Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 140

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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WOODBURY, John Mac Gaw, M.D .:

Commissioner of street cleaning depart- ment of New York; born in New York City about 1855; graduated at Princeton College, 1879. He was appointed by Mayor Low in Jan., 1902, and has managed the affairs of his department so successfully that he remains in office with the grat- ification of all the citizens of New York under the administration of Mayor Mc- Clellan. Member of Union, University, New York Yacht, Racquet, Larchmont Yacht Clubs and Sons of Revolution. Res- idence, 120 Fifth Avenue; office, 13 Park Row, New York.

WOODFORD, Stewart L .:

Lawyer and diplomat; born in the city of New York September 3. 1835; son of Josiah Curtis and Susan Woodford. He was graduated from Columbia College in 1854; has received the degrees of A. M. from Yale and Columbia Colleges, LL.D. from Trinity College and D. C. L. from the University of Syracuse. He married, first, in 1857, Julia E. Capen, of New York; second, Isabel Hanson in 1900. He was admitted to the bar in 1857, and began his practice in the city of New York. In 1861 Mr. Woodford was ap- pointed to the position of assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, but he resigned this office and enlisted as a private in Company H of the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Regiment, New York Volunteers. He was subsequently advanced to the captaincy of his company. and afterwards was made lieutenant colonel of the regiment. He served in the Army of the Potomac and in the Department of the South, filling the positions of judge advocate general. pro- vost marshal general, and later chief of staff to Major General Gilmore, command- ing Department of the South. He was afterwards military governor of Charles- ton. S. C., and of Savannah. Ga. Then, resuming duty as chief of staff to de- partment. he was promoted to colonel and brevetted brigadier-general. The civil war having closed, Mr. Woodford re- signed from the army in August. 1865. and resumed practice of the law in New York city: he was offered the Republican nomi- nation for judge of the Court of Common Pleas of New York city, but declined the honor. In 1866. however. he was elected lieutenant governor of the State. During the years 1897-98, during the Cuban war, General Woodford was U. S. minister to Spain. where his services were recognized as being of the highest order. Mr. Wood- ford is a member of the law firm of Rich, Woodford, Bovee & Butelin. He is also director and general counsel for the Met- ropolitan Life Insurance Company, trustee of the Franklin Trust Company, and of the City Savings Bank of Brooklyn. He was at one time president of the Union League Club of Brooklyn, and also of the New England Society of New York, and

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is president and American Trustee of Svea Life and Fire Insurance Company of Sweden. He has also a membership in the University and Lawyers Clubs of New York and the Hamilton Club of Brooklyn. Address, 18 Wall St., New York.

WOODHULL, John Francis:

Educator: occupation since leaving col- lege, teacher in high school, Bloomfleid, N. J., 1880-82, principal of high school, Chicopee, Mass., 1882-85; student in sum- mer school. Howard University, chemis- try and physics, 1883, 1884. 1885, 1892; student in chemistry and physics. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., 1885- S6; teacher of science in State Normal School, New Paitz., N. Y., 1886-87; pro- fessor of physical science, Columbia Uni- versity, 1888 to present time. Lecturer National Summer School, 1SSS-21; Mathias Vineyard Summer School, 1890; Chautau- qua Summer School. 1894. Degrees re- ceived: A. B., Yale, 1880; Ph.D., Columbia University, 1899; professionai or political honors or positions of responsibility: pro- fessor of physical science, Columbia Uni- versity; chairman of division of science. Teachers' College, Columbia University; member of the Columbia University Coun- cil; feliow of American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member of New York Academy of Sciences; interna- tionai examiner. Young Men's Christian Association: acting president, Teachers' College. Columbia University. April to July, 1894; chairman of facuity of Teach- ers' College, Columbia University, Sept. to Jan., 1897. Publications, books, papers and lectures: "Home-made Apparatus." Popular Science Monthly, 18S ?; "Simple

