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BABCOCK, EDWARD WILCOX
Clergyman; b. Westerly, R. I .; s. Edward W. and Martha B. (Cross) Babcock; ed. Phillips Andover Acad., Brown Univ., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), 1874; Berkeley Divinity Sch .; m. Church of the Heavenly Rest, N. Y. City, 1890, Fannie B. Starr. Has been rector of par- ishes in New Haven and Stonington, Conn .; now rector Church of the Holy Cross, Troy, N. Y. Principal, Mary Warren Free Inst., Troy, N. Y. Pres. Brown Univ. Alumni Ass'n of Albany, 1908. Club: Alpha Delta Phi of N. Y. City (charter mem.), 1903. Address: 142 Eighth St., Troy, N. Y.
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BABCOCK, EUGENE JEFFREY
Clergyman; b. Painted Post, N. Y., April 2, 1850; s. Buel Hunt and Crissey Jane (Decker) Babcock; ed. Cheshire Acad., Conn .; Burlington Coll., N. J .; Hobart Coll., Union Coll., B.A., 1876; Gen. Theol. Sem., S.T.B., 1879; Founders' Day orator, Burlington, Coll., 1872; declined "commencement speaker" in choice of ten from class, Union Coll., 1876; 'varsity crew, bow oar, Union, Saratoga, 1876; declined appointment as "essay speaker" commencement, Gen. Theol. Sem., 1879; m. Geneva, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1880, Anna Rebecca Wilson; one d., Marjorie Belle (Mrs. Darrison). Ordered deacon, 1879; ordained priest, 1880, in Mich .; in charge of parishes at Grand Rapids and Whitehall and was first archdeacon of Diocese of Western Mich .; also Canan- daigua, Youngstown and Lockport, N. Y., and Council Bluffs, Iowa; retired 1907. Now treas. De Veaux Coll., Niagara Falls, and office clerk B'd of Ed'n, Lockport. Independent Democrat. Episcopalian. Mem. Alumni Ass'n, Gen Theol. Sem .; Economic League, Lockport, N. Y .; Chi Phi (Hobart), also Masonic bodies; lodge, chapter, Knights Templar. Recreations: Baseball games, angling. Address: 146 Pine St., Lockport, N. Y.
BABCOCK, GEORGE H.
Manufacturer; b. Watertown, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1852; s. Henry H and Eliza (Wheeler) Babcock; ed public and private schs, Watertown, N. Y .; m. Oct. 14, 1874, Alice L. Webster, of St. Albans, Vt. Pres. H. H. Babcock Co. (mf'rs of carriages and automobiles); v .- p. and dir. Watertown Savings Bank, dir. Watertown Light & Power Co., Northern N. Y. Utilities Co., Watertown Nat. Bank, Jefferson County Nat. Bank. Democrat; Episco- palian; vestryman Trinity Ch. Trustee City Hosp. (ex- pres.), Roswell P. Flower Memorial Library. Clubs: Black River Valley (ex-pres. mem. B'd Gov's), Jefferson County Golf (mem. B'd Gov's). Address: 221 Mullin St., Watertown, N. Y.
BABCOCK, HENRY DENISON
Banker; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1868; m. Anna D. Woodward; children: Samuel D., Woodward, Richard F., Mrs. H. R. Winthrop. Mem. N. E. Soc., Sons of Revolution, Mil. Order Foreign Wars, Columbia Univ. Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: University, Metropolitan, Union League, Riding, Rockaway Hunt, Union, City Mid-day, Delta Phi. Residence: 20 East 52d St. Address: 32 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
BABCOCK, HERBERT N.
