Who's who in New York City and State, 1914, pt 1, Part 2

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 810

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Physician; b. Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 17, 1870; s. Jacob and Hannah (Weil) Abraham; ed. public and high schools of Montgomery, Ala .; Univ. of Va., M.D .; post-graduate instruction in Berlin, Vienna and Lon- don, 1896-97, and Germany and Austria in 1900 and 1905. Prof. on larnygology, N. Y. Polyclinic Med. Sch. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Larnygol., Rhinol. and Otol. Socs., N. Y. Acad. Medicine, N. Y. Polyclinic Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Alumni Univ. of Va., The Southern Soc. Clubs: Harmonie, The Friars. Address: 130 W. 58th St., N. Y. City.

ACKER, CHARLES ERNEST

Manufacturer, inventor; b. Bourbon, Ind., Mar. 19. 1868; s. William James Acker (mfr); family came originally from Holland, and settled in New Amster- dam; ed. Wabash Coll. and Cornell Univ., Ph.B., 1888; m. 1892, Alice Reynolds Beal, d. William R. Beal, of N. Y. City; six children. Engaged in elec. eng'ring work in Chicago, 1888-1893; since then has been in field of chemistry and electro-chemistry; developed first clectrolytic process for manufacture of caustic soda by electrolysis of molten salt, known as "Acker Process," for which Elliott-Cresson gold medal of Franklin Inst. was conferred upon him. Built works of Acker Pro- cess Co., Niagara Falls; originated processes for tet- rachloride of tin, carbon tetrachloride, etc .; first to manufacture carbon tetrachloride in America; has been granted about 45 U. S. and foreign patents for inventions relating to chemical and electro-chemical Industries. Dir. in various org'ns in Ossining. For- merly officer of Northwestern Alumni Ass'n of Cornell Univ. (Chicago), and later of Cornell Alumni Ass'n of Buffalo. Dir. Am. Electrochem. Soc., 1905-1910, mem. Soc. of Arts (London), Faraday Soc. (London), Soc. Chem. Industry (London), Am. Electrochem. Soc., Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Am. Chem. Soc. Clubs: Niagara Falls Country (pres.), and several others.

Address: Ossining-on-Hudson, N. Y.

ACKER, CHARLES LIVINGSTON

Treas. Manhattan Mortgage Co .; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 14, 1872; s. Charles L. and Helena (Brinkerhoff) Acker; ed. Univ. Grammar Sch., N. Y. City; m. August 27, 1913, Laura M. Sargent, of San Francisco, Cal. Treas. and dir. Guaranteed Mortgage Co. of N. Y., Manhattan Mortgage Co., Estates Settlement Co .; pres. and dir. Charles L. Acker Estate. Enlisted April 2, 1894, in Co. B, 7th Reg't; honorably discharged Sept., 1904. Address: 200 Broadway, N. Y. City.

ACKER, MILO M.

Lawyer; b. Hartsville, Steuben Co., N. Y., Oct. 3, 1853; s. Hugh J. and Huldah (Call) Acker; ed. country dis- trict schools and Alfred (N. Y.) Univ .; m. Brattleboro,

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Vt., Oct. 9, 1890, Mary W. Clarke. Admitted to bar, 1883. Practised in Hornell, N. Y. Dir. First Nat. Bank. Hornell, N. Y .; v .- p. Urbana Wine Co. Supervisor Hartsville, 1879-80; police justice, Hornell; mem. As- sembly, 1888-91; introduced and passed bill for State care insane. Republican leader of Assembly, 1891; mem. Constitutional Conv., 1894; att'y city of Hornell six years; mem. B'd Ed'n 10 years; mem. State Water Supply Comm'n. Republican. Presby'n: trustee First Presby'n Ch., Hornell. Mason. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Trustee Hornell Public Library. Recreations : European travel and hunting with a kodak. Club: Hornell Country (pres.). Address: Hornell, N. Y.

