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GARRIGUES, William A .:
Mf'r structural steel; b. in N. J., 1857: s. William A. and Elizabeth (Tucker) Gar- rignes; ed. Pa. Polytechnic Coll .; m. Eliza S. Maxwell; one danghter, two sons. l'res. Levering & Garrigues Co. Address: 552 W. 23d St., N. Y. City.
GARRISON, John Boggs:
Physician and surgeon; b. Blawenburgh, Somerset Co., N. J., Jan. S. 1>49, s. Peter S. and Hannah Dewrese ( Boggs) Garrison; ed. public schools and Hopewell Sem., Hope- well, N. J., N. Y. Homeopathie Med. Coll. and Flower Hosp., M.D., 12; m. Kingston- on-Judson, April 18, 1-83, komma J. Jill; children : Jannah, b. 15$ (deceased ), Hilda, b. 1:57, and John B., Jr., b. ISSN (deceased ). Mem. visiting staff Hahaemaan Hosp. and See Magl. B'd; laryngologist, staff Laura Frank- lin Husp. (executive officer); treas. Council of Med. Id'n, Je. Inst. Homeopathy; Soc. of Sons of the Revolution of N. J .: Faculty of N. Y. Iloomom. Med. Coll, and Flower Hosp. Old School Baptist. Mom. Am, Inst. of Homoopathy, Homiro. Med. Sor, of N. Y. (ex-pres. ), laryngologist to N. Y. State Drp't of Health: ex-pres. Am, Homiro. Ophthalmo- logical, Otological and Laryngological Soc. Clubs : Meissen, Cuanimons, Republican.
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Lawyer; b. Chatham, N. J., July 26, 1572; s. Phineas Dean and Margaret Stonct (Greene) Garrison : ed. Morristown (N. J.) High Sch. ; grad. N. Y. Law Sch., LL.D .: m. March 2, 1898, Theodosia MeCrea Pickering. Mem. law firm of Wagner & Garrison. Ser. and treas. K. Egan & Co., Foster Pub- lishing Co., Egan Waste & Co .; Royal Baby. Plate Co .: v .- p. Charles H. Easton Co .: director Baltimore Waste Co, Democrat ; Presbyterian. Residence : 71 W. S8th St. Address: 60 Wall St., N. Y. City.
GARRISON, William R .:
Capitalist ; s. William R. and Mary E. (Estill ) Garrison; m. Constance C. Coudert. Pres. Am. Finanee Co., Atlantic and Western Construction Co., Municipal Debenture Co. : director Candelaria Gold and Silver Mining Co., Am. Finanee Co., Hutchinson Acoustio Co., N. Y. and Jara Trading Co. Clubs : Union, N. Y. Yacht, Calumet, Racquet and Tennis, Tuxedo, Down Town. Residence: Tuxedo Park, N. Y. Address: 71 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
GARVAN, Francis P .:
Lawyer; engaged in general practice of law io N. Y. City until appt'd ass't district att'y of N. Y. County, in which position is still serving. Address: Criminal Court Bid'g, Center and Franklin Sts., N. Y. City.
GARVER, John A .:
Lawyer; b. in 1854; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., Isil. Yale, A.B., 1878, Co. lumbia Law School, LL.B., 1877; m. New Haven, Conn .. Rebecca C. Brewster; ono son : Chauncey Brewster Garver, b. April 4, 1986 ( Yale, 1908). Mem. since 1884 of law firin of Shearman & Sterling, formed in 1874 by the late Thomas G. Shearman and by John W. Sterling, the present partners being John W. Sterling. John A. Garver, and James M. Beek; the firm of Shearman & Sterling is one of the oldest in New York, and is counsel for many banks and other large corporations; the firm repre- sented the Consolidation Gas Co. in the eighty cent gas litigation; and Mr. Garver was the senior counsel. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. Law Institute. Clubs: University, Yale. Address: 44 Wall St., N. I. City.
