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COMMONS, John Rogers:
Statistician, writer; born Darke Coun- ty, Ohio, Oct. 13, 1862; graduate Oberlin College. 1888; post-graduate student, Johns Hopkins University, 1888-90; A. M.,
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Oberlin, 1890; married, 1890, Ella B. Dow- 1861. He entered newspaper work in ney, Akron, Ohio; Oberlin A. B., 1888; instructor in economics, Wesleyan Uni- versity, 1890-91; associate professor econ- omics, Oberlin College, 1891-92; professor sociology and economics, Indiana Univer- sity, 1892-95, Syracuse University, 1895- 99; special agent on Immigration and Labor, U. S. Industrial Commission, 1901- 02; statistician National Civic Federation, 1902. Author "The Distribution of Wealth," 1893; "Social Reform and the Church," 1894; "Proportional Representa- tion," 1896; articles in reviews and peri- odicals. Address, 281 Fourth Ave., New York; residence, 1569 49th St., Brooklyn. Boston, 1880, and was engaged in this for about twenty years. Published, 1896, “A History of Modern Banks of Issue, with an account of the Economic Crises of the Present Century." He was a candidate for the Massachusetts Legislature in 1886; secretary to the postmaster at Boston, 1887; Democratic candidate for Congress in Harvard University district, 1894; and a delegate to the Gold Democratic Con- vention in 1896. He became associated with the executive committee of Indian- apolis Monetary Convention in 1897, and suggested several of the provisions of the Gold Standard Law of March 14, 1900. Was appointed by Secretary Root special COMPTON, Alfred G .: commissioner to the Philippine Islands in the summer of 1901, for the purpose of in- vestigating coinage and banking condi- tions there. In Feb., 1902, elected treas- urer of the Morton Trust Company of New York; visited Mexico, March, 1903, on invitation of Mexican government, to confer with a committee regarding re- form of Mexican currency. Appointed by President Roosevelt member of commis- sion on International Exchange of the United States, which, in summer of 1903, conferred with European governments in regard to reform of currency systems of China and other Oriental countries. He is a member of the American Economic Association, Washington Economic Soci- ety, Chamber of Commerce (New York), American Academy of Political and So- cial Science, American Asiatic Associa- tion, of Metropolitan, Lawyers' Clubs. Residence, 14 East 60th St .; office, 38 Nassau St., New York.
Born London, England, Feb. 1, 1835; parents emigrated to America, March, 1842; educated in the grammar schools of the city and graduated from the College of the City of New York in the first graduating class, July, 1853; tutor in the college from 1853 to 1869, then professor of physics (mechanics, etc., mixed mathe- matics) till the present time; acting pres- ident of the college from Dec. 1, 1902, to Sept. 1, 1903, between the resignation of President Alexander S. Webb and the ap- pointment of his successor, John H. Fin- ley. Author of "A Manual of Logarith- mic Computation," " "First Lessons in Wood Working," "The Speed Lathe" (with J. H. De. Groodt), "The Engine Lathe" (with J. H. De Groodt), "Some Common Errors of Speech." Member of The American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Electrical En- gineers, the Century Club, the City Col- lege Club; married, 1874, to Frances E. Feeks; two daughters, one son, an in- structor in the College of the City of New York, Alfred D. Compton.
CONANT, Alban Jasper:
Artist, naturalist; born Vermont, Sept. 24, 1821; moved to Troy, 1844; to St. Louis in 1857; to New York, 1881; exe- cuted portraits of President Lincoln, Sherman, Attorney General Bates, and other heads of departments; was mem- ber of several scientific societies; in 1880 appointed Délégué Correspondent of In- stitution Ethnographique, Paris; A. M. from Madison University, New York, 1855; from State University of Missouri, of which he was a curator eight years; was chairman of commission which founded the School of Mines and Metal- lurgy; reports published by the St. Louis Academy of Science of his "Mound and Cave Exploration," translated into many European languages; published "Footprints of Vanished Races in the Mississippi Valley." Address, 51 W. 10th St., New York.
