Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 25

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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LANSING, Robert:

Lawyer; b. Watertown, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1864; s. John and Maria L. (Dodge) Lan- sing; ed. Watertown High School and Am- herst Coll .; in. Washington, D. C., July 15, 1890, Eleanor, d. Hon. John W .. Foster. Asso. counsel for U. S. in Behring Sea Arbitration, 1892-93; counsel for U. S. in Behring Sea Claims Comm'n, 1596-97: solicitor for U. S. before Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, 1903; counsel for Mexican and Chinese legations at various times. Mem. law firm Lansing & Lansing; director, City Nat. Bank of Watertown, Eager Electric Co. Democrat. Presbyterian (elder). Mem. Exec. Com. Am Soc. of Internat. Law: mein. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n; mem. Nat. Geog. Soc .; corresponding sec. Jefferson Co. Hist. Soc .; trustee of R. P. Flower Memorial Library. Clubs: Black River Valley ( Watertown, N. Y.). Address: 1012 Washington St., Water- town, N. Y.

LANSING, Stuart D .:

Manufacturer of machinery; b. Watertown, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1866; s. Edward S. and Mary Hubbard (Sherman ) Lansing; grad. Univ. Pa., B.A., 1888; m. Carrie Bagley; chil- dren : Edward S., b. 1895, Sabine, b. 1:98. Mf'r of paper making machinery, trade ex- tending through England, France, Norway, Sweden, Japan, China and Canada, in ad- dition to the work in U. S. Sec. The Bagley. Sewall Co., Inc .; director National Bank and Loan Co., Watertown Steam Engine Co. Episcopalian. Mein. Delta Phi fraternity. Clubs: University. (N. Y. City) : Black River Valley, ( Watertown, N. Y.) : St. Elmo ( Philadelphia) ; Jefferson Co. Golf ( Water. town, N. Y.); Salubrious, ( Lake Ontario) ; Crescent Yacht. Mem. Council Lake Yacht Racing Ass'n ( Lake Ontario). Address: Watertown, N. Y.

LANZA, Conrad H .:

Capt. Quartermaster's Dep't, U. S. A .; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 13, 1S: s. Manfredi and Clare ( Hammond) Lanza; ed. Columbia Univ., Washington, D. C .; unmarried. App?'d 2d lieut., 3d U. S. Art'y, July 9, 1895;

1st lieut., Art's Corps, February 2. 1901: capt. Art'y Corps, Nov. 1. 1903; cap't Quartermaster's Dep't, by detail, June 12. 1907. Served in Philippine Islands during Spanish and Filipino Wars, wounded during latter: grad. U. S. Art'y School, 1903. In- dependent in politics. Roman Catholic.

Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Army and Navy (Wash.). Address: Key West Barracks, Fla. LARKIN, Adrian H .:

Lawyer; grad. Princeton, 1887; m. Kather- ine B. Satterthwaite. Sec. and director Western Steel Car and Foundry Co., Pressed Steel Car Co .; director of Colonial Sugar Co., Crimora Manganese Co., Davis Creek Coal & Coke Co., Lanston Monotype Machine Co., Lookout Fuel Co., Schloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co., Texas Transport and Terminal Co., and Norfolk Southern Railway Co. Clubs : University, Racquet and Tennis, Down Town, Garden City Golf. Residence: Nutley, N. J. Address: 54 Wall St., N. Y. City.

LARKINS, Charles D .: Educator: b. Smithville, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1953; s. Darius Covil and Sarah Ann (Chick) Larkins; grad. Alfred Univ., Ph.B., 1981, Ph.D., 1901; m. Adams, N. Y., Mar. 28. 1850, Angie L. Andrus; one daughter: Ina Eloise, b. 1853. Principal Adams (N. Y.) public schools, 1877-80; prof. mathematics, Cook Acad., Havana, N. Y., 1850-81; Fayetteville (N. Y.) Union School, 1881-86; prof. mathe- matics, New Paltz (N. Y.) State Normal School, 1S>6-88: head Dep't of Mathematics Boys' High School, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1888-91; principal Manual Training High School,

Brooklyn, since 1994. Independent Republi- can. Episcopalian. Mem. of educational societies and ass'ns. Recreations : Boat.

ing, fishing. Clubs: University, Municipal ( Brooklyn ) . Address : 225 Argyle Road, Brooklyn, N. Y.

