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RAYMOND, ROSSITER WORTHINGTON
Mining engineer, metallurgist, lawyer, author; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, April 27, 1840; s. Proť, Robert Raikes and Mary Ann (Pratt) Rnymond; grad. Brooklyn Poly. Inst., 1858; student at the Unlys. of Munich and licidelberg and Mining Acad. of Freiberg, Ph. D., LIL.D .; m. 1863, Sarah M Dwight. Served in Union Army as a .- d .- c., with rank of captain, 1861-1864; con- sulting eng'r with office in N. Y. City, 1804-1868; U. S.
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comm'r of mining statistics, 1868-1876; prof. economic geology, Lafayette Coll., 1870-1881. Editor Engineer- ing and Mining Journal, 1868-1888; admitted to bar 1898; lecturer on mining law, Columbia Univ., 1903. One of founders, v .- p. 1871, 1876-1877, pres. 1872- 1875, sec. 1884-1910, and sec. emeritus since 1910, Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs; hon. mem, Société des Ingénieurs Civils de France; Am. Philos. Soc., Iron and Steel Inst., gold medal Inst'n of Mining and Metallurgy. U. S. Comm'r to Internat. Exp'n at Vienna, 1873. Author: Mineral Resources of the U. S. West of the Rocky Mountains, 8 volumes; Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms, Die Leibgarde, Brave Hearts, The Man in the Moon, Two Ghosts, The Feast of Lights; also Lives of Peter Cooper and Alexander L. Holley; also technical papers on mining, metall. and mining law subjects. Residence: 123 Henry St., Brooklyn. Address: 29 W. 39th St., N. Y. City.
REA, JAMES
Vice-principal Packard Sch .; b. Gap, Pa., Jan. 31, 1863; s. William F. and Sarah A. (Draucker) Rea; ed. Coatesville Inst., Parkesburg Acad., Millersville State Normal Sch., Bryant and Stratton Business Coll .; m. Altoona, Pa., June 20, 1906, Dr. Julia Charlotte Wood. Dir., sec. and treas. Packard Commercial Schs. Co. Asso. author of Packard's Bookkeeping and Packard's Business Practice. Pres. N. Y. Commercial Teachers' Ass'n, 1899-1900. Republican. Mem. Pa. Soc. Presby'n Union. Trustee of estate of L. HI. Packard. Address: 253 Lexington Av., N. Y. City.
REA, SAMUEL
Railway official; . b. Hollidaysburg, Pa., Sept. 21, 1855; s. James D. and Ruth ( Moore) Rca; g.s. John Rea, officer in Revolutionary War and War of 1812; g .- grandfather Samuel Rea, cmigrated to this coun- try from North of Ireland, 1754; ed. public schs. and acad .; hon. D.Sc. Univ. of Pa., 1910. First connection with Pa. R. R. was in 1871 in eng'ring dep't as chain and rodman on Williamsburg & Bloomfield branches; entered office of Hollidaysburg Iron & Nail Co. 1874, and re-entered service of Pa. R. R. 1875, being sta- tioned at Connellsville; ass't eng'r of constr'n of ehain suspension bridge over Monongahela River, Pitts- burgh, 1875-1877; upon completion, appt'd ass't eng'r of Pittsburgh & Lake Erie R. R. Co., then in eourse of constr'n, with which remaincd until completion of road. Ass't eng'r in charge of constr'n of extension of Pittsburgh, Va. & Charleston N'y, 1879; eng'r in charge of Pa. R. R. surveys in Westmoreland Co., 1879-1883; prin. ass't eng'r in Phila., 1883-1888, when promoted to ass't to 2d v .- p .; resigned, 1889, to become v .- p. Md. Central R'y Co., and chief eng'r Baltimore Belt R. R. Resigned, 1891, on account of ill health, and resumed practice 1892; appt'd ass't to pres. of Pa. R. R. 1892; assigned to constr'n work, upon death of v .- p., 1892; 1st ass't to pres. of Pa. R. R. 1897-1899; 4th v .- p. 1899-1905; became 3d v .- p. 1905, 2d v .- p. 1909, 1st v .- p. 1911, and when designating of v .- ps numeri- cally was discontinued, was elected v .- p., 1912; prcs. since Jan., 1913. Also pres. Pa. Co., Northern Central R'y, Baltimore & Washiington R. R., W. Jersey & Sea- shore R. R., Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis R'y Co .; also. dir. Pa. R. R. Co. and many other railroad corp'ns; one of incorporators of N. River Bridge Co. Was given direct charge of constr'n of Pa. tunnels and station, the most important and diffi- cult plece of eng'ring work in this country. Author: The Railways Terminating in London. Mem. Am. Soc. of Civil Eng'rs, Inst'n of Civil Eng'rs, London; Soc. of Naval Architects and Marine Eng'rs, N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, Pa. Scotch-Irish Soc., Pa. Soc. of Sons of Revolution, Soc. of War of 1812, Pa. Soc. of N. Y., Fairmount Park Art Ass'n, Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, Met. Mus. of Art, Am. Acad. of Polit: and Social Science. Am, Railway Guild, Univ. of Pa. Museum, Soc. of Arts, London. Clubs: Philadelphia, Engineers. Rit- tenhouse, Automobilc (Phila.), Merion Cricket ( Haver- ford), Union, Lawyers, Century Ass'n, Economic (N. Y.), Sleepy Hollow Country, Metropolitan (Wash.), Royal Auto (London). Address: 85 Cedar St., N. Y. City.
