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WOOD, William H .:
Lawyer: b. Stanford, Dutchess Co., N. Y., Dec. 31, 1855; s. Robert and Caroline (Gorton) Wood; ed. common schools Dutchess Co .; m. Dec. 23, 1903, Harriette M. Johnston. Ad- mitted to bar, 1579, and has been practising continuously ever since: in 1905 moved to N. Y. City, where he now is practising; had an extensive trial practice in Dutchess Co. Mem. of firm of Wood & Wood, consisting of himself and his wife, Harriette M. J. Wood. Clerk B'd Supervisors Dutchess Co., 1881: deputy collector internal revenue, IN-6; supervisor town of Fishkill, Dutchess Co., ISSS; chm'n State B'd of Assessors. June, 1892 to Jan. 1, 1896; mem. B'd of Ed'n City of Poughkeepsie, Jan. 1, 1597, to Jan. 1. 1902: deputy att'y-gen. State of N. Y., 1903-04. Has written and delivered many addresses on literary and edu'l topies, and on patriotic oc- casions, and has been a campaign speaker for Democratic State Com. in every presidential campaign since 1550. Democrat. Clubs: Am- Sterdam Dem .. Shakespearean. Address: Bretton Hall, $6th St. and Broadway, N. Y. City.
WOODBRIDGE, Frederick J. E .:
Professor of philosophy: b. Windsor, On- tario, Canada, March 26, 1967: s. James and Melissa Ella (Bingham) Woodbridge; grad. Amherst Coll .. A.B., 199, A.M. I.N. L.L. D., 19 3: Union Theol. Sem. in U'niv. of Berlin. Germany, 1592.94; m. Chicago. Ill .. Jille 2. 1-95, Helena Belle Adams: children: Frederick James, b. 1900. John Arven, b. IM Donald Bingham. b. 1906. Helena, b. 1.we Instr. in philosophy, 1591-95, prof. philosophy 19 5. 1000 Univ. of Minn .: prof. of philosophy Co- lumbia Univ. 1902: Johnsonian prof. of same since 1904. Editor The Journal of Philos- ophy. Psychology and Scientific Methods. Author: The Philosophy of Hobbes. 1; has written numerons articles in periodicals. Episcopalian. Mem. Western Philos. Soc. 1397
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Am. Philos. Ass'n, Am. Psychol. Ass'n. N. Y. Acad. of Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa. Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: The Century Ass'n, Al- pha Delta Phi. Address: Columbia Univ., N. Y. City.
WOODBRIDGE, William Reed:
Clergyman ; b. Marblehead. Mass., March 30, 1834; s. William Channing and Lucy Ann (Reed) Woodbridge; ed. Public Latin School of Boston, Mass., Yale College, A.B., 1855, A.M., 1:58, Bexley Hall (Theol. School), Gambier, O., 1:62-65; m. Port Henry, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1860, Emily Frances Ann Weatherby; children : William Gilman (died 1865), Tyler Reed, b. June 11, 1865, Ellen Weatherby, b. Nov. 12, 1868, Thomas Weatherby, b. Sept. 15, 1870, John Reed, b. Dec. 25, 1873, Mary, b. Jan. 15, 1878. Was clerk at Jessup, Pa., coal mine, 1856-57 at Port Henry, N. Y. ( blast furnace), 1857-62. Ordered deacon, 1865, or- dained priest, 1866, served at St. Paul's Church, Vergennes, Vt., 1865-67 rector St. Mi- chael's Ch., Marblehead, Mass., 1867-71: Christ Ch., Port Henry, N. Y., 1872-92; St. Mary's Church, Salamanca, N. Y., 1902-04; Christ Ch., Gilbertsville, N. Y., since 1905. Independent Republican. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi at Yale College. Mason; Knight Templar and 32° ; mem. Nat. Geog. Soc. Family home: Port Henry, N. Y. Address: Gilbertsville, N. Y. WOODBURY, John MacGaw:
Comm'r of street cleaning dep't of N. Y .; b. N. Y. City, 1855; grad. Princeton Coll., 1879. Appt'd by Mayor Low in Jan., 1902, and under administration of Mayor McClel- lan. Mem. Sons of Revolution. Clubs : Union, University, N. Y. Yacht, Racquet and Tennis, Larchmont Yacht. Residence: 120 Fifth Av. Address: 13 Park Row, N. Y. City. WOODFORD, Stewart Lyndon:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City. Sept. 3, 1535; s. Josialı Curtis and Susan (Terry) Woodford ; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B .. 1:54: Columbia and Yale, A.M .; Trinity Coll., LL.D .; Syra- cuse, D.C.L. : m. 1st, N. Y. City, Oct. 15, 1857, Julia Evelyn Capen; 2d, N. Y. City, Sept. 26 1900, Isabel Hanson; one daughter living, Susan Curtis. Messenger of N. Y. Electoral Coll., 1860, delivering vote of N. Y. for Abraham Lincoln to Vice-President Breckenridge; ass't U. S. att'y at N. Y. 1861; enlisted in Co. H, 127th Reg't, N. Y. Vol., Ang. 21, 1562; served in Virginia, S. Carolina and Georgia, rising to chief of staff, Dep't of the South: mustered ont as by't-brig .- gen., Aug. 22, 1865: elected It.gov. of N. Y. in ISto; nominated by Rep. party for gov., 1570, and defeated by John T. Hoff- man; chosen elector.at-large in N. Y., 1 72, and was pres. of the N. Y. Electoral Coll., which voted for U. S. Grant at his second election ; U. S. att'y Southern Dist. N. Y ..
1877-82; mem. of com. which prepared the charter of Greater New York, 1-97: minister at the Court of Spain, JJuly. 1-97. until the Spanish- American War, April, 19 ; now pres. of Hudson. Fulton Celebration Comm'n. Mem. of law firm. Rich, Woodford, Bovce & Butch. er: director and counsel Met. Life Ins. Co .: trustee Franklin Trust Co., and City Savings Bank. Republican. Trustee Cornell I'niv. since 1967. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Colmbia Alumni, Delta Psi. Century Ass'n, Army of the Potomac, Loyal Legion. Clubs : University, Lawyers. Lotos. Century. Ad-
dress : 18 Wall St., N. Y. City. 1398
WOODHULL, John Francis:
Prof. physical science ; b. Westport, N. Y., July 2, 1:57; s. Rev. John A. and Joanna (Brown) Woodhull; grad. Yale, .A.B., leso; Columbia, Ph.D., 189s; m. Chicopee Falls, Mass., April 2, 1SS6, Minnie Ellen Hinkley ; children: Mildred, b. les7. Hazel, b. 1590, John Richard, b. 1903. Prof. physical sei- ence, Columbia Univ. Author of numerous texts on chemistry and physics. Episcopa- lian. Fellow A. A. A. S. and N. Y. Acad. of Science. Address: Columbia University, N. Y. City.
