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WHEELER. David F ..:
Physician: b. N. Y. City, Nor. . . . Everett P. and Lydia Lowaine (Hele ) Wheeler: ed. St Paul's Sch, Concord. X 1 : Williams Coli .. Mass .: grad. Columbia Con-
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A.B., Columbia Coll., Phys. and Surg., M.D .: | 735 Park Av. Address: 21 State St., N. Y. City.
in. Boston, June 10, 1598, Mabel B. Whitney ; one son, Everett P. Wheeler II., b. 1901. Genito-urinary surgeon Erie Co. Hosp. and Grant Hosp .; instr. genito-urinary anatomy, University of Buffalo; clinical instr. genito- urinary surgery, Univ. of Buffalo. Mem. Erie Co. Med. Soc., Acad. of Medicine, Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Urologists' Ass'n, Soc: Alumni Bellevue Hosp. Clubs: Saturn, Country. Address: 564 Delaware Av., Buffalo, N. Y.
WHEELER, Edward Jewitt:
Editor; b. Cleveland, O., Mar. 11, 1859; s. Alfred and Lydia P. ( Curtis) Wheeler; grad. Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Delaware, O., A.B., 1879, A.M., 1903, Litt.D., 1996: m. Brook- lyn, Nov. 23, 1597, Jennie Lou Fleming; one son : E. Curtis, b. 1859. Managing editor The Voice. N. Y. City, 1:84-06; editor The Liter- ary Digest, 1895-1905: managing editor The Homiletic Review, 1904-05: editor Current Lit- erature, since 1955. Author: Stories in Rhyme for Holiday Time: Prohibition-The Principle, The Policy. The Party. Mem. Exec. Com. Funk & Wagnalls Co .. and in charge of literary department of the house, 1-90-1905. Pres. Citizens' Union, Richmond. Borough, 1904: v .- p. Citizens' Union, N. Y. City, 1905-06. V .- p. Current Literature Pub- lishing Co. Recreation :
Billiards, Golf. Clubs: Nat. Arts, The Players (N. Y. City), The Vagabonds (pres.). Address: 41 W. 25th St., N. Y. City.
WHEELER, Everett Pepperrell:
Lawyer: b. N. Y. City, Mar. 10, 1840; ed. public schools of N. Y. City, Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1856. A. M., Harvard Law Sch. LL.B., 1-59: A.M. Dartmouth; m. 1st, Nov. 22. 1-66, Lydia Lorraine Hodges (died Jan. 18, 1902) ; 2d, April 26, 1904, Alice Gilman. Admitted to practice N. Y. City, 1861. Was mem. B'd of Ed'n, 1877-79; one of founders of Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., and served on its exec. com. and as v .- p .; was for five years pres. N. Y. Free Trade Club, and one of the first to take an active part in the renewal in Isso of the movement for civil service reform which fin- ally resulted in adoption of the Federal Civil Service Act and in the N. Y. Act on this sub- jeet now in force. Was 17 years chm'n Exec. Com. N. Y. Civil Service Reform Ass'n and chi'n City Civil Service Comm'n for seven years; was in 1>93 mem. Com. of Sex- enty and took active part in the campaign for election of Mayor Strong; in 1994 was candidate of Democratic Party Reform Or- ganization for Gov. State of N. Y .: in 1-91 took an active part in founding, and has ever since been pres. of the East Side House. one of the Social Settlements .in this city. Mom. N. Y. Hist. Soc. and She. Colonial Wars. Author: Modern Law of Carriers, Harter Act: The Tariff and Wages: Real Bimetal- lism; Knowledge of The Faith: Daniel Web- ster, Expounder of the Constitution. Delegate to General Convention of Episcopal Church. 1:05. Was chm'n Com. Internat. Law of .1m. Bar Ass'n from 1-95-1:07: now one of its gen- eral Council; and cha'n Com. of Law Re- form. One of the founders of the Citizens' Union; chm'n Com. Professional Ethics N. Y. County Lawyers Ass'n. Clubs: Century, Reform (was pres, two years). City, Down Town, Church (was pres, two years), Alpha Delta Pbi, City College, Barnard. Residence:
WHEELER, Frank Erastus:
Manufacturer; b. Utica, N. Y., April 9, 1853; s. Russel and Amanda (Bailey) Wheel- er; grad. Yale B.A., 1876; m. Oswego. April 23, 1878, Louise Vanette Ames; children : Mabel Ames, Russel, Cortlandt Stuyvesant. Pres. Internat. Heater Co .; trustee and mnom. Exec. Com. Utica Steam and Mohawk Valley Cotton Co .; trustee Utica Savings Bank. Pres. Utica Art Ass'n, trustee Balliol School; mem. Advisory B'd, Yale Univ .. Clubs : Fort Schuyler, Yale, (Utica) ; University (N. Y. City). Address: Utica, N. Y.
