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BLAIR, Charles L .:
Chief of division, U.S. Sub-Treasury; b. Manchester, Is., March 14, 143: s. Amus S. and Laura ( Blo mmer) Bhur; grad. Nat. Law Univ., Washington, D.C., LL.B., Pt; m. Cleveland, O .. 194, Mertir E. Sherman; chil- dren: Richard W. and Byron S., twins, b. 1895. Engaged in law practice from Ist; since ISIS chief of Law and Anthorities Divi- sion, U.S. Sul-Treasury, Wall St., N.Y. City. U.S. Civil Service Comm'r. Mrm. Ruval Arcanum. Address: 225 W. 135th St., N.Y. City.
Lawyer: b. Ithaca, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1874; s. Charles H. and Emma (Cornell) Blair; ed. Ithaca Public schools and Cornell Univ., LL.B., 1597; m. N. Y. City, Sept. 15, 1905, Lillian J. Milne. Admitted to bar, 1599: mem. of firm Blair, Lyman & Blair. Served through the Spanish War as private in Istor Battery. Democrat. Meio. Psi ' U'psilon fraternity. Club: Cornell University (for- merly sec.). Address: 35 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BLAIR, James A .:
Banker; m. Isabelle B. Myers; one son, James A, Jr. Mem. firin of Blair & Co. Director Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling R'y Co., Central of Georgia R'y Co., St. Loois & San Francisco R. R. Co., Seaboard Air Line R'y Co., Metropolitan Street R'y Co. ( Kansas City ), Underground Elee. R'ys Co. (London), Pressed Steel Car Co., First 1-TG; s. DeWitt Clinton and Mary Anna Nat. Bank, The Securities Co., Corn Prod- nets Co .: trustee N. Y. Life Ins. Co., Con- tinental Trust Co., N. Y. Security and Trust Co. Clubs: Metropolitan. Morris Co. Golf. Residence : 9 W. 50th St. Address : 21 Broad St., N. Y. City.
BLAIR, John Insley:
Banker (retired) : h. N. Y. City, Dec. 22. 1-it: s. 1h.Witt Clinton and Mary Anne ( Kimball) Blair; grad. Princeton, A.B., 1-9>; unmarried. Entered employ of Blair & Co. on leaving college, 1sdb; mem. of the firm, April, timo, to 1005; since then in no active business; occupied in travel and sport. Clubs: Racquet, University, Brook, Auto- 135
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mobile, Princeton, Midday, N. Y. Yacht, | Univ.). Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Ass'n Am. Meadow Brook, Rockaway Hunt, Country. Address: 6 E. G1st St., N. Y. City. Anatomists, Am. Surg. Iss'n, Am. Soc. Clinical Surgery, N. Y. Acad. Medicine, N. Y. BLAIR, Odell R .: Acad. Sciences, County and State Med. Socs., N. Y. Surz. Soc. Clubs: Yale, University, Riding, Metropolitan. Address: 601 Madi- son Av., N. Y. City.
Lawyer; b. Town of Sheldon, Wyoming Co., N. Y., Oct. 10, 1868; s. George A. and Marian (Jones) Blair; ed.' public schools and Columbian (now George Washington) Univ., LL.B., 1503; m. Attica, N. Y., Ort. 10, 1:91, Antoinette Taggart: children: Chariton G., b. 1595, Richard, b. 1902, Ellon K., b. 19:3. Admitted to bar, 1895; engaged in practice of law in Buffalo from 1:95. Republican. Mem. Erie Co. Bar Ass'n, Y.M.C.A. Ad- dress : 936 Ellicott Square BId'g, Buffalo, N. Y.
BLAKE, Henry W .:
Technical journalist ; b. New Haven, Conn .; 1863; s. Ilenry T. and Elizabeth C. ( Kings- ley ) Blake, grandfathers were Eli Whitney Blake, LL.D. (inventor ) and James L. Kings- ley, LL.D. ( Latinist ) ; ed. Hopkins Grammar Sch., and Ilillhouse High Sch., New Haven; grad. Yale, Ph.B., 1-50; took special course in elee. eng'ring. Mass. Inst. Technology ; m. N. Y. City, June 1, 1>91, Ida Jewett ; children: Henry Kingsley, h. 1:04, James Pierrepont, b. 1890, Adelaide, b. 1907. After leaving Mass. Inst. Technology beenine asso- ciated with the Sprague Elee. R'y and Motor Co. in constructing elec. r'ys; after its consolidation with the Edison Gen. Elec. Co., remained with latter company. While engaged in this work, prepared and deliv- ered two courses of lectures on elertrie rail- ways, at Mass. Inst, Trehnology: Since 1501, editor-in -chief Street Railway Journal. Director MeGraw Publishing Co. Republi- ean; Presby'n. Mem. N. Y. Railroad Club, New England Street R'y Club: assoc. mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Am. Street and In- terurban R'y Ass'n. L'union Internationale de Trumways et do Chemins de For d'interit Lneal. Clubs: Lawyers, Engineers' (N. Y. City), Englewood, Englewood Field, ( Engle- wood, N. J.). Residence: Englewood, N. J. Address: 239 W. 30th St., N. Y. City.
