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FRISBIE, GEORGE A,
IManufacturer; b. Camden, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1872; s. Wiliard J. and Emma Stevens (Phelps) Frisbie; grad. Colgate Acad. with honors, and attended Colgate Univ., but did not complete course; m. Camden, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1896, Alice Owen; one son; Owen Phelps Fris- bie, b. 1897. Entered employ of Camden Knitting Co., Jan., 1893, continued there till Jan., 1896, when moved to Utica and became sec. Kendall Knitting Co .; now treasurer of that company and of eicven other con- cerns in the knitting and kindred lines, with a com- bined capital in excess of $3,000,000, including: Regal Textile Co., Oncida Hosiery Co., Richelieu Knitting Co., Utica Paper' Box Co., Stittville Knitting Co., On- tario Knitting Co., and others; director Frisbie & Stansfield Knitting Co., Untica City Nat. Bank. Re- publican; Congregationalist. Treas. Utica Homœo- pathic Hosp. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Clubs: Ft. Schuyler, Union League (N. Y.), Yahnun- dasis Golf, Sadaquada Goif. Address: 445 Genesee St., Utica, N. Y.
FRISSELL, ALGERNON S.
Banker; b. S. Amenta, N. Y .; s. Rev. A. C. and La- vinia (Barker) Frissell; ed. Amenia Sem. and private sch., Poughkeepsic, N. Y .; m. May 12, 1870, Susan Brinckerhoff Variek (died 1885); children: Lewis F. (N.D.), Lavinia B. Began employment in City Bank, Poughkeepsie, 1862; Loan Cierk Importers and Traders Nat. Bank, N. Y. City several years; became dir. and cashier Fifth Av. Bank of N. Y., at its organization in 1875, and its pres. since 1885; 2nd v .- p. and trustee, Greenwich Sav. Bank, dir. Associated Land Co., South- ern Improvement Co. of N. Y., Woodlawn Cemetery Co. Mem. B'd Ed'n 1901-1905: mem. com. appt'd by
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Gov. Hughes to consider and report on improvements in banking laws of N. Y. (1907); treas. Civil Service Reform Ass'n, N. Y. Kindergarten Ass'n; Armstrong Ass'n. Clubs: Century, City, Barnard (N. Y. City), Cosmos (Washington), National (London). Address: 530 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
J FRISSELL, LEWIS FOX
Physician; b. Bloomfield, N. J., 1872; s. A. S. and Susan Brinckerhoff (Varlck) Frissell; ed. Phillips An- dover Acad., Yale, A.B., 1895, A.M., 1897; Columbia, M.D., 1900; m. Simsbury, Conn., June 18, 1902, An- toinette W. Montgomery; children: Lewis Varick, b. 1903; Phelps Montgomery, b. 1905; Antoinette Wood, b. 1907. Ass't prof. clinical medicine Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia); asso. attending physician, St. Luke's Hosp. Mem. N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Am. Med. Ass'n, Med. Soc. State of N. Y., Alumni of Presby'n Hosp., A.A.A.S., Ass'n for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. Clubs: Century, University, City, Yale. Address: 113 E. 56th St., N. Y. City.
FROHMAN, DANIEL
Theatrical mg'r; b. Sandusky, O., 1853; s. Henry and Barbara Frohman; ed. schs. of Sandusky and N. Y. City. Was office boy with N. Y. Tribune, 1866, and continued in newspaper business for five years. Be- came mg'r of traveling theatrical companies through U. S .; mg'r Fifth Avenue Theatre and Madison Sq. Theatre, N. Y. City, 1879; mg'r of Lyceum Theatre, N. Y. City, from 1885, and now mg'r new Lyceum Theatre, the Daniel Frohman Stock Company, as well as sev- eral English and Am. stars. Pres. Actors' Fund of America. Address: 145 W. 79th St., N. Y. City.
FROMENT, FRANK L.
