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N. Y., and served six years In same, last four as an officer (received sharpshooters' decoration). Mem. Met. Museum of Art, Am. Museum of Natural History. St. Nicholas Soc. Recreations: Travel, hunting. Club: Union. Address: 19 Park Place, N. Y. City.
REVELL, FLEMING HEWITT
Publisher; b. Chicago, Ill .; s. Fleming H. and Emma C. (Manning) Revell; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Josephine B. Barbour; children: Fleming H., Jr., Eilza- beth (Mrs. George B. McCallum). Entered publishing and editorial profession on own account in 1869 and has continued in it ever since; now pres. Fleming H. Revell Co., publishers, New York, Chicago and Lon- don. Republican in national politles. Trustee N. S. Life Ins. Co., Northfield Seminary, Wheaton Coll .; dir. N. Y. City Y. M. C. A., Home B'd Missions Presby'n Church, Am. Tract Soc. Recreations: Equestrian, travel, fishing. Residence: Riverdale-on-Hudson. Address: 158 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
REXFORD, CHARLES M.
Physician and surgeon; b. Watertown, N. Y., April 23, 1855; s. Chas, C. and Mary Ann ( Hammond) Rex- ford; ed. Watertown city schools; Cornell Univ., A.B., . 1878; Med. Dep't Univ. City of N. Y., M.D., 1881; m. Watertown, Sept., 1879, Emma A. Sinith. Has prac- tised medicine steadily in Watertown from gradua- . tion; was coroner, 1883-1389. Travelled in Europe,
1897. Pres., dir. and mg'r Watertown City Nat. Bank; v .- p. and dir. Remington-Martin Paper Co. Repubii- can. Trustee 1st Presby'n Ch. Mem. Watertown Med. Soc., Jefferson Co. Med. Soc., N. Y. State Med. Soc Trustee, sec. and treas. R. P. Flower Memorial LI- brary; for the last fifteen years, retiring in June, 1906. mein. Watertown City School B'd. Recreation: Spends two months cach summer at Star Lake, Adirondacks Address: 234 Alassey Av., Watertown, N. Y.
REYNOLDS, D. A.
Pres. Great Eastern Telephone Co .; b. in Isabella Co., Mich., April 21, 1854; s. John and CatharIne (Grove) Reynolds; theirs was the third white family to settle in that country; father was lumberman and sawmill owner; became, at 16, partner with his father, who dled the following year; attended school ten months and passed examination for teaching; m. 1874, Seruah E. Vincent; children: Egbert A., b. 1875; Loyal Ward, b. 1881; Irah Alice, b. 1892. Engaged in . farming until 1882, then spent 14 years editing news- papers and also conducting extensive job printing and real estate business. In 1896-1897. with eleven towns- men, representing the Lansing ()lich.) B'd of Trade, organized a telephone company and built the Lansing Telephone Exchange, of which made a notable suc- cess, afterward organizing a company at Jackson, Mich., and afterward others, and has assisted in securing 19 franchises for independent companies and is a stockholder in 21 independent companies. Pres. and dir. Coast Line Telephone Co., Great Eastern Tele- phone Co .; v .- p. and mg'r State Line Telephone Co .; treas. N. Y. Electric Lines Co. and Iron Telephone Co. Independent Democrat; was chosen at a conference In 1896 to form a union between the Independents, Free Silver Republicans and Democrats of Michigan, and successfully accomplished it, and was made chm'n of the joint executive committee, having charge of the first Bryan campaign in that State. Address: 2 Rector St., N. Y. City.
REYNOLDS, JACKSON E.
Lawyer; b. Woodstock, Ill., Jan. 20, 1873; s. James N. and Myra H. (Giddings) Reynolds: grad. Leland Stanford Junior Univ., A. B., 1896; Law Dep't Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1899; m. Livermore, Calif., May 21, 1903, Marion D. Taylor. Instr. in law, Leland Stanford Junior Univ., 1899-1900; ass't prof. law, same. 1900- 1901; mg'r clerk for Robert W. de Forest, N. Y. City, 1901-1902; ass't to gen. counsel of Central R. R. of N. J., 1903-1901. Lecturer on Law of Agency, Law of Bailments, Law of Carriers and Law of Public Service Corporations, 1903-1906. at Columbia Unlv. Law Dep't. Ass't gen. counsel Central R. R. Co. of N. J. and the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co., 1905-1906; gen. atty of same since 1906. Appt'd asso. prof, of law by trustees of Columbla Unlv. March, 1913. Dir. Newark Warehouse Co., Manhattan Lighterage Co., Provi- dencia Mining & Milling Co. Democrat: Presby'n. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi. Address: 143 Liberty St., N. Y. City.
