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O'CONNOR, JAMES KEEGAN
Lawyer; b. Utica, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1864; s. Edward and Bridget (Keegan) O'Connor; ed. schs. of native city; m. Albany, N. Y., April 30, 1890, Marie Regina Morton of Utica; children: William Lewis, b. 1\94; Margaret M., b. 1898; John Barry, b. 1906. Served as Justice of the Peace, 1887-1889; mem, of Assembly, 1890; City Excise Att'y, 1891-1896; county att'y, 1597-1899; city judge, 4 terms, beginning Jan. 1, 1900, ending Dec. 31, 1915. Served 7 years in N. G .; capt. Nicholas Herki- mer Continentals, 2 years; maj .- gen., Red Men's League, 1906-1911. Independent Democrat. Mem. Oneida County Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n; pres. N. Y. State Magistrates Ass'n; Knight of Pythias (past chanceilor and mem. com. on Laws 1913-1914, grand lodge of N. Y.) ; past great sachem of N. Y., Improved Order of Red Men (representative to Great Council, U. S.); Elk. Residence: 146 Rutger St. Address: 36 Utica City Nat. Bank Bld'g, Utica, N. Y.
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O'CONOR, JOHN CHRISTOPHER
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City; s. John Christopher and Elizabeth (Hepburn) O'Conor; grad. Columbia Coll., LL.B., 1870; m. Maria Jephson Post; one son, Norreys Jephson. Served as alderman, N. Y. City, 1883-1884; v .- p. N. Y. Ass'n for the Protection of Game. Mem. N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. Clubs: Union League, N. Y. Yacht, Columbia University, Down Town. Residence: 24 E. 33d St. Address: 15 William St., N. Y. City.
O'CONOR, JOHN FRANCIS XAVIER
Clergyman, educator; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 1, 1852; s. Daniel and Jane (Lake) O'Conor; grad. St. Francis Xavier Coll., N. Y. City, A.B., 1872; literary studies in England: philos, studies in Louvain, Belgium; theol- ogy, Woodstock, Md .; Oriental, Johns Hopkins; also Assyrian studies at Harvard. Was made mem. Soc. of Jesus, 1872; ordained priest, 1885. Prof. of literature In Georgetown Univ., Boston Coll., St. Francis Xavier Coll., N. Y. City; prof. mental philosophy, Fordham Univ., St. Francis Xavier, N. Y. City, St. Joseph's Coll., Philadelphia; lecturer, musician, author of words and music of Dear Lord; Jesus the All Beautiful; lec- tured on cuneiform Assyrian before any school of that language had been founded in America. Author: Lyric and Dramatic Poetry, 1883; Babylonian Inscrip- tions of Nebuchadnezzar, 1885; Garucci's Christian
Art, 1885; Three Holy Lives, 1888; Pearls of a Year, 1889; Practice of HHumility, 1890; Life of St. Aloysius, 1892; Reading and the Mind, 1894; Sacred Scenes and Mysteries, 1898; Rhetoric and Oratory, 1898; Facts About Bookworms, 1898; Christ and the Man God, 1900; Autobiography of St. Ignatius, 1900; Education In the Schools of New York, 1901; Dante, 1905; emeri- tus prof. mental philosophy at Fordham Univ., N. Y .; now lecturer on ed'n, pedagogy, art; former dir. St. Ignatius' Sch. Founder of Catholic Alumni Sodality, Phila .; St. Ignatius Alumni Ass'n, N. Y .; Brooklyn Coll. Alumni Sodality, Brooklyn; Brooklyn College; organizer Crown Heights Circle Brooklyn Coll. League; Brooklyn College Junior Auxiliary; pres. Brooklyn College, Crown Heights, until May, 1911, when retired. Address: 980 Park Av., N. Y. City.
OCUMPAUGH, CHARLES HERBERT
Capitalist; s. Edmund and Sarah Julia (Darrow) Ocumpaugh; ed. Rochester private schools, and by private tutors; m. Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1887, Mamie Ellison; one son: Herbert Ellison, b. 1889. Pres. and treas. Am. Rare Metals Co., Denver; pres. Whitcomb Realty Co., Rochester; v .- p. Triumph Vot- Ing Machine Co., N. Y .; trustee East Side Savings Bank, Rochester; dir. Ocumpaugh Realty Co., Roches- ter. Recreations: Yachting, shooting, outdoor sports. Clubs: Automobile (gov.), Genesee Valley, Country, Yacht, Athletic (Rochester); Transportation, Aero of America (N. Y.). Address (Country Estate); Red Gables, Webster, N. Y., and 1339 East Av., Rochester, N. Y.
