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INGALSBE, GRENVILLE MELLEN
Lawyer, banker, mir; b. S. Hartford, N. Y., July 26, 1846; s. Milo and Laura C. (Chapin) Ingalsbe; ed. public and private schs. of Hartford, Hartford Acad., Ft. Edward Collegiate Inst., Union Coll., A.B., 1870, A.M., 1873; Harvard Law Sch., LL.B., 1872; m. Sandy Hill, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1876, Franc E. Groesbeck; one son: Grenville H. (died 1910). Principal Argyle Acad., 1867-1870; law student with Hughes & Northup admitted to practice, 1874, making specialty of corp'n and real estate law. Pres. and dir. Sandy Hill Nat. Bank; officer and dir. Little River Lumber Co., Gran- ite Brick Co., Adirondack Motor Car Co., Imperial Wall Paper Co., Lake Champlain Pulp and Paper Co, Progressive Pulp and Paper Co., Empire Coal Co. Surrogate of Washington Co., 1895-1906; delegate to World's Congress of Lawyers and Jurists, St. Louis, 1904. Independent, Unitarian. Mem. Am. Hist. Ass'n, N. Y. State Hist. Ass'n (trustee, Ist v .- p., chm'n Com. on Program since org'n in 1899; pres. 1912, 1913, 1914), Am. Polit. Science Ass'n, Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Am. Bar Ass'n, A. A. A. S., State Bar Ass'n (mem. Exec. Com. since 1892), Alumni Ass'n, Harvard Law Sch. Ass'n. Trustee Glens Falls Acad. Address: 16 Pearl St., Hudson Falls, N. Y.
INGERSOLL, CHARLES HENRY
Manufacturer; b. Delta, Mich., Oct. 29, 1865; s. Or- ville Boudinot and Mary E. (Beers) Ingersoll; public school ed'n; m. Brooklyn, July 5, 1898, Eleanor Ram- sey Bond. Engaged in mf'r of watches since 1892; sec. and treas. Robert H. Ingersoll & Brother, since 1892. V .- p. Jewelers B'd of Trade, N. Y. Residence: 260 Scotland Road, S. Orange, N. J. Address: 315 4th Av., N. Y. City.
Civil eng'r; b. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 1, 1858; Hon. Colin M. and Julia H. (Pratt) Ingersoll; grad. Yale Scientific Sch., 1880; m. 1889, Theresa McAllister; children: Theresa Van den Heuval, Coline .Macrae Ralph McAllister. Was engaged with the Mo. Pacific R.R. in 1881; from 1882 to 1906 with the N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R. in the eng'ring dep't; ass't to pres. of that road, 1897-1900, and chief eng'r 1900-1906. At present advisory eng'r. By act of Congress was app't one of Alaska Railroad Comm'n for investi- gating transportation problems in Alaska, Aug., 1912; chief eng'r Dep't of Bridges, City of N. Y .; pres B'd Harbor Comm'rs, New Haven, Conn., and chief eng'r of New Haven, 1892. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Conn. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Delta Psi fraternity, Soc. of Colonial Wars. Clubs: Univer- sity (N. Y. City) ; Union, (Boston); Graduates, (New Haven). Residence: 167 E. 71st St. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
INGERSOLL, RAYMOND V.
Lawyer; b. Corning, N. Y., April 3, 1875; s. Andrew J. and Ellen S. (Vail) Ingersoll; ed. Corning (N. Y.) Free Acad .; grad. Amherst Coll., A.B., 1897; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1900. Elected city magistrate on fusion ticket, 1901; sec. in charge of Citizens' Union Cam- paign, 1903; app'd by Appellate Div., 1903, to serve on Com. on Character, to examine applicants for ad- mission to bar; was counsel to register of Kings Co., 1906-1907. Dir. "United Neighborhood Guild," Legal Aid. Soc., Nat. Municipal League; chm'n Exec. Com. and campaign mg'r for Com. of One Hundred which organized successful fusion anti-Tammany City campaign, 1909; chm'n Com. on Congestion of Popu- lation. Has been active in social and polit. reform work. Appt'd Park Comm'r, Borough of Brooklyn, by Mayor Mitchel, Jan., 1914. Clubs: City, Reform,
Heights Casino, (Brooklyn). Address: 261 Broadway, N. Y. City.
