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APPLETON, DANIEL
Publisher; b. N. Y. City; s. John A. Appleton; g. 8. Daniel Appleton, founder D. Appleton & Co .; ed. in N. Y. City and Carlsruhe, Germany; entered Harvard but discontinued course in 1871 to enter business; unmarried. Clerk in publishing house of D. Appleton & Co. until 1879; since then mem. of the firm; now v .- p. of company. Entered Boston Cadet Corps, 1867; enlisted Oct. 31, 1871, private Co. F, 7th Reg't, N.G.N.Y .; promoted capt. Jan., 1879; elected colonel of reg't July 18, 1899. Clubs: Union, Century, N. Y. Yacht, N. Y. Athletic, Army and Navy, Fencers, Country. Resi- dence: Hotel Astor. Address: 35 W. 32d St., N. Y. City.
APPLETON, EDWARD DALE
Publisher; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 10, 1858; s. John Adams and Serena Parker (Dale) Appleton; grad. Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., A.B., 1880; m. N. Y. City, 1894, Charlotte Lamson. Connected with firm of D. Appleton & Co., as v .- p. and mg'r of the Chicago Branch, 1880-1901; now connected with Robert Apple- ton Co., publishers of The Catholic Encyclopedia. Mem. Chicago Hist. Soc., Delta Psl, Trinity Coll. Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: Aldine, University, St. Anthony, Century, Oakland Golf (N. Y. City). Residence: Bay- side, L. I. Address: 16 E. 40th St., N. Y. City.
APPLETON, FRANCIS RANDALL
Merchant; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 5, 1854; s. Daniel Fuller and Julia (Randall) Appleton; grad. Harvard Coll., A.B., 1875; Columbia Law Sch. LL.B., 1877; m. Lenox, Mass., Oct. 7, 1884, Fanny Lanier, d. Charles Lanier; children: Francis Randall, Jr., b. July 9, 1885; Charles Lanier, b. Sept. 25, 1886; Ruth, b. Jan. 10, 1891; Alice, b. Dec. 8, 1894; James, b. Mar. 6, 1899. Mem. firm Robbins & Appleton; v .- p. and dir. Wal- tham Watch Co .; dir. Nat. Park Bank, Manhattan Trust Co., Mount Morris Bank. Mem. B'd of Over- secrs of Harvard Coll. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon, New England Soc. Clubs: Harvard, University, Knick- erbocker, Racquet and Tennis, Turf and Field, Meadow Brook, Somerset, Myopia Hunt, Down Town. Address: 26 E. 37th St., N. Y. City.
APPLETON, HENRY COZZENS
Retired; b. N. Y. City, June 7, 1863; s. Willlam Henry and Mary (Worthen) Appleton; ed. Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., class 1885; m. Kansas City. Mo., July 10, 1900, Dora Threlkeld. Stockholder in D. Appleton & Co., publishers, N. Y. City. 2d lieut., 12th Reg't, N.G.N.Y. Democrat. Mem. Delta Psi fraternity. Recreation: Yachting. Clubs: Players, City Island Yacht. Address: City Island, N. Y.
Banker; b. in Beaver Co., Pa., 1853; ed. in public schs. Entered mercantile business at early age: was employed in auditing dep't Pa. R. R. at Pittsburgh; afterwards as auditor with Wheeler & Wilson Mf'g Co. Removed to Brooklyn in 1878. where he has been active in social, political and charitable work. Representative of party in State Com .; delegate to Republican Nat. Conv .; presidential elector for elec- tion of 1908 and 1912. Appt'd tax comm'r by Mayor Schieren; continued in office under Mayor Wurster; appt'd mem. of the Municipal Civil Service Comm'n
by Mayor Mcclellan during both terms. Mem. Exec. Com. Civil Service Reform Ass'n; one of the organ- izers of Brooklyn Public Library and a trustee since its Inception; personal trustee of Andrew Carnegie for expenditure of funds for the Carnegie Branchi Libraries in Brooklyn. Life mem. Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences; mem. Chamber of Commerce; mem. Exec. Com. Central Mercantile Ass'n. Hamilton, Rembrandt Art, Lotos, Aldine. Clubs: Address: Security Bank, 5th Av. and 14th St., N. Y. City.
