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COMAN, Charlotte B .:
Landscape painter: b. Waterville, N. Y. : studied art in N. Y. City with James M Brevoort, and in Paris with Emille Vernier and Harry Thompson; 6 years in France and Holland. widow. After returning 1) America, devoted attention exclusively to landscapes. Received bronze medal frumo California Midwinter Expen, 10}; prize in Woman's Art Club, the Juha A. Shaw Me- 003
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morial Prize on My September Morning, and second prize on same jucture from Washing- ton Soc. Artists: also Burgess Prize of Woman's Art. Club for picture The Sunset, 1907. Address: 939 8th Av., N. Y. City.
COMAN, Henry B .:
Lawyer; b. Morrisville, N. Y., Der. 8, 1-58; s. Benjamin F. and Harriet E. ( White) Co- man; ed. Morrisville Union Sch .. Cazenovia Sun .; m. Rochester, N. Y., Is-s. Lucy Sand- ford Dana; children: Harriet Dana, b. 1891, Dorothy, b. 1-91. Deputy attorney-gon. N. Y. State, 1>>9-1002, in charge of trial of "'sperial franchise'' cases before Judge Rob- ert Earl; counsel to judiciary com., Assembly, 1905, in investigation of charges against Warren B. Hvoker, Justice Supreme Court: counsel to legislature upon his trial, same year. Director First National Bank of Mor. risville, N. Y. Republican. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n; trustee Morrisville Publie Library. Clubs: Republican (N. Y. City), Citizens' (Syracuse), Oneida Business Men's, Oneida Country. Address; Morrisville, N. Y. COMEY, John Winthrop:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, April 6, 1577; s. Johu F. and Harriet (Grover) Comey: grad. Brown Univ., Ph. B. ( Phi Beta Kappa), 1:08. Columbia Law Sch., LL. B., 1901: unmarried. Associated with law firm of Carter. Hughes & Dwight, later Carter, Hoghes, Rounds & Schurman, 1901-04: 1001, associated with Me- Vickar. Gaillard Realty Co., 19 1-05. Repub- lican; Baptist. Mein. Delta Phi fraternity, Sons of lievolution. Clubs: Phi Delta Phi (legal), University, Brown, St. Elmo. Resi- dence: 52 W. 54th St. Address: Comey & Co., 5-4 Broadway, N. Y. City.
COMFORT, Anna Manning:
Physician; b. Trentom. N. J., Jan. 19. 1513; d. Alfred Curling and Elizabeth ( P'rice ) Man- ning: academie ed'n in Boston, Mass. : grad. N. Y. Med. Coll., for Women, M D., 1565; in. Jan. 19, 1571, Prof. George F. Comfort. Was first woman med. graduate to practice in State of Connecticut: later, lecturer in N. Y. Med. Coll. for Women, and practitioner as a specialist in gynecology in N. Y. City and Syracuse. Traveled extensively in Europe, 1-7 and 1:01, visiting hospitals and other med. institutions. Author: Woman's Edura. tion and Woman's Health: contb'r both prose and verse to med, and other publica- tions. Address: Empire House, Syracuse, N. Y.
COMFORT, George Fisk:
Educator, writer, art critie; b. Berkshire, Tinga, Co., N. Y., Sept. 20, IS; s. Rev .. Silas C. (D. D.) and Electa ( Smith) Comfort ; grad. Wesleyan Univ. (Conn. ), IF (L. II.D., Univ. State of N. Y., 1 -- >; LL.D., Syracuse Univ., 1-03); traveled and studied art. his- tury, philosophy and philobuy in Europe and the Orient, 140-5: at Univ. and Lead. Fine Arts, Berlin, 2 years; traveled and studied in Europe, 1-2, 1-7, 1-01; m. JJan. 10. 1-71, Dr. Anna Manning. Prof. esthetics (first in America), and of modern languages ,h literature. Allegheny Coll., Meadville, P'a. 1-656; lecturer on Christian art and arch. pology, Drew Theol. Sem., Madison. N J., 1-t;2; prof. esthetics and modern Jan- Plages, 1:74. Syracuse Univ .; originated, 1:3, and organized Coll. of Fine Arts, Syra.
