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HAGAR, GEORGE J.
Cyclopædie editor; b. Newark, N. J., Sept. 12. 1847; s. Jotham Mocker and Harriet Denman (Ross) Hagar; ed. public schs .; n1. Nov. 27, 1878, Emma Louisa Ilub- bard; children: Arthur Percy, Clara Hubbard. Bes came stenographer soon after leaving sch., and was employed on N. Y. Tribune and N. Y. Sun; during Civil War was mem. Auxiliary Field Relief Corps of U. S. Sanitary Comm'n; 2 years after the close of the war became news editor of Frank Leslle's Illustrated Newspaper for 15 years, engaging in early shim work in N. Y. City, and doing much to break up Italian pa- drono system and expose conditions of tenement- house life; conth'r to Appleton's Encyclopedia of Am. Biography, 1886-1888; edited What the World Believes 1886; associated with Benson J. Lossing, LL. D., in compilation of Our Great Continent. 1886; compiled greater part of The History of the United States in Chronological Order, 1886; asso. editor Columbian Encyclopedia. 1883-1893; on staff of revisers lohn- son's Universal Encyclopædia, 1893-1895; contributed Anı. obituaries and other articles for Appleton's An-
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nual Encyclopædia, 1886-1902; edited The Columbian Annual for 1892; revised and enlarged to 10 vols. Harper's Encyclopedia of U. S. History, 1901; was engaged in the revision of Internat. People's, 1m- perlal, University, and New Standard Encyclopedias, and Anglo-Am. Encyclopædia and Dictionary; edited the Practical Home Encyclopaedia, etc. Has one of the largest private collections of clippings and other contemporary data in the country. Mem. (lite) N. J. Hlst. Soc., Nat. Goog. Soc., Kane Lodge No. 55, F. and A. M., Howard Lodge 7, 1. O. O. F. Recreation: Change of work. Address: 273 Montelalr Av., Forest HIli, Newark, N. J.
HAGAR, STANSBURY
Lawyer; b. San Francisco, Dec. 9, 1869; s. Thomas Smlth and Amy T. Hagar; grad. Yale, A. B., 1892; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1897; in. N. Y. City, Sept. 20, 1900, Clara Robinson. Engaged in practice of law from 1897. Specially interested in American (native) ethnology, both in North and South America, making original researches and contb'ns on subject of astro- nomical symbolism of ancient Peru, and mythology and ritual of Am. Indians. Exec. officer Dep't Astron- omy and sec. Dep't Ethnology, Brooklyn Inst., since 1894. Fellow A. A. A. S. (mem. council, 1900), Am. Ethnol. Soc .; mem. Am. Folk-Lore Soc. (councillor and v .- p., 1900); fellow Am. Anthropol. Soc., mem. Con- grès International des Américanistes. Clubs: Sal- magundi. Explorers' ( dir.), West Side Tennis. Resi- dence: 29 Claremont Av. Address: 48 Wall St., N. Y. City.
HAGEDORN, HERMANN, JR.
Writer; b. N. Y. City, July 18, 1882; s. Hermann and Anna (Schwedler) Hagedorn; attended Hill Sch., Pottstown, Pa., grad, Harvard Univ. A.B., 1907; Ber- iln Univ., Columbia Univ .; m. Englewood, N. J., June 6, 1908; Dorothy Oakley; one d., Mary Oakley, b. March 16, 1909. Author: The Silver Blade (1907); The Woman of Corinth (1908); A Troop of the Guard (1909); Poems and Ballads (1912). Read Lincoln Cen- tury Ode before Loyal Legion of U. S., Commandery of Pa., Feb. 12, 1909; wrote lyrics for Peterborough Pageant, 1910; Adapted The Witch for the New The- atre, performed 1910; Author of various one-act plays performed in vaudeville and by the Dramatic Clubs of Harvard, Radcliffe and Bryn Mawr. Traveled ex- fensively over Europe, Egypt and America. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Recreation: Farming. Clubs: Har- vard, The Players. Residence: Sunnytop Farm, Fair- fieid, Conn. Address: The Players, 16 Gramercy Pk., N. Y. City.
HAGER, ROBERT, JR.
