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Mem. Sons of Revolution, Soc. Colonial Wars; Shrine; pres. N. Y. City Soc. of M. E. Church. Mem. B'd of Foreign Missions of M. E. Church; b'd mg'rs Am. Bible Soc., treas. B'd of Ed'n of M. E. Church; mem. B'd Dirs. Y. M. C. A .; Trustee Wesleyan Unlv., Middletown, Conn .; Hahnemann Hosp., N. Y. City: trustee Drew Theol. Sem., Madison, N. J. Clubs: Unlon League, Republican, Lawyers', City Lunch, Quill, West Side Republican, Aldine, Residence: 311 West End Av. Address: 30 2. 12d St., N. Y. City.
LE BOEUF, RANDALL J.
Jurist; b. Cohoes, N. Y., March 10, 1870; s. Peter J. and Sarah A. (Saunders) Le Boeuf; ed. Albany (N. Y.) Iligh (Sch .; grad. Cornell Univ., Li.B., 1892; m. Al- bany, N. Y., June 3, 1896, Katharine Washburn; one son: Randall J., Jr. Admitted to N. Y. State Bar 1892; engaged in gen. practise with Sackett & Bennett, and later with Carter, Hughes & Kellogg, N. Y. City; re. nroved to Albany, 1895, and formed law firm of Bur- lingame & IasBoeuf; corp'n counsel City of Rensselaer. Identified with org'n of Albany, Truy, Schenectady and Syraense Trust Co., and dir. of same; counsel and dir. for Albany Trust Co .; v .- p. and counsel Albany Southern R. R Co. Appt'd by Hon Charles E. Hughes, Gov . State of N. Y., Dec. 27, 1909, a Supreme Court justice, to fill the vacancy caused by death of Hon. George II. Fitts. Appt'd Comm'r to revise N. Y. State banking laws, 1913; tendered nomination as N. Y. State Public Service Comm'r, 1913. Republican; Epis- copalian. Mem. Am., N. Y. State and Albany Co. Bar Ass'ns, Masters Lodge, F. and A. M., Capital City chap- ter, R. A. M., De Witt Clinton Council. R. and S. M., Delta Upsilon fraternity, Cornell Alumil Ass'n, Nat. Tax Ass'n. Clubs: Fort Orange, University, Aurania
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( Albany ) ; Republican, Railroad, Lawyers, Cornell Univ. (N. Y. City). Residence: 531 Western Av. Ad- dress: The Albany Trust Co. Bld'g, Albany, N. Y.
LE BOUTILLIER, WILLIAM G.
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 21, 1859; s. Thomas and Margaret (Gallier) Le Boutillier; ed. private schools; grad. Columbia Coll. A.B., 1880; Coll. Phys. and Surg., Med. Dep't Columbia Univ., M.D., 1883; un- married. Acting ass't surgeon, U. S. A., Sept., 1898, to March, 1899; surgeon 12th Reg't, N.G.N.Y., 1902-1906; surgeon on staff Major-Gen. Charles F. Roe, comd'g N. G.N. Y., 1906; chief surgeon DIv. N.G.N. Y., 1909-
1913. Mem. N. Y. Acad. of Medicine, Surg. Soc., etc. Club: University. Address: Long Lake, N. Y.
LEDERER, GEORGE W.
