Who's who in New York City and State, 1914, pt 1, Part 113

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 810


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HARKNESS, CHARLES WILLIAM


Lawyer; b. Monroeville, Ohio, Dec. 17, 1860; s. Stephen V, and Anna M. Harkness; grad, Yale Univ. 1883, Co- lumbia Law Sch. 1888; m. Philadelphia, Pa., 1896, Mary Warden. Entered business as clerk; upon death of father appt'd administrator of estate. Dir. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y Co., N. Y. Trust Co., South- ern Pacific Co., Tilden Iron Mining Co. Clubs: Uni- versity, Morris Country Golf, Riding, N. Y. Yacht, Down Town. Address: 26 Broadway, N. Y. City.


HARKNESS, DAVID WEILD


Lawyer, banker; b. Matteawan, N. Y .; s. Rev. James (M.D.) and Jane (Weild) Harkness; ed. Rutgers Coll., class of 1866, Columbia Coll. Law Sch., LL.B., 1873; un- married. Clerk in 9th Nat. Bank, N. Y. City, 1866-1871; admitted to 'N. Y. Bar, 1873, and subsequently to the U. S. Dist. and Circuit Courts; practised law, 1873- 1888, when failing health compelled withdrawal from active practise. Cashier of Clinton Bank, N. Y. City, 1888-1890; cashier of Nat. Bank of Cold Spring on Hudson, 1890-1913. Mem. Met. Museum of Art, Am. Museum Natural History, N. Y. City. Residence: Cold Spring, N. Y.


HARKNESS, WILLIAM


Merchant; b. Ireland; s. David and Isabel (McCrea) Harkness; ed. Brooklyn public schools; m. Mary A. Thompson; children: Isabel, Grace, W. H. Roy, Violet, Natalie. Pres. Nassau & Dutchess Fire Ins. Co .; v .- p. Kings County Trust Co .; dir. N. River Fire Ins. Co., Williamsburgh City Fire Ins. Co., Pacific Fire Ins. Co., U. S. Title Co .; trustee Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank. Pres. B'd of Assessors, Brooklyn, two years; mem. B'd of Ed'n, Brooklyn and Greater N. Y., 25 years. Mem. Hanson Place Methodist Ch., Brooklyn (trustee 21 years). Mem. Brooklyn League; sup't Hanson Place Sunday Sch., Brooklyn, many years Club: Hamilton. Address: 156 Montague St., Brook- lyn, N. Y.


' HARMON, BENJAMIN SMITH


Lawyer; b. Three Mile Bay, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1859; s. Gaius N. and Orpha I. (Sinith) Harmon; ed. Malone Acad., Malone, N .Y .; Dartmouth Coll., A.B., 1882; Co- lumbia Law Sch., LL.B., cum laude, 1885; m. N. Y., June 3, 1897, Helen Lockwood Ketcham. Mem. firm of Krauthoff, Harmon & Matthewson. Republican. Mem.


Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. E. Soc., Sons of Revolution, Pilgrims of N. Y. Clubs: Metropolitan, Union League, Racquet and Tennis, N. Y. Yacht, Automobile of America, City Midday, Country of Westchester, Ruinson Country. Sleepy Hollow Country, Apawamis. Residence: 30 E. 55th St. Address: 55 Wall St., N. Y. City.


JHARMON, CLIFFORD BURKE


Real estate broker; b. Urbana Ohio, July 5, 1868; s. William R. (U. S. Army officer) and Mary ( Wood) Harmon; m. Louise Benedict. Travelled in South America, Africa, Asia, Japan and many other coun- tries. Pres. Clifford B. Harmon & Co., N. Y. Suburbs Co .; pres .and dir. Tuckahoe Associates, Harmon Park Co., Chatsworth Associates; dir., Met. Associates, First Nat. Bank, Croton on Iludson. Mem. Wood, Harmon & Co. Recreations: Aeronautics, automobiling, yacht. ing, hunting, riding. Clubs: Auto (America), Aeronaut of America, Sewanahaka Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, Stroilers, N. Y. Athletic, Transportation, Rocky Moun- tain, Hardware. Residence: Greenwich, Conn. Ad-


dress: 315 Madison Av., N. Y. City.


