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JEHRHORN, OSCAR W.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, June 16, 1875; s. J. Henry and Caroline G. (Beinecke) Ehrhorn; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1895; Sch. Polit. Science, Columbia Univ., A.M., 1897; Columbia Law Sch., LL. B., 1598. Admitted to bar, 1898; in office of Hon. Julius M. Mayer, 1898-1899; since then in general practise in N. Y. City. Republican (candidate for leader of 7th AAssembly Dist., 1906-1908). Episcopalian. Vestryman, Ch. Holy Apostles (clerk of Vestry, 1904-1908); see. of Federation of Ch. Clubs in N. Y. City. Mem. Soc. of Med. Jurisprudence, N. Y. County Lawyers' AAss'n, N. Y. State list. Ass'n, Am. Inst., Am. Reonomic Ass'n. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ain, Bar Ass'n; sec. Soc. of . Med. Jurisprudence (sec. I'd of Trustees) ; v .- p. Alll. Ass'n of Med. Jurisprudence; mem. Republican
County Com. (mem. Law Com.), Diocesan Missionary Com. (chni'n Com. on Org'n of Parish Coms.). Ves- tryman and treas. Ch of Holy Apostles. Mason (senior steward), Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Acad. of Polit. Science, Inst. of Arts and Sciences; trustee The Seabury Soc .; inem. N. Y. Turn Vercin. Clubs: Republican (nem. com. on Nat. Affairs), Church ( mem. B'd of Trustees), Phl Delta Theta, Internat. Travel. Residence: 444 W. 24th St. Address: 15 William St., N. Y. City.
EHRICH, WILLIAM JOSEPH
Broker; b. N. Y. City, June 21, 1878; s. William J. and Ida (Morgenthau) Ehrich; grad, Ph. B., Yale, Sheffield Scientific Sch .; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 12, 1902, Adelaide Price; children: William J., Jr., b. 1903: Edward W., b. 1905; Robert W., b. 1908. In partner- ship with Eugene Meyer, Jr., 1902-1904; head of Ehrich, Hochstadter & Co., 1904-1908, head of Ehrich & Co., since 1908. Organized in 1909 Rio Fro Land & Irrigation Co., developing 3,000 acres of irrigable land, Organized, 1910, General Kampolite Co., mak- ing composition floors and tile; has traveled exten- sively through West, South, Newfoundland and Mexico. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Acad. Polit. Science. Recreations: Golf, ishing, shooting, baseball, music. ('lub: Yale. Residence: . 141 W. 74th St. Address: 67 Exchange Pl., N. Y. City.
EICKEMEYER, RUDOLF
Portrait and pictorial photographer; b. Yonkers, .N. Y., Aug. 7, 1862; s. Rudolf and Mary Truc (Tarbell) Dickemeyer; ed. Yonkers public schools; m. Oct. 7. 1801, Isabelle Hicks. Illustrated by photography: Nature and Culture ( Ilamilton Wright Mabie), In and Out of the Nursery (Eva E. Rowland). Mem. firm of Davis & Fickemeyer, formerly Davis & Sanford; dir. First Nat. Bank (Yonkers); mem. Yonkers B'd led'n since 1895; trustee Yonkers Savings Bank: mem. The Linked Ring (London), Columbia Univ. Photo-
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graphical Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Scenic and Flis- toric Preservation Soc. Received medal Royal Photog. Soc. (Eng.), Viceroy Medal Calcutta (India) Internat. Exb'n, gold medals Louisiana Purchase Exp'n, gold medal Hamburg Senate, etc. Author: The Old Farm, . Down South, Winter; The Four Seasons (a lecture) ; contributed photographis to The Book of Beauty. Clubs: N. Y. Camera, Salon of America (art director), City Club (Yonkers). Residence: Seven Oaks, Yonkers, N. Y. Address: The Campbell Studio, Waldorf- Astoria, New York City.
SEIDLITZ, CYRUS LAZELLE WARNER
Architect; b. N. Y. City, July 27, 1853; ed. N. Y., Geneva, Switzerland, and Stuttgart Polytechnic Inst .; m. Jennie T. Dudley. Has made designs of N. Y. Times Bld'g, Washington Life Bld'g, Bar Ass'n, Bank for Savings, Liberty Bank, Telephone Bld'g, Civil En- gineer House, Racquet and Tennis Clubhouse, Towns- end Bld'g, Buffalo Library, Fidelity and Casualty Bld'g. Clubs: Union, Racquet and Tennis, Century. Address: 347 W. 86th St., N. Y. City.
