Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 17

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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Mexico. Republican : Presbyterian. Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs (v .- p. 1858.90), Am. Soc. Heating and Ventilating Eng'rs (pres. 1905), the Tech- nology Club of Syracuse (pres. 1905). Fel- low A. A. A. S. (v .- p. sect. D., 1:95). Au. thor: The Mechanical Engineer's Pocketbook. 1895 ( Wiley) ; Steam Boiler Economy. 19 1 ( Wiley ) ; also numerous papers in the trans- actions of Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs and Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs; contb'r to Appleton's Cyclopedia of Mechanics, and Johnson's Uni- versal Cyclopedia : editor Eng ring

News, 1895-1903. Recreations: Travel. read- ing, summer vacations. Clubs: Engineers. New York, Machinery, New York, University Syracuse, Delta Tau Delta. Tan Beta Pi. Sigma Xi. Address: 601 Comstock .\r., Syra- cuse, N. Y.

KENYON, Otis Allen:

Electrical eng'r; b. Baldwinsville, N. Y .. Nov. 19, 1879; s. Jacob Cook and Nora (Betts) Kenyon; ed. Baldwinsville schools, les. ". Paris, preparing for Ecole Central, Ist- 1900; Sibley Coll., Cornell Univ .. 19/0-01: Königliche Technische Hochschule. (Lar- lottenburg. Germany 1901-03. Sibley Cornell 1903-04 and received M. E. degree: m. C'oi !.. Baldwinsville, N. Y., Sept. 19. 1903. Viva: Johansson ; one daughter, Vivan Eisa

Greta, b. April 27, 1907. First position with Electric Railway Test Comm'n. St. Louis. 1904: since Dec. 1904, has been with MeGiran Publishing Co .: has translated Claudel's Handbook of Mathematics from French: H. Armagnat's Induction Coils ( French) : Mich- alkes' Stray Currents from Electric Ral- ways, from German. Has written parts of three sections and all of seven sections in the Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers and edited the entire volume. Asso. mem. Am. Inst. of Elec. Eng'rs: mem. Nat. Geoz. Soc., Sigma Xi (honor society and chapter). Has made a specialty of languages: can translate German, French Spanish. Swedish and Italian; now editor of Book Dep't Me- Graw Publishing Co. AAddress: Baldwins- ville, N. Y., and 239 W. 39th St., N. Y. City. KENYON, Ralph Wood:

Clergyman: b. Brooklyn, N. Y .: s. Captain Ralph Watson and Julia ( Waterman) Ken- yon; ed. Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst .: grad. Columbia Coll., B.A., Ist (English Sem. prize, Is75), M. A., 1981: Episcopal Theol. $ !r. Cambridge, Mass., S.T.B., II: Univ N. Y., I.L.B., IS; St. John's Coll. DD. 1-99: m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 10. 1 .1. his. Chesebrough Rathbone. Ordered deacon. Is-1. ordained priest, 1552. by Bishop Littlejohn, in Episcopal ministry. Formerly Luke's Ch., Brooklyn, N. Y .. Isst; rremr Holy Innocents' C'h., Albany, N. Y., bl .: Tasso. and rector Ch. of the Holy Sepulchre, 773

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N. Y. City, 1887-89; ass't St. Ann's Ch., ; of both leading parties, justice Supreme Brooklyn, N. Y., 1889-92; rector Ch. of the! Court, N. Y., 1895, for terin expiring Dec. 1, 1909. Address: New Rochelle, N. Y. Archangel, N. Y. City, 1892-99. Prof. apolo- getics and Christian ethics and sec. of fac- KEOGH, Thomas Bernard: ulty of Amity Theol. Sch., N. Y. City, since 1902. Chaplain, Master's Lodge No. 5 F. and A. M. (Albany, N. Y.), 1882-87; delegate to Federal Council of Episcopal Ch., repre- senting Diocese of Albany, 1884-87. Writer of editorials, essays, sermons, etc., on ethical and sociological topics. Life mem. Alumni Ass'n of Columbia Univ .; mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, Soc. Mayflower Descendants. Club : Cambridge. Address: 43 Halsey St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