Lawyer; b. Caton, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1870; s. Henry L. and Charlotte (Pinney) Babcock; ed. public schs. and acad., Elmira, N. Y .; m. Elmira, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1894. Maude Comstock; children: Harold C., b. 1897; Norman H., b. 1903. Admitted to bar, 1894; to U. S. District Court, 1899; to U. S. Circuit Court, 1899; acting city judge, two terms; ass't dist. attorney, 6 years; U. S. comm'r, 4 years; mem. firm of Compton, Hurlbut & Babcock. Republican; chm'n Republican County Com. 1903; County Committeeman 6 years; chm'n Republican Cong. Com. for 33d Con. Dist, of N. Y .; civil service ex- aminer, State of N. Y. Mem. Park Congregational Ch. Mem. Commercial Law League of America, Masonic Club, Ivy Lodge, No. 397, F. and A.M .; Elmira Chapter, No. 42, R.A.M .; Elmira Camp, No. 8879, Modern Wood- men of America; mem. Edn'l Com., Y. M. C. A. Recrea- tion: General athletics. Address: 309-311 Realty Bld'g. Elmira, N. Y.
BABCOCK, WASHINGTON IRVING
Naval architect and eng'r; b. Stonington, Conn., Sept. 26, 1858; s. Capt. David S. and Charlotte A. (Noves)
Babcock; ed. public schs. of Brooklyn; grad. Brooklyn Poly. Inst., B.S., 1876; Rensselaer Poly. Inst., C.E., 1878; m. New Orleans, La., Jan. 1, 1890, Grace W., d. Hon. H. P. Kernochan. In employ of Morgan's Iron Works, N. Y. City, and Roach's Ship Yard, Chester, Pa., 1878-1885; Providence and Stonington S. S. Co., 1885- 1887; sup't Union Dry Dock Co., Buffalo, N. Y., 1887- 1889; Chicago Ship Bid'g Co., as mg'r ten years, and pres. 1899-1900. Mem. Soc. Naval Architects and Marine Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Naval Eng'rs, U. S. Naval Inst., Inst'n Naval Architects, London, England. Clubs: Engineers. N. Y. Yacht. Residence: 229 W. 97th St. Address: 17 State St., N. Y. City.
BABST, EARL D.
Lawyer; b. Crestline, O., July 6, 1870; s. Jacob and Mathilde (Stoll) Babst; attended Kenyon Mil. Acad., 1889; Kenyon Coll., 1889-1891; Unlv. of Mich., Ph.B., 1893; LL.B., 1894; (honorary) A.M., 1911; m. 1903, Alice Edwina Uhl, d. Edwin F. Uhl, late Ambassador to Germany. In practice, Detroit, 1894-1902; Chicago, 1902-1906; New York since 1906; general counsel National Biscuit Co. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Psi Upsilon fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa Soc .; mem. Alumni Advisory Council. Univ. of Mich. Clubs: Union League, University (Chicago) ; University, Ardsley (N. Y. City). Residence: 128 W. 69th St. Address: 409 W. 15th St., N. Y. City.
V BACHE, JULES S.
Banker; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 9, 1861; s. Semon and Elizabeth (Van Praag) Bache; ed. Charlier Inst., N. Y .; m. N. Y. City, Mar. 23, 1891, Florence R. Scheftel; children: Mrs Fred Lloyd Richards, b. 1893; Kathryn King. b. 1898. Now senior partner J. S. Bache & Co., bankers; dir. New Amsterdam Casualty Co., in- ternat. Banking Corp'n, Nat. Bank of Cuba, Empire Trust Co., Anniston City Land Co., New River Collier- ies Co., Hall Switch & Signal Co., First Mortgage Guarantee Co., Wawbeek Land Co., United Assets Corp'n, Am. Indemnity Co. of Baltimore. Clubs: New York, Lambs, Lawyers, Automobile. Residence: S E. 67 th St., N. Y. City. Address: 38 Avenue Marceau, Paris, and 42 Broadway, N. Y. City.
V BACHE, LEOPOLD S.
