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Was born June 13, 1867, at Watertown, Wis .; son of Evan T. and Anne Roberts Williams; lived in St. Paul, Minn., until 1891; A. B., Williams College, 1889; A. M., 1892; fellow in biology at Williams Col- lege, 1891-92; M. D., Columbia University, New York, 1895. Interne in Nursery and Child's Hospital, Sloane Maternity Hos- pital, New York Hospital, to 1897; deputy attending physician to Hudson Street Hospital until 1902; assistant demonstra- tor histology, (Physicians and Surgeons), Columbia University, 1897-99; lecturer in hygiene at Cornell Medical College, New York; instructor in medicine at Cornell Medical College, New York; assistant pa- thologist at General Memorial Hospital. Residence, Hotel San Remo, Central Park West, New York.
WILNER, F. A .:
Lieutenant commander, U. S. Navy; appointed from New York, June 22, 1869; graduated, May 31, 1873; ensign, July 16, 1874; master, March 25, 1880; lieutenant (junior grade). March 3, 1883; lieutenant, May 13, 1886; Alaska, European Station, Aug. 5, 1873, to Oct. 13, 1873; Wabash, Key West, Oct. 13, 1873, to April 1, 1874; Congress, European Station, April 1, 1875, to Aug. 26, 1875; Hartford, return to the United States, Aug. 26, 1875, to Oct. 16, 1875; Vandalia, European Station, Jan. 10, 1876, to Feb. 5. 1879; Nautical Almanac Office, May 21, 1879, to March 15, 1880; U. S. S. Constellation, March 17, 1880, to June 12, 1880; Irish Relief Cruise, U. S. receiving-ship Passaic, July 15, 1880, to Dec. 13, 1880; Washington Yard. Coast Survey, Dec. 15, 1880, to Sept. 25. 1883; in charge Hydrographic party on schooner Silliman, Dec. 9, 1882, to July 1, 1883; Coast Survey Office, July 2, 1883, to Sept. 25, 1883; U. S. S. Alert, Asiatic Station, Oct. 20, 1883, to Sept. 25, 1886; Naval Ordnance Proving Ground, Jan. 3, 1887; inspector of armor, June 8, 1893, to Oct., 1895; U. S. S. Philadelphia, Oct. 25, 1895; U. S. S. Adams, July, 1896, to Jan., 1898; UJ. S. S. Monadnock, Jan .. 1898; returning from Monadnock, Dec., 1898. Promoted to lieutenant commander. March 3. 1899;
receiving-ship Wabash, April 8, 1899; and training-ship Dixie, Aug. 18, 1900, to June, 1902; Navy Yard, Pensacola, Dec., 1902, to 1903. Present address, Naval Station, New Orleans, La.
WILSON, Edmund B .:
Biologist; born in Geneva, Ill., Oct. 19, 1856; son of Judge Isaac G. Wilson, of Chicago, Ill., and Caroline Clark Wilson; prepared for college at Antioch College, Ohio, and at Chicago University; gradu- ated at the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University in 1878; received the de- gree of Doctor of Philosophy from Johns Hopkins University, 1882, and the degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Chicago and Yale University in 1901, and from Johns Hopkins in 1902. After studying at the Universities of Cambridge and Leipsic in 1882-83, was lecturer in biology at .Williams College, 1883-84; lec- turer in biology at the Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology, 1883-84; professor of biology at Bryn Mawr College, 1885-91; professor of zoology at Columbia Univer- sity, 1892-1903; at present director of the department of zoology, Columbia Univer- sity. Member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Ameri- can Society of Naturalists (ex-president), the American Society of Zoologists (ex- president), and other societies. Author of "The Cell in Development and Inheri- tance," ."An Atlas of Fertilization and Karyokinesis," "Text-Book of General Bi- ology" (with W. T. Sedgwick), and of many special monographs, papers and es- says. Joint editor, with H. F. Osborn, of the Columbia Biological Series; associate editor of the Journal of Morphology, the Biological Bulletin and the Journal of Ex- perimental Zoology. Address, Columbia University, New York.
