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BATTEN, LORING WOART
Clergyman; b. Gloucester Co., N. J., Nov. 17, 1859; s. Thomas G. and Emeline (Zane) Batten; grad. Har- vard Univ., A.B., 1885; Philadelphia Divinity Sch., 1887; Ph.D., Univ. of Pa., 1893; S. T. D. (causa honoris) Ho- bart Coll., 1903; m. Woodbury, N. J., March 18, 1886, Clara B. Ware; children: Loring W., Jr., Richard W., Clare W. Instr. and prof. Old Testament, Phila. Di- vinity Sch., 1888-1899; rector St. Mark's Ch .. N. Y., 1899- 1911; prof. Old Testament literature and interpreta- tion, Gen. Theol. Sem. since 1904. Mem. Amı. Oriental Soc., Soc. Biblical Literature and Exegesis. Trustee St. Luke's Home; mg'r Ch. Temperance Soc. Author: Old Testament from the Modern Point of View, 1899; The Hebrew Prophet, 1905; Ezra Nehimali In the In-
ternat. Critical Commentary, 1913. Clubs: Oriental
(Philadelphia), Oriental (N. Y.), Century, Harvard. Address: 3 Chelsea Sq., N. Y. City.
BATTERSON, JAMES GOODWIN
Insurance, granite contractor; b. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 30, 1858; s. James G. and Eunice (Goodwin) Bat- terson; ed. Cheshire Mil. Acad. and Williams Coll. Resident dir. in N. Y. of Travelers' Ins. Co .; pres. and dir. Hartford Investment Corp'n, New England Gran- ite Works, Iron Tire Pneumatic Wheel Co., Rutherford Wheel Co .; gen. mg'r Travelers' Indemnity Co., IIart- ford, Conn .; dir. Batterson and Eisele Corp'n, Am. Combustion Co .; trustee Cheshire Mil. Acad. Mem. Merchants' Ass'n, N. Y. Zool. Soc. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, St. Anthony, N. Y. Athletic, Delta Psi (N. Y. City) ; Country (Lakewood) ; Fox Hills Golf, New Haven Country, Ekwanok Country, Atlantic City Country, Travellers' (Paris). Address: 76 William St., N. Y. City.
BATTLE, GEORGE GORDON
Lawyer; b. in N. C., Oct. 26, 1868; s. Turner Westray and Lavinia Bassett (Daniel) Battle; ed. Hanover Acad., Va .; Univ. of N. C., Univ. of Va., M.A., 1889; m. Richmond, Va., April 12, 1898, Martha Bagby, d. George W. and Lucy Parke (Chamberlayne) Bagby. Ass't dist. atty., 1892-1897; mem. of successive firms of Weeks, Battle & Marshall; Battle & Marshall; O'Gorman, Bat- tle & Marshall, and present firm of O'Gorman, Battle & Vandiver. Dem. candidate for dist. att'y, 1910. Served five years in 7th Reg't, N.G.N.Y., retiring 1896. Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Mem. Southern Soc., N. C. Soc., The Virginians. Clubs: Metropolitan, Calumet, Manhattan, St. Nicholas. Resi- dence: 152 E. 35th St. Address: 37 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BAUER, OSWALD A.
Lawyer; b. Piermont, Rockland Co., N. Y., Jan. 13, 1885: s. Frederick W. and Lavinia (Ackerman) Bauer; ed. local free schs., Nyack High Sch., Columbia Univ. Law Sch .; unmarried. Engaged in practise of law at Sparkllı, N. Y., being senior mem. firm of Baucr & Magee, well-known lawyers of Rockland Co. Sec. and treas. Galvanic Bronze Co .; v .- p. and dir. Rockland Co. Agr'l and Hort. Ass'n. Active in local politics. Magistrate Rockland Co. Republican; Protestant. Mem. The Lincoln Fellowship, Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Hist. Ass'n, Am. Numismatic Ass'n, Ohio State Numis- matic Soc., Rockland Co. Bar Ass'n and numerous other learned, patriotic and scientific socs. V .- p. An. Soc. of Curio Collectors. Odd Fellow, Mason. Mem. Town B'd of Orangetown, Rockland Co., N. Y .; ex- officio as magistrate; also of B'd of Health of Orange- town. Address: Piermont, N. Y.
