Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 25

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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WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK.

Clubs; married daughter of Richard Ir- vin, of New York. Address, Union Club, New York.

BURCHELL, George W .:

Vice-president of the Queen Insurance Company of America; was born, Brooklyn, N. Y., May 31, 1850; when but fourteen years of age, in 1864, he entered the office of the Niagara Fire Insurance Company as a clerk, and continued there until 1869; he was in the mercantile business two years, and then with the Phenix In- surance Company of Brooklyn from 1871 to 1881, being special agent in the East- ern and Middle States the last eight years; in 1881 he went into the service of the Queen Insurance Company of Liverpool, traveling for it as general agent in the Middle States until 1889,

when he became deputy manager of the United States branch; when the Queen Insurance Company of America was organized under the laws of the State of New York to take the business of the Liverpool Company Mr. Burchell was ap- pointed secretary; he was elected vice- president in April, 1900. Office address, 43 Cedar St., New York.

BURDETT, Cyril Herbert:

Lawyer; born in Boston, Mass, Oct. 3, 1865; was graduated from Quincy Acad- emy in 1884 and from Harvard University in 1888; practiced law in Boston for two years; became a member of the New York Bar and was, for ten years, asso- ciated with the Title Guarantee and Trust Company of New York; in 1902, upon the organization of the Title Insurance Com- pany of New York, he was elected secre- tary of that company, as well as of the New York Mortgage and Security Com- pany and the Chelsea Realty Company, two allied corporations; prominently iden- tified with the Unitarian movement in this section of the country; president of the Liberal Club of Brooklyn and presi- dent of the New York Unitarian Sunday School Union; actively interested in all civic matters and movements for the im- provement of the social and industrial conditions of his fellow citizens. Address, 149. Broadway, New York.

BURDICK, Francis Marion:

Lawyer; was born in De Ruyter, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1845; parents were Capt. Albert G. Burdick (descended from Robert Bur- dick, of Newport, R. I., a member of the Colonial Assembly for several terms), and Eunetia Wheeler Burdick (descended from Dr. John Wheeler, of Reboboth, Mass.); he prepared for college at De Ruyter In- stitute and Cazenovia Seminary; gradu- ated from Hamilton College, 1869, and from Hamilton College Law School, 1872; before entering upon the study of law was connected with editorial staff of the Utica Morning Herald for a year or more; prac- ticed at bar, Utica, from 1872 to 1883, alone and as a member of the firms of

Beardsley, Cookinham & Burdick, and of Beardsley, Burdick & Beardsley; married Sarah Underhill Kellogg in Utica, June 8, 1875; has four children, Anna Van Eps, Katharine, Charles Kellogg, Flora Mar- garet; Mayor of Utica, 1888-93; member of U. S. Assay Commission, 1889; pro- fessor of law at Hamilton College, 1882- 1887, at Cornell University 1887-1891 and at Columbia, 1891, to date; received the degree of LL.D. from Hamilton College, 1895; member of Phi Beta Kappa, Amer- ican Bar Association and various New York Clubs. Author of several legal works. Residence, 633 West 115th St .; office, Rooms 302-3, Library Building, Co- lumbia University.

BURGESS, Edward G .:

President International Elevating Com- pany and New York Produce Exchange; treasurer Pan-American Company; direc- tor Consolidated National Bank and United States Fire Insurance Company. Residence, Montclair, N. J .; office, Pro- duce Exchange, New York.

BURGESS, Frederick, D. D .:

Bishop of Long Island; born at Provi- dence, R. I., 1853; graduated from Brown University, 1873; studied a year in Ox- ford; attended the General Theological Seminary; was ordained deacon by the bishop of New Hampshire, 1876, and priest by the late Bishop Clark, 1877; he was successively rector of six parishes-St. Mark's, Mendham, N. J .; Grace, Amherst, Mass .; Christ, Pomfret, Conn .; St. Asaph, Bala, Pa .; Christ, Detroit, Mich., and Grace Church, Brooklyn; he came to Brooklyn, 1898, and that year received from Brown the degree of doctor of divin- ity; at a special convention in Nov., 1890, after the death of Bishop Littlejohn, he was elected bishop of Long Island; was consecrated in Grace Church, Brooklyn, Jan. 15, 1902; the bishop of New York was consecrator, assisted by the bishops of Albany and Michigan; the presentors were the bishops of Massachusetts and Connecticut, the latter having been the rector of Grace Church prior to Bishop Burgess. His cathedral and residence are in Garden City, Long Island.

