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TOVEY, DAVID W.
Physician, surgeon; b. N. Y. City, 1876; s. A. E. J. and Adelaide E. (Rowland) Tovey; ed. public schools, Coll. City of N. Y .; N. Y. Univ .; Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., M.D .; N. Y. Post-Graduate Med. Coll .; m. Little Ch. Around the Corner, N. Y., 1900, May Rose Sickora; one d: Adelaide Elizabeth, b. 1901 (died 1913). Ass't gynecologist, N. Y. Polyclinic Hosp .; attending gyne- cologist Harlem Dispensary; attending surgeon, llar- lem Hosp .; adjunct prof. gynecology, N. Y. Polyclinic Med. Sch .; dir. Brewers Journal. Democrat: Episco- palian. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. County Med. Soc., Harlem Med. Soc., and the N. Y. Acad. of Medicine. Address: 220 W. 98th St., N. Y. City.
TOWER, RALPH WINFRED
Educator and physiologist; b. Amherst, Mass., May 24, 1870; s. Francis Emory and Ella Sophia (Shepard- son) Tower; ed. high schools, Brattleboro, Vt., 1884- 1887, Bristol, Conn., 1887-1888; Colby Univ., 1888-1890; Brown Univ., A.B., 1892, A.M., 1893, Ph.D., 1903; Univ. of Leipzig, 1893-1894; Harvard Med. Sch. . (Jolin Ware Memorial Fellowship), 1900-1901; m. Bristol, Conn., 1893, Bessie Belie West; one s .: Laurence West, b. July 6, 1896. Demonstrator of anatomy, Brown Univ., 1894- 1895; Instr. chemical physlelogy, 1895-1898; ass't prof. 1898-1901, asso, prof. 1901-1903, Brown Univ. Ass't biological laboratory, U. S. Fish Comm'n, Woods Hole, Mass., 1898-1903. Expert special agent U. S. Census of Fisheries, 1908. Curator of physiology and curator of books and publications, Am. Museum of Natural His- tory since 1903; librarian N. Y. Acad. of Science since 1904; Am. Ethnological Sem,, N. Y. Micros. Soc. HoIl. curator Natural Science Libraries, Columbia Univ., 1913. Linnæan Soc of N. Y. Author: Laboratory Guide to the Dissection of the Cat; Laboratery Course in Chemical Physiology. Author of papers: Opening of Brick-red Gland in Limuius; Function of the Swim- bladder in Fishes; Organic Constituents of Seaies of Fish; Biliary Calculi in the Squeteague; Does KCn prolong the life of the Unfertilized Egy of the Sca Urchin; Drumming Mechanism in Fishes. Mem. Am. Soc. of Naturalists; fellow N. Y. Acad. of Sciences; fellow A. A. A. S. Mem. Deita Kappa Epsilon, Sigma X1.
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Trustee New Rochelle Public Library. Clubs: Brown Univ. (N. Y. City), City (New Rochelle). Residence: Rochelle Park, New Rochelle, N. Y. Address: Am. Museum of Natural History, N. Y. City.
TOWLE, CLIFTON AUGUSTUS
Educator; b. Winthrop, Me., March 12, 1875; S. Sherbourne Sleeper and Harriet (Nash) Towle; ed. Oak Grove Scm., 1893; Bowdoin Coll., A.B., 1899; m. Laconia, N. H., June 20, 1908, Annie Louise Stratton; one d .: Alice Stratton, b. Sept. 16, 1912. Sub-master Gorham (N. H.) High Sch., 1899-1901, principal, 1901-1902; sub- master, Lexington (Mass.) High Sch., 1902-1903; instr. in science, Worcester. Acad., 1903-1910; ass't to princi- pal, Worcester Acad., since 1910. Episcopalian. Mem. Nat. Geog. Sec., Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity; Mason. Club: Appalachian Mountain. Address: Wor- cester Acad., Worcester, Mass.
