Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 95

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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WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK

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RICH, Lawson Carter:

Clergyman: grad. St. Lawrence Univ., B.A., 1882, M.A., 1884. Ordered deacon 1889, ordained priest 1892, by Bishop Doane, in Episcopal ministry. Formeriy ass't Chapel of St. Mary the Virgin, Mt. Calvary Parish, Baltimore, Md., 1890-95: rector Transfigura- tion Chapel, N. Y. City, since 1895. Ad- dress : 211 W. 69th St., N. Y. City.

RICHARD, Edwin A .:

Merchant; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 17, 1865; S. Auguste and Margaret H. (Strong) Rich- ard; ed. Columbia Coll .: m. Baltimore, Md., 1899, Antonia Heywand Dearing. Partner in firm of H. A. Caesar & Co. Served 712 years in 7th Reg't. N. G. N. Y. Mem. Am. Geog. Soc., Met. Museum of Art, Psi Upsilon Soc. ( Columbia). Director in Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hosp. Recreations: Fishing, hunting. Clubs: Lotos, Am. Yacht, N. Y. Athletic. Residence: 50 West .90th St. Address: 20 Greene St., N. Y. City.

RICHARD, Oscar L .:

Banker and steamship agent; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 2, 1855; s. Charles B and Julia (Hiller) Richard; ed. Charlier Inst., class of 1872; m. Dec. 20. 15>3, Alice Littauer; children : Harold C., Walter L., George N. Senior partner of C. B. Richard & Co., bankers and steamship agents. Agent Prince Line, Italy. Greece and N. Y .: Lloyd Italiano Genoa. Naples and N. Y., Russian Volunteer Fleet, Libau ( Russia), Rotter- dam and N. Y. Pres. The State Bank, 376-378 Grand St., N. Y. City. Republican. Clubs :. N. Y. Athletic, Automobile of America. Atlantic Yacht, Baltusrol Golf. Residence: 46 E. 72d St. Address : 31-33 Broadway, N. Y. City.

RICHARDS, Charles Herbert:

Clergyman; b. Meriden, N. H., Mar. 18, 1839; s. Cyrus S. (LL.D .. - principal Kim- ball Union Acad., 1535-71, etc.) and Heien Dorothy ( Whiton ) Richards; one of ances- tors was at seige of Louisburg. and two others were officers in Revolutionary Army; ed. Kimball Union Acad., Meriden, N. If., Yale, A.B., 1860, two years at Union Theol. Sem., N. Y. City, grad. Andover Theol. Sem., 1565, Beloit Coll., D.D., 1882; m. Charles City, Iowa, less. Marie M., d. Rev. Absalom Miner; six children, of whom four are living: Paul S., Helen D., Marie L., Gladys L. Was six months in Christian Comm'n, in Army of the Potomac, during the Civil War. Instr. in Kimball Union Acad., 2 years; pastor Cong'I Ch., Kokomo, Ind., 1866-67, First Cong'l Ch., Madison, Wis., 16657-90, Central Cong'l Ch., Philadel- phia, 1590-1903; corr. sec. Cong'l Ch. Bld'g Soc. since 1903. Has traveled extensively in U. S., Mexico and Europe. Conducted

Monona Lake Assembly

Wisconsin Chautauqua), 1-1 st: pres. Wis. Home Mis- sionary Soc., 1-5-90; trustee Downer Coll., 1×7.90; trustee Howard Univ .. Washington, D. C., since 199. Yalo lecturer on hym- nology and church music. 1-95; mem. Exec. Com. Cong'l Home Missionary Soc., 1$90. 1902: pres. Pa. Evangelical Alliance, 1900- 03, Corporate mem. m. B'd Comm'rs for Foreign Missions : trustee Nat. Council Cong'l for Churches: a director of Cong'l B'd of Ministerial Relief; a director Am.

