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Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N Y. Engaged in practice as lawyer in N. Y. City: attorney for The Long Island Railroad Company; sec., treas. and director The Long Island Con- struction Co., The River and Harbor Trans- portation Co .; director The Atlantic Av. Ele- rated R. R. Co., The Glen Cove R. R. Co., The Glendale & East River R. R. Co., The Jamaica & South Shore R. R. Co., The Long Island Consolidated Electrical Companies, The Long Island R. R. Co. (North Shore Branch), The Montauk Steamboat Co. (L'td), The Montauk Water Co., The Nassau County R'y Co., The N. Y. & Rockaway Beach R'y Co., The N. Y., Brooklyn & Manhattan Beach R'y Co., Ocean Electric R'y Co., Pros- pect Park & Coney Island R. R. Co., The West Jamaica Land Co. (L'td). Residence : 462 Vanderbilt Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. Ad- dress: 128 Broadway, N. Y. City.
KEARFUL, Francis Joseph:
Lawyer; b. St. Joseph. Mo .. June 25, 1971; s. Charles and Phoebe (Dyke) Kearful; ed. Christian Brothers' Coll., St. Joseph, Mo .; LL.B., Yale, 1990; M.L .. cum laude, Yale. 1597; m. Oklahoma, Okla. Ter., May S, 1:08. Josephine D. Kline; children : Godfrey Gray, b. Mar. 15, 1:00, Francis Jerome, b. Jan. 22, 1905. Associated in the practice of law with H. H. Howard at Oklahoma, 1-09-1901; with Guthrie, Cravath & Henderson, N. Y. City, 1901-06; since June 7, 1956, without associates ; his specialties are Federal court practice and the preparation of briefs in difficult cases. ' Believes in free trade and ultimate govern- ment ownership of public utilities. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Recreations: Gar- dening, fishing. Clubs: Reform, Municipal Ownership, Address: : 00 Wall St., N. Y. City.
KEASBEY, Henry Miller:
Manufacturer: b. Newark, N. J., Jan. 16. 1859; s. Anthony Q. and Edwina L. ( Miller) Keashey; ed. Newark (N. J.) Acad., private schools; m. Newark, N. J., AApril Is, less, Charlotte Condit Lewis: children : Edwina L. (Mrs. Jacques Bramhall). b. 1.3. Dorothy M. (Mrs Stephen D. Day), b. Isso, Marjorie L., b. 1590. Commenced business with the Mu- tual Life Ins. Co. at age of 17, remaining 3 years; mg'r of bank in Colo., 2 years; in 1883 became associated with the Raritan Hollow and Porous Brick Co., of Krasbey, N. J., as sec. and treas. ; afterward became,
successively, v .- p. and pres. of the co. In 1902 berame v .- p. and Eastern mg'r of the Nat. Fireproofing Co .; also pres. The Fed- eral Clay Mf'g Co., the Am. Vitrified Conduit Co .; vice-pres. of the HI. B. Camp Co. Re- publican. Recreations : Riding, driving, au-
tomobiling. Clubs : Lawyers, Country. Country home: "'Holmwood,'' Essex Co. Orange, N. J. Address: 949 Broadway, N. Y. City.
KEATING, Stephen Henry:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City. April 20, 1872; s. James P. and Catherine E. (Duncan) Keat- ing; ed. De La Salle Inst., less; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B .. 1593: final honors in English language and literature, mathematics and constitutional history; legal ed'n in Law Sch., Univ. City of N. Y., and N. Y. Law Sch .; m. N. Y. City, June 21, 1:39, Mary Loretta Murphy. Ass't clerk of the Gen. Term, N. Y. Supreme Court, First Ju- dicial Dep't, 1894-96: assignment clerk, N. Y. Supreme Court, First Judicial Dep't. 1536- 1901: mem. law firm Keating & Squiers, 1:37- 1901; delegate to various N. Y. State Dem. Convs. Catholic. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of
Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon. Knights of Columbus, and various local social and political organizations. Recrea- tions : Riding, golf. Clubs: Nat. Democratic. Columbia Univ., Graduates, N. Y. Athletic. Catholic, Englewood Goli. Address: 217 W. 136th St., N. Y. City.
