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Rochester Democrat, 1870-73, Indianapolis
Sentinel, 1873-75; editorial writer N. Y. World, 1875-78; editor Buffalo Courier, 1979-85,
Rochester Post-Express, 1886-56; writer of The Rochestrian in the Post-Express (Roches- ter) since 1898. Author: Poems, 1895 (Put- nam); Introductions to Don Quixote, and Great English Plays, in " World's Great Books," 1893-1900; Through Dry Places Seek- ing Rest ( Blackwood's), 1901. Clubs: Au- thors (N. Y. City), Genesee Valley ( Roches- ter). Residence: 146 Frank St. Address: Rochester Post-Express Office, Rochester, N. Y.
O'CONOR, John Christopher:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City; s. John Christo- pher and Elizabeth (Hepburn) O'Conor; grad. Columbia Coll., LL.B., 1870; m. Maria Johnson Post; one son, Norreys Jephson. Served as alderman, N. Y. City, 1883-84; v .- p. N. Y. Ass'n for the Protection of Game. Clubs : Union League, N. Y. Yacht, Columbia University, Down Town. Ad- dress: 24 E. 33d St., N. Y. City.
O'CONOR, John Francis Xavier:
Clergyman, educator; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 1, 1852; s. Daniel and Jane (Lake) O Conor; grad. St. Francis Xavier N.
Coll., Y. City, A.B., 1872; literary studies in Eng- land; philos. studies in Louvain, Belgium; theology, Woodstock, Md .: Oriental, Johns Hopkins; also Assyrian studies at Harvard. Was made mem. Soc. of Jesus, 1572; or- dained priest, 1885. Prof. of literature in Georgetown Univ., Boston Coll., St. Francis Xavier Coll., N. Y. City; prof. mental phil- osophy, Fordham Univ., St. Francis Xaxier, N. Y. City, St. Joseph's Coll., Philadelphia ; lecturer, musician ; author of words and music of Dear Lord; Jesus the All Beauti- ful; lectured on cuneiform Assyrian before any school of that language had been found- ed in America. Author: Lyric and Dramatic Poetry, 1883; Babylonian Inscriptions of Nebuchadnezzar, 1885; Garucci's Christian Art, 1885; Three Holy Lives, Isss; Pearls of a year, 1959; Practice of Humility, 1800: Life of St. Aloysius, 1:02; Reading and the Mind, 1894; Sacred Scenes and Mysteries, 1998; Rhe- torie and Oratory, lays; Facts About Book- worms, 1598: Christ and the Man God, 1900; Autobiography of St. Ignatius, 1900; Educa- tion in the Schools of New York, 1901; Dante, 1905; his lectures, delivered in many parts of the country, have been on art, poetry, music. educational and historical subjects ; emeritus prof. mental philosophy at Fordham University, N. Y .; new lecturer on educa- tion, pedagogy, art; former director St. Ig- natius' School: pres. Brooklyn College, Crown Heights. Address : Nostrand Av., Carroll and Crown Sts., Brooklyn, N. Y.
ODELL, Albert G .:
Physician : b. Canoga, N. Y .. Aug. 8, 1878: s. Franklin P. and Jennie L. (Gould) Odell; ed. Myuderse Acad., Seneca Falls. N. Y .; grad. Coll. of Medicine, Syracuse Univ., M.D., 1904: unmarried. Mom. N. Y. State and Monroe Co. Med. Soes .. Henrietta Lodge 512. 1. and A. M., Henrietta Camp 10,572. Modern Woodmen of America, Phi Beta Pi fraternity. Address: W. Henrietta, N. Y.
ODELL, Benjamin B., Jr .:
Ex-governor. merchant : h. Newburgh N. Y., Jan. 14, 1834; s. Benjamin B. Odell; 993
O'DONOIIUE
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ed. Bethany Coll., W. Va., and partial course in Columbia Coll .: m. 1st. 1877, Estell Cristee; 2d, Mrs. Linda C. Traphagen, sister of first wife. In 1875, engaged with father in busi- ness at Newburgh; subsequently became in- terested in various other enterprises, becom- ing pres. Newburgh Electric Light Co., and treas. of the Central Hudson Steamboat Co. Active in Republican politics from earliest voting years, but in his first nomination, that for State senator, was defeated; elected, 1894 and 1896, and served in 54th and 55th Congresses; declined nomination for the third term; elected, 1900. reelected, 1902, governor of the State of N. Y. For several years was on the Republican State Committee, and for a time its chm'n. Was a mein. National Guard for eight years. Has held prominent positions in the Masonic and Odd Fellows orders. Address: Newburgh, N. Y.
