Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 44

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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DOANE, William Croswell:

Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church; born Boston, Mass., March 2, 1832; son of Bishop George Washing- ton Doane, of New Jersey; educated for ministry and ordained deacon March, 1853, and priest 1856; became assistant to his father in rectorship of St. Mary's, Burlington, N. J., and later rector; estab- lished St. Barnabas's free church, Bur- lington, and was for three years its min- ister; 1863 became rector of St. John's Church, Hartford, Conn .; 1867 rector of St. Peter's, Albany, N. Y .; Dec., 1868, elected bishop of diocese of Albany, be- ing consecrated Feb., 1869; elected (1903)

chancellor of University of State of New York; has begun and directed con- struction of All Saints' Cathedral, Al- bany; has founded sisterhood of Holy Child Jesus, St. Agnes' School for Girls, and Child's Hospital, Albany; has pub- lished "Mosaics for the Christian Year"; edited "Life and Writings" of his father. and "Rhymes from Time to Time." Ad- dress, Albany, N. Y.

DODD, Frank Howard:

Publisher; born Bloomfield, N. J., April 12, 1844; prepared at Bloomfield Acad- emy for Yale, but did not enter college; was engaged in father's business until 1870, when he formed the firm of Dodd & Mead, which was the successor of his father; now head of the firm of Dodd, Mead & Co .; established The Bookman, 1895; "The New International Encyclo- pedia," 1903, etc .; president of the River- side Association; married Martha Bliss Parker, 1868. Residence, 308 West 73d St .; office, 372 Fifth Ave., New York.

DODD, Samuel C. T .:

Lawyer; born Franklin, Penn., Feb. 20, 1836; graduate of Jefferson College, 1857; admitted to the bar and practiced law at Franklin, Pa., from 1860 to 1881; mem- ber of Constitutional Convention of Penn- sylvania, 1872-3; removed to New York City in 1881 to accept the position of general solicitor of the Standard Oil Com- pany, which position he still holds; organ- ized the Standard Oil Trust in 1882, which was the first organization of that char- acter, and the one from which the name "trusts," designating large organizations, is derived. Author of many magazine and newspaper articles upon combina- tion, corporations and similar economic and industrial subjects. Residence, 42 East 64th St .; office, 26 Broadway, New York.

DODGE, Grace Hoadley:

Educator; daughter of William Earl Dodge; active in benevolent societies; Nov., 1886, appointed to Board of School Commissioners; member of New York State Charities Association; president of Working Girls' Society; vice-president of Industrial Education Association. Ad- dress, 262 Madison Ave., New York.

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DODGE, Grenville M .:

Civil engineer and major-general, U. S. Volunteers; was born in Danvers, Mass., April 12, 1831; received training as a boy at Norwich University, and had as a classmate the brilliant young general, Ransom; he moved to the West and se- cured a position on the engineer corps of the Rock Island Railroad, and was soon entrusted with the survey of the Rock Island Road to Peoria; while here he prophesied the building of, and the route for, the first great Pacific Railroad, a line to which, in later years, he was to become so potently related; after finishing his Peoria survey he was for some years in Iowa, in the employ of the Mississippi & Missouri Railroad Company, and finally settled in business at Council Bluffs, Ia., where he was engaged in the manifold interests of banker, real-estate dealer, and freighter. When the war of the Rebel- lion commenced, he having previously or- ganized a militia company at Council Bluffs, hastened to tender himself to the State government; but, not having any arms, Governor Kirkwood sent him to Washington, and by his energy and zeal obtained what the members of Congress could not get for the State-arms and am- munition. The War Department offered him a captaincy in the regular army, which he declined; then an additional reg- iment of Iowa volunteers was accepted from the governor, on the express con- dition that Dodge should be its colonel; the Fourth Iowa Infantry was immediate- ly organized at Council Bluffs, and in two weeks' time Colonel Dodge was leading it against the rebels in Northern Mis- souri; he did not wait for the government to slowly clothe and equip it, but pledged his own credit for the purpose, and at the same time recruited a battery in like manner. It was Dodge's regiment that first entered the city at the battle of Springfield, and at Pea Ridge his brigade saved Curtis's army from disaster, al- though he was there wounded and had three horses killed and a fourth wounded under him; Colonel Dodge was then pro- moted brigadier-general, and, after re- covering from his wounds, was assigned to duty at Columbus, Ky., with the task set before him of rebuilding the Mobile & Ohio Railroad; this was through a long stretch of country, where every mile had to be watched and every stream and bridge guarded from guerillas, but by June 26, 1862, he had trains running from Columbus to Corinth. Nov. 15, 1862, Gen- eral Grant appointed Dodge to the im- portant command of Corinth; all sorts of business talent was required in his position of general, engineer, judge, rail- road manager, chief of corps of obser- vation, etc., and both Grant's army at Corinth and Rosecrans's army at Chat- tanooga relied on him for all information as to the movements of the enemy; he built all railroads needed in his depart- ment, and those that could be of use

