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WINGATE, George Wood:
Lawyer, author; b. N. Y. City, July 1, 1810: descended from old Colonial and Rey- olutionary New England family; ed. public schools and entered N. Y. Free Acad., but at 13, because of family reverses, went to work as boy in law office. Admitted () bar 1561. and since then practising law in N. Y. City, being especially active in rail. road litigation : now senior mem. law firm Wingate & Cullen. Was for many years v .. p. Brooklyn Elevated R. R. Co. and di- rector in several others; now gen. solicitoor of Long Island R. R. and its associate com- panies. Was several years a sachem of Tammany Hall and personal counsel of late John Kelly after latter had wrested its control from Tweed: counsel for Tammany Hall in its prosecation of Commissioner Davenport for his wholesale arrests of nat- uralized citizens, and succeeded in havin his acts declared illegal. Enlisted in car- alry company at outbreak of Civil War, ant after it was disbanded, enlisted and serv. 1 1 62-63 in 22d N. Y. N. G. Rez't, in which Icame a captain. Afterward prominent in National Guard and became interested in the. matter of systematic rifle practice in Nat. Guard, performing services for which has been often called "the Father of Ride Practice in America:" drafted and secured passage of act establishing the Cree motor Kille Range, which was constructed under
his supervision. Wrote Wingate's Manual of Rifle Practice, ISTI, first text-book on the subject adapted to American troops; capt. first team of Am. long-range ridemen in great Internat. Ride Match at Creedmoor, 1874, and has been connected with ali otter rifle teams that have shot under interna. tional contests: gen.insp. rille practice, State of N. Y., with rank of briz. gen .. 1.71-79, was the first see., then v .- p., and afterward, for many years, pres. Nat. Ritle AAss'n: special aide on subject of military in- struction in public schools, on staff comd'r- in-chief G. A. P. Mem. Nat. Bid for Promotion of Rifle Practice. Appt'd mem. Bid Ed'n by Mayor Low, Bol, was chi'm Com. Lectures Libraries, and prominent in establishment of chess libraries in public schools. Also in organization and management of Public Schools Athletic League of which he is pros. Wrote many of the editorials against the Ring inles in the Press in the sight a minst the lword Rire. Author: On Horseback Through the Yellowstone: The Great Cholera Riots. His- tory of the Twentyworld Regiment. the. Pres. Twilight Park Ass'n. and director in various railroad and other corporations. Director New England Soc .. Bryn, John 1. Dix Past. G. A. R .: honorary von. P. S.
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Brooklyn, Twilight, Democratic, (Brooklyn) ; Century, Army and Navy, Lincoln, Wyan- danch, Dyker Meadow Golf. Residence : 1100 Dean St., Brooklyn. Address: 20 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
WINNE, Charles Knickerbocker:
Colonel U. S. A .; b. N. Y., June 30, 1833; s. Charles Winne, M.D., and Louisa C. (Viele) Winre: ed. Albany Acad. and by tutor; grad. Jefferson Med. Coll., Philadel- phia; m. Palatine Bridge, N. Y., 1874, Caro- line Frey-Giddings. Appt'd from N. Y., civil life; actual rank, ass't surgeon, Aug. 5, 1861; capt., ass't surgeon, July 28, 1866; resigned Oct. 15, 1873; reappt'd ass't surgeon, Nov. 10, 1874; capt., ass't surgeon, Nov. 10, 1879; maj. and surg., Feb. 22, 1:91; lieut .- col. April 13, 1901; retired June 30, 1902; appt'd col., retired by act Congress, approved April 23, 1901. Bre- veted capt. and major Mar. 13, 1865, for "faithful and meritorious services during the war." Brevet-lieut .- col. Sept. 28, 1866, for ''meritorious and distinguished services at Tybee Island, Georgia, where cholera pre- vailed." Mem. Sons of Revolution, Loyal Legion, Holland Soc. Address: 144 Chestnut St., Albany, N. Y.