WILSON, Floyd Baker:
Lawyer and author; was born at Water- vliet, Albany County, N. Y., June 23, 1845; son of William Henry and Evelyn (Weaver) Wilson. His great-grandfather, William Wilson, a member of the Scotch community in the North of Ireland, emi- grated to America about 1760, and set- tled at Watervliet, N. Y .; he afterwards served as a commissioned officer in the army during the War of the Revolution. Young Wilson was educated at the Jones- ville Academy, Saratoga County, and after teaching school to pay his way through college, he was graduated at the Univer- sity of Michigan in 1871, and at the Ohio Law School (now Adelbert College) two years later as valedictorian of his class. In 1874 the university conferred upon him the degree of A. M. He began the prac- tice of his profession in Chicago, Ill., and while there was called upon to deliver a number of lectures at Racine College on elocution and English literature. In 1880 he removed to New York City, where he
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has devoted himself to corporation law and to the promotion of mining and other enterprises, which have taken him on trips through Europe, Mexico, Central America, and some of the South Am- erican Republics. He is president and counsel of the Santa Barbara Gold Placer Company, the Ruby Gold & Copper Com- pany, and of the Arizona Gold & Copper Company; counsel of the Salvador Mining and Milling Company; director of the San- ta Fe and Grand Canyon Railway Com- pany, and is interested in various other enterprises. Mr. Wilson is the author of "Uphill," a novel, 1880, and has published a translation of the Spanish comedy, "La Coja y el Encojido," besides contributing frequently to Harper's, Lippincott's, God- ey's, Engineering Magazine, Metaphysical Magazine, Mind, etc., on subjects of travel and research. His latest metaphysical work is "Paths to Power," 1901. In rec- ognition of his literary achievements he was made the alumni poet of the Univer- sity of Michigan in 1880, and its orator in 1888, and received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Richmond College in June, 1901. He is president of the School of Philosophy of New York, a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Club, the Masonic Order, the Scottish Rite Order, the Mys- tic Shrine, the New Shakespeare Society of London, the Lotos Club, and the Bar Association. Mr. Wilson is an active Re- publican . in politics, having frequently spoken in political campaigns, and for many years holding membership in the New York Republican Club. He was married in Cleveland, O., July 28, 1874, to Esther Maria, daughter of Horace Gil- lette and Maria Cleveland, and has two daughters, Pearl Cleveland, now in Vassar College, and Beryl Madeline Wilson. Ad- dress, 30 Broad St., New York.
WILSON, Francis:
Actor; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 7, 1854; made first appearance on the stage in 1864 under the name of Master Johnny; formed partnership with James Mackin, appearing in New York, Chicago and San Francisco; 1878, became a mem- ber of a stock company in Philadelphia. Engaged for leading comedy rôles at New York Casino, and there created the char- acter of Cadeaux in "Erminie"; left the casino company in 1888. and organized a' company of his own. playing leading com- edy rôles in "The Oalah," at the Broad- way Theatre New York; 1889, produced "The Gondoliers" in Philadelphia; 1890, "The Merry Monarch." at the Broadway Theatre; 1891-92, produced the "Lion Tamer"; has also appeared in "The Little Corporal," 1898-99; "Cyrano de Bergerac," 1899-1900; "The Monks of Malabar," 1900- 01; "The Strollers," 1901-02; "The Torea- dor." 1902-03; 1904-05, associated with Charles Frohman in producing comedy plays. He was married, in 1882, to Miss Mira Barrie. Mr. Wilson is well known as a writer. having contributed articles to the leading magazines; noted as a book 22
collecter, and has a library of over 10,000 volumes and a Napoleonic collection of importance; has also a fine autograph collection. He is the author of "The Eu- gene Field I Knew," "Recollections of a Player" and "Going on the Stage." Ad- dress, The Orchard, New Rochelle, N. Y.
