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Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, May 8, 1874; s. Maturin Llv- ingston and Mary Coleman (Livingston) Delafield; ed. Coll. of New Jersey (Princeton), A.B., Princeton Unlv., A.M .; Harvard Law Sch., LL.B .; m. N. Y. City, Juoe 14, 1904, Violetta S. E. White; children: John White, Rich- ard Montgomery. Admitted to bar, 1899; has since been engaged In gen. practise of law in N. Y. City; for years without any business alliance and subse- quently mem. firm of Iselin & Delafield. Pres. Dela- field Estate, Parkway Heights Co .; Independent; Epis- copalian. Dir. Y. M. C. A., vestryman Christ Ch., Riv- erdale; mcm. B'd of Govs., Sons of Revolution; officer St. Nicholas Soc., Soc. of Colonial Wars, Soc. of War of 1812; mem. N. Y. Hist. Soc., Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: University, Union, Down Town Ass'n. Address: Fieldston, N. Y., and 17 E. 79th St., N. Y. City.
DELAFIELD, LEWIS L.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 30, 1863; s. Lewis L. and Emily (Prime) Delafield; ed. St. Pauls' Sch., Con- cord, N. H .; Harvard, Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1884; m. April 25, 1885, Charlotte Hoffman Wyeth; children: Lewis L. Jr., Charlotte, Emily. Mem. law firm Haw- kins, Delafield & Longfellow. Has been chm'n Exec. Com. N. Y. City Bar Ass'n, and active in its affairs; has also been chm'n for several terms of Exec Com., and v .- p. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Mem. Exec. Com Com. of Seventy, 1894; sec. Rapid Transit B'd N. Y. City, 1895-1899; nominated, 1906, by lawyers of city of N. Y. for justice Supreme Court. Episcopallan. Clubs: Union, Century, Tuxedo, Sleepy Hollow. Residence: 20 West 58th St. Address: 20 Exchange Pl., N. Y.
NDELAFIELD, RICHARD
Banker; b. Now Brighton, S. I., N. Y., Sept. 6, 1853; s. Rufus King and Eliza (Bard) Delafield; ed. Anthon Grammar Sch., and at an early age engaged In mer- cantile pursuits; m. 1st, Clara Foster Carey (died Sept. 6, 1909); 2d, Edith P. Fesser. Became an active and successful merchant, being senior partner of the firm of Delafield & Co. of N. Y., Chicago and San Fran- cisco, which house he founded; pres. National Park Bank of N. Y .; dir. Mount Morris Bank, Mutual Bank. Yorkville Bank and Union Trust Co. Was a comm'n from State of N. Y. to the World's Columbian Exp'n. 1893. Largely interested in various charitable inst'ns. Is a vestryman of Trinity Ch .; mem. Soc. Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Union League, Tuxedo, Riding, Metropolitan, etc. Residence: 40 W. 46th St., N. Y. City; (country): Tuxedo Park, N. Y. Address: 214 Broadway, N. Y. City.
DE LA FLEUR, FREDERICK J.
Lawyer; b. Carthage, N. Y., June, 1870; s. Joseph and Margaret E. (Van Slyke) De La Fleur; ed. Adams (N. Y.) Collegiate Inst., Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1895; also attended McGill Univ., Montreal, for sp'l work in French; m. Port Leyden, N. Y., July, 1896, Augusta M. Williams; children: Alice M. (died 1900); Frederick J., Jr .. b. 1902, Grace M., b. 1907; Lewis E., b. 1912. Admitted to bar, 1898. Local examiner State Civil Nervice Comm'n, Feb., 1901-Feb., 1908; comm'r U. S. Dist. Court, Northern Dist. of N. Y., Oct. 6. 1902-Jan. 30, 1908; appt'd referee in bankruptcy, Jan. 31, 1908, for Counties of Oncida and Herkimer, Northern Dist. of N. Y., for a terin of 2 years, and has since been reappt'd many times. Republican; Congregationalist. Mason. Mem. Utica Riffe Ass'n. Address: Utlea, N. Y.
