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CRANDELL, HENRY LEWIS
Banker; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 1, 1861; s. Lewis R. and Phoebe H. (Bradley) Crandell; m. Stony Brook, L. I., May 21, 1889. Etta M. Lockwood; four children. V .- p. and dir. Bank of L. I .; dir. Robert W. Higbie Co. Progressive; Methodist Episcopalian. Address: Ja - maica, L. I., N. Y.
CRANDELL, WALTER S.
Stock broker; b. Chatham, N. Y., 1879; s. Homer and Mary (Hawley) Crandell; grad. Cornell Univ., LL.B., 1901; m. Kinderhook, N. Y., 1909, Bess Bain; one son: Walter Bain. b. 1911. Admitted to N. Y. State bar, 1901; mem. N. Y .. Stock Exchange. Sec., treas. and dir. U. S. Light & Heating Co .; sec. and dir. Des Moines & Ft. Dodge R. R. Co .; dir. Mo., Kans. & Texas R'y Co., Great Western Power Co .; Iowa Central R'y Co. Mem. Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. Clubs: Republican, Cor- nell Univ., Columbia Yacht, Lawyers, Railroad. Resi- dence: 375 West End Ave. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
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CRANE, ALBERT S.
Civil eng'r; b. Addison, N. Y., May 30, 1868; s. Albert G. and Julia A. (Holden) Crane; grad. Cornell Univ., Coll. Civil Eng'ring, 1891. Ass't eng'r, City of Newton, Mass., 1892; U. S. ass't eng'r Washington, D. C., 1895; ass't eng'r Dep't City Works, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1895-1898; chief eng'r The Lake Superior Power Co., Sault Ste. Marie, 1901; principal ass't eng'r Chicago Drainage Canal, 1903; now v .- p. The J. G. White Eng'ring Corp'n, N. Y. City. Mem. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng'rs, Western Soc. Eng'rs, Boston Soc. Civ. Eng'rs. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs; mem. Chi Psi fraternity. Clubs: Engineers, Lawyers, Marine and Field, (N. Y. City), Engineers (Brooklyn), Engineers (Chicago). Ad- dress: 43 Exchange Pl. N. Y. City.
CRANE, BRUCE
Artist; b. N. Y. City, 1857; s. Solomon and Leah (Gillespie) Crane, ed. in N. Y. City and Paris, France. Landscape artist; first exhibition of pictures at Nat. Acad. Design in 1879; Nat. Academician since 1902. Mem. Soc. Am. Artists, Am. Water Color Soc. Awards: Webb Prize; bronze medal, Paris Exp'n, 1900; silver medal, Pan-Am. Exp'n, 1901; silver medal, Carolina Exp'n; gold medal, Nat. Acad .; gold medal, La. Pur- chase Exp'n, 1904; Carnegie Inst. Prize, 1909; gold medal, Nat. Acad., 1912. Mem. Artist Fund Soc. Re- creations: Farming, fishing. Clubs: Lotus, Salma- gundi, Nat. Arts, MacDowell. Address: Bronxville, N. Y. City.
CRANE, C. AUSTIN
Ciyil eng'r; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 18, 1873; s. Warren Cady and Caroline E. (Cleveland) Crane; attended Columbia Univ., 1891-1892; Lehigh Univ., 1893; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 5, 1906, F. Edna Montgomery; children: Caroline C., b. 1907; Edna M., b. 1910. On eng'ring corps in construction of Erie tunnel at Edgewater, N. J., 1893-1894; in employ N. Y. City, 1894-1903, on construction of Harlem River Speedway, Bronx Park; Jerome Park Reservoir; consulting eng'r since 1903; sec. since 1908, and organizer Gen. Contractors' Ass'n. Lecturer at Columbia Univ., on contracts and specifi- cations. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Municipal Eng'rs, City of N. Y., Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Sons of Revo- lution; Mason. Clubs: Manhattan, Engineers. Resi- dence: 535 W. 141st St. Address: 51 Chambers St., N. Y. City.
Naval architect, marine eng'r; b. Englewood, N. J., 1873; s. Jonathan H. and Elizabeth C. (Hoadley) Crane; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B .; Glasgow Univ., Dep't of Naval Architecture; m. N. Y. City, 1900, Rebecca Riggs. Mcm. firm Tams Lemoine & Cranc; chm'n Exec. Com. St. Joseph Lead Co .; pres. Heroine Co. Mem. Am. Soc. of Naval Architects & Marine Eng'rs; British Inst. Naval Architects; trustee St. John's Guild. Clubs: Century, University, Harvard, N. Y. Yacht, Scawan- haka-Corinthian Yacht, St. Andrews Golf, Rockaway Hunt, Downtown. Residence: Hewlett, L. 1. Address: 52 Pine St., N. Y. City.