ACKERMAN, J. WALTER

Civil and mech. engineer; b. Auburn, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1867; s. Elias Cuykendall and Amelia (De Witt) Acker- man; ed. Cazenovia Sem., Ithaca High Sch. and Cor- nell Univ .; m. May 28, 1902, Bertha H. Vedder, of Munnsville, Madison Co., N. Y .; children: Lauren V., b. March 12, 1905; J. Bevier, b. April 29, 1909. En- gaged in R. R. surveys, 1897-99; in sanitary designs and construction, 1899-1902; city engineer of Auburn, N. Y., 1902-Jan., 1908; resident engineer N. Y.,, Auburn and Lansing R. R., Jan .- Sept., 1908; since 1908 sup't and chief eng'r Municipal Water Works System of Auburn, N. Y. Republican. Presby'n. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Am. Soc. for Municipal Improvements; Am. Water Works Ass'n, New England Water Works Ass'n, Auburn Lodge 431, F. and A. M., Holland Soc. of N. Y. Club: Auburn City. Address: Auburn, N. Y.

ACKERSON, T. BENTON

Real estate owner and broker; b. Rockland Lake, Rockland Co., N. Y., June 9, 1856; s. Theodore P. and Susan L. (Moore) Ackerson; ed. in schools of Pough- keepsie, N. Y .; m. Dec. 28, 1887, Carrie E. Embler; children: Ella A., b. 1898; Alice (deceased) ; Jean, b. 1901. Was 31 years in employ Knickerbocker Ice Co., and its successors, and for past fifteen years engaged in real estate development and kindred lines. Pres. T. B. Ackerson Co., real estate; treas. and dir. N. Y. Land and Warehouse Co., Long Island City; active in development of homes in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Bright- waters. L. I., Maplewood, N. J., and building up of large factory interests in Long Island City. Republi- can. Episcopalian. Mem. Mf'rs Ass'n of N. Y .; Flat- bush B'd of Trade, 39th Ward Taxpayers' Ass'n, Ja- maica Bay Improvement Ass'n, Brooklyn League, Municipal League. Recreations: Automobiling, yacht- ing, out-of-door sports. Address: 1 West 34th St., N. Y. City.

ACKROYD, WILLIAM

Clergyman; b. Manchester, Eng., 1863; s. William Ackroyd; ed. Harlcy Coll., London; m. Chicago, Ill., July 29, 1890, Mary E. Oldfield; children: William, b. 1891; Mabel, b. 1892; Edith M., b. 1899; Arthur O., b. 1903. Engaged in missionary work in Oregon and Nevada, 1889-1892. In N. Y. Conf. M. E. Ch. since 1892: pastor M. E. Ch., Liberty, N. Y. Address: 170 N. Main St., Liberty, N. Y.

ADAMS, BENJAMIN

Librarian; b. Wethersfield, Conn., Sept. 20, 1873; s. Thomas Griswold and Lucy Stillman (Dickinson) Adams; ed. local schools of Wethersfield, Hartford (Conn.) Public High sch., grad. 1892; Yale, B.A., 1896; \ ADAMS, CHARLES SIEDLER unmarried. Removed to N. Y. City 1898; with Brook- lyn Life Publishing Co., 1898-1899; entered staff of Brooklyn Pub. Library, 1899; librarian Prospect Branch of same, 1900-1902; appt'd, 1902, sup't Dep't of Traveling Librarian; ass't to chief of Circulation Dep't, N. Y. Public Library, April, 1904; chief of Circu- lation Dep't since 1909. Has done much geneal. work; contributed genealogy of Adam's family and others to Stiles' History of Ancient Wethersfield (Conn.), and much matter of a geneal. and hist. nature, including bibliographies; contributed articles in local history to Springfield (Mass.) and Hartford (Conn.) newspapers; assisted in compilation of Tillotson's Wethersfield In- scriptions and other works of a similar character. VADAMS, EDWARD DEAN Democrat; candidate for representative in Gen. Assem- bly of Conn., 1896; delegate to Dem. State ' Conv. of Conn., 1896, 1898. Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Li- brary Ass'n, . N. Y. (State) Library Ass'n, N. Y. (City) Library Club, L. I. Library Club, Conn. Hist. Soc., Brooklyn Armstrong Ass'n, Linnaean Soc., Am. Mu- seum of Natural History, Am. Ornithol. Union, Nat. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Yale, Crescent Athletic. Address: 120 Amity St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

