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Manufacturer: b. Springfield, Mass., July 24, 1819: s. AAlfred and Fanny Woodbury | and afterward in Sweden, where had special 152
( Ahel) Booth; ed. public schools of Spring- field and Lowell. Mass,, and by private tutors: unmarried. Pres. Seaboard Re- frigeration Co. Visited Australia and New Zealand in a trip around the world in lim1. Republican : Episcopalian. Mem. . Soe. Colonial Wars, Historic-Genealogical Soc. of Bostou, Conn. Ilist. Soc., Hartford, L. I. Hist. Soe .. Brooklyn, Am. Numismatic Soc., X. Y. City. Club: National Arts. 1d- dress: National Arts Club, N. Y. City.
BOOTII, Frederick A .:
Real estate; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 31, 1848; s. William 1. and Louisa (Edgar) Booth; ed. N. Y. schools and Columbia Coll. ( School of Mines) ; m. Jan. 29, 1874, Mary Bruyn Wynkoop. Engaged in real estate business since 1-91: Trustee Seaman's Sav. ings Bank, Woodlawn Cemetery, Associated Land Company. Executor and trustre of several estates. Mem. Real Estate B'd of Brokers. Traveled through Europe and the East, taking four trips. Republican. Elder and treas. The Presbyterian Church l'niversity Place; mem. Presbyterian Union. Trustee and trens. Robert Coll., Constanti- nople: director N. Y. Christian Home for Intemperate Men; trustee and treas. Bible Hoase, Constantinople. Club: Adirondack League. Residence: 41 West 10th St. Ad. dress : 860 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BOOTH, John T .:
Lawyer; b. Troy, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1>63; s. Thomas and Anna (Kennedy) Booth; ed .. public schools, Troy, N. Y .; grad. Troy High School, 1881; m. 1-04, Minnie G. Lar kin : children : Marion, b. 1595. Thomas Reid, b. 1:56. John E., b. 1599, William R., h. 1-99, Girare Mary, b. 1901, Robert, b. 1903, Francis .A., h. 1905. Admitted to bar, 1885; began practice in Troy; moved, 1822, to Nrw York City, where has practised ever since. Director in several business corporations. Democrat. Catholic. Past Grand Knight in Knights of Columbus; mem. Royal Arcanum, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Address: 271 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BOOTH, Levis Miller:
Chemist; b. Chester, Pa., 1578; s. George M. and Ellen ( Miller) Booth: grad. Swarth- more Coll., B. S., 1-99; m. Riverton, N. J., April 24, 1002, Alice Lippincott: children : Girorge Martin, Jr., b. 1901, Robert Lippin- rott. b. FPG. Chemist, engaged especially in water softening and purification as pres. and director of L. M. Booth Company. publican. Mom. Delta Upsilon fraternity. Club: Machinery. Address : 136 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
BOOTH, Maud Ballington:
Barn Limpsfield, Surrey, England: d. Rev. Samuel Charlesworth; educated Bellstead, Suffolk, and in Switzerland: m. London. England, Sept. 16, 1->7, Ballington Booth (serund son of General Bonth) ; children: Charles, Theodora. Entered Salvation Army at 17 as oficer, serving in Paris, and in Geneva and other parts of Switzerland, in which country, with companions, was sub- ject to bitter police persoention, and was expelled from Geneva, although the work was Inter successfully established there; later in Salvation Army work in Great Britain,
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series of meetings for the students of Up- | B.S., 1573, Columbia, LL.B., 1877; m. St. bala L'niv., attended by 1- w) of the 2000 Ignatius Church, N. Y. City, June 3, IS:4, Lilla, d. Ilon. James A. McDougall, C. S. Senator from California. Has practised Jaw in N. Y. City since 199; now mem. law firm of Bouthby & Baldwin. Mem. Ass'n Bar City N. Y., m. Bar Ass'n. Republican; Episcopalian. Governor New Rochelle Hosp. Senior warden Trinity Church, New Ko- chelle, N. Y., where summer residence, "Overlook," has been for 22 years. Clubs: Cornell University, Church. Address: 31 Nassan St., N. Y. City. sluilents, with most successful results. With husband, commanded Salvation Army, les7- v6, raising it from persecuted, unknown movement to one of success and recogni- tion; the contention arising that they were Americanizing that institution, started, with husband, The Volunteers of America, 1:96, and has ever since been connected with it. Started special work for prisoners of U. S., which is now established in many prisons, from New York to San Francisco. Author: Sleepy Time Stories; Lights of BORDEN, William Cline: Childland; Did the Pardon Come Too Late !; The Curse of Septic Soul Treatment: After Prison-What ?; and other books. Address: 34 W. 28th St., N. Y. City.
