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BROWN, FRANCIS
Clergyman, theologian; b. Hanover, N. H., Dec. 20, 1849; s. Samuel Gilman and Sarah (Van Veehten) Brown; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1866; Dartmouth Coll., A.B., 1870, A.M., 1873; Union Theol. Sem., N. Y. City, 1877 ;. studied Unlv. of Berlin, 1877- 1879 (hon. Ph.D., Hamilton Coll,, 1884; D.D., Dart- mouth Coll., 1SS4; Yale, 1894; Univ. of Glasgow, 1901; Williams Coll., 1908. Harvard Univ., 1909: D. Litt. Ox- ford Univ., 1901; LL.D., Dartmouth Coll., 1901); m. Berlin, Germany, Aug. 7, 1879, Louise Reiss; ehildren: Julius Arthur (A.B. Dartmouth Coll., 1902, A.M., 1904, Rhodes scholar from New Hampshire, at Oxford, 1904- 1907, B.Sc., Oxford, 1906, ass't prof. physics, Dart- mouth Coll., 1907-1909 prof. physics, Syrian Prot. Coll. Beirut since 1909); Natalie de Froideville, (m. Rev. James McClure Henry, of Canton, China, 1909) ; Elizabeth Gilman (m. Rev. Otis Tiffany Barnes, or Chappaqua, N. Y., 1912). Instr. 1879-1891; asso. prof. 1881-1890, Biblical philology; since 1890 Davenport prof. Hebrew and cognate languages, and since 1908 pres. Faculty, Union Theol. Sein. Mem. Soc. Biblical Literature and Exegesis, Am. Oriental Soc., Arch- æol. Inst. of America; Oxford Soc. for Hist. Theology, Religious Ed'n Ass'n, Phi Betta Kappa Soc., Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Trustee Dartmouth Coll., Sy- rian Protestant Coll .; dir. Union Theol. Sem., Union Settlement Ass'n, Travelers' Aid Soc. Recreation: Walking. Club: Century Ass'n. Address: 80 Clare- mont Av., N. Y. City.
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BROWN, FRANK LLEWELLYN
Retired banker; b. Brooklyn, Oct. 16, 1862; s. James Bowen and Emma Ready (Smith) Brown; ed. Brook- lyn public schs .; m. Brooklyn, Oct. 14, 1886, Ger- trude Lillian Moadinger. Engaged in banking from age of 14; was cashier Nat. Bank of Deposit and Sprague Nat. Bank, N. Y. City; now mem. banking firm of James N. Brown & Co. Chief interest centers in Sunday School work; sup't Bushwick Av. Metho- dist Episcopal Sunday School, the largest Methodist Sunday School in the world (3,600 members). On
Exec. Coms. of Brooklyn Sunday School Union, N. Y. State Sunday School Ass'n, Internat. Sunday School Ass'n, World's Sunday School Ass'n; mem. B'd of Mg'rs, B'd of Sunday Schs., M. E. Church, and B'd of Home Missions, M. E. Ch. Mem. Gen. Conf. M. E. Ch., Baltimore, 1908; mg'r Nat. Temperance Soc, Vis- ited British West Indies and South America as mem. Comm'n Internat. Sunday School Ass'n, 1906-1907; visited Japan, Korea, China, etc., as comm'r World's Sunday Sch. Ass'n, 1907-1908, to assist in organizing Sunday Sch. work of those countries. Chn'n Public
Sch. B'd, Dist. 36, N. Y. City. Residence: 247 New York Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 5 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
BROWN, FREDERIC LE ROY
Educator; b. Newark, N. Y., 1878; s. Benjamin Franklin and Mary Louise (Lee) Brown; grad. Syra- cuse Univ., B.S., class of 1900; m. Cazenovia, N. Y., 1905, Mary Agnes Thompson; one d .: Alice Winifred, b. 1910. Head master Brown Sch. since 1906. Repub- lican; Methodist Episcopalian. Mem. Sch. Masters' Ass'n. Clubs: Graduates, Andiron. University, Glee, Syracuse Univ. Address: 241 W. 75th St., N. Y. City.
