Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 131

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 751

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Division of Words," "The Fan in Ro- mance and History," "The Romance of the Finger-ring," "The Story of the Wheel," "The Sunshade and the Umbrel- la." "From Rush-mat to Folding Bed," "From Pouch Purse to Pocket Book," "The Story of the Pocket Handkerchief," etc. Mr. Vizetelly has contributed to Ap- pleton's Annual Encyclopædia, The Jewish Encyclopedia, The Illustrated London News, The Independent (New York), The Literary Digest, the New York Sun, the New York Times, St. Nicholas Magazine, the Woman's Home Companion, and pa- pers on the technical side of book-making to the Typographical Journal and the In- ternational Printer. More recently he has contributed a critical study of Emile Zola to The Pilgrim (Nov., 1902), and has pub- lished several papers on conditions pre- vailing in the Congo Free State. In April, 1903, he was elected fellow of the So- ciety for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, London, England. Address, 200 West 142d St .; of- fice, care Funk & Wagnalls Company. 30 Lafayette Place, New York.

VOGDES, Anthony W .:

Colonel, U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from New York; second lieuten- ant, One Hundredth New York Infantry, Aug. 13, 1863; first lieutenant, March 19, 1864; honorably mustered out Aug. 28, 1865; second lieutenant, Fourth U. S. In- fantry, April 26, 1866; first lieutenant, May 15, 1867; transferred to Fifth Ar- tillery, May 22: 1875; captain, Oct. 1, 1889; major, Oct. 5, 1900; lieutenant-colonel, Artillery Corps, July 30, 1902; colonel, 1903. Address. Key West Barracks, Fla.

VOGEL, Max:

Builder; born in New York City. When only nineteen years of age, but with a practical education gained inthis city, he started in the building material busi- ness; after an experience of twelve years in the plate and window glass importing trade he naturally drifted into channels which gave him something like twenty years' experience with builders, contrac- tors, etc. Upon retiring from the glass business he engaged actively in the con- struction business, having erected some fine apartment houses. including the Hudsonia, Claremont Hall. Helene and the Minerva. He is a member of the West End Association. Address, 315 West 79th St., New York.

VOLK, Douglas:

Artist; born in Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 23, 1856; son of Leonard W. Volk, sculp- tor; studied in Rome, Italy, 1871-73, and with Gérôme, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1873-79; exhibited at Paris Salon, 1875. Professor of drawing at Cooper Union, 1879-83; founded Minneapolis School of Fine Arts, 1886. Member National Jury of Fine Arts, Columbian Exposition, 1893;

member advisory committee, Applied Arts, St. Louis Exposition, 1904; National Academician, and member of the Society of American Artists, 1899-1900. Was in- structor of drawing in Art Students' League, New York, 1893-99. He has re- ceived medals at Columbian Exposition, also at Buffalo and Charleston; first prize, Colonial Exhibition, Boston, 1899; Shaw prize, Society of American Artists, New York, 1899; Carnegie prize, Society of American Artists, New York, 1903. Repre- sented in permanent collections, Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington. D. C .; Carnegie Institute; Pittsfield Museum. Some im- portant pictures are: "Accused of Witch- craft," "Song of the Pines," "Maiden's Reverie," "The Colonial Mother." "Moth- erhood," "The Woodland Maid," "The Boy with the Arrow." Has lectured and written on art in the Public School and the Handicrafts. At present is instructor of portrait painting at the Art Students' League, New York, and the Cooper Union, New York. Address, 27 West 67th St., New York.

VONNOH, Bessie Potter:

Sculptor; born in St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 17, 1872; educated at Cook County Nor- mal School under Colonel Parker; studied at Art Institute, Chicago. Married Rob- ert W .. Vonnoh, Sept. 17, 1899. Principal work, statuettes. Member of the Nation- al Sculptor. Society. Medal, Paris Ex- position, 1900. Residence, Rockland Lake, Rockland County. N. Y .; studio, 25 West 67th: St., New York. .

