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GRIFFITH, Frederick Winter:
Manufacturer: b. Phelps, N. Y., Der. 17, 1.7: s, John Watson and Charlotte ( Malettr) Griffith; grad. Hamilton Call., A.B . ( Phi Beta Kappa), 16: in. Phelps. Oct. 1. 1:$9. Mary E. Adams: children: Frederick A., h. 1-91, Henry W., h. 1-96. Treas. and v .- p. Garlock Packing Co. (large corporation doing hinsi- ness throughout U. S and in foreign coun- tries) ; has traveled extensively nlroad; mem. State Assembly, 1900-02; Presidential elector
Banker; b. Racine, Wis., Oct. 31, IS39; s. Owen aud Jane (Owen) Griffith; grad. Hamilton Coll., B.A., with oratorieal honor, les0; m. Utica, N. Y., April 23, leSI, Julia Josepbine Maynard; one son, William Mor- rison, b. ISsS. Was engaged in journalism ; connected with various papers as editor and correspondent at Albany and Washington ; sec. to llon. James S. Sherman; private sec. to Gov. Frank S. Black; see. to the N. Y. State comm'n; to the Paris Exp'n of 1904. Now pres. Queens County Trust Co .; chm'n Exec. Com. Long Island Bond and Mortgage Co .; director, treas. and mg'r Queens Bor- ough Development Corporation; director and treas. Sea Coast Realty Co., Merrick Day Co. Republican; Presbyterian. One of mg'rs of Long Island Real Estate Exchange and Queens Borough Real Estate Exchange. Trustee and treas. Queens Borough Library. Clubs: Republican (N. Y. City), University (Brooklyn ), Jamaica (Jamaica). Address: Jamaica, N. Y.
GRIFFITHS, H. Willard:
Lawyer; b. Utica, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1873; s. David G. and Elizabeth ( Watkins) Griffiths; ed. public schools, N. Y. Prep. Sch., N. Y. Law Sch .; m. Sept. 22, 1896, Ella May Par- sons; children: Dorothy May, b. 1599, Ger- trude Ione, b. 1901. Mem. of firms of Kel- Jogg & Griffiths, N. Y. City, also Kellogg, D'arsons & Griffiths, Hempstead; pres. and di- rector Nassau Cuttage and Realty Co., Nassau-by-the-Sea Co., Nassau-on-the-Bay Co., Nassau Hotel Co., Nassau Beach Co .; sec. and director Foster Transportation Co. Republican; Baptist. Recreations: Sailing. hunting. driving. Clubs: Nassau Rod and Gun ( trustee) ; Nassau Republican (v .- p. ). Winter residence: llempstead, N. Y .; sum- mer, Nassan-by-the-Sea, Long Beach. Busi- ness address: 13 Cedar St., N. Y. City, and Nassau Building, Hempstead, N. Y.
GRIFFITHS, Thomas J .:
l'rinter, publisher; b. Deerfield, Oneida Co .. N. Y .; s. Griffith and Sarah (Jones) Griffiths; ed. in public schools of Utiea, N. Y .; m. Utica, Frances .A. Brown: children : Charles W., Thomas J., Jr. Learned print- ing trade, and began business on own ac- count in INit); has been owner and publisher of The Mirror since 1574, The Cambrian since 1597. Republican; Presbyterian. Ad- dress: L'tica, N. Y.
GRIGGS, Herbert Leban:
Banker; b. Newton, Mass., 1555; grad. Eng. lish High Sch., Baston, Mass. : m. N. Y. City, Emily Thompson; one son, Arthur, h. 1-91. Received early business ed'n with Kidder, Peabody & Co. in Boston and later in N. Y. City; admitted as partuer in I-S6; retired from succeeding N. Y. firm (Baring, Ma- goun & Co.), Fm; pres. Bank of New York, N. B. A., since 1901. Also. director Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line R. R .; trustee in U. S. of Sun Ins. Offire, London, England; trus- tre Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co., and of Bank for Savings in City of N. Y .; was treas.
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and trustee of the Boys' Club, Av. A, for | Omro, Wis., ISSS-89; Durango, Colo., 1802.93; several years. Clubs: Metropolitan, Down Town, Riding, Ardsley. Residence: 1 E. SGth St. Address : 45 Wall St., N. Y. City.
