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COOPER, DRURY W.
Lawyer; b. New Brunswick, N. J., Aug. 7, 1872; s. Jacob (D.D., L.L.D.) and Mary (Linn) Cooper; grad. Rutgers Coll., A.B., 1892; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1894; m. New Brunswick, N. J., June 15, 1898, Esther Ste- venson Nicholas; children: Esther N., b. 1900; Drury W., Jr., b. 1901; Mary Linn, b. 1904; Elizabeth, b. 1906; Jacob, b. 1908; John Nicholas, b. 1911; Theodore W., b. 1913. Admitted to bar, 1894; mem. law firm. Kerr, Page, Cooper & Hayward; practise has been largely in trial of cases involving patents, trademarks and copyrights. Republican; mem. Reformed (Dutch) Ch. in America. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, N. Y. Law Inst., Delta Phi fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Uni- versity, Lawyers, N. Y. Press. Address: 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.
COOPER, EMMA LAMPERT
Artist, painter; b. Nunda, N. Y .; d. Henry and Jen- nette (Smith) Lampert; grad. Wells Coll., Aurora, N. Y .; studied art at Cooper Union and Art Students' League, N. Y. City; also studled in Paris; m. Roches- ter, N. Y., June 9, 1897, Colin Campbell Cooper, artist, from Philadelphia, now of N. Y. City. Dir. Art Dep't, Foster Sch., Clifton Springs, N. Y., 1891-1893; instr. of painting, Mechanics' Inst., Rochester, N. Y., 1893- 1897. Medals from exp'ns at Chicago, 1893; Atlanta, 1895; St. Louis (two medals), 1904; prize for best Water color Woman's Art Club Exb'n, N. Y., 1907. Mem. Eastern Ass'n of Wells Coll. (one of founders and 1st v .- p.); Women's Art Ass'n of Canada; Soc. of Women Painters (pres.); Am. Water Color Soc. Clubs: Women's Internat. Art (London); Philadelphia Water Color (Philadelphia) ; N. Y. Water Color, Woman's Art (N. Y. City). Address: 222 West 59th St., N. Y. City. COOPER, HENRY DODGE
Importer, mf'r; b. Wantage, N. J .; m. Rosalie Mar- tindale Purdy, d. of Alfred Seaman Purdy, M.D., or N. Y .; children: Marion D., Dudley M. (Yale). Former capt. 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y. Clubs: University, Mer- chants, Larchmont Yacht. Residence: 29 W. 70th St. Address: 54 Worth St., N. Y. City.
COOPER, HENRY ELLIOTT
Banker; b. Pawtucket, R. I., Aug. 21, 1873; s. George and Margaret (MacCutcheon) Cooper; attended Brown
Univ., 1891-1895, grad. Harvard Law Sch., A.B., 1896 (mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc.); unmarried. In mig business 5 years, brokerage business, 3 years; in bond business, 3 years, representative for J. D. Rockefeller investments, 5 years, now v .- p. Equitable Trust Co. Also v .- p. and dir. Am. Linseed Co .; dir. Abeyton Realty Co., Colo. Fuel & Iron Co., Equitable Trust Co. of N. Y., Georges Creek & Cumberland R. R. Co., N. Y. Produce Exchange, Safe Deposit & Storage Co., Texas & Pacific Ry. Co., Tilden Iron Mining Co., Western Md. R.R. Co. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., and Alpha Delta Phi fraternity; dir. Philharmonic Soc. of N. Y. Recrea- tlons: Golf, tennis, walking. Clubs: University, Ards- ley. Residence: 701 Madison Av. Address: 37 Wall St., N. Y. City.