VONNOH, Robert:

Portrait, figure and landscape painter; born in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 17, 1858; educated at Boston public schools, and Massachusetts Normal Art School, Bos- ion,: 1875-79. Instructor of painting and drawing at Massachusetts Normal Art School. 1879-81; instructor of drawing at Roxbury Evening Drawing School, and Thayer. Normal Academy, South Brain- tree. Mass .; studied at Julian Academy, Paris. 1881-83. Married, first, Grace D. Farrell, July 7, 1886, at Boston (died) ; second. Bessie O. Potter, Sept. 17, 1899, at Rockland Lake, N. Y. Instructor of painting at Cowles Art School, Boston, 1884-85; principal East Boston Evening Drawing School, 1883-85; principal in- structor of portrait and figure painting at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1885- 87; abroad, 1887-91; principal instructor of portrait and figure painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Phil- adelphia. 1891-96. Exhibitor at Paris Sa- lon, Munich and London Exhibitions, Uni- versal Exhibitions, Paris, 1889-1900; Stockholm, 1896; World's Fair, Chicago, 1893; Buffalo, 1901, etc. Member National Jury for American Section Paris Exposi- tion. 1900. and International Juries Car- negie Expositions, Pittsburgh. Received medals at Boston, Paris, Chicago, Buffalo

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and Charleston; Thomas R. Proctor prize for portraiture, N. Y. Member Secession, Munich; Society American Artists, New York; Society American Portrait Paint- ers, New York; National Arts Club, New York; associate of National Academy of Design, New York. Residence, Rock- land Lake, Rockland County. N. Y .; stu- dio, 25 West 67th St., New York.

von SALTZA, Carl Frederick:

Artist, portrait painter; born Sörby, province of Ostergöthland, Sweden, Oct. 29, 1858. Parents: Count Carl Anton Philip von Saltza and Countess Gustava Christina Dela Gardie. Received edu- cation in private schools in Upsala and Stockholm. Studied painting in the Royal Academy, Stockholm, under Georg von Rosen and Aug. Mahnstrom. Con- tinued studies in the Royal Academy, Brussels, Belgium, under Partaëlo, von Severdonck and Stallaert; also under private teachers in Paris. Married, Stockholm, Sweden, 1883, to Henriette Stoopendael. Instructor in painting and drawing, St. Louis School of Fine Arts, 1892-98. Instructor in painting, Chicago Art Institute, 1898-99. Instructor, Teach- ers' College, Columbia University, 1899- 01. Has exhibited in Paris, International . Exhibition, Berlin. 1896; World's Fair, Chicago; Stockholm International Ex- hibition. 1897; National Academy of De- sign. New York; Society of American Artists, New York, and other places in America and abroad. Member of Sal- magundi Club. Address, 204 West 55th Street, New York.

von WEDEKIND, Luther L .:

Surgeon, U. S. Navy; born, March 6, 1864, in Lancaster, Pa., and son of Rev. Augustus C. von Wedekind, D. D., late pastor of St. James Ev. Lutheran Church and St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church, both in New York City. Graduate of Co- lumbia College, New York. Ex-house surgeon Chambers Street hospital, New York. Entered U. S. Naval service Nov. 3, 1888, being appointed from New York. Assistant surgeon, Nov. 3, 1888; passed as- sistant surgeon, Nov. 3, 1892; Pensacola, 1889; Naval Hospital, Chelsea, 1892; New- ark. 1893; Naval Academy, 1896; Minne- apolis, 1898. Oregon, 1899; Puget Sound, Naval Station. 1900. Promoted to sur- geon, Nov. 19. 1900; Cincinnati, Dec., 1901 to 1903. Member of the Army and Navy Club, New York and Washington; University Club, Philadelphia, Pa., and Army and Navy Club, Manila, P. I. Ad- dress, care of Navy Department, Wash- ington, D. C.

VOORHIS, Ernest:

Protestant Episcopal clergyman; born in New York, March 8, 1859; son of Com- modore Jacob Voorhis, Jr .; educated at Princeton University (1880); General The-

ological Seminary (1885); New York Uni- versity (A. M., 1891, and Ph. D., 1893). Ordained deacon, 1885; priest, 1886. In charge of mission of St. John the Evan- gelist, St. Johns, N. Y., 1885-88; assist- ant at St. Augustine's Chapel. Trinity Parish, New York City, 1889. Instructor in classics at the Cutler School, New York City. 1890; on staff of Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, since 1900; head master Cathedral Choir School since 1901. Address. 110th St. and Am- sterdam Ave., New York.

