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POST, JAMES HOWELL
Sugar refiner; b. New Rochelle, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1859; s. William and Eleanor (Sackett) Post; ed. public schools; m. Brooklyn, 1887, Louisa Wells; children: Jessle Wells, Helen Marion, Elizabeth. Has been clerk and partner with B. H. Howell, Son & Co. since 1874; also pres. Nat. Sugar Refining Co. of N. J., dir. Nat. City Bank of N. Y., trustee Williamsburg Savings Bank; dir. and treas. Chaparra Sugar Co. and various other sugar companies, also dir. various other companies. Presby'n. Mcm. Industrial Sch. Ass'n of Brooklyn, Y.M.C.A. of Brooklyn, Brooklyn Hosp. and Dispensary. Residence: 60 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Ad- dress: 129 Front St., N. Y. City.
POST, REGIS HENRI
Ex-Gov. Porto Rico; b. N. Y. City. Jan. 28, 1870; 8. Albert Kintzing and Marie (de Trobriand) Post; ed. St. Mark's Sch., Southboro, Mass .; Harvard College, A.B., 1891; m. N. Y. City, March 6, 1895, Carolyn Beatrice Post; one son: Regis Henri Post, Jr. Mem. N. Y. Assembly for 2d Dist .; auditor of Porto Rico, May 1, 1903, to Sept. 1, 1904; sec. of Porto Rico, Sept. 1, 1904, to April 18, 1907; gov. Porto Rico from April 18, 1907, until he resigned in 1910. Was chlef of Bayport (N. Y.) Fire Dep't, 1900-1903; pres. Bayport Sch. B'd, 1898-1903; mem. Republican Coms. Suffolk Co., 1894-1903. Dir. Oysterman's Nat. Bank, Sayville, N. Y. Republican; Episcopalian. Vestryman and mem. St. Ann's Ch., Sayville. N. Y., 1896-1900; vestryman and treas. St. Jolin's Ch., San Juan, Porto Rico, 1908. Address: Gillette Av., Bayport, L. I., N. Y.
POST, WALDRON KINTZING -
Lawyer; b. N. Y. City, July 7, 1868; s. Albert Kint- zing and Marle Carollne (de Trobriand) Post; ed. St. Mark's Sch., Harvard Univ., A.B., 1890; Columbia Coll. Law Sch., LL.B., 1894; m. Glen Cove, N. Y., Oct. 27, 1894 Mary Lawrence Perkins; children: Charles Kintzing, b. 1896; Mary Lawrence, b. 1897; Langdon Ward, b. 1898; Lina de Trobriand, b. 1901; Elizabeth West, b. 1904; Waldron, b. 1908; Robert Perkins, b. 1910. Partner in law firm of Ward, Ileyden & Sat- terlee. Mem. Loyal Legion. Pres. Suffolk Co. Vol- unteer Firemen's Ass'n. Clubs: Union, Harvard. Ad- dress: Bayport, L. I., N. Y.
POST, WILLIAM STONE
Architect; b. N. Y. City, May 10, 1866; s. George Browne and Alice M. (Stone) Post; ed. St. Mark's Sch., Southboro, Mass .; grad. 1884, Columbia Univ., academic course 2 years; Sch. of Architecture. 4 years, Ph.B., 1890; m. Lenox, Mass., June, 1894, Lillian M., d. late Confederate Gen. John B. llood; children: Marion Hood, b. 1895; Lilian, b. 1896. After gradua- tion traveled six months, studied in Paris, France, six months; practised architecture under own name till 1894, when he became junior partner with Geo. B. Post, until 1904, when firm of Geo. B. Post & Sons was formed and became partner. Fellow Am. Inst. Architects; mem. Architectural League of N. Y. Clubs: St. Anthony, Union, Nat. Arts, Somerset Hills Coun- try. Residence: Bernardsville, N. J. Address: 101 Park Av., N. Y. City.
