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MERWIN, MILTON HERVEY
Jurist; b. Leyden, N. Y., June 16, 1832; s. Alanson and Amanda (Kimball) Merwin; ed. Oneida Conf. Sem. and Hamilton Coll., A.B., 1852; m. 1858, Helen E. Knapp, of Middle Granville, N. Y. Entered the office of Joseph Mullin, at Watertown, N. Y., Fall of 1852, to study law; admitted to bar 1853; commenced practisc of law in Watertown. Elected surrogate of Jefferson Co., 1859, and served four years; in Oct., 1874, appt'd and Nov. 1874, elected Justice Supreme Court; re- elected, 1888, term expiring Dec. 31, 1902; appt'd to General Term of Supreme Court, 1888; served till 1895; Appellate Division of Supreme Court, 1895-1901. Resident of Utica from 1874. Address: 56 Rutgers St., Utlca. N. Y.
MESEROLE, BENJAMIN RICHARDSON
Civil eng'r and city surveyor; b. Brooklyn, April 2, 1860; s. Jeremiah Vanderbilt and Ann S. (Richardson) Mescrole; ed. Adelphi Acad., and Poly. Inst., Brooklyn; m. May Wolcott; children: Wolcott, b. 1891, Jeremiah V., b. 1894. Engaged in practise as civil eng'r and as city surveyor, City of N. Y .; owner of Meserole City Surveying Co. Dir. Citizens' Trust Co. of Brooklyn. Republicar. Mem. Polo Ass'n. Clubs: Brooklyn, Rid- Ing and Driving. Crescent Athletic. Address: 215 Havemeyer St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
MESEROLE, CLINTON VANDERBILT
Fire insurance; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1876; s. Jeremiah Vanderbilt and Ann Sophia (Richardson) . Meserole; grad. Princeton Univ., B.S., 1898; m. Ger- mantown, Pa., May 2, 1905, Ida Lewls Brooke. In- gaged in insurance business since graduation. V .- D. and dir. Stuyvesant Ins. Co., Greenwich Ins. Co .; pres. and dir. Pacific Fire Ins. Co .; v .- p. Wilmington Fire Ins. Co .; dir. Am. Fire Ins. Co. of Philadelphia; Ins. Co. of State of ra. Clubs: Princeton, Down Town Ass'n, Drug & Chemical (N. Y. City), Englewood, Englewood Country. Residence: Englewood, N. J. Address: 111 William St., N. Y. City.
MESEROLE, DARWIN J.
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 27, 1868; s. Jere- miah V. and Aun S. (Richardson) Meserole; ed. in pub- lic schools and Brooklyn Poly. Inst .; at age of 30 studied law; grad. LL.B., N. Y. Law Sch., 1900; m. Waterbury, Conn., June 24, 1899, Katherine L. Maltby. Engaged in Wall Street from 1885-1892; on Stock Ex- change, 1890-1891; in philanthropic work, 1892-1901; practising law since 1901. Was mn'g att'y and dir. The Co-operative Law Co. until co. was dissolved, July, 1910. Socialist. Address: 190 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
MESEROLE, WALTER MONFORT
Civil eng'r; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 5, 1861; s. Ad- rian and Mary O. ( Monfort) Meserole; ed. Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst., 1873-1877; Columbia Coll., Sch. of Mines, C.E., 1881; m. Catskill, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1884, Julia Allen du Bois (died May, 1887); 2d, Cairo, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1894, Ellen A. Wooster; one d., Katherine du Bois, b. Nov. 13, 1884 (m. April 14, 1906, Harold C. King). Has been engaged in surveys for and construction of various railroads in N. Y. State and Pa., and terminal facilities on N. Y. Harbor; and has specialized on de- velopment of city and suburban real estate and the construction of municipal improvements. Appt'd, in 1896, by Mayor Wurster, of Brooklyn, mem. Atlantic Av. Comm'n, which initiated the removal of the tracks of the L. I. R. Rt. from the street surface and the abolishing of locomotives on Brooklyn's railroads; since 1897 comm'r on the board for the Atlantic Av. improvement, under which that work has been car- ried out, and since 1901, gen. sup't of the work. Part- ner Meserole & Middleton, city surveyors; sec. and dir. Frederick W. Rowe & Co. (Inc.), realty; pres. Rex Shoe Co .; trustee Greater N. Y. Savings Bank. Demo- crat (liberal). Presby'n. Mem. Alumni Ass'n Colum- bia Univ., Holland Soc. of N. Y., Nat. Geog. Soc., Brooklyn League, League of Am. Wheelmar. (v .- p., 1901); Altair Lodge, F. and A. M. Clubs: Brooklyn Eng'rs (v .- p., 1897-1898, pres., 1899), Crescent Athletic, Municipal (Brooklyn). Address: 1404 Union St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
