Who's who in New York City and State, 1914, pt 1, Part 35

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

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Sec. and treas. William J. Burns Internat. Detective Agency, Inc .; b. Columbus, Ohio, March 25, 1886; s. William J. and Annie M. (Ressler) Burns; ed. public schools; Ohio State Unlv .; grad. from Law Sch, of Ohio State Univ .; m. Toledo, Ohio, Alice Lilley, of Columbus; one son: William J., Jr. After graduating from law sch., joined father, William J. Burns, and took part in so-called San Francisco Graft Prosecu- tion. In company with father, came East and opened what is known as The William J. Burns Internat. De- tective Agency, Inc. Mem. Delta Chl fraternity. Ad- dress: The William J. Burns Internat. Detective Agency, Transportation Bld'g, Chicago, Ill.

BURNS, WALTER FRANCIS

Pres. The Burns Co. of N. Y., Burns Realty Co. and W. F. Burns Realty Co .; b. Fredericktown, Cecil Co., Md., 1866; s. Capt. Owen Burns (U.S.N.) and Martha Ann (Armstrong) Burns; g.s. Capt. Otway Burns, comd'r of . U. S. privateer "Snap Dragon," war 1812- 1815, to whose memory State of N. C. erected monu- ment at Beaufort, in 1903, and town of Burnsville, N. C., (named after him) erected monument in 1908. Mr. Burns retains in his name a large tract of land in North Carolina, granted by King of England to his g.g. grandfather. in 1732, and which has been handed down from father to son; cd. Calvert Ilall, Baltimore; m. N. Y. City, April 11, 1902, Ursula Amelia Dudley Catlin; children: Walter Francis, Jr., b. Dec. 28, 1903; Otway, b. Mar. 10, 1904; Owen Austin, b. July 13, 1906; Ursula, b. Oct. 13, 1907. Originator of the Home Savings Bank System, which has been placed in eight million homes throughout the world, and thereby caused that number of savings accounts to be opened, his system of securing savings accounts having been adopted by over three thousand banking inst'ns in U. S., and over five hundred in foreign countries, said system of savings accounts has been cominended by Pres., of U. S., Kings of England and Italy, and many foreign Gov'ts. Traveled' exten -

sively in Europe, South America and Asla. Mem. Eastern Finance Co., Nat. Dem. Party, 1908-1912; sec. 23d Cong. Dist. of N. Y. City; mem. 23d Assem. Dist. Coms. and County and Borough Coms. Appt'd by Gov. Dix as delegate to Deeper Waterways Conv., held in New London, Coun., Sept. 4, 5, 6, 1912. Clubs: Nat. Dem., Lotos, N. Y. Athletic, Columnbla Yacht. Residence: Inwood-on-Hudson, N. Y. Address: 29 W. 38th St., N. Y. City.

BURNS, WILLIAM JOHN

Pres. Win. J. Burns Internat. Detective Agency, Ine .; b. Baltimore, Md. Oct. 19, 1861; s. Michael and Bridget (Trahey) Burns; ed. public schs. and busi- liess coll., Columbus, Ohio; m. Columbus, Ohio, 1880, Anna M. Ressler; children: George, Edwin, Ray- mond, Florence, Sherman, Kathleen. Joined U. S. secret service, 1889, and appt'd to headquarters, St. Louis; handled many celebrated cases throughout U. S. Resigned from secret service, 1903, and appt'd to take charge of investigation of Oregon; Washington and Calif. land fraud cases, which resulted in prose- cution and conviction of numerous Federal, State and city officials; cleared up most remarkable coun- terfelting case world has known, Monroe-head $100 silver certificate, bill so accurate defied all experts as to its genuineness; counterfeiters arrested Phila., Pa., April, 1899; won the gratitude of the entire na- tion for the thoroughness and fearlessness with which he laid bare the truth in the dynamite cases, and clearing up of Los Angeles Times, Oct. 1, 1911, etc. Organized Wm. J. Burns Nat. Detective Agency, N. Y., 1900, now Wm. J. Burns Internat. Detective Agency, Inc., having branches all over U. S., including one in London, Paris and Brussels. The London office is first permanent office established by an Am. detec- tive in Europe. Author: The Masked War, The Argyle Case (in collaboration with Harriet Ford and Harvey J. O'Higgins). Lectured in all universities and colleges throughout the U. S. and Europe. Pro- gressive; Roman Catholic. Mem. Nat. Federation of Theatres. Mem. N. Y. Press Club. Address: Wool- worth Bld'g, N. Y. City.

