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JHOILE, JAMES T.
Manufacturer; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 1, 1850; s. Robert and Margaret (Smith) Hoile; ed. public schools, Bryant & Stratton's Commercial Coll .; m. Farming- dale, N. Y., Dec. 9, 1874, Annie A. Van Nostrand. Has traveled extensively throughout the U. S., including the Western slope. Dir. Willard Mirror and Frame Mfg Co .; sec. and dir. Rubber Balloon Co. of Amer- ica, MI'rs Ass'n of N. Y., etc. Veteran 13th Reg't N.G.N.Y .; former mem. Brooklyn B'd of Ed'n; mem. Soc. of Old Brooklynltes, Masonic Order, Masonic Veterans, B'd of Governors of Brooklyn Home for Aged Colored People. Republican; Congregationalist. Recreations: Riding, driving. Address: 198 Mon- tague St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
HOLBROOK, DWIGHT
Educator; b. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1853; s. David Am- bler and Susan (Bartlett) Holbrook; grad. Hamilton Coll., A.B., A.M .; Yale, Ph.D., Hamilton; m. New Ha- ven, Conn., 1875, Harriette E. C. Northrop; children: Birdsey Northrop, b. 1877; Seward Armstrong (de- ceased), Anne Bartlett, b. 1884. Author: Reading of Our Boys and Girls; editor: The Talisman. Independent; Presbyt'n. Mem. 'Sigina Phi fraternity. Club: Uni- versity (N. Y.). Residence: Briarcliff Manor, N. Y. Address: Ossining, N. Y.
J HOLBROOK, EDWARD
Capitalist; pres., treas. and dir. Gorham Mf'g Co., of N. Y .; pres. and dir. Silversmiths Co .; trustee Gar- field Safe Deposit Co., General Fire Extinguisher Co., dir. Merchants' Nat. Bank, Rhode Island llosp. Trust Co., Whiting MI'g Co., American Brass Co. Resi- dence: 6 E. 52d St. Address: 386 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
HOLBROOK, GEORGE ARTHUR
Clergyman; b. Portsmouth, N. H., Feb. 17, 1857; s. John R. and Sarah J. (Clark) Holbrook; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad .; grad. Bowdoin Coll., B.A., 1877; M.A., 1880; P. E. Theol. Sch., Cambridge, Mass., B.D., 1880; m. Erie, Pa., Oct. 11, 1881, Lucia Austin. Curate St. Paul's, Erie, Pa., 1880-1881; rector St. Paul's, Bellevue, O., 1881-1883; St. Paul's, Brunswick, Me., 1883-1888; St. Peter's, Ashtabula, O., 1888-1891; St. Barnabas Parish, Troy, N. Y., since Feb., 1891; mem. Alpha Delta Phi. Address: Troy, N. Y.
HOLBROOK, HENRY CROSBY
Educator; b. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Nov., 1857; s. Da- vid Ambler and Susan ( Bartlett) Holtbrook; grad. Hamilton Coll., A.B., A.M .; m. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June, 1886, Caroline Sturgis Candee; children: David Ambler (deceased), Carolyn, b. 1895. Independent; Presby'n. Mem. Sigma Phi fraternity. Club: Univer- sity (N. Y.). Residence: Briarcliff Manor, N. Y. Ad- dress: Ossining, N. Y.
HOLCOMB, RICHMOND CRANSTON
Surgeon, U. S. N .; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., July 26, 1874; s. Charles Mortimer and Lucy Jane (Cranston) Hol- comnb; attended publics schs., High Sch., Pratt Inst.,
L. I. Coll. Hosp. (M.D., class 1896); interne Brooklyn Hosp. and St. John's Hosp .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 3, 1899, Mary Wells Browning; children: Richmond Cranston, Jr., b. April 25, 1903; Gladys Browning, b. Nov. 16, 1904; Browning, b. Aug. 18, 1909; Charles Mortimer, b, Mar. 7, 1913. Surgeon U. S. N .; instr. radiology, Naval Med. Sch., Washington, D. C. Served as acting ass't surgeon, U. S. Army in war with Spain; in Navy, in Phillippine Insurrection, 1809- 1902. Mem. Ass'n of Military Surgeons of U. S., Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Alpha Kappa Kappa fra- ternity. Resident dir. Navy Mutual Aid Ass'n. Residence: 2250 Cathedral Av., Washington, D. C., and Brooklyn, N. Y: Address: Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Dep't, Washington, D. C.
