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UNDERWOOD, Frederick Douglas:
Pres. Erie Railroad Co .: b. Wauwatosa ; Wis .; s. Enoch Downs and Harriet ( Flint) Underwood ; ed. in public schools and Way- land Academy; m. Alice N. Stafford. Entered service Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y, Sept. 1570-86: June 1s-6, appt'd gen. sup't in charge of construction of the Minneapolis & Pacific R'y, and later was made gen. manager of the consolidated lines until JJan. 1 99; 2d v .- p. Baltimore & Ohio R. R., June 1899 ; elected pres. Erie Railroad and its allied lines, May 1901. Clubs: Atlantic Yacht, Buffalo, Columbia Yacht, Chicago, Seawad- haka, Metropolitan. New York Athletic, New York Yacht, Railroad Club of New York, Tuxedo. Residence: 203 West 2d Street. Address: 50 Church St., N. Y. City.
UNDERWOOD, Horace Grant:
Clergyman; b. London, England: s. John and Elizabeth ( Mare) Underwood: ed. in schools N. Y. City, N. Y. Univ., New Bruns- wick Theol. Sem. A.M. and D.D. ; m. Seoul, Korea, March 13, les0, Lillias Sterling Horton; one son, Horace Horton. b. 1-91. Missionary in Korea from last; was first ordained Pro- testant missionary to settle in the land. Has prepared and published a dictionary and grammar of Korean langnage; edited a native weekly paper. Published a book, The Call of Korea. Very widely known in Am- erica as a missionary speaker; prof. of Theism in the Theological Sem. of the Pres- byterian Church in Korea. Deems lecturer at N. Y. Univ. Ha, on the thrisms of China, Japan and Korea. Teacher in the Presbyterian Boys' School, Seoul, Korea. Traveled around the world twice and nearly around again. Visited Holy Land in 19.3, visited China and Japan at various times for longer or shorter periods. Has had confi- dence of the Emperor and the ruling classes. has been consulted quite frequently concern.
ing Government and other affairs, and while he has been offered government positions, has refused them and any advice that he had given has always been in an unofficial capac- ity. Was some years worker in the native government Hospital School, Korea. Received the decoration of Tai Keuk from Emperor of Korea. Organizer Korean Religious Tract Soc .; director Y. M. C. A. Seoul, Korea; chm'n since foundation of the B'd of Bible Translators; mem. Korean Branch Royal Asiatic Soc. Mem. Delta Upsilon fratern- ity Address: Care Underwood Typewriter Co., 241 Broadway, N. Y. City.
UNDERWOOD, William James:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 24, 1856: s. William J. and Susan ( Carpenter) Under- wood; ed. Coll. City of N. Y., B.S., M.S., 1974, Columbia Coll., B.S., LL.B., 1976: m. N. Y. City, Jan. 13, 1886, M. Ada Hull: one son, Kenneth F. H., b. 1899. Practising lawyer at N. Y. Bar since 176; counsel for several large corporations and estates and generally of many large commercial firms in this City ; director Royal Baking Powder .Co .; director and sec. Am. Maize Products Co .; pres. and director Drevet Mi'g Co. Mem. 7th Reg't N. G. N. Y. since 1877: captain of Co. G; brevet major for faithful and meritorions service in N. G. N. Y .; mem. of many National, State and regimental ride teams. Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Clubs : Lawyers, Ardsley, Knollwood, Country, In- derwriters. Residence: 268 W. 73d St. Ad- dress: 52 William St., N. Y. City.
UNGER, Henry W .:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, July 3. 1503; S. Solomon and Emma Unger: ed. public sehs. of N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, Iss. Isabella Peyser. At early age entered employ of law firm of Isaacs & Sanger, remaining nutil les3, when appt'd clerk and stenographer to Cor- poration Counsel by present U. S. Circuit Court Judge Lacombe: in 1884 sec. to Mayor Edison. In Is-5 made official stenographic sec. to Grand Jury by late Judge Randolph B. Martine. Admitted to bar, lest; entered firm of Issues & Sanger. In 1,91 appt'd dep- uty ass't and see. Dist. Att'y DeLancoy Nie- oll, and continned as such and in additional capacities under administrations of Col. John R. Fellows and William M. K. Olcott; pro- moted to dist. att'y and chief of Indictment Burean, 1898. under Col. Gardiner; frequently served as acting dist. att'y. Democratie can- didate for dist. att'y, 1901, against W. T. J .- rome. Late mem. law firm of Lovy & Unger. which has appeared as counsel for defemlants in many of prominent criminal cases arising in this county, and now justice of Ist Dist. Municipal Dist. Court. Address: 211 E. 30th St., N. Y. City.