HARMON, WILLIAM E.


Real estate operator; mem. Wood, Harmon & Co .; v .- p. and dir, Bank of Flatbush; pres. and dir. Brook+ lyn Associates, Brooklyn Development Co., Greater N. Y. Development Co., Kingsboro Realty Co., United Citics Realty Corp'ns, Wood-Harmon Warranty Corp'n, Wood-Harmon Bond Co., Wallaston Realty Co .; v .- p. and dir. Boston Land Improvement Co., New England Improvement Co., dir. Flatbush Associates, N. Y. Mortgage & Security Co., N. Y. Titie Ins. Co., Me- chanics' Bank of Brooklyn, People's Trust Co. Resi- dence: 125 Willow St., Brooklyn. Address: 261 Broad- way, N. Y. City.


HARNED, ROBERT ELLSWORTH


Librarian; b. New Haven. Conn., Oct. 31, 1877; s. James Henry and Phebe Janet (Bull) Harned; ed. Rochester (N. Y.) Free Acad., Wesleyan Univ., A.B., 1899; Drew Theol. Sem., B.D., 1903; m. Madison, N. J., May 26, 1903, Sadie Belle Whittlesey; children: Herbert Whittlesey, b. March 21, 1905 (deceased) ; Robert Ells- worth, Jr., b. July 4, 1908; Curtis Whittlesey, b. April 26, 1910. Ass't editor Missionary Soc. of M. E. Ch., March, 1903-Dec. 31, 1906; ass't editor B'd of Foreign Missions of MI. E. Ch., 1907-1912; librarian Drew Theol. Sem. since Sept. 1, 1912. Methodist; mem. N. Y. East Conf. M. E. Ch. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity. Reerea- tions: Golf, tennis, photography. Address: Madison, N. J.


HARNED, VIRGINIA


Actress; b. Boston, Mass .; m. 1896, Edward H. Soth- ern. First appeared in N. Y. in A Long Lane, or Green Meadows, Fourteenth St. Theatre, 1890; later leading lady under management Daniel Frohman; starred in rôle of Trilby, Park Theatre, Boston. Played for a few seasons in E. H. Sothern's company; more re- cently has starred in La Belle Marseillaise, The Love Letter. Address: 37 W. 69th St., N. Y. City.


HARPER, JOHN BELL


Banker; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 16, 1847; s. Thomas Esmonde and Elizabeth Ann (Bell) Harper; ed. public schs. of Philadelphia; m. Philadelphia, April 20, 1876, Kate D. La Lanne. Entered Southwark Nat. Bank, 1865, as gen. clerk; filied all positions up to pres., which office now holds. Served 4 months as private in 196th Pa Reg't previous to close of Civil War. Republican; Presby'n. Trustee Bedford St. Mission, Second Presby'n Ch., Philadelphia. Ciub: Union League. Residence: 2105 P'ine St. Address: Southwark Nat. Bank, Philadelphia, Pa.


HARPER, JOSEPH HENRY


Publisher; b. N. Y. City, June 23, 1850; s. Joseph W. and Ellen Urling (Smith) Harper; ed. Nazareth Hall, Nazareth, Pa .; Fay's Sch., Newport. R. I .; Friedrichs- dorf Mil. Acad., and one year at Frankfort-on-Main; m. "Brightside," West Farms, N. Y., June 5, 1874, Mary Say Hoe; children: Fletcher, Richard March Hoe, Mrs. L. L. Benedict, Jr., J. Henry, Jr., John. V .- p. Harper & Bros. Clubs: Century, Authors, Racquet and Tennis, Rockaway Hunting, Deai Goif, Parachenec. Resi- dence: "Brightside," Allenhurst, N. Y. Address: Care Harper & Bros., Franklin Sq., N. Y. City.


