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BERKEY, CHARLES P.
Ass't prof. geology, Columbla Univ .; b. Goshen, Ind., Mar. 25, 1867; s. Peter and Lydia (Stutsman) Berkey; ed. in schs. of Ind. and Minn., B.S., 1892; M.S., 1893; Ph.D., 1897, Univ. of Minn .; in. Farmington, Minn., Sept. 4, 1894, Minnie M. Best; children: Paul Ains- worth, b. 1895; Virginia Dale, b. 1904. Since gradu- ation connected with instr'n staff of geol. dep'ts, Univ. of Minn. and Columbia Univ., and with State Geol. Surveys of Minn., Wis. and N. Y. Has spent summer vacations of several years in personal study of or professional work in many of the leading mining regions of U. S .; occupied in study of the geologic structure of the Highlands of the Hudson for N. Y. State Survey and local geologic conditions for the City of N. Y. Consulting'gcologist for N. Y. Clty B'd of Water Supply in connection with the construction of the Catskill Aqueduct. Author: Geologic Features of the Catskill Aqueduct, and numerous papers on geologle subjects. Independent in politics; Methodist Fellow Geol. Soc. of Am., A.A.A.S., and N. Y. Acad. or Science: mem. Minn. Acad, of Sciences. Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Municipal Eng'r's of City of N. Y., Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xl. Tau Beta Pl and Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Address: Columbia Univ., N. Y. City.
BERNARD, ROBERT WYCKOFF
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 11, 1881; s. Charles H. and Jane Blair (Wyckoff) Bernard; ed. puhlic schs., N. Y. Citv. Horace Mann High Sch., N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1902 (cum laude) ; Columbia Univ., 1902-1903; in. N. Y. City, 1908, Louise C. Ziegler; one son. Robert, b. 1910. Mem. firm Wavland & Bernard. Republican; Presby'n. Mem, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n. Zeta Psl Fraternity, Dwight Alumni Ass'n, N. Y. Law Sch. Alumni Ass'n, Royal Arch Mason. Clubs: Republican, Riverside Republican. Residence: 777 West End Av. Address: 25S Broadway, N. Y. City.
BERNSTEIN, ALLEN MILTON
Merchant; b. N. Y. City, 1881; s. Charles and Jennie Bernstein; grad. Harvard Univ., Class of 1902, A.B. (honors) ; m. Oct. 9, 1907. Irma Lewyn; one son : Charles Allen, b. July 20, 1908. Mem. firm of Lasker & Bern- stein. Traveled through Europe. U. S. and West Indies. Mem. Sp'l Grand Jury Panel. Independent Republican; Hebrew. Recreations: Golf, riding,
motoring, music. Clubs: Harvard. City Athletic, Hollywood Golf. Residence: 127 W. 75th St. Address: 161 William St., N. Y. City.
V BERRI, WILLIAM
Born Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept, 12, 1848; s. William Berrl. Prin. owner Daily Standard Unlon, newspaper. and trade publications, Carpet and Upholstery Trade Review, and Furniture Trade Review; one of or- ganizers and v .- p. Hamilton Trust Co. Inventor of several type casting machines and other mechanical devices. Dir. Nat. City Bank, Kings Co. Elec. Light and Power Co., Edison Illuminating Co., Security Safe Deposit Co., last pres. B'd Trustees N. Y. and Brook- lyn Bridge; mem. Chamber of Commerce: v .- p. N. Y. State Comm'n to La. Purchase Exp'n. Clubs: Lotos. Union League, Aero, Sphinx, City, Brooklyn, Oxford (Brooklyn). Address: 467 Clinton Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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BERRIAN, EVERETT S.
Commission merchant; b. Marlboro, N. Y., April 2, 1863; s. John W. and Sarah (Smith) Berrian; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 29, 1888, Anna L. Covert; one d .; Irma H., b. 1901. Senior partner firm of Berrian Bros., comm'n merchants. Republican. Mem. M. E. Church. Mason, mem. Royal Arcanum. Address: 281 Mc- Donough St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BERRY, GEORGE T.
