Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 67

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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Civil eng'r; b. Newport, R. I., July 29, 1845; s. Thomas Pitman and Pydia (Foster) Nichols; grad. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., C.E., 1868; m. Newport, R. I., Nov. 21, 1376, Jennie Swasey; two daughters, Civil eng'r, Peruvian and Brazilian railroads, 1870-79; eng'r with various companies. 1879-SS; chief eng'r, 1892-93, gen. mg'r and chief eng'r, 1892- 95, Brooklyn Elevated R. R. Co .; principal ass't eng'r, 1896-1902, eng'r in charge, 1902-03, Williamsburgh Bridge; chief eng'r, Dep't Bridges, N. Y. City, 1904-15; since 1905, con- sulting eng'r Dep't of Bridges, in charge of Manhattan and . Blackwell's Island . bridges. Awarded Telford premium, British Inst. Civil Eng'rs, 1897. Mem. Brooklyn Eng'rs Club (ex-pres.), N. Y. Eng'rs Club, "Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences, Am. Geog. . Soc., Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Institutions Civil Eng'rs of Great Britain. Clubs : Railroad, Crescent Athletic, Municipal. Address: 42 Gates Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.

NICHOLS, Walter Smith:

Actuary, journalist; b. Newark, N. J., Nov. 23, 1841; grad. Princeton, A.B., 1863, and afterward studied law. Became associated with C. C. Hine as editor of the Insurance Monitor, 1868, and since 1:97 sole editor; editor Insurance Law Journal since 1875. Actuary 1891, sec. 1894 of U. S. Industrial Assurance Co .; now director Newark Fire Ins. Co., v .- p. C. C. Hine's Sons Co., and direc- tor of several Newark corp'ns. Author: line and Nichols on Assignments; Hine and Nich- ols Digest of Insurance Decisions. Mem. Am. Math. Soc., A. A. A. S. Address: 100 William St., N. Y. City.

NICHOLS, William E .:

Broker; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 27, 1862; s. William E. and Catharine T. ( Gillette) Nich- ols; grad. Yale, B.A. (honor man), les6; m. Des Moines, Ia., 1889, Florence Gillette. Spent a year and a half in study in Berlin and Paris. Senior mem. brokerage firm William E. Nichols & Co .; v .- p. and director N. Y. Net and Twine Co .; pres. and organizer Im- perial Road Co .; was director Empire Trust Co., and Columbia Trust Co .; specialist in N. Y. bank, trust company, and curb stocks, and recognized authority on same; mem. Sons of the Revolution: director and founder East Haddam (Conn.) Free Public Library. Club : West Side Naturalists. Residence: E. Had- dam, Conn. Address: 15 Wall St., N. Y. City.

NICHOLS, William Henry:

Manufacturing chemist ; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 9, 1:52; s. George Ilenry and Sarah Eliza- beth ( Harris) Nichols; ed. Brooklyn Poly. technic Inst., N. Y. Univ., B.S., NO. M.S., 1-73: Lafayette Coll., LL .. D., 1994; Columbia, Sc.D., 1904; m. Brooklyn, Feb. 14, 1 73, Han- nah W. Bonsel. Since Isto, engaged in bnsi- ness as mi'g chemist : also copper refiner and smelter; now chm'n of Board, General Chem- ical Co., pres. Nichols Copper Co., Chem. Trading Co., director Nichols Chem. Co. of Canada (Lt'd) : chm'n Corporation of Poly- technic Inst., Brooklyn; trustee Title Guaran. tee and Trust Co., The Hoagland Laboratory,

NICHOLS, William H., Jr .:

Mining eng'r, etc .; b. Brooklyn, N. Y .; s. William H. and Hannah W. ( Bensel) Nich- ols; grad. Brooklyn Poly. Inst., Columbia Univ .; m. Brooklyn, Oct. 28, 1896, Rose Til- den; children: Francis T., b. 1902, Marian, b. 1904. Pres. San Carlos Copper Co .; director and auditor Nichols Copper Co .; director, sec. and ass't mg'r, Gen. Chem. Co .; direc- tor and sec., Nichols Chem. Co. of Can., Lt'd, Madoc Mining Co., Chem. Trading Co .; direc- tor Baker & Adamson Chem. Co .; mem. Advisory B'd, Title Guarantee and Trust Co., Mt'g Branch. Presbyterian. Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Soc .. of Chem. Industry, Am. Chem. Soc .; trustee Brooklyn Children's Aid Soc. Clnbs : Hamilton, Heights Casino, Nas- sau Country, Columbia University. Resi- dence: 361 Clinton Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. Ad- dress: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.

