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LAMAR, JOSEPH RUCKER
Asso. justiee U. S. Supreme Court; b. Ruckersville, Ga., Oct. 14, 1857; s. James and Mary (Rucker) La- mar; attended Univ. of Ga .; grad. Bethany Coll., 1877; Law Dep't Wash. and Lee Univ .; hon. LL.D., Yale Univ., 1911; m. Bethany, W. Va., 1879, Clarinda H. Pendleton. Admitted to bar April, 1878; elected to House of Representatives 1886, re-eleetcd 1888; appt'd by Supreme Court of Ga., 1892, one of comm'rs to prepare eode adopted by Gen. Assembly, 1895. Appt'd to fill unexpired term of asso. justice Supreme Court of Ga., 1901; resigned 1905 on aceount of health. and resumed practice of law; appt'd asso, justiee of Supreme Court of U. S. by Pres. Taft, 1911. Address: 1751 New Hampshire Av., Washington, D. C.
N LAMB, ALBERT E.
Lawyer; b. Worcester, Mass., Nov. 9, 1843; s. Ed- ward and Janc Elisabeth (Smith) Lamb; ed. Yale, class of 1867; m. April 16, 1879, Annie Louise Kendall; one d .: Grace Fay, b. Sept. 16, 1887. Lieut .- col. and
judge advocate Old Second Division, N. G. N. Y., 011 staff of Gens. Jourdan, Christinson and Molineux. Clubs: University, Yale. Address: Lltehfield, Conn., and 189 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
NLAMB, ALBERT RICHARD
Physician; b. Waterbury, Conn., April 22, 1881; s. George Burton and Idabelle (Johnson) Lamb; at- tended Waterbury High Seh., and Taft's Sch., Water- town, Conn .; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1903, Coll. of Phys. and Surg., Columbia Unlv., N. Y., M.D., 1907; m. Providenee, R. f., Jan. 4, 1910, Helen Foster; one d .; Mary Nightingale, b. May 5, 1911. Was interne Presby'n Ilosp., N. Y., 2 years; bacteriologist to Presby'n Hosp. one year, and pathologist two years. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. N. Y. Acad. of Medi- cine, Soc. Presby'n Hosp. Alumni, Psi Upsilon fra- ternity and Skull and Bones. Clubs: Yale, Graduates', Racquet and Tennis. Address: 146 E. 74th St., N. Y. City.
LAMB, CHARLES E. 2002001
Educator; b. Liverpool, Eng., April 25, 1870; s. John and Mary (MeKenna) Lamb, of Glasgow, Seotland; attended Ormskirk Seh., England, Woodstown Aead., Woodstown, N. J .; 'Burlington (Vt.) High Sch., Univ. of Vt., A.B., 1893; A.M., 1898; m. Burlington, Vt., Sept. 27, 1900, Harriet Walker. Came from Liverpool to U. S. Aug., 1884; master at Cutler Seh., N. Y. City, 1895-1901; principal Lawrence Sch., Lawrence, L. I., since 1901. Independent; Episcopalian. Mem. Delta Psi fraternity. Reereation: Golf. Clubs: Waubanakee Golf (Burlington, Vt.). Residence: Woodmere, L. I. Address: Lawrenee, L. I., N. Y.