Banker, broker; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 12, 1865; s. Semon and Elizabeth (Van Praag) Bache; attended Phila. Inst., Frankfurt, Germany, 1873-1874; Charlier Inst., N. Y., 1874-1880; Belgium, 1880-1882; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 3, 1892, Hattle Stein; children: Frank Semon, Harold Leopold. Entered father's glass busi- ness, Semon Bache & Co., 1882; became partner, 1888; treas. Giveen Mf'g Co., 1895, and entered Cotton Ex- change, 1901; partner in firm J. S. Bache & Co., since 1904, becoming mem. N. Y. Coffee and N. Y. - Produce Exchanges; mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange since 1908. Dir. N. Y .. Plate Glass Ins. Co. (mem. Advisory Com.); dir. and chm'n Auditing Com. City of N. Y. Ins. Co .; mem. B'd Mg'rs N. Y. Cotton Exchange. Democrat; Hebrew. Clubs: Harmonie, N. Y. Bridge Whist. Stock Exchange, Luncheon, Century, (White
Country Plains), Country (Portchester). Residences: Crest View, Portchester, N. Y., and 112 W. 75th St., N. Y. City. Address: 42 Broadway, N. Y. City.
V BACKUS, JAMES BAYARD
Lawyer; b. Schenectady, N. Y., Sept. 20. 153; 8. Rev. Dr. J. Trumbull Backus (moderator "Reunion" Gen. Assembly of Presby'n Ch., Philadelphia, 1870) and Anne (Walworth) Backus (d. Hon. Reuben Hyde Walworth, last of N. Y. State chancellors): grad. Union Coll., B.A., 1874; m. 1877, Cornelia N. Price; one d .: Elizabeth Chester Backus (wife of Walter Toucey. Peck). Chm'n Com. on Enrollment of Com. of 53, which organized Republicans of County of N. Y., 1897- 1898. This movement forced nomination of Theodore Roosevelt for Gov. of N. Y. State, as Senator Platt was obliged to select some candidate for Gov. accept- able to Independents, represented by this org'n. Re- publican. Mem. Met. Museum of Art, Soc. Colonial Wars; one of seven original organizers Soc. of May- flower Descendants. Residence: 600 W. 115th St. Ad- dress: 100 Broadway, N. Y. City.
yBACON, ALEXANDER SAMUEL
Lawyer; b. Jackson, Mich., Nov. 20, 1853; s. John A. and Harriet (Smith) Bacon; grad. Jackson High Sch., and U. S. Mll. Acad., West Point, 1876 ( was First Capt. Corps of Cadets and grad. in the "Stars" and was after grad. instr. in art'y tactics and practical astronomy); m. Denver, Colo., Sept. 1, 1886, llarriet Whettelsey Schroter; children: Carol, Marie A. Ad- mitted to bar, 1879; has wide legal practice, civil and mil., extending to many States and foreign countries. V .- p. and dir. Webster Piano Co., and trustee various benevolent socs. Served in army as lieut. U. S. Art'y; later Capt. Co. A, 23d Reg't. N.G.N.Y .: maj. and lt .-
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coi. 23d Reg't, coi. 2d Provisionai Reg't, N. G. N. Y. Assemblyman, N. Y. Legislature,
various 1887. Democrat, Baptist. Author works, including: The Woolly Horse, The Illegal Trial of Christ, Masonic Nobility, Mohammed and Islam. Mem. Masonic bodies and Authors' League
America. Clubs: Quill, Winter's Night. Residence: 101 Rugby Rd., Brooklyn. Address: 37 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
BACON, ARTHUR AVERY
Prof. physics, sec. and registrar, Hobart Coll .; b. Laconia, N. H., Oct. 26, 1875; s. Rev. William F. and Mary W. (Beal) Bacon; grad. Dartmouth Coll., A.B., 1897; A.M., 1901; m. Medford, Mass., 1902, Edith M. Jones; children: Marguerite Hobart, b .. 1905 (de- ceased); Mary Frances, b. 1907; Richard Emerson, b. 1909; Preston Morrill, b. 1911. Tutor in physics, Ober- lin Coll., 1897-1898, grad, student and ass't in physics, Dartmouth Coll., 1898-1900; instr. mathematics, Dart- mouth, 1900-1901; mathematical master, Volkmann Sch., Boston, 1901-1903; prof. physics, Hobart Coli., since 1903. Republican. Presby'n. Mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Physical Soc., Société Française de Physique, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta. Address: Hobart
Coll., Geneva, N. Y.
