Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 1, Part 70

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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COBB


N. Y. Address: Evening Post Bldg., 20 Vesey | Springs, etc. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Loyal St., N. Y. City.


CLOWRY, Robert C .:


Capitalist; b. in Will County, Ill., Sept. 8, 1:38; ed. in public schools; m. Omaha, Neb., -Aug. 29, 1:65, Caroline A. Estabrook (died


April, 1800). Began as telegrapher ; "in charge of military telegraph lines, 1863-60, and brevetted lieut -col., U. S. V .; after war, served in various capacities with Western Union Telegraph Co., of which is now pres., gen. mgr and director. Also pres, and


director Am. Telegraph and Cable Co., Gold and Stock Telegraph Co., Am. Union Tele- graph Co., Internat. Ocean Telegraph Co., Southern and Atlantie Telegraph Co., Am. Speaking Telephone Co., Pacihe and Atlantic Telegraph Co., Amu, Dist. Telegraph Co. of N. Y., Am. Dist. Telegraph Co. of N. J., Eastern Dist. Messenger Co .: director N. Y. Telephone Co., Great Northwestern Telegraph Co. of Canada, Kansas City, Mexico & Orient R'y Co., Mercantile Nat. Bank, Bowling Green Trust Co. Clubs: Metropolitan, Law- yers, Lotos (N. Y. City) ; Chicago, Commer- eil (Chicago). Residence: 301 W. Toth St. Address: 195 Broadway, N. Y. City.


CLYDE, Marshall H .:


Agent, Clyde Steamships: grad. Harvard Univ., Ises; m. Margery L. Bucklin. Clubs: University, Manhattan, Ardsley. Racquet,


Knickerbocker. Down Town. Address: 124 E. 37th St., N. Y. City.


CLYDE, William P .:


Merchant; b. Nov., 1839; s. founder of Clyde Line of Coast steamers; grad. Trinity Coll., beginning business life in office of his father. Clubs: Union League, Down Town, Riding, St. Anthony, Racquet N. Y. Yacht, Trinity Alumni. Residence: 19 State St. Address: 1 W. 50th St., N. Y. City.


COAKLEY, Cornelius Godfrey:


Physician, throat and nose specialist; b. Brooklyn, Aug. 14, 1-02: s. George W. and Isabelle ( Ilve) Coakley; grad. Coll. of City of N. Y., A.B., Is-1, A.M., 17; grad. Univ. Med. Coll., Iss7; interne Bellevue Husp., lesi- es; prof. of laryngology. Univ. and Bellevue ILosp. Mied. Colls .: fellow N. Y. Acad. of Medicine, Am. Laryngol. Se. Author: Dis- eases of Nose and Throat. Mom. N. Y. County Med. Soc. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Englewood Golf. Address: 53 W. 56th St., N. Y. City.


COAN, Titus Manson:


Physician, author, editor; b. Ililo, Hawaii, Sept. 27, 126: s. Titus and Fidelin ( Church ) Coan; ed. Punahou School, Honolulu, and Royal School, Ilonolulu; Yale Coll., Williams Coll., A.B., 199 (A.M.), N. Y. Coll. Phys. and Surg., M.D., Fol; widower; children: Philip Munson, Leon Hamilton. Voyage around Cape Horn in a whaler, 150; interne in Bellevue, Island, and army husps., 1MJ- 63; arting ass't surgeon, U. S. N., 1863-67. in West Gulf Squadron nuder Farragut ; many visits to Europe. In medical practice in N. Y. City for many years. Author of technical papers on mineral waters and health resorts, critical essays and verse. In 1 ~~ 0 founded, and is now director of, the N. Y. Bureau of Literary Revision, Author: Ounces of Prevention. 1>>>; Hawaiian Eth- nography; Hawaiian Climate; French Mineral


Legion. Clubs: Century, Anthors, Neighbor hood, German Liederkranz. Address: 70 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.