ODELL, ALBERT G.
Physician; b. Canoga, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1878; s. Frank- lin P. and Jennie L. (Gould) Odell; ed. Mynderse Acad., Seneca Falls, N. Y .; grad. Coll. of Medicine, Syracuse Univ., M.D., 1904; m. April, 1909, Anna M. Hopper. Ex-mem. ined. staff Clifton Springs Sana- torium. Mein. N. Y. State and Ontario Co. Med. Socs., Henrietta Camp, 10,572, Modern Woodmen of America, Phi Beta Pi fraternity, Garoga Lodge No. 300, F. and A. M., Newark Chapter No. 117, R. A. M. Address: Clifton Springs, N. Y.
ODELL, BENJAMIN B., JR.
Ex-governor, merchant; b. Newburgh, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1854; s. Benjamin B. Odell; ed. Bethany Coll., W. Va., and partial course In Columbla Coll .; m. ist, 1877, Estell Crist; 2d, Mrs. Linda C. Traphagen, sister of first wife. In 1875, engaged with father in business at Newburgh; subsequently became Interested In various other enterprises, becoming pres. Newburgh Electric Co., and treas. of the Central Hudson Steam- boat Co. Active in Republican politics from earliest voting years, but in his first nomination, that for State senator, was defeated; elected, 1894 and 1896, and served In 54th and 55th Congresses; declined nomination for the third term; elected 1900, re- elected, 1902, governor of the State of N. Y. For scv- eral ycars was on the Rep. State Com., and for a time Its chm'n. Was a mem, Nat. Guard for eight years. Has held prominent positions in the Masonle and Odd Fellows orders. Address: Newburgh, N. Y.
O'DONOHUE, CHARLES A.
Merchant, banker; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1859; s. Peter J. and Emma M. (Backus) O'Donohuc; ed. Brooklyn Poly. Inst .; in. Brooklyn, Oct. 15, 1891, Olive
· S. Scoville. Began business career as a clerk with John O'Donohue's Sons, 1876; admitted as partner, 1879; firm originally started by John O'Donohue (grandfather), who admitted to the concern, succes- sively, his five sons; since firm was incorporated 1909, has been pres. and dir .; pres., treas. and dir. O'Dono. hue estates; dlr. Long Island Safe Deposit Co., Union Ferry Co .; trustee Kings Co. Trust Co., East River Savings Inst'n, Brooklyn Central Dispensary; mem. N, Y. Chamber of Commerce, Merchants' Ass'n, Coffee Exchange of N. Y. Clubs: Montauk, Riding and Driv- ing, Automobile of America, Glenwood Country. Ad- dress: SS Front St., N. Y. City.
O'DONOHUE, FLORINCE
Physician; b. Syracuse; N. Y., Oct. 8, 1850; s. Cor- nelius and Ellen (Donohue) O'Donohue; ed. Onon- daga Acad., Cazenovia Sem., Syracuse Univ., Long Island Coll. Hosp., Brooklyn, N. Y., M.D .; m. Lucy A. Mossley (died 1905). Engaged in practice of medi- cinc at Syracuse, N. Y., from graduation. Ex-pres. N. Y. State B'd of Health, N. Y. State Tuberculosis Com- m'n; Am. Anti-Tuberculosis League; pres. U. S. Pen- sion Examining B'd of Syracuse; Mem. Onondaga County Med. Soc., Syracuse Acad. of Medicine, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, British Med. Ass'n Clubs: Syracuse Citizens, Onondaga County. Ad- dress: 405 S. Warren St., Syracuse, N. Y.
