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REVELL, Fleming Hewitt:
Publisher: b. Chicago, Ill .: s. Fleming H and . Emma C. ( Manning) Revell: ed. Chicago public schools: m. Josephine B Barbour: children: Fleming H., Jr .. Elizabeth (Mrs. George B. MeCallum.) Entered publishing and .editorial profession on own account in 1509 at 20 years of age and has continued in it ever since: now pres. Flrmin. H. Revell Co .. publishers. New York, Chicago and Lon- don. Has recently removed from Chicago to N. Y. City. Republican in national polities. Trustee of Wheaton College, Wheaton. Ill. ;
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trustee Moody Bible Inst., Chicago. Trus- tee N. Y. Life Ins. Co. Recreations : Travel, golf, fishing. Has visited most foreign coun- tries in twenty tour abroad, between 1871 and 1906. Residence : Riversdale-on-Hudson. Ad- dress: 15s Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
REXFORD, Charles M .:
Physician and surgeon; b. Watertown, N. Y., April 23, 1:55; s. Chas. C. and Mary Ann (Hammond) Rexford; ed. Watertown city schools; Cornell Univ., A.B., 1878: Med. Dep't Univ. of City of N. Y., M.D., les1; in. Water- town, Sept. 1579, Emma A. Smith. Has prac- tised medicine steadily in Watertown from graduation : was coroner from 1883-89; trav. eled in Europe in 1:97. Director Watertown City Nat. Bank; v .- p. and director Reming- ton.Martin Paper Co. Republican. Presby'n, trustee 1st Presby'n Ch. Mem. Watertown Med. Soc., Jefferson Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc. Trustee sec. and treas R. P. Flower Memorial Library; for the. last fifteen- years, retiring in June. 1906, mem. Watertown City School B'd. Recreations: Spends two months each summer at Star Lake, Adiron- dacks. . Address: 234 Massey Av., Watertown, N. Y.
REYNOLDS, D. A .:
Pres. Great Eastern Telephone Co .; b. in Isabella Co., Mich., April 21, 1854; s. John and Catharine (Grove) Reynolds; theirs was the third white family to settle in that country; father was lumberman and saw-mill owner; became, at 16, partner with his father, who died the following year; attended school ten months, and passed examination for teach- ing; m. 1874, Seruah E. Vincent; children : Egbert A., b. 1875, Loyal Ward, b. 1ss1, Irah Alice, b. 1892. Engaged in farming until 1:52; then spent 14 years editing newspapers and also conducting extensive job-printing and real estate business. In 1:96-97, with eleven townsmen, representing the Lansing (Mich.) B'd of Trade: organized a telephone company and built the Lansing Telephone Exchange, of which made a notable success, afterward organizing a company at Jackson, Mich., and afterward others and has assisted in securing 19 franchises for independent companies, and is a stockholder in 21 inde- pendent companies. Is pres. and director Great Eastern Telephone Co .; v .- p. and mg'r State Line Telephone Co .; pres. and director Coast Line Telephone Co. : treas. N. Y. Elec- trie Lines Co., and Iron Telephone Co. In- dependent Democrat; was chosen at a con- ference in 1996 to former union between the Independents, Free Silver Republicans and Democrats of Michigan, and successfully ae. complished it; and was made chm'n of the joint executive committee, having charge of the first Bryan Campaign in that State. Address: 2460 Seventh Av., N. Y. City.
REYNOLDS, Frederick Pratt:
Major, Medical Corps. U. S. A .: b. El. mira, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1567; s. George Gar. diner and Lucy ( Pratt) Reynolds: ed. Univ. of Pa., grad. from Med. Dep't M.D., 1990; m. Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 21, 1906, Hortense Cecelia Childs. Appt'd in Army ass't sur. geon. May 5, 1:92; served as major surgeon U. S. Vols. June 16, 1800: honorably dis- charged from vols. June 20, 1901, promoted capt. ass't surgeon U. S. A., May 5, 1597. major surgeon. U. S. A., Mar. 30, 1905, Ad.
