Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 29

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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CHADWICK, Charles Wesley:

Engraver; born at Red-Hook-on-the- Hudson, N. Y., 1861; his father was the Rev. T. W. Chadwick, of the Methodist Church, and mother, Mary T. Chadwick; studied at Wesleyan University, Middle- town, Conn., where he was graduated in 1884; married Agnes F. Hardy, at New York, Oct. 30, 1902; has one son; studied wood engraving under Frederick Jueng- ling, William Miller and Frank French; his engravings have appeared mostly in the Century Magazine; exhibited at the Paris Exposition, 1900; received a bronze medal at the Pan-American Exposition. at Buffalo, 1901; he is making a specialty of retouching and engraving half-tone process plates. Address, 327 East 150th St., New York.

CHADWICK, John White:

Clergyman and author; born Marble- head, Mass., Oct. 19, 1840; graduated Harvard divinity school, 1864; same year pastor of Second Unitarian Society in Brooklyn, where he preached sermons that attracted attention by radical teach- ings of his doctrines; 1885, Phi Beta Kappa poet, Harvard; 1886, preached al- umni sermon at Harvard divinity school; contributor to Unitarian journals; pub- lications, "Life of N. A. Staples" (1870) ; "A Book of Poems" (1875); "The Bible of To-Day" (1878); "The Faith of Rea- son" (1879); "Some Aspects of Religion" (1879); "The Man Jesus" (1881); "Belief and Life" (1881); "Origin and Destiny'"' (1883) ; "In Nazareth Town; A Christmas Fantasy" (1884); "A Daring Faith" (1885); "The Power of An Endless Life," "Theodore Palmer, Preacher and Reform- er" (1900); "William Ellery Channing, Preacher and Reformer" (1903), etc .; has been a diligent writer for the magazines and reviews of books, especially on bio- graphical lines, for the Nation and Times Saturday Review; received honorary de- gree M. A., 1888. Address, 626 Carlton Ave., Brooklyn.

CHAFFEE, A. R .:

Major-general, U. S. Army; is a typical American soldier educated in the field; was born in Ohio in 1842, and entered the service of his country as a private of the Sixth Regular Cavalry soon after the outbreak of the Civil War, at the age of nineteen, and has been conspicuous in her service ever since; before the end of the first year of the war he was made a sergeant and served in a number of minor actions, as well as in the battle of Fredericksburg, and also took part in Stoneman's raid in 1863, when he was appointed a second lieutenant of the Sixth Cavalry; he was twice severely wounded, was present at the battle of Gettysburg and at most of the important actions of Sheridan's raid and the affairs which led up to Appomattox, and received two brevets during that war. Just before the end of the Civil War he was promoted to first lieutenant and two years later to captain; after the Civil War his life was still in the field, being breveted for gallantry in an engagement with Co- manche Indians in 1868, and serving in the Miles campaign against Cheyenne In- dians in 1874-5; in the campaigns against White Mountain Indians in 1881, and an engagement with White Mountain In- dians in 1882 (where he was commended in department orders and again brevet- ted), and finally in Crook's campaign into Mexico, in 1883; in 1888 he was promoted to major and in 1897 to lieutenant-colonel; he has served in all the grades of rank, even in the staff positions of regimental adjutant and quartermaster, and has risen from the lowest to the highest, always efficient in every position he has occupied, and winning the confidence and praise of his superiors. At the outbreak of the Spanish War he was appointed a brigadier general of volunteers, and in July, 1898, a major general of volunteers; work at Santiago again won him glori- ous tributes from all sides, especially from the army; after the close of the Spanish War he was promoted to colonel in the regular army; meanwhile he had been again brigadier general of volunteers, but was promoted to major general of volunteers in 1900, and placed in com- mand of the China expedition for the relief of the ministers in Peking, where he did such excellent service. For the past two years he has been in the Philip- pines, accomplishing to the satisfaction of the Administration, the War Depart- ment and the army all that was required of him, with honor and credit; he was ap- pointed a brigadier general in the regu- lar service and later a major general and is now under orders to return to the United States, and on his arrival he will be assigned to command the De- partment of the East. Address, War De- partment, Washington, D. C.