LAMB, CHARLES ROLLINSON
Artist, architect; b. N. Y. City; s. Joseph and Eliza (Rollinson) Lamb; ed. Coil. City of N. Y .; m. N. Y. City, Ella Condie. Specialist in religious, memorial and hist. art; was architect of the. Dewey Arch, erect- ed in Madison Square, N. Y. City, 1899; and of the Court of Honor of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration. for the Safe and Sane 4th of July Com. for New York City. Mem. Fine Arts Federation; trustee of the Public Art League; mem. and ex-v .- p. Am. Fine Arts Soe., ex-v .- p. Nat. . Sculpture Soc., Arehiteetural League; mem. and ex-pres. Art Students' League; ex- pres. Municipal Art Soc .; mem, and trustee Soe. of Mural Painters, trustee Sons of Revolution; trustee Merchants Ass'n; aud ehm'n City Plan Comm'n., trus- tee of lludson-Fulton Celebration Com., and ehm'n of Com. on Stands and line of Parade; Robert Fulton Monument Ass'n; ex-pres. Arts Realty Co. Mem. Cor- nell Boy Scouts of America; Am. Seenic and Historie Preservation Soc., Am. Game Protection Ass'n, Royal Arcanum, 7th Reg't. N. G. N. Y. Clubs: National Arts (gov), Reform, Church, Aero, Nineteentir Century. Residence: 360 W. 22d St .; (summer) Cresskill, N. J. Address: 27 Sixth Av., N. Y. Clty.
LAMB, ELLA CONDIE
Artist; b. N. Y .; d. James and Ellen (Harrison) Coudie; studied at Nat. Aead. and Art Students' League, N. Y .; in England under Hubert Herkomer, and in Paris under MM. Coliin & Courtois; m. N. Y. City. Charles Roilinson Lamb. Makes specialty of portrait aud decorative painting. Ilas traveled extensively in Europe. See. Local Sch. B'd, mem. Art Students' League, Woman's Municipal League. Recelved Dodge Prize, Nat. Acad. of Design, 1889; hon. mention World's Columbian Exp'n, 1893; Pan-Am. Exp'n, 1901; gold medal Atianta Exp'n. Clubs: Nat. Soc. of Mural Paint- ers, Nat. Arts. Address: 360 W. 22d St., N. Y. City.
LAMB, FREDERICK STYMETZ
Artist; h. N. Y. City, June 24, 1863; s. Joseph and Iliza (Rollinson) Lamb; preliminary ed'n Art Stu- dents' League, studying under William Sartain J. Car- roll Beckwith and others; pupil of Lefebvre and Boulanger, Paris; studied modeling under M. Millet and took the first place in competition in compos !- tion. Received hon. mention, Worid's Columbian Exp'n. Chicago, 1893; gold medal, Atlanta Exp'n, 1895; was one of the four glass workers invited to represent the U. S. at Paris Exp'n, 1900, and received medal from French Gov't. Lecturer and writer of civic art and municipal æstheties. Trustee Am. Scenle and Historic Preservation Soc .; ex-see. Municipal Art Soc. of N. Y .; ex-v .- p. Architectural League of N. Y .; ex-pres. Archi- teetural League of America; ex-sec. Nat. Soc. Crafts- men. Mem. Art Students' League, Nat. Sculpture Soc., Nat. Soc. Murai Painters. Club: Nat. Arts (see). Address: 23 6th Av., N. Y. City.
LAMB, GILBERT D.
Lawyer; b. Franklin, Conn., Oct. 20, 1857; s. Gilbert and Elizabeth (Dimock) Lamb; grad. Natchaug High Sehr. ( valedictorian), 1875; Yale, A. B., 1879; m. N. Y.
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City, Nov. 25, 1902, Blanche D. Baldwin; one son: Gilbert Baldwin, b. 1904. Admitted to Bar, N. Y. City, Nov. 5, 1883; mem. firm Lamb, Osborne & Petty, 1893- 1903; since then of firm of Osborne, Lamb & Garvan. Democrat. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Audubon Soc. Recreation: Farming. Clubs: City, Reform. Address: 440 West End Av., N. Y. City. Country Home: "Beech- spring Farm," Yantic, Conn.
LAMB, ROBERT B.
