Who's who in New York City and State, 1914, pt 2, Part 28

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 818


USA > New York > New York City > Who's who in New York City and State, 1914, pt 2 > Part 28


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138


MCCREERY, FORBES ROBERT


Physician; b. Belleville, N. J., 1864; s. James and Elizabeth ( McAtavey) McCreery; grad. Coll. Clty of N. Y., B.S., 1885; Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), M.D., 1890; m. 1st, Saratoga, N. Y., 1891, Susan McQuade (died Mar. 1909); 2d, N. Y. City, May 15, 1912, Marga- ret Imlay Boyd; one son: Forbes Robert, Jr., b. June 9, 1913. Has practised medicine in N. Y. City since 1890. Address: 123 E. 10th St., N. Y. City.


MCCURDY, RICHARD ALDRICH


Ex-pres. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y .; b. N. Y. City, 1835; s. late Robert H. MeCurdy, many years a promi- nent dir. of the company; grad. from Law Sch. of Ilarvard Univ., LL.B., 1866; m. Sarah E. Little; one son, Robert H, b. May 26, 1859. Practiced law in N. Y. with Lucius Robinson, afterward governor of N. Y .; appt'd attorney for the Mutual Life, 1860: elected v .- p., 1865; pres., 1885, on death of President Winston, until 1906, when resigned. Clubs: Metropolitan, Law- yers, Morristown, Morris County Golf. Address: 200 South St., Morristown, N. J.


MCCUTCHEN, CHARLES WALTER


Merchant; b. Williamsburg, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1845; s. William M. and Eliza St. John McCutchen; ed. Poly- teclinic Inst., Brooklyn; m. Annapolis, Md., April 28, 1880, Mary Isabella Simpson; children: Margaret Wil- son, Bruson Simpson. MIn'g and senior partner firm of Holt & Co., a firm of 100 years' standing in flour and grain business; dir. Plainfield Trust Co., People's Nat. Bank of Westfield, N. J .; Corn Exchange Bank of N. Y. and its 25 branches; dir., sec, and treas. Adiron- dack Co. Independent Republican; Baptist. Has traveled in Europe and Egypt, as well as in West In- dies, west coast of U. S., etc. Mem. Produce Exchange, Maritime Exchange, Chamber of Commerce, Met. Mu- seum of Art, N. 12. Soc. Recreations: Salling, golf. rid- ing, driving. Clubs: Nat. Arts, Union League, Jolly Mariners, Atlantic Yacht, Plainfield Country, Lake Placid Yacht, Plainfield Riding and Driving. Summer residence: Camp Asulykit, Lake Placid, N. Y. Resi- dence: 21 Rockview Av., Plainfield, N. J.


MCDERMOTT, CHARLES J.


Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, June 15, 1867; s. James W. and Mary E. (Hill) MeDermott; cd. Adelphi Acad., Brook- lyn, Columbia Coll. Law Sch .. LL.B .; m. Nov. 25, 1895, Mary Elizabeth Thornton; children: Marian Thornton, b. 1898, Charles J., Jr., b. 1903. Engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City and Brooklyn; mem. law firm James W. and Charles J. MeDermott. Appt'd mem. Com. on Character of Candidates for Admission to Bar by Appellate Div. Supreme Court, 2d Dep't, Jan., 1906. Independent Democrat; Protestant. Sec. Adelphi Coll., Brooklyn, mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Brooklyn Bar Ass'n, Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn League, Dwight Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: Crescent Athletic of Brooklyn (v .- p.), City At- lantie Yacht, Hardware, Phi Delta Phi. Residence: 395 Henry St. and (summer) Sea Gate, Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.


MACDONALD, DWIGHT


Lawyer; b. Binghamton, N. Y., 1874; s. Theodore F. and Betsy (Dwight) Macdonald; ed. Barnard Sch., N. Y. City, Phillips Exeter Acad., Exeter, Mass., Yale Univ., A.B., 1897; N. Y. Univ., LL.B., 1899; m. N. Y. City, April 24, 1905, Alice Hedges; children: Dwight, Jr ..


