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BULL, JAMES EDGAR
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 26, 1857; s. Richard H. and Mary (Schouten) Bull; grad. N. Y. Univ., A.B., 1878 (Phi Beta Kappa); N. Y. Univ. Law Sch .. , LL.B .; m. Rouen, France, Aug., 1885, Sarah Adams Williams; children: Marion Frances, Priscilla Mullins. Counsel for numerous large corp'ns in matters relating to patents and trade marks; mem. law firm Gifford & Bull. Pres. The Gramercy Co. Mem. Micros. Soc., Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Clubs: Calumet (pres.), Union, Lawyers', Baltusrol Golf, Delta Phi. Address: 141 Broadway, N Y. City.
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BULL, WELLINGTON EGBERT
Banker; b. Essex, Conn .; s. Egbert and Julia A. (Buckingham) Bull; ed. public schs. of Essex; m. Oct. 7, 1911, Gertrude Elizabeth Moore. With First Nat. Bank, Hartford, Conn., 9 years; mem. firm Swartwout & Appenzellar, bankers, since Nov., 1910. Republican. Mem. Com. of Mg'nt of 23d St. Y. M. C. A. Residence: 601 Cathedral Parkway, Address: 44 Pine St., N. Y. City.
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BULL, WILLIAM LANMAN
Broker; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 23, 1844; ed. Univ. City of N. Y .; m. Sara N. Worthington. Interested as officer and dir. of large railroad and mining corp'ns; trustee Met. Trust Co .: mem, firm Edward Sweet & Co., brokers; mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange (pres. 1888- 1890), Chamber of Commerce, New England, Am. Fine Arts, Mayflower, Dunlap societies; S. A. R., Met. Museum of Art. Cluhs: N. Y. Yacht. Metropolitan, Grolier, University, Union, Players', Century, Alpha Delta Phi, Riding, Republican, Ardsley, Church, City Midday. Address: 805 Fifth .\v., N. Y. City.
Unl- { BULLARD, EMANUEL G.
Lawyer; b. Waterford, N. Y .; s. Gen. Edward Fitch and Phebe A. (Consalus) Bullard; ed. high sch., Sara- toga Springs, N. Y .; Union Classical Inst., Schenectady, N. Y .; Phillips Acad., Exeter, N. H., class of 1880, and Harvard Coll., class of 1884 (did not graduate); m. Dows, Iowa, 1888, Louise H., d. Col. William Francis McLean, of New Orleans, La .; one son: Lawrence E., (b. 1896. Left college on account of illness; spent à years in Humboldt Co., Jowa; active in politics there; mem. Rep. Co. Central Com., delegate to State Conv., etc. Admitted to bar, Minneapolis, Minn., 1889; in N. Y. State, Sept., 1890. Has been prominent in civic bodies in Queens Co., and in the agitation to secure rapid transit for Borough of Queens. Man., dir, and treas. Eastern Boroughs Land Co., and Merchants' Land and Development Co. Independent Democrat. Mem. Com. of 100, New York City campaign, 1909. Ad- dress: Richmond Hill, N. Y.
BULLARD, WARREN G.
Educator; b. Hinsdale, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1867; s. Ed- win G. and May V. (Billings) Bullard; grad. Brown Univ., A.B., 1892; Clark Univ., Ph.D., 1896; m. Attica, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1912, Edith Marian Eastman. Instr. mathematics Elmira (N. Y.) Free Acad., 1892-1893; St. Lawrence Univ., 1894; Unlv. of Vt., 1896-1900; Syracuse Univ., 1900; asso. prof. mathematics, Syra- Fellow cuse Univ., 1901-1909; prof. mathematics, Syracuse Univ., since 1909. Republican ; Baptist. A.A.A.S .; mem, Am. Math. Soc., Deutsche Mathematiker Vereinigung, Circolo Matematico di Palermo, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Address: 124 Redfield Pl., Syra- cuse, N. Y.
