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tional Democratic, Anawanda, Schnorer, Bronx. Address: 1016 Boston Road, N. Y. City.
WAINWRIGHT, John W .:
Medical editor and writer; b. Louisville, Ky., Aug. 15, 1550; s. John and Lucy .1. Wainwright; ed. Hanover, Ind., and Cincin- nati, O .; Miami Med. Coll., Cincinnati, O., M.D., 1575; m. Fond du Lac, Wis., Jan. 22. 1850, Eloise B. Tallmadge; one son, Richard B., b. Jan. 19, 1982. Independent in poli- ties. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Med. Soc. of State and County of N. Y., Am. Therapeutic Soc., Am. Chem. Soc .. A. . 1. A. S., Am. Geog. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Sciences, Convention for Revision of U. S. Pharma- copœa (1900-10), Internat. Med. Congress (Lis- bon, Portugal, 1906), Internat. Comm'r for Methods for Sugar Examination (Berne, Switzerland, 1906), Internat. Congress of lp- plied Chemistry (Rome, Italy, 1905) : Inter- nat. Congress on Tuberculosis ( Washington ) Sept., 1965. Mem. all Masonic bodies, includ- ing Commandery (Palestine), Scottish Rite, 323, and Masonic Veterans. Club: Masonic. Address: 177 W. 8d St., N. Y. City.
WAINWRIGHT, Jonathan Mayhew:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, 1-61; s. Johu How- ard and Margaret Livingston (Stuyvesant) Wainwright; grad. Columbia Coll., .A.B., 1>>4, Ph.B. ( Sch. Polit. . Science), lest, LL.B. (Law Sch.). 1ss6, M.A .. Does; m. in Trinity Chapel, N. Y. City, Nov. 95, 1-92, Lanra Wal- lace Buchanan: one daughter. Laura Fon. rose. Practising law in N. Y. City and Westchester, since 1996: pres. Westchester Co. Bar Ass'n. 1904-05. Pres. Rye Nat. Bank; director Mutual Trust Co. of Westchester Co .. Westchester Co. Trust Co., Westchester & Broux Title and Mortgage Guarantee Co. Mom. Assembly of N. Y. from Westchester
Co., 1932-08 : State senator 14th Senate Dist., 1999-10; second lieutenant 12th Reg't N. G. N. 1 9.91; regimental adju- tant and captain, 1-01-1900, lieut. col. 1903.06; capt. 12th Reg't N. Y. Vols. iu war with Spain, ISOS. Republican : Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Delta Psi fraternity. Masonic order. Recreations : Mo. toring. Yachting; pres. Intercollegiate Ath. letie AAss'n, 1-3-4. Clubs: Union, Univer- sity, City. Republican, Am. Yacht, Apa- wamis. Residence: Rye. Westchester Co. Address: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.
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WAIT, John Cassan:
lawyer and civil enger: b. Norwich, V. Y., June 4, Isto; s. Andrew Marcellus an Ambrosia Jane (Sergeant) Wait: al. Vor. with N. Y. And., Cornell Univ. B.C.F. 142. M.C.E .. 1891. Norwich (Vt ) Univ .. M.S., ISS7, Harvard Law Sch., L.L.B. 191: 1. Ironton, Ohio, June, Ist, Ginevra C. West- lake: children: Lnella Ambrosia. Anpar
Marie, Justin F., Constance Elaine. Civil
eng'r in employ of Standard Oil Co., 1 ... Vanderbilt System of railroads, Iss2-53. Pu !!- man Allied Companies, lest.5; Gould System of railroads. 1. 5: at Harvard Coll. as stuleci and as a teacher of eng'ring. les :- 91: ass t eng'r N. Y. State Canal. isto-97: editor R il- road Gazette, 1- 3.95. Pioneer in Engineering and Architectural Jurisprudence, repr> ... t- ing, as attorney, contractors and builders. and is counsel for very large interests in the building line; has numerous disciples in sin. specialty. Head of law firm of Wait & Foster; ass't and acting corporation cours 1. 1900-04. Director Upland Realty Co., Che- nango Drug Co., Hanover Realty Co., and other corporations. Director Am. Soc. Re- frigerating Ene'rs: mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Municipal Ene rs City of N. Y., Cor- nell AAss'n Civil Eng'rs, Soc. for Promotion of Eng'ring Ed'n. I. A. A. S .. N. Y. Hist. Iss'n. AAuthor: Engineering and Architect- ural Jurisprudence: Operations Prelimin ry to Instruction in Engineering and Architec- ture; Law of Contracts: Family Records Di Thomas Wait of Rhode Island; Genealogical Records of the Wait Families of New Eu .. land. Democrat: Episcopalian. Capt. Ar- tillery. Vt. Nat. Guard, 1-so-st; commandant and sup't Norwich Univ., Vermont Mil. Inst .. Recreations : Yachting, driving. farming. Address: 58 Park Row, N. Y. Chy. WAIT, Lucien Augustus:
Prof. mathematics: b. Highgate. Vt., Feh. S. 1516; s. Norval Douglas and Marion Sirsh Wait; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad., Harv .. rd Coll., A.B., 1970; m. Ist. AAng. 12. 1573. Anna J. Dolloit: 2d, Juue 7, 1900, Mrs. Adaline E. Prentiss. U. S. consul. AAthens ard Piraeus, Greece, 15:344: ass't prof. man:p. matics ISTO-17, associate prof. ITT-90. prot. 1590-95, managing head since Isit, and since 1. 95 at the head of the Mathematical Dep t. Cornell Univ. Founder, pres. B'd of Prestes and life treas. Cascadilla School, Ithaca (prep. to Cornell). Was mem. of Instrute of 1:70 when at Harvarl. Mom. Phi Beta . Kappa Soc., Zeta Psi fraternity. Am. Math. Suc . Address : "Rockledge, " Ithaca, N. Y. WAITE, Eyron Sylvester:
U. S. General Appraiser; s. Elihu and Elizabeth (Tarbell) Waite: grad. Univ. of Mich., L.L.B .; m. Ann Arbor, Mich. Jan. 9. Is1. Ismene Cramer: chiblren : Donald c., b. 1 .3. Marjory Ismene. b. I.si, Hisabeth. b. 15-7. Stanley Byron, b. 1931. Malevima Iran. b. 1992 Alın Frederick. b. 19/1. Praised law in Michigan, Isst!s. Mem. Michigan Legislature. 1995; asst prosecuting dit'y Wayne County, Mich., Nos, circuit ind _~ Wayne Co .. Mich., IF P; U. S. general appraiser since 1202. Republican. torian. Templir.
Recreations : Golf, hunting, Sshing. Chiles : Sanakill Golf, Dunwoodie Conafry. _ldlress : G11 Waslungion St., N. Y. City.
WAITE. Hegry Email: Her. leturer. mur aria and paring power unchivery: b. C. N. Y. De.
dall) White: descendant Richard White mir. shall Colony of Mass under Gor Winthrop . grad Hamilton Coll Is; Sindied Un Theol, Sem, N. Y. City, followed By go studies in Europe: Ph D. Umv. of Syr .. in. Biston Feb It bi Caroline .1. 1.
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toon; children: Winthrop, Eleanor. Founder ; Africa and America, notably Hudson's Bay Am. Union Ch., Rome, Italy, 1971-74. Organ- and interior of Russia and Asia Minor. Served three terms as pres. Metropolitan Board of Managers, Equitable Life Assurance Society, also two terms as v .- p. of the Life Underwriters' Ass'n of N. Y., and was fiist sec. of the General Agency Ass'n, Equitable Life Assurance Soc. Director Etna Indemnity Co. Mom. Met. B'd of Managers, Equitable Life Assurance Soc .. Lite Underwriters' Ass'n of N. Y .; Kone Lodge, Scottish Rite. Mecca Temple. Recre- ations: Camping, exploring, golf, automobi !- ing. horseback. Clubs: Lawyers, N. Y. Athletic, Explorers', Canadian Camp, Ltd (Ist v .- p.), Camp Fire, Dunwoodie Country: Touring Club of France, Motor Union of Great Britain and Ireland, and Touring Club of Norway. Address : 128 Broadway, N. Y. City. ized Italian S. S. Union and Italian Y. M. C. A., Rome, Italy, and undenominational church among the soldiers of Italian Army, 1872-73; editor Utica Morning Herald. 