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ASTOR, WILLIAM VINCENT
Capitalist; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 15, 1891; s. John Jacob and Ava L. (Willing) Astor; attended St. George's Sch., Newport, and Harvard Univ. Dir. Astor Trust Co., Western Union Telegraph Co. Erected, 1913, as a memorlal to father, a new building for "Holiday Farm," a home for convalescent children at Rhine- beck, N. Y. Mem. Am. Museum Natural History, Acad. Polit. Science, Navy League of U. S., Union Soc. of Civil War, N. Y, Geneal. and Biog. Soc., Citizens Union of City of N. Y .; hon. mem. Honor Leglon of Police Dep't, City of N. Y. V .- p. N. Y. Commercial Tercentenary Comm'n. Mem. Exec. Com. Nat. Civic Federatlon; Third Panel Sheriff's Jury, Albany Bur- gesses Corps; dir. Public Schs. Athletic League; mem. Exec. Com. Am. Roumanian Jewish Emancipation
Com. Clubs: Sleepy Hollow Country, Piping Rock, Fort Orange, Automobile of Anferica, Aero, N. Y. Press, Players, City, N. Y. Yacht, Columbia Yacht, Whitehall Lunch, Newport Casino. Address: 23 West 26th St., N. Y. City.
ATKINS, EDWIN F.
Merchant, mt'r; b. Boston, 1850; s. Elisha and Mary E. (Freeman) Atkins; m. Belmont, Mass., 1882, Kath- arine Wrisley. Mem. firm E. Atkins & Co., Boston; pres. and dir. Aetna Mills, Boston Wharf Co .. Trinidad Sugar Co., Soledad Sugar Co .; chm'n B'd Dir. Am. Sugar Refining Co .; dir. Am. Trust Co., Guarantee Co. of N. America, Shawmut Nat. Bank, Second Nat. Bank, Boston; Westinghouse Electric & Mf'g Co., Pittsburgh, West End St. R'y Co. Address; 131 State St., Boston, Mass., and 117 Wall St., N. Y. Clty.
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ATKINS, GEORGE CHEW
Lawyer; b. Pamrapo, N. J., Jan. 3, 1880; s. G. W. E. and Mary M. (Chew) Atkins; grad. Columbia Coll .. A.B., 1902; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1904; m. (May 28 1910,) Norah E. O'Loughlin. Engaged in practise of law 1904-1909, N. Y. City; since 1909 ass't to v .- p. Western Union Telegraph Co .; dir. Pittsburgh, Shaw- mut & Northern R. R. Independent Democrat; Epis-
copalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Columbia Coll. Alumni Ass'n, Phl Delta Theta fraternity. Club: Phl Delta Theta. Residence: Maplewood. N. J. Ad- dress: 195 B'way, N. Y. City.
ATKINS, GEORGE W. E.
Telegraph official; b. Waverly, Tenn., Oct. 26, 1850; s. Addison L. and Nancy S. (Coffin) Atkins; attended dist. sch .; m. Louisville, Ky., Sept. 15, 1875, Mary M .. d. Albert G. Chew; two sons. Employed with Nash- ville & Northwestern R. R. Co., Johnsonville, Tenn .: became operator at Waverly, later mg'r, sta. ag't, ex- press ag't, and telegraph operator at varlous stations; night train dispatcher for Louisville & Nashville R. R. and mg'r at Gallatin; promoted first class operator in Western Union Telegraph Co., Nashville; trans- ferred to Louisville office; moved to N. Y. 1875. as ass't to official; studied law, and became ass't to v .- p., 1878; Acting v .- p., 1906; v .- p. and dir., 1907. Also v .- p. and dir. of Gold & Stock Telegraph Co., and dir. in numerous other telegraph companies in U. S. Ad- dress: 195 Broadway, N. Y. City.
