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BENEDICT, Charles Albert :
Educator: b. N. Norwich, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1570; s. John B. and Annie ( Dalrymple) Benediet ; grad. Sherburne High School, Iss9. Oneonta Normal School, 1-93, IHl. Wesleyan I'niv., Ph. B., 1901; m. Wellsboro, Pa., Ang. 15, 1:34, Lena M. Wilbur; one daughter: Marion J., b. May 30, 1:98, Principal Sparta (N. Y.) Public School, 1:93-94, grammar school, Port Jervis, N. Y., 1894-1901; prof. science. Port Jervis High School, 1901-01; principal Port Jervis High School from 1901. Independent Democrat. Methodist. Mem. Port Jervis Lodge, No. 325, F. and A. M. Address: 6 Catherine St., Port Jervis, N. Y. BENEDICT, Eli:
Architect: b. N. Y. City, Oct. 31. 1971; s. Eli and Martha E. (Mitchell) Benedict: grad. Pohlie Schout 69, N. Y. City, 16. Coll. City of N. Y., 1-91. Columbia Univ., School of Architecture, B.S., 1-99. Entered office of George B. Post, architret, as draftsman, 1-09: architectural draftsman and eng'r, U. S. Navy Yard, Brooklyn, 19000-02; since 1903 practising architect, N. Y. City. Instructor in architecture, gal St. Y. M. C. A. Re- publican. Presbyterian: ehler in North Presbyterian Church, Washington Heights. N. Y. City. Mem. AreIntectural League of N. Y., Suc, of Columbia Univ. Architects, 100
Mlomni Ass'n of Grammar School 69. Muni- cipal Art Soc. of N. Y .. Liberal Republican Club. Residente: 6 Convent Av. Address : 1947 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BENEDICT, Ellas Cornelius:
Stock broker; b. Somers, N. Y., Jan. 21. 1$31. Began as clerk in stock brokers' office. 1550-37; in business for self since Isar. Originated the Gold Exchange Bank, which grew out of the gold speculation of the 'tids and 'Tos. Pres. Commercial Acetylene Co .. Marine Engine and Machinery Co .; director in gas securities, Residence: 10 W. 5Ist St. Address : 80 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BENEDICT, Henry Harper:
Capitalist ; b. German Flats, N. Y., Oct. 9. IS44; ed. at Little Falls Acad. and Fairfield Sem. ; grad. Hamilton Coll., 1-69; m. Oct. 10, 1867, Maria Nellis, of Ft. Plain, N. Y. En- tered employ of E. Remington & Sons, 1869; has been mem. firm of Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict since 1st, pres. since 1:95; pres. Remington Typewriter Co .: trustee Hamilton Coll. and Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, Sons of Oneida, Long Island Hist. Soc., New England Soc., N. Y. Hist. Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon fra- ternity. Clubs: Grolier, Union League, Uni- versity, Republican, Barnard, Lawyers, Ham- ilton. Rembrandt. Residence: 3 E. 75th St. Address: 250 Broadway, N. Y. City,
BENEDICT, James Sackett:
American consul: b. Aurelius, Cayuga Co .. N. Y., Mar. 5, 1:56: s. Newton and Asenath ( Chapin ) Benedict; ed. public schools and private school, Washington, D. C .: m. Wash- ington, D. C., Is79, Cora Blanche Chase ; children: Sallie Asenath, now Mrs. Alfred 1. Tomlins, b. lsst, and May Chase, graduate nurse of Auburn (N. Y. ) City Hospital, b. las. Drattsman and clerk 4 years, in architect s office, Washington, D. C .; re- curved temporary apptin't in Engineer's Oi- fice, War Dep't: consular agent, Stratford, Ont., 1579 $7; commercial agent at Moncton, N. B., I>>7-97; transferred to Commercial Ageney of Campbelltown, N. B., Jan. 25, IN7; on reorganization of Consular Service ly Art of Congress, Aprit 5, 1906, appt'd Am. consul, Campbelltown, N. B .; appt'd Am. consul at St. John's, Newfoundland. April 1. 1907. Episcopalian. Royal Arch Mason, Kmght Templar; charter mem. Ontario Grand Lodge of the Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Campbelltown, of Campbelltown, New Bruns wiek, and City Club, St. John's Newfound- land. Address: American C'unsulate, St. John's, Newfoundland.
