Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 42

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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DE PEYSTER, John Watts:

Soldier and historian; the only child of Frederic de Peyster, and of Mary Jus- tina, daughter of Hon. John Watts, a distinguished New Yorker of the Revo- lutionary and later period, last Royal Re- corder, New York; was born in New York City, March 9, 1821; in both his lines of descent can be traced a suc- cession of soldiers, during the Colonial and Revolutionary periods, an ancestry which naturally predisposed him towards a military career. Military reading was his youthful delight, and mock battles, in association with his counsin, Philip Kearny, afterwards major-general, U. S. Volunteers, a veteran of four wars and

of three continents, his youth recreation; he traveled in Europe, in 1834, when thir- teen years of age, and there devoted his time to studying the science of war, as de- veloped in France, Italy and Algiers, not only carefully reading military treatises, but closely studying maps, plans and re- ports, and consulting original authorities; to enable himself to do this studied the several foreign languages in which these documents were written; his industry in these pursuits was untiring, while his highly retentive memory enabled him to gain a vast mass of facts, which he em- ployed in composition with logical powers of analysis; he thus in time became a writ- er and critic on military matters of very unusual powers; from his youth he con- trolled his own studies in this direction, and became in a true sense self-educated in military lore. While still but a youth he became connected with the New York Volunteer Fire Department, in which he was so active as to bring on an affec- tion of the heart, from which he suffered severely ever afterwards; he was among the first to advocate a paid fire depart- ment, and also to recommend the or- ganization of a police force conducted on principles of military discipline; he entered the State military service in 1845, and in the following year was commis- sioned colonel. When the military law of 1851 was enacted he was appointed brigadier-general in the State service, being the first officer of this rank to be appointed by the governor; at a later date he was sent to Europe as special military agent of the State, fully en- dorsed by the Federal government with recommandations Tto U. S. ministers abroad and authority to call upon them for assistance in the performance of his duties, to report on the organization of the militia and of municipal military or- ganizations in foreign lands; his report, published as a Senate document, was highly valuable, and became of great ser- vice in the organization of State troops and in the subsequent exigencies of the Civil War; he was appointed by Gov- ernor Clark in 1855 adjutant-general upon his staff. He resigned in a few months, having found the department so controlled by political influences as to render military reform next to hopeless; he combated this condition of affairs vig- orously, and only resigned on finding his efforts unavailable; he was afterwards offered the command of various New York regiments, but his broken health and the frequent hemorrhages from which he suffered obliged him to decline; when war was threatened, he offered President Lin- coln three regiments, and made a simi- lar offer in the autumn of 1861; General de Peyster did not share in the general ·feeling, at that time, that the war would soon be over; he predicted in advance the extent and greatness of the struggle, and was the first to advocate the employ- ment of colored men as soldiers; through-

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out the war, in which the state of his health prevented him from participating, he published many keenly critical arti- cles on the subject. In 1869, on the oc- casion of the State of New York appoint- ing him brevet major-general, flatter- ing testimonials of his great military knowledge and the value of his advice and influence during the war were given by Generals Kearney, A. A. Humphreys, chief of staff in the Army of the Potomac, Pleasanton, Grant, Hooker, Rosecrans and others; General de Peyster has been a voluminous writer on the subject of his special study and on historical subjects in general. In addition to his service in this direction he has followed the philan- thropic example of his father, and given much attention to matters of charity; he has built a Home for Consumptives and a hospital and home for invalid children, and furnished a Home for Girls, in Dutch- ess County, N. Y., and in connection with it has erected a training-school and do- nated nearly three hundred acres of ground, part of the old family estate; he also has built and equipped a Methodist Church at Madalin, Dutchess County; he has received the thanks of the New Jer- sey and Pennsylvania Legislatures for portraits of military celebrities presented to them, and has given the State of New York a bronze bas-relief representing the Continental camp at West Point dur- ing the Revolution. General de Peyster, while retaining his city residence on an- cestral domain, dwells principally in his beautiful country-seat at Tivoli, on the banks of the Hudson. Address, Rose Hill, Tivoli P. O., N. Y.

