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THOMAS, Chauncey:
Captain U. S. N .; b. in N. Y., April 2, 1550: appt'd to U. S. Naval Acad. fr mu Pa., Sept. 26, hot; grad. June 6, 1s.1: commis- sioned ensign July 14, Ist2: master. April 11, 15.5: fient., Mar. 10. 1s2; lient .- ceundl'r. Mar. 3, 1:39; comd'r. Oet. 26. 1001: capt., July 1, 196. Served on frien'e Walash, Fa- ropean Station, 18:13: store shin Su ply. July-Dec., IST: frizate Cobrada, N. Alnie Station, 1:3.51: dagship Worcester aud en stall Rear-Admiral Mullany. ship, Colorado, Mar. May, 15: Plymouta. 1-25-6: flagship Hartford. ard on stadt of RearAdmiral Le Roy. Feb .-. In ... Psi stai RearAdmiral Trenchard, Aus. 31. D: d :- ship Powhatan, Office, Javy Dept. Niest: Sloop Alas Pacitie Station. ISSI.St: Nautical Almavac Office. Nov. 13 1st; appt'dass't sun't Nirical Almanac. Noor. Si My: . id to Adairal Pir. ter from Mar. 1. Ist. til after his death. l. S. training-ship Mmmoresheh, Its ;; B-o- nington, 1994; Hydrographi. OPire. 1 1- q: navigator [. Oregon, Isa ecutive officer I. For executive offer U. S. S. Oran. Jare 1. 150; in comment [ July 15, 1:09; U. S. Ragship Baltim re, ass :
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chief Rear- Admiral Watson's staff, Aug. 15, 1:99; temporary duty, naval gun factory, Washington, Jan. 15, 1900; Hydrographic Of- fice, April 14, 1900; comd'g U. S. Fish Comm'n steamer Albatross, Oct. 26, 1901; commd'g U. S. S. Bennington, Mar. 2, 1903; ordered to Navy Yard, League Island, for general court-martial duty, Feb. 10, 1904; de- tailed as aide to commandant Navy Yard, League Island, April 7, 1904; comm'd Naval Brigade, Inaugural Parade Mar. 4, 1905; ass't to insp. 4th Light House Dist., Sept. 1, 1905; insp .- in-charge of same, Sept. 30, 1905; insp. 4th Light House Dist., Sept. 30, 1906. In command of U. S. S. Maryland, July 17, 1007; detached June 26, 1908, detailed as in- spector 3d Light House Dist., July 2, 1908. Address: Tompkinsville, N. Y.
THOMAS, Edward Beers:
Jurist; b. Cortlandville, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1818; s. John H. and Mary ( Stiles) Thomas; ed. Cortlandville Acad .; grad. Yale, A.B., 1870; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 21, 1873, Mary E. Babcock; living children: Mrs. Katharine Thomas Cary, b. 1875, Edward S., b. 1877. Admitted to bar, 1870; mem. N. Y. Senate from 24th Dist. (Broome, Chenango and Delaware ), 1882-85; candidate for att'y.gen., 1885; removed to N. Y. City, 1885, and to Brooklyn, 1886, where has since resided. Judge U. S. Dist. Court, Eastern Dist., N. Y., 1898-1906, elected justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N. Y., 2d Dist., 1906, and took office Jan. 1, 1907, for term expiring Dec. 31, 1920. Republican. Presbyterian. Trustee Brooklyn Hist. Soc. Author: Treatise Negligence ; Estates Created by Will. Residence: 83 Remsen St., Brooklyn. Address: Court House, Brooklyn. THOMAS, Edwin Ross:
Automobile mi'r; b. Webster, Westmore- land Co., Pa., 1850; s. Joseph Batty and Elizabeth (Van Hook) Thomas; ed. high schools, Evansville, Ind .; Duff's Coll., Pitts- burgh, Pa .; m. Aurora, Ind., Flora Lozier: children: Edwin Lozier, b. Is80, Elizabeth, h. 1887, Jack Grammer, b. 1893. Forty years in business; transportation from 1865 to 1578; coal mine operator, is78-82; transportation and real estate, 1882-95; managing partner I. A. Lozier & Company, Toronto, mt'rs Cleveland bicycles, 1895-99. Pres. and owner E. R. Thomas Motor Co., mi'rs Thomas Flyer auto- mobiles, Buffalo, since 1899. Pres. E. R. Thomas Realty Co .; pres. and prop'r Taxi- Motor Cab Co., Boston: pres. and prop'r Federal Taxicab Co., Washington: director Chalmers-Detroit Motor Co .. Detroit, Central Nat. Bank, Buffalo; Iron Elevator & Trans- fer Co. Independent Republican. Episcopa- lian. Recreations: Automobiling, yachting. Clubs : Country, Buffalo, Ellicott, Royal, Canadian Yacht. ( Toronto) : Buffalo Motor Boat, Niagara Golf. Address: 1190-1200 Ni- agara St., Buffalo, N. Y.