POTTER, EVAN STYLES
Physician and surgeon; b. Himrods, N. Y., July 30, 1869; s. Evan J. and MMiranda (Swarts) Potter; ed. Penn Yan Acad., Starkey Sem., Dundee Preparatory Sch., N. Y. Univ. (Mcd. School), M.D., 1891; m. N. Y. City, July 30, 1906, Florence Dalzell Levison; one son: Evan Randolph Potter, b. 1907. In practice of medi- sine in N. Y. City from 1891. Has traveled In Co- lombia, Peru, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Salvador, Guate- mala, Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium. Late assistant visiting surgeon Columbus Hosp., N. Y. City; lecturer and demonstrator of anatomy and operative surgery, N. Y. Post- Graduate Coll. and Hosp. Mem. N. Y. Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Urological Soc., Med. Ass'n Greater N. Y. Democrat; candidate for Alderman from the old 21st Assembly Dist., 1898, and for Assemblyman in 21st Assembly Dist., 1900; held apptm't as incd. civil service examiner during the Van Wyck administration; med. expert to Law Dep't, City of N. Y., since death of Dr. Cyrus Edson in 1903. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Sons Am. Revolution; all the Masonic bodies (York Rite) and Mystic Shrine. Address: 223 \V. 79th St., N. Y. City.
POTTER, FREDERICK
Lawyer; b. N. Y. Clty, July 19, 1856; s. Orlando B. and Martha Green ( Wiley) Potter; grad. Yale Coll., 1878; m. Ossining, N. Y., April 7, 1885, Helen Ward Brandreth; children: Dorothy W., Orlando B., Fred- erick A., Margaretta W., Eugene Ward. Trustee Title Guarantee and Trust Co .; dir. Bond and Mortgage Guarantee Co., Realty Associates, Westchester &
Bronx Title and Mortgage Guaranty Co .; managing trustee of estates of Orlando B. Potter. Mem. Chamber of Commerce, B'd of Trade and Transportation, Am. Geog. Soc., New England Soc., Ain. Bar Ass'n, Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Met. Museum of Art. Clubs: Law- yers, University, Yale, Reform, Sleepy Hollow Country. Residence: Ossining, N. Y. Address: 71 Broadway, N. Y. City.
POTTER, HOWARD NOTT
Architect; grad. Union Coll., 1881; m Ethel Potter. "Mem. Union Coll. Alumni Ass'n, Nat. Acad. Design, Met. Museum of Art, Am. Museum of Natural History. Clubs: Westchester Country, Racquet and Tennis, Country. City residence: Harrison, N. Y. Address: 35 E. 30th St., N. Y. City.
POTTER, JAMES BROWN
Merchant, banker; b. N. Y. City, May 17, 1853; s. Iloward and Mary Louisa (Brown) Potter; grad. Union College, A.B., 1873; m. 1st, 1877, Cora Urquhart, of New Orleans; 2d, 1904, Mary Handy, d. Capt. Handy, U. S. N .; one d., Anne Urquhart Potter (now Mrs. James A. Stillman). Pres. and mn'g dir. Tlahualilo Agr'l Co., I.td., of Mexico; trustee Mexican Cotton Estate of Tlahualilo 1st mortgage bonds and dir of Tlahualilo Co., Ltd., of London; pres. Manchester Land Co. Mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, life mem. Nat. Acad. of Design, Met. Museum of Art; mem. Union Coll. Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: Tuxedo (a gov.), N. Y. Yacht (life mem.), Down Town (N. Y.), Jockey, American Coun- try ( Mexico). Address: 59 Wall St., N. Y. City.
POTTER, JOHN A.