MESSENGER, FRANK HISCOCK
Manufacturer; b. Brighton, Monroe County, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1872; s. Eugene L. and Eliza S. (Stillson) Messenger; ed. Buffalo and Fulton, N. Y .; m. Auburn, N. Y., July 8, 1903, Julia Isabelle Ives; children: Theo- dore Ives, b. 1904; Charles Linthicum, b. 1905; Eleanor louise, b. 1908; Margaret Elizabeth, b. 1910. Began business career in Fulton, N. Y .; removed to Auburn in 1891, and entered office of A. A. Boyd. In 1901 became half owner in Auburn Flame Co., and in 1903, the Auburn Hame Co. was merged into U. S. Hame ('o., of which he is now dir. and treas. Progressive; Episcopalian; men. Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Rec- reatlons: Golf, bowling. Clubs: City of Auburn. Owasco Country, Kanadasaga (Geneva), Park Golf (Buffalo). Address: 216 Summer St., Buffalo, N. Y.
METCALF, BRYCE
Ass't cashier International Bank; b. N. Y. City, Dec. 10, 1874; s. James Betts and Annie Tiffany (Cutting) Metcalf; attended Mass. Inst. of Technology, class 1898; in. N. Y. City, Nov. 2, 1905, Suzette T. Hall. Mem. Delta Psi fraternity, Soc. War of 1812, Sons of Revo- lution, Soc. Colonial Wars; sec. Soc. of Cincinnati in Conn .; lieut. Veteran Corps of Art'y. Clubs: Riding, St. Anthony. Residence: Ardsley, N. Y. Address: 60 Wall St., N. Y, City.
METCALF, EDWIN D.
Manufacturer; b. Smithfield, R. 1., March 14, 1848; s. William and Nancy &. (Cook) Metealf; ed. West- ford . ( Mass.) Acad .; m. Fall River, Mass., Sept. 11, 1873, Carrie W. Flint; children: Edwin F. (Harvard, 1900); Harold (Yale, 1904): Stanley W .; pres. Colum- bian Rope Co .; v .- p. D. M. Orbonle & Co., Cayuga Sav- ings Bank, United Elec. R. R. of N. Y .; dir Cayuga Co. Nat. Bank, Auburn & Syracuse R. R., Mass. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of Mass. Mem. staff Gov. Geo. D. Rob- inson, 3 years; ass't q .- m .- gen. Mass. Vols. Was Mayor of Springfield, Mass,, and mem. Mass. llouse of Rep- resentatives and Senate. Republican. Clubs: Metro-
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politan (N. Y. City), Nayassett (Springfield, Mass.), Citizens (Syracuse, N. Y.), City, Onasco (Auburn, N. Y.), Oak Bluffs, East Chop (Oak Bluffs, Mass.). Ad- dress: 86 South St., Auburn, N. Y.
METCALF, JAMES A.
Silversmith; b. Lowell, Mass., May 6, 1852; s. Isaac Newton and Nancy (Aiken) Metcalf; ed. Highland Mil. Acad., Worcester, Mass. Engaged as silversmith since 1878 with Meriden Britannia Co. and Internat. Silver Co., 23 years; now pres. and treas. The Mctcaif Co., N. Y. City. Republican; Episcopalian. Clubs: N. Y. Yacht, Players, Church, Mendelssohn Glee. Address: 549 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
METCALFE, HENRY
Captain, U. S. A., retired; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 29, 1847; s. Dr. John T. Metcalfe; ed. private schools, Morristown, N. J., and New Rochelle, N. Y .; admitted to U. S. Mii. Acad., Aug., 1863; grad. June, 1868; m. April, 1870. Harriet, d. John H. Nichols, of Washington, D. C. On graduation, 1868, assigned to duty with Ordnance Dep't of Army, serving until retired, 1893. Was rc- corder Small Arms B'd, 1873, which adopted the Spring- field breech-loading rifle, and prepared a report which made it an authority for years on military small arms; ordered, 1875, to superintend construction of building erected by U. S. Gov't at Centennial Exp'n, and was exec. officer of Gov't dep'ts exhibiting therein; also appt'd to inspect small arms and ammunition being manufactured in New England for Imperial Ottoman Gov't, and arbitrated between the Imperial officers and contractors in contracts aggregating many million dollars; later instr. of ordnance and gunnery at U. S. Mil. Acad .; revised and published course of instruction in ordnance and gunnery; on account of impaired eye- sight, was retired Oct., 1893. Author: The Cost of Manufactures and Administration of Work Shops. Since retirement has, as head of the Water Comm'n, introduced the water supply and sewer system of Cold Spring-on-Hudson, N. Y. and as pres. school board has interested himself in public ed'n. Received decoration of the Osmani from Turkish Gov't. Residence: Cold Spring-on-Hudson. Address: 144 Fourth Av., N. Y. City.
