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MANSFIELD, HOWARD
Lawyer; b. Hamden, Conn., July 2, 1849; s. Jesse Merrick and Julia (Tuttle) Manslield; grad. Yale A.B., is71, hon. A.M., 1913; Columbia, LL. B., 1874; in. Narra- gansett Pier, Sept. 12, . 1895, llelen Coolidge Tuttle (Todd). Admitted to bar, 1874; now senior mem. law arm Lord, Day & Lord. Counsel at different times for numerous corp'ns, including West Shore R.R Co., Pull- man Co., St. Louis & San Francisco R'y Co., N. Y., O11- tario & Western R'y Co., Western N. Y. & Pa. R'y Co .; gen. counsel of Omaha Water Co., Cuba Co., Cuba R.R .. Co. Mem. Art Comm'n of City of N. Y. Trustec and treas. Met. Museum of Art. Republican. Collector of modern etchings, especially works of Whistler, Haden, Meryou, Millet, Bracquemond, Legros, Daubigny, La- lanne, Gaillard, etc., and collector of Japanese works of art. Compiler of Descriptive Catalogue of Etch- ings and Dry-prints of Whistler, published by Caxton Club, 1908. Mem. Met. Museum of Art, Am. Museum of Natural History, Japan Soc. (N. Y. City), Japan Soc. (London). Clubs: Century, University, Yale, Grolier (ex-pres.), Nat. Arts, Players, Lawyers, Down Town, MacDowell (N. Y. City); St. Botolph (Boston) ; Graduates (New Haven) ; Caxton (Chicago). Address: 49 Wall St., N. Y. City.
MANTELL, ROBERT BRUCE
Tragedian; b. Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, Feb. 7, 1554; s. James and Elizabeth' Mantell, Began stage life as the "Sergeant" in Arrah-na- Pogue at Rochdale, life as the "Sergeant" in Arrah-na-Pogue at Rochdale, with Mine. Modjeska, in 1878. Soon after coming to U. S. attracted attention by playing the character of "Romeo" in an engagement in which six star actresses (including Marie Wainright) alternited in charac- ter of "Juliet"; during recent years at head of his own company, appearing principally in Shakesperean rôles. Address: 137 W. 48th St., N. Y. City.
MANVEL, FREDERICK CONVERSE
Certified public accountant; b. Greenwich, Conn., 1860; s. Cyrus and Mary Lombard ( White) Manvel; ed. New Haven public schools; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Har- rlette Richardson. Engaged in diamond and jewelry business early in eareer and then took up profession as public accountant and auditor in which has ever since been engaged. Has made examinations of ac- counts and books of many important financial inst'ns, municipalities, etc. Audited Charity Org'n Scc., Am. Missionary Ass'n, Adelphi Coll., Brooklyn City Mis- sion and Tract Soc., Beecher Memorial Fund, Brooklyn Inst. Sec. Nat. Soc. of Certified Public Accountants; treas. Am. Ass'n Public Accountants; mem. N. Y. State Soc. Certified Accountants; appt'd by Gov. Woodruff mem. Conn. State Board of Accountancy, 1914. Re- publican; Congregationalist; for 25 years clerk of Plymouth Ch. in its great days of historical interest and power, associated with Henry Ward Beecher and many of his well-known friends and supporters. Mem. Nat. Municipal League, Nat. Civic Ass'n, Altair Lodge, F. and A. M., Sons of Revolution (N. Y.). Recreations: Study and collecting precious stones, mineralogy and chess. Clubs: Hamilton, Crescent Athletic, Brooklyn Chess (Brooklyn), City (N. Y.), Waterbury (Water- bury, Conn.), Union League (New Haven), Indian Harbor Yacht, Greenwich Country. Residence: Green- wich, Conn. Address: 66 Broadway, N. Y. City,
MANWARREN, ALBERT
Banker; b. Coventry, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1845; s. Henry and Hepsey (Martin) Manwarren; ed. dist sch, Wind- sor High Sch .; in. Greene, N. Y., May 20, 1867, Margaret Van Ness; four children. Pres. Windsor Nat. Bank. Democrat; Presby'n. Address: Windsor, N. Y.