TOWLE, GEORGE SIBELL
City surveyor; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 9. 1869; s. Frank Ellingwood and Mary Elizabeth (Sibell) Towle; cd. N. Y. schs. and coll .; 'm. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1891, Flor- ence Hastings Hubbard; children: Ellingwood Hub- bard, b. 1893; Francis Bartram, b. 1896; Priscilla Alden, b. 1904; John Alden, b. 1905; Charies Sibell, b. 1907; Elizabeth De Peyster, b. 1912. Eng'r on laying out streets, paving and sewers in upper part of N. Y. City, and Havana, Cuba, 1906, Larchmont and Mamar- oneck. Mem. firm Frank E. Towle & Son. Served as town auditor, 1904-1905; assessor, 1906-1909; fireman Larchmont Hose Co., 1892-1900; chief Larchmont Fire Dep't, 1901-1913; in 7th Inf., N.G.N.Y., 1886; capt. Co. M, organized under own command; brevet major 1911, commo. 1897. Democrat; Baptist. Mem. Larch- mont Hose Co. Ass'n, 7th Reg't Ins. League. Recrea- tions: Sailing, skating, athletics. Clubs: Horseshoe Harbor (Larchmont), 7th Reg't Rifle, Larchmont Ath- letic. Residence: Larchmont, N. Y. Address: 99 Warren St., N. Y. City.
TOWNE, ARTHUR WHITTLESEY
Sup't Brooklyn Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children; b. Springfield, Mass., March 13, 1878; s. John and Corena L. (Thomas) Towne; grad. Amherst Coll., Sc.B., 1901; Harvard Graduate Sch., A.B., 1902; n1. Essex, N. Y., July 26, 1905, Bertha Vilas Knapp; one d .: Dorothy Filmore, b. June 2, 1906. Sup'i Syracuse Boys' Club, 1903-1907; sec. Syracuse Associated Chari- ties, 1904-1907; sec. N. Y. State Probation Comm'n from establishment, 1907-1913; sec. Nat. Probation
Ass'n, 1911-1913; sec. N. Y. State Ass'n of Magis- trates, 1910-1913; asso. cditor Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology; advisory editor The Child; now sup't Brooklyn Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Independent; Unitarian. Mem. various charitable, sociological and penological ass'ns; mem. Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Address: 105 Schermer- horn St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
TOWNE, CHARLES ARNETT
Lawyer; b. in Oakland Co., Mich., Nov. 21, 1858; s. Charles J. and Laura A. F. Towne; ed. public schools of Mich., and Univ. of Mich., Ph.B., 1881; LL.D., Univ. of Ala., 1906; m. 1887, Maude Irene Wildey. Became chief clerk Dcp't of Public Instr'n, Lansing, Mich., 1881, and later in Treasury Dep't, State of Mich .; studied law and was admitted to bar of Mich., 1885; practised at Marquette, Mich., 1885-1889, Chicago 1889- 1890, and then located in Duluth, Minn .; elected to Congress on Rep. ticket, 1894, and at once became prominent as an advocate of bimetallism; was dele- gate to the Nat. Rep. Conv. at St. Louis, 1896, but left the conv. upon the adoption of the singie gold- standard platform, becoming one of the organizers of the Silver Rep. party: was nominated for Congress by the Democrats and Populists, 1896, but defeated; hecame chm'n Silver Rep. Nat. Com., 1897; nominated by the People's party and by Silver Republicans, 1900, for Vice-Pres. of U. S., but declined both nominations and brought about the union of the three parties (Democratic, People's and S. R.) in support of Bryan and Stevenson in the campaign of that year; nom- inated by minority of Minnesota Legislature for U. S. Senator, and, on death of Senator Davis, appt'd by Gov. Lind to the vacancy; in Senate made strong op- position to the Philippine policy of the administration. Removed to N. Y. City 1901; elected to Congress from the 14th N. Y. Dist., 1904, and served in 59th Con- gress. In 1907 visited Far East as counsel to the Emperor of Korea. Mem. of law firm Towne & Spell- man. Address: 115 Broadway, N. Y. City.
TOWNE, CHARLES HANSON
Editor; b. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 2, 1877; s. Prof. Paul A. and Mary Stuart (Campbell) Towne; ed. in public schs. N. Y. City, one year at Coll. City of N. Y., and privately; unmarried. Formerly private sec. to John
Brisben Walker, editor and prop'r The Cosmopolitan Magazine; later editor The Smart Set Magazine; now inn'g editor The Designer. Author: The Quiet Singer, and Other Poems; Manhattan, a Poem; Youth, and Other Poems; Beyond the Stars, and Other Poems; The Tumble Man (in collaboration with Henry Mayer); also two songcycles (in collaboration with H. Clough- Leighter), A Love Garden and An April Heart; four songcycles (in collaboration with Amy Woodforde Finden), A Lover in Damascus, Five Little Japanese Songs, A Dream of Egypt, The Magic Casement; fre- quent contb'r of verse and stories to leading maga- zines. Ciubs: The Lambs, Authors. Address: 13 E. 36th St., N. Y. City.
