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FERGUSON, GEORGE ALBERT
Chemist; b. Brooklyn, Aug. 31, 1868; s. David W. and Ellen T. Ferguson; grad. Columbia School of Mines, Ph.B., 1890; m. Brooklyn, 1893, Elsie Loeb. En- gaged in practice as analytical chemist from 1890; on teaching staff of N. Y. Coll. Pharmacy since 1896, as, consecutively, ass't inst'r, demonstrator, and now prof. analytical chemistry and mathematics. Examiner of med. supplies, etc., to U. S. Dep't of Interior since 1893; chemist N. Y. State B'd of Pharmacy since 1895, and also officlal chemist to Internal Revenue Service of U. S. Treasury Dep't. Mem. of firm of Ferguson-Han- cock Laboratorles (Blue Point, L. I.); expert In toxl- cology and clinical chemistry. Jolnt author of Elliott and Ferguson's Qualitative Chemical Analysis; coll- tributor to technical periodicals. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Soc. Chem. Industry, N. Y. State Pharma- ceutical Ass'n, Am. Pharmaceutical Ass'n. Club: Uni- versity (Brooklyn). Residence: 303 Stuyvesant Av., Brooklyn. Address: 121 W. 42d St., N. Y. City.
FERGUSON, JEREMIAH SWEETSER
Physiclan, ass't prof. and sec. Cornell Univ. Med. Coll .; b. Scarsport, Me., May 31, 1871; s. Albert Bar- nett and Amanda Matilda (Swectser) Ferguson; grad. Univ. of Me., B.S., 1889, M.S., 1892; Univ. of N. Y., M.D., 1893; nı. Abbot, Me., 1893, Mabel Estella Currier; chil- dren: Russell Sweetser, Albert Barnett, Frank Cur- rier, Ethel, Alice Mabel, Jeremiah Sweetser, Jr. MIcm. N. Y. Co. and State Med. Socs., Am. Med. Ass'n; N. Y. . Acad. of Medicine, N. Y. Pathol. Soc., Ass'n Am. Anat- omists, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Kappa Sigma fraternity, Mc. Soc., Masonic order, K. T., Mystic Shrine, Unlv. of Me. Alumni Ass'n. Address: 330 W. 28th St., N. Y. City.
FERNALD, JAMES CHAMPLIN
Clergyman, author, editor; b. Portland, Me., Aug. 18, 1838; s. Henry B. and Mabel C. Fernald; grad. Har- vard Univ., 1860 (1st Bowdoin prize for English com- position); Newton Theol. Inst'n, 1863: ordalned to Bapt. ministry at Rutland, Vt .; L.H.D., Denison Univ., 1901; m. 1st, Rutland, Vt., 1869, Mary B. Griggs (died 1870); 2d, MeConnellsville, O., June 18, 1873, Nettie S. Barker; children: Charles Barker, Henry Barker, Luther Dana. James Gordon, Grace Maxwell, Mabel Ruth. Pastor of Granville, Springfield and other churches in Ohio 20 years until 1889; on staff of Stan- dard Dietionary, as editor of synonyms, antonyms and prepositions; editor-in-chief of Students' Standard Dletionary, sclæcting and defining 65,000 words from the 300,000 of the larger work; has since prepared other abridgements, the Standard Primary, Interme- dlate, Concise; abridgements of New Standard Dic- tlonary, 1913-1914; for a time editor Homiletic Re- view; asso. editor Columbian Cyclopedia. Lecturer on English Prose Style, Y.M.C.A., Washington, D. C., 1906- 1910. Editor Encyclopedic Dep't of Standard Diction- ary, 1910. Author: The Economics of Prohibition, 1890; The New Womanhood, 1894; Synonyms, Anto- nyms and Prepositions of the English Language, 1895: The Spaniard In History, 1898; The Imperlal Republic, 1898: Home Training of Children, 1898; True Mother- hood, 1900; Connectives of English Speech, 1900; A Working Grammar of the English Language. 1908. Residence, 207 Lorralne Av., Upper Montclair, N. J. Address: Care Funk & Wagnalls, 354 Fourth Av., N. Y. Clty.
