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WOODMAN, ROBERT C.
Physician; b. Bucks Co., Pa., Jan. 1, 1875; s. Comly and Martha (Smith) Woodnian, of Pa. Quaker ances- try; grad. from the Abington Friends' Sch., Jenkins- town, Pa., 1892; Hehnemann Mcd. Coll., Phila .. Pa .: m. Jan. 6, 1903, Ethel Davis. First ass't physiclan to the Middietown State Home. Hosp. since Oet., 1902; previously was two years In Rochester, N. Y., Home. Hosp., as interne, and nearly one year in gen. prac- tice, Lambertviiie. N. J : was appt'd interne at Middle- town, June 1, 1898, and has since filled position as physiclan to that inst'n. Mem. Am. Inst. Homo- pathy, N. Y. State Home. Med. Soc., N. Y. Nenrol. Soc. Address: Middletown, N. Y.
WOODRUFF, EDWIN HAMLIN
Prof. law, Corneli Univ .; b. Ithaca, N. Y., Sept. 2. 1862; ed. public schools of Ithaca: grad. LL.B., Cornell Univ. Ass't In Cornell Univ. Library and Astor Li- brary, 1881-1887; Instr. In English, Cornell Univ., 1sss- 1890; librarian Stanford Univ., 1891-1895; prof. of law. Stanford Unlv., 1893-1895; prof. of law. Cornell Univ., since 1896; lecturer in Chicago Univ. Law Sch., 1904. 1906. Author: Cases in Domestic Relations, 1897 (new
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edition, 1905); Introduction to the Study of Law, 1SOS; Cases on Insurance, 1900; Cases on Quasi Contracts, 1903; American Cases in Contracts, 1894 (jointly with E. W. Huffeut). Democrat. Club: Town and Gown (Ithaca). Address: Boardman Hall, Ithaca, N. Y.
WOODRUFF, ERNEST HALL
Lawyer; b. Chenango Forks, N. Y., Oct. 29, 1874; s. Jacob Davis and Emily C. (Hall) Woodruff; grad. Wav- erley High Sch., two years at Colgate Univ .; m., 1st, June, 1899, Grace E. Ilall (died 1901)); 2d, Jan. 13, 1903, Minnie D. Twomley; children: Ernest H., Jr., b. Oct. 23, 1000; Jacob T., b. Feb. 25, 1909; Dorothy U., b. Nov., 1911. Actively engaged in practice of law. Instrumental In closing up saloons in Little Valley, N. Y. Att'y for Olean Civic Federation. Sec. Olean Chamber of Commerce, 1910-1913. Nominec of Pro- hibition Party for att'y-gen., 1912. Club: Olean Tennis. Residence: 408 S. Union. Address: 39 & 40 Metropoli- tan Bld'g, Olcan, N. Y.
WOODS, WILLIAM SEAVER
Editor; b. Bath, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1872; s. Rev. Henry Clay and Mary Moore (Seaver) Woods; ed. Genesee Wesleyan Sem., Lima, N. Y .; grad. Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., A.B., 1895; m. Oswego, N. Y., April 26, 1905, Grace E. Crombie; one son: Robert Cromble, b. 1906. Editor The Wesleyan Literary Monthly, Mid- dletown, Conn., 1894-1895; asso. cditor The Middletown Citizen, 1895-1896; N. E. editor Springfield (Mass.) Re- publican, 1896-1897; joined staff of The Literary Di- gest, 1897, and since May 1, 1905, its editor. Traveled in Europe in 1903. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Nu Theta fraternities. Residence, 158 Lorraine Av., Up- per Montclair. N. J. Address: 354 Fourth Av., N. Y. City.
WOODS, WILLIAM T.
Pres. Lloyds Plate Ins. Co. of N. Y .; b. N. Y. City, July 20, 1851; ed. public schools. Went into ins. brok- er's office when 17 years old, and engaged in broker-
. age business until 1879, when became Interested in plate glass underwriting. Was first sec. Lloyds Plate Glass Ins. Co .; became pres., 1893. Address: 63 Will- iam St., N. Y. Clty.
