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POST, George B., Jr .:
Banker, broker; b. N. Y. City, July 30, 1861; s. George B. and Alice (Stone) Post; ed St. Mark's Sch., Southboro, Mass., and Columbia Univ .; m. Julia Cotton Smith : children : George B 3d. Mem. firm of Post & Flagg; governor N. Y. Stock Exchange. Mem. Delta Phi fraternity, Columbia I'niv. Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: Union, Knickerbocker, St. Anthony, N. Y. Yacht, N. Y. Athletic, Morristown, Somerset Hills Country, Morris- town Golf, Midday Garden City Golf, Racquet and Tennis, Morris County Golf. Residence: 18 E. 37th St. Address: 33 Wall St., N. Y. City.
POST, James Howell:
Sugar refiner: b. New Rochelle, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1559; s. William and Eleanor (Sackett) Post ; ed. public school; m. Brooklyn, 1997. Louisa Wells; children: Jessie Wells, Helen Marion, Elizabeth. Has been clerk and part- ner with B. H. Howell Son & Co. since 1874; also pres. National Sugar Refining Co. of N. J., director National City Bank of N. Y., trustee Williamsburg Savings Bank: director and treas. Chaparra Sugar Co. and various other sugar companies: director U. S. Realty and Improvement Co. and various other com- panies. Presby'n. Industrial School Ass'n of Brooklyn Y. M. C. 1., of Brooklyn, Brook- lyn Hosp. and Dispensary. Residence: 162 Ross St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 109 Wall St., N. Y. City.
POST, Regis Henri:
Governor of Porto Rico; b. N. Y. City. Jan. 28, 1570; s. Albert Kintzing and Marie ( de Trobriand) Post: ed. St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass .: Harvard College. A.B., 1-91: m. N. Y. City, March 6. 1895, Carolyn Beatrice Post; one son, Regis Henri Post, Jr. Mem. N. Y. Assembly for 2d Dist., au. ditor of Porto Rico, May 1. 1903 to Sept. 1. 1904, secretary of Porto Rico, Sept. 1, 1904 to April IS, 1907, governor of Porto Rico, since April IS, 1907. Was chief of Bayport (N. Y.) Fire Dep't, 1900-03; pres. Bayport School B'd. 1898-1903; mem. Republican County Committees, Suffolk Co. 1-04-153. Director Oystermans Nat. Bank, Sayville. N. Y. Republican : Episcopalian; vestryman and mem. St. Ann's Church, Sayville. N. Y .. 1-96.1900; vestryman and treas. St. Johns Church, San Juan, Porto Rico, 190s. Home: Bayport, L. 1. Address: San Juan, Porto Rico.
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POST, Waldron Kintzing:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, July , 18CS; s. Albert Kintzing and Marie Caroline (de Trobriand) Post; ed. St. Mark's Sch., Harvard Univ., A.B., 1890, Columbia College Law Sch., LL.B., 1894; m. Glen Cove, N. Y., Oct 27, 1894, Mary Lawrence Perkins; children : Charles Kintzing, b. 1896, Mary Lawrence, b. 1897, Langdon Ward, b. 1sys, Lina de Tro- briand, b. 1901, Elizabeth West, b. 1904. Part- ner in law firm of Ward, Hayden and Sat- terlee. Mem. Loyal Legion. Pres. Suffolk Co. Volunteer Firemen's Ass'n. Clubs : Union, Harvard. Address: Bayport, N. Y.