GRIGGS, John Cornelius:
Singer, teacher; b. Spring Valley, Minn., Sept. 29, 1865; s. Leverett Stearns and Cor- nelia ( Little) Griggs; grad. Yale Coll., B.A., 1989; Univ. of Leipzig, Ph.D., 1:93; m. Yales- ville, Conn., July 23, 1:00, Anue Seymour Cooke; children: Leverett Saxon, b. 1592, Robert Wadsworth, b. IS96, Eleanor Cooke, b. 1906. Teaches privately; lecturer on history of music at Am. Inst. of Applied Music, N. Y. City, and Brooklyn Inst. Address: Vas- sar College, Ponghkeepsie, N. Y.
GRIGGS, John William:
Lawyer, ex-governor; b. Newton, N. J., July 10, 1819; s. Daniel and Emeline (John- son) Griggs; ed. Lafayette Coll., A.B., 1808, LL.D. Yale and Princeton; m. L. Elizabeth Price, Admitted to N. J. Bar, 1871; prac- tised at Paterson, N. J .: mem. N. J. Assem- bly, 1876-77, State senator, N. J., 1883-89 (pres. Senate 1Sat) ; governor of N. J., 1>96-98, re- signing to enter Cabinet of President Me- Kinley as attorney-general, serving until 1901. Mem. of Permanent Court of Arbitra- tion at The Hague; now head of law firm of Griggs, Daldwin & Pierce, N. Y. City. Pres. and director Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America; director of the Corporation Trust Co., N. Y. and N. J. Telephone Co., N. Y. and N. J. Rapid Transit Co., Rogers Locomotive Works. Republican. Presby- terian. Mem. Soc. of the Cincinnati, Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Club: Union League, N. Y. City. Residence: Paterson, N. J. Office: 27 Pine St., N. Y. City.
GRIMES, George S .:
Colonel, U. S. A .; b. in England, Feb. 15, 1816; s. Patrick and Mary Ann (Gibbons) Grimes; ed. in public schools in U. S .; grad. U. S. Art'y Seb., Fort Monroe, Va., Isso; m. Buffalo, N. Y., July 13, 1sos, Margaret un McArthur: children: Augusta McArthur, b. 1873, George Madden, b. 1:45. Grace Grant, b. 1880, William Middleton, b. 1SS9. Enlisted in the Civil War, Aug. 16. 1802, at Buffalo, N. Y., as private Co. G. 116th N. Y. Vol. Inf. and sergeant major 89th and 93d U. S. Colored Inf., Aug. 10, 1802, to Mar. 29, 1565; 2d lieut. 8Ist U. S. Colored Inf., Mar. 30, 1865; 1st lieut., Jan. 6. 1-06: honorably mustered out Nov. 30. 1966; appt'd in Regular Service, 2d lieut., 39th Inf., Jan. 22, 1865, Ist lieut., July 20, 1:65; transferred to 25th Inf., April 20, 1s69; unassigned July 13, 1869; assigned to 21 Art'y, Dec. 15, 1-0; capt., Nov. 20, Is-7: major, Mar. 31, 1:99; lieut .- eol. Art'y Corps, Ang. 22, 1901 ;. colonel, July 19, 1903. Com- manded Light Battery , 2d Art'y, in Santi- ago Campaign, Spanish-Am. War, 1598. Ad- dress: Care Military Secretary, War Dep't, Washington, D. C.
GRINNELL, Clayton:
Clergyman: b. Broadalbin, N. Y., June 23. 1564; s. William JJones and Elizabeth ( Man- ning) Grinnell; dirert descendant on mater- nal side nf Gov. William Bradford: grad. Colgate Acad., 1>>1. Colgate Univ .. . A.B .. ]>>>. A.M., 1:91, Divinity Sch., Chicago Univ., B.D., 1822; m. Cranesville, N. Y., June 16. 1892, M. Mabel Neff. Pastor Bapt. Ch., Ch. of the Ascension; mem, Ethical-Social
associate pastor First Lapt. ( Peddie Met- orial) Ch., Newark, N. J., 1893-97; pastor Emmanuel Bapt. Ch., Williamsbridge, N. Y. City, 1897-1903; pastor First Bapt. Ch., Ossin- ing, N. Y., since Mar., 1903. Mem. ,Lapt. Ministers Home Soc. of N. Y. (mem. and B'd Trustees). Address: Ossining, N. Y.
