Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 19

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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was one of the candidates for Presidential elector on the Democratic ticket, being at the time the youngest man ever put forward for that office in this State; in 1898 was appointed assistant district attorney in this county, and in that capacity was prominently connected with the Molineux case, and successfully prosecuted a num- ber of indictments for business frauds secured by the Merchants' Protective League. He is a member of numerous charitable and benevolent societies and institutions, as well as the Democratic Club, Progress Club, Young Men's Hebrew Association. Tammany Society, Osceola Club, the Downtown Merchants' Associa- tion, Lebanon Hospital, Montefiore Home, and American League. On Jan. 1, 1903. he was appointed deputy attorney general of this State, with offices in New York City; continued in that position until the end of September. when he resigned the same because of the demands made upon his time by his private practice, to which he now devotes his entire attention. Dur- ing the mayoralty election just closed was

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an earnest advocate of Mr. Mcclellan's election. Address, 35 Nassau St., New York.

BLUNT, Albert C .:

Captain, U. s. Army; born in New

York, May 25, 1859; appointed from Texas; cadet at U.

the S. Mili-

tary Academy July 1, '77; graduated

June 11, '81; actual rank, addition- al second lieutenant, 3d U. S. Artil- lery, June 11, '81; second lieutenant 5th Artillery, Oct. 29, '81; first lieutenant, Aug. 10, '87; service, assistant instructor of tactics at Military Academy, July 25 to Aug. 28, '81; with regiment to June 1, '84; at artillery school, Fort Monroe, Va., to July 26, '86; with regiment to present date; history, son of Colonel M. M. Blunt, 16th Infantry, and grandson of the late Professor A. E. Church, U. S. M. A .; promoted captain, March 2, 1899; adju- tant general District of Porto Rico, July 1, 1901, to July 1, 1903. Address, Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo.

BLUNT, Matthew M .:

Colonel, U. S. Army; born in New York, Aug. 13, 1830; appointed from New York; graduated from Military Academy July 1, '53: .

actual rank, brevet second lieutenant, 1st Artillery, July 1, '53; second lieutenant 2d Artillery, Sept. 30, '53; first lieutenant March 31, '55; captain 12th Infantry, May 14, '61; major 7th Infantry, July 30, '65; transferred to 14th Infantry March 15, '69; lieutenant- colonel 25th Infantry Oct. 7, '74; colonel 16th Infantry July 3, '83; brevet rank, brevet major, July 1, '62; for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Mal- vern Hill, Va .; brevet lieutenant-colonel Dec. 13, '62, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va .; brevet colonel June 19, '64, for gal- lant and meritorious services in front of Petersburg, Va .; service, in Florida, '52- 55; assistant professor Military Academy, '55-59; Fort Independence, Mass., '59-61; at Tortugas and Fort Pickens, '61-62; in the field, '62-63; superintendent regular recruiting service, Aug., '63, to May, '64; in the field, June-July, '64; on mustering duty in New York and Delaware Oct., '64, to Oct., '65; Florida, Oct., '65, to Jan., '66; battles, skirmishes, etc., against the Seminole Indians in Florida, '53-55; engaged in the actions of the Vir- ginia Peninsular Campaigns March-Aug., '62; wounded at the battle of Gaines' Mill, June 27, '62; engaged in the Northern Virginia Campaign, Aug .- Sept., '62; at battle of Manassas; actions of the Mary- land Campaign, Sept .- Nov., '62; in the Rappahannock Campaign, Dec., '62, July, '63; engaged in the actions of the Rich- mond Campaign, June-July, '64; com- mands held, regiment at battle of Man- assas; regiment in Florida, Oct., '65, to Jan., '66; history, degrees of A. B. and A. M. conferred by Columbia College, N. Y .; retired Aug. 13, '94. Address, Park Ave. Hotel, New York.