Physician; b. Jamestown, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1869; s. of Henry L. and Elizabeth (Brockway) Lamb; ed. pub. schs., Lansingburg Acad., Med. Dep't Union Univ., Albany, M.D., 1891; post-grad. study at N. Y. City and Edinburgh, Scotland; unmarried. Entered State hosp. service, 1891, as interne; promoted to junior ass't phy- sician, 1893; senior ass't, 1896; med. sup't 1900; re- signed 1911. Has visited most of the important medical centers of Europe and America; med. sup't Matteawan State Hosp .; consulting physician to Highland Hosp., Matteawan, N. Y. Mem. Dutchess Co. Med. Soc., Med. Soc. State of N. Y .; mem. Newburgh Bay Med. Soc., Am. Medico-Psychol. . Ass'n, N. Y., Psychiatrical Soc. Has summer camp, "Onawaawek," at Chazy Lake in the Adirondacks. Address: 447 3d Av., Troy, N. Y.
LAMBERT, ALEXANDER
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 15, 1861; s. Edward Wilberforce and Martha ( Waldron) Lambert; grad. Yale, A.B., 1884; Ph.B., .1885; Coll. Phys. and Surg., Columbia Univ., M.D., 1888; m. N. Y. City, April 23, 1895, Ellen Waitestill Cheney. Attending physician to Bellevue Hosp. and Diphtheria and Scariet Fever Hosp .: consulting physician to N. Y. Infirmary for Women and Children, Perth Amboy, (N. J.) Hosp., Nyack (N. Y.) and Greenwich (Conn.) hosps. Prof. Clinical Medicine Cornell Univ. Med. Coll. .. 1st Lieut. Med. Reserve Corps, U. S. A. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., County Med. Soc., N. Y. Acad. Med., Pathol. Soc., Alumni Soc. Bellevue Hosp. Trustee N. Y. Infirmary for Women and Children. Recreation: Fishing, hunt- ing. Clubs: University, Century, Yale, Columbia, Camp- fire, Boone and Crockett, Tourilli Fish and Game (Quebec), Triple Island Gunning (Munden, Va.). Ad- dress: 36 E. 31 St., N. Y. City.
LAMBERT, HENRY A.
Manufacturer, jewcler; b. Woodbury, Conn., Aug. 7, 1837; s. Henry and Margaret (De Forest) Lambert; ed. in Conn., 1841-1852; m. Lowell, Mass., Sept. 3, 1867, Sarah G. Corliss; children: Wallace C., b. May, 1869; Helen M., b. June, 1871; John H., b. Nov., 1875; Fred De F., b. Dec. 1877. Clerk and in drug business, 1853- 1862, in Conn. and Wis .; began traveling in 1860 in the Northwest in gold pen mf'g business, and has since traveied to some extent at times from Maine to Cali- fornia, and from the Lakes to Florida. Was many years treas. and dir. Aikin, Lambert & Co., N. Y. City; formerly treas. and dir. Aikin-Lambert Jewelry Co .; dir. Juniper Point Ass'n (Saiem, Mass.). Summer residence: near Salem, Mass. Address: 19 Maiden Lane, N. Y. City.
LAMBERT, JOHN S.
Jurist; b. Johnsonville, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1851; ed. pub. schs. and Greenwich (N. Y.) Acad .; m. 1891, Wini- fred Phillips, of Cassadega, N. Y. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1877; practised at Fredonia, N. Y. 1878-1889; county judge, Chautauqua Co., 1882-1889; justice Su- preme Court, N. Y., since Jan. 1, 1890. Republican. Address: Fredonia, N. Y.
LAMBERT, SAMUEL W.
Physician; b. N. Y. City, June 18, 1859; s. Edward W. and Martha Melcher (Waldron) Lambert; ed. pri- vate schs. N. Y. City, Yale, A.B., 1880, Ph.B., 1882; Co- lumbia (Coll. Phys. and Surg.), M.D., 1885; Yale, hon. A.M., 1905; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 21, 1893, Elizabeth Wiil- ets; children: Helen W., b. 1895; Samuel W., Jr., b. 1897; Martha, b. 1899. Attending surgeon to N. Y. Lying-in Hosp., 1892-1903; attending physiclan to Nur- sery and Chiids' Hosp., 1890-1896, to N. Y. Hosp. 1906- 1909; St. Luke's Hosp. since 1906. Prof. applied thera- peutics and dean Coll. Phys. and Surg. since 1904. Mem. N. Y. Acad. Med., Columbia Univ., Ass'n Am. Phys., Am. Gastro-Enterol. Ass'n; trustee Roosevelt Hosp .; gov. Soc. of Lying-in Ilosp. Clubs: University, Cen- tury, Racquet and Tennis, Yale, Grolier, Riding. Ad- dress: 130 E. 35th St., N. Y. City.
