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MEYER, James G .:
Lawyer; b. Fishkill Landing, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1864; s. Louis and Mary ( Nelson) Meyer; grad. Rutgers Coll., New Brunswick, N. J., A.B. 1884, M.A. 1887; m. Matteawan, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1SS9, Annie Rothery; children : Mar- gian R., b. 1890, Charles A., b. 1994. Has been in active practice of law since 1886; counsel Town of Fishkill, Village of Mattea- wan, of Fishkill Landing; has conducted some of the most important litigations in the County of Dutchess; has been the origin- ator and carried ont all important municipal work done in Town of Fishkill. Democrat ; leader in Southern Dutchess Co .: Dem. elec. tor, 1901; represents town in County Com .; chi'n Town and Village Coms .; delegate to every State Convention since 1994. Mason, Knight of Pythias. Odd Fellow. Recreations : Golf and automobiling. Clubs: Matteawan, Southern Dutchess. Address : Matteawan, N. Y.
MEYER, Otto A .:
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Publisher: b. Utica, N. Y. Publisher The Utica Daily Press: director Urica Second Nat. Bank; trusteee Utica Public Library, Utiea Dispensary. Address: 14 Jewett Pi., Utica, N. Y.
MEYER, Willy:
Surgeon; b. Minden, Westphalia, Ger- many, July 24, 1858; grad. Univ. of Bonn, M.D., 1850; m. N. Y. City, April 29, 13:5, Lilly O. Maass. Ass't to surgical clinic, Univ. of Bonn, Germany, 1881-84; came to U. S. 1984; prof. clincial surgery Woman's Med. Coll., N. Y. City, 18:6-93; instructor and prof. surgery N. Y. Post-Graduate Med- ical School and Hosp. since les7. Attending surgeon German Hosp .; consulting surgeon N. Y. Skin and Cancer Hosp, and N. Y. Infirmary. Introduced cystoscopy into U. S., 1-7, and was first in U. S. (1:07) to perform Bottini's operation; author of the radical operation for cancer of the breast. Fellow Am. Surg. Ass'n, etc. Address: 700, Madison Av., N. Y. City.
MEYERS, Clarence William:
Civil eng'r; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 2, 1SS0; s. Augustus and Elizabeth (Cousins) Meyers; prepared for coll. at Trinity Sch., N. Y. City; grad. Cornell Univ., C.E., 1902; took post- grad. course for master's degree; unmarried. Has traveled extensively in France, Germany, England, etc .; was for a time engaged in railroad construction in Wis. for C. & N. W. R. R .; now with N. Y. City Rapid Transit Subway Construction Co .; mem. Rep. Dist. Com. for 21st Assembly Dist., 1905; mem. Citizens' Union during Low campaign. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Nat. Geog. Soc., Alliance Fran- çaise, Phi Gamma Delia, Theta Nu Epsilon, Masonic order (blue lodge, chapter and com- mandery, consistory 326 ), Mystic Shrine. Me- chanics' Soc. (edn'l institution ). Recreations : Automobiling, golf, driving, hunting, ete. Club : Cornell. Address: 31+ Riverside Drive, N. Y. City.
MEYERS, James Cowden:
Lawyer; b. Columbia, Pa., Aug. 30. 1869: s. James Alfred and Anna M. (Cowden) Mey- ers; grad. Princeton Univ., A.B., 1991, A.M., 1894; N. Y. Law Seh., LL.B., 1993; m. Somer- ville, N. J., Mar. 9, 199s, Helen E. Hendrick- son; daughter, Marian Forst. Admitted to N. Y. State Bar, June, 1993; elected alderman, 31th Dist .. N. Y. City, 1901, 1903, 1905: during 1906 was leader of the majority. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Princeton Chapter Phi Beta Kappa. Mem. N. Y. City Chapter Revision Comm'n, 1907; mem. N. Y. City Charter Comm'n, 1908; sec. of both commis- sions. Clubs: Princeton, City, Economic. Address: 527 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
MEYROWITZ, Emil B .:
Optician : b. Danzig, Germany, Oct. 15. 1851: Alexander Meyrowitz: ed. High School of Danzig and Optical College. Mos- cow, Russia: m. N. Y. City, 1575, Evelyn C. Hawley. Learned optical business in Mos- eow; came to N. Y City in 172; started business for self in 1575, and now in addi- tion to main store has three branches in N. Y. City, branches in London and Paris, and in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn. ; also pres. of The Meyrowitz Manufacturing Co .. manufacturing opticians; originator of nu. merous improvements in optical work. Pres. Opticians League of N. Y. : pres. Kryptok Company. Republican: Presbyterian. Mem. Aldine Ass'n, Merchants and Mi'rs B'd of 927
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Trade, West End Ass'n. Clubs: Republican (N. Y. City), Commercial (Minneapolis). Residence : 322 W. 80th St, Address: 101 E. 23d St., N. Y. City.