O'DONOHUE, Charles A .:
Merchant; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1859; s. Peter J. and Emma M. (Backus) O'Donohue; ed. Brooklyn Poly. Inst .; m. Brooklyn, Oct. 15, 1891, Olive S. Scoville. Began business career as a clerk with John O'Donohue's Sons, 1876; admitted as partner, 1879; firm originally started by John O'Dono- hue, the grandfather, who admitted to the concern, successively, his five sons; since firm was incorporated, 1902, has been pres. and director: also pres., treas. and director O'Donohue estates; treas. and director Analo- mink Paper Co .:
director Knickerbocker Mills, Long Island Safe Deposit Co., Union Ferry Co .; trustee Kings Co. Trust Co., East River Savings Institution, Brooklyn Central Dispensary: mem. Chamber of Com- merce and Coffee Exchange of N. Y. City. Clubs; Penataquit Corinthian Yacht (rear- commodore), Montauk, Riding and Driving, Automobile of America. Address: 88 Front St., N. Y. City.
O'DONOHUE, Florince :
Physician, b. Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 8. 1850; s. Cornelius and Ellen (Donohue) O'Dono- hue; ed. Onondaga Acad., Cazenovia Sem., Syracuse Univ., Long Island Coll. Hosp., Brooklyn, N. Y., M.D .; m. Lucy A. Moseley ( died 1905). Engaged in practice of medi- cine at Syracuse, N. Y., from graduation. Ex-pres. N. Y. State B'd of Health, ex- pres. N. Y. State Tuberculosis Comm'n. Mem. Onondaga County Med. Soc., Syracuse Acad. of Medicine, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, British Med. Ass'n Clubs: Syracuse Citizens, Onondaga County. Address: 405 S. Warren St., Syracuse, N. Y. O'DONOVAN, William Rudolf:
Sculptor, painter. writer; h. Preston County, Va., March 28, 1844; s. James Hayes and Mary ( Bright ) O'Donovan: ed. in Green Academy, Pennsylvania: self-taught in art. Served in Staunton (Va.) Art'y, in C. S. Army in war between the States from April 17, 1861, to surrender at Appomatox, as pri- rate and non commissioned officer. After the war professionally engaged as sculptor in N. Y. City. Exeented statues of Washington for the Trenton Battle Monument, for the monument commemorating the Peace at Now- burgh, N. Y., and one for Caracas, Venezuela : equestrian statues of Lincoln and Grant for the Soldiers and Sailors Arch in Prosport Park, Brooklyn; statue of Archbishop Hughes
at Fordham Coll., N. Y .; statue to the con. tors of Major Andre at Tarrytown, N. Y : bust of late Judge Charles P. Daly, f . N. Y. Geog. Soc .; portraits of Gens. R. ) Lee, "Stonewall" Jackson and Joseph Who, 1 er, Helena P. Blavatzkey, Walt Whitman! Bayard Taylor (Cornell Univ. ), Winslo Homer, N.A., William Page, a1.J
Thomas Eakins, N.1. (Nat. Acad. Design). and others. Since 1900 devoted to paintn .: and literature. Associate of Nat. Acad. I ... sign; mem. Soc. Am. Artists, Am. Sculpture Soc., Architectural League; mem. Hudso! - Fulton Tricentennial Comm'n, which really put into shape by the late Robert B. Roosevelt and himself. Address: 31 St. Nich. olas Place, N. Y. City.