KEATOR, Harry Mayham:
Physician ; b. Roxbury. N. Y., Nov. 21, 15:3: s. Charles G. and Rosa C. ( Mayham) Keator; ed. Stamford (N. Y.) Sem., Is-9-20, Williston Sem., 1:00-93, Yale Univ., A.B .. 1:07: teacher Williston Sem .. 1:98: Columbia Univ. (Coll. Phys. and Surg.), M.D., 19. Was on base-ball and foot-ball teams 3 years and captain of both at Williston Sem .: on Yale base-ball team 4 years and its cap-
tain, 1997. Traveled through Europe for + months in 1906. At one time was on fac- ulty of Post-Graduate Med. School, N. Y. City, and physician at Vanderbilt Clinic: on staff of Presbyterian Hosp .. 1902-04, as house surgeon: grad. Sloane Maternity Hosp .. 1904. now surgeon Presby'n Hosp. Dispensary and demonstrator in physiology. Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City. Director Roxbury Water Co. Mem. Faculty Coll. Physicians and Sar- geons. N. Y. City. Presbyterian Hosp. Alum- ni AAssin, Sloane Maternity Alumni Ass n. Lenox Medical Soc., N. Y. County and State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Acad. of Med- icine. N. Y. Monthly Med. Club, Iota Zrta, Eta Phi, and Alpha Delta Phi fratermitas. Scroll & Key, and Omega College Clubs; mem. Crescent Athletic Club base-ball team. 1900-05. Clubs: Yale, (N. Y. City), Gradu. ates. (New Haven), Crescent Athletic ( Brooklyn). Address: 10: E. 70th St., N. Y. City.
KEATOR, John F .:
Lawyer: b. Roxbury. N. Y., April Te. 1-30; his father was a thrifty farmer and as a boy he worked at farm labor, attendi- ing the district schools, and at to beran school teaching to obtain funds to educate himself: grad. Yale, A.B., 1-57. Univ. vi Pennsylvania, L.L.B., AND. Admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 199, and to practice 701
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before Supreme Court of U. S., 1800; mem. | Cuba with a costly sabre and belt; is Den': law firm of Keator & Johnson. Became ac- | Conid'r Spanish-Am. War Vets., State : tive as a member of the Business Men's N. Y .; recorder in chief of the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish- \m. War. ...... is prominently connected with many ouer mil. organizations. Public lecturer; meu .. law firm of Keck & Cauthers; sec, .1. & N. Realty Co. ; director Madison Sq. Mortga_ Co. Republican. Meni. Kane Lodge 451, F. League of Philadelphia, in 1596, being their standard bearer in the hot contest of reform that took place; in recognition of his sery- ices in this work he was nominated for the Legislature and elected and reelected by fiat- tering majorities. In the House be proved an earnest advocate of non-partisan measures & A. M., Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Clubs: Army and Navy, N. Y. Athletic. Ad. dress : 29 Broadway, N. Y. City. and rose to a position of leadership; appt'd attorney for the House to investigate the cause and effect of the fire which destroyed the State capitol. Strong friend and ad. KECK, Jeremiah: herent of Taft and the Roosevelt pohcics. Mem. of various social and public charitable organizations such as Methodist Episcopal Orphanage of Philadelphia, and of the Ma- sonic Order, Mem. Yale Club of N. Y. Residence : 218 West Walnut St., German- town, Philadelphia. Address: 1026-29 Stephen Girard Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
KEAYS, Frederick Love:
Physician; b. Berwick, Maine, Dec. 14, 1871; s. Daniel Goodwin and Elizabeth Aba- gail (Lord) Keays; ed. Berwick Acad., South Berwick., Me. ; Yale, A.B., 1894, Cornell Univ. Med. Coll., M.D., 1899; m. Yonkers, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1907, Ethelyn Emery Hutton. Taught two years in Dwight School, N. Y. City; for two years medical interne in N. Y. Hosp. Instructor in physical diagnosis in Cornell Univ. Med. Coll. since 1901. Medical director for S. Pearson & Son. contractors for Penn- sylvania East River Tunnels; chief of clinic in general medicine Cornell Univ. Medical Coll. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Riverside Practitioners' Soc., Alumni Ass'n N. Y. Hosp., Monthly Medical Club. Recreations: Fishing, shoot- ing. Club: Yale. Address: 1 W. 85th St., N. Y. City.
