Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 8

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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JACOBY, Harold:

Astronomer, educator; b. N. Y. City, Mar. 4, 1865; . s. Max and Eve M. (Jackson) Ja- coby; father native of Germany, came to U. S., 1850, retired N. Y. merchant ; mother native of N. Y. City; ed. in private seliools in N. Y. City and Columbia, A.B., 1885, Ph.D., 1896: m. Dec. 25, 1890, Annie. d. late George Maclear, astronomer at Royal Observatory, Capetown, S. Africa. Ass't astronomer U. S. Eclipse Expd'n to W. Africa, 1989-00; volun- teer ass't Cape of Good Hope Observatory, 1890; adjunct prof. astronomy, 1894-1904: prof. astronomy since 1904, and head Dep't Astron- omy since 1903, Columbia Unis. Author: Practical Talks by an Astronomer, 1901 ( Serib- ner); contb'r technical papers to American and foreign scientific journals on the appli- cation of photography to astronomical meas- urements of precision, stellar parallax, star clusters, variation of latitude, aberration of light, polar photography, etc .; also articles for popularization of astronomy in N. Y. Evening Post and other newspapers and mag- azines. Fellow Royal Astron. Soc., London ; meni. Astronomische Gesellschaft. Leipzig, Astron. and Astrophysical Soc. of America (councillor and editor 1906-07), Am. Math. Soc. (former treas. and editor Bulletin) : fellow A. A. A. S., N. Y. Acad. Sciences ( for- mer councillor and sec.). Club: Century. Address: 333 W. 76th St., N. Y. City.

JACOBY, Henry Sylvesten:

Educator, bridge eng'r; b. Springtown, Pa., April 8, 1557; s. Peter Laudis and Bar- bara (Shelly) Jacoby: ed. dist. and private sch., 1963-70; Excelsior Normal Inst .. Car- versville. Pa., 1870-72: Prep. Dep't, Lehigh Univ .. 1872.73; grad. I.ehich. C.E .. "; m. Bethlehem, Pa., Mar. Is. 1550. Laura Louise Saylor; children: John Vincent, b. Iss3, Hurl- but Smith, b. 1$$5, Freeman Steel. b. ISSS.

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Stadia rodman, Lehigh Topog. Corps, 2d Geol. Survey of Pa., lsf; transitman. hydraulic observation in Red River, 1875-79; chief draftsman, U. S. engineer office, Memphis, Tenn., 1870-85; bookkeeper and cashier, Geo. W. Jones & Co., Memphis, Tenn., 1855-86; instr. civil eng'ring, Lehigh Univ., 1886-90; prof. bridge eng'ring, Cornell Univ., sinee 1890. Author: Notes and Problems on Des- criptive Geometry, 1892; Outlines of Descrip- tive Geometry, in three parts, . 1895-97; Text- book on Plain Lettering, 1597; Text-book on Roofs and Bridges (with Mansfield Merri- man), in four parts. 1:90-98; conth'r to eng'r- ing publications. Republican. Mem. Metho- dist Ch. Fellow A. A. A. S., director Y. M. C. A., Ithaca, N. Y .; trustee Cornell Univ. Christian Ass'n (sec. Section D, 1885; v .- p. and chm'n Section D, 1501) ; associate Am. Soc. of Civil Eng'rs; mem. Soc. for Promo- tion of Eng'ring Ed'n ( sec. 1900-02) ; mem. Am. R'y Eng'ring and Maintenance of Way Ass'n, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi. Editor Jour- nal of Engineering Soc. of Lehigh Univ., 1888-90. Mein. Business Men's Ass'n, Ithaca, N. Y., Social Service League, Ithaca. Address: 7 Reservoir Av.,- Ithaca, N. Y.

