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GIBBS, HERBERT HARTWELL
Lawyer; b. Plymouth, Chenango Co., N. Y., 1859; s. Rev. B. B. and Minerva (Hartwell) Gibbs; grad. Col- gate Univ., A.B., 1884; m. Elizabeth, N. J., 1904, Jessie Angéie d'Astre; children: Herbert Clesson, Geoffrey. Practising law in N. Y. City since 1890. Mem. Ass'n Bar, City of N. Y., Delta Kappa Epsilon Ass'n; Alumni Ass'n of Colgate Univ. (pres. 1908-1910), N. Y. City
Alumni Ass'n of Colgate Univ., (sec, and treas. 1901- 1910). Clubs: University, Republican, Patria (pres. 1909-1910), Dunwoodie Country. Address: 76 William St., N. Y. City.
GIBBS, JOHN WILSON
Physician; b. Seneca, N. Y., June 29, 1847; s. Lucius S. and Jane ( Wilson) Gibbs; g .- g .- s. Spencer Gibbs. serg't in Revolutionary Army; ed. public schs., and grad. Buffalo High Sch .; studied law, grad. Med. Dep't, Univ. of Pa .. M.D., 1869; Eclectic Med. Coll., M.D., 1878; m. Mrs. Mary E. Seaton. Was censor Eclectic Med. Coll., and declined several chalrs which were offered him by colls .; invented electric massage roller and electric shoe, etc., specialist and authority on obesity. Entered Union Army as 2d lieut., 27th Inf., later capt. 8th Cav., »serving until explration of term of service; again entered as 1st serg't comd'g co., honorably dis- charged Jan. 8, 1866, for disability received in service; served in many important battles of War, especially in Shenandoah Vallcy. Mem. Health Dep't N. Y. City, 1881-1894, U. S. pension examining surgeon, N. Y. City; past comd'r E. Morgan Post, G. A. R .; mem. Am. Geog. Soc., Met Museum of Art, Medico-Legal Soc. (trustee) ; Master Mason, Eik; hon. mem. Luther Bur- bank Soc. Clubs: Lotos, N. Y. Athletic. Address: Hotel Belleclaire, Broadway and 77th St., N. Y. City.
GIBNEY, VIRGIL PENDLETON
Orthopedic surgeon; b. in Jessamine Co., Ky., Sept. 29, 1847; s. Robert A. (M.D.) and Amanda (Weagley) Gibney; grad. Ky. Univ., A.B., 1869, A.M., 1872, LL.D., 1899, Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., N. Y. City, M.D., 1871; m. 1st, 1883, Charlotte L. Chapin; one son; Robert A .; m. 2d, 1893, Julia A. Trubce. Surgeon-in-chief Hosp. for Relief of Ruptured and Crippled; prof. orthopedic surgery Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia Univ.). Clubs: Century, University, Garden City Golf, Brooklawn Country. Address: 13 Park Av., N. Y. City.
GIBSON, CARLETON BARTLETT
Pres. Mechanics Inst .; b. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 18, 1863; s. James S. and Antoinette (Powers) Gibson; grad. Univ. of Alabama, A.M., 1885; m. Jacksonville, Ala., 1889, Martha Newcomb; children: Carleton B., Jr., b 1890, Giadys, b. 1892, Wailacc, b. 1894. Pres. State Normal Sch., Jacksonville, Ala., 1885-1892; prin. Univ. Military Sch., Mobile, Ala., 1892-1893; pres. Central Female Coll., Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1893-1894; sup't of schs. of Columbus, Ga., 1894-1909; pres. Mechanics Inst., Rochester, N. Y., since 1910. Independent Democrat. Baptist. Mem. Phi Delta Theta fraternity, mem. Coun- cil. Nat. Ed'n Ass'n, Mason, Templar, Shriner; dir. Rochester Zool. Soc. Recreations: Yachting, shooting, golf. Clubs: Rochester Athletic, Genesee Valley. Resi- dence: 14 Argyle St. Address: 55 Plymouth Av., Ro- chester, N. Y.