HOLDEN, ALBERT J.
Organist, composer; b. Boston, Mass., 1841; s. John and Lydla A. Holden; came to N. Y. City in 1855, where studied music. Organist more than 30 years at Ch. of Divine Paternity (Universalist) and Ch. of Puritans; compositions, anthems, hyinns and other church music number 300; besides songs, part songs, ballads and choruses. llas edited and compiled nu- mcrous collections of music. Mcm. N. E. Soc., La- fayette Post 140, G. A. R., Am. Guild of Organists, Crescent Lodge No. 402, F. and A. M. Residence: White Plains, N. Y. Address: 27 W. 42d St., N. Y. City.
HOLDEN, ALEXANDER MARTIN
Banker; h. Mendon, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1848; s. Timothy Humphrey and Minerva Jane ( Martin) Holden; ed. Rochester (N. Y.) High Sch .; m. Lima, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1870, Eleanor L. Warner; one son: Raleigh. Has been engaged in the banking business since 1870. Pres. village Honeoye Falls; pres. Bank of Honeoye Falls, Genessee Lime Co .; Honeoye Falls Mfg Co .; dir. Hone- oye Falls Furniture Co. One of organizers and dir. 15 years of Rochester Southern R. R., part of Lehigh Valley system. Mem. B'd of Ed'n Honeoye Falls for 10 years. Connected officially with many other indus- trial org'ns. Mem. Am. and N. Y. State Bankers' Ass'ns; trustee Genesee Wesleyan Sem., Lima, N. Y .; trustce Syracuse Univ .; treas. Union Sch., Honeoye Falls; pres. Honeoye Cemetery Ass'n; B'd of trustees of M. E. Ch .; delegate Cen. Conf. M. E. Ch. at Cleve- land, 1896, and Baltimore, 1908. Mem. Empire State Soc. S. A. R., Rochester Hist. Soc. etc. Republican, Men. M. E. Ch. Clubs :. Masonic, Chamber of Com- merce, Automobile ( Rochester). Address: Honeoye Fills, N. Y.
HOLDEN, EDWARD SINGLETON
Librarian; astronomer; b. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 5, 1846; s. Edward and Sarah F. (Singleton) Holden; grad. Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo., B.S., 1866; U. S. Mll. Acad., 1870 (M.A., Washington Unlv .; Sc.D., Unlv. of Pacific; LL.D., Univ. of Wls .; LL.D., Columbia Univ .; Litt.D., Fordham Univ.); m. St. Louis, Mo., 1871, Mary Chauvenes; children: Mabel, Mildred, Edward. Lieut. of eng'rs, U. S. A., to 1873; prof. mathematics U. S. Navy and astronomer to 1881; dir. Washburn Observatory (Wis.), to 1885; pres. Univ. of Calif. to 1888; dir. Lick Observatory to 1898; librarian U. S. MIl. Acad. (West Point) since 1901. Mem. Nat. Acad. of Seiences, Am. Philos. Soc., etc .; foreign associate . Royal Astron. Soc .; hon. mem. Astron. Soc. France, cte .; Knight Comd'r Ernestine Order of Saxony; Knight Royal Order of the Danobrog of Denmark, etc. Club: Century. Address: Mil. Acad., West Point, N. Y.