JACOBY, Morris:

Real estate; b. in Germany, May 5, 1857; s. Henry and Bertha ( Michaels) Jacoby; ed. N. Y. City public schools; m. N. Y. City, 1892, Carrie Gross; children: Jeanne H., Stephen H. Official real estate appraiser for city of. N. Y .; appraised all school fires and station-honses, library and bath-house sites, east of Broadway, south of §6th St .; also Thomas Jefferson. Hamilton Fish, Wm. H. Seward, St. Gabriel's, East River and Cor- lears Hook Parks, and the approaches to Manhattan. Williamsburg and Blackwell's Island bridges, Clerk of Com. on Affairs of Cities, N. Y. Assembly, 1891; mem. of As- sembly 1893. Sec. and director Mount Zion Cemetery ; director Caddo Asphalt Co. Democrat. Jewish religion ; v .- p. and di- rector Hebrew Free Loan Ass'n. Mem. Columbian Order : Club : National Demo- cratic. Address: 1215 Madison Av., N. Y. City.

JAEGERS, Albert:

Sculptor; b. Elberfeld, Germany, Mar. 28, 1SGS; s. Albert and Elizabeth ( Loser) Jaegers; ed. in Germany and U. S .; m. Richmond, Va., July 8, 1:90. Matilda Holdt. Engaged, since 1890, as seulpter. executing many pri- vate monuments, busis and other works in marble, bronze, etc., including works which has won in competitions: statuary for the Pan-Am. Exp'n, Buffalo, 1901: La. Purchase Exp'n, 1904; the new Custom House, N. Y. City, etc. : now engaged exeenting the Baron von Steuben Monument for Washington, D. C., won in competition. Unitarian. Mem. Nat. Sculpture Soc., Municipal Art Soc. of N. Y. City, Cincinnati Art Club. Ad- dress: Suffern, N. Y.

JAERKER, Otto R .:

Civil eng'r; Reichenbach. Germany, Mar. 9, 1876: grad. with honor Royal Tech- nical Inst., Chemnitz, Germany : unmarried. Expert engineer for building of high factory chimneys. Junior partner H. R. Heinicke, Chemnitz, Germany: v.p. HI. R. Heinicke, Inc .; pres. Globe Clay Co. Mem. Soc. Vier- 736

man Engineers. Address: 147 Fourth Ave., N. Y. City.

JAFFRAY, Robert:

Merchant; b. New Rochelle, N. Y., July 1. 1554; s. Robert and Eliza C. (Smith) Jaifray; grad. Yale ( Sheffield Scientific School,, Ph.B., 1873; m. Catskill, N. Y., 1850, Lydia Butler Griffin. Wiem. of firm of Wessel, Duval & Co. of Valparaiso ( Chile) and N. Y. City. Mem. Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Museum of Natural History, Met. Museum of Art. Sony of the Revolution; mem. Book and Snake Society at Yale. A governor of N. Y. Skin and Cancer Hosp .; director of Union Settle- ment; mem. Advisory Board N. Y. Magdalen Asylum; Advisory B'd Young Women's Christian Ass'n. Chibs: Century, University. Grolier (mem. council), Yale, Barnard (N. Y. City), Graduates (New Haven). Address: 55 W. 46th St., N. Y. City.

JAMES, Arthur Curtiss:

Merchant, philanthropist; b. N. Y. City, June 1, 1567; s. D. Willis and Ellen S. (Cur- tiss) James; grad. Amherst, A.B., 1ss9; m. Harriet Eddy Parsons. Mem. firm of Phelps. Dodge & Co .; director Am. Brass Co. El Paso & Southwestern R. R. Co., Northern Pacific R. R. Co., United Globe Mines, N. Y. Trust Co., U. S. Trust Co. Ist Nat. Bank, Hanover Nat. Bank. Mem. Chamber of Com- merce, Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Am. Geol. Soc., N. Y. Botanical Garden, N. Y. Zool. Soc. Clubs: Metropolitan, University, Century, Riding, New York, N. Y. Yacht, Sea- wanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Atlantic Yacht, Amherst. Residence: 92 Park Av. Address: 99 John St., N. Y. City.

JAMES, Charles Stanton:

Physician: b. Nebraska City, Neb., Dec. 18, 1877; s. Charles and Maria S. James: ed. Nebraska City High Sch., Neb. State Univ., Omaha Med. Coll., M.D., 1999; Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., N. Y. City, M.D., 1900. Attend- ing surgeon Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. Clinic : Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Co. Med. Ass'n, Med. Ass'n Greater City of N. Y., East Side Physicians' Ass'n, N. Y. Post-Grad. Clinical Soc., N. Y. Univ. Clinical Soc. Med. examiner for Knights of Honor and National Union. Clubs: St. George's, N. Y. Playgoers. Address: 624 Lexington Ave., N. Y. City.