MAPES, CHARLES VICTOR
Chemist; b. N. Y. City, July 4, 1834; grad. Harvard A.B., 1857; ni. 1863, Martha Meeker ( Halsted). Made special study of agricultural chemistry and especially In fertilizers; introducer of special crop mannres in U. S. by preparing a fertilizer especially adapted to
the growth-needs of potatoes. Associated for some time with late Prof. Wilbur A. Atwater in soil tests at Nat. Agr'l Experiment Station in Washington. l'res. The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co., N. Y. City, which he founded. One of organizers and first pres. N. Y. Chem. and Fertilizer Exchange; mem. A. A. A. S. Clubs: University, Harvard. Residence: 1 10 WV. 57th St. Address: 113 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
MAPES, VICTOR
Author, playwright; o. N. Y. City, March 10, 1870; s. Charles V. and Martha Mapes; nephew of Mary Mapes Dodge; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B. (first in class), 1891; studied literature and the drama at the Sorbonne, Paris, 1892-1893; in. Washington, Julle 5, 1900, Anna Louise Hoeke. Resided in Paris from 1892-1896. Ilis first play, La Comtesse de Lisie, was produced at Theatre Mondain, Paris, and was pro- nounced success; while in Paris was correspondent N. Y. Sun. On return to U. S., 1897, became stage ing'r for Daniel Prohman at Lyceum Theatre. His first play produced in N. Y. City was a one-act play, A Flower of Yeddo, at Empire Theatre. Dramatic critic N. Y. World, 1898-1899; mg'r of the Globe The- atre, Boston, 1903-1904; dir. of the New Theatre (en- dowed) of Chicago, Il., 1906-1907. Among his later plays are, The Tory's Guest ( Empire Theatre, Nov., 1900); Don Cæsar's Return ( Wallack's N. Y. City, Sept., 1901); captain Barrington (Manhattan Theatre, 1903): The Undercurrent (Studebaker Theatre, Chi- cago, Jan. 22, 1907); Self-Defence (Fifth Avenue The- atre, N. Y., May 25, 1908); The Detective (Yonkers, N. Y., June 1, 1905); 6 Washington Square, (1913). Author: Duse and the French, Partners Three, The Gilded Way; contb'r short stories to magazines. Mein. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., P'si Upsilon fraternity. Clubs: University, The lambs, Columbia University, The Players, Psi Upsilon (N. Y. City), University (Chi- cago). Residence: Short Hills, N. J. Address: 130 WV. 44th St., N. Y. City.
MARBLE, MANTON
Editor, author, diplomat; b. Worcester, Mass., Nov. 16, 1834; s. Joel and Nancy Chapin (Coes) Marble (she was a descendant of Thaddeus Chapin and Lucy Whit- ney; he a descendant of Samuel and Freegrace Marble, after whom Marble Ridge was named, near Andover, Mass.), and grandson of Deucon Solomon Marble (at Bunker HID), Saratoga, Yorktown) and Jerusha ( Green- wood) Marble, both of Milbury, Mass .; ed. chielly by father, grad. Aloany Acad., 1853, Univ. of Rochester, 1856. Seven years' staff service with Boston and N. Y. journals (under William Cullen Bryant, 1858-1860; Journey to Red River and Beyond, 1859; N. Y. World, under Mr. Spalding, 1860-1862); then, 1862-1876, owner and editor N. Y. World, through War and Reeonstruc- tion periods. Chm'n Exec. Com. Nat. Dem. Com., 1864 Gave early publieity in U. S. to writings of Ilerbert Speneer (e. g.), on maintenance of justice as chief, if not sole, legitimate domestie funetion of Gov't wielding coercive power of whole body of citizens; in opposition to Peace-Democrats, held that, after Fort Sumter, war was unavoidable for resisting disruption of Union and subversion of its Constitution; opposed exorbitance of exec, power, usurpings of ungranted power as likewise its subversion; opposed warping Custom House taxation, touching all, into profit ma- chines of a few; opposed Federal income tax- ing as direct taxes faithless to an original com- promise, and false to actual terms of the Constitution; opposed greenbacks (as ever-injurious substitute for money), also doubling the cost of