BURKE, John Edmund:

Clergyman; born, Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1852; educated at St. Francis Xavier's College, New York City; for priesthood, at Mount St. Mary's Seminary, Emmets- burg, Md., and American College in Rome; ordained priest Aug. 4, 1878; returned to U. S., becoming pastor of the Epiphany, New York City; interested in colored Ro- man Catholics; 1878, resigned pastorate · to devote himself to these; 1883, Church of the Epiphany changed place of wor- ship and old Epiphany Church was re- dedicated as Church of St. Benedict the Moor, Rev. Mr. Burke being pastor. Address, 264 W. 53rd St., New York.

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BURKE, Stevenson:

Lawyer, jurist, railroad president and capitalist; born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1824; early education re- ceived in common schools, select schools, and the University at Delaware, O .; stud- ied law, and was admitted to the bar, Aug. 11, 1848; commenced to practice at Elyria, O., 1861; was elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas and District Court; re-elected in 1866; resigned in 1868, and resumed the practice of law in Cleveland, O .; has argued very many not- able cases in the courts of the State, and also in the United States Circuit and Su- preme Courts; for many years past has given much attention to railroads as general counsel and otherwise. He is now and has been for more than twenty years tne president of the Cleveland & Mahon- ing Valley Railway Company, and before becoming president he was for many years general counsel, and the represen- tative of practically all the stock of that company; he was for many years general counsel, vice-president and director of the C. C. C. & I. Railway; in 1881, for himself and one or two associates, he pur- chased several railroads in Ohio, which he consolidated into the Columbus, Hock- ing Valley & Toledo Railway, and was for many years its president. For many years, by himself and his immediate as- sociates, he held a large percentage of the stock of the Toledo & Ohio Central Rail- way Company, during which time he was the president of the company; he was one of the chief owners and for many years the president of the Kanawha & Michigan Railway Company; he was also for many years a large bondholder and president of the Central Ontario Railway Company; he was also a director in many other railway companies, including the New York, Chicago & St. Louis, the Cin- cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway and its associated companies. He was also a director for very many years, and after- wards president of the Indianapolis & St. Louis and Cincinnati & Springfield Com- panies; he has also been very largely in- terested in various mining enterprises, principally in mining gold and silver in Mexico, copper and nickel in Canada, iron ore in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minne- sota, and coal in Ohio; he is a member of the principal clubs in and around Cleve- land; a Republican in politics; but ever since his resignation of the judgeship, in 1868. he has steadily refused to be a candidate for any political office; he was married twice; in 1849, to Miss Parthenia Poppleton, and after her death, in 1882, to Mrs. Ella M. Southworth. Address, Cleveland, Ohio.

BURKE, Thomas Martin Aloysius:

Roman Catholic bishop; born Ireland, Jan. 10, 1840; began studies in St. Michael's College, Toronto, Canada, 1855; at St. Charles College, Md., 1856, teach- ing in meantime; graduated from St. Mary's Theological Seminary, Baltimore,

1864, with degrees M. A. and B. T .; or- dained to priesthood, June 30, 1864; con- nected with St. John's Church, Albany, 1864-65; with St. Joseph's, 1864-94; theo- logian of third plenary council, 1884; sub- sequently in turn vicar-general of Al- bany, administrator of diocese and bishop of Albany, 1894; is Knight of Holy Sepul- chre and of the Grand Cross. Address, Albany, N. Y.

BURLINGAME, Edward Livermore:

Editor; born Boston, Mass., May 30, 1848; son of Anson Burlingame, diplomat, for some years minister to China; non- graduate of Harvard, having left to go to China as private secretary to his fath- er; took long trips through China and Japan; 1867, left for Heidelberg, Ger- many, where, after two years' study, ob- tained Ph.D. degree; later studied at Ber- lin; spent some time traveling in Europe; 1871, on editorial staff of New York Trib- une; 1872-76, associate in revision of Ap- pleton's American Cyclopedia; has con- tributed to magazines and reviews; 1879, associated with Charles Scribner's Sons' publishing house; since 1886 editor of Scribner's Magazine; honorary degree of A. M. from Harvard, 1901; translated and edited "Art Life and Theories of Rich -. ard Wagner" (N. Y., 1875); edited "Cur- rent Discussion; a collection from the Chief English Essays on Questions of the Time" (1878), etc. Address, 47 E. 83d St., New York.