BROWN, FREDERICK M.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 21, 1808: s. Melvin (brother of U. S. Dist. Judge Addison Brown) and Susan Elizabeth (Baker) Brown; grad. A.B., (magna cum laude), Harvard Coll., 1889; afterward studied at Sorbonne and Ecole de Droit, Paris, France; at Univ. of Berlin, Germany; at N. Y. Law School, and Leland Stanford, Jr., Univ .; unmarried. Admitted to bar, 1895, partner in law firms of Butler, Notman & Mynderse, and of Wallace, Butler & Brown; present firm, Butler, Brown, Wyckoff & Campbell; permanent mem. Cornite Internationale de Droit Maritime; mem. A.A.A.S .; v .- p. Internat. Maritime Law Conf. of Paris. Clubs: Whitehall, Downtown. Residence: 215 Grecne Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address. 54 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BROWN, GARRISON LEE
Physician; b. Cicero, N. Y., June 30, 1854; s. Palmer and Miriam M. (Palmer) Brown; ed. Cazenovia Sem. and Syracuse Univ., M.D., 1878; m. Cicero, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1882, Alice M. Whiting; children: Ethel E. (Ph.B.), b. 1884; Gladys M., b. 1890; Donald W., b. 1893. Med. practitioner since 1878 at Baldwinsville, and Euclid, N. Y .; health officer since 1880. Republican; mem. M. E. Ch. Mem. Onondaga Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Mason, and mem. Knights of Maccabees. Ad- dress: Euclid, N. Y.
BROWN, GERTRUDE FOSTER
Pianist and lecturer on Wagner, and Woman Suf- frage; b. Morrison, Ill., July 29, 1867; d. Charles and Anna (Drake) Foster; ed. Morrison high sch., grad. New England Conservatory of Music; studied piano in Berlin 1887-1890, with Xavier, Scharwenka, and in Paris with Delaborde, later in N. Y. with Joseffy; m. Chicago, 1893, Ray Brown. Taught piano at Chi- cago Conservatory of Music, 1890-1896; lectured and played Wagner music-dramas 1899-1905; since 1907 pres. Woman Suffrage Study Club, N. Y. City, also speaker for Woman Suffrage. Mem. N. Y. State Woman Suffrage Ass'n, Nat. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, Woman Suffrage Party, Woman's Political Union. Ad- dresses: 294 W. 92d St., N. Y. City, and Bellport, L. I., N. Y.
BROWN, H. BEATTIE
Physician, surgeon; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 23. 1862; s. John Hutchinson and Abigail M. (Beattie) Brown; ed. public schs. of Yonkers, Hooper's Acad., Coll. Phys, and SSurgs. (Columbia Unlv.), M.D .; m. Yonkers, N. Y., June 25, 1896; Frances R. Smith; children; Frances E., b. 1897; Kathryn B., b. 1901. Was 2 years in office of F. H. Leggett, wholesale grocer, N. Y. City; 2 years in milling business; 7 years eon- fidential agent N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R. Co .: one year house physician, and 10 years visiting phy- sician, St. John's Riverside Hosp., Yonkers; ass't sur- geon Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hosp., N. Y. City; instr. diseases of ear, N. Y. Post-Graduate Med. Sch. and Hosp. Mem, Westchester Co. Med. Soe., Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Laryngol. Rhinol. & Otol. Soc., N. Y. Acad, Med. Republican; Presby'n (ruling elder). Mem. Junior Order United Am. Mechanics; State pres. Patriotic Order Sons of America. Address: 40 E. 41st St., N. Y. City.