GRINNELL, George Bird:
Pres. business corp'ns, anthor, ethnologist ; b. Brooklyn, Sept. 20, 1849; s. George Blake and lIclen (Lausing) Grinnell; ed. Church- ill's Mil. Sch., Ossining, N. Y., Yale, I.B., ISTO, Ph. D., 1860; m. N. Y. City, Aug. 21, 1902, Elizabeth K., d. Col. F. D. Curtis. Ass't in osteology, Peabody Museum, New Haven, Conn., 1874-80; since lsd pres. and editorial Ing'r Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Also pres. Bosworth Machine Co., Lansing Invest- ment Co .; director Milford Land Co., Camp- bell-Bosworth Machine Co. Collaborated with President Theodore Roosevelt in writ- ing American Big Game Hunting; Hunting in Many Lands; Trail and Camp Fire; edited American Big Game in Its Haunts. As eth- nologist regarded as authority on the lustory and habits of the Indians of the Plains aud the West generally. Author: Indians of To- day; Blackfoot Lodge Tales; The Story of the Indian; Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk Tales; Jack, the Young Ranchman; Jack Among the Indians; Jack in the Rockies; Jack, the Young Canoeman; American Duck- shooting; Punishment of the Stingy. Fellow .1. . 1. 1. S., Am. Ethnol. Soc .; mem. Am. Folk-lore Soc., Washington Anthropol. Soc., Biol. Soc. Washington, N. Y. Acad. Sciences, N. Y. Zool. Soc. (mem. B'd Mg'rs), N. Y. . Aquarium (mem. B'd Mg'rs). Was mem. Com. of 70, and took active part in reform movement of 1804. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, Soc. Mayflower Descendants. Clubs: Union, University, Century. Residence; Audubon Park. Address: 316 Broadway, N. Y. City. GRISCOM, Clement Aeton, Jr .:
Corporation official; b. Philadelphia, June 20. 1-08; s. Clement 1. and Frances Canby ( Biddle) Griscom; ed. in schools of Geneva, Switzerland, Frankfort-on-Main, Germany, and at Univ. of Pa., Ph.B., 1-87; m. Graro Ch., N. Y. City, Sept. 18, 1989, Genevieve Sprigg Ludlow; children: Ludlow, b. 1890, .leton, b. )>91. Was supervisor, manager and gen. manager Internat. Navigation Co. and Internat. Mercantile Marine Co .; resigned, 1904. Now pres. and director The Griscom- Spencer Co., Bell Pure Air and Conling Co. : v .- p. and director Guanajuato Reduction and Mines Co .; director Am. Financo and Se- curities Co., Development Co. of America, Empire Trust Co., El Tiro Copper Co. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, N. Y. Produce Ex- change, Maritime Exchange, Am. Acad. of Polit. and Social Science, Met. Museum of Art, Drp't Archivology and Palaontology of I'niv. of Pa., Am. Museum Natural History, N. Y. Aend. Sciences, Noe. Naval Architects and Marine Eng'rs, Pa. Soc. Sons Revolu- tion, Pa. Soc. of N. Y., Soc. Colonial Wars. Gen. Alumni Soc. Univ. of Pa., N. Y. Zoo !. Soc., N. Y. Botanical Garden, Am. Soc. P're- vention of Cruelty to Animals, Am. Nat. Red Cross Soc., Am. Forestry Ass'n: vestryman
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League, N. Y. State Conf. of Religion. Clubs : | in N. Y. City, then went to Munich, where Metropolitan, Union, City, City Midday, Lawyers, Mendelssohn Glee, Univ. of Pa. (N. Y. City) ; University, Merion Cricket ( Phila- delphia) ; St. James ( London, England) ; Morris County Golf ( Morristown, N. J.) ; Somerset Hills Country ( Bernardsville, N. J.). Address: 21 Washington Square, North, N. Y. City.
GRISWOLD, Cassimer Clayton:
Artist; b. Delaware, Ohio, 1834; ed. in Ohio schonls; studied wood engraving in Cincinnati and painting in N. Y. City. Ex- hibited his first picture at Nat. Acad. De- sign, 1857; specialty is marines. Associate Nat. Acad. Design, 1506, academician, 1967. One of the founding members of the Artists Fund Soc .. 1:50. Lived in Rome, 1572-86. Address: 202 W. 12th St., N. Y. City.