LAMIA, VINCENT ROBERT
Fruit and produce broker and comm'n merchant; . b. New Orleans, La., Aug. 31, 1873; s. Gaspar and Mary Grace (Ferreri) Lania; ed. New Orleans pub, schs. 1879- 1889; Tulane Law Sch., 1897-1898; in. New Orleans, La., June 6, 1905, Madeline Fabacher; children: Made- line Fabacher, b. April 10, 1906; Vincent Robert, Jr., b. Sept. 24, 1907; Natalie Mlram, b. Aug. 18, 1909; Ly-
dia Grace, b. June 10, 1911; Lillian Leonora, b. Sept.' 25, 1912. Independent Democrat; Catholic. Residence: 64 Vernon Terrace, E. Orange, N. J. Address: 204 Franklin St., N. Y. City.
YLA MONT, HERBERT MURRAY
Stock broker; b. Turners, Orange Co., N. Y., Dec. 12, 1877; s. late Charles A. and Regina Holmes (Warren) LaMont; ed. Polytechnic Inst. of Brooklyn, class of 1896. Stockbroker with firm of W. B. Frank- lin & Co. Sec. and dir. Ramapo Water Co .; ten years in employ of Westinghouse Electric and Mfg Co. and its allied interests. Recreations: Outdoor sports, yachting. Mem. Rep. County Com. of Kings Co., Sons of Revolution, Soc. Second War With Great Britain, Soc. Am. Wars, Alpha Chi Sigma fra- ternity. Clubs: Atlantic Yacht, Republican (N Y. City). Address: 902 President St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
J LAMONT, THOMAS WILLIAM
Banker; b. Claverack, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1870; s. Thomas and Caroline D. (Jayne) Lamont; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad., Exeter, N. H., Harvard Coll., A.B .; m. Englewood, N. J., Oct. 31, 1895, Florence H. Corliss; children: Thomas, b. 1899; Corliss, b. 1902; Austin 2d, b. 1905; Eleanor, b. 1910. Mem. firm of J. P. Mor- gan & Co. dir. First Nat. Bank, Guaranty Trust Co. of N. Y., Internat. Agr'l Corp'n, J. G. White & Co., Inc .; Lamont, Corliss & Co., Internat. Harvester Co., Lehigh Valley Coal Sales Co., Northern Pacific R'y, Southwest- ern Constr'n and Crowell Publishing Co. Republican; Presby'n. Clubs: Metropolitan, Harvard, University, Century Ass'n, The Players, City. Recess, Riding, Sleepy Hollow Country, National Golf Links of Amer- ica, Englewood Country. Address: 23 Wall St., N. Y. City.
LA MONTE, GEORGE M.
