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VOLK, DOUGLAS
Artist, painter; b. Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 23, 1856; s. Leonard W. and Emily C. (Barlow) Volk; ed. Rome, Italy, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, under J. L. Gerome, 1873-1878; m. Chicago, June 23, 1881, Marion B. Larra- bee; children: Leonard, b. 1883 (deceased); Wendell, b. 1885; Marlon, b. 1890; Gerome, b. 1894. Traveled In Europe, 1873-1878, 1905-1906, also In U. S. and Bahama Islands. Organized Minneapolis Sch. Fine Arts (dir., 1886-1893); mem. Nat. Art Jury, Columbian Exp'n, 1893; mem. Nat. Art Jury, St. Louis Exp'n, 1904; mem. Nat. Acad. Design, Soc. Am. Artists; prof. 4 years at Art Students' League for drawing and portrait paint- ing; prof. 10 years Cooper Inst., N. Y. City. Has lectured on art instr'n and handicrafts In public schs .; organized handicraft movement in Lovell, Me. Plc- tures purchased by the Carnegie Museum (Pittsburgh), Corcoran Gallery (Washington), Pittsfield Museum and Met. Museum of Art, N. Y .. and Nat. Museum, Wagh- ington. Painted: Father Henepin Discovering Falls of St. Anthony, and Battle of Missionary Ridge, in St. Paul Capitol Building, Minnesota; now completing decoration for Court House, Des Moines, Iowa. Re- celved medals for paintings, World's Columbian Exp'n, St. Louis Exp'n, Buffalo Pan-Am. Exp'n, Charlestown Exp'n, Boston Colonlal Exp'n, Shaw Prize, $1,500 Soc. Am. Artists, 1899. Carnegie Prize, best figure com- position by an American artist, 1901; awarded the Saltus gold medal at Nat. Acad. of Design, New York, 1910. Awarded the Proctor prize for best portrait, Nat. Acad., Dec., 1910. At present Instr. at Nat. Acad., and Cooper Inst., N. Y. Mcm. Artists' Fund Soc., Artists' Aid Soc. Club: National Arts. Address: Am. Nat. Academy of Design, N. Y. City.
VONNOH, BESSIE POTTER
Sculptor; b. St. Louis, 1872; d. Alexander C. and Mary E. (McKenney) Potter; ed. Art Inst., Chicago; m. Rockland Lake, N. Y., Sept., 1899, Robert W. Von- noh (painter). Traveled abread in 1895, 1897 and 1900. Honors: Second prize for sculpture, Teun. Centennlal, 1896; bronze medal, Paris Exp'n, 1900; Julla G. Shaw prlze, Soc. Am. Artist, 1901; gold medal St. Louis Ex'n, 1904. Specialty statuettes of women and chil- dren. Represented In permanent collections, Cor- coran Art Gallery, Washington, D. C .; Brooklyn Museum, Art Inst., Chicago, of Cincinnati Museum, of Imperial Museum, Toklo, Japan, and Met. Museum of Art, N. Y. City. Associate Nat. Acad. of Design; mem. Nat. Sculpture Soc., Soc. of American Artists. Ad- dress: 33 W. 67th St., N. Y. City.
VONNOH, ROBERT
Portrait, landscape and figure painter; b. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 17, 1858; ed. Boston public sels., pupll and instr. Mass. Normal Art Sch., 1875-1879; instr. drawing, Roxbury Evening Drawing Sch., Boston, and Thayer Acad., student Academie Julian, Paris, iss1- 1883; m. 1st, Boston, July 7, 1886, Gr ce D. Farrell (died) ; 2d, Rockland Lake, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1899, Bessie O. Potter. Instr. painting, Cowles Art Sch., Boston, 1884-1885; principal E. Boston Evening Drawing Sch., 1883-1885; principal instr. portralt and figure painting, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1885-1887; painted and studicd abroad, 1887-1891; principal instr. portrait and figure painting, Pa. Acad. Fine Arts. Philadelphia, 1891-1896. Exhibitor Paris Salon, Berlin, Munich and London exp'us, Exp'n Universelle, Paris, 1889 and 1900; World's Falr, Chicago, 1893; Stockholm, 1896; Buffalo, 1901; St. Louis, 1904; Rome 1910. Represented in Pa. Acad. of Fine Arts, Philosophical Soc., Philadelphia, Mass. Hist. Soc., Boston, and White Mouse, Washing- ton, D. C. Academician Nat. Acad. Design. Mem. Nat.