REYNOLDS, JAMES BRONSON
Lawyer; b. Kiantone, N. Y., March 17, 1861; s. William T. and Sarah M. (Painter) Reynolds, both descendants of old New England familles; ed. In village sch. at North Haven, Hopkins Grammar Sch., New Haven, Conn., Yale, A.B., 1884, Yale Divinity
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Sch., 1888; post-grad. work In Paris and Berlin, fel- low sociology, Columbia graduate in law course of N. Y. Law Sch .; m. London, England, 1898, Florence . Blanchard Dike, of N. Y. City. As officlal repre- sentative of the Coll., Y. M. C. A. of America; visited Great Britain and the European continent, 1889-1893, at same time studying the problems of social l'e- form; returned to U. S., 1893, and became head worker of the University Settlement, N. Y. City, 1894. Was active worker on Com. of Seventy in 1893, and served on many of Its working coms .; one of com. of City Club, appt'd in Fall of 1896 to prepare for cam- paign of 1897, and chm'n Exec. Com. of Citizens' Union in campaign of 1897; mem. Tenement House Comm'n appt'd by Gov. Roosevelt, 1900; sec. to Mayor Low, 1902-1903; special adviser to President Roose- welt on municipal affairs of the District of Columbia, 1906-190S; mem. Special Presidential Comm'n to In- vestlgate the Chicago Stock Yards in 1906; chm'n of special comm'n appt'd by the President to investi- gate labor and building conditions in the Isthmus of Panama. Ass't Dist Att'y N. Y. County, 1910-1913. Counsel to Am. Vigilance Ass'n. Mem. Municipal Art Soc. and Nat. Municipal Reform League. Clubs: Century, City, National Arts. Address: 151 Central Park West, N. Y. City.
REYNOLDS, JOHN A.
Merchant; b. Oneonta, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1872; s. George and Emlly C. (Allen) Reynolds; grad. Oneonta High Sch., 1890, Oneonta Normal Sch., 1893; attended Am- herst Coll. and Harvard Univ; m. Oneonta, Oct., 1904, Eva B. Keyes. Sole owner John A. Reynolds, mer- chant. Has traveled considerably; was in Europe several times, also in Egypt, Holy Land, Greece, S. America and Central America. Progressive Repub- llcan. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Recre- ation: Automobiling. Clubs: Albany, Fort Orange. Residence: 88 Willett St. Address: Broadway and Madison Av., Albany, N. Y.
RHINELANDER, T. J. OAKLEY
Lawyer and mg'r of family estates; b. N. Y. City, June 5, 1858; s. Willlam and Matilda (Oakley) Rhine- lander; mem. of old and distinguished Hugenot family; g .- s. on inother's side of Judge Oakley; grad. Columbia, A.B., 1878; m. N. Y. City, 1894, Edith Cruger Sands (of well known Cruger-Sands families) ; one son: Philip Rhinelander, 2d. Admitted to N. Y. Bar as att'y and counselor 1881. V .- p., dir. and trustee Rhinelander Real Estate Co .; mg'r William Rhinelander Real Estate Office. Mem. for 14 years of Co. K, 7th Reg't, N.G.N.Y. Trustee of the N. Y. Infant Asylum. V .- p. Delta Phl Alumni Ass'n; treas. Huguenot Soc .; mem. Soc. Colonial Wars. Sons of Revolution, St. Nicholas, Colonial Order, Soc. Foreign Wars, Soc. of 1812. Clubs: Union, Metropolitan, Country, Badminton of N. Y. (pres.), Turf and Field. Summer address: Schönburg Castle, Oberwesel-on- Rhine, Germany. Address: 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
RHOADES, HENRY ECKFORD
