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IRWIN, John V .:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, 1871; s. William and Elizabeth Irwin: grad. N. Y. Univ., Ph.B., 1894, LL.B., 1559; in. 1905, Cornelia Il., d. Payson Merrill. AAdmitted to Bar of N. Y., 1.29; counsel and trustee for Am. Savings Bank; mem. Soe. of Colonial Wars. Psi Up- silon, Phi Beta Kappa, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Address: 203 Broadway, N. Y. City. IRWIN, May:
Actress; b. Whitby, Ont., 1562; d. Robert E. and Jane (Draper) Campbell; ed. Whitby, Ont .; m. 1878, Frederick W. Keller, of St. Louis (died I == 6) ; children: two sons, Wal- ter and Ilarry. Made debut at Adelphi
Theatre, Buffalo, 1876; has been mein. of theatrical companies of Tony Pastor, 1877-83; Augustin Daly, 1883-87; Charles Frohman, Rich & Harris, etc. Starred in The Widow Jones; The Swell Miss Fitzwell: Courted into Court ; Kate Kip-Buyer: Sister Mary; Madge Smith, Attorney; Belle of Bridgeport; Mrs. Black is Back; Mrs. Wilson-Andrews (season 1906-07), and other comedies. Ad- dress : Bijou Theatre, N. Y. City.
IRWIN, Stewart William:
Clergyman; b. West Hebron, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1876; s. Samuel B. and Anna M. ( Stew- art ) Irwin; ed. West Hebron Union Sch .; grad. Williams Coll., 1899; m. North Hebron, N. Y., June 26, 1901, Mabel D. Welch; chil- dren: Mary Stewart, b. 1902, Dorothy Welch, b. 1904. Pastor Long Lake (N. Y.) M. E. Ch., 1900, having organized and established the church; was pastor of the Burnt Hills (N. Y.) Ch., 1901-04, and of the Schoharie (N. Y.) Ch., 1905-07; appt'd to pastorate of Memorial M. E. Church, Troy, N. Y., 1905. Republican; Methodist. Elected mem. Phi Beta Kappa in junior year at Williams. Ad- dress : Cor. Hoosac St. and Lake Av., Troy, N. Y.
IRWIN, Wallace:
Author; b. Oneida, N. Y., Mar. 15, 1875: s. David S. and Edith Emily (Greene) Irwin : grad. Denver High Sch.,. 1895; student Leland Stanford Jr. Univ., 1893-99: m. San Diego, Calif., Mar. 22, 1901, Grace Luce. Writer San Francisco Examiner, 1900; editor San Fran- cisco News Letter, 1901; editor Overland Monthly, 1902; burlesque writer Republic Theatre, 1903. Writer of topical verse. N. Y. Globe, 1904-06; on editorial staff of Collier's Weekly from 1906. Author: The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum, 1902; The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Jr., 1902: Nautical Lays of a Lands- man; Chinatown Ballads; Random Rhymes: The Shame of the Colleges. Contb'r to maga- zines and weeklies. Club: Players. Address : 220 W. 107th St., N. Y. City.
IRWIN, William Henry:
Journalist, anthor; b. Oneida, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1573; s. David S. and Edith Emily ( Greene ) Irwin; grad. Denver High Sch., 1892; Leland Stanford Jr. Univ., A.B., 1899: m. San Fran- cisco, Jan. 1, 1901, Harriet Hyde. On staff of San Francisco Wave as ass't editor and editor, 1899-1901; on staff San Francisco Chronicle. 1901-04; reporter N. Y. Sun, 1904-05; mu's editor MeClure's Magazine. 1906. Socialist. Author: Stanford Stories (with C. K. Field). 1900; The Reign of Queen Isyl (with Gelett Burgess), 1903; The Picaroons (with Gelett Burgess), 1901; The Hamadryads (verse ). 1904: The City That Was, 1906. Frequent conth'r of fiction and articles to magazines. Chibs: Bohemian. Sequoia, (San Francisco ) : Players (N. Y. City). Residence : 111 E. 23d St. . 1d- dress: 44 E. 23d St., N. Y. City.
