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( Episcopal) Ch., 1800-74; Holy Trinity Un. ( Episcopal), 1974.76 Grace Ch., 1576-94, since 1895 organist at Munn Av .. Presbyterian Ch .. East Orange, N. J. Conductor N. Y. Voral Union, 1880-88. Composer of numerous an- thems, part-songs, songs, organ and piano solos and transcriptions. Address: 112 W. 40th St., N. Y. City.
WASHBURN, Francis:
Clergyman; b. N. Y. City, July 9, 1843; s. Jacob Cheeseman Washburn (M. E. min- ister, mem. N. Y. Conference) and Margaret ( Youry) Washburn of Spring Valley, N. Y. descendant of William Washburn who came from England with Jolm in 1635; m. at Ch. of St. Martin in the Field. London, 1-79, Elizabeth Floy Davis, d. late Hon. James Davis (a supervisor of N. Y. County), and Margaret, d. Michael Floy: one daughter. Margaret Floy Washburn, Ph.D., prof. phil- osophy at Vassar Coll. Ordered deacon in Protestant Episcopal Church by Bishop Seymour, ISTS, ordained priest by Bishop Horatio Potter at Trinity Church., N. Y. City, 1880. Hlas had rectorship of several parishes in Archdeaconry, of Orange since 1570, chiedy St. Andrew's, Walden, N. Y .. and Cu. of the Holy Spirit, Kingston, Iss2-92, and was four years sec. of archideaconry. Before entering Episcopal ministry was a Methodist Episcopal local preacher, sec. of the District Conference and corr. see. Nat. Local Preachers' Convention. Lived in Engla- 1. 1968-71, and has traveled extensively at home and abroad; was in Rome at close of the Franco-Prussian War. Mem. Sigma Phi Chapter (St. Stephen's Coll.) and Siems AAlpha Epsilon Fraternity of U. S., Sous mi Revolution of Empire State (president 1. .. 09 Newburgh Chapter) Hist. Soc., of High- land ( Newburgh, N. Y.), Ellis Post. G. 1. R., Army and Navy Union, Authors' League of America. Health Leagne. Author of r ... ligious books and contributions in prose and verse to religious and general publications. Address: 20 Bay View Terrace, Newburgh, N. Y.
WASHBURN, John Henry:
Ex-pres. of Home Insurance Co .; b. Am- horst, Mass., Oct. 27. lses: s. Rev. Roz.il Washburn and Harriet (Parsons) Wash- burn; ed. Amherst Coll .; m. New Haven, Conn., 1:53, Jane Ives. Early entered i .- surance field and rose step by step until hal reached presidency of company. V .- p. and director N. Y. B'd of Trade and Transporta- tion: director Chatham Nat. Bank. Home Ins. Co .. Mem. Order of Founders and Patriots of America, Sons of Revolution. Soc. Mayflower Descendants. Soc. Colonial Wars, Amherst Coll. Alumni. Met. Museum. of Art. Museum of Natural History. Now England Soc. Clubs: Lotos, City. Address . 56 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
WASHBURN. Lemon Dwight: Physician and surgeon: b. Fort Ann. X (Congdon ) Washburn : ed. Sandy Hill I_h School Albany Med. Coll : m. Albany, NY .. June 6. Jan, Kdyth B. Potens: one daughter. Mary Trainor. b. And t Ihr. Men. Wal ington County Med. Society, N. Y. Salle Med. Soc., Glens Falls Medl.
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Outdoor sports. Club: Kingsbury (Sandy | rector Grand Conservatory of Music of City Hill). Address: Sandy Hill, N. Y.