CRANE, FREDERICK
Artist, mf'r; b. Bloomfield, N. J .; s. Jason and Ama- rintha (Dodd) Crane; m. Lydia D. Hale. Contb'r to annual exb'ns; lived abroad several years; founded Frederick Crane Chemical Co., Birmingham, England. Mem. Muncipal Arts Soc., N. Y. Hist. Soc. Clubs: City, Salmagundi. Residences: Gainsborough Studios, 222 Central Park S, N. Y. City, and Dorset, Vt.
NCRANE, FREDERICK EVAN
Justice of the Supreme Court; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., March 2, 1869; s. Frederick H. and Mary E. (Jones) Crane; ed. Adelphi Acad. and Columbia Coll. Law Sch., LL.B., 1889; m. Montreal, Canada, 1893, Gertrude Cra- ven; children: Dorothy B., b. 1895; Ralph, b. 1897. Admitted to bar, 1889; ass't dist. att'y of Kings Co., 1896, but resigned to return to the practise of law in the firm of Dailey, Bell & Crane. Elected county judge of Kings County, 1901, and served in that office until elected, Nov., 1906, a justice of the Supreme Court of N. Y., Second Dist., for term expiring Dec. 31, 1920. Republican. Clubs: Brooklyn, Crescent Athletic, Union League (Brooklyn). Address: 854 Prospect l'lace, Brooklyn, N. Y.
CRANE, GEORGE FRANCIS
Banker, ins. official; b. Boston, April 21, 1852; s. Dr. P. M. and Susan (Hooker) Crane; cd. in public schs .; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 9, 1888, Katharine P. Oliver; children: Katharine A., William D. Partner in firm Baring, Magoun & Co., bankers, many years; now re- tired. Pres. Columbia Ins. Co .; v .- p. Scaman's Bank for Savings; dir. Trinity Corp'n, Pelican Assurance Co., Commescial Pacific Co., Associated Merchants Co., United Dry Goods; trustee, Union Marine Insurance Co., Phoenix Assurance Co., Lt'd, London; Royal Ex- change Assurance Co. Mem. N. E. Soc., N. Y. Botanical Garden, Met. Museum of Art. Dir. St. Luke's Hosp. Clubs: Union League, Riding, Church, Garden City Golf, Salmagundi, Nat. Golf Links of America, Royal Dornoch Golf, Nayasset (Springfield, Mass.). Resi- dence: 16 W. 12th St. Address: 74 Wall St., N. Y. City.
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CRANE, JAMES T.
Lawyer; b. Newburgh, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1875; s. James M. and Elizabeth P. (Murray) Cranc; grad. from Yale Univ., B. A., 1898; N. Y. Law School, LL.B., 1900; m. Oct. 11, 1906, Florence Robinson Radford, of N. Y. City. Admitted to the Bar of State of N. Y., July, 1900, and since then has been practising law, N. Y. City. Republican; Presby'n. Clubs: Yale, Suburban (Stamford), Stamford Yacht. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
VCRANE, PERCY WALDRON
Lawyer; b. Montclair, N. J., Aug. 17, 1873; s. Israel and Anna (Barnes) Crane; grad. Montclair High Sch., Yale Univ., B.A., 1895; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1897; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 28, 1903, Elizabeth Paulson Gillespie. Admitted to bar in N. Y., 1897, and N. J., 189S. For- merly mem. Troop 3, Squadron A, N.G.N.Y. Republi- can; Congregationalist. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Recreation: Tennis; was mem. Yale 'Track Athletic Team. 1895, and mem. of Yale Internat. Track Team that defcated Cambridge Univ. of England in N. Y. City, 1895. Club: Yalc. Residence: Montclair, N. J. Address: 43 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
CRANE, THOMAS FREDERICK
Educator, author; b. N. Y. City, July 12, 1844; grad. Princeton, A.B., 1864, A.M., 1867; Ph.D., 1874; Litt.D., 1903; m. Ithaca, N. Y., July 10, 1872, Sarah Fay (Tour- tellot) Crane. Ass't prof. modern languages, 1872-1881, and since 1881, prof. Romance languages and litera- ture, and dean of Univ. Faculty, Cornell. Since 1909 emeritus prof. Romance languages and literature; 1912-1913, acting pres. Cornell Univ. Author: Italian Popular Tales; The Exempla, or Illustrative Stories from the sermons of Jacques de Vitry; Tableaux de la Révolution Française; Le Romantisme Française; La Société Française au Dix-Septiéme Siécle; Chansons Populaires de la France; Boileau's Les Héros de
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Roman; Jean Rotrou's Saint Genest and Venceslas, and other works and contributions to magazines on philology, folkloro and Romance literatures. Ad- dress: 9 Central Av., Ithaca, N. Y. CRANE, WILLIAM H.
