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Merchant; b. Pultneyville, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1844; s. An- drew and Mary (Calhoun) Cornwall. of Alexandria Bay ( father owned nearly all Thousand Islands in Am. waters, between Clayton and Morristown, and made a fortune by selling the tiniber on the islands; he ultimately sold them cheap, or gave them away for residential purposes and summer resorts, and was one of the greatest developers of St. Lawrence River) ; ed. Alexendria Bay Dist. Sch., the Watertown Hlgh Sch., and Eastman's Mercantile Coll., Rochester, N. Y .; m. July 1, 1869, Julia Fuller, of Alexandria Bay. Entered business career as clerk in father's storc; succeeded to the great merenntile business, 1877; the partners in new firm which was then formed were four sons of Andrew Cornwall: Andrew C., Charles WV., John I. and Ilarvey A., under name of Cornwall Bros. Supervisor town of Alexandria 5 years, and is connected with most of its financlal inst'ns. being pres. of Cornwall Bros. and pres. First Nat. Bank of the Thousand Islands, at Alexandria Bay. Address: Alexandria, N. Y.
CORNWALL, EDWARD E.
Physician; b. Buenos Ayres, S. America, July 2, 1866; s. Dr. Nathaniel O .. and Mary A. (West) Corn- wall; grad. Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., Ph.B., 1887; Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia Univ.), M.D., 1890. Resident physician Presby'n Hosp., N. Y. City, 1890-1891; surgeon on steamers of Netherlands-Am. S. S. Co., and traveled in Europe, 1892; since 1893 prac- tising medicine in Brooklyn, N. Y .; visiting physician to Williamsburg and Norwegian Hosps., Brooklyn; consulting physician to Bethany Hosp. Prof. medicine in Brooklyn Post-Grad. Med. Sch. Author of maga- zine articles on med. and hist. subjects. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med., Kings Co. Med. Soc., Associated Physicians of L. I., Med. Ass'n of Greater N. Y., ex-pres. L. I. Med. Soc .. Brooklyn Path. Soc., Brooklyn Soe, of Internal Medicine, Conn. and L. I. Ilst. Socs., S. A. R., Phi Beta Kappa Soc .. Chi Psi fraternity. Club: University. Address: 1218 Pacific St., Brooklyn. N. Y.
CORNWALLIS, KINAHAN
Lawyer, editor; b. London, England, Dec. 24. 1839 ;. s. William Baxter Kinahan Cornwallls, barrister-at- law; ed Collegiate Inst'n. Liverpool, England, and Trinity Coll .; m. 1st, N. Y. City. Annie Louise, d. Sam- nel T. Tisdale; 2d. HTartford, Conn., Elizabeth D. Charles Chapman ( both deceased) ; three children. En- tered British Colonial civll service; two years In Mel- bourne, Australia; came to N. Y. City, 1860; served on editorial staff and as financial editor of N. Y. Herald until 1869; accompanied Prince of Wales while in America as Herald correspondent; purchased and edi- ted Knickerbocker Magazine and Aiblon newspaper; in 1886 established Wall Street Daily Investigator. now Wall Street Daily Investor. of which is still prop'r and editor; admitted to N. Y. Bar 1863, and has since practIsed in N. Y. City. Author: Howard Plunk- ett; An Australian Pocm; Pilgrims of Fashion; British Columbia: Two Journeys to Japan: A Panorama of the New World: Wreck and Ruin, or Modern Soclety: My Ilfe and Adventures, an Autobiography; The Cross-
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ticks, & Mediey Performance; Royalty in the New Worid, or the Prince of Wales in America; The New Eldorado, or British Columbia; Adrift wih a Ven- geance; Two Strange Adventurers; A Marvelous Coincl- dence; American Ilistorical Poems; The Song of Ameri- ca and Columbus; The Conquest of Mexico and Peru; The War for the Union, or the Ducl Between North and South; The Gold Room and the New York Stock Exchange and Clearing House; International Law, a treatise; The History of Construetive Contempt of Court; also extensive contb'r to legal and literary pe- riodicals in U. S. and England. Mem. N. Y. County Lawyers Ass'n, Am. Social Science Ass'n, St. George's Soc. of N. Y .; asso. mem. Nat. Inst. Arts and Letters. Republican; active in politics; mem. Madison Sq. lle- publican Club. Residence: 39 E. 22d St. Address: 95 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
V CORNWELL, HERBERT C. DE V.