METCALFE, JAMES STETSON
Editor, critic, author; b. Buffalo, N. Y., June 27, 1858; s. James H. and Erzelia F. (Stetson) Metcalfe; ed. Phil- lips Andover Acad .; grad. Yale, A.B., 1879, A.M., 1892; m. 1st, Batavia, N. Y., 1896, Edith Williams; 2d, N. Y. City, 1904, Elizabeth Tyree. Editor and publisher The Modern Age, 1883-1884; editorial writer on staff of Buffalo Express, 1884-1885; editor People's Pictorial Press, 1886; mg'r Am. Newspaper Publishers' Ass'n, 1886-1889; dramatic editor Life, 1889; literary editor Life, 1890-1895; mn'g editor Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1895. Author: Mythology for Moderns, 1900; The American Slave, 1900; Another Three Weeks, 1908. Defeated Democratic candidate for Assembly in 19th Dist., N. Y. City, 1903. In 1905 the mg'rs of 47 theatres in Greater N. Y voted to exclude him from their thea- tres. Country home: Fenimore, Bedford Hills, West- chester Co. Address: 19 W. 31st St., N. Y. City.
METTLER, JOHN WYCKOFF
Manufacturer; b. E. Millstone, N. J., Sept. 27, 1878; s. W. E. and Gertrude Van Pelt (Howell) Mettler; grad. Rutgers Coil., B.Sc., 1899; M.Sc., 1901; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1901; m. N. Y. City, Jun 5, 1909, Helen Fleisch- mann; one d .: Helen, b. Sept. 5, 1910. Practised law 2 years, N. Y. City; since 1903 in mfg business. Pres. Interwoven Stocking Co., dir. Nat. Bank of N. J. and several other corp'ns. Traveled extensively in Eu- rope and U. S. Served 3 years as mem. Squadron A, N.G.N.Y. Republican; mem. Dutch Reformed Ch. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, N. Y., Delta Phi fra- ternity. Recreations: Golf, tennis, motoring, travel- ling. Residence: 291 W. 57th St., N. Y. City, and E. Miilstone, N. J. Address: New Brunswick, N. J.
METZ, HERMAN A.
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Merchant, mem. Congress, ex-comptroller City of N. Y .; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 19, 1867; ed. in private and pub. schs., and later studied chemistry in the evening class of Cooper Union, after he had, at the age of 14, become office boy with P. Schultz-Berge, founder various firms, which later became the corporation of Victor Koechl & Co. During these changes, became successively laboratory ass't clerk, city salesman, traveling salesman, Boston agent, Chicago agent, and later mg'r, v .- p., treas. of the corp'n until 1903, when he incorporated the firm of H. A. Metz & Co., of which is pres. and practically soie owner. This company imports and deals in dyestuffs and chemicals, with main office in N. Y. City, and branches in Boston, Providence, Philadelphia, Chicago, Charlotte, Atlanta, San Francisco, Montreal and Toronto, Can., and Hamburg, Germany. Also pres. of present corp'n of
Victor Koechl & Co., which handles synthetic drugs and pharmaceutical preparations; pres. Consolidated Color and Chemical Co., mf'rs colors and chemicals (factories on Passaic River, Newark, N. J.), and sole owner of Ettrick Mills, Auburn, Mass., mirs carpets and rugs; pres. Stoneville Co., which owns the land, real estate and water rights and the village of Stone- ville, in town of Auburn, Mass., where the Ettrick Mills are situated. Served as mem. School B'd of Brooklyn, and B'd of Ed'n of Greater N. Y. under apptm't of Mayor Van Wyck; elected comptroiler City of N. Y. on the Democratic ticket, and served 1906- 1910; appt'd by Gov. Hughes mem. Charter Revision Comm'n, elected to 63d Congress from 10th N. Y. Dist., captain and commissary 14th Reg't, N.G.N.Y. Mem. Soc. Chem. Industry of London, Verein Deutscher Chemiker, Dresden, Am. Chem. Soc., Electro-Chem. Soc., Chamber of Commerce, B'd of Trade and Trans- portation, Merchants' Ass'n, Manufacturers' Ass'n. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Crescent Athletic, Salmagundi, Army and Navy, Montauk, Lincoln, Hanover, German, Manhattan, Riding and Driving, Reform, City, Kings County Dem. (prcs.), Nat. Civic (ex-pres.), Brooklyn Dem. (ex-pres.), Nat. Dem. of N. Y. (trustee), Long Island Automobile (v .- p.), Chemists (v .- p.). Residence: 253 Clinton Av., Brooklyn. Address: 122 Hudson St., N. Y. City.