JAMES, Darwin Rush:

Merchant; b. Williamsburg, Mass., May 14, 1:34: ed. Williamsburg schools and Mt. Pleas- ant Boarding School, Amherst, Mass .; m. Stockbridge, Mass., Jan. 14, 1sås, Mary E. Fairchild; one son. Darwin R., Jr. ( Prince- ton, '95). Engaged, from ist. in N. Y. City as importer of indigo and spices from the Fast Indies, in firm of D. R. James & Bro .. now retired. Is pres. East Wiliamsburg Savings Bank: trustee Franklin Trust Co .: V .- p. and trustee Franklin Safe Deposit Cn. Was park comm'r of Brooklyn for six years. and a mem. Congress, 1: 3.57; mem. from 1ss9 and chi'n U. S. B'd Indian Comm'rs. Ad. dress: 226 Gates Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.

JAMES, Darwin R., Jr .:

Manufacturer: b. Brooklyn. N. Y., JJan. 10, 1 73; s. Darwin R. and Mary E. (Fair- child) Jamies: ed. Adelphi Acad .. 1:91; Prince. ton Univ. A.B., 1995; m. Brooklyn, Dec. 23. 1:06, Alice B. Fonda; children: Alice F., b.

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JANEWAY

Dec. 10, 1898, Darwin R. 3d, b. Sept. 6, 1 1901. Now conducting business as head of the Van Duzer Extract Co., importers and

manufacturers. Republican. Chm'n local school b'd; pres. Boys' Welcome Hall; direc- tor Brooklyn Free Kindergarten, Public

Schools Athletic League. Club : Union League, Brooklyn Young Republican (pres. ). Residence: 118 Quincy St., Brooklyn. Ad- dress : 384 Washington St., N. Y. City.

JAMES, George Wharton:

Explorer, ethnologist ; ৳. Gainsborough, England, Sept. 27, 1858; m. 1895, Emma George Farnsworth. Has given years to geological, geographical, ethnological and archaeological researches in western part of the U. S .; has lectured on these subjects at Stanford Univ., Calif., Princeton, Columbia, Drexel Inst., Franklin Inst., N. Y. B'd Ed'n Courses, Brooklyn Inst., Teachers Coll., N. Y. City; adopted mem. Havasupai tribe of Indians. Mem. A. A. A. S. (ethnology ), Pacific Astron. Soc. Nat. Geog. Soc., Southern Calif. Acad. Sciences, formerly fellow Royal Hist. Soc., Royal Astron. Soc., Royal Micros: Soc., Victoria Inst. Author: Traveler's Handbook to Southern California; Nature Sermons; Indian Basketry; How to Make Indian and Other Baskets; In and Around the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona; Indians of the Painted Desert Region; Prac- tical Basket Making; In and Out of the Old Missions of California; The Story of Scraggles; The Wonders of the California Desert; What the White Race May Learn from the Indian; Through Ramona's Coun- try; The Treasure of La Paz. Address: 1094 N. Raymond Av., Pasadena, Calif .; also care of Hall J. How & Co., 141 Broadway, N. Y. City.

JAMES, Harrie Abijah:

Physician, obstetrician ; b. in Pennsylvania, Jan. 29, 1861; ed. Pennsylvania public schools ; grad. Pa. State Normal Sch., 1ss1; school teacher 8 years in Pa .; grad. N. Y. Med. Coll., M.D., 1890. Since graduation, engaged in medical and obstetrical practice in N. Y. City. Director Washington Savings Bank. Mem. Eastern Med. Soc. and Med. Soc. County of N. Y. Club: Playgoers. Address : 315 E. 18th St., N. Y. City.

JAMES, Henry A .:

Lawyer, retired; b. Baltimore, Md., April 24, 1854; s. Henry and Amelia Barber (Cate) James; grad. Yale, A.B., 1874, Yale Law School, LL.B., ISTS; m. Sept. 21, 1891, Laura Brevoort Sedgwick; children: Dorothy, b. 1892, Ellery Sedgwick, b. 1:95. Two years in Europe after graduation; one winter as stud- ent at Univ. of Jena, one winter at Univ. of Berlin. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Century, University, Yale. - Address: 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.