O'DONOVAN, WILLIAM RUDOLF
Sculptor, palnter, writer; b. Preston County, Va, March 28, 1844; s. James Hayes and Mary (Bright) O'Donovan; ed. in Green Acad., Pa .; self-taught in art. Served in Staunton, (Va.) Art'y, in C. S. Army In Civil War, April 17, 1861, to surrender at Appo- mattox, as private and non-comm'd officer. After war professionally engaged as sculptor in N. Y. City. Executed statues of Washington for Trenton Battle Monument, monument commemorating Peace at New- burgh, N. Y., and one for Caracas, Venezuela; eques- trian statues of Lincoln and Grant for Soldiers and Sailors Arch, Prospect Park, Brooklyn; statue of Archbishop Hughes at Fordham Coll., N. Y .; statue to captors of Major Andre at Tarrytown, N. Y .; bust of late Judge Charles P. Daly, for N. Y. Geog. Soc., Gen. James Grant Wilson, and Alexander S. Drake, art editors of Century Magazine; portraits of Gens. R. E. Lee, "Stonewall" Jackson and Joseph Wheeler, Helena P. Blavatzkey, Walt Whitman, Bayard Taylor (Cornell Univ.), Winslow Homer, N. A., William Page, N. A., and Thomas Eakins, N. A. (Nat. Acad. Design), and others. Since 1900 devoted to painting and litera- ture. Asso. Nat. Acad. Design; mem. Soc. Am. Artists, Am. Sculpture Soc., Architectural League; one of or- iginators, and mem. Hudson-Fulton Tricentennial Comm'n; mem. Advisory Com., Nat. Malnc Monument Com. Address: 590 Eagle Av., N. Y. City.
O'DWYER, EDWARD F.
Jurist; appt'd chief judge of City Court for term expiring Dec. 31, 1917. Residence: 37 W. 76th St. Ad- dress: 32 Chambers St., N. Y. City.
OGDEN, HENRY NEELY
Civil eng'r and educator; b. Dexter, Me., April 80, 1868; s. Charles Talcott and Anna (Bennett) Ogden; ed. Episcopal Acad., Philadelphia; Cheltenham Acad,, Ogontz, Pa. (gold medal); grad. Cornell Univ., C.E., 1889; m. Portland, Me., Dec. 26, 1895, Georgiana Mary Smith; children: Katharine, b. 1896, Priscilla Camp- bell, b. 1899, John Bennett, b. 1901, William Hall, b. 1905. Made three visits to England for the purpose of making eng'ring Inspections; built sewers in Ithaca, N. Y .; also arch bridge and retaining walls for Cor- nell Univ. campus; chief eng'r for proposed electrlo road, ithaca to Cortland; consulting eng'r, 4th Ward trunk sewer, Binghamton, N. Y., Sandpoint, Idaho; sewer comm'r, Ithaca, 1899-1906; sanitary eng'r State Dep't Health, N. Y .; prof. Cornell Univ. and sanitary eng'r; eng'r mem. Sanitary Council N. Y. State, 1913- 1917; mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, The Roy. Son. Inst., London, Sigma Xl Soc. Club: Town and Gown (Ithaca). Address: 614 University Av., Ithaca, N. Y.
OGDEN, J. BERGEN
Physician, chemist; b. West Sparta, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1868; s. Charles W. and Sarah E. (Bergen) Ogden; ed. Nunda Acad., Genesco State Normal Sch., Harvard Coll. (special course) ; grad, Harvard Med. Sch., M.D., 1893; m. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1895, Allce Lewellyn Parry. Instr. in chemistry, Harvard Med. Sch., 1894- 1901; ass't in clinical pathology, Boston City Hosp., 1893-1901; visiting med. chemist, Long Island Hosp., 1896-1901; med. chemist, Carney Hosp., South Boston 1899-1901; 1904-1905; med. chemist, Children's Hosp., Boston, 1900-1901; instr. Tutts Coll., Med. Dep't. 1904- 1905; dir. Med. and Chem. Laboratory, N. Y. City, 1901-
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1904; ass't Med. Dir. and med. chemist, Met. Life Ins. Co., since July, 1905. Republican. Mem. Mass. Med. Soc., Harvard Med. Soc. of N. Y. City, Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Chem. Soc., Ass'n of Life Ins. Med. Dirs. Author: Clinical Examination of the Urine and Urinary Diag- nosis, 1900; has also written and published many med. monographs. Clubs: Players, and Apawamis. Ad- dress: 1 Madison Av., N. Y. City.
OGDEN, JOHN PERCY
Physician; b. Rockford, Ont., Can., 1855; s. John and Sarah (Black) Ogden; ed. public schools, Brantford Collegiate Inst., Mt. Forest Model School, Toronto; Normal School, Trinity Med. Coll. of Can. and Poly- clinic, N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, 1889, Hattic Dele- phene Phinney; one d., Hortense Delephene, b. 1890. Engaged in practice of medicine since graduation. Has traveled considerably in. Can, and U. S. Past grand med. examiner and past grand commander of the Order of Knights of St. John and Malta. Re- publican; Baptist. Mem. N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Ass'n. Hortense Med. Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n, Bapt. Social Union, Coll. . Club, Canadian Club and Canadian Soc. and Toronto Univ. Graduates Soc., N. Y .; Maccabees, Royal Arcanum, Knights of Malta Heptasophs, Am. Temperance Ass'n, N. Y. Physicians' Mutual Aid Ass'n. Recreations: Driving and Bowling. Address: 56 W. 120th St., N. Y. City.