Physician; b. Annapolis, Md., April 7, 1875; s. Charles C., Capt. U. S. N., and Soi Cerda (de Vilarrestau) Corn- well; ed. at seh. for four years in Dresden, Germany; Harvard Coll., A.B., 1897; Harvard Med. Seh., M.D., 1000. Practising medieine in N. Y. City since 1902. Re- publican. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State and Coun- ty Med. Ass'ns. Adjunet prof. In nervous diseases, N. Y. Post-Grad. Med. Sch .; visiting physician, St. Bartholo- mew's Clinic. Mem. Med. B'd for Atypieal Children, Randall's Island. Clubs: Harvard, St. Nicholas (N. Y.). Address: 40 E. 41st St., N. Y. City.
CORNWELL, WILLIAM CARYL
Banker; b. Lyons, N. Y., Aug. 19 1851; s. Francis E. and Catherine L. Cornwell; m. Buffalo, Oet. 9, 1873, Marian W., d. Dr. H. N. Loomis. Entered banking house cf H. N. Smith & Co, Buffalo, as messenger; cashier Bank of Buffalo 1878-1893; organized, 1893, and was pres., City Nat. Bank, Buffalo, 1902; student of finance, and has made carnest effort to secure improvement in banking and eurrency systems; authority on financial subjects, through addresses and publications in past 20 years; one of the founders of N. Y. State Bankers' Ass'n, and its first pres .; has served as v .- p. and mem. Exec. Council Am. Bankers Ass'n; was chm'n Com. on Ed'n of that ass'n for 5 years; through his efforts per- sisted in for 5 years, Am. Inst. of Bank Clerks now Am. Inst. of Bankers, was organized, of which be- came first pres .; del. to Monetary Conv., 1895; mem. Exec. Com., Indianapolis Monetary Conv., 1898; became associated with J. S. Bache & Co., bankers, in 1905. Author: Currency and Banking Law of Canada, 1894; Sound Money Monographs, 1897; What is a Bank? (published by Am. Bankers' Ass'n, 500,000 copies dis- tributed or sold); Bonds as a safety Reserve for Banks (issued by J. S. Bache & Co., and which covered a careful investigation into the subject of bond holdings by banks). In addition to interest In banking and financial subjects, is student of art and writer on art subjeets. Dir. new Century Opera Company. Address: 42 Broadway, N. Y. City.
CORRIGAN, EMMETT (real name ANTOIN ZILLES)
Aetor, author and manager; b. Amsterdam, Holland June 5, 1868; s. Hubert and Catherine (Renn) Zilles; ed. St. Joseph's Coll., Baltimore, Md .; in. 1st, Chicago, Ili., Effie Dinsmore (died 1901); 2d, N. Y. City, June 10, 1913, Moily I. MacNerney; one son: Emmett, Jr., b. 1901. Entered theatrieal profession, 1884 (chose stage name of Corrigan on account of admiration of the Arehbishop of N. Y., for whom served mass during visit to Baltimore). Recreations: Automobiling, boat- ing. Clubs: The Players, The Lambs, Astoria. Address: The Lambs' Club, N. Y. City.
