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NCLEMENT, GEORGE ANSEL
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Fcb. 22, 1851; s. William J. and Ann M. Clement; ed. Quackenbos Collegiate Inst., N. Y. City; Columbia Coll., Law Dep't, LL.B .; studied law in offices of Charles O'Connor and B. F. Dunning. Was editor Port Jervis Gazette about 1873; returned to N. Y. City about 1876, where has since practised Profession; was law partner of Horatio C. King until latter's removal to Brooklyn. Was an officer on staff of Col. William Seward, 9th Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Law Inst., N. Y., State Bar Ass'n .- Editor: Annotated edition of the Code of Civil Procedure of the State of New York; author of legal work on Fire Insurance. Residence: 551 W. 152d St. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. Clty.
CLEMENT, MAYNARD N.
Lawyer; b. Bristol, Ontario Co., N. Y., Oct. 12, 1856; of French Huguenot descent; ed. common schools and Canandaigua Acad .; m. Canandaigua, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1883, Clara Mower Fitch; seven children. Worked on farm and taught school until 1877; studied law at Canandaigua, N. Y .; admitted to bar, 1880, and prac- tiscd therc until 1896. Served as clerk and att'y for town and village of Canandaigua, and elected, 1905, as pres. of the village; dist. att'y Ontario Co., 1887-1893. Became a prominent advoc.ite of revision of the excise laws to include high license, and assisted in prepara- tion of the Raines liquor-tax law; deputy comm'r of excise, 1896-1906; appt'd by Gov. Higgins, May 2, 1906, State comm'r of excise. Has lectured on excise ques- tion before various org'ns, colleges and societies. Royal Arch Mason. Residence: Canandaigua, N. Y. Official address: 109 State St., Albany, N. Y.
NCLEMENTS, J. MORGAN
Mining geologist and eng'r; b. Montgomery. Ala., Feb. 12, 1869; s. Rufus Hargrove and Martha Lavinla (Bugbee) Clements; grad. Univ. of Ala., B.A., 1887; went abroad immediately and remained until 1892, studying at various unlvs .; 1887-1890, Univ. of Lelp- zig, Ph.D .; Summer semester, 1890, Mining Acad., Freiberg, Saxony; Winter semester, 1890-1891. Univ. of Munich; Summer semester, 1801, Univ. of Heidel- berg; Winter 1891-1892, College de France, Paris. Ass't on Geol. Survey of Ala., 1892-1893; ass't prof. economic geology, Univ. of WIs., 1893-1902: also, 1893- 1902, ass't geologist. U. S. Geol. Survey. Has traveled over Europe, Canada, U. S., Mexico, and Western S. America. Mem. Geol. Soc. America, A.A.A.S., Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Inst. of Mining Eng'rs, Mining and Metallurgical Soc. of Am. Mem. Kappa .Alpha frater- nity, Joint author: Crystal Falls Iron-Bearing District of Michigan, Monograph 36. U. S. Gcol. Survey. Author: Vermillion Iron-Bearing District of Minnesota. Mono-
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graph 45 and Atlas, U. S. Geol. Survey, and various shorter articles in scientific magazines. Clubs: En- gineers' (N. Y.), Cosmos ( Washington). Residence: Engineers' Club. Address: 20 Broad St., N. Y. City.
CLENDENIN, FRANK M.
Clergyman; b. Washington, D. C., Sept. 17, 1853; s. George and Charlotte Clendenin; cd. Columbian Univ., Princeton, 1879 (S.T.D., Nashotah, 1893); m. Gabrielle, d. late Horace Greeley. Ordained to priesthood, 1SS0, by Bishop Seymour; rector St. George's Ch., Belleville Ill., 1880-1883; Grace Ch., Cleveland, O., 1883-1887; St. Peter's Ch., Westchester Av., N. Y. City, sinee 1887. Took leading part in successful movement for annexa- tion of West Chester to N. Y. City. Author: Idols by the Sea and Other Sermons; The Name of the Church; also reviews, articles, addresses, pamphlets. Mem. Authors' Guild, Churehmen's Ass'n. Clubs: City, New York. Address: The Rectory, West Chester, N. Y, City.