UDE LANCEY, WILLIAM HEATHCOTE
Lawyer; b. Philadelphia. May 2, 1837; s. Rt. Rev. William Heathcote and Frances ( Munro) De Lancey; ed. St. Paul's Sch., College Pt, L. I .; grad. Hobart Coll., 1.1 ;. , 1856, .1.31., 1859; Albany Law Seh. (Union Univ.), LI.B., 1858. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mem. St. Nicholas Soc., Sigma Phi, llobart Coll. Alumni AAss'n. Residence: Ossining, N. Y. - Address: 50 Broadway, N .. Y. City.
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DELANO, MORTIMER
Aviator; b. N. J., Aug. 15, 1869; s. Thomas Edwin Delano; attended Arts and Law Dept's Columbia Univ., class 1891; m. Wilhelmina M. Pierson; one d .; Priscilla Alden, b. 1894. Dir. Crittenton Co., of N. Y. Q .- m. sergeant Veteran Corps Art'y; now engaged in form- ing Aviation Div. for N. G. Mem. Veteran Corps Art'y, Mil. Soc. War 1812, Huguenot Soe:, Soc. Colonial Wars, Auto-Pólo Ass'n of America (hon v .- p.). Rec- reations: Aviation, auto-polo. Clubs: Columbia Univ., Aero of America (hon. sec., gov.). Residence: (sum- mer): Garden City, L. I., (winter); 104 W. 120th St. Address: Aero Club, 297 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
DELANO, WILLIAM ADAMS
Architect; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 21; s. Eugene and Susan Magoun (Adams) Delano; grad. Yale Coll. 1895, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris; m. Louisa Potter; one son, Richard Potter. Clubs: University, Century, Pip- ing Rock. Address: 4 E. 39th St., N. Y. City.
DELANY, JOHN J. ".
Jurist; b. 1860; grad. St. Francis Xavier Coll., and Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1882. Engaged in practise of law in N. Y. City since 1SS2. Prominent mem. of Tammany and a leader in its polit. campaigns; in 1889 was ass't corporation counsel and later ass't dist. att'y; had charge of Fire Chief Edward F. Croker's fight against Comin'r Sturgis, and was suceessful in having the courts reinstate him; appt'd, 1904, by Mayor George B. McClellan corp'n counsel (resigned Oet. 1906); elect- ed to Supreme Court, Nov., 1910. Prominent in Roman Catholic eircles. Address: 324 W. 103d St., N. Y. City.
DELAVAN, DAVID BRYSON
Physician; b. N. Y. City; s. Edward C. (Huguenot ancestry, A.B., Yale, 1836) and Margaretta (Bryson) Delavan (Seotch ancestry); grad. Yale, A.B., 1872, Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City, M.D., 1875 (under precep- torship of Willard Parker, M.D.); m. St. Louis, June 14, 1899, Marion Rumsey; one d. Elina, b. 1905. En- gaged in practise of medicine in N. Y. City from grad- uation. Pres. and trustee Russell Sage Inst. of Pathol- ogy; v .- p. Grenfell Ass'n of America; trustee Scenic and Historic Preservation Soe .; N. Y. Polyclinic, N. Y. Dispensary, and Am. Soc. for Control of Cancer. Consultant to St. Luke's General Memorial, Ruptured and Crippled, and Vassar hosps., and Stony Wold San- itarium; surgeon and prof. of Laryngology N. Y. Poly- elinic, Alumnus of City and Presby'n hosps; mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Laryngol. Ass'n (ex-pres.), N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Royal Soe. of Medieine, England; N. Y. Clinic Soc., Harvey Soc., Hosp. Graduates, Continental Anglo- Am. Med. Soc. (hon. pres.), mem. Am. Museum Natural History, Met. Museum of Art; mem. Advisory Com. of Yale Med. School; inem. Exec. Com. Internat. Con- gress of Laryngology, etc. Independent in politics; frequent contb'r to literature of his sp'l dep't in medi- cine. Protestant. Has made various tours in Europe and the U. S. Clubs: Century, University, Yale. Ad- dress: 40 E. 41st St., N. Y. City.
DELAVAN, TOMPKINS C.
Broker; b. N. Y. City; s. Edward and Margaretta M. M. (Bryson) Delavan; ed. Dr. D. A. IIolbrook's Sch. Former mem. firm of Cummings & Co., brokers; now in business alone. Clubs: Transportation, Kane Lodge. Residence: 'Westervelt Av., New Brighton, S. I. Ad- dress: 51 Exchange Pl., N. Y. City.
