USA > New York > New York City > Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2 > Part 84
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138 | Part 139 | Part 140 | Part 141 | Part 142 | Part 143 | Part 144 | Part 145 | Part 146 | Part 147 | Part 148 | Part 149 | Part 150 | Part 151 | Part 152 | Part 153 | Part 154 | Part 155 | Part 156 | Part 157 | Part 158 | Part 159 | Part 160 | Part 161 | Part 162 | Part 163 | Part 164 | Part 165 | Part 166 | Part 167 | Part 168 | Part 169 | Part 170 | Part 171
prof. Latin Univ. of Los Angeles, Calif .; instr. in classics in high school of West- field, N. J .; principal Flushing High School, Flushing, L. I .; prof. history, Jamaica State Normal Sch., Jamaica, L. I .; instr. history Wadleigh High School, N. Y. City; lecturer in Public Lecture Corps of N. Y. City. Pres. College Women's Club of N. Y. City; mem. Governing B'd Collegiate Equal Suffrage League of N. Y. State; director Women's League of N. Y. State; mem. Daughters of Ohio in N. Y .; Vassar Aid Soc., N. Y. City; Vassar Alumna Ass'n, Women's Interbo- rough Ass'n of N. Y. City; High School Ass'n N. Y. City; Drawing Room Club, N. Y. City. Democrat. Baptist. Country home: 4 East- man Terrace, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. City home: 616 W. 116th St., N. Y. City.
POMEROY, Harry D .:
Mech. eng'r; b. Cortland, N. Y., May 17, 1866; s. Theodore C., M.D., and Jane A. (Blodgett) Pomeroy; grad. Cornell Univ., 1890; m. Phoenix, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1890, Cora A. Patrick; children: William Dwight, b. 1892, Helen Elizabeth, b. 1894, Donald Theo- dore, b. 1902, Harry Frederick, b. 1903. Edmund Patrick, b. 1905. Sup't Barnes Mf'g Co., Phoenix, N. Y .; sup't Marvin & Cash, Can- astota, N. Y .; works sup't Wire and Telephone Co. of America. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Callimachus Lodge 369, F. and A. M., Oswego River Chap- ter 270, R. A. M., of Phoenix, N. Y. Recrea- tión : Boating. Address: 215 W. Thomas St., Rome, N. Y.
POMEROY, Ralph Hayward:
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Jan 12, 1867; s. Daniel and Mary E. ( Hayward) Pomeroy; grad. Wesleyan Univ., B.A., cum laude, 1857, M.A., 1889, L. I. Coll. Hosp., M.D., 1989; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct., 1897, Isabella Maud Lachlan: one daughter, Leslie Weltha. * b. 1598. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity. Phi Beta Kappa. Club: University (Brooklyn). Ad. dress: 511 Nostrand Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
POMEROY, Robert Watson:
Lawyer; b. Auburn, N. Y., Feb. 24. 1965; s. Theodore and Elizabeth L. (Watson) ; grad. Yale, A.B., 1991, Harvard. LL.B., 1995; m. Cambridge, Mass., June 21, 1-95. Lucy Bemis; children: Lucy. b. 1900, Robert Wat- son Pomeroy. Jr., b. 1904. Director Fidelity Trust Co. of Buffalo, Buffalo General Elec. tric Co., Buffalo Abstract and Title Co., Nat- ural Food Co .. New York & Buffalo Audit Co., Buffalo Belting and Weaving Co .. Buffalo Coated Paper Co., Adirondack Fire Ins. Co. Republican. Presby'n. Trustee Buffalo Gen- eral Hosp., Buffalo Fine Arts Acad., Charity Organization of Buffalo, Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Mem. Psi Upsilon. Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: University, Yale ( N. Y. City) ; Buffalo, Saturn, Ellicott. Country (Buffalo) ; Elihn (Yale). Residence: Oakland Place, Buffalo, N. Y., and (sum- mer) The Wayside. Eggertville. N. Y. Ad- dress : Fidelity Blug., Buffalo, N. Y.
PONCET, John:
Wholesale, dry goods; b. Lyons, France. 1864; ed. Ecole Supérieure de Commerce. Lyons; m. Lyons, 1896, Anne MMarie Ogier; children : Gilbert, b. 1899, Marguerite, b. 19 2, Alan, b. 1904, Madeline, b. 1906. Pres. Balas ICI
1
1
POOL
WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK
Frères, Lt'd., Rochambeau Silk Co., Poncet & Necser. Democrat. Roman Catholic. Resi- dence: Short Hills, N. J. Address: 58 Greene St., N. Y. City.