THOMAS, Herbert F .:
Broker: b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dee. 13, 1SS0 : S. Orlando F. and Emma Van (Cleat) Thomas; grad. Yale Univ. : m. Washington, D. C., Sept. 18, 1901, Amanda Wallace Cashie. Senior partner of firm Thomas, Maclay & Co .; director Mechanics and Traders' Bank. Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange. Chibs: N. Y. Yacht, Lotos. Address: 71 Broadway, N. Y. City.
| THOMAS, Hector W .:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 19, 150G: F late Theodore Thomas (famous orche,:" .. conductor) and Minna L. (Rhodes) Thomis- grad. Yale, A.B., 1888, Columbia Law S. h .. LL.B., 1890; m. May 21, 1856, Margaret Bar ney Sturgis, d. of Russell and Sarah ( Bar ney) Sturgis. Has practised law since h., admission to the bar Dec. 11, 1500. Mom. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Union League, University, Yale. Residence: 12- E. 21th St. Address: 25 Pine St., N. Y. City.
THOMAS, James Bishop:
Clergyman ; b. Petaluma, Calif., March 21. 1871; s. Edward Cady and Emma Amelia (Davies) Thomas; ed. Rutgers Coll., A.B. (honors in philosophy, oratory and comye. sition), 1892, Episcopal Theol. School, Cam- bridge, Mass., B.D., 1595; Berlin Universit ;. 1:95-99; Halle Univ., 1900-01 (Ph.D., ca ): lande) ; m. Honolulu, H. I .. July 20, 1895. Myra Harris Mott Smith of Honolulu, H. I .: children: Dorothea. b. 1896, Leslie Ida. b. 1899, Clare Rosamund (deceased), b. 192, Virginia St. John, b. 1904. Ordained in ministry of Episcopal Church: minister of St. Stephen's Ch., Cohasset, Mass .. 1:95.9. : in Europe, 1998-1901: ass't at St. Michael Church, N. Y. City, 1901-02: mem. statt of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1903: cur- ate of Trinity Ch., New Haven, 1903-05, of St. John's, Stamford, Conn., 1906-07; rector St. Andrew's, Rochester, since 1907. Roose. velt Democrat. Episcopalian. Mem. Delta
Upsilon fraternity. Trustee of the Church Home of Rochester. Recreation : Mycology.
fishing. Address: St. Andrew's Rectory,
Rochester, N. Y.
THOMAS, Jerome Beers:
Physician; b. Wyandotte, Kan., April 30. 1567: s. Jerome Beers and Harriett N. R. (Tasker) Thomas; grad. Univ. of Mich .. A.B., 1887, student Univs. of Leipzig and Mu- nich, 1ss7-88; Long Island Coll. Hosp., M.D .. 1802: m. Dayton, O., Oct. 13. 1596, Mary Doni- son Wilt. Surgeon to Eye Dep't. Williams. burgh Hosp., Brooklyn: ass't surgeon to N. Y. Eye and Ear Infirmary: ass't surgeon to Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hosp .: instr. Schi. of Ophthalmology and Otology of the N. Y. Exe and Ear Infirmary, Was ass't bacteriol- ogist to Health Dep't, Brooklyn, 1-95-97: acting ass't surgeon, U. S. A .. 1900-01, capt. and ass't surgeon, U. S. V., 1901-02, in Philip- pine Islands: surgeon in charge of the Civil Gov't Sanitarium, at Baguio, Benguet. P. [ .. 1002-06. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Kings Co. Med. Soc .: Associated Physicians of I. I. Brooklyn Pathol Soc., Military order of the Loyal Legion, Psi Upsilon fraternity (Phi Chapter). Clubs: Brooklyn Medical, Hamil- ton. Address: 64 Montague St., Brooklyn. THOMAS, John Lloyd:
Manager Mills Hotels and Dwellings. lec- turer, journalist; b. Witton Park. England. April 22, 1:57: s. Rev. Isaac and Mary ( Hop kins) Thomas: m. Cumberland. Md .. April. 1-0. Mary A. Brant: children: Mary Louise. b. 152, Rev. Lloyd B. b. 1.3. Evelyn. b. 15.s. Arthur Winans, h. 1s-a, Gwyneth. b 1-97. Studied law but has never practised . has done newspaper work as editor for stitution (monthly). V. Y. City. Leciurer on social and ethical subjects in nearly every State, in Canada and in England: authority
