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WEBB, EDWIN DOUGLAS
Lawyer; b. La Fayette, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1873; s. Em- ory L. and Ellen (Peters) Webb; ed. Brockport State Normal Sch. and N. Y. Univ., B.S., UL.M., J.D) .; m. Web- ster, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1903, Lucy A. Weeks. Principai Webster (N. Y.) High Sch., 1895-1898, Fairport (N. Y.) High Sch., 1898-1899; now prof. law N. Y. Univ. Law Sch. Admitted to bar in N. Y. City, 1901, Au-
thor: Cases on the N. Y Code of Civil Procedure. Republican. Mason. Member N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n. Club: Phi Delta Phi. Address: 220 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WEBB, WILLIAM SEWARD
Capitalist; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 31, 1851; s. Gen. James Watson Webb; g .- s. Gen. Samuel B. Webb, Revolutionary officer of distinction, and intimate friend of Gen. Washington; ed. by private tutors and five years at Churchill's Mil. Sch., Sing Sing; two years at Columbia Coll. and grad. Coll. Phys. and Surg., M.D., 1875 afterwards spent two years in study in med. schools of Vienna; m. 1881, Lila Osgood, d. William H. Vanderbilt, and soon became connected with Vanderbilt Railroad system, and was pres. many years of Wagner Palace Car Co., constructed and since 1890 has been pres. Adirondack & St. Lawrence R. R., a line which extends through the Adirondack wilderness from Herkimer, N. Y., to St. Lawrence River, a distance of 233 miles; is also officer or di- rector in numerous railroad and other corp'ns. Re- publican; Episcopalian. Was three years pres .- gen. Nat. Soc. S. A. R .; v .- p. Vermont Soc. S. A. R. To his Shelburne Farms in Vermont he adds a large pre- serve in Adirondacks, which is known by title of Ne-he-sa-ne Park. It is made up of forest, hill and lake, its woods being well stocked with game, its waters with fish. Clubs: Metropolitan, Riding, Uni- versity, Church, Turf and Field, N. Y. Yacht. Resi- dence: 903 Park Av. Address: Grand Central Term- inal, N. Y. City.
WEBSTER, ALBERT LOWRY
Consulting eng'r; b. Orange, N. J., Aug. 3, 1859; S. Benjamin Crampton and Eliza Campbell ( Wilbur) Webster; ed. Yale, Ph.D., 1879; later C.E .; fellow by Courtesy, Johns Hopkins Univ., 1884-1885; m. Grace Ch., N. Y., June 1, 1897, Mary Say Lawrence; children: Benjamin Lawrence, b. 1898, Eleanor, b. 1901. Instr. in surveying, Yale (Sheffield Scientific Sch.), 1880- 1881; ass't topographer U. S. Geol. Survey in far west, 1881-1884. In office W. H. Lindley, C.E., Frankfort- on-the-Main, Germany, 1885-1886; since 1887 practis- ing civil eng'ring in N. Y. City, Expert sanitary eng'r of Dep't of Public Works, N. Y. City, ISS8-1889; sp'l student in architecture, Columbia Univ., N. Y., 1893- 1894; lecturer on sanitary science in Sch. of Hygiene of Cornell Med. (Sch., N. Y. City, 1900-1901; expert for Tenement House Comm'n, 1900-1901; expert for Con- solidated Public Libraries, N. Y. City; expert for New Bellevue Hosps., N. Y. City. Independent Repub- lican. Mem. Philos. Soc., Washington, D. C., Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, N. E. Water Works Ass'n, A. .. . 1. S., Franklin Inst., Berzelius Soc., Yale Univ. Clubs: City, Century. Residence: 112 E. 40th St. Address: 80 Maiden Lane, N. Y. City.
WEBSTER, FRANKLIN
Pres. The Insurance Press; b. La Salle, Ill., Feb. 22. 1862; s. jedward Cushing and Anna M. (Anthony) Webster: ed. public schools of La Salle, ill., and Cooper Inst., N. Y. City; in. La Salle, Ili., Sept. 30, 1885, Jennie A. Mason. Learned printing and began newspaper work on father's paper, the La Salle County Press, and wrote the sp'l corr. of the locality for Chicago daily papers. Came to N. Y. City as ass't editor of Chronicle, June 1881; jater editor of that paper. Began publication of the Insurance Press in 1895; established Safety Engineering (originally In- surance Engineering), an illustrated monthly maga- zine, April, 1901. Pres. The Insurance Press. Contb'r to various publications. Specially interested in work for prevention of fire dangers and factory perils to workmen. Republican. Mem. New York Trade Press Ass'n, Royal Arch Mason (Past Master). Address: 80 Maiden Lane, N. Y. City.
