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COBB, HENRY EVERTSON
Clergyman; b. Hopewell, Dutchess Co., N. Y., Mar. 25, 1863; s. Rev. Oliver Ellsworth and Cornelia Whitney (Polhenius) Cobb; ed. Flushing (N. Y.) Inst., 1872-1880; N. Y. Univ., 1880-1882, D.D., 1901; Rutgers Coll., 1882- 1884, A.B., 1884, D.D., 1901; grad. Princeton Theol. Sem., 1888; m. Germantown, Philadelphia, Feb. 3, 1891, Eilz- abeth Coigate Penrose, d. Hon. Clement Biddle Pen- rose; children: Dorothy Penrose, b. Oct. 31, 1892; Oliver
Elisworth, b. Feb. 3, 1895; Emily Linnard b. June 22, 1899; Clement Biddie Penrose, b. Sept. 16, 1900. Mill- Ister North Reformed Ch., West Troy, N. Y., 1888-1892: Colicgiate Ch., West End Av. and 77th St., N. Y. City. since 1893. Prcs. B'd Trustees, Riverside Day Nur- sery; v .- p. Riverside Ass'n Waidensian Aid Soc .; hon. v .- p. Am. Tract Soc .; director Federation of Chs .; trus- tee Vassar Coii., trustce Rutger's Coll. mem. St. Nieh- olas Soc., Psi Upsilon fraternity. Ciubs: Century, Rut- gers. Address: 370 West End Av., N. Y. City.
1 COBB, HENRY IVES
Architect; b. Brookiine, Mass., Aug. 19, 1859; s. Albert A. and. Mary R. (Candier) Cobb; ed. Mass. Inst. Tech- nology, Harvard Univ., B.S., 1880, and in Europe; m. N. Y. City, 1882, Emma M. Smith; seven children. Prac- ticing as architect, with offices in N. Y. City, Chicago, Washington. Mem. B'd Architects, World's Columbian Exp'n, Chicago; sp'l architect U. S. Gov't, 8 years. Ex- tensive practice ail over country, ali kinds of buiid- ings, with headquarters in N. Y. City. Pres. Forty- two Broadway Co., John Jay Realty Co., Fidelity De- velopment Co. Fellow Am. Inst. Architects. Clubs: Harvard, Apawamis, Lawyers (N. Y. City), Chicago Athietie, American Yacht, Metropolitan ( Washington), Quogue Field. Residence: 449 Park Av., N. Y. City; (summer), Rockdale Farm, Brewster, N. Y. Address, 527 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
COBB, IRVIN (SHREWSBURY)
Writer; b. Padueah, Ky., June 23, 1876; s. Joshua Clarke and Manie Marshall (Saunders) Cobb; ed. com- mon and private schs .; m. Savannah, Ga., June 12, 1900, Laura Spencer Baker; one d .; Elizabeth, b. 1903. Reporter for Padueah Daily News at age of 16; mn'g editor 1805; staff corr. Louisvilie (Ky.) Evening Post, 1898-1901; editor-in-chief Paducah News-Democrat, 1901-1904; humor and sp'l writer N. Y. Evening Sun, 1904-1906; humor and sp'l writer N. Y. Evening World and Sunday World, 1906-1911; staff corr. Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post, sinee 1911. Contb'r to maga- zines; author: Back Home 1912; Cobb's Anatomy, 1912; The Escape of Mr. Trimm, 1913; Cobb's Bill of Fare, 1913; (piays produced) : Funabashi, a musical comedy (with Safford Waters), 1907; Back Home, a comedy (with Bayard Veiller), 1913; aiso author: Breaking Into New York, 1913; Roughing It De Luxe, 1913; the Island of Adventure, 1912. Demoerat. Mem. Ky. Soc. of N. Y., Southern Soc. of N. Y., Sons of Confederate Veterans. Recreations: Fishing, camping. Clubs: Friars, Dunwoodie Country, National Press (Washing- ton). Residence: N. Y. City. Address: Curtis Publish- ing Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
COBB, JOHN B.