LARNED, Charles William:

Colonel, U. S. A., professor U. S. Mil. Acad .: b. N. Y. City, Mar. 9, 150; s William and Mary (Sherwood) Larned; grad. U. S. Mil. Acad., le70; m. St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 11, 1SS4, Lonise Hoffman Alexander, d. Gen. Edmund Brooke Alexander; children : Paul Alexander, b. 1885; William Edmund, b. 1ss ?; Louise, h. 1591, Alice Cordelia, b. 1901. Cadet U. S. Mil. Acad., July 1, 1806; 2d lient., 3d Cav .. June 15, 1850; transferred to 7th Cav., Oet. 10, 1870; 1st lieut., June 25, 1876; prof. and lieut .- col., U. S. Mil. Acad., July 25, ISS6; prof. and col .. July 25, 1×6; Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Oct. 23, 1870; Taylor Barracks, Louisville, Ky., 1571: on recon- struction duty, Livingston, Ky., 1972-73; Stanley expd'n against Sioux, 15,3: in office of Sec. of War, Washington, 1873-74; at Mil. Acad., as instr. and prof., since 1576. Epis- copalian. Mem. Architectural League. Soc. Foreign Wars. Clubs: Century, Union

League. Address: West Point, N. Y.

LARNED, Linda Hull:

Writer: b. Little Falls, N. Y .: d. David Henry and Mary (Schermerman) Hull: ed. Keble Sch., Syracuse, N. Y .; m. Syracuse, N. Y., Samuel B. Larned. Author: The Lit- tle Epicure: The Hostess of To-day (Scrib- nor's), and many newspaper and magazine articles on domestic science, and associate editor Good Housekeeping magazine. Il.is addressed hundreds of women's clubs on the subject of household economics. Dele- gate and speaker to Congress of Paris Exp'a by Commissioner Peck, 100; pres. for four years of the Nat. Househohl Economie Ass'n : authority on household economics and mat- ters pertaining to the home. Episcopalian.

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Address : 309 W. Genesee St., Syracuse, N. Y.

LAROM, Walter H .:

Clergyman; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 6, 1858; s. Walter and Sarah Einerson ( Haskins) Larom; ed. St. Stephen's Coll., Annandale, N. Y., B.A., Berkeley Divinity Sch., Middle- town, Conn .; m. St. Mary's Ch., Staten Is- land, April 18, 1899, Carrie Louise Nash, of Liverpool, Eng .; children: Walter Nash, Henry Van Bergen. Ordered deacon and or- dained priest, 1853, by Bishop Williams, in, Episcopalian ministry; since 1889 rector St. Luke's, Saranac Lake, N. Y. Is also arch- deacon of the Archideaconry of Ogdensburg. Mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Ad- dress: Saranac Lake, N. Y.

LARREMORE, Wilbur:

Lawyer, editor; b. N. Y. City, 1855; s. Richard L. and Caroline E. (Livermore) Larremore; ed. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1875; Law Sch., Columbia, LL.B., 1877; m. 1886, Susan Armitage; one son, Thomas A. b. 1889. Has been practising law since 1877; in later years largely engaged in trying cases as referee. Has been editor The N. Y. Law Journal since 1891. Has delivered addresses before bar ass'ns and law schools. Has written on legal topics in Harvard Law Review, Am. Law Review and other legal periodicals, and on legal, political, literary and miscellaneous subjects in the North American Review, The Forum, The Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. Has also contributed verse to many magazines. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Clubs: Century, University, Alpha Delta Phi. Address: 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.

LA RUE, Charles:

Lawyer; b. in Yates County, N. Y., 1870; s. Lawrence A. and Harriet E. (Ayres) La Rue; grad. Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1893, M.A., 1896, Phi Beta Kappa : N. Y. University, LL. B., 1895; m. Ridgefield Park, N. J., 1905, May L. Hunter; one daughter, Ruth, b. 1906. Lawyer in N. Y. City since 1895. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fra- ternity, Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Recreations: Tennis, cycling, fishing. Residence : 5722 15th Av., Brooklyn. Address: 132 Nassau St., N. Y. City.