JAMES, Mary E. Fairchild:

Pres. Woman's B'd of Home Missions; b. Stockbridge, Mass, July 21, 1831; d. Daniel and Octavia ( Briggs) Fairchild: grad. Maple- wood Inst., Pittsfield, Mass; m. Stockbridge, Mass., Jan. 14, 1:58, Darwin R. James. Has been engaged in philanthropie and re- ligions work since the Civil War period; was prominently identified with the movement in 1-$5 which secured the opening of night schools for colored people in Washington, -

D. C .; was pres. of society organized for the benefit of Newsboys. Became connected as vice pres., les1-26, with the Woman's B'd of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church, and since 1986 has been president of the Board. Also interested in other religious and philanthropic societies. Was a leader in the uprising of women which prevented Brigham H. Roberts, of Utah, from being seated in the 56th Congress. Address: 226 Gates Av., Brooklyn.

JAMES, Thomas Lemuel:

Ex-postmaster general, banker; b. Utica. N. Y., Mar. 29, 1831; ed. public schools up to age of fifteen, wben taken from school and apprenticed to a printer for five years; grad. Hamilton Coll., A.M., 1863; Madison Univ., LL.D., 1883; St. John's Coll., 19:4: St. Fran- cis Xavier's Coll., 1886; m. Edith L. Col- bourne. At age of 20 moved to Hamilton, Madison Co., and became partner of Francis B. Fisher, in publishing Madison County Journal: in 1854, appt'd canal collector at Hamilton; 1561, came to N. Y. City and be- came insp. of Port of N. Y .; soon promoted to position of weigher of teas in warehouse dep't and later deputy collector of third warehouse div. : appt'd postmaster of N. Y., Mar. 17, 1872, by President Grant, and re- appt'd by Pres. Hayes: in 15-1, appt'd post- master-general by Pres. Garfield; resigned this position on account of political difficulties and became pres. Lincoln Nat. Bank, N. Y., Jan., 1982; pres. and trustee Lincoln Safe Deposit Co .; director Metropolitan Life Ins. Co .; mayor of Tenafly, N. J .. 1856. Clubs : Union League, Republican, Transportation. Residence: Highwood, N. J. Address: 32 E. Id St., N. Y. City.

JAMES, Walter Belknap:

Physician: b. Baltimore, Md., May 11, 1555; s. Henry and . Amelia (Cate) James; ed. Vale, A.B .. 1879, Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Co- lumbia ), M.D., 1583, LL.D., 1904; m. N. Y. City, 1894, Helen G. Jennings. Practising medicine in N. Y. City since graduation. Consulting physician to Bellevue Hosp., N. Y. Hosp. for Ruptured and Crippled; visit- ing physician Roosevelt Hosp .. Presby'n Hosp. Bard professor of medicine in Co- lumbia Univ. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Practicioners' Soc .. of N. Y. Clubs: University. Century Ass'n. Address: 17 W. 54th St., N. Y. City.

JAMESON, Edwin Cornell:

Lawyer, insurance president : b. Somerville. N. J., April 17, 1864; ed. in local schools and at N. Y. Law School, grad. LL.B .: engaged successfully in practice of law and became interested in fire insurance; now pres. Globe- Rutgers Fire Ins. Co. of N. Y. : director Nat. Fire and Marine Ins. Co. of N. Y., Pacific Fire Ins. Co., Stuyvesant Ins. Co., and Gol- den Ilill Bld'g Co. of N. Y. Residence: 23 W. 71st St. Address: 70-75 William St., N. Y. City.

JANEWAY, Edward Gamaliel:

Physician; b. in Middlesex Co .. N. J .. Aus. 31, 1st1; grad. Rutgers. A. B., 1-60 ( LL.D. ). Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), M.D., Tot. Acting med. curator, U. S. Army Hosp. New- ark, N. J., 1.2.63; curator, 16-72; visiting physician, 1972.92; prof. pathology and anat- omy, 1s.2-76, demonstrator of anatomy, 1s.6-

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79, Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. ; now prof. medi- cine and dean of University and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. Visiting physician, Charity Hosp., 1868-71; Mount Sinai Hosp. since 1885; consulting physician, Presbyterian Hosp. since 1888; consulting pathologist, Hosp. for Ruptured and Crippled since 1875. Mem. Comm'n of Conference, Health Dep't, and Acad. Medicine, 1887; mem. Advisory Com. Chamber of Commerce. during cholera of 1892; delegate to 16thi Internat. Med. Congress, Bud- apest, 1909. Author : Pathological Report of Autopsies Made in Bellevue Hosp .; Leu- cocythæmia; and numerous other papers. Clubs : City, Century, Tuxedo, National Arts. Address: 36 W. 40th St., N. Y. City.