BOOTHI, Ralph W .:
Merchant, retired; b. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 20, 1>45; s. Ralph W. and Julia ( Dailey ) Booth; ed. Anthon's Classical Sch., and Columbia Sch. of Mines and Coll .; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 26, ISTO, Mary J. Conklin; one son, Ralph W., Jr .. b. 1.7. Manager firm of R. J. Booth & Co., Cincinnati, O .; mg'r N. J. Lamp and Bronze Works: pres. and sup't Consolidated Fruit JJar Co. Mem. Old Guard, rank of corporal, of Co. A. 9th Reg't; later capt. on staff of Col. Braino and quartermaster on staff of Col. Ilitch- cock. Democrat ; Episcopalian. Mem. B. P. O. Elks. Residence: 1012 Bergen St., Brooklyn, N. Y. AAddress: 110 Nassau St., New York.
BOOTH, William F .:
Civil eng'r; b. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May 24, 1862; s. Oliver II. and Elizabeth P. (Ferris) Booth: grad. Harvard Univ., C.E., I^^1: unmarried. Ilas practised as civil eng'r from leel; travels have covered most of U. S. and Europe. Republican: Presby- terian. Mem. Am. Soc. Gir. Eng'rs. Trus- tre Vassar Brothers Ilosp. ; veteran fireman. Clubs: Harvard (N. Y. City), Amrita ( Poughkeepsie). Address: Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
BOOTH, William Miller:
Consulting chemist and eng'r; b. Paris, N. Y., Sept. 4, ISf0; s. William Moss and Irena Cornelia ( Miller) Booth; ed. Hamil- ton Coll., llarvard Univ., S.B. in chemistry, magna cum laude, 1993; m. Cleveland, O., 1:06, Marian Booth Foster. Science instr. Bulkeley Sch., New London, funn., 1993-94, Berkeley Sch., Boston, 1-91- (6 ;: ass't in chemistry, Pratt Inst., Brook- Ivn. 1-97-98; in charge of department, Normal School, Cortland. N. Y., Is- Pes; in prac- tire as consulting chemist and eng'r sinco 1; has made a specialty of the industrial uses of water and factory wastes. Pres. The Technical Investigation and Construe- tion Co. Republican; Presbyterian. Pres. Central N. Y. Section, Am. Chem. Soc .; treas. Am. Inst. Chem. Ing'rs. Recrea Mons: Short trips about the country; went abroad, summer of 145. Clubs: Terh- nology, Harvard (Syracuse). Address: 712 Dillaye Bhl'g, Syracuse, N. Y.