INGERSOLL, WILLIAM HENRY
Lawyer and lecturer on sacred art; b. Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 25. 1837; s. Merit and Mary Strong (Wait) Ingersoll; ed. Albany Acad., and Columbia Coll. Law Sch., LL.B., 1860; m. Brooklyn, July 13, 1864, Adelaide M. Clarke of New Bedford, Mass .; children; Grace Blanche, Vivien, Herbert, and Lulu. Engaged for forty years in general legal practice; two years' library practice compiling a legal history of the City, Roads and Streets of Brooklyn. Had extensive European travel and study of the Christ idcal in art; twenty years lecturing, and writing on the Christ ideal; lecturer in Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences and elsewhere. Author: The Christ Ideal in Sacred Art; Love and Law in Religion; The Divine Dynasty of David, etc .; minister of the gospel since 1874; pastor Cong'l Church of the Covenant in Brooklyn, 5 years; one of the founders of the 47th Reg't, N.G.N.Y. Genealogist, mem. and librarian N. E. Soc. of Brook- lyn, 12 years. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn Library and of Y. M. C. A. for over forty years. Recreations: Study of art, architecture, music, etc. Address: 16 Court St., Brooklyn, and Glen Cove, L. I., N. Y.
INGRAHAM, CHARLES ANSON
Physician; b. Cambridge, N. Y., April 23, 1852; 8. Anson and Margaret Ann (McMurray) Ingraham; ed. Greenwich (N. Y.) Acad., Cambridge (N. Y.) Acad., Rensselaer Poly. Inst. (one year), Aibany Mcd. Coli., M.D., 1878; m. Cambridge, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1880, Anna M. Ashton; children: Donald Ashton, b. 1881; Margaret McMurray, b. 1883; Charles Hamilton, b. 1885. Prac- ticed medicine 12 years at Quaker Springs, Schenec- tady and Mechanicvilie, N. Y .; took up journalism, and employed on editorial staff of Troy Daily Press and N. Y. Witness. For many years has contb'd poems, essays and stories to the public prints. Published three books: Songs of All Sorts, 1902; Steps Up Life's Ladder, 1905; and in 1909 a book of miscellaneous prose entitled Fact, Fiction and Reflection. Was
brought into considerable prominence by his pamphlet "The Birth at Morcau of the Temperance Reform- ation," read before the N. Y. State Hist. Ass'n at Lake George, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1905, and before the World's Temperance Centennial Congress at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., June, 1908. Progressive; Presby'n; not an or- daincd minister, but frequently preaclics on invi- tation. Mem. N. Y. State Hist. Ass'n, Nat. Gcog. Soc., N. Y. State Museum Ass'n, Alumni Ass'n of Albany, Med. Coll. Lecturer on "The Song of the Watchman," and other topics. Recreations: Study of birds, wild flowers, astronoiny. Address: Cambridge, Washing- ton County, N. Y.
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INGRAHAM, FRANCES ADELAIDE LEVERICH
(Mrs. D. Phoenix Ingraham)
Born Brooklyn, N. Y .; d. Richard Berrien and Margaret M. (Schoonmaker) Leverich; ed. private schools in Brooklyn; m. Brooklyn, D. Phoenix Ingra- ham; children: Marguerite Leverich (Mrs. Capt. R. F. Walton, U. S. A.), Sidney Phoenix. Mem. Reformed (Dutch) Ch. Pres. N. Y. State Chapter Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, mem. Daugh- ters of Revolution, Daughters of Holland Dames (dir. gen.), Harlem Philharmonic Soc., Huguenot Soc., Order of the Constitution. Address: Hotel St. Andrews, 72d St. and Broadway, N. Y. City.
VINGRAHAM, GEORGE LANDON
Jurist; b. N. Y., 1847; s. Daniel Phoenix and Mary (Landon) Ingraham; grad. Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1869; m. Dec. 4, 1872, Georgina Lent; children: Natalie, Phenia. Admitted to bar, 1869; judge Superior Court, City of N. Y., Jan., 1883; appt'd May, 1891; elected Nov., 1891, justice Supreme Court, for ist N. Y. Dist., and re-elected Nov., 1905, for . term expiring Dec. JI, 1919; justice of Appellate Div. of Supreme Court from Jan., 1896, for designation expiring Oct. 31, 1910. Democrat. Mem. St. Nicholas Soc. Clubs: Century, Manhattan, Metropolitan, N. Y. Yacht, Tuxedo. Ad- dress: 80 Irving Place, N. Y. City.