FERREE, BARR
Author, editor, art critic; b. Philadelphla; s. Samuel Patterson and Annic Appleton (Drown) Ferree: grad. Univ. of Pa., 1884. Hon. and corr. mem. Royal Inst. of British Architects (London); corr. mem. Academie d'Alx-en-Provence, Société Archeologique du Midi de la France, Am. Inst. of Architects; past pres. Dep't of Architecture, Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Selenees; sec. Nat. Sculpture Soc. of N. Y., 1895-1898: founder and editor Shakespeariana. Philadelphia and N. Y. City. 1885-1892; architectural editor Engineering Magazine,
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1892-1894; founder and see. from beginning, The Penn- sylvania Soc. (N. Y. City), and editor of its Year Book, published anually from 1901; treas. A.m. Soe. Church History; inem. Architectural League of N. Y., Sons of Revolution, Huguenot Soe, of America, Hudson-Fulton Celebration Comm'n, etc. Has contributed many ar- tieles, chiefly on art subjects, to The Century, Scrib- ner's Magazine, The Cosmopolitan, Architectural Ree- ord, Westminster Review (London), The Builder (Lon- don), Stone, Education, American Antiquarian, Nation, The Critic, Yale Review, Inland Architect, American Architect, Architecture and Building, Scientific Ameri- can, Building Monthly, American Homes and Garden, N. Y. Evening Post, etc .; interested in popular move- ments in art and in patriotic effort. Author: Penn- sylvania-A Primer, 1904; Amcriean Estates and Gar- dens, 1904. Address: 249 W. 13th St., N. Y. City.
FERRIS, ALBERT WARREN
Physician; b. Brooklyn, Dee. 3, 1856; s. Richard B. and Sarah A. (Demarest) Ferris; ed. Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, 1865-1867; Newark (N. J.), Acad., 1869-1870; Newark (N. J.), Latin Seli., 1872-1873; Hasbrouck Inst., Jersey City, 1873-1874; grad. N. Y. Univ., A.B. (Grock salutatorian, $200 prize fellow, Greek contestant, also Regent, in Intercollegiate Lit. Ass'n, Quarterly editor, senior elass pres., and Phi Beta Kappa), 1878, A.M., 1885; M.D. Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), 1882; m. N. Y. City, 1892-1912; resident physician, Glen and surg. interne Kings Co. Hosp., 1883-1885; ass't resident physician, Sanford Hall (private hosp. for mental disorders), Flushing, 1885-1891; physician-in- charge, Dr. Choate's House, Pleasantville, N. Y., 1893- 1894 and 1896; physleian-in-eharge Dr. Bond's House, Yonkers, N. Y., 1905 and 1907; praetising medicine N. Y. City, 1892-1912; resident physician, Glen Springs, Watkins, N. Y., 1912-1913; medical expert to Board of Commissioners, State Reservation nt Saratoga Springs, since 1913; ass't in medicine Van- derbilt clinic, 1892-1895; ass't in neurology, Columbia Univ., 1893-1900; trustee and treas. Rutgers Female Coll., IS91-1893; ineorporator, dir. and financial see. Pringle Memorial Home, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1899- 1908; med. contb'r Internat. Year Book since 1898; editor-in-charge and eontb'r Dep't of Medicine New Internat. Encyclopedia sinee 1902; med. editor and contb'r Nelson's Encyclopedia, 1906-1907 and 1910; ass't in medicine N. Y. Univ. and Bellevne Hosp., Med. Coll., 1898-1907; consulting physician, Italian Hosp.,. N. Y. City, since 1909; editor on staff Medico-Surgical Bulletin, 1894-1896; Med. Critle, 1901-1903; editor Stale Hosp. Bulletin, 1908-1912; contb'r Bookman. med. journals, and daily press; mem. Saratoga Co., and N. Y. State Med. Socs .; N. Y. Acad. of Medicine; N. Y. Neurol. Soc .; Am. Med. Psycholog. Ass'n; pres. N. Y. Univ. Alumni Ass'n, 1903-1905; district pres. Delta Upsilon fraternity, 1906-1907; nat. v .- p. 1883 and 1903; was chm'n section on neurology and psychiatry, N. Y. Aead. of Medieine; section. chm'n N. Y. State Med. Soe., 1912; appt'd pres. N. Y. State Comm'n in Lunacy by Gov. Hughes, 1907-1912. Clubs: Ft. Orange (Al- bany ); Delta Upsilon. Address: State Reservation Comm'n, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
FERRIS, CLARENCE CLARK
Lawyer; b. Greenwich, Conn., Feb. 15, 1864; s. Samuel \FEUCHTWANGER, HENRY
Holmes and Mary (Clark) Ferris, grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1887; Columbia, LL.B., 1892; m. April 16, 190S, Bertha Vineent Odell. Admitted to bar, 1891; in gen. praetise in N. Y. City since; prominent as counsel for land owners in many street, park, railroad and bridge condemnations and improvements. Democrat; Congregationalist. Mem. Yale Alumni Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Delta Upsilon, First Congregational Soc. (Greenwich, Conn.). Reereations: Travel, hunt- ing. Clubs: National Arts, National Democratie. Ad- dress: 35 Wall St., N. Y. City.