BENEDICT, Legrand Lockwood:
Banker and broker; I. N. Y. City, Ang. 24, 1:55; ed. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst .; m. 11, Sarah Collier Blaine. Clubs: Union, lorkaway Innt. Residence: 125 E. 56th St. Address: 27 William St., N. Y. City.
EENGOUGH, Elisa Armstrong:
Anthor: h. in Frederick (o., Md .; d. Wil- linin J. and Ada Mossie Armstrong: ed. in private schools; m. N. Y. City, May. 1901, William Bengough, N. Y. City. Author: The Teaenp Club. 1997: The Very Young Man and the Angel Childt. I900; the Talk of the Town, 1000. Club: National Arts. Ad- dress: Kiamesha Lake, N. Y. City.
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BENJAMIN, George G .:
Merchant; b. Leavenworth, Kan .. Out. 4. 143: s. Alfred and Sophia ( Woolf) Benja- min; ed. public schools of N. Y. City : m. 1st, May 27, 1891, Helen Baum (now deceased) ; 2d. Nov. 16, 1904, Mathilde L. ( Otterbourg) ; one daughter, Ruth L., b. 1996. Started business career in isis with father, Alfred Benjamin, and remained with firm of Alfred Benjamin & Co., wholesale clothiers, until 1:95, when started for self in retail business at Broadway and 26th St. Israelite. Mem. Met. Museum of Art, Nat. Arts Club. Muni- cipal Arts Soc., and many charitable socie- ties; honorary sec. Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids. Country home: Jarvis Laue, Far Rockaway, N. Y. Address, 55 Central Park West, N. Y. City.
BENJAMIN, George Hillard:
Consulting engineer, patent expert, and so- licitor; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 25, 1552; s. Park and Mary ( Western ) Benjamin: ed. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., Union Coll .. Schenec- tady, N. Y., LL. B., 19 2; Albany Med. Coll., M. D., 1875, and Univ. of Freiburg, Germany, C.E., E.E., Ph.D. ; m. 1st, Ogdensburg, N. Y., 175, Jane 31. Seymour: 2d. Buffalo, N. Y ..
1899, Grace II. Tremaine; children: Mrs. F. 1.'. Page, Mrs. II. H. Rogers, Jr., Rosalie D. V. Benjamin. Engaged for 25 years as con- sulting engineer for many iron, steel, glass, copper and other mi'g industries; for ten years consulting engineer for siemens Bros. & Co., Siemens & Ilalske, London and Ber- lin; consulting engineer for most of the elec- trical firms of the world; consulting engineer to U. S. and foreign governments on high explosives. Expert in patent causes and so- heitor of patents, Has made. also, a speci- alty of the investigation of personal charac- teristics, student of the Bertillon system of measurements, alienist. and investigator along lines connected with detection and pre- vention of crime. Treas. Connecticut Mill Supply Co., Connecticut Development Co., and Abadie Paper Co. Mem. Royal Soe. for Advancement of Science, Royal Geog. Soc. and many electrical societies in U. S. and Europe. Recreation: Yacht (Day Dream). Clubs: Lawyers, Turf and Field. Residence : 2) W. 11th St. Address: 45 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BENJAMIN, Mareus:
Editor, U. S. National Museum; b. San Francisco, Calif .. Jan. 17, les7; s. Edmund Burke and Sarah ( Mitchell) Benjamin ; father was a merchant of high reputation in San Francisco and later in N. Y. City : ed. Coll. City of N. Y., Columbia Univ. (chemical course ), Ph.B., 18: honorary de- grees of A.M., Lafayette Coll .. 1s-9. Ph.D., Univ. of Nashville, les9, Se.D, Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1904: m. June 16, 1802, Caroline, d. J. Loring Gilbert, of N. Y. City. In business pursuits four years; breame editor American Pharmacist, IS'2, and later of ifs successor, the Weekly Drug News: chem- ist in the U. S. Laboratory in AAppraiser's Store, N. Y. City, 1- 3: samtary eng'r N. Y. City B'd of Health, 1 -1. lecturer on chemistry, N. Y. Woman's Med. Coll .. 1 -- 6; wrote articles on mineral paints in Mineral Resources of the United States, AMIN: contributor to Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia, 1583-1902; on editorial staffs Cyclopedia of
