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WELLES, EDGAR THADDEUS
Capitalist; b. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 29, 1843; S. Gideon (Sec. of Navy in Pres. Lincoln's Cabinet) and Mary Jane (Hale) Welles; ed. Hartford public sch., Yale Coll., B.A., 1864; in. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 29, 1870, Alice d. C. H. Brainard; one d: Alice, b. Nov. 19, 1880. Admitted to bar but never practised; appt'd chief clerk in Navy Dep't of U. S., 1866; resigned 1869, and became treas. Gatling Gun Co. of Hartford, Conn .; subsequently became pres. Granby Mining and Smelting Co. of St. Louis, Internat. Co. of Mexico, re- ceiver Nat. Bank of Missouri; v .- p. and dir. Wabash R. R. Co., pres. Consolidated Coal Co. of St. Louis; dir. Wheeling & Lake Erie R. R. Co., U. S. Trust Co. of Hartford, St. Lawrence Power Co. Mem. Conn. Hist. Soc., N. Y. Hist. Soc., N. E. Soc. of N. Y., Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Union, University, Down Town (N. Y. City), Chicago (Chicago), St. Louis (St. Louis), Hartford (Hartford). Address: 550 Park Av., N. Y. City.
WELLING, RICHARD
Lawyer; b. North Kingstown, R. 1., Aug. 27, 1858; s. Charles Hunt and Katharine (Greenc) Welling; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1880, N. Y. Univ., Pd.M., 1911; unmarried. Was an original mem. of the City Reforin Club, 1882, and as such engaged in fight against elec- tion frauds (1882-1892); Central Park Speedway (1892); Excise Comm'rs and mandamus of them; one of the organizers of City Club, 1892; Good Gov't Clubs, 1893. Was sec. and treas. Commonwealth Club in Ballot Reform fight begun by it. In campaign of People's Municipal League, the Low, Jerome and Com. of One Hundred Campaigns, was chm'n Com. on Speakers and Meetings. Chm'n School Citizens' Com., 1909, now Self-Gov't Com. Was an original mem. First Naval Battallon of N. Y. and served as Ensign, U. S. N., on U. S. Glacler in Spanish War. Progres- sive. Treas. Tenement House Building Co., sec. N. Y. Symphony Soc., fellow Acad. of Pollt. Science; sec. Am. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Mem. Municipal Civil Service Comm'n, 1910-1913. Clubs: Century, City, Harvard, University, Nat. Arts (treas.). Address: 2 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WELLMAN, FRANCIS LEWIS
Lawyer; b. Brookline, Mass., July 29, 1856; s. William A. Wellman, prominent Boston banker and Am. rep- resentative of Baring Bros .: grad. Harvard Coll., A.B., 1876, Harvard Law Sch, LL.B. (valedictorian), 1878.
Admitted to Mass. Bar, 1878, and simultaneously appt d instr. Boston Law Sch., and later lecturer there and in Harvard Law Sch .; also engaged to some extent in practice, chlefly in ass'n with former U. S. Senator Bainbridge Wadleigh. Came to N. Y. City, 1883, and was ass't in office of corp'n counsel and given charge of all jury trials in which City of N. Y. was defendant; during the seven years of his incumbeney of that office the recoveries against the city were less than one-half of one per cent. of amounts claimed by litl- gants; at end of that time was appt'd first ass't dist. att'y, and for 4 years conducted prosecution in all principal criminal trials of N. Y. County, including prosecution and conviction of Dr. Carlyle W. Harris, Dr. Robert Buchanan, and other noted criminals. Since 1894 gen. counsel Met. Street R'y Co., and has per- sonally conducted all more important damage litiga- tions of company in the courts; also has a large corp'n practice as head of firm of Wellman, Gooch & Smyth. Mem. Harvard Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: University, Man- hattan, N. Y. Yacht, Sleepy Hollow. Residence: 45 E. 82d St. Address: 15 Wall St., N. Y. Clty.
