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with jurisdiction over lines and offices in 22 states. Elected v .- p. and dir. Sept., 1906, with headquarters in N. Y. City, made first v .- p. and gen. mg'r, April, 1907. Resigned from Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. and elected v .- p. and gen. mg'r Marconi Wirciess Telegraph Co. of America, Oct., 1913; also dir. and mem. exec. b'd; dir. Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of Canada, Ltd. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Pa. Soc. of N. Y., v .- p. Nat. Business League of America. Clubs: Magnetic (N. Y. City), Caxton, Brothers of the Book (Chicago). Residence: The Trees, Ossining, N. Y. Address: 233 Broadway, N. Y. City.
NAMMACK, CHARLES EDWARD
Physician; b. N. Y. City, June 24, 1856; s. William and Eliza (Williams) Nammack; ed. public schs., Coli. of St. Francis Xavier, Ph.B .; Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coil., M.D. (class valedictorian) ; LL.D., Fordham Univ., 1908; m. N. Y. City, June 2, 1887, Mary Talpin (deceased) ; children: Charles Halpin, b. 1888, Mary, b. 1891, Helen, b. 1893. Attending physician out-patients, N. Y. Hosp., 1881-1904; surgeon of police, City of N. Y., since 1887; visiting and consulting physician, Gouverneur Hosp., 1893-1898; visiting physician, Bellevue Hosp,, since 1896; St. Lawrence's Hosp., since 1906; St. Vincent's Hosp., since 1908; consulting physician, St. Joseph's Hosp., Yonkers. Delegate to Internat. Med. Congress, Parls, 1900; Madrid, 1903; feilow N. Y. Acad. Medicine since 1884, Am. Climatol. Ass'n, N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., N. Y. Neurol. Soc., Am. Therapeutic Soc .; prof. clinical medicine, Cornell Univ., since 1898. Catholic. Mem. Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Xavler Alunni Ass'n, Alumni Soc. of Bellevue Hosp .; pres. Am. Guild of St. Luke, Catholic Club. Address: 42 E. 29th St., N. Y. City.
NAPIER, A. MILTON
Builder; b. N. Y. City; s. Robert and Eliza (Carlisle) Napier; ed. Coll. City of N. Y .; unmarried. Studied and practised architecture, but later, having a prefer- ence for the practical side of construction, entered the building business; pres, and founder Tide Water Building Co .; dir. Century Bank. Presby'n. Club:
Crescent Athletic. Residence: 50 St. John's Place, Brooklyn. Address: 16 E. 33d St., N. Y. City.
NASH, J. BURNET
Lawyer; b. Syracuse, N. Y., June 17, 1872; s. Spencer M. and Margaret B. (Burnet) Nash; ed. Syracuse High Sch., Yale Univ., N. Y. Law Sch .; m. Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1897, Cordelia C. Dana; children: Mary Rowena, b. Feb. 19, 1906, Katharine, b. May 14, 1907. Dlr. J. D. Stout & Co .; ass't solicitor Lawyers Title Ins. & Trust Co. Lecturer N. Y. Law Sch. Republican; Unitarian. Mem. N. Y. State Ban Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; trustee Ch. of Messiah. Takes great interest in music. Recreations: Hunting, fishing. Clubs: Lake Placid, Yale, Underwriters, Thursday Musical. Address: 135 W. 93d St., N. Y. City.
NASH, JOHN McLEAN
Lawyer; b. N. Y. Clty, Aug. 6, 1848; s. Stephen P. and Catharine (McLean) Nash; grad. Columbia Coll., A.B., 1868, A.M., 1870, LL.B,, 1870. Unmarried. Mem. law firm Nash & Jones; trustee N. Y. Life Ins. and Trust Co .; treas. Columbia Coll. since 1885; mem. N. Y. City Bar Ass'n, Law Inst. of N. Y. City, Delta Phi fratern- Ity, Columbia Univ. Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: Unlon, Con- tury, Brook, University, Columbia Unlv. Residence: 60 W. 48th St. Address: 63 Wall St., N. Y. City.