BOOTIIBY, John W .:
Lawyer; b. Rawdon Yorkshire, England, July 21, 1:15: s. John and Eliza Emuma ( Eastwood ) Boothby; grad. Cornell Univ.,
Major, surgeon U. S. A .; b. Watertown, N. Y., May 19, 1858; s. Daniel I. and Mary Louisa ( Cline) Borden: ed. Adams (N. Y.) Collegiate Inst., Med. Don't Columbian I'niv., Washington, D. C., M.D., IN3; m. Oct. 26, 1:3, Jennie E. Adams; children: Daniel L., William Ayres. Appt'd Ist heut., ass't surgeon U.S.A., 1883; captain, 1>>5; major and brigade surgeon, U.S. Vols., IDS; major and surgeon, U.S.A., ISO9. During Spanish-Am. War, com'd Army Gen. Hosp., Key West, Fla .; com'd Army Gen. Hosp .. Washington, D.C., 12 .1907, since 1907 comdl g General Hospital, Manila, P.I. Prof. mil. surgery, Army Med. Sch. ; prof. surg. pathol- ogy, Georgetown Univ. Sch. of Medicine; con- sulting surgeon, Gov't Hosp. for Insane, Washington, DC. Mem. Ass'n Mil. Surgeons of U.S., Am. Med. Ass'n, Med. Soc. of D.C .; honorary mem. Med. and Surg. Soc., D.C. Mem. N.Y. Soc., S.A.R. Club: Crescent Yacht ( Chaumont, N.Y.). Summer home: "Latonka. " Chaumont, N.Y. Address: Care Surgeon General, U.S.A., Washington, D.C.
BORGLUM, Gutzon:
Sculptor, painter; b. in Idaho, Mar. 25, 1567; s. Dr. James de In Mothe Borghum and Ida (Michelson) Borglum; ed. in public schools of Fremont and Omaha, Neb., and St. Mary's Coll., Kan .; studied art in San Francisco and went to Paris in 1590, working and studying in Academie Julien and Ecole des Beaux Arts. Exhibited as painter and sculptor in Paris Salon; in Spain, 1:92; in Calif., 1.93-91; returned east and went to London in 198, remaining there and in Paris until 1901. Ilas been in N. Y. City since 1902. Exhibited in London and Paris, 1>90-19 1; held successful "one man" exhibit in Lon- don: received gold medal for sculpture at L .. Purchase Exp'n. Is sculptor for work on Cathedral of St. John the Divine, N.Y. City, and has been selected to execute the Sheri- dan monument at Washington, D.C. Inde- pendent in politics; Catholic. Mem. Royal Soc. British Artists, Société Nationale des Beaux Arts, Architectural League: Scottish Nite Mason. Clubs: Players, Camp Fire, Fencers', City (N.Y. City), Balsam Lake Club; Metropolitan ( Washington, D.C.). Ad- dress: 166 E. Ceth St., N. Y. City.
BORING, William Alciphron:
Mieliteet: h. Carbuville, Ill .. Sept. 9. 1950; s. John Melvin and Mary Adeline ( Bailey ) Boring; ed. Univ. of IH, 1- 1- 3, Columbia Univ., NY. City, 1985. Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France, 197-90; m. St. Panl. Minn., Ort. 23, 1895. Florence Kimball; chil- dren: Ruth, b. 150G, Louise, h. 1-05 Wird Ort, 16, 1907). Hlas designed and built in
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principal eities of U.S. and Cuba; among others, U.S. Immigrant Station. Ellis Island. Has traveled in Mexico, Cuba, England, France, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Ireland. Is mem. firm of Boring & Tiltou, architects; also prartising aloue. Re- ceived gold medal, Paris L'xp'n, 1900; silver medal, Louisiana Purchase Exp'n; bronze medal, Pan-Am. Exp'n, Buffalo. Mein. and v .- p. Am. Inst. Architects (and N.Y. Chap- ter), Soc. Beaux Arts Architects, Soc. Columbia Univ. Architects, Architectural League of N.Y. ; Knight Templar; trustee and incorporator Am. Acad. in Rome. Recrea- tion: Painting landscape. Has often been office holder in the professional societies and clubs. Clubs: Century Ass'n (N.Y. City ) ; Cosmos (Washington, D.C.). Address: 122 E. 71st St., N.Y. City.