KECK, Frank:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 28, 1853; s. John and Katharina ( Kremer) Keck; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., B.S., 1872; Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1575; unmarried. Since gradu- ation in 1875 engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City, (except period of war service) ; also serving occasionally as referee in cases submitted to him. In Spanish-Am. War was major 3d Battalion, 71st N. Y. Vols .; served in the battles of Las Guasimas, and took part in the battle of San Juan Hill; for bravery in latter action, nominated to brevet rank of lieut-col .; engaged with his battal- ion at the siege of Santiago until its sur- render, and on several occasions was placed in command of the reg't; after return of the reg't to Montauk Point, comin'd capt. 42d U. S. Vol. Inf., and served with that reg't in the Philippines: engaged in skirmishes at San Antonio and Lumbong, in Laguna Prov- ince, Island of Luzon: was in command of the towns of Pasig and Mariquina, where he instituted in large measure, civil gov't; assisted in negotiation leading to the sur- render of Gen. Licerio Geronimo, a prom- inent Filipino general, by which a large see- tion of Rizal Province of the Island of Luzon was brought to a condition of tran- quillity : for services in this connection was highly commended by the dist. commander ; was presented by his companions in arms in
Jurist; b. Johnstown, Fulton Co., N. Y., Nov. 9, 1845; s. Isaac and Eliza Ann (Burns) Keck; ed. public schools, Clinton (N. Y.) Liberal Inst., Whitestown (N. Y.) Sem .; in. Ist Johnstown, June 10, 1s74, Jennie A. Kibbe; 2d. Detroit, Mich., Sara R. Riggs: one daughter by 1st marriage. Flora de Fon Claire. Admitted to the bar at Gen. Term of Supreme Court at Schenectady, N. Y., April 8, 1869; was associated with his preceptors, under the name of Wells, Dudley & Kock. 1869-77; then with Philip Keck until les3: elected dist. att'y of Fulton Co., 1874; re- elected in 1877: elected co. judge and surro- gate, 1883; was reelected and has held the office since. Republican.
Served in Civil War as mem. Co. C, 77th Reg't. N. Y. Vols. Comd'r Martin McMahon Post 257. G. A. R .. 20 years; mem. St. Patrick's Lodge 4, F. and A. M., Johnstown Chapter, Holy Cross Com- mandery, K. T., Gloversville, N. Y. Ad- dress: Johnstown, N. Y.
KEECH, Frederick James:
Clergyman ; grad. Charlotte Hall Mil. Acad .. St. Mary County, Md., St. John's Coll., Annapolis, Md., B.A., 1881, M.A., Isss (D.D .. 1908) ; Gen. Theol. Sem .. S.T.B., 1587. Or- dered deacon, by Bishop Weller, 1558. or- dained priest by Bishop McLaren, 1959, in ministry of Episcopal Church. Formerly rector Immanuel Chi., Racine. Wis., St. Clem- ent's Ch., Greenville. Pa., St. George's Ch .. Leadville. Colo .: senior curate St. John's Chapel, Trinity Parish, N. Y. City, 1594-1908: since Easter, 1908. rector of the Church of the Atonement, 17th St., near 5th Av .. Brooklyn. Address: St Washington Square, N. Y. City.
KEELER, Henry Taylor:
Banker, public official: b. Auburn. N. Y .; s. Delos Milton and Catherine Gould (Tay- lor) Keeler; m. Newport, Ky., Sept. 1888, Martha Wilson Taylor. Teller in Cayuga Nat. Bank, Auburn, N. Y. Mem. Board of Health. City of Auburn. N. Y .. 1905-08: commissioner of public health, City of Auburn, since 1908. Address: Auburn, N. Y.
KEELER, John Russell:
Lawyer: b. Canton, N. Y .. Dec. 9, 1STS; s. Johu Clarence and Ada Warner (Servis) Keeler: grad. Canton (N. Y. ) High School. 1-05, Williams Coll., A.B., 199; m. June :. 1905, Caroline Louise McCrea. Admitted to bar of N. Y. State, 1902. Connsel to the Corporation (Village of Canton), 19115 Chin'n Republican Town Committee since 1904. Director and treas. Standard Pyrites Co. Episcopalian. Club : Citizens (Canton, .N. Y.). Address: Canton, N. Y.