Clergyman; b. Valatie, N. Y., May 20, 1865; s. Rev. Charles T. and Anna A. (Sears) Berry; grad. Prince- ton Univ., A.B., 1887, A.M., 1889; m. Troy, N. Y., June 13, 1893, Carrie E. Packer; children: George Packer, b. Dec. 29, 1898; Richard Sears, b. Aug. 30, 1901. Prof. mathematics, Glendale Coll., 1887-1889; Princeton Theol. Sem .. 1889-1893; traveled around the world, 1893-1894. Pastor Second St. Presby'n Ch., Troy, N. Y .. 1895-1900: asso. sec. N. Y. Federation of Churches, 1901-1904; field sec. Am. McAll Ass'n, since 1905. Resi- dence: Englewood, N. J. Address: 156 5th Av., N. Y. City.
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BERRY, JOSEPH FLINTOFT
Bishop of M. E. Ch .; 1. Aylmer, Can., May 13, 1856; s. Francis and Ann L. Berry; ed. Milton Acad., On- tario D.D., Lawrence Univ .; LL.D., Syracuse Univ .; m. 1876, Olive J. Johnson. Entered ministry of M. E. Ch. 1874; asso. editor Michigan Christian Advocate, 1884-1890; editor Epworth Herald, 1890-1904; elected a bishop of the M. E. Ch. by the Gen. Conf. at Los Angeles, Calif., May 18, 1904. Address: 930 S. 48th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
BERRY, THOMAS BENJAMIN
Clergyman (hon. A.M., Hobart Coll.). Ordered deacon, 1871; ordained priest, 1873; in ministry of Episcopal Ch., by Bishop Doane; ass't minister St. Paul's Ch., Albany, N. Y., 1872-1874; rector Granville, N. Y., 1874-1877; asso. missionary, Ripon, Wis., 1877- 1SS0; rector Sioux Falls, S. Dak., 1880-1882; Manlius, N. Y., 1882; Trumansburg. N. Y., 1883; Guilford, N. Y., 1884-1888; rector Ch. of Good Shepherd, Buffalo, 1SSS- 1909; warden DeLancey Divinity Sch., Geneva, N. Y., since 1909. Address: 60 Park Pl., Geneva, N. Y.
BERWIND. EDWARD J. "
Financier; b. Philadelphia, Pa., June 17, 1848; grad. U. S. Naval Acad., 1869; appt'd ensign, July 4, 1870; master, Mar. 24, 1872; retired May 14, 1875; title changed to lieut. (Junior gradc) Mar. 3, 1883; m. Her- minie Torrey. Pres. and dir. Berwind-White Coal Min- ing Co., Internat. Coal Co., Hlavana Coal Co., v .- p. and dir. Wilmore Coal Co .; dir. Ocean Coal Co., Subway Realty Co., Guarantee Trust Co. of N. Y., Girard Trust Co. (Philadelphia), Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R'y Co., Cuba Co., Internat. Mercantile Marine Co., Interbor. - Metropolitan Co., Interbor. Rapid Trans. Co., Atlantic Gulf & West Indies S. S. Lines, Clyde S. S. Co., N. Y. & L. 1. Traction Co., N. Y. and Queens Co. R'y Co., Rapid Transit Subway Consol. Co., Cuba R'y Co., Toledo, St. Louis & Western R.R. Co., Wright Co., Erie R.R Co., N. Y. R'ys Co., Gulf, Colo., Santa Fe R.R. Co., Nat. Bank of Commerce, Newport Trust Co., New River, Pocahontas, Consolidated Coal Co., Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix R'y, Windber Nat. Bank. Mem. U. S. Naval Acad. Alumni Ass'n, Met. Museum of Art, Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Museum of Natural Hist., Acad. of Polit. Science, Japan Soc., Navy Athletic Ass'n, Newport Reading Room, Penn. Soc .. Pilgrims of U. S., Spouting Rock Ass'n. Clubs: Union, Univer- sity, Riding, Metropolitan. N. Y. Yacht, Racquet and Tennis, Army and Navy, Sleepy Hollow, Recess, Auto- mobile of America (N. Y. City), Philadelphia (Phila- delphia), Metropolitan (Washington, D. C.); Union (Boston), Royal Thames ( London), Westchester Polo, Golf (Newport), Havana County, Colonial, Clambake. Residence: 2 E. 04th St. Address: 1 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BERWIND, JOHN E.