ISAACS, Abram Samuel:
Educator; b. N. Y. City. Aug. 30. 1553: s. Sammel Myer and Jane ( Symmons) Isaacs: prepared for coll. at Quackenbos's Collegiate Sch., N. Y. City; grad. N. Y. Univ., A.B .. A.M., 1877: Ph.D., ISTS: studied nt Univ. and Jewish Sem. of Breslau, Germany. 174 ;: m. N. Y. City, April 23. 1590, Lily Lee Harhy; children: Arthur. b. 1891, Cyril, b. 1992. Pro- fessor of Hebrew, N. Y. U'niv., 1ss7-91; pro-
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fessor German, same, 1889-95; professor Ger- man literature, N. Y. Univ. Grad. Sch., since 1895; prof. Semitic languages, N. Y. Univ. since 1906. Was editor Jewish Messenger, 1878-1903; editor Jewish dep't Encyclopædia Americana, 1906; contb'r to leading magazines and the gen. press. Author: A Modern He- brew Poet, 1878; Stories from the Rabbis, 1894; lecturer on edn'l and literary topics; was rabbi of Barnert Memorial Temple, Pat- erson, N. J., 1806-1905. Residence: 471 El. lison St., Paterson, N. J. Address: New York University, Washington Sq., N. Y. City. ISAACS, David:
Prop'r Prospect House. Niagara Falls; b. N. Y. City, IS4S; enlisted at age of 13 and during Civil War served in Union Army as bugler in 5th New York Cav. Began busi- ness career with Erie R'y at Niagara Falls and later in charge of company's general ticket office in Buffalo, N. Y .; resigned posi- tion and opened Prospect House at Niagara Falls on Canadian side; conducted business there 14 years, and when that site was taken by Canadian Gov't for Niagara Falls Park, 1887, built the new Prospect House on the American side, of which is still owner and director. Lessee of the Cataract House and Pres. Cataract and Internat. Hotels Co .; special corr. for several important news- papers. Was railroad contractor and built several miles of Canadian Pacific R. R. in the Rocky Mountains, and many miles of Grand Trunk R'y in Muskoka; ex-pres. First Nat. Bank, Niagara Falls; v .- p. N. Y. Hotel Ass'n; mem. Buffalo Exempt Volunteer Fire- men's Ass'n, having served seven years as active member and trustee of Eagle Hose Co. No. 2, in the Buffalo Volunteer Fire Dep't, winning gold badge of merit; now active fire comm'r of Niagara Falls paid Fire Dep't; responding to all alarms of fires; formerly harbor comm'r. Mason, Knight Templar and mem. Mystic Shrine; past junior vice-comd'r Dep't of N. Y., G. A. R., with rank of gen- eral; companion of first class Mil. Order Loyal Legion; ex-pres. 5th N. Y. Vet. Vol. Cav. Ass'n; honorary mem. Veterans' Ass'n; 42 Separate Co., N. G. N. Y .; expert all- round sportsman. Clubs: Niagara Falls Automobile (v .- p. ), Adirondack Shooting, North Channel Shooting, Toronto Shooting (Long Point, Can. ), Winnipeg Gun. Address : Niagara Falls, N. Y.
ISELIN, Adrian Jr .:
Banker; b. N. Y. City. 1816; s. Adrian and Eleanora Iselin; ed. in N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, 1972. Louise CayIns; children: Thérèse, Louise and Ernest. Mem. firm A. Iselin & Co .; pres. and director Helvetia Realty Co .. Cowanshannock Coal and Cole Co .: v. p. and director Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh R'y Co., Pittsburgh Gias Coal Co., sec., treas. and trustee Manhattan Storage and Ware- house Co .; treas, and director New Rochelle Water Co .; resident trustce Baloise Fire Ins. Co .; trustee Bank for Savings in City of N. Y .. Central Trust Co., Fifth Av. Trust Co .: director Adrian Furnace Co., City and Suburban Homes Co .. Franco- Am. Financial Ass'n. Gallatin Nat. Bank, Guaranty Trust Co. of N. Y., Jefferson & Cleveland Coal and Iron Co., Lackawanna Steel Co., Madison Square Garden Co., Mobile & Ohio R. R. Co .. Nat. Bank of Commerce, Nat. R. R. Co. of
Mexico, N. Y. Dock Co., North British ani Mercantile Ins. Co. of N. Y., Punxsutawney Iron Co., Reynoldsville & Falls Creek R. R .. Southern R'y Co. ; U. S. director North Bri ish and Mercantile Ins. Co. of London & Edinburgh. Clul.s: Larchmont Yacht. Coln. try, Down Town, Riding, Catholic, Turi and Field, Knickerbocker, Union, Century, Metro- politan, N. Y. Yacht, Tuxedo. Residence : 711 Fifth Av. Address: 36 Wall St., N. Y. City.