READ, GEORGE R.
Real estate; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1849; s. George W. and Rowland A. (Curtis) Read; ed. Brooklyn Poly. Inst .; m. 1st, Brooklyn, Dec. 20, 1873, Louise C. Frost (dled 1902); 2d, 1907, Adelaide R. Hastings; children: Rowland, Newbury Frost, Sarah Read Downey, Dorothy Read Davis. Pres. George R. Read & Co., dealers in real estate; Mutual Trust Co. of West- chester Co .; dir. Roxton Realty Co., Waccabuc Ce. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Mct. Muscum of Arts. Clubs: Metropolitan, Down Town, Unlon, Riding.
Coaching. Residence: 28 E. 56th St. Address: 20 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
READ, HARMON PUMPELLY
Real estate; b. Albany, N. Y., July 13, 1860; s. Gen. John Meredith (U. S. Consul-Gen. to France and Minister to Greece), and Maric Delphine (Pumpelly) Read; ed. 1mbins Sch., Paris, St. John's Mil. Sch., Sing Sing, Trinity Coll., Hartford; m. Stamford. Conn., Mar- guerite de Carron d'Allondans. Went to France at an early age, with father; latcr private see. to father in Greece. Chm'n of Com of eininent citizens appt'd to receive Duke de Veragua; sec. of Com. appt'd to re- ceive Postal Congress. First N. G. officer officially recognized and received by Grench Gov't. Has written many articles for newspapers on important matters and author: Rossiana (book of geneal. and antiquar- lan information), also of book upon Pumpelly famlly. Is recognized in England, France and America as an authority on heraldry and gencalegy, and on history and symbolism of Free Masonry. Candidate for As- sembly. Dem. Dist .; pres. Y. M. C. A., Albany. Comm'nd major in N. G., and made insp. of Rifle Practiee. Re- publican; Episcopalian. Officer In the Descendants of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Mem. Sec. of Cincinnati, Soc. Colonlal Wars, Sons of Revolution, Mayflower Descendants, Knights of Al- bion; fellow Royal Geog. Soc., Geog. Soc. of France, N. Y. Hist. Soc. Clubs: Fort Orange, Unconditional Republican (v .- p), St. Anthony. Residence (summer) : Readpark, Luzerne, N. 1. (winter): 236 State St., Al- bany. Address: 45 Maiden Lane, Albany, N. Y.
READ, WILLIAM A.