BORN, R. O .:
Physician, (oculist) ; b. Burg, Germany, July 31, 1:53; ed. in Gymnasium in Burg, Ber- lin Univ., Phys. and Surg., M.D., bei; m. St. Louis, Mo., 1901, Josephine Ilough- taling. Prof. ophthalmology, N. Y. Polyclinic School and Hospital. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Acad. of Medicine, Med. Soc. Greater N. Y., German Med. Soc. Clubs: New York, German,
Lambs, Liederkranz. Address: 652 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
BORNE, John Emil:
Pres. Colonial Trust Co .; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1 2; s. John E. and Elizabeth ( Pfaff ) Borne; ed. in America and Germany in private schools; m. Brooklyn, Oct. 3, 1st7, Nellie M. Lawrence. Entered petroleum re- fining business, 1574. firm latterly, Borne, Serviser & Co .; turned into a corporation, 1-00: since then pres. and larzest owner as Borne-Serymser Co. Pres. and trustec Co- Ionial Trust Co .; director Nat. Park Bank, Mutual Bank, Plaza Bank, Mount Vernon Trust Co., Rockland County Trust Co., Co- lonial Safe Deposit Co., Home Life Insur- ance Co., Bethichem Steel Corporation, In- ternational Steam Pump Co., Nassan Electric Railroad Co., Citizens' Water Supply Co., West Penn. Railway Lighting Co., Griswold Worsted Co., Railway Electric Power Co. ( treas. ) Traction, Gas and Electric Finance Co. (v .- n.). Episcopalian. Recreations : Automobiling, golf, yachting. Clubs: Union, Metropolitan, N.Y. Yacht, Tuxedo, Down Town Ass'n. Address: 205 W. 57th St., N. Y. City.
BORROWE, Hallet Alsop:
Capitalist : grad. Columbia Coll., 1886: m. Anna W. Corbin. Clubs: Lawyers, Delta Phi, Country, N.Y. Athletic. Address: 1057 Fifth Av., N.Y. City.
EORSODY, Frank:
Physician; b. mu Ilungary, 1910: s. Sam. and Julianna (Gellman) Borsody; ed. m Budapest, grad. l niv. of Budapest, M.D., 142; m. INFt, Caroline Rosenbaum; children : Bertha, h. 159. Ethel. 1. 1.1. Alexander, b. 1-8. Loois, b. 15. Engaged in practice of medicine, received awards for invention of hygienic implements at Ghent, Belemm, silver medal, 1>>9, Paris, gold med il. 1-9, Nice (I'rance ), gold medal, 140. Was in State servire for 17 years in Hungary, where he draws an annual pension. Mem. Societe 151
National d'IIygiene Publique de France : mem. N. Y. County Med. Iss'n, etc. Address: 337 E. 82d St., N. Y. City.
BORST, Henry Vroman:
Jurist; b. Cobleskill, N.Y., July 6, 1553; ed. Brockport State Normal Sch., and at Cornell Univ., 1873-75; m. Ist, June, lois, Mattie Barner; 2d, May, 1572, Alida Yerdon. Admitted to bar, 1877; practised law at Ft. Plain, isis-87, and at Amsterdamu since 1988; district attorney, last-sG; county judge and surrogate, Montgomery Co., N.Y., Iss8-89: was grand master 1.0.0 F., 1:09-1900, and has since leen grand representative. Address : .Amsterdam, N. Y.
BOSHART, Charles Fred:
Farmer; b. Lowville, N.Y., Sept. 16, 1860; s. Charles D. and Margaret ( Quackenbush) Boshart; grad. Cornell U'miv., B.Agar., 1884; m. Lowville, N.Y., Oct. 22, lest, Clara Ame- lia Smiley : children : Charles Ralph, Mar- garet Amelia. Engaged in farming from boy- hood; now also v.p. and director First Nat. Bank, Lowville: director Lowville Rural Cem- etery. Republican : Supervisor Lowville, 1904- 05. Mem. State Assembly, 190G, 1907, 1908, 1000. Presbyterian. Address: Lowville, N.Y.