EIDLITZ, ERNEST. FREDERICK
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, 1868; s. Marc and Mathilde (Sohr) Eidlitz; grad. Cornell Univ., B.S., 1890; Colum- bia Univ., A.M .; N. Y. Law Sch., UL.B., 1892; m, Caro- line Louise Seaman; children: Frances Otto, b. 1905; Carolyn Louise, b. 1909. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Law Inst., Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Acad. (Polit. Science. Clubs: Delta Upsllon fraternity, Cornell Univ., Blooming Grove Hunting and Fishing. Residence: 220 High- land Av., Orange, N. J. Address: 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
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1 EIDLITZ, OTTO MARC
Builder; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 18, 1860; s. Marc and Mathilde (Sohr) Eidlitz; ed. Coll. City of N. Y .; grad. Cornell Univ., B.C.E., 1881; C.E., 1890; m. Anna May Thomas, of Ohio. Sup't for Marc Eidlitz & Son, 1881- 1884; mem. firm Marc Eidlitz & Son, 1884-1892; head of firm since 1892. Appt'd tenement house comm'r, 1900, by Gov. Roosevelt; comm'r by Gov. Hughes, 1909, on comm'n for investigating employers' liability, safety appliances, and cause and effect of unemploy- ment in State of N. Y .; appt'd, 1912, mem. B'd of Ar- bitration on Controversy between fifty-two railroads east of Chicago, and Brotherhood of Locomotive Eng'rs. Dir. U. S. Mortar Supply Co., Colonial As- surance Co., Mutual Bank, Germania Bank; trustee Bank of Savings. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, mem. of Am. Soc. Testing Materials, Exec. Com. Civic Feder- ation; fellow Fine Arts Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc., Met. Museum of Art; mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, Ain. Museum of Natural History; pres. Mason Builders Ass'n of N. Y., 1900-1904; chm'n B'd of Govs., Bld'g Trades Employers' Ass'n, 1903-1905; Delta Upsilon fraternity. Clubs: Cornell Univ., Aldine, Transporta- tlon, Liederkranz, N. Y. Athletic, Engineers, Lotos (N. Y.), Chelsea Plantation (S. C.), Laurentian (Can.). Residence: 787 Fifth Av. Address: 30 E. 42d St., N. Y. City.
EILERS, KARL
Lead and copper ore smelter; b. near Marietta, O., Nov. 20, 1865; s. Anton and Elizabeth (Emrich) Eilers; ed. Brooklyn Poly. Inst., A.B., Columbia Sch. of Mines, E.M., and two years in Germany and France; m. Cincinnati, O., Oct. 19, 1896, Leonie Jeanette Wur- litzer; children: Marguerite Elizabeth, b. July 31, 1898; Karl Frederick, b. Sept. 21, 1899; Francis Farny, b. April 4, 1902. Dir. and mem. exec. com. Am. Smelt- Ing & Refining Co. Mem. Am. Inst, Mining Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs. Residences: 435 Riverside Drive and Sea Cliff, L. I., N. Y. Address: 165 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
EINHORN, MAX
Physician; b. Grodno, Russia, Jan. 10, 1862; s. Abra- ham and Sara Einhorn; grad. Gymnasium, Riga, Rus- sia, A.B., 1879; studied medicine, Univ. of Kiew, Rus- sia, 1879-1880; Univ. of Berlin, M.D., 1884; came to America in 1885; m. N. Y. City, Mar. 30, 1892, Flora Strauss. Prof. medicine, N. Y. City Post-Grad. Med. Sch. and Ilosp .; visiting physician German Hosp .; in- vented several instruments which are in gen. use in med. profession; mein. N. Y. Acad. Medicine, N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., Med. Ass'n State of N. Y., Anı. Med. Ass'n, Am. Gastro-Enterol Ass'n, etc. Author: Diseases of the Stomach, 1896; Diseases of the Intestines. 1900, and a great number of essays on di eases of the di- gestive tract; co-editor Archiv für Verdanungs Krankheiten (Berlin), Zeitschrift für Diatetische und Physikalische Therapie (Leipzig). Address: 20 E. 63d St., N. Y. City. .