OGDEN, Henry Neely:
Civil eng'r and edncator; b. Dexter, Me., April 30, 1868; s. Charles Talcott and Anna (Bennett ) Ogden: ed. Episcopal Acad., Phila- delphia; Cheltenham Acad., Ogontz, Pa. (gold medal); grad. Cornell Univ., C.E., 1999: m. Portland, Me., Dec. 26. 1:95, Georgiana Mary Smith; children : Katharine, b. 1896, Priscilla Campbell, b. 1899, John Bennett, b. 1001. William Hall, b. 1905. Made two visits to England for the purpose of making eng'ring inspections; built sewers in Ithaca, N. Y .: also arch bridge and retaining walls for the Cornell Univ. campus: chief eng'r for pro- posed electric road, Ithaca to Cortland; con. sulting eng'r, 4th Ward trunk sewer, Bing- hamton, N. Y .; sewer comm'r, Ithaca. 1-03- 1906; sanitary eng'r State Dep't Health, N. Y .; prof. Cornell Univ. and sanitary eng'r; mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs. Sigma Xi Soc. Club: Town and Gown (Ithaca). Address : 614 University Av., Ithaca, N. Y. OGDEN, J. Bergen:
Physician, chemist; b. West Sparta, N. Y .. Aug. 5, 1868; s. Charles W. and Sarah E. (Bergen) Ogden; ed. Nunda Acad., Geneseo State Normal Sch., Harvard Coll. (special course) ; grad. Harvard Med. Sch., M.D., 1893; m. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1895, Alice Lewellyn Parry. Instr. in chemistry, Har- vard Med. Sch., 194-1901: ass't in clinical pathology, Boston City Hosp., 1993.1901; vis- iting med. chemist, Long Island Hosp., IsMi- 1901; med. chemist. Carney Hosp., South Boston, 199-1901. 1904-05; med. chemist, Chil- dren's Hosp., Boston, 1900-01; instr. Tufts Coll., Med. Dep't, 1904-05; director Med. and Chem. Laboratory, N. Y. City, 1991-04; med. chemist, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., since July, 1905. Republican. Mem. Mass. Med. Soc., Harvard Med. Soc. of N. Y. City, Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Chem. Soc. Author: Clinic: I Examination of the Urine and Urinary Dia : nosis, 1900; has also written and published many med. monographs. Clubs: Players, and Apawamis. Address: 1 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
OGDEN, John Percy:
Physician: b. Rockford, Ont., Can., 1555: s. John and Sarah ( Black) Ogden; ed. pub. schools, Brantford Collegiate Inst., Mt. Forest Model School, Toronto; Normal School, Triu- ity Med. Coll. of Can. and Polyclinic, N. Y. City: m. N. Y. City, 18-9. Hattie Delenhese Phinney; one daughter, Hortense Delephone. b. 1590. Engaged in practice of medicine since graduation. llas traveled considerably in C'an. and U. S. Past grand med. examiner
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and past grand commander of the Order of Knights of St. John and Malta. Republican ; Baptist. Mem. N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, Hortense Med. Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n, Bapt. Social Union, Coll. Club, Canadian Club and Canadian Soc. and To- ronto. Univ. Graduates Soc., N. Y .; Macca- bees, Royal Arcanum, Knights of Malta, Hep- tasophs, Am. Temperance Ass'n, N. Y. Phy- sicians' Mutual Aid Ass'n. Recreations: .Driving and Bowling. Address: 40 W. 120th St., N. Y. City.
OGDEN, Robert Curtis:
Merchant; b. Philadelphia, Pa., June 20, 1836; s. Jonathan and Abigail Ogden; ed. private schools in Philadelphia; M.A., Yale, 1902; LL.D., Tulane. Univ., 1903; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar. 1, 1860, Ellen E. Lewis; children : two daughters, Mrs. George W. Crary and Mrs. Alexander Purves. Was a non-com- missioned officer 23d Reg't, N. Y. Vols., in Getysburg campaign of Is63; served ten years as private, non-comm'd and comm'd officer, N. G. N. Y .; resident .partner in N. Y. City of John Wanamaker, retiring, 1907; pres. Southern Improvement Co. Re- publican; Presbyterian. Was mem. Johns- town Flood Relief Comm'n, IS$9; pres. B'd Trustees, Hampton Inst., Hampton, Va .; director Union Theol. Sem., N. Y .; trustee Tuskegee Inst., Alabama; pres. Southern Ed'n B'd Conf. for Ed'n in the South; corporate mem. Gen. Ed'n B'd; hon. men. Clio Soc. Author: Samuel Chapman Arm- strong (Founder's Day Address, Hampton, Va.), 1894; Pew Rents and the New Testa- ment, Can They be Reconciled ?, 1892: Sun- day School Teaching, 1:94; is a conth'r to magazines on edn'l and humanitarian sub- jects. Clubs: Century, Union League (N. Y. City) ; Union League ( Philadelphia) ; City, National Arts, Ariny and Navy, Hamilton, (Brooklyn) ; also several organizations of edn'l, religious and artistic character.
dress: 125 E. 56th St., N. Y. City.
