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THOMAS, EDWIN ROSS
Automobile mfr; b. Webster, Westmoreland Co., Pa., 1850; s. Joseph Batty and Elizabeth (Van Hook) Thomas; ed. high schools, Evansville, Ind .; Duff's Coll., Pittsburgh, Pa .; in. Aurora, Ind., Flora Lozicr; children: Edwin Lozier, b. 1880, Elizabeth, b. 1887, Jack Grammer, b. 1893. Forty years in business; transportation from 1865 to 1878; coal mine operator, 1878-1882; transportation and real estate, 1882-1895; mn'g partner H. A. Lozier & Co., Toronto, mi'rs Cicve-
land bicycles, 1895-1899. Formerly pres. and owner E. R. Thomas Motor Co., mf'rs Thomas Flyer automo- biles, Buffalo, E. R. Thomas Realty Co .; pres. and prop'r Taxl-Motor Cab Co., Boston; pres. and prop'r Federal Taxicab Co., Washington; dir. Chaimers-De- troit Motor Co .; Detroit Central Nat. Bank Buffalo; Iron Elevator & Transfer Co., now retired. Indepen- dent Republican; Episcopalian. Recreations: Auto- mobiling, yachting. Clubs: Country, Buffalo, Niagara Golf. Address: 1190-1200 Niagara St., Buffalo, N. Y.
THOMAS, HECTOR W.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 19, 1866; s. late The- odore Thomas (famous orchestra conductor) and Minna L. (Rhodes) Thomas; grad. Yale, A.B., 1888, Columbia Law Sch., 1890; m. May 21, 1896, Margaret Barney Sturgis, d. late Russell and Sarah (Barney) Sturgis. Has practised law since admission to bar, Dec. 1, 1890. Mcm. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Union League, University, Yale, Down Town Ass'n. Residence: 925 Park Av. Address: 43 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
THOMAS, JOHN LLOYD
Manager Mills Hotels and Dweilings, lecturer, jour- nalist; b. : Witton Park, Eng., April 22, 1857: s. Rev. Isaac and Mary (Hopkins) Thomas; m. Cumberland, A.Id., April, 1880, Mary A. Brant; children: Mary Lou- ise, b. 1882, Rev. Lloyd B .. b. 1883, Evciyn, b. 1888. Arthur Winans, b. 1889, Gwyneth, b. 1897. Studied law, but never practised. Editor: Brotherhood (month- ly). Lecturer on social and ethical subjects in nearly every State, also in Canada and Eng .; authority on model housing; frequently addressed civic gatherings. clubs, etc. Pres. Queensboro Development Corp'n. Protestant. Mem. Quatuor Coronatl of London; St. David's Soc. of State of N. Y., Mason, 33º; commd'r- in-chief N. Y. Consistory; mem. N. Y. Masonic Hist. Soc. Clubs: Century, Pilgrims, Nineteenth Cen- tury (sec.), Musicians (v .- p.). Address: 161 W. 36th St., N. Y. City.
THOMAS, PHILIP COOK
Physician; b. Petaluma, Calif .; s. Edward Cady and Emma A. (Davics) Thomas; grad. Rutgers Coil., A.B., 1894, A.M., 1901, N. Y. Homœ. Med. Coll., and Hosp., 1899; m. Grace Church Chantry, Oct. 1, 1901, Margaret Ethalinda Beaumont; children: Elizabeth Beaumont, b. 1902, and Philip Duncan, b. 1907. House physician and surgeon to Hahnemann Hosp., 1899-1901; demon- strator anatomy N. Y. Homc. Med. College, 1903- 1907; now lecturer on obstetrics, materia medica at same inst'n. Attending obstetrician to Hahnemann and Metropolitan Hosp. Christmas Cove, Me. Address: Manhattan Square Apartments, 44 W. 77th St., N. Y. City.