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REYNOLDS, George G .:
Lawyer; b. Amenia, Dutchess Co., N. Y., Feb. 7, 1821; s. George and Abigail (Pen- noyer) Reynolds; ed. Amenia (N. Y.) Sem. and Wesleyan Univ., Middleton, Conn. : grad. A.B., 1841, A.M., 1844, LL.D., 1970; m. Milton, Ulster Co., N. Y., Oct. 15, 1:46, Harriet Town- send: one son, Frank, b. June 30, 1548. Prac- tised law in Milton, N. Y., 1845-51, Pough- keepsie, N. Y., 1951-54, and in Brooklyn since 1854, except when on the bench; was judge City Court of Brooklyn, 1861-67 and 1:73-57. Appt'd by governor, 1:00, mem. Commission to Revise the Judiciary Article of the Con- stitution. Trustee Brooklyn Trust Co., Met- ropolitan Plate Glass and Casualty Co., and of Methodist Episcopal Hospital of Brooklyn. Mem. B'd of Mg'rs of Methodist Missionary Soc. and of the Am. Bible Soc. : trustee Wes- leyan Univ. Independent Republican. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Ch. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Brooklyn Bar Ass'n. Club: Hamilton (Brooklyn). Residence: 44 Remsen St. Ad- dress : 16 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
REYNOLDS, Jackson E .:
Lawyer; b. Woodstock, Ill., Jan. 20, 1873; s. James N. and Myra H. (Giddings ) Rey- nolds; grad. Leland Stanford Junior Univ., A.B., 1896, Law Dep't Columbia I'niv., LL. B., 1899; m. Livermore, Calif., May 21, 1903, Marion D. Taylor. Instr. in law. Leland Stanford Junior Univ., 199-1900; ass't prof. law, same, 1900-01; managing clerk for Robert W. de Forest, N. Y. City, 1901-02; ass't to gen. counsel of Central R. R. Co. of N. J., 1903-01. Lecturer on Law of Agency. Law of Bailments, Law of Carriers, and Law of Public Service Corporations, 1913-06 at Colum- bia Univ. Law Dep't. Ass't gen. counsel Cen- tral R. R. Co. of N. J. and The Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co., 1905-06; gen, att'y of same since 1906. Director Newark Warehouse Company. Democrat. Presbyterian. Men. Gamma Eta Kappa, Sigma Rho Eta. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi. Address: 143 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
REYNOLDS, James Bronson:
Lawyer; b. Kiantone. N. Y., Mar. 17, 1561: s. William T. and Sarah M. ( Painter) Reyn- olds, both descendants of old New England families: ed. in village sch. at North Haven, Hopkins Grannar Sch., New Haven, Conn .. Yale, A.B., 1>st, Yale Divinity Sch .. Isss; post-grad. work in Paris and Berlin, fellow sociology, Columba, graduate in law cours of N. Y. Univ .: m. London, England. Isps. Florence Blanchard Dike, of N. Y. City. . 1s official representative of the College Y. M. C. A. of America visited Great Britain and the European Continent. Is-9.93, at same time studying the problems of social reform: re. turned to U. S., 1-03. and in 1.9% became head worker of the University Settlement, V. Y. City. Was active worker on Com- mittee of Seventy in 1:33, and served on many of its working committees: one of com. of City Club, appt'd in fall of leis to prepare for campaign of 1997, and chm'n Exec. Com. of Citizens' Union in campaign of 1997: mem. of State Tenement Honse Comm'n appt'd by Covernor Roosevelt.
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cial adviser to the President on munici pal affairs of the District of Columbia; mem. Special Presidential Comm'n to Investigate the Chicago Stock Yards in 1906; chm'n of special comm'n appt'd by the President to investigate labor and building conditions in the Isthmus of Panama. Mem. Municipal Art. Soc., Nat. Municipal Reform League. Clubs: Century, City, National Arts, Re- publican. Address: The Century Associa- tion, 7 W. 43d St., N. Y. City.
