Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 1, Part 5

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 1456


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Presby ministry; pastor Goshen. Ind., 1->>.9: Jamestown. N. Y., 1592-93; Buffalo,


1.05.09: Philadelphia, 1:99-1904; Central Presby'n Ch., Rochester, N.Y., since 1911. Also lerturer and contb'r to current litera- ture, poems, essays, etc. Author: Safe Counsel and Sweet Comfort, 1-91; The Gos- pel According to Christ. I. Editor: Light on the Hills, 1901: Many Voices, 1904, and other works. Member Phi Delta Theta. Phi Alpha, Am. Philos. Soc .. Virtoria Inst. ( London ) : AArchwol. Section I'niv. of Pa. Clubs: I'nion League ( Philadelphia) ; Gene- sce Valley, Oak Hill Country ( Rochester). Address: 353 Oxford St., Rochester, N.Y.


ALBRIGHT, John Joseph:


Manufacturer: b. Buchanan, Va., Jan. 18, 1.IS; s. Joseph JJ. and Elizabeth ( Sellers) 1 .: grad. Williston Som .. East Hampton, Mass., Ist1; Rensselaer P'only. Inst., M.E .. ING5; m. Ist. Der. 4, 1-72, Harriet Langdon: "d. Mar. 23, 196, Susan Fuller. After graduation engaged in wholesale coal husi- ness in Pennsylvania and at Washington. D.C., until 1.8. when removed to Buffalo: now pres. Ontario Power Co .: v.p. Marine Nat. Bank (Buffalo) : director Lackawanna Steel Co. Director of the Am. Arad , Rome, Italy. .Address : 750 Ferry St., Buffalo, N.Y.


ALBRO, Addis:


Clergyman, educator, lecturer: b. Middle- burgh. Schoharie Co, N.Y., Feb. 18. 1-55; S. William Bliss and Ann Elizabeth ( Wood)


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ALDEN, Philo L .:


Physician, surgeon; b. Howard, N.Y., Aug. 27, 1856; s. George V. nnd Ann C. ( Chapman ) .Alden; ed. Howard (N.Y.) Hfigh Sch., Alfred Univ., Med. Dep't, 1873-76, L'hiv. of Buffalo, MI.D., issi: m. Pulteney, N. Y., 1885, Emma 31. Nichols; children : George L., b. Dec. 10, 1857, Edoa May ( died in infancy). Engaged in practice of mied- ieine since 1887. l'res. U.S. Pension Bd., Bath, N.Y., for seven years. Surgeon for Lake Keuka Navigation Co., and for Erie R.R. Mem. B.P.O. Elks, Modern Woodmen of America. Club: Hammondsport. Ad dress : Hammondsport, N. Y.


ALDEN, Robert Percy:


Lawyer; ed. Yale Coll., class of 1870; grad. Columbia Law Seu., 1875; A.M., Yale, 1.75. Practising lawyer N.Y. City frouı


1575. Club: University.


Address: 55 Liberty St., N.Y. City.


ALDERTON, Henry Arnold:


Physcan and surgeon; b. N.Y. City, Dec. 28, 1863; s. Henry aud Mary Amelia ( Gib- bins) Alderton: ed. Brooklyn Poly. Inst. and Columbia Univ. (Coll. Phys. and Surg. ), M.D., 1885; post-graduate course at l'uiv. of Berlin, 1890-91; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., Mar. 10, 1853, Marion Starr Decker: children: Dorothy M., b. 1890, Barbara, b. 1892, Henry Arnold, Jr., b. 1897. After med. graduation, interne St. Joseph's Husp., Paterson, N .; then in general practice in Brooklyn until 1890. Since 1891 in special practice in Brooklyn as surgeon of the ear, nose and throat. Aural surgeon to Brook- lyn Eye nod Ear Hosp., Kings County Ilosp., Bushwick Hosp. ; surgeon to Ear, Nose and Throat Dep't, Nassan Hosp .; consulting surgeon to Ear, Noso and Throat Dep't, St. Joseph's Hosp., Far Rockaway; chief of mural clinie, L.I. Med. Coll. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Otol. Soc., N.Y. Otol. Soc., Kings County Med. Soc., Ain. Laryngol., Ithinol. and Otol. Soc .; fellow L.I. Med. Soc. Address: 142 Clinton St., Brooklyn. ALDRICH, Charles S .:


