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from R. I. of Nat. Dem. Conv. at Chicago, 1884; was at one time chin'n Dem. Com. of Hancock Co., Me. Formerly pres. Liberty League of U. S., and appt'd on com. to secure recount of Mayoralty Election in N. Y. City. Was presented to Queen Victoria by U. S. Minister Abbott Lawrence, 1852, and to Na- poleon III. by U S. Minister Rives. While Consular agent at Cobourg, Can., was urged to accompany Gen. Ryan in the Virginius, but declined, thus escaping the fate of Gen. Ryan and associates, who were cap- tured by Spanish cruiser, and shot in Morro Castle, Havana. Democrat; Episcopalian. Life mem. N. Y. Hist. Soc .; mem. N. Y. Biog. Soc. St. Nicholas Soc., 32° Mason; elected pres. Am. Tariff Reform League for 4 years. term expiring Aug., 1916. Address: 15 E. 90th St., N. Y. City.
LAWRENCE, RICHARD WESLEY
Piano inf'r; b. N. Y. City, May 7, 1878; s. Lewis and Mary J. Lawrence; ed. N. Y. Law Sch., 1901; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 20, 1906, Ruth Earle; children: Ruth Earle, b. Nov. 14, 1907; Richard W., Jr., b. Jan. 16, 1909. With Weber Piano Co. 7 years, until its merger with Aeolian Co., 1903; with Aeolian Co., 1903-1910, when became prcs. of Autopiano Co., which office still holds. Also v .- p. and treas. Printers' Ink Publishing Co .; ex- ecutor and trustee The Chas. Kohler Estate; trus- tee North Side Savings Bank. Republican candidate, 1904, for State Senator in Bronx; mem. Republican County Com. 12 years; mem. Mayor Gaynor's Market Comm'n, 1913. Republican; Methodist. Pres. Nat. Piano Mfr Ass'n, 1913-1914; N. Y. Piano Mf'g Ass'n, 1911-1912; chm'n com. of Mng'nt, Union Branch Y. M. C. A., Bronx; dir., North Side B'd of Trade, Bronx; mem. Exec. Com., and Com. on Candidates of Citi- zens' Municipal Com., 1913. Clubs: Republican, Park Republican, North Side Republican, Sphinx. Resi- dence: Sedgwick Av., University Heights. Address: 51st St. and 12th Av., N. Y. City.
LAWRENCE, ROBERT BOWNE .
Lawyer; b. Flushing, L. I., Dec. 1, 1852; s. John W. and Mary King ( Bowne) Lawrence; ed. Columbia Coll. sch. of Mines, class of 1874; Unlv. of Berlin, 1875-1876; Celumbia Coll. Law Sch., LL.B., 1876; m. N. Y. City, April 24, 1884, Eliza Hyde Clements; one son: Robert Rutherfurd. Admitted to bar, 1878, and since prac- tising law. Fusion candidate for pres. Borough of ' Queens, 1901 (defeated) ; ass't to Col. W. S. Cogswell, comm'r of taxes, 1902-1904; sec. to Third Deputy Po- lice Comm'r Wmn. L. Mathot, 1906; sec. to Third Dep- uty Police Comm'r Bert Hanson, 1907-1908. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. Ass'n for Protection of Gamc. Club: University. Ad- dress: Flushing, L. I., N. Y.