Vice-pres. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co .; dir. N. Y. Shipping Co., N. Y. Produce Exchange Bank, Raht- jen's Am. Composition Co., N. Y. and Porto Rico Steamship Co .; pres. N. Y. Maritime Register, The World's Maritime News Co., New River and Poca- hontas Consolidated Coal Co .; dir. Northern Ins. Co. of N. Y .; v .- p. and dir. Havana Coal Co. Clubs: Union, Metropolitan, N. Y. Yacht, Racquet and Tennis. Resi- dence: 102 E. 39th St. Address: 1 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BEST, LYMAN AUSTIN
Educator; b. Hornell, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1862; s. Henry D. and Alice M. (McMechin) Best; ed. Cornell Univ., B. Sc., 1SSS (math. scholarship 4 years, mid-course honors in mathematics, special distinction in Mathe- matics on graduation); elected to receive Sigma Xi
key; m. Hornell, N. Y., 1887, Alice Cone; one d. Gladys Cone, b. 1890. Math, teacher, Hornell High Sch., 1881- 1884; Cascadilla Sch., Ithaca, one year; Boys' High Sch., Brooklyn, ISSS-1889; principal Grammar Sch. No. 13, Brooklyn, 1889-1902; Grammar Sch. No. 10S, Brook- lyn, from 1902. As pres. of various teachers' org'ns has been instrumental in securing legislation in in- terest of teachers of N. Y. City and country at large; niade a record especially in securing humane laws for the retirement of public school teachers for disability and after long service. Mem. B'd of Retirement, Dep't of Ed'n, N. Y. City, 1903-1910; sec. of B'd since its organization in 1905. Pres. Brooklyn Teachers' Ass'n, 1903-1907; Interborough Council of Teachers, N. Y. City, 1904-1907; sec. N. Y. State Teachers' Ass'n, 1904- 1907; pres. Dep't Entomology, Brooklyn Inst., several years. Lecturer on scientific subjects before the Brooklyn Inst. and other ed'l institutions. Mason, 32° (is also past master Anglo-Saxon Lodge). Re- creations: Entomology and photography. Clubs:
Montauk, Schoolmasters, University (Brooklyn), Masonic (Brooklyn). Address: 171 Ridgewood Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BESTOR, ARTHUR EUGENE
Dir. Chautauqua Inst .; b. Dixon, Ill., May 19, 1879; s. Orson Porter and Laura Ellen (Moore) Bestor; grad. Univ. of Chicago, A.B., 1901; m. Bedford, Ind., March 24, 1905, Jeannette Louise Lemon; children: Arthur Eugene, Jr., b. 1908; Mary Frances, b. 1910. Prof. history and polit. science, Franklin Coll., Ind., 1901-1903; lecturer on polit. science, Extension Div. Univ. of Chicago, 1904-1912; ass't gen. dir., 1905-1907, dir. since 1907, Chautauqua Inst. Pres. Internat. Chau- tauqua Alliance. Mem. Am. Hist. Ass'n, Am. Polit. Science Ass'n, Nat. Geog. Soc., Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa Socs. Clubs: City, Quadrangle (Chicago, 111.). Residence: (summer) Chautauqua, N. Y. ( winter) 5701 Monroe Av., Chicago. Address: 801 Fine Arts Bld'g, Chicago, and Chautauqua, N. Y.
BETTELHEIM, EDWIN S.
Editor, publisher; b. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1865; s. Charles and Anna (Tausick) Bettelheim; ed. Al- bany High Sch., and Cornell Coll; m. E. Orange, N. J .: June 15, 1887, Emma Hutcheson; children: Edwin S., Jr., b. 1889; Gladys, b. 1893; Spencer, b. 1895: Dorothy, b. 1901. Established The Journalist, first newspaper devoted to editors; established Chicago Dramatic News, first theatrical paper outside of N. Y., of which is editor and publisher; also editor Boston Dramatic Record and N. Y. Dramatic News. Served in N. Y. Legislature two terms, in the Assembly; sec. to late Senator Wagner of the Wagner Drawing Room . Ring Co. Charter mem. Republican Club of 23d As-
Car Co. V .- p. Acme Gold Mining Co., sec. Blanche sembly Dist. Mem. of Bo. B .- 10th Separate Bat- talion of Albany, N. Y., 1883-1886. Republican. Clubs: Greenroom, Liberal, Scarsdale Golf. Residence: Scarsdale, N. Y., and 310 W. 99th St., N. Y. City. Address: 17 W. 42d St. and 17 Vandewater St., N. Y. City.