OGDEN, Rollo:
Editor; b. Sand Lake, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1856; s. Isaac G. and Emma E. ( Huntington ) Ogden; grad. Williams Coll., Is77; took theol. course at Andover, Mass .; m. Cleveland, O., Nov. 30, 1851, Susan M. Mitchell: 3 children. Resided in Mexico, 1582->3; in Cleveland, O., 1883-S7; removed to N. Y. City in 1ss7; has been on the editorial staff of The Evening Post since 1891; and is now editor-in-chief. Clubs: Century, City. Residence: Summit, N. J. Address : 20 Vesey St., N. Y. City. OGDEN, Willis L .:
Manufacturer. Principal of Willis L. Og. den & Co., woolens; director Brooklyn Trust Co., Brooklyn Savings Bank, Packer Collegi- ate Inst .: v .. p. Brooklyn Acad. of Music; trustee Brooklyn Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Address: 73 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
OGILVY, Charles:
Surgeon; b. Montreal, Canada, 1574; s. James Auens and Mary (Comb) Ogilvy; grad. McGill University, B.A., 1991. M.D. C.M., 1595. AAttending surgeon. N. Y. City Children's Schools and Hospitals ( Randall's Island); attending surgeon N. Y. Post- Graduate Hosp. (Orthopedic Dep't) : ad- junet prof. N. . Y. Post.Graduate School. Protestant. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Am.
Orthopedic Ass'n, N. Y. County Ass'n. Soc. Alumni, City Hospitals, N. Y. City, North- western Med. Soc. of N. Y., Interurban Or- thopedic Ass'n. Address: 125 W. 58th St., N. Y. City.
O'GORMAN, James A .:
Jurist; b. N. Y. City, May 5, 1800; s. Thomas and Ellen O'Gorman; ed. grammar schools and Coll. City of N. Y .; grad. Law Dep't, Univ. City of N. Y., 192; LL.D. Coll. of St. Thomas of Villanova, 1904. and Fordham Univ., 1908; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 2, 1881, Anne M. Leslie. Admitted to bar. 1:52; practised law in N. Y .; in 1593 became justice Dist. Court, N. Y .; justice Supreme Court, since 1900. Address: 318 W. 108th St., N. Y. City.
O'HARE, Thomas Augustine:
Physician; b. Rochester. N. Y., Oct. 28, 1849: s. Michael and Margaret ( Cowan) O'Hare; grad. Univ. of Pa., 1875; m. Roches- ter, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1Ss4, Mary S. McDonnell : children: Margaret, Helen. Mg'r Rochester State Hosp., St. Patrick's Asylum; attending physician, St. Mary's Hosp. Democrat. Catholic. Mem. N. Y. State and Monroe Co. Med. Socs, Rochester Acad. of Medicine, Rochester Pathol. Soc. Address: 8 Stra- thallan Park, Rochester, N. Y.
O'HERN, Edward Philip:
Officer, U. S. Army; b. Hinsdale, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1872; s. Patrick and Ellen (Casey) O'Hern: grad. U. S. Mil. Acad., 1:94: m. Angel Island, Calif., Nov. 11. 1897. Mary Gertrude O'Hara; children: Mary Ransom, b. 1898, Katharine Ransom, b. 1904, Edward Philip, Jr. Was second lieutenant, Third Regiment, United States Artillery, June 12, 1894, Mar. 2, 1599, Oct. 23, 1899; Ist lieut., Ordnance Dep't, Oct. 23, 1:99, Jan. 19, 19 1; capt., Ordnance Dep't, since Jan. 19, 1904, and now senior ass't instr. in course in ordnance and gunnery at U. S. Mil. Acad. Participated in mil. expd'n to Santiago, Cuba, 1599, and in expd'n to Porto Rico, and in battle at Asomanto Mountain, Porto Rico, Aug. 12, 1998. Address: United States Mili- tary Academy, West Point, N. Y.
