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Mem. Westchester Co. Med. Soc. ; also various fraternal organizations. Rec- reations: Music, gardening, fishing, hunt- ing and automobiling. Clubs: Hollywood Inn, William Morris, and Saturday Night Debating Club. Address: 57 Ashburton - Av., Yonkers, N. Y.
BAUMANN, Gustav:
Ilotel prop'r; b. St. Gall, Switzerland, 1853; s. J. G. and A. B. Baumann; St. Gall until 1871 and Neuchatel, 1871-75, London, 1875-61; came to U. S., I>$1; m. Emily G. Kinsley; children: Frida F., Clifton K. Became connected with Kinsley's, then the leading restaurant at Chicago, in which was partner and manager until removed to N. Y. City, where is now of H. M. Kinsley & Baumann, prop'rs Holland House. Presby. terian. Clubs: Lotos, Swiss. Address: Holland Itouse, Fifth Ar, and 30th St., N. Y. City.
BAUMGARTEN, Paul:
Merchant: b. Hamburg, Germany, Mar. 6, 1865; s. Paul and Louise Baumgarten; ed. in schools of Husum, Schleswig; m. 1890, Christine Borger (died 1900) ; one daugh- ter, Louise, b. le91. Came to U. S. in 20th year, a poor boy; started in business career with grocery house of E. C. Ilazard & Co .. 1-54; entered firm of Samuel Crooks & Co., 1900; started firm of Baumgarten, Rustmann & Co., coffee merehants, in 1903. Director .Etna Nat. Bank. Independent (Democratic leanings). Recreations: Lit- erature, especially philosophy. Contributor of small articles of fiction to periodicals in English and German. Mem. N. Y. Botanical Garden, Bach Choral Soc. Clubs: Liederkranz, Economic. Address: 144 W. 95th St., N. Y. City.
BAUSCH, Edward:
Mf'r; b. Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1834; S.
John Jacob and Barbara ( Zimmerman) Bausch: ed. Rochester Realschule, Rochester Iligh Schol, Cornell Univ .: m. Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1879, Mathilda G. Morell. Entered business, 1874; now v .- p. Bausch and Lomb Optical Co., Fidelity Trust Co., Nat. Bank of Rochester; director Monroe Co. Savings Bank, Taylor Investments Co., Roch- ester R'y and Light Co. Has taken seven trips to Europe, making connections for expansion of business, and acquired rights to manufacture under foreign inventions. Fellow A. A. A. S .; mem. Am. Micros. Soc., Photographers' Ass'n of America. Author : Manipulation of the Microscope. Clubs : Genesee Valley, Rochester, Country. Ad. dress: Rochester, N. Y.
EAXTER, Archie Easton:
Clerk N. Y. Assembly; b. in Port Glas- gow, Scotland, Dec. 16, 114; ed. public schools of N. Y. City and Corning (N. Y.) Arad. ; grad. Albany Law Seh .. LL. B., 1-79; 1. April 0, 1:43. Rosemond E. Wheeler, of Cushortun. N Y. In 192 enlisted in fu. K., 11Ist Regiment, N. Y. Vols, in Civil War: promoted eapt. and brevet major, U. S. Vols : lieut-col. Junith Regiment, V. M. N. Y. Asset to see, and treas., with office of pay- master, of Tioga R. R. Co., 1565-52; county clerk Steulun Co., 1-7575, removing from Corning to Bath. Admitted to bar. 1877, and commenced practice in Elmira. N. Y.
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Political speaker; Republican candidate for | Health Dep't of N. Y., 1888; now consulting Congress, Ise2; county clerk Chemung Co., 1883-86; U. S. Marshal, 1:89.91; clerk As- sembly since 1895. Delegate to National Republican Convention, 1:06. Episcopalian. Mason, 32°, Elk; mem. G. A. R. Address: Elmira, N. Y.
BAXTER, George Strong:
Contractor, Inmber merchant; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 21, 1845; s. George and Anna Strong Baxter; grad. Williams Coll., A. B., 1665, Columbia Univ. (School of Mines), E. M., 1868; m. N. Y. City, Mar. 5, 1573, Emmelin Carnes Weeks; children: melin W., Wyllys Pomeroy ( Columbia, 1900), George S., Jr., and Herbert W. Engaged as eng'r of mines, railroads, etc., 1869-19; cashier, ass't treas. and treas. Northern Pacific R. R., 1879-95; since 1895 engaged in lumber and railroad contracting business. Mem. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng'rs, Williams Alumni Ass'n. Club: University. Residence: 033 W. 6th St. Address: 17 William St., N. Y. City.
