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EATON, Walter Prichard:
Dramatie critie and writer; b. Malden, Mass., Ang. 24, 1878; s. Warren E. and Mary ( Prichard , Laton: ed. Phillips Andover Arad. and Harvard Coll., A.B .. 1900. Joined staff of Ruston Journal, 1000; N. Y. Tribune, 1902; dramatic critic of N. Y. Sun since 1907 .. Author: The American Stage of To-day. Contributed various articles, poems, storl",, cle., to Atlantic Monthly. American Mapa. zine, Everybody's. Ainsire's, Cosmopolit.in, Independent in politics; Unitarian. Mem, Pi Eta Sue: - Recreations: Golf, tennis. Clubs: Harvard of N. Y., Cranford Golf. Address: SV Washington Sq., N. Y. City, EATON, William C .:
Commodore, C. S. Navy; b. Hamilton, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1-51 ; s. Rev. George W, Eaton, DD. LL.D., late pres. Madison (now Colgate) Univ., and Eliza H. (Boardman) Eaton; grad. Colgate Univ., A.B. (Sigma Phi, Phi Buta Kappa), 199 (A.M .. Ph.D ); Naval Arad., No; m. Brooklyn, Sept. 1-90, 11/214 Blish; one son, William West, b. Ang. 7. 1:93. Commissioned chief rne'r, June 1. 1-95; fleet eng'r, Pacific Squadron, 1899-1900 :. Captain, Nov. 18, 1907; retired AS comm04. dore at his own request, June 20, 190s. D .- tailed as head of Dep't Eng'ring, Colgate Univ., Iss> 90; appointed by Vieros Li Hun; Chang examiner of naval eng'ring gradu- ates, Imperial Univ., Tien-tsin. China, I.P; present duty, insp. eng'ring material and ord. nance for U. S Nasy, Post Office Bld'z. Brooklyn. Residence : 1:1 Clinton St,
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EBBETS, William E .:
Paper manufacturer: b. Brooklyn, Sept 5, 169; s. James atal Margaret ( Me Nurnes ) Ilhets; ed. Biblie schrois, Brooklyn: m. Brooklyn, Sept. 5. 1500, Josephine F. Ohl- sen: children : William Ayiner, b. INI, Jo- sephine Valerio, b. 1:03. Marion Seymour. 1. Is:i. See, and tross. Charles G. Weeks Co.,
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Skaneateles N. Y .: director in Skaneateles Paper Co. and Lakeside Paper Co., Skan- eateles, N. Y. Republican. Member of all Masonie bodies in Brooklyn. Address: Skaneateles, N. Y.
EBERHARD, Erust G .:
Musican; b. Harover, Germany, May 30, 1:39; s. Carl Philp and llenrietta Augusta ( Bulk) Eberbard; musical ed'n in Europe ( Mus. Doc.) ; m. N. Y. City, June, 1876, Caroline Louise Bogert; children: Mrs. Ed- ward Lansing, Mrs. Howard Hyde. Beatrice ( well-known violin virtuoso), Ernst G. Came to America many years ago; long known in N. Y. City and vicinity as lend- ing organist and conductor; played at St. Ann's Ch., Brooklyn; Paulist and Ist Bap- tist Churches, N. Y. City; was couductor Newark Philharmonic Soc .; director l'arlor Opera Co. and Student Concert Co. lu- tler: Method for Piano, Course of Studies und Course of Technics, consisting of 17 books in all; Harmony and Counterpoint sioiplified: also many compositions for the piano, songs, etc. Founder Grand Conserv- atory of Music, N. Y. City, 15/4 (dep't Univ. State of N. Y., authorized to conier de- grees) ; was corr. of the Presto, Chicago, the American Israelite. Cincinoari, and still devotes some time to newspaper work. Mem. N. Y. State Hist. . Iss'n. and of Kane Lodge, F. and A. M. Club: N. Y. Economic. Ad- dress: Grand Conservatory of Music, 57 West 93rd St., N. Y. City.
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EBERLIN, Viggo Conradt:
Librarian ; b. Randers, Denmark, Dec. 23, 1868; s. Judge .1. C. and Alfrida Eberlin ; grad. Univ. Copenhagen, M .... Is 3; m. N. Y. City, 1595, Jenuje Green: children: Walter, L. 1-09, Elsie. b. 10012, Viggo. b. 1901. Li- brary work in Denmark; engaged in reli- gious and sociological work, N. Y. City, 1:90- 1900; ass't librarian, Aster Library, 1900; librarian Centory Club since 1002. Address: Century Club, N. Y. City.