1809-70; New Haven Evening Journal, 1:76: Internat. Review, N. Y. City, 1875; New England Maga- zine, Boston, 1851; pres. Polit. Science Ass'n, N. Y. City, 1877, and Social Science Ass'r. Washington, D. C., 1ss2-83. In oration at 50th anniversary of Delta Upsilon fraternity, Acad. Music, N. Y. City, Isst, introduced new work, Civies, as applied to the science which in- cludes gov't and citizenship, as considered ir their reciprocal relations. Founded, 1555, and ever since pres., Am. Inst. of Civics, and editor of its publications, including Cisies, and Am. Mag. of Civics: made opening ad- dress Interstate Conf. of Federal Aid to Ed'n, Louisville, Ky., and was see. of laterstate WAKEMAN, A. P. Van Hoesen: Com. there appt'd, 15:2; expert statistician, 10th U. S. Census; in charge inquiries le- lating to schools, colleges, libraries, museums. religious organizations, and illiteracy: made addresses Nat. Ed'n Ass'n, and Am. Inst. of Instruction. Founder Patria Club of N. Y. City ; mem. Order Founders and Patriots, Am. Geog. Soc., Lake Mohonk Conference on In- ternational Arbitration; corr. member Atlan- tic Union, London, Eng. Contb'r to peri- odicals. Pres. corporations, Waite & Son Co. and Kero-Steam Co. Residence: East Orange, N. J. Address: 102 Fulton St., N. Y. City. WAITT, Arthur Manning:
Consulting eng'r R'y specialist; b. Boston, Mass., Oct. 24, less; s. Robert Mitchell and Ellen ( Hinckley ) Waitt; ed. Boston public schools and Mass. Inst. Technology. S.B. in Mech. Eng'ring, I'D; m. Ist, Boston, Oet. 20, , IS$6, Maude Gleason; 2d, N. Y. City, April 6, 1906, Anna Schoeps Milbury; one Weymer Hinckley Waitt, b. ISSS. Draftsman Chicago. Burlington & Quincy R. R., 1879->1; draftsman Eastern R. R., 1SS1-84, in locomotive and car work; gen. foreman, Car Dep't, Eastern R. R .. 1554-57; ass't master car builder, Boston and Maine R. R., 1-87-89; ass't manager, Pullman Car Works, Feb .- Oct., 1-9; ass't geu. master car builder, Lake Shore & Michigan South- ern R'y, 15-9-92; gen. master ear builder, same road, 1892.99; sup't motive power and rolling stock, N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R., 1-90-1903, Sept., Pub-lan. . 1:05. Trav- eling in Europe and U. S., studying elec. traetion, 1903-05; since Jan., 1905, consulting eng'r in N. Y. City. Republican; Baptist. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eug'rs, Am. Soc. Civ. Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Am. R'y Master Mechanics' Ass'n, Master Car Build- ers' Ass'n, Civil Eng'rs Club, Cleveland, O., Franklin Inst. Mom. all Masonic fra- ternities and Mystic Shrine. Recreations : Golf, fishing, gunning, automobiling. Clubs: Machinery, Transportation, Engineers. Tech- nology, N. Y. Railroad. Address: 15 Broad- way (Room 111;), N. Y. City.
WAKE, Charles:
Manager, Equitable Life Assurance Soc .; b. Hastings, England, Der. 6, IT: s. George and Mary Emma (Knight) Wake: ed. in London and Paris: unmarried. Lectured in London, Paris. Boston and New York on psychology. Original member British Astron. Soc. Traveled extensively in Europe, Asia,
Author, general writer; b. Courtland Co., N. Y., Dec. 4, 1-56; d. John and Rodia (Bon- net) Van Hoesen; ed. Northwestern Woman's Coll., Evanston, Ill .; Jenning Inst., Aurora, Il !. , grad. with honors. A.M .: married; one son, J. Van Wakeman, civil and mining eng'r. B'd of Public Works, Chicago. Was sent as special corr. Chicago Tribune to the Pacitie Slope to write of the peculiar industries of that part of the country; afterward sent to Gulf Coast by the same paper to do similar work; for four years on staff Chicago Even- ing Post, conducting Woman's Page and writing editorials and special articles; special writer N. Y. Sun. Was first woman nom- inated for office by a political convention i. State of Illinois; nomination made by J. R. E. VanCleve: declined the honor, as was unable to undertake the work involved. Irdependent in
polities. Episcopalian. Founder Service Club, Chicago. Que of founders Press Leagne, Chicago. One of mg'rs of Chicago Half-Orphan Asylum for eight years. Author: Questions of Conscience (novel ) ; How to Be Attractive and Success- ful: The Zowa (a play) : writer for syndicates and magazines. Clubs: Twentieth Century (Chicago). Playgoers ( N. Y. City). Address : Hotel Martha Washington, 29 E. 29th St., N. Y. City.
