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LURTON, HORACE HARMON
Asso. justice of U. S. Supreme Court; b. Newport, Ky., 1844; s. Lycurgus L. and Sarai (Harmon) Lurton; ed. public schs., Douglas Univ .; grad Law Dep't Cum- berland Univ., LL.B., 1867; hon. D. C. L., Univ. of Southi 1899; m. Lebanon, Tenn., 1867, Frances Owen. Engaged in practice of law at Clarksville, Tenn. Appt'd chan- cellor of 6th Chancery Div. of Tenn. by Gov. Porter, 1874; reappt'd 1876. serving until 1878. Elected judge Supreme Court of Tenn., 1886, chief justice, 1893; app'd circuit judge for 6th Judicial Circuit of U. S., by Pres. Cleveland, 1893; asso. justice Supreme Court of U. S., by Pres. Taft, 1909. Address: Washington, D. C.
LUSK, GRAHAM
Prof. physiology; b. Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 15, 1866; s. Dr. William T. and Mary H. (Chittenden) Lusk; grad. Columbia, Ph.B., 1887, Ph.D., Munich, 1891; later hon. A.M., Yale; Sc.D., Yale, 1908; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 20, 1900, Mary Woodbridge Tiffany; children: Willlam T., Louise, Louis T. Taught at Yale Med. Sch., 1891- 1898; at Univ. and Bellevue Ifosp. Med. Coll., N. Y. City, 1898-1908; now at Cornell Med. Coll .; scientific dir. Russell Sage Inst. of Pathology. Independent In poll- tics. Fellow Royal Soc. of Edinburgh; corr. fellow Imperlal Soc. of Physicians of Vienna. Clubs: Univer- sity, Century. Address: 11 E. 74th St., N. Y. City.
LUSK, THURSTON GILMAN
Physiclan; b. Guntersville, Ala., Sept. 1, 1869; s. Lo- renzi D. and Mary Emma (Loveless) Lusk; ed. Gun- tersville (Ala.) High Sch., Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. (Unlv. of N. Y.), M.D., 1893; in. 1st, Nov. 23, 1898, Mary Carlisle Todd (died March 11, 1901); 2d. July 17, 1909, Clementine Têtedoux; one son: Thurston, b. July 5, 1911. House physician N. Y. Skin and Cancer Hosp., Jan., 1893-Oct., 1894; dermatologist to Roosevelt Hosp. Dispensary, 1895-1903, to Bellevue Dispensary, 1898- 1904; Cornell Dispensary, 1900-1904; clinical ass't Post- Graduate Med. Sch. and Hosp., 1895-1898; instr., 1898- 1903, adjunct prof. of discases of the skin since 1903, Post-Grad. Med. Sch. Independent in politics; Method- ist. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Acad. of Medicine, N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. County Med. Soc., Soc. of Derma- tology and Genito-Urlnary Surgery; Physician Mutual Aid Ass'n, Alumni Soc. Skin and Cancer Hosp. Mem. Independent Lodge 185, F. and A. M., Manhattan Chap- ter, 184, R. A. M., Knickerhocker Whist Club, N. Y. Southern Soc. Recreations: Whist, hridge, theatre and opera, baseball. Residence: 323 W. 112th St. Address: 40 E. 41st St., N. Y. City.
LUSTIG, WILLIAM
Physician; b. Hungary, June 14, 1884; s. Louis and Rose (Roth) Lustig; received general public school ed'n, Including two years at De Witt Clinton High School, N. Y. City; grad Long Island Coll. Hosp., M.D., 1906. Gen. practice of medicine since graduation; ass't attending physician to HHill's Maternity Clinic, N. Y. City. Clinical ass't to N. Y. Univ. and Bellevue Med. Coll .; ass't physician to German Hosp. and Dispensary, N. Y. City; sec. Yorkville Med. Soc. Hebrew religion. Mem. Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Address: 322 E. 77th St., N. Y. City.
