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BRESEE, FRANK H.
Merchant, banker: b. Hartwick, N. Y., 1864; s. William Edgar and Martha (Irons) Bresee; ed. coun- try sch .; in. Fly Creek. N. Y., 1884, Ellia C. Benjamin; three sons. Pres. and dir. Citizens' Nat. Bank. Oneonta Central Co .; dir. Oneonta Promotion Co. Democrat. Mason, Odd Fellow. Residence: S Maple St. Address: 155 Main St., Oneonta, N. Y.
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BRETT, GEORGE PLATT
Publisher; b. London, England, 1858; s. George E. and Elizabeth (Platt) Brett; ed. in schs. in London and at Coli. City of N. Y .; m. N. Y. City, 1891, Marie Louise Tostevin. Became connected, 1879, with the Macmil- ian Co., of which is now pres .; also dir. The Mac- milian Co. of Canada; Bridgeport Trust Co., Bridge- port, Conn. Mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Century, Players, Grolier, N. Y. Athletic, Aldine, Au- tomobile of America. Residence: 375 West End Av. Address: 64-66 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
BRETT, PHILIP MILLEDOLER
Lawyer; b. Newark, N. J., Feb. 17, 1871; s. Rev. Cornelius (D.D.) and Hclen B. (Runyon) Brett; grad. Rutgers Coll., B.A., 1892; N. Y. Law Sch., B.L., 1894; m. St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 27, 1906, Margaret Strong. Admitted to N. Y. bar, 1894. After graduation entered as law student in office of Kellogg, Rose & Smith; became mem. of firm, 1898; now mem. firm Kellogg & Rose, lawyers. Entered as private, Signal and Telegraph Corps, N. G. N. J., 1899; appt'd 2d lieut., 1903; 1st lieut., since 1907. Trustce Rutgers Coll .; mem. Rutgers Alumni 'Ass'n of N. Y. City, Delta Phi fraternity, N. Y. Hist. Soc., Soc. Colonial Wars. Clubs: Univ. N. Y., Underwriters, Univ. Glee, West Side Ten- nls, St. Elmo. Residence: 901 Lexington Av. Ad- dress: 115 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BREUCHAUD, JULES
Contractor and civil eng'r; b. N. Y. City, April 5, 1857; s. Jules and Elsie (Maurer) Breuchaud; ed. N. Y. public schs., Cooper Inst .; m. Medford, hass., Jan. 11, 1882, Irene Gibbs; children: Jules Rowley, b. 1883; Sunset, b. 1886; Elsie Feeley, b. 1893. Was civil eng'r on Boston Water Works, also on Northern Pacific R. R. in Mont., prior to 1881; since then as contractor did railroad work on Northern Pacific R. R .; built foundations for several tall office buildings in N. Y. City; also section 8 of New Croton Aqueduct; bridge over Harlem Ship Canal, N. Y. City, and as mem. of firm of Coleman, Breuchaud & Coleman, built New Croton Dam for water supply of N. Y. City (largest masonry dam in world); now building headworks of Catskill Aqueduct for B'd of Water Supply of N. Y. City. Pres. The Underpinning & Foundation Co. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs. " Clubs: Engineers', Hard- ware (N. Y. City). Residence: The Belnord. Ad- dress: 290 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BREVOORT, JAMES RENWICK
Artist; b. in Westchester County, N. Y., July 20, 1832; ed. in N. Y. City and in Europe, sketching in Great Britain, Holland and Italy; specialty in land- scape. Elected associate, 1861, mem. 1863, Nat. Acad. of Design, where has been prof. of perspective 35 years. Mem. Holland Soc. Club: Century. Address: 390 N. Broadway, Yonkers, N. Y.