FERRIS, CORNELIUS, JR.
Lawyer, consul; b. Hillsdale; Mich., March 26, 1866; s. Cornelius and Ermina (Pratt) Ferris; attended Johns Hopkins Unlv., Harvard Law Seh,, LL.B., 1892; in. Denver, Colo., June 20, 1900, Mary Elizabeth Beadle; one d .: Franecs Ermina, b. March 19, 1901. City att'y of Fort Collins, Colo., two terms, 1903-1907; appt'd eonsul at Asuneion, Paraguay, May 31, 1901. Address: Am. Consulate, Asuneion, Paraguay, S. America.
FERRIS, HENRY J.
Ass't see. The Home Ins. Co .; b. Stamford, Conn., Aug. 18, 1844; ed, In private sch. In Stamford. Em- ployed for three years in dry goods jobbing house in N. Y. City; sinee April, 1863, connected with the llome Ins. Co .; now ass't see, of eo. Address: 56 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
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FERRIS, JESSIE STORRS (MRS. WILLIAM E BUTLER)
' Writer; b. Black River, Mich., July 28, 1879; ¿ William Barton and Elizabeth Storrs (Buell) Ferris, ed. St. Margaret's Sch., Buffalo, N. Y .; m. at Kidderi Point, Lake Cayuga, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1905, Willlam Emb. ley Butler; one son: William Storrs, b. Jan. 26, 1901 Connected for 3 years prior to 1905, with leading Buf- falo newspapers, first as reporter, later as editorial writer; author of collection of poems (or verses) : The Golden Bough, privately published, Dee. 1912, and frequent contb'r to leading magazines, mostly la Recreations: Out-door sports, theatre, music and
verse. Republican and anti-suffragist; Presby'n literature. Club:
The Scribblers. Address: 102 Hodge Av., Buffalo, N. Y.
FERRIS, MARY LANMAN DOUW
Author, editor; b. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May 22, 1855; d. Col. John de Peyster and Marianne Chandler (Lan- man) Douw; grad. Cook's Collegiate Inst., Pough. keepsie, N. Y., 1874; m. 1879, Morris Patterson Ferris. Founder of Daughters of the Cincinnati. Editor: The American Author. Author: Random Rhymes of Old Dutch Times; History of Fort Crailo; The Van Cort. landt Mansion; Colonial Dames; Legend of New Year's Eve; The Schepen's Dream; Grandmother's Cake Basket. Mem. Huguenot Soe., Colonial Dames, State of N. Y. Address: Garden City, L. I., N. Y.
" FERRIS, MORRIS PATTERSON
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 3. 1855; s. Isaae (D.D. LL.D., late chancellor . Univ. of N. Y.), and Letitla (Storm) Ferris; ed. N. Y. Univ. and Law Dep't same, LL.B., 1876; m. Sept. 4, 1879, Mary Lanman Douw, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; children: Mary Van Rensselaer (wife of Joseph B. Roberts), Morris Douw, Van Wyck. Admitted to bar, 1876, and since engaged in praetlse in N. Y. City. Republican. Formerly sec. N. Y. State Hist. Soe .; treas. Soe Am. Authors; pres. Yonkers Hist. Ass'n; sec. Sons of Revolution; registrar Soc. War of 1812; mem. Advisory B'd Daughters of the Cincinnati. Mem. Soc. Foreign Wars of U. S., Soc. Colonial Wars. Recreation: Yachting; pres. Lake Sunapee Regatta Ass'n. Clubs: Delta P'hi, Lawyers, Lake Sunapee Yaehit (Commo.). Residence: (Summer) Camp Maydaoyan, Lake Sunapee, N. H. Address: Garden City, L. 1., N. Y.
