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DECKER, ABRAM I.
Tanner; b. Summitville, Sullivan Co., N. Y., Sept. 21, 1850; s. David and Cordelia (Schultz) Decker; ed. com- mon schools and acad., Elmira, N. Y., East Genesee Conf. Sem. Ovid, N. J. (extinct), Genesee Coll. Lima, N. Y. (now Syracuse Univ.); m. Ashland, N. Y., Oct 11, 1871, Sarah D. Orcutt; one son: David O., b. April 20, 1881. Learned tanner trade in father's tan- nery, Wellsburg, N. Y .; in business at Waverly, N. Y., since 1879. Pres. Cayuta Land Co. Clerk village of Wellsburg, 1876-1877; police justice, Wellsburg, 1878- 1879; capt. Co. E, 110 Battalion, N. G. S. N. Y., capt. 32d Separate Co., N. G. S. N. Y., 1877-1ST9; mem B'd Ed'n, Village of Waverly, N. Y., 4 terms, 1881-1887, 1907-1911; supervisor Town of Barton, N. Y., 1887- 1888; mein. Assembly for Tioga Co., 1889-1890; pres. village of Waverly, N. Y., 1902-1903. Republican. Mem. M. E. Ch. Men. Mystical Seven, Beta Theta Pi. Trustee Syracuso Univ., Wyoming Sem., Kingston, Pa., Wyo- ming Conf., M. E. Ch., N. Y. and Pa .; trustec Packer Hosp., Sayre, Pa. Address: Waverly, N. Y.
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Manufacturer; b. Summitville, Sullivan Co., N. Y., May 5, 1860; s. Casper S. and Euphemia B. (Simpson) Decker; ed. public schools, and Syracuse Univ .; m. Syracuse, N. Y., March 12. 1901, Caroline F. Spencer. Pres. Elmira Knitting Mills; dir. Thatcher Mfg Co. Prohibitionist. Mem. M. E. Ch. Mein. B'd Mg'rs Ar- not-Ogden Memorial Hosp .; trustce Arnot Art Gal- lery. Address: Elmira, N. Y.
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DECKER, GEORGE PALMER
Lawyer; b. Clarkson, Monroe Co., N. Y., June 11, 1501; s. Jonah D. and Emily (Palmer) Deeker; ed. Brockport, N. Y., Normal Sch., Univ. of Rochester; m. Albion, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1884, Gertrude Lewis; ehildren: Eleanor, Lewis. Practised law at Brockport, N. Y., 1884-1889; at Rochester, since 1889. Mem. B'd Mg'rs
State Industrial Seh., Rochester, 1891-1894; collector DE FOREST, HENRY WHEELER
customs, port of Genesec (Rochester), 1896-1899; dep- uty att'y-gen., State of N. Y., 1907-1908; ass't counsel to State Conservation Comm'n, 1911-1913. Demoerat. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Address: 721 Pow- ers Block, Rochester, N. Y.
DECKER, MARTIN S.
Publie Serviee Comm'r; b. Rosendale, N. Y .; s. John Taylor Deeker and Martha (Keator) Decker; ed. pub- lic schs, and by private tutors; grad. N. Y. Coll, of Pharmaey; m. 1887, Petronella Wurts Beaver. First oceupation railroad telegraphy and later profession of pharmacy; appt'd deputy county clerk of Ulster County, 1882; upon org'n of Interstate Commerce Comm'n, 1887, appt'd doeket elerk of that eomm'n; chief examiner and ass't see. of comm'n, 1892; special examiner to hear and report upon eases before Fed- eral Comm'n under Hepburn railroad law, 1906; since 1895 has been frequently consulted as expert in trans- portation law; appt'd Publie Serviee Comm'r., second dist., 1907, chm'n of Comm'n, 1913. Address: Offiee of Public Service Commission, Albany, N. Y.
DECKER, PERCY W.
Lawyer; b. Highland, N. Y., July 14, 1873; s. Frank S. and Sarah F. (Bailey) Deeker; ed. Catskill High Sch .; m. Beaver Falls, N. Y., Oet. 13, 1904, Jessamine L. Nuffer. Admitted to bar, 1897; his since practised In Catskill, N. Y .; justiee of peace, 1899; eaptain Co. E, 10th Reg't (16th Separate Co.), N.G.N.Y .; mem. Order Red Men, Royal Areanum, ex-mem. B'd Ed'n. Demoerat; Presby'n. Clubs: Army and Navy (N. Y.). Rip Van Winkle (Catskill). Address: Catskill, N. Y.
