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WJFARNSWORTH, FREDERICK EUGENE
Gen. See. Am. Bankers' Ass'n; b. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 2, 1852; s. Leander L. and Frances (Higgins) Farnsworth; ed. public schs., Detroit, Mich .; m. Jack- son, Mich., Dec. 2, 1891 Henrietta Bloomfield Clark- son; children: Frederick Clarkson, b. Oct. 22, 1892; Clarkson Lewls, b. Sept. 22, 1896. Started early in life in boot and shoe line, with father; but owing to ill health of father, was compelled to take entire charge of concern, which he managed 15 years, when ill health obliged him to retire. Was identified with Art Loan Ass'n of Detroit, which was organized 1883, and app't gen. scc. and exec. officer; sec. Michigan Club, 1887-1897; appt'd cashier Union Nat. Bank, 1897. After several years, gave up banking, and branched into several business enterprises, retaining position as dir. of bank. Was ass't treas. Detroit Fair and Exp'n. Was instrumental In bringing about org'n of secretaries of State Bankers' Ass'ns, of which he was soc. and treas., and Conf. of Clearing Houses of U. S., 1899, of which he was sec .: was v .- p. and sec. Clearing House Section of Am. Bankers' Ass'n; app't gen. sec. Am. Bankers' Ass'n. 1907. Also sec. al:d treas. Mooswa Mining Co., of MInn. Served in N. G. of Mich., on staff of Gov. laice, as mem, State Mil. B'ã. and treas .: had charge of dept. devoted to old soldiers of Civil War, and Soldiers' Hosp. Fund of Detrolt. Was City assessor of Detroit, and post- master of Marlborough, Mich, Republican; Methodist. Mason (32°), Knights Templar, Knight of Pythins; pres. Mich. Soc. of N. Y .; corporator of Detrolt Museum of Art (sec. 25 years, until 1907). Recreation: Motor- ing. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Lawyers, Pilgrims, De- trolt. Residence: 800 Riverside Drive. Address: 5
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FARNSWORTH, PHILIP
Lawyer; b. New Haven, "Conn., 1874; s. Frederick B. and Clara A. ( Prince) Farnsworth; grad. Sheffield Scientific Sch. (Yale), Ph.B., 1894; Yale Law Sch., LL.B., 1897; Columbian Univ., Master Patent Law, 1508; m. Albany, N. Y., 1902, Bertha Boss; children: Philip, Jr. b. 1903; Gordon, b. 1910. Lawyer; veteran New Haven Grays. Progressive; Episcopalian. Clubs: Highland, Yale, Graduates. Residence: Summit, N. J. Address: 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.
FARQUHAR, JOHN WILSON
Lawyer; b. Lower Chanceford, York Co., Pa., March 3, 1861; s. John and Sarah (Wilson) Farquhar; ed. public schs., Easton, l'a .; grad. Lafayette Coll., Easton, A.B., 1580; Columbia Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1887; m. Briar Cliff, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1897, Caroline Hyatt; one child, Caroline, b. Dec. 8. 1900. Admitted to N. Y. Co. Bar, June, 1887; practised in ass'n with firm of Strong & Cadwalader, until June, 1900, engaging Independently until April 1, 1902. Sec. Lackawanna Steel Co., until Aug., 1906; practising law since 1906. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Residence: 124 Bruce Av., Yonkers, N. Y. Address: 59 Wall St., N. Y. City,
FARRAGUT, LOYALL
Author; b. Norfolk. Va., 1844; s. Admiral David G. and Virginia L. Farragut; grad. U. S. Mil. Acad., West Point, 1868; m. N. Y. City, 1869, Gertrude Metcalfe. After some time in the army resigned and was in employ of the Central R. Il. of N. J. Author: Life of David Glasgow Farragut, First Admiral of the United States Navy. Mem. Naval Order of U. S., Am. Geog. Soc., Mil. Order of Loval Legion, Ass'n of Grad- uates of U. S. Mil. Acad. Clubs: University, Century. Address: 113 E. 36th St., N. Y. City.