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BREWER, GEORGE EMERSON
Surgeon; b. Westfield, N. Y., July 28, 1861; s. Francis B. and Susan H. Brewer; grad. Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1881; A.M., 1884; Harvard Med. Sch., M.D., 1885; m. Chester, Pa., 1893, Effie Leighton Brown; children: Leighton, George E., Jr. Prof. clinical surgery, Coll. Phys. and Surg., Columbia Univ. Senior attending surgeon to Roosevelt Ifosp. Republican; Episcopa- lian. Mem. Am. Surg. Ass'n, Internat. Surg. Ass'n, N. Y. Acad. of Medicine, N. Y. Surg. Soc. Clubs: Uni- versity, Metropolitan, Century, Harvard, N. Y. Ath- letic. Address: 16 E. 64th St., N. Y. City.
BREWER, JOHN HYATT
Organist and composer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1856; s. William and Anna (Neill) Brewer; ed. Brook- iyn public schs; m. Brooklyn, June 27, 1888, Emma A. Thayer. Began music at 7 as boy soprano in choirs in Manhattan and Brooklyn until 15th year; vocal studies with Dr. H. E. Cutler, Dr. W. W. Walter and James M. Wilder; pianoforte and harmony from Ra- fael Navarro; organ, W. A. M. Diller, V. W. Cauificld, S. B. Whitley, and organ, harmony and composition under Dudley Buck, 1877-1887. Musical dir. and or- ganist Lafayette Av. Presby'n Ch. since 1881; con- ductor Brooklyn Apollo Club (male voices), since 1903; professor of music, Adelphl Col ?.. Brooklyn, 1899-1906; conductor Flatbush Glee Club (mixed voices), since 1904; fellow and secretary Dep't of Music, Brooklyn Inst., since 1891. Mem. since 1896, feilow, 1902; warden, 1905-1908, Am. Guild of Organ- ists; instr. in voice, pianoforte, organ and theory; composer (for women's yoiccs): cantatas, Hesperus; Sea and the Moon; IIerald of Spring; Twillight Pictures, etc .; (for male voices): Autumn; Cavalry Song; Birth of Love; Sing, Sing, Music Was Given; Break, Break, Break, etc. (for mixed voices); Dreamland, Glad Tid- ings, and the sacred cantata, Holy Night, string quar- tet in D-minor, and other compositions, in number
more than 150, orchestral, vocal and instrumental. His compositions have received four prizes: A. A. LOW prize, 1896; Mason & Hamlin, 1891; Schubert Glee Club, 1905, and Chicago Madrigal Club (W. W. Kimball prize), 1905. Address: 88 S. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BREWER, MARGARET DRYDEN
Born, Monmouth, Ili .; d. William Addison and Har- riet (Cabien) Dryden; ed. Monmouth Elementary and High Sch., private tutors, Chicago Univ., sp'l diploma, 1908, Dep't Fine Arts, T. C., Columbia Univ., B.S., 1910, Dep't of Sociology, T. C., Columbia Univ .; m. Monmouth, Ill., Melville Brewer. Recreation: Travel- ing. Ciubs: College Women's (pres.), Women's Graduate Club of Columbia University (pres.) Resì- dence: 400 Riverside Drive, N. Y. City.