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on model housing ; frequently addressed civic gatherings, clubs, etc. Pres. Queens- boro Improvement Co .; director Queensboro Development Corporation; v .- p. Franl: Burt Mines and Milling Co. Protestant. Mem. Am. Acad. Political and Social Science, Am. Geog. Soc., Quatuor Coronati of London; mem. St. David's Soc. of the State of N. Y. (pres. ), Mason 33', commander-in-chief N. Y. Consistory, mem. N. Y. Masonic Hist. Soc. Clubs: Century, National Arts. Pil- grims, Nineteenth Century (sec.) Masonic. Address: 161 W. 36th St., N. Y. City.
THOMAS, Philip Cook:
Physician; b. Petaluma, Calif .; s. Edward Cady and Emma A. (Davies) Thomas; grad. Rutgers Coll., A.B., 1894, A.M., 1901. N. Y. Homæo. Med. Coll., and Hosp., 1999; m. Grace Church Chantry, Oct. 1. 1901, Margaret Ethalinda Beaumont; children: " Elizabeth Beaumont, b. 1902, and Philip Duncan, b. 1907. House physician and surgeon to Hahne- mann Hosp., 1899-1901; demonstrator anatomy N. Y. Homoeo. Med. Coll., 1903-07; now lec. turer on physiological materia medica at same institution. Attending obstetrician to Hahnemann and Metropolitan Hosp. Inde- pendent (Republican usually) ; Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Inst. Homeopathy, N. Y. State Homoo. Med Soc., N. Y. County Homeo. Med. Soc., Acad. of Pathological Seience, Delta Upsilon fraternity (Rutgers Chapter), Delta Upsilon Club of N. Y., Independent Club of West Side. Summer home: Christ- mas Cove, Me. Address: Manhattan Square Apartments, #4 W. 7th St., N. Y. City.
THOMAS, Richard S .:
Publisher; b. Waukegan, Ill., Feb. 19, 1966; s. Richard S. and Helen M. (Naylor ) Thomas ; grad. Yale, A.B., 197, Columbia, LL.B., 1Ss9; unmarried. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, Mar. 28, 1890. Mem. firm of Ginn & Co., edn'l publishers. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fra- ternity. Clubs: University, Yale, Graduates (N. Y. City) : University ( Boston) ; Ardsley (Ardsley-on-Hudson). Address: 70 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
THOMAS, Robert Mckean:
Electrical eng'r; b. Elizabeth, N. J .; s. William W. and S. E. M. ( Wade) Thomas; grad. Princeton Univ., E.E., 1>93. Pres. Thomas & Betts Co. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs. Mem. Soc. of Colonial Wars, Clubs: University, Racquet and Tennis. Engineers, Princeton, Ardsley, Elizabeth, Town, Coun- try. Address: 299 Broadway, N. Y. City.
THOMAS, William Sturgis:
Physician; b. Poughkeepsie. N. Y., 1971; s. Henry L. and Alice R. (Phinney) Thomas; ed. public schools. Washington. D. C., Med. Dep't George Washington: Univ. Washing- ton, D. C., M.D., 1:02; m. 1905. Emma Rhein- frank; one daughter, Catherine Livingston, b. 1906. After graduation in medicine, 1992, spent six years completing med. education in N. Y. Hospitals. Served as ass't sur- geon U. S. N. through Spanish. Am. War in the United States, Porto Rico, at sea and in Cuba. After resigning from U. S. Navy, 1598, became chief of surgical clinic St. Imke's Hospital and continues that work. Is also examining physician to that institution. Episcopalian. Men. Med. Soc. County of N. Y., N. Y. Acad, Medicine, Soc. Alumni of St.