WELLS, BROOKS HUGHES
Physician; b. New Haven, Conn., July 28, 1859; s. Rev. Edward Livingston Wells, D.D., and Mary Huder (Hughes) Wells; prep. education at Southport, Conn., grad. Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia) M.D., 1884; in. Southport, Conn., 1884, Mary Francis Pomeroy. En- gaged in practice of medicine in N. Y. City from 1884; prof. gynecology N. Y. Polyclinic Med. Sch., gynecol. surgeon to N. Y. Polyclinic Hosp., consulting surgeon Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hosp .; asso. surgeon Woman's Hosp. in the State of N. Y .; consulting gyne- cologist Beth Israel Hosp., N. Y. City. Editor Ameri- can Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children. Mem. Soc. Alumni N. Y. City Hosp., N. Y. Obstet. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Am. Gynecol. Soc. Club: N. Y. Yacht. Adress: 523 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
WELLS, CHARLES E.
Physician; b. Baiting Hollow, Suffolk County, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1852; s. Goldsmith and Phila (Corwin) Wells; ed. in common schools and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., M.D., 1889; m. Baiting Hollow, 1874, Isabel Luce; chil. dren: Olive, b. '1883, Elizabeth, b. 1889, Charles, b. 1891, Isabel, b. 1895. Engaged In practice of medicine at Sag Ilarbor, N. Y. since 1889. Ilealth officer village of Sag Harbor. Independent In polities; Agnostic. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Suffolk County sled. Soc., Associated Physicians of Long Island; Womponamon Lodge, F. & A. M., Foresters of America, Improved Order of Red Men, Junior Order Am. Mechanics, Pocahontas, Shepherds of Amer- ica, League of Am. Wheelmen. Pres. B'd of Ed'n, vil- lage of Sag Harbor. Recreations: Automobiling, bowl- ing and gunning. Address: Madison St., Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, I .. I., N. Y.
WELLS, FRANK MAURY
Lawyer; b. Floyd, Va., May 15, 1870; s. Dr. George Milton and Loncinda P. (Goodwin) Wells; attended Bishop Scott Acad., Portland, Oregon; Univ. of Mich, LL.B., LL.M .; m. Metachen, N. J., July 9, 1903, Fredreca Keat Waite; children: Maury Keat, b. April 5, 1906; Richard Dean, b. Dec. 25, 1909. Instr. and quiz master in Law Dep't, Univ. of Mich., 1892-1893: mein. firm Wells & Moore. Veteran mem. Co. 1, First Regiment. Oregon N. G. Independent Democrat; Presby'n. Mem. N. Y. County Bar Ass'n. Kappa Sigma Fraternity, S. A. R. Recreations: Yachting, mountain climbing. Clubs: Nat. Arts, Underwriters, Unlv. of Mich. Residence: Sutton Manor, New Rochelle. Address: 52 William St., N. Y. City.
WELLS, JAMES LEE
Real estate; b. West Farms, now In Borough of the Bronx, N. Y. City; s. James and Maria Wells; ed. public school, West Farms; entered Kenyon Coll., Ohio, grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1865, A.M .; in. West Farms, N. Y. City, July 13, 1887, Florence Edith Fowler; children Edith Lce, b. June 14, 1888, James Lee, Jr., b. Feb. 4. 1899. Official appraiser City of N. Y., on acquisition of lands for new parks and parkways in the 23d and 24th Wards and Westchester Co., 1884-18SS; pres. Real Es- tate Auctioneers' Ass'n of City of N. Y., since April 3, 1891; has given sp'l attention to development of Bronx both as a business man and an official. Mem. B'd of Ed'n, West Farms, 1869-1874; mem, Assembly State of N. Y., 1879, 1580, 1892; mem. B'd of Aldermen N. Y. City. 1881, 1882, 1883; commi'r taxes and assessments, N. Y. City, 1895, t896, 1897 under Mayor Strong; mein. Com- un'n Revise N. Y. City Charter, appt'd by Governor Roosevelt; chm'n Com. on Borough Gov't. Republican and Fusion candidate for Pres. Borough of the Bronx. 1901; pres. Dep't Taxes and Assessments, 1902-1903 (Mayor Low), Republican candidate for pres. B'd of Aldernien, N. Y. Clty, 1995. Republican candidate for