RHEES, Rush :
Educator; b. Chicago, Ill., Feb. 8, 1860; s. John Evans and Annie ( Mccutcheon) Rhees; Amherst Coll .: grad. A.B., les3; A.M., 1897; Amherst, LL.D., 1900; Colgate, D.D., 1901; grad. Hartford Theol. Sem., 1SSS; m. North- ampton, Mass., July 6, 1899. Harriet Chapin Seelye: children : Morgan John. b. June 15, 1900, Henrietta Seelye. b. Feb. 1, 1904, Rush, Jr., b. Mar. 19, 1905. Walker instr. in mathematics, Amherst Coll., 1983-85; pastor Middle St. Baptist Ch., Portsmouth, N. H., 1889-92; associate prof. New Testament inter- pretation, Newton Theol. Inst'n, Newton Cen- ter, Mass., 1892-94; prof. same, 1994-1900; pres. Univ. of Rochester from 1900. Republican. Baptist. Address: 440 University Av., Roch- ester, N. Y.
RHINELANDER, T. J. Oakley:
Lawyer and mg'r of family estates; b. N. Y. City, June 5, 1858; s. William and Matilda (Oakley) Rhinelander: member of old and distinguished Huguenot family; g .- s. on mother's side of Judge Oakley: grad. Colum- bia, A.B., 1878; m. N. Y. City, 1894, Edith Cruger Sands (of well known Cruger-Sands families) ; one son, Philip Rhinelander 2d. Admitted to N. Y. Bar as attorney and coun- selor 1881. V .- p., director and trustee Rhine- lander Real Estate Co .; manager William Rhinelander Real Estate Office. Mem. for 14 years of Co. K, 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y. Trustee of the N. Y. Infant Asylum. V .- p. Delta Phi Alumni Ass'n; treas. Huguenot Soc .; mem. Soc. Colonial Wars. Sons of Revolution, St. Nicholas, Colonial Order, Soc. Foreign Wars, Soc. of 1812. Clubs: Union Metropolitan, Country, Badminton of N. Y. (pres.), Turf and Field. Summer address : Schönburg Castle. Oberwesel-on-Rhine, Ger- many. Address: 36 W. 52d St., N. Y. City. RHOADES, Henry Eckford:
Officer U. S. Navy: b. N. Y. City. June 15, 1844; s. Henry E. (chief eng'r U. S. N.) and Caroline (Bensel) Rhoades; descendant of Zachariah Rhoades, who settled in Rehoboth, Mass., after arrival of the Mayflower party and was a friend and associate of Roger Wil- liams; grand-nephew of Zachariah Rhoades. who was appt'd lieut. in Navy. Oct., 1798. and of William Rhoades, a carpenter in the Navy, who resigned to accept an appointment by Turkey of constructor of dry docks: ed. in public schools and Polytechnic Inst .; m. Middlebury. Conn .. Dec. 23. 1569. Sarah M. Stone: children: Rev. Winfred Chesney Rhoades, b. 1570, Mrs. Eleanor Louise Van Horsen, b. 1574. Served as an officer of the Navy in Civil War, later in the Asiatic. Pa- cific and Home squadrons: went to Aretic regions in 1578, associated with De Long. Chipp and others in search of the "Polaris" castaways. and found and developed three bituminons coal veins on Northern coast of
Island of Disco, Greenland; becoming inva .. dated for duty was put on the retired 'is. . . the Navy, Dec. 30, 1574. While ,on retir. . list engaged in journalism and was on torial staff of N. Y. Tribune, and was ed. : of the Tribune Almanac for several voar until employed on active duty in the Nos during Spanish- Am. War, also from No: 1903, to present time. Author: Around i. World With the Blue Jackets fa book . : travels, 2d edition exhausted ). In 1-s9 offered consulship at Yokohama, Japan. 1. . an opinion of the attorney-gen. as to ti right of a navy officer to hold a diploma' position caused him to decline the tend .: by Secretary Blaine; in 1892 was offered nomination to Congress on Republican ticket from 16th N. Y. Dist., but declined th. honor. Mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion
and G. R .: past-grand representa- tive of Knights Templar of Illinois; 32° Ma- son ; mem. Soc. Naval Engineers, Soc. Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. School comm'r and founder and trustee · Publie Library, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Home address: Mount Vernon, N. Y. Official address: Navy Yards, Boston, Mass.
