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BELDING, MILO MERRICK
Merchant; b. Ashfield, Mass., April 3, 1833; s. Hiram and Mary (Wilson) Belding; ed. Shelburne Falls (Mass.) Acad .; m. April 1, 1856, Emily C. Leonard, of Ashfield, Mass .; one son, Milo Merrick Belding, Jr., b. April 14, 1865. Began as boy to sell sewing silks on small scale, and later engaged in other commer- cial lines; in 1863, with brothers, established a silk house in Chicago, and in 1864 one in N. Y. City, trom which has grown Belding Bros. & Co., with great plants at Northampton, Mass., Belding, Mich., and Rockville, Conn., of which is treas .; also dir. In- ternat. Salt Co., Broadway Trust Co., Internat. Pulp Co., Genesee & Wyoming R. R. Co., Retsof Refining Co., and many others. Republican. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, Am. Geog. Soc., Sons of Revolution, Soc. Founders and Patriots of America. Club: New York. Residence: 10 W. 72d St., N. Y. City. Address: 902 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BELDING, MILO MERRICK, JR.
Merchant; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 14, 1865; s. Milo Merrick and Emily C. (Leonard) Belding; ed. Adelphi Acad., prepared for llarvard with private tutor; m. Brooklyn, Feb. 9, 1887, Annie Kirk. Pres. and dir. Belding Bros. & Co .; v .- p. and dir. Broadway Trust Co., Internat. Salt Co., Genesee & Wyoming R. Il .; treas. and dir. Internat. Pulp Co., Oswegatchic Light & Power Co., U. S. Pulp Co .; dir. Irving National Bank, Retsof Mining Co., Avery Salt Co., Belding Sav- ings Bank, Greater N. Y. Savings Bank, and many other corp'ns. licpublican. Mem. Chamber of Com- merce, Sons of Revolution, Soc. Founders and Patriots of America, Am. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Union League, New York, Manhattan, N. Y. Athletic, Automobile of America, Aero of America, Aldine, Crescent Athletic, Marine and Field, Glenwood Country, Boston Athletic. Address: 58 Central Park S., N. Y. City.
BELKNAP, EMMET
Sup't of Schools; b. Unadilla, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1855; s. Eli C. and Caroline (Eells) Belknap; ed. Unadilla (N. Y.) public sch. and acad .; Marietta (Ohio) Acad. and Marletta Coll., A.B. (classical honor Phi Beta Kappa), 1880, A.M., 1883; m. McConnellsville, Ohio, Aug. 16, 1881, Kate Love Conklin; one d., Mary Conk - lin Belknap, b. May 13, 1883. Principal, Unadilla Acad., Sept., 1880, June 1885; conducted teachers' in- stitutes, June, 1886, Jan., 1887; prin. and sup't pub- lic schs., Whitehall, N. Y., Sept., 1887, July, 1889; sup't schs., Lockport, N. Y., since Sept., 1889. Episcopalian. Mem. State and Nat. Edn'l Ass'ns, Delta Upsilon (coll. fraternity). Address: 247 East Av., Lockport, N. Y.
BELKNAP, WALDRON PHOENIX
Director Albert B. Ashforth, Inc .; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 8. 1873; s. Robert Lenox and Mary Phoenix (Remsen) Belknap; ed. Lawrenceville Sch. and Cornell Univ .; m. Galveston, Tex., April 21, 1898, Ray Sealy Hutch- ings; one son, Waldron P., Jr. Dir. Advertising Corp'n of America; pres. and dir. Richmond Co. Country Club Real Estate Co. Served in Squadron A, 'N.G.N.Y., 1895- 1900. Presby'n; trustee and treas. B'd Presby'n Ch. on University Pl .; on B'd of Mg'rs of Am. Bible Soc. Mem. Psl Upsilon fraternity, Soc. of the Cincinnati, Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution; pres. Alumni
Ass'n of Lawrenceville Sch. Clubs: Richmond Co. Country, Down Town Ass'n, Cornell Univ. Residence: 112 E. 80th St. Address: 10 E. 33d St., N. Y. City.