lawyer; b. Weathersfield, Vt., April 1, 1SI; s. Charles F. nnd Abbie L. ( Spauld- Ing) Aldrich; ed. Vermont Acad., Saxton'e River, Vt., Brown U'niv., .A.B., 1994; _ 1.M., Wesleyan Univ., 1996; m. Manchester, N. H., S. pt. 9. 1-97, Helen P. Drake; one daugh- tor: Adeline, b. 1002. Traveled in Europe, w.mmer of 1>90. Admitted to bar, N.Y. state, 1-os; has practised law ever since; how mem. firm of Shaw, Bailey and Mur- 1.t.y. Served 5 years in 6th Separate Com- jalo. _ G.N.Y., (Troy Citizens' Corps). Ihrertor llium Realty Co .: see. and treas. toflar, City Land Co. Republican ( Inde- Went ) ; Baptist. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, S. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Delta U'psilon fra- ternity. Trustee ist Baptist Ch., Troy, Recreations: Gymnasium, tennis, w list. Club ; Ppirtets Dael. Address: Troy, N.Y.


ALDRICH, Chester Holmes: Architect: I. Providence, R.I., June 4. 1-71: s. Elisha S. and Anna (tiladdin .; ) .11. drich: grad. Columla Univ. ( Ph B.), 1-96: Ecole des Brmix Arts, Paris, France, Diplôme par le Gouvernement Francais Engaged in praotro as archi'ert from Bmw; Quem. firm of Delsbo & Aldinh, architeel.


Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Md., Phila- delphia Orphanage, new residence for John D. Rockefeller at Pocantico Hills, N.Y., etc. Mem. N.Y. Chapter, Am. Inst. of Architects, Soc. of Beaux Arts Architects; Société des Architectes Diplômés, ete. Address: 4 E. 39th St., N.Y. City.


ALDRICH, Herbert L .:


Publisher; b. East Blackstone, Mass .; s. Andrew J. ord Auretta ( Roys) Aldrich; ed. Corvell U'niv., 1850-83; m. Oct. 10, 1:93, Mary Grace, one of the Clarksou family. Was un'g editor Cleveland Plain Dealer, western editor Scientific American. Engaged since 1893 in publication of technical periodicals. Pres. and treas. Marine Engineering, Ine., and The Boiler Maker, Ine .; publisher and prop'r International Marine Engineering, published simultaneously in N.Y. City and at & Finsbury Square, London, E.C., Eng- land. Pres. Philip Morris Cigarette Com- pany; director Hill Mining Syndicate. Mom. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Soc. Naval Archi- tects and Marine Eng'rs. Mason. Has traveled extensively in Europe as well as North America, Eustern Siberia and Alaska; has written many articles. Author : Arc- tir Alaska and Siberia. Club: Engineers. Address: Ilotel San Remo, N.Y. City.


ALDRICH, Richard:


Journalist ; b. Providence, R.E., July 31, 1863; s. Elisha Smith and Aona Elizabeth ( Gladding) Aldrich; ed. Providence High Sch., Harvard Univ., A.B., 1885. Became reporter on Providence Journal, Aug., Ist3; then musical and dramatic editor and edito- rial writer; private see. U. S. Senator Dixon, 1889-91. In 1891 joined staff of N.Y. Tribune as reporter; then became telegraph editor, ass't day editor, ass't literary editor. Since Oct., 1902, on staff of N.Y. Times as musical editor. Author: A Guide to Parsifal. 1904 ( Oliver Ditson ) : A. Guide to The Nibelung'e Ring. 1905 ( Oliver Ditsun). Translator ' of Lilli Lehmann's book, How to Sing ( Mac- millan ) ; contrib'r of articles in magazines, periodicals, ete. Clubs: Century, Harvard. Address: Cure New York Times, Times Square, N. Y. City.