GRISWOLD, Edith Julia:
Patent lawyer and expert in patent suits ; b. Windsor, Conn., Feb. 12, 1863; d. Thomas Newell and Cornelia Stanley ( Babcock) Gris- wold; ed. in private school, Windsor, Conn., later iu publie schools, N. Y. City; grad. Normal Coll., 18>3, and private instruction in civil and mech. eng'ring, electricity and law; unmarried. Opened office in N. Y. City, as mechanical draughtsman, 1SS6; con- nected with patent law firm of Howson & Howson, 1887-97; admitted to N. Y. Bar, June 28, 1898, and to U. S. Circuit Court, July 1, 1901; practising patent law from 1898, but since 1901 chiefly occupied as expert (witness) in patent suits (at present only woman patent expert). Mem. Internat. Jury of Awards, Machinery Dep't, La. Purchase Exp'n, 1904. Club: Women Lawyers. Ad- dress: 61 Hamilton Place, N. Y. City.
GRISWOLD, Stephen Benham:
Lawyer, librarian; h. Vernon, N. Y., July 14, 1835; s. Martin and Hannah (Smith) Gris- wold; ed. in academy at Vernon, N. Y., and Albany Law Sch., LL. B., 1500; m. 1s60, An- geline E. Cornwell. Engaged in practice of Jaw in Albany ; professor in Albany Law Sch. since 1899; State law librarian, 1868-1901. Mem. Am, Library Ass'n, Am. Ass'n Law Libraries (honorary ). Address: Yonkers, N. Y.
GROAT, William Avery:
Physician; b. Canastota, N. Y., Nov. 9, 1876; s. William R. and Elizabeth M. (Avery ) Gruat; grad. Syraense Univ., B.S. cum laude, 1897, Coll. of Medicine, Syracuse Univ., M.D., 1900; n1. Syraense, Oct. 2, 1001. Nellie Nichols Bacon, one son, William Avery, Jr., b. Oct. 27, 1907. Engaged in practice as physi- cian at Syracuse since 1900. Lecturer on chemical chministry and microscopy, Coll. nf Medicine, Syracuse Univ .; chemist to the Milk Comm'n, mem. staffs of St. Joseph's Hosp. and the Syracuse Free Dispensary. Republican. Mem. Am. Med Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Onondaga Med. Soc., Syra- cuse Acad. Medicine, A. A. A. S., Syracuse Chem. Soc., Holland Society, Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Clubs: Citizens, Uni- versity. Address: 505 S. Warren St., Syra- cuse, N. Y.
GROLL, Albert Lorey:
Landscapo artist: b. N. Y. City, Dec. 8. 1566; 8. Carl and Caroline (Lorey) Groll: ed. in city achools and began study of art 586
grad. Royal Acad. of Art, 1999; unmarried. Professionally engaged as artist since 1MD ). Mem. Artists' Fund Soc. Awarded Morgan prize, 1903, and Shaw prize, 1001, by Salma- gundi Club; silver medal La. Purchase Exp'n, 1904; gold medal Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, 190G; asso. mem. Nat. Acad. Design. Clubs: Lotos (life mem.), Salmagundi. Residence: 215 2d Av. Address: 121 E. 28d St., N. Y. City.
GROSE, Howard Benjamin:
Clergyman; h. Millerton, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1$51: s. Rev. Henry Laurenz Grose; ed. Univ. of Chicago, Univ. of Rochester, A.B., 1971, A.M., 1:50; m. Ballston Spa., N. Y., Ang. 11, 1877, Caroline Bristol. Ordained in Baptist ministry, Nov. 3. 1 53; pastor First Bapt. Chi., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1883-87; Fourth Av. Ch., Pittsburg, Pa., 1988-90; pres. Univ. of S. Dakota, 1890-92: recorder, registrar and ass't prof. history, Univ. of Chicago, 1892-96: asso- ciate editor The Watchman, Boston, 1896-1900; pastor First Bapt. Ch., Jamaica Plain, Mass., 1900-03; since Jan. 1, 1904, editorial sec. Am. Bapt. Home Mission Soc. Author: Aliens or Americans; The Incoming Millions. Resi- dence : Briarcliff Manor, N. Y. Address: 312 Fourth Av., N. Y. City.
GROSS, Michael C .:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 18, 1933 (par- ents German) ; ed. in German private schools; m. 1S>6. Studied law in office of Daniel Wellman and Charles C. Egan, and associated himself with the latter in 1-57 in firm of Egan & Gross. For some years was very netive in politics: was elected, 1560, as councilman and served 4 terins. Elected, 1855, on Democratic ticket, judge of the Marine Court, and reelected 1sb8; since expiration of second term in 1876 has practised law and is especially prominent in real estate and probate matters. Resi- dence: 21> W. 52d St. Address: 3 Chambers St., N. Y. City.