CLEVELAND, FREDERICK
Lumber dealer; b. Albany, N. Y., April 22, 1874; s. Frederick and Gertrude M. (Van Vranken) Cleveland; ed. Albany Acad., 1881-1890; m. Boonville, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1897, Anna E. Crosby; one d., Marion, b. 1903. En- gaged in lumber business since 1890; now pres. and treas. Brown's Tract Lumber Co., v .- p. Kellogg Lum- ber Co., of Long Pond, Me .; dir. Christy, Moir Co., N. Y. City; pres. and treas. Fulton Chain Electric Co., Ful- ton Chain. N. Y. Traveled to Pacific Coast, 1892, and in 1894 traveled up Nile to First Cataract, through Holy Land and across European continent. Republican; Presby'n. Clubs: Ft. Sehuyler (Utica), Ft. Orange, Albany, N. Y., Albany Country (Albany). Address: 78 State St., Albany, N. Y.
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Publicist; b. Sterling, Iii., Mar. 17, 1865, s. William A. and Mary Theodocia (Humaston) Cleveland; ed. Northwestern Univ. Acad., 1885-1886; grad. DePauw Univ., Ph.B., 1890, fellow polit. science, Univ. of Chi- cago, 1897-1899; fellow economics. Univ. of Pa., 1899- 1900, Ph.D., 1900; praetised law, Bellingham, Wash .; m. Philadelphia, July 17, 1902, Jessica England Lindsay; one son, Lindsay, b. 1905. Mem. Bar State of Wash- ington; N. Y. Bar; instr. in finance, Univ. of Pa., 1900- 1903; prof. finance, Sch. of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, N. Y. Univ., 1903-1907. Sec. Com. on Muni- cipal Accounts and Statistics, Nat. Municipal League, since 1902; chm'n Com. on Municipal Finance and Statistics of Am. Econ. Ass'n, 1903-1904; mem. Ad- visory Comm'n on Finance and Taxation app'td by Mayor Mcclellan to investigate finanees of N. Y., 1905; Bureau of Municipal Research, since 1907; mem. Com. on Accounting and Reporting, League of Am. Muni- eipalities. Mem. of Com. on the revision of ae- eounts and methods N. Y. City, 1908-1909; advisory dir. Bureau of Municipal Research, Philadelphia, since 1909; appt'd by Pres. Taft to assist in reorganizing and revising business methods of dep't of Federal Gov't, 1910; chm'n President's comm'n on Economy and Efficiency, 1911-1913; expert in charge of revision of methods in customs since 1913. Author: Growth of Democracy in the United States, 1898; Constitutions Rewritten for Class Study, 1899; Funds and Their Uses, 1902; First Lessons in Finance, 1903; The Bank and the Treasury, 1905; chapters in Municipal Ad- ministration and Accounting, 1908-1909; History of Railroad Promotion and Capitalization in U. S., 1910; Railroad Finance, 1912; Handbook Municipal Account- ing, 1913; Organized Democracy-Introduction to Study of Politics, 1913. Mem. Phi Kappa Psl. Ciubs: Century (N. Y. City), Quadrangle (Univ. of Chicago), University (Philadelphia), Cosmos (Washington). Residence: 3416 Thirty-fourth St., N. W. Washington, D. C. Address: 261 Broadway, N. Y. City.
CLEVELAND, JAMES WRAY
Lawyer; sec. Title Guarantee and Trust Co .; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 1, 1859; s. Harvey T. and Elizabeth ( Wray) Cleveland; m. Jan. 2, 1886, Edith R. Marshall; children; Marjorie, Robertson Lispenard. Admitted to bar, Jan. 28, 1881. Ass't sec. Title Guarantee and Trust Co., 1897-1904; sec. since 1904; 2d v .- p. and dir. City Real Estate Co .; treas. and dir. N. Y. Investors' Corp'n; v .- p. ard dir. Leslie-Judge Co .; pres. and dir. Muni- cipal Mortgage Co. Enlisted in Co. I., 7th Reg't., N,, G., N. Y., June 29, 1883, and held various grades up to Ist lieut. thercin; aide-de-camp to Gov. Roosevelt, Jan. 1, 1899-Jan. 1, 1901. Insp. on staff maj-gen. com- manding N. G., N. Y., of grade of lieut-col., Feb. 27, 1902-Jan. 30, 1908, Insp .- gen., Jan. 30, 1908, retired Aug. 15, 1908. Independent. Mem. MIJ. Service Inst'n., Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Met- ropolitan, Riding, Church (N. Y. City), Crescent Ath- letic (Brooklyn), Richmond County Country (S. I.). Residence: The Leonori, 701 Madison Av. Address: 176 Broadway, N. Y. City.