APPLETON, WILLIAM WORTHEN
Publisher; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1845; s. William H. and Mary M. (Worthen) Appleton; received prep. ed'n, studied abroad; m. Boston, Mass., April 20, 1SS1, Anna D. Sargent. Admitted as partner In D. Appieton & Co., 1868, now chm'n B'd of Dirs .; trustee Ilank for Savings. Prominent in securing passage of Copyright Act of 1891. Trustee and chin'n com, on circulation N. Y. Public Library; pres. Am. Publishers' Copyright League. Address: 35 W. 32d St., N. Y. City.
NARCHBOLD, JOHN DUSTIN
Capitalist; b. Leesburg, O., July 26, 1848; ed. schs. of Ohio; m. Annie M. Mills. In Pa. oll regions 1864- 1875; became pres. Acme Oil Co .; dir. since 1875 and now v .- p. Standard Oil Co .; Pres. B'd of trustees, Syracuse Univ. Mem. Ohio Soc., Am. Geog. Soc., Met.
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Museum Fine Arts, Am. Museum Natural History. Identified with various philanthropies; gave new building at 454 West 42d st., to N. Y. Kindergarten Ass'n as memorial to his daughter, Mrs. Frances { Dana Archbold Walcott. Clubs:
Racquet and Tennis, Knollwood Golf, New York
Union League, Yacht. Larchmont Yacht. Address:' 261 South Broad- way, Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y.
ARDEN, EDWIN HUNTER PENDLETON
Actor, playwright; b. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 14, 1864; s. Arden Richard and Mary Berkeley (Hunter) Smith; ed. public schs., St. Louis, Mo .; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 21, 1883, Agnes Ann Eagleson Keene; one d .: Mildred Hunter, b. June 14, 1888. Formerly Gov't clerk, miner, newspaper reporter and theatrical mg'r. Club: Lambs. Residence: 60 West 75th St. Address: 130 West 44th St., N. Y. City.
AREND, FRANCIS J.
Manufacturer; b. Trenton, N. J., Dec. 18, 1866; s. Frank E. and Mary F. (Whitley)' Arend. Engaged in centrifugal separator business from beginning busi- ness life; later in development of the steam turbine, real estate, mining, etc. Treas. and gen. mg'r The De Laval Separator Co .; pres. De Laval Mfg Co .; sec. and treas. De Laval Steam Turbine Co .; pres. Amerigo Realty Co .; dir. Coal & Iron Nat. Bank. Mem. Met. Museum of Art, Am. Museum of Natural History, Am. Geog. Soc., and numerous trade and civic ass'ns. Clubs: City, Automobile of America, N. Y. Athletic, Railroad, Sleepy Hollow, etc. Residence: 32 West 73d St., N. Y. City, and Deal Beach, N. J. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
ARENS, FRANZ X.
Conductor, vocal teacher; b. Neef, Germany, Oct. 28, 1856; s. Clemens and Anna Mary (Schmitz) Arens; ed. Normal Sch. St. Francis, Wis .; Munich Royal Sch. of Music, Royal Conservatory, Dresden (prize testi- monial at graduation); voice culture with Prof. Julius Hey, Berlin; m. Canal Dover, O., May 15, 1885, Emma L. Huegel: children: Egmont, b. 1888; Ralph Waldo, b. 1891; Winfried, ib. 1893. Organist and sch. teacher, Milwaukee, Wis., 1874-1876; prof. music, St. Canisius Coll., Buffalo, N. Y., 1877-1880; conductor Cleveland Philharmonic Soc. and Gesangverein, 1884- 1888; conductor of orchestral concerts devoted to Am. composers in Berlin, Dresden, Hamburg, Leipzig, Weimar, Sondershausen, Vienna, 1890-1892; conductor of Indianapolis May Music Festival; pres. Metropoli- tan Sch. of Music and principal Vocal Dep't, Indian- apolis, Ind., 1893-1898; founder, 1900, and since then conductor of People's Symphony Concerts, N. Y. City. Vocal teacher. Trustee People's Symphony Concerts. Clubs: Lambs, German Liederkranz. Address: 308 West 56th St., N. Y. City.
ARGETSINGER, GEORGE F.
State senator; b. in Pa., 1874; ed. public schs., State Normal Sch., and post-grad. courses. In mfg busi- ness Rochester since 1892. Elected State senator, 1910, re-elected 1912; appt'd mem. coms. on Public Health, Revision and Cities, 1911, and Cities, Com- merce and Navigation, and Revision, 1913. Mem. Rochester Chamber of Commerce and other inst'ns. Address: Senate Chambers, Albany, N. Y.