DEL DRAGO, JOSEPHINE-SCHMID
Business woman; b. Covington, Ky .; grad. convent at Montreal, at 18 years of age; m. ist, August Schmid (mem. firin Bernheimer & Schmid, owners of Lion Brewery in N. Y. City); 2d. Giovanni Del Drago, s. Prince Del Drago of Rome, Italy, now an Am. citizen. Upon death of Mr. Schmid, being familiar with busi- ness, took his place in brewery firm. In July, 1903, bought out partner of eoneern and turned it into corp'n (called Lion Brewery of N. Y. City), owning all stock; reorganized entire working force. Owns much property on lower Broadway, Cortlandt and Warren Sts., and Eighth and Columbus Avs. Also a fine resi- dence at 62d St. and Fifth Av. (designed for lier by Richard H. Hunt), which she has filled with works of art gathered while traveling in various countries, and a beautiful villa at Tarrytown, N. Y. Address: 807 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
DELEHANTY, DANIEL
Retired capt. U.S.N .; b. N. Y. City; grad. U. S. Mii. Acad. 1867. Appt'd from N. Y. midshipman, Sept. 25, 1862; comm'nd ensign, 1868; master, 1870; lieut., 1872; lieut .- comd'r, 1893; comd'r, 1898; retired with rank of capt., 1900. Gov. Sailors' Snug Harbor. Address: Pel- ham, N. Y.
DELEHANTY, FRANCIS B.
Lawyer, ex-jurist; elected 1900 judge of City Court of N. Y. City for term expiring Dee. 31, 1910. Resi- dence: 33 W. 12th St. Address: 32 Chambers St., N. Y. City.
DE LEON, DANIEL
Editor; b. Curacao, off coast of Venezuela, Dec. 14, 1852; came to U. S. from Europe, July, 1872; grad. Co- lumbia Law Sch., 1878, receiving prize on Constitu- tional Law, awarded by ex-pres. Woolsey of Yale, and prize on Internat. Law, awarded by Wmn. Beach Law- rence of Providence, R. I. Lecturer in Sch. of Poiit. Economy of Columbia Univ. 6 years; instrumental in founding and sinee its org'n, 1895, an officer of So- eialist Trade and Labor Alliance; instrumental in founding Industrial Workers of the World, 1905; joined Socialist Labor party, Oct., 1890, beeomning editor of its English organ, 1892; editor of the Weekly People since 1892; founder and editor of Daily People since 1900. Residence: Pleasantville, N. Y. Address: 45
Rose St., N. Y. City.
VDE LEON, EDWIN WARREN
Lawyer, ins. official; b. Charleston, S. C., Aug. 6, 1868; s. H. H. and Agnes (Moise) De Leon; grad. Ran. dolph Macon Coll., Va., A.B .; Columbia Coll., LL.B .; m. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 23, 1901, Frances E. Moise. Mg'r at N. Y. City for Liability Dep't of the Travelers Ins. Co., of Hartford, Conn., 1893-1898; for Maryland Casu- alty Co., of Baltimore, 1898-1903; v .- p. and dir., 1903- 1909, and since 1909 pres. and dir. Casualty Co. of America, N. Y. City; also chm'n Editorial B'd Internat. Ins. Encyclopedia Co. Demoerat. Author: The Law o Liability; Manual of Liability Insurance; Liability Insurance (Annotations, 1910. Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure) ; "Casualty Insurance" ( Encyclopedia Amer- icana). Editor: Casualty Dep't, Insurance Year Book. Mem. Southern Soc. of N. Y., South Carolina Soe., S. A. R., Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation, Am. Statistieal Ass'n, Civie Federation. Clubs: Underwriters, Law- vers, Economic, Casualty and Surety Soeial (all of N. Y. City). Residence: "Apthorpe," Broadway and 79th St. Address: 123 William St., N. Y. City.
DE LIMA, ELIAS ABINUM
Merehant, banker, b. Curacao, Dutch W. Indies, April 24, 1865; s. David A. and Sarah (Wolff) de Lima; ed. Dr. Saeh's Sehool, N. Y. City; grad. Cornell Univ., B.S., 1886; Columbia Law Seh., 1889; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 27, 1886, Estela A. de Lima; children: Beatrice, Edith, Er- nest, Estela. Admitted to New York Bar, 1889; mem. firm D. A. de Lima & Co .; pres. Battery Park Nat. Bank; dir. and advisory counsel Corn Exehange Bank (S. I. branch) ; trustee S. R. Smith Infirmary of Staten Islard; mem. Municipal Art Soc. Clubs: Cornell. Theta Delta Chi, Graduate. National Arts, N. Y. Athletic. Address: 58 W. 87th St., N. Y. City.