UNTERMYER, Samuel:
Lawyer; b. Lynchburg, Va., March 2. 1-5 -: s. Isadore and Therese Untermyer; ed. in public schools of N. Y. City, Call. City of N. Y., Columbia Law School. . Ad- mitted to bar of N. Y. in 1-79, and since then in active practice of law in N. Y. City and in the Federal Courts; now senior mom. firm of Untermixer, Guggenheimer & Marshall. Before he was 21 years of ase he represented practically all the important 1311
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brewing interests in the city of N. Y., and ] after a year of post-graduate work in Colum- was counsel for the local, State and U. S. bia Univ. returned in Sept., 1895, to Knox- ville, Ia., and was for two years sup't of schools there; returned to Columbia Univ. and became ass't in philosophy and educa- tion for two years; then for three years principal of the Girls' Latin School at Balti- inore; came to Teachers' Coll., 1905, Colum- bia Univ., for post-grad. study and literary work and was fellow in education 1906-07. Chief of Alaska Division, U. S. Bureau of Education, 1907; also lecturer in School Ad- ministration, George Washington Univ., 190s. Author: The Origin of the Moving School in Massachusetts, N. Y., 1908 (Teachers College Contributions to Education). MIem. Nat. Edn'l Ass'n and various other teachers' societies, and was director for Maryland, 1903-05, of the Southern Edn'l Ass'n. Ad- dress: Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C. Legal residence: 523 W. 123 St., N. Y. City. Brewers' Ass'ns. He has been identified with many celebrated cases; defended Asa Bird Gardner against the attempt to re- move him from office as district attorney of N. Y. County; represented the Wertheimers, English art dealers, in their controversy against the Count and Countess de Castel- lane, and was instrumental in securing to the creditors of the Castellane Estate the payment in full of their claims, amounting to 20,000,000 francs; represented Charles W. Morse in the Dodge- Morse controversy, and has been counsel in many other celebrated cases. Ile has been prominently engaged in the organization and reorganization of in- dustrial, mining and railroad corporations; is general counsel for the Kansas City Southern R'y and for the Receivers of the Seaboard Air Line R'y; represents the Eng- lish Debenture- Holders' and Shareholders' Com. of the Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Co., in connection with the recent receiver- UPJOHN, Richard Russell: ship and proposed reorganization. While Clergyman ; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 28, 1539; s. Richard Miichell and Emma Degen (Tyng). Upjohn; ed. Brooklyn Polytecimnic Inst., grad. Cornell Univ .. B.C.E., 19-0, Nash- otah Theol. Sem., Nashotalı, Wis., B.D .. IST, Cornell Univ., C.E., 1999; m. East Orange, N. J., Oct. 10, 1905, Harriette May Westcott. In business as architect until 1Ss1. Or- dained deacon of Episcopal Ch., Iss ;; ordained priest, Isss: curate of Ch. of the Advent, Boston, 1-87-&s; Ch. of the Ascension. Chi- cago, 1sss-92: rector Ch. of the Good Shep- herd, Rochester. 1892-91; curate of Ch. of St. Mary the Virgin, N. Y. City, 1s94-99. Chi. of the Transfiguration, N. Y. City. 1900-92; rector St. Paul's Ch., Pleasant Valley, N. Y., since Jan. 1. 1503. Episcopalian. Chibs : Catholic Clinical Union and Psi Upsilon. Ad- dress: Pleasant Valley, N. Y. one of the earliest to become active in the organization of industrial combinations, he has been one of the most vigorous oppo- nents of corporate abuses. His exposure of the proposed financial plan of reorganiza- tion of the U. S. Shipbuilding Co. led to the substitution of a more conservative one which saved hundreds of thousands of dol- lars to the investors; and his exposure of the great life insurance companies' corrup- tion funds paid to campaign managers and in connection with legislation, led to the subsequent investigations, to the removal of the officers who had been principally responsible for the irregularities, and to the passage of laws in many States mak- ing it a criminal offense for a life insurance company to contribute to a political cam- paign or to influence legislation; and he UPSON, William Ford: has been at the head of several Policy-hold- ers' Committees. Director Am. Lithographie Co., United Fruit Co., Internat. Steam Pump Co., General Development Co. Mem. N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, League for Political Education. Clubs: Manhattan. Lotos, Law- yers, Press, National Democratic, AAntomobile Club of America. Address: 37 Wall St., N. Y. City.
