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HOOKER, Samuel Percy:
Senator: b. Black Earth, Dane Co., Wis., Dec. 5, 1800; s. Dr. S. L. and Ellen A. ( Kel- ly) Hooker; ed. Le Roy Academic Inst., Phillips Exeter Acad. ; grad. 1879: m. Le Roy, N. Y., April 19, 1ss2, Lillian Whalin; one daughter, Marjorie S., b. Mar. 11, 1-s9. In business with uncle. S. C. Wells, at Le Roy, until 1893; connected with Hiram Sibley, of Rochester, and O. F. Woodward, of Le Roy, as mig'r of several mining ventures in Ari- zona. Mem. N. Y. Assembly, 1902-05 (annu- ally reflected) for Genesee County; was one of the most prominent candidates fir speaker of Assembly of 1906 but at request of gov. ernor withdrew in favor of James W. Wads- worth, Jr., who was elected; was chm'n Railroad Com. and mem. Rules Com. jn Assembly, 1900, and one of leaders in je- organized Assembly of that year: elected States senator in new With Senatorial Dist .. Nov., 19 6. Director Bank of Ir Hoy, Le Roy Nat Bank. Republican. Mem. Oatla Ilos> Co. of Le Roy, N Y. Masom and K. T. Clubs: City, (N. Y. City ) : Batavia (Ba- tavin). Address: Le Roy, Genesee County, N. Y.
Jurist; b. Perrysburg, Cattaraugus Co .. N. Y., Nov. 24, 1956; s. John and Pinlemia ( Wat erman) Hooker; ed. Forestville (N. Y.) I' ... Acad., Hamilton Coll., LL.D., 1890: m. Fre donia, N. Y., Sept. 11, last, Etta Elizal+' Abbey; children: Sherman Abbey, b. 1 .: Florence Elizabeth, b. 1890. Engaged in prar. tice of law at Fredonia, N. Y., until 1v Elected to Congress from Sith Congressional Dist. of N. Y. in 1990, and four times 1. elected; resigned from Congress, Nov., I'M. and appt'd judge of the Supreme Court, and elected to same bench for a term of 14 years in Is99: drsiguated by governor, asso. judre Appellate Division, 21 Dep't, State of N. Y .. Dec., 1902, and still meruber of that court. Address: Fredonia, N. Y.
HOOLE, Cclia Dame:
Born Falmouth, Me., Oct. 9, 1816; d. Rev. Charles and Nancy Jenness ( Page) Dame: grad. Mount Holyoke Sem., S. Ilaidley. Mass., 1:09; m. Exeter, N. H., Aug. 24, 1s71, Williman Henry Floole; one son, Lester Page Hoole, M.D., b. 1873. Congregationalist. Mem. Sar. Daughters of Revolution; director Home for Aged Meu; v .- p. Mt. Holyoke Alumna Ass'n of N. Y. Clubs: Colonia (ex-pres. ) and secretary College Women Club on governin. board. Brooklyn Sor. of New England Women. on executive board. Address: 914 St. Marks Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
HOOPER, Franklin W .:
Director Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sei- ences; b. Walpole, N. II., Feb. 11, 151; s. William and Elvira (Pulsifer) Hooper; cd. in dist. schools of Walpole. N. H., Antioch Coll. Prep. Srh., Ohio, 1507-71; entered sophomore class, Harvard, 1972, A.B., Harvard, 1-75. honorary A.M., 1507; in. Angusta, Ga., May 2), Ist, Martha S. Holden; children: Re- bercea Lane, b. 1Ss, William Sylvester. b. 1-80 (died 15 4), Franklin Dana, b. ]-st. Served on scientific expd'n to Florida Keys for Smithsonian Inst'n, 1575-76; principal High School, Keene, N. II .. 1870-80: prof. chemistry and geology Adelphi Coll., N. Y. City, 1550- $9; trustee since last, director since le>9. Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences; lecturer on geological subjects. Trustee Brouklyn Art .las'n since 1890, Brooklyn Public Library, 1-05-1903, Antioch Coll. since 1895 (pres. B'd, 1902.06). Mem. B'd Ed'n. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1-04-93, Brooklyn Young Republican Club, 1->1-84. Brooklyn League, iss4-92 (chmi'n Council of League, Isst-92) ; director and trras. New England Soc., Brooklyn, since 1-92. Delivered 10th anniversary address of found- ing of Town of Walpole, 1903. Independent; I'mitarian. Fellow A. A. A. S .: mem. \m. Committee on Lectures on the History of Religions, Am. Orienta! Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc .; v .. p. m. Bison Sac. since 19:G. Recreation : Farming on Homestead Farm, Walpole, N. IL. Clubs : Hamilton, Rembrandt, University, Montauk, Harvard Union, Unity. Address: Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 502 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