FARRAND, LIVINGSTON
Educator; b. Newark, N. J., June 14, 1867; s. Samuel A. and Louise ( Wilson) Farrand: ed. Newark Acad., Princeton, A.B., 1SSS, A.M., 1891; Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), M.D., 1891; post-grad. work at Cambridge, England, 1891-1892; Berlin, 1892-1893; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 1, 1901, Margaret K. Carleton; children: Margaret Propert, b. 1902; Louise Wilson. b. 1903; John, b. 1904; Mary Dalton, b. 1907: Robert Kitchel, b. 1908. Instr. physiol. psychology, 1893-1899; adjunct prof. psychol- ogy, 1901-1903; prof. anthropology since 1903, Colum- bla Univ. Fellow N. Y. Acad. Sciences, A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Soc. Naturalists, Am. Psychol. Ass'n (sec. 1805- 1904); fellow Ain. Ethnol. Soc .; mem. Am. Folklore Soc. (pres. 1903); exec. scc. Nat. Ass'n' for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Author of monographs and papers relating to anthropology of Am. Indians. Clubs: University, Princeton. Address: 105 E. 22d St., N. Y. City.
FARRAR, GERALDINE
Opera singer; b. Melrose, Mass., Feb. 28, 1882; d. Sydney and Henrietta (Barnes) Farrar; grad. public schs. Melrose; received musical ed'n in Paris and Berlin. Made debut as Margucrite in Faust, Royal. Opera House, Berlin, 1901. Mem. Berlin Royal Opera since 1901, and Metropolitan Opera since 1906. Resi- dence: Berlin, Germany. Address: Met. Opera House, N. Y. City.
FARRAR, JOHN REDMOND
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1867; s. Ben- jamin F. and Julia (Redmond) Farrar; ed. public schs. and Brooklyn High Sch .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 28, 1893, Eleanor G. Kelly; children: Grace Eleanor. b. 1894; John Redmond, b. 1897. Admitted to bar in 1888. Engaged in gen. practice of law in N. Y. City, 18SS-1910. Mem. of Assembly of N. Y., 1908-1909; elected justice Municipal Court of City of N. Y. for full term of ten years, beginning Jan. 1, 1910. Re- publican. Clubs: Invincible, Stuyvesant Heights Re- publican, Fulton Council, Royal Arcanum (all of Brooklyn), Masons (N. Y. City), Mahopac Boat ( Lake Mahopac, N. Y.). Address: 415 Hancock St., Brook- lyn. N. Y.
FARRAR, PRESTON COOKE
Educator; b. Washington Co., Pa., March 11, 1870; s. Samuel Clarke and Marietta (Cooke) Farrar; grad. Washington and Jefferson Coll., A.B., 1891; Columbla Univ., A.M., 1904; m. Allegheny, Pa. June 30, 1902, Edna V. Patterson; children: Elizabeth Dean, b. March 5, 1907; Alexander Patterson, b. May 19, 1911. Teacher of English and Latin, Allegheny, Pa., High School, 1891-1896; head of English Dept., 1896-1900; grad. student Columbia Univ., 1900-1903; teacher of Eng- lish DeWitt Clinton High Sch., N. Y. City, 1901-1903; head of English Dept. Erasmus Hall High Sch. (Brooklyn) since 1903. Pres. N. Y. Clty Ass'n of High
School Teachers of English, 1907-1909. Editor: Ma- cauley's Lord Clive (Longman's, 1910). Mem. Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Club: Graduates (N. Y. City). Address: 421 E. 18th St., Brooklyn. N. Y.
FARRELL, CHARLES L.
Banker; b. Bristol, Ind., Nov. 14, 1874; s. John W. and Mary J. Farrell; ed. Bristol High Sch., Transyl- vania Univ., Lexington, Ky .; m. Oct. 14, 1898, Nellie May Richards. Sec. Indlana Bankers' Ass'n, 1899- 1903; mem. Exec. Com. Am. Bankers' Ass'n, 1903-1906. Ass't cashier Capital Nat. Bank, Indianapolis, Ind., 1899-1903; v .- p. Fort Dearborn Nat. Bank, Chicago, Ill .; 1903-1906; drving" Nat. Bank, N. Y. City, 1906- 1909. Pres. and dir. Essex County Nat. Bank; dir. Securities Saving Bank. Republican; Methodist. Ma- son. Recreations: Golf, riding. Clubs: Union League (N. Y. City), Essex, Down Town (Newark), Essex County Country (W. Orange), Baltusrol Country (Short Hills, N. J.). Residence: 624 Clifton Av. Ad- dress: Essex County Nat. Bank, Newark, N. J. FARRELL, JAMES A.