LUTHER, EDWARD STAATS
Publicist; b. Ballston Spa, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Nov. 9, 1876. Legislative correspondent Albany, 1893-1899; polit. writer N. Y. Times, 1899-1906; sp'l corp'n repre- sentative, 1906-1908. Engaged in bond underwriting, 1908-1912. Contb'r of many articles on sociology and finance to magazines; mem. Saratoga Soc., Albany Soc., Sons of Revolution, Founders & Patriots of America. Washington Continental Guard, Nat. Geog. Soc. Clubs: Pilgrims of U. S., Lotos. Address: 110 W. 57th St., N. Y. Clty.
LUTHER, HOMER JEROME
Banker; b. Sacramento, Calif., 1856; s. Ira M. and Lucy (Crippen) Luther; ed. common schs. of N. Y .; m. Washington, D. C., June 12, 1907, Susanne Macauley. With Union Bank over 30 years, now v .- p. and dir .; dir. Conservative Investment Co. Democrat; Episcopa- lian. 32" York and Scottish Rite Mason. Club: Alert. Address: 304 W. Center St., Medlna, N. Y.
LUTHER, MARK LEE
Author, editor; b. Knowlesville, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1872; s. Ira Manley and Jane (Cole) Luther; ed. DeVeaux Sch., and Harvard Univ .; m. N. Y. City, Apr. 8, 1901. Grace Montagu Richmond. Author: The Favor of Princes, 1899; The Henchman, 1902; The Mastery, 1904; The Crucible, 1907; The Sovereign Power, 1911; The Woman of It, 1912; and of many contb'ns to magazines; asso. editor The Smart Set Magazine since Feb., 1911. Treas. John Adams Thayer Corp'n. Club: Authors. Resi- dence: 100 Morningside Drive. Address: 452 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
LUTZ, FRANK EUGENE
Zoologist: b. Bloomsburg, Pa., Sept. 15, 1879; s. M. P. and A. A. (Brockway) Lutz; grad. Ilaverford Coll., A.B., 1900; Univ. of Chicago, A.M., 1902: Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D .; University Coll., London, 1903; m. Germantown, Phila., Dec. 30, 1004, M. E. Brobson; children: Anna, b. Aug. 23, 1906; Eleanor, b. July 1, 1910; Frank Brobson, b. Oct. 4. 1911. Mem. Resident Staff, Carnegie Sta. for Exp. Evolution. 1904-1909. Ass't curator, Am. Mu- seum of Natural History, N. Y. City. Address: 77th St. and C. Park, W., N. Y. City.
LUTZ, STEPHEN H.
Physician, surgeon; b. Elizabeth, N. J., May 16, 1872; s. Stephen M. and Margaret Cook Lutz; ed. Coll. City
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of N. Y., Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbla), M.D., 1893; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1899, Winifred A. Steppe. Surgeon Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hosp .; aural surgeon Brooklyn Eastern Dist. Hosp .; formerly laryngologist Kings Co. Hosp .; consulting aurist to Jamaica Hosp. and Bedford Hosp. Mem. N. Y. Otol. Soc., Am. Otol. Soc., Am. Laryngol., Rhinol. and Otol. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Kings Co. Med. Soc., Phi Gamma Delta frater- nity, Coll. Phys. and Surg. Alumni In Kings Co. Ad- dress: 284 Hancock St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
LYALL, HERBERT JAMES
Lawyer; b. London, Eng., Dec. 11, 1869; s. William and Kittie (Earl) Lyall; ed. N. Y. Sch. of Languages, Amherst Coll., A.B., class of 1891; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., class 1900; m. N. Y. City, April 17, 1907, Lina A. Hess; children: Agnes Earl, b. 1008; Herbert James, Jr., b. 1909. Dir. and gen. counsel Brighton Mills Re- publican. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Trustee Mf'rs Ass'n of N. J. Recrea- tion: Golf. Clubs: Alpha Delta Phl, Canoe Brook Country. Residence: Summit, N. J. Address: 31 Nas- sau St., N. Y. City.