COAR, John Firmau:


Educator, author; b. Berlin, Germany, July 26, 1563; s. Firman Wood and Lucinda Eliza- beth ( Blake) Coar; grad. Kaiser Wilhelm Gymnasiom, Cologne, last; student of philos- ophy at Univ. of Bonn, 1ssl-&5; law at Boston Univ. Law Sch., Is85-6; literature at Grad. Sch. of Harvard Univ., 1:06-1900 ( .A.M., 1:97; Ph.D., 1000) ; m. West Spring- field, Mass., Nov. 10, 1sb, Emily Laura Miller; one son, Herbert Greenleaf. Was principal of acads. at Adams and Canan- daigua (N. Y.) for several years; inst'r in dep't of German, Harvard Univ., 1506-1903: since 1903 prof. German literature, Adelphi Coll., Brooklyn. Author: Studies in German Literature in the Nineteenth Century, 1903: The Significance of German Poetry in the Eighteenth Century, 1004; Romantic Poetry in Germany, 1905. Edited Goethe's Torquato Tasso, with intro, and notes; frequent contb'r to leading literary magazines: lecturer on the social and ethical phases of literature. Mem. Modern Language Ass'n of America, pres. German section, Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences. Club: Authors. Residence: ( sum- mer), Kingston, Mass. ; ( winter ), 393A Lafay- ette Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.


COATES, Edwin Morton:


Brigadier-Cen., U. S. A .: b. N. Y. City, Jan. 29, 1836; s. Charles and Catherine ( Sta- ley) Coates; od. Albany (N. Y.) Acad; m. Denver, Colo., Oct., Is$1, Isuelta Stewart. Entered Union Army, April 20, IGI, as Ist lieut. Ilth N. Y. Inf. "Fire Zouaves, " Col. E. E. Ellsworth, commanding; restand Ang. 4, leul, and was appt'd 2d lieut. 2d Cav., U. S. A., Aug. 5, 1sbl; transferred to 12th Inf., Sept. 20, 1:61: 1st lieut., Oct. 21, 1:61; capt., April 11, 1205; transferred to 30th Iuf., Sept. 21, 1:66: to 4th Int., Mar. 23, Isto: major 19th Inf., July 14, 1:00; liout .- col., 16th Inf., Nov. 23, 1593; colonel, 5th Inf., July 23, 1-Us; retired at age limit, Jan. 29, TWO. Brevetted captain and major for gallant services in Battlo of the Wilderness, and during cam. paign before Richmond, Va. Address: Cu- bourg, Ontario, Canada.


COBB, Charles Newell:


Inspector in State Ed'n Dep't; b. New- field, Tompkins Co., N. Y .. Jan. 3, 1:33; s. William Nowell and Harriet Eliza (Goss) Cobb; ancestors on both sides were in i'rench and Indian War, Revolutionary War, and War of 1812; attended Norwich ( N. Y.) Acad., Jordan (N. Y.) Acad., Oneonta (N. Y.) Union Sch., Wyoming Sem. ( Kingston, Pa ) ; grad. in classical course, Cazenovia Sem., 153, and from Syraense Univ., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), 1-27, A.M .. 1s-0; m. Palatine Bridge, N. Y., Ang. 14, 1-9, Elizabeth Surl; children : Mary Elizabeth, b June 15, 1-91. Ruth Newell, b. May 21, 1895: (died Aus. 11, 140), Lois Harriet, h. Oct. S. Traveled in Europe, 1977: prins Lisle (N. Y ). I'nion Sch., IST, Massena, N. Y., Union Seh., 19-0: vier-prin Greenwich Acad., Kast Greenwich, R. 1 .. Iss1: prin. Palatine Bridge I'nion Seh., 1- 2-87. Waterford schools, 1-57; sup't ( first) Waterford schools, less, teacher


