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BURNS, Walter Francis:
Vice-president W. F. Burns Co .; b. Fred- erictown, Cecil Co., Md .: s. Capt, Oxen Burns, U. S. N. and Martha Any ( Armstrong) Burns; ed. St. Joseph's Acad., Baltimore; m. N. Y. City, April 22, 1001, Ursula Amelia Dudley Catlin; children : Walter Francis, Jr., b. Feb. 28, 1903, Otway; b. Mar. 10, 1904, Owen Austin, b. July 13, 1900, Ursula, b. Oct. 13, 1907. Originator of the Home Savings Bunk System, which has been placed in eight million homes throughout the world, and has thereby caused that number of savings ae- counts to be opened, his system of securing savings accounts having been adopted by over 3,000 banking institutions in the II. S., and over 500 banks in foreign countries, and has been commended by the President of the United States, the kings of England and Italy, and many other foreign rulers and officially adopted by many foreign govern- ments. He is v .- p. and gen. mg'r of the W. F. Burns Co., and president of the Burns Realty Co. Has traveled in Europe and South America, and has also visited Cape- town, South Africa, Grandson of Capt. Ot- way Burns comd'r of U. S. privateer, Snap Dragon, in the war of 1-12 15, to whose mem- ory the State of North Carolina erected n monument at Beaufort in 10, and the town of Burnsville, N. C., (named after him) erreted a monument in Mos, Mr. Burns re- tains in his name a large tract of Lind granted by the King of England to his great- great grandfather in h32, and which has heen handed down from father to Sun. Democrat. Clubs: Lotos, N. Y. Athletic, Co- Inrubia Yacht. Resilence: Inwood-on-Hud- son, N. Y. Address: 527 3th Av., N. Y. City. BURNSIDE, Robert C .:
Pres. Asbestulith MU'g Co .; b. N. Y. City ; 6. James and Georgina Burnside; ed. N. Y. Vity schools; m. Eva Frances Macgowan (of ohl Webb family ) ; children: Eva Frances, Mand Vivian. Pres. Asbesinlith Mfg Co. vuhtractors; furnished all gramte fur Grant Tumb in connection with Pason Tucker: also many other buildings. Has traveled all over the country. Republican (capt. Inth Election Pist. of Mith Assembly Dist. ). Exeentive member Conservative Republican Club. Meth odist. Mason (N. Y. Ludze 3,0, Amity Cam- cil R. A. M.) ; mem. Our Conneil, Royal Ar-
Re- | canum, Foresters of America. Address: 213 W. suth St., N. Y, City.
BURR. Caril S., Jr .:
Serator. breeder iratiing horses; b. Com- mack, L. I., N. Y., Sept. 26, 1858; s. Carll S. Burr: descendant of Jebu and Benjamin Burr, who came to America with Winthrop's fleet, 1630, and whose descendants became prum- neat in the Colony of Connecticut; ed. Hunt- ington Union Sch, And Flushing Inst. On leaving Flushing Inst., engaged in business with father. Since 1592, judge of Hurse Dep't ot annual exb'ns of Nat. Horse Show of America, held at Madison Sq. Garden, N. Y. City, and at the State Fair at Syracuse; di- rector Arizona Cattle Co .; insp. race tracks of trotting circuit for First Dist. Republican; was mem. Republican Co. Com., Suffolk C'u., for several years; elected mem. Assembly from Suffolk Co., 1895, 1596 and 1:07; elected, 1904 and reelected 1906, senator from First Dist., and in 1905 was appt'd mem. committees on Railroads, Commerce and Navigation, For- ests, l'ish and Game, and Affairs of Vil- lages. Address: Commack, L. I., N. Y. BURR, George Lincoln:
Educator, librarian; b. Oramel, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1537; 8. William Joshiah and Jane Char- lutte (Lincoln) Burr; grad. Cornell Univ., A, B., ( Phi Beta Kappa ), lesl; univ. of Leip- zig. Sorbonne and Ecole des Chartes, Paris, Univ. of Zurich, 1884.80, 1ses (LL.D., Univ. of Wis., 1904; . Litt. D., Western Reserve Univ., 1905) ; m. Lewisburg, W. Va., Aug. 20. 1907, Martha Alexander Martin, Librarian White Library, Cornell Univ., since lots; president's see. and instr. history, Cornell, les1-el: inst'r, ass't prof., asso. prof., Cor- nell, Ists.92; prof. history since 192. His- torieal expert to President Cleveland's Comm'n on the Venezuelan Boundary, 1996- 97. Mem. Am. Library Ass'n, Am. Hist. Iss'n, Aux. Bibliog, Sve., Am. Soc. of Church Ilistory; au editor of Am. Historical Review since 1903; editor Century Historical Series. Address: Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
BURR. Joseph Arthur:
Justice Supreme Court; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1:30; s. Joseph Arthur and Harriet ( Nash) Burr; ed. Wilton Acad., Wilton, Vonn .: grad. Yale, A. B., 1:71; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1875; m. New Haven, Conn., Ella A. Dawson; children: Ilarriet B. (wife of Edward P. Folger), Jessie B. (wife of Howard C. Luudon ). Admitted to bar, May. Isil; corp'n counsel for Brooklyn, Jan., 1sur, to Jan. IoDs. Appt'd by governor, justice wi Supreme Court to fill vacancy, Dec. 2, 1901; elected to same office for full term in Nuv .. 1905. Mein. Brooklyn Bar Ass'n, Law Library of Brooklyn, Brooklyn Inst., Brooklyn League, New England Sor., of Brooklyn, Suns uf Revolution. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs : Brooklyn, L'niversity, Crescent. Athletic, ( Brooklyn) ; Graduates ( New Haven, Conn. ). Residence: IND Calumla Heights. Address: County Court House, Brooklyn, N. Y.
BURN, William Hubert:
Civil engineer: b, Watertown, Cann., July 11. 11; ed. Watertown lead,, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, N Y. C. E., 1-2; m. Ist. 1:76, Caroline Kont Seelye (died 1-20) ; 2r.d. 1900, Gertrude Gold Shipman; children: Marian E., William F., George L., Aune Lou-
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isp. Was in subordinate positions building wrought iron bridges and waterworks at New- ark, N. J., 1872-75; mem. faculty, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., 1:75-81; prof. rational and technical mechanics, while practising civil eng'ring; ass't to chief eng'r Phoenix Bridge Co,, lesk, Jater gen. mg'r; v .- p. Suoysmith & Co., 1891; prof. eng'ring, Harvard, 1=92.03: since 1:93 prof. eivil ens'ring, Columbia Univ. Appt'd by President Cleveland, 1:01, mem. B'd Eng'rs to investigate crossing of Hudson at N. Y. City, with one span bridge; also one of the sub committee of Com. of. Seventy for considering improvement of city water front; mem. expert cum. on plans and estimates for rapid transit ; mem. B'd Consulting Eng'rs tu Dock Dep't, 1-95-98; consulting eng'r to Dep't Public Parks, ING, in charge of build- ing Harlem River driveway and bridges ; appt'd by President Cleveland on board to loente deep water harbor on South Calif. coast, 1946; consulting eng'r Dep't of Bridges, N. Y. City, 1805-1:05; appt'd by President McKinley, 1-09, mem. First Isthmian Canal Comoi'n, and by President Roosevelt, 1904, mem. second Isthmian Canal Comm'n; chm'n, 1502-3, of Com'n on Additional Water Sup- pły for N. Y. City: expert eng'r to Aqueduct Comm'n; N. Y., City: mem. B'd. Consulting Eng'rs, Isthmian Canal, Comm'n, 1905; since 1905 consulting eng'r Bd Water Supply, City of N. Y .; consulting eng'r Dep't Bridges for the design and construction of the Henry Hudson Memorial Bridge. 1907-18. Mem. B'd Trustees Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Mem. Am. Sue. civil Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Me- chanical Eng'rs, Inst'n Civil Eng'rs of Great Britain, Nat. Geog. Soc. Author: The Stresses in Bridges And Roof Trusses, 1se1; The Elas- ticity and Resistance of Materials, IN 3; An- cient and Modern Engineering and the Isth- mian cemal, 19002, and numerous contributions to eng'ring and scientific sorieties, Address: 151 W: 74th St., N. Y. City.