CHALMERS, James:

Retired manufacturer, Williamsville, N. Y., born at Gorgie Mills (near Edinburgh), Scotland, Oct. 15, 1844; educated at Gil-

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lespie's Free School, Edinburgh; served an apprenticeship of five years at George Bertram's engine and machine shop, Sciennes, Edinburgh; employed at Palm- er's marine shops, Jarrow on the Tyne, England; superintended the erection of large saw-mills, straw-board, paper, and cereal mills in and around Edinburgh. Came to America in 1872, and was em- ployed at Krehbiel's hammer shop at Williamsville, N. Y., and at the Susque- hanna repair shops of the Erie R. R., at Susquehanna Depot, Pa .; established the gelatine works at Williamsville in 1872, and has practically retired from business, his sons, James and Peter, managing that large and prosperous business; Mr. Chal- mers identifies himself with all public im- provements; he was interested in build- ing the Buffalo & Williamsville Electric Railroad, of which he was vice-president and manager; he was one of the first trustees of the Williamsville High School; was president for many years of the Board of Trustees of Williamsville, N. Y .; also superintended the installation of the Williamsville Water Works and was pres- ident of that Board for years; Republican in politics, but would never accept any political office; married Helen Wilson of Peebles, Scotland, and has eight children, James, John, Duncan, Charles, Peter, Jeannette, Helen and Isabelle. Address, Williamsville, N. Y.

CHAMBERLAIN, Eugene T .:

U. S. Commissioner of Navigation; is a native of Albany, N. Y., and a grad- tiate of Harvard; was engaged for a num- ber of years in newspaper work, as as- sociate editor of the Albany Journal, ed- itor of the Albany Argus, and political correspondent at Albany for Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington papers; in Dec., 1893, he was appointed U. S. Commissioner of Navigation, and he has published a number of important reports on navigation and shipping legis- lation. Address, Washington, D. C.

CHAMBERLAIN, John:

Protestant Episcopal clergyman; born in New Market N. H., Dec. 7, 1838; parents were Rev. Schuyler (Methodist Episcopal) and Eliza (Scott) Chamberlain; gradu- ated from Griswold College, Davenport, Iowa, in 1864; ordained deacon in 1864, priest 1866; rector of St. Paul's Church, Council Bluffs, Iowa, from 1865 to 1871; curate of St. Ann's Church for Deaf- Mutes, New York, 1872; assistant manager of the Church Mission to Deaf-Mutes, 1872; received degree of D. D. from Wash- ington and Lee University, Virginia, 1896; general manager of the Church Mission to Deaf-Mutes, 1902. Address, 587 West 145th St., New York.

CHAMBERLAIN, John L .:

Lieutenant-colonel United States Army; born in Livonia, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1858; ap- pointed United States Military Academy, Sept. 1, 1878; graduated, appointed sec-

ond lieutenant First Artillery, June 12, 1880; first lieutenant, Aug. 14, 1887; cap- tain, March 2, 1899; major inspector general, Nov. 10, 1900; lieutenant colonel inspector general, March 1, 1901; volun- teer service, major and chief ordnance officer, July 18, 1898, to April 12, 1899, when honorably discharged; graduate of Artillery School, and School of Sub-ma- rine Mines, Willet's Point; services, gar- rison duty until 1897, when appointed military attaché American Legation Court of Vienna; adjutant of Siege Train Camp, Tampa, Fla., July to Aug., 1898; on duty in Washington, 1899; inspector general duty in San Francisco till 1902; inspector general, Manila, 1902 to date. Station, Manila, P. I.

