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TACHAU, WILLIAM G.
Architeet; b. Louisville, Ky., April, 1875; s. Charles G. and Fanny (Wehle) Tachau; grad. Columbia Coll., Ph.B., Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris (Deplome). Junior mem. firm Pilcher & Tachau, architects. Mem. Beaux Arts Soe., Deplomé Soc. (architects). Clubs: Players, Woodnien Golf. Address: 109 Lexington Av., N. Y. Clty.
TAFT, HENRY WATERS
Lawyer; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, May 27, 1859; s. Hon. Alphonso Taft (Seerctary of War and afterwards Attorney-Gen. of the U. S. in Grant's second adniin- istration, Minister to Austria, 1882-1884, Minister to Russia, 1884-1885), and of Louise M. (Torrey) Taft; ed. Yale, B.A., 1880, hon. M.A., 1905; m. Troy, N. Y., March 28, 1883, Julla W. Smith; children: Walbridge S., b. Nov. 29, 1884, William Howard, 2d, b. Dec. 11, 1887, Louise Witherbee (Mrs. George H. Snowdon), b. Dec. 10, 1888. Has praetised law in N. Y. City since 1882; mem. law firm of Strong & Cadwalader; sp'l ass't atty-gen. of U. S. in investigation and proseeuton of tobacco trust (resigned Jan., 1907); trustee Mutual Life Ins. Co. Served for several years from 1898 as meni. B'd Ed'n City of N. Y .; mem. B'd Trustees Ccll. City of N. Y., 1903-1905; candidate in 1898 for Justice of N. Y. Supreme Court on Republican tieket, and de- feated; afterwards v .- p. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Mem. Charter Revision Comm'n, to revise charter of Greater New York, 1901; trustee New York Public Library since 1908; tendered by Gov. Roosevelt and deellned apptm't as Justice Supreme Court of N. Y .; mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n and Am. Bar Ass'n. Mem. Skull and Bones, and Psi Upsllon fraternities. Clubs: Uni- versity, Century, Yale, Garden City Golf, Shinneeock Hills Golf, Nat. Golf, Piping Rock, Down Town, Mid- day, Republican, Psi Upsilon. Residence: 36 W. 48th St. Address: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.
TAFT, THEODORE M.
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1865; s. Enos Nelson and Julla M. (Peet) Taft; ed. Adelphl Acad., Brooklyn, N. Y., Black Hall (Conn.) Sch .; grad. Williams Coll., B.A., 1886; Columbla Law Sch., LL.B., 1889; m. Bedford, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1903, Eleanor Jay Schief- felin. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, June, 1889; practised in N. Y. City, In partnership with Enos N. Taft, under firm name of E. N. & T. M. Taft, until 1903; sìnee 1903, with P. Tecumseh Sherman, under firm name of Taft && Sherman. Instr. in Black Hall Seh., 1886-1887; lecturer Law Sch. of Univ. City of N. Y., 1892. Dir. N. Y. Eye and Ear Infirmary. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Club: Alpha Delta Phi. Residence: 242 E. 15th St. Address: 15 William St., N. Y. City.
TAFT, WALBRIDGE S.
Lawyer; b. Pelham Manor, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1884; s. Henry W. and Julia Walbridge (Smith) Taft; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1907; Harvard Unlv., LL. B., 1910.
Unmarried. Att'y, sec. and dir. Greelcy Square Hotel
Co. (Hotel McAlpin). Active In local dist. politics. Republican; Episcopalian. Clubs: Yale, Squadron A, Midday, Underwriters. Residence: 36 W. 48th St. Address: 60 Wall St., N. Y. City.