CONANT, Charles A .:
Treasurer of the Morton Trust Com- pany; born in Winchester, Mass., July 2,
CONANT, Ernest Lee:
Lawyer; born Dudley, Mass .; graduated A. B., Harvard College, 1884; studied Johns Hopkins University and Maryland Law School, 1884-86; A. M. and LL.B., Harvard, 1889; instructor in English in Harvard College, two years; instructor in law and lecturer on international law at Harvard, two years; practices law in New York City; also since 1898 in Havana, Cuba; was, in 1898, associate counsel to American Evacuation Commission in Ha- vana; president of Havana Finance Com- mission for examining financial condition of Havana, 1899-1900; member Havana Charter Commission, 1900; special prose- cuting attorney (fiscal) in Cuban post office fund cases, 1901. Address, 32 Lib- erty St., New York, and Mercaderes 4, Havana, Cuba.
CONGER, Frank:
Retired vice-president of the American Bridge Company; born Groton, N. Y., May 21, 1849; son of Coryden W. and Mary J. Brown Conger; he received his early edu- cation in his native town; in 1868 he ac- cepted a position as clerk in a dry goods store; in 1870 he embarked in business on
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his own account; a few years later he founded the C. W. Conger & Co. mer- cantile company of Groton, which is to- day one of the largest mercantile houses in Central New York; in 1885 he organ- ized the Groton Bridge & Manufacturing Company, of Groton; then the company turned out $75,000 worth of work a year; in 1900, when the company was absorbed by the American Bridge Company, they were turning out $2,000,000 worth of work annually. He holds the office of president of the First National Bank of Groton; president of the Universal Safety-tread Company of New Jersey; president of the American Visible Typewriter Company, of Delaware; vice-president Groton Car- riage Works, Groton; director Conger Manufacturing Company, of Groton, and a partner in the C. W. Conger Company, and the Conger Produce Company, all of Groton, N. Y. He is also prominent and active member of the Engineers' and Lawyers' Club, of New York City, and the Duquesne Club, of Pittsburgh, Pa .; he is a high degree Mason and Odd Fellow; in 1870 he married Miss Jennie E. Conant, of Groton. Address, Groton, N. Y.
CONGDON, Stewart H .:
Zinc operator and financier; born at Shelter Island, N. Y., May 4, 1857; he traces his ancestry directly back to the landing in America, in 1630, of three brothers bearing his name; he began his mining experiences in the iron district of Alabama, and was one of the first to foresee the vast possibilities of the new zinc field in Northern Arkansas; some time ago he acquired five mines in Marion County, Ark., property lying on the White River; he then organized the Congdon Zinc Mines Company, of which he is the treasurer and general manager. Address, 359 West 55th St., New York.
CONKLIN, Arthur S .:
Captain, U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from New York; cadet at the Military Academy, June 21, 1893; addi- tional second lieutenant, June 11, 1897; second lieutenant, Aug. 8, 1897; first lieu- tenant, April 20, 1899; captain Artillery Corps, Aug. 22, 1901. Present address, Fort Baker, Cal.
CONKLIN John, Jr .:
Captain United States Army; born in New York; appointed United States Mil- itary Academy from New York, July 1, 1880; graduated; appointed second lieu- tenant Second Artillery, June 15, 1884; first lieutenant, May 29, 1891; captain Artillery Corps, Oct. 17, 1899; graduate of Artillery School, 1890; services, on or- nance duty, Navy Department, Jan., 1892, to Oct., 1893; Artillery School, 1890 to 1892; garrison duty in departments of Missouri and Texas to April, 1898; en-
gaged in Spanish-American War at San- tiago, July 1, and 2, 10, and 11; in va- rious camps in United States till end of war; on special duty as collector of customs at Trinidad, Cuba, from Dec., 1898 to 1900; in command of Light Bat- tery at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., from 1900 to date. Present station, Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.
CONKLIN, William A .:
Born New York City, March 16, 1837; superintendent Central Park Menagerie for twenty years; resigned, in 1892, to enter business of importation of foreign animals; received degree of D. V. S. from Columbia Veterinary College and Ph. D. from Manhattan College; corresponding member Philadelphia Zoological, London Zoological and other foreign societies; ed- ited Journal of Comparative Medicine and Surgery for fourteen years. Author of number of papers on care, treatment and breeding of wild and domestic animals, published in scientific journals in this country and abroad. Address, 160 Green- wich St., New York City.