LASKER, Emanuel:

Chess champion; b. Berlinchen, Germany, Dec. 24, 1868; ed. Univs. of Berlin, Got- tingen, Heidelberg, Ph.D) .; special studies in mathematics, 1:91-91, 1896-98. In 1992 won chess championship of England; won chess championship of America, 1993, and of the world in 1594; return matches 1-96 and 1907; received first prize in the Chess Tourna- ments in London, 1992, N. Y. City, 1-93, St. Petersburg, 1895, Nuremberg, 1596, London, 1-99, Paris, 1900. Anthor: Abont a Certain Class of Curved Lines (Nature, Oct. 17, 1-05) ; Metrieal Relations (same, Ang. 8, 1.95); Common Sense in Chess, 1:00; An Essay on the Geometrical Calculus, 1901; Über Reihen auf der Convergenzerenve, 1901; Zur Theorie der Modeln ond Ideale, 1904; Lasker's Chess Magazine (founded 1904), and a philosophie book, Struggle, dealing with the principles of strategy; also chess 808

editor N. Y. Evening Post.

Address: 110 Nassau St., N. Y. City.

LATHROP, Francis:

Artist; b. at sea, near Hawaiian Islands. June 22, 1819: s. Dr. George Alfred and Frit ces M. Lathrop; ed. Dresden, Germany, Is ... 70; afterward in London, under Burne-Jon 's and Madox Brown. Since 1873, has given a; tention to portrait painting, mural paintin .: and stained glass windows. Mem. Municipal Art Soc., N. Y. Zool. Soc .; fellow and ass ,. ciate Nat. Acad. Design, Architectural League, Soc. Am. Artists, Am. Fine Arts Soc., Sons of Revolution. Club: Century. Address: 29 Washington Sq., N. Y. City.

LATHROP, Ida Pulis:

Artist; b. Troy, N. Y., Oct. 27, 1850: d. Abram W. and Catherine (Sheffer) Pulis: self-educated in art; m. Troy, N. Y., Cyrus Clark Lathrop; children : Dorothy Pulis. b. 1891, Gertrude Katherine, b. 1896. Exhib- ited at Nat. Acad. Design, N. Y. City, Minn- eapolis Exp'n, Chicago Art Inst., Boston Art Club, Erie Art . Club. Represented in the permanent collection of the Jamestown Art Gallery. Address: 151 S. Allen St., Al- bany, N. Y.

LATHROP, Levi Chapman:

Banker; b. Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1844; s. Benjamin Colvin and Permela Colburn (Chapman) Lathrop; grad. Syracuse High Sch., May, 1863; m. Brooklyn, Nov. 5, 1so7, Fannie R. Graves; five children, two living: Florence Graves Lathrop, Mrs. Marian Lath- rop

Haskins. Senior mem. banking firm Lathrop & Smith (28 years in present office ) : v .- p. and director The Columbus & Hocking Coal & Iron Co .; pres. Bessie Ferro Silicon Co .; pres. Rhode & Haskins Co .; pres. Ohio Trading Co .; director Saratoga Vichy Springs Co. Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange; charter mem. N. Y. Cotton Exchange. Has traveled all over U. S .; made one trip of three years' duration in Europe, visiting every country. Republican since first vote, in 1866. Presby- terian. Recreation : Reading. Clubs: Morris- town, Morristown Field, N. Y. Yacht. Resi- dence: The Dakota, 72d St. Address: 37 Broad St., N. Y. City.

LATHROP, Rose H .:

Author, artist; b. Lenox. Mass., May 20, 1854; youngest child of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the novelist : studied art in Dresden, Ger- many, in ISTO, and in London; m. London. 1871, George P. Lathrop, the author. Engaged in painting, but later took up literature. An- thor: Along the Shore (poems), 1sss: Memoirs of Hawthorne. 1997: also short stories and sketches for the magazines and short sketches for the little folks, in Wide Awake and St. Nicholas. Has, since 1:96, conducted a home for destinte cancer suf- ferers; in 1900, became a Dominican Re- ligiense, taking the name of Mary Alphonsa; in 1901, in addition to the home for the des- titute cancer patients in Cherry Street, that order obtained a second home at the Vil- lage of llawthorne, N. Y., where both sexes thus afflicted are nursed. Address: 420 Cherry St., N. Y. City.

