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BLACKMON, FRED J.
Lawyer, Banker; b. Little Valley, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Jan. 12, 1855; s. Lyman and Julia Ann (Strait) Blaekmon; ed. in common sehs. and at Ten Broeck Aead., Franklinville, N. Y .; m. Warsaw, N. Y., Aug. 24, 1880, Florence Agnes Thomas; children: Alfred L., b. 1882; Ward H., b. 1884. Mem, firm of Torranee & Blackmon, att'ys, at Gowanda, N. Y., for six years;
mem. firm Wadsworth, Blackmon & Wadsworth,
att'yg, Buffalo, N. Y., fifteen years. Supervisor town
of Collins, Erie Co., N. Y., five years. Treas. Gowanda Water Works Co. Republiean. Mem. Erie Co. Bar Ass'n, F. and A. M. Mem. B'd of Mg'rs, Gowanda State Homce. Hosp. (State Insane Asylum). Club: Gowanda. Residenee: Gowanda, N. Y. Address: ¥18 White Bld'g, Buffalo, N. Y.
BLACKWELL, ANTOINETTE BROWN
Clergyman, leeturer, housekeeper; b. Henrietta, N. Y., May, 1825; d. Joseph and Abby (Morse) Brown; ed. Monroe Acad. till 1844; grad. Oberlin Coll., 1847, Oberlin Theol. Sem., 1850 (A.M.); m. Henrietta, N. Y., Jan., 1856, Samuel Charles Blackwell; children: Florence B. (Mayhew); Edith B., M.D. (deceased), Grace B. (artist), Agnes (Jones), Ethel ( Robinson, S.B., M.D.). Ordained Cong'l (orthodox) minister, 1853, and was first woman elergyman; first woman to per- form marriage ceremony, 1853; now Unitarian; set- tled minister of Cong'l Ch. of South Butler and Savan- nah; Wayne Co., N. Y., 1852-1855. Aetively identified with woman suffrage, purity and other movements; extensive traveler; visited Palestine, 'Egypt and in- termediate plaees, 1903; Oregon, Alaska, etc., 1905; Europe twice, and Western States. Mem. Nat., State and loeal federations and clubs, Ass'n for the Ad- vaneement of Women, and several Purity and Equality ass'ns; also Woman's Press Clubs of N. Y. City and N. J. Recreations: Gardening, travel, physical exer- cise. Author: Shadows of Our Social System (N. Y.), 1855; Studies in General Sclence (N. Y.), 1869; The Market Woman, The Island Neighbors, 1871; The Sexcs Throughout Nature, 1875; The Physical Basis of Immortality, 1876; The Philosophy of Individuality, or the One and the Many, 1883; Sea Drift, a parable in verse, 1903; is pastor emeritus of All Souls Chureh, Elizabeth, N. J .; preaching monthly or oftener; re- ceived on the 75th anniversary of Oberlin Coll., the honorary degree of D.D. Address: 348 Bay Way,
Elizabeth, N. J. Summer address: Chilmark. Mass.
BLAINE, GEORGE W.
Banker; b. North East, Pa .; s. Alex W. and Sarah A. (Platt) Blaine; ed. North East High Sch .; m. Sept. 25, 1872, Annie M. Hampson; one d .; Ruth H., b. Sept. 8, 1877 (died Feb. 8, 1879). Pres. First Nat. Bank of North East, Pa., Blaine, Maekay, Lee Co., millers; North East Vinegar Works, Am. Beauty Stove Co., Erie, Pa., North East Cemetery; dir. North East lee Co. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. State HIortieulture Soc. Club: North East (pres.). Address:
North East, Pa.