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mem. Congress, 1906. One of founders 23d Ward Bank, Episcopalian. Pres. North Side BB'd of Trade, 1896-1902, Bronx League since May, 1900. Clubs: North Side Re- publican, Union Republican, Fordham. Residence: 277 Alexander Av., the Bronx. Address: 141 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WELLS, T. TILESTON
Lawyer; b. Sept. 12, 1865; s. John and Grace (Tiles- ton) Wells; ed. largely abroad, St. Mark's Sch., South- borough, Mass .; Columbia Coll., Harvard Coll., Colum- bia (Law Sch., LL.B., 1888; Litt.D. from Rutgers Coll., 1912; m. Georgina Betts; children: John, Georgina, Lawrence. Mem law firm Lexow, Mackellar & Wells sinee 1892. Pres. Alliance Française of N. Y., Alliance Française of New Brunswick, N. J .; trustee Children's Aid Soc. of N. Y., Five Points House of Industry; treas. Federation of Alliance Française of U. S. and Can .; treas. Advisory B'd of Cloyne Sch., Newport, R. I. Democrat; Episcopalian. Knight of Legion of Honor, France; mem. Delta Psi Fraternity. Clubs: Union, St. Anthony, City Midday. Residence: (Summer) Somma- riva, near New Brunswick, N. J .; ( Winter) 52 E. 75th St. Address: 43 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
WEMPLE, WILLIAM YATES
Insurance mg'r. Entered insurance business as of- fice boy with Irving, Frank & Du Bois, 1879, then with Clinton Fire Ins. Co., and German-Am. Ins. Co .; joining Albert Willcox & Co., ins. brokers, in 1895; mem. firm Albert Willcox & Co., U. S. mg'rs Salamandra Ins. Co. of St. Petersburg, Russia, 1906-1913; see. and treas. Meinel & Wempel, Inc., successors to Albert Willcox & Co., in 1913. Dir. Internat. Ins. Co. Progressive. Mem. Staten Island Soc, of Arts and Sciences. Trustee S. R. Smith Infirmary; dir. Staten Island Acad. Clubs: Stat- en Island, Richmond County Country, Staten Island Cricket and Tennis, Drug and Chemical. Residence: 407 Henderson Av., New Brighton, N. Y. Address: 80 Maiden Lane, N. Y. City.
WENDE, GOTTFRIED H.
State Senator; b. Alden, N. Y., 1852; ed. Millgrove Clarence Union Sch .. Buffalo Central Sch. and Cornell Univ. Entered business life in lumber yard of Taylor & Crate, Buffalo, read law with Judge Cothran; in ac- tive practice of law since admission to bar in 1877. Elected mem. of Assembly 1908; re-clected 1909, 1910, 1911; elected State Senator from 50th Senatorial Dist , 1912. Democrat. Address: Buffalo, N. Y.
WERLEIN, PHILIP
Merchant; b. New Orleans Jan. 5, 1878; s. Philip and Betty (Parham) Werlein; ed. Dyer's Prep. Sch., Tulane High Sch., Tulane Coll., New Orleans; Emory Coll., Ox- ford, Ga .; Tulane Univ .; in. Elizabeth Thomas, of Bay City, Mieh .; children: Betty, Lorraine, Evelyn. Pres. Philip Werlein, L'd Inc., piano merchants; dir. Mechanics & Traders' Ins. Co. Served 3 years as pres. of New Or- leans Progressive Union (now Ass'n of Commerce) ; one term pres. Nat. Ass'n of Piano Merchants; 8 years pres. Election B'd, New Orleans; mnem. Dem. State Con- tral Com. 8 years; mem. B'd of Govs., Lakes to Gulf Deep Waterways Ass'n, B'd of Dirs. Chamber of Com- merce U. S. A., Washington. Democrat. Mem. Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. Recreations: Polo, golf. Clubs: Boston, Pickwick, Country (New Orleans), Delta Tau Delta (N. Y. City). Residence: 2228 St. Charles Av. Address: 605 Canal St., New Orleans, La.