476


. WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK


b. March 24, 1906; Hedges, b. Feb. 29, 1908. Mem. firm Macdonald & Bostwick, lawyers; sec. and dir. Kinetograph Co .; pres. and dir. Turner-Fink Co., Maurice Realty Co., Celtic Ave. Realty Co. Repub- lican; Presby'n. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Club: Yale. Residence: 215 W. 98th St. Address: 15 William St., N. Y. City.


McDONALD, ELLICE


Surgeon; b. in Canada, 1876; s. Archibald and Ellen (Inkster) McDonald; ed. St. John's Coll. and McGill Univ., Montreal, B.A., M.D., C.M .; m. Philadelphia, 1907, Ann Heebner, surgeon of diseases of women. Lecturer N. Y. Post-Graduate Med. Sch. Eminent author upon surgical subjects connected with diseases of women. Mem. Acad. of Medicine, N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., State Med. Soc., Am. Ass'n of Pathologists and Bac- teriologists, Am. Med. Ass'n. Clubs: Pilgrims, Can- adian, MeGill Graduates, Canadian Soc., British Public Schools and Universities. Address; 174 W. 58th St., N. Y. City.


MACDONALD, GEORGE ALEXANDER


Lawyer, capitalist, author; b. N. Y. City; s. Alex- ander Forbes and Janet (Campbell-Erksine) Mac- donald; ed. Columbia Coll. School of Political Science and Columbia Coll. Law School, under Theodore W. Dwight, N. Y. Univ., B.S., 1891; N. Y. Univ. Law Sch., LL.B., 1892; uninarrled. Admitted to bar of N. Y. State, 1892, and to U. S. Court, 1899; makes a specialty of the law of corporations, real estate and wills; att'y for several large corporations and estates and correspondent of many out-of-town law firms. Has large real estate holdings In down- town district of N. Y .; financed many of large bld'g operations in business sections of the city. Author: How Successful Lawyers were Educated, 1806 (Temple Publishing Company, N. Y.), a work addressed to law- students, which immediately met with a large sale in the United States and Canada; also a History of the University of New York, and of various articles in tlie Scientific American and other periodicals. Republican; Presby'n. Recreations: Music, European travel and golf. Has travelled extensively in Europe, where ordinarily spends summers. Mem. Com. on Profes- sional Ethics, N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Delta Upsilon fraternity, Kane Lodge F. and A. M. Clubs: Essex County Country, Delta Upsilon. Address: 40 Wall St., N. Y. City.


MACDONALD, JAMES ALLEN


Capitalist; b. N. Y., March 16, 1844; s. Dr. James and Eliza H. (Miller) Macdonald; grad. Columbia Coll., 1863; m. Clara Crooke; one d., Flora. Extensively engaged in mining and other enterprises as partner of Senator W. A. Claik, of Montana; v .- p., treas. and dir. United Verde Copper Co .; v .- p. Equator Mining & Smelting Co., Waclark Realty Co., Waclark Wire Co., 1st v .- p., treas. and dir. United Verde & Pacific R'y; mem. Com. of Mg'm't Royal Ins. Co. of England; dir. Commercial Trust Co. of N. J., Erle & Kalamazoo R.R. Co., Queens Ins. Co. Clubs: University, Players, Down Town, Metropolitan. Residence: Flushing, N. Y. Ad- dress; 26 Exchange Pl., N. Y. City.


McDONALD, JAMES C.


Comm'r of B'd of Claims; b. Schenectady, N. Y., 1874; ed. Schenectady publlc schs. Formerly gen. mg'r Home Telephone Co., later engaged as real estate operator, having developed large tracts of land in Schenectady; mem. Chadwick-McDonald Realty Co., owners of vast real estate In Schenectady. Private Co. E, 2d Reg't, during Spanish-Am. War; formerly eity clerk of Schenectady, and sec. B'd of Estimate and Apportionment, comm'r publie safety; appt'd comm'r B'd of Claims by Gov. Dix, 1911. Address: Chadwick-McDonald Realty Co., Schenectady, N. Y.


