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J FINCH, EDWARD BRONSON
Physician; b. Greenfield, Mass., Jan. 3, 1870; s. P. Voorhees and Harriet (Bronson) Finch; ed. Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., A.B. 1891, A.M .; Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia Univ.), M.D., 1894; m. Washington, D. C., Dec. 14, 1898, Delia B. Gardner; one daughter, Edith Finch, b. 1900. Resident physician The Albemarle Ho- tel; Hoffman House (for past 12 years), and Fifth Av. Hotel for 12 years previous to Its being torn down. Mem. Bellevue Hosp. Alumni Ass'n, N. Y. County and State Med. Socs., and Am. Med. Ass'n, Delta Psi. Clubs: Hosp. Graduates', University. Address: The Coronet, 57 W. 58th St., N. Y. City.
FINCH, EDWARD RIDLEY
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 15, 1873; grad. Yale, A.B., 1895 (sp'l honors in polit. science and law, and mem. scholorship soc., Phi Beta Kappa); Columbia Univ. Law Sch. LL.B., 1898. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1898; was mem. firm Tappan & Finch; now Finch & Cole- man; mem. State Assembly, 1901-1903; author of bill plaeing those who fail to register and vote upon pre- ferred list for jury service; also laws designed to pro- tect labor of women and children, known as child labor laws; identificd with edn'l laws and movements and author of important measures affecting gov't of City of N. Y .; writer and lecturer on municipal gov't; mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n, Met. Museum of Art, St. Nicholas Soc .; identified in N. Y. City with work of betterment and uplifting of boys and young men. Clubs: University,
City, Republican, Yale, Church, Union League (N. Y. City), Baltusrol Golf, Sleepy Hollow, Fort Orange (Albany). Residence: 37 Fifth Av. Address: 32 Nas- sau St., N. Y. City.
FINCH, HENRY LE ROY
Banker, broker; b. Plainfield, N. J., s. Edward L. and Annie Ridley (Crane) Finch; ed. at Andover. With Harvey Flsk & Sons, bankers, 5 years; now mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange firm J. S. Farlee & Co. Repubii- can; Episcopalian. Mem. Sons of Revolution. Clubs: City (N. Y.), Watchung Hunt (ex-pres.), Plainfield Riding & Driving (dir.), Plainfield Country. Resi- dence: (country) "Graystone," Plainfield, N. J. (city), 55 W. 44th St. Address: 11 Wall St., N. Y. City.
FINCH, JESSICA GARRETSON
Educator; b. N. Y. City; d. Rev. Ferdinand Van Re- vere and Helen (Philbrook) Garretson; ed. Barnard Coll., Columbia Univ., A.B., 1833; N. Y. Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1898; m. N. Y. City, Jan 4, 1913, John O'Hara Cosgrove. Organized in 1900 and ever since principal of Finch Sch. Author: After Agnosticism, What? Lecturer on history, philosophy, economics and poll- tics. Presby'n. Mcm. Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Clubs: Barnard, Colony. Address: 61 E. 77th St., N. Y. City.
FINCH, JOHN MILES
Banker, attorney; b. Hornell, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1841; 8. Nathaniel and Semantha (Patric) Finch; received pub. sch. ed'n; m. Hornell, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1868, Mrs. Caroline A. Patric; children: Mabel L., Mary L. (Mrs. Charles A. White). Gen. land agent and ass't to att'y of N. Y. Lake Erie & Western R. R. Co .; gen. land and tax agent Erle R. R. Co. many years. Pres. Hornell Land Co., v .- p. Citizens Nat. Bank; dir. Maple City Land Co. (mem. Exec. Com.); chm'n B'd Dirs. Hornell-Bath In- terurban R. R. Sec. Hope Cemetery Ass'n. Formerly mem. B'd of Ed'n, civil service comin'r, alderman. Pres. Hornell Chamber of Commerce, Hornell Electric Co. Democrat. Address: Hornell, N. Y.