GROSS, Robert J .:
Vice-pres. Am. Locomotive Co .; b. Bright- on, Can., Nov. 21, 1-50; s. Horace and Eu- phemia (Smith) Grass; ed. in common schools in Canada; m. Milwaukee, Wis., June 23, 1887, Helen E. Wheeler. Extensive trav- eler in all parts of the world; took ten months' trip around the world in 1903 via Tran-Siberian Ry. V. p. and director 1m. Locomotive Co., N. Y. City: pres. and dierctor U. S. Radiator Co., and Merchants' Nat. Bank, both of Dunkirk, N. Y .; director Webb C. Ball Watch Co., Cleveland, Ohio, Colburn Machine Glass Co., Franklin. Pat., Old Mexico Mining Co., N. Y. City. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Mem. Am. Rail- way Master Mechanics Ass'n: life mem. Welcome Soc. of Japan, Am. Motor League. Canadian Soc. N. Y., Japan Soe. N. Y. Navy League of U. S. (chm'n); trustee Fisk Univ,, Nashville, Tenn. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Forestry Ass'n, Am. Civic -Iss'n, Old Time Telegraphers' Historical Ass'n. Recreations: Automobiling. boating. Clubs: Lotos. Engineers, Repub- lican, N. Y. Railroad, Transportation, LAw. yers, City Lunch. (N. Y. City ) ; Belle Terro ( Port Jefferson. h. I.); Mohawk ( Sehence- tady), Buffalo ( Buffalo), Willowbrook Coun-
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try (Dunkirk, N. Y. ), Minnesota (St. Paul), Union League ( Chicago), Toronto, (Toren- to), Mount Royal ( Montreal). Address: 60 W. 4th St., Dunkirk, N. Y.
GROSSMAN, Meses H .:
Lawyer: b. N. Y. City, Feb. 18, 18;3; s. Henry and Catharine ( Jassnigi) Grossman ; grad. Grammar Sch. No. 22, N. Y. City (elass valedictorian ), 1957; N. Y. Univ., LL. B. (class valedictorian), 1:94; m. N. Y. City, June 28, 1900, Lillian Viela Berliner; chil- dren: Ethel Berliner, b. 1903, William Ber- liner, b. 1907. At age of &, while a pupil in Grammar Sch. Ne. 22, was regular contribu- tor to "Treasure Trove"' and "Schelars' Companion" both in prose and verse; at age of 10 edited the only school magazine pub- lished at that time: later became a news- paper reporter and conceived and solved puzzles, which, at that time, formed a prom- inent feature of newspaper werk; at age of 17, while still an enthusiastic amateur jour- nalist edited a publication called The Arena, and while identified with that magazine was elected pres. Empire State Amateur Press Ass'n. Passed bar examination before gra- duatien from Law School, and when only 21 years of age was offered appointment as ass't dist. att'y by Hou. John R. Fellows, but deelined, preferring to accept a part- nership in the law firm of House, Grossman & Vorhaus, in which is now senior member. Director Young Men's Hebrew Ass'n; mein. Nat. Amateur Press Ass'n, Empire State Amateur Press .Iss'n, Eastern Puzzler's League, N. Y. Press Club, German Press Club, Alumni of Grammar Sch. No. 22, N. Y. City, Alumni Univ. of City of N. Y., Dwight Alunni Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, Tammany Society, States Rights Lodge I. O. O. F., Justinian Lodge, Knights of Pythias ( formerly chancellor commander and repre- sentative to Grand Lodge) : Chancellor Kent Council, National Union (former speaker) ; is a Mason of 32 ; mem. Centennial Lodge F. and A. M. (now master) ; wiem. Mystic Shrine; was past dist. deputy grand chan- cellor in Knights of Pythias, and mem. Uni- form Rank; mem. Jessel Lodge, Independent Order B'nai Brith. Has been pres. 1. MI. Lee Literary Soc., Whittier Debating Club, Addison Literary Soc. and Hawthorne Liter- ery Soc .: was mem. of the famous Cooper Union Debating Club and the Goldey Literary See. and organized the Literary League, 3 congress of literary sorieties. Clubs: Scmin- ole, Harlem, Democratic, Nat. Democratic, West End, Progress, Columbia, Friendship, Lawyers, Residence: 133 W. 129th St. Ad- dress: 115 Broadway, N. Y. City.
