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LAMONT, Hammond:
Editor of The Nation: b. Monticello. N. Y., Jan. 19, 1864; s. Rev. Thomas and Caroline
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Denel (Jayne) Lamont; grad. Harvard, A.B., !
Critic, Washington Evening Star, and the 1886; Brown, A.M. (honorary), 1990; m Ny- į Detroit Free-Press; contb'r current satirical ack, N. Y., May 14, 1591, Lillian Mann: chil- verse to N. Y. Sun, N. Y. Herald and N. Y. World: writer for magazines and free-lance newspaper work. Independent in politics. Residence: 100 W. 54th St. Address: Care N. Y. Sun, N. Y. City. dren: Gordon, b. 1804; Katherine, b. 1890. Teacher, 1886-87; in newspaper work in Al- bany, 1887-90; in Tacoma and Seattle, Wash., 1890-92; iustr. in English, Harrard, 1802-95; asso. prof. and prof. rhetoric, Brown Veiv., LAMSON, Fred Leonard: 1895-1900; mn'g editor N. Y. Evening Fost, 1900-06; editor of The Nation, from 1906. Ed- itor: Specimens of Exposition (Holt) ; Burke on Conciliation (Ginn). Author: English Composition ( Scribner ). Clubs: Brown, City, Century. Address: The Nation, Box 794, N. Y. City.
LA MONT, Herbert Murray:
Stock broker: b. Turners, Orange Co., N. Y., Dec. 12, 1577: s. late Charles A. and Re- genia Holmes ( Warren) La Mont; ed. Poly- technic Inst. of Brooklyn, class of 1896. Stockbroker with firm of Williams & Bur- ·bank. Sec. and director Ramapo Water Co .; v .- p., treas. and director M. A. Shaw & Co. (Inc.) ; ten years in employ of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. and its al- lied interests. Recreations: Outdoor sports, yachting. Mem. Sons of Revolution, Soc. Second War with Great Britain, Alpha Chi Sigma fraternity. Clubs: Crawford Golf, At- lantic Yacht. Address : 902 President St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
LAMONT, Thomas William:
Banker; b. Claverack, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1370: s. Thomas and Caroline D. (Jayne ) Lamont; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad., Exeter, N. II., Harvard Coll., A.B .; m. Englewood, N. J., Oct. 31, 1895, Florence H. Corliss; children : Thomas, b. 1999: Corliss, b. 1902; Austin, 2d. b. 1905. Second v .- p. and director Bankers' Trust Co .: pres. and director Lamont. Corliss & Co .: director Crowell Publishing Co., Shef- field Coal & Iron Co., X-Ray Stove Polish Co., J. G. White & Co., Inc. Governor of Engle- wood Hosp. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs : Metropolitan, Harvard, The Players, City, Lawyers. Address: " Wall St., N. Y. City. LA MONTE, George M .:
Paper mf'r: b. Danville, Va., June 4, 1863: s. George and Rebecca T. ( Kern) La Monte : grad. Wesleyan Univ., M.A., class of 1981; m. Bound Brook, N. J., Oct. 12, 1957, Anna I. Vaill: children: George Vaill, b. 1$$9; Isabel, b. 1890; Archibald Douglas, b. 1893. Paper mf'r for 21 years, making safety papers for U. S. and foreign governments and other financial institutions: now pres. corp'n of George La Monte & Son; director First Nat. Bank, Bound Brook, N. J., Bank of Nutley, Nutley, N. J. Mem. Am. Hist. Soc., Va. Hist. Soc., N. J. Hist Soc .; mem. Bound Brook B'd of Ed'n. Clubs: Metropolitan. City, Alpha Delta Phi. Residence: Bound Brook, N. J. Address: 35 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
LAMPTON, William James:
Journalist: b. in Lawrence County, Ohio : s. William H. and Ellinor Fairfax ( Miller) Lampton (both natives of Ky. ) ; ed. in Kon- tueky academies and Marietta ((.) Coll .. A.M., (honorary ) : unmarried. Began news. paper work as editor and prop'r of a Repub- lican paper at Ashland, Ky., IST; then worked on Cincinnati Times and other pa- pers: was editor of The Merchant Traveler. Cincinnati: later on staff of Washington