N BLAIR, CLINTON LEDYARD
Banker; b. Belvidere, N. J., July 16, 1867; s. DeWitt Clinton and Mary Anna (Kimball) Blair; grad. Prince- ton, A.B., 1890; m. Oct. 1, 1891, Florence Osborn Jen- nings; children: Marjory, Bruce, Florenee Ledyard, Edith Dodd, Marie Louise. Mem. Blair & Co., bank- ers; N. Y. City. Dir. Nat Bank of Commeree, Bel- videre Nat. Bank, Green Bay and Western R. R., Ke- waunee, Green Bay and Western R. R., St. Louis and Hannibal R'y, Securities Co., Sussex R. R., Sussex Realty Co. (pres.). Mem. b'd of mg'rs, N. Y. Zool. Soc. and of Post-Graduate Hosp. Mem. Am. Geog. Soe., Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Metropolitan, Union, University, N. Y. Yacht, Brook, City Midday, Mor- ris Co. Golf, Raequet and Tennis, Princeton, Som- ersct Hills Country, The Pilgrims, Coaching, N. Y. Farmers, Recess, Automobile of America, Currituck Shooting, Nat. Golf Links of America, Nassau Country, Piping Rock, Newport Golf. Residcnee: Peapack, Somerset Co., N. J. Address: 24 Broad St., N. Y. City.
VBLAIR, DEWITT CLINTON
Banker; b. Blairstown/ Warren Co., N. J., 1833; s. John Insley and Ann Blair; grad. Prineeton, 1856; m. 1864, Mary Anna Kimball; children: C. Ledyard (Prineeton, 1890) ; John Insley (Prineeton, 1898). En- . gaged in banking in firin of Blair & Co .; also di- rector Warren R. R. Co., St. Louis and Hannibal R'y Co., and Sussex Realty Co. Club: Prineeton. Resi- denee: 6 E. 61st St. Address: 24 Broad St., N. Y. City.^
U BLAIR, JAMES A.
Banker; s. DeWitt Clinton and Mary Anna (Kim- haii) Blair; m. Isabelle B. Myers; one son, James A., Jr. Mem. firm of Blair & Co. Dir. Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling N'y Co., Central of Georgia N'y Co., St. Louis and San Francisco R. R. Co., Seaboard Air Line R'y Co., Metropolitan Street R'y Co. (Kansas City), Underground Elee. R'ys Co. (London), Pressed Steel Car Co., First. Nat. Bank, The Seeurltics Co., Corn Produets Co .; trustee N. Y. Life Ins. Co., Continental Trust Co., N. Y. Security and Trust Co. Clubs: Met- ropolitan, Morris Co. Golf. Address: 24 Broad St., N. Y. City.
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BLAIR, JOHN INSLEY
Banker (retired); b. N. Y. City, Dec. 22, 1876; s. DeWitt Clinton and Mary Anna (Kimball) Blair; grad. Princeton, A.B., 1898; m. Jan. 6, 1912, Natalie B. Knowlton; one d .: b. April 30, 1913. Entered en- ploy of Blair & Co. on leaving college, 1898; mem. of the firm, April, 1900, to 1905; since then in no active business; occupied in travel and sport. Clubs: Racquet, University, Brook, Automobile, Princeton, Midday, N. Y. Yacht, Meadow Brook, Country, Piping Rock. Address: 22 E. 47th St., N. Y. City.
BLAIR, JOHN McCONNELL
Merchant, banker; b. Blairs Mills, Pa., Oct. 9, 1850; s. John H. and Mary (McConnell) Biair; m. Nannie J. Silverthorn. Pres. The J. M. Blair Co., Tuscarora Bank, Blairs Mills, First Nat. Bank, Petersburg, Pa .; v .- p. Tuscarora Valley R. R. Co .; stockholder N. Y. Jewett Nat. Bank, Port Royal Bank, Farmers Nat. Bank, Newville, Pa .; Union Nat. Bank, Huntingdon, Pa., and Standing Stone Nat. Bank. Republican; Elder in Presby'n Ch ... Address: Blairs Mills, Pa.