JANEWAY, Theodore Caldwell:

Physician; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 2, 1872; s. Edward G. and Frances Strong (Rogers) Janeway; ed. Cutler's School, N. Y. City, Yale Univ. (Sheffield Scientific School), Ph.B., 1892; Columbia Univ. (Coll. Phys. and Surg. ), M.D., 1895; m. Bryn Mawr, Pa., Sept. 27, 1898, Eleanor C. Alderson; children: El- eanor Alderson, b. 1899; Edward G., 2d, b. 1901; Agnes, b. 1904. Interne, St. Luke's Hosp., 1897; instructor, later lecturer on medical diagnosis, Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., 1898-1905; associate in medicine, Columbia Univ., since 1907; visiting physician, City Hosp., since 1902; attending physician, St. Luke's Hosp. since 1905; consulting phy- sician, Vassar Brothers' Hosp., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Mem. Ass'n Am. Physicians, Am. Ass'n for the Advancement of Clinical Investigation, Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Inter- urban Clinical Club, N. Y. State Med. Soc .. N. Y. Pathol. Soc., Soc. for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Soc. of Internal Med- icine; director Russell Sage Institute of Pathology (sec. and treas.) ; mem. Central Council, Charity Organization Soc. Author: The Clinical Study of Blood Pressure, 1904, ( Appleton) ; also articles in medic jour- nals. Clubs: Century, Yale, Au Sable (Ad- irondacks). Address: 36 W. 40th St., N. Y. City.

JANVRIN, Joseph Edward:

Physician; b. Exeter, N. H., Jan. 13, 1839; s. Joseph Adams and Lydia Ann (Colcord) Janvrin; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad., Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia ), 1564; m. Easton, Pa., Sept., 1881, Laura L. La-Wall; children : Edmund R. P., b. 1SS4; Marguerite L., b. 1.90. Practising as physician and surgeon in N. Y. City since 1865. Acting ass't surgeon, 2d, N. H., June, 1861, to Dec., 1862; ass't sur- geon, 15th Reg't, N. H. Vols., Dec., 1862 to Aug. 1863; acting ass't surgeon, U. S. Vols .. July, 1861, to Jan., 1865. Republican. Pres- byterian. Mem. N. Y. Acad. Medicine, N. Y. State Med. Soc .; ex-pres. Am. Gynecol. Soc., and N Y. Obstet. Soc. A founder of Internat. Gynecol. Soc .; corr. mem. Boston Gynecol. Soc., Soe. Mayflower Descendants, Sons of Colonial Wars, Descendants Colonial Gov. ornors, Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Address : 191 Madison Av., N. Y. City.

JARETZKI, Alfred:

Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 7. 1561: grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., A.M .: Harvard Coll., A.B., 1981; Columbia Coll. Law Sch., LL.B., 1881: married in 1 90. Admitted to bar; mem. law firm of Sullivan & Cornell. Engaged largely in corporation work and act-

ing as counsel for bankers; has conducted many large reorganizations. Director Am. Bank Note Co., D. Appleton & Co., Detroit Edison Co., Edison Sault Electric Co., Tintic Co., Crowfoot Cattle Co., Central Heating Co. Mem. Bar Ass'n City of N. Y .; one of B'd of Governors of Ethical Culture Sch. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Clubs: Law- yers, Harvard, City. Address: 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.