HOOPER. William Berrian:
Clergyman Episcopal Church; b. Brooklyn, N. Y .. Oct. 2. 1>1; S. William Woart and Mlizabeth ( Berrian) Hopper: descendant from Hlouper family of Marblehead, Mass,, great. great.grandfather having born "'King" Hooper, famous mierchant prince of that
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place; also descendant of Govs. Winthrop and | 1593; ass t my'r, Carlisle Mines, N. Mex., and Dudley. of Mass., of Gen. Dayion. comd'r N. J. troops in Revolution; on maternal sute. grandson of Rev. William Berrinn, associate rector and rector for 55 years of Trurty Ch., N. Y. City; ed. Trinity Sch., N. Y. viny. Co- lombia Univ., Gen. Theul. Sem., N. Y. City, .A.B., M.A .; m. "Tamerton Place," Last Chester, N. Y., Feb. IR, Isto Liun ! Aller- ton; children: Lida, Elizabeth, Rache! (dred Nov. 12, lesb), William Berrian (died Out. 4, 1:20). Successively rector I'm. of the wood Shepherd, Milford, Pa., Trinity Ch., Mount Vernon, N. Y., Ch. of Our Merciful Saviour. Philadelphia, St. Michael Ch., Brooklyn, N. Y .; for several years connected with Trinity Parish, N. Y. City. Mem. Alumni Ass'n Columbia Univ., Alumni Ass'n The Gen. Theol. Sem., Phi Beta Kappa. Address: Amityville, L. J., N. Y.
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HOOPES, Maurice:
Mechanical and elec. eng'r: b. West Ches- ter, Pa., Oct. 16, 1:20: s. Thomas and Amanda ( Russell) Hoopes; ed. private schools aud Cornell Univ .; m. Glens Falls, N. Y., Oct. 22. 1901, Mary E. Pruyn; children: zarmmel Pruyn, b. 1903. Mary Pruyn, b. 1945. Sup't Edison Elertrie Mountnating Co., and of West Chester Street Railway Co., West Chester, Pa., 15000.91: electrical eng'r, Lynn & Boston R. R., 1824; gen. ma'r Albany & Hudson R'y & Power Co., Ist' 1900: eng'r J. G. White & Co., N. Y. City, 1:11-43; v .- p. Finch, Proyn & Co., Inc. (lumber and paper). Glens Falls, N. Y., since 1004; also Merchants' Nat. Bank, Glens Falls Republican. Mem. Am. Inst. Llec. Engers, Am. Suc. Mech. Eng'rs, N. Y. Elee. Soc., Alpha Delta Phi frateruny. Address : Glens Falls, N. Y.
HOOVER, Francis T .:
Clergyman, writer: b. Wernersville, Pa .. Dec. 21. 1-41; s. John Keating and Cath- arine ( Trout ) Hoover; ed. Ursinus Coll., 1std- 63, Gettysburg Theul. Sem., 1.5544, Pennsyl- vania Coll .. B.,, Isto, M.A., IN9; m Read- ing, Pa., May 10, 194. Jane A. d. John and Jane ( Madison) Hedley: children: Matthew 11., b. 1955. Mary R., b. 151, Catharine T., now Mrs. Frank IL Harkness, Cleveland, O .. b. 1:52, Jane E., b. 1-55, Charles F., b. 1-56, M. Luther, b. I.s. Ruth A., now Mrs Thomas C. Whitmore, Lockport, N. Y. b. I .- ", AAnna J., b. 1 .4. Ordmed to ministry. 1-k. with continuons ministerial work until Ped, and from 192 until now: how pastor Cambri. Congregational Ch., Loekpurt, N. Y. Prin- cipal Frederick (Ph. ) Inst .. letig or Author: Enemies in the Rear (a Story of Our Civil War), 145; Not in His Steps, or The Minis- terial Dead Line of oft Yrirs istors of the young manister fad) : also newspaper article's. Republican Mom. Sor. for Advancement of Art. Philadelphia, Ni Rho Irrita sue .. Canan. daigna lanter. F. and A. M 2944. Canandaizun.