BLAISDELL, WALTER STILSON
Merchant, coal operator, banker; b. Macomb, Ill., May 21, 1866; s. Warren, O. and Ella (Stilson) Blais- dell; attended Abbott Family Sch., Farmington, Me .; Univ. of Mich., Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, M.D., 1890; m. Brooklyn, N. Y.,' Feb. 26, 1893, Neliie E. Rus- sell; two children. V .- p. Punxsutawney Nat. Bank, Pa .; sec. and gen. ing'r Punxsutawney Coal Mining Co., Anita Coal Mining Co .; dir. Rural Valley Nat. Bank, Anita Supply Co., Frances Supply Co., Sykes- ville Land Co. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Pa. State Soc., Jefferson County Med. Soc., Sigma Chi fraternity; Mason (32°), Shriner, Elk. V .- p. and trustee Adria Hosp. Ass'n. Clubs: Duquesne (Pittsburgh), Harrisburg, Buffalo, Ellicott, Country (Buffalo), Punxsutawney, Elks (Punxsutawney). Residence: Punxsutawney, Pa., and 428 Prudential Bld'g, Buffalo, N. Y.
BLAKE, HENRY W.
Technical journalist; b. . New Haven, Conn .; s. Hen- ry T. and Elizabeth C. (Kingsley) Blake; grand- fathers were Eli Whitney Blake (inventor) and James L. Kingsley (Latinist) ; cd. Hopkins Grammar Sch. and Hillhouse High Sch., New Haven; grad. Yale, Ph.B., 1886; took sp'i course in elec. eng'ring, Mass. Inst. Technology; m. N. Y. City, June 1, 1891, Ida Jewett; children: Henry Kingsley, b. 1894; James Pierrepont, b. 1896 (dicd 1912); Adelaide, b. 1907. After leaving Mass. Inst. Technology, became asso- ciated with the Sprague Electric R'y and Motor Co. in constructing electric r'ys; after consolidation of that company with the Edison Gen. Elec. Co., re- \ BLANCHARD, JAMES ARMSTRONG
mained with latter company. While engaged in this work, prepared and delivered two courses of lec- tures on electric railways, at Mass. Inst. Technology. Since 1894, editor-in-chief Electric Railway Journal (formerly Street Railway Journal). Dir. McGraw Publishing Co. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Am. Elec. R'y Ass'n; asso. mem, Unione Internationale de Tramways et de Chemins de Fer d'Intéret Local. Clubs: Engineers (N. Y. City), N. Y. R'ys. New England St. R'y, Englewood (Engle- wood, N. J.). Residence: Englewood, N. J. Address: 239 W. 39th St., N. Y. City.
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V BLAKE, J. EDDY
Physician and surgeon; b. Jersey City Heights, June 12, 1873; s. James A. (A.M., M.D.) and Alice E. (Eddy) Biake; ed public and high schools; N. Y. Univ., B.S., 1894; Columbia Univ., M.D., 1898; Univ. of Bonn, Ger- many, M.D. (with honor), 1902. Interne Brooklyn Hosp., 1898-1900; studied in France and Germany, 1900-1902; since then practising in Brooklyn. Attend- ing physician, Brooklyn M. E. Home. Mein. Kings Co. Med. Ass'n, Brooklyn Pathol. Soc., Brooklyn Hosp. Internes Club, N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, Ass'n Am. Med. Ass'n. Address: 2 Revere Pl., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BLAKE, JOSEPH AUGUSTUS
Physician; b. San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 31, 1864; S. William P. and Charlotte (Hayes) Blake; grad. Yale, B.A., 1885; Ph.B., 1886; Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia Univ.), M.D., 1889; m. 1890, Catherine Ket- chum; children: Joseph A., Jr., Francis H., 2d. For- merly attending surgeon St. Luke's, Harlem and Pres .. by'n Hosps., consulting surgeon to St. Luke's Hosp. and Roosevelt Hosp. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Ass'n Am. Anatomists, Am. Surg. Ass'n, Am. Soc. Clinical Sur- gery, N. Y. Acad. Medicine, N. Y. Acad. Sciences, County and State Med. Socs., N. Y. Surg. Soc. Ciubs:" University, Century. Address: 108 E. 65th St., N. Y. City.
