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VCOLEY, WILLIAM BRADLEY
Physiclan: b. Westport, Conn., Jan. 12. 1862; s. Hor- ace Bradley and Clarine Bradley (Wakeman) Coley; grad. M.D., Yale, B.A., 1SS4; Harvard Med. Sch., 1888;
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N. Y. Hosp. 1890; honorary M.A., Yale Univ., 1910, and Harvard Univ., 1911; m. Newton, Mass., 1891, Alice Lancaster. Attending surgeon Gen. Memorlal Hosp., attending surgeon to Hosp. for Ruptured and Crippled; prof. of clinical surgery, Cornell Univ. Med. Sch., N. Y., Fellow Am. Surg. Ass'n, Southern Surg. and Gynecol. Ass'n, N. Y. Surg. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Harvard Med. Soc. of N. Y., Pathol. Soc., N. Y. County Med Soc., N. Y. State Md. Ass'n, Am. Acad. Medicine, N. E. Soc. Author: Twentieth Century Practice of Medicine- part on Cancer (Vol. XVII); Hernia (in Dennis' Sys- tem of .Surgery); Hernia (in Warren and Gould's Internat. Text Book of Surgery); Hernla, Keen's Sur- gery, 1908. Clubs: University, Yale, Harvard, Garden City Golf (L. I.). Address: 521 Park Av., N. Y. City.
COLGATE, CRAIG
Banker; b. N. Y., Nov. 6, 1875; s. Robert and Henri- etta A. (Craig) Colgate; grad. Yale Univ., 1897; m. April 23, 1910, Marion G. Townsend (died Oct. 18, 1912); one son: Craig, Jr., b. Oct. 9, 1912. Mem. firm Colgate, Parker & Co .; v .- p., dir. and mem. Exec. Com., Federal Light &. Traction Co .; dir. Laconia Car Co Clubs: Union, Racquet & Tennis, Knickerbocker, Pip- ing Rock, Nassau Country, Recess, Yale, St. Anthony, Oakland Golf. Residence: Locust Valley, L. I. Ad- dress: 2 Wall St., N. Y. Clty.
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Banker; b. Yonkers, N. Y., May 23, 1863; s. James Boorman and Susan F. (Colby) Colgate; grad. Colgate Univ., A.B., 1884; Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1887; m. Ben- nington, Vt., June 4, 1890, Miss Conkling. Admitted to bar. 1887, and engaged In practise until 1890; in bank- ing and brokerage business since 1891; mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange. Dir. Cuba Copper Co., Canton Co .; trustee N. Y. Trust Co. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Corp'n of Colgate Univ. Clubs: Lawyers, University, Residence: 46 W. 57th St. Ad- dress: 36 Wall St., N. Y. City.
COLLETT, SAMUEL D.
Engineer; b. Newport, Ind .; s. Stephen Stevenson and Sarah J. (Dunlap) Collett; ed. High Sch .; Kanawha Mil. Acad., Charleston, W. Va .; Rose Poly. Inst., Terre Haute, Ind., B.S., M.S., M.E. Traveled extensively abroad and in U. S., on business and pleasure; vice-pres. Ele- vator Supply & Repair Co .; dir. Rood's Express Co .; asso. mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Mech. En- g'rs; Knights of Pythias; Masonic Order (Chapter, Knight Templar, Shriner). Clubs: Building Trades, Engineers. Address: 105 W. 40th St., N. Y. City.
COLLIER, EDWARD L.