WINSLOW, Eugene H .:
Pres. Metropolitan Casualty Ins. Co. of N. Y .; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar., 1856; ed. in Brooklyn. Entered office of John G. Schu- maker for study and practice of law; in Feb., 1874, induced by Mr. Harteau, then or- ganizing Metropolitan Plate Glass Ins. Co., to engage in business of plate glass insur- ance. Began as clerk, being first man em- ployed in any capacity by that company; has been in continuous service with Metropoli- tan ever since, and worked way up through various steps to position of sec., 1877, and pres., 1595. Address: 47 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
WINSLOW, Francis Asbury:
Lawyer; b. Briarcliff, Westchester Co., N. Y .; s. William and Mary (Scott) Winslow; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., B.S., 1887; Colum- bia Univ., LL.B., 1989; m. N. Y. City, 1591, Mary L. Fargis. Corporation counsel for City of Yonkers, 1901, 1903-06; mem. of law firm of Winslow, Shelp & Broomell, N. Y. City; dist. att'y of Westchester Co. Delegate to Republican State Conv., 1904-05; v .- p. Repub- lican Gen. Com. for Yonkers, 1906. MIem. Bar Ass'n of City of N. Y., Westchester Co. Bar Ass'n, Phi. Delta Theta fraternity. Recreations: Golf, trout and salmon fishing. Clubs: Republican (New York) ; Park Hill. Country, Dunwoodie Country (Yonkers). Residence : Alta Av., Park Hill, Youkers, N. Y. Address: 111 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WINSLOW, William Beverly:
Lawyer: b. Carrollton, Carroll Co., Ky .. 1-62; s. William B. and Jennie W. Winslow; ed. Carroll Sem., Carrollton, Ky .: m. St. Joseph, Mo .. ]>>>, Katie L. Troutman; chil- dren : Ada T., b. 15-9, JJennie W., b. 1 91. Esther M., h. 1593. Admitted to the bar of Kentucky, 18-3, of N. Y., 1995. Mem of law firm Russell & Winslow, N. Y. City. Has traveled extensively throughout United States, Canada, and Europe. Director and v .. p. New River Coal & Coke Co., Tennessee Railway Co., Churchward Steel Co .; director and see. Quincy Quarries Co. : director Har. riman & Northeastern R. R. Co .; Paint Rock
Coal Co .; director and treas. Limon Co., Har- riman Securities Co. Independent Demo- crat. Methodist. Author (jointly with Wil- liam Hepburn Russell) of Russell & Wins- low Syllabus-Digest of U. S. Supreme Court Reports (4 vols.). Mem. Chancellor Wal- worth Lodge, F. and A. M., Columbia Com- mandery, K. T., Mecca Temple, Mystic Shrine, Lodge No. 1, B. P. O. E. Recreations: Horse- back riding, shooting. Clubs: N. Y., Man- hattan, Hardware (N. Y. City) ; Brooklyn Riding and Driving. Residence : 246 Deca- tur St., Brooklyn. Address: 253 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WINTER, William:
Author; b. Gloucester, Mass., July 15, 1806; s. Charles and Louisa ( Whartf) Winter: ed. public schools Boston and Cambridge. Dene Law Sch., Harvard Univ., B.L .; Litt.D., Brown Univ .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. ยง, 1860, Elizabeth Campbell; children: Percy, b. Nov. 16, 161, Arthur, b. April 5, 1872 (died Jan. 24, 1586), Louis Victor, b. July 17, 15:3, (died Feb. 17, 1905), William Jefferson, b. Nov. 71, 1578, Viola Rosamond, b. July 13, 1881 (m. Fielding J. Stilson, of Los Angeles, Calif. ). Dramatic editor and reviewer of N. Y. Tribune since summer of 1:65. First vis- ited England, 1877. Author: Shakespeare's England: Gray Days and Gold; Old Shrines and Ivy; Brown Health and Blue Beiis: Wanderers (poems) : Shadows of the Stage (3 vols.) ; Life and Art of Edwin Booth: Life and Art of Joseph Jefferson; Orations by William Winter; The Press and the Stage: The Actor; The Theatre and The Pub- lic; The Stage Art, etc. Honorary mem. Dante Soc. of London; hon. mem. Soc. Army of the Potomac. Trustee of Staten Island Acad., 1886-1906 (pres. 1591-1906), resigned : founded the Arthur Winter Mem'l Library in S. I. Academy in Iss6. Recreations: Travel and antiquarian research: study of Shakes- peare. Clubs: Lotos (N. Y. City ) : Bohemian ( San Francisco) Residence: New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y. Address: The New York Tribune, N. Y. City.