TOWNE, EDWARD O.
Lawyer; dramatic author; b. Pella, Iowa, Feb. 19, 1869; s. Rev. Edward O. and Mary Virginia (Shuli) Towne; ed. lowa Central Univ .; m. Chicago, 1889, Sara J. Cooper; one son: Fenimore Cooper, b. 1890. Prac- tised law Chicago 10 years; moved to N. Y. City 1902; has taken part in many celebrated cases. Written
many successful plays, including: Other People's Money, A Game of Wits (vaudeville sketch), Too Rich to Marry, By Wits Outwitted, In Old Madrid, A Masked Battery, The White Cross, The Lady Barber, Easy Money, Two of a Kind, A Lady Killer. Author: Aphorisms, a Book of Sentences (10 editions), The Completions of the Spire and Other Poems (4 edi- tions), Ideals of An Idol Breaker (published 1913), Philosophy of Jesus. Dir. Anselina Graphite Co., Ariston Press Corp'n, Nepera Realty Co., Interstate Amusement Co., Playwrights' Productions Co., Inter- nat. Amusement Co. Mem. Iowa Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Musicians, Theatregoers (pres.), Twilight, Am. Drama- tists, Authors (London). Residence: 214 W. 92d St. Address: 124 W. 45th St., N. Y. City.
TOWNE, HENRY ROBINSON
Manufacturer; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 28, 1844; s. John Henry and Maria (Tevis) Towne; ed. academy, and one year in Univ. of Pa., 1861-1862, receiving hon. degree of A.M. 1887; m. Philadelphia, Pa., 1868. Cora E. White. Draughtsman for Port Richmond Iron Works, 1862-1863; in charge of Gov't work in the shops, for repairs of gunboat Massachusetts, 1863- 1864; in charge of erecting engines in the monitors Monadnock and Agamenticus and other important Gov't work, 1864-1866; made sp'l studies in eng'ring with Robert Briggs, followed by sp'l course in physics at the Sorbonne, in Paris, then in the shops of William Scllers & Co., Philadelphia, until summer of 1868, when became associated with Linus Yale, Jr., in the mf'r of locks; after Mr. Yale's death (Dec., 1868), and since, pres. Yale & Towne Mfg Co., Stamford, Conn., and N. Y. City, mf'rs of Yale locks, builders' hard- ware, chain blocks, etc. Life mem. and ex-pres. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs; pres. (1908-1913) Merchants' Ass'n of N. Y. Author: Towne on Cranes, 1883; Locks and Builders' Hardwarc, 1905; also numerous articles in technical journais. Residence: 121 Madison Av. Ad- dress: 9 E. 40th St., N. Y. City.
TOWNE, ROBERT S.
Mining eng'r; b. Portsmouth, O., Sept. 17, 1858; S. Hon. Ilenry A. and Harriet (Nye) Towne; grad. Ohio State Univ., B.S., 1879, E.M., 1880. Pres. and dir. Alvarez Land & Timber Co., Fresnillo Mining Co., Mexican Lead Co., Potosi & Rio Verde R'y Co., Montezuma Lead Co., Soubrette Mining Co .; pres., treas. and dir. Com- pania Metalingica Mexicara; pres. and treas. Teziutlan Copper Mining & Smelting Co .; v .- p. and dir. Teziutlan Copper Co .: pres. and treas. Mexican Northern R'y Co .; pres. Minerals Extractor Corp'n; v .- p. Metallurgi- cai Engineering & Process Corp'n. Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Ohio Soc. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht. Engi- neers, New York, Lawyers. Address: 82 Beaver St., N. Y. City.
TOWNER, RUTHERFORD HAMILTON
Lawyer; b. Kenwood, N. Y., May 12. 1870; s. A. J. and Augusta E. (Hamilton) Towner; ed. private schs .; m. Aug. 4, 1906, Hermione Bronleben. Mem. N. Y. City Bar Ass'n. Recreations: Riding, driving. Clubs: Lawyers, Manhattan, Plainfield Country. . Watchung Hunt. Residence: Plainfield, N. J. Address: 62 Wili- iam St., N. Y. City.