EBERSOLE, Abram Willis:
Clergyman; gird. Hobert Coll., M.A., 1823. Ordered deacon, 1-90, ordained priest, lsul, by Bishop Huntington, in Episcopal minis- try. Formerly minister in charge of Trinity Ch., Canastita, and St. Paul's Ch., Chit- tenango, N. Y., 1:90 91 ; rector Trimty (h., Fayetteville, N. Y., 1-91-95; St. Paul's Ch., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1-3: Trinity Ch., Fayette- ville, N. Y., 1.3.97; St. James' Ch. Watkins, N. Y., since 1897. Address: Watkins, N. Y. EBSTEIN. Pred, H. E .:
Major, U. S. A., retired: b. in Germany, April 21, 1:47; rame to this country, 1-37; ed. Riverside Mil. Arad., Poughkeepsie, X. Y .; served in Civil War in Company II, Ath 1. S. Inf .; promoted to 2d lieut .. Ioth Inf .; served in campaigns against Indians. cant., 1 .- 3; took part in Santiago attack during the spanish . Am. War; promoted major; after "5 years' servire retired and took up resi- De La Salle Inst., N. Y. : appo'd by Mayor Low Ist deputy police comm'r, and put in charge of police matters in the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. Republican candidate for pres. Borough of Brooklyn, 1903. Prof. military science, St. Francis Xavier Coll.,
N. Y. City. Residence: 1302 Pacific St., Brooklyn. Address: 30 W. 16th St., N. Y. City.
ECCLES, Robert Gibson:
Physician; b. in Scotland, Jan. 1, 1818; s. David and Isabella (Gibson) Eccles; ed. pub- lie and private schools, Great Britain and U. S .; Long Island Med. Coll., M.D., les2; Seio (O.) Coll., Phar.D .; Brooklyn Coll. of Pharmacy, Ph.G .; m. Kansas City, Mo., Sept., 1876, Mary Hance. Dean Brooklyn Coll. of Pharmacy, Gov't chemist, etc. Served 10 years on Com. of Revision, U. S. Pharmacopoeia (chm'n of section on activo principles of drugs) ; former pres. N. Y. State Pharin. Ass'n; pres. Chem. Section, L'rooklyn Inst., and chm'n Section of Ed'n, Am. Pharmn. Ass'n. Discoverer of a nun- ber of new, active principles of plants; has visited Pacific Coast from Alaska to Mexi- co, and every point of interest to tourists from North Cope to the Mediterranean : went, 1906, on tour of Europe, Asia, Africa, Aus- tralia, New Zealand and South America, which occupied over 2 years; at one time mem. Exec. Com. Rep. Party of Kings Co. Evolutionist of Herbert Spencer type. Fel- low A.A.A.S., Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Anat. Ass'n, .\m. Pharm. Ass'n, Nat. Geog. Soc., and many other so- cieties. Recreations: Travel, botanizing, bi- cycle. Address: 191 Dean St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
ECCLESTON, J. B .:
Merchant; s. Rev. J. C. Eccleston. Pres. and director Eccleston Lumber Co .; treas. and director Reuter MIf'g Co. Address: 44 Broadway, N. Y. City.
ECHLIN, Henry Magifford:
Gen. agent .Mina Life Ins. Co .; b. Ilam- ilton, Ont., Dec. 13, 1:63; s. llenry M. and Mary Ann (Cassidy) Echlin; ed. Albion ( Mich. ) Coll., 1:84-Si; Northwestern Univ., B.Se., 1592; m. Chicago, Feb. 7, 1901, Daisy Ilaines Snell; one son, Ilenry Molyneux, b. 1905. Ass't sec. Chicago Soc. for . University Extension, 1892-93; instr, mathematics, Ar- mour Inst., Chicago, 1803-94; organizer Uni- versity Extension Centers for U'uiv, of Chi- cago, 18/1-05; western representative Leach. Shewell & Sanborn, publishers, 1895-97; mg'r Chicago office Charles Serihner's Sons, 1-97. 95; western me'r D. Appleton & Co., 1-08- 1900; agency director N. Y. Life Ins. Co., 10010-04; general agent .Etna Life Ins Co., since 1901. Republican ; Methodist. Pres. Mich. Soc. of N. Y .; trustee Beta Theta Pi Alumni Club of N. Y. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: City, Scarsdale Golf. Residence : White Plains, N. Y. Address: 1170 Broad. way, N. Y. City.
