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ORTON, John G .:
Physician : b. Seneca Falls, N. Y., Dec. 5. 1527; s. Azariah G. and Minerva ( Squire) Orton; grad. N. Y. Univ., M.D., 1953; m. Binghamton, N. Y., June 27, 1:56. Helen Doubleday (golden jubilee, June 27, 1966) ; children : Helen D., Alice D., May I. U. S. examining surgeon for pensions, 25 years : N. Y. State examining surgeon under appoint. ments of Govs. Seymour and Fenton; comm'r for Suppression of Contagious Dise.ses Among Cattle. Upon occasion of his semi- centennial celebration as a practising phy. sician in Binghamton, April 5, 1904, was 1001
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presented by the profession of Broome Co. [ Street University Hosp., London, and let r with a massive " loving cup.'' Democrat ; Presbyterian. First v.p. Binghamton Sav.
ings "Bank; trustee Stiekley-Brandt Chair Co. Mem. Amn. Med. Ass'n, and ex-pies. State Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Ste., Binghamton Acad. of Medicine, Broome Co. Med. Soe., Broome Co. Hist. Soe., Bing- hamton Acad. of Science, Buffalo Natural History Soc., etc .; mem. B'd of Trade of Binghamton, Binghamton B'd of Ed'n; trustee Home for Aged Women of Bingham- ton, and Binghamton City Hosp .; founder and trustee Susquehanna Valley Home for Orphan and Indigent Children; trustee N. Y. State Blind Asylum; mem. Am. Publie Ass'n, Am. Ass'n for the Cure of Inebriates, etc. Address : Binghamton, N. Y.
ORVIS, Arthur W .:
Lawyer; b. Champion, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Feb. 18, 1859; s. Chester and Estner A. ( Ware) Orvis; grad. Albany Law Sch., LL.B., 1886; in. Gouverneur, N. Y., June 12, 1889, Harriet Church. Associated with G. S. Con- ger in practice of law since 1886;" present firm Conger, Orvis & MeLear; deputy eounty clerk, St. Lawrence Co. N. Y., Isss-91; pres. Gouverneur Village, 1-94-1963; unsuccessful candidate for State Assembly, 1904. Demo- crat. Unitarian. Was pres. St. Lawrence Co. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children at its inception, in 1599. Recreations: Chess, golf. Address : Gouverneur, N. Y.
ORVIS, Orland D .:
Inventor; b. Milford, Oakland Co., Mieh., Jan. 2, 1844; s. Andrew M. and Caroline (Kibbe) Orvis; ed. publie sehools of Chi- cago, Ill., and grad. Eastman Nat. Business Coll., 1865; m. Vassar, Mich., Nov. 14, 1867, Annie D. Case; children : Edith, b. 1s74, Or- lence, b. 1884. Has made several visits to Europe; spent 7 years in England, London, Paris, Berlin, etc .: has been awarded 14 medals for improvements in steam boiler fur. naces sinee 1ss1; v.p. and gen. mg'r Orvis Economy Furnace Co. Republiean; Univer- salist. Has received diploma from Ethne Oriental, Società d'Ethnographie, Institu- tion Ethnographique, Société des Etudes Joponaises, Societe Americaine de France, Circulating Société
d' Ethnographie, Con- grès Internationale des Orientalistes. Was editor of the Draughts ( checkers) Dep't of the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Field, and champion player of the Northwestern States for several years; resigned the championship in 1881. Violinist since 10 years of age; com- poser, and player on many instruments. Ex- pert penman, portrait painter. Writer and lecturer on the science of combustion and the economical generation of steam. Former mem. of Calumet Club and the Athletie Ass'n of Chicago, Ill., and the St. George's Club of London, for more than 10 years. Residence : 115 W. 96th St. AAddress: 1007 Park Row Bid'g, 21 Park Row, N. Y. City.