CORRIGAN, JOSEPH EUGENE
City magistrate; b. Newark, N. J., Sept. 16, 1874; s. Joseph F. and Marie ( Plunkett) Corrigan; grad. Seton Hall Coll. S. Orange, N. J., A.B., 1895, A.M., 1897; Co- lumbia Univ. Law Seh., LL.B., 1901; m. N. Y. City, Dee. 3, 1906, Margaret Holmes Stone. Democrat. Roman Catholic. Mem. Phi Delta Phl, Phi Kappa Psi fraterni- ties, mem. Nat. Inst. of Social Science. Clubs: Calumet, City, Nat. Democratic. Residenee: 122 E. 82d St. Ad- dress: 300 Mulberry St., N. Y. City.
NCORTELYOU, GEORGE BRUCE
Pres. Consolidated Gas Co. of N. Y., former sec. of Treasury; b. N. Y. Clty July 26, 1862; grad. Hempstead (L. I.) Inst., 1879; State Normal Sch., Westfield, Mass., 1882; Georgetown Univ., LL.B., 1895 (LL.D., 1903); Co- iumbian (now George Washington) Univ., LL.M., 1896; in. 1888, Lily Morrls Hinds, d. Dr. Ephraim Hinds, pres. Hempstead Inst. Gen. law and verbatim reporter, N. Y. City, 1883; prin. of prep. schools in N. Y., 1885-1889; entered public service, 1889, and has been private sec. to various public officials, among them the post-office insp. in charge at N. Y. City, the surveyor of Port of N. Y., the 4th ass't postmaster-gen .; appt'd Nov. 1895.
stenographer to Pres. Cleveland; exec. elerk, Feb. 1896; ass't sec. to Pres. Mckinley, July 1, 1898; sec. to the president, April 13, 1900; reappt'd Mar. 15, 1901, and on Sept. 16, 1901, reappt'd by Pres. Roosevelt. Appt'd sec. Dep't Commerce and Labor, Feb. 6, 1903, and confirmed same day; elected, June 23, 1904, chm'n Republican Nat. Com., and conducted eampaign which resulted in election of Pres. Roosevelt; entered new Cabinet Mar. 7, 1905, as Postmaster-Gen., and on March 4, 1907, ad- vanced to post of Sec. of Treasury, serving until close of Roosevelt's administration, 1909. Pres. Consolidated Gas Co., of N. Y., since 1909. Address: 4 Irving Pl., N. Y. City.
YCORTHELL, ELMER LAWRENCE
Civil eng'r; b. So. Abington (now Whitman), Mass., Sept. 30, 1840; s. James Lawrence and Mary (Gurney) Corthell; ed. S. Abington High Sell., Phillips Exeter (N. 11.) Acad., grad. 1858; entered Brown Univ., 1859; ab- sent, 1861-1865, in Civil War; returned to Brown Univ., 1865, grad. A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), 1867, A.M., 1868, honorary Sc. D., 1894; m. 1st, Providence, 12. 1., 1867, Emily T. Davis (died 1884); m. 2d, 1900, Marie Kuch- ler, of Berne, Switzerland; children: Aliee (Mrs. Ed- ward S. Dewey of Gloversville, N. Y.), Howard Law- renee (civil eng'r, N. Y. City). In Union Army in Civil War, 1st Reg't, R. I. Art'y; private to capt., Battery D, serving in Va. and N. C., mustered out 1865; resumed studies, and on graduation, 1867, engaged as civil eng'r at Providence, R. I .; ass't eng'r Hannibal & Naples R. R. in Ill., 186S; div. eng'r in location and constr'n llannibal & Central Mo. R. R., 1869; chlef ass't eng'r in constr'n of bridge over Miss. at Hannibal, Mo., 1870- 1871; chief eng'r Sny Island Levee, on east bank of Miss. River, in Ill., 1871-1874; chief eng'r of constr'n of bridge over Miss. at Louisiana, Mo., for Chicago & Alton Id'y, 1873-1874; in charge for Capt. James B. lads of eng'ring and consti'n of jetties at mouth of Miss., 1875-1879; associated with Capt. Eads in sur- veys for the ship railway, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 1880-1881; chief eng'r in eonstr'n of N. Y., West Shore & Buffalo R'y and N. Y., Ont. & Western Ry., and their terminals at N. Y. City, 1881-1884; eng'r building steel l'y bridges over Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and other rivers, 1887-1889; chief eng'r of jetties at mouth of Brazos River, Texas; in building Merchants' Bridge over Miss. 