Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 69

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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NOYES, Henry Radcliffe:

Lawyer: b. Orange, N. J., Feb. 7. 1574: s. Somerby and Jane Radcliffe (Dana) Noyes; ed. Lawrenceville (N. Y.) Acad .; grad. Am- herst Coll., 1-95, N. Y. Law School, 1902; at Berlin, Germany, 19547 studied lan- guages, attended lectures in U'niv. and studied violin at Conservatory; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 7, 1900, Charlotte Overbury. Devoted to jour- nalistic work, 1-97-1, serving on staff of Evening Sun, Commercial Advertiser and Evening Post; studied law, 1900-02; in 1902,

Has since practised law in N. Y. City. Served through Spanish-Am. War, in Porto Rican campaign. as mem. Troop C. N. Y. C'av. Ass't treas. and director Merchants' Land and Development Co .; treas, and direct- or Queens County Realty Co. Independent Democrat. Mem. Society of Literary Knowl- edge. Clubs: City. Delta Upsilon. Resi- dence: 508 W. 113th St. Address: Evening Post Bld'g, 20 Vesey St., N. Y. City.

NOYES, William:

Educator; b. Madura, So. India. March 5, 1562; s. Joseph C. and Elizabeth A. ( Smith) Noyes: grad. St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Acad., 1850; Amherst Coll., B.A., 1581, A.M., 1905; Andover Theol. Sem., 1 7: Teachers Coll., N. Y .. 1902: m. ist, Wellesley, Mass., Oct. 3, 1:57, Inez Curl; 2d, June 24, 1904. Leonia, N. J., Anna B. Gausmann; children: Waldo. b. Sept. 21, 1992, Margaret, b. Dec. 11, 1:96, Leonard, b. Feb. 5, 1908. Lived in Japan as missionary and teacher, 1889-97: in Chicago most of the time in charge of Social Settle- ment of Ethical Culture Soc., 1897-99; direct- or manual training, Columbus, Ga., 1900-01; director manual training, Montclair. N. J .. 1902-03; instr. of mannal training, Teachers' Coll., since 1903. Independent. Pres. East- ern Manual Training Ass'n, 1905-06, 1906-07. Mem. Am. Forestry, and Nat. Geog. Soc. Recreations: Tramping, mountain climbing, bicycling. Address: Teachers' Coll., Co- lumbia Univ., N. Y. City.

NOYFS, William Bradbury:

Physician; b. May 15, 1567; s. Charles Horace and Jane Radcliffe (Dana) Noyes: ed. Montclair High School, Amherst Coll., A.B., lses, A.M., 1903; Columbia Univ., M.D., 1991; post-graduate work in Univ. of Berlin ard Vienna; m. May 26, 190S. Elsie Whyte. Engaged in practice from 1891; for last few years specialist in nervous and mental dis- eases. Author of various medical essays and treatises. Attending neurologist to the Demilt Dispensary, Columbus Hosp., consulting neu- rologist to the Mountainside Hosp., Montelair, N. J. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., Acad. of Medicine, N. Y. Neurological Soc., Patho- logical Soc., Am. Med. Ass'u, Delta Upsi- lon fraternity. Director Society for Italian Immigrants, N. Y. City. Club: Baltusrol Golf. Address: The Inverness, 210 W. 57th St., N. Y. City.

NUGENT. Albert E .:

Lawyer; b. Villenova, Chautauqua Co .. N. Y., 1870: s. Nicholas and Charlotte Nu- gent; ed. Forestville (N. Y.) Free Acad .: m. Dunkirk, N. Y., Oct. 19. 1-95. Eleanor S. Roberts; one son, Albert Edward, b. 1:99. Studied law with firm of Holt & Holt, Din- kirk, N. Y .; admitted to bar, Jan., 1-93. Sur. ceeded to business of Ilolt & Holt, Oct. 1. 1$94. and has continued business since then : senior mem. firm of Nugent & Hufferman. Republican. Prominent Mason; dist. deputy grand master, 40th Masonic Dist .. 1900). Pres. Bar of Northern Chantanqua: soc.

Dunkirk Masonic Ass'n. Mem. Dunkirk Lodge. No. 767, F. and A. M., Dunkirk Chap. ter. No. 191. K. A. M., Dunkirk Council, No. 25, R. and S. M., Dunkirk Com. No. 10. K. T., Dunkirk Lodge, No. 922. B. P O. F. Clubs: Willow Brook, Country. Address: 762 Central Av., Dunkirk, N. Y.