BOARDMAN, William Henry:

Editor; born in Dixon, Ill., Aug. 3, 1846; he is by direct descent eleven generations from William Boreman (1525), of Ban- bury, Oxfordshire, England; and seven generations from Samuel Boreman, who landed in Massachusetts from the ship New Supply in 1638; he graduated from Michigan University with the degree of B. A. in 1868, and civil engineer in 1869; he served as an engineer in the U. S. Coast Survey until he began journalistic work as part owner and publisher of the Dixon Telegraph; at the time of the Chi- cago fire, in Oct., 1871, he was assistant editor of the Railroad Gazette, which has since become the most important railroad engineering publication in the world; is its present editor, and president of the corporation; was married, in Rutland, Vt., Nov. 5, 1874, to Henrietta Frances Hall; he has five children: Francis (Yale, 1897), Dixon (Yale, 1902), Bradford (Yale, 1905), Mary and Clara; was for many years president of the Board of Education and of the township committee at Nutley, N. J .; his club memberships are: Century, Adirondack League (past president), St. Andrews Golf, Ardsley, Westchester, Ful- ton; he is a student of woodcraft and has written many stories of out door life, fish culture, etc. Author of "Lovers of the Woods," published in 1901. Resi- dence, 131 East 45th St .; office, 83 Fulton St., New York.

BOARDMAN, William Slosson, D. D .:

Theologian of the Protestant Episcopal Church; born in New York City, June 17, 1838; son of Frederick W. and Philippina Boardman; educated at Columbia Col- lege, and he afterwards attended the General Theological Seminary, New York City, though he first began the practice of law; he was ordained a deacon June 29, 1862, and the following year he as- sumed the responsibilities of a priest; then he became curate of St. Luke's Parish, New York City, and afterwards rector of the Holy Innocents Church, Al- bany, N. Y .; was rector of St. John's Church, Camden, N. J., in 1872; subse- quently he filled the rectorship of St. George's Church at Rumson, N. Y., then that of the Church of the Holy Cross, at Perth Amboy, N. J., afterwards the rectorship of Trinity Church, at Roslyn, L. I .; from 1888 to 1892, held various chaplaincies connected with the Protest- ant Episcopal Church on the continent of Europe; was married, on Dec. 26, 1870, to Julia McNeil Palmer, niece of the late Courtlandt Palmer, of New York City; she perished in the terrible fire at the Park Avenue Hotel on Feb. 22, 1902. Ad- dress, New York City.

BOAS, Emil Leopold:

General manager of the Hamburg- American Line; born in Goerlitz, Ger- many, Nov. 13, 1854; was a student at the Royal Frederick William Gymnasium, Breslau and Sophia Gymnasium, at Ber-

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lin; graduated from latter in 1872; be- came connected with the Hamburg-Amer- ican Line in 1873, and in the same year came to the United States; since 1892 general manager of the above steamship line; has taken a prominent part in all efforts to improve transportation facili- ties by water; was on the committee for extension of pierhead line; also on com- mittee before Congress to secure ap- propriation for a new channel to the sea (Ambrose Channel) ; also was very active in obtaining the improvement of the Erie Canal, being treasurer and chair- man of the finance committee of the Greater New York Canal Association; member of the committee of 100 to meet Prince Henry of Prussia, New York, 1902; was decorated by Emperor of Germany Knight of the Order of the Royal Prus- sian Crown, also of the Order of the Red Eagle; by King of Italy, Chevalier of the Order of St. Mauritius and St. Lazarus; by King of Sweden and Norway, Knight of the First Class of the Order of St. Olaf; by Sultan of Turkey, Commander of the Order of Osmanieh, also Commander of the Order of Medjidie; by King of Greece, Officer of the Order of the Redeemer; by President of Venezuela, Commander of the Order of Bolivar; member Cham- ber of Commerce of the State of New York, Maritime Association, Produce Ex- change, German Society and different charitable societies, etc .; member Ameri- can Geographical Society, American Sta- tistical Society, American Ethnological Society, American Academy of Political and Social Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, New York Zoological Society, Metropoli- tan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, etc. Clubs: New York Yacht, New York Athletic, St. Andrew's Golf, Lotus, Richmond County Country, National Arts, Deutscher Verein, Lawyers'. Unitarian, Liederkranz, St. Maurice Fish and Game and others. Has published "Seemacht;" married, New York, March 20, 1888, Harriet B. Stern- field, who is member of Sorosis, also on board of managers of the National Soci- ety of New England Women; vice-presi- dent for the Middle States of the National Society of Unitarian Women; on board of managers of Women's Auxiliary of the American Scenic and Historic Preserva- tion Society; on board of managers of Children's Charitable Union; on executive board of City History Club. Residence, 128 West 74th St .; office, 37 Broadway, New York.