BOSS, Lewis:
Astronomer: b. Providence, R.I., Oct. 26, 1846; s. Samuel P. and Lucinda Boss; ed. public schools and Lapham Inst., N. Scituate, R I .; grad. Dartmouth Coll., A.M., 1993; L.L.D., Union U'niv., 1902; m. Washington, 1×71. Helen M. Hutchinson. Civil ass't in charge astronomy Northern Boundary Com- mission, 1.72-76; astronomer U.S. Gov't EMxI'n to observe total eclipse, Colo., 1875; in charge Transit of Venus Expd'n Santiago, Chili, 14$2, and various others; director Dnd- ley Observatory since 1876; State Sup't Weights and Measures, N.Y., since 1: 4. Foreign Associate Royal Astron. Sor. (gold medal, 19(5) : mem. Nat. Acad. of Sciences, Astronomische diesellschaft ( Leipzig), Astron. and Astraphys Soc .; corr. mem. British Ass'n Advancement of Science. Author uf star catalogues; also of monographs and arti- eles on comets, the sidereal system and me- ridian observations of stars, solar motion, standard system of star positions and motion, and meridian determination of star positions. Address: Dudley Observatory, Albany, N.Y. BOSS, Nelson R .:
Clergyman; grad. St. Stephen's Coll., An- nandale, N.Y., B .. 1., 1809, M.A., 1-89, S.T. B., 1-02. Ordered dracon by Bishop Doane, 1-2, and priest. 1.56, by Bishop Pinckney, in Epis- cupal mimistry. Was ass't St. George's Ch., New burgh, N.Y., 152; Ch. of the Epiphany, Washington, D.C., 1.53; rector Rutherford, N .. I., 1:77->1; since 1st, rector Trinity Ch., Brooklyn, N.Y. Author: The Prayer- Book- Reasons Why. Address: 29 Scheuck Av., Brooklyn, N.Y.
BOSSERT, Louis:
Manufacturer: b. in Germany, 1813; came with parents in 1:54, to l'.S., settling in Brooklyn; ed. in public schools; m. ; learned the carpenter's trade, and in Isep opened his own little shop at Broadway and U'nin Av., Brooklyn ; now owns and operates one of the largest fartorirs of its kind in the U.S., employing nearly 1,000 hands .. Admitted his
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own son as partner, firm now being Louis Bossert & Son. Director Broadway Bank, Brooklyn. Republican ; served as supervisut, by apptm't of Mayor Low of Brooklyn 1850- &2; served in Nat. Guard 17 years. Viem. Arion Soc., Liederkranz Soc., Manufacturers' Club. Owns country place at Far Rockaway. Residence : 1002 Bushwick Av. Aadress : 1335 Grand St., Brooklyn.
BOSTON, Charles Anderson:
Lawyer; b. Baltimore, Md., Ang. 31. 1:53; s. John E. II. and Cecelia (Guyton) Boston- ed. private and puldie schools in Baltimore; Baltimore City Coll., Johns Hopkins Univ .; LL.B., Univ. of Md., la'4; m. West Orange, N.J., Sept. 29, 1900, Ethei Lyon; children : Katherine, b. 1912, Lyon, b, 1004. Mem. bars of Maryland and New York, and of the Su- preme Coort of the U.S., and several Federal circuits and districts; mem. Jaw Erat of Hornblower, Miller & Potter: Author of articles on Medical Laws, and Privileged Communications in first and second editions of Witthaus and Becker's Med. Jurispru. dence, and associate author of forthcoming article on Law of Insanity, in the second edition of the same publication. Mem. Al). Bar Ass'n, N.Y. State Bar Ass'n. Asa'n Bar City of N.Y., N.Y. Law Inst., New England Soc. of Orange, N.J., Johns Hopkins Alumni, N. Y. Alumni of Johns Hopkins Univ., NY. Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, Economic Club. N.Y. Independent Democrat. Residence : 584 West End Av. Address: 21 Brond St., N.Y. City.