FINCK, HENRY THEOPHILUS
Journalist, author; b. Bethel, Mo., Sept. 22, 1854; 8. Henry C. and Beatrice (Fink) Finck; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B. (highest honors in philosophy), 1876; Har- ris Fellowship, Berlin, Heidelberg; m. 1890, Abbie H. Cushman. Musical critic and gen. editorial writer on staff N. Y. Evening Post and The Nation since 1881. Independent in politics. Author: Pacific Coast Scenic Tour; Spain and Morocco; Lotos Time in Japan; Ro- mantle Love and Personal Beauty; Primitive Love; Wagner and His Works; Chopin and Other Musical Essays; Paderewski and His Art; Songs and Song Writers; Grieg and ITis Music; Success in Music and How It Is Won; Massenet and Flis Operas; Food and Flavor. Recreations: Fishing, walking, gardening. Residence: 485 Manhattan Av. Address: Evening Post, N. Y. City.
FINEGAN, THOMAS EDWARD
Ass't comm'r of elementary ed'n N. Y. State; in charge of elementary ed'n; b. West Fulton, Schoharie Co., N. Y .; s. Michael and Ann (Welch) Finegan; ed. public sch. of West Fulton, Cooperstown High Sch., grad. State Normal Coll., 1889, Pd.D., 1909; A.M., Ham- ilton Coll., 1894; LL.D., from Colgate Univ., 1912; m. Schenectady, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1894, Grace E. Browne; one son: Edmund Randolph, b. 1898. Admitted to bar, 1894. Taught public sch. 6 years; prin, public sch., West Ful- ton, N. Y., 1889-1890; elected sch. comm'r, 2d Dist. Scho- harie Co., serving from Jan. 1, 1891. to Dec. 1, 1892, when resigned to accept apptm't by James F. Crooker, State sup't public instruction, as supervisor of exami- nations In State Dep't of Public Instruction; served 12 years, during which period the examination and cer- tification of teachers in N. Y. State was developed. App't by State Comm'r Andrew S. Draper, chief of Law Division, State Ed'n Dep't, Dec. 1, 1901, serving until app't Oct. 1, 1908, to 3d ass't comm'r of ed'n in charge elementary ed'n, including elementary schs. in cities and villages and rural schs., normal schs., training classes. training schs., teachers' conferences, compul- sory ed'n law, certification of teachers, retirement of teachers and medical Inspection. Democrat; Presby'n. Trustee State Normal Coll., Albany Exchange Savings Bank, Albany Chamber of Commerce, First Presby'n Ch., N. Y. State Hist. Ass'n. Author text-book, N. Y. Sch. Law, Education Code, Judicials decisions, School matters. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. N. Y. State Hist. Ass'n, Nat. Ed'n Ass'n, Albany Inst. and Hist. Soc. Clubs: Auranla (charter mem, and pres. for first 3 years), University. Address: State Ed'n Dep't, Albany, N. Y.
FINK, EVERT SCOTT
Real estate; b. Wheeling, W. Va., May 5. 1873; s. John and Elizabeth (Scott) Fink; ed. Univ. of Zurich, Switz- erland; m. Watseka, Ill., Nov. 8. 1898. Alice Alter. Vice-
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pres. and dir. Mercantile Land & Improvement Co .; treas, and dir. S. Osgood Pell & Co. Republican. Mem. Illinois Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: City Midday, Greenwich Country. Address: 524 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
FINLEY, JOHN HUSTON
Pres. Univ. of State of N. Y. and Comm'r of Ed'n, State of N. Y .; ex-pres. Coll. City of N. Y .; b. Grand Ridge, Ill., Oct. 19, 1863; s. James Gibson and Lydia Margaret (McCombs) Finley; cd. Ottawa High Sch., Knox Coll., A.B., A.M .; graduate student Johns Hopkins Univ. (LL.D., Princeton Unlv., the Univ. of Wis., Knox Coll., Park Coll., Tulane Univ., Willlams Coll., Dart- mouth Coll., Hobart Coll.); in. Sheffield, Ill., June 29, 1892, Martha Ford Boyden; children: Ellen Boyden, b. 1894; Margaret, b. 1897; Robert Lawrence, b. 1900; John Huston, b. 1904. Sec. State Charities Aid Ass'n, 1889- 1892; pres. Knox Coll., 1892-1899; editor with Harper's and McClure's, 1899-1900; prof. polities, Princeton Univ., 1900-1903; pres. Coll. City of N. Y., 1903, until appt'd 1913 pres. Univ. of State of N. Y. and Comm'r of Ed'n State of N. Y. Presby'n. Harvard Univ. exchange lec- turer on the Hyde Foundation at The Sorbonne, Paris, 1919-1911. Mem. Arbitration B'd in Eastern Rallroad Controversy, 1913; chni'n N. Y. State Comm'n for the Blind, 1913; mem. Nat. Inst. of Arts and Letters; mem. and vice-pres. Nat. Inst. of Social Sciences, Knight of the Legion of Honor of France, Imperial Order of the Rising Sun, Japan; pres. American Social Science Ass'n; mem. Am. Hist. Ass'n, Am. Economic Ass'n, Am, Polit. Science Ass'n; trustec, Sage Foundation; Knox Coll., N. Y. Life Insurance Co .; mem. and pres. B'd of Home Missions; pres. Grover Cleveland Birthplace Ass'n; dir. Nat. Ed'n Ass'n; former pres. N. Y. Japan Soc. Sen- ator of Nat. Council of Phi Beta Kappa of U. S. Au- thor: "American Executive." Editor Nelson's Encyc- lopedia. Clubs: Century, Players, City College. Ad- dress: Ed'n Bld'g, Albany, N. Y.