Real estate and ins .; b. N. Y. City, July 2, 1841; s. Ellis S. and Henrietta (Williams) Potter; cd. Prof. Benjamin Dwight's Sch., Brooklyn; m. Brooklyn, March 7, 1871, Eliza T. Williams; children: Henrietta M., b. 1873; Frank A., b. 1875; Richard E., b. 1879. Mem. firm Hastings & Potter, 1862-1869; Williams & Pot- ter, 1870-1881; moved to Patchogue, L. I., 1881: re- ceiver for E. S. Peek's private bank, which failed 1883; organized Patchogue Bank 1884 and pres. of same for 18 years; director Patchogue Investment Company, Patchogue Mfg Company; sec. and treas. Suffolk, Nassau & Queens Realty Co. Trustce vil- Inge of Patchogue for 6 years and has been mem. B'd of Ed'n for 18 years; treas. village of Patchogue 5 years. Congregationalist; pres. B'd Trustees Cong'l Ch. Treas. Paumanake Council, No. 778, Royal Ar- canum, for 25 years. Clubs: Patchogue, South Bay Yacht. Address: 258 E. Main St., Patchogue, Suffolk Co., N. Y.
POTTER, MARK WINSLOW
Lawyer; b. Kaneville, Ill., Jan. 9, 1866; s. Merritt F. and Harriet E. Potter; grad. N. Y. Univ. Law Sch., 1888; in. at Shabbona, Ill., Elizabeth Owens. Mem. firm of Hornblower, Miller & Potter. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Phi Delta Phl fraternity. Clubs: Man- hattan, Midday. Residence: 417 Riverside Drive. Ad- dress: 24 Broad St., N. Y. City.
POTTER, NATHANIEL BOWDITCH
Physician; b. Keeseville, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1869; s. George Sabine and Mary Gill (Powell) Potter; grad. Coll. City of N. Y., A. B., 1888; Harvard Coll., A.B., 1890; Harvard Med. School, M.D., 1896; m. Brookline, Mass., Jan. 25, 1908, Mary Sargent; children: Natalie, b. 1909; Mary Robeson, b. 1911. Visiting physician to N: Y. City Hosp. and French Hosp .; consulting physi- cian to Manhattan State Hosp., Central Islip; ass't prof. clinical medicine, Columbia Univ. Editor: Salli's Diagnosis (1st & 2d editions), Ortner's Therapeutics (1st & 2d editions). Mem. N. Y. Acad. Medicine, Am. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State & County Med. Ass'n, Harvard Med. Ass'n. Officier de L'Instruction Publique; inem. Correspondent de la Société Medicale des Hopitaux à Paris. Clubs: Harvard, University, St. Andrew's Address: 591 Park Av., N. Y. City.
POTTER, PAUL M.
Dramatist; b. Brighton, England, June 3, 1853 (father was head master King Edward's School, Bath, and editor of the Bibliotheca Classica); ed. in Eng- land. Engaged in newspaper work; foreign editor, 1876-1883; London correspondent, 1883-1884; dramatic critic, 1885-1887, N. Y. Herald; from 1888 to 1890 oll editorial staff Chicago Tribune. Author of many plays produced by leading companies, including The City Directory, 1889; The Ugly Duckling, 1890; The World's Fair, 1891; The American Minister, 1892; Sheridan; or, The Mald of Bath, 1893; Our Country Cousins, 1893; The Pacific Mall, 1894; The Victoria Cross, 1894; Trilby, 1895; The Stag Party, with E. W. ("Bill") Nye, 1896; The Conquerors, 1898; Under Two Flags, 1901; The Red Kloof, 1902; Notre Dame, 1903; The School Girl, 1904; Nancy Stair, 1905; Barbara's
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Millions, 1906; Twenty Days in the Shade, 1908; The Honor of the Family, 1908; Girl from Rector's, 1909; Queen of the 'Moulin Rouge, 1909; Arsene Lupin, 1910. American representative at Congress of Dramatic Art, Paris Exp'n, 1900. Address: Empire Theatre, N. Y. City.
POTTER, WILLIAM P.
