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BELDING, Milo Merrick:
Merchant; b. Ashfield, Mass, April 3, 1:33; s. lliram and Mary ( Wilson) Belding; ed. Shelburne Falls ( Mass. ) Acad .; in. April 1, 1:56, Emily C. Leonard of Ashfield, Mass. ; one son, Milo Merrick Berding, Jr., b. April 14, 1805. Began as boy to sell sewing silks on small scale and later engaged in other commercial lines; in 1803, with brothers, established a silk house in Chicago, and 10 1864, one in N. Y. City, from which has grown Belding Bros. & Co., with great plants at Belding, Mich., and Rockville, Conn., of which is pres .; also pres. Commonwealth Fire Ins. Co .; director International Sall Co., Broadway Trust Co., International Pulp Co., Genesee & Wyoming R. R. Co., Behling Paul & Co., Montreal, . Retsof Refining Co., and many others. Republican. Mem. Cham- ber of Commerce, Am. Geog. Soc., Sons of Revolution, Soc. Founders and Patriots of America. Club: New York. Residence: 10 W. 72d St., N. Y. City. Address: 528 Broad. way, N. Y. City.
BELDING, Milo Merrick, Jr .:
Merchant; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 11, 1565; s. Milo Herrick and Emily C. ( Leon- ard) Belding; ed. Adelphi Acad., prepared for Harvard with private tuior: m. Brook- lyn, Feb. 9, lesi, Annie Kirk. Pres. Broad- way Trust Co .; treas. Belding Bros. & Co. ; v .. p. Internat. Salt Co., Genesee & Wyoming R. R .: treas. International Pulp Co., Oswe- gatchie Light & lower Co .: pres. The Se- curity Audit Co., ; sec. and director Belding. Paul & Co., Montreal; treas. U. S. Pulp Co .; director Commonwealth Fire Ins. Co., Retsof Mining Co., Avery Salt Co., Behling Savings Bank, Greater N. Y. Savings Bank, and many other corp'ns. Republican. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, Sons of Revolution, Soc. of Founders and Patriots of America, Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Museum of Natural History. Clubs: Union League. New York. New York Athletic Lawyers, Automobile of America, Marine and Field, Crescent Athletic, Merchants Central, Aero Club of America. Address: Union League Club, N. Y. City.
BELKNAP, Emmet:
Sup't of schools; b. Unadilla, N. Y., Sept. 23. 1535; s. Eli C. and Caroline (Eells) Beik. nap; ed. Unadilla , V. Y. ) public school and acad. ; Marietta (Ohio) Acad. and Marietta Coll., A.B. (elassiep), honor, Phi Beta Kap. pa). 10, 121 .. 1-9: m. M. Connellsville, Ohio, Aug. 16, Ist, late Love Conklin; one daughter, Mury Conklin Belknap. b. May 13. 1-53. Taught princiont. Unadilla Acad .. Sept .. 5,-40 te Inre. 1+%' conducted
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I'res. Bond and Mortgage Guarantee Co .; b. N. Y. City, Feb. , 15 3; s. Robert Lenox and Mary Phoenix (Reisen) Belknap; ed. Lawrenceville Sch. and Cornell Univ., m. Galveston. Tex., April 21, labs. Rey Sealy Hutchings; one son, Waldron P., Jr. Di- rector N. Y. Inventors' Corporation. Served in Squadron 1, N. G. N. Y., 1895-130). Presby'n; trustee Presby'n Ch. on University Place. Mem. Psi Upsilon fratermity, Soc. of the Cincinnati. Soc. Colonial Wars (nem. of Council), Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Underwriters, Richmond Cx. Country ( direc- tor). Address: 176 Broadway, N. Y. City. BELKNAP, William E .:
Civil engineer: b. Yonkers, N. Y., 1867; s. Ethelbert und Lydia E. (France) Belknap: grad. N. Y. Umv., B.S., C.E., 1-SS telected inem. Phi Beta Kappa) ; m. N. Y. City, Ivi, llelen B. Runyon; one son, Carman R., h. 1000. Ass't engineer Pennsyivama R. R. C'o. ; engineer Wallabout Improvement, Brook- lyn, N. Y., ass't engineer, Dep't of Dirks and Ferries, N. Y. City ; now director, treas. and sec. Burns Bros., and director and treas. The Communipaw Coal Co. Megi. Am. Soc. Civil Engineers. Psi Upsilon fra- ternity, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni .Ass'n. Clubs: Railroad of N. Y., The Jolly Mari- ners. Address: 204 West End Av., N. Y. City.