Merchant; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 19, 1852; s. Theodore and Nancy Thorndyke (Knowlton) Froment; ed. public schools; m. N. Y. City, April 24, 1877, Lillle B. Mc- Kibbln; children: Eugene McK., L. Victor, Mrs. T. J. Gaines, Jr. Senior mem. Froment & Co .; dir. Green- wich Bank, Stuyvesant Ins. Co. Residence: 52 E. 74th St. Address: 151 Bank St., N. Y. City.
FROMME, ISAAC
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Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 4, 1854; s. Louis and Ernestine (Freudenberger) Fromme; ed. Grammar Sch. No. 20, N. Y. City, Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1874; Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1876; m. N. Y. City, May 11, 1879, Sophie Abraham; children: Miriam, b. 1881 (died 1885); Murray B., b. 1884; Estelle, b. 1886; Walter, b. 1890; Elsie, b. 1892; Warren V., b. 1897. Ad- mitted to bar, May, 1876. Organized Consumers' Hy- giene Ice Co., Koster & Bial's Music Hall, N. Y. Butch- ers' Dressed Meat Co .; att'y for Hugh O'Neill, Union square Bank, William H. Lyon & Co., etc. Was dir. Real Estate Exchange and Auction Room, Limited, and its sec. for four terms until the corporation was dissolved. Mem. Exec. Com. of Tammany Hall, 1898, 1901, and mem. Com. on Municipal Affairs same years; Registrar of the County of N. Y., 1898-1901; repre- sented 7th Cong. Dist. as delegate to Dem. Nat. Conv., 1900. Master of Hope Lodge, 244, F. and A. M., 1888, and trustee of same over twenty years; dlst. deputy grand master, 1897-1898; grand marshal, 1898-1899; comm'r of appeals, 1900-1903, Grand Lodge State of N. Y .; mem. of the four Scottish Rite bodies and the Mystic Shrine. Mem. of Congregation Rodeph Sholom; pres. Zion Lodge Independent Order B'nai Brith; mem. Independent Order Free Sons of Israel. Governor Home for Aged Hebrews, Yonkers, N. Y. Mem. N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Alumni Coll. City of N. Y., represent- ing Ciass of 1874, City College Club. Clubs: Progress, National Democratic. Address: 256 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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FRONCZAK, FRANCIS EUSTACE
Physician; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1874; s. Adel- bert and Victoria (Jaworska) Fronczak; ed. St. Stan- islaus Sch .; grad. Canislus Coll., A.B., 1894, A.M., 1895; Univ. of Buffalo, Med. Dep't, M.D., 1897; Law Dep't, 1899; Jagellonian Unlv., Cracow, Austria (Poland), med. dep't (honorary), 1900; m. Buffalo, April 25, 1900, Lucy Rose Tucholka; children; Eugenia Anna Ste- phania, b. 1903; Edward James, b. 1905. Traveled ex- tensively in U. S., Canada, Europe, W. I., S. America and Africa. Mem. Civil Service Comm'n, Buffalo, 1898- 1902; town physician. Cheektowaga, Erie Co., since 1900; physician Erie Co. Penitentiary, 1899-1901; mem. Charter Revision Comm'n of Buffalo, 1906; ass't health comm'r Buffalo, Jan. 1, 1907-1910; health eomm'r, 1910. Trustee Am. Savings Bank. Democrat; Cath- olic. .Mem. Buffalo Acad. Medicine, Med. Journal Club, Erie Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. and New England R'y Surgeons (surgeon of N. Y. C. and H. R. R. R. Co.); Polish Physicians and Scientists of Europe, Buffalo Hist. Soc., Buffalo Soc. for Natural Sciences, etc .; v .- p. Election Laws Enforcement Ass'n; pres. Polish Phy-
sicians' Ass'n of America; mem. Monluszko (Polish) Singing Soc., Polish Union, Pollsh R. C. Ass'n, Polish Nat. Alliance, Catholic Mut. Benevolent Ass'n, Knights of Columbus, etc .; attending physician Felician Sis- ters' Inst., Cheektowaga, N. Y .; pres. Polish Nat. Ald Ass'n and Academicians Club, Polonia. Address: 800 Fillmore Av., Buffalo, N. Y.