ISELIN, Charles Oliver:
Banker, yachtsman; s. Adrian and Elea- nora (O'Donnell) Iselin ; grad. Columbiaa Univ., 1877; m. 1st, Miss Garner (d. late William Garner) ; m. 2d, Hope, d. Col. Wil- liam Goddard, of Providence, R. I .: children : Nora, Fannie, Adrian 2d, C. Oliver, Jr. Own. er of racing yacht Vigilant and managing owner of Columbia and other cup defenders in recent races. Mem. of banking firm .1. Iselin & Co. Clubs: Union, Country, Knick- erbocker, Larchmont Yacht, N. Y. Yacht. V. Y. Athletic, Tuxedo, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Racquet and Tennis, Turf and Field. Automobile of America. Residence : New Rochelle, N. Y. Address : 36 Wall St., N. Y. City.
ISELIN, Columbus O'Donnell:
Banker: m. Edith C. Jones. Mem. of firm of A. Iselin & Co .; pres. and director New Rochelle Water Co .; v.p. and director New Rocnelle Homestead Co., N. Y. Dock Co .: trustee N. Y. Life Ins. and Trust Co .: treas. and director Alleghany & Western R'y Co .. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh R'y Co., Clearfield & Mahoning R'y Co., Helvetia Realty Co., Jefferson & Clearfield Coal and Iron Co., Johnsonburg & Bradford R. R. Co .. Mahoning Valley R. R. Co., Manhattan Stor- age and Warehouse Co., Reynoldsville & Fails Creek R. R. Clubs: Union, Seawanhaka- Corinthian Yacht, Down Town, University. Knickerbocker, Metropolitan, Country, Larch- mont Yacht, N. Y. Yacht, Riding. Residence : 3 W. 52d St. Address: 36 Wall St., N. Y. City.
ISELIN, William E .:
Dry goods commission merchant; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 11, 1-48; s. Adrian and Eieanora (O'D.) Iselin; grad. Columbia Coll., 1:69; m. N. Y. City, April 5, 1877, Alice Rogers Jones: children : Arthur, William O'D., Oliver. Mem. firm William Iselin & Co .; director Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh R'y Co., New Ro- chelle Water Co. Clubs: Union. Delta Phi. Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, City Knick- erbocker, Eastern Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, N. Y. Yacht, Metropolitan, Riding, Country. Catholic, Merchants, Automobile of America. Residence : 715 Fifth Av. Address: 1 Greene St., N. Y. City.
ISHAM. Samuel:
Artist : b. N. Y. City, May 12, 1835; s. Wil- liam Bradley and Julia ( Barhans) Isham: ed. Phillips Andover Acad .; grad. Yale Univ., 175. After graduation traveled and studiel abroad for 3 years: returned to N. Y. City. studied law and was admitted to bar; in Iss went to Paris and entered Atelier Julian ! studied painting under Boulanger and 1.v. febvre. Since 197, has followed profession in N. Y. City. Mem. Soc. Am. Artists: acado- mician, Nat. Acad. of Design; mom. jury
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Buffalo Pan .. Am. Exp'n; awarded silver medal La. Purchase Exp'n, 1904. Author : Ilistory of American Painting, 1905 (Macmil- lan), Trustee Am. Fine Arts Soc. Clubs: Century, Metropolitan, Riding, University, Players. Address: 5 E. 61st St., N. Y. City. ISHERWOOD, Benjamin Franklin:
Chief eng'r, U. S. N .; b. N. Y. City, June 6, 1822. Appt'd from N. Y., May 23, 1814; entered service as first ass't eng'r; stationed at Navy Yard, Pensacola, 1844-45; attached to steamer Gen. Taylor, Pensacola, 1846; pro- moted to chief eng'r, Oct. 31, 1818; special duty, 1848-50; special duty Navy Dep't, 1552- 53; steam frigate San Jacinto, East India Squadron, 1854-58; special duty, 1859-60; appt'd eng'r-in-chief, 1861, which position he retained until 1869; Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif., 1870-71; special duty, 1874; retired, June 6, 1884. Address: 111 E. 36th St., N. Y. City.