BOEHM, Peter M .:

Captain, U. S. Army; born New York and appointed from Montana, 2d lieu- tenant 15th N. Y. cavalry, March 1, 1865; honorably mustered out, Oct. 4, 1865; 2d lieutenant 4th cavalry. May 1, 1866; 1st lieutenant, Sept. 27, 1866; captain, May 1, 1873; retired, March 1. 1878. Present address, Peru, Huron County, Ohio.

BOGART, John:

Consulting engineer; born Albany, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1837; son of John Henry and Eliza (Hermans) Bogart; his family were among the earliest settlers of Albany, N. Y., going there in 1641; graduate of Al- bany Academy; Rutgers College, 1853 (M. A.); married, Nov. 2, 1870, Emma Cher- ington Jefferis, West Chester, Pa .; engi- neer with New York Central R. R .; on en- largement Erie Canal for State of New York; assistant engineer construction of Central Park, New York City. From Dec., 1861, till July, 1866, in engineer service with United States Army, stationed at Fort Monroe and in charge of construc- tion of fort at the Rip Raps, Va., also in service at other points; 1866, engineer in charge of construction, and, 1870, chief engineer Park Commission of Brooklyn; 1872-77, chief engineer Department of Public Parks, New York City. Since 1877 engaged as engineer for many important enterprises, among them were municipal works at New Orleans, Chicago, Nash- ville and Baltimore; designed the parks of Albany, N. Y .; . the public State Grounds at Nashville; west side parks of Chicago; park system of Essex County, N. J .; constructing engineer of Washing- ton Bridge, New York; consulting engi- neer Niagara Falls Power Company, St. Lawrence Power Company, Cascade (British Columbia) Power Company, At- lanta Electric and Water Power Company and the Rapid Transit Commission, New York; State Board of Health, N. Y .; 1886-88, deputy state engineer; 1888-91, state engineer State of New York; for some time treasurer, also secretary and editor of the publications of the Ameri- can Society of Civil Engineers; consult- ing, advisory or expert engineer for a number of railways and in various cases before the courts; member various boards; delegate of U. S. Government to Con- gress of Navigation, Germany, 1902, and member of permanent board for U. S. International Navigation Congresses; lieutenant colonel and chief engineer Na- tional Guard of New York; member American Society of Civil Engineers; member Institution of Civil Engineers, London; member Century, University, Engineers, Delta Phi and Down Town Clubs, Holland and St. Nicholas Soci- eties. Residence. 30 West 59th St .; of- fices, 40 Wall St., New York, and 29 Great George St., London, England.

BOGERT, Edward Strong:

Medical director United States Navy (retired) ; born in Geneva, N. Y .; gradu- . ated in Medicine from University of City of New York, March, 1860; house surgeon Bellevue Hospital, 1861; appointed assist- ant surgeon United States Navy, June 10, 1861; served on board frigate Congress, 1861; United States gunboat Cayuga, 1862, in Mississippi river and at capture of New Orleans; United States Naval Hos- pital, New York, 1863: on board U. S. S. Niagara, European Station, 1864, 1865;

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Naval Hospital, New York, 1866; pro- moted to surgeon April 6, 1866; Naval Hospital, Norfolk, 1866; United States Naval Laboratory, New York, 1867 to 1870; U. S. S. Congress, 1870 to 1873; Marine Barracks, New York navy yard, 1873 to 1876; U. S. S. Monongahela, Asi- atic Squadron, 1877 to 1879; Marine Bar- racks, New York, and navy yard, Nor- folk, 1880 to 1883; U. S. Flagship Trenton, Asiatic Station, 1883 to 1886; navy yard, New York, 1886 to 1889; president Naval Examining Board, 1889 to 1892; in charge of Naval Hospital, New York, and special duty, 1892 to 1900; recruiting duty, New York, 1902 and 1903. Address, New York City.

