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FOSTER, ROGER
Lawyer, author; b. Worcester, Mass., April 21, 1857; s. Dwight (att'y-gen. and justice Supreme Court, Mass.) and Henrietta Perkins (Baldwin) Foster (d. Roger S. Baldwin, gov. and U. S. Senator from Conn.); grad. Yale, A.B., 1878, A.M., 1881; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1880; unmarried. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1880; lecturer at Yale Law Sch., on federal jurisprudenee; counsel for Caro heirs in cases which established lia- bility of elevated railroad companies to abutters in N. Y. City, 1880-1884; appt'd tenement house comm'r by Gov. Flower, 1894; drafted tenement house laws of1895; as special counsel for N. Y. City B'd of Health, 1896-1898, prosecuted proceedings which established the constitutionality of one of these laws, and re- sulted in the condemnation and destruction of more than 70 unsanitary tenement houses; in 1896, pro- eured apptm't of the receivers of Bay State Gas Co. (subsequently criticised by Thomas Lawson in Frenz- ied Finance for which Lawson apologized); in 1902, procured decision of N. Y. Supreme Court, holding un- constitutional seetion of charter which forbade pen- sioners positions in civil service of N. Y. City. Au- thor: Taxation of the Elevated Railroads of N. Y. City (pamphlet) ; Treatise on the Federal Judiclary Acts of 1875 and 1877; Treatise on Federal Practice (5 edi- tions, 1890, 1892, 1901, 1909, 1913); Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (vol. I), 895; Treatise on the Income Tax of 1904 (joint author with E. V. Abott), 1895; Liberty of Contraet, 1912; also several pamphlets and articles in periodicals; Trial by Newspaper (N. Am. Review, May, 1887), in which were first used the phrases "trial by newspaper," and "court of public opinion;" and article in Albany Law Journal on Treason Trials in the United States, Oct. 26, 1892, which caused abandonment of the proceed- ings instituted in Pa. to try riotous strikers for trea- son; has also edited and written articles upon At- tacinnent and Removal of Causes, in Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure. Address: Liberty Tower, N. Y. City.
FOSTER, SCOTT
Banker; b. near Newburgh, N. Y., May 19, 1837; S. Dr. John L. and Harriet (Scott) Foster; in. Potters- ville, N. J., 1867, Emeline Hegeman (died July, 1906); children: J. Hegeman, b. Jan. 16, 1865; Eugene Gray, b. May 13, 1569; Howard Crosby, b. Feb. 7, 1877; Jen- nie Groendyke, b. June 14, 1875. Dry goods clerk tor Jeremiah Lambert. 1853-1859. Beeame v .- p. 1SS2, and since 1884 pres. People's Bank. Mem. firm Foster
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Bros., N. Y., Fort Wayne & Terre Haute, Ind., 1859- 1882. Council N. Y. Univ., Chamber of Commerce, N. Y. Hist. Soc .; N. Y. Zool. Soc .; Met Museum of Art, Am. Museum Nat. Hist .; N. Y. Botanical Garden, Pres- by'n Union. Treas. Northern Dispensary and North Eastern Dispensary. Executor and trustee of a num- ber of large estates. Presby'n; an elder in Rutgers Presby'n Ch., and mem. Presby'n B'd Foreign Missions. Clubs: Union League, Quill, Economics. Residence: 332 W. 72d St. Address: 395 Canal St., N. Y. City.