Real estate broker; b. St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 7, 1884; s. Robert and Isabel (Pearson) Hager; grad. Phillips Andover Acad., 1904; two years at Yale Univ. V .- p. ^ HAINES, JOHN PETER and dir. S. Osgood Peli & Co., pres. and dir. Narada Realty Co. Private Co. K. 7th Reg't. Episcopalian. Mem. Southern Soc. Sons of Revolution. Recreations: Golf, tennis, shooting, riding, motoring, fishing. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht, Riding, Piping Rock, Ardsley, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Westchester Country, Automobile of America, Apawamis, Church. Resi- dence: 3 E. 82nd St. Address: 542 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
HAGGERTY-SNELL, IDA
Teacher voice culture and vocal music; b. Bellville, Texas, March 31, 1862; d. John W. and Martha (Hutch- ings) Manning; studied vocal music with Annie Laurie Richards-Clagett; sight singing Danieil Bachelor; harmony, Dr. Hugh Clark, Univ. of Pa., and piano under W. S. B. Mathews and Dr. William Mason; re- ceived M.E.L. degree N. Texas Female Coll., B.A. and several diplomas from Univ. of Texas. Taught in Austin, Texas; London, Berlin, Paris and N. Y. Lecturer. Author: Current Breathing, and many poems and short stories. Episcopalian. Clubs: Texas, Public Good, Southland, Play Goers, N. Y. Musicians. Address: 2647 Broadway, N. Y. City.
4 HAGGIN, JAMES B.
Capitallst, horseman; b. Frankfort, Ky., 1827; ed. at Frankfort; later studied law; m. 1st, Miss Sanders, d. Col. Lewis Sanders, of Natchez, Miss. (died' May 23, 1894); 2d, Versailles, Ky., Dec. 23, 1897, Pearl Voor- hies. Practised law at St. Joseph, Mo., and at Natchez, Miss., until 1849; went to Calit, and became interested in large mining enterprises in Calif., Nev, and Mont .; now owns large interest in mines of Anaconda Cop- per Co. in Montana; owns large stock farms in Ken- tucky and the largest stud of racing and trotting stock in U. S. Clubs: Union, Tuxedo, Riding, Turt and Field, Metropolitan. Residence: 587 Fifth Av. Address: 15 Broad St., N. Y. City.
HAHLO, LOUIS HERBERT
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 17, 1865; s. Hermann and Rebecca ( Hoexter) Hahlo; grad. Coll. of City of N. Y., 1884; Columbia Law Sch., 1856; unmarried. Mem. Assembly, 1892-1893; ass't corp'n counsel, 1898- 1900, and 1904. Club: Democratic, Residence: 350 W. 55th St. Address: 233 Broadway, N. Y. City.
\HAIGHT, ALBERT
Jurist; b. Ellicottville, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Feb. 20, 1842; s. Henry and Sarah M. Halght; admitted to bar, 1863; in. Nov. 20, 1864, Angeline Waters, of West Falls, Erie Co., N. Y. Elected supervisor Erie Co., 1870-1871, 1872; county judge Erie Co., 1872-1876; resigned Dec. 31, 1876, having been elected Nov., 1876, justice Supreme Court of N. Y .; appt'd asso. justice, Gen. Term, in 1884, by Gov. Cleveland; appt'd asso. judge Court of Appeals, 2d Div., 1889, by Gov. Hill; re-elected justice Supreme Court, 1890; reappt'd asso- judge Court of Appeals, 2d Div., by Gov .; reappt'd asso. justice, Gen. Term, 1892, by Gov. Flower; re- signed as asso. justice Gen. Term and as justice Su- preme Court, Dec. 31, 1894; elected asso. judge Court of Appeals, Nov., 1894, term expired Dec. 31, 1912; was senior judge in point of service in the State. Address: Buffalo, N. Y.