Capitalist. Pres. and dir. Am. Cigar Co., Cuban Land and Leaf Tobaceo Co., The Havana Am. Co., Havana Commereial Co .; v .- p. and dir. Am. Tobacco Co .; 1st v .- p. and dir. H. de Cabanas y Carbajal; dir. Am. Snuff Co. Am. Stogie Co., Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co., British Am. Tobaeco Co. (Lt'd), F. Garcia Bros. & Co., Havana Tobaceo Co., The Industrial Co. of Porto Rico, Internat. Cigar Machinery Co., Luhrman & Wiibern To- baeco Co., Porto Rican Am. Tobaceo Co. Residence, 28 W. 74th St. Address: 101 Park Av., N. Y. City.
V COBE, ANDREW J.
Manufacturer; b. Boston, Mass., June 13, 1865; s. Mark H. and Eva (Morris) Cobe; ed. public sehs., Bryant & Stratton Com'l Sch .. Boston; m. Winnifred M. Houghton; children: Harry H., Edith E., Madoion E. Pres. Pilot Films Corp'n, MIrs. Film Agency, Manhas- set Development Co., syndicate mg'r Skidmore Syn- dicate. Republican. Recreations: Automobiling and traveling. V .- p. N. Y. Automobile Club. Country
home: Manor House, Plandone Park, Manhasset, L. I., N. Y. Address 220 West 42d st., N. Y. City. COBE, IRA M.
Capitalist; b. Boston, Mass., Oct. 29, 1866; s. Mark H. and Eva (Morris) Cobe; ed. public sehs., Lawrence, Mass., and Boston Univ. Law Sch .; m. Beifast Me., Annie E. Watts. Admitted to bar, Suffolk Co., Mass., Jan. 17, 1888, and practised 4 years; in partnership with J. W. Mckinnon of Boston, since 1892, under firm name Cobe & Mckinnon, investment dealers: Chm'n B'd of Dirs. Chicago City R'y Co .; dir. Calumet Electric R'y South Side Elevated R'y, Metropolitan Elevated R'y, Northwestern Elevated R'y, Hammond, id. Chicago & Whiting St. R'y Co., Chicago Steel Product Co. Clubs: Midday, Chicago Athletic, Hamilton, South Shore Country, Chicago Automobile, Recess (N. Y. City). Residence: 5825 Washington AV. First Nat. Bank Bldg., Chicago, Iil. Address: COBLENTZ, VIRGIL
Chemist; b. Springfield, O., Mar. 12, 1862; s. John Philip and Susan (Zitzer) Coblentz; ed. Wittenberg (Springfield) Coll., Ph.D., Ph.M., A.M., F. C. S .; Phiia
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Coll. Pharmacy, 1880-1882; studied natural science in Univs. Gottingen, Strassburg, Wurzburg, Munich, Ber- lin (Ph.D., 1891); m. Strassburg, Alsace, 1889, Anna Bauel; children: Fritz, b. 1890; Siegfried C., b. 1893. Prof. materia medica and toxicology, Cincinnati Coll. Pharmacy, 1884-1887; prof. chemistry, N. Y. Coll. Phar- macy, 1891-1911; chief chemist to E. R. Squibb & Sons, Brooklyn, since 1911. Chm'n N. Y. section, Soe. Chem. Industry, 1902-1904; v .- p. British Soc. Chem. Industry, 1903-1904; chm'n N. Y. section Verein Deutscher Chemixer, 1906-1912; sub-chm'n U. S. Pharmacopcela Revision Com., 1900. Author: Volumetrie Analysis, The Newer Remedies; joint author of Pharmaceutical and Medical Chemistry. Address: 595 Third St., Brook- iyn, N. Y.