WINTERBURN, George William:
Editor, physician: b. N. Y. City, Sept. 12. 1845: s. Rev. Charles (M.D. ) and Katherine Gardner (Boss) Winterburn: grad. Hughes High Sch., Cincinnati, 1:02; took one year's course in Cincinnati Law Sch., 1:63; four years' course in medicine in Ohio Med. Coll .. Cincinnati, Univ. Med. Coll., N. Y. Cily. Homeopathic Med. Coll .. N. Y., and Eclectic Med. Coll .. N. Y. City, M.D .. 15,5, and at the U. S. Med. Coll. Phar.D., 11: m. 1st. Nov. 20. 1571, Charlotte Van Duser Hutchings. d. William Hutchings of N. Y. : 2d. Jan. 25. 1952 Florence May Hull, d. Capt. S. C. Hull of Washington, D. C. In newspaper work en stall of Cincinnati Daily Gazette. 12mi: N. Y. corr. for various western journals. Ise ;. 69; editorial writer N. Y. Evening Post, Isme). 70; editor Congregational Review. 1.1: musical critic Daily Witness, IST-22: musical critie N. Y. Public School Journal. IST: editor Am. Homempathist. ; editor Homeopathie Journal of Obstetrics. 1 0 93: editor Childhood-A Magazine for Parents and Teachers. 1992.94: extensive cen th'r to med. journals, literary magazines and reviews. Author of various works on parh. ology, obstetrics, materia medica and ther apeutics. . Was prof. materia medica and
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therapeutics, Eclectic Med. Coll., N. Y. City, | 1907. Republican; Episcopalian. Corr. mem. 1878-$2; prof. materia medica and therapen- tics, U. S. Med. Coll., 1883-84; clinical lecturer and physician-in-chief, Manhattan
Hosp., 1S78-84. Pres. Am. Obstet, Soc., 1885-92, sec. of same, 1892-99; pres. Alumni Ass'n Eclectic Med. Coll., N. Y. City, 1881-82; censor West Side Med. Soc., 1881-82; censor Homeopathic Co. Med. Soc., N. Y, 1884-85; mem. County, State and Nat. Homeopathic Med. Socs. ; honorary mem. Mich. Homoo. Med. Soc. Address : 145 W. 11th St., N. Y. City. WINTERFELDT, Hans :
Banker; b. Berlin, Germany; ed. in Hei- delberg, Germany; m. Louise Bruce. Was cuirassier officer in German Army. Mem. of firm of Speyer Co .; director Colo. Southern R. R .; director Swiss Bankverein. Ad- dress : 521 Fifth Avenue, New York. WINTERS, Byram L .:
Lawyer, farmer; b. Smithboro, Tioga Co., N. Y., Sept. 30, 1867; s. Joseph and Sarah E. (Carpenter) Winters; ed. Doylestown Sem., Pa., Peddie Inst., N. J., grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; Columbia Coll. Law School, LL.B., 18>8; unmarried. Practising law at Tioga Co., N. Y., from 1888; mem. Assembly for Tioga Co .. N. Y., elected Nov., 1905, reelected Nov .. 1906. Mem. B'd Mg'rs Rome State Custodial Asylum, Rome, N. Y. Pres. Nichols (N. Y.) Knitting Mills; mem. B'd Trustees, Peddie Inst .; Hightstown, N. J. Republican. Baptist. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, Am. Forestry Ass'n. Editor and owner Owego Daily Record, Tioga County Record and Waverly Free Press (weekly ). Recreation : Farming. Clubs: Rome ( Rome, N. Y. ) : Dob- son (Binghamton, N. Y.) ; Tioga ( Oswego, N. Y.), Elmira City ( Elmira, N. Y.). Residence : Smithboro, Tioga Co., N. Y. Address: Man- oca Temple, Waverly, N. Y. WINTERS, Joseph E .:
Physician; b. Minnisink, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1850; N. Y. University, M.D., 1872; tutor of anatomy N. Y. Univ., 1972.73; demonstrator of anatomy M.D., N. Y. Univ., 1 73-85: house surgeon, Bellevue Ilosp., 1873-74; house phy- sician ass't, Bellevue Hosp .. 1874-75; curator Bellevue Hosp., 1875-79; lecturer on diseases of children, N. Y. Univ., Is-1-S4; clinical prof. of diseases of children, lsst.91: prof. diseases of children, 1891-95; prof. diseases of children, Cornell Univ. Med. Coll., since 1998; visiting physician to Demilt Dispensary, since 1882. Mem. Acad. of Medicine, County Med. Soc., N. Y. Clinical Soc. Author of many works on diphtheria, croup and children's diseases. Clubs: City, Riding. Address: 25 W. 37th St., N. Y. City.