GIBSON, CHARLES DANA
Illustrator; b. Roxbury, Mass., Sept. 14, 1867; 8. Charles De Wolf and Josephine Elizabeth Gibson; ed. in Boston and Flushing, L. I .; studled at Art Students' League, 1883-1884; m. Nov. 7, 1895, Irene Langhorne, of Richmond, Va. Devoted himself to illustrating, 1887. Has illustrated Richard Harding Davis's Soldiers of Fortune, Anthony Hope's Prisoner of Zenda, and Ru- pert of Hentzau and other books; among the series of sketches made by him are Americans, 1890, London as scen by C. D. Gibson, 1898, People of Dickens, 1898, Sketches in Egypt, 1898, Education of Mr. Pipp, 1899, The Widow and Her V.iends, 1901. Club: Racquet. Address: 127 E. 73d st., N. Y. City.
VGIBSON, CHARLES LANGDON
Physician; b. Boston, Mass., May 5, 1864; ed. abroad and at Adams Acad, and Harvard, A.B., 1886, M.D., 1889. Has practised in N. Y. City since 1890. Attending sur- geon to N. Y. Hosp., consulting surgeon to City Hosp .; Vassar Bros. Hosp., Poughkeepsie; Southside Hosp., Babylon; State Hosp. for Crippled and Deformed Chii- dren, adjunct prof. of surgery, Cornell Univ. Mem. N. Y. State Med. Soc., Amn. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Surg. Soc., Clinical Soc., Practitioners' Soc., Med. and Surg. Soc., Am. Surg. Ass'n, Am. Ass'n of Genito-Urinary Surgeons, Soc. of Clinical Surgery, Internat. Surg. Ass'n. Internat. Urological Ass'n, Ass'n Francalse de Cherurgie, Corre- spondent de la Société de Cherurgie de Paris, Sons of the Revolution. Soc. of Colonial Wars. Clubs: Uni- versity, Century, Harvard. Address: 72 E. 54th St., N. Y. City.
GIBSON, EDMUND T. H.
Retired R'y official; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 19, 1843; s. E. T. H. and Elizabeth C. (Sanford) Gibson; grad. Yale, A.B., 1864; m. Duluth, Minn., Oct. 12. 1892, Fannie C. Burbank; one daughter, Frances lastings, b. 1895. Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange, 1868-1874; cierk in lil. Centrai R. R. Co., 1871-1886, see .. Oct. 20, 1886, to May 18, 1887, ass't treas., May 18. 1887, to Oct. 1S,
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1893, and since then treas. same company. Also dir. Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans R. R. Co., Dubuque & Sioux City R. R. Co., retired May, 1913. Address: Belgrade, Me.
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GIBSON, GEORGE HERBERT
Consulting eng'r; b. Wayne, Mich., March 29, 1876; s. George and Catharine (Speyer) Gibson; grad. Univ. of Mich., B.S., in elec. eng'ring, 1899; m. Chicago, Ili., Dec. 25, 1901, Anna Jackson; children: George, b. 1902, Luis, b. 1904, Augustus, b. 1908. Ass't editor Eng'ring News, 1899-1901; editor Westinghouse Companies publishing dep't, 1901-1903; mg'r publicity, Internat. Steam Pump Co., 1993-1905; prop'r George H. Gibson Co., advertising eng'rs since 1905. Independent in politics. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs. Recreations: Automobiling, mech. inventions. Clubs: Common- wealth, Germantown Cricket. Address: Tribune Bld'g., N. Y. City.