BLAKE, J. Eddy:
Physician and surgeon; h. Jersey City Heights, June 12, 1:33; s. James A. (A.M., M.D.) and lire E. (Eddy) Blake: ed. public and high schools; N. Y. Univ., D.S., 1:91; Columbia Univ., M.D., 1895; Univ. of Bonn, Germany, M.D. (with honor), 1902. Interne Brooklyn Hosp., 1-9>-1900; studied in France and Germany, 1900-12; since then practising in Brooklyn. Attending physician, Brooklyn Meth. Episcopal Hume. Mem. Kings Co. Med. Ass'n, Brooklyn Pathol. Soc., Brook- lyn Hosp., Internes Club, N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n. Address: 352 Jef- ferson Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BLAKE, Joseph Augustus: Physician: b. Fin Francisen, Calif .. Aug. 31. 1-64; s. William P. and Charlone tHayes) Blake: grad. Yile. B. 1 .. 1-3, Ph.B., 1.si, Coll. Phys, and Sarg. (Columbia Univ. M.D, 1%*9; m. 1-90, Catharine Ketchum; two sins: Joseph A., Jr., and Tranris H. 2d. Formerly attending surgeon St. Luke's and Harleri Hosps., now of Roosevelt Hosp. ; and consult- ing surgeon to St. Luke's Hosp. ; prof. sur- gery, Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia 136
BLAKE, Katherine D. Umsted:
Educator, writer; b. N. Y. City, July 10, 1558; d. Frank Geoffrey Quay Umsted and his wife, Lillie Devereux ( afterwards Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake); ed. in Miss Walker's Seh., and St. Mary's Seh., and grad. Nor- mal Call., 1576; studied at Sch. of Peda- gogy, N. Y. Univ., 1997-88. Became prinei- pal Public Sch. 6, 1894; organized the first Evening Iligh Sch., for Women in N. Y. City, 1897; chm'n Com. of Teachers and Principals that framed and presented to Mayor Grace the monster petition asking for the apptm't of women on B'd of Ed'n. which resulted in apptm't of Miss Dodge and Mrs. Agnew as Comm'rs of Ed'n; called together the committee of women teachers and principals who made the first effort to secure adequate salaries for city teachers; spoke in reply to President Roosevelt when he addressed the Nat. Edn'l Ass'n; compiled the first statisties showing number of dark and badly lighted rooms in public schools, and called the attention of superintendents and B'd of Ed'n to them. Contb'r to peri- odicals, verse and prose. V .. p. Ass'n Women Principals of N. Y. City; mem. Sperial N. Y. City Com. of Nat. Edn'l Ass'n; charter mem. Soc. Polit. Study; mem. Exec. Com., Normal Coll. Aluminae. Address : 100 Lexington Av., N. Y. City.