Luke's Hosp., Life mem. Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Museum of Natural History, N. F. State Chapter Soc. of the Cincinnati. Address: 240 W. Tist St., N. Y. City.
THOMPSON, A. W .: Cashier Rondout Nat. Bank, Kingston, N. Y .; b. Rondout, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1967; s. Hugh and Jane (Watson) Thompson; ed. Union Free Sch. No. 2, and Cister Acad .. Kingston, N. Y. (took English honor at graduation ) : m. June 10, 1597, Ella Lengyear; children: Wesley L., b. 1900, Arthur C., b. 1004. Entered Rondout Nat. Bank as a clerk, Aug. 16, 1886; appt'd teller, Feb. 1. 1993, and cashier. Jan. 14, 1902. Enlisted in 14th Separate Co., N. G. Y. Y., April 1 -. Je87; promoted corporal, April 3, 16ss; ser- geant, Jan. 4, 1890: Ist sergeant, Mar. 15. 1890; elected @d lieut., Sept. 22, 1590, and capt. Aug. 11, 1892; honorably discharged May 2, 1902. At breaking out of Spanish-Am. War. was appt'd capt. of 114th Separate Co .. N. G. N. Y., after regular Nat. Guardsmen had gone to the war, and drilled and sent to the front large numbers of soldiers to various commands. Director and cashier Rondout Nat. Bank: director and treas. (since July 28, 1902), Homeseekers' Bld'z and Loan Ass'n. Republican. Mem. M. E. Ch. Mem. and trustee Trinity Methodist Episcopal Ch. Mem. Rondout Lodge 313. F. and A. M. Recreations: Tennis, rowing. Club: Rondout. Address: 35 West Chester St., Kingston, N. Y.
THOMPSON, Alexander R .:
Lawyer: b. Stapleton, Richmond Co .. N. Y., Mar. 29, 1854; s. Alexander R. and Mary ( Carpenter) Thompson; grad. N. Y. Univ., A.B., LL.B .; m. New Utrecht, Kings Co .. N. Y., June 4, 1900, Dora Stebbins. Has traveled in Colorado and New Mexico, 1979: in Madeira, Canary Islands and West Coast of Africa, 18:1. Sec. Brevoort Real Estate Co., and City Mortgage Co .: treas. Porter- field Construction Co., Markenfield Construc- tion Co., Huntingfield Construction Co., May- field Construction Co. Democrat. Mem. Re- formed (Dutch) Ch. Mem. Sons of the Revolution, Delta Chi fraternity. Chib: Crescent Athletic. Address 15 Wall St., N. Y. City.
THOMPSON, Alfred Clark:
Sup't of schools: b. Norwich, Conn .. March 25, 1:67: s. Charles and Prudence Stanton (James) Thompson; grad. Norwich (Conn. ) Free Academy, loss, Yale, B .. 1 .. 1:92, Clark Univ., Worcester. Mass .. 1500. Ludwig-Max- imilians Universitat, Munich, Germany, 19 0; in. Hadley, Mass., 1996, Lina Miriam Cook : children: Miriam Cook. b. Sept. 13. 191. Elizabeth, b. Dec., 1904 (died May, 1905). Principal Hopkins Acad .. Hadley, Mass., 3 years: principal of High School. Rutland, Vt., 2 years, sup't of schools, Palmer, Mass .: 5 years, Wakefield, Mass. 3 years. Auburn, 3. Y., 3 years. Has traveled extensively in U. S. and Europe. Episcopalian. Mem. nu- merous educational associations: former pres. Hampden ( Mass. ) County Teachers' Ass'n: sec. and treas. New England Ass'n of School Sup'ts: mem. Masonic fraternity, Cayuga County Hist. Soc. Recreations: Hunting. fishing, tennis, golf. Clubs: Cuy ( Auburn), Owasco Country. Address: Auburn, V. Y.
