Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 27

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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CAMPBELL, John:

Protestant Episcopal clergyman; was born New York City, March 3, 1867; son of John and Elizabeth (Kilpatrick) Camp- bell; was graduated from the City Col- lege, 1888; student of law with Hon. John De Witt Warner and at Columbia; A. M., Columbia, 1890; admitted to the Bar, Dec., 1890; was graduated from the General Theological Seminary, 1894; made deacon, 1894; priest, 1895; assistant minister of St. Paul's Church, New Haven, 1894-96, under Rev. E. S. Lines, now Bishop of Newark; assistant at the Church of the Incarnation, New York, 1896-97, under Rev. W. M. Grosvenor; since Nov. 15, 1897, rector of the Church of the Me- diator at Kingsbridge, New York City; re- ceived degree Ph. D. from New York University, 1896; member American Orien- tal Society, Churchman's Association, Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Address, Kings- bridge, New York.

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CAMPBELL, John M .:

First lieutenant, United States Army; born Michigan; appointed from New York private, Company B, Seventy-first New York Infantry, May 10, 1898; second lieu- tenant, Twenty-fifth Infantry, Sept. 9, 1898; first lieutenant, Fifth Infantry, Jan. 18, 1900. Present address, Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y.

CANNON, Henry White:

President of Chase National Bank and ex-comptroller of the currency; was born at Delhi, Delaware County, N. Y., on Sept. 27, 1850; his direct ancestor on the mother's side was the first-born of Puri- tan Americans, Peregrine White, who was born in the Mayflower, Nov. 20, 1620, while that famous vessel lay in Cape Cod Harbor; his grandfather on the same side was a Revolutionary soldier of dis- tinction, who was taken prisoner by the British and died in the old "Sugar House" prison of New York; Benjamin Cannon, his paternal grandfather, in whose honor Cannonsville, N. Y., received its name, was a man who stood high in the business world, and the same may be said of his son, George B. Cannon, postmaster at Delhi under President Grant. Henry W. Cannon was educated in the private schools of Delhi, and afterwards studied at the Delaware Literary Institute; he in- herited a strong business proclivity, and having decided to pursue the business of banking he obtained a position in the First National Bank of Delhi, where he was made teller before he became twen- ty years of age; he left immediately af- terwards, being offered in 1870 what seemed to him a better position in the Second National Bank of St. Paul, Minn .; in 1871 he removed to Stillwater, Minn., and, though only twenty-one years old, he organized there the Lumberman's Na- tional Bank, of which he became cashier and active manager, and continued so for 13 years. Two years after this institution came into existence the panic of 1873 be- gan, and banks everywhere suspended currency payment, but so skillful and ju- dicious was the management of the youth- ful cashier that his bank was carried through the storm without once refusing payment; when the public debt was re- funded he became active in purchas- ing and exchanging government bonds for Minnesota banks; he also negotiated loans for the city of St. Paul; his opera- tions in these various directions, which frequently brought him to the East, and into contact with prominent officials and fianciers, gave him such a reputation as an able banker that in 1884, at the solici- tation of the Minnesota Congressmen and numerous bankers, he was appointed by President Arthur comptroller of the cur- rency, to succeed Hon. John J. Knox; in this highly responsible position Mr. Can- non quickly demonstrated his ability; young as he was, his experience had been varied, and he had diligently studied the principles of banking and commercial law;