WOODHULL, Thenford:
Counsellor-at-law; b. New Brunswick, N. J., May 24, 1848; s. Dr. Henry W. B. and Azelia (Giraud) Woodhull; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1569, A.M., 15:2: Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1871. Engaged continuously sinco admission to the bar. 1871, in general prac- tice of the law: assisted in preparation, les", of The Complete Digest; in that of Pepper and Lewis Digest of Pennsylvania Decisions, 1:96; also assisted the late Seymour D. Thompson in the preparation of last edition of his work on Negligence, 1901. Democrat. Reformed Episcopalian. Mem. Phi Beta Kap- pa Soc., Columbia Chapter (Delta of N. Y.). Phi Beta Kappa Alumni in N. Y .. Ass'n of the Alumni of Columbia Coll., Law Library of Brooklyn. Recreations: Cycling, outdoor exercises and study of law and languages. Residence: 124 Berkeley Place. Address: 4 and 5 Court Sq., Brooklyn, N. Y. WOODHULL, William Waters:
Pay director, U. S. N. : b. N. Y., June 15. 1836; s. Ezra Reeves and Elizabeth Woodhull; ed. Academy, Newark, N. Y .; m. Philadelphia. June 24, 1802, Kate Ontby Bryan. Appt'd acting ass't paymaster, May 13, 1:63: U. S. steamer _Delaware, N. Atlantic Blockadin Squadron, 1563-65. Comm'd passed ass't pay- master, July 23, 1966; Naval Acad., practice cruise, 1:66; Yantie, special service, 1-6 ;.; paymasters' examining b'd, Philadelphia, 1-65-69: Miantonomah, special cruise. 1sc3-7), Peabody funeral. Comm'd paymaster, Feb. 10, 1:70; Shenandoah European Station. 1570- 73: Navy Yard. Boston, 15:356; in charge of Naval Depot, Nagasaki, Japan, 1s7,49: insp. provisions and clothing, Leagne Island Navy Yard, 1:50-$1: Lackawanna, Pacitic Station, 1ss2.84: general storekeeper, League Island Navy Yard. 1-st.88; receiving ship Minnesota, N. Y., 1ss-$9; ass't to general storekeeper, Navy Yard, N. Y., 1559-90; Baltimore, Euro. pean Station. 1:90-93: general storekeeper. Navy Yard, League Island, 1-93-95. Comm'd pay insp., Mar., 1995: general storekeeper, Mare Island, May, 1595, to ls0 ;: Naval Home. Philadelphia, paymaster. League Island, and receiving ship Richmond. Feb., 199 ;. 9s. he- tired. June 15, 1-95: supply ship Celtic. Span- ish.Am. War., 1-96: San Juan, Porto Rico Naval Station, 1-05.09: paymaster of vard. Naval Station, New Orleans, 199.03; Navy Yard. Portsmonth, N. H., 1998-05: Naval Sta- tion, New London, Conn .. Maki, where he is still on duty; commissioned pay director. June 20, 1906. AAddress: New London, Cona. WOODMAN, Clarence Eugene:
Catholic priest; b. Sare, Me. Nov. 1. 14º: s. Andrew J. and Abigail Ayer ( Haley) Woodman: grad. Trinity Coll., Hartford. B.A .. 1-73: Amherst Coll., AAmherst, M A., 17: Manhattan Coll., N. Y. City, Ph. D.,
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1851. Ordained priest in San Francisco, July 13, 1879. Knighted by King of Spain, 1894. Republican. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon, Am. Geog. Soc., S. A. R., Soc. Colonial Wars, War of 1812, Loyal Legion, Knight Comd'r Royal Order of Isa- bella the Catholic. Club: Aztec. Address : 415 W. 59th St., N. Y. City.
WOODMAN, Raymond Huntington:
Organist, composer, conductor; b. Brook- lyn, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1861; s. Jonathan Call and Sarah Ann (Copeland) Woodman; ed. common schools and Coll. City of N. Y. (three years) ; m. Brooklyn, June 14, 1892, Ethel Righter; children: Winifred, b. 1895, Jocelyn, b. 1898. Organist 1st Presby'n Ch., Brooklyn, since 1980; prof. of music, Packer Collegiate Inst., since 1895. One of ten Am. organists selected by the Bureau of Music to give first series of recitals at the Columbian Exp'n, 1893; also organist at other great expositions. Fellow Am. Guild of Organists; fellow Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences, and pres. Dep't of Music; conductor Woodman Choral Club. Address : 1346 Pacific St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
WOODMAN, Robert C .:
Physician; b. Bucks Co., Pa., Jan. 1, 1875; s. Comly and Martha (Smith) Wood- man; of Pa. Quaker ancestry; grad. from the Abington Friends' Sch., Jenkinstown, Pa., 1892; Hahnemann Med. Coll., Phila., Pa .; m. Jan. 6, 1903, Ethel Davis. First ass't physician to the Middletown State Homoe. Hosp. since Oct., 1902; previously was two years in Rochester, N. Y., Home. Hosp., as interne, and nearly one year in general practice, Lambertville, N. J .; was appt'd interne, at Middletown, June 1, 1SOS, and has since filled position as physician to that inst'n. Mem. Am. Inst. Homeopathy, N. Y. State Home. Med. Soc. Address: Mid- dletown, N. Y.