FERRIS, T. HARVEY
Lawyer; b. Russia, Herkimer Co., N. Y. Sept. 4 1871; s. Charles S. and Gertrude ( Terry ) Ferris; ed. publie sehs .; m. Utica, N. Y., March 11, 1897, Elizabeth Beebe; children: Leonard W., b. April 30, IS90; George F., b. . Oet. 5, 1903. Admitted to bar, 1893, and has since practised in Utica, N. Y .; dir. Citizens' Trust Co., of Utica, N. Y., Rome Wire Co., Rome, N. Y, Utica Fire Ins. Co., Central N. Y. Abstract & Title Co. Elected State Senator from 36th Senate Dist., 1911- 1912. Democrat; Universalist. Mem. Utica Law Library Ass'n, Oneida Co., N. Y. State Bar and Am. Bar Ass'ns. Recreations: Skieing, automobiling. Clubs: Man- hattan, New York, Ski, Utica. Address: llomestead Aid Bld'g., Utica, N. Y.
Stock broker; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 25, 1861; s. Meyer and Louise ( Kaufman) Feuchtwanger; ed, publie schs .; grad. Columbia Coll. Sch. of Mines, Ph.B .; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 21, 1888, Ella Grant Garnrick; three chil- dren. Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange sinee 1899; dir. Madi- son Trust Co., Feuchtwanger & Co. Republican; Hebrew. Recreations: Golf, fishing, hunting. Clubs: Madison Golf, Canoe Brook County, Thomasville Shooting, Moosehead Lake Yacht, Kineo, Egypt Mills Fishing. Residence: Madison, N. J. Address: 31 Exchange Pl,, N. Y. City.
FEUSTMAN, LEON PHILIP
Manufacturer; b. Phila., Pa., March 6, 1861; %. Bernard H. and Rosalie (Mayer) Feustman; ed. pub- lie sehs. of I'hila., and Phila. Central High Sch .; grad. Univ. of Pa., B.Sc., 1882 ;. m. St. Louis, Mo., May 23, 1892, Josephine Thatcher; children: Bernard llenry, Marian Thatcher. After leaving coll., located at Lead- ville, Colo., anl employed as chemist and assayer for various mining and smelting cos .; accepted position to Bo to Mexico for Consolidated Kans. City Smelting & Refining Co., ISSS, and advanced in position until became mg'r, 1898, at which time resigned to become connected with M. Guggenheim's Sons, (largest smelters and refiners in the world) as mg'r; after 2 years transferred to N. Y. offices of Am. Smelting & Refining Co .; resigned 1903 to become v .- p. Power & Mining Machinery Co., whileh office still holds, also v .- p. and gen. mg'r Internat. Steam Pump Co., since
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1907. V .- p. and dir. Blake & Knowles Steam Pump Wks., Henry R. Worthington, Holly Mf'g Co., Jeannes- wille Iron Works Co., Laidlaw-Dunn-Gordon Co., and snow Steam Pump Works. Residenec: 111 W. S6th st. Address: 115 Broadway, N. Y. City.
FIALA, ANTHONY
Explorer, author, lecturer; b. Jersey City Heights, S. J., Sept. 19, 1869; s. Anthony and Annie ( Kohout) Plaia; ed, public schools, Jersey City and Brooklyn, Cooper Union and Nat. Acad. Design; m, Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 6, 1905, Mary Clare Puryear; children: All- thony, b. 1907; Puryear, b. 1909; Mary B., b. 1910; Lenore, b. 1911. Began business life as designer and xtone artist in lithography; later, ass't in physical and chemical laboratory; 5 years newspaper artist and ear- toonist. Installed photo-engraving plant for Brooklyn Dally Eagle, and was in charge of Art and Engraving Dep't same, 1894-1899; was correspondent for Brooklyn Dally Eagle while a trooper in Troop C, Ist N. Y. Vol. Cav. in Spanish-Am. War, 1898. Took part in engage- nient of Coamo, and in skirmishes at Asomante and Albonito. Commissioned battalion q .- m. and 1st lieut. 14th Reg't N. G. N. Y., June 18, 1900; Instr. military eng'ring same. Photographer, Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition, 1901-1902; commanding officer Ziegler Po- tar Expd'n, 1903-1905. Reached 82 degrees 4 minutes ering new islands, ete. Scientific results of the Zieg- ler Polar Expd'n published by Nat. Geog. Soc .. Wash- Ington, D. C., 1907. Baptist. Mem. Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Am. Geog. Soe., Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Canos Ass'n, A. A. A. S., hon. mem. Yukon Polar Inst .; Societa dei Reduci dalle P'atrie Battaghe di San Gio- vanni In Persicoto, Bologna, Italy; Fellow Royal Geog. Soc. Comm'a lieut. and q .- m. Squadron C, N. G. N. Y., June, 1908; Capt. 2nd Reg't Cav., 1911. Author: Troop \' In Service, 1899; Fighting the Polar Ice, 1906. Clubs: Explorer's, Aretic, Ends of the Earth. Address: 1302 Broadway, N. Y. City.