TAFT, WILLIAM HOWARD
Kent prof. of law, Yale Univ .; was the twenty- seventh Pres. of the United States; b. Cincinnati, O., Sept. 15, 1857; s. Alphonso (Atty .- Gen., 1876-1877), and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; brother of Henry Waters and Horace 'Dutton Taft and half-brother of Charles Phelps Taft. Grad. Woodward High Sch., Cincinnati, 1874; B.A., Yale, 1878 (2d in class of 121, salutatorlan and class orator); LL.B., Cincinnati Law Sch, 1880, di- viding 1st prize (LL.D., Yale, 1893; Univ. of Pa., 1902; Harvard, 1905; Miami Univ., 1905; State Univ. of lowa, 1907; Wesleyan Coll., 1909; Princeton, 1912); m. June 19, 1886, Helen, d. of John WW. Herron, of Cincinnati. Admitted to Ohio bar 1880; law reporter Cincinnati Times, and later of Cincinnati Commercial, 1880; ass't prosecuting att'y Hamilton Co., O., 1881-1882-1883; practised law at Cincinnati 1883-1887; ass't co. solic- tor Hamilton Co., 1885-1887; Judge Superior Court, Cincinnati, 1887-1890; Solieitor-Gen, of U. S., 1890- 1892; U. S. Circuit Judge, 6th circult, 1892-1900; prof. and dean law dep't, Univ. of Cincinnati, 1896-1900; pres. U. S. Philippine Comm'n, March 13, 1900-July 4, 1901; first Civil Gov. of P. I., July 4, 1901-Feb. 1, 1904; sent to Rome by Pres. Roosevelt, 1902, to confer with Pope Leo XIII. eoneerning purchase of agr'l lands of religlous orders in the P. I .; twiee declined apptm't from Pres. Roosevelt as Asso. Justice Supreme Court of U. S., 1903; See. of War in Cabinet of Pres. Roosevelt, Feb. 1, 1904-June 30, 1908; sent to Cuba by Pres. Roosevelt to adjust insurrection there, 1906, and acted short time as provisional gov .; in March and April, 1907, visited Panama, Cuba, and Porto Rico, by direction of the President, to take up various matters and familiarize himself with conditions; later visited Japan 'and P. I., returning to America via Russia. Nominated for President in Rep. Nat. Conv., Chicago, June, 1908, and elected Nov. 3, 1908. for term, March 4, 1909-March 4, 1913, defeating Willlam Jennings Bryan, the Dem, candidate. Pres. Am. Nat. Red Cross since 1906. Renominated for the Presidency June, 1912, by Nat, Rep. Conv. at Chicago. Defeated in Nov. eleetion following, when Woodrow Wilson, the Dem. candidate, was elected. April 1, 1913, became Kent professor of law at Yale Univ., where is now deliv- ering four lectures a week on Federal Constitutional law, two In the academle dep't and two in the law sch. Sept., 1913, elected pres. of Am. Bar Ass'n at its annual meeting at Montreal, Canada. Nov., 1913, pub- lished volume containing eight Yale lectures and two addresses before Am. Bar Ass'n on "Popular Govern- ment." Residence: 367 Prospect St., New Haven, Conn. Address: Hotel Taft, New Haven, Conu.
TAGGART, RUSH
Lawyer; b. Smithville, Wayne Co., O., Sept. 4, 1849; s. William Wirt and Margaret J. (MeCaughey) Tag- gart; grad. Univ. of Wooster, B.A. 1871, A.M. 1874; Univ. of Mich., Law Dep't, 1875; Univ. of Wooster, IJL.D., 1900; m. Salem, O., Sept. 13, 1877, Margaret Waterworth; chilldren: Mary W., b. 1878; Alice, b. 1881; William Rush, Jr., b. 1891. Connected with U. S. Geol. Survey, 1872-1873; solieitor for Pennsylvania Co. in Ohio, 1877-1887; with Dillon & Swayne in N. Y. City. 1887-1891; solicitor for Western Union Telegraph Co., 1891, until appt'd gen. counsel, Jan., 1911. Presby'n. Residence: 319 W. 75th St. Address: 195 Broadway, N. Y. City.