Lawyer and certified public accountant; b. Esopus, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1873; s. Charles R. and Eliza B. (John- son) Atkins; grad. N. Y. Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1900. Engaged in practice of law and accounting in N. Y. City from 1900. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. S. A. R. Country residence: Esopus, N. Y.
Botanist, educator; b. Rasiuville, Monroe Co., Mich., Jan. 26, 1854; s. Joseph and Josephine (Fish) Atkin- son; ed. Olivet Coll., Mich., and Cornell Univ., P'h. B .. 1885. Phi Beta Kappa (Cornell), 1885, Sigma X1 (Sci- entific Soc.), 1888; m. Durham, N. C., 1887, Lizzle Kerr; children: Francls Kerr, b. 1890; Clara Packard, b. 1892. Ass't prof., 1885-1886; asso. prof., 1886-1888, gen. zoology, Univ. of N. C .; prof, botany and zoology, botanist, Exp't Sta., Univ. of S. C., 1888-1889; prof. biology biolo- gist, Exp't Sta., Ala., Polytechnic Inst. and Ala. Agr'l and Mech Coil., 1889-1892; ass't prof., 1892-1893; asso. prof., 1893-1896, botony, Cornell Univ .; since 1896 prof. botany, head of Bot. Dep't, and botanist, Exp't Sta .. Cornell Univ. Traveled In England, Sweden, and Continental Europe, 1903, 1905, 1910. Independent
(generally Republican), Fellow, A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Philos. Soc., Bot. Soc. of Am., Soc. of Plant Morphology and Physiology, Mycological Soc. of America; Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Sigma Xi Soc., Gamma Aipha Club; pres. Bot. Soc. of America since 1909. Recreations: Outdoor life in forests and fields, developing a private wild garden of three acres. Author: Biology of Ferns; Elementary Botany; College Text Book of Botany; Lessons In Botany; First Lessons in Plant Life, Mushrooms, Edible, Polsonous, etc .; Studies of Amer- ican Fungi. Contb'r numerous papers on botanical subjects in leading journals of America, England and Germany, especially on morphology, evolution, physi- ology, mycology, algae, pteridophytes, trap-door spiders, nematodes, etc. Clubs: Torrey Botanical, Town and Gown (1thaca). Address: Cornell Univer- sity, Ithaca, N. Y.
' ATKINSON, JAMES F.
Life insurance agency mg'r; b. Rochester, N. Y., 1834. Was engaged in manufacturing business at Appleton, Wis., until 1881, when became connected with the Provident Life and Trust Co .; was special agent Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co., and since 1885 has been general agent for that company in Brooklyn and Long Island, his son, William F. Atkin- son, being associated with him since 1898. Address: 44 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
ATKINSON, WILLIAM FITCH
Life insurance agency mg'r; b. Appleton, Wis., May 3, 1872; s. James F. and Louise (Fitch) . Atkinson; grad. Corneli Univ., B.L., 1895; m. April. 1905, Caro- line A. W. Bacon; two daughters. Connected with Carter Ink Co., 1895-1898; since 1898 associated with James F. Atkinson as joint agency mg'r for Brooklyn and Long Island for the Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co., of Milwaukee, Wis. Republican. Presby'n. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity, Brooklyn League. Clubs: University (Brooklyn), Crescent Athletic, Young Re- publican (Brooklyn), Tavern. Cornell University (N. Y. City). Address: 44 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
ATTERBURY, ANSON PHELPS
Clergyman; b. New York, June 18, 1854; ed. Phillips Acad. and Yaie Univ .; grad. Union Theol. Sem., 1879, Ph.B., N. Y. Univ., D.D., Hamilton Coll .; m. June 11, 1891, Catharine G. Van Rensselaer. Ordained to min- istry, 1880; since 1879 pastor Park Presby'n Ch., N. Y. City. Author; Islam in Africa. Translator: Som- bart's Socialism. Dir. Union Theol. Sem. Clubs: Cen- tury, Apawamis. Address: 145 W. 86th St., N. Y. City.
