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GILDER, JOSEPH B.
Editor; b. Flushing, N. Y., June 29, 1858; s. Rev. William and Jane (Nutt) Gilder; entered U. S. Naval Acad., 1872, resigned 1874. Began as journalist in capacity of reporter on Newark (N. J.) newspaper, 1874-1877; was also a correspondent of Boston Ad- vertiser. Buffalo Courier, etc .; became reporter N. Y. Herald, 1877, and resigned as ass't city editor Dec., 1880, in order to establish, Jan., 1881, with sister, Jeannette L. Gilder, The Critic, of which was co-editor until Dec., 1901; pres. and treas. The Critic Co., 1893- 1901; literary adviser The Century Co., 1895-1902; U. S. despatch ag't, London (succeeding late P. F. Stev- ens). 1902-1904; editor July 1, 1906-1910, of Putnam's Monthly (formerly The Critic). Treas. Am. Copyright League, 1886; one of organizers, 1891, and first sec. Univ. Settlement Soc. of N. Y. Contb'r prose and verse to The Century and verse to other leading magazines. Editor: James Russell Lowell's Impres- sions of Spain, Andrew Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth, Addresses of John Hay. The American Idea. Joint editor (with Jeannette L. Gilder): Essays from The Critic, Authors at Home. Address: 7 W. 43d St., N. Y. City.
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GILDERSLEEVE, HENRY ALGER
Jurist; b. on farm in Township of Clinton, Dutchess County, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1840; s. Smith J. and Rachel (Alger) Gildersieeve; reared on father's farm; ed. in dist. sch. Schultzville, N. Y., Hudson River Inst, Clav- erack, N. Y., and College Hill, Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; taught dist. sch. in Bull's Head Dist., Town of Clin- ton, 1857; recruited a company and was mustered In Sept. 17, 1862, as capt. Co. C, 150th N. Y. Vol. Inf .; served with reg't at Baltimore, participated in battle of Gettysburg and subsequent campaign in Md. and Va., in Army of Potomac; served in Sherman's army until close of war, including March to the Sea; made provost-marshai 1st Dlv. 20th Army Corps, on staff of Gen. Williams, of Mich .; promoted major of reg't and brevetted lieut .- col. U. S. V., by President Lin- coln "for gallant and meritorious service in the. cam- paigns of Georgia and the Carolinas." mustered out June, 1865. Studied law in office of Henry W. John- son, N. Y. City, attended Columbia Coll. Law Sch .; admitted to bar at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May, 1866; m. N. Y. City, April 14, 1868, Virginia Crocheron; children: Alger Crocheron, Virginia Crocheron. Practised law in N. Y. City from 1866; elected judge Court of Gen. Sessions, N. Y. City, 1875; renominated 1899, but failed of re-election; appt'd by Gov. Hill, May, 1891, to fill vacancy in Superior Court of City of N. Y., and elected Nov., 1891, to same position; transferred to Supreme Court of N. Y., in Jan., 1896, under provisions of New Constitution, abolishing Superior Court; re-elected, 1905, for term expiring Dec. 31. 1919: resigned Dec. 1, 1909, and resumed practice of law. Elected lieut. - col. 12th Reg't. N. G. N. Y., 1870, and during Orange Riots in N. Y. City, 1871, had command of State Arsenal at 35th St. and 7th Av .; distinguished as marksman and member of the American Rifle Team, which won in contest with the Irish Team at Creedmoor, 1874, and capt. of the team in the contest (which it won) with the Irish team at Dollymount, near Dublin, June 9, 1875: also in several competitions in England and
Scotland; offered by Gov. Dix, but declined, position of gen. insp. rifle practice. Author: Rifles and Marks- inanship, 1876. Democrat. Recreations: Fishing, hunting, goif. Clubs: Manhattan, N. Y. Athletic, Gar- den City Goif, Oakland Golf, Robbins Island Hunt- ing, National Golf Links of America, Long Island Country. Residence: 404 Riverside Drive. Address:
2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
GILDERSLEEVE, OLIVER
Shipbuilder, merchant; b. Gildersleeve, Middlesex Co., Conn., March 6, 1844; s. Henry and Emily (Fin- ette) Gildersleeve; descended in both lines from early English settlers in Conn., Richard Gildersleeve and his wife, Joane (Appleton), in 1635; ed. dist. sch., Gildersleeve, Conn., Chase privatc sch., Middletown, and public high sch., at Hartford, Conn .; m. Nov. 8, 1871, Mary Ellen. d. Hon. Alfred Hali, of Portland, Conn .; children: Alfred, b. Aug. 23, 1872; Walter, b. Aug. 23, 1874; Louis, b. Sept. 22, 1877; Charles, b. Dec. 11, 1884; Neison, b. Sept. 14, 1887; Oliver, Jr., b. March 9. 1890. At age of 17 began business life in father's shipyard (S. Gildersleeve & Sons), and for 10 years worked as practical shipbuilder; 1861 firm built U. S. gunboat Cayuga, which led the fleet up the Mississippi River at capture of New Orleans in Civil War (the yard has built over 181 vessels). Interested with brother, Sylvester, in shipping comm'n business in N. Y. City, 1881-1884; started an agency in N. Y. City, 1897, for selling and chartering vessels constructed at Gildersleeve Shipyard, which has since sold or profit- ably employed 105 vessels of from 400 to 2,000 tons burden sent from the Gildersleeve Shipyard. Pres. Gildersleeve Ship Bld'g Co .. of Gildersiceve, Conn., U. S. Graphotype Co., N. Y. City; pres. and treas. Portland Mfg Co .; pres. Portland (Conn.) Water Co .; dir. First Nat. Bank of Portland. Ala., Barge & Coal Co., of Tidewater, Ala., U. S. Graphotype Co., of N. Y., Ideal Mfg Co., of Gildersleeve, Conn .; trustee Free- stone Savings Bank of Portland, Conn., S. Gilder- sleeve Sch. Fund of Gildersleeve, Conn., Episcopal Acad. of Conn .; trustee under will of Henry Gilder- sleeve, deccased. Democrat; nominee for Congress, 1900. Episcopalian; warden Trinity Church. Port- land, Conn., since 1886; delegate to Diocesan Conv. annually from 1884 by men of Church in gratitude for 300 years of English Christianity (Jamestown, 1607-Richmond, 1907); established a memorial fund in connection with Trinity Ch., Portland, 1900. Mem. Conn. State Comm'n on Rivers and Harbors, Middie- sex Co. Hist. Soc., Civic Federation of N. E., Nat. Civic Federation of N. Y. City, Nat. Geog. Soc .. Ass'n Descendants of Andrew Ward; Atlantic Deeper Water- ways Ass'n, Ass'n for Permanent Improvement of Lower Conn. River, Nat. River and Harbor Congress, Washington, D. C., and Lincoln Farm (appt'd dele- gate by Gov. of Conn. to represent State at 2d Annual Conv. of Atlantic Deeper Waterways Ass'n. held at Norfolk, Va., Nov., 1909). Delegate to 6th Conv. Nat. Rivers and Harbors Congress, held in Washington, Dec., 1909. Clubs: Economic (N. Y. City), Fish and Game (Portland, Conn.), Church of Conn. Residence: Gildersleeve, Conn. Address: 1 Broadway, N. Y. City.
GILDERSLEEVE, VIRGINIA CROCHERON
Educator; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 3, 1877: d. Hon. Henry Alger and Virginia (Crocheron) Gildersleeve; ed. Brearley Sch., N. Y. City, and Barnard Coll. (Columbia Univ.), A.B., 1899; A.M., 1900; Ph.D., 190S: Columbia; Fiske Graduate Scholar in pollt, science Columbia Univ., 1899-1900. Ass't English, 1900-1903; tutor in English, 1903-1907; Iccturer, 1908-1910; ass't prof., 1910-1911, and prof. and dean since 1911 of Barnard Coll., Columbia Unlv. Author: Government Regula- tion of the Elizabethan Drama. Mcm. Phi Beta Kappa, Coll. Settlements Ass'n. Modern Language Ass'n. Classical Ass'n of Atlantic States, Nat Civic Federation, Nat. Inst. of Social Science, Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternity. Clubs: Women's University, Cos- mopolitan, Barnard. Address: 404 Riverside Drive, N. Y. City.