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Jury for Am. Section of Paris Exp'n of 1900; Internat. Juries, Carnegie Exp'ns at Pittsburgh; Internat. Jury of Awards, St. Louis, 1904. Received medals at Bos- ton, Paris, Chicago, Buffalo, Charleston, St. Louis, Thomas R. Proctor prize for portraiture, Nat. Acad. Design. Mem. of the Secession, Munich; Soc. Am. Artists, Soc. Am. Portrait Painters, Architectural League; fellowship Pa. Acad. Fine Arts. Clubs: National Arts, Lotos, Salmagundl. Studlo: 12 W. 8th St., N. Y. City. Permanent address: Lotos Club, 110 W. 57th St., N. Y. City.
VOORHEES, JAMES D.
Physician; b. Morristown, N. J., May 21, 1869; S. George E. and Mary G. Voorhees; ed. Princeton, A.B., 1890, A.M., 1893, Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), M.D., 1893. Resident physician, Presby'n Hosp., 1894- 1896; N. Y. Foundling Hosp., 1896-1897; Sloane Mater- nity Hosp., 1897-1900. Instr. obstetrics, 1897-1905; asso. prof. obstetrics, sec. Faculty, 1901-1905, Coll. Phys. and Surg. Republican; Presby'n. Address: 106 E. 60th St., N. Y. City.
VOORHEES, OSCAR 'McMURTRIE
Clergyman; b. Somerville, N. J., Dec. 29, 1864; s. Samuel S. and Elizabeth (McMurtrie) Voorhees; grad. Rutgers Coll., A.B., 1888, A.M., 1891, D.D., Miami Univ., 1911; N.B., Theol. Sem., 1891; m. 1st, Bedminster, N. J., Oct. 29, 1891, Alice R. MacNair; 2d, Bayonne, N. J., June 25, 1902, Martha S. Elmendorf; children: Helen McMurtrie, Frances Van Kleek, Ralph Whitaker, Marian MacNair (by first wife). Pastor Three Bridges, N. J., 1891-1903; High Bridge, N. J., 1903-1909; N. Y. City, 1909. Sec. and treas ... United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, since 1901; editor Phi Beta Kappa Key, 1910. Author of articles on Phi Beta Kappa history, and on local New Jersey history, in Somerset County Hist. Quarterly. Minister Reformed Dutch Ch. Mem. Delta Upsilen and Phi Beta Kappa Socs .; sec. Bronx Clergy and Laity League. Dir. N. Y. County Sunday School Ass'n. Address: 350 E. 146th St., N. Y. City.
VOORHEES, THEODORE
Railway official; b. N. Y. City, June 4, 1847; s. Ben- jamln F. and Margaret Elizabeth (Sinclair) Voor- hees; ed. Columbia Coll., two years; Rensselaer Poly. Inst., Troy, N. Y., C.E., 1869; m. Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1874, Mary Elizabeth Chittenden; children: Harlow C., Henry B., Gerald E., Margaret Wood, Phoebe S. Drayton, Helen C., Theodore C., Herman M. Entered service Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R., July 15, 1869; Delaware & lludson Co., 1874, and N. Y. Cen- tral & Hudson River R. R., 1885; with Philadelphia & Reading R. R., since 1893, now its v .- p. Dir. Market Nat. Bank, Philadelphia, Pa. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs. Clubs: Railroad. Century, Univer- sity (N. Y.), Philadelphia, Racquet, Huntingdon Valley Country, Philadelphia Country. Residence: Colony House, Elkins Park, Pa. Address: Reading Terminal, I'hlladelphia, Pa.