BACON, CHARLES W.
Lawyer; b. Natick, Mass., Mar. 4, 1856; s. John W. and Amelia A. (Jeffers) Bacon; grad. Phillips Acad., Exeter, N. H., 1875; Harvard Univ., 1879; m. Cam- bridge, Mass., May 28, 1888, Rena E. Mattis; children: John W., b. 1892; Ross M., b. 1894. Engaged in practise of law since 1881; ass't U. S. att'y Southern Dist. of N. Y., April 1, 1905, to Jan. 31, 1906. Club: Papyrus (Boston). Residence: 460 E. 4th St., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Address: 154 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
BACON, EDGAR MAYHEW
Writer and farmer: b: Nassau, N. P., Bahamas, June 5, 1855; s. John R. and Jennie M. (Lockhart) Bacon; father was U. S. Consui at Nassau; came to N. Y. . with parents in infancy; ed. at private schools in Tarry- town, N. Y .; m. Hopeworth, Bristol, R. I., Nov. 7, 1903, Anna H. Beard, of Lakewood, N. Y. Worked in book store, Albany, N. Y .; adopted art as profession, contributed to periodicals, later engaged in editorial work; became managing editor of several weekly publications in N. Y .; visited West Indies, 1888-1889, and 1890. Author: The New Jamaica, 1891; The Pocket Piece, 1892; Chronicles of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow, 1897; The Hudson River from Ocean to Source, 1902; Narragansett Bay, 1904; Nation Build- ers, 1906; Henry Hudson, also historical chapters in Winston's Story of America and other works, various booklets, pamphlets, etc. Independent in politics.
Mem. Reformed (Dutch) Church. 'Mem. Am. Hist. Ass'n, N. Y. State Museum Ass'n, Luther Burbank Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc., N. Y. State Hist. Ass'n, Authors' League of America, Health League, Tarrytown Horti- cultural Soc. Recreation, Painting. Address: Maple Crest Farm, Wingdale, N. Y.
V BACON, EDWARD RATHBONE
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 22, 1846; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad .; admitted to bar, Buffalo, N. Y., Nov., 1869; counsel for various railroad companies 18 years; became v .- p. Cincinnati, Washington & Baltimore R. R., 1881; pres., 1890-1902; v .- p. since 1902, Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern R'y; one of reorganizers and dir. Baltimore & Ohio R. R .; dir. Knickerbocker Apartment Co., Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., Kansas City Southern R'y. Clubs: Union, Manhattan, Metro- politan, City Midday, Tuxedo, Racquet and Tennis, Down Town, N. Y. Yacht. Residence: 247 Fifth Av. Address: 2 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BACON, JOSEPH MANSFIELD
Coal merchant; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 11, 1858; s. Free- man and Harriet M. (Madden) Bacon; ed. public soh., and Univ. City of N. Y .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1886, Annie Bleeker Launy; children: Gladys, b. 1890; Margucrite, b. 1891. Pres. Bacon Coal Co., Allouma Realty Co .; trustee Brevoort Savings Bank. Nat. Pro- gressive. Mem. Royal Arcanum, S. A. R., Soc. of Old Brooklyn, asso. mem. G.A.R. Recreation: Golf. Club: Union League (Brooklyn). Residence: 867 Park Pl. Address: Reid and DeKalb Avs .. Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Former ambassador; b. Boston, Mass., Juiy 5, 1860; s. William B. and Emily .C. (Low) Bacon; grad. Har- vard Univ., A.B., 1880; m. Oct. 10, 1883, Martha Waid- ron, d. Elliot C. Cowden, of N. Y. Entered banking house of Lee, Higginson & Co., Boston, 1881; mem. firm E. Roilins Morse & Bro., 1883-1894; mem. J. P. Morgan & Co., N. Y., 1894-1903; ass't sec. of State, 1905-1909; sec. of State, Jan. 27-Mar. 6, 1909, succeeding Eiihu Root. Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to France, Dec., 1909-Jan., 1912; mem. B'd of Overseers,
Harvard Univ. 1899-1901, and 1902-1908; fellow of Cor- p'n of Harvard Univ. since Jan. 1912. Made official visit to Brazil, Argentine Republic, Chile, Peru, S. America, on behalf of Carnegie Endowment for Internat. Peace, Washington, D. C., Oct .- Dec., 1913. Addresses: 1 Park Av., N. Y. City, and 54 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.