ISRAELS, Charles Henry :
Architect; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 23, 1865; s. Lehman and Florence Z. (Lazarus) Israels; ed. Irving Inst., Tarrytown, N. Y .: Art Stu- dents' League, and in Paris; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 9, 1903, Belle Lindner: children: Carlos Lindner, b. 1904, Miriam, b. 1906. Traveled in Europe, 1889-90 and 1908; mem. firm Israels & Harder, architects; firm has designed many notable structures, among them the Hudson Theater (N. Y. City), Hahnemann Monu- ment, Scott Circle, Washington, D. C .; hotels the Devon, Warrington, Arlington, Walton, Howard, Hampton and Holland, N. Y. City : Lord & Taylor's Fifth Av. store, the Silo Bld'g, etc. Mr. Israels has been active in local politics in Republican and Citizens' Union organizations; was Ist sec. Citizens' Union 21st Assembly Dist. organization; 5 years mem. Exec. Com. West Side Rep. Club. Was 3 years mem. Exec. Com. Archi- tectural League of N. Y .; charter mem. Mu- nicipal Art Soc .; director West Side Mutual Bld'g Loan and Savings Ass'n: mem. N. Y. Chapter Am. Inst. Architeets, Loyal Legion, Municipal Art Soc. (ehm'n Com. on Street Fixtures). Clubs: National Arts, Republi- can, West Side Republican, Independent of the West Side. Address : 179 W. 97th St., N. Y. City.
IVES, Brayton:
Capitalist ; b. Farmington, Conn., 1840; grad, Yale Univ., 1861. Served in Civil War, honorably mustered out, 1865, with rank of brevet brig.gen. Has been v .. p. and pres. N. Y. Stock Exchange. Pres. and director Standard Milling Co., Metropolitan Trust Co., Hecker-Jones.Jewell Milling Co., Kanona & Prattsburgh R'y Co., Metcalf Land Co .; chm'n of B'd of Directors Westinghouse Electric and Mt'g Co .; director Atlantic Safe Deposit Co., Nat. Bank of Commerce, U. S. Guarantee Co. Mem. Mil. Order Loyal Le- gion. Clubs : Century, Grolier, Metropoli. tan, Turf and Field, N. Y. Yacht, The Brook. Union League, University, Lawyers. Resi- dence: 33 E. 30th St. Address: 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.
IVES, Francis J .:
Surgeon, U. S. Army; b. Boston, Mass., July 19, 1857; s. Joseph C. and Cora M. (Sommes) Ives; ed. Georgetown Univ., Dist. of Columbia, 197171; stadied in Germany,
1874-76; attended Univ. of Va., 18:6-78: M.D., 1578; m. Mildred E. Megath; children: Mil. dred, b. 1859, Judith, b. 1890, Joseph Semmes, b. 1896. Medical officer U. S. Army since July 25, 1885; participated in the Geronimo Apache campaign in New Mexico, 1-1.56; the Sioux Indian campaign at Pine Ridge. S. D., in December, 1890, and Jan. and Feb., 1891; opening of Indian reservation in In- dian Territory, riots in Oklahoma City; Chi- cago ricts in 1804; the Spanish.Am. War. in- cluding the Santiago campaign with attend- ant battles: the Cuban occupation, Jan. 1:32, to July, 1900; the China Relief Expedition, Sept. 11, 1900, to April 7, 1901; in the Philip- pine Islands since Mar. 7, 1905. Men. Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution, Soc. War of 1512, Pa. Mil. Order Foreign Wars. Pa. Soc. Army of Santiago, Mil. Order of the Dragon, Soc. Indian Wars, Mil. Order Moro Campaigns, Ass'n Mil. Surgeous of the U. S .; received decorations for services in the Santiago campaign, the China Relief Expd'n and the Indian wars. Clubs: Manhattan. (N. Y. City) ; Army and Navy, (N. Y. City ) ; Army and Navy ( Washington, D. C.). Ad- dress : War Department, Washington D. C.