Comedian; b. Leicester, Mass., April 30, 1845; ed. public schs. Made first appearance on stage in one of Mrs. Holman's companies; later became a comedian in Alice Oates' Co. First starred in connection with Stuart Robson; has devoted time since 1899 exclu- sively to productlon of Am. plays. Address: Lambs Club, N. Y. City.
CRANSTON, WILLIAM J.
Physician, surgeon; b. Cannonsville, Delaware Co., N. Y., 1866; s. John and Irena R. (Davls) Cranston; grad. Waiton (N. Y.) High Sch., Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coii., M.D., 1894; m. May 29, 1907, Anna S. Fitch; 2 chl'dren. Interne N. Y. Lying-in-Hosp., 1896; ass't Sea- side Hosp. of St. John's Guild, 1896; in charge of same, 1897. Capt. Med. Corps, N.G., N. Y., detailed Co. F, 1st Reg't. Mem. Delaware Co. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Odd Fellow. Address: Walton, N. Y.
CRAPSEY, ALGERNON SIDNEY
Ciergyman; b. Fairmount, Hamilton Co., Ohio; s. Jacob Tompkins and Rachel (Morris) Crapsey; ed. St. Stephen's Coll., Annandale, N. Y .; Gen. Theol. Sem. (S.T.D., Hobart Coll.); m. Catskill, N. Y., June 2, 1875, Adelaide Trowbridge; children: Philip T., b. 1878; Adelaide, b. 18S1; Paul B., b. 1883; Rachel M., b. 1886; Algernon S., b. 18S8; Marie Louise, b. 1893; Arthur H., b. 1898. Ordered deacon 1872, priest 1873, In P. E. Ch. On staff of Trinity Ch., 1872-1879; rector St. Andrew's Ch., Rochester, N. Y., since 1879. Preached missions in N. Y. City, Philadelphia, Detroit, Omaha, Bermuda Islands and elsewhere. Enlisted, 1862, in 79th Ohio Voi. Inf .; discharged same year on account of dis- ability. Author: Five Sorrowful Mysteries, 1885; Five Joyful Mysteries, 1889; Life of Sarah Thome, 1900; Voice in the Wilderness, 1897; Disunion of Christen- dom, 1900; Greater Love, 1902; Rellgion and Politics, 1905; Rebirth of Religion, 1907-1908. Convicted of heresy, 1906, on account of views expressed in his books. Lecturer and pastor of Brotherhood, 1907. Address: Rochester, N. Y.
V CRARY, GEORGE W.
Physician; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1864; s. George and Sarah Matiida (Durkee) Crary; grad. Brooklyn Poly. Inst., 1881; Med. Dep't Columbia Univ., M.D., 1885; m. Philadelphia, 1891. Julia Treadwell Ogden. Engaged in med. practice from 1885; house surgeon, Bellevue Hosp., 1887; instr. physiol. chemistry, Post- Grad. Med. School, 1888-1889; ass't attending surgeon, Roosevelt Hospital, 1895-1899; ass't demonstrator of anatomy, Med. Dep't Columbia Univ., 1897-1899; studied diseases of skin, Berlin, 1899-1900, Vienna, 1900-1901; attending dermatologist Cornell Med. Coll., 1902-1906; mem. Manhattan Dermatol. Soc., 1902-1905; ass't con- sulting dermatologist, N. Y. Lying-in-Hosp., 1903-1905; consulting dermatologist, Gen'l Memorial Hosp., since 1903; Lincoln Hosp. since 1907; N. Y. Infant Asylum since 1908. Mem. N. Y. Acad. Medicine, County Ass'n, Med. Ass'n Greater N. Y., Soc. Social and Moral Prophylaxis, Physicians' Mut. Aid Soc., Alumni Ass'n Bellevue Hosp., Alumni Ass'n Roosevelt Hosp. Recre- ations: Natural study and biology. Address: 535 Park Av., N. Y. City.