Hosp. and Training Sch. for Nurses, Con-

stantinople, Turkey. Pres. Congregational Club ( Montclair, N. J. ). Editor Church Building Quarterly. Author: Will Phillips (story for boys) ; The Religious Rights of a Christian State; Evolution of a Redeemed Humanity; What Is Your Life? God Our Help; Spiritual Nurture of Children ; Some Needed Factors in the New Evangelism; The Pearl of Prayers. Editor : Songs of Christian Praise, 1SS0; Selections for Re- sponsive Reading, Isso; Songs of Praise and Prayer, 1989. Republican. Mem. Psi Up- silon, Scroll and Key and Phi Beta Kappa (Yale). Residence: 35 Hillside Av., Mont. clair, N. J. Address: 4th Av. and 22d St., N. Y. City.

RICHARDS, Charles Russell:

Educator; b. Boston, June 30, 1G5: s. Charles C. and Josephine (Gleason ) Rich - ards; grad. Mass. Inst. Technology, S.B .. 1885; unmarried. Director Dep't Science and Technology, Pratt Inst., Brooklyn. 14:8. 98; director Dep't Manual Training, Teach- ers Coll., Columbia Univ., 1895: director Cooper Union, 19.8. Unitarian. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Soc. for Promotion of Eng'ring Ed'n: sec. Soc. for Promotion of In- dustrial Ed'n 1906-08. Mem. Eastern Manual Training Ass'n, trustee Children's Aid Soc .. N. Y. City. Special investigator, Dep't of Labor, State of N. Y. Clubs: University. Engineers, Technology (N. Y. City) ; Uni- versity (Boston). AAddress: Cooper Union, N. Y. City.

RICHARDS, Dickinson Woodruff:

Lawyer; b. Boston, Mass., Nov. 30, 1958; s. George and Anna M. ( Woodruff) Rich- ards; grad. Yale, A.B., ISSO, Columbia, LL.B., 1882; m. N. Y. City, April 24, 1Ss9, Sally Lambert. Mem. law firm Richards & Heald. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Club: Uni- versity. Address: 141 Broadway, N. Y. Cit ;. RICHARDS, Eber:

Manufacturer; h. Schroon Lake, N. Y., May 6, 1836; s. Orson and Julia Ann ( Fisk) Richards; ed, in Norwich Univ., class of 1853; remained two years ( Admiral Dewey in class of 1855) ; in. Sandy Hill. N. Y .. Sept. 24, 1857. Mary Eliza Culver (celebrated Golden Wedding Sept. 24, 1907): children: Caroline Berry, b. July 23. 1:55: Nelson James. b. Dec. 14, 1861, Frederick Barnard. b. Aug. 1. 1865. Orson Culver. b. June 7, 1873. In lumber business until 192: with father (O. Richards & Son) until 1 :3, oper- ating mills alone 1873- 2; interested in saw inills on both sides of the Hudson River at Richards Dam. Sandy Hill, in the "Monty'' mill run by John Monty and the "Green" mill operated by Richards & Green. private railroad connected lumber mills with piling grounds on the canal. In 1ss2 sold lumber interests and went into mann facture of paper at Baker's Falls. With N. W. Wait. Sm & Co., 19-2-3, Wait & Rich. ards, 1583-9, E. Richards & Son. 1993: sold paper mill at Sandy Hill and became mi'r wood pulp at Ticonderoga, N. Y .. under firm name of E. Richards & Son. Retired from business 1905. Served as supervisor of Town of Kingsbury, Ist; pres. Village of . Sandy Hill, 1-53-51; trustee several terms; Itrustee of Union School District from time 1097

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distict was established, Nov. 15, 1867, to Aug., 1896, At time of retirement was the only member of first Board who had served continuously. Cleveland Democrat, Meth- odist. Mem. Washington Commandery, No. 33, Saratoga Spa, N. Y. Soc. of Mayflower Descendants. Club: Kingsbury: Address: Sandy Hill, N. Y.