INNESS, GEORGE, JR.
Artist, painter; b. Paris, France, Jan. 5, 1854; S. George (celebrated Am. artist) and Elizabeth (Hart) Inness; studied with his father at Rome, Italy, 1870- 1874, and with Bonnat at Paris, 1875; m. N. Y. City, 1879, Julia Roswell Smith. Lived in Boston, 1876- 1878; came to N. Y. City, 1878; resided at Montclair, N. J., 1879-1894, at Paris, 1894-1899, exhibiting at the Salon each year (mention hon., 1893; gold medal, 1899) Asso., 1894, academician, 1898, Nat. Acad. Design; ex- hibits at Nat. Acad. annually; officer d'Academie, Paris; mem. Soc. Am. Artists; art adviser and trusted The Century Co. Residence: Cragsmoor, Ulster Co., N. Y. Address: 51 Washington Sq., S., N. Y. City.
INNIS, WILLIAM REYNOLDS
Manufacturer; b. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1859; 8. Aaron and Catherine (Reynolds) Innis; grad. Yale A.B., 1880; m. 1st, Chicago, Feb. 21, 1884, Dora L. Studebaker (deceased); 2d, Oct. 28, 1911, Edith Donald- son Clark; children: Janet, b. May 25, 1885; Dorothy, b. Dec. 24, 1886; William Studebaker, b. Mar. 10, 1892. 2d. v .- p. and dir. Chicago & South Bend R. R .; trustee N. Y. Life Ins. Co .; ass't treas. and dir. Studebaker Corp'n. Mcm. St. Andrew's Soc., Burns Soc. of City of N. Y., the Dutchess County Soc .; trustee Union DIme Savings Inst. Clubs: University, Yale, St. Andrew's Golf. Address: South Bend, Ind.
INSLEY, ALBERT
Artist; b. Orange, N. J., 1842; s. Henry Earle and Sarah A. F. (Babb) Insley; self-educated; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1880, Maria Pell Hubbard; children: Albert Earle, b. 1881; Florence, b. 1884. Painted principaily landscapes from N. Y. and Eastern States (mucht from vicinity of White Mountains), and marines from rugged coast of Maine and Cape Ann; in 1905, began painting figures (human) and genre subjects, with considerable success. Republican from formation of party. Residence: Nanuet, Rockland Co., N. Y. Ad- dress (studio) : 51 W. 10th St., N. Y. City.
IRVINE, FRANK
Lawyer, teacher; b. Sharon, Pa., Sept. 15, 1858; s. John Mitcheltree and Mary (Winter) Irvine; grad. Cornell Univ., B.S., 1880; National Univ., LL.B., 1883; m. Sharon, Pa., Nov. 16, 1887, Clara Christy; chlidren: Lida (Mrs. C. J. Pope), Winifred, Marjorie. Practiscd law in Omaha, Neb., 1884-1891, the firm being Esta- brook, Irvine & Clapp; without associates in Lincoln, Neb., 1899-1901; admitted to Bar of Dist. of Columbia, Mar., 1883; ass't U. S. att'y, Dist. of Columbia, 1883- 1884; judge 4th dist. of Nebraska, 1891-1893; comm'r Nebraska Supreme Court, 1893-1899; prof. since 1901 and dean since 1907 Cornell Univ. Coll. of Law. Mem. Am. and N. Y. State Bar Ass'ns. Address: Ithaca, N. Y.