CRARY, JESSE DAYTON
Publisher, mn'g dir .; b. Mystic, Conn., Jan. 27, 1853; s. George B. and Catherine (Latham) Crary; ed. in public schs. of Mystic; Mystic Valley Inst .; Hall's Sch., Filington, Conn., and Schofield's Commercial Coil., Providence. R. I .; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 24, 1885, Mary Dent Stith; children: Paul Stuart, b. May 31, 1892; Jesse Dayton, b. June 7, 1893. Founded N. Y. Lumber Trade Journal, 1886, with Tucker David, later acquired interest of Mr. David, and now, with wife, sole owner of corp'n. Took active interest in founding N. Y. Lumber Trade Ass'n, 1886, and was one of 15 original incorporators; also sec. of ass'n. Sec. Ass'n of Dealers In Mason's Bld'g Materials; mg'r Lime Mf'rs Ass'n Credit Dept .; dir. and chm'n Membership Com. of Apoiio Ciub; mem. Emanuel Bapt. Ch., Brooklyn; mem. and trustee Montauk Lodge of Masons; mem, N. E. Soc., Mystic Hook & Ladder Co. Clubs: 'Hamilton. Mystic, Mystic Country. Residences: "Alongshore," Mystic, Conn., and 410 Grand Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
CRARY, THOMAS B.
MIfr, railroad contractor; b. Hancock, Delaware Co .. N. Y., Sept. 26, 1866: s. Horace H. and Poily (Burr) Crary; ed. Hancock High Sch .; m. Binghamton, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1893, Louise Brintnall; children: Gifford B., b. 1897; Louise, b. 1900. Pres. Crary Construction Co .;
dir. First Nat. Bank, Binghamton; Binghamton Trust Co .; pres. 1900 Washer Co .; pres. Alder-Batavia Nat- ural Gas Co. and Akron Natural Gas Co. Mason, 32°. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Binghamton. Address: Bing- hamton, N. Y.
CRATER, GEORGE EDWIN, JR.
Financier, lawyer; b. Denver, Colo., May 15, 1870; 8. George E. and Alverah L. Crater; ed. public schs. and St. John's Coil. Admitted to bars of Supreme Court of U. S., State of N. Y., Calif., Dist. of Col., and Colo. Or- ganizer and pres., seven nat. and state banks and trust cos. and over 600 commercial and industrial corp'ns in all parts of world. Now pres. and control- ing Caribbean Guano Co., owning and operating seven islands in Caribbean Sea, at eastern end of Panama Canal, together with fleet of vessels, mining phos- phate, sponge, oils, etc. Capt. U. S. Vol. Life Saving Corps (decorated for life saving). Mason, 32°, Knight Templar, Shriner. Mem. N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n. Founder and donor of Blind Babies' Home, State of N. Y .; organizer Internat. Sunshine Soc., Rest Home and Sanitarium. Regseations: Shooting, motoring, aero- station, traveling, horse breeding. Clubs: Craterdale Rod and Gun, United Sports (London), Yaphank Gun, Brooklyn Yacht. Residence: Craterdale, Stanhope, N. J. Address: Post Box 2049, N. Y. City.
CRAVATH, PAUL DRENNAN
Lawyer; b. Berlin Heights, O., July 14, 1861; s. Erastus M. and Ruthanna (Jackson) Cravath; ed. Brooklyn Poly. Inst., studied in Europe 2 years; grad. Oberlin Coll., A.B., 1882; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1886; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 15, 1893, Agnes Huntington; one d .: Vera Agnes Huntington, b. Aug. 28, 1895. Ad- mitted to bar, 1886; now senior partner law firm Cra- vath & Henderson. Dir. Equitable Trust Co., Nat. Bank of Commerce. Republican. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. E. Soc., Ohio Soc. Clubs: Metropoll- tan, Down Town, Union League, University, City Mid- day, Congregational, Republican, Riding, Piping Rock, Meadow Brook, Nassau Country, Seawanhaka-Corin- thian Yacht. Residence: 107 E. 39th St. Address: 52 William St., N. Y. City.