COCHRAN, GEORGE IRA
Insurance official; b. Can., July 1, 1863; s. George and C. L. (Davidson) Cochran; ed. Toronto Collegiate Inst., Univ. of Toronto; admitted as barrister-at-law Osgoode Hall, Toronto; m. 1st Newcastle, Ont., Aug. 6, 1890, Alice M. McClung (deceased); 2nd, Los An- geles, April 3, 1907, Isabelle M. McClung. Practised law in Los Angeles, 1888-1906, when became active pres. Pacifie Mutual Life Ins. Co., which Offlee still holds; att'y for Los Angeles Clearing House in panlc of 1893. Pres. Pacific Mutual Life Ins. Co., v .- p. Hol- iand Land & Water Co., dir. Los Angeles Trust & Sav- ings Bank, Los Angeles, Title & Trust Co., Mortgage Guarantee Co., Citizens Trust & Savings Bank, South- ern California Edison Co., California Delta Farms, Inc., and many others. Methodist Episcopalian. Trus- tee State Normal Sch., Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A., Los Angeles Civil Service Comm'n. Trustee and treas. Univ. of Southern Calif. Clubs: California (dir.), Jon- athan, Los Angeles Athletic, Union League, University, Los Angeles Country, Midwick Country, Virginia Country (Los Angeles), Bohemian, Pacific Union (San Francisco). Residence: 2249 Harvard Boul. Address: Pacifie Mutual Life Bld'g, Los Angeles, Calif.
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COCHRAN, RICHARD ELLIS
Insurance official; b. York, Pa., June 24, 1849. Be- gan business life as a printer; later coal operator; became connected with U. S. Life Ins. Co., Feb. 1, 1885, of which is now third v .- p. and mem. B'd of Directors. Pres. and dir. U. S. Dairy Supply Co .; v .- p. and dir. N. J. Hygia Ice Co. Mem. Life Underwriters' Ass'n of N. Y. (pres. 1896), Nat. Ass'n Life Under- writers (pres. 1898-1899, chm'n Exec. Com. 1905-1906). Dir. Crex Carpet Co. and other corp'ns .; trustee Em- pire City Savings Bank. Mem. Am. Automobile Ass'n, Pa. Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Automobile of America, Re- publican (N. Y.), Englewood, Englewood Field, Union League (Bergen Co.). Address: 273-277 Broadway, N. Y. City.
COCHRANE, AARON VAN SCHAICK
Jurist; b. Coxsackie, N. Y., March 14, 1858; brought up on farm; grad. Yale, B.A., 1879; m. Oct. 13, 1882, Margaret M. Hawver. Studied law at Hudson, N. Y .; admitted to bar, 1881, and engaged in practise at Hud- son, N. Y. Police justice of Hudson, 1887-1888; dist. att'y, Columbia Co., N. Y., 1889-1892; mem. Congress, 19th N. Y. Dist., 1897-1901; elected Nov., 1901, justice Supreme Court of State of N. Y. for Third Judicial Dist., for the term expiring Dec. 31, 1915. Republican. Address: 437 Allen St., Hudson, N. Y.
COCHRANE, CHARLES HENRY
Editor, author, publisher; b. Lacon, Ill., 1856; s. John and Annie D. (Hamilton) Cochrane; ed. West Jersey Acad., Bridgeton, N. J .; m. 1st, Southington, Conn., 1877, Cora V. Miller; 2d, Bridgeton, N. J., 1884, Pris- cilla E. Appelgate; children: John A., b. 1886; Elfricda M., b. 1888. Co-founder and editor, Salem (Mass.) News, 1880; founder and editor Marlborough (N. Y.) Record, 1885. Staff editor Standard Dictionary, 1890; contb'r to Encyclopedia Britannica (Werner edition), Encyclopedia Americana, Appleton's Annual Encyclo- pedia, Zell's Eneyclopedia. Author: History of Marl- borough, N. Y., 1887; Artistic Homes, 1889; Wonders of Modern Mechanism, 1895; Modern Industrial Prog- ress, 1904; Punctuation and Capitalization, 1910. Sec. N. Y. Typothetue, 1898-1903; founder and sce. N. Y. Master Printers' Ass'n, 1902. Established Cochrane Publishing Co., 1908. now The Shakespeare Press, book publishers, N. Y. City. Contb'r to magazines, Inde- pendent in politics; Free-thinker in religion. Recrea- tion: Chess. Address: 114 East 28th St., N. Y. City.