FOSTER, THEODOSIA MARIA TOLL
Educator, writer; b. Verona, N. Y., 1838; grad. Oneida Seni., 1861; m. 1869, James H. Foster (died 1872). Principal of Home Sch., Verona, N. Y., for several years; has since devoted her time to writing under pseudonym of "Faye Huntington." Author: In Earnest; Through Patience; Kitty Farnham; Allan Phillips; Fred Roberts; Mr. Mckenzie's Answer; Rip- ley Parsonage; Echoing and Re-echoing; Mrs. Deane's Way; Millerton People; What Fide Remembers; Com- petitive Workmen; St. Paul's Problem; The Boynton Neighborhood; Modern Exodus; His First Charge; Lewis Elmore, Crusader; A Break in Schedule Time; Opportunity Circle. Pres. Women's Christian Temper- ance Union of Oneida Co. Address: Verona, N. Y. FOSTER, W. BERT
Author; b. Providence, R. I., Nov. 3, 1869; s. Ben- jamin Norton and Annie E. W. (Dexter) Foster; eu. Providence public schools. Began to write juvenile fiction, 1886; adult fiction nine years later; canie to N. Y. City, 1899; magazine writer. Author: The Lost Galleon, 1901; With Washington at Valley Forge; The Treasure of Southlake Farm, 1902 ;; With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga; In Alaskan Waters, 1903; The Eve of War, 1904; The Lost Expedition, 1905; The Heron Nest, 1909; Sea to Sea Series, 1913. Address: 760 Third Av., N. Y. City.
J FOSTER, WARREN W.
Jurist; b. July 26, 1859; s. Nat. W. and Fanny (Miller) Foster; grad. Williston Sem., East Hampton, Mass., 1877; Dartmouth Coll., A.B., 1881, A.M., 1883; Columbia Coll., LL.B., 1883; unmarried. Admitted to bar, 1883; elected judge Court of Gen. Sessions for term expiring Jan. 31, 1913. Has traveled extensively through Europe, Asia. Africa and the Indies. Dir. Am. Light and Traction Co. (Exec. Com.), Fashion Farm Land Co., Western Gas Co. (Milwaukee), San Antonio Traction Co., Michigan Light Co., Gas Securities Co. Democrat. Vice-p. Western Co. of Milwaukee. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity. Recreations: Farming, yacht- ing. Club: Nat. Democratic. Residence: 435 E. 57th St. Address: 32 Franklin St., N. Y. City.
FOSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD
Editor; b. New Haven, Conn., June 4, 1839; S. Eleazer K. and Mary (Codrington) Foster; grad. Yale Univ., A.M., 1860; m. S. Elyot Betts, d. Frederick J. Betts; one daughter, Louise Holbrook Foster (wife of Albert S. Thompson, Buffalo). Ass't q .- m .- gen. on staff of Gov W. A. Buckingham, of Conn., April, 1861, till appt'd July, 1862, acting ass't paymaster, U. S. N .; held position to close of war. Entered as att'y-at-law at New Haven, Conn .; in 1868 went to Lynchburg, Va., becoming part owner and editor Lynchburg Republi- can; in March, 1870, went to Buffalo as editor Buffalo Commercial until July, 1911, when resigned. Indcpen- dent Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Military Order Loyal Legion (N. Y. Commandery). Pres. Buffalo Yale Alumni Ass'n for 3 years. Clubs: Buffalo, Buffalo University. Address: 431 Delaware Av., Buffalo, N. Y.
FOSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD
Sugar refiner, investor; b. Thomaston, Me., 1864; s. Benjamin T. and Susan (Harrington) Foster; ed. pub- lic sch. of Brooklyn; m. Hackensack, N. J., June 19, 1900, Mary Rebecca Clarendon; children: Jane Louise, b 1901; Madeline, b. 1002. In sugar business since 1883, starting with Havemeyer Sugar Refining Co., which was absorbed by Sugar Refineries Co .. 1887, and succeeded by American Sugar Refining Co. in 1891, of which is treas. Treas. Am. Sugar Refining Co. of N. Y. and Brooklyn Cooperage Co .; treas. and dir. Great Western Land Co., Mo .; dir. Oleona R. R. Co., of Pa., M. E. Clarendon & Sons Co. of N. Y., Pre- ferred Havana Tobacco Co. of N. Y., Butler County R. R. Co. of Mo., John F. Kelly Co. of Newark, N. j. Republican. Elder in Reformed Dutch Ch. of Hacken- sack; mem. B'd Foreign Missions, Dutch Reformed Ch. Recreations: Golf, tennis. Ciubs: Hackensack Golf, Oritani Field. Arcola Country, Union League, Crescent Athletic. Residence: Hackensack, N. J. Ad- dress: 117 Wali St., N. Y. City.