NICHOLS, William Wallace:

Engineer; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 17, 1860; s. Edward E. and Anna Maria ( Macauley ) Nich- ols; grad. Yale, Ph.B., 1984, M.E., Isso; m. St. Louis, Mo., April 6, 1996, Mary Eliza- beth Hill; one daughter, Marian, b. Feb. 20, 1-97. In motive power dep't, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis R. R., Cleveland, O., 1985-86; ass't master mechanic and sup't telegraph, Chicago, Barlington & Quincy R. R., Is>6-90; sup't Chicago Tele- phone Co., 1$90-93; instr. mech. eng'ring, Yale, 1893-1900; ass't mg'r. Baltimore Copper Smelting and Refining Co., 1940-01; v .. p. Allis- Chalmers Co. : 1904. director Allis-Chalmers- Bullock Co., Lt'd, U. S. Trenching Machine Co. Independent Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs. Clubs: Yale. Harvard, Engineers, N. Y. Railway. .ld- dress: 71 Broadway, N. Y. City.

NICKERSON, Hiram Robert:

Railroad oficial: b. Wayne. Me., Dec. 13. 1-53: s. Hiram S. and Mary Jane (Smith) Nickerson; ed. Maine Wesleyan Sem., Kent's Hill, Me .: Westbrook ( Me. ) Som .: m. Nor- tonville. Kan., Dec. 2, 1556, Margaret A. Ma. han: children: Robert Alden. b. 1559. Ruby Louise, b. Ist. Was employed by Atchison, To, eka & Santa Fe R'y Co., in various ca- p .. ci.ies, 1572-94: v.p. and gen. me'r. Mexican Ce.t. R'y, It'd, with headquarters in City of Mexico, 1894.1904; still v.p. and director

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of the company; pres. and director Mexican- Am. Steamship Co .; vice-president and di- rector of the Mexican National Construc- tion Co. Club : Lawyers. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.

NICOLL, De Lancey:

Lawyer; b. Shelter Island, N. Y., June 24, 1954; s. Solomon Townsend Nicoli (successful East India tea merchant of N. Y. City; and Charlotte Ann (Nicoll) Nicoll (cousins) ; de- scendant from Mathias Nicoll. graduate of Cambridge and lawyer of the Middle Temple, who came to America in 1661 with his uncle, Sir Richard Nicoll ( the first English governor of N. Y.), and who was mayor of N. Y. City, 1671, speaker of First Colonial Assembly, 1653, and first judge of the N. Y. Court of Over and Terminer; ed. Flushing Inst., Cheshire (Conn.) Acad., St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. II., Princeton Coll., A.B., summa cum laude, 1874, and Columbia Law Sch .; m. Ossining, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1890, Maud, d. Lieut. Richard Cuyler Churchill, 4th Artillery, U. S. A .; chil- dren: De Lancey, Jr., Josephine . Churchill. Clerk in law office of Clarkson N. Potter until admission to bar, 1876; then formed law partnership with Walter D. Edmunds. Ass't dist. att'y of N. Y. County under Randolph B. Martine, 1585-88; then in law firm ci Dick- erson, Nicoll & Brown. Unsuccessful candi- date for dist. att'y on Republican and Inde- pendent tickets, 1587; elected on Democratic ticket 1891, and served 1892-94; since then senior of law firm of Nicoll, Anable & Lind- say. Mem. Constitutional Convention of 1994. Successfully handled, among others, the case of the Aldermanic prosecution for bribery connected with the Broadway R. R. fran- chise; People v. Jahne; People v. O'Neil; People v. McQuade: People v. Sharp; wills of Joseph Richardson, Gen. Samuel Thomas and Russell Sage; litigation of the Interbor- ough Rapid Transit Co. of N. Y. and the American Tobacco Co. Clubs: Union, Met- ropolitan, Tuxedo, Racquet, Riding, Uni- versity, Manhattan, Princeton, Nat. Demo- cratic. Residence: 23 E. 39th St. Address: 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City.