the war then wag- ing, and repeating our own calamitous colonial ex- perience which had caused the shaping of the Consti- tution to make such issues lawless; opposed negro suffrage, and impeachment of Pres. Johnson. Ob- structing a partisan misuse for partisan advantage, of issues so momentous, he urged and supported pro- cedures consummated in the Washington Treaty, Geneva Arbitration, Alabama Award, deening explicit avowal of regret from the source over the seas of our greatest injury to be the best ending of old antago- nisins and only beginning of subsequent peacc. Began that assault against Tweed Ring which finally purged city gov't for a season and elected San.ucl J. Tilden Gov. of N. Y .; wrote Syracuse, N. Y., Dem. State plat- form, 1874, and the St. Louis Nat. Dem. platform, 1876, upon which Mr. Tilden stood for Gov. of N. Y. and Presidency of U. S .; simllar platform of 1884 upon which Mr. Cleveland stood for Presidency, and a pamphlet, 1878, disclosing that for the Electoral Comm'n law. Mr. Tilden was not responsible. Special envoy sent by Pres. Cleveland, 1885, to gov'ts of Great Britain, Franeo, Germany, and after conferences with Prince Bismarck, with MM. Freyeinet. Carnot, and with Cernuschi, the classie authority upon internat. bimetallism, and with Mr. Gosehen, Lord Iddesleigh and Mr. Gladstone, ascertained and advised the Presi-
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dent that resumption of free bimetallic coinage by any European power was conditioned sine qua non upon British cooperation, which neither Tory nor Liberal ministries were prepared for (Mr. Gladstone doubtless preferring even then the Indian mints' cios- ure to continuing their free coinage of silver) and that our own U. S. Treasury purchases of silver should cease. Author: A Letter to Abraham Lincoln, 1864; the Presidential Counts, 1877; A Secret Chap- ter of Political History, 1878; Memoir of Alex G. Mer- cer, D.D., prefixed to his Bible Characters, 1885; and Notes of an Outlook on Life, collected from his MSS., 1899. Life mem. A. A. A. S., Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Am. Scientific Alliance, Am. Geog. Soc., New England Soc. of N. Y. Clubs: Century, 1862; hon. mem. Cobden Club, 1872; Round Table, 1878; Manhattan (a founder, 1865; its first sec. until pres. 1884-1889). Address: Bedford, N. Y.
MARBURG, THEODORE
Publicist, consul gen .; b. Baltimore, Md., July 10, 1862; s. William A. and Christine (Munder) Marburg; ed. Princeton Preparatory Sch., 1876-1879; Johns Hop- kins Univ., 1880-1881, hon. A.M., 1902; Oxford, Eng- land, 1892-1893; Ecole Libre de la Science Politique, Parls, 1893-1895; Univ. of Heidelberg (summer semes- ters) 1901, 1903; LL.D., Dickinson Coll., 1912; m. Wilmington, N. C., Nov. 6, 1889, Fannie Grainger; children: Theodore, Jr., b. 1893; Christine, b. 1891; Francis Grainger, b. 1900; Charles Louis, b. 1906. Hon. pres. Md. Peace Soc .; former sec. Am. Soc. for Judicial Settlement of Internat. Disputes; v .- p. Am. Economical Ass'n, 1899-1901. Formerly dir. Balti- more Trust Co., U. S. Mintster to Beiglum, appt'd Nov., 1912. Republican; Unitarian. Clubs: Metropol- itan (Washington), Century, Pilgrims, Nat. Arts, Gro- lier (N. Y.), Pilgrims (London), Bibliophile (Boston), Maryland, University (Baltimore). Addresses: 14 W. Mt. Vernon, Baltimore, Md., and Brussels, Belgium.
MARBURY, ELISABETH
Authors' representative; b. N. Y. City, June 19, 1856; d. Francis Ferdinand and Elisabeth (McCoun) Marbury; ed. in New York and Paris. Owns a residence at Versailles, France; spends six months abroad yearly; has offices and branches in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Milan, Vienna and Moscow. Pres. The Ameri- can Play Co .; American representative of many lead- ing' European authors. Roman Catholic. Mem. Lyce- um Club, London; Colony Club, N. Y. City. Address: 105 W. 40th St., N. Y. City.