GILES, JOHN CHRISTIE, JR.
Lawyer; b. Elizabeth, N. J., Nov. 30, 1880; s. Stephen Weart and Virginia (Waiker) Giles; cd. public school No. 70. Brooklyn, and finished at Poly. Inst., Brook- lyn. Studied in Pratt Inst., architecture, carpentry and plumbing, and law in Brooklyn Law Sch. With J. J. Petit, architects, 2 years; since then in real es- tate business; now mem. N. Y. Bar; admitted to prac- tise of law, 1913. Was on cruise in S. S. Arabic, 1907; visited ports of Madeira, Spain; Gibraltar, northern Africa; Malta, Athens, Greece: Turkey, Asia Minor, Holy Lands, Egypt; Italy, Monte Carlo. England, France and Ireland; also traveled in U. S. and Can- ada, and a trip in the S. S. Cleveland around the world, 1909-1910. Mem. Sons of Revolution, N. E. Soc. of Brooklyn, Am. Flag House and Betsy Ross Memo- rial Ass'n of Philadelphia, Prison Ship Martyrs Ass'n
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BOARDING SCHOOLS-BOYS
MOHEGAN LAKE SCHOOL MOHEGAN LAKE : WESTCHESTER COUNTY : NEW YORK
ESTABLISHED IN 1880 to prepare young men for college and for business life, Mohegan Lake School has won its high position by a persistent adherence to its ideals. It enjoys the approval of its patrons and the love of its students and its alumni.
CAREFUL SELECTION OF STUDENTS is a pri- mary. factor in the success of the school. No boy is received without 'satisfactory evidence that he is worthy of a place in a refined home.
SCHOLARSHIP is secured by the scholastic and peda- gogic ability of the instructors, and also by their per- sonal character and their sympathy with boy life. The aim is to develop manliness and maturity of thought and character by giving attention to the indi- vidual needs of the students.
THE SCHOOL has a military organization, to secure in the students a good physical development and an erect, soldierly carriage. Military work and routine promote habits, promptness, system and obedience.
THE LOCATION of the Mohegan is in the beautiful, healthful highland country of Westchester County, with picturesque and historic surroundings. Mohegan Lake is a beautiful sheet of water, nearly 500 feet above the Hudson River. The school is forty-five miles from New York City.
THE COURSES OF STUDY prepare boys for all colleges, universities and scientific schools, or for business life. There is a four-year Senior course and a three-year Junior course to prepare students for the Senior course.
THE HOME LIFE is cordial and refined. It is under Christian though unsectarian influences.
ATHLETICS receive intelligent application at this school. The lake gives opportunity for swimming, rowing and hockey, and a large athletic field is util- ized for baseball, football, military drills, parades, etc. Outdoor sports and exercises in the purc air of the country, under safe and skilled supervision, are important features of the school life.
MOHEGAN LAKE SCHOOL Principals: .SALBERT E. LINDER CHAS. HUNTINGTON SMITH
THE MITCHELL MILITARY BOYS' SCHOOL
BILLERICA, MASS. Twenty Miles from Boston.
Location unsurpassed for health and beauty.
A preparatory school for boys from eight to sixteen. Modern buildings.
Extensive improvements in equipment this year. Outdoor and indoor gymnasium.
One hundred acres.
Table supplied from school gardens and model dairy.
New athletic field designed for every form of sport. A moderate military system.
Young boys of the school receive particular atten- tion in all details.
Limited to fifty boys.
WRITE FOR BOOKLET.
ALEXANDER H. MITCHELL, Head Master.
Peekskill Academy Peekskill-on-the-Hudson, New York
FOUNDED 1833
Recent phenomenal growth due to-
Loyalty and enthusiasm of Alumni, Students and Faculty.