WOODRUFF, Edwin Hamlin:
Professor law, Cornell Univ .; b. Ithaca, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1862; ed. public schools of Ithaca; grad. LL.B., Cornell Univ. Assistant in Cornell Univ. Library and Astor Library, 1881-87; instr. in English, Cornell Univ., 1888-90; librarian Stanford Univ., 1891-95; prof. of law, Stanford Univ., 1>93-95; prof. of law, Cornell Univ., since 1996; lecturer in Chicago Univ. Law Sch., 1904, 1906. Author: Cases in Domestic Relations, 1:97 (new edition, 1905) ; Introduction to the Study of Law, 1998; Cases on Insurance. 1900; Cases on Quasi Contracts, 1905; Ameri- can Cases in Contracts 1594 (jointly with E. W. Huffcut). Democrat. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n. Club: Town and Gown ( Ithaca). Address: Boardman Hall, Ithaca, N. Y. WOODRUFF, Oscar A .:
Manufacturer; b. Chicago, Ill .. Sept. 12. 1963: s. Albert L. and Maria E. (Pinto) Woodruff: ed. Allen Acad., Chicago; m. N. Y. City. April 27, 1904, Mrs. Arthur F. Hogan. Pres. The N. Y. Last Co., N. Y. City; v .- p. The O'Dell & Eddy Co., Chaffee, N. Y. Resi- dence : 50 East 50th St. Address: 437-451 Eleventh Av., N. Y. City.
WOODRUFF, Timothy Lester:
Manufacturer, political leader ; b. New Haven, Conn .; s. John and Mary ( Læster) Woodruff: grad. Vale, 1979; subsequently took business course at Eastman Business
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Coll., Poughkeepsie: m. Ist, Cora Eastman (deceased ) ; 2d, April 24, 1905, Isabel Mor- rison; one son; John Woodruff, b. 1:2. Entered business with Whiton & Co., now the Worcester Salt Co., of which is treas .; established the Maltine Co., of which he is pres .; has engaged in warehouse business and paper manufacturing; director Hamilton Trust Co., Mechanics' Exchange Bank. Entered politics in les1; has been delegate to many Nat. conventions; was park comm'r of Brooklyn, 1895; elected It-gov. of N. Y. State, 1896, and served for three terms: now chum'n Republican State Com. of N. Y. Presbyterian. Recreations: Automobiling. fishing, shooting. Clubs: Union League (N. Y. City and Brooklyn), Yale, Univer- sity, Hamilton Brooklyn, Montauk (pres. ), and other leading clubs of N. Y. City and Brooklyn. Address: 25 Eighth Av., Brook- lyn, N. Y.
WOODS, William Seaver:
Editor; b. Bath, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1872; s. Rev. Henry Clay and Mary Moore (Seaver) Woods; ed. Genesee Wesleyan Sem., Lima, N. Y .; grad. Wesleyan Univ., Middletown. Conn., . A.B., 1895; m. Oswego. N. Y., April 20, 1905, Grace E. Crombie; one son:, Robert Crombie, b. 1905. Editor The Wesleyan Literary Monthly, Middletown, Conn., 1994- 95: asso. editor The Middletown Citizen. 1895-96; New England editor of the Spring- field (Mass. ) Republican, 1890-97: joined staff of The Literary Digest, 1597, and since May 1, 1905, has been its .editor. Traveled in Europe in 1903. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Nu Theta fraternities. Residence: 536 W. 112th St. Address: 44 East 23d St., N. Y. City.