WASHBURN, Margaret Floy:
Educator; b. N. Y. City July 85, 1871; d. Francis and Elizabeth (Davis) Washburn; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B., 1:91, A.af., 1>93; Cornell Univ., Ph.D., 1894; prof. philosophy. Wells Coll., 1894-1900; warden of Sage Coll., Cornell Univ., Ph.D., 1994; prof. philosophy Univ. of Cincinnati, 1902-03; ass't prof. phil- osophy Vassar Coll., 1903-0>, prof. psychology from 1908. Author: The Animal Mind (Macmillan) ; also articles in the Fhilosc- phical Review, the Psychological Review, The American Journal of Psychology, Mind; Philosophische Studien, etc. Translator of Vols. IT and III of Wundt's Ethik. Mem. American Philosophical Ass'n, American Psychological Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma. Xi. Address: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
WASHBURN, William Ives:
Lawyer; b. Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 30, 1854; s. John H. and Jane 1. (Ives) Wash- burn; ed. in private schools N. Y. City, Wil. liston Sem., Easthampton, Mass .; grad. Amherst Coll., 1876. A.M .. ISTS; Law Sch., Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1978; m. N. Y., Nov. 15, 18:3, Carrie W. Fisher: children; Grace Ives, William Ives, Jr., Nathalie Fisher (de- ceased). Engaged in general law practice, general counsel for several large corpora- tions; has made specialty of corporation in- surance and religious corporation law. Judge advocate of First Brigade, N. G. N. Y., grade of major. Mem. B'd of Trustees, sec. and treas. Broadway Tabernacle Soc .: trustee Hartford Theol. Sem .: pres. Am. Hosp. and Training Sch. for Nurses. Constantinople, Turkey: Independent Republican; Congrega- tionalist. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; Sons of Revolution; Soc. of Colonial Wars; Soc. of Jecendants of Colonial Governors. Clubs: Century, Alpha Delta Phi, Adirondack League. Residence 59 W. 5th St. Address: 50 Pine St., N. Y. City.
WASHBURN, William Tucker:
Lawyer, author: b. Boston, Mass., 1St1; ed. Harvard A.B., 19662, .A.M., 1:66; student at Harvard Law School; m. Mary R. Doughty. Engaged in general practice of law in N. Y. City. Author: Fair Harvard; The Un- known City; The Deuce of Hearts: The First Stone: Spring and Summer (verse) ; also volume of Poems. Residence: 52 E. 79th St. Address: 59 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WASHIINGTON, Walker:
Physician: b. Fredericksburg. Va., Oct. 23. 1560; s. Walker Hawes and Mary ( West) Washington; ed. Richmond Coll., Va., .A. M., 1852, M.D., Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., N. Y., ISS; in. Kreischerville, S. I., N. Y., 1-96, Frieda E. Kreischer. Engaged in practice of medicine at Tottenville, S. I. Mom.
Richmond County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc .. Am. Med. Ass'n. Democrat; Epis. copatian. Club: Tottenville Athletic. dress: so Main St., Tottenville, N. Y.
WASHINGTON, William D. H .:
Capitalist: b. Choover Sea. Va .: s. Lewis W. Washington and Ella Basset Washington ; od. Mary Schools & M. A. CoH. Pres. and director Armour Villa Park Co., v. p., treas. and director N. Y. & N. J. Water Co. ; V. P. and director Church Roller Bearing Co. : di.