WOODWARD, BENJAMIN DURYEA
Born Rutherford, N. J., March 13, 1868; s. George Evertson and E. B. Deodata (Mortimer) Woodward; lived 1873-1886 In France, Germany and Italy; rc- ceived degrees of Bachelier-es-Sciences and Bacheller- es-Lettres, Sorbonne, Paris; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1888, later A.M., Ph.D. Was on facultles of Co- lumbla Unlv., 1888-1908. Ass't comm'r gen. from U. S. to Parls Exp'n of 1900, and later liquidated the affalrs of Am. Comm'n, distributing medals and diplomas of award, official reports to jurors, etc. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and Kane Lodge, N. Y. Officer of French Legion d'honneur. Clubs: University. Republican, Lawyers' (N. Y. City ), Travelers (Paris). Address: University Club, N. Y. City.
WOODWARD, CHRISTOPHER H. R.
Lawyer, brewer; b. N. Y. City, May 31, 1869; s. Rig- nal T. and Mary (Raborg) Woodward; ed. Churchill's Sch., Fowler's Sch., Sch. of Mines, Columbia Univ .; grad. N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B .; m. Lyons, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1898, Anne Parshall. Served as vol. in Spanish-Am. War; mustered In. May 19, 1898, as 1st licut. Co. I), 69th N. Y. Reg't U. S. Vol. Inf .; Camp Black, Chicka- mauga, Tenn .; Tampa, Fla .; Fernandina, Fla .; Hunts- ville, Ala .; resigned Nov. 12, 1898. V .- p., sec. and dir. Clausen-Flanagan Brewery, dir. N. Y. Transportation Co. and Tight Joint Co. Democrat; Roman Catholic. Mem. Naval and Mil. Order of Spanish-Am. War, Mil. Order of Foreign Wars, Delta Kappa Epsilon fra- ternity. Clubs: St. Nicholas. Columbia Unlv., N. Y. Yacht. Racquet & Tennis. Address: 441 W. 25th St., N. Y. City.
WOODWARD, COLLIN
Tax.comm'r. Appt'd comm'r of taxes, City of N. Y., by Mayor Mitchel, Jan. 1, 1914 __ Address: Hall of Rec- ords, N. Y. City.
WOODWARD, JOHN
Justice of Supreme Court; b. Chautauqua County, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1859; s. Daniel S. and Cornclia (Lake) Woodward: grad. Fredonia State Normal Sch., 1878, Law Sch. Univ. of City of N. Y., LI .. B., 1881, LL.D., 1907; m. Fredonia, N. Y., May 26, 1886, Mary E. Barker, d. Hon. George Barker, justice of Supreme Court; children: Mary Ellzabeth, Frances. Served as city att'y of Jamestown, N. Y., for three years; mem. B'd of Supervisors of Chautauqua County, five years; dlst. att'y Chautauqua County, three years; elected, 1896. instlce Supreme Court of N. Y. State for term of four- teen years; assigned as justice Appellate Div. Supreme
Court, 2nd Dep't, 1898; re-assigned 1903, 1908 and 1911; resigned as judge Appellate Div., 2nd Dep't, March 1, 1913, and appt'd justice of Appellate Div., 3rd Dep't, March, 1913. Republican. Clubs: Country, Buffalo ( Buffalo), Jamestown (Jamestown), Brooklyu (Brook- lyn). Republican (N. Y. City). Address: 622 Delaware Av., Buffalo, N. Y.
WOODWARD, ROBERT B.
Special partner, firm of Charles Hathaway & Co .; trustee Mutual Life Ins. Co .; trustee Bowery Savings Bank; 2nd v .- p. and trustec Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences; mem, finance com. and trustee, Brooklyn Acad. of Music; trustee, Franklin Safe Deposit Co., Franklin Trust Co., dir. Home Life Ins. Co., Lloyds Plate Glass Ins. Co., v .- p. Nassau Nat. Bank of Brook- lyn; dir. Thompson-Starrett Co., U. S. Casualty Co., Bond, Mortgage Guaranty Co. Address: 118 Pierrepont . St., Brooklyn, and 45 Wall St., N. Y. City.