BURNSIDE, ROBERT C.

Pres. Asbestolith Mtg Co .; b. N. Y. City; s. James and Georgina Burnside; ed. N. Y. City schools; m. Eva

Frances Macgowan (of old Webb family); children: Eva Frances, Maud Vivian. Pres. Asbestolith Mfg Co., contractors; furnished all granite for Grant's Tomb in connection with Pason Tucker; also many others bld'gs. Travelled extensively, Republican; Methodist. Mason (N. Y. Lodge 330, Amity Council, R. A. M.); mem. Our Council, Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Consecutive Republican (exec. mem.), West Side, Railroad. Address: 200 W. 86th St., N. Y. Clty.

BURR, CARLL S., JR.

Ex-senator, breeder trotting horses; b. Commack, L. I., N. Y., Sept. 26, 1858; s. Carll S. Burr; descendant of Jehu and Benjamin Burr, who came to America with Winthrop's fleet, 1630, and whose descendants became prominent in the Colony of Conn,; ed. Hunt- ington Union Sch. and Flushing Inst. On leaving Flushing Inst. engaged in business with father. Since 1892 judge of Horse Dep't at annual exb'ns of Nat. Horse Show of America, held at Madlson Sq. Garden, N. Y. Cily, and at the State Fair at Syracuse; dir. Arizona Cattle Co .; insp. race tracks of trotting cir- cuit for First Dist. Republican; mem. Republican Co. Coni., Suffolk Co., for several years; clected mem. Assembly from Suffolk Co., 1895, 1896 and 1897; elect- ed, 1904, and re-elected 1906, senator from First Dist., in 1905 appt'd mem. com. on Railroads, Commerce and Navigation, Forests, Fish and Game, and Affairs of Villages. Address: Commack, L. I., N. Y.

BURR, GEORGE LINCOLN

Educator, librarian; b. Oramel, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1857; s. William Josiah and Jane Charlotte (Lincoln) Burr; grad. Cornell Univ., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), 1881; Univ. of Leipzig, Sorbonne and Ecole des Chartes, Paris, Univ. of Zurich, 1884-1886, 1888 (LL.D., Unlv. of Wis., 1904; Litt. D., Western Reserve Unlv., 1905); m. Lewisburg, W. Va., Aug. 20, 1907, Martha Alcx- ander Martin (died Jan. 31, 1909). Librarian White Library, Cornell Univ., since 1878; president's sec. and inst. history, Cornell, 1881-1884; instr, ass't prof. Ass'n., Am. Hist. Ass'n, Am. Polit. Science Ass'n, Am. 1892. Hist. expert to Pres. Cleveland's Comm'n on Venezuelan Boundary, 1896-1897. Mem. Am. Library Ass'n, Am. Hist. Ass'n, Am. Polit. Science Ass'n, Am. Soc. of Church History. Editor: Am. Historical Re- view since 1905; editor Century Hist. Series. Address: Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.

BURR, JOSEPH ARTHUR

Justice Supreme Court; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1850; s. Joseph Arthur and Harriet (Nash) Burr; ed. Wilton Acad., Wilton Coun .; grad. Yale, A.B., 1871; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1873; m. New Haven, Conn., Ella A. Dawson; children: Harriet B. (Mrs. Edward P. Folger), Jessie B. (Mrs. Howard C. Loudon). Ad- mitted to bar, May, 1874; corp'n counsel for Brooklyn, Jan., 1896, to Jan., 1898. Appt'd by Gov., Justice of Supreme Court, to fill vacancy, Dec. 27, 1904; elected to same office for full term Nov., 1905; assigned to Appellate Div. 2d Judicial Dep't, Dcc. 24, 1908. Mem. Brooklyn Bar Ass'n, Law Library of Brooklyn, Brooklyn Inst., N. E. Soc. of Brooklyn, Sons of Revo- lution. Republican; Presby'n. Clubs: Brooklyn, University, Hamilton (Brooklyn), Graduates (New Haven, Conn.), Residence: 16 Montgomery Pl. Ad- dress :. Borough Hall, Brooklyn, N. Y.