WEBSTER, HENRY GOODWIN
Physician; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1870; s. Adel- bert Ashley and Annie (Ibore) Webster; grad. Poly. Inst., Brooklyn, 1888, Yale, A.B., 1892, Columbia (Coil. Phys. and Surg.), M.D., 1895; m. Brooklyn, Nov. 18, 1897, Jennle Voris Sioan; chlidren: Ashley Sloan, b. 1903, Alan de Forest, b. 1907. Interne Methodist Epis- copai losp., 1896-1897; ass't visiting physician there since 1902; ass't visiting physician Brooklyn Hosp., 1899-1902; visiting physician M. E. Hosp., Kingston Av. Hosp .; physician to M. E. Ch. Home, 1898-1903; surgeon N. Y. Police Dep't since Jan. 4. 1907. Mem. Am. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soe., Kings County Med. Soe. (sec.), Brooklyn Pathol. Soc. (formerly pres.), Brooklyn Med. Soc., Associated Physicians L. J. Soc., ex-Internes, M. I. Ifosp., Internat. Congress on Tuberculosis. Editor Long Island Med. Journal; 1st Lieut. Med. Reserve Corps, U. S. A. Republican. Mem. Tompkins Av. Cong'i Ch., Anglo-Saxon Lodge of
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Masons, Phl Gamma Delta and Sigma Psi fraternities. Clubs: Hamilton, University (Brooklyn). Address: 364 Washington Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
WEBSTER, LORIN
Clergyman, educator; b. Claremont, N. H., July 29, 1857; s. Lorin A. and Sophronia N. (Pierce) Webster; prepared for coll. at St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H., 1870-1876; grad. Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn, A.B., 1880, A.M., 1883, L.H.D., 1908; Berkeley Div. Sch., Middletown, Conn., 1883; m. Concord, N. H., July 10, 1884, Jennie Josephine Adams; children: Harold Adams, b. 1885; Bertha Loraine, b. 1887; Jerome Pierce, b. 1888. Master at Holderness Sch., 1883-1884; rector St. Mark's Ch., Ashland, N. H., 1884-1892; head- master Holderness Sch., since 1892, also sec. and trus- tee. Prop'r and dir. Camp Wachusett, since 1903; pres. N. H. Music Teachers' Ass'n, 1899-1902; pres. N. H. Edn'l Council, 1908-1910. Progressive; Episco- palian. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity, Phl Beta Kappa Soc. Mason. Recreations: Music, boating, riding. Clubs: New Hampshire, University (Concord, N. H.). Residence: Plymouth, N. H. Address: Holderness Sch., Plymouth, N. H.
WEBSTER, RICHARD
Teacher, encyclopædia writer; b. Port Jefferson, N. Y., June 5, 1878; s. William Stewart Cross and Har- riet Elizabeth (Ripley) Webster; grad. Brooklyn Poly. Inst., prep. dep't 1895; Princeton Univ., A.B., 1899, Classical Fellow, 1899-1900, A.M., 1900; (Stinnecke Classical Scholarship, 1896-1899); m. Smithtown, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1901, Laura Frances Ketcham Instr. Greek, Princeton Preparatory Sch., 1900-1901; Greek and English, Wilson Lyon Sch. (N. Y. City), 1901- 1902; Latin, Morris High Sch., 1910-1911; contributed many minor biographies to the New Internat. Ency- clopædia; mem. editorial staff The Historians' His- tory of the World; contributed various Am. articles, particularly biographies of classical scholars and the- ologians, to 11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica; was on its Am. editorial staff, and on editorial staff, Britannica Year-Book, 1913. Edited the Elegles of Maximianus, 1900 (Princeton), the first edition with critical notes; R. C. Trench's Lectures On the Study of Words, 1904 (anonymously). Residence: 2352 Aque- duct Av. Address: Care Encyclopedia Britannica Co., 120 W. 32d St., N. Y. City.
WEBSTER, WILLIAM B.