DERBY, George McC .:

Major of

Engineers, United States Army; born at sea; appointed from Mis- souri; cadet at U. S. Military Academy, July 1, '74; graduated June 14, '78; actual rank, second lieutenant engineers June 14, '78; first lieutenant Jan. 2, '81; captain April 7, '88; major of ensigns July 5, '98; volunteer service, lieutenant colonel chief engineers May 9, 1898, to honorable dis- charge May 12, 1899; service, instructor of engineering, West Point, to March, '93; assistant to engineers commissioner, District of Columbia, to Nov., 1894; in charge of sewers and street lighting, District of Columbia, and in charge of fourth district Mississippi river to June, '98; served as chief engineer Fifth Army Corps, June 5, to Oct., '98, being in the field throughout the Santiago campaign; chief of engineers Second Army Corps, Oct., 1898, to 1899; in charge improve- ments Mississippi river, New Orleans, La., 1900 to 1902; river and harbor work, Louisville, Ky., 1902. Address, Globe, St. Paul, Minn.

DERBY, Orville Adelbert:

Genealogist; born Niles, Cayuga Coun- ty, N. Y., July 23, 1851; graduated Cor- nell, 1873, receiving M.S., 1874; went as

assistant on geological expeditions to Amazon Valley, 1870-71; instructor of ge- ology, 1874-75; again in Brazil, 1875-78; assisting in imperial geological expedi- tion; 1880-91 director of geological and mineralogical department of National Museum of Rio de Janeiro; while in Bra- zil continued his activity in geological ex- peditions; member of Geological Society of London, of American Geological Soci- ety; vice-president of International Geo- logical Congress, Chicago, 1893; is associ- ate editor of the Journal of Geology; has published many reports of his scientific investigations. Address, San Paulo, Bra- zil.

DERBY, Richard H., M. D .:

Ophthalmologist; Harvard A. B., 1864, M. D., 1867; member New York County Medical Society, Academy of Medicine, Ophthalmology Society; surgeon Eye and Ear Infirmary; ophthalmology surgeon, Trinity Hospital; consulting ophthalmolo- gist to Orthopedic Hospital. Address, 3 East 40th St., New York.

DE RIDDER, John H .:

Banker; born Easton, Washington Co., N. Y .; son of Henry De Ridder and Cath- arine Ann (Schermerhorn), both of whose ancestry came from Holland; upon the completion of school, at Williston Semin- ary, accepted the position of teller in the Bank of Old Saratoga, at Schuylerville, N. Y., which bank later was succeeded by the National Bank of Schuylerville; was elected cashier and continued as such un- til 1891 and then became interested in the Citizens' National Bank of Saratoga Springs and its cashier, occupying that position at the present time, giving a con- tinuous service of nearly forty years in the two banking institutions; was one of the organizers of the New York State Bankers' Association, its vice-president, and in 1903 was unanimously elected pres- ident; has been a member of the board of education, supervisor of the town several times, and chairman of the board of sup- ervisors; is a member of the Holland So- ciety of New York. Address, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.

DE RUSSY, Isaac D .:

Brigadier-general U. S. Army; born Virginia, June 13, 1840; appointed from New York, civil life; actual rank, second lieutenant First U. S. Infantry, April 26, 1861; accepted May 9, 1861; first lieuten- ant, May 14, 1861; captain, Feb. 27, 1862; major Fourth Infantry, Sept. 29, 1879; lieutenant colonel Fourteenth Infantry July 1, 1885; brevet rank, brevet major, March 13, 1865, for faithful and meri- torious services during the war; promoted brigadier general April 1, 1902; retired April 15, 1902. Address, care Morgan Hayes & Co., Paris, France.