OSBALDESTON, Edwin Turner:
Physician and surgeon; b. Cheltenham. England, Dec. 27, Is2: s. Josiah Scudder Osbaldeston ( brother of Squire George Osbal- deston-see Burke's General Armory ) and Mary Ann Pye (Turner) Osbaldeston (d. Lient. Charles Pye Turner, R.N.) : first terms in materia medica und surgery at Gower 1002
with degree and diploma of M.D., in M+ 1 Dep't Univ. Carlton. Melbourne, Australia. m. Alice Agnes (b. 1854), 2d d. Josiali Moor .. Esq. ( Yeomanry ) Dist. Norfolk, England. ehildren: Annie (Mrs. F. Knowles), b. 1 ... Ethel, b. 1880, Edwin, b. 153, Genera (Mir -. F. B. Miller), b. 1885, Normandie (Mrs. J. B. Siver), b. 1887, Francis, b. 1889, AAlberta, b. 1891. Brought to U. S. when very young; reared in San Franciseo; naturalized eitizen of U. S. Passenger and mail ships' surgeon most of life. As a young man served as officer in Garibaldi's Army in Italy; later joined the Burke and Wills Gov't Exploration Party at Melbourne, Australia, in search of Dr. Leichardt's lost exploring party. In 1862 introduced seientific massage and home medico gymnastics into U. S. as a new in- dustry. Served for short time in U. S. Secret Civil Service during the Civil War, at Ber- muda and at London, England. Now living retired with family from active prefessional work; writer and lecturer on medical sub. jects. Address : 202 W. 83d St., N. Y. City. OSBON, Bradley Sillick:
Ex-naval officer, journalist, author; b. Ryo. N. Y., Aug. 16, 1827; s. Rev. Abiathar Mann Osbon, D.D., and Elizabeth Esmond ( Siliick) Osbon; ed. Normal Sch., Middletown, Conn., and Berkshire Aead., Sheffield, Mass .; m. Feb. 15, 1869, Eliza Balfour ( Balfour of Bur- leigh). Began seafaring life in N. Y. pilot boats, later serving as boy on Liverpool packet-ship Cornelia (Capt. Francis M. French). Entered U. S. Navy as ordinary seaman, and served in U. S. S. North Caro- lina Supply and Onkahye. After leaving the Navy shipped in whale-ship Junior, of New Bedford, Mass., in which circamnavi- gated the globe, visiting nearly all the groups of islands in the Pacific Ocean, and spending two seasons in the Arctic and Ant- aretie Veeans; supercargo and iee pilot on brig Swallow, which being nipped in the ice. wintered in St. Lawrence Bay, in the Arctic Ocean; went to China, entered the Anglo- Chinese Navy as boat commander, and was engaged in destroying the piratieal junks that infested the waters near Hong-Kong; re turned home after an absence of 5 years and 8 months : served in Argentine Navy as com- mander, under Commodore Coe, participating in over twenty naval engagements, chiet!y hand to hand fights; served as 4th, 3d. 2d. and chief officer in steamers of the old Cal- ifornia Steamer Line between N. Y. City and Colon: was 2d officer of Panama R. R. Co.'s steamer Guatemala, first steamer to make the passage from N. Y. City to Panama via Straits of Magellan without stopping for coal: was on Pacific Coast several years: in April, Is61, served as aide to Capt. John Faunee ou U. S. S. Harriet Lane, one of the fleet sent to the relief of Fort Sumter, and witnessed the surrender of that fort: volun. teer aide to Flag Officer S. F. Du Pont on flagship Wabash at capture of Port Royal. S. C .: Fleet signal officer to Flag Officer D. G. Farraent on flagship Hartford at capture of forts below New Orleans and of the City: specially commended by AAdmiral Farragut for gallaut conduct : aide to Commander John L. Worden, cond'e ironclad Montank in en gagements of the Ogeechie River, S. C., and
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destruction the Confederate privateer | Nashville: slightly wounded by splinters on the Hartford; severely wounded by flying bolts while in pilot house of the Montauk. At close of Civil War, recommended by Ad- miral Farragut to Maj .- Gen. Jose M. Carva- jal for senior officer of Mexican Navy, with rank of admiral, which was accepted; served for some time on rivers and coast of Mexico. Served as sup't Guanoco & La Brea R. R. in Venezuela and supt. N. Y. & Bermudez Co.'s asphalt mines in the State of Bermudez, Venezuela; made survey of the Chaguaramus sulphur mines at Carupano, Venezuela, and of the harbor and bay of Carupano, the chart of which was published by the U. S. Hydro- graphic Office. Edited the Nautical Gazette 17 years; contb'r to press on maritime subjects. Author: Osbon's Hand Book of the Navy; A Sailor of Fortune; History of the N. Y. Nautical School, 198; compiler of the Register of the U. S. Veteran Navy; served as acting volunteer naval scout dur- ing Spanish-Am. War and was first to dis- cover the location of Admiral Cervera's fleet off the island of Curacao and reported it to the sec. of the Navy; specially commended by that official. Served as capt., commodore and rear-admiral (2 terms) of Nat. Ass'n Naval Veterans; founder U. S. Veteran Navy and its first commodore; comd'r Naval Post No. 516 G. A. R., 2 terms; senior officer in command of marine parade at opening of Harlem Ship Canal; decorated with El Busto del Libertador by Venezuela Gov't; men. surviviors of Farragut's Fleet. Pres. and gen. mg'r Oleo Remedy Co. Lecturer in Public School Lecture Courses, N. Y. City. Clubs: Arctic, Jibboom, Reed Hollow Earth Exploring Club: Address: 132 E. 23d St., N. Y. City.