TAINTER, FRANCIS STONE
Civil eng'r; b. Morristown, N. J., Dec. 16, 1862; 6. Thomas Parsons and Josephine (Brooks) Tainter; ed. Morris Acad., and sp'l studles at Princeton; m. Nov. 19, 1892, Susan Bayard. Civil eng'r on railroad work, bridge work, construction of dams and water works since 1881; specialist In hydraulics; mem. firm F. S. Tainter & Co. Ilas traveled generally for both busi- ness and pleasure. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. Ain. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Nat. Geog. Soc., A. A .. A.S., Am. Forestry Ass'n, Soe, for Preservation of Adirondacks, Soe. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution, S.A.R. Recre- ations: Hunting, fishing. Clubs: Engineers, Players. Address: 1 Newark St., HIoboken, N. J.
TAINTOR, CHARLES NEWHALL
Banker and publisher; b. Pomfret, Conn., Nov. 28, 1840; s. Ralph Smith and Phoebe Higgins (Lord) Taintor; ed. Bacon Acad., Colchester, Conn .; Yale, B.A, 1865, M. A. 1868; m. N. Y. City, April 23, 1872. Georgiana Strang Holden. Book publisher, 1866-1913; banker, 1903-1913. Published school books, 1870-1893; guide books and hymn books, 1867-1913. Was comm'r of emigration, State of N. Y., at port of N. Y., 1SS1-
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1889; pres. of b'd, 1888-1889; police justice, City of N. Y., 1889-1895; delegate to Rep. Nat. Conv. at Chi- cago, Ill., 1884 and 1888, and Rep. State Conv. of N. Y., 1880-1898; Rep. candidate for mem. of Congress, 7th Dist. of N. Y., 1888. Ex-pres. and dir. Taintor Bros. & Co., Riverside Bank, N. Y .; dir. Astor Place Bank, N. Y .; Union Exchange Nat. Bank; pres. and trustee U. S. Savings Bank; senior mem. firms of Taintor Bros., E. M. Taintor & Co .; mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, N. E. Soc. (life), Psi Upsilon fraternity, Scroll and Key Soc .; trustee Gen. Grant's Monument Ass'n, Bacon Acad., Colchester, Conn. Republican ; Presby'n. Clubs: University, West Side Republican. Residence: 41 W. 76th St. Address: 606 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
TALBOT, HAMMOND
Lumber mir; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1873; s. Capt. Lowell and Mary Carolyn ( Hayden) Talbot; ed. in schs. of Brooklyn, Lockwood Acad., and Greenfield publie sch .; in. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., April 25, 1899, Mary Savage Olds; children: Hammond, Jr., b. Jan. 25, 1900, Henderson, b. Jan 27, 1902, Susan, b. Dec. 31, 1904. Started in employ of Chase, Talbot & Co., March 22, 1886, as office boy; became partner, 1893; firm incor- porated, 1906, and elected pres., which office still holds. Traveled in U. S. extensively. Treas. S. E. Dunn Lumber Co .; dir. Watson & Pittinger, Aguacate Mines; trustee N. Y. Lumber Trade Ass'n. Twice of- fered Dem. nomination for N. Y. State Assembly, but declined. Presby'n. Master Mason, mem. Royal Ar- canum, Loyal Ass'n, Columbia Council, Eiks (life mem.), Presby'n Union, Brooklyn Juvenile Probation Ass'n, Prospect Heights Citizens Ass'n. Trustee
Berkeley Inst., Memorial Presby'n Ch.
Recreations: Yachting, shooting. bowling, swimming. Clubs: Mon- tauk, Parkway Driving, Tarantine (Bangor, Me.). Manhanset, Yacht (Shelter Island, N. Y.). Residence: 370 Sterling Pl., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 29 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
TALCOTT, CHARLES A.