RHOADES, William Caldwell Plunkett:
Clergyman ; b. Elbridge. N. Y., April G. 1845; s. Hon. John D. and Seviah (Brown ) Rhoades; prepared for college at Munro Col- legiate Inst., Elbridge: grad. Williams Coll .. A.B., 1866, Rochester (N.Y.) Theol. Sem .. 1872, D.D., Theol. Sem. of Univ. of Chicago: m. Syracuse, N. Y., Feh. 16. 1892. Anna F .. Schreuder : children : William Schreuder Rhoades, b. 1893. Harold Hall Rhoades. b. 1$96. Pastor in Colgate Mission, N. Y. City. 1572-1874; 1st Bapt. Church, Granville, Ohio. 1874-1885: Marcy Av. Bapt. Church. Brook- lyn, since 1855. Chaplain 13th Reg't N. G. N. since Feb. 1900. MIem. Phi Beta Kappa ( Williams), Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Trustee Am. Bapt. Home Mission Soc .. Vas- sar Coll .. Leland Univ .. New Orleans. Roch- ester Theol. Sem., Shaw Univ., Raleigh. N. C., Atlanta Bapt. Coll. Address : 400 Put- nam Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
RHODES, Bradford:
Banker: b. in Beaver Co., Pa .. Feb. 25. 1819: near end of Civil War (1560) enlisted as drummer in 131th Pa. Vols .. (Col. M. S. Quay's regiment), and spent some time in Camp Curtin. at Harrisburg, but was not allowed to go to the front on account of youthful appearance and delicate health. Was at one time principal Darlington (Pa.) cad .: in 1872 came to N. Y. City and entered upon journalism : in 1877 started Rhodes' Journal of Banking: in 1895. bought the Bankers' Magazine, and merged into it his first jour- nal: elected to N. Y. Assembly, Iss7, serving three terms, and was chin'n Com. on Banks and Banking during service in Legislature: in 1592 received unanimous nomination for Congress by his congressional dist . but de- clined the honor. Pres. Union Savings Bank of Westchester Ca. and First Nat. Bank of Mamaroneck, N. Y., founder and first pres. Thirty fourth St. Nat. Bank of N. Y. Men. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, S. A R. and other social, political piel Ensiness organi- zations. Clubs: Unim League. Larchmont Yacht. Republican, Residence; Quaker Butp
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RHODES, Charles Elbert:
Clergyman, high school teacher; b. South Schodack, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., April 5, 1868; s. Charles Wesley and Mary Martha ( Traber ) Rhodes; grad. Albany High Sch., 1857, Princeton Univ., A.B., 1891, A.M., 1896, Auburn Theol. Sem., 1824; m. Auburn, Sept. 11, 1894, Mary Williamson Bates; children : Charles Elbert, Jr., b. Dec. 3, 1895, Carol Bates, b. April 4, 1902, Ruth Mary, b. Nov. 25, 1907. Pastor Park Presby'n Ch., 1894-1904; comm'r to Gen. Assembly Presby'n Ch., Win- ona, Ind., 1898; moderator Presbytery of Buf- falo, 1903; chim'n Press Com. Gen. Assembly Buffalo, 1994; contb'r to Presby'n Banner, Evangelist, Westminister, Buffalo Sunday Ex- press, etc. ; head Dep't of English, Lafayette High Sch., Buffalo, N. Y. Still preaches fre- quently and does some lecturing on literary and edn'l subjects. Editor Mrs. Gaskell's "Cranford" in Gateway Series of English Texts, Am. Book Co., 1906. Independent Re- publican. Presbyterian. Mem. Buffalo Min. isters' Club from 1994, Literary Clinic (amen's club organized by him in 1902), Highland Lodge F. and A. M., $35, Buffalo, Buffalo Consistory, Scottish Rite Masons, Ismalia Temple, Mystic Shrine; orator Buf- falo Chapter of Rose Croix. Recreations :
Tennis, tramping, canoeing and fishing. Clubs: University, Princeton (Buffalo). Ad- dress : 507 Potomac Av., Buffalo, N. Y.
