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WARNER, WALTER EDWARDS
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1872; s. Charles M. and Lizzie T. (White) Warner; ancestors on father's side settled on the cast end of Long Island about 200 years ago; ed. Brooklyn public schools (night and day) and by home study; law course in N. Y. Law Sch .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 5, 1907, Clara L. Frost; one s .: Walter Edwards, Jr., b. April 14, 1908. las been practising law since being admitted to bar in 1899; has had a gen. practice In law, but of late years specialized along the equity and appellate branches of the law. Has supported principles of Dem. Party with pen and tongue, but has not hesi- tated to criticise its leaders, or to denounce their wrong doing when occasion required. Has taken prominent part in preventing L. I. R. R. Co. from again scizing surface of Atlantic Av., the litigation extending over number of years and being carried to Court of Appeals of N. Y. V .- p. Brooklyn Mutual Building and Loan Ass'n (the oldest in Kings County) ; pres. Suburban Reaity Co. Has traveled extensively In Europe; also in Egypt. Unitarian. Mem. Brooklyn Bar Ass'n, Empire State Soc., Sons Am. Revolution, Commonwealth Lodge F. and A. M. Orient Chapter R. A. M. Recreations: Travel, outdoor country life. Clubs: Brooklyn Democratic, Andrew Jackson, N. Y. Press. Address: 44 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
WARREN, CHARLES ELLIOT
Banker; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 9, 1864; s. Dr. George William Warren of Columbia Univ., and de- scendant from Richard Warren of Plymouth, twelfth signer of Mayflower Compact, 1620; ed. Trinity Sch. N. Y. City and St. Paul's Mil. Acad., Garden City, L. I., Univ. of Calif .; m. April 12, 1892, Anna Margaret, d. Hon. Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer, mem. Congress. Engaged in banking; now pres. Lincoln Nat. Bank of N. Y .; v .- p., treas. and dir. Erie & Kalamazoo R. R. Co. Served as major and ordnance officer, 5th Bri- gade, N. G. N. Y .; major commanding Veteran Corps Art'y; mem. Veterans of 7th Reg't. Pres. N. Y. State Bankers' Ass'n; mem. Sons of Revolution, Mayflower Descendants, Mil. Order War of 1812, Mil. Order For- eign Wars, sec. Mil. Soc. War of 1812, Soe, of the Cin- einnati, Clubs: Aero, Union League, Army and Navy, Columbia Yacht, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, St. Nicholas, Piping Rock, Rockaway Hunting (asso.). Residence (summer): Cedarhurst, L. I., N. Y. (win- ter) 326 W. S9th St. Address: 60 E. 42d St., N. Y. City.
WARREN, CHARLES HOWARD
Insurance official; b. Carlton, N. Y., Oct. 21. 1856. Began railway service in 1876, as elerk with the Chi- cago & Northwestern R'y Co .; and held various posi- tions with that road, 1876-1881; gen. passenger agent and comptroller St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba R'y
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and its successor, Great Northern R'y, 1881-1894; gen. mg'r same road, 1894-1896; gen. mg'r Montana Cen- tral R'y, 1894-1896; ass't to pres. Central R. R. of N. J., 1897-1899, 1st v .- p., 1899-1902; 1st v .- p. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific R'y Co., 1902-1904; treas. Mu- tual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. since 1904. Clubs: Lawyers, Lotos, Union League, Railroad of N. Y. Address: 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
WARREN, MOSES ALLEN
Lawyer; b. Chicago, Ill., Nov. 1, 1876; s. Moses War- ren (publisher) and Julia ( Ailen) Warren; of N. E. ancestry, the Warren family for many generations having resided in Mass. and Conn., and is the fifth Moses Warren in a line which began with an officer of that name who served in Revolutionary army; grad, Yale Univ., 1899, N. Y. Law Sch. Engaged in practise since admission to bar, now mem. firm of Thompson, Warren & Pelgram. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon Ass'n. Clubs: Calumet, Squadron A, Yale. Address: 52 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WASHBURN, ALBERT HENRY