BOGERT, Edward Strong, Jr .:

Surgeon, U. S. Navy; born. in and ap- pointed from New York; assistant sur- geon, April 16, '90; passed assistant sur- geon, April 16, '93; surgeon, Dec. 15, 1900; Naval Laboratory, '92; T. C. S. Albatross, '93; Navy Yard, New York, '96; Marine Rendezvous, '98; Lancaster, '99; Naval Recruiting Rendezvous, Buffalo, March, 1902-03. Address, Naval Academy, An- napolis, Md.

BOGERT, Marston Taylor:

Educator; born Flushing, N. Y., April 18, 1868; prepared for college at Flushing Institute; graduated from Columbia, 1890; studied chemistry in Columbia University School of Mines, 1890-4; adjunct pro- fessor organic chemistry, Columbia, 1901; delegate to Council New York Scientific Alliance, 1900-3; member of American Chemical Society; fellow American Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Science, of Chemical Society, London; vice-president Society Chemical Industry (England) from 1902; one of founders Chemists' Club of New York; member New York State Teachers' Association, Columbia College Alumni Association, Alumni Association Schools of Science of Columbia Univer- sity; Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft Verein Deutscher Chemiker; Societe Chi- mique de Paris, Chemistry Teachers' Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Phi, and others; member at large from the Par- ticular Synod of New York; on board of superintendents of Theological Seminary of Reformed Church at New Brunswick. Address, 430 West 154th St., New York.

BOICE, Chas. H .:

Lieutenant United States Army; born in New York; appointed at large from New York a first lieutenant 7th Cavalry, Feb. 2, 1901; accepted Aug. 10, 1901; vol- unteer service, first lieutenant New York Volunteer Infantry, May 20, '98; honor- ably mustered out Feb. 25, '99; first lieu- tenant 28th United States Volunteer In- fantry, July 5, '99; honorably mustered out, May 1, '99. Present address, Chick- amauga Park, Ga.

BOLDT, Hermann J., M. D .:

Professor of gynecology of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, and inventor of valuable gyneco- logical instruments; born June 24, 1856, near Berlin, at "Neuentempel," the estate of his father, Herman Boldt, a very prom- inent German agriculturist; was but a child when his parents came to this coun- try, and his preparatory education was obtained from private tutors and in the public grammar and high schools; he studied and practiced pharmacy until he had saved the required money, when he entered the University of New York, and graduated from the Medical School with the class of 1879; he was offered and ac- cepted the position of assistant to Pro- fessor Pallen of the university. Twelve years thereafter he devoted himself ab- solutely to gynecology; he was the first physician in this country to investigate the physiological action of cocaine, and is quoted as an authority on this subject in Europe; he was among the first to re- move fibromyomatous uteri in toto, and is among the strongest advocates of vaginal hysterectomy for cancer; has invented a number of gynecological instruments, and also an operating table for abdominal sur- gery, now almost universally used, and which received a medal at the Paris Ex- position; has written numerous papers re- lating to his professional work, which are quoted by most authorities of the period; he has also held important positions in the medical world from the commence- ment of his medical career; at present is professor of gynecology at the New York Post-Graduate School and Hospital; he is also gynecologist to the German Poliklinik and St. Mark's Hospital, and consulting gynecologist to Beth-Israel Hospital; was formerly chairman of the section of the New York Academy of Medicine, which is devoted to his specialty, and ex-presi- dent of the New York Obstetrical Socie- ty; president of the German Medical So- ciety; is a member of the American Gyne- cological, the International Gynecological, the British Gynecological, the New York Obstetrical and Pathological Societies and the Academy of Medicine; in 1891 he was married, while abroad. to Hedwig Kruger, daughter of a publisher of Berlin. Ad- dress, 39 East 61st St., New York.