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THOMPSON, Charles Lemue !:
Clergyman; b. Allentown, Pa., Aug. 18, 1839; s. Aaron and Julia Thompson; ed. Car- roll Coll., A.B., 1855: Princeton Theol. Sem., McCormick Theol. Sem .; received D.D. from Monmouth Coll., Ill., 1875, and LL.D. from Carroll Coll., Wis .. 1907. In Presbyterian ministry since 1:61, serving pastorates in Janesville, Wis., Cincinnati, Chicago, Pitts- burgh, Kansas City, N. Y. City. Editor of Our Monthly, 1970-72; The Interior, Chicago, 1877-79; moderator Gen. Assembly Presby'n Church, Philadelphia. less; sec. Presby'n B'd of Home Missions since March, 1898. Author: History of American Revivals, 1876; Etchings in Verse. 1990; The Story of the Presbyterian Church, 1903; also the articles on "Presbyterianism". in the Cyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, 1590, and the Inter- national Cyclopedia, 1902. Clubs: Authors, Barnard, Quill. Residence: East Orange, N. J. Address: 156 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
THOMPSON, Charles T .:
Journalist; b. Detroit, Mich .; s. Jonathan and Harriett ( Brewster) Thompson; ed. Univ. of Mich., LL.B., 1:51; m. Prairie du Chien, Wis., Flora MeDonald. Chief of Associated Press Bureau at Paris, for Southwestern Eu rope, 1902-06, London, 1906-07; sup't Eastern Division Associated Press., comprising the Eastern and New England States, from 1907. Received from French Gov't decorations of Palmes Académique, 199, and Légion d'Hon- neur, 1905. Residence: Greenwich, Cenn. Ad- dress: 195 Broadway, N. Y.
THOMPSON, Dwinel French:
Educator; b. Bangor, Maine, Jan. 1, 1816: s. Joel Dwinel and Harriet Newell ( French) Thompson; ed. Lewiston Falls Acad., Dart- mouth Coll., 1569, in eng'ring course; m. Troy, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1sio, Mary Lena Saxton. Tutor Dartmouth Coll., 1:69-72; since 1972 prof. descriptive geometry, stereotomy, and drawing, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. Ed- ited and illustrated Prof. Woodman's Free Hland Drawing, IS0; and revised and enlarged Mahan's Industrial Drawing, 1873. Address: 861 Second Av., Troy, N. Y.
THOMPSON, Edward:
Publisher; b. Aug. 21, 1845; s. John and Ann Thompson : ed. public schools of N. Y., and learned trade of machinist; m. 1874, Sarah Buchanan. While employed as ma- chinist, severely injured, causing removal to St. Luke's Hosp. ; after recovery became as- sistant to Dr. Muhlenberg and remained at hosp. for a number of years. Afterwards for several years superintendent of St. John- land Home on Long Island. In 1962. estab- lished himself at Northport, N. Y., in pub- lication of law books. Excise comm'r and assessor of Town of Huntington, L. I., and appt'd Fisheries, Game and Forest comm'r, 1895. Pres. Edward Thompson Co .; mem. Northern Electric Light Co., Northport Steamboat Co., Northport Real Estate and Improvement Co., Northport Bank, Northport Oyster Co .: director Northport Traction Co. Mem. N. Y. State Soc. for Protection of Fish and Game, Manhattan Lodge, F. and .1. M., No. 82, of N. Y., and Asharoken Chap- ter, U. D., of Northport. Clubs: Wyan. dauch ( Smithtown, L. 1.) : Albany i Albany. N. Y.). Address: 261 Broadway, N. Y. City
THOMPSON, Edward Middleton:
Physician; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Mas 1ST7; s. Charles D. and Elizabeth D. dleton) Thompson; ed. Wm. Penn S Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania. Y. Univ., M.D .; m. Germantown, Pa .. . 1; : 15, 1902, Marie Louise Barnhurst: childr Henry Barnhurst, b. April 1, 1993, Edward M., Jr., b. July 19, 1901. Republican; Ep: palian. Mem. Kings County Med. founder Medical Inspectors' Soc. of N. Y . med. inspector Dep't of Health. City of \. Y .; medical examiner to John Hancock Li. Ins. Co., Woodnien of the World, Jr. Order vi United American Mechanics, beneficiary 4. gree. Mem. Omega Upsilon Phi fraterni!". Mason : Sandalphan Lodge, Flatbush Chapt. r. R. A. M., Clinton Commandery K. T., Kin Temple, Mystic Shrine. Address: TO E. Fifth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. THOMPSON, Henry S .:
Builder and real estate dealer; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 10, 1873; s. Richard J. and Helen (Soffe) Thompson; grad. Princeton, A.B. 1894; m. N. Y. City, April 19, 1900, Mabel Potter: children: Dorothy, b. 1903, Adele. ], 1905, Henry S .. Jr., b. 1907. First employed by Standard Oil Co., and traveled while in its employ through Europe, Asia and Africa : later entered building business and organized Thompson-Starrett Co. Veteran of Squadron A, honorably discharged. Sup't of Bui i- ings, Borough of Manhattan, N. Y. City. dur- ing Mayor Low's administration, and re. mained under Mayor Mcclellan a short time; mem. of N. Y. City Improvement Comm'n: comm'r of public works Borough of Man. hattan, 1997.05. President and director of the Boulevard Realty Co., Reinforced Concrete Construction Co., Birmingham & Gulf R'y a.el Navigation Co., Golden Hill Building Co .. National Vacuum Co .; v.p. and director Globe and Rutgers Fire Ins. Co .: director and treas. Improved Property Holding Co. of N. Y., and Safety Benzine Co .: director I'nion Exchange Bank, Continental Finance Co., Eagle Fire Co., City Investing Cu .: mem. of Reorganization Com. Delaware & Northampton R. R. Co .; owner of Hotel Marie Antoinette, N. Y. City. Pres. and director of Belnerd Realty Co .; pres. and director Golden Hill Building Co. Democrat. Presbyterian. Trustee Manhattan Maternity Hosp. Recreations: Automobiling, tennis. swimming. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht, N. Y. Ath- letic. Princeton, Automobile of America. Down Town. Fairfield County Golf. City Lunch. Residence: Summer - Greenwich. Conn .; city-Hotel Marie Antoinette. N. Y. City. Address: os William St., N. Y. City. THOMPSON, J. Walter:
AAdvertising agent; b. Pittsfield, Mass .. Oet. 28, IS17: parents removed to Ohio while ho was still quite young: ed. in Ohio; m. 1 -... Margaret R .. d. James Bogle (celebrated portrait painter and prominent mem. Vat. Acad. of Design). Came to N. Y. early in the sixties, in which city shortly afterwards entered upon mercantile career. First ven- tore in netive business life, made Isnt, when 17 years of age ;: began career in metropolis under same conditions as did H race Gre,. ley, as clerk in advertising establishment . Inter entered into business on own account securing control of a number of theater programmes of several N. Y. theaters: first
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stage in independent career, followed by | N. Y .; sup't and principal public schools. others, and by an advance in position in firm in whose service was engaged, until eventually purchased, and became successor to its business; steadily added and de- veloped its importance and magnitude, par- THOMPSON, Robert Means: ticularly in special field of magazine adver- tising. Pres. and director of J. Walter Thompson Co. Address: 44 E. 23d St., N. Y. City.
THOMPSON, Jean M .:
Author; b. Guilford, Conn., 1865; d. Alden La Fletcher, and Emma Caroline (Field) Fowler; public school education, at New Haven, Conn .; m. New Haven, Conn., Henry W. Thompson. Has written for publication since the age of fourteen; adopted writing as a profession, taking up miscellaneous freelance work on the magazines. Special- ized in juvenile fiction. Especially success- ful and best kuown as writer of Nature Stories for children. Published in 1907, Water Wonders, a monograph on snow, frost, ice, and water; technical material simplified for juveniles. Other books in preparation, writer of songs and plays for children, and staff writer on Magazine Dep't. Episco- palian. Address: 16 Windsor Terrace, You- kers, N. Y.
THOMPSON, John A .:
Lawyer; b. Bristol Conn., Dec. 28, 1872; s. Rev. George L. and Elizabeth ( Wilson) Thompson; ed. Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., A.B., 1594, N. Y. Law School, LL.B., 1897; Bridge Hampton, Suffolk Co., N. ' Y., Oct. 17, - 1905, Pearl Haines; one son, John A., Jr., b. Sept. 23, 1906. Engaged in law practice since 1997: mem. firm of Thompson & Fuller. Sec. Nat. Bridge Works. Independent Republican; Congregationalist. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Recreations: Golf, tennis. Clubs: Lawyers, University (Brooklyn). Address : 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
THOMPSON, John Fremont:
Lawyer; b. Candor, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1856; s. Jerome aud Minerva (McCarty) Thomp- son; grad. Coruell Univ., 1977, and Colum- bia Univ., LL.B., ISTS; m. Cooperstown, N. Y., Nov. 1, 1857, Kate Lane; children: Ruth Marjorie (deceased). Engaged in practice of law at Oneonta, N. Y., from lsh: mem. law firm of Thompson & Baker. Organized and for three years was pres. Bank of Pine Bluff, Ark .; constructed and owned water works at Dodge City, Kansas, Oswego, Kan., Pine Bluff, Ark., and Natchez, Miss. Chm'n of Com. that draughted the charter for the city of Oneonta, N. Y. Has served as marshal of the Court of Claims of the State of N. Y. Pres. Oneonta Telephone Co. Mom. Zeta Psi fraternity. Chibs: Que- onta, Fortuightly. Address: Oneonta, N. Y.