NICOLL, James Craig:

Artist ; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 22, 1846; s. John W. and Elizabeth P. (Craig) Nicoll; ed. Quackenbos School, N. Y. City: studied art under M. F. H. de Haas and Kruseman van Elten; m. N. Y. City, 1573, Cora A. Noble ( How deceased ) ; children: Emily R., Jolin Howard, Fancher, Craig. Made many sketches of scenes along the Atlantic Coast, Loth in oils and water colors. Made his first exhibit at Nat. Acad. Design in 1868: since then at many exhibitions; gold medal New Orleans Exp'n, 1-s3, also awards at Paris Exp'n. 1900, Boston Prize Fund, etc. Elected associate, Isso, academician, 1:85. Nat. Acad. Design, has been its sec. and is now mem. of its Council: founder, 10 Years sec. and now pres. Am. Water Color Soc .: mem. Ar- tists' Fund Soc. (pres. 1ss?), N. Y. Etching Club ( several years sec. ), Artists' Aid Soc. Mom. and see. Jury of Award on Painting. World's Columbian Exp'n. Independent in politics. Episcopalian. Recreation : Golf. ('lub: Century. Residence: The Sonoma. 1734 Broadway. Address: 51 W. 10th St., N. Y. City.

NICOLSON, John:

Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1-3: s. John Nicolson. formerly of Berwick, Sein. land, and Matilda Hall Nicolson, formerly of Birmingham, Eng .; grad. Univ. of Va., B.I ... 1892; m. N. 1. City, Alma F. Durant, d. late John D. Durant. Lived in Savannah. Ga .. until 1897. Was admitted to Georgia . bar. 1:92; practised there until 1597 and then re moved to N. Y. City, where he has sine, practised. Served in N. G. N. Y., Squadron .1. Independent Republican. Presbyterian : 3:1. Av. Presby'n Ch. Clubs : City Club, Republi- can Club of City of N. Y. Residence: 3.") West 93d St. Address: 43 Cedar St., N. Y. City.

NICUM, John:

Clergyman, educator, author; b. Winnen- den, Germany, Jan. 6, 1551; s. John and Anua Marg. ( Schaefer) Nicum; came to America. 1867; ed. Latin Sch., Winnenden, Germany, Muhlenberg Coll .: grad. with honors, .1.B .. 1873, A.M., 1876. D.D., 1993: grad. Lutheran Theol. Sem., Philadelphia, 1876; m. April 30. 1$78, Josephine Joanetta. d. of Rer. Daniel Sanner, of Tremont, Pa. . Ordained. Jun -. 1876, by the Evangelical Lutheran Minister. ium of Pa., in Trinity Ch .. Reading, Pa .; pastor Zion's Ch., Frackville, Pa .. 1:76-75; Immanuel's Cl., Frankfort, Philadelphia. 1878-80: St. John's Ch .. Syracuse, N. Y .. Isse. S7, and St. John's Ch., Rochester, N. Y .. since 1SST. Pres. of Conference, with super- vision of pastors and churches, in Central and Western New York from 18. 1-SS; sec. of Gen- eral Council, Ev. Luth. Ch. in North Am .. 1886-97, and again since 1905: sec. and later pres. German B'd of Home Missions. Gen. Council, 1987-97, and mem. of various standing committees and boards: pres. B'd of Trustees of Wagner Coll .. 1:20-1952, and pres. of the inst'n and prof. of Hebrew, philosophy and ethics, 1894-1902. Has done much liter- ary and editorial work: edited Lehigh County Patriot while student in college. and sup- ported himself through college and seminary largely by reporting conventions, etc., for German and English dailies in Philadelphia. Delivered oration in German and English at centennial of Ev. Luth. Ministerium of New York, in Association Hall, N. Y. City. 19; published history of this body (644 pp., Svo.) in less: A Treatise on the Laws of the Stat. of New York, Pertaining to Churches, Pi: Treatise on the Parables of Christ, Is-4: . 1b- wehr. a defense of the General Council. churches and pastors against attacks of ultra- Lutherans, 1890: prepared German edition of Wolf's Lutherans in America (J. A. Hill & Co.). 1591. Conth'r to The Lutheran Church Review. Mensel's Kirchliches Handlexikon ( Leipzig), and The Lutheran Cyclopedia ( Scribner's). Has read papers before several Lutheran diets or general conferences, and before Am. Soc. of Church History. dress : 46 Morris St., Rochester, N. Y.