ECKERT, Thomas Thompson:
Telegrapher: b. St. Clairsville, O .. April 23. 1-22: postimaster of Wooster, O., 1-49, also telegrapher; in charge of telegraph line con- struction, Pittsburgh to Chicago, 1>2; head of military telegraph office, Gen. Mcclellan's dence in Brooklyn; prof. of military sempre, ; headquarters, Isol; sup't of military tele- graph in Dep't of Potomne, holding rank of tapt. and ass't quartermaster, 1:02: made of- jor and given charge of establishment of telegraph headquarters for Wir Dip't, Sept., 12: fient-col, 1%; later brig.gen .; also DIpt'd ass't bee, of war, loGl; resigned, 1506, 439
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becoming sup't of east section of Western | Aug. 3. 1>>7, Laura Garretson; children: I'nien Telegraph. Co. : pres. Atlantic and Pa- cific, 1875; of Am. Union Telegraph Co., 120, these companies consolidating with Western Union; les], became v .- p. of latter, then pres., 1892. Clubs: Union League, Riding. Residence: 519 Fifth Av. Aduress : 105 Broadway, N. Y. City.
ECKLEY, Earnest R .:
Lawyer; b. Brandon, Vt., Mor. 3, 1974; s. William and Angeline E. (Green) Eekley; ed. Brandon (Vt.) graded. sch .; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B .; m. N. Y. City. Nov. 19. 1906, Helen A. Tait. Treas. and director Rekley Dental Supply Co. and of Thekemer Realty Co .; mem. Brooks & Eckley, Bronx Bar Ass'n; treas. Mt. Hope M. E. Church. Re-
publican ; Methodist. Mem. Guiding Star Lodge, F. and A. M. Address: 43 Wall St., N. Y. City.
ECKMAN, George P .:
Clergywan; b. Gouldsborough, Pa., Jan. 8, 1860; s. John G. and Margaret L. (Hile) Eckman; grad. Wesleyan Umv., lest, M .... , D.D., Drew Theol, Sem., B.D., 1996, N. Y. Univ., Ph.D., 1897, Syracuse Univ., D.D .; m. Oct. 7, 1891, May Townley: one daughter, Margaret, b. 18ys. Pastor St. Paul's M. E. Ch., N. Y. City, since 1907. Author: Contro- versial Elements in Lucretius; The Young Mau With a Program iseries of sermons for young men) ; Studies in the Gospel of John (2 volumes). Has written for church peri- odicals, and has lectured and preached ex- tensively in U. S. : has also traveled abroad. Mem. B'd of Foreign Missions of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, Deaconess' Home and Training School: trustee Syracuse Univ., and Drew Theol. Sem .; delegate to Gen. Conference M. E. Church at Los Angeles, Calif. 1906, and in Baltimore, Md. 194. Mem. Psi Ipsilon fraternity, Philolathean Soc. Address: 350 West End Av., N. Y. City. EDDY, Charles B .:
Lawyer: b. New Britain, Conn., Nov. 29. 1872; s. James H[. and Mari. N. (Brown) Eddy; ed. Yale Coll., A.B., Yale Law Sch., N. Y. Law Sch., B.L .; m. Alexandria, Va., June 7, 1902, Ellen Coolidge Burke. Mem. law firm of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett. Mem. N. Y. Bar Ass'n. Club: Yale. Ad- dress: 62 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
EDDY, Clarence:
Concert organist ; b. Greenfield, Mass,. June 23, 1-51; s. George Sanser and Silenea ( Cheney ) Eddy ; musical studies under bud- ley Buck and in Berlin, Germany, under Loeschhot and Angust Haupt. Was engaged as organist in leading Chirazo churches for some 20 years; has given recitals in princi- pal American and European cities: how or- ganist and choirmaster of the Temple Beth- FI, N. Y. City, and Tompkins Av. Cong'l Ch., Brochlyn. Author of organ works: The Church and Concert Organist ( vols.) ; Tho Organ in Church, and Convert Piores for the (zan, Residence: 950 West End Av., S. Y. City.