MICKS, Henry Rathbone:
Mf'r: b. Clinton, N. Y., July 25, 1851; s. Dr. William and Cornelia ( Rathbone) Dicks; ed. Union Coll .; m. Seneca Falls, N. Y., April 12, 1876, Ariana Rumsey: children: Margaret Wentworth, Philip Rathbone, Jay Rumsey, Ransom Rathbone, Henry Wilson. See. and gen. mg'r La France Mf'g Co., Elmira, N. Y., 1875-79; mem. firm of Boykin, Carmer & Co., Baltimore, Md., 1879.96; pres. Rumsey & Co., Lt'd, Seneca Falls, N. Y., mf'rs of pumps, fire engines, ete., since 1896. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Clubs: Maryland, (Bal- timore) ; Seneca Falls, (Seneca Falls) ; Alpha Delta Phi (N. Y. City). Address: Seneca Falls, N. Y.
MIDDLEBROOK, Joseph Weed:
Lawyer; b. Wilton, Fairfield Co., Conn., 1865; s. Samuel Bradley and Sarah (Lock- wood) Middlebrook; ed. Wilton Acad. and Yale Univ., B.A., 1587: Columbia College Law School (class of les9) ; m. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1893, Emma Fitch Bradley; chil- dren: Bradley, b. 1894, Joseph, b. 1895, Cor- nelia, b. 1898, John, b. 1904. Practising law since 1989; most notable case the matter of the will of Robert E. Hopkins. Director The Tarrytown Nat. Bank: v .- p. The Bradley Es- tate. Independent Republican : Episcopalian. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Union League, Transportation (N. Y. City), AArdsley. Ad- dress: Dobbs Ferry, Westchester Co., N. Y. MIDDLEKAUFF, Ellsworth Douglass:
Capitalist, banker, mining: b. Hagers. town, MId., June 2, 1961; s. Hiram E. and Anna E. (Poffenberger) Middlekauff; ed. Rockford (III. ) High School; m. Stockton, Calif., Nov. 16, 1ss7, Addie M. Bailey; chil. dren: Berdenia E., b. Feb. 14, 1893, Edison B., b. Jan. 7, 1897. Vice-pres. D. M. Torrey Banking Co., N. Y. City, pres. Joplin Re- duction Co., Joplin, Mo ..; v .- p. Nat. Mining and Leasing Co .; pres. Window Mountain Copper Mining Co., New Mexico, and direc- tor in ten other companies. Inventar, paten- tee seventy inventions, including one-second ice-cream freezer. one-minute-churn, au- ger for boring square holes. In connection therewith has visited every large city in United States, Canada and Mexico; member Inventors Academy of Science, Paris, France; mem. Joplin Stock Exchange, Am. Mining Congress. Speaks three languages; was lo- cated, 1575-80, at Springfield. S. Dak., as Indian interpreter for wholesale house of Bonesteel & Turner, speaking the Sioux In- dian language; at this place became ac- quainted with Gen. George A. Custer, who shortly after was massacred with about 400 soldiers in the Little Big Horn Valley: has met and conversed with the noted chiefs of that great event in history, including Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse. Crow King, Black Moon. Standing Bear and Red Cloud; has purchased hundreds of ponies from these Indian tribes and helped drive them overland into the eastern states over one thousand miles, where they were sold. Mem. N. J. Automobile and Motor Club, AAssociated Automobile Clubs of N. J., Am. Automobile Ass'n. Residence : 928
211 North Av., Plainfield, N. J. Address: 147 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
MIDDLETON, Clifford L .:
Merchant; b. Brooklyn, July 31, 1850; s. John N. B., and Louisa ( Lightbourn) Middle- ton; ed. Brooklyn private schools; m. Brook- lyn, 1892, Grace Graham Ball; one daughter : Grace Lee, b. 1892. Went into father's office, Middleton & Co., N. Y. City, 1:68, and now senior mem. of firm. Eulisted in Brooklyn City Guard, Co. G, 13th Reg't, N. G. N. Y .. 1870; company was transferred to Co. G, 23d Reg't, 1873; aid-de-camp to Brig .- Gen. Ed- ward L. Molineaux, 11th Brigade, N. G. N. Y .. 1880; on staff of Brig .- Gen. William H. Brow- nell, 4th Brigade, N. G. N. Y., 1se2-85; chief of staff of Brig .- Gen. Rodney C. Ward, 4th Brigade, till 1887 and continued the rank of lieut .- col. as a supernumerary officer till 1900. Vestryman of St. John's Episcopal Church, Brooklyn. Clubs: Hamilton. Montauk, Rid- ing and Driving. Address: 314 Garfield Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
MIDDLETON, Edmund Smith:
Clergyman, teacher, writer; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 16, 1862; s. George Armstrong and Mary Augusta (Smith) Middleton; ed. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1885, Gen. Theol. Sem., 1s=9, St. Francis Xavier, A.M., 1993; B.D., Gen. Theol. Sem., 1906; m. N. Y. City 1503, Sara Belle Kent; children: John, D. 1894 (de- ceased), Helen Elizabeth, b. 1897, George Kent, b. 1903. Travelled in U. S. 1853-90: in Europe 1893-94. Has been master of Greek in Trinity School, N. Y. City, since 1904, and taught for a dozen years before that. Was ordained deacon in the Episcopal Ch .. Iss?, priest, 1890. In 1891 withdrew from ministry owing to changes in doctrinal belief; lived 15 years as a layman and was restored to Episcopalian ministry in 1905. While in the General Seminary won the Seymour Prize in less as best extemporaneous preacher, and in 1ss9 the Alumni Ecclesiastical History prize; won second prize in N. Y. Herald Short Story Competition in 1903, with story "A City Pastoral"': in 1904 won Biack Cat prize with story "The Magic Billiard Ball." (October number, 1908) : in 1903 wrote theo- logical thesis " The Relations of Particular or National Churches." Sec. American Folk Lore Soc. ; mem. Harvard Alumni, Gen. Theol. Semu. Almani. N. Y. Churchmen's Ass'n, Royal Arcanum. Address: 12 Randolph St., Yonkers, N. Y.
MIDDLETON, George:
Dramatist, anthor: b. Paterson, N. J., Oct. 27. Isso: s. George and Ida V. (Blakeslee) Middleton: ed. N. Y. City public school: Nazareth Hall, Dwight School, B.A. Comum- bia Univ., 1902: unmarried. Anthor: The Cavalier (with Paul Kester), produced by Julia Marlowe, Criterion Theatre, N. Y. City. 1902: The Wife's Strategy. produced by Margaret Anglin, 1905: The Sinner (with 1 .. Westervelt ), produced by Robert Edeson, 1907: The House of a Thousand Candles, pro- duced by J. K. Hackett. Daily's Theatre. N. Y. City, 1008; The Vital Issue: The World's Desire: Dolly of the Pantiles; Corona: Light Horse Harry; and numerous plays. Frequent contributor to magazines: fiction. reviews, and articles on dramatic and literary subjects. Mem. Co. lumbia Alumni Ass'n. Clubs : Players,
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Columbia University. Address: 16 Gramerey - falo, 1901, and mem.
Park, N. Y. City.