THOMPSON, Kennington L .;
Educator: b. Flycreek, Otsego Co., N. Y. June 26, 159: s. Charles P. and Frances C. (Leaning) Thompson: ed. high sch., Coop. erstown, N. Y .; Coruell Univ., B. V., 1900 (special mention in Romance and Germanic languages. Phi Beta Kappa): m. Ing. 24, 1901, Clifford Winifred Wood. Viec-principal Hartford High Sch., White River Junction, Vt .: principal Hardwick Acad., Hardwick, Vt .; principal High Sch., Clifton Springs,
('attaraugus, N. Y. Republican; Universal- ist. Mem. Nat. Edn'l Ass'n, Academic Principals of N. Y. Address: 71 Elm St.,, Cooperstown, N. Y.
Financier; b. Corsica, Pa., Mar. 2, 1843; s. Judge John J. Y. Thompson, for many years a lay judge of the Jefferson County Court. Pa .; m. Sarah, d. William Channing Gibbs, of Newport, R. I. Appt'd to Naval Acad .. 1864; grad. in class of 1868; served on board the Centoocook, Franklin, Richmond and Gnard; commissioned ensign, 1569, and mas- ter, 1570; in 1871 served ou board the Wau- chusett; resignation from uavy accepted lat- ter part of 1871; then studied law; grad. Dane Law Sch., Harvard, 1874. Mem. of Bos- ton Common Council in 1876, 1877 and 1;>: for many years pres. of the Orford Copper Co., smelters of copper and nickel, and now chm'n B'd Internat. Nickel Co .; pres. U. S. Naval Acad. Alumni Ass'n. Mem. Mil. Or- der Loyal Legion. Clubs: University, Cen- tury, Metropolitan, Players, Racquet and Tennis, Legion, Down Town, Lawyers. Resi- dence: 3 E. 69th St. Address: 43 Exchange Place, N. Y. City.
THOMPSON, Robert William, Jr .:
Lawyer: b. N. Y. City, May 20, 1874; 5. Robert William and Martha Macfarlan Thompson; ed. public schools, Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1893, Columbia Coll., A.M .. 1894, Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1596. Ad- mitted to bar 1896 and since then in active practice in N. Y. City: mem. law firm of Thompson, Warren & Pelgram. His family has resided ou West 97th Street continuously for seventy years, and his grandfather. Adam Thompson, once cultivated a farm of four or five acres near the present junction of Broadway and 95th St. Republican. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Delta Phi fratern- ities, Albion Lodge F. and A. M., Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., West End Ass'n. Clubs: Republican, Englewood Golf, Columbia Uni- versity. Summer residence, Morsemere, N. J. Address: 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.
THOMPSON, Samuel Chalmers:
Clergyman; b. Canton, Ga., ISIS; s. Dr. S. W. and Amauda ( Holland) Thompson: ed. Univ. of Ga .: grad. Trinity Coll., Hart- ford, B.A .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., ISTT. C. V. Gough; one son, Wallace F., b. 1ss2. Taught for 6 years at Vernon Episcopal Inst .. Coun .. Trinity Parish Sch., New York, Diocesan Sch., Reading. Pa., State Normal Sch .. Bloomsburg. In Episcopal ministry, curate St. Ann's Ch., Brooklyn; rector of Ch. of The Good Shepherd, Scranton. Curate in England, IST5-5; in charge of Trinity Ch .. Rensselaerville, since les. Author: Mental Judex of the Bible; Cosmic Use of AAssocia- tiou. Cont'r to various periodicals. Trav- eled about Atlantic and Indian Oceans, 1stj- 67: visited Enrope in 1574, and various par: s while enrate in England, IST ... Mem. of Masonic Order Knights of Maccabees and Delta Psi. Address: Rensselaerville, N. Y. THOMPSON, Samuel Clarence:
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