BULLARD, WILLIAM E.
Physician; b, Fitchburg, Mass., Jan. 23, 1852: S. Rev. E. W. and Harriet (Dickinson) Bullard; ed, 1 year at Amherst Agr'l Coll .; grad. Dartmouth Med. Coll., M.D., 1872, and Columbia Univ., Med. Dep't, 1874; in. N. Y. City, April 11, 1883, Frances Atwood Higgins. Served in U. S. Navy during Polaris Relief Expd'n, 1873; practising medicine sinee 1874. Resident physi- cian at Hotel Nassau, Bahamas, 1900-1904. Republi- can; Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. Acad. Medicine, N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., Westchester Co. Med. Soc. Recreations: Yachting, golf. Club: Larchmont Yacht. Address: Larchinont, N. Y.
BUNNELL, A. O.
Editor; b. Lima, N. Y., Mar. 10, 1836, of New Eng- land parentage; entered a printing office in Sept., 1852; in 1860 established Dansville Advertiser, which has since published and edited; sec. and treas. N. Y. Press Ass'n since 1868. Republican Editorial Ass'n of N. Y. State since org'n, 1894; Nat. Republican Edi- torial Ass'n since org'n, 1900; pres. Nat. Editorial Ass'n, 1894-1896; was grand master of I. O. O. F. of State of N. Y., 1884-1885. Has held responsible po- sitions In local hist,, literary and other ass'ns, socs. and business org'ns. Address: Dansville, N. Y.
BUNNELL, ARTHUR HOWARD
Editor, publisher and lecturer; b. Unadilla. Otsego Co., N. Y., Oct. 17, 1852; s. Heman Gale and Elizabeth Ann (Wetmore) Bunnell; ed. public and private schs., and Delaware Literary Inst., Franklin. N. Y .; in. Tioga, Pa., Mar. 11, 1879, Mary Philena Hathaway; children: Frederick Howard, b. 1880 (died 1886) ; Fenimore Stanley, b. 1896 (died 1902). Edited and owned several newspapers, and was half owner and business mg'r Hornellsville Daily Times, 1888-1904; conducted lithograph business in connection. Now editor and prop'r Fort Edward Advertiser. Super-
visor city of Hornellsville, 1896-1897-1898-1899; v .- p. and dir. HFornellsville Exp'n, 1900-1904. Republican; delegate to several State convs; Episcopalian (warden of ch.). Orator on Memorial Day, sch. commencements. dedieations, etc.
Lecturer under mg'nt Empire Lyceum Bureau, Syracuse, N. Y. Past comd'r and pre- late of DeMolay Commanderv. K. T., Hornell, N. Y .; 33° Mason, and mnem. Odd Fellows. Address: Fort Edward, N. Y.
BUNNELL, K. EUGENE
Advertising agent: b. Franklin, Delaware Co. . V. Y., Aug. 21, 1849; s. Heman G. and Elizabeth A. (Wet- more) Bunnell; ed. Gilbertsville (N. Y.) Acad .; m. Guilford, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1870, Mary E. Hull; children: Mrs. Maude B. Whiting, b. 1871; Mrs. Grace A. Foote, b. 1873; Mrs. Agnes M. Griffiths, b. 1875; Walter K., b. 1878; Arthur L., b. 1891. Engaged in advertising business In N. Y. City about 26 years; now pres. W. IT. IT. Ilull & Co. Has traveled in Egypt, Holy Land, Grecce, Turkey, etc .; all over Continent of Europe, and Great Britain four times. Supervisor town of Guilford, N. Y., 1877-1878; having summer home there.
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Republican; Episcopalian. Residence: 379 Washing-
ton Av., Brooklyn. Address: 154 Nassau St., N. Y.
City.