GARY, Elbert Henry:
Chin'n U. S. Stert Corporation; b. Whea- tun, IN., Ort. &, INIG; s. Erastus and Susan 1. (Vallette) Gary; ed. Wheaton publie schools, Wheaton Coll., and Chicago Univ., Law Dep't. LL.B., 1>67 ( L.L.D., Me Rendree Coll., Ill., 1906) ; in. Ist, June 23. 1-69, Julia N. Graves, of Aurora, Ifl., (died June 21. 19 2) : children : Gertrude (wife of Dr. Harry Willis Satelitte), Bertha (wife of Rubert W. Campbell) : m. 2dl, N. Y. City. Dre. 2, 1905, Mrs. Emma T. Scott. Ad mitted to har of Illinois, Is67, of Supreme Court of U. S., 1-78. Pres. Village of Whea- ton, Ill., three terms: first mayor City of Wheaton, two forms; county judge Du Page Conumy, Il., two terms; practised law in Chicago for 25 years, and was general coun. sel for many large corporations; was pres. Chicago Bar Ass'n, 1803 91. Took a leading
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part in organization of Consolidated Steel & Wire Co., 1890, Am. Stecl. & Wire Com- pany of Ill., 1998, and Federal Steel Co., hus; retired from practice of law to be- come pres. of the latter, Oct .. 1895, in which position continues; prominently connected with organization of U. S. Steel Corp'u, in which is ehm'n of the B'd of Directors and of Finance Com. Also chumn'a B'd Directors and mem. Finance Com. Allis-Chalmers Co. ; director Am. Bridge Co., Am. Land Co., Am. Mining Co., Am. Sheet and Tin Plate Co., Am. Steel and Wire Co., Am. Steel Found- ries Co., Carnegie Steel Co., Empire Bridge Co., H. C. Frick Cuke Co., Huron Water Co., Ill. Steel Co., Internat. Harvester Co., Lake Superior Consolidated Irou Mines, Minnesota Iron Co., Nat. Tube Co., Oliver Iron Mining Co., Shelly Steel Tube Co., Un- ino Steel Co., U. S. Coal and Coke Co., C. S. Natural Gas Co., U. S. Steel Products Ex- port Co., Universal Portland Cement Co., Bessemer & Lake Erie R. R. Co., Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern Ry. Co., Duloth & Iron Range R. R. Co., Duluth, Missabe & Northern R'y Co., Elgin, Joliet & Eastern R'y Co., Hudson & Manhattan R. R. Co., Connellsville & Monongahela R'y Co., New burgh & South Shore R'y Co., N. Y. & Jersey R. R. Co., Pittsburgh, Bessemer & Lake Erie R. R. Co., Pittsburgh Steamship Co., Am. Trust and Savings Bank (Chicago), Commercial Nat. Bank ( Chicago), Merchants Load and Trust Co. ( Chicago), N. Y. Trust Co., Phenix Nat. Bank of N. Y. City; also pres. Gary-Wheaton Bank, of Wheaton, Ill. Mem. Chamber of Commerce of N. Y. Trus- tee Northwestern University. Built Gary Memorial Ch., Wheaton, Ill., as memorial to his parents, who were pioneer mems. of Wheaton MI. E. Ch .: presented law hbrary to Law Dep't of Northwestern l'oiv. Re. publican. Methodist. Recreation : Auto-
mobiling. Pres. Illinois Suc. of N. Y. Clubs: Metropolitan. N. Y. Yacht, Lawyers (N. Y. City) ; Union League ( Chicago) ; pres. Automobile Clob of America; miem. Automobile Clubs of Great Britain and Ire- land, France and Germany. Residener : The Waldorf-Astoria. Address : 71 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
GASTON, Charles Robert:
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Teacher; b. Detroit. Mich., Sept. 6, 1874; a. Charles Henry and Mary Beatrice ( War- ren) Gaston : edl. Brooklyn Boys' High Sch. ; grad. Cornell Univ., P'h. B., 1-90, Ph.D., 1004; m. Sept. 28, 190 ;. Edith Gertrude Fales of Detroit, Mich. Teacher of English, Cor- nell Univ., 1:06 1900; same Richmond Hill High Sch., since 1900: see. Ass'n uf High Sch. Teachers of English, N. Y. City, 1905-08. Has made the toor of Scotland, England and the Continent, also of Color- ado, Calif., and the Yellowstone. Pres. Federation of Grad. Clubs, 1-99 1000. Meth- elist. M.m. Masonir order. Phi lieta Kappa AAss'n of N. Y. City. Editor: Haw- thorne's Twice Told Tales: Shakespeare's As Yno Like It: Irving's Life of Goldsmith; Washington's Farewell Address: Webster's Bunker Ilill Oration (for Macmillan's Pock- et Classics Series and Ginn & Co.'s Stan- dard Classies Series). Recreations: Walk. ing. tennis, opera. Clubs: Town and Gown (Ithaca), Gradoate (N. Y. City ) ; Univer-
sity ( Brooklyn). Address; 919 Park Place, Brooklyn.
