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motor boating. Clubs: Union League, Lawyers, Rail- road (N. Y. City), Essex County . Country (Orange, N. J.), Thousand Islands Yacht (commo. 1911-1913), Frontenac Yacht, Duquesne (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Hamil- ton (Paterson, N. J.). Residence: Silver Spring, Or- ange, N. J. Address: 50 Church St., N. Y. City.
GILLET, RANSOM HOOKER
Lawyer; b. New Lebanon Center, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1877; s. Silas Wright and Abbie (Wood) Gillet; ed. U. S. Naval Acad., Washington & Lee Univ., Yale Univ., A.B., 1874, B.S., C.E., A.M., 1876; hon. D.D., 1898; Feb. 12, 1908, Florence Helen Curtis, of Troy, N. Y. Engaged in the practice of law at Troy, N. Y., and Lebanon Center, N. Y .. Major 2d Inf. N.G.N.Y. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Assn., Chi Phl Fraternity, King Solo- nion Lodge, F. and A. M., Troy, N. Y. Clubs: Pafracts Dael (Troy) ; Yale, Army and Navy (N. Y. City). Ad- dress: 508 Frear Bld'g, Troy. N. Y.
GILLETT, CHARLES RIPLEY
Dean of students, registrar. sec. of faculty, clergy- man; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 29, 1855; s. Rev. Ezra Hall (D.D.) and Mary Jane (Kendall) Gillett; grad. N. Y. Univ., A.B., 1874. B.S., C.E., A.M., 1876; hon. D.D., 1898; student Union Theol. Sem., 1877-1880; Univ. of Berlin, Germany, 1881-1883; hon. L.H.D., Belolt Coll., 1899; m. Yonkers, N. Y., April 26, 1881, Kate Van Kirk; chil- dren: Carrie R. (deceased), Ezra Kendall, Mary Mar- shall, Robert (deceased), William. Librarian, 1883- 1908; instr. propædeutics, 1893-1908; registrar since 1908; sec. of faculty since 1898; dean of students since 1913, of Union Theol. Sem., N. Y. City; ass't curator, Dep't Oriental Antiquities, Met. Museum of Art. N. Y. City, 1900-1910. Author: General Catalogues, Union Theol. Sem. 1886, 1898, 1908; Catalogue Egyptian An- tlquities in Met. Museum In N. Y .; Catalogue of Cypri- ote Stone Sculpture and, of Pottery and Terra Cotta in the Cesnola Collection in the Met. Museum of Art. 1905; also the 3d vol. of Descriptive Atlas of Cypriote Antiquities in the Met. Museum. Translator of Har- nack's Monasticism, 1895; Kruger's History of Early Christlan Literature, 1897; was six years editor Liter- ary Dep't, Magazine of Christian Literature. Address: Broadway and 120th St., N. Y. City.
GILLETT, WILLIAM KENDALL
Educator; b. N. Y. City, May 16, 1860; s. Ezra Hall and Mary Jane (Kendall) Gillette; grad. N. Y. Univ., A.B., 1880, A.M., 1883; L.H.D., Huron Coll .; attended Columbia Law Sch., 1880-1881; Univ. of Berlin, 1881- 1883; Univ. of Paris, 1889-1890; also private study of languages in Paris, Geneva, Florence, Madrid and Seville. Instr. German and French, Lehigh Univ., 1885-1888; prof. romance languages, N. Y. Univ., since 1890; sec. of faculty, 1891-1898; 1902-1907, chm'n of Com. on Coll. Org'ns; trustce of village, 1893-1899; school trustee, 1900-1906, Pelham Manor, N. Y. Mem. Modern Languages Ass'n of America, Delta Phi frater-
nity. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic (life), Wykagyl Country (life), Century (N. Y.). Residence: Pelham Manor, N. Y. Address: N. Y. Univ., University Heights, N. Y. City. GILLETTE, HALBERT POWERS
Civil eng'r; b. Waverly, Iowa, Aug. 5, 1869; s. Theo- dore W. and Laetitla S. (Powers) Gillette; grad Columbia Univ., E.M., 1892; m. Philadelphia, April 2& 1897, Julia Washburn Scranton. Children: Scranton b. 1898; Louise, b, 1899. Eng'r of Highways, Whatcom Co., Wash., and eng'r on railroad works, etc., 159 ?- 1895; instr. Columbia Univ., part of 1895; ass't N. Y. State Eng'r, 1896-1898; consulting eng'r and eng'ring contractor, 1898-1903; asso. editor Engineering News 1903-1904; consulting eng'r and editor Engineering- Contracting since 1904. Was chief eng'r Railway Comm'n of State of Washington. Author: Earthwork and Its Cost, Economics of Road Construction, Rock Excavation, Handbook of Cost Data for Contractor and Engineers, and co-author of Concrete Construc- tion. Republican. Mem. Ain. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Soc. for Promotion Eng'ring Ed'n, Theta Delta Chi fraternity: Address: Park Row Bld'g, N. Y. City.
