Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 1, Part 82

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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CRARY Jesse Dayton:

Publisher; h. Mystie, Conn., Jan. 27, 1553; s. George B. and Catherine (Latham) C'rary; ed. in puldie schools, Mystic, Conn., Mystic Valley Inst., and Schufield's Com- mercial Coll., Providence, R. I .: m. N. Y: City, Nov. 21, 1883, Mary Dent Stith; chil- dren: Paul Stoart, b. 1592, Jesse Dayton, b. 1-93. Started business life in country lumber yard. Mystic, Conn .; came to N. Y. City and worked in lumber yard in Jersey City, N. J., as lumber handler; advanced in various ways, and about 1.sv. entered em- ploy uf Dudge, Mei_s & Co., N. Y. City. as mg'r of their hardwood dep't; stayed with them ureil that dep't was discontinued, then went into the business for self, con- ducting wholesale hardwood and coounission lumber business. In les6, with Tucker David. founded N. Y. Lumber Trade Jour- nal, later acquired interest of Mr. David, and is now sole owner. In Ort,, IssG, found- eil N. Y. Lumber Trade Ass'n, of which is ser. ; now the only one of the original in. corporators in active business, and one of two still living. See. Ass'n of Dealers in Mason's Building Materials. Director and trustee Am. Trade Press Ass'n. Demuerat. Mem. Washington Av. Baptist Ch .. Brouk- lyn. Mem. Mantauk Lodge, F. and .1. 31 .. No. 256. Recreations: Driving, hoating. Club: Apollo (Brooklyn), chm'n Member- ship Com. Country home: "Mongshore," Mystic, Conn., where vacations are spent. Address : Hlv Grand Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. CRARY, Robert Fulton:

Cherayman; b. Javerpool, England, Sept. 24, 1%: ». Edward C. Crary and Curarlia Livingston (Fulton) Ciary, d. Robert Ful- ton, the inventor; ed. N. Y. Con. Theol. Sem .; (D.D., St. Stephen's Coll., Annan. dale, N. Y .. ]"!) ; m. N. Y. City, Sept 11. N Sey Bold Van Kerk; children: Four daughters and one son. Ordered dracon, 19.4, ordained priest, 1562, in Epis- copal Church; missionary St. James' Ch . Caldwell, N. Y., and vicinity, IsGt.Gr: founder -

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parish of the Holy Cross, Warrensburg, N. Y., Is64; rebuilt St. James' Ch., Caldwell, nfter destruction by tornado, Iso7; rector Ch. of the Holy Comforter, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1867-1907. Episcopalian. Until 1907, pres. B'd Trustees, St. Barnabas' Hosp. Fund, Poughkeepsie; mem. Com. on Canons, Diocese of N. Y .; Exee. Com. of Arch deaconry of Dutchess Co. Has exhibited paintings in Nat. Acad. of Design and in other exb'ns; has composed various selec- tians of church musie. Recreations : Art, music. Address: Teller Homestead, Mat- teawan, N. Y.

CRARY, Thomas B .:

Mi'r, railroad contractor; b. Hancock, Delaware Co., N. Y., Sept. 26, 1$66: s. Horace 1I. and Polly (Burr) Crary; ed. Hancock High Sch .; m. Binghamton, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1893, Louise Brintnall; children : Gif-

ford B., b. 1:97, Louise, b. 1900. Pres. Crary Construction Co .; director First Nat. Bank, Binghamton, Binghamton Trust Co .; pres. 1900 Washer Co .;

treas. Alder-Batavia Natural Gas Co., Akron Natural Gas Co. Trustee Syracuse Univ. Mason, 32º. Clubs: Y. Athletic, Binghamton. Address: Binghamton, N. Y.

CRATER, George Edwin, Jr .:

Captain (U. S. V. L. S. C.), lawyer, finan- cier; b. in Colorado, 1570; of old Virginia family; ed. in private schools; began bitsi- ness career at age of 1G; student of sciences and medicine; began practice of latter but abandoned it for the study of law. Was admitted to the bar and is now a mem- ber of the Bar of the States of New York. California, District of Columbia, Colorado and Supreme Court of the United States. Married. Has been seven times president of a National or State bank or banking in- stitution,; has . successfully organized over Gul) corporations, including banks, railway, water, light, industrial and mining corpora- tions; organized the first steamship com. pany to operate between Seattle and Sha- guay and Dyes, Alaska; organized a rail- way company to construct a railroad from Teheran to the Persian Gulf: thereafter projected and boilt 1200 kilometres of rail- way in the United States of Brazil. Ex- tensive traveler in all parts of the world ; explorer; author and writer. Mason, 52 , Knight Templar and Shriner ( Palestine Commandery, Merca Temple, Sagamore Lodge, N. Y.): active in charitable work. Recreations : Expert shot, holding many trophies, yachting, motoring and motor-boat- ing, aerostation, expert navigator. Has a villa at 4 Avenue alu Parc, Saint Leu, S. et O., France. Residence: Craterdale, Stan- hope, Sussex County. N. J. Mail address: Post Box 2019, N. Y. City. Offices : Pall Mull Safe Deposit Co., Carlton St., Kc- gent St., London, England.

CRAVATH, Paul Drennan:

Lawyer: b. Berlin Heights, O., July 14, 1961: s. Ernstos M. and Ruthanna (Jackson) Cravath: ed. Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst. ; studied in Europe 2 years: grad. Oberlin Coll .. A.B., 14$2; Columbia Law Sch., LL B., 1-6; m. N. Y. City. Nov. 15, 1-93, Agnes Tinut- ington: one daughter, Vera Agnes Hunt- ington, b. Aug. 2>, 1595. Admitted to bar, 338

16: now senior partner law firm of Crav .. Henderson and de Gersdorf. Standard Trust Co. of N. Y., Standard > Deposit Co. of N. Y., Equitable Trust Morton Trust Co .; director Nat. Bank, Commerce. Republican. Mem. iss'n #: City of N. Y., New England Soe .. Ohio > Clubs: Lawyers, Metropolitan, Down Tor I'nion League, University, City Mild Congregational. Residence: 107 E. 50th >: Address: 52 William St., N. Y. City.

CRAVER, David Howard:

Clergyman ; b. Albany, N. Y., 1992; 5 Abram and Frances Louise ( Manley) Crater grad. Union Coll., A.B. (bonors in pt osophy). Phi Beta Kappa, 1896; Auher Theol. Sem., Is99: m. Hartford, Conn .. N. . 1:09, Eva Metcalf North; one son, Robe .. North Craver, b. April 3, 1901. Ordainir } by Albany Presbytery, Albany, N. Y., M. 1.99; pastor First Cong'l Church. Grupa . N. Y., 1809-1002, First Presby'n Ch .. 0: densburg, N. Y., 1902-07; North Presto . ('h., Grueva, N. Y., since 1907. Mem. A!pot . Delta Phi fraternity. _Address : 118 Gear see St., Geneva, N. Y.

CRAWFORD, Earl Stetson:

Artist (painter) ; Philadelphia, Pa son of Franklin Mathew and Florence : (De Puy) Crawford: ed. Philadelphia pule lie schools, high schools, schools of Indi- trial Art, Pa. cad. Fine Arts, Paris, l'a ( liome and Florence, etc.), Munich: m. Ja ... 14, 1903, Brenetta Herrman; one daughter Brenetta De Puy Crawford, b. 199t. Sper* five years in study abroad in France, Its land, Scotland, Belgium, Holland, German ... Italy, and Switzerland: exposed canvases !: Paris Salons and other continentad exhim- tions. Pupil of James MeNeil Whistler. Benjamin Constant, Bougerean, Laurens, ani Chavannes, in Paris, Author of 6 large lunettes decorating San Francisco P. O. 441 Court House for U. S. Gov't. Ro publican. Mom. T-Square Club of Architecture, etc .. Philadelphia, Roome Lodge 516. F. and A. M., Scottish Rite, etc. Address: Sher- wood Studios, 5> W. 57th St., N. Y. City. CRAWFORD, Francis Lindsay: Lawyer; b. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Oct. 11. 156; s. Morris De Camp and Charlotte ( Holmes) Crawford: Harvard Coll .. . \.i., 1.79: Columbia Law School, LL.B., IN': m. N. Y. City, Der. 17. ]>>5, Genevieve Buck- land; children : Lestry B., Constance. Doro-

thy, Lindsay. Republican. Episcopalian. Mom. Ass'n Dar City of N. Y. Recreation: Golf. "Clubs : Harvard Union ( Cambridge. Mass. ), I'nion League, Republican, Harvard (N. Y. City), Canoe Brook Country, High- land (Summit, N. J.), Address: 32 Liberty St., N. Y. Cily.