Lawyer; b. Coxsackie, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1859; s. Casper I. and Delia (Lampman) Collier; ed. Public School 15, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1876; Williston Sem., 1880; Union Unlv, (Albany Law Coll.), 1882 LL.B .; m. Brooklyn, Oct. 24, 1900, Clara Gurney. Admitted to bar, 1882; identified with many important cases; has frequently acted as referee. Mem. B'd of Ed'n, Brooklyn, for several years; one of first five representatives of Brooklyn on Cen- tral B'd of N. Y., first year under the charter; one of three mems. Supply Com., which purchased all supplies schs. of Greater N. Y .; mem. Legislature when Roose- velt was Governor; mem. Tax Revision Com., appt'd during Roosevelt's term. Referee appointed by the County Court of Kings Co. to examine accounts of Coms. of Incompetents. Republican. Presby'n. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Clubs: University, Brooklyn, Mon- tauk (Brooklyn). Residence, 1169 Dean St. Address: 44 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
COLLIER, ROBERT JOSEPH
Editor and publisher; b. N. Y. City, June 17, 1876; s. Peter Fenelon and Katherine Louise (Dunne) Collier; ed. St. Francis Coll., N. Y. City; Georgetown Univ., Washington, D. C. A.B., 1894; Harvard Univ., 1 year; Oxford Univ., England, 1 year; m. Sara Steward Van Alen. Editor and publisher Collier's Weekly since 1898; pres. P. F. Collier & Son, Inc. Independent in politics. Roman Catholic. Dir. and v .- p. Lincoln Farm Ass'n; dir. N. Y. Symphony Orchestra; trustee Civle Forum. Recreations: Polo, hunting, flying. Clubs: Century Ass'n, Racquet and Tennis, The Brook, Harvard, City, Republiean, Catholic, Players, N. Y. Yaeht, Meadow Brook, Westchester Country, Riding, Turf and Field, Aero of America (gov.). Residence, 752 Park Av. Ad- dress: 416 W. 13th St., N. Y. City.
COLLIER, WILLIAM
Actor; b. 1868; first appearance on the stage was as Dick Deadeye, in Pinafore. Appeared afterwards in minor parts in various plays, until finally became leading man in Hoyt's Co. In 1901 became a star, af- terwards joining the force of Weber & Fields, in the N. Y. Music Hall. Since the dissolution of that firm has appeared in many productions with marked suc- ccss. Address: The Lambs' Club. N. }. City.
COLLIER, WILLIAM MILLER
Lawyer, diplomat; b. Lodi, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1867; 8 Rev. Isaac and Frances (Miller) Collier; grad. Ham- Ilton Coii., A.B., 1889, A.M., 1892; studied law in offices in N. Y. City and Brooklyn; m. Auburn, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1893, Frances Beardsley Ross. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1892; praetised at Auburn, N. Y. Appt'd referee in bankruptcy for Northern Dist. of N. Y., 1898; appt'd by Gov. Roosevelt, Jan., 1890, and reappt'd by Gov. Odell. Mem. State Civil Service Comm'n, of which was elected pres., Feb., 1901; resigned 1903; was offered, Mar., 1903, by Pres. Roosevelt, an apptm't as solicitor of internal revenue, but declined; later in same month appt'd to position of sp'l ass't to the att'y-gen. of the U. S., and was assigned to act as solicitor of newly created Dep't of Commerce and Labor; appt'd solicitor of that dep't when office was permanently created. Envoy extraordinary and minister pienipotentiary of U. S. to Spain, 1904-1909. Author: Collier on Bank. ruptcy, 1898; The Trusts-What Can We Do With Them and What Can They Do For Us? 1900; Collier on Civil Service Law, 1901; At the Court of His Catholic Majesty; edited first twelve volumes Am. Bankruptcy Reports. Sp'l Lecturer on law of bankruptcy, N. Y. Law Sch., 1903-1905; and on internat. law, 1910-1913. Mem. Phl Kappa Soc., Chi Psi fraternity. Ciubs: Owasco Country (Auburn), Metropolitan (Washington. D. C.), University ( N. Y. City). Address: Auburn, N. Y. COLLIN, CHARLES A.