MACDONALD, PIRIE


Photographer of men; b. Chicago, Ill., Jan. 27, 1867; s. Dr. George and Margaret (Rellly) Macdonald; m. 1890, Emily Van Deusen. Engaged in photography since 1883; photographer of men exclusively since 1900, and has made photographs of many notables. Has received many prizes. From Photographers' Ass'n of America: Cramer grand prize cup, grand prize for portraiture, diamond decoration, laurel wreath, seven gold and two silver medals; bronze trophy, Boston; special silver medal and later gold medal, Indianapolis; diamond medal, Omaha; gold medal, Philadelphia; gold medal, La. Purchase Exp'n; also medals in London, Birmingham, Belfast, Trier, Frankfort a M., Amsterdam, Brussels, Nancy, Paris, Mem. and first and third pres. Professional Photog- raphers' Soc. of N. Y .; mem. Chambre Syndical de la Photographie de France; decorated Officier d'Aca- démie, 1906. Residence: 56 W. 11th St. Address: 576 5th Av., N. Y. City.


McDONNELL, CHARLES E.


Roman Catholic bishop of Brooklyn; b. N. Y. City, 1854; studied at Christian Brothers' Sch., St. Francis Xavier's Coll. and Am. Coll. at Rome; ordained to priesthood, 1878; ass't St. Mary's Ch., N. Y. City, 1878; St. Stephen's, 1879; master of ceremonies, N. Y. Ca- thedral, 1879-1884; scc. to Cardinal McClosky; sec. to Archbishop Corrigan; appt'd 1890 one of private chamberlains of Pope Leo XIII .; consecrated bishop, April, 1892. Address: 367 Clermont Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.


MCDONOUGH, JOHN T.


Lawyer; b. Birdhill, Ireland, July 12, 1843; came to U. S. 1850; settled in Dunkirk, N. Y .; cd. St. John's Coll., Fordham, N. Y. Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1869; m. Albany, N. Y., June 10, 1874, Catherine T. Wallace. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1869; police justice of Dun- kirk, N. Y., 1870-1874; sp'l surrogate Chautauqua Co., N. Y., 1876-1878; from 1881 engaged in practise of law. Albany, N. Y. Nominated for justice Supreme Court of N. Y., 1891 and 1907; delegate-at-large to N Y. State Constitutional Conv., 1894; sec. of State of N. Y. 1898-1902; judge Philippine Islands, 1903-1905. Ad- dress: 21 Main Ave., Albany, N. Y.


McDOWELL, GEORGE WASHINGTON


Physician; b. N. Y. City, June 17, 1860; s. Thomas and CatharIne (Foster) McDowell; ed. in N. Y. sehools, Coll. City of N. Y., 'A.B., 1882,. A.M., 1886; N. Y. Homo. Med. Coll. and Hosp., M.D., 1886; Coll. of N. Y. Oph- thalmic Hosp., O. et A. Chir., 1889; m. Newark, N. J., June 5, 1889, Lettie Belle Bolen; one d., Dorothy, b. Dec. 17, 1890. Prof. otology, N. Y. Homæ. Med. Coll. and Hosp .; consulting aurist, Flower Hosp .; N. Y. Ophthalmic Hosp .; consulting aurist, Laura Franklin Free Hosp. for Children; aurist, St. Gregory's Hosp .; ocullst and aurist, Protestant Ilalf-Orphan Asylum and M. E. Ch. Ilome. Republican; Methodist. Mem. Am. Inst. Homeopathy, Am. Ophthal. Otol and Laryngol. Soc., N. Y. State and Co. Med. Socs., Acad. Pathol. Sclence, Materia Medica Soc., Delta Kappa Epsilon Ass'n. Address: 40 E. 41st St., N. Y. City.