GILLETTE, WILLIAM
Actor, dramatic author; b. Hartford, Conn., July 24, 1855; s. Francis (U. S. Senator) and Elizabeth Daggett (Hooker) Gillette; ed. Boston Coll. and Coll. City of N. Y. Went on stage in ininor rôles, 1877; by 1881 was playing in his own dramas and has 60 continued since, with a few exceptional engage- ments. Author of plays (unpublished) : The Pro- fessor; The Private Secretary; Esmeralda; A Legal Wreck; Held by the Enemy; Too Much Johnson; Nincty Days; Mr. Wilkinson's Widows; All the Com- forts of Home; Because She Loved Him So; Settled Out of Court; The Red Owl; Clarice; Secret Service; A Maid-of All-Work; Sherlock Holmes, Clubs: The Players, The Lambs, American Dramatics. Address: Empire Theatre, N. Y. City.
GILLIES, EDWIN JAMES
Merchant; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 27, 1861; s. James W. and Anna E. Gillies; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1SS2. Started in tea and coffee business in Wash- Ington St. in 1883, in which business he has been engaged ever since. Interested in many philanthropic and religious inst'ns. Elder in Fifth Av. Presby'n Ch .; mem. com. Mg'mt East Side branch of Y. M. C. A .; dir. N. Y. City Mission; ex-pres. N. Y. Bible Soc. Clubs: Republican, Columbia University. Address: 32 W. 51st St., N. Y. City.
GILLISS, FRANK LE GRAND
Master printer; b. Lexington, Ky., Dec. 29. 1851; &. Thomas Handy and Catharine Isabella (Le Grand) Gilliss; ed. Ch. of Transfiguration Episcopal Sch., N. Y. City; unmarried. After leaving sch. learned print- ing trade, at which has since continucd. Episco- palian. Recreations: Rowing, walking, bowling, tennis. Address: 436 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
GILLISS, WALTER
Master printer; b. Lexington, Ky., May 17, 1855; s. Thomas Handy and Catharine Isabella (Le Grand) Gilliss; ed. Ch. of Transfiguration Episcopal Sch., N. Y. City; unmarried. After leaving sch. learned print- ing trade, at which has continued; sec. and mem. of council The Grolier Club. Republican; mem. 27th. Assembly Dist. Republican Club. Episcopalian. Rec- reations: Rowing, walking, bowling, tennis. Ad- dress: 436 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
GILMAN, CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Author, lecturer; b. Hartford, Conn., 1860; d. Fred- erlck Bcecher and Mary A. Fitch (Westcott) Perkins; great-granddaughter of Lyman Beecher; m. 1st, 1884, C. W. Stetson; 2d, 1900, G. H. Gilinan. Lecturer since 1890; also extensive magazine contb'r on subjects of sociology, ethics and economics; also verses and stories; has written much in favor of the advance- ment of women along practical lines of economics and social progress and on problems of labor. Author: In This Our World (verse), 189S; Women and Economics, 1898; The Yellow Wall-Paper, 1890: Concerning Children, 1900; The Home, Its Work and Influence, 1903; Human Work, 1904; Man Made World, 1911. Owner, author, editor and publisher of The Forerunner, a monthly magazine. Made speaking tours in Europe, 1896, 1899, 1905, 1913. Mem. Am. Sociol. Ass'n, League for Polit. Ed'n, Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science. Address: 627 W. 136th St., N. Y. City.