MARCH, JOHN LEWIS
Educator; b. Easton, Pa., Mar. 11, 1873; s. Profes- sor Francis Andrew and Mildred Stone (Conway) March; grad. Lafayette, A.B., 1893, A.M., 1896, Ph.D., 1903; unmarried. Taught in Harry Hillman Acad. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1893-1895; traveled in Germany, France and Italy, 1895-1898; connected with Union Coli. since 1899; adjunct prof. modern languages since 1905. Author: A Book of Verse, 1904 (Badger); A Theory of Mind, 1908 (Scribner's). Editor: Union
University Quarterly, 1904-1906. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Address: Union College, Schenectady, N. Y.
MARCHANT, RUSSELL BAGBY
Treasurer J. G. White & Co., Inc .; b. In Mathews Co., Va., 1872; s. Alexander and Susan F. Marchant; ed. by private tutors, and in business coll. in Baltimore, Md .; unmarried. Entered office of The Manufacturers' Rec- ord, Baltimore, as clerk 1889; resigned position of cashler and bookkeeper 1892. Became auditor Lake Roland Elevated R'y Co., which was later consolidated with City & Suburban R'y Co .; resigned 1895 to become connected with J. G, White & Co., contractors, engi- neers, with which company has combined in positions of auditor, comptroller, treasurer and various other of- ficial positions in companies controlled by it, being also treas., ass't sec. and dir. Engineering Securities Corp'n; treas. Construction & Engineering Co., Limited; ass't treas. Idaho Irrigation Co., Limited; treas. The Helena Light & R'y Co .; ass't treas. and ass't sec. The Manila Electric R. R. & Lighting Corporation; treas. and ass't sec. Manilla Electric R. R. & Light Co .; treas., ass't sec. and dir. The Manila Suburban R'y Co .; treas. Upper Columbla Co .; Washington Construction Co .; dir. J. G. White & Co., Inc .; treas., ass't sec. and dir. J. G. White & Co., of Maine; v .- p. and dir. Electrical Finance Corp'n; ass't treas. Chilean Contracting Co .; treas. Tri-State Land Co. Democrat. Mem. Maryland Soc. of N. Y. (corr. sec.), Southern Soc. of N. Y., The Vir- ginians. Clubs: Marine & Field, Dyker Meadows Goif, Scarsdale Golf & Country, Lawyers. Residence: 1 W. 30th St. Address: 43 Exchange Pl., N. Y. City.
MARCUS, LOUIS WILLIAM
Jurist; b. Buffalo, N. Y., May 18, 1863; s. Leopold and Amelia Marcus; grad. Cornell Univ., LL.B., 1889; m. Buffalo, Nov. 19, 1889, Ray D. Dahlman. Admitted to
bar and engaged in gen. practice of law in Buffalo until elected surrogate of Erie Co., 1895, for six years; re-elected, 1901; appt'd Nov., 1905, and elected Nov., 1906, justice Supreme Court of N. Y., term expiring Dec. 31, 1920. Address: Hotel Lenox, Buffalo, N. Y.
MARCY, MILFORD M.
Publisher; b. Fayette, Wis., Nov. 15, 1866; s. Alfred D. and Sarah (Parkinson) Marcy; ed. Darlington, Wis,, public schs. and Hillsdale Coll., Illlsdale, Mich. Mem. B. P. O. Elks, Sigma Chi. Residence: 915 E. 18th St., Brooklyn. Address: Tribune Bld'g, N. Y. City.