POST, William Stone:
Architect; b. N. Y. City, May 10, 1866; s. George Browne and Alice M. (Stone) Post ; ed. St. Mark's Sch., Southboro, Mass., grad. 1884, Columbia Univ. Academic course 2 years, Sch. of Architecture 4 years B.S., 1890; m. Lennox, Mass., June 1894, Lilian MI., d. late Confederate Gen. John B. Hood; children : Marion Hood, b. 1895, Lilian, b. 1896. After graduation traveled 6 month's and studied in Paris, France, six months, practised archi- tecture under own name till 1894, when he be- came junior partner with Geo. B. Post, until 1904, when firm of Geo. B. Post & Sons was formed and became partners. Fellow Am. Inst. Architects; mem. Architectural League of N. Y. Clubs: St. Anthony, Union, Somer- set Hills Country. Residence: Bernardsville, N. J. Address: 317 Fifth Ave. N. Y. City. POTTER, Arthur Barlow:
Clergyman ; b. Alpena, Mich., Nov. 28, 1868; s. James J. and Frances G. (Barlow) Pot- ter; ed. Alpena ( Mich. ) High Seh., Colgate Univ., Ph.B., 1991, Hamilton Theol. Sem., 1897; m. Hamilton, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1894, Adelia M. Stone: children: Frederick W .. b. April 19, 1898, Marion K., b. Aug. 19, 1904, Mar- garet S., b. April 14, 1907. Pastor First Bapt. Ch., Middlebury. Vt., 1597-99, 1st Bapt. Ch., Hudson, N. Y., 1899-1903; 1st Bapt. Ch., Ogdensburg, N. Y. 1903-1906; 1st Bapt. Ch., Ballston Spa., N. Y., since 1906. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi, college fraternity and of Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Address: Ballston Spa., N. Y.
POTTER, Evan Styles:
Physician and surgeon; b. Himrods, N. Y., July 30, 1869; s. Evan J. and Miranda (Swarts) Potter; ed. Penn Yan Acad., Starkey Sem., Dundee Preparatory Sch., N. Y. Univ. (Med. School), M.D., 1991; m. N. Y. City, July 30, 1906, Florence Dalzell Levison ; one son Evan Rodolph Potter, b. 1007. In practice of medicine in N. Y. City from 1801. Has traveled in Columbia, Peru, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Salvador, Guatemala, Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium. Late assistant visiting surgeon Columbus Hosp., N. Y. City; lecturer and demonstrator of anatomy and operative surgery, N. Y. Post .Graduate Coll. and Hosp. Mem. N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., N Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Urological Soc., Med. Ass'n Greater N. Y. Democrat : candidate for Alderman from the old 21st Assembly Dist., 1993, and for Assemblyman in elst Assembly Dist., 1900; held appointment as medical civil service examiner during the Van Wyke administration: medical expert to Law Dep't, City of N. Y., since death of Dr. Cyrus Edson in 1903. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Sons Am. Revolution; all the Masonic 1056
bodies (York Rite) and Mystic Shrine. Ad. dress: 223 W. 79th St., N. Y. City.
POTTER, Frederick:
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, July 19, 1856; s. Orlando B. and Martha Green (Wiley) Pot ter; grad. Yale Col., 1878; m. Ossining, N. Y. April 7, 1885, Helen Ward Brandreth; chil- dren : Dorothy W., Orlando B., Frederick .1., Margaretta W., Eugene Ward. Trustee Title Guarantee and Trust Co., director Bond and Mortgage Guarantee Co., Realty Associates. Westchester & Bronx Title and Mortgage Guaranty Co .; managing trustee of estates of Orlando B. Potter. MIem. Chamber of Com- merce, B'd of Trade and Transportation, Am. Geog. Soc., New England Soc., Am. Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Met. Museum of Art. Clubs: Democratic. Lawyers. Univer- sity, Yale, Ardsley. Residence: Ossining, N. Y. Address: 71 Broadway, N. Y. City. POTTER, Harry S .:
Artist, illustrator; b. Detroit Dec. 29, 1$69; s. Henry Z. and Emma (Baker) Potter; ed. in public schools and Museum of Art School, Detroit Mich .; studied in Paris under Ben. jamin Constant and Jean Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian, and afterwards in the ateliers of Raphael Collin, Jules Simon and Gustave Courtois; in. Detroit, Mich., July 9, 1596, Lilian Webster. Illustrative artist with Detroit Free Press, 1990-94, N. Y. Journal, 1896-1903; since then illustrator for the leading magazine publications. Mem.
Alliance Française, Am. Artists' Ass'n (Paris). Address: Van Dyck Studios, 939 Eighth Av., N. Y. City.
POTTER, Howard Nott:
Architect; grad. Union Coll., 1851; m. Ethel Potter. Mem. Union Coll. Alumni Ass'n, Nat. Acad. Design, Met. Museum of Art, Amn. Museum of Natural History. Chibs: West. chester Country, Racquet and Tennis Coun- try. City Residence: Harrison, N. Y. Ad- dress: 1170 Broadway, N. Y. City.