VOORHIS, JOHN R.
Sup't of Elections, State of N. Y .; b. Pompton Plains, N. J., July 27, 1829; ed. private schs., N. Y. City, 1834- 1841. Entered law office John Jay, 1842; began ap- prenticeship in stair bld'g trade, 1844; became fore- man, 1851, and master stair builder, 1858, continuing until 1902. Appt'd comm'r of excise, 1873; comm'r. of police, 1874-1876, , 1879-1881, 1885-1887, 1887-1889; comm'r of docks, 1881-1885; police justice, 1892-1895; later appt'd city magistrate; comm'r of elections, 1901- 1905; sup't of public bld'gs and offices, 1908; State sup't of elections, by Gov. Dix, 1911. Residence: 787 Greenwich St. Address: 47 W. 42d St., N. Y. City.
VORHAUS, LOUIS J,
Lawyer; b. Austria, Feb. 22, 1868; s. Jacob and Pauline Vorhaus. Came to N. Y. at age of 7; grad. Grammar Sch. No. 7; attended Coll. City of N. Y, three years; grad. N. Y. Univ. Law Sch .; m. N. Y. City, June 19, 1892. Johanna Cohn; children: Amy Rose, b. 1894; David M., b. 1895; Ada, b. 1898; Berhard, b. 1905. In 1890 formed partnership with William Grossman under name of Grossman & Vorhaus; several years later be- came mem. firm House, Grossman & Vorhaus. Mem. Soc. Med. Jurisprudence. Past master of Masons; Knight of Pythias; dir. Beth Israel llosp .; formerly dir. Young Men's Hebrew Ass'n. Club: Democratic. Residence: 160 E. 80th St. Address: 115 Broadway, N. Y. City.
VOTEY, EDWIN S.
Manufacturer; pres, and dir. Votey Organ Co .; sec. and dir. Folian Co., Choralion Co., Orchard Land Co .; sec., ass't treas, and dir. Follan, Weber Piano and Planola Co .; treas, and dir. Orchestrelle Co .; dir. Uni- versal Musle Co., Vocalion Co., Weber Piano Co. Resi- dence: Summit, N. J. Address: 27 W. 42d St., N. Y. City.
VOUGHT, HARRY DYRE
Newspaper writer; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 14, 1849; s. Casper and Sarah (Tillinghast) Vought; ed. public school; m. 1st, Buffalo, N. Y., Sept 8, 1875, Lou Lou M. Wick (died Aug. 28, 1891); 2d, Buffalo, Sept. 26, 1892, May Emogene Dudley. Began newspaper life Buffalo, May 11, 1868, on Post; with Buffalo Courier, as reporter, ass't city editor and railroad editor, 1876- 1897; railroad editor N. Y. Commercial since 1898. Served 7 years in N. G. N. Y. (74th Reg't, Buffalo). Independent Democrat; Baptist. Mem. Montclair Civic Ass'n; Scottish Rite Mason (one of the founders of Select Knights; 3 years comd'r of Buffalo Legion) ; sec. Master Boiler Makers' Ass'n; formerly sec. Internat. League Press Clubs (pres. 1896-1897). Clubs: Cen- tral Rallway (sec. and treas.), N. Y. Railway (sec.), N. Y. Press, Buffalo Press (was one of the founders, mem. b'd of mg'rs and pres.). Residence: 295 Orange Road, Montclair, N. J. Address: 95 Liberty St. and 20 Vesey St., N. Y. City.