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NUGENT, Paul Cook:

Civil eng'r; educator; b. New Orleans, La., Jan. 4, 1871; s. Perry and Amanda (Cook) Nugent; grad. Roanoke Coll., A.B., 1889; medal in Greek, first honor and valedictorian, A.M., 1894; Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., C.E., 1892; m. Salem, Va., Sept. 12, 1899, Mary Louise Logan; children: Paul Cook, Jr., b. 1901, Robert Logan, b. 1902. Civil eng'r Houston, Tex., 1-92-$6; instructor in civil eng'ring, Lafayette, since 1897, instructor, 1897- 1900, associate professor, 1900-1902, prof. civil eng'ring, since 1902. Author: Plane Survey- ing, 1902. Independent in politics. Metho- dist. Mem. Sigma Xi Soc., Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Recreations: Tennis and music. Clubs: Technology, Thornden, Ten- nis. Address: 407 University Place, Syra- cuse, N. Y.

NYE, George Hyatt:

Manufacturer, banker; b. Auburn, N. Y., Dec. 2, 1854; s. Caroline E. Beardsley and Lorenzo (Ward) Nye; ed. academies at Bur- lington, N. J., Aurora, N. Y., and at Phil- lips Acad., Exeter, N. H .; m. N. Y. City, 1881, Mollie A. Wilson. Pres. Nye & Wait Car- pet Co .; pres. Cayuga County Nat. Bank; trustee Auburn Savings Bank, and interested in many other corporations. For many years active in politics as a Democrat of the Tilden and Cleveland school. Residence: Auburn, N. Y.

NYE, Olin Tracy:

Lawyer; b. Beaver Dams, N. Y., May 13, 1872; s. E. M. W. and Margaret (Sharp) Nye; ed. Dundee Preparatory Sch., Union Univ. aud Albany Law Sch .; unmarried. Dist. att'y of Schuyler Co., 1897; mem. Assembly, 1901- 02-03-04; clerk Schuyler County Surogate's Court, 1893-96. Mem. Judiciary Com. Gen. Court of U. S. Now county judge and surro- gate, Schuyler Co. Director Hilliard Clutch and Machine Co. Republican. Mem. Schny- ley Co. Ass'n, Odd Fellows, Knights of Py- thias; mem. P. and S. Improved Order of Red Men. Address: Watkins, Schuyler Co., N. Y.

OAKES, Thomas Fletcher:

Stock broker; b. Boston, Mass., July . 15, 1813; s. Francis Garaux and Comfort East- inan ( Paige) Oakes: ed. Boston public schs; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 27, 1864, Abby R. Haskell; children : Walter, b. 1865. Grace ( Mrs. Freder- ick Brooks), b. 1871, Zillah ( Mrs. George C. Rand, Jr.), b. 1>74, Georgiana ( Mrs. Law- rence Greer), b. 1576, Prescott, b. 18:2. Be- ban business career in service of contractors for construction of Kan. Pacific R. R., 1963; became purchasing agent in 1973, and ad- vanced through grades to gen. sup't: became gen. sup't Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf R. R., and Kansas City, Lawrence & South- orn R. R., April, 1-79; v .- p. and gen. mg'r, Oregon R'y & Navigation Co., with head- quarters at Portland, Ore., 15-0; successively r .- p., gen. ing'r. pres. and receiver North- ern Pacific R. R., 1-1-96. Served in Civil War as ass't commissary of musters at St. Louis, Mo .; mem. stock brokerage firm Tay- lor, Livingston & Co., N. Y. City. Repub-

lican. Episcopalian. Life mem. Am. Gong. Soc. Recreation : Farming at Concord, Mas -. Clubs: Metropolitan, Union League, N. Y. Yacht. Address: Plaza Hotel, N. Y. City. OAKLEY, John Greenleaf:

Clergyman ; b. Verbank, Dutchess Co., N. Y., May 17, 1843; s. Solomon W. and Mary A. ( Dutcher) Oakley; grad. N. Y. Univ., A.M., 1869; A.M., Wesleyan Univ .; Ph.D., Syracu -- Univ .; D.D., Grant Univ. ; m. Hudson, N. Y .. Nov. 22, 1864, Snsie A. Hoffman; children: Mrs. Edith E. Martin, b. 1866, Mrs. Mary II. Baragwanath, b. 1868, Rev. Charles S., 1. 1871, Mrs. Susie T. D. Kingsbury, b. 1572. Mrs. Ida A. Gilmour, b. 1874, At age of 20 was a teacher of Latin, Greek and mathe- matics in an acad. on upper Hudson; in 1864, united with N. Y. Conf. M. E. Church ; 18 years pastor of N. Y. City churches; now pastor First M. E. Church, Chatham, N. Y .: has traveled extensively in U. S. and Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land; for many years prominent platform lecturer; linguist, read- ing, with facility, six languages. Mem. Ma- sonic order (blue lodge and chapter). Re- publican. Club : Quill (charter mem. ), Ad- dress: 30 Kinderhook St., Chatham, N. Y.

OAKMAN, Walter G .:

Capitalist; grad. Univ. of Pa., 1864: m. E. Conkling; one son, Walter G., Jr. Pres. and director Hudson Companies, Hudson Improve- ment Co., Interboro Metropolitan Co., N. J. Terminal Dock and Improvement Co .; chm'n of B'd of Directors Guaranty Trust Co. of N. Y .; v .- p. and director Hudson & Manhat- tan R. R. Co., Jefferson and Clearfield Coal and Iron Co., Rapid Transit Subway Con- struction Co., Subway Realty Co .; director Alabama Great Southern R. R. Co., Am. Car and Foundry Co., Brooklyn Heights R. R. Co., Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., Buf- falo, Rochester & Pittsburgh R'y Co., Fair- mont Coal Co., Hudson St. R. R. Co., Inter- borough Rapid Transit Co .. Kings County and Fulton Elevated R. R. Co., Long Island Consolidated Electrical Companies, Long Isl- and R. R. Co., Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co., Morristown Trust Co., Morton Trust Co., Mutual Trust Co. of Westchester County, Nat. Bank of Commerce, N. Y. & N. J. R. R. Co., N. Y. & Queens Co. R'y, N. Y. City Inter- borough R'y Co., Reynoldsville & Falls Creek R. R., Richmond Light and R. R. Co .. Rogers Locomotive Works, Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Co., Somerset Coal Co. Clubs: Union, Riding, Turf and Field, Automobile of Amer- ica, Midday, Garden City Golf. University, Metropolitan, Century, Down Town. Resi- dence : 512 Fifth Av. Address: 62 Cedar St., N. Y. City.

OATMAN, Edward Leroy:

Ophthalmic surgeon: b. Southbury, Conn .. July 4, 1533; s. George and Frances (Can- field ) Oatman; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 2. 156, Jean F. Hinman; one daughter, Mar. jorie. Ophthalmic surgeon, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat losp .; pathologist. Brook. lyn Eye and Ear losp. ; mem. N. Y. Acad. of Medicine. Am. Med. Ass'n, etc. Director Manhattan Eye, Far and Throat Hosp. SI- mer residence: Southbury, Conn. Address: @ Remsen St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

OBERMAYER, Charles J .:

Banker: b. Nov. S. 1869: s. Charles G. and Amelia ( Moses) Obermayer; ed. pub.

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schs., Coll. City of N. Y .; studied law three | years; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 16, 1892, Ida Bell Sabin. Sec. and treas. German- Am. Title Guarantee Co. of N. Y. City, 12 years; pres. and director Narragansett Fin- ishing Co .; pres. and trustee Greater N. Y. Savings Bank; director and chm'n Exec. Com. Home Title Ins. Co. of Brooklyn. Ad- visory Com. Fifth Av. Branch Mechanics Bank. Republican in national issues. Mem. Reformed (Dutch) Church, The Bibliophile Soc. (Boston, Mass. ), Royal Arch Mason, Knight Templar, and mem. Mystic Shrine, Royal Arcanum, Heptasophs, South Brook- lyn B'd of Trade (trustee), etc. Chm'n Advisory Com., Brooklyn Nursery and In- fants Hosp. Brooklyn League, Prospect Heights Citizens' Ass'n, ex-pres. League of American Wheelman in U. S. Recreation : Automobiling. Clubs: Automobile of Amer- ica, Crescent, Athletic, Boston Bicycle, 12th Assembly Dist. Republican. Address: 498 Fifth Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.