GROSSMAN, Rudolph:
Clergyman: b. Vienna, Austria, July 24, 1567; s. Ignatz and Esther ( Rosenbaum) Grossman; grad. MeMicken Univ., Cincin- nati, O., B.L. ( Phi Rota Kappa, saluta- torian ), 15-9; Ilebrew 1 nion Coll .. Cincin. nati, O., B.Il., ( Bachelor of Hebrew), Rabbi ( valedictorian ), 1-9. DD. 1:41: m. N. Y. City, Jan. 11, 1-02. Miss Martha Keller; phil- dren : Edith, b. 1-01, Pauline, b. 1-96. Alice, b. 1599. Now rabbi Rodolph Sholom Congre- gation, 63d St. and Lexington Av., N. Y. City. Grand Chaplain Grand Lodge of Masons of N. Y. Mom. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Am. Jewish Com., Advisory Council;
eorr. see. N. Y. B'd of Jewish Ministers. Address: 1347 Lexington Av., N. Y. City.
GROSSMAN. William:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 4, 1SGT; s. Heory and Catherine ( Yasnigi) Grossman; ed. public sch., N. Y. Univ., LL.B., 18-9; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 22, 1891, Carrie Basch; chil- dren : Lillian, b. 1892, Beatrice, b. 1894, Ruth, b. 1898, Leonard W., b. 1916. Organized firm of Grossman & Verhaus, lawyers, 1890, con- tinued several years, then consolidated with firin of Frien & Hlouse, the new firm being called Frien, House & Grossman ; under sub- sequent withdrawal of head of firm, it was reorganized under present style of House, Grossman & Vorhans; pres. Chas. Jacquin et Cie: sec. Belcher-Waterson Amusement Co .; director, Kenmore Estate. Jerome HI. Remick Co. Republican, candidate for assembly, 4th assembly Dist., in 1802, but defeated, though receiving largest vote ever east in that Tam- many stronghold for a Republican. Hebrew. Mem. Alumni Law Dep't, N. Y. Univ. Mason, 32, and past master of lodge; mem. Mystic Shrine; Knights of Pythias (grand tribune Grand Lodge of N. Y.), B. P. O. Elks. Address: World Eld'g, 62 Park Row, N. Y. City.
GROUT, Abel Joel:
Author, teacher: h. Newfane, Vt., March 24, 1867; s. Joel and Martha J. (Pike) Grout; grad. Univ. of Vt., Ph.B., 1:00 (elected to Phi Beta Kappa) Columbia Univ., Ph.D., 1597; m. Essex Junction, Vt., July, 1:93, Grace E. Preston. Teacher of science, Johnsen, Vt., State Normal School, 1893-95; Plymouth, N. H. State Normal, 1897-99; instr. in biology, Boys' High School, Brooklyn. since 1:00. Author: Mosses with a Hand- lens; Messes with Hand-lens and Micro- scope; also contributor of papers and seien- tific articles to magazines; associate editor of The Bryologist. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Fellow A. 1. 1. S .; mem. Phi Beta Kappa Alumni and Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Has lectured for the Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences and now leeturing for the public lecture course of the N. Y. City Board of Ed'a; his contributions to science have been chiefly in the mosses, taxonomy and ecology. Address: 300 Lenox Rd., Brooklyn, N. Y.
GROUT, Edward M .:
Ex-comptroller City of N. Y .; b. N. Y. City, Ort. 27, 1961; s. Edward and Fanny ( Marshall) Grout; grad. Colgate Univ., A.B., 1881, L.L.D., 1903: m. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 4, 1989. Ida L. Lorschigk. Studied law in offire of Gen. Stewart L. Woodford : admit- ted to bar, 1883. Democratie candidate for mavor of Brooklyn, 1:95; elected pres. Bor- ough of Brooklyn, 1:07; elected comptroler of N. Y. City on Fusion ticket, 1901, and on Tammany ticket, 1903. Judge-advocate and minj. Al Brigade, N. G. S. N. Y., 1St-19 1. Trustee of Colgate Univ. ; mein. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Clubs: Brooklyn, Ham- ilion, Montauk, Riding and Driving. Resi- ilonre: 00 Carroll St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Ad- dress: t11 Broadway, N. Y. City, and 199 Montague St., Brooklyn; N. Y.