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KEENE, Foxhall:
Banker; s. James R. (Wall St. financier) and Sara (Daingerfield) Keene. Has been associated with father not only in business but also on the turi, where they have been leaders for many years; is known here and abroad as one of the most accomplished and successful of gentlemen riders; one of most prominent members of Rockaway Hunt Club. Clubs: Racquet and Tennis, Tarf and Field, Automobile of America, Meadow Brook. Ad- dress: Westbury, L. I., N. Y.
KEENE, James Robert:
Capitalist ; b. London, England, 1838; went as boy to Calif., where, as miner, he laid tho foundation of a large fortune; m Sara, d. Col. Levy Daingerfield, of Va. Was for some time pres. San Francisco Stock Exchange; has, since 1877, carried on operations in N. Y. Mr. Keene is an active mem. of the Rockaway Hunt Club and of the leading jockey clubs here and abroad. For years he has been a generous supporter of the turf, and horses of his breeding and training have won in dif- ferent years nearly all the classic races held in England and France. Residence ; Cedar- hurst, L. I. Address: 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.
KEENER, William Albert:
Lawyer; b. Augusta, Ga., Mar. 10, 1856; s. Henry and Isabella Keener; grad. Emory Coll., Oxford, Ga., A.B., 1874; LL.B., Har- vard, 1877; LL.D., Western Univ. of Pa .; m. 1878, Frances McLeod Smith. Formerly a justice of Supreme Court, N. Y. ; was success- ively Story prof. law at Harvard, and Kent prof. law and dean of Sch. of Law at Columbia ; now practising profession in N. Y. City; head of law firm of Keener, Lewis & Layng. Author: Treatise on Quasi-Contracts. Editor: Cases on Contracts; Cases on Equity Jurisdiction ; Cases on Quasi-Contracts; Cases on Corporations. Republican. Mem. Bar Ass'n City of N. Y., Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Clubs: Union League, Lawyers, University, Century, Republican. Address: 115 Broadway, N. Y. City.
KEENEY, Frederick Thomas:
Clergyman ; b. Fabius, N. Y .. Feb. 9, 1863: s. Seabury B. and Melvina Esther ( Andrews) Keeney; ed. Wyoming Sem., Kingston, Pa., 1882; Syracuse Univ., A.B., 1886, D.D., 1900; m. Ellenville, N. Y., Georgia S. Smith. Or- dained in ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1856, and has filled pastorates at Cincinnatus, Tully, Cazenovia, Elmira, and since 1904 at Syrac ise. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Address: First Methodist Episcopal Church, Syracuse, N. Y.
KEEP, Charles Hallam:
Pres. Knickerbocker Trust Co .; b. Lock- port, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1861; s. Charles and Caroline (Crockett) Keep; grad. Harvard Coll., A.B., 1-2, Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1SS5; in. Buffalo, N. Y., May 17, 1994; chil- dren : Eleanor Williams, b. 1596, Martha Gib- son, b. 198. Lawyer at Buffalo, N. Y., 1585- 1903; ass't sec, of the Treasury, May 26, 1903, to Jan., 1907; sup't of banks, N. Y. State, Jan. to. July, 1907: mem. Public Service Comm'n of N. Y. State, 2d Dist., July, 1907, to March, 1909: pres. and director Knicker- bocker Trust Co. since March, 190S. Also
director Marine Nat. Bank, Buffalo, Lock. port Paper Co. Republican. Clubs: Uni- versity, Railway, (N. Y. City), Metropolitan (Washington), Buffalo (Buffalo). Address: Knickerbocker Trust Co., N. Y. City.
KEEP, Henry Virtner:
Merchant; b. Issaquena Co., Miss., June 7, 1866; s. Henry V. and Sallie ( Collins ) Keep; ed. Columbia Grammar Sch., N. Y. City ; unmarried. Pres. H. V. Keep Shirt Co .; mem. 7th Reg't N. G. N. Y., 1654-1900, hold- ing comm'n of 2d lieut. at time of discharge. Episcopalian. Mem. Sons of the Revolution, Kane Lodge 454, F. and A. M. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Englewood Golf. Address: 1147 Broadway, N. Y. City.