BETTLE, SAMUEL
Traffic mg'r Internat. Navigation Co. of N. Y. City; b. Oaklyn, N. J., Oct. 15, 1866; s. William and Mary (Sharpless) Bettie; ed. William Penn Charter Sch .; grad. Haverford Coll., 1885; m. 1899, Helen Biddle, d. Clement A. Griscom, pres. Internat. Navigation Co. Became connected with Internat. Navigation Co., of which is now traffic mg'r and a large stockholder. Clubs: Philadelphia, Rittenhouse, Merion Cricket (Philadelphia), Union. Racquet and Tennis, Players. Down Town, N. Y. Yacht (N. Y. City); St. James, Riverside (London, England), South Side Sportsmans, Recess. Address: 13 Lexington Av., N. Y. City.
BETTS, CHARLES H.
Editor, publisher, author; b. Wolcott, N. Y., April 14, 1863; s. Thomas and Mary (Tiner) Betts; ed. dist. sch., Leavenworth Inst., Wolcott, N. Y., and Adrian Coll .; m. Lyons, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1901, Albertine M. Rogers; one d. Isabelle M., b.' July 11, 1903. Prop'r The Lyons Republican 16 years; v .- p. and dir. Hough Shade Corp'n 10 years; owner Betts' Block, three story brick bld's, and pres. Lyons Business Mens' Ass'n of Lyons, since 1912. Dir., editor and mg'r The Lyons Republican, v .- p. and dir. Hough Shade Corp'n, Janesville, Wis. Deputy Clerk N. Y. Kate Assembly, 1895-1897; chief clerk Engrossing Dep't, N. Y. State Assembly, 1901-1902; chief of Revision Dep't N. Y. State Assembly, 1889, 1904, 1905, 1906. Republican State Committeeman, since 1904. Represents 36th Cong. Dist. composed of Wayne, Cayuga, Ontario, Seneca and Yates counties. Author: The Betts-Roosevelt Letters (The Lyon Republican Co.), 1912; The Naked Truth (Lyon Republican Co.), 1913; writer for maga- zines on science of politics and gov't. Republican.
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Pres. N. Y. State Press Ass'n, Western Publishers' \ BETTS, SAMUEL ROSSITER Ass'n. Mem. Am. Ass'n Polit. Science, "Acad. Polit. Science of Columbia Univ., Am. Acad. Polit. and So- cial Science of Philadelphia, N. Y. State Hist. Ass'n, Buffalo Hist. Ass'n, Alpha Tau fraternity; Mason, Elk. Clubs: N. Y. Republican, Adrian Coll. Republican Club (pres. 1892). Residence: 20 Holley St. Address: 41 William St., Lyons, N. Y.
BETTS, CRAVEN LANGSTROTH
Author: b. St. John, N. B., April 23, 1853; s. Hiram and Sarah Ann (Purdy) Betts; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 10, 1905, Elizabeth Cushing Colby. Resident of N. Y. City since 1879; several years in business life; more re- cently devoted to literature. Translator: Songs from Beranger (61 chansons). Author: The Perfume Holder, a Persian Love Story; Garland of Sonnets; Freewick's Experiment; The Promise (a blank verse poem), 1910, also (in collaboration with Arthur Went- worth Eaton) Tales of a Garrison Town; contb'r of poems to magazines and periodicals. Address: Great Kills, S. I., N. Y.
BETTS, GEORGE WHITEFIELD
Manufacturer; b. Norwalk, Conn., Sept. 27, 1842; s. George Washington and Julia (Miner) Betts; descend- ant on paternal side of Thomas Betts, who came from England to Guilford, Conn., 1639; and on mother's side of Capt. Thomas Miner, who came to America with elder Winthrop, 1630, and settled in New Lon- don, Conn., in 1646, and of Richard Smith, the patentee of Smithtown. L. I. Ed. Old Ward Sch. 35, and Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1861; m. April 23. 1869, Margaret Eliza Dominick; children: George Whitefield, Jr., Ho- bart Dominick, Margaret Delavan. Manufacturer of paints, varnishes, brushes and artists' materials; dir. F. W. Devoe & C. T. Reynolds Co., of N. Y., supposed to be the oldest commercial house in U. S., having been established 1754 by William Post. Also v .- p. Englewood (N. J.) Sewerage Co. Enlisted in 23d N. Y. Reg't, 1863, serving with it in Pa. and Md. cam- paign, 1864, which ended in battle of Gettysburg and defeat of the Confederates; reg't afterward ordered to Brooklyn to protect the city from the riots; later served term of 7 years in the 7th Reg't, N.G.N.Y. Conservative Republican; liberal Episcopalian; warden of St. Paul's Ch., Englewood, N. J. Life mem. since 1857 N. Y. Hist. Soc .; mem. N. Y. Numismatic and Archæol. Soc., 7th Reg't Veteran Ass'n. Recreations: Studying the tariff subjects and gencalogical re- searches. Club: Englewood (charter mem.). Resi- dence: Englewood, N. J. Address: 101 Fulton St., N. Y. City.