Banker; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 20, 1858; s. George W. and Rowland Augusta (Curtis) Read; ed. Brook- lyn Juvenile High Sch .; grad. Brooklyn Poly. and Collegiate Inst., 1873; m. Nov. 20, 1894. Caroline H. Seaman; five sons and two daughters. Entercd office of Vermilye & Co., 1877; mem. firm, 1896; retired 1904, and formed firm of Wm. A. Read & Co. Dir. Bank of N. Y. (Nat. Banking Ass'n); trustee Central Trust Co., N. Y., Alliance Assurance Co., London; dir. Inter- borough Rapid Transit Co. Republican; Episcopalian. Clubs: Century, Unlon, Metropolitan, Riding, Grolier, N. Y. Yacht, Down Town (N. Y. City), Hamilton (Brooklyn), Union (Boston), Apawamis (Rye, N. Y.), Lenox (Lenox, Mass.). Residence: Purchase, N. Y. Address: 28 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
REAM, NORMAN BRUCE
Capitalist; Ib. in Somerset County, Pa., Nov. 5, 1844; ed. cominion and normal sehools; m. Madi- son. N. Y., 1876, Carrie Putnam. Taught sch., dia farm work and worked as photographer until 1861, wlicn cnlisted in 85th Pa. Vols., serving as private and first licut. until incapacitated by wound recelved in battle near Savannah, Ga. Clerk ed. in store at Harnedsville, in native county, 1865-1866; engaged in business at Princeton, Ill., and Osceola, Iowa. 1866- 1871; live stock and grain comm'n merchant Chicago, 1871-1888: since then attending to large corp'n and real estate interests. Dir. U. S. Steel Corp'n, First Nat. Bank of Chicago, The Pullman Co., Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co, Chicago & Erie R. R. Co., Chicage, Burlington & Quiney R. B. Co., Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton R. R. Co., Eric R. R. Co., N. Y., Susque- hanna & Western R. R. Co., Pere Marquette R. R. Co., Seaboard Air Line R'y Co .. Internat. Harvester Co .; trustee N. Y. Trust Co .; dir. Franco-A.n. Financial Ass'n, Met. Trust Co., Nat. Biscult Co .; v .- p. and dir. Central Safe Deposit Co., cte. Residence: The Wyom- ing, 55th St. and Seventh Av., N. Y. City. Address: 24 Broad St., N. Y. City.
REANEY, WILLIAM HENRY IRONSIDES
Clergyman; b. N. Y., July 1, 1863. Appt'd to U. S. Navy froni MId., March 14, 1892, Chaplain, U.S.S. Utah, and since 1901 chaplain dep't of N. Y. United Spanish War Veterans. Served during Spanish-Am. War; was at battle of Manila with Admiral Dewcy. Address: U.S.S. Utah, Navy Dep't, Washington, D. C.
REDFIELD, CHARLES IRA
Physician and surgeen; b. Walkill, Orange County, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1873; s. Charles Foster and Sarah Louisa ( Fanning) Redfield: grad. Wallkill Free Acad., Med. Dep't of Univ. of Pa., M.D., 1894; m. Boston, Mass., Oct. 20, 1897, Irvanna Louise Barker. Since graduation in gen. practice of medielne and surgery; visiting physician to Thrall Hosp., Middletown; post- grad. course Cornell Unlv., 1908: sec. N. Y. State Med. Ass'n, 1904-1905; pres. Orange County Med. Soc., 1904; pres. Staff Thrall Hospital, 1907-1908; sec. staff, 1908- 1909. Delegate to N. Y. State Med. Soc., 1905-1909. Mem. B'd of Health, Clty of Middletown, 1896-1897, health officer City of Middletown. 1898. men. B'd of Ed'n, 1906-1909. Republican; Presby'n. Trustee West- minster Presby'n Ch. Mem. Med. Ass'n, Am. Soc. Moral and Social Prophylaxis; N. Y. State Med. Soc.,
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Orange County Med. Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc., Internat. Congress on Tuberculosis. Mem. Hoffman Lodge 412, F. and A. M., Midland Chapter 240 R. A. M., Cyprus Commandery 67 K. T. Mem. Am. Motor League. Recreation: Automobiling. Clubs: University, Medi- cal, Middletown Automobile (Middletown). Address: 138 W. Main St., Middletown, N. Y.
REDFIELD, HENRY STEPHEN
Prof. law Columbia Univ., since 1901; b. Corning, N. Y., July 31, 1851; s. Jared A. and Mary (Hayt) Red- field, both of New England descent; early ed'n in pub- lic schools and grad. Elmira Acad., 1867; engaged in business for about five years, after which prepared for coll. and entered Amherst; grad. A.B., 1'877, later A.M., LL.D., 1901; m. 1880, Susan Woods Curtis, of Canandaigua, N. Y. After graduation studied law with George M. Diven, of Elmira, N. Y .; admitted to bar, 1879, and formed partnership with Mr. Diven; retired from firm 1898 to accept position at Cornell Univ .; practice of firm was largely of a corporate character, among corp'ns represented belng Northern Central R'y Co. and Lehigh Valley R. R .; prof. prac- tice and procedure, Coll. of Law, Cornell Unlv., 1898- 1901; proť. of law in Sch. of Law, of Columbia Univ., 1901-1905. Nash professor of law in same since 1905. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon fraternity, Am- herst Ass'n of N. Y., Am. Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n. Author: Cases on Code Pleading and Practice, 1903; Election of Remedies (vol. 15 Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure, 1905); The Brief on Appeal, (In Brief Making and the Use of Law Books, 1906); contributor to legal journals. Club: Century. Residence: 1925 Seventh Av. Address: Columbia University, N. Y. Clty.