V COCHRANE, FRANCIS
Lawyer; b. Coxsackle, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1863; s. Fran- cis and Barbara (Van Schaick) Cochrane; grad. Willis- ton Sem., 1883; Yale Univ., A.B., 1887; m. Oct. 30, 1902, Frances Rice Rogerson; children: Cornelia Rogerson, b. 1903; Frances Barbara, b. 1906. Admitted to the bar of N. Y., 1889. Teacher 1887-1898. Engaged ill
general practice of law since July, 1898. Independent in politics. Mem. Dutch Reformed Ch. Mem, N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, West End Ass'n. Recreations: Walking, riding, reading. Clubs: West Side Republi- can, Manhattan, Yale. Address: 10 Wall St., N. Y. City, and Hudson, N. Y.
COCKCROFT, JAMES
Publisher, author; b. New York, Sept., 1842; s. James M. and Lucretia M. (Voorhees) Cockcroft; m. Alida 'T. Ketcham. Originated Encyclopedic System of Law Books, 1887; pres. Edward Thompson Co. Author: American and English Encyclopædla of Law, 1887; En- cyclopedia of Pleading and Practice, 1895; Encyclo- pædia of Forms and Precedence, 1895. Address: Bay View Av., Northport, L. I., N. Y.
COCKRAN, W. BOURKE
Lawyer, ex-mem. Congress; b. in Ireland, Feb. 28, 1854; s. Martin and Harrict K. Cockran; ed. in France and Ireland; came to U. S. 1871, and soon after appt'd teacher in private acad .; was principal of public sch. Westchester Co., N. Y .; while engaged in teaching read law; admitted to bar 1876; since then engaged in prac- tice of law in N. Y. City. Distinguished as orator, active in municipal, State and nat. polites; mem. 50th Congress, 1887-1889; was mem. of comm'n to revise judiciary article of Constitution of State of N. Y .; mem. 52d and 53d Congresses, 1891-1895; opposed platform adopted by Dem. Con. at Chicago, 1896, and voted for Mckinley; in Nov., 1896, at Chickering Hall, N. Y. City, addressed first public meeting in favor of inter- vention by this Gov't to terminate the perpetration of barbarities in Cuba, and at Acad. of Music, N. Y. City, Jan., 1899, addressed first public meeting in opposi- tion to forcible annexation or conquest of the Philip- pine Islands; supported Bryan for President, 1900, on the ground ot opposition to imperialism; elected at sp'l election held Feb, 23, 1904, to 58th Congress, from 12th N. Y. Dist., to fill vacancy caused by resignation of George B. Mcclellan; re-elected to 59th and 60th Congresses, for term expiring March 3, 1909. Demo- crat. Clubs: Metropolitan, Meadow Brook. Larchmont Yacht, The Brook, Lambs, Catholic, Riding, National Arts, Lotos (N. Y. City), Country, Metropolitan ( Wash- ington). Residence: The Cedars, Port Washington, N. Y. Address: 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
COCKS, WILLIAM W.
Congressman, farmer; b. Westbury, L. I., N. Y., July 24, 1861; s. Isaac H. and the late Mary T. (Willets) Cocks; ed. Swarthmore Coll., Pa .; m. 1st, N. Y. City, July 24, 1901, Caroline R. Hicks (died Dec. 27, 1901) ; 2nd, N. Y. City, April 2, 1911, Jessie F. Wright: one son, Isaac H., b. 1912. Has farms on Long Island. Elected commi'r of highways, town of N. Hempstead, 1894; State Senator, 1900; mem. of Assembly, 1903; was elected to 59th, 60th and 61st Congresses from 1st N. Y. Dist. Republican. Member Soc. of Friends, and mg'r Swarthmore College, Pa .; trustee Friends' Acad., Locust Valley, L. J. Clubs: Republican (N. Y. City), Union League. Address: Westbury, N. Y.