Paper mfr; b. Danville, Va., June 4, 1863; s. George· and Rebecca T. (Kern) La Monte; grad. Wesleyan Univ., A.M., class of 1884; m. Bound Brook, N. J., Oct. 12, 1887, Anna I. Vaill; children; George Vaill, b. 1899; Isabel, b. 1890; Archibald Douglas, b. 1893. Paper mfg'r for 21 years, making safety papers for U. S. and foreign gov'ts and other financial inst'ns. Now Comm'r of banking and Insurance for State of N. J .; pres. Corp'n of George La Monte & Son, paper mfrs; v .- p. First Nat. Bank of Bound Brook. Clubs: Metropolitan, City, Alpha Delta Phi. Resi- dence: Bound Brook, N. J. Address: 35 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
LAMPTON, WILLIAM JAMES
Journalist; b. in Lawrence County, Ohio; s. William H. and Ellinor Fairfax (Miller) Lampton ( both natives of Ky.); ed. in Kentucky academies and Marietta (O.) Coll., A.M. (honorary); unmarried. Began newspaper ( . work as editor and prop'r of a Republican paper at Ashland, Ky, 1877; then worked on Cincinnati Times and other papers: was editor of The Merchant Trav- eler, Cincinnati; later on Staff of Washington Critic, Washington Evening Star, and the Detroit Free Press; contb'r current satirical verse to N. Y. Times, N. Y. Tribune, N. Y. Sun, and N. Y. World; writer for magazines and free-lance newspaper work. In- dependent In politics. A.ppt'd on staff of Gov. Willson of Kentucky with the rank of Colonel, March 29th, 1910. Address: 109 W. 54th St., N. Y. City.
¿LANCASTER, WILLIAM WOART
Lawyer; b. Augusta, Me., Sept. 12, 1874; s. Stephen . Symons and Mary Ingelbert ( Woart) Lancaster; grad. Harvard, A.B. (magna cum laude), 1897, LL. B., 1599. En- gaged in practice of law in N. Y. City. Independent in politics; active in Citizens' Union several years. Episcopalian. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Ass'n Bar. City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n. Dir. and sec. St. George Evening Trade Sch., N. Y. City. Recreations: Pedestrianism, boating. Club: Harvard. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LANDALE, RUSSELL H.
Lawyer; b. in Great Britain, April 13, 1863; of Scotch family; s. James and Mary (Haigh) Landaje; formerly of Kirkaldy, Scotland; came to U S. 1872; ed pub. schs. Chillicothe, O., 1876-1SS0; Law Sch., Co -. lumbian Univ., Washington, D. C., 1SS6-1SSS, LL. B., M.L .; admitted to bar in Va., 1SSS; ass't gen. att'y, St. 1.ouis, Ark. & Texas N'y Co., 1SSS-1800; in gen. law practice in N. Y. City since 1891; admitted to practice in U. S. Supreme Court, 1894. Democrat. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n St. George's Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: N. Y. Athietic, Rockaway Hunt, Metropolitan. Residence: 507 Madison Av. Ad- dress: 37 Wall St., N. Y. City.
LANDON, FRANCIS G.
ICx-Assemblyman; b. N. Y. City. Aug. 20. 1859; 8. Charles Griswold and Susan H. Landon; descendant
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John Leverett, gov. Colony of Mass., 1673-1679, and Capt. David Landon, of Army of the Revolution; ed. at several schs., and finally'grad. John C. Green Sch. of Science, Princeton Univ., 1881; m. 1897, Mary Hornor Toel. Mem. 7th Reg't of N. Y. City, and for four years was its adjutant; in 1895, became capt. Co. I; in 1899, with associate officer, went to Eng- land to represent 7th Reg't and Nat. Guard of State; resigned and received full and honorable discharge, 1902; rejoined 7th Reg't, Dec., 1908, having been
elected major. Elected to Assembly, State of N. Y., 1900, upon Republican ticket, and re-elected in 1901 and 1902. Presidential elector, State of N. Y., 1904; appt'd by Pres. Roosevelt, 3d sec. Am. Embassy at Berlin, Jan., 1905, and 2d sec. Am. Embassy at Vienna, May, 1905, serving until June, 1907, when resigned. Elected Sept. 1907, chm'n Dutchess Co. Republican Com .; appt'd June, 1907. by Gov. Hughes, mem. comm'n to inquire into the condition of Nat. Guard and Naval Militia; June, 1909, appt'd by Gov. Hughes mem. of Militia Council State of N. Y .; mem. Graduate Council Princeton Univ., Chamber of Com- merce State of N. Y. Clubs: Union, University, Princeton, N. Y. Athletic, N. Y. Yacht. Address: Mansewood, Staatsburg-on-Hudson, N. Y.