ALDRICH, Spencer:


Lawyer; b. N.Y. City, Jan. 19, 1854; 8. Herman D. and Elizabeth ( Wyman ) Al- drich; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1974, L.L.B., ISIG; m. St. Matthew's Ch., Jersey City. Oct. 3, 1-76, Ilarriette Holley Dall. nf Baltimore, Md. Engaged in practice of law in N.Y. City since 1-70. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Delta Psi (Columbia Coll. ) ; Adirondack League. Trustee St. Luke's Home for Aged Women. Recrea- tions: Hunting, shooting, fishing, and sail- ing.


Clubs : Church, Coion League, Co- lumbia Univ. Address: 271 W. 22d St., N. Y. City.


ALDRICH, William Sleeper: Prdade pina. Mar. 3 193: 6 George Wells and sathe Edith (Sleeper ) Aldrich; grad. 1' S. Naval Arad., IS-3: Stevens Inst. Technology. M.E., 1-1: m. Pluladelphia, July 1. 15-6, Mary Lavinia Purdy; children: Alice, Elvanor, Elizabeth. Rachel, Mary. Engaged in teaching and engineering practice; instr. in drawing and associate in mech. eng'ring. Johns Hopkins Umv., les9 2; prof. mech. eng'ring Umv.


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of W. Va., 1893-99: prof. elec. eng'ring. | 16/2; to California Bar, Dec. 19, 1988; to Univ. of Ill., 1:99-1001; since 1901, director bar of Supreme Court of U.S., Nov. 5. les1; mem. law firm of Alexander & Green, and counsel to Equitable Life Assurance Soc, and other large corporations and firms. Mem. Soc. of the Cincinnati. Author: New York Law of Life Insurance (legal treatise ). Residences: Tuxedo Park, N.Y .. and 4 W. 55th St., N.Y. City. Address : 120 Broadway, N.Y. City. Thomas S. Clarkson Memorial Sch. of Tech- nology, Potsdam, N.Y. Served as passed ass't eng'r (relative rank of lieut. ), U.S. Navy, 1998, attached to U.S.S. Vulcan, with Admiral Sampson's fleet in Cuban waters. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs: Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Soc. for Promotion Eng'ring Ed'n; fellow .1.A .. 1.S .; hon. mem. Alpha Chapter of Ill .. Tau Beta Pi. Address : 51 Main St., Potsdam, N.Y. ALEXANDER, De Alva Stanwood:


ALDRIDGE, Darwin R .:


Merchant; b. Paterson, N.J., Mar. 1, 1858; s. Volney and Harriet ( Hull) Aldridge; ed. in Brooklyn, N.Y .: m. St. Louis, Mo., May 27, 1591, Clara Billon. Enlisted Co. K. 20d leg't, N.G.N.Y., July 11. 1ss: elected 2d lieut. Co. K, same, Feb. 15, 1852; pro- moted Ist lient., Feb. 20, 1584; capt. Oct. 13, ISSG; resigoed commission, Sept. 13. 1891. Treas. anel director China & Japan Trading Co., Limited: mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, New Engand Soc. of N.Y., Sons of Revolution, Down Town Ass'n; sec. and trustee Gates Av. Homeopathie Dis- pensary. Resides in Brooklyn. Clubs : Union League, Marine and Field, Dyker Meadow Golf. Address : 32 Burling Slip, N.Y. City.