GIBSON, JOHN GRAHAM
Lawyer; b. Geneva, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1854; s. Rev. Will- iam Thomas and Martha (Field) Gibson; ed. common schools of Utica, N. Y., Utica Free Acad., 1870; grad. Hobart Coll., B.A., 1874; unmarried. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, at Rochester, Oct., 1877, has since practised at Utica. Mayor of Utica, 1894-1897, corporation counsel of Utica, 1902-1904. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mem. Oneida Hist. Soc., Oneida Co. Bar Ass'n, Utica Law Library Ass'n. Mem. B'd Mg'rs St. Luke's Home and Hosp., Utica, for 11 years; trustee Utica Dispensary. Address: 25 Plant St., Utica, N. Y.
GIBSON, ROBERT, JR.
Lawyer; b. Marietta, Ga., Oct. 22, 1868; s. Robert and Annie (Glover) Gibson; grad. Univ. of the South, B.S., 1887, A.M. (several schs.), 1888, Columbia, LL.B., 1892, English oration, 1887, Commencement, German oration, 1888, Commencement; m. San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 15, 1908, Grace Llewellyn Jones; one d., Charlotte Ariel, b. 1909. Engaged in practise of law at N. Y. City since 1892. Pres. B'd Trustees of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Delegate to Dem. Conf., Saratoga Springs, 1909. Democratic candidate for Assembly, 1911. Mem. and sec. N. Y. Local Sch. B'd many years. Mem. Ass'n Bar, City of N. Y., Southern Soc., Alumni Ass'n, Law Sch. of Columbia Univ., Dwight Alumni Ass'n, N. Y. Alumni Ass'n of Univ. of South. Episcopalian. Club : N. Y. Athletic (life mem.). Residence, 501 W. 113th St. Address: 14 Wall St., N. Y. City.
GIBSON, ROBERT WILLIAMS
Architect; b. Aveley, Essex, England, Nov. 17, 1854; s. Samuel Lodwick and Eliza (Williams) Gibson; ed. In- gress House Sch., Gravesend; grad. Royal Acad. of Arts, London, 1879 (silver medal and scholarship); m. N. Y. City, 1880,. Caroline Hammond; children: Robert H., Lydia C., Katherine, Hester G. After graduation travelled in Europe one year, 1880; came to U. S. 1881; practised architecture in Albany, N. Y., 1881-1888. De- signed Albany Cathedral, N. Y. Clearing House, N. Y. Bot. Museum, N. Y. Coffee Exchange, U. S. Trust Co. Bld'g, Randall Memorial Ch. (Sailors' Snug Harbor), Greenwich Savings Bank, and many banks, churches, residences, etc. Seven years in English Volunteers.\ Independent. Episcopalian. Mein. council Fine Arts Federation; mem. and ex-dir. Am. Inst. Architects, Architectural League (twice pres.); mem. Met. Museum of Art, N. Y. Bot. Soc., N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, St. George's Soc. Recreations: Sailing, riding. Club: Cen- tury. Residence: Aveley Farm, Woodbury, L. I. Ad- dress: 185 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
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Lawyer; b. Glen Hope Mills, Pa., 1845; s. William H. and Jane P. Gibson; ed. Westminster Coll., Pa .; m. N. Y. City, Oct., 1895, Mary E. Leggett. Admitted to bar and since then engaged in practice in N. Y. City. As mem. Pa. Military Acad. Battery, volunteered in June, 1863, and served three months in Civil War. Was counsel for the U. S. Treasury Dep't before B'd U. S. General Appraisers May, 1895-June 30, 1901. Address: 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
GIDDINGS, FRANKLIN HENRY
Educator, sociologist; b. Sherman, Conn., Mar. 23, 1855; s. Rev. Edward J. and Rebecca Jane (Fuller) Giddings; ed. Union Coll., A.B., 1877; A.M., 1889; Ph.D., 1897; Oberlin Coll., LL.D., 1900; m. Elizabeth P. Hawes; children: H. Starr (Columbia, 1900), Elizabeth R., Lor- inda Margaret. Engaged in newspaper work, 1877-18SS; prof. political science, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1888-1894; prof. sociology, Columbia, since 1894. Joint author (with Prof. John Bates Clark); The Modern Distribu- tive Process, 1888. Author: The Theory of Sociology, 1894; Principles of Sociology, 1896; The Theory of Socialization, 1897; The Elements of Sociology, 1998; Democracy and Empire, 1900; Inductive Sociology, 1901; Descriptive and Historical Sociology, 1906.