BAUMANN, GUSTAV
Hotel prop'r; b. St. Gall, Switzerland,- 1853; s. J. G. and A. B. Baumann. Lived in St. Gall until 1871, and Neuchatel, 1871-1875; London, 1875-1881; came to U. S., 1881; m. Emily G. Kinsley; children: Frida F., Clifton K. Became connected with Kinsley's, then the leading restaurant, at Chicago, in which was partner and mg'r until removed to N. Y. City, where is now pres. Beau-Site Co., operating the Hotel Biltmore. Presby'n. Clubs: Lotos, Swiss. ,Address: The Bilt- inore, Madison Av., 43d and 44th Sts., N. Y. City.
BAUMES, CALEB H.
Lawyer, assemblyman; b. Bethlehem, N. Y., March 31, 1863; ed. dist. schs. of Albany and Greene Counties; grad. Ft. Edward Collegiate Inst., 1883. Taught sch. Albany Co., 1883-1886, and Orange Co., 1886-1892; book- keeper for Coles. Marshall & Co., wholesale provision dealers, Newburgh, N. Y., 1892-1898; pres. Queen City Provision Co., successors to Coles, Marshall & Co., 1898-1900. Admitted to bar 1899, and has been en- gaged in practise at Newburgh ever since. Eleeted inem. of Assembly on Republican ticket. Methodist Episcopal. Mem. Newburgh Wheelinen, Newburgh Turn Verein, Newburgh Chamber of Commerce, I. O. O. F., Knights of ' Pythias, Elks, Masons. Address: Newburgh, N. Y.
BAUSCH, EDWARD
Banker, mfr; b. Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1854; s. Jacob J. and Barbara Bausch; grad, high sch., Roch- ester, Cornell Univ .; hon. A.M .. Univ. of Rochester; m. Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1878, Matilda G. Morrell. Mem. firm Bausch & Lomb, inf'rs scientific and optic- al apparatus. V .- p. Lincoln Nat. Bank, Fidelity Trust Co .; dir. Monroe County Savings Bank. Rochester R'y & Light Co., Taylor Bros. Co .; inventor various scien- tific devices. Mem. Royal Acad. of Science; fellow A. A. A. S., Am. Micros. Soc. Author: Manipulation . of the Microscope. Address: 663 East Av., Rochester, N. Y.
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BAXTER, GEORGE STRONG
Contractor, lumber merchant; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 21, 1845; s. George and Anna Strong Baxter; grad. Will- iams Coll., A.B., 1865; Columbia Univ. (Sch. of Mines), E.M., 1868; m. N. Y. City, March 5, 1873, Emmelin Carnes Weeks; children: Emmelin W., Wyllys Pom- eroy (Columbia, 1900), George S., Jr., and Herbert W. Engaged as eng'r of mines, railroads, etc., 1869-1879; cashier, ass't treas. and treas, Northern Pacific R. R., 1879-1895; since 1895 engaged In lumber and railroad contracting business. Mem. Am. Soc. Clv. Eng'rs, Williams Alumni Ass'n. Club: University. Residence: 333 W. 86th St. Address: 17 William St., N. Y. City.