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of science. State Normal Sch., Oneonta, I Chis, 152. Emma M. Smith; seven sous and N. Y .. 1-0-93; examiner in C'miv. of State, one daughter. Practising as architect with of N. Y,, 1893; insp. Univ. of State of N. Y., offices A: N. Y. City, Chicago, Washington. 1894-1901, in State Eda'l Den't, since 1901. Men. B'd Architects. World's Columbiau Republican. Mem. and tristee 'Trinity 21. E. Hap'n, Chicago; special architect, U. S. Gov't & years. Extensive practice all over country, al kinds of buildings, with head- quarters in N. Y. Chy, Pres. Forty-twu ! Broadway Co., John Jay Realty Co., Fidelity Ch. Mein. Nat. Edn'] \\\ n, State Teachers' Ass'n, Associated Academic Principals, N. Y. State Science Teachers AAss'n, Hudson River Schoolmasters' Club, Council of City 9d Village Superintendents, P-i Upsilon: Mlnson. I Development Co. Fellow Aut. Inst. Archi- Club: Aurania (charter meid. ). Address: 26, trets. Clubs: Harvard, Apawamis, Lawyers North Pine .Av., Albany, N. Y.


COBB, Frank Irving:


Journalist; b. ia shawnee Co., Kan., Aug. 6, 1569; s. Mivor II. and Mathilde .1. Cobb ; grad. State Normal Sch. of Mich., 1so0 ; At. 1897, Delis S. Bailey. Engaged in newspaper work at Detroit as esit rial writer on the Evening News, 1996 19. ati the Free Press, 1900-01; since May, 1900, editorial writer with N. Y. World. Residence: Es Central Av., Tompkinsville, S. 1., N. Y.


COBB, Fordyce A .:


Lawyer: b. Spring Mills, N. Y., Mar. 26, 1872; s. William and Deha C. ( Lawrence) Cobb; grad. Cornell Utav., Je:3; unmarried. Admitted to bar, 3-91; now mem. law hrm Tompkins, Cobb & Cobb; director Wyckote Advertising Co., Banalo, R. T. Booth Co., Buffalo (sec. aml treas. ), b. C. Bement (treas). Republican: has served as city att'y of Ithaca. Baptist. Knight Templar, EI. Odd Fellow: mem. Craftsman Club. Address: 527 State St., Ithaca, N. Y.


COBB, George Henry:


Lawyer, State senator; b. Hounsfield. N. Y., Ort. 10, 14: Khijah and Emily Cobb: ed. in common schovis and Potsdam State Normal Sch,, grad. 1-90; m. Watertown, N. Y., 1-03, Louise Wenzel. Principal gradul schools, IFwe must :1- oficer, 120.00; ad- mitted to bar, 1991; ch puty county clerk, Jei- ferson Co., Mar., 1-th, to Jan. 1, 1sb6; re- corder City of Watertown. 1-93.97: dist. att y Jefferson Co., IS'S-1904; elected 1904, and re- elected, 1906, State senator for both Dist. of N. Y. Address: Watertown, N. Y.


COBB, Henry Evertson:


Clergyman; b. Hopewell. Dutchess Co., N. Y., Mar. 25, 143; 4. Nov. Oliver Ells- worth and Cornelia Whitney ( Polhemus) Cobb: ed. Flushing (N. Y.) Inst., 1:22 0; N. Y. Univ. 10-2, D.D. 10: Rutgers College, 3-62.4, A.B., I-4, D.D., 1001; grad. Princeton Thund. Sem., 1 --: m. Germantown, Philadelphia, Feb. A. Dal Kiadieth Colgate Penrose, d. Bon. Clement Bidder Penrose; children: Dorothy Poure. h. Oct. 31. 1992, Oliver Ellsworth, b. feb. 3, 3- 6, Binily Lin- nard, b. June 22, Jo, Chement Buldle Pen- rose, b. Sopt. 16, 1 00. Minister North Re- formed Ch., West Troy. N. Y., 1-9.92, 01- legiate Ch., West End Av. and With St., N. Y. City, since 1913. Pres B'd Trustees, Riverside Day Nursery ; v .... Riverside 1s)'n. Wahlensan Anl >w .: director Federation of Churches. l'asilon fraternity, Clubs: Century. Rutgers. Address: 350 West Ead Av., N. Y. City.


COBE, Henry Ives:


Architect; b. Brookline, Mass., And. 17. 1559: s. Albert A. and Mary R. (Candler) Cobb; ed. Mass. Inst. Technology, Harvard Univ., B.S., 180, and in Europe; m. N. Y.