BELL, Agrippa Nelson:
Physician, samtarian; b. in Northampton Co., Va .. Ang. 3, 18_5; s. George and Eliza- beth ( Scott) Bell; ed. in log school house in Virginia until 1835, Newtown ( Conn. ) Acad., . 1-35-40; med. education with George C. Blackman, Newtown, Conn., Tremont St. Med. Sch., and Harvard Med. Sch., Boston, and Jefferson Med. Coll., Philadelphia, M.D., 1512; A.M., honoris causa. Trinity Hartford, 1:60; m. Newtown, Conn., Nov. Coll. , 2. 1812, Julia Ann Hamlin; children: Ellen B. (Frith), Charles ( deceased), Mary F. Ziegler), Lily ( Hotchkiss), Harry K. (M.D.), George N. (C.E. ) ; also Anna and Howard (died in infancy). AAss't surgeon 1. S. Navy, 1847-35, passed ass't sur geon, May.Nov., 1-35: resigned and settled in practice of medicine in Brooklyn. White in navy 1813, during the Mexican War, dis- covered and was first to ose sicam as dis- infectant for yellow fever on board ship; mem. annual quarantine conventians, 1-37- 60; elinirman, 1>co. Com. on External Hy- giene, which reported system of quarantine regulations, which remained as basis of all subseanent quarantine regulations until re- rent demonstrations of mosquito borne germ of yellow fever. Sup't floating hospital for yellow fever, in N. Y. lower lay. 1-01-2: supervising commissioner of quarantine. N. Y. 15053: inspector of quarantine Nat. Board of Health. 1-9: in charge of yellow fever extermination at New Orleans, 1-0: founded. 1-3, and edited The Sanitarian un- til it cessed publication. Inne lunt. 1. mor- ary pres. International Congress on Tuber-
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culosis, 1903 and 1904, and paper on Stamina, | and Middlebury (Vt.) Coll .: m. Potsdam, read at the Congress, 1904. Mem. Am. Pub- | N. Y., Feb. 11, 1894, Stella Elizabeth Phelps. Counsel for State Forest Cummission, 1998- 09; counsel for divers paper and lumber corporations in Northern N. Y. Republicao. Mem. Chi Psi fraternity. Address: Glens Falls, N. Y. .
lie Health Ass'o, Am. Climatolog. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Epidemiological Soc., London, Société Française d'Hygiene, and many other national and local medical and hygienic societies. Author of two medical books, numerous monographis on sanitation, and contributions to med. literature. Ad- dress : 337 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BELL, Clark:
Lawyer, editor; b. Whitesville, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Mar. 12, 1832; s. Philander F. and Sylvia (Jones) Bell; ed. Franklin Acad. (LL.D. Taylor Umiv., Ind., and Ruth- erford Coll., N. C.) ; m. Sept. ¿ , 1855, Helene S. Taylor. Admitted to bar, Rochester, N. Y., Is53; practised at Hammondsport, N. Y., 1853-61, Bath, N. Y., 1:61-64, N. Y. City since 1864. Attorney for Union Pacific R'y, Isol, and drew the act and had charge of the legislation which passed Congress to aid its construction; att'y for Pacitic Mail Steam- ship Co. Pres. Medico-Legal Soe. 14 terms; founder Internat. Congress on Tuberculosis (honorary pres., St. Louis, 1904, treas. and see. council of Congress, N. Y. City, 1906) ; honorary mem. of many State and foreign societies; delegate from Gov't of U. S. to Ioteroat. Med. Congress, Paris, 1900, and Lisbon, 1906. Editor and publisher, since 1883, of Medico-Legal Journal. Editor Med- ico-Legal Papers, 3 vols .; Bulletin American Congress on Tuberculosis, + vols. : Proceed- ings Medico-Legal Congress of 1900-1902 and 1895 and 1906. Author: Bell's Medico-Legal Studies, 11 vols .: Spiritism, Telepathy and Hypnotisin; History of the Supreme Court of the States and Provinces (New York and 15 other States), 2 vols .; Longevity --- The Relation of Old Age to Useful Work; also various other publications. Clubs: U'n- nion League, N. Y. Press; Address: 30 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BELL, Edward A .:
Artist; b. N. Y. City. Dec. 1802; s. Georgo and lienrietta ( Pfaeffe ) Bell; ed. Nat. Acad. Desigo and Art Students' League, N. Y. City; Royal Aead., Munich, Bavaria ( silver medal) ; in. Peconic, L. I., April, 1903, Julia F. Overton. Awarded Hallgarten Prize, Nat. Acad. of Design, 1893; silver medal, Internat. Exp'n, Paris, 1989; medal. Boston Mechanics Exhibition; silver medal, Buffalo Pan-Am. Exp'n, 1901; silver medal, La. Purchase Exp'a, 1904. MIem. Soc. Am. Artists; asso- ciate Nat. Acad. of Design. Club: Salma- gundi. Address: 22G W. 59th St., N. Y. City.