WERNER, ADOLPH '
College pres .; b. Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, Jan. 5, 1839; s. Edward and Rosalie (Schlesinger) Werner; came to U. S. 1850; grad. B.S., Free Acad. (now Coll. City of N. Y.), 1857; M.S., 1860. Prof. of German, Coll. City of N. Y., 1861-1913; acting pres. Coll. City of N. Y. since 1913. Residence: 401 West End Av. Address: Coll. Clty of N. Y., St. Nicholas Ter- race and 139th St., N. Y. City.
WERNER, WILLIAM E.
Jurist; b. Buffalo, N. Y., 1855; s. William and Magda- lina Werner; ed. public schools; m. Buffalo, 1889, Lillie Boller. Clerk of Municipal Court, Rochester, N. Y., 1879; studied law and admitted to bar, 1880; special county judge of Monroe Co., 1884-1889; county judge, 1889-1894. Elected justice of Supreme Court on Rep. ticl.et, 1835, serving until appt'd by Gov. Roosevelt, 1900, to fill vacancy on Court of Appeals of N. Y .; elected 1904 to same position for term expiring Dec. 31, 1918. Address: 399 Oxford St., Rochester, N. Y.
WEST, CHARLES W.
Lawyer; grad. Williams Coll., A.B., 1867, Columbia Law Sch., LI.B., 1869, since then in continuous practice of law in N. Y. City and Borough of Brooklyn. Clubs: Century, University, Down Town, Mendelssohn Glce (N. Y. City), Brooklyn, Excelsior, Crescent, Athletie
(Brooklyn), Parchenee (Maine), Lauretian (Canada). Residence: 56 Livingston St., Brooklyn. Address: 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
WEST, EGBERT WATSON
Sec. Glens Falls Ins. Co .; b. Glens Falls, N. Y., May 1, 1863; s. William H. and Susan ( Miller) West; ed. in village school; m. Julia A. Parks; children: Ruth, Hewitt, Dorothy, Harriet. Entered employ of Glens Falls Ins. Co., Sept., 1874, as clerk and travelled as sp'l agent for them for 20 years, up to Jan., 1904, at which time was made ass't sec. of co .; made scc. Jan. 1908, also dir. of co. Republican; Presby'n. Trustee Glens Falls Home for the Aged, Glens Falls llosp. Club: Glens Falls. Address: 266 Glen St., Glens Falls, N. Y.
WEST, GEORGE H.
County clerk, Saratoga County, N. Y .; b. Galway, Saratoga County, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1854; s. Matthew (whose ancestors settled in It. I. before the Revolu- tionary War, some of them serving in the war) and Elizabeth (Doty) West (a descendant of Edward Doty, who came to this country in the Mayflower, 1620); ed. common schs., Troy Business Coll. and Union Classical Inst., Schenectady; m. Galway, Saratoga County, N. Y., May 18, 1881, Carrie L. Burdick, Taught sch. 3 years; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Galway until 1891. In 1889 elected Sch. Comm'r of First Sch. Dist. of Sara- toga County, which position held for 6 years. Acted as sp'l agent for the Forest, Fish and Game Conun'n during 1897. Moved to Ballston Spa 1897 and engaged in gen. ins. and real estate business until 1906. In 1898-1899 elected mem. of Assembly; 1901 was appt'd County Clerk of Saratoga County by Gov. B. B. Odell. Republican. Served 25 years on Exec. Com. of Rep. County Com., and was chi'n for 14 years; organized Jan., 1908 (now pres. and sup't) the Secret Law and Order League of State of N. Y. This org'n was incor- porated Jan., 1909, for the purpose of suppressing Sun- day desecration, distribution of obscene literature and pictures, the social evil, the white slave traffic and for the enforcement of law against illegal liquor selling in license and no-license towns, gambling places and dens of vice; reincorporated 1912 under name of State Law and Order Alliance, with office in Albany, N. Y. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Ch., I. O. G. T., F. and A. M., I. O. O. F. Address: 52 High St., Ballston Spa, N. Y.