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Writer: b. Chicago, Ill., d. Amzi and Cath- crine ( Walrath ) Benerhet ;. grad. Lake Forest (III.) Univ., Litt. M .: m. Lake Forest, 111., Oct. 18. 1ss. Joseph Dunn Burrell; children: Katherine, Monica. Three summers of Eu- ropean travel. Writer of short stories in magazines, juvenile stories in St. Nicholas and elsewhere, essays, four volumes on dla- mestie science, department work in Harper's Bazar, Good Housekeeping, The Circle. Pres- byterian. Mom. Daughters Am. Revolution. Club: Meridian, N. Y. City. Address: 58 Duwuing St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BURRELL, David James:
Clergyman Reformed Ch, of America: h. Mount Pleasant, Pa., Ang. 1, 1-14: s. David and Elizabeth ( Felgar) Burrell: grad. Yale, A. B., IST; Union Theol. Sem .. 1-70 (D. D., LL.D.) ; m. Freeport, 11., Ort. 15, 1-71. Clara S. de Forest; children: Miriam . Elizabeth, David, Norman Eleanor, Katherina. Former Pastorales in chier, Il., Plece, Iowa: and Minneapolis, Min : since Pen justor Marble Collegiate Church, N. Y. City An- thor: The Religions of the World iPreshy- trrian Board ) ; Gospel of Gladness. The Moth- ing Cometh, Religion of the Future, Ihr Spirit of the Age, For Christ's Crown and Covenant, The Golden Passional, the Wun- drous tross, tiod and the People, Hints and 212
Helps in Bible Study, The Early Church, The Verlies of Jesus, The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Scriptures, The Evolution of a Christian (all Am. Tract Soe.) ; The Gos. pel of Certainty (Hodder & Houghton, Loa. don) ; A Quiver or Arrows (Funk & Way. malls) : Christ and Progress, the Wonderful Teacher, The U'naccountable Man, The Chureu in the Fort, Christ and Men, The Wayfarers of the Bible, (all Revell), The Call to the City ( Funk & Wagnalls). Repub- lican. Address: 248 W. 75th St., N. Y. City. BURRELL, Joseph Dunn:
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Clergyman: b. Freeport, 111., Dec. 22. 155 -; s. David and Elizabeth (Telgar) Burrell : brother of Rev. David James Burrell, pastor Marble Collegiate Church, N. Y. City; eil. Proepart ( II).,) High Sch., Yale Coll., B. .... 1 -- 1, M. 1. 1593 (sueleties: Delta Kappa Ejr silon, Skull and Bones, Chi Delta Theta) : Union Theol. Sem. (D. D., Park Call., 1906) : in. Lake Forest, Ill., Oct. 18, 1888, Caroline F. Benediet ; children : Katherine B., Monica. l'astor Presby'n Ch., Clinton, Jowa, last-9 !: ('lasson Av., Presby'n Ch., Brooklyn, since 1-92. European travel in 1-04, 1901, 1202. Joint Author (with Rev. Dr. David James Burrell) : Ilints and Helps in Bible Study, and The Early Church (both Am. Tract Soc.). Au- thor: The Singular Death of Christ, 1900 (Re- well) ; A New Appraisal of Christian Science 1906 (Punk & Wagnalls). Republican. Mem. Brooklyn Clerical Union, Alpha Kappa ( mt :- isters' soc. ), P'reshy'n Ministers' Club of N. Y., L. I. Yale Alumni Ass'n. Union Som. Alumni Club, Brooklyn Presby'n Social U'n- ion. Pres. Brooklyn Presby'n Union for. Church Extension; director Chion Theul. soin., Preshy'n B'd Home Missions. Recren- tion: Walking about N. Y. City. Summer