GASTON, George H .:
Second v .- p. Met. Life Ins. Co .; b. New- ark, N. J., April 11, laos; ed. in public sch. Entered, at age of 16, the service of Pru- dential of Newark; became identified with Met. Life Ins. Co., 1879; elected sec. Jan., 1991; elected a director, 1892, and at next regular meeting of board of directors, on April 26, 1:02, was elected second v .- p., hold- ing offices of sec. and second v.p. until May 17, 1991; then resigned secretaryship, and has since continued as second v .- p. Address: 1 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
GATES, Charles Gilbert:
Broker; b. Turuer Junction (oow West Chicago), Ill., May 21, 1876; s. John W. and Dellora R. Gates; ed. Smith Lead., St. Louis, Mo., and Lake Forest, Ill .; m. St. Louis, Mo., 1895, Mary W. Edgar. For sev. eral years in employ of Consolidated Steel and Wire Co .; mein, brokerage firm of Chi- cago; iu 1809 berame interested in corpor'ns at Port Arthur, Tex .; berame officer of Davenport, Rock Island and Northwesteru and other Western railways: in 1902 became mem. brokerage firm of Harris, Gates & Co., with offices in N. Y. City and Chicago. Clubs: Automobile of America, Atlantic Yacht, N. Y. Athletic, Westclu ster Country, Columbia Yacht (N. Y. City ) ; Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Washington Park, Calomet (Chicago). Residence: thr Madison Av. Address: 16 Wall St., N. Y. City.
GATES, Frederic Taylor:
Business mgr, ninaneier ; b. Maine, Broome Co., N. Y., July 2, 1:53; s. Rev. Grenville and Sarah J. (Bowers) Gates; grad. Univ. of Rochester, 15ff, A.M., Isi9; Rochester Theol. Sem., lest; in. Racine, Wis., 1956, Emma L. Cahoone. Was pastor
Central Bapt. Ch .. Minneapolis, corr. sec. Am. Dapt. Ed'n Soc., 1:88-93; as such established Univ. of Chicago. Since 1:53 bosiness and benevolent my'r for John D. Rockefeller; ehm'n Educational B'd; officer and mem. of boards of various corp'ns and inst'ns. Residence : 66 Mountain Av., Montelair, N. J. Address: 20 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
GATES, John Warne:
Capitalist; b. on farm in DuPage County, Ill., near Turner Junction (now West Chi- cago), Ill., 1855; son of Asel _1. and Mary Gates; ed. in dist. schools of Kane and Du- Page counties, Ill .; m. St. Charles, Kano Co., Ill., l'eb. 25, 1871, Dellora R. Baker; one son, Charles G. Gates. Began business life as prop'r of a small hardware store at Turner Junction, Ill., and later at Wheaton, lil .: became traveling salesman for Isane L. Ellwood, of Ellwood Barhed Wire Works, DeKalb, Ill., introducing barbed wire in Texas: later established as barbed wire mf'r for self at St. Louis, Mo. : organized Month- ern Wire Co., 1490, Braddock (Pa. ) Wird Co .: combined with other wire factories in 1-02, as Consolidated Steel & Wire Co., which sold to Federal Strel Co., 199>; or. ganized, 1: 57, Am. Steel and Wire Co., which is now a subsidiary romirmy of U. S Strel Corpor'n; and has been bleutified with many large operations in railway and industrial
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stocks. Of recent years, one of the most prominent figures on the American Turf, and one of the boldest and most successful speculators on Wall Street; notably the coup by which he secured control of the Louisville & Nashville R. R. Republican; was col. on staff of Gov. John R. Tanner, of Ill., 1997-1930. Director Baltimore Ohio R. R. Co., Western MId. R'y Co., Ten- nessee Coal, Iron and P. R. Co., Nat. Bank of N. America, Am. Salt Co., N. Y. Hip- podrome, Republic Iron and Steel Co. of N. J., U. S. Realty and Improvement Co. ; largely interested in oil, transportation and other interests centering at Port Arthur, Tex. Address: 18 Wall St., N. Y. City.