New buildings representing $125,000, including Alumni Hall, the home of the Junior School for young boys (10 to 13).
Admission of only one kind of boy and maintenance of highest standards of scholar- ship.
Not a single failure in college. Address
J. C. BUCHER, A.M., or C. A. ROBIN- SON, Ph.D., Principals
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BOYS' SCHOOLS
Pennsylvania Military College
OUR AIM: The development of character to secure greatest efficiency.
Give your son the kind of training that will make him a manly, vigorous, well-equipped man-trained mentally, physically, morally, so that heis able to assume responsibilities or meet reverses -- should they come. This institution offers thorough scientific and military instruction so conibined as to give an ideal equipment for
either professional or business life. The military instruction includes Infantry, Artillery and Cavalry. Degrees granted-Civil Engi- neering (C. E.); Chemistry (B. S.); Arts (A.B.). For catalogue address COL. CHAS. E. HYATT, President, Chester, Pa.
THE BLAKE SCHOOL (Founded 1883)
WILLIS G. CONANT, Head Master
INSTRUCTION At home or at the school. By college graduates of experience. Individual and small classes. Classes limited to three boys.
PREPARATION For secondary schools and colleges. Two years' work completed in one.
PERSONAL SUPERVISION Careful study made of each boy. Supervised study periods.
TUTORS Furnished to families living here or abroad.
LOCATION The Frances Building, 665 Fifth Ave. (Formerly at 2 W. 45th St.)
BOARDING & DAY SCHOOL for BOYS
N. E. COR. 122d STREET & SEVENTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY
Established 1902. Tel., 5841 Morningside. Approved by the New York State Education Department.
Thorough preparation from PRIMARY TO COLLEGE by Individual Attention
Success is assured lo every one willing to be laught.
COLLEGE CAMP cn Forest Lake, in the famous Berk- shire Hills, is our Summer School during July and August. . OUR TERMS ARE VERY REASONABLE Day Students $150 per school year. Boarding Students $500 for 9 months. Camp Season $160 for 2 months. Write or call on JOSEPH WEIL, B.S., M.E., Principal of Harlem Preparatory School
Plainfield Tutoring School J. C. PLA DE VILLARS (Sorbonne) . . Head Master
Individual and small class tutoring in preparation for all colleges.
Small classes in French Conversation.
Tuition, $400 per year up; with Board, $700 up. Resident pupils have the freedom of a home.
Mr. Sargent's Travel School for Boys
11th Year EUROPE .$2,100 12th Year ROUND THE WORLD.$2,900
A boy with me continues his ordinary school studies during school hours in well-equipped schoolrooms. The remaining and larger part of his time. usually wasted. he is gelting all the broadening, cultivating benefits of intelligent travel.
THE WORLD IS OUR SCHOOLROOM THIS IS TRUE EDUCATION. NOT MERE BOOK LEARNING
Parents write : "From an educational standpoint, absolutely nothing can compare." " The best investment I ever made." " Better than a college course." "An education in itself." Write for Illustrated Booklets, which explain how it's done. PORTER E. SARGENT 50 Congress Street, BOSTON
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WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK
« Brooklyn, Mary Washington Ass'n of Virginla, "Llttie Men and Women of '76, Children of Am. Revo- Atlon," Brooklyn; Flatbush Taxpayers Ass'n, Royal Arcanum, 32d Ward Taxpayers Ass'n. Capt. 18th As- ambiy Dist. Democratic Club. Residence: 1917 New- Mirk Av., Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 1626 - 1425 Flatbush Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
GILES, STEPHEN WEART
Real estate and Insurance; b. N. Y. City, May 29, 149; s. John Christie and Isabella (Weart) Giles; ed. Mount Washington Collegiate Inst., N. Y. City; m. In Trinity Chapel, N. Y. City, Dee. 15, 1875, Virginia Waiker; belongs to five patriotic socletles; chil- tren: John Christie, Jr. (named after grandfather), Nov. 30, 1880. Started as an office boy in 1865 with old importing and shipping firm of Lawrence, Giles & Co., established in 1847; frult broker in 1872 and le fruit comm'n business, and on death of G. P. Law- Nace, joined father and brother, as a partner, in old Arm of Lawrence. Giles & Co., and after their death was obliged to close old business on account of high triff on fruits. Moved to Flatbush, 1894, and started fval estate business, now carried on by son, John C. Gles. Jr. Traveled in U. S. and Europe, in 1906 toured the Mediterranean, Spain and the Orient for four months, including Palestine and Egypt, on the S. S. Arabic, with family. Treas. of Flatbush Taxpayers' Ass'n since 1902, and a mem of other local ass'ns la 29th ward of Brooklyn. Mem. Sons of the Revolu- Non, Colonial Wars; life mem. N. Y. Hist. Soc., St. Nicholas soc. (N. Y. City), Brooklyn League, Flat- bosh Taxpayers' As3'n, Royal Arcanum, Nat. Geog. Ax. (Washington, D. C.). Address: 1917 Newkirk Av., Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y.