WHEELER, Herbert Locke:
Dentist; b. Corry, Pa .: s. Lyman A. and Mary M. (Rogers) Wheeler: ed. public schools of Pittsfield, Mass., and Hammonton, N. J., Philadelphia Dental Coll., and Medico- Chirurgical Medical School, Philadelphia, re- ceiving the degree of D.D.S .. 1990; m. Spring- field, Mass .. June 10, 1-91, Gertrude M. Slater; children: Clifford S .. b. 1893. Arthur C., b. 1901, Catherine A., b. 1906. Began prac- tice in Warren, Mass., 1990; removed to Wer- cester, Mass., 1593, and N. Y. City, 1901. and became associated with Dr. J. Morgan Howe. in dental firm of Howe & Wheeler. Was asked to become dean of Philadelphia Dental Coll. in 1907, but declined: lecturer Philadel- phia Dental Coll .: clinical instr. in Dental Dep't of Medico-Chirurgical Coll .. Philadel- phia; clinical instr. in Coll. of Dental and Oral Surgery of N. Y. ; author of various pr)- fessional treatises. Sec. First Dist. Dental Soc .; mem. Executive Com. N. Y. Inst. of Stomotology: v .- p. and organizer Children's Aid Soc. Frce Dental Clinic; lecturer for B'd of Education City of N. Y. Mem. Nat. Den- tal Ass'n, Dental Soc. State of N. Y., Mass. State Dental Soc., North Eastern Dental Ass'n; honorary mem. New Haven Dental AAss'n, mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, A. A. A. S., N. Y. Lead. of Sciences: mem. Am. Museum Natural History: mem. Com. of Publication Journal of the Allied Societies. Served three years in Worcester Light Infantry. Mass. State Militia. Recreations: Golf, gardening. ('Inbs: City. Wee Burn Golf, Stamford Yacht. Address: 12 W. 46th St., N. Y. City.
WHEELER, Louis:
Physician and surgeon: b. Pompey. N. Y .. March 27, IST: s. Elijah L. and Olive E. (Corwin) Wheeler: ed. Pompey Acad .. O;Ion- dago Sem., Syraense Cuiv., Baltimore Med. Coll., M.D .: m. Flmira, N. Y., JJuly, 1904. Katherine M. Sullivan, Physician to Onon- dago County Penitentiary, 1902-07. Address: Pompey, N. Y.
WHEELER, Schuyler .Skaats:
Electrical eng'r: b. N. Y. City. May 17. 1900: s. James Edwin and Annie Wood ( Skaats) Wheeler, of Dutch descent: el. l'riends' S,m., Koble Hall, Columbia Gram- mar School, Columbia Coll., and afterward re- ceived degree of D.So. from Hobart @Il .: 1. Oct. 11. 1-95. Amy Sutton, of Rye, N. Y. After leaving Columbia Coll .. became ass't electrician of Am. branch of the Jablichkat Electric Light Co., and after that company was dissolved was for a time with the U. S. Electric Light Co. and soon after became at- tarhed to the soff of Edisno, and wos in charge of the Pearl St. Statica (N Y. City) 1361
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of the Edison Electric Light Co. at the time of its starting in Is2, when incandescent elec- tric lights were for the first time put into commercial use : afterward sup't for local Ed- ison Co. at Newburgh, N. Y .; and later elec- trician Herzog Telesema Co. In 1856, be- came connected with Messrs. Curtis and Crocker in the C. and C. Electric Motor Co. and has ever since been engaged in electrical manufacturing: in isss, with Prof. Francis B. Crocker, went into the motor building busi- ness under firm name of Crocker & Wheeler. now the Crocker- Wheeler Co., which in 1893 moved from N. Y. City to Essex County, N. J. Named the railroad station at their factory Ampere, after the great French scientist, building up there one of the great manufacturing enterprises of the country; now pres. Crocker- Wheeler Co .; Inventor of numerous machines and " electrical devices. Bought in London, 1900, and presented to the Am. Inst. of Elec. Eng'rs the Latimer-Clark Library, the most complete collection of rare early electrical works in the world. Author (with Prof. Francis B. Crocker) of the text book Management of Electrical Ma- chinery, and of numerous contributions to technical journals, and in his presidential ad. dress to the annual convention of the Am. Inst. of Electrical Eng'rs. 1907, proposed a Code of Engineering Ethics which is now under advisement by the Institute. Treas. Building Committee United Engineering Socie- ties. Past pres. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs; mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, A. A. A. S., Historic Preservation Soc., St. Nicholas Soc .. Chamber of Commerce of N. Y. Clubs: University, Riding, (N. Y. City) ; Automobile Club of America (v .- p.). Address : Ampere. Bernardsville, N. J.