NASH, WILLIAM ALEXANDER
Banker; b. Hudson, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1840; s. Thomas P. and Sarah J. Nash; ed. public schools, Brooklyn, N. Y .; m. Jan. 14, 1869, Alice J. Peters; children: Warren B., Mabelle S. Chm'n B'd Dirs. Corn Exchange Bank, East River Ferry Co .; pres. Corn Exchange Safe De- posit Co., Pittsburgh Steel Co., Gen. Chem. Co., Kirk- man & Son, Title Guarantee & Trust Co., Washington Trust Co., N. Y. Clearing House Bidg. Co .; v .- p. and dir. Audit Co. of N. Y., Internat. Elevating Co .; dir. Home Life Ins. Co., Lloyds Plate Glass Ins. Co., Queens Ins. Co. of America; trustee Am. Surety Co., Bowery Savings Bank, N. Y. Produce Exchange. Clubs: Union League, City Midday, Metropolitan, N. Y. Athletic (life mem.), Hamilton (Brooklyn). Address: 19 West 73d St., N. Y. City.
NASMITH, JARED SPAULDING
Clergyman; b. Union, Rock Co., Wis., May 15, 1853; s. Lleut .- Coi. S. J. and Louisa (Spaulding) Nasmith; ed. Piatte (Wis.) Normal Sch., Colgate schs. of Hamil- ton, N. Y .; grad. Colgate Acad .; Hamilton Tiicol. Sem., 1880; m. Marion, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1880, Fiorence Wake; children: C. R. (A.B. Colgate, now vice-consul and deputy consui gen. Brussels, Belgium), b. 1882; A. 1. (A.B. Colgate, B.D. Union Theol. Scm .; missionary in
Nanking, China), b. 1884; Mildred (A.B. St. Lawrence Unlv., wife of Volney Witter, missionary in Madras, India), b. 1887; Vera (sophomore, William Smith Coli.), b. 1890. Was ass't pastor Immanuel Baptist Ch., Al- bany, N. Y., one year; pastor in Kansas 8 years; first Baptist pastor to be settled at Guthrie, Oklahoma; held pastorates in different sections; pastor of Baptist Ch., Canton, N. Y., 7 years; now pastor of ch. at Phelps, N. Y. Mem. Beta Theta Pi fraternity (Col- gate). Address: Phelps, N. Y.
NASON, ARTHUR HUNTINGTON
Teacher, author; b. Augusta, Me., Feb. 3, 1877; s. Charles Henry and Emma (Huntington) Nason; ed. public schs. of Augusta, Me., and Bowdoin Coll., A.B., 1899; A.M., 1903. Instr. English, Maine Wesleyan Sem., Kent's Hill, 1899-1902; Penn Charter Sch., Philadel- phia, 1902; Bowdoin Coll., 1903; grad. student in Eng- lish, Columbia Univ., 1903-1905; univ. fellow, 1904-1905; instr. in English, N. Y. Univ., 1905-1913; ass't prof. of English, since Feb., 1913; also instr. English, Union Theol. Sem., since 1910. Author: A Yule-Tide Song and Other Versc, 1901; Heraids and Heraldry In Jonson's Plays, 1907; Talks on Theme-Writing, 1909; Short Themes, 1909 (enlarged edition, 1910); James Shirley, Dramatist, 1913. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon frater- nity, Andiron Club, Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Club: Au- thors. Residence: 212 Gould Hall, University Heights. Address: N. Y. Univ., Unlv. Heights, N. Y. City.