DEEMS, EDWARD MARK
Clergyman, author; b. Greensboro, N. C., April 22, 1852; s. Charles F. and Anna (Disosway) Deems; pre- pared for coll. at Lawreneeville (N. J.), high seh .; grad. Prineeton Univ., 1874 (A.M., 1877); Union Theol. Sem., 1875-1876; Princeton Theol. Sem., 1877 (Ph.D., Univ. City of N. Y., 1890; D.D., Alfred Univ., 1904) ; m. Norfolk, Va., April 17, 1884; Virginia W. Price; children: Charles Price, b. 1885; Elsie, b. 1887; Virginia, b. 1889; William, b. 1892; Edward Mark, . Jr., b. 1895; Robert, b. 1905. Mission work in Elko, Nev., and Idaho Springs, Colo .; licensed May 7, 1877, by Presbytery of N. Y. to preach, and Oet. 28 of same ycar ordained to ministry and installed pastor Presby'n Ch., Longmont, Colo .; pastor Westminster Ch., N. Y. City, 1880-1890; pastor First Presby'n Ch., Flornell, N. Y., 1890-1909; pastor Ch. of the Sea, sinee 1909. Was stated clerk and treas. Steuben Presbytery, ten years; comm'r to Gen. Assembly from N. Y. Presbytery, 1887; eomm'r to Assembly from Steuben Presbytery, 1897; moderator N. Y. Presbytery, 1885; v .- p. Am. Sabbath Unlon. Mem. Masonic order. Author: Biography of Charles F. Deems (his father); Holy Days and Holidays; contb'r to reviews and periodicals. N. Y. City.
DE FOREST, HENRY PELOUZE
Physician; b. Fulton, N. Y., Dee. 29, 1864; s. John Teller and Emeline (Stephens) de Forest; grad. Cor- nell Univ., Ph.B., 1884; taught in Chicago and Ross- vlile, Ill., 1884-1886; took graduate course, Cornell, 1886-1887, M. S. (with distinetion), 1887; studied medi- cine, Columbian Univ., 1887-1888, Coll. Phys, and Surg. (Columbia Unlv., 1889-1890, M.D., 1890); m. Fulton, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1891, Anna Catharine Gilmour (A. B. Smith, 1889), of Fulton, N. Y. First praetised in Brook- lyn, 1890; M. E. Hosp., Brooklyn, 1890-1891; Vienna (Austria) Univ. and Hosp., 1891-1892; Univ. of Frei- burg, Germany, 1892; Sloane Maternity Hosp., N. Y. City, 1892-1893; Univ. of Paris and hosps., 1897; Dublin and Edinburgh hosps., 1902; Berlin, 1907. Capt. and ass't surgeon, 13th Reg't. Inf., N. G. N. Y., 1893-1898; aeting asst' surgeon, 3d Div. Hosp., 7th Army Corps, Spanish-Am. War, 1898-1899; major and sur- geon 13th Reg't Coast Arty, N. G. N. Y., since 1899; sanitary inspector, Dep't Health, N. Y. City, 1894- 1902; med. examiner fire and police dep't, N. Y. City, 1902-1903; poliee surgeon, 1902-1912; med. ex- aminer N. Y. Municipal Civil Service, since 1912. Mem. Kings Co. Med. Soe., Brooklyn Pathol. Soe. (pres. 1900- 1902); N. Y. State Med. Soe., Sloane Alumni (pres., 1901-1902); Meth. Hosp. Alumni (pres., 1894-1895). Contb'r and on editorial staff Medico-Surg. Bulletin, 1897-1899; Brooklyn Med. Journal, 1890-1900; Annals of Surgery since 1890; Diseases of the Blood and Duct- less Glands in Butler's Internal Medicine, 1902; editor
Proceedings Sloane Alumni, 1904-1908; editor Social Diseases. Mem. U. S. Ass'n Military Surgeons. Instr. in obstetries, L. I. Coll., 1894-1904; prof. obstetries, N. Y. Post-Grad. Med. Coll., since 1903. See Am. Soe. for Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis; pres. Class Seere- tarics Ass'n of Cornell Univ. Address: 150 W. 47th St. ( Hotel Somerset), N. Y. City.