KENYON, Whitman Wilcox:

Retired merchant; b. Chenango Co., N. Y., 1837; s. Whitman and Mary ( Ecclestone) Ken- yon; ed. Binghamton and Oxford; m. 1st, Owego, N. Y., 1861, Lesbia Platt Rugg (niece of Senator T. C. Platt) ; 2d, N. Y. City, 1899, Bertha L. Barrelle; children: Charles K., b. 1866, Whitman Wilcox, b. 1903, Richard B., b. 1905. Late mem. firm Kenyon & Newton, Brooklyn; now retired. Trustee Kings Co. Trust Co. Has traveled extensively visiting nearly every country. Mem. comm'n laying out parks in City of Brooklyn. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. L. I. Hist. Soc., Brook- lyn Inst. Arts and Sciences; trustee of Brook- lyn Art Ass'n. Recreations: Yachting and travel. Clubs: Hamilton, Rembrandt (first pres.), Atlantic Yacht. Address: Oakside, Smithtown, Suffolk Co., N. Y.

KENYON, William Houston:

Lawyer; b. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 5, 1856; s. Robert and Jean (Houston) Kenyon; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1876, A.M., 1883; Columbia Coll., LL.B., 1879; m. Cincinnati, Ohio, April 21, 1887, Maria Wellington Stan- wood (died June 25, 1905) ; children : Dorothy, b. 1588, Theodore Stanwood, b. 1:00, William Houston, Jr., b. 1900. Practising in New York City from graduation, with specialty in patent law; senior mem. Kenyon & Ken- yon. Identified with much of the important patent litigation of last twenty-five years; author of 1887 Design Patent Law of U. S .; has made several trips abroad for health and pleasure; also to Mexico in connection with Patent litigation. Served in 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y .. 1877-84. Active in reform move- ments; prominent as chm'n Com. of 53 in 1897 and 1898, in drafting and advocating the present Primary Law of the State of N. Y. Republican; Unitarian. Mem. International Law Ass'n; Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Am. Ass'n Adv. Science, Am. Geog Soc., Am. Soc. Elee. Eng'rs, Am. Soc. of Electro-Chemists, Nat. Civil Service Ass'n, Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa. Recreations: Golf, tennis, automobiling. Clubs: Uni- versity, Engineers', Barnard, Republican, West Side Republican. (N. Y. City) : Uni- versity ( Philadelphia ). Residence ( sum-

mer) : Lakeville, Conn .: 321 W. 82d St., N. Y. City. Address: 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.

KEOGH, Martin Jerome:

Lawyer; b. Utica, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1840; s. Bernard and Mary Keogh; ed. in schools of Milwaukee, Wis .; m. Holly, N. Y., Oct. 2", 1:65, Harriette A. James. Admitted to bar at Milwaukee, Wis .; appt'd by Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, register in bankruptcy, 1867, U. S. Marshal, 1852; delegate to all Nat. Republican Conventions from 1568 to 1592; one of the Grant ''306" of 1880 Con- vention; chm'n Republican State Com. of N. C., 1874-80, sec. Nat. Republican Com., 1880; appt'd by President Harrison a comm'r of the World's Columbian Exp'n. Former pres. B'd Trustees Agr'l and Mech. Coll. of N. C., and trustee Univ. of N. C. Ad- dress: 204 W. 79th St., N. Y. City.

KEPPEL, Frederick:

Importer of pictures, art writer, and lec- turer; b. Tullow, Ireland, Mar. 22, 1545; ed. in England and Wesley Coll., Dublin; m. 1875, Fannie M. Vickery, Cork, Ireland. Senior mem. Frederick Keppel & Co .; writer on art topics for current periodicals in N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, 1868, Elsie Gramın. of London; lecturer on art, Yale, Columbia and Johns Hopkins, Met. Museum of Art, Grolier Club, etc. Mem. Metropolitan Mu- seum of Art. Club: Grolier. Residence : 239 E. 17th St. Address: 4 E. 39th St., N. Y. City.

