Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 16

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 1430

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City), Civics (Orange, N. J.). Residence : Orange, N. J. Address: 150 Broadway, N. Y. City.

KELSEY, Joseph A .:

Insurance manager; b. St. Mary's, Ohio, 1858. Bogan insurance experience in an agency at Denver, Colo., 1850; became special agent for N. Y. Underwriters Agency, 1ss1, later special agent in Iowa and afterward in Indiana for Ins. Co. of N. America and Pennsylvania Fire Ins. Co .; ass't mg'r at Chicago of Western Dep't Royal Ins. Co. and has been in service of the Aachen and Munich Fire Ins. Co. of Aix-la-chapelle since 1897, when he began to organize its Western Department, and since 1902 has been United States manager for the same com- pany. Address: 84 William St., N. Y. City. KELSEY, Otto:

Sup't insurance, State of N. Y .; b. Roches- ter, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1:52; s. Charles S. and Lucretia P. Kelsey; ed. public schools; un- married. Studied law; admitted to bar, and for many years has practised law at Gene- seo, N. Y. Active Republican; mem. As- sembly from Livingston Co., 1893-1902, and in latter session was chm'n Com. on Affairs of Cities; mem. Com. on Ways and Means and of Com. on Rules; while in Assembly was active in establishing and fostering growth of the Craig Colony for Epileptics at Sonyea, N. Y. Appt'd deputy comptroller, Jan .. 1903, and, upon resignation of Comptroller Miller, in November, 1903, appt'd comptroller by Gov. Odell; elected comptroller, 1904, and served until appt'd sup't of insurance, May 17, 1906, by Gov. Higgins. Address: Geneseo, N. Y.

KEMBLE, Edward Windsor:

Artist, illustrator; b. Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 18, 1861; ed. in public schools of N. Y. City; m. Sarah Briggs, of N. Y. City. Has been cartoonist on several N. Y. papers, his delineations of negro and humorous charac- ters being notable, as well as his work in illustration ; now cartoonist Harper's Weekly. Club : Lambs. Address: New Rochelle, N. Y.

KEMBLE, William Fretz:

Architect; b. Oak Lane, Philadelphia. June 14, 1871; s. Rev. Sam T. and Sophia 1. (Baker) Kemble: grad. Univ. of Pennsyl- vania, B.S., 1895, Drew Theol. Seminary, B.D., 1898; m. Oct. 12, 1901, Ada H. Johnson; one son, William Edmund Kemble, b. ISO7. Archi- tect of several churches and associate archi- teet of Rockaway Beach Hosp .. also one of the developers of Rockaway Beach, and North Yonkers, laying out the streets and marketing the plots. Pres. Pinecrest Co .: director Rockaway Land Co. Demverat. Club: Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. Author: Pitted Against Anarchists (novel) and some maga- zine stories. Inventor of accounting system and economic lock; now carrying on investi- gation into the laws of vibration. Address:

1121 N. Broadway, Yonkers, N. Y.

KEMMERER, Edwin Walter:

Economist, educator: b. Scranton. Pa . June 29. 1. 75: s. Lorenzo Dow and Martha H. (Courtright ) Kemmerer : grad. Wesleyan U'niv. (Conn. ), A.B., 199 (honors and Phi Beta Kappa) : fellow in economics and finance, Cornell Univ. 1599-1901, Ph. D., 1903: m. His- ganum, Conn., Dec. £4, 1901, M. Rachel

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Dickele; one son, Donald Lorenzo, b. 1906. Ass't to expert on trusts and industrial com- binations for U. S. Industrial Comm'n, 1900- 01; instr. in economics and history, Purdue Univ. 1901-1903; financial adviser to U. S. Philippine Comm'n, with special reference to establishment of gold standard in the Philippine Islands, 1903-1906; sp'l comm'r of War Dep't and Philippine Gov't to Egypt, 1906; ass't prof. political economy, Cornell Univ., since 1906. MIn'g editor Economic Bulletin. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Aın. Economic Ass'n, Delta Kappa Epsilon frater- nity. Recreations : Fishing, tennis. Chỉb: Cosmopolitan. Address: Goldwin Smith Hall, Ithaca, N. Y.