EINSTEIN, LEWIS
Diplomat, writer; b. N. Y. City, 1877; m. 1004, Helen, d. late Richard Ralli. Third sec. Am. Embassy, Paris,
1903; transferred to London, 1905; sec. of Am. Delega- tion at Moroccan Conference, Algeciras, 1906; sec. Em- bassy, Constantinople, 1906; sec. Embassy, Peking, 1909-1911; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- potentiary to Costa Rica, 1911-1913. Author: Luigi Pulci and the Morgante Maggiore, 1902 (Berlin); The Italian Renaissance in England, 1903 (N. Y.); Relation of Literature to llistory, 1903 (N. Y.); Napoleon III. and Amer. Diplomacy at the Outbreak of the Civil War, 1905 (London); articles in Gazette des Beaux Arts, etc. Edited Leonardo da Vinci-Fragments (translated by Maurice Baring), 1906 (Boston); gen editor Humanists' Library, Boston. Delivered annual address before Société Diplomatique at Parls, 1905. Address: Care State Dep't, Washington, D. C.
ELDER, IRVIN CAMERON
Lawyer; b. Franklin Co., Pa., Dee. 12, 1868; s. John Alexander and Nancy Morrow (Widney) Elder; ed. Dryrun Acad., grad. Lafayette Coll., A.B., A.M., 1889; m. Chambersburg. Pa., 1899, Ariana R. Kennedy. Ad- mitted to bar 1891; associated with Walter K. Sharpe in practice of law, under firm name Sharpe & Elde .:. Pres. Chambersburg Gas Co., Lincoln Fire Ins. Co .; treas. Harrisburg, Carlisle & Chambersburg Turnpike Road Co .; dir. Valley Nat. Bank. Democrat; Presby'n. Mem. Franklin County Hist. Soe. (pres.), Delta Tau Delta fraternity, Pa. Soc. of N. Y. Recreations: Golf, gunning, horses. Clubs: Chambersburg, Elks, Ha- gerstown Country. Address: Chambersburg, Pa.
ELDERKIN, JOHN
Editor; b. Setauket, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1841; s. John and Renelcha (Hallock) Elderkin; ed. in public schools, Setauket, N. Y., Presby'n Sch., N. Y .; studied classics with Rev. F. M. Noll; m. N. Y., 1876, Helen L. Reed- Chapman. Formerly on editorial staff of N. Y. Led- ger; American Booksellers' Guide, 1868-1872; for 20 years pres. Rembrandt Ilouse Co. Author: Turf and Trotting Horse of America, Brief History of Lotos Club, John Elderkin, One of the Founders of Con- necticut; joint, editor After Dinner Speeches at the Lotos Club. Mem. N. E. Soc., Founders and Patriots, S. A. R., Municipal Art Soc, Clubs: Lotos, Press, West Side Republican. Address: 110 W. 57th St., N. Y. City.
ELDRED, BYRON E.
Mechanical eng'r; b. Jackson, Mich., Feb. 12, 1873; s. Z. C. and Helen (Carter) Eldred; ed. Dartmouth Coll. Engaged in experimental work in mechanics and physics. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. 'Eng'rs, Franklin Inst. and Royal Soc. of Arts, London. Clubs: Engineers, Chemists, National, Toronto, B. A. A. (Boston), Authors, Royal Societies (London), Laboratory, Tuck- ahoe. Address: Engineers' Club, N. Y. City.