IRVING, ISABEL
Actress; b. Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 28, 1871. Made debut as Gwendolin Hawkins in the Schoolmistress, with Rosina Vokes Co., 1887; with Augustin Daiy's Co. 6 years; was leading woman at Lyceum Theatre, N. Y., several years; leading woman in John Drew Co .; one season with Richard Mansfield; later starring under mg'mt of James K. Hackett in The Crisis; in season of 1905, played "Louise" in all-star cast of The Two Orphans; with Eleanor Robson in 1906-1907, playing in Susan in Search of a Husband; scason 1907- 1908, was starred by Liebler and Co., in Ciyde Fitch's
play, The Girl Who Has Everything; season 1908 created the title rôle in Percy Mackaye's comedy Mater, Savoy Theatre, N. Y. City, under Henry Miller's mg'mt; season 1909 under Chas. Frohman's ing'mt in The Flag Lieutenant and The Command- ing Officer; season 1910 with John Drew in Smith at Empire Theatre, N. Y. City. Address: 3115 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
IRWIN, MAY
Actress; b. Whitby, Ont., 1862; d. Robert E. and Jane (Draper) Campbell; ed. Whitby, Ont .; m. 1878, Frederick W. Keller, of St. Lomis (died 1886); chil- dren, two s., Walter and Harry. Made debut at Adel- phi Theatre, Buffalo, 1876; has been mem. of theatrical companies of Tony Pastor, 1877-1883; Augustin Daly, 1883-1887; Charles Frohman, Rich & Harris, etc. Starred in The Widow Jones; The Swell Miss Fitz- well; Courted into Court; Kate Kip-Buyer; Sister Mary; Madge Smith, Attorney; Belle of Bridgeport; Mrs. Black is Back; Mrs. Wiison-Andrews; Mrs. Peck- ham's Carouse; Getting a Polish; A Widow by Proxy, etc. Address: 162 W. 84th St., N. Y. City.
IRWIN, WALLACE
Author; b. Oncida, N. Y., Mar. 15, 1875; s. David S. and Edith Emily (Greene) Irwin; grad. Denver High Sch., 1895; student Leland Stanford, Jr., Univ., 1898- 1899; m. San Diego, Calif., Mar. 22, 1901, Grace Luce. Writer San Francisco Examiner, 1900; editor San Francisco News Letter, 1901; editor Overland Monthiy, 1902; burlesque writer Republic Theatre, 1903; writer of topical verse, N. Y. Globe, 1904-1906; on editorial staff of Collier's Weekly, 1906-1907. Author: The Love Sonnets of a Hoodium, 1902; The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Jr., 1902; Nautical Lays of a Lands- man; Chinatown Ballads; Random Rhymes; The Shame of the Colleges; Letters of a Japanese School- boy; Mr. Togo; Maid of All Work; contb'r to maga- zines and weeklies. Clubs: Players, Lambs, Authors, Dutch Treat. Address: Central Park W., and 64th St., N. Y. City.
NIRWIN, WILLIAM HENRY
Journalist, author; b. Oneida, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1873; s. David S. and Edith Emily (Greene) Irwin; grad. Denver High Sch., 1892; . Leland Stanford, Jr., Univ., A.B., 1899; mı. San Francisco, Jan. 1, 1901, Harried llyde. On staff of San Francisco Wave as ass't editor and editor, 1899-1901; on staff San Francisco Chronicle, 1901-1904; reporter N. Y. Sun, 1904-1905; mn'y editor McClure's Magazine, 1906; gen, magazine writer since 1906. Soclalist. Author: Stanford Stories (with C. K. Field), 1900; The Reign of Queen lsyi (with Gelett Burgess), 1904; The llamadryads (verse), 1904; The City That Was, 1906; The Readjustment, Old China- town, 1908; The House of Mystery, Warrior the Un- tamed, 1910; The American Newspaper, 1911; The Red Button, Where the Heart Is, 1912. Frequent contb'r of fiction and articles to magazincs. Clubs: Bohemian (San Francisco), Players, Authors, Dutch Treat (N. Y. City). Residence: 321 E. 17th St. Address:
The Players, 16 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.
ISAACS, DAVID
Prop'r Prospect House, Niagara Falls; b. N. Y. City, 1848; enlisted at age of 13 and during Civil War served in Union Army as bugler in 5th N. Y. Cav. Began business career with Drie R'y at Niagara Falls, and later in charge of company's general ticket office in Buffalo, N. Y .; resigned position and opened Prospect House at Niagara Falls on Canadian side; conducted business there 14 years, and when that side was taken by Canadian Gov't for Niagara Falls Park, 1887, built new Prospect House on Am. side, of which is still owner and dir. Special corr. for several important newspapers. Was railroad contractor and built several miles of Canadian Pacific R.R. in the Rocky Mountains, and many miles of Grand Trunk R'y in Muskoka; ex-pres. First Nat. Bank, Niagara Falls; v .- p. N. Y. Hotel Ass'n; mem. Buffalo Exempt Vol. Firemen's Ass'n, having served seven years as active inem. and trustee of Eagle Hose Co. No. 2 in the Buffalo Vol. Fire Dep't, winning goid badge of merit; now serving 5th consecutive term (10 years) as active fire comni'r of Niagara Falis paid Fire Dep't, responding to all alarmns of fires; formerly harbor comm'r. Mason, Knight
Templar, Shriner; past junior vice-comd'r, Dep't of N. Y., G. A. R., with rank of general; companion of first class, Mii. Order Loyal Legion; ex-pres. 5th N. Y. Vet. Vol. Cav. Ass'n; hon. mem, Veterans' Ass'n; 42d Separate Co .. N.G.N.Y .; expert all-around sports- man. Clubs: Niagara Falls Press (v .- p.), Niagara Falls Automobile (v .- p.), Adirondack Shooting, North Channei Shooting (pres.), Toronto Shooting (Long Point, Can.), Winnipeg Gun. Address: Niagara Falls, N. Y.