Experiments for the School-room." E. L. Kellogg & Co., 1889; "Academic Syllabus for Physics and Chemistry." Regents Bul- letins, Nos. 5. 8: "Selection and Use of Apparatus," Regents Bulletin. No. 6. part iii, 1891: "Object Lessons with David Sal- mon," Longmans, Green & Co .. 1892: "First Course in Science." Henry Holt & Co., 1893; "Educational Value of Natural Science." Educationai Review. 1895: "Manual of Home-made Apparatus." E. L Kellogg & Co., 1895; Systematic Work in Nature Study." Regent's Bulletin, No. 36. 1896: "The Proper Use of Laboratory. Library and Lecture in Teaching Physical Science in Secondary Schools." Regents Bulletin. No. 42. 1897; "Physics," New York Teachers' Monograph. 1898: "Chem- ical Experiments. A Laboratory Manual," with M. B. Van Arsdale. Henry Holt & Co .. 1899; "Physics-A Text-Book." with C. Hanford Henderson. D. Appleton & Co .. 1900; "Physical Experiments-A Labora- tory Manual." with M. B. Van Arsdale. D. Appleton & Co., 1900: "Suggestions to Teachers," D. Appleton & Co .. 1902: "Chemistry and Physics in the Horace Mann High School." Teachers' College Record, vol. iii. No. 2. Columbia Univer- sity Press, 1902. Married. April 2, 1886.

at Chicopee, Mass., to Minnie Elien Hink- ley. Address, Columbia University, New York City.

WOODHULL, Willlam W .:

Pay-inspector, U. S. Navy; born in New York; appointed acting assistant paymas- ter, May 13, 1863; U. S. steamer Delaware, North Atlantic Biockading Squadron, 1863- 65. Commissioned passed assistant pay- master, July 23. 1866; Naval Academy practice cruise, 1866: Yantic, special ser- vice. 1867-68: paymasters' examining board, Philadelphia, 1868-69; Miantono- mah, special cruise, 1869-70, Peabody fu- nerai. Commissioned paymaster. Feb. 10, 1870; Shenandoah, European Station, 1870- 73; navy yard, Boston, 1873-76; in charge of naval depot, Nagasaki, Japan, 1877-79; inspector of provisions and clothing. Lea- gue Isiand Navy Yard. 1880-S1: Lacka- wanna, Pacific Station, 1881-84; inspector provisions and clothing, League Island Navy Yard, 1884-86; general storekeeper, League Isiand Navy Yard. 1887-SS; re- ceiving ship Minnesota, New York, 1888- $9; assistant to general storekeeper, navy yard, New York, 1889-90; Baltimore, Eu- ropean Station. Aug., 1890, to Sept., 1893; general storekeeper. navy yard. League Isiand. Sept .. 1893, to 1895. Commissioned pay inspector, March, 1895; generai store- keeper, Mare Island. May, 1SS5; Navai Home. Philadelphia, paymaster League Island and receiving ship Richmond. Feb., 1897. to 189S. Retired, June 15, 189S. Ad- dress, Portsmouth, N. H.

WOODRUFF. Carie A .:

Brigadier-general, U. S. Army: born in New York, Aug. S. 1841. Appointed from District of Columbia, civil life: second lieutenant Second Artifiery, Oct. 22. 1861; first lieutenant July 24. 1862; captain Twelfth Infantry, July 28. 1866 (deciined) ; captain artiffery May 6, 1869; major March S. 1901; brigadier general Aug. 10. 1903; retired Ang. 10. 1903. Brevet rank, brevet captain July 3. 1863, for gafiant and mer- itorious services in the battie of Gettys- burg. Pa .. major June 11. 1864, for gai- lant and meritorious services at the battie of Treviillan Station. Va .; lieutenant colonel March 13. 1865, for good conduct and gallant services during the war. Medal of honor for distinguished gallant- ry at Newby's Cross Roads, Va .. July 24. 1863. while serving as first lieutenant Horse Battery M. Second Artillery. "While in command of a section of a battery con- stituting a portion of the rear guard of a division of cavalry then retiring before the advance of a corps of infantry, was attacked by the enemy and ordered to abandon his guns Lieutenant Woodruff disregarded the orders received and aided in repelling the attack and saving the guns." Service at Camp Duncan, Wash- ington, D. C., Feb., 1862; with horse artillery, engaged in the operations of the Cavalry Corps. Army of the Poto-