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ATTERBURY, CHARLES LARNED
Lawyer; b. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 3, 1842; s. John G .. and Catharine J. (Larned) Atterbury; ed. Yale Coll .; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 7, 1868, Katharine M. Dow; one son, Grosvenor. Began practice of law In Detroit, Mich .; removed to N. Y. City, 1874, becoming solicitor of Erie R'y Co., and later ass't pres. of that com- pany; counsel of Chicago & Atlantic R'y, counsel of Pullman Palace Car Co., and afterward and now en- gaged as counsel for various corp'ns In N. Y. and elsewhere; mem. firm of Betts, Atterbury & Betts, and subsequently of Atterbury & Mullally, N. Y. Clty. Mem. N. Y. Bar Ass'n. Clubs: Century, University. Residence: 131 E. 70th St., N. Y. City.
ATTERBURY, GROSVENOR
Architect; b. Detroit, Mich., July 7, 1869; s. Charles Larned and Katharine Mitchell (Dow) Atterbury; grad. Yale, B.A., 1891; special student, Columbia' Sch. of Architecture, eleve de l'Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris; unmarried. Engaged in practise of architecture since 1895. Architect of first Phipps Model Tene- ments, N. Y., Phipps. Inst. for Study, Treatment and Prevention of Tuberculosis, Phila .; Psychiatric Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hosp .; Russell Sage Foundation Bld'g, N. Y .; Bessemer Bld'g, Fulton Bld'g, Phipps Na- tatorium, Pittsburgh; restoration of Governor's Room and other portions of N. Y. City Hall; Conn. Hall, Yale Univ., consulting architect to Johns Hopkins Unlv., and Roland Park Co., Baltimore. Examples of domes- tic work are houses for H. O. Havemeyer at Bayberry Point; Bradley Martin, Jr., N. Y .; James Byrne, Oyster Bay; Charles A, Peabody, Cold Spring Harbor, Porter Norton, Buffalo; Joseph Neave, Cincinnati; Hon. Seth Low, Bedford; Dr. W. S. Rainsford, Ridge- field, Conn. Especially interested in town planning and home bld'g; architect of Forest Hills Gardens, Forest Hills, L. I., the model town built by Russell Sage Foundation; has made sp'l studles and experl- ments in Economic .Construction as applied to work- ingmen's dwellings. Five years service In Squadron A, N.G.N.Y. Fellow Am. Inst. Architects, mem. Soc. Beaux Arts Architects, Soc. Columbia Architects, Architectural League of N. Y., Scroll and Key Soc., Psi Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Xi Delta Theta and Eliza- bethean Club (Yale). Dir. St. Bartholomew's Clinic. Mem. N. Y. Tenement House Com., Nat. Housing Ass'n, Nat. Conf. on City Planning. Clubs: Century, University. Address: 20 West 43d St., N. Y. City.
ATWATER, ELIOT DOREMUS
Stock broker; b. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., March 28, 1886; s. Edward S. and Caroline (Swift) Atwater; grad. Williams Coll., class of 1908, A.B. Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange firm at Atwater, Foote & Sherrill. Democrat. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, German and Austrlan Alpine Soc. (Austria). Clubs: Auto- mobile of America, Automobile Ass'n of N. Y., Alpha Delta Phi, Dutchess Golf and Country. Residence: 136 West 44th St. Address: 38 Wall St., N. Y. City.