VREDENBURGH, PETER
(Lawyer; b. Freehold, N. J., Sept. 25, 1869; s. Hon. W. H. (Judge N. J. Court of Errors and Appeal) and Bessie H. ( Williams) Vredenburgh; grad. Princeton Coll., A.B., A.M., LL.B., class 1892; unmarried. In mil. service of U. S .; capt., U. S. A .; Mil. Gov. Batangas 1'rovince, Philippine Islands, during insurrection; served in Philippines 1899-1905, also in Mindanao and Sulu, P. I .; Hawaiian Islands, Cuba, Alaska. Pres. Monmouth Lighting Co., Heat & Power Co. Served in N. J. Legislature two terms, 1909, 1910; now prose- cuting att'y Monmouth County, N. J. Capt. N. J. Vols., 1898; capt. U. S. A., 1899; retired 1908. Republican. Mem. Holland Soc., Order Mindanao and Sulu Cam- paigns of Moros, N. J. Bar Ass'n; pres. Intercollegiate Athletle Ass'n, 1891-1892 (won collegiate and t'ana- dian championships, 1891, for N. Y. Athletic Club). Recreations: Automobiling, horseback riding, bathing, swimming. Club:
Princeton. Residence: Spring Lake, N. J. Address: Monmouth County Court House, Freehold, N. J.
VREELAND, EDWARD BUTTERFIELD
Banker, ex-congressman; b. Cuba, Allegany Co., N. Y., 1857; received academic cd'n; m. Friendship, N. Y., Myra S. Price. Served as sup't of schools of Salamanca, N. Y., 1877-1882; admitted to bar. 1881, and engaged in practice at Salamanca; since 1891 pres. Salamanca Trust Bank, and engaged principally in banking and oil business. Elected Nov. 7, 1899, to fill vacancy occasioned by resignation of Hon. Warren B. Hooker; reelected 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906 and 1908 from the 37th N. Y. Dist. to 57th, 58th, 59th, 60th, 61st and 62d Congresses. Republican. Address: Salamanca, N. Y.
VREELAND, FREDERICK KING
Electrical eng'r; b. N. J., March 4, 1874; s. John Van Buskirk and Mary Amelia (Taylor) Vreeland; grad. Stevens Inst. of Technology, M.E., 1895; Columbia Univ., post-grad. elec. eng'ring and physics, A. M., 1909. First ass't eng'r, Crocker-Wheeler Electric Co., until 1900; since then engaged in experimental research and consulting expert work. Author: Maxwell's Theory and Wireless Telegraphy, 1904 (MeGraw Publishing Co.). Patentee of number of U. S. patents, mainly electric. Mem. Am. Physical Soc .; fellow A.A.A.S .; fel- low Am. Inst. of Electrical Eng'rs; fellow Am. Geog. Soc .; mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., N. Y. Acad. of Sciences. Am. Forestry Ass'n, Nat. Conservation Ass'n. Am. Museum of Natural History, Soc. of Sigma Ni. Tau Beta Pl Ass'n, Holland Soc. Clubs: Camp Fire of America Explorers. Residence: Montclair. N. J. Ad- dress: 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
VREELAND, HERBERT HAROLD
Railway pres .; b. Glen, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1856; s. Rev. A. Il. and Jane (Van Riper) Vreeland; m. N. Y. City, Carrie 1 .. Reed. In 1874 entered service of 1 .. I. R. R. Co., and passed through almost every grade of the transportation dep't of freight and passenger con- dnetor; in 1881 became conductor on the newly con- structed N. Y. City & Northern R. R., afterward N. Y. & Northern R. R. Co., of which became successively trainmaster, sup't, gen. sup't, gen. my'r; resigned, 1893, to become pres. of the Houston, West St. & Pavonia R. R. Co. and its successors, the Met. Street R'y Co., Interurban Street N'y Co. (now N. Y. City R'y Co.) and Met. Securities Co. Under hils presidency nearly thirty Independent and competing cos., owning horse car franchises, were united in one great system, com- prising every surface line in the boroughs of Man- hattan and Bronx, and the larger part converted to the most modern system of electrle traction. Pres. and dir. of various subsidiary street r'y cos. included in the Metropolitan system; v .- p. Interborough-Metro-
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politan Co .; dir. Unlon Exchange Bank, Empire City Safe Deposit Co., N. Y. Transportation Co., Fifth AV. Coach Co., N. Y. & L. I. Traction Co., N. Y. & Queens Co., Otsego & Hferkimer R. R. Co., Bridge Operating Co. Was mem. Elec. R'y Test Comm'n of La. Purchase Exp'n, St. Louis, 1904; mem. Tramways and Light R'y's Ass'n of Great Britain, Holland Soe., Pilgrims of U. S. Clubs: N. Y. Railroad (pres.), Railroad of N. Y., Lotos, Transportation, Engineers, Republican, N. Y. Riding, Klshawana Country (Brewster, N. Y.). Ad- dress: 239 W. 72d St., N. Y. City.