Translations of his works have been made and pub- lished into French, Russian, Hebrew, Spanish, Italian, Czech and Japanese. Clubs: Authors'. Century. Ad- dress: 303 W. 104th St., N. Y. City.
GIEGERICH, LEONARD A.
Jurist; b. in Bavaria, May 20, 1855; s. Leonard and Theresa (Kramer) Giegerich; ed. in village public and parochial schs .; honorary LL.D., Manhattan Coll., and Coll. of St. Francis Xavier, N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City. Sept. 6, 1877, Louise M. Boll; children: Leonard A., Jr., b. July 16, 1888; Arthur Nicholas, b. Sept. 28, 1890. Admitted to N. Y. Bar and practised law. Mem. N. Y. Assembly 1SS7; collector U. S. internal revenue, 1987- 1890; Justice City Court of N. Y., 1890; county clerk of N. Y. County. 1891; Judge Court of Common Pleas, 1891-1895; delegate to Constitutional Convention, N. Y., 1894; Justice Supreme Court, 1896, re-elected Nov., 1906, for term expiring Dec. 31, 1920; nominated by Democrats, Republicans, the "Judiciary Nominators" Independence League (Hearst) and Prohibitionists. Democrat. Roman Catholic. Honorary mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Mem. N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Knights of Columbus, Catholic Benevolent Legion, St. Francis Xavier Sodality, Manhattan Coll. Alumni Soc., Alumni Soc. of Coll. of St. Francis Xavier, Tammany Soc., Fidelia Gesang Verein. Recreations: Agricul- tural pursuits, fishing, Clubs: Catholic. Democratic, Manhattan, Arion, German Press, N. Y. Fishing, Jeffer- son of 11til Ward, Press Club, N. Y. Hist. Soc., Park District Protective League of Riverdale-on-Hudson. Address: W. 252d St. and Arlington Av., Riverdale-on- Hudson, N. Y. City.
.GIELOW, HENRY JOHN
Naval architect, eng'r .; b. Manitowac, Wis., Aug. 1, 1855; s. Christian Augustus and Sophia S. (Jones) Gie- low; m. Detroit, Mich., March 31, 1908, Emma Alexan- drina Riggs. Entered service of U. S. after leaving sch., rendering service to gov't 13 years, after which located in N. Y .; designed two 260-ton floating der- ricks, owned by Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Co., 1895. also designed numerous dredges and their machinery and five ferryboats of the Key Route, in Calif. Be- came interested in yacht designing, first work being steam yacht Nydia; designed 60-foot yacht, 1905, which was first winner of King's Cup; also designer of many other yachts. Mem. Am. Soc. Naval Eng'rs; fellow Am. Geog. Soc. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht, Atlantic Yacht. Residence: Hotel Bossert, Brooklyn. Address: 52 Broadway, N. Y. City.
GIFFIN, L. T.
Clergyman; b. Forest Lake, Susquehanna Co., Pa., 1858; s. B. M. and Julia A. (Ball) Giffin; ed. Mitchell Sem., Mitchellville, Ia .; Univ. of Valparaiso and Colgate Univ., B.S .. 1590, and Hamilton Theol. Sem .; m. Mon- trose, Pa., 1SS4, Ella T. Fancher; children: Dena V., b. 1887; Merna J., b. 1889; Harold W., b. 1891; Shirley M., b. 1893. Pastorates at Oxford, N. Y., Long Island City, Granville; pastor Park Baptist Ch., Port Richmond, N. Y., and at Croton Falls, N. Y. Prohibitionist; Bapt. Address: 21 Maple Av., Newton, N. J.