BROWN, HAROLD CHAPMAN
Educator; b. Springfield, Mass., April 2, 1879; s. Timothy Manning and Elizabeth (Chapman) Brown; grad. Williams Coll., A.B., 1901; Harvard Unlv., A.M., 1903; Ph.D., 1905; attended Univ. of Berlin; m. Will- iamstown. Mass., June 30, 1903, Frances Sager Nor- ton, of Chicago; children: Norton Sager, b. 1904; Frances Manning, b. 1906; Elizabeth R., b. 1909. Co- lumbia Univ., Instr. in philosophy. Mem. Phi Delta Theta fraternity, N. Y. Acad. of Science, Am. Philos. Ass'n. Residence: 854 W. 1S1st St. Address: Co- lumbia University, N. Y. City.
BROWN, HENRY M.
Clergyman; b. Georgetown, D. C., Oct. 26, 1867: S. Joseph T. and Jennie C. (Buckey) Brown; ed, public schs., N. Y. City, and by private instruction; N. Y. Univ., B.S., C.E., 1886, A.B., 1890, A.M., 1892, D.D.,
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1907 (pres. senior class, 1886; editor-in-chief Univ. Quarterly, 1886); Unlon Theol. Sem., 1890-1893; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 20, 1894, Adele F. Bedell; children: Philip Tenney, o. 1895; Randolph Bedell, b. 1898, civil eng'ring practice, Washington, D. C., 1886-1888; New Rochelle, 1888-1890; N. Y. City, 1890-1894, Stated supply Pelham Cong'l Ch., 1893; pastor .Christ Cong'l Ch., Bronx, N. Y. City, since 1894; ordained Feb. 22, 1894, in Cong'l ministry. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa; Council, Bronx Soc. Arts and Sciences, Delta Phi fraternity. Editor 1905-1906, Gen. Alumni (biog) Catalogue of N. Y. Univ., published by Gen. Alumni Soc. in commemoration of Seml-sesquicentennial of N. Y. Univ .; mem. Council N. Y. Univ. since 1908. Ad- dress: Concourse and 175th St., N. Y. City.
BROWN, HERBERT PADELFORD
Banker; b. N. Y. City, June 8, 1857; s. Augustus J. and Sarah (McLaughlin) Brown; grad. Columbia, 1877 (A.M.); m. Iva Ingersoll Farrell. Engaged in banking business in N. Y. City; mem. firm of Walston H. Brown & Bros. Was major and commissary of sub- sistence, N. G., State N. Y. Clubs: Union League, University, Whist. Address: 45 Wall St., N. Y. City.
V BROWN, HERBERT POMEROY
Banker; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 21, 1876; s. Joseph Henry and Ellen Douglas (Brookes) Brown, b. St. Johns- bury, Vt .; ed. Cutler Sch., N. Y., and Hill Sch., Potts- town, Pa .; m. Irvington, N. Y., Dee. 9, 1904, Evelyn Harris. Gen. partner Brown & Combe, bankers. Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange, Alliance Francaise. Re- publican. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Union League, Explorers, N. Y. Athletic, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht. Residence: 75 E. 54th St., N. Y. City, and . Sebasco, Me. Address: 100 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BROWN, IRVING SWAN
Real estate; b. N. Y. Clty, 1870; s. A. Swan and Charlotte (Connah) Brown; Princeton Univ., class 1893; m. Rockford, Ill., 1896, Blanche Albertson; one d .: Frances Swan, b. 1898. Pres. of numerous corp'ns owning important holdings in N. Y. City real estate. Interested in musical and literary matters. Mcm. St. Nicholas Soc., Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Metro- politan, The Players, City, Princeton. Residence: 780 Madison Av. Address: 340 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
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BROWN, JAMES
Private banker; s. George Hunter and Rachael B. Brown; ed. abroad and at Columbia Univ .; m. Adcle Quartley; three daughters. Mem. firm Brown, Ship- ley & Co., London; Brown Bros. & Co., N. Y., Phila., Boston; chm'n exec. com., and dir. Bangor & Aroos- took R. R. Co .; pres. and dir. Nat. Bank of Nicaragua, Inc .; dir. Bangor Investment Co .; Bank of N. Y .; Northern Maine Seaport R. R .; Northern Telegraph Co .; Pacific R'ys of Nicaragua; J. G. White Eng'ring Co .; voting trustee Aroostook Construction Co .; U. S. Trustee Sun Ins. Office. Clubs: Metropolitan, Union, Racquet and Tennis, Field and Turf, Riding, Piping Rock, Tuxedo, Midday, Down Town Ass'n, Newport Golf, Essex County Country, Myopia Hunt. Residence: 789 Park Av. Address: 59 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BROWN, JOHN BARKER
Importer; b. N. Y. City, 1861; s. George and Almira (Rogers) Brown; ed. Coll. City of N. Y .; m. Chester- town, N. Y., Alice Faxon. In importing tea and coffee business since 1886; senior mem. of firm of John B. Brown & Co .; veteran 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, Mayflower Soc., Song of Revo- lution. Recreations: Golf, tennis. Clubs: Down
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Town Ass'n, Lotos. Residence: 2 W. 72d St., N. Y. City, and Chestertown, Warren Co., N. Y. Address: 65 Pearl St., N. Y. City.
