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MILLIKEN, Charles F .:
Pres. N. Y. State Civil Service Comm'n; b. Canandaigua, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1854; s. Na- than J. and Orline O. (Sutton) Milliken; ed. Canandaigua Acad .; m. Canandaigua, June 18, 1895, Margaret Townley: children: Mar- garet F., b. 1901, Charlotte T., b. 1904, Na- than T., b. 1906. Life devoted to newspaper work; owner and editor Ontario County Times, founded by father in 1852: me'r C. F. & R. B. Milliken. Chm'n Ontario Co. Rep. Com., 1867-58: alternate to Nat. Rep. Conv., 1900; appt'd mem. State Civil Ser- vice Comm'n, 1903 (pres. since Jan., 1905). Congregationalist. Trustee Frederick Ferris Thompson Hosp .: mg'r Clark House Home for Old People: pres. Ontario Co. Hist. Soc. Address : Canandaigua, N. Y.
MILLIKEN, James Foster:
Lawyer: b. Lewistown, Pa., July 19, 1847: s. Samuel and Mary ( Porter) Milliken; ed. Lewistown Acad., Tuscarora (Pa. ) Acad .. Pa. Mil. Acad., Iron City Coll. : m. Hollidaysburg, Pa., Feb. 10, 1869, Fannie Caldwell: children : Rebecca Dean (died 1-94), James A. Briges. Ran away from the Pa. Mil. Acad. in 1. 63 and entered the Union Army as a mom. of Co. A. Independent Battalion, Pa. Vols., and served until the close of the war. Was ad. mitted to bar of Blair Co., Pa., 1968: elected dist. att'y of Blair Co., 1 74; went to Feypt. 1877, for the purpose of entering Egyptian mil. service during Turko- Russian War. and was appt'd by Loring Pasha (Gen. W. W. Loring) lieut.col. on his staff, but was no: commissioned, as soon afterward all Ameri- cans in service of the Khedive were relieved from duty: remained in Egypt 6
Years. Elected col., 5th Reg't. N. G. of Pa .. ] -. 1. Democrat. Presbyterian. Men. Sons of Revolution, Masonic order, I. O. O. F., Knights of Pythias. Recreation: Fishing. Club: American Dramatists. Address : 2-7 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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MILLIKEN, Seth Mellen:
Capitalist; b. Poland, Maine, Jan. 7, 1836; s. Josiah and Elizabeth (Freeman) Milliken; ed. in public schools, Hebron Acad. and Yarmouth Acad .; m. 1874, Margaret L. Hill; children: Seth M., Jr., Gerrish H., Margaret (now Mrs. Harold A. Hatch). Began busi- ness life at Minot, Me., in 1856; in 1866 founded, with William Deering, and is now senior mem. of firm of Deering, Milliken & Co .; pres. and director Cowan Woolen Co. (Maine), Dallas Mi'g Co. (Ala.), Farns- worth Co. (Maine), Gainesville Cotton Mills (Ga.), Great Falls Woolen Co. (N. II.), Madison Woolen Co. ( Maine), Pondicherry Co. (Maine) ; trustee Bowery Savings Bank, Colonial. Trust Co .; director Albeville Cotton Mills (S. C.), Cascade Woolen Co. (Maine), Darlington Mf'g Co. (S. C.), Drayton Mills (S. C.), Fidelity Bank, Forest Mills Co. (Maine), Hartsville Cotton Mill (S. C.), Laurens Cotton Mills (S. C.), Lockhart Mills (S. C.), Lockwood Co. (Maine), Mills Mf'g Co. (S. C.), Monarch Cotton Mills (S. C.), Pacolet Mf'g Co. (S. C.), Poland Paper Co. (Maine), Reedy River Mf'g Co. (S. C.), Saco & Pettee Machine Shop ( Mass.), Spar- tan Mills (S. C.), Whitney Mf'g Co. (S. C.), Worumbo Mf'g Co. (Maine). Republican (was presidential elector, 1992). Clubs: Union League, Riding, Metropolitan, Mer- chants, Republican. Residence : 990 Madi- son Av. Address: 79 Leonard St., N. Y. City.