BAYLIES, EDMUND LINCOLN
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Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 2, 1857; grad. Phillips Exeter Acad., 1875; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1879; LL.B., 1882; course at Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1882; m. 1887, Louisa Van Rensselaer, a direct descendant of original patroon of Rensselaerwyck. Admitted to bar, 1882; on return from trip around world, took up practise of law; now mem. Carter, Ledyard & Mil- burn. In 1902 appt'd sec. to Sp'l Embassy of U. S. to coronation of King Edward VII. V .- p. Mexican Telegraph Co .; trustee N. Y. Life Ins. & Trust Co., Greenwood Cemetery. Mem. Soc. of the Cincinnati, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Century, Knicker- bocker, Metropolitan, University, Down Town, City, N. Y. Yacht. Residence: 10 E. 62d St. Address: 54 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BAYLIS, WALTER FRANKLIN
? Real estate operator; b. April 29, 1881; s. Franklin and Harrlet (Cline) Baylis; grad. Syracuse Univ., Ph.B., 1904. Sec. and trcas. Whecler Corp'n, Bronx- dale Realty Co., Plainfield Park Ass'n. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Ardsley Country, Graduates, Syracuse. Residence: Ardsley Club, Ardsley-on-Hudson, N. Y. Address: 1123 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BAYLISS, CHARLES EDWARD
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Wholesale dealer, developer of real estate; b. Hart- ford, Conn., Jan. 21, 1865; s. James E. and Isadora E. Bayliss; ed. public schs., Hartford Hlgh Sch .; m. New Haven, Conn., Oct. 26, 1887, Eunice Whittelsey; chil- dren: Arline, Raymond Whittelsey, Kenneth Hunt, Charles E., Jr., and Eunice. V .- p. Indexo Co., Inc. Re- publican; Episcopalian. Mem. Soc. of the Genesee. Recreations: Golf, tennis, horseback riding, yachting. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht, Lotos, Lawyers. Address: 29 W. 42d St., N. Y. City.
BAYLOR, THEODORE THOMAS
Lawyer; b. Hampton, N. J., Feb. 24, 1866; . s. Isaiah L. and Sarah A. (Smith) Baylor; ed. Unlon Coll. Schenectady, N. Y., two years; grad. N. Y. Univ., 1889; Water Co., Hampton, N. J. Mem. Psi Upsilon, Theta Nu Epsllon, Phl Delta Phi fraternities, Bar Ass'n City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers Ass'n. Residence: Hotel McAlpin. Address: 100 William St., N. Y. City.
BAYNE, DANIEL KERFOOT
Coffee importer, capitalist; s. Wm. and Delia Strother (Kerfoot) Bayne; cd. private schs .; unmarried. Senior mem. Wm. Bayne & Co., coffee importers; dir. Am. Beet Sugar Co., Trenton Pottery Co. Address: 105 Front St., N. Y. City.
BAYNE, HOWARD RANDOLPH
Lawyer; b. Winchester, Va., May 11, 1851; s. Charles (of Westmoreland Co., Va.), and Mary Ellen (Ashby) Bayne (of Fauquier Co., Va.); ed. Richmond (Va.) Coll., M.A., 1872; B. L., 1879; (Debater's medallst, 1871; final orator, 1872); took summer law course, Univ. of Va., 1878; m. Richmond Va., April 27, 1886, Lizzle S., d. Samuel Preston Moore, surgeon-gen., C. S. A .; chll- dren: Mary Ashby Moore, Lloyd Moore. Admitted to bar, Richmond, Va., July, 1879; N. Y., July 1882. Elect- ed, 1908, senator 23d Senate Dist., N. Y., comprising Cos. of Richmond and Rockland. Appt'd by Gov. Hig- gins, 1905, mem. State Probation Comm'n; by Gov. Hughes, 1909, mem. N. Y. State Employers Llability Comm'n. Editor Converse's Indexes (Va. and West Va. Law), 1881; joint author: Travels of Ego and Alter, 1879; author of monographs; The Year 1619 in the Colony of Va .; Rebellion in the Colony of Va .: Settlement of Jamestown; Origin and Development of the Monroe Doctrine; also editorial articles for Rail- road Gazette, etc. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Va. Hist. Soc. Pres. Staten Island Ass'n Arts and Sciences; trustee N. Y. Southern Soc .; mem. N. Y. Soc., Colonial Wars, Va. Soc. of the Cincinnati, Sons of Revolution; Nat. Civle Federation, Nat. Geog. Soc., Mem. Council, "The Virginians" of N. Y. Vestryman Christ Ch., New Brighton, S. I. Club: Richmond County Country, Fort Orange (Albany). Address: 75 St. Mark's Pl., New Brighton, S. I., N. Y.