FISCHER, ADOLPHO HEDRICK
Banker; b. N. Y. City, April 10, 1854; s. Charles S. and Helena Wyatt (Brilby) Fischer; ed. in schs. of N. Y. City; nı. June 15, 1881, Letitia E. Officer; children: Henry Baldwin, Helena Marshall. Was for many years mem. firm of J. & C. Fischer, pianos. Pres. North River Savings Bank; dir. Garfield Safe Deposit Co. Episco- pallan. Mason. Club: Union League. Residence: 129 West 70th St. Address: 31 W. 34th St., N. Y. City.
FISCHER, HENRY BALDWIN
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, 1884; s. Adolpho H. and Letitia E. (Officer) Fischer; grad. Yale, Ph.B., 1904; Columbia, L.L.B. and A.M., 1907; Sheffield Scientific Sch., Yale Univ. (gen. honors in all subjects) ; uninarrlcd. Trav- elled extensively throughout U. S., Can. and European countries. Scc. and dir. Howard, Farwell & Co., N. J. Episcopalian. Mem. Sigma XI Soc., Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Recreations: Golf, tennis, travelling, swimming, boating. Clubs: Yale, Graduates (New Haven), Union League, Scarsdale Golf and Country, Underwriters. Residence: 129 W. 70th St. Address: 37 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
FISCHER, LOUIS
Physician; b. in Austria, Nov. 11, 1864; came to N. Y. City; ed. in public schs. and Coll. City of N. Y .; grad. Coll. of Pharmacy, 1882; Univ. Med. Coll., N. Y. City, M.D., 1884; also studied in Berlin, Germany; m. 1895, Clara Robert, of N. Y. Has made diseases of children his specialty; attending physician, Riverside Hosp., Willard Parker Hosp .; attending physician children's dep't Sydenham Hosp. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Acad. of Medicine of N. Y., N. Y. Co. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Co. Mcd. Soc., Harlem Med. Soc., N. Y. Physicians' Mutual Aid Ass'n. Author: Infant Feeding in Health and Disease; Text-book on Diseases of Infancy and Childhood; Health-Care of the Baby. Address: 155 W. 85th St., N. Y. City.
V FISCHER, WILLIAM H.
Merchant; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 1, 1887; s. Benedickt Fischer; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Garden City, L. I .; prepared for coll., but did not enter; engaged in business at age of 19; unmarried. Has travelled abroad and the Far East on many occasions, and extensively in the U. S. Mem. firm B. Fischer & Co .; pres. Fischer Realty Co., Fischer Co. of Cleveland, O .; vice-pres. Am. Encaustic Tlling Co., Ltd .; Mauser Mfg Co., Rider Lamp Co. Recreations: Horticulture, stock ralsing. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Automobile of America, New Canaan Country, Republican. Residence (country): New Ca- naan, Conn. Address: 226 W. 72d St., N. Y. City.