'River at St. Louis, and consulting eng'r of waterways, rys, ete., until 1894. Spent some years in Europe; , 1900-1902 was consulting eng'r for nat. publie works for the Argentine Gov't; appt'd, Feb. 1904, by Gov. of N. Y. State, and some years mem., Advisory B'd of Consulting Eng'rs to build barge canals of State, to cost over $100,000,000. Was also consulting eng'r Cape Cod Ship Canal to shorten distance between N. Y. and Boston; mem. Advisory B'd Trans-Alaska Siberian R'y, now director of Co .; chief eng'r in charge of constr'n of modern port at Para, Brazil, mouth of Am- azon, and chief eng'r constructing port of Rio Grande
do Sul, Brazil. Republican; Baptist. Chm'n Com. In- ternat. Eng'ring Congress, Chicago, 1893; U. S. dele- gate and v .- p. to Internat. Navigation Congress, Brus- sels, 1898; delegate of Argentine Gov't to Internat. Navigation Congress, Dusseldorf, 1902; 'U. S. Gov't mem. Permanent Com. of Internat. Navigation Con- gress. Life mem, Internat. Road Congress; mem. and 1wice v .- p. A. Soc. Civil Eng'rs; mem. and ex-pres. Western Soc. Eng'rs; mem. Canadian Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Inst'n Civil Eng'rs, Great Britain, honorary and corr. meni. French Soc. Civil Engr's, Mexican Ass'n Civil Eng'rs, Boston Soe. Civil Engr's, Fellow A. A. A. S., Royal Geographical Soc., London, honorary mem. Por- tuguese Soc. Civil Eng'rs, mem. of 17 foreign and 18 U. S. eng'ring scientific soes., also Royal Soc. of Arts, mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soe., Sigma Xi, G.A.R., Mil. Order Loyal Legion, S. A. R., N. E. Soc. in N. Y., Soc. Army of Potomac, ete. Delivered addresses before A. A. A. S., Lowell Inst., Boston; Acad. of Science, N. Y .; Franklin Inst., Commercial Conv. Pensacola, Fla .; exp'n at New Orleans, and Acad. of Music, Galveston, Texas. Author: History of the Mississippi Jetties, 1880: Report of Brussels Navigation Congress, 1898; Maritime Commerce, Past, Present and Future, 1898: Some ports of the World (Paris Navigation Congress), 1901; paper on Size of Vessels and Ports (Milan Con- gress of Navigation), 1905; Report to International Navigation Congress, Phila., 1912, Maritime Canals; also articles in Johnson Cyclopedia, and many techini- eal papers; the bibliograph of same number F 1. . Ad- dress: 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.
CORTISSOZ, ROYAL
Journalist; b. N. Y .; m. Elien Mackay Hutchinson. Literary editor and art critie N. Y. Tribune, Has con- tributed many essays on literary and artistic subjects to leading magazines, and is a frequent lecturer on art. Author: Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1907 (Hough- ton, Mifflin) ; John La Farge: A Memoir and a Study, 1911 (Houghton, Mifflin) ; Art and Common Sense, 1913
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(Scribner). Editor: Don Quixote; The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini. Clubs: Players, Grolier. Ad- dress: 31 W. 10th St., N. Y. City. CORWIN, JOHN B.