THOMAS, RALPH WILMER
Att'y and counsellor at law; State Senator; b. Corn- wailis, Nova Scotia, June 11, 1862; s. David Samuel and Martha Ann (Rogers) Thomas; ed. Woifville High Sch and Acadia Coll., Nova Scotia; grad. Colgate Coli .. Hamilton, N. Y., A.B., A.M., Phi Beta Kappa; m. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1891, Effie Southwick; one d., Margaret Julia, b. April 29, 1896. Studied law, Albany, N. Y., 1883-1885. Admitted to bar, 1885, and practised until 1887. Inst'r in English, Albany Acad., 1883-1888; Univ. of State of N. Y., 1887-1892. Prof. of Rhetoric, Colgate Univ., 1892-1913. Comm'r of Stato B'd of Charities, N. Y., 1903-1910, elected State senator at special elec- tion, 1910; re-elected 1912: Resumed the practice of law 1912 as nicm. firm of Thomas & Burke. Delivered the oration at the laying of the corner-stone of the New Madison County Court House. Author: "What Is Education?" "Qualities in Education," "An Unlque Educational Experiment," "A Manual of Debate." Re- publican; Baptist. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Madison County Bar Ass'n, Delta Upslion Coll. fraternity. Ad- dress: Hamilton, N. Y.
THOMAS, RICHARD S.
Publisher; b. Waukegan, Ill., Feb. 9, 1866; s. Richard S. and lIclen M. (Naylor) Thomas; grad. Yale, A. B., 1887, Columbia, L.I.B., 1889; unmarried. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, March 28, 1890. Mein. firm of Ginn & Co., . edn'l publishers. Mom. Delta Kappa Epsilon frater- nity. Clubs: University, Yale, Salmagundi ( N. Y. City), University (Boston), Ardsley ( Ardsley-on-lludson). Address: 70 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
THOMAS, WILLIAM STURGIS
Physician; b. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1871; s. Henry L. and Alice R. (Phinney) Thomas; ed. public schs., Washington, D. C., Med. Dep't George Washington Univ., Washington, D. C., M.D., 1892; in1. 1905, Enima Rheinfrank; children: Catherine Livingston, b. 1906, William Stephen, b. 1909. After graduation in medi- cine, 1892, spent six years completing med. ed'n in
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N. Y. Hosps. Served as ass't surgeon U. S. N. through Spanish-Am. War in U. S., Porto Rico, at sea and in Cuba. After resigning from U. S. Navy, In 1898, be- came chief of surg. clinic St. Luke's Hosp., resigned 1912. Examining physiclan to that inst'n and' consult- Ing physician to N. Y. Home for Convalescents. Holds comm. as ass't surgeon U. S. Navy, Med. Reserve Corps. Health Officer, Village of Plandome, N. Y. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Med. Soc. County of N. Y., N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Soc. Alumni of St. Luke's Hosp., Soc. of Mayflower Descendants, N. Y. Hist Soc., A. A. A. S., Dutchess Co. Soc., Naval and Military Order of Spanish- Am. War; life mem. Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Museum of Natural History, N. Y. State Chapter Soc. of the Cln- cinnati. Recreation: Flshing. Summer residence: Plandome, I .. I. Address: 240 W. 71st St., N. Y. City.
THOMPSON, ALEXANDER R.
Retired lawyer; b. Stapleton, Richmond Co., N. Y., March 29, 1854; s. Alexander R. and Mary (Carpenter) Thompson; grad. N. Y. Univ., A.B., LL.B .; m. New Utrecht, Kings County, N. Y., June 4, 1890, Dora StebbIns. Traveled In Colorado and New Mexico, 1879; in Madeira, Canary Islands and West Coast of Africa, 1881. Was connected with many real estate and mortgage companles until retirement. Democrat; mem. Reformed (Dutch) Ch. Mem. Sons of Revolution (one of incorporators and has been sec. and v .- p.); Veteran Corps of Art'y, Military Soc. of War of 1812, Union Soc. of Civil War (was one of incorporators and gov. gen.). Mem. Delta Phi fraternity. Address: New York.
THOMPSON, ALFRED CLARK
Prin. State Normal Sch .; b. Norwich, Conn., March 25, 1867; s. Charles and Prudence Stanton (James) Thomp- son; grad. Norwich (Conn.) Free Acad., 1888, Yale, A.B., 1892, Clark Univ., Worcester, Mass., 1899, Ludwig- Maximilians Universitat, Munich, Germany, 1900, Ph.D. N. Y. State Normal Coll., Albany, N. Y., June, 1913; m. Hadley, Mass., 1896, Lina Miriam Cook; children: Mirlam Cook, b. Sept. 13, 1899; Ellzabeth, b. Dec., 1904 (dled May, 1905). Principal Hopkins Acad., Hadley, Mass., 3 years; principal of High Sch., Rutland, Vt., 2 years; sup't of schools, Palmer, Mass., 5 years; Wake- field, Mass., 3 years; Auburn, N. Y., 5 years. Has traveled extensively in U. S. and Europe. Episcopalian. Mem. numerous edn'l ass'ns; former pres. Hampden (Mass.) County Teachers' Ass'n; sec. and treas. New England Ass'n of Sch. Sup'ts; mem. Masonlc fraternity, Cayuga County Hist. Soc. Recreations: Hunting, fish- ing, tennis, golf. Club: Automobile (Rochester, N. Y.). Address: Brockport, N. Y.