Lawyer, capitalist; b. N. Y. City, Oet. 29, 1855; s. llenry G. and Julia M. (Weeks) dc Forest; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1876; Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1878; m. St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 15, 1898, Julia Gilman Noyes; chil- dren: Julia Mary, b. Oet. 28, 1899; Henry W., Jr., b. Jan. 3, 1901; Charles N., b. Aug. 7, 1905; Aliee D., b. Nov. 3, 1908. In law praetise, N. Y., sinee 1878; mem. firin de Forest Bros. Pres. and dir. Land and River Co., Tiffany Studios; mg'r Delaware & Hudson Co .; trustee Bank for Savings; dir. and mem. Exec. Com. Equitable Life Assurance Soe., Hudson Trust Co., HO- boken, N. J., Metropolitan Trust Co., Pacifie Mail S. S. Co., Southern Paeifie Co., Wells Fargo & Co., Morgans La. & Texas R. R. & S. S. Co., Texas & New Orleans R. R. Co., La. & Western R. R. Co., Galveston, Harris- burg & San Antonio R'y Co., Houston & Shreveport R. R. Co., Houston & Texas Central R. R. Co., Houston East & West R. R. Co., Arizona Eastern R. R. Co .; dir. First Nat. Bank of Superior, U. S. Trust Co., Haekensaek Water Co., Illinois Central R. R. Co., Nat. Bank of Commeree, N. J. & N. Y. R. R. Co., Niagara Fire Ins. Co., Dubuque & Sioux City R. R. Co., Central New Jersey Land Improvement Co. Address: 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.
DE FOREST, JOHNSTON
Lawyer; b. Plainfield, N. J., Sept. 5, 1873; s. Robert W. and Emily (Johnston) de Forest; grad. Phillips Andover Acad., 1892; Yale Univ., A. B., 1896; Columbia Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1899; m. 1st, St. Hubert's, N. Y., Oet. 12, 1904. Natalie Coffin (died April 26, 1906)); 2nd, N Y. City, Sept. 9, 1911, Mary E. Ogden. Mem. law firm de Forest Bros. Clubs: Yale, N. Y. Yaeht, Sea- wanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, University, Down Town. Address: 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.
'DE FOREST, LEE
Eleetrieal eng'r; b. Council Bluffs, la., Aug. 26, 1873; s. Ilenry Swift and Anna (Robbins) De Forest; grad. Yale (Sheffield Seientifie), Ph.B., 1896, Ph.D., 1899; m. 1st, N. Y. City, 1906, Lueile Sheardoun, 2d; Philadelphia, 1912, Mary Mayo. Inventor De Forest system wire- less telegraphy and founder Am. De Forest Wireless Telegraph Co .; system adopted largely by U. S. Gov't; demonstrated to the British, Danish, German, Russian and Indian Gov'ts, all of which have purehased appa- ratus; 30 land stations and over 100 vessels have been equipped with the apparatus; subsidiary eo's have been organized in Canada, Great Britain and Brazil; used by the U. S. Signal Corps in the war manœuvres and installed in Alaska. Tehnical dir. Radio Tele- phone Co. and N.,Am. Wireless Corp'n; research eng'r Federal Tolegraph Co. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs N. Y. Elec. Soe., Nat. Geog. Soc. Recreation: In ex- perimental laboratory. Club: Yale. Residence: 232₫ St. and Hudson River, N. Y. City.
Address: 507 West St., DE FOREST, ROBERT WEEKS
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, April 25, 1848; s. Henry G. and Julia M. ( Weeks) de Forest; grad. Yale Univ., A. B., 1870, A M. (LL.D.,1904); m. N. Y. City, Nov. 12, 1872, Emily Johnston; children: Johnston, Henry L, Ethel (Mrs. Allen 12. Whitman), Franees Emily (Mrs. W. A. W. Stewart): Mem. firm Weeks, Forster & de Forest, 1872, later de Forest Bros., in which associated with brother, H. W. de Forest and sons, Johnston and llenry L. de Forest; ch'm N. Y. State Tenement House Comm'n, 1900; first tenement house comm'r, City of N. Y., 1902-1904; pres. Nat. Conf. Charities and Correction, 1903; pres. N. Y. City Municipal Art Comm'n, since 1905; pres. and trustee Met. Museum of Art; v .- p. and trustec Russell Sage Foundation for Improvement of Social and Living Conditions; pres. Hackensack Water Co .; v .- p., gen. counsel and dir. Central R. R. of N. J., trustee N. Y. Trust Co., Hudson Trust Co., dir. Niagara Fire Ins. Co., Title Guarantee & Trust Co., Met. Life Ins. Co., Central and S. Am. Telegraph Co .; pres. N. Y. Charity Org'n sinee 1883; one of founders and first pres. Provident Loan Soe. Presby'n. V .- p. Am. Red Cross; pres. Chattel Loan Soe., of N. Y., Nat. Housing Ass'n; v .- p. Robert Coll. of Constantinople; pres. Am Federation of Arts; v .- p. Presby'n Hosp., N. Y. Clubs: University, Century. Residenec (eity) 7 Washington Sq .; (country), Cold Spring Harbor, L. I. Address: 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.