of N. Y .; N. Y. & Philadelphia Co., Twin City Union R'ys Co., U. S. Traction Co., of Louisville. Mem. Southern Soc. Fellow Am. Geographical Soc. Mem. Am .. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Sons of Revolution, Virginia Historical Soc., etc. Club: Calumet. Residence: 257 Fifth Av.,
N. Y. City. Address: 29 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WASHINGTON, William Lanier:
Retired; b. Montgomery, Ala., Mar. 30, 1365; s. Major Barroll and Jane Bretney (Lanier) Washington; (father was a great- grandson of John Augustine Washington, and of Augustine Washington, two of the brothers of Gen. George Washington, was a native and resident of Va., a cadet at U. S. Mil. Acad., West Point, but resigned at opening of and served through Civil War as aide-de- camp on staff of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston : removed to Baltimore after war, and in 1876 to Pittsburgh, where he was pres. of B. & O. R. R. collateral lines in Pa., liv- ing there until his death in 1900). The sou was ed. in Burlington Coll. and Univ. of Pa .: m. N. Y. City, June G, 1906, May Bruce Bren- non of Louisville, Ky. Auditor and gen. passenger agent of one of Baltimore & Ohio R R.'s collateral lines, 1886-90; pres. and gen. mg'r Elliott-Washington Steel Co. 1-93- 9: ; chm'n and managing director Pittsburgh Sheet and Steel Mf'g Co., 1-98-1901; pres. and director The United Oil Cloth Co., Tren- ton, N. J., 1905-06; v .- p. and director U. S. Fire-Proofing Corp'n. 1901-02; pres. Laurel Land Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1991-99; was director Wheeling, Pittsburgh & Baltimore R. R., Somerset and Cambria R. R. and Sharpsville R. R .: resident of N. Y. City since 1899. Independent Republican. Episco- palian. Mason 32° ; treas, and mem. Stand- ing Com. of Soc. of the Cincinnati in the State of Va., in which is hereditary represen- tative of General Washington: mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution. Recrea- tions: Shooting, hunting, travel: formerly president Irish Setter Club of America and formerly owned the Kildare Kennel of Irish Setters. which was the largest and best known kennel of Irish setters in America; his dogs were shown every year at New York and throughout the U. S. and Canada. and won upward of 250 first-prize cups and specials. Clubs: St. Nicholas, Calumet (N. Y. City ) ; Pittsburgh Golf. Residence: The Windsor AApartments. Address: 1700 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
WASSERMANN, Edward:
Banker: b. San Francisco, Calif. ; s. August W. and Regina W. Wassermann: grad. Heid- elberg, 1980; m. Emma Seligman: children : Jesse A. b. 1590. Renee H., b. 192. Edward Jr., b. 195. Address: 33 W. 56th St., N. Y. City.
WATERBURY, John I .:
Banker: b. Spunford, Conn .; grad, Coll. City of New York. 1-70. Pres. and director Manhattan Trust Co. : trustee Alliance Is- surance Co. of London in U. S .: dir Am. Telephone & Telegraph Co., The Audit Co. of New York, Chase Nat. Bank, Am. Bell Telephone Co .. Interunt. Mercantile Marine C ... L. & N. R. R. Co .. delegato Chamber of Commerce of New York to London Chamber 1319
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of Commerce, 1501; U. S. delegate Internat. Preliminary Conf. on Wireless Telegraphy, Berlin, 1003; also to Internat. Conf. on Wire- less Telegraphy, Berlin, 1906. Clubs: Met ropolitan, University. N. Y. Yacht (N.Y. City) ; Somerset (Boston) : Philadelphia (Phila.) ; Metropolitan (Washington ) : Chi- cago ( Chicago ) : Devonshire ( London ). Residence: Morristown, N. J. Office : 20 Wall St., New York.
- WATERMAN, Lewis Edson:
Manufacturer of fountain pens: b. New- ton, Mass., March 12, Isot: s. Lewis Edson and Sarah Ann (Roberts) Waterman; ed. in N. Y. City schools; m. Jan. Is. 1593, Cara Parker. Father invented Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen. Was the first outside sales- man and traveler for the firm, and has traveled all over the United States. Served six years in Co. D, ith Reg't. N. G. N. Y .: v .- p. and director L. E. Waterman Co .. manufacturer of fountain pens. Mem. Stationers and Booksellers . Iss'n. of Pittsburgh, Pa., Tth Reg't Veteran Ass'n, Kismuth Temple A. A. O. N. M. S., Aurora Grata Consistory A. A. S. R., Clinton Com- mandery No. 1f K. T., Orient Chapter No. 138 R. A. N., Orion Lodge, 717 F. and A. M. Clubs: Boost, Masonic. Summer house : Sandalside Keene. N. H. Address: 173 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WATERS, Bertram Howard:
Physician: b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 4, 1867: S. William Webster and Elizabeth Loring (Critchlow) Waters; ed. Sewickley Acad .. Sewickley, Pa., Princeton Univ., B ._ A., 1889, Biological Fellow. Is 9-00; Coll. Phys. and Surg. ( Columbia), M.D .. 1953. V ..... Princeton, 1993: m. St. Ignatius Church, N. Y. City, Sept. 4, 1906. Jessica Howard Back. d. of the late Jerome and Kate ( MeGrath) Buck. Interne Presbyterian Hosp .. 1:93-95. Sloan Maternity Hosp., Aux .- Oct., 1955: trav- elled and studied in Europe Dec., 195 to June. 1:06; in active practice of medicine and clinical work at Vanderbilt Clinic and Pres- by'n Hosp. Clinic. 1896-1901; clinical ass't and instr. Dep't of Phthisio-therapy at Post Graduate Hosp .. 1908. Appt'd bacteriologist Dep't of Health in 1901: in ISto made ass't chief of Division of Communicable Diseases and chief of clinics, clinics for tuberculosis of the Dep't for Boroughs of Manhattan, Bronx and Brooklyn. Lecturer N. Y. State Dep't of Health. IDE. Mem. N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc .. Am. Med. Ass'n, Nat. Ass'n for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, Harvey Soc. Clubs: Prince- ton, University. Residence: 200 W. 1034 St. Address: 32 E. Sad St., N. Y. City.
WATERS, George W .:
Artist: b. Coventry, N. Y. Mar. 31. 1832: s. Russell and Roxey ( Miles) Waters; ed. Delaware Lit. Inst., Franklin. N. Y .. Art Edl'n in N. Y. City, Munich and Dresden: m Sidney, N. Y., Nov. Is. In; children: Mabel. Jean, George. Jr. For years has exhibited at the Acad, of Design in N. Y. City many of the large landscapes of Ain. and foreign scenery and owned. by promirent citizens throughout N. Y. and other States. Of his work as painter of portraits may be mon- tioned a painting of Joseph Jefferson as "Rip Van Winkle." three portraits of Whitmin, three of Gor. Robinson, two of which are 1330
owned by the City of Albany, one of T' s. K. Beecher, and many others. Republic .. Mem. of Park Ch. ( Congregationalist ). 11- dress: 300 W Ist St., Elmira, N. Y.
WATERS, T. Leeds:
Piano manufacturer: b. Angusta, Me .. F ! S. 1545: s. Horace and Annie E. ( Levd- Waters: grad. Brown Univ,, Pr vidence. il. I. : m. Feb. 21. 18:1. Fanny L. Vaughan; ele- dren: Leeds V., Reade L., John Louis. Vr .. eran 2d Reg't. Brooklyn. Pres. and 'r. s. Horace Waters & Co. Republican. En. - palian. Mem. Chi Psi fraternity. Clu's: Lincoln (Brook!rn ) : Brown University. Chi Psi. Address: 154 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
WATERS, William Everett:
Philoiogist. educator: h. Winthrop, M ... Dec. 20. Isja. s. Jazeb Mathews and Mary .s Ellen (Webb ) Waters: gral. Yale. B.L., 1-" -. Ph. D .. 1986: in 1855 and I-6 was stulen: in the Univ. of Berlin, Germany, studying ". der Kirchoff. Taller. Oldenburg. Allure Weber. Johannes Schmidt. in classical phi! i- ogy: m. Cincinnati. O., June 30. Isss, I'm. Pilia Oyler: one daughter: Everett Oy.r. Tutor in classics. Yale Univ .. I.S .: pri Greek and comparative philebey, Univ. Cincinnati. 1:00-91: pres. and prof. Greek and comparative philology. Wells C.IL. I .... now prof. Greek language and liternenr .. \ Y. Univ. Author: Town Life in Ani Italy: Cena Trimalchinas of Petron'us : a's. ( with William R. Hirpar) Inductive Orek Method. Democrat. Presbyterian: elder W .. End Presby'n Ch., N. Y. Ci.r. Mem. Im. Philol. Ass'n. N. Y. Chapter Phi Bera Kij; 1. Address: N. Y. Univ., University Heights. N. Y. City.