RHODES, Thomas D .:
Railway official; b. in Pa., April 27, 1858; s. Rev. Daniel and Louisa ( Cunard) Rhodes; ed. in public schools of Ohio; m. Glendaie, (a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio), Nov. 22, 1882, Laura May Lovell; children: Lovell, b. lsst, Oliver Lovell, b. 1586. Officially connected successively with Cincinnati Southern, Balti- more & Ohio Southwestern, South Carolina & Georgia Extension, Northern Alabama, Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Va., and De- troit Southern railroads, and with the Con- struction Co. now building the N. Y. West- chester & Boston R'y. Receiver Detroit, Toledo & Toronto R'x: director N. Y .- Westchester Townsite Co, Ann Arbor R. R. Co .; Millbrook Co., N. Y. W. & B. R. R. Co., Detroit, Toledo & Ironton R'y and City & County Contract Co .: pres. Railways Co., General vice-pres. New York, Westches- ter & Boston R. R. Co. Mem. Ohio Soc. Sons of Revolution, Ohio Soe. S. A. R. Residence: E. Orange, N. J. Address: 00 Broad St., N. Y. City.
RICE, Calvin W .:
(London), Soc. Colonial Wars. Engineers Club. Address: 29 W. 39th St., N. Y. City. RICE, George Staples:
Civil eng'r; b. Boston, Feb. 28, 1549; s. Reu- ben and Harriet T. (Kettell) Rice: grad. English High Sch., Boston, 1867; Harvard Univ., S.B., 1570; m. Yonkers, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1889, Rose Breuchaud; one son: Albert F., b. 1996. Had general experience in dif- ferent branches of eng ring, principally water supply, drainage and mining, until 1887, when was made deputy chief eng'r New Croton Aqueduct, New York City, chief eng'r Boston Rapid Transit Comm'n, 1-91- 92; and in private practice and instructor in sanitary engineering and water supply at Harvard Univ., to 1900, when made deputy chief eng'r Rapid Transit Comm'n in N. Y., and afterwards for two years chief eng'r. On formation of the Public Service Commis- sion for the First District of State of New York was made chief eng'r and later eng'r of subway construction. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Boston Soc. Cifil Eng'rs, New England Water Works Ass'n, Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Mass. Highway Ass'n, Cham- ber of Commerce of N. Y .; pres. Harvard Eng'ring Society of N. Y .; mem. Soe. Co- lonial Wars, Sons of Revolution. Clubs : University, Harvard, Engineers (N. Y. City) ; Union, St. Botolph (Boston). Residence : 137th St. and Riverside Drive. Address :
154 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
RICE, Isaac Leopold:
Financier; b. Wachenheim, Bavaria. Feb. 22, 1950; s. Maier and Fanny (Sohn) Rice; ed. Central High Sch., Philadelphia, grad. from Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1sso: Bates Coll., LL.D., 1902: m. N. Y. City, less, Julia Hyneman Barnett: children: Muriel. Doro- thy, Isaac Leopold, Jr .. Barion, Marjorie. Julian. Instr. in Columbia Law Sch. and lecturer in Sch. of Polit. Science. until les6. when resigned and devoted himself exclu- sively to railroad law. Won fight for the bondholders of Brooklyn R. R. Co. and in- stimmental in reorganizing the corporation, avoiding assessment and enabling the com- pany to raise all the money wanted by vol- untary subscription: reorganized St. Louis & South- Western R'y, and the Texas Pa- cific R. R .; became counsel and director in Richmond Terminal and Richmond.Danville & East Tenn, systems, and of the divorzia Co., which controlied the Central R'y & Banking Co. of Ga., properties which now constitute the Southern R. R .: formed plan of settling the Philadelphia & Reading R. R. Co. by organization of new company. called "Reading Co." Virtually founder of the storage battery industry in the United States, and was pres. of that com. pany: founder of electric automobile m. dustry by organizing Electric Vehicle Co. and becoming its first president: organized and became pres. Eve. Bat (, which par- chased H Hand Torpola Boat Co. : organized and is pres. Consolidated R'y Lighting and Refrigerating Co .; organized Casein Co. of America and Forum Publishing Co. Pres. and director Elec. Boat Co., Holand Tor. pedo Boat Co., Elee. Launch Co., Industrin!