CRAWFORD, Francis Marion:

Novelist: b. Bagni di Unreg. Italy. \n .: 2. 1854: s. Thomas and Louisa Cutler tWard Crawford. Am. sculptor: vil. St. Paul s Sch .. Concord, N. H., and Trinity Cut' Cambridge, England: post-grad work Univ. of Heidelberg, Germany, and Harvard : studied Oriental languages while newspaper correspondent in East; m. Elizabeth. d. Maj. Cien. Miram Berdan, I. S. Sharpshort ers. Engaged in journalism: traveled 1a India ; ditor

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14:0 50. Recreation : Yachting: holds pro- fessional master's certificate from Ass'n Am. Shipmasters and from U. S. Marine I'd. Spends grenter part of time in Italy. Author (novels) : Mr. Isaacs, les2; Doc- for Claudius, les3; A Roman Singer, lest; To Leeward, 15 4; American Politician. Ise1; Zoroaster, les5; A Tale of a Lonely Parish, 1>>6; Marzio's Crucifix, 17: Paul Patoff, 1-S; Saracinesca, Jes); With the Immortals, less: Greifenstein, 1889; Sant Ilario, les9; \ Cigarette-Maker's Romance, 1890: Khaled, 1-91; The Witch of Prague, 1-91; The Three Fales, 1-92: The Children of the King, 1-92; Don Orsino, 1:92: Marion Darche, 1-93; Pietro Ghisleri, 1-93; The Novel: What it is, 1-93; Katharine Lauderdale, 1891: Love in Idleness, 1-01; The Ralstons, J-94; Con- stantinople, 1:95; Casa Braccio, 1-05: Adam Johnstone's Son. 15: Taquisara, 1-06: A Hose of Yesterday, 1897: Corleone. 1807; Ave Roma Inunortals, 1sos; Via Crucis. 1:00; In the Palace of the King, The Rulers of the South, 1000; Marietta, a Maid of Venice, 1901; Cecilia, a Story of Modern Rome, 1902; The Heart of Rome, 1903; Man Overboard, 1903; Whoever Shall Off'end, 1004; Soprano, a Portrait. 1903: Venetian Gleanings ( historical), 1905: A Lady of Rome, 1900; Arethusa, 1947; The Primadonna, 1908. Play: I'rancesra da Rumini (pro- doced by Sarah Bernhardt in Paris, 1902). Clubs: Century, Players, N. Y. Yacht (N. Y. City ). Residence: Villa Crawford, Sant' Agnello di Soriento, Italy. Address: Care The Macmillan Co., N. Y. City.

CRAWFORD, George R .:

Insurance president : b. White Plains, N. Y., June 21, 1-il. At 16, entered insurance business as clerk; three years later )we be- came partner with his father in the fire in- surance business, as Elisha Crawford & Son; sec. 1865-59; pres. since 1-79, West. chester Fire Ins. Co. Has been pres. vil- lage of Mount Vernon, N. Y., and organized the Mount Vernon Fire Dep't, acting as its chief engineer. Residence : Mount Vernon, N. Y. Odice: 100 William St., N. Y. City.

CRAWFORD, Joseph G .:

Sales manager; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1:57: s. William and Caroline ( Groen) Crawford; ed. Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst .; mu. Brooklyn, Dec. ", txt. Joanna Ouchter- loney ; children : Howard L., Arthur Reid, Lillian C. For past 15 years with J. L. Mott Iron Works; how mg'r ont-of-town sales dep't. IJas traveled all over the United States and visited all principal cities, mak- ing contracts for the company. Joined 230 Reg't N. G. N. Y., 16: served 9 years and now mem. Veteran Ass'n 23d Reg't. Officer and director The J. H. Strain Co., mi'rs road rolling and street sweeping machinery. Demorrat. Mym. Brooklyn Lodge, B. P. O. Elks. Address: bh Kenmore Place, Flat- Lush, Brooklyn.

CP.AWFORD, Willian:

Dry goods merchant: h. in Lanarkshire. Scotland. Ang., 1>15; attended parish schools, and entered a dry good. store in Glasgow. Came to America. Isti, and took a Boston clerkship: established stores at Nashua aml Manchester, N. H., and in Taunton, Mass .;

came to N. Y. City, 1577, and in 1570 the house was organized as Simpson, Crawford and Simpson, to succeed Mr. Mears. . 1d- dress: Sixth Av., between 19th and 20th Sts., N. Y. City.