Lawyer, mem. Congress; b. Oswego, N. Y .; s. Enoch B. Talcott; ed. public schs. and , Utica Free Acad .; grad. Princeton Univ., A.B., 1879. In active practice of law since admission to bar, City counsel of Utica 1886; mem. B'd of Police and Fire Comm'rs 1888-1892; mayor of Utica, 1902-1906; elected to 62nd Congress and re-elected to 63d Congress from 33d N. Y. Dist. Democrat. Address: Utica. N. Y.
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TALCOTT, JAMES
Banker and comm'n merchant; b. West Hartford, Conn., Feb. 7, 1835; s. Seth and Charlotte Stout (But- ler) Talcott; traces descent from an ancient and hon- orable family of Colchester, Essex, England, the motto on whose coat of arms is "Virtus sola nobilitas." The father of Am. branch, John Talcott, of Braintree, Es- sex, England, came to N. Y. in co. of Puritans led by Thomas Hooker and John Cotton, landing at Boston, 1633, removed with Rev. Mr. Hooker and his church to Conn., 1636, and became one of founders of City of Hartford. Another ancestor, the Worshipful Jolin Talcott was treas. of Colony of Conn., 1652-1659. An- other ancestor was gov. of Colony of Conn., 1721-1741. Ed. in common schools of West Hartford, Conn., West- field Acad., and Williston Sem., Easthampton, Mass .; m. Henrietta E. Francis; children: James Frederick. Francis Edgar, Grace (Mrs. Warner M. Van Norden), Edith C. (Mrs. 11. Roswell Bates), Arthur Whiting, Reginald. Commenced business in N. Y. City, 1854, under own name; his house, with its various annexes in New York and other cities, sells or finances tho product of a large number of mills and manufactur- ers of foreign and domestic woolens, cottons, silks, gloves, embroideries, dress goods, etc. Also finances any and all lines of trade. Dir. Manhattan Co. Bank, Am. Hosiery Co. and other financial inst'ns. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, B'd of Trade and Transporta- tion, Merchants and Mt'rs B'd of Trade. Presby'n. Founder-trustee of Northfield Sem, Northfield, Mass., with D. L. Moody, laying corner-stone of first bld's and later bld'g Talcott Hall, a dormitory and dining hall for women, at Oberlin Coll. Also erected Ar- boretum at Mt. Holyoke Coll., Mass., was one of early contb'rs to foundation of Barnard Coll .; and built and equipped library of native town, West Hartford. One of first trustees Water St. Mission. One of founders N. Y. Christian Home for Intemperate Men, and first treas. Trustee Y. W. C. A., N. Y. City. Mem. Internat. Com., Y. M. C. A., N. E. Soc., Am. Museum of Natural History, Met. Museum of Art, Botanical and Zool. Gar- dens; life mem. Am. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Republican, Patria. Address: 225 Fourth Av., N. Y. City.
TALLANT, HUGH
Architect; b. Boston, Mass., Sept. 15, 1869; s. Henry P. and Mary G. (Coleman) Tallant; grad. Harvard,
A.B., A.M., 1891; Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, archi- tecte diplomé par le Gouvernement Française, 1896; unmarried. Mem. firm of Lord, Hewlett & Tallant. Am. Inst. of Architects, Soc. Beaux Arts Graduates, Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences. Clubs: Harvard, Hamilton, Heights Casino (Brooklyn), Squadron A. Address: 345 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
TALLMADGE, JOSIAH C.