TOWNSEND, CHARLES HASKINS
Director N. Y. Aquarium; b. in Pa., 1859; ed. public and private schs .; hon. Sc.D. Washington and Jefferson Coll. Naturalist U. S. S. Corwin Arctic Expd'n, 1885; naturailst U. S. S. Albatross, deep-sea investigations (Atiantic, Pacific oceans), 1SS6-1896; mem. Internat. Fur Seal Comm'n, 1896-1897; chief Div. of Fisheries, U. S. Fish Comm'n, 1897-1902; fishery expert Russo- Am. Arbitration, The Hague, 1902. Pres. Am. Fish- eries Soc .; dir. deep-sea investigations, U. S. S. Alba-
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tross, 1911. Author: Gov't reports on the fisheries, fur-seallng industries, deep-sea exploration, and gen. natural history. Fellow N. Y. Acad. Sciences, N. Y. Zool. Soc .; mem. Washington Acad. Sciences. Club: Century. Address: The Aquarium, Battery Park, N. Y. City.
TOWNSEND, DAVID COOPER-OGDEN
Diamond merchant; b. Philadelphia, Pa., May 30, 1851; s. George C. and Beulah (Ogden) Townsend; ed. Philadelphia, Pa., Central High Sch .; m. 1st, Philadel- phia, 1871, May Lynde Shipley (died 1895); 2d, N. Y. City, 1902, Jean Kirkpatrick, d. Thomas Kirkpatrick. Dlamond merchant, with offices in Amsterdam, London and N. Y. Head of firm David C. Townsend & Co. (diamond merchants). Trustee Citizens' Savings Bank; pres. Quogue (L. I.) Gas Co. Republican; Epis- copalian; St. Agnes Ch., Trinity Parish. Mem. Colonial Soc. of Pa., Sons of Revolution (N. Y.), Pa. Soc. (N. Y.), Jewelers' B'd of Trade, N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, Museum of Art, Museum of Nat. History. Clubs: Church, 24 Kt. Address: 170 Broadway, N. Y. City.
TOWNSEND, HENRY CLARK
Patent lawyer; b. Cambridge, 1850; s. Henry Town- send and Mary Jane (Bacon) Townsend; went to Washington in 1862, where father had been ordered on public business; ed. Rittenhouse Acad., grad. Har- vard Coll., 1871; mem. Phi Beta Kappa; grad. Colum- bia Univ. Law Sch., Washington, D. C .; m. Washing- ton, D. C., 1879, Katherine Goodall. Admitted to bar; principal examiner in U. S. Patent Office in class of electricity, four years; resigned to accept lucrative practice in N. Y .; while in control of Div. of Elec- tricity the great inventions which mark the begin- ning of present era of Industrial activity In matters elec. passed his approval. Has business connections with numerous prominent electric light and electric mfg corp'ns. Address: 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.
TOWNSEND, HORACE
Author; b. Claughton, Cheshire, England, Feb. 3, 1859; s. Jackson and Pauline (Yaniewicz) Townsend; ed. in Birkenhead School; m. N. Y. City, 1883, Mary Ella Worth. Studied architecture as pupil of Charles Barry, F.R.I.B.A. On staff of New York Tribune, 1883-1890; London corr. New York Herald, 1890-1895; subsequently acted as European corr. for Chicago Record, Phila. Ledger, Phila. Record. Author (plays) : Child of Naples, Man in Black (Novels and Tales) ; Little Girl in Grey; The Rogues; Handful of Silver. Editor: Some Letters of R. L. Stevenson, etc. Joint author (plays) : Myles Aroon; Mavourneen. Contb'r International Studio, Connoisseur, Harper's Magazinc, Fortnightly Review, Art Journal, Magazine of Art, etc. Lecturer Soc. of Arts, London, Eng., and Royal Inst. British Architects. Address: 824 St. Nicholas Av., N. Y. City.
