1907. Office Greenwich Conn., 1903; office Port Chester, since Oct. 1903; copartner Daniel E. Kelly (Dalton & Kelly), Port Chester, 1907-08. Married, Aug., 1908, Mary L., daughter of Allen B. and Emma P. (Sniffen) Finch. No children. Presi- dent Yale Kent Club, 1902, and presented by class members with gavel; one of organizers Westchester County Yale Alumni Assn .; one of organizers and charter member and first non-commissioned officer Company L., 3rd Regt. Conn. N. G. (now 12th Co., Conn. Coast Artly.) ; vice-president Port Chester Rifle Club; former member San Salvadore Council No. I,
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