GATES. Milo Hudson:
Clergyman; b. Gardper, Mass., 1865; s. Samuel Gerry and Ehza ( Ray ) Gates; grad. Amhert. A.B., 1586; Gen. Theol. Sem., N. Y. City, 1880; m. Stockbridge, Muss., Oct. 4, 1892, Pauline Gavit. Ordained in Episcopal ministry; ass't minister Ch. of the Ascen- sion, N. Y. City, les9-92; rector Ch. of the Ascension, Ipswich, Mass., 1-02-99: St. Stephen's Ch., Cohasset, Mass., 1:99-1901; rector Ch. of the Intercession, N. Y. City, 1904-07; since 1907, vicar Chapel of the In- tercession, Trinity Parish, N. Y. Mem. llispanic Soc., Numismatic Soc. Address: The Vicarage, Andnbon Park, N. Y. City.
GATES, Moody B .:
Publisher; b. Arendtsville, Pa., Oct. 15. IST6; s. Rev. M. L. and Maragaret A. ( lleagy ) Gates; grad. N. Y. Univ., B.S., 1897. Treas, and director F. M. Lupton, Publisher, Inc. ; r .- p. Ciyde Chemical Co. ; director Press-Despatch Publishing Co. Mem. Zeta Psi fraternity; N. Y. Univ. Alumni Ass'n. Residence: 372 Park Place, Brooklyn. Address: 23 City Hall Place, N. Y. City.
GATES, William Bishop:
Clergyman; b. Sept. 14, 1575; s. Merrill E. Gates., LL.D. (formerly pres. Rutgers and Amherst Coll.), and Mary C. Gates; grad. Amherst Coll, B .. 1., 1-97, MI .. A., 1904: Union Theol. Sem., B.D., 190; post-grad. work in Columbia Univ. ; unmarried. Entered min- istry of Presby'n Church, 1902. as ass't min- ister, West End Presby'n Ch., N. Y. City; now pastor Wells Memorial Ch., Avenue G and E. 13th St., Brooklyn. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi. Mem. Evangels. tic Committee, N. Y. Presbytery, 1904. Chm'n Brooklyn Presby'n Com. of Hosp. Visitation, 19:4-05; mem. Church Extension Com. of Brooklyn, 190740: mrm. 120th Gen- eral Assembly Presby'n Church in the U. S. A., 1905. Anti-machine Republican. Club: Knickerbocker Field. Address: 690 E. 17th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
GATLING, Richard Henry:
Lawyer, broker, real estate operator: h. InHanapolis, Ind., Mar. 7, leie; only living son of Dr. Richard Jurdan (inventar of Ont. ling Gun) and Jemima T. (Sanders) Gst- ling: ed. public schools, Hartford, Conn., N. Y. Law Sch,, and law office of late Col. Rolwert G. Ingersoll, 19-9-92: m. N. Y. City. Jan .. 1-57%. Winifred Waiters. children : Addison Barnes, b. Im Rosalund. b. 197. John Waters, 6. 2055. Admitted to N. Y. Bar. 1-02, and pracused law in N Y. City unti! 1-9.1; shortly after entered real estate 532
| business as broker and dealer in mortgages and operator in real estate, buying and sell- ing in N. Y. City. See,, treas, and director Meyer-Gatling Investing Co., operating real U'state. Baptist. Recreations: Automobil- ing and country life. Residence: 318 W. Sith St. Address: 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.
GAUS, Charles Henry:
Comptroller State of N. Y .; b. Zanesville, Ohio, Sept. 1, 1s40, of German parents ; muved with parents in 1912 to Brooklyn, and was etlucated in the schools there. Went to Al- bany, 1857, and learned the drug business. Enlisted at Albany in 91st N. Y. Vols., and was detailed to hospital branch of the serv. ice, 1804-63, with rank of hospital steward to take charge of the medical store on Hart's Island in N. Y. Harbor. In 1874 established as drugsist and pharmacist in Albany. Re- publican ; has been mem. B'd Supervisors of Albany County ; mem. and pres. City B'd of Public Instruction, street comm'r, city as- sessor, and was pres. B'd of Assessors when elected. in 1901 mayor of Albany; reelected 1003, 1905 and 1907; elected Nov., 1909, comp- troller of State of N. Y. Trustee Albany Savings Dank; director Albany Mutual Fire Ins. Co. V .- p. Albany Coll. of Pharmacy ; mem. B'd Governors of Albany Hosp. ; trustee Al- bany Free Dispensary Ass'n: pres. Up-State Judson-Fulton Celebration Com. Mem. N. G. N. Y. for 27 years: designated ordnance officer 3d Brigade and has been mem. Ex- amining B'd of Officers 13 years; during War with Spain was ass't insp. small arms @ practice of State of N. Y. For 4 years won Wimbledon cup, international marksmanship trophy, also won military championship of U. S. and the Steward match for a prize offered by the Stewards of London. Mason 03- ; mem. G. A. R. and Albany County Vet- erans' Ass'n; mem. German Alliance of State of N. Y .; honorary pres. German Hall Ass'n of Albany, and of several other local organ- izations. Clubs: Albany, Fort Orange. Res- idenre: 304 Hamilton St. Address: 152 S. Pearl St., Albany, N. Y.