RICHARDS, Frederick Barnard:

Manufacturer; b. Sandy IIill, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1865; s. Eber and Mary Eliza ( Culver) Richards; grad. Uuion Coll., Schenectady, N. Y., A.B., ises: m. Granville. N. Y., June 12, 1:95, Constance Emily Zorn: children: Dorothy, b. Aug. 14, 1-96, Constance, b. Aug. 12, 1809, William Lee, b. Feb. 15, 1901. Junior member firm E. Richards & Son, manufacturers of paper, Sandy Hill, N. Y., 1889-93; mem. firm of E. Richards & Son, manufacturers wood puip. Ticonderoga, N. Y., 1893-1905; sec. Standard Textile Co., Glens Falls, N. Y., from 1908; mem. firm Hooper & Richards doing business under name of North River Garnet Co., North River, N.

from 1994. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution, N. Y. State Ilist. Ass'n (ass't sec. and trustee), Vermont Hist. Soc., Ticonderoga Hist. Soc., Am. Buttonists Soc., National Geog. Soc., Mt. Defiance Lodge 794, F. and A. MI., Psi Up. silon fraternity. Recreations: Travel and history. Club : Glens Falls. Address : Glens Falls, N. Y.

RICHARDS, Frederick. T .:

Artist; b. Philadelphia, Pa., May 27, 1861; s. David Bancroft and Janet ( Thompson) Richards; studied at Pa. Acad. Fine Arts. Philadelphia, under Thomas Eakins; after- wards in studio of Edmund B. Bensell under his instruction, and later in Art Students' League, N. Y. City; m. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 21, 1890, Odile A. S. Hudry; one daugh- ter, Helen C., b. 1895. On regular staff of N. Y. Life, since less and on Collier's Weekly. Cartooned for N. Y. Herald, N. Y. Times, N. Y. Mail, Philadelphia Press, etc. Author: The Royal Game of Golf (R. I. Russell) ; Color Prints from Dickens ( Har- pers). Exhibited at N. Y. City and Paris. Address: 37 W. 22d St., N. Y. City.

RICHARDS, George:

Lawyer, anthor: b. Boston, Mass., Mar. 23, 1849; s. Rev. George (D. D) and Anna M. ( Woodruff ) Richards; grad. Yale, B.A., M.A., Columbia Law Sch., LL.B. : m. N. Y. City, June 7, 1ss2, Harriet M. MacMartin: chil- dren : Harriet M .. Marjorie, George Mclaren, Achie M., Nancy, Guy H. Partner in law firm of Richards & Heald. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; Phi Beta Kappa Soc .; trustee Orange Free Library. Presbyterian; trustee Central Presby'n Ch. Mem. New England Soc. Cinbs: Yale, Down Town, Essex County Country. Residence: W. Orange. N. J. Address : fil Broadway, N. Y. City.

RICHARDS, George Brinckerhoff:

Clergyman: b. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 2. 1865; s. Charles Brinckerhoff and Agnes Ed. wards ( Goodwin) Richards; grad. Vale. I Ph.B., 15-8, Berkeley Divinity Sch., Middle- town, Conn .; m. N Y. City, April 27. 19?, Caro Tracy Dwight: children:

George Brinckerhoff, Jr., b. 1893, Theodore Dwight. 1093

WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK b. 1895. Rector Church of the Ascension. Buffalo, N. Y. Chaplain 65th Reg't N. G. N. Y. since 1:99. Republican. Episcopali,:

Clubs: Saturn, Pundit, Anniversary (Ba: falo). Address: 24 Linwood Av., Buffalo, N. Y.