McDOWELL, JOHN GUY


Lawyer, investment broker; b. Elmira, N. Y .; s. Rob- ert Morris and Arlena Clark (Boyd) McDowell; grad. Cornell Univ., LL.B., 1890; m. N. Y. City, June 21, 1897, Clara T. Bluette. City att'y, Elmira, N. Y., 1895; city judge, 1898-1903; clerk to Sup't of Prisons, Albany, N. Y., July 1, 1911-March 13, 1913. Democrat; Presby'n. Recreations: All outdoor sports. Clubs: Elmira City, Elmira County, Ft. Orange. Residence: 315 Lake St. Address: 170 Lake St., Elmira, N. Y.


MACE, WILLIAM HARRISON


Educator; b. Lexington, Ind., Nov. 27, 1852; s. Ira and Nancy (Johnson) Mace; ed. common school, Lex- Ington; grad. schools, Ind. State Normal School, Uni- versity of Michigan, Univ. of Ind., A.M., Cornell Univ .; Jena and Berlin Univ., Ph.D., magna cum laude from Jena; m. Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 10, 1878, Julia Ida Dodson; one d .: Deirdre Franees, b. 1886. Taught 3 years in country sch .; principal West Side Ward Sch., Logansport, Ind .; two years sup't of Winnamac (Ind.); two years sup't McGregor schools (Ia.); prof. history, Depauw Univ. Nornial Sch .; since 1891 prof. history and pollt. sclence, Syracuse Univ .; university extension lecturer to Univ. of State of N. Y .; to Am. Society at Philadelphia; to Univ of Chicago and to Dep't of Ed'n, N. Y. Clty. Lectured on English and Am. Constitutions at Summer Sch., at Ca.nbridge Univ., England, 1894; lectured on history at Summer Sch., at Chautauqua, 1895, Univ. of N. C., 1898, Univ. of W. Va., 1904. Sum- mer Sch. of the South, Univ. of Tenn., 1903-1904. Author: Working Manual of American History, Method in History, School History of the United States, Heroic Stories, Life of Lincoln for Young People. Mem. M. E. Church. Mem. Am. Hist. Ass'n, Nat. Edn'l Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa, S. A. R. Address: 127 College Place, Syracuse, N. Y.


McELHENY, VICTOR KING, JR.


Lawyer: b. Mifflin Township, Allegheny Co., Pa., Aug. 11, 1867; s. Victor K. and Mary (Jones) MOEl- heny; grad. Ohio Wesleyan Univ., A.B., 1890; A.M .. 1892: grad. Columbia Univ. Law School, LL. B., 1893; m. Delaware, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1898, Sarah G. Mitchell. Engaged In practice of law from graduation; now ot law firm of MeElheny, Bennett & Sicher. Pres. and dir. Fruit Auction Co. Republican; Methodist. Meni. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n. Pa. Soc., Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Phl Beta Kappa Soc. Clubs: University. Railroad, of N. Y, West Side Republican, Englewood Golf. Address: 15 William St., N. Y. Clty.


MCEWAN, ARCHIBALD WARDROPE


Printer, writer, sec. Am. Savings and Loan Ass'n; b. Boonton, N. J., Oct. 22, 1859; s. Danicl and Ann


477


WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK


(Steele) McEwan; ed. in public schs. and private tutors; m. 1st, N. Y., Alice Yarrow (deceased) ; 2nd, N. Y., Eleanor Lancto; one son: Arthur, b. 1885. Lec- turer in N. Y. City B'd of Ed'n evening lectures on Thrift; made a study on plans for housing persons of moderate means; travelled in Europe; has written ex- tensively on plan of co-Operative savings and loan ass'ns for home-owning and thrift, and known throughout U. S. In this movement. Am. Bankers' Ass'n (Savings Bank Branch) and N. Y. City B'd of Ed'n co-operated (1913) in a serles of lectures in Cooper Union on Thrift; presented co-operative sav- Ings and loan viewpoint In this course; for many years sec. of N. Y. State and Metropolitan Leagues of Sav- ings and Lean Ass'ns. Dir. Co-operative Savings and Loan Ass'n of N. Y., Citizens' Savings and Loan Ass'n, hon. mem. of five N. Y. rowing clubs, took part In civic movements, good gov't clubs. Independent. Presby'n. Address: 2161 Bathgate Av., Bronx, N. Y. City.