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BETTS, GEORGE WHITEFIELD, JR.
Lawyer; b. Englewood, N. J., Feb. 14, 1871; s. George W. and Margaret E. (Dominick) Betts; grad. Prince- ton Univ., A.B. (cum laude), 1892, A.M., 1895; m. Troy, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1903, Mary Howard Hall. Engaged in practise of law since 1895; mem. law firm Hunt, Hill & Betts. Dir. Beers Realty Co., Donald 'S. S. Co., Irving Improvement Co. (sec.). Has traveled over U. S. from N. Y. to San Francisco, also through Cana- dian Northwest, and five times through Great Britain and Continent of Europe. Delegate from Maritime Law Ass'n of U. S. to Internat. Maritime Law Conf. Hamburg, Germany, Sept., 1902. Episcopalian. Recre- ations: Riding, sailing, tennis, golf. Clubs:' Down- town Ass'n, University, Princeton. Residence: Engle- wood, N. J. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BETTS, JAMES ALBERT
Lawyer; b. Broadalbin, Fulton Co., N. Y., Mar. 18, 1853; s. Isaiah and Margaret A. (Hoes) Betts; ed. in Fulton Co. public schools; grad. State Normal Sch., Albany, N. Y., 1875; m. Kingston, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1884, Frances M. Hill (died June 15, 1905); m. 2d, King's- ton, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1908, Olivia M. (Mathews) North, widow of James H. North; one son, James Hill, b. Jan. 27, 1899. Taught dist. sch. in Saratoga Co., 1871- 1873; prin. of public sch., Kingston, N. Y., 1875-1877; law student and law clerk, 1877-1880; practised law at Kingston, N. Y., 1880-1899. Scc. Civil Service Com- m'n, N. Y. State, 1883-1884; mem. B'd Ed'n, Kingston, N. Y., 1885-1898; clerk B'd Supervisors, Ulster Co., 1890-1891; surrogate Ulster Co., 1892-1898; elected 1898 Justice Supreme Court of N. Y., from 3d Judicial Dist. and served full term of 14 years, being mem. 3d Dep't Appellate Div. last 2 years. Chm'n Demo- cratic (Ulster Co.) Com., 1891; mem. Democratic State Com., 1896-1898. Baptist; trustee Kingston Bap- tist Ch. Pres. Kingston Savings Bank, City Hosp. (Kingston); trustee Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery; dir. Old Senate House Ass'n, Ulster County Bank, Pine Hill Water Co. Mem. Founders and Patriots of Amer- ica. Recreations: Gardening, farming. Clubs: Kings- ton, National Democratic (N. Y. City). Address: 204 Pearl St., Kingston, N. Y.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 5, 1854; s. George F. and Ellen (Porter) Betts; grad. Yalc Univ., A.B., 1875; Co- lumbia Univ., LL.B., 1877; unmarried. Mem. and head of successive law firms, located in N. Y. City, and prac- tising patent law as specialty; now consul in sp'l mat- ters. Has traveled extensively in this country and abroad. U. S. Comm'r for Southern Dist. of N. Y. since 1877; master in equity and examiner in U. S. courts. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, N. Y. City Bar Ass'n, N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Museum of Natural History, N. Y. Bot. Garden, N. Y. Zool. Soc., Metropolitan Museum of Art, A.A. J.S., Soc. of Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution, Soc. War of 1812, Soc. Foreign Wars, Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Dir. for many years and sec. N. Y. Inst'n for Instr'n of Deaf and Dumb. Clubs: Century, Union, University, Players, Yale, Lawyers and various out-of- town clubs. Address: University Club and 52 William St., N. Y. City.