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mac, 1862 to 1865; Aug. 19, 1865, en route with Second Artillery to California; sta- tioned at Angel Island, Fort Point, Pre- sidio. Sept 19. 1865 to May, 1866; and on duty in San Francisco, Cal., muster- ing out California volunteers until July. 1866; Aug., 1866, to Jan., 1868, on recruit- ing service at Washington, D. C., and Governor's Island, N. Y .; at Alcatraz Island. Cal .. until April, 1870; joined Bat- tery G. Second Artillery, May, 1870, at Fort Kodiak, Alaska: remained until Oct .. 1870; at Presidio, Cal., to Sept., 1871; at Alcatraz Island to Jan., 1872; at Presidio. Cal., to Nov .. 1872, when the Second Ar- tillery was ordered to the Division of the Atlantic; at Raleigh, N. C., until Sept., 1874; at Spartanburg, S. C., to Nov., 1874; at Raleigh, N. C., to Aug., 1875; at Sum- merville. S. C., and Charleston, S. C., to Juiy, 1876; at Fort Reno, Indian Territory. to Dec., 1876; at Washington Arsenal, D. C., Wilkesbarre, Pa., and Carlisle Bar- racks, Pa., to Dec., 1877; San Antonio. Tex., and Fort Brown. Tex., to Nov., 1880; at Little Rock Barracks, Ark., to Nov .. 1881; at Newport Barracks. Ky., Nov., 1881, to April. 1884; Fort Leavenworth, Kan., April, 1884 to Nov., 1891; Fort Riley, Kan .. Nov., 1891 to April, 1894; Fort Schuyler, N. Y., May, 1894 to July, 1895; Fort Warren, Mass., Oct., 1895 to Nov. 1898; Savannah. Ga., and Cuba, Nov., 1898 to March 21. 1899; Fort Slocum, N. Y., May 1899 to May 5. 1903. At Siege of Yorktown; battle of Williamsburg; actions of Slatersville, Chickahominy. Mechanics- ville, Meadow Bridge, Seven Days' Fight; battles of Gaines Mills and Malvern Hill; first lieutenant Second Artillery July 24. 1862; actions of Shepherdstown, Charles- town and Warrenton; battle of Freder- icksburg (in reserve): Stoneman's raid towards Richmond; battle of Beverly Ford. Va .; actions of Hanover and Hun- terstown, and battle of Gettysburg. Pa .; actions of Monterey Springs, Williams- port, Boonsboro, Hagerstown, and Falling Waters. Md .. and Battle Mountain, Va .: expedition to Hartwood Church; actions of James City and Brandy Station; move- ment to Centreville; actions of Buck- land Milis and Morton's Ford; Sheridan's raid towards Richmond, May. 1864; ac- tions of Craig's Meeting-House and Meadow Bridge: Mechanicsville; Stanbury Hill: Sheridan's raid toward Gordonsville. Va., June. 1864; battle of Trevillian Sta- tion: and Newark movement to Shenan- doah Valley; actions of Walpert's Cross- Roads and Opequan Creek: action of Lacey Springs, Va .. Dec. 2. 1864; march of Sheridan's Cavalry from Winchester. Va .. to near Petersburg, Va., Feb. and March. 1865; battles of Waynesboro, Din- widdie C. H., Five Forks; skirmish at Namonzino Creek; battle of Sailor's Creek; action of Appomatox Station and capitulation of Lee's Army of North- ern Virginia at Appamatox Court House, April 9. 1865: chief of artillery Third Di- vision. Cavalry Corps. A. P. (General Cus- ter's Division); march of Sheridan's Cav-

alry to unite with General Sherman in North Carolina, April, 1865. On duty with the organized Militia of North Carolina since Dec. 29, 1903. Address, Raleigh, N. C.