LAWRENCE, WILLIAM VAN DUZER
Manufacturer; b. near Elmira, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1842; s. Robert D. and Catherine ( Van Duzer ) Lawrence; ed. in Michigan; m, 1867, Sarah, d. Alfred G. Bates, of Monroe, Mich .; children: Arthur W., Dudley B., Louise L. Meigs, Anna L. Bisland. Came to New York City when nineteen years old; in 1866 went to Canada to establish a branch house, in partnership with Perry Davis & Son, of Providence, R. I., conducting it for 21 years, and in 1882 the business was merged into the Davis & Lawrence Co., of Montreal. The company in 1895, bought out the business of Perry Davis & Son, of Providence, R. I., and all its proprietary interests: later a branch corp'n, The Davis & Lawrence Co., of N. Y., was organized and since 1900 the head office of the business has been located in N. Y. City. Pres. Fellows Mfg Co. of N. Y. City and Montreal, and founder Lawrence Park, Bronxville, N. Y. and Law- renee Hosp., Bronxville. Club: Union League (N. Y. City). Residence: 969 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
LAWRENCE, WILLIAM WATSON
Manufacturer: b. Huntington. Pa., April 22. 1859; s. John Jacob and Anna Elizabeth ( Watson) Lawrence; grad. Princeton, A.B., 1878. Connected with firm of Suydam, Lawrence & Co., and M. B. Suydam & Co., 1878-1884; established firm of W. W. Lawrence & Co., 1884. and Sterling Whlte Lead Co .. 1893; pres. Nat. Lead Co. Republican. Mem. Am. Whig Soc. of Prince- ton, Pennsylvania Soc. of N. Y., Mil. Order Loyal Le -. gion. Pa. Soc Colonial Wars. Clubs: University, Met- ropolitan, Riding, Automobile of America, Princeton, Westchester Country (N. Y. City), Duquesne (Pitts- burgh), Maryland ( Baltimore). Residence: 22 E. 47th St. Address: 111 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LAWRENCE, WILLIAM WITHERLE
Educator; b. Bangor, Me., May 29, 1876; s. Franklin Muzzy and Lucy Moulton (Witherle) Lawrence; grad. Bowdoin Coll., A.B., 1898; Univ. of Leipzig. Germany, 1898-1899; Harvard Univ., M.A:, 1900; Ph.D., 1903. Instr. in German, Ilarvard Univ., 1900-1903; asso. prof.
English literature, Univ. of Kansas, 1903-1905; instr. and adjunct prof. English, Columbia Univ., 1905-1909: asso. prof. of English, since 1909. Asso. editor Journal of English and Germanic Philology. Republican. Mem. Modern Language Ass'n of America, Am. Scandinavian Soc., Dialect Soc. of America, Drama League of Amer- iea, Psi Upsilon fraternity and Phl Beta Kappa Soc. Clubs: MacDowell, Players, Century (N. Y. City), Co- lonial (Cambridge, Mass.). Residence: 618 W. 114th St. Address: Hall of Philosophy, Columbla Univ., N. Y. City.
LAWSON, ALFRED WILLIAM
Publisher, editor, author; b. London, Eng., March 24, 1869; s. Robert Henry and Mary (Anderson) Lawson. A pioneer in the science and development of the in- dustry of air transportation; a recognized authority on aviation and aerostation. Traveled aronnd world 15 years. Author: Born Again (philosophie novel). Pres. Lawson Publishing Co. Residence: Garden City Hotel, Garden City, L. I. Address: 37 E. 28th St., N. Y. City.
LAWSON, JOSEPH ALBERT
Lawyer; b. Albany, N. Y., Dee. 13, 1859; s. Isaae and Elizabeth L. (Steere) Lawson; grad. Albany Boys' Acad., 1878, Columbia Law Sch., LL.B, 1882; m. Al- bany, N. Y., June 3, 1885, Harriette C. Morgan, of Syra- cuse. N. Y .: children: Helen N. Lawson, b. 1889, Flor- ence K. Ilarding, b. 1891. Engaged in practice of law in Albany from 1882. After-dinner speaker at prin- cipal banquets in N. Y. State for past fifteen years; State miscellaneous reporter since 1912. Dir. Rensse- laer Improvement Co., Troy, N. Y. Dem. candidate for justice Supreme Court of N. Y., Third Dist., Nov. 1905 and 1910. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n N. Y. State Bar Ass'n: trustee Albany Acad. for Girls. Past Master Masters Lodge No. 5. F. and A. M .: Elk. Recreations: Automobiling. golf and photography. Clubs: Fort Orange, University, Albany Automobile. Residence: 44 Lancaster St. Address: 119 State St., Albany, N. Y.