Lawyer, jurist; b. New Baltimore, Greene Co., N. Y., July 15, 1853; s. Thomas D. and Helen M. (Raymond) Tallmadge; ed. dist. schools and by private tutors; m. Windham, Greene County, N. Y., June 5, 1878, Ella M. Stanley; children: Leone S. Beach, b. ISSO, N. Edna Hinman, b. 1882. In business at Windham, 23 years; formed partnership with Hon. C. E. Bloodgood, of Catskill, 1898. Eleeted 1889 dist. atty for one term; county judge and surrogate of Greene Co. since Nov., 1900 (re-clected 1906 and 1912), pres. B'd of Ed'n, Catskill, 1902-1905. Dir. Bld'g and Loan Ass'n, Cats- kill, Commercial Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Mercantile Co- operative Fire Ins. Co., Catskill Nat. Bank, v .- p. Sav- ings and Loan Ass'n of Catskill. Democrat; Presby'n. Trustee Presby'n Ch., trustee and dir. Y. M. C. A., Catskill; mem. Mountain Lodge F. and A. M., 259; Catskill Chapter R. A. M., 285, State Bar Ass'n, Greene County Soc., Acad. of Polit Science, pres. Nat. Ass'n of Probate Judges, v .- p. Greene County Bar Ass'n. Club: Rip Van Winkle (Catskill) (prcs.). Address: Catskill, Greene Co., N. Y.
TALMADGE, HENRY P.
Banker; b. Troy, N. Y., 1847; s. Henry and Franees (Cossitt) Talmadge; grad. Harvard, 1868; m. Brook- lyn, N. Y., 1872, Lucy White. Pres. and dir. Augusta (Ga.) Lumber Co., Haviland Lumber Co., Southern Pine Co. of Georgia; dir. Albany & Northern R'y Co., Col- well Lead Co., Empire Trust Co., Nat. Bank of Bruns- wick, Ga. Clubs: University, Whist, Union. Resi- dence: 538 Madison Av. Address: 52 William St., N. Y. City.
TAMS, JAMES FREDERIC
Broker; b. Philadelphia, Pa., April 13, 1847; s. James and Sarah Antoinette (Wade) Tams; ed. private schs. N. Y. City; in. Blanche E. S. Cruger. Dem. firm Tams, Lemoine & Crane, naval architects and shipbrokers. Mem. Soc. Naval Architects and Eng'rs, U. S. Naval Inst., dir. Navy League of U. S., one of lay mg'rs of the Seamen's Ch. Inst., trustee of Soc. for Relief of Destitute Children of Seamen, trustee N. Y. Dispen- sary. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht, Down Town Ass'n, Union, Tuxedo. Residence: Tuxedo, N. Y. Address: 52 Pine St., N. Y. City.
TANNER, FREDERICK C.
Lawyer; b. Jacksonville, 111., Apr. 7, 1878; s. Edward Allen and Marion L. (Brown) Tanner; grad. lil. Coli., A.B., B.S., 1898; trial att'y for firm of Woodford, Bovee & Butcher, May 1901-Jan. 1, 1911, Deputy Att'y Gen. of N. Y. in charge of N. Y. City Bureau. Served as private, corporal, sergeant 23d Reg't, N.G.N.Y .; 2d licut. 12th Reg't N.G.N.Y., 1st lieut. and captain 14th Reg't, N.G.N.Y. Republican. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Club: Salmagundi, Ardsley, Atlantic Yacht, Republican, Brooklawn Country, West Side Tennls. Residence: 13 W. 12th St. Address: I Madison Av .. N. Y. City.
" TANZER, LAURENCE ARNOLD
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 26, 1874; s. Arnold and Ida (Lagowitz) Tanzer; ed. Dearborn-Morgan Seh., Orange, N. J .; Harvard Coll., A.B., 1894; Columbia Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1897; m. N. Y. City. March 3, 1903, Florence Keller; children: Margaret Ida, b. 1906; Eleanor Clara, b. 1908; Alice Keller, b. 1911. Admitted to bar N. Y., 1897; practised alone; later became mem. firm Jacob & Tanzer; Liebmann, Naumburg & Tanzer; and Liebmann & Tanzer, of which is now mem. Mem. bar of Supreme Court of U. S. Chm'n Charter Com. of Citizens' Union of N. Y. City; counsel and chi'n Com. on Municipal Home Rule of Municipal Gov't Ass'n of N. Y. State; draftsman of legislation for N. Y. State Factory Investigating Comm'n and other bodies. In- dependent Democrat. Dlem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., .N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Soc. of Internat. Law, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: City, Reform. Residence: 217 Rich AV., Mount Vernon, N. Y. Address: 32 Broadway, N. Y. City.