BLAKE, Lillie Devereux:
Born Raleigh, N. C., Ang. 12, 1535; d. George Pollak and Sarah Elizabeth (John- sun) Devereux; descendant on paternal side from William Devereux, who accompanied William the Conqueror from France to Eng- land in 1066; and on mother's side from Rev. Samuel Johnson, first president of King's (now Columbia) Coll., and his son, William Samuel Johnson, one of first two senators from Conn., and later pres. Colum- bin Coll .: also, on both sides, descendant of Jonathan Edwards: ed. Miss Apthorp's Sch., New Haven, Conn., and took Yale Coll. course with private tutor; m. 1st. 1-55, Frank G. Q. Umsted, lawyer. of Philadel- phin (lied. 1-59): m. 2d, N. Y. City, Gren- till Blake (died. 1-96). Since 1 70, interested in the advancement and enfranchisement of women and engaged in securing legislation for the benefit of women; largely instru- mental in obtaining the admission of women to the civil service and to the Bar, their employment as census enumerators. the es- tablishment of police matruns, the granting of pensions to war nurses: in N. Y. State serured statutes giving schoul suffrage to women: providing that there shall be seats for saleswomen, maling mother and father joint guardians of their children, and other reforms of importance: she was the first per- son to ask the admission of women to Co. Inmbia College: ntore revent efforts devoted to protecting citizenship of American women and to securing such modifientiuns of N. Y. laws as shall, in case of iutestaey, give to
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the survivor. whether widow or widower, 50th N. Y. Eng'rs, at Rappahannock Station. equality of inheritance. Was pres. N. Y. Va., Dec. 1:03, to Feb. Pont: c.erk, Q. - Mi .. Woman Suffrage Ass'n Il years, and of city | Gen.'s Office. Washington, D. C .. Feb. Prot, 1. branch 14 years: founder and honorary pres. Soc. for Political Study: pres. Nat. Legislative League since foundation. 1900, and of N. Y. branch same: pres. N. Y. City Mothers' Club; has traveled all over U. S. speaking in behalf of advancement of women; has addressed committees of both branches of Congress, and ui legislatures of N. Y., Conn., and N. C. Author: South- wold, 1559: Rockford. 1:63: Fettered for Life. ISTS: Woman's Place To-day, 1>>3; A Daring Experiment, 1991. Address: 100 Lexington Av., N. Y. City. July, 1:55. Pastor 31. .. Church, Canisteo. N. Y., INb; principal Whitney's Point Union Sch .. 1:69-70: pastor M. E. Church Groveland, N. Y., 1s.1 -; 3; principal E. Green- with R. E. ) Aend .. 1si3.54: abroad traveling and studying. 1945: pastor Thames St. M. E. Church. Newport, R. I., Is 6.47; agam principal E. Greenwich lead .. Ist-@9: pres. Iowa Wesleyan Cair .. 1:10-190); pres. Caze- novia (N. Y.) Sem., 19. J-19; sup't Ringham- ton Dist. Anti-Saloon League from 19 s. lecturer and platform speaker. Republican : Methodist. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc .. BLAKE, William Phipps: Delta Kappa Epsilon. Delezate to Gen. Cuni. M. E. Church (Omaha), les !; mem. Central N. Y. Cont., M. E. Chure !:. Address: Bing- Iamtri, N. Y.
Geologist, mineralogist: b. N. Y. City. June 1, 1:26: s. Elihu and Adeline N. (Mix) Blake; ed. schools in New York and at Yale. Ph.B., 1832 (honorary M.1., Dartmouth ; D.Se. Univ. of Pa.) : m. S. Berwick, Me., Dee. 25, 1555. Charlotte Haven Lord Hayes; three sons living: Franeis H., Joseph .L., Theodore Whitney. Geologist and mineralo- gist for U. S. Pacide N'y exploration sud surveys. 1553; editor Mining Magazine and Journal of Geology, 1:5.00: engaged in exploration of Comstock Lode. Nevada, ISAD; mining eng'r to Japanese Gov't. 1:02: made exploration in China and Alaska, 1:03; prof. geology and mining. Coll. of Calif., in#: organized Sch. of Agriculture and Coll. Me- chanie Aris for Coll. of Calif .: prof. seol- ogy and mining. 1994-194: prof. geology emeritus since 1905, Univ. of Ariz. : connected officially with the great international ex- positions from 1$13 to 1944. Author of nu- merous papers and articles on scientific and professional topics. Mem. Am. Philos. Sor. fellow Geol. Sie. of London: cor. mem. Geol. Soc .. Edinburgh: fellow _1 .... 1.>. ; mom. Am. Fust. Mining Enz'rs. Address: Mill Koek. New Haven, Conn.
BLAKER, Ernest:
Ass't prof. physics, Cornell Univ. : b. New- town. Bucks Co., l'a .: s. Alfred and Anna P. (Hobbs) Blaker; grad. Univ. of Kansas, B.S., 1:03: Cornell Univ., Ph.D., 1001; m. Kansas City. Kan., Sept. 1. 1900. Adelaide Mariou Cornell; one daughter, Marion Ade- laide, b. Nov., 1.5. Mem. Kansas City ( Mo.) Board of Trade, Istfor: ass't in physics 1.1. 1. instructor Du14, ass't prof. physics from 1943, Cornell I'niv. Episco- palian. Mem. Am. Physical Soc. I.L.A.S. Beta Theta Pi. Nizia Xi. F. and _A.M. Clubs: Town and Gown .Ithaca, N. Y.). Address: 12 Oak Av .. Ithaca, N. Y.