BURNETT, Henry Lawrence:

Lawyer; entered Union Army, 1863, as captain of Second Ohio Cavalry; ad- vanced to rank of brigadier-general; re- signed from army, 1865; practiced law first in Cincinnati and afterwards in New York; is now U. S. District Attorney of southern district of New York. Resi-

dence, 7 E. 12th St., New York.

BURNETT Jean La Rue:

Republican Assemblyman, representing Ontario County; he was born Canandai- gua, N. Y .; educated in public schools and academy at that village, and sub- sequently graduated from Univ. of Mich .; while at the last-named institution in- strumental in organization of the Ameri- can Collegiate Republican League, having membership of over 60,000; has taken act- ive part in every State and National cam- paign since 1892; has been for years con- tributor to leading periodicals; since ad- mission to the bar has been engaged in practice of his profession; in Assembly, 1899, during which was member of com- mittees of General Laws, Affairs of Cities and Public Health; has represented On- tario Co. in lower house ever since; in 1900, 1901 and 1902, chairman of the Commit- tee on General Laws and as a member of the Committees on Excise and Affairs of Cities; re-elected to Assembly in 1902; member of following Assembly commit-

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tees: Chairman of the Committee on Af- fairs of Cities; member of Banks, and Federal Relations. Address, Canandai- gua, N. Y.

BURNETT, Levl F .:

Captain U. S. Army; born New York; appointed from New York-civil life; act- ual rank-private Company A, Eighty- fourth New York Volunteer Infantry, Aug. 16, 1862; transferred to Company A, Veteran Reserve Corps, Aug. 15, 1863; discharged, May 23, 1864; second lieuten- ant Veteran Reserve Corps, May 12, 1864; accepted, May 23, 1864; honorably mus- tered out, June 9, 1867; second lieuten- ant Thirty-sixth U. S. Infantry, May 25, 1867; accepted, June 10, 1867; transferred to Seventh U. S. Infantry, May 19, 1869; first lieutenant, May 10, 1873; captain, April 23, 1889; brevet rank-brevet first lieutenant, May 25, 1867, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of An- tietam, Md .; captain, May 25, 1867, for gallant and meritorious services during the war; first lieutenant Vol. March 13, 1865, and captain Vol., March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of South Mountain and An- tietam, Md .; service-in the field during the War of the Rebellion, 1861-65; with the Army of the Potomac in the Md. cam- paign, Sept., 1862; at Wheeling, Va., on staff duty, 1864-65; at Trenton, N. J., on staff duty to Jan., 1866; at Louisville, Ky., on bureau duty from Feb., 1866, to April, 1869; on recruiting service, Oct. 1, 1880, to Oct. 6, 1882; in Dep. of Platte from 1882 to 1890; present station, Fort Logan, Colo .; staff positions occupied- adjutant Twenty-first Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, May, 1864; A. A. A. G. in the office of the acting assistant pro- vost-marshal-general, disbursing officer and superintendent of volunteer recruit- ing service, Wheeling, Va .; Aug., 1864, to May, 1865; adjutant post of Trenton, N. J., to Jan., 1866; bureau duty, Louisville, Ky., March, 1866; adjutant Seventh U. S. Infantry, from Nov. 5, 1874, to Oct. 1, 1880; battles, skirmishes, etc .- engaged in the battles of South Mountain and An- tietam, Md. (severely wounded), Sept. 15 and 17, 1862; retired, June 8, 1894. Ad- dress, Hotel Metropole, Oakland, Cal.

BURNHAM, David R .:

Captain U. S. Army; born Pennsyl- vania; appointed from New York; first lieutenant, Aug. 28, 1861; captain, Jan. 7, 1864; honorably mustered out, Sept. 15, 1864; second lieutenant Thirty-fifth In- fantry, June 18, 1867; first lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1875; captain, Oct. 31, 1884; re- tired, June 15, 1891. Present address, Pasadena, Cal.