METZLER, WILLIAM HENRY
Mathematician, educator; b. Odessa, Ont., Can., Sept. 18, 1863; s. George Frederick and Anna (Shannon) Metzler; ed. public and high schs. of Ont., Toronto Univ., 1888, Clark Univ., Ph.D., 1892; m. Dundonald, Ont., Jan. 2, 1890, Augusta E. Philp; children: Augusta, b. 1895; Gerald, b. 1897; Helen, b. 1901. Instr. mathe- matics, Mass. Inst. Technology, 1892-1894; Francis H. Root prof., and head of dep't of mathematics, Syra- cuse Univ .; dean of Graduate Sch., Syracuse Univ. Ed- itor-in-chief of The Mathematics Teacher. Ex-pres. and mem. Council of Ass'n of Teachers of Mathematics for Middle States and Md .; mem. Council of Federation of Ass'ns of Teachers of Mathematics and Natural Sciences for U. S .; mem. Council of Sigma Xi, Meth- odist Episcopalian. Mem. Mathematical Ass'n of Eng- land, British Ass'n for Advancement of Science; fellow A.A.A.S., Royal Soc. of Edinburgh; hon. fellow Royal Soc. of Can .; mem. London Mathematical Soc., Société Mathématique de France, Deutsche Mathematiker- Vereinigung, Circolo Matematico di Palermo. Author: A College Algebra (jointly), and numerous mathemat- ical and edn'l papers published in leading journals of this country and Europe. Address: 760 Comstock Av., Syracuse, N. Y.
MEURY, EDWARD GODFREY WALTER
Clergyman; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1874; s. Rev. John Nicholas and Caroline Louise (Burkhartt) Meury; ed. Rutgers Coll., A.B., 1898; A.M., 1901; of New Brunswick Theol. Sem. grad. 1901; m. N. Y. City, Oct. 1, 1903, Jennie Menkcl; one son: John Nicholas, b. July 6, 1908. . Formerly employed by Brooklyn Children's Aid Soc. and Summer Fresh Air Work; instr. in modern languages at Miss Anabele's Sem. at New Brunswick, N. J., 1900-1901. Ordained in ministry of Reformed Church in America, 1901; ass't pastor Middle Collegiate Church, N. Y. City, 1901-1903; since 1003 pastor of Collegiate Church (Knox Memo- rial), N. Y. City. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc .. Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Chaplain Junior Order United Am. Mechanics, N. Y., Phi Beta Kappa Alumni of N. Y. Recreation: Tennis. Address: 405 W. 41st St., N. Y. City.