O'KEEFFE, John G .:
Banker, broker: b. N. Y. City, 1851; Henry O'Keeffe: ed. De la Salle Inst .. N. Y. City; m. Jan. 29, 1ss6, Elizabeth G. Gilligan. With the firm of HI. L. Horton & Co., 55 years: director Staten Island Water Supply Co., Patten Line ( steamers), Harlem Realty Co .: trustee Emigrants Bank for Savings, Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, Homes for Dependent Children. Democrat: Catholic. Trustee All Saints' Ch .; mem. Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Clubs: Catholic. Harlem. Columbia Yacht, Democratic. Address: 10 W. 123d St., N. Y. City.
O'KENNEDY, J. J. Karbry:
Lawyer: b. Cork, Ireland, May 24, 1802: s. J. Maurice and Honora (O'Crowley ) ('Kennedy; grad. Catimolie C'hiv .. Dahlin. B.A., Univ. of Ireland. I.S, A. M. and M.i. n. 1-7. King Inn. Dublin, barrister a: Inw. (B. I .. ), 1 7: m. Dublin, Feb. 2. 19-9. FIRA Kennan Tyner. Mom. U. S. Bar. 196. Illinois Bar since 1590, N. Y. Bar since Oft .. 1.94, Irish Bar since June, Ist Pasteur Inst .: director N. Y. Bacteri ological
OLCOTT
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Inst. Indepdent Republican; Catholic. Ad- dress: 203 Broadway, N. Y. City.
OLCOTT, Chauncey:
Actor; b. Buffalo, N. Y., July 21, 1839; ed. in Buffalo schools; m. San Francisco, Sept. 28, 1897, Margaret O'Donovan. At age of 19 became connected with minstrel troupe as ballad singer; went to Europe at age of 23, and returning, became mg'r and treas. Stand- ard Theatre, San Francisco; soon after jemed Denman Thompson in Old Homestead, then Duff Opera Co .; a year later, MeCaull's Opera Co. Went to London and studied for two years, while playing at Prince of Wales and Criterion theatres; made appearance as a star in Fonrteenth St. Theatre, N. Y. City, 1853; greatest success has been in Mavour- neen; The Irish Artist; Sweet Inniscarra; playing in The Road to Kenmare, 1906-07. Clubs: Dramatic, Lambs, Players, (N. Y. City) ; Buffalo, (Buffalo). Address: Fruit- vale, Calif., and Saratoga, N. Y.
OLCOTT, Eben Erskine:
Mining eng'r; b. N. Y. City, Mar. 11, 1854; s. John N. and Euphemia Helen ( Knox) Ol- cott; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., Columbia Univ. Sch. of Mines, 1874; m. N. Y. City, ISS4, Kate Lawrence . Van Santvoord; chil- dren: Alfred Van Santvoord, b. 1856, Charles T., b. 1889, Mason, b. 1893, Katharine L., b. 1896. Has traveled extensively in South America and Mexico, principally on mining trips; mem. firm Olcott & Corning, 36 Wall St. Pres. and gen mg'r, Hudson River Day Line (steamboats). Republican. Mem. Reformed (Dutch) Ch. Inaugurated move- of entrance of Henry Hudson into Harbor of N. Y. Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs (past pres.), United Eng'ring Soc. (pres.), Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs; trustee George Junior Republic of Freeville, N. Y., Lincoln Safe Deposit Co .; director Lincoln Nat. Bank. Clubs: University, Union League, Engineers, Down Town. Address: 38 W. 39th St., N. Y. City.
ment for tri-centennial celebration, in 1909, | OLCOTT, Jacob Van Vechten:
OLCOTT, Frederic P .:
Banker; b. Albany, N. Y., 1841; grad. Albany Acad .; m. Mary Ismay. After grad- uation entered bank of which his father was the head; later in lumber trade and after that identified with financial operations with Blake Bros. & Co., bankers and brokers; served a term as comptroller of State of N. Y., from Jan. 1, 1877 to Nov. 4, 1879; since last pres. Central Trust Co. of N. Y. City. Also pres. Galveston, Houston & Henderson R. R. Co .; director Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, and other railroads, Bank of America, and the Morristown Trust Co. of N. J. Clubs: Union League, N. Y. Yacht, Metropolitan, Manhattan, Down Town. Residence: 4 E. 53d St. Address: 54 Wall St., N. Y. City.