BAYNE, HUGH AIKEN
Lawyer; b. New Orleans, La., Feb. 15, 1870; s. Thomas Levingston and Anna Maria (Gayle) Bayne; grad. Yalc, A.B., 1892; Tulane Unlv., LL.B., 1894; m. S. Manchester, Conn., Oct. 8, 1895, Helen, d. Knight Dexter Cheney; children: Helen, b. 1897; Elizabeth Cheney, b. 1899. Mem. law firm Strong & Cadwalader. Mein. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; Skull and Bones of Yale, K. O. A. of Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; Kappa Alpha of Tulane Univ., New Orleans. Clubs: Univer- sity, Yale, Metropolitan, Mid-day, Knollwood Country (White Plains, N. Y.); Graduates (New Haven). Resi- dence: 107 E. 71st St., N. Y. City. Address: 40 Wall . St., N. Y. City.
BAYNE, SAMUEL GAMBLE
Banker; b. Ulster, Ireland, 1884; s. Peter and Mar- garet Bayne; ed. Royal Acad. Sch., Queen's Coll., Bel- fast, Ireland; m. N. Y. City, Oct., 1874, Emlly Kelsey. Began business life in office of Sir James Hamilton, Bel- fast, and later became a linen mf'r in Belfast. Came to U. S., 1869, and went to oil reglons in Pa., 1870, drilling 400 wells there. Made tour of world, 1874- 1875. Organized First Nat. Bank of Bradford, l'a., becoming pres .; subsequently organized nat. banks In Texas, Kan., Miss., Minn, and Ohio. Organized Sea- board Nat. Bank, N. Y., 1883, and now its pres .; treas. Produce Exchange Deposit Vaults; pres. Atlas Im- provement Co., Riverside Drive Property Ass'n. Author: Pith of Astronomy, 1896; On an Irish Jaunt- ing Car Through Doncgal and Connemara, 1902: Quicksteps through Scandinavia, 1908; Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel, 1909. Mem. N. Y. Athletic Club. Residence: (winter) Riverside Drive and 108th St., N. Y. City; (summer) White Plains, N. Y. Ad- dress: 18 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BEACH, CHESTER
Sculptor; b. San, Francisco, Calif., May 23, 1881; s. Chillion and Elizabeth (Ferris) Beach; ed. San Fran- cisco, Paris, Rome; m. Aug. 11, 1910, Eleanor 1[. Mlur- dock. Mem. Architectural League of N. Y. Am. Numismatic Soc., Nat. Sculpture Soc. Asso. Nat. Acad. of Design. Residence: 80 W. 92d St. Address: 207 E. 17th St., N. Y. City.
NBEACH, EDWARD STEVENS
Lawyer; b. New Britaln, Conn., May 19, 1857; s. David Hubbard and Orinda Janette (Ticknor) Beach; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, class orator (founder of The Phillipian at Andover); Trinity Coll., B .... (class orator Jackson Philos. prizc, and gold medalist in competition, 1883); m. 1st, Katherine G. (deceased), d. Gov. Richard D. Hubbard, of Hartford, Conn .; 2d, Mally Appleton Pcabody, d. Capt. Enoch W. Peabody. late of N. Y. Office mg'r, gen. agents' office, Worces- ter, Mass., of Phoenix Mutual Life Ins. Co., 1876- 1879; on editorial staff Hartford Daily Courant, 1883; tutor in Greek and English, St. Mark's Sch., South- boro, Mass., 1884. Engaged since 1886 in Federal courts as specialist in trial of patent, trade-mark and copyright infringement suits. Engaged in patent practice, Washington and Boston, 1885-1905. For- merly mem. Maynadier & Beach, and Beach & Froth- ingham, in Boston, and Beach & Pierson, N. Y. City. Dir. in several mf'g companies. Traveled In England and on European continent in professional work,
1904-1905. Author: Beach's Digest of Patent Dc- cisions; also of a monograph on Abraham Lincoln (privately printed). Independent in politics; Episco- palian. Mason, Knlglit Templar. Ex-pres. N. Y. Alumni Ass'n of Trinity Coll. Recreations Golf. fishing. Clubs: Metropolitan, Down Town Ass'n (N. Y.). Residence: Ridgefield, Conn., and N. Y. City. Address: Singer Bld'g, N. Y. City.