Sec. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs; b. Win- chester, Mass., Nov. 4, 1865; s. Edward H. and Lucy J. (Staples) Rice: ed. in public schools and Mass. Inst. of Tech., B.S., 1$90; m. Winchester, Mass .. Aug. 6. 1901. Ellen M. Werbezahn; one son: Edward Winslow, b. 19/5. With Thomson, Houston Elec. Co., 1889.95. engineer Silver Lake Mines, 1-96, consulting engineer Anaconda Copper Min- ing Co., 197.94. eng'r Kings Co. Elec. Light and Power Co. of Brooklyn, 1-99, N. Y. Edison Co .. 1599-1902: 2d v .. p. Nernst Lamp Co., 1902-03; consulting eng'r Gen. Elec. : Co., 1905-06: see. Am Soc. Mech. Eng'rs. : Oxygen Company, N. J. Development Com. Am. Inst. Eler Eng'rs, Inst'n Elec, Eng'rs ! pany, Société Française de Sonsmarin of
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Paris, Consolidated R'y Lighting and Re- [ Rich; ed. in schools at Cato, N. Y .; m frigerating Co., Consolidated R'y Elec. Lighting & Equipment Co., R'y Stationery & Refrigerating Co., Lindstrom Brake Co., pres., treas. and director Casein Co., Not. Milk Sugar Co., Dry Milk Co., Rosemary Cream- ery Co., Quaker City Chemical Co., Casein Mf'g Co., chm'n B'd of Directors, Consoli- dated Rubber Tire Co .; pres. and director Forum Publishing Co .; director Buckeye Rubber Co., Chicago Elec. Traction Co. Mem. Franklin Inst. of Pa., Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Recreations: Chess; mem. St. George's Chess Club ( London), Manhattan and Rice Chess Club (N. Y. City), Brook- lyn Chess Club and N. Y. State Chess Ass'n; invented an opening known as the Rice Gambit, and presented a handsome silver trophy for Internat. Universities Chess Matches between America and England, and two handsome trophies to the Triangular Chess League. Has contributed many arti- cles to the N. Am. Review, Forum and Century. Clubs: Lawyers, Harmonie, Au- tomobile, Lotos, City Lunch (N. Y. City) ; Union League (Chicago) ; City Liberal (Lon- don). Residence : The "Ansonia.'' Ad- dress: Pine and Nassau Sts., N. Y. City. RICE, James Franeis:
Physician; b. York, Pa., Sept. 3, 1872; s. William Henry and Mary Elizabeth ( Hol- land) Rice: student at Central High Schi., Philadelphia, 1884; grad. N. Y. Univ., A.B., Philosophical Fellow and valedictorian, 1893, A.M., 1895; Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City, M.D., 1902. Teacher at N. Y. Sch. for the Blind, N. Y. City, 1894-98. In- terne N. Y. Hosp., 1902-04: House of Re. lief, 19 '2-03, Bloomingdale, 1904; in practice at Buffalo, N. Y., since summer of 1901. Fellow Buffalo Acad, Medicine: mem. N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa. Psi Upsilon, Y. M. C. A. Club : University ( Buffalo). Address: The Kenil- worth, Elmwood Av., Buffalo, N. Y. RICE, William Gorham:
Manufacturer; b. Albany. N. Y .. Dec. 23. 1856; s. William A. and Hannah (Seely ) Rice; grad. Albany Acad., 1875; m. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1:92, Harriet Langdon Pruya; one son : William Gorham, Jr., b. 1-93. For- merly private sec. to governor of N. Y .; mem. B'd of Finance, Albany, N. Y., mem. U. S. Civil Service Comm'n 1895-95. Trustee Y. M. C. A., Albany. Trustee Nat. Savings Bank, Albany. Democrat. Episcopalian. Trustee Albany Inst . Dudley Observatory. Mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion, Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Century, Reform, Man. hattan, (N. Y. City) ; Fort Orange, Country, Jefferson, (Albany) : Cosmos, ( Washington). Address: 135 Washington Av., Albany, N. Y. RICE, William M. J .:
Artist: b. Brooklyn, N. Y .; s. Edwin J. and S. Augusta (Jackson) Rice; grad. Cor. nell Law B. Arch., 1971. Studied art undor Carolus Duran at Paris, France, 15-1.St. Asso. Nat. Acad. Design: mem. Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Clubs: Century, Salmazundi. Fencers. Address: 35 W. 33rd St., N. Y. City.