TOWNSEND, HOWARD
Lawyer; b. Albany, N. Y., 1858; s. Howard and Jus- tine (Van Rensselaer) Townsend; ed. Albany Acad .; grad. Harvard Coll., A.B. cum laude, 1890; m. 1st, April, 1888, Sophie Dickey (died Jan., 1892) ; in. 2d, Oct., 1894, Anne Lowndes Langdon. Admitted to bar, 1883; came to N. Y. City and began to practice Jan. 1, 1884. Ac- tively engaged for many years in effort to have con- sumptive poor cared for by State and was the first pres. N. Y. State Hosp. for Consumptives. During late war with Spain was one of the Exec. Com, of Red Cross Relief Com., and during Aug. and Sept. took charge of Red Cross work at Montauk. Mg'r St. Luke's Hosp., 1896-1902; trustee Roosevelt Hosp., 1902. Bellevue and Allied Hosps. Independent in politics; Episcopalian (vestryman of Grace Ch.); gov. and v .- p. N. Y. Hosp .; sec. House of Rest for Consumptives; chm'n of Grievance Com. of Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; pres. B'd of Ed'n, Union Free Sch., Dist. No. 6, South- ampton, Suffolk County, N. Y. Clubs: Century, Unlon. Residence: 15 E. 86th St., N. Y. City, and Southampton, L. I., N. Y. Address: 27 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
TOWNSEND, IRVING
Physician; b. La Grange, Dutchess Co., N. Y .; s. James and Augusta M. Townsend; ed. De Garmo Inst., Rhinebeck, N. Y., 1880-1882; grad. N. Y. Homœ. Med. Coll. and Hosp., 1887. After his graduation, was lu- terne at Ward's Island Hosp. and the Children's Hosp. of Five Points House of Industry; took several post- grad. courses in diseases of the nose and throat; has becn clinical ass't, ass't surgeon and surgeon to throat dep't, N. Y. Ophthalmic Hosp. during the past twenty years; lecturer on diseases of the nose and throat at N. Y. Ophthalmic Hosp .; laryngologist to Hahnemann Hosp., and to the Laura Franklyn Free Hosp. for Chil- dren. Independent Republican. Ex-pres. of Homoe. Med. Soc., Co. of N. Y., and Dutchess Co. Soc. in the
City of N. Y. (dir.). Mem. of Co., State and . Nat. Homæ. Med. Soc., and mem. of Legislative Com. of State Med. Soc. of N. Y. Mem. Hudson-Fulton Cele- bration Comin'n, Royal Arcanum. Hon. meni. Dutchess County Med. Soc. Recreation: General outdoor sports. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, 27th Assembly Dist. Republican, Meisser, Unanimous. Address: 150 W. 59th St., N. Y. City.
TOWNSEND, JAMES BLISS
Editor, author, publisher; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 30, 1855; s. Dwight and Emily (Hodges) Townsend; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H., Princeton Univ., class 1878, A.M., 1882; m. N. Y. City, March 1, 1886, Eugenie M. Gibert; children: Mildred Gibert, b. 1888; Reginald Wilmot, b. 1890; Noemi Gibert, b. 1896. On staff of N. Y. Tribune, 1878-1879; one of founders and editors Art Exchange, 1879; on editorial staff N. Y. World and art critic, World, 1882-1891; founder, sec. and gen.
mg'r Press News Ass'n, 1887-1892; N. Y. Times, ass't literary editor and art critic, 1896-1900; N. Y. Recorder, 1895; Commercial Advertiser-Globe, 1895; on editorial staff N. Y. Herald, art critic and cable editor, 1902- 1906; founder, pres., treas, and dir. Am. Art News Co., since 1904. Pres. and dir. Staten Island Beach Land Improvement Co. Sec. old 25th Assembly Rep. Org'n, 1892-1895; mem. N. Y. Rep. County Com., 1893-1899; Rep. candidate for Congress, old 13th Dist. N. Y., 1899. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. St. Nicholas Soc., Soc. War of 1812. Recreations: Yachting, motor: ing, golfing, fishing, hunting, traveling. Clubs: Calumet, Players, Twilight, Aero (N. Y.), University (Washing- ton, D. C.). Residence: 299 Lexington Av. Address: 15 E. 40th St., N. Y. City.
TOWNSEND, SMITH DeLANCEY
Clergyman; b. North Attleboro, Mass., March 27, 1860; s. Rev. Julius Sylvester and Martha Louise (Rice) Townsend; ed. Hobart Coll., A.B., 1880, A.M., 1883, D.D., 1901; St. Stephen's Coll., Ph.D., 1894; St. John's Coll., Annapolis, Md., LL.D., 1903; m. Mil- waukee, Wis., Oct. 2, 1884, Kathryn Cranston Smith. Ordered deacon, 1883 and ordained priest, 1884, in ministry of Episcopal Ch .; rector St. Luke's Ch., Whitewater, Wis., 1884-1887; asso. rector All Angels Ch., N. Y. City, 1887-1897, rector since 1897. Mem. St. Nicholas Soc. Club: Century. Address: West End Av. and 81st St., N. Y. City.