LATTIMORE, Samuel Allan:

Prof. chemistry ; b. Union Co., Ind., May $1, 1:28; s. Samuel and Mary ( Poague) Lat.

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LAUTERBACH

timore; grad. De Pauw Univ., A.B., 1950, A.M., 1853 (Ph.D., LL.D.). Prof. chemistry, Univ. of Rochester, 1867-1908. Fellow A. A. A. S .; mem. Am. Chem. Soc .; chemist to State B'd of Health, 1881-83; chemist to State Department of Agriculture, 1886; acting president, University of Rochester, 1596-98. Address: 595 University Av., Rochester, N. Y.

LATTING, Charles Percy:

Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, May 28, 1850; s. John J. and Harriet E. ( Emerson) Latting; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, 1869; Yale, A.B., 1873; Columbia Coll. (Law) LL.B., 1875; m. Chicago, Ill., May 17, 1577, Isabella W., d. James Carter; children : Emerson, C. Percy, Jr., Helen, Leslie. Engaged in prac- tice of law in N. Y. City from 1s75. Until 1904, held the position of U. S. Loan Comm'r for N. Y. County for 25 years. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. Zool. Soc., Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Union, University, Seawanhaka-Cor- inthian Yacht, Yale. Address: 37 E. 49th St., N. Y. City.

LAUBER, Joseph:

Artist (mural painter) ; b. in Westphalia, Germany; s. Conrad L. and Theresa (Wigge) Lauber; ed. public and private schools, Cooper Inst., Art Students' League, N. Y .; studied sculpture under Karl Muller, later painting with Shirlaw and Chase; assisted John La Farge for awhile, then traveled abroad for study; m. 1892, Ida M., d. John T. Crow, mn'g editor Baltimore Sun; one son, Hubert C., b. 1893. Executed mural paintings Appellate Court of N. Y., windows and paintings in Ascension Ch., St. Andrew's, Lafayette Av. Presby'n ( Brooklyn), Trin- ity (Lancaster), etc .; painting of Christ in comparative exhibition. Author of some etchings, exhibitor in current exb'ns. Served on various committees tending towards beau- tification of the city. Advisory Com., color scheme, Pan-Am. Exp'n, Buffalo. v .- p. Architectural League of N. Y., 1905-1907; dele- gate Fine Arts Federation, Nat. Soc. Mural Painters; trustee Artists' Aid Soc. Club : Salmagundi. Address: 51 W. 10th St., N. Y. City.

LAUDERDALE, John Vance:

Major Med. Dep't U. S. A., retired; b. N. Sparta, Livingston Co., N. Y., Nov. 13, 1832; s. Walter Elliott and Mary Ann (Vance) Lauderdale; ed. distriet school and Temple Hill Acad., Geneseo, N. Y. ; med. ed'n, practical pharmacy in N. Y. City and - Cleveland, O., 1. 51-57; mem. Florida Expd'n sent by Williams Coll. for collections in natural history, 1837; teacher of natural sciences, Geneseo Acad., 1857-59: studied medicine, Univ. of N. Y. City, 1:59-62, M.D., 1862; m. June 29, ISSO, JJosephine Lane of Brooklyn, N. Y .; children : Marjorie L., John Vanee. Entered Medical Service of U. S. Army during Civil War for duty in the field, April, 1st2; detailed for duty on hospital transport D. A. January till Sept., 1862; interne, Oct. 1, 1862. house surgeon, 1863-61, Bellevue Ilosp. : reintered Med. Ser- vice, U. S. A., March, 1864: served with troops in field till appt'd ass't surgeon U. S. A., May 14, 1 67; reached grade of major, 1558; retired Nov. 13, 1:06. Republican ;

Presbyterian. Mem. Alumni Soc. Bellevne Hosp., A. A. A. S. 1856-60, Am. Ethnological Soc., Am. Museum Natural History. Em- pire State Chapter Sons of Revolution. Club: Crescent Athletic (Brooklyn). Ad- dress: 241 &th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

LAUER, Edgar J .:

Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 10, 1871; s. William E. and Cecilia (Hornthal) Lauer; ed. Columbia Grammar Sch., N. Y. City, Sch. Polit. Science and Sch. of Law, Colum- bia Univ., LL.B., 1891; unmarried. Admit- ted to the bar of N. Y. State, 1392. Sec. James A. Blanchard as justice of Supreme Court, 1900-03; elected, Nov., 1905, justice of the Municipal Court of City of N. Y., for 14th, now 9th, Dist., Borough of Manhat- tan, which office now holds. Republican. Hebrew. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Republican, Harmonie. Address: 620 Madison Av., N. Y. City.