MARDEN, ORISON SWETT
Author, editor; b. Thornton, N. H., about 1850; grad. Boston Univ., A.B., 1877, A.M., 1879, LL.B., 1881; Sch. of Oratory, B.O., 1879; Harvard Med. Sch., M.D., 1882; m. May, 1905. Clara Evans; children: Orison Swett, Jr., Mary Newell, Laura Fletcher. Traveled abroad, 1882- 1883; returned to U. S. and settled in Kearney, Neb,, where he was elected pres. of B'd of Trade; 1834 pub- lished his first book, Pushing to the Front, which has since gone through more than 150 editions, and is pub- lished in Germany, India, England, Sweden, Bohemia, Spain, Roumania, Hungary, Denmark, Holland, Nor- way, Finland and Japan, in which latter country it 18 used as a text-book in the gov't schs., in both English and Japanese. Twenty of his books are published in Germany, and twelve in India. In 1897 founded Suc- cess Magazine, which had over 300,000 circulation; v .- p. The Success Company. Author: Rising in the World, or Architects of Fate. 1895 (published also in other languages); How to Succeed, 1896; Success, 1897; The Secret of Achievement, 1898 (published in other languages); Character, the Grandest Thing in the World, 1899; Cheerfuiness as a Life Power, 1899 (both published also in Germany); The Hour of Opportunity, 1900; Good Manners and Success, 1900; Winning Out, 1900 (published also in England and Japan) ; Elements of Business Success, 1900; Taiks with Great Workers, 1901; How They Succeeded, 1901; Economy, 1901; An Iron Will, 1901; Stepping Stones, 1902; The Young Man Entering Business, 1903; Stories from Life, 1905; The Making of a Man, 1905; Choosing a Career, 1905; Every Man a King, 1906; Success Nuggets, 1906 (both pub. lished also in England); The Power of Personality, 1906; The Optimistic Life, 1907; He Can Who Thinks He Can, 1908; Peace, Power and Plenty, 1909 (all pub- lished in Germany also, and last named published in England as well); Do It to a Finish, 1909; Not the Salary, but the Opportunity, 1910; Getting On, 1910; Be Good to Yourseif, 1910; The Miracle of Right Thought, 1910; Self-Investment, 1911; The Joys of Living, 1913; The Exceptional Employee, 1913: The Pro- gressive Business Man, 1913; Training for Efficiency. 1913. Address: 29 F. 22nd St., N. Y. City.
MAREAN, JOSIAH T.
Lawyer, b. Maine, Broome Co., N. Y., 1842; s. Chester and Arvilie (Tayior) Marean; grad. Normal Sch., Al- bany, 1862. Admitted to bar in 1866; practised law In Brooklyn; elected dist. att'y of Kings Co., 1897; elected justice of Supreme Court, 1898. for term ending Dec. 31, 1912. Democrat. Address: Hotel Bossert, Brooklyn, N. Y.
MARKHAM, EDWIN
Poet, lecturer, writer; b. Oregon City, Oregon, April 23, 1852; s. Samuel and Elizabeth ( Winchell) Mark- ham; ed. Calif. State Normal Sch .; post-grad, work in Christian Coll., pursuing the mathematical and classi- cal courses; special studies in ancient and modern literature and Christian sociology; m. Calif., Anna Catherine Murphy, also a writer; one son: Virgil, b. 1899. In 1899, while head-master of the Observation Sch. of Univ. of Calif., wrote "The Man with the Hoe." The poem immediately attracted the attention of both hemispheres. From boyhood wrote for magazines and newspapers and found entrance to the best Eastern publications, but up to the appearance of "The Man with the Hoe" his writings had not attracted any con- siderable attention. This poem called out an extra- ordinary volume of comment; some characterizing It as "an insuit to labor" and others as "a psalm of labor" and "the battle-cry of the next thousand years." It was copied throughout the world and translated into cvery living tongue Was for 7 years sup't of schools in Callf., and for 10 years head-master of Ob- servatlon Sch., Univ. of Calif .; in 1899 abandoned edn'l work to devote time to literature, removing to N. Y. City. Author: The Man with the lloe and Other Poems, 1899; The Man with the Hoe, with Notes by the Author, 1900: Lincoln and Other Poems, 1901. Wrote The Social Conscience, baccalaureate scrinon, Leland Stanford Jr. Univ., 1897; The New Century (poem), Lippincott's Magazine, 1899; Lincoln, the Great Com- moner, Republican Club Lincoln dinner, Feb. 12, 1900; Muse of Brotherhood (pocm), Saturday Evening Post, Oct., 1899; Virgiila and The Homing Heart, In Cosmo-