DESHON, George:

Missionary; born New London, Conn., Jan. 30, 1823; graduated at West Point,

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1843; class-mate and room-mate of Gen- eral Grant; then instructor in mathemat- ics and ethics; 1851 became converted to Roman Catholic Church and after study- ing theology in Cumberland, Md., was ordained to priesthood 1855; member of Redemptionist order and served as mis- sionary in various localities; prominent in founding of St. Paul's Church, New York City, and superintendent in construction of its building; published, "Guide for Catholic Young Women" (1860). Ad- dress, 415 West 59th St., New York. 1

De SILVER, CarlI H .:

Broker; born Jan. 9, 1846, Cincinnati, O .; came to Brooklyn, 1859; attended Poly- technic Institute, 1862; commenced busi- ness career at Hong Kong, China; re- mained in the Orient for five years; en- tered Wall St., 1869; became a member of the New York Stock Exchange, 1871; severed connection in 1900; has not been actively engaged in business since; at present trustee of the Brooklyn Institute of Art and Science; trustee of the Brook- lyn Art Association, director Brooklyn Academy of Music, trustee Brooklyn Chil- dren's Aid Society, trustee South Brook- lyn Savings Institution, director Nassau National Bank, trustee Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital. Address, 43 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

DETWILLER, Jacob J .:

Merchant; born in Switzerland, May 28, 1843; graduated in college at Neuville, 1853, visited this country in 1854 and re- mained permanently since 1855; engaged in various manufacturing enterprises, but principally in the art of pyrotechny, which he brought to great perfection and com- mercial success; made many inventions for the use of the army, navy, and rail- roads, for signalizing, most of which are in use to this date; prominent as Re- publican; was active in the Union League during the war and is still a member of the Jersey City Union League Club, as well as other social clubs; served by ap- pointment as finance commissioner for four years under the Wanser Republican Government of Jersey City; director of the Commercial Trust Company, of Jer- sey City; director of Greenville Banking & Trust Company; vice-president of the Coahuila & Pacific Railroad Company; director of the Morse Iron Works & Drydock Company; president of the Det- willer Street Fireworks Company; vice- president of the Central Fireworks Com- pany; vice-president of the Consoli- dated. Fireworks Company; director of Nati ral Salt Company, of Mexico, and other minor companies; in 1859, mar- ried the daughter of Dr. Henry Detwiller, of Easton. Pa., the originator and founder of homeopathy in this country. Ad- dress, 172 Fulton St., New York, N. Y.

DEVINE, Edward Thomas:

Editor of Charities and general secre- tary of the Charity Organization Society

of the City of New York; born at Union, Ia., May 6, 1867; son of John and Laura Hall Devine; graduated (B. A.) from Cornell College, Iowa, 1887; M. A. 1890; Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1893; studied at the University of Halle 1890-1; fellow of the Wharton School of Finan- cial Economy, University of Pennsyl- vania, 1891-5; married Hattie Evelyn Sco- vel 1889; principal public schools, Albion, Ia., 1886-7; Marshalltown, Ia., 1887-8; Mount Vernon, Ia., 1888-90; staff lecturer on economics for American Society for the Extension of University Teaching, 1891-6, and secretary, 1894-6. During the above period gave courses of lectures in Pennsylvania and adjoining States; lec- tured at Oxford, England, University Ex- tension summer meeting 1892 and 1894, and also at the Edinburgh summer meet- ing in 1892; director of the Philadelphia summer meeting 1892-6; member of the Council of the American Academy of Po- litical and Social Science, and member of the Council of the American Economic Association. Editor University Extension, 1893-4; associate editor Annals of the American Academy of Political and So- cial Science, 1902-3, and editor of Chari- ties since Dec., 1897. Author of "Econom- ics." a text book for high schools and colleges (MacMillan, 1898); "The Prac- tice of Charity" (Lentilhon & Co.), 1901; "Economic Function of Woman," 1894; "The Shiftless and Floating City Popula- tion," 1897; "The Essentials of a Relief Policy," 1903 (last three published in An- nals of the American Academy of Polit- ical and Social Science) ; "Public Outdoor Relief," 1898; "Relief and Care of Needy Families in Their Homes," 1900 (in Char- ities Review); has taken an active part in tenement house reform, in the move- ment for the prevention of tuberculosis, and in promoting legislation for the wel- fare of public dependents, for the regu- lation of child labor and for the better administration of charitable institutions; he is member of Century and, Aldine Clubs. Residence, New Rochelle, N. Y .; office, 105 East 22d St., New York.