LAUGHLIN, Frank C .:

Jurist ; b. Newstead, N. Y., July 20, 1859: ed. at Lockport (N. Y.) Union Sch .; studied law; m. 1896, Mrs. Martha Taylor Bartlett. of Buffalo. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1982; ass't city attorney and city attorney, Buffalo, 1886- 91; corporation counsel, Buffalo, 1893; justice Supreme Court of N. Y., sitting in Sth Dist., 1885, and Appellate Div .. Rochester and N. Y. City; present term expires 1909. Republican. Clubs: Manhattan, Catholic, Republican. Ad- dress: Buffalo, N. Y.

LAUTERBACH, Edward:

Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 12, 1844; s. Solon and Mina ( Rosenbaum) Lauterbach, ed. public schools and Coll. City of N. Y. A.B., with honors, 1864, A.M., LL.B .; m. Amanda Friedman; children: Alfred, b. 1671 (mem. N. Y. Bar), Edith McDevitt, b. 1:79, Florence Hirschfield. b. 1ss2. Alice, b. 1556. Studied law in offices of Townsend, Dyett & Morrison, and after admission to bar became partner in that firm, which was re- organized as Morrison, Lauterbach & Spin- garn, and after termination of the partner- ship by Mr. Spingarn's death. formed pres- ent connection as member of firm of Hoadly, Lauterbach & Johnson. In addition to other practice is prominent as railroad organizer : instrumental in bringing about consolidation of Union and Brooklyn Elevated roads. the creation of the Consolidated Telegraph and Electrical Subway, and concerned in re- organization of many railroads: counsel for and director of several surface railroads. among others the Third Avenue system. Re- publican ; was several years chm'n Rep. Co. Com. of N. Y., and of Advisory Com. of Rop. State Com .; delegate at large from N. Y. to Rep. Nat. Conv. of 1896, mem. vi its Com. on Resolutions and of sub-com. of nine which drafted the Republican platform of that year; one of three delegates at-large from City of N. Y. to Constitutional Conv .. 1.01, and chm'n of its Com. on Public Charities. Mem. B'd Regents of Univ. of State of N. Y .; has been v .- p. Maurice Grau Opera Co., and chm'n of City Coll. B'd Trustees. Director Hebrew Orphan AAsylum and other charities. Residence : 261 Fifth Av. Address: 22 William St., N. Y. City.

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LAVELLE, Michael J .:

Vicar-general of New York; b. N. Y. City, May 30, 1:56; 3. Patrick and Rose (Fitzsimons) Lavelle: ed. Cathedral School, De La Salle Inst., Manhattan Colt, A.B., 1873, A.M., LL.D., St. Joseph's Sem., Troy, N. Y., 1874; ordained to priesthood of Cath- olic Church, June 7, 1879, ass't at St. Pat- rick's Cathedral, 1879-86, and since 1886 rec- tor of the Cathedral; vicar-general of N. Y. since 1902; appt'd domestic prelate to Pope Pius X with title of Monsignor, 1903. Pres. Catholic Summer Seh. of America, 1896-1903; pres. Catholic Young Men's National Union, 1899-90. Address: 460 Madison Ay., N. Y. City.

LAW, Charles Blakeslee:

Lawyer and mem. Congress; b. Hannibal, N. Y., Feb. 5, 1872; s. Eli B. and Mary Louisa (Payne) Law; grad. Colgate Acad., 1891; Colgate Univ., Amherst Coll., B.S., 1895; m. Gloucester, Mass., Nov. 20, 1901, Ilma Best. Admitted to bar, Nov., 1597. Mem. Congress, 4th N. Y. Dist., elected 1904 and served in 59th Congress; reelected, 1906, to 60th Congress for term expiring 1909. Mein. Kings County Republican County Com. Bap- tist. Club : Union League, Brooklyn (Brooklyn). Residence: 46 Jerome Śt. Address: 16 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