BUNNELL, STERLING HAIGHT
Mechanical eng'r and mg'r; b. Stratford, Conn .; s. Rufus William and Catherine M. (Sterling) Bunnell; grad. Sheffield Scientific Sch., Yale, Ph.B., 1891, M.E., 1893; m. Lockport, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1900, Rebecca Lap- ham Peterson; children: Charles Sterling, b. Dec. 4, 1901; Elizabeth Lapham, b. April 3, 1904. V .- p. and eng'r-in-chief Griscom-Russell Co., N. Y. City. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Gas Inst., Franklin Inst., Nat. Geog. Soc., Efficiency Soc., Am. Acad. of Polit. and Social Science. Author: Cost-Keeping for Mf'g Plants; contb'r to technical periodicals and books. Address: 90 West St., N. Y. City.
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V .- p. Queen Ins. Co. of America; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 31, 1850. Entered office of Niagara Fire Ins. Co. as clerk, 1864, and continued there until 1869; in mercantile business 2 years; with Phenix Ins. Co. of Brooklyn, 1871-1881, being special agent in East- ern and Middle States last 8 years; in 1881 entered service of Queens Ins. Co. of Liverpool, travellng for it as gen. agent in Middle States until 1899, when became deputy mg'r U. S. branch; when Queen Ins. Co. of America was organized under laws of State of N. Y., to take business. of Liverpool Co., was appt'd see .; elected v .- p., April, 1900. Prcs. Nat. B'd Fire Un- derwriters, and v .- p. N. Y. B'd Fire Underwriters since May, 1906; pres. and dir. Underwriters' Salvage Co of N. Y., since July, 1906. Address: 84 William St., N. Y. City.
BURDETT, CYRIL HERBERT
Lawyer; b. Boston, Mass., Oct. 3, 1865; s. Mlchael B. and Albina (Long) Burdett; grad. Quincy Acad., 1884; Harvard Univ., 1888; m. Boston, Feb. 21, 1890, Winella White Stratton. Practised law in Boston for two years; became mem. N. Y. Bar and for ten years was associated with Title Guarantee and Trust Co., N. Y. City; in 1902, upon the organization of the Title Ins. Co. of N. Y., was clected sec. of that com- pany, as well as of N. Y. Mortgage and Security Co., two allied corp'ns; later made gen. mg'r and counsel. Elected sec. and treas. Chelsea Realty Co., sec. and treas. the Lawyers' Eng'ring and Surveying Co., treas. Hudson Mortgage Co., and pres. Montrose Realty Co., all of which positions retains. Independent politically; Unitarian. V .- p. Nat. League of Unitarian Laymen; treas. of Unitarian Conf. of Middle States and Canada; mcm. B'd of Trustecs and sec. L. I. Hist. Soc. Clubs: Unitarian of N. Y. (prcs.), Hamilton (Brooklyn). Summer residenee: Ridgefield, Conn. Address: 135 Broadway, N. Y. City.
BURDICK, DANIEL WAITE
Merchant; b. Brookfield, N. Y., Dec. 26, 1841; s. Waite R. and Anna Maria (Frink) Burdick; ed. dist. sch. and Ward schs., Watertown, N. Y .; m. Watertown, N. Y., Nov. 18, 1874, Mary Morse. Head of firm White & Burdick Co .; pres. Lake View Cemetery, Renwich Park. Has been abroad three times .. Ex-pres. of Village of Ithaca. Comm'r State B'd of Charities. Served in Civil War and bv't capt., March 23, 1865; acting ass't adj. gen. 18th Art'y Corps, Oct., 1864-June 22, 1865. Warden St. John's Episcopal Ch. Mem. N. Y. Com- mandery, Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Dir. Cascadilla Sch. Club: Town and Gown. Residence: 403 E. Buf- falo St. Address: 116 E. State St., Ithaca, N. Y.