BROWN, JOHN FRANKLIN
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Editor; b. Springboro, O., May 1, 1865; s. Samuel and Elizabeth (Hadley) Brown; grad. Earlham Coil., Ph.D., 1889; Cornell Univ., Ph.D., 1896; m. Eimira, N. Y., May 26, 1904, Frances D. Guion. Teacher in rural schs. and high schs .; instr. in Indiana Univ., 1896- 1898; v .- p. and prof. Earlham Coll., 1898-1901. In- spector of high schs. and prof. in ed'n, State Univ. of Iowa, 1901-1905; prin. Normal Sch., Univ. oť Wyoming, 1905-1908; exchange teacher in Prussia, 1909; lecturer in Vassar Coll., Wellesley Coil. and Teachers' Coll., Columbia Univ., 1910-1912. Lecturer
on ed'l subjects. Author: The American High School. The Training of Teachers for Secondary Schools in Germany and the United States. Editor for the Macmillan Cc., since 1910. Republican; mem. Society of Friends. Mem. Nat. Ed'n Ass'n. Nat. Soc. for Scien- tific Study of Ed'n, Soc. of Coll. Teachers of Ed'n. Club: Authors (London). Residence: 559 W. 156th St. Address: 64-66 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
BROWN, JOHN WING
Physician, surgeon; b. N. Y. City, April 17, 1852; s. Harvey and Margaret Sands (Wing) Brown; ed, in private schs .. N. Y. City, Fairfield Mil. Acad., Unlv. of Mich., 1873; m. Dolgeville, N. Y., 1873, Mary Alice Youker; children: Jessie (Mrs. D. C. Sheldon), b. 1878; Margaret Shaffer, b. 1880 ( Registered nurse, Brooklyn); Carrie Alice, b. 1886; Harvey John, b. 1890. Engaged in practice ot medicine in Skaneateles since 1876; health officer of Skaneateles for 25 years. Sur- gcon Skaneateles R. R. Has traveled extensively in U. S. Formerly pres. Mottville Paper Co., Ltd. (now dissolved). Republican. Ex-pres. Onondaga Med. Soc., mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Central N. Y. )led. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Onondaga Co. Ilealth Officers' Ass'n. Mem. Am. Ass'n R. R. Surgeons, U. S. Pension Surg., Syracuse; Skaneateles Lodge, F. and A. M., Royal Arch Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner and 32° Scottish Rite. Member Skaneateles Yacht Club. Ad- dress: Skancateles, N. Y.
BROWN, JOSEPH E.