THOMPSON, CHARLES LEMUEL
Clergyman; b. Allentown, Pa., Aug. 18, 1839; s. Aaron and Julia Thompson; ed. Carroil Coll., A.B., 1858; Princeton Theol. Sem., McCormick Theol. Sem., 1861; received D.D. from Monmouth Coll., Ill., 1876, from Princeton Univ., 1911; LL.D. from Carroll Coll., Wls., 1907. Pastorates In Janesville, Wis., Cincinnati, Chi- cago, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, N. Y. Clty. Editor of Our Monthly, 1870-1872; The Interior, Chicago, 1877- 1879; moderator Gen. Assembly Presbyt'n Ch., Phila- delphia, 1888; sec. Presby'n B'd of Home Missions since March, 1898. Author: History of American Revivals. 1876; Etchings in Verse, 1890; The Story of the Presby'n Church, 1903; also the articles on "Presbyterianism" in the Cyclopedia of Rellgious Knowledge, 1890, and the International Cyclopedia, 1902. Clubs: Authors', Barnard, National Art, Litch- field Co., University, Norfolk Country (Conn.), Essex Co. Country (N. J.), Church Peace League of America. Address: 156 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
THOMPSON, DAVID E.
Retired r'y officlal; b. Bethel, Mich., 1854; s. John H. and Rhoda (Bennett) Thompson; ed. common sch., Coldwater, Mich .; hon. LL.D., Milton Coll., Wis., 1909; m. 1st, Oak Park, Ill., Jan., 1892, Jeannette Miller (de- ceased) ; 2nd, Birmingham, Ala., May, 1913, Nora Flor- ence Trousdell. Minister and ambassador of U. S. to Brazil, 1902-1906; ambassador of U. S. to Mexico, 1906- 1909; retlred to enter r'y service, as owner of Pan-Am. R'y of Mexico; also pres. Lincoln Hotel Co .; formerly connected with many corp'ns, now practically retired. Address: Lincoln: Hotel, Lincoln, Nebr.
THOMPSON, EDWARD MIDDLETON
Physician; b. Philadelphia, Pa., May 4, 1877; s. Charles D. and Elizabeth D. (Middleton) Thompson; ed. Wm. Penn School, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, N. Y. Univ., M.D .; m. Germantown, Pa., April 16, 1902, Marie Louise Barnhurst; children: Henry Barnhurst, b. April 1, 1903, Edward M., Jr., b. July 19, 1904. Re- publican; Episcopalian. Mem. Kings County Med. Soc., founder Med. Inspectors' Soc. of N. Y., med. Insp. Dep't of Health, City of N. Y .; med. examiner to John
Hancock Life Ins. Co., Woodmen of the World, Jr. Order of United Am. Mechanles, beneficiary degree. Mem. Omega Upsilon Phl fraternity. Mason; Sandal- phan Lodge, Flatbush Chapter, R. A. M., Clinton Com- mandery K. T., Kismet Temple, Mystle Shrine. Address: 740 E. Fiftlı St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
THOMPSON, GEORGE F.
Lawyer, State senator; b. Saratoga Springs, N. Y., July 24, 1870. Admitted to bar N. Y. State March 30, 1893; vlllage clerk, Middleport, 1894-1895; justice of the peace, Royalton, 1895-1903; mem. of Assembly from 1st Assembly dist., 1904-1905. Elected State senator from 47th senatorial dist., 1912. Republican. Address: Middleport, N. Y.
THOMPSON, GUSTAVE W.
Chemist; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., July 27, 1865; s. JonD and Lucy (Whyte) Thompson; ed. common school; m. Alice C. Wilmouth; children: Alice W., b. 1898, John S., b. 1900. Chief chemist since 1892, Nat. Lead Co. Deputy register, Kings Co., 1896-1897. Democrat. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Inst. Chem. Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Testing Materials, Internat. Ass'n Testing Materlais, Soc. of Chem. Industry; fellow A. A. A. S. Club: Chemists'. Residence: 24 S. Portland Av. Address: 129 York St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
THOMPSON, HENRY S.