Officer U. S. Navy; b. N. Y. City, June 15, 1844; s. Henry E. (chief eng'r U. S. N.) and Caroline (Bensel) Rhoades; descendant of Zachariah Rhoades, who set- tled In Rehoboth, Mass., after arrival of Mayflower party and was friend and asso. of Roger Williams, grand-nephew of Zachariah Rhoades, who was app'd lieut. In Navy, Oct., 1798, and of William Rhoades, a carpenter in Navy, who resigned to accept an apptin't by Turkey of constructor of dry docks; cd. in public schools and Poly. Inst .; m. Middlebury, Conn., Dcc. 28, 1869, Sarah M. Stone; children: Rev. Winfred Chesney Rhoades, b. 1870, Mrs. Elcanor Louise Van llorsen, b. 1874. Served as an officer of the Navy In Civil War, later In the Asiatlc, Pacific and Home squadrons; went to Arctic regions in 1873, associated with De Long, Chlpp and others In scarch of the "Polaris" castaways, and found and developed three bituminous coal veins on northern coast of Island of Disco, Greenland; becoming invalldated for duty was put on the retired list of the Navy, Dec. 30, 1874. While on retired llst engaged in journalism and was on editorial staff of N. Y. Tribune, and was editor of the Tribune Almanac for several years; until em- ployed on active duty In the Navy during Spanish- Am. War, also from Nov., 1903, to present time. Au- thor: Around the World with the Blue Jackets (a book of travels, 2d edition exhausted). In 1889 was offered consulship at Yokohama, Japan, but an opinion of the attorney-gen. as to the right of a navy diplomatic officer to hold position caused
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lılm to decline the tender by Secretary Blaine; In 1892 was offered nomination to Congress on Repub- llcan ticket from 16th N. Y. Dlst., but declined the honor. Mem. Mll. Order Loyal Leglon and G. A. R .; past-grand representative of Knights Templar of Illinois; 32° Mason; mem. Soc. Naval Engineers, Soc.
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comm'r and founder and trustee Public Library, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Home address: Mount Vernon, N. Y. Official address: Navy Yard, Boston, Mass.
RHOADES, JOHN HARSEN
Banker; b. N. Y. City, Feb. 6, 1869; s. John Harsen and Annie Gardiner (Wheelwright) Rhoades; at- tended Cutler Sch., N. Y. City, Harvard Univ., A.B., class 1892; m. Boston, Mass., Oct. 29, 1895, Katharine Preston Kimball. Trustee Greenwich Savings Bank, N. Y. City; senior partner in firm of Rhoades & Co. Mem. conim'n to revise State Banking Law, 1913. In- dependent Republican; Unitarian. Trustec N. Y. Inst. for, Ed'n of Blind, Northern Dispensary. Clubs: Union League, Lotos, University, Harvard. Residence: 102 E. 35th St. Address: 45 Wall St., N. Y. City.
RHOADES, WILLIAM CALDWELL PLUNKETT
Clergyman; b. Elbridge, N. Y., April 6, 1845; s. Hon. John D. and Seviah (Brown) Rhoades; prepared for college at Munro Collegiate Inst., Elbridge; grad. Williams Coll, A.B., 1866, Rochester (N. Y.) Theol. Sem., 1872, D.D., Theol. Scm. of Univ. of Chicago, D.D., Williams Coll .; m. Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1892, Anna E. Schreuder; children: William Schreuder
Rhoades, b. 1893; Harold Hall Rhoades, b. 1896.
Pastor in Colgate Mission, N. Y. City, 1872-1874; 1st Bapt. Ch., Granville, Ohlo, 1874-1885; Marcy Av. Bapt. Ch., Brooklyn, since 1885. Chaplain 13th Reg't N. G. N. Y., since Feb., 1900. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa ( WII1- iams), Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Trustee Am. Bapt. Ilonie Mission Soc., Vassar Coll., Leland Unlv., New Orleans, Rochester Theol. Scm., Shaw Univ., Raleigh, N. C., Atlanta Bapt. Coll. Address: 400 Putnam Av., Brooklyn, N. Y.