home: Point o' Woods, L. I., N. Y. Address: 58 Dow ning St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BURRELLE, Frank A:
Pres. Burrelle's Press Clipping Bureau; b. Painesville, O., May 25, 1-36; s. James .1. and Marion E. Johnston; ed. Saunders Coll .. Philadelphia, and N. Y. Univ .: m. N: Y. City, Mar. 31, 1-97, Nelle M. Eaton. Started a> law clerk: went west and became identified with mining industry; represented Marshall Field, John Borden and Maxey Tabor at Leadville, Coll., in Chrysolite Mining Co ; started in press clipping business in lest in Chicago. 'See. Telephone Securities Co. Re- publican. Recreation : Motoring. Clubs: N. Y. AAthletics, N. Y. Press, N. Y. Pen. Ad- dress: 45 Lafayette St., N. Y. City.
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BURRILL, Middleton Shoolbred :
Lawyer; b, N. Y. City, Oct. 16, 1-55; s. John Ebenezer and Louisa Marin (Vermilye) Burrill; grad. Harvard Coll., 19, Columbia law Srh., 1's1; m. Emilie Nelson. Admitted to bar, Psl, and since practising law in N. Y. City. Mom. Sons of Revolution. Bar Iss'n, City of N. Y. Clubs: Union, Kwekerhocker, Renkaway Hunt, City, Down Town. Meadow Brook, Turf and Field, Harvard. Residence: 56 H. Usth St. Address: 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BURRITT, Ernest P .:
Financial and accounting business; h. N. Y. City, July 11, 143; s. Ebenezer I. an l Wilhelmina (Kemp) Burritt: public school eil'n; m. Oshkosh, Wis., May 11, 1-97, Linnie
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Blair Dunlap; one daughter, Marian, b. [ treasury clerk and bank examiner, 1864-83; Frb. 11, 1002. Entered employ of Trunk fruit farmer, ISS5-1902; writer for magazines since age of 22. Took trips to England and France, Is71, 1582; companion of President Roosevelt in trip to Yellowstone Park, 1x'% ;; mem. Harriman Expedition to Alaska, JvM. Independent in politics. Holds to no denumi- national faith. Recreatiuns: Saunterer and fisherman. Author: Wake Robin; Signs and Season3; Pepacion; Riverly; Birds and Poets; Winter Sunshine; Locusts and Wild Honey; Fresh Fields. Indoor Studies; Whit- man, a Study; The Light of Day: Squirrels and Other Fur Bearers: Literary Values; Far and Near; Ways of Nature: Bird and Bongh ( collected purmis ), 1900. Address: West Park, Vister County, N. Y.
Iamo Ass'n May 20, 15:5; beenme acting cashier, June, 1800, cashier since Sept., 1:00; alsn cashier Joint Traffic Az:' ?. , 1-95.98; rashier Trunk Lines Mileage Ticket Boreau sinve May, 1903. Travelsa on Continent of Europe, summer of let0. Director ani roting trusteo Sure Seal Co .; v.p. and director People's Fire . Ins. Co. of N. Y .: tieis. and trustee Sure Seal Co .; v. p. ano director Oxadine Co .; director Westfield (N. J.) Building and Loan Iss'n. Wom. Citizens' ('om. for an Exposition in 1900, to ecmumemo- rale the 300th Anniversary of Discovery of the Hudson. Republican. Address: 143 Lib- erty St., N. Y. City.