KEEP, John Lester:
Physician; b. New Haven, Conn., Mar. 1S, 1838; s. Lester Keep, M.D., and Lavinia (Clark) Keep; ed. Collegiate and Commer- cial Inst., New Haven, Thetiord ( Vt.) Acad., Yale Med. Sch., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Phila- delphia, M.D., 1860, N. Y. Homce. Med. Coll. and Hosp., M.D., 1866; m. Brooklyn, Dec. 25. 1865, Sarah Coit Avery; children: Ogden Avery, b. 1879, Mrs. Charles S. Morse, b. 1882, John Bassett, b. 1868 (deceased), Jay Lester, b. 1874 (deceased). General practi- tioner of medicine since graduation. Has made two trips to Europe. Commissioned surgeon 13th Reg't, N. G. N. Y., 1868, 5th Brigade, 1839, 2d Div., 1880, colonel by brevet, 2d Div., 1883; rendered supernumerary, Isst. Mem. Am. Inst. of Homeopathy, 1$67 (senior mem.), Brooklyn Med. Club; Alumni Ass'n of Hahnemann Med. Coll. of Philadelphia (v .- p. ), Alumni Ass'n of N. Y. Home. Med. Coll. and Hosp. (ex-pres.) ; life mem. Altair Lodge F. and A. M., life mem. L. I. Hist. Soc., 1863; life mem. New England Soc. (Brooklyn), 1981; life mem. 13th Reg't Vet. Ass'n; med. director and trustee Gates \v. Home. Dispensary; consulting physician Cumberland Street Hosp .; trustee and see. Shelter Island Heights Ass'n, Shelter Island Heights, N. Y .: trustee Shelter Island Yacht Club (chm'n House Com.). Clubs: Unani- mous, Nat. Arts (N. Y. City) ; Rembrandt (Brooklyn ). Summer residence :
1. Sara- vista,"' Shelter Island Heights, N. Y. Ad- dress: 460 Clinton Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
KEEP, Oliver Hildreth, Jr .:
Manufacturer; b. Issaquena Co., Miss., Jan. 6, 1868; s. Henry V. and Sallie B. (Collins) Keep; ed. Phillips Andover, Andover, Mass. : m. N. Y. City, Jan. 29, 1001, Gertrude M. Luttgen. V .- p. and treas. H. V. Keep Shirt Co .; served 12 years as mem. 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y. Episcopalian. Mem Southern Sor. of N. Y. City. Club: Columbia Yacht. Ad- dress : 1147 Broadway, N. Y. City.
KEESE, John Mumford:
Physician ; b. Syracuse, N. Y .. July 5. 1872; John Wynkoop and Fanny ( Batcheller ) Keese ; ed. Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N. J .; partial course Princeton Coll., Hering Med. Coll., Chicago. III., M. D .; m. Syraense, N. Y., Dec. 21. 1896, Lena Viola Lovell; children: John Mumford, Jr., b. 1904, Thurston Lovell, b. 19 -. Mom. staff Syraense Homoo. Hosp. ; attend- ing physician, Old Ladies Home; Inen1. Homro. Med. Soc., of State of N. Y .; Medico-Chirurgical Soc., Pres. Central N. Y.
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HIomœo. Med. Soc. Address: 215 Slocum Av., Syracuse, N. Y.
KEIGWIN, Albert Edwin:
Clergyman; b. Clinton, Ia., July 21, 1869; s. Rev. Albert N. and Amanda L. (Bullock) Keigwin; grad. Princeton Univ., A.B., 1891, A.M., 1894; Lafayette Coll., D.D., 1906; un- married. Pastor First Presby'n Ch., Mill- ville, N. J., 1895-1900; Park Ch., Newark, N. J., 1900-05; West End Ch., N. Y. City, since 1905; pres. Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pa., in conjunction with N. Y. pastorate of West End Ch. Republican. Mem. I. O. O. F., Northern Lodge, F. and A. M., and Damascus Commandery, K. T., Newark, N. J., Theta Delta Chi fraternity; mem. Presby'n B'd Home Missions of N. Y. City; chm'n Gen. Assembly's Com. on Young People's Socs .; mem. Gen. Assembly's Coms. on Evangelical Work, and Ministerial Sustentation. Author: The Heart Side of God. Address: 139 W. 103d St., N. Y. City.