WOODS, William T .:
Pres. Lloyds Plate Glass Ins. Co. of N. Y .: b. N. Y. City, July 20, 1851; ed. public schools. Went into an insurance broker's office when 17 years old. and was in broker- age business until 1879, when became in- terested in plate glass underwriting. Was first sce. Lloyds Plate Glass Ins. Co. : became pres., 1893. Address: 63 William St., N. Y. City.
WOODWARD, Benjamin Duryea:
Banker. of Paris, France; b. Rutherford. N. J., Mar. 13, 1865; s. George Evertson and E. B. Deodata (Mortimer) Woodward; lived 1-73-86 in France, Germany and Italy; re. ceived degrees of Bachelier-ès-Sciences and Bachelier-ès-Lettres, Sorbonne. Paris; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., Isss, later A.M., Ph.D: m. Gladys Landers Piver. Was on faculties of Columbia Univ. ~~~- 1905. Was ass't comm'r general from United States :o Paris Exposition of 1900, and later liquidated the affairs of the American Commission, dis- tributing medals and diplomas of award, offi- cial reports to jurors, etc. Mem. The Pil- grims of the U. S. Columbia Alumni Iss'n. Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and Kane Lodge, New York. Of. ficer of the French Legion d'honneur, Clubs : University, Republican, Lawyers, Columbia University. (N. Y. City) : Automobile C'lub de France ( Paris). Address: University Club, N. Y. City.
WOODWARD, Charles M .:
Lawyer: b. Big Flats, N. Y., O. 1. 23. 1846; s. William and Harriet (King) Woodward; 1300
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ed. in common schools and Albany Law Sch. ; m. Watkins, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1877, Sarah E. Robinson. Referee in bankrupcy for Schuy- ler County. Republican. Mem. Am. Scenic and Historic Preservation Soc. Address : Watkins, N. Y.
WOODWARD, Christopher H. R .:
Lawyer, brewer; b. N. Y. City, May 31, 1869; s. Rignal T. and Mary (Raborg) Wood- ward; ed. Churchill's Sch., Fowler's Sch., Sch. of Mines, Columbia Univ .; grad. N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B. ; m. Lyons, N. Y., Oct. 20, 189%, Anne Parshall. Served as volunteer in Spanish-Am. War; mustered in, May 19, 1898, as 1st It. Co. D, 69th N. Y. Reg't U. S. Vol. Inf .; Camp Black, Chickamauga, Tenn .; Tampa, Fla .; Fernandina, Fla .; Huntsville, Ala .; resigned Nov. 12, 1898. Sec. and mg'r, HI. Clausen & Son Brewing Co .; director N. Y. Transportation Co. and Tight Joint Co. Democrat ; Roman Catholic. Mem. Naval and Mil. Order of Spanish-Am. War, Mil. Order of Foreign Wars, Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Clubs : St. Nicholas
Columbia Univ .. N. Y. Yacht. Address: 309 E. 47th St., N. Y. City.