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~ ISELIN, ADRIAN, JR.
Banker; b. N. Y. City, 1846; s. Adrian and Eleanora Iselin; ed. in N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, 1872. Louise Caylus; children: Therese, Louise and Ernest. Mem. firm A. Iselin & Co .; pres. and dir. Helvetia Realty Co., Cowanshannock Coal & Coke Co .; pres. and dir. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh R'y Co., Pittsburgh Gas Coal Co .; treas. and trustee Manhattan Storage & Warehouse Co .; treas. and dir. New Rochelle Water Co .; trustce Bank for Savings in City of N. Y., Central Trust Co., Union Trust Co .; dir. Adrian Furnace Co., City and Suburban Homes Co., Franco- Am. Financial Ass'n, Jefferson & Clearfield Coal & Iron Co., Lackawanna Steel Co., Mobile & Ohio R.R. Co., Nat. Bank of Commerce, N. Y. Dock Co., North British and Mercantile Ins. Co. of N. Y., Punxsu- tawney Iron Co., Reynoldsvllle & Falls Creek R. R., Southern R'y Co .; U. S. dir. North British and Mer- cantile Ins. Co. of London & Edinburgh, Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville R. R. Co. Clubs: Larch- mont Yacht, Country, Down Town, Riding, Catholic, Turf and Field, Knickerbocker, Union, Century, Met- IVES, BRAYTON ropolitan, N. Y. Yacht, Tuxedo. Residence: 711 Fifth Av. Address: 36 Wall St., N. Y. Clty.
JISELIN, CHARLES OLIVER
Banker, yachtsman; s. Adrian and Eleanora (O'Don- nell) Iselin; grad. Columbia Univ., 1877; m. 1st, Miss Garner (d. late William Garner); 2d, Hope, d. Col. William Goddard, of Providence, R. I .; children: Nora, Fannie, Adrian 2d, C. Oliver, Jr. Owner of racing yacht Vigilant and managing owner of Columbia and other cup defenders in recent races. Mem. bank- Ing firm A. Iseiin & Co. Clubs: Union, Country, Knickerbocker, Larchmont Yacht, N. Y. Yacht, N. Y. Athletic, Tuxedo, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Racquet and Tennis, Turf and Field, Automobile of America. Residence: New Rochelle, N. Y. Address: 36 Wall St., N. Y. City.
ISELIN, COLUMBUS O'DONNELL
Banker; s. Adrian and Eleanora (O'Donnell) Iselin; m. Edith C. Jones. Mem. firm of A. Iselln & Co .; v .- p. and dir. New Rochelle Water Co., New Rochelle Homestead Co., N. Y. Dock Co .; trustee N. Y. Life Ins. & Trust Co .; treas. and dir. Alleghany & Western R'y Co., Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh R'y Co., Clearfield & Mahoning R'y Co., Helvetia Realty Co., Jefferson & Clearfield Coal & Iron Co., Johnsonburg & Bradford R.R. Co., Mahoning Valley R.R. Co., Manhattan Storage & Warehouse Co., Reynoldsville & Falls Creek R.R. Clubs: Union, Sewanhaka- Corinthian Yacht, Down Town, University, Knicker- 'bocker, Metropolitan, Country, Larchmont Yacht, N. Y., Yacht, Riding. Residence: 3 W. 52d St. Address: 36. Wall St., N. Y. City.
ISELIN, ERNEST
Banker; grad. Columbla Univ., 1898; m. Paullne Whittier. Clubs: Knickerbocker, Union, Down Town Ass'n, Turf and Field, Country, Riding, N. Y. Yacht. Address: 20 E. 56th St., N. Y. City.