BLAKE, WARREN BARTON
Journalist; b. Philadelphia, Oct. 26, 1883; s. Barton F. and Mary (Manning) Blake; grad. De Lancey Sch., Phila .; Harvard Coll., A.B., 1905; A.M., 1907; Univ. of Paris (feliow Minister of Public Instr., 1907-1908) ; unmarried. Successively editorial writer for Nation and Evening Post of N. Y., asso. editor Independent (N. Y.), later literary editor; now cditorial writer on staff of Collier's Weekly. Contb'r to various news- papers and magazines, on art, literature and various topics. Club: Harvard (N. Y.). Address: 27 W. 44th St., N. Y. City.
BLAKESLEE, FRANCIS DURBIN
Clergyman, educator; b. Vestal, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1846; s. Rev. George Harmon and Hester Ann (Cargill) Blakeslee; prepared for coll. at Wyoming Sem., Kings- ton, Pa .; grad. Syracuse .Univ., A.B., 1872; A.M., 1875; D.D., Wesleyan Univ., 1889; Litt.D., Iowa Wesleyan Univ., 1905; m. Genesco, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1869, Augusta M. Hubbard (deceased) ; children: Prof. George Hub- bard Blakeslee, A.B. A.M., Ph.D. (prof. history, Clark Univ.); Albert Francis, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. (prof. botany State Agr'l Coll., Storrs, Conn.); Theodora Louise, B.L. (teacher French and German, High Sch., Bing- hamton, N. Y.). Clerk of q .- m., 50th N. Y. Eng'rs, at ' Rappahannock Sta., Va., Dec., 1863, to Feb., 1864; cicrk Q .- M. Gen.'s Office, Washington, D. C., Feb., 1864- July, 1865. Pastor M. E. Ch., Canisteo, N. Y., 1868; prin. Whitney's Point Union Sch., 1869-1870; pastor M. E. Ch., Groveland, N. Y., 1871-1873; prin. E. Green- wich (R. I.) Acad., 1873-1884; abroad traveiling and studying, 1884-1885; pastor Thames St. M. E. Ch., Newport, R. I., 1886-1887; again prin. E. Greenwich Acad., 1887-1899; pres. lowa Wesleyan Univ., 1899- 1900; pres. Cazenovia (N. Y.) Sem., 1900-1908; supt. Binghamton Dist. Anti-Saloon League from 1908, lec- turer and platform speaker. Republican. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon. Delegate to Gen. Conf. M. E. Ch., Omaha, 1892; mem. Central N. Y. Conf. M. E. Ch. Address: 612 Y. M. C. A. Bld'g, Bing- hamton, N. Y.
BLAKESLEE, HARVEY D., JR.
Lawyer; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Mar. 22, 1877; s. Harvey D. and Sarah Louise (Taylor) Blakeslee; grad. Cen- tral High Sch., Buffalo, 1894; Univ. of Rochester, A.B., 1900; Buffalo Law Sch., LL.B., 1902; unmarried. Ad- mitted to bar, 1902; mem. law firm Lee & Blakeslee, Buffalo. Lecturer on law of crimes, Buffalo Law Sch., 1906-1908. Elected supervisor 24th Ward, Buffalo, 1905; elected supervisor of 19til Ward, 1907; re-elected, 1909. Elected supervisor 23d Ward, 1911; Progres- sive candidate for surrogate of Erie County, defeated, 1912. Progressive. Clubs: Lawyers, University. Park. Address: 89 Erie County Bank Bldg., Buffalo, N. Y.