ARMSTEAD, HENRY HOWELL
Mining eng'r; b. Chicago, Ill., Aug. 4, 1872; s. H. H. and Alice Mary (MacPherson) Armstead; ed. Brooklyn Poly. Inst., Brooklyn Latin Sch., Berkeley Sch.,. class 1893; Sch. of Mines, class 1897. Consulting eng'r since 1897 with Mexican mines as specialty. Traveled extensively in U. S. and Mexico. Pres. and dir. Armstead United Companies, Inc., Mexican United Co., Colmena Mining Co., La Lucita Mining Co., v .- p. Mont. Mexico Mining Co. Republican. Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Pan-Am. Soc., Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Recreations: Exploration, riding, hunt- ing. Clubs: Racquet and Tennis, Calumet, Alpha Delta Phi, Columbla Univ., Country, Sleepy Hollow, N. Y. Yacht, Metropolitan (Washington, D. C.), Uni- versity, American, Country, Jockey (Mexico). Resi- dence: Ritz Carlton, N. Y. City, and Hacienda de Guadalupe, Guanajuato, Mexico. Addresses: 29 Broad- way, N. Y. City, and Isabel La Catolica 33, Mexico, D.F., and Plaza Mayor, Guanajuato, Mexico.
ARMSTRONG, COLLIN
Advertising and sales service; b. Fayetteville, N. Y., June 11, 1853; s. Ethan and Miriam (Collin) Arm- strong; grad. Amherst Coll., A.B., 1877; m. Neenah, Wis., Elizabeth Hale. Reporter on N. Y. World, March 19, 1876-June 28, 1878; financial editor, N. Y. Sun, June 28, 1878-Oct. 1, 1902; pres. Collin Armstrong, Inc. Mem. N. Y. State Chamber of Commerce, and Westchester County Chamber of Commerce. V .- p. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, 1904-1908; pres. Soc. of the
Onondagas, 1908-1909; pres. "Sun" Alumni Ass'n 1910- 1913. Clubs. Alpha Delta Phi, University. Lotos. Sal- magundi, Sphinx, Lawyers (pres. 1912-1913). Rowfant (Cleveland, O.). Address: 115 Broadway, N. Y. City. ARMSTRONG, D. MAITLAND
Artist; b. Newburgh, N. Y., 1836; ed. Trinity Coll., Hartford, A.B., 1858; A.M .; studied law, admitted to bar; practised several years in N. Y. Studied painting in Rome and Paris; was a pupll of Luc Olivier Merson. Am. Consul-General at Rome four years: dir. Am. Art Dep't, Paris Exp'n, 1878; received Decoration Legion d'Honneur from French Gov't; asso. mem. Nat. Acad. of Design; Nat'l Soc. Mural Painters; Architectural League of N. Y .; life fellow Metropolitan Museum of Art; trustee N. Y. Soc. Library; mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity: Club: Century. Residence: 58 W. 10th St. Address: 61 Washington Square S., N. Y. City.
ARMSTRONG, HARRY GLOSTER
Am. representative Manchester Ship Canal Co .; b. Belturbet, County Cavan, Ireiand, Jan. 17, 1861; s. John Armstrong, eminent irish lawyer, and Sarah Helen (Moffatt) Armstrong; ed. Royal sch., Cavan; Dr. Benson's, Dublin; Army Acad. under Dr. Chetwode Crawley; m. Nov. 21, 1912, Margaret Hanway. Com'd lieut. County Cavan Reg't, Feb., 1878; served in Royal Irish Fusiliers and 105th Reg't, attached to 38th Reg't; resigned from army, 1884. Contb'd numerous articles to Army and Navy Gazette and The Broad Arrow; wrote and published many drill books; Cate- chism of Squad Drill (2 editions); Words of Command and Caution used in Company Drill, Words of Com- mand and Caution used in Battalion Drill (2 editions); Catechism of Regulations for Encampment. Acted as amateur, and after leaving army played round of Shakespearean and Old Comedy with F. R. Benson s Shakespearean Co .; later joined Haymarket Theatre Co., London, then under the Bancroft m'gmt; played in production of Hugh Conway's Dark Days; business mg'r for William Duck, mn'g David James in "Our Boys," "As in a Looking Glass," "Fedora," etc .; busi- ness mg'r for Sir Charles Wyndham at Strand and Comedy Theatres, 1888-1892. Left stage for commer- cial life; mg'r and sec. Mexican Land and Colonization Co .; appt'd 1896 Am. representative for Manchester Ship Canal Co. Fellow Royal Geog. Soc., London. Recreations: Sailing, swimming, rowing, walking. Clubs: Raleigh (London), United Service (Dublin), Savage (London), Calumet, Down Town Ass'n. Lotos. Press, Marine and Field (N. Y. City), Western Nova Scotia Yacht. Addresses: Aughnamullen Baliybay, Co. Monaghan, Ireland, and 267 5th Av., N. Y. City.