RICHARDS, Herbert Maule:

Prof. botany, Barnard Coll., Columbia Univ .; b. Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 6, 1871; s. William T. and Anna (Mat- lack) Richards; grad. Harvard Univ., S.B., summa cum laude, 1891, S.D., 1995, Parker fellow and studied at Univ. of Leipzig, 1:95

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Ass't botany, Harvard and inst. Rad.

cliffe Coll., 1891-95; tutor Barnard Coll., Co- lumbia, 1896-98; instr. Harvard, 1:97-99, Barn- ard Coll. ( Columbia) ; instr. 1:08-1903, ad- junct prof. botany, 1903-06; prof. of botany since 1906. In 1999-1900 in Japan, China. Straits Settlements and Malay Archipelag ... Associate editor Am. Naturalist, and oi

Botanische Centralblatt. Has published

various scientific papers on cryptogamie botany and piant physiology. Fellow A. A. A. S., (v .- p. Section G. Botany 19 S-09). Mem. Botanical Soc. of America, Am. Soc. Natural- ists, Torrey Botanical Club (associate edi- tor Bulletin), New England Botanical Club. Clubs : Harvard, Barnard. Address: Co- lumbia University, N. Y. City. .

RICHARDS, William Rogers:

Clergyman; b. Boston, Mass., Dec. 20, 1853; s. George and Anna Maria ( Woodruff) Richards; ed. Yale Coll., B.L., Columbia Law Sch., Andover Theol. Sein., Yale D.D .. Univ. of N. Y. D.D .; m. Andover, Mass., Jan 27, 15SO, Charlotte Barrett Biodget ; chil- dren : Sara Franklin, George Huntington, Anna May, Henry Blodget, Charlotte Marion. Pastor of Central Cong'I Ch., Bath, Me., 1579-84, Crescent Av. Presby'n Ch., Plain- field, N. J., Ies 1-1902, Brick Presby'n Ch .. N. Y. City since 1902. Republican. Pres-

byterian. Director Union Theol. mem. corporation of Yale

Sem .;

Univ .; mem. Presby'n B'd of Foreign Missions. Mem. New England Soc., Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Century. Yale, Quill. Address: 14 E. 37th St., N. Y. City.

RICHARDSON, Charles Henry:

Educator; b. Topsham, Vt., Sept. 26,

1862; s. Robert Fletcher and Rosetta (Dex- ter) Richardson; ed. Montpelier ( Vt. ) Sein. ( with honors), 1>>3.57, Dartmouth. Coll., A.B .. (special honors), 1599, A.M., 1995, Ph.D., leve, Chicago Univ., 19.2. Johns Hop- kins Univ., Baltimore. 1900: in. June 16, 1892, Katharine May Davis of Corinth, Vt. : one daughter, Evelyn Dee. b. Nov. 22. 1598. Prin. of academies and seminaries, Vt., 6

years; instr. in chemistry and minerology, Dartmouth Coll., afterwards in geology and minerology, 10 years: ass't prof. 196 and asso, prof. since but in geology and miner- ology, Syracuse l'aiv .: ass't geologist for VI. since 195; assayer for Torpedo-Eclipse Mining Co .. Ouray, Cola. As economic geologist, studied the anthracite coal fields of l'a., the copper regions of Vt. and Mich., the iron regions of Mich. and Wis., the marble and granite industries of New Eng. land, and the gold and silver deposits of Colorado. Author of scientific papers, sto ries and poems: consulting geologist and

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public lecturer. Also senior member of firm of Richardson & Pulver, managers Equitable Life Assurance Society of New Hampshire. Republican. Congregationalist. Fellow Geol., Soc. of America and of A. A. A. S .; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc., General Science Com., Paris Exp'n, 1901, N. H. Stb Internat. Geog. Congress, Vermont Botan .. ical Club, Dartmouth Scientific Ass'n, S;ra- cuse Scientific Ass'n, Onondaga Acad. of

Science, Chi Tau Kappa, Pi Phi Chi, and Sigma Xi fraternities. Elected trustee of New England Free Baptist Ass'n, 1893. Recreations : Football and tennis. Address : Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. RICHARDSON, Clifford:

Proprietor N. Y. Testing Laboratory; b. Worcester, Mass., Mar. 6, 1556; s. George W. and Lucy D. ( White) Richardson; grad. Harvard, A.B., IST7; m. Washington, D. C., Dec. 26, 1804, Teresa Stoughton. Served as field ass't on Hayden Expedition of United States Geol. and Geog. Survey, 1878; as- sistant chemist, United States Department Agriculture, Isis-83: principal ass't same, 1883-87; insp. of asphalt and cements and chem- ist in the Eng'ring Dap't, Dist. of Columbia, 1587-94: practising chemist, 1:91-95; sup't tests The Barbor Asphalt Paving Co., 1896-1900; proprietor N. Y. Testing Laboratory since 1900. Fellow A. A. A. S., (v .. p. Section C, 1900) ; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Soc. Chem In- dustry (chim'n N. Y. Semtion, 1000), Ass'n Official Agr'l Chemists (sec. 1586-57), Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs. Soc. Testing Materials, Washington Acad. Sciences, N. Y. Chemists Club, London Chem. Soc., Deutsche Cheri- ische Gesellschaft, Nat. Geog. Soe .. Am. Forestry Ass'n: mem. Am. Soc. C. E .; mem. U. S. Assay Comm'n, 1904; member of Committee of overseers of Harvard Col- lege to visit the chemical laboratory, since 1904. Has written numerous scientific re- ports and articles on the chemistry of the cereals and grasses, food adulteration, as- phalts and native bitumens, ' hydraulic ce- ments, etc. Author: The Modern Asphalt Pavement (Wiley. N. Y.). Clubs: Cen- tury, University "(N. Y. City) : Metropolitan (Washington). Residence: 122 E. 31th St., N. Y. City. Address ( business ) : 30 Church St., N. Y. City.

RICHARDSON, Frederick:

Artist: b. Chicago, Ill .. 1862; s. William E. and Belinda G. (Hurd) Richardson; ed. St. Louis Sch. of Fine Arts; also studied in Paris under Le Febvre and Loucian Don. cet. Instr. Art. Inst .. Chicago: connected with Chicago Daily News. Illustrator on various magazines and books. Mem. Chi- cago Soc. Artists, Soc. of Illustrators, N. Y. City. Club: Century. Address: Century Club, N. Y. City.

RICHARDSON, Gardner:

Publisher: b. Hanover, N. II., Feb. 8. 1881; s. Rufus B. and Alice L. (Bowen) Richardson; el. Phillips Andover Acad .. Yale, A.B., 1.05. Entered editorial rooms of The Independent on graduating from col- lege: later appointed circulation mg'r, and since Jan. 1, 13's, ass't publisher; visited Panama and Venezuela as a reporter. Served on Yale Civic Committee to interest Ysle undergraduates to enter political work in

New York; lived at the University Settle- ment, 184 Eldridge St., for two years. Re. publican. Congregationalist. Contributor to The Independent, Travel, and Illustrated Sporting News; has visited ail continents but Australia. Mem. Aipha Delta Phi fra- ternity; mein. Yale Club. Address: Care The Independent, N. Y. City.

RICHARDSON, George. Lynde:

Clergyman; b. Troy, N. Y., May 8, 186"; s. Henry and Margaret P. (Johnson) Rich- ardson; ed. Troy High School, Williams Coll., B.A., and Seabury Divinity Sch., Fari- bault, Minn .; m. Troy, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1994, Grace W. Belcher; children: George Lynde, b. 1595, Elizabeth Hope, b. 1897, Arthur Hall, b. 1899, Edgar Preston, b. 1902. Teacher high schools of Troy, N. Y. and St. Paul, Minn .; tutor in Seabury Divinity Sch., Mis- sionary work in Minu .; ass't in St. John's Ch., Troy, N. Y. and St. Paul's, Albany, N. Y .; rector of St. Peter's, Bennington.