ATWATER, WILLIAM CUTLER
Coal operator and merchant; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., July 4, 1861; s. John H. and Jane Barker (Leonard) Atwater; attended Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, class 1879; Amherst Coll., A.B., 1884; m. Easton, Pa., May 1, 1889, Ida Wilson Hay; children: William Cutler, Jr., b. 1890; Margaret Hay, b. 1894; John Jacob, b. 1893; David Hay, b. 189S. Business has been exclusively confined to development of coal and timberland in- terests. Pres. and dir. Wm. C. Atwater & Co., Inc., N. Y. Elkhorn Coal & Coke Co., W. Va .; Wm. C. Atwater & Co., Inc., Mass .; Dead River Timberland' Co. (Maine) ; v .- p. and dir. West Bay Co., N. Y .; treas. and dir. Empire Coal & Coke Co., W. Va. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity. Recrea- tions: Yachting, farming. Clubs: Westhampton Country, N. Y. University, N. Y. Yacht, Whitehall Lunch, Psi Upsilon (N. Y.), University (Boston), Shenandoah (Roanoke, Va.), Virginia (Norfolk, Va.), Quequechan (Fall River, Mass.), Shinnecock Yacht. Residence: Westhampton Beach, N. Y. Address: 1 Broadway, N. . Y. City.
U ATWOOD, CHARLES EDWIN
Physician; b. Shoreham, Vt., July 21, 1861; s. Edwin Simons and Laura R. (Moore) Atwood; grad. Cornell Univ., B.S., 1880; one year as post-grad., Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., M.D., 1883; Univ. of Vienna, 1905- 1906 (certificate) ; m. N. Y. City, 1896, Helen Pearce Jarvis. Ass't physician Hudson River State Hosp., 1885; transferred to Utica State Hosp., 1887; appt'd to staff of Bloomingdale Hosp., 1892; first ass't pily- siclan Bloomingdale, 1898-1905; resigned to study abroad and enter private practice. Ass't in neurology Columbia Univ. and psychiatry Vanderbilt Clinic,
Visiting neurologist, N. Y. Clty Hosp. and sch. for children. Collaborator to Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, N. Y. Med. Record, and Journal of Am. Med. Ass'n. Progressive; Presby'n. Sec. and treas. N. Y. Neurol. Soc .; Fellow N. Y. Acad. of Medicine; mem. N. Y. Neurol Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Medico- Surgical Soc., N. Y. Soc. of Med. Jurisprudence, N. Y. Psychoanalytic Soc .; consulting . neurologist, N. Y. City Com. N. Y. State Charities Aid Ass'n; mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity' (and N. Y. Ass'n). Recreations: Golf, auction bridge, opera. Clubs: University (N. Y. City), Profile Golf ( White Moun- tains). Residence (summer) : Profile' House, N. H. Address: 14 East 60th St., N. Y. City.
AULLS, SAMUEL D.
Lawyer; b. Wheeler, Steuben County, N. Y., April 9, 1875; s. Thomas and Ellen (Williams) Aulls; grad. Dundee (N. Y.) Prep. Sch., 1893; post-grad. courses there and at Lowville (N. Y.) Acad .; two years at Albany Law Sch. Taught school in Steuben and Yates Counties, 1893-1895; studied law in the offices . of Hon. ' Amasa J. Parker at Albany, and of Judge Smith, of Eimira; admitted to bar, 1898, clerk and later partner with Judge Smith; admitted to prac- tice In U. S. Supreme Court, 1902; counsel to Am. Land and Timber Co., Listed Securities Co., and other corp'ns of N. Y. City and elsewhere. Mem. Chemung Co. Bar Ass'n. Served on Col. 'Diven's staff Sons of Veterans, 1897; counselor N. Y. Dlv., 1913. Repub- lican; took active part in campaign of 1896 and sub- sequent campaigns. Author: Aulls' Quizzer on the Code, and Fifty-one Per Cent Mason; mem. Young Men's Club, Empire State Soc .; S. A. R., Casmere Crotto, No. 11, M. O. V. P. E. R. Residence: 225 William St. Address: 214 E. Water St., Elmira, N. Y.