BEACH, FREDERICK CONVERSE
Editor and patent att'y; b. N. Y. City, Mar. 27, 1848; s. Alfred Ely and Harriet E. ( Holbrook) Beach; grad. Sheffield Scientific Sch., Yale Univ., Ph.D., 1868; m. Stratford, Conn., June 16, 1875, Margaret Allen Gilbert; children: Stanley Y., b. 1877; Ethel Hol- brook, b. 1886. Patent solicitor at Washington, D. C .. 1868-1869; afterward engaged as ass't in constr. of Beach pneumatic tunnel under Broadway, and mir of elcc. Instruments until 1877, when entered office of Scientific American, of which later became, and still is, one of editors; also editor-in-chler Encyclopædia Americana; asso. editor American Photography maga- zine. Actively identified as amateur, with photog- raphy from 1864. Sce. Munn & Co., patent attorneys and publishers Scientific American; treas. Union Waxed and Parchment Paper Co .; pres. Am. Photo- graphic Publishing Co. Republican; Congregation- alist. V .- p. Stratford Library, Stratford, Conn. creations: Boating, photography. Clubs: National Arts, Camera of N. Y. Address: 361 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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BEACH, GEORGE CAMERON
Lawyer; b. Watkins, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1877; s. Daniel and Angelica Church (Magee) Beach; ed. Watkins High Sch., 1893; St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H., 1893- 1895; Hobart Coll., Geneva, N. Y., B.L., 1898; Cornell Univ. Law Sch., 1901, LL.B .; m. Boston, Mass., March 5, 1910, Marianne Silsbce Montgomery. Episcopalian. Mem. Bar Ass'n City of N. Y., Sigma Phi Soc. Clubs: St. Nicholas, Cornell University, City Midday, Apa- wamis, Wee Burn Golf. Address: 43 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
BEACH, REX ELLINGWOOD
Author; b. Atwood, Mich., Sept. 1, 1877; s. Henry Walter and Eva (Canfield) Beach; ed. Rollins Coll., Winter Park, Fla .; Chicago Coll. of Law, and Kent Coll. of Law, Chicago, Ill. Author: Pardners, The Spoil- ers, The Barrier, The Silver Horde, Going Some, The Ne'er-do-Well, The Net, The Iron Trail; also drama- tized The Spoilers and The Barrier, and has written various articles and stories for American and English magazines and periodicals. Address: 259 W. 70th St., N. Y. City.
VBEACH, ROBERT J.
Civil eng'r; b. Catskill, N. Y .; s. Lindsly and Sarah P. (Brace) Beach; ed. Mt. Pleasant Mil. Acad., Ossin- ing, N. Y .; Williston Sem., East Hampton, Mass .; U. S. Naval Acad., Annapolis, Md .; m. St. Thomas' Ch., N. Y. City, 1SS8, Florence Motley; children: Motley Lindsly, b. 1890; Ruth Ogden, b. 1895; Robert Henry, b. 1903. Resigned from U. S. Navy in 1886, having previously made two years' cruise on S. Atlantic Sta. on U. S. S. Brooklyn. Associated with Wm. G. Ford (classmate at Annapolis) for about 15 years, as Ford & Beach, civil eng'rs; now pres. Bacterial Sewage Purification Co .; v .- p. Henry K. Motley Co. Demo- crat; Episcopalian. Lieut-comd'r in N. Y. State Naval Militia. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs., Alumni Ass'n U. S. Naval Acad., class of 1881; veteran of Spanish War, commanded U. S. Monitor Montauk, 1898; fore- man, Fire Dept., village of Pelham Manor, N. Y. Agent Am. Soc. Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Pelham Manor, N. Y. Recreations: Golf, bowling. Club: Wykagy! Country of New Rochelle (ex-gov.). Resi- dence: Pelham Manor, Westchester Co., N. Y. Ad- dress: 32 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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BEACH, ROBERT K.
Journalist; b. Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y .; s. Calvin G. and Juliette (Heyward) Beach; ed. Albion High Sch .; m. Brockport, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1900, Clara B. Fleet- wood. Began newspaper work 1887; telegraph editor, Rochester (N. Y.) Herald, 1891; city editor, Rochester Herald, 1892-1899; news editor Buffalo (N. Y.) Courier, 1899-1900; ass't telegraph editor Chicago (111.)
