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BLENNER, Carle Joan:
Artist; b. Richmond. Va., Feb. 1, 1864 . ed. Marburg, Germany; grad. Yale Art Sch .; Julian's Acad., Paris; exhibited Paris Salon, "World's
Columbian Exp'n, 1×13; medal at Boston, 3501; Hallgarten prize, 199, Nat. Acad. of Design. Clubs : Play- ers, Sahnagundi, Yale Alumni.
Address: 58 W. 57th St., N. Y. City.
BLESSING, James Henry:
Manufacturer; b. Guilderland, Albany Co., N. Y., Sept. 11, 1537: s. Frederick 1. and Lucindia (Smith) Blessing; ed. in select school at Albany until It years old, when owing to father's death, had to go to work; after that self-taught: in. Ist, Albany, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1537, Martha Hutson; children: Martha, b. 1-69, Uneinda (died in childhood ) ; m., 2d, Pittsfield, Mass., Oct., Isto. Mary Gilson. AApprentie to machinist trade, 1-32- 5: worked at trade and has since taken out many patents connected with stram ma- chinery; first inventor af return steam trap and the stram loop, bringing great economies in operation of steam plants; pres. Albany Stram Trap Co., organized June 5, 1-73. Served in B'd of Supervisors, 1891-95 (pres. 139
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WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK
of board, 1895) ; mayor. 1:09-1901, being first | BLISS, Edwin Munsell: Republican elected mayor of Albany in 29 years. Served in U. S. Navy in Civil War, 1861.64. Mem. Ami. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Soc. of Eng'rs of Eastern N. Y., Albany Hist. and Art Soe. AAddress: Albany, N. Y.
BLEYER, J. Mount:
Physician; b. Pilsen, Austria, March 16, 1559; s. Samuel and Sophia ( Zeimer) Bleyer; ed. in Pilsen High School, Austria ; an eclectic education in the seiences in Germany, France and England, law in N. Y., medicine at Belle- vue Hosp. Med. Cull., M.D., 1>>3, honorary LL.D .: m. N. Y. City, Sept. 15. 1 :- 3, Rose Floersheim; children: Leroy Mount Bleyer, D.D.S., Mignoo S. Practising medicine in N. Y. City from 1883, specialist in throat, nose and lung diseases, Father of electrocution; originator of the system, 1-$3; original mem. of Committee appt'd by The Medico-Legal Soe., N. Y. City, to secure its adoption. Mem. Royal Acad. of Medicine, Naples, Italy; corresponding mem. Aead. of Medicine, Mexico; v .. p. Medico-Legal Suc., N. Y. City; mem. and corr. mem. 20 seientifie societies in France, Italy, Mexico, ete. AAddress: 836 Lexington Av., N. Y. City.
BLEYTHING, George Dacre:
Physician; b. Morris Co., N. J., Oct. 17, 1512: ed. private tutor and acad. Trenton, N. J., and Columbia Coll. Served as in- terne at St. Luke's Hosp., N. Y. City; mem. Pathological Soc .. County Med. Soc., Lenox Med. Soc., Alumni St. Luke's Hosp., Physicians' Mutual Aid Soe. Address: 616 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
BLISS, Alfred V .:
Clergyman; b. Bangor, Me., Jan. 23, 1872; s. Charles L. and Louise 1. (Tyler) Bliss; grad. Bowdoin Coll., . B., 1891, Andover Theol. Sem., S. T. B., 1ºC: unmarried. Minister Cong'1 Ch., Ludlow, Vt., 19-1903; since 1903, muinister Plymouth Cong'l Ch .. Utica, N. Y. Republicao. Address: 376 Genesee St., Utica, N. Y.