ISELIN, JOHN H.
Banker; grad. Harvard Univ., 1896; m. Caroline L. Goodridge. Clubs: Republican, University, Squadron A', City, Address: 59 E. 79th St., N. Y. City.
ISELIN, LEWIS
· Banker; grad. Columbia Unlv., 1903; m. Marle de Neufville: Clubs: Union, Knickerbocker, Down Town Ass'n, N. Y. Yacht, St. Anthony. Address: 16 W. 52d St., N. Y. City.
ISELIN, WILLIAM E.
Dry goods commission merchant; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 11, 1848; s. Adrian and Eleanora (O'Donnell) Iselin; grad. Columbia Coll., 1869; m. N. Y. City, April 5, 1877, Alice Rogers Jones; children: Arthur, Willlam O'D., Oliver. Mem firm William Iselin & Co .; dlr. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg R'y Co., New Rochelle Water Co. Clubs: Union, Delta Phi, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, City Knickerbocker, Eastern Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, N. Y. Yacht, Metropolitan, Riding, Country, Catholic, Merchants, Automobile of America. Resi- d'ence: 745 Fifth Av. Address: 66 Leonard St., N. Y. City.
ISHAM, SAMUEL
Artist; b. N. Y. City, May 12, 1855; s. William Brad- ley and Julia (Burhans) Isham; ed. Phillips Andover Acad .; grad. Yale Univ., 1875. After graduation trav- eled and studied abroad for 3 years; returned to N. Y. City, 'studied law and was admitted to bar; in 1883 went to Paris and entered Atelier Julian; studied painting under Boulanger and Lefebvre. Since 1887 has followed profession in N. Y. City. Mem. Soc. Am. Artists; academician, Nat. Acad. of Design; mem. jury
Buffalo Pan-Am. Exp'n. Awarded silver medal La. Purchase Exp'n, 1904. Author: History of American Painting, 1905 (MacMillan). Trustee Am. Fine Arts Soc. Clubs: Century, Metropolitan, Uni- versity, Players. Address: 471 Park Av., N. Y. City.
AISHERWOOD, BENJAMIN F.
Chief eng'r, U. S. N., retired; b. N. Y. Appt'd from N. Y., 1844; entered service as 1st ass't eng'r, stationed at Navy Yard, Pensacola, 1844-1847; attached to ship Gen. Taylor, Pensacola, 1896-1847; on sp'l duty, 1848- 1850; promoted chief eng'r, Oct. 31, 1848; sp'l duty, Navy Dept., 1852-1853; steam frigate San Jacinto, East India Squadron, 1854-1859; sp'l duty, 1859-1860; appt'd eng'r-in-chief, 1861, which position retained until 1869; also served throughout period of Civil War; stationed at Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif., 1870- 1871; sp'l duty 1874; now retired as chief eng'r, with rank of rear-admiral. Address: 111 E. 36th St., N. Y. City.
(Capitalist; b. Farmington, Conn., 1840; grad. Yale Univ., 1861. Served in Civil War, honorably mustered out, 1865, with rank of brevet brig .- gen. Formerly pres- and v .- p. N. Y. Stock Exchange. Pres. and dir. Standard Milling Co., Metropolitan Trust Co., Hecker-Jones- Jewell Milling Co., Kanona & Prattsburgh R'y Co., Metcalf Land Co .; chm'n I'd of Dirs. Westinghouse Electric and Mfg Co., Metropolitan Trust Co., U. S. Guarantee Co. Mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Clubs: Century. Grolier, Metropolitan, Turf and Field, N. Y. Yacht, The Brook, Union League, University, Lawyers. Address: 33 E. 39th St., N. Y. City.
IVIE, JOSEPH HENRY
Clergyman; b. N. Y. Clty, 1869; s. William and Cath- erine Ivie; grad. St. Stephen's Coll., B.A., 1892; Phil- adelphia Div. Sch., 1894; m. Garden City, L. I., Feb. 19, 1895, Enid Schuyler Kenyon. Ordered deacon 1894, ordalned priest 1896, by Rt. Rev. A. N. Littlejohn, D.D., Bishop of Long Island. Formerly at St. Joseph's Ch., Queens, L. 1., 1894-1897; rector Trinity Ch. (Episcopal), Fishklil, N. Y., 1897-1907; pastor St. Bartholomew's Ch., N. Y. City., 1907-1910; St. Andrew's Ch., N. Y. City. since 1910. Address: 2067 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
IVINS, AUGUSTUS H.