FOURNIER, ALEXIS JEAN
Artist; b. St. Paul, Minn., July 4, 1865; s. Isaiah and Mary Fournier; studied at Academic Julien, Paris;
also with Jean Paul Laurens, Bery, Constant, Henri Harpignies; m. April, 1887, Emma M. Fricke; children: Grace, b. 1888; Paul, b. 1889. Exhibitor in Paris Salon and in all current exb'ns in America and Europe; ac- companied, as artist, Jay Smith exploring party among the cliff dwellings of Ariz., Colo., Utah and N. Mexico, and planned exhibit of same at Chicago Exb'n (collec- tion now in Pa. Acad. of Sciences); represented by work in permanent collections at Vanderbilt Univ. (Nashville, Tenn.), Albright Gallery (Buffalo), Muni- cipal Gallery (Minneapolis), Kenwood Club (Chicago), Muskegon Muscum of Art (Muskegon, Mich.), Detroit Museum of Art, Detroit, Mich., Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, O., and in many clubs and private galleries. Author and lecturer of groups of 25 paintings of the Haunts and Homes of Barbizon Masters. Mem. Min- napolis Art League (founder), Am. Art Ass'n (Paris), Soc. Western Artists, Soc. Chicago Artists, etc .; art dir. Roycroft Guild, East Aurora, N. Y. Clubs: Buffalo Artists, Cliff Dwellers (Chicago). Address: East Aurora, N. Y.
FOUSE, LEVI GARNER
Life underwriter; b. Clover Creek, Pa., Oct. 21, 1850; s. Adam and Susannah (Garner) Fouse; ed. Juniata Collegiate Inst., 1866; Heidelberg Coll., Tiffin, Ohio, 1867; Mercersburg Coll., 1869; sp'l studies in actu- arial science; m. Mercersburg, Pa., Jan 10, 1870. Mary B, Hause. Founder and pres. since 1878, Fidelity Mu- tual Life Ins. Co., N. Y. and Philadelphia; dir. Third Nat. Bank, Central Trust Co. Mem. Am. Acad. Poiit. and Social Science, Am. Statist. Ass'n; mem. exec. com. Ass'n of Life Ins. Presidents. Has written vari- ous monographs and contb'ns on life insurance and actuarial subjects. Residence: 3613 Baring St. Ad- dress: 112 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, and 111 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
FOWLER, ALBERT PERRY
Lawyer; b. Syracuse. N. Y., Nov. 5, 1867; s. Albert and Janette ('Perry) Fowler; grad. Cornell Univ., A.B., 1891; m. June 1, 1899, Florence Dillaye Vann; chil- dren: Katherine Dillaye Fowler, b. 1902; Albert Vann Fowler, b. 1904; Ruth and Elizabeth Fowler, b. 1907. Engaged in general practice of law since 1896, at Sy- racuse, N. Y. Dir. and att'y Syracuse Dry Goods Co., First Nat. Bank of Syracuse. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Trustee N. Y. State Cus- todial Asylum at Newark, N. Y .; Associated Charities, Syracuse, N. Y. Clubs: Century, Citizens, University (Syracuse), University (N. Y. City). Address: 531 Oak St., Syracuse, N. Y.
FOWLER, ARTHUR A.
Iron merchant; b. N. Y. City, Mar. 1, 1878: s. An- derson and Emily (Arthur) Fowler; grad. Columbia Coil., 1899. Mem. firm Rogers, Brown & Co., pig iron, coke, ferro-manganese, etc .; also dir. Empire Stcel & Iron Co., Red Rock Fuel Co., Northern Ins. Co., Cald- well Land & Lumber Co. Clubs: University, Racquet & Tennis, Riding. Residence: 111 East 61st St. Ad- dress: 30 Church St., N. Y. City.