LYDECKER, CHARLES E.
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, May 26, 1851; s. John A. and Julia (Kent) Lydecker; ed. Coll. Clty of N. Y., B.S., 1871; fellow, 1872, Columbia Coll., LL.B., 1873; m. 1st, N. Y. City, Jan. 19, 1882, Ella Voorhis (died 1889) ; children: Leigh Kent, b. 1883, Kenneth, b. 1885, Na- thalle, b. 1887; m. 2d, 1907, Josephine B. Pond. En- gaged in numerous will contests and litigations, in- cluding those of Leland Stanford cstate, Callf., Eugene Cruger will, N. Y., Howard Paul, London; in commer- cial and corp'n law; also in sustaining visitatorial powers of State Comm'r in Lunacy. Has travelled in Europe, Alaska, British Columbia and U. S. Public administrator, N. Y., 1889-1892; chem'n Com. Indepen- dent Political Clubs, which printed and distributed ballots and obtained successful vote by which last Constitutional Conv. was held in N. Y. Chm'n 3 years of Alumni Com., securing legislation by which Coil. of City of N. Y. has its present site, and pres. Alumni Ass'n; trustee College City of N. Y., 1913; Major, 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y .; ex-pres. Nat. Guard Ass'n of State of New York; member Council Mil. Service Inst'n, U. S. A .; mem. Veterans of 7th Reg't, N. G. N. Y .; received brevet comm'n and long service decoration of State of N. Y. Democrat. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Holland Soc., Phl Gam- ma Delta, Phl Beta Kappa. Clubs: Manhattan, N. Y. Athletic, Army and Navy, Lawyers. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
LYDECKER, HENRY ROSS
Lawyer; b. Yonkers, N. Y., March 4, 1869; s. Albert and Martha B. (Morison) Lydecker; ed. Newburgh Free Acad .; m. Newburgh, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1891, Mary Amelia Brown; children; H. R., Jr., b. 1893, Willlam Bickey, b. 1895, Grace Morison, b. 1898, John Albert, b. 1899, Dorothy Bird, b. 1901. Engaged in gen. prac- tise of law at Brooklyn and Mount Vernon, N. Y. Ex- mem. 10th Separate Co. N. G. N. Y., Ringgold Hose Co., No. 1. Dir. Newburgh Engine Co., Newburgh Bill- posting Co., Hambletonian Remedies Co., Hudson Val- ley Drug Co. Republican. Presby'n. Mem. Newburglı Lodge F. and A. M., Mt. Vernon Chamber of Commerce, Knight Templar. Club: Ætna Boat. Address: Mount Vernon, N. Y.
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LYFORD, FREDERIC E.
Banker; b. Waterville, Me., Jan. 26, 1853; s. Albert and Phebe (Bates) Lyford; ed. Waverly (N. Y.) Acad .; m. 1st, 1876, Cora B. Lowman (dled); 2d, 1891, Jane L. Lemon; children :. Winifred H., b. 1878, Charles A., b. 1883, Percy L., b. 1886, Frederic E., Jr., b. 1895, Katha- rine V. E., b. 1897. With First Nat. Bank of Waverly, N. Y., since 1871, now president. Also actively con- nected for several years with Sayre Land Co., Sayre Water Co. and Cayuta Wheel and Foundry Co. at Sayre, Pa .; original organizer of Waverly Electrical Light & Power Co .; now v .- p. Nat. Bank of Sayre, Pa .; dlr. Consolidated Telephone Co., A. H. Thomas Paint Co., dir. Athens Furniture Co. Republican. Presby'n. Served as pres. Village of Waverly; pres. Board of Ed'n, and served years as trustee of both boards. Mem. Waverly Masonic lodge. Has been v .- p. N. Y. State Bankers' Ass'n; trustee Robert Packer Hosp. Club: Elmira City. Address: Waverly, N. Y.