CHAMBERS, Arthur Depuy:

Assistant secretary and treasurer of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Rail- road Company; the second son of Talbot Wilson Chambers, for over forty years pastor in Collegiate Dutch Reformed Church, of New York; was born at Som- erville, N. J., May 1, 1847; his father was a native of Carlisle, Penn .; his mother's maiden name was Louisa Frelinghuysen, descended from a noted New Jersey fam- ily, for more than two hundred years conspicuous in the military and profes- sional life of this country; the Freling- huysens took a very active part in the Revolutionary War. At the battle of Tren- ton it was Colonel Frelinghuysen who shot and killed Colonel Rahl, the Hessian commander; received his education in the schools of New York City and in the Col- lege of the City of New York; in 1869 he entered the service of the Delaware, Lack- awanna & Western Railroad Company as clerk, and for thirty-three years has had uninterrupted connection with that com- pany, evidencing throughout such con- nection a business energy and a probity of character which have advanced him to the responsible position of assistant secre- tary and treasurer of the company whose employ he first entered, and secured for him places of honor and trust in a num- ber of other railroad enterprises. He is assistant secretary and treasurer also of, the Syracuse, Binghamton & New York Railroad Company, as well as of the New York, Lackawanna & Western Railroad; secretary of the Warren Railroad Com- pany, and also of the Passaic & Dela- ware; and director in the Chester Rail- road Company, the Morris & Essex, the Sussex, the Newark & Bloomfield, the Green, the Utica, Chenango, Susquehan- na Valley Railroad and the Valley and the Hoptacong Railroad Companies; was mar- ried, in 1872, to Corinne Stoney, daughter of Colonel I. J. Stoney, of South Carolina; he is a member of the Down Town Asso- ciation, the New York Reform Club, and the Railroad Club. Address, General Office of Delaware, Lackawanna & West- ern Railroad Company, New York.

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CHAMBERS, Charles Julius:

Author; born Bellefontaine, Ohio, Nov. 21, 1850; graduated Cornell 1870, soon be- coming special correspondent of New York Herald at West Indies, Europe, Canada and United States; 1872 leader of canoe expedition to Itasca Lake, sup- posed source of Mississippi river; 1875 feigned insanity to investigate charges of cruelty in certain insane asylums and after being a few weeks an inmate pub- lished experiences in "A Mad World" (New York, 1876) ; published also "On a Margin" (New York, 1884), and "Lovers Four and Maidens Five" (Philadelphia, 1886) : has contributed much to magazines. Address, Authors' Club, New York.

CHAMBERS, James Campbell:

Consul; born Franklin County, Pa., in 1852, and educated in the public and pri- vate schools of Chambersburg, Pa .; learn- ed the printing trade in the same place; engaged in the petroleum business at Parkers Landing, Pa., in 1874, and re- mained in that business in its different branches and at different places until appointed to Batum, Poti, and Tiflis in 1886; appointed consul at Batum, May 17, 1890.

CHAMBERS, Robert William:

Author and artist; born Brooklyn, N. Y., May 26, 1865; studied at Brooklyn Polytechnic School; later art in Paris with Lefebre, Carmon, Collin and Benj. Constant; work in Champs de Mars Salon 1891; returned to United States; illustra- ting in Life, Vogue, Truth, etc .; since 1894 has given time to literary pursuits; publications, ""In the Quarter" (New York, 1894), "The King in Yellowstone" (1894), "The Red Republic" (1895), "A King and a Few Dukes" (1896), "With the Band" (verse), "Lorraine" (1897), "The Conspirators" (1900), "Cardigan" (1901), "The Maids of Paradise" (1903), "The Witch of Ellangowan" and others; member of the Century Club. Address, The Century Association, 7 West 43d St., New York.