UNTERREINER, Charles:
Educator; b. Strassburg ( Alsace). 1$36; s. George and Marguerite ( Dittlo) Unterreiner : grad. Univ. of Strassburg. B.S., M.A., ISTs; m. Havre, France, Encie Raulin. Taught for four years in Paris, 1-4.9-1573, then four years at Peekskill Mil. Acad., 1973-77: then prin- cipal of Peekskill Inst., a boarding and day school for both sexes, fitting young men and young women for all kinds of office work, music, etc. AAddress: Peekskill Inst .. Peekskill, N. Y.
UPDEGRAFF, Harlan:
Educator; b. Sizonrnoy, Ta., Aug. 22, 1574: s. AAmbrose and Hannah (Harlan ) Undegraff; grad. high school, Signourney, la., Ist, Cor. nell Coll., Mt. Vernon, la., Ph. B., 1-94. () lumbia Univ., A.M., Nr. Ph. D., 1>; m. Prestou, In., 1901, Gertrude Bartholomew : one daughter, Rath. b. 1002. After graduation in 1-94 was principal of schools at Coal Creek, la., for one year; then principal of high school two years at Knoxville, la.,
Lawy .b. Akron, O., Mar. 10. 1857: s. Judge William Il. and Julia A. (Ford) Up- son ; grad. Western Reserve Coll., B.L., (saln- tatorian ) Phi Beta Kappa, Isis: Univs. of Ber- lin and Gottingen, Germany. 1879-51; m. Can- ton, O., Oet. 6, 15-3. Grace Hazlett: children: Ralph Hazlett, b. 1ss8, William Hazlett; b. 1:02, Helen, b. 1594. Mem. law firm of Scott. L'pson & Newcomb: appt'd receiver and trustee in many bankruptcy matters; counsel for his college in the Fayerweather litigation. Pres. B'd of lhealth and chim'n of Township Com .. Bloomfield, N. J., 1-91-95; mem. and sec. B'd of Ed'n, Glen Ridre. N. J., 1995- 06: pres. B'd of Ed'n, Glen Ridge, N. J .. 1906-08. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of Law Inst. Mem. Ohio Soc. of N. Y., Soc. of Colonial Wars of the State of N. J. Residence: Glen Ridge N. J. Address: 27 William St., N. Y. City.
URBAN. Adolph Hermann:
Physician: b. N. Y. City, March 16, 173; s. Adolph Charles and Hermine (I.vister) Urban: ed. Moeller Inst., Coll. City of N. Y., B.S., 1 ---. 95. Coll. Phys. and Sarg. ( Colum. bia), M.D., 1997: m. N. Y. City, Nov. 2 .. 1:041. Hilda M. Kaminski: children: Muriel. b. 1942, Adolph Ir. b. 1903, Luella. b. 1. House surgeon Columbus Hosp. 19798, and German Hosp .. 199 190, N. Y. City: studied in Berlin and Vienna Units. Inget; clinical instructor in laryngology, Buffalo Cuiv., 11.
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05; also visiting laryngologist and otologist, Presby'n Hosp. Dispensary, N. Y. City. Real estate operator; pres. Urban Realty Co .; Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. and Ex-sec. Buffalo Acad. Medicine, mem. Erie County Med. Ass'n, Buffalo University Club N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. County Med. Ass'n, German Hosp. C. C. N. Y. and Columbia Univ. Alumni Ass'ns: mem. and Med. director Alma Masonic Lodge, 728, F. and A. M., mem. Azim Grotto. Recrea- tions: Bowling, handball, opera; sec. and treas. Alma Bowling Club. Address: 145 W. 82d St., N. Y. City.