GIFFORD, CHARLES ALLING
Architect; b. Newark, N. J., July 17, 1860; s. John A. and Mary (Alling) Gifford; ed. Newark Latin Sch., Stevens High Sch., Stevens Inst. of Technology; m. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Dec., 1890, Helen Conyngham; chil- dren: Charles Conyngham, Alice C., John A., Jr., Don- ald S. Architect of N. J. State Armories, N. J. State Bld'gs at Chicago and St. Louis Exp'n, MIt. Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, N. H .; Clifton Hotel, Niagara Falls. Can .; several churches, institutional bid'gs and private residences. Travelled extensively in Europe. Mem. N.G.N.J., 1890-1898, in 1st Troop, later on Div. Staff, as a.d.c., with rank of Major. Mem. Ain. Inst. of Architects, N. Y. Chapter A.I.A. Architectural League of N. Y., Am. Fine Arts Soc., N. J. State Rifle Ass'n. Recreations: Walking, boating. Club: Westmoreland (Wilkes-Barre). Residence: 60 Park Place, Newark N. J. Address: 25 Park Place, N. Y. City.
GIFFORD, RALPH W.
Prof. of law; b. W. Dedham, Mass., Oct. 15, 1867; s. ISiisha and Louise Jane (Knapp) Gifford; attended Cambridge Latin Sch. Cambridge, Mass. (prepared for Harvard) A.B. (Magna cum laude), Harvard, 1892; mem. Phi Beta Kappa; LL.B., 1901; hon. A.M., Yale, 1912; LL.D., Fordham 1912; m. Greenfield, Mass., June 30, 1892, Sarah Lowell Parsons; children: James Par- sons, b. 1893; Alexander, b. 1895; Charles Cummings, b. 1897; Sarah Lowell, b. 1902. Instr. of modern lan- guages 1892-1898; principal of Howard Seni. West Bridgewater, Mass., 1896-1898; ass't in french, ilarvard Coll., 1900-1901. Admitted to N. Y. Bar 1902, and en- gaged in practice until 1907. Prof. of law and pro- dean of Fordham Law Sch., 1907-1912; now lines prof.
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of testamentary law, Yaie Univ. Law Sch., also asso. In law, Columbia Law Sch. and sp'l lecturer on evi- dence Fordham Law Sch. Residence: 432 Temple St. Address: Yale Law Sch., New Haven, Conn.
GIFFORD, SETH KELLEY
Educator; b. West Falmouth, Mass., July 29, 1854; s. Azariah Shove and Lols (Bean) Gifford; grad. Haver- ford Coll., A.B., 1876; A.M., 1877; studied in univs. of Berlin, Bonn and Munich, 1883-1885, Halle 1901-1902, Ph.D .; m. Providence, R. I., 1883, Mary Amy Collins; children: Margaret Amy. b. 1SS8; Philip Collins, b. 1$91. Instr. Greck and Latin, Friends' Sch., Provi- dence, 1876-1882; ass't. prof. Greek and German, Haver- ford Coil., 1882-1883; prof. Greek, Haverford Coll., 1885- 1904; principal Moses Brown Sch., Providence, since July, 1904. Travelled In Italy and Greece, 1885. Mcm. Soc. of Friends. Mem. Am. Philol. Ass'n, Head Mas- ters' Ass'n. Phi Beta Kappa (Zeta Chapter); mem. B'd of Mg'rs, Haverford Coll., since 1905. Club: University (Providence). Address: Moses Brown Sch., Providence, R. I.