to the enemy he destroyed; he intercepted and defeated all raiding parties and al- most effectually put a stop to guerilla warfare; he was of great assistance to our own raiding parties, ine one of which, under his protection, twenty million dol- lars of supply for Bragg's army was de- stroyed; about this time President Lin- coln called him to Washington to con- sult about the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. When Vicksburg fell, Grant recommended Dodge for important promotion in recognition of his services; then Grant succeeded Rosecrans, and he sent for Dodge for one of his fighting generals, but before he reached him he ordered him to halt and rebuild the rail- road from Decatur to Nashville; this he did in forty days; after this he partici- pated in all the campaigns of the West- ern army; at Atlanta he was wounded; after recovering, he was assigned to the Department of the Missouri until the close of the war. Since the war days his career has been one of great business and politi- cal importance; he was elected to Con- gress over a rival possessed of many and varied accomplishments, and on going to Washington was recognized as an author- ity on all great national questions; his important duties in connection with the completion of the Union Pacific Railroad- a directorship and the executive position he held in that great corporation-led him to decline re-election to Congress. Appointed, 1898, president of the Presi- dent's commission to inquire into the management of war with Spain; chairman of board of directors of Colorado & South- ern Railway; director of Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad, also of Bowling Green Trust Company. Address, 1 Bow- ling Green, New York.

DODGE, Mary Mapes:

Author; born New York City, 1838; daughter of Professor James J. Mapes; received education from tutors; early married William Dodge, of New York, but soon became widow; was for some time editor of children's department of Hearth and Home; 1873, upon issuing of St. Nicholas, became connected with it, and has since conducted it; besides articles to English and American maga- zines, is author of "Irvington Stories," 1864: "Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates," 1865, since translated into many foreign languages; "A Few Friends

and How They Amused Themselves," 1869; "Rhymes and Jingles," 1874; "The- ophilus and Others," 1876; "Along the

Way" (poems), 1879; "Donald and

Dorothy," 1883; her eldest son, James Mapes Dodge, has become successful in- ventor. Address, care of Century Com- pany, Union Square, New York.

DODGE, Richard Elwood:

Professor of geography at Teachers College, Columbia University; was born March 30, 1868, at Wenham, Mass .; his

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ather was Robert Francis and his mother Sarah Elizabeth (Wood) Dodge; after graduating from the Salem (Mass.) High School, Mr. Dodge entered Har- rard University in the class of 1890; he was a graduate student at Harvard from 1890-91, and assistant in geology 1891-94; he received the degree of A. M. in 1894, and was instructor in geology from 1894- 5; in 1895 he removed to New York City, and has been in his present position since hat time and has held present title since 897; from 1890-95 inclusive Mr. Dodge was an assistant on the United States Geological Survey, working especially in New England and the Southern Appa- achians. Mr. Dodge married Stella Pomeroy Dalton, of Brattleboro, Vt., on Aug. 19, 1896, and has two children, Stan- ey Dalton and Margaret Dodge; since coming to New York City Mr. Dodge has been identified closely with the New York Academy of Sciences, and is now corre- ponding secretary and fellow; he is also fellow of the Geological Society of America, the American Geographical So- iety, and the American Association for he Advancement of Science; Mr. Dodge as published numerous articles, partic- ilarly on the teaching of geography, which have appeared in different peri- dicals; in 1897 he founded the Journal of School Geography. In 1902 that journal was merged with another journal of sim- lar scope and now appears as the Journal of Geography, of which Mr. Dodge is ne of two co-editors; Mr. Dodge has also published (1900) "A Reader in Phy- ical Geography for Beginners," and 1903-4) "Dodge's School Geographies." Iome address, Park Hill, Yonkers, N. Y.