Educator, registrar; b. Jasper, N. Y., Dec. 9, 1870; s. Leonard S. and Clara A. (Millard) Lamson; grad. Univ. of Rochester, A.B., ( Phi Beta Kappa), 1896; won Dewey and Davis prizes for oratory, sophomore and senior years; m. Woodhull, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1891, Della Huthaway; children : Ruth, b. June 30. 1897; Rosita, b. Jan. 28, 1899. Teacher of mathematics and treas. Cook Acad., 1895- 1900: principal Cook Acad., 1900-04; instr. mathematics, registrar and ass't treas. Univ. of Rochester since 1904. Pres. Turnbull Un- dertakers, Tusco Gas Co., Woodhull Milling Co .; director Seneca Salt Co. Republican. Baptist. Recreation: Tennis. Address : 177 Harvard St., Rochester, N. Y.
LANAGAN, Frank R .:
Civil eng'r; b. Meriden, Conn., Dec. 19. 1881; s. David and Mary A. ( Comstock) Lanagan; ed. State Normal Coll., Albany High Sch., Renssealer Polytechnic Inst., C.E., 1905. Engaged on improvement of water supply of City of Albany, N. Y. Republican : Baptist. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc .; junior inem. Am. Soc. Civil Eug'rs: mem. Albany Soc. of Civil Eng'rs; Temple Lodge 14, F. and A. M., Theta Xi fraternity. Club: Univers- ity (Albany). Address : 273
Hamilton St., Albany, N. Y.
LANCASTER, William Woart:
Lawyer; b. Augusta, Me., Sept. 12. 1874: s. Stephen Symonds and Mary Ingelbert ( Woart ) Lancaster: grad. Harvard. A.B., magna cum laude, 1898, LL.B., 1899. Engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City. Independent in pol- ities; active in Citizens' Union several years. Episcopalian. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Director and v .- p. San Gabriel Valley Fruit Products Co .. Di- rector and sec. St. George Evening Trade Sch., N. Y. City, and Prep. Trade Sch., N. Y. City. Recreations: Pedestrianisin. boat- ing. Chib: Harvard. Address: 120 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
LAND, Joseph Foster:
Physician: b. June 2. 1838, West Dennis, Mass .; s. John and Elizabeth (Robbins) Land; ed Litchfield aud Yarmouth (Me.) Acads., Med. Dep't Bowdoin Coll., Maine, and Dartmouth Coll., N. II., M.D., 1876; m. Yarmouth, Me., Oct. 6. 1864, Phebe B. Pratt: one son, Freeman Pratt, b. Ist. Before he was is years of age made voyages in sailing ships from N. Y. City to China, and Calif .. going around the world three times during that period: visiting San Francisco first in IS19. Served in Union Army during Civil War from Sept., 1562, until June, 1965, in 20th Rog't of Inf .. Me. Vols. Bd Brigade ( Butterfield's) First Div., Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Po. tomac. Participated in battles of Antio. tam, Fredericksburg. Middleburg. Gettysburg. Chancellor ville. Rappahannock Station. Mine Run. Petersburg. Weldon Railroad. Late at. tending physician Home for Friendless: mem. B'd Ma'rs, N. Y. Bible Soc. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. N. Y. County and
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State Homo. Med. Soc., Am. Inst. Homo-i opathy, N. Y. Acad. Pathol. Science. Mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion (Commandery oi State of N. Y.), Bunting Lodge, F. and A. M., Alexander Hamilton Post. G. A. R. Address: 40 W. 127th St., N. Y. City. LANDALE, Russeil H .:
Lawyer; b. in Great Britian, April 13, 1863; of Sotch family; s. James and Mary ( Haigh) Landale; formerly of Kirkaldy, Scotland ; came to U. S. 1972; ed. public schools, Chil- licothe, Ohio, 1876-80; Law Sch., Columbian Univ., Washington, D. C., 1986-88, LI .. B., M.L .; admitted to bar in Virginia, 18.8; ass't gen. att'y, St. Louis, Ark. & Tex. R'y Co., 1888-90; in gen. law practice in N. Y. City from 1801; admitted to practice in U. S. Supreme Court, 1894. Director Quebec Jacques Cartier Electric Co., gen, att'y and director U. S. Graphotype Co. Democrat.
Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., St. George's Soc. of N. Y., Tammany Hall. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Rockaway Hunt. Residence : 65 Central Park W. Address: 37 Wall St., N. Y. City.
LANDFIELD, Jerome Barker:
Engineer and consulting expert in Russian and Siberian mines and industries: b. New- ark Valley, N. Y., May 7, 1871; s. Jerome B. and Helen (Rogers) Landfield; grad. Cor- nell, A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), 1894; m. 1907, Princess Louba Lobanoff-Rostovsky. Special studies in Russia, including explorations in Siberia, 1894-1906; instr. in history, Univ. of Calif. 1902-06. Mem. Russian Imperial Geog. Soc., Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Am. Hist. Ass'n. Director . Binghamton Trust Co. Mem. Delta Upsilon college fraternity, Mason 32°. Club : Bohemian (San Francisco). Address : Binghamton, N. Y.
LANDON, Francis G .:
Ex-Assemblyman; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 20, 1859; s. N. Y. City, Aug. 20, 1859; s. Charles Griswold and Susan H. Landon; descendant John Leverett, gov. Colony of Mass., 1673-79, and Capt. David Landon, of Army of the Revolution ; ed. at several schs., and finally grad. John C. Green Sch. of Science, Princeton Univ., 1981, m. 1597, Mary Hornor Toel. Mem. 7th Reg't of N. Y. City, and for four years was its adjutant; in 195, became capt. Co. I; in 199, with associate officer, went to England to represent the 7th Reg't and Nat. Guard of State: resigned and ro- ceived full and honorable discharge, 1902. Elected to Assembly, State of N. Y., 1900, upon . Republican ticket and reflected in 1901 and 1902. Presidential elector, State of N. Y., 1904; appt'd. by President Roosevelt, 3d sec. Am. Embassy at . Berlin, Jan. 1905, and 2d sec. Am. Embassy at Vienna, May 1905, serving until June 1907, when resigned. Elected Sept. 1907. chm'n Dutchess Co. Repub- lican Com .; appt'd June, 1907, by Gov. Hughes a member of commission to inquire into the condition of the National Guard and Naval Militia. Clubs: Union, Metropolitan, Uni- versity, Princeton, N. Y. Athletic, N. Y. Yacht. Address: Mansewood, Staatsburg-on- Hudson, N. Y.
LANDON, Melville De Lancey ("Eli Perkins" ) :
Humorist, journalist : b. Eator. N. Y .. Sept. 7, 1839; s. John and Nancy ( Marsh) Landon ; ed. Madison Univ. to sophmore years; grad.
Union Coll., A.B., 1861; m. N. Y. City, 1-7-, Emily Louise Smith. Appt'd, 1861, to of ... . in U. S. Treasury; assisted in organizing a? ! serred in Clay Battalion; served in ( .v .: War on staff of Gen. A. L. Chetlain, at Met. phis, Tenn. Resigned from army, 101. a: 1 engaged in cotton planting in States of Arkansas and Louisiana. Went abroad, 1 ... traveling over Europe and into Russia. S. lected by Gen. Cassins MI. Clay, then mitis- ter to Russia, as sec. lezation to St. Peters. burg. Returned to C. S., 1870, and wrote a history of the Franco-Russian War; si !..... then engaged in authorship and newspaper work, his humorous writings in the Comm-r- cial Advertiser, N. Y. Sun and Graphic, in 1872, gaining him wide repute. Pres. N. Y. News Ass'n. Author (under pen-name oi ".Eli Perkins" ) : A Biography of Artemus Ward; Thirty Years of Wit; Kings of Plat- form and Pulpit, and other works. Club: Colonial. Address: 300 Central Park West N. Y. City.