WHEELER, Seth:
Mechanical eng'r: b. Chatham, Columbia Co., N. Y .; s. Alonzo and Harriet Hatch (Bishop) Wheeler: ed. Albany Acad., Albany, N. Y .; m. Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y., April 3, 1:60, Elizabeth Boyd: children: Ed- gar, Harriet Elizabeth. William Alonzo, Sar- ah Boyd, and Seth Wheeler, Jr. Pres. Al- bany Perforated Wrapping Paper Co., Wheeler Rent & Power Co., and Albany County Savings Bank: director Albany Coun- ty Bank; v .- p. Cheney Piano Action Co., Castleton, N. Y. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. En- g'rs. Address: Care A. P. W. Paper Co., Albany, N. Y.
WHEELER, WilLam Egbert:
Capitalist, lumber merchant : b. Portville. N. Y., Nov. 21, 1-43; s. William F. and Flora (Atkins) Wheeler; grad. Cortland Acad., Ho. mer, N. Y .: Yale Univ., 1-66, A.M., 1969; m. Portville, N. Y., 1973, Allie E. Marsereau; children : William M., b. 1577, John E., b. 1879, Eleanor K., b. 18. Lawrence R., b. 15. Engaged in manufacturing, lumber, tannin; leather; banking business. Traveled through Europe, 1:59. Mem. B'd County Supervis- ors. 6 terms: N. Y. State Legislature. IL. 1-93, 1900: pres. village Portville School Board. Pres. Chicago Lumbering Co., Manistique Lumber Co., Silver Fork Co., Acme Milling Co., Olean, N. Y., Wheeler Lumber Co .: v -- p .. First Nat. Bank, Olyan, N. Y .: Olean Street R's: director and trustee, Common- wealth Trust Co .. Buffal . N. Y. Republican. Presbyterian (elder). Pres. Wovern N. Y. Soc. for Protection of Homeless and Depen. 1362
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den Children. Randolph, N. Y. Club : ... versity ( Buffalo). Address: Portville, N. Y. WHEELOCK. Charles F .:
Chief Examinations Div., N. Y. S .... Ed'n Dep't: b. Litchfield, N. Y. Oct. 1. 1:49; s. Danford and Margaret ( Cumn.in- Wheelock: grad . Cornell Univ., B.S., Ist: St. Lawrence Univ., LL.D., 196; m. C :.:- joharie, N. Y., Mar. 31, 1ss5, Mary E. For. hout; children : Margaret, b. May, 15-6. W.i- lard E., b. Aug. 29. 1ss9. Farmer by pro !. ~. sion; teacher, 1873-76; elected by Demvera's as school comm'r Herkimer Co., N. Y .. ... ing 1876-79; principal of high school, Is 4; insp. Regents' Office, Albany, N. Y., 1991-1-4; since 1904 chief of Examinations Divista Education Department of N. Y. S'' ... Democrat. Mem. Nat. Edn'l Ass'n ant various other educational societies. Utica Commandery K. T .. Utica, N. Y .. University Club, Albany, N. Y., Address: State Educational Dep't, Albany, N. Y.