CRAWFORD, EARL STETSON
Artist (painter) ; b. Philadelphia, Pa .; son of Frank- iin Mathew and Florence A. (De Puy) Crawford; ed. Phila, public schs., high schs., schs. of Industriai Art., Pa. 'Acad. Fine Arts, Paris, Italy (Rome and Fiorence, etc.), Munich; m. Jan. 14, 1903, Brenetta Herrman; one d: Brenetta De Puy, b. 1904. Spent five years in study abroad in France, England, Scotland, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Italy and Switzerland; exposed canvascs in Paris salons and other continental exb'ns. Pupil of James McNeil Whistler, Benjamin Constant, Bougereau, Laurens and Chavannes, in Paris. Sec. and treas. Nat. Ass'n of Portrait Painters. Author of six large lunettes decorating San Francisco P. O. and Court House for U. S. Gov't. Republican. Mem. Soc. of Illustrators, Artists' Fund Soc .; Scottish Rite Ma- son. Clubs: T-Square, Salmagundi. Residence: The Enclosure, Nutley, N. J. Address: 51 W. 10th St., N. Y. City.
, CRAWFORD, FRANCIS LINDSAY
Lawyer; b. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1856; s. Morris De Camp and Charlotte (Holmes) Crawford; Harvard Coll., A.B., 1879; Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1882; m. N. Y. City, Dee. 17, 1885, Genevieve Buckland; children: Lesley . B., Constance, Dorothy, Lindsay. Repubilcan; Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Recreation: Golf. Ciubs: Harvard Unlon (Cambridge, Mass.), Union League, Republican, Harvard (N. Y. City), Canoe Brook Country, Highland (Summit, N. J.). Address: 32 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
CRAWFORD, GEORGE R.
Insurance pres .; b. White Plains, N. Y., June 21. 1841. At 16, entered insurance business as clerks; three years later he became partner with father in fire ins. business, as Elisha Crawford & Son; sec., 1865-1879, pres. since 1879, Westchester Fire Ins. Co. Has been pres. village of Mount Vernon, N. Y., and organized Mt. Vernon Fire Dep't, acting as its chief. Residence: Mount Vernon, N. Y. Address: 100 Wiil- iam St., N. Y. City.
CRAWFORD, HARDEN LAKE
Banker; b. N. Y., Sept. 26, 1872; s. Robert L. and Julia Gaines (Lake) Crawford; ed. Lawrenceviiie Sch., N. J .; Princeton Univ., B.S., 1895; m. Fruitvale, Calif., Oct. 17, 1900, Annie Clay; children: Harden, Jr., Julia Lake, Clement Clay, Annie Lewis. With N. W. Harris & Co., 1895; became mem. Thompson, Ten- ney & Crawford, 1899-1904; senior partner of H. L. Crawford & Co. since 1904; pres. Century Bank of N. Y., since 1907. Also pres. Amazon-Pacific R. R. Co .; treas. and dir. Maumee Valley Electric Co .; dir. In-
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diana & Mich. Electric Co., Rochester Gas Light Co., , CRIADO, LUIS FERNANDEZ
Southern Holding Co., Great Falls Gas Co. Mem. Borough Council, 1907-1913 (chm'n of B'd since 1910). Republican; Presby'n. Mem. B'd of Mg'rs, Y. M. C. A. (treas., mem. B'd of Mg'rs, Bowery Branch). Reere- ations: Riding, automobiling, tennis. Clubs: Auto- mobile of America, Aldine, Riding, Princeton, Rum- son Country, Ivy (Princeton). Residence: Seabright, N. J. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
CRAWSHAW, WILLIAM HENRY
Educator; b. Newburgh, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1861; s. Charles and Mary (Lodge) Crawshaw; ed. public schs., Newburgh, N. Y., and Yonkers, N. Y .; Colgate Acad., Hamilton, N. Y., 1880-1883; Colgate Univ., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), 1887; A.M., 1889; Litt.D., Univ. of Rochester, 1909; Ll .. D., Syracuse Univ., 1910; m. Poultney, Vt., Dec. 26. 1888, Jennie Louise Broughton. Instr. and prof. English literature, Colgate Univ., since 1887; dean Coll faculty since 1897; acting pres., 1897- 1899. 1907, 1908; pres. two terms, 1908-1909. Traveled in Europe, 1892, 1900-1901, 1904, 1910-1911; student Oxford Univ., Eng., 1900-1901; traveled extensively in European countries. Progressive; Baptist. Mem. Coll. Entrance Examination B'd. Mem. Modern Lan- guage Ass'n, Ami. Social Science Ass'n; asso. Nat. Inst. Art and Letters, Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science; mem. Beta Theta Pi and Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Au- thor: Interpretation of Literature; Literary Interpre- tation of Life; Dryden's Palamon and Arcite; The Making of English Literature, etc. Address: Hamil- ton, N. Y.