POTTER, James Brown:
Merchant; banker; b. N. Y. City ( Washing- ton Heights), May 17, 1853: s. Howard and Mary Louisa (Brown) Potter; grad. Union College, A.B., 1873; in. 1st, 1577, Cora Urqu- hart, of New Orleans, 2d, 1901, Mary Handy, d. Capt. Handy, U. S. N .: one daughter, Mrs. James A. Stillman ( Anne Urquhart Potter). Pres. and director Clove Branch R. R. Co .; pres. and min'g director Tlahualilo Agricul- tural Co., Ltd., of Mexico: trustee Mexican Cotton Estates of Tlahualilo Ist mortgage bonds, and director of Tlahualilo Co., Ltd. of London; pres. Manchester Land Co .; director London and N. Y. Investment Corp'n, Mis- souri, Kansas & Texas R. R. Co. ( Exec. Com.); trustee English and Am. Mortgage and Investment Co. Mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, life mem. Nat. Acad. of Design, Met. Museum of Art: mem. Union Coll. Alummi Ass'n. Clubs: Tuxedo (a governor). N. Y. Yacht (life mem. ), Down Town. Ad. dress: 59 Wall St., N. Y. City.
POTTER, John A .:
Real estate and insurance; b. N. Y. City, July 2, 1st1; s. Ellis S. and Henrietta (Wil- liams) Potter; ed. Prof. Benjamin Dwight's Sch., Brooklyn; m. Brooklyn, Mar. ", 1572. Eliza T. Williams: children : Henrietta M., Frank A., Richard E. Pres. of The Patchogue
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Bank, Patchogue Investment Co .; director | R'y, Seazhore Div. Pennsylvania R. R., and Patchogue Mf'g Co., Patchogue Lyceum Co. Interborough Elevated R. R. in N. Y. City. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs Am. Inst. Mech. Eng'rs, im. Soc. Civ. Eng'rs, A. A. A. S. Club: Engineers (N. Y. City). Address: Schenectady, N. Y. Was trustee village of Patchogue for several years and has been mer. B'd of Ed'n for 15 years; was treas. village of Patchogue 5 years. Congregationalist; pres. B'd Trus- tees Cong'l Church. Clubs: Patchogne, South POTTER, William P .: Bay Yacht. Address: Patchogue, Sufolk Co., N. Y.
POTTER, Mark Winslow:
Lawyer; b. Kaneville, Ill., Jan. 9, 1866; s. Merritt F. and Harriet E. Potter; grad. N. Y. Univ. Law Sch., less, marned at Shab- bona, Ill., Elizabeth Owens. Mem. firm of Hornblower. Miller & Potter. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Phi Delta Phi fraternity. Clubs: Manhattan, Players, Strollers, Law- yers, Midday. Residence: 234 W. 70th St. Address: 24 Broad St., N. Y. City. POTTER, Nathaniel Bowditch:
Physician; b. Keesville, N. Y. Dec. 25, 1869; s. George Sabine and Mary .Gill ( Powell) Potter; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1888, Harvard, A.B., 1590, M.D.,. 1896. Instr. medi- cine Columbia Univ .; visiting physician to City Hosp., Hosp for Ruptured and Crippled. and French Hosp .; consulting physician to Central Islip State Hosp., Fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine; mem. Am. Med. Ass'n. N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. Pathol. Soc., Harvard Med. Soc., Nat. Soc. for Prevention of Tuber- culosis. Clubs : University, Harvard. Ad- dress: 48 W. 51st St., N. Y. City.