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DELLENBAUGH, FREDERICK SAMUEL
Artist, author; b. McConnellsville, O., Sept. 13, 1853; s. Samuel and Elizabeth (Smith) Dellenbaugh); ed. Buffalo, N. Y. City, Munich and Paris; m. Ellenville, N. Y., 1885, Harriet Otis; one ehild: Frederick Samuel, Jr., b. 1888. Artist and assistant topographer with Major Poweil's Colorado River exploring expd'n, 1871-1873; conducted personal exped'ns to Utali, Arizona, Colo- rado, Nevada and Southern Calif .; mem. Ilarriman Expd'n to Alaska, Bel.ring Strait and N. E. Siberia; cruises to W. Indies, S. Ameriea, Iceland, Spitzbergen and Norway. Fellow A.A. A.S., Am. Ethnol. Soc .; mem. Am. Anthropol. Soc. Author: A Singular Case; The True Route of Coronado's Mareh; North Americans of Yesterday; Romance of the Colorado River; Breaking the Wilderness; A Canyon Voyage; l'remont and '49; contributions on Aineriean Aboriginal Buildings to Sturgis's Dictionary of Architecture; various articles written for bulletins, magazines and cyclopedias. Clubs: Century. Authors, Barnard, Explorers. Resi- dence (summer) Cragsmoor, N. Y .; (winter) 226 W. 78th St., N. Y. City.
DEL MAR, ALEXANDER
Engineer, author; b. N. Y. City; ed. and received diploma from N. Y. Polytechnic, studied in N. Y. Univ. and in London under Sir Arthur Ileips and Manuel Del Mar (joint authors of "The Conquerers of America"), and attended Madrid Mining Seh. Financial editor Daily American Times, 1834; Hunt's Merchants' Mag- azine, 1860; Social Science Review, 1863; Financial and Commercial Chronicle, 1865; and National Intelli- gencer, Washington, 1870. Organized and was dir. U. S. Bureau of Commerce, Navigation, Emigration, Mines and Statisties (now Dep't of Commerce and Labor), 1865-1869; was comm'r to Italy, Holland and Russia, 1866-1872; mem. U. S. Monetary Comm'n. 1876-187S. Engaged in practise of civil and mining eng'ring
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since 1872, and was for 26 years engaged in mining DEMING, EDWIN WILLARD
and constructing mining works and machinery. Was editorial mg'r Cambridge Encyclopedla, 1900; editor- In-chief American Banker, 1905-1906, and resumed mining in 1908. Connected with the movement to re- monetize silver since 1874. Author: History of the Precious Metals, History of Money, The Science of Money, History of Monetary Crimes, and many impor- tant works and numerous essays in relation to mone- tary science and the history of money and the pre- clous metals in all ages and countries, upon which subjects ranks as first authority. In political econ- omy, social conditions, antiquities and archaeology also ranks high. Latest works are Ancient Britain; History of the Middle Ages; The Worship of Augustus Cæsar, and The Discovery and Colonization of Asia Minor, Egypt and Europe by Thibetan, Indian and other Oriental Races; also a work (in preparation) en- titled The Messiah. Has contb'd to leading English, Spanish, French and American journals and to official publications many notable articles and papers on monetary, economic and historical subjects. Pres. Latin-Am. Chamber of Commerce. Address: 311 W. 70th St., N. Y. City.
DEL MAR, FRANCESCA PALOMA
Artist; b. Washington, D. C .; d. Alexander and Emily Del Mar; ed. London and Paris. Studied art under Julius Rolshoven in London, also at Academie Julien In Paris, and under Raphael Collin; spent many years In travel and study in Europe; painter of historical works and portraits; pictures have been exhibited in principal European and Am. exb'ns; best known works are large mural at Caroline Rest, Scarsdale, N. Y., and "The Worship of the Mother of the Gods." Address: Holbein Studios, 152 W. 55th St., N. Y. City.
DE LONG, DANIEL P.