LANDON, Robert J .:
Lawyer; b. Schenectady, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1859; s. Judson S. and Emily A. (Pierce) Landon: ed. Schenectady public schools, Union Coll, A.B., 1980; Albany Law Sch .. LL.B., les3: m. Schenectady, Nov. 12, 1-5. Mary T. Gilmour; children : Judson Stuart. h. 1SS7, Eleanor V., b. 1893, Katherine Gilmour. b. 1904. Engaged in practice of law from 1883; principally litigated business. Republi- can; chm'n Republican Co. Com. 20 years a; .. Miem. B'd of Ed'n, 6 years: B'd of Health. 21 years. Attends Reformed (Dutch ) Church. Mem. Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. Rer. reation: Golf. Clubs : Mohawk, Mohawk Golf, Fortnightly. Address : Schenectady, N. Y.
LANDRETH, Olin Henry:
Civil eng'r and prof. eng'ring; b. Addi- sion, Steuben Co., N. Y., July 21, 1852: s. Rev. James (M. E. clergyman ) and Adelia (Comstock ) Landreth; ed. Rushville (N. Y.) Union Sch., Sodus, N. Y., Penn Yan, N. Y., Dundee, N. Y., and Canisteo. N. Y. acad‹, Union Coll., C.E., 1876, A.B., 1877, A.M., 1551. D.Sc., 1905; m. Eliza. d. William B. and Eliza J. Taylor, of Canisteo, N. Y .; children: William Comstock, b. Nov. 9, 1 63, Olin Hen- ry, Jr., b. Oct. 19, 18>5 (died Feb. 6. 1ss- ). Mary Eliza, b: Sept. 21, 1ss9. Helen Adelia. b. Dec. 15. 1:92, James Taylor, b. Oet. : S. 1894, Robert Nelson, b. July 2, 159 ;. Vari- ous engagements in railroad ens'ring, 1std- 71; student in Union Coll., 1874-77; ass't astronomer. Dudley Observatory, Albany, N. Y., 1:77-79; prof. eng'ring. Vanderbil! Univ., Nashville, Tenn., 1879-94; dean of eng'ring dep't, Vanderbilt Univ .. 1-SG-91: prof. eng'ring Union Coll., Schenectady. N. Y., 1-94; consulting eng'r of N. Y. State B'd of Health, 1:06-1906. Mom. . State Water Storage Comm'n, 1902-03; N. Y. Bay Pollution Comm'n, 1003-05: Ilas
Metropolitan Sewerage Comm'n of N. Y., 10. filled numerous engagements as civil en='r, and as consulting eng'r to various municipal. ties and corp'ns, partienlarly in hydraulic and sanitary eng'ring. since ls-5. Has con- tributed articles on professional engineering subjects and on engineering education to numerous professioal journals and to the transactions of the various technical societies. Republican. Mem. M. E. Church. Mem. and
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past director Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs; mem. and past v .- p. Am. Soc Mech. Eng'rs; fellow A. A. A. S. (sec. Eng'ring Section, 1892, and v .- p., 1908) ; mem. (r .- p., 1903) Soc. Promo- tion Eng'ring Ed'n; past pres. Schenectady Technical Ass'n; past pres. Soc. of Eng'rs of Eastern N. Y .; Delta Upsilon fraternity, Sigma Xi Soc. Address: Union Coil., Sche- nectady, N. Y.