COOPER, HERMON CHARLES
Chemist; b. Glen Ellyn, Ill., Nov. 22, 1875; s. Law- rence Charles and Emma Parthenia (Yalding) Cooper; grad. Ph.B., Beloit Coll., 1896, M.A., 1899; student Göt- tingen and Heidelberg Univs., 1896-1899. Ph.D., Heidel- berg, 1899; student in Paris, 1899; m. Stratford, Conn., June 30, 1905, Agnes Kent Packard. Independent re- search worker, Chicago Univ., 1899-1900; tcacher Lin- coln (Neb.) High Sch., 1900-1901; instr. Syracuse Univ., 1901-1903; research ass'n in physical chemistry, Mass. Inst. of Technology, 1903-1904; ass't prof., 1904-1906; asso. prof 1906-1912; prof. chemistry since 1912; Syra- cuse Univ. Author of various research monographs in organic and physical chemistry. Translator and Am. editor of Ifolleman-Cooper Text-Book of Inor- ganic Chemistry. Congregationalist. Fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Chem. Soc. Address: 831 Ackerman Av., Syracuse, N. Y.
COOPER, HUGH LINCOLN
Consulting eng'r; b. Sheldon, Minn., April 28, 1865; s. George W. and Nancy M. (Parshall) Cooper; ed. Rush- ford (Minn.) High Sch .; ni. Rochester, Minn., Oct. 12, 1892, Frances B. Graves; children: Agnes L., Hugh L., Jr. (deceased), Elizabeth E. Designed and for most part, constructed about 700,000 hydro-electric power in plants situated in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Niagara Falls, Canada; Winnipeg, Canada; McCalls Ferry, Pa .; Keo- kuk, lowa; crossing the Mississippi and various other localities. V .- p. Miss. Valley Power Co. Independent. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Am. Soc. )lech. Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Mining Eng'rs, and various others. Recrea- tions: Motoring, fishing. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht, Rallroad, Engineers. Residence: 128 Strawberry Hill Av., Stam- ford, Conn. Address: 101 Park Av., N. Y. City.
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COOPER, LANE
University prof .; b. New Brunswick, N. J., Dec. 14, 1875; s. Jacob and Mary' (Linn) Cooper; ed. Rutgers Coll., A.B. (2d classical honor, and oratorical honor), 1896, A.M., 1898; Yale Univ., 1898; studied at Columbia, Berlin, Leipzig (Ph.D., 1901), and in Paris; unmar- ried. Teacher in St. James Preparatory Sch., 1898- 1899; abroad 1899-1901; instr. in English, Cornell Univ., 1902-1906; ass't prof. of English, Cornell Univ., since 1906. Author: The Prose Poetry of Thomas De Quincey; Theories of Style: A Manual of American Literature (with Theodore Stanton and others); Lit- erature for Engineers; A Concordance to the Poems of William Wordsworth; The Function of the Leader in Scholarship; Methods and Aims in the Study of Lit- erature: Aristotle On the Art of Poetry. Republican; Congregationalist. Mem. Delta Phi fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Modern Language Ass'n, Concord- ance Soc. Recreations: Shooting, fishing, rowing, bl- cycling, skating. Club: Town and Gown ( Ithaca). Residence: Cornell Heights. Address: Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
COOPER, THEODORE
Consulting eng'r; b. Cooper's Plains, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1839; s. John and Elizabeth (Evans) Cooper; grad. Rensselaer Poly. Inst., 1858; unmarried. Entered U. S. Navy as ass't eng'r, 1861, with U. S. S. Chocura; was at Hampton Roads at second appearance of Confed- erate iron-clad Merrimac, at Siege of Yorktown, battle of West Point, York River, at White House, Pamun- key River, during Chickahominy campaign; on block- ade off Forts Caswell and Fisher, 1863; Texas Biock- ade, 1864-1865; in June, 1865, ordered for duty as ass't prof. steam eng'ring and chemistry, U. S. Naval Acad .; also in charge construction of new buildings and the sea wall; ordered to U. S. S. Nyack, S Pacific Squad- ron, 1868; again ordered to U. S. Naval Acad., 1870, and after short service was granted furlough of one year previous to entering civil life. Was with Capt. James B. Eads in construction and erection of St. Louis arch bridge over Mississippi River, 1872-1875; sup't Dela- ware Bridge Works, 1875-1876; ass't gen. mg'r and sup't Keystone Bridge Co., 1876: after Ashtabula dis- aster employed, 1877-1878, in making critical examina- tion of bridges over inany principal railroads. Since
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Pawling School Preparatory School for Boys
Founded by Dr. FREDERICK L. GAMAGE
LOCATION-
Pawling, N. Y., 64 miles from New York City, on the Harlem Division of the New York Central Railroad; 700 feet above sea level, in the foothills of the Berkshires.