POTTER, Paul M .:
Dramatist; b. Brighton, England, June 3, 1853 (father was headmaster of King Edward's School, Bath, and editor of the Bibliotheca Classica ) ; ed. in England. Engaged in news- paper work; foreign editor, 1576-$3, London correspondent, Jess-s4, dramatic critic, 1885- 87, N. Y. Herald ; from ises to 1890 on editorial staff Chicago Tribune. Author of many plays, produced by leading companies, including : The City Directory, Is$9; The Ugly Duckling, ISSO; The World's Fair, 1991; The American Minister, 1892; Sheridan, or The Maid of Bath. 1893; Our Country Cousins. 1:93; The Pacific Mail, 1891; The Victoria Cross, 1894; Trilby, 1895; The Stag Party, with E. W. ("Bill"') Nye, 1856; The Conquerors, 1598; Under Two Flags, 1901: The Red Kloof, 1502; Notre Dame, 1903; The School Girl, 1901; Nancy Stair, 1905; Barbara's Millions, 1966; Twenty Days in the Shade, 1905; The Honor of the Family, 1908. American representative at Congress of Dramatic Art, Paris Exp'n, 1900. Address: Empire Theater, N. Y. City,
POTTER, William Bancroft:
Electrical eng'r; b. Thomaston, Conn .. Feb. 19, 1863; s. Horace A. and Charlotte S. Potter; ed. Thomaston High School; m. Raleigh, N. C., July 3, 1590, Loretta Harward. After leav- ing school was employed in a machine shop at Hartford, Conn., and later in the works of the Thomson- Houston Electric Co. at Lynn, Mass., became specially identified with work on elec. railway apparatus, and after the company was merged in the Gen. Electric Co. removed to the Schenectady works, where his energies were devoted to development along the lines of heavy and high speed elec. tric railway work; supervised for Gen. Elec. Co. the work for electrical equipment of N. Y. Central and Hudson River R., West Jersey
Capt. U. S. N .; b. Whitehall, N. Y. En- tered Naval Acad., 1865, grad. 1969; Sabine special cruise, June-Dec., 1969; U. S. flag- ship Franklin, European Station, 1869-71. Comm'd ensign, July 12, 1570, and master July 12, 1871: U. S. gunnery practice ship Con- stellation, Feb .- June, 1872; U. S. flagship Hartford, Asiatic Station, Oct. 1572, to Aug., 1873; U. S. S. Lackawanna, Ang. 1873, to April 1874; U. S. S. Iroquois. April-July. 1574. Comm'd lieut., Aug. 9, 1874; U. S. Naval Acad., 1874-75; U. S. flagship Powhatan, N. Atlantic Station, Aug. Isis, to Dec. 1579: C. S. flagship Tennessee, N. Atlantic Station. 1879-81; U. S. Naval Acad., 1ss1-84; U. S. flagship Lancaster, European and S. Atlantic Stations, 1884-87; U. S. Naval Acad., 1857-91 : U. S. flagship Philadelphia. N. Atlantic Sta. tion, June 1891, to Sept., 1802: U. S. flagship Baltimore, squadron for special service, Sept .. 1892, to Mar. 1993; U. S. flagship Philadelphia. Naval Review Fleet, Mar. June 1853: U. S. flagship Chicago, European Station, June 1893, to Sept. 1594; U. S. Naval Acad., 1995- 97. Comm'd lieut .- commander, June 12, 1896: executive officer, U. S. flagship N. Y., N. Atlantic Station, 1897-99. Mem. Maine Court of Inquiry, Feb. 1SOS. Comm'd commander. Sept. 9, 1899; advanced five numbers for ser .. ices during Spanish Am. War: insp. of ord- nance, League Island Navy Yard, 1899-1901 : comd'ing Ranger, Nov. 1901, ass't to Bureau of Navigation, Mar. 29, 1905. Commanding U. S. S. Vermont, Atlantic Fleet, June 3, 1907. Address: Navy Dept., Washington, D. C.