Lawyer, mayor of Newburgh; b. Middletown, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1876; s. Samuel W. and Rachel J. Corwin; ed. Newburgh Acad .; m. Middle Hope, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1898, Emma G. Cook; one d. Madeleine. Mayor Newburgh, N. Y., 1912-1913; re-elected for year of 1914-1915. Repub- lican. Mem. Am. Bar. Ass'n, N. Y. Bar Ass'n, Bar Ass'n Orange Co., N. Y .; Am. Soc. Polit, & Social Science, Hist. Soc. of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands; chm'n Publlc Welfare Com. of Mayors' Conf. State of N. Y .; v .- p. Hudson River Yacht Racing Ass'n; Elk. Trustee N. Y. Commerclal Tercentenary Comm'n. Clubs; New- burgh Yacht (commo.), Newburgh City. Address: Newburgh, N. Y.
V COSBY, ARTHUR FORTUNATUS
Lawyer; b. San Francisco, Calif., May 22, 1872; s. Admiral Frank Carvill and Charlotte M. (Spencer) Cosby; grad. Harvard Unlv., A.B., 1894; Columbia Univ. Law Sch., 1895; m. Pralrle du Chien, Wis., Oct. 1, 1904, Virginia Rolette Dousman; two daughters: Vio- let Sturgis, b. 1905; Charlotte Spencer, b. 1908. Deputy att'y gen. N. Y., 1900; ass't corp'n counsel N. Y. City, 1902-1903. Mem. Troop K, 1st U. S. Vol. Cav. (Rough Riders); wounded at San Juan Hill, Santiago, Cuba, July 1, 1898; promoted to capt. and ass't adj .- gen. U. S. Vols., Aug., 1898; resigned March, 1899; ass't corp'n counsel N. Y. City, 1902-1903; sec. Roosevelt Recep- tlon Com., June 18, 1910; appt'd by Mayor Gaynor. Re- publican. Clubs: City, Harvard. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. and Mil. Order Santiago de Cuba. Address: 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
COSGRAVE, JOHN O'HARA
Editor; b. Melbourne, Australia, July 11, 1866; s. John and Mary (Kirby) Cosgrave; ed. Auckland, New Zealand; removed to San Francisco, 1886; m. Green- wich, Conn., 1913, Jessica Garretson Finch of N. Y. Writer on San Francisco Call, 1886-1889; editor and publisher The Wave, 1889-1900; m'g editor Every- body's Magazine under The Doubleday, Page & Co. re- gime, 1901-1903; then editor of same until July, 1911; m'g editor Colller's Weekly, 1911; now editor Sunday World Magazine. Clubs: The Players, Atlantic Yacht (N. Y. City), St. Botolph's (Boston). Residence: 128 W. 59th St. Address: N. Y. World, N. Y. Clty.
COTTER, THOMAS B.
Lawyer; b. Keeseville, Essex Co., N. Y., June 18, 1869; s. Richard and Margaret (Lynch) Cotter; ed. Plattsburg High Sch., class of 1888; Plattsburg State Normal Sch., grad., 1891; Albany Law Sch., LL.B., 1893; unmarried. Admitted to bar, Jan. 4, 1894; associated with law firm of Weeds, Smith & Conway, Plattsburg; with Elmer F. Botsford, firm of Botsford & Cotter, 1898; entered firm of Weeds, Conway & Cotter, 1900. Sec. and dir. Ausable Chasm Co .; trustee Sanitarium Gabriels, Franklin Co., N. Y. Democrat; Catholic. Mem. Knights of Col .; dir. Clinton Co. Agr'l Soc. Recreations: Tennis, horseback riding. Clubs: Mc- Donough (Plattsburg), Champlain, Cliff Haven (Cham- plain, N. Y.). Address; 4 Oak St., Plattsburg, N. Y.
COUCH, FRANKLIN
Lawyer; b. Vails Gate, Orange Co., N. Y., Dec. 11, 1852; s. Samuel W. and Susan J. (Miller) Couch; ed. public schools, Cold Spring-on-Hudson and private schools; Albany Law Sch. (Union Unlv.), LL.B., 1875; m. 1st, Dec. 19, 1876, Leonora, d. John B. and Lavlma (Seamen) Duval, died 1884; 2d, June 14, 1905, Mrs. Mary (Imlay) Boyd, d. William B. and Rachel (War- dell) Imlay; children:
Clifford. Calvin F., Clara L., Franklin, Jr., Lillian, Walter, Leonora D. (by first wife). Clerk village of Peckskill; corp'n counsel, Peckskill; supervisor Cortlandtown; justice of the peace and deputy clerk of Westchester County. Dem- ocrat. Address, Peekskill, N. Y.