WHEELOCK, Edwin Dwight:
Investment securities; b. Bedford, Olin. Feb. 15, 1853; s. Bloomfield J. and Ade ive C. Wheelock; ed. in common and high schools of Bedford, O., and Hanover Coll .. at His- over, Ind .; m. Mar. 15, 1576, Harriet C. Sh 1- don: one daughter, Florence. Began bust- ness life in a chair factory, and was si- cessively a manufacturer, country merchant. auditor, real estate dealer, and is now a dealer in industrial securities. Is a Chris- tian Socialist, and an occasional writer on Socialist themes. Organized, in Chi : .. 1-93, and is now president of the Christ :. .. Socialist League of America, formerly :.... National Christian Citizenship League. dress: Room 84. 50 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WHEELOCK, William Haushurst:
Real estate; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 5. 1976: s. George G. and Alice (Townsend) Wheelock : grad. Harvard Univ .. A.B., 1998: m. N. Y. City, Jan. 17. 1905, Catharine Morgan, d. !:: » Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, rector Trinity Ch. : one daughter. Alice, b. Dec. 20, 1903. In reil es- tate business since 199s. V .. p. and director Douglas Robinson, Charles S. Brown & C .. Director Church Extension Com. of N. Y. Presbytery: treas. Five Points House of In- dustry. trustee Children's Aid Soc., p='r Inst. Branch, Y. M. C. A. Trustee Urin Theol. Seminary. Republican in nation. I elections. Preshy'n. Recreations : Slot- ing, fishing. Clubs: Harvard, Universi.y. N. Y. Athletic. Residence : 100 E. 39th St. 1d- dress : 140 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WHELAN. George Joseph:
Pres. United Cigar Stores Co. : b. Syracuse. N. Y., Mar. 27, 1963: s. Martin Whelan; e .. public schools, Syracuse. N. Y .: m. Syracuse. N. Y., Harriet E. Smith: son: Sidney. Pres. and director Independent Cigar Sobres ( .; director United Merchants Realty Whelan Bros., M. W. Whelan & Co. dress: 111 W. ITth St., N. Y. City.
WHELAN, Michael W .:
Merchant : b. FEremont, England : s. M. : 0.1 and Elizabeth (Keefe) Whelan; ed. mille schools, Syracuse, N. Y .: m. Syracuse, N. Y. Katherine I. Dolphin; children : Frederik D. b. 1st. Elisabeth 1 ... b. 1-2, JJames D. h. 1.St. Robert J. b. 19-6. Mem. firm of lo wis & Whelm. 1: 9-96: owner since 10%. In t'. S. N .. 19346 rity treas., Syracuse. N. Y .. ING.CO. V.p., Michael Whelan, Inc .; tress.
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Lewis & Whelan Co., United Cigar Stores Co .; trustee Internat. Postal Supply Co .; director, Royal Co., Whelan Bros. Republican. Ro- man Catholic. Mem. Grand Army of Repub- lic: Knights of Columbus ( Syracuse, N. Y.). ('lub: Citizens (Syracuse, N. Y.). Resi- dence: 614 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, N. Y. Address: 141 W. 17th St., N. Y. City. WHERRY, William Mackey, Jr .:
Lawyer; b. West Point, N. I., 1878; s. Brig. Gen. William M. Wherry, U. S. A., and Alice (Grammer) Wherry; grad. Univ. of Mich., B.S., 1898, Law School, Univ. of Cincinnati, and Columbia Coll .; sec. of Phil- osophical Society while at Univ. of Mich .; m. Pittsburgh, April 17, 1902, Rhoda Edwards Zug; one daughter, Gretchen, b. 1904. Part- ner in law firm of Wherry and Morgan; di- rector Nat. Light, Heat and Power Co., Greensboro Electric Co., Ocean Wave Mining Co., Special lecturer at Amos Tuck School of Finance, Dartmouth, on Regulation of Public Utilities. Republican : Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Phi Delta Phi, Plainfield Country, Watching Hunt. Address: 43 Cedar St., N. Y. City. WHETZEL, Herbert Hice:
Educator: b. near Avilla, Noble Co., Ind .. Sept. 5, 1877: s. Joseph Conrad and Gertrude (Eckles) Whetzel; ed. common and High Sch., Avilla, Ind .; grad. Wabash Coll., Ind., A.B., 1902; A.B .. 1906; m. Swan, Ind., May 17, 1904. Lucy Ethel Baker: one daughter, Lucy Gertrude, b. Oct. 8, 1905. Ass't plant pathology, N. Y. State Experiment Station (Cornell), 1902-04, plant pathologist, 1904-06; ass't prof. botany, N. Y. State Coll. of Agri- culture, at Cornell Univ., 1906-07, ass't prof. plant pathology, 1907. Independent in poli- tics. Presbyterian. Mem. I. A. A. S .: Phi Beta Kappa (Wabash). Sigma Xi ( Cornell), Phi Delta Theta ( Wabash) fraternities. Gamma Alpha Soc. (Cornell). Recreations : Fishing, gardening. Club: Cornell Univ. Bi- ology. Address: Ithaca, N. Y.