MEYER, ANNIE NATHAN
Author; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 19, 1867; d. Robert and Annie (Florance) Nathan; ed. at home privately; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 15, 1887, Dr. Alfred Meyer. Founder and trustce Barnard Coll. Prominent opponent to Woman Suffrage. Author: Woman's Work in Amer- ica, 1891; Helen Brent, M.D., 1893; My Park Book, 1898; Robert Annys, 1901; The Dominant Sex, 1911; The Dreamer, 1912; contb'r to magazines; lecturer on art and drama. Clubs: London Lyceum, Barnard. Mac- Dowell, Drama League, Adirondack League. Address: 785 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
MEYER, WILLY
Surgeon; b. Minden, Westphalia, Germany, July 24, 1858; grad. Univ. of Bonn, M.D., isso; m. N. Y. City, April 29, 1885, Lilly O. Maass. Ass't to surg. clinic, Univ. of Bonn, Germany, 1SS1-1884; came to U. S., 1884; prof. clinical surgery Woman's Med. Coli., N. Y. City, 1886-1893; inst. and prof. surgery, N. Y. Post- Grad. Med. Sch., and Hosp. since 1SS7. Attending sur- geon German and Post-Graduate Hosp .; consulting surgeon N. Y. Skin and Cancer Hosp., N. Y. Infirmary, Hosp. for Deformity and Joint Diseases, Kar Moriah Hosp., Montefiore Home. Introduced cystoscopy into
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U. S., 1887, and was first in U. S. (1897) to perform Bottini's operation; author of radical operation for cancer of the breast; since 1908 engaged in solving the problems of thoracic surgery. Fellow Am. Surg. Ass'n, etc. Address: 700 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
MEYERS, JAMES COWDEN
Lawyer; b. Columbla, Pa., Aug. 30, 1869; s. James Alfred and Anna M. (Cowden) Meyers; grad. Princeton Univ., A.B., 1891; A.M., 1894; N. Y. Law Sch., LL.B., 1893; m. Somerville, N. J., March 9, 1898, Helen E. Hendrickson; d., Marian Forst. Admitted to N. Y. State Bar, June, 1893; elected alderman, 34th Dist., N. Y. City, 1901, 1903, 1905; during 1906 was leader of the majority. Progressive, Presbyterian. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Prince- ton Chapter Phl Beta Kappa. Mem. N. Y. City Charter Revision Comm'n, 1907; mem. N. Y. City Charter Comm'n, 1908; sec. of both comm'ns. Clubs: Prince- ton, City. Residence: 652 W. 170th St. Address: 527 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
MEYLAN, GEORGE LOUIS
Prof. Columbia Univ., physician; b. Brassus, Swit- zerland, July 22, 1873; s. Louis Julien and Jenny Hen- riette (Capt) Meyian; grad. Harvard Univ., B.S., 1902; Columbia Univ., A.M., 1904; N. Y. Univ., M.D., 1896; m. N. Y. City, July 28, 1897, Louise Mathot; children: Juliette, b. Aug. 15, 1898; George, b. Feb. 18, 1900; Vivianne, b. May 3, 1902; Eveline, b. June 7, 1903; Renée, b. March 1, 1907; Eléonore, b. March 15, 1908; Beatrice, b. March 17, 1909. Lecturer at Harvard Summer Sch., 1899-1903; instr. Sargent Normal Sch., 1902-1903; prof. Columbia Univ. since 1903. Dir. White Mt. Camp for Boys since 1907. Republican; Episco- palian. Pres. Am. Physical Ed'n Ass'n, 1907-1911; fel- low A. A. A. S. Trustee Internat. Y. M. C. A. Coll .; vestryman Eglise Episcopale du St. Esprit; mem. B'd Dirs. Wash. Heights Y. M. C. A. Recreations: Hand- bail, fishing, camping, motor-boating. Clubs: Faculty (Columbia Univ.). Residence: 468 W. 141st St. Ad- dress: Columbia Univ., N. Y. City.
MEYROWITZ, EMIL B.
Optician; b. Danzig, Germany, Oct. 20, 1852; s. Alex- ander Meyrowitz; ed. High Sch. of Danzig and Optical Coll., Moscow, Russia; m. N. Y. Clty, 1878, Evelyn C. Hawley. Learned cptical business In Moscow; came to N. Y. City in 1872; started business for self in 1875, and now pres. of E. B. Meyrowitz, Inc., N. Y. City, with branches in London and Paris, and in Min- neapolis and St. Paul, Minn .; pres. of General Optical Co .; originator of numerous improvements in optical work. Pres. Opticians League of N. Y. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Merchants and Mf'rs B'd of Trade, West End Ass'n. Clubs: Aldine (N. Y. Clty), Com- mercial (Minneapolis). Residence: 322 W. 80th St. Address: 237 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
MEYROWITZ, ERNEST DU PONT
Optician; b. N. Y. City, June 17, 1884; s. Emil B. and Evelyn C. (Hawley) Meyrowitz; ed. Berkeley Sch., Yale Univ., Ph.B., Sheffield Scientific Sch .; unmarried. V .- p. E. B. Meyrowitz, Inc., N. Y., Gen. Optical Co., Elwo Co., E. B. Meyrowitz, Inc., Minn., E. B. Mey- rowitz, Ltd., London, sec. E. B. Meyrowitz, Inc., Paris. Republican, Episcopallan, Recreations; Tennis, motor- ing, hunting. Clubs: Aldine, Yale, West Side Tennis, Nutley Field, Linden Court Tennis. Residence: 322 W. 80th St. Address: 237 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
MICHEL, JAMES F.