American Biography, 1SSG-68, Standard Dic- tionary, 1891-94, Johnson's Universal Cyelope- dia, 1895, Encyclopiulie Dietionary, 1596, American Educator, 1907, International Year Book, 1:00-1902, New International Eucyclo- paedia, 1900-03. Editor Appleton's Diction- ary of New York, , 1500: Handbook of Winter Resorts, 1800-96; Handbook of Summer Re- sorts, 1591-97; General Guide of the United States, 1891-1902; Canadian Guide Book. 1.95-90; revised edition of Picturesque America, 1504; May Time (a collection of poems), 1899: Some Noted Paintings by Artists of To-day, 1902; Washington During War Time, 1902. Translator of Bertholet's Explosive Materials, 1:53. Since 1:0G editor of Proceedings, Bulletins and Annual Re- ports, U. S. Nat. Museum. Contributor to Scientific American. Popular Science Monthly, The Chautauquan, and other popular maga- zines. Author: Braddock's Rock, a Study in Local History, 1899; Memoir of Rear Ad- miral Francis Asbury Roe, 1903; A Memorial of John Henry Boner, 1003; John Bidwell, Pioneer, a Sketch of llis Career, 1906, etc. Mem. Jury of Awards, World's Columbiau Exp'n, 1-93, Tennessee Centennial Exp'n, 1.0, Trans- Mississippi Exp'n. 1898, Pin- American Exp'n. 1901, South Carolina Inter- state Exp'n, 1002, Louisiana Purchase Exp'n, 1904, Jamestown Exp'n, 1907. Mem. U. S. Assay Comm'n, 1:06, 1:09, 1904, 19/6. Sec. of Section of Technical Chemistry, Juternat. Congress of Arts and Sciences, St. Louis, 1004; "life fellow London Chem. Soc., 1. 1. .1. S. (v .- p., 1>99, local sec. Washington meeting, 1903) ; mein. Am. Chem. Soe., Soc. Chem. Industry. Nat. Goog. Soc,, Sigma Xi. Governor Soc. Colonial Wars, 1905-07: pres. Soc. War of 1813, 1:98-1908; ass't sec. Soc. Sons of the Revolution, 1901-07, in Dist. of Columbia; honorary mom, Ladies' Ilermitage Ass'n, and of Wachovia Hist. Suc. of N. C. Clubs: Authors (N. Y. City ), Cosmos ( Washington, D. C.). Residence: 1703 Q St. Official address: U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C.
BENJAMIN, Park:
Patent lawyer, anthor; b. N. Y. City, May 11, 1:49: s. Park Benjamin (poet) and of Mary ( Western ) Benjamin: grad. from Trin- ity Sch., N. Y. City, 1862; U. S. Naval Acad., 1-07; made several cruises; with Ad- miral Farragut, European station, Is6; pro- moted to ensign, Ist; resigned 1st9; grad. Albany Law Sch., L.L.B., Ifo; admitted to bar same year (Ph.D., Union Call, Ist); In. Yonkers, N.Y., 1801, Ida E. Crane. Asso. eilitor Scientific American, 1972-is; scientitie expert and counsel in patent matters, and editor-in-chief Appleton's Cyrlopedia of Ap- plied Mechanies, 1-78.91; . asso. mew. S.c. Naval Architects and Marine Engr's; foreign British Chartered Inst. of Patent Agents, Am. Inst. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Elee. Eng'rs. Anthor: Shalings, or Etch- ings from U. S. Naval Academy, 1-07: Wrinh Irs and Recipes, 15: The End of New York, 1 1: The Age of Electricity. 19 6; The Voltair Cril, I-2: The History of (In- tellectual Rise in) Electricity, 1-95; The History of the U. S. Naval Academy, 1900; Among lus contributions to newspapers are : The Story of the Telegust (N. Y. Evening Post), The Sting of the Wasp Independ- 107
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ent) ; has also contributed mary essays on scientific and naval subjects to the Forum, Harper's, The Review of Reviews, Independ- ent and other periodicais. was the first to advocate a U. S. Naval Reserve: collected, with R. M. Thompson and E. J. Berwind, valuable library of rare works rela'ing to electricity and presented same to U. S. Naval Acad .; counsel for the U. S., Vickers, Sons & Maxim, Lt'd; The North British Arbber Co., Siemens & Co., Li'd; Aktie Bolaget de Levals Angturhin and others in various pro- ceedings and litigations; mem. (pres. ) Naval Architects' Ass'n of N. Y. Clubs: Univers- ity (N. Y.), Metropolitan (Washington, D. C.). Residence: 270 W. 784 St. (winter), The Barnaele, West Hampton Beach, L. J. ( summer). Address: 203 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BENJAMIN, Walter Romeyn:
Publisher: b. Guilford, Conn., Sent 21. 1834; s. Park and Mary Brower ( Western ) Benjamin: grad. Urion Coll., A.B., 1874, A.M., 1877; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 1, 1899, Rachele Maria Carolina Toussaint de Saint Seigne, Baronness de Saint Seigne: children : Park, b. 1900, Ottavia, Clelia, Maria Vic- toria. Journalist in Schenectady and Sara- toga; Il years on N. Y. Sun, publisher and editor of The Collector: collector of histori- cal documents since 1:>7. Republican; for- merly mem. Rep. Co. Com., N. Y. City. Catholic. Formerly historian S. A. R. ; mem. National Coion. Address; 225 Fifth .v., N. Y. City.