LYFORD, OLIVER S., JR.
Consulting eng'r; b. Cleveland, Ohio, 1870; s. Oliver S. and Lavina A. (Norris) Lyford; grad. Yale Univ., Ph.B .; graduate work in Cornell Univ .; m. N. Y. City, 1896, Frances Lyman Meigs; children: Margaret Meigs, b. 1897, Olive Meigs, b. 1900. Formerly chief eng'r Westinghouse Elec. Mfg Co .; v .- p. and gen. mg'r Sle- mens & Halske Elec. Co. and consulting cng'r West- inghouse, Church, Kerr & Co .; now engaged privately
as consulting eng'r; sec. and treas. Sargent Eng'ring Co .; dir. Santa Clara Lumber Co. Republican. Pres- by'n. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Engr's, Berzellus Soc., Yale; Kappa Alpha Soc., Cornell. Clubs: Lawyers, Yale. Address; 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
LYMAN, ALBERT J.
Clergyman; b. Williston, Vt., Dcc. 24, 1845; grad. Union Thcol. Sem., 1868, resident licentiate Yale Theol. Sem., 1869; received D.D. from Amherst Coli., 1891; m. 1st, Brooklyn, June 1, 1870, Ella Stevens (died 1893); m. 2d, Warren, Mass., June 26, 1902, Annle Elizabeth Hills. Ordained in ministry of Congrega- tional Church, 1870; pastor First Cong'l Church, Mli- ford, Conn., 1869-1873, South Cong'l Church, Brooklyn, since Jan. 1, 1874. Author: Preaching in the New Age, 1902, being the Carew Lectures, Hartford Theological Seminary, 1900; A Plain Man's Working View of Biblical Inspiration, 1907; also varlous articles in periodicals. Pres. Council Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences, 1899-1904. Address: 255 President St., Brook- lyn, N. Y.
LYMAN, CHESTER WOLCOTT
Paper mfr; b. New Haven, Conn., May 25, 1861; 8. Chester S. Lyman (prot. Sheffield Scientific Sch. of Yale); ed. Hopkins Grammar Sch., New Haven, Yale, B.A., 1882, later M.A. After graduation, employed in U. S. Coast Survey and travelled abroad one year; studied twelve months In Sheffield Scientific Sch., Yaie. In Summer of 1885 entered employ of W. H. Parsons & Co., paper mirs and merchants, N. Y. City; 1886, went to Chicago as Western representative of the firm. In 1889, went to West Newton, Pa., and became connected with Westmoreland Paper Co .; in 1890, to Herkimer, N. Y., and eventually became a dir. and mg'r Herkimer Paper Co .; on absorption of that company by Internat. Paper Co. became connected with latter; ass't to pres. Internat. Paper Co. since its org'n, 1898; and mg'r of one of the dep'ts of the com- pany; pres. and dir. Umbagog Paper Co., v .- p. Am, Realty Co., dir. and treas. Continental Paper Bag Co., sec. Champlain Realty Co., Miramichl Lumber Co., St. Maurice Lumber Co., mg'r and dir. Winn Water & Power Co., dir. Herkimer Fibre Co., mcm. Am. Paper and Pulp Ass'n (sec .- treas., 1898-1909); Am. Forestry Ass'n (dir.); A.A.A.S., Ain. Inst. Elee. Eng'rs, S. A. R. Clubs: University, Yale, City Midday, Ardsley. Ad- dress: 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.