WATKINS, John B .:
Manufacturing stationer, printer: b. N F. City. Dec. 20. 15: S. J hn O. and Sulle 1. (Bookhout ) Watkins; ed. in public she's; mı. Brooklyn. N. Y .. June 29. Iss1: chilire :: Irving S .. b. 1 44. Anna E .. b. 1955, Maren R .. b. 19-0. Established printing business :2 Jan., II, and in Jan,, If incorporated as John B. Watkins Co., is pres. of :he ( :- pany. In National policies Republican . m City. Demoerit. Universalist. Mason. R rearions: Fishing, traveling. Address: 9.15 Murray St., N. Y. City.
WATKINS. Thomas Coke:
Banker, author: b. Brooklyn, N. Y. 18. 1Mi5; ed. N. Y. City: Union Coll. Plivl Nature Pamphlets from Richard Jet. r . 1005. Pageant of Summer, HG, by R -l Jefferies, and Themes from Therean. Il published by Thomas B. Mosher. Parril. Me.): biographical sketch and introd :: to Richard Jefferies' Essays, 3 vols .. Ist. (r. Crowell. ) Clubs: Salmazundi. Players. Ad- dress: 45 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WATKINS. Thomas H .:
Coal operator: b. Pittston. P. May I .. ISC : s. Israel and .Ann ULlanier) Watkins. el. public schools and Wyoming Sem. Kingen. Pa .: m. Pittston. Pa., Mar 22 1st, Flieman 0. Law; childrea: Carl. I.w. 1Mes Marian. Mem. of Erm Smoson & W ... 20 years: pros. Temble Tron Ch .. > Trans: now v .. p. Pennsylvania Bosch-Creek . E.L. eru Coal Co .. v.p. and chim'n of B'd P.s. Coal and Coke Co ; director Tile Oneriabs and Trust Co. of S 1000. P . S. P. Trust Co., Los Angeles Ire and Cold suur
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Co., Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co. : pres. Inde Gold Mining Co., Durango Central R. R. Mem. Anthracite Coal Strike Comm'n, appt'd by President Roosevelt, 1902. Director Hahnemann Hosp., Scranton. Republican. Recreation : Golf. Clubs: Union League, City Midday, Lawyers (N. Y. City) ; Scranton, Country ( Scranton ). Address: 17 Battery Place, N. Y. City.
WATROUS, Harry Willson:
Artist; b. San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 17, 1857: s. Charles and Ruth ( Willson ) Watrous; studied at Atelier Bonnât and Académie Juli- an, Paris; m. N. Y., Apr. 27, 1>>7, Elizabeth Snowdin Nichols. Traveled and painted in Europe and Africa. Associate, 1594, academi- cian. 1895, Nat. Acad. Design: sec. Nat. Acad. of Design since 1898. Received Thomas B. Clark prize, N. Y .; bronze medal, Buffalo; special commemorative gold medal. St. Louis. Clubs: Metropolitan, Century, Union League, Lotos. Address: 352 Lexington Av., N. Y. City.