BENNET, William S .:
Congressman, lawyer; b. Port Jervis, N. Y., Nov. 9, 1570: s. James and Alice Leonora ( Stiles) Bennet; grad. Albany Law School, IJ.B., (honor man), 1:22; m. Gertrude Wits- chief; children: Augustus W., Sarah 1., Mary Florence, Edna Grace. Official re- porter Orange Co. (N. Y.) Board of Su- pervisors, 1-02-93: mem. Assembly, 1901-02; municipal court judge, N. Y. City, 1903; rep- resentative 50th and Goth Congresses from 17th Dist., N. Y., 1905-09, and reelected to 61st Congress in lors, Member Immigra- tion Comm'n. Republican. Presbyterian Mem. State Bar Ass'n, Medico-Legal Soc. Clubs: Republican, City, Delta Chi. 1d- dress: 60 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BENNETT, Arthur G .:
Orulist ; b. Birunngham, England, Sept. 10. 1861; s. John Wing and Emma Fernley ( Law- ton) Bennett; ed. King Edward VI's School, Birmingham, England, till 178. grad. Univ. of Buffalo, M.D., 1-01 (serond in class of $2 members ) : m. Buffalo, N. Y., Ort. 7, 1-01, Alice MeLean Ross; children: Ahce Emma, b. Jan. 12. 1-07, Arthur Lawton, b. Nov. 25. 1-98, J.rft England, Aug., Isso, for Florida. with idea of starting orange plantation, but came to Buffalo following Feb. : after geadn- nting in medicine took post.graduate course in ophthalmology in England, 1:91. V. p. Niagara Sanitarium Co .; trustee Lakeside Cemetery. Independent in polities. Epis. copalian. Oculist to Erie Co., Hosp., Nias- pra Hosp, and Church Home. Tustr in dis- cases of the eye. Univ. of Buffalo. Mem. N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Buffalo Arad. Medicine. Med. Soc. Elie Co. Was chairman Sertion of Pathology, in Buffalo
| Acad. Medicine; pres. Erie Co. Med. Ass'r. and now chairman Com. of Legislation ir Med. Suc., County of Erie. Mem. Arach t'inb, Ancient Landmarks Lodge. P. and .A. M . Royal Arcanum, Independent Order Forms ers, Nat. Union, Order of the Iroquois. J. O. Heptasophs and .1. O. D. College fraternity Recreations: Trout fishing, chess. Address: 26 Allen St., Buffalo, N. Y.