WAKEMAN, James M .:
Publisher: b. Wolverhampton, England, June 21, 1-65; s. James and Mary J. ( Lewis) Wakeman; ed. Wolverhampton Grammar Sch. and Tettenhall Coll., England; Lycce de Rennes, France ; in. Cranford, N. J .. April 25, lass, Jessie I. Smieton; Que son (died in infaney). Came to U. S., Isso; see. and gen. m'r of an insurance com- painy in Minneapolis, Minn., Isss. After- ward Western me'r of American Machinist and Locomotive Engineering, at Cleveland. O .; later appointed acting pres. The En- gineering and Mining Journal, N. Y. City. One of incorporators, 1-99. McGraw Pub- lishing Co., N. Y. City, of which was elected vip. and appt'd sen. me'r: pres. and gen. mer Electrical World and Engineer during its entire period of existence as separate publication, from Mar., 199, to Jan., 1%; also v.p. - Street Railway Journal; v. p. The Engineering Record : managing director Amor- iean Electrician. Served for years upon B'd of Directors of the American Trade Press Ass'n and was its pres. 1902.03; on B'd of
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Directors of Success, 1900-01. Has traveled over a great part of Europe, U. S. and Canada. V .- p. and director, McGraw Pub- lishing Co. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, N. Y. Elec. Soc., N. Y. Railroad Club, Am. Trade Press Ass'n, Nat. Geog. Soc., v .- p. Municipal Art League (E. Orange), mem. Hope Lodge, F. and A. M. (E. Orange) ; pres. The Pen. Club, Orange, N. J .; also mem. 'The Engineers, Lawyers' and Under- writers' Club, N. Y. City. Residence: E. Orange, N. J. Address: 239 W. 39th St., N. Y. City.
WAKEMAN, Wilbur Fisk:
Publisher; b. Harvard, Ill., Apr. 3, 1857; s. Thaddeus Burr and Hannah (Bennett) Wakeman; ed. Northwestern Univ., Evans- ton, Ill .; m. N. Y., June 4. 1998. Helen Edith Ainsworth. Publisher, Daily Alta California, San Francisco, Calif., 1895-86; connected with Philadelphia Press, 1853-84; Kansas City Times, 1887-88; publisher, Kansas City Globe, 1889. Appraiser Port of N. Y., under President McKinley, 1897-1901; treas. and sec., Am. Protective Tariff League; editor, publisher and distributor of Protection literature in presidential campaigns of Harrison, McKin- ley, and Roosevelt. Republican. Presbyte- rian; trustee Fourth Av. Presby'n Ch. Mem. Sons of Revolution. Kane Lodge. Clubs: Union League, Republican (trustee), Mecca, Press, Hardware. Merchants' Central, Fulton. Address: 11 E. 24th St., N. Y. City.
WALBRIDGE, Harry D .:
· Banker; mem. firm of Hodenpyl, Walbridge & Co. Pres. and director Jackson Gas Co., Kalamazoo Gas Co., Pontiac Light Co., Sagi- naw City Gas Co., Bartlett Illuminating Co., Saginaw Valley Traction Co .. Bay City Trac- tion & Electric Co., Springfield Gas Light Co., Springfield Light, Heat & Power Co., Springfield Consolidated Ry. Co., Evansville Gas & Electric Light Co .. Peoria Gas and Electric Co., Williamsport Gas Co .; vice-pres. and director Bay City Gas Co .; director Michigan Light Co., Saginaw-Bay City Ry. & Light Co., Springfield Ry. & Light Co., Evans- ville Light Co., Peoria Light Co., Williams- port Co. Residence : 11 E. 57th St. Address : 7 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WALCOTT, Frederic Collin:
Manufacturer: b. N. Y. Mills, N. Y., Feb. 1860; s. William Stuart and Emma Alice ( Welch) Walcott; grad. Yale A.B .. 1991: m. 1st, N. Y. City. Feb. 14, 1599. Frances Dana Archbold, d. John D. Archbold; Sd. April 3, 1907, Mary Hussey Guthrie of Pittsburgh. Pres. The N. Y. Mills: treas. Aragon Mills, Aragon, Ga .; v .- p. C. C. Kellogg and Sons Co., wholesale lumber. Utica, N. Y .; pres. Equitable Warehouse Co., N. Y. Mills, N. Y .; pres. Walcott and Campbell Spinning Co .; trustee Walcott Memorial Presby'n Church, trustee Utica Y. M. C. A. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Fort Schuyler, Sada- quada Golf (Utica, N. Y.) ; University (N. Y. City), Graduates (New Haven, Conn.). Address: New York Mills, N. Y.