FISH, GEORGE HAUGHTON
Physician; b. Saratoga Springs, N. Y., April 23, 1877; s. Charles F. and Nellle K. (Stacey) Fish; ed. Saratoga public schs., Albany Coll. of Pharmacy, Albany Med. Coll .; m. N. Y. City, June 20, 1903, Leah Hutchinson Rowley. Coroner of Saratoga Co., 1904-1907; mem. Am.
and N. Y. State Med. Ass'ns, Saratoga Med. Soc .; sur- geon to Saratoga Hosp. and surgeon to St. Christina Hosp. Mcin. Phi Sigma Kappa and Theta Nu Epsilon fraternitles. Clubs: Saratoga, B. P. O. Elks. Address: 493 Broadway, Saratoga, N. Y.
V FISH, HAMILTON
Lawyer; b. Albany, N, Y., April 17, 1849; . s. Hon. Ham- Ilton and Julia (Kcan) Fish; ed. Churchill's Seh., Sing Sing, N. Y., Chauteau de Lancy, Geneva, Switzerland; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1869; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1873; m. April 28, 1880, Emily M. Mann. Has travelled extensively over U. S. and Europe; was pri- vate sec. to his father, Hon. Hamilton Fish, Sec. of State under President Grant, 1869-1871; aide-de-camp on staff of Gov. John A. Dix, 1873-1874; served 11 terms in Assembly, State of N. Y .; Speaker two terms, 1895- 1896; appt'd ass't treas. U. S. at N. Y. City by Pres. Roosevelt, 1903, and served until Oct., 1908, when re- signed; clected to 61st Congress from 21st Dist. 1908, re-clected to 62d Congress, 1910. Republican. Episco- palian. Clubs: Metropolitan, Union, Union League, Re- publican, St. Nicholas (N. Y. City), Metropolitan ( Wash- ington, D. C.). Address: Rock Lawn, Garrison, N. Y.
. FISH, JOHN ALBERT
Ins. and investment broker; b. Groton, Conn .; s. John Albert and Laura Kate ( Relyea) Fish; cd. Mystic Val- ley Inst., and by private tutors; unmarried. Pres. Stan- ford, Hine & Fish, Inc .; associated with Herbert, Rob- ertson & Co., Inc., bankers; N. Am. Films Corp'n and 'Am. Anglo Code Co. Served in the Matabele War, South Africa; also Mashonaland campaign of 1896-1897; Central African campaign, Augoniland, 1897-1898; In Boer War, South Africa, 1899-1902; Siege of Ladysmith, Relief of Mafeking, Advance on Barberton, battles of Elandslaagte, Belfast, Orange Frec State and Cape Colony; retired capt. of British Army. Republican. Episcopalian. Received five medals and bars for mil. service; 32° Scottish Rite Mason, Knight Templar; mem. Sons of Revolution, United Daughters of South- ern Confederacy (hon. mem.). Recreations: Yachting, motoring, riding, fishing, shooting, travelling. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht, Le Cercle Rochambeault (N. Y.), United Empire (London). Residence: (Summer) Groton, Conn .; ( Winter), 491 W. 145th St. Address: 111 Broadway, N. Y. City.
FISH, PIERRE A.
Teacher; b. Chatham, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1865; s. Irvin A. and Margaret B. (Shufelt) Fish; grad. Cornell Univ., B.S., 1890; D.Sc., 1894; D.V.M., 1899 (Sigma XI) ; m. Wake- field, Neb., Aug. 25 1897 Arethusa Poff; children; Eli- nor, b. 1898; Margaret, b. 1902; Katherine, b. 1996; Willlam C., b. 1909; Elizabeth S., b. 1911. Republican. Fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Zool. Soc., Am. Veterinary Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Veterinary Med. Soc. Address: 931 E. State St., Ithaca, N. Y.