BAXTER, Irving K .:
Lawyer; b. Utica, N. Y., Mar. 25, 1876; s. John K. and Minnie E. ( Knott) Baxter; ed. Utica Free Acad., Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., Univ. of Pa. Law School, LL. B. : unmarried. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, and engaged in practice: elected special city judge of Utica, N. Y., 1903, and still sery- ing. Inter collegiate champion high jumper, Am. and English champion high jumper and pole vanlter, Canadian champion high jumper and pole vaulter ant high hurdler, winner Olympic Championships. Paris, 1900, at both jumping and pole vaulting. Ex-mem. 7th Regiment, N. G. N. Y. Democrat. Episco- palian. Masonice Club, U'tica Commandery, No. 3. K. T .: Ziyara Temple, 1. 1. O. N. M. S., Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Club: N. Y. Athletic. Address: 15 Kut- ger St., Utica, N. Y.
BAYLES, George James:
Pres. Tho Realty Incorporation Co .; b. Irvington-on-Iludson, .Aug. 28, 1809; s. Dr. George and Catherine S. (Johnson) Bayles: grad. Columbia Coll. 1. B., 1:21, A. M. Sch. of Polit. Seience, 1-02, LL. B. Colum- bia Law Sch., 1-93, Ph. D. Sch. of Pont. Science, 1995; unmarried. Trust officer Lin. coln Trust Co., 1905.157, now pres. The Realty Incorporation Co. Pres. B'd of Ed'n, City of Orange, N. J. Republican ; Episcopalinn. Mem. Am. Church History Soc. Club: Co- lumbia University. Address : 141 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
BAYLES, James Copper:
Juurnalist, eng'r; b. N. Y. City, July 3, 1545; s. James and Julia Halsey (Day) Bayles; technical ed'n (M. E., Ph. D.). Served as lieut. U. S. Art'y, 1862-64. Editor N. Y. Citizen, 1865-67, N. Y. Commercial Bulletin, lefi> 69, The Iron Age, 1-70.18-9. The Metal Worker: comm'r for establishing sewer systems and from 1-74; experimented successfully in electro-metallurgy and micro- scopie analysis of metals, results appearing in Transactions Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs: investigated sanitary conditions and lectured on sanitary topics in N. J .: pres. N. J. State Sanitary Iss'n, 1863; making sanitary improvements in Trenton; comm'r and pres.
eng'r and editorial writer for N. Y. Times. Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs (pres. 18:4, 1:83) ; non-resident lecturer in Sibley Sch. of Eng'ring at Cornell, 1850; charter miem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs. Author: House Draining and Water Systems (1876). 1d- dress: 37 W. 3tth St., N. Y. City.
BAYLIES, Edmund Lincoln:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 2, 1857; grad. Phillips Exeter Acad., 1873; grad. Harvard Univ., A. B., 1879, LL. B., 12; course at Columbin Law Sch., LL. B., 1882; m. 1857, Louisa Van Rensselaer, a direct descendant of the original patroon of Rensselaerwyck. Admitted to bar, 18 2; on return from trip around the world practised law, and is now med. law firm of Carter, Ledyard & Milburn. In 1902 appt'd sec. to the Special Embassy of the U. S. to the coronation of King Edward VII. V .- p. Mexican Telegraph Co .; trustee N. Y. Life Ins. and Trust Co., Green- wood Cemetery. Mem. Soc. of the Cin- cinnati, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Century, Knickerbocker, University, Down Town, City, N. Y. Yacht. Residence: 10 E. G21 St. Address: 54 Wall St., N. Y. City. .
EAYLIES, Edwin:
Lawyer, anthor; b. Clinton, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1810; s. Daniel and Sally Baylies; grad. Hamilton Coll, A. B., 1862; Hamilton Coll. Law Sch., LL. B., 1-70, LL. D., 1901; m. May 2, IST1, Agnes E. Nutter, Marey, N. Y. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 170; now city att'y of Jolinstown, N. Y. Has served as trustee and pres. village of Johnstown, and post- master of Johnstown. Pres. Johnstown Pub- lic Library. Author : Questions and .in-
swers for Law Students; Sureties and Guarantors: Trial Practice; New Trials and -Appeals; Code Pleading and Forms; Sup- plement to Wait's Actions and Defenses. Editor: Revised Edition Edwards on Bail- ments; Am. Edit. Addison on Torts; Wait's Law and Practice. AAddress; Johnstown, N. Y.