POOL, Eugene Hillhouse:
Physician; b. N. Y. City; John Hill- house and Sophie Stuart ( Boggs) Pool; grad. Harvard, A.B., 1895; Columbia, M.D., 1899; m. N. Y. City, 1904, Esther Phillips Hoppin ; one son, James Lawrence, b. Aug. 24, 1906. Engaged in practice of medicine in N. Y. City. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars. Clubs: University, Harvard, Apawamis. Address: 128 E. 61th St., N. Y. City.
POOR, Charles Lane :
Prof. astronomy, Columbia Univ .; b. Hack- ensack, N. J., Jan. 18, 1866; s. Edward Eri and Mary W. (Lane) Poor: grad. Coll. City of N. Y .; m. April 19, 1892, Anna Louise Easton; children: Charles Lane, Jr., b. 1896, Alfred Easton, b. 1598, Edmund Ward, b. 1903. Tutor mathematics, Coll. City of N. Y., 1886-SS; and fellow Johns Hopkins Univ., 1889; instr., associate, associate prof. astron- omy Johns Hopkins 1892-99. Editor N. Y. Acad. Sciences since 1900; lecturer in as- tronomy, 1901-03; prof. astronomy from 1904, Columbia Univ .; asso. fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, Boston; fellow, editor and v .- p. N. Y. Acad. Sciences; mem. Astronomische Gesellschaft (Leipzig) ; fellow Royal Astron. Soc. ( London ). Recreation : Yachting. Clubs: Century, N. Y. Yacht, Alpha Delta Phi. Residence :
"Laneholme,' Shelter Island, N. Y .. and 4 E. 48th St. Address : Columbia University, N. Y. City. POOR, Henry William:
Banker; b. Bangor, Me., June 16, 1844; ed. Harvard Coll., A.B., 1565, A.M., 1972; m. Constance Brandon. Engaged in banking in N. Y. City; now senior mem. banking firm of H. W. Poor & Co., N. Y. City and Bostou. Pres. and director Poor's Manual of Rail- roads, publishers; Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. of Texas; director Missouri, Kansas & Texas R'y Co., U. S. Casualty Co. Mein. Sons Am. Revolution. Clubs: University, Man- hattan, The Brook. Racquet and Tennis, Down Town, Tuxedo, Grolier, Lambs, City Midday, N. Y. Yacht. Residence: 1 Lexington Av. Address: 33 Wall St., N. Y. City. POOR, Ruel W .:
Pres. Garfield National Bank: h. Sept. 29, 1860, New London, N. H .; ed. Wilton (Me.) Acad .; married. Pres. and director Garfield National Bank, Garfield Safe Deposit Co. Mem. New England Soc., Chamber of Com- merce. Clubs: Lotos, N. Y. Athletic, Crafts- men's. Residence: 320 W. 101st St. Address: 71 W. 23d St., N. Y. City.
POPE, Ralph Wainwright:
Electrical eng'r; Great Barrington, Mass., Aug. 16, 1844: s. Ebenezer and Electa Leonard (Wainwright) Pope; ed. in schools of native town and at Amherst, Mass. B .. gan business career in service of Housatonic R. R. Co., 1-50: became operator with .Am. Telegraph Co., 1862 65: quartermaster of Col- lins' Overland Telegraph Expedition, British Columbia, 106; associate editor The Telegra. pher. IsCS: inspector 1:73-1- 1. deputy sup't. 1881.83, Gold and Stock Telegraph Co., X Y. City: associate editor Electrical Engineer, 1884-86; founder and editor Electric Power,
1890; sec. Am. Inst. Electrical Eng'rs since May 17, 1885; chm'n on Telegraphs and Siz. maling Com. of judge of electrical exhibits in World's Columbian Exp'n, Chicago, 1:33: asso. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs; mem. Engineers Club, N. Y. Elec. Soc., honorary member Ass'n R'y Telegraph Sup'ts; Franklin Inst. Residence: Elizabeth, N. J. Address: 33 W. 39th St., N. Y. City.