ADAMS, CHARLES ALBERT

Comd'r U. S. Navy, retired; b. Buffalo, N. Y., May 28, 1846; s. Timothy T. and Mary E. (Robinson) Adams; grad. U. S. Naval Acad., Annapolis, Md., as midship- man, June, 1868; promoted ensign, 1869; master, 1870;

lieut., 1872; lieut .- comd'r, 1894; comd'r, 1901; retired at own request, Dec. 26, 1903; m. 1st, West Bend, WIs., June 6, 1877, Belle R. Weil (died Dec. 30, 1903); 2nd, May 2, 1910, Leita B. Kildare. Served on Kearsarge, Pacific Fleet, 1868-1869; on Ossipee, Pacific Fleet, 1870-1872; Shenandoah (European Sta.), 1873, and Congress, 1873-1876; Alert (Asiatic Sta.), 1877-1878; Ranger, 1878-1879, and Palos, 1879-1881; Michigan (Great Lakes), 1882-1885; Pensacola (European Sta.), 1885-1888; Receiving Ship Vermont (Navy Yard, N. Y.), 1888-1892; Adams (Pacific Sta.), 1892-1893; Lancaster (flag lieut.), Asiatic Sta., May-Oct., 1893; Philadelphia (fiag lieut.), Pacific Sta., 1893-1894; aide to com- Richmond mandant N. Y. Navy Yard, 1894-1896; Receiving Ship (Navy Yard, Philadelphia), 1896-1897; Monterey, Pacific Sta., 1897-1898; Receiving Ship Inde- pendence, Mare Island, Calif., 1898; Baltimore, Asiatic Sta., 1899, and Oregon, 1899, 1901; Navy Yard, N. Y., 1901-1903, when Received retired. Episcopalian. Navy Dep't medal for service during Civil War, Navy Dep't medal for service in Philippines during Philip- pine Insurrection. Mem. N. Y. Commandery, Mil. Order Loyal Legion of U. S., Alumni Ass'n of U. S. Naval Acad. of N. Y., Navy Athletic Ass'n, Annapolis; Graduates Ass'n of U. S. Naval Acad. Recreations: Golf, sailing, swimming, bridge, books. Club: N. Y. Yacht. Address: 5 Larchmont Court, Larchmont, N. Y.

VADAMS, CHARLES CLASSON

Capitalist; b. Frecport, Pa .; s. Alexander A. and Isabell (Thompson) Adams; ed. Sharpsburg (Pa.) Acad .; m. Elizabeth Kane Spillin; children: Charles C., Jr., b. 1898; Katherine Virginia, b. 1902. Mg'r Mutual Union Telegraph Co., Pittsburg, Pa., 1880-1883; mg'r Postal Telegraph Cable Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 1884-1892; gen. sup't Southern Div. Postal Telegraph Co., Atlanta, Ga., 1902-1903; v .- p. Postal Telegraph Cable Co., N. Y., since 1904. Built first plant for manu- facture of acetylene gas, Niagara Falls, N. Y., 1895. Also v.p. and dir. Brooklyn Dist. Telegraph Co., Lt'd, Mackay Telegraph Co., Phila., Am. Dist. Telegraph Co. Appt'd comm'r of Valley Forge Park, Valley Forge. Pa., by Gov. of State, 1898-1902; civil service comm'r City of Phila., 1898-1902. Trustee Village of Law- rence, N. Y. Clubs: Rockaway Hunting (Cedarhurst, L. I.), Lotos, Hardware (N. Y.), Blooming Grove Hunt- ing & Fishing (Pike Co., Pa.). Address: 253 Broad- way, N. Y. City.