FROST, AARON VAIL
Jeweler; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., July 2, 1886; s. Aaron Vail and Leontine Josephine (Remond) Frost; ed. Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, N. Y .; m. Baltimore, Md., April 25, 1907, Jessie Stillwell Gore; children: Aaron Vail, Jr., b. Jan. 16, 1908; Albert Gore, b. May 4, 1910. Sec. and dir. Biack, Starr & Frost. Clubs: Union League, Sleepy Hollow Country, Automobile. Resi- dence: 135 Central Park W. Address: 594 Flfth Av., N. Y. City.
FROST, CHARLES NOBLE
Clergyman; b. Detroit, March 1, 1855; s. George S. and Eilen E. (Noble) Frost; ed. Princeton, Princeton Theol. Sem., New Coll., Edinburgh, Scotland; D.D. Hamilton Coll., June, 1909; m. Attica, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1885, Harriet Mason Eilinwood; children: Ellen Ar- lotta, b. 1886; Ruth Ellinwood, b. 1888; Janet Noble, b. 1894. Was pastor Presby'n Ch. at Lapeer, Mich., 1879-1887; Westminster Ch., West Bay City, Mich ... 1887-1888; Presby'n Ch., Victor, N. Y., 1889-1896; Pres- b'n Ch. at Bath, N. Y., 1896-1911; since 1911, pastor Central Presby'n Ch., Avon, N. Y. Independent in polltics. Dir. Auburn Theol. Sem., Davenport Library, Bath, N. Y. Address: Avon, N. Y.
FROST, CONWAY ALONZO
Physician, surgeon; b. Detroit, Mich., May 9, 1867; s. George S. and Ellen D. (Noble) Frost; ed. private sch., Detroit, Lawrenceville Sch., N. J., Univ. of Mich., Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., M.D., 1890; post-grad. work in Univs. of Freiberg, Germany, and Vienna Hosp. and Univ., Austria; m. Clinton, N. Y., 1892, Anne Will- iams Mott; children: Caroline Mott, b. 1895; Edward Farle, b. 1897. Began practise at Clinton, N. Y., 1891; appt'd instr. in hygiene and dir. of physical culture In gymnasium at Hamilton Col !. , 1895; inoved to Rome, N. Y., 1899; to Utica, N. Y., 1906, where is now practis- ing as specialist In pediatrics and obstetrics; mem. staff St. Luke's Hosp., Utica, N. Y. Has served as health officer of Cilnton, N. Y. Democrat until 1902; Republican until 1911, since then Progressive. Epis- icopallan. Mem. Med. Ass'n of Greater City of N. Y., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Oneida Co. Med. Soc., Rome City Med. Soc., Utica Med. Library Ass'n, St. Luke's Ciini- cal Soc. of Utica, Am. Ass'n for Study and Preven- tion of Infant Mortality; cx-pres. Oneida Co. Med. Soc .; v .- p. Utica Library Ass'n; mem. Chi Psi and Phi Alpha Sigma fraternities, Alumni Ass'n of Lawrence- ville Sch., Royal Arcanum. Address: 8 Piant St., Utica, N. Y.