KEMP, James Furman:

Geologist, educator; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 14, 1839; s. James Alexander and Caroline Anna (Furman) Kemp; ed. Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn; Amherst Coll., A.B., 1981; Sch. of Mines, Columbia Univ., E.M., 1884; D.Sc., honoris causa, Amherst Coll., 1906; student abroad, 1885-86; m. Kingston, R. I., Sept. 1889, Kate Taylor; children: James Taylor, b. Aug. 7, 1890, Philip Kittredge, b. Feb. 11, 1892, Katherine Furman, b. April 25, 1898. Instr. and ass't prof. geology, Cornell Univ., 1886-91; adjunct prof. Columbia Univ., 1891 92; prof. geology and head dep't geology since 1892. Since 1891, connected with U. S. Geol. Survey, N. Y. State Geol. Survey. Writer on geological subjects, especially connected with mining. Author: Ore Deposits of the United States and Canada; Handbook of Rocks, etc. Associate editor of Economic Geology, Zeitschrift für praktische Geologie. Director Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs (v .- p. 1901-04) ; mem. B'd Eng'rs and mem. and sec. B'd Scientific Directors. N. Y. Botanical Gar- den; mem. Am. Museum of Natural History. Normally Democratic in politics. Episco- palian. Fellow Geol. Soc. of America (coun- cilor 1905-08), N. Y. Acad. Sciences (pres. 1905), A. A. A. S. (past v .- p.), Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Geog. Soc., Geol. Soc. Washington, Washington Acad. Sciences. Sch. of Mines Alumni Ass'n (past pres.). Recreations : Outdoor sports. Clubs: Century, Columbia University. Address: Columbia University, N. Y. City.

KEMPNER, Otto:

Lawyer; b. in Austria, July 5, 1858; ed. in the public schools of N. Y. City and Cooper Union. Elected to Assembly from the 10th Dist., N. Y. City, 1892, and 1894 as independ- ent Democrat : became known as staunch op- ponent of Tammany bossism by his record in the legislature and by his pamphlet entitled Boss Croker's Career. Was nominated for sheriff by Committee of Seventy in 1896, but declined nomination. Removed to Brooklyn, 1897, and was comm'r of Public Works under Borough President Swanstrom's administra- tion, 1902-04. Pres. and director Kings and Queens County Real Estate Exchange: direc. tor Home Trust Co. of N. Y. Regent Daunt. less Council, Royal Arcanum. Club: Mu- nicipal (Brooklyn). Address: 53 Linden St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

KEMFTON, Charles Walter:

Mining eng'r; b. Fairhaven, Mass., Jan. 30, 1547; s. Capt. Charles Wilson and Lucinda (Tripp) Kempton; grad. High School, Fair- haven; Mass., 1864. Studied engineering in

office of J. Herbert Shedd & Co., in Boston, Mass .. with special instruction in minin: branches: m. Deering, N. H., Dec. 25, 1 -: 2. Emma P. Goodale, of Boston, Mass. On staff Essex Water Power Co., Lawrence, Mass .. 1870-74. In charge explorations with diamond drill, in Eastern States, 1874-76. In charge mining operations Eastern States and Canad ... 1877-80; mining operations and explorations in U. S., Mexico, Cuba and Colombia, S.A., 1 -- 3- 92; mg'r of gold mines in Arizona, 1:02-97; exploration in Darien Isthmus, 1902. Explora- tions in Santo Domingo, 1904; now senior mem. and consulting eng'r Kempton & Mc- Coy, mining eng'rs. Director and v .- p. Andes Mining and Tunnel Co., N. Y. City. Inde- pendent Republican. Mem. New Church ( Swedenborgian). Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Nat. Geog. Soc., A. A. A. S. Rec- reation : Hunting, Club: Engineers. Ad- dress : 20 Broadway, N. Y. City.

KENDALL, Margaret:

Artist; b. Staten Island, N. Y., 1871; d. Albert Stickings and Elizabeth Weston; ed. Brearley School, N. Y .; m. Feb. 17, 1895, Sergeant Kendall; children: Elizabeth, b. 1897, Beatrice, b. 1901, Alison, b. 1907. Mem. Am. Soc. of Miniature Painters. Bronze medal, St. Louis, 1904. Address: Barrytown- on-Hudson, N. Y.

