Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 35

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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COOK, Walter:

Architect; was born in New York in 1846, and was graduated from Harvard College in 1869; he then studied his pro- fession abroad, spending about three years at the Royal Polytechnic School in Munich, and a somewhat longer time at the School of Fine Arts in Paris, where he was a pupil of Mr. Emile Vaudremer; returning to New York he has since prac- ticed his profession in this city, being a member of the firm of Babb, Cook & Willard; among the buildings designed by this firm are the De Vinne Press Building, the buildings of the New York Life Insurance Company in Montreal, St. Paul and Minneapolis, the houses of Andrew Carnegie, in New York City, and F. B. Pratt, in Brooklyn, and a num- ber of the branch libraries in this city built by the New York Public Library; was the American member of the inter- national jury which judged the Phoebe Hearst competition for the University of California, and has been a member of the jury for many other competitions, among them those for the New York Public Li- brary, Washington University at

St. Louis, and the scheme for the remodelling of West Point; he is a past president of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and of the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects, and a director of the American Institute of Architects. Residence, 135 East 37th St .; office, 3 West 29th St., New York.

COOKE, William V .:

Democratic Assemblyman representing the Third Assembly District of Albany County; born Albany, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1877; attended public schools and Albany High School; entered the law office of Rosendale & Hessberg in fall of 1897; and graduated from the Albany Law School with the class of 1900; admitted to the bar shortly after; established an office for the practice of law in the fall of 1900 in Albany, where he is now practicing; elected to the Assembly, 1902; member of the following Assembly committees: Gen- eral Laws and Internal Affairs. Address, 1206 Broadway; office, 57 State St., Al- bany, N. Y.

COOKINHAM, Henry J .:

Lawyer; born Prospect, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1843; son of John D. and Diantha L. C .; graduate of classical course, Whitestown, N. Y., Seminary in 1865; studied Latin, Greek and French under a private teach- er; graduate of law department Hamilton College in 1867; married, at New Hartford, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1872, Mary Louise, daugh- ter of General R. U. Sherman; admitted to bar in 1867; has since practiced in Utica; special surrogate of Oneida Coun- ty in 1873; for many years one of the trustees of Whitestown Seminary; mem- ber of New York Assembly in 1880; can- didate for Congress in 1884; delegate to New York Constitutional Convention in 1894; was a member of the following committees: Judiciary, Suffrage, and

Privileges and Elections, and chairman of committee to draft address to the people explanatory of new constitution; director of United Glass Company; Utica Indus- trial Company; Troy Public Works Com- . pany; director and secretary of New Hartford Canning Company; one of the commissioners for the erection of a new court house in Utica for Oneida County, and chairman of the executive and finance committees; for many years a director of the Young Men's Christian Association; member of the society of Sons of the the Revolution, and statutory charter mem- ber of American Scenic and Historic Pres- ervation Society; member of State Bar Association of New York, Bar Association of City of New York, Oneida County Bar Association (several years president) ; en- gaged in many important suits in the the United States Courts: retained by the Tobacco Combination to argue in United States Supreme Court the case of United States against Rothschilds, in- volving important duties upon leaf tobac- co; Republican. Author of "Truly Res- cued," 1881; "Memorial of President James A. Garfield," 1881. Address, Utica, N. Y.

COOLEY, Alphonso E .:

Born at Ellisburg, Jefferson County, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1839; a son of John and Fanny Toul Cooley; received academic and collegiate enducation and is a grad- uate of the National Law School and studied law with Judge Conklin; though a lawyer by profession, he has done considerable literary work; entered the army at breaking out of Civil War and served about three years as captain in Ninety-fourth New York Volunteers and on General Heintzleman's staff; served six years as school commissioner of Jef- ferson County; twenty years as special county judge. Address, Adams Centre, New York.