Physician; b. Steuben, Wash. Co., N. Y .; s. John M. and Mary (Barney) Webster; ed. Fort Edward High Sch., Fort Edward Inst .; grad. Albany Med. Coll., M.D., 1881; m. 1883, Ellen McCreedy; children: Dor- othy Luella, b. April, 1893; Mildred, b. 1897. Gen. practitioner. Traveled through south and west of U. S .; County coroner; twice elected Village Pres .; twice elected Health Officer of Saratoga, Health Of- ficer Northumberland and Schuylerville Republi- can; trustee M. E. Ch. Mem. Saratoga County Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n, F. and A. M., R.A.M., Knight Templars, Mystic Shrine. Recreations: Hunting, fishing. Address: Spring St., Schuylerville, Saratoga County, N. Y.
WEDDELL, ALEXANDER WILBOURNE
Consul; b. Richmond, Va., Aprll G, 1876; s. Rev. Alexander Watson, D.D., and Penelope Margaret (Wright) Weddell; ed. Reed's Sch., Richmond, Rich- mond High Sch., private tutors, and George Wash- Ington Unlv., Washington. Clerk and officer in vari- ous business concerns, chiefly traction and r'y, 1894- 1904; ass't Library of Congress, Washington, 1904- 1907; private sec. to Am. minister to Denmark, 1908- 1910; appt'd consul at Zanzibar. Jan., 1910, and consui at Catania, Aug., 1912. Mem. Song of Revolution, Va. Soc. (ex-gov.). Recreations: Canocing, tennis, goif. Club: Metropolitan (Washington). Addresses: 8 N. 2d St., Richmond, Va., and Am. Consulate, Catanla, Italy.
WEED, JOHN WARING
Lawyer; b. Savannah, Ga., July 5, 1845; s. Henry D. and Sarah (Dunning) Weed; ed, in Savannah, Ga., and Columbia Univ. Law Sch., N. Y. City; m. Bristol, R. 1., Oct. 10, 1872, Louise Richmond; children: Edwin D., b. 1873, Richmond, b. 1875, Magdelaine, Sarah. Served as private in Confederate Army. In gen. practice; has been counsel in several noted law cases. Partner In law firm of Weed, Henry & Meyers. Mem. Cham- ber of Commerce Queens Borough, Queens County Savings Bank, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Queens County Bar Ass'n, N. Y. Law Inst., Soc. Alumni Columbla Univ., Southern Soc., Ga. Soc., trustee Queens Borough Public Library, St. John's Guild; warden St. George's Ch., Flushing, L. I., and vestryman St. Luke's Ch., Noroton, Conn. Recreation: Farming. Clubs: Down
Town (N. Y. City), Niantic, Country (Flushing).
Residence (summer) : Noroton, Conn. (winter): 61 Sanford Av., Flushing, L. I. Address: 62 Wililam St., N. Y. City.
WEED, SMITH MEAD
Lawyer, capitalist; b. Belmont, N. Y., July 26, 1833; ed. in public schs., and afterward was clerk in store while reading law; admitted to N. Y. bar, Jan. 1, 1856; grad. Harvard Law Sch., LL. B., 1857. Engaged in practice of law from graduation at Plattsburg, N. Y., and N. Y. City. Pres. and dir. Hudson River Ore and Iron Co., Chateaugay and Lake Placid R. R., San Domingo Finance Co. of N. Y., San Domingo Im- provement Co. of N. Y .; dir. Plattsburg Tractlon Co., Chateaugay Ore and Iron Co. Democrat; mem. N. Y. Assembly, 1865-1874; Dem. nominee for U. S. senator in Legislatures of 1867, 1887, 1889; mem. at large of State Constitutional Conv., 1867; frequent delegate to State and Nat. Convs. Address: 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
WEED, WALTER HARVEY
Mining and geological engineer; b. St. Louis, Mo., May 1, 1862; s. Samuel Richards and Nellle S. (Jones) Weed; ed. public schs. St. Louis, Brooklyn, Seileck Sch., Norwalk, Conn .; grad. Columbia Univ., M.E., 1883. Ass't geologist Yellewstone Park Survey, 1883- 1889; geologist surveying coal fields and metal mining districts of Montana, 1896-1897, Butte Mines, Mont., 1898, Mexican work examining mines, 1899, B. C. Mines, 1901-1902-1903. U. S. Geol. Survey, with ex- tensive travels In Central America, 1904. Geologist Gen. Development Co., N. Y., 1906. Explorations In Haitl, 1909. Discovered algeous origin of siliceous sinter, Death Gulch, secondary enrichment of ores, ctc. Juror La. Exp'nı St. Louis, 1904. Prop'r and edi- tor The Copper Handbook (annual). Republican; Presby'n. Author: Numerous Memoirs and papers on Geol. subjects, Ore Gencsis and Butte, Mont., and other mining districts, Copper Mines of World (Mc- Graw-Hill Publishing Co., N. Y., 1908), Nature of Ore Deposits. Is a recognized authority on Ore Deposits. especially of Copper. Sp'l correspondent of Eng'ring Mining Journal, 1900-1903, and now of Mining World. Published papers on Geysers, Fessil Forests, etc., 1889-1896. Mason. Fellow Geol. Soc. of America, A. A. A. S .; mem. Washington Acad. Sciences, Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Inst. Mining and Metallurgy of Amer- lca, Inst. Mining and Metallurgy (Eng.), Alpha Delta Phi, Tau Beta Pl, Sigma Xi honor fraternities. Rec- reation: Traveling. Clubs: Chevy Chase (Washing- ton, D. C.), Silver Bow (Butte, Mont.), Engineers (N. Y.). Address: 42 Broadway, N. Y. City, and Hough- ton, Mich.