KEPPLER, Rudolph:

Banker, broker; b. Constanz, Germany, 1843; s. Karl and Marie Keppler; ed. N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, 1865, Elsie Gramm. Pres. N. Y. Stock Exchange; mem. firm of Rudolph Kepper & Co .; director N. Y. Stock Exchange Building Co., South Porto Rico Sugar Co. Mem. Am. Geog. Soc., Fine Arts Soc., Scientific Alliance, N. Y. Acad. of Sciences, Met. Museum of Art, Am. Museum of Natural History. Clubs: Union League, Deutscher Verein. Residence: 28 W. 70th St. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City. KERKER, Gustave Adolph:

Conductor, composer: b. Herford, Ger- many, Feb. 28, 1857; s. Gustave Adolph and Elizabeth Kerker; parents were both musi- cians and his first instructors in music. ' Con- ductor at N. Y. Casino since 18:9. Com- poser: The Pearl of Pekin; The Belle of New York, and other operas. Address: 115 Manhattan Av., N. Y. City. KERN, William M .:

Sec. Dollar Savings Bank; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 7, 1863; s. J. Ogden and Jeanette C. ( Mackellar) Kern; ed. in various N. Y. Stato schools; unmarried. Began as bank clerk in N. Y. City, and since 1:24 has been sec. and trustee Dollar Savings Bank. Hlad two years' mercantile experience with mf'g of cooperare materials in Detroit. Mich .. 150- 92. Christian ( undenominational) ; active in mission work: trustee and treas. 146th St. Mission. Recreation : Tennis. Address: Dol- lar Savings Bank, N. Y. City.

Jurist; b. in Ireland, 1855: s. John and Margaret Keogh: ed. public schools. N. Y. KERNAN, Walter N .: I'niv., LL.B., 1876. L.L.D .. 1906: m. Now Lawyer: b. Utica, N. Y., Mar. 20, 1864 : s. Francis and Hannah (Devereux) Kernan: grad. Georgetown Coll .. 1555: Mem. law firm Rochelle, N. Y., 1594, Katharine Temple Em- met. Admitted to bar, 1-76; presidential elector, ISS6. Democrat. Elected, by votes 'of Kernan & Kernan, Utica. General coun-

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sel Mohawk Valley Company, Night and | neers, Am. Soc. Mech.

Day Bank Bld'g, N. Y. City. Clabs: Rac- qnet, University, (N. Y. City). Address: Devereux Block, Utica, N. Y.

KERR, Abram Tucker:

Anatomist, educator; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1873, s. Abram T. and Rebecca (Mar- shall) Kerr; ed. commor and high schools of Buffalo, Cornell Univ., B S,, 1895; Univ. of Buffalo, Med. Dep't M.D., 1897: grad. stu- dent Göttingen, Germany, 1899; Johns Hop- kins Med. Sch., 1899-1900; m. Newark, N. J., July 10, 1895, Agnes Rogers Sherman. Stu- dent ass't histology and pathology, 1804-97, acting prof. anatomy, 1897-98, adjunct prof. and demonstrator anatomy, 1898-1900, Univ. of Buffalo; ass't prof. anatomy, 1900-04, prof. anatomy and sec. Cornell Univ. Med. Coll. of Ithaca, since 1904. Collaborator on Am. Journal of Anatomy. Democrat (indepen- dent). Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Micros. Soc., A. A. A. S., Soc. Am. Anatomist, mem. County and State Med. Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n, Beta Theta Pi, Nu Sigma Nu, Sigma Xi. Club: Town and Gown. Address: Cor- nell University, Ithaca, N. Y. KERR, John B .:

Lawyer; b. Newburgh, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1851; s. George W. and Margaret T. L. Kerr; ed. public schools, Newburgh, N. Y., and Trin- ity Sch., N. Y. City; m. Newburgh, N. Y., Nov. 16, 1851, Elizabeth R. Case; children: Marian M., Katharine, John. Admitted to the bar, 1872, after studying law in the office of E. A. Brewster, Newburgh, N. Y .; practised in Newburgh until 1882, when be- came att'y for N. Y., Ontario & Western R'y Co., and removed to N. Y., where has since resided, and during that time con- nected with management of that company, of which is now v .- p. and gen. counsel; v .- p. Scranton Coal Co. Recorder City of New. burg, 1874-78. Trustee New Amsterdam Eye and Ear Hosp., N. Y. City. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Club: Down Town. Ad- dress : 56 Beaver St., N. Y. City.

KERR, Le Grand:

Physician: b. N. Y. City, May 11, 1870; s. Charles Hutchinson and Ganes Turnbull (Miller) Kerr; ed. in public schools and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., M.D., 1892. En- gaged in practice of medicine in Brooklyn from graduation; specializing in diseases of children. Author: Diagnostics of the Di- seases of Infants and Children ; The Baby- Its Care and Development. Visiting pedia- trist Williamsburg Hosp. since 1899; prof di- seases of children in Brooklyn Post-Graduate Medical School; physician to Swedish Hosp. and Methodist Episcopal Hosp., Brooklyn. Mem. N. Y. State Med. Soc., Brooklyn Med. Soc., Brooklyn Pediatric Soe. (pres. ), Patho- logical Soc., Long Island Med. Soc. (v .- p.). Address: 42 Gates Av., Brooklyn. KERR, Walter C .:

Mech. eng'r: b. St. Peter, Minn., Nov. 8, 1858; ed. public schools of St. Peter and Cornell, B.M.E., 1879; m. Incy Lyon, of Ithaca, N. Y. Ass't prof. Cornell, 15 0-83; since then connected with Westinghouse companies, now being pres. and director Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co. Trustee Cornell Univ., since 1-90 Mem. Am .. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Canadian Soc. of Civil Engi-

Eng'rs, Franklin

Inst. Clubs: Engineers, Cornell, Lawyers. N. Y. Yacht, Psi Upsilon Club, Railroad Club, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Rich- mond Co. County, and Duquesne (Pitts- burgb). Residence: Dongan Hills, S. I. Address: 10 Bridge St., N. Y. City.

KERRIN. John Toakley:

Clergyman; b. Liverpool, England, 1658; s. James and Ilannah Kerrin; ed. Liverpool Coll., England, Church Missionary Soc., Di- vinity Coli., London; 1881, Ellen Thornton; children: Ada Frances, b. 15:5 (registered nurse), John Arthur, b. les7 (electrician), Frank Thornton, b. 1832, Charles Herbert, b. 1895; chief accountant Central Northern R'y, Buenos Ayres, S. America, 1885-90; traveled in British Isles, Argentina, Brazil, Canada. Ordained deacon, 1:92, and priest, 1893, by Bishop Baldwin of the Diocese of Huron, in London, Ont., rector Trinity Church, Mitchell, Ont., 1895-19 3; rector St. Luke's, Jamestown, N. Y., since 1903. Mason; past high priest, Elliott Chap- ter, No. 50, R. A. M. (Canada), past Comman- der Jamestown Commandery, No. 61, K. T., and 32° Buffalo Consistory. Recreation: Il- luminating in colors in style of missals of 15th to 17th centuries. Author of Tracts on the Christian Life. Club: University. Address: St. Luke's Rectory,

Jamestown, N. Y.