Lawyer; b. Middleboro, Mass., April 11, 1866; s. Ed- ward and Anne E. (White) Washburn; ed. Cornell Univ., Ph.B.,1889; Georgetown Univ., LL.B. 1895; and Univ. of Va .; in Springfield, Mass., Jan. 11, 1906, Flor- ence B. Lincoln; one son: Albert Lincoln, b. 1911. U. S. consul at Magdeburg, Germany, 1890-1893; ass't U. S. att'y for Dist. of Mass., 1897-1901; counsel be- fore B'd of U. S. Gen. Appraisers, 1901-1904; resigned latter position, 1904, to become mem. law firm of Com- stock & Washburn, and has been retained in conduct of many important customs cascs. Decorated by King Haakon, Sept., 1913, Chevalier of The First Class of the Royal Order of St. Olav, in recognition of dis- tinguished legal services to Norway. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n. Clubs: Lotos, Down Town Ass'n, Deutscher Verein, N. Y. Athletic, and Cornell University (N. Y. City), Metropolitan (Washington, D. C.); University (Boston). Residence: 140 W. 69th St. Address: 12 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WASHBURN, FRANCIS
Retired elergyman; b. N. Y. City, July 9, 1843; s. Jacob Cheeseman Washburn (M.E. minister, mem. N. Y. Conference) and Margaret (Yury) Washburn of Spring Valley, N. Y.); m. Ch. of St. Martin in the Field, London, 1879, Elizabeth Floy, d. late Hon. James Davis (a supervisor of N. Y. County), and Mar- garet, d. Michael Floy; one d .: Margaret Flcy Wash- burn, Ph.D., prof. philosophy at Vassar Coll. Studied for Episcopal Ministry under Profs. Hall & Oliver of Theol. Sem., N. Y .; ordered deacon in P. E. Ch., by Bishop Seymour, 1878, ordained priest by Bishop Ho- ratio Potter at Trinity Ch., N. Y., 1880. Lay reader in Calvary Parish, under Bishop Walker for some time. Has had rectorship of two parishes in Arch- deaconry, of Orange, since 1879, chiefly St. Andrews, Walden, N. Y., 1879-1882, and Ch. of the Holy Spirit, Kingston, 1882-1892, charge of two churches, and for some years honorary ass't of Church of Good Shep- herd, Newburgh, N. Y. Sec. archdeaconry of Orange, N. J., 4 years. Previous to entering ministry, was Methodist Episcopal local preacher, Trinity Methodist Ch., N. Y. Scc. of Dist. Conf. and corr. sec. Nat. Local Preachers' Conv. Lived in England, 1868-1871. Mem. Sigma Phi Chapter (St. Stephen's Coll.) and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity of U. S., Sons of Revolution of Empire State (pres. 1908-1909 Newburgh Chapter) Hist. Soc. of Highlands (Newburgh, N. Y.), Ellis Post G. A. R. (chaplain), Army and Navy Union. A. d. c. to Gen. Loud at Newburgh State Encampment of G. A. R., 1912. Author of religious books and contribu- tions in prose and verse to religious and general pub- lications. Address: 20 Bay View Terrace, Newburgh, N. Y.
WASHBURN, WILLIAM IVES
Lawyer; b. Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 30, 1854; s. John H. and Jane A. (Ives) Washburn; on paternal side is a lineal descendant of John Washbourne, 1st scc. of Mass. Bay Colony; on maternal side lineal descendant of William Ives, one of signers of original compact of New Haven Colony; ed. in private schs., N. Y. City, Williston Som., Easthampton, Mass .; grad. Amherst Coll., 1876, A.M., 1878; Law Sch., Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1878; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 15, 1883, Carrie W. Fisher; children: Grace Ives, William Ives, Jr., Na- thalie Fisher (deceased). Engaged in gen. law prac- tiee; gen. counsel for many large corp'ns; has made specialty of corp'n, insurance, and religious eorp'n law, judge advocate in Judge Advocate Gen's Dept., 1899, detailed to First Brigade, N. G. N. Y., grade of major, resigned 1912. Mem. B'd of Trustees and treas. Broadway Tabernacle Soc .; trustce Hartford Seminary Foundation; dir. and counsel for N. Y. Christian Home for Intemperate Men; dir. Home In-
surance Co., Lawyers Title Ins. & Trust Co. Inde- pendent Republican; Congregationalist. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; Sons of Revolution; Soc. of Colonial Wars; Soc. of Descendants of Colonial Governors; Military Order of Foreign Wars. Clubs: Century, Lotos, Alpha Delta Phi, Adirondack League, Congre- gational. Residenee: 39 W. 47th St. Address: 149 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WASHBURN, WILLIAM TUCKER
Lawyer, author; b. Boston, Mass., 1841; ed. Harvard, A.B., 1862, A.M .. 1866; student at Harvard Law Sch .; m. Mary R. Doughty. Engaged in gen. practice of law N. Y. City. Author: Fair Harvard; The Unknown City; The Deuce of Hearts; The First Stone; Spring and Summer (verse); also volume of Poems. Resi- dence: 52 E. 79th St. Address: 59 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WASHINGTON, GEORGE AUGUSTINE
Lawyer; b. Wessyngton, Cedar Hill, Tenn .; s. Joseph E. and Mary Bolling (Kemp) Washington; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1903; Harvard Univ., LL.B., 1906. Demo- crat; Episcopalian. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Clubs: Union, Yale, Harvard, Squadron A. Residence: 103 W. 55th St. Address: 27 William St., N. Y. City.