CODDING, GEORGE HENRY
Physician; b. Egremont, Berkshire Co., Mass., Aug. 1, 1854; s. Henry Ephraim and Emeline (Edgerly) Codding; ed. Egremont Acad., Egremont, Mass., and M.D. from Coll. Phys and Surgs., Columbia Univ., N. Y. City, 1881; m. Southbury, Conn., March 28, 1883, Irene Hinman Warner; children: Joel Hinman, b. May 29, 1884; Desauit Guernsey, b. Sept. 28, 1886 (died July 23, 1887). After graduation served in Kings Co. Hosp. and Kings Co. Insane Asylum, going to Amenia, N. Y., Jan., 1882, where he has since remained in constant practise. Trcas, and trustee of Amenia Fire Co. Inde- pendent. Mem. N. Y. Hist. Ass'n. Address: Amenia, Dutchess Co., N. Y.
CODDINGTON, HERBERT GUIBORD
Clergyman; b. Cazenovia, N. Y., Fcb. 6, 1865; s. Rev. Prof. W. P. (S.T.D.) and Louisa (Guibord) Codding- ton; grad. Syracuse Univ., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), 1886; student in Gen. Theol. Sem., N. Y. City, 1886-1888 (D.D., Syracuse Univ., 1905); m. Lowville, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1888, Leone Adele Fitch; one d., Dorothy, b. April 23, 1894. Ordered deacon Sept. 29, 1888; ordained priest, Dec. 11, 1889, by Bishop F. D. Huntington. Rector St. John's Ch., Marcellus, N. Y., 18S8-1891; Grace Ch., Syracuse, N. Y., since 1891. Author: Genealogy of the Coddington Family; and has published for private circulation a number of addresses. Chaplain Hosp. of the Good Shepherd, Syracuse; trustee St. John's Sch., Manlius, N. Y. Delegate to Gen. Conv. of Episcopal Ch., 1904, 1907, 1910, 1913. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity, Onon- daga Hist. Ass'n, N. Y. State Hlst. Ass'n. Clubs: UnI- versity, Citizens' (Syracuse). Address: Syracuse, N. Y.
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CODWISE, EDWARD BERTIE
Civil eng'r; b. Elizabeth, N. J., May 9, 1849; s. Elisha R. (of Brooklyn) and Harriette S. (Salter) Codwise, of Elizabeth, N. J .; grad. Brooklyn Poly. Inst., 1865; Inst'n Davaux, Amiens, France, 1867; m. Rosendale, Ulster Co., N. Y., March 28, 1872, Emma Snyder; chil- dren: Harriette Frances, b. 1874; Henry Rogers, b. 1877; George Wallace, b. 1887. Has served as ass't eng'r Erie R. R. (twice), Raritan & Delaware Bay R. R., Pemberton & N. Y. R. R., N. J. Southern R. R. (twice) ; principal ass't Walkili Valley R. R .; resident eng'r, Callao, Llma and Oroya R. R. (Peru, S. A.); resi- dent eng'r N. Y. Elevated R. R. and West Shore R. R .; city eng'r, Kingston, N. Y., 1891-1894, and again 1902- 1908; chlef eng'r Ulster & Delaware R. R., 1895-1902; civil and consulting eng'r since 1908. Mem. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng'rs, 1888; mem. Soc. of Municipal Improve- ments; Kingston Lodge, No. 10, F. and A. M. Club: Kingston. Address: John & Wall Sts., Kingston, N. Y. COE, EDWARD BENTON