BOSTON, Joseph H .:
Artist; b. Bridgeport, Conn. Associate Nat. Acad. Design since 1902, mem. Soc. Am. Artists. Clubs: Brooklyn Art ( Brooklyn) ; Salmagundi (N.Y. City). Address :: 200 Montague St., Brooklyn.
BOSTWICK, Artbur Elmore:
Librarian; b. Litchiu id, Conn., Mar. 8, 1:60; s. Dr. David Elmore aud Adelaide ( Mc- Kinley ) Bostwick; sth in direct descent from Arthar Bostock or Lostwick tof the Bostocks of Bostock Manor, near Chester, England ). who came to America, 1610; ed. Litchtell Inst., Yale Univ., B.1., 151; first incumbent Silliman fellowship in physical science, I>>1- 84. Ph. D., Is-3, substitute instructor and proc- tor, Yale, 1:83.81; In. June 23, 1 -- 5, bury Sawyer. Instr. high school, Montelair, N.J., 1.1.56: in literary work, N.Y. City, I'M1-95; chief librarian N. Y. Free Cirenlating Library, 1-95-99: librarian Brooklyn Public Library, 1:09-1901; since 1901 has been chief of cir- culating dep't, N.Y. Public Library, includ- ing charge of all branch libraries chow num- bering 40). Was on staff of Appleton's Cy- clopedia of American Biography, Itis; ass't editor The Forma, 1-90-02: associate es- itur and office expert in physics, Standard Dietionary. 1-92-95. Joint author (with John 1). Champhio: Young Foll.s' Cyrlapedia of Games and sports; Science editor Literary Dicest since I-01; also contributor to periodi- cals on scientific and literary topics. Pres. N. Y. (Chaty) Library Club, 1-97 90; pres. N. Y. State Library Ass'n, 1902.03: v .- p. N.J. Library Ass'n; mem, council Am. labrary I'm Dates (chairman Com, on Library Training. 1902, and of Com. on Relations with Book Trade, 1001-07) pres. Am. Library
iss'n, 1907-08; miem. Advisory Com., Public Ed'n Ass'n, and of Library Council, N.Y. State Univ., 1904, fellow Am. Library Inst. since Jot, director People's Univ. Extension Soc .: mem. Authors Club. Residence: Llewellyn Park. West Orange, N.J. Address: 209 W. 23d St., N.Y.
BOSTWICK, Charles Dibble:
Lawyer; b. Ithaca, N.Y., April 30, 1870; S. IFermen V. and Emily ( Dibble) Bostwick; grad. Cornell, A.B., 189?, LL.B., 1:94; m. Ithaca, N.Y., Lera Lawrence Cobb: one son, Charles Lee Bostwick. Engaged in general practice of law, 1894-98; general and legal assistant to treas. of Cornell Univ .. 1895-1901; since 1994, ass't treas. Cornell Univ. Direc- tor Ithaca Trust Co. and Ithara Security Co. Mem. Kappa Alpha fraternity. Address : Ithaca, N.Y.
BOSWORTHI, Charles:
Manufacturer; b. Three Rivers, Mass., Dec. 20. 1:57: s. Henry Alonzo and Samantha ( Kenfield > Bosworth; ed. public school; m. Smethport, Pa., Mar. 20, Isst, Mary E. Ham- lin; children : William Hamlin, b. les5, Char- lotte Mary, h. 1:91. Pres. White, Potter & Paige MI'g Co. (Brooklyn) ; v .- p. John S. Willard Co. (137 W. 23d St., N.Y. City) ; partner Chappell & Bosworth, architects, (258 Broadway, N.Y. City). Mem. Sons of Revo- lution. Recreations: Books, pictures, fish- ing. Club : Salmagundi. Residence: 61 Jefferson Av., Brooklyn. Address: 415 Wil- loughby .Av., Brooklyn, N.Y.