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GILBERT, ABRAHAM S.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 4, 1873; s. Philip and Re- becca (Joseph) Gilbert; ed. public schs., evening high sch., private prep. sch. and N. Y. Law Sch .; m. June 25, 1905, Ella J. Becher; two children: Frances Eleanor, b. April 6, 1906; Carl Richard, b. Jan. 26, 190S, Ass't att'y to Bld'g Dep't, 1896-1897; mem. firm of Mayer & Gilbert, Jan. 31, 1898-March 6, 1912; chm'n N. Y. Re- publican; delegate to Nat. Rep. Conv., 1892. Mem. Am. didate for Supreme Court Justice of Republican Party and Independence League, 1912. Mem. Ass'n of Bar City of N. Y., County Lawyers' Ass'n, Soc. Med. Juris- prudence, Dwight Alumni Ass'n and many charltable Inst'ns. Club: Republiean. Residence: 310 W. 93d St. Address: 43 Exchange Pl., N. Y. City.
GILBERT, ALEXANDER
Banker; b. Elizabeth, N. J., Aug. 10, 1839; s. Thomas and Phebe F. Gilbert; ed. at New Haven; m. June 6, 1865, Louise F. Randolph. Engaged in banking and at 24 was appt'd cashier of the Market and Fruiton Nat. Bank, and for years was the youngest bank officer In N. Y. City; now pres. Market and Fulton Nat. Bank; sec. N. Y. Clearing House, 1893-1894; was mem. Clear- Ing House Com., N. Y. City, 1903-1904; elected pres. N. Y. Clearing House Ass'n, Oct., 1906; treas. Hillside Cemetery Ass'n, of Plainfield, N. J .; mayor of Plain- feld, N. J., serving 1890-1896 (elected two terms with- out opposition) ; trustee Plainfield Public Library. Re- publican; delegate to Nat. Rep. Conv., 1892. Mem. Am. Acad. of Polit. and Social Science, N. Y. B'd of Trade and Transportation, N. Y. Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Union League, Republican, Fulton (N. Y. Clty) ; Piainfield Country: Park (Plainfield, N. J.). Resl- dence: Plainfield, N. J. Address: 81 Fulton St., N. Y. City.
GILBERT, BENJAMIN THORNE
Manufacturer; b. Utlca, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1872; s. Ben- jamin Davis and Adelaide (Thorne) Gilbert; ed. Law- renceville Sch., Andover, Yale, Columbia, B.A., 1897; m. Chappaqua, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1905, Sue Racey Blggar; children: Susan Gilbert, Benjamin Gilbert. V .- p. Con- tinental Car & Equipment Co .; writer of short stories appearing in the magazines; Interested In archaeoi- ogy; made researches and excavations In Central Arl- zona In 1904 and in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, 1905. V .- p. and dir. Sullivan & Siawson Co., Utlca, N. Y .; pres. Utica Chamber of Commerce, 1911-1912. DIscov- ered ruins of seventeen pueblos in Cave Creek DIst., Ariz. The collection of funeral urns, idols and jadcite objects found in Oaxaca is now in Am. Mus. of Nat. Hist., N. Y. City. Episcopalian. Clubs: University (N. Y.), Fort Schuyler (Utica, N. Y.), Delta Kappa Epsilon, Yale, Arts. Address: Utiea, N. Y.