BELL, Frank Austin:
Jurist; b. New Richmond, St. Croix Co., Wis., Nov. 3. Isto: s. Robert and Mary Eliza- beth ( Austin) Bell: grad. Cornell Umv .. . A.B., 1502, LL.D., 1-94. Admitted to N. Y. bar. I-91; practised at Spencer, N. Y .. several years; then at Waverly, N. Y .. until appt d by Gov. Roosevelt special county judge of Tioga Co., since then twice ruelected to that office. Address: Waverly, N. Y.
BELL, Frank Le Roy:
Lawyer; b. Crown Point, N. Y., Oct. 8. IS67; s. Philo H. and Elizabeth ( Bennis) Bell; ed. Sherman Acad .. Moriah, N. Y.,
BELL, Frederic D .:
Sec .- treas. Lederle Laboratories; b. Stroudsburg, Pa., Nov. 26. lsil: s. Thomas A. and Elizabeth (Dunn) Bell; ed. Westtown ( Pa.) Boarding Sch., m. N. Y. City, Oct. 21, 1596, Alice MI. Gilbert. Sec., treas. and director Lederle Laboratories, Lederle Anti- toxin Laboratories, Lederle and Provost. Republican. Mem. Orthodox Soc. of Friends. Club : City. Address: 39-41 W. 38th St., N. Y. City.
BELL, George Huston:
Physician; b. MIt. Siduey, Va. of Scotch ancestry settled in Virginia in lith century; s. Dr. William (surgeon in Confederate Army) and Lavina (Huston) Bell; ed. . \u- gusta Mil. Inst., Univ. of Virginia, M.D., 1:06. Located in N. Y. City 1:97; interne and house surgeon N. Y. Ear and Eye Io- firmary for eighteen months; inst'r ophthal- luology N. Y. University and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll .; ass't surgeon N. Y. Eye and Ear Infirmary. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., V. Y. Co. Med. Iss'n, N. Y. State Med. .1ss'n. . \m. Med. Ass'o, Soc. Med. Juris- prudence, fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine. CIem. Southern Soc. Alumni Ass'n of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Address: 54 E. 95th St .. X. Y. City.
BELL, George Nelson:
Civil eog'r: b. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 28, 1-50; s. A. N. aud Julia Ann ( llamlin) Bell; ed. St. John's Seh., Manlins, N. Y .. 1 7355; Kansas State Univ., 187657; Sch. of Mines, Columbia Coll., 1879-81; m. Kingston, N. Y., Dec. 16, 1896, Lizzie Eichler; chil- dren: Marion Eichler, b. 1857, Adolph Nel- son, b. 1900, Ilamlin, b. 1904, George Frith, b. 1906. Started business career in New- port, R. I., Jesl, as ass't U. S. Eng'r Corps; in private practice as civil and sanitary eng'r, Newport, R. I., 1883-86, Philadelphia, 1->5-90, Southwest Virginia, 1891-92; ass't eng'r on fortification work, U. S. Gov't, 1.93-95; cement mf'r in U'lster Co., 1:96-97; one'r for U. S. Gov't at Fort Hamilton, 1-97-95; since 1999, in practice at Kingston, N. Y .; city eng'r, Kingston, N. Y., 1900-01. Democrat : Episcopalian. Mem. B. P. O. Elks. Club: Rondout. Address: Kingston, N. Y.