TOWNSEND, WISNER R.
Surgeon; b. Staten Island, Aug. 5, 1856; s. Wisner Helme and Emily (Kyle) Townsend; grad. Charlier Inst., Columbia Coll., Coll. of Phys. and Surg., N. Y., M.D., Columbia Univ .; m. St. Louis, April 27, 1893, Elizabeth Walker; children: Waiker, b. 1894; Wisner R., Jr., b. 1896. Asso. surgeon Hosp. for Ruptured and Crippled; consulting orthopedic surgeon, French Hosp .; Bayonne Hosp., S. R. Smith Infirmary. Mein. Ain. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. Co. and State Med. Soc., Bellevue Alumni Soc., Clinical Soc., Am. Orthopædle Ass'n, N. Y. and N. E. Ass'n R'y Surgeons, etc. Club: University. Ad- dress: 125 W. 58th St., N. Y. Clty.
TOWNSLEY, CLARENCE PAGE
Superintendent U. S. Mil. Acad .; b. De Kalb, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1855; s. Hon. Elias Page and Louisa Ellen (Thompson) Townsley; grad. Mil. Acad., 181; Ar- tillery Sch., Fort Monroe, Va., 1881; Torpedo Sch., Willett's Point, N. Y., 1885; in. Newport, R. I., Jan. 7, 1891, Marian Howland. Appt'd from Iowa, additional 2d lieut., 4th Art'y, June 11, 1881; 2d lieut., Oct. 21, 1881; 1st lieut., Jan. 16, 1SSS. Served with reg't at Presidio of San Francisco, Calif .; in field in Arizona; Plattsburgh Barracks, N. Y., Madison Barracks, N. Y .. 1881; Ft. Preble, Me., 1882; Artillery Sch., Ft. Monroe; Va., and Ft. Warren, Mass., 1881; detached at Willett's Point, N. Y., 1885 (completed course at Torpedo Sch.); with reg't at Ft. Warren, Mass., 1885; detached at U. S. Mil. Acad, as instr. of drawing, Oct., IS&s; with reg't at Ft. Trumbull, Conn., 1888; Ft. Warren, Mass., and Jackson Barracks, La., 1889; Ft. Adams, R. I., Light Battery B, 4th Art'y, 1891; Ft. McPherson, Ga., 1893; Washington Barracks, D. C., Tampa, Fia., and Washington, D. C., 1898; Huntsville, Ala., and Havana, Cuba, 1899; Ft. Monroe, Va., 1905; comd'g Ft. Strong, Mass., 1907; at Ft. Barrancas, Fla., cond'g Art'y Dist. of Pensacola, Jan. 30, 1909; at Ft. Monroe, Va., as com- mandant Coast Arty Sch., and commanding Art'y Dist .. Chesapeake Bay, 1909-1911; also major chief ordnance officer, U. S. Vol., July 27, 1898-May 12, 1899; capt. Art'y, March 27, 1899; major Arty, June 30, 1905: iicut .- col. Art'y, 1908: col. Art'y, April 1, 1911; com- manding 2d Provisional Reg't, C. A. C., March-July, 1911, at Galveston, Tex .; commanding Arly Dist., Port. land, Me., Sept., 1911-Aug., 1912. Sup't U. S. Millitary Acad., West Point, N. Y., since Ang. 31, 1912. Address: West Point, N. Y.