WILSON, Frank E., M.D .:
Member of Congress; he was born in the year 1857 at Roxbury, Delaware Coun- ty. N. Y .; son of Robert F. Wilson; lived at Roxbury until he was twelve years old, when his parents moved to Poughkeepsie, Duchess County, N. Y .; received his pre- liminary education at the Poughkeepsie Military Academy; graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1882, and practiced his profession in Duchess County until 1889, when he re- moved to his present home in Brooklyn. Is a member of the Kings County Medical Society, and is attached to the staff of the Bushwick Hospital; is affiliated with Ridgewood Lodge, F. A. M., and all the bodies of the Scottish Rite and Mystic Shrine, Kismet Temple; was foremost in the organization of Bushwick Council, Royal Arcanum, and assisted in the or- ganization of Court Bushwick Foresters of America, of which he has since been medical examiner; also a member of the Bushwick Club, the Empire Democratic Club, and the Horatio Seymour Demo- cratic Club of the Twenty-eighth Ward. He was elected to the Fifty-sixth Con- gress, and re-elected to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congress. Address Brooklyn, N. Y.
WILSON, George T .:
Third vice-president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society; born in New York City. Sept. 23. 1859. While a student at the college of the City of New York, in 1875, he saw a newspaper advertisement. for an errand boy in the office of the Equitable Life Assurance Society; ap- plied for the position, received it, and went to work vigorously for the company. He later became general utility man in the company's offices and known to all callers on business. His rise was rapid; he was successively second assist- ant secretary. assistant secretary. fourth vice-president, and was elected third vice- president in the early part of 1900. Ad- dress, 120 Broadway. New York.
WILSON, Henry Randall:
President of the Lincoln Trust Com- nany; born in Brooklyn. N. Y., Jan. 22, 1867; entered on financial career in Wall Street at age of twenty-one. Organized the firm of James N. Brown & Co .. bank- ers, of which he was a member for five years. T'pon retiring therefrom became senior member of the firm of Wilson & Stephens; was largely interested in vari- ous corporations as director and officer. including Consolidated Gas Company of
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Baltimore, Erie Telegraph & Telephone Company. Sovereign Bank of Canada. Greenwich Bank, New York, Newtown &' Flushing Gas Company. New York & Queens Electric Light & Power Company. etc., etc. He has since relinquished many of these positions, devoting most of his time to the affairs of the Lincoln Trust Company, of which he was elected president on its organization In Nov .. 1902: also president of the Madison Safe De- posit Company. Member of Aidine, Union League, and Republican Clubs in New York, and Maryland Club. Baltimore: also member of the Chamber of Commerce. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Historical Society, New York Geographi- cal Society. Museum of Natural History. and New York Zoological Society. Resi- dence. 53 West 73d St ; office. 208 Fifth Ave., New York.
WILSON, James Grant:
Author, editor: born in Edinburgh, April 28, 1832; son of William W., poet- publisher, and Jane Sibbaid Wilson. He was educated at College Hill, Poughkeep- sie, and by private tutors. He traveled extensively abroad, and upon his return in 1856 became the founder, owner and ed- itor of the Chicago Record, a journal of arts and literature, since discontinued. He entered the Union army as major in the Fifteenth Illinois Cavalry, serving in the Vicksburg campaign and elsewhere. He resigned in 1865 with the rank of brix- adier-general. Since then he has been en- gaged in literary work in New York. He was married in 1869 to Miss Cogsweil, a descendant of Madame Bayard. General Wilson is a popular speaker, and is the author of numerous addresses on Lin- coln. Grant. Bishop Provoost. Colonel John Bayard. Commodore Isaac Huli, etc. He delivered the oration at the New York celebration of May .1903. President since 1885, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society: president American Ethnological Society since 1900. Erected bronze statues to the poet Halleck and Columbus in Central Park, and for Int- ter was knighted by the Queen Regent of Spain in 1894; member board of visi- tors to U. S. Naval Academy. Annapolis. 1879, and U. S. Military Academy, 1880. Editor Fitz-Greene Halleck's "Poems." 1868: "Memorlai History of the City of New York." 1892-93: Appleton's Cyclo- perdia of America Biography. 1901. Great Commanders Series. 1892-1903: "Memoirs of an American Lady." 1901. Author "Sketches of IllInols Officers." 1862: "Mr. Secretary Pepys and His Diary." 1867: "Life of Fitz-Greene Halleck." 1869:
"Sketches of Illustrious Soldiers." 1874: "Poets and Poetry of Scotland." 1876: "Centennial History of the Diocese of New York." 1886: "Bryant and His Friends." 1886: "The World's Largest Li- braries." 1894: "Love in Letters." 1896: "Life of General Grant." 1897: "The Pres- idents of the United States. 1789-1902."