FISH, STUYVESANT
Banker and rallway official; b. N. Y. City, June 24, 1851; s. Hon. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State In Pres- ident Grant's Cabinet, and Julia (Kean) Fish; grad. Columbla Coll., 1871; m. Marian G. Anthon. Entered railway service Oct. 1, 1871, as clerk In N. Y. office Illinois Central R. R .; June 20-Oct., 1872, sec. to pres. of same company; Nov. 1, 1872-Dec. 31, 1874, clerk with Morton, Bliss & Co., at New York, and Morton & Co., at London; Jan. 1, 1875-Mar. 15, 1877, mn'g clerk Mor- ton, Bliss & Co., holding tl.clr power of attorney; Dec. 14, 1876-Mar. 6, 1879, mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange; Mar. 16, 1876, elected dir. Illinois Central R. R. and appt'd treas. and agent for purchasing com. New Or- leans, Jackson & Great Northern R. R .; Nov. 8, 1877, elected sec. Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans R. R., and Mar., 1882, v .- p. Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans R. R .; Jan. 7, 1883-April 2, 1884, second v .- p. Illinois Central R. R .; April 2, 1884-May 14, 1887, v .- p .; May 18, 1887-Nov. 7, 1906, pres. same road. Pres. Am. R'y Ass'n, April, 27, 1901-April 25, 1906; chm'n Seventh Session Internat. R'y Congress, Washington, D. C., May, 1905. Mem. Monetary Com. created by Indlan- apolis Monetary Conf., 1907; trustee N. Y. Life Ins. & Trust Co .; for many years v .- p. and dir. Nat. Park Bank, N. Y., and dir. of other fiscal and fiduciary in - stitutions. Trustec Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. from 1883 until his resignation in 1906 owing to disapproval of "ring" methods then brought to fight among certain of his eo-trustees and disclosed at that time in the press. Mem. St. Nicholas Soc. Clubs: Union, Metro- politon, Down Town, St Anthony's. Residence: 25 E. 78th St. Address: 52 Wall St., N. Y. City.
. FISHER, EDWARD D.
Physician, neurologist; b. N. Y. City, 1856; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., 1875, and grad. N. Y. Univ. Med. Coll., M.D. Prof. diseases of the nervous system, N. Y. Univ Med. Coll .; visiting physician, City Hosp .; consulting physician Manhattan State Hosp. Mem. N. Y. Acad.
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Medicine, N. Y. Physicians' Mutual Aid Ass'n, New England Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: University, Union League, Richmond Hill Golf, Address: 46 E. 52d St., N. Y. City.
FISHER, HARRISON
Illustrator; b. Brooklyn, July 27, 1875; s. Hugó A. Fisher; ed. in schools of San Francisco; unmarried. For several years professionally engaged as illustrator for The Saturday Evening Post ( Philadelphia), Mc- Clure's, Scribner's, Ladies' Home Journal, Life, Puck, ete .; also Illustrator of books, including The Market Place (Harold Frederic) ; Three Men on Wheels (Je- rome K. Jerome) ; The Eagle's Heart (Hamlin Gar- land). Address: 44 W. 77th St., N. Y. Clty.
FISHER, HENRY JOHNSON '
Publisher; b. Marion, O., Oct. 30, 1873; s. William Bennett and Katherine (Johnson) Flsher; grad. Phil- lips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1892; Yale Univ., A.B., 1896; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 27, 1906, Alice Clifford Agnew; chil- dren: Agnew, b. July 16, 1907; Bennett, b. Mar. 6, 1909; Joan, b. July 5, 1911. V .- p. and gen mg'r Crowell Pub- lishing Co. Served in Spanish-Am War (Porto Rico). Republican; Presby'n. Hon. mem. Squadron A, N. G. N. Y. See. Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hosp. Clubs: Yale, University, Riding (N. Y. City) ; Greenwich Coun- try, Field, Indian Harbor Yacht (Greenwich, Conn.). Address: 11 E. 68th St., N. Y. City.
FISHER, IRVING
College prof .; b. Saugerties, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1867; s. Rev. George Whitefield and Ella (Westcott) Fisher; attended Hillhouse high sch., New Haven, Conn., Smith Acad., St. Louis, Mo .; Yale Univ., 1888; Ph.D., 1891; studied in Paris and Berlin, 1893-1894; m. Peace Dale, R. I., June 24, 1893, Margaret, d. Hon. Rowland Hazard; children: Margaret, b. April 30, 1894; Caroline, b. June 17, 1897; Irving Norton, b. Nov. 8, 1900. Tutor in math - ematics at Yale, 1891; ass't prof. mathematics, 1893; ass't prof. polit. economy, 1895; prof. economics since 1898. Editor Yale Review, 1896-1910; wrote several books on mathematics and economics; also a great deal on health and economres." Mem. Roosevelt's Con- servation Comm'n, 1909; invented a diet indicator, an overlapping card index, and many minor things; pres. Com. of One Hundred on Nat. Health. Pres. Index Visible Inc., N. Y. Independent; Congregationalist. Fellow Royal Statist. Soc., A.A.A.S. Recording See. New Haven County Anti-Tuberculosis Ass'n; mem. Am. Econ. Ass'n., Royal Econ. Ass'n, Am. Mathemat- ical Soc., Conn. Acad. Arts and Sciences; Am. Acad Polit. and Soc. Science, Am. Statis. Ass'n, Washington Acad. Sciences, Am. Ethnographical Soc., N. E. Frce Trade League, Internat. Free Trade League, Nat. Geog. Soc., Nat. Ass'n for Study and Prevention of Tubercu- losis, Am. Ass'n for Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality. Dir. New Haven County Antl-Tuberculosis Ass'n. Recreations: Cycling, rowing. Clubs: Cobden (hon. mem.), Reform (N. Y.), Cosmos (Washington). Address: 460 Prospect St., New Haven, Conn.