NAST, CONDE
Publisher; b. N. Y. City, March, 1874; s. William and Esther (Benoist) Nast; grad. Georgetown Univ., A.B., A.M .; St. Louis (Mo.) Law Sch., LL.B .; m. Aug. 20, 1902, Clarisse Coudert; children: Coudert, Natica. Pres. The Vogue Co., publishers of Vogue; The Vanity Fair Co., publishers of Dress and Vanity Fair; v .- p. McBride, Nast & Co., publishers of House and Garden, and Travel and books; The United Publishers' Corp'n. Ciubs: Metropolitan, Racquet and Tennis, Riding, Pip- ing Rock, Sleepy Hollow, Tuxedo, City. Address: 443 Fourth Av., N. Y. City.
NATHAN, EDWARD ISAAC
Consul; b. Philadelphia, Pa., July 10, 1878; s. Marcus and Celia (Uffenheimer) Nathan; ed. Central High Sch., Philadelphia, A.B., 1898; Univ. of Pa., A.B., 1902; LL.B., 1905; an. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 24, 1907, Anne Nefsky; one son: Cyrus Harris, b. May 21, 1912. Prac- tised law, Philadelphia, 1905-1907; appt'd Am. consul at Patras, Greece, Aug. 15, 1907; ordered to Mersina, Turkey, to look after Am. interests during disturb- anees in Adana, Turkey, April, 1909; appt'd Am. con- sul at Mersina, Turkey, May 4, 1909; v .- p. Internat. Relief Comm'n at Adana, Turkey. Republican; He- brew. Address: Am. Consulate, Mersina, Turkey.
NATHAN, GRATZ
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, May 25, 18.43; s. Jonathan and Rebecca Gratz (Moses) Nathan; grad. Columbia Coll., A,B., 1861, A.M., 1864; m. N. Y. City, Nov. 6, 1867, Eu- dora Hart; one d., Constance. In active practice since admission to bar, in 1864; ass't corporation counsel, City of N. Y., 1867-1872. Democrat. Israelite. Mem. N. Y. Law Inst., N. Y. Gencal. and Biog. Soc., Metro- politan Museum of Art, Columbia Coll. Aiuni Ass'n, St. Nicholas Soc .; trustec (vestryman) Congregation Shearith Israel; dir. Hebrew Relief Soc. Club: Na- tional Democratic. Residence: 61 W. 71st St. Address: 261 Broadway, N. Y. City.
NATHAN, HAROLD
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Sept. 22, 1865; s. Robert W. and Annie (Florance) Nathan; ed. private and public sehs .; grad. Coil. City of N. Y., B.S., (salutatorian), 1885, M.S., 1888; Columbia Coil. Law Sch., LL.B., (first prize), 1889; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 9, 1891, Sara Gruntal; children: Robert G., b. 1893; Marian F., b. 1897. Tu- tor, Coll. City of N. Y., 1885-1889; feiiow Columbia Coll. Law Sch., 1890-1892. In gen. practice in N. Y. City since 1890; mem. law firm Leventritt, Cook & Nathan. Republican. Mem. Phi Beta Kaipa Alumni Ass'n; was dir. Aguilar Free Library Soc. until merged with N. Y. Public Library. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. Co. Lawyers Ass'n, Soc. Med. Jurisprudence, Economic Club. Clubs: Republican, Century Country (Whlte Piains), City Athletic, Lawyers, Laurentian. Address: 111 Broadway, N. Y. City.