HARRAR, JAMES AITKEN


Physician; b. Williamsport, Pa., Aug. 5, 1877; s. Ell- wood Scott and Elizabeth R. (Aitken) Harrar; ed. Univ. of Pa., Coll. Dep't, 1895-1897: Univ. of Pa., Med. Dep't, 1901, M.D .; m. Morence L. Humiston, of Cleve- land, O., Oct. 30, 1909; one son, William H. Harrar, b. Oct. 19, 1911. Four years resident in hosps, in Phiia- Vleiphla and N. Y. City; now attending surgeon to the N. Y. Lying-in Hosp. In private practice in N. Y. City


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since 1904. Republican; Presbyterian. Fellow Am. Ass'n Obstetricians and Gynecologists, N. Y. Acad. of Medi- eine; mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soe., Alunni of N. Y. Hosp., Univ. of Pa. Alumni Med. Soc., Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, Mask and Wig Club of Philadelphia. Address: 29 E. 77th St., N. Y. City.


HARRIMAN, FLORENCE JAFFRAY


Born N. Y., July 21, 1870; d. Francis W. J. and Caroline E. (Jaffray) Hurst; ed. Mrs. Loekwood's private elasses, N. Y. City; m. N. Y. Clty, Nov. 13, 1889, J. Borden Harriman; one d .: Ethel Borden, b. Dec. 12, 1897. Address: 35 E. 49th St., N. Y. City.


HARRIMAN, OLIVER


Banker, broker; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 29, 1862; s. Oliver and Laura (Low) Harriman; grad. Princeton Unlv., A.B., 1883; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 28, 1891, Grace Carley; children: Oliver Carley, John, Borden 2d. With Winslow, Lanier & Co., 1883-1887; mem. Harriman & Co., bankers and brokers, since 1888, now head of drm. Private 8th Reg't, N.G.N.Y., promoted 2d lieut., Co. F, 1888; a .- d .- c. to Gen. Fitzgerald, First Brigade, N. Y., 1894; commissary of subsistence, rank of major. Clubs: The Brook, N. Y. Yacht, Metropolitan, Univer- sity, Knickerbocker, Racquet, Westchester Country. Residence: 34 E. 52d St. Address: 111 Broadway, N. Y. City.


HARRINGTON, CHARLES L.


Educator; b. Paxton, Mass., Mar. 9, 1847; s. Loammi and Caroline (Goodale) Harrington; ed. Worcester (Mass.) High Sch .; Amherst Coll., B.A., 1870, M.A., 1895; m. Amherst, Mass., April 13, 1871, Harriet Frances Ward. Principal Greenfield (Mass.) High Sch., 1870-1874, and Winchester (Mass.) High Sch., 1874-1881; prof. mathematics, Mass. Agr'l Coll., 1881- 1882; head master of Shattuck Military Sch., Minn., 1882-1884; Dr. Sach's Collegiate Inst., N. Y. City, 1884- 1904; supervisor ot lectures and concerts, Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences, 1904-1908; since 1908, public lecturer on scientific subjects; lecturer in public lecture courses in N. Y. City; and in the courses be- fore the Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences. Mem. Co. F, 42d Reg't Mass. Vols., 1864; pres. Schoolmasters' Ass'n of N. Y. and Vicinity, 1892-1893; Physics Club of N. Y., 1903-1904. Organist and choirmaster N. Y. City Churches. 1884-1901. Author: High School Arith- metic (Macmillan) ; Grammar School Physics (Ain Book Co.); has written many articles on toples of in- terest to teachers in preparatory schools. Address: 620 W. 114th St., N. Y. City.