POTTER. William Warren:
Physician; b. Strykersville, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1835; s. Lindorf and Mary Green (Blanch- ard) Potter; ed. Arcade (N. Y.) Sem. and Genesce Sem. and Coll. at Lima. N. Y .: grad. Buffalo Univ. Med. Coll .. M.D., 1859 : m. Mar. 23, 1:59, Emily A. Bostwick of Lan- caster, N. Y .; children : Helen Blanchard Potter (Tallman), Alice F. Potter. In spring of 1559 formed partnership in practice of medicine with unele, Dr. M. E. Potter, of Cowlesville, N. Y. At beginning of Civil War, offered services to Gov't: passed exam. of Army Board at Albany a few days after surrender of Fort Sumter: commissioned, in summer of 1861, ass't surgeon 19th N. Y. Vols., served in Army of the Potomac under MeClellan during Peninsula and Antietam campaigns and under Burnside in the Fred- ericksburg disaster; lett in charge of wound. ed soldiers while army was retreating to Harrison's Landing; captured by Confed- erates, June, 1562, and had interesting in- terview with Stonewall Jackson: confined in Libby Prison, but soon exchanged, and re- turned to reg't; promoted to surgeon, Dec .. 1862; served with 57th Reg't. N. Y. Vols .. during the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg campaigns: soon after Gettysburg assigned to charge Ist Div. Hosp., 2d Army Corps. where continued until mustered out at close of war. Brevetted by the President, for 1057
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faithful and meritorious services as lieut. col. U. S. V., and by the gov. of N. Y. as lieut. col., N. Y. Vols. After war practised for some time at Batavia, N. Y., since then at Buffalo, N. Y .; of late years has limited practice to treatment of diseases of women. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n (chm'n Section of Diseases of Women, 1890); Med. Soc. State of N. Y. (pres. 1:01), Med. Soc. Erie Co. (pres. 1993), Buffalo Med. and Surg. Ass'n (pres. 1886), Buffalo Obstet. Soc., 1884-86; sec. Am. Ass'n Obstetricians and Gyne- cologists since 1SSS; pres. Section of Gynecol- ogy and Abdominal Surgery of first Pan- Am. Congress, 1893; pres. and examiner in obstetrics and gynecology, N. Y. State Board of Med. Examiners; pres. Nat. Confederation of Med. Examining and Licensing B'ds, 1895- 99. Consulting surgeon Buffalo General Hos- pital. Extensive contb'r to med. press, es- pecially in gynecology; editor Buffalo Med. Journal since July 1888; also edits annual volume of Transactions of the Am. Asso. of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; companion Mil. Order Loyal Legion U. S. Club: Army and Navy (N. Y. City). Address: 238 Del- aware Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y.
POTTERTON, Thomas Edward:
Universalist clergyman; born Clarksburg, Mass., May 15, 1868; s. Abraham and Mary M. Potterton; grad. St. Lawrence Univ., A.B., 1891, D.D., 1905; m. Somerville, Mass., 1893, Anna T. Nye. Minister Church of Our Father ( Universalist), Brooklyn, N. Y. Has traveled extensively at home and abroad; and has lectured upon the travels before numer- ous bodies. Author: The Comforter. Ad- dress: 57 Lefferts Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
POTTHAST, Edward Henry:
Artist; b. Cincinnati, 1957; s. Henry and Bernardina (Scheifers) Potthast; ed. in Art Inst. Cincinnati, and in Munich and Paris. Academician Nat. Acad. of Design. Clubs: Salmagundi, Lotos. Address: 222 W. 59th St., N. Y. City.
POTTS, Charles Edwin:
Merchant; b. Brooklyn, July 3, 1873; s. Thomas and Emeline ( Wright ) Potts; grad. Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst., B.S., 1892, E. E., 1893; m. Brooklyn, April 27, 1999, Mary Louise Dubernell; children : Thomas J., b. 1900, John W., b. 1901, David V., b. 1903. Engaged in electrical and civil eng'ring work until 1894; since then in importing business; now sec. and mg'r J. B. Locke & Potts. Alumni trustee Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst. First sergeant Co. A, 23d Reg't Inf., N. G. N. Y .; mem. Regimeutal Ride Team. Independent Democrat. Mem. Sons of Revolution, Soc. Colonial Wars, L. I. Hist. Soc. Chibs: Mer- chants, National Arts, (N. Y. City) ; Uni- versity, Masonic, Riding and Driving ( Brook- lyn): Address: 170 Rugby Road, Brooklyn, N. Y.
POTTS, Frederick A .:
Coal merchant: b. Lenox, Mass., 1860; s. Frederick A. and Sarah ( Brevoort ) Potts; ed. School of Mines, Columbia Coll .. Univ. of Berlin, Germany; m. Elizabeth Work Olcott. Mem. firm of F. A. Potts & Co. Republican. Clubs: Union, N. Y. AAthletic. St. Anthony, Address: 143 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
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POTTS, Jesse Walker:
Born Albany, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1843: 5. Jesse Charles and Eunice U. (Walker) Potts; e.] Wrightson School, Albany Acad., Harvard A.B. 1805 (Phi Beta Kappa) and A.M .; un married. Republican. Episcopalian; vestry. man St. Peter's Church, Albany. Life mem Am. Numismatic Soc .; life fellow Am. Gov ... Soc .; mem. Am. Museum of Natural History; life mem. Nat. Geog. Soc .; governor Albany Hosp .; trustee Albany Med. Coll .; trust, and v .- p. Home for Aged Men; director Al. bany Inst., and Historical and Art Soc. Col- lector of American coins and medals. Clubs: Fort Orange, University, Racquet and Polo, ( Albany ) ; Harvard (N. Y. City). Address: 342 State St., Albany, N. Y.