WALDEN, George Henry:
Principal School No. 10, Rochester; b. in Herkimer County, N. Y., May 13, 1955: s. William P. and Mary J. ( Cassiday ) Walden ; ed. in schools of Rochester; m. Rochester, N. Y .. Oct. 20, 1850. Kate Edith Brewer : children : Edith Louise, b. Oct, 5, 1sat (died Aug., 1338
1891), George Henry, Jr., b. July 23, 1994. Principal of school in Rochester since Sept., 1883. Republican. Presbyterian ; elder in Brick Presby'n Ch. of Rochester. Mem. N. Y. State Teachers' Ass'n, N. Y. State Coun- cil of Grammar School Principals (its Ist pres., 1591). Trustee Rochester Teachers' Pension Fund. Address: 63 Edmonds St., Rochester, N. Y.
WALDO, George E .:
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 11. 1951; s. George and Sarah Ellen (Jagger) Waldo ; ed. common schools, Brooklyn, N. Y., and Scotland, Conn .; Cornell Univ .; m. Talla- hassee, Fla., May 11, 1896, Flora A. Hender- son; children: John H., b. 1897, George E., Jr., b. 1800, Cornelius T., b. 1903. Admitted to practice by Supreme Court and U. S. Cir- cuit and Dist. Courts Southern and Eastern districts of N. Y., and of Neb. Practised law N. Y. City, 1876-83; in Neb., 1883-89; in N. Y. City, since 1889. Mem. Sch. B'd and village att'y of Ulysses, Neh .; mem. As- sembly, N. Y., 1895-96; comm'r of records, Kings Co., N. Y., 1899-1904; mem. Congress from 5th Dist., N. Y., 1905-09. Republican. Mem. Brooklyn Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Amn. Bar Ass'n, Franklin Literary Soc., Kings County Lodge F. and A. M., Flatbush Chapter. 32º Mason. Clubs: Union League (Brooklyn ). Knickerbocker Field, Midwood, Marine and Field, 18th Assembly Dist. Republican, Cor- nell Univ. Residence : 220 E. 18th St., Flat- bush, Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 290 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
WALDO, Rhinelander:
First deputy police comm'r, City of N. Y .; b. N. Y. City. Commissioned 2d lieut. 17th U. S. Inf., April 10, 1:09; 1st lieut., Feb. 2. 1901; captain, Philippine Scouts, U. S. A., Feb. 23. 1905: 1st deputy police comm'r City of N. Y., since Jan. 23, 1906. Address:
300 Mulberry St., N. Y. City.
WALKER, Albert Henry:
Lawyer, author, lecturer; b. Fairfax, Vt., Nov. 25, 1844; descendant of Capt. John Pres- cott of Lancaster, Mass. (1640) ; grad. Law Dep't Northwestern Unir., IST7; m. Sept. 16. 1571, Esther Sayles (descendant of Roger Williams ). Has argued many cases in 22 States of the Union, including important Maine, California, Minnesota and Alabama : has conducted hundreds of litigations in 36 States. Ilas been non-resident lecturer on patent law, Cornell Univ., since 1989, and in Univ. of Mich .. since 1996. Author of many writings and several books, inchiding Walker on Patents, four editions (18:3, 19-9, 1895, and 1901) which has from first publication been the leading textbook of patent laws of the United States. Mem. Coun. Legislature. 1591- 92. Residence: Hotel Majestic. Address: Park Row Bld's, N. Y. City.