Ex-Comm'r Water Supply, Gas and Electricity; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 10, 1873; s. Richard J. and Helen (Soffe) Thompson; grad. Princeton, A.B., 1894; m. N. Y. City, April 19, 1900, Mabel Potter; children: Dorothy, b. 1903, Adele, b. 1905, Henry S., Jr., b. 1907. First employed by Standard Oil Co., and traveled while In its employ through Europe, Asia and Africa; later entered building business and organized Thompson- Starrett Co. Veteran of Squadron A, honorably dis- charged. Sup't of Buildings, Borough of Manhattan, N. Y. City, during Mayor Low's administration, and remained under Mayor McClelian a short time; mem. of N. Y. City Improvement Comm'n; comm'r of Pub- lic Works, Borough of Manhattan, 1907-1908; Comm'r Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, 1910-1914. Pres. and dlr. Permutit Co., Boulevard Realty Co .; v .- p. and dir. Globe and Rutgers Fire Ins. Co. of N. Y .; dir. Unlon Exchange Bank; mem. Reorg'n Com. Dele- ware & Northampton R. R. Co. Pres. and dir. Golden Hill Building Co. Democrat; Presby'n. Trustee Manhattan Maternity Hosp. Mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce. Recreations: Automobillng, tennis, swim- ming. Ciubs: N. Y. Yacht, N. Y. Athletic, Princeton, Automobile of America, Metropolitan, Down Town Ass'n, Adirondack League, Indian Harbor Yacht, Nas- sau, Greenwich Country. Residence (Summer): Green- wich, Conn .; (city) : The Belnord. Address: 30 E. 42d St., N. Y. City.
THOMPSON, HOLLAND
Educator, editor; b. Randolph Co., N. C., July 30, 1873; s. D. Matt and Mary Elizabeth (Rice) Thomp- son; ed., Ph.B. (magna cum laude), Univ. of N. C., 1895; A.M., Columbia Univ., 1900, Ph.D., 1906; nı. N. Y. City, July, 1905, Isobel Graham Aitkin; one son: Lawrence, b. 1908. Prin. Concord (N. C.) High Sch., 1895-1899; fellow Columbia Univ., 1839-1900; ass't prof. history Coll. City of N. Y. since 1906. On editorial staff of Current Literature, 1904-1905; consulting editor Re- vlew of Reviews 1912. Author: From Cotton Field to Cotton Mili (Macmillan, 1906); Prisons of the Civil War (vol. VII.), Photographic History of the Civil War (Review of Reviews Co., 1911); History of Our Land (1911); contb'r to New International and Nel- son's Encyclopædlas and Encyclopædia Britannica; also contb'r to varlous liist. end economle journais. Editor-In-chief The Book of Knowledge, 20 vols., 1910- 1911. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Am. Hist. Ass'n, Am. Economic Ass'n, Acad. Polit. Science. Recreations: Reading, travellng. Residence: 102 Waverly Pl. Ad- dress: Coll. City of N. Y., N. Y. City.
THOMPSON, J. CAMPBELL
Lawyer; b. Falcarragh, County Donegal, Ireland, June 2, 1872; s. Joseph and Annie (Campbell) Thomp- son; ed. Trinlty Coil., Dublin, A.B., N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B .; m. Katherine Dorothy Crimin.ns Pres. Nestie- down Realty Co .; dir. Westchester County Horse Show, Westchester County Fair. Mem. N. Y. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. Law Inst., Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. County Law Ass'n. Dwight Alumni. Recreations: Coaching, breeding and exhibiting of heavy harness horses. Clubs: British Universities (dir.), Manhattan, N. Y. Athletic, Lambs, Larchmont Yacht. Residence: Mamaroneck, N. Y. Address: 63 Wail St., N. Y. City.