DE VINNE, Theodore Low:

Printer; born Stamford, Conn., Dec. 25, 1828; educated in schools of Catskill, White Plains and Amenia, N. Y .; 1884, entered printing office of Gazette, New- burg, N. Y .; 1848 came to New York City to learn business further; 1850 con- nected with printing house of Francis Hart, soon becoming foreman, and in 1858 junior partner; 1883, after death of Mr. Hart, firm changed to Theodore L. De Vinne & Co., with son as junior part- ner: 1873 received contract from Scribner & Co. to print St. Nicholas Magazine; 1874 to print Scribner's Monthly, now Century. Has printed many books for various publishers; president and organ- izer (with late Peter C. Baker, 1896) of New York Typothetæ; president of United Typothetæ; member of New York Typo- graphical Society; vice-president of Gro- lier Club; member of Aldine, Century,

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Authors' Clubs, etc .; author of "The In-

vention of Printing" (1877); "Historic Types" (1886); "Plain Printing Types" (1900); "Correct Composition" (1901) ; "Title Pages" (1902). Married, 1850, to Grace Brockbank, of Willimantic, Conn. Address, 300 West 76th St .; office, 12 Lafayette Place, New York.

DE VRIES, Marion:

U. S. general appraiser; born near Woodbridge, San Joaquin County, Cal., Aug. 15, 1865; son of William Henry and Cornelia (Crowe) and step-son of Mary (Crowe) De Vries; early education .re- ceived in local public schools; graduated from San Joaquin Valley College, Wood- bridge, Cal., in June, 1886, degree of Ph.B .; graduated from Law Department University of Michigan, June, 1888, de- gree LL.B .; was elected class orator and delivered valedictory of the law class; was admitted to Supreme Court of Michi- gan, June 13, 1887; to Supreme Court of California, July 2, 1887, and Supreme Court of the United States, March 27, 1897; commenced practice of law in co- partnership with John B. Hall, uncle of John Hays Hammond, at Stockton, Cal., Jan. 1, 1889; formed law copartnership with W. B. Nutter, now superior judge, State of California, in and for San Jo- aquin County, Aug. 1, 1889. Under Judge Nutter acted as assistant district attorney San Joaquin County from Jan., 1893, to Feb., 1897; appointed and served as lieu- tenant-colonel and assistant adjutant- general of the Third Brigade, N. G. C., General James H. Budd, subsequently Governor of California, then commanding, and later as signal officer and major and inspector of rifle practice same brigade; elected to 55th Congress, Nov., 1895, and to 56th Congress Nov., 1898, serving until Aug. 22, 1900, at which time resigned as a representative in Congress and quali- fied as a member of the board of United States general appraisers, to which he was appointed as a Democrat by Presi- dent Mckinley June 9, 1900, and con- firmed by unanimous vote of the United States Senate in Dec. of that year, which position he now holds; member California and Engineers' Club, New York; Knight Templars, Odd Fellows, Knights of Py- thias, Elks, Turners and Native Sons of Golden West. Address, 641 Washington St., New York.