WASHINGTON, WILLIAM D. H.
Capitalist; b. Clover Sea, Va .; s. Lewis W. Washing- ton and Ella Basset Washington; ed. Mary Schools & M. A. Coli. Pres. and dir. Armour Villa Park Co., v .- p., treas. and dir. N. Y. & N. J. Water Co .; v .- p. and dir. Church Roller Bearing Co .; dir. Grand Conservatory of Music of City of N. Y .; N. Y. & Philadelphia Co., Twin City Union Ry's Co., U. S. Traction Co., of Louisville. Mem. Southern Soc., Fellow Am. Geog. Soc. Meni. Am. Soc. Civil Eng's. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Sons of Revolution, Va. Hist. Soc., etc. Club: Calumet. Ad- dress: 36 W. 25th St., N. Y. City.
WASHINGTON, WILLIAM LANIER
Banker; b. Montgomery, Ala., March 30, 1865; s. Maj. James Barrall and Jane Bretney (Lanier) Washing- ton (descendant of two of the brothers of Gen. Geo. Washington) ; ed, Western Univ. of Pa .; m. N. Y. City, June 6, 1900, May Bruce Brennan. Auditor and gen. pass. ag't of Penna, lines of Baltimore & Ohio System, 1888-1890; pres. and gen. mg'r Elliott-Washington Steel Co., 1893-1898; chm'n and mn'g dir. Pittsburgh Sheet Steel Mfg Co., 1898-1901; pres. United Oil Cloth Co., Trenton, N. J., 1905-1906; v .- p. U. S. Fireproofing Corp'n, 1901-1902, Laurel Land Co. of Pittsburgh, 1891- 1899; also former dir. Wheeling, Pittsburgh & Baltimore R. R., and others. Partner in firm Atwood, Violett & Co., bankers and mems. N. Y. Stock and N. Y. Cotton Exchange, New Orleans Cotton Exchange, N. Y. Coffce Exchange, and asso. mem. Liverpool Cotton Ass'n, 1909-1911. Also treas. Am. Road Machinery Co .. and dir. Takstad-Burger Co. Independent Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Soc. of Cincinnati (treas.), mem. Standing Com. of Soc. of Cincinnati in Va., in which is representative of Gen. Washington), Soc. of Colonial Wars; mem. Exec. Com. Huguenot Soc .; 32º Mason. Recreations: Shooting, hunting, traveling. Residenee: 120 W. 57th St., N. Y. City.
WASSERMANN, EDWARD
Banker; b. San Francisco, Calif .; s. August W. and Regina W. Wassermann; grad. Heidelberg, 1880; m. Emma Scligman; children: Jesse A., b. 1590. Renee H. b. 1892. Edward, Jr., b. 1805. Address: 33 W. 56th St., N. Y. City.