COOLEY, Le Roy Clark:

Educator; born at Point Peninsula, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1833; son of James and Sally Cooley, and great-great-grandson of Benjamin and Margaret Cooley, who came from Wales to Massachusetts about 1725; he is a graduate of New York State Nor- mal College, 1855, and of Union College, 1858; was professor of natural science in New York State Normal College, 1861- 74; professor of physics and chemistry in Vassar College, 1874-95, and of physics, 1895, to the present time (1903); received the degree of Ph.D. from Union College in 1870; is a fellow of the American As- sociation for the Advancement of Sci- ence and a member of the National Ed- ucational Association; of the New York State Science Teachers' Association a member from its beginning; chairman of its "Committee of Nine" to investigate the condition, and suggest improved methods, of science teaching in secondary schools, and its president in 1899; has contributed many papers to educational

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and scientific journals and conventions. Is author of text-books in physics and chemistry. Address, 2 Reservoir Square, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

COOMBS, William Jerome:

Merchant, Congressman, banker; born at Jordan, Onondaga County, N. Y., Del. 24, 1833; his ancestors were French, Eng- lish, German and Dutch; his parents were Charles Coombs, a soldier in the War of 1812, and Mary Wooleaver; was edu- cated at Jordan Academy; in 1847, having been refused admission to Union College on account of his age, turned his at- tention to business; in 1850 came to New York in charge of a wholesale dry goods house, Woodward & Son; in 1856 began the business of exporter of American manufactured goods, in which he con- tinued until elected to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses; on his retire- ment from Congress was appointed by President Cleveland government director of the Union Pacific Railroad, with spec- ial commission to devise method to collect the debts of over $124,000,000 due the Government from the various roads; con- tinued in office by President Mckinley and succeeded in collecting them in full; was president of the Manufacturers' Trust Company from its organization, in 1896, until it was consolidated with the Title Guarantee & Trust Company, Jan. 1, 1903; member of the Reform, Common- wealth, Hamilton Clubs. Residence, 63 South Portland Ave .; office, 198 Monta- gue St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

COON, Abram S .:

Republican Assemblyman representing the Second Assembly District of Albany County; born in Craryville Columbia bia County, July 27, 1851; a year later parents removed to Preston Hollow, Al- bany County; since attaining his majority, Mr. Coon has taken an active part in poli- tics; 1871, he was married to Miss Addie Russell, of Broome, Schoharie County; in 1889-1890, was town clerk of Rensselaer- ville; 1894-95, he was president of the Republican Town Association; elected su- pervisor of the town of Rensselaerville in 1895, and re-elected in 1897 and 1899; is a past master of Cascade Lodge, No. 427, F. & A. M .; past grand master of Lyman Tremain Lodge, No. 265, I. O. O. F., and a member of Greenville Chapter, No. 283, R. A. M .; elected to Assembly in 1900, 1901 and 1902; in 1903 was appointed a member of following Assembly commit- tees: Chairman of Printed and En- grossed Bills; member of Taxation and Retrenchment, Public Printing and Pub- lic Institutions. Address, Preston Hollow, Albany County, N. Y.

COON, Daniel Wells:

Manufacturer, and vice-president of the International Shirt and Collar Company, of Troy, N. Y .; was born at Gloversville, N. Y., June 10, 1843; his place of birth has long been famous for the manufac-