HOOVER, Herbert Clark:
Morning Star Moines, Calif., 16; in West Australia as chief mining stuif Bewick, More- ing & Cu,, and late uig r Hannan's Brownhill Mine, Levi; mg'r Sons of trwalia and East Murchison mines, Ists; chief eng'r, 1st?, of Chinese Imperial Bureau of Mines, doing extensive exploration in interior of China. bureau ended by Boxer disturbances, Mir. Hoover and staff being among those besieged at Tieniste, and taking part in defense of the settlement; representative of bondholders in construction of Ching Wang low Harbor and Oriental Syndicate, in China, 1009; gen. ing'r Chinese Eng'ring and Mining Co., op- erating 4 coal mines, steamship lines, canal, railway, etc., 19u1; since 1002 partner Bewick, Moreing & Co., mine operators, London, and consulting eng'r or director of following nun- ing concerns: Chinese Ens'ring oud Mining Co., Ltd .. China: Sons of Gwania, Ltd., Orvy, Brownhill Co.,. Ltd .. Cosmopolitan Proprie- tary, lad .. Fast Murchison United, Ltd., Nvien Gold Mining Co., Ltd., Bellevue P'ro- prietary, Ltd., Great Fingall Consolidated. Ltd., Lake View Consols. Ltd, Burbank's Birthday Hold Mines, Ltd., Golden Horse- shine Estates Co., Ltd., Great Boulder Perse- verance Gold Mining Co., Ltd., Hannan's Proprietary. Ltd., Ivanhoe Gold Corporation, Ltd .. South Kalgurli Gnid Alines. Ltd., in West Austraha; The Broken Hill South Blocks, Ltd., and Broken Hill Junction North, Ltd., and Zine Corp'n, zinc, lead and silver mines in New South Wales ; The Prentice and Southern Diep Leads, Ltd .. Berry United Deep Leads, Lidt., London Val .. ley Goldfields. Lidl., and Catheart Gold Mines, N. L., in Victoria; Great Fitzroy Gold and Copper Mines, Ltd., in Queensland; Tal- isman Consolidated, Ltd., and Whangmata Gold Corp'n. Lidl., in New Zealand: Burma Mines, Railway and Smelting Co., Ltd., and Mo Ho Chang lead mines in Barma: The Copper Pit Collieries, Lid., in Wales, etc. These mines in jous employed about food men, and during Mr. Hoover's association with them, have produced minerals to tho value of over $125.000.000). Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Ewe're, Nat. Tieng. Sar., A. A. A. S., Haklayt Sve,, fellow Royal Geog. Soc., Inst'n Mining and Metallurzy, etc. He has jmub- fished various papers in proceedings of Am. Inst. of M. E. and Inst. Mining Metailorsy, London, and various technical journals; joint Various papers in proceedings of Am. Inst. of M. E. und Inst. Mining Meinflurry, Lun- ilon, and various technical journals: joint author : Economies of Mining. Clubs: Devon- shire, Ranelagh ( Lond m) ; Phyllis Court ( Henley). Residence: Red House. Hornton St., London. Office: 62 London Wall St., London, E. C., England.
HOOVER, Matthew Henry:
Editor Datis Union Son: b. Reading, Pa., 1+1, 25. 196; s. Rev. Francis l' and Ja ... Ann (Hottes) Houver; grad Phihpshir; IN. J.) High Sch .. 1-3, Willams Coll,, B .1., I ...: m. buetpart, N. Y., June 2. 198. Isbn Marion Bilie: children: Grave Edie, b. 1-9h. William Proneis, h. 1-92. Catbatine Blanchin (l. a.D. City editor Pittsburgh Post, 1.00, Interntmg Pust in Rotuit P Pattison's font nf Pa .; foutold Lockport sun, but, and
Engineer: h. Wist Bratich, Iowa, 1-#4; s. Jesse Theudare and Holdas (Minthurnos Hony. er : ed. faiblir schools, Iowa and Oregon, Stanford Poiv., Calif, BA,, 196. Dep't Mining Ing'ring: 3. 150, lan, d. Charles D. Henry, Monterey, Cahi. Ass't Ark. Girol. Survey, 198; ms't U. S Grol. Survey on! geol. work in Sierra Nevada Mountains, Isince Fet, editor Union Sun, Author: Songs
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of the Nipissing; also magazine out-of-doors | Elizabeth, b. 1973 George Allen, b. 1875. T.r. sketches. Mem. Philologian Soc., Williams Coll., Masons, ElRs. Sec. Lockport Business Men's Ass'n, Sterling Lodge Ass'n. Adiron- dacks. Recreation: Outdoors crmiming in wilds. Club: Ningara Co. Anglers (pres.). Address: 346 High St., Lockport, N. Y.
