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WEBB, Alexander Stewart:
Soldier, educator; b. N. Y. City. Feb. 15. 1535; s. Gen. James Watson and Helen Lis- penard (Stewart) Webb, grandson of Gen. Samuel B. Webb, of Gen. Washington's staff. also colonel of 7th Conn. Reg't: ed. Church ill's Mil. Sch., Sing Sing. N. Y. and U. S. Mil. Acad .. grad. 1-55; LL.D., Hobart Coll .. 170; m. Nov. 28. 1555. Anna Elizabeth, il. Henry Rutgers and Elizabeth Waldron Phu - nix Remisen. Brevetted 2d lient. Artillery
July 1, 1535: assigned to 21 15 Art's Oct. 20, 1555; Served in Seminole Indian War in Florida, 1 6: ass't prof. mathematics l'. S. Mil. Acad. 1-5-61; formed Grillin'. B.it- tory at West Point and proceeded to Wash. ington Feb. 14. 1-61. in defense of the Cap- ital: ordered to Port Pickens. Florida, and while there was made can't 11th ('s ini. but remained in Light Battery A. Amillers: was ordered North and reached Washington
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in time to take part, with Battery A, 20 U. | High School, 1895-98; Fairport (N. Y. ) High S. Art'y, in the battle of Bull Run. After School, 1898-99: asso. prof. law N. Y. Univ. Law School since 1907. Admitted to bar in N. Y. City, 1901. Republican. Mem. Gam- ma Sigma fraternity, Phi Delta Phi fraterni- ty, N. Y. County, Lawyers' Ass'n, Webster (N. Y.) Lodge F. and A. M. Club: Phi Delta Phi. Address: 220 Broadway, N. Y. City. this was capt. 11th U. S. Inf .: then appt'd. ass't to Gen. W. F. Barry; chief of artillery of Army of the Potomac, with volunteer rank of major of Ist R. I. Light AArt'y; became lieutenant-colonel and inspector general, 5th Army Corps, and chief of staff to Gen. Fitz John Porter; promoted lieutenant- colonel of staff C. S. V .; took part in bat- WEBB, William Seward: tles of Hanover-Court House, Gaines' Mill. Capitalist : b. N. Y. City, Jan. 31, 1851; s. Cen. James Watson Webb; g .- s. Gen. Samuel B. Webb, Revolutionary officer of distinction, and intimate friend of Gen. Washington; ed. by private tutors and five years at Church- ill's Mil. Sch., Sing Sing; two years at Co- lumbia Coll. and grad. Coll. Phys. and Surg., M.D., 1975: afterwards spent two years in study in the medical schools of Vienna; m. 1881, Lila Osgood, d. William H. Vanderbilt, and soon became connected with Vanderbilt Railroad system, and was pres. many years of the Wagner Palace Car Co., constructed and since 1990 has been pres. Adirondack & St. Lawrence R. R., a line which extends through the Adirondack wilderness from Her- kimer, N. Y., to the St. Lawrence River, a distance of 233 miles; is also officer or di- rector in numerous railroad and other cor- porations. Republican; Episcopalian. Was three years pres. gen. Nat. Soc. S. A. R .; v. p. Vermont Soc. S. A. R. To his Shel- burne Farms in Vermont he adds a large preserve in the Adirondacks, which is known by the title of Ne-he-sa-ne Park. It is made up of forest, hill and lake, its woods be- ing well stocked with game, its waters with fish. Clubs: Metropolitan, Riding. Univer- sity, Church. Turf and Field, N. Y. Yacht. Residence : 680 Fifth Av. Address: 51 E. 44th St., N. Y. City. - Antietam, Shepardstown, Snicker's Gap; in- sp. artillery at Camp Berry, Washington, D. C., Nov., 1862 to Jan., 1s63; insp. general Fifth Army Corps in Rappahannock Carl- paign; com'd 2d brigade, 2G Division, 2d Corps, in the Gettysburg Campaign where he distinguished himself for bravery, for which he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, and was wounded in that battle. The road at the clump of trees at Gettysburg is named Webb Avenue by order of the War Dep't. Afterward com'd the Second Division of the Second Corps, until the consolidation of the division, being engaged in the Mine Run Campaign and the battle of Bristow Station; in the Wilderness Campaign com d Ist Brigade, 2d Division, 2d Corps, (nine regiments) until severely wounded in the head at Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864; assigned as chief of staff and assigned as major- general, Nov., 1864. Brevetted major U. S. A., for Gettysburg, lieut. col. for Bristow Station, Va., Oct. 11. 1-3: col. U. S. A. for Spottsylvania, and major-gen. U. S. V .. and March 13, 1:65, was breveited brig.gen. and major-gen. U. S. A. for services during the war. After the war promoted lient .- col. 44th U. S. Int., July 2. 1-66: principal as- s't prof. law and history. U. S. Mil. Acad., 1866-68; commissioned by President Grant, 1-69, major-gen. U. S. A., and com'd 5th Mil. Dist. and in Is70 was honorably discharged WEBB, William Watson: from service: appt'd pres. Coll. City of N. Y., which office he held until 1903, when he was retired and pensioned by State law. Commander gen., Mil. Order Foreign Wars ; pres. Mil. Service Inst'n of the U. S .; comm'r for State Monument, Gettysburg and Chattanooga. Address: Riverdale, N. Y. City.