GILMAN, LAWRENCE
Critic, author; b. Flushing, L. I., July 5, 1878; s. .Arthur C. and Bessie (Lawrence) Gilman; ed. in public schools of N. Y. City, and Collins St. Classical
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Sch., Hartford, Conn : studied painting under William M. Chase; studied privately, musical theory and com- position, piano and organ; m. 1904, Elizabeth Wright Walter. Author: Phases of Modern Music, 1904; Edward MacDowell. 1905; The Music of To-morrow, 1000; A Guide to Strauss' "Salome," 1907; Stories of Symphonic Music, 1907; A Guide to Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande," 1907; Aspects of Modern Opera, 1908; Edward MacDowell (revised and enlarged cdition of earlier study), 1909. Musical critic, 1901-1913, mn'g editor, 1911-1913, of Harper's Weekly; now musical and dramatic critic North American Review. Mem. Nat. Inst. of Arts and Letters. Address: Care Harper & Bros., Franklin Sq., N. Y. City.
Y GILMAN, THEODORE
Merchant; b. Alton, Ill., Jan. 2, 1841; s. Winthrop Sargent and Abia Swift (Lippincott) Gilman; ed. private schools, Williams Coll., A.B., 1862, A.M., 1864; m. St. George's Ch., N. Y. City, Oct. 22, 1863, Eliza- beth Drinker Paxson; children: Frances Paxson, Theodore, Jr., Helen Ives, Robbins, Elizabeth Bethune (now Mrs. Henry H. Law). On Wall Street forty years, connected with various business enterprises, municipal, railroad and industrial. V .- p. and dir. Gilman Son & Co .; trustee Bessemer Ditch Co .; pres. and trustee East Side Building Ass'n; dir. Keokuk & Des Moines R. R .; sec., treas. and dir. Keokuk and Ham. Bridge Co .; dir. N. Y. Warehouse & Security Co .; trustee and dir. North Platte Land & Water Co. Republican. Treas., 1868-1869, pres., 1874-1876, N. Y. Bible Soc .; mem. N. Y. Sabbath Com. (treas. over 20 years); mem. B'd Mg'rs Am. Bible Soc., St. John's Riverside Hosp., Yonkers; pres. Y. M. C. A., N GILPIN, WILLIAM JAY
Yonkers; trustee Y. W. C. A., Yonkers; deacon and elder, Presby'n Ch. Prepared and presented bill in Congress for incorporation of clearing houses, and made statements before House Com. on Banking and Currency in support of same.
Author: A Graded Banking System, 1898; Federal Clearing Houses, 1899. Contb'r to Bankers' Magazine; The Completion of the National Banking System (Sept., 1893); The Phil- osophy of the History of Bank Currency in the United States (Oct., 1875); to Chicago Banker: The 95th Section' of the National Bank Act (April-June, 1900); Reply to M. Des Essars, Statistician of the Bank of France (June, 1902; to Bankers' Monthly: Our Democratic Banking System and Its Natural Ally, the Clearing House (June, 1904). Also wrote: Heredity versus Evolution (The Monist, Oct., 1893) ; The Clearing House System (Journal Polit. Economy, March, 1904); Ambiguities (Open Court, July, 1905) ; also address before Washington State Bankers' Ass'n, July, 1903, on Clearing House Emergency Circulation (resolution passed approving same); address before Neb. State Bankers' Ass'n, Oct., 1906, on A Clearing House Currency, and address before Founders and Pa- triots of America, Jan. 31, 1905, on Some Social Theorles of the Revolution. Mem. Williams Coll. Alumni Ass'n, Anthropol. Club (Yonkers), Kappa Alpha fraternity, Founders and Patriots of America, S. A. R., N. E. Soc. of N. Y. Recreations: Travel, fishing, hunting, reading, writing, walking. Club: Union League. Residence: Yonkers, N. Y. Address: 55 William St., N. Y. City.
GILMORE, JOHN CURTIS, JR.
Army officer; b. Fort McRtae, N. Mex., July 23, 1869; s. Brig .- Gen. J. C. and Hattie (Connor) Gilmore; ed. Racine Coll., Wis.,; grad. West Point Mil. Acad., class 1594; 2d lieut. 4th Cav., June 12, 1894; transferred to 4th Art'y, Oct. 12, 1894; promoted to 1st lieut. art'y, March 2, 1899; capt. Art'y Corps, July, 1, 1901; major coast Art'y Corps, U. S. A., March 11, 1911. Clubs: Metropolitan, Chevy Chase, Army and Navy (Washington, D. C.), Pacific-Union, Bohemian (San Francisco); Army and Navy (N. Y.). Address: Adju- tant, Pacific Coast Art'y Dist., Fort Miley, Calif.