ELDRIDGE, FREDERICK LARNAC
Banker; b. S. I., N. Y., Oct. 14, 1860; s. Frederick G. and Alice Lee (Goodrich) Eldridge; ed. Harvard Univ., class of 1882; m. Ilenderson, Ky., June 5, 1887, Bettie T. Barret. V .- p. Empire Trust Co. Episcopalian. Rec- reation: Golf. Clubs: Union, Racquet, Harvard, Ards- ley. Residenee: 70 W. 49th St. Address: 42 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
ELIOT, WALTER GRAEME
Civil eng'r; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 16, 1857; s. Augustus G. Eliot (distinguished obstetrician, Yale '39, M.D., Co- lumbia, 1841); grad. Sch. of Mines, Columbia Coll., C.E., M.E., Ph.B., 1878 (Ph.D., Columbia Coll.); LL.D., St. Francis Xavier Coll., 1892; m, Feb. 2, 1892, Maud Stoutenburgh; children: Elinor V., Amory V., Van Cortlandt S. Practised sanitary eng'ring; sanitary eng'r N. Y. B'd Health; insp. tenements, ass't chemist and insp. foods; eng'r agent of Tenth U. S. Census on Water Works of U. S. cities, 1881; connected with various business corp'ns until May, 1891, when took charge of University Magazine as one of prop'rs and mn'g editor. Ass't to surveyor, Dep't Taxes and As- sessments, 1898-1902; ass't .eng'r Topographical Bureau, Borough of Queens, N. Y. City, 1902-1910; chief eng'r, 1910. Comm'r of Parks, City of N. Y., since 1911; v .- p. Zeta Psi fraternity, and pres. or dir. in many corp'ns; trustee N. Y. Coll, of Dentistry. Contb'r to many periodicals. Author: Noted Physicians of New York, History of the kHot Family, College Presidents of the United States. History of the Stoutenburgh Famlly. Democrat. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, N. Y. Hist. Soc., Soc. Municipal Eng'rs. A founder and clini'n Civil Service Com. of N. Y. Civil Service Ass'n; a founder and 3 years pres. of Technical League of Eng'rs of U. S .; founder and mem. Exec. Com. Ass'n of Civil Employees in State of N. Y. Mem. Co. K, 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y., and of rifle team of that reg't, which won in years 1904, 1905, 1906; 1st lieut. 71st Reg't, N. G. N. Y., 1907-1908; major, ass't to Chief of Coast Art'y, N. G. N. Y., since 1011. Founder and sec. Soc. of Ain. Officers. Was prominently named for
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pres. of Rutgers Coll .; has travelled extensively in U. S. Clubs: University, Down Town, Rockaway Hunt, Zeta Psl. Addresses: N. Y. Clty; Cedarhurst, L, I .; Hyde Park-on-Hudson, N. Y.
VELKUS, ABRAM I.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 1867; ed. N. Y. Clty pub- lic schools, Columbia Univ., D.C.L., St. Lawrence Univ., 1913; m. 1897, Gertrude R. Hess; four children. Ad- mitted to bar, 1888, and in active practice since; senior mem. firm of James, Schell & Elkus. Elected regent of Univ. of State of N. Y., Feb., 1911. Author: Secret Liens. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Demo- cratlc, Manhattan, Lotos, Harmonle, City, Lawyers. Residence: 26 E. 61st St. Address: 170 Broadway, N. Y. Clty.
VELLIMAN, DOUGLAS LUDLOW
Real estate broker and agent; b. Flushing, L. I., May 24, 1882; s. Willlam and Mary Lawrence (Bogert) Eiliman; ed. Berkeley Sch. and Cutler Sch .; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 20, 1900, Theodora P. Trowbridge; children: Douglas Trowbridge, b. July 8, 1901; George Trow- bridge, b. 1905; Ludlow, b. 1909. With Vermilye & Co., bankers, 3 years; Pease & Elliman, real estate, 9 years; pres. and treas. Douglas L. Elliman & Co., real estate ag'ts, since 1911. Dir. Bleecker St. & Fulton Ferry R. R. Mem. Real Estate B'd of N. Y., St. Nicholas Soc. Recreations: Yachting, tennis, golf, motoring. Clubs: Racquet and Tennis, Stamford Yacht (dir.), Wee Burn Golf (dir.). Residence: . (Winter) 177 E. 71st St., (summer) Shore Acre, Noroton, Conn. Address: 421 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
Y ELLIMAN, LAWRENCE BOGERT
Real estate; b. Flushing, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1876; s. William and Mary Lawrence (Bogert) Elliman; ed. Berkeley Sch. (N. Y. City) ; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 18, 1902, Edyth Coppell; children: Edyth, b. May 28, 1906; Law- rence B., Jr., b. Aug, 11, 1908. Engaged with Buttrick & Elllman, 1894-1895; N. Y. City B'd of Health, bac- terlological laboratory, 1895-1897. Pres., treas, and dir. Pease & Elliman, Inc .; treas. and dir. Pease & Elliman Agency, Inc .; v .- p. and treas. East Ninety-fifth St. Corp'n; dir. and treas. Woman's Hotel Co .; dir. Allied Real Estate Interests, N. Y. Title Ins. Co., City of N. Y. Ins. Co .; v .- p. Seventy-fifth St. East Co .; dir. City Economy League, Mortgage Financing Co. Re- publican; Episcopalian. Served 5 years in Naval Millitia, S. N. Y. Mem. St. Nicholas Soc. and Soc. Co- lonlal Wars, N. Y. Hist. Soc., N. Y. Geneal. & Biog. Soc. Recreations: Automobiling, yachting, farming. Clubs: Rockaway ITunt, N. Y. Yacht, Racquet & Tennis, Cedarhurst Yacht. Residence: 122 F. 56th St. Address: 340 Madison Av., N. Y. City .