Jurist; b. Henderson, Jefferson Co., N. Y., 1845; s. Philip and Catharine (Drummond) Blanchard; ed. public schools, Ripon Coll. Prep. Sch .; Ripon (Wis.) Coll., A.B., 1871; Law Sch., Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1873; LL.D., Ripon, 1902; m. 1881, Sallie Medbery; one son, Medbery Blanchard, b. 1884. Engaged in practise of law, 1873-1899; appt'd judge of Gen. Sessions by Gov. Roosevelt, 1899, and served one year; in Sept., 1900, appt'd a justice Supreme Court, N. Y., by Gov. Roose- velt, and elected Nov., 1901, to same office for term expiring Dec. 31, 1915. Enlisted 1864, and served one year in Co. I,'2d Wis. Cav. Republican; Episcopalian. Trustee St. John's Guild. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Lafayette Post, G. A. R., etc. Ciubs: Union League, Republican, Oakland Golf. Residence: 11 E. 92d St. Address: County Court IIouse, N. Y. City.
BLANDY, GRAHAM FURBER
Stock broker; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 17, 1868; s. Graham and Emmeline H. (Cruse) Blandy; ed. N. Y., France, Switzerland; grad. Germantown Acad., Germantown, Pa., 1885; m. N. Y. City, April 29, 1901, Georgette li. Boriand. Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange since May 9, 1891; mem. B'd of Ed'n 3 years. Has travelled in Eu- rope, Mexico, Canada and U. S. Episcopalian. Mem, Sons of Revolution. Recreation: Farming on farm, Shenandoah Valley, Va. Club: Union League. Resi- dence (summer) : White Poet, Clarke Co., Va., and 26 D. 38th St. Address: 66 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BLASHFIELD, EDWIN HOWLAEND
Painter; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 15, 1848; s. William Henry and Eliza (Dodd) Blashfield; cd. Boston Latin Sch. and Mass. Inst. of Technology, Boston; went abroad, 1867, and studied under Leon Bonnat; m. Paris, 1881, Evangeline Wilbour (of R. I.). Spent 20 years abroad, principally in Paris and Italy; trav- elled on European Continent and in Egypt and Greece. Artistic decorator of interiors, notable examples be- Ing: Decoration of dome in Manufactures Bld's,
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World's Columbian Exp'n, Chicago; central dome of Cong. Library, Washington; Bank of Pittsburgh, (Pittsburgh); Senate Chamber, State Capitol of Minn. (St. Paul); Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines; ceiling of great ballroom in Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, N. Y. City; Court House of City of Baltimore; Appellate N. Y. City; library, house of W. C. Drexel, Philadel- phia; drawing room, house of C. P. Huntington, N. Y. City; music room in house of Adolph Lewisohn, N. Y. City; Court House of City of Baltimore; Appellate Court, N. Y .; ceiling and lunettes B'd Room, Fru- dentiai Bld'g, Newark; chancel Ch. of Saviour, Phila- delphia; Court House, Newark; Court House, Youngs- town; Court House, Jersey City; lunette in Great Hall, Coll. of City of N. Y .; State Capitol, Wis .; decoration of main dome, court room, in Federal Bld's, Cieve- land. Mem. Nat. Acad., 1888; Nat. Fine Arts Comm'n; hon. mem. Am. Inst. of Architects, Acad. of Arts and WBLEYER, J. MOUNT
Letters, Nat. Inst. of Arts and Letters, Architectural League, Soc. of Mural Painters. Author: Mural Paintings, 1913; (with Mrs. Blashfield) Italian Cities; co-editor (with Mrs. Blashfield & A. A. Hopkins) Vasari's Lives of the Painters. Residence: 48 Central Park S. Address: Carnegie Hall, N. Y. City.
BLATCH, HARRIOT STANTON
Writer, lecturer; b. Seneca Falls, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1856; d. Henry B. and Elizabeth (Cady) Stanton; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B., 1878; A.M., 1893 (Phi Beta Kappa); m. London, England, 1882, W. H. Blatch; one daugh- ter, Nora Stanton,. b. Basingstoke Eng., 1883; grad. as civil eng'r, Cornell, 1905; mem. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng'rs. While living in Eng., 1882-1902, mem. of Evening Schs. Com., on the Exec. Com. of Fabian Soc., Women's In- dustrial Union, Local Government Soc., Women's Suffrage Soc., Franchise League. Made study of vil- lage conditions in Eng. under Charles Booth, the statistician. On exec. B'd Women's Trade Union League of N. Y .; mem. Com. of Fifty to abolish tracks on 11th Av .; v .- p and dir. Equal Franchise Soc .; pres. Women's Polit. Union, which numbers 17,000 mem- bers in Greater N. Y. Club: Women's University Residence: 15 W. 91st St. Address: 46 E. 29th St., N. Y. City.