KENDALL, Messmore :

Lawyer; b. Grand Rapids, Mich., 1872: s. John and Florence (Messmore) Kendall: ed. Columbia Univ. Law Sch .; m. Memphis. Tenn., 1904, Elizabeth Thomason; one daugh- ter, Elizabeth, b. 1905. Was att'y for Great Northern R'y Co. in Montana: ass't to Judge W. N. Cohen, justice N. Y. Supreme Court : sec. Hon. John L. Wilson, U. S. Senator, 3 years; sec, hon. Bellamy Storer, minister to Austria-Hungary. As att'y for Jennie M. Leys, recovered verdict against N. Y. Central R'y Co, for one hundred thousand dollars. largest verdict on record in a personal injury action. Mem. firm Kendall & Herzog; was also associated in law practice with Hon. W. N. Cohen, ex-justice N. Y. Supreme Court. V .- p. and director Braden Copper Co., N. Y. & Port Chester R. R. Co .; gen. counsel Forest City & Gettysburg R. R. Co .: sec. and direc- tor Tremont Av. Land Co. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Am. Bar Ass'n. Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Bal- tusrol Golf, Jolly Mariners. Address: 27 William St., N. Y. City.

KENDALL, William Mitchell:

Architect : b. Jamaica Plain, Mass. 1556: s. Joshua and Phebe (Mitchell) Kendall: grad. Harvard, A.B., 1876; studied architec- ture for two years at Mass. Institute of Tech- nology, Boston, and several years in Italy and France: m. Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Grace Eliot Endicott : member of the firm of McKin. Mead & White, architects. among whose recent designs are the new Post Office. New York, the Municipal Office Building. New York, Hamilton and Kent Halls, Columbia University. Trustee Am. Academy in Rome. fellow Am. Inst. Architects. Clubs: Univer- sity, Century, Harvard. Address: 160 Fifth Av. N. Y. City.

KENDALL, William Sergeant:

Artist, painter and seniptor; b. Spnyten Duyvil, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1869; s. Benjamin

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Franklin and Elizabeth Anne ( Sergeant) Kendall; ed. Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, Art Stu- dents' League, N. Y., and' at Ecole des Beaux Art, studio of L. O. Merson, Paris, and Académie Julian, Paris; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 17, 1896, Margaret Weston Stickney; children: Elizabeth, b. 1897, Beatrice, b. 1901, Alison, b. 1907. Mention honorable. Paris Salon, 1891; medal World's Columbian Exp'n, Chicago, 1803; Lippincott prize, Phila delphia ; bronze medal, Pittsburgh; silver and bronze medals, Buffalo; Shaw prize and Shaw Fund Purchase . Soc. Am. Artists; bronze mnedal, Paris Exp'n, 1930; gold medal, La. Purchase Exp'n, St. Louis, 1904. Represented in permanent collections of Met. Museum, N. Y. City; Pa. Acad. of Fine Arts, Phila- delphia, and Corcoran Gallery, Washington. Mem. Soc. Am. Artists, Nat. Acad. Design, Nat. Inst. Arts & Letters. Residence : Barry. town-on-Hudson, N. Y. Address (studio) : 26 W. 8th St., N. Y. City.

KENDRICK, Edward Anderson:

Sec. The J. N. Matthews Co .; b. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 8, 1867; s. Adin A. (D.D., LL.D.) and Mary (Jewett) Kendrick; ed. Shurtleff Coll., Upper Alton, Ill., A.B. (valedictorian of class, winner of Osborne Scholarship medal), 1887; m. Thomasville, Ill., Oct. 2, 1889, Etta L. Thomas; one. daughter, Caroline Jewett, b. April 7, 1898. Engaged in sub- ordinate position, in Sept. 1Số7, with The J. N. Matthews Co., of which is now sec. and director; company owns the Matthews-North- rup Works, doing a general printing and engraving business: also owns Buffalo Ex- press, daily and Sunday newspaper. Has traveled extensively in U. S. and Canada, including Maritime Provinces, Nova Scotia, etc. Republican. Baptist. Mason; mem. Highland Lodge $35. F. and A. M. (Master 1906), Buffalo Consistory, Scottish Rite, and Keystone Chapter, R. A. M., Buffalo; mem. Revere Council, Royal Arcanum; mem. Buffalo Hist. Soc .. Charity Organization Soc. of Buf- falo, Civil Service Reform Ass'n, Erie Co. Soc. Prevention Cruelty to Animals, Buf- falo Chamber of Commerce. Recreations: Horseback riding, golf, tennis, swimming. Clubs: University. Ellicott. Address: Uni- versity Club, Buffalo, N. Y.

