Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 20

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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BOOTH, Charles A .:


Lieutenant-colonel U. S. Army; born in New York, Sept. 18, 1840; appoint- ed from New York, civil life; actual rank, captain A. A. G. Volunteers, June 20, '63; accepted June 23, '63; honorably mustered out Feb. 10, '66; second lieutenant 1st United States Infantry, March 7, '67; ac- cepted May 15, '67; first lieutenant, March 1, '78; captain A. Q. M., Feb. 9, '83; ac- cepted March 7, '83; brevet rank, brevet major and lieutenant colonel Volunteers, March 13, '65, for gallant and meritorious services during the war; promoted major Jan. 15, 1900; lieutenant-colonel 1903. Ad- dress, Manila, P. I.


BOOTH, Mrs. Maud B .:


Maiden name, Maud Charlesworth; wife of General Ballington Booth, commander- in-chief of the Volunteers of America; she is active in Volunteer work, con- ducting one of the largest and most im- portant of the philanthropic branches of that organization; as an orator she is said to stand first among the lady speak- ers in America. Among her books are: "Branded," "Look Up and Hope," "Sleepy-time Stories," "Lights of Child- land" and "After Prison-What?" Ad- dress, No. 38 Cooper Square, New York.


BOOTH, Robert Russell:


Minister in the Presbyterian Church, and author; born New York, May 16, 1830; son of Wm. A. and Alida R. Booth; graduated from Williams College, Mass., 1849, and from Auburn Theological Sem- inary, 1852; A. M., Williams College, 1852; D. D., New York University, 1864, and LL.D., Lafayette University, 1895; in- stalled associate pastor First Presbyterian Church, Troy, N. Y., 1853; pastor First Presbyterian Church, Stamford, Conn., 1857; pastor Mercer Street Church, New York City, 1861; pastor of the University Place Church, 1870; pastor of the Rut- gers Riverside Church, in New York, 1886; in 1896 retired, and was appointed Pastor Emeritus; chaplain of the Twenty-second Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y., 1864-70; direc- tor Union Theological Seminary, 1863-92; director Princeton Theological Seminary, 1881, to date; senior trustee Williams Col- lege, Williamstown, Mass .; member of Board of Foreign Missions; and of Colo- nial, Union League and Century Clubs. Author of many pamphlets on topics of current theological interest, "Denomina- tional Loyalty and Christian Union,' "The Place For a Mission in the Chris- tian System," "The Nation's Crisis the Christian's Duty"; married, Oct. 26, 1853, Emma Louise, daughter of the Rev. L. E. Lathrop, D.D., of Auburn, N. Y. Address. 277 West End Ave., New York City.


BOOTH-TUCKER, Frederick St. George de Latour:


Commander Salvation Army in the Uni- ted States; born Monghyr, Bengal, India, March 21, 1853; son William Thornhill


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Tucker; received education at Chelten- ham College, England, and passed Indian civil service examinations, 1874; appoint- ed to Punjab and held several positions of trust; resigned to join Salvation Army in 1881; established work of the Army in India, in 1882, and was in charge until 1891; was secretary for the international work of the Army in London 1891-6; since March, 1896, has been in charge of the Army work in the United States; married in 1888 Emma Moss Booth, daughter Gen- eral Wm. Booth, of Salvation Army; she died as a result of injuries received in a railroad accident, Nov., 1903. Ad- dress, 120 West 14th St., New York.


BORDEN, William C .:


Major, United States Army; born in and appointed from New York; assistant surgeon Dec. 3, 1883; captain assistant surgeon Dec. 3, 1888; major brigadier sur- geon June 4, 1898; honorably discharged March 31, 1899; major surgeon Feb. 2, 1901. Present address, Washington Bar- racks, D. C.


BORNE, John E .:


Oil merchant, president Borne, Scrym- ser and Company, Colonial Trust Com- pany and Colonial Safe Deposit Company; director Detroit Southern Railroad Com- pany, Home Life Insurance Company, National Surety Company, and Plaza Bank. Residence, 205 West 57th St., City. Office, 220 Broadway.