TAPPAN, JOHN BUTLER COLES
Lawyer; b. Glen Cove, L. L., April 4, IS60; s. De Witt and Margaret (Coles) Tappan: grad. Yale Univ., isso; Columbia Coll. Law Sch, 1882; in. Glen Cove, I. I., May 21, 1885, Caroline A. Titus. Mem, firm Tappan & Bennett. Progressive. Mom. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Am. Bar Ass'n. Nassau Co. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar
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Ass'n, N. Y. Co. Lawyers' Ass'n. Clubs: Yale, Nassau Country, Glenwood Country, Huntington Country, Sca- wanhaka Corinthian Yacht. Residence: Glen Cove, L. I. and Hotel Gotham, N. Y. Address: 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.
TARBELL, GAGE E.
Capitalist; b. Smithville, Chenango County, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1856; ed. Clinton Llbcral Inst .; studied law. Admitted to bar 1880 and practised law four years; became gen. agent Equitable Life Assurance Soc., with headquarters at Binghamton, N. Y., 1884; gen. agent for Wisconsin and Northern Mich., with headquarters at Milwaukee, 1888; app'td Jan., 1889, gen. mg'r North- western Dep't for Equitable, with headquarters at Chicago; elected 3d v .- p. Equitable Life Assurance Soc., Sept,, 1893, 2d v .- p. in May, 1899, resigning March, 1907. Trustee Equitable Trust Co .; dir. Hibernian Bank and Trust Co., New Orleans, La., and pres. Gar- den City Estates, Address: 320 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
TARBELL, GEORGE SCHUYLER
Lawyer, real cstate, and investor; b. Groton, N. Y., July 15, 1868; s. (Major Doctor) Tarbell and Mary (Conant) Tarbell; grad. Ithaca High Sch., 1886; Cor- nell Univ., Ph.B., 1891, LL.B., 1894 (mem. class and univ. tug-of-war teams; gained, and still holds, world's record for rope climb, hand-over-hand; speaker for junior prize and senior commencement); m. 1893. Grace Louise Jones, of Owego, N. Y .; children: Doro- thy, Louise, G. Schuyler, Jr. Admitted to bar, 1894. Comd'r Cornell Unlv. Republican Club, 1888; sec. Tomp- kins Co. Republican Com., 1888-1902; vlce-commo. Cor- nell Unlv., Navy, 1900; senior major, Cornell Univ. Reg't, 1891; organizer and dir. League of Univ. Re- publican Clubs, 1892-1894. Referee in bankruptcy sineo 1898; treas. Cornell Univ. Alumnl Ass'n, 1900- 1903; Ithaca city att'y, 1901-1903; pres. and graduate dir. Cornell Dally Sun. Dir, Allled Real Estate Inter- ests of N. Y., pres. Cornell Delta Phi Ass'n. Republi- can; Presby'n. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Knight Templar, 32° Mason and Shriner. Clubs: New York, Cornell Delta Phi, Craftsman, Ithaca Country, Town and Gown. Residence: 110 N. Geneva St. Address: Trust Co. Bld'g, Ithaca, N. Y.
TARBELL, IDA MINERVA
Editor, author; b. Erie County, Pa., Nov. 5, 1857; d. Franklin S. and Esther Ann (Mccullough) Tarbell, ed. Titusville (Pa.) High School and grad. Allegheny Cell., Meadville, Pa .; graduate study at the Sorbonne and College de France, Paris, 1891-1894. Associate editor The Chautauquan, 1883-1891; editor on staff and asso. editor McClure's Magazine, 1894-1906; asso. editor American Magazine since 1906. Author: Short Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1895; Life of Madame Roland, 1896; Early Life of Abraham Lincoln (in collaboration with J. McCan Davis), 1896; Life of Abraham Lincoln (2 volumes), 1900; History of the Standard Oil Com- pany (2 volumes), 1904; He Knew Lincoln, 1907. Writer of magazine articles on history and current subjects; also short stories. Mem. Am. Economic Ass'n, Am. Hlst. Ass'n, English Soc. ,of Women Jour- nalists. Clubs: Barnard, National Arts, Colony. Ad- dress: 132 E. 19th St., N. Y. City.