BLISS, Cornelius Newton:
Dry goods commission merchant: b. Fall River, Mass., Jan. 26, 1533: s. Asahel New- ton Bliss (of Rehoboth, Mass. ) and Irene Borden (Luther ) Bliss (of Fall River, Mass. ); ed. in publie schioals and acad., Fall River, Mass., and high school, New Orleans, La .: m. Boston, Mass., Mar. 30, 1-59, Elizabeth Mary Plomer; children: C. N., Jr .; Lizzie Plumer Bliss. Commeneed business life in New Orleans : later removed to Boston, thence to New York in 1so6; urem. firm of Bliss, Fabyan & Co., dry gends com- mission merchants. Boston, N. Y. City and Chicago. Director Fourth National Bank, Home Insurance Co .; trustee Central Trust Co .: also director in various mf'g co.'s in Massachusetts. Secretary of the Interior in President MeKinley's first administ ... tion, March 1, 1-97, to Pel. 20. 1.99. Repub- Jiean: treas. Republican Nat. Committer 1-02 1506, 1000, 1201. Congregationalist ; president of trustees of Broadway Tabernacle, N. Y. City; governor Sur. of N. Y. Hosp. Clubs: Metropolitan, Century, Union League (pres. ) Republican. (N. Y. City) : Metropolitan ( Washington, D C.); Jekyl Island ( Georgia ). Residence: 10> Madison Av. Address: 117 Duane St., N. Y. City.
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Author, editor; b. Ezroom. Turkey, Sept. 12, 1si\: s. Rev. Isaac G. Bliss. D. D., of Am. Bible Soc .; ed. Springfield (Mass. ) Ilich Sch .; Robert Coll., Constantinople: Amherst Coll., . B., 1:71 (D. D., 1596) ; student at Yale Divinity Sch., 1871-72 and 1873-77; in. 1st, Uramia, Persia, June 5, 1 -- 5. Marie Louise Henderson, of N. Y. (died Dec. 12, 1-97) : m. 2d, Brockton, Mass., Nov. 8, 1900. E. Theodora Crosby. AAss't agent Am. Bible Soe. for the Levant, 1672 .... traveling extensively in Turkey and Persia. Engaged from Isss in editing his Encyclo- pedia of Missions (published 1:91) ; asso- vinte editor The Independent, 1591-1901: editorial writer Harper's Weekly and N. Y. Times, 1901-02; now connected with Fleming Il. Revell & Co. Field sec. for New Eng. land Ain. Tract. Soc. Mem. Ecumenical Conference on Foreign Missions, N. Y. City, 1900 (chm'n Com. on Publication and the Press) ; gen. sec. Foreign Missions In- dustrial Ass'n. Congregationalist. Author: The Turk in Armenia, Crete and Greece. 1.06; Concise History of Missions, 1897, 1d. dress : 158 Fifth Av., N. Y. City. BLISS, Harriet Chalmers:
I'ditorial assistant; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 28, 1-76; d. Dr. Charles and Harriet M. ( Kopper) Bliss; ed. Miss Salisbury's School, Pittsfield, Mass .. 1-4-93; The Mary A. Burnham School, Northampton, Mass., 1:02-95; Smith Coll .. B. Litt., 1-99. .1ss't in editorial department of The Century Magazine. Club : Women's University. Address: 404 W. 115th St., N. Y. City.
BLISS, Henry Evelyn:
Librarian Coll. City of N. Y .; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 29. 1-0; s. Henry Hlale and I'velina JI. (Davis) Bliss; grad. Coll. City of N. Y .: m. N. Y. City, June 1, 1901, Ellen de Koster; children: Enid, b. 1903, Mar- garet, b. 1905. At City Coll, as librarian sinro 1.991. Address: College of the City of New York, N. Y, City.
ELISS, Robert Woods:
Diplomat; 1. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 5. 1-75; s. William Henry and Annie Louise ( Woods) Bliss: grad. Harvard Univ., 1. B .. 1400. Appointed clerk in office of see. of Porto Rico, Ort., 1000; private sec. to Governor of Porto Rico, Sept., 1901; U. S. Consul at Venice, Italy, June, 1903: 2d see.' of embassy at St. Petersburg, Russia, Oct., 1001: sre. of legation at Brussels, Belgium, since Jan., 1907. Repablican, Club: Har. vard (N. Y. City). Residence: 6 E. G5th St., N. Y. City. Address: American Lega- tion, Brussels, Belgium.