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Retired contractor; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 28. 1877; s. Edward R. and Eliza N. (Soutter) Bell; attended Groton Sch., and Harvard Univ., A.B., 1900; m. Chil- licothe, Ohio, April 30, 1902, Beatrice Stafford Boggs; three children: Muriel Stuart Fitzhugh; b. 1903; Bertrand F., Jr. and Beatrice S., b. 1906. Employed in construction, mechanical, transportation and freight dep't Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern R'y Co., 1900- 1902; in employ of Rapid Transit Construction Co., 1903; in contracting business, 1903, until retirement. 1906; traveled extensively in Europe. Mem. Peary Re- lief Expd'n, 1899. Enlisted in 3d Div., Naval Brigade, Mass. Vol. Militia, 1896; mustered out March 31, 1838, enlisted in Navy, May, 1898; mustered out after War; ensign 4th Div., 1st Naval Battalion, N. Y .; lieut. (junior grade) 3rd Div., 1910; lleut. 7th Div., 1912. Episcopalian. Icellow Royal Geog. Soc., Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Ethnol. Soc., N. Y. Geneal. Soc., Am. Museum Natural History; Mason, Elk. Recreations: Shoot- ing, fishing, water sports, farming, research work, travel. Clubs: Union, Army and Navy, Scarsdale Golf and Country. Residence: Elmridge Farm, Scars- dalc, N. Y., and "The Coalbush," Luddingtonville, N. Y. Address: care Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., 22 Will- iam St., N. Y. City.
V BELL, CLARK
Lawyer, editor; b. Brownsville, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Mar. 1.2, 1832; s. Philander F. and Sylvia (Jones) Bell; ed. Franklin Acad. (LL.D. Taylor Univ., Ind., and Rutherford Coll. N. C.); m. Sept. 8, 1857, Helene S. Taylor. Admitted to bar, Rochester, N. Y., 1853; prac- tised at Hammondsport, N. Y., 1853-1861; Bath, N. Y., 1861-1864; N. Y. City since 1864. Attorney for Union Pacific R'y, 1864, and drew the act and had charge of the legislation which passed Congress to aid its consti'n; att'y for Pacific Mail S. S. Co. . Pres. Medico- Legal Soc., 14 terms; founder Internat. Congress on Tuberculosis (honorary pres., St. Louis, 1904. treas. and sec. council of Congress, N. Y. City, 1906); dele- gate from Gov't of U. S. to Internat. Med. Congress, Paris, 1900, and Lisbon, 1906. Editor and publisher, since 1883, of Medico-Legal Journal (which completed its 3rd decade, June, 1913), Editor Medico-Legal Papers, 3 vols .; Bulletin American Congress on Tuber- Bell's culosis, 1 vols .; Proceedings Medico-Legal Congress of 1900-1902 and 1895 and 1906. Author: Medico-Legal Studies, S vols .; Spiritism, Telepathy and Hypnotism; History of the Supreme Court of the States and Provinces (New York and 15 other States), 2 vols .; Longevity-The Relation of Old Age to Use- ful Work; also various other publications; hon. mnem. Soc. di Freniatra of Italy, Anthropology of France, Medico-Psychologique, Paris. Hon. mem. Medico- Legal Soe. of France, Belgium, London, Mass., Rhode Island, Conn., Chicago, Phila., and Denver; soc. of Mental Medicine, of the Netherlands, Soc. of Anthro- pology of Belgium. Mem. Ain. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. County Lawyers Ass'n; mem. Internat. Congress on Tuber- culosis. Clubs: Unlon. League, N. Y. Press. Resi- denee: 102 W. S4th St. ' Address: 39 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BELL, EDWARD A.
Artist; b. N. Y. City, Dec., 1862; s. George and Hen- rietta (Pfacffle) Bell; ed. Nat. Acad. Design and Art Students' League, N. Y. City; Royal Acad., Munich, Bavaria (silver medal); m. Peconic, L. I., April, 1903, Julla F. Overton. Awarded Hallgarten Prize, Nat. Acad. of Design, 1893; silver medal, Internat. Exp'n. Paris, 1889; medal, Boston Mechanics Exb'n; silver medal, Buffalo Pan-Am. Exp'n, 1901; silver medal, La. Purchase Exp'n, 1904. Mem. Soc. Am. Artists: asso. Nat. Acad. of Design. Club: Salmagundi. Address: 226 W. 59th St., N. Y. City.
BELL, EDWARD HAMILTON
Artist; b. London, England, Jan. 28, 1857; s. Robert Courtenay and Clara (Poynter) Bell; ed. by private tutors and Slade Sch. of Fine Arts, London; m. Cora Glenn. Mem. Japan Soc., St. George's Soc. Clubs: Players, Pilgrims, Junior Carlton (London). Address: Players Club, N. Y. City.