WOODRUFF Edward C .:

Lieutenant-colonel, U. S. Army; born in New York. Jan. 6, 1839; appointed from New Jersey. civil life. Drum major and hospital steward Second New Jersey In- fantry, May 2, 1861 to July 31, 1861; first lieutenant Fifth New York Cavalry, Oct. 31, 1861; honorably mustered out April 6, 1862; second lieutenant Seventh Infantry, March 24. 1862; accepted April 7, 1862; first lieutenant Sept. 10, 1863; captain, Dec. 30, 1864; assigned to Twelfth Infan- try July 14. 1869; major Fifth Infantry Jan. 2, 18SS; lieutenant colonel Eleventh Infantry, April 22, 1892; retired May 4, 1892. Brevet rank, brevetted first lieu- tenant July 2, 1863; and brevetted major March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritori- ous services in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa. Address, Glen Ridge, N. J.

WOODRUFF, Edwin Hamlin:

Professor of law; born in Ithaca, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1862; he was educated in the common schools until 1878, when he en- tered Cornell and remained until 1880. He was graduated from the Cornell Law School in 1888. He held positions in the Astor and Cornell University libraries from 1883 until 1887. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1888; was instructor of English in the Cornell University 1888- 90; librarian Leland Stanford, Junior, Uni- versity of California 1891-96, and acting professor of law in the same in 1893-96. Since 1896 he has been professor of law in the Cornell University College of Law. ITe is the author of the following works: "Cases on Domestic Relations." 1897; "Introduction to the Study of Law," 1898; "Cases on Insurance," 1900; joint editor of "American Cases on Contracts," 1894; "Chancery in Massachusetts," "Digest of the Law of Tort," in "Law Student's Helper," 1899-1900. Residence, 401 North Aurora St., Ithaca, N. Y.

WOODRUFF, Ernest H .:

Lawyer; born Oct. 29. 1874; married June 27, 1899. Grace E. Hall, daughter of Silas C. Hall, who died May 25, 1901. Married Minnie D. Twomley Jan. 11, 1903. Spent two years in Colgate University. Held the office of justice of the peace for four years, from Jan. 1, 1897. In the meantime admitted to practice law which he is now doing. Interested in church and Young Men's Christian Association work. Address, New York.

WOODRUFF, Timothy L .:

Ex-lieutenant governor of New York State; born in 1858; son of John Wood- ruff, a member of Congress, representing the New Haven, Conn., district at the time his son was born. When he was but

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ten years of age his parents dled; he was sent through Phlillps' Exeter Academy. and graduated from Yale In 1879. Then he took a brlef course in Eastman College. Poughkeepsle, before beginning his busi- ness career. In 1SS1 he entered the firm of Nash, Whlton & Co., now the Worces- ter Salt Company, of which he still re- mains the treasurer; is also a director of the Brooklyn Warehouse Company, the Kings County, Hamilton and Manufac- turers' Trust Companies, of the Mer- chants' Exchange Bank and the Co-oper- atlve Buliding Bank. In 1889 he became one of the proprietors of a famous malt- food preparation. In the Brooklyn May- oralty campaign of iss1, and also in 1SS3. he was a member of the executive com- mittee of the Young Republican Club, an organization which enthusiastically sup- ported Seth Low and helped materially to elect him Mayor of Brooklyn. In 1885 was a delegate to the Republican State Convention, and in ISSS he sat In the Con- vention which nominated Benjamin Har- rison for the Presidency. In the following year he became a member of the Repub- lican State Comunitttee. In 1896 he ac- cepted the park commissionership of Brooklyn: 1526 nominated and elected lieutenant governor of New York State on the Republican ticket that carried Frank S. Biack for governor, and later, 1998, on the ticket of Theodore Roosevelt. also in 1900. Married to Cora Eastman. daughter of late H. G. Eastman, at one time mayor of Poughkeepsie. Residence. 94 Eighth Ave .: office, Eighth Ave. and 15th St., Brooklyn.

WOODS, William T .:

President of the Lloyds Plate Glass In- surance Company of New York; was born In that city July 20, 1851, and received his education in the public schools. He went into an insurance broker's office when seventeen years old and was in the brok- frage business until 1879, when he became Interested In the plate glass underwriting. He was the first secretary of the Lloyds Plate Glass Insurance Company. He he- came president in 1893. Address. 63 Wil- liam St., New York.