DE FRECE, B. FRANKLIN
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 24, 1872; s. A. B. and Sophie B. de Frece; grad. N. Y. Univ., A. B., 1593; N. Y.
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Law Sch., LL.B., 1895. Dir. and sec. Am. R. R. Co. of Porto Rico, Railway Materials Export Corp'n, Manila Anchor Brewing Co., Minai Realty Co .; dir. and pres. Almin Realty Co .; dir., sec. and treas. Non-Intoxicant Beverage Co .; dir. Porto Rican Express Co. Mem. Zeta Psi fraternity. Ciub: Reform. Address: 22 Will- lam St., N. Y. City.
DE FRIESE, LAFAYETTE HOYT
Lawyer; b. Alabama, 1852; grad. Harvard, A. B., 1876 (Phi Beta Kappa), LL.B .; m. San Francisco, Calif., 1876, Sarah Katherine Johnson. Botanist on Ky. Geol. Survey, 1876-1881. Admitted to bar, 1879, in N. Y., and subsequently in U. S. Dist. and U. S. Circuit Courts and Supreme Court of U. S .; went to Eng. 1883, and for the last 15 years has devoted himself aimost exclusively to Internat. law in London; mem. law firm of Steele, De Friese & Steele, N. Y. City. Life mem. Soc. of Arts, Engiand; jife gov. Royal Waterjoo Hosp., London; mem. Am. Soc. London, Am. Soc. of Internat. Law, Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. County Bar Ass'n. Recrea- tions: Goif and shooting. Clubs: Sports, Hurlingham, Authors' '(London); Union League, Harvard, Phi Beta Kappa (N. Y. City) ; Jockey (Mexico). Address: 32 Liberty St., N. Y. City, and Broad St. House, Old Broad St., London, England.
DE GARMO, WILLIAM BURTON
Physician, surgeon; b. East Troy, Wls., April 24, 1849; ed. public schools, Rochester, N. Y., and Ann Harbor, Mlch .; began med. studies in Univ. of Mich., 1870; grad. Univ. City of N. Y., M. D., 1875; has since practised medicine and surgery in N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 20, 1873, Elizabeth Emery Milligan. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Co. Med. Soc .; feiiow N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Med. Soc. State of N. Y .; A.A.A.S .; hon. mem. Va. State Med. Soc. Contb'r on sur. sub- jects to leading med. journals. Author: Abdominal Hernia, Its Diagonsis and Treatment. Address: 616 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
DEGENER, RUDOLPH
Broker; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 17, 1878; s. John F. and Eleanor (Rimpau) Degener; grad. Berkeley Sch., 1895; Lehlgh Univ., M. E., 1899; m. South Bethlehem, Pa., Nov. 25, 1902, Caroline Belmont De Saulles; one child: Eleanor Belmont. B'd. fnem. Degener & Burke, stock brokers; mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange; Delta Phi fra- ternity, Deutscher Verein, 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y. Rec- reations: Horseback riding, tennis, etc. Club: Stock Exchange Luncheon. Address: 20 Broad St., N. Y. City.
DE GERSDORFF, CARL A.
Lawyer, banker; b. Saiem, Mass., July 10, 1865; s. Ernst B. and Caroline (Choate) de Gersdorff; ed. Boston Latin Sch .; grad. Harvard Coll., A.B., 1887; Harvard Law Sch .; m. Stockbridge, Mass., Sept. 28, 1895, Helen Suzette Crowninshield; children: Joseph- ine, b. 1896; Aima, b. 1898; Caspar CrownInshield, b. 1901. Admitted to bar and in practice in N. Y. City, 1891-1912; partner in William Salomon & Co., bankers, since 1912; dir. Staten Island Rapid Transit R'y Co., Kings Farm Reaity Co. Republican. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Union, Metropolitan, University, Century, Harvard, Riding, Down Town. Address: 52 William St., N. Y. City.