ARMSTRONG, JAMES
Lawyer; b. July 4, 1834; s. Henry and Elizabeth (Cady) Armstrong; grad. Owego Acad. Hobart Coll. A.M., LL.D .; m. 1st Catskill, N. Y., Mar. 23, 1859, Mary E. Baker; 2nd, July 14, 1903, Elizabeth Douglas; chil- ' dren: July E., b. Feb. 3. 1860; Allie S., b. Mar. 20, 1865; James, b. Sept. 20, 1868. Practised law in Davenport, Iowa, June 1859-Feb. 1873; collector of Internal Rev- enue for 2d Dist. Iowa, which comprised one-half the entire state, 1866, 1867 and 1868, under Presidents Johnston and Grant. Removed to N. Y. City Feb., 1873, and has continued practise of law in N. Y., prin- cipally for corp'ns, and H. B. Claflin & Co. Pres. and dir. Armstrong & Brown, Club Bld'g Co., Mortgage Holding Co. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. Alpha Delta Phl and Phi Beta Kappa, N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n. Club: Lawyers. Residence: 74 E. 55th St. Address: 27 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
ARMSTRONG, LORENZO DIBBLE
Lawyer; b. New Haven, Conn., Dec. 21, 1875; s. Charles P. and Sarah A. (Searles) Armstrong; grad. Yale Univ., B.A., 1899, N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B .; m. Nov. 27, 1913, Molly Bangs. Mem law firm Armstrong & Keith; dir, and 2nd v .- p. Fajardo Sugar Co .; dir. and sec. The West India Sugar Finance Corp'n; dir. Am. Indemnity Co., Electric Cable Co. Mem. Bar Ass'n. Clubs: University, N. Y. Yacht, Yale, Greenwich Country. In- dian Harbor Yacht. Address: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.
ARMSTRONG, MARGARET NEILSON
Artist, illustrator; b. N. Y. City, Sept, 24, 1867; d. Maitland and Helen (Neilson) Armstrong; received private sch. ed'n. Made extensive travels in West. for artistic and botanical purposes. Episcopalian. Mem. Woman's Polit. Union. Dir. Ass'n for Aid of Crippled Children, D. Y. N. T. Soc. for Work Among the Poor. Recreations; Out-door life, camping, botany. Address. 58 W. 10th St., N. Y. Clty.
ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM W.
Lawyer, former State senator; b. Rochester, N. Y., 1864; moved with parents in boyhood to Alblon. N. Y., wiero was educated in public schools. Clerk of
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B'd of Supervisors of Orleans Co., N. Y., 1884-1887; admitted to bar, 1888, and removed to Rochester, where has since been engaged in practice of law. Elected to B'd of Supervisors of Monroe Co., from Rochester, 1893; to the Assembly, 1889. State Senate from the 44th Senate Dist., 199S; re-elected 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906; appt'd, 1907, chm'n Senate Finance Com. When Gov. Higgins sent a message to the extraor- dinary session of the Legislature of 1905, submitting to it the subject of the condition of the life in- surance companies of the State, Senator Armstrong introduced a resolution for the investigation of the companies, and on passage of this resolution, received an apptm't as chin'n of the com. making the note- worthy life insurance investigation of 1905. Address: Rochester, N. Y.