he found himself at once in a position of difficulty, the financial crisis of 1884 caus- ing great trouble in the banking com- munity, during which many banks were saved from going into the hands of re- ceivers by the skill and judgment of the new comptroller; he also wisely dissuaded the Senate from ordering an inquiry into the condition of the banks of New York, which might have precipitated disaster; during his term of office the charters of numerous national banks expired, and new charters were granted only after the comptroller had satisfied himself of the soundness of the institutions; this was a task demanding great labor and vigilance on the part of Mr. Cannon; it was very judiciously performed. On the election of President Cleveland, Mr. Cannon was asked to continue in office, but he re- signed early in 1886 and removed to New York, where he became vice-president of the National Bank of the Republic. In November of the same year he became president of the Chase National Bank, the position which he still holds, and in which the bank has greatly prospered un- der his care. Mr. Cannon was appointed by Mayor Grant aqueduct commissioner, an appointment which gave general sat- isfaction; he was chosen by President Harrison as a member of the assay com- missions of 1891 and 1892, and as one of the United States commissioners in the International Monetary Conference of 1892, in which he played a very important part; he has been frequently contributor to newspapers and journals on financial subjects; he is director of Great North- ern, Lake Erie and Western, New York, Ontario and Western, Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company; chairman of board and president of Pacific Coast Company; also director of Manhattan Trust Company, United States Guarantee Company. Residence, 288 Madison Ave .; office, Chase National Bank, New York.

CANTOR, Jacob A .:

Lawyer; was born in the Seventeenth Ward of the City of New York, in 1854; he was educated in and graduated from the public schools, and in 1867 entered the law office of William Ware Peck, then associated with Reverdy Johnson as coun- sel, and afterward United States judge, being appointed by President Hayes. to Arizona; he also was a law student in the office of Webster & Craig, composed of Sidney Webster, son-in-law of Hamilton Fish, and General James B. Craig, then the virtual leader of the Kings County Democracy. From 1872 to 1877, at the solicitation of Manton Marble, then edi- tor and proprietor of the New York World, he filled a responsible position on that journal, while at the same time he attended the law school of the Univer- sity of the City of New York, and was one of the honor men of his class; it was in 1884, during the first Presidential cam- paign of Grover Cleveland, that he first entered into the activities of politics,

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when he was the Democratic candidate for Assembly in the Twenty-first District, and was triumphantly elected; in 1885 he was re-elected to the Assembly by an increased majority, and by a still larger majority re-elected to the same position in 1886; his career as a State Senator be- gan in 1887, when he was elected in the Tenth District over George W. Lyon, afterward surveyor of the port, by over 4,000 majority, and at the opening of the Legislature, in 1888, he was elected Dem- ocratic leader; he was returned to the Senate in 1889, 1891, 1893 and 1895, con- tinuing as Democratic leader until the close of the session of 1898; in 1891 he became chairman of the Committee on Finance; he gave the people of the State the lowest tax rate for many years. While serving in Albany he was the cham- pion of canal and harbor improvements, always standing for the commercial su- premacy of New York; he was a consist- ent advocate of rapid transit and of dock improvements, and through his efforts, more than those of any other representa- tive, the Rapid Transit Bill was finally passed; president of the Borough of Man- hattan in 1902-03. Address, 9 West 70th St., New York.

CAREY, Patrick P .:

Chaplain, United States Army; born in New York; appointed chaplain from New York, March 13, 1902; accepted April 4, 1902; assigned to artillery corps April 15, 1902; services, post chaplain Fort Terry, N. Y., April to Dec., 1902; Manila, P. I., 1902 to 1903. Present address, Manila, P. I.

CARHART, Henry Smith:

Physicist; born in Coeymans, N. Y., March 27, 1844; graduated at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn .; A. B., 1869; honorary LL.D., 1893; later studied at Yale, Harvard and Berlin; instructor in Northwestern University, 1872; pro- fessor of physics in same institution, 1873-86; professor of physics in the Uni- versity of Michigan, 1886 to the present; in 1881, member international jury of award at the Paris International Exposi- tion of Electricity; president board of judges at the World's Columbian Exhibi- tion, 1893; one of the five official mem- bers of the chamber of delegates at the International Electrical Congress in Chi- cago, 1893; fellow of the American Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Science; member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers; foreign member of the London Institute of Electrical Engi- neers; vice-president of the American Electro-Chemical Society; member of the American Physical Society; vice-presi- dent of the committee of organization of the International Electrical Congress at St. Louis, 1904. Author of "Primary Batteries," "Elements of Physics," "Uni- versity Physics," "Electrical Measure-

ments," and “High School Physics." Married, 1876, Ellen M. Soulé; has three children. Address, Ann Arbor, Mich.