BELL, Gordon Knox:
Lawyer: b. N. Y. City. Feb. 19, 1871; s. Edward Rogers and Eliza N. ( Soutter ) Bell; ed. Groton Sch .. Harvard, A.B .. magna cum Ioude, 1-03. I.L.B .. 196; m. South Salem, N. Y., May 11. 1-99, Marian Mason Crafts: one son: Gordon Knox Bell,. Jr., b. 12. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1-97. Republican : mem. N. Y. Co. Com. from 29th Assembly Dist. Mem. N. Y. Bar Ass'o; mem. B' Directors, Am. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Mem. St. Nicholas Soc., Phi Beta Kappa Alumni. Clubs: Union, Uni- versity, Harvard, Tuxedo. Turf and Field. Address: 22 Willian St., N. Y. City
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BELL, Helene S .:
(Mrs. Clark Bell) ; b. Wheeler, Steuben Co., N. Y .; d. Edrie S. and Alemna (Sex- mon) Taylor: ed. Prattsburgh (N. Y.) Acad .; m. Sept. 8, 1:57, Clark Bell; children: Kate, Carrie Ilelene (wife of John F. MeClain). Ilas traveled extensively in Europe and this country. Mem. Broadway Tabernacle Con- gregational Church. Mem. Woman's Health Protective Ass'n. Club: Sorosis, Address: 170 W. 75th St., N. Y. City; (country) Bell View Farms, Dundee, N. Y.
BELL, Lilian:
Author; b. Chicago, 1967: d. Major William W. and Nancy Caroline ( Brown) Bell: early ed'n by governess; grad. Deerbooin Sem., Chicago, Ill .; m. N. Y. City, May 9, 1900, Arthur Hoyt Boue; one child, Lilian Beil, b. July 14, 1903; retains maiden name for literary purposes. Passed childhood in At- lanta, Ga .; began writing stories ut 8; contrib'r to magazines; has given over 500 author's readings in principal cities of U. S .; gave author's reading in 1897 with James Whitcomb Riley and John Fox, Jr .; spent 4 years in travel in Europe. Author: Love Affairs of an Old Maid, 1593; A Little Sister to the Wilderness, 1:45; The Under Side of Things, 1:97; The Instinet of Stepfatherhood. 1508; As Seen by Me, 1900; The Expatriates, 1900; Sir John and the American Gir!, 1001; The Dowager Countess and the American Girl, 1903: Abroad with the Jimmies, 1902; Ilope Loring, 1002; The Interference of Pa- tricia, 1903: A Book of Girls, 1904: At Home with the Jardines, 1905; Caroline Lee, 1906; Why Men Remain Bachelors. and Other Luxuries, 19 b. Address: Tarrytown, N. Y.
BELL, Thomas:
Coal dealer ; Strathmiglo, Fife shire, Scotland, Mar. 4, 1-2 -; s. James and Isabella ( Miller ) Bell: ed. Tay Square Sem,, Dundee, Scotland, 1-34-39: m. Catskill, N. Y., Dce. 25. 1802, Annie Overbaugh. Sailor, miner, book- keeper, laborer. peddler, salesman. Trav- eled in New Zealand. E. Iudies, Australia, New llebrides, China, Russia, Africa, Eng- Jand, Van Diemen's Land, Chili, Peru, Bo- livia, Ecuador, and Mexico. Served as sea- man on board U. S. S. Massachusetts, I-5), surveying coast and harbors from the (in !- den Gate to San Diego, Calif. ; was letils- man in sounding the depth of water in the harbors, and attendant on Commodore Golds- borough in measuring height of mountains. Now in the coal business at Catskill, N. Y. : and he is also president of the N. Y. Sand and Facing Company, which has its offices at 610-614 Kent Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. Re- publican. Protestant. Address : Catskill, N. Y.
BELLAMY, Blanche Wilder:
Editor, author: b. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1852: d. John N. Wilder: ed. private schools in Brooklyn: grad. Vassar Call .. . A.B., 1473; m. Dec. 3, 1-79, Frederick P. Bellamy. V .- p. Brooklyn Hosp. Traming Sch. for Nurses. ten years: now associate trustee Barnard Coll. Mem. B'd of Woman Mg'rs of State of N. Y. for World's Columbian Exp'n. Editor: Open Sesame. Author: Twelve Eng- lish Poets. Contributor to various maga- zines and periodicals, Address: 200 Henry St., Brooklyn Heights, N. Y.