BREWER, NICHOLAS RICHARD
Artist; b. in Olmstead Co., Minn., 1857; s. Peter and Mary A. (Russell) Brewer; ed. in dist. school until 15 years old; attended an art class under Charles Noel Flagg and D. W. Tyron in N. Y. City; in. St. Paul, Miun., May 20, 1879, Rose M. Koempel; children: F. A., b. Nov., 1880; E. V., b. April, 1882; R. J., b. Jan., 1885; W. W., b. Dec., 1886; Adrian L. and Clarence R. (twins), b. Oct., 1891. Elected mem. Chicago Soc. Al- tists, 1891, and of Salmagundi Club, N. Y. City, 1903. Devoted chiefly to portrait and mural painting, Chi- cago, New York, Boston, Newport, R. I., St. Paul, Minn., and many other citles, where has painted prominent people, including Joseph Jefferson, U. S. Senator Cushman K. Davis, Archbishop John Ireland, Ex-Gov. William Sprague of Rhode Island, Ex-Gov. Pillsbury of Minnesota, Lieut .- Gov. Woodruff, N. Y .; Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt, Mrs. C. M. Oelrichs, Mrs. Katherine Neilson, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Ex-Gov. Edmunds of South Dakota, etc. First exb'n at Nat. Acad. Design, N. Y., was in 1885 and frequently since tien; has held exb'ns in Newport, R. I .; Boston, N. Y. City, Chicago and other cities. Awarded second prize Minnesota State Art Soc., 1912. Prof. Art Coll. of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn., 1894-1897. Recreation: Out of door sketching. Address: "The Van Dyck." 56th St. and 8th Av., N. Y. City, and 448 Mississippi River Blv'd, St. Paul, Minn.
BREWSTER, EUGENE V.
Lawyer, editor; b. Bayshore, L. I .. N. Y., Sept. 7, 1869; s. Henry D. and Clotilda Theresa (Smith) Brewster; descendant of Elder Brewster of the May- flower; ed. public schs. at Bayshore; Centenary Collegiate Inst., Ilackettstown, N. J., 3 years; Pen- nington Sem., 1 year; Princeton Univ .: m. May 10, 1893, Emilie C. Churbuck; children: Ruth, b. 1895; Raphacl, b. 1898, Marie Theresa, b. 1900. Writer on economic subjects in newspapers and magazines, and formerly. edited daily legal column in Brooklyn Eagle. Interested in art, music, photography and economics; also lecturer and public speaker. Author: What to Do With the Trusts, Success Secrets, One Hundred Helps, etc .; editor, The Caldron Magazine; mn'g editor The Motion Picture Story Magazine, since 1910. In- dependent Democrat; one of William Jennings Bryan's earliest friends and supporters; also of the
late Mayor Gaynor's. Formerly pres. Allied Arts Ass'n, and Brooklyn Grand Opera Co .: mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Forestry Ass'n, and Municipal Art Soc. Painted pictures for exb'n, prizes in photog- raphy, written several plays, published numerous brochures, and has some musical talent. Nominated by two labor parties for att'y-gen. in 1900, but de- clined nomination. Residence: 29 Monroe St. Ad- dress: 175 Duffield St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BREWSTER, GEORGE THOMAS
Sculptor; b. Kingston, Mass., Feb. 24, 1862; S. Altheus and Mary S. (Cushman) Brewster: gen. ed'n In public schs .; art ed'n in Mass. State Normal Art Sch., and Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris; m. 1st. N. Y. City, Aug. 17, 1885, Adelina Marguerite de Courtney ( died 1911) ; 2d, July 11, 1913. Lina A. G. Totten. Instr. R. I. State Sch. of Design, 1883-1884; founder of the inodeling class at Art Students' League of N. Y. City, 1886; instr. Cooper Union, N. Y. City, since 1900. Men. Nat. Sculpture Soc., Municipal Arts Soc., Architectural League of N. Y., Arts and Crafts Soc .. Nat. Geog. Soc. Club: Nat. Arts. Address: Tottenville, S. I., N. Y.
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BREWSTER, HENRY COLVIN
Banker; b. Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1845; s. Simon L. and Editha C. (Colvin) Brewster; ed. in common schools of Rochester, N. Y .; m. Rochester, Oct. 5, 1876, Alice E. Chapin; children: Rachel A., b. 1881; Editha C., b. 1886. Entered Traders' Nat. Bank as clerk, Sept., 1863; appt'd cashier, July, 1868; elected v .- p. Jan., 1895; has been pres. since Oct., 1898; or- ganized, 1901, Genesee Valley Trust Co. Elected to the 54th Congress .of U. S. as representative from the
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31st (now 32d) N. Y. District, 1894; re-elected, 1896. { BRIDGMAN, OLIVER BENEDICT
Was the first v .- p. N. Y. State Bankers' Ass'n, and afterward pres. Mem. and for two terms pres., Rochester Chamber of Commerce (now trustee); four terms pres. Rochester Clearing House Ass'n. Re- publican; Presby'n. Mem. Chamber of Commerce State of N. Y., N. Y. City, Mayflower Soc., State of N. Y., Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons Am. Revolution, Clubs: Union League (N. Y. City); Genesee Valley, Country ( Rochester). Residence: 901 East Av. Address: Traders National Bank, Rochester, N. Y.