ADAMS, CHARLES JOSIAH

Clergymen, author; b. New Lisbon, O., Oct. 31, 1850; s. Rev. Josiah and Sarah A. (Ford) Adams; grad. Mount Union Coll., Alliance, O., A.B., 1871; (D.D.); studied at Yale, 1873; Boston Univ., 1874; m. March 22, 1876, Jennie E. Holloway; one son: Edwin Charles. Ordained priest Episcopal Ch., 1875; canon St. John's Cathedral, Denver, 1882-1885; dean of Wichita, Kan., 1885-1898; rector St. Luke's, Chicago, 1888-1891; Ch. of Holy Spirit, Rondout-on-Hudson, N. Y., 1891-1896; since May 1, 1896, rector of St. Luke's Ch., Rossville, S. I., N. Y. Organizer, mg'r and lecturer for The Church Thinking Bureau and The Bureau of Bio- philism or Animal Psychology. Author: Where is My Dog? The Matterhorn Head and Other Poems; How Baldy Won that County Seat, etc. Formerly chaplain N. Y. Press Club. Residence: Rossville, S. I., N. Y. Address: 29 Lafayette Pl., N. Y. City.

Bank officer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1874; s. William Menzies and Ellen Hathaway (Franklin) Adams; grad. Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn; Columbia Univ., A. B., 1896; m. April 12, 1899, Emma Lily Ara- bella Parsons, d. Hosmer Buckingham Parsons; chil- dren: Franklin Parsons, b. June 6, 1900; Clelia Emma, b. April 13, 1904. Sec. and treas. Knickerbocker Safe Deposit Co. Men. Sons of Revolution, Pilgrim Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Recreations: Golf and music. Clubs: Dyker Meadow Golf, University, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Club: Young Men's Republican. Address: 358 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.

Banker; b. Boston, Mass., April 9, 1846; s. Adoniram Judson and Harriet Lincoln (Norton) Adams; grad. Norwich Univ., Northfield, Vt., B.S., 1864 (31.S .. LL.D.); m. 1872, Frances Amelia Gutterson; one d: Ruth. Bookkeeper, 1866-1870. Partner, Richardson, llill & Co., bankers, Boston, 1870-1878; partner Winslow, Lanier & Co, bankers, N. Y. City, 1878-1893; repre- sentative Deutsche Bank, Berlin, since 1893. Pres. and dir. East Jersey Water Co., Rumson Improvement Co., Rumson Park; dir. and chm'n Davis Coal & Coke Co., Lehigh Coke Co., Western Md. R'y Co .: dir. Am. Cotton Oil Co., Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio R'y Co., Cataract Power & Conduit Co. of Buffalo, Central & S, America Telegraph Co., Clinchfield Coal Corp'n, Denver & Rio Grande R'y Co., Mo. Pacific R'y Co., Mohawk Hydro-

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Electric Co., N. J. Gen. Security Co., Niagara Develop- ment Co., Niagara Falls Power Co., Niagara Junction R'y Co. Republican. Senior warden and vestryman, St. George's Episcopal Ch., Rumson, N. J, Received decoration of Royal Order of Crown of Prussia, second class, 1909. Mem. Am. Anthropol. Ass'n, A.A.A.S., Am. Ethnol. Soc. (life fellow), Am. Fine Arts Soc., Am, Folk Lore Soc., Am. Forestry Ass'n, Am. Geog. Soc. (life fellow), Am. Inst. of Elec. Eng'rs (asso. mem.), Am. Iron & Steel Inst., Am. Mus. of Natural History (patron in perpetuity), Am. Numismatic Soc. (mem. B'd of Gov's), Am. Scenlc & Historic Preservation Soc. (trustee), Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs (fellow), Civil Service Reform Ass'n, Chamber of Commerce of State of N. Y. Germanistic Soc. of America (v .- p. and dir.), Hort. Soc. of N. Y., Inst. of Musical Art City of N. Y. (v .- p. and trustee), Kahn Foundation for Foreign Travel of Am. Teachers (chm'n), Legal Aid Soc., Met. Mus. of Art (trustee, mem. exec. com., chm'n finance com.), Monmouth Co. Agr'l Fair Ass'n (dir.), Mon- mouth Co. Hist. Ass'n (v .- p.), Municipal Art Soc. of N. Y., Nat. Acad. of Design (fellow in perpetulty), Nat. Ass'n of Credit Men, Nat. Conservatlon Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc., Nat. Housing Ass'n, Nat. Sculpture