Lawyer; b. Benton, Yates Co., N. Y., May 18, 1846; s. Henry C. and Maria L. (Park) Collin; grad. Yale Coll., A.B., 1866, A.M., 1869; m. Norwich, Conn., May 23, 1871, Emily Lathrop Ripley; children: Dwight Ripley, b. 1873; Grace Lathrop, b. 1875. Teacher, Norwich (Conn.) Free Acad., 1866-1870. Lawyer, Elmira, N. Y., 1870- 1887; legal adviser Govs. Hill and Flower, 1887-1895; comm'r of Statutory Revision (N. Y.), 18S9-1895; coun- sei to revise tax laws, 1893-1894; prof. law, Corneli Univ. Law Sch., 1887-1895; mcm, B'd of Statutory Con- solidation (N. Y.), since 1912; lawyer N. Y. City since 1895; now senior mem. Collin, Wells & Hughes, law- yers. Ciubs: Railroad, Brooklyn, Yale, Alpha Deita Pli. Address: 5 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
COLLIN, DWIGHT RIPLEY
Architect; b. Norwich, Conn .; grad. Ithaca High Sch., 1890, and attended Cornell University. 1890-1894. Architect of N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Address: 70 E. 45th St., N. Y. City.
COLLIN, FREDERICK
Jurist; b .- Benton, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1850; s. Henry Clark and Maria Louisa (Park) Collin; grad. Yale Coil., A.B., A.M .; marrled. Admitted to bar, Dimira, N. Y., 1876; elected judge Court of Appeals for term expiring 1920. was corp'n counsel, 1891-1892; mayor of Elmira, 1894- 1898; pres. B'd Ed'n, 1887-1894 and 1899-1910. Address: Elmira, N. Y.
COLLINS, A. FREDERICK
Electrical physicist; b. South Bend, Ind., Jan. 8, 1869; s. Capt. Thomas J. (48th Ind. Vols.) and Mar- garet A. (Roller) Collins; ed. public schs. and old Univ. of Chicago; m. Atchinson, Kan., June 28, 1897, Evelyn Bandy; one son, Virgil Dewey, b. 1898. Dis- covered effect of electric waves on brain cells; inven- tor of wireless telephone, awarded gold medal for same Alaska Yukon Pacific Exp'n, 1909; lecturer N. Y. B'd Ed'n, 1900-1910; teenniclan Collins Wireless Telephone Co., 1904-1910; editor Collins Wireless Bulletin, 1908- 1910; scientific correspondent N. Y. Herald, 1903-1906. Author: Wireless Telegraphy: Its History, Theory and Practice; Manual of Wireless Telegraphy; Construc- tion of Induction Coils, and many papers on wireless subjects. Club: Authors' (London). Address: The Antlers, Congers. N. Y.
COLLINS, GEORGE KNAPP
Lawyer; b. Spafford, N. Y., April 15, 1837; s. Dr, John and Mary Ann (Roundy) Collins; grad. Syracuse High Sch .; m. Syracuse, June 9, 1858, Catharine Sager; children: Daniel Gott, b. April 19, 1859 (died Jan. 25, 1861); Katharine Mary, b. May 26, 1861; Grace Vir- Rinia, b. March 15, 1863; Helen, b. May S. 1865 (now Mrs. John l'. Megrew, Washington, D. C.); Fiora Belle, b. Feb. 16, 1869 (now Mrs. Wiffiam Wolcott Wiard); Clara Bessie, b. Aug. 31, 1872 (now Mrs. Wiffiam Sum- mer Teall); Daisy May, b. Dec. S. 1875 (died Feb. 26, 1879). Served as 1st licut. Co. I, 149til Reg't, N. Y. Vol. Inf., for nearly two years, 1862-1864; byt'd captain for meritorious services at ciose of war; participated in all battles, skirmishes and marches of reg't in Army of the Potomac and Army of the Cumberland, except battie of Ringgold (incapacitated by wounds); was in battles of Chanceilorsville (wounded). Gettysburg, Wauhatchie, Lookout Mountain; wounded at latter, causing discharge, April 24, 1864. Admitted to N. Y.