HARRINGTON, HOWARD SAWYER


Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 30, 1879; s. late Louis A. and Catherine S. Harrington; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1899; A.M., LL.B., 1902; m. Petersburg, Va., June 14, 1905, Anne Pickrell McKenney. Specialist in admiralty and insurance law, senior mem. Harring- ton, Bigham & Englar, lawyers. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, N. Y. City Bar Ass'n, Maritime Law Ass'n of U. S., Maritime Ass'n of Port of N. Y., Va. Hist. Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, St. George's Soc. of N. Y., Veteran Corps of Artillery, Soc. of the Cincinnati. Clubs: Calumet, Fencers, Ardsley, Sleepy Hollow, Whitehall, Columbia Univ., Racquet (Philadelphia), Royal Thames Yacht (Lon- don). Residence: "Berwick Hall," Irvington-on -Hud- son, N. Y. Address: 64 Wall St., N. Y. Clty.


HARRINGTON, JOHN F.


Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 13, 1874; s. Cornelius and Nellie (O'Sullivan) Harrington; ed. Fordham Univ., A.B., 1894, St. Francis Xavier's Coll., A.M., 1895, N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1896; m. N. Y. City, Sept. 7, 1904, Kathryn McCormack. Admitted to bar, June, 1896; since then engaged In gen. practice of law,' N. Y. Clty. Dir. N. Y. and Suburban Improvement Co., A. C. Schie- linger Realty Co., Illumination Development Co., Ins., Photographie News, Inc., Pledmont Realty Co., Ine. Democrat; Catholic. Mem. Fordham, St. Francis Xavier and N. Y. Law School Alumni Ass'n; N. Y. County Bar Ass'n, Knights of Columbus. Address: 200 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.


HARRINGTON, JOHN MADISON


Lawyer; b. West Point, Ga., Nov. 1, 1874; s. William Henry and Anna (Zachry) Harrington; grad. Univ. of Ga., A.B., 1894; N. Y. Law Sch., B.L., 1897. Engaged In general practice of law in N. Y. City. Mem. Ass'n Bar Čity of N. Y., N. Y. Southern Soc., Kappa Alpha, South- ern Order, Univ. of Ga. Soc. In City of N. Y. Address: 27 Willlam St., N. Y. Clty.


YHARRIS, ALBERT HALL


Lawyer; b. Rochester, N. Y., July 4, 1861; s. Edward and Emma L. (Hall) Harris; grad. Univ. Rochester,


A.B., 1881; m. Watkins, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1887, Hebe Magee Beach. V .- p. Lake Shore & Mich. Southern R'y Co., Michigan Central R. R. Co., Cleveland, Cin- cinnati, Chicago & St. Louis R'y Co., Pittsburgh & Lake Erie R. R. Co., Chicago, Ind. & Southern R. R. Co., Toledo & Ohio Central R'y Co .; gen. eounsel, N. Y. Central and Hudson River R. R. Co. Dlr. Detroit & Chicago R. R. Co., Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh R. R. Co., Geneva, Corning & Southern R. R. Co., Lake Erie, Alliance & Wheeling R. R., Mohawk Valley Co., N. Y. State R'ys, Schenectady R'y Co., West Branch Coal Co., Western Transit Co., Rochester R'y & Light Co. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n. Trustee Univ. of Rochester. Clubs: Union League, Metropolitan, University, Adirondack League, Sleepy Hollow, University (Cni- cago), Metropolitan ( Washington). Address: Grand Central Terminal, N. Y. City.


4HARRIS, CLINTON S.


Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, Sept. 20, 1849; s. Francis and Caroline (Barnes) Harris; ed. in public schools Eliza- beth, N. J., Dr. Pingry's Private Sch., and by private study, Columbia Law Scl., LL.B .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., March 23, 1881, Julia S. Fay. Lawyer practising in N. Y. City since 1877. Mem. law firm of Harris, Corwin, Gunnison & Meyers. Republican; Universalist. Recre- ations: Bowling, golf, summer travel. Clubs: Munic- lpal, Bowling Green (Brooklyn), Westfield Golf, Young Republican, Universallst (N. Y. City). Address: 220 Marlborough Road, Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y.


HARRIS, EMERSON P.


