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WAGONER, PHILIP D.
Manufacturer; b. Somerville, N. J., July 24, 1876; s. Henry Gatzmer and Rachel Line (Dakin) Wagoner; grad. Stevens Inst., M.E., 1896; m. N. Y. City, 1904, Effie Nichols. Pres. and dir. Gen. Vehicle Co., Inc. Mem. Dutch Reformed Ch. Mem. Alpha Tau Omega fraternity: Am. Inst. Eiec. Eng'rs, Soc. of Automobile Eng'rs. Ciubs: Engineers, Railroad. Residence: 220 W. 98th St. Address: Gen. Vchicle Co., L. I. City, N. Y.
WAGSTAFF, ALFRED
Lawyer; b. Manhattan, N. Y., 1844; s. Alfred and Sarah . Platt (Du Bois) Wagstaff; grad. Columbia Univ., Law Dep't, LL.B .; m, March, 1880, Mary A. Bar- nard; children: Alfred, Jr,, David, Samuel J., George
B., Margaret B. Many years mem. firm of North, Ward & Wagstaff; major 91st N. Y. Vet. Vol .; dis- charged July, 1865; col. 16th Reg't, N. G. N. Y., staff 1st Div .; N. G. staff Gov. Fenton. Mein. Assembly, 1867-1873; State Senator, 1876-1878; ex-pres. N. Y. & Brooklyn Bridge Co .; dir. Central Crosstown R. R .; clerk Court of Common Pieas; clerk Appellate Div., Supreme Court, first dep't. Democrat; Episcopalian. Trustee Samaritan Home for Aged. Pres. Am. Soc. Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; mem. St. Nicholas Soc., Mil. Order Loyal Legion, Holland Lodge, Phoenix Chap. Clubs: Union, Manhattan, South Side, Carmens River. Address: 27 and 29 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
WAHLE, CHARLES G. F.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, s. Charles G. F. Wahle; ed. public schools, and grad. Coll. City of N. Y .; attended University Law Sch .; m. June 17, 1891, Fiorence Kath- erine, d. John G. Budd, late of Sag Harbor, L. I .; chil- dren: Fiorence Antoinette, Carl Budd, Amelia Clara, Victor Raymond. Studied law; admitted to bar, and engaged in active practice. Appt'd by Mayor Grant, 1890, school inspector for Fifth Inspection Dist. of N. Y. City; appt'd by Mayor Grant, 1891, one of comm'rs of accounts for City of N. Y .; reappt'd by Mayor Gil- roy. Was sec. of the com. having in charge the Co- lumbian Celebration of the City of N. Y., and appt'd by Mayor Gilroy mem. of com. to represent the city at Manhattan Day celebration at World's Columbian Exp'n, Chicago, 1893; appt'd by Mayor McCiellan as city magistrate of City of N. Y .; resigned, 1908. Demo- crat; mem. Tammany Soc. (vice-chm'n of exec. com. and gen. com.); v .- p. Jefferson Tammany Club of 35th Assembly Dist. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Bar Ass'n of the Bronx, Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, Lieder- kranz (mem. B'd Dirs.); trustee German Press Club, German Scientific Soc. of N. Y., North Side B'd of Trade. Episcopalian; pres. Gen. Oh. Ciub of P. E. Ch., Borough of Bronx; senior warden Ch. of the Holy Faith; pres. B'd of City Magistrates. Ciubs:
Nat. Democratic, Anawanda. Schnorer, Bronx. Ad- dress: 220 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WAINWRIGHT, JONATHAN MAYHEW
Lawyer, ex-State Senator; b. N. Y. City, 1864; s. John Howard and Margaret Livingston (Stuyvesant) Wain- wright; grad. Columbia Coii., A.B. 1884, Ph.B. (Sch. Polit. Science) 1884, LL.B. (Law Sch.) 1886, M. A. 1908; m. Trinity Chapel, N. Y. City, Nov. 23, 1892, Laura Wallace Buchanan; one d .: Laura Fonrose. Practising law in N. Y. City and Westchester since 1896; pres. Westchester Co. Bar Ass'n, 1904-1905. Pres. Rye Nat. Bank; dir. Mutual Trust Co. of Westchester Co., West- chester Co. Trust Co., Westchester & Bronx Title & Mortgage Guarantee Co. Mem. Assembly of N. Y. from Westchester Co., 1902-1908; elected State Senator, 14th Senate Dist., 1908; re-elected 1910; 2d lieut. 12th Reg't, N. G. N. Y., 1889-1891; regimental adj. and capt., 1891-1900; fieut .- col., 1903-1906; capt. 12th Reg't. N. Y. Vols., in war with Spain, 1898. Republican; Episco- pafian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Delta Psi fra- ternity. Masonic order. Recreations: Motoring, yachting; pres. Intercollegiate Athietic Ass'n, 1883- 1884. Ciubs: Union, University, City, Republican, Am. Yacht, Apawamis. Residence: Rye, Westchester Co. Address: 59 Wali St., N. Y. City.