MILLS, Abraham Gilbert:
V .- p. Otis Elevator Co .; b. N. Y. City, Mar. 12, 1844; s. Abraham and Ellen Suydam (Lott) Mills; ed. Union Hall Acad., Jamaica, L. I., Columbian (now George Washington ) Univ. Law. Sch., Washington, D. C .; m. Washington, D. C., June 5, 1872, Mary Chase Steele; children: Frances Steele, Ellen Suy- dam (Mrs. Frank J. Mather, Jr.), Mary Chase. V .- p. and director Otis Elevator Co .; pres. the Adirondack Co., pres. B'd Comm'rs White Face Inn Sewer Dist. Mem. Am. Asiatic Ass'n (Exec. Com.), Chamber of Commerce State of N. Y., Am. Geog Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc., George Washington Univ. Alumni Ass'n, Inst. of Hist. Research, Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Am. Numis- matic and Archaeol. Soc., N. Y. Geneal. and Biog. Soc., Biog. Soc. of America, Am. For- estry Ass'n, Ass'n for Protection of Adiron- dacks (v .- p.), Am. Scenic and Historic Pres- ervation Soc., Am. Museum of Natural His- tory, Met. Museum of Art, N. Y. Zool. Soc., N. Y. Bot. Gardens, Nat. Sculpture Soc., Municipal Art Soc., Linnaean Soc .. Charity Organization Soc., Nat. Red Cross Soc., Soc. for the Relief of Destitute Children of Seamen, Grant Monument Ass'n (trustee), 19th Army Corps Soc. (v .. p.), Mil. Order Loyal Legion, Lafayette Post, G. A. R. (past.commander ), Soc. Army of the Potomac, Mil. Service Inst'n of U. S., etc. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic (ex-pres.), Engineers (ex-v .- p.), Adirondack League (ex-pres.), Army and Navy, National Arts, Economic, Union League. Address: 17 Battery Pl., N. Y. City.
MILLS, Albert Leopold:
Brig.gen .. U. S. A .: sup't U. S. Mil. Acad .; b. Washington Heights. N. Y. City, May 7, 1854; fifth s. Abiel Buckman and Annis (Warford) Mills; on side of father, who was born in Old Hadley, Mass., his
ancestors were among the earliest coloni's of New England, while his mother is a !! scendant of Long Island colonists, her i :. mediate ancestors moving, before the R.v.,. lution, to Hunterdon Co., N. J .; ed. i :: schools in N. Y. City and U. S. Mil. Acad. : grad. 1879; m. Nov. 15, 1883, Alada Thurs !..... d. Rt. Rev. John Adams Paddock, D.D .: chi .- dren: Gertrude Warford, b. 1SS4, Chester Paddock, b. 1887. On graduation, commis- sioned 2d lieut., 1st U. S. Cav., June 1.7. 1879; promoted Ist lieut., Ist Cav., Jan. :::. 1889; adjutant, 1st Cav., 1890-91; capt. and ass't adj .- gen. to 2d Brigade, Cav. Division. 5th Army Corps, June 10, 1898; appt'd sup't U. S. Mil. Acad., Aug. 22, 189S; promot, capt., 6th U. S. Cav., Oct. 24, 1898; brevetti !! maj. and lieut .- col. for gallantry in battles of Las Guasimas and Santiago de Cuba, July 1, 1898; promoted brig. gen., U. S. A., May 7, 1901. First service after graduation was in Dep't of Tactics, U. S. Mil. Acad .; then served on Indian frontier in Oregon, Wash- ington, Idalio, Montana, Dakota, Wyoming and Arizona, participating in Crow Indian campaign, 1887; Sioux Indian campaign, 1800, and other Indian disturbances. His rezi- mental service was broken by a tour of duty as prof. of miltary science and tactics at S. C. Mil. Acad., Charleston, and as instr. in strategy, cavalry and tactics at U. S. Inf. and Cav. Officers' Sch., Fort Leavenworth, Kan .; was on duty at latter school when war with Spain was declared. Participated in Santiago campaign and engaged in battles of Las Guasimas and Santiago de Cuba, he- ing commended for gallantry in former and very seriously wounded in latter. Awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for most dis- tinguished gallantry in action near Santiago de Cuba, July 1, 1898. Appt'd sup't U. S. Mil. Acad., Aug. 22, 1898, and was at its head until Aug. 31, 1906, when was relieved from duty and placed in command of Fort McKinley, Philippine Islands; now brig.gen. comd'g Dep't of Luzon, P. I. Address: Ma- nila, P. I.