cuse Univ., with 4-year course and de- grees in fine arts (architecture, sculpture, painting, music), of which was dean, 1s;s- 93. A founder Met. Museum of Art, N. Y. City, 1560-72, lecturer in same, 1975; or. ganized, 1809, see. 1959-74 and still mem. Am. Philol. Ass'n; organized, 1896, and since then director (also honorary life fellow) Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts: organized 1901, Central N. Y. Soc. AArtists, which holds exb'ns in Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts. Mein. Soc. of Arts ( London); corr. mem. Archivol. Insts. of Rome, Paris, Ber- lin; honorary life fellow Met. Museum of Art (N. Y. City) ; hon. mein. Am. Anthropol, Soc., Texas Hist. Soc., Soc. Am. Authors, Municipal Arts Soc. (N. Y. City), Onondaga Co. Hist. Sor., Nat. Art Theatre Soc., Alpha Delta Phi fraternity; director Am. Free Art League, charter mem. m. Ass'n of Museums. Author: Art Museums in America: Modern Languages in Education; also several text- books on German language and literature : conth'r to periodicals, encyclopedias, etc., uf articles upon art history and criticism. Chibs: National Arts (N. Y. City), Syracuse University (Syracuse). Address: Empire
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COMMANDER, Lydia Kingsmill:
Lecturer, author; b. Clinton, Ont .; d. Charles Richard and Lydia ( Kingsmill ) Commander; grad. Collegiate Inst., Strat- ford. Ont., also studied at Western Univ .. London, Ont., and under tutors at Mend- ville Thenl. Sem .; m. Ruskin, Tenn., 1-09. Herbert N. Casson. Ordained and installed pastor of Free Cong'l Ch. at Baraboo, Wis., 1897; went to Ruskin, Tenn., 1-99, hecom- ing a member of the cooperative colony there, and associate editor, with Herbert N. Casson, of the Coming Nation; mem. editorial staff N. Y. Journal, 1809 10002; edited Bellamy Review and Fair Play (social reform mag- azine ), 1902; since then lecturer and writer. lecturer of N. Y. Humane Soc., and for N. Y. City I'd of Education. Author: Marred in the Making, 1903: The American Idea. 1909. Speaker at Internat. Congress of Women, Berlin, 1904. Mem. League for Polit. Education, League of Self Supporting Women, Equal Suffrage League of N. Y .; v .. p. and director Woman's Lengne of N. Y. State. Clubs: Womens' Press (N. Y. City), Lyceum ( London). Residence: 17 E. 11th St. Address : 35 Fulton St., N. Y. City.
COMPTON, Alfred G .:
Educator; b. London, Eng., Feb. 1. 1-35; parents engrated to America, Mar., 1812; ed. public schools of city and grad Coll. of City of N. Y. m first graduating class, July, 1-53; tutor in college, 1-5349; prof. of physics ( mechanics, etc., mixed mathematics) ; acting pres. of college from Dec. 1. 1002, to Sept. 1. 1903, between the resignation of Pres. Hexander S. Wehb and appointment of his Successor John 1I. Finley. Author; First Lessons in Wand Working: First Les- sons in Metal Working: The Speed Lathe (with JJ. 11. de Grandto) : The Engine Lathe ( with J. IT. De Grooilt) : Some Common Kirors of Speech; A Manual of Logarithmic Computation. Mem. m. Sne. Civil Kug'rs. Am. Just. of Klee. Eng'rs, City Coll. Club. Address: 10 W. 12ith St., N. Y. City.
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COMSTOCK, Anna Botsford:
Lecturer, natural history artist and wood engraver; b. Otto, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1:54; d. Marvin and Phebe (Irish) Botsford; grad. Chamberlain Inst., Raudolph, N. Y., 1973, Cornell, 1885; studied art at Cooper Union and under John P. Davis; m. 1875, Prof. John llenry Comstock of Cornell. Ass't prof. Cornell extension work in Nature Study, 199; lecturer Leland Stanford, Jr., Univ. exten- sion work, 1899-1900, and in Univ. of Culif., in 1905; now lectures on nature study. Cor- nell Univ., and editur Cornell Leaflets for Ilome Nature Study. Sec. Nature Club of America, 1906. Exhibited wood engraving at following expositions: Columbia, 1:03; Paris, 1900: Pan-Am. Buffalo, 1901 (prize medal). Anthor : Ways of the Six-Footed: llow to Keep Bees; Confessions to a lfeathen Idol: joint author of How to Know the Butterflies. Mem. Soc. Am. Wood Engravers, Sigma X1. Address: 13 East Av., Ithaca, N. Y.