HOLDEN, FRANK HOWELL
Architect; b. Chicago, June 8, 1870; s. Timothy Nathan and Marian (Howell) Holden; ed. Chicago Manual Training Sch., Mass. Inst. Technology. Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris; m. N. Y. City, Way 15, 1902, Agnes Johnson; one d .: Anne, b. 1905. Was connected with offices of Iloward & Caulwell Carrere and Bos- worth & Holden; now mg'r of Designing Dep't, Hogg- son Bros. Traveled in Europe, France, Germany, Eng- land, etc., during his years of study in Paris. Sec. N. Y. Chapter, Am. Inst. Architects, Architectural League of N. Y. Recreations: Playing in Amateur String Qnarlette (violin); mem. two quartettes. Club: Century. Address: 722. 41th St., N. Y. City.
HOLDEN, HENDRICK S.
Merchant; b. Charlotte, N. Y., Mar. 22, 1549; ed. dls- triet sch. of same and public and private schs. of Kochester. Moved to Syracuse, 1867; left coll. before graduation to enter employ of father as bookkeeper in a coal business; m. 1st, Belle S., daughter of Daniel Stewart, May 13, 1874; 2d, . May 10, 1905. Luella S. Stewart, sister of hls first wife. Colgate Univ. con- ferred the degree of A.M. on him. In 1872 bought an interest in a coal business in Brooklyn, under the name of Nelson & Holden; their partnership continued for 10 years. Mr. Holden returned to Syracuse and
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entered firm of Holden Bros .; later admitted to firm and name of same changes to Holden & Son, and later on admission of brother, as Holden & Sons. Pres. Commercial Nat. Bank of Syracuse, dir. Syracuse Trust Co .; First Nat. Bank of Syracuse. Nominated to State Senate, Nov. 3, 1908, and elected. Address: Syracuse, N. Y.
HOLDEN, JAMES AUSTIN
State Historian and Chief Dlv. History, Ed'n Dep't; b. Glens Falls, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1861; s. Hon. Austin Wells and Elizabeth (Buell) IIolden; father was widely known as a successful physician and surgeon, and antiquarian and mem. of various hist. socs. in N. Y. and N. E., and Author History of Queensbury, N. Y. (published by Munsell, 1874); mother d. of Hon. Sarah Josepha (Buell) Hale, the noted authoress and editor Godey's Lady's Book from early '50's to late '70's; grad. Glens Falls Acad., 1881, Williams Coll., A.B., 1885, with class honors; m. Glens Falls, N. Y., June 12, 1889, Mary. Belle, d. Charles F. and Isabel (Verder) Everest; one s .: Everest Buell, b. May 22, 1890. Newspaper editor and publisher till 1891; since then engaged in various enterprises; dir. Glens Falls Trust Co .; Village trustee, 1893-1894; mem. local B'd of Ed'n, 1899-1912 (pres. 1903-1910); one of the four comm'rs B'd of Public Safety for City of Glens Falls. Democrat; Episcopalian (warden Ch. of Messiah, Glens Falls); appt'd State Historian by Gov. Dix, 1911. Trustee and treas. N. Y. SState Hist. Ass'n; corr. mem. N. Y. Geneal. and Biog. Soc. (N. Y. Clty), Nat. Geog. Soc. (Washington), Masonic Hist. Soc., N. Y. City. Has devoted much time to local history and Americana of Northern N. Y .; contb'r to Transactions of N. Y. State Hist. Ass'n, his monographs on The Half Way Brook in History, Ticonderoga Campaign of 1775, and "Real Burial Place of Lord Howe" being especially valuable; also contb'r to Nat. Magazine, Encyclopaedia Ameri- cana, etc., on local topics. Treas. Glens Falls Home for Aged Women; sec. Crandall Free Library. Mem. Masonic Order, York and "Scottish Rites; dist. deputy grand master, 21st Masonic Dist., 1906-1908; mem. B. P. O. Elks, Sons of Veterans, Albany Chapter Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Elks, Masonic, Glens Falls, Fort Orange, University (Albany). Residence: 27 Elm St., Glens Falls, N. Y. Address: Ed'n Dep't, Albany, N. Y.