BOSWORTH, Francke Huntington:
Physician ; b. Marietta, O., Jan. 25, 1843; s. Daniel P. and Deborah (Wells) Bos- worth; grad. Yale, 1862, A.M., 1ste; Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., M.D., 1-08: m. Marietta, O., Sept. 10, 1871, Mary Hildreth Putnam ; children: Mary Douglas, Francke H., Jr. Engaged in. med. practice in N.Y. City as specialist in laryngology; prof. laryngology in Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. Mem. Am. Laryngol. Ass'n (ex-pres.) ; also honorary fellow British Larnygol. Soc., and corre- sponding mem. Laryngologiral societies of Paris and Berlin; member N. Y. Acad. Medi- cine and of the Am. Climatological Ass'n. Anthor several works on diseases of the nose and throat, including his Handbook, 1-79, twit-volume Treatise, 1-03, and Text Book, 1.06. Clubs : University, Players, Metro- politan. National Arts. Address: 41 Park Av., N.Y. City.
BOSWORTHI, Francke Huntington, Jr .:
Architect; b. N.Y. City, Nuv. 39. 1-75; S. F. H. and Mary IL. ( Putnam) Bosworth; ed. Cutler's Sch., N.Y. City, Yale Coll .. A.B., 1-97. Erole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1-06-1001: m. April 20, 1002, Fanny Ilastings Foote; one d., Mary Hastings, h. 1903, Engaged in prav- tice of arrluterture in N.Y. City from 1901; niem. firmin of Bosworth & Holden, architects. Men. Soc. of Beaux Arts Architects, N. Y. Chapter Am. Inst. Architects, Psi U'usilon fraternity. Clulı: I'niversity. Address: Il70 Broadway, N.Y. City.
BOSWORTHI, Richard Harrison:
Clergyman : h. Runtstown. O .: s. Frederick and Phehe ( Rogers) Bosworth; grad. Il. Wesleyan I'niv., Bloomington, IN. (with first prize for essay ), A.D., M.A .; Garrett Biblical
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Inst., Evanston, Fl., B.D .; m. Sarah Meix- sell, of Ill .; children: Beatrice (wife of C. F. Daltoo, M.D., of Burlington, Vt.), Fred- erick W. Pastor, seven years, Englewood, Chicago; ass't pastor, seven years, Plymouth Ch., Brooklyn; now pastor woodhaven (N. Y.) Cong'l Ch. Republican. Mem. Manhat- tan Congregational Iss'n, N.Y., Chatauqua Alumni Ass'n of Brooklyn. Recreations: Boating, cycling, camping, and travel. Ad- dross: Woodhaven, Queens Borough, N.Y.
BOSWORTH, William G .:
Lawyer, banker; b. Champlain. N.Y., Mar. 21, 1866; s. Ilarvey and Eliza (Corbin) Bos- worth; grad. Williams Coll., A.B., 199; Co- lumbia Law Sch. Admitted to bar, 1591, and engaged in practice. Director, The New Eng- land Mortgage Security Co. ( pres. ), Atlan- tic Brass Co. (pres. ), State Realty and Mort- gage Co. (v .- p. ), Manhattan Beach Hotel & Laod Co., Ltd. (treas. ), Wheatley Realty Co. ( treas. ), Manhattan Beach Co., Marine Rail- way, Rockaway Park Improvement Co., Real Estate Mortgage Co. Mem. Sons of the Rev- olution. Delta Kappa Epsilon iss'n, New England Soc. Clubs: Union League, Uni- versity, Lawyers, Knollwood Country, Engle- wood golf. Address: 192 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BOSWORTHI, William Welles:
Architect; b. Marietta, O., 1569; s. Daniel Perkins, Jr., and Clara ( Van Zandt) Bos- worth; grad .- Marietta Coll., M ...; Mass. Inst. Technology, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France; m. All Soul's Ch., N.Y. City, May, 1904, Elizabeth, d. Rev. Dr. R. Heber Newton, of N.Y. City. Engaged in private practice in New York, in his own name and in association with Jarvis Hunt, of Chicago. Associate Am. Inst. AArchitects; corr. sec. Soc. Beaux Arts Architects; companion of Ist Class (by inheritance) Loyal Legion of U.S. (Ohio Commandery). Chibs: Century, The Players, M.I.T. Alumni Ass'n. Address: Night and Day Bank Bldg., 527 Fifth \v., N. Y. City.