COMSTOCK, Anthony:
Sec. N. Y. Soc. for Suppression of Vice; b. New Canaan, Coun., Mar. 7, 1844; s. Thomas Anthony and Polly Ann ( Lockwood) Com stoek; ed. dist. school and Wychoit's Acad., New Canaan, and one year in New Britain ( Conn. ) High Sch,; m. Brooklyn, Jan. 25, 1871, Margaret Hamilton; children: Adele R., b. 19-3, and one deceased. Volun- teered Dee., 1563, in 17th Conn. Vols .; served under Gen. Gilmore in 3d Separate Brigade. Dep't of South; hon. discharge, July 1805; came to N. Y. City, 1:07; worked consecu- tively as porter, stock clerk and salesigan in wholesale dry goods houses, 1:07-73. Mado first seven arrests of venders of obscene books, Mar. 3, 1972, and has been sec. and chief special agent N. Y. Soc. for Suppres- sion of Vice since its incorporation in 1-73. Appt'd special agent (now called inspector) Post-office Department, Mar. 5. 1-73, and until Jan., 1907, served Gov't of U. S. in that capacity withunt salary. Has made nearly three thousand three hundred arrests and seized more than one hundred and twenty-six tons of obscene literature and other contraband matters. Republican. Mom. Central Presby'n Ch .. Summit, N. J. Has, been prominent in Y.M.C.A. work. Author: | Frauds Exposed; Gambling Outrages; Morals vs. Art: Traps for the Young. Hecreations: Cabinet work with tools, and philatelist. Residence : 35 Beckman Road, Summit, N. J. Office: 140-112 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
COMSTOCK, Benjamin Sayre:
Manufacturer: b. N. Y. City. June 13, 1-59; s. George W. and Lydia (Sayre) Com- stork: ed. in Germany, one year, Switzer- land, one year; grad. Princeton, A.B., 15-0, Modern Language Fellow, 1-081. Princeton : in. 1890, Adelaide Cuthbert Adams; children: Anth C., Katherine Sayre, Francis Adams, Adelaide Beatrice. Engaged in manufactur- ing business from 1>>1; now treas. Comstock- Hoff Meg Co., leather gouds, sprit 1 sum- miers mountain climbing in Switzerland, the Tyrol, and Carinthia: 5 summers clunbing and camping in British Columbia: visited sources of Athabasca and Saskatchewan Rivers, 1900. Independent in phties; Pres. byserian. Residence: Sonth Orange, N. J. Address: 301 Walker St., N. Y. City.
COMSTOCK, Cyrus B .: . Brigadier-gen., U. S. A. (retired) ; b. West Wrenthem, Mass., Feb. 3, 1:31; s. Na- than and Betsey ( Cook) Comstock; grad. U. S. Mil. Acad .. July 1, 1:55: m. Washing. ton, D. C., Feb. 3, 1:09, Elizabeth Blair. Appt'd 2d lient. eng'rs, Sept. 1. 1:55; 1st lieut. eng'rs, July 1, 1so0; capt. eng'rs, Mar. 3, 1863; major of eng'rs. Dee. 26. 1:63; lieut- col. of eng'rs, July 17, 1-81; rol . of
eng'rs. April 7, 1883; retired. Feb. 3, Chief 195; brigadier-gen., April 23, 1001. eng'r Army of Potomac, 1:02-63; senior eng'r at surrender of Vicksburg; chief eng'r at assault of Ft. Fisher; senior a. d. c. to Lieut.Gen. U. S. Grant; for many years mem. or pres. Mississippi River Comm'n. Mem. Nat. Acad. of Science, Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Loyal Legion. Author: Primary Triangulation of the U. S. Lake Survey. Clubs: Union, Century. Address: 124 E. 27th St., N. Y. City.
COMSTOCK, Frederick H .:
Lawyer: b. N. Y. City, 1553; s. Sylvester W. and Marie Antoinette ( Harmon) Com. stock; ed. Public School 40, Coll. City of V. Y., A.B., 1922; Columbia Coll. (Sch. of Law) LL.B., 1574; m. le82, Emily Cole; ehil- dren: Antoinette C., George Frederick. Ad- mitted to bar. IST1; now mem. law firm of Adams & Comstock. Address: 31-36 Wall St., N. Y. City.