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Main building represents the best type of academic architecture-providing single bedrooms, infirmary, common room, study hall, dining room, library, recitation rooms, masters' apartments; superior heating, lighting, ventilating and sanitary equipment.
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The course of instruction is arranged to cover five years, and is directed by able and experienced masters. The intimate association of master and boy provides for the careful study of each individual. The entire purpose of the school is to render the greatest possible service to every boy.
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Newman School
HACKENSACK, N. J.
A College Preparatory Boarding School FOR SIXTY BOYS Under Catholic Auspices Tuition, $800
Small Classes Individual Attention
Resident Chaplain
FOUNDED 1900
Jesse Albert Locke, A.M., LL.D. Headmaster
CEDARCROFT
Former home of Bayard Taylor, Kennell Square, Pa.
A PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR BOYS 33 miles from Philadelphia
Limited number of boys, 10 to 18 years. Individual instruction, painstaking and thorough. One master for six boys. Every boy recites every lesson every day. Real home life, with abundant table. Single rooms. Estate of 125 acres. Manual Training. New gymna- sium, with swimming pool. All branches of athletics. Football and baseball field, tennis courts, track, etc. Electric light, steam heat, spring water. Cer- tificate admits to leading Colleges and Scientific Schools. Illustrated Catalog on request.
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30 miles from New York. 500 feet ele- vation, commanding a 40-mile view of the Hudson. Complete equipment-all sports. Limited number of pupils. Character references required.
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Best reached from Ossining station (one and one-half miles distant) on Hudson River R. R.
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1879 in practice at N. Y. City as consulting eng'r; has designed numerous bridges and other structures for rallroads, towns, cities and private concerns, consult- Ing eng'r for many rallroads in U. S., Mexico, Japan, etc., the N. Y. Elevated R. R., Rapid Transit Comm'ns of N. Y. City and Boston, Washington Bridge (N. Y. City); mem. boards appt'd by Pres. Cleveland on Hud- son River Bridge and by Mayor Low on Manhattan Bridge; consulting eng'r for all structural work of N. Y. Public Library, and for Quebec Bridge over St. Lawrence River with span of 1800 feet. Author: Cooper's Specifications for the Superstructure of Rall- road and Highway Bridges; also many papers on eng'ring subjects. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs (has twice received its Norman medal), Loyal Legion, N. Y. Hist. Soc., Naval Inst. (life mem.), Am. Soc. Fine Arts, Am. Museum Natural History, N. Y. Botanical Garden; honorary mem. Am. Inst. Architects. Club: Century. Address: 353 \V. 57th St., N. Y. City.
COOPERNAIL, GEORGE P.
Physician and surgeon; b. Red Hook, N. Y., Mar. 15, 1876; s. Willlam C. and Elizabeth (Tompkins) Cooper- nail; grad. Albany Med. Coll., 1900; Albany Hosp., 1901- 1902; m. Falls Village, Conn., July 30, 1902, N. Loulse Brinton; children: Charlotte Louise, b. Nov. 2, 1904; George Brinton, b. Oct. 31, 1905; William Fulton, b. July 18, 1909. Interne Albany Hosp., 1900-1901; since then practising medicine In Bedford, N. Y. First lieut. Reserve Med. Corps, U. S. A. Inventor of Tonsll Dis- sector. Author: Article on . Bone Plating, and a paper on Clean Tonsil Dissectlon and a Method of Doing It. Republican. Mem. Ass'n of Military Surgcons of the U. S., Dutchess Co. Soc. of N. Y., Westchester Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Nat'l Health League, N. Y. State Div. Med. Reserve Corps, U. S. A., N. Y. State Hist. Soc., Mt. Kisco Lodge, F. and A. M., Fellow Am. Coll. of Surgeons. Recreations: Hunting and fishing. Address: Bedford, N. Y.
