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den gold medal for geol. research, 1908; Spindiaroff \CLARKE, MARSHALL B. prize of Internat. Congress of Geologists, 1910. Clubs: Authors', London. Address. Education Bld'g, Albany, N. Y.
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CLARKE, JOHN PROCTOR
Jurist; b. Florence, Italy (of Am. parents), April 3, 1856; s. I. Edwards and Mary Louise (Proetor) Clarke, grad. Yale, B.A., 1878; m. Shrewsbury, N. J., June 25, 1884, Sarah M. Parker; one son: Robert Parker, b. May 28, 1889. Admitted to bar, 1880; ass't U. S. att'y Southern District, N. Y., 1881-1886; mem. law firm Hascall, Clarke & Van der Poel, 1886-1895; ass't cor- poration counsel in Mayor Strong's administration, 1895-1898; counsel to Fallows' Com. of the Assembly to investigate Surrogate's Court, 1899; counsel to \ CLARKE, R. FLOYD Mazet Com. of the Assembly to investigate N. Y. City Gov't, 1899; appt'd by Gov. Roosevelt, Dec., 1900, justice Supreme Court to fill a vacancy; elected Nov., 1901, for full term; assigned to Appellate Division Supreme Court for First Dep't, by Gov. Higgins, Oct., 1905, reassigned by Gov. Hughes, Oct., 1910. Republican. Mem. Ass'n Bar City . of N. Y. Clubs: Unlon League, University, Yale, Manhattan, Larchmont Yacht, Ile- publican, West Side Republican. Address: 1 W. 81st St., N. Y. City.
CLARKE, JOSEPH IGNATIUS CONSTANTINE
Editor, playwright, author; b. Kingstown, Ireland, July 31, 1846; resided in London, 1858-1867, entering civil service there 1863; resided In Paris, 1867-1808; came to U. S., 1868; on editorial staff of N. Y. Herald, 1870-1883; mn'g editor N. Y. Journal, 1883-1895; editon Criterion, N. Y., 1898-1900. On N. Y. Herald, 1902-1905; chlef of Publicity Dep't, Standard Oil Co., 1906-1913. Author: Robert Emmet, a Tragedy; Malmorda, The Fighting Race and other Ballads and poems; Cullivan, 1779; Heartsease (joint author); For Bonnie Prince Charlie, Great Plumed Arrow, The First Violln, Lady Godiva, The Prince of India. Clubs: Manhattan, Au- thors, Catholic, N. Y. Press. Residence: 159 W. 95th, St., N. Y. City.
CLARKE, LEWIS LATHAM
Banker; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 21, 1871; s. Dumont and Cornelia P. (Ellery) Clarke; ed. private seh., Engle- wood, N. J., public scli., Dumont, N. J., Berkeley Sch., N. Y., Packard's Business Coll., N. Y .; m. Dumont, N. J., June 12, 1901, Florenee Marguerite Kenzel; chil- dren: Florence Marguerite, Lois Quantain. Entered employ of Am. Exchange Nat. Bank, N. Y., March 17, 1889; app't ass't cashier, 1901, v .- p. 1908, pres., 1910. Dir. Am. Exchange Nat. Bank, Am. Locomotive Co., Fi- delity & Casualty Co., N. Y. (mem. Loss and Claim Com.), First Nat. Bank, Tenafly, N. J., Home Insur- ance Co., N. Y. (mem. Finance Com.), Hudson & Manhattan R. R., Manhattan Beach Estates, Merean- tile Safe Deposit Co., Miss. River Levee Ass'n, Inc., N. Y. & Honduras Rosario Mining Co. (1st v .- p., mem. Exee. Com.), Norfolk Southern R. R. Co., Pacific Bank, S. Pearson & Son, Inc., John L. Roper Lumber Co., Norfolk, Va .; Swift & Co., Chicago, 111 .; U. S. Mortgage & Trust Co., U. S. Safe Deposit Co., N. Y. (mem. Exec. Com.). Mem. Com. on Membership Nat. Currency Ass'n, N. Y. City, chm'n Conf. Com., N. Y. Clearing House, Exec. Com. Clearing House Section, Am. Bank- ing Ass'n. Traveled in U. S. and Europe. Served in Co. F, 7th Reg't, N.G.N.Y., 10 years; regimental adj. 71st Reg't, later eapt. Co. E. Mem, Rifle Team State of N. Y., 1900. Rode in bieycle races for Berkeley and N. Y. Athletic Clubs, before entering business. Republican. Episcopallan. Mem. Am. Acad. of Pollt. & Social Science, Phila .; Chamber of Commerce, N. Y .; Japan Soc., Junior Order United Am. Mechanics, Navy League of U. S., Nat. Horse Show Ass'n of America, Lt'd, N. E. Soe. in N. Y. City, Acad. Polit. Science In N. Y. City, 7th Reg't Veterans' Ass'n. Recreations: Golf, motoring. Clubs: Automobile of America, Deal Golf and Country, Englewood Country, Lotos, Metro- politan, N. Y. Athletic, Railroad (mem. B'd of Govs.), Recess, Rumson Country, St. Andrew's Golf, Sleepy Hollow Country, Touring of America, Union League. Residence: 32 E. 64th St. Address: 128 Broadway, N. Y. Clty.