Theatrical mg'r; b. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1861. First theatrical venture with Sydney Rosenfeld in exploit- Ing latter's play of Florinel, 1878; several seasons with various attractions on road; ploneer in America of high class vaudeville; originated word "vaudeville" as applying to varicty performances; also originated the modern style of musical comedy, lyric farce and phantasy such as "The Belle of New York" and "Mad- ame Sherry." Pioneer producer in America of so- called Revue, starting with "The Passing Show." Or- ganized in Europe the Herrmann Trans-Atlantique Vaudeville Co., which appeared in leading theatres of U. S. Mg'r of N. Y. Casino, N. Y. Theatre, and various theatres in London. For years mg'r of Lilllan Russell and many other leading players. Address: 1482 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
LEDERLE, ERNST JOSEPH
Comm'r of Health; b. IStaten Island, N. Y., 1865; s. Joseph and Clara J. (Schmidt) Lederle; grad. Columbia Sch. of Mines, Ph.B., 1886: Ph. D., 1895, Sc.D., Columbia Unlv., 1904; m. N. Y. City, June, 1895, Margaret C. Taylor. Chemist Dep't Health, N. Y. City, 1889-1902; Comm'r of Health, N. Y. City, 1902-1903; reappointed 1910. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Soc. Chem. Industry, Verein der Deutschen Chemiker, Tuberculosis Com. Clubs: Century, City, Republican, Chemists. Address: 149 Centre St., N. Y. City.
LEDERMAN, MOSES DAVID
Physician; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 16, 1868; s. David and Helena (Bien) Lederman; ed. in public schools of N. Y. City, Lancaster (Pa.) High School, Med. Dep't Univ. of Pa., M.D., with honors, 1889; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 22. 189S, Belle Weil: children: Beatrix Helen, b. 1902: Dewitt Weil, b. 1906; Edwin Well, b. 1908. Instr. in diseases of the nose, throat and ears, and held ap- ptm'ts in several inst'ns; now clinical prof. diseases of nose and throat in N. Y. Polyclinic Sch. and Hosp .; attending throat and ear surgeon, Lebanon Hosp,, N. Y. City; asso. laryngologist, N. Y. Polyclinic Hosp. Asso. editor Laryngoscope, a medical journal devoted to diseases of the nose, throat and ear. Represented U. S. at Internat. Otological Congress, London, 1899. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Laryngolical, Rhinological and Otological Socs., N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Metropoli- tan Med. Soc., Pan-Am. Med. Congress, N. Y. Polyclinic Med. Soc., Harlem Med. Soc., Am. Med. Editors Ass'n. Address: 58 E. 75th St., N. Y. City.
LEDOUX, ALBERT REID
Consulting mining eng'r and metallurgist; b. New- port, Ky., Nov. 2, 1852; s. Rev. Louis P. and Katharine C. (Reld) Ledoux; ed. Columbia Sch. of Mines, Berlin Univ., Germany; grad. Univ. Göttingen, A.M., Ph.D., 1875; M.S., Unlv. of N. C., 1880. State chemist and mem. State B'd of Health, N. C., 1876-1SS0; since then consulting eng'r, metallurgist, assayer and chemist. Pres. Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs; mem. Scientific Alli- ance, Am. Chem. Soc., Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, Canadian Mining Inst., N. Y. Acad. Science. Soc. Chem. Industry, A. A. A. S., N. Y. Zool. Soc. Clubs: City, Baltusrol Golf, Storm King Golf. Residence: 39 W. 50th St. Address: 99 John St., N. Y. Clty.
LEDOUX, LOUIS VERNON
Author; b. N. Y. City, 1880; s. Albert R. and Annie Van Vorst (Powers) Ledoux; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1902, graduate work, 1903; m. 1907, Jcan Logan. V .- p. Ledoux & Co., mining eng'rs and metallurgists, since 1903. Author: Songs from the Silent Land, 1905 (Bren- tano); The Soul's Progress and Other Poems, 1907 (John Lane); Yzdra, 1909 (Putnams). Address: 99 John St., N. Y. City.