WOODWARD, WILLIAM LEE
Lawyer; b. Plattsburg, N. Y., April 10, 1882; s. Will- iam Van Schoonhoven and Charlotte A. (Peek) Wood- ward; grad. Williams Coll., 1904, Harvard Law Sch., 1908; unmarried. Engaged In practise of law in N. Y. City since 1908; mem. law firm Crane, Woodward & Shonk. Private In Troop A, First Squadron, N. G. N. J. (formerly Essex Troop). Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Club: Harvard (N. Y. City). Residence: East Orange, N. J. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
WOODWORTH, ROBERT SESSIONS
Educator; b. Belchertown, Mass., Oct. 17, 1869; s. William Walter and Lydia Ames (Sessions) Wood- worth; ed. Newton ( Mass.) High Sch .; grad. Amherst Coll., A.B., 1891, Harvard Univ., A.B., 1896, A.M., 1897 Columbia Univ. Ph.D., 1899; studied also at Univs. of Edinburgh and Liverpool; m. Liverpool, Eng .. 1903, Gabrielle Marie Schjöth; children: Svenssen, b. 1904; Greta, b. 1906; William, b. 1908. Has held positions in physiology, in Harvard Med. Sch., and Univ. and Belle- vue llosp. Med. Sch., as well as in Liverpool Univ .; now prof. psychology, Columbia Univ .; has published nu- mnerous articles on physiology and psychology. Au- thor: Le Mouvement, Paris, 1903; Elements of Physi- ological Psychology (with G. T. Ladd), N. Y., 1911; The Care of the Body, N. Y., 1912. Fellow N. Y. Acad. of Sciences, A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Psychol. Ass'n, Am. Physlol. Soc. Clubs: Theta Delta Xi. Faculty of Co- lumbia Unlv. Address: Columbia Univ., N. Y. City.
WOODWORTH, WILLIAM A.
Lawyer; b. Berlin, Conn., July 3, 1844; s. Rev. W. W. and Lucy (Atwater) Woodworth; ed. public schools, Waterbury, Conn., Mansfield, O., Hopkins Grammar Sch., New Haven; grad. Yale Coll., A. B., 1865, Yale Law Sch., and Albany Law Sch .; m. Dec. 28, 1871. Elizabeth Willls (died March 6. 1909); one d .: Amy A. (wife Fred G. Barber), b. 1875. Began gen, practise of law in Mt. Vernon, N. Y., 1870, with C. II. Ostauder; later associated at New Rochelle with Charles II. Roosevelt, and In 1875 with William Bourke Coekran: has been practising at White Plains, N. Y., since 1875, doing chlefly a real estate law business, largely for N. Y., New Haven & Hartford R. R. Co. Was counsel for village of Mt. Vernon and later of White Plains: li- brarian Supreme Court Library; started Village Park Ass'n at White Plains for purpose of Improving the town, and Is Identified with other such movements; has written many monographs on this topic. Repub- lean: Presby'n. V .- p. Westchester Co. Hist. Soc., Westchester Co. Bar Ass'n, and State Bar Ass'n: trus- tee White Plains Presby'n Ch .; pres. Village Park Ass'n; pres. Westchester Co. Yale Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: Yale (N. Y. City), University (White Plains), Gradu- ates (New. Haven). Summer residence: Scal Harbor, Mo. Address: 96 N. Broadway, White Plains, N. Y.
WOOLLEY, GEORGE 1.
Lawyer: b. Watertown, N. Y., Jan. 11. 1871; s. Frank T, and Aliec F (Ingalls) Woolley; grad. St. Lawrence ITniv., Ph.B., 1994; N. Y. Law Sch., UL. B .. 1896: in. Mer- iden, Conn .. Nov. 3, 1906. Mary Eudocia Bowman Ad- mitted to the bar, 1896. Prof. of law of trusts, Brook- lvn Low Sch,, St. Lawrence Unlv. Dlr Gore Aerocraft Construction Co. Sec. to Justlee Bened'et. of N. Y. Su- vreme Conrt. 2d Judicial Dist. Author: Outline of
Trusts. Residence: 111 St. John's Pl. Address: 44 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y. City.