WATSON, Arthur W .:
Merchant; b. N. Y. City, Ang. 22, 1850; s. William and Caroline (Ely) Watson ; ed. Trin- ity Sch .; m. N. Y. City, April 26, 1857, Anna Josephine Sutton. Mem. firm of Passavant & Co., importers. Director Colonial Bank Trustee Citizens Savings Bank. Independent in politics. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Mu- seum Natural History. Clubs: Water Witch, Church, N. Y. Athletic. Residence: 26 W. 71st St. Address: 83 Green St., N. Y. City. WATSON, John Jay, Jr .:
Treas. U. S. Rubber Co .; b. Jamestown, R. I., Nov. 12, 1874; s. John Jay and Gertrude T. (Stanhope ) Watson: ed. public schools, Rogers High Sch., etc. : m. Providence, R. I., Nov. 14, 1900, Eliza J. Ralph. Treas., director and mem. Exec. Com., U. S. Rubber Co., N. Y. City; pres, and director Rubber Goods Mf's Co., N. Y. City, pres. and director Gen. Rubber Co., N. Y. City; treas, and director The Joseph Banigan Rubber Co., Providence, R. I., Adams & Fort Co., Clove- land, Ohio; director Boston Rubber Shoe Co., Otter Creek Boom & Lumber Co., W. Va., Woonsocket Rubber Co., Woonsocket, R. I., N. Y. Belting & Paching Co., Peerless Rubber Co., Hartford Rubber Works Co .. Morgan & Wright Co., Mechanical Rubber Co., Mechanical Fabric Co., Goodyear's India Rubber Glove Co., Indianapolis Rubber Co., G. & JJ. Tire MIf'g Co., and eight or ten others. Representative Town of Jamestown in Rhode Island. 1-95-1901; while in Legislature was mom. Honse Coms. on Corporations, and on Finance and several minor committees. Alternate Nat. Republican Convention, Chica- go, 1901. Republican. Mom. New England Rubber Club, R. I. Hist. Soc., New England Soc., Squadron A, N. G. N. Y. Royal Arch Mason. K. T .; mem. State B'd Charities and Correction of R. 1. for ; years. Club: Union League. Address: 22 Broadway, N. Y. City. WATSON. William E .:
Real estate: b. Scarborough. England, 1819; s. Richard and Sarah Ann . Shepard ) Wat. son ; od. in Ch. of England School and Col. legiate Inst .: m. Toronto, Ont .. 15.9. Mar- garet E. Gallagher: children: Emily May, Richard P., Roland G., F. Mortimer. Pres. The Watson Really Co., treas. Crestwood Park Realty Cu .; pres. Crestwood Heights Co.
Mem. B'd of Ed'n City of Yonkers. Inde- pendent Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: City ( Yonkers) ), Crestwood Country. Resi- dence: Crestwood, Yonkers, N. Y. Address: 5-7 E. 42d St., N. Y. City.
WATTS, Charles Henry:
Officer, U. S. A., b. N. Y. City, Oct. 4, 1849; s. Isaiah and Emma (Holt) Watts; grad. public school and Free Acad., N. Y. City, U. S. Mil. Acad .; m. Philadelphia. 1-79, Ida Clement Gilmore; one son: Laurence. b. 1.57. On graduation from Mil. Acad., Jure 1:72, was assigned to Fifth Cav., and served with that reg't to 1906; promoted Ist lieut., 1.70, capt., 1:91; major, 1901, lieut .- col .. 9th C'av., 1906. Served in Spanish-Am. War in Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands. Epis- copalian. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc. Mason and Knight Templar. Address: Manila, P. I. WATTS, Robert:
Physician; b. Woodstock, Vt., May 6, 1837; s. Robert and Charlotte (Deas) Watts; grad. Coll. Phys. and Surg., M.D., 1861; m. Malden, N. Y., 1861, Frances A. Kellogg. Surgeon 133d Reg't, N. Y. Vol., 1862-65; consulting gynecologist, Roosevelt Hosp., consulting physician to City and to St. Mary's Hosp. Mem. County Med. Soc., Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Chib: Army and Navy. Address : 45 W. 36th St., N. Y. City.