BLAKESLEE. Francis Durbin:
Clergyman, educator: b. Vestal, N. Y .: s. Rer. George Harmon and Hester Ann .Car- gill) Blakeslee, prepared for coffee Wyoming sem .. Kingston, Pa .; grad. Syra. onse luiv .. A.B., 1-2. A.M. 1-5: D.D) .. Wesleyan Univ., Litt.D .. Wesleyan Univ .. 195; m. Unesen, N. Y. Sept. 9. 1:50. Amensin M. Hu' hard: children : l'ruf. George Hubbard Blakeshe. A.B. A.M. Ph. D. (prof. history, Clark U'hiv ); Albert Francis A.B., A.M., Ph.D (prof. botany State Jar'l Coll., Stores, Conn & Theodor Louise. B.L. (teacher French and German, High school, Winsted, Conn. ). Clerk of quartermaster,
BLAKESLEE. Harvey D., Jr .:
Lawyer: b. Buffalo, N. Y .. Mar. 22, IST: s. Harvey D. and Sarah Louise ( Taylor) Blakeslee: grad. Central High Sch., Baffalo. 1:01; Univ. of Rochester, A. B .. 1900; Buffa'a Law Sch., I.L.D., 192; unmarried. Admitted to bar. 192. practising in Buffalo, ever since. Lecturer on law of crimes, Buffalo Law . h .. from 19%. Elected supervisor :ith Ward. Buff: lo. Nov .. 15: elected supervisor of 10th Ward. Buffalo. Nov., H. G. Republican Clubs; Lawyers. l'niversity. Address: Erie County Bank Bld'g. Buffalo, N. Y. BLANCHARD. George, W .:
Physi in#: b. Kingfield, Me .. July 3. lecs: s. Wesley and Edoia 3. (Webster), Blant 1. ard: grad. Bowdoin, A.B. Phi Beta Kappa). 1-00: Harvard. A.Ii .. ]wii: Maine Med. Sch .. M.D., 1:45: m. Haverhill. Mass., Anna W Merryman: children: William W. h. 1 -. ti. Kenneth, b. Ist. Frances h. lo. Theodore. 1. 1:60. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Si of the Rentzen Ray. Am. Electrotherapeutic Ass'n, Ami. Urological Iss'n, N. Y. State and Orange Co. Med. Ass'ns, Newburgh B:y Med. Sne. Mem. Maine Soe. of N. Y. Club : Newburgh City. Address: Highland Falls, N. Y.
BLANCHARD, James Armstrong:
Jurist: b. Henderson, Jefferson Co. N. Y .. 1-15: s. Philip and Catharine (Drummond) Blanchard: ed. public schools. Ripou Cali. Prep. Sch .: Ripon Wis.) Coll .. A.B., 15.1: Law Sch .. Columbia Diav .. I.L. D., Ist3; L.L.D Ripon, In ': m. 1ssl, Sallie Medbery : one son. Medbery Branchard, b. ist. Engaged in prae. tice of law. ISSO; appt'd judge of tien. Ses sions by Gov. Roosevelt, In and served one year: in Sapt. 19 0. appi'd a justice Supreme Court N. Y., by Gov. Roosevelt, and elected Nov., II, to same office for term expir .: Dec. 31, 1915. Enlisted I-Gi, and served er yar in Co. I, 2d Wis. C'av. Republican.
Episcopalian. Trustee St. John's Gierd. Mem. Axs'n Har Cay of N. Y .. Post. G .A. R .. etc. Trustee St. John's Gul truls: Pmion 1.45te.
dress: County Court House, N. Y. City. ELANCHARD. Joseph N .:
Par_yhan. b. Albany, N. Y .: s. Brie .- Gen. Justus W. and Olivia (Baker) B in- chard: ed. Amherst Coll .. A.B .. ISTI AM .. 1:51, D.D., 193; Berkeley Divinity Sch ..