( N. Y. City), Chicago AAthletic, American Yacht, Metropolitan (Washington), Quogue Meld. Residence: 125 W. 59th St .. N. Y. City: (summer), Rekdale Farm, Brewster,


N. Y. Address: 42 Broadway, N. Y. City. COBB, Henry Nitchie:


Clergyman; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 13, 1:31; s. Sanford and Sophia Lewis ( Nitele) Cobb ; ed. private schools in Brooklyn, N. Y., 1842- 10, Tarrytown, N. Y., 1-40-51, Yale Coll., .A.B., 1:35, A.MI., 185s (D).D., Rutgers, lois) ; m. Tarrytown, N. Y., May 17, 1560, Matilda E. Van Zandt; children: Sanford Ellsworth, Maria Van Zandt Macleish. Missionary .1 Am. Board to Persia. 1-60-62; pastor Re- tormed Ch. of Millbrook, N. Y., Isto-21; corr. sec. I'd Foreign Missi ms, Reformed Ch. in America, since 192. Has twice been round the world, visiting missions of the church in -Arabia, India, China and Japan, 1:51-92 and . 1004.05. Sec. Arabian mission. Republican. Jiem. Phi Beta Kappa, Am. Oriental Soc. Nat. Geog. Sne. Residence: E. Orange, N. J. Address: 25 E. 2nd St., N. Y. City.


COBE, Ilenry W .:


Merchant; b. Blackwells, N. C., Jan. 21. 1-60; s. Henry W. and Mary ( Howard) Cobb; ul. country schouls in N. C .: m. Greensboro, N. C., IST. Jenaie Bethell Scales (dird 201). children: Effie Henderson, b. 1sy, ilenry W., Jr., b. 1:01. First v .- p. and director Am. Cigar Co., Internat. Virar Machinery Co., Am. Stogie Co .: director Havana Tobacco Co., Havana Am. Co. Mem. AMdine Ass n Southern Soc., North Carolina Sic. Resi- denice: 14 E. 60th St. Address: 111 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.


COBB, John B .:


Capitalist. Pres. and director Am. Cigar V'u .. Cuban Land and Leaf Tobacco Co., The Havana Am. Co., Ilavana Commercial Co .; v.p. and duertor Am. Tobacro Co .: Ist v .- p. and director HI. de Cabanas y Carbajal: di- Irctor Am. Sunff Co., Am. Stogie Co., Black- will's Durham Tubaceo Ca, British Am. To- bacco Co. (Limited), F. Garcia Bros. & Co. Havana Tubacro Co., The Indatsrial Co. f Porto Rico, Internat. Pizar Machinery Co .. Ihrman & Wilbern Tabacco Co., Porto Ri- ran Am. Tobacco Ou. Residence: 26 W. TRh St. Address: Il Fifth Av., N. Y. City.


COBB. Roderick Provost:


Clergyman; ed. Franklin and Marshall Coll., Lancaster, Pa., M A. Ordered dearon. 1-01, ordained priest, 192, by Bishop Spar- lu rough. In chirer Episcopal (h., (rasa. wiels, N. J .. 199192, St. Paul's Rahway, S. J., 1-02-1900: Since 1900 rester Christ Ch, Troy. N. Y. Address:, Troy, N. Y.


COBDEN. Richard:


Clergymen: b. Troy, N. Y .; ed. Columbia I'niv. Ordered deacon, 1-69. and ordained priest, 1:00, by Bishop Potter. Ass't minis-


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ter St. Mark's Episcopal Ch., N. Y. City, | Cochrane; ed. West Jersey Acad., Bridgeton, 1-9-97: rector St. John's Ch., Larchmont, since 1597. Address: Larchmont Manor, N. Y. COBLENTZ, Virgil:


Chemist ; b. Springfield, O., March 12, 1~2; s. John Philip and Susan ( Zitzer) tobhntz; ed. Wittenberg ( Springfield ) Coll., Ph. D., Ph.M., A.M., F.C.S., 190; Phila. Coll. Pharmacy, 1>81-82; studied natural sciences in U'nivs. Gottingen, Strassburg, Würzburg, Munich, Berlin ( Ph.D., 1891) ; m. Strassburg, Alasce, 1889, Anna Bauel: children: Fritz, b. 1-224, Siegfried C., b. 1893. Prof. materia mirdira and toxicology, Cincinnati Coll, Phar- nicy, Jos1-87; prof. chemistry, N. Y. Coll. Pharmacy, since 1-91; chm'n N. Y. section, Soc. Chem. Industry, 1502-01; v .- p. British S.C. Chem. Industry. 1943-01; sub-chm'n U. S. Pharmacopinia Revision Com. Author: Volumetric Analysis, The Newer Remedios; joint author of Pharmaceutical and Medical Chemistry. Residence: Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Address: 115 W. 68th St., N. Y. City.


COBURN, Edward Bernard:


l'hysician, ophthalmologist, otologist; b. Troy, N. Y., Feb. 6, 148: s. Dr. Edward S. and Jlarriet .1. (Bernard ) Coburn; grad. U'hion Coll., A.B., 1-53. A.M., 1s1, Albany Med. Coll., M.D., 1:90; post-grad. study in N. Y. City, 1>90-91, in Paris, Ileidelberg, Vienna, Berlin, London, 1501-92; unmarried. l'ormerly clinical ass't to Royal London Ophthalmic Hosp,, and to Central London Throat and Ear losp .; clinical ass't, Van- derbilt Clinic., Coll. Phys. and Surg .; inst'r N. Y. Polyclinic: ass't surgem, N. Y. Oph- thalmic and Aural Inst : clinical ass'i, Man- hattan Eye and Ear losp. ; how attending surgcon, Cornell I'niv. Med. Coll. Dispensary ; ass't surgeon and pathologist, Now Amster- dam Eye and Eur Hosp. Rennblican. Bap- tist. Mom. N. Y. Mate Med. Soc. N. Y. County Med. Sor .; fellow N. Y. Aend. Medi- cine. Mem. Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Ni, S. A. R., Founders and Patriots of America, Lee- turer for N. Y. B'd Ed'n. Club: Beta Theta Pi Address: 16 E. JE St., N. Y. Chy.


COCHRAN, Richard Ellis:


N. J .: m. Ist, Southington, Conn., 1977, Cora V. Miller; 2, Bridgeton, N. J., 1ss1, Priscilla E. Appelgate; children: John A., b. 1s-6, Elfrida M., b. less. Co-founder and editor, Salem ( Mass.) News les0: founder and editor Marlborough (N. Y.) Record, 1885. StalE editor Standard Dictionary, 18b0; contb'r to Eney. Britannica ( Werner edit.), Ency. Amer- icana, Appleton's Annual Ency., Zell's Ency. Author: History of Marlborough, N. Y., 1997; Artistic Ilomes, 18-9; Wonders of Modern Mechanism, 197; Modern Industrial Progress, 1900. Established Cochrane Publishing Co., with son as partner, 190%, at 24 Vandewater St., N. Y. City. . Contributor to magazines. Independent in politics: Free-thinker in re- ligion. Recreation: Chess. Director Brook- lyn Chirss ( Inb. Address: Brooklyn Chess Club, 4 Court Square, Brooklyn, N. Y.


COCHRANE, Francis, Jr .:


Lawyer; b. Coxsackie, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1663; s. Francis and Barbara ( Van Schaick ) "'och- rane; grad. Williston Seminary 15-3, Yalo Univ., A.B., Isst; m. Oct. 30, 1902, Frances Rice Rogerson: children: Cornelia Rogersan, b. 1003, Frances Barbara, b. 1906. Admitted 10 bar of N. Y., 19-9. Teacher of classics and mathematics in college preparatory schools in N. Y. nul Conn., 19-7-9. En- gaged in general practice of law since July, 1:48. Republican; (Dutch) Reformed Ch. Residoner: 112 W. 72d St. Address: lo Wall St., N. Y. City and lindson, N. Y.