MILLS, Darius Ogden:
Financier: b. in Westchester Co., N. Y., Sept. 5, 1825; fifth son of James Mills: ed. N. Salem Acad. and Mount Pleasant Acad., Sing Sing; at age of 17 secured clerkship in New York City. In 1817, went to Buffalo, and was appointed cashier Merchants' Bank of Erie County; went to San Francisco, 1849; engaged in trade with the mining dis- tricts; later settled in Sacramento, and en- gaged in general mercantile business, while also buying gold dust and dealing in ex- change on N. Y. City; in Nov .. 1519, closed out his business and returned to Buffalo, where disposed of his interests in the East, returning to Sacramento again, and found- ing there the house of D. O. Mills & Co., which quickly became and has since con- tinned the leading bank of interior Calif .; 1-64, pres. Bank of Calif., a new institution which began business that year with a capi- tal of $2,000,000; remained connected with it till 1573, when resigned the presidency and retired from business; after it was wrecked by his successor he was summoned again to the bank and resumed the presidency. sub- seribed personally to the bank capital $1.000 .- 000, raised in all nearly $2,000,000, and within six weeks enabled it to resume payment: in
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three years again left it, after having firmly reestablished its financial standing; subse- quently came East, and became a resident of N. Y. City, and erected the great Mills Bld's in Broad St. His interests are now divided between New York and Calif .: is director of many large financial, railway and industial organizations. On leaving Calif. be endowed with $75,000, since raised to $150,000, the Mills Professorship of Morai and Intellectual Phil- osophy in Univ. of Calif., and donated to State handsome group of marble statuary, "Columbus Before Queen Isabella."' Trus- tee of Lick estate and Lick Astronomical Oh- servatory. Residence: 634 Fifth Av. Ad- dress: 15 Broad St., N. Y. City.
MILLS, Edmund M .:
Clergyman; b. Ottawa, Can., July 17, 1848; s. Andrew J. and Caroline D. Mills; cd. Wes- leyan Univ., Middletown, Conu .. (was mem. Coll. Boat Crew) A.B., 1872, A.M., 1875, D.D., 1888; Ph.D., Syracuse. 1877; m 1st, Aug. 23, 1875, Emily Rexford Adams (died March 14, 1904) ; m. 2d, March 11, 1908, MIrs. fadie Brown Albright. Traveled 170,000 miles while corr. sec. Twentieth Century Thank Offering Comm'n, 1899-1902, which conducted a campaign in which $21,799,000 was raised as a thank offering; traveled extensively in Europe in 1854 and 1901; has visited every State in the Union except Texas; was pre- siding elder Geneva Dist., Central N. Y. Conf. M. E. Ch., and is mem. of that Con- ference : now field sec. B'd of Ed'n, Freed- men's Aid and Sunday Schools. M. E. Church, for States of O., Ind., Ill., Wis., Minn., Ky., and the Middle South. Delegate to Gen. Conf. M. E. Ch., 1888, 1892, 1896, 1900. 1904; delegate to the Methodist Ecumenical Conf. in London, 1901; mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Mystical Seven, St. John's Lodge ( Middletown, Conn.), F. and A. M., Elmira R. A. Chapter, St. Omar's Commandery and Corning Con- sistory (32º ) ; trustee Wesleyan Univ., Mid- dletown, Conn. Author: Only a Profession (volume of sermons). Address: 220 W. 4th St., Cincinnati, O.