RHODES, BRADFORD
Banker; b. in Beaver Co., Pa., Fcb. 25, 1849; near end of the Civil War enlisted as drummer in 134th Pa. Vols. (Col. M. S. Quay's reglment), and spent some time in Camp Curtin, at Harrisburg, but was not allowed to go to the front on account of youth- ful appearance and delicate health. Was at one time principal Darlington (Pa.) Acad .; in 1872 came to N. Y. City and entered upon journalismn; in 1877 started Rhodes' Journal of Banking; In 1895 bought Bankers' Magazine and merged into it his first jour- nal; elected to N. Y. Assembly, 1887, serving three terms, and was chm'n Com. on Banks and Banking during service in Legislature; in 1892 received unani- inous nomination for Congress by Cong. dist., but de- clined honor. Pres. First Nat. Bank of Mamaroneck, N. Y .; founder and first pres. Thirty-fourth St. Nat. Bank of N. Y. Mem. N. Y. Chamber of Commerce, S. A. R. and other social, political and business or- ganizations. Clubs: Unlon League, Larchmont Yacht. Wykagyl Country. Republican.
Residence: Quaker Ridge, near Mamaroneck, N. Y.
RHODES, THOMAS D.
Railway official; b. in Pa., April 27, 1858; s. Rev. Daniel and Louisa (Cunard) Rhodes; ed. in public schools of Ohio; m. Glendale (suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio), Nov. 22, 1882, Laura May Lovell; children: Lovell, b. 1884, Oliver L. B., b. 1886. Officially con- nected successsively with Cincinnatl Southern, Baltl- more & Ohio Southwestern, South Carolina & Georgia Extension, Northern Alabama, Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Va., and Detroit Southern Railroads, and with the construction co. that built the N. Y., Westchester & Boston R'y .; appt'd by U. S. Court receiver De- troit, Toledo & Ohio R'y; pres. Brunswick Terminal & R'y Securities Co., v .- >, and dir. N. Y. Westchester & Boston R. R. Co., v .- p. and dir. Loraln, Ashland & Southern R. R. Co., Ga. Coast & Piedmont R. R. Co., Northwestern Pa. R. R. Co., Wilmington, New Castle & Delaware City R. R. Co., Wilmington Southern Traction Co., City and Suburban R'y Co. of Ga., Mutual Light & Water Co. of Ga., sec. Wheeling & Lakc Erle R. R. Co. Mem. Ohio Soc., Sons of the Revolution. Clubs: Clty, Midday, Republican. Residence: East Orange, N. J. Address: 30 Broad St., N. Y. Clty.
RICE, CALVIN W.
Sec. Am. Soc. Mech, Eng'rs; b. Winchester, Mass., 'Nov. 1, 1868; s. Edward II. and Lucy J. (Staples) Rice; ed. in public schools and Mass. Inst. of Tech., B.S., 1890; m. Winchester, Mass., Aug. 6, 1904, Ellen M. Welbezahn; children: Edward Winslow, b. 1905: Vir- ginla Worthington, b. 1909 (died 1913). With Thom- son, Houston Elec. Co., 1889-1895; engineer Silver Lake Mines, 1896; consulting engineer Anaconda Cop- per Mining Co., 1897-1898; eng'r Kings Co. Elec. Light & Power Co. of Brooklyn, 1899; N. Y. Edison Co., 1899- 1902; 2d v .- p. Nernst Lamp Co., 1902-1903; consulting eng'r Gen. Elec. Co., 1905-1906. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech.
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Eng'rs, Inst'n Elec. Eng'rs (London), Am. Inst. of Elec. Eng'rs. Club: Engineers. Address: 25 W. 39th St., N. Y. City.