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Clergyman; b. Milford, Conn., June 11, 1842; s. David Benton and Rebecca (Phoenix) Coe; grad. Yale, A.B., 1862, S.T.D., 1885; Rutgers, D.D., 1881, LL.D., 1893; m. Brooklyn, June 11, 1874, Mary Jenks Storrs; children: Margaret Elmer, Mirlam Storrs, Edith Mary, Richard Storrs. Prof. modern languages, Yale, 1864-1879; licensed by Manhattan Cong'l Ass'n, 1877; ordalned by Classis of N. Y., and installed as one of ministers Re- formed Protestant Dutch Ch. of City of N. Y., Oct. 2, 1879; senior minister same since 1896. Pres. Gen. Synod Reformed Ch. in America, 1898. Pastor Colle- glate Ch. 5th Av. and 48th St., till Jan., 1899; since then without specific charge. | Trustee Robert Coll., Con- stantinople, Rutgers Coll., Columbla Univ .; mg'r Presb'n Hosp. Author: Life Indeed, 1899 (Reveil). Clubs: Century, Yale, Barnard. Residence: 42 W. 52d St. Address: 156 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
COE, GEORGE ALBERT
Educationalist; b. Monroe Co., N. Y., March 26, 1862; g. Rev. George W. and Harriet (Van Voorhis) Coe; grad. Univ. of Rochester, A.B., 1884, A.M., 1888, LL.D., 1909; Boston Univ., S.T.B., 1887; Ph.D., 1891; student at Univ. of Berlin; m. Alameda, Calif., Sept. 3, 1888, Sadle E. Knowland. Prof. Univ. of Southern Calif., 1888-1890; acting prof. philosophy, 1891-1893, John Evans prof. of philosophy, 1893-1909, Northwestern Unlv .; Skinner and McAlpin prof. practical theology, Union Theol. Sem., since 1909. Fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Psychol. Ass'n, Am. Philos. Ass'n, Religious Ed'n Ass'n (pres. 1909-1910). Contb'r to magazines. Author: The Spiritual Life-Studies in the Science of Religion, The Religion of a Mature Mind, Education In Religion and Morals. Address: 606 W. 122nd St., N. Y. Clty.
7 COE, HENRY CLARKE
Surgeon; b. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 21, 1856; s. Erastus Pease and Mary (Ross) Coe; grad. Yale, A.B., 1878, A.M., 1881; Harvard Univ. (Med. Dep't), 1881; Columbia Univ. (Med. Dep't), 1882; mem. Royal Coll. Surgeons (England), 1884; m. Sara Werden; three sons. Prac- tlsed in N. Y. Clty since 1884, specialty belng obstet- rics and diseases of women. Has been on editorial staff of several med. journals; written many papers and monographs, and has been for 20 years med. teacher. First Lleut. Med. Reserve Corps, U. S. A. Now prof. genecology at Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., gynecologist to Bellevue and Gen. Memorial Hosps., consulting gynecologist to Woman's and Foundling Hosps. Honorary fellow Edinburgh Ob- stetrical Soc., pres. Am. Gynecol. Soc., Am. Thera- peutic Soc. Mem. N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. Obstet. Soe., Clinical Soc., Harvard Med. Soc., Co. Med. Soc., Acad. of Medicine, Soc. Aluinnl of Bellevue Hosp. Trustee Gen. Memorial Hosp. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Order Foreign Wars, Soc. Colo- nlal Wars. Mayflower Soc., Soc. War 1812, Sons of Revolution. Clubs: University, Yale, Army and Navy (N. Y.), Army and Navy (Washington). Address: 8 W. 76th St., N. Y. City.