OLCOTT, George M .:
Merchant, manufacturer: b. Brooklyn, N. Y .. Aug. 23. 1 35; s. Charles M. and Maria C. ( Underhill) Olcott: ed. private schools in Brooklyn, Columbia Coll. Grammar Sch .; m. Poughkeepsie. N. Y., June 10, 1-5>, Jennie Arnold; children: Cornelia A. (Mrs. Dr. J. Arthur Booth), Mary, Dr. George N. (of Co- limbia Univ.). Was clerk with Osgood & Jennings, wholesale drugsists. 1-51; with Dodge & Colvill, importers of drugs, etc., 996
1854, in which was admitted to partnership. 1850; upon the retirement of Mr. Colvill, in 1861, firm became Dodge & Olcott, incor porated 1904, of which is pres. Pres. First Nat. Bank of Ridgefield, Conn .; v .- p. Lloyds Plate Glass Ins. Co; director Market and Fulton Nat. Bank, Federal Ins. Co., Franklin Safe Deposit Co., Safe Deposit Co. of N. Y .; trustee Franklin Trust Co .; was trustee Bowery Savings Bank, 1862-95: was pres. Phoenix Chem. Works until dissolution of the company. Mem. Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences (formerly director), B'd Trade and Transportation. Clubs: Hamilton (ex- pres.), Rembrandt (ex-pres.), Down Town. Residence : 146 Remsen St., Brooklyn; Casas. mo, Ridgefield, Conn. Address: 87 Fulton St., N. Y. City.
OLCOTT, George N .:
Professor of Latin; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1869; s. George M. and Jennie ( Arnold) Olcott: ed. Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst., Columbia Univ., A.B., 1:93. Ph.D., 1-99: Univ. fellow in Latin, Columbia. 1894-96. Henry Drisler fellow in classical philology. Columbia, 1896-97, fellow Am. Sch. Classical Studies, Rome, 1897-98; m. Rome, Italy. July 19, 1902, Zita Lederucci. Lecturer in Roman archæology, since 1898, ass't in Latin 1901-04. adjunct prof. Latin since 1904, Columbia Coll. Author: Studies in the Word-Forma- tions of the Latin Inscriptions, 1898; The- saurus Lingua Latina Epigraphics, 1904. Editorial contributor, on numismatic subjects to Am. Journal of Archæology, 1995-1905. Address: 438 W. 116th St., N. Y. City.
Lawyer, mem. of Congress: b. N. Y. City, May 17, 1856; s. John N. and Euphemia H. (Knox) Olcott; grad. from N. Y. public schools; afterward attended Coll. City of N. Y., Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1877: LL.D. St. Stephen's Coll., Annandale. N. Y., 1992, Kenyon Coll., Gambier, O., 1905: m. Laura I. Hoffman, d. Rev. Charles F. Hoffman. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, Ist7: since then en- gaged in practice of law in N. Y. City; now counsel for the law firm of Mackenzie & Burr. Director Hoffman Bros. Realty Co .. Coal River Lumber and Coal Co .. Southern Coal and Iron Co. Mem. B'd of Municipal Civil Service Comm'rs of N. Y. City. 1595-97. Elected in 1964, and reflected in 1906 and 1908 to Congress, from 15th N. Y. Dist. Re- publican; Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Sons of Revolution, Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Clubs: Union Leagne, Republican, Tuxedo, South Side. Alpha Delta Phi, Church. Merchants ( N. Y. City) : Metro- politan, Chevy Chase ( Washington, D. C.). Residence: 31 W. 72d St .. N. Y. City, and 2223 R St., Washington, D. C. Business ad- dress: 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
OLCOTT, Ralph T .:
Editor and publisher: b. Chicago, Ill., 1961; s. Rev. James B. Olcott. Baptist clergy- man, and Isabella H. (Thrall) Olcott: m. Manchester, N. 11., 1887, Grace E. Reynolds. Was on editorial staff of Rochester Herald. 15$5.00; city editor, news editor, editorial writer, Rochester Post-Express. 12.1907: founded and edited National Nurseryman, 1 93-1901; founded and edited American Fruits. 1904.07: editor Every Friday, 1907: now sen. mg'r Publicity Bureau, editor and proprietor
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Publicity and of Commerce; pres. Western New York Publishing Co., sec .- treas. and di- rector Internat. Congress Inventors, Author: Manual of Journalism, 1903. Mem Chamber of Commerce, Alpha Delta Phi fra- ternity, Am. Ass'n Nurserymen, Am. Pomo- logical Soc., Western N. Y. Horticultural Soc. Mason; mem. Monroe Commandery, K. T., Rochester Consistory (Scotish Rite) and Da- mascus Temple ( Mystic Shrine). Club : Masonic. Address: 39 State St., Rochester, N. Y.