LANDRETH, William Barker:
Civil eng'r; b. Rushville, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1857; s. James and Sarah ( Barker) Landreth ; ed. Sodus (N. Y.) and Dundee (N. Y.) acads., 1865-70; Dansville High Seb., 1870-73; Friendship Acad., 1873-76; C'hion Coll., 1876- 81, A.B., C.E .; m. Schenectady, N. Y., May 7, 1881, Amelia T. Fitz Gerald. Ass't eng'r, Sinaloa & Durango R. R., Mexico, 1881-84: city eng'r, Schenectady, N. Y., 1884-87; eng'r B'd Public Works, Amsterdam, N. Y., 1887-89; in charge city work, 1889.97, at White Plains, Port Jervis and Jamestown, N. Y., Tonawanda and Cortland, N. Y., Athens, Pa., and Waverly, N. Y. Ass't eng'r, N. Y. State canals, 1897-1900; resident eng'r N. Y. State canals, 1903; special resident eng'r, N. Y. State canals. Mem. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng'rs, Rensselaer Soc. Eng'rs, Mass. High- way Ass'n, Eng'rs Soc. of Eastern N. Y. Republican. Episcopalian. Contb'r technical papers to engineering journals and transac- tions. Residence: 20 Gillespie St., Schenec- tady, N. Y. Address: State Hall, Albany, N. Y.
LANDSBERG, Max:
Rabbi; b. Berlin, Germany, Feb. 26, 1845; s. Meyer and Fanny ( Blumenreich ) Landsberg, ed. in I'nivs. of Gottingen and Breslan, Jewish Theol. Sem., Breslau, Univ. of, Halle, Ph.D., 1956, rabbi, 1870; m. Hanover, Ger- many, Feb. 26, 1871, Miriam Isengarten. Came to U. S. 1871, and has ever since been minister of Berith Kodesh Congregation at Rochester, N. Y. Compiled A Ritual for Jewish Worship, ISS1. Trustee Reynolds Library and Rochester City Hosp .; mem. B'd of Governors of Hebrew Union Coll., Cincinnati, Ohio. Address: 420 E. Main St., Rochester, N. Y.
LANDSTREET, Fairfax S .:
Capitalist ; b. Paris, Fauquier Co., Va .; m. May Davis. V .- p. and director Western Maryland Railroad Co .; pres. and director Davis Coal & Coke Co .; director Maryland Nat. Bank, Baltimore, Continental Trust Co., Baltimore, Nat. Bank of Davis, Davis, W. Va .; pres. Tudur County Bink, Parsons, W. Va .; director Consolidated Gas, Elec. Light & Power Co., Baltimore, Consolidated Cotton Duck Co. of Baltimore, J. Spencer Turner Co. of N. Y., First Nat. Bank, Hancock, Md. Republican. Clubs: Lawyers, New York, Metropolitan, (N. Y. City ) ; Maryland, Elk Ridge Fox Hunting, Baltimore Yacht, Groen Spring Valley Hunt ( Baltimore). Residence: 771 Madison Av. Address: 1 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LANE, Charles Stoddard:
Clergyman ; b. Boston, Mass., Jan. 15, 1900: s. George H. and Sarah ( Weeks) Lane; ed. Boston Latin Sch., Amherst Coll., A.B., 1880, A.M., 1>>3: Hartford Theal. Sem., Iss1; in. Brooklyn, 1-5, Jessie Carson: children: Stoddard, b. 17, George Homer, b. 1991, Laura, b. lol. Pastor Congregational Ch.,
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Unionville. Conn., 1881-88; pastor First Pres- byterian Ch., Mt. Vernon, N. Y., since 1888. Mem. Synod of N. Y., and Presbytery of Westchester. Recreations: Outdoor sports, baseball, yachting. Address: 136 Cottage Av, Mount Vernon, N. Y.