LYMAN, ELIZABETH HILLS
Principal Miss Hills' Sch. for Girls, Phila .; b. Wind- ham, N. H .; d. Rei and Charlotte Kimball; ed. Mass. State Normal Sch., Bradford Acad., Bradford, Mass., and by private tutors; m. Warren, Mass., June 26, 1902, Rev. Albert J. Lyman. Founder and still prin- cipal of Miss Hllls' Sch, for Girls (Coil. Preparatory), Philadelphia, Pa. Author: "If I Were You and Other Things"; compiler of "A Message for Every Day in the Year," etc. Cong'l. Spends every other Summer abroad. Club: Meridian (N. Y.). Address: 255 Pres- ident St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
LYMAN, FRANK
Iron mfr; grad. Harvard, A.B., 1874, Columbia (Sch. of Mines), M.IC., 1878. V .- p., scc .- treas. and dir. Low Moor Iron Co. of Va .; Covington Machine Co., trustee Brooklyn Savings Bank, Brooklyn Trust Co., U. S. Trust Co., pres. and dir. Brooklyn City R. R. Co., dir. Nassau Nat. Bank, Washington Water Power Co. Clubs; University, Garden City Golf, Down Town, Players, Hamilton, Engineers. Residence: 34 Remsen St., Brooklyn. Address: 88 Wall St., N. Y. City.
LYMAN, HART
Former editor N. Y. Tribune; b. Plymouth, Conn., Dec. 8, 1851; s. Rev. Ephraim and Hannah D. (Rich- ards) Lyman; grad. Yale, 1873; special course at Univ. of Berlin and Heidelberg; in. Englewood, N. J., 1881, Marion Torrey. Joined cditorial staff of N. Y. Tri- bune, 1876; editor-in-chief from Mar., 1905, to Mar., 1913, when resigned. Clubs: University, Yale, Gradu- ates. Address: 65 W. 54th St., N. Y. City.
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LYMAN, HENRY D.
Chm'n b'd of dlrs. Am. Surety Co. of N. Y .; b. Parkman, Ohlo, April 12, 1852; s. Danus and Betsey C. (Converse) Lyman; ed, In common schools; m. Bos- ton, Mass., Jan. 13, 1887, Laura M. Stevens (died Dec. 31, 1902); 2d, Parkman, Ohio, June 7, 1870, Louise C. Judson. Served as special agent Post-Office Dep't; chief clerk contract office, P. O. Dep't; 2d ass't postmaster-gen. at 32 years of age, under adminis- tration of Pres. Arthur, in 1884. Connected with Am. Surety Co. of N. Y. since 1885; was sec., v .- p. and pres. and now chm'n of its b'd of dirs. Repub- llcan. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, Ohio Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Union League, Lotos. Address: 100 Broadway. N. Y. Clty.
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LYNCH, EDMUND AMBROSE
Broker; b. Dublin, Ireland, Sept. 28, 1870; s. Philip and Mary Louise (Lambert) Lynch; attended Beau- mont Coll., Windsor, Eng .; m. Cedarhurst, L. 1., Oct. 14, 1909, Madelainc Chauncey; children: Edmund A., Jr., b. July 3, 1910; Daniel C., b. July 26, 1911; G. Philip b. April 5, 1913. Mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange. Clubs: Racquet and Tennis, Rockaway Hunt. Residence: Ce- darhurst, L. I. Address: 20 Broad St., N. Y. City.
LYNCH, FREDERICK
Clergyman, editor; b. Peace Dale, R. I., July 21, 1867; s. Thomas B. and Jane Godwin (Gough) Lynch; grad. Yale, B.A., Yale Divinity Sch., S.D.B .; m. N. Y., Apr. 12, 1909, Maude Barrows Dutton. Ordained in Cong'l min- istry. Pastor Cong'l Ch., Lenox, Mass., 1898-1903; Pil- grim Ch., N. Y. City, 1903-1911; publisher and editor of Christian Work and Evangelist, 1913. Delegate, 1907, to Internat. Peace Congress, Munich; delegate, 1908, to Internat. Pcace Congress, London; delegate to Internat. Cong'l Ecumenical Council, Edinburgh, 1908. One of the founders of the Peace and Arbitration Soc. of City of N. Y. Exec. Com. and dir. Peace Soc. City of N. Y., sec. of the Peace and Arbitration Comm'n of Federal Council of Chs. of Christ in America; sec. of Am. Ch. Peace League; trustee Nat. Cong'l Ch. Bld'g Soc. V .- p. and chm'n Exec Coni. Am. Scandinavian Soc., pres. Am. Scandinavian Foundation. Mem. Philothean Soc., Japan Soc. Author: The Enlargement of Life (Putnams) ; Is Life Worth Living (Crowell) ; The Task of the Twentieth Century; The Peace Problem (Re- vell); The New Opportunities of the Ministry (Revell) ; What Makes a Nation Great (Revell); The Christian Ministry and the Social Order (joint author). Clubs: Yale, Congregational, Liberal Ministers. Address: 227th St. and Independence Av., N. Y. City.