LAWSON, THOMAS R.
Engineer, educator; b. Wheeling. W. Va., Dee. 24, 1873; s. Joseph and Sarah Elza (Brice) Lawson; grad. Rensselaer Poly. Inst., C.E., 1898 (hon. Soc. Sigma Xi and Tan Beta 1'l); m Troy, N. Y., Aug. 23. 1899, Mary Agnes Lawrence; children: Margaret Elizabeth Law- son. b. 1905; Virginia May, b. 1907. Began as insp. structural material for William Hildenbrand, N. Y. City, 1893-1894: while student in summer. was insp. of various works; ass't in mechanies. 1898-1900; ass't prof. 1903-1906; asso. prof. 1906-1909 and prof. since 1909, of rational and technical mechanics Rensselaer Poly. Inst. Acted as consulting eng'r for bridges, hydraulic work and gen. civil eng'ring, and as expert in law cases involving eng'ring problems. Republi- can; Presby'n. Mem. Am. Soe. Civil Eng'rs; mem. Am. Soc. for Testing Materials: mein. Chamber of Commeree. Mem. Theta fraternity, Troy Vocal Soc. Address: Rensselaer Poly. Inst., Troy, N Y.
LAWYER, GEORGE
Lawyer, b. N. Y. City, Sept. 24, 1864; s. James and Eliza J. (Irwin) Lawyer; ed. Schoharle (N. Y.) Aead. Entered Hamilton Coll., A.B .. 1885, A.M .. 18SS: Albany Law Sch., EL. B., 1887; m. N. Y. City, Fob. 9. 1892. Agnes. d. David B. Pershail; children: James, b. 1893; George Irwin. b. 1897: David Buchanan, b. 1902. Admitted to bar, May, 1887; began practice of law in Albany, April, 1890; in 1897 formed co-partnership with Charles J. Buchanan, under firm name of Buchanan. Lawyer & Whalen. Contb'r to legal publications since 1890; lec- turer on law of contracts and personal property in Albany Law School since 1905. Democrat; candidate for State Senator, 29th Senatorial Dist .. 1904. One of organizers of Troop A. N. Y. City, 1889; judge advo- cate 3d Brigade. N.G.N.Y., since Feb., 1901. Pres- by'n. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Am. Bar Ass'n, Soc. Internat. Law, Washington, D. C., Albany County Bar Ass'n, Ass'n of Troop A, N. Y. City, Theta Delta Chi fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa Soc. at Hamilton Coll., and P'hi Delta Phi at Albany Law Sch., Sons of Revolution; mom, and past master of Temple Lodge 14, 12. and A. M., Albany. Clubs: Fort Orange Coun- try, Jefferson (AAlbany). Residence: 437 State St. Ad- dress: 79 Chapel St., Albany, N. Y.
LAY, CHARLES DOWNING
Landscape architect: b. Newburgh. N. Y .. Sept. 3. 1$77: s. Oliver Ingraham and lester Marian (Wait) Lay; ed. J II. Morse Sch .. Columbia Univ., Sch. of Architecture; llarvard Univ .. B.S. in landscape architecture. 1902: m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 1 1904 laura B. Gill: children: Oliver, b. 1906: Alice. b. 1908: David. b. 1910; George Cowles. b. 1912. Started independent practice. 1904; app't Landscape Architect, City of X. Y., 1911. re-
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signed in 1913. Started the quarterly magazine Land- scape Architecture (in association with H. V. Hubbard and R. Wheelwright), 1910. Mem. Delta Upsllon fra- ternity. Am. Soc. of Landscape Architects, Municipal Eng'rs, N. Y., Soc. of Columbia Univ. Architects, Archl- tectural League. Clubs: Century Ass'n, Harvard, National Arts. Residence: 11 Cranberry St., Brooklyn, N. Y., and Stratford, Conn. Business Address: 15 E. 40th St., N. Y. City.