Chronicle, 1900-1901; one of founders, business mg'r and treas. Jamestown (N. Y.) Post, since 1901. Charter mem. Jamestown Park Comm'n. Republican; Episco- palian. Address: Jamestown, N. Y.
BEACH, SAMUEL HENRY
Banker; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 27, 1863; s. Dr. Henry H. and Sarah (Hyde) Beach; ed. public schs. of Rome; grad. Rome Acad., 1880; m. Rome, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1892, Carrie A. Cornish; children: Samuel H., Jr., Priscilla Alden. Entered employ G. V. Selden, lumber merchant, Rome, 1880; purchased business with brother, 1893, being conducted under Beach Lumber Co., of which is pres. Trustec Rome Savings Bank, 1897-1900; v .- p., 1900-1907; pres. since 1907. Pres. Rome Theatre Co. Appt'd mg'r' Rome State Custodial Asylum by Gov. Roosevelt, 1899; reappt'd by Gov. Odell, 1901; mem. Rome B'd of Ed'n, 1901-1906 (pres. 1906); mem. Rome B'd Fire and Police Comm'rs, 1908; pres., 1909-1910. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Empire State Soc., S. A. R., Royal Areanum, Romo- hawks (boosting org'n, pres. 1909), Mystique Krcwe of Ka-Noo-No, Syracuse. Clubs: Tengega Country, Rome Country, Salmon River Fishing, Romc Repub- lican. Residence: 120 W. Embargo St. Address: 122 W. Dominick St., Rome, N. Y.
BEACH, WILLIAM HARRISON
Educator, author; b. Seneca Falls, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1835; s. Elam and Hannah (Edwards) Beach; grad. Hamil- ton Coll., A.B., 1860; A.M., 1865; m. Canoga, N. Y., Dec. 26, 1867, Sarah M. Peterson. Principal high sch., Du- buque, . Iowa, 1867-1875; Beloit, Wis., 1875-1884; sup't schs., Madison, Wis., 1884-1891; head Dep't History and Civics, in high sch., Milwaukee, Wis., 1891; retired from edn'l work, 1906. Served in 1st N. Y. (Lincoln) Cav., 1861-1865, and was first lieut. and adj. Author: History First New York Cavalry; edited War Papers of Wisconsin Commandery of Loyal Legion; author many edn'l papers and publie addresses. Now prop'r of a fruit and garden farm, and lecturer at farmers'
institutes. Republiean; Presby'n (elder). Pres. Wis. State Teachers' Ass'n, 1880; formerly active mem. Am. Edn'l Ass'n, and A. A. A. S .; now mem. Wis. Hist. Soc., Am. Hist. Ass'n, Mil. Order Loyal Legion, Seneca Falls Hist. Soc., G. A. R., Alpha Delta P'hi fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Address: Seneca Falls, N. Y.
N BEALE, PHELAN
Lawyer; b. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 23, 1881; s. Jesse D. and Carrie (Phelan) Beale; attended Univ. of South Sewanee, Tenn .; Columbla Univ. Law Sch. Independent Democrat; Episcopalian. Mein. Delta Tau Delta fraternity, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Southern Soc. Trustee Fiske Univ., Nashville, Tenn. ltecre- ations: General sports. Clubs: Columbia Univ., N. Y. Athletic. Residence: 250 W. 94th St. Address: 2 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BEALS, HERBERT
Physician; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 2, 1856; s. George and Jane M. (Cook) Beals; ed. by private tutor and State Normal Sch., Buffalo; grad. N. Y. Ilomu. Med. Coll. and Hosp., M.D., 1878. Engaged in gen. prac- tise of medicine at Buffalo. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. State Homæ. Med. Soc., Western N. Y. Ilomœ. Med. Soc., Internat. Hahnemannian Ass'n, Buf- falo Clinical. Recreation: Country walks. Address: 188 Franklin St., Buffalo, N. Y.
BEALS, JOHN D.