WOODWARD, John:
Justice of Supreme Court; b. Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Ang. 19, 1859; s. Daniel S. and Cornelia (Lake) Woodward; grad. Fredonia State Normal Sch., 1878, Law Sch., Univ. of City of N. Y., LL.B., 1:81, LL.D., 1907; m. Fredonia, N. Y., May 26. 1886, Mary E. Barker, d. Hon. George Barker, justice of Supreme Court ; children: Mary Elizabeth. b. 1887, Frances, b. 1894. Served as city att'y of Jamestown, N. Y., for' three years; mem. B'd of Supervisors of Chautauqua Co., five years; dist. att'y Chautauqua Co., three years; elected, 1896, justice Supreme Court of N. Y. State for term of fourteen years; assigned as justice Appellate Div. Supreme Court, 2d Dep't,' 189; re-assigned 1903 and 1908. Republican. Clubs: Country, Buffalo, (Buffalo) : Jamestown (Jamestown) ; Riding and Driving, Hamilton, Brooklyn, (Brook- lyn), Republican (N. Y. City). Blooming Grove Hunting and Fishing ( Klen Eyre, Pa.). Address: 290 North St., Buffalo, N. Y. WOODWARD, Robert B .:
Special partner, firm of Charles Hathaway & Co .; Trustee Mutual Life Ins. Co .: trustee, Bowery Savings Bank; 3d v .- p. and trustee. Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences; mem. finance com. and trustee, Brooklyn Acad. of Music: trustee, Franklin Safe Deposit Co., Franklin Trust Co .; director. Home Life Ins. Co., Lloyds Plate Glass Ins. Co., v .. p. Nassau Nat. Bank of Brooklyn, ; director Safe Deposit Co. of N. Y., Thompson-Star- rett Co., U. S. Casualty Co. Address: HIS Pierrepont St., Brooklyn, and 45 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WOODWARD, William:
Banker: b. N. Y. City, April 7, 1876; s. William Woodward Jr., of Baltimore, Md., and Sarah A. (Rodman ) Woodward; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1-9s. A.M., 1999. L.L. B. 1901; m. N. Y. City. Oct. 21, 1904, Elizabeth Ogden Cryder; two daughters: Edith. Eliza- beth Ogden. V.p. and director Hanover Vat. Bank, and Hanover Safe Deposit Co. : trustee Union Trust Co. of N. Y .; director Mechanics Trust Co. of N. J., United Shoe Machinery Corp'n. Clubs: Knickerbocker,
Coaching. Racquet, (N. Y. City) ; Porcellian ( Cambridge, Mass.) ; Bachelors. St. James. (London). Residence: 11 W. 51st St. Ad- dress: Hanover National Bank, 11 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
WOODWORTH, Robert Sessions:
Educator; b. Belchertown, Mass., Oct. 17. 1869; s. William Walter and Lydia Ames ( Sessions) Woodworth; ed. Newton ( Mass. ) High Sch .; grad. Amherst Coll., A.B., 1:91, Harvard Univ., A.B., 1896, A.M., 1597, Colum- bia Cniv., Ph.D., 1:09; studied also at universities of Edinburgh and Liverpool; m. Liverpool, England, 1903, Garbrielle Marie Schjöth; children: Svenssen, b. 1904, Greta, b. 1906. Has held positions in physiology in Harvard Med. Sch., and Univ. and Belle- vue Hosp. Med. Sch., as well as in Liver- pool Univ .: now adjunct prof. psychology, Columbia Univ .; has published numerous articles on physiology and psychology. Author: Le Mouvement, Paris, 1903. Fellow N. Y. Acad. of Sciences, v .- p. A. A. A. S .; mem. Council of Am. Psychol. . Iss'n, Am. Philos. Ass'n, Am. Physiol. Soc. Clubs: Theta Delta Xi, Faculty Club of Columbia Univ. Address: Columbia University, N. Y. City.