WOODWARD. John:

Jurist: born Chautauqua, N. Y .. In 1859: graduated from Fredonla (N. Y.) State Normal School, 1878: studied law at the University of the City of New York. graduating 1881; was admitted to the bar and practiced at Jamestown. N. Y .; elect- ed justice of the Supreme Court of New York State. 1896, for term of fourteen years: later transferred to Appellate De- partment of Second Division. Residence. Jamestown, N. Y .; office, Court House, Brooklyn.

WORCESTER, Edwin D .:

Secretary New York Central and Hud- son River Railroad; born Nov. 19, 1828, at

Albany, N. Y. Entered railway service In 1833, on formation of the New York Central Rallroad, since which he has been assistant treasurer and treasurer of same road and its successor, the New York Central and Hudson River, and in 1871 to date secretary, also secretary and treas- urer and, since 1883, vice-president. also, of the Lake Shore and Michigan South- ern Raliway, and of the Michigan C'en- trai Railroad and secretary or treasurer. or both, of several smaller companies. Member Metropolitan Club. Address, Grand Central Station, and 48 East 49th St., New York.

WORK, James:

Clergyman; graduated from University of Rochester in 1860: Rochester Theolog- ical Seminary in 1863; missionary in Ork- ney, 1863-66; pastor Lerwick, Shetiand. 1866-65: Kirkwall. Orkney, 1865-70: Caith- ness. 1570-76; Keiso. 1876-80. Address, 271 Hoyt St., Buffalo, N. Y.

WORMAN. James Henry:

United States Consul-General, Munich, Germany, since July 1. 1902: previously consul from Feb. 10. 1899, to July 1. 1902: appoluted commercial agent at Cognac Aug. 15, 1898; born at Berlin, Germany. Feb. 2S. 1845: educated Berlin University and The Sorbonne, Paris (A. M. Dlckin- son. Ph.D. Asbury, now De Pauw: I.L. D. Mount): married in 1866. Emma Parker Davis (died Jan .. 1896) : married again April 4. 1895, Mary A. Payne, of Wad- hams Mills. New York: was editorial writer for secular and rellglous papers at one time: associate editor. National Repository: senior professor Chautauqua. from foundation till 1SS5; he was the head Southern Chautauqua; Round Lake Sum- mer School, etc. Professor Adelphi Coi- lege, from 1×77 to 1852; Vanderbilt Uni- versity from 1882 to 1885. Editor Chenan- go Telegraph 1875 to 1876. Editor Sara- togian, from 18$5 to 1887; editor-in-chief Outing, from 1887 to 1899. Mr. Worman is the author of the complete grammar of the German language: elementary German grammar: "L'Echo de Paris": the Chan- tauquan Language Series in French. Ger- man and Spanish: also other text-books for the study of modern languages. Ed- ited Mcclintock & Strong's Cyclopedia: Is also a large contributor to other Cycio- pærdias, etc. He has a beautiful stock farm at Westport on Lake Champlain. New York. Mr. Worman has undertaken the suppression of an illegal traffic in American Academic honors in Germany and has already succeeded in bringing to justice at home and abroad many of the criminals involved in this shameful busi- ness. Legislation that was Intended to forbid all American degrees in Germany he has prevented by his efforts. Mr. Wor- man has also the honor of having sug- gested an international commission of chemical experts for the regulation of ali

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traffic between the United States of Amer- ica and Germany in goods requiring chem- ical treatment for export from either country. Summer home, Westport, N. Y.

WRIGHT, Benjamin:

Lawyer; was born at Flushing, Long Island, in 1843. His father for whom he was named was Benjamin Wright and his mother was Eliza Miller Wright, both descended from old Quaker stock. He at- tended the common schools of Flushing, took a course in the Flushing Institute, and completed his education at the Ja- maica Academy; afterwards removed to New York and began the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1868, from which time forward his success has been steady; while yet a comparatively young man, he was chosen as counsel of the well-known Dry Dock Savings Institu- tion, and a number of prominent corpora- tions, among them the Stuyvesant Insur- ance Company, with which Mr. Wright has served acceptably as counsel for more than fifteen years; has also been selected as counsel by the board of directors of the New York and New Jersey Bridge Company, and in this capacity much of the preliminary work in connection with the structure has come under his imme- diate supervision. Was married in New York in 1868 and has a son and daughter. Address, 58 William St., New York.