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CLARKE, LORENZO MASON
Clergyman; b. Canandaigua, N. Y., 1859; s. Dr. Noah T. and Laura Mason ( Merrill) Clarke; ed. Canandaigua - Acad .; Amherst Coll., A.B., 1880, D.D .; grad. Auburn Theol. Sem., 1885; m. Grand Rapids, Mich., 1885, Maude Fowler. Ordained 1885; pastor 1st Presby'n Ch., Wol- cott, N. Y., 1885-1889; Park Central Presby'n Ch., Syra- euse, 1889-1897; 1st Presby'n Ch., Brooklyn, since 1897. Pres. Council, Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences; trustee Amherst Coll., Packer Collegiate Inst., dir. L. I. Hist. Library, life mem. Hamilton Club. Address: 128 Henry Sta Brooklyn, N. Y.
Lawyer; b. Oswego, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1865; s. Marshall B. and Marie A. (Carrier) Clarke; grad. Roxbury (Mass.) Latin Sch., 1884; Harvard Coll., A.B. (with honors), 1888; Harvard Law Sch., LL.B., 1891; in. Dec. 28, 1907, Blanche T. Austin, of Cincinnati, O. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1892; mem. firm of Carter, Hughes & Dwight, 1895-1902; appt'd ass't dist. att'y N. Y. County, by William Travers Jerome, Jan. 1, 1902, and served until Jan. 1, 1906; now practising law. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Soc. Med. Jurisprudenee. Clubs: University, City, Knollwood Country. Resi- dence: Maplewood, N. J. Address: 111 Broadway, N. Y. Clty.
Lawyer; b. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 14, 1859; s. Lemuel C. and Caroline B. (Clarkson) Clarke; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1880, AJM., 1899; Columbia Coll. Law Seh., LL.B. (cum laude), ist prize in municipal law, 1882. Counsel at various times for N. Y. and N. J. Bridge Co. (State Charter to bridge Hudson River at N. Y. City), George A. Fuller Co., Edward Kemp WIIl ease, U. S. & Venczuela Co., owners of Crichfield As- phalt Concession in Venezuela, eancelled by Castro, and clalm In U. S. State Dep't resulted in sending ease to The Hague Tribunal and settlement for $475,000; McGivney & Rokeby Construction Co., owners of con- tract for sowering and paving City of Havana under Platt Amendment and Gov. Wood's Proclamation, claim made through U. S. State Dep't and resulted in new contract now proceeding to completion; habeas corpus in Charlton case involving Italian treaty of extradition; Unadilla Valley R'y Co., Lake Superior Corp'n, North River Bridge Co. (charter from Con- gress to bridge Hudson River at N. Y. City), Dunlap Estate, counsel for Mexican claimants to land in El Chamizal Dist, El Paso, Texas, claim arbitrated be- tween Mexico and U. S. A .; Chamizal Title Co. Mein. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n, Am. Soe. In- ternat. Law, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Author: The Science of Law and Law Making, 1898 (Macmillan); A Permanent Tribunal of International Arbitration and other papers. Mem. N. Y. Southern Soc., Colonial Order of the Acorn. Recreation: Yachting (owner of sloop Atala). Clubs: University of N. Y., N. Y. Yaeht, Larchmont Yacht, Atlantic Yacht, Down Town Ass'n, Manhattan Chess. Address: 37 Wall St., N. Y. City.