ture of gloves, and at an early age he manifested an inclination to follow that occupation in life; when he reached his eighteenth year, however, he was invited by his brother, John H. Coon, then in partnership with Mr. Van Volkenburg in the manufacture of collars at Troy, N. Y., to visit that city, and the result was that he became interested in the collar business, and devoted himself for a peri- od of three years to a thorough study of its details. So Arduous, indeed, were his efforts in that direction that his health became impaired, and he was compelled to seek rest and change in the West; this he found in Minneapolis, Minn., where, with the coming of renewed health, he established a woolen business; after an experience of five years in the West, he came again to the East, located in Phila- delphia, and established the house of Coon, Reynolds & Co., destined to be a great factor in the collar business of the United States; he then visited New York, and established a branch of the business in that city, under the firm name of Coon & Co., and formed a like organiza- tion in Chicago. Soon after he returned again to Troy, N. Y., where, in 1888, was organized the firm of Cluett, Coon & Co., by the consolidation of the two concerns of George B. Cluett Bros. & Co. and Coon & Co., which union was a complete success, and the great prosperity which attended the venture was an ample justi- fication of that important change in the conduct of affairs in the collar manufac- turing industry; the connection was con- tinued for ten years, the firm being known as the largest shirt, collar and cuff manufacturers in the world. He de- voted special attention to the superin- tending of its New York office, making his home at Mount Vernon, Westchester County, N. Y .; about six and a half years ago he retired from the firm, sell- ing his interest to his partners; after a short period of inactivity he joined inter- ests with the International Shirt and Col- lar Company, of which he is now vice- president; he is regarded everywhere as one of the strongest and most sagacious men identified with the great collar in- dustry; he is a man of rare judgment in dealing with business problems, and has a genius for big things. It was he who proposed the successful collar combine, and the result revealed the soundness of his judgment; in addition to his connec- tion with the International Shirt and Col- lar Company, he is a director in the Mount Vernon Trust Company, and in the Peer- less Snoe Machinery Company; he is a member of the Troy Club, the Aldine Association, New York, the Siwanoy Country Club, and the Republican Club of Mount Vernon, N. Y. Address, Mount Vernon, N. Y.

COONEY, Michael :

Colonel, U. S. Army; born Ireland; ap- pointed from New York; private, corporal and sergeant Company A, First Cavalry,

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Dec. 4, 1856, to Dec., 1861; private and first sergeant Company M, Dec. 18, 1861, to Dec. 30, 1864; captain, Fifth U. S. Cavalry, Jan. 1, 1865; honorably mustered out, March 16, 1866; first lieutenant, Ninth Cavalry, July 28, 1866; captain, Jan. 1, 1868; major, Dec. 10, 1888; lieu- tenant colonel, Seventh Cavalry, June 21, 1897; colonel, Fourth Cavalry, June 9, 1899; retired, Sept. 14, 1899. Present ad- dress, 500 T St., N. W., Washington, D. C.

COOPER, Charles L .:

Brigadier general, U. S. Army; born Pennsylvania; appointed from New York; private, Company B, Seventy-first N. Y. State Militia, May 27, 1862; discharged, Sept. 2, 1862; private, Company A, N. Y. State Militia, June 27, 1863; discharged, Aug. 6, 1863; second lieutenant, U. S. In- fantry, Sept. 5, 1864; first lieutenant, March 5, 1865; honorably mustered out, Oct. 20, 1865; second lieutenant, Thirty- ninth Infantry, July 28, 1866; first lieu- tenant, Oct. 5, 1867; assigned to Tenth Cavalry, Jan. 1, 1871; captain, Sept. 15, 1883; major, Fifth Cavalry, July 5, 1898; lieutenant colonel, Feb. 17, 1901; later Colonel and brigadier general; transferred to Fourteenth Cavalry, March 7, 1901; retired, 1903. Present address, Occidental Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.

COOPER, Edward:

Merchant; son of Peter Cooper, philan- thropist; born New York City, Oct. 26, 1824; received public school education, entering Columbia, but leaving non-grad- uate; after tour abroad, returned to United States, forming partnership with Abram S. Hewitt in firm Cooper, Hewitt & Co .; soon assisted father in managing of his affairs, with successful results, par- ticularly in iron and steel works in New Jersey; Mayor of New York City, 1879- 81; member of "Committee of Seventy," of Charleston national convention, 1860, and St. Louis convention, 1876; member, also, of several business firms; trustee of Cooper Union; hon. A. M. from Colum- bia, 1845. Address, 12 Washington Square, N., New York.

COOPER, Henry Dodge:

Importer, manufacturer; born Wantage, Sussex County, N. J .; graduated from College, 1872; captain, Seventh Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y .; resigned, 1890; married Rosalie Martindale Purdy, daughter of Alfred Seaman Purdy, M. D., of New York; member University Club, and vari- ous other clubs and associations. Resi- dence, 29 West 70th St., New York.