COUDERT, AMELIA KUSSNER
Miniature palnter; m. N. Y. Clty, July 3, 1900, Charles Dupoint Coudert. 'Began as artist In N. Y. City; later went to England and painted the Prince of Wales (late King Edward) and many mems. of English nobility; on sp'l mission to Russla, 1899, to paint Czar, Czarina and other mems. of Imperial famlly, and later to S. Africa to paint Cecil Rhodes. Address: 53 W. 48th St., N. Y. City.
COUDERT, FREDERIC RENÉ
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City; son late Frederlc René and Ellzabeth (McCredy) Coudert; grad. Columbia, 1890; m. Alice T Wilmerding. Mem. law firm Coudert Bros. Co .; Trustee Equitable Trust Co .; dir. Pacific Fire Ins. Co., Lincoln Safe Deposit Co., Nat. Surety Co., Chapul- tepec Land Improvement Co .; sp'l counsel for U. S. in
anthracite coal cases. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., etc. Clubs: Manhattan, University, Lawyers, Fencers, Century. Residence: 124 E. 56th St. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y.
COUPER, WILLIAM
Sculptor; b. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 20, 1853; s. John D. and Euphania M. (Cowling) Couper; began art studies at Cooper Inst., N. Y. City, and later studied in Royal Acad. at Munich, and in studio of Thomas Ball at Florence, Italy; m. Florence, Italy, 1878, Eliza Chick- ering, d. Thomas Ball. Lived in Italy, 1875-1897; pro- fessionally engaged as sculptor in N. Y. City. Mem.
Nat. Sculpture Soc., Architectural League. Residence: Montclair, N. J. Address, 297 E. 17th St., N. Y. Clty.
COURTNEY, FREDERICK
Clergyman, late bishop of Nova Scotia; b. Plymouth, England, Jan. 5, 1837; s. Septimus (vicar Charles' Church, Plymouth, Eng.) and Elizabeth (Wilshin) Courtney; ed. Christ's Hosp. (The Blue Coat Sch.); King's Coll., London, A.K.C .; hon. S.T.D., Racine Coll., Wls .; D.D., King's Coll., Windsor, N.S .; D.C.L., Trinity Coll., Toronto; LL.D., Bishop's Coll., Lennoxville, Que- bec; m. Wetheral, . Cumberland, Eng., July 11, 1865, Caroline Louisa Nairn; children: Philip Frederick, b. Sept. 24, 1866; William Reginald, b. Nov. 28, 1868; Charles Lionel and Mabel Caroline, b. Aug. 7, 1870; Walter Allan and Charles Henry, b. Jan. 7, 1873; Fred- erick Harold and Basil Septimus, b. Oct. 31, 1875. Curate Hadlow, Kent, England, 1864-1865; incumbent Charles' Chapel, Plymouth, 1865-1870; St. Jude's Ch., Glasgow, Scotland, 1870-1876; ass't St. Thomas's, N. Y, City, 1876-1880; rector St. James's, Chicago, 1880-1883; St. Paul's, Boston, 1882-1888; bishop Nova Scotia, 1888-1904; rector St. James's Church, N. Y. City, since 1904. Address: St. James's Church, 71st St. and Mad- ison Av., N. Y. City.