J LANDRETH, OLIN HENRY
Civil eng'r and prof. eng'ring; b. Addison, Steuben Co., N. Y., July 21, 1852; s. Rev. James (M. E. clergy- man) and Adelia (Comstock) Landreth; ed. Rushville (N. Y.), Union Sch. Sodus, N. Y .; P'enn Yan, N. Y .; Dun- dee, N. Y., and Canisteo, N. Y. acads .; Union Coll., C E., 1876, A.B., 1877, A.M., IS81, D.Sc., 1905; m. Eliza d. William B. and Eliza J. Taylor, of Canisteo, N. Y .; children: William Comstock, b. Nov. 9, 1883; Olin Henry, Jr., b. Oct. 19, 1885 (died Feb. 6. 1888) ; Mary Eliza, b. Scpt. 21, 1889; Heien Adella, b. Dec. 15, 1892; James Taylor, b. Oct. 28, 1894; Robert Nelson, b. July 2, 1897. Various engagements in railroad eng'ring, 1869-1874; student in Union Coll., 1874-1877; ass't astronomer, Dudley Observatory, Albany, N. Y., 1877- 1879; prof. eng'ring, Vanderbilt Unlv., Nashville, Tenn., 1879-1894; dean of eng'ring dep't Vanderbilt Univ., 1886-1894; prof. eng'ring Union Coll. Schenectady, N. Y., 1894; consulting eng'r of N. Y. State B'd of Ilcalth, 1896-1906. Mem. N. Y. State Water Storage Comm'n, 1902-1903; N. Y. Bay Pollution Comm'n, 1903-1905; Metropolitan Sewerage Comm'n of N. Y., 1906-1908. has filled numerous engagements as civil eng'r and as consulting eng'r to various municipalities and corp'ns, particularly in hydraulic and sanitary eng'ring, since 1885. Has contributed articles on pro- fessional engineering subjects and on engineering cdu- cation to numerous professional journals and to the transactions of the various technical societies. Repub- lican. Mem. M. E. Ch., mem. and past dir. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, mem. and past v .- p. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, fellow A. A. A. S. (sec. Eng'ring Section, 1892, and v .- p., 1908), mem. (v.p., 1908) Soc. Promotion Eng'ring Ed'n, past pres. Schenectady Technical Ass'n, past pres. Soc. of Eng'rs of Eastern N. Y., Delta Up- silon fraternity, Sigma Xi Soc. Address: Union Coll., Schenectady, N. Y.
LANDRETH, WILLIAM BARKER
Civil eng'r; b. Rushville, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1857; s. James and Sarah (Barker) Landreth; cd. Sodus (N. Y.) and Dundee (N. Y.) acads., 1865-1870; Dansville High Sch., 1870-1873; Friendship Acad., 1873-1876; Union Coll., 1876-1881, A.B., C.E .; m. Schenectady, N. Y., May 7, 1881, Amelia T. Fitz Gerald, ass't eng'r Sinaloa & Durango R. R., Mexico, 1881-1884; city eng'r, Schenectady, N. Y., 1884-1887; eng'r B'd Public Works, Amsterdam, N. Y., 1887-1889; in charge city work, 1889-1897, at White Plains, Port Jervis and Jamestown, N. Y .; Tonawanda and Cortland, N. Y .; Athens, Pa., and Waverly, N. Y. Ass't eng'r, N. Y. State canals, 1897-1900; resident eng'r N. Y. State canals, 1903; sp'l resident eng'r N. Y. State canals, 1903-1908; sp'l deputy State eng'r, 1909-1910; con- sulting eng'r, Schenectady, N. Y. Mem. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng'rs, Rensselaer Soc. Eng'rs, Mass. Highway Ass'n, Eng'rs Soc. of Eastern N. Y. Republican: Episeopalian. Contb'r technical papers to eng'ring journals and transactions. Residence:
20 Gillespie St., Schenectady, N. Y.
LANDSTREET, FAIRFAX S.