OGDEN, ROLLO
Editor; b. Sand Lake, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1856; s. Isaac G. and Emma E. (Huntington) Ogden; grad. Williams Coll., 1877; took theol. course at Andover, Mass .; m. Cleveland, O., Nov. 30, 1881, Susan M. Mitchell; 3 chil- dren. Resided in Mexico, 1882-1883; in Cleveland, O., 1883-1887; removed to N. Y. City in 1887; on editorial staff of The Evening Post since 1891; and now editor- In-chief. Clubs: Century, City. Residence: 216 Sum- mit Av., Summit, N. J. Address: 20 Vesey St., N. Y. City.
OGDEN, WILLIS L.
Manufacturer. Pres. Willis L. Ogden & Co., woolens; dir. Brooklyn Trust Co., Brooklyn Savings Bank, Packer Collegiate Inst .; v .- p. Brooklyn Acad. of Music; trustee Brooklyn Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Address: 73 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
OGILVY, CHARLES
Surgeon: b. Montreal, Canada, 1874; s. James Augus and Mary (Comb) Ogilvy; grad. McGill University, B.A., 1894, M.D., C.M., 1898. Attending surgeon, N. Y. City Children's School and Hospitals (Randall's Isl- and); attending surgeon N Y. Post Graduate Hosp. (Orthopedic Dep't) ; adjunct prof. N. Y. Post-Grad. Sch .; consulting orthopedic surgeon to New Rochelle, White Plains. and Port Chester Hosps .; Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Orthopedic Ass'n, N. Y. County Ass'n, Soc. Alumni, City Hospitals, N. Y. City, Northwestern Med. Soc. of N. Y., Interurban Orthopedic Ass'n. Address: 40 E. 41st St., N. Y. City.
OGLESBY, WOODSON RATCLIFFE
Lawyer, mem. Congress; b. Shelby Co., Ky., Feb. 9, 1869; ed. public schs. of Ky., Wesleyan Coll., Ill. Wes- leyan Univ. Engaged in practice of law, after admis- sion to bar. Mem. N. Y. Assembly, 1906; elected to 63rd Congress from 24th Dist. Served in Spanish- Am. War as private 71st Reg't, N. Y. Vols. Democrat. Address: 51 Chambers St., N. Y. City.
O'GORMAN, JAMES A.
U. S. Senator; b. N. Y. City, May 5, 1860; ed. Coll. City of N. Y. anc N. Y. Univ., LL.D., Coll. of St. Thomas of Villanova, 1904, Fordliam Univ., 1908; N. Y. Univ., 1909; Georgetown Univ., 1911; m. N. Y. City, Jan. 2, 1884, Anne M. Leslie. Admitted to bar, 1882; practised iaw in N. Y .; Justice Dist. Court, 1893-1899; justice Supreme Court, 1900-1911; elected U. S. Senator, 1911. Mem. firm O'Gorman, Battle & Vandiver. Address: 37 Wall St. Residence: 318 W. 108th St., N. Y. City.
O'HANLON, PHILIP FRANCIS
Physician, surgeon of N. Y. City Police Dep't (Man- hattan Borough); b. N. Y. City, Sept. 13, 1863; s. Philip and Mary Adams (Dougherty) O'Hanlon; ed. public schs. of N. Y., Jesuit Coll. of St. Francis Xavier. N. Y. City, Jesuit Coll. of St. Mary's at Mon- treal, Can., Med. Dep't of Univ. of the City of N. Y .; grad. 1886, M. D .; m. N. Y. City, Aug. 13, 1888, Laura Lincoln Plumb; one d .: Laura Virginia. b, July 20, 1889. Author: Is There a Santa Claus (Letter published ard republished in N. Y. Sun, 1897). Coroner's Phy- sician, N. Y. City, Jan. 3, 1895-June 6, 1912; appt'd surgeon N. Y. City (Borough of Manhattan), Police Dep't by Police Comm'r Rhinelander Waldo, June 5,
1912. House surgeon of Gouverneur Hosp., branch of Bellevue Hosp., 1887-1889. Seven years attending physician to Bellevue Hosp. Out-door dispensary, in the dep't of Diseases of the Mind and of the Nerv- ous System. Sp'l med. examiner ins. Dep't of the State, 1896, to examine the N. Y. Life Ins. Co. Appt'd 1st lieut. in Med. Reserve Corps U. S. Army, by Pres. William H. Taft, June 16, 1910. Democrat; Roman Catholic. Mem. N. Y. Lodge of Elks No. 1. Recre- ations: Field sport, particularly horseback riding. Club: Democratic. Address: 121 W. 95th St., N. Y. City.