FISHER, LUCIUS GEORGE
Manufacturer; b. Beloit, Wis., Nov. 27, 1843; s. Luclus George and Caroline S. (Field) Fisher; ed. private and high sch. of Beloit; m. Chicago, Ill., April 20, 1870, Kath- arine Louise Eddy; children: Lucius George, Jr., Alice, Ethel Field, Kathryn Eddy. Employed Blodgett, Brown & Co., hardware dealers, N. Y. City; removed to Chicago and obtained employment with Rock River Paper Co., and five years later took entire mg'mt; or- ganized a co., 1875, to manufacture paper plates; in ass'n with Frank Davis, of Beloit, 1877, organized a co. for manufacture of paper pails, and in 1881 Exhaust Ventilator Co., with branch in London; sold out, and became connected with Wheeler & Fisher Co., mf'rs of paper bags, as mg'r; business incorporated, 1875, as Union Bag & Paper Co., later chosen pres .; organized N. J. branch, 1899, co. now being one of largest in ex- istence; resigned as pres. 1908, now chm'n B'd Dirs. Organized Pressed Prism Plate Glass Co. of Morgan- town, W. Va. Has large real estate interests in Chi- cago, and mining interests. Enlisted in 84th N. Y. N. G., 1863, served through campaign In Shenandoah Val- ley, promoted color serg't; enlisted In navy, and as- signed to duty in paymaster's dep't on U. S. S. Wyan- dank, serving until close of war. Republican; Presby'n. Clubs: Washington Park, Union League, Chleago, Chi- cago Athletic, Tolleston Hunting (Chicago), Union League. N. Y. Yacht (N. Y. City). Address: Chicago, Ill., and Whitehall Bld'g, N. Y. City.
FISHER, NATHANIEL CAMPBELL
Merchant; b. N. Y. City, Sept., 1860; s. Nathaniel and Mary Ann (Woodruff) Fisher; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1881; unmarried. Sec. and treas. Nath'l Fisher & Co. Mem, Vets. 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y., New England Soc., Soc. of Colonial Wars, Pilgrims of U. S., Ass'n for Pro-
tection of Adirondacks, Delta Kappa Epsilon Ass'n (N Y. City). Clubs: University, Unlon League, Yale, Hard. ware, Adirondack League (N. Y. City); Algonquin (Boston) ; Graduates (New Haven, Conn.). Residence: 16 13. 52d St. Address: 141-146 Duane St., N. Y. City.