Capitalist. Pres. and dir. U. S. Steel Corp'n; dir. U. S. Steel Products Export Co., Tenn. Coal, Iron & R. R. Co. Address: 30 Church St., N. Y. Clty.
FARRELL, JAMES CHARLES
Capitalist; b. Albany, N. Y., Mar. 24, 1870; s. John Henry Farrell; m. April 5, 1893, Margaret R., a. Anthony N. Brady, Albany, N. Y. Address: Thurlow Terrace, Albany, N. Y.
. FARRELLY, STEPHEN
Am. News Co. mg'r; b. in Ireland, 1843; came to America, 1848, with father, who emigrated during political troubles of 1848. Entered service, 1860, of Dexter & Brother, news agents, N. Y. City; afterward prominent mems. of Am. News Co., founded in 1864. Went South, 1864, and undertook mg'mt of book firm of John M. Cooper & Co., of Savannah, Ga., then in a desperate state as a result of the war; made com- promises with creditors of house, and as partner in firm, managed business successfully until 1869, when returned to N. Y. City, and established the National News Co. This, after a few years, became merged in the Ain. News Co., of which was made dir .; went to Philadelphia as mg'r Central News Co. (branch of Am. News Co.), 1878; inaugurated here the wagon de- livery system and the method of short credits and quick collections; now mg'r Am. News Co. Treas. Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum; mem. of various clubs and ass'ns. Residence: 182 W. 58th St. Address: 11 Park Pl., N. Y. City.
FARRINGTON, WILLIAM HYATT
Publisher; b. N. Y. City, July 24, 1838; s. William Hi. and Frances Child (Francis) Farrington; ed. private sechs., prepared for coll., passing examination, but pre- vented by ill health from taking course; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 24, 1860, Sophie De Voe; children: Fannie, b. 1863: William H., b. 1871; Thomas Coggeshall, b. 1878; Helen Congdon, ib. 1881. Has pursued a business and literary life; trustee, sec. and treas. D. Van Nostrand Co. Mem. N. Y. City Charity Org'n Soc .; Nat. Geog. Soc. ( Wash- ington, D. C.), N. Y. State Hist. Ass'n, Am. Museum of Natural History, N. Y. Acad. of Science, Met. Museum of Art (N.Y.), Nantucket (Mass.) Hist. Ass'n, Hort. Soc. of N. Y Residence: Elizabeth, N. J. Address: 23 Murray St., N. Y. City.
x FARROW, EDWARD S.
Consulting railroad and mining eng'r; b. Snow llll, Md., April 20, 1855; s. William 11, and Catherine A. (Jackson) Farrow; grad. Baltimore City Coll., 1872; U. S. Mil. Acad., 1876; m. 1897, Elizabeth E. Downing. inventor and discoverer of gravity control by intensifi- cation of Hertzian waves. Anthor: Farrow's Milltary Encyclopedia; Camping on the Trail; West Point and the Military Academy; American Small Arms. Ad-
dress: 50 Church St., N. Y. City.
FARWELL, JOHN VILLIERS
Wholesale merchant; b. Chicago, Ill., Oct. 6, 1858; s. John V. and Emeret (Cooley) Farwell; ed. Lake For- (st Acad., Willlston Sem., East Hampton, Mass., 1875; Yale Univ., B.A., 1879; m. Wheaton, Ill,, Muy 20, 1554, Eilen Drummond (dled Ang. 6. 1912); one d .: Kath- arine, b. Sept. 23, 1859. Pres. John V. Parwell Co .; dir. Nat. Bank of Republic, Chicago; llarris Safe Deposit Co., Chleago & Northwestern R'y Co. Republican; Presby'n. Pres. B'd of Trustees, Y. M. C. A., Chicago; pres. 1st State Pawners Soc .. Chicago; mem. Yale Corp'n; B'd of Trustees Lake Forest Univ .; pres. Nat. Citizens' læagne For promotion of Sound Banking System. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Chicago, Univer- sity, Onwentsia, Commercial (Chicago), Merchants, University (N. Y. Clty). Residence: Ardlelgh, Lake Forrest, Ill .. and 33 Bellevue Pl., Chicago. Address: 109 S. Market St., Chicago, Il.