CARICHOFF, Eugene Russell:

Electrical engineer; born in Virginia; graduated Master of Arts at Washington and Lee University; post-graduate stu- dent under Professor Rowland at Johns Hopkins University for two years ending 1893; associated with Frank J. Sprague in development of controlling apparatus for electrical elevators and for the mul- tiple unit system of electric railways; member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, associated with the Otis Elevator company, New York, and retained by the General Electric com- pany, 1902. Address, care of Otis Eleva- tor Co., 17 Battery Place, New York.

CARL, Willlam C .:

Organist; an American by birth; be- fore 1892 worked under Alexander Guil- mant, in Paris; at that year, upon his re- turn to the United States, became or- ganist; director of music in the First Presbyterian Church of New York City, a position he still holds; he is also di- rector of the Guilmant Organ School; is a founder of American Guild of Or- ganists and has been twice director of the Manuscript Society; has given a large number of recitals and inaugurated many large organs; Aug. 3, 1903, gave the first of Artist Organ Recitals in Dawson City, Alaska, being the first organist to go so far north for recitals; has given over 100 organ recitals in New York City, and appeared at many of the expositions in both Europe and America; compositions include: __ e Decennial Te Deum, organ pieces, songs, master-pieces for the or- gan, and thirty postludes. Address, care of The Guilmant Organ School, 34 West 12th St., New York.

CARLETON, WIII:

Author, poet, lecturer; born Hudson, Lenawee County, Mich., Oct. 21, 1845; graduated Hillsdale College, 1869, B.S. (A.M., Litt. D.); 1878, 1885 and 1888, vis- ited Europe ever since leaving college; has delivered lectures and original readings, visiting Great Britain, Canada, and all parts of the United States; also engaged in newspaper work in Hillsdale, Detroit, and Chicago; now editor of Every Where, illustrated magazine, Brooklyn; member of Authors' Club, etc., etc. Publications: "Poems" (1871); "Farm Ballads" (1873); "Farm Legends" (1875); "Young Folk's Centennial Rhymes" (1876); "Farm Festi- val" (1881); "City Ballads" (1885); "City Legends," (1889); "City Festivals,"

(1893); "Rhymes of our Planet," (1895) ; "The Old Infant, and Similar Stories," (1896); "Songs of Two Centuries," (1902. Address, 420 Greene Ave., Brooklyn.

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CARLISLE, John Griffin:

Statesman; born Campbell County,

Ky., Sept. 5, 1835; received common

school education; studied law with J. W. Stevenson and W. B. Kinkead; after teaching at Covington, admitted to bar, 1858; one term in House of Representa- tives, 1859-61; 1886 and 1869 member of governor of Kentucky; 1876 presidential Democratic Convention; 1871-5 lieutenant- governor of Kentucky; 1876 presidential elector; also chosen member of congress and seven times re-elected; appointed member of committee of ways and means; elected speaker of House of Representa- tives, 1883; twice re-elected, serving six years; is an able speaker and prominent in Democratic party, supporting tariff reform; 1890 United States Senator, suc- ceeding James Beck; 1893, appointed by President Cleveland, secretary of the treasury, 1897, removed to New York City. Residence, 4 Washington Square; office, 30 Broad St., New York.

CARLL, John Franklin:

Civil engineer; born Bushwick (now Brooklyn), N. Y., May 7, 1828; educated at Union Hall Academy, Flushing, L. I .; 1846, assisted father in farming; 1849-53, published and edited, (with brother-in- law) E. O. Crowell, Newark daily and weekly Eagle; in 1853, returned to Flush- ing; engaged for ten years civil engineer to survey; Oct., 1864, moved to Pleas- antville, engaged in oil works; 1874, con- nected with geological survey of Pennsyl- vania; then assist in oil and gas re- gion; now consulting geologist; inventor of static pressure sand-pump, removable pump-chamber and adjustable sleeve for piston-rods; compiled seven volumes state reports of survey. Address, Pleas- antville, Pa.