JHAIGHT, CHARLES COOLIDGE
Architect; b. N. Y. City, Mar. 17, 1841; s. Rev. Ben- jamin J. (ass't rector of Trinity Ch., N. Y. City) and Hetty (Coolidge) (Ilaight; grad. Columbia Coll., 1861; studied at Law Sch. of Columbia; m. N. Y. City, Oct., 1865, Euphemia Kneeland; children: Euphemia, Charles Sidney (U. S. A.), Sarah Bard, John McVicar. Enlisted and served with the 7th Reg't in Baltimore, 1862; with 31st N. Y. Vols., as 1st lieut. and adj., from Oct., 1862, and as capt. 39th N. Y. Vols., Dec., 1863, to Nov., 1864; severely wounded while in command of reg't in Battle of Wilderness, and, in consequence, obliged to retire from active service. Elected and served as vice-commodore of N. Y. Yacht Club, 1886, and re-elected 1887; trustee N. Y. Soc. Library, Soe. tor Promotion of Religion and Learning, Corp'n for Relief of Widows and Children. of Deceased Clergy- men. Designed bulldings erected by Columbia Coll. on its Madison Av. property, Manhattan Eye and Ear Ilosp., N. Y. Cancer Ilosp., buildings of Gen. Theol. Sem., N. Y., American Theatre. N. Y. City, Vanderbilt Hall and Phelps Hall and University Library at Yale, Keney Memorial Tower at Hartford, Conn., St. Ig: natins' Ch., N. Y., Sloan Laboratory, Laboratories of Zoology, Comparative Anatomy and Botany, Yale Univ .; St. Anthony's Hall, New Haven; The Garrison Ch., Governor's Island, new dormitorles at Sheffield Scientific Sch., New Haven, Conn., and others. Resi- dence: Garrison, N. Y. Address: 452 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
Humanitarian; b. N. Y. City, Dee. 17, 1851; s. WIII- lam A. and Emily S. Ilaines; ed. by private tutors and at Columbia Coll., special course; m. Lyndehurst, Irvington-on-Iludson, 1873, Mary, d. George Merritt. Prominently identified with humane and benevolent movements for many years; 1889 to April 15, 1906 (when he resigned), pres. Am. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Under his presidency, the oper- ations of The American Society, the parent soc. in America for the protection of animals, have been ex- tended, new laws for protection of animals enacted, notorious resorts where animals were made to fight have been broken up, reforms in transportation of aulmals instituted, brutal and demoralizing "sports" stypressed and many forms of cruelty checked or done away with entirely; owner of the celebrated Cramnoor Farm at Toms River, N. J. Life mem. Am. Soc. Prevention Cruelty to Animals (was editor Our Animal Friends, official organ of the soc.); life mem. Am. Geog. Soc .; Am. 'Museum of Natural History, Soe. of Am. Authors, N. Y. Genealogieal Soc., Am. Jersey Cattle Club, Am. Bible Soc .; life dir. Am. Tract Soc., Soc. of Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution, N. Y. Acad. of Sciences. Clubs: Manhattan, Automobile of Ameri- ca, Larchmont Yacht, N. Y. Yacht, Church. Residence: 20 Fifth Av. Address: 19 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
HAINES, ROBERT TERREL
Actor; b. Muncie, Ind., Feb. 3, 1870; s. Adelbert S. and Emma J. Haines; ed. in public schools of Kansas City, Mo., grad. Univ. of Mo., Il. B .; in. Chicago, Dec. 22, 1910, Mrs. William MacDowell. Has been on stage since 1891; was leading man with Viola Allen and af- terward with Mrs. Piske, Henry Miller and other stars and companies; starred in Darling. of the Gods and Once Upon a Time; more recently leading man with Grace George in Clothes, and, season 1907-1908, in the Rose of the Rancho; The Spendthrift, season 1910-1911; in vaudeville (in the Coward), since 1911.
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Mem. Missouri Soc. in N. Y., Phi Delta Theta frater- nity, Actors' Order of Friendship. Republican. Recre- ations: Golf, horseback riding. Clubs: Players, Lambs, Green Room. Address: Lambs Club, N. Y. City.
HAKES, S. P.
Physician, surgeon, banker; b. Parish, N. Y., June 2, 1861; s. Richard and Minerva M. (Mack) Ilakes; at- tended Mexico Acad., Mexico, N. Y .; Med. Dep't Univ. City of N. Y., M.D., 188S. Pres. Grange Nat. Bank, Tioga, Pa .; dir. First Nat. Bank, Wellsboro, Pa. Re- publican. Treas. Tioga County Med, Soc .; mem. P'a. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n; U. S. pension examin- ing surgeon, Tioga County med. insp. State Dep't of Health; 32" Mason und Knight Templar. Address: Tioga, Pa.