OLCOTT, Richard Morgan:
President; b. New Rochelle, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1861; s. Henry S. and Mary E. (Morgan) Olcott; ed. in schools of America, Germany and England; m. June 1, 1892, Alice Marie Handley; one son: J. Van Vechten Olcott, 2d, b. Oct. 10, 1905. Pres. and director the Olcott Coal and Iron Co., Coal River Lumber and Coal Co .; director Kanawaha Central R'y; pres. and director The Orinoco Steam- ship Co., National Cellular Steel Co. Has
traveled in Europe and South America. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Hlas received the decorations of Knight of the Royal Order of Wasa (Swedish), and Bust of Bolivar ( Venezuelan ) : mem. Sons of the Revolution. Recreation : Yachting. Clubs: Republican, N. Y. Athletic, Manhattan, Metropolitan (Washington, D. C.), Larchmont Yacht, At- lantic Yacht. Lakewood Country. Address: 27 William St., N. Y. City.
OLCOTT, William M. K .:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 27, 1862; s. John N. and Euphemia H. (Knox) Olcott ; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., les1, A.M., 1883; Columbia Coll., LL.B., 18>3; m. N. Y. City, 1588, Jessie A. Baldwin; one son, Neil- son, b. 1890. Dist. att'y N. Y. Co., 1896-98; judge N. Y. City Court, 1-95-99; mem. firm Black, Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge; trustee Maiden Lane Savings Bank; director and treas. Suffolk Co .; director and v .- p. Lawyers' Surveying and Eng ring Co. Republican. Clubs: Republican, Lawyers, City College. Address : 55 W. 84th St., N. Y. City.
OLDHAM, George Ashton:
Clergyman ; b. Sunderland, England, Aug. 15, 1st7; s. Joseph Rodgers and Annie Eliza- beth Shaw (Banks) Oldham; ed. Cornell Univ., B.A., 1902, Gen. Theol. Sem. (N. Y. City), B.D., 1905. Instructor in English Dep't Cornell, 1902-03. Ordained to ministry of the Episcopal Ch., 1905; acting chaplain Columbia Univ., 1906-05, on clergy staff of Grace Ch., N. Y. City, 1905.06, ass't St. Thomas' Ch., N. Y. City, 1906.68, lecturer, St. Faith's Training School for Deaconesses, N. Y. City. 1905-0>; ass't rector St. Luke's Ch., from 1908. Mem. Masonic Order. Clubs: Cornell, Faculty Club of Columbia Univ., Churchinan's Ass'n. AAddress: St. Luke's Ch., Convent Av., and Itlst St., N. Y. City. OLIN, Stephen Henry:
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Lawyer: b. Middletown, Conn., April 22, 1857: s. Rev. Stephen (D.D., LL.D. ) and JJulia (Lynch) Olin: grad. Wesleyan Univ., A.B., 1866, A.M .. 1:09 (L.L.D. ) ; Albany Law Sch., LL.B., 1867; in. 1st. Oct. 23, 1579. Alice, d. S. L. M. Barlow (died Nov., 192) : 2d. Mar. 21, 1903. Emeline Dodge, d. Oliver Harriman ; children : Alice T. (Mrs. Tracy Dows), Julia L. (Mrs. J. Philip Benkard). Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1:69, and engaged in practice in
N. Y. City. Trustee Astor Library, 1888-95; since then of N. Y. Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations; trustee Wes- leyan Univ. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. (v .- p. 1598-99). Served in Nat. Guard as major and judge-advocate Ist and 2d Bri- gades, 1882-89; lieut .- col. and ass't adj .- gen., 1889-1898; col. and ass't adj .- gen., 1898-19.3. Fellow Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science; mem. Soc. Colonial Wars. Clubs: Century, University, City, Down Town, Players. Resi- dence : Rhinebeck, N. Y. Address: 34 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
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