BREWSTER, WILLIAM
Manufacturer carriages and autos; b. N. Y. City, June 2, 1866; s. Henry and Charlotte (Draper) Brew- ster; ed. St. John's Sch., Sing Sing, N. Y .; in. N. Y. City, Sept. 1, 1888, Marie Munger; one d .: Barbara, b. Sept. 5, 1893. . Started in business with Brewster & Co., Oct. 1, 1883; studied designing in Paris, 1885: visited the principal carriage concerns in Europe in 1886. Admitted to firm of Brewster & Co., July 1, 1888; pres. since its incorporation, Jan. 1, 1903. Dir. Lincoln Nat. Bank, .Northern Ins. Co., United Assets
Co. Independent in politics. Life mem. Museum Natural History; mem. Met. Museum of Art. Clubs: Union League, Automobile of America, Piping Rock, Sleepy Hollow. Address: 671 5th Av., N. Y. City.
BREWSTER, WILLIAM TENNEY
Educator: b. Lawrencec, Mass., Aug. 15, 1869; s. John Leander and Adeline Augusta (Tenney) Brewster; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1888; Harvard Coll., A.B., 1892; Harvard Univ., A.M., 1893; m. Lon- don, England, July 18, 1905, Anna Richards. Ass't in English, Harvard Coll. and Radcliffe Coll., 1893- 1894; since then at Columbia Univ. as tutor in Eng- lish, 1894-1900; instr. in English, 1900-1902; adjunct prof. English, 1902-1906; prof. English, since 1906; acting dean, Barnard Coll., Columbia Univ., 1907- 1910; provost Barnard Coll. since April, 1910. Inde- pendent in politics. Club: Century. Address: Co- lumbia University, N. Y. City.
BRIDGES, ROBERT
Editor, author; b. Shippensburg, Pa., July 13, 1858; s. John and Mary (Bridges) Bridges; grad. Princeton, A.B., 1879; A.M., 1882. Connected with Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 1880; with N. Y. Evening Post, 1881-1887; literary critic of Life, 1883-1900, over the signature "Droch"; since 1887, ass't editor Scrib- ner's Magazine. Author: Overheard in Arcady, 1894; Suppressed Chapters, 1895; Bramble Brae (collected poems), 1902. Edited, with introduction, The Roose- velt Book, 1904; contb'r of poetry and criticism in periodicals. Independent in politics. Clubs: Univer- sity, Century, Princeton. Address: 599 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
BRIDGMAN, HERBERT LAWRENCE
Journalist; b. Amherst, Mass., May 30, 1844; s. Richard Baxter and Mary (Nutting) Bridgman; ed. Amherst public schs. and acad .; Amherst Coll., A.B., 1866; A.M., in course, 1869; honorary, M.A., 1904; m. 1st, Amherst, Mass., Oct. 7, 1868, Melia Newhall (died, 1884); 2d, N. Y. City, Sept. 7, 1887, Helen Bart- lett; one son, Robert, b. Nov. 24, 1874. On stafť Springfield Republican, 1865-1870; N. Y and New England Associated Press, 1870-1871; Washington corr. Boston Advertiser, 1871-1873; ass't to publisher, N. Y. Tribune, 1873-1877; mg'r advertising dep't, Frank Leslie publications, 1878-1888; publisher, N. Y. Press, 1888-1889; business mg'r, Brooklyn Standard Union from 1889. Historian Peary Auxiliary "Fal- con" Expd'n to North Greenland, 1894; with Prot. William Libbey on Mesa Encantada (N. M.) Expd'n, 1897; and in command, Peary . Diana, 1899, and Erik, 1901, expd'n to N. Greenland and Ellesmere Land. Author: Africa from Sea to Center, describing a jour- ney to the Sudan and Uganda, 1905; Victorious Bul- garia, results of studies in Sofia and Belgrade, April, 1913, on reasons and results of the Turco-Balkan War. V .