COFFIN, CHARLES ALBERT
Financier, mfr; b. Somerset Co., Me., Dee. 1844, of Nantucket ancestry; grad. Bloomfield (Me.) Acad .;. m. Sept., 1872, Caroline L., d. Rev. E. Russell. D.D .; chil- dren: Edward R. (deceased), Jennie (Mrs. S. W. Childs), and Alice S. Engaged In mf'g business In Mass., and in 1881 was one of a syndicate which pur- chased the Thomson-Houston Elec. Co., which, In 1892. together with the Edison Gen. Elec. Co., was merged in Gèn. Elec. Co., of which was pres. until June, 1913, and since then chm'n of Board of Directors. Mcm. Chamber of Commerce of N. Y., Met. Museum of Art. Trustee Vassar Coll. Clubs: Union League, Metro- politan, Riding, National Arts, Railroad, Westchester Country, Sleepy Hollow Country, Piping Rock, Nas- sau Country. Residence: Locust Valley, L. I. Ad- dress: 30 Church St., N. Y. Clty.
JCOFFIN, HERBERT LAWTON
Lawyer; b. Athens, N. Y., March 29, 1873; s. Caleb and Esther Bancroft (Lawton) Coffin; ed. Friends' Sch. and Berkeley Sch., N. Y. City; grad. Law Sch. of Columbia Unlv., LL.B., 1898; m. N. Y. Clty, Nov. 16, 1898, Elizabeth Sprague Cook; children: Elizabeth, b. April 25, 1904; Cateb. b. Jan. 3, 1909. Admitted to bar State of N. Y., Oct., 1899, and in practice In N. Y. Clty since. Republican. Mem. Ass'n Bar city of N. Y., Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Alumni Ass'n of Law Sch. of Columbia Univ., Ass'n of Alumni of Columbia Coll. Club; Underwriters (N.Y.). Residence: 411 W. 114th St. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
COFFIN, LEWIS A.
Physician; b. Lisbon, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Oct. 27, 1856; s. Julius A. and Jane A. (Partridge) Coffin; grad. Potsdam Normal Sch., 1877, Union Coll., A.B., 1882. Med. Dep't Univ. City of N. Y., M.D., 1886; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 16, 1889, Grace Geer; children: Grace, b. 1890; Lewis A., b. 1892; George Jarvis, b. 1895. Has practiced medicine since 1886; surgeon and dir. Man- hattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hosp. Independent Re- publican; mem. Dutch Reformed Ch. Mem. Ain. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Am. Laryngol. Ass'n, Am. Laryngol., Rhinol. and Otol. Soc., Soc. for Rellef of Widows and Orphans of Med. Men, Delta Upsilon fraternity. Recrea- tions: Golf, tennis, billiards. Clubs: University, Salmagundi. Address: 136 W. 58th St., N. Y. City.
COFFIN, WILLIAM
Consul gen .; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1877: s. Charles A. and Allce E. (Gale) Coffin; m. N. Y. City, 1905, Mabel Sands Rees. Appt'd Am. consul at Maskat, Arabia, June, 1906; Am. consul at Tripoli-In-Barbary, June, 1908; Am. consul at Jerusalem. June, 1910; Am. consul gen. at Budapest, Hungary, Sept., 1913. Mem. Am. Soc. of Internat. Law; Acad. Polit, Science, City of N. Y. Address: Am. Consulate General, Budapest, Hungary. ,
COFFIN, WILLIAM EDWARD
Investment banker; b. Richmond, Ind., 1856; s. Charles F. and Rhoda M. (Johnson) Coffin: attended Moses Brown Sch., Providence, R. I .; m. 1875, Lydia Roberts. Children: Tristram Roberts, b. 1876; John Roberts, b. 1881. Held various positions in a bank, resigning as cashier; removed to N. Y. and engaged in Investment banking, 1885. Active in Conservation movements. Club: Camp Fire (pres.). Address: 44 Pine St., N. Y. City.