BURDICK, JOEL WAKEMAN
Capitalist; b. Almond, N. Y., June 20, 1853; ed. public schs .; m. Jan., 1878, Eila Pixley Bartlett. Entered cm- ploy of Delaware & Hudson R. R. Co., 1868, as tele- graph operator; remained with company and In 1883 became gen. passenger ag't; passenger traffie mg'r Delaware & Hudson R. R., 1905-1910; resigned 1910 to became gen. passenger ag't; passenger traffic mg'r Pa. Removed to Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1910. Mem. Am. Iron & Steel Inst., pres. Albany Chamber of Commerce, 1899-1901. Mem. New England Soc. Clubs: Ft. Orange, Albany Country, Duquesne, Pittsburgh Athletic, Pitts- burgh Golf. Oakmont Country. Address: 58 N. Pearl St., Albany, N. Y.
V BURGER, CLARENCE LIVINGSTON
Patent att'y; b. N. Y. City, March 15, 1866; s. Henry Sanford and Elizabeth (Boswell) Burger, g. s., sevent!i removed, of Jean Burgher, of N. Y. City, A.D., 1700; grad. Princeton Univ., C.E., 1885; m. N. Y. Clty, Jan. 17, 1895, Edith Fairfax Carter; one son, Fairfax Carter, b. 1896. Has practised as patent att'y since 1888. In- ventor of sub-surface torpedo boat, three authorized In U. S. Naval Appropriation Act of 1909. Has trav- eled over America and Europe. Presby'n. Recreations:
YachtIng, golf, tennis, shooting, fishing, riding. Clubs: Racquet and Tennis, Richmond County Country. Princeton. Residence: 507 Madison Av. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y City.
VBURGESS, EDWARD SANDFORD
Botanist, educator; b. Littie Valley, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1855; s. Rev. Chalon Burgess, D.D .; grad. Fredonia Normal Sch., 1875; Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1879; A.M., 1882; Sc.D., 1899; fellow Johns Hopkins, 1880-1881; Ph.D., Columbia Unlv., 1899; m. 1884, Irene S. Hamll- ton, Fredonia, N. Y. Taught botany in Washington, D. C., and in Martha's Vineyard Summer Inst., 1882- 1895; in Johns Hopkins Univ., 1885; prof. natural science, Normal Coll. of N. Y City, since 1895; its acting pres. part of 1908. Author: The Chautauqua Flora; Botanical Genera, Tribes and Families in Cen- tury Dictionary, M to Z, 1889-1891; The Asters of the Northern U. S. (in Britton & Brown's Illustrated Flora -with Dr. N. L. Britton), 1898; The Asters of the Southern U. S. (in Small's Southeastern Flora), 1903; History of Pre-Clusian Botany, 1902; Studies in the History and Varlations of Asters, with description of Biotian Asters, 1906. Pres. Torrey Botanical Club; mem. Phi Beta Kappa Alumni, Am. Scenic and Historic Preservation Soe. Club: Century. Address: 11 W. 88th St., N. Y. City.