WALKER, Alexander:
Banker, real estate: b. in parish of Raf- ford, Miorayshire, Scotland, June 25, 1852: s. Jamies and Ielen S. Walker; ed. in pari-h school of Radford, and on completion of studies served apprenticeship to stone cutter in Forres, Scotland. Coming to N. Y. City pursued his trade here, at the same time taking a course in the N. Y. Evening Hlich Sch. Engaged in stone entting business ux. der firm.name of Gillie & Walker and sub-
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sequently in the real estate business firm of Walker & Lawson: still engaged in real estate transactions and large building opera- tions. Connected with the Colonial Bank of N. Y. since its incorporation and its pros. since 1893; also director of the Greenwich Bank and trustee of Harlem Savings Bank; v .- p. Standard Mortgage Co. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, St. Andrew's Soc., Gen. Soc. Mechanics and Tradesmen, N. Y. Scottish Soc., N. Y. Hist Soc., West End Ass'n, Morningside Heights Association. Clubs : Caledonian. Curling, West Side Republican. Address: 414 Riverside Drive, N. Y. City.
WALKER, Charles Ashbel:
Treas. Delaware & Hudson Co .; b. Al- bany, N. Y .; June 23, 1>43; s. Alphonso and Jeannette (Judd) Walker; ed. Albany public schools; m. Albany, May 16, 1867. Elizabeth Jones; one daughter; Jeannie Judd (m. Ed- ward Penfield, artist). Began railroad serv- ice 1866 as clerk in freight den't, Albany & Susquehanna R. R., with which has been con- secutively ass't to gen. freight agent, ticket agent, in Eng'r Corps, ass't to paymaster, and chief clerk to Financial Dep't, all on Al- bany & Susquehanna R. R .; general railroad accountant, ass't treas., controller and treas. Delaware Hudson Co., and now treas. same; also director Albany & Susquehanna R. R. Co .; sec. treas. and director Algonquin Coal Co .; director Champlain Transportation Co., Chateaugay & Lake Placid R. R. Co., Chateaugay Ore & Iron Co., Cherry Valley, Sharon & Albany R. R. Co .; sec., treas. and director Hudson Coal Co .; director Lackawan- na & Susquehanna R. R. Co., Lake George Steamboat Co .; sec., treas. and director Lang- cliffe Coal Co., Laurel Run Coal Co., N. Y. &. Canada R. R. Co., Northern N. Y. Develop- ment Co., and Spring Brook Coal Co. Trustee Franklin Savings Bank. Sec. to Speaker Lit- tlejohn of N. Y. State Assembly, 1:00-61; was at side of President Lincoln when he ad- dressed the Legislature, Feb. 18. 1-61, on his way to his inauguration. Joined Washington Continentals, Co. B., 76th Res't, N. Y. State Militia, 1861; performed guard duty with that company during organization of the two-year regiments under President's first call for troops, July 15, 1861, at N. Y. City: joined Co. I, 5th N. Y. Vols. ( Duryee's Zouaves), under Cap't Charles G. Bartlett: in service at Fort Federal thill. Baltimore, erecting that fort: promoted corporal Feb. 20, 1:02; served in Dix's Division, Middle Dep't, to Mar., 1862: Sykes' Regular Inf. Division, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1 62; 3d Brigado, Sykes' 2d Division, 5th Corps. Army of the Potomac, to Nov., 1802; served with expd'n through Aceomac and Northampton Counties, Va .; defence of Baltimore, served at Fortress Mon- roe, Va., Peninsula to Yorktown, siege of Yorktown, actions at Hanover Court House, Ashland, New Bridge, Old Church, seven days' battle before Rieluinond, battles at Mechanicsville. Gaines Mill (in which was wounded in shoulder). White Oak Swamp, Glendale, Malvern Hill. Harrison's Landing: commissioned ?'d liens .. Co. A. 105th N. Y. Vols; 2d Duryee Zouaves, Sept. 17, 1-62: 1st lieut., Co. A, JJan. 13, 143, Capt. Co. A. July 13, 1868, and brevet major, 1505, for faithful and meritorions services; in service on expd'n, New Orleans to Ponchatoula, Berwick Bay. Port Hudson right at Plains Store siege, and
surrender of Port Hudson, Sabine Pass
expd'n; act'g ass't adjutant-gen. on Gen. II. W. Wessel's staff, Rikers and Hart's Islands, N. Y. Harbor; provost marshal of rebel prison camp, Hart's Island. Republi- can. Presbyterian. Governor and v .. p. Al- bany Soc. of N. Y .; Mil. Order Loyal Lezion of the U. S. Recreations: Riding, driving, boating, bowling. Chibs: West Side Re- publican, Pelham Manor. Residence: 158 W. 77th St. Address: 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City. WALKER, Frank Robinson:
Law; b. Mooers Forks, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1855; s. John A. and Lucy Jane (Bates) Walker; grad. Syracuse Univ., A.B., 1654, A.M., LL.B .; m. Baldwinsville, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1803, Jessie Elizabeth Morey; children : John Sayles, b. 1901, Richard Morey, b. 1903, Laura Rowena, b. 1905. Has taught in the Law College of Syraense Univ. since its founding in 1995. Mem. firm of Walker & Bidell, formerly Riegel & Walker. Re- publican: Methodist. Free Mason. Mom. Delta Upsilon, Theta Epsilon, Phi
Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa. Recreations: Fishing, hunting, trap-shooting. Clubs : Citizens, Masonic Temple. Address : 725 Ostrom Av., Syracuse, N. Y.