WOODWORTH, T. Floyd:
Physician and surgeon; b. Napanoch, Ulster Co., N. Y., Oct. 20, 1932: s. Theodore and Sarah (Wadsworth) Woodworth; ed. in common schools and Shaw's Euclid Sch .. Ohio; grad. Charity Hosp. Med. Coll., Cleve- land, Ohio., 1869; m. Sept., 1-70, Delia J. Schermerhorn, of Muitzeskill, N. Y. Ply- sirian and surgeon coroner of Columbia Co .. three terms (now in office) ; of U. S. Pension B'd, fourteen years; is now first health of- ficer of town of Kinderhook. and health of- ficer of the village of Kinderhook for the past ten years. Republican. Episcopalian. Ex-pres., and now sec. and treas., of Column- bia Co. Med. Soc .; mem. Am. Med. Ass'n. Mem. P. M. Valatie Lodge, F. and A. M .; P. H. P., Kinderhook Chapter R. A. M .; med. staff of Temple Commandery No. ", Albany, N. Y .: Mecca Temple, N. Y. City, NNobles of the Mystic Shrine: Cincinnati Con- sistory Valley of Ohio, 32; I. O. O. F .: Royal Arcanum (past grand master). Clerk of the Vestry of St. Paul's Ch., Kinderhook. Address: Kinderhook, Columbia Co., N. Y.
WOODWORTH, William A .:
Lawyer; b. Berlin, Conn .. July 3. IS#4 : s. Rev. W. W. and Lucy (Atwater) Wood- worth: ed. public Schools, Waterbury, Conn .. Mansfield, O., Hopkins Grammar ach., New llaven: grad. Yale Coll., 1.B., Is, Yale Law Sch., and Albany Law Sch .; m. Dec. 28, 1571. Elizabeth Willis: one daughter, my .A., b. 1.5. Began general practice of law in Mt. Vernon, N. Y., IN0. with C. HI. Ostander: later associated at New Rochelle with Charles H. Roosevelt, and in 15 with William Bourke Cochran: has been practising at White Plains, N. Y., since 175, doine chielly a real estate law Monsiness, lareriy for the N. Y., New Haven & Hartford R. R. Co. Was counsel for village of Mt. Vernon. and later of White Plains! started the Vil- lage Park Ass'n at White Plains for the purpose of improving the town, and is identitied with other such movements; has written many monographs on this topic. Ro.
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publican: Presbyterian. Mem Westchester ! Vale Coll., A.B., 1851; Coll. of Phys. and
Co. Historical Soc. Trustee White Plains Presbyterian Ch. Pres. Village Park Ass'n; v .- p. Westchester Co. Yale Alumni iss'n. Clubs: Yale (N. Y. City), White Plains. Summer residence: Sutton Island, Me. Ad- dress : 90 N. Broadway, White Plains, N. Y. WOOLLEY, George I .:
Lawyer; b. Watertown, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1871; s. Frank L. and Alice E. (Ingalls) Woolley; grad. St. Lawrence Univ., Ph. B., 1894; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1896. Admitted to the bar, 1896; is prof. of law of trusts and conflict of laws, Brooklyn Law Sch. of St. Lawrence Univ. Director Mercantile Mf'g Co. Residence: 111 St. John's Pl., Brooklyn. Address: 45 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
WOOLLEY, Sue Dana:
Librarian, genealogist ; b. Fort Ripley, Ter- ritory of Minn., Jan. 4, 1857; d. Charles Woodruff Woolley (naval officer who served on the Coast of Africa in 1-51, and who also participated in the occupation of California) and Catawba (Sandford) Woolley; at time of her birth Fort Ripley was an army pose (now abandoned) under command of Gen. Napoleon J. T. Dana, who afterward com'd the Dep't of Mississippi during the Civil War; ed. in private school of Miss E. Ann Gill, at St. Paul, Minn. Librarian by pro- fession ; now engaged in writing the Bots- ford Genealogy with the object of pub- lishing the family history. Sec. and treas. Band of Botsford. Episcopalian. Address: 101 Rodney Av., Buffalo, N. Y.