Broker in publishing property and publisher; b. Kennedy, Chautauqua Co., N. Y .; s. Gilbert D. and Mary (Stratton) Harris; ed. Jamestown Union Sch. and Collegiate Inst .; m. Cleveland, Ohlo, Ella F. Stevens; one d .: Florence Stevens, b. 1891. Founder The Street Railway Journal, weekly and Power, weekly (both of N. Y. City), and The Grape Belt, semi-weekly, Dunkirk, N. Y .; established Selling Magazine (monthly) in N. Y. City, May, 1906; now Advertising and Selling Magazine; has conducted brokerage business in N. Y. City, since 1898; recog- nized as among the foremost authorities on the busi- ness and economles of publishing technical, trade and other specialized periodicals. Pres. Montclair Co- operative Store Society. Address: Montclair, N. J.


HARRIS, GEORGE WILLIAM


Librarian; b. Pictou, Nova Scotia, 1849; s. John F. and Margaret Grace '(Johnson) Harris; ed. Pietou Acad. and Cornell Univ., Ph.B., 1873; m. Campbellton, N. B., June 26, 1895, Annie Smith; one d., Dorothy M. Harris, b. 1897. Ass't librarian, 1873-1883; acting li- brarian, 1883-1890; librarian since 1890, Cornell Unlv. Editor Library Bulletin of Cornell Univ., 1883-1896, and of Cornell Univ. Ten-Year-Book, 18S8; contb'r to N. Y. Nation, Library Journal, and other periodicals. Independent in politics. Life mem. Bibliog. Soc. of London. Pomological Soc. of America; mem. Am. Li- brary Ass'n, Gutenberg Gesellschaft. Recreation: Rowing. Club: Town and Gown, Ithaca. Address: 3 Grove Place, Itliaca, N. Y.


HARRIS, GIBSON WILLIAM


Clergyman; b. Alblon, Ill. Nov. 12, 1866; s. George and Catherine (Smith) Harris; ed. Indiana Univ., Ken- yon Coll., B.A., 1889; Gen. Theol. Sem., 1892; m. St. James Ch., N. Y. City, Jan. 30, 1906, Helen Taylor Mark- ham, d. of Frauk C. and Elizabeth Van Arsdale (Trow- bridge) Markham. Ordered deacon, Cli. of Holy Com- munion, N. Y. City, by Bishop Henry C. Potter. acting for the Bishop of Springfield, June, 1892; in charge of Christ Church, Oberlin, Ohio, Sept., 1892-June, 1893; ordained priest by Bishop Leonard of Ohio, June, 1893. Rector St. Ann's, Morrisania, N. Y., 1893-1907; rector Trinity Ch., Ossining N. Y., since 1907. Editor of Church Catechism Explained. Mem. N. Y. Churchman's Ass'n, Alpha Delta fraternity. Address: 17 Ellis Pl., Ossining, N. Y.


HARRIS, HEATON W.


Consul gen .; b. Alliance, Ohio, April 23, 1858; s. Joel G. and Louisa Harris (Barnaby) Harris; grad. )It. Unlon Coll., A.P., 1882, later Ph.D .; Cincinnati Law Sch., LL.B., 1887; in. Alliance, O., 1889, Effle Leek; one d., Corinne L. Mem, law firm Fording & Harris, Al- liance, 1887-1899; appt'd U. S. Consul to Mannheim, Germany, Dec., 1899; at Nuremberg, Germany, March, 1907; U. S. consul gen .- at-large, Jan., 1900, and as- signed as inspector of consular offices in European dist .; U. S. consul gen. at Frankfort since Aug., 1912; served in City Council, on I'd of led'n and B'd of Teachers' Examiners. Republican; Methodist. Mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Address: Am. Con- sulatd Frankfurt-on-Main. Germany.