Rear Admiral, U. S. N .; b. Whitehall, N. Y. En- tered Naval Acad. Sept. 26, 1865; grad. June 4, 1869; Sabine, sp'l cruise, June, 1869-Dec., 1869; U. S. flag- ship Franklin, European Station, Dec., 1869-Nov., 1871. . Comm'd cnsign, July 12, 1870; master, July 12, 1871; U. S. gunnery practice ship Constellation, Feb., 1872- June, 1872; U. S. flagship Hartford, Asiatic Station, Oct., 1872-Aug., 1873; U. S. S. Lackawanna, Aug., 1873- April, 1874; U. S. S. Iroquois, April, 1874-July, 1874. Comm'd lieut. Aug. 9, 1874; U. S. Naval Acad., Nov., 1874-Aug., 1878; U. S. flagship Powhattan, North At- Iantic Station, Aug., 1878-Dec., 1879; U. S. flagship Tennessee, North Atlantic Station, Dec., 1879-Sept., 1881; U. S. Naval Acad., Sept., 1881-June, 1884; South Atlantic Stations, July, 1884-June, 1887; U. S. Naval Acad., Sept., 1887-June, 1891; U. S. flagship Philadel- phia, North Atlantic Station, June, 1891-Sept., 1892; U. S. flagship Baltimore, squadron for sp'l service, Sept., 1892-March, 1893; U. S. flagship Philadelphia, naval review fleet, March, 1893-June, 1893; U. S. flagship Chicago, European Station, June, 1893-Sept., 1894; U. S. Naval Acad., Jan., 1895-Sept., 1897. Comm'd lieut .- comm'r June 12, 1896; exec, officer U. S. flagship N. Y., North Atlantic Station, Sept., 1897-Oct., 1899. Mem.
Maine Court of Inquiry, Feb., 1898. Comm'd comd'r Sept. 9, 1899; advanced 5 numbers for services dur- ing Spanish War; insp. of ordnance, League Island Navy Yard, Nov., 1899-1901; commanding Ranger, Nov., 1901-1903; engaged in sp'l duty at Navy Dep't, office of ass't sec., Aug. 1, 1903-March 29, 1905; ass't to Bureau of Navigation, March 29, 1905-May 25, 1907. Comm'd capt. Sept. 13, 1904. Commanding bat- tleship Vermont, June 3, 1907-Nov. 9, 1908. Comm'd rear admiral Oct. 30, 1908. Commanding Fourth Divi- sion, U. S. Atlantic fleet, Nov. 9, 1908-June 10, 1909. Chief of Bureau of Navigation July 1, 1909. Resigned Chief Bureau of Navigation Dec. 1, 1909, to accept duty as Aid for Personnel: retired May, 1912. Ad- dress: Whitehall, N. Y.
POTTERTON, THOMAS EDWARD
Clergyman; b. Clarksburg, Mass., May 15, 1868; s. Abraham and Mary M. Potterton; grad. St. Lawrence Unlv., 1891, D.D., 1905; m. Somerville, Mass., 1893, Anna T. Nye. Minister Ch. of Our Father (Universalist), Brooklyn, N. Y. Has traveled extensively at home and abroad and has lectured upon the travels before nu- merous bodies. Author: The Comforter. Address: 57 Lefferts Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
POTTHAST, EDWARD HENRY
Artist; b. Cincinnati, 1857; s. Henry and Bernardina ('Scheifers) Potthast; ed. in Art Inst., Cincinnati, and in Munich and Paris. Academician Nat. Acad. cf De- sign. Clubs: Salmagundi, Lotos. Address: 222 W. 59th St., N. Y. City.