WAIT, JOHN CASSAN
Lawyer and civil eng'r; b. Norwich, N. Y., June 4, 1860; s. Andrew Marcelius and Ambrosia Jane (Sergeant) Wait; ed. Norwich (N. Y.) Acad., Cor- nell Univ., B.C.E., 1882, M.C.E., 1891, Norwich (Vt.) Univ., M.S, 1887, Harvard Law Sch., LL.B., 1891; m. Ironton, Ohio, June, 1886, Ginevra C. Westlake; chil- dren: Luefia Ambrosia, Annar Marie, Justin FF., Con- stance Elaine. Civil eng'r in employ of Standard Oil Co., 1883, Vanderbilt System of railroads, 1882-1883. Puliman Allied Companies, 1884-1885; Gould system of railroads, 1885, at Harvard Coff. as student and asst. prof. of cng'ring, 1887-1894; editor Railroad Gazette, 1893-1895, ass't eng'r N. Y. State Canal, 1896- 1897; Capt. Artillery, Vt. Nat. Guard, 1886-1887; com- mandant and sup't Norwich Univ. (Vermont Mil. Inst.), 1886-1887. Ploncer in engineering and archi- tectural jurisprudence, representing, as attorney,
contractors and builders, and is counsel for very large interests in the building line; has numerous disciples in same specialty. Ass't and acting corpora- tion counsel. 1900-1904. Dir. Upland Reaity Co., Chenango Drug Co., and other corp'ns. Mem. Am. Soc. Refrigerating Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Civii Eng'rs, Municipal Eng'rs, City of N. Y., Cornell Ass'n Civil Eng'rs, Soc. for Promotion of Eng'ring Ed'n; A.A. A.S. Author: Engineering and Architectural Juris- prudence Operations Preliminary to Construction in Engineering and Architecture: Law of Contract; Family Records of Thomas Wait, of Rhode Island;
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Genealogical Records of the Wait Families of New England. Democrat; Episcopalian. Recreations;
Yachting, driving, farming. Address: Woolworth Bld'g., N. Y. City.
WAITE, BYRON SYLVESTER
U. S. General Appraiser; s. Elihu and Elizabeth (Tarbell) Waite; grad. Univ. of Mich., B.L .; m. Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 20, 1881, Ismene Cramer; children: Donald C., b. 1883, Marjory Ismene, b. 1885, Eliza- beth, b. 1887; Stanley Byron, b. 1891; Malcolm Ivan, b. 1892; Alan Frederick, b. 1894. Practised law in
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Michigan, 1881-1898. Mem. Michigan Legislaturc,
1889-1895; ass't prosecuting att'y Wayne County, Mich., 1895-1898; Circuit Judge, Wayne Co., Mich., 1898-1900; U. S. gen. appraiser since 1902. Repub- lican; Presby'n. Knight Templar, Shriner, Elk. Rec- reations: Golf, hunting, fishing. Clubs: Saagkill Golf, Dunwoodie Country, Union League. Address: 641 Washington St., N. Y. City.