ELISS, Walter Phelps:
Capitalist: b. N. Y. City, Mar. 10, 1570; s. George and Augusta H. (Smith) Bliss: grad. Yale, A B., P02: afterward attended the N. Y. Enw Sch .: m. Detroit, Mich., April 29, 1-97, Katharine Baldwin. Pertur Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y (' ... Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Immuis R'y Co., Manhattan Trust Co., Con- tinental Ins. Co, Qminey Mining Co .: v. p. Gauley Mountain Coal Co .. Loup Creek Col- livry Co., C'andalaria Mining Ca., Corralitos Co., Hering Telephone Systems Co., and Commercial Union AAssurance Co., Lt'd, Lon-
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don; trustee Union Trust Co., Consolidated | Consolidated Gas Co., N. Y. City, 1895-97; Gas Co., and Caledonia Ins. Co. of Scotland. Clubs: Union, Riding, Racquet and Ten- nis. Residence: Bernardsville, N. J. Ad- dress: 71 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BLISS, William Dwight Porter:
Clergyman, lecturer, author: ৳. Con- stantinople, Turkey, 150; s. Edwin E. (D.D.) and Mary Isabella (l'orter) Bliss; ed. at Robert Coll., Constantinople, Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., Amherst, A. B., 1576, Hart- ford Theol. Sem., B. D., 1852; m. London, 1-84, Mary Pangalo, of Constantinople; one daughter, Enid. After Congregational
pastorates at Deover, Col., and S. Natick, Mass., entered the Episcopal Church and was ordained in 1-86; rector St. George's Church, Lee, Mass., les3; Grace Ch., S. Boston. 1887-90; Church of the Carpenter, Boston, 1890-96; San Gabriel, Calif., 1508
1900: Amityville, L. I., from 1902 to Jan. 1, 1907, resigning to become sec. of The Garden Cities Ass'n of America. Expert investigator for U. S. Bureau of Labor in Europe and U. S. Director Social Science Library Bureau, Hlas lectured in all parts of IT. S., Canada and England, on social subjects. Nominated for It.gov. of Mass. by Labor Party, 1ss7. Christian Socialist; Broad Courch Episcopalian. Organized first Christian Socialist Society in U. S., 1899. Lecturer for Christian Social Union (P. E.), 1>94-96. Pres. Nat. Social Reform Coion, 1900: edited The Dawn, 1>>9 96. Author : Handbook of Socialism; Tracts on Christian Socialism. Editor: American Social Science Library, Encyclopedia of Social Reform: also (with Dr. Josiah Strong) Social Progress. Mem. Internat. Labor Ass'n, In- ternat. Congress for Employment of the Unemployed : Alpha Delta Recren- tions: Chess, tennis. Address: 1 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
BLISS, William Henry:
Lawyer; b. Cuyahoga Falls, O., Oct. 27, 1844: s. Philemon and Martha W. Bliss; ed. in public schools; m. Ist, St. Louis, April 6. 1574, Annie Louise Woods; 2d, N. Y. City, April 14, 1891, Mrs. Anna Blaksley Barnes: one son, Robert Woods (sec. 1in. Legation. Brussels), and one daughter, An- nie Louise, wife of Charles Warren, of Bos- ton. Admitted to bar, Isft; ass't U. S. att'y. 1872-76, U. S. att'y, 1-76.87, at St. Louis, Mo .; afterward v. p. and gen, solicitor, St. Paul & Duluth R. R. Co., and asso. counsel Northern Pacific R. R. Co., at St. Paul, Minn. ; practising in N. Y. City from 1-93. Mem. AAss'n Bar City of N. Y., Met. Mus. of Art, Municipal Art Sor., Am. Geog. Soe., Soc. of Bibliophiles, Ohio Society. Clubs: Union League, Metropolitan, Grolier, Players, Down Town, Antomobile Club of America, (N. Y. City ) : Metropolitan, Chevy Chase, ( Washington ) : St. Butalph (Boston). Address : E. 65th St., N. Y. City.
BLISS, William Lord:
Elec. eng'r; b. Brooklyn, N. Y .. July 16, 151; s. John and Frances Elizabeth (Lord) Bliss; ed. Adelphi Arad., Brooklyn, 199. 6; Polytechmir Inst. B. S., 1-01: Cornell I'niv. M. M. E., 1-93: m. Brooklyn. Feb. 5. 1w6, Grace Lawrence Kip. Ther. eng'r Kiker Elee. Motor Co., Brooklyn, 1-03 55.