DEWEY, Charles Melville:

Artist; born Lowville, Lewis County, N. Y., July 16, 1851; descendant of Thom- as Dewey, founder of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1633; spent early years on father's farm, obtaining rudiments of education at the district school; in 1874, coming to New York City, he began art study in National Academy of Design; 1876, studied in Paris in atelier of Carolus Duran and was chosen by him to assist decorating the "plafond" of the Louvre; 1878 returned to United States, opening studio in New York City and exhibiting

in National Academy and at exhibitions of Society of American Artists, which he helped organize; is landscape painter, both in oils and water colors, and has done many portraits; among paintings, "Edge of the Forest" (1884); "The Queen of Night" (1901); "An Autumnal Pastoral" (1890); "Shadows of the Evening Hour" (1888); "The Stars and the Shadows" (1900); "Gray Robe of Twilight" (1894) ; "Marsh Island" (1891); "River at Night" (1888); "Return of the Hay Boats" (1890) ; exhibited at Munich International Exhi- bition 1895 and attracting much atten- tion; married, 1887, Miss Julia Henshaw, of Batavia, N. Y. Address, 222 W. 23rd St., New York.

DEWEY, Melvil:

Educator and librarian; born Adams Center, Jefferson County, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1851; graduate of Amherst, 1874; acting librarian Amherst 1873-76; 1876 moved to Boston, establishing American Library Association, Library Journal, the Metric Bureau, and Spelling Reform Association; also Library Bureau to secure better li- brary methods, appliances and supplies; managed these till May, 1883, when ap- pointed chief librarian of Columbia Col- lege; 1884, professor of library economy; 1887, director of Columbia School of li- brary economy, whose establishment he had suggested; 1889, secretary and treas- urer of University of State of New York; also director of New York State Library, Home Education Department and State Library School; edited Library Journal, 1876-81, Library Notes, Metric Bulletin, Metric Advocate and Spelling Reform Bul- letin. Author of "Library School Rules," "Simplified Library School Rules," Deci- mal Classification and Relative Index. Ad- dress, 315 Madison Ave., Albany, N. Y.

DEWING, Oliver Morse:

Physician and alienist; born Westmin- ster, Connecticut, July 18, 1862; son of Andrew and Eunice Williams Dewing. , He was graduated with the degree of M. D. by the medical department of Col- umbia, University in May, 1887; entered the general practice of medicine in the City of New York at once; was appointed to the position of assistant physician in the New York City Asylum for the Insane in May, 1889; appointed as assistant phy- sician at the Kings County Insane Asylum at Kings Park, Long Island, N. Y., in Dec., 1889; promoted to the position of superintendent of this institution Jan. 1, 1893; became superintendent of the Long Island State Hospital, Kings Park, N. Y., Oct. 1. 1895; was appointed general super- intendent of the Long Island State. hos- pitals at Kings Park and Brooklyn in Sept., 1897; this position was abolished by act of legislature in May, 1900; was im- mediately re-appointed medical superin- tendent of the Long Island State Hospi- tal at Kings Parks, N. Y., which position he now holds; member of the American Medico-Psychological Association, the

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Medical Society of Nassau and Queens Counties, and of the Associated Physicians of Long Island. Address, Long Island State Hospital, Kings Park, N. Y.

DEWING, Mrs. Marla Richards (Oakley) :

Artist; wife of Thomas Wilmer Dew- ing; born New York, Oct. 27, 1855; stud- ied art in National Academy of Design, also with John Lafarge and Thomas Con- ture; painter of figures and flowers. Ad- dress, 76 East 55th St., New York.

DEWING, Thomas WIImer:

Artist; born Boston, Mass., May 4,- 1852; studied in Paris with Lefebvre 1876- 79; paintings, "Young Sorcerer" (1877); "Morning" (1879); "Prelude" (1883); "A Garden" (1884); "The Days" (1884-6); winner of Clarke prize, 1887; "Tobias and the Angel" (1887); also portraits of Mrs. Lloyd Bryce, Mrs. Robert Goelet, Mrs. Delancey Kane and others; member of Society of American Artists; associate member of National Aceademy 1887, mem- ber 1888. Address, Players' Club, 16 Gramercy Park, New York.