KEITH, Minor C .:
Capitalist; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1848; s. Minor H. and Emily Meiggs Keith; ed. Stam- ford, Conn. Pres. and director Abangarez Gold Fields of Costa Rica, Costa Rica Es- peranza Mining Co., Baltimore Bridge Co., Guatemala R'y Co., Northern R'y Co. of Costa Rica, Banco Comercial de Costa Rica; v .- p. and director Belize Royal Mail and Central Am. Steamship Co., United Fruit Co. (Boston) ; director Fruit Dispatch Co., The Nipe Bay Co., United Mines Co. Clubs: Met- ropolitan, New York, N. Y. Athletic, City Midday. Residence: Babylon, L. I. Ad- dress: 17 Battery Place, N. Y. City. KEITH, Thomas Marshall:
Consulting engineer; b. N. Y. City: s. John Hay and Margaret (Marshall) Keith; ed. Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, N. Y .; Cooper Inst., M.E .; unmarried. His professional work has been in N. Y. City, Brooklyn and Pitts- burgh, Pa. Eng'r and gen. sup't Coughlin Switch Co. of N. Y. City, Bender Martin Co. ; eng'r Monongahela Mf'g Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa .; also chief eng'r of the Balance Cable Crane Co. N. Y. City, and chief eng'r of Link Chain Belt Co. N. Y. City; now man- ager of the Link Chain Belt Co. N. Y. City. Junior mem. of Am. Soc. of Mech. Eng'rs N. Y. Republican. Residence : 299 Hancock St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address : 52 Dey St., N. Y. City.
KELCEY, Herbert L .:
Actor; b. London, England, 1856; made début at Brighton, England, les0; took lead- ing parts in Drury Lane and Royalty Thea- tres; came to U. S. 18-2, with Lester Wallack ; leading man in Frohman's Lyceum Co .; now has his own company. Address: Care Low's Exchange, 1123 Broadway, N. Y. City.
KELLAR, Harry:
Public entertainer ( magician) : b. Erie, Pa., July 11, 1×49; s. Francis P. Kellar; was graduated from the Painesville ligh Sch., 1560; m. Kalamazoo, Mich., Nov. 1, 1-s7, Eva Lydia Medley. Began as ass't to Fakir of Ava, the magician; became business man. ager for Davenport Brothers, spirit mediums, 1879; tonred to South America and Mexico with Fay, 1 71-73; with Ling Look and Yama- deva, toured South America, Africa, Anstra- lia, India, China, Philippine Islands and Ja.
pan; with J. H. Cunard, traveled five Ve :4 through India, Burmah, Siam, Java, Per .. Asia Minor, Egypt and Mediterranean por' Mason and Shriner; mem. Mecca Temp'o. N. Y. City. Clubs: Players, (N. Y. City); Erie ( Erie, Pa.). Address: 13 E. 8th St. Erie, Pa.
KELLER, Arthur Ignatius:
Artist, illustrator: b. N. Y. City, July 4. 1567; s. Adam and Matilda (Spohr) Keller. studied at National Academy of Design and under Professor Wilmarth, N. Y., and Prof Loeffts, Munich, Germany; m. Ist, 1894, Myra A. C. Hayes; 2d, June 3, 1908, Edith Liv. ingston Mason. Awarded 1st class medal Nat. Acad .; also 1st Hallgarten composition prize: gold medal, Philadelphia Art Club: silver medal Paris Exp'n, 1900; gold and silver medals, La. Purchase Exp'n, 1904; Evans water color prize, 1903: his picture At Mass was purchased by Munich Acad. Has illus trated many important books, including: The Right of Way; Clansman; To-morrow's Tangle, The Virginian and numerous others: also much illustration work for the best magazines. Mem. Am. Water Color Soc., N. Y. Water Color Soc., Soc. of Illustrators. Clubs: National Arts, Salmagundi. Leider- kranz. Address: 876 St. Nicholas Av., N. Y. City.