BENNETT, Charles Edwin:
Prof. Latin, Cornell Unis. ; b. Providence. R. I., April 6, 1858; s. James L. and Luri ( Dyer) Bennett: grad. Brown Univ., 1.B .. lsk; grad. student Harvard Univ., 1991-2. Leipzig, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1882.84 (Litt. D., Brown. 1004) ; m. Lincoln, Neb., June 29, Isso, Margaret Gale llitcheock: children: Margaret, b. Iss7, Lawrence, b. 1588, Harold. b. 1:01, Helen, b. 1-94. Principal public school. Milton, Fla,, 1>>559; classical master, Sing-Sing, N. Y., 199-s1; head prep. den't Univ. of Neb., 1>>4-89; prof. Latin, Univ. of Wis., 1889-01: prof. classical philology, Brown Univ., 1 91-92: prof. Latin, Cornell Univ., from 1:02. Democrat. Mem. Am. Philol. Ass'n. Delta Upsilon. Edited: Xenophon's Hellenica, 1992: Tartitus, Dialogus de Ora. turibus. 1891: Cicero. De Senectute, 1-97, De Amicitia, 1897; The Characters of Theophras- tus. 1902: Caesar, De Bello Gallico, 1003; Cicero, Selected Orations, 1004; The .Eneid of Virgil, 1005. Author: Dennett's Latin Grammar. 1895, and Appendix, 195: Latin Composition, 1896; The Foundations of Latin, 1-95; Critique of Some Rerent Subjunctive, Theories. 1995; The Quantitative Reading of Latin Poetry. 1899; The Teaching of Greek and Latin in Secondary Schools. 1; Sounds and Infections of the Cyprian Dia. lert, 1 6: Latin Lessons, 1901; Preparatory latin Writer, 1905: Latin Language, 1906; Latin Grammar, revised edition, 190s. Editor of Cornell Studies in Classical Philology, Pres. Am. Philol. Ass'n. Address: Ithaca, N. Y.
BENNETT, Charles Goodwin:
Secretary of the U. S. Senate; b. Dec. 11. 1-63, and has always resided in the old Bennett homestead. 1090 Gates Av., Brooklyn. N. Y .; ed. in Brooklyn schools, IL. R., Univ. of State of N. Y. Mem. law firm Daniels & Bennett. Bennett Bldg., N. Y. City. Trustee Kings Co. Savings Inst., clim'n B'd Broadway and Gates Branch of the Mechanics Bank of Brook- lyn. Was pres. People's Bridge Ass'n. which succeeded in having the great Wil- liamsburg Bridge built by the City of N. Y. Always a Republican; was the unsuccessful candidate in the 5th N. Y. District for Sal Congress; elected to the Sith and $5th Cong. resses, serving on the Com. Inter-State and Fureign Commerce; unsuccessful candidate for Juth Congress; elected ser. U. S. Sen- ate, Jan. 20, 1900, and still serving. Clubs: Metropolitan, Chevy Chase , Washington, D. (.), Chian League, Aurora Grata { Brook- In). Address: U. S. Senate, Washington, D. C.
BENNETT, Charles H .:
Clergyman ; b. Troy, N. Y., July 2, 1879; s. Honman C. and Phuche (Hetherton) Ben- hett : grad. Schuylerville Iligh Sch., 1sp0, Syracuse Univ., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa),
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1901; Drew Theol. Sem., D.D., 1906; m. Pitts- town, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1901, Nellie C. Rose. Ordained to the ministry and has served as pastor M. E. churches at Marion, N. Y., 1403-04; E. Moriches, N. Y., 1901-05; Garner- ville, N. Y., 1905-06; North Creek, N. Y., 19 6 08. Prohibitionist. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc. ( Kappa Chapter, Syracuse l'niv. ). Address : Long Lake, IJamilton Ce., N. Y.
BENNETT, Courtenay Walter:
Consul general of Great Britain; b. Ply- mouth, England, May 11, 1955: s. John Nich- olas Bennett, of Ford Park, Plymouth. Ap- pointed vice-consul at Panama, Oct. 4, 1576, and was acting consul there at intervals from 1:76 to Iss2; appt'd consul at Guate- mala, Feb. 13. 1st3; acting consul-general there during 1881; appt'd consul at Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Jan. 10, 1=$5, and to leunion, March 1, 1800. Employed on pub- lie service at Paris concerning Indian Coolie Immigration; made a Companion of the In- dian Empire, June 21, 1900, and transferred as consul at Bilboa, Spain, June 9, 1200. Prometed to be consul general at San Fran- riseo, Nov. 11, 1901; remained there until May, 1907, going through the earthquake and fire of 1900, and was transferred June 5, 1907, to New York, where is now serving as consul general of Great Britain. Fellow of Royal Colonial Inst. Clubs: Calumet, Down Town. Address: British Consulate General, 17 State Street, N. Y. City.