BURR, WILLIAM HUBERT

Civil eng'r; b. Watertown, Conn., July 14, 1851; ed. Watertown Acad., Rensselaer Poly. Inst., Troy, N. Y., C.E., 1872; m. 1st, 1876, Caroline Kent Seelye (died 1894); 2d, 1900, Gertrude Gold Shipman; children: Marion E., William F., George L., Anne Louise. Was in subordinate positions building wrought iron bridges and water works at Newark, N. J., 1872- 1875; mem. faculty Rensselaer Poly. Inst., 1875-1884; proť. rational and technical mechanics while practis- ing civil eng'ring; ass't to chief eng'r Phoenix Bridge Co., 1884; later gen, ing'r; v .- p. Sooysmith & Co., 1891; prof. eng'ring at Harvard, 1832-1893; since 1893 prof. civil eng'ring Columbla Univ. Appt'd by Pres. Cleveland, 1894, mem. B'd Eng'rs to investigate crossing of Hudson, at N. Y. Clty, with onc-span bridge; also one of the suh-committee of "Com. of 70" for con- sidering improvement of city water front; mem. ex- pert com. on plans and estimates for rapid transit; mem. B'd Consulting Eng'rs to Dock Dep't, 1895-1898; consulting eng'r to Dep't Public Parks, 1896, in charge of bld'g Harlem River driveway and bridges; appt'd by Pres. Cleveland on b'd to locate deep-water harbor on South Calif. coast, 1896; consulting eng'r Dep't of Bridges, N. Y. City, 1898-1905; appt'd by Pres. Mc- Kinley, 1899, mem, first Isthmlan Canal Comm'n, and by Pres. Roosevelt, 1904, mem. Second Isthmian Canal Comm'n; chi'n 1992-1903, of Comm'n on Additional Water Supply for N. Y. City; expert eng'r to Aque- duct Comm'n, N. Y. City; mem. B'd Consulting Eng'rs,

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Isthmian Canal Comm'n, 1905; since 1905 consulting eng'r B'd Water Supply, City of N. Y .; consulting eng'r Dep't Bridges for the design and construction of Henry Hudson Memorial Bridge, 1907-190S. Mem. B'd Trustecs Cathedral of St. John the DivInc. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Inst'n Civil Eng'rs of Great Britain, Nat. Geog. Soc., etc. Author: The Stresses in Bridges and Roof Trusses, 1881; The Elasticity and Resistance of Materials, 1883; Anclent and Modern Engineering and the Isthmlan Canal, 1902; and nu- merous contributions to eng'ring and scientific socie- ties. Address: Columbia Univ., N. Y. City.

BURR, WILLIAM P.

' Lawyer, ass't corp'n counsel; b. Dublin, Ireland, Mar. 30, 1856; s. John Archbold and Anne (Lovely) Burr; ed. De La Salle Acad., N. Y. City; St. James Coll., Baltimore, Md .; Columbia Coll. Law Sch .; In. Jennle Philomene Lynch; children: Natalie, William Archbold, Jennie Philomene, Constance Fablola, An- nette, John Lovely. Engaged in active practice of law in N. Y. City since 1879; tried many notable cases, counsel for many corp'ns. Head of Franchise Div., N. Y. Law Dep't. Prepared and tried the celebrated "80-cent gas" case for City of N. Y., decided in favor of city by U. S. Supreme Court, Jan. 4, 1909, resulting in $13,000,000 being returned to gas consumers, and a saving to them of $7,000,000 annually thereafter, the city saving $750,000 on its gas bills, and $150,000 annually thereafter; this case is considered one of most important and far-reaching legal victories in history of this country, making national reputation for Mr. Burr. It fixed 6 per cent. as a reasonable rate of return on the present value of property, actually and necessarily devoted to the business of a public service corp'n; also conducted the litigation known as the "Death Avenue" case, brought by City of N. Y. against the N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R. Co., to compel removal of its tracks from surface of the streets, which resulted in legislative action provid- ing for such removal at expense of Co. Is recognized as an authority on franchises. Elected delegate to Constitutional Conv., 1894, from 11th Senatorial Dist., N. Y. City, taking prominent part in proceedings. In- dependent Democrat; Catholic. Mem. Am, Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, N. Y. County Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar Clty of N. Y., Municipal Art Soc., Am .- Irish Hist. Soc., Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Recreations: Walk- ing, swimming, handball. Clubs: Manhattan, Demo- cratic, Catholic. Address: 129 W. 118th St., N. Y. City.