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HARRIS, MAURICE HENRY


Clergyman; b. London, Eng., Nov. 9, 1859; s. Rev. Henry L. H. and Rachel (Lewis) Harris; grad. Colum- bia Univ., A.B., 1887; A.M., Ph.D .; m. London, Aug. 14, 1888. Kitty Green; children: Ruth, b, 1889; Naomi, b. 1891; Adriel, b. 1893. Rabbi of Temple Israel of Har- lem, N. Y. City, since 1882. Author: The People of the Book (3 vols.), A Thousand Years of Jewish History, History of the Jews of the Middle Ages, Modern Jewish History, also inany monographs and contb'ns relating to welfare of Jewish people, and 3 vols. of Selected Addresses. Independent; Hebrew. Mem. Ass'n of Ph.D's of Columbia Univ., Independent Order B'nai Brith; v .- p. Soc. for Aid of Jewish Prisoners, N. Y. B'd of Jewish Ministers; dir. Jewish Protecting and Aid Soc., N. Y. State Conf. of Religion; pres. and founder Harlem Federation for Jewish Communal. Ad- dress: 254 W. 103d St., N. Y. City.


HARRIS, MIRIAM COLES


Author; b. Dosoris, L. I., N. Y., July 7, 1834; d. Butler Coles and Julia Anne ( Weeks) Coles; a granddaughter of General Nathaniel Coles and a direct descendant of the Rev. Francis Doughty, the first patron of New- town and Flushing, who first preached in English on the Island of Manhattan; ed. St. Mary's Hall, Burling- ton, N. J., and Mme. Canda's Sch., N. Y. City; m. 1864, Sidney S. Harris (died 1892) ; children: Sidney (Colum- bia, 1887), Nathalie. Author: Rutledge, 1860; The Sutherlands, 1862; St.' Philip's; Frank Warrington; Richard Vandermarck; A Perfect Adonis; Happy-go- Lucky; Missy Phoebe; An Utter Failure, 1892; A Chit of Sixteen, and Other Stories; Round-hearths; Louie's Last Term at St. Mary's; Rosary for Lent; Dear Feast of Lent; A Corner of Spain, 1898; the Tents of Wicked- ness, 1907 (Appleton), etc. Address: Care Sidney Harris, Union Club, N. Y. City.


HARRIS, SIDNEY


Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 15, 1866; s. Sidney Smith and Miriam Doughty (Coles) Harris; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H., Columbia Coll., class 1887 (rowed on Columbia Varsity Crew 1886 and 1887, defeating Harvard and Coll. of Penn. at New London); Columbia Law Sch., 1889, A.B., UL.B .; m. N. Y. City, Aug. 30, 1912, Kate Blanc; one d., Katharine (wife of John Barrymore), b. Oct. 12. 1890. Engaged in gen, prac- tise since admission to the bar, June, 1889. Mem. Municipal Explosives Comm'n, Ashakan Highway Comm'n; referee in many important cascs for past 22 years. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Columbian Order. Clubs: Union, The Brook, St. An- thony, Mcadow. Residence: 68 F. 86th St. Address: 6 Wall St., N. Y. City.


HARRIS, THOMAS JEFFERSON


Physician; b. Claremont, N. H., July 25, 1865; s. Thomas J. and Myra (Beaumont) Harris; grad. Dart- mouth Coll., A.B., 1886; A.M., 1889; Univ. of Pa., M.D., 1889; m. Lynn, Mass., Oct. 21, 1896, Lena Breed; onc d., Elizabeth, b. Sept. 15, 1903. Engaged in practise of medicine in N. Y. City from 1891. Trustee Jennie Clarkson Home, Baptist City Mission Soc., Memorial Baptist Ch., Soc. for Relief of Widows and Orphans of Med. Men. Republican; Baptist. Mem. Am. Otol. Soc., Am. Laryngol. Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Med., Am. Laryngol., Rhinol. and Otol. Soc. (secretary), N. Y. Otol. Soc. Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Adjunct prof. diseases of the nose and throat, N. Y. Post-Grad. Med. Sch. and Coll .; junior surgeon, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hosp. (Throat Dept.), Clubs: University, Quill. Address: 104 E. 40th St., N. Y. City.