NIEHAUS, Charles Henry:

Sculptor. b. Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 21, 1995; S. John Conrad and Sophia Wilhelmun (Block), Nichans; ed. MeMicken Sch. of Art. Cincinnati (first prize), Royal Arad, Munich. Bavaria first prize, medal and diploma ) : m. N. Y. City, Ang. 3. 1900, Regina Armstrong Studied in Rome, Italy, four years; one

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year in Manchester, England, after three years spent at Royal Acad., Munich. Elected associate, 1892, academician, 1906, Nat. Acad. Design; mem. Architectural League of Amer- ica, Nat. Art Club, Nat. Sculpture Soc .: re- ceived medals, 1893, Chicago; gold medals, Buffalo, 1901, Charleston. 1902, St. Louis, 1904. Important works: Hahnemann Monument

(Washington). Statues: Ingails, Garfield, Allen, Morton (in rotunda of capitol), Drake Monument (Titusville, Pa.) ; Forrest eques- trian (Memphis, Tenn. ) : Trinity Historical Doors (N. Y. City) ; Pediment Apellate Court (N. Y. City) ; Louis IX. equestrian (St. Louis, Mo.); statues of MeKinley, Lincoln and Farragut ( Muskegon, Mich. ) : McKinley, for tomb (Canton, Ohio) ; Harrison (India- napolis, Ind.) ; Louis IX (St. Louis) ; pedi- ment, K'y State Capitol; busts of Hon. Chas. Hackley, Public Library, Muskegon, Mich., Rev. Dr. Collier for Cooper Union, N. Y. City, Robt. Blum, Museum of Art, Cincinnati, O., H. H. Rogers, pres. Standard Oil Co., Joseph Jefferson, N. Y. City; statues of Abzraham Lincoln, for Buffalo Hist. Soc., James W. Beardsley, for City of Bridgeport, Conn., Gov. Wm. Goebel, for Frankfort, Ky., and Gov. Wm. Goebel (now in progress) for the Capitol at Frankfort, Ky .. for which the Legislature appropriated $20.000; also the John Paul Jones Monument for Washington, D. C., lately awarded by the National Gov- ernment. Address: New Rochelle, N. Y.

NIEHAUS, Regina Armstrong:

Art critic, writer; b. in Virginia, Mar. 4, 1809; d. Thomas J. and Jane (Von Roth) Armstrong; private education; m. N. Y. City, Aug. 3, 1900, Charles Henry Niehaus. So- ciety editor, Times, Memphis, Tenn., 1893; editor Social Graphic, 1893-96; literary editor and art critic, Impressionist, N. Y. City, 1899- 1900. Is gen. contb'r to art and literary periodicals. Mem. National Arts Club, Mu- nicipal Art Soc. of N. Y .. Soc. for the Pre- servation of Scenic and Historie Places. Ad- dress : Quaker Ridge Road, New Rochelle, N. Y.

NIEL, Edward A .:

Railroad official; b. Selma, Ala., July 3, 1865; s. Andrew J. and Elizabeth ( Peake) Niel; ed. Dallas Acad., Selma, Ala., and grad. high school; m. Birmingham, Ala., June 18, 1×90, Flora Stewart; children: Flora, b. 1991, Edward, b. 1893. Entered railroad service, June, 1878, as office boy, soon became telegraph operator, train dispatcher, train master, chief clerk to sup't; chief clerk to ass't gen. freight and passenger agent. Appointed general freight and passenger agent Mobile & Birmingham R. R. in Oct., 1895; took serv- ice with Southern Railway Co., Jan., 199, as ass't gen. freight agent at Washington, D. C .; promoted to position of gen. freight agent in July, 1-99; accepted service with Atlantic & N. C. R. R., Get., 1904, as tratlic my'r, and resigned to take present service with Buffalo & Susquehanna Railway at Buf- falo, N. Y., as traffic me'r, June 1, 1905, hav- ing charge also of Buffalo, Attica & Arcade R. R. in same capacity : also director of lat- ter road: also v .- p. Keystone Stores Co .; traffic ing'r New Orleans Great Northern R. R., also Brookhaven & Pearl River R. R. Democrat : Episcopalian. Mason ; B. P. O. Elks. Amateur musician, for many

years identified with musical socities in vari- ous cities; has frequently assisted in char- itable performances. Clubs: Ellicott, Trans- portation, Park. Address : 966 Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y.