MILLS, Herbert Elmer:
Educator; b. Salem, N. H., Aug. 8, 1861; s. Edward and Esther (Butterworth ) Mills; grad. Univ. of Rochester, A.B., 1853, A.M., 1886; fellow Cornell Univ., 1886-88, Ph.D. summa cum lande, 1530; m. 1590, Mary Louise Sansbury: one son,
Harold Sans- bury, b. 1:22. Prof. economics, Vassar Coll., since 1890. Pres. B'd Mg'rs Hudson State House of Refuge for Women, 1>99-1903; mem. Am. Economic Ass'n; pres. Vassar Inst., Poughkeepsie. Delta Kappa Epsilon frater- nity, Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Author: Out- lines of Economics, and several syllabi on economic topics. Address: 106 Academy St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
MILLS, Isaac Newton:
Jurist ; b. Thompson, Windham Co .. Conn., · Sept. 10, 1-31; s. Isaac and Susan (Arnold) Mills; grad. Providence Conference Sem., East Greenwich. R. I., 1-70; Amherst Coll .. A.B. (valedictorian ), 1-71; Columbia Law School, LL.B., IST6: m. Webster, Mass., Dee. 18, 1876, Cara Maria Burnett: children: Nona Burnett ( now Hardy), b. 1:79, Le Roy New- ton, b. 1:$2, Priscilla Alden (now Van Cott ), b. ISSI, Nathaniel, b. les. Practised law
at Mt. Vernon, Westchester County, N. Y., Oct., 1876, to Jan., 1907; elected Nov., 1906, justice of the Supreme Court of N. Y. for the term expiring Dec. 31, 1920. Was county judge of Westchester County, N. Y., two terms, 1834-95, inclusive: was N. Y. State senator 1901 and 1902. Republican. Conzre- gationalist. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Westchester County Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; mem. Hiawatha Lodge 434, F. and A. M., Mt. Venon Chapter R. A. MI., Bethlehem Commandery, K. T., Past Mas- ters' Ass'n, 12th Masonic Dist. of N. Y .; as- sociate of Farnsworth Post, G. A. R .. New England Soc. of N. Y. City, Sons of the Revolution, N. Y., Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, N. Y. City; Amherst Alumni Ass'n, N. Y., Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Sigma Chapter) and Delta Kappa Epsilon Ass'n of N. Y .; Megantic Fish and Game Corporation; Alumni Ass'n of Law School of Columbia Univ .; Westchester County Hist. Soc. Rec- reations : Fishing and hunting. Clubs: Union League, Republican. Address: North Columbus Av., Mount Vernon, N. Y. MILLS, Ogden:
Capitalist ; s. Darius Ogden Mills: grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1575: m. Ruth Living- ston; children: Beatrice, Gladys, Ogden D. Pres. and director Tribune Ass'n; v .- p. and director Merganthaler Linotype Co .; trustee German Savings Bank: director Atlantic Coast Steamship Co., Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y Co., Erie Elevator Co., Internat. Paper Co., N. Y. Continental Jewell Filtra- tion Co., North Atlantic Steamship Co., Ori- ental Consolidated Mining Co., Pacific Mail Steamship Co., Portland R'y Co., Rock Is- land Co., Southern Pacific Co., Windsor Trust Co., Nat. Typographic Ass'n, N. Y. Fire Proof Tenement Ass'n. Clubs: Metropolitan. University, Harvard Union. Union League. Racquet and Tennis, Hudson River Ice Yacht, Turi and Field, New York Yacht. Resi- dence: 2 E. 69th St. Address: 15 Broad St., N. Y. City.
MILLS, Thornton Allen:
Clergyman ; b. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 19. 1855; s. Thornton Anthony and Anna ( Cook) Mills; ed. Phillips Acad., Andover. Mass., Univ. of Worcester, Ohio, Presbyte- rian Theol. Sem. of the Northwest (now known as McCormick Theol. Sem. ) Chicago: degrees taken. A.B., A.M., Ph.D .; m. Zanes- ville, Ohio, May 9, 1579. Coraelia Mary Saf- ford; children: Anna Rae, b. Sept. 17. 193 (now missionary of the Presby'n Ch. in Seoul, Korea), Thornton Allen, Jr .. b. Dec. 7. 1>$9. llas filled several Presby'n pas- torates, the last three being the Memorial Ch., Wilkes-Barre, Pa., the Second Church, San Jose, Calif. and the present one in the Union Ch .. Schenectady, N. Y. Assisted in organization and was the first pres. Monnt Hermon Ass'n, Mt. Hermon, Calif. Travelled through most of the States of the Union. and one short trip to Great Britain, and several times in Canada. Address: Schenec- tady, N. Y.