NATHAN, MAUD
Reformer; b. N. Y. City, Oct. 20, 1862; d. Robert Weeks, and Annie Augusta (Florance) Nathan; ed. private schs., N. Y. City, The Misses Hoffman & Gard- ner Inst., High Sch. of Green Bay, Wis .; in. N. Y. City, April 7, 1880, Frederick Nathan; one d. (deceased). Speaker at Internat. Congresses held in London, 1899; Berlin, 1904; Geneva, 1908; Stockholm, 1911; Budapest,
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1913, The Hague, 1913; Antwerp, 1913. Delegate and speaker at Conv. of Gen. Federation of Women's Clubs, held in Milwaukee, St. Louis and San Fran- cisco, 1912. I'res. Consumers' League of City of N. Y., 16 years and 1st v .- p. Nat. Consumers' League since its org'n; 1st v .- p. Equal Franchise Soc., Equal Suffrage Soc., corr. sec. Borough of Manhattan, Woman Suffrage Party; chm'n Woman Suffrage Com. Nat. Progressive Party; hon. v .- p. Woman's Municipal League. Has taken active part in three city cam- paigns for Reform Municipal Gov't. Delegate N. Y. Peace Soc. to Congress at The Hague Aug., 1913, and represented Nat. D. A. R. and presented a peace flag for Peace Palace, which was accepted by Permanent Court of Arbitration. Progressive; Hebrew. Received gold medal from Liege Exp'n for work improving con- ditions of working girls, also gold medal from Nat. Inst. of Social Sciences, Consumers' League, Paris Exp'n and hon. mention from St. Louis Exp'n. Mem. Com. on Boarding Houses for Working Girls. Recre- ation: Motoring. Clubs: Barnard, National Arts, Ly- ceum (Paris). Residence: 162 W. 86th St. Address: 106 E. 19th St., N. Y. City.
NATHAN, ROBERT F.
Stock broker; b. N. Y. City, Dec., 1859; s. Robert W. and Annie (Florance) Nathan; ed. Fezandie's (pri- vate) Sch., N. Y. City; grad. high sch., Green Bay, Wis .; m. N. Y. City, May, 1887, Fanny Seligman; chil- dren: Cyril James, Robert Florance, Jr., May Rose. Mem. firm Feuchtwanger & Co .; sec. and treas. Holly- wood Golf Club. Republican. Hebrew. Fellow (life) Met. Museum of Art; mem. S. A. R. (Empire State Soc.). Clubs: Criterion, Century Country (White Piains) ; Hollywood Golf (West End, N. J.). Resi- dence: 12 W. 74th St. Address: 12 W. 44th St., N. Y. City.
NEEFUS, PETER WYCKOFF
Physician; b. Middlebush, N. J., Nov. 18, 1853; s. Davld and Catherine (Woolsey) Neefus; ed. Brooklyn (N. Y.) Grammar Sch., Hudson River Inst., Claverack, N. Y., N. Y. Homo. Med. Coll., M.D., 1877; m. Syra- cuse, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1881, Jessie Morris Heaton; chil- dren: Gerard Lester, b. 1884; Harold Clifford, b. 1887; Katherine Heaton, b. 1890. Practising medicine at
Rochester since 1877. Republican. Episeopalian. Mem. Western N. Y. Med. Soc., State of N. Y. and Mon- roe Co. Homde. Med. Socs. Address: 174 Last Av., Rochester, N. Y.
NEERGAARD, CHARLES FREDERICK
Merchant; b. N. Y. City, June 7, 1875; s. Frederick A. and Anna (Bigelow) Neergaard; cd. Brooklyn Poly. Inst. and Yale Univ., class of 1897; m. Nov. 18, 1902, Alice L. Mead. Pres. of Kinko Builders, Inc., pres. B'd of Trustees Brooklyn City Dispensary. Trcas., Beaver Hills Co., Kings & Westchester Land Co .; trustee Brooklyn Atheneum Co .; ex-mem. Squadron A, N.G.N.Y. Republican; Presby'n. Clubs: Crescent Ath- letic, Brooklyn, Yale, New York. Address: 350 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
NEESER, ROBERT WILDEN
Author; b. Seabright, N. J., July 16, 1884; s. John G. and Josephine C. (Wilden) Neeser; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1906, A.M., 1909. Author: Statistical and Chrono- logical History of the United States Navy, 1775-1907 (2v. Macmillan, 1909), A Landsman's Log (Yale Uni- versity Press, 1913), The Despatches of Molyneux Shuldham, 1776, (1913), and contb'r to various maga- zines and periodicals on naval topics. Made cruises with Atlantic Fleet on U. S. S. Kansas, Connecticut and Wyoming, 1910, 1911 and 1913. Dir. Model Fire- proof Tenement Co. Mem. Naval History Soc. (sec. and dir.), Soc. for Nautical Research, Navy Records Soc., Am. Hist. Ass'n, Nat. Geog. Soc., Biblio Soc., Navy League of U. S. (dir.), Am. Polit. Science Ass'n. Clubs: University, Riding, Racquet and Tennis (N. Y.), Uni- versity, (Wash., D. C.), New Haven Country, Gradu- ates (New Haven, Conn.). Residence: 247 Fifth Av. Address: Charles Scribner's Sons, 597 Fifth Av., N. Y. Clty.