- p. and dir. Brooklyn Warehouse and Storage Co. Republican; Congregationalist. Mem. Internat. Polar Comm'n, Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II (1908). Pres. and incorporator Modern Historic Records Ass'n; pres. Amherst Ass'n of N. Y .; pres. Brooklyn Inst., Dep't of Georgraphy; mem. Am. Nat. and Phila. Geog. Socs., and Ass'n of Am. Geographers; mem. elect Royal Geog. Soc .; mem. Phi Beta Kappa and Psi Upsilon fraternities; founder Ain. Alpine Club; incorporator, sec. and treas., Peary Arctic Club since 1898. Mem. Amherst Coll. Alumni Ass'n, N. E. Soc., Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Pilgrims (N. Y. and London), Nat. Press (Washing- ton), and Brooklyn Press. Address: 604 Carlton Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Stock broker; b. Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1858; 8. Rev. Charles De Witt, D.D., and Lucette (Benedict) Bridgman; cd. Albany Mil. Acad .; m. 1st, N. Y. City, Jan. 20, 1885, Jeanne Kirk; 2d, Philadelphia, Sept. 22, 1910, Mac C. Long; one d .: Anna Kirk (by first wife). Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange. Col. 1st Cav., N. G., N. Y. V .- p. Albany Soc .; mem. S. A. R., Soc. Am. Officers. Clubs: Calumet (gov.), Army and Navy (v .- p.), Squadron A (v .- p.). Residence: Mamaroneck, N. Y. Address: 45 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BRIESEN, ARTHUR VON
Lawyer; b. Borkendorf, Germany, July 11, 1843; s. Richard and Adele (Bandtke) von Briesen; ed. Prus- sian Gynasiums at Hohenstein, and at Braunsberg; by private tutor before coming to N. Y., 1858; grad. N. Ý. Univ. Law Sch., 1868; LL.D., 1913; m. Brooklyn, Oct. 22, 1873, Anna Goepel; five children. Sergeant Co. B, 1st N. Y. Vol. Eng'rs, 1861-1864; on staff of Scientific American, 1864-1872, and American Artisan, 1872-1874. With 10th Army Corps in S. Carolina and Ga., at battles of Hilton-Head, Ft. Pulaski, Secession- ville, Pocotaligo, etc .; pres. Citizens' Union, 1896, and German-Am. Mckinley and Roosevelt League, 1900; chm'n of N. Y. Roosevelt League, 1904; of Ellis Island Investigating Com., 1903. Admitted to bar, 1868; since 1888, senior mem. firm of Briesen & Knauth. Pres. Legal Aid Soc. since 1800. Pres. Nat. Alliance of Legal Aid Societies of U. S., 2d v .- p. Veteran Ass'n of Dep't of South, and Atlantic Blockading Squadrons, N. Y. (1913). Mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce; Nat. Geog. Soc .; Bar Ass'n. Appt'd by Pres. Roosevelt, 1901, delegate to Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists at St. Louis, and following year decorated with Cross of Legion of Honor by French Gov't; 1908 received from Emperor of Germany the Order of the Crown of Prussia. Mem. of Satterlee Com., 1907-1908 which restored Knickerbocker Trust Co. to renewed life, after it had gone into the hands of receivers. Club: Lotos. Residence: 160 W. 59th St. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
BRIESEN, FRITZ VON
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1874; s. Arthur and Anna (Goepel) von Briesen: ed. Columbia Grammar Sch., Dr. Sachs' Collegiate Inst., Harvard, A.B., 1895; N. Y. Unlv. Law Sch., LL.B., 1897; Columbian (now George Washington) Univ., Washington, D. C., LL.M., 1901; D.C.L., 1902; m. N. Y. City, 1905, Edwina Fay Ful- 1cr. Admitted to bar, 1807; mem. firm Briesen & Knauth; specialty in patent law. Lived in Washing- ton, D. C., 1900-1904, in charge of Washington office of Briesen & Knauth. Trustee Am. Seamen's Friend Soc. Har- Mcm. Phi Delta Phi fraternity. Clubs: vard, Phi Delta Phi (N. Y. City), Metropolitan. Uni- versity (Washington). Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
BRIGGS, GEORGE E.