GILFILLAN, W. WHITEHEAD
Physician, oeulist; b. Brooklyn, .N. Y., Dec. 14, 1868; & William (M.D., M.R.C.S .. Edinburgh) and Carollne M. (Ladd) Gilfillan; ed. Brooklyn Poly., Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia). M.D., 1890; also post-grad. studies in Vienna, Berlin, Paris and London: m. New- ark, N. J., Jan. 25, 1906, Mrs. Mary Louise Hayes (née Allen). Oculist to French Hosp., City Hosp. (Black- weil's Island), Sailors' Snug Harbor (Staten Island), House of Refuge (Randall's Island) ; was for many years ass't surg. to Manhattan Eye and Ear Hosp .; consulting oculist to St. Vincent's Hosp., S.I. Fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine; mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Sons of Revolution, St. An- drew's Soc .. Soc. Colonlal Wars. Recreations: Auto- mohlling, yachting. Club: N. Y. Athletic (llfc mem.). Address: 31 W. 50th St., N. Y. City.
GILL, ADAM CAPEN
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Educator; b. Chesterville, Me., Aug. 22, 1863; s. Filsha and Huldah (Capen) Gill: ed. public and high schools, Brockton, Mass .; Amherst, A.B., 1884; post- grad. work Johns Hopkins, 1886-1889; Univ. of Mu- alch, Ph.D., 1893; m. Ware, Mass., Oct. 2, 1896, Ella E Eaton. Prof. mathematics, Park Coll., 1884-1886; ass't prof. mineralogy and petrography, Cornell Univ., since 1894. Fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Gcol. Soc. America, Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft. Author: Tables for Determination of Common Minerals. Address: Wyckoff Av., Ithaca, N. Y.
GILL, JOHN W.
Clergyman; ed. St. Stephen's Coll., D.D., 1899; Gen. Theoi. Sem. Ordered deacon, 1889, ordalned priest, [$91, by Bishop Littlejohn, in Episcopal ministry. Formerly chaplain 201st Reg't, Spanish-Am. War; rector St. Luke's Ch., Bridgeport, Conn .; rector St. Thomas' Ch., Long Island City, N. Y. Address: Val- cour Island, Valcour, N. Y.
GILLAM, MANLY M.
Advertiser; b. Alba, Bradford Co., Pa., April 15, 1846; ed. common school; m. 1872, Allce M. Goodell. Seven children. Advertising counsel N. Y. Herald (11 years) and Munyon's Homeopathic Home Remedy Co .; city editor Boston Post 6 years; in'g editor Phila. Record, 7 years; advertiser for Wanamaker's store in Philadelphia for 812 years, creating the "Wanamaker Style" of advertising that has since stamped itself on the dep't store advertising of America. Is re- warded as dean of the advertising profession. Mem. Advertising Men's League of. N. Y. City; pres. Retail Advertisers' Ass'n of America., Club: Sphinx (1st pres .; served 2 terms). Address: 110 W. 34th St., N. Y. City.