COUSE, EANGER IRVING
Artist; b. Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 3, 1866; s. M. S. and M. J. (Price) Couse; pupil of Nat. Acad. Design, N. Y. City, and of Academie Julien and Ecole des Beaux Arts, Parls; m. Paris, 1889, Virginia J. Walker; one son, Kibbey W., b. 1894. Traveled and studled in Eng- land, France and Holland, and all over the western states of America, painting American Indians; spent some tline among Klickltats of Washington, Hopls of Arizona, and finally settled at Taos, N. Mex., among the Indians of that pueblo. Received Shaw Prize, Salmagundl Club, 1899; 2d Hallgarten Prize, Nat. Acad., 1900; Proctor Prize, Salmagundi Club, 1900; hon. men- tlon Paris Exp'n, 1900; hon. mention Pan-Am. Exp'n, 1901; 1st Hallgarten Prize. Nat. Acad., 1902; 2 bronze medals St. Louis Exp'n, 1904. Pictures in permanent collections of Detroit Museum, Nat. Gallery, Washing- ton; Montclair Art Gallery, Dallas (Tex.) Museum, St. Paul (Minn.) Museum, Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences, Omaha Nat. Gallery, Smith Coll., Northamp- ton Bank, Brooklyn, 1892-1896. Mem. Administrative Grace Church, Harrisburg, Pa. Lotos Club Purchase . Prize, 1910; Isidor Gold medal, Nat. Acad. Design, 1911; Carnegie Prize, Nat. Acad. Design, 1912; Nat. Aca- demlcian, 1911. Asso. mem. Nat. Acad. Design, 1902; mem. Am. Water Color Soc., 1900; N. Y. Water Color Club, 1901; Artists' Fund Soc. Clubs: Lotos (Ilfe), Salmagundl. Address: Sherwood Studlos. 58 W. 57th St., N. Y. City.
COVELL, HARRY NELSON
Works mg'r Lidgerwood M'f'g Co., Brooklyn; b. Troy, N. Y., Mar. 25, 1862; s. Silas Lewis and Mary Ellzabeth (Seely) Covell; grad. Sheffield Scientific Sch., Yale, Ph.B., 1883; m. Yonkers, N. Y., Jan. 6, 1891, Bessle May Otis; children: Otls, b. 1892; Bradford, b. 1895: Harold, b. 1897; Margaret, b. 1899. With Yale &
Towne M'f'g Co., Stamford, Conn., 1884-1889; Lldgerwood M'f'g Co., Brooklyn, since 1889. Dir. Hamil- ton Bank, Brooklyn, 1892-1896. Mem. Administrative Council, Nat. Foundry Ass'n, 1900-1902; treas. 1900- 1905; v .- p. 1905-1906; pres. 1906-1907: Nat. Metal Trades Ass'n. Chm'n Town Com's, 1888. burgess, 1888, Stamford, Conn .; mem. Kings County Rep. Com., 1896. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Yale Alumni Ass'n of L. I. Traveled in Europe, July-Dcc., 1883; has traveled extensively In this country. Second lleut. Conn. N. G., 1884-1889. Episcopalian; vestryman St. Paul's Ch., Flatbush. Recreations: Shooting and fishing. Clubs: Midwood (Flatbush), Machinery (N. Y. City). dress: " E. 19th St., Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y. Ad-
COVERDALE, WILLIAM HUGH
Consulting eng'r; b. Kingston, Can., 1871; s. William Miles and Fannle (O'Nelll) Coverdale; grad. Geneva Coll., A.B .; m. Rockford, Ill., June 30, 1911, Harriet Hinchliff; one s .: Willlam Hugh, Jr., b. April 28, 1912. Was in eng'ring Dep't Pa. Lines, 9 years: consulting eng'r, practice N. Y., 10 years. Pres. W. Il. Coverdale
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& Co., dir. Standard Steel Co. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil COWLES, ALFRED ABERNETHY
Eng'rs. Clubs: Engineers, Recess. 'Residence: 127 Riverside Drive. Address: 66 Broadway, N. Y. City.