VROOMAN, ALFRED SCHOLL
Physician, surgeon; b. Athens, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1862; s. David and Margaret (Whittaker) Vrooman; ed. publie schools, private instruction, Univ. of Vt., M.D., 1887; post-grad. N. Y. City; m. High Falls, N. Y., 1890, Helen Van Demark; children: Janet H., Elizabeth. Examin- ing surgeon, recruiting station, Kingston, N. Y., dur- ing Philippine War; ex-health officer, Marbletown, Ulster Co., N. Y. Attending physician, City of Kings- ton 'Hosp .; examiner Travelers' Ins. Co., Columbian Nat. Ins. Co. (Boston),' Mem. Dutch Reformed Ch. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Ulster Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc. Address: 131 Fair St., Kingston, N. Y.
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WACHENHEIM, FREDERICK L.
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 13, 1870; s. Leopold and Bessie (Bijur) Wachenheim; ed. Columbia Gram- mar Sch., to 1885; Columbia Univ., A.B., 1889, M.D., 1892; m. N. Y. City, June 4, 1908, Carrie K. Rothschild. Practising medicine in N. Y. City from graduation; at- tending pediatrician, Sydenham Hosp., and Mt. Sinai Hosp. Dispensary, N. Y. Clty. Fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine; mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, and other med. socs .; mem. Com. on Tuberculosis Charity Org'n Soc. Author: Climatie Treatment of Children, and many shorter med. articles. Address: 111 W. 85th St., N. Y. City.
WADDELL, CHARLES CAREY
Author, magazine writer; h. Chillicothe, O., March 3, 1870; s. William and Jane (McCoy) Waddell; ed. Marietta (O.) Coll. (literary honors and winner of Harvard prize) ; m. 1st, Sayville, L. I., Aug. 16, 1906, Lonise Forsslund, author (died 1910); 2d, June 4, 1911, Stella Harrington. Editor and prop'r Chillicothe (O.) Daiy News, 1896-1900; removed to N. Y. City, 1900; first engaged in literary work, 1903. Author: Van Suyden Sapphires, 1905 (Dodd, Mead & Co.); 164 serials, 200 short stories. Mayor, City of Chillicothe. O., two terms, 1891-1895, being youngest mayor in U. S. Address: Glens Falls, N. Y.