WOOLMAN, Mary Schenck:
Educator: b. Camden, N. J .. April, 1860; d. John Voorhees and Martha ( MeKeen) Schenck; ed. at Mary Anna Longstreth Schs., Phila .: Univ. of Pa .; Teachers Coll., Columbia Univ., Bachelor's diploma : m. Camden, N. J., Oct. 1, 1-3, Franklin Conrad Woolman. Became instr. Teachers Coll., 1893; organized the Domestic Art Course at Teachers' Coll., 1-97; prof. of domestic art at Teachers' Coll., Columbia Univ., since 1897; organizer, and director of the Manhat- tan Trade Sch. for Girls, the first trade school for girls in America. since 1962; writer and lecturer on social, economic, and educational subjects; made special in- restigations in Europe and Great Britain of arts and crafts, trade schools, and in- dustries employing women, 1.50, 158. 1590, 1901, 1904, 1945. 190s. Author: A Sewing Course for Girls. Episcopalian. Mom. Alumni Ass'y of Teachers' Coll., Alumni Ass'n of Mary Anna Longstretli Sch. (Phila.). Consumers' Leagne, Public Ed'n Ass'n, Eastern Manual Training Ass'n, Lack Placid Conf. and Household Economics, Woman's Municipal League. Armstrong Ass'n, Com. for improving the Industrial Condition of Negroes of New York. Round Table, Saynova League. Herman Handmaid's Iss'n, Jat Sor. for Promotion of Industrial Education, Social Ed'n Congress of Boston. Recreation : Outdoor sports. Address: Teachers' College, Columbia University, N. Y. City.
WOOLSEY, George:
Physician and surgeon; b. New Haven, Conn., May 2, Tod: s. Theodore D. and Sarah Sears ( Prichard ) Woolsey ;
Surg., Columbia Univ., M.D., 1555; m. Jean Paul Ellinwood: children: Marjorie Eilin- wood, b. July 13. 1594. George Pierpont, b. May 15, 1897 ( died Dec. 14, 1902), Laura Hurd, b. 1904. Interne, Roosevelt Hosp., 1.85-80; studied and traveled abroad, 15:7- $8; attending surgeon Bellevue Hosp., since 1:90; asso. attending surgeon Presby'n Hosp., since 1900. Prof. anatomy and clini- cal surgery, Med. Dep't N. Y. Univ., 1:90- 98, Cornell Univ. (N. Y. City) since lsys. Republican; Presby'n. Fellow Am. Surg. Ass'n, N. Y. Acad. of Medicine; mem, of Soc. of Clinical Surgery, N. Y. Surg. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n. N. Y. State and Co. Med. Soes., N. Y. Clinical Soc., etc. Recreation : Golf. Clubs: Century, University. Ardsley, Address: 117 East 36th St., N. Y. City.
WOOLSEY, George M .:
Broker; b. Astoria, Long Island. Auz. 13, 151;
s. Edward John and Frances (Sinythe ) Woolsey; grad. Columbia I'niv. Sch. of Mines, Is94: m. N. Y. City, Feb .. 1901, Esther Morris Hunt (died Oct., 1901). Agent for Am. Trading Co., Yokohama. Jsp ;- 1900. London. 1900-04. Director Am. Trading Co .; director Robins Conveying Belt Co., partner in firm, Trippe & Co., bankers and brokers. Mem. Deita Phi fraternity. Chibs: Knickerbocker, Racquet and Tennis, Met- ropolitan. St. Nicholas Soc., (N. Y. City) : City of London. Raleigh (London). Res- idence: 1 E. 35th St. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
WOOLSEY, Melanchon Lloyd:
Clergyman; b. Stamford, Conn., Jan. 16, 1855; s. Melanethon B., commodore U. S. N .. and Mary L. ( Morrison ) Woolsey: ed. Univ. of Mich. and. Gen. Theol. Sem. N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, June 12. 1-SS. Katherine Osborn. Rector Church of Holy Innocents, N. Y. City, St. Luke's Ch., Seaford, Del., Grace Ch., Louisville K., St. Paul's Ch .. Vergennes, Vt., St. Andrew's Ch., Buffalo, N. Y. Mem. Mil. Order Loval Legion. Ad- dress : 106 Goodell St., Buffalo, N. Y.
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