BELL, FRANK AUSTIN
Attorney and counselor at law; b. New Richmond, St. Croix County, Wis .: s. Robert and Mary Elizabeth (Austin) Bell; grad. Cornell Univ., A.B., 1892; LL.B .. 1894; admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1894; began practise of law at Spencer, N. Y., removed to Waverly, N. Y., In 1895; appt'd Special County Judge by Gov. Roose- velt, and has since held same office under election and re-election. Address: Waverly, N. Y.
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BELL, FRANK ROSS
Publisher, editor, lecturer; b. Hamilton, Bermuda Islands, Aug. 2, 1871; s. Ebenezer and Euphemia (Young) Bell; descendant of one of the oldest fam- ilies of Bermuda, and of Philip Bell, one of first govs. of Bermuda; ed. private acad. in Bermuda, sp'l courses in commercial law and higher business ethics, ac- counting and mng'mt. In steamship business, Ber- muda, until 1902, moved to N. Y., and since been con- nected with wholesale' stationery, printing, publish- ing and advertising business. Publisher and editor: Beautiful Bermuda; lectured on Bermuda. Prop'r Bell Publishing Co .; mg'r N. Y. office Bermuda Tourist Bureau; sec. treas. and dir. Bermuda Tourist and Ad-
vertising Bureau. Recreations: Walking, tennis, singing. Residence: 238 Franklin Av., Hasbrouck Heights, N. J. Address: 1180 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BELL, GEORGE HENRY
Manufacturer, inventor surgical instruments; b. Hammondsport, N. Y., May 21, 1853; s. Philander F. and Sylvia Bell; attended Normal Coll., took scientific course at Cortland, N. Y .; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 24, 1879, Hattie Louise Hopper; one d .: Florence Louise, b.
May 18, 1883. Interested in and liberal contb'r to Scientific Research; inventor and mf'r of instruments for treatment of eye, car, nose and throat, in gen. use in U. S. and Can .; has given instruments liberally to poor and hosps. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. many socs. and clubs. Residence: 771 E. 18th St., Flatbush, N. Y. Address: 27-47 S. 9th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BELL, GEORGE HUSTON
Physician; b. Mt. Sidncy, Va., of Scotch ancestry who settled in Virginia in 17th century; s. Dr. Will- iam (surgeon in Confederate Army) and Lavina (Hus- ton) Bell;' ed. Augusta Mil. Inst., Univ. of Virginia, M.D., 1896. Located in N. Y. City 1897; interne and house surgeon N. Y. Ear and Eye Infirmary for eigh- teen months; inst'r ophthalmology N. Y. University and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll .; ass't surgeon N. Y. Eye and Ear Infirmary. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. Co. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n, Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, N. Y. Ophthalmological Soc., Am. Ophthalmological Soc., fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine. Mem. Southern Soc. Alumni Ass'n of Phi Kappa Psi and Nu Sigma Phi fraternities. Club: Ards- ley. Residence (summer) : Bellevue Farms, Mt. Sid- ney, Va. Address: 40 E. 41st St., N. Y. City.
BELL, GEORGE NELSON
Civil eng'r; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 28, 1859; s. A. N. and Julia Ann (Hamlin) Bell; ed. St. John's Sch., Manlius, N. Y., 1873-1875; Kansas State Univ., 1876- 1877; Sch. of Mines, Columbia Coll., 1879-1881; m. King- ston, N. Y., Dec. 16, 1896, Lizzie Eichler; children: Marion Eiehler, Ib. 1897; Adolph Nelson, b. 1900; Hamlin, b. 1904; George Frith, b. 1906. Started business ca- reer in Newport, R. I., 1881, as ass't U. S. Eng'r Corps; in private practice as civil and sanitary eng'r, New- port, R. I., 1883-1886; Philadelphia, 1887-1890; South- west Virginia, 1891-1892; ass't eng'r on fortification work, U. S. Gov't, 1893-1895; cement mfr in Ulster Co., 1836-1897; eng'r for U. S. Gov't at Fort Hamilton, 1897-1898; since 1899, in practice at Kingston, N. Y .; city eng'r, Kingston, N. Y., 1900-1901. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. B. P. O. Elks. Club: Rondout. Address: Kingston, N. Y.