CONKLING, Alfred Rinald:
Lawyer; born New York City, Sept. 28, 1850; grandson of Alfred Conkling; grad- uated from Yale, 1870, and after studies in Harvard and at Berlin became con- nected with U. S. Geological Survey; then studied law, and was admitted to bar, 1879; assistant U. S. attorney, 1881- 82; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Congress, 1884; 1887-88, member of the Board of Aldermen; 1892-93, member of New York State Assemblyman; prominent in politics and member of the Citizens' Union. Has written "Appleton's Guide to Mexico" . (1884). Address, 41 E. 60th St., New York.
CONKLING, Howard:
Republican assemblyman representing Twenty-fifth Assembly District of New York County; born in New York City in 1856; educated at private academies in New York City; engaged in commercial pursuits, but in a few years abandoned them and took up the study of law; grad- uating from the New York University Law School with the degree of LL.B., subsequently admitted to bar; later re- moved to Indiana and was admitted to bar in Indianapolis, but soon returned to New York; visited European countries. Author of several books, including: "The Game Laws" and "Travels in Mexico." Student of real estate law and taxation; member of Assembly from Warren Coun- ty in 1892 and 1893; president of Madison Square Republican Club; in 1898 was a candidate for Congress, but was defeated by George B. McClellan; elected to the Assembly, 1901 and 1902; appointed mem- ber of following Assembly committees: Canals, Charitable and Religious Soci- eties. Address, 41 E. 30th St .; office, 76 William St., New York City.
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CONKLING, Dr. John B .:
Republican Assemblyman representing Otsego County; born Troy, N. Y .; received his education at West Winfield and at Utica, and in 1880 was graduated from the Utica Business College; taking up study of medicine he graduated in 1883; followed practice of medicine at Richfield; elected to office of county clerk of Otsego County in 1893; has occupied several pub- lic positions, notably that of member of Board of Supervisors of Otsego County and chairman of the board, while in Rich- field; is one of the directors of the Sol- diers' Monument Association; director in the Second National Bank at Coopers- town, and one of the board of managers of the Thanksgiving Hospital; is a mem- ber of the Mohican Club; honorary vice- president of the Central New York Agri- cultural Society and of the Otsego County Agricultural Society; elected to the As- sembly in 1901 and 1902; appointed mem- ber of following Assembly committees: Banks, Excise, and Affairs of Villages. Address, Cooperstown, Otsego County, N. Y.
CONLEY, Edward M .:
Vice and deputy consul-general; was born Richmond, Ind., June 1, 1876; was educated in the public schools and grad- uated from the high school of that city; his profession is that of a reporter and editorial writer; appointed vice and deputy consul-general at Mexico City, Mexico.
CONNAH, Douglas John:
Artist; born New York, April 20, 1870; received his art education at Royal Acad- emy of Fine Arts, Weimar, Germany; sub- sequently worked under Count Kaul- kreuth, Paris, during 1887-1891; also with Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Con- stans; is director of New York School of Art. Residence, Bayport, L. I .; studio, 57 W. 57th St., New York.
CONNELL, William H .:
Treasurer of the American Bridge Com- pany; born May 29, 1845, at Wilmington, Del .; son of . William and Sarah Shipley Connell; his paternal ancestors were from Ireland, and his mother was from an old Quaker family of Delaware; he was edu- cated at Wilmington and graduated from the Classical Commercial Academy; his first occupation was with the First Na- tional Bank at Wilmington as note teller; was later made receiving teller; after leaving the bank he accepted a position as general freight agent of the Delaware Western Railroad Company, which post he held until 1874, when he associated himself with the Edgmoor Iron Company; in 1888 the Edgmoor Bridge Works was organized to take over the Edgmoor Iron Company's bridge business; upon the formation of this company he was elected treasurer, and later was made president of the corporation, a position he held until the American Bridge Company was formed; the Edgmoor Iron Company had
the contract and supplied the filled steel superstructure for the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, and also designed and constructed the Sixth Avenue Elevated structure; he was married, in 1871, to Emma J. Pyle, eldest daughter of the late Joseph Pyle, Esq., of Wilmington, Del. Address, 100 Broadway, New York.