TATE, STERRETT
Broker; b. Camden, Wilcox Co., Ala., June 13, 1863; s. Walter and Sallie Brooks (Sterrett) Tate; ed. public and private schs., Evergreen, Ala., 1880; m. Sparta, Ga., Oct. 14, 1891, Frances Gay Clinch; children: Dlane Lamont, b. July 22, 1892; Henry Clinch, b. Oct. 28, 1902. Mem. firm N. L. Carpenter & Co., mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange. Democrat; Episcopalian. Recreation: MO- toring. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht, Sleepy Hollow Country, Automobile of America, Automobile Ass'n, Auto Polo, Southern Soc. Residence: The Apthorp Apartments, 2211 Broadway. Address: 17 William St., N. Y. City.
TATLOCK, JOHN
Pres. Westchester Ave. Bank; b. Williamstown, Mass., March 12, 1860; s. John (D.D.) and Lucy Bc- man (Whitman) Tatlock; grad. Williams Coll., B.A., 1882, M.A., 1887; m. March 2, 1886, Kate Chamberlin. Ass't astronomer, Washburn Observatcry, Univ. of Wls., 1883-1884; prof. astronomy, Beloit Coll., 1884- 1885; actuary Prudentlal Ins. Co. of Newark, N. J., 1888; ass't actuary, Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y., 1889-1904; pres. Washington Life Ins. Co., N. Y., 1905- 1908. Fellow Royal Astron. Soc. (London), N. Y. Acad. of Sciences, Actuarial Soc. of America (sec. editor of its Transactions, 1889-1904). Asso. Inst. of Actuarles (London). Club: Century. Residence: 260 West 76tl St. Address: 141 Broadway, N. Y. City.
TAYLOR, ALFRED SIMPSON
Physician; b. Manchester, Conn., Dec. 17, 1868; s. John and Sarah ( Parker) Taylor; grad. Brown Univ.,
B.P., 1891; A.M., 1892; Coll. of Phys. and Surgs., N. Y. City, M.D., 1895; m. Tarrytown, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1907. Lucy E. Weeks; one d .: Helen G., b. Nov. 3, 1908. Con- sulting surgeon to Hosp. for Ruptured and Crippled, White Plains Hosp., Tarrytown Hosp., Letchworth village; visiting surgeon to Fordham Hosp., ass't surgeon to Babies' Hosp., asso. surgeon to Neurolog. Inst., ass't prof. surgery, Cornell Univ. Med. Sch. Mem. Am. Neurol. Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Acad. Med., N. Y. Surg. Soc., N. Y. Neurol. Soc., Delta Upsilon fraternity. Address: 115 West 55th St., N. Y. City.
TAYLOR, ARTHUR N.
Lawyer; b. Edgerton, Wls., 1867; s. Nelson and Lydla HI. (Kidder) Taylor; ed. Edgerton High School, Milton Coll., Wis. Law Unlv., LL. B .; m. Fairmont, West Va., June 3, 1896, Margaret Louise Pride; children: Robert N., b. 1897, Virginia P., b. 1902. Priscilla Carr, b. 1908. In practice of law since admission to bar. Author: Law in Its Relation to Physicians; articles and edl- torials on legal subjects. Residence: 1823 78th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 50 Broadway, N. Y. City.