- ELLIOT, MORTIMER F.
Lawyer; b. Tioga Co., Pa., Sept. 24, 1840; received law ed'n under Hon. James Lowry, Hon. Stephen S. Wilson. Admitted to bar 1862; candidate of Dem. party for Pres. Judge, 1871; elected to Constitutional Conv., 1872, and took important part in its delibera- tions. Elected to Congress, 1882; nominated for Con- gress, 1890, but defeated; later appt'd att'y for Stand- ard Oll Co. Address: 26 Broadway, N. Y. City.
ELLIOTT, GEORGE ROBERT
Physiclan; b. Cayuga Co., N. Y., 1860; s. John E. and Jane (Johnston) Elliott; grad. from Cornell Univ. in 1878, Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Med. Den't Columbia Unlv.), M.D., 1881; post-grad. studies, Vlenna, 1896. One of physicians attending Gen. Grant during his last illness; made micros. diagnosis of case; orthopedic surgeon Montefiore Hosp .; was lecturer on orthopedic surgery N. Y. Post-Grad. Med. Sch. and Hosp .; ortho- pedic surgeon St. Francis and St. Joseph IFosps., N. Y. City. Mem. N. Y. Acad. of Medicine, Am. Orthopedic Ass'n, N. Y. Co. Med. Soc. Clubs: Psi Upsilon, Cornell Univ., Literary. Address: 136 Madison Av., N. Y. City. VELLIOTT, GILBERT, 3D
Lawyer; b. Scotland Neck, N. C., Jan. 5, 1866; s. Gll- bert, Jr., and Lucy Ann (Hill) Elliott; ed. Poly. Inst and Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo .; m. Brooklyn, Jan. 7, 1890, Emma Jane Spence; children: Gilbert 4th, b. 1893; Isabel Spence, b. 1895. Engaged in practice of law since 1887. Dir. People's Surety Co. of N. Y. Independent In polltics; Episcopallan. Recreations: Sailing, golf. Clubs: Montauk, Crescent Athletic. Residence: 313 Sterling Pl. Address: 44 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
JELLIOTT, HOWARD
Railroad official; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 6, 1860; s. Charles Wyllys and Mary ( White) Elliott; grad. Law- rence Scientific Sch., C.E., 1881; r .. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 12, 1892, Janct January; children: Janet, b. Oct. 17, 1893; Edith, b. Nov. 29, 1895; Howard, Jr., b. Nov. 26, 1899. With Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. Co. as clerk, 1881-1882; transferred to Keokuk, Iowa, - Public Instr'n, 1896-1902; dir. of Ed'n for N. Y., La.
headquarters of St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern R'y Co., and of Chicago, Burlington & Kansas City R'y Co., serving In capacity of clerk and cashler; appt'd ass't auditor and ass't treas. of both companies, 1882; gen. freight and passenger agent, 1887; resigned 1891 and moved to St. Louis, becoming gen, freight agent of Burlington lines in Mo .; appt'd gen. mg'r. 1896, with headquarters in St. Louis, St. Joseph; was also officer and dir. of numerous companies connected with rall- road. Offered position of gen. mg'r of main Burling- ton lines, but declined; 2d v .- p. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, in charge of maintenance and operation of all lines with headquarters in Chicago, 1901-1903; pres. Northern Pacific R'y Co. since 1903, with headquarters in St. Paul; and N. Y., New Haven & Hartford R. R. since Sept., 1913. Also pres. Mlnn. Internat. R'y Co., Washington & Columbla River R'y Co., Clearwater Short Line R'y Co., Manitoba R'y Co., Minneapolis R'y Terminal Co., Monte Cristo R'y Co., St. Paul & Duluth R'y Co., Washington Central R'y Co., Northwestern Improvement Co., Northern Pacific Irrigation Co .; dir. St. Louis Union Trust Co., First Nat. Bank of St. Paul and numerous other corp'ns. Was delegate from Mo. in conv. of States and mein. exec. com. La. Purchase Exp'n Co. several years. Republican. Mem. Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Am, Forestry Ass'n, Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Am. R'y Ass'n, Am. R'y Gulld, Am. Soc. of Maintenance of Way, Nat. Geog. Soc., S. A. R. Trustee St. Paul Inst. Arts and Sciences; mem. B'd of Overseers of Harvard Coll .; pres. Nat. Apple Show, 1909-1910. Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis Commercial, St. Louis Country, Metropolitan, Lawyers (N. Y.), Chi- cago, Minn. Commercial Town and Country, Informal Nushka Curling and Skating (St. Paul), Harvard (Minn.), Spokane, Union and Country (Tacoma), Commereial (Duluth). Residence: 302 Summit St., St. Paul, Minn. Address: Northern Pacific Bld'g, St. Paul, and N. Y., New Haven & Hartford R. R., N. Y. Clty.