CRAWSHAW, William Henry:

Educator: h. Newburgh, N. Y., Nov. 6, I-Gl: s. Charles and Mary (Lodge) Craw- shaw; ed. public schools, Newburgh. N. Y., and Yonkers, N. Y .; Colgate Acad., Ilamilton, N. Y., 1880-83: Colgate Univ., .A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), lost, A.M., 18:9; m. Poultney, Vt .. Dec. 26, 1888, Jennie Louise Broughton, instr. and prof. English litera- ture. Colgate Univ., since lesi; dean Coll. faculty since let7; acting pres., 1897-99, 1007, 191 . Traveled in Europe, 1822, 1900-01, 1901; Student Oxford Univ., England, 1900 01 trav- eled in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and Holland, 1904. Republican; Baptist. Mem. Modern Language Ass'n, Am. Social Science Ass'n, associate Nat. Inst. Art aud Letters; mem. Beta Theta Pi. Author: Interpretation of Literature; Literary In- terpretation of Life; Dryden's Palamon and Arcite; the Making of English Literature, ete. Address: Ilamilton, N. Y.

CREAMER, Thomas J .:

Lawyer, mem. Congress; b. near Lake Garadice, Ireland. May, 1513; s. Francis and Anne (Dorsey) Creamer; ed. in N. Y. public schools; unmarried. Studied law in offices, was admitted to bar, and has since then practised in N. Y. City. Mem. N. Y. Assembly, 1801-67, Senate, leof-71; tax eorum'r N. Y. City, 1:19 73; mem. Congress, 1-73-75, and again, 1901-03. Was active in procuring legislation for the Brooklyn Bridge, and was associate of late Andrew Il. Green in pro- mution of the movement for the municipal creation of Greater N. Y. City. In lsil, obtained the urst appropriation ($500,000 for each museum) from N. Y. legislature for Met. Museum of Art and N. Y. Museum of Natural Ilistory. In 43d Congress, intro- daced resolutions .amending Constitution of U. S., providing for election of U. S. Senators by direct vote of the people; appt'd by Speaker James G. Blaine on B'd of Visitors to West Point. In 1599, while repre- senting the city gov't at State Capital. as ass't corporation counsel, aided materially in passage of Tax Franchise Bill; while in Stale Senate, 1567-71, had charge of and had passed bills establishing Morningside and Riverside parks and the boulevards, and the hill widening Broadway from 32'd to 59th Sts. Introduced in 1-id a bill for a new charter for the City of N. Y., pro vidling fur biennial elections, in April, of all city officials, including the mayor, which passed the Senate, but was defeated in the Assembly; was leader of the Young Demoe- rary in opposition to the leadership of Wil. liam M. Tweed: drew, in 1s2, and finally had passed in Jest, the hill to remove the telegraph poles from the streets and avenues of N. Y. City. . Address: 193 Second Av. N. Y. City.

CREEGAN. Charles C .:

Mirrgyman; b. Brighton, Ja., May 29, 1850; s. Ix,mel and Mary Ann Creegan; grad. Lebanon Cull., 1-69; Drp't of Divinity, Oberlin Coll., 1876 (D.D., Syracuse Univ., 339