MIDDLETON, John A .:
Capitalist; Ist v .- p. Lehigh Valley R. R. Co .; v .- p. and director Lehigh Valley R. R. Co. of N. J., Nat. Storage Co .; 2d r .. p. and director Lehigh Valley Coal Co .; director Am. Steel Foundries Co., Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line R'y Co., Building and Sanitary Inspec- tion Co., Coal and Iron Nat. Bank of City of N. Y., Commercial Trust Co. of N. J., Commonwealth Steel Co., Mechanics' Trust Co. of Bayonne, N. J., Morris Canal and Banking Co., Mutual Terminal Co. of Buffalo, Mutual Transit Co., Registrar and Transfer Co. of N. Y., Chicago & Erie R. R. Co., Mid- dletown, Unionville & Water Gap R. R. Co., Morris Canal and Banking Co., N. Y. & Greenwood Lake R'y Co., N. Y. & Wilkes- barre Coal Co., N. Y. Susquehanna & West- ern Coal Co., Pavonia Ferry Co. Residence : 246 W. 103d St. Address: 143 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
MIELATZ, Charles Frederick William:
Artist; b. Breddin, Germany, May 24, 1860; s. Charles and Wilhelmine ( Wolff) Mielatz; came to U. S. in boyhood; ed. in Chicago public schools, studied drawing at the Chi- cago School of Design and Painting with F. Rondel, Senior; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 25, 1905, Mary Stuart MeKinney. Hlas devoted atten- tion to etching as a specialty; is instructor in etching at the schools of the Nat. Acad. of Design, and was mem. of the Internet. Jury of Awards for engravings and etchings at the Louisiana Purchase Exp'n, St. Louis, 1904. Associate National acadamician Nat. Acad. Design; mem. and former sec. N. Y. Etching Club. Address: 135 E. 15th St., N. Y. City. MIGHELS, Philip Verrill:
Author and playwright; b. Carson City, Nev., April 19, 1:09: s. Henry Rnst and Lucy Ellen (Verrill) Mighels; ed. High School, Carson City. Nev .; m. Atlantic Highlands, N. J., June, 1896, Ella Sterling Cummins. Studied law in office at Carson City, admitted to bar, Jan. 1891; practised law one year; journalist (San Francisco and N. Y. City), 3 years; resided in London, 4 years. Author: Out of a Silver Flute (poem) : Nella, the Heart of the Army; The Crystal Sceptre; When a Witch is Young: The Inevitable; Bruvver Jim's Baby; The Ultimate Passion; Dunny : Chatwit, the Man-talk Bird: Sunnyside Tad: dramatization of Bruvver Jim's Baby (pro- duced at Washing on, D. C., June, 1907) and other plays; contributor to leading magazines. Recreations: Automobiling, traveling, riding, shooting, fishing, swimming, boating. Ad- dress: Care of Harper and Brothers, N. Y. City.
MILBURN, John George:
Lawyer: b. Sunderland, England, Dec. 11. 1851; ed. in private schools in England; at age of Is, went to Batavia, N. Y., where stud- ied law in office of Wakeman & Watson ; m. Buffalo, Patty Stocking: children: John G., Jr., Devereaux. Ralph. Admitted to bar, 1821; in 1579, became mem. law firm of Sprague, Milburn & Sprague. Buffalo, but retired from the partnership and went to Denver, Colo., 1882-83; returned to Buffalo, 1>>3, and be- came mem. law firm Rogers, Locke & Mil- burn; was pres. Pau-American Kap'n, Buf-
Charter Revision Committee of Buffalo. Always a warm, per- sonal friend and admirer of President Mc- Kinley; it was his mansion to which that la- mented victim of the assassin's pistol was conveyed when shot, and there he spent his last hours. Removed to N. Y. City, 1905, and became mem. law firm of Carter, Ledyard & Milburn. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, and was delegate of latter to the Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists, 1904. Democrat. Clubs: Buffalo, Ellicott, Country, Liberal, (Buffalo) ; Century, Union, N. Y. Yacht, Metropolitan, Players, Lotos, City (N. Y. City). Address: 54 Wall St., N. Y. City.
MILES, Alfred Graham:
Banker; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 5, 1575; s. William A. and Victorine ( Worthington ) Miles; ed. Cornell Univ., class of 1897. Sec. and director William A. Miles & Co., bankers. Mem. Soc. Colouial Wars, S. 1. R .. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Clubs: Alpha Delta Phi, American Yacht, Knollwood Country, City Luncheon. Address: Millett, Roe & Hagen, bankers, 3 Broad St., N. Y. City.