ELLIOTT, JACKSON S.
Journalist; b. La Salle County, Ill., March 9, 1876; s. John B. and Minerva D. (Johnston) Elllott; m. Washington, D. C., Aug. 18, 1909, Isabel R. Joyce. With Sioux City Journal, Iowa, 1894, and in various Iowa cities, 8 years; with Washington Times, as re- porter, 1902-1903; with Associated Press since 1903 as mg'r Congress staff, 1909-1911, chief of Washing- ton staff, 1911-1912; sup't of Eastern Div., N. Y. City, since 1912. Address: Associated Press, 51 Chambers St., N. Y. City.
ELLIOTT, MAXINE
Actress; b. Rockland, Me., 1873; m. Feb. 20, 1898, Nathaniel C. Goodwin; divorced, 1908. First appeared with E. S. Willard; starred for several seasons with Nat. Goodwin; now at head of own company. Owner of Maxine Elliott Theatre, at 109 W. 39th St., N. Y. City. Address: London, Eng.
ELLIS, CARLETON
Chemical expert, inventor; b. Keene, N. H., Sept. 20, 1876; s. Marcus and Katherine C. (Goodnow) Ellis; grad. Mass. Inst. Technology, B.S., 1900; m. Boston, 1901, Birdella M. Wood; children: Eleanor J., Marjorie O., Carleton, Jr. Was on instructing staff Mass. Inst. Technology for 2 years after graduation; pres. Ellis- Foster Co., Copper Oil Products Co., N. J. Testing Laboratories; v .- p. Chadeloid Chemical Co .; dlr. Ellis Hydrate Co., Ligno-Chemical Co .; prominently identl- fied in the org'n of these and numerous other corp'ns, all In a large measure founded on his inventions; has been granted over 200 patents in chem. and chem. eng'ring arts, embracing inventlons in mf'r of Iron and steel; lime and cement, illuminating gas and gas producers; paints and varnishes, including varnish removers, antifouling and steel protective paints; wood preservatives; fertilizers; fireproofing; road dust-laying compositions; soaps and oils; foodstuffs, etc. Gold medals awarded his inventions at James- town Exp'n, 1907. Has made sp'l study of patent law; frequently appeared as expert in patent litlgatlon. Contb'r to scientific and technical journals. Mem. Am. Chem. Soe., Chem. Industry of London, Franklin Inst., Inventors' Guild, Am. Inst. of Chem. Eng'rs, Internat. Congress of Applied Chemistry. Clubs: Chemists. Drug and Chemical (N. Y. City). Residence: 143 Gates Av., Montclair, N. J. Address: Research La- boratories, 92 Greenwood Av., Montelalr, N. J.
ELLIS, DE LANCEY MONTROSE
Real estate and insurance; b. Owogo, Tioga Co., N. Y., Dec. 8, 1873; s. Edwin and Mary W. (Packard) El- lis; grad. Albany Acad., class of 1891; m. Batavia, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1898, Elizabeth Dorchester Dewey; two s .: Dewey Dorchester, b. March 1, 1900, and Laurence Packard, b. Dec. 1, 1908. Engaged in real estate busi- ness. 1891-1895; chief of finance bureau, State Dep't
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Purchase Exp'n, 1903-1904; exec. officer N. Y. State Comm'n Lewis & Clark Exp'n 1905; chlef Div. of Visual Instr'n, N. Y. State Ed'n Dep't, 1906-1909; part- ner in real estate and ins. business, under the name of E. DeL. Palmer Co. since 1909. Republican; Epis- copalian. Received gold medal from La. Purchase Exp'n, and commemorative diploma from Lewis & Clark Exp'n. Trustee Albany Chamber of Comnicree, Albany Acad. Clubs: Fort Orange, Country (Albany). Address: 111 State St., Albany, N. Y.