WRIGHT, Carroll D .:

Author, economic; was born in New Hampshire in 1840, and was educated at academies in that State and Vermont. He enlisted in the Civil War in 1862 as a private in the Fourteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, and rose eventually to the command of that regiment. In 1872-73 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate, and from 1873 to 1888 he served as chief of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor. Since 1885 he has been United States Commissioner of Labor. From 1893 to 1897 he was engaged in completing the Eleventh United States Census. He is honorary professor of so- cial economics in the Catholic University

of America, professor of statistics and so- cial economics in the school of Compara- tive jurisprudence and diplomacy in Co- lumbian University, and lecturer on wage statistics in Harvard University. and is now president of Clark College, Worces- ter. Mass. He is the author of a large number of works on his special subject, including "The Factory System of the United States" "The Relation of Politi- cal Economy to the Labor Question," "The Industrial Evolution of the United States," "History and Growth of the United States Census." etc. Address, 1429 New York Ave.,, Washington, D. C.

WRIGHT, Ebenezer Kellogg:

Banker; born Rome, N. Y., July 28, 1837; sparce education; stayed at fath-

er's farm; messenger in Utica City Bank, 1854; promoted to be teller; resigned 1859; came to New York; assistant teller Park Bank which became National Bank, 1865; New York agent Banks United States, Canada, Mexico, and South America; re- ceiving teller, 1866; paying teller four months later; cashier 1876; director 1878; second vice-president May, 1888; first vice- president 1888; president June, 1890; mem- ber Chamber of Commerce, and the Society Sons of the Revolution, American Geographical Society, Oneida Historical Society. Member Union, Riding, and Westminster Kennel Clubs. Address, 10 West 53d St., New York.

WRIGHT, Frank Ayres:

Architect; born Liberty, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1854; instructor Cornell University 1876. Bachelor Architecture, Cornell, 1879; architect, firm of Rossiter & Wright; one of the founders of the Architectural League. Author "Modern House Paint- ing," "Architectural Perspective for Be- ginners." Married, 1885, Elizabeth Han- ford, daughter R. G. Hanford, Columbus, O. Address, 95 Liberty St., New York.

WRIGHT, Maurice L .:

Justice of the New York State Supreme Court; was born at Scriba, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1845. He is a descendant of Samuel Wright, who emigrated from England with the Winthrop Colony to Massachu- setts in 1630. His great-grandfather, Ca- leb Wright, was in the battle of Benning- ton and supplied himself with bullets by melting the weights of his eight-day clock. On his mother's side, Justice Wright is descended from Walter Woodworth, a na- tive of Kent, England, who settled in Massachusetts, prior to 1635. In this line is Captain William Woodworth, who served under General Washington and commanded the troops in Westchester County, N. Y. His son, Major Lott Wood- worth, was in the War of 1812 and com- manded his regiment at the battle of Plattsburg. Justice Wright was educated at Mexico Academy and at Falley Semin- ary. New York. In 1864 he enlisted in the U. S. Navy. He was assigned to the gunboat Valley City, of the North Atlan- tic Squadron, commanded by Admiral Porter. He was in the Roanoke Expedi- tion following the sinking of the ram Al- bemarle by Cushing and saw much hard service. After the war he finished his education and studied law in the office of Congressman John C. Churchill, of Os- wego, N. Y. Later he entered the Colum- bia Law School in New York City. He graduated from the Columbian College Law School at Washington, D. C., in 1870. He was then admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia. In 1872 he was admitted to the bar of New York State and formed a law partnership with Hon. T. W. Skinner, at Mexico, N. Y. For twenty years he practiced law there successfully. In 1879 he was elected

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president of the village and served two terms. In 1883 he was elected County Judge of Oswego County by the Republi- can party. He was re-elected in 1889. Governor Hill appointed him a member of the constitutional commission of 1890. to revise the judiciary article of the State constitution. In 1891 he was elected jus- tice of the New York Supreme Court, which office he now holds. On Nov. 3, 1869. he married Miss Mary Grace Skin- ner, daughter of Judge Avery Skinner, of Union Square, New York. Since 1893, Justice Wright has made his home at Oswego, N. Y.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 140

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