WEBB, Charles Henry:
Clergyman; b. Brooklyn, Aaz. 22, 1>73; s. Rev. Thomas M. and Mary Ann (Clifton) Webb: ed. public schools Brooklyn ; grad. Colgate Acad., 192. and Gen. Theol. Sem .. 1901; m. Richmond Hill, N. Y., June 26, 1904 Elizabeth, d. John Howard Brown (editor Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the U. S., etc) ; one &m: Parker Crossby, b. 1903. As- sociated with brother, Robert M. Webb, in manufacturing piano supplies in N. Y. City, 1 92-97. Ordered deacon, lent. by Bishop Littlejohn of L. 1 .. and assigned as asy't at the Ch. af the Redeemer, Astoria. L. 1 .; or. dained priest, ER2 by Bishop Burgess of 1. I .; rector of the of the Redeemer, Astoria, L. I., since I02. Address: Astoria, L. 1.,
WEEB, Edwin Douglas:
Lawyer; b. Lafayette, N. Y., Feb. S. 1573; s. Emory la and Ellen ( Peters) Webb; ed. in common schools, State Normal School. Brockport, N. Y., N. Y. Univ. Law School, LL.M .: m. Webster, N. Y. Aug. 25. 1908. Lucy A. Weeks. Principal Webster (N. Y.)
Lawyer; b. Rochester, N. Y., 1850; s. Chas. Howard and Caroline ( Blass) Webb; grad. Univ. of Rochester, Ist1: law student, Roch. oster, 1871-74: m. Rochester, N. Y., 1 79, Mary Ilenrietta Clarke. Admitted to bar, 1-74. practising at Rochester, N. Y .: since 1sat: ass't dist. att'y of Monroe Co., N. Y., 1975-79; corporation connsel, 1994. Mem. Mayflower Soc. Clubs: Genesee Valley, Country. Ad- dress: Rochester, N. Y.
WEBSTER, Albert Lowry:
Consulting eng'r; b. Orange, N. J., Aug. 3. 1:59; s. Benjamin Crampton and Eliza Campbell ( Wilbur) Webster; ed. Yale, Ph. B .. 1979; later C.E .; Fellow by Courtesy, Johns Hopkins Univ., 1>>4-85; m. Grace Church. N. Y., June 1, 1997, Mary Say Law- rence : children : Benjamin Lawrence: b. 1. Eleanor. b. 1901. Instructor in surveying. Yale (Sheffield Scientitie School), Issist; as- st topographer U. S. Cicological Survey in the far west, 1 .. 1.4. In office W. H. Land- dley. C.E. Frankfort on the Main. Germany, 1->5.1; since 1est practising civil engineer- ing in N. Y. Chy, Export sanitary engineer of the Dep't of Pubhe Works. N. T. City. ISSO; special student in architecture, (. lumbia Univ., N. Y., 199 91; lecturer on sarl. tary science in School of Hygiene of Cornell Med. Sch., N. Y. City, 19 00 ;: expert for the Tenement House Comm'n, 1mol; export for the Consolidated Public Libraries, N. Y. City: expert for the New Bellevue Hospitals,
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N. Y. City; Sec. N. Y. Alumni of Johns Hop- kins Univ. Republican. Mem. Philcs. Soc., Washington, D. C., Associate mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs; mem. New England Water Works Ass'n, A. A. A. S .. Franklin Inst., Berzelius Soc., Yale Univ. Clubs: City. Cen- tury. Residence: 112 E. 40th St. Address: 82 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WEBSTER, Franklin:
Pres. The Insurance Press: b. La Salle, Ill., Feb. 22, 1:62; s. Edward Cushing and Anna M. (Anthony) Webster; ed. public schools of La Salle, Ill., and Cooper Irst., N. Y. City; m. La Salle, Ill., Sept. 39, 1:55, Jennie A. Mason : children: Margaret, b. 1857, Katherine, b. 1895. Learned printing and be- gan newspaper work on father's paper, the La Salle County Press, and wrote the spe- cial correspondence of the locality for the Chicago daily papers. Came to N. Y. City and to assistant editorship of the Chronicle in June, 1881; in Oct., 1983, on retirement of Mr. Davis from the editorship, he was ap- pointed to the vacant chair; in 1895 resigned, and Sept., 1895, began publication of The In- surance Press; established Insurance Engi- neering, an illustrated monthly magazine, Ap- ril, 1901. Pres. The Insurance Press. Con- tributor mainly on insurance subjects to vari- ous publications. Specially interested now in engineering work for prevention of fire dangers and factory perils to workmen. Re- publican. Mem. Am. Trade Press Ass'n, Am. Statistical Ass'n. Past master Hope Lodge, F. and A. M., East Orange, N. J .; mem. Orange Chapter, R. A. M., 23, and other Masonic bodies. Recreations: Outdoor di- versions. Club : Lawyers ... Address: 120 Li. berty St., N. Y. City.
WEBSTER, George Sidney:
Clergyman; b. Meredith, N. Y .: s. Sidney S. and
Lemira ( Wells) Webster; ed. Gilbertsville (N. Y.) Acad., Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1878, D.D., 1902. Union Theol. Sem., 1882; m. Utica, N. Y., May 16, 1882, Em- ma Evans; children: Helen Anna. b. 18$3, Minnie Coursen, b. les6, Emma Lemira. b. 1891. Ass't pastor First Presby'n Ch., East Orange, N. J., 1s-2.90; mem. B'd Education East Orange, 1ss9-99: pastor Church of the Covenant, N. Y. City, since 1:20. Visited Egypt, Palestine, Turkey and Southern Europe. Director Union Settlement, Chris. tian Camp Meeting Ass'n. Republican ; Presbyterian. Mem. Chi Alpha and Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternities, Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Sons American Revolution. Clubs : Theta, Quill. Address: 310 E. 67th St., N. Y. City.
WEBSTER, Henry Goodwin:
Physician: b. Brooklyn, Oct. 7, 1870; s. Adelbert Ashley and Annie ( Hore) Webster; grad. Polytechnic Inst., Brooklyn, ISss, Yale, A.B., 1592, Columbia (Coll. F. and S. ), M.D., 1895; m. Brooklyn, Nov. 18, 1:97, Jennie Voris Sloan; children: Henry G., Jr. (died at 216 years), Ashley Sloan, b. 1993. Alan de For- est. b. 1907. Interne Meth. Episcopal Hosp .. 1:06-97; ass't visiting physician there since 1902; ass't visiting physician Brookiyn Hosp., 1-09-1902; physician to M. E. Church Home, 1898-1903; surgeon N. Y. Police Dep't, since Jan. 4, 1907. Mom. Am. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Kings Co. Med. Soc. (sec.), Brooklyn Pathol. Soc. (formerly pres. ).