HALE, ALBERT CABLE
Educator, mining eng'r and chem. expert; b. Adams, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1845; s. Abner Cable and Sally Ann (Barton) Hale; grad. Univ. of Rochester, A.B., 1869, A.M., 1872, E.M., 1881, Univ. of Heidelberg, Ph.D., 1880; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1889, Carrie Helen Angell; children: Harriet Florence, b. 1891, George William, b. 1898. Vice-principal high' sch., Jersey City, N. J., 1873- 1877; comm'r for edn'l exhibit of N. J. at U. S. Centen- nial Exp'n, 1876; pres. State Sch. of Mines, Colo., 1880- 1883; prof. physics and chemistry, Boys' High Sch., Brooklyn, 1883-1912; pres. Dep't of Chemistry, Brook- lyn Inst. Arts and Sciences, 1890; pres. Physics Club of N. Y., 1900; pres. Chemistry Teachers' Club, 1902; v .- p. New England Ass'n Chem. Teachers, 1901-1902; exam- iner in chemistry, Coll. Entrance B'd, 1902-1906; mem. Soc. Chemical industry, Am. Chem. Soc. (v .- p. 1889, sec 1890-1903); Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft; fellow A.A.A.S. (councillor 1901-1902), Soc. of Genesee, Phi Beta Kappa, Chemists' Club. Address: 487 Halsey St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
HALE, EDWARD EVERETT, JR.
Professor of English; b. Boston, Feb. 18, 1863; s. Ed- ward Everett and Emily Baldwin (Perkins) ' Hale; ed. Roxbury Latin Sch., Harvard Coll., A.B., 1883; Univ. of Halle, Ph.D., 1892; m. June 15, 1893, Rose Postle- thwaite Perkins; children: Maurice Perkins, Nathan, Thomas Shaw. Instr. in English, Cornell, 1886-1889; acting ass't prot. English, Cornell, 1889-1890; Harris fellow, Harvard Univ., 1890-1892; prof. English, State Univ. of lowa, 1892-1895; prof. rhetoric and logic, 1895- 1903; prof. English since 1903, Union Coll. Author: Lowell, 1899; Dramatists of To-day, 1905; Seward, 1910. Progressive; Presby'n. Pres. City Mission, Schenec- tady. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi. Recreations: Walking, sketching. Club; Century (N. Y. City). Address: Union College, Schenectady, N. Y.
HALE, EUGENE, JR.
Broker; s. Senator Eugene Hale, of Maine; grad. Yale, 1898, Harvard Law Sch., 1899; m. Nov. 15, 1896, Eunice, d. Rev. Dr. Roderick Terry, Engaged in busi- ness as broker in N. Y. City; mem. N. Y. Stock Ex- change since Feb. 23, 1905. V .- p. and dir. American Creosoting Co., dir. Great Northern Paper Co. Clubs: Racquet and Tennis, N. Y. Yacht, Knickerbocker, The Brook, Country, University, Yale, Harvard (N. Y. City), Metropolitan (Washington, D. C.). Residence: 52 W. 55th St. Address: 20 Broad St., N. Y. City.
HALE, FRANK EUGENE
Chemist; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1875; s. Francis Marvin and Carrie Louise (Stevens) Hale; ed. Hart- ford (Conn.) High Sch .; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1900, Ph.D., 1902 (salutatorian, Brlsted scholar, Silliman fel- low); m. East Hartford, Conn., July 29, 1903, Myrtle Catherine Calhoun; one d., Dorothy Ruth, b. Oct. 1, 1906. Ass't chemist, Yale Univ., 1900-1902; ass't in analytical chemistry, Columbia Univ., 1902-1903; chem- ist, Dep't Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, N. Y. City, since '1903; chemist in charge Mt. Prospect Lab- oratory, 1906-1912; dIr. of laboratories, Dep't of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, since May, 1913. Baptist. Mem. Municipal Eng'rs, Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Water Works Ass'n, Phl Beta Kappa, Sigma XI. Author of several scientific research publications. Club: Chem- ists. Address: 450 St. John's Pl., Brooklyn, N. Y.