KENE, Joseph Alphonse:

Physician; b. New Rochelle, N. Y., July 4, 1857; s. John R. and Helen Kene; ed. at Vil- lanova College, Pa., Ph.D., 1997; N. Y. Univ. Med. Coll., M.D., 1975: m. 1-91, Mary Cecile Daly. Engaged in med. practice in Brooklyn from 1879: coroner Kings County, N. Y., 1893.94: med. examiner Civil Service Comm'n, N. Y. City. Attending physician. Dep't Nerv. ous Diseases, Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hosp., 1879.93; St. Mary's General Hosp., 1882-86; visiting physician, St. Peter's Hosp. Address: 64 Greene Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.

KENEDY, Arthur:

Catholic publisher and bookseller; b. N. Y. City: s. Patrick John and Elizabeth ( Weiser) Kenedy; ed. De La Salle Inst., N. Y. City, Fordham Univ .. N. Y. City and Georgetown Univ., Washington, D. C. Engaged as Catholic publisher and bookseller and as mf'r and importer of religious articles, now being pres. P. J. Kenedy & Sons. Mem. Internat. Catholic Truth Soc . Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Knights of Columbus, N. Y.

Clubs: Catholic, Wee Burn Golf (Cona.), Address : 5 Barclay St., N. Y. City.

KENEDY, Louis:

Publisher; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 13. 1662; s. P. J. and Elizabeth ( Weiser) Kenedy: ed. Georgetown Univ., Washington, D. C .: un- married. V .- p. P. J. Kenedy & Sons, Catho. lic publishers and booksellers and mf'rs and importers of religious articles. Romain

Catholic. Mem. Xavier Alumni Sodality. Recreations: Yachting, automobiling. Clubs: Catholic, Stamford Yacht (Conn.). Residence : 142 W. 73d St. Address: 5 Barclay St., N. Y. City.

KENEFICK, Daniel J .:

Jurist; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1863: grad. Buffalo High Sch .: studied law in office; m. Buffalo, June 30, 1891. Maysie Germain. Ad- mitted to bar, 1884; 2d ass't dist. att y, 1-43- 91; appt'd dist. att'y for unexpired term; regularly elected to same office, 1894: elected, Nov., 1899, justice of Supreme Court State of N. Y., for term expiring Dec. 31, 1913. Republican. Address: Buffalo, N. Y.

KENEFICK, Joseph A .:

Physician; b. Lawrence, Mass., Sept. 9, 1861; s. William and Anne (O'Malley) Kene- fick: grad. M.D., Harvard Univ .; post-grad. study, Vienna Polyclinic and Vienna Univ. Formerly assistant surgeon, Throat Dep't, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hosp .; for- merly ass't laryngology, Cornell Univ. : aural surgeon N. Y. Eye and Ear Infirmary; otologist and laryngologist N. Y. Foundlings Hosp. Mem. N. Y. and American Otological Societies: mem. Harvard Med. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Medicine. Club: Harvard (N. Y. City) . Address: 78 E. 54th St., N. Y. City.

KENERSON, Vertner:

Physician and surgeon; b. Boston. Mass .. Feb. 28, 1:66; s. W. S. and Jane (Gilman ) Kenerson; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., A.M .. M.D., 1895; served as interne in N. Y. Hosp. and Hudson St. Hosp. in N. Y. City; un- married. Attending or consulting surgeon to three hospitals in Buffalo: ass't surs .. 74th Reg't,- N. G. N. Y .; mem. of all the med. societies. Served fourteen months in U. S. A. as contract surgeon Spanish War. Congregationalist. Recreation : Horseback riding. Clubs: University, Buffalo. Address: 181 Allen St., Buffalo, N. Y.