FIBEL, LOUIS H.
Pres. and dir. Great Eastern Casualty Co .; b. N. Y. City; ed. in public schools and Coll. City of N. Y. Engaged successfully in commercial and financial busi- , of ness. Elected dir. 1892, and v .- p. and sec, 1895, Great Eastern Casualty and Indemnity Co. (now Great Eastern Casualty Co.), 1904, upon death of llon. Cor- nelius Van Cott, became pres. Also dir. in several banking institutions. Elected treas. Internat. Ass'n of Accident Underwriters, July, 1907, and pres. of De- treit Conf. Accident Underwriters, Aug., 1907. Address: 55 John St., N. Y. City.
FICKEN, HENRY EDWARDS
Architect; b. London, Eng., s. Martin and Emlly (Coles) Ficken; ed. England, Greenock Acad. (1st prize-man); art studies in Europe; m. N. Y. City, 1885, Josephine Hubbard; children: Margery, Dorothy. Ar- chitect of The Cloister, Yale Coll., Am. Art Galleries, Ferguson Memorial Bld'g, Stamford, Conn., Ridge- fie'd Sch., Ridgefield, Conn., McCready Bld'g, N. Y City; noted civic and domestic work seattered through- out the country. Supervising architect of Woodlawn Cemetery. Served 15 years in N. Y.N.G., 1st Lleut., niem. Squadron A. Recreations: Riding, yachting. out-door sports; amateur champion athlete in former year's. Clubs: Union League, N. Y. Yacht, N. Y. Ath- letic. Residence: (summer) : The Locusts, Huntington, L. I. (winter) : 7 E. 8th St. Address: 10 W. 22nd St., N. Y. City.
FIELD, CLARENCE EVERETT
Physician, military surgeon, writer; b. Taunton. Mass., 1870; s. Albert and Maria L. (Combes) Field; ed. in N. Y. City Schools, N. Y. Univ. (college), 1887- 1889; N. Y. Univ. Med. Coll., M.D., 1891; post-grad. course at Bellevue Hosp., N. Y. City; in. N. Y. City. Nov. 30, 1894, Clara M. Feltt; children: Gladys L., b. Dec. 2, 1895; Albert Everett. b. Jan. 2, 1898. In Chile- an Government Service, 1892, commn'd in Med. Service of Army with rank as major in Feb., 1907. commn'd capt. Nat. Vol. Emergency Servlee, U. S. Med. Dep't. Sp'l research work during six years, 1902-1908, in life work and history of Napoleon-Lecture on same, with 200 valuable slides. Democrat; Methodist. Mem. Queens Co. Med. Soc., Nassau Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Soe. Med. Sociology. Dir. and organizer of Temple Farum, an arg'n of about 150 young men along Y. M. C. A. lines at Rieht- mond Hill, L. T. Address: 736 Lefferts Av., Richmond Hill, L. I., N. Y.
FIELD, CORNELIUS J.
Mech. and elec. eng'r; b. Chicago, Ill., Jan. 4, 1862; s. Cornelius R. and Sarah E. (Harvey) Field: grad. Stevens Inst., M.E., 1886; m. Montreal, Can., June 7, 1888, Agnes M. Craven; children: Gertrude C., b. 1889;
Edith May, b. 1891; Lucie Ethelwynne, b. 1893. Ass't
eng'r Edison Elec. Light Co., 1886-1887; chief eng'r Echison United Mfg Co., 1888-1889; gen. mg'r and chief eng'r Edison Elec. Illuminating Co. of Brook- lyn, 1889-1891; pres. and chief eng'r Field Eng'ring Co., 1891-1805; eng'r and contractor, 1895-1905; since 1905 gen. mg'r and chief eng'r Esperanza Central Sugar Co., N. Y. and Porto Rico; pres, and gen. mig'r Field Omnibus Co. Republican; Baptist. Mem. Am.