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HOLDEN, JOHN
Lawyer; b. Clifton, N. Y., Mar. 30, 1862; s. Isaac and Esther (Stead) Holden; grad. Yale Unlv., 1884; m. Sterling, Mass., Nov. 22, 1892, Florence H. Heywood; children: Heywood, Constance. Practising law in N. Y. City. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., New England Soc. Residence: 8 Rochelle Park Blvd., New Rochelle, N. Y. Address: 141 Broadway, N. Y. City.
HOLDEN, WILLIAM
Clergyman; grad. St. Stephen's Coll., B.A., 1883; Gen. Theol. Sem., 1886, D.D., St. Stephen's College, June, 1910. Ordered deacon, 1886, by Bishop Littlejohn, or- dained priest, 1887, by Bishop Paret, in Episcopal ministry. Formerly at St. John's Parlsh, Washington, D. C., 1886-1888; St. Peter's Ch., Hazleton, Pa., 1888- ' 1889; Florence, N. J., 1889-1891; Northport, L. I., 1891- 1900; archdeacon of Suffolk Co., 1899. Rector St. James' Ch., St. James, L. I., and archdeacon delegate to Gen. Conv., 1904, 1910. Address: St. James, L. 1., N. Y.
HOLLANDER, ELMER RAND
Manufacturer; b. Boston, Mass., Aug. 16, 1870; s. Louis Preston and Emma Louise (Rand) Hollander; attended Philllps Exeter Acad .; m. Boston, Mass., Dec. 19, 1894, Lonetta Leslie; one s .: Louis Preston, 2d, b. Jan. 16, 1896. Established Fiat automobiles in France, 1902, England, 1903, and America, 1903; v .- p. Fiat Automobile Co., 1907-1912; pres. Fiat Motor Sales Co., since 1912. Also treas. and dir. Securitles Press Co .; dir. F. I. A. T., Poughkeepsie. Served three years in 1st Corps of Cadets, Boston, Mass. Vol. Milltla, 1890-1893. Unitarian. Mem. Sons of Revolution, Soc. War of 1812, Alumni Ass'n of Phillips Exeter Acad. Clubs: New York, Corinthian Yacht (Marblehead), Atlantic Yacht, Amateur Billiard, Residence: 471 Park Av. Address: 1776 Broadway, N. Y. City.
HOLLEY, MARIETTA
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Author; b. near Adams, N. Y .; d. John M. and Mary (Taber) Holley; ed. at local schools and at home- extremely fond of music, which she taught for several years, but decided to devote herself to literature, and early began to contribute to magazines. First book, My Opinions and Betsy Bobbett's, proved a success, having large sale in this country and being repub- lished in Europe. Author: Samantha at the Cen-
tennial: My Wayward Pardner, 1880; The Morman Wife (illustrated pocm), 1880; Miss Richard's Boy, 1883; Sweet Cicely, 1885; Samantha at Saratoga, 1887; Poems, 1887; Samantha Among the Brethren, 1890; Samantha Among the Colored Folks, 1892; Samantha at the World's Fair, 1894; Samantha in Europe, 1896; serial: Around the World with Josinh Allen's Wife, 1900; Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition, 1904; Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife, 1905; Samantha vs. Josiah, 1906; Samantha On Children's Rights, 1908; Samantha at Long Island and a Thou- sand Other Islands, 1911; Samantha on the Woman Question, 1913; has also contributed largely to maga- zines and periodicals. Recreations: Music, reading and motoring. Address: Pierrepont Manor, Jefferson Co., N. Y.