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Architect; b. Saicm, Mass., Sept. 1, 1866; s. Einst Bruno and Caroline (Choate) de Gersdorff; grad. Har- vard Univ., A.B., 1888, Mass. Inst. of Technology (spe- cial course); Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris; m. Long- wood, Boston, Nov. 21, 1907, Isabel Cleaveland Law- rence. Mem. N. Y. Chapter, Am. Inst. of Architects, Soc. of Beaux Arts Architects. Clubs: Harvard, Uni- versity, Century Ass'n. Residence: 163 E. 80th St. Address: 103 Park Av., N. Y. City.
DEGHUÉE, CHARLES JOSEPH
Educator; b. Brooklyn, Oct. 24, 1863; s. J. Joseph and Carrie (Ronnberg) Deghuće; grad. Columbia Univ., B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Litt.D. (prize fellow in letters) ; m. Brooklyn, Fcb. 11, 1897, Florence L. Poole; one child: Charies Maury. Prof. Latin, Trinity Sch. (N. Y.); headmaster same, classical course; examiner Columbia Coll. Author: German Colloquial Method; articies in Modern Language Notes, etc. Mem. Columbia Coil. Alumni Ass'nı, Modern Language Ass'n, Oriental Soc., Phl Beta Kappa. Club: Germania (Brooklyn). Ad- dress: 373 State St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
DEGHUÉE, JOSEPH A.
Chemist; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1870; s. Joseph and Car- ollne (Ronnberg) Deghuée; ed. German Am. Acad., Co- lumbia Univ., Ph.B., 1890, A.M., 1892, Ph.D., 1893; mar- ried. Instr. Coli. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City; chemist Dep't Health, N. Y. City; also consuiting chemist. Pres. and dir. Lederle Laboratories; v .- p. and dir. Lederle Antitoxin Laboratories; v .- p. and director
Lederle & Provost. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Soc. Chem. Industry, Verein Deutscher Chemiker; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Sch. of Mines Alumni Ass'n. Club: City. Ad- dress: 39 W. 38th St., N. Y. City.
DE GROOT, WILLIAM ALBRO
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1869; s. Alex- ) ander and Jane . (McCullough) De Groot; ed. Brooklyn public schools, Mt. Hermon (Mass.) Boys' Sch .; Wes- ieyan Acad. (principai prize, freshman year, Upham Prize, junior year), Dickinson Coil., A.B., 1897 (prizes for oratory); studied N. Y. Univ. Law Sch .; m. June 13, 1900, Grace Lester Atkins; children: Alfred Hugo, b. April 27, 1901; Ethel Jane, b. June 4, 1903; Helen Marie, b. Oct. 29, 1904; Lester Atkins, b. Aug. 25, 1906. Ad- mitted to N. Y. Bar, 1899; founded present law firm of De Groot, Kenyon & Huber, Brooklyn; founder Rich- mond Hili Record; Tempie Forum (young men's iit- erary, debating and athietic ass'n); local preacher, M. E. Ch .; mem. N. Y. State Assembly, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1909. Republican. Treas. Wheeler Land Co .; chm'n B'd Trustees, Morris Park M. E. Ch .; mem. F. and A. M .; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Recreations: Fishing, collecting violins. Ciubs: Rich- mond Hili Republican, Theodore Roosevelt Republican, Queens County Wheelmen, Temple Forum. Address: 131 S. Briggs Av., Richmond Hill, L. I., N. Y.
DE HAVEN, FRANK
Artist, landscapist; b. Bluffton, Ind., Dec. 26, 1856; 8. Nathanlel and Fannie De Haven; studied art under George H. Smilie; awarded Innes prize, 1900, and Shaw prize, 1901. Honorable mention, Pan-Am. Exp'n, Buf- faio, 1901; silver medal, Charleston Exp'n, 1903; St. Louis, 1904. Represented in Evans' Collection Nat. Gallery, Washington, D. C., and Brooklyn Museum of Arts and Sciences. Mem. Nat. Acad. of Design. Ciubs: Salmagundi, Nat. Arts (life mem.). Address: 23 W. 24th St., N. Y. City.
DEICHMAN, CARL F.