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FARWELL, WALTER
Capitalist; b. Chicago, Ill., June 23, 1863; s. Charles B. and Mary Evelyn (Smith) Farwell; ed. Lake Forest Acad., Ill., Yale Univ., B.A., class 1885; m. Washington, D. C., July 10, 1902, Mildred Williams. V .- p. John V. Farwell Co., Chicago; mn'g dir. Capital Freehold Land & Investment Co., Ltd., of Chicago and London. Clubs: Chicago, Metropolitan (Washington), St. James (London), Metropolitan, City Midday (N. Y.), Meadow Brook, Piping Rock (L. I.). Residence: Syosset, N. Y. Address: 102 S. Market St., Chicago, Il1.
FASSETT, JACOB SLOAT
Lawyer, ex-mem. Congress; b. Elmira, N. Y., Nov. 13, 1853; grad. Univ. of Rochester, 1875; post-grad. work in law and polit, economy at Univ. of Heidel- berg, Germany, 1880-1881; nf. 1879, Jennle L., d. late E. B. Crocker, of Sacramento, Calif. Admitted to bar, 1878; dist. att'y Chemung Co., N. Y., 1879-1880; N. Y. State Senator, 1884-1891; Republican nominee for gov- ernor, 1891, but defeated by Roswell P. Flower; elected 1904 to 59th Congress from 33d N. Y. District; re- elected 1906 to Goth. Congress, and again re-elected in 1908 to 61st Congress. Republican; delegate to Rep. Nat. Conv., Chicago, 1880; temporary chm'n Rep. Nat. Conv., Minneapolis, 1892; scc. Nat. Rep. Com., 1888- 1892. Owns interests in mines, ranches, banks, etc., in West. Address: Elmira, N. Y.
FAUST, ALBERT BERNHARDT
Educator, author; b. Baltimore, Md., Aprll 20, 1870; s. John and Katherine (Kalbfleisch) Faust; grad. Johns Hopkins Univ., A.B., 1889, Ph.D., 1892. Traveled and studied in Europe, 1892-1894. Matriculated Univ. of Berlin, 1892-1893; unmarrled. Instr. German, Johns Hopkins Univ .. 1894-1896; ass't prof. German, Wes- leyan Univ., ' Middletown, Con1., 1896-1903; ass't prot. German, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., 1903-1904; ass't prof. German, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y., 1904, prof. since 1910. Author of Essays; Charles Sealsfield's Place in Literature; The Development of Goethe's Ethical and Religious Views; An Interpretation of the IX. Book of Wolfram's Parzival; The Problematic Hero in German Fiction. Editor of text-books, Helne's Prose, Zschokke's Talcs. Author: Charles Sealsfield (Carl Postl), Der Dichter beider Hemisphären. Weimar, 1897 (Felber); The German Element in the U. S., with special reference to its Political, Moral, Social and Educational Influence, 1909, which won $3,000 Conrad Seipp Memorial prize, under auspices of University of Chicago; Das Deutschtum In Vereinigten Staaten, 2 vols. (Teubner). Independent. den Mem. Modern Language Ass'n, Am. Hist. Ass'n, Ver- band Deutscher Schriftsteller in Amerika, Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Town and Gown, Country (Ithaca). Address: Cornell Heights, Ithaca, N. Y.
FAVERSHAM, WILLIAM
Actor; b. In England, Feb. 17, 1868; ed. Chigwell Grammar Sch., Essex, Eng., and Hillmartin Coll., Lon- don; served in English Yeomanry, 1886-1893; married. Made first appearance in America, 1887, in support of Helen Hastings, Union Sq. Theatre, N. Y. City; joined Lyceum Co. for a time, and after leaving that ap- peared as Leo in Rider Haggard's She, and with Mrs. Minnie Fiske in a number of plays; under Frohman's management ever since in New York; played in The Squaw Man, 1905-1906; Herod, and The Barber of New Orleans. Club: Lambs. Address: 214 E. 17th St., N. Y. City.