FROST, FREDERIC WORTHEN
Lawyer; b. Franklin Falls, N. H., 1870; s. Lorenzo L .. and Harriet I. ( Hayward) Frost; ed. Franklin Fails (N. H.) High Sch., Tilton (N. H.) Sem., A.B., Wesleyan Univ., Middictown, Conn., A.B., cum laude, 1894; Co- lumbia Law Sch., 1897; N. Y. Law Sch., LL. B., 1898; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 25, 1899, Christine K. Giover; chil- dren; Frederlc Worthen, Jr., b. 1901; Constance Hop- kins, b. 1905. Was teacher of English and French at Shady Side Acad., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1894-1896; travel- ing in Europe as private tutor, 1896; associated with Frank Sulllvan Smith in practise of law since 1898; practise largely In corp'n law. Pres. of Park Slope Bld'g Co., and of Frost & Sons Paper Co .; v .- p. Cuban Land & Steamshlp Co., La Glorla Transportation Co., Shawmut Commercial Co .; dir. Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern R. R. Co., the Manhattan Life Ins. Co. of N. Y., trustee . Manhattan Savings Inst'n; sec. Shaw- mut Mining Co., Shawmut Coal & Coke Co. Repub- lican; Methodist. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Psi Upsilon fraternity: trustee Til- ton Sem., Tilton, N. H., Bible Teachers Training Sch. of N. Y. Club: Wesleyan Univ. of N. Y. (pres.). Res- idence (summer): Overiook, Pearl River. Rockland Co., N. Y. Address: 175 8th Av., Brookiyn, N. Y.
FROST, GEORGE CANFIELD
Clergyman; b. Detroit, Mich., Oct. 30, 1860; s. George · Smith and Elicn E. (Nobic) Frost; grad. Princeton, B.A., 1881; Princeton Theoi. Sem., 1885; m. Three Rive ers, Mich., July 25, 1888, Ciaudla Bennett; children George Antes, b. Sept. 16, 1890: Elizabeth Claudia, b. Jan. 30, 1900. Was pastor Presby'n Ch., Three Rivers, Mich., 1885-1890: Honeoye Falls, N. Y., 1891-1896; Cai- vary Presby'n Ch., Rochester, N. Y., 1897-1909, 1st Presby'n Cit., Holiey, N. Y., now Waterbury Memorial Ch., Oriskany, N. Y. Mem. Cliosophic Soc., Princeton. Address: Oriskany, N. Y.
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FROST, GEORGE HENRY
Retired; b. W. Hawkesbury, Ont., July 9, 1838; s. Ebenezer (b. Brattleboro, Vt., 1790), and Caroline (Harwood) Frost (b. Bennington, Vt.); removed to Smith's Falls, Ont., 1839; ed. in public sch. there, in private acad., Glover, Vt., 1 year, and McGill Univ., Can., C.E., 1860; P.L.S. (Provincial Land Surveyor), 1863; removed to Chicago, 1863; m. Dec. 3, 1868, Louisa, d. Edwin Hunt, hardware merchant of Chicago; chil- dren: Charles Hamilton, b. 1870; Harwood,, b. 1872; Edwin Hunt, b. 1874; Francis Willoughby, b. 1876. Clvll eng'r with Chicago & Northwestern R'y, Chicago, 1563-1867; city surveying In Chicago, 1867-1874; found- ed Engineering News, April, 1874; removed to N. Y. City, 1878; incorporated business Jan. 12, 1883; sold Engineering News to HIll Pub. Co., 1911; pres. Courier- News Publishing Co. of Plainfield, N. J. Republican; Presby'n. Asso. mem. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng'rs. Mem. Can. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, and sundry eng'ring ass'ns of U. S. and Can., N. E. Historic-Geneal. Soc. Address: Plainfield, N. J.
FROST, HALSTEAD HOLLOWAY, JR.
Lawyer; b. E. Norwich, Nassau Co., N. Y., May 7, 1860; s. Halstead Holloway and Mary (Vernon) Frost; ed. public schs., E. Norwich and Oyster Bay, N. Y., University Grammar Sch., N. Y. Clty, Fairchild's Inst., Fiushing, L. I .; Adelph] Acad., Brooklyn; Columbia Coll., A.B., 1883, A.M., 1885; and Columbia Law Sch .. 1885; Univ. of Beriin, summer semester, 1884; fellow In history, Columbia, 1886; m. East Norwich, N. Y., April 14, 1886, Mary L. Downing; children: Holloway Halstead, b. 1889 (Ensign U. S. N.); Esther May, b. 1892; Charles Lawrence, b. 1898. Engaged in prac- tice of law in N. Y. City since 1886. Ciub: Phi Gamma Delta. N. Y. Address: 141 Broadway, N. Y. City.