V COPELAND, HENRY CLAY
Banker; b Middletown Springs, Vt., May 23, 1844; s. Lucius and Minerva (Skinner) Copeland; ed. Union Coll., Schenectady, N. Y .; m. 1st, Chazy, Clinton Co., N. Y., Oct. 10, 1866, Julia A. North (died 1890) ; 2d, N. Y. City, Sept. 1, 1892, Marie K. Hinds; children: Mrs. Lucy M. Copeland Addoms, b. Sept. 18, 1870; Henry F., b. Dec. 29, 1872; Frances L., b. April 18, 1884. Cashier First Nat. Bank, Brandon, Vt., 1870-1883; assisted in organizing and was cashier Sprague Nat. Bank, Brook- lyn, N. Y., 1883-1885; founded Minnehaha Nat. Bank, Sioux Falls, Dakota, 1885; founded, 1887, Riverside Bank, N. Y. City, and was its cashier, 1887-1894; pres. 1894-1903. Retired 1903. Actively interested in real estate in N. Y. City and at Haworth, N. J. Republican. Mem. Union Coll. Alumni Ass'n. Club: West Side Re- publican. Address: 242 W. 101st St., N. Y. City.
V COPELAND, ROYAL SAMUEL
Physician; b. Dexter, Mich., Nov. 7, 1868; s. Roscoe P. and Frances (Holmes) Copeland; attended Dexter High Sch., Mich. State Normal Coll., Univ. of Michigan, M.D .; Lawrence Univ., A.M .; m. Ann Arbor, Mich., July 15, 1908, Frances Spalding; one son: Royal Spalding, b. Sept. 12, 1910. Prof. ophthalmology and otology, Univ. of Mich., 1895-1908; prof. ophthalmology and dean of faculty, N. Y. Homo. Med. Coll., and Flower Hosp. since 1908. Mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-1903; pres. B'd of Ed'n Ann Arbor, 1903-1908; defeated for Congress, 2nd Cong. Dist., Mich. Mem. B'd of Ambu- iance Service, N. Y. City. Methodist. Ex-pres. Am. Inst. Homeopathy, Am. Homœ., Ophthal., Otol., and Laryngol. Ass'n. Corr. mem. British Home. Soc. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsllon and Alpha Sigma fraterni- tles; Knight Templar, Shriner, Knight of Pythias. Dir. Flower Hosp .; trustee N. Y. Opthalmlc Hosp. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Graduates, Univ. of Mich., Fallowcraft (Detroit). Address: 58 Central Park W., N. Y. City.
COPELAND, WILBUR FISK
Editor; b. McConnellsville, N. Y., July 14, 1864; s. Rev. Anson Tuller and Minerva Ann (Detchon) Cope- land; attended Western Reserve Sem., West Farming- ton, Ohio; Poland Unlon Seminary, Poland, Ohio; and Chaffee's Inst., Oswego, N. Y .; grad. Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Delaware, Ohio, A.B., 1889; m. Delaware, Ohio, June 18, 1891, Ella A. Griffiths; children: Jennie Mar- garet, b. Dec. 7, 1892 (dled Aug., 1893) ; Wilbur Griffiths, b. Dec. 21, 1893 (died Jan., 1894); John Anson, b. Jan. 7, 1896; Ellen Mincrva, b. June 30, 1897 (died Jan. 9, 1903); Rachel Griffiths, b. June 8, 1899 (died Aug., 1901); Otis (adopted), Agnes (adopted), .Ellanore (adopted), Laura (adopted), 'Warren (adoptcd). Ed- Itor Farmington (Ohio) News, 1884-1885; private sec. to Pres. Charles H. Payne, of Ohlo Wesleyan Univer- aity, Delaware, Ohio, 1885-1888. Editor The Practical Student, Delaware, Ohio, 1888; asso. editor N. Y. Volce, 1889-1893, with Funk & Wagnalls Co., publishers,
1889-1895. In business at Girard, Erie Co., Pa., 1895- 1899. With B'd Ed'n of Methodist Episcopal Ch., 1899- 1900. Editor The Straight Edge, N. Y., since 1899. Author: The Honorable Charles Rockingham Ducketts; The Church of Divine Satisfaction; The Ghost of Mur- dered Love; Fables and Parables by Avery Quercus, and other booklets issued by the Straight Edge Press. Organizer of The Straight Edge Industrlal Settlement, an "industrial experiment station," having headquar- ters at 111 Manhattan Strect, N. Y., and having a "hacienda" for mothers, chlidren and families at Alpine, Bergen Co., N. J. Address: Alpine, N. J.