Vt .; rector Church of the Messiah, Glens Falls, N. Y., since 1895. Examining chaplain Diocese of Albany; provisional deputy to Gen. Conv .; sec. Diocesan Sunday Sch. Comm'n. Republican. Mein. Pli Delta Theta fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Christian Social Union, N. Y. State Hist. Soc. Address: 196 Glen St., Glens Falls, N. Y.

RICHARDSON, Leander:

Journalist, author; b. Cincinnati, Feb. 28, 1856; ed. in common schools; has written as correspondent and staff member for nearly all leading newspapers : editor Dramatic News, 191-96, on editorial staff N. Y. Morn- ing Telegraph, 1s06-1900, and during that period his signed articles were a very popu- lar feature of that publication: was aiso author of various volumes of sketches. novels and plays: and adapter of various plays from the French for N. Y. production. Edi- tor N. Y. Inquirer. Address: 116 W. 39th St., N. Y. City.

RICHEY, Thomas:

Clergyman: el. General Assembly Coll .. Belfast, Ireland, prizeman in ethies: Queens Coll. Sch .; St. Jantes Coll., M.A., 1:52; Gen. Theol. Sem., 1954; Univ. Coll., D.D., Gen. Theol. Sem., D.D. Orderel deacon 1:51. by Bishop Wainwright, ordained priest 1sj. by Bishop Potter, in Episcopal ministry. For- merly reetor St. Luke's Ch., Catskill, N. Y., 1.54-58; Mt. Calvary Ch., Baltimore, Md., 1555-62; warden St. Stephen's Coll. Annan- dale, N. Y., 1562-64; prof. ecclesiastical his- tory, Seabury Hall, Minn., Ltd-7: now ree. tor St. Mark's in the Bowerie, N. Y. City. Prof. ecclesiastical history, 'Gen. Theol.

Sem., N. Y. City, 1969. Anthor: Truth and Counter Truth, 1:09; The Nicone Creed and the Filioque, Is>4; The Parables of the Lord Jesus. Is.S. Address : 5 Chelsea Square, N. Y. City.

RICHMOND, George Chalmers:

Clergyman, author: b. Springfield, Mass . April 10, 1570: ed. Williston Sem., Easthamp- ton, Mass .. Yale Coll., A.B .. 1995. Hartford Theol. Sein., 199s. Pastor Union Congrega. tional . Church, Somerville, Conn., 155- 1900, Firs: Congregational Church. Prescott. Mass .. 1900.01. Entered the Episcopal Church,

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Sept., 1901; ordered deacon, 1902, ordained RIDDER, Herman:

priest, 1903, by Rt. Rev. F. D. Huntington, D.D:, biskop of Central N. Y. Ass't minis- ter to Bishop Huntington at Syracuse, N. Y., 1901-63; pastor Church of St. John the Divine, Syracuse, N. Y., 1903-04; ass't min- ister Church of the Holy Trinity, N. Y. City, 1904-06; rector St. George's Episcopal Church, Rochester, N. Y., since 1906. Au- thor of sermons; The Glory of Life; Spirit- ual Discrimination; The Progress of Life; Inspirations of Life; Memorial Discourse on the Life and Service of Bishop Hunting- ton. Lectures. Concio ad Clerum; The Pulpit in the New Century; The Authority of the Preacher. Address : 112 Grand Av., Rochester, N. Y.

RICHMOND, Grace S .:

Author; b. Pawtucket, R. I., Mar. 31, 1806; d. Rev. Chas. E. Smith, D.D., and Catharine A. (Kimball) Smith; college edu- cation un.der private tutor; m. Fredonia, N. Y., Oct. 29, les7, Nelson Guernsey Rich- mond; children: Marjorie, b. 1992, Guern- sey, b. 1894, Jean, b. 1902. Author: The Indifference of Juliet, 1905 ;. With Juliet in England, 1907; The Second Violin, 1906: Round the Corner in Gay Street, 1908; On Christmas Day in the Morning, 1908; (all Doubleday, Page & Co.). Also author of many short stories in various magazines. Address: 74 E. Main St., Fredonia, N. Y.