THOMPSON, J. WALTER
Advertising agent; b. Pittsfield, Mass., Oct. 28, 1847; parents removed to Ohio while he was still quite
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young; ed. in Ohio; m. 1877, Margaret R., d. James Bogle (celebrated portrait painter and prominent mem. Nat. Acad. of Dresden). Came to N. Y. early in the sixties, in which city shortly afterward entered upon mercantile career. First venture in active business life, made 1864, when 20 years of age; began career in metropolis under same conditions as dld Horace Gree- ley, as clerk in advertising establishment; later entered into business on own account, securing con- trol of a number of theatre programmes of several N. Y. theatres; first stage in independent career, fol- lowed by others, and by an advance in position in firm in whose service was engaged, until eventually purchased, and became successor to its business; steadily added and developed its importance and mag- nitude, particularly in special field of magazine ad- vertising. Pres. and dir. J. Walter Thompson Co. Ad- dress: 44 E. 23d St., N. Y. City
THOMPSON, JAMES NEVILLE
Clergyman, educator; b. Gloucestershire, Eng .; s. William and Emma (Presbury) Thompson; ed. Broms- grove Sch., England, B.A., 1887, M.A., 1909; studied music at Trinity Coll. of Music, London, and in Leip- zig, Germany; m. Taunton, Eng., 1887, Louisa Caroline Lock; children: Launcelot A. N., b. 1888; Aylmer S. N., b. 1891; Vivian C. N., b. 1893; Leolin H. N., b. 1896. Engaged as orange planter and truck grower in Fior- ida, 1887-1893; ordained to ministry, 1893; mission- ary and edn'i work, S. Florida, 1893-1900; moved to Concord, Mass., 1900, and became ass't master of St. Andrew's Sch., and later head master. Episcopalian. Address: Concord, Mass.
THOMPSON, JOHN A.
Lawyer; b. Bristol, Conn., Dec. 28, 1872; s. Rev. George L. and Elizabeth (Wilson) Thompson; ed. Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., A.B., 1894, N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1897; m. Bridge Hampton, Suffolk Co., N. Y., Oct. 17, 1905, Pearl Haines; children: John A., Jr., b. Sept. 23, 1906; Theodore H., b. July 17, 1912. En- gaged in law practise since 1897; mem. firm Thomp- son & Fuller. Sec. Nat. Bridge Works. Independent Republican; Congregationalist. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Recreations: Golf, tennis. Clubs: Drug, Lawyers, University (Brooklyn). Address: 165 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
THOMPSON, ROBERT MEANS
Financier; b. Corsica, Pa., March 2, 1849; s. Judge John J. Y. Thompson, for many years a lay judge of the Jefferson County Court, Pa .; m. Sarah, d. William Channing Gibbs, of Newport, R. I. Appt'd to Naval Acad., 1864; grad. in class of 1868; served on board the Centoocook, Franklin, Richmond and Guard; comm'd ensign, 1869, and master, 1870; in 1871 served on board Wauchusctt; resignation from navy accepted latter part of 1871; then studied law; grad. Dane Law Sch., Harvard, 1874. Mem. of Boston Common Coun- cil in 1876, 1877 and 1878; for many years pres. Or- ford Copper Co., smelters of copper and nickci, and now chm'n B'd Internat. Nickel Co .; pres. U. S. Naval Acad. Alumni Ass'n. Mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion, Chamber of Commerce, Japan Soc., The Pilgrims. Clubs: University, Century, Metropolitan, Players, Lawyers, N. Y. Athletic, N. Y. Yacht, Metropolitan, (Washington). Residence: 3 E. 69th St. Address: 43 Exchange Pl., N. Y. City.
THOMPSON, ROBERT WILLIAM, JR.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, May 20, 1874; s. Robert Willlam and Martha Macfarlan Thompson; ed. public schools, Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1893, Columbia Univ., A.M., 1894, Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1896. Admitted to bar 1896 and since then in active practise in N. Y. City; mem. law firm of Thompson, Warren & Pelgram. His family has resided on W. 97th St. continuously for seventy years, and his grandfather, Adam Thomp- son, once cultivated a farm of four or five acres near the present junction of Broadway and 97th St. Re- publican; Presby'n. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, Albion Lodge F. and A. M., Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Served as mem. school b'd, served as gen. counsel of various corp'ns. Clubs: Republican, Columbia Uni- versity. Residence (Summer) : Morsemere, N. J. Ad- dress: 52 Wall St., N. Y. City.