MILLS. Walter Sands:
Physician : b. N. Y. City, May 17. 1SA5: 8. Robert J. and Mary Frances (Reed) Mills: ed. Harvard (2 years). Columbia. A.B .. Coll. Phys. and Surg. of N. Y. City. N. Y. Home. Med. Coll. and Hosp., M.D., 19: m. N. Y. 937
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City, Oct. 25, 1893, Sylvie Laure de Long, d. [ gaged in general practice of law; senior m ... " .. Lieut .- Commd'r G. W. de Long, U. S. N., ! firm of Mingle & Wood. Pres. and director arctic explorer; children: Emma de Long, b. | Rochester and Lake Ontario Water Co. ; Sept. 16, 1:04, De Long, b. Aug. 6, 2897. Is director Depew and Lake Erie Water Co. West N. Y. Improvement Co. Mem. Den : Upsiion fraternity. Methodist; steward .. Paul's M. E. Ch. Clubs : Transportationi, Republican, University of Pennsylvania ( Ser. and treas.), Delta Upsilon (N. Y. City) : Genesee Valley, (Rochester) ; University ( Philadelphia ). Address: 165 Broadway, \. Y. City. attending physician Tuberculosis Infirmary, Metropolitan Hosp., Dep't of Public Char- ities; same, Flower Hosp. ; lecturer on prac- tice of medicine, N. S. Home. Med. Coll. and Hosp .; pres. Homeopathic Med. Soc. of County of N. Y .; asso. editor North American Journal of Homeopathy since 1899. Mem. Sons of the Revolution. Served 6 years in 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y. Med. inspector Lep't MINKIN, Leopold: of Health, N. Y. City, 1899-1903. Club : Har- vard. Address: 324 W. 89th St., N. Y. City. MILNE, William James:
President N. Y. State Normal Coll .; b. Forres, Scotland, 1843; s. Charles and Jean ( Black) Milne; grad. Univ. of Rochester, A.B., 1868, A.M., 1871, Ph.D., 1577; received LL.D. degree from De Pauw Univ., lots; m. Warsaw, N. Y., 1871, Eliza J. Gates. Prof- essor in State Normal School, Brockport, N. Y., 1867-71; principal State Normal School, Geneseo, N. Y., 1871-89, pres. N. Y. State Normal Coll., since 1889. Author of a series of 25 volumes of mathematical text-bucks. Address: 5 Elk St., Albany, N. Y.
MINCHIN, Howard Daniel:
Educator; b. Belleville, Ont., May 3, 1868; s. William H. and Margaret ( Kelley ) Min- chin; grad. Univ. of Mich., B.S., 1899, A.M., 1904, Ph.D., 1906; m. Grand Rapids, Mich., 1891, Elizabeth Getter; children: Howard W., b. 1895, Florence Mildred, b. 1902. Principal High Sch., Niles, Mich., 1899-01; instr. phys- ics, Detroit High Sch., 1901-04; instr. physics, 1904; now ass't prof. physics, Univ. of Roch- ester and director of Evening Schools, Roch- ester, N. Y. Was mem. Com. on Course of Study in Chemistry for Michigan Secondary Schools, and of Mich. Physical Conference. Has made researches in physics and electro- chemistry, and has written papers and mono- graphs on these subjects. Mem. Am. Physi- cal Soc. and Société Française de Physique. Address: 17 Joslyn Park, Rochester, N. Y.
MINER, George Roberts:
Editor; b. Manchester, Vt., Aug. 17, 1862; s. A. L. and Susan S. ( Roberts) Miner; ed. public schools, Burr & Burton Sem., Man- chester, Vt .; grad. Norwich Univ., North- field, Vt., B.S., M.S., C.E., M.A .; m. Salem, Mass., June 10, lest, Mary S. Upton; one daughter, Miriam U., b. 1888. Engaged in newspaper work for many years, reporter, dramatic editor, ass't city editor. European corr. and Sunday editor N. Y. Herald : Sunday editor and news editor N. Y. World; editor Cosmopolitan Magazine, Sunday editor Phila- delphia Press: editor and prop'r The Bangor ( Me.) Daily News; now Sunday editor N. Y. Herald. Served as Ist lieut., capt. and aide- de-camp in N. G. Vt. Democrat. Episco- palian. Mem. Alpha Sigma l'i fraternity. Club: Douglaston Country. Address: Herald Office, N. Y. City.
MINGLE, Harry Bowers:
Lawyer; b. Lock Haven, Pa., April 19, 1576; s. Sampson Quiggle and Rosanna ( Bow- ers) Mingle: ed. Diekinson Sem .. Williams- port, Pa., Univ. of Pa .. B.S., 1599. N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1902; m. East Orange, N. J., June 2, 1906, Millicent Brown Dyer. En-
Lawyer; b. Little Falls, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Aug. 3, 1880; s. Julius J. and Henrietta (Levy) Minkin; ed. public schools of Albany; grad. Union Coll., B.S., 1901; Albany Law Sch., LL.B., 1903; unmarried. Democrat : Hebrew. Mem. Masonic order and Delta Upsilon fraternity. Club: Adelphi. Address: 131 Hamilton St., Albany, N. Y.