DODGE, Theodore Ayrault:

Lieutenant colonel, U. S. Army; author; born in Pittsfield, Mass., May 28, 1842; received military education in Berlin; en- ered University College, London, and uni- versity at Heidelberg; graduate of Uni- versity of London, 1861; received LL.B. rom Columbia College in 1866; July, 861, joined Army of Potomac; wounded t Gettysburg; 1864, major of volunteers; revetted colonel; July, 1866, captain Forty-fourth U. S. Infantry; brevet of ieutenant-colonel U. S. army; later chief f bureau in War Department; 1870, re- ired. Lecturer and author, "Chancellors- ille," 1881; "A Bird's-Eye View of Our Civil War," 1883; "A Chat in the Saddle," 885; "Great Captains," 1889; "Alexan- ler," 1890; "Hannibal," 1891; "Cæsar," 892; "History of the Art of War," "Ri- lers of Many Lands," 1893. Address, 27 William St., New York.

DODGE, Walter Phelps:

Author and lawyer; the first American ancestor of the Dodge family was William Dodge, of Dodgefold, Somerset, England, who came to this country in 1692 and settled in Salem; several Dodges fought for American freedom, and have been prominent and distinguished citizens ever

since; by intermarriage they are related to many of the old Puritan families and the Knickerbockers; the Phelps family has been for over two hundred years residents of Simsbury, Conn .; Walter Phelps, a scion of these two families, was born at Beirut, Syria, June 13, 1869. He is the son of David Stuart and Ellen (Phelps) Dodge, grandson of the late William E. Dodge, and nephew of the late William Walter Phelps, of New Jer- sey, American ambassador to Germany; his father founded the Protestant Col- lege at Beirut; David Stuart Dodge is also president of the Board of Home Mis- sions of the Presbyterian Church; Wal- ter Phelps studied in Greece and Ger- many under private tutors, and he en- tered Yale in 1887, leaving without grad- uating; he then went to Oxford, and com- pleted his education with three years' travel in France, Italy, and Switzerland; he studied English law, and in 1898 he was called to the bar at the Middle Tem- ple, London; he has made a specialty of international law; has written several books, his most important work being "Piers Gaveston, a Chapter in Early Con- stitutional History," 1899, and "From Squire to Prince," 1901; married Ida Nel- son-Cooke, of Edinboro, daughter of Al- fred Godolphin Cooke, of Manningham Hall, England; there is a family of two children, Stuart Phelps Dodge and Ellen A. Phelps Dodge; he is a fellow of Royal Geographical Society, Reform Club and the Wellington, of London, and in Amer- ica he belongs to the Sons of the Revo- lution, Racquet Club, Players' Club, Strollers' Club, and Authors' Club; he has places at 27 Park Lane, London, and "The Grange," Weatogue, Conn. Ad- dress, 225 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y.

DODGE, William de Leftwich:

Artist; born Liberty, Va., March 9, 1867; son of William M. and Mary de Leftwich Dodge; studied in Paris and Mu- nich, 1886; entered number one in exam- ination Ecole des Beaux Arts; there he studied under Gerome and received two third prizes and one first prize; re- ceived gold medal for picture "Minne- haha," Exhibition of American Artists, New York, 1887; painted "David and Go- liath," which received third medal, Inter- national Exhibition, Paris, 1889; same year painted "Burial of the Minnisink," Salon, 1889; came to America, 1889; gave exhibition at American Art Galleries of all his works, 1890; painted dome of Administration Building, World Fair Building, Chicago, 1893; received bronze medal; went to Paris, 1894; received com- mission in 1895 to decorate northeast cor- ner pavilion, Library of Congress, Wash- ington, D. C .; exhibited ceiling entitled, "Ambition," Salon, 1896; married, March 31, 1897, Fanny Theodora Bland Pryor; resided in Paris from 1897 to 1900; painted "War," "Eighth Olympiad," "Conquest of Mexico"; did numerous illustrations for Figaro, Illustré, and other magazines; on

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return to America made covers, for many leading magazines and weekly papers; mural decorations for Café Martin in 1901; decorated Keith's Theatre, Philadel- phia, 1902; following year made mural- decorations for Majestic Theatre in Bos- ton, King Edward Hotel in Toronto, Can., decorations for Frohman's Empire Thea- tre, New York. Address, 155 East 79th St., New York.