V BURGESS, FREDERICK
Bishop of Long Island; b. Providence, R. I., Oct. 6, 1853; s. Frederick and Julia Ann (Niies) Burgess; grad. Brown Univ., B.A., 1873 (D.D., 1900); attended Gen. Theol. Sem., N. Y. City, and studied one year in Oxford Univ., England; m. Mendham, N. J., Sept. 13, 1881, Caroline E. Bartow; children: Julian Howard, b. 1883; Edgar Bartow, b. 1887; George. b. 1889; Frederick, Jr., b. 1891. Ordained deacon by Bishop of N. H., 1876; or- dained priest by late Bishop Clark, 1877. Deacon in charge of St. Mark's Mission, Mendham, N. J., 1877- 1878; rector Grace Ch., Amherst, Mass., 1878-1883; Christ Ch., Pomfret, Conn., 1883-1889; St. Asaph Ch., Bala, Pa., 1889-1896; Christ Ch., Detroit, Mich., 1896- 1898; Grace Ch., Brooklyn, 1898-1902; elected Nov. 11, 1901, and consecrated bishop Jan. 15, 1902, by Bishops Potter, Doane and Davies. Pres. Church Charity Foundation, Dlocesan Missions of L. I., Cathedral of the Incarnation, Trustee of Clergymen's Retiring Fund; trustec Domestic and Foreign Miss'y Soc. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: Hamilton, Twentieth Cen- tury, Garden City. Residence: See House, Garden City, L. I. Office: Diocesan House, 170 Remsen St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
V BURGESS, GELETT
Author; b. Boston, Mass., Jan. 30, 1866; s. Thomas Harvey and Caroline (Brooks) Burgess; grad. Mass. Inst. Technology, S.B., 1887. Eng'r Southern Pacific R'y, 1887-1890; instr. topographical drawing, Univ. of Calif .. 1891-1894; designer, 1895; editor The Lark, 1895- 1897. Socialist. Author: Vivette, A Little Sister of Destiny, Lady Mechante, The Heart Line, The White Cat, Find the Woman, Love in a Hurry, A Gage of Youth. Burgess Nonsense Book, The Goop Books, The Maxims of Methuselah, The Maxims of Noah. Are You a Bromide? Rubaiyat of Omar Cayenne, The Lively City o' Ligg, The Romance of the Commonplace, and others. Clubs: Players (N. Y. City), Bohemian (San Francisco). Address: 16 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.
BURGESS, GEORGE HECKMAN
Civil cng'r; b. Oshkosh, Wis., June 19, 1874; s. Fred- erick and Anna (Heckman) Burgess; grad. Univ. of Wis., B.S., civil cng'ring, 1895; m. Wilmington. Del., Oct. 10, 1899, Harriet Painter Van Trump; children: George Van Trump, b. 1993; Loulse, b. 1904; Frederick,' b. 1906. Was one year with Edge Moor Bridge Works, Wilmington, Del .; 9 years with Pa. Lines W. of Pitts- burgh, in various capacities, from rodman to ass't eng'r, at Pittsburgh, Pa .; with Erie R. R. Co., N. Y. City, eng'r of terminal improvements, and prin. ass't eng'r, 1905-1909; chicf eng'r of the Delaware & Hudson Co., Albany, N. Y., since May 1, 1909. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Soe. of Civil Eng'rs, Am. R's. Eng'ring Ass'n, Canadian Soc. of Civil Eng'rs, Soc. of Eng'rs of Eastern N. Y., Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Clubs: Engineers, Albany, Albany Country. Address: 571 Western Av., Albany, N. Y.
BURGWIN, WILLIAM HARRY
Clergyman; b. Mt. Washington, Md., Oct. 22, 186S; s. Henry and Jennie (Jones) Burgwin: grad. Wesleyan Univ., A.B., 1896; m. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., June 30, 1896, Edith W. Puckey; children: Harry P., b. 1897; Frank S., b. 1900; Florence E., b. 1905; Edith I., b. 1908. Stenographer and confidential clerk. 1885-1892; joined N. Y. East Conf., M. E. Ch., April, 1896; pastor M. E. Ch., West Suffield, Conn., 1896-1897; Summerfield M. E. Con11., Ch., New Haven, 1898-1900; Eighteenth
St. Ch., Brooklyn, N.
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Astoria, N. Y., 1906-1908; Hempstead M. E. Ch., Hemp- stead, N. Y., since 1909. Was sec. Twentieth Century Wesleyan League, New Haven, 1898-1900. Editor "Minutes" of the N. Y. East Conf., 1908-1910. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Address: 71 Washington St., Hempstead, L. I., N. Y.
BURKE, CHARLES H.