1902: "Thackeray in the United States." 1904. Address, 15 East 74th St., New York.
WILSON, John Clark:
Commander U. S. Navy; entered Naval Academy fror. Brookivn. N. Y., 1565. and graduated In 1869. Promoted to ensign. 1570; to master. 1871; to lieutenant, 1575. and to lieutenant commander. 1898; com- mander, Dec. 29. 1899. He served on the following named ships and stations, viz .: Sabine and Franklin, European Station. 1869-71; Iroquois, Monocacy. Saco and Ashuelot, Asiatic Station. 1572-75; Omaha, South Pacific Statlon, 1875-76; Tennessee, North Atlantic Station. 1879-82: Vandaila, Pacific Station, 1886-S2; Atianta. Monon- gihela and Vesuvius. North Atiantle Sta- tion. 1592-25; executive officer, Miantono- mah. 1899; commanding the U. S. S. Vik- ing. on the blockade, north coast of Cuba. 1599. commanding U. S. S. Vixen. 1899- 1900. V. S. S. Indiana, 1900; volunteered for a second cruise on the Vandalia, in 1559. when difficulties with Germany over Samoan affairs were threatened; was wrecked on Vandalia, in harbor of Apla. Samonn Islands, in hurricane of March 15 and 16, 1859. when three United States and three German men-of-war were wrecked and 150 lives lost: was rescued from wreck of Vandalia by Fuji Hochl- tara, captain's steward on U. S. S. Tren- ton, who was awarded a life-saving medal of first class for heroism in making the rescue: was sent by the commander-in- chief to Auckland, New Zealand, and Syd- ney. Australia, to cable news of disaster and to charter a steamer to bring sur- vivors to the United States; chartered a steamer In Sydney and brought 500 sur- vivors from the United States wrecked vesseis to San Francisco: shore duty: ord- nance. Navy Yard. Washington, D. C .; Navai Observatory. Washington. D. C .: Board of Inspection. San Francisco, Cal .; Navy Yard, New York; Navy Yard. Nor- folk. Va .; inspector of ordnance. Midvale Steel Works, Philadelphia, Pa .: Inspector Eleventh Lighthouse district_ 1900-01: in comand of Panther, June 25, 1902 to 1903; inspector in charge of Eighth Lighthouse district. Custom House New Orleans. La .. which is present station.
WILSON, Walter Sibbald:
Editor: born at Poughkeepsle. N. Y .. Aug. 9. 1844: son of William and Jane Sibbald Wilson: educated at Bis- bee's High School. Poughkeepsie. 1855-57: at College Hill. Poughkeepsle. 1858-59, and thereafter hy private instructors. He served in Company A ("Ellsworth Grays"). Twenty-first Regiment, New York State Militia. in 1863: joined Company B. Sev- -nth Regiment. N. G. S. N. Y., March 5. 1868. and continued in active service in that regiment for thirty-one years, thir- teen of which as first lieutenant; was the first battalion adjutant appointed in the regiment. Married in New York, April
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22, 1878, Josephine Bristed Fales. Was assistant editor Memorial History of the City of New York, four volumes, and con- tributed articles on statues and monu- ments, and on Staten Island in same; editor of dialectical, obsolete and slang words in the new Standard Dictionary; wrote "History of the Seventh Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y.," in American Magazine, Oct., 1888. Member of New York Athletic Club and Duchess County Society. Resi- dence, 159 West 48th St .; office, 120 Broad- way. New York.