KERWIN, Arthur R .:

Captain, U. S. A .; b. N. Y., Oct. 24, 1570; appt'd from N. Y. as cadet U. S. Mil. Acad., June 15, 1892; grad. June 12, 1896, and pro- moted additional 2d lieut., 25th Inf .; served at Fort Missoula, Mont., Oct. 1, 1596 to Feb. 7, 1897; promoted 2d lieut., Dec. 22. 1:00; Ist lieut., 13th Inf., Jan. 7, 1599: capt., 13th Inf., Sept. 27. 1901. Served at Ft. Douglas. Utah, 1897-98; Chickamauga Park, April 25 to 29, 1898; at Tampa. Fla., to June 14, 1:9 :: in the campaign Cuba, to Aug. 25, 1ss: at Fort Douglas, Utah, to Mar. 12, 1999; a: Manila, 1899-1906; appt'd q .- m. Oct. 1. 1905. Address: Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.

KETCHAM, George F .:

Physician; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar. 13. 1856; s. Isaac A. and Debora M. (Robbins) Ketcham; ed. College Grammar Sch., Brook- lyn, Pennington (N. J.) Inst., L. I. Coll. Hosp., 1876; m. Brooklyn, N. Y .. Dec. 19. 1852, Ida J. Kuight: children: Florence. b. 1884, George Franklin, b. 1556. House physi. cian and surgeon in St. Peter's Hosp., 1:0: physician to the children's dep't, Brooklyn City Dispensary, 1877-82. Mem. Phi Kappa Sigma. Director and sec. L. I. Free Library. Recreations: Travel, music. Address: 3.8 Adelphi St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

KETCHAM, Henry B .:

Lawyer; b. Dover Plains, Dutchess Co .. N. Y., Aug. S, 1>65; s. John H. and Augusta A. (Belden) Ketcham; grad. Yale. A.B., 1SS7; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1859: 111. Englewood, N. J., Sept. 12. 150. Sallie Bray Holman : children : Henry Holman, Katharine. John Belden. Since 1:00, men. law firm of Reid. Esselstyn & Ketcham. Director Liv- ingston Realty Co. Republican: defeated candidate for Congress in 2d Congressional Dist. ( Kings Co.) in 1000; beaten by votes in dist. normally Democratic by 5,0 0;

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unsuccessful candidate on Republicar tieket | in France; m. Georgetown, D. C., Sarah M. for dist. att'y in Kings Co., 1904. Episco- palian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Psi Upsilon fraternity. Clubs: Yale, (N. Y. City) ; Hamilton, Oxford, Crescent Athletic, (Brooklyn) ; Dyker Meadow Golf. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.

KETCHAM, Herbert T .:

Lawyer and surrogate of Kings County; b. Huntington, L. I., Nov. 2, 1850; s. Ebenezer P. and Frances (Taylor) Ketcham; ed. Wil- liams Coll., class of 1871; m. Portland, Maine, Feb. 14, 1574, Olivia E. Phillips; children : Phillips, Kate Davies, Julia Jer- main, Herbert W. After leaving college studied law and was admitted to the bar, engaging in practice in Brooklyn until elected to his present office as surrogate of Kings County. Democrat. Congregationalist. Mem. Brooklyn Bar Ass'n. Clubs: Lin- coln, Brooklyn, Crescent Athletic, Kings County, Democratic. Address : 1290 Pacific St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

KETCHAM, Stanley Ryan:

Corporation official; b. in town of Perinton, Monroe Co., N. Y., Mar. 12, 1872; s. Andrew Ryan and Gertrude

Eliza (Hinman) Ketcham; ed. country school, two years at State Normal Sch., Fredonia; N. Y., and Caton's Business Coll., Buffalo, N. Y .; m. Buffalo, June 29, 1898, Anna L. Harper; chii- dren, Agnes Elizabeth, b. 1900, and a son b. 1908. After finishing at business coll., be- came private sec. for George A. Lee, of Buf- falo; later in real estate business in 1s>9; went to Philadelphia and was made sec. and treas. Transit Contract Co., and was inter- ested in promoting the Lackawanna & Wyom- ing Valley Rapid Transit Co .; came to N. Y. City, 1904, to accept present office as v .- p., sec. and treas. Transit Finance Co. of N. Y., also Transit Finance Co. and Transit Con- tract Co .; sec Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Rapid Transit Co .; director Owego Bridge Co., Geneva, Waterloo, Seneca Falls and Cayuga Lake Traction Co. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Wayne ( Pa.) Lodge, F. and A. M., 551; Montgomery Chapter 262, Royal Arch Masons, Ardmore Pa .; St. Al- ban's Commandery. K. T., 47, Philadelphia Consistory 323. Recreations: Golf, auto- mobiling. Clubs: Lawyers, Republican, The Lambs. Address: 628 W. 114th St., N. Y. City.