IVES, Frederic E .:
Inventor, manufacturer; ৳. Litchfield, Conn., Feb. 17, 1856; s. Hubert L. and Eilen A. (Beach) Ives; ed. public schools: m. Milford, N. Y., Mary E. Olmsted (died April 7, 1904) ; one son: Herbert E .. b. 1:53 (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Univ.). Printer's ap- prentice, 1s69-71: printer and amateur pho- tographer, 1871-73; in charge photographic laboratory Cornell Univ., 1574-78: inventor of first successful process (and the name) of "half tone" photo-engraving: also of half tone process now universally employed, the and of the half-tone tri-chromatie process: inventor of the 'Kronseop" system of color photography, the parallax stereogram, glass sealed spectroscope gratings, the multiple slit diffraction chromoscope, etc .; has taken out about 30 patents, and been awarded 16 medals by scientific societies at home and abroad for original work and inventions. chiefly in applied opties. Has lectured te. fore the principal scientific bodies in Eng- land and the U. S., fellow A. A. A. S .. Royal Photog. Soe., Royal Micros. Sve .: mem. Franklin Inst., Am. Mieros. Soc. ; hon mein. N. Y. Camera Club; mem. Royal Micros. Soc .; Franklin Inst. Am. Micros. Soc .: hon. inem. Photos. Soe. of Phila., etc .; consulting expert of the Ives Inventions Co. of N. Y. City. Recreations: Work and experiment in private laboratory and workshop. Club: N. Y. Camera. Address : Woodcliff-on. Hud- son, Wehawken, N. J.
IVES, Leland Delano:
Veterinary surgeon; b. Ansonia, Conn., Ang. 1, 1572; s. Delano Wooster and Emily ( Bradley) Ives; grad. Wallingford (Com. ) High School; entered Yale Scientific School. 1993, but left to enter Veterinary Dep't vi N. Y. Univ., same year; grad. D. V. S .. 196: unmarried. Engaged in practice as veterinary surgeon since 1996; since 19; has been veterinary inspector in the Bureau of Animal Industry of the U. S. Dep't of Agriculture. Joined 23d Reg't, March, 199. and sergeant in Medical Dep't State of
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N. Y., assigned to 23d Reg't N. G. N. Y. , 1838; Yale, A.B., 1802; m. Cleveland, (., Sec. Bennetts Invalid Coach Co., sec. and treas. Hosp. Corps Ass'n, 23d Reg't. Repub- lican. Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. Univ. Alumni Ass'n; Eleventh Assembly Dist. Re- publican Ass'n, Stella Lodge F. and A. M., Nassau Chapter, R. A. M., Brooklyn Council, R. and S. M., Clinton Commandery K. T. and Kismet Temple, Mystic Shrine. Recrea- tion : Driving, pinochle, etc. Address: 197 Green Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. May 23, 1804, Celia Mae Cady; one sJul. b. 1895. V. p. and director Cady-Ivison I. Co., of Cleveland, O .; director The G. & C. Merriam Co., Springfield, Mass. Republican: Presbyterian. Fellow in perpetuity of Me Museum of Art. Recreations: Automobili. .. tennis. Clubs: University, Yale, P'si silon (N. Y. City), Rockaway Huntil; (Cedarhurst, L. I.). Graduates (New !! .. ven), Deal Country (Deal, N. J.). I: - 1- IVIE, Joseph Henry: dence: Hewlett, L. I. Address: 500 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
Clergyman; b. N. Y. City, 1869; s. William and Catherine Ivie; grad. St. Stephen's Coll., B.A., 1892; Philadelphia Div. Sch., 1894; m. Garden City, L. I., Feb. 19, 1895, Enid Schuy- ler Kenyon. Ordered deacon, 1894, ordained priest, 1896, by Rt. Rev. A. N. Littlejohn, D.D., Bishop of Long Island: Formerly at St. Joseph's Ch., Queens, L. I., 1894-97. Rec- tor Trinity Ch. (Episcopal), Fishkill, N. Y., since 1897. Address: Fishkill, N. Y.