COPPELL, ARTHUR
V Banker; b. Claremont, N. J., April 10, 1872; s. George and Helen Hoffman (Gillingham) Coppell; ed. St. John's Sch., Ossining, and Princeton Univ., A.B., 1894; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 12, 1899, Mary S. Bowers; one d., Susan Bowers. Entered Maitland, Phelps & Co., bank- ers, 1891, and admitted to firm, 1896, name changing to Maltland, Coppell & Co. Pres. and dir. Dry Dock, East Broadway & Battery R. R. Co., Woman's Hotel Co .; dir. Denver & Rlo Grande R. R. Co., Rio Grande Southern R. R. Co., Cuba R. R. Co., Lake Superlor In- vestment Co. Mem. St. George's Soc. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, City Midday, Englewood Golf. Residence: 22 W. 48th St. Address, 52 Willlam St., N. Y. City.
CORBIN, AUSTIN
Banker; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Apr. 12, 1873; s. Austin and Hannah M. (Wheeler) Corbin; ed. Cutler's and Westminster schs .; Harvard, A.B., cum laude, 1896; un- marrled. Entered business on death of father, 1896. as partner In Corbln Banking Co. house; executor es- tate of Austin Corbin; pres. Rockaway Park Improve- ment Co .; pres. Manhattan Beach Estates; treas. N. E. Mortgage Security Co. Episcopalian. Recreations: Shooting, yachting. Clubs: University, Lambs, Har- vard, N. Y. Athletic (N. Y. City), Somerset (Boston). Residences: Blue Mountain Farm, Newport, N. H .; Northport, L. I. Address: 192 Broadway, N. Y. Clty.
CORBIN, JOHN
Editor, author, critic; b. Chicago. May 2, 1870; s. Calvin Rich and Caroline Ellzabeth (Fairfield) Cor- bin; ed. Ogden Grammar and North Division Hlgh Schools, Chicago; Harvard, A.B., 1892, honors in Eng- lish (the honor thesls, "The Elizabethan Hamlet," took one-half the Sohier prize), A.M., 1893; Balllol Coll., Oxford, 1894-1895; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 2, 1899, Amy Foster. Editor Outing, 1893-18)4. instr. English, Harvard, 1895-1896; ass't editor Harper's Magazine, 1897-1900; on editorial staff Encyclopædla Britannica, London, 1900-1902; dramatic critic N. Y. Times, 1902- 1905; N. Y. Sun, 1905-1908; now literary mg'r New The- atre, N. Y. City. Author: The Elizabethan Hamlet, 1895; Schoolboy Life in England, 1888; An American at Oxford, 1902; A New Portrait of Shakespeare, 1903; The First Loves of Perilla, 1904: The Cave Man, 1907; Which College for the Boy?, 1908; Adventures on the Ragged Edge, 1908; Husband and the Forbidden Guests, 1910; also magazine articles and storles. Recrcations: Squash, tennis. Clubs: Harvard, Uni- versity, The Players. Address: 131 E. 15th St., N. Y. City.
CORDES, AUGUST W.
Architect; b. Hamburg, Germany, 1850; ed. Technical Sch. of Hamburg combined with courses in practical work and modeling; continued studics at Royal Acad., Berlin (interrupted by Franco-Prussian War, In which participated), resumed studies at Berlin as pupil of Gropius and Schmieden, and in 1873 studied under Theophile Ritter von Hansen, at Vienna Royal Acad. Traveled ten months through Italy and Sicily; came to N. Y. Clty 1880; formed partnership with Theodore W. E. De Lemos, 1884, as Dc Lemos & Cordes, who were the architects 'of Arlon Club House, Siegel-Cooper, Adams and Macy dep't stores; office buildings for Speyer & Co., etc., in N. Y. City, and office bld'g In City of Mexico for Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. Re- tired from active practice, 1907. Address: 124 W. 45th St., N. Y. City.