BURRITT, Robert J .:
Lawyer; b. Ira, Cayuga Co .. N. S., May 20, 1874; s. Calvin W. and Lucy S. (Johnson) Burritt; ed. Auburn High School, Albary Law School: m. Barker, Niagara Co., N. Y., June 18, 1903, Maude Selina Hoag. Admitted to bar, 1895; ass'i dist. attorney, Cayuga Co., 1-39 to Jan. 1, 1006; since then dist. attorney of Caynga Co. Republican. Baptist. Masen. Mem. B. P. O. Elks. Club: City (Aaburn). Address: Court House, Auburn, N. Y.
BURROUGHS, Bryson:
Artist ; b. Hyde Park, Mass., S-pt. 8, 1869; 8. Major George and Caroline ( Bryson) Bur- roughs: ed. publie and high schools, Cincin- nati, Ohio; Art Students' League, N. Y. City, and in Paris and Florence; m. in England, 1×03, Edith Woodman. Chanler scholarship, 1.91, Art Students' League, N. Y. City: silver medal, Pan-Am. Exp'n; bronze medal, St. Louis Exp'n: silver medal, Carnegie Inst., Pittsburgh, 1902, etc. Mem. Soc. Am. Artists; associate Nat. cad. Design: mem. Nat. Soc. Murat Painters. Club: National Arts. Ad- dress : 67 Hillside Av., Flushing, N. Y.
BURROUGHS, Charles H .:
Clergyman; b. Prattville, Mich., Dec. 30. 1961; s. Ambrose and Ihiana i Pixley) Bur- roughs: ed. Fayette (O.) Normal and Busi- ness Coll., 185 ;: grad. Oberhn Theal. Sem., 1>92; m. Ira, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Sept. 23, 1-92, Delia Matson; children: Ambrose, b. 1-95, Luther, b. 19001, Kenneth, b. 1543. Preached for four years in Belle Fourche, S. Dak .; for ten years in Columbus, N. Y .; now pastor Cong'l Ch., Gaines, N. Y. Pro- hibitionist. Address: Gaines, Orleans Co., N. Y.
BURROUGHS, Edith Woodman:
Sculptor: b. Riverdale-on-Hudson, N. Y .. Oct. 20, 1571; d. Webster and Mary M. Wood- man: ed. Art. Students' bragte, N. Y. City; pupil of St. Gaudens; m. Sittingbourn, Kent, England, Sept. 5. 1-93, Bryson Burroughs. Engaged as sculptor in marble, statuettes. busts of children, portraits in low rehet, etc., participating in exhibitions in N. Y. City, receiving the Shaw Memorial Price, and at this Champs de Mars, Paris: Mem. Nat. Sculpture Sor, etc. Address: Flushing, L. I. BURROUGHS, John:
Author: b. Roxbury, N. Y., April 3, 1837: s. Chauncey A. and Amy (Kelly) Burroughs: ed. Ruxbory Dist. School, Cooperstown ( N. Y.) Som, and Heading Lit. Inst . Ashland. N. Y .; ma, Sept. 13, 1-7, Ursula North: one son, Julian, b. lafs. School teacher, 1851.63;
BURROWS, George Sherman:
Clergyman; b. Sweden, Monroe Co., N. Y., Ang. 20, 1865; s. George Willets, and Paulowna (Matson ) Burrows; lineal descendant Rubert and Mary Burrows, who came to America ( Conn.) from England before 1606: ed. N. Y. State Normal Sch., Brockport, N. Y., Kenyon Coll., Gamhier, O., Bexley Hall: Univ. of Pa., 1893; Philadelphia Divinity Sch., P. E. Church; m. New Berlin, N. Y., June 30, last, Angie M. Handy; one son: G. Allen, b. Jan. 17, 1850. Prin. Union Sch., Bergen, N. Y., 1885.ST; prin. Union Sch. Richburgh, N. Y .. 1 .- ST-SS; Yates ( N. - Y.) _lead., 18>>-90; theo- logical student, 1:90-93. Ordered deacon, June 11, 1802; ordained priest, Sept. 23, 1-03. in ministry of Episcopal Church; rector St. Paul's Ch., Holley N. Y., 1893-96; vicar of Christ Ch., Lockport, N. Y., 1806-90; reetur St. Mark's Ch., N. Tonawanda, N. Y., since 1-99. An Ecelesiastical judge in trial of Iev. A. S. Crapsey, 1906; ass't see. and ex- amining chaplain, Diocese of Western N. Y .; inom. Missionary B'd, Archdeaconry of Buf- filo; grand chaplain of Masons, State of N. Y. Address: 220 Goundry St., N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
BURROWS, Lorenzo Jr .:
Physician: b. Albion, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1:67; reared in Saginaw, Mich .: grad. Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City, 1889. Was ass't to prof. ophthalmology. and otology, Univ. of Mich., les9.00; established practice in Sag- inaw, Mich., July labu; removed June 1-96, to Buffalo, N. Y., where has continued prie- tice of profession specializing in diseases of the eye. Ophthalmologist to Buffalo General Ilosp. Address: 12 Franklin St., Buffalo, N. Y.