Brooklyn Med. Soc., Associated Physicia .s L. I., Soc. Ex-Internes, M. E. Hos ... 1 ... nat. Congress on Tuberculosis. Repubil. mem. Tompkins Av. Cong'l Ch. Miem. glo-Saxon Lodge of Masons. Phi Gamma !! ta and Sigma Psi fraternities. Clubs: IL .. ilton, University ( Brooklyn). Address: 1: Halsey St., Brooklyn, N. Y. WEBSTER, Richard:
Editor, encyclopaedia writer; b. Port Jef ferson, N. Y., June 5, 1878; s. William S' ... art Cross and Harriet Elizabeth (Kij ; ) Webster; grad. Brooklyn Polytechnic 1 :. .... prep. dep't, 1895; Princeton Univ., A.B., 1 .... Classical Fellow, 1899-1900, .1.M1 .. 1900: 02; necke Classical Scholarship, 1890-90 ) ; m. St ... .. town, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1901, Laura Frances A :- cham. Instr. Greek, Princeton Prepara 1; Sch., 1900-01; Greek and English, Wilson Lyos Sch. (N. Y. City), 1901-02; contributed ma :.: minor biographies to the New Interust. Fr. cyclopaedia; mem. editorial staff The Ilis! ... ians' History of the World; contributel vari- ous .\m. articles, particularly biographies ni classical scholars and theologians, to 11th ed !. tion of Encyclopedia Britannica. Edited !!. ' Elegies of Maximianus, 1900 ( Princeton), 11 . first edition with critical notes; R. C. Trench's Lectures On the Study of Word -. 1901 (anonymously ). Independent Repub- can. Presbyterian. Address: Care The Times ( London), 29 W. 32d St., N. Y. Chy. WEBSTER, William Henry Harrison:
Am. consul, Niagara Falls, Ont .; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 21, 1840; s. William and Emnta (Brown ) Webster; ed. public schools, Rn .. ester, N. Y., 1848-52; m. Rochester, N. Y. 1868, Mary E. Bostwick; children: Mamie L .. b. 1870, Daniel, b. 1873, William Garfield, } 1882. Entered service N. Y. Central R. l. as fireman, 1957; engr, 1800-89, resigned tv take position of U. S. consul at Chatham. Ontario; retired 1595; reentered service of N. Y. Central R. R. as passenger conduct r 195, resigned 1596: appt'd Labor mem. N. Y .. State B'd of Mediation and Arbitration, 1×96, retired 1893; appt'd U. S. consul. Ni. agara Falls. Ontario, 1903 .. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Order Railway Conductors. Brotherhood of Locomotive Eng'rs, Masonic Order. Address: Robie Av., Budalo, N. Y. WEED, John Waring:
Lawyer: b. Savannah, Ga., July 5, 1-15: s. Henry D. and Sarah (Dunning) Werd: ed. in Savannah, Georgia, and Column ... Univ. Law School. N. Y. City; m. Bris: . 1. R. . I, Oct. 10. 1553, Louise Richmond; chi- dren : Edwin D., b. Isit, Richmond, b. IS Magdelaine, Sarak. Served as private in Confederate Army. In general practice. Is been counsel in several noted law cas. Partner in law firm of Weed, Henry & Mey. ers. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .. Queous County Bar Ass'n, N. Y. Law Inst. (trustee), Soc. Alumni Columbia Univ., Southern >> Georgia Society Pres. St. John's Guild; vestryman St. George's Ch .. Phishing. 1 .. 1. and of St. Luke's Ch., Noroton, ( !). Rocreations: Farming at Noroton, Corn. Clubs: Down Town, N. Y. City. Democratie ('Inb. N. Y. City. Niantic Club, Phishing. L. I .. Country Club, Flushing. L. I Summer residence : Noroton. Conn. Residence: 61 Sanford Av., Flushing, L. I. Address: 02 William St., N. Y. City.
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WEED, Smith Mead:
Lawyer, capitalist; b. Belmont, N. Y., July 26, 1833; ed. in public schools, and at- terward was clerk in store while reading law, admitted to N. Y. bar, Jan. 1, 1:56, grad. Harvard Law School, grad. LL.B., 1:57. En- gaged in practice of law from graduation at Plattsburgh, N. Y. and N. Y. City. Pres. and director Hudson River Ore and Iron Co., Chateaugay and Lake Placid R. R., San Do- mingo Finance Co. of N. Y., San Domingo Improvement Co. of N. Y .; director Platts- burgh Traction Co., Chateaugay Ore and Iron Co. Democrat; mem. N. Y. Assembly, 1865- 74; Democratic nominee for U. S. senator in Legislatures of 1:67, 1887, 1859; mem. at large of State Constitutional Convention, 1967; fre- quent delegate to Stae and National Conven- tions. Residence: Plattsburgh, N. Y. . Of- fice: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
WEED, Walter Harvey:
Mining geologist; b. St. Louis, Mo., May, 1862; s. Samuel Richard and Nellie S.