V GILBERT, CASS
Architect; b. Zanesville, O., Nov. 24, 1859; s. Brig .- Gen. Samuel A. and Elizabeth Fuiton (Wheeler) Gil- bert; ed. public schs. Zanesville and St. Paul, and in Mass. Inst. Technology; m. Milwaukee, Wis., 1887; Julia T. Finch. Began study of architecture, 1876; has been in practise since 1883. Architect of new U. S. Custom House, the Woolworth Bld'g (highest bld'g in the world), Unlon Club, Broadway, Chambers, West St. Bid'g and others in N. Y. City; Brazer Bld'g and Suffoik Savings Bank, Boston; Ives Memorial Library, New Haven, Conn .; Art Bld'g and Festival Hall, La. Purchase Exp'n, Central Public Library, St. Louis, gen. plan Univ. of Minn., the new State Capitol of Minn., and for completion, Arkansas State Capitol, Little Rock; gen. plan and Library Univ. of Texas; Indus- trial Art Sch., Trenton, N. J., and Essex Co. Court House, Newark, N. J., and many other. bld'gs, public, private and ecclesiastical. Pres. and one of founders
Architectural League; past pres. Am. Inst. of Archi- tects; hon. corr. mem. Royal Inst. British Architects; Royal Inst. of Architects (Canada), Univ. of Liv- erpool Architectural Soc .; mem. Sons of Revolution; academiclan; mem. Nat. Acad. Design; mem. Am. Acad. of Fine Arts; v .- p. Am. Federation of Arts; mem. Jury of Fine Arts, World's Columbian Exp'n, Chicago, 1893, and Nat. Jury for Architecture at Parls Exp'n, 1900; mem. jury for selection of design for reconstruc- tion of West Point Mil. Acad. Appt'd by Pres. Roose- velt mem. Council of the Fine Arts, and by Pres. Taft mem. Nat. Comm'n of Fine Arts. Clubs: Century, Unlon, Lawyers, Republican (N. Y. City), Cosmos (Washington), Minnesota (St. Paul), St. Louis (St. Louls). Residence: 42 E. 64th St. Address: 11 E. 24th St., N. Y. City.
GILBERT, CHARLES ALLAN
Artist; b. Hartford, Conn., Scpt., 1873; s. Charles E. and Virginla E. Gilbert; studied at Art Students' League, N. Y. City, and Julien Acad., Paris; has ex- hibited figures and landscapes in leading exb'ns. Most notable drawings are Women of Fiction, A Message from Mars; All Is Vanity; The Jessamy Bride. Ad- dress: 26 W. 8th St., N. Y. City.
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Architect; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 29, 1863; s. Loring and Carolyn C. (Etchiveri) Gilbert; descendant of John Glibert (second son of Giles Gilbert, of Bridgewater, Somersetshire, Eng.), who came to America and settled at Taunton, Mass., 1634, and was in command of troops who fought against the Indians; took sp'l college courses in civil eng'ring and arehitecture, and studied painting, sculpture and fine arts under noted artists; m. Sept. 14, 1896, Florence Cecil Moss. Since 1886 has designed hotels, offices and bank bld'gs, churches, railroad stations, factories and business buildings, and many of most prominent private rest- dences in the city and suburbs. Fellow Am. Inst. of Architects; mem. Architectural League, Fine Arts Soc., Municipal Arts Soc., Sons of Revolution, Soc. of Co- lonial Wars, Soc. War of 1812, N. E. Soc., Chamber of Commerce; charter mem. and one of founders Squad- ron A, Cav., N. G. N. Y. Clubs: Metropolitan, Racquet, Lawyers, Riding, Unlon League, Nat. Arts. Residence: 33 Riverside Drive. Address; Townsend Bld'g, N. Y. Clty.
GILBERT, FRANK BIXBY
Lawyer, librarian; b. Bainbridge, N. Y., March 10, 1667; s. Don A. and Amclia H. (Bixby) Gilbert; grad. Bainbridge Acad., 1885; Ilamilton Coll., A.B., 1889; m. Bainbridge, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1895, Frances Frelot. Ad- mitted to bar, Nov., 1891; ass't Statutory Revision Comm'n, 1892-1901; att'y in legislative bill drafting dep't, appt'd by Speaker of Assembly and pres. of Sen- ate, 1901-1905; State law librarian, Jan, 1906-Oct., 1908, now chief counsel State Ed'n Dep't and Regents Unlv., State of N. Y., appt'd Oct. 1, 1908. Editor Am. Elec. Cases and Street R'y Cases (Matthew Bender & Co.). Compiler Gilberts' Annotated Code of Civil Pro- cedure, Town and Country Officers' Manual, The Law of Domestic Relations. Co-editor (with Robert C. Cumming) The General Laws and Revised Statutes of the State of N. Y. (4 vols.) and Annotated Con- solldated Laws of State of N. Y., 1909, with supple- ments to date (11 vols.). Mem. Chi Psi fraternity (Hamilton Coll. Alpha Phi). Clubs: University (Al- bany), Island Golf (Troy). Address: State Law Li- brary, Albany, N. Y.