BLATCHLY, CHARLES KENT
Sup't Joint Application Bureau of N. Y. Ass'n for Improving Condition of the Poor & The Charity Org'n Soc .; b. Windsor, Broome Co., N. Y., Jan. 12, 1876; s. Vernon C. and Mary Emma (Kent) Blatchly; ed. Wind- sor, N. Y., High Sch., Regent's Diploma, Binghamton, N. Y., High Sch .; grad. Lowell Business Coll., Student Coll. City of N. Y., N. Y. Sch. of Philanthropy; m. Jan. 18, 1905, Laura B. Nevins. Was with N. Y. State B'd of Charities in charge of the N. Y. office of the State and Alien Poor Dep't for 3 years; resigned to become Sup't of Joint Application Bureau, Dec. 1, 1907. Ass't Sec. 1st, 2nd and 5th, City Confs. of Charities & Cor- rections. Mem. N. Y. Probation Ass'n. Recreations: Tennis, boating. Club: N. Y. Monday. Residence:
Wildwood Road, Larchmont, N. Y. Address: 105 E. 22d St., N. Y. City.
BLAUVELT, GEORGE A.
State Senator; b. Nov. 11, 1866; s. John L. Blauvelt and Lucinda (Gurnee) Blauvelt; grad. Cornell Univ., 1890; post-grad. course, Columbia Univ .; Columbia Law Sch .; m. Cora Demarest. Admitted to practice 1892; elected mem. Assembly 1910, re-eiected 1911; elected State Senator 1912. Chm'n Com. on Public Ed'n, mem. Judiciary Com., Ins. Com., .and Com. on Internal Affairs. Address: Senate Chamber, Albany N. Y. 1
BLEAKLEY, CARA ROGERS
Pres. Gen. Daughters of Revolution; b. Norristown, Pa .; d. George W. and Cara (Bean) Rogers; grad. Elmira Coll., A.B., 1879; m. 1894, Clarence L. Bleakley ; children: G. Rogers, b. 1896; Paul L., b. 1899; Clarence H., b. 1902. Travelled extensively all over the world. Presby'n. Pres. Gen. Nat. Soc., Daughters of the Rev- olution. Clubs: Elmira Coll. (pres.), Conversational (Norristown, Pa.), Travellers (Peekskill, N. Y.). Ad- dress: 536 Broadway, N., Yonkers, N. Y.
BLEECKER, PIERRE McDONALD
Clergyman; b. Scarsdale, N. Y., 1854; s. Leonard Augustus and Alethea H. (Popham) Bleecker; ed. St. Stephen's Coll., Annandale, N. Y., A.B., 1876; A.M., 1879; Gen. Theol. Sem., 1876-1879; ordered deacon, 1879; m. Ogden, Utah, 1881, Abigail A. Lees (died 1894); one daughter, Alethea Popham (wife Rev. Jolin H. Yates), b. 1886; m. 2d, 1898, Phoebe Prout. Ordained priest, 1881, in Episcopal ministry; ass't minister Ch. of Good Shepherd, Ogden, Utah, 1879-1882; missionary in charge St. John's Mission, Logan, Utah, and Holy Innocents' Mission, Blackfoot, Ida., 1882-1887; St. James' Ch., Upper Montclair, N. J., 1887-1889; St. Mar- garet's Ch., Staatsburgh, N. Y., 1889-1897; rector Christ
Ch., Schenectady, N. Y., 1897-1904; missionary charge of St. Paul's Ch., Raymertown, N. Y., and Ch. of the Holy Name, Boyntonville, N. Y., 1004-1907: curate St. Luke's Chi., Mechanicsville, N. Y., and asso- ciated parishes, Schaghticoke, Stillwater, Round Lake and East Line, 1907-1909, and since 1909, rector Trinity Ch., Ashiand, N. Y. Address: Jewett, N. Y.