FAVOUR, ALPHEUS HOYT
Lawyer; b. Natick, Mass., Oct. 8, 1880; s. Richmond and Josephine (Temple) Favour; ed. Natick, Mass., public schs., Amherst Coll. B.S., 1903; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1905; m. Kenton, O., Sept. 25, 1907, Ethel Lam- bert; children: Catharine, b. April 24, 1909; Mary Temple, b. Nov. 9, 1910. Partner in firm Favour & Colwell. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Amherst Ass'n, Phi Delta Theta. Club: Nipnlschen. Residence: Spuyten Duyvil. Address: 43 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
FAY, ALBERT HILL
Mining eng'r; b. Appleton City, Mo., March 12, 1871; s. Levi L. and Adaline (Hill) Fay; grad. Mo. Sch. of Mines. Rolla, Mo., B.S., E.M., 1902; post-grad, course in geology, Columbia Univ., A.M., 1905-1906; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1908, Clara L. Constable. Ass't to sec. of Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, 1902-1903; ass't mining eng'r, Greene Consolidated Copper Co., Cananea, Mex., 1903-1905; mining eng'r at Tin City, Alaska, with Bartels Tin Mining Co., 1906-1907; mining eng'r with John T. Williams & Son, Bristol, Tenn., 1907-1908; editorial staff of Engineering & Mining Journal, N. Y. City, 1909-1910; editor Mineral Industry, 1911; now mining eng'r U. S. Bureau of Mines, Washington, D. C. Republican; Congregation-
alist (Plymouth Ch., Brooklyn) Mem. Am. Inst Mining Eng'rs, Tau Beta Pi fraternity. Address: Care Engineering and Mining Journal, 505 Pearl St, N. Y. City.
FAY, AMY
Concert player, teacher; b. Bayou Goula, La., May 21, 1844; d. Rev. Charles (s. Judge Fay, Cambridge, Mass.) and Emily Hopkins Fay (d. Bishop John Henry Hopkins, of Vt.); ed. St. Albans, Vt., Cambridge, Mass., and Berlin, Germany; studied musie six years in Eu- rope under such masters as Tausig, Kuilak, Liszt and Deppe; made debut in concert of Mendelssohn Glee Club of N. Y. City, 1876; played with Theodora Thomas Orchestra, Cambridge, 1877; was first to in- troduce piano concertos with orchestra in Worcester (Mass.) annual musical festivais; has traveled ex- tensively in U. S., giving concerts and recitals in many of the leading citles; gave lecture recitals in the N. Y. City public schools (evenings), 1902-1905; on account of informal style of treating recitals calls them piano conversations; is identified with many women's musical clubs, and is interested generally In the advancement of women in music. Author: Music Study in Germany, 1881, which was reviewed and titled by Longfellow, and has passed through more than 25 editions, and translated into French and German by request of Liszt. Pres. Women's Phil- harmonic Soc. of N. Y. City; now engaged on a book on South America. Address: 60 W. 94th St., N. Y. City.
V FEARONS, GEORGE HADSALL
Lawyer; b. Newport, Ky., Nov. 9, 1853; grad. St. Xavier Coll., Cincinnati, O., A.B., 1871 (A.M.); post- grad. studies in Europe. Gen. att'y Western Union Telegraph Co., Am. Dist. Telegraph Co. of N. J., and many other corp'ns. Residence: Glen Ridge, N. J. Address: 195 Broadway, N. Y. City.
FECHTIG, JAMES AMOS, JR.
Lawyer; b. Cumberland, Md., Nov. 4, 1874; s. James Amos (M.D.) and Elizabeth (McHenry) Fechtig; ed. Calvert Hall, Baltimore public schs., Baltimore, St. John's Coll., Annapolis, A.B., 1895, A.M., 1898; Univ. of Md., LL.B., 1897; m. N. Y. City, 1911. Lula A. James. In practise since admission to bar; justice In police courts, Baltimore, 1900-1904. Pres. Corp'n Co. of America, sec. and solicitor Atlantic Fruit Co. Demo- crat. Mem. Bar Ass'n, Balto. City, Md .; State Bar Ass'n, Pan-Am. Soc. of U. S., Geog. Soc., Fraternal Order of Eagles. Trustee St. John's Coll., Annapolis, Md. Club: Lawyers. Residence: 800 Riverside Drive. Addresses: 11 Broadway, N. Y. City; 839 Equitable Bld'g, Baltimore, Md.
FEELEY, THOMAS T.
Editor; b. Lockport, N. Y., May 28, 1876; s. James and Winifred ( Byrnes) Feeley; ed. Lockport High Sch. Connected with newspaper work until 1910; was editor Review Printing and Publishing Co. Mem. N. Y. State Legislature, 1910; Lockport B'd of Health for 3 years. Mem. Lockport B'd of Ed'n since 1900; now Niagara County Clerk, entering on second term, Jan. 1, 1914. Republican; Roman Catholic. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Address: 206 Niagara St., Lockport, N. Y.