CARNEGIE, Andrew:

Manufacturer and philanthropist; born Dunfermline, Scotland, Nov. 25, 1835; came to the United States with fami- ly, 1845, settling in Pittsburgh; 1847, given work attending small stationary en- gine, but soon became telegraph mes- senger for Atlantic and Ohio com- pany; later operator and clerk in of- fice of superintendent and manager of telegraph lines, Pennsylvania R. R., Pitts- burgh; while there, made acquaintance of Mr. Woodruff, inventor of sleeping car, and joined with him in enterprise which proved successful; became superintendent of Pittsburgh Division of Pennsylvania R. R .; successful in venture at

Oil Creek, and in founding of rolling-mill, from which grew immense control of fron and steel industries, Edgar Thom- son Steel Works, Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel Works, Lucy Furnaces, Union Iron Mills, Keystone Bridge Works, Hartman Steel Works, Frick Coke company, Sco- tia Ore Mines, etc .; also large number of English newspapers; has made many magnificent donations to towns and in-

stitutions; founded Pittsburgh Institute; has given large sums of money for libra- ries and other philanthropic works; these include: $10,000,000 to Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; $5,200,000 to New York for establishment of branch libraries; $10,- 000,000 to Carnegie Institution, Washing- ton; $10,000,000 to Scotch Universities; $5,000,000 to fund for Employees of Car- negie Steel Co., and in all has given over $50,000,000; lord rector of University of St. Andrew, Edinburgh; has published ar- ticles on labor question; also "An Ameri- can Four-in-Hand in Britain" (New York, 1883) ; "Round the World" (1884); "Fifty Years' March of the Republic" (1886); member of Union League, Authors', En- gineers', Lotus, and other clubs; married Miss Louise Whitfield. Address, 2 East 91st St., New York.

CARPENTER, Elon Nathaniel, M. D .:

Physician; studied medicine in New York University, graduating 1884; assist- ant physician Insane Asylum, Ward's Is- land, 1884-85; medical superintendent, Long Island Home, Amityville, Long Is- land; member Academy Medical company, Medical Society, Medical Legal Society, Neurological Society. Address, 110 West 57th St., New York.

CARPENTER, Herbert Sanford:

Stock broker; born Brooklyn, N. Y., May 22, 1862; son of Frank B. Carpenter, the artist who painted the "Emancipation Proclamation" which hangs in the capitol at Washington; was a member of the firm of Charles Head & Co., Boston and New York, from 1890 to 1895; then formed firm of Thomas L. Manson & Co., mem- bers of the New York Stock Exchange, 71 Broadway; elected member of Boston Stock Exchange in 1903; member of the Union League, Lawyers', New York Ath- letic and Ardsley Clubs; married, Feb. 13, 1884, Cora Anderson of Louisville, Ky .; has one daughter, Cora. New York address, 56 West 55th St.,; country seat, Fairlight Cottage, Ardsley-on-the-Hud- son, New York.

CARPENTER, (Mrs.) Kate:

Author; born Tarrytown, N. Y .; daugh- ter of late Dr. Edward C. and Mary E. Rushmore. Author of the story of Joan of Arc, for Boys and Girls, etc. Address, New York City.