GILBERT, WILLIAM MORRIS
Clergyman; b. Geneva, N. Y., Mar. 23, 1862; s. Morris J. and Eliza (Simonds) Gilbert; grad. Union Coll., B.A., 1883, Cambridge Episcopal Theol. Sch., B.D., 1892; m. Philadelphia, Oct. 10, 1892, Frances, d. Dr. John B. Chapin, sup't Pa. Hosp. for Insane, West Philadel- phia; children: William Morris, Jr., b. 1894; Harriet Elizabeth, b. 1900; Frances, b 1902. Rector Grace Ch., Carthage, N. Y., 1892-1894; ass't minister, Grace Ch., Baltimore, 1891-1896; rector St. Paul's Church, Yon- kers, N. Y., since 1896. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity. Pres. Yonkers Fortnightly Club for Study of Anthro- pology. Address: Yonkers, N. Y.
GILBERT, WILLIAM WALLACE
Lieut .- col., U. S. A. (retired) ; b. N. Y. City, March 3, 1840; s. Joseph G. and Ruth (Wallace) Gilbert; grad. Univ. of Rochester, A.B., 1861; A.M., 1864; in. Utica, N. Y., April 5, 1870, Mary E. Chapman. Appt'd 1st lieut. 19th Inf., U. S. A., May 14, 1861; regimental adj. Aug. 1, 1861-July 7, 1864; capt., July 7, 1864; : esigned, Jan. 9, 1866; served through the Civil War. Instr. Latin and Greek, Univ. of Rochester, 1867-1868; U. S. eomm'r, Rochester, N. Y., 1869-1898; appt'd major, U. S. A., Nov. 3, 1898; served through Spanish-Am.
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War; retired, 1904; promoted to lieut .- col., U. S. A., retired, April 23, 1904. Republican; Baptist. Mem. Delta Psi fraternity, Soc. of Phi Beta Kappa, Military Order of Loyal Legion of U. S., G. A. R., Soc. of For- eign Wars, Soc. of the Genesee, Soc. of the Cumber- land. Clubs: Army and Navy (Washington), Uni- versity (Rochester), Rochester Athletic. Address: 20 Arnold Park, Rochester, N. Y.
GILDER, JEANNETTE LEONARD
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Journalist; b. Flushing, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1849; d. Rev. %.) William H. and Janc (Nutt) Gilder; ed. St. Thomas Hall, a woman's college conducted by her father. Be- gan newspaper career at 18 as writer on Newark (N. J.) Morning Register, conducted by her brother, Richard Watson Gilder, and as Newark reporter for N. Y. Tribune; later on editorial staff of the old Scribner's Monthly (now the Century Magazine) ; lit- erary editor, 1875, and later dramatic and musical critic N. Y. Herald until 1880; with brother, Joseph B. Gilder, founded, 1881, and ever since joint editor with him of The Critic (later Putnam's Monthly). Has been correspondent of leading papers in Boston and Philadelphia, and of London Acad .; now regular literary correspondent Chicago Tribune. Author: Taken by Siege, Pen Portraits of Literary Women (with Helen G. Cone). Essays from the Critic (with J. B. Gilder), Representative Poems of Living Poets, 1886; Authors at Home, 1889; The Autobiography of a Tomboy, 1900; The Tomboy at Work, 1904. Club: The Colony. Town residence: 100 E. 17th St. Coun- try residence: Redding Ridge, Conn. Address: 100 E. 17th St., N. Y. City.
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