NEFF, ELMER HARTSON
Mechanical eng'r; b. Vienna, Genesee Co., Mich., Mar. 6, 1866; s. Henry Clinton and Emily J. (Hartson) Neff; ed. public schools; grad. Filnt (Mlch.) High Sch .; Univ. of Mich. B.S. (in mech. eng'ring), 1890, M.E., 1901; m. Fiint, Mich., June 28, 1894, Isabella Cottrell; one d., Dorothy Isabel. Designer, builder and operator of machine tools; for seven years engaged In designing and building various lines of machinery, such as elec- trie traveling cranes, hydraulic machinery, water gas plants, gas engines, etc., expert on factory mg'mt and production; since 1897 N. Y. mg'r for Brown & Sharpe Mfg Co. Congregationalist. Life mem. Am. Society Eng'rs; mem. Nat. Geog. Soc .; order F. and A. M. (blue
lodge, chapter and council). Recreations: Tennis, golf, photography. Clubs: University of Mich. (N. Y.); Com- monwealth, Upper Montclair Country (Upper Mont- clair, N. J.), Machinery (N. Y. City). Address: 20 Vesey St., N. Y. City.
NEILL, HUGH
Railroad official; b. Batesville, Ark., April 17, 1876; s. Robert and Mary (Byers) Neill; grad. Arkansas Coll., Batesville, Ark., A.B., 1894. Entered service of Southern Pacific Co., Feb. 1902, as stenographer in office of Dlv. Supt., Bakersfield, Calif .; became sec. to dir. of Maintenance and Operation, April 1, 1904, and on Jan. 31, 1913, appointed sec. of Southern Pacific Co. Also sec. Southern Pacific R R. Co. of Mexico, La. Western R. R. Co., Pacific Mail S. S. Co .; sec. and dir. Gulf Steamship Co., ass't sec. Arizona Eastern R. R. Co., Houston & Shreveport R. R. Co., Houston & Texas Central R. R. Co., Houston, East & West Texas R'y Co., Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio R'y Co., Texas & New Orleans R. R. Co., and Morgans, La. & Texas R.R. & S.S. Co. Entered Volunteer Army of the U. S., during Spanish War, April 25, 1898, as 1st lieut. and Regimental q .- m., 2d Ark. Inf. U. S. Vols., and after ten months service spent in camps at Little Rock, Ark., Chickamauga Park, Ga., and Anniston, Ala., was mustered out of service along with reg't, Feb. 25, 1899; in the Philippine Is., about 1 year, as civilian employee of q .- m.'s Dep't U. S. A. Address: 165 Broad- way, N. Y. City.