REDFIELD, WILLIAM COX
Secretary of Commerce, mf'r; b. Albany, N. Y., June 18, 1858; s. Charles B. and Mary A. ( Wallace) Red- field; ed. public schs. and high sch. of Pittsfield, Mass .; LL.D., Amherst Coll., June 25, 1913; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., April 8, 1885, Elise Mercein Fuller; children: Elsie (wife of Charles K. Drury, of Montreal), b. 1887; Humphrey Fuller, b. 1894. Now pres. Nat. Soc. for Promotion of Industriai Ed'n. Has traveled in Hawaii, Japan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Java, Singapore, Burma, India, France, England, Germany, Belgium, Denmark and Holland, studying industrial con-
ditions generally. Comm'r of public works for Borough of Brooklyn, 1902-1903, under administration of Hon. Seth Low, Mayor of N. Y .; elected to 62d Congress, 1910, to represent 5th N. Y. Dist. V .- p. Am. Blower Co. of Detroit and N. Y .; pres. Am. Mf'rs Ex- port Ass'n; dir. Equitable Life Assurance Soc., unttl appt'mt as sec. of Commerce by Pres. Wilson, March, 1913. Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Soc. Naval Eng'rs. Recreations: Motor boating, rose culture. Clubs: Crescent Athletic (Brooklyn), Reform (N. Y.), Cosmos, Chevy Chase (Washington). Residence: The Highlands, Washington, D. C. Address: Dep't of Com- merce, Washington, D. C.
REDHEAD, EDWIN RICHARD
Banker, mf'r; b. Brownville, N. Y., Jan. 6, 1851; s. Rev. Richard and Elizabeth (Barker) Redhead; ed. Fairfield Sem., Wesleyan Univ., Syracuse Univ., A.B., 1874; m. Port Byron, N. Y., May, 1877, Sarah A. Petty. One of organizers Vietoria Paper Mills Co., Fulton, N. Y., 1880, of which is prcs., Oswego Falls Pulp & Paper Co., 1885, and Granby Paper Co., 1893. Pres. Citizens Nat. Bank, Fulton. Republican; Methodist- Episcopalian. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Mem. Methodist Gen. Conf., Omaha, 1892; Baltimore, 1908; trustee Syracuse Univ., Cazenovia Sem., Fulton Public Library, Thousand Islands Park Ass'n. Recreations: Walking, driving. Ciub: Citizens.
Residence: 301 Buffaio St. Address: 31 N. 1st St., Fulton, N. Y.
REDMOND, JAMES W.
Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1869; s. William and Mary (Rossiter) Redmond; ed. public schools, Brooklyn, N Y. Univ. Law Seh., grad. LL.B .; m. St. Joseph's Church, Brooklyn, Aug. 29. 1894, Kate May; children: William, b. Oct. 2, 1895; Mortimer, b. June 19, 1897; Herbert, b. June 27, 1899; Cyrll, b. May 29, 1901; Edna Marie, b. July 7, 1903. Has practiced law in Brooklyn since 1896, mem. law and real estate firm Redmond Bros. Mem. B'd of Aldermen, City of N. Y., from 51st Dist., Brooklyn, for 3 terms (six years); mem. Finance and Laws and Legislations Coms, since elected to board, now serving as chni'n Laws and Legislation Com .; mem. Dem. Com. of Kings County for 15 consecutive years. Veteran 13th Reg't, Nat. Guard, being a former 2d lieut. Co. D, of that Reg't. Roman Catholic. Mem. Royal Arcanum, Catho- lic Benevolent Legion, Knights of Columbus. Clubs: Montauk, Delta Chi. Address: 44 Court St., Brook- lyn, N. Y.
REED, FREDERIC H.