pres. Bliss Elec. Car Lighting Co., N. Y. City and Milwaukee, since 1901. Republican. Mein. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, N. Y. Rail- road Club, Western N'y Club, Chi Psi fra- ternity. Mason, 32º 14º and Shriner. Club : Milwaukee. Residence : Hotel Aberdeen, Milwaukee, Wis. Address : 527 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
BLOCH, Lester W .:
Lawyer; b. Albany, N. Y., June 19, 15>0; s. Emannel and Helen (Wolfsheimer) Bloch ; grad. Grammar School No. 11, 1594: Al- bany lligh Sch., Iste, Union Coll., Ph. B., 1902, Albany Law School, LL.B., 1904, Prac- tising law from graduation, with specialty in Federal and corporation practice. Appt'd U. S. comm'r for Northern Dist. of N. Y., Dec., 1905, for a period of four years. Republi- can. Jewish religion. Mem. Albany County Bar Ass'n, Albany Law School AAlumni Ass'n, Washington Lodge :5, F. and A. M. (past master). Beta Theta Pi fraternity, National Legal Fraternity of Gamma Beta Gamma (lord high vice-chancellor ), Modern Woodmen of America, Eastern N. Y. Beta Theta Pi Alumni AAss'n, Albany High School Alumni Ass'n. ('Inbs: City, Adelphi, Capital City, Uncon- ditional Republican (see. ), Young Men's Re- publican, Wonglin Inn. Residence: 785 Mad- ison Av. Address: 57 State St., Albany, N. Y.
BLOCK, Maurice:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 1, 151; s. Gabriel and Adele (Ginsburger) Block; ed. N. Y. public schools and Columbia Univ. ; m. June 25, 1903, Belle Peyser; one son, Austen G., b. 1905. IIas been engaged in much important patent and trademark litigi- tion, of which he makes a specialty. Di- rertor Nat. Air Brake Co. Mem. Gen. Com. Tammany Hall, for 20th Assembly Dist .; mem. Board of Managers Osceola Club (Tammany Club), 29th Assembly bist .; mem. Local School Board, 16th Dist., N. Y. City. Democrat. Jewish religion. Ex- pres. Empire City Lodge, Independent Or- der Free Sons of Israel. Address : 231 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BLOCK, Otto:
Architect: b. Rochester, N. Y., Dec. In, 149; s. Philip and Emilie (Otto) Block ; el. in Rochester schools; m. Rochester, N. Y. April 20, 1:0s, Alice Hadden. Engaged in practice as architect at Rochester since 18- 1. Republican. Mem. Am. Inst. Architeets, Rochester Eng'ring Soc. ; Yonnondio lange, F. and A. M .; Hamilton Chapter, R. A. M .; Monroe Commandery, K. T., aud Scottish Kite societies, Clubs: Oak Hill Country, Rochester Whist. Address: 815 Wilder Bld'g, Rochester, N. Y.
BLODGETT, Francis Branch:
Clergyman; b. Oakfield, N. Y .. 1875; s. Aiva John and Catherine (Bent) Blodgett ; grad. llobart Coll., H. A., 199, Episcopal Thiol. Sch., Cambridge, Mass., B. D., 1002. Harvard, S. T. B., 1903. Ordered deacon, 1904, and ordained priest, 1003, in Episcopal ministry, by Bishop Lawrener. Minister in charge and rector Ch. of Our Redeemer. Lexington, Mass., until Feb., 194; canon of All Saints' Cathedral, Albany, N. Y., until Sept., 1005; now instr. in Gen. Theol. Semu.
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N. Y. City. Address : Chelsea Square, N. | BLOODGOOD, Robert Fanshawe:
Y. City.
BLODGETT, Frank Dickinson:
Educator, lecturer: b. Cortland, N. Y., Mar. 29, 1871; s. Alonzo D. and Eleanor ( Dickinson) Blodgett; ed. Cortland Train- ing Sch., 1sie-85; Cortland Normal Sch., 1855.89; Amherst Coll., 1:89-93, A, B., 1893, A. M., 1806; m. Oneonta, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1597, Helen Marguerite Wilcox; children : Dorothy, b. 1901, Edward Dickinson, h. 1904. Head Dep't Latin and Greek, State Normal School, Oneonta, N. Y., 1893-1906, Dep't Logie and Pedagugies since 1906, En- gaged in institute and lecture work during ten or twelve years. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Phi Leta Kappa Soe., Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Club: Oneonta (pres.). Address: 77 Elm St., Oneonta, N. Y. .