VOSBURGH, Walter S .:

Journalist; born in New York; received academic education; for many years writ- er on turf topics in daily and weekly newspapers in New York. For several years past and at present official handi- capper of the Racing Associations of the eastern turf. He has, while filling this position, necessarily made many enemies but the fair minded men connected with racing concede that he has filled his po- sition with impartiality and a great de- gree of success. Address, Windsor Ar- cade, New York.

VREELAND, Herbert Harold:

Railway president; born at Glen, Mont- gomery County, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1856; son of Rev. A. H. and Jane (Van Riper) Vree- land; married Carrie L. Reed. In 1874 entered the service of the Long Island Railroad Company, and passed through almost every grade of the transportation department to freight and passenger con- ductor. In 1881 became a conductor on the newly constructed New York City & Northern Railroad, afterward the New York & Northern Railway Company, of which company he became successively train master, superintendent, general su- perintendent and general manager; re- signed, in 1893, to accept the presidency of the Houston, West Street & Pavonia Ferry Railroad Company, of which com- pany and its successors, the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, the Interurban Street Railway Company (now New York City Railway Company), and the Metro- politan Securities Company, he has been the chief executive officer ever since. Under his presidency nearly thirty in- dependent and competing companies own- ing horse-car franchises have been united in one great system, which now com- prises every surface line in the Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx and aggre -- gates almost 500 miles of track; a large part of this mileage has been equipped with the most advanced and costly sys- tem of electric traction and the remain- der is rapidly being converted. In addi- tion to the companies above named he is president and director of the following: Bleecker Street & Fulton Ferry Railroad Company, Central Park, North & East River Railroad. Dry Dock, East Broadway & Battery Railroad, Forty-second Street

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& Grand Street Ferry Railroad, Fulton Street Railroad, Third Avenue Railroad, Thirty-fourth Street Crosstown Railroad, Twenty-eighth & Twenty-ninth Streets Crosstown Railroad, Twenty-third Street Railroad; is also director of Broadway & Seventh Avenue Railroad, National Bank of Commerce in New York, Union Ex- change Bank, and Electric Vehicle Com- pany. He is president of the New York Railroad Club; an honorary member of the Tramways and Light Railways As- sociation of Great Britain, a member of the Electric Railway Test Commission of the Universal Exposition at St. Louis, 1904, and a member of the Lawyers, Transportation, Engineers, Democratic, New York Athletic and New York Riding Clubs, also of the Country Club of Lake- wood and Kishawana Golf Club of Brew- ster, N. Y. Office address, 621 Broadway, New York.

VROOMAN, John W .:

Superintendent of the Provident Sav- ings Life Assurance Society of New York. Born in Herkimer County, N. Y., March 28, 1844. Holland Dutch ancestry; a de- scendant of the family of General Nicho- las Herkimer. Served in the United States Navy during the Civil War. Ad- mitted to the bar shortly after the close of the war. Chief Clerk Surrogate's Court. Herkimer County, 1868-78; deputy clerk, New York State Assembly. 1876-77; sec- retary of State Senate. 1878-88; secretary of Republican State Committee, 1880-88. Candidate on Republican ticket for lieu- tenant-governor, 1891; Presidential elector, 1892. Grand Master of Masons of the State of New York. 1889-91. Member Aaron Helmer Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and Monitor Association of Naval Veterans. Aide on the staff of the commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic of the United States. President New York `Life Underwriters Association. Director in Provident Sav- ings Life, Herkimer National Bank, Methodist Episcopal Hospital of Brooklyn, and other institutions. Trustee and form- er president of the Holland Society of New York. Member Empire State Socie- ty, Sons of American Revolution. Mem- ber Union League and Republican Clubs of New York, Montauk Club of Brooklyn, New York Yacht Club and other organiza- tions. Residence, Herkimer, N. Y.