O'KEEFFE, JOHN G.
Retired stock hroker; b. N. Y. City, 1851; s. Henry and Rosanne (M'Deritt) O'Keeffe; attended De La Salle Inst .; m. 1885, Elizabeth G. Gilligan. Entered Wall St., in 1887; retired as mem. firm H. L. Horton & Co., 1907; mem. Exec. Com. Emigrants Industrial Savings Bank; dir. N. Y. & Long Branch Steamboat Co., Inde- pendent Democrat; Catholic (trustee All Saints Ch.). Trustee Bellevue Hosp. N. Y. State Industrial Farm Colony, Catholic Home Bureau, sch. comm'r 1900-1903. Treas. Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Clubs: Catholic (trustee), Harlem, Columbia Yacht, Ozanun . Boys' ( treas.). Residence: 10 \V. 123d St. Address: 60 B'way, N. Y. City.
O'KENNEDY, J. J. KARBRY
Jurist; b. Ireland, May 24, 1862; s. J. Maurice and Honora (Keohane) O'Kennedy; grad. Catholic Univ., Dublin. Kings Inn, Dublin, A. M., 1886, and DL.D., 1887. Barrister at iaw, 1884; called to Irish Bar, 1887; admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1894; m. Dublin, Feb. 28, 1889, Eliza Kennan Tyner. Mem. Law Inst. and County Bar Ass'n; dir. N. Y. Pasteur Inst., N. Y. Bacteriol. Inst. Student of Ecclesiastical History and Dogina and Me- diæval History. Independent in politics; Catholic. Ad- dress: King's Inn, Dublin, and 99 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
OLCOTT, CHAUNCEY
Actor; b. Buffalo, N. Y., July 21, 1860; ed. in Buffalo schools; m. San Francisco, Sept. 28, 1897, Margaret O'Donovan. At age of 19 became connected with min- strel troupe as baliad singer; went to Europe at age of 23, and, returning, became mg'r and treas. Standard Theatre, San Francisco; soon after joined Denman Thompson in Old Ilomestead, then Duff Opera Co .; a year later, McCaull's Opera Co. Went to London and studied for two years, while playing at Prince of Wales and Criterion theatres; made appearance as a star in Fourteenth St. Theatre, N. Y. City, 1893; great- est success has been in Mavourneen; The Irish Artist; Sweet Inniscarra; The Road to Kenmare; Ragged Robin; Barry of Ballymore; other plays: O'Neill or Derry; Macushla, Isle o' Dreams. Ciubs: Dramatie, Lambs, Players (N. Y. City), Buffalo (Buffalo). Ad- dress: Fruitvale, Calif., and Saratoga, N. Y.
OLCOTT, EBEN ERSKINE
Mining eng'r; b. N. Y. City, March 11, 1854; s. John N. and Euphemia (Knox) Olcott; ed. Coll. City of N. Y .; Sch. of Mines, Columbia Univ., E M., 1874; m. N. Y. City, 1884, Kate L., d. late Comnio. Van Sant- voord. Was engaged in mining eng'ring in U. S., Venezuela, S. America and Mexico; joined Commo. Van Santvoord in husiness of Hudson River Day Line of steamers, and upon his death became pres., treas., and gen. mg'r, also pres. Marv Powell Steamboat Co .; Dir. Lincoln Safe Deposit Co., Lincoln Nat. Bank, Cats- kill Mountain R'y Co., Cairo R'y Co., Otis R'y Co., Catskill & Tannersville R. R. Co. Suggested idca, and organized first body to prepare for Hudson-Fulton Celebration, chm'n Clermont Com. Mem. Am Inst. Mining Eng'rs (ex-pres.); mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs. Residence: 322 W. 75th St. Address: 36 Wall St., and Desbrosses St. Pier, N. Y. City.