COOPER, Theodore:

Consulting engineer; born Cooper's Plains, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1839; son of John and Elizabeth (Evans) Cooper; graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., 1858; assistant engineer, Troy and Greenfield R. R., 1861; entered U. S. Navy as assistant engineer, 1861, U. S. S. Cho- .cura; at Hampton Roads second appear-

ance of the Confederate iron-clad Merri- mack; siege of Yorktown; battle of West Point, York River; at White House, Pamunkey River, during Chickahominy campaign; on blockade off Forts Caswell and Fisher, 1863; Texas blockade, 1864-65; June, 1865, ordered for duty as assistant professor at U. S. Naval Academy, steam engineering and chemistry; also in charge of construction of new buildings and the sea-wall; 1868, ordered to U. S. S. Nyack, South Pacific Squadron; 1870, again or- dered to the Naval Academy; after a short service, was granted furlough of one year, preparatory to entering civil life; 1872-75, with Capt. Jas. B. Eads in charge of the construction and erection of the St. Louis arch bridge over the Mississippi River; 1875-76, superintendent Delaware Bridge Works; 1876, assistant general manager and superintendent Key- stone Bridge Co .; 1877-78, after the dis- aster of the Ashtabula Bridge, made crit- ical examination of the bridges over many of the principal railroads; 1879, opened an office as consulting engineer in New York City; Mr. Cooper has designed nu- merous bridges and other structures dur- ing the intervening years for railroads, towns, cities and private parties; he has acted as consulting engineer for many of the most important railroads in the United States, Mexico, Japan, etc .; New York Elevated R. R .; Rapid Transit Com- missions of New York and Boston; Wash- ington Bridge, New York; member of the board of experts appointed by Presi- dent Cleveland on Hudson River Bridge, and by Mayor Low on Manhattan Bridge; 1903, is consulting engineer for all struc- tural work of New York Public Library and for the Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence River with a span of 1,800 feet, the longest span in the world. He is the author of "Cooper's Specifications" for the superstructure of railroad and high- way bridges and for bridge foundations; he has published many papers on engi- neering subjects and has twice received the Norman medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers. He is a mem- ber of the American Society of Civil En- gineers, Loyal Legion, New York Histori- cal Society, Century Association; life member Naval Institute, Society of Fine Arts, American Museum of Natural His- tory, New York; Botanical Garden; hon- orary member American Institute of Architects; unmarried. Residence, 12 E. 33d St .; office, 35 Broadway, New York. COPPINGER, John J .:

Major general, U. S. Army; born in Ireland; appointed from New York; cap- tain, Fourteenth Infantry, Sept. 30, 1861; colonel, Fifteenth New York Cavalry, Jan. 27, 1865; major, Tenth Infantry, March 20, 1879; lieutenant colonel, Eighteenth Infantry, Oct. 31, 1883; colonel, Twenty- third Infantry, Jan. 15, 1891; brigadier general, April 25, 1895; major general, U. S. Volunteers, May 4, 1898; retired, Oct. 11, 1898. Present address, Metropolitan Club, Washington, D. C.

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CORBIN, Henry C .:

Major-general, U. S. Army; born in Ohio, Sept. 15, 1842; entered volunteer service as second lieutenant, Eighty- third Ohio Volunteers, July 26, 1862, but shortly after assigned to the Seventy- ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served therein as second and first lieutenant, respectively, until Nov. 14, 1863, when he was appointed major, Fourteenth U. S. Colored Infantry, having been examined and found qualified by a board of officers; March 4, 1864, promoted to lieutenant- colonel, and Sept. 23, 1865, became colonel of the Fourteenth U. S. Colored Infantry; of his meritorious services. While in vol- unteer service, March 26, 1866, with the brevet of brigadier-general, which honor- ary rank was bestowed upon him ten days prior to muster-out in recognition of his meritorious services; while in vol- unteer service he served with the Army of the Ohio, July 28 to Nov., 1862, and the balance of the time with the Army of the Cumberland; participated in the defences of Nashville, Tenn .; at Pulaski, Tenn .; Dalton, Ga .; Decatur, Ala .; battle of Nashville, Tenn .; pursuit of Hood's Army and in several minor military en- gagements during Dec., 1864, and Jan., 1865; in the winter of 1863-4 he com- manded an expedition to the Sequatchie Valley against the rebel General Hughes -a guerilla, whom he drove from the country. For "gallant and meritorious services at Decatur, Ala.," he was brevet- ted major; for "gallant and meritorious service at the battle of Nashville, Tenn.," he was brevetted a lieutenant-colonel; second lieutenant, Seventeenth Infantry, May 11, 1866; captain, Thirty-eighth In- fantry, July 28, 1866;