GAVILLER, George Herbert:
Clergyman; ed. Wychif Coll., Can. Or- dered deacon, 1-15, ordamed priest, 1886, by Bishop of Algoma, in Church of England. Formerly minister Trinity Ch., Parry Sound, Ont., Can., 1-95-92; rector All Saints' Ch., Buffalo, N. Y., since 1592. Address: 17 West Utica St., Buffalu, N. Y. GAVIN, Michael, 2d:
Lawyer: b. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 2. 1573; s. Michael and Margaret (Turner) Gavin; grad. Ynie, A.B., 1-95. LL.B., 19i. After leaving college traveled abroad for n year : afterwards hreame associated with firm of Reed, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, of which the late ex.Speaker Thomas B. Reed was the head: since 19 1 associated with firm of Moore & Schley, bankers and brokers, look- ing after their legal affairs. Pres, anul di- retur Howe Sound Co .; v .- p. and director Holly Beet Sugar Co .; see., treas. and di- rertar Coal Crock Mining and Meg Co .. Tintie Co .: director Broere Mining Co .. Chasmar- Winchell Press, Mercedes Mining Co., Poplar Creek Coal & Iron Co., West Mount in Tramway Co., Lenoir City ('9. Became mom. Squadron A. N. G. N. Y .. during Spanish- Am. War and served 7 years. Mem. Phi Delta Phi, Psi Upsilon, Recrea-
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tiut: Cross-country hunting. Club: Yale. | of the Thames, 1882; On the Sogue Fjord, Address: 50 Broadway, N. Y. City.
GAVIT, John Palmer:
Newspaper man ; b. Albany, N. Y., July 1, 1w .: s. Joseph and Fanny Brecse (Palmer) Cavit; paternal grandfather was John E. Gavit, pres. Am. Bank Note Co., microscop- ist and man of science; maternal grand- father was Erastus Dow Palmer, famous American sculptor; ed. Albany public schools nud Albany Iligh Sch. ; m. Kingston, N. Y., May 8, 1890, Lucy Lamont; one son, Joseph Lamont, b. Dee. 8. INDs. In newspaper busi- ness in Albany and Hartford, Conn., except 1-03-1902, during which time was in social settlement work in Hartford, Chicago and Pittsburgh; now Albany correspondent The Associated Press. Founder and first editor of The Commons, organ of Social Settlement of the world, now combined in Charities and the Commons. Author: The Reporters' Manual (hand book for newspaper men), and several plays. Served in Conn. Nat. Guard (Signal Corps), 1890-95. Independent in
politics. Mason; Odd Fellow. Address : Box 426, Albany, N. Y ..
GAWTRY, Harrison E .:
Capitalist; b. N. Y. City; s. William M. and A. E. Gawtry: m. E. Louise Brown. Chm'n of B'd Directors, Consolidated Gas Co. of N. Y .; pres. N. Y. Carbide & Acety- Iene Co .; v .- p. Astoria Light, Ileat & Power Co., N. Y. Mutual Gas Light Co .; director Astor Nat. Bank, Central Union Gas Co., Consolidated Telegraph & Elec. Subway Co., N. Y. & Queens Elec. Light & Power Co., N. Y. Edison Co., Newtown & Flushing Gas Co., Cu., Northern Union Gas Cu., Real Estate Trust Co., Union Trust Co. Mem. Sons of Revolution, N. Y. Ilist. Soc. Clubs: Un- ion League, Union, Midday. Tuxedo. Resi- dence: 33 E. 57th St. Address: 4 Irving Pl., N. Y. City.