Lawyer; b. in Herkimer Co., N. Y., Dec. 8, 1868; s.' Oliver B. and Emma (Champion) Beals; grad. Univ. City of N. Y., LL.B., 1889; m. April 11, 1893, Mary H. Nicholson; children: John D., Jr., Donald Marcy, Helen. Practising law in N. Y. City since 1889; senior mem. firm of Beals & Nicholson. Pres. Washington Heights Taxpayers' Ass'n, one of the oldest and largest ass'ns in city of N. Y .; dir. and chm'n exec. com., Bank of Washington Ileights; officer and dir. of numerous other corp'ns. Mem. Dutch Reformed Ch. Clubs: N. Y. Riding, Greenwich Country. Residence (country) : Beechmont, New Rochelle; (city): 333 W. 84th St. Ad- dress: 1 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
BEAN, CHARLES D.
Lawyer; b. Marion, Wayne Co., N. Y., April 21, 1863; s. Charles and Chloa Maria (Danford) Bean; most of early life spent in N. Y. City; removed with parents to Geneva, 1874; grad., B.S., Hobart Coll .; P'h.B., Syra- cuse Univ .; A.M., Alleghany Coil .; LL.D., Southern Normal Univ. Coll. of Law; unmarried. After gradu- ating from college, enjoyed pleasure tour in Europe: since then practising law in Geneva, N. Y .; elected judge (two terms) of the Ontario County Court of Sessions. Now non-resident prof. of law, Keuka Coll. Democrat; Episcopalian. Master of Ark Lodge 33, F. and A. M., two terms. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi college fraternity, Geneva Commandery, K. T., Elks. Mem. Y. M. C. A., N. Y. State Hist. Ass'n. Am. Hist. Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Geog. Soc., Geneva Bar Ass'n; Monarch Umarkan Grotto, M. O. V. P. E. R. Pres. B'd of Trustees, Endymion Prep. Sch. Contb'r to various journals on degal toples and author of history of Geneva and papers on college fraternity matters. Clubs: University, Political Equality. Address: Maple Hill, Geneva, N. Y.
NBEAN, HENRY WILLARD
Lawyer; grad. from Harvard Coll., A.B., 1887; A.M., LL.B., 1890. Admitted to N. Y. Supreme Court, 1891; represented important interest in Cuba at close of Spanish War, and so-called Asphalt Trust in Venezuela for over two years; served as ehm'n Discipline Com. N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, one year. Pres, and dir. Hutchison River & Tug Co .; sec., treas, and dir. City Realty Co .; dir. Index Visible, Ine .; trustee Rockland Cemetery. Served 5 years in Troop AA. and Squadron A., N. Y. State Guard, 1892-1898. Mem. Bar Ass'n City of N. Y. Clubs: Metropolitan, University. Residence: 1 E. 60th St. Address: 26 Exchange Pl., N. Y. City.
BEARD, AUGUSTUS. FIELD
Clergyman, sec. Am. Missionary Ass'n; b. S. Nor- walk, Conn., May 11, 1833; s. Algernon Edwin and Mary Esther (Mallory) Beard; grad. Yale, 1857, A.B., A.M .; honorary D.D., Syracuse Univ., 1870; m. 1st. Portland, Me., 1861, Eliza Payson Goddard (died 1863); 2d, Portland, Me., 1865, Annie Deming Barker: flve daughters. Was pastor Central Cong'l Church, Bath, Me., 7 years; Plymouth Ch. (Cong'l), Syracuse, N. Y .. 14 years; American Church, Paris, France, 3 years. Sec. since 1886, of Am. Missionary Ass'n, N. Y .; now sec. and editor same. Mem. corp'n Yale Univ .; trus- tee Fisk Univ., Nashville, Tenn .: Tougaloo Coll. Miss, and Talladega Coll., Ala. Author: Life of John Fred- eric Oberlin, and A Crusade of Brotherhood. Ad- dress: Cor. 22d St. and Fourth Av,, N. Y. City.
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BEARD, CURTIS J.