POTTS, CHARLES EDWIN
Merchant; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., July 3, 1873; s. Thomas and Emeline (Wright) Potts; grad. Brooklyn Poly. Inst., B.S., 1892, E.E., 1893; m. 1st, Broeklyn, April 27, 1899, Mary Louise Dubernell (died Oct. 8, 1904); chil- dren: Thomas Jackson, b. 1900; John Wright, b. 1901; David Valentine, b. 1903; m. 2d, N. Y. City, June 1, 1909, Fanny Louise Ruprecht; one d .: Dorothy. Louise, b. 1910. Engaged in. civil and elec. eng'ring werk until 1895; since then in importing and converting busi- ness; now sec. and mn'g dir. J. B. Locke & Potts. First serg. Co. A, 23d Reg't Inf., N. G. N. Y., 1908-1909; mem. regimental rifle teams. 1904-1909: Trustee Brooklyn Poly. Inst. Independent Democrat. Mem. Sons of Revolution, 'Soc. Colonial Wars, L. I. Hist. Soc .. N. Y. State Hist. Soc., Cumberland and Westmoreland Anti- quarian and Archæol. Soc., Am. Soc. Mech. Eng. (asso.), Nat. Geog. Soc. (asso.), Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sciences, Soc. Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis. Clubs: Merchants. City. (N. Y. City), University, Hamilton, Masonic. Riding and Driving. Apolio (Brooklyn). Ad- dress: 170 Rugby Rd., Brooklyn, N. Y.
POTTS, FREDERICK A.
Coal merchant; b. Lenox, Mass., 1860; s. Frederick A. and Sarah (Brevoort) Potts; ed. Sch. of Mines, Columbia Coll., Univ. of Berlin, Germany; m. Elizabeth Work Olcott. Mem. firm of F. A. Potts & Co. Re- publican. Clubs: Union, N. Y. Athletic, St. Anthony. Address: 143 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
POTTS, JESSE WALKER
Born Albany, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1843: s. Jesse Charles and Eunice U. (Walker) Potts; ed. Wrightson School, Al-
bany Acad., Harvard, A.B., 1865 (Phi Beta Kappa), and A.M .; unmarried. Republican. Episcopalian; vestry- man St. Peter's Church. Albany. Life mem. Am. Numismatic Soc .; life fellow Am. Gecg. Soc .; mem. Am. Museum of Natural History; life mem. Nat. Geog. Soc .; mem. Circle of Friends of the Medallion; gov. Albany Hosp .; trustee Albany Med. Coll .; trustee and v .- p. Home for Aged Men; dir. Albany Inst. and His- torical and Art Soc. Collector of American coins and medals. Clubs: Fort Orange, University (Albany), Harvard (N. Y. City). Address: 342 State St., Albany, N. Y.
POUCH, EDGAR DURYEA
Broker in investments; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1878; s. Alfred J. and Harriet E. ( Hasey) Pouch; grad. Yale Univ. (Sheffield Scientific Sch.), Ph.B., 1898; m. Brooklyn, Nov. 20, 1901, Julia A. Wood; children: Donald Stuart, b. Sept. 16. 1902; Mary Aikman, b. March 23, 1908. Mem. firm of Pouch & Co., mems. N. Y. Stock Exchange; dir. American Docks, Staten Island. Clubs: University (Brooklyn), Yale (N. Y. City). Greenwich Country. Address: 14 Wall St., N. Y. City.