WOOLMAN, MARY SCHENCK
Edneator; b. Camden, N. JJ., April, 1860; d. John Voor- hees and Martha (Mekcon) Schenck; ed. at Mary Anna Lougstreth Sch., Philadelphia: Univ. of Pa .; Teachers' Coll., Columbia Univ., B.S., 1897; m. Canden. N. J., Oct. 18, 1883, Franklin Conrad Woolman. Beenme instr. Teachers' Coll., 1893: organized Domestic Art Course at Teachers' Coll., 1894: prof. of domestle art at Teachers' Coll., Columbia Univ., 1897-1912: organizer
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and dir. Manhattan Trade Sch. for Girls, the first trade sch. for girls in America, 1902-1910; pres. Women's Edn'l and Industrial Union of Boston, and Head of Household Economic Dep't of Simmons Coll., Boston, 1913. Writer and lecturer on social, economic and edn'l subjects; made sp'l investigations in Europe and Great Britain of arts and crafts, trade sehs,, and in- dustries employing women, 1880, 1888, 1890, 1901, 1904, 1905, 1908. Author: A Sewing Course, 1893, fifth edi- tion, 1912; The Making of a Trade School, Hints for Clothing, written for Child Welfare Exhibit; Textilcs- A Handbook for the Student and Consumer. Episco- palian. Mem. Alumni Ass'n of Teachers' Coll .; Alumni Ass'n of Mary Anna Longstreth Sch. (Phila.); Con- sumers' League, Public Ed'n Ass'n, Acad, of Polit. Sciences, Am. Home Economic Ass'n, Women's
Municipal League, Armstrong Ass'n, Com. for Im- proving industrial Conditions of Negroes of N. Y., Women's Auxiliary Civil Service, Nat. Soc. for Promotion of Industrial Ed'n. Clubs: College. Busi- ness Women's, Women's City (Boston). Recreation: Outdoor Sports. Address: Women's Edn'l and Indus- trial Union, 264 Boylston St., Boston. Mass.
WOOLSEY, GEORGE
Physician and surgeon; b. New Haven, Conn., May 2, 1861; s. Theodore D. and Sarah Sears ( Pritchard) Woolsey; grad. Yale Coll., A.B., 1881; Coll. of Phys. and Surg., Columbia Univ., M.D., 1885; m. Jean Paul Ellinwood; children: Marjorie Ellinwood, b. July 13, 1894; George Pierpont, b. May 15, 1897 (died 1902); Laura Hurd, b. 1904. Interne Roosevelt Hosp., 1885- 1886; studied and traveled abroad. 1887-1888; attend- ing surgeon Bellevue Hosp., since 1890; asso. attend- ing surgeon Presby'n Hosp., since 1900. Prof. anatomy and clinical surgery, Med. Dep't N. Y. Univ., 1890-1898, Cornell Univ. (N. Y. City), 1898-1909. Prof. Clin. Sur- gery, Cornell Univ. (N. Y. City), since 1909. Republi- can; Presby'n. Fellow Am. Surg. Ass'n, N. Y. Acad. of Medicine; mem. Soc. of Clinical Surgery, N. Y. Surg. Soc., Am. Med Ass'n, N. Y. State and Co. Med. Socs., N. Y. Clinical Soc., etc. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Cen- tury, University, Ardsley. Address: 117 East 36th St .. N. Y. Clty.
WOOLSEY, GEORGE M.
Broker: b. Astoria, Long Island, Aug. 16, 1871; s. Edward John and Frances (Smythe) Woolsey; grad. Columbia Univ. Sch. of Mines, 1894; m. N. Y. City, Feb., 1901, Esther Morris Hunt (died Oct., 1901). Agent for Am. Trading Co., Yokohama, 1897-1900, London, 1900- 1904. Dir. Am. Trading Co .; partner in firm, Trippe & Co., bankers and brokers. Mem. Delta Phi frater- nity. Clubs: Knickerbocker, The Brook, Racquet and Tennis, Metropolitan, St. Nicholas Soc. (N. Y. City) ; City of London. Residence: 1 E. 35th St. Address: 25 Broad St., N. Y. City.