LEDYARD, LEWIS CASS
Lawyer; b. Detroit, Mich., April 4, 1851; s. Henry and Matilda Frances (Cass) Ledyard; grad Harvard Coll., A.B., 1872; Harvard Law Sch., LL.B., IS75; Har-
vard Univ., A.M., 1875. Dir. Am. Telephone & Tele graph Co., Can. Southern Bridge Co., Canada South- ern R'y Co., Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis R'y Co., Detroit River Tunnel Co., Ft. Wayne, Cin- cinnati & Louisville R.R. Co., Franklin Bld'g Co. (pres.), Great Northern Paper Co., Interlake Puip & Paper Co., Lake Erie & Western R.R. Co., Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R'y Co., Mich. Central R.R. Co., N. Y. & Hfarlem R.R. Co., N. Y. Central & Hudson River R.R. Co., N. Y., Chicago & St. Louis R.R. Co., Niagara Grand Island Bridge Co., Niagara River Bridge Co., Northern Pacific R'y Co., Pittsburgh, FL. Wayne & Chicago N'y Co., Toledo, Canada Southern & Detroit N'y Co., Walkill Valley R.R. Co., West Shore R.R. Co., Western Union Telegraph Co .: trustee At- lantic Mutual Ins. Co., U. S. Trust Co .; trustee and 2nd v .- p. N. Y. Public Library: pres. Lying-In Hosp., N. Y. City. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. Law Inst., N. E. Soc. Clubs: Brook, Century, Downtown, Harvard, Knickerbocker. Larchmont Yacht. Metropoll- tan, Metropolitan ( Washington), N. Y. Yacht, Seawan- haka Corinthian, Union, University. Address: 14 Wall St., N. Y. City.
LEE, ALBERT
Editor, author; b. New Orleans, La., May 11, 1868; s. Gen. Albert L. Lee; grad. Yale, 1891; editor Yale Literary Magazine, 1890-1891: successively on edi- torial staff of N. Y. Sun, Harper's Round Table, Mc- Clure's Magazine, Harper's Weekly; asso. editor Coi- lier's Weekly, 1901-1902; managing editor, 1902-1911. Author: Tommy Toddics: Track Athletics in Detail; The Knave of Hearts; Four for a Fortune; He, She and They; The Pie and the Pirate, Miss Phoenix. Club: Yale. Address: Rye. N. Y.
LEE, ALGERNON
Editor; b. 1873; s. James and Jane (Emmerson) Lee; cd. public sch's of Dutchess Co., N. Y., and Minneapolis, Minn., and Univ. of Minn. Editor The Tocsin, Minneapolis, Minn, 1898-1899; The Worker, N. Y. City, 1899-1908; The Daily Call, 1908-1909; dei- gate to Internat. Socialist Congress, Vinsterdam, 1901, and Stuttgart, 1907. Now edn'l dir. Hand Sch. of Social Science, N. Y. City, and dep't editor Metro- politan Magazine. Address: 140 E. 10th St., N. Y. City.
LEE, FREDERIC GIRARD
Banker; b. Orange, N. J., June 15, 1873; s. Stephen Girard and Georgiana (St. John) Lee; ed. public schs. of Brooklyn; m. Mflatbush, L. I., April 16, 1896, Sophie Bohlen Hagedorn; one son: Frederic Girard. Jr., b. April 13, 1903. Started business with Kings County Trust Co., 1890; remained until 1903, when clected sec. Broadway Trust Co., N. Y .; pres. since 1908. Dir. Internat. Pulp Co .. Internat. Salt Co. of N. J .; Internat. Salt Co., of N. Y .; Retsof Salt Co., Genesee K Wyoming R. R. Clubs: Union League, New York, Glenwood Country. Residence: 258 W. 7Sth St. Address: Woolworth Bld'g, N. Y. City.