CONNOR, Washington. E .:
Broker; was born in New York City, Dec. 15, 1849, and was educated in the College of the City of New York; he showed financial ability of the highest order from the time he entered business, and his rise was rapid and sure; when Jay Gould was conducting his heaviest deals, he made him his agent in matters re- quiring integrity, quickness and natural financial aptitude; he met every situation with generalship and won the approba- tion of his client and the admiration of those whose business it is to watch "The Street"; always prominent, he added to his reputation, at the outbreak of the war with Spain, by identifying himself with the Bankers' and Brokers' Regiment, with headquarters in the Mills Building; he is married; he is a member of the Union League, Republic, Lotos, Lawyers', New York Athletic, American Yacht, Larchmont Yacht, Geographical Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Ameri- can Society of Natural History. Resi- dence, 532 Madison Ave .; office, 31 Nas- sau St., New York.
CONSTANT, Samuel Victor:
Lawyer; a descendant from an old New England family conspicuous during the Colonial and Revolutionary times; he is a direct descendant of John Tuttle, who came from Herefordshire in 1635; was born in New York City, Sept. 9, 1857; educated at the Charlier Institute and by private tutors; is a graduate from the school of arts, Columbia College, 1880; entered a law office in 1881 and was ad- mitted to the bar in Oct., 1882; he after- ward entered Columbia Law School and received his degree of LL.B. in 1886; has engaged in historical and literary work and is connected with various societies, literary, scientific, historical, etc., among which are the American Oriental Society, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain, the American Academy of Sciences, the American Historical Association, the New York Historical Society, the New York Biographical and Genealogical Society, and Virginia Historical Society; he is a member of and solicitor for the United States of the "Masters and Officers of the British Mercantile Marine"; in 1876 he joined the Seventh Regiment, and at the expiration of his time became a member of the Veteran Association of this regiment; he is a director of the Y. M. C. A .; a member of the Republican Club St. David's Society and the Psi Upsilon Club. Residence, 420 West 23d St .; office, 120 Broadway, New York.
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CONVERSE, Edmund C .:
Capitalist; born Boston, Mass., Nov. 7, 1849; president Liberty National Bank; president of Bankers' Trust Company; director National Tube Company, Ameri- can Bank Note Company, United States Steel Corporation, Illinois Steel Company and Minnesota Iron Company; member of Metropolitan, Union League, New York Athletic and Country Clubs. Residence, Greenwich, Conn .; business address, 139 Broadway, New York.
CONWAY, Moncure Daniel:
Author; born in Stafford County, Vir- ginia, 1832; educated at Dickinson Col- lege, Carlisle, and afterwards at Harvard Divinity School; minister at Unitarian Church, Washington, and First Unitarian Church, Cincinnati; afterwards (1864) at South Place Chapel Finsbury, London, England; married Ellen Davis Doud, of Cincinnati, 1858. Author of "Tracts for To-day" (1857) ; "The Rejected Stone" (1861); "The Golden Hour" (1862) ; "Tes- timonies Concerning Slavery" (1864) "The Earthward Pilgrimage" (1870); "Repub- lican Superstitions" (1872) ; "Idols and Ideals" (1877); "Demonology and Devil Lore" (1878); "A Necklace of Stories" (1880); "The Wandering Jew" (1881) ; .
"Thomas Carlyle" (1881); "Travels in South Kensington" (1882); "Emerson, at Home and Abroad" (1883); "Farewell Discourses" (1884); "Pine and Palm" (1884) ; 'Life
of Edmund Randolph" (1888); "Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne" (1890) ; "Prisons of Air" (1891); "Barons of the Potomack and the Rappahannock" (1892); "Life of Thomas Paine" (1892) ; "Solomon and Solomonic Literature" (1899); "Thomas Paine et la Révolu- tion dans les Deux Mondes" (Paris, 1900). Address, 22 East 10th St., New York.