POUCHER, J. WILSON
Physician, surgeon; b. Claverack, N. Y., July 24. 1859; s. Peter and Mary E. (Cummings) Poucher; grad. Claverack Coll., 1879; Union Univ. (Albany Med. Coil), M.D., 1883; Univ. of Berlin, 1885; Univ. of Strasburg, 1886; nı. 1892, Catherine D. Le Fevre; children: Auna L. F., b. 1894; Franklin J., b. 1898. Has practised medi- cine and surgery in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., since 1887. Dir. Poughkeepsie Trust Co., Williamsburg Fire Ins Co., Price Fireproofing Co. Served city as alderman one term; served as comm'r of public works 9 years; served through Spanish-Am. War as surgeon of N. Y. Vols. Republican. Mem. Dutchess Co. Med. Sec., Amn. Med. Ass'n, N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Ass'n of Gynecologists and Obstetricians. Mem. Holland Soc. of N. Y., Soc. ef the Cincinnati, Soc. Colonial Wars, Naval and Military Order Spanish-Am. War, Mason (lodge and chapter), past-comd'r Poughkeepsle Com- mandery, K. T .; trustee Masonic Temple Ass'n. Clubs: Dutchess Golf and Country, Army and Navy (N. Y. City). Address: 339 Mill St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
POUND, CUTHBERT WINFRED
Jurist; b. Lockport, N. Y., June 20, 1864; s. Alexander and Almina (Whipple) Pound; ed. in schools of City of Lockpert and at Cornell Univ .; m. June 22, 1887, Emma White; children: Alexander W., Mary W. After leav. ing college studied law in office of brother, Hon. Jobn F. Pound, of Lockport, N. Y .; admitted to bar, June, 1886, and engaged in practise of law at Lockport until 1895, when removed to Ithaca, becoming prof. law In College of Law of Cornell Univ., 1895-1904; resigned to resume practise at Lockport as senior mem. law firm of Pound & Moore. City att'y Lockport, N. Y., 1888-1891; elected State senator for the then 29th Senate Dist., 1893; appt'd State civil service comm'n by Gov. Roosevelt, June, 1900, to succeed Hon. Willard A. Cobb, deceased; June, 1903, became pres. of the comm'n; resigned Jan., 1905, upon apptm't by Gov. Higgins, as counsel to the Gov., which position held until appt'd June, 1906. justice of the Supreme Court for the Eighth Judicial !Dist., to succeed Hon. Henry A. Childs, of Medina; elected Nov. 6, 1906. to same position for full term expiring Dec. 31, 1920. Elected alumni trustec Cornell Univ., June 17, 1913, for term of five years. Republican. Mem. Cornell Chapter Delta Kappa Epsilon, Conkling Chapter Plil Delta Phl (pres. Western N. Y. Alumni Ass'n Of Cornell Univ.), N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Am. Bar Ass'n. Clubs: Town and Gown (Ithaca), Buffalo (Buffalo), Town and Country (Lockport), Niagara (Nlagara Falls), Cornell (N. Y.). Address: Lockport, N. Y.
POWELL, MAUD
Violinist: b. Peru, Ill., Aug. 22, 1868; ed. public schs. of Aurora, Ill .; studied musle in Chicago and after- ward in Leipzig, Paris and Berlin; pupil of William Lewis, Henri Schradieck, Dancia and Joachim; m. 1904, H. Godfrey Turner. Played as soloist with Thomas, Seidl, Gerleke, NIklsch, Muck, Mahler, Dam- rosch and other conductors; violin rololst with N. Y. Arion Soc. in tour of Germany and Austria. 1892; tour of British Isies and the Continent of Europe, 1899-1901 and again 1903-1905; In South Africa. 1905. Organized the Maud Powell Trlo. 1908; contb'r to varlous magazines. Address: 1402 Broadway, N. Y. City.
POWERS, JAMES T.
Actor; b. N. Y. Clty, April 26, 1867. Made Arst ap- pearance as actor in a minor part in Rice's Evange- Ilne; afterward was In several companies and met success both in America and England; played Rats in Hoyt's comedy, A Tin Soldier; later in the Casino
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company in leading parts in Erminie, Nadjy and other light operas; for several years past at head of his own company. Address: The Players, Gramercy Park, N. Y. City.
PRANKARD, CARLTON MARSHALL
Merchant; b. N. Y. City, 1860; s. Francis T. and Ade- laide R. (Marshall) Prankard; ed. Public Seh. 11, Brooklyn, N. Y .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1881, Martha Chester. Veteran 13th Reg't, N. G. N. Y. Recreation: Yachting. Clubs: Crescent Athletic (Brooklyn), Man- hasset Bay Yacht, Port Washington Yacht (Port Washington), Knickerbocker Yacht,
Duck Island (North Carolina). Address: Port Washington, Nassau Co., L. I., N. Y.