AURINGER, OBADIAH CYRUS
Clergyman, author: b. Glens Falls, N. Y., June 4, 1849; s. Francis and Eliza (Denio) Auringer; ed. pub- lic schools of Glens Falls, and by private tutors in science and literature; m. Nov., 1876, Mrs. Eva Hen- dryx. Mem. U. S. Marine Corps, 1871-75; shore service at Washington, Boston, Norfolk; three years on board U. S. flagslılp Worcester, N. Atlantic Squadron, in West Indies. Ordalned Presby'n minister at Lake George, Sept., 1890. Pastor, Northwood, N. Y., 1889- 92; Third Ch., Troy, N. Y., 1892-99; First Ch., Forest- port, N. Y., since 1904. Republican. Mem. Kappa Epsilon, of Troy, N. Y .; Kappa Nu, of Utica. Recrea- tions: Trout fishing and archeological exploration. Author: Scythe and Sword (poems), 1887; Heart of the Golden Roan, 1890; Book of the Hills, 1896; Wil- liam McKinley, memorial poem, 1905; Friendship's Crown of Verse, 1907; Death of Maid McCrea and The Lover's Tragedy (poems), 1909; The Eagle's Bride (poem), 1911. Club: Authors (N. Y. City). Address: Forestport, N. Y.
AUS, GUNVALD
Consulting eng'r; b. Haugosund, Norway, June 1, 1861; s. Gabriel and Sophie (Schroeder) Aus; grad. Technical Sch., Bergen, Norway, C. E., 1879; Technical High Sch., Munich, Bavarla, C.E., 1882; m. 1890. Eliza- beth, only d. Jacob Lange (mem. Norweglan Cabinet); one d. Tekla Lange, b. 1891. Draughtsman and ass't eng'r in varlous offices, 1883-18S8; construction eng'r Phoenix Bridge Co.,. 1888-1894; chief eng'r U. S. Treas- ury Dep't, Washington, D. C., 1894-1900; since then practising as consulting eng'r in N. Y. City. Since 1900, consulting eng'r U. S. Custom House, N. Y. City; Essex Co. Court House, Newark, N. J .; for post office and custom house bld'gs., Cleveland. O., and Provi- dence, R. I .; West Street Bld'g, N. Y. City: Scheuer Bld'g, Newark, N. J .; U. S. Post Office Bld'g, N. Y. City; Woolworth Bld'g, N. Y. City; Eighth Coast Art'y Dist. Armory Bld'g, N. Y. City; Union Central Life Ins. Co.'s Bld'g, Cincinnati, O., and many other
large and important structures. Pres. Gunvald Aus Co., Inc., consulting eng'rs, N. Y. City; pres. Berkely Realty Co. Mem. Am. Soc. of Civil Eng'rs; asso. mem. Brooklyn Chapter, Am. Inst. Architects. Mem. Cen- tral Lodge 361, F. and A.M. Residence: 292 Brook- lyn Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 11 E. 24th St., N. Y. City.
AUSTIN, EUGENE K.
Colonel, N. G., N. Y .; b. 1872; s. Stephen F. (niem. N. Y. Stock Exchange, 1865; also Century Club, and named after uncle, Gen. S. 12. Austin, of Austin, Texas), and Cecilia (Kelly) Austin; great-g.s. of Elijah Austin, who served at the Battie of Lexing- ton, and of Luke Kip, merchant in N. Y. City prior to Revolution, wirose homestead was site of Old N. Y. Hotel, Broadway and Washington Pl. At age of 17 entered firm of Eugene Kelly & Co., bankers, as office boy; cashier, 1893; engaged in business on own ac- count in investment securities, 1895: joined Nat.
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Guard, 1892, Co. B, 7th Reg't; became corporai, First Signal Corps, 1894; serg't, 1895, in command of signal detail during Brooklyn car riots; first lieut. and adj. Sth Reg't, 1896; capt. and regimental adj., 1896; de- tailed by Gov. Black at beginning of Spanish-Am. War, to organize 108th Reg't; major 108th Reg't; aft- erward colonel, 1898; at end of war, regiment mus- tered out of state service; detailed by Major-Gen. Roe, from supernumerary list, to staff of provisional reg't of Westchester Co .; serving at Croton riots, 1900. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution, St. Nicholas Soc., 1st pres. Veterans' Ass'n of First Signal Corps. Ciu'b: Army and Navy. Address: 15 William St., N. Y. City.