KENNAN, George:

Author, lecturer; b. Norwalk. Ohio. Feb. 16, 1845; s. John and Mary Ann ( Morse) Kennan; ed. common and high schools of Norwalk and Columbus, Ohio; m. 18.9. Emeline, d. J. R. Weld. Telegraph operator at Norwalk, Ohio, 1857:

ass't manager Western Union Telegraph office Cincinnati I. S. 64; went to Northeastern Siberia as an ex. plorer and telegraphic ene'r. 1965: sup't construction of middle division of Russo- American Telegraph Co. in Siberia. Inie; made exploration of the Eastern Caucasus, 1.70-71; night mg'r Associated Press, Wash- ington, 1577-55: made an investigation of the Russian exile system in Siberia, 15: lectured throughout U. S., 19-9.9s, and in Great Britian, 1-24: reported the Spanish- Am. War, 1998, as special correspondent in Cuba of The Outlook. Expelled from Russia by order of the minister of the interior 1901; staff correspondent of The Outlook in

KENNARD

1902, for The Outlook, to report tle eruption of Mount Pelee and the destruction of St. Pierre; special correspondent of The Outlook in the Far East, 1904-06; staff writer on Mc- Clure's Magazine. 1906-08. Author: Tent Life in Siberia, 1571; Siberia and the Evile Sys- tem, 1:91; Campaigning in Cuba, 1892; Folk Tales of Napoleon, 1002; The Tragedy of Pelée, 1902. Translator of Personal Memoirs of General Kuropatkin, appearing in Mc- Clure's Magazine, 1908. Also author of many articles in Magazines. Recreations: Yacht- ing, bicycling, flower gardening. Address : Care Crane, Parris & Co., Washington, D. C. KENNARD, John Hanson:

Lawyer; b. Elleray Plantation, Wilkinson Co., Miss., 1662; s. John Hansor and Ann McGhee (Burruss) Kennard; descendant on mother's side of Capt. James Jack. who, in 1775, carried the Mecklenburg (N. C.) Decla- ration of Independence to Philadelphia and presented it to John Hanson (paternal an- cestor), then pres. of the Continental Con- gress; ed. Univ. High Sch., New Orleans; Roanoke Coll., Va .; Univ. of La., where was awarded five of the six medals given by that univ. (Latin, Mathematics," Ancient History, English Essay, and Elocution), A.B., 1882, Johns Hopkins Univ., (where was one of "Seminary of Hist. and Polit. Science of 1884'') ; and Law Dep't Tulane Univ. of La. LL.B., 1886. Ass't instr. mathematics Tulane Univ. of La., 1885-86. Admitted to La. Bar, and to bar of U. S. courts, 1586; practised in New Orleans until 1995; master in chancery of U. S. Circuit Court in receivership of Texas & Pacific R'y Co. Was critic of French opera for New Orleans Daily States, 1893-98; sec. Municipal Improvement Ass'n of New Orleans; pres. Southern League of Building and Loan Ass'ns, 1591-97; pres. Interstate League of Building and Loan Ass'ns, 1894-95; removed to N. Y. City, Dec., 1897, to become editor Savings and Loan Re- view; admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1905. Mem. Med. Soc. of N. Y., N. Y. Alumni Sigma Chi, Albany Burgesses Corps. Clubs: Lotos. Address: Singer Building N. Y. City. KENNEDY, Elijah Robinson:

Insurance; b. Hartford, Conn., May 6, 1846; s. Leonard, Jr., aud Parthenia (Robinson) Kennedy; ed. public schools of Milwaukee, Wis., and Milwaukee Univ. (now defunct) ; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 2, 1-75, Lucy Brace Pratt; children: Sidney Robinson, b. 1s78, Susan Pratt, b. les2, Leonard, b. les6. Engaged in insurance business in N. Y. City. Has served as park comm'r in Brooklyn two terms; pres, comm'n to acquire and plan the Shore Road. Has traveled all over U. S. and ex- tensively in Europe. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Pres. New England Soc. in Brook- lyn; trustee Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences; mem. Soc. Mayflower Descendants, Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution. Recreations: Golf, literature. Clubs : Re- publican, Down Town, N. Y. City, Hamilton, Montauk ( Brooklyn ),

Shinnecock llills Golf, Nassau Country. Address: 33 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, N. Y.