Manufacturer, banker; h. West Day, N. Y., 1850. Was engaged in dry goods business in Glens Falls, as mem. firm of Robbins & De Long; withdrew from dry goods business and engaged in brick business, with Glens Falls Brick Co., which was established 1840. Became sole owner, 1886, and is one of the most flourishing concern's in Warren County. Pres. and gen. mg'r Granite Brick Co .; first v .- p. Glens Falls Trust Co .; one of organizers, dir. and builder with E. B. Potter of Empire Theatre Real Estate and Theatre Co .; one of organizers, dir. and pres. Giens Falls Hosp. Democrat. Elected mem. Assembly, 1909. Mem. Senate Lodge of Masons. Address Glenwood Av., Giens Falls, N. Y.
DE LUCE, PERCIVAL
Artist; b. N. Y., 1847; studied at Antwerp Acad., also under Portaels (Brussels), and Leon Bonnat (Paris), Asso. Nat. Acad. of Design; mem. Sons of Revolution, Am. Water Color Soc., Artists' Funds Soc. Club: Sal- magundi. Address: 619 W. 144th St., N. Y. City.
DE MERITTE, EDWIN
Educator; b. Durham, N. H., March 3, 1846; s. Ste- phen and Nancy. Perkins (Chesley) De Meritte; ed. Phillip's Exeter Acad .; grad. Dartmouth Coll., A. B., class 1869; m. Boston, Dec. 18, 1868, Frances Alexine Norton; children: Florence, George E., Mabel P. Prin- cipal Hampton (N. H.) Acad., 1870-1872; instr. classics Chauncey Hall Sch., Boston, Mass., 1872-1879; head of Classical Dep't, 1879-1884; principal Berkeley Sch., Boston, 1884-1896; principal Chauncey Hall Sch., 1896- 1900; m. Ft. Hamilton, N. Y., Anna A., d. Henry George; ent; Episcopalian. Clubs: University, Boston (Mass.), Sch. Masters, Dartmouth, Rotary. Residence: 111 Holland Road, Brookline. Address: 815 Boylston St., Boston, Mass
DE MILLE, WILLIAM C.
Dramatist; b. Washington, N. C., July 25, 1878; s. Henry C. and Matilda B. (Samuel) De Mille; ed. Frei- burg, Germany, 1895-1896; Columbia Univ., A. B., 1900; m. Ft. Hamilton, N. Y., Anna A., d. Henry George; children Agnes George, Margaret George Anthor: Strongheart, Warrens of Virginia, The Woman, Royal Mounted. In 1999, Food, The Genius, and many other plays. Clubs: American Dramatists, Columbia Uni- versity, The Lambs. Address: The Lambs, 130 W. 44th St., N. Y. City.
NDEMING, CHARLES CLERC
Lawyer; b. Hartford, Conn., 1852; grad. Yale Coll., 1872, and Columbia Law Sch, 1875; married. Mem. firm Alexander & Green; counsel for many corp'ns. Mem. Psi Upsilon and Skull and Bones fraternities, Ass'n Bar, City of N. Y. Clubs: University, Union, Yale, Racquet and Tennis, Lawyers, Hudson River Ice Yacht, Ardsley (N. Y. City), Maryland (Baltimore), Metropolitan (Washington, D. C.). Residence: 346 W. 72d St. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
Artist; b. Ashland, O., Aug. 26, 1860; s. Howard A. and Celestia V. (Willard) Deming; ed. Ill. public schs .; studied art in Paris under Boulanger and Le Febvre; m. Yonkers, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1892, Therese Osterheld; children: Alden O., b. 1894; Kathryn O., b. 1898; Hen- rietta Hall, b. 1904; John O., b. 1907, Hall Mather, Ed- win Willard, Jr., (twins) b. 1910. Awarded silver medal at Phila. Exb'n; bronze medal, St. Louis Exb'n: hon. mention, Berlin; won first prize in competition of Municipal Art Boc. for two decorations in Mt. Morris High Sch. Bld'g; represented in Wis. Hist. Soc. by two large canvases; Braddock's Defeat and The Landfall of Jean Nicolet; represented in Museum of Natural Ilistory, Metropolitan Museum of Art by two bronzes; has executed many bronzes of Indians, wild animals, etc., and numerous decorations of private homes and pictures. Mem. Soc. Mural Decorators, Architectural League, Anthropol. and Ethnol. Socs., Sons of Revolu- tion. Recreations: Hunting, visiting various Indian tribes. Clubs: Camp Fire of America. Explorers, Cos- mos (Washington). Address: 5 N. Y. City. MeDougal Alley.