GILMOUR, ANDREW JAMES
Physician, surgeon; b. Fulton, N. Y., March 1, 1871; s. James and Mary (Veeder) Gilmour; ed. Fulton High Sch., Falley Sem., Fulton, N. Y .; Margate Coll., Mar- gate, Kent, Eng .; Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; grad., 1892, Yale Univ., Ph.B., 1895, Coll. Phys. and Surgs. (Columbia), M.D., 1899; grad. study in Göttingen, Ger- many, and Vienna, Austria, for one year, after hosp. service in N. Y., as interne in St. John's Hosp., Brook- lyn, and later in Sloane Maternity Hosp., N. Y City. Engaged in gen, practise as physician and surgeon in N. Y. City. Has traveled extensively In Europe, U. S., Including Alaska, also in Canada, Cuba and Bermuda. Capt. and ass't surgeon Med. Dep't, State N. Y., as- signed for duty to 13th Art'y Dist .. Consulting derma- tologist Manhattan State Hosp .; ass't attending derma- tologist N. Y. City Chilldren's Hosp. and Schs. Repub- lican; Presby'n. Treas. Am. Soc. of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis; mem. N. Y. Acad. of Medicine,
N. Y. State Med. Soc., County Med. Soc., Alumni of St. John's Hosp., Alumni Sloane Maternity Hosp., Sons of Revolution, Theta Delta Chi fraternity, Ass'n Mil. Surgeons and Vereinigung Alter Deutscher Stu- denten in Amerika. Recreations: Travel, shooting, mountain climbing. Clubs: Yale, Graduate (Theta Delta Chi), Columbia Yacht. Address: 133 19. 57th St., N. Y. City.
VGILPIN, C. MONTEITH
Lawyer; b. Philadelphia Oct. 31 1872; s. Thomas and Sallie E. (Rowland) Gilpin; grad. St. John's Coll., Annapolis, Md., A.B., 1894, Columbia Univ., LL. B., 1897; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 16, 1901, Gertrude May Chase; one d., Georgia, b. 1903 (died 1908). Admitted to bar, 1897; since then engaged in practise of law. Mem. law firm of Cabell & Gilpin. Counsel, sec. and dir. Caskey Valve Co., Am. Manganese Bronze Co., Holmes- burg Realty Co., Am. Hydro-Numatic Co., Tear Off Bottle Seal Co., the Corp'n Co. of America, also coun- sel and dir. N. E. Inventions Co., Conn. Motor Vehicle Co., Plaster Products Co., Hercules Plaster Board Co., Gen. Corp'n Co., Municipal Utilities Corp'n, Western Newfoundland Lumber Co .; mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Am. Hist. Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc., N. Y. County Law- yers' Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Independent Democrat. Served in N. Y. State Naval Militia and during Spanish-Am. War in U. S. Navy. Roman Catholic. Mem. Md. Soc., Phi Gamma Delta, Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Manhattan, Atlantic Yacht, Nat. Democratic, Phi Gamma Delta. Address: 11 Wall St., N. Y. City.
Banker; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 28, 1860; s. John and Mary (Dowdall) Gilpln; ed. N. Y. public schs .; un- marrled. Entered N. Y. Clearing House after leaving sch., (1877; made teller, 1888; ass't mg'r since 1892. Associated with Loan Coms. of 1884, 1890, 1893 and 1907. Trustee Brevoort Savings Bank. Served 1012 years in 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y .; was ist serg't Co. E; one of founders and editors Seventh Reg't Gazette. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Chamber of Com- merce. Mem. Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn League, 7th Reg't Veteran Ass'n. Recrea- tions: Golf, riding, driving and motoring. Clubs: Union League, Crescent Athletic, N. Y. Press, Long Island Automobile. Address: 1300 Dean St., Brook- lyn, N. Y.