ALDRIDGE, Frederick Thurston:


Banker; b. Brooklyn, N. Y .; s. Volney and Harriet E. ( llull) Aldridge; ed. in Brooklyn schs .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1884, Bessie Jones Lowrey; one daugh- ter: Marguerite Aldridge, L. 1800. With firm of Lowring & Archibald, exporters, N. Y. City, 1877->1; since 1st with Long Island Loan & Trust Co., Brooklyn : sec. since 1888, trustee since 1002. Pres. and director Excelsior Hygienie Ice Co .; v.p. and di- rector Co-operative Law Co. Served for 12 years in 234 Reg't, N.G.N.Y. Episco- palian. V .- p. and trustee Brooklyn Heights Sem .; trustee Sheltering Arms Nursery. Brooklyn Ilome for Aged Men. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, S.A.R .. New England Soe. of N.Y., New England Soc. of Brooklyn, Brooklyn League. Hull Family Ass'n Clubs; Crescent, Athletic, Brooklyn ( Brooklyn ). Address : 471 Clinton Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. ALDRIDGE, George Washington;


Manufacturer: b. Michigan City, Ind .. Dec. 25, 1:56: ed, public schools. Rochester, N. Y., and Carey Mil. Inst. : m. Mary Mack. Manufacturer in Rochester. Was rhin'n City Exec. B'd and had charge of Street Dep't and Fire Dep't of Rochester. 1 -- 4-94: mayor of Rochester, 1-24. but resigned upon npptm't as State Sup't Public Works. which position held from Jan. 1-55 to Jan, 1-99: during term had charge of construction and brought to completion the new State Capitol at Albany. Republican: formerly for twelve years mem. Rep. Sinte Com. from Monrue, Contay. Mason, S. AAddress: Rochester, N.Y.


ALEXANDER, Charles Beatty:


Lawyer, anthor: b N.Y. City. Drc. 6. 1819: s. Henry M. and Susan Mary Alexander: grad. Princeton I'niv., 1-0 (L.L. D) Prince. ton. 1-05: LL.D, Washington and Jefferson Coll., at its Centennial, 1001) : m. April 27. 1.47, Harriet, & Charles Cracker, of fal- fornia. Admitted to N.Y. Bar, June 17, I N.Y.


Congressman, lawyer; b. Richmond, Me., July 17, 1916; s. Stanwood and Priscilla ( Brown) AAlexander: entered Union Army at age of 15, serving for three years as private soldier, 1862-65; prepared for college at Edward Little Inst., Auburn. Me .; grad. Bowdoin Coll., A.B., 1570, .A.M., 1873. later, I.L.D .: m. Ist. Sept. 21. Isil, Alice Colby : 2nd, Dec. 28, 1892, Anne L. Bliss. Located at Indianapolis, Ind., where engaged in law practice as partner of Hon. Stanton J. l'eelle, now chief justice of Court of Claims, Washington, D.C. Delegate Nat. Rep. Conv., 1-72: sec. Ind. Rep. State Conv., 1574-78; appointed, 1981, fifth auditor of the Treas- ury, and while in Washington was for one term comd'r Dept. of Potomac, G.A.R .; re- moved to Buffalo and became law partner of college classmate, Hon. James A. Roberts, formerly comptroller of State of N.Y. U.S. attorney for Northern Dist. of N.Y., Iss9- 1903; mem. of Congress from 33d N.Y. Dist .. 1507-1903, from 36th N.Y. Dist. since 1903. Republican ; Presbyterian. Mem. Delta


Kappa Epsilon. Overseer Bowdoin Coll. Author : Poltical History of the State of New York, 2 vols. ( Henry Holt & Co.). Clubs : Buffalo. University, Liberal. Ad- dress : 31 North St., Buffalo, N.Y.


ALEXANDER, Eugene Davenport:


Lawyer: b. New Brighton, N.Y., May 10, 1875: s. Henry Eugene and Mary Boorman { Davenport ) Alexander: grad. Yale Coll .. B .. 1 .. 1896; N.Y. Law Sch. 1:39. Admitted to N.Y. bar. 1900; to U.S. Circuit Court, 1901. Practised law N.Y. City, 1900-01; Elizabethtown, N. Y., 1004-06: resumed prae. tice N.Y. City, 1906. Sec., treas. and director Baldwin Bros. & Co. : director Mal- lory Wheeler Co., New Haven, Conn. Re- publican : Episcopalian. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon, Phi Delta Phi. Recrea. tions: Tennis, golf. automobiling. Clubs : Underwriters, Yale. Residence, Clinton Av., New Brighton, S.I., N.Y. Address: 31 Nas san St., N.Y. City.