POUCH, Edgar Duryea:
Broker in investments; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1878; s. Alfred J. and Harriet E. (Hascy) Pouch; grad. Yale Univ., (Sheffield Scientific Sch.) Ph.B., 1898; m. Brooklyn, Nov. 20, 1901, Julia A. Wood; one son; Don- ald Stuart, b. Sept. 16, 1902. Mem. firm of Chisholm & Pouch, members N. Y. Stock Ex- change; director American Docks, Staten Island. Clubs: Crescent, University (Brook- lyn) : Yale (N. Y. City). Address: 18 Wall St., N. Y. City.
POUCHER, J. Wilson:
Physician and surgeon; b. Claverack, N. Y., July 24, 1859; s. Peter and Mary E. ( Cum- mings) Poucher; grad. Claverack Coll., 1979: Union Univ. (Albany Med. Coll.), M.D., 1=>3; Univ. of Berlin 1885, Univ. of Strasburg, les6; m. 1892, Catherine D. Le Frove; children : Anna L. F., b. 1894, Franklin J., b. 1508. Has practised medicine and surgery in Pongh- keepsie, N. Y. since 1:87. Director Pough- keepsie Trust Co., Dutchess Insurance Co .. Price Fire Proofing Co. Served city as alder- inan one term; served as commissioner of public works, 9
years ; served through Spanish-American War as surgeon of N. Y. Volunteers. Republican. Mem. Dutchess Co. Med. Soc. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Ass'n of Gynecologists and Obstetricians. Mem. Holland Soc. of N. Y .. Soc. of the Cincinnati, Soc. Colonial Wars, Naval and Military Order Spanish . American War. Mason (lodge and chapter), past-com- mander Poughkeepsie Commandery K. T .: trustee Masonie Temple Ass'n. Club. Dutchess Golf and Country. Address: 339 Mill St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
POUND, Cuthbert Winfred:
Jurist : b. Lockport, N. Y. June 20. 1864; s. Alexander and Almina ( Whipple ) Ponnd : 'ed. in schools of City of Lockport, and at Cornell Univ. After leaving college studied law in office of brother, Hon. John E. Pourd. of Lockport, N. Y .; admitted to har, June, 1886, and engaged in practice of law at Lock- port until 1995, when removed to Ithaca, be- coming prof. law in College of Law of Cor- nell Univ., 1:95-1904; resigned to resume practice at Lockport as senior mem. law firm of Pound & Moore. City att'y Lockport. N. Y., Is 5.91: elected State senator for the the' 29th Senate Dist., 1993; appi'd State civil service comm'r by Governor Roosevelt. June. 1960, to succeed Hon. Willard .. Cobb, de- ceased, and in June, 1903, becime pros. of the commission ; resigned Jan .. 1905. being appt'd by Gov, Higgins as counsel to the governor,
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which position held until appt'd June, 1906, justice of the Supreme Court for the Eighth Judicial Dist., to succeed Hon. Henry A. Childs of Medina; elected Nov. 6, 1906, to same position for full term expiring Dec. 31, 1920. While in Senate, as chm'n Com. on Privileges and Elections, took part in inves- tigation of election frauds at Gravesend; was also mem. Lexow Com. to investigate gov- ernment of N. Y. City; introduced the present compulsory Education Law; was also mem. Judiciary Com. Republican. Mem. Cornell Chapter Delta Kappa Epsilon, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Director Nat. Exchange Bank, Lockport, N. Y. Clubs: Town and Gown (Ithaca) ; Buffalo (Buffalo). Address: Lock- port, N. Y.