RICE, GEORGE STAPLES
Civil eng'r; b. Boston, Feb. 28, 1849; s. Reuben and Harriet T. (Kettell) Rice; grad. English High. Sch., Boston, 1867; Harvard Univ., S.B., 1870; m. Yonkers, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1889, Rose Breuchaud; one son, Albert F., b. 1896. Had general experience in different branches of eng'ring, principally water supply, drain- age and mining, until 1887, when was made deputy chief eng'r New Croton. Aqueduct, N. Y. Clty; chief eng'r Boston Rapid Transit Comm'n, 1891-1892, and in private practise and instr. in sanitary eng'ring and water supply at Harvard Univ. to 1900, when made deputy chief eng'r Rapid Transit Comm'n in N. Y., and afterward for two years chief eng'r. On forma- tion of Public Service Comm'n for First District of State of New York was made chief eng'r, and later eng'r of subway construction. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Eng'rs, Boston Soc. Civil Eng'rs, New England Water Works Ass'n, Am. Inst. Mining Eng'rs, Mass. High- way Ass'n; pres. Harvard Eng'ring Soc. of N. Y .; mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution. Clubs: Uni- versity, Harvard, Engineers (N. Y. City), Union. Ad- dress: 154 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
RICE, ISAAC LEOPOLD
Financier; b. Wachenheim, Bavaria, Feb. 22, 1850; s. Maier and Fanny (Sohn) Rice; ed. Central High Sch., Phila .; grad. Columbia Law Sch., LL. B., 1880; LL.D. Bates Coll., 1902; m. N. Y. City, 1885, Julia Hyneman Barnctt, and they have six children. Was inst'r Columbia Law Sch. and lecturer at Sch. of Polit, Science until 1886; resigned and devoted him- self exclusively to the practice of railroad law, and in that specialty has been identified with many im- portant negotiations, reorg'ns and litigations, in which has been eminently successful. Was virtually the founder of the storage battery industry of the U. S. Was pres. Electric Storage Battery Co .; founded electric automobile industry by organizing Electric Vehicle Co., of which was first pres. Organized and became pres. Electric Boat Co., which purchased the Holland Torpedo Boat Co .; organized Car Lighting & Power Co., of which is pres .; organized Casein Co. of America and the Forum Publishing Co. Pres. and dir. of all these companies, also of Electric Launch Co., Industrial Oxygen Co., N. J. Development Co., Société Française de Sousmarin, Paris, France; In- ternat. Development Co., Nat. Torpedo Co., Consoli- dated R'y Electric Lighting & Equipment Co., R'y Stationary & Refrigerating Co., Lindstrom Brake Co. Pres., treas. and dir. Casein Co., Nat. Milk Sugar Co., Dry Milk Co., Rosemary Creamery Co., Quaker City Chem. Co., Casein Mf'g Co .; chm'n of the B'd of Dirs. Consolidated Rubber Tire Co .; dir. Buckeye Rubber Co., Chicago Electric Traction Co. Mem. of Franklin Inst. of Pa., Ass'n of the Bar of the City of N. Y. Invented an opening known as the Rice Gambit and presented a handsome silver trophy for Internat. Univs. Chess Matches between America and England and many other chess trophles. Has contributed many articles to North American Review, the Forum and the Century. Recreation: Chess. Clubs: St. George's Chess (London), Manhattan, Rice (N. Y. City), Brooklyn Chess, New York State Ass'n, Law- yers, Harmonia, Automobile, Lotos (N. Y. City), City Liberal (London). Residence: Hotel Ansonla. Ad- dress: 5 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
RICE, JAMES FRANCIS
Physician; b. York, Pa., Sept. 3, 1872; s. William Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Holland) Rice; student at Central High Sch., Philadelphia, 1884; grad. N. Y. Univ., A.B., Philos. Fellow and valedictorian, 1893; A.M., 1895; Coll. Phys. and Surgs. N. Y. City, M.D., 1902. Teacher at N. Y. Sch. for the Blind. N. Y. Clty. 1894-1898. Interne N. Y. Hosp., 1902-1904; House of Relief, 1902-1903; Bloomingdale, 1904; in practice at Buffalo, N. Y., since summer of 1904. Fcllow Buffalo Acad. Medicine. Mem. N. Y. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon, Y. M. C. A., Mason, Knight of Pythias, Knight of Maccabees. Ad- dress: 441 Elmwood Av., Buffalo, N. Y.