Banker; physiclan; b. Syracuse, N. Y., April 14, 1865; s. Wiillam and Isabel Michel; grad. Syracuse High Sch., 1883; Syracuse Med. Coll., M.D., 1886; m. Jordan, N. Y., July 31, 1889, Dora S. Stocking; children: Ruby Bell, Allce Dora. In practise of medicine since grad- uation. Pres. First Nat. Bank, Farmingdale; also dealer in real estate. Health officer of Farmingdale, since incorp'n. Independent Republican. Mem. N. Y. Med. Soc., Nassau-Queens Med. Soc., Royal Arcanum, Modern Woodmen of America, Odd Fellows. Address: Farmingdale, N. Y.
MICHELSON, ALBERT HEMINWAY
Consul; b. Annapolis, Md., Jan. 16, 1878; s. Albert Abraham and Margaret McLane (Heminway) Michel- son; ed. Ecole Mansart, Paris, 1892-1893; grad. Wor- cester (Mass.) Acad., 1897; B.S., Harvard, 1901; unmar- ried. Consular agent at Charleroi, Belgium, 1901-1906; Am. consul, Turin, Italy, 1906-1912; Am. consul, Han- over, Germany, since Aug. 22, 1912; Am. Comm'r to Turin Internat. Exp'n of Industry and Labor of 1911; Am. delegate to Berlin Conf. for Regulation of Inter- nat. Exp'ns, Oct., 1912. Occasional contb'r to maga- zines. Mem. Philharmonic Acad. of Turin, Italy. Club: Harvard. Address: Am. Consulate, Hanover, Germany.
MIDDLEBROOK, JOSEPH WEED
Lawyer; b. Wilton, Fairfield Co., Conn., 1865; 8. Samuel Bradley and Sarah (Lockwood) Middlebrook; ed. Wilton Acad. and Yale Univ., B.A., 1887; Columbia College Law School (class of 1889); m. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1893, Emma Fitch Bradley; children: Bradley, b. 1894; Joseph, b. 1895; Cornelia, b. 1898; John, b. 1904. Practising law since 1889; most notable case, the matter of the will of Robert E. Hopkins. Dir. Tarrytown Nat. Bank; v .- p. The Bradley Estate. In- dependent Republican; Episcopalian. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Unlon League, Transportation (N. Y. City). Ardsley. Address: Dobbs Ferry, Westchester Co., N. Y. MIDDLETON, CLIFFORD L.
Merchant; b. Brooklyn, July 31, 1850; s. John N. B. and Louisa (Lightbourn) Middleton; ed. Brooklyn private schools; m. Brooklyn, 1892, Grace Graham Ball; ono daughter: Grace Lee, b. 1892. Went into father's office, Middleton & Co., N. Y. City, 1868, and now senior mem. of firm. Enlisted in Brooklyn City Guard, Co. G, 13th Reg't N.G.N.Y., 1870; company was transferred to Co. G, 23d Reg't, 1873; a .- d .- c. to Brig .- Gen. Edward L. Molineaux, 11th Brigade, N.G. N.Y., 1880; on staff of Brig .- Gen. William H. Brow- nell, 4th Brigade, N.G.N.Y., 1882-1885; chief of staff of Brig .- Gen. Rodney C. Ward, 4th Brigade, till 1887, and continued the rank of lieut .- col. as a super- numerary officer till 1900. Vestryman of St. John's Episcopal Church, Brooklyn. Clubs: Hamilton, Mon- tauk, Excelsior. Address: 146 Remsen St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
MIDDLETON, EDMUND SMITH
Clergyman, teacher, writer; b. N. Y. City, Jan. 16, 1862; s. George Armstrong and Mary Augusta (Smith) Middleton; ed. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1885, Gen. Theol. Sem., 1889; St. Francis Xavier, A.M., 1893; B.D., Gen. Theol. Sem., 1906; m. N. Y. City, 1893, Sara Belle Kent; children: John B., b. 1894 (deceased), Helen Elizabeth, b. 1897, George Kent, b. 1903. Travelled in U. S., 1885-1886; In Europe, 1893-1894. Teacher of Greek, 1892-1904, and master of Greek In Trinity Sch., N. Y. City, 1904-1912. Examining Chaplain Diocese of N. Y., 1909-1912. Was ordained deacon in the Episcopal Ch., 1889; priest, 1890. In 1891 withdrew from ministry owing to changes in doctrinal belief; lived 15 years as a layman and was restored to Episcopalian ministry in 1905; resigned from ministry in 1912; now master at Morristown Sch. While in General Seminary won Seymour Prize, In 1888, as best extemporaneous preacher, and 1889, the Alumni Ecclesiastical History Prize; won second prize in N. Y. Herald Short Story Competition in 1903, with story, A City Pastoral; in 1904 won Black Cat prize with story, The Magic Billiard Ball (Oct. number, 1908); won third prize N. Y. Herald Short Story Competition in 1909 with story, Gaskill's Gold Mine; in 1906 wrote theological thesis, The Relations of Particular or National Churches. Sec. American Folk Lore Soc .; mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Harvard Alumni, Gen. Theol. Sein. Alumni. Address: 12 Randolph St., Yonkers, N. Y.