BACON, SELDEN
Lawyer; b. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 28, 1861; s. Leonard Woolsey (D.D.) and Susan Bacon; ed. Yale Coll., Carleton Coll., A.B., 1882; A.M., 1885; Univ. of Wis., LL.B., 1884; m. 1st, Madison, Wis., Oct. 24, 1894, Sally Blair Fairchild (died 1902); 2d, Stamford, Conn., July 25, 1903, Josephine Dodge Daskam; chil- dren: Frances Fairchild, Lee Fairchild, Anne, Deb- orah, (Seiden, Jr. Admitted to bar in Minn., 1883; practised law in Minneapolis until 1894; since then in N. Y. City. Was prof. civil procedure in Law Sch. of, Univ. of Minn., 1889-1894. Author: Equity Plead- ing and Procedure. Mem. Am. Geog. Soc., Archæol. Inst. of America. Residence: Mt. Pleasant, West- chester Co., N. Y. Address: 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.
BACON, WILLIAM POST HAWES
Piano mfr; b. N. Y. City, March 14, 1864; s. Francis and Anna (Hawes) Bacon, grad. N. Y. Univ. (com- mencement orator) 1886; m. Plymouth Ch., Brooklyn, Jan. 17, 1901, Caroline Harriet Messinger. Engaged in mfg business since 1886; now pres. Francis Bacon Piano Co., N. Y. City; dir. Heppe Piano Co., Philadel- phia. Ex-mem. Co. H, 7th Reg't, N.G.N.Y .; served in Brooklyn trolley strike, 1895, and Croton Dam strike, 1900. Treas., 1904-1906, trustee from 1906, pres. 1908, village of Bronxville. Republican.
Mem. Reformed (Dutch) Ch. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa, Mayflower Soc., Sons of Revoiu- tion. Address: Bronxville, N. Y.
BAER, WILLIAM JACOB
Artist; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 29, 1860; s. Henry and Barbara (Humbert) Baer; studied at Royal Acad., Munich, Bavaria, 1880-1894, receiving four first-class medais; m. N. Y. City, 1885, Laura Schwenk; children: Mrs. Ella Laura Mounce, Marian Ethel, Laura and Mildred. Came to N. Y. City, 1884; instr. at Prince- ton, Cooper Inst., Sch. of Applied Design, Chautauqua, until 1896; specialist in miniature painting, receiving first honors at exposition at Paris, 1900; Buffalo (Pan- American), 1901; Charleston, 1902. Mem. German Jury of AAwards, St. Louis, 1994; also representing American Dep't, by courtesy, in advising awards for miniatures. Chief works (in addition to portraits): In Arcadia, The Golden Hour, Aurora, Daphne, Nymph, Madonna with Auburn Hair, Halcyon Days, Young Diana and Primavera. Honorary mem. Calif. Soc. of Miniature Painters; treas. Am. Soc. Miniature Painters (pres. 1905-1913), N. E. Soc. of Orange, N. J., asso. Nat. Acad. of Design. Recreation: Golf. Residence: (summer) Salter's Point, Buzzards Bay, Mass. (winter) 92 Wal- nut St., East Orange, N. J. Address: 226 Central Park S., N. Y. City.