GIRDNER, JOHN HARVEY
Physician and surgeon; b. Cedar Creek, Greene Co., East Tenn .; s. William (M.D.) and Mary Ann (Link) Girdner; ed. Greenville and Tusculum Coll., E. Tenn., A.B., 1876, Univ. City of N. Y., Med. Dep't, M.D., 1879; m. Sept. 23, 1886, Adela Pratt. Served on house staff of Bellevue Hosp. and several other hosps .; taught anatomy in N. Y. Univ., and surgery in N. Y. Post. Graduate Sch. and Hosp. Mas practised continuously in N. Y. City since graduation; resident fellow N. Y. Acad, Med. Inventor of Girdner's Telephonic Bul- let Probe and other surg. instruments. Author of "Newyorkitis" and many magazine articles. . First to successfully graft skin from a dead body to a living body; first to call attention to need of suppressing un- necessary noise, in essays in North American Re- view, 1896, etc. Address: 47 W. 71st St., N. Y. City.
GITTERMAN, A. N.
'Real estate broker; b. N. Y. City, June 8, 1878; s. Henry and Diana (Lehmaier) Gitterman; ed. Dr. Sach's private sch .; grad. U. S. Real Estate Sch. Pres. and dir. Corn Claw Co., N. Y. Democrat. Actively en- gaged in legislative matters as sec. Taxation and Legislation Com. of Real Estate B'd of Brokers, and instrumental in first concerted movement in favor of land title registration in State of N. Y. Has encour- aged public sentiment in regard to rapid transit de- · velopment for Greater N. Y. Enthusiastic worker for Public Playgrounds. Actively engaged and interested in development of Marble Hill and other Upper Man- hattan locations. Author of "A Little About a Lot," published 1910. Interested in charitable and philan- thropic work. Ex-gov. Real Estate B'd Brokers. Al- lied It. I. Interests Clty of N. Y. Ex-pres. Sachs Alumni Ass'n year 1910. Real Estate Ass'n of State of N. Y., Y. M. C. A. Fellow Nat. Geog. Soc. Recrea- tions: Walking, tennis, skating. Clubs: Harmonie, Economic, City Athletic, Hungry. Residence: 2 Marble Hill Av. Address: Singer Bld'g, N. Y. City.
GITTERMAN, ALICE STERNE
Born in N. Y. City; d. Ilon. Simon and Mathilde (Elsberg) Sterne; grad. Smith Coll., A. B., Columbia, A.M .; grad, scholarship Yale Univ .; m. John Milton Gitterman, A.M., LL.B., Ph.D. Active worker in cause of popular ed'n; secured first appropriation from Con-
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gress for free lectures to the people for benefit of working people of the District of Columbia, and was chm'n of the volunteer committee appt'd by the Dist. B'd of Ed'n to arrange the first two lecture series, In- terested in ethnology; contrb'r on social, ethnol. and edn'l subjects to various magazines. Author: Ethnol. Study of the Dyaks of Borneo. Mem. College of Pre- ceptors of England, N. Y. State Charities Aid Ass'n; was mem. Library Com. N. Y. Free Circulating Li- brary; one of incorporators and mem. Exec. Com. City History Club, N. Y. City; was chm'n for 13th Sena- torial Dist. of League for Polit. Ed'n; pres. Public Ed'n Ass'n of Washington, which aided in introduc- tion and success in 1st session of 59th Congress, of first compulsory ed'n law for Dist. of Columbia, and first Juvenile Court and first law regulating employ- ment agencies in Washington Clty. Address: 40 W. 59th St., N. Y. City.
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GITTINS, ROBERT H
Lawyer, mem. Congress; b. Oswego, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1869; s. Robt. J. Gittins; left school at an early age and engaged in lumber, coal and grain business; grad. Univ. of Mich., LL.B., 1900; m. June, 1908. Ad- mitted to practise of law in N. Y. and Mich., 1900; since 1901. in active practise in Niagara Falls. Elect- ed to N. Y. State Senate, 1910; elected to 63d Con- gress from 40th N. Y. Dist .; delegate Dem. Nat. Conv., Baltimore. 1912. Democrat. Address: 548 Fifth St., Niagara Falls, N. Y.
GLACKENS, WILLIAM J.
Artist; b. Philadelphia, 1870; ed. Pa. Acad. Fine Arts and in Europe; m. Hartford, Conn., Feb., 1904, Edith Dimock. Painter and illustrator; exhibited at Paris Salon, 1896; Paris Exp'n, 1900; Pan-Am. Exp'n, Buffalo, 1901 (gold medal); La, Purchase Exp'n, 1904 (silver and bronze medals). Asso. mem. Nat. Acad. of Design; mem. Soc. of Illustrators, Modern Soc. of Portrait Painters, London, and mem. Ass'n Am. Paint- ers and Sculptors. Address: 29 Washington sq., N. Y. City.