WINTHROP, Beekman:
Ass't secretary of the Treasury; b. Orange, N. J., Sept. 1. 154: s. Robert and Kate Wilson (Taylor) Winthrop: ed. Cutler's Sch., N. Y. City; grad. Harvard Univ., .A.B., 1597, magna cum laude, Harvard Law School, I.L. B., 1900, cum laude: m. N. Y. City, Oct. 7. 1903, Melza Riggs Wood. Admitted to Now York Bar. 1990. Appt'd private see. to Hon. William H. Taft, president Philippine Com. mission, 1000; ass't exec. see. Philippine Is- lands, 1900-03: judge Court of First Instance, Philippine Islands, 1903.04: governor of Por- to Rico. July 4, 1904 to April 1, 1907: ass't secretary of the Treasury since April 23,
Mass. Hist. Soc. Clubs: Knickerbocker. Uni- versity. Harvard, N. Y. City. Address: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City, and Treasury Depart- ment, Washington, D. C.
WINTHROP, Edgerton Leigh:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, 1839; grad. Colum- bia Coll., 1860; admitted to bar and since practising in N. Y. City. V .- p. and trustee Union Square Savings Bank; trustee Inst. for Savings of Merchants' Clerks. Mem. Co- lumbia Univ. Alumni Ass'n, Metropolitan Mu- senm of Art. Clubs: Knickerbocker, Church, Union, Metropolitan, City and Century. Res- idence: 23 E. 33d St. Address: 48 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WINTHROP, Edgerton Leigh, Jr .:
Lawyer: b. 1864, N. Y. City; grad. Harvard Coll., 1885, Columbia Law Sch., 1887; admit- ted to bar and since engaged in practice in N. Y. City. Mem. firm of Winthrop & Stin- son. Sec. and director Am. Horse Exchanze (limited ), N. Y. Cab Co. (limited ) City Real Property Investing Co .: director Empire Trust Co. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon, Porce- lain and Hasty Pudding fraternities. Assin Bar City of N. Y. Chibs: Lawyers, Metro- politan, Racquet and Tennis, Knickerbocker. City, Harvard, Meadow Brook Hunt. Resi-
dence : 114 E. 39th St. Address: 32 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
WINTHROP, G. Bronson:
Lawyer; grad. Trinity Coll., Cambridge Univ., England, 1886; admitted to bar and since engaged in practice in N. Y. City. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Uni- versity. Metropolitan, Racquet and Tennis, Meadow Brook Hunt. City, Knickerbocker. Address: 23 E. 33d St., N. Y. City.