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Bar, 1866, later to Dist. Court of U. S. and to Dep't of \ COLNE, WILLIAM W. Interior; engaged in active practice of law at Syra- cuse, N. Y. Past Comd'r Root Post, G. A. R. Mem. Cen- tral N. Y. Micros. Soc. (ex-pres.); mem. Nat. Micros. Soc .; formerly grand treas. Royal Arcanum; compan- ion of N. Y. Commandery, Loyal Legion; mem. Central N. Y. Geneal. Soc., S. A. R. Author: Memoirs of the 149th Reg't, N. Y. Vol. Inf., 3d Brigade, 2d Div., 12th and 20th Army Corps; History of the Town of Spafford, N. Y .; Genealogical History of the Coiilns Family; also novels and other publications. Address: Syra- cuse, N. Y.
VCOLLINS, HOWARD DENNIS
Physician; b. N. Y. City, July 9, 1868; s. George and Anna (Taft) Collins; grad. Yale Coll., A.B., 1890; Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia Univ.), M.D., 1893; m. N. Y. City, 1895, Helen Gawtry. Formerly interne Roosevelt y COLNON, AARON J. Hosp., N. Y. City; now surgeon City Hosp., and sur- geon to J. Hood Wright Memorial Hosp .; former ass't demonstrator of anatomy, Columbia; mem. N. Y. Acad. Medicine; ex-mem. Ass'n Am. Anatomists; mem. Yale Alumni . Ass'n. Author :. Text-Book on Physiology; contb'r to Internat. Text-Book of Surgery. Clubs: University, Union, Riding. Address: 50 W. 55th St., N. Y. City.
COLLINS, JOSEPH
Physician; b. Brookfield, Conn., Sept. 22, 1866; ed. public schools, Brookfield, Newtown Acad. and Univ. of Mich .; grad. medical dep't Univ. of N. Y., 1888; post-grad. studies. Frankfort; prof. neurology, N. Y. Post-Grad. Med. Sch. Author: Diseases of the Brain, Diseases of the Nervous System, Pathology of Nervous Diseases; also monograph the Sympathetic Nervous System. Mem. N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Am. Neuroi. Ass'n, N. Y. Neurol. Ass'n, New England Soc. Clubs; Century, Charaka, Scawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Racquet and Tennis. Address: 37 W. 54th st., N. Y. City.
COLLINS, MICHAFL F.
Journalist; h. Troy, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1854; ed. public school and Christian Brothers Acad .; m. Dec. 19, 1880, Caroline E. O'Sullivan. Learned trade of printer In Troy, N. Y., and since 1879 has been editor and prop'r of the Troy Observer. Democrat; served in N. Y. State Assembly, 1886-1887 N. Y. Senate, 1888-1889, 1889-1890, and 1894-1895. Address: 193 Second st., Troy, N. Y
COLLINS, STEPHEN WILLETS
Lawyer; b. Purchase, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1862; s. Richard S. and Sarah (Wiilets) Collins; ed. Oakwood Sem., Hav- erford Coll., B.S., 1883; Columbia Coil. Law Sch., LL.B., 1885; m. Nov. 15, 1911, Arietta Hope l'rentice. Admit- ted to bar, 1885; since then practising law in N. Y. City; dir. and counsel Bankers' Investing Co., and The Lowerrc Co., (aiso sec. and treas.). Pres. dir. and coun- sei Prospect Investing Co. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y., Hist. Soc., and others. Traveled in Europe. Canada and U. S. Was 4 years mem. Town B'd, Town of Harrison, N. Y. Independent Republican. Trustee and treas. N. Y. Colored Mission. Trustee and Sec. Twenty-first Ward Mission and Industrial Sch. Ass'n; trustee Haverford Coll. Recreations: Golf, tennis, horseback riding. Ciubs: Union League, Apawamis, Badminton. Address: 63 Wail St., N. Y. City.