JARRETT, Edwin Seton:

Civil Eng'r; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar. 7, 1862; s. James M. and Sarah O. ( Heather) Jarrett; grad. Buffalo (N. Y.) Central High Sch., 1881; grad. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, N. Y., C.E., 1859; m. Norfolk. Va., June 26, 1906, Cora Hardy. Engaged in prac- tice as civil eng'r from graduation; made a trip around the world, 1557; has traveled ex- tensively since. Eng'r with Sovysmith & Co. for ten years, and for past five years with The Foundation Co. of which is sec., treas. and director; director The Waterproofing Co. Expert eng'r in all classes of foundation and subaqueous work, and has been connected with many notable eng'ring achievements of this nature. Independent. Asso. mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs: mem. and director Rens- selaer Soc. of Engineers. Mem. The N. Y. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. Alumni Ass'n. Clubs :

University, Engineers. Address : Care The Foundation Co., 115 Broadway, N. Y. City.

JARVIE, William:

Retired dentist; b. Manchester, England, July 14, 1841: s. William and Isabelle (New- begin) Jarvie; ed. in England and in Brook- lyn, N. Y .; received degree of M.D.S .: m. Brooklyn, Sept. 10, 1867, Amelia C. McHenry; children: William, Jr., Selina Huntington (Mrs. Fred. C. Fletcher, died July 1, 1903), George Kendall, Amelia Frances Goodrich. Practised in Brooklyn until retired. Ex-pres. Dental Soc. State of N. Y .; ex-pres. N. Y. Odentological Soc .; ex-pres. 2d Dist. Dental Soc .; pres. Brooklyn Dental Soc. At various times has traveled in England, Scotland, Nor- way, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland. Aus- tria, Italy, Egypt, Soudan, Palestine, Turkey and Greece; has ascended Mount Blanc and several others of the highest snow mountains in Switzerland; has motored in England, Scotland. France, Germany, Switzerland, Aus- tria and Italy. Director Cooperative Law Co. Republican. Mem. Nat. Dental Ass'n, Acad. Dental Science, Odontological Soc. of Great Britain. Pres. Bass Rocks Improvement

Ass'n. Recreations : Automobiling, golf.

travel. Clubs : Hamilton. Rembrandt, Heights Casino, Dyker Meadow Golf ( Brook- lyn) ; Nassau Country. Bass Rocks Goli (v .. p.). -Address: 105 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

JARVIS, Nathan S .:

Physician; b. Baltimore, Md., June 30. 1&m; s. Nathan s. (surgeon U. S. A.) and Jennie D. (Callanan) Jarvis; ed. Baltimore City Coll., private schools and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll .. N. Y., M.D .. 1954. Interne, Belle- vue Hosp .. 154 6; ass't surgeon, U. S. A., IS7; capt. ass't surgeon, 1:02: major and brigade surgeon, U. S. V., in war with Spain, 1895-99; retired from regular service as capt. ass't surgeon, 1901, for disability in line of

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duty. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Ass'n Mil. Surgeons of U. S., Mil. Service Inst. Mem. Loyal Legion, Aztec Club of 1846. Clubs: Army and Navy, Man- hattan, N. Y. Athletic. Residence: Menhat- tan Club. Address : 142 Madison Av., N. Y. City.

JARVIS, Samuel M .:

Banker; b. in McDonough County, Ill., Jan. 31, 1853; descendant of the early set- tlers of Virginia; m. 1873, Priscilla Wear. Admitted to bar, 1876, but soon turned at. tention to finance; closely identified with development of the West; one of the organi- zers and first pres. North American Trust Co .; immediately on American occupation of Santiago during Spanish-Am. War, he opened there a branch of the trust company and rendered important assistance to the U. S. Gov't; was offered the post of fiscal agent of the U. S. in Cuba by Pres. McKinley, but asked and obtained appointment for the com- pany instead; later accepted present position as v .- p. Nat. Bank of Cuba, fiscal agent and government depository of Republic of Cuba; and depository of U. S. Gov't in Cuba; con- nected with many important corporations. Has traveled extensively abroad. Mem. Southern Soc., Kentucky Soc., Am. Museum Natural History, Met. Museum of Art. Clubs : Republican, Lawyers, Larchmont Yacht (N. Y. City) ; American ( Havana) ; Pilgrims

(London). Address : 1 Wall St., N. Y. City. .