FOWLER, CARL H.
Lawyer: b. Evanston, Ill., Aug. 24, 1873; s. Bishop Charles H. and Myra A. (Hitchcock) Fowler; grad. Univ. of Minnesota, A.B., 1895, B.S., 1896; Columbia Univ., A.M., 1897, LL.B., 1899; unmarried. Made four tours through British Isles and Europe, once through S. America, once around the world, and also through U. S., including Alaska. V .- p. and dir. Homewood Nitrogen Co., pres. and dir. Shallow Water Boat Co., dir. Gardner Artificial Lumber Co., dir. and v .- p. Op- penheimer Inst. Republican; Methodist Episcopalian. V .- p. Methodist Social Union; mem. Psi Upsilon fra- ternity. Clubs: Lawyers. Psi Upsilon (N. Y. City), Economic. Residence: 338 W. 72d St. Address: 55 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
FOWLER, CHARLES SUMNER
Lawyer, State official: b. Gouverneur, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1866; s. Henry and Eilen Douglas ( Phelps) Fowler; ed. public schs. of Gouverneur, N. Y., Gouverneur Wes- leyan Sem. (grad. 1884); Cornell Univ., A.B., 1888; Cornell Law Sch., 1894-1895; m. Ithaca, N. Y .. Sept. 3, 1890. Mary Elizabeth Giliett. Instr. mathematics, 18$9- 1895; ass't registrar, 1891-1893 Cornell: chief exam- iner, N. Y. State Civil Service comm'n, 1896-1909. Sec-
ond Deputy Sup't of Ins. N. Y. State, 1900-1912; ass't gen. counsel, Nat. B'd of Fire Underwriters, 1912. Pres. Nat. Assembly of Civil Service Comin'ns, 1906-1908. Mem. Beta Theta Pi. Club: Beta Theta Pi (N. Y.). Address: 988 E. 18th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
FOWLER, EDWARD PAYSON
Physician, author; b. Coshocton, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1834; grad. N. Y. Med. Coll., M.D. (first prize man), 1855; m. Ist, 1873, M. Louise Mumford (deceased) : 2d. 1896, Mil- dred Russell. Engaged in practice of medicine from
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graduation; studied inomœopathy as well as the old school, and practised the two in connection, being a believer in and doctor of non-sectarianism in medi- cine, and was instrumentai in adoption in 1878 of those ruies known as New Code; hon. M.D., 1877, from B'd of Regents of State of N. Y., and appt'd examiner In anatomy on first B'd of N. Y. State Examiners for conferring Med. Degrees. Served in Ward's Isiand and Hahnemann Hosps .; one of founders and ex-pres. N. Y. Medico-Chirurgical Soc .; mem. N. Y. Acad. Medi- cine, N. Y. Neurol. Soc., Med. Soc. Co. of N. Y., U. S. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Ass'n. Author: ÆEtiology and General History of Scarlet Fever; Pseudo-Ty- phold Fever; Certain Maladies of the Heart; Abnor- mafities of the Cerebral Convolutions, etc. Transiator: Charcot's Localization in Diseases of the Brain; Rich- ert's Physiology and Histology of the Cerebral Con- volutions; Benedikt's Anatomical Study of the Brains of Criminals. Has delivered many lectures before medical bodies. Republican. Club: Union League. Address: 40 West 68th St., N. Y. City.