COREY, WILLIAM ELLIS
Capitalist; b. In Pennsylvania, 1866; cd. in public solis., and after 16 was in chemical laboratory of Ed- gar Thomson Stcel Works, at Pittsburgh; studied at home; twice marrled; m. 1907, Mabelle Gilman, actress. Sup't platc miil at Edgar Thomson Works of Carne- gic Bros. & Co., Pittsburgh, 187; invented Carnegie re- forged armor plate; succeeded Charles M. Schwab as pres. Carnegie Steel Co. Formerly pres, and dir. U. S. Steel Corp'n. Dir. Carnegie Steel Co., Elgin, Joliet & Eastern R'y Co., Federal Steel Co., Nat. Tube Co., Shelby Steel Trust Co., U. S. Steel Products Export Co. Mem. Am. lust. Mining Eng'rs. Clubs: Metropolitan, Ardsley. Residence: 2 E. 45th St. Address: 11 Wall St., N. Y. Clty.
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J CORLISS, CHARLES ALBERT
Manufacturer; b. Troy, N. Y., 1868; s. Wilbur F. and Julia (Parmly) Corliss; ed. Phillips Acad., Andover, cla-3 of 1886; William's Coll., A.B., 1890; unmarried. VCORNELL, JOHN M. Pres. and dir. Lamont, Corliss & Co., O'Sullivan Rub- ber Co., Swiss Chocolate Co .; dir. Inspiration Con- solidated Copper Co., Knipp Malt Food Co., Peter Coiller & Kopler. Republican; Presby'n. Recreation. Golf. Clubs: University, Union League, Sleepy Hollow Country, Englewood Country. Residence: 2 E. 45th St. Address: 131 Hudson St., N. Y. City.
CORNELL, CHARLES EZRA
Born N. Y. City, Dec. 29, 1855: s. Governor Alonzo B. and Ellen Augusta (Covert) Cornell; g. s. of Ezra Cornell, founder Cornell Univ .; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1879; Albany Law Sch., LL.B., 1880; m. Katharine Lawyer Bouck, d. Charles Bouck, son of Gov. William C. Bouck; onc son, William Bouck Cornell, b. Bouck's Island, Schoharie Co., N. Y., July 14, 1884. Served in U. S. Treasury Dep't and in private corp'ns. Pres. Cor- nell Transfer Co., and Unlon Transfer Co., Ithaca, N. Y. Delegate to Nat. Rep. Conv., 1880, and was one of 306 who voted for Gen. U. S. Grant. Republican; Epis- copalian. Life trustee Cornell Univ., Cornell Frec Library. Mem. Alpha Tau Omega fraternity; life mem. State Agr'l Soc .; mem. Royal Arcanum. Club: Town and Gown. Address: Highland Ave., Ithaca, N. Y.
CORNELL, DOUGLAS
Civil eng'r; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1869; s. S. Douglas and Lydia (Hadfield) Cornell; ed. Buffalo Classical Sch. and Rensselaer Poly. Inst., class of 1893. Since 1893 has held positions of transmitman, Troy Park Comm'n, leveler and ass't eng'r N. Y. State Eng'ring Dep't; ass't eng'r Batavia & North- ern R. R .; structural engineer Bureau of Buildings, Dep't Public Works, Buffalo, N. Y .; now structural eng'r and acting comm'r Bureau of Buildings, Buffalo, N. Y. Pres. Velie Motor Sales Co., v .- p. Clarine Water Co. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Delta Phi fraternity. Club: Buffalo. Address: 1 Municipal Bld'g, Buffalo, N. Y.