FISK, ARCHIE CAMPBELL
Real estate; b. Steuben Co., N. Y., Oct. 18, 1836; s Samuel and Margaret (Jack) Fisk; ed. Loraine Co., Ohio, 1842-1853; m. Elyria, O., Dec. 22, 1869, Mary E. Doolittle; children: William D., b. Nov. 27, 1870; Susie, b. July 22, 1880. In mercantile business 1854-1861, Elyria, O., with exception of about 8 months traveling through Southern States studying system of slavery, Dec., 1859-Sept., 1860. Resided at Vicksburg, Miss., 1865-1873; engaged in cotton planting, merchandizing, publishing newspapers, cotton-seed oil. Traveled ex- tensively all sections of U. S., Alaska, Can., Mexico. En- tered Union Army, June, 1861, 2d lieut. 23d O. Inf .; pro- moted Ist lieut. and capt. and commn'd by Pres. Lin- coln as ass't adj .- gen. Served on staff of Gen. W. S. Rosecrans, as ass't provost marshal on staff of Gen. J. D. Cox as Com. of Subsistence, on staff of Gen. J. A. J. Lightburn, Gen. Wm. B. Hazen and Gen. Morgan L. Smith, as ass't adj .- gen .; assisted in battles of Buil Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Vicksburg, Colliers- ville, Missionary Ridge; adj .- gen. 2d Div. 15th Corps, with Sherman on Atlantic Campaign, participated in battles in which command was engaged; ordered to Vicksburg, Miss., as adj .- gen. of Mil. Dist, ou staff of Gen. Morgan L. Smith, 1864, remained on duty until July, 1865, when mustered out of service. During this time under flag of truce met numerous Confederate officers, among them Col. N. G. Watts, Col. H. A. N. Henderson, both ass't Commi'rs of Exchange. During negotiations the Confederate officers disclosed their official positions; exacted the release of all Federal prisoners at Cahaba, Ala., and Andersonville, Ga., as a condition of compliance with some of requests which they made. Both gov'ts approved, and Col. H. A. Hen- derson was app't on behalf of Confederate Gov't, and Pres. Lincoln app't Col. A. C. Fisk to represent Federal Gov't. Participated in Reconstruction in Miss .; in Washington as witness for some tline before recon- struetlon Congress. Assisted in holding the first elec- tion under reconstruction act. Delegate-at-large to Nat. Conv. held in Chicago, 1868, which nominated Gen. Grant pres., and by that conv. made mem. Nat. Exec. Com .; was also chm'n State Exec. Com. for Miss. In 1873 moved to Denver, Col., was clerk of dist. court, participated In party convs .; organized first joint stock company ever organized to deal in real estate, platted additions and Improved them in many Western States, also engaged in mining, banking, bld'g railroads and farming. Instrumental in establishing beet sugar in- dustry in Colo .; organizing trans-Miss. Congress, also Pan-Am. Bi-Metallic Ass'n, and was pres. of all these org'ns. Made many addresses on economie suhjects before Congress and commercial eonvs. in West, and has written extensively on finance and economic sub- jects. Pres. and dir. Am. Real Estate Co .; Federal Realty Co .; Am. ColonIzation Corp'n. Mein. G. A. R., Mil. Order Loyal Legion, St. Gregory Hosp. (chm'n B'd Govs. 2 years). Independent; Mason. Address: Produce Exchange Annex, N. Y. City.
FISK, ARTHUR LYMAN
Physician; b. St. Paul, Minn .; s. Robert F. and Nar- cissa P. ( Whittemore) Fisk; ed. Williston Sem., East- hampton, Mass., Yale Univ., Harvard Med. School, M.D., 1889; m. Baltimore, Md., Feb. 14, 1900, Alice B. Carter; children: Arthur Lyman, Jr., Bernard Carter (de- ceased), Shirley Carter, 1910. Engaged in practice of medicine in N. Y. City since graduation. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Acad. SIedi- cine, Mass. Med. Soc., etc. Clubs: Century Ass'n, Uni- versity, Yale (N. Y. City), Tavern (Boston). Address: 41 W. 50th St., N. Y. Clty.
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FISK, EUGENE LYMAN
Physician and medical dir .; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1867; s. Samuel Nelson, M.D., A.M., and Marie Louise (Johnson) Fisk; ed. Trinity Seh., N. Y. City, and Med. Dep't, Univ. of N. Y., M.D., with honors, IS88; m. Brook- lyn, 1890, Emina Loulse Sweet; children: Ruth Ster- ling, b. 1898; Marle Louise. b. 1903. Practised medicine in Brooklyn, and attached to Brooklyn East Dist. Dis- pensary and llosp., until 1891, when became med. ex- aminer for Equitable Life Assurance Soc., serving in N. Y. City, Chicago and St. Louis offices until IS9S. when resigned and became connected with Med. Dep't of Provident Savings Life Assurance Soc., of which was app't ass't med, dir., 1900, and med. dir .. 1903. Med dir. Postal Life Ins. Co., 1911; mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Nat. Ass'n Prevention of Tuberculosis, A.A.A.S. : fellow N. Y. Acad, of Medicine. Author: Essays on Ins. and scientific subjects. Address: 35 Nassau St., N. Y. City, and Lake Mohegan, N. Y.
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