COMSTOCK, Harriet Theresa:
Author: h. Nicholas, Tinga Co .. N. Y., IS60; d. S. Alphous and Jean A. (Downey) Smith; ed. Plainfield, N. J. ; In. Brooklyn, N.
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Albert. Author: A Boy of a Thousand Years Ago: Tower of Throne; Cedrie the Saxon: When the British Came: \ Dusky Ilero: Queen's Hostage; also short juvenile stories in magazines. Unitarian. Life mem. Am. Unitarian Ass'n, mem. N. Y. League of Unitarian Women. Clabs: Brooklyn Woman's. Address: 31 Lincoln Road, Flat- bush, Brooklyn, N. Y.
COMSTOCK, Ira Morris:
Physician and surgeon; b. Salisbury, N. Y., June 1, 1:56; s. Morris William and Sarah { Rice) Com-tork; ed. in district school, Whitestown Sem., Univ. of N. Y., M.D., ED; m. Williamstown, N. Y., April 7, leso, Emma L. Bartlett; children: Morris W., May 1., Aletha K., Chas. W. Hlas practised in New York Mills, N. Y., since May 1, 1ss0. Med- ical examiner Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y., and other insurance companies. Republican ; Methodist. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Ass'n. Oneida Co. Med. Soc., Ttica Med. Library Ass'n. Mason 32-, Knight Templar and Shriner; Odd Fellow ( Encampment and Canton ). Clubs: Ma- sonic, Sadaquada. Address: New York Mills, N. Y.
COMSTOCK, John Henry:
I.durator, entomologist: b. Janesville, Wis., Feb. 21, 1-19; s. Lhomeser and Susan (Allen) Comstuck: grad. Cornell Univ., B.S., 1-71; m. Otto, N. Y., Ort. 7, 15. Anna Botsford. Instructor and prof. Coryet! Univ., 1-71-09; U. S. entomulngist at Washington, 171; since 1-1, prof. entomology and general in- vertebrate zoology, Cornell. Author: 305
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Manual for the Study of Inscets; Notes on | in llarverd I'niv. Dist., 1991; delegate ty Entomology: Report on Cotton Inserts; In- troduction to Entomology; Insect Life; How to Know the Butterflies (with wife) : ccctb'r to scientific journals. Address: 13 East Av., Ithara, N. Y.
COMSTOCK, Louis K .:
Elec. eng'r: b. Kenosha, Wis., Jan. 8, 1865; s. Charles Henry and Mercy Carolyn, (Bronson) Comstock; grad. Univ. of Mich., l'h. B., 1 ***: m. N. Y. City, Sept. 12. 1952, Anne Stevens Wilson; one child, Thomas Brownell, b. 1904. Engaged in electrical and mechanical eng ring since gradnation . three years sup't construction Western Elertric Co. ; four years elec, and mech. eng'r George A. Fuller Co. ; traveled in Mexico, West In- dies and Central and South America; since Jan. 1, 1901, pres. and director L. K. Com- stock & Co., Inc. Men. Am. Sur. Much. Eng'rs, Am. Inst. 'Elec. Eng'rs, Western Soc. Eng'rs. Delta Kappa Epsilon Ass'p. Railroad Club, Machinery ('lub. Rerren- tion: Traveling. Clubs: Engineers'. Hard- ware. Address: 50 Church St., N. Y. City. CONANT, Alban Jasper:
Portrait painter, naturalist; b. Chelsea, Orange Co., Vt., Sept. 24, 1-21; s. Caleb and Sally ( Barnes) Conant ; ed. Raadolph Arad., Vt., Gouverneur Wesleyan Sem. ; grad. 1844, Madison Univ., A.M., 1:55, Mu. State Univ., IsGs: in. Chelsea, Vi., 1915, Sarah MI. Howes ( died 1-67) : 2d, 199, Brianna Con- stance Bryan of San Francisco; children . .1. J., Jr .; Carrie Conant Smith. Painted portraits of Loncoln, Sherman, heads of cabinet departments. U. S., Washington, D. C .; justices of Court of Appeals, N. Y. and U. S. Supreme Courts; merchant princes of St. Louis for Chamber of Commerce. Among historical works: Burial of De Soto, and Anderson at Sinter When the Attack Began (now at West Point). Three months volunteer service in Mo., in 1-65; 8 years curator of State Univ. of Mo .; chm'n com. which founded Sch. of Mines and Metallurgy under Morrill Land Grant of 330,000 arres ( was supervisor 3 years). Made numerous mound and cave explorations in Valley of Mississippi River and tributaries and the Ozark foothills. Was choir leader and or- ganist 20 years, and teacher in Sacred Music Dep't, Euuna Willard Sem., Troy, N. Y. Author: Archaology of Mississippi Valley ( translated into many European languages ) ; Footprints of Vanished Rares; Prehistoric, Pagan, and Greek Art: Estheties of the Bible. Formerly Clay Whig, since then Re- pubiscan. Mem. . 1.1.1.8., St. Louis Aend. of Science, Anthropol. Sor, Washington, D. C., Jos0; Institution Ethnographique. Paris, France. Club: Authors. Address; 31 W. 10th St., N. Y. City.