HOPKINS, Alphonso Alva:
Editor, author, lecturer; b. Burlington Flats, Otsego Co., N. Y., Mar. 27, 7-43: S. Alvah and Mercy ( Hale) Hopkins; ed dis- triet school in W. Exeter, N. Y., Bumilton (N. Y.) Acad., Ph.D., pro merito from Am. Temperance Univ., Tennessee, w. is:, Roch- ester, N. Y .. 1.67, Adelia R. Allyn ; 24, Her- nellsville, N. Y., 1897, Emma Mi. Santee; one daughter. Lilfarene R .. b. Rochester. 1871. Editer Moore's Rural New Yorker, Rochester, #$57-70; 1 .. Rural Home, Rochester. 18:1-54: Am. Reformer, N. Y. City, 1582-SI; The Facts, Elmira, 1897-03. Prof. economies, Am. Tem :- perance U'niv., 1-91-93. Author: Our Sabbath Evening: His. Prison Bars; Sinner and Saint; Geraldine: Ballads of Brotherhood: Wealth and Waste. As a lecturer, traveled widely throughout United States and Canada. Re- publican as a young man, and hold clerkship in a State dep't at Albany. Prohibitionist since 1×71; candidate of Prohibition Party four times for Congress: once for State comp- troller, once for sec. of State and onee (1982) for governor. Presided over several State conventions; wrote many State and national platforms of party. Sec. and tres. Thomas Spring & Gear Co., Canisteo. N. Y. Baptist. Address: Hornell, N. Y.
HOPKINS, Charles Comstock:
Civil eng'r; b. Jersey City, N. J .. Jan. 22, 1560; s. Stephen and Henrietta Lonisa (Com- stock) Hopkins: grad. Lehigh Univ., B Sc. ( Wilbur scholarship and valedictorian), 1ss2. C.E., 1-84: 01. Woodinill .. N. Y., May 7. 15-5, Elearcra Sherwood: children: Arthur S., b. 1886, Ruth, b. 143%, Henrietta, b. 1900. Clara. b. 1894. In practice of hydraulic and sanitary eng'ring since 15:4. Mem. Rome B'd Ed'n since 1902: city eng'r. Rome, N. Y., 1-92-98. Trustee Oneida Co. Savings Bank. Repub- liean : Episcopalian. Mom. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, New England Water Works Ass'n, Nat. Gong. Soc .. S. A. R., Psi Upsilon, Tan Beta Pi. Phi Beta Kappa. Trustee Rome Cemetery Iss'n. Clubs : Rome, Tengega County. Address: Rome, N. Y.
HOPKINS, Edwin:
Playwright: b. in Indiana, Oct. 8, 1876: s. Prof. Edwin S. and Mary Orissa ( Serughant) Hopkins. Author: Titus Flavius (drama in verse), 1901: The Great White Way, drama (produced, 1906) : also translations of Maxim Gorky's plays; A Night's Lodging, 1903; The Smug Citizen, 1906. Inventor of the Hopkins talking motion pictures, the first and only practicable combination of phonograph and cinematograph : pres. Great Eastern Vivifromo Co. Pres The Playwrights' League Club of N. Y .; mem. Green Room Club. Address: 120 W. Hth St., N. Y. City.