CHAMBERS, Washington Irving:

Lieutenant-commander, U. S. Navy; born in Kingston, N. Y .; entered Naval Academy, June 5, 1871; graduated, June 20, 1876; Pensacola, 1876; Portsmouth, 1877; promoted ensign, Nov. 30, 1878; Marion, 1879-82; special duty, Bureau of Navigation, 1883-84; Greely relief steam- ers Alert, Thetis and Lock Garry, 1884; special survey of Nicaragua Canal, Dec., 1884, to June, 1885; promoted lieutenant (junior grade), Dec. 31, 1885; office Naval Intelligence, 1885-88; Navy Yard, New York, 1888-89; Petrel, Dec., 1889, to July, 1891; promoted lieutenant, May 29, 1891; Atlanta, July, 1891, to Nov., 1892; War College, Nov., 1892, to Nov., 1893; leave of absence, Nov., 1893; inspector of ord- nance, March, 1894; Minneapolis, July, 1895; Puritan, June, 1897; recorder of

Armor Factory Board, Aug., 1897; Tor- pedo Station, Feb., 1898; Texas, Sept. 25, 1899; promoted lieutenant-commander, July 1, 1899; Annapolis, Sept. 25, 1900; commanding Frolic, March 12, 1902; Tor- pedo Station, Oct. 21, 1902.

CHAMPLIN, John Denison:

Author; born Stonington, Conn., Jan. 29, 1834; descended of old New England stock; graduated from Yale 1856, receiv- ing an M. A. degree in 1866; studied law with Gideon H. Hollister, at Litchfield, Conn., and was admitted to the bar in 1859; subsequently formed . partnership with Mr. Hollister, the firm being called Hollister, Cross & Champlin; was co- author with Mr. Hollister of the tragedy "Thomas a Becket," played by Edwin Booth in New Orleans in 1861, and pub- lished in 1866; in 1861 abandoned practice of law to write for periodicals; 1864 was associate editor of Bridgeport, Conn., Evening Standard, having charge of the literary department; 1865 began the Litch- field Sentinel, Litchfield, Conn .; 1869 sold the Sentinel and engaged in literary work in New York; author of "Narrative of the Mission to Russia," an account of the experience of Gustavus Vasa Fox sent by the government to congratulate the Czar Alexander II. on his escape from assassination; 1873-7, on editorial staff of the "American Cyclopedia"; 1881-87, editor the "Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings,". and 1888-91, of "Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians"; associate editor of Standard Dictionary (1892-4); has also published "The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Common Things" (1880); "Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Persons and Places" (1880); "Young Folk's Astronomy" (1881) ; "Young Folk's History of the War for the Union" (1881) ; "Chronicle of the Coach" (1886) ; and "Young Folk's Cy- clopædia of Literature and Art" (1901) ; is member of Yale Alumni Association, of Authors, Century, and Barnard clubs. Address, 201 W. 78th St., New York City.

CHANDLER, Albert Brown:

President of the Postal Telegraph Cable Company; born at West Randolph, Ver- mont, August 29, 1840; the American fami- ly of Chandlers had its origin in three brothers who settled at Roxbury, Mass., in 1637, and the subject of this sketch is also a descendant of John Win- throp, the first governor of Massachu- setts, through his daughter, Mary Win- throp. Mr. Chandler was educated in the best schools of his native town, and when of suitable age spent his school vaca- tions in studying the printer's art and in working as a compositor in West Ran- dolph and in Montpelier, Vt .; he also spent part of his leisure time in a tele- graph-office located in a book-store in his native town, performing duties here as a messenger and learning the art of operating. His knowledge of telegraphy thus gained stood him in good stead; his oldest brother, William W. Chandler,