OSBORN, Edward C .:
Sec. Hamilton Bank Note Engraving and Printing Co .; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1805: Edward M. and Emily M. Osborn: ed. public schools and Brooklyn High School: m. Brooklyn, 1587, Ada S. Welcher. Sec. treas. and director Chattanooga Southern R. R., Lookout Fuel Co., Minnesota R'y Construc- tion Co .; sec. and director, April, 1993. to Mar., 1907, and gen. mg'r, Jan., 1:95 to June, 1598, Poughkeepsie & Eastern R'y Co .; di- rector Albia & Centreville R'y Co .: sec. Chattanooga Southern R'y Co. Reorganiza- tion Com .; trustee of assets of Hastings & Dakota R'y Co., and of assets of St. Paul & Chicago R'y Co .: was ass't sec. Standard Gas Light Co. of N. Y., 1998-1900. Clubs: Marine and Field, Atlantie Yacht. Address : 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
OSBORN, Erastus William :
Editorial writer; b. Winthrop, Me., Oct. 21, 1560: s. Thomas Alden and Maria Frances ( Kelly) Osborn : ed. public schools Winthrop, Me., Ashland. Mass., and Auburn, N. Y. : m. Auburn. N. Y., June 12. 189. Ida Orlean Birdsall. Began newspaper work in Auburn, serving on Auburnian. Sunday Dispatch and Bulletin in succession. Joined Evening World staff. N. Y., Jan., Isss, dramatic editor, 1-96- 98. Editorial writer and literary editor The World since Jan. 6, 1901. Residence : $11 West End .Av. Address: The World, Pulitzer Bld'g, N. Y. City.
OSBORN, Eugene Ernest:
Railway official; b. Norwalk, Conn., May 1, 1954; s. Jolin and Lydia A. (Duncomb) Os- born; grad. Yale ( Sheffield Scientific Sch.), Ph.B., 1574, Columbia (now George Washing- ton) Univ., LL.B., 1576; m. Washington, D. C., Aug. 27, 1879, Ada M. Gibbs. Engaged in practice of law 1576; general att'y Chicago & North Western R'y, 1894-1901; since June, 1901, director, v .- p. and sec. same, and di- rector, v _- p. and assit sec. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha R'y. Residence : Mont- clair, N. J. Address : 111 Broadway, N. Y. City. OSBORN, Henry Fairfield:
Paleontologist, educator ; b. Fairfield, Conn., Aug. 8, 1857; s. William Henry and Virginia Reed (Sturges) Osborn: ed. Lyons Collegiate Inst., N. Y. City; Princeton Coll., 1877; Coll. Phys. and Surg. and Bellevue Med. Sch., 1570-80; studied biology under Balfour in Cambridge, Huxley in London, and Zittel in Munich (A.B., Sc.D., LL.D., Princeton, LL.D., Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn .; LL.D., Columbia Univ .; D.Sc., Cam- bridge Univ.) ; m. Sept. 29, 1Ss1, Lucretia Thacher Perry; two sons and two daughters. Pres., trustee, and curator of vertebrate paleontology, Am. Museum of Natural His- tory, N. Y. City; Da Costa prof. zoology, Columbia Univ .; since June, 1900, geologist and paleontologist, U. S. Geol. Survey; 1900- 04. vertebrate paleontologist, Canadian Geol. Survey; pres. and trustee Brearley Sch., N. Y. City; pres. Am. Soc. of Naturalists, 1:91; v .- p. ( Sect. Zoology) A. A. A. S., 1:92; 2d v .- p. N. Y. Acad. Sciences, 1997; pres. Am. Morphol. Soc., 1897; Marine Biol. Ass'n, 1995- 1900: v .