BOSHART, Edward J .:


Lawyer; born Lowville, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1864; son of Charles D. Boshart and Mar- garet E .; graduate of Lowville Academy 1880, and of Columbia College Law School, class 1888; admitted to bar Sept. 1888; district attorney of Lewis County, 1897 to 1903; Republican. Residence, Lowville, N. Y.


BOSTWICK, Arthur Elmore:


Librarian; son of Dr. David Elmore and Adelaide (Mckinley) Bostwick; born at Litchfield, Conn., March 8, 1860; educated Litchfield Institute and Yale University; graduated (B. A.) 1881; held Silliman Fel- lowship in Physical Science (first incum- bent) 1881-84; degree of Ph.D., 1883; sub- stitute instructor and proctor 1883-84; in- structor in High School, Montclair, N. J., 1884-86; literary work in New York, 1886- 95, being on staff Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography 1886-88; assistant editor Forum 1890-92; associate editor Standard Dictionary and office expert in physics, 1892-4; in charge science depart- ment Literary Digest since 1891 and Suc- cess since 1902; in library work since 1895. being chief librarian New York Free Cir- culating Library, 1895-99, librarian Brook- lyn Public Library, 1899-1901, chief of the circulating department New York Public Library, 1901 to date; position includes charge of all branch libraries, including those occupying the buildings erected


with Andrew Carnegie's five million dollar gift in the boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx and Richmond; member Authors' Club since 1892; president New York (city) Library Club 1897-99; president New York State Library Association 1902-1903; also vice-president New Jersey Library Association; author "Young Folks' Cyclo- pedia of Games and Sports" (with John D. Champlin, Jr.) and contributions to periodicals, chiefly on scientific and li- brary topics; married June 23, 1885; Lucy Sawyer; three children. Residence, 176 Mountain Ave., Montclair, N. J. Office, 226 West 42d St., New York City.


BOSTWICK, Charles Francis, Ph. B., LL. M .:


Senior member of the law firm of Bost- Wick, Morrell & Bates; born at Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York, Oct. 10, 1866, and is of old English and New Eng- land ancestry, the Bostwicks having come from Cheshire, England, to this country, previous to 1640; his father, Charles Coffin Bostwick, was the son of Milton Bostwick, who was the grandson of David Bostwick, rector of the First Presbyterian Church of New York City, 1756, and one of the overseers of Prince- ton College; through his mother, Mary Frances Goodwin, daughter of Hiram Courter Goodwin, and a descendant of the Carters, the Deans, the Drinkers, the Courters and the Drakes, he is connected with many of New York's oldest families, his middle name, Francis, being inherited from Sir Francis Drake. His parents


moved from Tuckahoe to New York City when he was a child, and his edu- cation was begun in the schools of that city; he attended the College of the City o' New York, graduated from Columbia College with the degree of Ph. B., and then entered Columbia Law School, grad- uating in 1886, and receiving the degree of LL.B. (Cum Laude). After graduat- ing, he traveled extensively, visiting not only the usual places in foreign coun- tries, but made excursions into the then unfrequented districts of Russia, and the northeasterly countries of Asia; he was admitted to the New York Bar in 1887 and in 1893, on the invitation of the late Austin Abbott, his personal friend and whom he assisted in his works, he be- came lecturer at the New York Univer- sity Law School, and in 1894, he became professor of the Law of Corporations and lecturer on Special Statutory Procedure in that institution, which, in 1893, award- ed him the degree of LL. M .; he resigned his professorship in 1900, as the demands of his practice, in which he is promi- nent in matters relating to corporation interests and corporate litigation, were so urgent. Mr. Bostwick is well known to the profession as author and contribu- tor of various legal articles and address- es; in 1899 he delivered before the New York State Bar Association, an address on "Competition for Corporate Capital," which appeared in the American Lawyer,