CLEVELAND, ROSE ELIZABETH
Author; b. Fayettesville, N. Y .; d. Rev. Riehard F. and Ann (Neel) Cleveland; sister of Grover Cleveland: ed. Houghton Sem., N. Y .; taught for some time, then took charge of a school in Lafayette, Ind., and after- ward in l'a .; returned to Houghton Sem. to lecture on historical subjeets. When her brother was elected President of U. S. she was mistress of the White House until his marriage, June, 1886. Author: George Eliot's Poetry and Other Studies; The Long . Run (novel) ; numerous magazine articles. Taught in New York several years; since then, principally occupied with travel, making Vienna her headquarters. Ad- dress: Dark Harbor, Me.
CLEVELAND, STEPHEN RICHARDSON
Banker; b. Hounsfield, N. Y., May 29, 1854; s. Philan- der B. and Mercy (Richardson) Cleveland; attended Watertown High Sch .; m. Watertown, N. Y., May 26, 1881, Emma C. Baker; children: Mrs. J. B. Cooper, Lou B. Civil eng'r, railroad and canal contractor, 25 years. Pres. Deer River Power Co., Eager Electric Co .; v .- p. Watertown Nat. Bank; dir. Northern N. Y. Trust Co .; trustee Jefferson County Savings Bank. V .- p. Municipal Improvement League; trustee Water- town Cemetery Ass'n; mem. B'd of Water Comm'rs. Republican; Universalist (pres. B'd of Trustees All Souls Ch.). Mason. Mem. Jefferson County Com. for Prevention of Tuberculosis; pres. B'd Trustees Water- town City Hosp .; pres. Watertown Chamber of Com- meree. Clubs: Jefferson County Golf, Black River Valley. Residence: 261 Ten Eyek St. Address: Water- town Nat. Bank, Watertown, N. Y.
CLEWS, HENRY
Banker, orator, publieist; b. in Staffordshire, Eng- land; education designed for ministry, but visiting U. S. with father at 15, became so impressed with the coun- try that procured permission to remain; m. Lucy Madi- son Worthington of Ky., grandniece of President Mad- ison, and great-grand d. of Gen. Andrew Lewis (who ranked next to Gen. George Washington in Revolu- tionary Army, and whose maternal grandfather was Lord Linnhe of Loeh Linnhe, Scotland). Became clerk in importing house of Wilson G. Hunt & Co., N. Y. City; soon reaching high position with firm; after panic of 1857 organized banking firm Stout, Clews & Mason, soon after changed to Livermore, Clews & Co. When Civil War broke out was outspoken advoeate of Union eause, and full of faith in its final triumph; appt'd by Sec. Chaseas Gov't ag't for sale of U. S. Treasury notes and Gov't bonds, then regarded by investors as risky securities, and carried out the trust with great enter- prise and with signal success. His firm subscribed to nat. loans at rate of from one to five millions per day. { Continued in banking business after war, and in 1877 organized present firm of Henry Ciews & Co. Has been twiee offered, but declined, position of See. of Treasury; ealled to aid of Japanese Gov't as sp'l ag't to advise and aid in org'n of new financial system; also declined post of Collector of Port of N. Y., ten- dered him by Pres. Grant through Senator Conkling, and has twice deellned tender of Republican nomina- tion for Mayor of N. Y. Organized the famous Com. of Seventy which led in overthrow of Tweed Ring, having selected and nominated 65 out of 70 original members. Served many years as treas. Am. Geog. Soc. and Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Author: Twenty- eight Years in Wall Street, 1885; The Wall Street Point of View, 1900; Fifty Years in Wall Street, 1908; Speeches and Essays, 1910; has made numerous con- tb'ns to magazines, and delivered many addresses in chief Am. cities. Recelved decoration Commander of Most Distinguished Order of Rising Sun, by Emperor of Japan, May, 1908. One of five oldest mems. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce; 4th oldest member N. Y. Stock Exchange. Mein. Nat. Geog. Soc. of Wash., D. C .; Whig Soc. of Princeton Univ., trustee Civic Forum of N. Y., Metropolitan Temple, Ohio Northern Univ .; treas. In- ternat. Peace Forum, Pres. Am, and Arbitration League, ex-pres. Am. Civic Alliance of N. Y., Nat. 1ligh- ways, Protective Ass'n; dir. Japan Peace Soc., dir. and treas. Richmond Hill Settlement; mem. Royal Soc. of Arts, England. Clubs: Union League (one of found- ers), Union, Economie (originator and dir.). Army and Navy, Turf and Field. Authors, Am. Universities (London). Residence: 27 W. 51st St. Address: 15 Broad St., N. Y. City.