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was then freight agent of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad, and procured him, in 1858, when eighteen years of age, the position of manager of the Western Union Telegraph office at Bellaire, Ohio. Early in the following year the young operator was removed to Pittsburg and given a position in the office of the super- intendent of the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad, and three months afterwards was made agent of the railroad at Man- chester, an important freight shipping- point opposite Pittsburg; he remained here until 1863, when he entered the mil- itary telegraph service of the Govern- ment as cipher operator in the War De- partment at Washington, to which po- sition, in October, was added that of disbursing clerk for General Eckert, su- perintendent of the Department of the Potomac; his duties took him frequently to the armies in the field, and brought him into contact with the president and the chief officials of the Government; in 1866, while the organization into one company of the several telegraph com- · panies was in process of completion, Mr. Chandler was made chief clerk in the superintendent's office for the eastern division, and also placed in charge of the transatlantic cable traffic, to which duties he subsequently added those of superintendent of the sixth district of the eastern division. The positions here named were filled by Mr. Chandler until Jan., 1875, when he was made assistant general manager of the Atlantic and Pa- ciflc Telegraph Company; from this post he rapidly advanced through the offices of secretary, trustee, treasurer, and vice- president to that of president, which posi- he attained in 1879, and held until the Atlantic and Paciffic was absorbed by the Western Union in 1882; in Oct., 1881, he was offered and accepted the presidency of the Fuller Electrical Company, one of the first to engage in the arc system of electric lighting. In Dec., 1884, at the in- stance of John W. Mackay, he was em- ployed as counsel by the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company, and in 1885 was ap- pointed by the New York Supreme Court receiver of that company; when, through his efforts, the company was reorganized, he was elected its president and manager, and was also made general manager of the United Lines Telegraph Company; he also became a director, member of tlie executive committee, and vice-president of the Commercial Cable Company and of the Pacific Postal Telegraph Company, and a director, and afterwards president, of the Commercial Telegraph Company. Through Mr. Chandler's efforts the New York Stock Exchange obtained control of the last-named company, he subse- quently becoming vice-president and gen- eral manager of the New York Quota- tion Company, and afterwards president of the Brooklyn District Telegraph Com- pany; in 1887, he, with several of the chief officials of the Western Union Telegraph Company, effected arrangements for the discontinuance of the destructive com-

petition which had previously existed, inuch to the advantage of the telegraph companies and the public; the Postal Tel- egraph Company has recently built itself a commodious new edifice, through Mr. Chandler's efforts, at the corner of Broad- way and Murray Sts., New York; he is now president New England Telegraph Company; vice-president Commercial Cable Company; Postal Telegraph and Cable Company, Commercial Pacific Cable Company, Otis Elevator Company and National Surety Company. Residence, 389 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y .; office, 253 Broadway, New York.

CHANDLER, Charles Frederick:

Chemist; born Lancaster, Mass., Dec. 6, 1836; studied in Lawrence scientific school, Harvard, then at Berlin and Got- tingen, where, 1856, received. Ph.D .; 1857, in U. S. assistant professor of chemistry at Union College, shortly after full profes- sor; 1864, assoc. in founding of Columbia School of Mines; made professor of ana- lytical and applied chemistry and dean of faculty; 1877 chair of chemistry in scien- tific and literary departments of Colum- bia; 1872 assistant professor of chemistry and medical jurisprudence in College of Physicians and Surgeons; 1876 full pro- fessor; 1866, professor of chemistry in Col- lege of Pharmacy; in the same year he investigated sanitary conditions and ques- tions of New York City for board of health; later became chemist of board of health; 1873 to 1894, president; also assoc. with state board, making analyses of water supplies, etc., and publishing re- ports in "American Journal of Science" and "The American Chemist;" has also given many lectures; received hon. M. D. from New York University 1873 and LL.D. from Union College, he also re- ceived, 1900, D. Sc. from Oxford; member of London, Berlin, Paris and New York Chemical Socs., of National Academy of Sciences; 1874 president of Northumber- land convention for celebration of Priest- ley's discovery of oxygen. Address, 51 E. 54th st., New York City.

CHANEY, Lucian West, Jr .:

Naturalist; born Heuvelton, N. Y., June 26, 1857; graduate Carleton College 1878, teaching in Mankato and Faribault, Minn., schools till 1880; 1880-82, superin- dent of schools, Glencoe, Minn .; 1882, called to chair of Biology and Geology, Carleton College; here he made many im- provements in the department and its la- boratories, making it the finest in the West. Author of "Guides for the Labora- tory" (1886), and biological papers to "Bulletin of Minnesota Academy of Sci- ences," "Siderial Messenger" and others. Address, Northfield, Minn.