BAYLEY, Norman Brigham:
Physician and surgeon ; b. Mansfield, Conn., Sept. 17, 1:17; s. Joshua and Andalu- sia (Merrick) Bayley; ed. by private tui- tion, at Coventry Select School (academy ), Commercial Coll., Hartford. Conn., Yale Med. Selmol, M.D .; New Haven State llosp., N. Y. Polyclinic Hosp., Post-Graduate School; in. Preakness, N. J., Jan. 10 1872, Etta Henion; children : Norman II., b. June 18, 153, Philip K., b. Dec. 23, 1575 (both died in early childhood with diphtheria). Prac- tised medicine and surgery at Brewsters, N. Y., for several years, removing to Haver- straw. N. Y., in lest; prominent in medical profession in Rockland County, largely in- strumental in establishing the county medical organization of which he has been pres, and ser. for several years (now pres. ), Has served on Health B'd of Haverstraw. Re- publican : Unitarian, but attends the Presby- trrian Church. Mom. Yale Med. Alumni Ass'n, Rockland County Med. Suc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Royal Arch Mason, past-master Stony Point Lodge, 013, F. and A. MI. Address: II verstraw, N. Y.
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BAYLISS, Lucien S .:
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1869; ed. Wesleyan Univ., N. Y. Univ. Law Sch. Mem. Assembly, 1s00-97. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity, Wesleyan Coiv. Alumai Ass'n. Mason. Residence: 129 Park Pl., Brook- lyn. Address: 76 William St., N. Y. City. BAYNE, Daniel Kerfoot:
Merchant, manufacturer; b. Alexandria, Va. ; 1849; s. William and Delia S. (Ker- foot) Bayne; ed. in private schools and by tutors. Senior mem. William Bayne & Co., coffee importers, N. Y. City; pres., since incorporation, May, 1:02, of The Trenton Potteries Co., Trenton, N. J. Clubs: Union, Metropolitan. Residence: 1 Last 51st St., N. Y. Address: 105 Front St., N. Y. City. BAYNE, Howard Randolph:
Lawyer; b. Winchester, Va., May 11, 1551; s. Charles (of Westmoreiand Co., Va.) and Mary Ellen (Ashby ) Bayne (of Fauquier Co., Va. ) ; ed. Rielimond ( Va.) Coll., 21. . 1., 1NT2, B. L., 1579. (Debater's medalist, 1871, final orator, 1872) ; took summer law course, Univ. of Va., lefs; m. Richmond, Va., April 25, 1886, Lizzie S., d. Samuel I'reston Moore, surgeon-gen., C. S. A .; children: Miary Ashby Mopre Bayne. b. ]>>9, Lloyd Moore Bayne, b. 1892. Admitted to bar, Richmond, Va., July, 1579, New York, July, 1:s2. Editor Converse's Indexes (Va. and West Va. Law), lesl; joint author: Travels of Ego and Alter, ISTO: author of monographs: The year 1s19 in the Colony of Va .; Re- bellion in the Colony of Va .; Settlement of Jamestown ; Origin and Development c the Monroe Doctrine; and also editorial artieles for Railroad Gazette, ete. Mem- ber of N. Y. State Probation Commission, appointed 1905. Demorrat. Episcopalian. Mem. Bar Ass'n City of N. Y., Va. Ilist. Soc. Pres. Staten Island Ass'n Arts and Sciences; trustee N. Y. Southern Society, charter mem. N. Y. Soc. Colonial Wars, Va. Soe, of the Cincinnati, Sons of Revo- lution; mem. of Conneil The Virginians in N. Y. Vestryman Christ Church, New Brighton, S. I .; trustee S. I. Acad. Club: Itiehmond County country. Address : 39 St. Mark's Place, New Brighton, S. 1., N. Y. BAYNE, Hugh Aikeu:
Lawyer; b. New Orleans, La., Frb. 15. 15;u; s. Thomas Levingston and Anna Maria ( Gayle) Bayne: grad. Yale, A. B., 1:0 !. Tulane Univ., LL. B., 1-91; m. S. Manches- tur, Conn., Oct. 8. 1595. Helen. d. Knight Dexter Cheney; children: lirlen, h. 1-57, Elizabeth Cheney. b. 1:99. Mem. law firm Strong & Cadwalader. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .: Skull and Bones of Yale, K. O. A. of Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; Kappa Alpha of Tulane Univ., New Orleans. Clubs: University, Yale. Metropolitan, Mid- day, Knollwood Country (White Plains, N. Y.); Graduates (New Haven). Resi- denre: 107 East Fist St., N. Y. City. Ad- dress: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BAYNE, Paul:
Banker: b. Malone House, Malone Park, Belfast, Ireland, June 25. 1-74: s. Samuel G. (pres. Sealmard Nat. Bank, N. Y. City) and Emniv H. (Kelsey) Payne; ed. abroad; m. N. Y. City, April 35, 1903. Edna Tappan Brooks g.d. late Frederick D. Tappan, pres.