WHINERY, Samuel:
Civil eng'r; b. near Salem, O., Nov. 10, 1S45; of Quaker parentage; moved to Jen- nings County, Ind., in 1$53, and grew up on father's farm; ed. in common schools, foi- lowed by two terms in Indiana Caiv .; m. 1575. Elizabeth Crawford, of Somerset, Ky. Taught school three years, beginning at age of 18; employed in isos, in ene'ring corps, locating the Indianapolis & Vincennes R. R .. and becoming interested in the work adopted civil eng'ring as a profession and later was promoted to resident eng'r in charge of con- struction of 13 miles of the road; appt'd, 1:69, resident eng'r in charge of construc- tion of Indianapolis & St. Louis R. R. at Terre Hante. Ind., and later built the rail- road shops at Mattoon, Ill., and other build- ings on the road; Ist ass't eng'r 2 years on location and construction of Cincinnati Sonthern R. R. in Southern Indiana; con- nected, 1-73-78, with location and construction of Cincinnati Southern R. R., first as topo- graphical eng'r and later as division que'r Chattanooga Division: U. S. ass't eng'r in charge of improving the l'pper Division of Mussel Shoals, Tennessee River: had charge of locating and constructing Northern Divi- sion of New Orleans & Northeastern R. R .. acting also as sup't during first year of its operation ; then in private eng'ring practice
until 1SS7. Among other things completed the first incline railroad up Lookout Moun- tain at Chattanooga, Tenn., which rises 120) feet in about three-quarters of a mile: with Warren-Scharf Asphalt Paving Co., 1857-1901. one year as ass't mig'r, 12 years as v .- p. and gen. mg'r and 6 months as pres. until the company was merged in the Asphalt Trust. during connection with that company was also in private practice as consulting eng'r. Mem. eng'r comm'n to report on new water- works for Cincinnati, Ohio: pres. Water Comm'n and mg'r of the Water Works at Wyoming, suburb of Cincinnati; since March. 1901, engaged in practice as consulting eng r in N. Y. City. Has lectured before Eng ring Dep'ts of Univ. of Cincinnati, Univ. of Ill. and Cornell Univ. Author: Municipal Pub- lic Works, 1903 ( Macmillan), and of numer- ous papers and discussions in the Transac- tions of societies and in the technical press. Mem. B'd of Expert Eng'rs on Manhattan Terminal of Brooklyn Bridge, reporting in Oct., 1901; chin'n Com. on Eng'ring and San- itation, Merchants' Ass'n of N. Y., on trans- portation problems of the City, report pub- lished Aug., 1903; reported to comm'r of docks on extension of pierhead line North River, Manhattan, Oct., 1903. Consulting en- g'r for street pavements. Borough of Man- hattan, 1905; mem. Comm'n on Street Clean- ing and Waste Disposal, reporting Jan .. 1905: mem. director 4 years and v.p. 2 years Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs: mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs. m. Soc. for Testing Materials. Internat. Congress on Navigation. Mem. B'd Ed'n, East Orange, N. J. Residence: East Orange, N. J. Ad- dress: 95 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
WHIPPLE, Charles Henry:
Paymaster general, U. S. A .; b. Adams. N. Y., June 12, 1849; s. Henry Benjamin ( Bishop of Minnesota) and Cornelia ( Wright) Whip- ple : ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H .: m. Cincinnati, O., Dee. 5. 1571, Evelyn Elizabeth MeLean; children: Charles Henry, Jr .. b. 1872, Henry Benjamin, b. 1971. Cashier. Citi- zens' Nat. Bank, Faribault, Minn., 1ST1-1: Pay Dep't, U. S. A., since 1991: accompanied Maj .- Gen. Wesley Merritt, U. S. A., to Ma- nila, P. I., 1:95, in Spanish-Am. War. Protes. tant -Episcopalian. Mem. Sons of Revolution. Soc. Colonial Wars, Soc. Foreign Wars. Loy- al Lecion, Soc. War of Is12, Mil. Order of Carabao, Knight Templar. Clubs: Metro. politan. Army and Navy (Washington. D. (.). Address: Care War Dep't, Washington. D. C.