BURROWS, Thomas:
Clergyman; b. in Ireland, April, 1839; s. Samuel and Margaret ( Young) Burrows; grad. Theol. Sem., Gambier, Ohio, kat4; m. 1st, Cape Palmas, W. Africa, Feb. 15, 1:45, Phobe Bart; 2d, Marion, Ohio, April 25, ISoti, Sophi- ronia Adams; 3d. Rondout, N. Y., Ort. D. 1900, Antoinette Du Bois. Ordered dearon by Bishop Alonzo Putter, in Philadelphia, May 1, Foiil: ordained priest, by Bishop Vail. in Philadelphia, April 30, 1566, in Episcopal ministry. Missionary at Cape Palmas, W. Africa, and after that consecutively reetor of Episcopal churches at Pleasant Mount, Pa .. St. Clair, Pa., Hulmeville, Pa., Georgetown. D C, Paradise, Pa . Ashley, Pa., Emporia, Kan., Palmyra, N. J., Konnett Square, Pa, Hobart, N. Y .; rector Church of the Holy
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Spirit, Rondout, N. Y., 1696: since Nov. 1003, | Roles missionary Church of the Regeneration, Fine I'lains, N. Y. Address: Pine Plains, N. Y.
BURRY, John:
Inventor, electrician, mf'r; b. Freiburg, Switzerland, Oct. 17, 1501; s. William and Agatha (Schubiger) Burry; ed. in publie schools in Switzerland; m. Buenos Aires, Ar- gentine Republic, June 14, 1:30, Marie Borg; children: Helene, b. 1502, Adeline, U. 1893, Walter, b. 1896, Edmund, b. les7, Erna, b. 1838, Jobn, b. 1904. Installed telegraphs in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. Inventor of many electrical devices and manufac- turer of electrical instruments; electrician of the Stock Quotation Telegraph Co. Mem. N. Y. Swiss Club, Royal Areanum, and Knights of Pythias. Address: 651 Hudson St., N. Y. City.