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and in 1900, on invitation, he again de- livered an address before that associa- tion, on "Corporate Finance in Law"; in 1893, he was prosecuting attorney for the New York City Association of the Bar; he is the author of the "Minute Book of New York Corporations," pub- lished by the Broun-Green Company of Beaver Street, New York City, which has already gone through several editions, and co-author with Charles W. Coleman, of the "Manual of Corporation Minutes of New Jersey Corporations Doing Busi- ness in New York," published by the same company, which also has gone through four editions. In 1900, under the title of "Where to Incorporate" he con- tributed to the Brief, of which legal pe- riodical he is consulting editor, an ex- tensive review of the New York, New Jersey, Delaware and West Virginia Corporations Laws, and the respective reasons for and against incorporating in those jurisdictions; this was followed by "A Review of the Corporation Laws of the State of Delaware," "Recent Changes in the New York Corporation Law," etc., etc .; in 1885, he joined the Seventh Regi- ment of New York City, serving active- ly for nearly fifteen years, and has a record nearly twelve years' attendance without missing a roll-call. In 1898 he married Laura Bostwick, a daughter of Colonel Charles B. Bostwick and Annete H. Cocburn, and they have a son, Charles Francis, Jr., and a daughter, Catherine; he is a member of the New York City Association of the Bar, the N. Y. Bar Association; the Fort Orange Club of Albany; the Colonial Club, the Amateur Comedy Club, the New York Phi Delta Phi Alumnus Club, and is prominent in Republican politics, being a member of the 19th Assembly District Republican Club and the West Side Re- publican Club. of which he was vice- president in 1902. In 1900 he was candi- date for the New York State Senate from a district hopelessly Democratic, and though defeated, he cut down the usual Democratic majority of five thousand to less than twelve hundred; in 1902, he was elected to the New York Assembly and served during that session on the Judici- ary Revision and Claims Committees, in- troducing many important bills relating to taxation and corporation matters, but probably his most important work in the assembly was his introducing and forc- ing the passage of what is now known as the Bostwick-Davis Bill, which provides for the enlargement of the Erie Canal System to a 1.000-Ton Barge Canal, which bill was passed and received the approval of the people. Address, 15 William St., New York.


BOSWORTH, Francke H., M. D .:


Educated at Yale and Bellevue Hospital, 1868; instructor in laryngos, Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1876-78; lectur- er on "Diseases of the Throat." 1878-82; professor since 1882. Author of "A Man- ual of Diseases of the Throat and Nose,"


"A Treatise on the Diseases of the Nose and Throat," "The Nose and Nasophar- ynx," and various articles in medical journals. Address, 41 Park Ave., New York.


BOTSFORD, Elmer Francis:


Lawyer; born at Burke, Franklin Coun- ty, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1861; son of Henry and Jennie Bromley Botsford; was gradu- ated from Dartmouth College in 1886; de- gree of A. M. conferred in 1892; chose the legal profession, admitted to bar in 1889, and opened office at Plattsburgh, New York; corporation counsel, 1890-93; attorney for and director of the First Na- tional Bank of Plattsburgh; president, general manager, and director of the Jo- seph Ladue Gold Mining & Development company, of Yukon; vice-president of the Yukon Horticultural & Industrial Exhi- bition; Mr. Botsford has made six trips through Alaska and the Klondyke re- gion, and was attorney for the late Jo- seph Ladue, founder of Dawson City, and is attorney for his estate and for the Dawson Townsite Company at Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada; he is a mem- ber of the Plattsburgh Club, Plattsburgh, N. Y., Zero Club, Dawson, Y. T., the Transportation Club and New York Ath- letic Club of New York City, the Dart- mouth College Club, Psi Upsilon Club and Dartmouth Alumni Association of same place, Frontier Lodge, No. 71, F. & A. M., Franklin, Vermont, De Soto Commandery, Plattsburgh, N. Y., Oriental Temple A. A. O. N. N. S., Troy, N. Y .; also a fellow of the American Geographical Society and of the Alaska Geographical Society; he was married June 29, 1892, to Katha- rine L., only daughter of Emory M., and Mary B. Lyon, and has one son, Benedict Lyon Botsford. Address, 71 Broadway, New York.


BOURNE, Frederick G .:


President of Singer Sewing Machine company; commodore New York Yacht Club; director of various financial in- stitutions; member of Lawyers', Seawan- haka Yacht, New York Athletic, Larch- mont Yacht and other clubs. Residence, Oakdale, L. I.