AUSTIN, FRANK R.
Banker; b. Tuckerton, N. J., March 2, 1857; s. John H. and Huidah W. (Downs) Austin; ed. public schs .; m. Philadelphia, Sept., 1877, Sophie L. Nugent; chil- dren: William S., b. Sept. 21, 1880; Frank T., b. March 4. 1897. Pres. Tuckerton Bank; mem. firm C. W. Mathis & Co., Ezra Stiles & Co. Mayor of Tuckerton, 3 terms, declined re-election; pres. B'd of Ed'n. Demo- crat; Presby'n. Pres. B'd Trustees, Presby'n Ch. Res- idence: 317 E. Main St. Address. Tuckerton Bank, Tuckerton, N. J.
1 AUSTIN, GEORGE. CURTIS
Lawyer; b. Saluvia, Pa., July 19, 1863. Lecturer on Federal procedure in N. Y. Law Sch .; mem. State As- sembly, 1896-1897. Author: Dwight Method of Legal Instruction. Residence: 895 West End Av. Address: 135 Broadway, N. Y. City.
AUSTIN, WILLIAM MORRIS
Merchant; attended Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., ciass of 1898. Engaged in wholesale dry goods busi- ness. Mem. Deita Psi fraternity, Soc. of Cincinnati, Soc. Colonial Wars, St. Nicholas Soc. Club: Merchants (N. Y.). Address: 53 Leonard St., N. Y. City.
AVERBECK, MAXIMILIAN J.
Diamond importer, manufacturing jeweler; b. Mari- etta, Ohio; s. Maximilian Frederick and Sophia (Moll) Averbeck; ed. Marietta Coll .; grad. N. Y. Coil. of Phar- macy, Columbia Univ .; m. Piermont, N. Y., Annie Walsh Miller; children: Maximilian J., Jr .; Carolyn Rodgers. Dir. Germania Fire Ins. Co. Pres. The Ten and Twelve Maiden Lane Co., Averbeck Drug Co., N. Y. Wholesale Jewelers' Ass'n; trustee Maiden Lane Savings Bank; vestryman and treas. Ail Angels Church; mem. Exec. Com. Nat. Wholesale Jewelers' Ass'n. Republican; Episcopaiian. Clubs: Ohio Soc., Marietta Coli., Economic, West End Ass'n, Rockland Co. Country. Residence: Palisades, Rockland Co., N. Y .; 425 West End Av., N. Y. City. Address: 10-12 Maiden Lane, N. Y. City.
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AVERY, BRAINARD
Lawyer; b. Canton, O., Oct. 24, 1873; s. Rev. W. H. H. Avery, D.D. (Baptist minister) and Emma (Waite) Avery; entered Brown Univ., Providence, Class of 1896; grad. Catholic Univ. of America, Wash., D. C., 1896; m. Middietown' Springs, Vt., 1898, Josephine Baker Gray; children: Albert G., b. 1904; Katharine G., b. 1908; Brainard, Jr., b. 1911. Dir. Granville Nat. Bank, Granvilie, N. Y. Isbell-Porter Co., Newark, N. J., Ruggles Machine Co., Poultney, Vt., and other in- dustrial and financial concerns. Has traveled exten- sively in N. America, S. America, Europe and Asia, visiting over forty countries. Mem. Phi Delta Phi fraternity; Mason, Shriner. Clubs: Union League, Lawyers, Brown Univ. Residence: 56 W. 45th St .. N. Y. City, and Middletown Springs, Vt. Address: 5 Nas- sau St., N. Y. City.