Banker and broker; b. Hamburg, Germany, Nov. 10, 1863; s. David H. (deceased) and Matilde F. (Henschel) Burke; ed. Dr Callisen's Sch., N. Y. City; high sch's. ot Wandsbeck and Hamburg, Germany; Friedericianum, Davos, Switzerland; Bonzon Inst., Lausanne, Switzer- iand; m. Hamburg, Germany, 1888, Luisa Rosenberg; children: Edgar, b. 1890; Tilita, b. 1892; Alicita, b. 1904. Entered the employ ot Woerishoffer & Co., 1881; became, ass't cashier, 1885; appt'd vice and deputy consul of U. S. at Hamburg, Germany, Aug., 1885; re- signed from the U. S. Consular Service, July, 1897; became mg'r for Woerishoffer & Co., 1897, and mem. of the firm, May, 1902; firm dissolved, May, 1904, owing to death of partner. On July 1, 1904, established firm of Degener & Burke,' members of N. Y. Stock Ex- change. Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange; dir. New Domin- ion Copper Co., Swedish Iron & Steel Corp'n, British Columbia Copper Co .; trustee Hanschel Estate. Re- publican; Unitarian. Recreations: Golf, fishing. Clubs: Essex County (Orange, N. J.), Stock Exchange Lunch- eon (N. Y. City). Residence: 361 Vose Av., South Orange, N. J. Address: 20 Broad St., N. Y. City.
BURKETT, CHARLES WILLIAM
Editor, author; b. Thornville, Ohio, Jan. 3, 1873; s. Joseph Walker and Anna (Klingler) Burkett; at- tended Thornville (O.) public schs., Ohio State Univ .; m. Laura Anna Weisman; children: Dorothy Louise, b. 1902; Charies William, Jr., b. 1904. Prof. agricul- ture, New Hamp. Coll., and agriculturist New Hamp. Exp't Sta., 1898-1901; prof. agriculture and agricul- turist, N. Carolina State Ag'l and Mechanical Coli., 1901-1906; dir. Kansas Agr'l Dept. Sta., 1906-1908. Editor American Agriculturist, N. Y., since 1908; sec. Orange Judd Co. (editor, Editorial Book Dept.) Trav- eied in all parts of this country on edn'l lecture work; spent several months in Europe in investigation of cereal production conditions. Author: History Ohio Agriculture; Agriculture for Beginners; Cotton; Soils; Farm Stock; Farm Crops; Our Domestic Animais; Farmers' Veterinarian; First Principles of Feeding Farm Animals; Farm Arithmetic. Editor: The Ginn County Life Education Series of University Text Books. Lutheran. Mem. Kappa Sigma and Alpha Zeta fraternities, Ohio Soc. of N. Y. Recreations: Tennis, motoring. Club: Graduate. Residence: 660 River- side Drive. Address: 315 Fourth Av., N. Y. City.
BURKS, JESSE D ..
Dir. Bureau Municipal Research; b. Adairville, Ky., Sept. 11, 1868; s. Jesse Herring and Sabina (Dismukes) Burks; grad. Univ. of Chicago, Ph.B., 1893; Univ. of Calif., M.L., 1894; Columbia Univ., Ph.D., 1905; fellow in ed'n, Columbia, 1902-1903; m. 1900, Frances Willis- ton, d. Martin Luther Williston, of Northampton, Mass., and Louise Stoddard; one daughter, Barbara, b. 1902. Previous to college work, was 2 years in counting room of Los Angeles (Calif.) Express, and one year ass't mg'r Los Angeles Safe Deposit & Trust Co. Later, teacher and principal high schs. Calif., and head of professional work in State Normal Sch. of San Diego, Calif., 6 years; acting principal Speyer Sch., Columbia Univ., 1 year; principal Normal Schs. 5 years. Lecturer on edn'l administration, Columbia Univ., summer 1909; co-operating specialist, N. Y. Sch. Inquiry, 1911-1912; since 1909, dir, Bureau of Munici- pal Research, Philadelphia. Elected, 1907, pres. Dep'f Manual Training of Nat. Ed'n Ass'n, and appt'd chm'n of a com. to undertake a comprehensive investiga- tion and report upon the place of industries in pub- lic ed'n. Appt'd, 1908, by Insular Gov't of Philippine Islands to lecture before a vacation assembly of tho American Teachers. At the close of this assembly was comm'd by dir. of ed'n to inspect the insular schools, report upon their condition, and suggest means for their improvement. Active mem. Nat. Ed'n Ass'n, Am. Acad. of Polit. and Social Science, A. A. A. S .; contb'r to various journals. Clubs: University, City. Address: 249 Harvey St., Germantown, Pa.