BELLAMY, Frederick Putnam:
Lawyer: b. Danhury, Conn., 1847; s. R. K. and Maria L. (Putnam) Bellamy ; grad. Un- ion Coll., C.F., 1-68, Columbia Coll. Law Srb., LI .. B., Isi1; m. Dee. 3, 1879, Blanche Wilder trrad. Vassar, '73) ; one son, Fred- erick Wilder (now at Yale). Practising law at Brooklyn and N. Y. City from lsil. Trustee Packer Collegiate Inst., Brooklyn, Coll. City of N. Y., etc. Mem. Union Coll. Alumni Ass'n. Clul.s: Century, Lawyers, Barnard (N. Y. City) : Hamilton, Crescent Athletic ( Brooklyn). Residence: 260 Henry St. Address (offires) : 201 Montagve St., Brooklyn; 19 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
BELLAMY, Russell:
Surgeon and physician; b. Wilmington, N. C., Feb. 12, 1571; s. Dr. William J. H. and Mary ( Russell) Bellamy; father (N. Y. Univ. ), grandfather ( Univ. of Pa. ) and great- grandfather ( Columbia Coll. Phys, and Surg. ) were all physicians (from long line of pa- ternal Colonial ancestors; maternal grand- mother was daughter of Patrick Henry and wife of Gen. William Russell) ; ed. Univ. of N. C., 15-7-89; Davidson Prep. Med. Sch. (N. C.); Univ. of N. Y., M.D., 1803; interne Bellevue losp., N. Y. City, 1-92-94; at Gen- eral Hosp., Vienna, and Berne, Switzerland, with Prof. Theodor Kocher, surgical clinic, Is05-96; m. St. Thomas' Church, N. Y. City, AApril 20, 1895, Constance, daughter Wm. L. Trenholm and granddaughter George Alfred Trenholm. Engaged in practice in N. Y. ('ity from graduation, and has practised Seven summers at Newport. R. I. Instructor N. Y. Univ. Med. Dep't, 1595-98; Cornell Univ. Med. Dep't. 199-1906; ass't elinical diagnosis to late Prof. 1. L. Loomis: also attending physician Bellevue Hosp. Dispen- stry; ass't surgical chnic, House of Re- lief (Prof. L. A. Stimson) ; ass't to Prof. John A. Wyeth's Clinic, surgery, N. Y. Poly- clinie Hosp. Originator and organizer of the Manhattan Maternity Hosp. and Emer- gency Surgical Tent Station for outlying city parks. For 11 years was capt. and ass't surgeon Squadron 1, N. Y. Cav. Special escort to President Theodore Roosevelt, March 4. 1903. as governor N. Y. State in 1-09, and as Vice-Presulent in 1901. Spent one year in Rocky Mountain region, from Manitoba to Mexico: big game sportsman and explorer. Author of several scientific and climatological articles. Mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Cornell Univ. Club, and Deutsche Studenten. Address: 20 W. 30th St., N. Y. City.
BELLANTONI, Rocco:
Physician: b. Scilla, Italy, Sept. 18. 157; s. Mariano and Pizzarello (Rosa) Bellan- toni: graduated from gynasium 1-95 and lyceum 1-97, Messina, Italy; grad. Univ. of Naples, in medicine and surgery, 1903; took special post-gra luate courses in prac- tical hygiene in Sanita' Marittimo e Colon- iale, in obstetries and gynecology in Naples. 1004: I'niv. of State of N. Y., 100. Engaged in practice in N. Y. City: contributor to N. Y. Med Jourunl, Lancet.Clinic, Cincinnati. The Therapeutic Record, La Gazzetta Me- thea degh Ospedal e delle Chniche, LA Practica del Medico, ete. Was ass't sur. geon Ospedale Incurabili of Naples; writer
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in many political and literary newspapers. ! Proposed and organized the Italian Medicai Ass'n, and is a member of its Directive Com- mittee and of the committee to compile its Constitution. Socialist in political belief. but not mem. Socialist Party. Mam. For- esters of America. Address: 371 Broome St., N. Y. City.
BELLINGER, W. W .:
Clergyman ; b. Richmond Ponds. Barnwell, S. C .; ed. Union Coll., Gen. Theol Sent., N. Y .; m. Dec. 20, les6, Catherine C. Miles. Ordained dearon and priest in Episcopal church; became priest in charge o' Grace Ch., Albany, N. Y .; afterwards elected rector Trinity Ch., Weathersfield, Conn , then curate of St. Mary's, Brooklyn, until called to Grave Ch., Utica, N. Y. Independent in politics. Address: 285 Genesee St., Utica, N. Y.