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1SSG) : m. Ist, May, 1572. Melissa W. Wil- | Kappa Epsilon, Residence: Metuchen. N. liams (died July, 1-97); children: James J. Address: 116 Nassan St., N. Y. Chy. CREIGHTON, James Edwin: Dwight, Linus Judson, Charirs Clarence ( died 1906), Grace Irene: m. 2d. Ort., Educator: b. Picton, Nova Scotia, 1-1; s. John Creighton ; grad. Dalhousie Call .. Halifax, N. S., A.B., 1-87: post-grad. work at univs. of Berlin and Leipzig and at Car nell. Ph.D., 1:92; LL.D., Queen's University. 10003: m. Pirtoo, N. S., 1:92, Katharine F. Mt Lean. Prof. logic and metaphysics, Col nell Univ., from 1595; editor Philosophie .l Review. Anthor: An Introductory Lozy Joint translator of Wundt's Human and Animal Psychology, and of Paulsen's Life and Philosophy of Kant; American editor of Kant Studien. Mom. Ain. Philos, Ass'n. A. A. A. S .. Am. Psychol. Ass'n. Address : Ithaca, N. Y. 1699, Harriet M. Stephenson. Ordained 10 Congregational ministry, and preached in Ohio, 1871-80; sup't home missions, Colo., 1.50-52; ser. home missions, N. Y. and Pa., 1 :: 2-ss: field ser., 1>>>40, how corporate mem., dist. sec. and gen. ag't Am. D'd Com. m'rs Foreign Missions. Spent ten months, 1900.07, on a tour around the world, making a special study of social, politiet phd re- ligious conditions in the Orient. Trustee Hasp. Talas, Turkey; trustee Am. Hasp. Constantinople; director Am. Call., Madura, India; trustee Internat. Med. Missionary Soc., N. Y. City: director Poreign and Christian Union, N. Y. City : founder (and mem. Evec. Com.) Med Missi mary Ass'n CREIGHTON, John B .: for Mindanao, P. 1 .: pres. China Institut- ional Mission. Author: Great Mission-

aries; Pioneer Missionaries. Republican.

Congregationalist. Mem. Manhattan Ass'n ( Cong'I) Clerical Union. Address: 105 E. 22d St., N. Y. City.

CREELMAN, James:

Journalist: b. Montreal, Can. : Nov. 12, 1959: ed. public schools and Talmage's Lay Theol. Coll .; m. 1-01, Alice I .. Buell. Be- gan N. Y. newspaper carver 18 7 with X. Y. Herald as a consecutively reporter. corres- pondent and editorial writer. 1- 7-59. edited the London edition, 1590, and Paris edition. 1-91-92. N. Y. Herald: editor N. Y. Evening Telegram. 1502-03: war correspondent, New York World. Chino-Japanese War. 144: Was correspondent N. Y. Journal, 1897-99. in Græco-Turkish War of 1-97. Spanish-\m. War of 1-98, and War in Philippines, 1999; received surrender of Spanish commandant after battle of El Caney, Cuba. I.p. cap- tured Spanish flag and was dangerously wounded ; later had charge editorial page and was Washington correspondent N. Y. Journal; now editorial correspondent N. Y. World. Has interviewed many famous per- sonazes, including late Pope Leo XIII, Prince Bismarck, President Faure of France, the Emperor of Korea, Henry M. Stanley. Kossuth. Tolstoi, etr. Anthor: On The Great Highway : Lagle Blood; ete Clubs: Lotos, Authors, National Democratic (N. Y. City) ; National Liberal, New Vagabonds ( London). Residence: 67 W. 94th St. Ad- dress: Care N. Y. World, Pulitzer Build- ing, N. Y. City.

CREHORE, William Williams:

Civil eng'r: h. Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 3. 1-#4: s. John Davenport and Lucy ( Wil- linms) Crehore: grad. Yale Coll., A.B., 19-0; sheffield Scientifie Sch. ( Vale), Ph.B., 1958; CRIADO. Luis Fernandez: m. Noroton, Conn., July 11, 1 -- S. Anna Bal- Physician : b. Hayana, Cuba, Feb. 11, 1-17: grad. St. Louis Coll .. A.B., 1875, Coll. Phys, and Surg. ( Columbia U'niv. ), M.D., 1-79. Engaged in practice of medicine in N. Y. City from grmmation. Med, examiner. l'quitable Lite Assurance Soc., N. Y. City. Commissioned examiner in lunacy. Med. For. City and County of N. Y .. Bront- lyn Pathol. Sor .. Kings Co. Med. Iss'n. N. V. State Med. Ass'n, Am. Arad. Medicine. Physicians Mutual Aid ss'n Author of many articles on medical, surgical and eler. lard: children: Edith M .. John D., AAusten B., William W .. Jr., Prank HI., l.ney l'., Amy H. B., Anna M. Principal Hemenway High Sch., Norfolk. Va .. ]>>> 98: employed as draftsman, in-pretor and designer m varians railroads. bridge companies, and structured steel shops and mills, 19092: in general practice as civil ang's since 199. Couthe's to various engineering journals and text books and anthar of Tables and Dia- grains for the the of Engineers and Archi- terts. Mom. Am. Soc. Civil Engineers, Delta I trical subjects and inventor of various eler.