Gallatin Nat. Bank. Met. firm James A. Benedict & Co., bankers, N. Y. City and Chicago (established 1875). Republicaa. Distinguished as amateur violinist, having studied for ten years under Mme. Urso, the world-renowned artist of her day. Owns one of the finest of Peter Guarnarius ( Cremona) violins, an instrument of won- derful tone. Club : Knollwood Country ( White Plains, N. Y.), chm'n Tenais Com- mittee. Residence: Lawrence Park, Bronx- ville, N. Y. Address: 59 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BAYNE, Samuel G .:
Banker; b. l'ister, Ireland, 1811; s. Peter and Margaret Bayne; ed. Royal Acad. Sch. and Queen's Coll., Belfast, Ireland. m. N. Y. City, Oct., 1874, Emily Kelsey. Began business life in office of Sir James Hamilton, Belfast: later linen mi'r in Belfast; came to U. S. in 1:69; went to oil regions in Pa. in 1870, drilling many wells there: made tour of the world. 1854-43; organized First Nat. Bank of Bradford, Pa., breoming its pres .; subsequently organized Nat. banks in Texas, Kan .. Miss., Minn., and O .; organized Seaboard Nat. Dank (N. Y.) 1-93; now its
pres. Treas. Produce Exchange Deposit Vaults, Atlas Improvement Co .; Riverside Drive Proverty Ass'n. Author: Pith of Astronomy, 1896; On an Irish Jaunting Car Through Donegal and Connemara, 1902. Club : N. Y. Athletic. Residence: (Win- ter) Riverside Drive and lvath St .; (sum- mer) White Plains, N. Y. Address: 18 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BEACH, Daniel:
Lawyer; b. Tyrone, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1800; s. Obadiah and Mary (Lang) Beach; grad. Alfred Univ., 1. 31 .. 1 5, Ph. D., 1856. LL. D., 19 2; Albany Law School ( Union Coll.) LL. B .: Hamilton Coll., LL. D., less; m. Watkins, N. Y., June 4, 1502, Angelica Church Magee; children: Mrs. Albert H. liarris, b. JS64, Mrs. William W. Mumford, b. 1867, Mary A., b. 1571, George C., b. 147. After graduation taught school: later commissioner of schools, Schuyler County. N. Y .; then studied law and engaged in practice at Watkins, N. Y. Now v .- p. and enunsel, Fall Brook Railway Co., and Fall Brook Coal Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Regent of Univ. of the State of N. Y. since Address: Watkins, N. Y.
BEACH, Edward Stevens:
Lawyer: h. New Britain, Conn., May 19, 1577: s. David Hubbard and Orinda Janette ( Tieknor ) Beach: grad. Phillips Arad., An- dover, class orator cfounder of The Phil- lipian at Andover) ; Trinity Coll .. B. . 1. (class orator. Jackson philosophical prize. and gold medalist in competition. 1-0) ; m1. Ist. Katherine G. (derrased). d. Gov. Richard D. Hubbard, of Hartford, Conn. : m. 2d, Mally Appleton Peabinly, d. Copt. Enoch W. Pealay, late of N. Y. Office mg'r. grurral agents' office. Worcester, Mass., of Phoenix Mutual Life Ins. Co., IN6-9; on editorial staff Hartford Daily Courant, 1983: tutor in Greek and English. St. Mark's Sch., Southhorn, Mass., 15-1. Engaged since 19ed in Federal courts as specialist in trial of patent, trade-mark and copyright infringement suits. Fagaged in
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patent practice. Boston, 1955-1005. Mem. firm | BEACH, Henry M .:
Beach & Pierson, patent lawyers; also di- rector in several int'g companies. Traveled in England and on European Continent in professional work, 1001-05. Author: Beach's Digest of Patent Decisions: also of a mono- graph on Abraham Lincoln (privately printed ). Independent in politics; Epis-
ropalian. Mem. New England Genealogical Soc. Mason and Knight Templar. Pres. N. Y. Alumni Ass'n of Trinity Coll. Rec- reations: Golf, fishing. Clubs: Brookline
Country, St. Botolph, New Algonquin, Laurel Brook ( founder), Puritan ( Boston ). City (N. Y. City) ; St. Andrews Golf ( Chaun- cey, N. Y.) ; Seapuit Golf ( Osterville, Mass. ) ; also other golf clubs. Address: Singer Bid'g, N. Y. City.