BELL, GORDON KNOX
7 Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 19, 1871; s. Edward Rogers and Eliza N. (Soutter) Bell; ed. Groton Sch., Harvard, A.B., magna cum laude, 1893, LL.B., 1896; m. South Salem, N. Y., May 11, 1899, Marian Mason Crafts; one son: Gordon Knox Bell, Jr., b. 1902. Ad- mitted to N. Y. Bar, 1897. Republican. Mem. N. Y. Co. Com. from 29th Assembly Dist. Mem. N. Y. Bar Ass'n, St. Nicholas Soc, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni. Mem. B'd Dirs. Am. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- V BELZNER, THEODORE mals, B'd Mg'rs House of Refuge, Randall's Island. Clubs: Union, University, Harvard, Tuxedo, Turf and Field. Address: 20 Exchange Pl., N. Y. City.
BELL, HELENE S.
(Mrs. Clark Bell); b. Wheeler, Steuben Co., N. Y .; d. Edric S. and Alemna (Seamon) Taylor; ed. Pratts- burgh (N. Y.) Acad .; m. Sept. 8, 1857, Clark Bell; ehildren: Kate, Carrie Helene (wife of John F. Mc- Clain). Has traveled extensively in Europe and this country. Mem. Broadway Tabernacle Congregational Ch. Mem. Woman's Health Protective Ass'n. Club: Sorosis. Address: 102 W. 84th St., N. Y. City; (coun- try) Bell View Farms, Dundee, N. Y.
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BELLAMY, FREDERICK P.
Lawyer; b. 1847; s. R. K. and Maria Louise (Put- nam) Bellamy; ed. Union Coll., Schenectady, N. Y .; m. Dec. 3, 1879, Blanche Wilder; one son: Frederick
Wilder, b. 1887. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon frater- nity; trustee Coll. City of N, Y., Packer Inst., Brook- lyn. Clubs: Century Ass'n, Lawyers (N. Y.), Ilamil- ton, Twentieth Century ( Brooklyn). Residence: 260 Henry St., Brooklyn Heights. Address: 1 Liberty St., N. Y., and 201 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BELLOWS, GEORGE WESLEY
Artist; b. Columbus, O., 1882; s. George and Anna Bellows; ed. Ohio State Univ. and N. Y. School of Art; was a pupil of Robert Henri; m. Emma L. Story. Is represented in collections of Pa. Acad. of Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Met. Museum of Art, N. Y .; To- ledo (O.) Museum of Art; Savannalı (Ga.) Museum of Art; Nat. Arts Club, N. Y .; Columbus (O.) Art Ass'n. Asso. mcm. Nat. Academy of Design since 1909; elected mem. May 15, 1913; mem. Soc. Am. Painters and Sculp- tors; hon. life mem. Nat. Arts Club. Address: 146 E. 19th St., N. Y. City.
BELMONT, ALVA E. SMITH
(Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont); d. Murray F. and Phoebe Smith; ed. in France; m. ist, 1874, William K. Van- derbilt; 2d, 1896, Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont; chil- dren: Consuelo (Duchess of Marlborough), b. 1877; William K., Jr., b. 1879; Harold S., b. 1884. Is actively interested in woman suffrage movements, children's homes, hosps. and other charitable work. Address: 477 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
V BELMONT, AUGUST
Banker; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 18, 1853; s. late August and Caroline Slidell (Perry) Belmont; ed. Rectory Sch., Hamden, Conn .; Phillips Exeter Acad., and Harvard Univ., grad. A.B., 1874; m. 1st, 1881, Bessie H. Morgan (died 1893); m. 2d, 1910, Eleanor Robson. Entered father's banking house, 1875; now head of firm of Au- gust Belmont & Co., bankers, which, in addition to its own large interests, is the accredited representative of Rothschilds in America. Also chm'n of B'd of Directors of Interborough-Met. Co., and Interborough Rapid Transit Co., which he organized and guided as its pres. through construction and operation of Subway for first five years; dir. Louisville & Nashville R. R .; former chin'n of B'd; dir. Nat. Park Bank and many other corp'ns. Mem. Nat. Civic Federation (was pres.). Dem- ocrat. Clubs: Am. Kennel (pres.), Jockcy (chm'n), Union, Knickerbocker, Manhattan, Country, N. Y. Ath- letic (former pres.). Residence (summer) : Hempstead, L. I., (city): 44 E. 34th St. Address: 43 Exchange Place, N. Y. City.