WILSTACH, Paul:
Playwright; was born July 1, 1870 in La Fayette, Ind .; son of John Augustine and Elbra Cecelia (Patti) Wilstach; re- ceived degree of A. B. from St. Viateur's College, Bourbonnais, Ill. Unmarried; is a member of the Players Club. Author of the following plays produced: "Bridget" (one-act) ; "Bluff" (one-act); "A Gay De- ceiver" (three acts); A Partial Eclipse" (one-act); "A Capitol Comedy" (four- acts); "Polly Primose" (four-acts); also author of "Solitaire, Fifty Games of Patience." Contributor on literary and theatrical subjects to The Bookman. The Dial, Munsey's, etc. Address, The Play- ers Club, New York.
WILTSIE, Charles H .:
Lawyer; graduated from the University of Rochester in 1880; student in Univer- sity of Göttingen, Germany. 1880-81: at- torney and counsellor at law, Rochester, N. Y., since 1883. Member of the Roches- ter Historical Society, Sons of American Revolution, and Genesee Valley Club. Author of "Wiltsie on Parties to Mort- gage Foreclosure." 1885: "Wiltsie on Mortgage Foreclosure," 1889. Travelled extensively. 1889-1893. Address 820 Pow- ers Block. Rochester, N. Y.
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WINDMUELLER, Louis:
Merchant; a native of Westphalia; re- ceived a collegiate education at Münster in a gymnasium founded by Charlemagne. He emigrated to the United States in 1853, coming to New York, which city has remained his place of residence. Here he soon became a successful mer- chant. The financial institutions with which he has been associated, and which he took part in founding, are the Title Guarantee and Trust Company. the German-American Insurance Com- pany. the Hide and Leather National Bank. the German Alliance Insurance Co .. the Maiden Lane Savings Bank and the Bond and Mortgage Guarantee Com- pany; with some of these compan- ies he is still associated as director. One of the founders and since 1889 treas- urer of the Reform Club. of New York; also was member of the German-American Reform Club. and. as one of its execu- tive committee. took an active part in the election of William L. Strong as
reform mayor of the city of New York. He has been indefatigable in the advo- cacy of a sound currency and tariff, and civil service reform. His inter- est in public affairs is shown in his membership and active work in several other associations for municipal and State improvement; among these may be named the Chamber of Commerce Committee on Internal Trade and Improvements, of which he was chairman; and the executive committee for the improvement of the State canals, as a member of which he agitated successfully for the amendment to the Constitution which authorizes the Legislature to make the necessary ap- propriations; he was, in addition, auditor of the Business Men's Relief Committee, and member in a number of charitable in- stitutions. Among these is the Legal Aid Society, which furnishes gratuitous ad- vice to the ignorant needy without regard to nationality; in this useful institution he is treasurer and a member of the board of directors. Among the earnest and effective efforts in behalf of charity which have been made by him may particularly be mentioned his valuable services for the benefit of the German Hospital Fair in 18SS; for this he ar- ranged a collection of paintings, which proved so potent and attractive that over $100,000 were cleared for this charitable institution. He is an occasional con- tributor to magazines and has written articles in favor of cremation for the North American Review. "How to Shield Our Birds," for The Outlook, "A Plea for Parks" for The Forum. "Pleasures of City Pedestrians," for The Review of Reviews, etc. Outside his connection with bodies devoted to reform and charity he is a member of many other New York organizations, including the Merchants, German, Lotos, Insurance Athletic, and various other clubs; the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York Historical Society of which he is a life member; he was also treasurer of a fund for the erection of a monument to Goethe and vice-president of the Heine Monument Society. Residence, Woodside, Borough of Queens; office, 20 Reade St., New York.