WEEKES, JOHN ABEEL
Lawyer; b. Oyster Bay, L. I., N. Y., July 24, 1856; S. John Abeel and Alice Howland (Delano) Weekes; grad. Yale Scientific Sch., class 1877; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 3, 1897, Estelle Durant; children: Estelle, Alice Delano. After graduation spent three years in Ger- man and French univs. Partner law firm Weekes Bros. Mcm. State Legislature representing 25th As- sembly Dist. from N. Y. County, 1898, 1900, 1901 and 1902. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Delta Psi fra- ternity, Sons of Revolution. Pres. N. Y. Hist. Soc. Recreations: Salmon fishing, golf. Clubs: Union, St. Nicholas, Down Town Ass'n, Republican, Piping Rock, Nassau Country, Tolbiqu .: Salmon. Residence: 46 W. 47th St., N. Y. City, and Oyster Bay, L. I., N. Y. Ad- dress: 15 William St., N. Y. City.
WEEKS, ANNA ROSS
Born Hyde Park-on-Hudson, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1866; d. William and Maria Loulsa (Boardman) Ross; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B .; m. N. Y. City, April 24, 1904, W. Holden Weeks. Traveled extensively in Europe. De- Ilvered lecture In French at Suffrage meeting in Rome; was mem. Am. Delegation to Buda Pestlı, 1913; began as public speaker, 1911, and has spoken at many men's political clubs on Suffrage. Delegate in 1912 to Woman Suffrage Conv. in Phila. Worked on State Charities Aid Ass'n, for placing out of children. Four times elected leader 27th A. D. by Woman Suf- frage party. Recreations: Golf, horseback riding, outdoor exercise. Address: 70 W. 49th St., N. Y. City.
WEEKS, BARTOW SUMTER
Lawyer; b. Round Hill, Conn., April 25, 1861; s. Col. Henry Astor and Aletirea Hyde (White) Weeks; ed. in public schs. of N. Y. City, Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1879, Columbia Coll. Law Sch., LI,B., 1883. Ad- mitted to bar, 1883, and since then engaged in prac- tlce of law in N. Y. City; served seven years as ass't dist. att'y, N. Y. County. Democrat; appt'd Justice Supreme Court, April, 1913; nomince for State Sena- tor from 15th N. Y. Dist., 1898 (defeated). Comman-
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der-in-chief Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., 1891-1892; pres. Amateur Athletic Union, 1898. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Clubs: Manhattan, National Democratic, N. Y. Athletic, Atlantic Yaeht. Residenee: 240 W. 73d St. Address: 2 Reetor St., N. Y. City.