NIES, James Buchanan:

Clergyman; b. Newark, N. J., 1956; s. S. and Antoinette F. (Landano) Nies; grad. Columbia Coll., B.A., 1852, M.1., 1Sc7, Ph.D., 1888; Gen. Theol. Sem., 1885; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1891, Jeanie Dows Orr. Ordered deacon, 1×85, ordained priest, 1886, by Bishop H. C. Potter, in Episcopal ministry. Formerly at Jloly Trinity Chapel, N. Y. City, 1585-96; St. John's Ch., Tuckahoe, N. Y., and St. John's Ch., Upper New Rochelle, N. Y., 1986-87; at Christ Chapel, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1887-93; rec- tor Ch. of the Epiphany, Brooklyn, 1893-98; rector Christ Ch., Sharon, Conn., 1905-07. Field director of the American Sch. for Ori- ental Study and Research. Oriental traveler, 1902-05. Address: Hotel Margaret, Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, N. Y.

NILES, Walter Lindsay:

Physician; b. Lebanon, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1878; s. I. Newton and Harriet (Lindsay) Niles; ed. in Cornell Univ., class of 1900, hield a State scholarship, elected to Sphinx Head; grad. Cornell Univ. Med. Coll., M.D., 1902; m. Yonkers, N. Y., May 20, 190S, Louise Vezin. Interne at Bellevue Hosp., 1902-01; instructor in medicine, Cornell Univ. Med. Coll. since 1904. Assistant physician to Bellevue Out-Patient Dep't, 1904-06; ass't physician Cornell Dispensary since 1904: ass't physician Lincoln Hosp., since 1904. Repub- lican. Director Christ Church Tuberculois Class (344 E. 36th St.). Mem. Phi Alpha Sigma fraternity, Sphinx Head ( Cornell), N. Y. Acad. of Medicine. Recreation: Tennis. Club : Cornell University. Address: 55 E. 76th St., N. Y. City.

NILES, William White:

Lawyer; b. Waterford, Saratoga Co., N. Y., July 22, 1860; s. William Watson and Isabel ( White) Niles; grad. Dartmouth Coll., A.B., ISS3, A.MI., 1886; Albany Law Sch., LL.B .. 1886. Mem. Assembly of N. Y., 1895. Direc. tor Cohoes Co .; mem. B'd of Mg'rs and Exec. Com. N. Y. Zoological Soc., mem. Bronx Val- ley Parkway Comm'n, N. Y. City Charter Revision Comin'n, 1908. Republican. Mem. Ass'n Bar State of N. Y., Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; mem. and trustee N. Y. Zoological Soc .; trustee Bedford Park Congregational Ch. Clubs: University, Strallers, Autamobile of America, Republican, Ardsley. Residence : Fairlee. Woodlawn Road, Bedford Park. . Ad- dress : 11 Wall St., N. Y. City.

NISBET, James Douglas:

Physician: b. Waxhaw, S. C., July 30. 1854: s. John Newton Nisbet: ed. Finlay ( N. C.) High Sch., Fort Mil. Acad., Davidson ( N. (.) Coll., .A.B., 1-1. Lonisville Med. Coll .. M. D., 1986: unmarried. Practised law in South Carolina until 1 92; took one year of graduate study in N. Y. Polyclinic Med. Sch .. passed Regent's exam .. 1-90: practised in N. Y. City. 1890-92: studied in Paris, Tübingen and Berlin, 1802.94; since 1595 prac- tising in N. Y. City; specialist in diseases of the digestive system. Formerly prof. dis- eases of digestive system, N. Y. Polyclinic. Author: Diseases of the Stomach, Les, and

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papers to medical journals. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Am. Acad. Med- icine, N. Y. State Med. Soc .. N. Y. County Med. Soc., Polyclinic Med. Soc., Soc. Med. Jurisprudence. Club : Republican. Resi- dence: 54 W. 40th St. Address: 34 W. 50th St., N. Y. City.