BOLLER, Alfred Pancoast:

Civil engineer; born Philadelphia, Pa.,. Feb. 23, 1840 graduated University of Pennsylvania, 1858, and Rensselaer Poly- technic Institute, Troy, N. Y., 1861; as- sistant engineer of Lehigh Coal and Nav- igation Company, 1862; Philadelphia and Frie Railroad, 1864; Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, 1866; chief engineer Hudson River Railroad, 1866, Westside and Yonkers Railroad, 1880, Yonkers Rapid Transit Commission, 1881, Manhattan "L" Railroad Company, 1882, Albany and Greenbush Bridge Company, 1882; con- sulting engineer to Zaza Railroad, Cuba, 1877, to Department of Public Parks, New

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York, 1883, and many other such works; has been business contractor especially of bridge construction; has built double track bridge over Hudson at Albany, 8th Ave. and Madison Ave. bridge over Har. lem at New York, Croton Lake bridge, Central Ave. bridge, Newark, N. J., great gas-holder tanks of Bay State Gas Com- pany, Boston, tunnel under lighthouse grounds, Staten Island, and all locomotive turn-tables of West Shore Railroad; 1864 married Miss Katherine Newhold, of Phil- adelphia; member of American Institute of Civil Engineers and Mining Engineers; member of Institute of Civil Engineers, London; member of Orange Athletic Club; author of various reports on bridge build- ing; also of a "Practical Treatise on the Construction of Iron Highway Bridges" (N. Y., 1877). Address, 1 Nassau St., New York, N. Y.

BOLTON, Edward C .:

Lieutenant, United States Army; born in New York; appointed from the army a second lieutenant of 17th Infantry, Oct. 1, '99; accepted Nov. 17, '99; first lieuten- ant April 11, 1901; previous regular ser- vice; private, corporal and sergeant Com- pany G, 23d Infantry, Aug. 21, '94, to Aug. 20, '97; private and corporal Com- panies C, 7th Infantry, and H, 19th In- fantry, Oct. 7, '97, to Nov. 16, '99; pres- ent address, Manila, P. I.

BOLTON, Henry Carrington :

Chemist; born New York City, Jan. 28, 1843; graduated Columbia College, 1862; went abroad, studying chemistry under Wurtz and Dumas in Paris, under Bun- sen in Heidelberg, under Wohler in Göt- tingen, under Hofmann in Berlin; 1886, received Ph.D. from University of Got- tingen, his thesis being "Fluorine Com- pounds of Uranium"; 1872, assistant in quantitative analysis, Columbia School of Mines; 1875, chair of chemistry in Wom- an's Medical College of New York In- firmary; 1877, professor of chemistry and natural history in Trinity College; studied action of organic acids on minerals; pos- sesses largest private collection of early chemical works; member American Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Science, its general secretary 1878 and 1879, and president of chemical section 1882; mem- ber (president, 1900) Washington Chem- ical Society; long corresponding secretary of New York Academy of Sciences; con- tributes to chemical journals; 1883, began "Record of the Progress of Chemistry" for annual reports of Smithsonian; com- piled "Literature of Uranium" (1870), "Literature of Manganese" (1877), "Cat- alogue of Scientific and Technical Periodi- cals, 1665-1882"; author "Students' Guide in Quantitative Analysis." Address, Cos- mos Club, Washington.

BONSAL, Stephen:

Journalist; born in Maryland, March, 1865; he was educated at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H, and at Gottingen

and Heidelberg in Germany; he served as special correspondent for the New York Herald in the Bulgarian-Servian war, also in Macedonia, in Morocco, and in Cuba and in China during the Japan- ese war and the Boxer uprising; he has just returned from a long tour in the Far East which he made in the same capacity; he visited a great many points in the Philippines, examining on the spot the conditions existing there; Mr. Bonsal has had experience in the United States dip- lomatic service as secretary of legation and chargé d'affaires in Peking, Madrid, Tokio, and Korea. Residence, Bedford, Westchester County, N. Y.