RICKETTS, Palmer Chamberlaine:

Pres. Rensselaer

Polytechnic Inst .; b. Elkton, Md., Jan. 17, 1956; s. Palmer C. and Eliza (Getty) Ricketts; ed. Edge Hill Sch., Princeton, N. J., later private tutor, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, N. Y., with degree of C.E., 1875, Doctor of Engineering (E.D.) from Stevens Inst. of Technology, 1905; m. Nov. 12, 1902, V. C. Renshaw of Baltimore, Md., Instr. in mathe- matics Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., 1-75- 82; ass't prof. 1s82.84, prof. rational and technical mechanics, 1>>4; director since 1892 to date; pres. and director since Feb., 1901. Hlas been eng'r for railway and other corporations for the design and construe- tion of bridges and hydraulic works. Con- sulting bridge eng'r for the Troy and Bos- ton R. R., and Rome, Watertown & Ogdens- burg R. R .: eng'r for Publie Improvements Comm'n of Troy, N. Y., etc. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Inst'n of Civil Eng'rs of Great Britain. Author: History of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1:95; conth'r to many terlinical journals and transactions of societies. Clubs: Troy (Troy) ; Union (N. Y. City). Ad- dress : Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y.

RIDDER, Henry:

Publisher American Home Monthly and The Catholic News: b. N. Y. City. Nov. 1-, 1963; s. Herman and Mary Gertrude ( Thiemann ) Ridder; ed. De La Salle Coll., N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, Lona Westervelt Croker: children ! Herbert (deceased). Ce. cilia, Charles, Beatrice. Rachel. Always in publishing business. Prop'r and publisher American Home Monthly ; pres, and treas. The Catholic News. Demoerat. Chathohe. Clubs . Catholic, N. Y. Press, German . Press. Address: 5 Barclay St., N. Y. City. 1100

Journalist ; b. N. Y. City (of German parentage) Mar. 5, 1851; and has lived here all his life; m. 1890, and has three sons. When 11 years old, went to work as errand boy in a hat store; later was messenger in a Wall Street broker's office; in 13th year entered employ of a fire insurance company, and at 20 was an insurance agent. Entered newspaper work at 27; in ls;8 established the Katholisches Volksblatt, a German Catholic weekly, and eight years later started the Catholic News, which in a very short time was recognized as the leading Catholic paper in the country. Since 1990, stockholder. trus- tee, treasurer and manager and now

president New Yorker Staats-Zeitung. Has

taken an active part in politics as an Independent Democrat; was prominent par. ticipant in the Cleveland campaigns and in the Reform movements, and especially active in the German-American Reform

Union, treas. Nat. Democratic Com. in cam- paign of 1908. Trustee Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank, and of the German Hospital; director and treasurer of the Associated Press; president of Am. Newspapers Pub- lishers' Ass'n; treas. N. Y. Publishers Ass'n; mem. Chamber of Commerce. Has devoted much time to charitable work; is mem. Charity Organization Soc .. Isabella

Heimath, German Soc.,

St. Vincent de Paul Soc., Legal Aid Soc., and many other similar bodies. Clubs: Manhattan, Lieder. kranz, Arion, Catholic. Reform, National Democratie, City, Press, German Press. Hard- ware. Address: The Staats-Zeitung, N. Y. City.