BURNHAM, Frederick A .:

Lawyer; born Burrillville, R. I., Jan. 7, 1851; received his primary education at old Bacon Academy, Colchester, Conn .; continued studies at the college at Mid- dletown, there graduating; student at the

Albany Law School, where graduated, and admitted to bar in 1873; after admis- sion to bar removed to New York City, and entered there upon practice of his profession, giving particular attention to commercial and insurance law; active in charity and benevolence; in 1877 joined Society of Freemasons; June 7, 1893, un- animously elected grand master of the Masonic Society for the State of New York; head of legal department of Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association; president of Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Com- pany, New York. Address, Hotel Savoy, New York City.

BURNS, Willlam H .:

Democratic Assemblyman, representing Fourth Assembly district of New York; born N. Y. City, March 9, 1871; educated in the publicand parochial schools of New York, of which latter he is a graduate; has been engaged in various pursuits; is now agent and collector; member of Tammany Hall; elected to Assembly, 1900; appointed member of following committees: Com- merce and Navigation, Indian Affairs; re-elected, 1901; appointed member of fol- lowing Assembly committees: Banks, Public Institutions, and Soldiers' Home; again elected in 1902; member of follow- ing Assembly committees: Electricity, Gas and Water Supply, and Public Insti- tutions. Address, New York City.

BURR, George Lincoln:

Professor medieval history, Cornell; born Oramel, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1857; gradu- ated from Cornell, 1881; librarian, White Historical library, since 1878; studied at Leipzig, at the oSrbonne, and 'Ecole des Chartes, Paris, and at Zürich, 1884-86 and 1887-88; entered Cornell faculty, 1888; has written especially on history of supersti- tion and persecution; historical expert, Venezuelan Boundary Commission, 1896- 97. Author "The Literature of Witch- craft," "The Fate of Dietrich Flade," etc. Address, Ithaca, N. Y.

BURR, William Hubert:

Engineer; born Watertown, Conn., July 14, 1851; studied at Academy in Water- town and also prepared in private for en- trance in Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- tute of Troy, N. Y., from which grad- uated, 1872; 1872-75, employed in subordi- nate places in building of wrought iron bridges and the water works of Newark, N. J .; 1875, member of faculty in Rens- selaer Polytechnic Institute; 1876-84, pro- fessor of rational and technical mechan- ics, while practicing civil engineering; 1884, assistant to chief engineer of Phoenix Bridge Co., later general man- ager; 1891, vice-president of Sooysmith & Co., constructing engineers of New York City; 1892-93, professor of engineer- ing at Harvard; following year to pres- ent time professor of same at Columbia; 1894, appointed by President Cleveland member of board of engineers to investi- gate crossing of Hudson, at New York,

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with bridge; also one of the sub-com- mittee of "Committee of 70" for consid- ering improvement of city front, and member of expert committee to make plans and estimates for rapid transit; 1895-98, member Board of Consulting En- gineers to Dock Department; 1896, con- sulting engineer to Public Parks Depart- ment; in charge of building Harlem River driveway and bridges; 1896, appointed by. President Cleveland on board to find deep water harbor in South California coast; 1898, consulting engineer of Department of Bridges, New York City; member of American Society of Civil Engineers. Ad- dress, 151 W. 74th St., New York City.

BURROUGHS, John:

Author and naturalist; born Roxbury, N. Y., April 3, 1837; son of farmer; left home at seventeen to try fortune; next year spent one term at Cooperstown Seminary and one at Ashland Seminary; taught following 8 or 9 years; then clerk in treasury department, Washington, 1867-73, first as vault-keeper, later chief in an organization division bureau of national books; 1873, receiver of Wallkill National Bank, Middletown, N. Y., fol- lowed by 10 years as bank examiner; 1874, settled on farm in Esopus, N. Y., occupy- ing himself with literature and fruit cul- ture when not away on bank duties; fond of nature, of which he writes much in prose and poetry; 1903, accompanied Pres- ident Roosevelt on his trip in West. Pub- lications: "Walt Whitman as Poet and Person" (New York, 1867); "Wake Robin" (Boston, 1871); "Winter Sunshine"

(1875) ; "Birds and Poets" (1877) ; "Lo- custs and Wild Honey" (1879) ; "Pepac- on" (1881) ; ,"Fresh Fields" (1884);

"Signs and Seasons" (1886) ; "Indoor Studies" (1889); "Riverby" (1894); "Whit- man, a Study" (Boston, 1896). Address, West Park, N. Y.