KETTLE, William F .:

Clergyman; b. Glasgow, Scotland, Mar. 9, 1864; s. Turner F. and Helen ( MacBeth) Kettle; ed. in school, of Glasgow, Scotland, until 1855; mi. Chicago, Ill., Aug. 20, 1885, Sarah Towell (b. in Glasgow, Scotland) ; chil- dren: Nellie Stewart, b. Nov. 19, 1s>0, Charles Brown, b. Oct. S. 1589, Grace Eliza- beth, b. May 26, 1591 (died April 21, 192). Ordained in ministry of Cong'l Ch., Oct. 9, 1SS5; has filled several charges; now pastor Cong'l Ch., Oswego, N. Y. Has traveled in this country and Old World. Was pres. Sch. B'd of Homer Acad. and Union Sch., 1902-04. Address: Oswego, N. Y.

KEYES, Edward Lawrence:

Surgeon; b. Fort Moultrie. Charleston Har- bor, S. C., Aug. 25, 1813: s. Maj .- Gen. Eras- mus (U. S. A.) and Caroline M. Keyes; grad. Yale. A.B., 163, A.M., 143: Med. Dep't Univ. of N. Y., M.D. 1866 (LL.D.) ; special courses

Loughborough. Lecturer, 1871-72; prof. gen. ito-urinary surgery, 1872-90. Bellevue Husp. Med. College; since 1990, consulting sur:( ): to Bellevue Hosp. V .- p. Acad. of Medicine; membre de l'Association d'Urologie, France; pres. at various times several med. societies. local and national. Author; Tonic Treat- ment of Syphilis; Venereal Diseases; Surgery of the Kidney and Bladder and the Genitalia in the Male. Mem. Met. Museum of Art. Clubs: Century, Metropolitan, Meadow Golf. ( Southampton ) ; Shinnecock Golf, Tuxedo. Residence: Tuxedo Park, N. Y. Address: 109 E. 34th St., N. Y. City. KEYES, Franklin C .:

Lawyer; b. Mt. Vision, N. Y., July 6, 1996; s. Omar and Mary H. (Cheney) Keyes: ed. Ft. Edward Collegiate Inst., Syracuse Univ., N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1895; m. Rochester. N. Y., Feb. 10, 1897; children : Donald Omar b. 1898, Edith Ella, b. 1599. Republican. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity. Author: Wall Street as an American Monte Carlo. Ad- dress: Laurens, N. Y.

KEYSER, Cassius J .:

Mathematician, educator; b. Rawson, O., 1862; s. J. B. and Margaret J. (Ryan) Key- ser; grad. Ohio Normal Univ., B.S., 1s>3: studied law, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Kenton, O., 1883-85; Univ. of Mo., B.S., 1992; student Sumirer Sch., Univ. of Mich., 1894; grad. scholar in mathematics, 1895-96; fellow, 1896-97. A.M., 1896, Ph.D., 1901, Columbia Univ .; m. Ridgeway. O., 1885, Ella Maud Crow; one daugliter, Eva Blanche, b. 1857. Principal and sup't public schools Ohio and Mo., 1885-90; instr. mathematics, Mo. Univ., 1801-92; State Summer Sel., Kirksville, Mo., 1822; prof. mathematics, State Normal Sch .. New Paltz, N. Y., . 1>92-94; instr. mathematics, Smith Acad., Washington Univ., St. Louis, 1891-95; Barnard Coll., 1897-1900; instr. mathe- maties, Columbia Univ., 1897-1903, adjunct prof., 1903-04, Adrain prof. mathematics since 1904. Editor dep't mathematics, Encyclopæ- dia Americana, 1904-07; American editor Hib- bert Journal since 1904; contb'r to various scientific and philosophie journals. Mem. Am. Math. Soc., Circolo Mathematico di Pal- ermo; fellow .1. 1. 1. S. Club: Columbia University. Address: Columbia University, N. Y. City.