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Soc. N. Mural Painters, E. Soc., N. Y. Acad. of Science, N. Y. Bot. Garden (mem. of corp'n, chm'n finance com.), N. Y. Geneal. & Biog. Soc., N. Y. Hlst. Soc., N. Y. Soc. Archaeology, N. Y. Zool. Soc., Norwich Univ. (trustee), Oesterreichische - Gesellschaft fuer Medaillenkunst, Société des Amis de la Médaille Française, Soc. of Iconophlles, Soc. Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Adirondack League, Automobile, Caxton, Chicago, Church, City (life mem.), Engineers, Grolier, Lawyers, Metropolltan, Players, Railroad, Re- cess, Riding, Rumson Country (pres.), Rumson Kennel (mem. B'd of Gov's), Seabright Beach (trustee), Tech- nology of N. Y. (class of 1869), Tuxedo, Union League (N. Y. City). Residences: 455 Madison Av., N. Y. City; "Rohallion," Rumson, N. J. Address: 71 Broad- way, N. Y. City.

ADAMS, EDWARD LE GRAND

Am. Consul at Dublin; b. Clarence, Erie Co., N. Y., Jan, 3, 1851; s. Benjamin T. and Janet (Gibson) Adams; ed. Clarence Acad., State Normal Sch., Brockport, N. Y .; Unlv. of Rochester; m. Elmira, N. Y., 1879, Kate L., d. Dwight Atwater. In editorial work on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,. 1873-1880; operator and pro- ducer, petroleum fields, Bradford, Pa., 1880-1883; editor Elmira Daily Advertiser, 1883-1898; deputy collector U. S. Internal Revenue, 28th Dist. of N. Y., 1890-1894. N. Y. State Tax Comm'r, 1895-1898; ass't editor in Liter- ary Bureau, Rep. Nat. Headquarters, N. Y. City, in campaigns of 1896 and 1900. Sec. of Am. Legation, and consul-gen. at Stockholm, Sweden; chargé d'affaires ad interim, Am. Legatlon, Stockholm, Dec., 1902, to March, 1903; now consul at Dublin, Ireland. Home: Elmira, N. Y. Address: Am. Consulate, Dublin, Ireland.

VADAMS, ELBRIDGE L.

Lawyer; b. Canandaigua, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1866; s. William H. and Charlotte (Lapham) Adams; grad. Williams Coll., A.B., M.A .; m. Oct. 8, 1890, Julla L. Hubbell; children: Emily, b. 1891; Willlam Hamilton, b. 1895; Elbridge, 2d, b. 1898. Admitted to bar, 1889; engaged in general practice of law, N. Y. City and Rochester, N. Y. Mem. and chm'n Municipal Civil Service Comm'n of Rochester, 8 years. Pres. Rochester Folding 'Box. Co. Clubs: Genesee Valley Country (Rochester), City, St. Anthony, Williams, Oakland Golf (N. Y. City). Residence: Williamstown, Mass. Ad- dress: 299 Broadway, N. Y. City.