WAITT, ARTHUR MANNING
Consulting eng'r, R'y specialist; b. Boston, Mass., Oct. 24, 1858; s. Robert Mitcheil and Ellen (Hinckiey) Waitt; ed. Boston public schools and Mass. Inst. Technology, N. Y. Railroad. Address: 165 Broadway, ton, Oct. 20, 1886, Mayde Gleason; 2d, N. Y. Clty, April 6. 1906, Anna Schoeps Milbury; one son: Weymer Hinckley Waitt, b. 1888. Draftsman, Chicago, Buri- ington & Quincy R. R., 1879-1881; draftsman Eastern R. R., 1881-1884, in locomotive and car work; gen. foreman, Car Dep't, Eastern R. R., 1884-1887; ass't master car builder, Boston & Maine R. R., 1887-1889; ass't mg'r, Pullman Car Works, Feb .- Oct., 1889; ass't gen. master car builder, Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R'y, 1889-1892; gen. master car builder same road, 1892-1899; sup't motive power and rolling stock, N. Y. Centrai & Hudson River R. R., 1899-1903, Sept., 1903-Jan., 1905. Traveling in Europe and U. S., study- ing elec. traction, 1903-1905; since Jan., 1905, consuit- ing eng'r in N. Y. City. Democrat; Baptist. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Am. R'y Master Car Builders' Ass'n. Mem. all Masonic fraterni- ties and Mystic Shrine. Recreations: Golf, fishing, gunning, automobiiing. Ciubs: Machinery, Engineers, Technology, N. Y. Railroad. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WAKE, CHARLES
Manager Equitable Life Assurance Soc .; b. Hast- ings, Eng .; s. George and Mary Emma (Knight) Wake; ed. in London, where also took up scientific studies under Prof. Howeli, which were continued in Paris; studied astronomy with Camille Flammarion and Prof. Maxton; unmarried. Lectured before dif- ferent socs. in London and Paris on anatomy and functions of brain; expressed advanced views which provoked spirited controversy in Parisian journais. Was mem. Paris Shakespeare Soc., and on removal to Boston, appt'd its Am. correspondent. Removed to N. Y. and became solicitor for Equitable Life As- surance Soc., and later appt'd gen. agent; established Charles Wake Agency, Inc. Served three terms as pres. Met. B'd of Mg'rs, Equitable Life Assurance Soc. and two terms as v .- p. Life Underwriters Ass'n of N. Y. Organized first Gen. Agency Ass'n of Equitable Life Assurance Soc. Traveled extensively all over the worid. Went through the interior of Asia Minor. 1903, locating sites for archæol. excavations. With Dr. Robert T. Morris, acciaimed by Canadian news- papers as first white man on record to reach Hudson Bay in a canoe, 1305. In 1911-1913, whiic on trip around the world, spent some time with Profs. Peet and Loat in archæol, excavations at Abydos, Upper Egypt; lectured before different socs. on sociol. and psychol. subjects. Original mem. British Astron. Soc .; fellowRoyal Gcog. Soc .; mem. Pilgrims, Kane Lodge, Mecca Tempic, Æronautic Soc., Gen. Agency Ass'n of Equitable Life, Life Underwriters Ass'n of N. Y., Acad. Polit. Science, Nat. Geog. Soc. Recrea- tions: Exploring, camping, golf, automobiiing, horse- back. Clubs: Lawyers, N. Y. Athletic, Calumet, Aidine, Dunwoodie Country, Camp Fire of America, Canadian Camp, Explorers, Economic. Address: 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WAKEMAN, A. VAN HOESEN
Author, general writer; b. Cortland Co., N. Y., Dec. 4, 1858; d. John and Rodia (Bonnat) Van Hoesen; ed. Northwestern Woman's Coli., Evanston, Ili .; Jennings Inst., Aurora, Ill., grad. with honors, A.M .; married; one son: J. Van Hoesen Wakeman (clvii and min- ing eng'r, B'd of Public Works (Chicago). Was sent as sp'l corr. Chicago Tribune to Pacific Slope to write of the peculiar industrics of that part of the coun- try; afterward sent to Gulf Coast by the same paper to do similar work; for four years on staff Chicago Evening Post, conducting Woman's Page and writ-
ing editorials and sp'l articles; sp'l writer N. Y. Sun; Times and Globe. Was first woman nominated for office by a political conv. in State of Ill., nomination made by J. R. B. VanCicve; declined the honor, as was unable to undertake the work involved. Inde- pendent in politics; Episcopalian. Founder Serviee Club, Chicago. One of founders Press League, Chi- cago. One of mg'rs of Chicago Haif-Orphan Asylum for elght years. Author: Questions of Conscience (novel); How to be Attractive and Successful; A Miracie (song); writer for syndicates and magazines. Clubs: Twentieth Century (Chicago). Address: Pen and Brush Club, 132 E. 19th St., N. Y. City.