OLCOTT, GEORGE MANN
Banker, mfr; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 23. 1835; s. Charles M. and Maria C. (Underhill) Olcott; ed. private schools of Brooklyn, Columbia Coll., Grammar Sch .; m. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 10, 1858, Jennie Arnold; children: Cornelia (Mrs. J. Arthur Booth), Mary, Dr. George N. Cierk for wholesale drug firm of Osgood & Jennings, 1851, and Dodge & Colvill, importers of drugs, 1854: admitted a partner 1856; Arm was incor- porated as Dodge & Oicott Co. Jan. 1, 1905. since which time has been pres. Also pres. First Nat. Bank of Ridgefield; v .- p. Lloyds Piate Giass Ins. Co, trustee Franklin Trust Co .; dir. Market & Fulton Nat. Bank. Meni. Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences, New England Soc., Met. Museum of Art, Am. Museum of Natural Ilistory, B'd of Trade. Clubs: Down Town (N. Y.), Rembrandt (ex-pres.), Hamilton (ex-pres.). Resi- dence: Ridgefield, Conn., and 146 Remsen St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 87 Fulton St., N. Y. City
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OLCOTT, JACOB VAN VECHTEN
Lawyer, ex-mem. of Congress; b. N. Y. City, May 17, 1856; s. John N. and Euphemia H. (Knox) Olcott; grad. from N. Y. public schs .; afterward attended Coll. City of N. Y., Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1877; LL.D. St. Stephen's Coll., Annandale, N. Y., 1892; Kenyon Coil., Gambier, O., 1905; m. Laura I. Hoffman, d. Rev. Dr. Charles F. Hoffman. Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1877; since then engaged in practice of law in N. Y. City. Dir. Hoffman Bros. Realty Co. Mem. B'd of Municipal Civil Service Comm'rs of N. Y. City, 1895-1897. Elected to Congress from 15th N. Y. Dist. in 1904, and re- elected 1906 and 1908; Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Union League, Republican, Tuxedo, South Side, Church (N. Y. City), Metropolitan, Chevy Chase (Washington, D. C.). Residence: 31 WV. 72nd St. Address: 80 Maiden Lane, N. Y. City.
OLCOTT, RALPH T.
Editor and publisher; b. Chicago, Ill., 1861; s. Rev. James B. Olcott, Baptist clergyman, and Isabelia H. (Thrall) Olcott; m. Manchester, N. H., 1887, Grace E. Reynolds. Was on editorial staff of Rochester Her- ald, 1885-1890; city editor, news editor, editorial writer, Rochester Post-Express, 1890-1907;
founded and edited National Nurseryman, .1893-1904; founded and edited American Fruits, 1904-1907; editor Every Fri- day, 1907; now gen. mg'r Publicity Bureau, editor and proprietor Am. Fruits; pres. Western New York Pub- lishing Co. Author: Manual of Journalism, 1903. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, Am. Ass'n Nurserymen, Am. Pomological Soc., West- ern N. Y. Hort. Soc. Mason; mem. Monroe Com- mandery, K. T., Rochester Consistory (Scotish Rite and Damascus Temple, Mystic Shrine). Club: Ma- sonic. Address: 39 State St., Rochester, N. Y.
OLCOTT, RICHARD MORGAN
President; b. New Rochelle, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1861; S. Henry S. and Mary E. (Morgan) Olcott; ed. in schools of America, Germany and Eng .; m. June 1, 1892, Alice Marie Handley; one son: J. Van Vechten Olcott, 2d, b. Oct. 10, 1905. Pres. The Orinoco Steamship Co., Na- tional Cellular Steel Co. Has traveled in Europe and South America. Republican. Episcopalian. Has re- ceived the decorations of Knight of the Royal Order of Wasa (Swedish) and Bust of Bolivar (Venezuelan) ; mem. Sons of the Revolution. Recreation: Yachting. Clubs: Republican, N. Y. Athletic, Manhattan, Metro- politan (Washington, D. C.), Larchmont Yacht. At- lantie Yacht, Lakewood Country. Address: 55 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
OLCOTT, WILLIAM M. K.