BOURKE, Joseph P .:


Democratic Assemblyman, representing Second Assembly district of New York County; born New York, 1874; graduated from St. James' School; entered the Coop- er Institute and took a four-years' course; then became a partner of his father in saddlery business; 1900, entered into part- nership with ex-Congressman Rierdon in real estate business, which he still fol- lows; elected to Assembly in 1901; ap- pointed member of following Assembly committees: Trades and Manufactures and Public Education; re-elected. 1903; appointed member of following Assembly committees: Banks, and State Prisons. Address, New York City.


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BOUTELLE, Frazier:


Captain U. S. Army; born in New York, Sept. 14, 1840; appointed from the army; actual rank, quartermaster-sergeant, Co. A, 5th New York Volunteer Cavalry, June 4, '61, to Nov. 4, '62; second lieutenant, 5th New York Volunteer Cavalry, Nov. 5, '62; first lieutenant, April 2, '64; honorably mustered out, Aug. 31, '64; captain, 5th New York Volunteer Cavalry, Jan. 10, '65; honorably mustered out, July 19, '65; private, corporal and sergeant, Company F, and sergeant major, 1st U. S. Cavalry from Feb. 12, '66, to Feb. 12, '69; second lieutenant, 1st U. S. Cavalry, Jan. 2, '69; accepted May 8, '69; first lieutenant, July 31, '73; captain, April 24, '86; service, on the Pacific Coast, at various stations in the Departments of the Columbia, of California and Arizona, and in Montana and Dakota from '69 to present time, his station at present be- ing at Camp Sheridan, in the Yellowstone Park; staff positions occupied, adjutant, 1st Cavalry from May 25, '75 to Oct. 16. '77; retired, Aug. 27, '95. Address, Lew- isville, Wash.


BOUVIER, John Vernou Jr .:


Lawyer; son of John V. and Caroline Ewing Bouvier; born Aug. 12, 1865, at Torresdale, Pennsylvania; early training in schools in France and England; en- tered Columbia College School of Arts, graduating therefrom in 1886, receiving degree of M. A., in 1887, and graduat- ing from Columbia College Law School in 1888; called to the bar in June, 1888; at college was valedictorian of class, win- ner of the Chanler Historical Prize Sen- ior Essay, and elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society; associated with the firm of Hoadly, Lauterbach & Johnson for ten years, as managing clerk and subsequent- as trial lawyer; member of the Union, University, Columbia University Clubs, Delta Kappa Epsilon Society (of which latter was the president of the General Convention, held in Meriden, Conn., in 1885), Bar Association of the City of New York, and the Bar Association of the State, Columbia Alumni and Law School Alumni and various associations and country clubs. Address, 31 Nassau St., New York, N. Y.


BOVEE, Christian Nestell:


Author; born New York City, Feb. 22, 1820; early education in private schools and some time with Goold Brown, the grammarian; spent six years in flour store; later admitted to bar and practiced law successfully many years; gained fortune which he later lost; was law partner of Clarkson N. Potter and in other firms; active in founding of An- themaeum Club, N. Y., and later its head; long regent of Long Island College Hospital; spent leisure on literature; pub- lications, "Thoughts, Feelings, and Fan- cies" (N. Y., 1857); "Institutions and Summaries of Thought" (Boston, 1862) ; edited "Thoughts and Events," a paper


for poorer classes, while it existed; many of his sayings have been quoted. Ad- dress, 4722 Springfield Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.


BOWEN, Carroll E .:


Assistant cashier of the Traders' Na- tional. Bank of Rochester, N. Y .; was born in Hingham, Mass., Feb. 9, 1861; his father was at that time pastor of the First Unitarian Church; at an early age he removed to Rochester, received his education in the schools of that city and at the age of eighteen years, be- came connected with the institution of which he is now assistant cashier; he has served in all the intermediate po- sitions, and has come to his present po- sition through conscientious devotion to the institution, and has contributed to- wards its success, which has been marked; he was also actively interested in the organization of the Genesee Val- ley Trust company of Rochester, of which institution he is a director; in 1882 he was married to Miss Adelaide Mann, and they have a son and two daughters. Ad- dress, Rochester, N. Y.