GLADDEN, GEORGE
Editor; b. North Adams, Mass., Oct. 13, 1867; s. Washington and Jennic (Cohoon) Gladden; ed. pub- lic schs., Springfield, Mass .; Cornell Univ., sp'l courses in arts, polit. science and economics; unmarried. En- gaged in newspaper work in Columbus, O., 1889- 1891; Pittsburgh 1891-1893; Springfield, Mass. Re- publican, 1894-1898; N. Y. City, 1898-1901; editor (bi- ography) New Internat. Encyclopedia, 1901-1904; asso. editor Current Literature, 1904-1905; editor (biog- raphy) New Internat. Encyclopædia (revision), and Nelson's Encyclopædia, 1905-1907; editor (biography) New Internat. Year Book, 1907-1908. Contb'r bio- graphical, historical and gazetteer articles to Ency- clopædia, Britannica (Cambridge University Press), 1908-1910; ass't Correspondence Dep't, 1910-1912; ass't in wild life protection to Dr. W. T. Hornaday (dir. N. Y. Zoological Park), and sec. Wild Life Protective Ass'n since 1912; reviews of nature books, and articles on such subjects, especially ornithology, for the Na- tion. Evening Post, Outlook, Bookman, etc. Inde- pendent in politics. Recreations: Ornithological field work and photography. Residence: 89 Pineapple St., Brooklyn. Address: N. Y. Zoological Park, N. Y. City.
GLADDING, ALBERT F.
Jurist; b. Pharsalia, Chenango Co., N. Y., Dec. 9, 1843; s. James C. and Mary (Fargo) Gladding; ed. in public schools, Norwich Acad .; m. Cortland, N. Y., March 16, 1881, Grace V. E. Owen; children: Grace, b. 1882; Gladys, b. 1884; Gertrude, b, 1886, Elected coun- of 1889, on Republican ticket, and re-elected in 1895, and again in 1901. the last two elections being with- out opposition and upon the indorsement of all parties; elected Nov. 6, 1906, justice of the Supreme Court for the 6th Judicial Dist. for term expiring Dec. 31, 1920. Pres. Chenango Nat. Bank. Republican; Episcopallan. Club: Norwich (pres. since its organization In 1900). Address: Norwich, Chenango Co., N. Y.
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GLADDING, THOMAS STANTIAL
Chemist, analytical and consulting expert; b. Meck- lenburg, Va., Jan. 8, 1853; s. Benjamin F. and Maria (Stantial) Gladding; grad. Brown Univ., A.B., 1875 (Phi Beta Kappa), A.M., 1877: m. 1st, Nov. 27. 1877, Clara E. Sayles; 2d, Effie K. Price, Oct. 7, 1902; one s .: Willard Sayles; b. Dec. 13, 1878 (died Oct. 19, 1897). Held chair of sciences in Conn. Literary Inst., 1875-1877; In Worcester Acad., 1878; mem. firm of Stillwell & Gladding, N. Y. City, since 1875 (now pres. and treas.). Independent in politics. Baptist; dir. and trustee Montclair Y. M. C. A .; vice-chairman
State Exec. Com., N. J. Y. M. C. A. Mem. Am. Chem Soc. (sec., 1884), Soc. of Public Analysts, Soc. Chem. ical Industry, Delta Upsilon. Address: 181 Front St, N. Y. City.
GLADMAN, GEORGE JAMES
Physician and surgeon; b. Lindsay, Ont., Can .; & Henry and Melissa (Rientord) Gladman; grad. Mc- Gill Univ., Montreal, Can., 1886; M.D, and C.M. (Mas- ter of Surgery), with honors. Specialist in disorders of metabolism, obesity, etc. Pres. Felicite Co. of N. Y .; v .- p. and director L. I. Bld'g Co. Independent in politics. Mem. McGill Graduates Soc. Club: Canadian of N. Y. Address: 143 W. 71st St., N. Y. City.