WEEKS, JOHN ELMER
Physician; b. Painesville, O., Aug. 9, 1853; s. Seth and Deborah A. (Blydenburgh) Weeks; ed. Painesville, O., Corry, Pa., High Seh .; grad. Unlv, of Mieh., M.D., 1881; matrieulant Univ. of Berlin, Germany, 1884; hon. Sc.D., Univ. of Mich., 1912; m. N. Y. City, April 29, 1890, Jennie Post Parker; one d .: Eveline P., b. April 11, 1891. Served for 512 years as interne at Alms House and Workhouse Hosps., N. Y., N. Y. State Emigrant Hosp., N. Y. Ophthalmie and Aural Inst. Now practising in N. Y. City. Former chief of clinic, Ophthalmic Dep't, Vanderbilt Clinic, Coll. Phys, and Surg .; leeturer on ophthalmology, Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., and prof. diseases of the eye and ear, Woman's Med. Coll. of N. Y. Infirmary; now prof. opthalmology, Unlv. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. (N. Y. Univ.); surgeon N. Y. Eye and Ear Infirmary. In 1886 diseovered and de- scribed the micro-organism that produces aeute eon- tagious conjunctivitis (pink eye) ; has written many articles and monographs on med. subjects, in gen. and sp'l med. journals and in text-books on diseases of the eye. Author of a text-book on diseases of the eyes. Dir. N. Y. Produce Exchange Bank. Republiean. Mem. N. Y. Aead. of Medicine, State Med. Soc., County Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Ain. Ophthal. Soe., Ohio Soe. Recreations: Golf, fishing, hunting. Clubs: Qulll, Mon- taignais, Union League, Automobile of America. Ad- dress: 46 E. 57th St., N. Y. City.
WEGMANN, EDWARD
Civil eng'r; b. Rlo Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 27, 1850; s. L. Edward and Mary W. (Sand) Wegmann; ed. in schools of Zurich, Switzerland, Brooklyn Poly. Inst., 1867-1868, N. Y. Univ., C.E., 1871; m. May 6, 1901, Charlotte H. Drummond. Entered elvil eng'ring prac- tice on r'y construction work. 1871-1884; sinee 1884 on eonstruetion of new water works for City of N. Y .; now consulting eng'r dep't of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity of N. Y. City. Author: The Design and Construction of Masonry Dams, 1888; The Water Works of the City of New York from 1658 to 1895- 1896; The Design and Construction of Dams, 1899; also various contb'ns to technical journais on hydrauilc eng'ring subjects. Mem. Am. Soe. Civil Eng'rs, New England Water Works Ass'n, Am. WWater Works Ass'n. Address: 21 Park Row, N. Y. City.
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WEIGESTER, ROBERT GEORGE
Edueator; b. Watkins, N. Y., Aprll 4, 1876; s. George and Sarah (Wilson) Weigester; studled composition in N. Y. and Florence, Italy; m. 1898, Louisa S., d. of Gustavus W. Nagle, of Elmira, N. Y .; one d .: Sarah L., b. Aug. 29, 1909. Organist and choirmaster of several N. Y. Churches, Bapt. Ch., Washington; now of St. Andrews M. E. Ch. Dir. The Weigester Voeal Studios, Carnegie Hall. Mem. Am. Guild of Organists, Manu- script Soc. of N. Y .; mem. Advisory B'd, Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences. Club: Clef. Residenee: 963 St. Johns Pl., Brooklyn. Address: 862-863 Carnegie Hall, N. Y. City.
WEIL, JOSEPH
Educator: b. Bohemia, Austria, Mareh 18, 1872; s. Danlel and Mary (Boudy) Weil; grad. German Univ. of Prague, 1890-1897; B.S., M.E .; N. Y. Univ .; m. N. Y. City, 1906, Annie Johnson (deceased); 2nd, N. Y. City,. 1911, Rose Weil; one son: Linton Daniel, b. 1906. Ass't prof. Univ. of Prague, 1897-1900; consulting eng'r, London, 1900-1905; leeturer Erith Coll., London, 1902- 1905; owner and principal of Harlem Preparatory Sch., N. Y., sinee 1905, and owner and dir. College Camp, sinee 1911. Lieut. Sth Austrlan Inf. Reg't. Address: 2041 Seventh Av., N. Y. City.
WEINSHEIMER, ALFRED SAEGER
See. The Pullman Co .; b. Allentown, Pa., May 12, 1846; s. Henry and Rebecca Weinsheimer; ed. Ailen- town Sem .; m. Allentown, Pa., 1873, Alice Beitel; one son: Warren Edward. Entered employ of Lehigh Valley R. R., 1860, as telegraph operator; was freight clerk and tieket agent, 1860-1864. In Q .- M.'s Dep't U. S. A. at various points on Baltimore & Ohio R. R. In charge of supply depot of Shenandoah Valley, 1864; with Lehigh Valley R. R. Coal Dep't, 1865. Moved to Chicago, and entered serviee of Pullman Palace Car Co., May, 1871, serving with it, and its sueeessor, The Pullman Co., in various eapaeitics, eashier, 1875-1878, now its see .; treas. Chieago Homo for Friendless, many years. Republiean; Lutheran. Clubs: Union League, Kenwood Chess. Residence: 4712 Drexel Boul. Ad- dress: 204 Pullman Bid'g, Chicago, Il1.