WINGATE, George W .:
Lawyer, national guardsman, author; born in New York. July 1, 1840; descended from an old New England family, Payne Wingate being first Senator from New Hampshire and close friend of Washing- ton. The family were represented in the Colonial and Revolutionary Wars and the War of 1812. He was educated in the public schools, and entered the Free Acad- emy, but at the age of thirteen family reverses obliged him to become a boy in a law office. Admitted to the bar in 1861, and has since practiced, being prominent in railroad litigation; for many years vice- president of the Brooklyn Elevated and, director in several other railroads. Was
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for several years a sachem of Tammany Hall and its counsel, as well as the per- sonal counsel of the fate John Kelly after the latter had wrested its control from Tweed. Was counsel for Tammany Hall in its prosecution of Commissioner Daven- port for lils wholesale arrests of natural- ized citizens, and succeeded in having his acts declared illegal; also in the prosecu- tion and conviction of Police Commission- ers Chariick and Gardiner for the viola- tion of the Election Law. Enlisted in a cavalry company at the outbreak of the Rebellion; after it was disbanded enlisted in the Twenty-second Regiment, New York, in which he finally became captain; served with Twenty-second in 1862-63. Is often called "the Father of Rifle Practice in America.' Drafted and secured the passage o fthe act establishing the Creed- inoor rifle range, which was constructed under his supervision. Was the first sec- retary, then vice-president, and after- wards president, of the National Rifle As- sociation for many years. There being no text-books for instruction in shooting, le wrote "Wingate's Manual of Riffe Prac- tice" in 1871, which was for many years the only work on the subject adapted to American troops, and was adopted by New York and many other States; the Army Manual is largely founded upon this book. He was one of the organizers of the Amateur Rifle Club and its first president; was captain of the first team of American Long Range Riflemen in the great international rifle match at Creed- moor in 1874; has been connected with all other rifle teams that have shot in international contests. In 1874 he was appointed general inspector of rifle prac- tice in New York State with the rank of brigadier general, which position he heid under Governors Tilden and Robinson un- til his resignation Oct 1879. While in this position he organized and carried into successful operation the system under which the New York National Guard, then numbering nearly 20.000. ail utterly ig- norant of the use of their rifles, in a few years became good shots; a system which has since become universal in the nation- al guard and in the army. He was presi- dent of the National Guard Association of the United States for many years, and has been active in procuring jegisiation to increase the efficiency of the militia. From 1893 to 1896 he was special aide on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic on the subject of military instruction in the pub- lic schools: tendered the nomination of Supreme Court judge in 1895 and declined. Appointed by Mayor Low a member of the Board of Education in 1902. and has heen chairman of the committee on lec- tures and libraries; as such has been prominent in developing the system of free lectures and of class libraries in the public schools in New York City. He figured conspicuously in the attacks unon the Tweed ring, many of the editoriais
in the New York Press against the Ring Judges being written by him. Is the au- thor of "On Horseback through the Yellow- stone." "The Great Cholera Riots," "The History of the Twenty-second Regiment." and numerous essays on military and other subjects, and has been prominent in advocating an increase of the artillery and the improvement of the army and national guard. Is an enthusiastic sports- man; has fished and hunted over the greater part of the United States and Canada; is a crack shot with rifle, pistol or shotgun, and an expert fisherman. He is a member of the Army and Navy Ciub. the Brooklyn. Twilight, and Marine and Field Clubs; director in the New England Society, Lincoin and Wyandanch Clubs; member of the John A. Dix Post; honor- ary member of the U. S. Grant Post, Old Guard and Dyker Meadow Golf Club. Ad- dress, 1100 Dean St., Brooklyn; office. 20 Nassau St., New York.
WINNE, Charles K .:
Lieutenant colonel, U. S. Army; born in New York. June 30, 183S: appointed from New York, civil life. Actual rank, assist- ant surgeon. Aug. 5, 1861; captain, as- sistant surgeon, July 28, 1866; resigned, Oct. 15. 1573; reappointed assistant sur- geon. Nov. 10. 1874; captain, assistant surgeon, Nov. 10, 1879; major and surgeon, Feb. 22, 1891; lieutenant colonel. April 13. 1901: retired. July 30. 1902. Brevet rank, brevet captain. March 13, 1865, and bre- vet major. March 13, 1865. for faithful and meritorious and distinguished services at Tybee Island, Georgia, where cholera prevailed. Member of Sons of Revolution. Loyal Legion. Foreign Wars and Holland Societies. Address, the Cecii, N. Eutaw St .. Baltimore, Md.
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