GAWTRY, Lewis Brown:
Capitalist ; b. N. Y. City: s. Harrison E. and Louise (Brown) Gawtry; grad. Yale, Ph. B., 1889; m. N. Y. City, 199, Olive Van Rensselaer. V .- p. Consolidated Gas Co. of N. Y .: trustee Lank for Savings of City of N. Y .; director N. Y. & Queens Elec. Light and Power Co .; director and sec. N. Y. Car- bide Acetylene Co., N. Y. Edison Co: director N. Y. Mutual Gas Light Co., N. Y. and Queens Gas Co .: v .- p. Nat. Coal & Coke Co .: sec. Astoria Light, Heat and Power Co .; director Consolidated Telegraph und Elec. Subway Co., United Eler. Light & Power Co. Mem. Sons of Revolution, N. Y. Hist. Soe. Clubs: Union. University, Riding. Yale. Residence: 70 E. 55th St. Address: 4 Irving Place, N. Y. City.
GAY, Edward:
Landscape artist: h. Dublin, Ireland. 1837; s. Richard and Helen (Killduff) Gay, ed. Albany, N. Y., and in art at Carlsruhe, Ger- many; m. 1-02. Martha Fearey. Opened studio in N. Y. City: elected to Nat. Acad. Design. 1:50; also mnom. Am. Water Color Club. Oil paintings:
Mountain Streant, 1860; Swalian Home. 1-09: Late Afternoon, near Albany, Isto: Ready for Reapers, 1.55; A Quiet Ilour. 1576: The Slopes of the Mo- hawk, 1877; Eastchester, N. Y .. 1878; The Lnst Load. Harvest Time. ITs: Gathering the Leaves, 1:80; Old Estates, les1; Banks
Norway, 1983; Norwegian Scene, 1854; etc. Water colors: Foggy Morning by the Lake. 1576; A Spring Morning, 1877: Waving Grum, 1884; Riverside, les+: Haymaking, la>4: Rye Fields in Early June, les3; Hill-side. Je5; Oyster Beds in Pelham Bay, 1585; Salt Marshes, le-5. Took Metropolitan prize of $2,000 in 1ss7 for the picture Broad Acres. presented to the Metropolitan Museum ; awarded Shaw prize Soc. Am. Artists, for painting entitled Mianus River, Conn., 1903: and at Isth Annual Exhib'n of Nat. Acad. Design, 1905, awarded Inness Gold Medal for best landscape in exhibition; mem. various art socities and life mem. Lotus Club for his achievements in art in 1901. Address: Mount Vernun, N. Y.
GAY, Joseph, E .:
President Atlantic Mining Co., Michigan Copper Mining Co., Mohawk Mining Co., Wolverine Copper Mining Co .; director American Coal Co., Ohio & Kentucky R. R. Co. Clubs: Union League, Metropolitan, Engineers. Residence: 1 E. 39th St. Ad- dress: 15 William St., N. Y. City.
GAY, Robert Harvey:
Lawyer; b. Gaysville, Vt., July 3, 1876: s. Frederick and Laura (Baker) Gay; grad. Yale Univ .. . A.B., 1598; unmarried. Mem. law firm Gay, Loewi & Ross: director and sec. Columbia Lubricants Co. of N. Y. Republican. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fra- ternity. Clugs : University, Yale. Ad- dress: Yale Club, 30 W. 44th St., N. Y. City.
GAYLEY, James:
Manufacturer; b. Lock Haven, Pn., Oct. 11, 1:55: grad. Lafayette Coll., M.E., 1876; m. Julia Gardner; children : Mary T., Agnes M., Florence. Began as chennst for Crane Iron Works, Catasauqua. 1877-80. sup't furnaces, St. Louis and Girdsboro, 1880-85; sup't, 1885, Edgar Thompson Blast Furnaces, where in isi7, and again in 1-90, obtained maximum yield of iron on record; since 1901 first v .. p. U. S. Steel Corporation. Inventor of many improvements in blasting furnaces and Bessemer steel plants; has written papers in various periodicals. Clubs: Uni- versity, Riding, Metropolitan, Ardsley, En- gineers. Residence : E. 69th St. Ad- dress: #1 Broadway, N. Y. City.