BLODGETT, Tilden:
Life Insurance manager; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 6, 1853. Began in service of the Equita- ble Life Assurance Soe, as a junior clerk, in 1869, and has continued with it ever since, advancing from that to his present position as Metropolitan manager of the N. Y. of- fice. One of organizers and pres. 1892. of the Life Assurance Ass'o, was chairman of the committee of four which organized the Nat. Ass'n of Life Underwriters, and was the first v .- p. of that association. Address: 120 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BLOOD, Charles H .:
Lawyer; b. Itahaca, N. Y., April 7, 1966; s. Charles Farrar and S. Estella ( Hazen) Blood; grad, Cornell Univ., Ph. B., 1558, and LL. B., 1800; m. Greenville, S. C., Oct. 11, 1905 Louise Macbeth. Admitted to bar, 1500, and engaged in practice; dist, att'y Tompkins Co., three terms, 15:5 1901; county judge and surrogate, Tompkins Co., elerted in 1901. Director in local corporations. Held commission as captain in the Carnell Corps of Cadets. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Iss'n. Trustee Cornell Univ .; director Ithaca Conservatory of Musie: trustee Ithaca Savings Bank; mem, Kappa Alpha Soc. of Cornell Univ. Mason, Knight of Pythias: mem. B. P. O. Elks and Maccabees. Chilis: Town and Gown, City, Country ( Ithaca ). Address: 1 Fountain Place, Ithaca, N. Y.
BLOOD, Sylvester L .:
Stockbroker; b. Ballston Spa, N. Y., June, 1844; s. Albert P. and Margaret Jane ( Thur- ber) Blood; m. Ballston, Jan., 1-69, Khiza- beth M. Squires, Began business career 1.67; stock broker in N. Y. City; now mem. S. L. Blond & Co. Protestant. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht, Lotos, Atlanta Yacht, Hamilton { Brooklyn), Crescent Athletic. Residence: 273 Henry St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 66 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BLOODGOOD, M. Seymour:
Landscape artist: b. N. Y. City, 1815: S. Cyrenus Bloodgood; ed. Nat. Avad. Design, Art Students' Leagne, and at Paris, France. Landscape painter; spent three years travel- ing in Europe studying art: previous to art cureer studied architecture five years. Mem. Art CInb. Paris, France, Address: 96 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
Artist; b. N. Y. City ; s. Simeon DeWitt and Eliza (Van Schaiek) Bloodgood; ed. N. Y. public schools, Coll. City of N. Y., Nat. Acad. Design Schools, Art Students' League: m. Trinity Chapel, N. Y. City, Jan. 22, 1>>0, Elvise Pirsson: children: John Van Schaick, b. 1:00, Eloise Pirsson, b. 1-91. Was one of the founders of the Art Students' League of N. Y., and was its vice-pres, and business director for several years. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Museum of Natural History, Bronx Park Zool Soc., Sons of Revolution. Recreations: Tennis, motoring, golf. Clubs: Century, Nat. Arts, N. Y. Athletic, Salmagundi, N. Y. Etrhing. Address: 111 E. 60th St., N. Y. City.
BLOOMER, William:
Farmer, fruit grower; b. Marlborough, L'Ister Co., N. Y., July 28, 1841; s. Thomas D. and Mary (Dubois) Bloomer; ed. in district school, and one term in select school at Milton; m. Newburgh, N. Y., Delilah Fer- guson; children: Susan Amilia, b. 1597, Helen Gould, b. 1899. Engaged in farming in Ulster County from boyhood. Supervisor 1972, 1:73, 18,5 and 1900-01; trustee district schools sev- eral years. Del. to convention that nomi- nated Sammel J. Tilden for governor of N. Y .; and has been active for Democratic party. Traveled in Florida and the South, winter of 19:1, visiting various battle fields; visited California, Washington and British Columbia, 1882. Presbyterian. Mem. Ad- novia Lodge, F. and A. M., Highland, N. Y. Address: Milton, U'Ister Co., N. Y.
BLOOMINGDALE, Emanuel Watson:
Merchant; b. Rome, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1:52; s. Benjamin and Ilannah (Weil> Blooming- dale; grad. Columbia, L.L.B., 197; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 3, lost, Adele Bernheimer; one daughter, Marion II. Practised law until 13; in large department store until 1905. Has acted as receiver of many corporations and firms: director, and mem. Insurance Com., Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of the U. S .: director Phenix Nat. Bank. He- publican presidential elector, 1900 (Me- Kinley and Roosevelt) : Interstate Bridge commissioner ; mem. Hudson Ter-Centenary Committee, Committee of Seventy (1591) ; treas. Election Laws Improvement Ass'n. Mem. Columlua Coll. Alumni Ass'o; trustee Mckinley Nat. Memorial; mem, Board of Mg'rs and of Exce. Com., llouse of Refuge, N. Y. City ; honorary pres. Retail Dry Goods Ass'n; director Jewish Protertory und And Soc. Clubs: Lotos, Republican. Resi- dence : 12 W. 0th St.