MISSING, Charles A .:
Banker: b. N. Y. City; s. Col. John and Eliza (Rehill) Missing; ed. in public schools of Brooklyn; m. Mary Francis Brainerd ; children: Adeline Brainerd, b. 1-97, J. I.s- ter, b. 1889. Engaged in finance since 1979. Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange, 1:99-1902. Hlas traveled in America extensively. Head of firm of C. A. Missing & Co. Recreation: Yachting. Address: Hancock St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
MITCHELL, Charles Augustus:
Physician and surgeon; b. Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 6, 1871; s. Francis William and Adelaide . Jane ( Tonnele) Mitchell; grad. Univ. of Ottawa. B.S., Univ. of Md., M.D., D.D.S., 1902, N. Y. Homo. Med. Coll .. M.D., 1906; m. N. Y. City, 1901, Alice M. Mercier; one daughter: Maude Alice, b. 1901. En- gaged in practice as physician and surgeon from 1904. Pres. The Altardo Fund: exe- cutor Francis W. Mitchell Estate. Demo- crat. Mem. Am. Inst. Homeopathy, N. Y. Homoo. Med. Soc., Acad. Pathol. Science, visiting physician Out-door Dep't N. Y. Homoo. Med. Coll. and Hosp., clinical ass't chair of Practice N. Y. Homero. Med. Coll. and Hosp., pres. B'd Directors of Homwo. Hosp .. Harlem. Recreations : Travel, art connoisseur, fond of horses. Address: 2026 Seventh Av., N. Y. City.
MITCHELL, Clarence Blair:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City. Nov. 4, 1865: S. Clarence Green and Aurelia A. (Blair) Mitch- ell; ed. St. John's Sch., Ossining. N. Y., grad. Princeton Coll., B .... 1:59: Columbia Law Sch., 1991; m. Lucy Mildred Mitchell : children: Clarence V. S., b. 1990, Dorothy M., b. 1593, Intey Virginia, b. 1:95. Mildred A. b. 1597, Caroline W. b. 1001. Has ices associated professionally with John F. Dillon since 1993. Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Sons of Revolution. Chibs: Union, University, Princeton, Milday. Rosi dence : Bernardsville, N. J. Address: 195 Broadway, N. Y. City.
MITCHELL, Cornelius Berrien:
Merchant ; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 1. 1813; S. William Mitchell, formerly justice of Supreme Court of State of N. Y., and Mary Leverich Penfold (Berrien ) Mitchell: ed. Columbus Coll. Grammar Sch., Columbia Coll., .A.B .. 1502, A.M., 1505; m. Nov. 3, Isso, Mary E.
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Davis; children : William Spingler, Cornelius | Catskill R'y Co. von Erden, John Van Beuren. Formerly of firm of C. B. & J. F. Mitchell & Co .; now of Wilnerding, Morris & Mitchell; was col. on staff of Gen. Alexander Shaler, comd'r First Division N. G. N. Y. Republican; Episco- palian; senior warden St. Mark's Ch. Mem. Columbia Univ. Alumni Ass'n, Huguenot Soc., St. Nicholas Soc., Am. Museum Natural His- tory, Met. Museum of Art. Pres. Tree Plant- ing Ass'n of N. Y. City; Am. Scenic and Historic Preservation Soc .; pres. Washinton Square Ass'n. Clubs: University, Union League (chin'n Exec. Com., 1599, and a v .- p. 1900-02), Merchants, Morris Co. Golf. Ad- dress: 374 Broadway, N. Y. City.
MITCHELL, Edward:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, April 15, 1842; s. William and Mary Penfold (Berrien) Mitch- ell; ed. Columbia Coll. Grammar Sch .; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1861, LL.B., 1865; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 5, 1867, Caroline Carson Woolsey; one daughter, Eliza. Admitted to bar, 1865; mem. law firm of Mitchell & Mitch- ell. Was mem. State Assembly, 1880; chim'n Com. of 18 to adopt a plan for reorganization Rep. Co. Com., 1984; pres. Rep. Co. Com., 1885; unsuccessful candidate for justice Su- preme Court, les3-1886; U. S. att'y for South- ern Dist. of N. Y., 1889-94; comm'r public parks, N. Y. City, 1897. Trustee Columbia Coll. since 1880: pres. Columbia Coll. Alumni Ass'n, 1899. Was volunteer field relief ag't, U. S. Sanitary Comm'n, during Civil War, 1862-65; lieut .- col. and judge advocate, 1st Div. N. G. N. Y., 1981-86. Mem. Ass'n Bar City .of N. Y. (treas. 1874-85, v .- p. 1885-86), N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Clubs: Metropolitan, University, Century,
Republican, Union League, Tuxedo. Shinnecock Hills Golf; also Metropolitan ( Washington, D. C.). Address: 31 E. 50th St., N. Y. City.