ALEXANDER, George:


Clergyman: b. West Charlton, NY .. Oct 12, 1813. s. Alexander F. and Margaret (Bun- yan) Alexander: grad. Union Coll., 1866 (D).D., 1>>4). Pastor East Av., Presby n Ch., Schenectady. N. Y., 1-70.43. Presby'n Ch. on University Place, N. Y. City, since 1×51. V .- p. of Conneil of N.Y. Univ .; pres B'd of Foreign Missions af Presby'n Ch. : pres B'dl of Directors. NY. Coll. Den- tistry: trustee Union Coll. : director Prince. ton Theol. Sem. Address: 47 University Place, N.Y. City


ALEXANDER, Henry Martyn:


Lawyer: grad. Princeton, A.B .. 1590; m. Helen Manice. Was director Equitable Life Assurance Suc. Clubs : Mem. Ass'n Bar, City of Princeton, Calumet, Uni-


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Residence : 15 E. 36th St. Ad-


.....: 120 Broadway, N.Y. City.


ALEXANDER, James A .:


Fire and inlard marine insurance; b.


Philadelphia, July 29, 1:57: s. Thomas A. url Elizabeth Thorne ( Stevenson ) Alex- wider: ed. at private schools; m. Jersey City. April 18, 1955, Catharine M. Cornelison idereased). N.Y. agent Etna Ins. Co., of Hartford, Conn., since 1551, alone, and as- priated with others. Mem, firm of Scott, Alexander & Talbot; director Am. Coal Co. Republican : Episcopalian. Asso. fellow Nat.


Arad. of Design; asso. mem. Soc.


Fine


Arts; men. Soe. Municipal Art. The Bibliophib Soc. (Boston ). Mason. Clubs: Lawyers, Republican. Residence: 519 W.


F-th St. Office: 93 William St., N. Y. City. son (Dobie) Alexander; ed. Brooklyn Public


ALEXANDER, James Waddel:


Former pres. Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of the U.S .: b. Princeton, N.J., July 19, 1839; s. Rev. Dr. James W. Alexander. pastor 5th Avenue Presby'n Ch. ; grad. Princeton, A.B., 18GO ( A.M. ) : m. Elizabeth, N.J., Nov. 24, 1862. Elizabeth Beasley Wil- liamson. Admitted to N.Y. Bar, 142: prar- tised law until 1en); after that in Equitable Life Assurance Sor. Locoming pres. on death of Henry B. Il de, and so continuing until resignation, 1005. Trustee Princeton Univ .; formerly pres. Soc. of the Vir- ginians. Author: Princeton, Old and New.


Isps. Clubs : University (was pres. S years), Princeton ( was pres. 6 years), Cen- tury. Address: 4 E. 61th St., N. Y. City. ALEXANDER: John White:


Artist; b. Alleging City, Pa. Oct. 7, 1856: s. John and P'rances (Smith) Alex- ander: student of Royal Acad. of Fine Arts, Munich: (.A.M., Princeton. 1:42) ; m. Nov. 2. 1557, Elizabeth Alexander: one son, JJohn W .. Jr. Awarded gold medal Philadelphia Acad. Fine Arts, 197, gold medal of honor, 1944; also at Paris Exp'n, 1900, and Pay .. Aiu., Buffalo, 190]: Lippincott prize, Philadelphia: first prize, Washington, D.C., Art soc .; first Carnegie prize, Soc. Am. Artists: medal. Munich Acad .; gold medal La. Purchase Exp'n, 1904; represented in lawxemtahir ... Paris, gallery at St. Petersburg: private galleries, London, and Edinburgh, Scotland: Carnegie Inst., Pittsburgh; Philadelphia Acad. Fine Arts: Willstach collection, Fair. mount Park, and Elkins collection, Pnila. delphia ; Boston Museum Fine Arts; Met. Museum, N.Y .; Cmcinnati Fine Arts Inst. : Princeton I'niv. : Harvard Umv. ; R. I. Sch. of Design : Congressional Library, Washing. ton. D.C .: Chamber of Commerce, and Cooper Union, N.Y .: State Home. Trenton, N.J .: City Hall, Albany, N.Y .. and in mnahy private collections. Painted a portrait of President Loubet, which hangs in the Elysée Palace, Paris: Chevalier Ligin d' Honneur, 1001; academician Nat. Arad. Design, Top: Tuin. Societe Nation dlo des Baix Ap's Paris, Som. Am. Artists. Nat. Sur. Mural Painters, Architectural Longno, Nat. lfs+ Arts and Letters, Soriste Nouvelle de Paris. Internat. Sne., London: honorary mrm, uf Sto of Austrian Painters, and of The Sp. " Linn of Munich. £


Clubs: M. remolitan, Union. Residence, 116 12. 05. Studio, 123 E. 63d St., N.Y. City.


Stockbroker; b. in Meade Co., Kentucky:


s. Junins B. and Lucy Fitzhugh ( Dude) Alexander: ed. Washington Univ., St. Louis, and Jefferson Coll., Pa., A.B., Istit; m. Mad- ison Square Presbyterian Church, June 12, 1-66, Orline St. John; children: St. John, Orline, Lucy, Lawrence D., Jr. Engaged in banking and Stock Exchange business from 1-66. Independent in politics. Presbyte- rian. Mem. Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, Sons of Revolution. Chibs: Century, Play- ers, Kentuckians, Virginians, Country of New Canaan ( Conn.). Residence: 222 W. 23rd St. Address: 20 Broad St., N. Y. City. ALEXANDER, Robert Squire:


. Wholesale eggs, butter and cheese; b. N.Y. City, Aug. 12, 1:70; s. Squire and Jano Eller-


Sch. 16; unmarried. Former director of I. B. Higley & Co., Mason City, lowa; has traveled all over the world; was shipwrecked in the Flores Sea and reached the semi-say- age island of Wangi-Wangi, and after the vessel was reported as "lost at sea.'' was picked up by the Italian Corvette Vetor Pe- sani, Alberto de Nigre, commander, and tak- en to Amboy na, a naval station in the Dutch East Indies, from which place finally reached New York after two years' absence. Now sec., contracting representative and gen. sales ag't James Rowland & Co., wholesale dis- tributor of butter, eggs and cheese. Congre- gutionalist. Mem. Allied Arts Ass'n, Mason, 32º; mem. Areanthus Lodge, Aurora Grata Consistory. Recreations: Athletics, yacht- ing, tennis, automobiling. Club: Crescent Athletic ( Brooklyn). Residence: 1195 Pa- rifie St., Brooklyn. Address: 84 Hudson St., N.Y. City.


ALEXANDER, St. John:


Publisher: b. N.Y. City, April 9. 1SGT: S. Lawrence Dade and Orline ( St. John) Alex- ander: ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N.H. : m. Elizabeth, N.J., Oet. 23, 1:05, Engenie L. Leonard; children: Adele Richmond, b. 1899; Jeannette St. John, b. 1905. Sec. and treas. (. E. Ellis Co., Kornit Meg Co. Mem. 7th leg't, N.G. N.Y. Republican : Episcopalian. Mem. New England Soc. Residence: 135 Central Av .. Fast Orange, N.J. Address: 619 W. 43rd St., N. Y. City.