LEE, FREDERIC SCHILLER
Educator, physiologist; b. Canton, N. Y., June 16,, 1859; s. John Stebbins and Elmina (Bennett) Lee; grad. St. Lawrence Univ., A. B., 1878, A.M., ISS1; Ph.D., Johns IHopkins Univ., ISS5; post-grad. study, special- izing in physiology, Univ. of Leipzig, Germany, under Ludwig, 1885-1886; m. N. Y. City, June 5, 1901, Laura . Billings; children: Julia. b. 1904; Frederick Billings, b. 1906. Instr. in blology, St. Lawrence Univ., 1556- 1887; instr. in physiology and histology, Bryn Mawr Coil., 1887-1888; asso .. 18SS-1891; demonstrator phys- iology, Columbia Univ., 1891-1895; adjunct prot. physi- ology, 1895-1904; prof. physiology since 1904; Jesup Lecturer, 1911. Mem. Am. Society Naturalists, Am. Physiol. Soc., Soc. for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Harvey Soc., N. Y. State Science Teachers' Ass'n, Am. School Hygiene Ass'n. Am. Nature Study Soc., N. Y. Zool. Soc., Vt. Bot. Ciub; asso, fellow N. Y. Acad. Medicine; fellow A. A. A. S., Am. Ethnol. Soc., N. Y. Acad. of Sciences; scientific director N. Y. Bot. Garden; mem. B'd of trustees Columbia Univ. Press: mem. Editorlal B'd Am. Journal of Physiology and Columbia Univ. Quarterly. Author: Physiology; The Vital Processes In Health (pubilshed In In Sick- ness and in llealth); Reproduction (in American Text Book of Physiology); The School of Medicine (in History of Columbia University); Fatigue (in llarvey Lectures, 1905-1906); Scientific Features of Modern Medicine. Translator and editor: General Physiology, an Outline of the Science of Life, by Prof. Max Verworn. Reviser and editor: Lessons in Elementary Physiology, by Prof. T. II. Huxley. Contb'r to scientific journals of numerous papers on physiol. topics. Mem. Sigma Xi, Beta Theta P'l, Phl Beta Kappa. Club: Century. Summer residence: Woodstock, Vt. Address: 125 13. 65th St., N. Y. City.
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LEE, HOMER
Bank note engraver, artist, Inventor; b. Mansfield, Ohio; s. John and Elizabeth Lee; m. Glen Riddle, Pa., 1901, Charlotte B. Riddle. Studied engraving under father and Robert Mackintosh, Toronto, Canada; afterwards studied abroad. Honorable mention Vienna, World's Fair; designed Arms of U. S., which surmounted the entrance to Am. Pavilion at Vienna; 1st class medal, State of Ohio; pres. and founder The Homer Lee Bank Note Co .; v .- p. and dir. Frank- Iln-Lee Bank Note Co., and pres. Hamilton Bank Noto Co., N. Y. City. Received hon. mention, Paris Exp'n, 1900; picture "Building of the Skyscraper," bought by French Gov't. Represented in Lotos and Salmagundi Clubs, N. Y. City, and elsewhere; exhib- Itor at Pan-American Exp'n, Buffalo, 1901; medal, Charleston (S. C.) Exp'n, 1902, and La. Purchase Exp'n, 1904. Mem. S. A. R .; pres. Ohio Co. of Associ- ates; mem. Municipal Arts Soc .; comm'r on decoration of public buildings. Founder St. John's Guild Float- Ing Hosp .; inem. Com. on Liturgy, appt'd by Gen. Assembly Presby'n Ch. of U. S. A .; a founder Ohio Soc. of N. Y .; mem. Empire State Soc., S. A. R .; founder Light Horse Harry Lee Chapter, C. A. R. Inventor of Homer Lee steel plate printing system, together with mech. devices used by U. S. Gov't and abroad; also on many improvements in linotype com- posing machinc. Clubs: Colonial, Columbia Yacht, Lotos, Salmagundi. Residence: 551 West End Av. Address: Mills Bld'g, N. Y. City.