- p. chairman Ex. Com. and trustee N. Y. Zool. Soc., and was active in founding N. Y. Zoo. Park; Dec. 4, 1906, elected sec. Smithsonian Inst., which office he deelined. Mein. Nat. Acad. Sciences, Philadelphia Acad. Sciences, Am. Philos. Soc .. British Ass'n Adv. Science, Geol. Soc. London. Zoul. Soc. London, Linnacan Soc., Lit. and Philos. Soc., Manchester. Eng .; Cambridge Philos. Soc., Eng .; Royal Soc. of Edinburgh: Im- perial Soe. of Moscow, Royal Soc. of Bohe- mia. Has carried on annual explorations in Western U. S. for vertebrate fossils since 1891. Author: From the Greeks to Darwin (2 editions), 1894-97: Evolution Mammalian Molar teeth (1908) ; also over 250 scientific and edn'l papers and addresses and memoirs on zoology, paleontology, comparative anat- omy and psychology. Clubs: University, Century, (N. Y. City) ; Cosmos ( Washing- ton). Address: Am. Museum Natural His- tory, 7th St. and Eighth Av., N. Y. City.
OSBORN, William Church:
Lawyer; b. Chicago, Dec. 21. 1:62: s. Wil- liam Henry and Virginia Reed ( Sturges) Os- born; grad. Princeton. B.A., 18-3: Harvard. I.L.B., 1989; m. Riverdale. N. Y., June 3, 16, Alice II. Dodge; children: Grace. b. 1>>7 (died, 1599). Frederick Henry, b. 19%). Aileen C., b. 1-92. Earl Dodge, b. 1524. Wil- lim Henry. b. 1995. Mem. law firm Dexter. Osborn & Fleming. Democrat. Presbyterian. Pres. Children's Aid Soc., N. Y. City: sec. and trustee Soc. for Relief of Ruptured and Crippled : trustee Met. Museum of Art. Clubs: Re- Down Town. Century. Manhattan, Riding. Racquet and Tennis, University, City. form. Address: il Broadway, N. Y. City. 1003
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OSBORNE, Charles W .:
Officer of corporations; b. East Hampton, L. I., 1839; s. Charles and Harriet ( Cook) Osborne; ed. dist. school and Clinton Acad .; m. 1st, Brooklyn, 1571, M. J. Meserole; 2d, 1898, Mrs. Julia S. Seidels. Sec. ass't treas. and director Gold Car Heating and Lighting Co .; director, sec. and v .- p. Canadian Gold Car Heating and Lighting Co., Lt'd; trustee Sag Harbor Savings Bank; director Albia and Centreville R'y Co., Chicago & St. Paul R'y, Hamilton Bank Note Engraving and Printing Co .; Hastings & Dakota R'y. Look- out Fuel Co., Minnesota R'y Construction Co., Iowa Central R'y Co. Mem. First Re- formed Ch., Brooklyn (organist ), 1654; 33 years mem. of its Consistory, treas. 25 years. Mem. Advisory B'd Orphan Asylum Soc., Brooklyn; director Brooklyn Y. M. C. A., Brooklyn City Mission and Tract Soc. Residence : 785 Carroll St., Brooklyn. Ad- dress : 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City. OSBORNE, Edmund Burke:
Art publisher; b. Manchester, Ia., July 21, 1865; s. John Alexander and Julia Elizabeth (Sly) Osborne; ed. public schools and Simp- son Coll., Indianola, Ia .; m. Beaver City, Neb., Aug. 2, 1887, Jessie Graham; children: Andrew Graham, b. 1888, Edmund Burke, Jr., b. 1898. Started newspaper in Red Ook, Ia., 1887; began in 1889 the art calendar business, which later developed into The Osborne Co. Pres. Am. Colortype Co., The Osborne Co., National Art Co. Methodist. Clubs : Wool, Salmagundi. Residence: Mont- clair, N. J. Address: Hubert and West Sts., N. Y. City.