MACFARLAND, CHARLES STEDMAN


Clergyman, author; b. Boston, Mass., Dec. 12, 1860; s. Daniel and Sarah Abigail (Crafts) Macfarland; ed. Boston public and high schs., Yale Univ., A.B., B.D., Ph.D., also abroad; m. Andover, Mass., March 9, 1904, Mary Perley Merrill; children: Charles Stedman, b. 1905; Lucia Merrill, b. 1908; James Merrill, b. 1909. Business mng'r T. O. Gardner Co., of Boston and N. Y., 1886-1892; gen. sec. Y. M. C. A., Mclrose, Mass., 1892- 1893; ass't pastor Maverick Cong'l Ch., Boston, 1893- 1894; pastor Cong'l Ch., Bethany, Conn., 1896-1899; instr. Yale Univ., 1899-1900; pastor Maplewood Cong'I Ch., Malden, Mass., 1900-1906; pastor Cong'l Ch., S. Nor- walk, Conn., 1906-1911: sec. Comm'n on Church and Social Service, 1911-1912; sec. Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, 1912. Mem. Sch. B'd Norwalk, Conn., and chm'n High Sch. Com. and High Sch. Comm'n; chm'n Sch. Com. Monntaln Lakes, N. J .; an examiner for West Point and Annapolis, Author: The Old Puritanism and the New Age, The Spirit Christlike, The Infinite Affection, Jesus and the Pro- phets, Spiritual Culture and Social Service; editor: Christian Unity at Work, The Christian . Ministry and the Social Order. Republican-Progressive. Mem. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Am. Economic Ass'n, Am. Sociol. Soc., Nat. Municipal League, N. Y. Acad. Polit. Science, Soc. Biblical Literature and Exegesis, Am. Oriental Soc. Mcm, Nat. Com. on Prison Labor, Religious Ed'n Ass'n, Internat. Com. on Marriage and Divorce. Mason. Recreations: Foreign travel, moun- tain climbing, tennis. Clubs: Travel, of Boston and London (pres, and dir.); Yale, Aldine (N. Y.). Resi- dence: Mountain Lakes, N. J. Address: 105 E. 22nd St , N. Y. City.


McFARLAND, ELBRIDGE


Railroad offlelal; b. Upper Merion Townshlp, Mont- gomery Co., Pa., May 4, 1853; s. George and Mary (Cornog) McFarland; attended Treemont Sem., Norris- town, Pa., 1866-1869; Poly. Coll., Phila., 1870-1872, C. E .; m. Norristown, Pa., Oct. 9, 1900, Martha Conrad; one son; George C., b. July 31, 1903. Cotton and woollen mf'r, 1875-1904. Pres. Phlla., Germantown & Norristown R. R. Co .; First Nat. Bank, Conshohocken, Pa .; v .- p. Coosa Mfg Co., Pledmont, Ala .; dir. Stand- ard Processing Co., Chattanooga. Tenn., Bryn Mawr Trust Co., Bryn Mawr, Pa. Residence: 1020 DeKalb St., Norristown, Pa. Address: 610 Marlner and Mer- chant Bld'g, Philadelphia, Pa.