WATERBURY, JOHN ISAAC
Banker; b. Stamford, Conn., 1850; grad., B.S., Coll. City of N. Y., 1840; m. N. Y. City, 1881, Miss Molier. Trustee Ailianee Assurance Co. of London in U. S .; dir. Am. Telephone and Telegraph Co., Audit Co. of N. Y .; v .- p. Chamber of Commerce, of State of N. Y., dir. Chase Nat. Bank, City of N. Y .; Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville R'y Co., Internat. Mercantile Marine Co., Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co., Pacific Coast Co., U. S. Guarantee Co., Western Electric Co., Western Union Telegraph Co., dciegate of Chamber of Commerce of N. Y. to London Chamber of Commerce, 1901; U. S. delegate Internat. Preliminary Conf. on Wireless Telegraphy, Berlin, 1903; also to Inieinat. Conf. on Wireless Telegraphy. Berlin, 1906; nnd to Internat. Conf. on Wireless Telegraphy, London, 1912. Mem. Com. of Trust Co. Presidents, 1907. Clubs: Metropoli- tan. University, N. Y. Yacht (N. Y.), Somerset (Bos- ton), Metropolitan (Washington), Devonshire (I.on- don). Residence: Fairfield House, Morristown, N. J. Address: 14 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WATERMAN, FRANK NEHEMIAH
Consulting eng'r; b. Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 30, 1865; s. Nehemiah and Sarah Frances (Marshall) Waterman; grad. Cornell Univ., M.E., 1889; Brooklyn Poly. Inst.,
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M.S., 1907; m. New Britain, Conn., 1892, Anna Louise Smith; children: Ruth, b. Dec. 23, 1892; Frances, b. July 24, 1898; Marshall Nehemiah, b. Feb. 21, 1902. Constructing eng'r Westinghouse Electric Mf'g Co., 4 years; eng'r N. Y. office and eng'r of legal dep't until Oct. 1900; consulting engr. since 1900. Feilow Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs; mem. Inst. of Radio Eng'rs; Am. Electro Chem. Soc., Soc. Automobile Eng'rs. Clubs: Engineers, Railroad. Residence: 25 Norwood Av., Summit, N. J. Address: 100 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WATERMAN, LEWIS EDSON
Manufacturer of fountain pens; b. Newton, Mass., March 12, 1867; s. Lewis Edson and Sarah Ann (Rob- erts) Waterman; ed. N. Y. City schools; m. Jan. 18, 1893, Cara Parker. Father invented Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen. Was first outside salesman and trav- eler for firm, and has traveled all over U. S. and Eu- rope. Served six years in Co. D, 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y .; v .- p. and dir. L. E. Waterman Co., inf'rs of fountain pens. Mem. Stationers' and Booksellers' Ass'n, of Pittsburgh, Pa., 7th Reg't Veteran Ass'n, Kismuth Temple A. A. O. N. M. S., Aurora Grata Consistory A. A. S. R., Clinton Commandery No. 14 K. T., Orient Chapter No. 138 R. A. N., Orion Lodge, 717, F. and A. M. Clubs: Lawyers, Masonic. Summer house: Sandal- side, Kecne, N. H. Address: 173 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WATERS, BERTRAM HOWARD
Physician; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 4, 1867; s. Will- iam Webster and Elizabeth Loring (Critchlow) Wa- ters; ed. Sewickiey Acad .. Sewickley, Pa., Princeton Univ., B.A., 1889, Biol. Fellow, 1889-1890; Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), M.D., 1893, M.A., Princeton, 1893; m. St. Ignatius Ch., N. Y. City, Sept. 4, 1906, Jessica Howard Buck, d. late Jerome and Kate (McGrath) Buck. Interne Presby'n Hosp., 1893-1895, Sloan Mater- nity. Hosp., Aug .- Oct., 1895; traveled and studied in Europe Dec., 1895 to June, 1896; in active practice of medicine and clinical work at Vanderbilt Clinic and Presby'n Hosp. Clinic, 1896-1901; clinical ass't and Instr. Dep't of Phthisio-therapy at Post Graduate Hosp., 1908. Appt'd bacteriologist Dep't of Health in 1901; in 1906 made ass't chief of Dlv. of Communica- ble Diseases and chief of clinics; clinics for tuberculo- sis of the Dep't for Boroughs of Manhattan, Bronx and Brooklyn; chief of Tuberculosis Div. Bureau of Infec- tious Diseases, and dir. Tuberculosis Clinics for City of N. Y., 1913; mem. Internat. Anti-Tuberculosis Ass'n. Lecturer N. Y. State Dep't of Health, 1908. Mem. N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Nat. Ass'n for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. Hervey Soc. Clubs: Princeton, University. Residence: 202 TV. 103d St., Address: 40 E. 41st St., N. Y. City.