GROUT. George Herbert Paul:
Clergyman; b. Stirling, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 25, 1809; s. Rev. Canon G. W. and Char-
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lotte Eliza ( Lundy ) Grout ; ed. Trinity Coll. ) Sch., Port Hope. Canada, 1853-S7. Trinity Univ., Toronto, 18-7-1:02, B .1., 1890. M. MI .. 1., 1892 (Ist Dickson Scholarship in 1887, and Ju bilee Scholarship, 1590 and 1891 2d Class Classics ) : m. I'rescout, Canada, June 5th, 1895, Ella Mary Jones; children: Francis Lawrence Jones, b. 1900, Ilonor Margaret, b. 1903. Curate of Prescott, Ont., 1892-94. rector of Newboro, Portland and Elgin, Canada, 1894-1902; rector of Delphi, N. Y., from 1902: appt'd archdeacon of the Susquehanna, Oct., 1906. Address: Delhi, N. Y. -
GROUT, Paul:
Lawyer: b. N. Y. City, Dec. 20, 1666; s. Edward and Fannie ( Marshall) Grout; ed. Colgate Acad. and N. Y. Univ. : o :. Lily M. Moran; children: Marshall, 6. 1901, Margaret, b. 1903. Engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City as mem. firm of Edward M. Grout and Paul Grout. Director U. S. Titie Guar. anty and Indemnity Co., People's Surety Co., Rensen Bond and Mortgage Co. Served as serg't, Troop C, N. Y. Vol. Cav., in Porto Rico campaign, 1-0s, Spanish Am. War; Dow capt. Troop 6, Squadron C, N. G. S. N. Y. Democrat. Baptist. Mem. Zeta Psi, Delta Chi. Clubs: Crescent Athletic, Brooklyn, Municipal, Kings Co. Democratie. Resi- dence: 1233 Pacific St., Brooklyn. Address: 189 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
GROVES, Leslie Richards:
Chaplain, l'. S. A .: b. Kirkland, Oneida Co., N. Y., June 22, 1856: s. Allen and Ada- line ( Beebee) Wiroves; grad. Hamilton Cull., A.B., les1, Auburn Theol. Sem., les9; m. Utica, N. Y .. April 29. 1-90, Gwen Griffith ; children : Allen M., b. 1-9], Owen G .. b. 1:92. Leslie R., b. 1596, Gwen, b. 1902. Law sto- dent, Utica, N. Y., 1- 2-84: practising law in Utica, 1:44-86; minister Presby'n Ch., Me- Grawville, N. Y., 1-9.91, 6th Presby'n Ch. of Albany, N. Y .. 1891-96. Appt'd chaplain in Army, Oct., 1996: served at Vancouver Bar- racks, Wash., till Spanish- Am. War; served with Sth Inf. in Cuban Campaign: with 14th Inf. in Philippines and in China relief expe- dition ; now chaplain 14th Inf .. U. S. A. Ad- dress: Care War Dep't, Washington, D. C. GROWOLL, Adolf:
Editor; b. N. Y. City, 1850. Managing editor of The Publishers' Weekly. Anthor: The Booksellers' Library and llow to Use It. 1>91: James Thompson, hiographical and bibliography of their publications, 1.97: Bookselling. 2 vols., 1993, 1895; Poblishers' and Other Book Exhibits at the World's Colombian Exposition, 1 93: American Book ('lubs. Their Beginnings and Ilistory, and a bibliography of their poblications, 1 97: Book Trade Bibliography in the United States in the XIX Century: biographical sketches of Henry Loypoldt. 1-99, and Henry Harrisse. 1599: Three Centuries of English Book Trade, 1903; The Booksellers League, 1905. Address: 298 Broadway, N. Y. City.
GRUBER, Abraham:
Lawyer: b. N. Y. City, Mar. 12, 15G1; ed. Puldie Sch. 15; m. 1-3. Mrs. Krause. Began as aflice boy in a lawyer's office at 13 and re- mained in same office until was 19; then spent three years in collection dep't of a dry goods hoose, studying law evenings; three months after attaining majority, suc.
cessfully passed examination for admission to bar without having attended college or law school; since engaged in large practice. Has been active leader in Republican Party. Allress: 152 W, 95th St., N. Y. City.
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