MCFARLAND, WILLIAM JAMES RENWICK


Physleian and surgcon; b. Flaekville, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1873; s. Wllllam and Martha Ellzabeth (McClure) McFarland; ed. Univ. of Vermont, A.B., 1895 (classical course and 2 years' medical course at that univ.) ; one year medieal course at Baltimore Med. Coll., grad. M.D., 1897; m. Baltimore, Md. Oct. 15, 1902, Virginia Pistel Hunt; ehlldren: William James, b. Oct. 3, 1907; Alleen Virginia, March 9, 1912. Interne at Bay Vlew Hosp., Baltimore, Md., 1897-1898. Engaged in gen. practise of medicine and surgery at Syracuse, N. Y. Mem. Reformed Presby'n Ch. Mem. Syracuse Acad. Medicine. Club: University. _ Address: 102 E. Colvin St., Syracuse, N. Y.


McFARLANE, ARTHUR EMERSON


Writer; b. Islington, Ontario, Can., Feb. 25, 1876; 6. Walter and Mary Anne (Johnston) McFarlane; grad. Univ. of Toronto, A.B .; m. Toronto, Jan. 7, 1904, Mar- garet Emma Hunter; children: A. John Walter, b. June, 1906; Arthur Gordon, b. Feb., 190S. Author; Redney McGaw and Great Bcar Island. Contributor to McClure's, Collier's Weckiy, Harper's, Century, A :- lantie Monthly, etc. Mem. Delta Upsilon fraternity. Greenwich House (Social Settlement). Address: 8 Forrest Hills Gardens, L. I., N. Y.


McFARLANE, CHARLES T.


Educator; b. New Berlin, Chenango Co., N. Y., May 5, 1872; s. James and Martha (Tinker) MeFarlane; ed. Coll. City of N. Y., N. Y. State Normal Coll., Univ. of Vienna (Austria) ; grad. work in Harvard Univ., Ph.B, D.Pd .; m. Ypsilanti, Mich., Dec. 24, 1895, Lena Faxon Worden; children: David Eugene, b. 1900; James Wor- den, b. 1902. Head of Dep't of Geography and Draw- ing, State Normal Coll., Ypsilanti, Mich., 9 years; spent cighteen months' study and travel abroad, prin- eipal State Normal Sch, Brockport, N. Y., 1901-1910. Comptroller of Teachers Coll., Columbia Univ., 1910. Mem. Geographisches Verein Universitat Wien; fellow Am. Geog. Soc. Address: Teachers Coll., Columbia Univ., N. Y. City.


McGARRAH, GATES W.


Pres. Mechanics' & Metals Nat. Bank; b. Monroe, N. Y., 1863. In 1881 entered banking business as elerk in the Goshen Nat. Bank, Goshen, N. Y. Came to N. Y., 1883, and became associated with the Produce Ex- change Bank. Left this inst'n to become cashier of The Leather Mf'rs Nat. Bank and 4 years later was elected pres. In 1904 when it was merged with the Mechanics' Nat BBank was elected pres. of the com- bined banks, which position held until elected pres. of Mechanics' & Metals Nat. Bank. Sec. N. Y. Clearing House Ass'n, 1903-1904; during panic of 1907 served on Loan Com. of the Clearing House. Dir. Astor Trust Co., Bankers' Trust Co., Guaranty Trust Co. Mem. Clearing House Com., Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Metropolitan, Union League, Riding, City, Down Town, Midday. Residence: 108 E. 57th St. Address: 33 Wall St., N. Y. City.


MCGINNIS, EDWARD L'HOMMEDIEU


Physician; b. Mobile, Ala., Jan. 18, 1862; s. Edward Woodruff and Amelia (L'Hommedieu) McGinnis; ed. N. Y. City, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, London; M.D. Long Island Coll. Hosp., 1883. Has been connected with N. Y. State Woman's Hosp. since 1884; mein. Acad. Medi- cinc; fellow Am. Med. Ass'n, State and County Ass'ns; Obstet. Soc., Woman's Hosp. Soc., West End Med. Soc., Société Electrotherapeutique Françaisc. Clubs: Hos- pital Graduates, N. Y. Yacht, Canadian Camp, etc. Ad- dress: 202 W. 86th St., N. Y. City.