VBELMONT, PERRY
Lawyer, capitalist; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 28, 1851; eldest s. late August Belmont, financier; grad. Harvard, A.B. (sp'l honors in history and polit. economy), 1872; course in civil law, Univ. of Berlin; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1876; m. 1899, Jessie Robbins. Admitted to bar, 1876; practised law until 1881; elected to Congress from 1st N. Y. Dist., 4 consecutive terms, 1881-1889; chm'n Com. on Foreign Affairs, 1885-1888; U. S. Minister to Spain, 1888-1889; insp. gen. with rank of major, First Div. 2d Army Corps, U. S. V., 1898. Democrat. Dir. of sev- eral corp'ns. Mem. Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Metropolitan, Knickerbocker, University, N. Y. Yacht, Army and Navy, Jockey, Turf and Field, Coaching, Tilden, Nat. Democratic, Manhattan, Union. Address: 580 Fifth Av., N. Y. City. .
V BELMORE, BRUCE WEATHERBY
Lawyer; b. Princeton, Washington County, Me., July 28, 1873; s. Daniel Thomas and Flora C. (Pike) Bel- more; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad., 1892; Harvard Coll .. A.B., 1896; Harvard Law Sch., LL.B., 1898; unmarried. Engaged in practice of law since 1898. Sec. Cross. Austin & Ireland Lumber Co. Republican; Episco- palian. Club: University (Brooklyn). Address: 1246 Grand St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Civil eng'r and city surveyor; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 4, 1879; s. Julius Christian and Elizabeth (Heim) Belz- ner; grad. public schs., 1893; student Cooper Union Scientific Sch., 1896-1897; took course of bridge eng'ring from Internat. Correspondence Sch., 1897; m. N. Y. City, March 25, 1903, Helen Nelson Davenport. Appt'd city surveyor, City of N. Y., Oct. 12, 1897, by Mayor Strong; now bridge insp. of inaintenance, construction and insp. of stoel, Williamsburg Bridge, Dep't of Bridges, City of N. Y. Began eng'ring profession under T. G. Smith, civil eng'r, architect and builder, 1893- 1898; in detailing many buildings which were con- demned by City of N. Y .; made personally about 300 separate reports regarding conditions of building con- struction, on eng'ring work, private and public sur- veys, etc .; topographical draftsnian, City Dep't, ass't to John F. O'Rourke, contracting eng'r, City Island Bridge; eng'r insp., tunnel construction, W. Va. Short
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Line R. R .; U. S. Insp. dyke repairing, Manasquan In- let, N. J .; architect sup't with Oscar Lowinson, archi- tect and eng'r; U. S. Insp, lock and dam construction, Warrior River, Ala .; Jan., 1901-April, 1907, insp. ma- sonry, assigned to steel construction, N. Y. Rapid Tran- sit R. R. Comm'n, in charge of construction as insp. of erection of large part of beam tunnel from City Hall to 33d St., Manhattan Valley Viaduct (7/8 mile long), East Side Viaduct (over 312 miles long), reinforced concrete inspection shed, West Farms, N. Y .; West Side Viaduct (11% miles long) and Harlem Ship Canal Bridge at Kingsbridge; West Side Viaduct Extension, steel foundation Van Cortlandt Park extension; April, 1907-March, 1909, insp. of steel Blackwells Island Bridge (No. 4), and since March, 1909, bridge insp. and insp. of steel, Williamsburg Bridge, and insp .- in- charge of strengthening of end spans of Williamsburg Bridge; former private, N. Y. Signal Corps, N. G. N. Y. Lutheran. Junior Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs (elected Oct. 5, 1897); elected asso. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, May 3, 1910; also mem. Technical League. Recreations: Ath- letics (of all sorts). Residence: 606 W. 135th St., N. Y. City. Address: Broadway & Kent Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BEMAN, SAMUEL A.
Jurist; b. Chateaugay, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1843; capt. 27th Separate Co., N. G. N. Y .; mem. B'd Ed'n; mem. Assem- bly; county judge and surrogate, Franklin Co., N. Y. Address: Malone, N. Y. .
BEMENT, LOUIS C.