WAKEMAN, JAMES M.
Publisher; b. Wolverhampton, Eng., June 21, 1865; s. James and Mary J. (Lewis) Wakeman; ed. Wolver- hampton Grammar Sch. and Tettenhail Coll., Eng., Lycee de Rennes, France; m. Cranford, N. J., April 25, 1888, Jessie I. Smieton. Came to U. S., 1886; sec. and gen. mg'r of an insurance company in Minne- apolis, Minn., 1887-1888. Afterward Western mg'r of American Machinist and Locomotive Engineering at Cleveland, O .; later appt'd acting pres. The Engineer- ing and Mining Journal, N. Y. City. One of incor- porators, 1899, McGraw Publishing Co., N. Y. City, of which was elected v .- p. and appt'd gen. mg'r; re -: signed July, 1910. Pres. and gen. mg'r Electrical World and Engineer during its entire perlod of exist- enee as separate publication, from March, 1899, to Jan., 1906: also v .- p. Electric Railway Journal; v .- p. The Engineering Record; mn'g dir, American Elec- trician. Served for years upon B'd of Dirs. of the American Trade Press Ass'n and was pres., 1902- 1903; on B'd Dircetors of Success, 1900-1901. traveled over a great part of Europe, U. S. and Can- Has ada. Gen. mg'r of the Soc. for Eloctrical Develop- ment. Mem. Nat. Electric Light Ass'n, Am. Electric R'y Ass'n., Am. Inst. Eiec. Eng'rs, N. Y. Elec. Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc., Municipal Art League (E. Orange, v .- p.), Hope Lodge, F. and A. M. (E. Orange). Club :: Engineers' (N. Y. City). Residence: E. Orange, N. J .. Address: 29 W. 39th St., N. Y. City.
WALBRIDGE, HENRY D.