Am. consui; b. St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. 23, 1871; 8. Charles and Augusta (Schinke) Deichman; ed. schs. of St. Louis; unmarried. In service of U. S. Gov't (Coast Survey and Consular Service) 15 years; in N. Centrai and IS. America, Hawaiian and Philippine Islands, and Asia. Residence: 3851a Juniata St., St. Louis, Mo. Address: Am. Consulate, Nagasaki, Japan.
DEKAY, CHARLES
Author, critic; b. Washington, D. C., July 25, 1848; 8. Commodore George C. and Janet (Drake) DeKay; grad. Yale, 1868; m. Edwalyn Coffey (d. Maj. Edward Lees Coffey, British East India Army). For twenty years connected with the New York Times as literary and art editor; founded The Fencers' Club in 1880, The Authors' Club in 1882, the Nat. Sculpture Soc. in 1892, Der Berliner Fecht Club (Berlin) in 1896, and the Nat, Arts Club (N. Y. City) in 1899 (was mn'g gov.), and Circie of Friends of the Medallion In 1909. Author: Bohemian, Hesperus, and Other Poems; Vls- ions of Nimrod; Vision of Esther (dramatic poems); Bird Gods (study of myths and religions in Ancient Europe) ; Essays on Ancient Ireland (in Century Mag- azine); Wonders of tile Alphabet (St. Nicholas): Love Poems of Louis Barnaval (pen-name) ; Life and Works of Barye, Sculptor. Transiations: Family Letters of Heinrich Heine (from German); 4 from French of Ai- phonse Daudet. Ciubs: National Arts, Century.
Fencers. Address: 413 W. 23d St., N. Y. City.
VDE KAY, JOHN WESLEY
Capitalist; b. Newhampton, Iowa, July 20, 1872; s. John and Elizabeth (Elkworth) De Kay; descendant Guillurme De Kay, one of lord directors of Dutch West India Co .; ed. public sch,; m. July 15, 1897, Anna M. Walton; children: John Walton, Anna Walton, Eilza- beth Walton. Took up printing trade and at age of 19, became prop'r Whitewood Plaindealer, S. Dak .; later acquired several newspapers near Chieago; sold out and moved to Mexico, and began negotiations with Mexican Gov't for concessions, which finally obtained. Organized U. S. Packing Co., 1902, jater changed to Mexican Packing Co., with distributing branches in various parts of Mexican Republic, now operating piants and cold stores of most improved modern type, doing successful business in Mexican markets, being pres. of co. and having $22.500,000 capital. Recreation: Traveling. Clubs: Algonquin (Boston), Nat. Arts. City, Lawyers (N. Y.). Address: 334 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
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Author; b. Chicago, Iil., Nov. 19, 1860; d. Charies B. and Mary E. (Smith) Farweil; ed. Lake Forest Univ., B.A .; m. 1st. Chicago, May 1, 1884. Reginaid de Koven; one d, Ethei I. Roy, b. Mar. 3, 1885; 2nd. Jan. 18, 1911, H. Kierstede Hudson. Author of two noveis: A Sawdust Doli, and By the Waters of Babyion; short stories and
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many articles; also of The Life and Letters of John Paul Jones (Scribner Sons, April 19, 1913). Club: Colony. Address: 1025 Park Av., N. Y. City.
DE KOVEN, REGINALD
Composer; b. Middletown, Conn., April 3, 1861; s. Henry (D.D) and Charlotte (Le Roy) De Koven; grad. St. John's Coll., Oxford (Eng. ), A.B., 1881. Studied music first at Stuttgart, Germany, under William Speidl, and afterward studled professionally at same place under Dr. Lebert and Prof. Prückner; later took up harmony and counterpoint with Dr. Huff, of Frank- Florence, Italy, and Henschel in London; finally studied under Richard Genee, the Viennese composer, and with De Clbes in Parls; m. May 1, 1884, Anna, d. late Sena- tor Charles B. Farwell, of Ill .; one d .: Ethel Le Roy, b. May, 1885. Composer: The Begum, Don Quixote, Robin Hood, The Fencing Master, Rob Roy, The Knicker- bockers, The Tzigane, The Mandarin, the Highway- man, The Three Dragoons, Papa's Wife, Foxy Quiller, Mald Marian, Red Feather, Happy Land, The Golden Butterfly, The Beauty .Spot, The Wedding Trip, The Student King, The Little Duchess, O Promise Me, up- wards of 300 songs, a Recessional, and music for piano and orchestra. Founder and conductor Wash- Ington Symphony Orchestra. Pres. The De Koven Opera Co. Mem. Nat. Inst. of Arts and Letters. Has served as musical critic on various New York publica- tions. Residence: 1025 Park Av. Address: Knicker- bocker Club. N. Y. City.