COVERLY, WILLIAM
Steamship agent; b. Glasgow, Scotland, July 4, 1840; s. William and Christiana (Henderson) Coverly; ed. high sch., Glasgow; m. 1st, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1866, Mar- garetta Amelia Slamm; children: Lilllas Douglass, Ib. 1866; Norma McDonald, b. 1870; 2d, Aug: 25, 1909, Re- becca Frances Chapman. Resident partner firm of Henderson Brothers, gen. agents for Anchor Line (Henderson Bros.), Lt'd, N. Y. City and Chicago. Trustee East River Savings Inst'n; dlr. Oregon Smeit- ing & Refining Co .; pres. Conquest Consolidated Min- ing Co. Episcopalian. Mem. St. Andrew's Soc. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht, Olympic, Burns (N. Y. City), Atlantic Yacht (Seagate). Residence: 247 Washington AV., Brooklyn. Address: 19 Broadway, N. Y. City.
COVILLE, LUZERNE
Physician; b. Preston, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1865; s. Joseph Addison and Lydia (More) Coville; prep. course, Ox- ford (N. Y.) Acad., 1882; grad. Cornell Univ., B.S. (in Natural History), 1886; Coll. Phys. and Surg. (N. Y. City), M.D., 1889; St. Mary's Hosp., Brooklyn, 1890; ni. June, 1896, N. Y. City, Alice Perkins; one s .: Perkins Coville, b. 1898. Substitute interne, Bellevue Hosp., 1889-1891; staff Bellevue Out-patient Dep't, Vander- bilt Clinic, Polyclinic, Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hosp., Home for Destitute Children, Brooklyn; Central, Southern and Helping Hand Mission Dispensaries; sp'l med. examiner, N. Y. State Civil Service Comm'n; former examiner-in-chief Chenango Mut. Relief Ass'n; mem. Physicians' Mut. Aid Ass'n. Lecturer on anatomy and sec. Cornell Med. Coll., 1898-1900; lecturer on sur- gery, same, 1900-1903. Mugwump; Unitarlan; Mem. N. Y. State Med. Soc .; ex-pres. Tompkins Co. Med. Soc .; ex-mem. Kings Co. and L. I. Med. Soc .; mom. Theta Delta Chi, Nu Sigma Nu, Sigma Xi fraternities. Mason. Oxford Chapter, Otseningo Conslstory. Author: Work Book In Surgery, 1901-1903; contrb'r to More Family Hist., The Shield. Recreations: Canadian canoe trips, genealogy. Clubs: Columbia University (N. Y. City), Town and Gown (Ithaca). Address: 514 E. Buffalo St., Ithaca, N. Y.
COVINGTON, GEORGE B.
Lawyer; b. Snow Hill, Worcester Co., Md., June 28. 1868; s. George W. and Sallie (Bishop) Covington; grad. Princeton Univ., A.B., 1890; A.M., 1893; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B. Before studying law prof. mathe- matics, Macalister Coll., St. Paul, Minn .; admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1893; since 1894, mem. firm Heyn & Cov- ington; engaged largely in corp'n and bankruptcy practice. Director Havana Central R. R. Co., Met. Casualty Ins. Co. Ex-mem. 7th Reg't; mem. 7th Reg't Vet. Ass'n, Maryland Soc. N. Y. (one of founders and sec.), Southern Soc. Clubs: Crescent Athletic, Prince- ton, Press. Address: 60 Wall St., N. Y. City.
COWARD, EDWARD FALES
Playwright; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 6, 1862; s. Edward and Ellen S. (Fales) Coward; ed. Lyons Collegiate Inst. and Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1883; m. Philadel- phia, Dec. 4, 1890, Mabel Ridgway. Engaged in busi- ness as broker in stocks and bonds. Amateur actor for 30 years; formerly dramatic editor N. Y. Evening Sun for two years, and of N. Y. World for 6 years; contb'r to The Theatre. Author of plays: Hearts Are Trumps, Around New York in Eighty Minutes (part author), The Lady from Chicago (part author), adapted The Belle's Strategem, etc. Address: 80 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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