CLARKE, RICHARD HENRY
Lawyer; b. Morristown, N. J., Oct. 18, 1873; s. of Richard Henry and Ada. (Semmes) Clarke; grad. Coll. of St. Francis Xavier, A.B., 1894; Univ. City of N. Y., LL.B., 1895; m. Nov. 11, 1911, Franees Chew. Admitted to Bar, 1896; engaged in practise in City of N. Y .; former ass't eorp. counsel Law Dep't, City of N. Y .; surviving mem. law firm Clarke & Clarke. Democrat. Catholic. Mem. Soc. Ark and Dove, Sons of Revoiu- tion. Clubs: Catholie, Baltusrol Golf, Phl Delta Phl. Residence: 306 W. 80th St. Address: 51 Chambers St., N. Y. City.
CLARKE, SAMUEL BELCHER
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1852; s. Samuel Bryan and Sarah Barney (Belcher) Clarke; ed. in common schools of Chicopee Falls, Mass .; high school, Springfield, Mass., 1866-1870; Harvard, A. B., 1874; Har- vard Law Seh., LL.B., 1876; m. Branford, Conn., Aug. 27, 1879, Sarah L. Rogers (died Feb. 18, 1906); chil- dren: Edith Cornelia, b. May 8, 1881; Roger Henry, b. Feb. 1, 1884. Admitted to bar, 1876, ass't U. S. att'y, N. Y. City, 1877-1885; sinee 1885 in general prac- tise as lawyer In N. Y. City; mem. firm Root & Strong, 1886-1889; Root & Clarke, 1889-1897; praetised alone 1897-1907; later mem. Clarke, Breckenridge & Caffey, 1905, dir. Washington Llfe Ins. Co. Republlean. Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar Clty of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am Bar Ass'n, Harvard Law Sch. Ass'n, Am. Soc. Internat. Law. Clubs: Harvard, Uni- versity, Union League, Lawyers. Requblican. Resi- dence: 417 Riverside Drive. Address: 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
CLARKE, THOMAS BENEDICT
Ait collector and connoisseur; b. N. Y. City. Dec. 11, 1818; s. Georgo W. and Mary J. Clarke; ed. Wash- ington Collegiate Inst., N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, 1871, Fanny E. Morris; children: Thomas Benedict, Jr., Mrs. R. Newton, Jr. Founder Clarke Composition prize at Nat. Acad. Design, N. Y. Mem. Nat. Acad. Design, Allı. Fine Arts Soe., Am. Museum Natural History, Met. Museum of Art, Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Century, Metropolitan, The Brook, Manhattan, Unlo :: League, Lambs, N. Y. Yacht, N. Y. Athletic. Resi- dence: 22 E. 35th St. Address: 12 E. 41st St., N. Y. City.
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CLARKE, THOMAS SHIELDS
Sculptor, painter; b. April 25, 1860; s. Charles J. and Louisa (Semple) Clarke; grad. Princeton, 1882; stu- dent of painting and sculpture at Ecole des Beaux Arts (Paris) and in Rome and Florence; m. Geneva, Switzerland, 1887, Adelaide Knox. Awarded many medals at exp'ns here and abroad; has works of sculp- ture and painting in public collections in Boston, New York, San Francisco. and Philadelphia. Mem. Nat. Sculpture Soc., Architectural League, Nat. Acad. of Design, Royal Soc. of Arts of Great Britain, Nat. Soc. of Arts and Crafts, Amn. Mus. of Nat. Hist., Met. Mus. of Art, N. Y. Zool. Soc. and Nat. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Princeton, Century, University (N. Y. City). Address: Lenox, Mass.
CLARKE, WILLIAM FAYAL
Editor; b. Richmond, Va., May 12, 1855; s. Dr. Dougan and Sarah J. (Bates) Clarkc; parents removed to In- diana in 1856; ed. in private schools and three years in Earlham Coll .; m. N. Y. City, May 28, 1903, Kath- arine Strickland, of Lakewood, Ont. Since 1873 mem. editorial staff of the. St. Nicholas Magazine, becoming ass't editor, 1878-1893, in succession to Frank R. Stockton; asso. editor, 1893-1905, and upon the death of Mary Mapes Dodge in 1905 became editor-in-chief. Clubs: Aldine, Barnard, The Players. Address: Carc Century Co., 33 E. 17th St., N. Y. City.