CHANLER, William Astor:

Legislator and explorer; born Newport, R. I., June 11, 1867; grandson of William B. Astor; prepared in private schools, graduating at Harvard, 1887; after grad-

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uation spent one year exploring in Afri- ca; 1892 made second expedition to Afri- ca accompanied by Lieutenant Von Hob- nel, remaining two years; for these ser- vices made honorary member of Royal Geographical Society, Vienna, and mem- ber of British Royal Geographical Socie- ty; 1896, became member of Tammany Hall; 1897, elected to state legislature; at outbreak of Spanish-American War he equipped a regiment, which, being re- fused by Governor Black, he left, going to Tampa; there soon appointed by Presi- dent Mckinley, assistant adjutant on Gen- eral Wheeler's staff; at close of war, 1898, elected to Congress from New York; mem- ber of American Geographical Society, of Union, Players', Knickerbocker, Lambs, Turf and Field and other clubs. Address, "Rokely," Barrytown, New York.

CHAPIN, Henry Dwight:

Physician and author; born Steuben- ville, O., Feb. 4, 1857; son of Henry Bar- ton Chapin, D. D., Ph.D., and Harriet A. Smith; graduate Princeton College, 1877, and College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, (Columbia University) 1881; has held professorship of diseases of children at the Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary, at the Uni- versity of Vermont and at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hos- pital; attending physician to the Post- Graduate, William Parker and River- side Hospitals; consulting physician to the Randall's Island Hospital; director of the Post-Graduate Hospital and the New York Juvenile Asylum; has contributed many articles to the medical journals and writtenra book entitled, "The The- ory and Practice of Infant Feeding, with Notes on Development"; has contribut- ed articles on social topics to the Forum, Popular Science Monthly, and various periodicals; member of the New York Academy of Medicine, the New York County Medical Society and the Ameri- can Pediatric Society; also, Century Club, New York, Sons of the Revolution and Society of Colonial Wars. Address, 51 W. 51st St., New York.

CHAPIN, John Bassett:

Physician; born New York City, Dec. 4, 1829; Williams College, 1850; Phi Beta Kappa; Jefferson Medical College, 1853; LL.D. later; New York Hospital, 1852-54; assistant physician Utica State Hospital, 1854-58; private sanitarium, Canandaigua, N. Y., 1858-69; 1862, recommended im- portant and radical modifications in hos- pital construction and administration, which were subsequently adopted in the building of the Willard State Hospital, New York, and have been generally fol- lowed since; 1865, appointed commissioner to locate and construct Willard State Hospital; 1869-84, medical superintendent of Willard State Hospital, New York; appointed physician-in-chief of Pennsyl- vania Hospital for the Insane, Philadel- phia, Pa., in 1884, and still holding office;

honorary member Medico-Psychological Association of Great Britain; honorary member of Society of Mental Medicine, Belgium; ex-president and member of American Medico-Psychological Associa- tion; member of College of Physicians. Author of various reports and papers on insanity. Address, 4401 Market St., Phil- adelphia, Pa.

CHASE, Emory A .:

Justice of Supreme Court of New York, 3d Judicial District; term expiring 1910; born Greene County, New York, Aug. 31, 1854; elected to Supreme Court, 1896; since 1900, also associate judge of the Appellate division of the Supreme Court, 3d Department. Address, Catskill, N. Y.

CHASE, George:

Lawyer; born Portland, Me., Dec. 29, 1849; graduate Yale, 1870; Columbia Law School, New York City, 1873; assistant professor of municipal law at Columbia, 1875; professor of criminal law, torts and procedure, 1878; 1891, dean of New York Law School, which position he still holds; published "American Students' Blackstone" (New York, 1876); edited, "Ready Legal Adviser" (1881), and Ste- phen's "Digest of the Law of Evidence" (1886). Address, 35 Nassau St., New York.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 29

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