HARRIS, WILLIAM HAMILTON


Lawyer; b. Delaware, O., 1856; s. Bishop W. L. and Anne A. Harris; grad. Northwestern 'Univ., 1878; Co- lumbia Coll. Law Sch., 1880; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 1, 1885. Grace F. Nicoll; children: Helen F. (m. June 5, 1909, Norman L. Snow), Anne E. (m. Feb. 18, 1911, Lieut. John M. McDowell), William N. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1880; mem. law firm of Harris & Towne; dir. Manhattan Refrigerating Co .; pres. and dir. Estate of Eugene A. Hoffman, Inc .; Associate Owners. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Exec. Com. N. Y. Law Library; mg'r Am. Bible Soc. Clubs: University. Hardware, Riding, Sachem's Head Yacht, Automobile. Residence: 140 W. 57th St. Address: 258 Broadway, N. Y. City.


HARRIS, WILLIAM WELTON


Editor; b. Hudson (Lenawee Co.), Mich., Feb. 10, 1866; s. Caleb H. and Eliza (Durling) Harris; grad. Jackson (Mich. ) High Sch., 1885; Univ. of Mich., Ph.B., 1889: m. Jackson, Mich., Jan. 25, 1893. Jessie Elizabeth Brown; children: Jean, b. 1898, Janet, b. 1902; Ruth, b. 1905. Commercial traveler, 1887-1SS8; reporter Detroit News, 1890; Chicago Inter-Ocean and Chicago Tribune, 1891-1895; copy reader, night city editor and


ass't night editor N. Y. Journal, 1896-1901; telegraph editor, N. Y. Herald, 1901-1904; managing editor, N. Y. Evening Telegram, 1904-1907; night editor N. Y. Heraid since 1907. Mem. Jackson (Mich.) Greys (militia), 1886-1889; Psi Upsilon fraternity. Recreations: Goit tennis, bicycling, fishing. Clubs: N. Y. Golf, Dun- woodie Country (mem. B'd of Govs.). Address: Lowerre Summit, Yonkers. N. Y.


HARRISON, BIRGE


Artist; b. Philadelphia, Oct. 28, 1854; s. Appollos Wolcott and Margaret (Beiden) Harrison; ed. 10 Philadelphia, and Paris, France; m. 1st, Eleanor Ritchie, of Melbourne, Australia (died May. 1895); 2d. Jenny Seaton Harrison, of Plymouth, Mass. Circum- navigated the giobe, 1889-1891, preparing illustrated papers for Scribner's and Harper's Magazincs; spent four years in Southern Caiif., one year in Arizona, two in New Mexico with the Pueblo Indians, and 12 ycars in France, Italy and Spain. Mem. Nat. Acad. Design; dir. and prof. in Suminer Sch. Art Students' League of N. Y., at Woodstock, N. Y .; mem. Nat. Inst. Arts Letters, Soc. Am. Artists, Am. Federation of Arts, hors concours, Paris Salon; medals at Paris Exp'n, World's Columbian Exp'n, Chicago, 1893, Pan- Am. Exp'n Buffalo, 1901. Purchase Exp'n, St. Louis, 1905, at Washington, 1904, Philadelphia, 1907, etc. Has paintings in public museums at Marseilles, France, Philadelphia Acad. Fine Arts, Chicago Art Inst., St Louis Museum of Fine Arts, Detroit Museum of Fine Arts, Indianapolis Museum of Fine Arts, Art Ass'n of Nashville, Art Ass'n of Spartansburg, S. C., Art Ass'n of Lincoln, Neb., and Oakland, Calif .; painter of Am. landscape, making Winter scenes a specialty. Author: Landscape Painting (Charles Scribner's Sons). Clubs: Century , Salmagundi, London Authors, MacDowell Ends of the Earth, National Arts (hon. life mem.) Address: 7 West 43d St., N. Y. City.