COLLIS, LLOYD
Consulting eng'r; b. Philadelphia, Pa., July 4, 1870; 8. Gen. Charles H. T. and Septima M. (Levy) Collis; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H .; Columbia Univ., Sch of Mines, C.E., 1892; unmarried. Ass't eng'r Pa. R. R., 1893-1894; chief eng'r Tubular Dispatch Co., operating pneumatic mail tubes in N. Y. City, 1896-1902; 1902, 1909 in constr'n work, principally bridges, water sys- tems, pavements and sewers, as pres. Lloyd Collis, Inc. contractors. Consuiting eng'r especially City pian- ning since 1909. Progressive Mem. Rep. Co. Com., Co. of N. Y., 1895-1898; sec. Rep. Co. Com., 1905; veteran 7th Reg't Co. F. Episcopalian. Mem. Psi Upsilon, Mil. Order, Loyal Legion. Ciub: Columbia University. Ad- dress: 202 E. 29th St., N. Y. City.
COLMAN, SAMUEL
Artist; b. Portiand, Me., Mar. 4. 1832; s. Samuel (publisher) and Pamela (Chandler) Coiman; art ed'n In Madrid, Venice, Paris and London; m. 1st, Irving- ton, N. Y., Aug., 1862, Anne L. Dunham; 2d, Newport .R. I., Sept., 1903, L. M. Gaffney. Asso. Nat Academi- clan, 1860, Nat. Academician since 1862, Nat. Acad. Design. One of founders 'and first pres., 1866-1867, Am. Soc. Water Color Painters; charter mem. Soc. Ani. Artists, 1878; mem. N. Y. Etching Club. Pictures in Met. Museum of Art, Lenox Library, Union League, Century and Lotos Clubs; latest work is on "Nature's Harmonic Unity," published by G. P. Putnam's Sons. Address: 320 Central Park West, N. Y. City.
Commission merchant; b. Washington D. C., Feb. 17, 1863; ed. public schs., and Georgetown Univ. Came to Brooklyn, 1881, to take position with French Panama Canal Co. in capacity of ass't purchasing ag't and re- mained with that company until 1899; in same year formed partnership with Thomas Powell, Parls, France, for the sale of foreign and domestic patents, with offices in N. Y. City and Paris, being still en- gaged in that business under firm name of Colné & Co. Elected mem. Assembly on Republican ticket, 1905; re-elected 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909. Mem. Kings Co. Republican Gen. Com., 11th Assembly Dist. Re- publican Ass'n, Jamaica Bay Improvement Ass'n, also several fraternal socs. Club: Congress. Address: 11 Broadway, N. Y. City.
Lawyer; b. Potsdam, N. Y., Aug. 5 1870; s. John W. and Harriet (Perkins) Coinon; grad. Cornell Univ., Litt.B., 1903; LL.B., 1904; m. N. Y. City, 1902, Elizabeth Diffin. Att'y for Fidelity & Casualty Co., 7 years; prl- vate practise 10 years; ass't dist. att'y since 1911. Served in navy on U. S. S. Yankee during the Spanish- Am. War. Independent Democrat; Roman Catholic. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Med. Jurisprudence Soc., Theta Deita Chi fraternity, Spanish War Veterans, Knights of Columbus. Recreations: Golf, boating Clubs: Corneil Univ., Arcanum Yacht. Residence: 434 W. 23d St. Address: Criminal Courts Bld'g, N. Y. City.