EDDY, William David:
Homer W., h. 1599. Roy Hawley, b. 1.21 Evalyn. h. 1893, William G., b. 1-95, Hard4 T., b. 1897. Ordained at Lewis Av. Com: 1 Ch., Brooklyn; field see. N. Y. State Sund a Srh. Ass'n 7 years: pastor, successively, a churches in Norwood. Norfolk, Reusschir. Falls and Smyrna (N. Y.). Republican Congregationalist. Mem. Smyrna Lodge Il-, I. O. O. F. Address: Smyrna, N. Y.
EDENBORN, William:
Capitalist: b. Westphalia, Prussia, March 20, 1s18; ed. in Prussia, came to America. 1 6 ;: worked as a mechanic in St. Louis. 1:60-71; pres. St. Louis Wire Mill Co., 1-71 82. afterward pres. Consolidated Steel and Wire Co. until 1898; since 19a v.p. and mem Fxec. Com. Am. Steel and Wire Co. In vented important patented improvements in wire and machinery. Mem. Exec. and Advis ory coms. T. S. Steel Corp'n, 1901-01; how pres. La. R'y and Navigation Co., v .- p. 1.1 Central Construction d'o .; pres. Pittsburgh and Southern Coal Co .; director St. Lomi Iron and Machine Works. Urania Lumber l'o. of la., U. S. Steel Corp'n. Address: S.10 Dridge St., N. Y. City.
EDER, Phanor J .:
Lawyer; b. Palmira, Columbia, S. A .: S James M. and Lizzie ( Benjamin) Eder: grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., Harvard (Law S .h.), L.L.D. Admitted to bar, 19'1; makes specialty of Spanish-Am. law: vice-consul of Colombia in N. Y. City since 1934. Pres. and director Cauca Valley gr'l Co .: director The New York Co. ; sec. and director Trop. iral America Publishing Co. Mem. Ass I B.ir City of N. Y., N. Y. Co. Lawyers' Iss'n. Republican. Mem. Phi Sigma Kappa Chales We .: Fide Repubhean, ILera-Americ.the. Ib sidener: 251 W. 95th St. Address: > William St., N. Y. City.
EDESON, Robert:
Artur; b. New Orleans, 1868; s. George R. Edison, a well-known comedian and stage manager; ed. in schools of Brooklyn, N. Y. : 1. Ellen Barg, an actress, who died June. 1906. In 1-si was box office clerk at Park Theater, Brooklyn: in 1-5. wien Cora Tan- ner was to produce Fascination at that thea- ter, an actor who had a minor part became ill, and Mr. Edeson volunteered to play the part, which he did snecessfully. Later app peared in Augustin Daly's and Charles Dick son's companies; joined the Empire Stark Company, ant became well known as under- stu ly to William Fiversham in Under th' Red Rohr: aforward leading man with Maude Adams in The Little Minister, and with Amelia Bingham in The Climbers; since then has starred in Anenstus Thomas's dramatization of Richard Herding Davis's novel, Soldiers of Portune, and A Strons heart, an Imlian play. Club: The Lambs Address: The Lambs Club, N. Y. City.
EDGAR. Charles Henry:
Lawyer: b N. Y City. Jan. 1, 1557: ed. Roy. John F. Pingry's Sch., Elizabeth, N. J .. and St Paul's Sch .. Concord, N. H .; grad. Lafayette Coll .. 155. and Columbia Law Sch . 1-20; in. Nov. 15, 199, Ellen I. Husted. of Brooklyn. Admitted to practice, May 20. 1-79. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Ass'n
Clergyman: b. Morvan. N. Y., July . 21. 1-36: 8. Davil H. and Anna' Jane (Sisson) Eddy: ed. public school, 1.1.70, Glens Falls Arad., 17154: private study. 177-4), Chi- cago Theol. Sem .. . >>>9; m. Oskaloosa, Ja., Bar City of N. Y., Dwight Alumni Ass'n of
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N. Y. City. Club. Hamilton (Brooklyn). | incandescent lamp and light system, the Address: 43 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
EDGAR, James Clifton:
Physician ; b. N. Y. City, June 14, 1850; s. James Alexander and Mary (Coe) Edgar. studied 5 years at St. Paul's Sth., Concord, N. Il .; grad. Lafayette Coll., Ph.D., 1982, [ A.M., Jest,. Med. Dep't Uuiv. City of N. Y., ! M.D., 185; post-graduate degree from Uaiv. Frauen Klinik, Mui ich, Batavia; m. N. Y. City, May, 1889, Ellen Muriel Beatrice Sout- ter. Prof. obstetrics and clinical mid- wifery, Cornell Med. Coll .; surgeon to Man hattan Maternity Husp, and to Emergency llosp. of Bellevue Hosp. Mem. Amn. Me.l. Ass'n, Am. Acad of Medicine, Am. Gynerel, Soc., N. Y. Arad of Medicine, N. Y. Co. Med. Soc .. N. Y. Cliniest Obstet. Soc. Edi- tor: Winckel's Obstetrics. Author : The
Practice of Obstetrics; conth'r to med. journals and proceedings on obstet. practice. Recreation : Automobiung. Clubs: Century, University, Tuxedo, Rockaway Ilunt. .id- dress : 25 W. 56th St., N. Y. City.