VFEITNER, THOMAS LOWE
Lawyer; b. N. Y. Clty, July 31, 1847; s. John and Elizabeth (Lowe) Feitner; ed. public schs., City Coll .; in. N. Y., 1877, Mary Moore; children: Mrs. Marie E. Powell, Mrs. Nina Willis Chatillon, Quentin Field. Studied law with Quentin McAdam; admitted to the bar, 1869; comm'r of taxes, 1883-1892; city magistrate, 1893-1895; pres. Dep't Taxes, 1898-1901; referee of Su- preme Court in various cases. Senior mem. firm of Feitner & Beck for 25 years. Mem. State Bar Ass'n, Catholic Hist. Soc .; trustee St. Patrick's Cathedral; men. and sec. B'd of Estimate and Apportionment, 1898-1902. Mem. Knights of Columbus, Soc. Med. Jurisprudence. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Catholic, Nat. Democratic. Address: 67 Wall St., N. Y. City.
FELL, HERBERT N.
Real estate; bb. Prescott, Ont., June 3, 1871; s. John N. and Sylva (Perrin) Fell; ed. Prescott, Ont., public and high schis .; in. N. Y., Feb. 28, 1912. Mildred Ketcham Eagle; one d., Sylva Elizabeth, b. Jan. 1, 1913. Began career in employ of Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y., 1891; appt'd gen. agent, 1895, and was for years the company's youngest mg'r; remained with that co. until Sept., 1906; v .- p. and dir. McKnight Realty Co .; dir. First Mortgage and Real Estate Co., Dyre Av. Realty Co., Sagamore Realty Co., all of N. Y., and head of firm of Herbert N. Fell & Co., bond brokers and agents, N. Y. and London. Republican;
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Presby'n. Recreations: Motoring and tennis. Clubs: Atlantic Yacht, Automobile of America (life mem.), Royal Automobile (London), Stoke Poges Golf. Ad- Aress: 21 Ironmonger Lane, London, E. C., Eng.
FELT, EPHRAIM PORTER
Entomologist; b. Salem, Mass., Jan. 7, 1868; S. Charies Wilson and Martha Sceth (Ropes) Felt; ed. Mass. Agr'l Coll., Boston Univ., B.S., 1891; Cornell Univ., D.S., 1894 (fellow in entomology, 1892-1893); m. Berlin, Mass., June 24, 1896, Helen Maria Otterson; children: Margaret, b. 1899; Ernest Porter, b. 1902; Hefen, b. 1905; Elizabeth, b. 1911. Specialist on glpsy moth work, 1891; teacher natural sciences, Clinton Liberal Inst., Fort Plain, N. Y., 1893-1895; ass't to ftate entomologist, 1895-1898; N. Y. State entomolo- rist, since Dec., 1898. Editor: Journal of Economic Entomology; writer for several agr'l and hort. papers, and has published many articles on entomology, and prepared numerous bulletins and reports issued by the State, the more important being: Scale Insects, and a monograph on Insects Affecting Park and Wood- land Trees (quarto vol., over 800 pages, illus. by 72 plates); important investigations on aquatic insects have been conducted under his direction. Trustee Nassau Sch., Nassau Public Library; mem. Western S. Y. Hort. Soc., N. Y. State Fruit Growers' Ass'n, fellow A. A.A.S .; mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Sigma Xi, Ass'n Eco- nomic Entomologists (past pres.), Entomol. Soc. of Washington, Entomol. Soc. of America, Entomol. Soc. of Ontario (honorary), fellow N. Y. Entomol. Soc., Société Entomologique de France, Albany Entomol. Soc., Albany Inst. Hist. and Art Soc. Recreation: Outdoor exercise. Residence: Nassau, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. Address: State Museum, Albany, N. Y.
FELTER, WILLIAM L.