Banker; pres. and dir. II. D. Walbridge &, Co., Dal- las Gas Co., Northern Central Co., Northern Central Gas Co., Columbia & Montour Electric Co., Electrici Service Co .. Pa. Electric Co., Penn Public Service Co. and Citizens Light, Ileat & Power Co., of Pa., Johnstown Fuel Supply Co., Harrisburg . Railways Co., dir. Commonwealth Power, Railway & Light Co. Residence: Roslyn, L. 1. Adiress: 14 Wall St., N. Y. City. LAW
WALCOTT, FREDERIC COLLIN ... 1
Banker; b. N. Y. Milis, N. Y. Feb. 19, 1869; . . 8, William Stuart and Emma Alice (Welch). Waicott grad. Phillips Andover Acad., 1887, Yaie Univ., A.B., 1891; in. 1st, Feb., 1899, Frances Dana Archboid (died Junc, 1899); 2d, April, 1907, Mary Hussey Guthrie; children: Alexander Guthrie, b. Feb. 26, 1908: William, Weich, b. Dec. 4, 1909. Made trip around the world, 1891; gen. mg'r and pres. N. Y. Miils Co., cotton cloth inf'rs, 1892-1907; mem. reorg'n com. Knickerbocker Trust Co., 1907; v .- p., 1908; v .- p. William P. Bon- bright & Co., bankers, since 1909. Pres. Woicott & Campbell Spinning Co .; v .- p. Colorado Power Co., Guanajato Power & Electric Co .. Tenn. Wy Light & Power Co., United Utilities Co .; sec. and treas. Hotel Holding Co .; dir. Kellogg Lumber Co., National Car- bon Co., Am. Power & Light Co., Centrai Mexico Light & Power Co., Santa Cecilia Sugar Co. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Am. Ass'n of Sciences, Soc. Colonial Wars. Dir. Am. Game Protective Ass'n; trustce Wai- cott Memoriai Presby'n Ch., West Indies, Y. M. C. A. ('lubs: University, Graduates (New Haven), Engle- wood Country, Norfolk Downs Golf, Cavendish (i.on- don). Residence: Engiewood, N. J. Address: 14 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WALCOTT, PHILIP K.
Lawyer; b. Concord, Mass., Dec. 11, 1877; s. Charles Ilosmer and Florence (Keyes) Walcott; ed. Harvard Coil., A.B. (cum laude), 1897; Harvard Law Sch., 1897- 1899, N. Y. University Law Seh., 1899-1900; m. N. Y. City, Aug. 17. 1911, Annlo E. Goedkoop. Adinltted to N. Y. Bar in 1900; associated with firm of Deiafeld & Longfellow, 1901-1909, and with their successors, Hawkins, Dciafield && Longfellow, 1909-1912. Mem. firin of Hawkins, Delafield & Longfellow, since 1912. Republiean. Chibs: Harvard, Clty (N. Y. City), Har- vard (Boston), Richmond County Country, Phi Delta Phi. Residence: 453 W. 2Ist St. Address: 20 Ex- change Pi., N. Y. Clty.
WALDO, GEORGE E.
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1851; s. George and Sarah Eilen (Jagger) Waldo; ed. common schools,
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Brooklyn, N. Y., and Scotland, Conn .; Cornell Univ .; m. Tallahassee, Fla., May 11, 1896, Flora A. Henderson; children: John H., b. 1897, George E., Jr., b. 1899, Cor- nelius T., b. 1903. Admitted to practice by Supreme Court and U. S. Circuit and Dist. Courts Southern and Eastern districts of N. Y., and of Neb. Practised law N. Y, City, 1876-1883; in Neb., 1883-1889; in N. Y. City since 1889. Mem. Sch. B'd and village att'y of Ulysses. Neb .; mem. Assembly, N. Y., 1895-1896; comm'r of records, King's Co., N. Y., 1889-1904; mem. Congress from 5th Dist., N. Y., 1905-1909. Republican. Men. Brooklyn Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar Clty of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n, Franklin Literary Soc., Kings County Lodge F. and A. M., Flatbush Chapter, and 32° Mason. Clubs: Union League (Brooklyn), Knickerbocker Field, Midwood, Marine and Field, 18th Assembly Dist. Republican, Cornell Univ. Residence: 220 E. 18th St., Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 290 Broadway, N. Y. Clty.
WALDO, RHINELANDER
Former Police comm'r, N. Y. City; b. N. Y. City, May 24, 1877; s. Francis W. and Gertrude (Rhine- lander) Waldo; ed. . Sch. of Mines, Columbia Univ. Served as 2d lieut. 17th Inf., U. S. A., April 10, 1899; Ist lieut. 17th Inf., Feb. 2, 1901; capt. Philippine Scouts, U. S. A., Feb. 28, 1905; resigned from Army Sept. 10, 1905. 1st deputy police comm'r, N. Y. City, Jan. 23, 1906. Appt'd to organize Pollce for Castkill Aque- duct, 1908. Fire Comm'r N. Y. City, Jan. 1, 1910. Po- lice Comm'r May 23, 1911-Dec. 31, 1913. Clubs: Union. Manhattan, Army and Navy (N. Y.), Army and Navy (Washington), Riding, N. Y. Athletic, Automobilc, Brooklyn. Address: 22 E. 47th St., N. Y. City.