BURRAS, HOWARD K.

Banker, broker; b. N. Y. City, 1852; s. Thomas H. and Mary E. Burras; ed. N. Y. Coll .; m. Savannah, Ga., Kate Wheatson. Mem. firm H. K. Burras & Co. Clubs: Metropolitan, Lotos, N. Y. Athletic, Automobile oť America, Pilgrims. Residence: Hotel Netherland, Fifth Av. and 59th St. Address: 66 Broadway, N. Y. City.

BURRELL, CAROLINE BENEDICT

Writer; b. Chicago, Ill .; d. Amzi and Catherine (Walrath) Benedict; grad. Ferry Hall (Lake Forest, 'Ill.), Litt.M. Univ. of Ill .; m. Lake Forest, Ill., Oct. 18, 1888, Joseph Dunn Burrell; children: Katherine B .- Sicord, Monica. Three summers of European travel. Writer of short stories in magazines, juvenile stories in St. Nicholas and elsewhere, essays, four volumes on domestic science, dep't work in Harper's Bazar, Good Housekeeping, The Circle, Woman's Home Com- panion, etc. Presb'n. Mem. D. A. R. Club: Meridan (N. Y. City). Address: 58 Downing St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

BURRELL, DAVID JAMES

Clergyman Reformed Ch. of America; b. Mt. Pleas- ant, Pa., Aug. 1, 1844; s. David and Elizabeth (Felgar) Burrell; grad. Yale, A.B., 1867; Union Theol. Sem., 1870 (D.D., L/L.D.); m. Freeport, Ill., Oct. 18, 187], Clara S. de Forest; children: Mirlam, Elizabeth, David, Norman, Eleanor, Katherine. Former pastorates in Chicago, Ill., Dubuque, Iowa, and Minneapolis, Minn .; since 1891 pastor Marble Colleglate Ch., N. Y. City. Author: The Rellgions of the World (Presby'n B'd), Gospel of Gladness, The Morning Cometh, Religion of the Future, The Spirit of the Age, For Christ's Crown and Covenant, The Golden Passional, The Wondrous Cross, God and the People, IlInts and Helps in Bible Study, The Early Church, The Verlties of Jesus, The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Scriptures, The Evolution of a Christian, The Clolster Book, In David's Town, At the Gate Beautiful. The Home Sanctuary, The Centurion's Story, The Old-Time Religion (all Am. Tract Soc.), The Gospel of Certainty (Hodder & Stoughton, London), A Quiver of Arrows, The Lure of the City (Funk & Wagnalls), Christ and Progress, The Wonderful Teacher, The Unaccountable

Man, The Church in the Fort, Christ and Men, The Wayfarers of the Bible, Tlie Sermon: Its Construction and Dellvery (all Revell). Republican. Address: 1 W. 29th St., N. Y. Clty.

BURRELL, JOSEPH DUNN

Clergyman; b. Freeport, Ill., Dec. 22, 1858; s. David and Elizabeth (Felgar) Burrell; brother of Rev. David James Burrell, pastor Marble Collegiate Ch .. N. Y. City; ed. Freeport (Ill.) High Sch., Yale Coll., A.B., 1881, A.M., 1893. Socs: Delta Kappa Epsilon, Skull and Bones, Chi Delta Theta; Union, Theol. Sem. (D.D., Park Coll., 1906); m. Lake Forest, Ill., Oct. 18, 1888, Caroline F. Benedict; children: Katherine B. Sicord, Monica. Pastor Presby'n Ch., Clinton, Ia., 1881-1892; Classon Av. Presby'n Ch., Brooklyn, since 1892. Eu- ropean travel in 1894, 1901, 1902. Joint author (with Rev. Dr. David James Burrell): Hints and Helps in Bible Study, and The Early Church (both Am. Tract Soc.). Author: The Singular Death of Christ, 1900 (Revell); A New Appraisal of Christian Science, 1906 (Funk & Wagnalls). Republican. Mem. Brooklyn Clerical Union, Alpha Kappa (ministers' soc.), Pres- by'n Ministers' Club of N. Y., L. I. Yale Alumni Ass'n, Union Sem. Alumnl Club, Barnard Club of N. Y., Brooklyn Presby'n Social Union. Moderator, Pres- bytery of Brooklyn. Pres. Brooklyn Presby'n Union for Church Extension; dir. Union Theol. Sem., Pres- by'n B'd Home Missions. Recreation: Walking. Sum- mer home: Point o' Woods, L. I., N. Y. Address: 58 Downing St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

BURRITT, ROBERT J.