BONIFACE, John J .:

Lieutenant, United States Army; born Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1874; appointed second lieutenant 17th Infantry, June 22, '98; accepted July 7, '98; transferred to 4th Cavalry Jan. 7, '99; first lieutenant 14th Cavalry, Feb. 2, 1901; transferred to 4th Cavalry April 16, 1902; previous regu- lar service, private, corporal and sergeant, Troops A and K, 6th Cavalry, Jan. 22, '92, to May 30, '94; private Troops A and I, 6th Cavalry, and H, 4th Cavalry, Jan. 22, '96, to July 6, '98; National Guard service, private Company H, 23d Regi- ment, N. G. N. Y., Oct. 2, '91, to Jan. 21, '92; attended public schools of Brooklyn, New York Military Academy and Berke- ley School, Washington; served in Fifth Army Corps, war with Spain; served in Philippine Insurrection, June, 1898, to August, 1901; went through Cavalry and Field Artillery School, U. S. Army, 1901 to 1903. Author of "Cavalry Horse and His Pack," military work on Cavalry, Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., Kan- sas City, 1903. Present address, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

BOOKSTAVER, Henry W .:

Lawyer; born Montgomery, Orange County, New York; prepared at Mont- gomery Academy and graduated from Rutgers College, 1859 (A. M., 1862, LL. D., 1888); admitted to the practice of law; Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1885; transferred to the Supreme Court under the new Constitution in 1895; held office until 1900, when he returned to the practice of his profession at No. 256 Broadway, New York City, and is now counsellor and referee; is member of In- ternational Arts Clubs, and New York Archæological Society of America, Metro- politan Museum of Art, Natural History Society, the Historical Society and Man- hattan, Lotus, and other clubs of New York and Newport, R. I. Residence, 24 East 64th St., New York.

BOORAEM, Robert Elmer:

Mining engineer; born Jersey City, N. J., March 28, 1856; a descendant of old Knickerbocker stock on both sides; grad- uated from Columbia University School of Mines, 1878; became mining engineer in

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Colorado and Montana; from 1891 to date, has been connected with Western mining companies in New York as consulting en- gineer. Address, 267 5th Ave., New York.

BOORAEM, John Van Vorst:

Consulting engineer; born Van Vorst homestead, Jersey City, N. J., Oct. 30, 1838; eldest son Henry Augustus and Cor- nelia (Van Vorst) Booream; graduate Mount Pleasant Academy, Sing Sing, N. Y., 1854; spent one year Toulon, France, two years Hamburg, Germany, studying languages and mathematics; graduated Polytechnic School, Carls-

ruhe, Baden, 1859, M. E .; helper, draftsman and head-draftsman at Mc- Leod's South Brooklyn works, following general machinery and building and erecting machinery for United States gov- ernment vessels, etc .; Nov. 7, 1867, mar- ried Elizabeth Wreaks; have two sons, John Francis (M. E.), Alfred Wreaks (lawyer); the war and tariff destroyed the business of marine engineering, ruin- ing the position gained; 1872, draftsman, chief engineer and superintendent De- castro & Donner Sugar Refining Com- pany; later in same capacities in Have- meyer's and Elder as well; 1882-1898, consulting engineer to Board of American Sugar Refining £ Company, Brooklyn, N. Y .; vice-president American Enamel Brick & Tile Company; member American Society Mechanical Engineers, American Chemical Society, and others. Address, 204 Lincoln Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.

EOOTH, Alfred J .:

Lieutenant, United States Army; born in New York; appointed from New York a second lieutenant in 2d Infantry, Feb. 2, 1901; accepted Nov. 4, 1901; volunteer service, sergeant Company D, 1st New York Volunteer Infantry, May 20, '98, to Feb. 20, '99; private, sergeant and first sergeant Company H, 27th United States Volunteer Infantry, July 27, to Oct. 1, 1900; second lieutenant 27th Volunteer United States Infantry, Sept. 24, 1900; accepted Oct. 2, 1900; honorably mustered out April 1, 1901. Present address, Fort Logan, Colo.

BOOTH, General Ballington:

Commander-in-chief of the Volunteers of America; born in Brighouse, England, July 28, 1857; he is a son of Rev. Wm. and Catherine Booth; he has conducted extensive religious and philanthropic work in Australia and America since 1885; founded the Volunteers of America March 9th, 1896, and arranged for the incorpor- ation of this body November 6th, the same year. He is an ordained presbyter of the Church of God in General; married Miss Maud Charlesworth in April, 1887; Mrs .. M. B. Booth is active in the Volunteer work, having the oversight of one of the largest branches; she is a public speaker and author. Address, 38 Cooper Square, New York.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 19

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