(Jones) Weed; ed. public schools of St. Louis and Brooklyn, the Selleck School. Nor- walk, Conn., and School of Mines, Columbia Univ., grad. E.M .; m. Norwalk Conn., Dec. 16, 1896, Helena Charlotte Hill: children: Eleanor Hill, b. 1898, Walter Harvey, Jr., b. 1900, Mary Hill, b. 1903. Was ass't geolo- gist, 1883-92, and geologist until 1:06, in U. S. Geol. Survey; now geological eng'r for the General Development Co. of N. Y. City. He studied ore deposits of Cuba. Nicaragua, Mexico, U. S., and Canada and published papers on Yellowstone Park, Montana min- ing districts, and the copper deposits of Butte, and was the first to propose the theory of secondary enrichment of ore deposits in 1899. Anthor: Copper Mines of the World, 1907; The Nature of 'Ore Deposits, and nu- merous scientifie Gov't books. Mem. Inst'n of Mining and Metallurgy, and, Inst'n of Mining Eng'rs ( London). Am. Soc., Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Inst., Mining Eng'rs. Acad. of Sciences of Washington, D. C .: fellow Geol. Soc. of America and 1. A. A. S .. Republi- can. Presbyterian. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and Sigma Xi and Tau Beta Pi honor fraternities. Masonie orders; mem. Sons Am. Revolution, Mayflower Soc. Clubs : Chevy Chase (Washington), Engineers ( N. Y. City ). Residence: 3. Maple St .. Norwalk, Conn. Address : # Broadway, N. Y. City.
WEEKS, Bartow Sumner:
Lawyer: b. Round Hill, Conn .. April 25. 1861: s. Col. Henry Astor and Alethea Hyde ( White) Weeks: ed. in public schools of N. Y. City, Coll. City of N. Y .. . A.B., 1-79, Co- hmmmbia Coll. Law Sch., L.L.B .. IS.S. .Ad- mitted to bar, 1-3, and since then engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City; served seven years as ass't dist. att'y, N. Y. County. Democrat: nominee for State Senator from 15th N. Y. Dist., 199 (defeated). mander-in-chief Sons of Veterans U. S. .... 1-01-92; pres. Amateur Athletic Union since Mom. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Clubs: Manhattan, National Democratie. . V. Y. Athletic, Atlantic Yacht. Residence: 200 W. 73d St. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City. WEEKS, John Ehner:
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Physician : b. Painesville, O .. Aug. 9. 1953: s. Seth and Deborah A. (Blydenburgh ) Weeks; ed. Painesville. O., Corry, Pa., High Sch .; grad. Univ. of Mich., M.D., Iss1; mat-
riculant Univ. of Berlin, Germany, 1654; m. N. Y. City, April 29, 1990, Jennie Post Par- ker; one daughter, Eveline P., b. April 11, 1891. Served for 512 years as interne at Alms House and Workhouse Hospitals, N. Y., N. Y. State Emigrant Hosp., N. Y. Ophthalmic and Aural Inst., a semester at Univ. of Berlin. Now practising in N. Y. City. Former chief of clinic. Ophthalmic Dep't, Vanderbilt Clinic, Coll. Phys. and Surg .; lecturer on ophthalmology, Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., and prof. diseases of the eye and ear, Woman's Med. Coll. of N. Y. Infirmary; now prof. ophthalmology, Univ .. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. (N. Y. Univ.) ; surgeon N. Y. Eve and Ear In- firmary. In 1886 discovered and described the micro organism that produces acute con- tagious conjunctivitis; has written many ar- ticles and monographs on medical subjects, in general and special medical journals and in text-books on diseases of the eye. Director N. Y. Produce Exchange Bank. Republican. Mem. N. Y. Acad of Medicine, State Med. Soc., County Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Ophthalmological Soc., Ohio Soc. Rec- reations : Golf, fishing, hunting. Club: Quill, Montaignais. Address: 46 E. 57th St., N. Y. City.