FROST, JAMES SHELDON
Lawyer; b. Rensselaerville, N. Y .; s. John D. and Phebe E. (Sheldon) Frost; ed. Fort Edward Collegl- ate Inst., Friends Coll., Albany Business Coll., and Al- bany Law Sch., LL.B .; m. Oct. 15, 1902, Dorothy Gould. Mem. law firm Frost, Daring & Warner, since admis- gion to bar. Sp'l ass't corp'n counsel, 1899, and an im- portant factor in revision of city charter. Judge, Re- corder's Court of Albany since 1908. Pres. Bette Ayre Conservation Co. Mem. Soc. of Friends. Mem. Knights of Pythias, Foresters, Scottish' Rite Maso., Shriner. Trustee Albany City Hosp., Albany Boys Acid., Union Unlv., Albany Med. Coll. Clubs: Albany, Phl Delta Phi, Unconditional Republican (pres. 2 terms), West End Gun, Back Woods (pres.). Residence: 152 State St. Address: 93 State St., Albany, N. Y.
N FROST, THOMAS GOLD
Lawyer; b. Galesburg, Ill., Feb. 17, 1866; s. Thomas Gold and Elizabeth Anna Frost; grad. Knox Coll., A.B., 1886; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1888; Columbla Sch. of Polit. Science, Ph.D., 1890; LL.D., Knox Coll., 1905; m. Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 26, 1893, Mary A. Ken- nedy; children: Barbara Gold, b. 1903; Dorothy Dean, b. 1908. Practised law at Minneapolis, 1888-1898; In N. Y. Clty since 1898; senior mem. firm Frost & Nle- man, corp'n lawyers. Author: Incorporation and Or- ganization of Corporations, Guaranty Insurance, New York Corporations, Federal Corporation Tax, Federal Income Tax, The French Constitution of 1793; The Man of Destiny (a novel dealing with career of late Gen. U. S. Grant). Dir. Anglo-Am. Audit Co., Nat. Incorporating Co. Progressive; Presby'n. Mem. B'd of Mg'rs and sec. Camp' Fire Girls. Recreations: Base- ball,' golf, tennis, automoblling. Residence: (sum- mer) Bridabllk, Belmar, N. J .; (winter) 430 W. 118th St. Address: 220 Broadway, N. Y. City.
FROST, WESLEY
Consul; b. Oberlin, O., June 17, 1884; s. Wllllam Goodell and Louise (Raney) Frost; grad. Oberlin Coll., A.B., 1907; A.M., George Washington Unlv., 1910; m. Wauwatosa, Wls., Dec. 21, 1909, Mary Priscilla Clapp. On staff of Hon. T. E. Burton, 1908, sec. to Hon. O. P. Austin, 1909; statistician, Dep't of State, 1909-1911, and in this capacity prepared most of sta- tistical and informative matter on Canadian reci- procity printed by Gov't or used by. Taft administra- tlon; Consul at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Can., since April 5, 1912. Residence: Berea, Ky. Ad- dress: Charlottetown, P. E. I., Can.
FROST, WILLIAM H.