POPE, Richard Duffield:
Clergyman; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 17. 1870; s. Thomas Stott and Mary Emma (Duf- field) ; descendant of old Willoughby Dui- field and Debevoise families of Brooklyn; ed. Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst., Columbia Sch. of Mines, Gen. Theol. Sem., New York City; married at St. Paul's Ch., Brooklyn. N. Y., Feb. 2, 1901, Alice Paulding Stoutenburgh : children: Mary Dayton, Lawrence, Duffield. Traveled in Europe, 1592; connected with Troy Steel & Iron Co., 1890-92. In Episcopal ministry from 1>96; rector St. Gabriel's .Ch .. Hollis, L. I., 1896-1900, St. Paul's Ch., Brook- lyn, N. Y. 1900-03, St. Paul's Ch., Tivoli-on- Hudson, N. Y., since 1903. Mem. Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Address: St. Paul's Rec- tory, Tivoli-on-Hudson, N. Y.
PORTER, Alexander Jeffrey:
Mf'r; b. Niagara Falls, N. Y., June 2, 1863; s. Albert Augustus and Julia Granger (Jeffrey) Porter: ed. in small private school: Went to work at 17 years of age; m. Margaret Maud Langmuir, of Toronto, Can., children : Margaret Jeffrey, b. 1895, Albert Augustus. b. 1896, Alexander Langmuir, b. 1597, Kath- arine Ralston, b. 1899, Julia Granger, b. 1902. Was treas. and director Patrebone Cataract Paper Co., sec. Niagara Falls Power Co., and v .- p. Dabbie Foundry and Machine Co., all of Niagara Falls; now pres, and di- rector Natural Food Co., Niagara Falls; di- rector N. Y. & Buffalo Audit Co., Niagara River Mf'g Co .; director Niagara Land and Improvement Co .: trustee Niagara Co. Sar- ings Bank, Riverview Cemetery Ass'n. Re- publican; formerly mem. Republican State Com .; supervisor Town of Niagara. Epis-
copalian. Mem. Soc. for Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places. Trustee Niagara Falls Memorial Hosp .; comm'r State Reser- vation of Niagara Hosp., appt'd by Gors. Black and Iliggins. Clubs: Buffalo. Saturn, ( Buffalo) : Niagara Falls, Country, Summer Home: Penierrick House, Lewiston Heights, N. Y. Address : Niagara Falls, N. Y.
PORTER, Clark Horton:
Life insurance gen. agent: b. Moravia. N. Y., Oct. 3, 1854: s. Lemuel Clark and Adele ( Horton) Porter; ed. Racine ( Wis. ) Coll. and Lake Forest ( IH. ) AAcad .: m. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 19, ISSS, Miriam R. Hoy; children: Clark Raymond, b. 1592, Johu Hoy and Dwight Horton (twins), b. 150, Hoy Horton, b. 1901. Began business as clerk in First Nat. Bank of Winona. Minn., and
while so engaged was for nineteen years local agent at Winona for the Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co .: moved to Albany. N. Y., March, 1897, and since March 1, 1900. has been general agent at Albany for the same company. Republican. Mason: Con- sistory No. 2. Minneapolis, Minn .. Temple Commandery K. T., Albany, N. Y., Zurah Temple, Mystic Shrine Minneapolis. Clubs:
1052
PORTER
WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK
Albany, Unconditional, ( Albany). Residence : 337 Madison Av. Address : 93 State St., Albany, N. Y.
PORTER, Eugene Hoffman:
Physician: b. Ghent, Columbia Co., N. Y. Aug. 7, 1856; s. Curtis H. Porter; of old Dutch ancestry, connected with the DePeys- ter, Van Buren and Douw families: ed. Cort- land Normal Sch., Claverack Coll., Cornell Univ., N. Y. Homoeopathic Med. Coll., M.D., 1855, Rutgers Coll., A.M., 1889; m. les9, Alice A. Day. of Upper Lisle, N. Y .: one son. Asso- eiate editor les5-92, editor since 1892, North American Journal of Homoeopathy. Was prof. physiological materia medica in N. Y. Home. Med. Coll. and Hosp .; was also prof. med. chemistry and sanitary science for several years; now consulting physician Laura Frank- lin Free Hosp. for Children, and the Hahne- mann Hosp .; med. examiner Manhattan Life Ins. Co. and Penn Mutual Life Ins. Co .; was one of Advisory Com. on Internal Health Exp'n held in N. Y. City, 1898; appt'd comm'r of health for State of N. Y. by Gov. Higgins, May S, 1905. Hon. mem. Société Medicale Homéopathique de France, British Homo.o. Soc .; mem. Am. Inst. Homoeopathy: gen. sec. 1994-1901, N. Y. State Homoo. Med. Soc. (ex-pres. ), N. Y. Co. Homo. Med. Soc. (served as v .- p. and chm'n Legislative Com.) : mem. B'd Trustees Hudson. Fulton Celebration Comm'n; mem. N. Y. Acad. Sciences, Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science. Nat. Geog. Soc. N. Y. Museum of Natural History, Am. Public Health Ass'n. Mem. N. Y. State Press Ass'n. Nat. Editorial Ass'n Columbia Lodge 98, F. and 1. M .: pres. Columbia County Ass'n in City of N. Y. Clubs: Unanimous, Meissen, Communipaw, (all med- ical) : Republican (mem. B'd of Governors ), Cornell University, Colonial, Twilight .. Duill, (N. Y. City) ; Fort Orange ( Albany). Ad- dress: 181 W. 73d St., N. Y. City.