WATERS, T. LEEDS
Piano mf'r; b. Augusta, Me., Feb. 8, 1845; s. Horace and Annie E. (Leeds) Waters; grad Brown Univ., Providence, R. I .; m. Feb. 21, 1871, Fanny L. Vaughan; children; Leeds V., Readc L., John Louis. Veteran 23d. Reg't, Brooklyn. Pres. and Treas. Horace Waters & Co. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Chi Psi frater- nity. Ciubs: Lincoln (Brooklyn), Brown University, Chi Psl. Address: 134 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
WATERS, THOMAS LEFTURCH
Lawyer; b. Alexandria, Va .; s. Thomas A. and Cor- delia (Hunter) Waters; grad. Univ. of Va., LL.B .; one d .: Emily Southall. . V .- p. and dir. Alaska Securitics Corp'n; dir. Slusort, Waters & Co., Inc., Mortgage Se- curitles Corp'n. Democrat. Clubs: Lambs, Racquet and Tennis. Address: 15 Broad St., N. Y. Clty.
WATERS, WILLIAM EVERETT
Philologist, educator; b. Winthrop, Me., Dec. 20, 1856; s. Jazeb Mathews and Martha Eilen ( Webb) Waters; grad. Yale, B.A., 1878, Ph.D)., 1886, in 1885 and 1886 was student in the Univ. of Berlin, Germany, studying under Kirchoff, Vahler, Oldenburg, Albert Weber, Johannes Schmidt, in classical philology; m. Cincinnati, O., June 30, 1888, Alma Filia Oyler; one d .: Everett Oyler. Tutor in classics, Yaie Univ., 1883- 1887; prof. Greek and comparative philology, Univers- ity of Cincinnati, 1890-1891; pres. and prof. Greek and comparative philology, Wells Coll., 1894-1900; now prof. Greek languages and literature, N. Y. Univ Author: Town Lite in Anclent Italy; Cena Trimal- chionas of Petronius; also (with Willlam R. Harper) Inductive Greek Method. Democrat; Presby'n, elder West End Presby'n Ch., N. Y. City. Mem. Am. Philol. Ass'n, N. Y. Chapter Phi Beta Kappa. Address: 430 W. 118th St., N. Y. City.
WATKINS, THOMAS H.
Coal operator; b. Pittston, Pa., May 17, 1860; s. Israel and Ana (Hamer) Watkins; ed. public schools and Wyoming Sem., Kingston, Pa .; m. Pittston, Pa., May 22, 1884, Elizabeth C. Law; children: Charles Law,
Gladys Marian, Mem. of firm Simpson & Watkins, 20 years; pres. Temple Iron Co., 2 years. Wem. Anthra- cite Coal Strike Comm'n, appt'd by President Roose- velt, 1902. Pres. P'a. Coal & Coke Corp'n, Inde Gold Mining Co., dir. Mclones Mining Co. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Union League, City, Midday, Appawamis; Scran- ton, Country (Scranton). Address: 17 Battery Place, N. Y. City.
WATROUS, HARRY WILLSON
Artist; b. San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 17, 1857; s. Charles and Ruth ( Willson) Watrous; studied at Atelier Bonnat and Académie Julien, l'arls; m. N. Y. April 27, 1887, Elizabeth Snowden Nicols. Traveled and painted in Europe and Africa. Asso., 1894, acad- emician, 1895, Nat. Acad. Design; sec. Nat. Acad. of Design since 1898. Received Thomas B. Clark prize, N. Y .; bronze medal, Buffalo; special commemorative gold medal, St. Louis. Clubs: Metropolitan, Century, Union League, Lotos. Address: 145 W. 58th St., N. Y. City.
WATSON, ARCHIBALD ROBINSON
Lawyer, b. Holly Springs, Miss .; s James II. and Annah Walker ( Robinson) Watson; grad. B. L., Univ. of Va, 1894; m. l'aris, France, Aug, 3, 1904, Margaret Percival O'Neil; children: Nancy, b. July 20, 1906; Archibald R., Jr., b. Jan. 6, 1908. Established Bench and Bar Magazine, 1905; practised law in Memphis, Tenn., later in N. Y. City, as mem. firm Nicoll, Ana- ble, Lindsay & Fuller. One of the com. of nine to whom Mayor Gaynor first announced his willingness to accept nomination; Corp'n Counsel City of N. Y. during Gaynor administration. Independent Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n, Southern Soc. Rec- reations: Golf, motoring. Clubs: Garden City Golf, Huntington Country. Residence: 59 W. 44th St. Ad- dress: Hall of Records, N. Y. City.