COLT, HARRIS DUNSCOMB
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, March 19, 1861; s. Harris and Catharinc (Danscomb) Coit; grad. A.B., Yale 1884; L.L.B., Columbia, 1886; m. Flushing, N. Y. 1894, Eliza- beth. H. Bowne; one son; Harrls D. Jr., b. 1901. Student and clerk (law) in office of Lord, Day & Lord, 1885- 1891; practised law alone, 1891-1894; then formed firm of Stearns, Curtis & Coit; now Curtis, Mailet, Prevost & Coit. Has made specialty of law connected with corp'ns and with trust estates and their mg'mt, being trustee of several large estates and att'y for individ- uals having real estate interests. Pres. and dir. Hy- geia Distilled Water Co., Multipie Speed & Traction Co .; treas. and dir. Hardee Realty Co .; dir. Mortgage Bond Co. Independent in politics; Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; trustee and sec. of Sevilla Home for Children; trustec and treas. of Soc. for the Relief of Haif-Orphan and Destitute Children. Clubs: University, Metropolitan, Grolier, Down Town Ass'n, Yale. Residence: 515 Park Av. Address: 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.
COLT, RUSSELL GRISWOLD
Broker; b. Bristol, R. I., Oct. 1, 1882; s. Samuel Pom- croy and Elizabeth (Builock) Colt; ed. Andover Acad., and Yale Univ., 1904; m. Hyde Park, Mass., March 14, 1909, Ethel Barrymore; children: Samuel, b. 1910; Ethel Barrymore, b. 1912; John Drew, b. 1913. Mem. firm H. L. Horton Co. Clubs: Yale, Garden City Golf, Baltusrol Goif, Westchester Country, Cresent Athletic, Apawamis Golf, American Yacht, Greenwich Country. Residence: Mamaroneck, N. Y., and 29 E. 61st St. Ad- dress: 60 Broadway, N. Y. City.
COLT, STOCKTON BEEKMAN
Architect; b. Paterson, N. J .. March 20. 1863: s. E. Boudinot and Jane (Borrows) Colt (maternal grand- mother, Jane Beekman; paternal grandmother, Eliza Boudinot); grad. Columbia Univ., Ph. B., 1SS8; m. Cazenovia, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1901, Beatrice Walburg Bar- clay, d. Sackett Moore Barclay; children: Stockton Beckman, Jr., b. 1902; Rutger Barciay, b. 1904; Bea- trice Boudinot. b. 1905 (died Oct. 28, 1907); Cornelia Cochrane, b. 1907; Sackett Barclay, b. 1912. Employed in office of George B. Post, architect, 1SS8-1904; since then in private practice. Episcopailan. Mem. Am. Inst. Architects, Architectural League of N. Y., Soc. Columbia Univ., Architects. Delta Psi fraternity. Clubs: St. Anthony (N. Y. City) ; Elizabeth Town and Country. Residence: Elizabeth N. J. Address: 40 W. 38th St. N. Y. City.
COLTON, ARTHUR WILLIS
Author; b. Washington, Conn., May 22, 1868; s. Wlllls S. and Lucy P. (Gibson) Coiton; ed. The Gunnery Sch., Washington, Conn., 1862-1886; Yaie, A.B., 1800, Ph.D., 1893. Instr. in English. Yaie, 1893-1895. Librarian of University Club, N. Y. City, 1906. Author: Bennie Ben Cree, 1900 (Doubieday) ; Delectable Mountains, 1901 (Scribner) ; Debatable Land, 1901 (Harper); Tioba, 1903 (Hoit); Beited Seas, 1905 (liolt); Cruise of the Vio- letta, 1906 (Hoit) ; Harps Hung Up in Babylon, 1907 (Holt). Ciubs: Graduate (New Haven); Yale, Authors (N. Y. City). Residence: Washington, Conn. Aldress: University Club, N. Y. City.
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COLTON, CHARLES HENRY
Catholle bishop of Buffalo; b. N. Y. Clty; s. Patrick and Teresa Colton; grad. St. Francis Xavier Coll., 1872: in theology from St. Joseph's Sem., Troy, N. Y .; or- dained to priesthood, June 10, 1876; ass't 1876-1886; rector, 1887-1903, St. Stephen's Ch., N. Y. City; chan- cellor archdiocese . of N. Y., 1894-1903; consecrated Aug. 24, 1903, bishop of Buffalo. Author: Seedlings; My Trip to Rome; The Holy Land; Birds and Blos- soms. Address: 1035 Delaware Av., Buffalo, N. Y.