URQUHART William Wallace:
Retired sea captain; b. Essex, Conn., June 26, 1838; s. John and Ann Frances (Carr) Urquhart; ed. Academy school Essex, Conn. Began sea life at age of 16: commanded Ocean Packet passenger ship American Eagle of Black X London line at age of 23; com- manded several ships in this line; then later in the Black Ball, N. Y. and Liverpool packets. On Nov. 22, 1573, while in Com- mand of Ship Trimountain rescued from British ship Lock Earn in mid ocean 83 passengers and crew of French steamer Ville du Havre, took them to Bristol, Eng- land; 226 were lost in collision with Lock Earn. Two years later rescued the crew of sinking British ship Ikolena. Received valna- ble gifts from French and British govern- ments and Mayor and citizens of Bristol, Eng- land, passengers and others for these services. Independent Democrat; Protestant. Received gold Medal of Honor from French Govern- ment, and silver beaker from British Gov- erument, for services rendered at sea. Sec. B'd of Trustees and mem. of B'd of Finance for 18 years of Church of the Strangers. 57th St., N. Y. City: resigned two years ago; now pres. N. Y. Practical Aid Soc. (311 W. 45th St.) a charitable institution. Address: 78 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
USHER, Leila:
Sculptor; b. Oualaski, Wis .; d. Isaac L. and Susannah Coffin (Woodman) Usher; ed. in La Crosse, Wis., Teachers' Coll., Columbia Univ., N. Y. City: art ed'n in Bos- ton, New York, Paris and Italy. Portraits of noted people for public institutions are: Medallion of Prof. Francis James Child, of Harvard Coll .; bronze casts, Child Memorial Library, Cambridge: Faculty rooms, Harvard Coll., and Johns Hopkins Univ. : plaster casts at Bowdoin Coll. and Radcliffe Coll .: bas- relief portrait of Dr. Horatio Stebbins at the Unitarian Bldd'g. Boston; bronze medal- lion of Susan B. Anthony, Bryn Mawr Coll., and Rochester University; bronze bust of Dr. Booker T. Washington at lampion U'hiv. : bas-relief portrait of Prof. Nathaniel South- gate Shaler, Harvard Univ. Address: 55 E. 59th St., N. Y. City.
UTARD, Emile :
Sides agent; b. Strasbourg (Alsace), Mar 23. 1.62; S. Artrite and Marie cilambiman) Utard: ed. Strasbourg: m. Art. 27, 15, Odile Richard: chiidres: Madeleine. Gene. vieve. Mail. Helm, Frank, Marile. Cien . agent for Parfumerie E. Pinand. Paris: pros. Baracoa Plantation C. and Consolacion Plantation Co., Pres. Beckwith Leather Co. Roman Cathohe. Residence: Popham .Av.,
Morris Heights. Clubs : Fencers, Salmagundi. Address: 90 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
UTERHART, Henry Ayres:
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 5, 15.5; s. Henry Theodore and Emma (Ayres) Uter- hart; grad. Columbia Univ .. B.A .. 1s91. M .. 1 .. LL.B., 1896; m. N. Y. City. April 27, 1903. Josephine Stein; one daughter: Josephine Henrietta, b. 1904. Mem. Republican Co. Com., N. Y. Co., 1903: mem. Troop C, 1-96. Mem. of law firm Uterhart & Graham; treas. Prudential Realty Co .: sec. Crescent Realty Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Al- liance Française, Alumni Ass'ns of Columbia Coll. and Law Sch. Club: Republican. 1d- dress: 200 W. 56th St., N. Y. City.