¥FOWLER, EDWARD SYDNEY
Lawyer; b. Newburgh, N. Y .; s. Lieut. Col. David Edward and Jane Ann (Belknap) Fowler; ed. High- land Acad. (Newburgh, N. Y.) and by private tutors; grad. Columbia Univ., UL.B .; m. 1st, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1897, Katharine Viets Bonneli (dicd 1901); 2nd, Wash- Ington, D. C., 1906, Linda M. T., d. Rev. Samuel Tweedale of Philadelphia .. Clerk in law office of ex- Judge William Fullerton; practising atty since 1875; admitted to Bar, Supreme Court of Dist. of Columbia, aff U. S. courts, and courts in State of N. Y. Referee In action against John Y. McKane, rendering judg- ment in favor of City of Brooklyn, for $420,000; en- gaged largely in private practice in mn'g estates, serving as executor and trustee; also retained as counsel in Customs Revenue cases. Subway comm'r on construction of tunnels under East River, and comm'r of appraisement in aqueduct condemnations. Youngest clerk appt'd in War Dep't at Washington: aiso clerk in office of Sec. of Treasury; chief of records and files div. U. S. Mint Service, Washington, counsel to gen. appraiser, law clerk in Appraiser's Office, N. Y., ass't appraiser of merchandise, N. Y., appraiser of Port of N. Y., 1906-1907; Coiiector of Port of N. Y., 1907-1909. Private Sec. to Major-Gen. How- ard, U. S. Army, appt'd 2nd lieut., but declined, to continue practise of law. Comm'd major, U. S. Vol., May 28. 1898, serving as paymaster during Spanish- Am. War; mustered out Jan. 31, 1899; appt'd major, U. S. A., serving as ass't chief of Record and Pension Office, until Feb. 15, 1905; capt. ordnance officer, 22nd Brigade, N. G. N. Y .; lieut .- col. and aide-de-camp to gov. of N. Y .; Col. and Ass't Judge Advocate-Gen. of State of N. Y. Treas. and dir. Nat. Bond & Mortgage Ins. Co. N. Y. Republican; Presby'n. Mason. Mem. Sons of Revolution, Society of War of 1812; Loyal Le- gion of U. S., Sons of Veterans, Spanish-Am. War Veterans, Navai and Military Order, Spanish-Am. War; Chancellor. Soc. of Am. Wars. Club: Union League. Address: $1 Nassau St., and 150 Broadway, N. Y. City. \FOWLER, GEORGE LITTLE
Consulting mech. eng'r; b. Cherry Valley, N. Y., Aug. 9, 1855; s. Jonathan A. and Eliza O. (Little) Fowler; grad. Amherst Coll., A.B., 1877; m. Saginaw, Mich., Oct. 17, 1883, Harriet F. Goidie. Independent in politics. Unitarian. Mem. Am. Soc. of Mech. Eng'rs, Master Car Builders' Ass'n Am. R'y Master Mechanics' Ass'n. Recreation: Yachting. Address: 83 Fulton St., N. Y. City.
FOWLER, J. SAMUEL
Lawyer; b. Harmony, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Juno . 15, 1873; s. Rev. Dexter S. and Annette A. (Losec) Fowler; ed. Jamestown High Sch .; grad. Albany Law Sch., LL.B .; m. Ashviile, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1898, Velma M. Steward; one son: Donald Steward. Admitted to the Jamestown Bar in 1896, and has been practising there ever since. Supervisor of Harmony 4 years, elected when he was 22 years of age; mem. State 'Assembly, 1898-1903 (chm'n Com. on Gen. Laws, mem, Ways and Means, Judiciary, and other important coms.); deputy att'y-gen. N. Y. State, 1909-1910. Has contributed nu- merous articles to public press on polit. topics. Re- publican. Mem. Jamestown Bar Ass'n, Masonic Order, I. O. O. F., Knights of Pythias, Patrons of Husbandry. Address: Jamestown, N. Y.