CLARKIN, FRANKLIN
Journalist; b. Blackstone, Mass., Jan. 31, 1869; s. Mitchell and Elisabeth (Rafger) Clarkin; m. N. Y. City, 1896; Clara Hobart Cross, d. James Madison and Hannah (Cole) Cross, of Providence, R. I. Sunday editor Providence Journal, 1891; roving correspendent N. Y. Evening Post, 1897-1906, Spanish-Am. War, 1898, Russo-Japanese War, 1904, etc. N. Y. representative Boston Transcript. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Met. Museum of Art. Club: City. Address: 201 W. 81st St., N. Y. City.
CLARKSON, ANNA CLARINDA HOWELL
Writer; b. Urbana, O .; reared in Springfield, O .; d. John Gilson (M.D.) and Eliza Ann (Henkle) Howell; ed. lowa Central Univ., A.B., A.M .; m. 1867, James S. Clarkson then editor Iowa State Register; Uhrec sons: Coker Fifield, Harold Ret, Grosvenor Blaine. Lived in Pella, Iowa, 4 years; Des Moines, 20 years; N. Y. City, 22 years. Author: A Beautiful Life and its Associa- tions, 1899; also political letters, magazine articles, and fiction. Pres. Iowa New Yorkers. Mein. Woman Suffrage Party. Club: Woman's Press. Address: Sleepy Hollow Farm, Tarrytown, N. Y.
CLARKSON, DAVID AUGUSTUS
Real estate agent; b. Clermont, Columbia Co., N. Y., Mar. 30, 1858; s. Thomas Streatfield and Mary ( Whit- marsh) Clarkson; grad. Columbia Coll., Ph.B., 1881; m. Wappinger's Falls, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1898, Marla Mesier Reese. In real estate business since graduation; now partner firm of Ogden & Clarkson. Honorary gov. Real Estate B'd of Brokers. Mem. Delta Psi frater- nity, trustee N. Y. Dispensary; chm'n comm'n appt'd by Gov. Hughes under Chapter 628 of laws of 1907 to in- vestigate the Torrens System of Registering Titles to Land, and report if it should be adopted in the State of N. Y. Clubs: University, St. Anthony. Residence: Merrick, L. I. Address: 17 W. 30th St., N. Y. City.
CLARKSON, JAMES S.
Former surveyor of customs, Port of N. Y .; b. In Ind., 1842; removed to Iowa, 1856; cd. in public schools; m. 1867, Anna Howell. Became school teacher, 1859; in employ of Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, as printer forcman, business mg'r, and editor, 1862-1870; with brother, late Richard P. Clarkson, purchased the paper, 1870, sold his interest 1891; postmaster, Des Moines, Iowa, 1871-1877; first ass't postmaster-gen. U. S., 1889-1890, resigned 1890; surveyor of customs, Port of N. Y., 1902-1910. Republican; chm'n Iowa State Rep. Com., 1866, and for years after; mem. Nat. Rep. Com., 1884-1896 (chm'n, 1890-1892) ; mem. all Rcp. Nat. Convs., 1880-1896; pres. Republican League of U. S., 1891-1892. Organized and was pres. of company which constructed five of the railways into Des Moines, Ia .; pres. N. Y. & N. J. Bridge Co., organized to construct a suspension bridge over the Hudson at 59th St., with terminals. Address: Sleepy Hollow Farm, Tarrytown, N. Y.
CLARY, JAMES A.
Mn'g editor, Jamestown Journai; b. Hendersonville, Mercer Co., Pa .; s. Joseph and Patty (Armstrong) Clary; ed. Sandy Lake (Pa.) public schs .; m. Sandy Lakc, Pa., March 14, 1883, Elizabeth Eberman; children: Albert B. (deceased), Fay A., Frederick E., Rebekah. Editor Jamestown Journal; v .- p. Journal Printing Co .; dlr. Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, Jamestown, N. Y.
Republican; alderman, City of Jamestown, 1892-1893; supervisor of Jamestown, 1893-1903; pres. Jamestown Common Council, 1912-1913. 'Address, Jamestown, N. Y. CLASSEN, FREDERICK LUKE
Physician; b. July 7, 1857; s. Elias and Caroline Mary (Pjekett) Classen; grad. Albany Med. Coll. (Union Univ.), M.D., 1881; m. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1881, Ella Jean MeCracken; one son, Philip Luke, b. Nov. 10, 1885. Democrat; Presbyterian. Mem. Med. Soc. State of N. Y., Albany County Med. Soc. Mlason, 33°. Ad- dress: 315 Hamilton St., Albany, N. Y.