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Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, Aug. 27, 1862; s. John N. and Euphemia H. (Knox) Olcott; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A.B., 1881; A.M., 1883; Columbia Coil., LL.B., 1883; m. N. Y. City, 188S, Jessie A. Baldwin; one son: Neilson, b. 1890. Dist. Att'y N. Y. Co., 1896-1898; Judge N. Y. City Court, 1898-1899; mem. firm Olcott, Gruber, Bonynge & McManus; trustee Maiden Lane Savings Bank; dir. and treas. Suffolk Co .; dir. and v .- p. Law- yers' Surveying and Eng'ring Co .; dir. Hudson River Day Line; Mary Powell Steamboat Co. Republican. Clubs: Republican, Lawyers, City College. Residence: 58 \V. S4th St. Address: 170 Broadway, N. Y. City.
OLDHAM, GEORGE ASHTON
Clergyman; b. Sunderland, England, Aug. 15, 1877; s. Joseph Rodgers and Annie Elizabeth Shaw (Banks) Oldham; ed. Cornell Univ., B.A., 1902; Gen. Theol. Sem. (N. Y. City), B.D., 1905. Instr. in English Dep't Cor- nell, 1902-1903. Ordered Deacon in the Episcopal Ch., June 18, 1905; ordained Priest, June 10, 1906; acting chaplain Columbia Univ., 1906-1908, on clergy staff of Grace Ch., N. Y. City, 1905-1906; ass't St. Thomas Ch., N. Y. City, 1906-1908; lecturer, St. Faith's Training School for Deaconesses, N. Y. City, 1905-1908; asso. rector St. Luke's Ch., N. Y. City, 1908; rector St. Luke's Ch., N. Y. City, since Jan. 26, 1909. Mem. Masonie Order; Am. Civic Alliance; trustee St. Luke's Home for Aged Women, N. Y. City. Clubs: Cornell, Facuity Club of Columbia Univ., Churchman's Ass'n. Address: St. Luke's Ch., W. 141st St. and Convent Av., N. Y. City.
O'LEARY, DENIS
Lawyer, mem. Congress; b. Manhasset, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1863; ed. public schs. and by private tuition; grad. Law Sch. Univ. City of N. Y., LL.B., 1890. Admitted to bar and in active practice. Formeriy ass't dist. att'y Queens Co .; ass't corp'n counsel and comm'r pub- lic works, Queens Borough. Elected to 63rd Congress from 2nd N. Y. Dist. Democrat. Address: Douglaston, L. I., N. Y.
OLER, WESLEY M.
Capitalist; b. Baltimore, Md .; s. William H. and Catherine (Horn) Oler; ed. public schs. Baltimore; hon." alumnus, Johns Hopkins Univ .; m. Fortress Monroe Va., Elizabeth Kimberley; children: Webster M., Jr., b. Dec. 12, 1891; Elizabeth Kimberly, b. July 4, 1894, Ann Brown, b. May 13, 1897. Pres. Citizens Nat. Bank, 4 years; pres. Am. & Knickerbocker Ice Co .; dir. Balti- more Trust Co., Guardian Trust Co., United R'y Co. and Queen Anne's R. R., all of Baltimore. Delegate to Nat. Conv., 1888, Chicago. Republican; Methodist Chm'n Finance Com., Women's Coll. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: Larchmont Yacht, Apawamis, Press, Calumet. Residence: Larchmont, N. Y. Address: Longacre Bld'g, 42d St. and Broadway.
OLIN, STEPHEN HENRY
Lawyer; b. Middletown, Conn., April 22, 1847; 0 Rev. Stephen (D.D., LL.D.) and Julia (Lynch) Olin; grad. Wesleyan Univ., A.B., 1866, A.M., 1869, LLD .; Albany Law Sch., LL.B., 1867; m. 1st, Oct. 23, 1879, Alice, d. S. L. M. Barlow (died Nov., 1882); 2d, Mar. 21, 1903, Emeline Dodge, d. Oliver Harriman; chil- dren: Alice T. (Mrs. Tracy Dows), Julia L. (Mrs. J. Philip Benkard). Admitted to N. Y. Bar, 1869, and engaged in practice in N. Y. City. Trustee Astor Library, 1888-1895; since then of N. Y. Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations; trustee Wes- leyan Univ. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y. (v .- p. 1898-) 1899). Served in Nat. Guard as major and judge- advocate 1st and 2d Brigades, 1882-1889; lieut .- col and ass't adj .- gen., 1889-1898; col. and ass't adj .- gen., 1898-1903. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, Clubs: "Century, University, City, Down Town, Players. Residence:
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