RICE, WILLIAM GORHAM
Publicist; b. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1856; s. William A. and Hannah (Scely) Rice; grad. Albany Acad., 1875; m. Albany, N. Y, Fcb., 1892, Harriet Langdon Pruyn; one son, William Gorham, Jr., b. Dec. 1892 (Harvard 1914). Trustee Nat. Savings Bank, Albany. Col. and ass't paymaster gen. State of N. Y., 1875- 1885; sec. to Gov. of N. Y., 1883-1889; mem. B'd of Finance, Albany, N. Y., 1891-1895; comm'r Interstate Exp'n. Charleston, S. C., 1902; U. S. Civil Service comm'r under Pres. Cleveland, 1894-1897. Democratic
Nominee for mayor, Albany, N. Y., 1903. Democrat Episcopalian. Mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion, Sons of Revolution. Treas. B'd of Missions P. E. Ch., Diocese of Albany; junior warden St. Peter's Ch., pres. Hud- son & Mohawk Rivers Peace Soc .; sec. Albany Inst. Philharmonic Soc., Albany Grenfell Ass'n; trustee Dudley Observatory, Y. M. C. A. Recreation: Fly fishing. Clubs: Century (N. Y. City), Cosmos ( Wash- ington, D. C.), Fort Orange (Albany). Address: 115 Washington Av., Albany, N. Y.
RICH, ADELBERT P.
Jurist; b. Cato, Cayuga Co., N. Y., May 16, 1860; & Frank and Frances (Petty) Rich; ed. in schools at Cato, N. Y .; m. Cato, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1881, Ida May Chase; children: Bertha, Frank C., Laura E., Eugene M., Harold R. Admitted to N. Y. State Bar, 1882; pres. B'd of Ed'n. Cato, N. Y., 1882-1884; sp'l county judge of Cayuga Co., 1883-1886, removed to Auburs in fall of 1884; dist. att'y of the county, 1887-1893: elected justice Supreme Court, 1889, term expiring Dec. 31, 1914; designed by gov. to sit in Appellate 'Div. Supreme Court, State of N. Y., Second Judicial Dep't, 1904. Clubs: City, Masonic, Owasco Country (Auburn), Republican (N. Y. Clty), Hamilton, Brook. lyn (Brooklyn). Address: Auburn, N. Y.
RICH, BURDETT A.
Lawyer, editor of law books; b. Cataraugus, N. Y. Oct. 24, 1854; s. Charles J. and Lucy A. (Freeborn) Rich; ed. Chamberlain Inst., Randolph, N. Y., Red Wing Collegiate Inst., Red Wing. Minn., Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., A.B., (first honors), 1878; m. Middletown, Conn., July 22, 1880. Nellie Hagarty; children: Anna Lucy, b. 1882 (dled 1913), Merne Eliza- beth, b. 1885, Helen Margaret, b. 1889. Practised law at Cataraugus, N. Y., 1880-1886; editor of law books since 1886; editor-in-chief Lawyers' Cooperative Pub- lishing Co .; editor of U. S. Supreme Court Digest. 1887, 1897, 1900, 1908; editor of General Digest of American and English Reports (annually) 1888-1900; editor of Lawyers' Reports Annotated (annually) since 1889; editor U. S. Supreme Court Reports (Lawyers' Edition) since 1899. Editor legal monthly, Case and Comment, 1893-1909; contb'r to various legal publica- tions. Travelcd in Europe, 1901-1907-1909; on Pa- cific Coast, 1902; in the South and Cuba. 1903. Direc- tor and sec. Lawyers' Cooperative Publishing Co. Republican. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Mem. American Bar Ass'n, N. Y. State Bar Ass'n, Internat. Law Ass'n, Am. Soclety of International Law, Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, National Geog. Soc., Am. Polit. Selenee Ass'n, Ain. Civic Ass'n, State Chart- ties Aid Ass'n. Trustee and v .- p. Genessce Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, N. Y .: mem. Psl Upsilon fraternity. Recreation: Golf. Clubs: University, Gencssee Val- lcy, Rochester Athletie Oak Hill Country. Address: 18 Fairview Heights, Rochester, N. Y.
RICH, GAIUS BARRETT
Banker; b. Buffalo, N. Y., May 5, 1849; s. Andrew J. and Mary (Townsend) Rich: ed. Buffalo Classical Sch., and Europe: m. Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1873, Cor- nclia Perrine; children: G. Barrett, Jr., Harold P. (dled July 31, 1894). Entered Bank of Attica (or- ganized by grandfather, 1836), Buffalo, 1867. and be- came pres. 1880. which offlec held until retirement from active business Feb., 1895 (name of bank was changed to Buffalo Commercial Bank, 1890). V .- p. Erle County Savings Bank; dir. and mem. Exec. Com. since org'n, 1903, of Commonwealth Trust Co. Pay- master-gen. State of N. Y., on staff of Gov. Grover Cleveland; officer In N. G., 1871-1885. Republican;
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Ch., since 1872; mem. S. A. R., Soc. Colonial Wars. Mason, Shriner. Recreation: Traveling. Club: Buffalo (pres. 1901). Residence: 1305 Main St. Address: 723 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.