BOWEN, Clarence Winthrop:


Author; born Brooklyn, May 22, 1852; graduated Yale, 1893; Ph. D. from Yale, 1882; associated with The Independent," 1896; succeeded father, Henry Chandler Bowen, as publisher; 1889 secretary of committee of arrangements for centennial anniversary of Washington's inaugura- tion, New York City; publications, "Dis- putes of Connecticut" (Boston, 1882) ; "Woodstock, an Historical Sketch" (New York, 1886); "Memorial Volume of Cen- tennial of Washington's Inauguration" (1892). Address, 5 East 63d St., New York City, N. Y.


BOWEN, Edgar C .:


Captain U. S. Army; born in New York in 1844; appointed from Wis- consin to military academy, July 1, 1861; graduated, 1865; actual rank, second lieutenant and first lieutenant, 12th inf., June 23, 1865; transferred to 30th inf., Sept. 21, 1866; captain, 30th inf. Feb. 22, 1869; unassigned, March 23, 1869; as- signed to 11th inf., Jan. 1, 1871; June 7, '79, retired from active service for disability incurred in the line of duty; staff positions occupied, regimental quar- termaster 12th Infantry, Oct. 16, '65; A. A. Q. M., A. C. S., Post Treasurer and Ord. Officer, Fort Hamilton, N. Y. H., Oct. '65, to July, '66; adjutant 30th infantry, Sept. 1, '68; to Nov. 10, '68; Post adju- tant, Fort Columbus, N. Y. H., Nov. '68, to June, '69; Post adjutant, A. A. Q. M., Post Treasurer and Ord. Officer, Newport Barracks, Kentucky, June to Oct., '69; battles, skirmishes, etc, scouting against hostile Sioux Indians, Colorado and Wy- oming, June to Oct., '67; campaign against hostile Comanche and Kiowa Indians, Texas, Sept. to Dec., '71; campaign


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against hostile Kiowa, Comanche and Cheyenne Indians in Texas and Indian Territory, July to Dec., '74; participated in the pursuit, attact on camp and capt- ure of the Nokone tribe of Comanche In- dians, Elk Creek, Indian Territory, Nov., '74; disarming Sioux Indian camps and for the relief of the Indian Mission at Mc- Kenzie's Point, Missouri River, Dakota, Nov., '76; campaign against hostile Sioux Indians, Black Hills, Dakota, Oct. to Dec., '77; commands held, troops in the field, Mckenzie's Point, Missouri River, Nov., '76; professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Min- nesota, Minnesota, 1881-82; St. Paul's School, Garden City, L. I., N. Y., 1890-95; University of North Dakota, 1899-1902. Address, 710 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, Minn.


BOWEN, Herbert Walcott:


Consul and author; son of Henry Chan- dler Bowen, founder of the Independent; born Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 29, '56; education received at Paris, Berlin and at Yale, of which graduated, 1878; studied law at Columbia and admitted to bar; 1890, U. S. consul at Barcelona, Spain; 1894, consul general at same city; 1899, minister to Persia; published, "Verses" (Boston, '84); "In Divers' Tones" (1890) ; "Losing Ground"; Sonnets on "Interna- tional Law" (N. Y., '96). Address, Ca- racas, Venezuela.


BOWKER, Richard Rogers:


Author; born Salem, Mass., 1848; edu- cated in New York public schools; gradu- ate of College of City of New York, 1868; long editor of Publishers' Weekly, Library Journal, American Catalogue, etc .; from 1890 to 1899, first vice-president and ex- ecutive of the Eaison Electric Illuminat- ing company, of New York; now vice- president of De Laval Turbine company and De Laval Separator company; 1880-82 in London, representative of Harper and Brothers. Author "Of Work and Health" (1883); "The Economic Fact Book and Free Traders' Guide" (1885) ; "Primer for Political Education"


(1886) ; "Great American Industries"; "Political Respon- sibility of the Individual," etc. In poli- tics is an Independent; 1879 originated independent Republican movement; active in preventing passing of first civil ser- vice reform bill in New York legislature; was member of New York Free Trade Club, Brooklyn Review Reform Club; one of incorporators and an original Board of Trustees of the Reform Club; has been vice-president of the American Copyright League, Brooklyn Democratic Club, Na- tional Civic Club of Brooklyn; director of Brooklyn Library and Trustee of Brook- lyn Library and trustee of Brooklyn In- stitute; chairman of City Lectures Com- mittee in New York; member of Council of American Library Association, Au- thors' Club, University Settlement So- ciety in New York. Address, 298 Broad- way, New York.