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See. Brooklyn League; b. Malone, N. Y .. Nov. 15, 1971: <. W. A. and Augusta (Quaw) Creighton: grad. Franklin Acad., Malone, N. Y., 1502: Colgate Univ .. Hamilton, N. Y., Ph.D. (commencement debater), 1997; in. Brooklyn, Der. 2, 1902, Julia 1. Coon; chil- dren : Julian, b. 1963, Donaldl. b. 190%, Engaged in N. Y. State Library and Regents' office. 1-97-1900: served 9 months in war with Spain, in Ist Reg't, N. Y. Vol. Inf .: service at Camp Black, Ft. Wadsworth, San Fran- cisro and Hawaiian Islands. Traveled in England. Scotland. Holland and France, 1:001: Src. Brooklyn League sinre 1001. Be- publican : Congregationalist. AAuthor and publisher of Annual Reports of Brooklyn Longue, giving yearly progress of the Bor- ough. Lecturer for N. Y. City Dep't Ed'n since 1902. Mem. Delta Upsilon fraternity. Clubs: City (N. Y. City), Brooklyn, Muni- cipal, Young Republican. Residence: 1-00 Aceite HI. Address: 41 Court S., Brooklyn, N. Y.

CRERAND, William F .:

Publisher: b. in County Donegal, Ireland. 1539; s. Phillip and Catherine Crerand: ed. in Irish National School, and at Cooper I'nion. N. Y. City: m. N. Y. City, Margaret MrCas: three children (all now deceased). Came to America, 1-22: learned printins trade; worked as reporter and advertising solicitor: established, 1:01, Crerands Chak Journal, of which is sole owner. Has visited Germany. Frinre and the British Isles several times on business and pleasure. and traveled extensively in U. S. Mason and mem. Royal Arcanum. Recreations : Horeback riding and driving. Clubs: Ite. publican, Atlantic Yacht. Suburban Ridhi; and Driving. Address: 532 Broadway, N. Y. City.

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CRICKMORE, H. G .:

Racing official: b. in England, 1839: ed. public schools. Served as enlisted man and officer in Union army during Civil War; in 1×6, became newspaper writer and many years turf editor N. Y. World and pub- lished Krik's Turf Guide; resigned place on World to accept offer made by D. D. Withers to become officially connected with Monmouth Park Racing Association; hus for past seventeen years been officer of N. Y. racing associations. Address: Westches- ter Racing Ass'n, Windsor Areade, 571 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.

CRIMMINS, John Daniel:

Real estate and banking; b. N. Y. City. May 18, 151; ed. public schools and St. Francis Xavier's College: m. Lily Louise Lalor (died Iss8) : children : Susie B. (mar- ried Albert Gould Jennings), John D., Jr., Martin L. (capt. U. S. A.), Mary (., Thomas, Constance (married Frederick R. Childs), Mercedes, Cyril, Evelyn, Clarence. Became partner in his father's contracting business, 1864; head of firmn. 1:73: first to make use of mechanical appliances and steam drills in N. Y. City; firm erected more than 400 buildings in N. Y. City. Built Broadway, Columbus and Lexington Av. cable roads, and later supervised the installation of electricity in these roads and most of the other lines of the Metro- politan Street Railway system. Largely in- terested in real estate from the beginning of his career and has large hollings. Di- rectur Fifth Av. Bank, Title Ins. Co. of N. Y., N. Y. Mortgage and Security Co., Chelsea Realty Co. Mem, Chamber of Com- merce; patron Museum of Natural History ; mem. Am. Geog. Soc. Met. Museum of Art: trustee of Provident Loan Sur .; treats. Friendly Sons of St. Patrick: treas. Soc. for Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents; trus. tee Catholic Univ. of America; mg'r St. Vineent's Hosp., trustee Seton Santorinm and St. John's Day Nursery; treas. B'd of Trustees of St. Patrick's Cathedral. The late Pope Leo XIHI conferred on him the order of Knighthood making Ium a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. Devotes his leisure to literary pur- suits; has published two volumes dailing with the history of the Irish in America. Democrat; nominated for presidential elector, 190S. AAddress: Emmet AAreade, ofi Madison Av., N. Y. City.