PRATT, ADDISON STRONG
Lawyer; b. Chaumont, N. Y., May 4, 1873; s. Ezra B. (M.D.) and Mary E. (Strong) Pratt; grad. Yale Univ., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) 1896, L/L.B. 1898. Senior part- ner Pratt & Koehler; sec. and ass't treas. South Canon Coal Co .; sec. Oakdale Coal Mining Co .; ass't U. S. Att'y for Southern Disti of N. Y. since May 1, 1909. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Republican, Yale, West Side Republican (sec. 1901- 1904). Address: 47 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
PRATT, BENJAMIN GILDERSLEEVE
Manufacturing chemist; b. Hillsboro, N. C., March 24, 1862; s. Rev. Henry Barrington and Joanna F. (Gildersleeve) Pratt; missionary's son, and from ages 7 to 14 spent in Colombia, S. America; ed. Bingham Sch., Mabanc, N. C., 1876-1877; Mt. Zion Acad., Winns- boro, S. C .; m. Nov. 17, 1886, Emma Florence Dunn; children: William H., b. 1888; 'Benjamin G., Jr., b. 1893; Julla Gatewood, b. 1898. In early life clerk and book- keeper, Winnsboro, S. C., 1887; engaged in manufac- ture of soaps, Fort Worth, Texas, 1891; engaged in erecting soap and chem. works in U. S. and Mexico. For past 10 years producing specialties in soaps and lubricants, making sp'l study of solubilities of oils; in 1906 incorporated the B. G. Pratt Co., of which is pres. and treas., with laboratories at Hackensack, N. J., for manufacture of soluble petrolcum under the name Scalccide for destruction of San José scale on fruit trees.
Presby'n. Mason (past chancellor), Knights of Pythias. Address: 50 Church St., N. Y. City.
PRATT, CHARLES AUGUSTUS BREWSTER
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Lawyer: b. Orwell, Ashtabula Co., Ohio; s. Charles A. B. and Mary (Ely) Pratt; grad. Columbia, LL. B., 1886; unmarried. Engaged in practise of law in N. Y, City from 1886; counsel in elevated railroad liti- gation and also connsel for many corp'ns and estates; head of law firm Pratt & McAlpin. Pres. and dir. John J. Crooke Co .; dir. St. Nicholas Skating Ice Co. Republican; Presby'n. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y .; ehm'n Edn'l Dep't. Treas. Brooklyn Free Kinder- Mem. Ohio Society, Presbyterian Union. Recreation: Farming. Club: City. Residence: 2783 Broadway. Address: 68 William St., N. Y. City.
PRATT, CHARLES MILLARD
Capitalist; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1855; s. Charles and Lydia A. Pratt; grad. Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, 1875; Amherst Coll., A.B., 1879; hon. A.M., Yale, 1903; m. May 8, 1884, Mary Seymour Morris, d. ex-Gov. Luzon B. Morris, of New Haven, Conn. Be- gan business with father In Pratt Mfg Co .; dir. Long Island R. R. Co., Mechanics' Nat. Bank. Pres. Pratt Inst., Brooklyn; trustee Amherst Coll. Residence: 241 Clinton Av., Brooklyn. Address: 26 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PRATT, CHARLES RICHARDSON
Consulting eng'r; b. Boston, Mass., Feb. 13, 1860; s. John C. and Mary A. (Richardson) Pratt; ed. Mass. Inst. of Technology, Boston, Mass., course of mech. eng'ring (dld not graduate); m. Yarmouth, N. S., Sept. 5, 1888, Mary B. Ladd; children: Gertrude L., b. 1894; Donald R., b, 1896. Designed, built and In- stalled the first electrie elevator ever used, placed in the Tremont House. Boston, 1889. Was chief draughts- man Whittler Machine Co., Boston; consulting eng'r Dood & Pratt, Boston; ass't sup't Boston Sugar Re- fining Co .; N. E. agent Otls Bros. & Co., Boston; mg'r and eng'r Sprague Elec. Elevator Co., N. Y .; chief eng'r Marlne Engine and Machine Co., N. Y .; since engaged as consulting eng'r in N. Y. City; also con- sulting eng'r for Otis Elevator Co. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng'rs, Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs, N. Y. Elec. Soc., S. A. R. Clubs: Motor, British Motor Boat (London, Eng.). Address: 1123 Broadway, N. Y. City.