WHIPFLE. Charles William:
Major. U. S. A. (retired) : b. Portsmouth. N. H. Sept. 25, Ist; s. (Major Gen. ) .A. W. and Eleanor Mary (Sherburne) Whipple: grad. Georgetown Coll .. U. S. Mil. Acad. : m. Washington, D. C., April 3. DR. Josephine Katherine, d. Waiter R. T. and Anna Bailey Jones: children : Walter J., . William, Sher- Imine. Nanote B., Eleanor S., Appt'd to West Point by President Lincoln, 194. grad. It's: assigned to Battery D, 2d Art's, sta- tioned at Newport. R. I .: transferred. l'eh .. 1×69, with headquarters, and Batteries B and D., by steamer to Key West, Pla .: joined Light Battery @ at Light Art'y Sch. Fr. Riley, Kan .. Sept. 1. 150; transferred with battery to Charleston. S. C., April. 1.1; reported at West Point, Aug. 25. 1971, as 1363
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instr. in drawing. Relieved at West Point, 1872, upon his own application; joined Bat- tery F of his reg't at Ft. Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Sept. 1, 1872: transferred in Fel ;. , with battery, to Oswego, N. Y., and to Art'y Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va., as student officer, May 1, 1973; grad. May 1, 1874, and reported for duty at Ft. Hamilton, N. Y. Harbor. On duty with the Wheeler Sur- vey, in charge of parties working through southwestern Colorado, northern New Mexico, and Southern California. July, 1874, to Dec., 1895. Transferred to Ordnance Dep't as Ist lient., July 19, 13.5; assigned to dut; Dec., 1875 at Gov't Building, Centennial Exp'n; Feb., 1877, insp. at West Point Foundry at Cold Spring, N. Y. In charge U. S. Proving Ground, Sandy Hook, N. J., 1883-87; capt., May 9, 1885; ordered to Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., April, 1857, as chief ordnance officer, Dep't of the Missouri: Nov. 6, 1590, mem. board of officers in connection with the World's Columbian Exp'n; July 19, 1892, in office of chief of ordnance, Washing- ton, D. C .; Sept. 3. 1:95, at Springfield Armory, Mass .; May 20, 1898, chief ordnance officer of expedition to the Philippine Islands; June 22, 195, appt'd insp .- gen. of volunteers, with rank of lieut .- col .; retired on account of disability, Feb. 2, 1901. Mem. Mil. Order of Loyal Legion, Sons of Revo- lution. Address: 181 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
WHIPPLE, Clement J .:
Clergyman; b. Albion, Mich., 1844; S. Henry G. and Frances Honor ( Trowbridge) Whipple; grad. Knox Coll., Galesburg, B. A., 1868, M.A., 1976; grad. Gen. Theol Sem., 1869; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., April, Ist7, Susan Kip Richardson; one son, C. Howland, now in railroad business in N. Y. City. Ordered deacon, 1869, and ordained priest, 1870, by Bishop Horatio Potter in Church of the Transfiguration; curate Trinity Church, N. Y. City, 1869-70; rector- Christ Church, East- port, Me., 1:70-72. Emmanuel Church, Man- ville, R. I., 1872-77, of Church of the Good Shepherd, Chestertown, N. Y., 1982-si, St. Mary's Church, Luzerne, N. Y., since 1:57. Mem. School Com., Town of Lincoln, R. I., 1873-77, publishing their reports. Author: Synopsis of the Waverly Novels; frequent contributor to weekly and monthly period- icals. Ilas traveled extensively throughout the U. S. and Canada. Member Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Mem. Masonic orders-Blue Lodge and Royal Arch, also I. O. O. F. Address: Luzerne, N. Y.