FOWLER, JOSEPH MILLSPAUGH
Lawyer; b. Walden, Orange Co., N. Y., July 15, 1873; 8. Nicholas Jansen and Elizabeth (Millspaugh) Fow- ier; ed. New Paltz Normal Sch., Rutgers Coli., 2 years; Cornell Univ., B.Litt., 1895, and Corneli Law Sch .; m Kingston, N. Y., April 23, 1902, Katherine Winne Frear; one son: Nicholas Jansen, b. Nov. 28, 1908. Admitted to bar in 1897, and since in gen. practice at Kingston. N. Y. Dir. in several locai corp'ns. Mem. N. Y. State
Bar Ass'n, Ulster Co. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. Hist. Soc. Mem. Nat. Guard ten years, retiring as 1st lieut. Co. M, 1st Reg't, N. G. N. Y., 1905; during Spanish-Am. War served with Co. M, 1st N. Y. Vois., as corporai and 2d lieut., in U. S. and Hawaii. Mem. Deita Upsilon Coll. fraternity, Chancery Law Sch. Soc. Mem. of Assem- biy, N. Y. State, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, from Ulster Co. Pres. B'd of Mg'rs, Ulster Co. Tuberculosis Hosp. Republican. Candidate for County Judge, 1912. Ma. son and Shriner, A. O. A. M., Elks, L. O. O. M. Mem. Dutch Reformed Ch. Ciubs: Kingston, Twaalfskiil Country (Kingston, N. Y.). Residence: 105 St. James St., Kingston, N. Y. Office: 293 Waii St., Kingston, N. Y.
FOWLER, P. VAN BENSCHOTEN
Physician; b. Newburgh, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1866; s. C. Gil- bert and Elizabeth (Du Bois) Fowier; ed. Y. M. C. A. Training Sch., Springfield, Mass., 1889; Medico-Chirur- gical Coli., Philadelphia, M.D., 1897; m. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 22, 1900, Matilda P. Donaghy; children: Charles Gilbert, b. 1901; Frank Bowman, b. 1903; Mar- garet Donaghy, b. 1904; John Du Bois, b. 1903. In- terne at Samaritan Hosp., Philadelphia, 1897-1898; since Sept., 1898, in practice at Centre Moriches, N. Y. Sec. Suffolk Co. Med. Soc. over 4 years; mem. Associ- ated Physicians of Long Island, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Royal Arcanum, B'd of Ed'n. Pro- gressive; Presby'n. Recreation: Gardening. Address: Centre Moriches, N. Y.
VFOWLER, RUSSELL S.
Surgeon; b. Brooklyn, May 1, 1874; s. George Ryer- son and Louise 12. ( Welis) Fowler; ed. Brooklyn Poly Inst., 1891; Coil. Phys. and Surgs. (Columbia) M.D., 1895; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 26, 1894, Eleanor S. White. Adjunct surgeon Brooklyn Hosp., 1896-1906; ass't surgeon M. E. (Seney ) Hosp .. , 1898-1906 ;. chief surgeon 1st div. German Hosp. (Brooklyn), surgeon Methodist Episcopal (Seney) Hosp., etc. Feiiow N. Y. Acad. of Medicine. Mem. Med. Soc. State of N. Y. and Co. of Kings, Brooklyn Surg., Med. and Pathol. Socs., Associated Physicians of Long Island, Am. Med. Ass'n, Coli. of Surgeons. Club: Nassau Country. Author: Op- erating Room and Patient. Address 301 De Kaib Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
NFOWLER, THOMAS POWELL
Lawyer; b. Newburgh, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1851; grad. Co- lumbia Law Sch., 1874; m. April 20, 1876, Isabelle Dun. ning. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1871, and since then en- geged in practice in N. Y. City. Became dir. Shenango & Allegheny R. R., 1879; dir. Lehigh & Hudson River R. R. Co., 1881; W. Pa. and Shenango Connecting R. R., 1883; N. Y., Ontario & Western R'y, 1884; appt'd re- ceiver Shenango & Allegheny R. R., March 15, 1884, and pres. same road March 31, 1884; dir. Atchison, To- peka & Santa Fe R'y, Guif, Colorado & Santa Fe R'y, Lehigh & Hudson River R'y, Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix N'y, Calif. Eastern R'y, Randsburgh R'y Co., Santa Fe Pacific R. R., Southern Calif. R'y Co., English Ass'n of Am. Bond and Share Holders, Ltd .; Temple Iron Co., ete .; Mem. Sons of the Revolution. Ciubs: Metropolitan, Grolier, Down Town, Tuxedo. Residence: 39 E. 68th St. Address: Grand Central Terminal, N. Y. City.