KEYSER, Ernest Wise:

Sculptor, mural decorator; b. Dec. 10, 1876; s. Sol and Helen ( Wise) Koyser: ed. Mary- land Inst., Baltimore, Art Students' League, N. Y. City, Academie Julian, Paris; m. N. Y. City, Mar. 31, 1902, Beatrice Obendori. Sculptor Harper Memorial. Ottawa, Can .. Enoch Pratt Memorial, Baltimore; Barry Memorial, Frederick, Md., statue of Admiral W. S. Schley, State House, Annapolis, Md .: Neely Memorial, St. Joseph, Mo. ; mural dec- orations in Nat. Exchange Bank, Baltimore, and other public and private commissions, mainly won in competition, as were all the foregoing. Mom. Nat. Sculpture Soc., Archi- tectural League, (N. Y. City) : Am. Art Ass'n ( Paris). Address: 219 W. 44th St., N. Y. City.

KIDDER, Kathryn:

Actress: b. Newark. N. J., 1869; d. Col. Henry M. Kidder; resided from childhood st

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Evanston (suburb of Chicago) Ill .; ed. under | private tutors at Evanston, Paris and Lon- don; studied dramatic art in N. Y. City, Paris and London; m. Sept., 1905, Louis Kaufman Anspacher. Made debut, Chicago. 1855, in Frank Mayo's play, The Streets of New York; later created roles of "Rachel MeCreery" in Held by the Enemy, and ** Dearest" in Little Lord Fauntleroy; played leading parts in various companies; since 1894, starring in Madame Sans Gene, old English comedies, and Shakespearean repertoire. Ad- dress: Care Louis Kaufman Anspacher, Tuckahoe, N. Y.

KIDDER, Pancoast:

Life insurance mg'r; b. Evanston, Ill., Aug. 25, 1873; grad. Amherst Coll., B.S., 1894. Member Alpha Delta Phi. Since 1895 in ser- vice of Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y., be- coming cashier of Chicago office 1899, mg'r in Topeka, Kan., 1901, ing'r at Syracuse, N. Y., 1904; mg'r at Albany, N. Y., 1908. Was first pres. of Life Underwriters' Ass'n of Syracuse. Address: 100 State St., Albany, N. Y.

KIEFER, Nicholas Frederic:

Physician; b. Buffalo, N. Y .. Nov. 5, 1856; s. Frederic and Mary Ann ( Willman) Kiefer; ed. St. Jerome's Coll., Berlin, Ont .; Med. Dep't of Univ. of Buffalo, 1881; m. Lancaster, N. Y., 1887, Louise Barbara Krim; children : Estelle, b. 1590, Raymond, b. 1893. Traveled in Europe, 1894, and in Calif., 1902. Republi- can. Roman Catholic. Mem. Monroe Co. Med. Soc., Med. Examiner for C. M. B. A. and L. C. B. A. Address: 663 Clinton Av. N., Rochester, N. Y.