HOPKINS, George Bat:s:
Banker: 1. Granvill. N. Y., Nov. 17, 1540; s. James C. and Mary W fAlen) Hopkins; ed. Univ. of Wis .: in. Ist. Madison, Wis., June 14, 152, Julia Proudfit: 24, Toledo, O., April 10. 19-0, Zoe Carrington; children :
greed in railway operating and construction until 18-3: since then in commission bostin .. in Wall St. in firm of George D. Hopki,- & Co. Mem. Stock Exchange since !... Pres. and director International Express i . Cuban & Fan American Express Co. . director of the Queens co. Water Co. Life men. Am Museum of Natural History, Botani ... Gardens, Zool. Soc., Am. tirog. Soc., S.it Levy. Soc., Charity Organization Soc. of \ Y., Mameipal Art Soc., N. Y. Hist. Sar .. Asiatic Soc. (Japan). Am. Hist. Ass'h 01 Washington, D. C., State Hist. Spe. of Wis. Met. Museum of Art, A. A. A. S., Chamber of Commerce, N. Y. City. Clubs: Racquet and Tennis. Uniun League, N. Y. Yacht, Mi day, Tuxedo, Automobile (N. Y. City) ; Chi (ago (Cineago) : St. James ( Montreal) ; Ra. ghet ( Philadelphia ). Address: 52 Broadway. X. Y. City.
HOPKINS, George Gallagher, Jr .:
Fire insurance inspector: b. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 22, 1:76: s. late George G. (M.D ) and Alice J. (Gardner) Hopkins, ed. Adel;d lead .. Brooklyn, Columbia, A.B., 1-99, M.E ... 1901: m. June 1, 1907, Lisa Delavan Bloodzoud. d. late Medical Director Delavan Bloodzoud. U. S. N., and the late Jennie (Ruger) Blood- good; une son, William Roger Hopkins h. Mar. 29. 1905. Republican: Episcopalian.
Junior mem. Am. Soc. Mech Eng'rs; Bfe mem. Ass'n Alumni Columbia Coll .; men. Alumni Ass'n Schools of Science of Color- bin Univ. Adress: 320 Clermont Av., Brook- lyn. N. Y.
HOPKINS, Grant Sherman:
Prof. anatomy State Veterinary Coll .: b. Westfield, N. Y .. Sept. 23, 1at5; s. Izra and Catherine Hopkins: grad. Cornell Univ., B.S., 1 .. PSr .. 1-93; N. Y. Ster Veterinary Coll., D. V.M., 1900. Engaged in teaching veterinary anatomy from 1.97 as ass't prof., prof. since 1903. Fellow A. . 1. 1. S : mem. of Ass'n Am. Anatomists, N. Y. State Veterinary Med. Soc. Address: Ithaca, N. Y.
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HOPKINS, Herbert Miller:
Clergyman, nuthor: b. Hannibal, Mo., Oct. 15. 18;0; s. Rev. Wilbam C. and Cornelia ( Stevens) Hopkins: grandson It. Rev John Henry Hopkins, first P. E. bishop of Vt .: grad. Columbia, A.B .. 1593, A.M., 1:96, Ilary- ard Univ .. Ph.D., 187 -: m. Toledo, O., WIE. 2. 1809, Pauline Bradford Mackie, well-known anthoress. Instr. Latin, l'hiv of Calif., Is9 -- [901; prof. Latin, Trinity Coll., Hartford. 1001-05. Ordered deacon. 1995: ordained priest. 196, in ministry of Episcopal Church: Tertur Ch. of the Holy Nativity, Bronx, N. Y. City, since 1906, Mem. Am. Philol. Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Author: The Fighting Bishop. 1902: The Turch. 1993; The Mayur of Warwick, 1906: Priest nml Paran, IOt -; contributor of poems to leading magazines, and of philologirn! article's to Harvard Studies, ail to the Proceedings of the Am. Philol. Ass'n. Address: 5087 Hull Av., Bronx, N. Y. City
HOPKINS, John Hampden:
Maisyer. b. Anbuis., N. Y., Jate 20. 1-52: s. Samuel M. and Mary J. H. (leacock ) Hop- kins. grad. ilamilton College. A.B. 12' (Phi Bria Kappa) : Albany Law School, LL.B.,
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1-45; m. Rochester, N. Y., Nor 10. 1887. Mar- tha P. Porter; one daachter: Heste: Adaris Hopkins, b. Aug. 29, 1.91. Practising law in Rochester since 1ST7. Mem. N. Y. Riste Bar .1-s'n, Rochester Bar Ass'n: pres. Children's Aid Soc. Club: Genesee Whist, Kent. Ad- dress: 316 Oxford St., Rochester, N. Y.