Lawyer; b. Ira, Cayuga Co., N. Y., May 20, 1874; S. Calvin W. and Lucy S. (Johnson) Burritt; ed. Auburn High Sch., Albany Law Sch .; m. Barker, Niagara Co., N. Y., June 18, 1903, Maud Selina Hoag. Admitted to bar, 1898; ass't dist. att'y Cayuga Co., 1899-Jan. 1, 1906; dist. att'y of Cayuga Co., Jan. 1, 1906-Jan. 1, 1912. Since then practising law at Auburn, N. Y. Re- publican; Baptist. Mason. Mem. B. P. O. Elks. Club: City (Auburn). Address: 133 Genesee St., Auburn, N. Y.

BURROUGHS, BRYSON

Artist; b. Hyde Park, Mass., Sept. 8, 1869; s. Major George and Caroline (Bryson) Burroughs; ed. public and high schs., Cincinnati, Ohlo; Art Students' League, N. Y. City, and in Parls and Florence; m. in England, 1893, Edith Woodman. Curator of Paintings, Met. Museum of Art, N. Y. Chanler scholarship, 1891, Art Students' League, N. Y. City; silver medal, Pan-Am. Exp'n; bronze medal, St. Louis Exp'n; silver medal, Carnegie Inst., Pittsburgh, 1902, etc. Mem. Soc. Am. Artists; associate Nat. Acad. Design; mem. Nat. Soc. Mural Painters. Club: Nat. Arts. Address: 67 Hill- side Av., Flushing, N. Y.

BURROUGHS, JOHN

Author; b. Roxbury, N. Y., April 3, 1837; s. Chauncey A. and Amy (Kelly) Burroughs; ed. Roxbury Dist. Sch., Cooperstown, N. Y .; Sem. and Heading Literary Inst., Ashland, N. Y. (D.Lltt.), Yale, 1919; m. Sept. 13, 1857, Ursula North; one s .: Julian, b. 1879. Taught school 1854-1863; treasury clerk and bank examiner, 1864-1885; engaged in fruit farming, 1885-1902; writer for magazines since 1860. Visited England and France, 1871 and 1882; was a companion to Theodore Roose- velt In trip to Yellowstone Park, 1893; and meni. Harriman Expd'n to Alaska, 1899. Author: Wake Robin, Signs and Seasons, Pepacton, Birds and Poets, Winter Sunshine, Locust and Wild Honey, Fresh Fields, Indoor Studies, Whiteman-A Study, The Light of Day, Literary Values, Far and Near. Ways of Nature, Bird and Bough (collected poems), Camping and Tramping with Roosevelt, Leaf and Tendril, Time and Change, The Summit of the Years. Mem. Am. Acad. Arts and Letters. Address: West Park, N. Y.

BURROWS, WILSON ASHLEY

Stock broker; b. Yonkers, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1867; S. Wilson A. and Cordelia (Oddie) Burrows; ed. public schs. of Washington, D. C .; m. Fordham, N. Y .. Nov. 17, 1892, Mary Anna Shepperd; one s .: Wilson A., Jr. In employ of Stephen V. White, as messenger. 1SS4. and eventually became cashier; became cashier for Benkard & Co., mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange, 1902; admitted to partnership 1908. Republican; Episco- pallan. Sec. Yonkers Choral Soc., 1902-1909. pres. 1910-1911. Mem. B'd of Dirs. Oratorio Soc. of N. Y. since 1912. Recreations: Music. literature. Resi- dence: 330 Hawthorne Av., Yonkers. Address: 50 Broadway, N. Y. City.

BURT, ALBERT L.

Book publisher; b. Belchertown, Mass., 1843; s. Levi and Vila (Randall) Burt; ed. in public schools: m. Gilead, Conn., 1872, Sarah H. Prentice; children: Harry P., b. 1873; Frederick A., b. 1875; Edward F., b. 1877.