UZZELL, Rudy Stephen:
Business man; b. Clinton Country. Ill .. Dec. 25, 1874; s. W. F. and Jamima (Teter) Uzzell: grad. Univ. of Denver, A.B., 1903: m. Springfield, Mo., Feb., 14, 190s, Mary M. Blaine. Taught school for three years,
1595-97. Manager of "Seeing Denver " Oh- servation Cars for four years during summer Vacation from university. In summer of 1901 started Observation cars at Salt Lake City, Utah. Pres. International Traver Circle Sving Co. since 1901: pres. Novelty Machine Co. Has traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe. Republican: Congregationalist. Mem. Siema Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
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VAIL, Alfred T .:
Clergyman; b. Chester Co., N. Y .. June 4, 160; s. John H. and Eliza B. ( Knapp) Vail: ed. district school at Somerville, N. J. : Chester Acad., grad. Cornell Univ., Is"); Au- burn Theol, B.S .. les1; m. Dexter. N. Y., Jan. 20, 1:91. Mrs. Fannie M. Bianinger; chil- dren: Katharine, Carol (both deceased), Presbyterian pasior Dexter and Brownville. N. Y., I>>5-90; Hammondsport, N. Y., Is! ! 95: Medina, N. Y., 1995-1900; Ch. of Covenant. Buffalo, N. Y., since 1900. Independent in polities. Mem. Masonic Lodge, Buffalo Min. isters' Meeting. Address: 29 Otis Pl., Bui- falo, N. Y.
VAIL, Carl Montaigne :
Eng'r: b. N. Y. City, April 14, 1-03; s. Henry C. and Caroline (Berg) Vail; ed. public and private schools: m. Rutherford !. N. J., Nov. 25, 180) Laura Lamise Bain: children: Carl Waldemar, b. 1593. Dorahl Bain, b. 195, Milyen, b. IST. See. tres. aud director Westinghouse, Church. Kerr & Co. : treas. Lackawanna & Wyoming Valles Rapid Transit Co. ; treas, and director lateks wanna & Wyoming Valley Railroad Co. : treas. and director Grand Rapids, Grand Iliven x Maskiran Railway Co .: director People's Bank and Trust (a, Paraie. N. J. R.p. Ican. Rerreation: Bass, tront and salerm ishima golf. Yonutakah Curry ( Passaic, N. J.), N. Y. Railroad. Reside no. Passiic. N. J. Address: 10 Bridge St., N. Y. City.
VAIL,, Charles Henry:
Cler-yman; b. Pally, N. Y., April 2s. 12G: s. Frank A. and Tas Ia (Palmer) Vail; 1313
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grad. St. Lawrence Univ., B.D., 1892; m. Otisco, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1888. Mary C. Ellis (deceased) 2d, Geneva, N. Y., July 7, 1892, Nina Bedell. Pastor at All Souls ( Univer- salist) Ch., Albany, N. Y .; Ch. of the Good Shepherd, Jersey City, N. J .; First Univer- salist Ch., Richfield Springs; N. Y .; Pull- man Memorial Ch., Albion, N. Y. Address : Albion, N. Y.
VAIL, Clarence Walton:
Educator; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar. 23, 1870; s. Charles Montgomery and Hattie Halsey (Durland) Vail; ed. German-American Acad., Brooklyn, Columbia Univ., A.B., 1892, A.M., 1893 (honor in Latin, Greek, history and German; fellow in Germanic languages and literature, 1892-1893) ; m. Goshen, N. Y., April, 1993, C. Hettie Hock; children: Clar- ence Walton, Jr., b. 1894, Katherine Durland, b. 1:96, Richard Montgomery, b. 1903. Ass't in English. Columbia Univ., 1893-91: tutor, 1894-95, to l'eb., 1896; teacher of English and history, Manual Training High Sch., Brook- lyn, N. Y., since Feb. 17, 1896. Episcopalian. Corr. sec. Am. Whist League, the English Club, High Sch. Teachers' Ass'n; representa- tive Men's High Sch. Teachers' Ass'n, N. Y. City; mem. Knickerbocker Whist Club, Zeta Psi fraternity (Columbia Univ.). Sigma Lambda Nu (Manual Training High Sch.) ; director Dramatic Soc., Manual Training High Sch. As director of Manual Training High Sch. Dramatic Ass'n, produced at Majes- tic Theatre, Brooklyn, 1907, a production of " Why Smith Left Home," pronounced the best amateur production of the season. Rec- reations: Amateur dramatics, whist, base- ball, theatre. Club: University (Brooklyn ). Address: 238 Garfield Pl., Brooklyn, N. Y.