FOX, ANDREW JACKSON
Physician; b. Natchez, Adams Co., Miss., Nov. 14, 1856; s. Andrew J. and Mary E. (Seymour) Fox; ed. Poly. Inst., Brooklyn; Jefferson Coll., Washington, Miss .; Bellevue Ilosp. Med. Coll., now under Univ. of N. Y .; m. N. Y. City, Mary McCaw Patterson, who is descendant of Edward III, of England; children: Dor- othy, b. 1892; William P. (died at age of 2); Andrew Jackson, b. 1898; Seymour Nelson, b. 1900; Virginia M., b. 1903. [Physician, hosp. graduate, chief med. officer of Equitable Life Ins. Soc. for Borough of Brooklyn. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Greater N. Y. Med. Soc., Hospital Graduate Club. Recreations: Fishing, hunting. Pres. and chm'n Fish and Game Com. of Mahopae Protection Ass'n, Forest. Fish and Game Soc. of America. Club: Mahopac Golf. Address: 73 E. 54th St., N. Y. City.
¥FOX, AUSTEN G.
Lawyer; D. September 7, 1849; ed. Choule's Sch., Newport, R. I., and Churchill's Mil. Sch., Sing Sing, N. Y .; grad. Harvard A.B., 1860; m. 1877, Alice ifoppin. Admitted to bar, 1872; sp'i ass't dist. att'y in prosecu- tion of police officiais after Lexow Com. investigation; 1894-1896; chm'n Citizens' Com. of Nine on reorg'n of N. Y. police force, 1905; counsel defense in Suizer Im- peachment Trial, 1913; mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. Hist. Soc., St. Nicholas Soe. (pres.), Met. Museum of Art. Clubs: Ilarvard (pres.), University, Century, Players, City (pres.), 19th Century. Residence: 37 E. 39th St. Address: 45 Wall St., N. Y. City.
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FOX, GEORGE HENRY
Physician; b. Ballston Spa., N. Y., Oct. 8, 1846; s. Norman and Jane De Hart (Freeman) Fox; ed. Sche- nectady High Sch., Univ. of Rochester, A.B., A.M., Univ. of Pa., M.D .; m. Titusville, Pa., Aug. 29, 1872, Harriet Louisa Gibbs; children: George Howard, Adaline, Al- anson Gibbs, Helen. Enlisted during coll. course (1864) in the 77th Reg't, N. Y. Vols., and served 8 months; one year (1870) in Philadelphia Ilosp .; studied 3 years in Berlin, Vienna, Paris and London, and traveled in Greece and Turkey; began med. practice in N. Y. City, 1873; mem. and ex-pres. Med. Socs. Co. and State of N. Y., N. Y. and Am. Dermatol. Socs .; prof. dermatology Columbia Univ. since 1880; governor N. Y. Skin and Cancer Hosp. Author: Atlas of Skin Diseases, etc. Recreations: Entomology, ornithology, horticulture. Clubs: University, Psi Upsilon (ex-pres.), Barnard. Residence: 43 E. 58th St. Address: 616 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
FOX, GEORGE LEVI
Educator; b. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 16, 1852; s. Levi Goodell and Ielizabeth Hamlin (Bodfish) Fox; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., A.M., LL.B. Rector Hopkins Grammar Sch., New Haven, Conn., 1885-1901; principal University Sch., since 1901. Address: 7 College St., New Haven, Conn.