LAY, GEORGE COWLES
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, June 10, 1850, s. George Cowles and Julla Anna (Hartness) Lay; grad, Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1869; A.M., 1872; Columbia Coll. Law Sch., LL.B., 1871; m. N. Y. City, 1879, Sara Emma Briggs; one d., Sara Emma, b. 1885. Engaged In gen. practice chiefly In Iltigated cases; formerly counsel for Nat. Shoe and Leather Bank; familiar with banking, in- surance and corporation law. Dir. Commonwealth Trust Co. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc .; mem. Harlem Com. Charity Org'n Soc. Club: Century, Residence: 99 Claremont Av. Address: 46 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
LAY, JULIUS GARECHE
Consul gen .; b. Washington, D. C., Aug. 9, 1872; s. Richard Gregory and Caroline (Kimball) Lay; ed. pub. and private schs., N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 10, 1904, Anne Howard. Continuously in Am. consular service, since 1889, serving at Ottawa, Can., as vice- consul; Windsor, Ont., as consul, and Barcelona, Spain; Canton, China, Cape Town, South Africa, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as consul gen. Club: Metropolitan (Washington, D. C.). Address: Am. Consulate, Rlo de Janeiro, Brazil.
LAZELLE, HARRY W.
Banker; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1865; s. Wllllam H. and Sarah Jane (Neil) Lazelle; ed. Brooklyn, N. Y. pub. schs .; m. Brooklyn, May, 21, 1886, Emily M. Ches- ter (died Sept. 20, 1904); m. N. Y. City, Aug. 14, 1908, Alice S. Mott; one son: Chester, b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1887. Senlor mem. firm of Lazelle, Fincke & Co. Dlr. Bankers' Investing Co. Residence: 724 E. 19th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 115 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LEACH, ABBY
Educator; b. Brockton, Mass., 1855; d. Marcus and Ellza Paris (Bourne) Leach; private pupil at Cam. bridge of Profs. Goodwin, Child and Greenough, 1878-1879; Harvard Annex (now Radcliffe Coll.), 1882; A.B., A.M., Phi Beta Kappa, Vassar, 1885; studled at Leipzig Unlv., Germany, 1886-1887; now prof. Greek Vassar Coll. Traveled extensively in Europe and spent several months in Greece, Sicily and Italy. The org'n of Radcliffe Coll. was largely suggested and promoted by her taking private courses with different profs. at Harvard. Honored by gift of a gold cup, inscribed with Imperial Coat of Arms, from Emperor of Jaran, as a "token of 1fis Imperial good will." . Baptist. Mem. Archaeol. 1ust., Am. Philol. Ass'n, Class Ass'n of Eng; mem. Mn'g Com. Ain. Sch. at Athens, Greece; Colleglate Alumnl Ass'n, Coll. Equal Suffrage League, Women's Pollt. Union, Nat. Suffrage Ass'n, Vassar Alumna Ass'n. Occasional cont'br to periodicals, magazines and journals on literary and cdn'l subjects. Clubs: Women's University, Brockton Women's (hon. mem.), Japan Soc. Address: Vassar Coll., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
LEACH, ARTHUR BURTIS
Banker; b. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 30, 1863; s. Frederick E. and Matilda 1. (Shaw) Leach; ed. Detroit High Sch .; m. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 3, 1889, Maud Campbell; children: Helen, Maud, Ferry W., Margaret. Clerk for Buhl, Sons & Co., Detroit, later for A. E. Hen- derson, hardware dealer, Fargo, N. Dak .; organized Campbell & Leach, hardware dealers, Devils Lake, N. Dak., conducting same until 1885, when became ass't cashier of Bank of Devlls Lake; late with S. A. Kean & Co., bankers, of N. Y. and Chicago; with late John Farson, organized Farson, Lcach & Co., 1889, and A. B. Leach & Co., 1906, with offices in N. Y., Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and London. Re- publican. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, Mich. Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Unlon League, Lotos, Auto, Aigon- quin, New York, Queen City, Union League (Chicago). Residence: S. Orange, N. J. Address: 149 Broadway, N. Y. Clty.