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CORNELL, EDWARD
Lawyer; b. Central Valley, N. Y., 1866; s. David and Susan A. (Ferguson) Cornell; grad. Cornell Univ. LL.B., 1889; LL.M., 1890; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1896, Esther Haviland; children: Willard Haviland, b. 1901; Katherine, b. 1904; Julien Davies, b. 1910; George Davison, b. 1910; Phebe, b. 1912. 'Admitted to bar, 1891, and has since practised law in N. Y. City; mem. law firm of Davies, Auerbach & Cornell, Mem. Soc. of Friends. Clubs: Cornell University, Down Town, . Re- cess. Address: 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
CORNELL, ISAAC MARTENSE
1 Physician, surgeon; b. Defreestville, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., April 26, 1851; s. Rev. William Augustus and Helen Maria ( Wyckoff) Cornell; inother a d. oť Jacob and Elizabeth (Van Deventer) Wyckoff, of New Brunswick, N. J .; ed. Carey and Pelham Insts., Pough- keepsie, N. Y .; N. Y. Univ., Med. Dep't, M.D)., 1877; m. 1st, Poughkeepsic, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1878, Kate E. Dor land (died July 29, 1880) ; 2d, Wappingers Falls, N. Y., June 6, 1883, Elizabeth Woolsey Harcourt; one son: Martense Harcourt, b. Dec. 26, 1884. Republican. Presby'n. Mem. Dutchess Co. Med. Soc., Med. Soc. State of N. Y., Am. Med. Ass'n, Gen. Alumni Soc., N. Y. Univ., Wappingers Lodge, 671, F. and A. M. Ad- dress: Wappingers Falls, N. Y.
CORNELL, JOHN
Clergyman; b. N. Y. City; s. Isaac Russell and Eliz- abeth Mary (Duyckinck) Cornell; cd. M'Churchill's Acad., Sing Sing, N. Y .; grad. Princeton Unlv., A.B., 1859, A.M., 1862; N. Y. Gen. Theol. Scm., 1863; in. Friern Barnett, near London, England, July 31, 1878, Margaret 'Katherina (Osterberg), widow of Joseph Parkinson Robinson. Deacon 1863, presbyter 1864, P. E. Ch .; ass't minister, Ch. of the Messiah, Rhine- beck, N. Y., 1863-1864; rector St. Thomas' Ch., Ravens- wood, N. Y., 1864-1867, resigned on account of ill health, and traveled extensively in Europe, visiting the Holy Land, Greece, Turkey, etc., returning to America in 1868. Engaged in missionary work at Laramie, Wyo., and adjacent parts; also rector of St. Matthew's Ch., Laramie; later missionary at Santa Fc, N. Mex., and Hamilton, Neb .; rector Trinity Ch., Santa Barbara, 1874; gen, missionary northern Calif., 1874- 1876; visited Nice, France, 1876, and was elected rec- tor Ch. of the Holy Spirit there, remaining 18 years; returned to U. S. 1894, residing alternately at Wash- ington, D. C., and at the family homestead near Newport, R. I. Has written a history of Cornell famlly; became ass't minister 1900, and rector 1903, St. John's Parish, Bethesda; now canon missioner, Ca- thedral of St. John the Divine, N. Y. City. Mem. N.
Y. . Biog. and Geneal. Soc .; mem. University Club and N. Y. Churchman Ass'n. Address: Care Moran Bros., 68 William St., N. Y. City.
Iron mfr; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 27, 1846; s. John Black Cornell; ed. Mt. Washington Collegiate Inst .; in. 1873 Sarah Keen. Became partner with father at age of 21, and upon father's death, in 1887, became head of firm of J. B. & J. M. Cornell. Residence: Seabright, N. J. Address: Care Cornell Iron Works, 26th St. and .11th Ave., N. Y. City.
CORNELL, MARTENSE HARCOURT
Writer; b. Wappingers Falls, Dutchess Co., N. Y., Dec. 26, 1884; s. Isaac Martense and Ellzabeth Woolsey (Harcourt) Cornell, d. Joseph David and Mary Ellen (Woolsey) Harcourt; ed. Riverview Mil. Acad., Pough- keepsie, N. Y .; m. Pottstown, Pa., April 9, 1913, Edith H. Kerper. Has devoted much time to geneal. and hist. research, and to other literary work. Republican, Presby'n. Recreation: Tennis. Address: Wappingers Falls, N. Y.
CORNELL, ROBERT CLIFFORD
Jurist; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1874; Law Sch., LL. B., 1876; m. Malvina II. Lamson. Admitted to bar, 1876, and in gen. practice until appointed magistrate in 1895; judge Court of Domestic Relations, since Sept., 1910. Democrat. Was chm'n Com. on Men- dicancy of N. Y. City Charity Org'n. Clubs: Univer- sity, Century. Address: 901 Lexington Ave., N. Y. City.
CORNWALL, ANDREW C.
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