WADE, ALFRED BYERS
Wholesale dry goods merchant; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 21, 1874; s. Daniel T. and Margaret Anna (Munroe) Wade; ed. private sch., N. Y. City; m. Philadelphia, June 3, 1907, Helena Mein; children: Alfred Munroe, b. June 17, 1908; Philip Treadwell, b. Sept. 29, 1909; Hugh Mason, b. July 5, 1913, Mem. firm Parker, Wilder & Co. Second lieut. Co. K. 7th Inf., N. G. N. Y. Re- publican; Episcopalian, Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Merchants', Amateur Comedy, N. Y. Athletic. Residence: Morris Heights. Address: 215 Fourth Av., N. Y. City,
WADE, HERBERT TREADWELL
Editor, author; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 2, 1872; s. Daniel T. and Margaret A. (Munroe) Wade; ed. Morse Sch., grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1893, Ass't physics, Co- lumbia Univ., 1893-1899; editorial staff Internat. Year Book; editor, Physics and Applied Sciences, New In- ternat. Encyclopædia; editor Nelson's Encyclopædia; Editorial Dep't, Review of Reviews; editorial b'd Co- Jumbia Univ. Quarterly, 1905-1910. Author: (with Wm. Hallock) Outlines of the Evolution of Weights and Measures and the Metric System, 1906 ( Macmillan Co.); Astronomy In The Science History of the Uni- verse, 1909, with W. Kaempffert (Current Litera- ture). Mem. Sons of Revolution, Soc. of Colonial Wars, Columbla Coll. Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: University, Columbla Unlv. Address: 149 13. 46th St., N. Y. City.
WADHAMS, FREDERICK EUGENE
Lawyer; b. Wadham Mills, Essex Co., N. Y., Sept. 27, 1852: s. William Luman and Emeline Loretta (Cole) Wadhams: ed. common schools Essex Co., Boys' Acad., Albany, N. Y., 1866-1868; Cornell Univ., 1869- 1871; grad. Albany Law Sch., Unlon Univ., LL.B., 1876; m. Albany, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1878, Emma Louise, d. Dr. Erasmus D. Jones. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1876. Democrat; Episcopalian; mem. St. Peter's Ch. Sec.
B'd of Statutory Consolidation, appt'd to consolidate and revise the laws of the State of N. Y., appt'd comm'r for the preparation of an index to the session laws and statutes of the State of N. Y., by Gov. Sul- zer, 1913; sec. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, since 1899; treas. Am, Bar Ass'n since 1902; trustee Albany Homo. Hosp. Mem. Theta Delta Chi fraternity, Sons of Revolution, Soc. of War of 1812. Clubs: Fort Orange, University (Albany), Country. Residence: 217 Lark St. Address: 37 Tweddle Bld'g, Albany, N. Y.
WADHAMS, WILLIAM H.
Jurist; b. Annapolis, Md., Dec. 7, 1873; s. Commo- dore A. V. Wadhams, U. S. N .; ed. public schools. Washington, D. C., and Cassel, Germany; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., with honors, 1892; A.B., Yale, 1896; LL.B., Harvard, 1899; m. April 26, 1900, Caroline D. Reed. Admitted to bar, N. Y. City, 1898; law sec. to Justice John Proctor Clarke of Supreme Court for four years; appt'd, 1907, to vacancy on bench of City Court by Gov. llughes. Appt'd by U. S. Court sp'l master to determine claims against the receivers ol the N. Y. City Railway Co., 1908; selected by Appellate Div., mem. of the character com. to pass upon the qualifications of applicants for admission to the bar, 1908-1909-1910. Appt'd comm's by Gov. Hughes to in- vestigate office of the State Sup't of Elections. Served in Squadron A, N. G. N. Y. Lecturer on commercial law. Experienced as counsel in the trial of court cases; elected judge Court of General Sessions. Nov. 4, 1913. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Clubs: Re- publican, Squadron A. Residence: 126 E. 80th St. Ad- dress: Criminal Courts Bld'g, Centre St., N. Y. City.
WADSWORTH, AUGUSTUS BALDWIN
Physician; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1872: S. Charles D. and Clara L. ( Blanchard) Wadsworth; grad. Mass. Inst. of Technology, B.S., 1893; Coll. Phys, and Surg., Columbia Univ., M.D., 1896; St. Luke's Hosp., 1897-1899; studied in Berlin and Vienna, 1899; m. N. Y. City, April 19, 1910, Caroline Delano; one son: Engene Delano, b. May 24, 1913. Ass't in bacteriology, Coll. of Phys. and Surg., Columbia Univ., N. Y., 1899; later instr,, asso, and ass't prof., 1909; resigned 1913. Alumni fellow in pathology. 1899; later Alonzo Clark scholar; ass't physician, 1904-1908, of out-patient dep't, Roosevelt Hosp .; Inter consulting bacteriologist. Mem. Am. Ass'n of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, Soc. for Clinical Investigation, Soc. for Experimental Medicine and Biology; A.A.A.S., Harvey Society (N. Y.); N. Y. Pathol. Soc., N. Y. Acad. of Medicine, State and County Med. Socs. Trustee Madison Sq. Presby'n Ch. House. Club: University. Address: 114 W. 55th St., N. Y. City.