DEXTER, Seymour:

Jurist and banker; born Independence, Alleghany County, N. Y., March 20, 1841; son of Daniel and Angeline (Briggs) Dexter; prepared for college at Alfred Academy, began course at Alfred Uni- versity, but left, serving two years in the civil war; graduated from the University 1864; he was admitted to bar, 1866; at Elmira, N. Y .; 1872 was appointed city attorney, Elmira, and later in the year was elected to the assembly; 1877 to 1889 was county judge and surrogate; resigned the latter year to become president of Second National Bank, Elmira, N. Y .; has been president of New York State Bankers' Association, of Chemung Valley Building and Loan Association (which he organized) and of New York State League of Co-operative Savings Build- ing and Loan Association; married 1868, to Elenor E. Weaver, of Leonardsville, N. Y .; received from Alfred University de- grees of Ph.D., 1885, and LL.D., 1903; the United States League of Local Building and Loan Associations, at the annual meeting of the League in Indianapolis, 1903, as a token of his labors and en- deavors in the organization of the League and the cause of home building and home owning in the United States, gave him a fine loving cup; the New York State League of Co-operative Savings and Building Loan Association of the State of New York, at their annual meeting in July, 1903, passed complimentary reso- lutions, expressing their appreciation of the work of Mr. Dexter in the cause of home owning and home building in the State of New York, which resolutions were beautifully engrossed and delivered to him. Address, Elmira, N. Y.

DEYO, George Nelson:

Protestant Episcopal clergyman; born at Highland, N. Y .; educated at St. Ste- phen's College, Seabury Divinity School and Church Divinity School of the Pa- cific; ordained deacon 1893; priest, 1895; principal St. Mark's Academy, Salt Lake, 1892; rector St. Peter's Mission, Coron- ado, Cal., 1893; rector St. Luke's Church, Los Gatos, Cal., 1896; curate, Calvary Parish, N. Y., 1898; curate St. Augustine's Chapel, Trinity Parish, New York, 1901. Address, 105 East Houston St., New York.

DEYO, Robert Emmet:

Lawyer; born near Newburgh, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1843; son of Nathaniel Deyo, M. D., and Cornelia Bruyn Dubois; his mother was a granddaughter of Lewis Dubois, colonel of the Fifth Regiment, New York Continental Line in the Army of the Revolution; graduated from Prince- ton University in 1864, and from the Al- bany Law School in 1865; elected justice of the peace of the City of Newburgh, at its first charter election, in 1866; re- moved to New York City the same year; in 1873 became a member of the law firm of Field & Deyo, the members of which were David Dudley Field, Dudley Field and himself; married in 1876, to Jane Crawford Denniston, a daughter of Rob- ert .Denniston, State comptroller, 1859- 1861; a delegate to the Constitutional Con- vention of 1894, in which he was a mem- ber of the Committee on Rules, Educa- tion, and Revision; member of the first Civil Service Commission appointed un- der the Greater New York Charter; ap- pointed by Governor Odell a member of the Commission authorized to inquire into the delays and expenses in the adminis- tration of justice in the Counties of New York and Kings; now a member of the firm of Deyo, Duer & Bauerdorf; member of the Bar Association, Manhattan, Dem- ocratic and Princeton Clubs, Huguenot Society and New York Historical So- ciety, and one of the executive commit- tee of the New York Law Institute. Ad- dress, 106 West 48th St., New York, N. Y.

DICKEY, William D .:

Jurist; born Newburgh, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1845; studied law at Albany Law School; served in the civil war and rose from pri- vate to the rank of colonel; was admit- ted to the bar of New York State; be- came justice of the Supreme Court Jan. 1, 1896, term expiring Dec. 31, 1909. Resi- dence, 8677 Twenty-second Ave., Brook- lyn, N. Y.

DICKINSON, Charles M .:

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 42

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