BEACHI, Eugene:
Physician; b. Greenville, Greene Co., N. Y., Nov. 6, 1836; s. Elias and Laura ( Collins) Beach; ed. Greenville Acad., grad. State Normal School, Albany. 1:56, Delaware Literary Inst., Franklin, N. Y., Long Island Coll. Hosp., Brooklyn, M. D., 1866; m. Stam- ford, Conn., 167, Sarah Jessup Warren; chil- dren: Elizabeth Warren Fort, b. Sept. 12, 1872, Mary Josephine Lockwood, b. Jan. 30, 1575, John Parsons, b. Oct. 11. 1st, Joseph Warren, b. Jan. 14, Isso. Has practised medicine in Gloversville, N. Y., from Istt. Mayor of Gloversville, N. Y., 1903-07; mem. B'd of Ed'n, Gloversville, N. Y., 12 years. Republican: Congregationalist. Mem. State B'd Med. Examiners, representing Med. Sic, State of N. Y .; mem. Med Soc. County of Fulton; mem. staff Jaenb Littauer Hiosp. Mason; Gloversville Lodge. Director Glo- versville Free Library. Address: Glovers- ville, N. Y.
BEACH, Francis H .:
Captain U. S. A .: b. in New York, April 4, 1864; appt'd from N. Y. cadet at U. S. Mil. Acad. Sept. 1, 1993; grad. June 12, 1857, and appt'd additional 2d lieut. Ist U. S. Cav., June 12, 1>>7: 2d lieut. 6th U. S. Cav., Oct. 5, les7; promoted Ist lieut. Jan. 24, 1595; eapt., ith Cav., Feb. 2, 1901. 1d- dress : "Ft. Riley, Kan.
BEACH, Frederick Converse:
Editor and patent attorney; h. N. Y. City, Mar. 27, lots: s. Alfred Ely and Harriet E. ( Holbronk ) Beach; grad. Shefield Scientific School, Yalo Univ., Ph. B., Ne; m. Strat- ford, Conn., June 10, 155, Margaret Allen Gilbert; children: Stanley Y .. h. 1599, Ethel Ilolbrook, b. Is -G. Patent solicitor at Wash- ington, D. C., 1-68-69; afterward engaged as ass't supt. in construction of Beach pneu- matie tunnel under Broadway, and was manufacturer of electrical instruments until 1877, when entered office of Scientific Ameri- can, of which later became and still is one of editors; also editor in chief Encyclopedia Americana. Actively identified, as amateur, with photography from ISCH. Sor. Munn & Co,, patent attorneys and publishers Seien- tifie American; treas. Union Waxed and Parchment Paper Co .; pres. and treas. Amt. Photographie Publishing Co. Republican ; Congregationalist. V .- p. Stratford (Conn. ) Library. Recreations : Boating. photos. raphy. Clubs: National Arts, Camera of N. Y. Address: 36] Broadway, N. Y. City.
Publisher: 1. Boonton, N. J., Jan. 8, 196 ;; s. Walter G. and Caroline Elizabeth ( Magie) Beach; ed. local schools and by private in. struction ; m. Paterson, N. J., June 24, 1 %. Ann Elizabeth Muzzy; one daughter. Mar garet Louise, b. 1900. Traveled extensively through U. S., Cuba and Mexico. For many yrars associated with the advertising agency of J. Walter Thompson Co., develop- ing some of largest advertisers in the coun- try, then with Harper & Brothers, pub- lishers, then purchased large interest in The Stuyvesant Co., publishers Town and Coun. try, of which is soc. and director; v .- p. and director Game Protection Co .; treas. and director Beach Sanitarium of Susquehanna, Recreations: Hunting and fishing. Pa.