NEILSON, LEWIS
Railroad official; b. Florence, N. J., Sept. 30, 1860; s. late Thomas (many years pres. Eimira & Williamsport R. R.) and Sarah Claypoole (Lewis) Neilson; g.s. Robert Neilson, judge advocate West Indies by appt'mt of Crown and William D. Lewis, prominent Phila. mer- chant and officer in one of the first railroads of the country and interested in importation of first locomo- tive brought to this country; entered Acad. of P. E. Ch., 1870; grad. Coli. Dep't, Univ. of Pa., 1881; m. Phila., Feb. 8, 1893, Clara A., d. Harry B. Rosengarten. En- tered service of Pa. R. R. Co., 1881, and held various minor positions until appt'mt as ass't sec., 1898, also of Phila., Wilmington & Baltimore R. R. Co., Phila. & Baltimore Central R. R. Co., and sec. Manor Real Estate & Trust Co .; elected sec. of Pa. R. R., Phila., Wilmington & Baltimore R. R., Phila. & Baltimore Central R. R. Co. and Junction R. R. Co., 1901; became sec. Arcade Real Estate Co., 1902, and sup't Employes' Saving Fund, 1906; sec. West Jersey & Seashore R. R. Co., 1910, also of Northern Central R'y Co. In addi- tion to being sec. of Pa. R. R. Co. and affiliated lines has charge of issue and transfer of capital stock and stock transfer offices in N. Y. and Phila. Many years prominent in graduate councils of Univ. of Pa .; served several years prior to 1894 as dir., treas. and see. suc- cessively Athletic Ass'n; later mem. B'd of Dirs. and Exec. Com. of Alumni Soc .. as well as sec. and treas. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Rittenhouse, Orpheus. Auto- mobile of Phila., Mill Dam and Merion Cricket. Ad- dress: Broad St. Sta., Philadelphia, Pa.
NELKE, DAVID I.
Publisher; b. Quincy, Ili., Feb. 23, 1865. Pres. Nat. American Soc., publishers of American monthly maga- zines and books relating to Am. history, genealogy and biography. Sec. Am. Hist. Soc. Address: 131 E. 23d St., N. Y. City.
NELSON, CHARLES ALEXANDER
Librarian, author; b. Calais, Me .. April 14, 1839; s. Israel Potter and Jane (Capen) Nelson, of old New Hampshire and Mass families; grad. Harvard, A.B., 1860, A.M., 1863; m. July 25, 1872, Emma Norris, of Slaterville Springs, N. Y. Began library work at Gor- ham (Me.) Maie Acad., 1855; ass't Harvard Coll. Li- brary and student library economy, 1857-1860, and 1863-1864; Lawrence Scientific Sch., 1861-1862; teacher classics and mathematics, 1860-1861, 1863-1864 and 1873-1874; civil eng'r and draughtsman, q .- m. Dep't U. S. A., at Newbern, N. C., 1864-1865; sup't refugees, justice of the peace, sup't schs., and various other civil offices at same place, 1865-1873; in book busi- ness, literary and library work, Boston, 1874-1881; prof. Greek and ifbrarian, Drury Coll. (Mo.), .1877- 1878; catalogue librarian, Astor Library, N. Y. City, 1881-1888: librarian, Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans, 1888-1891; ass't librarian, Newberry Library, Chicago, 1891-1803; lecturer, Columbia Coil. Library Sch., 1887, at N. Y. State Library Sch., and Pratt Inst. Library Sch., 1894-1898; deputy librarian and head reference librarian, Columbia Univ., 1893-1909 (re- tired). Mem. and ex-sec'y Am. Library Ass'n: charter meni., ex-sec'y and twice pres. and hon. life mem. N. Y. Library Club; charter mem. Chicago Library Club and N. Y. State Library Ass'n; ex-meni. Library