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politan Magazine (1906). Published (1906-1907) in Cosmopolitan, scries of prose articles on child labor, entitled The Hoe-Man in the Making; third book of verse; also an illustrated collection of five poems based on Millet's paintings and entitled Field Foik; Interpretations of Millet; also New Light on the Old Riddie; The Poetry of Jesus. Independent in politics. Address: Westerleigh Park, West New Brighton, N. Y. MARKOE, JAMES WRIGHT
Surgeon; b. N. Y. City, July 19, 1862; s. Thomas Masters Markoc, M.D., and Charlotte Atwell (How) Markoe; ed. St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., Coll. Phys. and Surgs. (Columbia) M.D., 1885; m. St. George's Church, Stuyvesant Square, Nov. 22, 1894, Annette Wetmore; one d.,Annette Markoc, b. Nov. 27, 1897. After graduating in medicine spent one year studying in Munich, Germany; returned to be first house surgeon of the Sloane Maternity Hosp. Organ- Ized in 1890 the Midwifery Dispensary which has since been conducted by the Soc. of the Lying-in Hosp. Med. dir. and attending surgeon Soc. of the Lying-in Hosp. Fcilow Acad. of Medicine, consulting gynecolo- gist to Vassar Hosp., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Vestryman of St. George's Church. Clubs: Metropolitan, Century, Racquet and Tennis, N. Y. Yacht. Residence: 12 W. 55th St. Address: 20 W. 50th St., N. Y. City.
MARKS, JACOB
Justice of the Municipal Court; b. N. Y. City, June 24, 1861; s. Wolff and Henrietta (Rothschild) Marks; ed. in N. Y. public schools and evening high school; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 20, 1884, Henrietta Barnett; children: Dora, Irene, Josephine. Studied law in office of Dan- lei P. Hays; admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1882; actively en- gaged in general law practice in ail courts; associated in practice with Abraham Wielar until election to bench; appeared for successful parties in many con- tested election cases. Democrat; sec. Dem. County Gen. Com. (Tammany Hall) for many years; chm'n Gen. Com. of 18th Assembly Dist .; mem. Law Com. Tammany Hall; mem. N. Y. State Constitutional Conv., 1894, in which advocated extension of system of trial by jury; inspector public schools, 1898-1902; mem. N. Y. State Senate from 18th Senate Dist., 1905-1906; elected, 1907, justice of the Municipal Court for 6th Dist., Manhattan, for term expiring 1918. In Senate served on the Judiciary and Codes Committees; first legislator of the 1905 session to demand legislative investigation of life Insurance conditions, and largely responsible for subsequent apptm't of Insurance In- vestigating Com. by gov. Mcm. N. Y. County Lawyers Ass'n, Montefiore Home. Young Men's Hebrew Ass'n, Centennial Lodge 763, F. and A. M., United Brothers, Manhattan Council Royal Arcanum, Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Educational Alliance. Club: Delaware (chm'n B'd Directors). Residence: 225 E. 68th St. Address: 156 Broadway, N. Y. City.
MARKS, MARCUS M.
Pres. Borough of Manhattan, retired mfr; b. Schen- ectady, N. Y., Mar. 18, 1858; s. David and Leontine Marks; ed. Public Sch. 35, N. Y. City, and class of 1877 Coll. City of N. Y .; m. N. Y. City, May 21, 1890, Esther Friedman; children: Bernicc, b. 1891; Alan, b. 1895; Eric, b. 1896, Warren, b. 1899, Doris, b. 1903. Started firm of David Marks & Son, with father, in 1877; in- corporated, 1903, of which was pres. until retirement from business several years ago. Mem. Com. of 100 that nominated Seth Low and other Fusion candidates of N. Y. City; takes prominent part in movements for City betterment; writer for magazines; public speaker on labor questions, business ethics and philanthropy. Appt'd by Gov. Hughes on Comm'n of Immigration; elected pres. Borough of Manhattan, Nov. 4, 1913. Mem. numerous societles for study of polit. economy and civics; mem. Pres. Roosevelt's Nobel Prize Com. of 9 on Industrial Peace. Served as mediator and arbi- trator in numerous industrial disputes involving hun- dreds of thousands of workers including coal, truck- men, taxi, express, textile, boiler-makers, hats, and recently in great garment strike, and conductors and trainmen's dispute. Organizer and ex-pres. Nat. Ass'n of Clothiers. Mem. Exec. Com. Nat. Civic Federation; mem. Chamber of Commerce. Dir. Young Men's He- brew Ass'n. One of incorporating dirs. of Merchants Ass'n and of Edn'l Alilance. Pres. Tuberculosis Pre- ventorium for Children. Clubs: City, Repubilcan. Residence, 4 E. 94th St. Address: 29 W. 42d St., N. Y. City.