O'BRIAN, John Lord:

Lawyer; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1874; 8. John and Elizabeth (Lord) O'Brian; ed. public (grammar and high) schools; grad. Harvard Coll., A.B., 1896. Univ. of Buffalo, LL.B., 1898; m. Buffalo, Sept. 17, 1902. Alma E. White; children: Alma Elizabeth, b. 1903, Janet, b. 1907. Was chief counsel for pre- sentors in the prosecution and trial of Rev. A. S. Crapsey, of Rochester, 1906, before ec- clesiastical courts; prof. med. jurispudence, Buffalo Med. Sch .; church advocate, Dio- cese of Western N. Y .; counsel for Med. Soc. of Co. of Erie; mem. Exec. Com. Buffalo Civil Service Reform Ass'n; mem. Council ( trustee ) Univ. of Buffalo; trustee St. Mar. garet's School for Girls; mem. faculty Univ. of Buffalo Law School. Republican; mem. of Assembly, N. Y., 1907. 1908, 1909, from £d Dist. of Erie County. Episcopalian. Mem. Delta Upsilon ( Harvard), Phi Delta Phi (Buffalo). Clubs: University (Buffalo), Fort Orange ( AAlbany). Residence : 295 Lin- wood Av. Address: 117 Erie Co. Bank Bld'g, Buffalo, N. Y.

O'BRIEN, Denis:

Jurist; b. Ogdensburg, N. Y., Mar. 13, 1837; studied law at Ogdensburg. Admitted to bar, 1861; moved to Watertown, 1:61, and began practice there; elected alderman of Water. town, 1869, four successive terms and after- ward elected mayor. In Isso, succeeded late James F. Starbuck as mem. State Democratic Com., serving four years; elected atty'y-gen. of N. Y., two terms, 1>83-89: elected. les9, re- elected, 1903, judge Court of Appeals of N. Y .; present term expires Dec. 31, 1917. Ad- dress : Watertown, N. Y.

O'BRIEN, Edward C .:

Diplomat, merchant; b. Fort Edward, N. Y .; ed. public schools of Ft. Edward and Granville Mil. Acad., grad. 1850. Was for several years engaged in commission flour trade at Plattshurg. N. Y., and became in- terested in shipping and transportation mat- ters; prominent in movements in favor of the development of deep-water commerce and advocate of a large barge canal connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River at Albany: chmi'n Internat. Deep Waterways Convention at Cleveland, O., Sept., 1990; appt'd comm'r of navigation by President

Harrison, and served, 1859-93; became asso- ciated with Davis Coal and Coke Co. of Va., as a director; appt'd by Gov. Morton commissary-gen. of subsistence, N. G. N. Y., with rank of brig .- gen., but resigned on appt'd by Mayor Strong on Comm'n docks, N. Y. City, of which was elected pres., serving until 1897; during his administration

of the great improvement in the water front of the North River was undertaken, and six well-known recreation piers constructed; at the close of his administration. the ship- ping and commercial men of the city gave a banquet in his honor. Since 1905, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of U. S. to Paraguay and Uruguay. Organ- ized International Express Co. and the Cu- ban and Pan-American Express Co., of both of which became pres. Mem. Maritime Ass'n and B'd of Trade and Transportation. Clubs : Union League, Lawyers. Address: U. S. Legation, Montevideo, Uruguay.

O'BRIEN, Frank M .:

Editor, secretary to mayor; b. Dunkirk. N. Y., Mar. 31, 1875; s. Michael and Ann E. (Cryan ) O'Brien; grad. St. Joseph's Coll., Buffalo, N. Y. News editor. Buffalo Express. 1896-1901; reporter, N. Y. Sun, 1504-05: appt'd ass't sec. to mayor of N. Y. City, Dec. 13, 1905; sec. to mayor since Jan. 1. 1906. Demo- crat. Catholic. Recreations: Walking, hand- ball, baseball. Address: 6 City Hall, N. Y. City.