CREELMAN, JAMES
Editor; b. Montreal, Can., Nov. 12, 1859; ed. public schools and Talmage's Lay Theol. Coll .; m. 1891, Alice L. Buell. Began N. Y. newspaper career, 1887, with N. Y. Herald as, consecutively, reporter, cor- respondent and editorial writer, 1887-1889; edited London edition, 1890, and Paris edition, 1891-1892, N. Y. Herald; editor N. Y. Evening Telegram, 1892-1893; war correspondent N. Y. World, Chino-Japanese War, 1894; correspondent N. Y. Journal, 1897-1899, in Græco-Turkish War of 1897, Spanish-Am. War of 1898, and War in Philippines, 1899; received surrender of Spanish commandant after battle of El Caney, Cuba, 1898; captured Spanish flag and was danger- ously wounded; later had charge editorial page and was Washington correspondent, N. Y. Journal; later editorial correspondent N. Y. World. Mem. N. Y. B'd of Ed'n, and afterwards pres. N. Y. Municipal Civil Service Comm'n; now asso. editor N. Y. Evening Mail. Has interviewed many famous personages, including late Pope Leo XIII, Prince Bismarck, President Faure of France, the Emperor of Korea, Henry M. Stanley, Kossuth, Tolstoi, etc. Author: On the Great High- way; Eagle Blood; Diaz, Master of Mexico, etc. Clubs: Lotos, Authors, National Democratic (N. Y. City), Na- tional Liberal, New Vagabonds (London). Residence: 67 W. 94th St. Address: Care Evening Mail, N. Y. City.
CREIGHTON, JAMES EDWIN
Educator; b. Pictou, Nova Scotia, 1861; s. John Creighton; grad. Dalhousie Coll., Halifax, N. S., A.B., 1887; post-grad. work at Univs. of Berlin and Leipzig and at Cornell, Ph.D., 1892; LL.D., Queen's Univ., 1903: m. Pictou, N. S., 1892, Katharine F. McLean. Prof. logic and metaphysics, Cornell Univ., from 1895; editor Philosophical Review. . Author: An Introductory Logic, 3d enlarged edition, 1909; joint translator of Wundt's Human and Animal Psychology, and of Paul- sen's Life and Philosophy of Kant; Am. editor of Kant Studien. Mem. Am. Philos. Ass'n, A.A.A.S. Ad- dress: Ithaca, N. Y.
CREIGHTON, JOHN B.
Sec. Borough Pres. of Brooklyn; b. Malone, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1871; s. W. A. and Augusta (Quaw) Creigh- ton; grad. Franklin Acad., Malone, N. Y., 1892; Col- gate Univ., Hamilton, N. Y., Ph.B. (commencement debator), 1897; m. Brooklyn, Dec. 2, 1902, Julia A. Coon; children: Julian, b. 1903; Donald, b. 1908: Stuart. b. 1912.
Engaged in N. Y. State Library and Regents' office, 1897-1900; served 9 months in war with Spain, in Ist Reg't, N. Y. Vol. Inf .; service at Camp Black, Ft. Wadsworth, San Francisco and Hawaiian Is. Appt'd sec. to the Pres. of Borough of Brooklyn, Jan. 1, 1910. Dir. Williamsburg Trust Co., Eagle Savings & Loan Co. of Brooklyn. Travelled in England, Scotland. Ilolland and France, 1901: secre- tary Brooklyn League, 1901-1910. Republican; Con- gregationalist. Author and publisher of Annual Re- ports of Brooklyn League, giving yearly progress of borough. Lecturer for N. Y. City Dep't Ed'n. 1902- 1909. Mem. Delta Upsilon fraternity. Clubs: Brook- lyn, Municipal. Republican. Residence: 1809 Av. II. Address: Borough Hall, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Physician; b. Havana, Cuba. Feb. 11, 1837; grad. St. Louis Coll., A.B., 1875; Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Colum- bia Univ.), M.D., 1879. Engaged in practice of medi- cine in N. Y. City from graduation. Med. examiner equitable Life Assurance Soc., N. Y. City. Comm'd examiner in lunacy. Mem. Med. Soc. City and County of N. Y., Brooklyn Pathol. Soc., Kings Co. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, Am. Acad. Medicine, Physicians' Mutual Aid Ass'n. Author of many articles on med., surg. and elec. subjects and inventor of various elec. instruments and devices. Address: 616 W. '116th St., N. Y. City.