RIDER, Wheelock:

Physician; b. New Haven, Vt., June 1. 1863; s. Dr. Charles E. and Delia ( Wheelock ) Rider: early ed'n in Germany; college preparation by private tutors; at Mass. Inst. Technology. 1ss1 2; Univ. of Rochester. B. Se., 153, Med. Dep't Syracuse Univ., M.D., 1885; post graduate studies. Univ. of Berlin, 1856: m. Dansville, N. Y., July 15, 1892, Ruth Jones. Since lesG has practised ophthal mology in Rochester: ophthalmic surgeon to many municipal and State hospitals and char itable institutions. Ex.pres. Monroe Co. Med. Soc., Hospital Med. Soc., Rochester pathol. Soc. Nat. Ass'n U. S. Pension Examining Surgeons; mem. Anı. Ophthal. Soc., N. Y. State Hist. Ass'n, and various other professional societies : fellow Am. Acad. Medicine. Author of numerous professional papers in periodicals and society trans actions. Clubs: Genesee Valley. Rochester Country. Country residence, North Rash. .N. Y. Address: 26 Gibbs St., Rochester. N. Y.

RIDGWAY, Erman J .:

Publisher: b. on farm near Otsego. Mus kingum Co .. Ohio; s. Nathan B. and Cather in» ( Erman) Ridgway; ed. country schoois. Ohio, until 16; grad. trom academy Issi. and 2 years call. course, Northwestern Umv .: Yale, A.B. ( with honors), 1-92; m. West I'nion, la., June 28, 1599, Anna Eleanora Robinson. V.p. and gen. mg'r The Frank A. Munsey Co., 1891-1903; pres. The Rid_way Co., publishers of Everybody's Magazine, since 1903. Republican; Methodist. Vem.

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Periodical Publishers' Ass'n of America, Ohio Soc. of N. Y. CInbs: Yale, Lotos, Sphinx, Aldine, Delta Upsilon (N. Y. City) ; Country (Lakewood, N. J.) ; Outlook, Com. monwealth, Country ( Montclair, N. J.). Res- idence: Montclair, N. J. Office: 31 E. 17th St., N. Y. City.

RIDGWAY, James:

Lawyer; b. on Staten Island, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1829; s. James Lawrence Ridgway (who had the Dramatic Line of Liverpool packet- ships) and Sarah Maria ( Skidmore) Ridg- way; descendant of Richard Ridgway of a distinguished Anglo-Saxon family, who came to New York in 1679, and was one of first settlers and landed proprietors and a magis- trate of the Province of N. Y. under Gov- ernor Sir Edmond Andros; ed. Pub. Sch. No. 2, N. Y. City and other schools; m. Brook- lyn, N. Y., June 14, 1:54, Esther Lucas Mo- lière, d. Thomas Mergatroyd Molière; chil- dren : Thomas (major Art'y Corps, U. S. A. ), James Lawrence, Frederick Wolbert, Esther Molière, Marguerite (m. John B. William- son). Studied law in office of Benjamin F. Butler, and when latter was appt'd U. S. dist. att'y, went with him from his private office to the dist. attorney's office as clerk; was admitted to bar; in succeeding adminis- tration under J. Prescott Hall, U. S. att'y and William M. Evarts his first ass't, as second ass't dist. att'y, and under next ad- ministration, when Charles O'Conor became U. S. att'y, was his first ass't; held same position for a time under John McKeon, then resigned and engaged in private prac- tice. Mem. N. Y. Bar and of bar of Supreme Court of U. S. for fifty years; engaged in criminal, admiralty, customs revenue law, etc .; has tried many noted cases; counsel in numerous capital cases and never lost one, mnost noted trial being defense of the captain and both officers of the barque Anna, charged with the murder of several members of the crew, in which an acquittal was ob. tained; counsel in Goodyear rubber patent case against Horace H. Day; at outbreak of Civil War defended and acquitted the first person arrested in N. Y. for treason ; one of counsel in case of the rebel privateer 'Savannah.' Besides private practice, acts as referee; is U. S. comm'r for Southern Dist., N. Y. During Civil War was living at his country place on Staten Island, and represented Richmond Co. in the Assembly, and delivered one of the eulogies on the oc- casion of the obsequios of President Lincoln in the Assembly Chamber. Always a Demo- crat, and took a prominent part in many campaigns. Episcopalian. Address : 198 Broadway, N. Y. City.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1909, pt 2, Part 95

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