NISSEN, Ludwig:

Merchant, capitalist; h. Hocum, Schleswig- Holstein, Dec. 2, 1855; ed. public schools of native place. Became ass't sec. in the Im- perial Dist. Court; came to America at early age, and after various business ventures entered firm of Schilling & Nissen, diamond setters and importers, firm later changing to Ludwig, Nissen & Co. Ex-pres. Jewelers' Ass'n and B'd of Trade; mem. N. Y. Cham- ber of Commerce. Trustee Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn, N. Y., Jewelers' Ass'n, Judge Co., Nat. Ass'n of Manufacturers of U. S. of America, N. Y. B'd of Trade and Transportation; trustee Equitable Life As- surance Soc. Appt'd by Tenn .. Centennial Exp'n as one of judges of awards in art goods, jewelry, minerals and precious stones dep't; comm'r for Brooklyn, Atlanta Exp'n of 1895, and Nashville Exp'n of 1997; appt'd by Gov. Black, head of N. Y. State Com. to Paris Exp'n of 1900. Clubs: Hanover, Union League, (Brooklyn) ; Parkway Driv- ing, Riding and Driving, Municipal, Marine and Field. Residence: 810 St. Marks Av., Brooklyn. Address: 182 Broadway, N. Y. City.

NIVER, William A .:

Editor; b. Homer, Madison Co., N. Y., Mar. 2, 1874; s. William A. and Mary M. (Barnes) Niver; ed. common schools and seminary at Cazenovia. N. Y .; m. Buffalo, N. Y., June 10, 197, Helen E. Averill; chil- dren : Averill, b. 195, Aria, b. 1901. Music and dramatic critic, Syracuse Post Standard ; city editor, the Enquirer, Buffalo; in'g edi- tor The Music Trades, N. Y .; copy reader, The Evening world, N. Y .; now editor The Schenectady Gazette. Democrat ; Episcopal- ian. Recreation : Music. Clubs: Press, Mo- hawk, Jest and Song. Address: 1302 Camp- bell Av., Schenectady, N. Y.

NIXON, Lewis:

Naval architect and shipbuilder; b. Lees- burg, Va., Iso1; s. Colonel Joel Lewis and Mary Jane (Turner) Nixon; ed. Leesburg Acad., U. S. Naval Acad., graduating No. 1, 1882; Royal Navy Coll., London, England : m. Jan., 1891, Sally Lewis Wood, direct de- seendant of the Colonial General Andrew Lewis, of Va .; one son, Stanhope Wood Nixon. Grad. midshipman, 1:52: transferred from line of navy to Construction Corps, in 1854; designed battleships Oregon, Massa- chusetts and Indiana. 1s20, then resigned from navy to become superintendent con- tructor of Cramp's Shipyard, Philadelphia ; opened Crescent Shipyards. 1-95, and built vessels for all departments of the Gov't of U. S. and for foreign governments. Pres. Standard Motor Construction Co .; director Donald Steamship Co .: sole owner Lewis Nixon's shipyard. Built eleven men-of-war for U. S. Navy, sixteen vessels for Russian Navy, two for Mexican Navy, tive vessels for Cuba and four for Santo Domingo and for U. S. and foreign countries has built every 954

known type of vessel; built Gregory, t !.. first motor boat to cross the orean; built fir . submarine torpedo boats for the United Stad .. Navy. Has been presented to the King .! England and received in special audience 1 .. Pope Pius X and the Czar Nicholas of Rus sia. Pres. East River Bridge Comm'n by apptm't of Mayor Van Wyck. of N. Y. City. 1897; leader of Tammany Hall, succeedin : Richard Croker, in 1902; chm'n Democratic Congressional Finance Com., 1902-03; comm'r from N. Y. to St. Louis World's Fair by apptm't of Governor Odell; mem. B'd Visit- ors to U. S. Naval Acad., 1903, by apptm't o! President Roosevelt. Delegate to Nat. Dem. Conventions at Kansas City and St. Louis. Chin'n Democratic State Conv., Buffalo, 1906. Mom. Mem. Tammany Soc. Protestant. Council and Exec. Com. Inst'n of Naval Ar- chitects and Marine Engineers; fellow Am. Geog. Soc .; mem. trustee Webb's Acad. and Home for Shipbuilders. Recreations: Travel and summer on yacht Loudoun, named after native county in Va. Clubs: Union, Brook. National Democratic. Lawyers, Seneca, Coney Island Jockey, N. Y. Yacht, Atlantic Yacht. Columbia Yacht, Richmond Connty Country, Westchester Country, Automobile of America, Automobile of Staten Island, Staten Island. Motor Boat, (N. Y. City) ; Rittenhouse ( Philadelphia ) ; Metropolitan, Army and Navy (Washington). Address: Tompkinsville, S. I., N. Y.