Editor; b. Peckskill, N. Y., March 1S, 1869; s. Edwin and Sarah M. (Starr) Briggs; grad. Drum Ilill High Sch., 1885; State Normal and Model Sch., Trenton, N. J., 1888; unmarried. Local editor, 1889-1903, and since 1903, editor The Highland Democrat, Peekskill, N. Y. Dir. Peekskill Improvement Co. (Ltd.), Highland Demo- crat Co. (v .- p. and mg'r), Peekskill Industrial Ass'n, Peekskill Bld'g and Loan Ass'n, Cortland Town Stock Protective Ass'n and Lincoln Soc. Hlas covered entire U. S. and Mexico in travels, part of Canada, Pacific coast, Bermuda, also England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, Switzer- land. Crossed Atlantic ten times. Mem. Cortland . Town B'd of Health many years; pres. B'd of Health, Village of Peckskill, seven years. Presby'n. Mem.
N. Y. State Press Ass'n, N. Y. State Democratic Editorial Ass'n, Select County Weeklles, ex-pres. Alumni Ass'ns of Drum Hill Sch., Peekskill, and State Normal, Trenton, N. J .; mem. Sons of Revo- lution. Active in Free Masonry. Past master and present sec. Courtlandt Lodge, No. 34, F. and A. M. Past High Priest and present sec. Mohegan Chapter No. 221, R.A.M. Fast Thrice Illustrious, Peekskill Council No. 55, R. and S. M. Past Grand Steward and Past Dist. Deputy Grand Master, Grand Lodge State of N Y. 32° Mason and mem. N. Y. Scottish Rite Bodies. Mecca Temple, Mystic' Shrine. Mem. Anointed High Priests Ass'n, N. Y. Past Masters Ass'n 12tl Masonic Dist. Present representative of Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of State of In- diana, near Grand Council of N. Y .; present repre- sentative Grand Chapter of Indiana, near Grand Chapter of N. Y. Mem. Peekskill Lodge, 744, B.P.O. Elks; Bald Eagle Tribe, No. 264, I.O.R.M .; v .- p. Cort- landt Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1; lion. mem. Centen- nial Hose Co., No. 4; cx-pres. Peckskill B'd of Trade, and present scc. Cortlandt Hist. Ass'n; hon. mem.
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Harris Light Cav. Survivors' Ass'n; mem. B'd of Park Comm'rs of Peekskill (sec.), Westchester County Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Helping Hand Soc., Peekskill Chess Club, (sec.). Address: Eagle Hotel, Peekskill, N. Y.
BRIGGS, HENRY C.