Capitalist; b. Paris, Fauquier Co., Va .; m. May Davis. Pres. and director .N. Y. Dock Co., Sequoyah Coal & Coke Co., Allegheny Coal Co. Dir., Continental . Trust Co., Baltimore. Republican. Clubs: Lawyers, Railroad, Metropolitan (N. Y. City), Maryland, Elk Ridge Fox Hunting, Baltimore Yacht, Green Spring Valley Hunt (Baltimore). Residence: 563 Park Av. Address: 10 Bridge St., N. Y. City.
LANE, CHARLES STODDARD
Clergyman; b. Boston, Mass., Jan. 15, 1860; s. George H. and Sarah ( Weeks) Lane; ed. Boston Latlu Sch., Amherst Coll., AB., 1880, A.M. 1883; Hartford Theol. Som., 1881; in. Brooklyn, 1885, Jessie Carson; children: Stoddard, b. 1887; George Homer, b. 1894; Laura, b. 1901. Pastor Cong'l Ch., Unionville, Conn., 1884-1858; Pastor First Presby'n Ch., Mt. Vernon, N. Y., 1888-1910. V .- p. and prof. Ch. history, Hartford Sch. of Religious Pedagogy of Hartford Sem. Foundation since 1910. Mem. Synod of N. Y. and Presbytery of Westchester. Recreations: Outdoor sports, baseball, yachting. Ad- dress: West Hartford, Conn.
LANE, FRANKLIN KNIGHT .
Secretary of the Interior; b. near Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Can., July 15, 1864; s. Dr. C. S. and C. W. H. Lane; removed to California during childhood; grad. Univ. of Calif., 1886; m. April 11, 1893, Anne Wintermute; engaged in newspaper work; later became reporter; also N. Y. correspondent of Western papers; part owner and editor Tacoma Daily News; admitted to bar of Calif., 1889; corp'n counsel San Francisco, 1897-1902; candidate for Gov. of Calif. 1902; received party vote of Legislature of Calif. for U. S. Senator, 1903; Democrat. Mem. Permanent In- ternat. R'y Comin'n, representing U. S. Gov't; mem. Interstate Commerce Commi'n, Dec., 1905-March, 1913 (chin'n Jan. 1-March); appt'd Sec. of the Interior by Pres. Wilson, March 5, 1913. Clubs: Cosmos, Metro- politan, University, Chevy Chase. Address: Washing- ton, D. C.
LANE, GARDINER MARTIN
Banker; b. Cambridge, Mass., 1859; s. Prof. George Martin and Frances Eliza (Gardiner) Lane; grad. Har- vard Coll., A.B. (summa cum laude), 1881; m. Balti- more, Mid., Emma Louise Gildersleeve; one d. Kath- arine Ward. Mem, firm Lee, Higginson & Co. Dir. U. S. Steel Corp'n, Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co., Old Colony Trust Co., Montana Power Co., Interbor- ough Rapid Transit Co., Harrison Bros. & Co., Inc .; Pa. Water & Power Co., Puget Sound Electric Ity Co., and others. Pres. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; treas. Mass. Branch Nat. Red Cross; Am. Sch. of Clas- sical Studies at Athens (inem. mi'g com.); Boston Soc. of Archeol. Inst. of America; mein. Am. Acad. Clubs: Somerset, Tavern ( Boston), Knickerbocker, University, Brook (N. Y.), Essex County, Brookline Country, Eastern Yacht (Mass.). Residence: Man- chester, Mass. Address: 44 State St., Boston, Mass .; 43 Exchange Pl., N. Y. City.
LANE, WOLCOTT G.