LEE, MARGARET
Author; b. N. Y. City; d. Joseph and Mary Georgina Lee; ed. by private tutors and later grad. public sch's. In 1865, James G. Bennett, of N. Y. Herald, offered a prize of $1,000 for a distinctively American novel, and her first book was awarded the money. Author: Dr. Wilmer's Love, 1868; In Bonds of Wed- lock; Marriage; Lizzie Adriance; The Missing Mar- riage Certificate; Since First I Saw Your Face (the prize story under a new title), 1883; Divorce, re- viewed by Gladstone for the Nineteenth Century, Feb., 1889, and published in England at his request by the Macmillan Co., Jan., 1889; A Brighton Night, 1884; A Brooklyn Bachelor, 1886; The Story of a Story, 1883; One Touch of Nature, 1892; This Man and This Woman, 1894; Romance of the Russells, 1896; Sep- aration, 1902; The Tongue of the Woman, 1902; Lor- Imer and Wife, 1903; The Master Chivalry, 1903; A Broken Engagement, 1904; The D'Estimanvilles, 1905; The Blot on the Board, 1912; Gallatin, 1913; The Wanderer, 1913. In 1899 circulated petition for per- petual copyright among authors. Senator Lodge pre- sented a bill for perpetual copyright in Senate, 1900, and Hon. W. H. Driggs introduced it in the House. Mem. Writers' Club of Brooklyn and Soc. Am. Authors. Address: 314 Lafayette Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
LEE, RONALD C.
Publisher; b. Staunton, Va., July 26, 1877; s. Richard B. and Mary Joe (Day) Lee; grad. Richmond Coll., 1897; m. April 27, 1912, Gertrude Belknap, d. Col. Morris B. Belknap, of Louisville, Ky .; g .- d. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner (dicd Jan. 8, 1913). Branch mg'r McVickar Realty Trust Co .; v .- p. Real Estate Direc- tory; gen. mg'r Record and Guide, Real Estate Bu- reau; Realty Records Co .; Treas. Marbolith Stone Co., dir. Universal Reference Co., publicity mg'r of Pease & Elllman, and originator of the Real Estate Indi-
cator. Writer on real estate subjects; lecturer for four years before real estate class, West Side Y. M. C. A .; mem. Troop II, Squadron A, 1901-1912. Recre- ations: Polo, golf. Clubs: City, Nat. Art, Squadron A, Sleepy Hollow Country (N. Y. City), Address: 125 E. 24th St., N. Y. City.
LEE, WARREN I.
Lawyer; b. Bartlett, N. Y., Feb. 5, 1874; s. Arthur D. and Nettie (Isbell) Lee; grad. Colgate Acad., Hamilton, N. Y., 1894; Hamilton Coll., Ph.B., 1899; m. Clinton, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1903, Mira Porter. Admitted to N. Y. City Bar, and has practised there successfully since; mem. State Assembly from 18th Assembly Dist., King Co., 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909 and 1910. Mem. and see. Legisla- tive Com. for Investigation of Finances of N. Y. City. Republican candidate for Congress, 5th Cong. Dist. of Brooklyn, 1910; defcated in Democratic landslide of that year; ass't dist. att'y, Kings County, Brooklyn, since Jan. 1, 1912. Republican. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Clubs: University, Union League. Cortelyou (Brooklyn). Address: 34 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
LEE, WILLIAM HENRY LAWRENCE
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 31, 1848; s. Benjamin Franklin and Jane Rlker (Lawrence) Lee; cd. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., Yalc Univ., B.A., 1869, Columbia
Coll. Law School, LL.B., 1871; m. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 5, 1890, Katharine Milligan McLane (died Nov. 13, 1896); children: Ethel McLane, b. 1893; Katharine Law- rence, b. 1894. Engaged in practice of law since Nov., 1871; formerly of firm of Turner, Lee & McClure and later of Lce & Lee; since 1901 in practice by self. Dir. N. Y. Rubber Co., Bar Harbor Water Co., Pine Tree Realty Co. Has always supported the Republican can- didate for President, but in State and local politics has been an independent, though has been a member of Republican polit, clubs. Was one of first to appreciate beauties of Bar Harbor and has done much to develop the place; has considerable interests in real estate there. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Univer- sity, Century, Down Town, Yale (N. Y. City), Maryland ( Baltimore), Graduates (New Haven), Mount Desert Reading Room, Pot and Kettle Club, Kebo Valley Golf Club. Summer address: Ban Harbor, Malne. Resi- dence: 107 W. 54th St. Address: 45 Pine St., N. Y. City.