WALKER, ALBERT HENRY
Lawyer, author, lecturer; b. Fairfax, Vt., Nov. 25. 1844; descendant of Capt. John Prescott of Lancaster, Mass. (1640); grad. Law Dep't Northwestern Univ., 1877; m. Sept. 16, 1874, Estlier Sayles (descendant of Roger Williams). Has argued many Important cases in 22 States of the Union, including Me., Calif., Minn. and Ala .; has conducted hundreds of litigations in 36 States. Was non-resident lecturer on patent law, Cornell Univ., 1889-1905, and in Univ. of Mich., 1896- 1913. Author of many writings and several books, including the history of the Sherman law, and Wal- ker on Patents, in four editions (1883, 1880, 1895, and 1904) which has, from first publication, been , the leading textbook of the patent laws of the United States. Mem. Conn. Legislature, 1891-1892. Resi- dence: Hotel Majestic. Address: Park Row Bld'g, N. Y. City.
WALKER, ALEXANDER
Banker, real estate; b. in parish of Rafford, Moray- shire, Scotland, June 25, 1852; s James and Helen S. Walker; ed. in parish school of Rafford, and on com- pletion of studies served apprenticeship to stone cut- ter in Forres, Scotland. Coming to N. Y. Clty pursued his trade here, at the same time taking a course in the N. Y. Evening High Sch. Engaged in stone cut- ting business under firm name Gillle & Walker and subsequently in real estate business firm of Walker & Lawson; still engaged in real estate transactions and large bld'g operations. Pres. Colonial Bank of N. Y. since 1893; also dir. Greenwich Bank. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, St. Andrew's Soc., Gen. Soc. Mechanics and Tradesmen, N. Y. Scottish Soc., N. Y. Hist. Soc., West End Ass'n, Morningside Heights As- sociation. Clubs: Caledonian, Curling, West Side Re- publican. Address: 414 Riverside Drive, N. Y. City.
WALKER, CHARLES ASHBEL
Treas. Delaware. & Hudson Co .; b. Albany, N. Y., June 23, 1843; s. Alphonso and Jeannette (Judd) Walker, lineal descendant on paternal side of the Widow Walker, who settled in Rehobeth, Mass., 1636, and on maternal side of Deacon Thomas Judd, who came from Eng. in 1633; ed. Albany public schools; m. Albany, N. Y., May 16, 1867, Elizabeth Jones; one d .: Jennie Judd (m. Edward Penfield, artist), Began railroad service 1866 as clerk in freight dep't, Albany & Susquehanna R. R., and has been consecutively ass't to gen. freight agent, ticket agent, in eng'r corps, ass't to paymaster, and chief clerk to financial Dep't; gen. railroad accountant, ass't treas., controller and treas. Delaware & Hudson Co., and now treas. same; also sec., trcas. and dir. Algonquin Coal Co., Hudson Coal Co., Langcliffe Coal Co., Laurel Run Coal Co., N. Y. & Canada R. R. Co., Northern N. Y. Development Co., Spring Brook Coal Co., dir. Albany & Susquehanna R. R. Co .; Champlain Transportation Co., Chateaugay && Lake Placid R. R. Co., Chateaugay Ore & Iron Co., Cherry Valley, Sharon & Albany R. R. Co .; Lackawanna & Susquehanna R. R. Co., Lakc George Steamboat- Co., Greenwich & Johnsonville R. R. Co. . Trustee Franklin Savings Bank. Sec. to