WINTHROP, Grenville Bayard:
Lawyer; b. Pau, France, Oct. 3. 1568; S. Greenville and Elizabeth V. S. ' Winthrop: grad. Harvard Coll., 1591, Columbia Law Sch .. 1894; m. Newport, R. I., Oct. 19. 1:97. Ara- zalia Van Zandt Potter. Admitted to bar. 1:95; engaged in practice in N. Y. since 1 95. Mem. Sons of Revolution, Soc. Colonial Wars, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Har- vard, Lawyers, N. Y. Athletic. Residence : 175 W. 87th St. Address: 6 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WINTHROP, Henry Rogers:
Treas. The Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of U. S .; b. Newport, R. I .. July 2. 18;0; s. Buchanan and Sarah Helen (Townsend) Winthrop; grad. Yale Coll., B.1 .. 1sos; stu- died also N. Y. Law Sch. : m. Roslyn. L. I .. Oct. 3, 1905, Alice Babcock. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, Feb., 1901. Capt. 121h Ree't Inf. N. G., S. N. Y., since 1902. Director and treas. The Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of U. S .: trustee Equitable Trust Co. of N. Y .: direc- tor Commercial Trust Co., Philadelphia. Fi- delity Trust Co., Newark. Franklin National Bank, Philadelphia, Lawyers' Mortgage Co. Lawyers' Title Ins, and Trust Co., Mercan- tile Trust Co., Union Nat. Bank. Newark. First Nat. Bank, Hempstead Conried Metro. politan Opera Co .. Matawok Land ( ... The New Theatre. Clubs: Knickerbocker, Union, University, Racquet, Meadow Brook. Tuvedo. AAutomobile. Address: 120 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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WINTHROP, Robert Dudley:
Banker, broker: grad. Harvard Coll., 15:3; Mem. Stock Exchange firm of Robert Win- throp & Co. ; director Nassan Light and Power Co. Clubs: Harvard, Knickerbocker, Metro- politan, Union, University, Turf and Field, Meadow Brook Hunt, N. Y. Athletic, Uni- versity Athletic, Down Town. Residence : Westbury, L. I. Address : 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WISE, Henry M .:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, May 23, ISSO; s. Morris S. and. Katie ( Harris) Wise: ed. Pub- lie School 89, and Horace Mann Sch .. 1894-97; Columbia Coll .. A.B., 1901: Columbia Low Sch., LL.B., 1903: unmarried. Junior mem. of law firm Wise & Lichtenstein; sec. and treas. Am. Diamond Biast Co., Juan Muriel Cigar Co., Trade Mark Record, sec. Consum- ers Co. of America, treas. Nomordust Chemical Co. Associate editor Trade Mark Record. Mem. N. Y .- B'd of Trade and Transportation : and Soc. of French Medal- lists. Recreations: Fishing, sailing, golf. Clubs: Columbia University, Scarsdale. Ad- dress : 40 Exchange Place, N. Y. City.
WISE, John Sergeant:
Lawyer; b. Rio D. Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 27. 1846; s. Henry 1. and Sarah (Sergeant) Wise: ed. private schools; grad. Virginia Mil. Inst, and Univ. of Va. Law Sch., B. L .: m. Nashville, Tenn .. Nov. 3. 1:69, Evelyn Be- verly Donglas: children : Hugh Douglas, h. 18;1 (U. S. Army). Henry Alexander, b. 1874, (ass't U. S. Att'y, N. Y. City), Jolm S., Jr., b. 1576, Eva, b. 1979 (m. Lt. J. P. Barney, U. S. Army), Jennings C., b. 1951, Margaretta, b. 1594, Byrd Douglas, b. 1986; U. S. Att'y, Fast- ern Dist., Va., Isel: mem. of Congress, 18 3-85. As cadet during the Civil War, was wounded in battle of New Market; as liout. in con- federate service bore the last dispatch from Gen. Lee to Pres. Davis. Republican. Epis- copalian. Mem. Bar Ass'n. R. E. Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans, Richmond, N. Y. Camp of Confederate Veterans, Fish and Game Ass'n of N. Y. Recreations: Shooting, fishing, gardening. Anthor: Diomed; Trea- tise on Citizenship: End of an Era; Lion's Skin: Recollections of Thirteen Presidents. ete. Club : Union League. Address: 151 W. 76th St., N. Y. City.
WISEMAN, Eugene:
Clerzyman: b. Fairfield, N. Y. Nov. 20. 1.59: s. James and Susan ( Haddock ) Wise. man; ed. Fairfield Acad .; grad. Syraense Univ., A.B., I>>> post-graduate course, Ph.D. 1-91; In. Salisbury Center, N. Y., Anne Bo, 1-5. Jennie 1. Bliss; children: Reba, b. 1 ~~ 6, Roger, b. ISS, Eugene Roland, b. 1503. In April, Iss, joined the Troy Conf., M. E. Ch .: has served the churches at Round Lake. N. Y., INS .;: Rock City Falls, N. Y., Isss 9; North Main St., Gloversville, N. Y. ILEDE Green Island, N. Y., 1-95/20; Grave Ch., Troy, N. Y., 1000.05; presiding elder of Troy Dist., 1000, title changed . to dist. shpet. I. Tr .. veled through England. France and Switzer- land in 1-1. While in Strauss In, De- Came a mem. Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, and was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kap- pa. Address: Troy. N. Y.