WADSWORTH, WILLIAM AUSTIN
Banker, farmer; b. Boston, Dec. 8, 1847; s. William Wolcott and Emmeline ( Austin) Wadsworth; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1870 (honors in chemistry) ; Univ. of Berlin, 1871-1872; m. Boston, Sept. 4, 1901. Elizabeth G. Perkins. Pres. Geneseo Valley Nat. Bank. Served in Independent Corps Cadets, 20 Reg't. Mass. Vol. Militia; maj. and g .- m. 8th Army Corps, Spanish-Am. War. Mem. B'd Forest, Fish and Game Conmi'n, N. Y. Stato Agr'l Soc .; trustee Stale Normal Sel .: pres. Village of Geneseo; mom. B'd of Super- visors, Livingston County, Geneseo Public Library. Good Roads Ass'n. N. Y. Farmers' Ass'n. Mem. Living- ston County Agr'l Soc., Army of Philippines, Soc. of Foreign Wars, Soc. of Carabao, Am. Forestry Ass'n, Am. Goog. Ass'n, Nat. Goog. Soe., N. Y. Zool. Soe., Mil. Service Inst. Clubs: Knickerbocker, Metropali- tan, University, N. Y. Yacht, Century, Players, Har- vard, Brook (N. Y.), Geneseo Valley ( Rochester), Buffalo (Buffalo), Chevy Chase, Army and Navy, Met- ropolitan ( Washington), Tavern, Somerset (Boston). Address: Geneseo, N. Y.
WAGNALLS, ADAM WILLIS
Publisher, clergyman; b. Lithopolis, O., Sept. 21. 1843: grad. Wittenberg Coll., Springfield, O., 1866: studied theology in Wittenberg Sem .; in. 1868. Anna Willts. Ordalned 1867. Organized and became pastor First Furtheran Ch., Kansas City, Mto., IS67. Moved to Kansas, and was city clerk of Atchison, 1871-1573; removing to N. Y. City, entered the publishing busi- ness in 1876, and was one of founders of publishing house of Funk & Wagnalls Co., publishers of Standard Dictionary, the Jewish Eneveloppedia, and many other important works. AAddress: 354 Fourth Av., N. Y. City.
WAGNALLS, MABEL
Author. pianist; b. Kansas City, Mo., April 20, IS71; d. Adam Willis Wagnalls (of Funk & Wagnalls, pub- lishers) and Anna ( Willis) Wagnalls; early ed'n in- der mother's instr'n. Went to Europe in 1885. taking musleal courses in Paris and Vienna and afterward
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in Berlin as pupii of Franz Kuilak. Played piano in concerts of Berlin Singakademie with orchestra, 1889; made first Am. appearance with the Theodore Thomas Orchestra in N. Y. City, Jan. 11, 1891; has since ap- peared in concerts with many high class orchestra and other musical org'ns; m. 1898, E. E. Huil (divorced 1900 and resumed maiden name). Contb'r of short and serial stories to magazines. Editor of musical terms for Standard Dictionary. Author: Miserere, 1892; Stars of the Opera, 1898: Seima the Soprano, 1898; The Palace of Danger, 1908. Club: Nat. Arts. Address: 36 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.
WAGNER, CHARLES G.