Lawyer; b. Sandusky, Ohio, Jan. 21, ISG6; s. William G. and Elizabeth D. (Griswold) Lane; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H .; Yale, A.B., IS88; Columbia Law Sch., IL.B., IS91; m. Lynn, Conn., Sept. 15, 1896, Edith G. Perkins. Admitted to bar, 1891; mem. law firm Miller, King, Lane & Tafford. Republican; Episco- palian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Met. Museum of Art, Ami. Geog. Soc., Museum of Natural History. Clubs: Lawyers, University, Yale, Ardsley, Automo- blle of America. Residence: 15 E. 74th St. Address: 80 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LANGDON, ANDREW
Banker, manufacturer; b. New Marlboro, Mass .; s John Le Droit and Jerusha (Stillman) Langdon; ed. Lenox Acad. (Mass.); m. 1st, Belmont, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1866, Alice B. Woodward: 2d, South Bend, And., Nov 25, 1903, Ilariet C. Studebaker; children: John Le Droit, Ellen E., William Chauncey, Elizabeth. En- gaged in banking and mfg in Buffalo for years; now director General Railway Signal Co. Commonwealth Trust Co., Buffalo Foundry Co., Buffalo Gen. Electric Co., Frontier Telephone Co., Consolidated Telephone Co., all of Buffalo; treas. Dominion Telephone Co. of Canada. Extensive traveler in all of U. S. and ad- joining countries, and all countries of Europe. Park comm'r City of Buffalo; mem. Grade Crossing Comin'n of Buffalo for several years; pres. Buffalo Hist. Soc., 14 years. Erected in Delaware Park and gave to City of Buffalo the bronze replica of "David." Michel- angelo's masterplece (the only one In America); this was east In bronze especially for, and received gold medal at, the Paris Exp'n of 1900. Republican. Pres- byterlan. Mem. S. A. R., Soc. Colonial Wars, Allegheny Soc., St. Andrew's Scottish Soc. : pres. Buffalo His- torical Soc .: director Buffalo Homeopathic Hosp .; v .- p. Soc. Natural Sciences. Clubs: Buffalo, Buffalo Yncht, Century, Ellicott, Buffalo Library. Address: 175 North St., Buffalo, N. Y.
LANGDON, ROBERT G.
Att'y at Law; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1870; s. Philander C. and Aun Eliza (Getty) Langdon; grad. Columbia Univ. Low Sch., N. Y. Law Sch., I.I.B .; m.
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Montclair, N. J., June 4, 1895, Mary A. Marvin; one d. Katharine, b. Aug. 24, 1896. Pres. Malvern Realty Co .; sec. Hanson Realty Co. Republican. Mem. Co- lumbia Univ .; Psi Upsilon, Kane Lodge F. and A. M., No. 454, and sons Am. Revolution. Address: 296 Sterling Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
LANGELOTH, JACOB
Merchant; b. Mannheim, Germany; m. Valeria Knapp, 1903. Pres. and director The Am. Metal Co., Lt'd; dir. Metallurgical Co. of Am .; v .- p. and dir. Bal- bach Smelting & Refining Co .; dir. Corn Exchange Bank; Gen. Development Co., Miaml Copper Co. Resi- dence: 636 Fifth Av. Address: 52 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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LANGSTAFF, J. ELLIOT
Physician; b. Langstaff, Ont., Can .; s. John and Elizabeth (Brett) Langstaff; grad. Toronto Univ., M.B., M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg., Ontario (licentiate), Royal Coll. Physicians, Edinburgh Univ., L.R.C.P .; m. New Brunswick, N. J., Nov. 19, 1884, S. Josephine Meredith; children: S. Meredith, b. 1886; J. Brett, b. 1889. Practised In Richmond Hill, Ont., and Brooklyn, N. Y., 28 years. Has traveled through British Isles, Southern Europe and the whole United States and Canada. Was mem. Queens Own Rifles, Toronto, Ont .; now naturalized citizen of U. S .; Episcopalian. Mem. Kings Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, staff St. John's Hosp. Recreations: Boating, traveling, coun- try life. Clubs: Barnard, Winter's Night; Church. Country residence: "Breljomere," Stony Brook, L. I. Address: 19 Seventh Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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