Curator; b. New Brighton, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1857; 8. Frederick and Eleanor Eliza (Bailey ) Hollick; ed. private schs., in N. Y. City and Wiesbaden, Germany; grad. Columbia Coll. Sch. of Mines, Ph.B., 1879; Ph.D., Columbian (Now George Washington) Univ., Wash- ington, D. C., 1897; m. Port Richmond, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1882, Adeline Augusta Talkington; children: Eleanor Adeline, b. 1884; Roger Frederick, b. 1886; Grace Eaton, b. 1888. Supt. Mexican mine, Mariposa Co., Callf., 1889; engaged in sanitary eng'ring, 1SS1-1890; ass't dept. geology, Columbia Coll., 1892; tutor, 1893- 1901; curator dept. fossil botany, N. Y. Bot. Garden, since 1901; geologist, U. S. Geol. Survey. Traveled extensively through the West and Alaska; also did considerable field work for the State Geol. Surveys of N. Y. and N. J., Md. and La .; assisted in org'n of good govt. and Citizens' Union movements, serving as trustee, officer and mem. of coms .; mem. New Brighton B'd of Health, 1886-1894; comm'r and pres. Port Rich- mond (N. Y.) Boulevard Comm'n, 1896; comin'r, v .- p. and pres. Richmond Co. Park Comm'n, 1897-1904; mem. B'd of Ed'n, City of N. Y., 1907-1910; sec. and trustee Staten Island Ass'n Arts and Sciences. Republican. Mem. A.A.A.S., Geol. Soc. America, Bot. Soc. America, Paleontological Soc. America, N. Y. Acad. of Science, Am. Ass'n Museums, Staten Island Ass'n of Arts and Sciences (trustee), Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Sigma Xi Soc. Recreations: Golf, bowling. Clubs: Torrey Botanical, Staten Island, Richmond County Country. Residence: Wall St., New Brighton, S. I., N. Y. Address: N. Y. Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, N. Y. City.
HOLLINS, HARRY BOWLY
Banker, broker; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 5, 1854; s. Frank and Elizabeth (Coles) 'Hollins; ed. private schs .; m. N. Y. City, 1877, Evelina Knapp. Entered employ of Levi P. Morton & Co., 1870; later became clerk in office of D. P. Morgan & Co .; cashier for Oakley & Co., 1873, the same year cashier for John D. Prince & Co .; organized ins. brokerage firm Grundy, Holiins & Martin, 1875, and banking and brokerage firm H. B. Ilollins & Co., 1878, of which Is senior incin. One of organizers Knickerbocker Trust Co. V .- p. Centrai R. R. & Banking Co. of Ga .; Internat. Bank of Mexico; dir. Corp'n Trust Co., Trust Co. of America, Havana î- Tobacco Co., N. America Safe Deposit Co., Central Union Gas Co., Northern Union Gas Co., Lands Pur- chase Co., Publishers' Paper Co., 10th & 23d St. Ferry Co. L. I. Motor Parkway, Inc. Clubs: Metropolitan, Knickerbocker, Union, Racquet. Address: 15 Wall St., N. Y. City.
HOLLISTER, WILLIAM HENRY, JR.
Lawyer; b. Coxsackie, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1847; s. William Henry and Judith Ann Hollister; ed. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., and Hudson River Inst., Claverack. N. Y .: grad. Willlams Coll., 1870 (prize orator), editor of Williams Quarterly; mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity; elected mem. Phi Beta Kappa and class day pres .; studied law In Troy, N. Y., 1871-1874; m. Troy, N. Y., 1878, J. Frances d. Joseph llillman; one son. Joseph. In the Census Bureau at Washington, 1870-1871; admitted to bar at Binghamton, N. Y., 1874; has practised law in Troy since then. Elder in Second Presby'n Ch. of Troy sinco 1884, and clerk of Session; pres. BB'd of Trustees In Second Presby'n Ch. since 1881; comm'r from Troy Presbytery to Presby'n Gen. Assembly at Minneapolis, 1886; mem. Synod of N. Y., 1898-1901; pres. of comm'n to locate public market in Troy, 1899; school comm'r of Troy, 1878-1881: one of founders of Troy Record, 1895; pres. co. until 1903; pres. N. Y. State Convention of Y. M. C. A., at King- ston, 1900; dir. Y. M. C. A. of Troy since 1895; elected alumni trustee Williams Coll., 1901, sec. of b'd for three years; trustee Troy Orphan Asylum since 1875: treas. Silver Bay Ass'n for Christlan Conferences and Training, at Lake George, and inem. Exec. Com. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Residence: 43 First St. Address: 202 Cannon P'l., Troy. N. Y.