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RICH, GAIUS BARRETT, JR.
Manager Federal Telephone and Telegraph Co .; b. Buffalo, N. Y .. Aug. 11, 1875; s. Gen. Gains Barrett aud Cornelia (Perrine) Rich; grad. Yale. Ph. B., 1897; m. Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 1. 1900, Grace E. Danforth; children: Galus Barrett, 3d, b. July 15, 1901; Dan- forth, b. July 10, 1904; Harold Perrine. b. April 20, 1906; Townsend, b. Nov. 17, 1909. Mg'r Federal Tele- phone and Telegraph Co. Served as Ist lieut. 65th Reg't, N. G N. Y., July 20, 1897-Sept. 23, 1902, includ- ing six months' service in U. S. Vol. Army, 1898; comm'd Jan. 1, 1907, major and aide-de-camp on stan of Gov. Hughes; reappt'd on staff of Gov. White; 1st lieut. 74th Reg't, N.G.N.Y., Nov. 24, 1908-Jan. 21. 1912. Republican. Presby'n (elder); dir. Y. M. C. A., Buffalo. Mason, Lodge of Ancient Landmarks (master); Adytum Chapter, R. A. M .: Buffalo Con- sistory, A. A. S. R. Mem. S. A. R., United Spanish
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War Veterans; v .- p. Buffalo Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: University, Buffalo Canoe, Rotary (pres.). Residence: 204 Linwood Av. Address: 156 Pearl St., Buffalo, N. Y.
RICH, WILLIAM LATHROP
Merchant; b. Yonkers, N. Y., March 20, 1857; s. Josiah and Helen M. (Peabody) Rich; ed. Yonkers, N. Y., and Montgomery Hoopers Acad .; m. 2d, New Brunswick, N. J., Aug. 6, 1905, Florence Brown; one son: William Lathrop, Jr., b. April 2, 1890. V .- p. and dir. Black, Starr * Frost, jewelers and importers of precious stones, formerly foreign buyer. Mem. Sons of Revolution, State of N. Y. Clubs: Union League, Sleepy Hollow, Auto- mobile of America. Residence: 635 Park Av. Address: $94 Fifth Av., N. Y. City.
RICHARD, EDWIN A.
Merchant; b. N. Y. City, Nov. 17, 1865; s. Auguste and Margaret H. (Strong) Richard; ed. Columbia Coll .; m. Baltimore, Md., 1899, Antonina Heyward Dearing. Partner in firm of H. A. Cæsar & Co. Served 712 years in 7th Reg't, N.G.N.Y. Mem. Am. Geog. Soc., Met. Museum of Art, Psi Upsilon. Soc. (Columbia). Trustee N. Y. Bot. Garden. Dir. in Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hosp. Recreations: Fishing, hunting. Clubs: N. Y. Athletic, Englewood Golf, Merchants, Blooming Grove Hunting and Fishing. Residence: 50 W. 90th St. Address: 50 Union Sq., N. Y. City.
RICHARD, OSCAR L.
Banker and steamship agent; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 2, 1855; s. Charles B. and Julia (Hiller) Richard; ed. Charlier Inst., class of 1872; m. N. Y., Dec. 20, 1883, Alice Littauer; children: Harold C., -Walter L., George N. Senior mem. firm of C. B. Richard & Co., bankers (which father founded 1847), and steamship agents. General agents Lloyd Italiano, Genoa, Naples and N. Y. Pres. The State Bank, 376-378 Grand St., N. Y. City; mem. Produce Exchange; Chamber of Commerce State of N. Y .; Italian Chamber of Commerce, N. Y .; Am. Chamber of Commerce, Paris; Am. Chamber of Commerce, Naples. Republican. Clubs: Veterans' Ass'n, N. Y. Athletic, Automobile of America, Atlantic Yacht, Baltusrol Golf. Residence: 46 E. 72d St. Ad- dress: 31-33 Broadway, N. Y. City.
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