MILES, George W .:
Physician; b. Auburn, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1851; s. Monroe and Clara A. (Chittenden) Miles ; ed. Auburn public and high schs .; grad. Hamilton Coll., A.B., A.M., 1573; Starling Med. Coll., M.D., 1879; m. 1st, Augusta, N. Y., 1874, Esther L. Allen; 2d, Cazenovia, N. Y., ISS1, Marietta Ransom. Engaged in prar- tiee of medicine in Madison Co., N. Y .. since 1579; lecturer on physiological topics and hy- giene at teachers' insis. in State of N. Y., under State Dep't Publie Instruction, 1904; appt'd health officer of Oneida, less: coroner. Madison Co., 1s80-23, and 1990-96: police and fire comm'r City of Oneida, 1893-97; U. S. examining surgeon for pensions since 1-07. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n. Madison Co. Med. Soc. (ex-pres. ), Med. Soc. State of N. Y .; fellow Am. Acad. Medicine, Psi Upsilon fraternity. Oneida Lodge, F. & A. M., Doric Chapter, R. A. M., Rome Commandery, K. T .; mem. B'd Ed'n City of Oneida 16 years (pres. past 6 years). Address: Washington Av., Oneida, N. Y.
MILLAR, Addison T .:
Artist, painter, etcher: b. Warren, O .: s. William H. and Permelia ( Kennedy ) Millar; ed. in public school. Mt. Union Coll., Ohio, and by travel; (studied art at Art League and Nat. Acad. Design and at Shinnecock Sch., private pupil of William Chase: also studied at Académie Julian, under Benjamim Constant and fleury Martin) ; m. Cleveland, O., lest. Janie A. Craft: one daughter, Dor- othy Frances, b. 1895 Traveled. studied and worked in England, Holland, Belgium, France. Spain and Algeria. Exhibited in Salon; r.p. resented in Detroit Museum of Art by pant- ings and etchiags, in Lenox Library, N. Y. City, by etchings, and by etchings in Bibli ). theque Nationale, Paris. Club: Salmagundi. Address: 121 W. 23d St., N. Y. City.
MILLARD, Nelson:
Clergyman; b. Delhi, N. Y., Oct. 2. 1-34; s. William and Anna ( Loomis) Millard: grad. Delaware Acad., Delhi, Union Coll. (Phi 929
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Beta Kappa), A.B., 1853, A.M., 1856, D.D., 1874, Union Theol. Sem., 1860; m. Montclair, N. J., May 11, 1869. Alice Isabelle Boyd; children : Ernest Boyd, b. Dec. 11, 1870, Ethel Florence, b. Dec. 29, 1882. Tutor Union Coll., 1854-58; traveled and studied in Europe, 1860- 61. Pastor Presby'n Ch., Montclair, N. J., 1862-67, Olivet Presby'n Ch., Chicago, Ill., 1867-68, Second Presby'n Ch., Peekskill, N. Y., 1869-72; First Presby'n Ch., Syracuse, N. Y., 1872-84, Broadway Cong'l Ch., Norwich, Conn., 1884-87, First Presby'n Ch., Rochester, N. Y., 1887-1900; traveled in Europe and the Orient in 1903: served in Christian Comm'n during Civil War; entered Richmond with the Northern army. Republican; Presby'n and Congregationalist until 1905; since then Independent. Mem. Kappa Alpha farternity ; director Rochester Soc. for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Rochester Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and Rochester Door of Hope. Has published many sermons and addresses and written many editorial articles. Clubs: Genesee Val- ley, Fortnightly Literary, Browning, Alpha Chi. Address : Rochester, N. Y.