BEUGLER, EDWIN J.
Civil eng'r; b. Williamsport, Pa., Feb. 28, 1869; s. James M. and Catharine E. ( McCollum) Beugler; grad. Williamsport High Sch. (2nd honor), 1888; student at Lowell Inst., Boston, 1897-1899; m. Philadelphia, Oct. 21, 1891, Helen E. White; children: Dorothy, b. 1893; Helen, b. 1895; Isabel, b. 1900. Employed with Blooms- burg & Sullivan R. R., Pa., on railroad operation and eng'ring, 1888-1890; ass't eng'r Philadelphia & leading R. R., on railroad construction and maintenance, 1800- 1893; ass't eng'r N. Y., New Haven & Hartford 1 !. R., on construction work, including four-tracking of N. Y. Div., drawbridge at Norwalk River, Back Bay Sta., Boston; extension of Providence Div. to South Sta., and rolling left draw at Ft. Point Channel, until 1902. Res- ident eng'r Boston Terminal Co., in charge of main- tenance and eng'ring dep'ts, 1902-1905; since 1905 civil eng'r Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co. Now chief eng'r Canadian operations. Independent; Presby'n. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Canadian Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Boston Soc. Civil Eng'rs. Recreations: Fishing, trav- elling. Address: 37 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BEUTENMULLER, WILLIAM
Entomologist; b. Hoboken, N. J., March 31, 1864; ed. public and private schs., N. Y. City. Curator Dep't of Entomology, Am. Museum Nat. History, 1889-1912. Author of works on butterflies and moths, and of many contb'ns in entomology to scientific journa.s. Mem. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. (pres. 1900-1901), and editor of its Journal, vols. I-XI; Brooklyn Entomol. Soc., A.A.A.S .; fellow Entomol. Soc., Am. Corr., mem. Wash. Entomol. Soc. Mem. Torrey Botanical Club. Address: 879 Whit- lock Av., N. Y. City.
V BEYEA, JAMES LOUIS
Physician; b. Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., July 28, 1837; s. Samuel and Sarah (Shaw) Beyea; ed. Farmers' Hall Acad., Goshen, N. Y .; N. Y. Homeopathic Med. Coll., M.D., 1880; m. Madison Square Presbyterian Ch., June 22, 1903, Frances A. Weston. Engaged in practice in N. Y. City from 1880. Enlisted in 7th Reg't, N. Y. State Militia, in 1861, to go to Washington at first call from President Lincoln; went to California by steamer, 186"; was taken by Alabama, Dec. 4, 1862; reached San Fran- cisco, Calif., at end of Dec., 1862; went to Mexico in 1864; was aidc-de-camp to Gens. Allen and Cobb in Nat. Guard of Calif .; returned to New York, 1877; has been in Nat. Guard more than 25 year's in New York and Calif., having joined Co. K, 7th Reg't, 1861; after an absence of 14 years returned to same Co., and holds medal for long and faithful service. Went to Europe in 1903, visiting England, Norway to North Cape, Sweden, Finland, St. Petersburg to Moscow, Warsaw, Vienna, Budapest, Venice, Paris. Republican. Senior elder of University Place Presbyterian Church; mem. Presbyterian Union; dir. Christian Home for Inten- perate Men, Chester Crest, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., Chiron Club, Lafayette Post, No. 140 G. A. R. Address: 235 Second Av., N. Y. City.
V BICKHAM, WARREN STONE
Surgcon; b. Shreveport, La., Aug. 23. 1861: s. Dr. Charles J. and of Annie Augusta (Gray) Bickham; prep. ed'u acads. of Univ. of South. and Univ. of La .; grad. Med. Dep't Tulane Univ., Phar. M., M.D., 1886; Coll. Phys. and Surg., M.D., 1SS7; post-grad. study N. Y. Polyclinic, and London; m. London, Eng, 1895, Flora S. Brandon. Interne, later visiting surgeon Charity Hosp., and Tours Hosp., New Orleans; now in practice of surgery, N. Y. City. Former instr. surgery l'ost- Grad. Med. Sch. and Hosp., ass't instr. operative sur- gery, Coll. Phys, and Surg .; instr. N. Y. Polyclinic. Was visiting surgeon Northwestern Dispensary, and surgeon Manhattan State Hosp. Author of textbook on operative surgery, several chapters in Kcen's "Sys-
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tem of Surgery," and numerous contb'ns to med. jour- nals on surgical subjects. Episcopalian; Fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine, mem. N. Y. County 'Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, Coll. of Phys. and Surg. Alumni. Clubs: Authors, Am. Uni- versities (London). Address: 440 Riverside Drive, N. Y. City.