HOPKINS, Louis Lawton:
Life insurance gen. ing'r; b. Jersey City, N. J., July 14. 199; s. Charles 1. and S. Lonise (Austin ) Hopkins; grad Vale Col :. , .1.13., 1691; student Harvard Law Sch, 1992- 13: m. N. Y. City, 1-95, Mande I. Hopkin- son; one daughter: Marian b. 1904. Mem. firmu nf Hopkins, Keep & Hopkins, gen. agents for L'astern Mass. of Mutual Lite Ins., Co. of N. Y., IS94-1902, and on dissolution of that firm Jan. 1, 1002, became sule mg'r until 1907, when was appt'd to present position as gen. mg'r for N. Y. of the Union Central Life Ins. Co. of Cincinnati. Pres. Boston Life Underwriters' Iss'n, 1904-05. Repal. lican; Congregationalist: trustee Northfield Sem., Northfield, Mass. Mem. by inheritance of Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Clubs: Union ( Boston ), Yale (N. Y. City). Residence: 21 E. 61st St. Address: 1 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
HOPKINS, Sidney Wright:
Retired merchant: b. Newburgh, N. Y., Ang. 23, 1836; s. Edwin Augustus and Cornelia Ann (Golder) Hopkins; ed. select and private schools, N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, June 4. 1855, Anna Maria, d. Thomas Jefferson and Rebecca (Bloodgood ) Clark; children : Eila, b. May 24, 1536, Sidney Wright, Jr., b. Feb. 18, 192, Anna Maria, b. Nov. 5, 1843 (m. Edward F. Sanford, of N. Y. City). In August, I>50, became clerk with T. D. Cod- dington & Co. N. Y. City, importers and dealers in iron and other metals, and re- Inained with that firm until 1s0, when be- came mem. firm of Bunting. Bean & Co., metal brokers. Joined father, 1so0, in estab- lishing firm of E. 1. & S. W. Hopkins, importers and dealers in railway iron and railway supplies, and negotiators of railway and other securities in America and Europe: on retirement of father, Isot, became senior partner of firm of S. W. Hopkins && Co., with two new partners, and established branch in London, where his two partners resided, both houses doing a large business in negotiating railway securities and furnish- ing rails and supplies to railroad companies in U. S., until it dissolved, in 1-74: firm financed construction of Port Huron & Lake Michigan R'y and the Peninsular R'ys of Mich., Ind. and Ill .: these four railroads were later consolidated as the Chicago & Lake Huron R. R. Co. (of which S. W. Hop- kins & Co. owned controlling interest ), later reorganized as Chicago & Grand Trunk R'y: formulated plans. 174. and carried them out successfully. for reorganization and recapital- ization of People's Gas Light & Cake Co., of Chicago, purchasing for self and English friends one-half the new issue of bonds and a large block of the new issue of storks of the company (tund amont involved, $ -. 000,- 000) and was for years one of the largest stockholders in that rumpany: since 1-79. mem. B'd Trustees of Dry Dock Savings Inst'n of N. Y. cand part of time mem. Finance Com, of the board) ; was pres., with |
controlling interest, of Am. Construction Co .. which, under franchise from City of Conneil Bluf's, lard, erected waterworks, completed ISI, which were the first to take their supply from the muddy waters of the Missouri River and deliver filtered water, perfectly clear. through their pipes to consumers, fit for drinking. culinary and other domestic pur. poses; subsequently sold entire interest to syndicate organized to purchase it; in 1986 was v .- p. N. Y. Cab Co., and rescued it. without loss, from complications cansed by the failure of Ryerson & Brown, who owned controlling interest in the company; bought entire capital stock of Newburgh (N. Y.) Street R'y, 1887, and afterward sold it to a syndicate organized to purchase it; in 1-90. purchased a tract of nearly half a million arres of Western agricultural and mineral lands, and went to England to get from his friends the financial aid required to develop it, but the Barings' difficulties and resulting financial complications made it impossible at that time to finance such undertakings in England; his purchase was therefore can- celled, with some loss in time and money to himself. In 1907 elected pres. of the Trojan Car Coupler Co. of N. Y., an old established manufacturer of automatic car couplers. Re- publican. Residence: 604 W. 115th St. Office : 500 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
HOPKINS, Thomas Cramer:
Geologist, educator; b. in Center County. Pa., May 4, 1861; s. Isaac C. and Mary i. ( Glenn ) Hopkins: grad. De Pauw Univ .. B.S. 1-57. M.S., 1900; Leland Stanford. Jr., Univ .. .A.M., 1592; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D., 1900; m. Greencastle, Ind., Jan., 1590, Edistina Farrow. For three years ass't State Gicologist, Ark .. 3 years ass't prof. geology, Pa. State Coll. : two years fellow in geology, Univ. of Chi- cago; since 1901, prof. geology, Syracuse I'niv. Three summers ass't State Geologist in Indiana: two summers in geol. work in Ontario. Can., one summer spent in study and travel in Europe: one each in geol. work in Colo. and Calif. Fellow Geol. Soc. Amer- iva, A. A. A. S .: mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Phi Beta Kappa. Sigma Xi, Onondaga Acad. Sci- ence, N. Y .; charter mem. Mining and Metal- lurgical Soc. of America; mem. State Science Teachers' Ass'n. P'hi Delta Theta. Author of text book on Physical Geography and several books and papers on geological subjects. Clubs : I'niversity ( Syracuse). Current Events. Address: Syracuse University, Syra- cuse, N. Y.