transferred to Twenty-fourth Infantry, Nov. 11, 1869; major, A. A. G., June 16, 1880; lieuten- ant-colonel, June 7, 1889; colonel, May, 26, 1896; brigadier-general and adjutant- general, Feb. 25, 1898; major-general June 6, 1900; the U. S. Army owes to Major-General Corbin a debt greater than it will be ever able to pay. To him and his earnest endeavors in its service looking to its welfare and enlargement, to its building up to a higher and more perma- nent plane of standing, more than to any other one man, is the recognition due; possessed of magnificent health and strength he was able to undergo and accomplish during the days of the Span- ish-American War, and the Philippino In- surrection, what few men in or out of official life could do; his chief aim has ever been first the army, and on more than one occasion he has sacrificed his personal advancement in behalf of some other junior to him in rank; fortunately for the army he will not retire until 1906; ordered to command Department of the. East, Dec., 1903. Address, Governor's Island, N. Y.

CORBIN, John:

Author and editor; born Chicago, Il1., May 2, 1870; B. A., Harvard, 1892, M. A., 1893; spent 1894-95 at Balliol College, Ox-

ford; has contributed much on literary and other subjects to periodicals; 1897 until 1900, was assistant editor of Har- per's Magazine; 1899 until 1900, dramatic critic of Harper's Weekly; on editorial staff of Encyclopædia Britannica during 1900-02; from the latter year has been dramatic critic of New York Times. Has published: "The Elizabethan Hamlet" (1895); "School-boy Life in England-An American View" (1898); "An American at Oxford" (1902); "A New Portrait of Shakespeare" and "The First Loves of Perilla" (1903). Address, 128 West 11th St., New York.

CORBIN, William H .:

Lawyer; born McDonough, Chenango County, N. Y., July 12, 1851; son of Eli Lyon Corbin and Abigail (Taintor); Cor- nell University, 1869-70; graduate of Co- lumbia College Law School, 1872; admit- ted to New York Bar, Binghamton, Sept., 1872; New Jersey Bar, 1874; practiced law in Jersey City; school commissioner, Eliz- abeth, 1876-81; member of New Jersey Legislature, 1885-6-7; New Jersey State commissioner to erect Gettysburg monu- ments, 1886-90; councilman of Elizabeth, 1890-5. Published "New Jersey Corpora- tion Act," 1881, and annual editions since; "Corbin's Forms," 1882. Commis- sioner to revise New Jersey corporation and other laws, 1896-99; married Clemen- tine Kellogg, Elizabeth, 1878; member Union League anu Lawyers' Clubs, New York; Town and Country Club, Eliza- beth; Carteret Club, Jersey City; first vice-president New Jersey Title Guaran- tee Trust Company, Jersey City; director First National Bank, Jersey City; United Electric Company, etc. Address, Jersey City, N. J.

CORBUSIER, William Henry:

Surgeon and ethnologist; born New York City; son of William Morrison Cor- busier and Mahala Myers; graduate of Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York; served as an acting assistant sur- geon, U. S. Army, in the field during the War of the Rebellion, May 30, 1864, to June 14, 1865; acting assistant surgeon, U. S. Army, Aug. 19, 1867, to Dec. 16, 1868, and July 17, 1869, to May 30, 1875; surgeon, Rio-Verde Indian Agency, Ariz., Sept. 12, 1873, to Feb. 27, 1875; first lieu- tenant and assistant surgeon, U. S. Army, Aug. 5, 1876; captain, Aug. 5, 1881; major and surgeon, Oct. 17, 1895, and served at many frontier posts; inspector of annui- ties, Rio-Verde Indian Agency, Ariz., Feb., 1874; Pine-Ridge Indian Agency, Dakota Territory, Nov. 23, 1877, to April 27, 1880, and at Fort Washakie, Wyo. Ter., Oct., 1880; in the field against hostile Apache tribes at various times in 1874, 1875 and 1885; acting medical purveyor of the ex- pedition to the Philippine Islands, May 17, 1898, to April 30, 1900; chief surgeon, Department of Mindanao with station at Zamboanga, Mindanao, P. I., from Sept. 11, 1903; has made a study of the sign