IVIE, William George:
Clergyman, grad. St. Stephen's Coll., B.A., 1886, M.A., 1589; Gen. Theol. Sem. Ordered deacon, 1889, ordained priest, by Bishop II. C. Potter, in Episcopal ministry. Formerly ass't All Saints' Ch., Hoosac, N. Y., 1889-91. Rector Grace Ch., Brooklyn, N. Y., since 1891. Address: 65 Conselyea St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
IVINS, Augustus H .:
Civil eng'r, lawyer, mf'r; b. N. Y. City, April 13, 1855; s. Augustus and Sarah ( Mills) Ivins; grad. Brooklyn Polytechnic and Colleg- iate Inst., B.S., 1867; m. les1, Agues T. Bry- an; one daughter, Edith. Practised civil en- g ring, 1876-78; in business, 1878-94; prac- tised law as a mem. Bar of State of N. Y., 1894-95; paper maker since 1895. Gen. mg'r United Box Board and Paper Co., 1902-03 ( di- rector until Nov .. 1906) ; pres. and gen. mig'r Traders' Paper Board Co. since 1905. V .- p. Nat. Ass'n Am. Paper Makers. Republican in national politics; strong believer of value of protection policy to American industries; locally, strictly non-partisan. Episcopalian. Club : City.
Address: 165 W. 58th St., N. Y. City.
IVINS, William Mills:
Lawyer; b. April 22, 1851; s. Augustus and Sarah ( Mills) Ivins; ed. Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, and Columbia Coll .; m. Emma L. Yard; children : William M., Jr., Mar- garet, James S. Y., Katharine. Admitted to the bar, 1573; now of firm of Ivins, Mason, Wolf & Hoguet. Mem. B'd of Education, N. Y. City, 18$3-SS; chamberlain of N. Y. City, 1885-89; counsel to the Senate Com- inittee on Cities, 1890-91; judge advocate gen- eral, State of N. Y., Iss6-cs; Republican can- didate for mayor of N. Y. City, 1905; special counsel to Public Service Comm'n, First Dist., 1907; chun'n N. Y. Charter Comm'n, 1907-CS. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Union League, Republican, Manhat- tan, Lawyers, Down Town, N. Y. Yacht. ('ity, Barnard (N. Y. City) ; St. Stephen's ( London). Residences: 55 E. 25th St., N. Y. City, and Narragansett Pier, R. I. Ad- dress: 27 William St., N. Y. City. IVISON, William Crane:
Broker; b. Rutherford, N. J., Mar. 13, 1869; s. David Brinckerhoff and Eveline M. (Crane) Ivison; ed. Cutler Sch., N. Y. City,
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JACCACI, August F .:
Painter, author, editor; b. Paris, 1657: ed. abroad. Became citizen of U. S. in Ises; out of editors of McClure's Magazine at i:s foundation; for several years art editor of Scribner's Magazine. Author: On the Trail of Don Quixote, 1596 (Scribner's) ; coeditor with John La Farge of Noteworthy Paintings in American Private Collection. Clubs: Century, Grolier. Address : Locust Valley, L. I., N. Y., and 7 W. 43d St., N. Y. City. JACK, George N .:
Physician and surgeon; b. Cameron Mills, N. Y., July 13, 1569; s. Allen T. and Loran- nah L. (Lane) Jack; ed. University of Bui- falo, M. D., 1895; m. Oberlin, Ohio, 1995. R. Dell Close; children, Lucile, Vidian, Har- vey. Has made a specialty of treating asthma and maintains that it is of blood origin and not nerve spasm or reflex, also that lung tissue performs a glandular function as well as respiratory, and that respiratory diseases are of intestinal origin. Health physician of Depew, Y. Republican, Freethinker. Mem. Buffalo Acad. of Medi- cine, Erie Co. Med. Soe., Am. Med. Ass'n. Mason, Oddfellow, mem. Order of Redinen and Eagles. Recreation : Farming. Resi- dence: Depew, N. Y. Address: 91 Niagara St., Buffalo, N. Y.
JACKSON, Abraham Valentine Williams:
Educator, orientalist; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 9, 1862; s. David Sherwood Jackson and Elizabeth Sandford ( Williams) Jackson, d. Dr. A. V. Williams, well-known physician of N. Y. City; ed. private and public schools, N. Y. City ; grad. at head of class in Column- bia Coll., A.B., 1983; received prize fellow. ship in letters at Columbia, held it for three years (18: 3-86) ; instr. Anglo-Saxon and Iran- language, Columbia, ISSi-Si ; student Univ. of Halle, Germany, les7-89. devoting special attention to Oriental languages as well as to Anglo-Saxon; in. June 25, 1559, Dora Elizabeth, d. John P. Ritter, of N. Y. Clearing House. Instr., 199 41, adjunct prof. English lang, and lit., 1991.95; appt'd, 195, to fill newly founded chair as prof. Indo- Iranian languages, at Columbia, which still holds. Also public Freturer on subjects re- lating to the Orient and to English literature. Traveled in the East for purposes of study and research; visited India and Ceylon. 1901, receiving special attention from the community of the Parsis, and made extensive journey through Persia and Central Asia, 1923, and again in 1907, for archeological investiga.