CLAUSEN, CHARLES JOHN
Clergyman; b. Newport, Ky., 1852; s. Rev. Chas. E. and Augusta (Heun) Clausen; grad. Nashotah ( Wis.) Theol. Sem., A.B., 1873; B.D., 1876; m. Utica, N. Y., 1886, Sarah G. Wolcott; children: Samuel Wolcott, Mary Augusta. Ordered deacon, 1876, and ordained priest, 1877, by Bishop Talbot. Rector Grace Episcopal Ch., Lafayette, Ind., 1876-1881; Ch. of Holy Cross, Utica, N. Y., 1881-1886; Trinity, Canaseraga, N. Y., 1886-1891; rector emeritus St. John's Ch., Canandaigua, N. Y., since 1891. Address: Canandaigua, N. Y.
CLAUSEN, GEORGE U.
Farmer, banker; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 6, 1875; s. Henry and Mary (Stocky) Clausen; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad., Yale Univ., Ph.B., 1897; post-grad. course at Cornell Univ .; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 14, 1904, Marie Troescher; children: Hildegarde, b. 1906; Marie Louise, b. 1909; Bertha, b. 1912. Engaged in farming in Schoharie County. Pres., First Nat. Bank, Sharon Springs, N. Y .; v .- p. Tight Joint Co .; dir. Clausen-Flanagan Brewery, United Eng'ring and Contracting Co. Democrat. Mem. Zeta Psi fraternity; ex-mem. of Squadron A, N. G. N. Y. Clubs: Yale, Lotos, Automobile of America, Salmagundi (N. Y. City). Address: Sharon Springs, Schoharie Co., N. Y.
CLAUSON, JAMES EARL
Writer; b. Troy, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1873; s. Waiter B. and Julia A. (Wilson) Clauson; attended Rutland (Vt.) high sch., Amherst Coll., class of 1897; m. Rutland, June 17, 1903, Bertha V. Stickney. Did newspaper work at Albany, N. Y., Worcester, Mass., Providence, R. I .; six years editor Providence Sunday Journal; editor on staff of Frank A. Munsey Co. magazinees, 1910-1911; contb'r to leading magazines. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Modern Records Historic Ass'n. Clubs: National Arts, New York; Providence Art., Dutch Treat. Address: National Arts Club, N. Y. City.
CLAXTON, KATE
Actress; b. N. Y. City, 1850; d. Spencer Wallace Cone; grand-d. Rev. Spencer Houghton Cone; m. Mar. 3, 1878, Charles Stevenson; appeared first with Lotta, Chicago, later,becoming mem. Daly's Fifth Av. Co. and Union Sq. Co. First attracted attention as Mathilde in Led Astray, 1873; also as Louise in The Two Orphans. play- ing in Brooklyn Theatre when it caught fire, Dec. 5, 1876; again was In fire of Southern Hotel, St. Louis; with her coolness and courage saved her own and brother's life; played in Charles Reade's Double Mar- riage and Sea of Ice. Address: Larchmont Manor, N. Y. NCLAYLAND, JOHN MARTIN
Physician and surgeon; b. Bridgeport, O., June 8, 1860; s. H. M. B. and Nancy (Maglli) Clayland; ed. Bridgeport High Sch., Ohio Med. Coll., M.D., 1884; N. Y. Post-Grad. Med. Coll .; m. May 31, 1911, Coroiine Mere- dith of Kittanning, Pa .; one d .: Margaret Meredith. Engaged in general practice at Silver Lake, Kan., 1884- 1860; s. H. M. B. and Nancy (Magill) Clayland; ed. practice in Brooklyn, N. Y., since 1892; Orthopaedic surgeon to St. Mary's and Jewish Hosps. Formerly mayor of Silver Lake, Kan. Democrat. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n. N. Y. State Med. Soc., Kings County Med. Soc., Brooklyn Surg. Soc. Address: 150 Hewes St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
CLEARWATER, ALPHONSO TRUMPBOUR
Jurist, publicist; b. West Point, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1848; s. Isaac and Emily Baoudoin (Trumpbour) Clearwater; of Dutch and Huguenot ancestry; ed. Old Anthon Latin Grammar Sch., N. Y. City; Kingston (N. Y.) Acad .; 1/I.D. from Rutgers Coli., 1903, for distinction in public service; m. 1875, Anna Houghtaling, d. Coi. William D. Farrand of San Francisco. Admitted to bar. Nov., 1871; elected Dist. Att'y of Ulster Co., N. Y., 1877; re- elected, 1880, 1883. Declined nomination for Congress, 1884, 1886. Repeatedly delegate to Republican Nat. State, Judicial, Cong. and Senatorial Convs. Elected County Judge of Ulster Co., N. Y., 1889; re-elected, 1895; resigned, 1898, to accept apptm't by Gov. as Jus- tice Supreme Court of N. Y., in place of Alton B. Par- ker, then elected Chief Judge Court of Appeals; appt'd by Gov. mem. State Probation Comm'n, 1909. re-appt'd 1913. Trustee of Rutgers Coll .; delegate of N. Y. State