BURROWES, Peter E .:

Editor; born in Dublin, Ireland, 1846, of the family of the historical Peter Burrowes, who, with Grattan, Emmett, Fitzgerald and Tandy founded the old Society of United Irishmen which played so conspicuous a part in the rebellion of 1798; began to write for the press as a contributor to "Zozimus," the Irish "Punch," a short lived, but brilliant en- terprise of late A. M. Sullivan of edito- rial and parliamentary fame; always par- tially blind, could not find settled work in literature; took to bookselling early in life and with incursions into religious activities as missionary and author, made up the years. In 1885 came to America and settled in New York, as editor of religious publications "War Cry," "Lit- tle Soldier," and marrying the late Jane Reading, of London, England, returned to bookselling; settled in Brooklyn, where for some years the old book store known as "The Curio," of Montague St., was a a favorite resort of literary men; during

that time was devoted to the cause of socialism from the standpoint of a phi- losopher who regarded the period of the individual life as closed; wrote ex- tensively as an essayist and poet in the progressive press of America; became a lecturer for, and has been without inter- mission a nominee of, the socialist party in every election up to date; published a rough outline of monopsychic philosophy under the name of "Revolutionary Es- says," in 1893, the first of a projected series; also author of "The Crime of Ruby Rochfort," a novel, and some se- rial stories; takes a writer's part in the "Arts and Crafts" movement initiated in London by the late William Morris and now enlisting the sympathetic attention of many of the intellectual leaders of American Society. Address, 79th St. and 5th Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.

BURROWS, Lorenzo, Jr .:

Physician; born Albion, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1867, and reared in Saginaw, Mich .; en- tered College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City, Oct. 4, 1886; graduated June 13, 1889; assistant to professor of ophthalmology and otology, University of Michigan, during session of 1889 and 1890; established in practice in Saginaw, Mich., July, 1890; removed to Buffalo, N. Y., June, 1896, and continued practice of pro- fession; appointed ophthalmologist to Erie County Hospital in 1900, and to Buf- falo General Hospital in 1901. Address, 482 Franklin St., Buffalo, N. Y.

BURT, Mary E .:

Educator; born Lake Geneva, Wis .; educated in public schools of native town, also at Geneva Lake Seminary and Ober- lin College; taught in schools of Wis- consin and Chicago, Ill .; also for three years instructor of literature at Cook County Normal Schools; took full college course in private classes and study clubs in the evenings; also studied drawing at Chicago Art Institute; member of Chi- cago School Board and chairman of com- mittee on drawing for three years; since 1893 instructor in John A. Browning School; also general editor for Scribner's Sons; has traveled widely in Europe and Egypt; has lectured on literary subjects in Chicago, New York and other cities; contributor to Atlantic Monthly, Chau- tauquan and other journals; author of "Browning's Women," "Literary Land Marks," etc. Has edited "The World's Literature," "The Story of the German Iliad;" co-author of "The Eugene Field Book," "The Howells Story Book," "The Boy General" (from works of Elizabeth Custer), "Fanciful Tales" (from F. R. Stockton), "The Literary Primer," "Odys- seus, the Hero of Ithaca," "Heracles, the Hero of Thebes," "The Cattle Story Book," "Don Quixote"; also edited "The Sidney Lanier . Book." Address, 66 E. 77th St., New York City.

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BURT, Stephen Smith:

Physician; born Oneida, N. Y., Nov. 1, 1850; son of Oliver T. and Rebecca (Johnston) Burt, of Syracuse, N. Y .; educated at Allen's Classical School, West Newton, Mass., 1862; Eagleswood Mili- tary Academy, Perth Amboy, N. J .. 1864; Edwards' Place School, Stockbridge, Mass., 1866; Cornell University, class of 1872; graduated from College of Phy- sicians and Surgeons, department of Columbia University, M. D., 1875; Roose- velt Hospital, 1877; honorary degree M. A., Yale University, 1890; professor of thoracic diseases, University of Vermont, 1884-85; professor of medicine and phy- sical diagnosis, New York Post-Gradu- ate Medical School and Hospital, since 1884; instructor in same department from 1882 to 1884; attending physician New York Post-Graduate Hospital; formerly attending physician out-door service for diseases of the heart and lungs, Bellevue Hospital; examiner for Society of First Aid to Injured; member of Kappa Alpha Society, Cornell Chapter; Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; Founders and Patriots of America; Hospital Graduates Club; New York Academy of Medicine; New York State Medical Society; Medical Society of the County of New York. Au- thor of "Exploration of the Chest in Health and Disease," and numerous pamphlets, among which are: "Views on the Prevention and Treatment of Typhoid Fever," "Pleurisy," "Some of the Limita- tions of Medicine," "Pulmonary Con- sumption in the Light of Modern Re- search," "Bacteriology and Preventive Medicine," "The Ethics of Experimenta- tion upon Living Animals," "Heart Dis- ease," "Aneurism of the Thoracic Aorta," "Colloid Cancer of the Omentum," "Pur- pura Haemorrhagica," "Multiple Meta- static Sarcoma of the Lungs," "Acute Yellow Atrophy of the Liver," 'Pneu- monia in the Light of Modern Research," "Pneumonia; an Acute Self-Limited Sys- temic Affection," "Treatment of Pneu- monia," " "The Prevention of Intemper- ance," "Recollections and Reflections of a Quarter of a Century." Address, 115 East 34th St., New York.