GLADWIN, ELLIS WARREN
Insurance; b. Middletown, Conn., Feb. 11, 1859; & Stephen Miller and Hannah M. (Lewis) Gladwin; ed Middletown (Conn.) High Sch., Faulkner House Sch, Liverpool, Eng .; in. 1st, Salem, Mass., 1SS1, Elizabeth Clark Butman; 2d, Bronxville, N. Y., 1899, Grace Thorne Underhill; children: Dorothy, b. 1S&S; Eliis Warren, Jr., b. 1902; Grace, b. 1904. Was pres. of the Village of Bronxville, 1905-1908: v .- p. and sec. Home Life Ins. Co .; dir. W. II. Crossman Co., Inc .; trustee Lawrence Hosp., Bronxville, N. Y. Clubs: Lawrence Park Country, Knollwood Country, Larchmont Yacht, Siwanoy Golf, Hamilton (Brooklyn), Railroad. Ad- dress: 256 Broadway, N. Y. City.
GLASER, LULU
'Actress; b. Alicgheny City, Pa., June 2, 1874; ed. in public schools in Allengheny and studied musie; m N. Y. City, May 23, 1907, Ralph C. Herz, actor. Joined the Francls Wilson Opera Co., 1892, was understudy for Marie Jansen, and when that actress fell ili took her place and galned success in the Jansen rôles especially as "Javotte" in Erminie, and afterward appeared in new creations in that company as prin- cipaleomedienne; since 1900 at head of her own company in Sweet Aime Page, Dolly Varden, The Madcap Princess, Dolly Dollars, Madamoiselle Mis- chief, The Girl and the Kaiser, Miss Dudelsack, etc. Address: Mount Vernon, N. Y.
JGLASS, CHESTER
Lawyer, capitalist; b. London, Can .; s. Hon. David Glass, K.C., and Sarah Dixon (Dalton) Glass; ed. Hellmuth Coll. and Toronto Univ., and was admitted , a barrister-at-law of Osgoode Hall, Toronto; m. Can- ada, June 20, 1883, Beatrice Claus Kingsmill; chif- dren: Gordon Goldwin, Dorothy Beatrice. In 1880 spent a year and a half in traveling around the world. Book describing this tour had a wide circu. latlon and was very favorably criticised in America and England. Practised law in Canada, and in 1889 successfully argued the well-known case of Att'y Gen. vs. Fonseca before the Supreme Court of Can- ada, at Ottawa. At Spokane, Wash., engaged success- fully in street railroad bld'g, real estate and mining, and still holds large interests there. Coming East in 1902. became interested in extensive coal fields in Pa. and real estate in N. Y. State. Pres. Pittsburgh and N. Y. Coal Co. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Bar of State of N. Y. Clubs: Calumet (N. Y. Clty), St. Regis Golf. Address: 30 E. 42d St., N. Y. City.
GLEASON, CARLISLE J.
Lawyer; b. Montpeller, Vt., Oct. 27, 1874; s. Louis P., and Anne Louise (Timothy) Gleason; grad. Am- herst Coll., S.B., 1896; Harvard Univ., LL.B., 1899; m. Montpelier, Vt., 1902, Ellen Fifield; two children; Louise Fifield, b. 1904; Elizabeth Fifield, b. 1908. Ad- mitted to bar, 1899, and has practised in N. Y. Clty; mem. firm of James Schell & Elkus; resident v .- p. Am. Fidelity Co. Residence: 180 E. 67th St. Address: 170 Broadway, N. Y. City.
Lawyer; b. Delhl, N. Y., May 30, 1863; s. William and Caroline (Blanchard) Gleason; grad. Yale Coli., A. B., 1885; m. Delhi, June 17, 1889, Gertrude Gordon; one s., Gordon Peet, b. 1890. Admitted to bar, Sept .. 1877; practised in Delhi with firm of William & L. B. Gleason until 1891; since then has practised in N. Y. City; was chm'n Rep. Co. Com. of Delaware Co., 1889 -. 1890; sec. of same, 1887-1888; journal clerk N. Y. State Senate, 1889-1891, 1894-1901; ass't clerk, 1901-1905; since 1905, clerk N. Y. State Senate; has been chm'n ol Speakers' Bureau of Rep. State Com. since 1896; sec. of all State convs. of Rep. party since 1892; since Sept., 1906, sec. N. Y. Rep. State Com. Dir .: Decatur (Ala.) Water Works. Was mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon and Woif's Head at Yale. Clubs: University. Republi- ean (N. Y. City), Albany (Albany). Residence: 50 Central Park W. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y.
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