ADAMS, FRANCIS ALEXANDRE

Journalist; b. N. Y. City, May 11, 1874; s. John Quincy and Marie Adéle (Negrin) Adams; ed. N. Y. public schools and Coll. City of N. Y. Editor Adams' Maga- zine, Gotham Monthly Magazine, Frinters' Ink; asso. editor N. Y. Journal, N. Y. Commercial; sp'l corre- spondent. Enlisted in 14th Inf. Reg't, U. S. Vols., May, 1898, as private; promoted to corporal, sergeant, lieut .; mustered out Nov., 1898, at termination of Spanish- Am. War. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Recreations: Automobiling, swimming, tennis. Author: Who Rules America? The Transgressors, "Roosevelt," and political papers. Address: 20 Vesey St., N. Y. City.

ADAMS, FRED WINSLOW

Clergyman; b. Belfast, Me., Aug. 31, 1866; s. Rev. True Page and Dorcas Ellen (Winslow) Adams; ed. Kennebunk (Me.) High Sch. and Boston Univ., 1892; post-grad. and theol. work at Harvard and Yale Divinity Sch .; D.D. from Unlv. of Syracuse, June 18, 1905; m. Singerlands, N. Y., June 11, 1901, Harriet Heath; children: Winslow Heath, b. Mar. 20, 1903; Vincent Taft, b. Sept. 29, 1906. Taught one year, literature and expression, in Boston Sch. of Oratory, one year in Me. Wesleyan Sem, and Woman's Coll .;

visited Europe, speaking In England and Ireland; one year editorial work on Portland (Me.) dallles and reporting for Boston Traveler and Transcript; editor and publisher Old Orchard Daily Recorder (summer seasons) 1900-1901. Entered mluistry of M. E. Ch. and joined N. Y. East Conf., April, 1896; appt'd asso. pastor Nostrand Av. Ch., Brooklyn, with John Rhey Thomp- son, D.D .; pastor 1st M. E. Ch., Yalesville, Conn., where built a new brick church, 1897-1899; pastor Epworth Ch., New Haven, Conn., 1900-1901; in 1902 was trans- ferred to Troy Conf., and has since been pastor of First M. E. Ch., Schenectady, N. Y. Lecturer, subjects: Mark Twain and Other Marks; Hoosler Poet and Prophet of Cheer; Five Grains of Corn. Republican. Mason. Sec. Brotherhood M. E. Ch., 1898-1902. Pres. Schenectady Ministerial Ass'n, 1904-1905; inem. Theta Delta Chl; dir. Hudson River Humane Soc .; hon. Alumni King's Coll., Windsor, Nova Scotia, and of Syracuse Univ. Address: 607 State St., Schenectady, N. Y.

ADAMS, FREDERICK UPHAM

Author; b. Boston, Mass., Dec. 10, 1859; s. John Spencer and Fannie Emeline (Smith) Adams; ed. in high sch., Elgin, Ill .; m. Elgin, Ill., Sept. 24, 1884, Allce Mary Whitaker. Studied and practised mech. eng'ring after leaving high sch .; invented several electric light appliances; chief of Smoke Inspection Bureau, Chicago, 1894-1897, then devoted attention to electric traction and constructed experimental passenger train for the Baltimore & Ohio R'y. Founder and editor The New Time (soclal reform magazine), 1896-1898. Author: President John Smith, 1896; The Kidnaped Millionalres, 1901; John Burt, 1903; John Henry Smith, 1003; The Bottom of the Well, 1905; also monographs on engi- neering subjects. Literary sec. Dem. Nat. Com., 1896. Address: Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y.

ADAMS, HENRY SHERMAN

Editor; b. Wethersfield, Conn., Aug. 1, 1864; eldest s. Thomas Griswold and Lucy Stillman (Dickinson) Adams; both families identified continuously with Wethersfield, Conn., for more than 250 years; also de- scendent of old Welles, Wolcott, Griswold, Robbins, Gopdrich and Nott families of same town; ed. public and private schs. in Wethersfield, and Hartford Publlc High Sch. (class of 1882); unmarried. Engaged in Wall St., 1882-1891; In beet sugar business in Neb., 1891-1896; 1907 mn'g editor Brooklyn Life, and 1905- · 1910, dir. Brooklyn Life Publishing Co. Author: Flower Gardening, Lilies, and Making a Rock Garden. Has traveled extensively in U. S., Can., Bermuda. Europe and N. Africa; climbed Mounts Lefroy and Stephen in the Canadian Rockies, 1903. Independent In politics; Congregationalist. Recreations: Walking, swimming and gardening. Mem. Brooklyn League, Royal Hort. Soc., Am. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Crescent Athletic, Am. Alpine, Alpine of Can. Address: 152 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