THOMPSON, SAMUEL CLARENCE
Civil eng'r; b. Roxbury, Mass., April 4, 1851; s. Samuel Newell and Mary Ann (Washburn) Thomp- son; grad. Mass. Agr'l Coll., Amherst, Mass., B.S. 1872 (valedictorian); m. Natick, Mass., May 5, 1875, Alice L. Fairchild; children: Louis Clarence, b. 1877, Elsie Viola, b. 1885; Ass't eng'r New Water Supply for City of Boston, 1872-1879; acting chief eng'r of S. Fla. R. R. Co., 1881; ass't in city eng'r office, Lowell, Mass., 1881-1883; eng'r under Comm'r of St. Improvements and Dep't of Parks, since 1883;
eng'r of highways, Borough of the Bronx, since 1898. Dir. Bronx Realty Co., and White Plains Bld'g Block Co. Mem. Am. Soc. of Civil Eng'rs, Municipal Eng'rs of the City of N. Y. (past pres.), Nat. Geog. Soc .; Phi Sigma Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi. Mem. League of Am. Sportsmen; Roome Lodge 746, F. and A. M., Knights of Honor, Royal Arcanum, Loyal Ass'n. Recreations: Trap shooting, hunting, fishing. Residence: 2348 Uni- versity Av. Address: Third Av., cor. Tremont Av., N. Y. City.
THOMPSON, WALTER
Clergyman; b. Troy, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1851; s. John Leland and Mary (Perkins) Thompson; ed. Round Hill Sch., Northampton, Mass; Amherst Coll., A.B., 1872, A.M., 1875; Berkeley Divinity Sch., Middletown Conn., S.T.D., Hobart Coll., 1888; m. Troy N. Y., Jan. 31, 1878, Jessie Fuller; children: J. W. Fuller, Walter, Jr., Jes- sie Fuller, Dorothy Fuller. Ordered deacon May 22, 1875; ordained priest, June 11, 1876; rector ' Cam- bridge, N. Y., 1875-1876, Waterford, N. Y., 1878-1883, St. Philip's in the Highlands, Garrison-on-Hudson, 1883-1898; vice-rector St. Paul Ch., Rome, Italy, 1886- 1887, and (1903-1904), Cathedral of St. John tlic Di- vine, N. Y., 1900-1901; chaplain Am. Ch. Luzerne, Switzerland, 1904; delegate to Gen. Conv. Episcopal Ch. for Foreign Churches, 1904. Traveled extensively in U. S., Can., Europe, Asia and Africa. Dir. Fuller & Warren Co., Troy, N. Y., and Fuller-Warren Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. Hist. Soc., Am. Geog. Soc., N. Y. Acad. of Science, N. Y. Museum of Natural History, A. A. A. S., Am. Scenic and Historical Preservation Soc., Mayflower Soc., N. Y., Chi Psi fraternity. Mason. Author: Letters from Palestine, Souvenirs of Remembrance, Sermons and Addresses. Clubs: Troy (Troy). Century, Uni- versity (N. Y.). Residence: Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y.
THOMPSON, WILLIAM BOYCE
Banker, mine owner; b. Virginia City, Mont., May 13, 1869; s. William and Anna (Boyce) Thompson; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad., Columbia Sch. of Mines; m. Helena, Mont., Feb. 6, 1895, Gertrude Hickman; one d., Margaret Adelaide, b. April 7, 1897. Located in New York in 1899; largely interested in mines, m'f'g and banking. Senior mem. firm Thompson, Towle & Co., pres. Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co., dir. First Nat. Bank of Yonkers, IIendee M'f'g Co., Utah Copper Co., Nevada Consolidated Copper Co. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Metropolitan, Colunibia Univ., Atlantic Yacht, Sleepy Hollow Country, Recess, City. Midday, Rocky Mountain, Republican. Residence: Yonkers, N. Y. Address: 14 Wall St., N. Y. City.
THOMPSON, WILLIAM GILMAN
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Dec., 1856; s. Joseph Parrish and Elizabeth Coit (Gilman) Thompson; grad. Yale, Ph.B., 1877. Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), M.D., 1881; m. San Rafael, Calif., 1887, Harriet Howard Pomeroy. Interne N. Y. Hosp., 1881-1882; since then in gen. practice of medicine in N. Y. City. Formerly prof. of physiology and of therapeutics, N. Y. Univ. Med. Coll .; formerly visiting physician to N. Y. and Presb'n Hosps. Prof. medicine in Cornell Univ. Med. Coll. in N. Y. City; visiting physician to Bellevue Hosp .: consulting physician to Woman's Hosp., and the N. Y. State Hosp. for Ruptured and Crippled. Author: Text- Book of Practical Medicine, 1900; Practical Dietetics (4th edition), 1908. Mem. \. A. A. S., fellow N. Y. Acad. Sciences, Ass'n Am. Physicians, N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Clinical Soc., Practitioners' Soc., N. Y. Med. and Surg. Soc., Soc. Alumni of the N. Y. Hosp. of Bellevue Hosp. and of the Presb'h Hosp., Delta Psi fraternity. Dir. N. Y. Bot. Garden. Clubs: Century Ass'n, University. Address: 34 E. 31st St., N. Y. City.