COCIIRANE, Harold Duncan:


Physician and surgeon; b. Bedford, N. Y., May 23, 1577: s. Charles it and bliza (Day) Cochrany: grad. N. Y. Homeopathic Med. Coll. and Hosp., M.D .. 1s9;' m. Albany, N. Y.,. 1901. Angelica Randall. Republican. Presbyterian. Mom Albany Co. and N. Y. State Homme. Med. Sues. Mem. St Andrews Sor., Masons, Odd Fellows. Royal Areannm. Marcabres. Modern Woodmen. Attending physician Albany Humo, Hosp. Address : 59 Eagle St., Albany, N. Y.


COCKRAN, W. Bourke:


Lawyer, mem. Congress: b. in Tre'ind. Feb. Insurance official; b. York, Pa., June 24, 1619. Began business life as a printer and was afterward a coal operator, then became connected with the U. S. Life Ins. Co., uf which he is now third vico-pres. Mem. Life Underwriters' Ass'n of N. Y. (pres. 1-06), Nat. Ass'n Life I'nderwriters opres. 1-9 -- 99, chi'n Exec. Com., 1905-140). Director Am. Grass Twine Co. and other corp'ns. dress: 277 Broadway, N. Y. City. 28, 1:51: s. Martin and Harriet K. Cockran; rd. in France and Ireland: came to C. S. 1-71, and soon after appt'd teacher in a private academy: was principal of a publie school in Westchester Co., N. Y .: while en- gaged in teaching, read law; admitted to bar. IS6: since then, engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City. Distinguished as orator: ne- tive in municipal, State and national polities: mion. 50th Congress, IsPs !; was mom. of the COCHRANE, Aarou Van Schaick: comm'n to revise judiciary article of Cunsti- Jurist: b. Coxsackie. N. Y., March 11. 1658; brought up on farm: grad. Yale. B.A., 1-79; m. Oet. 1, 1-2, Margaret M. Hawver. Studied law at Hudson, N Y .: admitted to bar, Ash, and engaged in practice ar Hudson, N. Y. Pulire justier of Hudson, Is-7-8: dist. att'y. Comandlig to. N. Y .. ]>>DO !; mom. Congress. 19th N. Y Dist. ING-1901: elerird Nov., 19001, justice Supreme Court of State of N. Y. for the Third Judicial Dist, fur the term expiring Dec. #1, 1911. Republican. Address: Hudson, N. Y. tirtion of State of N. Y : mom 5kl and 53d Congresses, 1591 95: opposed platform adopted by Democratic Convention at Chicago, 1st. and voted for MrKinley: in November. 19, at Chickering Hall, N. Y. City, addressat I'rst, public meeting in favor of intervention by this Guy't to terminate Our perpetrition of barbarities in Cule, and at Academy of Music, N. Y. City, J.m., 1999, addressed first public meeting in opposition to fareille an- nevation of conquest of the Philippine Islands; supported Bryan for President, Em, on the ground of opposition to Imperialism; COCIIRANE, Charles Henry: elected at special election held Feb, 2% Im, Editor, author, publisher: b. Larun. Ill., to Feth Congress from 19th N. Y. Dist. to 1556; s. John and Annie D. (Hamilton) | fill vacancy caused by resignation of theurge


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B. Mcclellan; reflected to 50th and 60th Con.| presses ; present term expiring March 3, 1000. Democrat. Clubs: Metropolitan. Meadow Brook, Larchmont Yhebt, 'The Brook, Lambs, Catholic, Riding, National Arts, Lotos (N. Y. City) ; Country, Metropolitan ( Washing- ton ). Residence: The Cedars, Port Wash- ington, N. Y. Address: 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City.


COCKCROFT, James:


Author and publisher: b. N. Y. City, Sept. 2. 1542: s. James M. and Lucretia M. (Voor- hies) Cockcroft: ed. in schools of N. Y. City, and Peekskill Mil. Acad .: m. 1-67, Aleda T. Neteham. Originated the encyclopa.die sys- tem of law books in 1.5: pres. Edward Thompson Co., publishers. Author: Amer- ican and English Encyclopedia of Law, 1.$7; Encyclopaglia of Pleading and Practice, 1-95; Encyclopedia of Forms and Precedents, 1:95. Address: Northport, L. I.