LEADLEY, GEORGE WILLIAM
Chief of App't Div. Dep't of Commerce and Labor; b. Webster, Monroe County, N. Y .; s. Henry Bryan and Jane (Porter) Leadley; ed. Geneseo, N. Y., Normal and Training Sch., Med. course in George WashiIngton Unlv. Took first prize in Clinleal Medicine; m. Ger- mantown, Pa., Oct. 28, 1896, Edith Heller Gilbert. Traveled over all of the U. S. and Porto Rico as an examiner on the U. S. Civil Service Com'n. Es-
tablished civil service system in Porto Rico in 1902. Mein. Kappa Slgma fraternity. Club: Capital. Ad- dress: Dep't of Commerce, Washington, D. C.
LEALE, CHARLES A.
Physielan; b. N. Y. City, March 26, 1842; s. Captain W. P. and A. M. Leale; grad. Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., M.D., Feb., 1865; post-grad. studies In Europe, 1866; m. 1867, Rebecca Medwin Copcutt. Med. cadet, U. S. A .; ass't surgeon brevet cap't, U. S. V .; surgeon in charge of commissioned officers' ward, 1865; exec. officer, U. S. Army Gen. llosp., Washington; was first surgeon to reach President Lincoln after assassina- tion; placed in charge by Mrs. Lincoln and remained continuously with the President, prolonging Ilfe; held his right hand and received last sign of parting; was consulting physician at last illness of President Gar- field. Investigated Asiatic cholera in Europe and America; devoted life to poor in epidemic of 1866; studied epldemics, cerebro-spinal meningitis, 1864, and many epidemics and causes of typhoid fever in Brook- lyn and N. Y. City; devised system by which, in mld- summer thousands of mothers and sick children of N. Y. City were daily given salt water baths on trips of floating hosp, to waters of Atlantic Ocean; conceived the Idea and urged the construction of recreation piers in N. Y. City; suggested and planned summer hospitals for children on superstructure of wharves; urged doubling area of Bellevue Hosp. and its reconstruction in 1895; devoted 15 summer vacations to gratultous care of poor mothers with sick children. Author: Chronic Diseases Among the Children of N. Y. City; Prenatal Diseases; Surgery of the Lungs; Sunstroke of Infants; Observations on Asiatic Cholera; also varlous papers before medical ass'ns, etc. Practising in N. Y. City since 1866. Mem. Alumnl Ass'n Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. (pres. 1875), N. Y. Co. Med. Ass'n (pres. 1885-1887), N. Y. Soc. for Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Men (pres. 1895-1898), St. John's Guild (pres. 1891-1893); mem. Council Internat. Med. Congress, 1887; mem. G. A. R., Loyal Leglon. Consulting physician Bellevue Hosp. and to N. Y. Inst'n for Instruction of Deaf and Dumb. Address: 601 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
LEALE, LOYAL
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, March 24, 1879; s. Charles . A. Leale, M.D., and Rebecca Medwin (Copcutt) Leale; ed. in private schs. In N. Y. City; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1900; Columbia Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1902, Columbia Sch. of Polit. Selence. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, July, 1902. Began practice of law in offices of David B. Ogden and of Philbin, Berkman & Menken, In N. Y. City. Appt'd an ass't corp'n counsel of City of N. Y. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Delta Kappa Epsilon Ass'n. Clubs: Squadron A, Co- lumbla Univ. Residence: 604 Madison Av. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. Clty.