J DEMING, HENRY CHAMPION
Born Hartford, Conn., 1850; grad. Yale, A. B. (Skull and Bones), 1872. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity. Clubs: Union, University, N. Y. Yacht, Yale. Address: 114 E. 27th St., N. Y. City.
DEMING, HORACE EDWARD
Lawyer; b. Palmyra, N. Y., Mar: 31, 1850; s. Jeremiah P. H. and Mary (Colt) Deming; ed. Palmyra Union Sch., 1864; Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1865; Har- vard Coll., A.B., 1871; Harvard Univ. Grad. Sch., 1873- 1874; and two years in the Harvard Law Sch .; m. Sau- gerties, N. Y., July 17. 1878, Caroline Springsteed. In active practise since admission to bar, 1877; actively identified with polit. and reform movements, one of founders, 1880, and pres. and clim'n of . exec. com. 1880-1882, of Brooklyn Young Republican Club; chm'n exce. coni. Nat. Com. of Republicans and Independents, ISS1; sp'l counsel comm'rs of accounts in investigating corp'n counsel's office in N. Y. City, 1885. One of founders and mnem. exec. com. Commonwealth Club, which inaugurated in N. Y., ballot-reform of 1886- 1887; one of founders and trustees N. Y. Reform Club, 1887; chin'n Gen. Com. N. Y. Ballot Reform League, 1888-1890; chi'n People's Municipal League, 1891; one of founders, 1894, chm'n com. on municipal programme, 1897-1899; chm'n exce. com. of Nat. Municipal League 1903-1910. Was mem. sp'l com. municipal reform org'ns to draft proposed changes in constitution of State of N. Y relating to gov't of cities, and of sp'l com. that drafted State Civil Service Reform clause of N. Y. Constitution of 1894; was counsel, Senate Com. to in- vestigate administration of Civil Service Law of State, 1894; and drafted bill which was made basis of pres- ent law on that subject. Was mem. sp'l com. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. to report on proposed new charter of Greater N. Y., and represented Bar Ass'ni before gov. and mayor in opposition to proposed charter, 1897; on exec. com. Merchants' Ass'n in movement (1899- 1900) which prevented City of N. Y. from being obliged to secure its water supply from private corp'ns; on the Citizens Com. of 250 to secure adoption of revised charter for N. Y. City, 1901, and was sp'l counsel of. att'y-general's office in investigation of dist. atty's office.in N. Y., 1901. Joint author: Municipal Program, 1900, and author: The Government of American Cities, 1909. Was pres. Phillips Andover Acad, Alumni Ass'n, 1905-1906; mem. council Nat. Civil Service Reform Ass'n; mein. Phi Beta Kappa Soc .; Am. Economic Ass'n, Nat. Civic Federation, Acad. of Polit. Science, Am. Polit. Science Ass'n= Club: City (N. Y. City). Resi- dence: 853 West End Av. Address: 15 Willliam St., N. Y. City.
VDEMOND, CHARLES MASON
Lawyer; b. Boston, Mass., Jan. 23, 1860; grad. Will- iams Coll., 1881; Columbia Law Sch., 1885; married. Mem. firm of Logan, Demond & Harby. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Soc. Med. Jurisprudence. Resi- dence: 136 W. 44th St. Address: 60 Broadway, N. Y. City.
JDEMOREST, ALICE GILBERT
Born Camden, Me, May 22. 1863; d. Charles Leslie and Alice Emory (Ogier) Gilbert; ed. 12th St. Public Sch., N. Y. City, and Normal Coll .; m. at Ch. of the Divine Paternity, N. Y. City, Feb. 6, 1SS1, William Cur- tis Demorest; children; Alice Louise, b. 1885; Gilbert Curtis, b. 1895; Charlotte Katherine, b, 1902. Trustee N. Y. Med. Coll. and Hosp. for Women, Dlet Kitchen, St. Luke's Home. Mem. Sorosis (chm'n Exec. Com.), Colonial Dames, Daughters Am. Revolution. Summer residence: Hukweem Lodge, Loon Lakc. Adirondack Mountains. Address: 68 E. 66th St., N. Y. City.