PORTER, H. Hobart:
Eng'r mem. firm Sanderson & Porter; b. N. Y. City, Mar. 12, 1865: s. Henry Hobart and Annie Metcalf (Dwight) Porter; grad. Sch. of Mines, Columbia Coll., E. M., 1556: m. Boston, Mass., June 18, 1591, Katharine Delano Porter; children: Dorothy Dwight. b. 1592, Margaret Seton, b. 1-95, Katharine Delano, b. 1900. After graduation fellow in Sch. Mines,
geology,
one year lived some years in Mexico mining eng'r and later in Arizona; with Westing- house Electric & Mf's Co. in N. Y .: formed present partnership, 1897. Pres. Village of Lawrence, Nassan Co., L. I. N. Y .: elected Oct., 1905, reelected 1906. 1907, 1908. V .- p. and director. Queens Borough Gas and Elec. Co., N. Y. City, Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co., S. Bend, Ind. Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs. Clubs: University (mem. Com. Admissions), Rockaway Hunting Club (mem. B'd of Governors), Century, Alpha Delta Phi. City Midday, (N. Y. City) : Boston (New Orleans). Residence: Lawrence, Nassau Co., N. Y. Address: 52 William St., N. Y. City,
PORTER, Holbrook Fitz John: ·
Mech. and industrial eng'r: b. N. Y. City. Feb. 28, 1555; s. Gen. Fitz John and Harriet Pierson (Cook ) Porter; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H .; grad. Lehigh Univ., M.E.,
( Salutatorian) ; m. Trinity Chapel, by Rev. Morgan Dix, Aug. 27, 1858, Rose Smith; one son, Fitz John, b. Sept. 23, 1550. Was four years in Delamater Iron Works, N. Y. City, 1878-82; ass't eng'r N. J. Steel & fron Co. (Cooper Hewitt & Co.), Trenton, N. J., 1882- $4; eng'r and sup't of buildings and grounds, Columbia Univ., 1881-90; sup': and eng'r Steel and Wire Works ( Cary & Moen Co.), N. Y. City, 1590-91; with World's Columbian Exp'n, Chicago, first as ass't mech. eng'r during the construction period and then ass't chief of the Machinery Dep't, having charge of the Machinery Hall during the Exposition period, 1:91-94: with Bethlehem Steel Co., S. Bethlehem, Pa., first as Western represen- tative at Chicago, Ill., 1894-97, then ass't sales mg'r at works, then till 1903 mg'r eastern office, N. Y. City; on Jan. 1, 1903, engaged by Mr. George Westinghouse to do reorgan- ization work for his interests, first in the Westinghouse Companies' Publishing Dep't, embracing the publicity of the Westinghouse interests in America, and then the estab- lishment on a commercial basis of the Nerust Lamp Co., Pittsburgh, now one of the best paying of the Westinghouse interests; in fall of 1905 opened office at Metropolitan Building, 1 Madison Avenue, to do consulting mechanical and industrial engineering work, especially in the direction of reorganizing companies; introducing modern and efficient shop systems, and systems of management. Independent in politics. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Social Service, N. Y. City. Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Philadelphia. Franklin Inst., Philadelphia. Clubs: Engineers, Y. City). Aztec (Washington, D. C.), Address: Metropolitan Building, 1 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
PORTER, Horace:
Diplomat, brig. gen. U. S. A .: b. Harris- burg, Pa., April 15, 1837: s. David R. (gov. ernor of Pa.) and Josephine ( MeDermet) Porter; ed. Harvard Univ., U. S. Mil. Acad., Union U'niv .. LL.D., 1-94, Princeton Univ., LL.D., 1906, Williams Coll .. 1908: m. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1:63. Sophie K. Mellarz: children: Clarence. Mrs. Elsie Porter Mende. Has been president of several railway com- panies and director in fourteen railway and financial institutions. Brig. gen. U. S. 1 .: served in field during Civil War, last year on General Grant's staff; was twice wounded ; received six brevets for gallantry in battle; received Congressional Medal of Honor for special act of gallantry at battle of Chicka- manga: served as ass't sec. war: sorved as ambassador to France from March, 1897 to May, 1905. Delegate to Hague Peace Conference: received from France the Grand Cross, Légion d'honneur, the first American who had ever received it. On May 9. 1906. received, by unaminous vote of both honses of Congress, thanks and privilege of floor for life, for recovery of the body of John Paul Jones. Republican : Presbyterian :
Mem. Grand Army of Republic, Soc. Foreign Wars, Song of Am. Revolution, Soe. of the Cincinnati, Mil. Order of the Loyal Legion and Alliance Francaiso. Clubs: Union League, Metropoli. tan, University, Century, National Arts, Down Town, Lawyers, Players, Authors, Grolier. Army and Navy, Lotos, Republican, Automo-
1053
1
1
1 .
PORTER WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK
bile (N. Y. City ) : Cercle de l'Union ( Paris). Address: 277 Madison Ar., N. Y. City.
PORTER, Hugh:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 19, 1850: m. Margaret H. Albertou; children : Maud, Mar- garet A., Pres., treas. and director Huachuca Water Co., Luhalcyan Mining and Milling Co., Natchez, Red River and Tezas R. R., Pontiac, Oxford & Northern R. R .; ciem. exec. Com., Am. Tract Soc. : pres. N. Y. City Baptist Mission ; trustee Christian Home for Intemperate Men, N. Y. Ophthalmic Hosp. Mem. advisory com. and counsei of Baptist Home Soc .; counsel of Am. Female Guardian Soc., Home for Friendless. Clubs: Lawyers, Colonial. Residence: 126 W. 72d St. Ad- dress: 35 Nassau St., N. Y. City. PORTER, Louis H .:
Lawyer: b. N. Y. City, Mar. 6. 1874; s. Timothy H. and Maria Louise ( Hoyt) Porter ; grad. Yale B. A., 1996 with philosophical ap- pointment and special honors in history and economies ; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., with Exp'n held in N. Y. City, 1998; appt'd comm'r honors. 1508; m. N. Y. City, Sept. 28, 1901, Ellen Marian Hatch; children: Louise Hoyt, b. Jan. 1, 1904, Louis Hopkins, Jr., b. Dec. 19, 1904. Active lawyer in N. Y. City since 1898. Director Yale and Towne Mi'g Co. pres. and director North Am. Mercantile Agency Co. Asso. mem. Am. Ornithologists Union, Linnaean Soc., Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: University, Yale, Hardware. Residence: Stamford. Conn. Address: 140 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
PORTER, Nathan Todd, Jr .:
Dry goods commission merchant; b. Brcok- lyn, N. Y., Dec. 5. 1567: s. Nathan T. and Mary C. (Comstock) Porter: ed. Montclair High Sch., Yale Univ., A.B., 1590; m. Troy, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1992, Caroline Chester Knickerbocker; children : Helen L. K., Caro- line C. Mem. frm Porter Brothers & Co .; director Montclair Trust Co., Vulcanite M'fg Co., Patent Button Co., Republican. Pres. Montclair Free Public Library. Club: Uni- versity. Residence: 155 Gates Av., Mont. clair, N. J. Address: 114 Worth St., N. Y. City.