RICH, Adelbert P .:
Jurist : b. Cato, Cayuga Co., N. Y .. May 16, 1500: s. Frank and Frances (Pitty) 1096
Cato. N. Y., lug. 8, 1851, Ida May Chose. children: Bertha Louise, Frank C., Laura C., Eugene M., Harold R. Admitted !) N. Y. State Bar, 1852; pres. B'd of Ed'n. Cato, N. Y., 1882-84; elected special coun'y judge, 1883 to 1856, removed to Auburn in fall of 1:61; dist att'y Cayuga Co., 1 :- 7. 93; elected justice Supreme Court. 15 :. term expires Dec. 31, 1914; designated by governor to sit in the Appellate Division Supreme Court State of N. Y., Second Judicial Dep't, 1904. Clubs: City, Masonic ( Anburn), Owasco Country, Republican IN. Y. City), Hamilton. Brooklyn, (Brooklyn ). Address: Borough IIall, Brooklyn, N. Y. RICH, Burdett A .:
Lawyer, editor of law books: b. Cattarau- gus, N. Y., Oct. 24. 1851: s. Charles J. and Lucy A. (Freeborn) Rich: ed. Chamberlain ' Inst., Randolph, N. Y., Red Wing Collegiate Inst., Red Wing, Minn., Wesleyan Univ .. Middletown, Conn., A.B., (first honors), 1s">; m. Middletown, Conn., July 22, 1:50, Nellie Hagarty: children : Anna L .. , b. 1552, Merne E., b. 1885, Helen M., b. 1590. Practised law at Cattaraugus, N. Y., isso->6; editor of law books since 1856: editor-in-chief Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co .: editor of U. S. Supreme Court Digest, 1557, 1:07. 1900, 1905: editor of General Digest of American and English Reports (annually) 1588-1900; editor of Lawyers' Reports Annotated (annually) since 1889; editor U. S. Supreme Court Re- ports ( Lawyers' Edition) since 199. Editor legal monthly, Case and Comment, since 1893; conth'r American Law Review other legal publications. Traveled in En- rope, 1901-07; on Pacific Coast, 1902; in the South and Cuba. 1903. Director and see. Lawyers' Cooperative Publishing Co. Re- publican ( Independent ). Mem. Methodis: Episcopal Church. Mem. American Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Internat. Law Ass'n, Am. Society of International Law, Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science. Am. Forestry Ass'n. National Geog. Sor. Trustee and v .- p. Genesee Wesleyan Sen- nary, Lima, N. Y .; mem. Psi Upsilon fra- ternity. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Genesee Valley, Rochester Athletic. Oak Hill Coun- try. Address : Fairview Heights, Roch- ester, N. Y.
RICH, Gaius Barrett, Jr .:
(ion .- mg'r Frontier Telephone Co .: b. Buffalo, N. Y .. Aug. 11. 15,5: s. Gen. Gaius Barrett and Cornelia (Perrine) Rich: grad. Yale, Ph.B., 1997: m. Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 1. 1900, Grace R. Danforth; children: Gaius Barrett, 3d. b. July 15. 1901, Danforth, b. July 10, 1901, Harold Perrine, b. April 20. 199. Sec. and gen .- mg'r Frontier Telephone Co. Served as Ist lient .. 65th Res't N. G. N. Y .. July 20. 1597 to Sept. 23. 1902, including six months' service in U. S. Vol. Army. 1sos; commissioned Jan. 1, 1907, major and aide- de-camp on staff of Goy. Hughes. Republi- can. Presbyterian (elder) : mem. Com. of Management Central Dep't Y. M. C. A .. Buffalo, Mason: Lodge of Ancient Land- marks, and Adytam Chapter, R. A. M. Mem. Sons Am. Revolution, United Spanish War Veterans, Buffalo Chamber of Com- merce. Clubs: University. Buffalo Canbe. Address: "23 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.
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