WISNER, Archie L .: Banker: b. JJonesville, Mich., Ang. 25. 1968: s. Luther Reynolds and Frances Eveline
(Smith) Wisner; ed. high schools, Jonesrilie Mich., and by private instructors; unnurri .l. Decon business hie in bank, Isso, in Lisbon. N. Dak .; went to San Francisco in 1-9) and engaged in wholesale commu'n business. be- came interested in mining, and has been identified with several of the largest and most successful mining enterprises of Culi- fornia ; came to N. Y. in 196 and engaged in private banking business; has lately u :.. dertaken development of important imporests in Philippine Islands. Pres. 1. L. WER r Co. and Eureka Oil Co .; director Philippine Plantation Co .; sec. Automatie Loom Co .: director Pneumatic Ball Tire Co., Multiplex Tube Tire Co., AAmazon Rubber Co. Mom. Masonic bodies. Trustee Pringle Memorial Home at Poughkeepsie. Clubs: N. Y. . 1:h- letic, Knickerbocker Whist. Masonic. Lav- vers, Rocky Mountains. Recreations: Auto- mobiling. traveling. AAddress: SU Wall St., N. Y. City.
WISNER, Clarence B .:
Banker; b. Friendship, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1967; s. James E. and Laura Newman (Bell) Wisner; ed. Friendship Acad. and Hamline Univ .; m. Fargo, N. D., Nov. It Isi, Ger- trude L. Dixon. Cashier Bank of Lisbon. Dakota Territory, lest-ss; drafted Dakota State Bank Law and organized State Bank of Lisbon, 1993; mg'r World's Fair Branch. American Trust & Savings Bank, Chicas ). 1:03-97; pres. State Bank of West Pulleiny. Chicago, 1905; built first concentrator in Bitte, Mont., to successfully treat the r - iractory zine ore of that dist. Pres. and director Butte Copper & Zine Co .. and Adamn- ite Surface Machine Co. Republican. Mem. Montana Soc. of King'rs. Illinois Soc., Penn- sylvania Soc., Montana Soc. of N. Y. Club: Lawyers, Rocky Mountain. Address: 55-50 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WISSLER, Clark:
Anthropologist : b. Richmond, Ind .. 1-70: s. Benjamin Franklin and Sylvani (Needler) Wissler: grad. Indiana U'hiv .. A.B., 1 ... A.M., 1990: Ph. D. Columbia Univ., 199 1: In. Hagerstown. Ind .. 1999, Etta Viola Gebhart ; children : Stanley, b. 1901. Mary Viola. b. 1907. While a student was ass't psycholog ;. Indiana Univ., 1895-9 ;: ass't in philosophy. Ohio State Univ., 1:05-99; ass't in psychology. Columbia Univ., 1991 1; follow in psychology. Columbia Univ, 1001; instructor in ... cation, N. Y. Univ .. 1001-t: ass't in anthro. pology, Columbia Univ .. 14345; leturer in anthropology, Columbia Uriv., since 10%. les't in enology, Am. Museum of Natural History. Jedes; ass't curator, Ph. eur.for since 19 6: curator of anthropobey. Ifs. Made expeditions for Am. Museum of NM. oral History, 19 2.04. Mem. Am. Psychal. Esi'ne Ant. Anthropol. Issn, N. Y. And. of Science (follow) Am. Ass'n of Museums Am. Folk Soc., Nat. Gros. Soe., Internat. Congress of Americanista, fellow .I. I. I. S. al Am. Librol. S . ; mem. Sigma Ni fx- i enity. AAddress: 5th St. and Central Park ... I, N. Y. ( !! ).