MacGOWAN, JOHN KEE


4 Capitalist; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 19, 1874; s. John Kec and Mary Wilhelmina (Peterson) MacGowan; ed. Girard Coll., Philadelphia; m. Philadelphia, June 20, 1º95, Marian Wallace Boyd; children: Helen Rex, b. Sept. 24, 1897; Mildred Todd, b Nov. 19, 1898. Dir., mem. 'Exee. Com., and gen. purchasing agent, Am. Smelting & Refining Co., Am. Smelters' Securities Co .; mg'r and dir. Am. Smelters' Steamship Co .; dir. Copper River & Northwestern R.R., New River Col- lieries Co., Western Mining Co., Mexican Union R. R., Consolidated Kansas City Smelting & Refining Co. Episcopalian. Mem. Pa. Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Sleepy Hollow Country, Engineers. City Lunch. Residence: The Beinord, 86th St. & Broadway. Address: 165 Broadway, N. Y. City.


McGOWAN, JOHN PATRICK


Physician; b. Irvington, N. J., April 23, 1865; s. Pat- rick and Sarah (Giimartin) McGowan; ed. in parochial and public schools, N. Y. City, New Germantown (N. J.) Acad., Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coli., M.D., 1SS8; m. Jersey City, Mar. 1, 1905. Frances Matilda Conduct. Attending surgeon Genito-Urinary Dep't, Bellevue (Out-Patient Dep't), 1888-1895; attending surgeon, Roosevelt Hosp., Out-Patient Dep't, 1892-1896; ass't dermatologist Demilt Dispensary, 1888-1895. Brigade surgeon, Naval Militia, N. Y .; passed ass't surgeon, U.S.N., during Spanish-Am. War, April 26 to Sept. S. 1898; ass't surgeon Naval Militia, N. Y., 1897-1898; surgeon, 1898-1904; visiting physician, N. Y. Found- ling Hosp .; chief surgeon, Dept of Genito-Urlnary and Skin Discases, St. Bartholomew's Hosp .; consult- ing surgeon, French Hosp. Republican; Roman Catholic. Mem. Acad. of Medicine of N. Y. State and County Mcd. Socs .; hon. mem. L'Association Française d'Urologic; mem. Am. Urologieal Ass'n, N. Y. Soc. Dermatology, Soc. Genito-Urinary Surgeons, Physicians' Mutual Aid Ass'n, Celtic Med. Soc .; v .- p. and chm'n Exec. Com. and dir. St. Bartholomew's Clinic; mem. B'd N. Y. Foundling Hosp. Mem. Naval Order, Navy League, Mil. Order of Foreign Wars, Mil- Itary and Naval Order Spanish-Am. War. Recrea- tions: Travel, fishing. Clubs: Union League, Strollers, Calumet, Wykagyl Golf (N. Y. City), Army and Navy (Washington), Club Chapter (Quebec). Address: 40 19. ilst St., N. Y. City.


McGOWN, WILLIAM KNIGHT


Clergyman; b. N. Y. City. Oct. 27, 1$59; s. Judge Henry Post and Mary ( Dailey) MeGown; cd. public


478


WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK


schools, business coll., Va. Theol. Sem., Divinity Sch .. Philadelphia, Pa .; m. Philadelphia, June 7, 1900, Fran- ces L. Lawrence. Has traveled much in U. S .; went abroad in 1873; at one time clerk with James Mc- Creery & Co. and N. Y. Central & Hudson River R.R. Co .; rector Grace Emmanuel Ch., since 1894; was ass't at Holy Trinity Ch., Harlem, 1888; rector of Emman- uel Ch., 1892-1894; since consolidated with Grace Em- manuel. Episcopalian. Mem. Brotherhood of St. An- drew and various church and college org'ns; pres. Blodgett Memorial Country Home Ass'n, Golden'3 Bridge. Recreations: Traveling, fishing. Address: 1982 Madison Ave., N. Y. City.