O'BRIEN, James Joseph:

Roman Catholic priest; b. Oswego, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1856; s. Thomas and Ellen (Cronin) O'Brien ; ed. in Oswego public schools, Niag- ara Univ., St. Joseph's Theol. Sem., Troy. N. Y. Ordained to priesthood by Bishop MeNierny of Albany, March S, 1879. Ass't rector of Church of Our Lady of Grace, Ho- boken, N. J., March 15 to June 15, 187; ass't rector St. John's Church. Orange, N. J., July 15 to Nov. 15; ass't rector, St. Mary's Chi., Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 16, 1579. to Nov. 16. 1882; rector St. Cecilia's Ch., Fonda, N. Y., Nov. 16, 1862, to March 5. 1SS7; rector St. Mary's Ch., Sandy Hill, N. Y., since Mar. 5, 1SS7. On Jan. 25, 1904, was made dean of Albany Diocese for Counties of Warren. Washington and Saratoga. Address : St. Mary's Church, Sandy Hill, N. Y.

O'BRIEN, Michael Christopher:

Physician ; b. Manhattanville. N. Y. City, Dec. 25, 1859; s. Thomas and Mary A. (Cul- len ) O'Brien : ed. Manhattan Coll .. A.B., 1578, A.M., IS$1, Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., M.D., 1>>1; m. St. Joseph's R. C. Ch., Man- hattanville, N. Y. City, June 25, 1sss. Maria A. (Pollie) Dunican, d. Patrick Dunican : children: Eleanor, b. 199. Pauline. b. 1993. Thomas Dunican, b. 1595, Walter Cullen, b. 1903. House surgeon Charity (City) Hosp .. 1.$1-$2, and house physician Hosp. for Nerv. ous Diseases (in connection with Charity flosp.), 19:2: physician to Manhattan Dis. pensary (now JJ. Hood Wright Memorial Hosp. ), 1582-1: attended clinies in London. Edinburgh Dublin, Cork and Berlin, ISps: physician and neurologist to Harlem Hosp. Dispensary, 1SS8.94: physician to Northwest- ern Dispensary. 1902-03; obstetric surgeon. 1897. med. director. 1900-07. Misericordia Hosp .: attending physician Acad. of the Sacred Heart from 1902; lecturer to the

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Chair of Medicine, 1906, adjunct prof. medi- cine, 1907, Fordham Univ .; consulting phy. sician at St. Mary's Hosp., Waterbury, Conn. Sec. and editor of the Transactions, N. Y. County Med. Ass'n, 1896-93; sec. N Y. State Med. Ass'n, 1898-1900. Mem. N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, N. Y. County Med. Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n, Harlem Med. Ass'n (cx- pres., trustee), Celtic Med. Soc. (founder, treas. 1891-1906, pres. from 1906), Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, Charity Hosp. Alumni Soc., Valentine Mott Soc. (founder, pres .. 19.4), Harvey Soc., General Alumni Soc. Democrat. Roman Catholic. Private, 7Ist Reg't N. G. N. Y., 1587-92. Mem. Xaxier Alumni Soc., Manhattan Coll. Alumni Soc. Recreation : Agriculture. Club: Catholic. Address: 161 W. 122d St., N. Y. City.

O'BRIEN, Miles M .:

Banker; b. in Ireland, 1852; s. Dr. Miles and. Fannie (Casey) O'Brien; ed. private schs., Christian Brothers and Model Sch .; LL.D., St. John's; m. N. Y. City, Thomasina E. Leahy; children : Miles M., Jr., Jay J., T. Dudley, Alvan de C. pres. New Amsterdam Nat. Bank; v .- p. Mercantile Nat. Bank; di- rector in numerous other banks and savings institutions: director Am. Ice Co .; was Ist v .- p. Sch. B'd of Greater N. Y., after con- solidation for two terms; served 20 years on B'd of Ed'n; established free lectures for the people, High Sch. of Commerce, and baths for the children in the schools; advocated and helped to pass laws to pension school teachers. Independent Democrat. Recrea- tion: Horseback riding. Clubs: Lotos, Dem- ocratic, Catholic. Residence: 320 W. 89th St. Address: 195 Broadway, N. Y. City.