MIDDLETON, GEORGE
Dramatist, author; b. Paterson, N. J., Oct. 27, 1880; s. George 'and Ida V. (Blakeslee) Middleton; ed. N. Y. City public sch .; Nazareth Hall, Dwight Sch., A.B. Columbia Univ., 1902; m. Oct. 29, 1911, Fola, d. Senator Robert Marion and Belie (Case) La Follette. Literary editor La Follette's Weekly Magazino since 1912. Author: The Cavalier (with Paul Kester), produced by Julia Mariowe, Criterion Theatre, N. Y. City, 1902; The Wife's Strategy, produced by Margaret Anglin, 1905; The Sinner (with L. Westervelt), produced by Robert Edeson, 1907; TThe House of a Thousand Candles, produced by J. K. Hackett, Daly's Theatre, N. Y. City, 1908; Rosalind at Red Gate (Chicago, 1910); The Enemy, produced by HIcrbert Kelsey and Effie Shannon (1912) ; dramatization of The Prodigal Judge, produced 1913; Embers, volume one-act plays (Holt & Co., N. Y.), 1911; Tradition, volume one-act plays (Holt & Co., N. Y.), 1913. Frequent contb'r to magazines. Fiction, reviews and articies on dramatic and literary subjects. Mem. Columbia Alumni Ass'n, Authors' League. Clubs: Players, Columbia University, Mac- Dowcli, Authors (London). Address: 16 Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.
MIDDLETON, JOHN A.
Capitalist; 1st v .- p. Lehigh Valley R. R. Co .; v .- p. and dir. Lehigh Valley R. R. Co. of N. J., Nat. Storage Co .; 2d v .- p. and dir. Lehigh Valley Coal Co .; dir. Am. Steel Foundries Co., Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line R'y Co., Building and Sanitary Inspection Co., Coal and Iron Nat. Bank of City of N. Y., Commercial Trust Co. of N. J., Cominonwealth Steel Co., Morris Canal and Banking Co., Mutual Terminal Co. of Buffalo, Mutual
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Transit Co., Registrar and Transfer Co. of N. Y., Chi- eago & Erie R. R. Co., Middletown, Unionville & Water Gap R. R. Co., Morris Canal & Banking Co., N. Y. & Greenwood Lake R'y Co., N. Y. & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co., N. Y., Susquehanna & Western Coal Co., Pavonia Ferry Co. Address: 143 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
MIELATZ, CHARLES FREDERICK WILLIAM
Artist; b. Breddin, Germany, May 24, 1860; s. Charles and Wilhelmina (Wolff) Mielatz; came to U. S. in boy- hood; ed. In Chicago public schools, studied drawing at the Chicago School of Design and Painting with F. Rondel, Senior; m. N. Y. City, Feb. 25, 1905, Mary Stuart McKinney. Has devoted attention to etching as a specialty; is instructor in etching at the schools of the Nat. Acad. of Design, and was mem. of the Inter- nat. Jury of Awards for engravings and etehings at the Louisiana Purchase Exp'n, St. Louis, 1904. Asso- ciate National Academician, Nat. Acad. Design; mem. and former see. N. Y. Etching Club. Address: 422 West 160th St., N. Y. City.
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