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ARNOLD, BION JOSEPH
Electrical eng'r, inventor; b. Cazenovia, Mich., Aug. 14, 1861; s. Joseph and Geraidine (Reynolds) Arnold; ed. High Sch., Ashland, Neb .; Univ. of Neb .; Hillsdale . (Mich.) Coll., B.S., 1884, A.M., 1887, M.Ph., 1889; post- grad. work at Cornell; 1889; E.E., Univ. of Neb., 1897; honorary 'D.Sc., Armour, 1908; diploma extraordinary, Hillsdale Coll., 1903; m. Reading, Mich., Feb. 14, 1886, Carrie Estelle Berry (deceased) ; children: Maud Luciile, Stanley Berry, Robert Melville. Draughts- man for Edward P. Ailis Co., Milwaukee, Wis., and iater chief designer for Iowa Iron Works; consulting eng'r Gen. Elec. Co. at Chicago, 1889-1893; since then as consulting eiec. eng'r. Designed and built power plant, and consulting eng'r for the Intramural R'y, which operated at World's Columbian Exp'n, Chicago, 1893; consuiting eng'r, Chicago & Milwaukee Elec. R'y, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R., Chicago; B'd of Trade; mem. Comm'n which devised plan for elec. operation N. Y. Central trains in and out of N. Y. City ; consulting eng'r city of Chicago on traction matters. Invented direct-connected power station system using magnetic ciutches, ' storage battery improvements, magnetic clutch, and new devices and systems for electric traction; first to put into operation the high- tension transmitting rotary converter sub-station system for electric railways, and early pioneer and the strongest advocate of the single-phase elec. r'y system, one type of which is used by N. Y., New Haven & Hartford R. R. Pres. The Arnold Co .; dir. Elgin & Belvidere Electric Railway Co .; now chief eng'r and chm'n B'd of Supervising Eng'rs in charge of reconstruction of the street railway systems of Chicago, upon which is to be spent about $40,000,000: consulting eng'r to the Public Service Comm'n of the First Dist., State of N. Y. Acted in similar capacity for the State R'y Commissioners of Wis. and for the city of Toronto. Consulting eng'r Grand Trunk R. R. for electrification of "St. Clair Tunnel. Republican. Trustee Hillsdale Coll., Mich. Mem. Inst. of Elec. Engr's, Am. Soc. for the Promotion of Eng'ring Ed'n, A.A.A.S. Recreations: Automobiling, traveling. Ciubs: Mid-Day, Union League, Engineers, Industrial, South Shore Country, Aeronautique, Press (Chicago), Transportation, Engineers (N. Y. City). Addresses: 181 La Salle St., Chicago; 154 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
ARNOLD, CARRINGTON G.
Lawyer; b. Newport, R. I., Sept. 17, 1872; s. Richard J. and Minnie S. (Clarke) Arnold; grad. Princeton Univ., A.B., 1895; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1897; m. Flushing, N. Y., July 19, 1902, Cassandia Lawrence Lee; children: Jennie Clarke, b. Jan. 22, 1908; Carrington G., Jr., Oct. 11, 1911. Mem. Bar Ass'n. Clubs: Univer- sity, Princeton, Oakiand Goif, Maryland (Baltimore), Down Town Ass'n. Address: 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.
ARNOLD, FELIX
Educator; b. N. Y. City, June 15, 1879; s. George and Eliza (Shick) Arnold; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1898 (mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc.), N. Y. Univ., Pd.M., 1902; Pd.D., 1903; Columbia Univ., Ph.D., 1905; unmarried. Lecturer Dep't of Ed'n, Baltimore, 1906; lecturer philosophy, Columbia Univ., 1907; on ed'n N. Y. Univ., during summer of 1910; principal of Public Sch. 30, N. Y. Feilow A.A.A.S., N. Y. Acad. of Sciences; mem. Am. Anthropol. Ass'n, Am. Psychol. Ass'n, Am. Sociol. Soc., Royal Soc. of Arts. Author: Attention and Interest, Psychology of Association, Outline His- tory of Education, Text-Book of School Management (2 vols.), Speciai Methods of Instruction, and articles on psychology and edn'l topics. Address: 824 St. Nicholas Av., N. Y. City.