POWELL, Edward Payson:
Clergyman, author, journalist; b. Clinton, N. Y., May 9, 1833; s. John and Mary (John- son) Powell; grad. Hamilton Coll., 1:53 (A.M.), Union Theol. Sem., 1858; m. Sedalia, Mo., Aug. 4, 1886, Lucy J. Maltbie ; . children : Maurice Stanley, b. 1ss7, Phillips Bayard, b. 1889, Herbert Spencer, b. 1882, Gladys, b. 1886. Pastor Cong'l Ch., Adrian, Mich., 1861- 71; Third Cong'l Ch., St. Louis, Mo., 1871-74; 3d Unitarian Ch., Chicago, 1874-87; editorial writer Globe Democrat, St. Louis, 1872-86, magazine dep't till 1896; editorial writer of the Independent from 1996. Contributor to many magazines. Author: Our Heredity from God, 1866 ( Appleton's) ; History of Nullifica- tion and Secession, 1890 (Putnam) ; The Coun- try Home ( McClure, Phillips ) ; The Orchard and Fruit Garden (McClure, Phillips) ; Wind- breaks and Hedges (Orange Judd Co.) ; Lib- erty and Life, etc. Mem. Am. Hist. Soc., Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Arbitration Congress, 1896, Chicago Acad. of Sciences; v .. p. Con- gress of Religion (1596-1906), Central N. Y. Farmers' Club. Independent in politics. Evolutionist in religion. Recreation: Horti- culture, having notable horticultural grounds at Clinton, N. Y., Adrian, Mich., and Sor- rento, Fla. Summer residence: Sorrento, Fla. Address : Clinton, N. Y.
POWELL, Maud:
Violinist; b. Peru, Ill., Aug. 22, 1868; ed. in public schools of Aurora, Ill .; studied inusic in Chicago and afterward in Leipzig, Paris and Berlin; pupil of William Lewis, Henri Schradieck, Dancla and Joachim; m. 1904, H. Godfrey Turner. Played as soloist with the Thomas, Siedl. Gericke, Nikisch, Dam- rosch and other orchestras; violin soloist with N. Y. Arion Soc. in tour of Germany and Austria, 1892; tour of British Isles and the Continent of Europe, 1899-1901. and again 19 3-05; in South Africa, 1905. Organized the Maud Powell Trio, 1905; contb'r to various magazines. Address: 251 W. 97th St., N. Y. City.
POWERS, James T .:
Actor; b. N. Y. City, April 26, 1567. Made first appearance as actor in a minor part in Rice's Evangeline: afterward was in several companies, and met success both in America and England; played "Rats" in Hoyt's comedy A Tin Soldier; later in the Casino company in leading parts in Erminie. Nadjy and other licht operas; for several years past at head of his own company. Address: The Players, Gramercy Park, N. Y, City.
POYNTER, Mary Mason:
Author; b. Windsor, N. Y .; d. S. A. and Nancy A. (Sage) Mason; ed. Windsor Acad. and at Binghamton, N. Y .; adopted daughter of Charles M. Dickinson, now Am. consul. gen .- at-large, formerly consul-gen. to Tur- key; lived with Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson at Binghamton, and for several years at Con- stantinople until marriage; m. Constantinople, Turkey, Oct. 3, 1905, Hugh Edward, second son of Sir Edward Poynter, Bart., pres. The Royal Academy, London. Has traveled wide- ly in Europe and the East; contributed prose and verse to The Century, the Harper publi- cations, St. Nicholas, The
Independent, Youths' Companion, etc., and a volume of her collected verse was published under her maiden name of Mary A. Mason, with the title With the Seasons, 1897. Belonged to various clubs while living in America, and was a Daughter of the American Revolution. Address : Care British Postoffice, Constanti- nople, Turkey.
PRANKARD, Carlton Marshall:
Merchant: b. N. Y. City, 1>60; s. Francis" T. and Adelaide R. (Marshall) Prankard: ed. Public Sch. 11, Brooklyn, N. Y .; m. Brook- lyn, N. Y., 1981, Martha Chester. Pres. and director Warner & Prankard; v .- p. N. Y. Fish Co .; pres. Central Fish Co .: v .- p. Fulton Trucking Co .; pres. N. Y. Wholesale Fish Dealers' Ass'n: v .- p. Wholesale Fish Ex- change; pres. Bense Fish Co .. Port Clinton, O., R. Bell Fish Co., Port Clinton, O .; sec. and treas. Standard Fish Co .. N. Y. City; pres. Ontario Fish Co., Buffalo, N. Y., In- dependent Fish Co., Chicago. Ill. Veteran 13th Reg't N. G. N. Y. Recreation: Yacht- ing. Clubs: City (N. Y. City) ; Crescent Athletic ( Brooklyn) : Manhasset Bay Yacht. Port Washington (Port Washington). Ad- dress : Port Washington, Nassau Co., L. I., N. Y.
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