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Bar Ass'n to Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jur- ists, held in connection with La. Purchase Exp'n 1904. Chm'n of coni. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n to suggest reform in introduction of med. expert testimony in civil and criminal trials, and chm'n joint coms. of that ass'n ot N. Y. State Med. Soc., Homeopathic Med. Soc. of State. cad. of Medicine, Soc. of Med. Jurisprudence, to urge passage of a law regulating introduction of that testi- mony. At request of cditor of North Am. Review, and N. Y. Acad. of Medicine, wrote an article upon Med. Expert Testimony which appeared in June, 1909, num- ber. App't mem. Hudson-Fulton Celebration Comm'n, 1906; at request of David Dudiey Field, prepared many of provisions of Penal Code and Code Criminal Procc- dure of N. Y. App't comm'r 1895 to supervise transla- tion from Dutch into English of the Dutch Records of Ulster Co. (1661-1684); completed the work, 1898. One
of founders and first v .- p. for Ulster Co. of Holland Soc., pres. of that soc. and one of its trustees; one ot founders and since formation v .- p. Huguenot Soc. of America; v .- p. old Senate House Ass'n of Kingston; pres. Ulster Hist. Soc .; mem. St. Nicholas Soc. of N. Y. City (mg'r 1912), Sons of Revolution, Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n; pres. Ulster County Bar Ass'n; honorary mem. St. Andrews Soc. of Charleston, S. C .; mem. N. Y. Hist. Soc., Huguenot Soc. of London, S. Carolina, and New Paltz; Ex Libris Soc., of London; Peace Soc. of N. Y., in recognition of gifts and loans of early Am. silver was elected, 1912, honorary fellow (ilfe) of Met. Mus. of Art, N. Y .; mem. Am. Scenic and Historical Preservation Soc .; Hist. Soc. of Newburgh Bay and Highlands; Am. Numismatic Soc .; Minnisink Hist. Soc .; corr. mem. Hist. Soc. of various states. Edited an authoritative history of Ulster Co., 1907. Has written many papers and dellvered frequent ad- dresses in America, Holland and France upon the In- fluence of the Dutch and Huguenots in formatlon of Am. Republic; has a large collection of original and unpublished manuscripts relative to that subject. De- livered address at opening of great Protestant mission at Menilmontant, Parls, France, Junc, 1888, and re- sponse to address of welcome to Holland Soc. made by Burgomaster of Rotterdam, Holland, on occasion of visit of Holland Soc. to that country, 1888. Has been an extensive contb'r to hist. literature, contributing to North Am. Review. Author: The Influence of the Dutch and Huguenots in the formation of the Am. Re- public; Louis XIV. and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes; The Huguenot settlement at New Paltz, In Uister County; Huguenot Medals in the British Mu- seum; Founders of New Amsterdam; Dutch Governors of N. Y .; The Jurists of Holland; Dutchman of Albany and the Iroquois; Lord North and the Am. Colonists; Ulster in the War of the Revolution; The Adoption of the First Constitution of N. Y. at Kingston, 1777; The Struggle for the Highlands During War of the Revo- lution; The Inaugural of George Clinton, First Consti- tutional Gov. of N. Y. at Kingston. Delivered notable memorial addresses upon life and services of Abraham Lincoln, Gen Ulysses S. Grant, and William Mckinley; an address upon Ulster in the War of the Rebellion; Protest against the Destruction of the City Hall of N. Y .; Significance of Dutch Local Names; Antiquity of Free Masonry; The Trial of Christ from the Stand- point of a Roman Lawyer of the Time of Tiberius. Has written extensively on criminological, legal and public matters, including: Heredity and Criminal Pro- pensity; Lombroso and the Danger of Sentimental Criminology; Moral Accountability of Criminals; Goethe and the Sentimentalists. . At request of King- ston Literary Club, prepared and read before it an ad. dress upon Delusions; and for N. Y. Hist. Soc., upon the Undervaluation of Am. Citizenship; delivered an- nual address, Sept., 1913. At request of N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, prepared and read at its annual meeting Jan., 1906, an address upon the Disregard of Law. Recreations: Golf, automobiling. Clubs: Union League) Metropolitan, Grolier (N. Y. City), Automobile of America. Kingston (one of founders, gov. and former pres.), Twaalfskill Golf (pres. and one of founders). Address: 316 Albany Av., Kingston, N. Y.