BAGBY, ALBERT MORRIS
Musician, writer; b. Rushville, Ill., April 29, 1859; S.
Judge John Courts and Mary Agnes (Scripps) Bagby; ed. in U. S .; also several years in Berlin and Welmar (Germany), under Xavier Scharwenka, Oscar Raif, Heinrich Urban and Franz Liszt, in music. Author: Miss Träumerel (story of Liszt and his historie musi- cal coterie in Weimar) ; Mammy Rosie: and also nu- merous sketches for the Century and St. Nicholas magazines, and the press. Clubs: Calumet, National Arts. Address: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, N. Y. City.
BAILEY, DE WITT
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 3, 1873; s. Charies H. and Mary E. (Peterkin) Bailey; ed Brooklyn Poly. Inst., Columbia Univ. and Law Sch., B.A., A.M., LL.B .; m. Jan. 12, 1909, Anna G. Rose. Admitted to bar. 1894; mcm. law firm of Bailey & Sullivan. Dir. Develop- ment Co. of Cuba, Home Trust Co. of N. Y., Stewart Sugar Co. and Fiske Fruit Co. (sec.). Presby'n. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Sigma Psi fra- ternity; Brooklyn League. Clubs: Crescent Athletic. Municipal, University, Hanover (all Brooklyn). Ad- dress: 102 Wilson St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BAILEY, EDWARD
Banker; b. Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pa., Oct. 19, 1861; s. Charies Lukens and Emma Harriet (Doll) Bailey; ed. Hill Sch., Pottstown, Pa., Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; Yale Univ., Sheffield Scientific Sch., Yale Univ., Ph.B., 1881; m. Harrisburg. Pa., Oct. 2. 1889, Elizabeth Il. Reily; children: Elizabeth, b. 1893; Martha, b. 1896; George Reily, b. 1599. Pres. llarris- burg Nat. Bank. Harrisburg Trust Co., Pa. Surety Co., Harrisburg Traction Co .; treas. Am. Iron & Steei Inst .; chm'n B'd of Directors llarrisburg R'y Co., dir.
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Steelton Nat. Bank, Steelton Trust Co., Farmers Trust Co., Carlisle, S. West Mo. R. R. Co., United Gas & Electric Co., N. Y. Trustee Pa. State Hosp., Har- rlsburg, Pa., Home of the Friendless, Harrisburg, Pa. Republican. Presby'n. Clubs: University (Phila.), University (N. Y.), Country, Inglenook, Triton (Quebec, Canada). Residence: 1517 N. Front St. Address: Harrisburg Nat. Bank, Harrisburg, Pa.
V BAILEY, FRANK
Capitalist; b. Chatham, N. Y., 1865; s. Dr. W. C. and Julia M. (Utley) Bailey; grad. Union Coll., A.B., 1885; Ars.D., 1908; m. Brooklyn, July, 1905, Marle Louise Lambert; one d .: Barbara Bailey, b. 1906. V .- p. and trustee Title Guarantee and Trust Co., Brooklyn; 3d v .- p. and dir. Bond & Mortgage Guarantee Co .; pres. and dir. Realty Assoclates; treas. and dir. City Real Estate Co .; dir. Brooklyn Acad. Music, Bush Terminal Co., Empire State Surety Co., Kings Co. Electric Light & Power Co., Livingston Realty Co., Nassau Nat. Bank, N. Y. Estates of Long Beach, Edison Elcc. Il- luminating Co .; v .- p. and dir. Long Island Safe De- posit Co. Treas. Union Coll., Schenectady, N. Y .; trustee Polytechnic Inst. Clubs: Brooklyn, Hamilton, Riding and Driving, L. I. Country, Adirondack League, Triton (Canada), Helena Shooting (N. C.), Nassau Country, Residence: 338 Clinton Av. Ad- dress: 175 Remsen St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
BAILEY, JOHN M.