WHIPPLE, George Chandier:
Sanitary eng'r; b. New Boston, N. II., Mar. 2, 1866: s. Joseph K. and Sarah .1. (Chandler) Whipple; grad. Mass. Inst. of Teelmology, Boston, Mass., B.S., 1 99; m. June 20, 1803. Mary E. Rayner; children: Marion, b. 1990, Joseph Rayner. b. 1905. Biolo- gist, Boston Water Works, 19997: Brooklyn and N. Y. Water Works, 197-M; don't eng'r, Commission on AAdditional Water Sup- ply, N. Y., 19 3; cousaiting prof., Brooklyn Polytechnic last., since 1:5; author and lee. turer on sanitary science. Mem. firm of llazen & Whipple. Mem. Soc. of Chemical Industry, Soc. of Am., Bacteriologists, AAm. Public Health Ass'n, Am. Limological Com., Am. Water Works Ass'n, New England Water Works Ass'n; Soc. for Promotion of Engi- 130}
Deering Ed'n, Soc. for Municipal Ime! ,. ments; assoc. mem., Soc. of Civil Fly . . fellow Royal Microscopical Soc., .1. 1. . 1. .i mem. Am. Chemical Soc., Am. Microsoft Soc. Clubs: Brooklyn Engineers, Ter !. i\. V.). Address: 220 Broadway, N. Y. City. WHIPPLE, Guy Montrose:
Educator; h. Danvers, Mass., June 12, 1876; s. J. Frank and Cornelia E. (10) Whipple; ed. public schools, Danvers a :. d Gloucester. Mass .; grad. Brown Univ., 1.B., 1897; Clark Univ., Cornell Univ., Ph.D., 1: in. Danvers, Mass., Sept. 4, 1501, Clarice Johnson Rodgers; children: Philip Montrose. b. Dec. 31, 1902 (died Sept. 2, 1903), Richard Randolph, b. April 13, 1905. Ass't psych ,1-
ogy, Clark Univ .. 1897-95: ass't
chology, Cornell Univ., 1998-1903; lecturer in education, Cornell Univ., 1903-04; ass't prof. of education since 1904; acting prof. el- ucational psychology, Univ. of Missouri, I ... 08. Mem. Soc. of the Sigma Ki ( Cornell ), Phi Delta Theta fraternity, A. . 1. 1. S., Am. Psychol. Ass'n, Am. School Hygiene Ass'n. Recreations: Tennis, boating. Ad- dress: Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y. WHIPPLE, James S .:
Lawyer; b. Cold Spring, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Oct. 1, 1852; s. Henry F. and Martha A. (Hatch) Whipple; ed. common and high schools, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. : m. Salamat .- ca, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1875, Sarah R. Dean; chil- dren: Gurth A., b. Isti, Burdette, b. 1-79. Willis W., b. 1883. Pres. and director, Fair Haven Iron Ore Co .; see and director, Eiko Paint Co. Lumberman, railroad man, lawyer, coroner, justice of peace, police justice; mem, of Assembly. U. S. comm'r: chia'n B'd of Supervisors; clerk of Senate, eich: years; forest, fish and game comm'r since May 22, 1905. Clubs: City ( Salamanca, N. Y.), Albany and Fort Orange (Albany, N. Y.), Republican (N. Y.), N. Y. City, Cascade Lakes ( Adirondacks). Address: Salamanca, N. Y.
WHISTLER, Garland Nelson:
Lieut .- colonel, Art'y Corps, U. S. A .: b. Schenectady. N. Y., Ane. 10, 1st7; s. Bat. Brig.Gen. J. N. G. (U. S. A. ) and Eliza Cobham ( Hall) Whistler; ed. College Hill, Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; grad. Artillery Sch., Ft. Monroe, Va. 1570: m. Wilmington, N. C., Jan. 21, 1509, Ellen Wharton Everut. Inven- tor of the Laflin & Rand W. A. and sporting smokeless powder, now used by the U. S. A .; inventor of many instruments used in artil- lery fire control. Second lieut., 5th U. S. AArt'y, Oct. 9, 1867, Ist lient., tth U. S. Art'y, Oct. 7, 1 74; Capt. Ist. U. S. AAit'y, Mar. S. 1998; capt. 5th t. S. Art's, MI:y 1895; major. Art'y Corps. Aug. 1901; lieut .- colonel. Art'y Corps. June 1905: now commandant of School of Sale- marine Defense, Ft. Totten, N. Y. Repnili- can. Episcopalian. Men. Military Servi.'
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