CRIMMINS. JOHN DANIEL
Real estate and banking; b. N. Y. City, May 18, 1844; ed. public schools and St. Francis Xavier's Coll .; m. Lily Louise Lalor (died 1888); children: Susie B. (married Albert Gould Jennings); John D., Jr .; Martin L. (capt. U. S. A.); Mary C .; Thomas; Constance (mar- ricd Frederick R. Childs); Mercedes; Cyril; Evelyn; Clarence. Become partner in his father's contracting business, 1864; head of firm, 1873; first to make use of mechan. appliance and steam drills in N. Y. City; firm erected more than 400 bld'gs in N. Y. City. Built Broadway, Columbus and Lexington Av. cable roads, and later supervised the installation of electricity in these roads and most of the other lines of Met. Street Railway system. Largely interested in real estate from beginning of career, and has large holdings. Dir. Fifth Av. Bank, Title Ins. Co. of N. Y., N. Y. Mortgage & Security Co., Chelsea Realty Co. Mem. Chamber of Commerce; patron Museum of Natural History; mem. Am. Geog. Soc. Met. Museum of Art; trustee of Provident Loan Soc .; treas. Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; trustee Catholic Univ. of America; mg'r St. Vincent's Hosp., trustee Seton Sanatorium and St. John's Day Nursery. The late Pope Leo XIII. conferred on him the order of Knighthood, making him a Knight Comd'r of Order of St. Gregory the Great. Devotes his leisure to literary pursuits; has published two volumes dealing with history of Irish in America. Democrat; nominated for Presidential elector on 3 occasions; elected 1892 and voted for Cleveland in the Electoral College. Residence: 40 E. 68th St. Address: 624 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
CRIPPEN, GEORGE B.
Banker; b. Decatur, N. Y., March 17, 1867; s. Phillip F. and Caroline M. (Bigelow) Crippen; ed. dist. sch. Worcester, N. Y .; in. Aug. 6, 1896, Caroline Winslow. Began banking business at age of 18, as clerk and bookkeeper; elected cashier the Bank of Worcester at age of 21, pres. since 1906. Treas. Worcester Water Co., Maple Grove Cemetery Ass'n, Wieting Memorial Ass'n. Treas. Worcester Fire Dist. Democrat; Con- gregationalist (deacon of church). Royal Arch Mason. Has been trustee Worcester High Sch. and pres. B'd of Trustees. Recreation: Automobiling. Ad- dress: Worcester, N. Y.
CRISP, WILLIAM BENTON
Lawyer; b Anne Arundel Co., Md .; s. F. Grafton and Alverda J. (Shipley) Crisp; ed. Johns Hopkins Univ., sp'l course 1879-1882. Columbia Univ .. LL.B., (cum laude), 1884; an. Berryville, Va., July 29 1886. Mary N. Van Devanter; children: Theodore M., b. 1888; James Van Devanter. b. 1891. Practised law in Balti- more, Md., 1884-1895, and in N. Y. City since 1893; specializes in banking. corp'n and commercial law. Practised in U. S. Courts and various State courts in 30 different States. Pres. U. S. & Mexican Trust Co., and one of its liquidators; pres. City Conv., of Balti- more, 1885-1886; mem. Law Com. of Tammany Hali for 6 years. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mason. Mem. Maryland Soc. in N. Y., Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Phi. Recreations: Automobiling, golf. Clubs: Lotos, Green wich Golf, Aero of America, Lawyers. Residence: 112 W. 58th St., Address: 80 Broadway, N. Y. City.
CRISPIN, ANTONIO M.
Physician, surgeon; b. Havana, Cuba, July 28, 1871; s. Rafael and Maria (Brito) Crispin; general ed'n in Havana; grad. Bellevue FFosp. Med. Coll., M.D., 1891: m. N. Y. City, Dorothy Worflar: one d .. Maria. En- gaged in practice of medicine In N. Y. City from 1891. Fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine. Am. Wed Ass'n. Clubs: Totos, Therno-American. Address: 854 Lexington Av. N. Y. City.
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