Educator; b. Brooklyn, Dcc. 5, 1862; s. John Danlel And Mary Campbell (Finch) Felter; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1883; N. Y. Univ., Ph.D.,. 1897 (Taylor Univ., LL.D., 1897); m. Brooklyn, 1883, Mary Bentley; one d., Louise Bentley, b. 1886. Teacher in Manhattan schs., 1883-1887; later prin. and ass't sup't, Brooklyn; prin. Commercial High Sch. and Giris' High Sch. since 1000. Travels abroad in summers. Pres. Brooklyn Teachers' Aid Ass'n, Dep't of Pedagogy, Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences. Republican; Methodist. Mem, Am. Economic Ass'n; asso. mem. Grant Post, No. 327, G. A. R .; mem. Nu Chapter Delta Kappa Epsilon. Recreations: Bicycling, traveling, lecturing. Club: University (Brooklyn). Address: 996 Sterling Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
FELTON, SAMUEL MORSE
Raliway president; b. Philadelphia, Feb. 3, 1853; ed. Mass. Inst. Technology; m. Pittsburgh, Pa., 1880, Dora Hamilton. In railway service from Aug., 1868; rod- man Chester Creek R. R., 1868-1870; leveler and ass't eng'r Lancaster R. R., 1870-1871; Eng'r in charge sur- Veys of Chester & Paoli R. R., 1872; chief eng'r Ches- ter & Delaware River R. R., 1873-1874; gen. sup't Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis R'y, 1874-1882; also gen. sup't Little Miami & Cincinnati, and Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley R. R.s, Scpt., 1881-Jan., 1882; gen. mg'r N. Y. & New England R. R., 1882-1884; ass't to pres., N. Y., Lake Erie & Western R. R., in sp'l charge of N. Y., Pa. & Ohio R. R., Feb .- Nov., 1884; gen. mg'r N. Y., Pa. & Ohlo R. R., 1884-1885; v .- p. in charge traf- . fic dep't, Jan .- Oct., 1885; 1st v .- p. in charge traffic and operating dep't, Oct., 1985-Nov., 1890, N. Y., Lake Erie & Western R. R .; pres, E. Tenn., Va. & Ga. R'y, 1890- 1832; pres. Nov., 1890-Oct., 1899 (also receiver, March, 1893-1895) Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific R'y; pres. Ala., Great Southern R. R., 1890-1895; re- celver Ky. & Ind. Bridge Co., 1893-1900; pres. Chicago & Alton R'y, Joliet & Chicago R. R., and Kansas City, St. Louis & Chicago R. R., 1899-1907; Nov., 1907-April; 1909, pres. Mexican Central R'y, and of the Mexican- Am. Steamship Co .; chm'n B'd of Tenn. Central R. R., June, 1909-Jan., 1910; pres. Chicago Great Western R. R. since Aug., 1909; receiver Pere Marquette R. R., since Aug. 26, 1912. Mem. Am. Soe. Civil Eng'rs, Sons of Revolution, Soc. Colonial Wars, Ohio Soc., New England Soc. in N. Y. Clubs: University, Recess (N. Y. Clty), Chicago, Chicago Athletic. Chicago Golf, Saddie and Cycle, University (Chicago), Minnesota (St. Paul), Minneapolis (Minneapolis). Addresses: Chi- cago, Ill. and 23 Wall St., N. Y. Clty.
FERGUSON, CHARLES
Editor: b. Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Jan. 22, 1863; s. Ed- win Llewellyn and Annette (Clark) Ferguson; ed. public schs. of Buffalo, N. Y. and Univ. of Mich .; m. Boston, Mass., Nov. 9, 1888, Georgia Ransom Faye; children: Mrs. Tamura lilworth of Washington, D. C .; Charles, Jr., of Littleton, N. H. Engaged in prac- tice after graduation; mein. N. Y. Bar; was for 12 years presbyter of Episcopal Ch., rector St. James Ch.,
Syracuse, N. Y,; since 1908, on editorial staff of N. Y. American. Author: The Rellgion of Democracy, The Affirmative Intellect, The University Militant. Clubs: National Arts, N. Y. Press, Authors' (London, Eng- land). Address: 15 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.
FERGUSON, DANIEL ARAUNAH
Clergyman; b. near Ogdensburg, N. Y., July 10, 1850; s. Rev. Archibald and Nancy A. (Rodger) Ferguson; ed. Ogdensburg Acad .; grad Hamilton Coll., 1871, S.T.D., 1905; Union Theological Sein., 1875; m. 1st, Rossie, N, Y., Jan. 2. 1878, Selina B. Leonard; 2d, Jan. 24, 1883. Mary Ellen Cuthbert; children: William Archibald, Helen, Florence, Leonard Cuthbert. Pastor Presby'n Ch., Hanimond, N. Y., since May, 1875; sec. County Sunday Sch. Ass'n 12 years; permanent clerk 17 years, now stated cierk Presbytery of St. Lawrence; perma- nent clerk Synod of N. Y. Address: Hammond, N. Y.
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