PORTER, Peter Brynberg:
Physician; b. Wilmington, Del .; s. Peter Brynberg and Elizabeth Deacon (Alrich) Porter; family has resided in Delaware since early colonial times. Two ancestors, Jacob Alrich and Peter Alrich, his nephew, were governors of the Dutch colonies on the Dela- ware at the time that Peter Stuyvesant was governor of New York: great-great uncle, David Deacon, was commodore in U. S. Navy; brother. Thomas Alrich Porter, served as 1st lieut. of the First Delaware Battery in the Civil War and afterwards received a com- mission in regular army. Ed. Delaware Mil. Acad., Wilmington, Del., Yale. B.A .. M .. A., Univ. Pennsylvania. M.D .: unmarried. Has been physician to. the N Y. Free Dispensary for Sick Children: physician for diseases of children to the Demilt Dispensary; physician for diseases of Women to the Northeastern Dispensary: physician to N. Y. ' Infant Asylum; fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine: mem. American Therapeutic Soc. and editor of its Transactions; recording sec. Med. Ass'n Greater City of N. Y. and editor of its Transactions; recording sec. N. Y. County 1051
[ Med. Ass'n; ass't sec. Med. Soc. o! ". County of N. Y .; fellow N. Y. State J !. : Ass'n. Editor of Gaillard's Medical Journa N. Y. editor Boston Med. and Surgir !! Journal. Deincerat ; Episcopalian.
Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Ydle), Wolf's Head (Yale). Recreations: Brid .... tennis. Clubs: Church, Meadow ( Southamp- ton, L. I.), Deita Kappa Epsilon. Address : 128 W. S4th St., N. Y. City.
PORTER, Royal A .:
Ass't prof. physics, Syracuse Univ .: b. Adair, Ill., 1877; s. George E. and Mary ( Rit. ter) Porter; grad. Northwestern Univ., B.S., 1901, MI.S., 1902; m. Macomb, III., 1903, Pauline Stocker. Republican. Fellow A. . 1. A. S., Am. Physical Soc., Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Address : 112 Livingston Av., Syracuse, N. Y.
PORTER, William Evelyn:
Physician; b. Hartford, Conn .; s. William (M. D.) and Julia I. (Williams) Porter; studied abroad prior to entering Harvard Univ., subsequently received med. ed'n Coll., of Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City; m. Hart- ford, Conn., 1885, Mary Rossite Redfield ; children: William Redfield, Edward Evelyn. Served on resident staff of Bellevue Hosp. for two years; lectured on gynecology at N. Y. Polyclinic for 14 years; served as at- tending gynecologist to Northern Dispensary, Church Hosp. and Dispensary. St. Vincent Hosp. and Gen. Memorial Hosp .; attending surgeon to Demilt Dispensary; consulting surgeon Manhattan State Hosp. Med. direc- tor Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. ResideD' fellow Acad. of Medicine and N. Y. Obstet. Soc .; mem. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Physicians' Mutual Aid Ass'n, Soc. Alumni of Bellevue Hosp. Club: N. Y. Athletic. Address, 149 W. 73d St., N. Y. City.
PORTER, William H .:
Pres. Chemical Nat. Bank: b. Middlebury, Vt., Jan. 3, 1861; ed. Middlebury Acad. and Saratoga High Sch .; m. Esther Jackson. Director Chemical Nat. Bank, Fifth Av. Bank, Bankers' Trust Co., Astor Trust Co., Title Guarantee & Trust Co., U. S. Life Ins. Co .. and various manufacturing corp'ns: pres. of N. Y. Clearing House Ass'n; trustee Frank- lin Savings Bank. Mem. New England Soc .; Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs; treas. Chamber of Commerce. Clubs : Metropolitan, Republican, I'nion League, N. Y. Athletic, Atlantic Yacht, Transportation. Riding, City Midday, Hardware. City Lunch, Railroad. Residence: 56 E. 67th 'St. Ad- dress : 270 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PORTER, William Henry:
Physician: b. N. Y. City. Sept. 4, 1553: s. Frederick Phelps and Elizabeth Bradley ( Aikens) Porter: ed. Norfolk. (Conn. ) Public School, Monson and E. Williston Academies. Mass., Yale ( Shoneld Scientific Dep't), Co- lumbia Univ .. Coll. Phys. and Sure., M.D., 1-77; m. N. Y. City, May 21, 1559. Margarett Josephine Carroll:
children : Frederick Phelps, b. 19-5. William Carroll, b. Isss. Prof. pathology and general medicine at N. Y. Post Graduate Med. School since 1992: prof. surgery and surgical pathology Columbisu Veterinary Coll .. 15.9.51. Curator of Presby. terian Hosp., 18:5.53, Bellevue Hosp., 1555-