OSBORNE (Samuel) Duffield:
. Author; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 20, 1858; s. Samuel Smith and Rosalie Willoughby (Duffield ) Osborne; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B. (with honors), 1879, A.M., 1982; Co- lumbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1Ss1; unmarried. Admitted to N. Y. Bar and practised law in N. Y. City, 1881-93, and was mem. law firm of Adams, Valentine & Osborne: trav. eled eight months Great Britain, Belgium, France, Italy and Spain in 1895, and five months in Sicily and Tunis in 1905; ass't sec. and later acting sec. Brooklyn Dep't City Works, Feb., 1893, to Feb., 1595; mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Episcopalian. Author: The Spell of Ashtaroth, 1ses (Scribner) : The Robe of Nessus, 1:90 ( Belford Co.) ; The Secret of the Crater, 1950 ( Putnam) ; The Lion's Brood, 1902 (Doubleday, Page) : The Angels of Ercole.
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( Stokes) ; also many short stories, poems and essays in magazines, etc. Editor: Livy's Roman History (Appleton's Library of the World's Great Books), 1998; Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome,
1901 (Silver, Burdett). CInbs: Authors, Salmagundi, National Arts. Address: Tower of Madison Sq. Garden, N. Y. City.
OSBORNE, Thomas Mott:
Manufacturer, public service comm'r: h. Auburn, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1:59: s. David Munson and Eliza (Wright) Osborne: ed. Auburn public schools, Adams Acad., Quincy, Mass., Harvard Coll., A.B., 1>>4. Hobart Coll., L.H.D., 1905: m. Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 27. ISS6, Agnes Devens (died Mar. 26, 1996) ; children : David Munson, b. 1887, Charles
Devens, b. 1888. Arthur Littigow, b. ]- Robert Klipfel, b. 1896. Clerk with D. " Osborne & Co., mf'rs agricultural im; inents, 1884, ass't sup't, 1se5, and in 1 -- of death of father, became pres. of co pany. Made trips to Europe, 1572, 1 .. 1874, 1873, 1804, 1897, 1901, 1907; around t .... world, 1877-78, Yellowstone Park, 1982, !,
Europe, 1883, West Indies, 1904. Three tim , mem. B'd of Education of Auburn, 15:5 ... 1888-91, 1893-96; delegate to Democratic V. :. Convention, Chicago, 1896, National (Gol!) Democratic Convention, Indianapolis, 1=0; candidate of Citizens' Union for lieut. ... ernor, 1998; mayor of Auburn, 1902-04. 1º !- 05; delegate Democratic State Convention 1906; appt'd by Gov. Hughes, June, 197. mem. Public Service Comin'n for Second Dist. Pres. D. M. Osborne & Co., Auburn Push- lishing Co .; v .- p. Columbia Rope Co .. Eagle Wagon Works. Democrat; Unitarian. Pres. B'd Trustees George Junior Republic Ass'n: v .- p. B'd Trustees Wells Coll. Recreations : Musie, automobiling. Clubs: City (Auburn) : University, Harvard, City Alpha Delta Phi. (N. Y. City) ; Tavern ( Boston ) ; University, ( Chicago). Address: Auburn, N. Y.