Merchant; b. Cortland, N. Y., Oct. 29, 1865; s. Lewis H. and Phoebe (Morehouse) Bement; ed. Ithaca public schs .; m. Ithaca, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1888, Addie Belle Taber. Mem. Peary Relief Expd'n to N. Greenland, 1901. Pres. L. C. Bement, Inc. Clubs: Arctic, Am. Explorers. Ad- dress: 142 E. State St., Ithaca, N. Y.
BEMIS, EDWARD W.
Economist; b. Springfield, Mass., Apr. 7, 1860; s. Daniel W. and Mary Wood (Tinker) Bemis; grad. Am- herst Coll., A.B., 1880, A.M., 1884; Ph.D. Johns Hopkins Univ., 1885; m. Oct. 28, 1889, Annie Louise Sargent. Prof. history and polit. economy, Vanderbilt Univ., 1889-1892; asso. prof. social economics, University of Chicago, until 1895; ass't statistician Ill. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1896; prof. economic science and his- tory, Kansas State Agr'l Coll., 1897-1899; sup't water dep't Cleveland, O., 1901-1909; deputy eomm'r of water supply, gas and electricity, N. Y. City, 1910. Assisted Chicago in adjusting gas and telephone rates, the State of Md. in gas and elec. light rate case; a business organization in Baltimore in telephone case; cities of Paterson and Passaic, N. J., in gas rate case; Des Moines in gas case, and in valuation of water works for purchase, and many other cities in public utility cases. Now engaged in assisting St. Paul, Minn., in fixing rates for gas, electric light and steam heating; Springfield, Ill., in gas case; Schenectady, N. Y., in street r'y and water cases; State of Mass. in gas case, and Mason City, Ia., in gas and elec. light case. Author: Municipal Monopolies, 1890; Municipal Ownership of Gas Works in the U. S., 1891, and numerous papers and articles on municipal gov't, etc. Address: 4500 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.
BENEDICT, A. L.
Physician; b. Buffalo, N. Y., 1865; s. Nathan Gregory (Jr.) and Gracia Skinner (Smith) Benedict; grad. Univ. of Mich., A.B .; Univ. of Buffalo, M.D .; Univ. of Pa., M.D .; Ohio Wesleyan Univ., A.M. Appt'd to U. S. Marine Hosp. Service, 1800, but did not serve; held various teaching positions in professional schools, ill- cluding professorship in physiology, in Dental Dep't, Univ. of Buffalo, 1896-1901; sup't of ethnology, Pan- Am. Exp'n, 1901; asso. editor, Philadelphia Med. and Surg. Reporter, 1895-1898, and editor, 1899-1901, Am. Therapist of N. Y .; editor Buffalo Med. Journal since 1911. "V .- p. Am. Acad. Medicine, 1902; councillor Am. Gastro-enterologie Ass'n; mem. Am. Med. Ass'n (gold medal in medicine); Med. Soc. State of N. Y. (twice prize essayist); mem. Historical Soc .; Soc. Natural Sciences, Buffalo; Delta Upsilon fraternity (pres. Mich- igan Chapter and Western N. Y. Alumni Ass'n). Recre- ation: American archæology. Club: University. Ad- dress: 228 Summer St., Buffalo, N. Y.
V BENEDICT, ELLAS CORNELIUS
Stock broker; b. Somers, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1834. Clerk In stock brokerage and banking office of Corning & Co., 1849-1857; in business for self since 1857. Orig- inated the Gold Exchange Bank, which grew out of the gold speculation of the '60s and '70s. Pres. Com- mercial Acetylene Co., and Greenwich Construction Co., since May 1, 1853. Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange since June 6, 1863. Residence: 10 W. 51st St. Address: 80 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BENEDICT, HENRY HARPER
Retired mfr; b. German Flats, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1844; prepared for coll. Little Falls Acad. and Fairfield Sem .; grad. Hamilton Coll., 1869; m. Oct. 10, 1867, Maria Nellis, of Fort Plain, N. Y. Held confidential position with E. . Remington & Sons, 1869-1882; mnem. firm Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict since 1882; pres. sinee 1895; pres. Remington Typewriter Co., 1902-1913. Fel- low Met. Museum of Art; mem. Chamber of Commerce, Sons of Oneida, Long Island Hist. Soc., N. E. Soc., N. Y. Ilist. Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity; trustee Hamilton Coll. and Brooklyn Inst. of Arts & Sciences. Clubs: Grolier, Union League, University, Republican, Barnard, Lawyers, Rembrandt. Residence: 5 E. 75th St., N. Y. City.