CARPENTER, Philip:

Prominent member of the New York bar, comes hereditarily to his profession, being lineally descended from a race of lawyers; his father, Alonzo P. Carpenter, graduating from Williams College. 1849, afterwards practiced law in New Hamp- shire from 1852 to 1881; in the latter year, having become one of the most eminent lawyers in the state, he accepted a position on the bench of the Supreme Court, which post of honor he still fills; Ira Goodall, his grandfather his

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mother's side, was also a lawyer of high consideration, being the leading and most successful member of the profession in northern New Hampshire from the be- ginning of the century until about the period of the civil war; another mem- ber of the family, Mr. Carpenter's uncle, Jonathan Ross. occupies as honorable a position in une legal and judicial circles of Vermont, having been a justice of the Supreme Court of that state for twenty years past; for the last five years he has been chief justice of that court; Philip Carpenter was born at Bath, New Hamp- shire, on March 9, 1856. After receiving the usual district school education of New England children, he was entered, to prepare for college, at the well-known and well-endowed academy at St. Johns- bury, Vermont, in which his father had taken a similar preparatory course thirty years before; in 1873, he entered Dart- mouth College, where, after a four years' course of diligent study, he graduated in 1877. having served as class historian in his senior year, and on his graduation being appointed to write the class prophe- cies for the commencement exercises. Mr. Carter subsequently entered upon the spe- cial study of the law, and, having thoroughly prepared himself for practice in this profession, was admitted to the New Hampshire bar on Sept. 2, 1880, re- ceiving in his examination for admission to practice a higher percentage than any of his fellow-students in the half- yearly class then examined; selecting Lancaster, New Hampshire, as his field. of practice, he continued there until June, 1885, gaining a good clientage and considerable reputation as an able law- yer; his period of residence in the city of New York began in the year above named, he having sought this city as of- fering a wider field for the exercise of his abilities, and much better opportuni- ties for progress and pecuniary success than could be looked for in his original location. Since that date he has con- tinued in New York, steadily and very successfully engaged in the practice of his chosen profession; during his period of practice in the courts of New Hamp- shire he served as judge-advocate-general on the staff of Governor Moody Currier, and in addition attained some political prominence as an earnest and active member of the Republican party, in whose principles he has an unyielding faith; in New York his practice quickly became large, and has gradually drifted towards "corporation law," to which branch of practice his tastes and op- portunities led him; in addition to the important clients in this field which he has gained in New York, he is also counsel for two New York banks (one a National, the other a State institution) these are but a few of the corporations to whose legal business he attends, his practice in this direction having grown extensive. He has had his offices in the Potter Building, 38 Park Row, since its opening in 1886; Mr. Carpenter is a

member of various associations, includ- ing the New York City and New York State Bar Associations, and the Union League, the Republican, the Colonial, the Manhattan Athletic Clubs and the New England Society of New York; he was married in Sept., 1880, to Miss Fanny H. Rouse, of California; Mr. Carpenter was appointed assistant district attorney of New York County in 1877, and served the full term. Residence, 265. West End Ave., New York.

CARPENTER, William Henry:

Villard professor of Germanic philology, Columbia University; born Utica, N. Y., July 15, 1853; educated at Utica Academy; student at Cornell University, 1877-78; A. B., Hamilton College, 1881; Ph.D., Uni- versity of Freiburg, in Baden, 1881; fel- low by courtesy, Johns Hopkins Univer- sity, 1881-83; married, July 2, 1884, Anna Morgan Douglass, Utica, N. Y .; instruc- tor in rhetoric and lecturer on North European literature, Cornell University, 1883; instructor in German and the Scan- dinavian languages, Columbia University, 1883-89; assistant professor of the Ger- manic languages and literatures, 1889-90; adjunct professor, 1890-95; professor of Germanic philology, 1895-1902; Villard pro- fessor of Germanic philology, 1902; charter member Hins Islenzka Fornleifafélags, Reykjavik; member Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde; vice-president of Germanic Museum Association, Cam- bridge; contributing editor of Americana Germanica; trustee of the Columbia Uni- versity Press. Author of "Grundriss der

Neuisländischen Grammatik" (Leipzig, 1881); "Nikolasdrapa Halls Prest, an Ice- landic Poem from A. D., 1400" (doctor's dissertation, Halle, 1881). Contributor to Johnson's Universal Cyclopædia, Inter- national Cyclopædia, Century Cyclopædia of Names, Library of World's Best Liter- ature; also articles on Iceland, etc., in various magazines and reviews; member Century and Authors' Clubs. Address, 253 West 100th St., New York.