BLENNER, CARLE JOAN
Artist; b. Richmond, Va., Feb. 1, 1864; ed. Marlburg, Germany; grad, Yaie Art Sch .; Julian's Acad., Paris: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Yale Univ. Medal, St. Louis Fair; exhibited Paris Salon, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1891; World's Columbian Exp'n, 1893; medal at Bostou. 1891; Hallgarten prize, 1899, Nat. Aead. of Desig: Clubs: Players, Salmagundi, Yale Alumni. Address: 58 W. 57th St., N. Y. City.
Physician; b. Pilsen, Austria, March 16, 1859; s. Samuel and Sophia (Zeimer) Bleyer; ed. in Pilsen High Sch., Austria; an electric ed'n in the sciences i !! Germany, France and England; law in N. Y .; medi- cine at Beilcvue Hosp. Med. Coll., M.D., 1883; honorary LL.D .; m. N. Y. City, Sept. 18, 1883, Rose Floresheim: children: (Leroy Mount Bleyer, D.D.S .; Mignon S. Practising incdicinc in N. Y. City from 1883, specialist in throat, nose and lung diseases. Father of electro- cution; originator of the system, 1883; original mem. of Com. appt'd by the Medico-Legal Soc., N. Y. City, to secure adoption. Mem. Royal Acad. of Medicine Naples, Italy: corr. mem. Acad. of Medicine, Mexico, v .- p. Medico-Legal Soc., N. Y. City; mem. and corr. mem. 20 scientific societies in France, Italy, Mexico. etc. Address: 836 Lexington Av., N. Y. City.
BLISS, EDWIN MUNSELL
Author, editor; b. Ezroom, Turkey, Sept. 12, 1848; s. Rev. Isaac G. Bliss, D.D., of Am. Bible Soc .; ed. Springfield (Mass.) High Sch .; Robert Coll., Constanti- nople; Amherst Coll., A.B., 1871 (D.D., 1896); student at Yale Divinity Sch., 1871-1872, and 1875-1877; m. 1st, Urumia, Persia, June 5, 1885, Marie Louise Henderson, of N. Y. (died Dec. 12. 1897); m. 2d, Brockton, Mass. Nov. 8, 1900, E. Theodora Crosby. Ass't agent Am Bible Soc. for the Levant, 1872-1888, traveling exten- sively in Turkey and Persia. Engaged since 1888 il: editing his Encyclopedia of Missions (published 1891) : asso. editor The Independent, 1891-1901; editorial writer Ilarper's Weekly and N. Y Times, 1901-1902; now connected with Fleming H. Revell & Co. Field sec. for New England, Am. Tract Soc. Mem. Ecumeni- cal Conf. on Foreign Missions, N. Y. City, 1900 (chm'n Com. on Publication and the Press); gen. sec. For- eign Missions Industrial Ass'n. Congregationalist. Author: The Turk in Armenia, Crete and Greece, 1896; Concise History of Missions. 1897. Address: Bureau of the Census, Washington, D. C.
BLISS, HENRY EVELYN
Librarian, Coll. City of N. Y .; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 29. 1870; s. Henry Hale and Evelina M. (Davis) Bliss; grad. Coll. City of N. Y .; m. N. Y. City, June 1, 1901, Elien de Koster; children: Enid, b. 1903; Margaret, b. 1905; John, b. 1908; Conrad, b. 1911. At City Coll. a3 deputy librarian since 1891. Address: College of the City of N. Y., N. Y. City.