LYNCH, GERTRUDE F.
Author, journalist; b. New London, Conn .; d. Bernard Lorne and Augusta Trieste (Hempstead) Lynch; re- ceived collegiate and private instruction at New Lon- don, Conn., and N. Y. City. Author: The Fighting Chance; the Wanderers; Winds of the World; also spe- cial writer for N. Y. Sunday Sun and contb'r to maga- zlnes. Mem. D. A. R. Episcopalian. Clubs: Pen and Brush (charter mem.). Address: Pen and Brush Club, 32 E. 19th St., N. Y. City.
LYNCH, HARRIET L. (MARIE ST. FELIX)
Writer; b. N. Y. City; d. Richard W. and Annie (Mc- Lean) Husted; in. Boston, Mass., Jan. 1, 1901, Jerome M. Lynch. Author: A Little Game With Destiny; Two Bad Brown Eyes; Patricia; Told by Two. Writes under pen name Marie St. Felix. Mem. Authors' League of America. Address: 57 E. 52d St., N. Y. City.
LYNCH, JAMES MATTHEW
State Comni'r of Labor; b. Manlius, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1867; s. James and Sarah Lynch; ed. Manlius graded sch .; m. Letitia C. McVey; seven children. Learned printing trade with Syracuse Herald; v .- p. Internat. Typographical Union, 1898-1900; pres. 1900-1913. Appt'd State Comin'r of Labor by Gov. Giynn, Oct. 22, 1913. Residence: Syracuse, N. Y. Address: Dep't of Labor, Albany, N. Y.
LYNCH, JEROME M.
Surgeon; b. Ireland, 1870; s. Danicl and Jane (Browne) Lynch; ed. Queen's Coll., Cork; Royal Coll. of Surgeons, Edinburgh; Rush Med. Coll., Chicago; m. Boston, Mass., Jan. 1, 1901, Harriet L. Husted; one son: Richard Husted, b. Dec. 10, 1903. Prof. rectal and in- testinal surgery, N. Y. Polyclinic Hosp. Lecturer, Cor- nell Med. Sch., consulting proctologist, Nassau Hosp., Mineola, L. I .; attending proctologist, St. Mary's, Ho- boken, N. J. Mem. Med. Reserve Corps, U. S. N., Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., County Med. Soc .; fellow Northwestern Med. Soc., Am. Gynecol. and Ob- stet. Soc., N. Y. Gastro-Enterological Soc. Recreation: Golf. Author: Modern Proctology (Lea & Fobiger, 1914). Club: Mcd. Progress. Address: 57 E. 52d St., N. Y. City.
LYON, ANNA ELIZABETH PARKER (MRS. DORE LYON)
Author; b. N. Y. City; d. Ransom and Sarah Jane (Hutchings) Parker; ed. Convent of Sacred Ilcart, Manhattanville. N. Y .; m. Collegiate Ch., N. Y. City, Feb. 7, 1882. Dore Lyon; one d: Grace Parker Lyon. Pres. and dir. Club Woman Magazine. Interested in literary and musical pursuits. Author: Produce Pratt (novel); was appt'd hostess for State of N. Y. at St. Louis Exp'n; has written plays that have been pro- duced, and has published music. Episcopalian. Prcs. Am. Criterion Soc., dir. gencrai N. Y. S. Trade Sch. for Girls; mem. Soc. of N. Y. State Women, Post Parila- ment. Address: 14 W. 31st St., N. Y. City.