CONWAY, William:
Captain, U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from New York; first lieutenant Seventy-fourth New York Infantry, June 27, 1861; captain, January 14, 1863; honor- ably mustered out, June 19, 1864; second lieutenant Sixteenth Infantry, March 22, 1866; first lieutenant, April 4, 1867; as- signed to Twenty-second Infantry, April 6, 1870; captain, July 4, 1879; retired, June 6, 1894. Present address, 321 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
COOK, Elijah:
Republican Assemblyman representing Eighth Assembly District of Erie County; born Otto, Cattaraugus County, N. Y .; attended district school winters; at four- teen entered Chamberlain Institute at Randolph, N. Y., and studied there for two years, then pursued his studies for several terms at Griffith Institute, Springville, N. Y .; began to teach at age of seventeen years and earned enough to pay his ex- penses at college; graduated from Oberlin College, at Oberlin, O., receiving degree of
B. A .; pursued the study of law in office of Cook & Lockwood, at Jamestown, N. Y .; after admission to bar located at Go- wanda, N. Y., for practice, shortly after- ward removing to Dayton, N. Y .; in 1890 opened a law office in Buffalo, N. Y., where he has since been engaged in prac- tice; elected to the Assembly, 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1902; in 1903 was appointed chairman of the committee on Privileges and Elections; member of Judiciary and Insurance. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.
COOK, Ernest Herman:
Banker; born Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1874; graduated from Public School No. 39, New York, June, 1889, entering the office of the Mount Morris Bank of the City of New York the same month; rose to the position of bookkeeper, resigning in Jan., 1892, to enter the Plaza Bank of New York as bookkeeper; appointed pay- ing teller, Jan., 1896, and assistant cash- ier, July, 1901; treasurer of the People's Choral Union, of New York, from 1895-97; treasurer of Alexander Hamilton Chapter of the American Institute of Bank Clerks, 1902-3; elected president, May, 1903; a delegate to the First National Convention of Bank Clerks of the United States, held at Cleveland, O., Sept., 1903; member of the Arion Society of New York and the Longwood Club. Address, 753 5th Ave., New York.
COOK, George Dillwyn:
Born Richmond, O., Feb. 27, 1845; pri- mary education at local public school; attended college at Mt. Pleasant, O., and Earlham College, Richmond, Ind .; at age of eighteen took business course at Duff's Commercial College, Pittsburg; 1868, be- came member of firm of Cook Bros., pro- vision dealers; following year established himself in dry goods business at Okaloosa, Iowa; 1871, sold out and entered financial house of O. M. Ladd & Co., Ottumwa, Iowa; 1878, went to Chicago and became interested in handling of investment se- curities; assisted Government of Mexico to refund that republic's loan of one hun- dred and ten million dollars, after person- al conference with President Diaz and Minister of Finance Limantour; subse- quently his company, in 1899, sold in the United States two million five hundred thousand dollars worth of bonds of state of Jalisco, Mex., the first foreign securi- ties ever sold in this country; made for himself lasting friendship of President Diaz and other high Mexican officials, and added to like relations existing with lead- ing financial railroad managers and busi- ness men of United States; at present member of firm of Geo. D. Cook & Co., bankers, New York; president of Mexican Mineral Railroad Company, and director of Mexican Lead Co .; member of Union League Club, Chicago, N. Y. Club of New York, Lawyers Club of New York, Mid- day Club of New York, Essex County Country Club, of Orange, N. J., and Mont-
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jorie Commandery Knights Templars, of Chicago, Ill .; married, June 10, 1873, Dora A. Shaw, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, who died July 14, 1882; married, Jan. 1, 1890, Stella Virginia Sturges. Address, 220 Highland Ave., Orange, N. J.