LANE, Wolcott G .:
Lawyer; b. Sandusky, Ohio, Jan. 21, 1866; s. William G. and Elizabeth D. (Geisured ) Lane; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H .; Yale, A.B., 1888: Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1991: m. Lynn, Conn., Sept, 15, 1896, Edith G. Perkins. Admitted to bar, 1891; mem. law firin Miller, King, Lane & Trafford. Repub- lican. Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Met. Museum of Art, Am. Geog. Soc. Clubs : Lawyers, University, Yale. Residence: 353 W. 84th St. Address: 80 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LANGDON, Andrew:
Banker, manufacturer; b. New Marlboro, Mass .; s. John Le Droit and Jeruslia (Still- man) Langdon; ed. Lenox Acad. ( Mass.) ; m. Ist, Belmont, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1806, Alice B. Woodward; 2d, South Bend, Ind., Nov. 25, 1903, Hariet C. Studebaker; children: John Le Droit, Ellen E., William Chauncey, Eliza- beth. Engaged in banking and mf'g in Buf- falo for years; now director General Railway Signal Co., Commonwealth Trust Co., Buffalo Foundry Co., Buffalo Gen. Electric Co., Fron- tier Telephone Co., Consolidated Telephone Co., all of Buffalo; treas. Dominion Telephone Co. of Canada. Extensive traveler in all of U. S. and adjoining countries, and all coun- tries of Europe. Park comm'r City of Buf- falo; mem. Grade Crossing Comm'n of Bnf- falo for several years: pres. Buffalo Hist. Soc., 14 years. Erected in Delaware Park and gave to City of Buffalo the bronze replica of "David," Michelangelo's masterpiece (the only one in America) ; this was cast in bronze especially for, and received gold medal at, the Paris Exp'n of 1900. Republican. Pres- byterian. Mem. S. A. R., Soc. Colonial Wars, Allegany Soc., St. Andrew's Scottish Soc .: pres. Buffalo Historical Soc .: director Buf- falo Homeopathie -Hosp .; v .- p. Soc. Natural Sciences. Chibs : Buffalo. Buffalo Yacht, Century, Ellicott, Buffalo Library. Address : 175 North St., Buffalo, N. Y.
LANGDON, Loomis L .:
Brig.gen., U. S. A .; b. Buffalo, N. Y., appt'd from N. Y. cadet at U. S. Mil. Acad., July 1, 1:50; grad. July 1, 151; brevet 2d lieut., 4th Art'y, July 1, 1 54; Ist lient., July 13, 1860; capt., Ang. 28, 1801; major, 2d Art'y, Mar. 20, 1579; lient .- col., Dec. 1, 153; col., Ist Art'y. Jan. 25. 1859. Eng'r officer in charge of the map making during expedition into Everglades of Fla., 1535; in command of the advance guard in the at- tack on Billy Bowley's Cypress Swamp, Fla., April 7, 1:56; in charge of the defense of Brownsville, Tex. Brevetted major, U. S. A., Fcb. 20, 1861, for gallant and meri- torions services in battle of Olistce, Fla .; lieut .- col., U. S. 1., Sept. 29, 1-4, for gal- lant and meritorions services in attack on Fort Gilmer, Va .; in command of Artillery Brigade in siege of Richmond, 1564-45; in command of Fort MeHenry, Md., 15-5: in com- mand of St. Francis Barracks and Ft. Mar- ion, St. Augustine, Fla., 196; in com. mand Barrancas Barracks and Ft Pick-
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ens, Fla., 1887-83; in command ef Presidio, | San Francisco, Calif., 1889-90. and in com- mand of Ft. Hamilton, N. Y. Harbor, 1590. 94; retired from active service, Oct. 25, 1894 -; brig .- gen., April 23, 1904. After retire- ment traveled extensively in Europe for . third time and through Pacing Western States. Mem. of the Hosp. Committee of St. John's Hosp. ; director Breveort Savings Bank, Brooklyn. Student Nat. Acad. in London, 1903, and occasional correspondent for the newspaper press. Mem. Long Is- land Hist. Soc., Soc. of Vermonters, Ass'n of Graduates of U. S. Mil. Acad., United Service Institute, Governor's Island, N. Y .. , U. S. Geographical Soc. Clubs: Hamilton, Oxford, (Brooklyn) ; Church (N. Y.). Ad- dress: 191 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y. LANGDON, Russell Creamer:
Capt., U. S. A .; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 20, 1872; appt'd to U. S. Mil. Acad. from 2d Congressional Dist., N. Y .; grad. June 12, 1896, and appt'd additional 2d lieut., 8th Inf .; promoted to cap't, 9th Inf., Dec. 5, 1901; transferred to 3d Inf., June 21. 1902. Mem. Soc. Army of Santiago de Cuba; sec. and treas. Calif. branch of same, at organiza- tion, July, 1902; mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion, Soc. Army of the Philippines, and Soc. of the Carabao of the Philippines. Club : Columbus (Columbus, O.). Address : Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
LANGDON, Woodbury:
Dry goods merchant; b. Portsmouth. N. H., Oct. 22, 1836; s. Woodbury and Frances C. Langdon; ed. Portsmouth High School; m. 1898, Elizabeth Langdon Elwyn. Mem. firm Joy, Langdon & Co., since 1868; interested as officer or director in banking and other corp'ns, including Cannelton Coal Co., N. Y. Life Insurance Co., Title Guarantee & Trust Co., Central National Bank. National Bank of Commerce, German Alliance Ins. Co., German-American Insurance Co.
Mem. Chamber of Commerce, Met. Museum of Art, Am. Geol. Soc., New England Soc., N. Y. Bot. Gardens. Clubs : Merchants, Union League, City, Lawyers, Riding, N. Y. Ath- letic. Residence: Waldorf-Astoria. Address : 108 Worth St., N. Y. City.
LANGELOTH, Jacob:
Merchant; b. Mannheim, Germany; m. Va- leria Knapp, 1903. Pres. and director The Am. Metal Co., Lt'd; director Metallurgical Co. of Am. ; v .- p. and director Balbach Smelt- ing & Refining Co .; pres. and director Granby Consolidated Mining. Smelting & Power Co., Lt'd; director Corn Exchange Bank. Resi- dence: 784 Fifth Av. Address: 52 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
LANGSTAFF, J. Elliot :
Physician: b. Lanestaff, Ont., Can .; s. John and Elizabeth ( Brett) Langstaff; grad. Toronto Univ., M.B., M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg., Ontario (licentiate), Royal Coll. Phy- sicians, Edinburgh Univ .. L.R.C.P .; m. New Brunswick, N. J., Nov. 19. 1>>1, S. Josephine Meredith; children: S. Meredith, b. lab: J. Brett, b. 1989. Practised in Richmond Hill, Ont., and Brooklyn, N. Y., 25 years. Has traveled through British Isles, Southern Eu- rope and the whole United States and Can- ada. Was mem. Queens Own Rifles. To- ronto, Ont .; now naturalized citizen of U. S. Episcopalian. Mem. Kings Co. Med. Soc.,
N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, staff St. John.". Hosp. Recreations : Boating, travelin ... country life. Clubs: Barnard, Winter's Nich: Church. Country residence : "Breljomere Stony Brook, L. I. Address: 19 Sevench Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
LANGTHORN, Jacob Stinman:
Civil eng'r; b. Eastport, Me .; s. Jacob S. and Jane (McGurk) Langthorn; ed. Scho of Mines, Columbia Univ .; m. Brooklyn, ". Y., May 25, 1896, Mary House; children : Jack, b. 1897; Elizabeth, b. 1899, Jane, b. 1901; Alice, b. 1904. Engineer in charge Borough of Brooklyn Department of Brides. N. Y. City, 1898-1905; division enginer! Board of Water Supply, N. Y. City,
from 1906. Served as boatswain's mate, U. S. N., 1893, in Spanish-Am. War; ensign. N. Y. Naval Militia. Mem. Soc. Civil Enz'rs. Alumni Ass'n Schools of Science, Columbi: Univ., Alpha Delta Plri fraternity. Clubs: Columbia Univ., Brooklyn Eng'rs. Address. 112 St. James St., Kingston, N. Y.