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language of the North American Indians; of the dialects of the Mojave, the Apache- Yuma and Apache-Mojave Indians, and discovered several Winter-Counts-or cal- endars-among the Dakota Indians; the results of his labors have been published in the annual reports of the bureau of ethnology, 1879-80, 1882-83 and 1888-89; the "Zeitschrift fur Ethnologie," Berlin, 1883 and 1892, and the "American An- tiquarian," Sept. and Nov., 1886; member Enipire State Society Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution, Society of the War of 1812 of Pennsylvania, Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York, National Society of the Army of the Philippines and the American Flag Association. Ad- dress, Manila, P. I.

CORBONE, Agostino:

Vocal teacher; born, 1856, at Genoa, Italy; there at nineteen years of age he began his musical career; he rose rapidly, and at the age of twenty-four was one of the most successful actor-singers in Europe; he sang in the opera houses of Milan, Rome, Florence, Moscow, Sweden, Paris, etc .; subsequently came to United States, under contract with Strakosch, later with Etilka Gerster Concert Com- pany; was connected for several seasons with Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau; while fill- ing operatic engagements, his spare time was spent in giving vocal lessons, and he is at present one of the most success- ful music teachers in New York. Studio, 240 Fifth Ave., New York.

CORDES, August W .:

Architect; born, 1850, in Hamburg, Ger- many; received his first training at the Technical School of Hamburg, combined with courses in practical work and model- ing, then continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Berlin, here interrupt- ed by the Franco-Prussian War, in which he participated; he then resumed his studies at Berlin where he was a pupil of Gropius & Schmieden, and, in 1873, stud- ied under Theoplule Ritter von Hansen at the Vienna Royal Academy and finished his studies by traveling ten months through Italy and Sicily; came to New York, in 1880, and formed partnership with Mr. Theodore W. E. DeLemos in 1884, under the firm name of DeLemos & Cordes, who were the architects of the Arion Club House, 59th St. and Park Ave .; the Siegel-Cooper Department Store, the Adams Department Store, the Macy Department Store, the office build- ing for Messrs. Speyer & Co., No. 24-26 Pine Street; the office building for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York in Mexico City; also of many other well known office, public and business buildings; Mr. Cordes is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and member of the Architectural League of New York. Address, 634 West 158th St., New York.

CORLISS, George Wilhelm:

Insurance journalist; born New York, May 8, 1836; educated in the common schools of Connecticut, and prepared for college at the Lancasterian School, New Haven; early manhood was passed prin- cipally as an accountant and in teaching; when the war broke out in 1861 he re- cruited, at his own expense, a company of the Fifth Connecticut Volunteer In- fantry, which he commanded in the field from May, 1861, to Jan., 1863; he was severely wounded at the battle of Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 1862, and was bre- vetted major for "conspicuous bravery" while advancing in a charge upon the enemy under a terrific fire of musketry and artillery. He was taken prisoner of war at this battle and confined during several months in the notorious "Libby Prison" at Richmond, Va .; Aug. 12, 1897, Major Corliss was awarded "a Congres- sional medal of honor" for most "dis- tinguished gallantry in action" at this battle; after partial recovery from phy- sical disabilities, in 1864, he entered the Veteran Reserve Corps, U. S. Volunteers, and served until his discharge in 1869; from 1870 to 1875 he was general insur- ance agent and broker; in the latter year he joined The Insurance Critic, which he afterwards purchased and removed from Chicago to New York; Major Corliss is a thirty-second degree Mason, prominent in Masonic and Grand Army affairs, and has been a member of the Old Guard of New York since Feb., 1884. Address, 80 Wil- liam St., New York.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 35

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