MILLER, Alvah:
Merchant; b. Katonah, Westchester Co., N. Y., Jan., 1855; s. Stephen Holly and Sarah Jane (Lyon) Miller; ed. public schools and Chappaqua Mountain Inst. ; m. Purdy's Sta- tion, N. Y., Feb., 1876, Phebe A. Sutton; . children : Nathaniel L., Marguerite A., Mabel A., Alvah L., Cyrus W. Mem. firm H. G. Craig & Co .; director St. Regis Paper Co. Asso. mem. Grant Post, G. A. R .: trustee and treas. United Cong'l Ch. of Brooklyn. Clubs: Atlantic Yacht, Montauk, Hanover (director and sec.). Address: 839 Carroll St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
MILLER, Augustine A .:
Catholic priest; b. Uznach, Switzerland, May 13, 1869; s. Augustine and Philomena ( Pircher) Miller; grad. Stella Matutina Coll., Feldkirch. Austria; studied philology two years in Wynandsrade, Holland; philosophy three years in Exaeten, Holland; theology in Valkenberg, Holland. four years: ummarried. Was prof. commercial branches 2 years, and classical languages 4 years, St. Ignatius' Coll., Cleveland, O .: Pres. Canisius Coll., Buffalo, N. Y .. since 1905. Address: Cani- sius College, Washington St., Buffalo, N. Y. MILLER, Charles Coleman:
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1867: s. John. E. and Mary A. ( Munford) Miller: ed. P.S. No. 11, Brooklyn, Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, Columbia Coll., A.B., Iss. Columbia Law School; m. Brooklyn, 1-92, Lulu Heitkamp; children: Dudley, Natalie Dickinson. En- gaged in general practice of law in N. Y. City. Director Excelsior Terra Cotta Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Brooklyn Bar Ass'n, N. Y. County Lawyers Ass'n, Brooklyn Young Republican Chib (Advisory ('om.), Brooklyn League ( Exec. Com.), Presby'n Social Union of Brooklyn. Recrea. tions: Golf, tennis, yachting. Clubs: Uni- versity of Brooklyn (charter mem. ), Under- writers (N. Y. City ), Point o' Woods Yacht. Address: 35 Nassan St., N. Y. City.
MILLER, Charles Henry :
Artist: b. N. Y. City, Mar. 20. 1St2; s. Jacob and Jane M. (Taylor) Miller; ed. Mit. 930
Washington Inst., N. Y. City, art schools of the Nat. Acad. of Design, N. Y. City, and the Royal Acad., Munich, Bavaria; in. Queens, L. I., Oct. 3, 1900, Elizabeth Doro- thea Mosback, née Herdfelder. First exhib- ited his paintings at Nat. Acad. of Design, 1860; took M.D. degree, 1863, receiving di- ploma from hand of William Cullen Bryant ; made first voyage to Europe as surgeon of packet ship Harvest Queen in 1564, visiting Paris, London and Scotland; became acad- emician in 1875; best known for paintings of Long Island scenes; was 5 years pres. Art Club of N. Y .; pres. Am. Art Com., Internat. Exp'n, Munich, 1883; former pres. Shake- speare Club, Queens, L. I. Republican. Mem. Reformed (Dutch) Church. Mem. Nat. Acad. Design, Municipal Art Soc. of N. Y., Geog. Soc., Masonic order (past master), B'd Ed'n Queens Union Free Sch. (first pres.). Author: " The Philosophy of Art in America; artistic, poetic and philosophical essayist, strongly advocating human reason and judicial sense in place of arbitrary pacification; pen name . Carle de Muldor. Clubs: Century, Lotos
(charter mem. ), Republican. Address : "Queens Court,' Queens, L. I., N. Y.