COLVIN, ADDISON BEECHER
Banker, mf"r, publisher; b. Glens Falls, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1858; s. Col. Hiram K. and Ann M. (Cowles) Colvin; ed. Glens Falls Acad .; m. Fonda, N. Y., May 16, 1883, Marie Louise Hees; three daughters. Started Glens Falls Daily Times, 1879 (first newspaper north of Troy in N. Y.), and was youngest editor of daily newspaper in U. S. Organized 1898, and pres. Glens Falls Trust Co .; pres. Glens Falls Publishing Co., Empire Real Estate & Theatre Co., Manchester Lumber Co., chm'n: Exec. Com., and stockholder First Nat. Bank of Argyle; sec. and treas. Imperial Timber Holding Co .; owner Colvin Bld'g, Glens Falls; U. S. Comm'r of Coinage and Mints; Treas. N. Y. State, 1894-1898; delegate to Nat. Republican Conv., 1896; hon. mem. 18th Separate Co., Glens Falls. Republican; Presby'n. Llfe mem. Nat. Commercial Travellers' Ass'n; mem. Exec. Com. N. Y. State Trust Companies Ass'n; hon. mem. State Fire- men's Ass'n; G. A. R .; dir. Crandall Free Library. Clubs: Saratoga Golf, Glens Falls Country (chm'n Greens Com.), Glens Falls Automobile (chm'n Traffic Com.). Residence: 271 Glen St. Address: Glens Falls Trust Co., Glens Falls, N. Y.
V COLVIN, ANDREW
Lawyer; b. New Baltimore, Greene Co., N. Y., April 21, 1869; s. John and Margaret A. (Miller) Colvin; ed. district school, Albany Acad., Union Univ., Law Sch., LL.B., 1891; m. Albany, N. Y., 1891, May Backus; Ad- mitted to bar, 1801, and engaged in practice. Dir. Beverly Co. Progressive. Mem. Social Friendship Lodge 741, F. and A. M. Counsel Flatbush Taxpayers' Ass'n; dir. Greene County Soc., in City of N. Y. Recreations: Boating, fishing. Clubs: N. Y. Press, Nat. Progressive. Address: 280 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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COLVIN, FRED H.
Mech. eng'r, editor; b. Sterling, Mass., Oct. 5, 1867; s. Henry F. and Hattie E. (Roper) Colvin; ed. public schs,. Providence, R. I., and Philadelphia; m. March 3, 1890, Mary K. Loring; children: Charles H., b. March 4, 1893; Henry F. b. March 28, 1898; Roger P., b. Aug. 31, 1901 (d. July 18, 1905). Editor, Machinery, 1894-1897, asso. editor Locomotive Engineering, 1897-1902; inn'g editor, American Machinist. Unitarian. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Franklin Inst. (Phila), Am. Alr Brake Ass'n. Address: 56 N. Maple Av., East Orange, N. J. COLVIN, GRATTAN
Lawyer; b. Columbus, Ga., Feb. 5, 1876; s. John Andrew and Mary J. (Donnelly) Colvin; grad. Univ. of Georgia, A.B., 1897; Harvard, LL.B., 1900; m. 1911, Mar- jorie Catchings. Admitted to bar, 1901; since then practising law in N. Y. City. Democrat. Catholic. Mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, Alumni Ass'n, N. Y. Southern Soc., Univ., of Ga., Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: Harvard, Catholic. Residence: 229 W. 101st St. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
COMAN, CHARLOTTE B.