TAYLOR, BENJAMIN IRVING
Lawyer, mem. Congress; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 21, 1877; ed. public schs., Monsey and Rye, N. Y .; grad. New Rochelle High Sch., Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1899. In active practice of law, Port Chester, N. Y., since admission to bar, 1899; supervisor Harrison, Westches- ter Co., N. Y., 1905-1912; elected to 63d Congress from 25th N. Y. Dist. Democrat. Address: Harrison, West- chester Co., N. Y.
TAYLOR, BERTRAND L.
Manufacturer; b. Three Mile Bay, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1862; m. Watertown, N. Y., Nov. 18, 1886, Nellie Cadwell; children: Dorothy C., b. 1888, Bertrand L., Jr., b. 1892. Pres. Pentecost Lumber Co., Woodruff Hotel Co .; dir. Willamette Pulp and Paper Co., Long Island Realty Co. Dir. Watertown (N. Y.) City Hosp. Recreations: Golfing, automobiling. Clubs: Racquet, Tennis, Auto- mobile of America (N. Y. City), Garden City Golf (Gar- den City), Black River Valley, Jefferson County Goff (Watertown, N. Y.). Summer residence: Watertown, N. Y. Address: 540 Park Av., N. Y. City,
TAYLOR, CHARLES JAY
Artist, educator; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 11, 1855; s. Charles Jay and Elizabeth (Macdonald) Taylor; ed. Coll. City of N. Y .; grad. Columbia Coll. Univ. Law Sch., Li. B., 1874; M.A., Middlebury Coll., 1909; studled art, Nat. Acad. of Design, Art Students' League; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 23, 1876, Mary Adelaide Levison; two daughters. Lived abroad, studying art in London, The Hague, Parls. Has exhibited at Paris Salon, Car- negie Inst., Nat. Acad. of Design. Prof. fine arts, Carnegio Inst., Technology, Pittsburgh; dir. Soc. As- sociated Artists' of Pittsburgh. Has illustrated many books. Episcopallan. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Federation of Arts. Clubs: The Players (N. Y. City), Boothbay Yacht (Me.). Residence: Montrose Park, Sonth Orange, N. J. Address: 16 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.
TAYLOR, CLINTON TALLMADGE
Lawyer; b. N. Y. Clty, Oct. 9, 1881; s. Sutherland Gazzam and Ellzabeth Regina (Board) Taylor; 8 .- 5 .- 8.9. of Gov. George Clinton, and g .- g .- grand- nephew Gov. Dewitt Clinton; ed. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1903; N. Y. Unlv., LL.B., 1905; married. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1905. Mem. law firm Strang, Sawyer & Taylor of White Plains, N. Y., 1907-1913; of Strang & Taylor since 1913. Village att'y of Hillside, N. Y., since 1912. Mem. Dem. City Com., Mt. Vernon, N. Y., 1904-1907 (scc., 1904-1906); ass't clerk B'd Supervis- ors of Westchester County, 1905-1907. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. Westchester County Bar Ass'n; Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, Knights of Honor, Mt. Ver- non Lodge of Elks. Club: Mt. Vernon Democratic. Residence: 47 N. Fulton Av., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Ad- dress: Central Bank Bldg., 3 Court St., White Plains, N. Y.
TAYLOR, EDWARD R.
Chemist; b. Brasher Falls, N. Y., July 1, 1844; s. Thomas R. (deceased) and Julla E. ("Tatt) Taylor; ed. England and Cleveland, O., Laurence Scientific Sch., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass .; m. Lancaster, O., Oct. 8, 1873, Mrs. Carrie A. Williams; children: William C., Edith B., Charles E., Clara M., Arthur C., Allce E. Traveled In Europe, Alaska, West Indies, Panama and most all parts of U. S. and Can. Chemist for Cleve- land Rolling Mill Co., 7 years; developed an electric furnaco for manufacture of chemicals. Pres. Taylor Chem. Co. Republican; Presby'n. Received Elliott Cresson Gold Medal, Franklin Inst., 1907. Mem. In- ternat. Congress of Applied Chemistry, Am. Inst.
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