COGGESHALL, HENRY TISDALE
Physician; b. Newport, R. I., June 2, 1858; s. Thomas and Ellen Frances (Knowles) Coggeshall; ed. New- port publle schs., Rogers High Sch., Yale Coll. (one ycar), Harvard Med. Sch., M.D., 1883; graduate study in Leipzig, Prague and Vienna, two years; m. Clarksburg, W. Va., June 1. 1898, Nell Osborn Pldeock. Children: John Coggeshall, b. 1900; Ellen Knowles Coggeshall, b. 1904. On med. staff Woman's Hosp., Boston, one year; N. Y. Infant Asylum, two years; mem. Internat. Penitentiary Congress, Rome, Italy, 1885. Democrat; Unitarian. Mela. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Acad. of Medicine, Am, Laryngological, Rhinologieal and Otological Socleties. Clubs: Players, Harvard. Address: 40 E. 58th St., N. Y. City.
COGSWELL, WILLIAM BROWN
Manufacturer; b. Oswego, N. Y., Scpt. 22, 1834; s. David and Mary (Barnes) Cogswell; ed. Hamilton Acad., also at private sch. of Prof. Root of Syracuse and Seneca Falls, N. Y .; Rensselaer Poly. Inst., Troy; m. 1st Jan. 31, 1856, Mary N. Johnson; 2nd, April 29, 1902, Cora L. Brown; one d., Mabel (Mrs. Herbert But- ton): Apprenticed 3 years in machine shop, Lawrence, Mass .; returned to Syracuse 1856 as sup't of machinery for Marietta & Cincinnati R. R .; became sup't Broad- way Foundry of St. Louis. 1859. Returned to Syracuse, 1860, and organized firm Sweet Bros. & Co., which later became Whitman & Barnes Mig. Co. During Civil War, appt'd mech: eng'r in U. S. N., at Port Royal S. C., 1861; transferred to Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1862, to take charge of steam repair and construction work; engaged by Franklin Iron Works Co .. 1866, to superintend construction and operation of blast furnaces in Oneida Co .; in mining business 1874- 1879; engaged in manufacture of ammonia soda, 1881. firm now known as Solvay Process Co., of which is v .- p. and mn'g dir., having largest plant of its kind in the world. Mem. A. A. A. S., Onondaga Hist. Soc. Am. Chem. Ass'n Anglers Ass'n, Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Geog. Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc., Adirondack Protective Ass'n, Am. Protective League, Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, N. Y. State Chamber of Commerce, Sons of Revolution. Colonial Soc. of America, Am. Forestry Ass'n of Washington, Am. Statistical Ass'n of Boston,
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Soc. of Chem. Industry of London, Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science; Mason. Clubs: Century, Sedg- wick Farm. Citizens, Syracuse Camera, University, Masonic Temple, Technology (Syracuse), Transporta- tion, Union League, Engineers, University, Nat. Arts, Republican (N. Y. City), Potsdam, Detrolt, Royal Socs. (London). Address: 1234 James St., Syracuse, N. Y.
COGSWELL, WILLIAM STERLING
Lawyer; b. Jamaica, L. I., Dec. 29. 1840; s. Wllllam Johnson and Alma Canfield (Sterling) Cogswell; ed. Unlon Hall Acad., Jamaica, L. I .; Trinity Coll., Hart- ford, Conn., A.B., 1861, A.M., 1867; m. Jamaica, L. I., April 18, 1872, Henrietta Spader. Entered Union Army, July 22, 1861, as 1st lleut., 5th Conn. Vols .; afterward promoted capt., major, and lieut .- col., but not mustered In as lieut .- col., because regiment then lacked the regulsite number. Served under Banks until Antietam, then in Army of Potomac until after the battle of Gettysburg; went South, serving under Thomas in the siege and capture of Atlanta; then with Sherman on the March to the Sea and through the Carolinas; brevetted lieut .- col. U. S. V. Admitted to bar, 1866; practised in Brooklyn and N. Y. City. Republican; comm'r of taxes of N. Y. City, 1902-1904. Episcopalian; mem. Chapter of the Cathedral at Garden City, L. I .; trustee Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn. Clubs: Army and Navy (N. Y. City), Jamaica (Jamaica), Church Club of Diocese of L. I. Residence: Jamaica, L. I. Address: 37 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
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