LEALE, MEDWIN
Physiclan; b. N. Y. City, 1873; s. Charles A. and Rebecca Medwin (Copcutt) Leale; ed. private schs. N. Y. City, A.B., Columbia Univ .; later taking post- graduate course in phillosophy, M.D., Coll. P. and S., N. Y. City, 1896; m. Matilda Howard Marvin, d. of late Tasker . Howard Marvin, educator and philan- thropist; children: Bianca Marvin, b. 1904; Rosalind, b. 1907. Interne Roosevelt Hosp .; attending physician Floating Hosp. for Children of St. John's Guild, 1896- 1897; physician Roosevelt Hosp., Out-Patient Dep't, 1900-1908; studied in hospitals abroad 1900. After serving in Squadron A, N.G.N. Y., 1892-1897, was pro- moted first lieut. and ass't surgeon; served through- out Spanish-Am. War, as surgeon to N. Y. Vol. Cav., ac- companying expd'n to Porto Rico. Was also surgeon to U. S. Regular Cavalry in southern Porto Rico, and attending physician to Gen. Nelson A. Miles's head- quarters at Ponce, Porto Rico. Later comm'd capt. and surgeon to Squadron A, N. G. N. Y., serving until 1903. Mem. examining b'd of surgeons of org'ns attached to N. Y. State Headquarters, 1902-1903. Epis- copalian. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Soc. of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis, N. Y. State Oled. Soc., Greater N. Y. Med. Ass'n, Alumni Ass'n Roosevelt Hosp. Pres. Alumni Ass'n, St. John's Guild Hosps, for children; mem. N. Y. Pathol, Soc., Ass'n MI. Surgeons of U. S., Fellow N. Y. Acad. of Medleine, mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Hon. mem. Squadron .1; mem. N. Y. Vol. Cav. Ass'n. Author numerous articles on med. and surg. subjects. Clubs: Columbia, Nassau Country. Address: 852 Lexington Av., N. Y. City.
LEARNED, ELLIN CRAVEN
Author; b. N. J .; d. Captain Tunis Augustus Mac- donough Craven, U. S. N., and Marie Louise (Steven- son) Craven; private sch. ed'n in N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, April 12, 1893; Frank Learned. Author: The Etiquette of New York To-day; Ideals for Girls (F.
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A. Stokes Co., N. Y.); on editorial staff of The Church- man, 1890-1899; cont'hr to The Delineator, 1899-1906, The Ladies' World, 1907-1913. Anti-suffragist. Anglo- Catholic. Asso. of Sisterhood of St. Mary. Recre- atlon: Traveling. Address: 48 W. 9th St., N. Y. City.
LEARNED, WALTER
Banker; b. New London, Conn., June 22, 1847; s. Joseph Coit and Jane E. (Dickerman) Learned; grad. Barlett High Sch .; m. June 1, 1871, Alice F. Beckwith; one d., Mary Carleton, b. Oct. 24, 1876. Pres. Rock- ville & Willimantic Light and Power Co., v .- p, and treas. Savings Bank of New London; dir. Union Bank & Trust Co., New London, and Conn. R'y & Lighting Co. Mem. N. Y. Zool. Soc., S. A. R., Soc. Colonial Wars, Bibliophilia Soc., Folklore Soc., Pres. Manual Training and Industrial Sch., Public Library of New London. Author: Between Tlmes; translator: Ten Tales from Copper, The Rivals; editor: Treasury of Favorite Poems, Treasury of Favorite American Verse. Clubs: Nat. Arts, Grolier, Authors', Thames (New London). Residence: 2 Broad St. Address: Savings Bank of New London, New London, Conn.
LEARY, MICHAEL A.