POST
WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK
87. Pathologist to North Eastern Dispensary, attending physician to N. Y. Post Graduate Hosp. Ex-elector of Merch's Medico-Surgical Bulletin. Republican; mem. 27th Assembly Dist. Republican Club. Congregationalist. Mem. N. Y. Urological Soc., Pathological Soc., Neurological Soc., Medico-Surgical Soc., Northeastern Medico-Surgical Soc., N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Med. Soc. Greater City of N. Y., Mississippi Valley Med. Soc., Litch- field County Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., and the Am. Soc. of International Law. Author: Rural Diseases and Urinary Analysis. 1887; also paper on various topics in leading medical journals. Mem. Union League of Broadway tabernacle, S. A. R. Clubs: Republican, Patria, (N. Y. City; Litchfield County Uni- versity (Conn.). Residence : Elm Court, Nor- folk, Litchfield Co., Conn. Address : 1674 Broadway, N. Y. City. ·
POST, Charles Henderson:
Fire insurance; b. Derby, Conn., May 16, 1856; s. Samuel A. Law Post and Laura (Judd) Post; ed. public school, Ellenville, N. Y .; received State Regent certificate; m. Ellenville, N. Y., June 13, 1878, Kate R. Milliken; children: Laura Milliken (wife of C. F. Shallcross), Katherine Milliken. United States ing'r, Caledonian Ins. Co. of Edinburgh, Scotland; also pres. Caledonian-American Ins. Co. of N. Y. Has visited every place of importance in United States, and crossed the ocean twenty times. Republican ; Presby- terian. Clubs: Lotus, Down Town, Balus- trol Golf, Canoe, Brook Country, Sundown Fishing, Beaver Dam Fishing. Residence : Summit, N. J. Address: Caledonian Build- ing, 50 and 52 Pine St., N. Y. City. POST, Charles Johnson:
Artist and correspondent: b. N. Y. City, Aug. 27, 1873: s. Louis F. and Anna (Johnson) Post; ed. in N. Y. City public schools, Penn. Charter Sch., Philadelphia, N. Y. City Coll., Pa. Acad. of Fine Arts and Art Students' League; unmarried. Reporter and artist N. Y. and Philadelphia dailies. Travel- ling correspondent Illustrated American; ass't art director Harpers. Two years in South American exploration for Harper publica- tions; correspondent Cuban revolution in N. Y. World. Lecturing, 1904-05. Private in Co. F, 71st Reg't N. Y. Vols. (Captain Rafferty) in fighting about Santiago, in War with Spain, 1-98: corporal, sergeant and Ist lient. same regiment: now Ist lieut. 9th Coast Artillery District, 22d Company. N. G. N. Y. Cimmissioned lient .- col. of Revolu- tionary forces in Cuban revolution, 1906, in skirmishing of Santa Province, Cuba; skir- mishes with savages and transportation fight- ing in Bolivian interior, Rio Beni, 1904 and '05. Democrat; Swedenborgian. Mem. Society of Santiago; Recreations: Rifle shooting, chess. Address: 83 Madison AAv., N. Y. City. POST, Edwin Main:
1
·
1
Banker: D. Cincinnati, O., Jan. 6. 1870; grad. Columbia Univ., 1-92; m. Emily Bruco Price. Mem. firm of Thomas & Post. mom- bers of N. Y. Stock Exchange; pres. Express Coal Line and Georgia Car Co. ; v .- p. Southern Iron Car Line: sec., treas. and director Man. hattan Car Trust Co .; sec. and director Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis R. R. Co. Mem. Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Rac
quet and Tennis, N. Y. Yacht, N. Y. Ath- letic, Tuxedo Lambs, Union, St. Anthony, Knickerbocker, Larchmont Yacht, Seewan- haka-Corinthian Yacht, Down Town. Ad- dress; Hotel Belmont, N. Y. City.
POST, Ernest Nicholas:
Physician; b. in Tioga Center, Tioga Co., N. Y., Mar. 24, 1878; s. Albert U. Post, M.D .. and Louise M. (Schoonever) Post; grad. Owego Free Acad., 1901, Syracuse Univ., Coll. of Medicine, M.D., 1905; unmaried. Ass't phy- sician and surgeon at Robert Packer Hosp., Jan. 1906 to Jan. 1907, at Sayre, Pa .; now engaged in general practice at Elmira, N. Y. Republican : Methodist. Mem. N. Y. Commi'r Med. Soc., Elmira Acad. Medicine : Address: 55 S. Main St., Elmira, N. Y.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.