ADAMS, HERBERT

Sculptor; b. Concord, Vt., 1858; s. Samuel M. and Nancy A. (Powers) Adams; ed. in Parls; m. Auburn- dale, Mass., 1889, Adeline V. Pond. Men. Nat. Acad. Design v .- p.); pres. Nat. Sculpture Soc .: mem. Archi- tectural League. Awarded medals at St. Louis, Chi- cago, Paris. Clubs: Century, The Players. Address: 131 West 11th St., N. Y. City.

VADAMS, JOHN LANSON

Physician and surgeon; b. Westport, Conn., Aug. 9, 1860; s. George Sherwood and Polly Morehouse (Coley) Adams; prepared at Selleck's School, Norwalk, Conn .; grad. Yale Coll., B.A., 1883; Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. Clty, M.D., 1886; N. Y. Hosp., 1888; N. Y. Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1890; m. N. Y. City, June 4, 1895, Elizabeth Ellerslie Wallace; one son, Frank Lanson, b. 1896. Studied for two years in Heidelberg, Vienna, London, · Berlin, Paris, Prague, Halle and Utrecht. Engaged in practice in N. Y. City since 1892. Dir. St. Bartholo- mew's Clinic, West Side German Dispensary; pres. N. Y. ISchool of Clinical Medicine; attending surgeon N. Y. Eye and Ear Infirmary, Bloomingdale Clinic, West Side German Dispensary; consulting ophthalmologist and otologist to Soc. of the Lying-In Hosp., Manhattan State Hosp. Mem. N. Y. Otol. Soc., Am. Otol. Soc., Am. Ophthalmol. Soc., N. Y. Med. and Surg. Soc .. Am. Laryngol., Rhinol and Otol. Soc., Asa'n of Alumni of N. Y. Hosp., Ilosp. Graduates' Club, N. Y. Physicians' Mutual Aid Ass'n, N. Y. Co. Med. Soc. Episcopalian. Clubs: University, Lotos, Yale, N. Y. Athletic, Demo- cratic, N. Y. Yacht, Larchmont Yacht. . Address: 3S Fast 51st St., N. Y. City.

ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY

Clergyman; b. Ogden, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1849: s. Caleb Kimball and Laura (Keelcr) Adams; grad. Rochester Univ., A.B., 1874 (Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities) ; Auburn Theol. Sem., 1877; D.D. from the Univ. of Rochester and Huron College; in. Roch-

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ester, N. Y., June 7, 1877, 'Clara Southgate. . Pastor Walnut St. Presby'n Ch., Evansville, Ind., 1878-1881; First Presby'n Ch., Boulder, Colo., 1881-1884; West- minister Presby'n Ch., San Francisco, 1884-1895; chap- lain Clifton Springs Sanitarium, 1895-1898; pastor First Presby'n Ch., Canandaigua, N. Y., 1899-1902; First Presby'n Ch., Waterloo, N. Y., 1903-1907; ass't Contributor to religious and periodical press. Founder, The Boys' Brigade in U. S. A., 1889 (pres. its Nat. org'n, 1890-1894). Address: Auburn, N. Y.

ADAMS, MAUDE

Actress; b. Salt Lake City, Nov. 11, 1872 (family name, Kiskadden); mother (stage name, Adamns) was leading woman in stock company at Salt Lake; early showed dramatic talent in child's parts; attended several schools; made notable success as child in A Celebrated Case; mem. E. H. Sothern Co. at 16; after- ward with Charles Frohman Stock Co., and later in support of John Drew. Successively prominent in The Little Minister, L'Aiglon, Quality Street, The Pretty Sister of José, Peter Pan, What Every Woman Knows. Address: 61 W. 36th St., N. Y. City.