Sce. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs. Address: 119 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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FIELD, CORTLANDT DE PEYSTER
Merchant, philanthropist; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 28, 1839; s. Benjamin Hazard and Catharine !M. Van Cort- landt (deleyster) Field; grad. Columbia, A. B., 1859, followed by post-grad. course; m. Virginia Hamers- ley. Merchant and banker since 1861; gave public li- brary to Peekskill, N. Y., as memorial of his mother; founded and endowed, 1887, Field Home for Aged, In- firm and Respectable Poor Persons, at Fieldhome, Yorktown, Westchester Co., N. Y. Mem. of Nat. Acad. of Design, Seientifie Alliance, Mendelssohn Glee Club. N. Y. Hist. Soc., Museum of Nat. Hist. Soc., St. Nicholas Soc. Residence: 21 1. 26th St. Address: 125 Water St., N. Y. City.
N. Latitude; explored Franz Josef Archipelago, discov. NFIELD, FRANK HARVEY
Lawyer; b. Chicago, Ill., Aug. 17, 1863; s. Cornelius R. and Sarah E. (Henry ) Field; ed. public schs., Illi- nois, and Columbia Law Sch .. LL. B., 1888; m. Brook- lyn, June 3, 1890, Mary L. Sniffen; children: Reginald, b. 1894; Ruth, b. 1896; Paul, b. 1898; Franklin, b. 1902. Mem. B'd Ed'n, City of N. Y., 1902-1906; delegate to Congress of Lawyers and Jurists, La. Purchase Exp'n. Republican; Baptist. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n; N. Y. State, N. Y. City and Brooklyn Bar Ass'ns; dir. N. Y. Juvenile Asylumn. Clubs: City (N. Y. City), Crescent Athletic, Brooklyn Young Republican (pres. 2 terms). Residence: 274 Sterling Pl., Brooklyn. Address: 135 Broadway, N. Y. City.
4FIELD, MAUNSELL BRADHURST
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 21, 1847; s. Maunsell B. and Julia Maria (Stanton) field; grad. U. S. Naval Acad., Annapolis, Md., June 12, 1866; Law Sch. N. Y. Univ., June, 1873; m. N. Y. City, Oet. 25, 1877, Louise M. Segee; children: Louise Maunse'l, Emily B. O. ( wife of fe. Kennett Drisler). Entered regular Navy of U. S. as midshipman, 1863; comm'd ensign, 1868; master, 1869; lieut., 1870. Resigned April 1, 1873; served through Draft Riots, N. Y. City, July, 1863; in wreck U. S. S. Sacramento, 1867; at earthquake. Arica, l'eru, 1868; engaged on survey, Panama Canal, 1869; in practise of law since graduation. Traveled in Eu- lope, Asia, Africa, N. and S. America. Mem. Mil. Or- der Loyal Legion, G.A.R., Naval Order U. S .; U. S. Gov't Medal for service in Navy during Civil War. Residence: 128 E. 34th St. Address: 60 Wall St., N. Y. City.
V FIELDER, FRANK SIDNEY
Physician; b. Dansville, N. Y., 1866; s. Frank and Ortha O. ( Beach) Fielder; grad. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y., P'h. B. (Phi Beta Kappa), 1889; Coll. of Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City, and Al.D., 1892; m. Greenbush Ilrights, Albany, N. Y., June 1, 1901, Martha Teller Irwin. Was ass't surgeon, U. S. N. serving on cruiser Cincinnati during Spanish-Am. War. Republican: Presby'n. Mom. N. Y. State Med. Soc., and its N. Y. County branch, Am. Med. Ass'n, West End Med. Soc., Soes. of Alumni of N. Y. Hosp., and of Sloane Mater- nily Hosp .; visiting physician Bellevue Hosp. Out- Patient Dept. in diseases of children. Mem. Psi Upsl- lon fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa Soe., Naval and Mil. Order Spanish-Am, War. Address: ] W. Sist St., N. Y. City.