KELLER, Charles:
Major, Corps of Eng'rs, U. S. A .; b. N. Y., Feb. 13, 1865; appt'd from N. Y. as cadet, U. S. Mil. Acad., July, les6; grad. aud pro- moted additional 2d lieut., Corp. of Eng'rs. June 12, 1:90; 2d lieut., Sept. 20, 1:92; stu. dent U. S. Eng's Sch., Sept., 1890. Nov. 1:13; on duty U. S. Eng'r Office, Montgomery, Ala .. Nov., 1893-June, 1594; U. S. Eng'r Office, Rock Island, Ill., June, 1891-April, 1998, and Sept .- Dec., 1895; promoted Ist lieut., Corps of Eng'rs. Aug. 13, 1895; April 10 to Aug. 50. 1808, in local charge torpedo defense, harbors of Charleston, Port Royal. S. C .; on duty U. S. Eng'r Offices, Portland. Me., and Portsmouth, N. H .: in local charge of con- struction of fortifications at entrance to
Portsmouth Harbor, Dec. 26, 1898, to Nov. 15, 1:99; sec. Missouri River Comm'n, St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 15, 1999, to April 28, 1901; promoted capt. Corps of Eng'rs, Feb. ", 1900; on duty U. S. Eng'r Office. Grand Rapids, Mich., April 30, 1901-March 31. 1903, in charge of river and harbor works on east shore of Lake Michigan; April 1, 1903.Sept. 15, 1905 commanding Co. K, 3d Battalion of Eng'rs, and en route to, in and returning from the Philippine Islands; eng'r of Moro Province, Aug., 1903-June, 1905; eng'r oficer. Dep't of Mindanao, Aug., 1903-June. 1205. Since Sept. 22, 1905, eng'r 11th Lighthouse Dist. In charge rivers and harbors Lake Huron, Sept. 29, 1905, to April 1. 17. In charge survey of Northern and Northwestern Lakes, since May 1. 1907. Promoted major. Corps of Eng'rs. Jan. 11. 1907. Address: Old Custom Honse, Detroit, Mich. KELLER, Christopher:
llich school principal: b. Flatereek, Mont- gomery Co., N. Y., Ang. 31. 1-50; s. Harman and Margaret (Pntuam) Keller: grad. Al- bany Normal Coll. Albany, N. Y .. . June. 174; passed examinations at Mount Hope Coll., Rogers, Ohio, Dec. 199, and received degree of M.S .; m. Garrattsville, N. Y.,
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KELLEY
March, 1874, Abbie M. Washburn; one son, Earl H. Keller, b. July 6, les2. Has taught in and been principal of the schools at Otego, East Worcester, Cherry Valley, Mine- ville High School, Round Lake Acad. and Luzerne High School; established the High Schools at Mineville and Luzerne. Was pres. of Warren County Teachers Ass'n for 3 years. Has always been an active worker both in the day school and Sunday school and was for many years Sunday school Sup't. Republican ; Methodist.
Mem. Champlain Valley Educational Council (sec.), Associated Academic Principals' Meeting, Hudson River Schoolmasters' Club ; Science Teachers' Ass'n. Mem. F. and A. M., Blue Lodge and Chapter, and Independent Order of Odd Fellows (mein. B'd Directors, and treas. of Lodge). Address : Luzerne, N. Y. KELLER, Henry:
Physician and surgeon; b. Cracow, Austria, Dec., 1877; s. Hirsch and Esther ( Sternberg) Keller; ed. in schools of Cracow, Austria, and continued in United States by a private tutor; grad. from University and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., N. Y. City, M.D., 1902; at- tending surgeon to the dispensary of same Institution, 1904-06 (inclusive). Hebrew
( Orthodox). Mem. East Side Physicians Ass'n, Eastern Med. Soc., executive mem. Physicians, League of N. Y. . Mem. Inde- pendent Order B'rith Abraham, Advisory mem. Federation of Galician and Bouco- vinian Jews of America. Member of Ersten Galizischen Verein and Philocharitns Circle, Universal Brotherhood and Jewish Publication Society of America. Literary director of Philocharitus Circle ; director and mem. B'd of Education of Society, Obel Torah. Ad- dress : 181 Stanton St., N. Y. City. KELLER, Jacob W .:
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