ADAMS, SAMUEL HOPKINS

Author, journalist; b. Dunkirk, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1871; s. Myron and Hester Rose (Hopkins) Adams; ed. Rochester Free Acad. (grad. 1887); Hamilton Coll .. A.B., 1891; m. Charleston, W. Va., Oct. 19, 1898, Eliza- beth Ruffner Noyes; children: Hester Hopkins Adams, b. 1900; Katherine Noyes, b. 1902. Reporter and special writer N. Y. Sun, 1891-1900; managing editor McClure's Syndicate, 1900-1902; advertising mg'r for McClure, Phillips & Co., publishers, 1902-1904; 011 editorial staff McClure's Magazine, 1904-1905; general magazine writer on public health and other topics, 1905-1906. Author: Great American Fraud series (patent medicines) in Collier's Weekly; joint author (with . Stewart Edward White) of The Mystery, 1907 (McClure) ; Author: Average Jones, 1911 (Bobbs-Mer- rell Co.), The Secret of Lonesome Cove, 1912 (Bobbs- Merrell Co.); also of short stories in McClure's, Col- lier's, etc .; occasional contb'r to .editorial page . of Collier's Weekly. Elected asso. mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, 1913. Trustee of Hamilton Coll. Moderate Socialist. Recreations: Lawn tennis, fishing and sailing. Mem, Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Clubs: Alpha Delta Phi, Players, Owasco Country. Address: 32 Chedell Pl., Auburn, N. Y., and Ensenore, N. Y.

ADAMS, THATCHER M.

Lawyer; b. N. Y., Nov. 25, 1837; s. Rev. William Adams, D.D., LL.D., and Martha Bradshaw (Ma- goun) Adams; ed. Andover Acad., class 1856; Yale Coll., class 1858; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 5, 1871, Frances Charlotte Robbins. Mem. firm Anderson, Adams & Young, until 1871; Adams & Comstock, until 1913; and sp'l partner in firm of Adams, Livingston & Davis since 1913. First v .- p. N. Y. Inst'n for Instr'n of Deaf & Dumb; gov. of Woman's Hosp. Clubs: Union, Knickerbocker, Metropolitan,' Down Town Ass'n, Automobile. Lcnox. Residence: 63 E. 79th St. Address: 36 Wall St., N. Y. City.

ADAMS, W. I. LINCOLN

Pres. business corporations; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 22, 1865; s. Washington Irving and Marion L. (Briggs) Adams; ed. Montclair public schools, grad. high school, 1883; m. 1889, Grace Wilson; children: Wilson Irving, Marlon Elizabeth, Briggs Kilburn, Carolyn Styles, W. I. Lincoln, Jr. Pres. Styles & Cash, sta- tioners and printers, Montclair Trust Co., Photo- graphic Times Pub. Ass'n; dir. Dexter Folder Co .; treas. Montclair Holding Co. Life mem. Am. Inst .; mem. LaFayette Lodge, No. 64, F. and A. M .; ex-gov. N. J. Soc. of Founders and Patriots of America; mem. Sons Am. Revolution, Soc. Colonial Wars, Huguenot Soc., Soc. War of 1812. Trustee, First Cong'l Soc. (Dr. Bradford's), Montclair, N. J .; dir. Montclair Civic Ass'n. Author: The Amateur Photographer, Sunlight and Shadow, In Nature's Image, Woodland and Meadow, Photographing In Old England. Clubs: Union League (N. Y. City); Montclair Camera (hon. mem.). Residence: Montclair, N. J. (winter); Hilltop Farms, Littleton, N. H. (summer). Address: 135 W. 14th St., N. Y. City.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1914, pt 1, Part 2

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R Publication date: 1914 Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co. Number of Pages: 810

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 810