ELLIS, GEORGE WILLIAMS
Lawyer; b. Fair Haven, Vt., Nov. 27, 1848; s. Zenas Clark and Sarah Bowman (Dyer) Ellis; grad. Middle- bury Coll., A.B., 1868; Columbia Coll. Law Sch., LL.B., 1870. Clerk and law student with ex-Judges Theron R. Strong and John W. Edmonds, and with Charles Tracy; since 1874 engaged in gen. practice in N. Y. City, associated with John S. Lawrence until his death in 1880. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. Law Inst., Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Geog. Soc., N. Y. Hist. Soe., N. Y. State Hist. Soc., Lake George Ass'n, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Am. Acad of Polit. and Social Science, Phila. Acad. of Polit. Science, Colum- bla, Am. Economic Ass'n, Amn. Polit. Science Ass'n, Baltimore, N. Y. Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phl Beta Kappa Socs., N. E. Soc. Clubs: University, N. Y. Athletic. Economic. Residence: 2 W. 59th St. Address: 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.
~ ELLIS, WILLIAM HENRY
Banker, broker; b. Victoria, near Mexican frontier, June 15, 1864; s. Carlos and Margarita (Nelsonia) El- lis; ed. public and high schs .; attended coll. Nashville, Tenn .; business course In N. Y. City; m. Grace Ch., N. Y., May 27, 1903, Ida Maude Lefferts Sherwood; children: Guillermo Enrique, Jr., b. Feb., 1904; Carlos Sherwood, b. Sept. 10, 1905; Maude Victoria Taltu, b. June 8, 1909; Porfirio Diaz and Sherwood (twins), b. May 25, 1912. Spent early days as cowboy on cattle ranches, Texas; inspector of customs, Brownsville, Texas; engaged in trading horses, cattle, etc., between Texas and Mexico, with headquarters at Victoria, Texas. Engaged in hide, wool and cotton business in Victoria, Cuero and San Antonio, Texas, and conducted large and successful business many years; opened branches in Albuquerque, New Mex., Phoenix, Ariz., and bought wool several seasons for San Francisco houses. Started cotton raising, Mexico, 1888 (consid- ered pioneer of cotton industry in Mexico). Moved to City of Mexico and began promotion of large rail- road enterprise; established office in N. Y., 1895, since which time has been engaged as broker; mg'r of es- tate of late B. B. Hotchkiss, 8 years; pres. (through manipulation of Hotchkiss Estate) N. Y. Westchester Water Co. (a $10,000,000 corp'n) many years; also pres. N. Y. Dist. Water Supply Co. and Upper N. Y. Dist. Water Co. (both $2,000,000 corp'ns) ; several years dir. Kansas City, Watkins & Gulf R'y. Originator, dir. and gen. mg'r Consolidated Palo Amarillo Rubber Co., pres. and dir. Mexico & Toluca Light & Power Co., Mexican Securities & Construction Co. (which owns the Manning and Mackintosh claim against the Mexican Gov't for over $100,000,000, collection now being rigorously pushed by the law firms, Messrs. Stetson, Jennings & Russell, Nicoll, Anable, Lindsay & Fuller and Alexander & Green); dir. Mines Co. of Mexico Two Brothers Gold & Silver Mining Co., Eliseo Gold-Silver Mining Co., Courtland Copper Co .; dhr. and gen. mg'r N. Y. Water Co. and owner of many mines and concessions in Mexico; also several large ibld'gs. Explorer and extensive traveler; one of first Americans to pioneer Central Africa and Abyssinia, and largely responsible for Commercial Treaty be- tween U. S. and that empire. Appt'd hy Pres. Roose- velt to deliver the treaty after it had been ratihed by U. S. Senate to Abyssinian Gov't. Roman Catholic. Received decoration of highest order from Ethiopia; mem. Mexican Soc. of N. Y., Met. Museum of Art, Am. Geog. Soc., Zool. Garden; also other charitable inst'ns of N. Y. Recreation: Outdoor sports. Residence: Ho- tel Gillow, Mexico City, Mex. Address: 25 Pine St,, N. Y. City.
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