BURLEIGH, GEORGE WILLIAM
Lawyer; b. Somersworth, N. H., April 18, 1870; s. Hon. George William and Louise H. (Bryant) Bur- leigh; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H .; Princeton Univ., A.B., 1892; A.M., 1895; N. Y. Law Sch .; m. Tren- ton, N. J., Nov. 21, 1894, Isis Yturbide Potter Stock- ton, d. Gen. Robert F. Stockton, of Trenton. Admit- ted to bar of N. Y., 1894. Dir., sec. and treas. Lacka- wanna Iron & Coal Co .; dir. Princeton Publishing Co., Princeton Univ. Press. Republican; Episcopalian.
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Life mem. N. Y. Zool. Soc .; mem. Am. Museum of Natural History, Am. Museum of Art, Am. Soc. Inter- nat. Law, Am. Geog. Soc. Clubs: University (N. Y.), University (Washington, D. C.), Down Town Ass'n, Princeton, N. Y. Fencers, The Pilgrims, Nassau, Uni- versity Cottage (Princeton). Residence: 42 W. 9th St. Address: 52 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BURLESON, ALBERT SIDNEY
Postmaster general; b. San Marcos, Tex., June 7, 1863; s. Edward and Emma (Kyle) Burleson; ed. Agr'l and Mech. Coll. of Texas, Baylor Univ. of Waco; grad. Univ. of Texas, 1884; admitted to bar, 1884; m. Aus- tin, Texas, Dec. 22, 1889, Adele Steiner. Ass't city att'y, Austin, 1885-1890; appt'd by gov. of Texas, att'y of 26th judicial dist., 1891; served, 1892-1898; mem. 56th to 63d Congresses; appt'd postmaster gen. March 4, 1913. Address: Washington, D. C.
BURLINGHAM, CHARLES C.
Lawyer; b. Plainfield, N. J., Aug. 31, 1858; s. Rev. Aaron Hale and Emma S. (Starr) Burlingham; grad. Harvard, A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), 1879; Columbia, LL.B., 1881; m. Sept. 29, 1883, Louisa W. Lawrence; children: Charles, Anne Hoe, Robert. Admitted to bar, 1881. Mem. law firm Burlingham, Montgomery & Beecher; mem. City and State Bar Ass'ns. Delegate from U. S. to Internat. Conf. on Maritime Law, Brusseis, 1909, 1910. Mem. N. Y. B'd of Ed'n, 1897-1903 (pres., 1902- 1903). Independent Democrat; Episcopalian. Clubs: Century, City Midday, Harvard, University. Residence: 140 E. 38th St. Address: 27 William St., N. Y. City.