Banker; b. Boston, Mass., Aug. 23, 1843; s. Nathan and Ann (Haggett) Brown; direct descendant Edward Browne, who settled at Ipswich, Mass., and Jeremiah Brown and Joseph Epes (both on "Lexington roles" in Mass. State archives); ed. Jamaica Plains (Mass.) High Sch .; m. Roxbury, Mass., Oct. 18, 1871, Lavinia M. Ireson; children: Florence (Mrs. Wm. L. Newton), Mattie (Mrs. Dr. C. L. Fincke), Nathan H., Marion (Mrs. A. W. Shelton), Joseph Epes, Jr. Practically all of business life has been with banking house of Blake Bros. & Co., Boston and N. Y. City; entered as clerk in Boston office, 1863; admitted partner, 1873; moved to N. Y. City, 1874, residing thenceforth in Brooklyn; now senlor partner Blake Bros. & Co. Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange. Dir. Canada Southern R'y Co., Franklin Trust Co., S. Brooklyn Savings Inst'n (1st v .- p.). Republican; Congregationalist. Mem., dir. and 2d v .- p. L. I. Hist. Soc .; mem. N. Y. Alicros. Soc., Micros. Dep't Brooklyn Inst. Clubs: Down Town, Brooklyn Riding and Driving, Torrey Bot., Hamilton of Brooklyn. Residence: 123 Remsen St., Brooklyn, N. Y., and Ridgefield, Conn. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
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Nem. Congress; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 26, 1883; s. Charles and Stella Brown; grad. Groton Sch., Mass., 1900; Harvard, A.B., 1903; m. April 5, 1911, Hielen Hooper, of Boston. Entered business career with Douglas Robinson, Charles S. Brown Co. Electéd to 63d Congress from 1st N. Y. Dist. Served 5 years in Squadron A, N. G. N. Y. Democrat. Address: St. James, L. I., N. Y.
BROWN, LAWRASON
Physician; b. Baltimore, Md., Sept. 29, 1871; s. Will- iam Judson and Mary Louise (Lawrason) Brown; grad. Johns Hopkins Univ., A.B., 1895; M.D., 1900; unmarried. Ass't resident physician, Adirondack Cottage Sanita- rium, 1900-1901; resident physician, 1901-1912; visiting physician to Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium and Re- ception Mosp. Mem. Ass'n Am. Physicians, Am. Clim- atol. Ass'n, Nat. Ass'n for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, Am Med. Ass'n. Am. Sanitorium Ass'n, Bibliophile Soc., Boston; Phi Kappa Psi and Phi Beta Kappa Socs. Pres. Good Roads Ass'n. Club: Grolier (N. Y.). Address: Saranac Lake, N. Y.
BROWN, MELVIN
Lawyer; b. W. Newbury, Mass., Aug. 13. 1841; s. Addison and Catherine Babson (Griffith) Brown; grad. Harvard Coll., A.B., 1863; m. Susan Elizabeth Baker; children: Susan Elizabeth (wife of Lieut. Jolin Wis- dom, British Navy), Frederick Melvin, Evelyn Brock- way (wife of Edwin C. Lane, of Mahwah, N. J.). For- mer mem. firms of Stanley, Brown & Clarke, and Stanley, Clarke & Smith. Has traveled much abroad and has been a very large operator in real estate. Recreations: Checkers, music. Address: 215 Greene Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BROWN, NOVA ADOLPHUS
Banker, financier; b. Jamesport, Mo., Jan. 22. 1SS2; s. Zachariah and Missouri Ann (Netherton) Brown; of Revolutionary ancestry; father founded town of James- port, Mo .; well known in live stock markets and ex- tensive realty owner; ed. by private tutors in U. S. and Europe. Entered employ of Cabot, Armstrong & Co., of Chicago; began financial career N. Y. City, 1904, and following year engineered securing of finan- cial support in London market of East Coast & Trans- Continental R. R. Co. Pres, and treas. N. A. Brown & Co., Inc., N. Y. State Investment Banking Corp'n, of which is controlling stockholder; gen. ing'r and dir. Franklin's Inc., candy mf'rs. Has devoted greater part of time to consolidating and merging of leading candy
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interests of the country, and has opened negotiations with leading N. Y. City candy mf'rs and banking in- terests. Prominent in incorporation of N. Y. Stock Exchange. Recreations: Automobiling, golf. Clubs: Larchmont Yacht, Oakland Golf, Royal Automobile (London), Hyde Park. Address: 1 Wall St., N. Y. City.