. COCKS, Edmund L .:


Physician; b. April 20, 1556; s. Edmund and Phebe Cocks: ed. Grammar School No. 57, N. Y. City, Coll. City of N. Y., Belle- Vue Ilosp. Med. Cull., M.D., 1>55; m. 1st, 1-77, Emily J. Thompson of N. Y. City (died 1:97); m. 2d. N. Y. City, 1999. Anna E. Donnelly: children: Leila A. Cocks. b. 1879, Edmund L. Cocks. Jr .: b. 1954. Chief of the Dermatological staff. Harlem and Ford- ham Itosus. . Visiting dermatologist to Ran- dall's Island Hosp .; ass't dermatologist Skin and Cancer Hosp. Das hen abroad twice studying dermatology in London, Paris iu 1.96, and 1901. Visited England, Holland. Germany, Switzerland and Italy, Was receiv. ed privately by the Pupe, returning via. Naples, Palermo and the Azores. Republican; Protestant. Mem. N. Y. Acad. of Medicine, Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Med. Ass'n. Ad- dress: 356 W. 119th St., N. Y. City.


COCKS, W. Burling:


Real estate: s. William Townsend and Hannah (Burling) Cocks; ed. Columbia Sch . N. Y. City; unmarried. Mem, firm of W. Burling Cocks and Samuel Willets, real es- tate. Director N. Y. Gilen Cove Bank, Roslyn Savings Bank: sec. North Shore Horse Show. Address: Loenst Valley, L. I., N. Y.


COCKS, William W .:


Congressman, farmer: b. Westhury, L. I., N. Y., July 24. 1-t: s. Isaac H, and the late Mary T. (Willets) Cocks: ed. Swarth- more Coll., Pa .: m. N. Y. City, July 24, 1001, Caroline R. Hicks (died Dec. 27, 1001). Has farms on Long Island. Elected comm'r of highways, town of N. Hempstead. 1-1: State Senator, 1900; mem, of Assembly, 1903; mom. of Congress, elerted from Ist N. Y. Dist., Nov., 100%. Republican. Mom. Soe. of Friends, and a manager of Swarthmore College, Pa .; trustee Friends' Acad, Locust Valley, L. T. Clubs: Republican (N. Y. ('ity), Fort Orange (Albany). Address : Westbury. N. Y.


CODDING. George Henry:


Physician and surgeon : b. Egremont. Berkshire County, Mass .. Aug. 1. 1-54: s. Henry Ephraim and Emeline ( Edgerly ) Cod. ding: ed. Egremont Acad. South Faremont. Mass .: Coll. Phys, and Surg., N. Y. City. M.I., Issl; served in Kings County Husp. and in Kings County Insane Asylum at Flat. 290


bush, L. I .; m. Southbury, New Haven County, Conn., March 28, 1 ~~ 3, Irene Hinman Warner; children: Joel Hlinman, b. May 1. 1St, Desanit Guernsey, b. Sept. 25. 1set, (died "July 23, rs7). Entered upon private prac- tire, as partner of Dr. Desault Guernsey nf Amenia, N. Y., lan. 9, 1>>2: partnership ex- pired, by limitation, at end of three years and has since been in constant practice at Amenia. Mem. and treos. since 1905, and also trustee, of menia Fire Co. No. 1. In- dependent in polities. Address: Amenia, Dutehess Co., N. Y.