BENNETT, David C., Jr .:
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar. 7, 1876; s. David C. and Harriet Elizabeth ( Mathe- son) Bennett : ed. Polytechnic Inst., Brook- lyn, A.B., 1595, Columbia Univ. Law School, L.L.B., 1-98. "Admitted to bar, 1508; mem. firm of Tappan & Bennett. Democrat. Mem. (Dutch) Reformed Church. Mem. Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Crescent, Lawyers ( Brooklyn). Resides in Brooklyn. Office : 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BENNETT, Ellen J. F .:
Lawyer; b. London, England, July 25, 1566; d. Charles and Marie ( DeCourey) Ben- nett ; ed. State Normal School, Albany, N. Y., University Law School, N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, April 10, 1900, James Il. Marsh ; one son, b. July 4, 1001. Admitted to bar, 1409; mem. law firm Bennett, Marsh & Ben- nett. Democrat. Past.matron Order of the Eastern Star. Address: 300 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BENNETT, Harry W .:
Banker: h. Alton Bay, N. H., Feb. 6. 1966; s. S. C. and Mary Belle ( Wiggin ) Bennett ; eil. common schools: m. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 23, 1591, Agnes P. Smith; children: Tom Wiggin, h. 1502, Dick .Woolsan, b. 1-95, Harry Wiggin, Jr., b. 1907. Formerly mg'r Wool- Sun Spice Co. Lived in Old Mexico for six years; for past five years in N. Y. City. Senior mem. H. W. Bennett & Co., bankers. I'res, and director Unba Fastern R. R., Northeastern Cuba R. R., North River Im- provemont O'n, Hudson Properties, Inc., Cuba Hardwood Co .: v.p. and director Sauta Cecelia Sugar Co., Cuba. Republican. I'To- testant. Club : Lawyers, Residente. GI West End .\v. Address : 20 Broad St., N. Y. City.
BENNETT, James A .:
Physician, surgeon: b. E. Avon, Livings- ton Co., Jan. 5, 1831; s. A. A. and Maria ( Pierson ) Bennett; ed. Genesee Wesleyan Sem., Lima, N. Y., N. Y. City Univ., M.D., 160; m. Rushville, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1960, Rowena Warfield; one daughter, Lizzie, b. 1.63. In practice, as physician and surgeon from 1800; ass't surgeoo 13th and 6th N. Y. Ileavy Art'y Vols., 1861-63. Mem. firm Ben- nett & Warfield, druggists. Traveled through Mexico and Pacific Coast, 1849-57. Coroner Livingston Co., 1863; has also served as town clerk, pres. of village. Trustee Frank- lin Acad., Prattsburgh, 3 years. Democrat. Mem. Livingston and Steuben Co's Med. Soe., W. M., Prattsburgh Lodge 583, F. and M. Address: Prattsburgh, Steuben Co. N. Y.
EENNETT, James Gordon:
Journalist; b. N. Y. City, May 10, 1841; s. James Gordon and Henrietta Agnes (Crean) Bennett; educated by private tutors; unmar- ried. Carefully trained in journalism, and on death of father, 1972. succeeded to pro- prietorship and management of the Herald, which has ever since continued. Fitted out, at personal expense, the Jeannette Polar Ex- ploring Expd'n; sent Henry M. Stanley tu Africa to find Livingston; for a time con- ducted a London edition, and for years has condneted and still conducts a Paris edition; inaugurated in England the plan of publish- ing storm warnings telegraphed from the I nited ,States. Joined John W. Mackey, in 1>>3, in the organization of the Commercial Cable Co., which laid an entirely new cable between America and Europe (the Mackey- Bennett cables), greatly increasing the vol. ume and reducing the cost of transatlantic communication between the Old and the New Worlds. Recreation: Yachting: won an international yacht race from Sandy Hook to the Needles. Isle of Wight, against two competitors, with his schooner yacht the Henrietta, 1866, and sailed a similar race. 1870, from Queenstown to N. Y. Harbor, but was beaten by the English Yacht Cambria. Resides the greater part of the time in l'aris. Address: 120 Champs Elysees, Paris, France, or New York Herald, N. Y. City.