.Address : 141 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BLOOMINGDALE, Hiram Collenberger:
Merchant: b. N. Y. City, 3-45; s. Lyman G. and Hattie ( Collenberger) Bloomingdale ; edl. Columbia College: unmarried. Mem. firm of Bloomingdale Bros., conducting de- partment store at lexington to 3d ly. and Both to Goth Sts,, N. Y. City: sec. and di- rertor Walters Piano Company; director Arcade Realty Company and identified with other business interests in N. Y. City. Ad dress: Lexington to Third Av., 59th to 60th Sts., N. Y. City.
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BLOOMINGDALE, Samuel J .:
Merchant; b. N. Y. City, June 17, 1973; 8. Lyman G. and Hattie ( Collenberger) Bloomingdale; grad. Columbia Coll. 'School of Architecture), B.S .. 1595. Mem. firm of Bloomingdale Bros .. departrient store; di- rector Hudson Oil Co., Hudson Realty Ce .. Vulcan Detinning Co. Director Bydenham
flosp., N. Y. City, Bloomingdale Bros. Leuis, Mio. Democrat; Presbyterian.
Mutual Aid Soe. Clubs: Salmagundi. Checkers, Hard-Luck Story. Plays:
Criterion, Harmonie. _Address: Blooming-
dale Bros., Lexington to 3d Av., 52th to outh Sts., N. Y. City.
BLOSS, James O .:
Retired merchant; b. Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1847; s. James O. and Eliza Ann ( Lockwood) Bloss; ed Rochester High School; unmarried. Came to N. Y. City from Rochester 1865; clerk with Norton, Slaughter & Co., and later with Woodward & Stillman, cotton merchants; entered into partnership, 18:3, with John Chester Ineiies, under firm name Bloss & Inches; in lesl joined Archie B. Gwathmey under firm name Gwathmey & Bloss, and in 1:91, with George H. Church, under firm name J. O. Bloss & Co .; retired 1:95. Mem. B'd Mg'rs, N. Y. Cotton Exchange, 1s-6, 1- 7, 1589, v .- p. 1.00-91, pres. 1892-93. Now v .- p. Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Co .; director Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic R'y Co. Clubs: Metra- politan, Union League, Address: 912 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
BLOSS, Richard P .:
Civil eng'r; b. Burlington, Jowa, Oct. il, 1850; s. Jnbez P. and Katherine (Van Schaick ) Bloss; grad. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, N. Y., C.E., Ist1; m. Aug. 30, 15$2, Elizabeth Peard: one son, R. Peard Bloss. Practising as civil eng'r from 1:41; now resulent eng'r for The West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co., Mechanicsville, N. Y. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs. Royal Arch Mason; mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Clubs : Island Golf, Clover. Address: 108 Second St., Troy, N. Y.
BLOSSOM, Benjamin:
Importer and exporter; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 20, 1558; s. Charles W. and Mary W. (Cooke) Blossom: ed. private schools and Columbia Coll. School of Mines; m., Ist, Oct. 7, 18-6. Sarah B. Smith tdied Aus. 16, 1895) ; in. 2d, Nov. 1. 1599, Minnie Petti- grew Cole ( widow of Howard Meyer). Served in Co. . 1, 2od Ring't N. G. N. Y., as private, corporal, sergeant and first sergeant frout Feb., Isto, to Nov., 1ss4, and also in Co. I, same reg't, later on. Special part- ner E. Nelson Tibhals & Co .; director Bleecker Street & Fulton Ferry R. R. Re.
publican. Unitarian. Mem. Sons A.m. Revolution, Veterans Ass'ns of 23d Reg't N. G. N. Y,, and Co. A, 23d Reg't N. G. N. Y .; honorary mem. Co.'s .1 and F 23d Reg't N. G. N. Y .: mem. Am. Museum Na- tural History. Recreations: Shooting, riding, driving, golf, tennis and automobil- ing. Clubs: Union League. Riding. N. Y. Lacht, Suburban Riding and Driving. New York, Nassau Country, Tuscarora (N. Y.). California Club (Los Angeles), Los Angeles Country, Pasadena Country, Anandale Coun- try, Automobile Club of Southern California.