Gas and oil producer, lumber dealer; b. Jefferson County, Pa., Nov. 7, 1843; s. Ablal R. and Mary A. (Wilson) Frost; ed. public schs. of Brockwayville, Pa .; m. Brockwayville, Pa., Dec. 24, 1863, Annie Pow- ell; 6 children. Engaged In lumbering many years; drllied gas wells, supplying towns of Brockton and Fredonia, N. Y. and other towns. Pres. Harlan Coal Co., Harlan County, Ky., Forest Gas Co. of Fredonla
and Brockton Gas & Fuel Co. of Brockton. Bullt up village at First Statlon and Duhring, Pa .; aiso schools and churches. Methodist. Mason. Address: Fre- donla, N. Y.
FROTHINGHAM, LOUIS ADAMS
Lawyer; b. Boston, Mass., July 13, 1871; s. Thomas and Annie P. (Lunt) Frothingham; grad. Harvard Coll., A.B., LL.B. Pres. Blackstone Savings Bank; dir. Laconia Car Co .; treas. and dir. Frothingham Bulldings; overseer of Harvard Univ. Speaker Mass. House of Representatives, 1904-1905; lieut .- gov. of Mass., 1908-1910; 2d lieut. U. S. Marine Corps during Spanish-Am. War. Republican; Unitarian. Clubs: , Union, City, Tennis and Racquet, Country. Resi- dence: 140 Beacon St. Address: Barristers Hall, Bos- ton, Mass,
FROTHINGHAM, RICHARD
Physician; b. Boston, Mass .; s. Thomas Goddard and Frances (Cook) Frothinghamn; grad. Harvard, 1892; m. Gwendolyn Davidson, d. Charles Davison and g.d. of late Rev. Edwin H. Chapiin; one d .: Gwendolyn, b. Jan. 16, 1895. Mem. Am. Laryngological Ass'n, Acad. of Med., Physicians' Mutual Aid Soc., Vanderbilt Clinic Throat Dep't. Address: 616 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
JFROTHINGHAM, THEODORE LONGFELLOW
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1863; s. James Harding and Wilhelmine E. ( Vietor) Frothingham; ed. Brooklyn Colicgiate and Poly. Inst., 1875-1880; Har- vard, A.B., 1884; Harvard Law Sch., LL.B., 1887; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 2, 1901, Elizabeth F. Mason; children: Theodore, b. Mar. 2, 1904; Elizabeth, b. Nov 9, 1908. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1887, and ever since engaged in practice. Dir. in various business corp'ns. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Harvard Law Sch. Ass'n. Trustee Brooklyn Hosp., Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Poly. Inst .; mem. B'd Mg'rs, State Charities Aid Ass'n. Clubs: University, Harvard, Down Town Ass'n (N. Y. City), Hamilton, Twentieth Century, Brooklyn Heights Casino (Brooklyn). Address: 32 Liberty 'St., N. Y. City.
FRUEAUFF, FRANK A.
Banker and operator, gas, electric and street r'y propertles; b. Columbia, Lancaster Co., Pa., March 29, 1874; s. John Frederick and Annie Day (Taggart) Frueauff; ed. public schs. of Leadville, Colo., and Den- ver, Colo., Hlgli Sch .; m. Denver, Coio., Nov. 30, 1909, Antoinette Perry. Men. firm Henry L. Doherty & Co. Pres. and dir. Lincoln Gas & Electric Light Co .; 1st v .- p. and dir. Alliance Gas & Power Co., Bartlesville Interurban R'y Co., City Light & Traction Co., The Massillon Electric & Gas Co., Spokane Falls Gas Light Co., Spokane Gas & Fuei Co., The Western Distribut- ing Co .; 1st v .- p., treas. and dir. Summit County Power Co .; 2d v .- p. and dir. Brush Electric Co .; 3d v .- p. and dir. Athens N'y and Electric Co .; gen. mg'r, v .- p. and dir. Denver Gas & Electric Light Co .; v .