Landscape painter; b. Waterville, N. Y .; studied in Paris with Harry Thompson and Emille Vernier; later in N. Y. with W. L. Lathrop, and Henry B. Snell; wi low. Received bronze medal from Calif. Midwinter Exp'n, 1894; several prizes in Woman's Art Club, in- cluding the Burgess and Emerson McMillan prizes, Shaw Memorial prize, 1905; second prize from Washi- ington Soc. of Artists. Pictures in permanent collec- tion in Denver, Colo., San Antonio Texas, also In Wm. L. Evans' collection at Nat. Art Gallery, Washington, D. C., and Metropolitan Museum, N. Y. City; asso. Nat. Acad. Design. Address: 939 Eighth Ave., N. Y. City.
COMEY, JOHN WINTHROP
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Apr. 6, 1877; s. John F. and Harrlet (Grover) Comey; grad. Brown Unlv., Ph.B., 1898, Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1901; unmarried. Formerly associated with Carter, Hughes & Dwight, att'ys, and later att'y for McVlckar, Gaillard Realty Co. Counsel for Comey & Co. (mnf'g); dir. Comey Real Estate Corp'n. Republican; Baptist. Clubs: University, Brown. Residence: 52 W. 54th St. Address: 584 Broadway. N. Y. City.
V COMFORT, ANNA MANNING
Physician; b. Trenton, N. J., Jan. 19, 1845; d. Alfred Curling and Elizabeth (Price) Manning; academic | COMSTOCK, BENJAMIN SAYRE
ed'n in Boston, Mass .; grad. N. Y. Med. Coll., for Women, M.D., 1865: m. Jan. 19, 1871, Prof. George F.
Comfort, LL.D., L. H.D., art
educator and inst'n founder (died May 5, 1910); children: Ralph, Fred- erick, Arthur, Silas (adopted), Grace (adopted). Was first woman med. graduate to practice in State of Conn .; later, lecturer in N. Y. Med. Coll. for Women, and practitioner as a specialist in gynecology in N. Y. City and Syracuse. Traveled extensively in Europe, 1897, and 1891, visiting hosps. and other med. inst'ns. Pioneer suffrage and clubwoman; mem. Sorosis since 1870. Author: Woman's Education and Woman's Health; contb'r both prose and verse to med. and other publications. Address: 160 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
COMFORT, WALTER R.
Capitallst; b. Montgomery, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1858; s. Daniel H. and Mary E. (Rockefeller) Comfort; ed. Montgomery Acad; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1887, Almira LaDue. Pres. and dir. Cloftlin Chem. Co., N. Riverside Drive Improvement Co., Reid lee Cream Co .; pres. mg'r and dir. Robert Reid Co .; pres. Independent Milk Products Co. of N. J., Mountain Lake lee Cream Co., Mansfield Dairy Co. of Pa., Seminole Fruit & Land Co., Fla .; Davis Ice Cream Co., Boston Ice Cream Co .; treas. New Hampton Ice Cream Co., Suffolk Ice Co .; treas. and dir. Dairymen's Mf'g Co .; dir. Neapoli- tan Ice Cream Co., Boston; Aetna Nat. Bank, Delevan Consolidated Milk Co., N. Y. Milk Exchange. Republi- can; Methodist. Dir. Drew Theol. Sem. Residence: Bretton Ilall. Address: 32 New Chambers St., N. Y. City.
COMPTON, ALFRED G.
Educator; b. London, Eng., Feb. 1, 1835; parents cmi- grated to America, Mar., 1842; ed. public schools of city and grad. Coll. of City of N. Y. in first graduating class, July, 1853; tutor in college, 1853-1869; prof. of physics (mechanics, etc., mixed mathematics); acting pres. of college Dec. 1. 1902-Sept. 1, 1903, between the resignation of Pres. Alexander S. Webb and apptm't of his successor, John H. Finley. Author: First Lessons In Wood Working; First Lessons in Metal Working: The Speed Lathe (with J. H. de Groodt); The Engine Lathe (with J. H. de Groodt); Some Common Errors of Speech; A/Manual of Logarithmic Computation. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Am. Inst. of Elec. Eng'rs, City Coll. Club. Address: 40 W. 126th St., N. Y. City.
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