Lawyer; b. Ireland, Aug. 7, 1847; s. John and Mar- garet ('MacDonnell) Leary; ed. East Bloomfield and Penn Yan Acads .; m. l'enn Yan, Feb. 1, 1876, Rhoda Bradley Bennett; children: Henry Bennett, Julia Louise. Came to America at early age with parents; settled in E. Bloomfield, N. Y .; after leaving school, studied law; admitted to bar, 1869; since then in gen. practice at Penn Yan. Delegate Dem. Nat. Convs., 1884, 1888; mem. State Constitutional Conv., 1890, to revise judiciary article of constitution; post- master at Penn Yan, 1893-1899. Address: Penn Yan, N. Y.
LEARY, MONTGOMERY ELIHU
Physician; b. Rochester, N. Y., July 9, 1868; s. Dan- fel and Caroline W. (Montgomery) Leary; ed. public schs., Rochester Free Acad .; grad. Univ. of Rochester, A.B., 1892; Med. Dep't Univ. of Pa., M.D., 1895; m. Rochester, Aug. 6, 1896, Caroline A. Tegg. Traveled in Europe 1892, 1901 and 1908; coroner's physician, Monroe County, 1899-1902; health officer Town of Gates since 1899. Republican. Presby'n. Leeturer on physiology and hygiene, Mechanics' Inst., 1895-1902; corr. sec. Rochester Acad. Science, 1896-1904; same Rochester Public Health Ass'n, 1897-1911, sec. N. Y. State Sanitary Officers' Ass'n; mem. Nat. Soc. for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis; Am. Hosp. Ass'n; Am. Sanatorium Ass'n; Am. Public Health Ass'n; Internat. Congress of Hygiene & Demography; Monroe County Med. Soc .; Am. Med. Ass'n; Rochester Pathol. Soc .; Hosp. Med. Soc., Acad. of Medicine. Sup't lola Sanatorium (Monroe County), Tuberculosis Hosp. Mason: Rochester Lodge, Hamilton Chapter, Doric Council, Monroe Commandery, K. T .; Rochester Con- sistory (Scottish Rite); Damascus Temple. Mein. Beta Phi Chapter, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Pl Phi & Theta Nu Epsilon fraternities. Address: 397 W. Av., Rochester, N. Y.
LEAVITT, CHARLES WELLFORD, JR.
Civil and landscape eng'r; b. Riverton, N. J., March 13, 1871; s. Charles Wellford and Sara (Allibone) Leavitt; ed. Gunnery Sch., Washington, Conn., finish- ing at Cheltenham (Pa.) Mil. Acad .; m. Essex Fells, N. J., Oct. 26, 1899, Clara Gordon White; children: Gordon, b. 1901: Kent, b. 1903; Charlotte, b. 1906; Dundas, b. 1910. Ass't eng'r in charge constr'n E. Jersey Water Co .; in charge constr'n Caldwell R'y and eng'r for Town of Essex Fells, Including water, sewer, roads, etc .; has directed and supervised lay- ing out and constr'n of of estates of Willlam C. Whit- ney, Foxhall Keene, Daniel S. Lamont, Chester A. Congdon, J. Amory . Haskell, George Foster Peabody, J. C. Eaton, Felix M. Warburg, A. B. Coxe, C. E. Coxe, Empire City Race Track, and Race Tracks at Saratoga, Sheepshead Bay, Belmont Park, Toronto, Winnipeg and Montreal, and Havre de Grace; eng'r Palisades Inter-State Park Comm'n, Estate Long Beach, Garden City, L. I .; New Cape May, N. J .; monument Valley Park, of Colo. Springs; Washing- ton's Crossing Park, N. J .; State House and City Park, Trenton, N. J. Consulting eng'r B'd of Water Supply, N. Y. City; Lleut .- Governor's Palace, Toronto, Ont .; Milner Heights, Birmingham, Ala .; Normal Schs., State of Ala .; Univ. of Ga. Hlas designed and super- intended laying out of numerous grounds, public and private, in various parts of the country, and city planning at numerous points. Republican; Eplsco- palian. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Am. Soc. Land- scape Architects, Architectural League, of N. Y. Rec- reations: Farming, hunting. Clubs: Union, City Lunch, Transportation (N. Y. City), Adirondack League, Clove Valley Rod & Gun. Address: Meadow Farm, wartsdale, and 220 Broadway, N. Y. City.