WATSON, ARTHUR W.
Merchant; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 22, 1850: s. William and Caroline (Ely) Watson; ed. Trinity Sch .; in. N. Y. City, April 26, 1877, Anna Josephine Sutton. Mem, firm of Passavant & Co., importers. Dir. Colonial Bank, Trustee Citizens' Savings Bank. Independent in poli- tics. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Museum Natural His- tory. Clubs: Water Witch, Church, Union League, Manhattan. Residence: 26 W. 71st St. Address: 83 Greene St., N. Y. City.
WATSON, HENRY WINFIELD
Lawyer; ry official; b. Bucks County, Pa., ed. pri- vate schs. P'res. Peoples' Nat. Bank of Langhorne, Washington, Potomac & Chesapeake Co .; dir. Phila- delphia Co. for Guaranteeing Mortgages; Bucks Co. Trust Co., Langhorne Electric Light & Power Co. Re- publican; Episcopalian. Clubs: Philadelphia, Union League. Residence: Langhorne, Pa. Address: 905
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WATSON, JOHN JAY, JR.
Treas., dir. and mem. Exec. Com. Internat. Agi'} Corp'n; b. Jamestown, R. I., Nov. 12, 1874; s. John Jay and Gertrude T. (Stanhope) Watson; ed. publie schs., Rogers High Sch., Newport, R. I .; m. Providence, R. 1., Nov. 14, 1900, Eliza J. Ralph. V .- p. and dir. Prairie Pebble Phosphate Co .; v .- p. Dominion Fertilizer Co. of St. Stephen, N. B .; v .- p. and dir. Agr'l Investment Corp'n, Florida Mining Co., and dir. in several other corp'ns. Representative town of Jamestown, R. I., 1899-1904; while In Legislature was mem, House Coms. on Corp'ns, and on Finance and several minor coms., Alternate Nat. Rep. Conv., Chicago, 1904. Republican. Mem. R. I. Hist. Soc., N. E. Soc., Royal Arch Masons, Knight Templar; mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, and State Charities and Correction of R. 1. for 7 years. Clubs: Union League, Riding, Church, Sleepy Hollow Country, Ardsley, N. E. Rubber, Squadron A. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WATSON, WILLIAM RICHARD
Clergyman; b. N. Y. City, March 28, 1872; s. John and Margaret Watson; ed. public schs., N. Y. City, Trinity Parish Sch., St. John's Chapel, Nashotah House, Wis .; Gen. Theol Sem., N. Y. City; m. June 20, 1898, Rose Edith Geering; 1 d .: Genevieve Margaret, b. Nov. 9, 1901. Chaplain to Bishop Whitehead, of Pittsburgh, 1898; in charge of St. Mary's Ch., Shelter Island, 1599- 1902; Rector St. Luke's Parish, Sea Ciin, since 1902. Grand Chaplain, Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., N. Y. Ad- dress: St. Luke's Rectory, Sea Ciif, Nassau County, N. Y.
WATTS, ROBERT
Physiclan; b. Woodstock, Vt., May 6, IS37; s. Rob- ert and Charlotte (Deas) Watts; grad. Coll. Phys, and Surg., M.D., 1861; m. Malden, N. Y., 1564, Frances A. Kellogg. Surgeon 133d Reg't, N. Y. Vols., 1862-1865;
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consulting gynecologist, Roosevelt Hosp., consulting physician to City and St. Mary's Hosp. Mem. County Med. Soc., Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Address: 45 W. 36th St., N. Y. City.
WATTS, WALLACE HUBBARD
Clergyman; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1876; s. Charies N. and Adelaide ( Ingram) Watts; grad. Kenyon Coll., 1899; General Theol. Sem., N. Y. City, 1902; m. Roch- ester, N. Y., July 30, 1906, Elizabeth La Baron Fitch, d. Hon. Charles Elliott and Louise Lawrence (Smith) Fitch. Ordered deacon, June, 1902, ordained priest, Dec., 1904; began in ministry at St. Alban's Ch., Silver Creek, N. Y., 1902-1903; asso. rector St. Paul's Ch., Rochester, N. Y., 1903-1905; rector St. George's Ch., Rochester, 1905-1906; asso. rector Grace Ch. and vicar All Saints Chapel, Lockport, N. Y .; also in charge of St. Andrew's-by-the-Lake, Olcott Beach, N. Y., 1906- 1907; now rector St. Paul's Memorial Ch., Tompkins- ville, Staten Island. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity. Clubs: The Staten Island Club, N. Y. Churchman's Ass'n (N. Y. City ). Address: St. Paul's Rectory, Tom] :- kinsville, N. Y.