NOBLE, Alfred:

Civil eng'r; b. Livonia, Mich., Aug. 7. 1544: s. Charles and Lovina D. Noble: served in Union Army in Civil War: grad. Univ. of Mich., C.E., 1870, LL.D., 1895; m. Ann Arbor, Mich., May 31, 1871, Georgia Speechly. gaged in practice of civil eng'ring since 1-0: mem. Nicaragua Canal B'd, 1895, U. S. B d of Eng'rs on Deep Waterways, 1897-1900. [. S. Isthmian Canal Comm'n, is99, 1003: chief eng'r East River Division, Pa., N. Y. & L .. I. R. R., 1902-07. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Enz'rs (ex-pres.), Western Soc. of Eng'rs. Clubs: University, Engineers. Residence: 501 W. 120th St. Address: 1 W. 34th St., N. Y. City. NOBLE, Francis I .:

Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, ISCS: s. Charles and Frances Louisa ( Bush) Noble: grad. N. Y. Univ., A.B., Columbia Univ., LL.B .: m. June 1806, Mary Newcomb Braman. Mem. law firm Noble & Camp: trustee Brooklyn Sav- ings Bank: director The Thrift. Republican : Episcopalian. Mem. Delta Phi fraternity. ('Inbs: Riding and Driving, Nassau Country, Crescent. Stock Exchange Luncheon. Kosi- dence : 308 Clinton Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. Ad- dress: 2 Wall St., N. Y. City.

NOBLES, Milton:

Actor and dramatist; b. Almont, Mich .. Sept. 28, 16: ed. in schools of Madison, Wis .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 29. 1>>1. Dolly Woolwine. Began career as actor in 1-67, afterward in companies of Edwin For. rost, Edwin Booth, Joseph Jefferson. It- rence Barrett and others until Ist5, when began as a star. chietly in his own plays. notably in The Plannix, which was one of the leading attractions of the stage for many seasons. Author (plays) : A Man of the Pro. ple: Under Martial Law: The Phanis: Love and Law; Interviews: The Whirlwind: Har-

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vest ; For Revenue Only; Love Goes on For- ever; A Son of Thespis; The Days of '19; The Unwritten Law; Bilgeville Junction; From Sire to Son: Why Walker Reformed; Blue Grass Widow; Belinda Bailey's Boarders. Also author of the books: Stage Fiction; Shop Talk; Facts and Fables; etc. Address 139 First St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

NOLAN, Michael D .:

Lawyer; b. Schenectady, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1866; s. Michael and Honora (Drury) Nolan; Grad. Union Coll., Schenectady, N. Y., A.f., 1889; Albany Law Sch., LL.B., 1891: m. Brooklyn, 1894, Leila Ardenning. Admitted to bar, 1891; in general practice of law, Troy, N. Y., since 1891. Mem. Assembly of N. Y. State, 1966. Democrat. Mem. Phi Beta Rap- pa, Phi Delta Theta and Phi Delta Phi fra- ternities. Address : 215 Times Bld'g, Troy, N. Y.

NOLAN, William P .:

Lawyer; b. Schenectady, N. Y., Feb. 13, 1860; s. Michael and Honora (Drury) Nolan ; ed. St. John's Parochial Sch., Schenectady. N. Y., Schenectady Union Classical Inst. (now Schenectady High Sch.), and Fordham Univ., A.B., 1880; m. Schenectady, N. Y., 1892, Catherine Tempany. City att'y, Sche- nectady, N. Y., Jan. 1. 1902, to Jan. 1, 1904; corporation counsel. Schenectady, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1908, to Jan. 1, 1910. Republican. Roman Catholic. Address: 121 Lafayette St., Sche- nectady, N. Y.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 67

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