Speaker Littlejohn of N. Y. State Assembly, 1860- 1861; was at side of President Lincoln when he ad- dressed the Legislature, Feb. 18, 1861, on his way to his inauguration. Joined Washington Continentals, Co. B, 76th Reg't, N. Y. State Militia, 1861; performed guard duty with that company during org'n of the two-year regiments under President's first call for troops, July 18, 1861, at N. Y. City; joined Co. I, 5th N. Y. Vols. (Duryce's Zouaves), under Capt. Charles G. Bartlett; in service at Fort Federal Hill, Baltimore, erecting that fort; promoted corporal, Feb. 20, 1862; served in Dix's Div., Middle Dep't, to Mar., 1862; Sykes' Regular Inf. Div., Army of the Potomac, May, 1862; 3d Brigade, Sykes' 2d Div., 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac, to Nov. 1862; served with expd'n through Accomac and Northampton Counties, Va .; defence of Baltimore, served at Fortress Monroe, Va., Peninsula to Yorktown, siege of Yorktown, actions at Hanover Court House, Ashland, New Bridge, Old Church, seven days' battle before Richmond, battles at Mechanics- ville, Gaines Mill (in which was wounded in shoulder), White Oak Swamp, Glendale, Malvern HIll. Harrison's Landing; comm'd 2d lieut., Co. A., 165th N. Y. Vols .; 2d Duryec Zouaves, Sept 17, 1862; 1st lieut., Co. A., Jan. 13, 1863, Capt. Co. A, July 13, 1863, and bv't major, 1865, for faithful and meritorious services; in service on expd'n New Orleans to Ponchatoula, Ber- wick Bay, Port Hudson fight at Plains Store siege, and surrender of Port Hudson, Sabine Pass expd'n; acting ass't adj. gen. on Gen. H. W. Wessel's staff, Riker's and Hart's Islands, N. Y. Harbor; provost mar- shal of Confederate prison camp, Hart's Island. Re- publican. Presby'n. Gov. and v .- p. Albany Soc. of N. Y .; Mil. Order Loyal Legion of the U. S., Nat. Geog. Soc. Recreations: Riding, driving, boating, bowling. Clubs: West Side Republican, Pelham Manor. Resi- dence: 158 W. 77th St. Address: 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City,
WALKER, GEORGE R.
Lawyer; b. Oxford, Me., Aug. 28, 1879; s. Geo. F. and Frances (Chadbourne) Walker; grad. Bowdoin Coll. (summa cum laude), class 1902; Harvard Law Sch., LL.B., 1905; unmarried. Engaged in practice of law, N. Y. City, since graduation. Mem. Delta Kappa lopsilon and Phi Beta Kappa Socs, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Maine Soc., treas. Bowdoin Alumni Ass'n of N. Y. Clubs: Harvard, Reform. Residence: 295 Madi- son Av. Address: 59 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WALKER, GUY MORRISON
Lawyer, financial expert, author; b. Ft. Wayne, Ind., Jan. 24, 1870; s. Rev. Wilbur F. and Mary F. (Morri- son) Walker; grad. De Pauw Univ., 1890, A.B., 1890, A.M., LL.B., major of cadets and capt. 'Varsity foot- ball team; m. Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 15, 1891, Minnie L, Royse (A.B.,A.M., De Pauw) ; children: Merlc Royse. b. Sept. 28, 1892; Ray M., b. April 9, 1895. Organized Terre Haute Trust Co., 1894; organized Security Trust Co., Toledo, O., 1898; gen. counsel Everett Moore Syn- dicate R. R. Co., Columbus, Delaware & Marion R'y Co, The Pittsburgh R'y and Light Co., and others; ehm'n Depositors' Reorg'n Com. of Knickerbocker Trust Co. Depositors, 1907; has lived eight years in China and traveled twice around the world; offered in 1900 comm'n in U. S. Army and apptmn't on Gen. Chaffee's staff In China, but declined. Admitted to bar in 'Ind., Ark, Tenn., New York, Mich. and Calif. Author: Railroads and Wages; What Shall We Buy? Interurban Railways; also contributions to financial and economic journals. Residence: 924 West End Av. Address: 60 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WALKER, GUY WARREN