BELMONT, August:
Banker: b. N. Y. City, Feb. 18, 1853: ed. Rectory Sch., Hampton, Conn .: Haverford Coll., Pa .; Phillips Exeter Acad., Har- vard Univ., A.B., 1875; m. 1>>1, Bessie HI. Morgan (died, 1-95). In 1575 en- tered father's banking house; now head of firm of August Belmont & Co., bankers, which, in addition to its own large interests, is the accredited representative of the Roths- childs in America. Also pres. Interborough Rapid Transit Cu .: director Louisville and Nashville R. R., Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul R. R .; v .- p. of the Kings Co. Elevated R. K .; director Bank of the State of X. Y .. Nat. Park Bank, Equitable Life Ins. Co., the Manhattan Trust Co., ete. Democrat. Pres. Am. Kennel Club, and actively identified with turf interests in N. Y. State. Clubs: Union, Knickerbocker. Manhattan, Country, N. Y. Athletic (former pres.), Corinthian Yacht ( flag officer). Residence: Hempstead, L. 1. Address. 23 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
BELMONT, Perry:
Lawyer, capitalist; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 28, 1851; eldest s. late Angust Belmont, finan- cier; grad. Harvard, A.B. (special honors in history and political economy), 151; course in civil law, Univ. of Berlin, then at Colum- bia Law Sch .. LL.B., 1576; m. 1899, Jessie Robbins. Admitted to bar, 146; practised law until bel: mem. Congress from Ist N. Y. Dist., 1 51-S ;; chm'n Cinu, on Foreign At. fairs, 1-$5.SF; U. S. minister to Spain, Is-7- 89; inspector general with rank of major, First Div., Second Army Corps, U. S. V., 1.95. Demorrat. Director of several cor- porations. Mem. Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Metropolitan. Knickerbocker, I'niver- sity, N. Y. Yacht. Army and Navy, Jockey. Turf and Field, Coaching, Tilden, National Democratic, Manhattan, Union, Address : 550 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
BELMORE, Bruco Weatherby:
Lawyer: b. Princeton, Washington County, Maine, July 29, IST3: s. Damel Thomas and Flora C. (Pikr) Belmore; ed. Phillips Exe- ter Acad. 1-92, Harvard Coll., A.B., 1-26, Harvard Law School. 1.1 .. B., 19: unmar- ried. Engaged in practice of law. since 1>98. Ser. Cross, Austin nud Ireland Lum- ler Company. Republican. Episcopahan. Club: I'mversity ( Brooklyn), Address : 1216 Grand St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
FELT, Henry:
Physician; b. York, Pa., April 13, 180"; s. 'thomas W. and Mary A. (Koch ) Belt: ed. in schools of York, Pa., and N. Y. City. Univ. of N. Y. and Bellevue Husp. Med. Cull .. M.D .: took post-graduate course in Queens Square Hosp , London, England. and Bice- tort Hosp., Paris, France: m. N. Y. City, Dec. 18. 1907, Ada Gwynn Gray. House physician Fordham Hasp. 1-09; clinical ass't Neuro- logical Dep't. N. Y. Polyclinic Med, School and Hosp. Mem N. Y. Acad. Medicine, N. Y. State and County Med. Societies, Greater N. Y. Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Med. Ju- risprudence Soc. of N. Y., N. Y. Soc. Sons of the Revolution, Alumni Soc. N. Y. Univ. Address: Care Brown, Shipley & Co., 123 Pall Mall, London, England.