Lawyer; b. Bethlehem, N. Y., Aug. 24, 1838; s. Henry and Hannah (Mosher) Bailey; ed. Hudson River Inst., Claverack, N. Y .; grad. Unlon Coll. (valedictorian, 1861; Philomathean Soc.); m. 1st Rochester, N. Y., 1864, Dell L. Hooker (died); m. 2d, 1904, Fannie Mitchell Harding, of Hopeside, Va .; children: Minnie Balley Jewett, b. 1866; Judson Hooker Bailey, b. 1871; also by second marriage, Louisa Harding Bailey. Lawyer, practising in all courts. Was ass't dist. att'y, Albany County, 1865-1868; U. S. collector internal revenue, 14th Dist., N. Y., 1871-1874; dist. att'y, Al- bany County, 1874-1877; member of Congress from Albany Co. 1878-1881; U. S. consul, Hamburg, Ger- many, 1881-1885; delegate Republican Nat. Con., 1888; surveyor of customs, Port of Albany, 1889-1894; adj. 177th N. Y. Vols., In Dep't of Gulf during Civil War. participating in battles of Amite River, Ponchatoula and slege of Port Hudson. Dir. First Nat. Bank of Albany. Republican. Mem. Reformed Ch. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Loyal Legion (N. Y. Commandery). Club: Fort Orange. Address: 93 State St., Albany, N. Y.
BAILEY, LEON ORLANDO
Lawyer; b. Wellsboro, Tioga Co., Pa., June 21, 1857; s. John W. and Margaret (Lewis) Bailey; ed. Cornell Univ., classical course, class of 1880; left at end of sophomore year; grad. Indiana Law Sch., LL.B., 1881; m. first, Lock Haven, Pa., 1877, Rosamond Paty Cog- geshall (dled Sept. 16, 1892); second, Martha's Vine- yard, Mass., Sept. 1, 1901, Gertrude May Stein; chil- dren: Elliott Gordon Balley, b. Jan. 31, 1904; Caro- line and Margaret (twins), b. Dec. 18, 1905. Began practice of law at Indianapolls, 1881, has been ad- mitted to all courts of Indiana and New York, and all Federal courts. including Supreme Court of U. S .; came to N. Y. City permanently, 1902; has made specialty of corp'n law. Democrat. Was mem. Ind. State Senate from Indianapolis, four years; chlef ass't att'y-gen. of Ind., four years; ass't U. S. att'y, two years; designated by Pres. Cleveland U. S. att'y for Dist of Ind. at close of latter's first term; corp'n counsel clty of Indlanapolis, one term; Democratic nominee for Congress from Indianapolls Dlst., 1898. Gen. counsel and dir. Commercial Research Co. of N. Y .; counsel and dir. Guanajuato Reduction and Mines Co .; (plant at Guanajuato, Mexico); also en- gaged in gen. corporate practice of law. Mem. Dutch Reformed Ch. Mem. Indiana State Bar Ass'n, Indian- apolls Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar Clty of N. Y., Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Elks, Mason. Clubs: Democratic, Lawyers. Residence: Bronxville, Westchester Co., N. Y. Office address: 5 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
BAILEY, LIBERTY HYDE
Author, editor, educator; b. South Haven, Mich., March 15, 1858; s. L. H. and Sarah (Harrison) Balley; B.S., MJS., Mich. Agr'l Coli .; afterwards ass't to Asa Gray, Harvard; LL.D., Univ. of Wis., and Alfred Univ.,; m. June 6, 1883, Annette Smith; children: Sarah May, b. 1887; Ethei Zoe, b. 1889. Prof. hortl- culture and landscape gardening, Mich. Agr'l Coll., 1884-1888; prof. horticulture Cornell Univ., 1888-1903; dir. N. Y. State Coll. of Agr., Cornell Unlv., 1903-1913. Chm'n Pres. Roosevelt Comm'n on Country Life. · Lec- turer on edn'l, social and scientific topics. Editor: Cyclopedia of Am. Horticulture (4 vols.); Cyclopedia of Am. Agriculture (4 vois.); Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (6 vols.); Rural Science Series; Rural
Text-Book Serles; Rural Manual Serles; first editor Country Life In America; former editor Am. Garden. Author :- Survival of the Unlike; Evolution of Our Native Fruits; Botany for Schools; First Lessons with Plants; Principles of Agriculture; Principles of Fruit-Growing; Principles of Vegetable-Gardening; Manual of Gardening; Outlook to Nature; The Nature- Study Idea; The State and the Farmer; the Country- Life Movement; York State Rural Problems; The Tralning of Farmers; Farmers and Gardeners Rule Book, Nursery Book, Plant Breeding, Forcing Book, Pruning Book, Practical Garden Book and other books. Independent in politics. Fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences; mem. Am. Philos. Soc. Address: Ithaca, N. Y.