CLEWS, HENRY; JR.
Sculptor, painter; s. Henry and Lucy Madison ( Worthington) Clews; grad. Amherst Coil. 1898. Ad. dress: 145 E. 19th St., N Y. City.
CLEWS, JAMES BLANCHARD
Banker; b. Dunkirk, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1869; s. John and. Sabina (Dayman) Clews; ed. Chamberlain Coli., Ran- dolph, N. Y .; m. Nov., 1908, Mrs. Leta Nichols Living-
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ston, d. of Washington Romaine Nichols, and g.g.d. of Gen. Benjamin Romaine of pilson ship martyr fame. Early training In gen. offices Red Line Transit Co., and Union Steamboat Co., Buffalo, N. Y. At one time pres. Toledo, Ann Arbor & N. Mich. R'y Co .; chm'n Ontario & Western R. R. Stockholders' Com., which succeeded In dissolving the Voting Trust. Mem. firm Henry Ciews & Co., bankers; pres. Cannabis Mfg Co., Irving Pub- lishing Co .; dir. New Amsterdam Casualty Co., N. Y .; Am. Indemnity Co. of Baltimore. Trustee of several large estates. Mcm. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce. Re- pubiican. Episcopalian. Trustee Northwestern Dispen- sary, N. Y. City. Clubs: Union League, Siecpy Hollow Country. Residence: 1039 Fifth Ave. Office: 15 Broad St., N. Y. City.
CLIFFORD, CHANDLER ROBBINS
Publisher; b. Boston, Mass., 1858; s. Maj. Samuel W. and Mary Annette Clifford; ed. Boston Latin and Eng- lish High Schs .; m. Eva M., d. Francis Davidson of N. Y. City; children: Cora Treat, George J., Irene B. Took up technical journalism at age of 21; mem. firm Clif- ford & Lawton, publishers of technical works, estab- lished 1888. Elected first pres., and was many years dir. Am. Trade Press Ass'n. One of publishers of The American Silk Journal, The Upholsterer, The Wail Paper News and Interlor Decorator, and Lace and Em- broidery Review. Mem. Internat. Jury, La. Purchase Exp'n, 1904. Mem. Soc. Illuminating Eng'rs, F. and A. M., Sons of Revolution. Author: Period Decoration; The Philosophy of Color; Color Value; The Decorative Periods; Period Furnishings; Rugs of the Orient. Ad- dress: 796 West End Ave., N. Y. City.
CLINCH, EDWARD SEARS
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City; s. Frederick and S. Sophla (DeWiit) Clinch; ed. public schs., grad. N. Y. Coll. and Columbla Law Sch .; m. N. Y. City, Sept. 15, 1869, Cor- neiia B. Todd. Made specialty of commercial, probate and real estate branches of law; appt'd Justice Su- preme Court for First Judicial Dist. of N. Y., 1906. Re- publican. Baptist. Presidential elector, 1904; mem. Bapt. Social Unlon; Nat. Geog. Soc., A.A.A.S .; Nat. Au- dubon Soc., Municipal Art Soc., Met. Museum of Art, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N.Y. County Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Soc. of Internat. Law, N. Y. Hist. Soc., Am. Muscum Natural History. Clubs: Quill, Harlem Repubilcan, Central Republican. Resi- dence, 133 W. 121st St. Address: 41 Park Row, N. Y. City.
CLINEDINST, BENJAMIN WEST
Artist; b. Woodstock, Va., Oct. 14, 1859; s. S. Barnet M. and Mary (South) Clinedinst; cd. Va. Mil. Inst .; Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts, Paris; m. Baltimore, June, 1888, Emily G. Waters; children: Josephine H. Wendel W. Mem. Nat. Acad. Design, Soc. Am. Artists, Am. Water Color Soc. Awarded Evans Prize, 1890, Am. Water Color Soc .; medals Buffalo Exp'n, 1890; Charies- ton Exp'n, 1891. Mem. Phi Kappa fraternity. Illus- trator for principal magazines and periodicals, and books of such authors as Stevenson, Hawthorne, Park- man, Page, Clemens, Stowc, etc .; now principally en- gaged in portrait painting; has painted portraits of several prominent Americans, among them being ex- Pres. Roosevelt, Gen. G. W. Curtis Lee, Gen. John Clous and others. Instr. Cooper Union Art Sch. Clubs: Con- tury, Fencers. Residence, Pawling, N. Y. Address: 7 W. 43d St., N. Y. City.