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DEMOREST, WILLIAM CURTIS
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 2, 1859; s. W. Jennings and Ellen Louise (Curtls) Demorest; ed. Cheshire Sch. 1875 (now trustee); Columbia Grammar Sch. 1877; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1881 (v .- p. its Alumni Coun- cil); Columbia Law Sch. LL.B., 1883; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 6, 1884, Alice Estelle Gilbert; children: Alice Louise, b. 1885 (Mrs. William R. Davenport, Taunton, Mass.); Gilbert Curtis, b. 1895 (Princeton 1917) ; Char- lotte Katherine. b. 1902. Studied law in office of Nor- wood & Coggeshall, belng especially connected with title and mortgage dep'ts; gave up law practice to as- sume mgn't of father's large estate, and made special- ty of real estate; since org'n of Realty Trust Co., 1890, has been its pres. Also sec. and treas. State Realty & Mortgage Co .; gen. mg'r and treas. Demorest & Little; dir. and mem. finance com. Fidelity Trust Co., Market & Fulton Nat. Bank, Royal Baking Powder Co .; mem. exec. com. and pres. Cleveland Baking Powder Co., Price Baking Powder Co., Tartar Chem. Co .; trustee and chm'n finance com. Irving Savings Bank, N. Y .; pres. Eastern Realty League; Med. Coll. & Hosp. for Women; Hosp. Guild; mem. N. Y. Acad. of Sciences, Am. Acad. Political & Social Science, Geneal. & Bio- log. Soc., Museum of Arts, Museum of Natural History, Zool. Soc., St. Nicholas Soc., Holland Soc., Huguenot Soc., Soc. of Colonial Wars, Empire State S. A. R .; ex- com. of Allied Real Estate Interests, Chamber of Com- merce, N. Y. Bar Ass'n, Pilgrims of the U. S., Psi Up- silon Fraternity. Episcopalian (St. Thomas' Ch.) .. Recreations: Hunting, fishing. Clubs: University, Lawyers, Fulton, Knollwood, Campfire (gov.). Resi- dence: 68 E. 66th St., N. Y. City, and Hukweem Lodge, Loon Lake, Adirondacks. Address: 60 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
DEMPSEY, JAMES
(Lawyer; b. Peekskill, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1872; s. Davld and Ellen (Barrett) Dempsey; ed Drum Hill &ch., Peekskill, N. Y .; Peekskill Mil. Acad .; St. Francis Xavier Sch., N. Y. City; m. Peekskill, N. Y., 1889, Lil- lian Mansbach; children: James, Jr., Robert Emmet, Donald. Admitted to Bar, Brooklyn, and N. Y. City, Feb. 12, 1894; and to United States District and Clr- cuit Courts, June 26, 1899; since then In active prac- tice in N. Y. City and Peekskill. Republican. Mem. Bar. Ass'n, Westchester Co .; Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, N. Y. City; Knights of Columbus, B. P. O. Elks, Alumni Ass'n Drum Hill Sch., Peekskill. Address: 116 Depew St., Peckskill. N. Y.
DENBY, CHARLES
Consul gen .; b. Evansville, Ind., Nov. 14, 1861; s. Charles and Martha (Fitch) Denby; grad. Princeton Univ., A.B., 1882, A.M .; m. March 19, 1895, Martha Dal- zell Orr; children: James Orr, b. 1896; Charles, Jr., b. 1901; Edwin, b. 1903. Appt'd 2nd sec. Am. Legation, Peking, China, June, 1885, 1st sec., Peking, China, 1893; charge d'affaires, 1894, and 1896, had charge of Jap- anese interests in China in war of 1895-1896; resigned and went into business In China, 1897; secretaire-gen. of Provisional Gov't, which ruled In North China dur- ing 1900-1902; adviser to Viceroy Yuan Shih-Kal, 1902- 1905; appt'd chief clerk of Dep't of State, Washington. 1905; Am. consul-gen. at Shanghai, China, 1907, and Vienna, Austria, since 1909. Democrat; Episcopallan. Clubs: Metropolitan (Washington, D. C.), Austrian Au- tomobile, Touring de France (Paris). Residence: 53 Cottagegasse, Vienna. Address: Equitable Bld'g,
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