- p. and dir. Amarillo St. R'y Co., City Light & Water Co., Citles Service Co., Consolidated Cities, Light, Power & Trac- tion Co., The Coshocton Gas Co., Danbury & Bethel Gas & Electric Light Co., Doherty Operating Co., Do- herty Securities Co., Dominion Natural Gas Co., Ltd., Electric Bond Deposit Co., Empire District Electric Co., First Doherty Org'n Investing Co., Gas & Electric Securities Co., Improved Appliance Co., Knoxville Gas Co., Lebanon Gas & Fuel Co., Meridan Light & R'y Co., Montgomery Light and Water l'ower Co., Nela Alpha Anticipation Co., The Pueblo Gas & Fuel Co., Union Gas Co., Utilitles Improvement Co., The Toledo Traction, Light & Power Co., Watauga Power Co .; dir. Brantford Gas Co., Bristol Gas & Electric Co., Citizens Gas, Electric & Heating Co., First Doherty Org'n An- ticlpation Co., Fremont Gas, Electric Light & Power Co., Gas Securities Co., St. Joseph R'y, Light, Heat & Power Co., Quapaw Gas Co., Wichita Natural Gas Co., The Woodstock Gas Light Co. Pres. Nat. Electric Light Ass'n; ex-pres. Nat. Commercial Gas Ass'n, Colo- rado Light, Power & R'y Ass'n; mem. Am. Inst. Elec- tric Eng'rs, Am'. Gas Inst. Illuminating Eng'ring Soc. Clubs: Engineers, Lawyers, Economic (N. Y. City), Denver, Denver Athletic, Denver Country, Denver Mo- tor Overland, Colorado Traffic (Denver). Residence: Garden City, N. Y. Addresses: 405 17th St., Denver, Colo., and 60 Wall St., N. Y. City.
FRY, ALFRED BROOKS
Marine, mechanical and civil eng'r; b. N. Y. Clty, Mar. 3, 1860; s. Major Thomas W. Gardiner and Frances (Olucy) Fry; ed. private schools and Morse's Sch., N, Y. Clty, Eng'ring Sch., Columbia Coll .; m. 1890, Emina V., d. Brig .- gen, George A. Sheridan; one son, Sheri- dan (b. 1894). Eng'r in U. S. Treasury service since 1886; now chief eng'r, on duty as sup't U. S. pubilc bulla- ings, Ports of N. Y. and Newark, N. J .; eng'r, lieut., lieut .- comd'r and comd'r In naval militia since 1892; during Spanish-American War, acting chief eng'r U.
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S. N., 1898; now chief of staff Naval Militia of N. Y. Mem. B'd Consulting Eng'rs for Reconstruction of State Canals, 1904-1911. Consulting Eng'r to Cong. Comm'n of 1913 on mech. transmission of mails; mem. Com. on Waterways, Merchants' Ass'n, N. Y. Mem. Amn. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Naval Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs. Mem. Soc. of the Cincinnati, Loyal Legion, Soc. of Colonial Wars, Mil. Order Spanish-Am. War. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Army and Navy ( Washington), Ft. Orange (Albany), Royal Hope (Amsterdam, Hol- land). Residence: The Woodhull, Brooklyn. Address: U. S. Custom House, N. Y. City.
FRY, CHARLES PHILIP
Banker, broker; b. Mobile, Ala., Nov. 2, 1868; s. Thomas S. and Mary (Shorter) Fry; ed. Univ. of Ala .; m. N. Y. City, Sept. 23, 1908, Marjorie Benedict. For- merly ass't treas. and cashier Brooklyn, Queens Co. and Suburban R. R. Co., and Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., respectively, resigned in 1900; later treas. and dir. of the Carey Printing Co, of N. Y. Now an asso. of Battles & Co., bankers, of N. Y. and Philadelphia; also mem. firm of Wood, Fry & Co., mem. N. Y. Prod- uce Exchange. Democrat; Episcopalian. Pres. Sun- day Kindergarten Ass'n; Southern Soc., Georgia Soc .; v .- p. Alabama Soc .; mem. Sigma Nu fraternity. Club: St. Nicholas. Address: 60 Broadway, N. Y. City.