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Council of State Univ .; mem. Am. Hlst. Ass'n, Bibliog. Soc. of the Civil War, and Corda Fratres. Trustee Le- League, The Round Table, Brothers of the Book, Union Soc. of the Civil War, and Corda Fratres. Trustee Le- iand Univ., New Orleans, since 1889. Author: Wal- tham-Past and Present, and Its Industries; the Manu- scripts and Early Printed Books Bequeathed to the Long Island Hist. Soc., by S. B. Duryea; compller and editor of Astor Library Catalogue, four volumes (awarded diploma at the Pan-Am. and Charleston Exp'ns); Catalogue of the Avery Memorial Library; Books on Ed'n, in the Librarles of Columbia Univ .; Libraries of Greater N. Y .; Manual and Hist. Sketch of the N. Y. Library Club; Catalogue Raissonne-Works on Bookbinding, Examples of Bookbinding of the Six- teenth to Nineteenth Centurics; Index to the Edn'l Review, Volumes I to XXV; Index to Minutes of the Common Council of N. Y. City, 1675 to 1776; Indexes to Reports of Lake Champlain Tercentenary Com. of N. Y .; Index to G. L. Rives's The U. S. and Mexico; and many other indexes. Bibliography of Columbiana, from 1754 to 1904; additions to bibliographies in New Internat. Encyclopedia; and numerous professional ar- ticles in encyclopedias, annuals and the Library Jour- nal; one of the collaborators on Poole's Index, the Annual Library Index, and the Am. Library Asss'n In- dex to Essays. Editor: The Morris Genealogy: Des- cendants of Thomas Morris of Conn .; Civic Bibliog- raphy for Greater N. Y. Address: 505 W. 142d St., N. Y. City.
NELSON, GEORGE FRANCIS
Clergyman; b. Granville, Ohio, Dec. 11, 1842; s. Franklin and Elizabeth Jane (Asher) Nelson; student Yale, class of 1863; Univ." of Chicago, LL.B., 1871; Trinity Coll., D.D., 1896; St. Stephen's Coll., D. D., 1896. Was in U. S. mll. service, 1862-1877; In the field, 1862- 1866; at Gen. Sherman's headquarters, St. Louis, 1866-1868; at Gen. Sheridan's headquarters, Chicago, 1869-1875; at Gen. Rucker's headquarters, Phila- delphia, 1875-1877. Ordered deacon, 1877, by Bishop Stevens, ordained priest, 1879, by Bishop Pierce, act- Ing for Bishop Stevens, in Episcopal ministry. For- merly ass't St. Andrew's Ch., Philadelphia, Pa., 1877- 1879; ass't Grace Ch., N. Y. City, 1879-1885; rector Ch. of the Nativity, N. Y. City, 1881-1883; vicar Graco Chapel, N. Y. City, 1883-1895; sec. to Bishop. of N. Y., since 1883; ass't sec. House of Bishops since 1883; registrar, Diocese of N. Y., since 1887; ass't sec. Dio- cesan Conv., N. Y., 1887-1903; sup't N. Y. P. E. City Missionary Soc., 1894-1902, v .- p. since 1902; archdeacon of N. Y. since 1902. Address: 416 Lafayette St., N. Y. City.
NELSON, RICHARD HENRY
Bishop of Albany, N. Y .; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 10, 1859; s. Edward Delavan and Susan Blanchard (Macdonaid) Nelson; grad. St. John's Sch., SSing Sing, N. Y., 1876; Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., A.B., 1880, A.M., 1883, D.D., 1904; studled at Univ. of Leipzig, Germany, 1880- 1881, and Berkeley Divinity Sch., 1881-1883 (D.D. Ber- keiey Divinity Sch., Trinity Coll., Hartford, and Univ. of Pa., 1904); m. Stamford, Conn., Jan. 20, 1885, Har- riet Schuyler Anderson; children: Richard Macdonald, b. 1890; John Louw, b. 1895. Ordered deacon, 1883; or- dalned priest, 1884; curate, St. John's Ch., Stamford, Conn., 1883-1884; rector Grace Ch., Waterville, N. Y., 1884-1887; Christ Ch., Norwich, Conn., 1887-1897; St. Peter's Ch., Philadelphia, 1897-1904; consecrated Bish- op Coadjutor of Albany, May 19, 1904; became Bishop of Albany, May 17, 1913. Mem. Delta Psi fraternity. Address: Albany, N. Y.