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Middletown, Conn., 1871; m. St. James', Ford- ham, N. Y., June 3, 1880 Louise Anderson. Episcopalian_clergymar ; successively rector St. James', Fordham, N. Y .; St. John's, D .. troit, Mich .; St. James' Philadelphia; minis- ter in charge Trinity Ch., Boster, Mass. : rector Grace Ch., Madison, N. J., since 1907. Deputy General Conventica Episcopal Church, 1886, 1883, 1902, 1995; was mom. Standing Com., Diocese of Michigan; pres. Detroit Convocation, and pres. Northwest Conroes- tion, Philadelphia. Is mem. Exec. Com. Church Congress. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, Loyal Legion. Club : Alpha Delta Phi. Address: Grace Chureb Rec- tory, Madison, N. J.
BLANCHET, Clement Theophilus:
Clergyman ; b. Madawaska, Me., April 23, 1845; s. Alexis and Marie Leocade (Oulette) Blanchet; ed. St. Saviour's Coll., St. Anne, Ill. : Immanuel Hall, Chicago, 111 .; Nashotah ( Wis.) Theo !. Sem., B.D., 153: m. Yoko- hamn, Japan by Rt. Rev. C. M. Williams, D.D., bishop of Yeddo, April 2, 1877, Annie Van Ness Maltby of N. Y. City: children : Annie Van Ness. Jr., b. Tokio, Japan, Mar. 13, 1878, (librarian, N. Y. City), Augusta Louise, b. Tokio, Japan, Oct. 19, 1879, (now Mrs. John T. Maylott, of Baltimore, ld.), Marie Elizabeth Hall, b. Apponang, R. I., June 28, 15-5. Missionary of Episcopal Ch. in Japan, 1873-83; organized and taught in St. Paul's Coll., St. Margaret's Sch. for Girls, and Trinity Divinity Sch., in connec- tion with Japanese Mission of Episcopal Ch. After ten years' service returned to America, visiting principal places in China, India, Egypt, European Continent, and Great Britain. In charge Ch. of St. Sacrament, Bolton-on-Lake George, 1:85-95; rector St. Mark's Ch., Philmont, N. Y., since 1895. Inde- pendent Republican. Life mem. Asiatie Soe. of Japan; miem. Standing Com. and exam- ining chaplain, la75-$3, in Japan Mission. Mem. N. Y. Clericus. Hudson University Club: past deputy grand master, Columbia District, and past chaplain, Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., State of N. Y. ; past pres. Wash- ington Legion, No. 403, and past chaplain Nat. Protective Legion. Writings: Papers on the Japanese People: Some Characteris- ties of the Chinese: Buddhism in Japan; The Objects of Educational Work in Foreign Missions; Translation of Catechism on Con- firmation into Japanese: Translation of Vocabulary of Moral. Biblical and Ecclesi- astival Terms into JJapanese, with Chineso Equivalents: The Observance of the Lord's Day: Souvenir Sketch of Ch. of St. Sacra- ment, Bolton-on-Lake George. Recreations: Croquet, tennis, vocal music. Address: Phil- mont, Columbia Co., N. Y.
BLANCHET, John Baptiste:
Clergyman, author; b. St. Anne, Ill., June 23. 1-56; s. Alexis and Lineade (Oulette) Blanchet; ed. Kankakee (Ill.) Ilich Sch. ; grad. Hobart Coll .. (with honors). .1. II., 1-2. A.M .. 1,5; D.D., St. John's Coll., M.l., 1:97: attended lectures at Harvard Univ. and Episcopal Theol. Sch., Cambridge, Mass., 1>>3; grad. Gen. Theol. Smm., N. Y. City. 1->5; m. Genova, N. Y., June 2, 18-4, Mary Lucretia Cross (deceased) : one son. Julin Leon. Ordered deacon, May 29, 18:5; curate 133
Cathedral SS. Peter and Paul, Chicago, 1985; ordained priest in All Saints' Cathe- dral, Albany, N. Y .. Nov. 18, 1885: now rector All Saints' Ch., Mariners' Harbor. Sec. and trustee Archdeaconry of Richmond. Mem. Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Masonic and Oud Fellows orders. Author: For His Sako (dedicated to the Y. M. C. A. ) ; The Cruci- fixion; Good Friday Three Hours Service; Life and Poeios of William Cullen Bryant: Holy Noel; The Sacred Wreath; French Drills, Pastoral Card Record, etc. Address: Mariners' Harbor, S. 1., N. Y. City.