COOK, Henry F .:
Treasurer and secretary of the Fahys Watch Case Company; dates his ancestry, on his mother's side, to Edward Howell, who was the leader of the small band who settled Southampton, L. I., in 1635, the first English speaking settlement in New York State, and to Rev. John Huntting, the leader of the sturdy band who set- tled Easthampton, L. I., in 1639; Mr. Cook traces his English ancestry, on his father's side, in a direct line, to Christo- pher Cook, one of the earliest residents of Devonshire, England, and of Norman origin; the subject of this sketch is the son of Dr. Henry and Eloise Augusta (Huntting) Cook, and was born at Brook- lyn; N. Y., in 1855; when a young child his parents moved to Sag Harbor, L. I. Upon the completion of his studies, Mr. Cook's first business association was with Joseph Fahys, in 1873, in the manufac- ture of watch cases, in New York City; he was admitted as a partner in 1880, since which time he has been the active business man of the firm; in the following year the business was incorporated with Joseph Fahys as president, and Henry F. Cook as treasurer and secretary, and within a few years the new corporation absorbed several of the leading concerns of the country, such as the Brooklyn Watch Case Company, of Brooklyn, and the Alvin Manufacturing Company, of New Jersey, of which plant Mr. Cook now acts as vice-president. The Fahys Watch Case Company can indeed justly claim to be the largest and best equipped man- ufacturing establishment in its line in the United States; before its purchase by the Long Island Railroad Company, Mr. Cook was president of the Montauk Steamboat Company, which plies between New York City and the Eastern ports of Long Island and Block Island; he is now president of the Sag Harbor Real Estate Company; president of the Sag Harbor Water Works Company; vice-president of the Peconic Bank of Sag Harbor; secretary and treas- urer of the Sag Harbor Heating and Lighting Company. He is also trustee of the Sag Harbor Savings Bank, and of the Presbyterian Church of the Village, and is actively interested in the improvement of North Haven, a beautiful suburb of Sag Harbor, facing Peconic Bay, where he and Mr. Fahys purchased one thou- sand acres of land, with two miles of frontage on the bay; here Mr. Cook has erected an elegant summer residence, one of the most artistic and beautiful struc- tures on Long Island; Mr. Cook is a mem- ber of the Sons of the Revolution, having derived his membership through the val- uable services rendered by the distin-
guished Capt. Stephen Howell, one of his ancestors; a member of the Colonial Wars, through Major John Howell, whose ser- vices in Colonial days are a matter of history; also a member of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, the Union League Club of New York City, the Re- publican Club, the Down Town Associa- tion, and of the New York Chamber of Commerce. Address, 9 E. 82d St., New York.
COOK, Joseph Tottenham, M. D .:
President of the medical and surgical staff of the Buffalo Homeopathic Hos- pital; son of Rev. Philos G. and Clarissa (Tottingham) Cook; was born in Lud- lowville, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1855; was edu- cated at the Buffalo Classical School, where he was prepared for Yale College; he also attended the Homeopathic Hos- pital College at Cleveland, O., graduating in 1881, with the degree of M. D .; he later spent a year in study under Drs. Samuel Tenwick and Ernest Sansom at the Lon- don Hospital, London, England, and also attended the Royal Imperial General Hos- pital, at Vienna, Austria; his first prac- tice in medicine was during his partner- ship with the late Augustus C. Hoxsie, of Buffalo, who was his preceptor in the study of medicine. After the death of Dr. Hoxsie, in 1885, the extensive practice of the firm developed upon him; he is much interested in the work of the various patriotic societies of which he is a mem- ber, and has spent much time in aiding in their workings, and in accumulating relics and books relating to local and national matters of historic import; is an interested and active member of the Niagara Frontier Landmarks Association, being a delegate thereto from the So- ciety of the War of 1812; he is attending physician to the Buffalo Homeopathic Hospital, having served in turn as pres- ident and as secretary of the medical and surgical staff; he is an enthusiastic and successful practitioner of homeopathy and a devoted follower and admirer of Sam- uel Hahnemann, the founder of that school, who died in Paris, France, in 1843. Was married on Aug. 1, 1888, to Anna Poole Hoxsie, daughter of the late Rush- more Poole, Esq., of Buffalo, N. Y .; is a member of the Saturn Club of Buffalo, the Buffalo Historical Society, the New York State Historical Association, the New York State Society, Sons of the ' Revolution, the Pennsylvania Society of the War of 1812; president of the Buffalo Association Sons of the Revolution, the Sons of Veterans of the Civil War, the Buffalo Society of Vermonters; also a . member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, the New York State Home- opathic Medical Society, the Western New York Homeopathic Medical Society, the Erie County Homeopathic Medical Society, and the Clinical Club of Buffalo. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.
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