CONANT, Charles Arthur:
Banker aml author: b. Winchester, Mass., July 2, 1-01: s. Charles E. and Mary Craw- ford (Wallare) Conant: grad. Winchester ( Mass. ) High Sch., 1879; unmarried. I'm- gazed in newspaper work for abont twenty years, beginning at Boston, Is0, and was 19 1 years Washington correspondent of N. Y. Journal of Commerce. Candidate for Mass. Legislature, Isst; sec. to postmaster at Bus- ton 17, Democratic candidate for Congress 300
Geld Denverat Conv., 1-90; became as . ciated with Exee. Com. of Indianapolis Ml .. elary Convention, 1897, and suggested sry eral of the provisions of the Gold Stand ı. 1 Law of Mar 14, 1900; appt d by Secretar, Root sp'l comm'r to Philippine Islands. summer of 1901, for purpose of investigatin: coinage and banking conditions there, la. report being the basis for the Philippines Coinage Art of 1903, ard tho new coins arquiring the popular name of "Conants. ' Elected treas. Morton Trust Co. of N. Y .. Feb., 1902: visited Mexico, 1903, on invitation of Mexican Gov't, to confer with a committee regarding reform of Mexican currency. Appt'd by President Roosevelt mem. of Colam'n on Internat. Exchange of the U. S. which, in summer of 19.3, conferred with Eu- ropean gov'ts in regard to reform of cur- renry systems in China and other Oriental countries; in 1904, aided War Dep't in sur. gesting a currency measure for Panama simi- lar to that of the Philippines: appt'd, 10000. mem. special com. of N. Y. Chamber of Com- merce on Reform of the Currency, whose re- port was adopted by the Chamber, Nov. 1. 1906. Author : History of Modern Banks of Is- sue, with an Account of the Eronoone Crises of the Present Centory, 1:06 (Putnam's) : The United States in the Orient-The Na- ture of the Economic Problem. 1900 ( Hough- ton, Miflin); Wall Street and the Country. 1:04 (Putnam's) ; The Principles of Money and Banking, 2 vols., 1905 ( Harpers) ; same translated into French by Raphael Georges- Levy, Paris, 1907. Has wide acquaintance with foreign bankers and economists; fre- quent conth'r to domestic and foreign pub- lications; mem. Chamber Commerce, State of N. Y., Am. Reon. Ass'n. Washin stou Eron. Sor. A.A.A.S., Am. Asiatic Ass'n. Clubs: Cosmos ( Washington, D. (.); City Lawyers, Reform (N. Y. City). Residence : 59 W. 40th St. Address: 34 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
CONANT, Ernest Lee:
Imwyer; h. Dudley, Mass., Sept. 11, 1559; s. Charles R. and Ann F. (Ross) Conant; ed. Harvard Coll .. A.B., 1-st. Johns Hopkins l'niv. and Md. Law School, Isst-so, Harvard, A.M., LL.B., 1-49: m. 1903, Blanche M. Alli- son. Instr. in English, Harvard Coll., 2 years: instr. in law and lecturer on internat. Inw, Harvard Univ., 2 years; since then en- paged in practising law in N. Y. City and Havana, Cuba. For eight years after the Spanish War, resided in Havana. Was asso. counse:, 1-os, to Am. Evacuation Comm'n in Havana; counsel to military governor of Havana, IN; pres. Havant Finance Comm'n for Examining Financial Condition of Har- Mem. Havana Charter Comm'n, 1900; special pros. att'y (fiscal) in Cuban pust-office frand vases. 1901. In 1:00 resumed resitener in New York City. Address: 31 Nassan St., N. Y. City.