HARRISON, FRANCIS BURTON


Lawyer; Gov .- gen. Philippine Islands; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 18, 1873; s. Burton and Constance (Cary) Harri- son; ed. Cutler Sch .; grad. Yalc, 1895; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1897. Instr. N. Y. Night Law Sch., 1897-1899; mem. N. Y. Bar. Served in Spanish-Am. War as pri- vate in Troop A, N. Y. Vol. Cav., May 19 to June 20, 1898; promoted capt. and ass't adj .- gen. U. S. Vols .; serving until Jan. 31, 1899. Nominated by Democrats and elected to 58th Congress from 13th Cong. dist. Dem. nominee for lieut .- gov. of N. Y. in 1904; elected to 60th Congress from 16th N. Y. Dist., Nov. 1906; re- clected to 61st, 62d and 63d Congresses. Gov .- gen. of Philippine Islands upon nomination of Pres. Wilson, Aug. 26, 1913. Democrat. Clubs: Knickerbocker, Unl- versity, Racquet and Tennis, Manhattan, Union Metro- politan (Washington, D. C.). Residence: 876 Fifth Av. Address: Manila, P. I.


HARRISON, HARRY W.


Banker; b. Philadelphia, May 18, 1879; s. Charles C. and Ellen Nixon ( Waln); ed. Wm. Penn Charter Sch., Philadelphia, 1889-1893; St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H., 1894-1897; Univ. of Pa., A.B., 1901; m. Phiia- delphia, Dec. 22, 1906, Frances Roberts; children: Harry W., Jr., Roberts. Mem. firm Charles C. Har- rison, Jr., & Co. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Delta Psi fraternity. Recreations: Hunting, polo. Clubs: Philadelphia, Racquet, Radnor_Hunt, Bryn Mawr Polo. Residence: St. Davids, Pa. Address:


Lafayette Bld'g., Philadelphia, Pa.


HARRISON, HENRY L.


Educator; b. Orange, N. J., May 13, 1854; s. Joseph D. and Mary A. Harrison; grad. Princeton Coll., A.B., 1876, A.M .; m. Sacramento, Calif., July 11, 1888, Fran- ces H. Tyrrell. Engaged in secondary ed'n since grad- uation from coll .; associated with Arthur H. Cutier in the Cutler Sch., N. Y. City. Republican; mem. Re- formed (Dutch) Ch. Clubs: Century, Princeton, Bar- nard. Address: 116 E. 93d St., N. Y. City.


HARRISON, HERBERT A.


Physician; b. North Winfleid, N. Y., 1871; s. Thomas E. and Olive E. (Alexander) Harrison; grad. N. Y. Homæ. Coll. and Hosp., M.D., 1895; m. Utica, N. Y., April 15, 1903, Delia D. Eilison; two sons, Thomas Duanc, b. 1904, Leonard Arnold, b. 1910. Since 1895 engaged in med. practise; resident surgeon, Nat. Homme, Hosp., Washington, 1895-1897; in gen. prac- tice at Cooperstown, N. Y., 1897-1902; resident sur- gcon, N. Y. Ophthalmic Hosp., 1902-1903; since then at Utica, N. Y. Pres. Otsego Ilome Telephone Co., pres. Delaware Otsego Independent Toll Line Co. Mem. Am. Inst. Homoeopathy, State Ifomo. Med. Soc. of N. Y., Medical-Chirurg. Soc. of Central N. Y., Utica Homoe. Med. Club, Am. Homoe. Ophthalmol., Otol. and Laryngol. Soc., etc. Mason. Mem. Mac-


cabces of the World. Address: 196 Genesee St., Utica, N. Y.


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HARRISON, RICHARD COMPTON


Lawyer; b. Allegheny City, Pa., July 5, 1881; s. John and Amelia ( Williams) Harrison; grad. Colum- dia Univ., A.B., A.M., L.L.B .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 1. 1905, Fiorence H. Burtis; one son: Donald Cuth- bert, b. Oct. 13, 1907. Ass't counsel Public Service Comm'n, 1908-1911. Examiner for Pres. of B'd of Aldermen, N. Y. City (1911-1913); Deputy Comm'r of Docks, N. Y. City. Author: Harrison on N. Y. Corporations. Independent Democrat; mem. Alpha Chl Rho fraternity. Club: City (N. Y.). Address: Pier A, North River, N. Y. City.




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