BELZNER, Theodore:
Civil eng'r and city surveyor; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 4, 1-79; s. Julius Christian and Elizabeth ( Heim) Belzner; grad. public schools, 1593: student Cooper Union Seien- tific Sch., 1>96-97; Internat. Correspondence Sch., since 197 (bridge eng'ring course, etc.). Appt'd city surveyor, City of N. Y., Oct. 12, 1:07, by Mayor Strung: now in- Spector of steel, Blackwell's Island bridge (No. 4). Dep't of Bridges, City of N. Y .: m. N. Y. City, 1903. Helen Nelson Davenport. Began eng'r profession under T. G. Smith, civil eng'r. architect and builder, 1-93-9>; in detailing many buildings which were con- demned by City of N. Y. made , personally about 300) separate reports regarding condi- tions of buildings: sup't of building con- struction, on eng'ring work, private and pub- lie surveys, etc .; topographical draftsman, City Dep't: ass't to John F. O'Rourke, con- tracting eng'r, New City Island Bridge; eng'r insp., tunnel construction, W. Va. Short Line R. R .; U. S. inspector dike re- pairing. Manasquan Inlet, N. J .: architect sup't with Oscar Lowinson, architect and eng'r; U. S. insp. lock and dam construction, Warrior River, Ala .: Jan., 1901 to April. 1907, insp. masunry and steel construction, N. Y. Rapid Transit Railroad Comm'n, on large part of beam tunnel from City Hall to 5ml st., Manhattan Valley Viaduet ( 7g mile long), East Side Viaduct Cover 312 miles lon=). reinforced concrete inspection shed. West Farms, N. Y .; West Side Viaduct (112 miles long) ; Harlem Ship Canal Bridge at Kingsbridge. West Side Vinduet extension, and steel foundation Van Courtlandt Park Extension. April, 1907, to dite, inspector n' Steel Blackwell's Island Bridge (No. 4). Former private N. Y. Signal Curps. N. G .. N. Y. Lutheran. Junior. Am. Soc. Civil Ing'rs, (elected Ort. 5, 1897). Recreations : Athletics (of all sorts). Residence: 611 W. 13th St., N. Y. City, Address: 56 Sutton Place, N. Y. City.
BEMAN, Samuel A .:
Jurist : b. Chateaugay, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1-13; rapt. With Separate Co., N. G. N. Y .; mom Id. Ed'n; mem. Assembly; county judge and serragite. Franklin Co., N. Y. Address : Malone, N. Y.
BENDER, Harry Hamilton:
Former fiscal supervisar State charities; b. Albany, N. Y., Time 9, 148; s. Ephraim Il. and Sarah (Whitney) Bender: grad. 105
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BENEDICT
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Albany Acad., 1579; m. Utica, N. Y., Sept. 10, 18si, Mae L. Everts: one son, Kenneth E., b. 1857. In book and stationery busi- ness, Albany, I> 1- 7; in real estate busi- ness, Albany, 1997-96; now pres, Bender Ily- gienie Laboratory, Albany; director Albany County Bank, Union Trust Co., Commerce Insurance Co., Albany Home Telephone Co. : and Albany director of U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co. of Baltimore, Md. Deputy county treas., Albany Co., Jan. 1, 1-97, to Feb. 1, 1:99; sup't public buildings, N. Y. State, 1899-1902; fiscal supervisor State char- ities, 1902-07. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Philip Livingston Chapter, Sons of Revolution ( Albany, N. Y.); mem. Albany Soc. in N. Y. Clubs: Port Orange, Albany, Albany Country, Capital City (Albany) ; Republican (N. Y. City). Address: 120 S. Lake Av., Albany, N. Y.
BENEDICT, A. L. :
Physician ; b. Buffalo, N. Y., 1965; s. Nathan Gregory ( Jr. ) and Gracia Skinner (Smith) Benediet : grad. Univ. of Mich., A.B., Univ. of Buffalo, M.D., Univ. of Pa., M.D., Ohio Wesleyan Univ., A.M. Appoint- ed to U. S. Marine Hospital Service, 1. 90, but did not serve; held various teaching po- sitions in professional schools, including professorship in physiology, in Dental Dept. Univ. of Buffalo, 1896-1901; sopt. of ethnol- ogy, Pan. - Am. Exp'n, 1901; asso. editor, Philadelphia Med. and Surgical Reporter, and editor Am. Therapist of New York. V .- p. Am. Acad. Medicine; councillor, Am. Gastro- enterologie Ass'n (gold medal in medicine) ; Med. Soc. State of N. Y. (twice prize essay- ist) ; mem. Ilistorical Soc .; Soc. Natural Sciences, Buffalo: Delta Upsilon fraternity ( pres. Michigan Chapter and Western N. Y. Alumni Ass'n), Recreation : American arch- æology. Clubs: University, Yacht. Ad- dress: Roanoke Hotel, 156 W. Chippewa St., Buffalo, N. Y.
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