EDGERTON, Charles Eugene:
Economist ; b. Nineveh, Broome Co., N. Y., Der. 25, Jabl; s. Franklin and Julia ( Tag. gart) Edgerton; ed. public schools, Nineveh, Afton and Walton, N. Y., Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1582, Cornell Univ., Colombia Uriv. ; m. Walton, N. Y., Oct. 9. 1854. Annie Bene dict White; children: Franklin. b. JJuly 21, 1×5, Ileniy White, b. Qet. 20. Iva, William Franklin, b. Sept. 3, 1.3. Connected with banks in the West, 1:200; mig at Big- hamton, N. Y. itreas. Wilkinson Mi'g Co.), 1590-07; studying and teaching economies 1×7-99; fellow at Cornell. 1920: teaching at Smith Coll .. ]>> 90; since 1900, in Gov't service at Washington . now special examiner, Bureau of Corporation -. Mem. Am. Eco- nomie Ass'n, Am. Statist. Ass u, Deda Kap- pa Epsilon. Club: Camus D. C.). Recreation: Tiamping. Residence : Ithaca, N. Y. Address: Bureau of Corpora- tions, Washington, D. C.
EDISON, Thomas Alva:
Electrician, inventor: b. Milan, Ohio, Feb. 11, 1-47; s. Samuel and Natey Edison; had few educational opportunities, but received some instruction from his mother which he supplemented by reading such books as were arressible . Ph.D., Umion (ill., 1); m. Mina M. Miller. Was newsboy on Grand Trunk R'y at 12; studi d telegraphy and was operator at various pilares in \' S. and Can- ada. Fitted up small shop for repairing tele- graph instruments and making new machin- ery; moved to Indianapolis, and afterward to Cincinnati, when established reputation as a siteres; inl inventor, and in ist lo- cated his workshop at Newark, N. J .: since then has devoted entire attention to respirch and invention. Later located shop at Menli Park, N. J .. and fin. By at W. Orange, N. J. Decorated by French Gov't as Chevalier, and later as officer and commandant bezion of EDSALL, Benjamin F .: Honor. Has revivel prdents for more than Tim inventions, among which are included in :- things for quadruplex and sextuplex tele- graphic transmission, the carbon telephone transmitter the micro simeter cior detert- ing smal changes to buferaturel, the for. aphone, the phonograph, the aprophone. the |rector City Trust Co. of Newark, N. L .; was
kinet scope, etc. Club: Essex Co. Country. Address : "Glenmoat, " Llewellyn Park, Or- ange, N. J
EDMANDS, Samuel Sumner:
Electrical eng'r; b. Kalamazoo, Mich., April 36, IST7: s. John and Maria Clara ( Goodwin) Edmonds; grad. Worcester Poly. Inst., B.S., 1:99; in. Brooklyn, Nov. 28, 1906, Althea Fiorence Miller. With Am. Tele- phone and Telegraph Co., Providence, R. 1., 1-00-1900; instr. elec. eng'ring. Ohio State Triv., 1900-01; instr. in applied electricity, Pratt Inst., 1901-02; head of Dep't of Ap- plied Electricity, Pratt Inst., since 1902. Asso. mem. Am, Inst. Elec. Eng'rs: mem. Am. Soc. for Promotion of Eng'ring Ed'n. . Address: Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, N. Y.