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AVERY, FRANK CHAMBERLAIN
7 Lawyer; b. Seneca Falls, N. Y., June 26, 1860; s. Zalmon Davies and Lucretia (Chamberiain) Avery; ed. Union Coii .; m. Seneca Falls, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1883, Caroline Cecilia Jenks. Admitted to bar, Jan. 2, 1882, and engaged in practice at Seneca Falls, N. Y .; later clerk Surrogate's Court, and partner, successively, of Judges Franklin and Hazelton, at Ovid, N. Y .; for past 20 years practising in N. Y. City; senior partner of firm of Avery & Schlesinger. Past master Union Lodge, No. 114, F. and A.M., and mem. Chapter, Council, and Commandery. Democrat; ex-pres. Ca- yuga Club, 200 Lenox Av .; mem. Psi Upsilon frater- nity. Residence: 110 Morningside Drive. Address: 20 Broad St., N. Y. City.
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AVERY, WILLIAM LESTER
Consul gen .; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 17, 1853; ed, public ' and private schs. of Lee, Mass .; married; two chil- ^ dren. Shipmaster by profession; at sea 1869-1883: ag't of Northern Pacific Express Co., Butte and Miles City, Mont., 1884-1897; consul at Belize since March 9, 1898. Address: Belize, British Honduras.
AYER, FREDERICK FANNING
Author, lawyer; b. Loweii, Mass .; s. James Cook and Josephine Meilen (Southwick) Ayer, g.s. Royal Southwick, of Lowell, Mass .; grandmother, sister of iate H. B. Claflin; grad. Harvard Coll., A.B., 1573; studied at Harvard Law Sch .; unmarried. Admitted to Mass. Bar, 1875; since father's death, 1878, has managed great properties of Ayer estate: presented Ayer Memorial Library, costing $40,000, to town of Ayer, Mass .; dir. Keweenaw Ass'n, Ltd., Loweil & An- dover R. R., J. C. Ayer Co .; iarge stockholder in N. Y. Tribune Ass'n, The Tremont & Suffoik Mills, etc. Au- thor: Beli and Wing (1,260 pages of verse). Ciubs: Union League, Metropolitan, University, Riding, Down Town. Residence: 5 W. 57th St. Address: Milis Bld'g, N. Y. City.
AYRAULT, ARTHUR DE LANCEY
Educator; b. Oxford, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1866; 6. Walter and Elizabeth (Fitzhugh) Ayrault; grad. Columbia Coil., A.B., 1888; m. Flushing, N. Y., 1899, Elizabeth Ewetse Wood; children: Arthur DeLancey, Jr., b. 1901; Wardeil Kinnaird, b. 1909. Master in Washington Coil., Tacoma, Wash., 1889-1892; St. Paul's Sch., Con- cord, N. H., 1892-1896; St. Paul's Sch., Garden City, L. I., 1896-1901. Head Master Heathcote Sch., Harrison, N. Y., since 1901. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. School- masters' Ass'n, Alumni Ass'n of Phi Beta Kappa; Sig- ma Phi fraternity. Trustee Ail Saints Ch., Harrison Free Library. Address: Heathcote Sch., Harrison, N. Y.
AYRES, STEVEN BECKWITH
Real estate; b. Fort Dodge, Iowa, Oct. 27, 1861; s. S. B. and Arte (Duniap) Ayres; grad. Syracuse Univ., A.B .; m. Oct. 5, 1905, Helen Thompson. Pres. and dir. Bronxdaie Realty Corp'n, Wheeler Corp'n, mem. Con- gress 1911-1913. Author: Genealogy of Ayres Fam- ily, 1901; Bridge, 1909; Building an American Mer- chant Marine, 1913. Mem. N. Y. Hist. Soc. Clubs: Psi Upsilon, Graduates, Ardsley. Address: Spuyten Duy- vil, N. Y.
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BABB, GEORGE W.