BLISS, ROBERT WOODS
Diplomat; b. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 5, 1875; s. Wiillani Henry and Annie Louise (Woods) Bliss; grad. Har- vard Univ., A.B., 1900. Appt'd clerk in office of sec. of Porto Rico, Oct. 1900; private sec. to Gov. of Porto Rico, Sept., 1901; U. S. Consul at Venice, Italy, Junc, 1903; 2d sec. of embassy at St. Petersburg, Russia, Oct., 1904; sec. of legation at Brussels, Belgium, Jan., 1907; delegate to Internat. Conference to consider re- vision of the arms and ammunition regulations of the Gen. Act of Brussels of July 2, 1890, April. 1908; sec. of legation, Buenos Ayres. Argentine Republic, Aug .. 1909; sec. of embassy, Paris, France, since Feb., 1912: attended Internat. Conference for the consideration of the question of the relief to aliens, held at Paris. Nov., 1912. Republican. Clubs: University. Harvard (N. Y. City), Metropolitan ( Washington). Travellers. Cercle de l'Union (Paris). Residence: 6 E. 65th St., N. Y. City. Address: American Embassy, Paris. France.
VELISS, WALTER PHELPS
Capitalist; b. N. Y. City, Mar. 10. 1870; s. George and Augusta H. (Smith) Bliss; grad. Yale Coll., A.B., 1592; N. Y. Law Sch .; m. Detroit, Mich .. April 29. 1897. Katharine Baldwin. Dir. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y Co., Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis R'y Co., Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ltd. of London, Commercial Union Fire Insurance Co. of N. Y., Continental Insurance Co., Fire Companies Building Corp'n, Gauley Mountain Coal Co., N. Y. &
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Harlem R. R. Co., Quincy Mining Co., Southern Pacific Co .; trustee Atlas Assurance Co., Ltd. of London, Caledonian Insurance Co. of Edinburgh, Consolidated Gas Co. of N. Y., Palatine Insurance Co. of London, Union Assurance Co. of London, Union Assurance Co., Ltd. of London, Union Trust Co. of N. Y .; pres. and dir. Corralitos Co .; vice-pres. and dir. Second Avenue R. R. Co. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht, Racquet and Tennis, Rid- ing, Union. Residenee: Bernardsville, N. J. Address: 71 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BLISS, WILLIAM DWIGHT PORTER
Clergyman, lecturer, author; b. Constantinople, Turkey, 1856; s. Edwin E. (D.D.) and Mary Isabella (Porter) Bliss; cd. at Robert Coll., Constantinople; Phillips Aead., Andover, Mass .; Amherst, A.B., 1878; Hartford Theol. Sem., B.I., 1882; D.D. from Ruskin Coll., 1913; m. London, 1884, Mary Pangalo, of Con- stantinople; one d., Enid. After Cong'l pastorate at Denver, Colo., and S. Natick, Mass., entered the Epis- copal Ch. and was ordained priest in 1886; rector St. George's Ch., Lec, Mass., 1885; Grace Ch., S. Boston, 1887-1890; Ch. of the" Carpenter, Boston, 1890-1896; San Gabriel, Calif., 1898-1900; Amityville, L. I., 1902- 1906; Ch. of Holy Innocents, W. Orange, N. J., since
1911. Sec. The Garden Cities Ass'n of America, 1907; expert investigator for U. S. Bureau of Labor ml Europe and U. S., 1907-1909; now in Am. Inst. of
Social Service, and editor of its magazine and illus- trated lectures. Has lectured in all parts of the U. S., and in Canada and England, on social subjects. Broad Ch. Episcopalian. Christian Socialist. Nomi- nated for Lieut .- Gov. of MMass, by Labor Party, 1887. Organized first Christian Socialist Society in U. S., 1889. Lecturer for Christian Social Union (Episcopal), 1894-1896. Pres. Nat. Social Reform Union, 1900; edited The Dawn, 1889-1896. Author: Handbook of Socialism, Tracts on Christian Socialism. Editor: American Social Science Library, Encyclopedia of Social Reform (new edition, 1908). Mem. Internat. Labor Ass'n, Internat. Congress for Employment of the Unemployed. Alpha Delta Phi. Recreations: Chess, golf. Club: Essex Co. Country. Address: 80 Bible House, N. Y. City.
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