O'BRIEN, Morgan Joseph:

Jurist; b. N. Y. City, April 28, 1852; grad. St. John's Coll., Fordham, N. Y. City, A.B., 1872; St. Francis Xavier's Coll., N. Y. Chy, A.M., 1873; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1875 (LL.D., St. John's Coll., 1887) ; m. Rose M. Crimmins; children : Rosalie, Madeline, Mor- gan J. G., Esmonde P. Engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City, 1875-87. Was for sev- eral years trustee of the public schools of N. Y. City; later corporation counsel of N. Y. City, which position held when, in 1887, was elected justice of the Supreme Court of N. Y .; reelected unanimously, 1901; resigned, 1905; designated to Appellate Division by Governors Hill, Morton and Odell; since June, 1905, trustee Equitable Life Assurance Society of the .U. S. Trustee N. Y. Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Founda- tions. Democrat, Catholic. Clubs: Mauhat- tan, Century, Metropolitan, N. Y. Athletic, Catholic, City Midday, Garden City Golf, Turf and Field, Lotos. Address: 524 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.

OBRIG, Adolph:

Stock broker: b. Eberfeld, Germany, April ", 1845; grad. Mechanics' Soc. Sch., N. Y., 1:58; m. Clara Beales. Clerk in importing house, 1859; Wall Street stocks and bonds, 1-67; purchased seat in Stock Exchange, 1571; founded firm of A. Obrig & Co .; dissolved partnership in 1-79. Director David B. Crock- ett Co. (Bridgeport). Mem. N. Y. Acad. of Sciences, Met. Museum of Art, Am. Musemn Natural History. Residence: 1 West :2d St. Address: 32 Broadway, N. Y. City.

O'CALLAGHAN, Daniel J. M .: Lawyer; D. Worcester, Mass., June 1. 1855 ; Peter and Margaret (O'Sullisa:) O'Callaghan; grad. Milford (Mass. ) Hil_ Sebcol, 1671; grad. Harvard Coll., Ist" (1'r. Beta Kappa, 1876) ; unmarried. Was ad mitted to Mass. and N. Y. State bars; h ... practised over 25 years in N. Y. City ; travel have been confined to U. S .; editor and prop'r Political Liberty Herald, an dependent periodical, founded in 1901; a Democrat until 1886; became mem. Ami Poverty Soc. and the United Labor Party. supported Henry George in 1886 for mayor, and in 1887 for sec. of State; voted for pres. electors of same party in 1858; voted with the Republican Party after 1858, until 1914), when voted with Democratic Party; became mem. Political Liberty Soc., upon its or. ganization, in 1900; continued voting with the Democratic Party until 1904; since then, mem. of the Political Liberty Party, or- ganized that year; sec. and treas. of its Nat. Com. Catholic. Mem. N. Y. Law Inst., Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Ass'n of N. Y. Ad. dress: 53 Park Row, N. Y. City.

OCHS, Adolph S .:

Newspaper publisher; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, Mar. 12, 1858; s. Julius and Bertha (Levy) Ochis (both of German nativity) ; father, who was officer in Union Army, was mustered out at close of Civil War; family removed to Knoxville, Tenn., where attended public schools; m. Feb. 28, 1883, Effie Miriam, d. Rev. Isaac M. Wise, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Be- gan newspaper career as boy in office of Knoxville Chronicle, 1969; in 1576, became ass't foreman in composing room, and soon after ass't business mg'r. Knoxville Daily Tribune; connected with Chattanooga (Tenn.) Dispatch, 1877-78. resigned and engaged in publication of Chattanooga City Directory : appt'd receiver for Chattanooga Dispatch. which had failed. and paid off its entire in- debtedness: bought, July 1, 1578, The Chatta- nooga Times, of which has ever since been publisher. Came to N. Y. City, 1596, and was placed at head of company of which bought the N. Y. Times, of which acquired and re- tains controlling ownership and later elected the Times Bid's, at #2d St. and Broadway. Purchased Philadelphia Times, May :, 1901. aud the Philadelphia Public Ledger, July 22, 1902; consolidated the two in August. I. under the name of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, of which is owner: his brother. George W. Ochs, being in charge as gen. mgr. Residence: 4>1 West End Av. Ad- dress : The Times, N. Y. City.