WOOLWORTH, FRANK W.
Merchant, capitalist; b. Rodman, N. Y., 1852; s. John H. and Fanny (McBrier) Woolworth, ed. Public schs. and business coll .; m. Great Bend, N. Y., June 11, 1876, Jennie Creighton. Started first five and ten cent stores at Utica, 1879; pres. F. W. Woolworth Co., own- ing and operating nearly 700 stores in the United States and Canada; dir. Irving Nat. Bank; owner of the 59-story Woolworth Bldg., N. Y. City. Address: 233 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WORMAN, BENJ. JAMES
Banker; b. Madison, N. J., Aug. 19, 1870; s. Dr. James H. and Emma Parker (Davis) Worman; grad. Albany High Sch., 1890, Harvard Univ., 1895; m. Apr. 28, 1897, Ama Mahala Atkinson; children: Virginia King, b . May 1, 1898; Elliot Parker, b. May 1, 1901. Editor and owner Outing Magazine, 1896-1900; pres. Lake Cham- plain Nat. Bank, since 1909. Clubs: Westport (pres.), Westport Publicity (pres.), Westport Boy Scouts (pres.). Address: Westport, N. Y.
WORTHEN, SAMUEL C.
Lawyer; b. Corinna, Penobscot Co., Me., April 10, 1871; s. Joseph H. and Amanda (Copp) Worthen; line- al descendant of Thomas Dudley and Simon Brad- street, Colonial govs. of Mass., and of William Copp ("Copp's Hill," Boston); also of Edward Gilman of Hingham, Mass., among whose descendants were Jolm T. Gilman, gov. of N. H., Nicholas Gilman, signer of Constitution of U. S., and many other distinguished citizens of New England; ed. Corinna (Me.) Union Acad .; Maine Central Inst. (Pittsfield, Me.), grad. 1891; Columbia Coll., A.B., 1898, A.M., 1900; Columbia Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1900 (elected to Phi Beta Kappa Soc., 1897, senior honors in rhetoric and English composì- tion, class poet, 1895-1897. class pres., 1897-1898, salu- tatorian, 1898); m. N. Y. City, Aug. 28, 1909, Julia Me- Swyny. Taught school in Maine, 1891-1894; after ad- mission to bar of N. Y. State, 1900. entered office of Macgrane Coxe, referee in bankruptcy; six months
later became associated with law firm of James, Schell & Elkus (now Elkus, Gleason & Proskauer), with which he has been connected since 1901. Inde- pendent liepublican; Baptist. Mem. Columbia Coll. Alumni Ass'n, New York Geneal. and Biog. Soc. and Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Residence: 14 Davis AV., E. Orange, N. J. Address: 170 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WORTHINGTON, CHARLES
Consulting civil eng'r; b. Baltimore Co., Md., May 12, 1871; s. Edward and Caroline Campbell (McLean) Worthington; grad. Rensselaer Poly. Inst., Troy, N. Y., C. E., 1892; m. Pittsburgh, l'a., July, 1904, Fannie Arm- strong Crumpton. Instr. eng'ring, Univ. of l'a. Phila., designing eng'r Phoenix Bridge Co., P'a. Steei Co., Car- negie Steel Co., Am. Bridge Co .; private practice in consulting civil and architectural eng'ring. Struc-
tural eng'r for Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, Pa .; Man- hattan Terminals for Municipal Ferries at foot of Whitehall St., N. Y. City; new 22d Reg't Armory at W. 168th St., N. Y. City; bridges for Little Falls & Johnstown It. It .; covered Tennis Court for Mr. Harry Payne Whitney. Episcopalian. Mem. Ain. Soc. Civil Eng'rs. Address: 27 E. 22d St., N. Y. City.
WRAY, ALEXANDER H.