WADSWORTH, James Wolcott:

Republican member of Congress, of Geneseo; was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 12, 1846; was preparing at New Ha- ven, Conn., to enter Yale College, but left in the fall of 1864 and entered the army, serving on the staff of General G. K. Warren to the close of the war; was su- 21

pervisor of the town of Geneseo during 1875, 1876, and 1877; was member of the Assembly in 1878 and 1879, and comptrol- ler of the State of New York in 1880 and 1881; was elected to the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, Fifty-second, Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, and Fifty-seventh Congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress. Address, Geneseo, N .Y.

WAGNALLS, Adam Willis:

Publisher; born in Lithopolis, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1843. He was graduated from the Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, in 1866. Married Anna Willis in 1868. He moved to Kansas and was city clerk of Atchison from 1871 to 1873. Removing to New York he entered the publishing busi- ness in 1876 and was one of the founders of the large publishing house of Funk & Wagnalls Company. whose most impor- tant work is the Standard Dictionary. Address, 30 Lafayette Place, New York.

WAGNALLS, Mabel:

Pianist, author; born in Kansas City, Mo., April 20, 1871; daughter of Adam W. Wagnalls (of the publishing firm of Funk & Wagnalls) and Anna (Willis) Wag- nalls. Studied music with Franz Kullak, of Berlin, Germany, and there made her début (1889) at the Sing-Academie; played later (1891) in New York with Theodore Thomas' orchestra and Anton Seidl; was soloist at New York State Music Teach- ers Convention, Binghamton, and at other concerts and recitals. Author of "Stars of the Opera," "Miserere," "Selma, the Soprano," and various short stories and serials. Address, 30 Lafayette Place, New York.

WAGNER, Joseph:

Democratic State Senator, representing the Ninth district in the Senate; was born in Alsace, Germany, in 1853. Early came to America with parents and set- tled in Newark, N. J .; at age of fifteen went to Brooklyn, there learning the car- penter's trade. In 1875, entered into busi- ness for himself as a carpenter and build- er; in 1881 he accepted the position of messenger to the Board of Aldermen, but continued in the building business until 1883, when he was appointed superinten- dent of the Truant Home. In 1884, when the building trade, after a period of de- pression, began to revive, he resigned his position and resumed business as a build- er and general contractor on a larger scale; has executed some of the largest contracts in the city of Brooklyn, and is still in the same business; elected to Sen- ate in 1898, 1900 and 1902; in 1903 was ap- pointed a member of the following Sen- ate committees: Railroads, Banks, and Engrossed Bills. Address, 82 Debevoise St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

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WAID, D. Everett:

Architect; member firm of J. G. Howard & D. E. Waid; has office as consulting architect at No. 1 Madison Ave .; formerly practiced in Chicago; early training was obtained in Columbia University, N. Y., and in the office of W. L. B. Jenney, Chi- cago; is a member of the American In- stitute of Architects, the New York Chap- ter A. I. A., the Architectural League of New York, the National Arts Club, and Players Club. Address, 156 Fifth Ave., New York.

WAINWRIGHT, Jonathan Mayhew:

Republican Assemblyman for the Second Assembly district of Westchester County; born in New York, Dec. 10, 1864; is the grandson and namesake of the late Bishop Wainwright, of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the State, who was the grand- son of Jonathan Mayhew, the Boston di- vine and patriot. His mother was Mar- garet Stuyvesant, a direct descendant of Petrus Stuyvesant, the last Dutch Gov- ernor. Was educated at schools in this country, France, and Germany; gradu- ated from Columbia College, New York, in 1884, and from the Columbia Law School in 1886, being admitted to the bar in the same year; has practiced his pro- fession in New York and Westchester Counties; was a member of the New York National Guard for eleven years, during nine of which he was adjutant of the Twelfth Regiment, N. G. N. Y. When war was declared with Spain he volun- teered, serving throughout the war as a captain in the Twelfth New York Infan- try, U. S. V .; is a director of the Rye National Bank, and of the Mutual Trust Company of Westchester County and Port Chester, has recently been elected presi- dent of the Westchester and Bronx Title and Mortgage Guaranty Company. Elect- ed to Assembly in 1901 and 1902. In 1903 appointed a member of the following As- sembly committees: Judiciary, Banks, and Military Affairs. Address, Rye, West- chester County, N. Y.