EDMONDS, Samuel Owen:
Lawyer, h Pottsville, Pa .; s. Howard and Mary E. (Owen) Edmonds; m. N. Y. City, Nor. 21, 1901, Lillian Coles: children: Stu- art Coles, b. 1902. Helen Ormonde, b. 1906. Engaged in practice of patent law since Isst; v .. p. and director Brodrick Copygraph Co. Republican; Episcopalian, Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'is, Pennsylvania Sce., Dwight Alumini. Clubs: Celumet, Lawyers, Resi- douce: 155 E. 79th St. Address: 32 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
EDMONDSON, Thomas William:
Educator; b. Skipton-in-Craven, Yorkshire, England. June 26, 1869; grad. London Univ., B.A., les; Cambridge, England, B .. A., 1-01; Clark Uriv. Worcester, Mass., Ph D., 1806; m. Perth, Ontario, 1597, Minnie Rumsden. Ass't prof., 1-00-1903: asso. prof. physics, 1:013.05; since 1305, prof. mathematics N. Y. I'niv. Author: Examples in Coordinate Ge- ometry: Mensuration and Spherical Geom- etry (with W. Briges) ; and other mathe- inatieal text books; wrote on the Disruptive Discharge in Air and Liquid Dielectrics; Physical Review, Feb., ISUS. Mem. Am. Mathematie! Soc., Am. Physical Soc. Ad- dress: Bedford Park, N. Y. City.
EDMUNDS, Charles Carroll:
Clergyman; b. Green Bay, Wis., 158; s. Charles Carroll and Margaret Edmunds: was graduated from Trinity Coll., Hartiurd, D.A., 1-77, Gen. Theol. Som., N. Y. City, S.T B., 1:80. Ordered deacon, lesn, and oe- dained priest, 142, by Bishop Duane: minis- ter in charge at Gloversville, N. Y., I>>o, Ft. Edward Is:1 54. Herkimer, 1 -- 5-93, Hosick Falls, 1-93 96, Trinity Ch., Trenton, N. JJ., Juin: 20For Grace Ch., Nowark, 1-99.1.mi: now prof. literature and interpre- tation nf the New Testament in Gen. Theol. Som., N. Y. City. Three times deputy to Gen. Convention of the Episcopal Church, twice from diocese of Albany and once from dioresp of Newark; mom. Standing Com., diocese of Newark several years. Address: 4 Chelsea Square, N. Y. City.
Lawyer: h. N. Y. City. Nov. 6. 1578; s. Peter and Catharine ( Whiteman ) Edsall; ed. in publie grammar and high schools of Jer- Soy City. N .L., and by private Intors; m. 1>>4. Elf. n Yenkel; children: Charles F., JJrs- vir Yerel, Walter C., Helen .. Mary, Di-
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pres. Newark Conf. Laymen's Ass'n of M. | Yacht. Address: 313 W. 74th St., N. Y. E. Ch., Essex Co. Sunday Sch. Union; now City. director (ex.pres. ) Tract Soc. M. E. Ch., EDSON, Obed: Newark Conf. Centenary Fund and Prench. ers' Aid Soc., Essex Co. Sunday Seh. Ass'n. Mem. bars of N. Y. and N. J .; and also practises in U. S. courts. Clubs: Rosevillo Golf, E. Orange Republican. Residence: 250 Roseville Av., Newark, N. J. Address: 35 Nassau S:, N. Y. City.
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Educator; b. Montello, Wis., Dee. 20, 1851; s. Jerah and Mary H. Edson; ed. puldie schools of Wis. and Vt .; grad. Randolph (Vt.) Normal Sch., 150; Montpelier (Vt.) Sem., 1574; Dartmouth Coll., A.B., 18,s. A.M., lesI; m. 1878, Cynthia F. Paine; children: Pearl P. and Carroll A. (boys), Helen W. and Edith L. (girls). Principal West Ran- dolph (Vt.) High Sch., 1878-79; Randolph (Vt.) State Normal Sch., 179-84; sup't schools, Attleboro, Mass., lest-85; Jersey City, N. J., 18:5.87; ass't state sup't Mass., 1887- 97; ass't sup't of schools N. Y. City, 1897- 1902; asso. city sup't N. Y. City Schools since 1902; instr. in summer schools in Vt, Washington and Ind., 1880.00; mg'r school methods and instr. in school management at Martha's Vineyard Inst., 1-sags; instr. in school management and school supervision, Columbia Univ. Summer Sch., 1902-1:3, Yale I'niv., 1906, N. Y. Upiv., 1907-08; on exten- sion work in connection with Brooklyn Poly- technic Institute, three years, 1909-08. Ad- dress: Park Av. and 39th St., N. Y. City. EDSON, Jarvis B .:
Mechanical eng'r; b. Janesville, Wis., April 30, 1845; s. Marmont B. and Margaret B. (Bonesteel) Edson; ed. N. Y. Univ. ; m. Eliza Ward Robins; children: Herman A., Janet De Kay, Marmont. l'atentee and in :- ventor of Euson's Pressure Recording Gauge; method of drying gun cotton, etc., by compressed air at normal temperature; method of sinking deep wells in clay, quick- sand, ete .: method of making artificial ivory in pyroxilene compounds: also about 20 odd devices connected with these inventions. Re- tired from business, 1-95. Enlisted volun- teer private, Co. D. 23d Reg't, N. G. N. Y., June, 163, for service in the Gettysburg campaign; entered U. S. Navy, Nor., 194. as 3d ass't eng'r: served on North Atlantic blockade at Wilmington, Charleston, and along the coast till end of war; then or- dered to South America under Admiral Kirkland, remaining 3 years, when returned to U. S. and was honorably discharged with thanks of Government: during this cruise was in a West Indian hurricane and tidal wave; helped to seize enstom house and de- fend it and Am. Consulate during rebellion at Montevideo, Uruguay, and performed vari- ons services unusual to those belonging to the Engineer branch of the service while in 8. America. Republican ; Episcopalian, Mem. Am. Sor. Merh. Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Naval Eng'rs, Engineers Club, Am. Soe. Naval Ar- chiterts and Marine Eng'rs, Franklin Inst.,
Lawyer; b. Sinclairville, N. Y., Feb. 1%. 1832; s. John M. and Hannah (Alverson) Ed son; ed. Fredonia (N. Y.) Acad., Albany Law Sch .; m. Sinclairville, May 11, 1859, Emily _1. Allen; children: Mrs. Fanny A. Love, b. 1×60, Jolin M., b. 1:62, Walter H., b. 1-74. Mem. State Assembly, 1575; supervisor of Charlotte for several terms; pres. Evergreen Cemetery Ass'n; was mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n; is president of the Chautauqua Co. Ilist. Soc., Buffalo Hist. Soc. Mason. Democrat. Has been a conto'r to Magazine of Am. Ilistory and other maga- vines. Author: History of Chantauqua Co .. N. Y., and other books. In 1902 delivered the historieal address at centennial celebration of settlement of Chautauqua County at West- field, N. Y. Address: Sinclairville, Chautau- qua Co., N. Y.
EDSON, Walter Henry;
Lawyer; b. Sinclairville, N. Y., Jan., 1874; s. Obed and Emily A. (Allen) Edson ; ed. Sinelairville Iligh Sch .; grad. Cornell Univ., B.L. (class memorial orator), 1596, LL.L., 1897; mu. Shumla, N. Y., June 27, 1899, Flor- illa B. Clark; children: Isabel Emily, b. Ing. 5, 1902, Sammel Sinclear, h. May 13, 1906. Admitted to bar, Feb., 1895; formel partnership and in practice with Harley N. Croshy. Mem. Jamestown Bar Ass'n; pres. Falconer B'd of Ed'n, 19 34-00: ehm'n Chau- tauqua Co. Dem. Com., 1901-03; Dem. candi- date for county judge, 1902; mem. Delta Chi law fraternity. Address: Falconer, Chau- tauqua Co., N. Y.
EDWARDS, Charles Jerome:
Insurance, banking; b. Wayne Co., N. Y., May 8, 1866; s. Lora and Mary ( Chapman ) Edwards; m. Portsmouth, N. H., Aug 26, 1490, Edith Wendell. Agent Equitable Life Assurance Soe., les6; beenme gen. agent, and since 1:98 has been gen. mg'r. Identified with politics of Brooklyn anl N Y. since 1892, as Independent Demoerat: delegate to Nat. Dem. Conv., 1892; to Nat. Gold Dem. Conv., 1896; comm'r of elections, Brooklyn, 1-95-95: director Cooperative Law Co., Em- pire State Surety Co., City of N. Y. Ins. Co., Williamsburg Trust Co., trustee Eastern Dist. Savings Bank, Manufacturers' Ass'n, Brooklyn League. Pres. Life Underwriters' Ass'n of N. Y. and Nat. Ass'n of Life Un- derwriters; chim'n Gen. Agency Ass'n Equit- able Life Assurance Soc. Recreation: Au- tomobiling. Clubs: Lawyers, Aero, Brook- lyn, Crescent Athletic, L. 1. Automobile, Ad- dress : 201 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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