VAIL, Henry Hobart:
Publisher; b. Pomfret, Vt., May 27, 1839; s. Joshna and Harriet ( Warren) Vail; ed. Com- mon schools, Royalton Acad., Vt., Middlebury Coll., A.B., 1800 honorary LL.D., 1896; m. Newton, Union Co., Ohio, Oct. 10, 1567, Min- erva Elizabeth Hewitt; children: Cora Lucy. b. July 7, 1868 (died Jan. 2. 16St), Bessie Hewitt, b. Aug. 27, 1869, Mary Catherine, b. June 9, 1872, Clara Warren, b. Nov. 3. 1875. Taught school several years in Vermont, N. Y., Mich. and Ohio, longest at Dayton. O. Entered service of Sargent, Wilson, Hinkle & Co., publishers of school-books at Cincinnati, May 1, 1866: partner with their successors, Wilson, Hinkle & Co., and Van Antwerp. Brarg & Co. When this business was sold to Am. Book Co., in Is90, removed to N. Y. City; director in Am. Book Co. from the first, chm'n of the Board, and v .- p. For forty years was engaged in planning and editing school-books maus of which became very popular. Served in Civil War, as sergeant in Company C, 131st Ohio Vol. Inf., under Col. Lowe and was discharged honor- ably at the end of the term without having lost a day's service. Mem. Ohio Soe. in N. Y., New England Soc., and various his- torieal and genealogical societies, Fellow in corp'n of Middlebury Coll .: mem. Soc. Colonial Wars. Recreations: Golf, travel, fishing. Clubs: Century Ass'n, University, Racquet and Tennis, Riding, Grolier, Ards- ley Golf, Jekyl Island, Woodstock (Vt.) Country. Lake Mitchell. Lakota. Address: 100 Washington Sq., N. Y. City.
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VALENTINE, Benjamin Eyre:
Lawyer; b. Philadelphia, March 5, 1917; s. Benjamin Eyre and Elizabeth ( Hacker) Valentine: grad. Haverford Coll., A.B., 1. 6. Harvard Univ., LL.B., 1868; m. Nov. 1.72, Marie Antoinette Storrs; children: Ethel Eyre, (now Mrs. H. Edward Dreier) b. 1874, Marie Antoinette (now Mrs. George B. B. Lamb of Westerly, N. J.), b. 1575, Eiiz- abeth Hacker Valentine b. 1577, Harriet and Marguerite Valentine,
b. 1878. Admitted to bar in Mass., 1868, in N. Y., 1569, Su- preme Court of U. S., 1872; admitted to practice also in Conn., Calif. and Dist. of Columbia. Practised for thirty years in U. S. and State Courts, especially in pat- ent, mining and land grant cases; for past ten years engaged in land development in the Cedarhurst neighborhood and reclama- tion of water front on Jamaica Bay; treas. and gen. my'r Cedarhurst Co. and South Shore Improvement Co. Has been engaged in, mining for many years; owner of Rising Sun Mine in Calif. Appt'd justice of peace by Gov. Andrew in Mass., 18CS; on staff of Major-Gen. Dakin until ISTS; division in- spector of rifle practice N. G. N. Y. for 5 years with rank of lieut .- col. Life mem. New England Soc. ; mem. Sons of the Revo- lution: 32º Mason; mem. Damascus Com- mandery, Mecca Shrine. Country home, Woodmere, I. Address : 26 Court S !. , Brooklyn, N. Y.