VARNOLD, PAUL WILLIAM
Lawyer; b. Syracuse, N. Y., May 25, 1875; s. William A. and Myrtle C. (Baldwin) Arnold; grad. Syracuse Univ., LL.B., 1898; m. Olga M. Littie, of Greenwich, Conn., d. of Charles Ciements Littie, late v .- p. Phoenix Ins. Co., of Brooklyn, and Carrie Cecilia (Stetson) Little. After graduation studied law with
Senator Horace White at Syracuse, N. Y .; admitted to bar Feb. 2, 1900; came to N. Y. City, Jan., 1905, and became associated with the Am. Bonding Co., of Baltimore, as mg'r and ass't sec. Subsequently en- gaging in gen. law practice and promotion of in- .dustriai enterprises, now associated with the Johnston C. Collins Co., of N. Y., gen. ag'ts of the Travelers Ins. Co., as mg'r. Enlisted July 14, 1898, in U. S. Vol. Inf., Co. A, 203d N. Y. Reg't, in Spanish War; honorably discharged for physical disability through typhoid fever contracted in the service; former mem. Nat. Guard, Co. A, 141st Reg't. Republican; Protestant. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Theta Nu Epsilon. Mason, Central City Commandery, No. 25 K. T., Central City Consistory, A.A.A.S. Rite 32° Mason, Mystic Shrine. Clubs: Century, Syracuse Yacht, Citizens (Syracuse), Greenwich Country, In- dian Harbor Yacht (Greenwich,. Conn.). Residence: Greenwich, Conn. Address: 55 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
ARNOT, RAYMOND HOLBROOK
Lawyer: b. San Francisco, Cai., Sept. 29, 1873; 6. Nathaniel D. Arnot, now and for 33 years Superior Court Judge in Cai., and Eugenia M. (Holbrook) Arnot; ed. Cal. Mil. Acad., Oakland, Cal., 1885-1887; Phillips Exeter Acad., 1887-1890; grad. Yale Coll., B.A., 1894; Yale Law Sch., LL.B., cum laude, 1896; m. Rochester, N. Y., April 21, 1908, Josephine, d. Henry S. Hanford; one son, Nathaniel D., b. Oct. 21, 1912. Has practised law in Rochester since 1896; formerly mem. firm of Bly & Arnot; now practising
alone. Dir. Newton Mfg. Co., Emporium Milk By- Products Co. Independent Republican. Was treas. five years of Rochester Humane Soc. Author of nu- merous magazine articles on historical and legal sub- jects. Gives illustrated lectures on New Zealand, In- dustries of Niagara Falls, astronomy, paper making and other subjects. Has read many papers before scientific and social bodies in Rochester and cise- wherc. Corr. mem. Hawaiian Hist. Soc., of Honolulu. Recreations: Chemistry, electricity. Clubs: Rochester Modern History (pres.), Haeckel, John Marshall (sec.), Address: 7 Audubon St., Rochester, N. Y.
VASHLEY, CLARENCE DEGRAND
Lawyer; b. Boston, Mass., July 4, 1851; s. Ossian D. and Harriet A. (Nash) Ashley; grad. Phillips Acad., . Andover, Mass., 1869; Yale Univ., A.B., 1873; studied at Univ. of Berlin (Prussia), 1875-76; Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1880; N. Y. Univ., LL.M., 1895, J.D., 1903; Miami Univ., LL.D., 1898; m. Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 12, 1880, Isabella Heyward Ripley; children: Edith Hey- ward, b. Jan. 26, 18S2; Mabel Pierce, b. Dec. 26, 1887. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1880, in active practice since. Prof. law, Metropolis Law School, 1891-95, N. Y. Univ. since 1895; vice-dean Law Faculty, 1895-96, dean Law Faculty since 1896, N. Y. Univ .; non-resident lecturer of law, Bryn Mawr Coll., since 1899. Mem. Deita Kappa Epsilon, Wolf's Head, Ass'n Bar, N. Y. City. Clubs: University, Century, Yale. Address: 32 Wav- erly Place, N. Y. City.
ASHLEY, FRANK M.
Mechanical and elec. eng'r and patent att'y; b. Cats- kill, N. Y., June 10, 1867; s. John J. (M.D.) and Susie A. (Merwin) Ashley; ed. Brooklyn public schools and Cooper Inst .; m. Brooklyn, 1888, Jennie Bell Wood; children: Frank S., 'b. 1890; Jessie, b. 1891; Merwin Frankiin, b. 1900; Grace Ashley, b. 1912. Inventor of many iniprovements in eng'ring machinery and steam and electrical specialties; first in the art to generate and store ozone gas under pressure on a commercial scale (process and apparatus patented). Pres. Ashiey Valve Co. Republican. Baptist. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Nat. Ass'n Sta- tionary Eng'rs, Franklin Inst. of Pa., Patent Law Ass'n of Washington, Inventors' League of the United States, Soc. of Automobile Engn'rs. Recreations: Mu- sic and travel. Address: 154 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
ASHMEAD, CHARLES A.