KENNEDY, John:

Sup't of schools: b. Birkenhead, England, Sept. 2, 1816: s. Cornelius and Mary Ann (Lindsay) Kennedy; ed. Lenox Coll., Hop- 772

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Washington, 1901-03; went to Martinique, / kinton, Iowa, Cornell Univ. Served thirty months in 6th Iowa Cav. during the Cri War. Began teaching in district school .. was principal high school at Colesburz, Iowa. and county sup't schools of Delaware Co., Iowa. Became conductor Teachers' Institiltes in N. Y. State, 1877, being a member of fr-t institute faculty. Has been, since 1:90, sup : schools at Batavia, N. Y. Deviser of the "Batavia System" of class and individual instruction. Has visited Europe twice. Author: The School and The Family; Indi- vidual Instruction ; What Words Say; Stem Dictionary; Philosophy of School Discipline. Address: Batavia, N. Y.

KENNEDY, John D .:

Clergyman ; b. Elizabethport, N. J., May 28, 1860; s. James and Ann E. Kennedy; grad. Hobart Coll., 1851; Gen. Theol. Sem., les1; m. Brooklyn, 1859, Augusta S., d. late Thomas and Lydia Gearing. Ordained deacon in Episcopal Church, 1584. and priest, 1555, by Bishop Doane, of Albany; missionary in charge of Claverack, Philmont and Chatham, N. Y., 1884-88; Tarentum and Freeport, Pa., 1888; became ass't at St. Mark's Ch., Brook- lyn, N. Y., 1890, and rector, 1900; grand chap- lain of F. and A. M., State of N. Y., 1902-01. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Author: Church History in Question and Answer. Address: Eastern Parkway and Brooklyn Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.

KENNERLEY, Mitchell:

Publisher; b. Burslem, England, Aug. 14, 1878; ed. in English public schools. Came to N. Y. City as N. Y. manager of business of John Lane, publisher, London, 1596-1900; busi- ness manager of The Smart Set magazine. 1900-01; founded 1901 and edited 1901-04 The Reader Magazine; since 1905 in publishing business in N. Y. City. Clubs : Lotes, Man- hattan. Residence: Mamaroneck, N. Y. Ad- dress : 116 E. 28th St., N. Y. City.

KENNESON, Thaddeus D .:

Lawyer; b. Tewksbury, Mass., May 23, 1839; s. Zébulon Davis and Lucy (Shedd) Kenneson; grad. Phillips Exeter Acad., 1s .; from Harvard Univ., A.B., 1950 (A.M. ) ; Har- vard Law Sch., LL.B., les3; LL.M. and J.D., from N. Y. Univ. : unmarried. Engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City from grad- uation ; formerly mem. law firm of Kenneson, Crain & Alling; now of fem of Kenneson, Emley & Rubino. Prof. law in Law Sch. of N. Y. Univ. Republican. Presby'n. Mem. AAss'n of the Bar of the City of N. Y. Civil Service Reform Association. Chub: Har- vard. Address : 125 W. 4th St., N. Y. City.

KENNEY, John J .:

Lawyer; h. N. Y. City, Mar. 2. 1858; s. Patrick and Mary ( Hogan) Kenney; ed. public schools and private schools of Staten Island and N. Y. City Law Sch. of N. Y. Univ .; m. New Brighton. Staten Island, Sept. 6, 1593, Anna H. Crabtree: children : Mary Mildred, b. 1:94. Anna Ruth, b. 1-96. Served seven years as justice of Municipal Court of City of N. Y .; now dist. att'y of Richmond Co. Pres. New Brighton Cooperative Savings and Loan Ass'n: director Richmond Co. Ar'l Soc. Democrat Roman Catholic. Address :

New Brighton, S. I., N. Y.