¿GILLEN, WILLIAM WALLACE
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 24, 1853; s. Francis and Mary (Roe) Gillen; ed. high schs., N. Y .; studicd law; m. Jamalca, N. Y., May 4, 1880, Isabelle A. Cary; one d .: Gwendolin Palmer. Engaged in practise after admission to bar, 1879; v .- p. and att'y Jamaica Sav- Ings Bank; dir, and att'y Bank of L. I .; dir. John R.
Carpenter Co., Robert W. Higbie Co., Newton Falls & Northern R. R. Co .; mem. firm Gillin & Weller, law- yers. Republican; Presby'n. Mem, Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Queens County Bar Ass'n; trus- tce Pringle Home, Poughkeepsle. Clubs: Union League (N. Y.), Jamaica. Residence: 439 Hillside Av. Address: Savings Bank Bld'g, Jamaica, L. I., N. Y.
GILLESPIE, DAVID HALLIDAY MOFFATT
l'hysician and surgeon; b. Brooklyn, June 1, 1875; s. William Hildreth and Mary Emma (Moffat) Gilles- pie; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1898; Columbia Univ., M.D., 1902; m. St. Margaret's Ch., Westminster, London, England, July 20, 1907, Lillian Brechemin; one d .: Su- san Brechemin, b. May 24, 1908. Practising since 1902; ass't gynecologist, Gen. Memorial Hosp .; ass't surg. Hosp. for Ruptured and Crippled. Surgeon to Emergency Hosp., Grand Central Terminal. Republi- can; Episcopallan. Mem. N. Y. Acad. Medicine, N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Alumni Ass'n of N. Y. Hosp., Quiz Med. Soc. Clubs: Yale, University, Glee. Address: 28 W. 83d St., N. Y. City.
GILLESPIE, GEORGE J.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 24, 1870; s. Patrick G. and Nora Gillespie; ed. public schs,, Coll. St. Francis Xavier, Metropolis Law Sch .; m. April 25, 1894, Mary Frances Farley; children: Helen Constance, b. 1898; George J., b. 1901; Marie, b. 1905. Dir. Anderson Auction Co., Temple Court Co., Atlantic Safe De- posit Co., Casein Co. of America, Rosemary Creamery Co .; pres. Valcour Realty Co., Olcott Realty Co. Comm'n, West Orange, N. J., 1909-1912. Presby'n. Mem. 1903; inem. B'd Ed'n, 1908-1913; mem. Bar Ass'n N. Y. City, Soc. Med. Jurisprudence. Mg'r Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum; v .-. Catholic Summer Sch. of Amer- ica, Cliff Haven, N. Y .; pres. St. Vincent de Paul Soc. (N. Y. City); treas. and trustee St. Patrick's Cathe- dral. Clubs: Lawyers, Catholic. N. Y. Athletic, Cham- plain. Residence: 146 E. 62d St. Address: 20 Vesey St., N. Y. City.
GILLESPIE, HARRIET
Writer; b. Binghamton, N. Y .; d. James Sisson and . Ellen L. (Willlams) Gillesple; of colonlal ancestry; descendant of William Williams, signer of Declara- tion of Independence, and other Revolutionary pa- triots; ed. Binghamton private and high schs. De- scriptive writer on historle houses and homes; contb'r to Am. Homes and Gardens, Country Life in America, House Beautiful and Harper's Bazaar. Episcopalian. . Club: Pen and Brush, Address: 40 E. 29th St., N. Y. City.