OCHS, George Washington:

Journalist, publisher: b. Cincinnati, O .. Oct. 27, 1561; s. Julius and Bertha (Levy) Ochs; ed. in Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. ; married. Was twice mayor of Chat. tanooga, Tenn .. 1893-9 ;; declined renomina. tion; pres. Chattanooga Chamber of Com- merce, HOI; pres. Chattanooga B'd of Fel'n. 2-05-1900: delegate from the ad Congressional Dist. of Teun. to Nat. Dem. Conv., 1-96; chosen to second nomination of Grover Cleveland at the conv .: delegate State-at- large to Palmer and Buckner conv. 1; pres. Chattanooga Library Ass'n. 1-91-97: v .p. Nat. Municipal League. 19-1000; pres. Jewish Chautauqua Ass'n of U. S., 190608; director N. Y. Times Co., Times Printing Co.

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of Chattanooga, Tenn., Tradesmen's Publish- ing Co. of Chattanooga, Tenn .; publisher and gen. mg'r Philadelphia Public Ledger. Pub- ished the Exp'n Edition of N. Y. Times in Paris, 1900, and was decorated by the French Government, with the Cross of Chev- alier Legion d'Honneur; Advisory B'd Am. Soc. of Civics. Mem. Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Masonic order. Clubs: City, Art, Mercantile, Franklin Inn, Southern, Nameless (Philadelphia). Address: Public Ledger, Philadelphia, Pa.

OCHTMAN, Leonard:

Artist; b. Zonnemaire, Holland, Oct. 21, 1854; s. John and Hendrika (Fontaine) Ocht- man; ed. in common schools of birthplace and of Albany, N. Y., to which city came with parents in 1866; m. Laconia, N. H., June 23, 1891, Mina MI. Fonda; children: Dorothy, b. 1892; Leonard, b. 1$94, Arthur, b. 1895. At age of 16 entered wood engrav- ing establishment where remained as draughtsman seven years, devoting leisure hours to study of art; then professionally engaged as artist in Albany for two years, and after that in N. Y. City, making a spe- cialty of landscapes. Made first exhibit at Nat. Acad. Design, 1882; received prize from Brooklyn Art Club, 1891, medals from the World's Columbian Exp'n, 1$93, Philadel- phia Art Club, 1894, Pan-Am. Exp'n, Buffalo, 1901, Charleston Exp'n, 1902, Inness Gold Medal, Nat. Acad. Design, 1903; Shaw prize, 1902; Webb prize, 1904, and Evans" prize, 1907. Soc. Am. Artists; two gold medals for oil and water colors, Louisiana Purchase Exp'n, 1901; prizes from Salmagundi Club, 1902, 1903, 1906, 1907; 2d Corcoran prize, Wash- ington, and others from other associations. Elected associate, 199, and academician, 1904, Nat. Acad. Design; mem. Nat. Inst. of Arts and Letters, Soc. Am. Artists, Am. Water Color Soc., Soc. of Landscape Paint- ers, Artists' Fund Soc., Artist Aid Soc., N. Y. Water Color Club, Brooklyn Art Club. Republican. Chibs : Salmagundi, Lotos. Residence: Grayledge, Coscob, Conn. Ad- dress: Carnegie Hall, N. Y. City.

O'CONNOR, Bernard Francis:

Philologist; grad. Univ. of France, Bache- lier ès Lettres, 1374, Johns Hopkins Univ., Ph.D., 1880. Instructor in French, 18>5-90; lecturer on Norman French, 1890; adjunct prof. Romance languages and literatures, 1891-94; resigned. Editor Choix de Contes Contemporains, 1885. Clubs: N. Y. Ath- letie. Author, N. Y. Yacht (N. Y. City), Manufacturers ( Philadelphia). Address: 11 Broadway, N. Y. City.

O'CONNOR, Evangeline M .:

Author: b. Rochester, N. Y .; d. Reuben and Almira ( Alexander) Johnson: ed. Ro- chester Free Acad. : m. 18;7, Joseph O'Con- nor. Mem. B'd Mg'rs State Industrial Sch. at Rush. Author: Index to Hawthorne's Works; Index to Works of Shakespeare, also translator of several books from Ger- man and Italian. AAddress: 116 Frank St., Rochester, N. Y.

O'CONNOR, Joseph:

Journalist ; b. Tribes Hill, Montgomery Co., N. Y., Dec. 17, 1841: s. Joseph and Mary (Finlay) O'Connor; grad. Univ. of Rochester. A.B., 143: m. Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1877, Evangeline M. Johnson. Editor

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 69

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