LAW, Frank E .:

Mechanical eng'r and insurance; b. Brook- lyn, Oct. 25, 1869; s. Adams and Mary J. (Burroughs ) Law; grad. Stevens Inst. Tech- nology, M.E., 1892; unmarried. After gradu- ation connected with W. D. Forbes & Co .. machinists and mech. eng'rs; since 1893 with the Fidelity and Casualty Co. of N. Y., in which has served in inspection, under- writing, actuarial, and executive positions ; now second ass't sec. in actuarial and lia- bility lines, and ass't to the president of the company. Originated fly-wheel insur- ance, and has done important work in development of actuarial methods adapted to liability insurance: was elun'n Com. on Rates and Manual of the Liability Confer- ence and devised method by which the Conference deduces rates from the statistics of liability experience. Author: A Method of Deducing Liability Rates, April, 1905. Address : 97-103 Cedar St., N. Y. City.

LAW, James:

Director N. Y. State Veterinary Coll .; b. Edinburgh, Scotland, Feb. 13, 1538; studied at veterinary and med. schools, Edinburgh; les Ecoles Vétérinaire. Alfort and Lyons. France; grad. Highland and Agr'l Soc. Vet- erinary B'd. V.S., 1:57; Royal Coll. Veterinary Surgeons, M.R.C. V.S., 1863; F.R.C.V.S., 1570. Prof. Anatomy, Edinburgh New Veterinary Coll., 1860-65, and Albert Veterinary Coll., London, 1865-67: 1565-96. prof. veterinary science, Cornell Univ., N. Y .; dean and di- rector State Veterinary Coll. (Cornell) : con- sulting veterinarian to N. Y. State Agr'l Soe, 1869-96: chm'n U. S. Treasury Cattle Com- m'n. 1>>2-53. Author: General and Descrip- tive Anatomy of Domestic Animals; Farmers' Veterinary Adviser: Text-Book of Veterinary Medicine in 5 vols., and numerous scientific monographs. Address: The Circle, Ithaca, N. Y.

LAW, Lizzie Woodbury:

Manager Equitable Life Assurance Soc .; b. Lynn, Mass .; d. George W. and Julia ( Wood- Rury) Law; ed. in schools of Lynn. Mass .; unmarried. Pres. Nat. Soc. New England Women. Mem. Soc. of Political Study, Rainy Day Club. Address: 40 E. 30th St., N. Y. City.

LAW, Walter William:

Retired carpet merchant; b. Kiddermin- ster, England. Nov. 13, 1837; s. John and Elizabeth (Bird) Law; ed. in private schools in Kidderminster (honorary Litt.D .. Yale) ; m. at No. 152 Second Av., N. Y. City, Jan. 4, 1866, Georgiana H. Ransom; children: Georgia R. Penman, b. Nov. 10, 1866, Carrie Law-Fotterall, b. Sept. 10, 1869, Walter W. Law, Jr., b. July 15, 1571, Edith Bird Brock- elmann, b. April 10, 1874, Henry Herbert Law, b. Feb. 28, 1878, Martha Janet Macey, b. March 10, 1SS0. Came to U. S., arriving in N. Y. City Jan. 22, 1860; secured employment as clerk but in the panic of the following year his employers failed, October, 1861, and he was without a position; employed by W. & J. Sloane at a small salary, and de- voted himself to the interests of the firm with such efficiency that he became a part- ner after four years' service, and afterward vice-pres. of the corporation, W. & J. Sloane. Retired from active business in 199, but re- mains a trustee of the corporation: also 3 director of the Nairn Linoleum Co. Re- tired from business to devote himself to country life and is now pres. of Briarelitf Realty Co., owning more than 5.000 acres of land; Briarcliff Lodge Ass'n, owning 200 acres of land. the Briarcliff Lodge; and Briar- cliff Farins, owning 3,000 acres of land and 1000 cows, all of which he founded; also found Briarcliff Manor Village of which Walter W. Law. Jr., is now president. Built Briarcliff Church. Republican. Con- gregationalist. At Briarcliff dairy farming has been developed along the most progres- sive lines, with stock selected with the greatest care, and milk produced under the most hygienie conditions; the farm also produces American Beauty roses in great perfection and profusion. While adhering to the highest ideals in this extensive en- terprise, and sparing no outlay in maintain- ing them, it has also been attended by grat- ifying financial success. Gives his personal attention to the enterprises and to the social welfare of the people of Briarcliff Manor: and the story of Mr. Law and his achieve- ments there has been told most interestingly in an article by Andrew Carnegie in The Outlook of May 16. 1908, entitled "The Laird of Briarcliff Manor.' Mr. Law's leisure is largely devoted to his library of 7,000 vol- umes, which he has been collecting for the past forty years. Clb: Century (N. Y. ('ity). Address: Briarcliff Manor, N. Y. City.