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TRACY, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Lawyer, soldier, cabinet official; b. Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y., April 26, 1830; s. Benjamin Franklin Tracy; ed. in common schools and Owego Acad .; m. 1851, Dc- linda E. Catlin. Studied law at Owego, and admitted to bar May, 1851, and engaged in practice; elected dist. att'y Tioga Co., 1853, as Whig candidate in strongly Dem. county and reelected 1856; organized the Republican party in Tioga Co .; elected to Gen. As- sembly of N. Y., serving 1861 and 1862. Recruited 109th and 137th Reg'ts, N. Y. Vols., and comm'd col. 1862; on duty at Washington until spring of 1864, when reg't was attached to Hartranft's 1st Brigade, 3d Div., Burnside's 9th Corps, Army of the Potomac, and took part in the battles of the Wilderness; near close of first day fell, exhausted by exertions, and was carried from the field, but refused to go to hospital and continued to lead reg't during three days' conflict at Spottsylvania, when he broke down, surrendered command to lieut .- col. and went North to regain health; a few months later was made col. 127th Reg't, U. S. Colored Troops, and assigned to command mil. post at Elmira, N. Y., where was a prison camp (at one time containing 10,000 prisoners) and the draft rendezvous for Western N. Y .; brevetted brig .- gen. March, 1865, for gallant and meritorlous services dur- ing the war, and June 13, 1865, tendered resignation and was honorably discharged. Established law practice in N. Y. City ; appt'd U. S. dist. att'y 1866, serving until 1873, when resigned to return to private practice; appt'd Dec., 1881, to fill temporarily the position of Judge Andrews, who was acting as chief judge, and in 1883 established practice which became one of the largest in N. Y. "Also took active part in campaigns of Republican party; appt'd and served as Sec. of Navy during Benjamin Harrison's administra- tion, 1889-1893; was chm'n of comm'n which drafted new charter for Greater N. Y .; Republican candidate for Mayor of N. Y. City. 1897. Mem. MIl. Order Loyal Legion, G. A. R. N. Y. Clubs: Union League Metropoli- tan. Residence: 14 E. 60th St. Address: 2 Rector St, N. Y. City.
TRACY, ELMER C.
Physician; grad. Univ. of Rochester, N. Y., in 1882; Columbia Univ., M.D., 1885. Physician N. Y. City, 1885- 1886; ass't surgeon in U. S. N. for some time; now practising physician and surgeon, N. Y. City. Mem. Med. Soc. County of N. Y. Address: 29 E. 126th St., N. Y. City.
TRACY, EVARTS
Architect; b. N. Y. Clty, May 23, 1868; s. J. Evarts and Martha S. (Greene) Tracy; grad. Yale Univ., B.A., 1890; Ecole Nationale ct Speciale des Beaux Arts, Parls, 1894; m. Plainfield, N. J., June 23, 1904, Caroline F. Streuli. Has traveled extensively in Europe, also ill America, including British possessions, and S. Amer- ica; mem. firm Tracy & Swartwout, architects of public buildings, clubs, banks, hotels, court houses, etc. Rep- resentative work: Yale Club, Home Club, Hotel Web- ster, New York; National Metropolitan Bank, Wash- Ington, D. C .; Connecticut Savings Bank, New Haven, Conn .; Somerset County Court House; Somerville, N. J .; Minneapolis Club, Minneapolis, Minn .; U. S. Postoffice and Court House, Denver, Colo .; Missouri State Cap- itol. Republlean. Mem. Beaux Arts Soc. Architects, Architectural League of N. Y., Am. Inst. Architects. Recreations: All outdoor sports, Including fishing and shooting. Clubs: The Players (N. Y.), West Indian (London, Eng.). Address: 244 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
TRACY, HOWARD CROSBY
Lawyer; b. Westborough, Mass., Aug. 1, 1866; s. Jeremiah Evarts and Martha Sherman (Greene) Tracy; grad. Yale Unlv., A.B., 1887; Columbia Univ., LL.B. (cum laude), 1889; m. St. Paul, Minn., June 24, 1893, Minerva Bingham Lamson. Admitted to bar in N. Y. City 1889. Mem. firm Dean, Tracy & McBarron. Served several years as mem. Rep. City Exec. Com., Plainfield, N. J .; several years private, Troop A, N. G. N. Y. Progressive; Episcopalian. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Recreations: Canoeing, gardening, fruit growing. Residence: 1331 Prospect Av., Plainfield, N. J. Address: 160 Broadway, N. Y. City.
TRACY, SAMUEL GATELEY
Physician (specialist in nervous and chronic dis- eases); b. N. Y. City, Scpt. 6, 1867; s. William and Catherine Tracy; ed. in public schools of N. Y. City and private tutor; Ilamilton Coll., B.Sc., 1887; Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. (N. Y. University), M.UD)., 1890; un- married. Formerly or at present connected wltli foi- lowing institutions and socleties: Electro Therapeutic Dep't of Post-Grad. Coll. and Hosp., Neurological Clinic of Vanderbilt Clinic, Columbia Univ., Bellevue Hosp. (Out Patient Dep't), N. Y. Skin and Cancer
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