PRATT, DALLAS BACHE
Banker; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 4, 1849; s. Rev. Horace L. Edgar and Kate (Martin) Pratt; attended Anthon's
and Trinity Schs .; m. Grace Ch., May 11, 1881, Mary Gordon Landon; children: Katharine Gordon, Alex- ander D. B., Constance, Beatrice. Mcm. firm Maltland, Coppell & Co .; dir. The Bank of America, Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co .; trustee German Savings Bank. Re- publican; Episcopalian. Mem. Soc. of Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution. Treas. N. Y. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children; treas. N. Y. Tax Reform Ass'n. Clubs: Union, N. Y. Yacht, Riding, Metropolitan, Down Town, Church, Eastern Yacht, Seawanhaka- Corinthian Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, Sleepy Hollow Country. Residence: 24 W. 48th St. 52 William St., N. Y. City. Address:
PRATT, FREDERIC BAYLEY
Dean of Pratt Inst .; b. Brooklyn, Feb. 22, 1865; s. Charles and Mary Helen (Richardson) Pratt; grad. Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, 1883; Amherst Coll., A.B., 1887; hon. A.M., 1904; m. Portland, Ore., Oct., 1889, Caroline A. Ladd; children: Charles, b. 1892; Mary Caroline, b. 1895; Helen Ladd, b. 1898. Sec. of Pratt Inst. (chief exec. officer of inst'n). Mem. Charles Pratt & Co .; treas. The Thrift; v .- p. The Morris Build- ing Co. Has traveled extensively in U. S., Europe and Japan. Republican; Baptist. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity; mem. Internat. Com. Y. M. C. A .; chm'n Edn'l Dep't. Treas. Brooklyn Free Kinder- garten Soc .; treas. Nat. Soc. for Promotion of In- dustrial Ed'n. Recreation: Go'f. Clubs: University (N. Y. City), University, Hamilton (Brooklyn), Nas- sau Country. Address: Pratt hist., 215 Ryerson St., Brooklyn. N. Y.
PRATT, GEORGE STARKWEATHER
Clergyman; b. Milford, N. Y., 1848; s. Edward Pratt, M.D., and Helen (Newell) Pratt; ed. Cooperstown Sem., Rochester Univ. and Divinity Sch .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oet. 18, 1882, Margaret Whitney. Ordered deacon by Bishop Bissell in Burlington, Vt:, 1887; ordained priest by Bishop Potter in N. Y. City, 1888; curate of St. Michael's Ch., N. Y. City, 1888-1898; Anthon Memorial Ch. since 1905. Chaplain Gen. Memorial Hosp., 1889-1903. Address: 88 St. Nicholas rector Ch. of Archangel, 1889-1905; rector All Souls' Av., N. Y. City.
PRATT, JOHN TEELE
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1873; s. Charles and Mary 1I. ( Richardson) Pratt; grad. Amherst Coll., A.B., 1896; Harvard Univ. LL.B., 1900; m. Greenwich, Conn., Jan. 6, 1903, Ruth Sears Baker; children: John T., Jr., b. Dec. 11, 1903; Virginia, b. April 30, 1905; Sally Sears, b. March 27, 1908; Phyllis, b. May 26, 1912; Edwin Baker, b. June 5, 1913. Mem. firm Campbell, Harding & Pratt, Chas. Pratt & Co .; dir. N. Y.N.H.&H.R'y Co., J. S. White & Co., J. S. White Mg'mt Co., The Thrift. Republican; Episcopalian. Trustee Pratt Inst. Clubs: Metropolitan, Racquet and Tennis, Down Town, Riding and Driving, N. Y. Yacht, Nassau Country, Harvard Univ., Piping Rock, Stock Exchange. Residence: 11 E. 61st St. Address: 43 Exchange Pl., N. Y. City.
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