VALENTINE, Charles Henry:
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, 1ST0:
s. Charles B. and Ellen A. (IIeins) Valentine; grad. N. Y. Univ., A.B., 1892, N. Y. Univ .. Law Sch., LL.B., 1995; ummarried. Director Eastern Parkway Co. Independent Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Mem. Delta Phi fraternity, "Clinton Lodge F. and 1. M., 433. Address: 619 MeDonough St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
VALENTINE, William Augustus:
Physician; b. Charlton, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Oct. 1. 1549: s. Isaac Henry and Eu- phame (Brown) Valentine: ed. Trinity Coll .. Hartford, Conn., B .. 1., 1872, M.A., 175: Coli. Phys. and Surg., N. Y., M.D .. 155; m. Christ Church, N. Y. City, June 3), 1900, Jeanie Gardner Averigg. Engaged in prac- tice of medicine in N. Y. City from 1-75. Vice-pres. and trustee Good Samaritan Dispensary. Enlisted as private in Com- pany F, Seventh Reg't N. G. N. Y., June 3. 1-20: appt'd ass't surgeon with rank of captain, June ", Issi; resigned Oct. 16. 1-95. Episcopalian. Mom. Psi L'psilon fraternity. Recreation : Big game hunting. Clubs: Con. tury Ass'n. Canadian Camp. Address: 115 W. 74th St., N. Y. City.
VALLENTINE, Benjamin Bennaton:
Author: b. London, England, Sept. ". 1×13: s. Benjamin Vallentine: ed. King Ed- ward the Sixth's Sch., Birmingham, England : went to Australia; was clerk lo firm of shipping merchants at Sydney, Now Smth Wales: served 3 years in New Smith Wab's AArtillery: contributed to Australian news- papers and studied for English Bar: recen' Is passed Recents' Academie examination, Univ. State of N. Y .: entered N. Y. Univ .: now in senior class for degree of I.I.B .. and admission Y. Bar: returred to England, 150; came to [. S. 11 and became partner in a foreign shipping and
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commission house. After panic of 1573 wich- | Ives Sem .; Albany Law Sch .: m. Dec. 2", drew from business, and became writer for 1900. Grace Woodin, one son: Will rd W., b. Dec. 26. 1002. V .- p. and director. att'y Carth- ace Sulphite Pulp Co., Le Roy Paper Co .: Cranberry Transportation Co .: director and attorney Carthage & Copenhagen R. R. Co., West End Paper Co. Ropublican. Presby- terian. Director Y. M. C. L. at Carthage. Mason and Knight Templar: Odd Fellows ( Encampinent and Canion ). mem. sinif com- d'g gen. of State Dep't N. Y. Cantons Pa- triarchs Militant. Carthage. Address: Carth- age, N. Y. the newspapers on dramatic subjects: one of founders of Puck, 1:77 and remained one of its editors until Iss4; afterward managing editor Texas Sifting's, one year. then of Irving Bacheller's newspaper and literary syndicate. Later held editorial positions on Morning Journal, Mail and Express, Evening Telegram, N. Y. Herald. N. Y. Real Estate Record and Builders Guide. Contributor to magazines. Author : Fitznoodle Papers: also several plays produced in N. Y. City and elsewhere including: \ Southern Ro- mance: In Paradise. Fitznoodle: Fritz in VAN ALLEN, William Harman: New York: Madame Saccard. A Parisian Mystery, etc. Clubs: New York Pross. A. Dramatists (secretary). Lotos. Ofice ad- dress : Room 57. 50 Church Street. Perma- nent address: Lotos Club, N. Y. City.
VAN ALLEN. Garret A .:
Fire insurance underwriter; b. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1$25; s. Adam and Eleanor ( Slingerland) Van Allen: ed. Albany Acad. for Boys; m. Newport, R. I. Sept. 6, 1900, Elizabeth Morgan Barker: one daughter: Anna, b. 1:03 ( wife of E. Darwin Jenison). Principal business has been fire underwriting for nearly 50 years; was a banker for over 40 years, with experience as wholesale lum- ber dealer, 1853-50. Has traveled over U. S., Canada and Cuba. Was fire comm'r of Al- bany, 1:73-79; alderman. Is-6-90. Organizer, 1559, and since successively sec., v .- p. and pres. Commerce Ins. Co. of Albany. N. Y. ; or- ganizer and incorporator, Ivit, director e, er since, v .- p. (1s/6-54) pres. ( 1994-19.5) of First Nat. Bank of Albany: trustee since Isil and r .- p. since ISSt, of Nat. Savings Bank of Albany ; in 1-03 prior to its com- bining with U. S. Box Board Co. of Thomson Pulp and Paper Co. Herreations: Driving horses. Clubs: Fort Oranje ( charter niem. ), Country (Albany). Address: 24 Lancaster St., Albany, N. Y.
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