MacGRATH, HAROLD


Author; b. Syracuse, N. Y .; s. Thomas H. and Lil- lian Jane (Spurlock) MacGrath; ed. in public schools; m. April 17, 1905, Bridgeport, Conn., Alma Kenyon. Has traveled all over the world. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, Syracuse. Author: Arms and the Woman, The Puppet Crown, The Grey Cloak, The Man on the Box, Half a Rogue, The Lure of the Mask, The Prin- cess Elopes, Hearts and Masks, Enchantment, The Watteau Shepherdess (operetta); The Best Man, 'The Goose Girl, Parrot & Co., The Carpet from Bagdad. Recreations: Horses, billiards, fishing. Club: Century (Syracuse). Address: 1618 James St., Syracuse, N. Y. McGRAW, A. P.


Manufacturer; b. McGraw; N. Y., June 12, 1856; s. Perrin H. and Louisa (Pritchard) McGraw; ed. Mc- Grawville Union Sch., and N. Y. Central Acad .; m. Wallingford, Vt., Jan. 18, 1882, Emeline M. Childs; children: Charles A., b. Dec. 28, 1886; Agnes C., b. Nov. 12, 1891. Pres. and treas. A. P. McGraw Corset Co .; formerly treas. McGraw Corset Co., started in corset business with father 1878- under name of P. H. Mc-


Graw & Son; is also skirt mfr.


Traveled over Italy,


Egypt, Palestine and Turkey, lecturing with the stereopticon illustration. Republican; committeeman, holding school and village offices; pres. of McGraw- ville. Presby'n; sup't of Presby'n Sunday Sch. 30 years; pres. Cortland Co. S. S. Ass'n; was pres. of com- mitteemen and v .- p. of Cortland County Centennial. Promoter of electric and steam railroads Into McGraw and first user of electric lighting there; originator of Multe-Needle sewing machines; patentee of many use- ful inventions; original employer of most of the In- habitants of McGrawville, N. Y. Noble grand of Odd Fellows; cap't Camp 36, Sons of Veterans. Trustee Presby'n Ch .; was dir. Nat. Bank of Cortland; trustee Union Sch. Recreations: Baseball, tennis, farming. Club: Cortland Science (pres.). Address: McGraw. Cortland Co., N. Y.


McGRAW, JOHN J.


MIg'r N. Y. Baseball Club; b. Truxton, N. Y., Aprll 7, 1873: s. John and Helen (Comeford) McGraw; at- tended St. Bonaventure Coll., Allegany, N. Y .; m. Baltimore, Md., Blanche Sindall. Mg'r N. Y. Giants, winners of Nat. League championship in 1904, 1905, 1911, 1912 and 1913, and winners of world's champion- ship, 1905. Catholic. Recreations: Billiards, baseball. Club: Elks. Address: 301 W. 109th St., N. Y. Clty.


MacGREGOR, WILLARD HOLMES


Engineer; b. N. Y. City, May 3, 1865; s. Henry and Mary M. (Holmes) MacGregor; grad. Coll. Clty of N. Y., 1884; Stevens Inst. of Technology, M.E., 1896; m. N. Y. City, 1901, B. H. Macdonald. Instr. experimental mechan- ics, Stevens Inst., 1897. Successively draughtsman with Dr. Cary 1. Hutchinson; ass't factory sup't, and salesman Ward-Leonard Elec. Co .; mg'r N. Y. office for Cutler Hammer Mf'g Co .; mg'r N. Y. office of Dicta- phone Co. of America; eng'ring salesman Industrial den't, Westinghouse Elec. & Mf'g Co., gen. mg'r Alad- din Co. Republican; Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, N. Y. Elec. Soc., Illuminating Eng'ring Soc., Stevens Alumni Ass'n, Tau Beta Pi. Recreations: Yachting, music. Clubs: Engineers', Mendlessohn Glee (active since 1895), Bayside Yacht. Address: 90 Broadway, N. Y. City.




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.