LAWLER. Thomas Bonaventure:

Publisher: b. Worcester, Mass., July 14, 1964: s. Thomas and Eliza (Maher) Lawler; grad. Holy Cross Coll., A. B., Is-5. A M .. 1533; m. N. Y. City. 199, Margaret A. Brennan. Mom. firm of Ginn & Co., educational pub- lishers. Hlas traveled three times around the

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globe. Author: Essentials of American His- tory; Primary History of U. S .; The Story of Columbus and Magellan. Mem. Am. Ori- ental Soc. Clubs: University, Papyrus (Bos- ton ). Residence: 102 W. 84th St., N. Y. City. Address: 70 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.

LAWRENCE, Abraham Burtt:

Col. U. S. V .; b. Warsaw, N. Y., May 18, 1834; of New England parentage; lineal des- cendant from Sir Robert Lawrence, Crusa- der, A.D., 1191, under Richard Coeur de Leon, and from John Lawrence, who came with Gor. Winthrop to New England, 1630; ed. in public schools. In 1539 projected, built and operated the Warsaw Gas Light Works, also a foundry and machine works and a mercan- tile establishment in Warsaw, N. Y., until Lincoln's call for 300,000 volunteers, when he turned over his business to others and as- sisted in organizing the 130th N. Y. Vol. Inf., later transferred to cavalry and designated Ist N. Y. Dragoons, which, under Gen. Sher- idan, became famous; placed on detached service, 1862, in commissary and quarter- master's dep't, Peck's Div., 7th Army Corps, under Gen. Dix, later in Sheridan's Cav. Corps, as q. m. U. S. Regular Cav. Brigade ; promoted capt. and a. q. m. U. S. V., and as- signed to 18th Army Corps, of which he soon became chief q. m. with rank of major, and served with the 10th, 18th and 25th Army Corps until the consolidation of the white troops, constituting the 24th, to which he was assigned as chief q. m. and promoted lieut. col. During campaign ending with sur- render of Gen. Lee was appt'd by Gen. Grant chief q. m. Army of the James, and later to receive and make disposition of the property of Lee's Army, and to act as chief q. m. of the U. S. forces at Appomattox Court House, Va .; later assigned to Rich- mond, Va., disposing of surplus publie prop- erty and muster out of troops. Sent by Sec. of War, 1865, to vicinity of the Rocky Moun- tains, transferring the Army property and service from Volunteers to Regulars. In 1866, upon application for muster out, re- turned to Warsaw, and was honorably dis- charged with brevet commissions from the President "for faithful and meritorious ser- vices during the War." Successfully en- gaged in slate mining and manufacturing in Province of Quebec, Canada. and afterward in lumber and planing mill business at But. falo, N. Y. Commissioned commandant Letchworth Rifles, and later ordnance officer Fourth Div., N. G. N. Y. One of organizers Nat. Guard Ass'n of State of N. Y. and 10 successive years mem. Exec. Com. and re- cording sec .; mem. G. A. R., and was one of organizers and several years comd'r Gibbs Post, vice dep't comd'r, mem. Council of Administration in building of the Soldiers' Home in Bath, N. Y., and its transfer to Stato of N. Y. for maintenance; mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Mason 52º and Shriner (past master, past high priest of chapter) : Odd Fellow: Granger ( Patrons of Husbandry ). He and all of his family are active members of the Congregational Church and Sunday School, Warsaw: delegate to the Nat. Trien- nial Conneil of Congregational Churches, St. Louis, which resulted in formulating the Church Creed. Pres. Wyoming Co. Agr'l Soc. 5 years; one of organizers and four

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 25

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