Civil eng'r; b. Stamford, Conn., Aug. 22, 1865; & Jessc A. and Martha A. (Holly) Reed; ed. Stamford Iligh Sch .; m. Jersey City, June 3, 1890, Mary Chi- chester Thomas; one son: Kenneth )1., b. 1895. Draughtsman, 1881-1883; surveyor, 1883-1884; 1st ass't eng'r on constr'n 10th Av. Cable R'y, N. Y. City, 1864- 1885; chict cng'r of Daft Electric Co., 1885-1890; designed apparatus for first commercial electric r'y installed in this country at Baltimore, Md., made first use of the word "trolley" as applied to electric rys; designed and installed electric r'ys in Ithaca. N. Y., Camden, N. J., Asbury Park, N. J., Easton, Pa., Meridan, Conn .; mem. firm of Reed & Mckibben, elec eng'rs and contractors, N. Y. City, 1891-1899: built l'ys at Norwalk, Conn., Lockport, N. Y., Kingston, N. Y., Paterson and Passaic, N. J., Hoboken, N. J., Fall River, Mass., and elsewhere. Since 1899 successively sec., treas. and Ist v .- p. J. G. White & Co., eng'rs and contractors, N. Y. City and London. Pres. and dir. Electrical Finance Corp'n; v .- p. and dir. Eng'ring Se- curities Corp'n, Investors' Securities Corp'n, Maniia Electric R. R. & Lighting Corp'n, Manila Electric R. R. & Light Co., Manila Suburban Railways Co., The Philippine R'y Co., J. G. White & Co., Inc., J. G. White & Co. (Maine), Georgia-Carolina Power Co .; dir. As- sociated Gas & Electric Co., Augusta R'y & Electric Co., Augusta-Aiken R'y & Electric Corp'n, North Au- gusta Hotel Co., North Augusta Land Co., Eastern Pa. R'ys Co., Granville Mines Development Co., Helena Light & N'y Co., Public Utility Debenture Corp'n, Mutual Alliance Trust Co., Peoria Light Co., The J. G. White Eng'ring Corp'n, The J. G. White Mgm't Corp'n. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Inst. Elec. Eng'rs (asso. mem.), Sons of Revolution, Pilgrims of U. S., Japan Soc., Philippine Soc., Pan-Am. Soc. Clubs: Metropolitan, N. Y. Yacht, Engineers, Recess, Clty, Midday. Residence: 116 Riverside Drive. Address: 43 Exchange Pl., N. Y. City.
REED, HENRY A.
Pres. Bishop Gutta Percha Co .; b. Carmel, Putnam Co., N. Y., Feb. 11, 1829; s. James Harvey and Emily (Hazen) Rced; ed. district schools; m. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May 14, 1859, Alice Amelia Boardman; children: William Boardman, b. 1860; Alice Augusta, b. 1862; Henry Douglas, b. 1869; Louis Francis, b. 1871. Taught sch. at Carmel, N. Y., 1846-1849, was tele- graph operator, 1849-1866 in Carmel, Croton Falis, Hudson, N. Y. City and Poughkeepsie, had book store in Poughkeepsie, 1866-1876, first ten years in connec- tion with telegraph office; expert accountant, 1876- 1887; engaged in settling estates and procuring statis- tical evidence; took charge of Bishop estate, 1878; organized Bishop Gutta Percha Co., 1885, becoming sec., took charge as mg'r, 1887; became treas. 1892 and pres. in 1895. Republican; Presby'n. Asso. mem. Am. Soc. Elcc. Eng'rs. Residence: 88 N. 9th St., Newark, N. J. Address: 420 }. 25th St., N. Y. Clty.
REED, HENRY B.
Civil and mining eng'r; b. Canton, O., Aug. 9, 1867; s. William W. and Elizabeth Ann (Wisc) Reed; ed. public sehs., Feller Commercial Sch., Ohio, and by private tutors; m. N. Y. City, June 14, 1905, Hester Georgie, d. John B. and Georgie A, McDonald. On construction of portions of Whecling & Lake Erie R. R., Baltimore & Ohio R. R., and l'a. R. R., in Ohio, also development of coal mining properties in that State, 1884-1890; chict eng'r of Ryan-McDonald Con- struction Co., bld'g Baltimore & Ohio R. R. tunnels under Baltimore, 1890-1895; eng'r and gen. sup't for McDonald & Onderdonk, contractors, in charge of construction of Jerome Park Reservoir and aque- ducts, N. Y. Water Supply; eng'r for John B. Mc- Donald, contractor, and Rapid Transit Subway Con- struction Co. on construction of N. Y. and Brooklyn subways, 1895-1912; . extensively engaged in coal min- ing operations in Pa., 1909-1913. Pres. and dir. Brothers Valley Coal Co., Skancateles R. R. Co .; in charge of estate of John B. McDonald. Republican; mem. Dutch Reformed Ch. Mem. Am. Soc. Eng'ring Contractors, Ohio Soc. of N. Y., Sons of Revolution. Recreations: Golf, fishing, hunting. En-
Ciubs: gineers, N. Y. Railroad, Sleepy Hollow Country, Lau- rentian of Canada Residence: 1 W. 72d St. Ad- dress: 90 West St., N. Y. City.