WAIT, John Cassan:

Lawyer and engineer; was born at Nor- wich, Chenango County, N. Y., June 4, 1860; son of Andrew Marcellus Wait, a native of Briar Creek, Town of Butter- nuts, Otsego County, N. Y., and Ambrosia J. (Sergent) Wait, the daughter of John Sergent, of Butternuts, Otsego County, N. Y. After attending public schools in his native town, worked in a planing mill and sash, door and blind factory; 1878, he re- ceived a competitive State scholarship to Cornell University and entered the civil engineering department of that institu- tion, where he remained until 1882. In his senior year he was president of the College Engineering Association, chief en- gineer of the department, and its sole representative at commencement exercises

in 1882. In 1880, while still studying, he made surveys, estimates, etc., for water works at Norwich, N. Y., and in 1881 he made surveys, maps and proposals for Mutual Union Telegraph lines from Syra- cuse to Buffalo, N. Y., Cumberland, Md., to St. Louis, Mo., and Cincinnati to Co- lumbus, O. In 1882 became engineer of the United Pipe Lines of the Standard Oil Company; 1882-83 was engaged in re- locating and constructing the Dakota Cen- tral division of the Chicago & North- western Railway, and constructed a bridge across the Sioux river. During 1883-84 he designed and superintended the construc- tion of car shops at the corner of the West Indiana Railway and 59th St., Chi- cago; planned and purchased the ma- chinery and equipment; superintended the manufacture of electric dynamos under Hirsch's patents and installed the same with a one-hunared-horse-power boiler and engine. Spent part of the year 1884-85 in engineering work in connection with the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, Han- nibal, Mo., to Dallas, Tex. In 1885-86 was professor of mathematics, chemistry and physics in the Ironton, O., public schools; in 1886-87 professor of engineering and architecture, commandant and superin- tendent in Norwich University, Vermont's Military Institute, and was dean of the faculty, and by virtue of his position he was Captain of Artillery of the Vermont National Guards; 1887-94 was instructor and assistant professor of engineering at Harvard and served as engineer to the University, having charge of surveys and construction work, including several mil- lion dollars' worth of buildings and the "Soldiers' Field." Meanwhile he attended the Harvard Law School, and in 1891 was graduated LL.B. In the same year he received on examination the degree of master of civil engineering "with the highest distinction" at Cornell University, and was elected a member of the Amer- ican Society of Civil Engineers, City of New York; was admitted to the Boston bar in 1891, and in 1892 superintended the preparation of the educational exhibit sent by Harvard to the Columbian Exposition, and in 1893-95 was editor of the Railroad Gazette, and author of "The Car-Build- ers' Dictionary," 1895-edition. In 1896 he attended the State Civil Service, examina- tions for civil engineers, and passed with the highest general average, rank No. 1 on the eligible list. During 1896-97 was. employed by the State of New York on the $9,000,000 Erie Canal improvement, in charge of surveys of the Oswego canal, Syracuse to Phoenix, N. Y., in charge of improvement of the Erie Canal through the City of Syracuse, and in charge of storage reservoirs in the Adirondack re- gion. and rebuilt the State dam on the north branch of the Black river; returned to New York City in 1897, and was ad- mitted to the bar of that State at Albany in Jan., 1898. As an attorney and coun- sellor at law his specialty is engineering

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and architectural jurisprudence. For his book with that title he was, in 1895, awarded the Fuertes gold medal of Cor- nell University for meritorious contribu- tion to engineering progress. From 1900- 1904 was assistant corporation counsel to the City of New York in charge of con- tracts, etc., for public improvements. Be- sides contributions to the Engineering Magazine and other periodicals he has published the "Car Builders' Dictionary" (1895) ; "Engineering and Architectural Jurisprudence" (1897) ; "Law of Opera- tions Preliminary to Construction in En -. gineering and Architecture" (1900); "Law of Contracts" (1901); "Calendar of In- vention and Discovery" (1903); "Genealog- ical Records of the Wait Family of Rhode Island," and has in press "Poems of In- dustry and Labor." Is a member of the Harvard Law Association, Cornell Asso- ciation of Civil Engineers, Cornell Club, the New York Railroad Club, and the . American Society of Civil Engineers, Mu- nicipal Engineers of New York. Was married at Ironton, O., June 29, 1886, to Ginevra Caroline, daughter of Thomas Richmond and Annar Eliza Westlake. Address, 220 Broadway, New York.