Resilences: 844 Fifth Av., N. Y. City, and 955 Orange Grove Boulevard, Pasadena. Cal. Address : 125 Pearl St., N. Y. City.
BLOSSOM, Henry:
Autier, playwright; b. St. Louis, Mo., May 1, Isco; s. Henry Martyn and Susan ( Brigham) Blossom; ed. Washington Univ.,
Author: The Documents in Evidence ; Checkers (dramatized from book of same name) : The Yankee Consul: M'lle Modiste : The Red Mill; Miss Philura. Clubs : Lambs, Players, Larchmont Yacht: also St. Lonis Club (St. Louis, Mo). Address: The Lambs Club, les W. 44th St., N. Y. City.
BLUE, A. Grant:
Farmer, member of Assembly; b. in Town of Deerfield, Onvida County, N. Y., on the farm which he now ocenpies, May 15, 1601; ed. in public schools and grad. Utica Busi- ness Coll., 1852. Since 1>>2 engaged in farm- ing on the old homestead; director First Nat. Bank of Poland, N. Y., of which his father was one of the founders and seven- teen years pres. Republican; was road comm'r 6 years; elected 1906 and re-elected 1907, mem. Gen. Assembly of N. Y. from 3d Assembly Dist. of Oneida County : has twice been delegate to Rep. State Conv .. and many times to local conventions. Odd Fellow. Address: Barneveld, R. F. D. No. 2, Oneida Co., N. Y.
BLUM, Abraham:
Rabbi: b. in France, 1847: s. Mnise and Julie Blum; ed. in public schools at Stras- hourg, and also in Talmud Torah Prep. Sem. : D.D., Paris (France) Jewish Sem .; m. New Orleans, 1974, Hannah Henriques; children: J. L., b. 1879. R. H., h. 1-91. Entered the ministry at the age of 1b; 6 years in a Congregation in Lorraine, 16 years in Galveston, Texas; 7 years in Los Angeles, Calif .; 2 years in Augusta, Ga., where built a synagogue; 3 years in the Bronx, where also built a synagogue for which Baroness de Hirsh contributed most of the money. Chaplain Bellevue, Black- well's Island, Manhattan State, Central Islip State, and Long Island State Hosps. Mrm. B'il of Jewish Ministers. Mem. B'nai Brith. Mason. Address : 51 W. Sith St., N. Y. City.
BLUMENKROHN, Seigfried:
Retail merchant: b. in Germany, Dec. 12, 1-65: s. 11. and Bettie ( Davidson ) Blumen- krohn; ed. publie school in. Germany: m. Fehl. 2, 1-01, Emma S. Wolf. Came to U. S., Isso; engaged in mercantile business in N. Y. City from 1 93; now pres. S. Blumen- krohn Co., owners of retail stores of Hackett, Varhardt & Co .: also pres. Wilkins Realty Co. Hebrew. Address: 841 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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BLUMENTHAL, Maurice B .:
Lawyer. b. N. Y. City. 1-70; s. Ben- jamin Blumenthal, school insp., and grand- son of late Rev. Simon Blumenthal, first rabbi of Congregation Rodeph Sholom; ed. in public schools, and I'niv. of City of N. Y .; earned way through college by news. paper reporting and contributions to mugs- zines; was for some time editor Literary
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Review. Admitted to bar, 1801, and since then engaged in practice in N. V. City; served as ass't dist. att'y N. Y. County, appt'd 1598; appt'd deputy att'y gos. State of N. Y., Jan. 1, 1903. in charge of Greater N. Y., but resigned Ropt .. 1003, because of demands of private practice. in 1004, appt'd counsel to sheriff of N. Y. Co., un- der Sheriff Erlanger, and reappointed un- der Sheriff Hayes on Jan. 1, 19od, for two years. Democrat; organized, and since 1995 has been chni'n, Speakers' Bureau, as per- manent office in N. Y. State. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Iss'n, Young Men's Hebrew Ass'n, Merchants' Ass'n, Lebanon Hosp., Montefiore Home, Temple Rodeph Sholom, American League. Clubs: National Demo- cratic, Progress. Osceola, Down Town. Ad- dress : 35 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
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