REED, HENRY DOUGLAS
Mech. eng'r, v .- p. Bishop Gutta Percha Co .; b. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1869; s. Henry A. and Alice A. (Boardman) Reed; grad. Stevens Inst., 1892; m. Newark, N. J., Dec. 15, 1904, Emilie R. Currler. Employed by Bishop Gutta Percha Co., Junc, 1892, and occupied `successively following positions: Elec- trician, elee. eng'r, sup't, ass't mg'r, and v .- p. Miem. Essex County Country Club; mem. Am. Soc. Elec. Eng'rs, Roseville Athletic Ass'n, N. Y. Elec. Soc.,
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Stevens Alumni Ass'n. Clubs: Engineers, Essex
County Country. Residence: 106 Glenwood Av., East Orange, N. J. Address: 420 E. 25th St., N. Y. City.
REED, JAMES WINFIELD
Banker; b. Washington County, Pa., Jan. 30, 1878; s. J. M. K. and Mary P. (Tucker) Reed; attended Cross Creek Acad .; m. Cross Creek, Pa., Oct. 28, 1908, Martha J. Vance; children: Olive M., b. April 26, 1910; Raymond C. V., b. June 19, 1913. Instr. in pub- le schs. 7 years; justice of peace, 9 years; cashier People's Nat. Bank, since 1905. Democrat; Presby'n. Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight Templar, Knight of Pythias. Residence: 710 Allison Av. Address: Union Block, Washington, Pa.
REED, LEWIS THURSTON
Clergyman; b. Worcester, Mass., Sept. 5, 1870; s. Thomas H. and Mary F. (Whiting) Reed; grad. Am- herst Coll., A.B., 1893; Yale Div. Sch., 1899; m. 1899, lsabel Porter Dwight. Pastor Cong'l Ch., Cumming- ton, Mass., 1899-1902, Canandaigua, N. Y., 1902-1907; now pastor of Flatbush Cong'l Ch., Brooklyn, N. Y. Address: 335 Rugby Road, Brooklyn, N. Y.
REED, LOUIS FRANCIS
Lawyer; b. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., June 21, 1871; s. Henry A. and Alice A. (Boardman) Reed; grad. N. Y. Univ., LL.B., 1892, LL.M., 1897; in. Oct. 15, 1907, Virginia Kent White (died' Oct. 15, 1912). V .- p. Otsego & Herkimer R. R. Co., dir. and sec. Bishop Gutta Percha Co., White Plains Construction Co., dir. John S. Lamson & Bro., Inc., Turner-Fink Co., Mau- rice Realty Co. Mem. Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Rose- ville Athletic, Buffalo, Essex County Country, Orange Lawn Tennis. Residence: 57 Reynolds Terrace, Orange, N. J. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
REED, ROBERT RENTOUL
Lawyer; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., June 24, 1876; s. Colin McFarquhar and Lida Stockton (Lord) Reed; ed. Western Univ. of Pa., N. Y. Law Sch., IL.B., and LL.M .; m. Oct. 27, 1910, Christine, d. Col. William S. Patten, U. S. A. Admitted to bar, Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept, 1899; in N. Y. State, June, 1900; mem. law firm Caldwell, Masslich & Reed, N. Y. City, authority on law of municipal and corporation securities, and counsel for Investment Bankers' Ass'n of America. Author of articles in July, 1906, and July, 1907, in Green Bag; Jan., 1909, in Atlantic Monthly and Pear- son's Magazine, Jan., 1910, proposing Federal anti- trust law, declaring conditions upon which corpora- tions may engage in inter-state commerce; proposal later embodied in John Sharp Williams bill drawn by Mr. Reed and adopted in Dem. platform of 1912. Interested in practise of municipal and corporation law. Cleveland Democrat; Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., Am. Bar Ass'n, Am. Acad. Polit. & Social Science, Am. Economic League, Pa. Soc., Phi Delta Phi. Address: 100 Broadway, N. Y. City.