WATTS, Wallace Hubbard:
Clergyman; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 21. 1576; s. Charles N. and Adelaide (Ingram) Watts; grad. Kenyon Coll., 1899, General Theol. Sem., N. Y. City, 1902: m. Rochester. N. Y., June 30, 1906, Elizabeth La Baron Fitch, d. Hon. Charles Elliot and Louise Lawrence ( Smith) Fitch. Ordered deacon, June, 1902. ordained priest, Dec., 1904; began in ministry at St. Albans Ch., Silver Creek, N. Y., 1902-03; asso. rector St. Pauls Ch., Rochester. N. Y., 1903-05: rector St. George's Ch., Rochester, 1905-03; associate rector Grace Church and vicar All Saints Chapel, Lockport. N. Y .; also in charge of St. Andrew's-by-the- Lake. Oleott Beach, N. Y., 1996-07: now rector St. Paul's Memorial Ch .. Tompkinsville. Staten Island. Member Psi Upsilon fraternity. Clubs : The Staten Island Cinb, N. Y. Church. man's Ass'n (N. Y. City). Address: St. Paul's Rectory, Tompkinsville, N. Y. City. WATTS, William:
Naval officer: b. N. Y. City, May 16. 1844; s. Robert ( M.D).) and Charlotte (Deas) Watts; ed. George Anthon's Sch., N. Y .; grad. Naval Acad., 1-66; m. Malden. N. Y., Nov. 4, Ist, Mary Bigelow: children: Mary. Ridley, Margaret. William Alexander. Anne Izard, Bigelow. Served in Iroquois and llart- ford, on Asiatic Station, ItT -; commis- sioned ensign April, Ist. U. S. S. Galena and practice ship Macedonian, Isol; master Mar. 21, 1:09: U. S. S. Congress. N. Atlantic, 1-70-71; lient. Mar. 21. 150; Torpedo Siation, 1-22.71: 0. S. S. Brooklyn, flagship S. At. lantie and U. S. S. Monongahela, Niti: ordnance Anty. Brooklyn Navy Yard. 1-76- 79: U. S. S. Alert, Asiatic Station, I-ON: retired Jan. 31, IS). Address: 48 Hill St .. Morristown, N. ..
WAYNE, Charles Stokes ( "Horace Hazel- tine'') :
Newspaper man, anthor: b. Philadelphia. Pa .. Mar. Is. 1-5%; s. Charles S. (many years master warden Port of Philadelphia) and 1351
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Elizabeth C. (Mattson) Wayne; direct de- scendant of original Capt. Anthony Wayne (grandfather of "Mad Anthony"), who emi- grated to America in 1723, settling in Chester Co., Pa .; ed. private and public schools of Philadelphia: alumuns Boys Central High Sch., Philadelphia ; m. 1st, Philadelphia, 1886, Elizabeth W. Dougherty; 2d, N. Y. City, 1903, Sarah E. Smith; 3d, N. Y. City, 1994, Pearl Morris. Began newspaper work on Philadelphia Press, 175; financial editor Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, IS-0-S8; edi- torial staff Philadelphia Item, 1s&s; in weekly journalism in N. Y. City, 1-s0-91; writing short stories and novels and traveling abroad, 1892-95; Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek, 1896-98; started Cripple Creek Guide, 1896 (weekly paper, name subsequently changed to Facts, and published in Colo. Springs) ; returned to N. Y. City. 1559, and reengaged in weekly journalism and in writing fiction; in 1905 retired from newspaper work to de- vote entire time to writing novels, periodical literature, chiefly under nom-de plume, "Hor- ace Hazeltine." Author: Mrs. Lord's Moon- stone, The Lady and Her Tree, Anthony Kent. A Witch of To-Day, A Prince to Order: The Marriage of Mrs. Merlin, The City of En- counters, and many short stories. Also au- thor and editor of brochures on the Pa. R. R. and the Columbian Exp'n, and the Ships of the International Navigation Co. in the Span- ish-Am. War. Address: 48 W. 49th St., N. Y. City.