BURTIS, Areunah Martin:

One of the secretaries of the Home In- surance Company of New York; is a na- tive of that city, and was educated in its schools; he was a soldier of the Civil War, returning from which he entered the service of the Home in the autumn of 1864 as a clerk, and in subsequent years advanced by successive steps through the positions of adjuster, special agent and assistant secretary to his present position, to which he was elected in March, 1898. Office address, 56 Cedar St., New York.

BURTIS, Arthur:

Rear Admiral U. S. Navy; born New York, and appointed assistant paymaster from that State by Mr. Lincoln in 1862;

his grandfather, Arthur Burtis, was an Alderman of the City of New York from 1813 to 1819; his great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather both served in the Revolutionary War; his father was the Rev. Arthur Burtis, D.D., an eminent clergyman of Buffalo, N. Y .; his first or- ders were to duty under Admiral Farra- gut in the Sagamore, but on the way there in the supply steamer Rhode Island con- tracted yellow fever, and he was sent north; upon recovering was ordered to the Connecticut, employed in convoying the California steamers through the Caribbean Sea; the Connecticut, of North Atlantic Blocking Squadron, was next on the blockade, capturing four noted block- ade-runners; also caused the destruction of four more, in the course of which duty she was engaged with Fort Fisher; from 1864 to 1866 was attached to the Mus- coota, of the Gulf Squadron; while in the Muscoota, he was promoted to paymaster, May 4, 1866; from 1867 to 1869 stationed at League Island; from 1870 to 1873 was attached to the Brooklyn, which ship brought the body of Admiral Farragut from Portsmouth, N. H., to New York, and then went for a cruise in European paymaster. Upon his return home, after paymaster; upon his return home, after service at the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, Navy Department, 1873, he be- came inspector of provisions and clothing at the navy yard, Philadelphia, from 1874 to 1877; most of the time he had the ad- ditional duty of paymaster of the re- ceiving-ship St. Louis; in 1878 he was a member of the Board of Examiners; again ordered to League Island, but after about a year's service there went to the prac- tice-ship Constellation for her summer cruise with the cadets of the Naval Acad- emy. After this he was for some time on special duty at navy pay office, New York; from 1883 to 1886 he was attached to the Galena, of the North Atlantic Squadron; the Galena was at Aspinwall in the spring of 1885; during the rebel- lion on the Isthmus, and when that city was burned, the officers and crew of the ship prevented much destruction of prop- erty and loss of life; the Galena also seized at St. Andrew's Island the fili- bustering steamer City of Mexico in Feb., 1886. From June, 1886, to May, 1889, was the paymaster of the navy yard, New York; he next went to the Vermont, re- ceiving-ship at New York, and in Jan., 1890, was ordered as fleet paymaster of the Pacific Squadron in the flag-ship Charleston. The Charleston brought King Kalakau from the Sandwich Islands to California, and took his remains back to Honolulu in Jan., 1891; from the Charles- ton he was transferred to the flag-ship San Francisco, March 31, 1891; the San Francisco was in Chili during the revolu- tion in 1891, and was in Valparaiso when Balmaceda's army was defeated and the Congressional forces captured that city, Aug. 28, 1891; was promoted to pay in- spector, Sept. 21, 1891; was detached from the flag-ship San Francisco, Jan. 30, 1892;

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 25

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