FOX, JOHN
Clergyman; b. Doylestown, Pa., Feb. 13, 1853; s. Ed- ward J. and Mary (Wilson) Fox; ed. Lafayette College D.D., 1891; LL.1), 1912; Princeton Theol. Sem .; m. Lex- ington, Ky., 1886, Margaret B. Kinkead; one d., Pearce Kinkead Fox. Pastor at Baltimore, Md., 1877-1882; North Presby'n Ch., Allegheny, Pa., 1882-1893; 2d Presby'n Ch., Brooklyn, N. Y., 1893-1898; corr. scc. Am. Bible Soc. since 1898. Dir. and trustee Princeton Theol. Sem .; mem. B'd Foreign Missions, Presby'n Ch. Contb'r to religious press. Residence, E. Orange, N. J. Address: Bible House, Astor Place, N. Y. City.
1 FOX, LYTTLETON
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 22, 1881; s. Edward Campbell and Mary (Eddy) Fox; ed. Lawrenceville Sch., N. J .; grad. Yale, A.B., 1902 (chm'n Yale Literary Mag., class historian, editor Yale Courant); N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1904; m. Good Ground, L. I., Sept. 19, 1905, Genevieve, d. Justice Morgan J. O'Brien (ex-presiding justice Appellate Div. Supreme Court). Pres. and dir. Fifty Broad St. Bld'g; dir. Delmonico's, N. Y. News Bureau, Atlantic Coast Realty Co., Thomas E. Crim- mins Real Estate and Construction Co. (sec.), Hamil- ton Press; sec. Stock Quotation Telegraph Co., Tubes Realty and Terminal Co. Independent in politics. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Chi Delta Theta of Yale (literary), Alpha Delta Phi (Yale Chapter), Phi Delta Phi (Dwight Chapter). Clubs: Yale, Aero, Manhattan, Oakland Golf. Residence: 136 E. 72d St. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
7 FOX, RECTOR K.
Broker; b. Bourbon Co., Ky .; s. John W. Fox; grad. Harvard, 1896; m. Feb. 7, 1901, Hilda C. Seccomb. For- merly pres. Fox, Duffield & Co. (publishers) ; mem. Squadron A. N.G.N.Y. Democrat; Campbellite. Clubs: Harvard, The Players. Residence: State Road, Mt. Kisco, Westchester Co., N. Y. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City,
FOX, WILLIAM HENRY
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Museum director; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 10, 1858; s. Daniel M. and Elizabeth Caroline (Korn) Fox; grad. Univ. of Pa., class of 1881, A.B.,; Law Sch. Univ. of Pa., class of 1883, B.L .; m. Phila., Pa., Catherine Thomas Dobbins. Engaged in practise of law after graduation, later journalism; contb'r Public Ledger, Evening Bulletin, Daily News, Philadelphia; Indian- apolis News; Sec. Dep't of Fine Arts, St. Louis Unl- versal Exp'n, 1904; sec. Internat. Jury of Awards, St. Louis Exp'n, and juryman for Russia; dir. Herron Art Inst., Indianapolls, 1905-1910; comm'r for Wallace Monument, Washington, D. C., 1908; ass't to U. S. Comm'r Internat. Exp'n of Art and History, Rome, 1911; sec. Internat. Jury of Awards at Rome Exp'n, and juryman for the U. S .; curator-in-chief Brooklyn Museum of Arts and Science 1913; travelled and stud- led art In Europe. Mem. Phila. Bar, Am. Museums Ass'n, Am. Federation of Arts, Phi Kappa Psi frater- nity; Japan Soc., hon. mem. Ind. Chapter Am. Inst. of Architects, Sons of Revolution, decorated by King of Italy, officer of order of Crown of Italy; v .- p. School Art League, N. Y. City, Mcm. N. Y. Advisory Com. for Fine Arts, Panama-Pacific Internat. Exp'n. Clubs: University (Indianapolis), Philadelphia Art, National Arts (N. Y.), Authors ( London), Residence: 169 Co- lumbla Heights, Brooklyn. Address: Central Museum. Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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