REED, W. BOARDMAN
Civil eng'r; b. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May 27, 1860; s. Henry A. and Alice A. (Boardman) Reed; ed. Poughkeepsie Prep. Sch., Union Coll., A.B., C.I., 1882; m. 1st, N. Y. City. 1888, Charlotte A. Smith (died 1891); 2d, Corinth, N. Y., 1896, Sarah F. Parks; chil- dren: Edith, b. 1890; Marion Boardman, b. 1898; Henry Hazen, b. 1901. Civil and mining eng'r at Lake Champlain mincs, N. Y., 1882-1890; chief eng'r Caya- dutta Elec. R'y, Gloversville, N. Y., 1892-1894; in con- sulting and gen. practice at Schenectady, N. Y., 1890- 1892; eng'r maintenance of way, Met. Street R'y Co., N. Y. City, 1894-1906. Made inspection and report on magnetite ores, Island of Cuba, 1889; specialist on street railway track construction and maintenance; retired from active practise of profession 1906 to en- gage in mf'g business. Treas. Bishop Gutta Percha Co .; pres. Otsego & Herkimer Railroad Co .; v .- p. Col- liers Light, Heat & Power Co. Mem. Soc. Civil Engrs, Exec. Com. N. Y. Alumní Ass'n Union Coll., Delta Phi fraternity. Mason. Clubs: Engineers, N. Y. Rail- road. Address: 159 Cottage Av., Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
REES, HENRY E.
Insurance official; b. Macon, Ga., April 29, 1857. V .- p. Aetna Ins. Co. of Hartford; dir. Phoenix Nat. Bank of Hartford. Clubs: Hartford, Hartford Golf, Drug and Chemical (N. Y.), Capital City (Atlanta, Ga.). Address: 670 Main St., Hartford, Conn.
REES, RUBY ALMEDA
Writer of sp'l articles and short stories, and news- paper correspondent; b. Indianapolis, Ind .; d. Robert H. and Caroline L. (Shipp) Rees; grad. Chicago Female Coll., Morgan Park, Ill. Presby'n; mem. Firth Av. Presby'n Ch. Founder and v .- p. of Daughters of Indiana in N. Y .; mem. Stony Wold, Little Mothers'
Aid Ass'n, Rubenstein Soc., Dickens Fellowship, Nat. Inst. of Social Sciences; patroness Astor Dances and Cotillon Assemblies. Clubs: Woman's West End Re- publican, Manhattan Study. Address: 117 W. 82d St., N. Y. City.
REESE, RICHMOND JAFFRAY
Lawyer; b. Yonkers, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1877; s. Jacob and Clara (Jaffray) Reese; grad. N. Y. Univ., Ph.B., 1901; LL.B., 1902; m. Angelique Hart. Admitted to Bar er N. Y. State, 1903. Admitted to Bar, State of Conn., 1910; also admitted to Federal Courts. Republican; Episcopalian. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Delta Chi fraternity; Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner; )lem. Ass'n Bar City of N. Y., N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Soc. or Med. Jurisprudence; asso. mem. G. A. R. Club: Twi- light (scc.). Residence: 478 W. 145th St. Address: 64 Wall St., N. Y. City.
REESE, WILLIAM WILLIS
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Real estate broker; b. West Philadelphia, Pa., Oet. 120, 1868; s. W. Henry and Mary A. (Willis) Reese; prepared at St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N. H., and grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1890, E.E., 1892; m. April 16, 1907, Augusta Bliss. Spent three years with Gen. Electric Co., at Lynn, Mass., and Schenectady, N. Y. Mem. firm Post & Reese, real estate brokers; dir. in- ternat. Curtis Marine Turbine Co .; scc., treas. and dir. Yorkville Realty Co. Republican. Mem. Real Estate B'd of Brokers. Mem. St. Nicholas Soc. Clubs: Union, University, St. Anthony, Somerset Hills Country, Rid- ing, Sleepy Hollow Country. Residence: 103 E. 37th St. Address: 753 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
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