CLINTON, FRANCIS WRIGHT
Merchant; b. London, Eng .; s. Harry Wright and Florence Edyth (Chivers) Ciinton; ed. Burkctown Coil., Burketown, Va .; m. Jersey City, N. J., Edgaretta Olcott. Studied law and admitted to bar; now pres. and treas. Danbury Hat Co. Pres. Danbury Ass'n; 32° Mason, Shriner; dir. Harlem B'd of Commerce. Recre- atlons: Yachting. goif, automobiling. Residence: 151 W. 122d St. Address: 279 W. 125th St., N. Y. City. CLINTON, GEORGE
Lawyer; b. Buffalo, N. Y .; grad. Columbia Law Sch.,, 1868; m. Jan. 18, 1870, Alice Thornton. Mem. Assembly, 1884; Park Comm'r; mem. of B'd of Trunk Sewer Com- m'rs, Buffalo Hist. Soc., Acad. Natural Sciences; pres. Merchants' Exchange, 1893. Mem. comm'n to investi- gate expenditure of $9,009,000 on canal improvements. 1898; mem. Internat. Waterways Comm'n (U. S. and Great Britain, appt'd 1902) : pres. Eric Co. Bar Ass'n, 1906. Address: Buffalo, N. Y.
V CLOSE, STUART
Physician; b. Oakfield, Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Nov. 24, 1860; s. David and Sophronia (Welis) Close; gen. cd'n In public schs. of Wis .; grad. N. Y. Home. Med. Coll., M.D., 1885; two-year course In Med. Dep't Univ. of the Pacific, San Francisco, Calif .; took private post-grad. Instr'n under Dr. Phineas Parkhurst Welis and Dr. Bernhardt Fincke; m. Boston, Mass .; April 21, 1885,
Evangellne Leona Lewis; children: May Lewis, b. 1886; Elizabeth Stuart, b. 1887; Bernard Wells, b. 1888. Resl- dent in California, 1875-1883; studled medicine Univ. of Pacific; traveled in South Sea Islands 1883; making 'sp'l studies of elephantiasis and tropical fevers. Inde- pendent. Congregationalist. Late prof. homc. philoso- phy N. Y. Homc. Med. Coli .; mcm. and ex-pres. Inter- nat. Hahnemannian Ass'n; mem. Am. Inst. Homeop- athy, N. Y. State Home. Med. Soc .; hon. mem. Conn. Home. Med. Soc .; founder Brooklyn Hahnemannian Ass'n; mem. Homœ. Med. Soc. County of Kings, S. A. R. (Empire State Soc.), Brooklyn Canoe Club, Long Island Hlst. Soc. Recreations: Collecting rare books and paintings; Ilterature; canoeing and camping; gene- alogy (lineages and records of Closc, Wells and Mc- Conkey families). Frequently called upon to address med. socs. and colls. in different States; author of many published papers in medicine, and frequent con- tb'r to med. journals; specialist in homce. therapeutics and materia medica. Address: 248 Hancock St., Brook- lyn, N. Y.
CLOVER, GEORGE FREDERICK
Clergyman, sup't St. Luke's Hosp .; b. in Mass., June 12, 1866; s. Rev. Lewis P. (D.D.) and Sarah A. (Acker- man) Ciover; ed. Hobart Coll., 1889; m. Loulsviile. Ky., April 22, 1896, Laura Brand. Rector Calvary Ch., Ho- mer, N. Y., 1891-1892; ass't pastor and sup't 1892-1900; since 1900 pastor and sup't St. Luke's Hosp., N. Y. City. Canon and registrar, Cathedral St. John the Divine, N. Y. City. Pres. Hosp. Conf. of Greater N. Y., pres. Hosp. Bur. of Standards and Supplies. Mem. Hosp. Com. State Charlties Aid Ass'n. Mem. Kappa Alpha Soc. Clubs: Century, Pilgrim. Address: St. Luke's Hospital, N. Y. City.