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tions, the results of which have since been | published. Author: A Hymn of Zoroaster, je:s ( Stuttgart) ; An Avesta Grammar in Com- parison with Sanskrit, 1892 ( Stuttgart) ; An Avesta Reader, 1893; Zoroaster, the Prophet of Ancient Iran, 1895; Die Iranische Religion, 1900-04 ( Strassburg) ; Persia, Past and Pre- sent, 1906; also various Iranian and Sanskrit studies in learned journals at home and abroad; also edited a History of India, 9 vols., 1906-07. Episcopalian. Mem. Columbia Univ. Alumni Ass'n, Psi Upsilon fraternity, Nepperhan Lodge, F. and A. M., Yonkers. Trustee B'd of Ed'n, Yonkers, N. Y., since 198; director Am. Oriental Soc., of which has been an active mem. since graduation from college. Club: Columbia University. Ad- dress: 10 Highland Place, Yonkers, N. Y. JACKSON, Charles Herbert:
Life insurance sup't of agencies; b. Brook- lyn, April 29, 1873; s. Herbert G. F. and Amelia ( Gunzenhauser) Jackson; ed. in Brooklyn public schools; m. Brooklyn, Nov. 14, 1894, Emma K., d. Hon. Clark D. Rhine- hart; children : Clark Rhinehart, b. 1897, Her- bert Glynn, b. 1902. Began business career in commercial houses, then entered office of Mutual Fire Ins. Co. of N. Y. In 1894, on organization of Am. Union Life Ins. Co., became connected with that company, continu- ing until it was reinsured by the Security Trust and Life Company of Philadelphia, and being successively entry clerk, bookkeeper, auditor and treasurer; remained with the Security Trust and Life a few months, then was appt'd ass't sup't agents of the Secur- ity Mutual Life Ins. Co., of Binghamton, N. Y., two years later to position of agency sec., and on Jan. 1, 1908, sup't of agencies in charge of entire agency force of the com- pany. Republican; Methodist; mem. Bing- hamton Y. M. C. A., Otseningo Lodge 435, F. and A. M. Recreations: Hunting, gym- nastics, baseball and outdoor sports generally. Clubs: Binghamton Press, Binghamton Rod and Gun, Binghamton Poultry & Pet Stock Ass'n. Address: Binghamton, N. Y.
JACKSON, Daniel Dana:
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Sanitary eng'r and chemist; b. Glouces- ter, Mass., Aug. 1, 1570; s. Daniel and Lucy Agnes (Langsford) Jackson; grad. Glouces- ter High Sch., Allen's English and Classical School, W. Newton, Mass., Mass. Inst. Tech- nology, B.S., 1:93; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1902, Ella Howard Phillips; children: Daniel Dana, Jr., b. Feb. 21, 1905, and Eliza- beth Purdy, b. Dec. 21, 1907. Was sucees- sively chemist Boston Water Works, biolo- gist Mass. State B'd Health, bacteriologist Worcester, Mass., lecturer Mass. Inst. Tech- nology, chief chemist Brooklyn Water Sup- ply; now director Laboratories Dep't Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, N. Y. City. In general practice as sanitary eng'r and chemist and export on water supply and sewage dis- posal. Mem. Soc. of the Cincinnati of Mass .; mein .- Advisory Com. of 100 to borough pres. of Brooklyn and special Com. on Public Ifealth. Mem. of Merchants' AAss'n Com. on Pollution of the Waters of New York. Author of numerous papers on sanitary eng- 'ring, chemistry and bacteriology, Democrat : mem. Washington Club, Brooklyn. Mem. B'd Directors, Municipal Engineers of X. Y. City ; mem. AAm. Public Health Ass'n, Am. Micros.
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