BENEDICT, JAMES SACKETT
American consul; b. Aurelius, Cayuga Co., N. Y., March 5, 1856; s. Newton and Asenath (Chapin) Bene- dict; ed. public schools and private school, Washing- ton, D. C .; m. Washington, D. C., 1879, Cora Blanche Chase; children: Sallie Asenath (Mrs. Alfred F. Tom- lins), b. 1880; Mary Chase, graduate nurse of Auburn (N. Y.) City Hospital, b. 1882. Draftsman and clerk 4 years, In architect's office, Washington, D. C .; received temporary apptin't in Engineer's Office, War Dep't; consular agent, Stratford, Ont., 1879-1887; commercial agent at Moncton, N. B., 1887-1897; transferred to Com- mercial Agency of Campbelltown, N. B., Jan. 25, 1897; on reorganization of Consular Service by Act of Con- gress, April 5, 1906, appt'd Am. consul, Campbelltown, N. B .; appt'd Am. consul at St. Johns, Newfoundland, April 4, 1907. Episcopalian. Royal Arch Mason, Knight Templar; charter mem. Ontario Grand Lodge of the Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Campbelltown (Campbelltown, New Brunswick), City (St. Johns, Newfoundland). Ad- dress: Am. Consulate, St. Johns, Newfoundland.
V BENEDICT, LEGRAND LOCKWOOD
Banker and broker; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 24, 1855; ed. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst .; m. 1881, Sarah Collier Blaine. Clubs: Union, Rockaway Hunt, Automobile of America, Turf & Field. Residence: 130 E. 67th St. Ad- dress: 1 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BENEDICT, RUSSELL
Jurist; elected justice Supreme Court, 2nd dist., for term expiring Dec. 31, 1825. Republican. Address: 104 Buckingham Road, Brooklyn, N. Y. .
BENEDICT, WILLIAM LEONARD
Banker; b. Boston, Mass., Oct. 14, 1860; s. Wllllam Gardner and Frances Otis (Wheeler) Bencdlet; ed. Mass. Inst. of Technology, class 1880; in. Detroit, Mich., April 7, 1891, Maud Benson; children: William Lcon- ard. Jr., b. Feb. 7, 1894 (died 1900); Edward Benson, b. June 12, 1896. Entered employ Kidder, Peabody & Co., of Boston and N. Y., 1880; now mem. of firm. Decorated by Emperor of Japan, 1998, order of Sa- cred Treasure. Mem. St. Nicholas Soc., N. E. Soc., May- flower Soc., Soc. of Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolu- tion, Pilgrim Soc., N. E. Geneal. Soc., Japan Soc. Clubs: Metropolitan, Unlon League, Grolier, Sleepy Hollow Country, Down Town Ass'n, Union (Boston). Resl- dence: 960 Park Av. Address: 56 Wall St., N. Y. Clty.
V BENJAMIN, GEORGE HILLARD
Consulting eng'r, patent expert and sollcitor; b. N. Y. City; s. Park and Mary (Western) Benjamin; ed. Phillips Acad., Andover,' Mass .; Union Coll., Schenee- lady, N. Y .; Albany Med. Coll., M.D., 1875, and Univ. of Freiburg, Germany, C.E., E.E., Ph.D .; also received M.E. and LL.B. degrees; m. 1st, Ogdensburg, N. Y., 1875, Jane M. Seymour; 2d, Buffalo, N. Y., 1899, Grace H{ Tremaine; children: Mrs. Edgar Lackland, Mrs. H. H. Rogers, Jr., Rosalie de V. and Benjamin. En- gaged for 40 years as consulting eng'r for many iron, steel, glass, copper and other mfg industries; for 10 years consulting eng'r for Siemens Bros. & Co., Sle- mens & Halske, London and Berlin; consulting eng'r for most of the electrical firms of the world; con- sulting eng'r to U. S. and foreign gov'ts on high ex- plosives. Made a specialty of the investigation of personal characteristics, student of the Bertillon sys- tem of measurements, allenist and investigator along lines connected with detection and prevention of crime. Pres. Conn. Development Co. Mem. Royal Soc. for Advancement of Science. Royal Geog. Soc. and many electrical societies in II. S. and Europe. Recre- ation: Yacht (Day Dream). Clubs: Union League (N. Y.), Metropolitan (Washington). Residence: 20 W. 11th St. Address: 66 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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