THOMSON, ALEC NICOL
Physician; b. East Orange, N. J., Sept. 7, 1881; s. John and Eliza (Yendell) Thomson; ed. Mannai Training High Sch., Brooklyn, N. Y., Long Island Coll. Hosp., Brooklyn, N. Y., M.D .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1908, Margarite Corbett Scandlin. Adjunct genito-urinary surgeon. Brooklyn Hesp. Dispensary; ass't visiting surgeon to Swedish Hosp., Brooklyn; ex-interne Bushwick Hosp. Mem. Ain. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Kings County Med. Soc., Brooklyn Med. Soc., Brooklyn Pathol. Soc., Associated Physicians of I .. I., Sigma Lambda Nu (preparatory school frater. nity), Aipha Kappa Kappa (medical), De Witt Clinton Council 419. Royal Arcanum, Cian Macdonald $3. Order Scottish Clan. Address: 835 Park Pl., Brooklyn, N. Y.
THOMSON, GEORGE GRAHAM
Banker; b. Merion, Pa., July 30. 1877; s. William and Rebecca (George) Thomson; attended Univ. of Pa .; m. Philadelphia, Pa., April 29, 1911, Elizabeth M. Deaver.
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Sec. Bankers' Trust Co., N. Y. City. Mem. Delta Psi fraternity. Clubs: Knickerbocker, Raequet and Tennis, Down Town Ass'n, St. Anthony, Morris County Golf. Residenee: Canfield Road, Convent, N. J. Address: 16 Wall St., N. Y. City.
THOMSON, JAMES C.
Insurance; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 11, 1849; s. Samuel B. and Hannah (Rieh) Thomson; ed. Geo. P. Quaekenbos's Collegiate Sehcol, N. Y. City, and N. Y. Univ .; m. N. Y. City, Dee. 6. 1879, Sarah C. Hall; children: Jennie Lloyd, b. 1882, Archibald Wilson, b. 1884. Engaged In insurance business in N. Y. City. Sec. and ass't treas. Am. Debenture Co. of N. J., treas. and dir. Am. De- benture Co. of N. Y. Demoerat. Mem. (Duteh) Re- formed Ch .; Pres. Delta Upsilon fraternity, N. Y. Alumnl; mem. Exee. Com. N. Y. Univ. Alumni. Address: 22 Exchange Pl., N. Y. City.
THOMSON, T. KENNARD
Consulting eng'r; b. Buffalo, N. Y., 1864; s. William A. and Lavinia Day (Newcomb) Thomson; grad. Toronto Univ. (Canada), C.E., 1886, Sc.D. (honoris causa) from Alma Mater, 1913; m. Toronto, Ont., 1888, Mary Julia Harvey; children: Annis E., Mary M., Arthur Kennard, W. Gleneairn, H. Stranraer. Civil eng'r 'bridges, rail- roads and bld'gs; caisson expert; examined foundations In 21 of N. Y. City skyscrapers, among others: Com- mercial Cable Bld'g, Mutual Life Bld'g, Manhattan Life Bld'g, Trinity Bld'g, North Trinity L'Id'g, Boreel Bld'g, U. S. Express Bld'g, Seligman Bld'g, City In- vesting, 41-story Singer Bld'g, Kniekerboeker Trust Bld'g, U. S. Assay Bld'g, Guarantee Trust Bld'g, Zinn Bld'g, Municipal Bld'g, Liberty Tower and many others. One of B'd of five Consulting Eng'rs for State of N. Y. on Barge Canal. Republican. Mem. Am. Soe. of Civil Eng'rs (dir.), Am. Soc. Meeh. Eng'rs, Canadian Soe. Civil Eng'rs, Nlagara Ilist. Soe., The Pilgrims Clubs: Engineers, University of Toronto (N. Y.). Rail- road Club, Park Hill Country (Yonkers), Canadian of N. Y. (pres.), Republiean. Address: 50 Chureh St., N. Y. City.
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