BOWMAN, Edward Morris:


Musician; third son of Joseph and Asenath (Burroughs) B .; a descendant, on paternal side, of Nathaniel Bowman, who emigrated from England with John Winthrop in 1630, and on maternal side of Richard Warren and Sarah Tilley, of the Mayflower Pilgrims; born Barnard, Vt., July 18, 1848; graduated from St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y .; pupil in piano playing of Dr. William Mason, New York, and Franz Bendel, Berlin; in organ playing of John P. Morgan, New York; Edward Rohde and August Haupt, Berlin; Edward Batiste and Alexander Guilmant, Paris; Sir Frederick Bridge, Westminster Abbey, London; theory of music of Carl Frederich Weitzmann, Ber- lin; Sir George A. Macfarren and Dr. E. H. Turpin, London, and John P. Morgan, New York; organist of Old Trinity Church, New York, 1866-67; teacher and conductor, St. Louis, 1867-88; organist and director of music, Union M. E. Church, Second Presbyterian Church, Second Baptist Church, St. Louis; Peddie Memorial Church, Newark, N. J., 1887- 94; founder and director of the Cecilian Choir; director of Newark Harmonic So- ciety; founder and director of the Temple Choir and Temple Orchestra, 200 mem- bers; Baptist Temple, Brooklyn, since 1895; teacher and conductor, New York, since 1887; member of the Royal College of Organists, London, and the American Guild of Organists; founder and fellow (president eight terms) of the American College of Musicians; president (four terms) of Music Teachers' National As- sociation; professor and director of music, Vassar College, 1891-95; member execu- tive board, Brooklyn Y. M. C. A .; mem- ber executive board department of music, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences; director of music in Ely School, New York. Author of Bowman's "Weitzmann's Man- ual of Harmony and Counterpoint," 1876; contributor to musical journals. Resi- dence, 281 Sterling Place, Brooklyn; stu- dio, Steinway Hall, New York.


BOWMAN, Geo. A .:


Division freight agent, Erie road; born May 23, 1864, at Rochester; graduated from the Rochester Free Academy in 1879; entered railway service, Sept., 1879, as clerk in the freight office New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, at Rochester, and was there until Aug. 1, 1887; 1887 to 1889, traffic freight agent, Erie road; 1889, to May 1, 1895, agent same lines at Rochester; May 1, 1895, to date, division freight agent, Rochester and Buffalo divisions, Erie road, at the same place. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.


BOWMAN, Geo. T .:


Lieutenant United States Army; born in New York; appointed a first lieutenant, 15th cavalry, at large from New York, Feb. 2, 1901; accepted, July 1, 1901; volun-


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teer service, captain, 65th New York Volunteer Infantry, May 17, '98; hon- orably discharged, Nov. 19, '98; second lieutenant, 36th United States Volunteer Infantry, July 5, "'99; first lieutenant, Dec. 24, '99; honorably mustered out, June 30, 1901. Present address, San Francisco, Cal. BOYD, William A .:


Lawyer; born in New York City, Nov. 25, 1841; son of John T. Boyd and Hannah Agnes Boyd; married Adelina Todd Speaight, daughter of James B. Speaight, prominent citizen of New York; graduated from Columbia College in 1861; went as a private in the 71st Regiment, New York State Militia to Washington, D. C., in defence of the National capitol, and sub- sequently was commissioned as first lieu- tenant in 62d Regiment, United States Volunteers and was honorably discharged from the Army in 1862, owing to ill health; resumed his studies and was admitted to the Bar in the fall of 1862; Corporation Attorney of New York City, from 1875 to 1889; returned to the practice of the law in the fall of 1889, and now in active prac- tice. Address, 148 Broadway, New York City.




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