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JHOLM, CHARLES F.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, March 8, 1862; s. Carl and Mary ( Martienssen) Holm; ed. High Sch. Schwereln, Germany, after leaving private sch. In N. Y. in 1871; m. 1st, N. Y. City, June, 1884, Caroline Martienssen; 2d, March, 1907, Grace Bolese; children: Una, Ion C., Tertia, Grace Q. Organized cooperative trade corp'ns, the first being in 1888. Among them being United Nat. Bank, 1901, and Hudson Trust Co., 1906; Con- sumer Brewing Co. of N. Y., L'td; United Wine and Trading Co., Am. Exchange Cigar Co., Excelsior Brew- ing Co., Franco-Am. Baking Co., Consumers Pie Bak- ing Co., Fred Munch Brewing Co., etc. Senlor mem. law firm of Holm, Whitlock & Scarff. Counsel and dir. Hudson Trust Co. Capt. Company C, 14th Reg't, until 1904. Republican; Lutheran. Recreations: Horse- back riding, boating. Hon. mem. of Plattdeutscher Volksfest Vereer of N. Y. Clubs: Riding and Driving (Brooklyn). Montauk (Brooklyn). Address: 35 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
HOLMES, ARTEMAS H.
Lawyer; b. Galena, Ill., May 16, 1849; s. Artemis Lawrence and Mary Margaret (Bloomer) Holmes; ed. Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo .; grad. Phillips Acad., Exeter, N. H., 1866; Harvard Coll. A.B., 1870; Harvard Law Sch., 1871; m. May 20, 1880, Lillian Stokes; chil- dren: Artemus, Mrs. John D. Crimmins, Jr .; IIilda. Was admitted to the N. Y. Bar, 1874, and has been in gen. practice since. Mem. Law Inst. Sons of Revo- lution. Club: University. Address: 453 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
HOLMES, CLAY W.
Manufacturer; b. Le Raysville, Pa., Sept. 26, 18448; s. Daniel and Lois (Wood) Holmes; grad. Lafayette Coll., Easton, Pa., A.B., 1869, A.M. 1874; m. Nov. 2 1871, Charlotte Stevens; one d., Flora Lois. Engaged In the retail drug business, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1872- 1876; wholesale druggist and mf'r, Elmira, N. Y., 1877-1884; mfg Frostilla, a toilet preparation, since 1885; mem. Elmira City Council, 1883-1885; publisher Elmira Daily Advertiser, 1889-1905; pres. Hygeia Refrigerating Co., Chemung"Valley Mutual Loan Ass'n, Turner Electric Co., Elmira Water B'd., Minnequa Furniture Co., Canton, Pa .; v .- p. First Nat. Bank of Canton, Pa .; mem. B'd of Ed'n. Republican; Baptist. Mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion, S. A. R., Sons of Vet- erans, lvy Lodge, F. and A. M .; Elmira Chapter, R. A. M .; St. Omer's Commandery, Knights Templar, Corning Consistory; life mem. Am. and N. Y. State Pharm. Ass'ns; trustee Y. M. C. A. Clubs: Century, Automobile of America (N. Y. City), Country, Auto- mobile (Elmira). Address. Elmira, N. Y.
HOLMES, DAVID H.