Physician; b. Minden, Montgomery Co., N. Y .; S. Edward and Alida Eleanor (Gray) Wagner; ed. public schools, Utica, N. Y., Corneil Univ., B.S., 1880; Coium- bia Univ., M.D., 1882; post-graduate study abroad, 1889, 1896, 1906; m. Binghamton, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1903, Lizzie S. Bennett. House physician and house sur- geon, Presby'n Hosp., N. Y. City, 1882-1884; ass't physician N. Y. State Lunatic Asylum, Utica, N Y., 1884-1892; sup't Binghamton State Hosp., since 1892. Asso. editor Am. Journal of Insanity, 1884-1892; trus- tee Cornell Univ., 1896-1906; lecturer on Insanity, Cornell Univ., 1896-1900: sec. and treas. Am. Medico- Psychol. Ass'n; mem. Broome Co. Med. Soc. (pres. 1896); State Med. Soc., Binghamton Acad Medicine, Binghamton Chamber of Commerce; contb'r to various med. publications. Independent in politics; Episco- palian. Recreations: Motoring, bridge whist. Clubs: Dobson, Binghamton Country. Address: State Hosp., Binghamton, N. Y.
WAGNER, FRANKLIN A.
Lawyer; b. Decatur, Mich., 1877; s. Joseph and Heien (Blauvelt) Wagner; ed. Univ. of Michigan, 1899-1901 (Lit.), LL.B., 1904; m. Rockford, Ill., June 7, 1906, Ethel May Putnam; children: Helen Catherine, b. March 8, 1908; Ruth Elizabeth, b. March 18, 1910; Franklin A., Jr., b. Sept. 17, 1911. Traveled exten- sively in Europe in 1900 as private sec. to Cyrus H. McCormick, of Chicago. Enlisted in Mich. N. G., April, 1896; with 31st Reg't, Mich. Vol. Inf., in Spanish- Am. War; enlisted Island Lake, Mich., April 26, 1898; mustered out, Savannah, Ga., May 17, 1899. In camp at Chickamauga Park, May 10-Aug. 20; Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 20-Jan. 10, 1899; Savannalı, Ga., to Jan. 27; Santa Ciara Province, Cuba, Feb. 2-April 25. Corporal and company cierk of Company A; staff correspondent The Detroit Journal with the reg't. Received the City of Ann Arbor and State of Mich. medals Partner. Parker, Davis, Wagner & Walton, lawyers. Republican; Unitarian. Mem. Sigma Nu Alumni Ass'n, Univ. of Mich. Alumni Ass'n, The Michi- gan Soc., Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Com- mercil Law League of America. Dir. Westchester County Chamber of Commerce, Westchester County Civil League; trustee Village of Dobbs Ferry. Resi- dence: 10 Colonial Av., Dobbs Ferry-on-Hudson, N. Y. Address: 34 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
WAGNER, ROBERT F.
Lawyer, pres. pro tem of N. Y. Senate; b. Prussia, Germany, June 8, 1877; came to this country at age of eight years and attended public schs., N. Y. City, from which grad, 1893; City Coli., B.S., 1898; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1900. Engaged in gen. practice of law in N. Y. City. Served one term in Assembly, 1905. Renominated 1906. Appt'd 1907, mem. Assembly Coms. on Codes, Public Inst'ns. Printed and En- grossed Bills. Renominated 1907. In 1908 became mem. of Assembly Coms. on Cities, Public Inst'ns, Printed and Engrossed Bills. Nominated State Senator, 1908 and elected. Appt'd 1909, mem. Senate Coms. Judiciary, Public Ed'n. Printed and Engrossed Bills. Re-elected 1910 and 1912; elected pres. pro tem of Senate, 1911, and re-elected 1913. Mem. Arion Soc., Mozart Verein, Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, B. P. O. E., F. O. of Eagles. Clubs: Algonquin, Hell Gate Democratic, Buffaloes. City College. Residence: 244 F. 86th St. Address: 51 Chambers St., N. Y. City.
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