LYON, CHARLES R.
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar. 6, 1862; s. George WV. and Elizabeth S. (Corwin) Lyon; ed. Greenport Public School, Southold (N. Y.) Acad., Eastman's Nat. Business Coll., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and Columbia Coll. Law Sch., LL.B., 1888; m. Greenport, Suffolk Co., N. Y., Oct. 2, 1895, Rose Krancher; children: Beulah E., b. 1897, Kenneth K., b. 1899. Trustee and sec. and treas. Green Hill Cemetery Ass'n, Greenport, N. Y. Re- publican; Presby'n .; trustce Greenport Presby'n Ch. Mcm. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Suffolk County Bar Ass'n; past master Peconic Lodge 349, F. & A. M., and Royal Arch Mason. Treas. Presby'n Sunday Sch. and Eastern Long Island Hosp. Ass'n .; mem. Exec. Com. Lecture Course Ass'n, Greenport Public Library Ass'n. Ad- dress: Greenport, Suffolk Co., N. Y.
LYON, EDWARD PERCY
Lawyer; b. Sherburne, N. Y., April 9, 1855; s. Ben- jamin T. and Mary ( Rogers) Lyon; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B. (valedictorian) ; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B.,; m. Smyrna, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1887, Mary E. Shepardson; children: Edna S., b. 1888; Percy S., b. 1891; Harold S., b. 1894; Dorothy S., b. 1897. Republican. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Bar Ass'n of Brooklyn. Trustee, dir. and pres. Brooklyn Y. M. C. A .; mem. Exec. Com. Am. Missionary Ass'n; mem. State Com. N. Y. State Y. M. C. A., Exec. Com. Boy Scouts of Brooklyn. Clubs: University, Congregational (Brook- lyn). Residence: 963 St. Marks Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 46 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
LYON, GEORGE F.
Jurist; b. Barker, N. Y., July 13, 1849; s. Harry and Pameila A. (Livermore) Lyon; grad. Binghamton Acad., 1867; Hamilton Coil., A.B., 1872, LL.D., 1904; m. 1884, Elizabeth R. Mather, of Binghamton, N. Y. Admitted to Bar, N. Y. S., 1875; mem. law firm of Chapman & Martin, 1876-1877; Chapman & Lyon, 1877- 1890. Mem. N. Y. State Constitutional Conv., 1894; elected justice Supreme Court on nomination of both Rep. and Dem. partics, 1895, for term ending Dec. 31, 1910. Re-elected Justice Supreme Court on nomina- tion of both Rep. and Dem. parties, Nov. 1909, for term of 14 years. Address: Binghamton, N. Y.
LYON, IRVING PHILLIPS
Physician; b. Hartford, Conn., 1870; s. Irving Whit- all (M.D.) and Mary (Tucker) Lyon; grad. Yale, A.B., 1893; Johns Ilopkins Univ., M.D., 1897; m. N. Y. Clty, 1900, Kate P. Lathrop; children: Mary Phillips, b. Dec. 20 1903; Kate Lathrop, b. Aug. 1, 1908. Began prac- tice of medicine in Buffalo, Dec., 1898. Clinical medl- cine lecturer Univ. of Buffalo; librarian Med. Library, Univ. of Buffalo; ass't attending physician, Buffalo Gen. Hosp. Independent in politics. Mem. Am. Ass'n Pathologists and Bactericlogists, Buffalo Acad. Medi- cine; Am. Med. Ass'n; Erie County Med. Soc., etc. Phi Beta Kappa Soc. (Yalc). Club: University (Buffalo). Address: 531 Franklin St., Buffalo, N. Y.
LYON, JAMES B.