FIELDER, JAMES FAIRMAN
Governor of N. J .; b. Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 26, 1867; S. George B, and Eleanor A. ( Brinkerhoff) Fielder; ed. public and high sch. of Jersey City; grad. Coluni- bia Call. Law Sch., 1887, I.L.B .; m. Norwalk, Conn., June 4, 1895, Mlabel Cholwell Miller. Admitted to N. J. Bar, June, 1888. Mom. N. J. Ilouso of Assembly, 1903, 1504; elected to N. J. Senate. 1908, serving six years. Fres. Senate, 1913; became acting gov. March, 1913, upon resignation Woodrow Wilson; elected gov. Nov .. 1913, for term 3 years. Democrat, Episcopalian. Mem. Hudson County Bar Ass'n. Recreations: Sailing, golf, fishing. Club: Carteret (Jersey City). Residence: 139 Gifford Av., Jersey City. Address: State Capitol, Tren- ton, N. J.
FIELDS, LEWIS MAURICE
Actor; h. N. Y., Jan. 1, 1867; ed. In public schools; m. Rose llarris. (formerly head Weber & Fields "o., now
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head of own organizatin, and lessee and mg'r Lew Fields' Herald Square Theatre, N. Y. City. Residence: 307 W. 90th St. Address: 1445 Broadway, N. Y. City.
FIERO, JAMES NEWTON
Lawyer, b. Saugerties, N. Y., May 23, 1847; s. Col. Christopher and Margaret (Backer) Fiero; grad. Union Coll., A.B., LL.D., 1899; m. 1870, Jeannette S. McCall. Studied law in office of Judge William Murray, Delhi, N. Y .; admitted to bar, 1869; dean Albany Law Sch. since 1895, State reporter since 1900; mem. N. Y. State Constitutional Comm'n 1890; Am. Bar Ass'n; N. Y. State Bar Ass'n (pres. 1892-1894). Republican; Epis- copalian. Author of works on Special Proceedings, Special Actions, Torts. Clubs: University (N. Y. City), Fort Orange Country, Mohawk. Address: 153 Lancaster St., Albany, N. Y.
FIERO, WILLIAM H.
Lawyer; b. Milo Center, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1846; s. John C. and Mary A. , (Aspell) Fiero; ed. Genesee Wes- leyan Sem., Penn Yan Acad .; m. Milo, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1882, Helen R. Youngs. Pres. and counsel for Home Savings and Loan Ass'n of Penn Yan. Republican. Address: Penn Yan, N. Y.
FILLEBROWN, CHARLES BOWDOIN
Manufacturer, political economist; b. Winthrop, Me., Dec. 26, 1842; s. James Bowdoin and Almira (Butler) Fillebrown; ed. Kent's Hill, Me., Phillips Acad., Exeter, N. H., 1862; Mass. Inst. Technology, 1866-1867; m. Cam- bridge, Mass., Oct. 9, 1873, Mary Louise Hall (died 1887); one d., Mrs. Louise Jackson Murray. With 24th Me. Infantry 9 months, then 29th Me. Infantry, in which served 3 years in First Div. Nineteenth Army Corps. Was aide-de-camp on staff Gen. Williamn Dwight, commanding First Brigade during Bank's Second Red River Expd'n, and again when commanded Division in Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. The last year of service ending June, 1866, was acting ass't adj .- gen. Mil. Dist. of Eastern C. S., garrisoned by First Brigade. In dry goods business since 1867. Was pres. and gen. mg'r Glenark Knitting Co. at Woonsocket, R. I., 1881-1902. Attalned great promi- nence as writer and propagandist of the Single Tax theory; his more important contributions to this sub- ject are preserved in book form In "The A. B. C. of Taxation" (Doubleday, Page & Co.), 1909. Author: Family of Rev. John Butler, 1908; Genealogy of the Fillebrown Family, with Biographical Sketches (200 printed pages, 270 portraits, 61 illustrations, 1910; published by author); The Celestial Country, by Ber- nard de Morlas, 1912; Single Tax Handbook, 1913; Tax- ation (A. C McClurg & Co.), 1913; Pamphlets; Thirty Years of Henry George, 1913; A 1914 Single Tax Cate- chism, 12th edition. Residence: Boston, Mass. Ad- dress: 77 Summer St., Boston, Mass.
FILLEY, FREDERICK C.
Lawyer; b. Lansingburg, N. Y., May 30, 1879; ed. Lansingburg schs., Staples High Sch., Westport, and Albany Law Sch. Engaged in practice of law since graduation. Republican. Elected mem. Assembly, 1906, re-elected 1907, 1908, 1909, and 1910. Chm'n Com. on Public Ed'n, and mem. General Laws and State Prisons committees. Address: Frear Bld'g, Troy, N. Y.
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