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KENT, Jacob Ford:

Brig.gen., U. S. A .; b. in Pa., Sept. 14, 1836; appt'd, from Pa., cadet at U. S. Mil. Acad., July 1, 1856; grad. May 6, 1861, and appt'd 2d lieut., 3d Inf., May 6, 1861; 1st lieut., July 31, 1861; capt., Jan. 8, 1864; major, 4th Inf., July 1, 1885; lieut .- col., acting insp .- gen., Vols., Jan .- Aug., 1865; brevetted major, May 3, 1863, for gallant and meritorious ser- vices in battle of Spottsylvania, Va .; brevet col., Vols., Oct. 19, 1864, for faithful and meritorious services in the field during the campaign before Richmond, Va. Served in Civil War, 1861-65; in first Bull Run cam- paign, 1861; prisoner of war to Sept., 1562; in Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville cam- paign and subsequent operations of the army before Richmond, to surrender of Lee at Appomattox C. H., April 9, 1865; on frontier duty in various departments to 1877; on re- cruiting service, 1877-78; in Montana to 1885;

at Fort Omaha, Neb., to July, 1886; at Fort Spokane, Wash. Took part in bat- tle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861; three times

wounded and captured; exchanged, Sept., 1862; battle of Fredericksburg, Va., Dec., 1862; Marye's Heights. May, 1863: Gettysburg, Pa., July, 1863; Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Tolopotomy and Cold Harbor, Va., 1864; cap- tured at Petersburg, Va., and surrender of Lee, 1865. After war, promoted lieut-col., 18th Inf., Jan. 15, 1891; colonel, 24th Inf., April 25, 1895; brig. gen., Volunteers, May 4, 1898, and assigned to the command of 1st Div., 5th Army Corps, and promoted to major- gen., Vols., July 8, 1898. In campaign against Santiago, Cuba, in ISSS; honorably discharged, Nov. 30, 1898; brig .- gen., Oct. 4, 1898; retired, Oct. 15, 1598. Address: Water- vliet Arsenal, Watervliet, N. Y.

KENT, Robert D .:

Banker; b. Wilmington. Del., Oct. 24, 1855; s. James and Janet (Scott) Kent; ed. public schools of Philadelphia; m. Philadel- phia, Oct. 24, 1880, Ella R. King: 2d Wood- bury, N. J., Dec. 13, 1886, Caroline Earl Riddle: children: Janet Scott, b. 1ss1, Wil- liam Riddle, b. 1890. Bank clerk Philadelphia, 1874-80; cashier Atlantic City Nat. Bank, Atlantic City, 1881-86; cashier Passaic Nat. Bank, Passaic, N. J., 1ss6-99; pres. Mer- chants Bank of Passaic. V .- p. Stapleton Nat. Bank, Stapleton, N. Y., Rockland Co. Trust Co., Nyack, N. Y., Metuchen Nat. Bank, Metu- chen, N. J. Republican. Elder Presby'n Ch., Passaic, N. J. Director Y. M. C. A., Passaic, N. J. Mem. Presby'n Union St. Andrew's Soc. Club: Hardware. Residence : Passaic, N. J. Address: 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City.

KENT, William:

Consulting engineer, author of books on engineering; b. Philadelphia, Mar. 5. 1851; s. James and Janet ( Scott) Kent; grad. Con- tral High Sch., Philadelphia, A.B., 1868, A. M., 1573; Cooper Union, N. Y., 1822 (diploma and bronze medal), Stevens Inst. Technology. M.E., 1576; Lon. Sc. D., Syracuse Univ., 1905; m. Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 25, 1579, Marion W. Smith: children: Robert Thurston. b. July 17, 18:0. Agnes Scott. b. Feb. 4. 1SS1, Edward Raylor, b. Dec. 6, INGS. Made re- search on alloys of copper und tin and cop- per and zine nuder direction of Prof. R. I. Thurston, for U. S. Testing B'd, 1573-77;

editor Am. Manufacturer, Pittsburgh, 1 -;;- 79: with Shoenberger & Co., iron and steel inf'rs, Pittsburgh, 1879.52; with Babcock & Wilcox Co., steam boiler mf'rs, Pittsburgh and N. Y. City, 1832-85; with Springer Torsion Balance Co., as gen. mg'r of scale works, 1885-90; consulting engineer, N. Y. City, 1390-1903; Mem. N. J. State Comm'n on Pollution of Streams, 1:08-99; dean and prof. mech. eng'ring, Lyman C. Smith Coll. Applied Science, Syracuse Univ., 10033. Ilas made five trips to Europe and one to

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 16

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R Publication date: 1904 Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co. Number of Pages: 1430

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 1430