HALE, FRANKLIN DARIUS
Lawyer; b. Barnet, Vt., March 7, 1854; s. Sprague Taylor and Nancy May (Moulton) Hale; ed. Vt. com- mon schs. and acads .; law course, Michigan Univ., class 1877; m. 1st, Lunenburg, Vt., Nov. 2, 1881, Addie Louise Silsby; 2nd, Lyndonville, Vt., Nov .. 1907, Jennle A. Silsby; children: Susan M., b. 1886; Charles S., b. 1891; Bernard Franklin, b. 1896. Practised law, Lunenburg, Vt., and Lewiston, Me. Pres. Lunenburg (Vt.) Mfg Co. State att'y for Essex Co. S years; mem. Legislature 8 years, House of Representatives 6 years and 2 years Senate: State Auditor 1892-1898; chm'n Townsite B'd Trustees No. 1, Oklahoma, 1891; chilef
clerk to treas. of Cuba, 1899; Am. Consul Coaticook. Can., 1902; Consul at Charlottestown, P. E. I., 1908; Trinidad, British West Indies, 1909; Huddersfield, Eng- land, since 1912. Congregationalist. Mem. State Bar Ass'n Vi., Sons of Revolution, Knights of Honor. Mason, Knight Templar. Recreations: Golf, walking. Address: Am. Consulate, Iluddersfield, England, and Lunenburg, Vt.
HALE, HENRY
Insurance; b. St. Louis, Mo., July 1, 1850; s. Edward and Harriet (Wells) Hale; ed. public and private schools in the West, partial course at Cornell Univ. 1872; m. N. Y. City, April 16, 1873, Lucy MI. Lawrence; children: Edward Lawrence, Anna II., Lauretta, Lucs, Henry, Jr., Mabel. llas been connected with Equita- ble Life Assurance Soc. over 30 years; mem. frm Henry Hale & Son. Presby'n. Club: Lawyers. Ad- dress 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.
HALE, HENRY EWING, JR.
Physician; b. Princeton, N. J., Aug. 4, 1869; s. Henry Ewing and Anna M. (Williams) Hale; ed. Princeton Univ., A.B., 1892, A.M., 1896; Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), M.D)., 1896; m. Chicago, Ill., Sept. 13, 1900, Frances Hibbard Ward; children: Mary Folsom, b. 1002; Henry Ewing, b. 1906; Anna Williams, b. 1909; Frances Ward, b. 1912. Interne Presby'n Hosp., 1896- 1898; demonstrator of anatomy, Coll. of Phys. and Surg., .1899-1908; attending physician out-patient dep't, Babies' Hosp. Chief of clinic dep't applied therapeu- tics, Coll. Phys. and Surg .; also instr. of applied thera- peutles. Mem. N. Y. City Acad. Medicine, N. Y. County Med. Soc., Quiz Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Presby'n llosp. Alumni Ass'n, Alumnus Sloane Hosp. for Women. In college years 1900-1901 and 1901-1902 Alumni Fel- low in Anatomy, Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City. Progressive; Presby'n. Recreations: Fishing and mountain climbing. Summer residence: Van Buren Bay, Lake George. P. O. address; Silver Bay, N. Y. Address: 770 West End Av., N. Y. City.
HALE, LEDYARD PARK
Lawyer; b. Canton, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., May 17, 1854; s. Horace W. and Betsey R. (Lewis) Hale; ed. public schs., Canton Acad .; grad. St. Lawrence Unlv., B.S., 1876, M.S., 1879; Univ. of Wis., LL. B., 1\75; hon- orary LL.D., St. Lawrence Univ., June, 1912: m. Canton, N. Y., MMay 21, 1879, Ettie Bacheller; children: Irma, b. 1881; Horace Charles, b. 18SS. Admitted to bar, June, 1878, In Wis .; Sept., iss1, in N. Y .; ass't dist. att'y St. Lawrence Co., 1882-1887; supervisor Canton, 1890-1893; dist. att'y St. Lawrence Co., 1894-1899; appt'd co. judge Oet .; 1002; elected same position in 1903; inem. B'd Ed'n Canton High Sch. 18 years (pres. S years) ; trus- tre St. Lawrence Unlv. since 18\4. mem. Exec. Com .; pres. St. Lawrence County Bar Ass'n; mcm. Exec. Com. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n; mem. Am. Bar Ass'n; appt'd Comin'r State B'd of Charities by Gov. Hughes, June, 1907. Appt'd counsel to Public Service Comm'n, Second Dist. April, 1908. Republican. Dir. First Nat. Bank of Canton; mem. Beta Theta Pl fraternity. Recrea- tlons: Fishing. canoeing. Ilome: Canton, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. Address: Public Service Commission, Al- bany, N. Y.