V FUEHRER, HENRY
Lawyer; b. Cologne-on-Rhine, Germany, Jan. 23, 1852; s. Vincent and Veronika (Dunkel) Fuehrer; ed. Realschule, Cologne, and received dipioma for one year's service in Prussian Army, March, 1867; studied law with Henry Wehle in N. Y. City; m. 1st, Louisa Tolles (died Sept., 1893); 2d, Marie Huber; children: H. Clinton (lawyer); Vincent, b. 1889; Gertrude, b. 1895. Mn'g clerk for Henry Wehle until 1876; since then practIsing independently. Hon. pres. Arion of Brooklyn (singing soc.); pres. German-Am. Citizens' League of Brooklyn. Under hls leadership the Arion of Brooklyn took a most successful concert tour for charitable purposes, extending to all the principal cltles of Germany, and which assumed such great social dimensions that it was treated by the press of both eountrles as of international importance; wrote book of poems, descriptive of trip. Author of dramas (in German): König Alfonse; Pariser Commune, etc. Known as Carnivallst in German society circles. Has traveled extensively in Europe and U. S .; takes active part in poiltics as an independent opposed to bosses. Club: Bushwick. Residence: 913 Greene Av. Ad- dress: 825 Gates Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
FUERTES, JAMES HILLHOUSE
Consulting eng'r; b. Ponce, Porto Rico, Aug. 10, 1863; s. Esteven Antonlo and Mary Stone (Perry) Fuertes; grad. Cornell Univ. (Coll. Civil Eng'ring), 1883; m. Camden, Ark., Jan. 16, 1895, Mary Hill Cable. Has made reports upon plans for and supervision of construction of municipal and eng'ring works, in- cluding sanitatlon of the city and port of Santos, Brazil; water supply of Lynchburg, Va .; filtration and water supply of Harrisburg, Pa., Steelton, Pa., and the Tome Institute, Port Deposit, Md .; report of water supply at Winnipeg, Can., Mechanicsburg, Pa., N. Y. City, Eastport, Me .; sewerage of Lebanon, Pa., Alex- andrla, La., Harrisburg, Pa., Ithaca, N. Y., and other citles. Expert on hydraulle and sanitary matters. Mem. and sec. Metropolltan Sewerage Comm'n of N. Y .; consulting eng'r for various municipalitles. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Cornell Univ. Ass'n Civil En- g'rs, Am. Water Works Ass'n. Author: Water and Public Health, 1897 (Wiley); Water Filtration Works, 1901 (Wiley) ; The Waste of Water in New York, and Its Reduction by Meters and Inspection, 1906 (N. Y. Merchants' Ass'n); contributor to scientific and tech- nical journals, and author of many printed reports on municipal improvements and public works. Clubs: . Engineers (N. Y. City), Harrisburg (Harrisburg). Ad- dress: 140 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
FUERTH, EMIL
Merchant; b. Schuttenhofen, Bohemia, Nov. 8, 1857; s. Wilhelm and Johanna Fuerth; ed. in publie sch. of native town and Musical . Coll. at Prague, Bohemia; came to U. S., took up dentistry; grad. Pa. Coll. Den- tal Surgery, Philadelphia, Pa., 1880; m. N. Y. City, May, 1880, Henrietta Froclich; children: William B., Selma B., Cecil E. Started practisc of dentistry in N. Y. Clty, 1880, and was mem. First Dist. Dental Soe. of N. Y .; was dental surgeon at Montefiore Home sev- eral years, also for a short time at German Polyclinic Dispensary, and remained in private practice. Became mem. firm of Ludwig Baumann & Co. at Third Av. and 121st St., and after six years removed to present large quarters on 125th St. and changed to a corp'n, now known as Ludwig Baumann & Co., Harlem, furniture and gen. house furnishings, of which has been pres. since April 9, 1904. Mason. 32°, and mem. Mystic
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