OSBORNE, William Hamilton:
Lawyer, author; b. Newark, N. J., Jan. 7, 1873: s. Joseph P. and Kate ( Hamilton) Os- borne; grad. Newark High Sch., Columbia Law Sch., N. Y. Law Sch .. LL.B., cum laude, 1822; m. Rockaway, N. J., June 1. 1-98, Lydia Gelston Spring: children: Wil- liam H., Jr., b. 1899, Frederick S., b. 1902. Writer of short stories since 1902; conthir to McClnre's Magazine, Saturday Evening Post, Harper's Weekly, Collier's. Cosmopol- itan, Smart Set, etc. : since- 1903 has had many short stories published including busi- ness, political and detective and humorous stories. Author: The Red Mouse (novel). 1909 (Dodd, Mead & Co.). Republican. Mem. Reformed ( Dutch) Ch. Mem. Wash- ington Ass'n of N. J. Residence: Highland Av., Newark, N. J. Address: 20 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
OSBOURNE, Lloyd:
Author: b. San Francisco, Calif., April, 1868; s. Samuel and Fanny (Van de Grift) Osbourne; ed. in private schools and at Edinburgh Univ., his mother having, after his father's death, married Robert Louis Stevenson, the distinguished novelist ; trained for civil eng'r, but a defect of sight compelled him to abandon that study; m. 1:96. Kather- ine Durham. Traveled with Mr. Stevenson, 1837-94, and was appt'd Am. consul to Samoa during his residence there with his father-in- law. Wrote (in collaboration with Mr. Stor- enson ) The Wrong Box: The Wrecker: The Abb Tide: (in collaboration with Anstin Strong) the drama. The Exile; and (in col- laboration with Francis Watson) The Little Father of the Wilderness. Author: The Queen vs. Billy; The Renegade: Love, the Fiddler: The Motormaniacs! Baby Bullet: Wild Justice: Three Speeds Forward: The Adventurer. (Inbs: Bohemian (San Fran- risco). The Lambs (N. Y. City). Address: Lambs Club, N. Y. City.
OSGOOD, Herbert Levi:
Edneator: b. Canton, Me .. April 9, 1955: s. Stephen and Joan (Staples) Osgood: cd. Wilton Acad., Franklin Co., Me .: Amherst
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Coll., A.B., 1877, A.M., 1880; Columbia, Ph.D., 1889; LL.D., Amherst, 1907; m. Pownal, Vt., July 22, 1885, Caroline Augusta Symonds. Taught in Worcester Acad., Worcester. Mass., 1877-79; taught at intervals and pursued gra- duate study in history and political science at Amherst, Yale and Berlin, Germany, 1879- 2; teacher, Boys' High Sch., Brooklyn, 1852- ¿9. Student of early Am. history in British Museum and Public Record Office, London, 1889-90. Adjunct prof. 1890-95, prof. history since 1895, Columbia Univ. Author: The American Colonies in the 17th Century ; three volumes, 1904-1907. This work was awarded the First Loubat Prize in 1908. Editor-in- chief of Minutes of the Common Council of The City of New York, 1875-1587, eight vol- umes, published by city, 1905. Has written various important papers on economic sub. jects connected with American Colonial his tory in reviews and historical publications; one of the contb'rs to Learned's Literature of American History: has edited numerous monographis on American Colonial history, which have appeared in the Columbia Univer- sity studies in history, economics and public law, and separately. Address Columbia Univ- versity, N. Y. City.
OSGOOD, Howard:
Clergyman ; b. Magnolia Plantation, La., Jan. 4, 1831; s. Isaac and Jane Rebecca (Hall) Osgood; grad. Harvard, 1850; D.D., Brown; LL.D., Princeton; m. N. Y. City, 1853, Caroline Townsend Lawrence; ten chil- dren. Ordained in Baptist ministry, 1856; pastor, Flushing, L. I., 1956-58; N. Y. City, 1860-66; prof. Hebrew, Crozer Theol. Sem., Pa., 1868-74; prof. Old Testament literature, Rochester Sem., 1875-1901; mem. Am. Company of Revisers of Old Testament, 1574-1901. Ad- dress : Rochester, N. Y.