WEST, PAUL
Playwright, author; b. Boston, Mass., Jan. 26, 1871; ed. Boston Latin Sch., Peekskill (N. Y.) Mil. Acad .; m N. Y., July 18, 1895, Jane V. Carrigan. On editorial staif N. Y. Sunday World since 1898. Author: The Love Waltz, At the Waldorf, Birdland, The Twentieth Century, The Song Shop; Short Letters of a Small Boy (which appeared in Everybody's Magazinc), Letters of Samuel (in the Cosmopolitan); The Light of Death (co-author; in Munsey's) ; The Innocent Murderers (eo- author); The Pearl and the Pumpkin, also of many other songs, magazine articles, stories, etc. Writer of: The Man from China, The Pearl and the Pumpkin, Sergeant Brne, Fascinating Flora, The White Hen. Fad and Folly and other eomedles. Address: 610 W. 111th St., N. Y. City.
WESTBROOK, RICHARD WARD
Surgeon; b. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 3, 1864; S. Thomas and Alitia (Ward) Westbrook; grad. Yale Univ., Med. Dep't, M.D. (cum laude), 1891 (Campbell gold medal for best examinations of class for course); m. Brooklyn, N. Y., July 22, 1895, Mary Lloyd Wykes; children: Lloyd, b. Oct. 30, 1899, Katherine, b. Jan. 23, 1903. Prof. orthopedie surgery, L. 1. Coll. llosp., 1902- 1906; consulting orthopedic surg., Jamaica Hosp., 1903- 1906; attending surg., Brooklyn Hosp., since 1906. Alg'r Soc. for Relief of Widows and Orphans of Med. Men. Author various articles on surg. subjects, appearing in med. journals, chiefly pertaining to surgery of stom- ach and gall-bladder. Republican (nat.), independent (local) ; Episcopalian. Mem. Brooklyn Med. Soc. (pres., 1905); Brooklyn Pathol. Soc. (pres., 1900); Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Ass'n; Brooklyn Surg. Soc. (pres., 1912-1913); Sled. Soc. Grcater N. Y., Associated Physicians of L. I .; Phi Delta Med. fraternity. Recre- ations: Mountain climbing, farming. Residence (sum- mer) : Westover, Conn. Address: 1145 Dean St., Brook- lyn, N. Y.
WESTERVELT, CHARLES EARNFIELD
Publisher; b. Newburgh, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1870; s. Will- iam B. and Annie E. ( Earnfield) Westervelt; ed. New- burgh (N. Y.) public and private schs .; m. Marlboro, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1891, Cornelia Annette Carr: children: Cornelia Annie, b. Dec. 6, 1892: Louise Ruth, b. Dec. 31, 1893. Entered printing office in INS6 as printers' devil. Later published .papers at Marlboro, N. Y .. Sharon, Pa., Hornell, N. V., and Ithaca, N. Y .; sec. Business Men's Ass'n since 190S. Pres, and gen. ing'r
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Forest City Printing Co. Prominent In Methodist Ch., also in Methodist Brotherhood. Mason, Odd Fellow (representative to grand lodge several times). Ad- dress: Ithaca, N. Y.
WESTERVELT, JOHN CORLEY
Architect; b. Ithaca, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1872; s. John Cor- ley and Mary H. (St. John) Westervelt; ed. Cornell Univ., B. S. in Architecture, 1894; m. Oct., 1898, Mary H. Condry. Engaged in practise of architecture from 1894; mem. firm of J. C. Westervelt, architect, N. Y. City. Mem. Delta Upsilon fraternity; trustee Cornell Univ. Club: Cornell University Town & Gown (1th- aca). Address: 36 W. 34th St., N. Y. City.