CARPENTER, William Loomis:

Soldier and naturalist; born Dunkirk, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1844; received public school education; 1864, became private artillery, Army of Potomac; 1867, second lieutenant of 9th Infantry, United States Army; 1873, first lieutenant; engaged in study of natural history; 1873, appointed natur- alist to United States Geological Survey, 1875, to Geographical Survey. Author of valuable reports connected with these offices, 1877; fellow of American Associa- tion of the Advancement of Science. Ad- dress, Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.

CARR, Eugene A .:

Brigadier and brevet major-general Uni- ted States Army; born in New York, March 20, 1830; graduated from West

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Point July 1, 1850; second lieutenant M. Rifles (now Third) and first lieutenant and captain First and Fourth Cavalry, June 11, 1858; major Fifth Cavalry, July 17, '62; colonel Third Illinois Cavalry Aug. 16, '61; brigadier-general Volunteers March 7, '62, for distinguished service in the battle of Pea Ridge; lieutenant-colonel Fourth Cavalry, Jan. 7, '73; transferred to Fifth Cavalry April 10, '73; colonel Sixth Cavalry April 29, '79; promoted brigadier-general July 19, '92; retired Feb. 15, '93; he has held twenty-eight com- mands larger than those of his rank at the time; has lived eight years and nine months without a roof, partly in tents and partly en bivouac; been in thirty- seven fights, fifteen Indian, of which thir- teen were since the War of the Rebel- lion; been hit four times, his sabre hit twice and horses hit twice; battles, skir- mishes, etc., in action of Dug Springs and the battle of Wilson's Creek, Mo., Aug. 10, '61; battle of Pea Ridge, Ark., March 7, '62; medal of honor battles of Magnolia Church and Port Gibson (lead- ing), capture of Jackson, action at Ed- ward's Station (commanding), battle of Champion Hill, capture of the enemy's works at Big Black River Bridge, the assaults upon Vicksburg, 18th (leading) and 22d of May, and the siege and cap- ture of Vicksburg, May 23 to July 4, '63; actions at the crossing of Little Red River, at Poison Spring (commanding), at Prairie D'Ane, and crossing of the Saline River at Jenkins' Ferry, '64; ac- tion at Clarendon, Ark., June 20, '64; siege and capture of Spanish Fort near Mobile, 1865; assault on Fort Blakely, March 11, '65; combats against hostile Indians on Beaver and Short Nose Creeks, and on the north branch of Solomon river, Kansas, Oct. 18, 25 and 26, '68; actions of Beaver Creek, Kan., and Spring Creek, Neb., May, '69; Summit Springs, Col., July 11, '69; action at Slim Buttes, Dak., Sept., '76; affair with White Mountain Apaches, at Cibicu Creek, Ariz., Aug., '81; served in Spanish-American War. Ad- dress, care Adjutant-General, Washing- ton, D. C.

CARRAWAY, John:

Bank president; son of J. C. Carraway, a Mississippi cotton planter; born Jack- son, Miss., July 16, 1873; began as a newsboy, 1882; paid his way through Uni- versity of Mississippi; clerk in National Bank of Biloxi, Miss., 1892; became cash- ier, then second vice-president; came to New York 1902, to become second vice- president Equitable National Bank; one of the founders and a director of the City National Bank of Mobile, Ala .; first vice- president Biloxi Trust and Savings Bank, director in the Bank of Quitman, Miss .; member D. K. E. Club, Alpine, Shriners, Woodmen of the World, and Elk Clubs; married Cora Mae Litel, of Alabamy, Wis., 1897. Address, Equitable National Bank, New York.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 27

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