Minister and organist; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 4, 1872; s. Henry Clay and Julia A. (Mead) Briggs; ed. Brooklyn Publie Sch. 16, Boys' High Sch., and private tutor; Princeton, A.B., cum laude, 1896; A.M., 1898; Princeton Theol. Sem., 1899; m. Brooklyn, Sept 12, 1898, Miss Mabel Foland; children: Evelyn Foland, (b. 1899; Dorothy Mead, b. 1904. Was organist of follow- ing churches: S. 3d St., M. E., Brooklyn; Greene Av. Presby'n, Brooklyn; Ch. of Christ, Sterling Place, Brooklyn; Christian Ch. of the Evangel, Brooklyn; First Reformed Ch. (Bedford Av.), Brooklyn; or- ganist Princeton Univ., St. James' M. E. Ch., Kings- ton, N. Y .; First Reformed Ch., Saugerties, N. Y .; was pastoral ass't 1st Reformed Ch. (Brooklyn); or- dained in ministry, Presby'n Ch., 1900; ordained deacon, P. E. Ch., 1901; ordained presbyter, P. E. Ch., 1902; was minister-in-charge, St. James' P. E. Ch., Callicoon Dept, N. Y. Address: 11 Partition St., Sau- .gerties.' N. Y.
BRIGGS, HERBERT ARIEL
Confidential clerk and librarian to Appellate Div., 2d Dep't; b. Township of Smithville,. Chenango Co., N. Y., Sept 26, 1850; s. Erastus and Susan Maria (Mc- Farland) Briggs; ed. dist. sch. and Oxford Acad., Oxford, N. Y .; unmarried. Republican. Recreations: Golf, travel. Club: N. Y. Athletic. Residence: 16 E. 60th St. Address: Borough Hall, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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BRIGGS, WALTER
Lawyer; b. Duanesburgh, Schenectady Co., Mar. 11. 1857; s. Cyrus and Louise Anna (Wilson) Briggs; ed. dist. sch. of Duanesburgh; m. Aug. 26, 1882, Adeline C. Wilber; children: Cyrus W., b. 1884; Edgar Zeh, b. 1889; Marian E., b. 1895. Engaged in gen. law practice since 1883, Schenectady. Alderman, 4th Ward, City of Schenectady, 1896-1900; Republican candidate for mayor of Schenectady, 1899; elected dist. att'y, Schenectady County, 1901; re-elected 1904, 1907. Att'y 17 years, treas. 6 years, Schenectady Building, Loan and Savings Ass'n. Republican. Member Schenectady Co. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Member St. George's Lodge, No. 6. F. and A. M .; Champion Lodge, No. 544; Electric City Rebecca Lodge, No. 23, and Mohawk Encampment, I.O.O.F .; Schnaughtada Tribe, Independent Order of Red Men. Address: Schenectady, N. Y.
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BRIGGS, WALTER M.
Mine operator; b. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 9, 1871; s. Dr. Charles E. and Rebekah (Whittaker) Briggs; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1895; m. N. Y. City, Jan, 11, 1899, May E. Phillips; children: Morton P., b. Nov. 30, 1899; Walter De B., b. Jan. 30, 1901. Real estate ag't, Boston, 1895-1901; mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange, 1901- 1906. Pres. Regal Mines, Alaska; treas. and sec. Black- burn Mines, Alaska, Tennessee Copper Co .; dir. Great Northern Development Co., Alaska. Progressive Re- publican; Episcopalian. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon, Alpha Delta Phi fraternities, Hasty Pudding Soc. Treas. 6 years, Temporary Home for Working Women. Recreations: Polo, hunting and shooting, tennis. Clubs: University (N. Y.), Tennis and Racquet (Boston), Norfolk Hunt, Dedham Polo and Country. Residence: Dedham, Mass. Address: 77 Franklin St., Boston, and \J 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
BRIGHAM, ALBERT PERRY