ALEXANDER, Samuel:


Snrycon; b. N.Y. City, April 2, 1858: s. Henry M. and Susan Mary ( Brown) Alexan- der: grad. Princeton Univ., A.B., IS9 (1 M. 1-1), Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., M.D., 12. Served as house physician, Bellevue Tosp., 1 .* 's; studied at London, Leipzig, Vienna, 1-6; appointed attending surgeon Bellevue llosp., 1-7; professor of surgery, genito- urinary system, Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., I>>>; prof. clinical surgery, Don't Genito- Urinary Diseases, Cornell Univ. Med. Coll. from 1900, Fellow Am. Med. Ass'n, N.Y. 1 ... Medicine, Am. Ass'n Genito. Urinary SHryrons. Soc. Alumni Bellevue Hosp., attoni, de l'Association Internationale d'U'ra- Jo_ie. Clubs: University, Princeton. Ad- dress: 65 W. 55th St., N. Y. City.


ALEXANDER, Thomas Franklin:


Vlrrayman; h. Pittsburgh, Pa . Nov. 7. 1$65; s. Andrew and Mary ( Kinsey) Alexander; grad. Allegheny Coll., Meadville, l'a., 1555.


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Drew Theol. Sem., 1900; m. Los Angeles, | Jefferson Med. Coll., M.D., ISSO; m. Geneva, Calif., Jan. 15, 1>89. Jessie Puller : children : Mercedes, b. 1890. R. Lowell, b. 1:93, Gene- vieve, b. 1895. Methodist Episcopal clergy- man. Republican. Mem. F. and A. M. Ad- dress : Turin, N.Y.


ALEXANDER, Walter:


Lawyer; b. St. Charles, Mo., Jan. 3, 1866; s. William Archibald and Agnes (Behrens) Alexander; ed. St. Charles public schools, St. Charles Coll., Smith Acad., ( St. Louis) ; Har- vard Coll., A.B., I -- 7, A.M., 1890, Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1890; m. Tenafly, N.J., O.t. 1s, 1904, Grace Coppell. Since law graduation, practising in N. Y. City; mem. law firm Alex- ander, Watriss & Polk. Ilas made many trips to Europe, Cuba, and Mexico. Served six years in Troop (later Squadron) A, N.G. N.Y., sergeant in Troop. Mem. Ass'n Bai City of N.Y. Clubs: Harvard, University, Metropolitan. Address: 32 Nassau St., N.Y. City.


ALEXANDER, William:


Secretary of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S. ; s. Rev. James W. (D.D. ) and Elizabeth ( Cabell) Alexander; ed. in Univ. of Va .; m. Frances Gordon Paddock; one daughter, Frances Alexander. Mem. Ass'n for Protection of the Adirondacks, Charities Organization Soc., Southern Society. Clubs: Century, U'nion, University. Lawyers, The Virginians, (New York) ; Ausable Lako and Mountain. Address: 14 West 37th St., N. Y. City.


ALGER, George William:


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Lawyor; b. Burlington, Vt .; s. Charles J. and Harriot S. Murdoch: ed. Univ. of Vt .. A.B. (Phi. Beta Kappa), 1892 N.Y. (Univ. of Law Sch., 183; m. Boston, 1903, Grave E. Drew. Engaged in Practice of law in N. Y. City frum- 1:55; now mem. law firm of Alger and Simpson. Mem. N.Y. State Bar Ass'n, N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, N.Y. LAw Inst., Phi Delta Phi fraternity. Interested in re- form of laws relating to child labor, and drafted present Employers' Liability Act of State of N.Y. and many of the state laws relating to child labor in factories and stores. Author: Alger vs. Slater on the New York Employers' Liability Act (2d edition). 1907; Moral Overstrain, 1986 ( Houghton, Mifflin) ; also varions contributions to magazines. Clubs: City, Economic, Social Reform (ex- pres. ), Phi Delta Phi (ex-pres. ). Residente: 118 E. 31st St. Address: 71 Nassau St., N. Y. City.