CLOW, STEPHEN G.
Book publisher; b. Murray Harbor, Prince Edward Island, Can., Junc 5, 1873; s. James and Lucy (Graham) Clow; of English and Scotch extraction; ed. In Prince Edward Island schools; unmarried. Founded (and now prop'r) Broadway (book) Publishing Co. in 1902, and has developed it into an extensive business, hav- ing brought out many valuable books, among them the best life of Edgar Allan Poe ever issued; founded in April, 1908, the bi-monthly magazine Book Chat. Traveled In Canada and U. S .; was mem. Press Gallery, House of Commons, Ottawa, Can., for several years. Has written widely for newspapers and magazines In Canada and U. S. Author: The Decay of Poetry; A Barrel and an Ancient Seaman-Some Staves; also of articles on the origin and nature of poetic art. Is Republican. Presby'n. Address: 835 Broadway, N. Y. City.
N CLOWRY, ROBERT C.
Capitalist; b. in Will Co., Ill., Sept. 8. 1838; ed. publlc schs; m. Omaha, Neb., Aug: 29, 1865, Caroline A. Esta- brook (dled Aprii, 1896). Began business career as telegrapher; in charge of military telegraph lines, 1863-1866; bvt'd lieut .- col. U. S. V .; after war, served in various capacitles with Western Union Telcgraph Co., of which later became dir., pres. & gen. mg'r, and also of 'is subsidiary companies. Dir. Texas & Pacific R. R., Nat. Bond & Mortgage Co., Equitable Trust Co. Mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion of N. Y. Clubs: Met- ropolitan, Lotos, Rallroad (N. Y. City), Sleepy Hollow Country, Ardsiey, Chicago Commercial (Chicago). Residence: Tarrytown, N. Y. Address: 30 Church St., N. Y. City.
\ CLYDE, WILLIAM P.
Merchant; b. Nov., 1839; s. founder of Clyde Line of Coast steamers; grad. Trinity Coll., beginning business iife in office of his father. Mem. Chamber of Com- merce, N. Y. Clubs: Union League. Down Town. Rid- ing, St. Anthony, Racquet, N. Y. Yacht, Trinity Alumni, Metropolitan. Pilgrims, Am. Yacht. Residence: 1 W. 51st St. Address: 24 State St., N. Y. Clty.
COAKLEY, CORNELIUS GODFREY
Physician, throat and nose specialist; b. Brooklyn, Aug. 14, 1862: s. George W. and Isabelle (Hoe) Coak- iey; grad. Coll. of Clty of New York., A. B., 1584, A. M., 1887; grad. Unlv. Med. Coll., 1887; interne Bellevue Hosp., 1887-1888; prof. of laryngology, Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coils .; fellow N. Y. Acad. of Medicinc. Am. Laryngol. Soc., Am. Otol. Soc. Author: Diseases of Nose and Throat. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc. Clubs: Lotos, Shinnecock Hills Golf, Ilosp. Graduates, Nat. Golf of America, Oakland Golf, N. Y. Athletic. Address: 53 W. 56th St., N. Y. City.
COAN, TITUS MUNSON
Author, editor, physiclan; b. Hllo, Hawaii, Sept. 27, 1836; s. Titus and Fidciia (Church) Coan; ed. Punahou Sch., Honolulu, and Royal School, Honolulu: Yale Coll .; Williams Coll. A.B., 1859 (A.M.); N. Y. Col. Phys. and Surg., M.D., 1861; widower; children: Philip Munson,
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Leon Hamilton. Voyage around Cape Horn in a whaler, 1856; interne in Bellevue, Island, and army hosps., 1861-1863; acting ass't surgeon, U. S. N., 1863- 1865, in West Guif Squadron, under Farragut; many visits to Europe. In med. practice in N. Y. City for many years. Author of technieai papers on mineral waters and health resorts, critical essays and verse, In 1880 founded, now dir. N. Y. Bureau of Literary Revision. Author:
Ounees of Prevention, 1888; Hawaiian Ethnography; Hawaiian Ciimate; Poioy- nesian Charm; The Singing Goddess; French Mineral Springs, etc. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Loyal Legion. Clubs: Century, Authors, Neighborhood, German Liederkranz. Address: 424 W. 119th St., N. Y. City. COAST, OSCAR R.