CLEARWATER, ANNA HOUGHTALING FARRAND
Born in Calif., May 30, 1853; d. Col. William D. Far- rand (of San Francisco) and Julla, d. Henry Houghtal- ing, of Kingston, N. Y .; ed. at old Spanish Convent, Santa Cruz, Calif .; m. Judge Alphonso T. Clearwater. One of founders of Wiltwyck Chapter, Daughters Am. Revolution. Author: The Old Senate House of King- ston, Its Traditions and Associations. Address: 316 Albany Av., Kingston, N. Y.
V CLEARY, JOSEPH W.
Real estate; b. N. Y. City, March 18, 1864; s. Joseph and Elizabeth (Fitzgerald) Cleary; ed. public schools and St. Francis Xavier's Coll .; m. Flushing, L. I., June 3, 1901, Elizabeth A. Llppman. Pres. Fidelity Land & Mortgage Co .: v .- p. Carmansville Realty Co .; treas.
Realty Sellers No. 1, Realty Sellers No. 2; treas Brody Building Co .; sec. and dir. Bridgeport & Wilkes-Barre Co., N. Y. & Fall River Co., Palisade Park Amusement Co. Republican. Catholic. Mem. Republican Co. Com. 23d Dist., N. Y .; Corrigan Conncil Knights of Co- lumbus; Long Island Real Estate Exchange; trustee St. Johns Hosp., L. I. City; v .- p. Republican Club 23d Assembly District; Lloyd Aspinwall Post, G. A. R., as- so. mem. Address: 414 W. 121st St., N. Y. City.
CLEARY, WILLIAM E.
Water transportation; b. Ellenville, Ulster Co., N. Y .; s. Patrick and Hanora (O'Brien) Cleary; ed. El- lenville, public and high schs .; m. Ellenville, N. Y., April 5, 1874, Mary Riley; children: Edward, b. 1875; Philips H., b. 1876; William, b. 1878; Mary, b. 1883; Ju- lia, b. 1885; Robert, b. 1887. Moved to Brooklyn, 1879; in business as merchant, canai forwarder and in gen- eral lighterage ever since; pres. Cleary Bros .; v .- p. Lake Champlain Transportation Co .; treas. Nassau Sand & Gravel Co., dir. B'd of Trade and Transportation and Maritime Exchange, N. Y. City; mcm. S. Brooklyn B'd of Trade, Terminal Com. Merchants' Ass'n. Active in 4th Av. Subway agitation, and in S. Brooklyn Dock Terminal improvement. Pres. Citizens' Ass'n of Bay Ridge and Fort Hamilton; mem. Mf'rs Ass'n of Brooklyn, Brooklyn League; one of the first and most persistent advocates of canal improvement, and active in securing adoption of the canal plank in the Con- stitutional Convention of 1894. Clubs: Ridge (pres.), Brooklyn Democratic. Residence: Shore Road, Brook- lyn. Address: 17 South St., N. Y. City.
CLEAVELAND, FRANK NASH
Lawyer; b. Russell, N. Y., Mar. 6, 1855; s. Francis and Harriet (Ellsworth) Cleaveland; ed. St. Lawrence Univ., B.A., 1877, M.A., 1882; m. Canton, N. Y., Dec. 16, 1889, Sarah Abbie Kendall; one d., Dorothy Kendall, b. Jan. 30, 1891. Admitted to bar, 1879. Deputy county clerk, St. Lawrence Co., 1883-1888; trustee since 1891, sec. B'd Trustces, since 1893, St. Lawrence Univ. Mem. State Bar Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi. Ad- dress: Canton, N. Y.
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