Civil eng'r, lawyer, mf'r; b. N. Y. City, April 13,! 1856; s. Augustus and Sarah (Mills) Ivins; grad. Brooklyn Poly. and Collegiate Inst., B.S., 1867; m. 1881, Agnes T. Bryan; one d., Edith. Practised civil cng'ring. 1876-1878; In business, 1879-1894; practised law as mem. Bar State of N. Y., 1894-1895; paper maker since 1895. Gen. mg'r United Box Board and Paper Co., 1902-1903 (dir. until Nov. 1906); pres. and gen. mg'r Traders' Paper Board Co. since 1905. V .- p. Nat. Ass'n Am. Paper Makers; engaged In real estate business since 1907, and pres. A. H. Ivins Co. Repubilcan; strong believer of value of protective policy to Amer- Ican industries. Episcopalian. Chm'n Floor Com. of Real Estate B'd of N. Y. Clubs: Union League, N. Y. Athletic, Lawyers. Address: 125 W. 58th St., N. Y. Clty.
IVINS, WILLIAM MILLS
Lawyer; b. April 22, 1851; s. Augustus and Sarah (Mills) Ivins; ed. Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, and Colum- bia Coll .; m. Emma L. Yard; children: William M., Jr .; . Margaret, James S. Y., Katherine. Admitted to bar, 1873; mem. firm Ivins, Wolf & Hoguet. Mem. B'd of Ed'n, N. Y. Clty, 1883-1885; chamberlain of N. Y. City, 1885-1889; counsel to Senate Com. on Cities, 1890-1891; judge advocate general, State of N. Y., 1886-1888; Re- publican candidate for Mayor of N. Y. City, 1905; spe- ciai counsel to Public Service Comm'n, First Dist, 1907; chm'n N. Y. Charter Comm'n, 1907-1908. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Union League, Repub- lican Manhattan, Lawyers, Down Town, N. Y. Yacht, City, Barnard (N. Y. City), St. Stephen's (London). Residences: 15 W. 58th St., N. Y. City, and Narragan- sett Pier, R. I. Address: 27 William St., N. Y. Clty.
VIVISON, WILLIAM CRANE
Broker; b. Rutherford, N. J., March 13, 1869; s. David Brinckerhoff and Eveline M. (Crane) Ivison; ed. Cutier Sch., N. Y. City, 1888; Yale, A.B., 1892; in. Cleveland, O., May 23, 1894, Celia Mae Cady; one son, b. 1895. V .- p. and dir. Cady-Ivison Shoe Co .. Cleveland, O .; dir. The G. & C. Merriam Co., Springfield, Mass. Re- publican; Presby'n. Fellow in perpetulty of Met. Mu- seum of Art. Recreations: Automobiling, tennis. Ciubs: University, Yale, Metropolitan, Rockaway Hunting (Cedarhurst, L. I.), Graduates (New Haven). Residence: Woodmere, L. I. Address: 71 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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JACCACI, AUGUST F.
Painter, author, editor; b. Paris, 1857; ed. abroad. Became citizen of U. S. In 1888; one of editors of Mc- Clure's Magazine at its foundation; for several years art editor of Scribner's Magazine. Author: On the Trail of Don Quixote, 1896 (Scribner's), co-editor with John La Farge of Noteworthy Paintings in American Private Collection. Clubs: Century, Grolier. Address: 489 Fifth Av., N. Y. City. JACK, GEORGE N.
Physician and surgeon; b. Cameron Mills, N. Y., July 13, 1869; s. Allen T. and Lorannah L. (Lane) Jack; ed. Univ. of Buffalo, M.D., 1895; m. Oberlin, Ohio, 1898, R. Dell Close; children: Lucille, Vidian, Harvey, Winona. Has made a specialty of treating asthma, and main- tains that it is of blood origin and not nerve spasm or reflex, also that lung tissue performs a glandular function as well as respiratory, and that respiratory diseases are of intestinal origin. Late health physician Depew, N. Y. Republican, Freethinker. Mem. Buffalo Acad. of Medicine, Erie Co. Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n. Mason, Oddfellow. Recreation: Farming. Residence: 341 West Utica St., Buffalo, N. Y.
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