LEEDS, THEODORE EDWARD
Lawyer; b. Philadelphia; s. Theodore Churchill and Mary Ann Leeds; ed. under private tutors in Boston, Wass .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1886, Mary E. d. Malcolm and Jane E. (Sanger) Bronson. Admitted at Boston to Bar. of Mass .; removed to N. Y., and in 1876 admitted to Bar of N. Y. Represents extensive interests as trustee and acts as counsel for corp'ns, banks and family estates; trustee of several charitable institutions. Life mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, New England Genealogical-His- toric Soc. of Mass. Clubs: Union League, Lawyers, Stock Exchange, Luncheon. Residence: 20 Fifth Av. Address: 32 William St., N. Y. City.
LEEMING, THOMAS LONSDALE
Merchant; b. Montreal, Can., Jan. 9, 1872; s. Thomas Lonsdale and Arethusa Iclena (Woodruff) Leeming; Arad. Sch of Mines, Columbia Univ., P'h.B., 1894; m. Glen Cove, L.I., May 28, 1898, Gertrude Busby; children: Helen Schuyler, b. 1900; Leonard Busby, b. 1902; Thomas Lonsdale, Jr., b. 1904. Senior mem. Thos. Leeming & Co., N. Y .; pres. The Nestle's Food Co., N. Y .; v .- p. The Leeming, Miles Co., Ltd., Montreal, Can .; dir. Century Bank, N. Y. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fra- ternity. Dir. Brooklyn Acad. of Music; trustee Adelphi Coll., Brooklyn, N. Y. Clubs: Brooklyn Riding and Driving (dir.), Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht, Nassau Country, University, Hardware, Chemists, Columbia Unlv., Montauk, Rembrandt. Residence (country) : Germelwyn, Glen Cove, L. I. (winter) : 94 Eighth Av., Brooklyn. Address: 99 Chambers St., N. Y. City.
LEEMING, WOODRUFF
Architect; b. Quincy, Ill., July' 14, 1870; s. Thomas Londsdale and Arathusa Ilelena (Woodruff) Leeming; grad. Mass. Inst. of Technology, B.S., 1891, Atelier Duray, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris; m. Brooklyn, N. Y. Nov. 6, 1897, Esther Howard; children: lfonor, b. 1902; Edward Howard, b. 1908; Elizabeth Lonsdale, b. 1910; Esther Woodruff, b. 1911. After graduation, spent one year with Hines & La Farge, working on Cathedral of St. John the Divine; started business for self, 1893, and after four years' practise, spent one year in Paris and traveling. Also studied in England, France, Germany and Italy. Was architect for Beecher and Arbuckle Me- inorials, Nassau Country Club, Grace Presby'n Ch., Brooklyn. Dlr. and mem. Exee. Com. ES. T. Howard Co .; expert for revision of Bld'g Code, City of N. Y. Republican; Congregationalist. See. Dep't of Archi- tecture Brooklyn Inst. of Arts & Sciences (past sec. and pres. Brooklyn Chapter); mem. Anch. League of N. Y., Nat. Sculptors Soc., Beaux Arts Soc., Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Mem. Exec. Com. Brooklyn Boy Seouts of America. Recreations: Yachting, automobil- ing, golf, farming and chicken ralsing. Clubs: Hamil- ton, Rembrandt, Nat. Arts, Casino (Brooklyn), Phi Gamma Delta, New Canaan Country. Residence: 277 Henry St., Brooklyn (Country): Howarden, New Ca- naan, Conn. Address: 20 Broad St., N. Y. City.