BENNETT, James L .:
Lawyer: b. Durhamville, Oneida Co .. N. Y., April :. 149; s. William II. and Eliza- beth A. (Thompson ) Bennett ; grad. Hamil- tou Coll .. 1. B., A.M .: w. June 25, 1 ~~ 5. Emma May Wilson: one son, Dwight HI .. b. 1890, Was U. S. Dist. att'y, Eastern District of N. Y. during administration of Cleveland; now mem. law firm of Bennett & Underhill, Hiv Broadway, N. Y. City. Pres. and director Long Island Realty Co., Fa- brica de Cuba Cigarros Co .; v.p. and di- rector The Bandotype Co., director Man- hattan Mortgage Co. Demoerat. Unitarian. Mem. N. Y. County Lawyers' .Iss'n. Clubs; l'nion League ( Brooklyn), Brooklyn Demu- cratic. Address: 1265 Dean St., Brooklyn.
BENNETT, John Ira:
Professor of Greek: b. Galva, III., Mar. 31. 1-70: s. John Ira and Maria Elizabeth ( Reynolds) Bennett: grad. I'nion Coll., .A.B., ( Phi Beta Kappa), 1-90; grad. student, Har- vard I'niv., 1-95; mem. Am. Sch. Classical
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Studies, Athens, Greece, 1902-03. Teacher, [ m. N. Y. City, June 1, 1897, Therese L. Lin. Hyde Park Iligh Sch., Chicago, 1891-95; instr. 1595-97, ass't prof. 1897-1901, acting prof. 1901-03, prof. Greek since 1903, Union Coll. Editor Union University Quarterly. Mem. Am. Philol. Ass'n, Alpha Delta Phi. Ad- dress: Schenectady, N. Y. BENNETT, Thomas Archibald:
Mech. eng'r; b. New Brighton, S. I., Sept. 4, IST4; s. Thomas Auron and Emeline Nancy (Howe) Bennett; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., B.S., 1:05, Cornell I'niv. (Sibley Coll.), M.E., E.E., 1:97; m. Mar. 22, 1899, Grace Minugh Whittemore; children : Kath- ryn llowe, b. 1900, Thomas Archibald, h. 1906. Tutor Coll. City of N. Y., 1897-99; with Gifford Bros., Hudson, N. Y., as draftsman, chief draitsminn and sup't, 1:00-1901; since 1904 with Robins Conveying Belt Co., as ass't to chief eng'r and now production mg'r. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eug'rs, Mech. Soc. Coll. C'ity of N. Y., Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Residence: 53 First St., New Brighton S. 1 .. N. Y. Ad- dress: Park Row Bldg., N. Y. City.
BENNETT, William H .:
Steamship broker: 1. N. Y. City, April 17, 1:52; s. Thomas and Susan S. Bennett; ed. in public schools and Free Acad., N. Y. City, and from Jon's Coll., England; m. Helen Elizabeth Harvey. After college was pilot on Mississippi; officer and captain under British and foreign flags, holding British certificate No. 8997. 1m. Shipmaster's cer- tificate, U. S. certificate for command of mercantile steamships, and various others in foreign navies. Since last senior partner in Bennett, Walsh & Co., Steamship brok- ers. Also director Atlantic Fruit Co., H. A. Kessel Co., Tacas Co., Santa Cat- alina Co., Amalgauiated Paint Co., Cordova Land Co., Bennett Steamship Co., etc. Dem- oerat. Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. Produce Exchange, N. Y. Maritime Exchange, Mer- chant's Ass'n, Marine Soc. of N. Y., Master Mariners' Steamship .Iss'n. Met. Museum of Art, etc. Life member Masonic Veterans. Knight Templar, Mystic Shrine, and 32d de. gree Mason. Clubs: New York, N. Y. Yacht. Coney Island Jockey, etc. Residence: 693 West End Av., N. Y. City, (winter), Nipi, Cuba. Address: 18 Broadway, N. Y. City. BENNETT, William M .:
Lawyer; b. Nashville, Tenn., July 11, 1869; of Northern parentage; grad. Oberlin Coll., A.B., 1590, Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1823. Taught in Columbia Law Srl., subject of quasi-contracts, during spring of f95, dur- ing illness of one of the professors. Mem. law firm of MeElheny & Bennett since Nov. 1. 1:95. Director Fruit Auction Co. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Republican ; elected Nov., 1907, mem. Gen. Assembly State of N Y., serving in session of 190. Clubs : Republican, West Side Republican, Hard- ware. Residence: 223 Central Park West. Address: 15 William St., N. Y. City.
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