Publisher; b. Middle Granville, N. Y., Mar. 25, 1858; ed. common schools; m. Feb. 18, 1890, Anita Thompson, of Albany. Clerk in a book store in Gioversvilie, 1872-1876; mf'r of 'blank-books and stationery in Al- bany, beginning in 1876; public printer State of N. Y., 1888-1895; printer and bookbinder since 1876; pub- lisher for State of N. Y. Court of Appeals Reports. Miscellaneous Reports, Session Laws and Appellate Div. Reports and Combined Official Series of N. Y. State Reports and Session Laws. Address: Cedar Iliil, Albany, N. Y.
LYON, NEWELL
Lawyer; b. Ithaca, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1874; s. Marcus and Susan Mann (Schuyler) Lyon; ed. Cornell Univ., A.B., 1897; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1899; m. N. Y. City, 1901, Della Ward Ferous; children: Philip Schuyler, b. 1906, Robert Neweil, b. 1907. Practising law in N. Y. City from 1899. Author of the course in commercial law in the Correspondence School of Banking, cen- ducted by Am. Inst. of Bank Clerks; also of series of papers on The Law of Negotiable Instruments, pub- lished in Bulletin of Am. Inst. of Bank Clerks. Mem. Ass'n Bar, City of N. Y. Republican Cinb: Alpha Delta Phi. Address: 45 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
LYON, SAMUEL BACKUS
Physician and med. sup't; b. Palmer, Mass., Aug. 25, 1841; s. Amasa U. (descended from William Lyon, Roxbury, 1635) and Mary E. (Backus) Lyon (d. Sarah Danielson of Danielson, Conn., and g .- g .- d of Col. William Danielson, of 11th Conn. Vols., Revolutionary War, and d. Rev. Samuel Backus, of Westminster, Conn., a g-gd. Rev. Isaac Backus, historian, and de- seendant of Edward Winslow, of Mayflower); academic ed'n; grad. Nat. Med. Coll., Washington, D. C. (now part of George Washington Univ.), M.D., 1879;
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m. Margaret Wiley, of Urbana, O .; one son: Winslow, b. 1889. Began independent life in business house and bank; in 1869 went South and West en account of threatened lung trouble; entered U. S. Gov't service, 1870, at Gov't Hosp. for Insane at Washington, D. C. Grad. Univ. Medicine at Washington and studled at Vienna, Austria; practised at Gov't Hosp. for Insano at Washington, and elected med. sup't of Blooming- dale Asylum, N. Y. City, 1890. Supervised design, con- struction, removal and development of new Blooming- dale Hosp. at White Plains, N. Y. Resigned as med. sup't after 25 years' service at Bloomingdale, July 1, 1911, and was appt'd Emeritus sup't. Republican; Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Medico-Psychol. Soc., Am. Neurol. Soc., N. Y., Neurol. Soc., Soc. of Med. Juris- prudence, N. E. Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Century, Nat. Arts, N. Y. City, Am. Yacht (Rye, N. Y.). Address: Shadyside, Prospect St., White Plains, N. Y.
LYONS, JULIUS J.
Lawyer; b. N. Y., Oct. 7, 1843; s. Rev. Jacques J. (Jewish clergy man) and Grace Lyons; ed. public schools and Univ. Grammar Sch., N. Y .; studied law; admitted to bar in 1866; m. 1872, Constance Hendricks. For 22 years officer and dir. of several Jewish char- itable institutions, including among them Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids, Mt. Sinal Hospital, He- brew Tech. Institute; judge-advocate Second Brigade, On Gen. Vilmar's staff (rank of major), 1875-1876; also distinguished as amateur musician; composer, opera, The Lady and the Tiger; founder, pres. conductor, Met. Amateur Orchestra. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; for years on staff of musical and literary dep't N. Y. Herald, and musical editor N. Y. Daily News. Dir. and counsel to the State Bank from its org'n until 1908. Club: Manhattan. Address: 76 William St., N. Y. City.
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