WEIR, JULIAN ALDEN
Artist; b. West Point, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1852; s. Prof. Robert W. Wier; professor of art at U. S. Mil. Acad .; studied art under hils father and later under Gérôme in Paris; m. Ella Baker. Received honorable mention in Paris Salon of 1881; established studio in N. Y. City and has gained distinetion as painter of portraits and genre pleees; awarded prize of Ain. Art Ass'n, 1888. Elected asso., 1885, academiclan. 1886, Nat. Aead. De- sign; one of founders and mem. Soe. Am. Artists. Clubs: Century, Players, Riding. Residenee: Park Av. and 58th St. Address 51 W. 10th St., N. Y. City.
WEIR, ROBERT FULTON
Professor of surgery; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 16, 1838; s. James and Mary Anne (Shapter) Weir; ed. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1854, A.M., 1857, Coll. Phys. and Surg., N. Y. City, M.D., 1860; m. 1st, 1863, Maria Wash- ington MePherson, one d .; ni. 2d, 1895. Mary Badgely Alden. Served as ass't surgeon, U. S. A., 1861-1865, and surgeon in charge U. S. Army Gen. Hosp. at Frederick, Md .; surgeon St. Luke's Hosp., N. Y. City, 1865-1875; surgeon N. Y. Hosp., 1876-1900; prof, surgery Coll. Phys, and Surg. (Columbia), sinee 1892. Senlor sur- geon, Roosevelt Hosp. Corr. feilow Société de Chi- rurgie, Paris, sinee 1892; hon. feilow Royal Coll. of Surgeons, England, since 1900; pres. Am. Surg. Ass'n, 1900; pres. N. Y. Aead. Medicine, 1900; Chevalier Order of Bolivar (Venezuela); offieer Med. Reserve Corps, U. S. A., 1908. Author of numerous surg. papers in ined. journals, principally on the brain, appendical and gastrle lesions and operations. Recreations: Travel and horticulture. Clubs: Century, University. Country home: Hague-on-Lake George, N. Y. Address: 30 W. 50th St., N. Y. City.
WEITENKAMPF, FRANK
Librarian; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 13, 1866; ed. in public and private schs., languages with private tutors; art at Art Students' League, 1883-1885; chief of Art and Prints Divisions, N. Y. Public Library. Has written on art topies (mainly), library matters, etc., using pseudonym Frank Linstow White until 1893. Author of a monograph (in German) on artistie lithography in the U. S. (published by the Gesellschaft für Verviel- fältigende Kunst of Vienna in 1903); Ilow to Appre- ciate Prints, 1908, 4th printing 1911 ( Moffatt, Yard & Co.); American Graphic Art, 1912 (Henry Hoit & Co.); and of numerous articles in periodicals; compiled a Billography of William Hogarth, Harvard Univ., 1890, and annotated catalogues for the Grolier Club, notably the ones on Lithography (1896) ; Meryon (1898), and Women Artists. Was on editorial staff Standard Dietionary and Library of Ilistoric Characters and Famous Events; eont'b'r to Am. Supplement, Encyelo- pædia Britannica, 1888-1889; Appleton's Cyclopedia of Am. Biography; Internat. Cyclopedia, 1892; Memorial Hist. of N. Y. City, Appleton's Annual Cyelopcdia, 1892-1902; and American Year Book, 1911. Translated A. Bleunard's Babylon Electrified (1889); Jane Dieu- lafoy's at Susa (1890) etc. Mem. Ain. Library Ass'n, N. Y. Library Club, N. Y. Oratorlo Soe., Metropolitan Museum, cte. Address: 476 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
WEITLING, WILLIAM W.