BAILEY, PEARCE
Physician; b. N. Y. City, July 12, 1865; grad. Prince- ton, 1886 (A.M.), Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City, 1889; since then practising in N. Y. City; specialty is diseases of the mind and the nervous system. Con- sulting neurologist, St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hosps., N. Y. Clty. Author: Accident and Injury, Their Re- lation to Diseases. Address: 52 W. 53d St., N. Y. City.
BAILEY, THEODORE LAYTON .
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, June 7, 1878; s. Edward H. and Irene (Clifford) Bailey; grad. Cornell, Ph.B .. 1899: N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1901. Admitted to N. Y. Bar. 1901; has since practised law in N. Y. City; mem. law firm Roelker, Bailey & Stiger. Republican. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n; mem. Phi Delta Phl. Clubs: University, Alpha Delta Phi, Cornell, Squadron A, Under writers, Whitehall, Atlantic Yacht. Address: 62 William St., N. Y. City.
NBAINBRIDGE, WILLIAM SEAMAN
Physician, surgeon; b. Providence, R. I., Feb. 17, 1870: s. William F. and Lucy Elizabeth (Seaman) Bainbridge; ed. Mohegan Lake Sch., Peekskill, N. Y .. Shurtleff Coll., A.M., Washington & Jefferson Coli .. M.S., Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y., M.D., 1896; Sc.D. from Univ of Pa., 1907; married. For years on house staff of Presby'n Hosp., later physician to Sloane Maternity Hosp .; quiz master Coll. Phys. and Surg., 1894-1896; adjunct prof. N. Y. Post-Grad. Med. Sch. and Hosp .; now surgeon and gynecologist to N. Y. Skin and Cancer Hosp .; attending surgeon to N. Y. City Children's Hosps. and Schs .; prof. of surgery N. Y. Polyclinic Med. Sch. and Hosp .; consulting gyne- cologist to St. Andrew's Convalescent Hosp., St. Mary's Hosp., Jamaica., and Ossining Hosp .; consult- ing surgeon N. Y. Home for Dependent Crippled Chil- dren, Manhattan State Hosp., Tarrytown Hosp .: ass't surgeon Reserve Med. Corps, U. S. Navy. Travelled abroad 4 years. Vol. surgeon during Spanish-Am. War .; surgeon-gen., with rank of brig .- gen .. of Boys' Brigade of America, several years. Mem. Delta Up- silon fraternity, Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Acad. Medi- cine, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Greater N. Y. Med. Ass'n, Alumni Socs. of Presby'n Hosp. and Sloane Maternity Hosp .; hon. pres. Heidelberg Congress on Cancer. 1907. Contb'r to med. and scientific literature. Au- thor: Our Unseen Foes (work on bacteriology), The Growing of Years, Compend of Operative Gynecol- ogy (Grafton Press), Life's Day. Guide Posts and Danger Signals in Health (Frederick A. Stokes & Co.), and scientific papers. Clubs: Quill. Students. Address: 34 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.
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