BURT, Albert L .:
Book publisher: b. Belchertown, Mass., 1543: s. Levi and Vila (Randall) Burt; ed. in publie schools; m. Gilead, Conn., 1572, Sarab H. Prentice; children: larry P., b. 1873, Frederick A., b. 1875, Edward F., b. 1577. Pres. and a director of 1. L. Burt Company, N. Y. City, publishers of standard books in all departments of literature. Republican, Recreations: Black bass and trout fishing. Residence: Brooklyn Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 52 Duane St., N. Y. City. BURT, Frederic Percy:
Publisher; b. in Warwickshire, England, 1861; s. Arthur and Anne Jones ( Dird ) Burt; ed. in Canada; m: Montelair, N. J., 1990, Martha, d. late George JI. Wyckoff, pres. New Amsterdam Nat. Dank; children: Arthur Wyckoff, b. ISMI, Percival Aspinwall, b. 1595, Philip Chadwick, b. 1006. Science master, Broekville (Can.) Collegiate Inst,, les1; en- gaged in civil ens'ring and surveying in Canada, les2-6, including Government work west to the Rocky Mts. and government and timber limit surveys north to head waters Ottawa Kiver; from Issi with the Engineer- ing News, N. Y. City, as chief draftsman, 1857-88, asso. editur, 18-9-03, ass't gen. mg'r. 1893.96, mg'r and treas. 1:26-1903; v .- p. Rml mg'r, 1903-04; in'g editor, The American Architect ; director and sec., Swetland Pub- lishing Co., see. and director Centreport th. 1.) Improvement Soe .; treas, and direct .r C'entroport Yacht Club. Recreations: Sail. ing, riding, sketching. Residence: l'entre-
port, Town of Huntington, L. 1. Address: Flatiron Building, N. Y, City.
BURT, Frederick N .:
Paper box mf'r, printer, lithographer; b. Buffalo, N. Y., April 7, 1903: s. Henry W. and Charlotte L. ( Lathrop) Burt; ed. State Nor- mal Sch., Buffalo; in. Katrina C. Wynkoop. Established in business, 1's; now pres. F. N. Burt Co. Mem. Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, Buffalo Typotheta. Knight Tem- plar and 323 Mason. Clubs: Buffalo Yacht, Buffalo Motor Boat. Manufacturers. Ad- dress: Seneca and Hamburg Sis,, Buffalo, .V. Y.
EURT, Laura:
Actress: b. Ramsey, Isle of Man. England, Sept. If, J !: d. Captain Brown Burt (Eng. lish ) and Ann Lloyd Burt ( Welsh); ed. Am. Acad. Dramatic Arts; m. All Souls' Church, N. Y. City, Mar. 2, 1902, Henry B. Stanford.
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in Blue Jeans, "Madge" in Old Kentucky, "Susanne" m Serap of Paper, "Rosalind" in As You Like It, "Helen of Swabia" in Dante, with Sir Henry Irving at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. London, and also on his last tour in America : starring in Dorothy Vernon, season of 1996-07. and The Walls of Jericho, season of 1907-0%. Life mem. Professional Woman's League; mem. Actors' Church Alliance. Address: Stanford Lodge, Great Kills, Staten Island, N. Y.
BURT, Mary Elizabeth:
Educator; b. Lake Geneva, Wis .; ed. in publie schools there and at Geneva Lake Sem. and Oberlin Coll .; taught in schools of Wis- consin and Chicago, Ill .; also for 3 years justr. literature, Cook Co. Normal Sch .; touk full college course in private classes and study clubs in evenings; also studied draw - ing at Chicago Art Inst .; mem. Chicago Sch. B'd. (chm'n Com. on Drawing, 3 years) ; teacher John A. Browning Sch., 1-92-1001: also editor for Charles Scribner's Sons; bas traveled widely in Europe and Egypt; has lectured on literary subjects in Chicago, N. Y. and other cities; conth'r to Atlantic Monthly, Chautauquan and other journals. Author: Browning's Women ( Chas. II. Kerr & Co. ) ; Literary Landidarks ( Houghton, Mithin) ; Bees, a study from Vergil (S. R. Winchell & C'o.). Editor: Birds and Bees-John Bur- roughs ( Houghton, Mifflin ) ; The World's Lit- erature (W. F. Scott & Co.) ; The Story of the Ferman Iliad ( Maynard, Merrill) : Seed Thoughts from Browning ( Kerr) ; Stories from Plato (Ginn) : Little Nature Studies-from John Burroughs, who collaborated in book ( Ginn ) ; The Child-Life Chart (Ginn) ; The Burt-Markham Primer, with Edwin Markham as co-editor (Ginn) : Poems Every Child) Should Know, and Prose Every Child Should Know ( Doubleday, Page). Co-editor: The Eugene Field Book; The Howells Story Book; The Cable Story Book: The Sidney Lanier Book: Fanciful Tales (F. R. Stock- ton) ; The Boy General (from the works of Elizabeth Custer) ; The Literary Primer; Odysseus (a child's Odyssey ) ; Herakles (and other stories of the myths) : Don Quixote ( all Scribner's). Mem. IN, Women's Press Ass'n and Round Table Club of N. Y. Teachers' Coll, Address: Westchester, Conn. BURT, Silas Wright:
Civil service reformer; b, Albany, N. Y., April 25, 1:30; s. Thomas M. and Lydia (Butts) Burt; ed. at Albany and Kinderhook acads., and Union Coll., A.B., C.E., 1:49; IL. Logansport, Ind., 1-55, Jeanette S. Ferrell. I'raetised as civil eng'r, 1819-50; in Colorado, 1-00: colonel and ass't insp .- gen. N. Y. State. Il-08: special deputy naval officer port of N. Y., 1-09->: naval officer, 17-23; chief ex- uminer, State Civil Service. Issa5; naval ofi- err part of New York, 1- 5 9; civil service comm'r, State of N. Y., IN-100. Officer and a fuunder Civil Service Reform Ass'n of N. Y., and National Civil Service Reform Iwague: mem Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Psi and I'nion Call. Alumni. Residence: Ist W. 75th St. Address: 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.
EURT, Stephen Smith:
Physician; b Oneida, N. Y., Nov. 1. 1550: s. Oliver T. and Rebecca (Johnston) Burt, of
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Syracuse, N. Y .: prep. ed'n in Allen's Classi- | falo (Buffalo) : Philadelphia (Philadelphia). ral Sch., W. Newton, Mass,, 1>62: Eagleswood Address: Buffalo Club, Buffalo, N. Y. Mil. Acad., Perth Amboy, N. J., 1864; Ed- BURTIS, David J .: wards' Place Sch., Stockbridge, Mass., IS66; l'ire insurance; b. N. Y. City, July 21, 1550; s. William A. and Laura F. (Hopkins) Burtis: grad. public school, N. Y. City, 1st9; in. Brooklyn N. Y., Nov. 1987, Evelyn If. Leavitt. Entered the insurance business, 170, as clerk in Fireman's Trust Ins. Co. (now defunct) ; employed by the Empire City Fire Ins. Co. in 1975; sec. 1-85-1907; elected pres. Jan. 1907; also director; also trustee of the Universal Savings Bank, Mem. 7th Reg't. N. G. N. Y. Mem. N. Y. B'd of Fire L'inlerwriters. Republican ; Episcopalinn. Mem. Amateur Billiard Club of N. Y .; mem. 7th Reg't Veteran and Active League, Nai. Geog. Soc. Residence: Bretton Hall, sith St. and Broadway. Address: 95 William St., N. Y. City. Cornell Univ., class of 1972: grad. Coll. Phys. and Surg. ( Columbia Univ. ), M.D., 1875; Roosevelt Hosp., 1877; honorary M.A., Vale, 1-90; prof. thoracic disease, I'niv. of Vt., 1984- $5; instr., 1882-84, prof. medicine and physical dilignosis; since 1954, N. Y. Post .- Grad. Med. - Sch. and llosp .; attending physician N. Y. Pust-Graduate Hosp. ; formerly attending phy- sician outdoor service for diseases of the heart and lungs, Bellevue Ilosp .: examiner for Soc. of First Aid to Injured; mem. Kappa Alpha Soc., Cornell Chapter; Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution, Founders and Patriots of America, Husp. Graduates' Club, N. Y. Acad. Medicine, N. Y. Siate Med. Soc., Med. Soc. of Co. of N. Y. Address: 207 W. 11th St., N. Y. City.
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