GAYLEY, Oliver C .:
Civil eng'r; h. W. Nottingham, Ceeil Co .. Md., 1st0; s. Rev. Samuel A. (D.D).) and Agnes ( Malcolm) Gayley; ed. West Notting- ham Acad., Franklin Inst., Philadelphia: un- married. Was employed in ene'ring dep't. Pa. R. R. Co., division eng'r, Philadelphia & Reading R. R. Co. ; now 2d v .- p. Pressed Steel Car Co. Also director The Safety Car Heating and Lighting Co. Demorrat. Pres- byterian. Mem. St. Andrews, Burns, Penn- sylvania, Southern and Maryland Societies. Clubs: Lawyers, Engineers, Ardsley. Ad dress : 117 W. 5th St., N. Y. City.
GAYLORD, Harvey Russell:
Surgeon, pathologist; b. Saginaw, Mich., Oct. 4, 1-52: s. Augustine S. and Ellen Fine- line (Warren) Gaylord; ed. in Bay City ( Mich. ) public schools, Cheltenham Arad., Ogontz, Pa .. and I'niv. of Pa., M.D. 1-93; m. Detroit, Mich., Oct. 4, 1893, Elizabeth May 533
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Ketcham. Interne at Philadelphia Hosp., 1893-94; volunteer ass't in pathology Pathol. Inst., Univ. of Göttingen, Germany, 1895-98; since then in practice of medicine at Buffalo. Director State Cancer Laboratory, Buffalo, since 1898; prof. surgical pathology, Univ. of Buffalo, since 199, Pathologist German Hosp. since 199; surgeon Erie Co. Hosp. since 1900; ass't surgeon Buffalo Gen. Ilosp .; orthopedist Children's llosp. Mem. Ass'n Pathologists and Bacteriologists; fellow Pathologische Gesellschaft, Berlin Kom. fur Krebforschung. Republicao. Joint author of Gaylord and Aschoff's Pathological His- tology, also of various reports of the State Cancer Laboratory, and of papers in path- ological research, particularly in reference to the etiology of cancer, and on fibrinoid de- generation. Address : 478 Delaware Av., Buffalo, N. Y.
GAYNOR, William J .:
Jurist; b. Whitestown, N. Y., 1951; ed. at Whitestown Sem. and later in Boston; from there went to Brooklyn, 1573, and engaged in journalistie work while pursuing study of law; admitted to bar, 1875; became known and feared as a foe of corruption in public life, and gained national reputation by ef- fective work in breaking up "rings" within the Democratic party, of which party was an adherent, and by the part he took in seeur- ing conviction of a notorious and powerful Democratie "boss"' for election frauds; elected justice Supreme Court of N. Y., 1893, on nomination of Republicans and Inde- pendent Democrats, for term expiring Dec. 21, 1907; reelected 1907 tor term expiring Dec. 31, 1921, and designated for service in the 2d Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. Writer on legal subjects. Address: 20 8th Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
GAZZAM, Joseph M., Jr .;
Lawyer; b. Jersey City, N. J., Mny 7, 1877; s. Audley W. and Isabella (Rogers) Gaz- zam; grad. from Law Dep't, N. Y. Univ., LL.B. 1:58, receiving first prize for best written examination ; m. New London, Conn., 1903, May Perkins Lewis. Admitted to N. Y. Bar in 1998, and since engaged in general practice. Independent Republican. Ad- dress : Temple Bar, 14 Court St., Brooklyn. GEER, Edward French:
Transportation official; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1872; s. Oliver J. and Eliza ( Raymond) Geer; ed. Adelphi Coll., Brookyn; m. Brook. lyn, 1801, Blanche R. Bryant. Sec., treas. and director Atlantic & Mexican Gulf Steam- ship Co .; pres. and director Commercial Lighterage Co .; treas, and director Henry A. Kessel Co .; v .- p. and director Harper Paper Co .; treas. and director The. Carey Printing l'o. Residence: West Hampton. L. I. Ad. dress: 82 Beaver St., N. Y. City.
GEER, George Jarvis:
Merchant; b. Ballston Spa, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1846: s. Rev. George Jarvis (D.D.) and Isa- helle (Montagne) Giver; grad. Columbia Coll .. E.M., 1sms; m. N. Y. City, June 11, 1 53, Louise, d. Hon. Henry Horace and Esther ( Lungdon ) Goodman : children: Louise. b. 1874, George Jarvis, 3d. b. 1st, Marshall. b. 178, Langdon, b. 1880. Manager B. Priest- ley & Co .; pres. Cravenette Co., Ltd., Sum- mit Proofing Co .; director Scutia Wursted Mills. Republican ;
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