ALLDS, Jotham P .:


Lawyer, senator: b. Claremont, N.H .. Feb. 1, 1-05; s. Jotham G. and Lucy ( Chasr) Allds; ed. public schools, Claremont, N.H., Colgate Univ., A.B., 1->3: studied law. Ad- mitted to bar Jan., 19 4; since then practising at Norwich, Chenango Co., N.Y. Member N.Y. Assembly, 1:96-1902, State senator since Home from 26th Senate Dist. : chim'n (19)) Senate Com. on Taxation and Retronehmen. Republican. Address: Norwich, Chenango Co., N.Y.


ALLEMAN, Lewis Arthur Welles:


N.Y., Jan. 7, 1530, Frances Dudley; children. Dudley, Marion, Elizabeth. Engaged in prac- tice of medicine since 1586. Prof. ophthal- mology, Long Island Coll. Hosp. Mem. \n. Acad. Medicine, N.Y. Acad. Medicine, Am. Med. Ass'n, N.Y. State Med. Soc., Kings Co. Med. Soc., Am. Ophthal. Soc., Am. Acad. Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology, N.Y. Medico- Legal Soc., Ass'n Physicians, N.Y. Ass'n Greater N.Y .. Brooklyn Pathol. Soc., Hospital Graduates Club, (Brooklyn ) : Brook- lyn Med. Club, Queens-Nassau Med. Soc., Associated Physicians of Long Island. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Ass'n. Kappa Al- pha, ( Hobart ) ; Phi Delta (medical). Rerre- ation: Fruit farm in Western New York. Clubs: Hamilton (Brooklyn) ; Garden City (Garden City) : Kanadasaga ( Geneva, N.Y. ). Residence: 37 Atlantic Av., Hempstead, L. I. Address : 64 Montague St., Brooklyn, N.Y.


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ALLEN, Addison:


Lawyer; b. N.Y. City, Feb. 28, 1865; s. John Hull and Mary ( Hill) Allen; lineal de- scendant from Gen. Ethan Allen, Lord Cad- wallader Blayney and Rt. Hon. Joseph Addi- son : ed. Leonard Acad., 1872-75, Essex County, N.J., Grammar School, 1875-79, N. Y. School of Languages, 1579-81, Amherst Coll., 1\\1-87, Columbia University, 1857-89, grad. with M .... ,


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LL.B., cum laude, and Ph.D. degrees; Il. Tune 26, 1901, Sarah Edith Kutz of Reading, Pa. Admitted to N.Y. Bar, May 16. 1- 9. Traveled through every country of Europe and Western Asia, 1-29.91. Has spoken on stump in every presidential and most munic- ipal campaigns since 1> 4. Practising law since 1-91. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. .1. . 1. A. S., Columbia Coll. Alumni, and Dwight Alumni Ass'ns, Soc. nf Sons Am. Revolution. Contributor to The Educator, The Sag Harbor Express and other magazines and periodicals. Also has contributed vari- ous articles on European Travel and lectured for N.Y. Board of Education and others on the countries of Europe. Clubs: Alpha Delta Phi, University, Quill. Residence: 300 Cen- tral Park West. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.


ALLEN, Andrew Hussey:


Lawyer, author; h. N.Y. City, Dec. 6, 15: s. Julian and Mary A. ( Hussey) Allen ; el. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., Harvard, A.B., 1-7%, and Coumbia Coll. Law School. Admitted to bar in North Carolina, 1xss. Disbursing agent Court of Comm'rs of Ala- bama Claims, 1-82-85; appt'd chief of Bureau of Rolls and Library of the Dep't of Stato of U.S., 1-42, serving 13 years and resigning Dee. 2, 1905: was also member i. S. B'd on Geographie Names, 1994-1905, and was chin'n, see. of the Board and mem. Exer. Com. at different times. Inaugurated and edited the Bulletin of the Bureau of Rolls and Library, and also edited the Documentary History of the Constitution of the United States. 5 vols. Author: The Diplomatic Relations bw .. the United States and Hawaii: Recognition of Foreign Governments by the Government of the United States; Historical Archives of the Department of State of the United States; also contributor of verse to maga- zines. Mem. Am. Hist. Ass'n. Soc. Am. Authors, Mem. frion organization of I'ni-




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