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Pres. and dir. A. L. Burt Co., N. Y. City, publishers of . standard books in all dep'ts of literature. Re- publican. Recreations: Black bass and trout fishing. Residence: Brooklyn Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 52 Duane St., N. Y. City.

BURT, LAURA

Actress; b. Ramsey, Isle of Man, Eng., Sept. 16, 1881; d. Capt. Brown Burt (English) and Ann Lloyd Burt (Welsh) ; ed. Am. Acad. Dramatic Arts; m. All Souls' Church, N. Y. City, Mar. 2. 1902, Henry B. Stanford, Rôles include "J '"June," in Blue Jeans, "Madge" in Old Kentucky, "Susanne" in Scrap of Paper, "Rosalind" in As You Like It, "Helen of Swabia" in Dante, with Sir Henry Irving at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, and also on his last tour in America; starring in Dorothy Vernon, scason of 1906-1907, and The Walls of Jericho, season of 1907- 1908. Created the role of nurse in Bricux Damaged Goods, Fulton Theatre, N. Y. City, 1913-1914; starring on tour in A Butterfly on the Wheel. Life mem. Professional Woman's League; mem. Actors' Church Alliance, Staten Island Civic League, Actors' Equity Ass'n. Club: 12th Night. Address: Stanford Lodge, Great Kills, Staten Island, N. Y.

BURT, MARY ELIZABETH

Educator; b. Lake Geneva, Wis .; ed. in public schools there and at Geneva Lake Sem. and Oberlin Coll .; taught in schools of Wis. and Chicago, Ill., 1872-1873; one year in River Falls Normal Sch .; also for 3 years instr. literature Cook Co. Normal Sch .; full college course in private classes and study clubs in evenings; studied drawing at Chicago Art Inst .; mem. Chicago Sch. B'd (chm'n Com. on Drawing 3 years); teacher John A. Browning Sch., 1892-1904; also editor for Charles Scribner's Sons; has traveled widely in Europe and Egypt; read paper before the Nat. Edn'l Ass'n, 1889; lectured on literary subjects In Chicago, N. Y. and other cities; contb'r to Atlantic Monthly, Chautauquan, and other journals. Author: Browning's Women (Chas. H. Kerr & Co.), Literary Landmarks (Houghton, Mifflin), Bees, a study from Virgil (S. R. Winchell & Co.). Editor: Birds and Bees-John Burroughs (Houghton, Mifflin), The World's Literature (W. F. Scott & Co.), The Story of the German Iliad (Maynard, Merrill), Seed Thoughts from Browning (Kerr); Stories from Plato (Ginn); Little Nature Studies-from John Burroughs, who collaborated in book (Ginn), The Child-Life Chart (Ginn) , The Burt-Markham Primer, with Ed- win Markham as co-editor (Ginn); Poems Every Child Should Know, and Prose Every Child Should Know (Doubleday, Page). Co-editor: The Eugene Field Book, The Howells Story Book, The Cable Story Book. The Sidney Lanier Book, Fanciful Tales (F. R. Stockton), The Boy General (from the works of Elizabeth Custer), The Literary Primer, Odysseus (a child's Odyssey), Herakles (and other stories of the myths); Don Quixote (all Scribner's), The Mar- velous Adventures of Pinocchio; Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, 1913 edition (Dou- bleday, Page), Nature Dep't School Progress Maga- zine. Mem. Ill. Women's Press Ass'n and Round Table Club of N. Y. Teachers Coll. Address: Coytes- ville, N. J.

BURTIS, AREUNAH MARTIN

Sec. Home Ins. Co .; b. N. Y. City; ed. public schools; soldier of Civil War, returning from which entered service of the Home in autumn of 1864, as clerk; advanced by successive steps through the positions of adjuster, special agent and ass't sec. to present position, to which was elected March, 1898. Address: 56 Cedar St., N. Y. City.

BURTIS, DAVID J.

Fire insurance; b. N. Y. City, July 21, 1853; s. Will- iam A. and Laura F. (Hopkins) Burtis; grad. public sch., N. Y. City, 1869; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov., 1887, Evelyn H. Leavitt. Entered insurance business, 1870, as clerk in Fircman's Trust Ins. Co. (now defunct) ; employed by the Empire City Fire Ins. Co. 1875, sec. 1885-1907; elected pres. Jan., 1907; company merged with Williamsburgh City Fire Ins. Co., Dec. 30, 1912, and elected v .- p. and dir .; trustee Universal Savings Bank. Mem. Veteran 7th Reg't, N. G., N. Y. Mem. N. Y. B'd of Fire Underwriters. Republican; Epis- copalian. Mem. Amateur Billiard Club of N. Y .; 7th Reg't Veteran and Active League, Nat. Geog. Soc. Address: 95 William St., N. Y. City.