Banker; b. Boston, Mass., Oct. 5, 1869; s. Alvah and Isabel G. (Flanders) Walker; grad. Chauncey Hall Sch., Boston, Mass., June, 1886, later studied at Stutt- gart, Germany, and Parls; m. Philadelphia, June ], 1896, Alice Morgan Cox (died April 11, 1897, at W. Newton, Mass); in. 2d, Boston, Mass., Oct. 21, 1903, Alice Louise Prouty; children: Guy Warren, Jr., b. April 11, 1897; Richard Walker, b. Dec. 13, 1904 (died Oct. 12, 1905); Robert Warren, b. Feb. 26, 1907; Sam- uel, b. Nov. 22, 1908. Served nearly six years as clerk In banking house of Kidder, Peabody & Co., Boston. In 1894, started banking business on own account. Deals principally in high grade Investment bonds, under firm name G W. Walker & Co .; main office N. Y. City; branch office Boston. Served six years 1891 - 1897 In First Corps Cadets, Mass. Vol. Militia. Mem. N. E. Soc. City of N. Y., Veterans' Ass'n, First Corps Cadets, Mass. Vol. Militia. Clubs: Union League, Eastern Yacht, Corinthian Yacht (Boston). AAddress: 123 E. 80th St., N. Y. City.
WALKER, HENRY F.
Physician; b. Brattleboro, Vt., July 3, 1838; Coll, Phys. and Surg., A.M., 1860, M.D., 1866; clinleal ass't
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Coll. Phys. and Surg., 1876-1881; attending physician Nursery and Children's Hosp., 1871-1875; visiting physician at Bellevue Hosp., 1875-1890; consulting physician St. Luke's llosp. Mem. County Med. Soc., Acad. of Medicine, Pathological Soc. Clubs: Uni- versity, Century. Address: 18 West 55th St., N. Y. City.
WALKER, HORATIO
Artist; b. Listowel, Ont., Canada, 1858; ed. in the public schools of Ontario; studled art in Toronto and N. Y. City. Received prizes and diplomas in many art exhibits, including Exp'ns at Chicago, 1893, and Paris, 1900; also gold medals at Buffalo, 1901, Charleston, 1902, and St. Louis, 1904. Mem. Am. Water Color Soc., Nat. Academician since 1891; mem. Royal Inst. of Painters in Water Color, London. Address: 550 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
WALKER, JOHN BALDWIN
Surgeon; b. Lodi, N. J., Jan. 16, 1860; s. Avery Skin- ner and Rosanna (Baldwin) Walker; grad. Phillips Exeter Acad., Harvard Univ., A.B., 1884, M.D., 1888; m. Easthampton, L. I., June 22, 1910, Mai Elmendorf Hack- staff; children: John Baldwin, Jr., b. April 13, 1911; Margaret Elmendorf, b. Dec. 14, 1912. Abroad, 1890- 1893. for professional study in Vienna, Munich, Paris, London, Berlin; mstr. surgery, N. Y. Polyclinic, ass't surgeon Hosp. for Ruptured and Crippled, 1894; instr. operative surgery, Columbia Unlv., 1897; visiting sur- geon, N. Y. Hosp., 1899; visiting surgeon, Bellevue Hosp., 1900; asso. surgeon Hosp. for Ruptured and Crippled, 1902; visiting surgeon Hosp. for Ruptured and Crippled, 1909; consulting surgeon Manhattan State Hosp., 1905. V .- p. Eugene A. Hoffman Estate. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Surg. Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. Surg. Soc., 'N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Société In- ternationale de Chirurgie, Am. Coll. of Surgeons, N. I. Soc., Sons of Revolution, Soc. Colonial Wars. Recrea- tion: Golf. Clubs: University, Century, Brook. Har- vard, Church, Sleepy Hollow. Residence: 7 E. 54th St. Address: 50 E. 34th St., N. Y. City.
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