LEFAVOUR, HENRY
Pres. Simmons Coll .; b. Salem, Mass., Sept. 4, 1862; s. Thomas Hovey and Caroline ( Wallis) Lefavour, ed. Salem publie schs., Williams Coll. and Univ of Berlin: Williams Coll., A.B., 1883; Ph.D., 1886; LL.D., 1902; LL.D., Tufts, 1905. Instr. Willlams Coll., 1884-1888; prof. physics, 1888-1901: dean, 1897-1902; pres. Simmons Coll., since 1902. Mem. Ain. Acad. Arts and Sciences, Colonial Soc. of Mass .; Fellow Am. Ass'n of Arts and Sciences. Trustee Williams Coll., Boston State Hosp., Women's Edn'l and Industrial Unlon, N. Bennett St. Industrial Sch. Clubs: St. Botolph, Boston City, N. Y. City. Residence: 3 Brimmer St. Address: Simmons Coll., Boston, Mass,
LEFEVRE, EDWIN
Diplomat, author; b. Panama, Jan. 23. 1871; s. Henry and Emilia (de la Ossa) Lefevre; attended Lehigh Unlv .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan., 1902, Martha Moore;
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children: Edwin, b. 1903, Reid, b. 1905. Minister pleni- potentiary of Republic of Panama to Spain, 1911, and to Italy, 1912. Author: Wall Street Stories, 1901; The Golden Flood, 1905; Sampson Rock of Wall St., 1907, and short stories and articles to magazines. Club: Century (N. Y. City). Address, Lawrence Park, Bronx- ville, N. Y.
LE FEVRE, FRANK J.
Banker, ex-Congressman; b. 1874, in town of New Paltz, where his ancestors have lived since its settle- ment by Huguenots, in 1678; ed. New Paltz Normal Sch., and at coll. in Washington, D. C .; served as sec. for father, Hon. Jacob Le Fevre, during term of latter as congressman, and was sec. of different committecs. Afterward spent a year In travel in Far West and Mex- ico: soon after became bookkeeper Huguenot Nat. Bank, of which father was pres., and has continued with that bank ever since, being elected pres. on death of father; trustee New Paltz Savings Bank; dir. Poughkeepsie Trust Co., Nassau & Dutchess Fire Ins. Co. of N. Y. Elected to N. Y. State Senate, 1902; elected to 59th Congress, 1904, as representative from 24th N. Y. Dist., serving 1905-1907. Was sup't N. Y. State Bld'g at La. Purchase Exp'n; trustee New Paltz State Normal Sch. Address; New Paltz, N. Y.
LE FEVRE, RALPH
Editor, author; b. New Paltz, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1844; s. Josiah P. and Elizabeth Le Fevre; ed. New Paltz Acad., Albany State Normal Sch .; m. Marbletown, N. Y., June 2, 1873, Esther M. Oliver; children: Gertrude C., Eliza- beth, James O. Taught sch. in N. Y. State and In Texas and Arkansas, shortly after the close of Civil War; elected sch. comm'r, 1872, and served three years. Editor and prop'r New Paltz Independent since 1872. Author: History of New Paltz and Its Old Families ( second edition published). Republican. Mem. Re- formed (Dutch) Church. Corr. mem. Huguenot Soc. of America; 16 years pres. New Paitz Hist. Soc .; corr. mem. N. Y. Geneal. and Biog. Soc .; trustee Senate House, Kingston. Address: New Paltz, N. Y.
LEFFINGWELL, ALBERT
Author, physician; b. Aurora, N. Y., Feb. 13, 1845; s. Dr. Elisha and Jane (Jackson) Leffingwell; entered Hamilton Coll., received hon. degree; grad. L. 1. Coll. Hosp. M.D. 1874; m. 1st, 1871, Mary C. Hathaway (dicd 1886); 2d, 1892, Elizabeth Fear. Spent 1875-1879 in scientific and literary work in Europe, and several years in travel and residence in Japan, China, Bur- mah, Indla, Africa, Palestine and Egypt. One of founders and med. dirs. Dansville Sanatorium, 1882- 1888. Am. Consul Warsaw, Russia, 1905-1906. Au- thor: Rambles in Japan Without a Guide; Illegitimacy; Sulcide In American Cities; Influence of Seasons Upon Conduct; Vivisection in America; The Leffingwell Record; The Vivisection Question, The Mortality of London, Vivisection Reform. Has also written varl- ous monographs and papers on philosophical and eco- nomic topics. One of founders and dirs. Vivisection Reform Soc .; v .- p., 1899-1904, pres. 1904-1903, Am. Humane Ass'n; life mem. L. I. Hist. Soc .; v .- p. Mass. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, trustee Wells College, 1912. Address: Aurora-on-Cayuga
Lake, N. Y.