WALKER, Guy Morrison:
Lawyer, financial expert, author; b. Ft. Wayne, Ind., Jan. 24, 1st0; s. Rev. Wilbur F. and Mary F. Morrison; grad. De Panw Univ., 1890, A.B., 1890. A.M., LL.B., major of cadets and capt. 'Varsity football team: m. Terre llaute, Ind., Dec. 15, 1:91, Minnie L. Royse, (A.B., A.M., De Pauw) ; children. Merle Royse, b. Sept. 28, 1892, Ray M .. b. April 9, 1895. Organized Terre Haute Trust Co., 1994; organized Security Trust Co., Toledo. O., 1-95: gen. counsel Everett Moore Syndicate R. R. Co .. Columbus. Del- aware & Marion R'y Co., the Pittsburgh R'y and Light Co., and others; chm'n of Depos- itors' Reorganization Com. of Knickerbocker Trust Co. Depositors, 1907; has traveled over China and Japan, N. America and Europe: offered in 1990 comm'n in U. S. Army and appointment on Gen. Chaffee's staff in China. but declined. Author: Railroads and Wages; What Shall We Buy ?: Internrbau Railways: also contributions to financial and economic journals. Republican: Methodist. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Address: 15 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WALKER, Guy Warren:
Banker: b. Boston, Mass., Oet. 5. 1860; s. Alvah and Isabel G. (Flanders) Walker; grad. Chauncey Hall Sch., Boston. Mass., June, 1so. later studied at Stuttgart. Ger- many, and Paris: m. Philadelphia, JJune 1. 1-96. Alice Morgan Cox (died April 11, 1897 at West Newton. Mass. ) : m. 2dl. Boston, Mass., Oct. 21, 1903, Alice Lonise Prouty; children: Gny Warren, Jr., b. April 11, 1.97, Richard Walker. b. Dec. 13, 1901 (died Ort. 12, 1905), Robert Warren, b. Feb. 26. 1007. Served nearly six years as clerk in banking house of Kidder, Peabody & Co. Boston. In 19, started banking business on own account. Heals principally in hi;l grade investment bonds, style of firm: G. W. Walker & Co .; main office N. Y. City; branch office in Shawint Bank Bld's, Bis- ten. Served six years 19197 in the First Corps Cadets, Mass. Volunteer Militia Mom. New England Sve. the City of N. Y., Vet- 1339
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erans' Ass'n, First Corps Cadets, Mass. Vol- | Collegiate Inst., Hackettstown, N. J., 1996; unteer Militia. Clubs: Union League, N. Y. Athletic, Knollwood Country. Residence: 46 W. 69th St. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
WALKER, Henry F .:
Physician; b. Brattleboro, Vt., July 3, 1838; 1860, A.M., Coll. Phys. and Surg., M.D., 1866: Clinical ass't Coll. Phys. and Surg., 1876-81; attending physician Nursery and Children's Hosp., 1871-65; visiting physician at Bellevue Hosp .. 1855-90: consulting physi- cian St. Luke's Hosp. Mem. County Med. Soc., Acad. of Medicine, Pathological Soc. Clubs: University, Century, Grolier. Ad- dress: 18 W. 55th St., N. Y. City.
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