CRIMMINS, Martin Lalor:

Capt. U. S. A .; b. N. Y. City, April 1. 1876: s. John D. and Luly Irene . Lalor) Crimmins: ed. Lenox Sch .. De La Salle Inst., Georgetown Coll. Univ. of Va., In- fantry and Cavalry Sch. : m. San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 16, 1901, Margaret Custis Cole: children : Martin Lalor, Jr .. h. 1903. Edward Curtis, b. 199. Enlisted in 1st Vol. Cav .. May 23, 14; coniam'd 2d hrus, Acth N. Y. Vol. Inf., July 29, 1-9% and made an extra aide-de camp un staff Maj. Gen. J. J Cop- pinger (comd'g 4th Army Corps) , commis. sioned 2d lieut. Isth G. S. Inf., Sept. 9. 1898; sailed for Philippines. Oct. 17. 149; promoted Ist heut. 6th Inf. Ort. 1, 1-99;

transferred to 19th Inf., Oct. 10, 1902; pro- moted capt. IGth Inf., Aug. 8, 1905. Ad- dress: Care War Dep't, Washington, D. C. CRIPPEN, Carter J .:

Physician; b. Burke, N. Y., May 24, 1852; s. Carter B. and Almena (Racey) Crippen : ed. Franklin Acad .. Albany, N. Y., and at Univ. of Mich., M.D., 1875; in. Trout River, N. Y., 1>2, Ellen D. Martin; children : Percival. Mary L., E. Claudine, Grace Lillian, Millie M. A. Pres. B'd Health; pres. B'd Ed'n, notary public, jostice of the peace. Republican. Address: Trout River, N. Y. CRISP, William Benton:

Lawyer; b. in Anne Arundel Co., Md. : 8. F. Grafton and Alverda J. (Shipley ) Crisp; ed. Johns Hopkins Univ., special course 1-79 82, Columbia Univ., LL.B., com lande, 18:4; m. Berryville, Va., July 29. 16, Mary N. Van Devanter; children : Theodore M., h. 1-88. JJames Van Devanter. 1. 1501. Practising law in Baltimore, Md .. 18 1-93, and in N. Y. City since 1:93. Has tried cases or argued appeals in the U. S. Courts or in various courts of appeal in 25 different states of this country. Pres. City Convention of Baltimore, 1-85-86; mem. Law Com. of Tammany Hall for 6 years. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mason. Maryland Sow. in N. Y., Beta Theta Pu Mom. Phi Delta Phi. Recreations : Automobiling. golf. Clul.s : Lotos. Residence: 161 W. 70th St. Business address: 20 Broad St., N. Y. City.

CRISPIN, Antonio M .:

Physician, surgeon; 1. Havana, Cuba, July 2>, Isil; ». Rafael and Maria (Brito) Crispin; general ed'n in Havana; grad. Bellevue Husp. Med. Coll. M.D. 1-91; m. N. Y. City, 100G, Dorothy Wordar, one dangh ter, Maria. Engaged in practice of medicine in N. Y. City from la91. Fellow N. Y Acad. Medicine, Am. Med. Ass'n. Clubs Lotos, Ibero- American. Address: 554 Lex- ington .Av., N. Y. City.

CRISSY, Isaac O .:

Examiner. N. Y. State Ed'n Dep't: b. Union Springs, N. Y .. Mar. 2, 1843; S. Alexander and Phebe Howes (Titns) Crissy : ed. public and private schools in Cayuga Co., Charlotteville Sem .. Perry Acad., and Cayuga Lake Arad, N. Y .; m. Union Springs, N. Y., June 11. 1861, Harriet Cornelia Sununs; children. Netta 1., b. 1561. LOUISe. b. 1568, Helen cdied at age of G), Vivien, h. 15is. Published Cayuga Lake Recorder Is00-61; sold it 1-01, went into I'nion Army and was zd lieut, until compelled by sich- ness to retire from service; formed part- nership in grain and commission business with 3. & N. Simons, Buffalo, over si years: then two years junior editor Buffalo Express: then in charge of school books for Kennedy & Co .. N. Y. City , later did editor j.d work for Literary Digest, and afterward edited a hook for Thomas H. Evans; since 1-09, examiner in commercial work, N. Y. State Ed'n Dep't. Editor: Commercial Education In the U S. Was police comm'r in Buffalo, 198Si: pres. Union Veteran Legion. Buffalo, 1 6. Republican. Activo mem. National Ein't Ass'n (Ist v .- p., 1sys. pres. 1902, of Business Education ) Mem.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 1, Part 82

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

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