CONANT, Eugene II .:
Chur mir; b. North Bay. N. Y., June 12, 1.17: s. Francis Il. and Mary. E. (Gates) Conant : ed. Camden High Sch. and I'tica Business Coll .: m. Nov. 1. 1;1. Caroline E. Phelps: children: Harold T. h. 1ss, Mrs. Alice P. (Conant) Sissou, b. 1N$3. After
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leaving school entered father's chair mf's business; now sole owner of Imsiness of F. H. Conanit's Sons, chair mf'rs, Catudro. N. Y. Pres. Camden Opera House Co. Extensive traveler in Europe, from Norway to Turkey: also in Egypt and the Holy Land. Has served as pres. Village of Camden. Repub- lican; was trustee State Custodial Asylum, Rome. N. Y., 4 years. Episcopalian. Clubs: Camden, Rome. Address: Camden, N. Y. CONANT, Thomas Oakes:
Editor; b, Hamilton, N. Y., Oet. 15, 1838; s. Rev. Thomas J. (D.D.) and Hannah O'Brien (Chaplin) Conant: ed. Milbury ( Mass) Acad., Collegiate Inst., Rochester. N. Y., Brooklyn (N. Y.) Polytechnic Inst. ( honorary LL.D., Mercer Umv., Macon, (a.) : m. Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1-62,
Martha Wilson; children: Henry Dunning, Mrs. Susan C. Snow, Mrs. Isabel C. llill- house. Ileld a clerical position in U. S. Assay Office, N. Y. City, 19til-93, resigning to become ass't editor The Examiner, N. Y. City, of whose staff he had been a member for over 25 years; chief editor since Jan. 1, 1506; also pres. and director The Examiner Co. Has written extensively for other pub- lications; was N. Y. corr. Chicago Inter- Ocean, 2 years; mem. B'd of Ed'n, Elizabeth, N. J., 2 years. Republican; Baptist. Mem. Exec. Com., B'd of Mg'rs, Am. Tract Soc. Mem, and treas, from organization, March 3, 1800. Quill Club of N. Y. City; mem. Soe. of the Genesee. Address : 38 Park Row, N. Y. City.
CONARD, Charles:
Paymaster U. S. N .: b. Washington, D. C., Mar. 3. 1555; s. William and Adelaide ( Zimmermann) Conard; grad. Cornell L'niv., M.E., 1-96; m. Washington, D. C., May 3, 1sos, Dora E., d. Inte Pay Inspector R. W. Allen, U. S. N .; children: Adelaide E., b. 1900, Dorothy, b. 1902, Charlotte, b. 19001. Appt'd from New York ass't paymaster for temporary service, April 27, 1-95; commis- sioned ass't paymaster May 10, 159>, pro- moted paymaster, t. S. N., Jan. 11, 1903. Address: Care Navy Dep't, Washington, D. C.
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CONDICT, G. Ilerbert :
Mech. and elec. eng'r: b. Newark, N. J., Mar. 7. 1-62: s. J. Elliot and Sarah J. Con- diet ; ed. in schools of N. Y. and Philadel- phia and Univ. of P'a .; m. Philadelphia, 1 -- >. Anna Neill. Entered emplay Central Gas Light Co., San Francisco, 1- 2; built and repaired gas works. . 1ss't of Mr. Van Deparle in clec. railway and lighting ex- periments and installing trolley line, New
Orleans Exp'n and South Bend, Ind., IN -; gen. mg'r Elec. Car Co. of Amerien, 1 -- 0; eng'r Elec. Storage Battery Co., 1-95; eng'r- in-chief Elec. Vehicle Co., 1:57; v .- p. Electro- Dynamic Co., 1903; now consulting mech. and cler. eng'r. Inventor of many elec. de- vires, ineluding the series-parallel controller now universally used in operating electric cars. Republican ; Presby'n. Mem. Am. Inst. Elee. Eng'rs, N. Y. Elee. Soc., Frank- liu Inst. ( Philadelphia). Recreations : Golf, automobiling. Club: Engineers, also Country Club, Plainfield, N. J. Address: 115 Broadway, N. Y. City.