LEAVITT, JOHN BROOKS
Lawyer; b. Cincinnati, O., Sept. 30, 1849; s. Rev. John M. and Bithia (Brooks) Leavitt; grad. Kenyon Coll., A.B., 1868; A.M., 1872; LL.D., 1896; Columbia Coll. Exaw Sch., UL.B., 1871; m. South Bethlehem, Pa., June 26, 1879, Mary Kelth. Adınitted to bar 1871; successfully prosecuted N. Y. State B'd of Can- vassers for contempt of court In counting fraudulent election returns from Dutchess County, 1894; was first of non-partisan candidates of Good Gov't Clubs in 1893 for the Assembly, but was unsuccessful, as ex- pected; leader Citizens' Union, 14th Assembly Dist., in Low campaign, 1897; dir. Ilerinitage Land Co., 1 Lexington Av. Co. Democrat in Nat., independent in municipal affairs. Episcopalian; senior warden St. Mark's Ch. Mem. Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Bar Ass'n City of N. Y., N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Am. Social Science Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa, Columbla Coll. and Law Sch. Alumni Ass'ns, Kenyon Coll. Alumni Ass'n, Nat. Geog. Soc., Ain. Forestry Ass'n. Recreations: Riding, mountaineering and writing against the inconsistencies of theologlans. Clubs: University, City, Lawyers', Church, Barnard, Nat. Arts. Residence: 1 Lexington Av. Address: 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.
LEAYCRAFT, EDGAR CRAWFORD
Real estate; b. N. Y. City. Nov. ' 12, 1880; s. John Edgar and Caroline (Crawford) Lcaycraft; ed. Col- leglate Sch., Cutler Sch., llarvard Coll., 1902; one year Harvard Law Sch .; m. June 3, 1913, Julia Staring. Mem. Squadron A, N.G.N.Y .; dir. sec. and treas. J. Edgar Leaycraft & Co. Republican; Meth- odist. Mg'r N. Y. City Soc. of M. E. Church. Mem. and Treas. Com. Management 23d St. Y. M. C. A. Clubs: Harvard, Union League, Lawyers'. Address: 30 E. 42d St., N. Y. City.
LEAYCRAFT, J. EDGAR
Real estate; b. N. Y. City, Mar. 15, 1849; s. An- thony D. and Hannah (Thompson) Leaycraft; ed. public sch's; m. Ossining, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1874, Car- oline Crawford; children: Mrs. Agnes Crawford Donohugh, Edgar Crawford. Has traveled in Great Britain, Europe, Mexico, Indla, China, Japan, around the world, and the United States. Was during its existence, dir. and treas. Real Estate Exchange and Auction Room, Limited; dir. Real Estate B'd of Brokers, New Netherland Bank, Clty of N. Y. Fire Ins. Co., N. Y. Plate Glass Ins. Co. Appt'd State tax comm'r by Governor Roosevelt, 1899, reappt'd by Governor Odell, serving five years; appt'd mem. B'd of Examiners and Appraisers, New Barge Canal, for term of four years. Republican; mem. Repub- lican Co. Com .; mem. Chamber of Cominerce, State of N. Y .; N. Y. B'd Trade and Transportation; Mer- chants' Ass'n; mem. West End Ass'n; pres. and treas. J. Edgar Leaycraft & Co .; trustee and treas. Frank- lin Savings Bank; pres. and dir. Lyncroft Realty Co .; dir. and treas. Library Square Realty Co. Methodist; lay delegate to Gen. Conf. M. E. Ch., Los Angeles, Calif., 1904; Baltimore, 190S, and Minneapolis, 1912. Masonic Order, thirty-second degree, and Mystic
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