Clubs : Sphinx (N. Y. City), Hamilton ( Paterson, N. J.). Residence: Paterson, N. J. Address: 125 E. 23d St., N. Y. City. BEACH, John Newton:
Merchant; b. Lodi, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1837: ed. Ovid Acad. and ITamilton Coll. (M. A., 1:93) ; m. June 2, 1570, Mary Linnette Nelson, Cold Spring, N. Y. Engaged in retail dry goods business at Watkins, N. Y .. until 1967; since then in wholesale dry goods trade in N. Y. City: v .- p. and director Tefft- Weller Co., N. Y. City; trustee Atlantic Mot. Ins. Co .: director Equitable Life Assurance Soe. of U. S. Wrote the Dry Goods chapter in De- pew's One Hundred Years of American Com- merce. Mem. Chamber of Commerce; trus- tee Hamilton Coll., Adelphi Coll. Resi- denee : 17S S. Oxford St., Brooklyn. Of- fice: 320-330 Broadway, New York.
BEACH, Robert J .:
Civil engineer: b. Catskill, N. Y .; s. Lindsly and Sarah P. (Brace) Beach: ed. Mt. Pleasant Mil. Acad, Ossining. N. Y., Williston Sem., East Hampton, Mass., U. S. Naval Acad., Annapolis, Md. : m. St. Thomas' Church, N. Y. City, 1 -- S, Florence Motley; children : Motley Lindsly, b. 1590. Ruth Ogden, b. 1895. Robert Henry, h. 1903. Resigned from U. S. Navy in 15-6, having previously made two years' cruise on South Atlantic Station on U. S. S. Brooklyn. Associated with William G. Ford (classmate at Annapolis) for about 15 years, as Ford & Beach, visit eng'rs; now pres. Bacterial Sewage Purification Co .: v .. D. Henry K. Motley Co. Democrat: Episco- palian. Lieut. comd'r in N. Y. State Naval Militia. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Alumni -las'n U. S. Naval Arad., class of 1>>1: Veteran of Spanish-Am. War, commanded UT. S. Monitor Montauk. Js9s: foreman, Fire Dep't, village of Pelham Manor, N. Y .; ag't .Am. Soc. Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Pelham Manor, N. Y. Recrea- tions: Golf, bowling. Ex.governor, Wykagyl Country Club, New Rochelle, N. Y. Resi- dener: Pelham Manor, Westchester Co., N. Y. Address: 61 Broadway, N. Y. City. EEACII, Robert K .:
Journalist: h. Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y .: s. Calvin G. and Juliette ( Heyward) Beach : ed. Albion High Sch. : m. Brockport. N. Y .. Oct. 31. 1900, Clara B. Fleetwood. Began newspaper work Is ; telegraph editor, Rochester (N. Y.) Herald, 1-01: city editur, Rochester Herald, 1992-09; news editor Buf-
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Major U. S. A .; b. N. Y. City, June 18, 1456; s. Joshua 31. and Sars Elizabeth ( Ford) Beach; ed. Coll. City of N Y, V. S. Mil. Acad .; grad. June 13, 1879; m. Chillicothe, Mo., April 27, 1682, Katherine C. Bullens. Commissioned 2d liout., 3d Cav., June 13, 1879; Ist lieut., Nov. 17, 1883; capt., Aug. 16, 1602; major, June 9, 190); transferred to 15th Cav., Auy. 18, 1905. Served at forts and posts in Wyoming and Arizona until 1984, at U. S. Mil. Acad .. as instr. drawing, 1884-88, instr. cavalry tactics, 1>>5-88; at forts in Texas, Kansas and Vir- ginia and in Philippines, 1599-1000; San Fran- cisco, 1901-02; Washington (on Gen. Staff), 1903-06; Ft. Ethan Allen, Vt., since Ang. 16, 1906. Took part in Colorado Ute Expd'n, 1579; N. Park Expi'n, les0: scouting in Arizona and on Mexican border. les2-82; Garza Expd'n, 1592, Spanish-Amu. War, San-
tiago Campaign, 1800 tbattles of Las Gnasimas and San Juan Ridge), Philippine Insurrection (four skirmishes) : Cuban In- tervention, 1906. Mem. S. A. R., Soe. For- cign Wars, Soc. Army of Santiago de Cuba, Order of the Carabao. Club: Army and Navy. Washington. Address: Havana, Cuba.