Professor Latin and Greek; b. Battle Ground, Ind., March 21, 1865; s. David and Samantha E. ( Webster) Holmes; grad. Ohlo Wesleyan Univ., A. B., 1SS5, A.M., 1888; scholar in Sanskrit and fellow In Greek and Sanskrit, John Hopkins Univ., 1892-1893, Ph. D., 1893; prof. Latin Allegheny Coll., 1894; student in Unlvs. of Berlin and Bonn, Germany, 1895; prof. Univ. of Kan., 1895-1897; Instr. in Latin, N. Y. High Schs. since 1898. Author of Index Lysiacus and Die mit Praepositionen Zusammengesetzten Verben bei Thukydides. Editor- in-chief of N. Y. Latin Leaflet, 1900-1907; teacher in Eastern Dist. High Sch., Brooklyn, since, 1900; founded N. Y. Latin Club, 1900; founded N. Y. High Sch. Coll. Entrance Scholarship Fund, 1900, completed in, 1907: founded The N. Y. Latin Leaflet, 1900-1907, now The Classical Weekly. Independent; Congregationalist (mem. Broadway Tabernacle). Organized Male High Sch. Teachers' Ass'n of N. Y. City. Mem. Philol. Ass'n and varlous edn'l ass'ns. Recreations: Motor boat- ing, owner "Tyeny" motor boat. Clubs: Colonial Yacht, Teachers' Yacht (commo.), Delta Tau Delta. Address: 633 Riverside Drive., N. Y. City.
HOLMES, EARLES F.
Insurance manager; b. Chicago, Dec. 2, 1861. Ent- ered mercantile life with the firm of J. V. Farwell & Co. of Chicago; withdrew from It a few years later to engage in the business of life and accident Insurance as solicitor; was Sec. Inter-State Casualty Co. until that institutlon merged with the Pacific Mutual Life Ins. Co. of Calif .; continued as Eastern see. of the latter corp'n until 1903, when became Interested in other lines of business. Since 1906 one of the man- agers of New York office of The Travelers Ins. Co. of Hartford, Conn. Clubs: New York Athletic, Hardwarc. Residence: Ridgefield, Conn. Address: 76 William St., N. Y. City.
HOLMES, ERNEST RAYMOND
Tourist conductor, journalist, travel lecturer: b. Wapello, Iowa, Aug. 17, 1868; grad, from Unlv. of Neb., B.L., 1890. A.M .. 1898 (Romance languages); m. 1896, Kittie Shackelton. Clty editor Daily Hub.
Kearney, Neb., 1890-1891; exchange editor Neb. State Journal, 1891-1893; made blcycle tour of Europe, 1893- 1894, as correspondent Chicago Tribune and Lincoln Journal; city editor Lincoln Journal, 1894-1898; stu- dent in Romance languages, philology, University of Paris, College de France, Ecole des Chartes, 1898- 1899; attache U. S. Comin'n to Paris Exp'n, 1899-1901; traveled in Italy, France, Belgium, Holland and Eng- land during this European stay, and corresponded for American papers and magazines; assistant editor of Success magazine, 1901-1906; in 1906-1907 visited Japan, China and Europe, and made tour of the world via Egypt, India, Burma, Ceylon, China and Japan. Summer 1907 made . circult of South America, taking first party of tourists ever visiting that continent; in spring of 1908 visited Egypt, Palestine, Turkey, Greece and Italy; 1910, 1911, 1913, completed world tours, adding Java, Malay Peninsula, Manchurla and Korea to countries visited. Contb'r to various maga- zines, joint author (with O. S. Marden) of Every Man a King (T. Y. Crowell). Address: 245 Broadway, N. Y. City.
HOLMES, NORTRUP RAYMOND
Lawyer; b. East Worcester, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1879; s. John B. and Mary E. (Tobey) Holmes; ed. Worcester Acad., Troy (N. Y.) High Sch., Troy Acad., Union Coll .; grad. Albany Law Sch., LL.B., 1901; m. June 7, 1904, Bertha May Snyder; one son: Alton R., b. 1906. Mem. Union Coll. Alumni Ass'n; Union Univ. Alumni Ass'n; Albany Law Sch. Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: Pafraet Dael, Troy Country. Address: Troy, N. Y.
HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL
Associate justice of U. S. Supreme Court; b. Boston, Mass., March S, 1841; s. Dr. Oliver Wendell (poet, novelist) and Amelia L. (Jackson) Holmes; grad. Har- vard Coll., A.B., 1861, LL.B., 1866; hon. LL.D., 1895; LL.D., Yale Univ., 1886; D.C.L., Oxford Univ., 1909; LL.D., Univ. of Berlin, 1910, and Williams Coll .; m. June 17, 1872, Fanny Dixwell. Practised law in firm Shattuck, Holmes & Munroe, 1873-1882; prof. of law, Harvard Coll., 1882; asso. Supreme Court of Mass., 1882-1899; chief justice, 1899-1902; appt'd asso. justice of Supreme Court of U. S., 1902. Author: The Com- mon Law, 1881, also of volume of speeches (Little, Brown & Co.); editor Am. Law Review, 1870-1873, and 12th edition of Kent's Commentarles, 1873. Comm'nd 1st lieut. 20th Mass, Vol. Inf., July, 1861; capt., 1862; appt'd a .- d .- c. to Brig .- Gen. H. G. Wright; breveted major, lieut .- col. and col .; wounded at Balls Bluff, Antletam, and Fredericksburg. Corr. fellow British Acad. Address: 1720 I St., Washington, D. C.
HOLMES, SAMUEL VAN VRANKEN
Clergyman; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., March 23, 1862; s. Rev. John McC. and Frances (Van Vranken) Holmes: ed. Williams Coll., A.B., 1883, A.M., 1886, D.D., 1903, Berlin Univ., 1883-1884; grad. Princeton Theol. Sem., 1887; m. June 15, 1887, lIelen Stanton, of Bridgeport, Conn .; children: Marguerite, b. 1888; Richard Stanton, b. 1SS9. Installed minister Nov., 1887; pastor Presby'n Ch., Richfield Springs, N. Y., 1887-1892; asso. pastor First Presby'n Ch., Washington, D. C., 1892-1893; pas- tor Westminster Ch., Buffalo, N. Y., since 1893. Clubs: Westminster, University (Buffalo). Address: Buffalo, N. Y.
HOLT, GEORGE CHANDLER
Jurist; b. Mexico, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1843; s. S. Hiram and Marian (Chandler) Holt; grad, Yale Univ., A. B., 1866, LL.D., 1894; Columbia Law Sch., LL. B., 1869; m. 1871, Mary Louisa Bowen. Practising law at N. Y. bar until 1898; referee in bankruptcy, 1898-1903; since then, judge of the U. S. District Court for the South- ern Dist. of N. Y. Republican. Mem. Fine Arts Soc., Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Sons of the Revolution. Clubs: Yale, Century, Lawyers. Residence: 40 W. 59th St. Address: P. O. Building, N. Y. City.
HOLT, HAMILTON
Editor of The Independent; b. Brooklyn, Aug. 19, 1872; s. Judge George C. and Mary L. (Bowen) Holt; ed. public schs., Columbia Grammar Sch .; grad. Yale, A.B., 1894; post-grad. study in sociology and eco- noinles, Columnbla Univ., 3 years; m. Baltimore, Md., Feb. 18, 1899, Alexina C. Smith; children: Beatrice, b. 1900; Leila Stuart, b. 1901; JJohn Eliot, b. 1904: George Chandler, b. 1909. With editorial don't of N. Y. Inde- pendent since graduation, of which is now editor. Independent in politics. Has spoken and presided on political platform on several occasions. Mem. Fusion "Com. of 100" in 1909 and "Com. of 107" in 1913. Trav- eled to The Hague in summer of 1907, to study at first hand the Second Hague Conf., about which has , since given some 100 lectures in schools, colleges and elubs. Decorated, 1909, by the Emperor of Japan with the Order of the Sacred Treasure. Congregationallst. Mem. Simplified Spelling B'd; permanent arbitrator
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