WEEKS, Rufus Wells:
First v. p. N. Y. Life Ins. Co .; b. Newark, N. J., Aug. 11, 1846; s. Robert D. and Elvira (Crafts) Weeks: grad. Newark (N. J.) High School, 1863; m. March 6, 1571. Helen R. Bonnel. Entered the actuarial dep't of N. Y. Life Ins. Co., 1867, elected actuary, 1885, second vice-pres., and chief actuary, 1903, first pice-pres. June 17, 1907. Ex-pres. Ac- tuarial Soc. of America ; associate mem. Inst. of Actuaries of Great Britain; corresponding mem. Inst. of French Actuaries: mem. So- ciety of Insurance Science of Germany, Am. Math. Soc., Am. Economie Ass'n, A. A. A. S. Episcopalian. Residence : Tarrytown, N. Y. Address: 346 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WEGMANN, Edward:
Civil eng'r; b. Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Nor. 27, 1:50; s. L. Edward and Mary W. (Sand) Wegmann; ed. in schools of Zurich, Switzer. land, Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst., 1:67.6s. N. Y. Univ., C.E., 1571; m. May 6, 1901, Char- lotte f. Drummond. Entered eivil eng ring practice on railway construction work. 1971- st: since Isst on construction of new water works for City of N. Y .: now consulting eng'r for aqueduct comm'rs of N. Y. City. AAuthor: The Design and Construction of Ma- son Dams, Is>>: The Water Works of the City of New York from 1658 to 195, 1-96: The Design and Construction of Dams, 199; also varions contributions to technical jour- nals on hydranlie engineering subjects. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs. New England Water Work's Ass'n, Am. Water Works As. s'n. Residence: Yonkers, N. Y. Address: 250 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WEIR, Julian Alden:
Artist. b. West Point, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1852 : s. Prof. Robert W. Wier; professor of art at U. S. Mil. Aend. : studied art under his fa- ther and later under Gérôme in Paris: m. Ella Baker. Received honorable mention in the Paris Salon of ISS1: established studio in N. Y. City and has gained distinction as a painter of portraits and genre pieces: Yawarded the price of Am. Art Ase'n. I ... Ilected associate, 1955, academirian. 1:56, 1353
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Nat. Acad. Design: one of founders and mem. Soc. Am. Artists. Clubs: Century, Players, Riding. Residence: Branchville, Conn. Address: 51 W. 10th St., N. Y. City. WEIR, Robert Fulton:
Professor of surgery: b. N. Y. City, Feb. 16, 1838; s. James and Mary Anne ( Shapter) Weir; ed. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1854, A.M., 1857, Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City, M.D., 1850; m. Ist, 1963, Maria Washington McPherson, by whom he has one daughter; m. 2d, 1895, Mary Badgely Alden. Served as ass't surgeon, U. S. A., 1861-65, and surgeon in charge U. S. Army Gen. Hosp. at Fred- erick, Md. ; surgeon St. Luke's Hosp., N. Y. City, 1865-75; surgeon N. Y. Hosp., 1876-1900; prof. surgery Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Colum- Lia), since 1992. Senior surgeon, Roosevelt Hosp. Corresponding fellow Société de Chi rurgie, Paris, since 1892: honorary fellow Royal Coll. of Surgeons, England, since 1900; pres. Am. Surg. Ass'n, 199): pres. N. Y. Acad. Medicine, 1900: Chevalier Order of Bo- livar (Venezuela) ; officer Med. Reserve Corps, U. S. A., 1945. Author of numerous sur- gical papers in medical journals, principally on the brain, appendical and gastric lesions and operations. Recreations: Travel and horticulture. Club : Century, University. Country home: Hague-on-Lake George, N. Y. Address : 11 E. 44th St., N. Y. City. WEISSE, Faneuil D .:
Physician ; b. Watertown, Mass., Aug. 27, 1642; s. John A. (M.D.) and Jane Lee (Hunt) Weisse: ed. in public schools and in Med. Dep't Univ. of City of N. Y., M.D., 1864; m. N. Y. City, 1972, Mary Elizabeth Suydam. For a year before and after gradu- ation was ass't to Prof. Valentine Mott, and after that engaged in practice as a physician in N. Y. City and in teaching and clinical work in the Med. Dep't of Univ. of N. Y., as consecutively ass't demonstrator of ana- tomy. prof. surgical pathology and prof. practical and surgical anatomy until Isss; was also prof. surgical pathology to N. Y. Coll. Veterinary Surgeons ten years. Con- nected with faculty of N. Y. Coll. Dentistry since 1865 as prof. anatomy, surgical patholo- gy and oral surgery and as dean of the faculty since 1997. Organizer. 1875, and later became prof. and pres. board of trustees of Am. Veterinary Coll. : founder N. Y. Derma- tological Soc. Anthor of a text-book on Practical Human Anatomy and of numerous contributions to medical literature. Ad- dress: 46 W. 20th St., N. Y. City. WEITENKAMPF, Frank:
Librarian: b. N. Y. City, Ang. 13. 1566: ed. in public and private schools, languages with private tutors; art at Art Students' League, les3-55: chief of shelf dop't and en- rator of print dep't N. Y. Public Library. Has written on art ropies (mainly), library matters. ete., using pseudonym Frank Lin- stow White until 1-93. Author of a mono- graph (in German) on artistic lithography in the U. S. Opublished by the Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst of Vienna in 1903) : How to Appreciate Prints, 1909 Moffat. Yard & Co.): and of numerous articles in periodicals; compiled a Bibliography of Wil- liam Hogarth. Harvard Univ., Is90, and anno- tated catalogues for the Grolier Club, notably the ones on Lithography (1996): Meryon (1995), and Women Artists. Was on the edi-
torial staff Standard Dictionary and Lib! :- of Historic Characters and Famous Eve. . conth'r to Am. Supplement, Eneyelourens Britannica, less-89; Appleton's Cyclopedia Ain. Biography; Internat. Cyclopedia. 1 Memorial Hist. of N. Y. City and AApplener Anual Cyclopedia, 1892-1902. Translated 1 Bleunard's Babylon Electrified (1-9) : ): .. Dieulafoy's at Susa (1:90) ; etc. Mem. . 1. Library Ass'n, N. Y. Library Club, N. Y Oratorio Soc., etc. Address: 437 Lafayett. St., N. Y. City.
WELDON, Charles Dater:
Artist; b. in Ohio; s. James Weldon: eu in Academy at Cleveland, Ohio; studiel a ... at Leigh's Acad., London, and in atelier . M. Munkacsy, Paris. Painter in oils a !! water colors, and illustrator of books. .. . :. emician Nat. Acad. of Design since 1 -.: mom. Am. Water Color Soc. Clubs: ( .... tury. Address: 51 W. 10th St., N. Y. City. WELKER, Franklin:
Physician ; b. Attica, Wyoming Co., N. Y .; s. John B. and Margaret ( Schneider) \' ..!. ker: ed. Attica Union Sch. and Acad., I .. . 85, Univ. of Rochester. A.B., 1-90; Med. D ... p't, Univ. of Pa., M.D., 1894; Kines Co. Hosp., 1894-95: m. San Francisco, Calif .. 1 ... Louise A. Hoppe; children : Gertrude, b. I. Marion, b. 1905. Has been in private pr.j .- tice at present address for past 10 years: for 4 years med. school inspector. Visiting ply. sician Calvary M. E. Dispensary. Now pr . Kings Co. Hosp. Alumni Soc .: mem. State Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Am. Med. Ass'n Harfem Med. Ass'n, Med. Soc. of the Greater N. Y. Republican. Methodist : chm'n Joint Committee in char _. of St. John's Chapel of Calvary Church. MI .. 1 son : Bunting Lodge, Sylvan Chapter. R. M .. Constantine Commandery, K. T. as i Mecca Temple, Mystic Shrine. Address: 3. W. 145 St., N. Y. City.
WELLES, Edgar Thaddeus:
Capitalist : b. Hartford, Conn .. 20. ISIS: €. Gideon (sec. of Navy in President Lincoln . cabinet ) and Mary Jane ( Hale) Welles: ~ d. Hartford public school, Yale Coll .. B. 1. Ist; m. Hartford, Com., Sept. 20. 10. Alt d. C. H. Brainard: one daughter Alice. b. Nov. 19, 150. Admitted to bar but never practised: appt'd chief clerk in Navy Dip't of U. S., 150; resigned 1500, and lume treas, Gatling Gun Co., of Hartford, Coun. subsequently became pres. Granby Mining ~ 1 Smelting Co. of St. Louis. International Ce of Mexico, receiver Nat. Bank of Missouri: v .. p. and director Walash R. R. Co .. !!! Consolidated Coal Co. of St. Louis; director Wheeling & Lake Erie R. R. Co., U. S Trust Co. of Hartford. St. Lawrence Pow.r Co. Jiem. Com. Hist. Soc., N. Y. Hist. .... New England Soc. of N. Y., Sons of Rer du. tion. Clubs: Union, University. Down Town. (N. Y. City) : Chicago (Chicago); St. Louis ( St. Louis) : Hartford ( Hartford). dress : 195 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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