OSMUN, George Wilbur:
Clergyman; b. Plainfield, N. J., Oct. 29, 1876; s. John W. and Emma C. (Cook) Os- mun; ed. public and high schools of Danbury, Conn. (valedictorian and Sons of Revolution prize medal) ; grad. Wesleyan Univ., Ph.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), 1:9s; Drew Theol. Sem., B.D., 1903; Drew fellow, 1903-04; m. Bath, Me., Aug. 23, 1904, Mary A. Searls. Teacher of languages, Danbury High Sch., 1898-99; spent year, 1963-04, in travel and study in Scotland, England and Ireland; pastor West Hampton M. E. Ch., 1904-06; Fenimore St. M. E. Ch., Brooklyn, 1907-08. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity. Prizes at college : first prize at junior exb'n, prize in English literature, prize for senior essay, junior debate, commencement speaker; editor Wesleyan Literary Monthly; at . Drew Sem. : Easton scholar during middle year; pres. Browning Club; fellow U. F. Coll., Glasgow, Scotland. Author: Augustine, The Thinker; Men of the Kingdom Series, 1906. Club: Wes- loyan Young Alumni. Adress: 266 Fenimore St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
OSTRANDER, Luther Allen:
Clergyman; b. Franklinville, N. Y., July 14, 1:43; s. Joseph and Irone ( Newcomb) Ostrander: ed. Hamilton Coll., A.B., 165, Auburn Theol. Sem., 1-6-49. Union Theol. Sem .. 1570, D.D. Hamilton Coll., 190; m.
18;2, Alex. J., b. Oct. 5, 1573, Robert P., b. Sept. 12, 1575, Ethel Constance, D. April 11, 1951. Tutor Robert Coll., Constantinople, Turkey, 1805-67, lecturer on Turkish life and customs, and on literary subjects. Pas- tor 2d Presby n Ch., Dubuque, Ia., 1571-76, pastor 1st Presby'n Ch .. Owego, Y., 1876-82, pastor Presby'n Ch., Lyons, N. Y., since Nov., 1882. Pres. Wayne Co. Auxil- iary, State Charities Aid Ass'n, pres. Society Hamilton Alumni, 1892-93. Address: Lyons, N. Y.
OSTRANDER William Sterling:
Lawyer and surrogate; b. near Schuyler- ville, N. Y., June 28, 1858; s. William P. and Isabel C. (Winney) Ostrander; ed. Schuyler- ville High School, Argyle Acad., Mechanics- ville Acad., Cornell Univ., B.S., 1ss1; m. Schuylerville, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1883, by Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, Cora E. Laing: children : Sterling, b. Dec. 18s4 (deceased), Vibert L., b. July 1SS7, Marion, b. Dec. 1:92, Hazel, b. Aug. 1894 (deceased), Gretchen, b. Mar. 1896, Paul, b. Jan. 1899. Read law with Hon. John De Witt Warner, N. Y. City, and with Hon. D. S. Potter, Schuylerville. Admitted to bar 1883. Practised law at Schuylerville, until 1905, part of time with Hon. George R. Salisbury, since then till Oct. 10, 190s, with Hon. E. T. Brackett, Saratoga Springs. Has at held various town and village offices
Schuylerville, also postmaster at Schnyler- ville for 7 years prior to 1906; since Jan. 1, 1906, surrogate of Saratoga County, N. Y. Republican. Mem. Dutch Reformed Ch., vice- pres. Saratoga County Agr'l Soc. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Mem. B. P. O. Elks ( Saratoga ) ; - mem. Masonic Order, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Delta Chi Chapter. Resi- dence : Schuylerville, N. Y. Official address: Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
O'SULLIVAN, Sylvester J .:
Manager U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co .; b. Prescott, Ont., Canada, June 19, 1:16; s. Jeremiah and Ann (Hayes) O'Sullivan; ed. in common schools and R. C. Separate Sch., Prescott; m. Mar. 23, 1803 ( wife died Only 1, 1:99). Settled in New York, Nov., 1865; was successful commercial traveler for over 20 years; upon withdrawing from the road, entered upon various enterprises in N. Y. City; mg'r of the U. S. Fidelity and Guar- anty Co. since its inception. Democrat. Roman Catholic. Clubs: Democratic, Man- hattan (treas. for many years), City Lunch. Address: 315 W. 23d St., N. Y. City.
OSWALD, John Clyde:
Editor, publisher: b. Fort Recovery. O., July 11. 1572; s. John and Elizabeth ( Beards- ley ) Oswald; m. New Bremen, O., Jan. 2'S, 1903, Clara Marie Bosche. Pres. Oswald Pub- lishing Co., director Trade-Mark Title Co. Republican. Mem. N. Y. Typotheta, Am. Trade Press Ass'n, N. Y. Press Ass'n, N. Y. Advertising League, Illinois Society of N. Y. Club: Crescent Athletic, Fulton. Address : 25 City Hall PL., N. Y. City.
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