WAIT, Lucien Augustus:

Professor of mathematics at Cornell; born at Highgate, Vt., Feb. 28, 1846. At- tended Phillips Exeter Academy, going thence to Yale, where he graduated in 1870; same year he accepted a position as assistant professor in the mathemat- ics department of Cornell, holding this until made U. S. Consul at Athens and Piræus, Greece. After a year he returned to Cornell, resuming his former connec- tions; 1887, he was made associate pro- fessor, in 1890 full professor of the same department; since 1895 he has been head of the mathematics department. Member of Phi Beta Kappa. Address, Ithaca, N. Y.

WAKEFIELD. Wilson F .:

Clergyman; graduated from University of Rochester in 1874; from Rochester The- ological Seminary in 1878; pastor Baptist church, Truxton, N. Y., 1878-1879; De Ruyter, N. Y., 1879-1881; Mahopac Falls, N. Y., 1881-83; Port Chester, N. Y., 1883- 93; was private Company E, Second New York Artillery, 1861-65. Address, Port Chester, N. Y. -

WALCOTT, W. Stuart:

President New York Mills, Oneida Coun- ty; born New York Mills, N. Y., Feb 11, 1843; enlisted Sept., 1861, in the Seventy- sixth Regiment of New York State Vol- unteer Infantry, serving as second lieu- tenant; entered business in 1865 with his father in the manufacture of cotton at New York Mills. In 1890 he was appoint- ed visitor to Annapolis Naval Academy by President Harrison. Made president of

the New York Mills, treasurer of Walcott & Campbell Spinning Company, vice-pres- ident of the Oneida National Bank, Utica; vice-president of the Savings Bank of Utica. Address, New York Mills, Oneida County, N. Y.

WALDRON, Francis A. J .:

Educator; graduated from University of Rochester in 1889; from Rochester Theo- logical Seminary in 1893; assistant prin- cipal Jackson College, 1889-90; professor of Latin, Alfred University, 1893-96; has been conducting private school, Roches- ter, since 1896. Address, 2 Lee Place, Rochester, N. Y.

WALKER, Albert Henry:

Lawyer; born in Fairfax, Vt., Nov. 25, 1844; graduated Law Department, North- western University, 1877. Member Con- necticut legislature 1891-92; non-resident lecturer on patent law, Cornell University, ever since 1889, and also University of Michigan ever since 1896; has argued many cases in twenty-one States, and conducted hundreds of litigations in thir- ty-six States. Author "Walker on Pat- ents." Offices, Floor 25, Park Row Build- ing, Manhattan, New York; residence, Hotel Majestic, Central Park West, New York.

WALKER, Alexander:

Banker and real estate; born in the par- ish of Rafford Morayshire, Scotland, June 25, 1852; son of James and Helen S. Walker. He received his education in the parish school of Rafford, and on the completion of his studies served an ap- prenticeship as stonecutter in Forres,

Scotland. Coming to New York he pur- sued his trade here at the same time taking a course in the New York Evening High School. He engaged in stone cut- ting business under the firm name of Gillis & Walker and subsequently in the real estate business under the firm of Walker & Lawson. He is still engaged in real estate transactions and large building operations. He has been connected with the Colonial Bank of New York since its incorporation and its president for the past seven years; also director Green- wich Bank. He is a member of the Gen- eral Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, the Caledonian and Curling Clubs, the New York Scottish Society, New York Historical Society, the West End Associ- ation, the Morningside Heights Associa- tion and the West Side Republican Club. Address, 414 Riverside Drive.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 131

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R Publication date: 1904 Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co. Number of Pages: 751

Author: Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, 1847-1910; Leonard, John William, 1849-; Mohr, William Frederick, 1870-; Knox, Herman Warren, 1881-; Holmes, Frank R
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: New York : L.R. Hamersly Co.
Number of Pages: 751