HALE, WILLIAM BENJAMIN
Lawyer; b. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 10. 1871; s. William B. and Matilda (Nicholson) Hale; grad. Missouri State Univ., LL.B., cum laude. 1890; m. St. Louis, Mo., 1896, Anna B. De Forest. Mem. law firm Judson & Hale. Author (law books): Halc on Torts; Hale on Bail- ments; Ilale on Damages; also of numerous articles ( American and English Encyclopedia of Law and in Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice. Republi- can. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta PhI, Phl Delta Phi, Royal Arcanum. Address: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WHALE, WILLIAM HENRY
Lawyer, writer; b. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 20 1840; s. Silvester and Nancy Arzelia (Eames) Hale; descended from distinguished Colonial and Revolutionary ances- try, g. s. of William Hale, and maternal g .- g. s. of Anthony Eames and Gideon Deming, soldiers of Revo- lution; grad. Albany Acad, (1st in class); was for short time at Unlon Coll .; grad. Yale. 1860, winner Clark and Berkeley scholarships (only prize scholar- ships then open to competition for graduates); grad. Albany Law Sch., 1861. Admitted to bar, ist1; en- gaged for two years In study of Sanskrit, comparative philology and higher mathematics, under Profs. Whlt- ney and Newton; Ph.D., Yale, 1863, and with exception of Drs. J. M. Whiton and A. W. Wright, senior living holder of this degree from an Am. Coll. or Univ. After several years in commercial life, engaged in practise of law at Albany, removing, isss, to Brooklyn, where has continued in practise since. Has made specialty of attending scientific meetings and reporting pro- ceeding's for leading publications; was for several
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years Am. corr. of Nature (London); edited science HALL, CHARLES ROSWELL
dept. Bachelor of Arts Magazine; has given sp'l atten- ton to civil service matters and has been instrumental In effecting a notable reform in that connection in enforcing the constitutional provision for appointing employees for merit and fitness as a result of the leading cases of Hale vs. Worstell et al., 185 N. Y., 247, an incidental outcome of which case he was appt'd sup't of public baths for Borough of Brooklyn, N. Y. City, March 10, 1906. One of the original fellows A.A.A.S .; mem. Phi Beta Kappa Alnmnl in N. Y., Yale Alumni Ass'n of L. 1., Nat. Geog. Soc .; Am. Forestry Ass'n, Am. Health League; mem. Tercentenary Com. of Settlement of N. Y. City; delegate of N. Y. City to Ist Internat'l Conf. on Public and Sch. Baths at The Hague, 1912; permanent sec. of Am. Ass'n for Promot- Ing Hygiene and Public Baths. Address: 40-1st l'l., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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HALL, ARCHIBALD G.
Publisher, journalist; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 6, 1862; ed. public schs. and Coll. City of N. Y. Entered business career in service of Am. News Co .; afterward with the Am. Agriculturalist; entered insurance business in office of Mutual Fire Ins. Co. of N. Y .; fire insurance broker and licensed agent three years; founded, 1892, The Surveyor, an insurance journal, of which is proprietor and editor. Pres. Insurance Herald Co., pub. of Insurance Herald of Atlanta. Mem. Ins. Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Underwriters. N. Y. Press, Once-a- Year, Atlantic Highlands, Casino. Address: 56 Pine St., N. Y. City.