Fire Ins .; b. N. Y. City; s. Ezckiel D. B. and Mary A. (Forbes) Wray; ed. in N. Y. City; married. U. S. mg'r of Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ltd., of London; l'alatine Ins. Co., Ltd., of London, and Union Assur- ance Soc., Ltd of London; pres. Commercial Union l'ire Ins. Co. of N. Y. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, Merchants Ass'n, G. A. R. Clubs: Union League, N. Y. Athletic, Down Town, Automobile of America. .1d- dress: 55 John St., N. Y. City.
WRIGHT, BOARDMAN
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, July 24, 1867; s. George Will- iam and Cornelia E. (Schroeder) Wright; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H., 1881-1885, Trinity Coll., Ilartford, Conn., 1885-1887 (B.A., 1908); grad. Univ. of State of N. Y., LL.B., 1894; m. Northampton, Mass., May 1, 1906, Isabel Stewart Cable. Admitted to bar of N. Y., 1894. Since 1,02 partner of Theodore Sutro in law firm of Sutro & Wright. Independent Democrat. Epis- copalian. Mem. Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, N. Y. Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. Alumni Ass'n of Alpha Chi Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Recrea- tions: Tennis, photography. Club: Montclair (Mont- clair, N. J.). Residence: Montclair, N. J. Address: 233 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WRIGHT, FRANK AYRES
Architect; b. Liberty, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1854; s. Abram B, and Mary Jane (Gates) Wright; grad. Cornell Univ., B.A., 1879; in. Jan. 9, 1885, Elizabeth Hanford; children: Carile 11., b. 1887; Frances Il., b. 1889; Elizabeth J., b. 1893; Ehrick II., b. Dec. 20, 1896, Instr. Architectural Drawing, Cornell Univ., 1876-1879; mnem. firm Rossiter & Wright, 1879-1896; one of founders and 1st officer Architectural League. Follow Am. Inst. Architects. Author: Architectural Perspection for Beginners. Trustee S. Orange, 1890-1894; mem. B'd of Health, S. Orange, 1894-1896. Independent Democrat. Episco-
palinn. Nem. Psi Upsilon fraternity, architectural League. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Cornell University, Baltusrol Golf, Water Witel, Nat. Arts. Residence: 126 IS. 34th St. Address: 110 E. 23d St., N. Y. City.
WRIGHT, GEORGE MURRAY
Lawyer; D. Orwell, Vt., Dec. 3, 1852; s. Ethan Mur- ray and Ellza T. (Bottum) Wright; ed. Middlebury Coll., Vt. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., New England Soc., Phi Beta Kappa Soc., etc., trustee Middlebury Coll. Clubs: Union Leaguc. University, Century, N. Y. Athletic, Republican. Residence: 44 W. 44th St. Ad- dress: 280 Broadway, N. Y. City.
WRIGHT, HENRY JOHN
Journalist; b. Glasgow, Scotland, April 5, 1866; s. John and Mary (Hall) Wright; ed. in private schools, N. Y. City; grad. New York Univ., B.Sc., 1885; English salutatorian of class; 2d honor; m. 1st, San Fran- cisco, Callf., 1892, Claire Lefranc (died Dec., 1900); 2d, Meriden, Conn., 1906, Margaret E. Beacham; chil- dren: Catherine Creswell and Donald Beacham, Con- neeted with Commercial Advertiser since 1885; city editor of the Evening Post, 1892-1898; returned to Commercial Advertiser as editor-in-chief. remaining in that office through change of paper's name to Globe, Ilas traveled throughout U. S., Canada and Europe. Treas. and dir. Commercial Advertiser Ass'n. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa and Psi Upsilon fraternities. Recreations: Outdoor and indoor sports, Club: University. Address: 73 Dey St., N. Y. City
WRIGHT, MERLE ST. CROIX
Clergyman: b. Boston, Mass., 1859; s. Edwin and Helen M. (Curtis) Wright; ed. Harvard Univ., A. R.,
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1881, A.M., 1884, S.T.B., 1887, D.D., St. Lawrence Univ., N. Y., 1909; m. N. Y. City, 1895, Louise Wilson; one d .: Elizabeth, b. 1896. Minister for 26 years in present and only church,, Lenox Av. and 121st St., N. Y. City. Leeturer. Independent in politics. Unitarian. Ad- dress: 490 Riverside Drive, N. Y. City.