MARKS, WILLIAM DENNIS
Eng'r; b. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 26, 1849; s. Dennis and Almira (Bacon) Marks; grad. Yale, Ph.B., 1870, C.E., 1871; engaged in special studies as civil and mech. eng'r; m. Chattanooga, Tenn., 1874, Jeanette Holmos Colwell. Engaged as practical eng'r with railway and mfg corp'ns, 1871-1873; instr. mech. eng'ring, Lchigh
Univ., 1876-1877; Whitney prof. dynamic eng'ring, Univ. of Pa., 1877; had charge as sup't of the Internat. Elec. Exb'n given under the auspices of the Frankiin Inst. of Philadelphia, 1884; became eng'r and pres. the Edison Eicc. Light Co., 1887; consulting eng'r and sp'l expert in gas and electric lighting for N. Y. City, Buffalo, Indianapolis and other municipalities, 1905- 1908. Author: The Relative Proportions of the Steam Engine; The Finances of Gas and Electricity Manu- facturing Enterpriscs. Mem. Am. Philosoph. Soc .; hon. life mem. Franklin Inst .; mem. Inst. of Elec. Eng'rs, etc. Residence: Westport, Essex Co., N. Y. Address: 21 Park Row, N. Y. City.
MARLING, ALFRED E.
Real Estate; b. Toronto, Ontarlo, Can., 1858; s. Rev. Francis H. and Marina C. (Macdonald) Marling; ed. Colicgiate Inst., Toronto; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 10, 1884, Harriet W. Phillips. Pres. corp'n of Horace S. Ely & Co .; trustee Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y., N. Y. Life Ins. & Trust Co., Fulton Trust Co., U. S. Savings Bank; dir. Fifth Ave. Bank, Hanover (fire) Ins. Co., N. Y. Plate Glass Ins. Co., City of N. Y. Ins. Co., Madison Av. Co. Republican. Chm'n Internat. Com. Y. M. C. A. Clubs: Union League, Metropolitan, Down Town, City, Lawyers, Army, Navy, Republican, N. Y. Yacht, Royal Automobile (London). Residence: 35 West 47th St. Address: 21 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
MARLOW, FRANK WILLIAM
Physician; b. Abingdon, Berkshire, England, July 2, 1858; s. William and Bertha (Searle) Marlow; ex. King Alfred's Grainmar Sch., Wantage, Eng., St. Thomas' Hosp. Med. Sch., London; m. Worcester, Mass .. Sept. 24, 1889, Laura Blsset Mills; children: Searle Bisset, b. 1890; John Milis, b. 1892; Juliet, b. 1893; Gertrude Honor, b. 1897; Frank William, b. 1901. Was house surgeon, house physician and ophthalmic ass't, St. Thomas' Hosp .; clinical ass't, Royal London Oph- thalmic Hosp. etc. Mem. Royal Coil. Surgeons of Eng- land; licentiatc, Soc. Apothecaries of London; M.D., Univ. of Syracuse; prof. opthalmology med. dep't Univ. of Syracuse; opthalmologist to St. Joseph's Hosp., Syracuse Hlosp. for Women and Children; mem. Royal Soc. of Medicine, Syracuse Eye, Ear and Throat Infirmary, Syracuse Free Dispensary, State Inst'n for Feeble-Minded. Onondaga Co. Orphan Asylum. Clubs: Citizens', Masonic Temple. Address: 200 Highland St., Syracuse, N. Y.
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