CODDINGTON, IIerbert Guibord:


Clergyman; b. Cazenovia, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1×05; s. Rev. Prof. W. P. (S.T.D.) and Louisa ( Gmbord ) Coddington; grad. Syracuse L'hiv, A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), Idet; student in Gen. Theol. Sein., N. Y. City, 1ssG->> ( D.D., Syra- ense U'niv., 1905) ; m. Lowville, N. Y., Dee. 12, Issa, Lenne Adele Fitch; one daughter; Dorothy, b. April 23, 1894. Ordered deacon, Sept. 29, Ises; ordained priest, Dec. 11, 1589, by Bishop F. D. Huntington. Rector St. John's Church, Marcellus, N. Y., 18SS-91, Grace Church, Syracuse. N. Y., sinco 191. Author: Genealogy of the Coddington Family; and has published, for private circulation, a number of addresses. Chaplain Hosp. of the Good Shepherd, Syracuse; trustee St. John's School, Manlins, N. Y. Delegate to Gen. Convention of Episcopal Church, Boston, 1001. Richmond, 1907. Mem. Psi Upsilon fra- ternity, Onondaga Hist. Ass'n. Clubs: Uni- versity, Citizens' ( Syracuse). Address: Syr- acuse, N. I.


CODDINGTON, Wellesley Perry:


Clergyman, educator: b. Sing Sing, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1:40: s. David Cook and Hannah ( Perry) Coddington; grad. Wesleyan Univ .. A D. (Phi Beta Kappa), Isto. A.M., 1and ( S.T.D., Hamilton Cull., 1s>0) ; m. Platisburg, N. Y., July 23, 1-63, Louisa Gnibord: chil- dren: Rev. Herbert Guibord ( A.M., D.D., rec. tor Grace Ch., Syracuse. N. Y.), Mrs. Ger- trnde Louisa Stinson (.A.B., Wellesley Coll. ), Winifred, Ethel ( deceased). Teacher math- rmanes, Troy Cont. Sein., Poultney, Vt., 1-60 62; nneient languages, menia (N.Y.) Sem., 1802-63; joined N. Y. Conf. M. E. Ch., 1×3: prin. Amenia Som., 1>03-64; teacher Greek, Cazenovia ( N. Y. ) Sem., 1804-65; prin. Cazenovia Sem .. 1-05: prof. modern languages. Genesee (N. Y.) Coll., 1565 Ga; Greek and Latin in same, 567-70; Greek, ethics and Christian evidences, Syracuse Univ., 1871-91: prof. philosophy, same, since 1-91. Well known also as preacher, having served in some of the largest Presby'n Meth. and Cong'l pulpits in N. Y. and the New England States: has published numerous sermons, ad- dresses and edn'l papers. Address: Syracuse L'niv., Syracuse, N. Y.


CODWISE. Edward Eertie:


Civil engineer: b. Elizabeth, N. J., May 9. 1549: s. Elisha R. (of Brooklyn) and Harri- ette S. (Salter) Codwier, of Elizabeth, N. J .; grad. Brooklyn Poly. Inst . 1-t5, Institution Davanx, Amiens, France, ING: m. Rosendale. Vister Co., N. Y .. March 2, 1572. Emma Soyder, children: Harriette Frances, b. 1.71, Henry Ragers, h 157, George Wallace, h. 187. Has served as ass't eng'r Erie R. R. (twice), Raritan and Delaware Bay R. R.,


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Pemberton & N. Y. R. R., N. J. Southern | vard Med. Soc., County Med. Soc., Acad k R. (twice); principal ass't Willkill Valley of Medicine, Soc. Alumni Bellevue Hosp., etc. Trustee Gen. Memorial Hosp. Repub. lican; mem. Dutch Reformed Church. Men. I'hi Beta Kappa ( Yale), Delta Kappa Lpsi- lon, Order Foreign Wars, Soc. Colonial Wars, Mayflower Soc., Soc. War 1-12, Sons of Revolution. Recreation : Hunting and fish-


R: R .; resident eng'r Callao, Lima and Oroya R. R. (Peru, S. 1.) ; resident eng r N. Y. 1.levated R. R., and West Shore R. R .; rity eng'r Kingston, N. Y., 1-91-91 and again sthee 1502 to date: chief eng'r Ulster & I'Maware R. R .. 1:55-1902. Mem. Am. Soc. Av. Eng'rs, less, Mem. Soc. of Municipal Improvements, Kingston Lodge, No. 10, F. a. d .1. M. Club: Kingston. Address: Kings- ton, N. Y.




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