JASLOW, Leonard A .:

Physician and surgeon; b. Philadelphia, March 4, 1881; s. Henry and Jennie (Green) Jaslow; M. D., Univ. State of N. Y. Physi- cian and Surgeon: has teacher's License, N. Y. City; unmarried. Has been surgeon on S. S. Trinidad and S. S. Ponce through West Indies and Porto Rico for two years to Sept., 1908; S. S. Trinidad lost propeller in storm off St. Kitts B. W. I. and drifted to Bar- bados B. W. I .; visited ruins of Martinique (St. Pierre) eruption, Sept., 1907. Made an inspection of places of interest in the British, French, Danish and Spanish West Indies and Porto Rico. Taught evening sch., 1905-07. Republican. Mason ( Pacific Lodge, 233), Royal Areanum (Ogden Council. 1.500), Central Republican Club, 31st Assembly Dist., Sterling Republican Club, Manhattan Re- publican Club; hon. mem. The Lincoln Farm Ass'n, Volunteer Firemen, Stapleton, S. I. Co. 4. Address: 206 W. 121st St., N. Y. City.

JAY, William:

Lawyer; grad. Columbia Coll., 1859; m. Lucie Oelrichs. Mem. firm Jay & Candler; pres. and director N. Y. Cab Co. (Limited ) : director Am. Horse Exchange, Commercial Cable Co., Manhattan Storage and Warehouse Co., N. Y. Mortgage and Security Co., Wind- sor Trust Co. Miem. Sons of Revolution, Loyal Legion, St. Nicholas Soc. Clubs : Church, Turf and Field. Metropolitan, City, Lawyers, Brook, Century, Knickerbocker, Meadow Brook. Residence: 52 Madison Av .. Bedford House, Katonah, N. Y. Address: 48 Wall St., N. Y. City.

JAYCOX, Walter Husted:

Lawyer: b. Wassaic, N. Y., Sept., 3, 1 63; 8. Lorin HI. and Hannah ( Darling) Jaycox ;

ed. in common schools; m. Inez Leaming. Studied law in office of Wilmot MI. Smith, at Patchogue, N. Y .; admitted to bar, Sept. 1.3, 1889. Elected, 1893, reëlected, 1590, dist. att'y Suffoik Co., N. Y., serving 6 years; appt'd Jan., 1902, and elected Nov., 1902, county judze Suffolk Co., serving 4 years: appt'd _\prii, 1900, elected Nov, 1906, justice Supreme Court N. Y., for Second Judicial Dist .. for term ex- piring Dec. 31, 1920. Republican. Address : Patchogue, N. Y.

JAYNE, Benaiah Gustin.

Lawyer; b. Wayne County, Pa .. May 26. 1831; s. Benaiah Jayne; ed. public schools and attended Columbia Coll., Washington, D. C., 1864-66: m. in Allezany County, Md., Oct. 23, 1866, Florence E. M. Palmer. Raised, 1861, Ist company of volunteers enlisted for the Civil War. Clerk in U. S. War Dep't, 1862-68; special agent U. S. Treasury Dep't, 1869-75; notable for successful prosecutions of various large firms for defrauding the Gov- ernment of revenues. Came to N. Y. City. 1875, and since then engaged in practice of law. Residence: 16 W. 84th St. Address: 120 Liberty St., N. Y. City.

JAYNES, Almon Andrus:

Clergyman; b. Norwich, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1877; s. Asa Walter and Flora (Bassett) Jaynes: ed. Brown Univ., 1895-99; Coll. Phys. and Surg., 1899; Gen. Theol. Sem., 1999-1902, D.D., 1902; m. Deans, N. J., April 6, 1904, Mabel Virginia Waite: one sou, George Waite. b. 1905. Ordered deacon by Bishop F. D. Hunt- ington; ordained priest, 1903, in Episcopal ministry. Missionary at Augusta, Holland Patent, Oriskany Falls, 1902: chaplain St. John's Mil. Sch., Manlius. N. Y .. 1903: curate, St. Paul's Cli., Syracuse, N. Y., 1903-05, min- ister in charge same, 1906. Mem. Kappa sig- ma fraternity; director Associated Charities of Syracuse; pres. Syracuse Sunday School Inst. Clubs: Syracuse Clericns, Fortnight- ly. Address: . 1203 S. Salina St., Syracuse. N. Y.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 8

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