CONDON, Thomas Gerald:
Minig; b. Cornwall, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1564; s. Edward M. and Anna ( Birdsall) Condoo; ed. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass. ; m. Chi- vago, Ill., Oct. 1. 1:91, Emily Barr Beach ; children: Gwendolin Beach, b. 1-93. Edward Beach, b. 1896, Elizabeth Stuyvesant, b. 1903. Developed coal and iron industries in N. Mex. and Colo .; built Silver City & Northern R. R .; made the Portland Gold Mine of Cripple Creek. Pres. and director Fire- proofing co .; director Curtis Coal Co .: r .- p. and director Southwestern Coal and Iron Co., and controls or is interested in other mining properties in the West and Mexico. Mem. Am. Geog. Soc., Museum Natural Ilis- tory, Met. Museum of Art. Recreations: Golf, and many outdoor sports. Clubs : Union, Racquet, N. Y. Yacht, Down Town Ass'n, Tuxedo, Strollers, Arts. Residence : Tuxedo Park, N. Y. Address: les Broad- way, N. Y. City.
CONE, Helen Gray:
Edneator, writer; b. N. Y., Mar. 8, 1559; d. John C. Cone and Julia D. ( Gray) Cone; grad. N. Y. City Normal Coll., 150; hon- ovary L.H.M., N. Y. Univ., 1:00s. Assisted Jeanette L. Gilder in editing Pen Portraits of Literary Women ; since 1s90 prof. English at N. Y. City Normal Coll. Author: Oberon and Puck; The Ride to the Lady, and Other Poems: Baby Sweethearts; also wrote arti- cle. Woman in American Literature for Woman's Work in America, and a conth'r to current magazines. Address: 583 E. 165th St., N. Y. City.
CONGDON, Darwin Wilcox:
Lawyer; b. Randolph, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., July 3. 1543; s. Benjamin F. and Frances M. ( Wilcox) Cungdon; grad. Cham- berlain Iost., Randolph, N. Y., June, 1:92; Ilamilton Coll., A.B., 1-07, A.M., 1903: m. Nov. 14, 190G, Marilla 31 .. d. Milo and Eva- lina . Martin ) Adams, of Rassell, Pa. Studied Inw in the office of B. F. Congdon. Admitted to bar Supreme Court of N. Y., Feb. 1:100. Republican ; Congregationalist. Address : Randolph,
CONGDON, Ernest Arnold:
Chenust; h. N. Y. thaty, Ang. 9. 1966; s. Henry Martyn and Charlotte ( Greenleaf) Consdon : rd. Columbia, Ph.B., 17. with sperial work in chemistry. Instr. chemistry Which Caiv., 1-140: prof. chemistry and director rhem, laboratory, Drexel Inst., Phil- adelphia, 1-92 97: chemist to I'd of Health, N. Y. City, from Nov. 1907. Fellow London Chem. Spe., mirm. m. P'hem. Soc. Author of a text-book on Qualitative Analysis, and of
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Laboratory Instruction in General Chemistry. | CONGDON, Stewart H .:
Clubs: Columbia University (N. Y. City). Faculty ( Univ. of l'a.), University, Contem- porary, Orpheus ( Philadelphia), Address: 194 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
CONGDON, Gilbert:
Ass't sec. and ing'r Agency Dep't Empiro State Surety Co .; b. Baltimore Md., Sept. 4, 1872; s. Samuel H. and Henrietta (Crom- well) Congdon; ed. Baltimore public schools; m. Washington, D. C., Oct. 15, 1002, Bertha T. Weed; children: Gilbert, Jr., b. 1903, Linus W., b. 1907. Began business life as manager of a rubber company in Baltimore and later as traveling representative of a rubber manufacturer of Cleveland, Ohio, until 1596, when became sup't of agencies for the U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co., from which he resigned to take similar position with the Title Guaranty and Trust Co. ; be- came agency sup't and ass't ser. Nat. Surety Co., 1901-08; since Feb. 26, 190% ass't ser. and ing'r of Agency Dep't Empire State Surety Co. of N. Y. Independent in poli- ties; Episcopalian. Residence: 112 Frank- lin St., Astoria. N. Y. Address: 81 William St., N. Y. City.
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