Fire insurance mg'r; b. Boston, Mass., Oct. 17, 1847; ed. in Boston public and private schs .; m. Nova Scotia, 1886, Janet C. Messinger. Employed in a Boston dry goods jobbing house, 1865-1870; mn'g cierk in a Boston fire insurance agency, 1870-1875, and iocai fire insurance ag't in Boston, 1876-1880; appt'd gen. ag't Commerce In- surance Co. of Albany, N. Y., and removed to Albany, 1880; appt'd sp'i ag't of Northern Assurance Co. of London, 1882; in 1885 appt'd mg'r of New England Dep't of the Northern and removed to Boston; in 1889 appt'd mg'r of N. Y. Dep't of the Northern, comprising the Middle and Southern States, and aiso gen. att'y and financial ag't for that company, and removed to New York. In 1896 again became mg'r of the New England Dep't of the Northern on its consolidation with N. Y. Dep't. Mem. of originai Com. of Four which prepared the Universal Mercantile Schedule. Pres. N. Y. B'd of Fire Underwriters, May, 1907-May, 1909, and Pres. Nat. B'd of Fire Underwriters, May, 1911-May, 1913. Independent. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, Mer- chants Ass'n, New England Soc. of Brooklyn. Ciub: Down Town Ass'n. Address: 55 John St., N. Y. City.
BABBITT, OTIS H.
Physician, surgeon; b. Otsego, N. Y., March 19, 1854; s .. Rosweii and Ann Elizabeth (Brown) Babbitt; ed. Baldwinsville Acad., 1870, Oswego State. Normal Sch., 1875; N. Y. Homoepathic Med. Coil. and Hosp., M. D., 1882; m. Hartwick, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1878, Emma Went- worth Luce; one d .; E. Bianche Denman, b. Oct. 5 1SS] (m. Prof. George E. Denman, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.) Teacher in public schs, 7 years; since 1882, practising physician and surgeon, 14 years in Cooperstown, N. Y .; since 1896 in Auburn, N. Y. Trustee 6 years, village of Cooperstown, N. Y .; pres. village of Cooperstown, 1 year; pres. B'd of Ed'n (mem. 6 years). Republican; mem. M. E. Ch., mem. Ain. Med. Ass'n, Homo- pathic Med. Soc., State of N. Y .; Cayuga Co. Med. Soc., Auburn City Med. Soc., Alumni Ass'n N. Y .; Homeopathic Med. Coll. and Hosp. Mason, Odd Fellow, Mem. Excc. Com. N. Y. State Sunday Sch. Ass'n. Ad- dress: 178 Genesee St., Auburn, N. Y.
BABBOTT, FRANK LUSK
Retired mf'r; b. Waterville, N. Y .; s. Miller and Mary Elizabeth (Crandall) Babbott; grad. Amherst College, A.B., 1878; A.M., 1903; Columbia Univ., LL.B., ISSO; m. Brooklyn, Feb. 18, 1886, Lydia Richardson Pratt; children: Mary R., Frank L., Jr., Lydia P., Helen L. Dir. Remington Typewriter Co .; trustee Brooklyn Sav- ings Bank, Brooklyn Trust Co. Mem. Brooklyn B'd of
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Ed'n, 1895-1902; N. Y. B'd of Ed'n, 1992-1906; (v .- p., 1902-1904), honorary v .- p. Brooklyn Free Kindergar- ten Soc .; pres. Packer Colleglate Inst .; trustee Y. W. C. A. of Brooklyn; Brooklyn Public Library; Brooklyn Acad. of Music; Brooklyn City Plan; pres. Brooklyn Armstrong Ass'n; mem. Art Comm'n of N. Y. City; B'd Home Missions Presby'n Ch .; Gen. Com. Citizens' Union, Author: Classic English Odes; John Donne's poems. Clubs: Century, Alpha Delta Phi, University, Grolier, City (N. Y. City), University, Montauk, Hamilton (Brooklyn), Nassau Country, Adirondack League. Resl- dences: Glen Cove, L. I., and 149 Lincoln Pl., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 346 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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