BOTSFORD, Elmer Francis:
Lawyer; b. Burke. Franklin Co., N.Y .; s. Henry and Jennie ( Bromley ) Botsford; e.l. Franklin Acad., Malone, N. Y., Dartmouth Coll., A.B., 1-56 ( A.M.); m. Plattsburg, N. Y., June 29, 1 92, Katherine L., d. Emory M. and Mary B. Lyon ; one son. Benedict Lyon (10). Admitted to bar. 1-99: corporation coun- sel. city of Plattsburg, for several years; alderman and acting mayor, 1904-05: alder- mian, 1906. Made seven trips to Alaska and Klondike, from Isps to 10005, as attorney for Joseph Ladue, founder of Dawson City. Di- rertor 1st Nat. Bank of Plattsburg. Platts- burg and Floral Park Realty Co., Rosedale Terrace Co., Brooklyn, NY. Democrat. Presbyterian. Pres, and trustre Plattshurg T'ublic Library Iss'n; trustee Plattshurg Acad. ; mem. NY. Dartmouth Alumni Ass'n. Mem. Frontier Lodge, No. 71. l'. and .A.M., Franklin, Vt., PLittsburg Chapter. R. 1. MI., No. 39. De Soto Commandery, No. 49. K.T., Oriental Temple, Mystic Shrine, Troy, N.Y. Clubs: Macdonough Social and Commercial, Plattsburg Rod and Gun, {Plattshours, N. Y. ) : N.Y. Athletic, Dartmouth College, Psi Upsilon, (N.Y. City). Address: 40 Broad St., Plattsburg, N.Y. 150
BOTSFORD, George Willis:
Educator; h. West Union, Ia., May 9, 1862; s. William Hiram and Margaret ( Johnson) Botsford; descended from Henry and Eliza- beth Botsford, of Leicestershire, England, who settled at Milford, Conn., in 1636; ed. Univ. of Neb., A.B., ISSI, A.M., 1989; Johns Hopkins Univ., Cornell Univ., Ph.D .. magna cum Inude, 1891 (classical philology and San- skrit); m. Kalamazoo, Mich., 1591, Lillie Shaw; children: Jay Barrett, b. 1894, Doris Athena. b. 1596. Prof. Greck, Kalamazoo Coll., Mich., 1586-90, Bethany Coll., 1:91-95; instr. in history of Greece and Rome, Har- vard Univ., 1-05-1902; sinre ' 1902, prof. his- tory, in charge of the history of Greece and Rome, Columbia Univ. Has traveled. in the interest of his work, in Italy, Sicily, and Greece. Independent in politics. Baptist. Mem. Am. Philol. Ass'n, Am. Hist. Ass'n; mem. board of editors, Political Science Quarterly. Author: Development of the Athenian Constitution; History of Greece ; Ilistory of the Orient and Greece, and IIis- tory of Rome (all but the first for high schools and academies); AAncient History for Beginners; The Story of Rome as Greeks and Romaos tell It (jointly with Lillie N. Botsford ); The Roman Assemblies, 1908; Trial of the Alemeonidae and the Cleis- thenean Constitutional Reform ( Harvard Studies in Classical Philology) ; Social Com- position of the Primitive Roman Populus ( Polit. Science Quarterly) ; Some Problems connected with the Roman Gens (Polit. Sci- enre Quarterly ) ; also book reviews and short articles for the Classical Review. AM. Ilist. Review. Classical Weekly, and Nation; arti- eles for the International Encyclopedia, Ency. Britannien, 10th edit. (going to press), and for the Encyclopedia Americana. Residence : Mount Vernon, N.Y. Address : Columbia University, N.Y. City.
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