WESTINGHOUSE, GEORGE
Engineer, mir, inventor; b. Central Bridge, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1846; s. George and Emeline (Vedder) West . inghouse; ed. public and high sehs., Union Coll., Sche- nectady, N. Y., hon. Ph.D., 1890; E.D., from König- liche Technische Hochschule, Berlin, 1906; m. 1867, Marguerite Erskine Walker; one son: George, p. MMay 20, 1883. Invented device for replacing derailed steam cars, 1865; patented invention of air brake, I868; ap- plied pneumatic devices to switching and signalling, also utilized electricity in that connection. Became interested in development of electric machinery, and acquired Gaulard & Gibbs' alternating patents, 1885, succeeding in spite of great opposition in introducing alternating current system of elec. distribution for
light and power. Backed Nikola Tesla financially and with shop facilities in developing induction motor. Built first large dynamos for lighting Columbia World's Fair, Chicago, 1893; first ten great dynamos for Niagara, and for elevated and subway roads, N. Y. City, also Met. R'y, London. Devised complete system for controlling natural gas, and conveying it through pipe, thereby establishing practicability of utilizing natural gas as fuel. Has also taken leading part in developing gas engines, and in adapting steam tur- bines to electric driving; developed Westinghouse marine turbine, and with Admiral Melville, U. S. N., developed reduction gear which marked an epoch in marine construction. Pres. and dir. Can. Westing- house Co., Ltd., Hamilton, Ont .; Cooper Hewitt Elec- tric Co., Hoboken, N. J., Nernst Lamp Co., Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh Meter Co., Security Investment Co., Pitts- burgh; The Westinghouse Co., Schenectady; Westing- house Air Spring Co., Westinghouse Machine Co., Union Switch & Signal Co., Westinghouse Air Brake Co., Westinghouse Friction Draft Gear Co., Société Anonyme Westinghouse, St. Petersburg; Société Anon- yme Westinghouse, Paris; Societe Italiana Westing- house, Vado, Italy; Westinghouse Brake Co., Ltd., Lon- don; chm'n Westinghouse-Cooper Hewitt Co., Ltd., London; dir. E. Pittsburgh Improvement Co .; Electric Properties Corp'n, N. Y .; Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., N. Y .; Traction & Power Securities Co., Ltd., London. Served in 12th N. Y. N. G., and 16th N. Y. Cav., 1863-1864, and ass't eng'r in U. S. N., 1864-1865. Republican; mem. Dutch Reformed Ch. Decorated Legion of Honor, Royal Crown of Italy, and Leopold of Belgium; awarded Scott premlum and medal, 1874, by Franklin Inst., for improvements of air brakes; 2d recipient of John Fritz Medal, 1906; received Edison Gold Medal, 1911; Grashof Memorial Medal from Soc. of German Eng'rs, Leipzig, 1913. Hon. mem. Am. Soc. of Mech. Eng'rs (past pres.), A.A.A.S., Nat. Diec. Light Ass'n of America; mem. Royal Inst'n of Great Britain, Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Franklin Inst., Am. Ass'n for Conser- vation of Vision, A.m. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Auto- mobile Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Naval Eng'rs (asso. mem.), Am. Protective Tariff League, Am. Museum Natural History, Met. Museum of Art, N. Y. Bot. Garden, Pil- grims of U. S., Japan Soc., Pan-Am. Soc. of U. S., Chamber of Commerce, Western Pa. Exp'n Soc. Clubs: Automobile of America, City Midday, Economic, Metro- politan, Railroad, Republican, Sleepy Hollow Country, Union League (N. Y.), Country, Duquesne, Pittsburgh, University, Union (Pittsburgh), Oakmont Country (Pa.), Chevy Chase (Wash., D. C.), Residence: Lang Av., East End, Pittsburgh, and Erskine Park, Lenox, Mass.' Address: Pittsburgh, Pa., and 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WESTON, ALBERT THEODORE
Physician: b. Salem, Washington County, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1860; s. Theodore Ricc and Jane Ann (Atwood) Wes- ton; grad. N. Y. Univ., Med. Dep't, M.D., 1882; m. N. Y. City, 1890, Mrs. Melissa Ferguson (née Clark-Robert- son). Engaged in med. practise since 1882. Surgeon N.G.IN.Y .; ass't surgeon Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.N. Mem. N. Y. County Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Ass'n of Mil. Surgeons, Sons of the Revolution, Veteran Corps of Artillery, Mil. Soc. War
of 1812. Residence (summer): Chestertown, Warren County, N. Y. (Adirondacks). Address: 204 W. 86th St., N. Y. City.