· HALL, BENJAMIN ELIHU
Lawyer; b. Essex Co., N. Y., Nov. 2, 1862; s. Hon. Monroe and Emma Prindle (Wells) Hall; ed. Platts- burgh (N. Y.) schs., grad. Williams Coll., A.B, 1885; studied at Columbia Law Sch., and law sch. of Univ. of N. Y .; m. N. Y. City, 1893, Mary Hazard Brown; children: Marian Wells, b. April 6, 1895; Richard Brown West, b. March 1, 1897; Alice Wadham, b. Feb. 6, 1899; Monroe Bostwick, b. Aug. 11, 1901. Formerly mem. Arın Hall, Hawkes & Prentice, N. Y. City. Pres. Oseetah Lake Co. Mem. N. Y. City B'd of Alderman, 1894-1897, during Mayor Strong's term; nominated by Good Gov't Club and Republicans of 21st Assembly Dist., pres. B'd of Assessors of N. Y. City by appt'mt of Mayer Seth Low; mem. State B'd of Tax Comm'rs by appt'mt of Gov. Hughes, 1907-1913. Mein. Soc. of Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution, Delta Kappa Ep- silon fraternity; v .- p. Williams Alumni Ass'n and Lake Champlain Ass'n. Recreations: Boating, fishing, hunt- ing. Clubs: Republican, Williams. Residence: 15 W. 83d St. Address: 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
Y HALL, BOLTON
Author, lawyer; b. Armagh. Ireland, Aug. 4, 1854; 8. Rev. John (D.D.) and Emily (Bolton) Hall; grad. Princeton. A.B., 1875, A.M., 1878; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1888; m. Feb. 6, 1884, Susie Hurlbut Scott; one child: Lois S. Bolton, b. 1893. Lecturer on funda- mental reforms. Author: Things as They Are; Game of Life; Moukey Shines (children's stories); Money Making in Free America; Thrce Acres and Liberty (on Intensive Farming. Macmillan); A Little Land and a Living, 1908; The Mastery of Gricf, and numerous other books. Treas. and mn'g dir. Berkeley Heights Real Estate Ass'n. Treas. Longshoreman's Union, in 1896; founder and v .- p. N. Y. Tax Reform Ass'n; foun- der N. Y. Vacant Lot Gardens for the Unemployed. Single Taxer; Presby'n. Club: University. Residence: 33 E. 61st St. Address: 29 Broadway, N. Y. City.
HALL, CHARLES MARTIN
Manufacturer, inventor; b. Thompson, Geauga Co., O., Dec. 6, 1863; s. Rev. Heman B. and Sophronia (Brooks) Hall; grad. Oberlin Coll., A.B., 1885, A.M., 1893, LL.D., 1910; unmarried. Invented, in 1886, process for mf'g aluminum, now in universal use; same process known in Europe as Heroult process, invented by Paul Heroult about same time; this material, formerly as costly as silver and little used, is now, bulk for bulk, cheaper than all metal except iron, zinc and lead; started the manufacture of aluminum with Pittsburgh Reduction Co. (now Aluminum Co. of America), 1888, v .- p. of same since 1890; validity of patent attacked, but sustained by decision of U. S. Circuit Court, 1893. V .- p. Northern Aluminum Co. of Can .; dir. Power City Bank of Niagara Falls, N. Y. Republican. Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Am. Philos. Soc., Am. Electro- Chemical Soc .; trustee Oberlin Coll .; trustee Niagara Falls Memorial Hosp .; one of 100 "captains of in- dustry" invited to meet Prince Henry of Prussia in N. Y. City, Feb., 1902. Received Perkin Medal "for distinguished services to Applied Chemistry," by Asso- clated Chemical Socs. of United States, Feb., 1911. Clubs: University (Buffalo). University (N. Y. City). Address: Niagara Falls, N. Y.
Lawyer; b. Guilford Center, Chenango Co., N. Y., Sept. 17, 1853; s. John Peck and Sarah Hart (Purdy) Han; ed. District Sch., and Brockport State Normal Sch .; m. Ist, Albany, April 23, 1889, Elizabeth V. S. Appleton (died June 25, 1892) ; 2d, Georgetown, D. C., June 2, 1898, Elizabeth McGowan Hall; one d, Eliza- beth McGowan, b. Nov. 20, 1900. Taught common schs. for eight years in N. Y., Conn., Mass, and N. J .. com- mencing in 16th year; admitted to bar, 1880: elected justlee of peace: appt'd surrogate clerk, ass't att'y-gen. for 3 years, deputy State comptroller 2 years, deputy acting sup't of banks and State bank examiner for 7 years. Democrat; State delegate from Chenango Co., 1882; nat. delegate, 1888; ass't treas. Nat. Dem. Com., 1905; visited nearly all the States east of Great Divide, including Montana, Colorado and Texas, in examina- tion of financial institutions and appraisal of proper- ties. Anthor and compiler: Uncodified Crimes. 1889; Hall's Bank Laws, 1896; Building and Loan Associa- tions (pamphlet), 1898. Episcopalian. Clubs: Demo- cratic, Winnisook. Address: 50 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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