WAUGH, THEODORE LELAND
Lawyer; b. Martinsburg, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1875; s. H. E. and Harriet ( Eastman) Waugh; grad. N. Y. Univ., LL.B., Syracuse Univ., A.B. Mem. Bar Ass'n City of N. Y. Clubs: Manhattan, Psi Upsilon. Resi- dence: 15 E. 11th St. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WEAVER, GEORGE M.
Lawyer; b. Deerfield, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1840; s. Jacob George and Caroline Matilda (Wells) Weaver; ed. Utica Acad., grad. Hamilton Coil., 1860 (valedictorian) ; m. Boonville, Mo., Nov. 24, 1868, Anna Barnett Cope; children: George Marmaduke, Frederick Charies, Helen Seymour (wife of Commander Benj. F. Hutchison, U. S. N.), Emma Gertrude Constance, Mary Bleecker. Admitted to bar, Syracuse, N. Y., 1866; practising law, Utica, N. Y., since 1866; equity practice and trust estates. Traveled in Europe, 1903. Served in army of Confederate States during Civil War; afterward Commissary of Subsistence, rank of major, on Brigade Staff, N. G., State of N. Y. Dir. and treas. Italian Mar- coni Company; dir. Utica Stone and Construction Co. Trustee and former pres. St. Luke's Hosp., Utica; trustee and sec. House of Good Shepherd, Utica; trustee Gen. Theol. Sem., N. Y. City; trustee and treas. Episcopate Fund, Central N. Y. Conservative Demo- erat; Episcopalian. Mem. Oneida Hist. Soc. (former v .- p.); Utlea Bar Ass'n (formerly pres.); Victoria Inst. (London, England), Sigma Phi fraternity; Camp of Confederate Veterans of N. Y. City. Summer resi- dences: Springbank, Deerfield, N. Y., and Irondiquoit Club, Piseco Lake, Adirondacks. Residence: 153 Park Av., Utica, N. Y. Address: 69 Genesce St., Utica, N. Y.
WEBB, ALEXANDER STEWART
Banker; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 5, 1870; s. Alexander Stewart and Anna (Remsen) Webb; attended Berke- ley Sch., N. Y . City. With Lincoln Nat. Bank 11 years; sec. Metropolitan Trust Co., 1900-1902; N. Y. Security Trust Co., 1902-1904; v .- p. N. Y. Trust Co., 1904-1908; pres. Lincoln Trust Co., since April, 1908. Pres. and dir. Madison Safe Deposit Co .; trustee Italian Savings Bank; dir. Standard Gas Co., N. Y. & Queens Gas Co., Interstate Chem. Co. Mem. Co. K, 7th Reg't. Re- publican. Treas. Hebrew Preventorium for Children. Clubs: Union, Manhattan. Residence: Riverdale-on- Hudson. Addrss: 208 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
WEBB, CHARLES HENRY
Clergyman; b. Brooklyn, Aug. 22, 1873; s. Rev. Thomas 'M. and Mary Ann (Clifton) Webb; ed. public schs, Brooklyn; grad. Colgate Acad., 1892, and Gen. Theol. Sem., 1901; m. Richmond lliil, N. Y., June 26, 1902, Elizabeth, d. John Howard Brown (editor Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the U. S., Americana Mag- azine, etc.); children: Parker Crossby, lb. 1903, Robert M., b. 1911. Associated with brother, Robert M. Webb, in mfg piano supplies in N. Y. City, 1892-1897. Or- dered deacon, 1901, by Bishop Littlejohn of L. I., and assigned as ass't at the Ch. of the lledeemner, As- toria, L. I .; ordained priest, 1902, by Bishop Burgess of L. I .; rector of Ch. of the Redecmer, Astoria, L. I., 1902-1911. Archdeacon of Brooklyn, Diocese of Long Island. Address: 170 Remson St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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