WESTON, WILLIAM HENRY
Physician; Ib. Hancock, N. H., Aug. 8, 1849; s. Ephraim and Elvina H. (Gates) Weston; grad. McCollum Inst., 1875; Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), M.D., 1878; in. Thousand Islands, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1882, Frances Pope; children: Zady P., b. Oct. 19, 1884, Elvina B., b. Feb. 2, 1887, William H., Jr., b. Jan. 2, 1890, Helen, b. April 17, 1892. Practising gen. medicine. Has trav- elled extensively in all sections of U. S. Also in Can- ada. Physician to Samaritan Home for Aged. Mem. N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Physicians Mutual Aid Ass'n. Address: 400 W. 22d St., N. Y. City.
WESTWOOD, HERMAN J.
Lawyer; b. Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 23, 1875; s. Rev. Henry C. (D.D.) and Augusta L. C. (Johnson) West- wood; g. s. Herman M. Johnson, D.D., LL. D. (pres. Dickinson Coll.); grad. Cornell Univ., A.B., 1896; m. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1903, Cora I. Smith; one son: John, b. Jan. 12, 1907. Admitted to bar, 1896; prac- tised law, Buffalo, N. Y., 1896-1903; Fredonia, N. Y., since 1903. Was confidential ass't to Hon. Warren B. Hooker, justice of Supreme Court, Appellate Div., 2d Dep't, 1903-1908. Mem. Co. F, 74th Reg't. N.G.N.Y .. 1897-1902; N. Y. State Rifle Team, 1900. Republican; Methodist Episcopallan. Mem. B. P. O. E., Dunkirk Lodge, No. 922; P.G., Chautauqua Lodge. No. 382, I. O. O. F .; Delta Chi fraternity, Quill and Dagger (Cornell Senior Soc.). Clubs: Dunkirk (N. Y.), Fredonla, Citi- zens, Willow Brook Country. Address: Fredonia, N. Y.
WETMORE, EDMUND
Lawyer; b. Utica, N. Y .; s. Edmund A. Wetmore (a lawyer holding many offices of trust in Utica, an early partner of Judge Denlo of the N. Y. Supreme Court, and active in works for public good); grad. Harvard, A.B .; studled law in office of Charles P. Kirkland, N. Y. City and at Columbia Coll. Law Sch. under Prof. Theodore W. Dwight, where carried off highest honors; LL.D., from Yale Univ .; m. Helen, d. late B. J. Howland, of N. Y. Clty. Entered office of Spring & Russell, composed of Gardiner Spring, Jr. (son of Rev. Gardiner Spring, D.D.), and William C. Russell, who later became acting pres. Cornell Unlv. On retirement of Mr. Russell, firm became Spring & Wetmore, to which succeeded, on death of Mr. Spring, j.resent firm of Wetmore & Jenner. Successfully en- gated in gen. practice, but principally in Federal courts and in equity and patent cases, and notably in patent litigation between great electric companies. Has acted as sp'l counsel, in sinillar cases, for City of N. Y. and U. S. Gov't. Has taken an active interest In polities and was pres. Republican Club of City of N. Y. during State and City campaign of 1894. One of original mems. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., and has done frequent service on its coms. For years one of overseers Howard Univ. Club: University (pres.). Ad- dress: 34 Pine St., N. Y. City.
WETMORE, JUDSON DOUGLAS
Lawyer; b. Tallahassce, F'la, Sept. 24, 1870; s. George Walter and FFrancis Jane ( Howard) Wetmore; ed. in public schools of Jacksonville, Fla., to May, 1887; attended Atlanta Univ., Atlanta, Ga., one year, and read law in Univ. of Mich .; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 15, 1907, Jeanette Gross, d. Mortimer L. Gross; one d .: Helen Mabel, b. Oct. 7. 190S. Admitted to bar at Jacksonville, Fla., June 4, 1898, and practised law there until April, 1906, when moved to N. Y. City and opened present offices, engaging in practise of pro- fession. Elected alderman, Jacksonville, Fla., 1901, re-elected 1903, 1905; brought a test case against the "Jim Crow" street car law of Florida, 1905, and suc- ceeded in having it declared unconstitutional; case re- ported in Southern Reporter as case of State of Flor- ida vs. Andrew Pattison. As a result he became very unpopular and had life threatend several times, after which moved to N. Y. City. Republican; Unitarlan.
Mem. N. Y. County Bar Ass'n. Address: Temple Court, 5 Beckman St., N. Y. City.
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