LEFFINGWELL, RUSSELL CORNELL
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 10, 1878; s. Charles Rus- sell and Mare E. (Cornell) Leffingwell; grad. Yale Coll., A.B., 1899, Columbia Univ., Law Sch., LL.B., 1902; m. Brooklyn, Jan. 27, 1906, Luchen Hewitt; one d. Lucy. Partner in law firm of Cravath & Hender- son. Residence: 144 E. 65th St. Address: 52 William St., N. Y. City.
LEFFINGWELL, WILLIAM ELDERKIN
Banker, capitalist; b. Aurora, N. Y., July 10, 1855; s. Dr. Elisha and Jane E. (Jackson) Leffingwell; pre- pared for coll. Cayuga Lake Acad .; entered Cornell Univ., 1871; left before graduation to continue studies at Brooklyn Collegiate and Poly. Inst. Registrar and cashier Brooklyn Collegiate and Poly. Inst., 1875- 1882; sec. and treas. Dansville (N. Y.) Sanitarium, 1882-1885; pres. and gen. mg'r The Glen Springs Co., Watkins, N. Y., since 1890. Pres. Glen Nat. Bank, Empire Tours Ass'n; dir. Watkins Salt Co., Detroit Rock Salt Co .; v .- p. Elmira Herald Publishing Co. Pres. Village of Dansville, N. Y., 1885; mem. b'd of trustees Village of Watkins, N. Y., 1899-1901, pres. 1902-1905; Democratic presidential elector N. Y. State, 1904 and 1912, mem. Assembly for Schuyler Co., N. Y. State, 1909; comm'n of water, sewer and clectrle light, Watkins, N. Y., since 1906; chm'n Watkins Glen State Reservation Comm'n. Appt'd by Gov. Sulzer Public Service Comm'r for 2d Dist. N. Y. State, 1913. Demo- crat. Dist. deputy grand master, 20th Masonic DIst., N. Y., 1897; mem. Phi Delta Theta, S. A. R., Ain Scenic
and Historic Preservation Soc. Recreation: Automo- biling. Clubs: Hamilton (Brooklyn), Rochester (Roch- ester), Eimira City, Elmira Country (Elmira), Corn- ing City (Corning), Automobile of America (N. Y City). Address: Watkins, N. Y.
LEGGETT, EDWARD HENRY
Lawyer, deputy att'y gen .; b. Dixon, Ill., Nov. 13, 1856; s. Edward H. and Mary C. ( Randall) Leggett; grad. Columbia Coll., LL.B., 1877; m. Brooklyn, N. Y. Dec. 4, 1879, Nellie L., d. Chauncey B. Hancock; chil- dren: Gertrude Bleecker, (wife of Allan II. Sutlift of Albany, N. Y.), b. 1880; Louise Randall, b. 1882, Helen Hancock, b. 1883, Edward Hancock, b. 1887. Studied law with former Lieut .- gov. Stewart L. Woodford, N. Y. City; sec. and att'y for Crown Mfg Co., Phelps, N. Y., 1883-1892; since Jan., 1894, has been connected with att'y general's office, Albany, N. Y., having charge of State land matters. Enlisted as a private, Co. G, 234 Reg't, N. Y. N. G., Brooklyn, 1879; mem. Sons of Revo- lution, Holland Soc. of N. Y., and various other socs .; 32" Mason, Shriner. Republican; Presbyterian. Resi- dence: 8 S. Allen St., Albany, N. Y., and Ridgewood Camp, Fourth Lake, Old Forge, N. Y. Address: Attor- ney-General's Office, Albany, N. Y.
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