Clergyman; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 7, 1862; s. Amos D. and Catherine (Westervelt) Ashmead; ed. private and public schs. of N. Y. until 15 years old, and later by private tutors; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 8, 1SS3, Annie Mol- ier Livings; children: Dever Campbell. b. 1884; Lenox Livings, b. 1889; C. Westervelt, b. 1890. Engaged in business for 22 years; ordained to ministry of Epis- copai Ch., June 11, 1900; now rector St. Mark's Ch. (Washington Irving Memorial), N. Tarrytown, N. Y., and Chapel of tile Redeemer, Yonkers, N. Y. Pro- gressive. Mem. N. Y. Churchman's Ass'n; Mason. Clubs: The Rectory, Park Hill Country. Address: Rectory. St. Mark's Ch., S. W. Cor. Depeyster St. and N. Broadway, Tarrytown, N. Y.
NASPINALL, JOSEPH
Jurist; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1854; grad. Columbia Law Sch., 1875. Was gen. att'y Nat. City Bank of Brook-
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lyn, and for other large financial interests. Repub- lican; mem. Assembly in N. Y. Legislature, 1888-89 and 1891; State Senator, 1892; elected 1906 justice of Supreme Court State of N. Y., for term expiring Dec. 31, 1920. Pres. Garfield Club. Mason, 32° and Shriner. Clubs: Union League, Adriance, Adelphl, Riding, Lake Mahopac Yacht, Brooklyn (Brooklyn). Address: 673 Lafayette Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. .
JASPINWALL, J. LAWRENCE
Architect; b. N. Y. City, June 3, 1854; s. James Scott and Margaret (Maxwell) Aspinwall; mother of Dum- fries, Scotland; ed. Dewight's Day Sch., afterward Lyon Sch., and later at school of Prof. Collain, N. Y. City; m. Mary Morris Carnochan, d. Dr. John Murry Carnochan, of N. Y. City. Entered office of James Renwick, architect, 1875; 1880 became mem. firm Ren- wick, Aspinwall & Russell (now Renwick, Aspinwall & Tucker). During connection with firm has bullt many private houses and public buildings, a few of the more. notable being first Stock Exchange, Am. . Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, The Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals, a large number of ATKINS, ROBERT hospitals. (Scarlet Fever and Dep't Hosp. N. Y. Clty, Stony Wold Sanitarium, Adirondack Cottage Sani- tarium, N. Y. Infirmary for Women and Children), office buildings, etc .; was with James Renwick in working out much of detail of St. Patrick's Cathedral and the stone spire of Grace Church at Broadway and 10th St. One of original mems. of Troop A, now Squadron A, N. Y. State Guard. Traveled extensively \ ATKINSON, GEORGE FRANCIS in this country and abroad; visited principal cities of Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, England and Scotland. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Inst. Architects (N. Y. Chapter same), Architectural League, N. Y. Clty. Trustee N. Y. Inst. for Ed'n of Blind; treas. St. Luke's Ass'n of Grace Church, N. Y. City. Clubs: Union, Engineers, Atlantic Yacht, Address: 320 Fifth Av., N. Y, City.
ASTARITA, ANTONIO C.
Lawyer; b. Vico Equesne, Italy, Dec. 28, 1864; s. Vincenzo and Starace Astarita; grad. Columbia Coll., LL.B .; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 16, 1897, Almira I. Manley; children: Eugene, b. 1898; Francls, b. 1903; George, b. 1905. Engaged in practice since admission to bar. .1887; first Italian admitted to practice law in State of N. Y. Ass't dist. att'y, N. Y. City, 1896-1897; appt'd by late Mayor Gaynor, 1910, comm'r B'd of Assessors City of N. Y. Trustee Italian Savings Bank, N. Y. City Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, Italian-Am. Democratic Union. Clubs: Nat. Democratic, Itallan National, Asbury Park Fishing. Residence: 124 W. 12th St. Address: 320 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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