NELSON, WALTER HERBERT
Coal operator; b. Rochester, N. Y., Mar. 2, 1858; s. Zachariah O. and Helen (Holden) Nelson; grad. N. Y. Univ., B.S., C.E.,; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1883, Emma Sweetser; children: Herbert, b. July, 188S (died Feb., 1894) ; Helen Lamareaux, b. Oct. 12, 1894. Engaged in coal business since 1878. Pres. Z. O. Neison & Son, Nelson Realty Co., Brooklyn Coai Exchange. Mem. N. Y. Univ. Alumni Ass'n, Zeta Psi fraternity. Clubs: Atlantic Yacht, N. Y Athletic, L. I. Automobile. Resi- dence: 1617 Beverly Road, Flatbush. Address: 490 Degraw St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
NEU, JACOB
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, April 7, 1855; s. Peter and Maria M. (Gartner) Neu; ed. public schs. in N. Y. City; read law in office of John Warren Lawton, N. Y. City; admitted to barat Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May, 1879; m. Oct. 10, 1883, Mary C. (youngest d. William Foulks, shipbuilder of Greenpoint, Brooklyn E. D.); children: Sadie F., b. 1884; Warren L., b. 1886; Frances M., b. 1891. Practised law, with offices In N. Y. and Brook- lyn, under firm name of Lawton & Ncu untii 1890; elected Judge of the Municipai Dlst. Court, 1890. In
partnership with Alfred J. Giichrist (former State Senator 10th Dist.) since 1900, under firm name of Neu & Gilchrist; now practising iaw, under firm name of Neu, Gilchrist & Spedick. Traveled throughout the U. S. and Canada. Appt'd justice to succeed Jobn Courtney, Dec. 31, 1890, elected in 1801; re-elected in 1895 (term expired Dec. 31, 1899), Appt'd state civil service comm'r by Gov. Sulzer, Jan. 1, 1913; eiected pres. of the Comm'n, Jan. 7, 1913. (Terms of comm'ra fixed by act of legislature to expire Feb. 1, 1915, 1917 and 1919.) Re-appt'd April 25, 1913, by Gov. Sulzer for term expiring Feb. 1, 1919. Independent Democrat Mem. of Dem. Org'n of Kings Co. Congregationalist. Royal Arch Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner. Address: 26 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
NEVIN, A. PARKER
Lawyer; b. Ridley Park, Pa., April 6, 1874; s. Major Davld R. B. and Rebecca C. (Parker) Nevin; grad. Princeton Univ., A.M., 1895; attended N. Y. Law Sch,, 1895-1897; m. June 5, 1912, Josephine W. Richardson. Has visited Europe four times; studied in Leipsig; testified before Industriai Comm'n in Washington on corp'n matters. Republican candidate for State As- Sembly, 5th Assembly Dist., 1905; Republican candl- date for Municipal Court Judge, 1910; mem. Republi- can Co. Com. from 25th Asssemoly Dist .; active in political campaigns in N. Y. City for 9 years. Dir, Abbey & Inbrie Co., Watson-Stillman Co. Presby- terian. Mem. M .!. Order of the Loyal Legion, Vete- rans of the War of 1812. Recreations: Literature, tennis. Clubs: Princeton, Salmagundi, Machinery. . Address: 30 Church St., N. Y. City.
NEWBOLD, ARTHUR E.
Banker. Mem. firm J. P. Morgan & Co. Address: 15 Broad St., N. Y. City.
NEWBURGER, JOSEPH E.
Jurist; b. N. Y. City; grad. Columbia Coli. Law Sch .; admitted to bar, 1874. Elected a justice of City Court, 1890; judge of Court of GeGn. Sess. in 1895, and elected a justice of Supreme Court in 1905, for term expiring Dec. 31, 1919. Democrat. Residence: 1 W. 70th St. Address: Supreme Court, County Court Ilouse, N. Y. City.
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