WRIGLEY, CHARLES F. J.
Clergyman; b. Utiea, N. Y .; ed. Hobart Coll., B.A., 1879, M.A., 1882, D.D., 1900; Gen. Theol. Sem., N. Y. City, S.T.B., 1885; m. Buffalo, 1889, Miss Pickering. Ordered deaeon and ordained priest, 1882, in Episcopal ministry. Ass't Christ Ch., Rochester, N. Y., 1882; reetor St. Mary's-on-the-Hill, Buffalo, 1883-1902; rector Grace Ch., Brooklyn Heights, N. Y. City, since 1902; also archdeaeon of Southern Arehdeaconry of Brook- lyn, 1903. Address: 53 Remsen St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
WULFF, EBERHARD J.
Consulting civil eng'r; b. Cologne, Germany, April 23, 1868; s. Eberhard and Henriette (Glebstatte) Wulff; self-ed .; m. Cortland, N .. Y., Oet. 16, 1902, K. Louise Tanner. Consulting eivil eng'r in gen. practise, spe- cializing on municipal eng'ring, highway construction and street railroads; county eng'r of Westchester Co., N. Y. Roman Catholic. Address: 62 Grove St., Tarry- town, N. Y.
WURZBACH, FRED A.
Mfr and banker; b. Newark, N. J., May 25, 1868; s. Charles and Matilda F. (Hartranft) Wurzbach; ed. publie schools of Plainfield, N. J., 1875-1881; N. J. Business Coll., Newark, N. J., 1884; m. Newark, N. J., Sept. 3, 1890, Amelia Elizabeth Alt; children: Fred A., Jr., b. 1896, Ruth A., b. 1897, Beatrice, b. 1905. Pres. and dir. The Bronx Nat. Bank; v .- p. and dir. C. D. Durkee Co .; gen. mg'r of firm Franeis Keil & Son, largest mfg hardware concern in State. Republiean; Baptist. Mem. Gavel Lodge No. 703, F. and A. M .; Ivy Chapter, R. A. M .; Manhattan Commandery, Mccca Shrine; A. O. U. W .; Royal Areanum; Suburban Coun- cil, all of Bronx. Summer residence: Bradley Beach, N. J. Address 381 E. 165th St., N. Y. City.
WYCKOFF, EDWARD GUILD
Capitalist; b. South Lansing, N. Y., 1867; s. William Ozman and Frances V. (Ives) Wyckoff; ed. Ithaca Schs. and Cornell Univ .; m. Boston, Mass., 1888, Edith T. Clymer. Pres. and dir. Wyckoff Lumber & Mf'g Co .; prop'r Cornell Heights, Ithaea, N. Y. Mem, Am. Geog. Soc., Peary Arctie Club, Mil. Order Loyal Legion of U. S. Address: Ithaea, N. Y.
WYER, JAMES INGERSOLL, JR.
Librarian; b. Red Wing, Minn., May 14, 1869; s. James Ingersoll and Rosabel E. (Shear) Wyer; ed. Concordia, Kan, High Sehs., Univs. of Minn. and Neb., N. Y. State Library Seh., B.L.S .. , 1898, M.L.S., 1905; m. Concordia, Kan., May 3, 1894, May Tyner; children: William, b. 1895; Margaret, b. 1900. Ass't cashier and dir. 1st Nat. Bank, Red Lake Falls, Minn., 1887-1889; ass't eashier, 1st Nat. Bank, Concordia, Kan., 1889- 1895; ass't public library Minneapolis, Minn., 1895- 1896; N. Y State Library, 1897-1898; librarian and prof. bibliography, Univ. of Neb., 1898-1905; referenee librarian and vice-dir. N. Y. State Library Sch., Jan. 1, 1906-June 1, 1908; dir. N. Y. State Library and State Library Seh., sinee June, 1908. Author: U. S. Gov't Documents, 1906; Bibliography of Ed'n, 1899-1907; Bib- liography of the study and teaching of history, 1900; also various contb'ns to library and edn'l journais. Life mem. and 1902 to 1909 sec. Am. Library Ass'n; v .- p., 1909-1910; pres., 1910-1911; v .- p. N. Y. Library Ass'n, 1906-1907; mem. Ass'n des Bibliothecaires Fran- eais and Bibliographieal Soc. of America. Trustee Public Library, Lineoln, Neb., 1902-1905; pres. Neb. Library Commi'n, 1901-1905. Residence: 399 Western Av. Address: State Library, Albany, N. Y.