DE KROYFT, SUSAN HELEN (ALDRICH)
Author; h. Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 29, 1818; d. Obed and Melintha Hart (Potter) Aldrich; ed. Westfield (N. Y.) Acad., 1832-1836; Gencsee Wesleyan Sem., Lima N. Y., 1837-1843 (valedictorian); m. Rochester, N. Y., July 25, 1845, William De Kroyft, M.D. Widow on wedding day by carriage accident; awoke blind one month later, entered N. Y. Blind Inst. the next autumn for music, found there a means of writing, and pub- lished first book three years later. In Feb., 1850, went to Washington, D. C., with letters to Senators Seward. Henry Clay, Houston, and others. In March, 1850, left for Charleston, S. C., with letters from these and many others, including one from President Zachary. Taylor at the White House, introducing her to all his friends in the South. The following Christmas, Pres- cott, the historian, presented a case of wires such as he had invented for his own use. Aided by this, she has since published four other books, besides traveling almost constantly over the U. S. and Canada, everywhere introducing her own works, one score- tary having accompanied her for 28 years. Episco- palian. Honorary inem. Shakespeare Club (N. Y. City). Author: A Place in Thy Memory, 1849; Story of Little Jakey, 1871; Darwin and Moses, 1875; Mortara, 1888; The Foreshadowed Way, 1901; The Soul of Eve., 1904. Address: Aldrich Place, Dansville, N. Y.
V DELAFIELD, EDWARD COLEMAN
Real estate developer; b. West Hampton Beach, L. I., N. Y .; s. Maturin Livingston and Mary Coleman (Livingston) Delafield; attended Pomfret Sch., Prince- ton Univ., A.B., 1899; m. St. Thomas' Ch., N. Y. City, April 30, 1900, Margaretta Stockton Beasley; children: Maturin Livingston, 3rd, b. March 17, 1901; Margaretta Stockton, b. Nov. 3, 1904; Edward Coleman, Jr., b. Feb. 14, 1906; Mary, b. Nov. 26, 1911. Connected witlt N. J. Zinc Co., in various capacities until 1910. when resigned to take charge of interests of Delafield Es- tate, Inc .; v .- p., sec. and dir. Parkway Heights Co .; sec. treas. and mn'g dir. Delafield Estate: treas, and dir., Delafield Family Ass'n; dir. Hudson Frontage Co. Pres. Northwestern Bronx Property Owners Ass'n; sergeant in Veteran Corps of Art'y. Episcopalian. Mem. Sons of Revolution, Soc. Colonial Wars, Mil. Soc. War of 1812. N. Y. Zool. Soc. Chm'n Riverdale Neigh- borhood Ass'n; treas. and vestryman Christ C'h., River- dale. Clubs: Union, University, Down Town Ass'n, Princeton, Contemporary, Camp Fire. Residences: Fieldston Hill, Riverdale-on-Hudson, N Y., and "Minon" Ontcora Club, Catskill Mountains. Address: 27 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
DELAFIELD, FRANCIS
Physician, pathologist; b. N. Y. City, 1841; ed. in private schools; Yale, A.B., 1860; Coli. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City, M.D., 1862; and London and Paris hospitais (LL.D., Yale, 1890, Columbia, 1901); m. Jan. 17, 1870, Katherine Van Rensselaer. Adjunct prot., 1875-1881, prof. medicine, 1882-1901, cimeritus prof. since 1901 Coll. Phys, and Surg. (Columbia).
served as physician to Bellevue Hosp., pathologist and physician to Roosevelt Hospital, and surgeon to N. Y. Eye and Ear Infirmary. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Pathol. Soc. Ass'n Am. Physi- cians, St. Nicholas Soc. Has contributed much origi- nal research in pathology. Author: Studies in Patho- logical Anatomy; Handbook of Post-Mortem Exami- nation and Morbid Anatomy; also monograph on Renal Diseases, etc. Clubs: Century, Yale. Address: 5 W. 50th St., N. Y. City.
fort, Germany, and singing under Sig. Vannucinni, at J DELAFIELD, JOHN ROSS
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