Geologist; b. Perry, N. Y., June 12, 1855; s. Horace Ames and Julia (Perry) Brigham; grad. Colgate Univ., A.B., 1879 (Phl Beta Kappa), Div. Scli., 1882 (A.M.); Harvard Univ., Graduate Sch., A.M., 1892; m. Amsterdam, N. Y., June 27, 1882, Flora Winegar; chil- dren: Charles Winegar (died 1899) and Elizabeth. Clergyman, Stillwater and Utica, N. Y., 1882-1891; prof. geology, Colgate Univ., from 1892; curator of museum, Colgate Univ .; instr. in geology, Harvard Univ., summer session, 1900; prof. geology, Cornell Univ., summer sessions, 1901-1904; prof. physical geography, Unlv. of Wis., summer session, 1906; lec- turer Oxford Univ. Sch. of Geography, 190S. Fellow Geol. Soc. America, A.A.A.S .: sec. Ass'n of Am. Geog- raphers; mem. Nat. Geog. Soc .; asso. editor Bulletin of Am. Geog. Soc. Pres., 1905, N. Y. State Scienco Teachers' Ass'n. Chief examiner in physical geog- raphy for Coll. Entrance Examination B'd, 1902-1913; ass't geologist, N. Y. State Gcol. Survey. Contb'r of papers in many scientific journals and various maga- zines. Author: Text Book of Geology; Introduction to Physical Geography (co-author); Students' Labo-
ratory Manual of Physical Geography (all Appleton); Geographic Influences in American llistory, From Trail to Railway Through the Appalachians, and Com- inercial Geography (Ginn). Address: Hamilton, N. Y. BRIGHT, LOUIS V.
Lawyer; b. Mobile, Ala., Oet. 1863; s. Michael and Adele (George) Bright; ed. private schs. in Phila- delphia; fitted for Lawrence Scientific Sch., Ilarvard, and passed examinations, but decided to study law; grad. Harvard Law Sch., UL.B., 1885; m. N. Y. Clty, June 12, 1895, Bertha, d. William C. Ralston, of Cali- fornia; children: Mildred, b. 189S, Henry Ralston, b. 1903. After leaving Harvard Law Sch., entered office of George W. Biddle, Philadelphia; admitted to l'hila- delphia bar 1885; came to N. Y. City and entered office of Shearman & Sterling; admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1886. Entered the Title Guarantee & Trust Co., and finally rosc to be its sec .; resigned to become v .- p. Bankers' Trust Co., and upon absorption of that com- pany by Atlantic Trust Co., became v .- p. and dir. Lawyers' Title Ins and Trust Co. (then known as the Lawyers' Title Ins. Co. of N. Y.), pres. since 1912; dir. and mem. Exec. Com. of Lawyers' Mortgage Co., Mortgage Bond Co. of N. Y .; of Lawyers' West- chester Mortgage and Title Co., Mercantile Safe De- posit Co., Queens Co. Mortgage Co. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Sons of Revolution, Soe. Colonial Ways. Clubs: University, Harvard, Union League. Address: 160 Broadway, N. Y City.
BRILL, NATHAN E.
l'hysician; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 13, 1860; s. Simon and Adelheit (Frankenthal) Brill; ed. publie schs., Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1877; A.M., 1883; Univ. City of N. Y., M.D., 1880; m. N. Y. City, June S, 1899, Elsa M. Josephithal; children: Elizabeth Joyce, b. 1900; John Lewis, b. 1902. Practising medicine in N. Y. City since 1882; prof. Clinical Medicine, Coll. of Phys, and Surgs., Columbia Univ., N. Y. City; lecturer on an- atomy, physiology and pathology of the nervous sys- tems, N. Y. Post-Grad. Med. Sch., 1882-1884. Pres. Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, 1891-1892; pres. Alumni Soc., Bellevue Hosp., 1809; 1st v .- p. Med. Soe. Co. of N. Y., 1898. Attending physician First Med. Div., Mount Sinai Hosp. Mem. A.A.A.S .; fellow Am. Ass'n for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis; mem. Am. Neurol. Ass'n ; fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine; mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Pathol. Soc., N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., Harvey Soc., Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, Metropolitan Med. Soc., Soc. Alumni Bellevue Hosp. Address: 48 W. 76th St., N. Y. City.
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