MITCHELL, Edward Page:
Editor; b. Bath, Maine, March 24, 1852; s. Edward H. and Frances A. ( Page) Mitchell; ed. Bowdoin Coll., A.B., 1871, Litt.D., 1907; m. Bath, Maine, Oct. 29, 1874, Annie Sewall Welch. Began newspaper work on Boston Advertiser, 1871. Since 1. 75 on editorial staff of the N. Y. Sun. Author of stories and sketches in magazines. Clubs: University, Authors. National Arts. Residence : Glen Ridge, N. J. Address: The Sun Building, N. Y. City.
MITCHELL, George Littleton:
Pres. Mitchell- Mallon Co .; b. Sligo, Ireland, Mar. 17, 1877; s. William Allen and Mary (Cunningham) Mitchell: ed. in schools at Sligo, Ireland; m. N. Y. City. Dee. 1, 1903, Pearl Beattie. Started as bookkeeper for Perrin, Payson Co. on arriving in N. Y. from Ireland, in Jan., 1595: became sec. of the co. and in 1901 started the Mitchell-Mal- lon Co. varnishes, of which is pres .: also partner in Somerville Carriage Co. Episco- palian. Mem. Merchants and Mf'rs Board of Trade. Recreations: Sailing, tennis. Club: Kicherbocker Yacht. Address: 1645 Broad. way, N. Y. City.
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Lawyer; b. Seneca Falls, N. Y .. July S, 1872: s. Benjamin F. and Lena A. (Crowell) Mitchell : ed. Mynderse Acad., Seneca Falls : grad. Cornell Univ., LL.B., 1893. Director . Samoa, where he remained some time in com-
Presby'n. Address: 60 Wall St., N. Y. City.
MITCHELL, Henry Bedinger:
Educator; b. Babylon, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1974; s. John F. B. and Mary (Bedinger) Mitchell; ed. Columbia Coll., Dresden (Germany) Poly., Columbia Univ., A.M., E.E. Appt'd ass't in mathematics at Columbia Univ., 1895; tutor in same, 1900; adj. prof. same, 1005; prof. 1908; sec. College Faculty and mem. Com- mittees on Admission, Instruction, and Stu- dent Organizations. Mem. Am. Math. Soc., Circolo Matematico di Palermo; fellow A. ..
A. S .; treas. and mein. Exec. Com. Theo- sophical Soc .; mem. editorial b'd Theosophi- cal Quarterly. Anthor: Talks on Religion; also various articles on mathematical and philosophical subjects. Clubs: Columbia Uni- versity, Faculty. Address: Columbia Uni- versity, N. Y. City.
MITCHELL, John Ames:
Editor; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 17, 1845; ed. at Exeter, N. H., Lawrence Scientific Sch., Har- vard, and afterward studied architecture in Boston, Mass., and at Paris, 1967-70, in Ecole des Beaux Arts; m. Salem, Mass., June, 1:55, Mary Hodges Mott. Practised as architect in Boston until 1876, after which engaged in artistic and decorative work, illustrating books, etc .; again went to Paris for study and remained four years; studied in Atelier Julian, and afterward with Albert Mag- nan; produced several etchings published by L'Art, and received honorable mention at Paris Exp'n; returned to U. S., Isso: was al- ways much interested in black and white drawings, and, feeling that there was a fieid in America for an artistic, satirical journal, started Life, Jan. 3, 1883, which he has sue- cessfully conducted. Author: Croquis de l'Exposition, Paris; The Summer School of Philosophy at Mt. Desert, les1: The Romance of the Moon, 1>>6: The Last American, 1> 9; Life's Fairy Tales, 1893; Amos Judd, 1-95: That First Affair, 1596: Gloria Vietis, Is ;; The Pines of Lory, 1901; The Villa Claudia. 1904; The Silent War, 1906. Clubs : Century, City. Residence: 20 W. 46th St. Address: 17 W. Olst St., N. Y. City.
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