Artist, landseape painter; b. Salem, O., 1851. Studied under Thomas Hicks, and George H. Yewall; also in France, Italy and Germany. Has exhibited in Nat. Acad. of Design and other exhibitions. Club: Saima- gundi. Address: Santa Barbara, Calif., and Saima- gundi Club, N. Y. City.
COATS, HERBERT P.
Lawyer, state senator; b. Fuiton. N. Y., Sept. 1, 1872; s. William H. and Emma G. Coats; grad. High Seh., 1890; Albany Law Seh., 1891; m. 1895, Bertha E. Roberts of Plattsburgh; one son, Herbert P., Jr. Studied law in office of Shedden & Booth, and in of- fice of Weeds, Smith & Conway; admitted to practiec at Saranac Lake, 1894, where has since resided. Re- publican; elected state senator 1909, re-elected 1912. Mem. Whiteface Mountain Lodge of Masons, Wanneta Chapter, R. A. M., Franklin Commandery, Knights Templar, Karnak Temple, A. A. O. N. Mystie Shrine. Chm'n of Revision Com., and mem. Forest, Fish and Game Comm'n. Address: Saranac Lake, N. Y.
COBB, CHARLES NEWELL
Inspector in State Ed'n Dep't; b. Newfield, Tomp- kins Co., N. Y .. , Jan. 3, 1855; s. William Newell and Harriet Eiiza (Goss) Cobb; ancestors on both sides were in French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, and War of 1812: attended Norwich (N. Y.) Acad., Jordan (N. Y.) Acad. Oneonta (N. Y.) Union Seh., Wyoming Scm. (Kingston, Pa.); grad. in classical course, Cazenovia Sem., 1873, and from Syracuse Univ., A.B., (Phi Beta Kappa), 1877, A.M., 1880; m. Palatine Bridge, N. Y., Aug. 14, 1889, Elizabeth Snell; children: Mary Elizabeth, b. June 15, 1891; Ruth Newell, b. May 24, 1895 (died Aug. 12, 1896); Lois Harriet, b. Oct. 8. 1898. Traveied in Europe, 1877; prin. Lisie (N. Y.) Union Sch., 1879; Massena, N. Y. Union School, 1880; vice-principal Greenwich Acad., East Greenwich, R. I., 1881; prin. Palatine Bridge Union School, 1882-1887; Waterford seh., 1887; sup't (first) Waterford sehs., 1888; teacher of seience, State Normal Sch., Oneonta, N. Y., 1893; examiner in Univ. of State of N. Y., 1889- 1893; insp. Univ. of State of N. Y., 1894-1904; in State Edn'l Dep't since 1904. Republiean. Mem, and trustee Trinity M. E. Ch. Member Nat. Edn'l Ass'n, States Teachers' Ass'n., Associated Academic Principals, N. Y. State Seienee Teachers' Ass'n, Hudson River School- masters' Ciub, Council of City and Village Superin- tendents, Psi Upsilon; Mason. Ciub: Aurania (charter mem.). Address: 26 North Pine Av., Albany, N. Y.
V COBB, FRANK IRVING
Chief editorial writer; b. in Shawnee Co., Kan., Aug. 6, 1869; s. Minor H. and Mathilde A. Cobb. Editorial writer on the Detroit Evening News, 1896-1900, and the Free Press, 1900-1904; since May, 1904, editorial writer N. Y. Worid. Address: N. Y. World, N. Y. City.
COBB, GEORGE HENRY
Lawyer, former State senator; b. Hounsfield, N. Y., Oct. 10. 1864; s. Elijah and Emily Cobb; ed. in common schs. and Potsdam State Normai Sch., grad. 1886; m. Watertown, N. Y., 1893, Louise Wenzel. Principal graded schs., 1887-1888; customs officer, 1989-1890; ad- mitted to bar, 1891; deputy county clerk, Jefferson Co., Mar. 1892-Jan. 1, 1893; recorder city of Watertown, 1893-1897; dist. att'y Jefferson Co., 1898-1904; elected 1904, and re-elected 1906 and 1908, State senator for 35th Dist. of N. Y., eleeted pres. of Senate, 1910. Be- came Lieut .- Gov. of N. Y. State upon the resignation of Gov. Hughes and served until Jan. 1, 1911; re-elected State Senator and served during years 1911 and 1912. Address: Watertown, N. Y.
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