BURNETT, LEUTELLUS ATRIGUE
Banker, fire ins. underwriter; b. New Vernon, Pa., July 31, 1871; s. Abijah H. and Dorothy C. (Boyd) Burnett; ed. McElwain Inst., New Lebanon, Pa .; Grove City Coll., Pa., class 1890; m. W. Middlesex, Pa., Sept. 21, 1892, Anna J. Marsteller; children: Clifton A., Esta Mae, Dorothy Janc. In fire ins. business since 1894; purchased local agency in Greenville, Pa .; organized Farmers & Merchants Trust Co. of Greenville, 1901, of which is dir .; First Nat. Bank, Middlesex, 1903; Springdale Nat. Bank, 1906 (pres.), and First Nat. Bank of Aspinwali, 1907 (pres.). Also v .- p. and mg'n underwriter Monongahela Fire Ins. Co., Pittsburgh; pres. L. A. Burnett Co., Pittsburgh; pres. and mg's Monongahela Underwriters' Agency, Inc .; mem. Whil- den & Hancock, of N. Y., gen. ins. agency; dir. Aspin- wali Saving & Loan Ass'n, Security & Investment Co., Sterling Security Co., Northwestern Lumber Co. Dep- uty sheriff of Mercer County, 3 years. Republican; Methodist Episcopalian. Clubs: Pittsburgh Athletic, Smoke and Cinder. Residence: 107 Emerson Av., As- pinwall, Pa. Address: 307 Fourth Av., Pittsburgh, Pa., and 105 William St., N. Y. City.
HBURNHAM, CLARK
Physician; b. Philadelphia; s. Nathan Clark and Mary Arrison (Pancoast) Burnham; ed. Franklin and Marshall Coll., Lancaster, Pa .; Hahnemann Med. Coli., Philadelphia; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 23, 1888, Ma- tilda Hoyt Spelman; children: Lois, b. 1891; Rogers, b. 1894; Barbara, 'b. 1897; Katharine, b. 1899; Lyman, b. 1902; Matilda, b. 1906. Gynæcologist, Cumberland St. Hosp .; Lecturer to Training Sch., Cumberland St. (Hosp. Independent. Mem. Kings Co. Home. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Homc. Soc., Brooklyn Clinical Soc .. Am. Soc. of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis, N. Y. Patho- logical Soc., Phi Kappa Sigina fraternity. Recre- ations: Golf, mountain climbing. Clubs: Hamilton, Rembrandt, Dyker Mcadow Golf, Garden City Golf, Ekwanok Country. Address: 182 Clinton St., Brook- lyn, N. Y.
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BURNHAM, JOHN BIRD
.Pres. Am. Game Protective and Propagation Ass'n; b. New Castle, Del., March 16, 1869; s. John and Eliza- beth Van Leuveneigh (Bird) Burnham; ed. Rugby Acad., Wilmington, Del .; Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., B.A., 1891; m. Kecno Valley, N. Y., June 15, 1892, Hen- rietta Ileathcote Du Bois; children: Henrietta Rose, b. 1893; John Du Bois, b. 1895; Hilda Bird, b. 1897; Koert Du Bois, b. 1904. Was business mg'r Forest and Stream, 1891-1897; was in the first Klondike rush in fall of 1897. Has hunted and fished over U. S. and Canada and killed most of the varieties of American big game. Supervisor Town of Essex, 6 years; chief game protector and deputy comm'r of forest, fish and game, State of N. Y., 1906-1912. Pres. Boquet Electric Power Co .; prop'r Crater Club. Episcopalian. MIcm. various fish and game protective org'ns. Clubs: Ex- plorers, Progressive, Camp Fire. Address: 233 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
BURNHAM, SYLVESTER
Professor; b. Exeter, N. H., Feb. 1, 1842; s. Edwin and Alice (Dennctt) Burnham: ed. Newburyport (Mass.) High Sch .: Bowdoin Coil., A. B., 18G2; A.M ..
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1863; D.D., 1885; Newton (Mass.) Theological Inst'n, 1873; Colgate Theological Seminary of Colgate Uni- versity, Hamilton, N. Y .; m. Amherst, Mass., June 28, 1876, Miriam M. Tucker; one d., Mrs. Allce Miriam Meyers, Feb. 17, 1878. Also studied at Heidelberg, 1871-1872; Gottingen, 1882, and Leipzig, 1895-1896. Re- publican; Baptist. Mem. Soc. Biblical Literature and Exegesis, American Philo. Ass'n. Address: Hamilton, N. Y.
BURNS, RAYMOND J.
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