LANGTON, Daniel Webster:
Landscape architect: b. Kemper Co., Miss .. May 5, 1864; grad. Univ. of Alabama, 1-2. Ph.D., 1991; m. New Haven, Conn .. Ist.6. Bernice Francis. Was on Geol. Survey of Ala., 1883-89, then became consulting geolo- gist Chesapeake & Ohio R's, 1593. Fellow Geol. Soc. America, 1589: mem. Am. Soc. Landscape Architects, 1899, Engineers Club. Author: Report on the Geology of Southeast Alabama; also geological papers in Silli- man's Journal and Bulletin, Geol. Soc. of America. Residence : "Great Oaks,"' Mor- ristown, N. J. Address: 347 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
LANGWORTHY, William Franklin:
Educator: b. West Edmeston, N. Y., May +. 1861; s. Hollum and Rosina E. (Pope) Lang- worthy; grad. Brookfield Union Sch. and Acad. (valedictorian ), 1:$3: Madison (now Colgate) Univ., A.B., (valedictorian: Ist Os- born mathematical prize ; 1st Lawrence chemical prize), 1987, A.M., 1s90; also post- grad. study at Cornell and Harvard; m. Hamilton, N. Y .. July 1, 1590, Lois Caroline Babcock; children: Caroline Pearl, b. 1991 : Margaret, b. 1893. Taught mathematics and Latin, 1887-89, Latin and Greek, 1 == 9.3. Keystone Acad., Factoryville, Pa .; teacher of science. Colgate Acad., Hamilton, N. Y .. since 1:90. Republican. Mem.
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N. Y. State Science Teachers' Ass'n, Nat. Geog. Soe., Delta Upsilon fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Recreations: Genealogical study. Address: Hamilton, N. Y. LANIER, Charles:
Banker; b. in Madison, Ind., Jan. 19, 1837; ed. at New Haven, Conn .; m. Sarah Egle- ston. In Isto became mem. firm of Wins- low. Lanier & Co., bankers, and is now its senior member. Pres. Massillon & Cleve- land R. R. Co., and Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago N'y Co .: director Am. Cotton On Co., Cleveland & Pittsburgh R. R. Co., West-
ern Union Telegraph Co .: director and r .. p. Central & South Am. Telegraph Co. : director Nat. Bank of Commerce in N. Y., Central Trust Co., Southern R's Co. Mutual Lito Ins. Co .: treas. Am. Museum Natural History. (Inbs: Union League, Jekyl Island. Century. Metropolitan, N. Y. Yacht. Tuxedo. Union. Knickerbocker, N. Y. Lawyers. Residence :
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LANIER, Henry Wysham:
Publisher, author; b. Milledgeville, Ga., 1873; s. Sidney Lanier ( the poet) and Mary (Day) Lanier; ed. McDonogh School, Mc- Donogh, Md .; m. Greenwich, Conn., 1997, Josephine Stevens. In railway service as rodman Baltimore Belt R. R., 1891; engaged in civil engineering in the West Indies, 1892-93; in art dep't Scribner's Magazine. 1894; advertising mg'r and editorial ass't in book dep't, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896-97; in editorial and advertising dep't of Doubleday & McClure Co., 1898; sec. Doubleday, Page & Co., publishers, since 1900. Author: The Romance of Piscator, 1904. Residence : Greenwich, Conn. Address: 133 E. 16th St., N. Y. City.
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