Bank cashier; b. Waverly, Tioga Co., N. Y., Jan. 23, 1869; s. James C. and Watie A. (Vail) Beard; grad. Waverly High Sch., 1885, and Packard's Short- hand Sch. (N. Y. City), 1890; m. at her father's farm, Arnot, Chemung Co., N. Y., Oct. 8, 1891, Rose M. Sim- coe; one d .: Dorothy M., b. July 15, 1895. Practically entire business experience with Fifth Av. Bank until 1902; since then cashier and dir. Thirty-fourth St. Nat. Bank, and New Netherland Bank; also sec, Thir- ty-fourth St. Safe Deposit Co. Republican; Methodist- Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. Credit Men's Ass'n. Ad- 'dress: 41 W. 34th St., N. Y. City.
BEARD, DANIEL CARTER ("DAN BEARD")
Illustrator, author, editor; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, June 21, 1850; s. James H. (N. A., distinguished artist) and Mary Caroline (Carter) Beard; ed. public sch., Cin- cinnati; Worrall's Acad., Covington Ky .; Art Stu- dents' League, N. Y. City; ed. as civil eng'r, grad. sec- ond in class; studied art under Beckwith and Sartain; m. Newtown, L. I., Aug. 15, 1894, Beatrice Alice Jack- son; children: Barbara, b. 1902; Daniel Bartlett, b. 1906. Began professional career in Earshaw's and R. C. Phillip's offices, surveyors and civil eng'rs, later in Cincinnati City Civil Eng'r's office, and with San- born Map and Publishing Co., N. Y. Clty; for latter made detalled maps of most of cities, towns and vill- ages east of Mississippi River. Made sketches for amusement; A. W. Drake, of the Century Magazine, bought some sketches, and thus started him as pro- fessional illustrator. Illustrated Mark Twain's Yan- kee in King Arthur's Court; John Jacob Astor's, and many other books; worked for Life, Scribner's, Har- per's, Century and Cosmopolitan. Formerly editor of Recreation; contb'r (charge of a dep't) in Outing. The Circle, Woman's Home Companion and Pictorlal Review; asso. editor The Arena. Instr. In illustrating, Woman's Sch. of Applied Design, 7 years. Author: Moonlight and Six Feet of Romance; The Mystery of the Blue Goose; The American Boys' Handy Book; The Jack of All Trades; Out-Door Handy Book; Dan Beard's Animal Book. Served several years on B'd of Ed'n (elected to second term without opposition) ; was v .- p. Art Students' League, pres. Flushing Single Tax Club; entered in campaign for Henry George and made cart-tail speeches (was intimate friend of Henry George). Lincoln Republican and Jeffersonian Demo- crat; Swedenborgian. Mem. Acad. of Sciences, Ornith- ologists' Union, Biol. Soc., Linnaean Soc., Zool. Soc., Scientifie Alliance Soc. of Illustrators (succeeded Charles Dana Gibson as pres.). Originated the Boy Scout Idea, started the first soc. of Boy Scouts in America, which was indorsed by Pres. Roosevelt, Mark Twain, Gen. Bell, Adm'l Dewey, John Muir and Col. Cody (Buffalo Bill) before Gen. Baden-Powell had, as he himself said, "Cribbed the Idea." One of found- ers, and Nat. Seout comm'r of present Boy Scouts of America. Two terms pres. Camp Fire Club of Amer- ica and awarded gold medal of eminent service for life work for American Boys; Dr. William Hornaday, Hon. Gifford Pinchot and Col. Roosevelt being . only other Americans holding the Camp Fire medal; two years mem. Oucens Borough Library B'd of Trustees; v .- p. Mark Twain Library, Redding, Conn .; chm'n Redding Protective League. Mem. N. Y. City Peace com .; mem. faculty and in charge of Sch. of Wood- craft, Culver Acad., Culver, Ind. With Dr. Henry Van Dyke. elected hon. mem. of the Tuna Club, Los Angeles, Calif., in recognition of his work in outdoor fields and conservation. Recreations: Traveling in Northwestern Wilderness, fishing and sketching wild animals, camping, wood life; has permanent camp In Pike Co., Pa. Summer home opposite Mark Twain's, at Redding, Conn. Clubs: Aldine, The Camp Fire (mem. B'd of Gov's.). Canadlan Camp, Twilight, Man- hattan Single Tax. Address: 87 Bowne Av., Flushing, L. I., N. Y.
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