BLASHFIELD, Albert Dodd:
Artist; b. N. Y. City, July 31. 1560; s. William II. and Eliza (Dodd) Blashfield: ed. Brooklyn Polytechnic and Alexander Mil. Inst., grad. 2d lieut; art ed'n at Art Sin- dents' League; m. Brooklyn, 1890, Elinor Ansado; one daughter, Marion, b. 1892. Ilas been for years chiefly engaged in illustra- tion for the leading periodicals. Address: 67 Willow St., Brooklyn, X. Y.
BLASHFIELD, Edwin Howlaend:
Painter: b. N. Y. City, Dec. 15. 1848; s. William Heury and Eliza (Dodd) Blash- field; ed. Boston Latin Sch. and Mass. Inst. of Technology, Boston; went abroad, 1967, and studied under Lion Bonnat; m. Paris, ISS1. Evangeline Wilbour (of R. 1.). Ins spent twenty years abroad, principally in Paris and Italy; traveled on European Continent and in Egypt and Greece. Ar- tistic decorator of interiors, notable ex- amples being: Decoration of dome in Manu- factures Bli's. World's Columbian Exp'n, Chicago; central dome of Congressional Library, Washington: Bank of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; Senate Chamber, State Capitol of Minn. (St. Paul) ; Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines; ceiling of great ball room in Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, N. Y. City; Gothic supper room, house of W. K. Vander- hilt. N. Y. City; library house of W. C. Drexel, Philadelphia; drawing room, honse of C. P. Huntington, N. Y. City; house of Adolph Lewisohn, N. Y. City; courthouse of City of Baltimore; Appellate Court. N. Y. City, etc. Co-editor (with wife and 1. A. Hopkins) Vasari's Lives of the Painters; author (with wife) Italian Cities. Mam. Nat. Arad. Design. Soc. Am. Artists, Archi- tortural League, Soc. Mural Painters, Soc. Painters in Water Colors; hon. mem. Am. Inst. Architects. Residence: 49 W. 59th St. Address ( studio) ; Carnegie Bld'g, N. Y. City.
BLATCII, Harriot Stanton:
Writer, lorturer; b. Seneca Falls. N. Y., Jan. 20, 1:56: d. Henry B. and Elizabeth ( Cady) Stanton: grad. Vassar Coll., .1. B., 1-7%. 1. M., 1599 (Phi Beta Kappa) ; m. London, England, 19-2. W. H. Blatch; one daughter: Nora Stanton, b. Basingstoke, England, 1453: grad. as civil ong'r, Cornell. 3905; mem. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng'rs. While living in England, 1- 2-1902, mem. of Even- ing Schools Com., on the Exer. Com. of Fabian Soc., Women's Industrial Union, Lo- enl Government Soc., Women's Suffrage Soc., Franchise League. Made study of villaso conditions in England under Charles Booth, the statistician. On Exec. B'd Women's
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Trade Union League of New York; riem, of | Kearsarge, N. Atlantic Station, 1882-83; train- Com. of Fifty to abolish tracks on lith Av .; v .- p. Equal Suffrage League. pres. Equality League of Self-Supporting Worden which numbers 17,000 members in Greater New York. Club: Women's University. Address: 103 E. 19th St., N. Y. Chy. BLAUSS, John Linceln:
Editor; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 16, 1965; ed. public schools and Wallace Coil., Berea, Ohio; m. Katherine R. Ilirn, of Brooklyn; one daughter, Ethel Regina, b. 1891. Was
editor American Banker, 1973-1905; now editor The Daily Banker and Stockholuer, N. Y. City. Has compiled statistics of banking for the annual financial review of the N. Y. Times and is editor of The Bankazine, pub- lished in X. Y. City. Sec. and director Anthony Stumpf Publishing Co., 22 Pino St .. N. Y. City. Independent in politics. Ad- dress: 240 Weirfield St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BLAUVELT, Lillian Evans:
Prima donna soprano; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar. 16, 1873: d. Peter and Elizabeth Blau- velt ; ed. public schools and Nat. Conserva- tory of Music, N. Y. City, under M. Jacques Bouhy in N. Y. City, and Paris; m. Ist, Royal Smith; 2d. William F. Pendleton, of N. Y. City. Sang in concerts in all large cities of Continental Europe and U. S., and at Court of Italy and England; sang at Handel Festival. Crystal Palace, London, June, 1000; received decoration of order of St. Cecilia, Rome. April 7, 1901 (only woman ever so honored). Address: 21 Hamilton Terrace, N. Y. City.