Rubber mf'r; b. N. Y., Nov. 7, 1855; s. William and Caroline (Toedt) Weitling; ed. in private sch., and N. Y. publie schs .; in. Oseawana Lake, N. Y., Louise Kaufmann-Beer; one d .: Irma Louise, b. 1892. Em- ployed by The India Rubber Comb Co., in 1869, became its sec. in 1889, and treas. Am. Hard Rubber Co., 1898: now v .- p., treas, and dir. Also v .- p., trustee and chm'n Funding Com., College Point Savings Bank, and dir. Pequanoc Rubber Co. Republican. Mem. Am. Museum Natural History, Met. Museum Art, Nat. Sculpture Soe .. Municipal Art Soe., Acad. Polit. Science, Nat. Geog. Soc., Navy League of U. S., Lincoln Farin Ass'n (founder) ; hon. regent Lincoln Memorial Endowment; v .- p., trustee and chin'n Finance Com., Conrad Poppen- husen Ass'n, Coll. Point (an endowed frce edn'l inst'n); chm'n Citizens' League. Recreations: Farming, fishing, shooting. riding, rowing, walking, motoring. Club: Automobile Club of Amn. Residence: College Point. L. I., N. Y. Address: 11 Mereer St., N. Y. Clty.
WELD, FRANCIS MINOT
Banker; b. N. Y. Clty, Feb. 18, 1875; s. Francis M. and Fanny f. ( Bartholomew) Weld; grad. Roxbury Latin Sch., Boston, 1893; Harvard Coll., A.B., 1897, A.M., 1898; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1903, Margaret Low White: children: Margaret L., b. 1904, Alfred White, b. 1908; Franeis Minot, Jr., b. 1909: David, b. 1911. Entered firm of Moffat & White, N. Y., bankers, 1905, firm was sueceeded by White. Weld & Co., 1910, of which is still a partner. Dir. Union Trust Co. of N. Y., Seaboard Nat. Bank, Internat. Ag'I Corp'n, Bald- win Locomotive Works. Independent. Mem, Phi Beta Kappa Soe., N. Y. Chamber of Commerce. Trustee
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N. Y. Infirmary for Women and Children. Clubs: University, Metropolitan, Harvard, Riding, Down Town (N. Y. Clty), Hamilton (Brooklyn). Residence: 65 E. 82d St. Address: 14 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WELDON, CHARLES DATER
Artist; b. in Ohio; s. James Weldon; ed. In Academy at Cleveland, Ohio; studied art at Leigh's Acad., Lon- don, and in atelier of M. Munkacsy, Paris. Painter in oils and water colors, and illustrator of books. Academician Nat. Acad. of Design since 1897; mem. Am. Water Color Soc. Clubs: Century. Address: 51 W. 10th St., N. Y. City.
WELLDON, SAMUEL A.
Banker; b. Lynn, Mass., Sept. 28, 1882; s. John W. and Janet H. (Turnbull) Welldon; grad. Harvard Coll., A.B. (Magna cum laude), 1904; Harvard Law Sch., LL.B., 1908; m. N. Y. City, Sept. 16, 1911, Julia M. Hoyt. Practised law in N. Y. City, 1908-1909; ad- mitted to bar, 1908. In office of Sec. of Treasury, Washington, 1909-1911; Nat Bank Examiner for Al- bany and Northern N. Y., 1911; compiled for Nat. Monetary Comm'n, Digest of Banking Statutes of States and Territories, published by Gov't Printing Office, 1910. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Clubs: Har- vard, Metropolitan ( Washington, D. C.). Residence: 310 Lexington Av. Address: Care First Nat. Bank, 2 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WELKER, FRANKLIN
Physician; b. Attica, Wyoming Co., N. Y .; s. John B. and Katherine (Schneider) Welker; ed. Attica Union Sch. and Acad., 1880-1885, Univ. of Rochester, A.B., 1890; Med. Dep't, Univ. of Pa., M.D., 1894; Kings Co. Hosp., 1894-1895; m. San Francisco, Calif., 1897, Louise A. Hoppe; children: Gertrude, b. 1900; Marion, b. 1905. Has been in private practice at present ad- dress for past 15 years; for 4 years med. school in- spector. Visiting physician Calvary M. E. Dispensary, meni. of Acad. of Medicine. Pres. Washington Heights Med Soc .; mem. N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Harlem Med. Ass'n, Med Soc. of the Greater N. Y. Republican; Methodist; chm'n Joint Com. in charge of St. John's Chapel of Calvary Ch. Royal Arch Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner. Ad- dress: 344 W. 145th St., N. Y. City.
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