KIELLAND, Soren Theodor Munch Bull: Civil eng'r, Norwegian vice-consul; b. Stavanger, Norway, Sept. 7. 1834; s. Lauritz Christian and Johanne Mette Colbjornsen ( Munch) Kielland; mother, cousin of Ole Bull, the famous violinist; related on both sides to Norwegian celebrities; ed. Latin Sch., Stavanger, Norway; passed Royal Navy B'd as navigator on high seas at age of 16; student Engineering Coll., Gothenburg, Swe- den; grad. with honors, 1876; m. Anna May d. Hon. Marvin and Jinnet (Lyall) Harris, of Kendall, N. Y .; children: Rolf, b. 1881, Jinnet, b. 1SS6, Dorothea, b. 1889, Casper, b. 1892, Anna, b. 1594. Visited Africa, 1868, and spent three months in Zululand; sailor, 1870- 22; engaged on railroad construction in Natal, S. Africa, as eng'r and contractor, 1876-75; eng'r on harbor work and river regulation in Norway, 1879-80: ass't ong'r Erie R. R. in Buffalo, 1881-85; ass't eng'r resident Northern Pacific R. R. in Montana and Washington, 1885-88; division eng'r Lehigh Valley R. R. at Buffalo: in charge construction of term- inals, 1888-03; chief eng'r Montana Southern R. R., and principal ass't eng'r Montana Mid- land R. R .. 1-93-95; since 195, civil eng'r Buffalo Creek R. R .; also director, treas, and consulting eng'r of various corp'ns; since in- dependence of Norway, vice-consul for Nor- way at Buffalo. Independent in politics. Lutheran; treas, and mem. council Ch. of the Redeemer, Buffalo. Mem. C. S. Eng'r. ing Soc. (Gothenburg Sweden), Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Eng'ring Soc. of Western N. Y. ! (pres.), Buffalo R. R Ass'n (past v .- p. ) ; mem. F. and A. M. Extensive traveler through Mediterranean to Turkey, Greece, the

Crimea, Black Sea and Sea of Azov; hunting expedition in Zululand, only white luan in party; has traveled and camped along trails and canyons in Rocky Mountains. Recrea- tions: Sailing, traveling, painting. Address: 361 Ellicott Sq., Buffalo, N. Y.

KILBURN, Frederick Douglas:

Lawyer, sup't of banks; b. Clinton Co., July 25, 1850; s. Henry Gardiner and Sophrona (Evans) Kilburn; ed. Franklin Acad., Albany Law Sch .; m. July 21, 1875. Clara M. Barry; children: James B., b. les0, Edward D., b. 1882, Alice R., b. 1887, Clarence E., b. 1:93. Practiced law, 1874-85; v .- p., director and nig'r People's Nat. Bank, Malone, N. Y., 1885-96; pres. Malone Light & Power Co .; director Malone Shirt Co., Symonds & Allison Co. County treas. 6 years; State senator 2 years; sup't of banks since Jan., 1:96. Re- publican. Methodist. Trustee Northern Y. Inst' n for Deaf-Mutes.

Recreations : Hunting, fishing. Clubs: Republican 1.V. Y. City) ; Fort Orange, Albany (Albany ). Address: Malone, N. Y.

KILDARE, Owen Frawley:

Journalist, author, playwright; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 11, 1864; s. Owen Frawley and Re- gine (Fernault ) Kildare; ed. in evening classes of public schools; Cooper Union lee- tures; and by private tuition. In 1s71 was newsboy in gang of which Timothy D. Sul- livan, congressman, of N. Y. City, was leader; professional pugilist and athlete; manager of sporting and athletic ventures; in 1:94, dock laborer and freight handler, later reform and social betterment worker in his own slum dis- triet ; in 1900, conth'r to Herald, Press, Tele- graph, News, World, etc .; 1903, editor or staff writer for Success, Outlook, Pearson's, Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Jour- nal, Broadway, Independent, Smart Set, Col- lier's, etc. Author: My Mamie Rose, 1903: The Good of the Wicked, 1901; The Wisdom of the Simple, 1905; My Old Bailiwick, 19 6. Also author of plays: The Tipster; An Inter- mezzo; A Raid on Policy; The Czar of the Precinct; and My Mamie Rose (dramatiza- tion). Served in Brazilian Revolution as capt. of Marines; sergeant Legion des Et- rangère, General Army of Liberation, Vene- zuela, against Pres. Castro, unsuccessful; sentenced to be shot, escaped. Pres. Kildare

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 17

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