WEAVER, George M .:
Lawyer; b. Deerfield, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1840; s. Jacob George . and Caroline Matilda (Wells) Weaver; ed. Utica Acad., grad. Hamilton Coll., 1800 (valedictorian ) ; Boonville, Mo., Nov. 24, 1:65, Anna Barnett Cope; children: George Marmaduke. Fred- erick Charles, Helen Seymour ( wife of Lieut .. com'd Benj. F. Hutchison, U. S. X.), Emma Gertrude Constance, Mary Bleecker. Ad- mitted to bar, Syracuse, N. Y., 1866; prac- tising law, Utica, N. Y., since 1866; equity practice and trust estates. Traveled in Europe, 1903. Served in army of Confed- erate States during Civil War: afterward commissary of Subsistance, rank of major, on Brigade Staff, N. G., State of N. Y. Director and treas. Italian Macaroni Co .; director Utica Stone and Construction Co. Trustee and former pres. St. Luke's Hosp., Utica; trustee and see. House of Good Shepherd, Utica; trustee Gen. Theol. Sem .. N. Y. City; trustee and treas. Episcopate Fund, Central N. Y. Conservative Democrat. Protestant Episcopal. Mem. Oneida Ilist. Soc. (former v .- p.) ; Utica Bar Iss'n (for- merly pres.) : Victoria Inst. ( London. Eng- land ) ; Sigma Phi fraternity; Camp of Con- federate Veterans of N. Y. City. Summer residences: Springbank. Deerfield, N. Y., and Irondiquoit Club, Piseco Lake. Adiron. dacks. Residence: 153 Park Av., Utica, N. Y. Address: 69 Genesee St., Utica, N. Y. WEAVER, William Dixon:
Editor: b. Greensburg. Pa., Ang. 50, 1857: ed. Kentucky Univ .: grad. as cadet-eng'r U. S. Naval Acad., 1550; special laboratory work at the Sorbonne, Paris: m. Bremen. Germany, 1900, Mildred Emilio Niebuhr. \e. campanied first Grcoley Relief Exod'n. 19 3: resigned from 1. S. Navy, 102. Editor, She. cessively. of Electrical World, American Elee.
trician and Electrical World and Engineer, 1893-1905. and since of Electrical World: di. rector McGraw Publishing Co. and Electro. chemical Publishing Co. Served in Spanr-h Am. War as vol. chief eng'r U. S. S. Glacier. Mem. Soc. Naval Architects and Marine En gineers, Naval and Mil. Order Spanish-Am. War, Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Soc. Internat. des Electricians. Clubs: Engineers. Resi- dence : Englewood. N. J. Address: 239 W. 30th St., N. Y. City.
WEBB, Alexander Russell:
Journalist ; b. Hudson, N. Y., Nov. 9. 1:46; s. Alexander Nelson and Caroline Elizabeth (Lefferts) Webb: ed. Snyder's Acad. and public schools Hudson, N. Y., Warner', School, Glendale, Mass., and the Hudson River Inst., Claverack, N. Y .; m. St. Lonis. June 15, 1:77, Ella G. Corbin; children: Rus. sell Lorenzo, b. May 4, 1879, Mary Caroline, b. May 25, 1885, and Nala Damayanti, b. Frb. 11, 1ssS. Salesman with Giles Bro. & Co., jewelers, Chicago, 1869: mem. Conger and Webb, jewelers, Chicago, burned out in tir+ of 1571; then to Tiffany & Co .. N. Y. City : returned to Chicago under engagement to Wendell & Hyman, jewelers. Purchased Unionville (Mo.) Republican, 1573, and ed- ited it two years; called by Engene Field to city editorship of St. Joseph ( Mo. ) Daily Gazette; accompanied Field to St. Louis. 1576, as city editor St. Louis Morning Jour- nal, later city editor Times-Journal, Post-Dis- patch and Globe-Democrat, all of St. Louis. While night city editor of Missouri Re- publican (Sept. 26. ISST) was appointed U. S. consul at Manila, P. I., by President Cleveland; resigned Sept. 6, 1:92. and went to Burma, India, Ceylon, Egypt. Arabia, Turkey and other Oriental countries; re- ceived in the Mosiem fraternity in Ran- goon, Burma. Sept. 30, 1:92, and renamed Mohammed Webb. In 1894 was appt'd by Sultan Abdul Hamid of Turkey as Turkish consni general honoraire at New York, which position still holds. In 1904, while in Con- stantinople was given the decoration of the Order of Medjidie, and the Medal of Merit. being the only American ever given the lat. ter decoration; was also appt'd Sheikh-ul- Is- lam for America, and given the title of Bey. Democrat in polities; Moslem in re- ligion. Country home: Ulster Park. N. Y. Residence : 119 Chestnut St., Rutherford, N. J.
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