WYETH, JOHN ALLAN
Physician, surgeon; b. Missionary Station, Ala., May 26, 1845; s. Judge Louis and Euphemia (Allan) Wyeth; ed. in Gunterville common school, and cadet at La Grange (Ala.) Mii. Acad., 1861; enlisted as private, Co. I, Russell's 4th Ala. Cav., C. S. A., and served through Civil War, taking part in engagements at Law's Land- ing, June, 1862; Ecar Wallow, Upton Sta., Elizabeth- town, Muldraugh's Hill, Rolling Fork River, Dec., 1862, and Jan., 1863; after that at Shelbyville, Tenn., Elk River, Winchester, Chickamauga, MaeLemore's Cove, Cottonport, Sequatchie Valley and Macon, Ga., to the surrender. Resumed studies after war; grad. Med. Dep't Univ. of Louisville, M.D., 1869, Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coil., M.D., ad eundem, 1873; LL.D., Univ. of Ala., 1901; Univ. of Md., 1909; m. 1886, Florence N. Sims, d. Dr. J. Marion Sims. Engaged in praetise of medicine in N. Y. City from 1873. Ass't demonstrator of anatomy, Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coli., 1873-1876;
founded N. Y. Polyclinic Med. Sch. and Hosp. and prof. surgery in same sinee 1882; surgeon St. Elizabeth's Hosp., 1897, Mt. Sinai Hosp., 1898. Author: Handbook of Medical and Surgical Referenee, 1873; Text Book on Surgery, 1886, and subsequent editions; Life of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, 1899 (Harper); aiso numer- ous monographs and articies on surg. subjects, con- tb'ns of hist. and biog. artieles and war sketehes to magazines (Century, Harper, etc.). Pres. N. Y. Pathol. Soc., 1885-1886; pres. N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, 1900; pres. Am. Med. Ass'n, 1901; pres. N. Y. Acad. Mcdieine, 1907; mem. N. Y. County Med. Asy'n; hon. mem. Pulaski Co. (Ark.) Med. Soe .; Med. Soe. State of N. J .; pres. N. Y. Southern Soe., 1907. Club: Union League. Address: 244 Lexington Av., N. Y. City.
WYLIE, ROBERT HAMILTON
Physician and surgeon; b. Chester, S. C., Mar. 25, 1863; s. Dr. Alexander P. and Juliet Agnes (Gill) Wylie; ed. Chester (S. C.) Aead., grad. Sheffield Seien- tific Sch., Yale Univ., Ph.B. 1883; Univ. of City of N. Y., Med. Dep't, M.D., 1885; studied also in Vienna gen. hospitals; m. Bayonne, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1904, Belle Green Mulford; one d .: Lueilla Annie, b. 1905. Interne Bellevue Hosp. (by competitive examination), 1885- 1886; ass't visiting gynecologist Bellevue Hospital, con- sulting gynecologist, Hackensack Hosp., prof. gyne- cology, N. Y. Polyelinic. Dir. Southern Power Co., Anderson Water, Light and Power Co. Independent Democrat. Mem. N. Y. Aead. of Medicine, N. Y. Obstet. Soc., Soc. of Alumni of Bellevue Hosp., N. Y. Co. Med. Soc .; mem. Bergelius Soc. of Yale Univ. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: University, Manhattan. Address: 72 W. 52d St., N. Y. City.
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