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V BROWN, PAUL GOODWIN
Contractor, eng'r; b. Red Oak, Iowa, 1871; s. Isaac and Helen (Goodwin) Brown; attended Wyoming Sem. and Cornell Univ. Engaged sinee 1894 in bld'g large eng'ring projects, making specialty of tunnels and difficult foundation work. V .- p. and mg'r United Eng'ring & Contracting Co .; v .- p. and consulting eng'r Cuban Eng'ring & Contracting Co .; managing eng'r N. Y. Connecting Railroad Co., construeting founda- tions for new East River Bridge. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Western Soc. of Eng'rs. Clubs: Buffalo, Han- ilton (Chicago), Cornell, Engineers, Whist, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Residence: 549 Riverside Drive. Ad- dress: 17 W. 42d St., N. Y. City.
BROWN, RAY
Illustrator; b. Groton, Conn., July 16, 1865; s. Rev. Samuel W. and Marianna (Ward) Brown; ed, private seh., S. Hadley (Mass.) High Seh., Worcester (Mass.) Polytechnic Inst .; m. Morrison, Ill., 1893, Gertrude Foster. Successively on staff of Chicago Times-Herald, N. Y. Journal; now art dir. Everybody's Magazine, N. Y. City. Recreations: Outdoor amusements. Illus- trator: Book of Child's Songs; Stage Lyrics: Am. Mer- chant Ships and Sailors. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Bell- port Yacht and Golf. Residenee: 294 W. 92d St. Ad- dress: ButterIck Bld'g, N. Y. City.
BROWN, RAYMOND GOOLD
Lawyer; b. Dover, N. H., Aug. 27, 1885; s. Elisha Rhodes and Frances (Biekford) Brown; grad. Ilar- vard Univ., A.B, 1907; Harvard Law Sch., 1910; m. Jan., 1911, Juliette Wheeler Duxbury. Ass't U. S. Att'y Southern Dist., N. Y. City, 212 years; with Am. Tobacco Co., N. Y., 6 months. Address: 70 W. 11th St., and Harvard Club, N. Y. City.
BROWN, ROSCOE C. E.
Editor; b. Scottsville, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1867; s. Dyer D. S. and Mary A. (Ensign) Brown; ed. Univ. of Rochester, B.A., 1SS9; M.A., 1904; m. Brooklyn, 1897, Bertha, d. Truman J. Backus, LL.D., late pres. of Paeker Collegiate Inst. On city staff N. Y. Tribune, 1889-1895; editorial writer, 1895-1906; mn'g editor 1906-1911; ass't editor-in-chief, 1911-1913. Appt'd State Civil Serviee Comm'r by Gov. Higgins, Jan. 19, 1905, and served until 1911. Mem. Exec. Com. N. Y. Civil Service Reform Ass'n and of Council of Nat. Civil Service Reform League. Republlean. Mcin. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa Soc .; dir. Peo- ple's Univ. Extension Soc., and N. Y. Public Ed'n Ass'n; trustee Brooklyn Public Library. Clubs: Union League, City, Alpha Delta Phi (N. Y. City), Hamilton, Riding and Driving (Brooklyn). Address: 164 Hieks St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BROWN, SELDEN STANLEY
Lawyer; b. Scottsville, Monroe Co., N. Y., Oct. 23, 1855; s. Dyer D. S. and Mary Ann (Ensign) Brown; grad. Univ. of Rochester, A.B., 1879; A.M., 1882; m. Scottsville, N. Y., Junc 26, 1883, L. Adell Franklin; one son, Selden King, b. Oct. 13, 1886. Practised law, Rochester, N. Y., July 1, 1SS2-Jan., 1906; since Jan. 4, 1906, surrogate of Monroe Co. Repubilcan; Episco- palian. Trustce Carey Collegiate Sem., Oakfield, N. Y .; chancellor diocese of Western N. Y. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Rochester Bar Ass'n, Rochester Chapter, class of 1879, and of Genesee Grad- uate Chapter Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: Genesee Valley, University (Rochester). Address: Surrogate's Office, Court House, Rochester, N. Y.