BURTON, HENRY FAIRFIELD

Univ. prof .; b. Elyria, O., July 17, 1851; s. Nathan ' Smith (D.D.), and Sarah John (Fairfield) Burton: grad. Univ. of Mich., A.B., 1872, A.M., 1875; Univ. of Leipzig (student of philology) 1875-1877; Univ. of Berlin (student of philology), 1891-1892; lion, LL.D ..

Denison Univ., 1909; m. Rochester, N. Y., June 14, 1898, Marian Williams Perrin: children: Andrew Per- rin, b. 1899; Sarah Fairfield, b. 1900, Henry Fairfield, b. 1901. Instr. Latin and Greek, Denison Univ., 1872- 1874; instr. Latin, Univ. of Mich., 1874-1875; ass't prof. Latin, Univ. of Rochester, 1877-1883; prof. Latin, Univ. of Rochester, since 1883; acting pres., 1898- 1900, and 1908-1909. Democrat. Baptist. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Amer. Philol. Ass'n, Archæol. Inst. of America. Clubs: Genesee Valley, Fortnightly, Alpha Chi. Residence: 70 Dartmouth St. Address: Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y.

BURTON-OPITZ, RUSSELL

Educator: b. Ft. Wayne, Ind., Oct. 25, 1875; grad. Univ. of Chicago, M.D., 1895, S.B., 1897, S.M., 1902, Ph.D., 1905; grad .- student Univ. of Vienna, 1898; m. N. Y., 1909. Jeanette Jonassen; one child, Arlyn, b. Mar. 7, 1911. Ass't in physiology, Univ. of Breslau, 1898-1901; Marine Biol. Station, Naples, 1901; ass't in physiology, Harvard Univ., 1901-1902; Columbia Univ .. 1902-1903; instr., 1903-1904, adjunct prof. of physi- ology, 1904-1910. Columbia Univ .; asso. prof. of physi- ology since 1910. head of dept. of physiology, 1909- 1911. Am. editor of Biochemische Centralblatt, Bio- physikalische Centralblatt. Mem. Am. Physiol. Soc., Soc. for Experimental Medicine and Biology, Am. Chem. Soc., Deutsche Physiologische Gesellschaft, Soc. Am. Naturalists, Harvey Soc .; fellow A.A.A.S .: mem. Sigma Chi, Nu Sigma Nu, Theta Nu Epsilon, Sigma Xi and Alpha Omega Alpha, Protestant; Republican. Consistory Ancient Scottish Rite. Address: 437 W. 59th St., N. Y. City.

BUSBEY, HAMILTON

Editor, author, publisher; b. Vienna, O .. April, 1840; s. Thomas Carlton and Ann (Botkin) Busbey; ed. in common schs .; ni. Lexington, Ky., Dec. 20, 1871, Emily, d. Hon. James F. Robinson (gov. Ky., 1862- 1863). War corr., 1862-1863, of Louisville Democrat and Springfield Republic; acting provost marshal at Clarksville, Tenn., 1863, and published there the Bulletin, an army paper; recording sec. of gen. court- martial at Louisville, latter part of 1863; on staff of Louisville Journal, under George D. Prentice, 1863- 1865. Com'nd by Gov. Bramlette to represent Ky. at funeral of Lincoln, and stood as guard of honor over body of dead President. One of founders of Turf, Field and Farm, N. Y. City, and its editor until 1903; editor of The Horseman, and Spirit of the Times (Chicago), 1906. Distinguished as horseman and authority on the American trotting horse, run- ning horse and utility horse. Appt'd by Gov. Black sup't of accounts of trotting race meetings in State of N. Y. Former sec. of N. Y. Road Horse Ass'n; pres. Ass'n Publishing Co., N. Y. City; one of organ- izers of Blooming Grove Park Ass'n, Pa .; dir. Bridge- port (Ala.) Land and Improvement Co .; pres. Am. Sporting News Ass'n.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1914, pt 1, Part 35

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

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