HOPPER, De Wolf:
Comedian : b. N. Y., IS59: s. John and Rosa. lie (D). Wolf) Hopper. With Daniel Froh- man's Madison Square Company as " Pittarns fireen" in Hazel Kirke and other roles, the McCaull Opera Company, Weber and Fields Yo .; starring in own company from 15-0, with the exception of the two years at Weber and l'ields. Starred in Happyland ( season 1905- 06). Clubs: Lambs. Players, Suburban Kid- ing and Driving (N. Y. City), Green Room, Errentrie, thamnulon. England). Address: Care Lambs Club, N. Y. City.
HOPPIN, Samuel Ilowland:
Lawyer: b. Newport. R I .. Ang. 28, 135%; s. Hamilton and Louisa (Hlowland) Hoppin ' eil. in private schools in Dresden, Paris,
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Brussels, and Newport, and at St. Paul's | Camp-Fires in the Canadian Rockies, 1900: School, Concord, N. IL., Harvard, A B., 1979, Columbia Coll. Law School, LL B., 1ssl. Ad- mitted to the bar, 1Ssl, and ever since en- gaged in the practice of law in N. Y. City; now mem. firm of Hoppin and Rerard. Also pres. Eastern Ky. Coal Lands Corp'u. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Nat. Geog. Soc., Soc. of Colonial Wars. Soms of the Revolu- tion. Republican ; Episcopalina. Chd .: Union. Residence : 125 73d St. Address: 55 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
HOPSON, George Bailey:
Clergyman, educator: b. Naugatuck, Conn., Jan. 18, 1839; s. Oliver and Caroline (Allis) Hopson; ed. Trinity Coll .. Ilartford, Conn., A.B., (valedictorian. Phi Beta Kappa), 1:57, A.M., D.D., D.C.L. : m. Ch. of the Transfigura- tion, N. Y. City, Mar. 27, 1504, Mary William- son Johnston ; children: Francis Johnston, h. 1864, William Oliver, b. 1922. Ordered deacon, 1863, and priest. 1>64, by Bishop Porter in ministry of Episcopal Ch .: since 1863, prof. Latin language and literature at St. Stephen's Coll., Annandale, N. Y. : now acting for third time as wurden of St. Stephen's College. Republicno. Address: Annandale, Dutchess Co., N. Y.
HORD, Horace B .:
Lawyer; b. Columbus, Ind., Dec. 31 1868; 6. Francis T. and Emma (Lanfill) Hond: ed. public schools, Indianapolis Classical School, Law Dep't, Univ. of Mich .. LL.B .; m. N. Y. City, June 23. 1:014, Jane Gordon. Admitted to practice law in court of Indiana, 1:94; moved to N. Y. City, 1-98, and was admitted to practice in State and Federal Courts of N. Y., where has since been in active practice. Pres. Ontlook Realty Co .; treas. N. Y. and Montauk Telegraph Co .. and director in other corporations. His father. Ilon. Francis T. Hord, was att'y.gen. of State of Indiana for two terms, judge of the Circuit for 12 years and held many minor public offices, and hia uncle. Oscar B. IJord, was law partner of Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice-President of the United States. Democrat; was see. of B'd of Trustees of the Town of Woodruff Place, which was at one time a suburban park home, but is now surrounded in all sides by the City of Indianapolis, without being incorporated within the same, and re- taining its old political identity as a town. Mem. N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n; sec. Indiana Society of N. Y. Address: 38 Park Row, N. Y. City.
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