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BROWN, WALDRON POST
Banker; b. N. Y .; s. James M. and Julia E. Brown; m. N. Y. City, 1870, Isabella M. Wright; children: Nannie R. Talbot, Ellen G. Iludson, James M., Julia P. Fincke, John Wright. Mem. firm Brown Bros. Co., bankers; trustee Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co. Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange, Chamber of Commerce, N. Y. Botani- cal Gardens. Clubs: Down Town, Metropolitan, Au- tomobile of America, Rumson Country, Church. Resi- dence: 32 E. 35th St. Address: 59 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BROWN, WALSTON HILL
Contractor, banker; b. Cincinnati, 1842; grad. Colum- bia, 1864; m. Eva R. Ingersoll, of N. Y. City; children: Eva I. Brown, Robert I. Admitted to bar, 1868; with father founded firm of Augustus J. Brown & Son; be- came a contractor for building rallroads. Clubs: Union League, Down Town, Ardsley, Sleepy Hollow Country. Residences (summer): Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. (winter) : 117 E. 21st St. Address: 45 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BROWN, WILBUR CHARLES
Publisher; b. Newark, O., Nov. 20, 1863; s. Owen T. and Eleanor (Jones) Brown; ed. In Ohio. Associated with Ex-Sec. of Treasury Foster for several years; organized largest glass plant in country for manu- facture lamps and shades. Traveled extensively in Europe. For 10 years treas. large milling company; interested In large publishing house, printing 75 papers; v .- p. and dir. Central Newspaper Unlon. Pres. and treas. Liberty Heights Improvement Co .; pres, and dir. Western Multiphone Co .; treas. and dir. Brown Specdometer Co .; gen. mg'r Corbin-Brown Speedometer Dept. of Am. Hardware Corp'n; dir. Ass'n for Mechan- ical Development. Served 4 years on mil. staff of Pres. Mckinley when governor of Ohio; was at bedside of President when he died. Delegate to Rep. Nat. Conv., Minneapolis, 1892 (youngest delegate in convention) ; also delegate from Ohio to Rep. Nat. Conv., Phila- delphia, 1900. Address: 1860 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BROWN, WILLIAM ADAMS
Theologian; b. N. Y., Dec. 29, 1865; s. John Crosby and Mary Elizabeth (Adams) Brown; ed. St. Paul's Seh., Concord, N. H .; Yale Univ., Union Theol. Sem., Univ. Berlin; grad. Yale, A.B., 1886; A.M., 1SSS; Ph.D., 1901; D.D., 1907; Union Coll., D.D., 1903; m. March, 1802, Helen Gilman Noyes; children: John Crosby 2d, b. 1892; William Adams, Jr., b. 1894; Winthrop Gilman, b. 1907; Helen Gilman, b. 1910. Ordained to Presby'n ministry, 1893; instr., 1892-1895; provisional prof., 1895- 1898, Roosevelt prof. Systematic Theology sinee 1898. Union Theol. Sein. Author: Musical Instruments and Their Homes, 1888; Essence of Christianity, 1902; Christian Theology in Outline, 1906; Morris Ketchuni Jesup, a character sketch, 1910; The Christian Hope, 1912; contb'i Hastings Dictionary of the Bible, Hast- ings Encyclopedia Religion and Ethics, Cyelopedia of Ed'n, Political Seience Quarterly, etc. Mem. edi- torial b'd of Hibbert Journal and of Constructive Quarterly, Patron Metropolitan Museum of Art; mem. Presby'n B'd Home Missions; dir. Union Settlement Ass'n, Grenfell Ass'n; mem. Museum Natural IIistory, Soc. Biblical Exegesis, Ani. Philos. Ass'n, A.A.A.S. Clubs: Century, University, Yale, Apawamis, Ameri- can Alpine. Residence: 114 Je. 30th St., N. Y. City. Address: Union Theological Seminary, Broadway and 120th St., N. Y. City.