V BICKMORE, ALBERT H.
Investment banker; b. Martinsville, Me., 1869; s. William H. and Margaret A. (Martin) Bickmore; grad. Colby Univ., A.B., 1893; m. Camden, Me., Oct. 2, 1901, Myrtle L. French. Senior mem. firm of A. H. Bick- more & Co., bankers. Dir. Nat. Light, Heat & Power Co., Union Securities Co. (pres.), Taylorville Gas and Electric Co., Pana Gas and Electric Co., Marshall Gas and Electric Co., Lexington Gas and Electric Co., City Gas and Electric Co. of Paris, Jerseyville Illuminating Co., Charleston Illuminating Co., Hoosick Falls Illumi- nating Co., Bennington Electric Co., Springfield Coal Mining Co. Republican. Mem. Delta Upsilon fra- ternity, Phi Beta Kappa, Recreation: Yachting. Clubs: Union League, . St. Nicholas, Graduates, Law- yers, Indian Harbor Yacht, Atlantic Yacht. Resi- dence: 300 W. 71st St. Address: 111 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BICKMORE, ALBERT SMITH.
Naturalist, educator, Prof. emeritus Dept. Public In- struction Am. Museum Natural History in N. Y. City; b. St. George, Me., March 1, 1839; s. John and Jane (Seavey) Bickinore; grad. Dartmouth Coll., 1860; studied with Prof. Louis Agassiz, 1860-1864; grad Lawrence Scientific Sch., Harvard Univ., B.S., 1864; Ph.D., Hamilton Coll., 1869; Dartmouth, 1896; LL.D., Colgate Univ., 1905; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 16, 1873, Char- lotte A. Bruce. Went with father (who was a sea captain and shipbuilder) to Bordeaux, France, at the , age of eight; this voyage inspired him with love for a life of travel and the study of nature. When pur-
suing studies under Prof. Agassiz became assistant in the Museum at Cambridge, and went.to Bermuda to collect for that inst., 1862; served in 44th Mass. Vols., Oct. 22, 1862, to June 18, 1863, most of time in N. Car- olina. Traveled in Malay Archipelago and Cochin, China, through the interior of China and in Japan, and came back by the Amoor River and over Siberia to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Berlin, London, and New York; trip lasted from Jan., 1865, to Dec., 1868 (3 years less 20 days), and the distance traveled over was 44,000 miles. Prof. natural history Madison (now Colgate) Univ., 1868. Aided Am. Museum of Nat. Hist. in procuring its charter in April, 1869; first sup't of the Museum, 1869-1884; prof. in charge Dep't of Pub- lic Instruction of the Museum, 1884-1904; now prof. emeritus. Traveled at own expense, gathering data and photographic illustrations for lectures, as far as the Hawaiian Islands and through all the countries between the North Cape, the Straits of Gibraltar and the First Cataract of the Nile, averaging, from 1895 to 1904, twelve thousand miles a year. Has delivercd at the Museum, under auspices of State sup't of public instruction, to teachers of the free public schs., and on holidays to all citizens, 418 lectures, with average attendance of 900, upon 213 different subjects relating to geography and natural history. A selection of these lectures has been repeated in the cities and in each village of 5,000 or more population in State of N. Y. Author: Travels in the Eastern Archipelago; also prepared descriptions of his various journeys for annual reports of State Dep't of Ed'n, 1884-1904. Fcl- low A.A.A.S., Soc. of Naturalists, Geol. Soc. of America, Am. Geog. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Sciences; Ilfe fellow Royal Geog. Soc., London. ' Trustee Vassar Coll., Am. Museum Nat. Hist. Trustees of Am. Museum of Natural History during the past year had placed at the entrance of lecture hall a bronze bust with inscription : Albert Smith Bickmore, originator of the movement that resulted in the erection of this museum, First Curator, founder of its lecture sys- tem. Address: American Museum of Nat. Hist., 77th St. and Central Park W., N. Y. City.
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