GILLESPIE, LAWRENCE LEWIS
Banker; b. Chicago, Ill., Dec. 23, 1876; s. of late Maj .- Gen. George Lewis (chief of Eng'rs, U.S.A.) and Rhobie (McMaster) Gillespie; descendant of Gen. Sam Houston, gov. of Tenn., 1827, and first U. S. senator from Texas 1846; of Stutely Westcote, Revolutionary gov's counsel of R. I .; of Abraham Pierson, first pres. of Yale Coll., and of Edward Allen Watrous, who in 1780 put up unsuccessful resistance to British and Indian invasion from Can .; received early ed'n at Cutler Sch., N. Y. City; grad. Harvard Coll., 1898; (treas. Harvard Republican Club, editor Harvard Ad- vocate, mem. Delta Kappa Epislon, and Hasty Pud- ding Club); Columbia Law Sch., two years; m. New- port, R. I., Sept. 8, 1910, Irene Muriel Sherman, d. Willlam Watts Sherman; also direct descendant of Roger Williams, and of Roger Sherman of Continental Congress. Entered Mercantile Trust Co., 1901, as clerk; sec. to Am. Deposit & Loan Co., later sec. of Equitable Trust Co., being promoted to v .- p. and dir .; also became v .- p. and dir, Equitable Safe Deposit Co .; dir. Distillers' Securities Corp'n, and trustee Greenwich Savings Bank. Relinquished Equitable connections, 1911, and entered banking house of J. S. Bache & Co., in which still connected. Served in Spanish-Am. War In 1898, first as recruiting officer. in organizing 1st Reg't of Vol. Eng'rs, later as 2d lieut .; saw active service In Porto Rico; promoted 1st lieut., later capt. Was mem. gen. council and chm'n of trust co. section of Ain. Bankers' Ass'n; upon retirement, presented with silver cup; delivered address on N. Y. City trust companies under present legislation at annual conv., Denver, 1908. Has made study of finance and has been a eontb'r to financial press. Mem. Motor Car Touring Soc., Sons of Revo- lution, Soc. of Colonial Wars, The Pilgrims, Chamber of Commerce, Mason; treas. Military Order Foreign Wars; on advisory com. of N. Y. Woman's League for Animals. Clubs: Union, Metropolitan, Brook. Down Town Ass'n, Racquet & Tennis, Harvard, Turf & Field, Tuxedo, N. Y. Athletic; Hope, Turks Head (Prov- idence, R. I.); Newport Reading Room, Newport Golf,
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Westchester Polo of Newport, Aero of America (orig- inal incorporator, ex-gov). Residence: (Summer) Bellevue Ave., Newport, R. I .; (winter) 11 E. 89th St., N. Y. City.
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GILLESPIE, ROBERT McMASTER
Lawyer, railway pres .; b. Buffalo, N. Y.,, April 8, 1871; s. Maj .- Gen. George Lewis and Rhobic (McMas- ter) Gillespie; grad. Harvard, A.B., 1892, studicd 2 years at Harvard Law Sch .; m. N. Y. City, April 18, 1897, Lillian May Stokes; mem. law firm of Dexter, Osborn & Gillespie, N. Y. City, until Jan., 1904; since Jan., 1904, pres. Chesapeake Western R'y; also pres. Pocahontas Co., and of Stigcl Lumber Corporation, all three located at Harrisburg, Va, Republican, formerly sec. Harvard Republican Club. Episcopal- ian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Clubs: Harvard, University, Lawyers, Tux- edo. Address: 8 W. 53d St., N. Y. City.
GILLESPIE, THOMAS ANDREW
Gen, contractor; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., July 1, 1852; s. James and Diana (Mitchell) Gillespie; grad. Schs. Pittsburgh, Pa .; m. Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 7, 1875, Julia B. Wall; children: Thomas H., b. 1875; Henry L., b. 1877; Jean Gillespie Jones, b. 1887; James Parke, b. 1889. Pres. The T. A. Gillespie Co., which has built Rondout siphon for Catskill aqueduct (412 miles long), tunnel under Hudson River for Catskill aque- duct (1200 feet below ground level), water supply works for many cities In U. S. and Can., locks and dams for U. S. Gov't, filtration plant for city of Pitts- burgh, and many other large contracts. V .- p. and dir. East Jersey Pipe Co .; dir. Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of U. S .; Liberty Nat. Bank. Mem. Select Coun- cil, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1885-1895; chm'n Sinking Fund Comm'n, West Orange, N. J., 1909-1912. Presby'n. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Am. Water Works Ass'n, Pa. Soc. Recreations: Golf,
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