BROWN, WILLIAM C.
R'y offieial; b. Herkimer Co., N. Y., July 29, 1853; entered r'y service 1869; served in various advane- ing capacities until 1890, when became gen. ing'r HIannibal & St. Joseph and Council Bluffs N'ys until 1896; also gen. mg'r Chieago, Burlington & Kansas ('ity and St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern R'ys, 1891-1896; gen. mg'r Chicago. Burlington & Quincy R. R., 1896-1901; v .- p. and gen. mg'r Lake Shore & Mich. Southern R'y, 1901-1902; v .- p. and dir. 1902-1909, pres. and dir. 1909-1913 of N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R., and its subsidiary companies. Address: Grand Central Terminal, N. Y. City.
BROWNBACK, JOSEPH M.
Banker; b. Shelbyville, Ill .; s. Henry and Rebecca (Zepp) Brownback; ed. Ill., State Univ .; m. Morrison- ville, Aprli 4, 1882, Mary J. Vandeveen; children: 1. V., b. 1888; Eloise, b. 1892. V .- D. Milliken Nat. Bank. Republican; Presby'n. Knight Templar. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, trustee James Millikin Estate, Mrs. Anna B. Millikin's Estate. Recreations: Golf, motoring. Clubs: Business Mens, Country. Address: 1305 W. Main St., Decatur, Ill.
BROWNE, GRANT HUGH
Financier; b. Almond, N. Y., May 21, 1864; s. Hugh V. Brownc, evangelist; Univ. of Rochester, B.A., 1885; m. 1st, Chicago, Oct. 12, 1893, Laura Fish (died Oct. 30, 1897) ; 2d, London, Oct. 6, 1899, Aliee Allen; 3 chil- dren. Mathematician, dep't of statistics, N. Y. Life Ins. Co., 1858-18SS; mathematician, dep't of statistics, Mutual Life Ins. Co., 1888-1891; consulting actuary in N. Y. and Chicago, 1892-1895; financier and broker, London, England, 1895-1901; during Spanish-Am. War aided Government in purchasing ships and war ma- terial abroad. With Thomas F. Ryan at the Morton Trust Co., 1901 to Jan. 1, 1907; since then at present office. Residence: Brownleigh Park, Goshen, N. Y. Address: 115 Broadway, N. Y. City.
V BROWNE, STEWART
Banker; b. Glasgow, Scotland, 1855; s. J. Browne, commission agent, Glasgow; g.s. Sir Duncan Stuart of Glenbuckle, Perthshire, Scotland; m. Jennle E. Harris, 2d d. Frederick Ilarris of Ringwood, llants, England, and g.d. of Capt. Christopher Beer of British Royal Navy; children: Travers, and Mrs. Willlam Lce Hoskins. Started business career in Bank of Scotland, afterward with Canadian Bank of Com-
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merce, then gen. mg'r English Investment Co. of London; later mg'r for U. S. and Canada of Glasgow and London Ins. Co., next N. E. mg'r N. Y. Life Ins. Co., and subsequently confidential representative to Pres. McCall of same company. Organizer and v .- p. Nat. Surety Co., N. Y., organizer and pres. Internat. Banking and Trust Co., of N. Y .; now and for several years senior mem. 'banking firm Stewart Browne & Co., N. Y. City; also pres. and dir. Broadway Bld'g Co. Spent three years in nearly every country of the world investigating their banking and financial con- ditions. Independent in politics; Episcopalian. Mem. St. Andrew's, St. George's, Canadian and other so- cieties. Clubs: Lawyers, N. Y. Athletic, British Schools and Universities, Automobile of America, Royal Automobile of Great Britain, Italian and French Automobile. Residence: 1 W. 81st St. Address: 170 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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