WITHERBEE. Frank Spencer:
Fron miner; b Pest Henry. N. Y. May P. 1-29; 8. Jonathan U. and Complete (Sperrer) Wrherbre: grad. Vale C'inv . PT; m. V Y. art: children: Lispaard Stewart, b. In
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Evelyn S., b. 1550. Since 1575 has largely interested in iron mines at Poit Hlen- ry, N. Y., was pres. Tror Steel Co., Dow & part of U. S. Steel Corp'n: also v .- p Thum- ser Coal, Iron and Railroad Co., and inden. tified with other railroad, steamboat and iron companies. Pres. and director Witherbee. Sherman & Co .; director Lake Chaplain & Moriah R. R. Co., Equitable Life Assurance Soc., Real Estate Trust Co. (N. Y.), Central Hudson Steamboat Co. Has traveled exten- sively in Europe, U. S., and Canada. Re. publican; Nat. committeeman during Harri- son campaign representing N. Y. State, served for years on Republican State Com. of N. Y. State, and frequently as delegate to Nat. and State conventions; elected Presi- dential elector in first Harrison presidential election. Indentified with movement to es- tablish an Adirondack State Park and in movement to complete the State Barge Canal. Served 5 years in State militia. Presby'n. Trustee House of Refuge. Randall's Island, N. Y. Mem. Nat. Hist. Ass'n, Am. Inst. Min- ing Eng'rs, Lake Superior Mining Inst., Am. Inst. Historic Research, 1m. Geog. Soc., Met. Museum of Art, Museum of Natural Ilis- tory. Recreation : Travel. Clubs: Union, University, Metropolitan. Republican, Riding, Down Town (N. Y. City) : Benediet (Port Henry, N. Y.). Address: Port Henry, N. Y., and 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
WITHERSTINE, William:
Lawyer: b. Herkimer, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1$33; s. David and Margaret ( Petrie) Witherstine: ed. in public schools, and a graduate of Fairfield Sem., June, 1575: m. Norway, Her- kimer Co., N. Y., Dec. 25, 1575, Mary H. Western; children: Charles J., b. March, 1981, Emma, b. Jan., 1507. Sec. and director Eagle Bay Hotel Co. Democrat. Has been justice of peace, assessor, supervisor, has also been president of village of Herkimer, in 1893, 1006. and 1907. Slem. Reformed Church (has been elder and deacon). Mem. Herkimer Hist. Soc., Herkimer County Bar Ass'n: mem. B'd of EI'n for many years, v .- p. Herkimer Emergency Hosp. Has sum- mer cottage on Fourth Lake, Fulton Chain, Herkimer Co., N. Y. Address: Herkimer, N. Y.
WITHERSPOON, Herbert:
Grand opera and convert singer; h. Buf- falo, N. Y., July 21, 1-3: s. Rev. Orlando and Cora V. (Taylor) Witherspoon : ed. Hop- kins Grammar School. New Haven, Conn. : Yale Univ., B.A .. 1-95. Yale Art School. voice study in Paris, London, New York, theory of music at Yale University: m. V. Y. City, Sept. 28, 1500, Greta Hughes. Was
been f of travel each year. Episcopalian. Mem.
Delta Kappa Epsilon fraterni ::. Club: Yale. Address: Yale Club, N. Y. City.
WITHINGTON, Irving Platt:
Physician; b. Kingston, N. J .; s. T. Chand- ler and Maria Roshore (Platt) Withington; ed. Freehold (N. J.) Inst .: Princeton Univ., A.B .. 1:80, A.M .; Priaceton Theol. Sem., B. D., les5; Union Theol. Sem., N. Y. City, post-grad .- work, 18:6; N. Y. Homwo College and Flower Hosp., M.D .: m. N. Y. City, 1>86, Sybella White; children: Harry White, b. 1857, Ernest Stoddard, b. 1-v1. Chandler Platt, b. 1:96. Clinician, Diseases of the Skin. Flower Hosp .; visiting physician Laura Franklin Hosp. for Children: visiting physi- cian St. Gregory's Hosp., visiting physician Metropolitan Hospital, B.I. Republican :
Presbyterian. Mem. Helmuth Surg. Club: Soc. Pathological Science, N. Y. Homero. County Med. Soc .. Tri-Medical Soc., Ameri- can Institute. Address: 612 W. 136th St., N. Y. City.
WOHLAUER, Alfred A .:
Electrical engineer; b. Dresden, Germany. Dec. 6, 1976; s. Gustar and Hedwig ( Jarob- son) Wohlaner; ed. in Leipsic, Berlin, Mu- nich, Darmstadt, receiving degree and diplo- mna of electrical ong'ring. Employed by Siemens & Hatske, Berlin, and General Elect- rie Co. Schenectady, in Testing Dep't and Research Laboratory. Has contributed fre- quently to the technical press and associa- tions. Invented several devices relating to electric light and heat. Served in German
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