BEACH, William Harrison:
Edneator, author; b. Seneca Falls, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1835; s. Elam and Hannah ( Edwards) Beach; grad. Hamilton Coll., .A. B., 1860, A. M .. 1865; m. Caunga, N. Y., Dec. 26. 1.67, Sarah M. Peterson. Principal high school, Dubuque, lowa, 1-67-75, Beloit, Wis .. 1-75-81; sup't schools, Madison, Wis., 19-1- !1; head Dep't History and Civies, in high school, Milwaukee, Wis., 1-91; retired from ulu'l work, 1906. Served in 'Ist N. Y. ( Lincoln) Cavalry, 1:61-65, and was first lient. and adjutant. Author: History First New York Cavalry; edited War Papers of Wisconsin Commandery of the Loyal Legion; nuthor many educational papers and public addresses. Now proprietor of a fruit and garden farm and lecturer at farmers' in- stitutes. Republican; Presbyterian (elder ). l'res. Wis. State Teachers' Ass'n, Isso; for- merly active mem. Nm. Filn'l .Ass'n, and .. .. A. S .; now mein. W.'is. Ilist. Soc., Am. Hist. Ass'n, Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Sences Falls Ilist. Sor., G. A. R., Alpha Delta Phi fra- ternity, Phi Beta Kappa Soe. Address: Seneca Falls, N. Y.
BEAHAN, Willard:
Civil engineer: b. Watkins, N. Y., Jan. 15. 1-34; s. James and Harriet ( Griswold) Brahan; ed. Starkey Sem., class of 1573. Cornell Univ., B. C. F., 1-> tchief eng'r and historian of class) : m. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 29, 1-92, Bessie B. De Witt ( Carnell, 1-7) ; one son, James De Witt Beahan. Served in U. S. Army Ene'rs as computer; became consecutively resident eng'r Texas & Pacifie R'y: division eng'r. Missouri l'arifir R'y: chief of construction, North & South Am. Construction Co. ; pres. Ander-
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falo (N. Y.) Courier, 1895-1900; ass't tele- f son & Barr Clay Co .; sup't of construction graph editor Chicago ( Ill.) Chronicle, 1900- u1; one of founders, business mg'r aed treas. Jamestown (N. Y.) Post, since 1901. Re- publican; Episcopalian. Address : Jane's town, N. Y. Cascade Tunnel, Great Northern R'y Co .: dnv. eng'r, Lehigh Valley R. R .. Chicago & Northwestern R's; made trip to S. America, IN0, via Panama and the west coast, to Santiago, Chile, to engage in rail- BEACH, William D .: road construction for Chilean Gov't. When the rebellion broke out, crossed Andes on 8 miule, passed through Argentine and took a steamer from Buenos Ayres for Boulogne, France, and returned to New York via Eng- land, Scotland, and Ireland; was general sup't of streets. St. Louis, Mo., 169]; now ass't eng'r in charge 3d and 4th track work of Lake Shore & Mich. Southern R'y.
Democrat ; Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs; pres. Cleveland Eng'rs Club; mem. Ass'n Sup'ts Buildings and Pridres, Eng'rs of Maintenance of Way Ass'n: mem. of B'd of Management, Cleve- land Y. M. C. A. Lectured on Railroad Lo- cation at Cornell Univ., 1896, and jo Stan- ford Univ., 1-07. Author: The Field Prac- tice of Railway Location. Address: 43 Lake Shore Bld'g, Cleveland, Ohio.
BEAL, Joseph:
Lawyer, city judge, Oneida, N. Y .; b. Hamilton, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1-56; s. John and Catherine ( Code) Beal; grad. Colgate Univ .. B. A. (Phi Beta Kappa), 1:79 (M. A.); m. Munnsville, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1554. Helen C. Clark: children: Harry (B. A., Phi Beta Kappa, Yale, 1906). b. 1855, Marjorie, h. 1s-7. Blanche, b. 15$9, Clark E., b. 1:92, Beatrice E., b. 1897, Joseph HI., b. 1900. Admitted to bar at Saratoga, Sept., ISSI, and has since practised law at Oneida, N. Y .; village at- torney, Oneida, N. Y., 1900; city attorney, 1901. 1904-05; judge City Court from 190G. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. State Bar Ass'n. Mason; Odd Fellow. Recreation: Golf. Clobs: Business Men's Golf. Ad- dress : 44 Lenox Av., Oneida, N. Y.
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