MILLER, Charles Sumner:
Lawyer; b. Hornellsville, N. Y., June 2, 1856; s. Josiah Conger and Emeline (Gibbs) Miller; resided in Rochester, N. Y., during boyhood; grad. Yale, A.B., 1877; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B .. 1679; unmarried. Studied law in office of Hon. Ernest Hall, late justice Supreme Court ; in gen. practice on individual account since 1885, in N. Y. City: has trav- eled abroad and somewhat extensively in U. S .; counsel for and director in several business corporations: was mem. and v .- p. Patria Club, N. Y. City. Recreations: Ca- noeing, fishing; has spent much time in the Maine woods. - Clubs: Yale. Psi Upsilon. (N. Y. City) ; Crescent Athletic (Brooklyn). Residence: 71 Columbia Heights. Brooklyn. Address: 150 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
MILLER, Chauncey S. S .:
Sec. and treas. Casualty Company of Amer- ica : b. N. Y. City. May 25. 1Sos; s. James and Elizabeth ( Stevens) Miller: ed. Poly- technic Inst., Brooklyn, the Webb School. Stamford, Conn., and prepared for Harvard by Judge Edward Swann. of Court of Gen. Sessions, N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 22, 1892, Etta A. Bugbee: one son, Chauncey S. Stevens Miller, b. Dee. 23, 1994. Engaged in newspaper work and was reporter. corre-
spondent, private sec. and editor, N. Y. Star. 1886, N. Y. World. 1889-1900. N. Y. Herald. 1900-1904; sec. and treas. Casualty Co. of America, N. Y. City since Nov., 1904. Also director of the Alliance Against Accident Frands. a national organization of the prin- cipal foreign and American liability and acci- dent insurance companies, public service cor- porations, railroad and traction companies. for mutual protection from fraudulent claim- ants, and unprincipled lawyers and physi- cians seeking to establish fraudulent claims. Republican : Presbyterian : mem. Y. M. C. 1. Clubs: Pen, Columbia Yacht, Underwri- ters'. Address: 52 William St., N. Y. City. MILLER, Edward:
Physician : b. Newark, N. J., IS;S: s. Max and Julia ( Cohen) Miller; ed. Newark Public
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High School and Coll. Phys. and Surg., M.D., 1:99. Engaged in practice of medicine in N. Y. City from 1899. Mem. Alumni Mt. Sinai Hosp., N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc., Metropolitan Med. Soc., Greater N. Y. Med. Soc. Address: 151 W. 95th St., N. Y. City.
MILLER, Elmer A .:
Physician; b. Warwick, R. I., July 30, 1861; s. John D. and Clara B. Miller; ed. East Greenwich (R. I.) Acad .; grad. Univ. City of N. Y., M.D .; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 23, 1903, Catherine A. Blood. Has traveled in U. S. and in Europe; in gen. practice of medicine in N. Y. City since 1986; was surgeon, with rank of capt., N. G. N. Y. ; mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State and Co. Med. Ass'ns; executive surgeon, N. Y. Nose, Throat and Lung Hosp. Mem. Masonic fraternities, in- cluding Palestine Commandery and Mystic Shrine. Club: N. Y. Athletic. Address: 963 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
MILLER, Elmer Pliny:
Clergyman; b. Saranac Lake, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1860; s. Van Buren and Sarah Eleanor ( Malbone) Miller; grad. Middlebury (Vt.) College, A.B., 1884. Gen. Theol. Sem., 1889; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1:90, Sarah L. Barrett; one son, Lloyd Reginald, b. May 31, 1894. Ordained by Rt. Rev. Wm. Cros- well Doane, S.T.D., June 16, 1889, in min- istry of the Episcopal Church and now serv- ing as rector of St. Luke's Ch., Catskill, N. Y. During his rectorship in Catskill, he has been instrumental in erecting a hand- some stone church, and building up a prop- erty valued at $60,000. Sec. Albany Arch- deaconary; treas. Home for Aged Women of Greene County. Mem. Soc. of Second War with Great Britain, Delta Upsilon fraternity. Address, Catskill, N. Y.
MILLER, Frank Ebenezer:
Physician ; b. Hartford, Conn., April 12, 1859; s. Ebenezer Bogue and Mayett (Dem- ing) Miller; direct descendant in eighth generation of William Miller of London. England (who emigrated and settled at Ipswich, Mass., 1638, and was afterward of the original settlers of Northampton, Mass., 1653, and of Northfield, Mass., 1671), and of his wife Patience; descended on maternal side from Gov. Tryon of N. Y., and from the Standish, Welles and Deming families; ed. Hartford High School, Trinity Coll., A.B., 1SS1, Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City, M.D., 1884; m. April 25, 1-92, Emily, d. Edward Weston of Yonkers, N. Y .; children : Laura, Frances. On graduation was medical and surgical interne at St. Francis Hosp. for two years: sanitary inspector N. Y. B'd of Health, 1586-89: then served successively as ass't to Prof. Orin Pomeroy, to Prof. Emmett Holt of the N. Y. Polyclinic, Prof. John H. Ripley, Prof. George M. Lefferts of the Vanderbilt Clinic, Praf. Joseph Howe of N. Y. Univ., Prof. John Dorning of the Post.Graduate Hosp., Dr. W. P. Swift and Dr. R. P. Lincoln, distinguished throat specialist. Attending physician Minerva Home. 1585-, Wayside
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