BLEAKLEY, Louis H .:
Justi e of the peace; b. Verplanek, West- chester Co., N. Y., June 18, 1874; s. Louis H. and Blanche (Walker) Bleakley: grad. of Verplanck public schools and Regents' High Sch. Exam. Clerk and later gen. salesman wholesale grocery house, N. Y. City, 1888-94; mg'r of and prop'r Empire
Grove, 3 years: since then, general grocer at Yerplanck, N. Y. Appt'd justice of the peace, April, 1902, tn fill out unexpired term of father, who died Dec., 1001; elected to same position, Nov .. 1903. Republican
leader, 9th Election Dist., Town of Cort- landt; mem. Town B'd and B'd of Health, same town. Mem. (Dutch) Reformed Ch. Mein. Sons of Veterans, B. P. O. Elks, Eagles, Address : Verplanck, N. Y.
BLEECKER, John Van Benthuysen:
Rear Admiral C. S. N., retired; b. Glen Core, N. Y., Aug. 16, IS6; s. John Van Benthuysen and Sarah Rosalie (Lynch) Bleecker; prep. ed'n St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H .; entered U. S. Naval Acad,, Ort. 9, 1-43; grad. 1sb7; m. Brookline, Mass., Oct. 2. 1-73, Lizzie F. Stearns: children: John Stearns, h. 1-79, Elsie Lynch (now wife of Capt. E. G. Waymonth, R. . 1.). h. 1×76. Served on Minnesota, special cruise, 1-67-68; promoted to ensign. 1wis; l'owhatan, 1.68-69; Congress, N. Atlantic Fleet, 1-02; promoted to master. 1-70; commissioned lientenant, 1-71: Wachuset, 15,2-3; torpedo service, 1973; Colorado, N. Atlantic Station, 1-74; Frolic, S. Atlantic Station, 1:1547: Navy Yard. Washington, 1877-78; Naval Arad., Is78-1: training ship Minnesota. 15 1; training ship New Hampshire, 1881-82;
ing ship Minnesota, 1ss3-21; Hartford, Pa- cific Station, 1884-57; insp. of new steel cruisers, Pittsburgh, 16-7-8; torpedo station, 18:8-90: Essex, S. Atlantic Station, April, 1590, to April, 1893; promoted lient. comd'r. June 30, 1591; Navy Yard, Boston, Aug., 1:93- 96; course at War College, June to Sept., 1991; San Francisco, European Station, July, 196- 97; commissioned commander, Dec., IS97; eomd'g U. S. S. Bancroft, Jan., 1595, to April, 1998; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. II., 1-08-1899; com'd Isla de Luzon, Asiatie Sta- tion, 1999-19/1; eomd'g Marietta, June-Ort .. 1901; commissioned captain, June 5, 1902; War College, 1902; captain of yard, also insp. of ordnance, Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash., Oct., 1902, to May, 1905; comd'g Columbia, June, 1905; retired at own re- quest as rear-admiral, 40 years' service, July. 1905. Clubs: Army & Navy, Players, Lambs (N. Y. City). Address: care Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
BLEECKER, Pierre McDonald:
Clergyman; h. Scarsdale, N. Y., 1954; s. Leonard Augustus and Alethea H. ( Popham ) Bleecker; ed. St. Stephen's Coll., Annan- dale, N. Y .. B. A., 1570, M. . 1., 1879; Gen. Theol. Sem., 1976-59: m. Ogden, Utah, 1 ~~ 1, Abigail 1. Lees (died 1891) ; one daughter, Alethea Popham, b. 1586; m. 2d, 1595, Phoebe Proat. Ordered deacon, 1-79, ordained priest, 1ss1, in Episcopal ministry; ass't minister Ch. of the God Shepherd, Ogden. Utah, 1579 :2; missionary in charge St. John's Mission, Logan, Utah, and Holy Innocents' Mission, Blackford, Ida., 1882-87; St. James' Ch., Upper Montelair, N. J., 1687-89; Nt. Margaret Ch., Staatsburgh, N. Y., 1>-9-07; rector Christ Ch., Schenectady, N. Y., 1-97- 1904; missionary in charge of St. Paul's Ch .. Raymertown, N. Y., and Ch. of the Holy Name, Boyntonville, N. Y., 1901-07; since 1907 curate St. Luke's Ch., Mechanicsville. N. Y., and associated parishes: Schaghticoke. Stillwater, Round Lake, and East Line. Ad- dress : Mechanicsville, Saratoga Co., N. Y.
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