DODSON, John E .:

Actor; born London, England, Sept. 25, 1858; educated for the bar; appeared first on the stage at the Princess The- atre, Manchester, in Sept., 1876, with I. L. Toole; played in the provinces of England and London until Sept., 1889; then came to the United States with the Kendal Company; appeared at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, in Oct., 1889, as "Dr. Penguin" in "The Scrap of Pa- per"; remained comedian of the Kendal Company until June, 1894; opened at the Empire Theatre, New York in "The Bau- ble Shop" in Sept., 1894; remained as principal comedian of that theatre until 1898, when appeared as "John Weather- ly" in "Because She Loved Him So"; in 1901 joined Mrs. Fiske at the Manhattan Theatre; played "Captain Marriner" in "Miranda of the Balcony"; then went to London; played "Simonides" in produc- tion of "Ben Hur" at Drury Lane The- atre; returned to New York, and in Oct., 1902, produced "An American Invasion" at the Bijou Theatre, playing "John Brainerd"; in Sept., 1903, again appeared as "Simonides" in revival of "Ben Hur" at the New York Theatre. Address, Lo- tus Club, New York.

DOLPH, John Henry:

Artist; born Fort Ann, Washington County, N. Y., April 18, 1835; studied por- trait painting under Allen Smith, Cleve- land, 1855-58; spent years 1863-70 in New York City; 1870-73, studied with Louis Van Kuyck at Antwerp; 1880-83, at Paris; returned to United States, 1883, painting portraits of well-known men; 1877, associate of National Academy; 1899, full member; 1878-93, member of Society of American Artists; life mem- ber of Lotus Club; among his paintings are, "Knickerbocker Farmyard," 1869; "Country Blacksmith," 1870; "Horse Doc- tor," 1673; "Beggars," 1875; "The Ante- Chambers," 1878 (exhibited in Paris Salon 1880); "The Rehearsal," 1878; "The Rep- rimand," 1883; "Alexander and Diogenes," 1892, etc. Address, 58 West 57th St., New York.

DONALDSON, Chester:

Consul; born at Ovid, N. Y., March 28, 1862; graduated from Hamilton College in 1884; was instructor of mathematics at Riverview Military Academy, Pough- keepsie, N. Y., 1884-85; master in Berk- ley School, 1885-87; principal of West End School, New York City, from 1887 to 1895; in May, 1895, he accompanied

the Ludlow Canal Commission to Nica- ragua. Appointed consul at Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 14, 1898.

DONLEVY, (Miss) Alice Heighes:

Writer and lecturer on art industry; decorative designer, illuminator, and teacher; with eight other professional women artists of New York City founded the Ladies' Art Association in 1867; hon- orary member of the New York Society of Keramic Arts and the American Asso- ciation of Allied Arts; member of the Alumnæ and Students' Association of Woman's Art School of Cooper Union; member of the Woman's South African League. Author of "Practical Hints on Illumination"; received second prize for illumination from Philadelphia Sketch Club for tapestry painting in dyes, 1866; was awarded gold medal Columbian Ex- position, Chicago; in 1875-76 served with- out remuneration for six months as tech- nical expert for woman's work in art in- dustry for the Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, in New York City; painted the first illumination exhibited in New York City. Present address, Studio, 217 West 125th St., New York.

DOREMUS, Charles Avery:

Chemist; born New York City, Sept. 6, 1851; son of Robert Ogden Doremus; graduated, 1870, at College of City of New York; studied at Leipsic and Heidel- berg; 1872, Ph.D. from Heidelberg; 1877- 82, chair of chemistry and toxicology in Medical Department, University of Buf- falo; 1882, assistant professor of chem- istry and physics, College of City of New York; also lecturer on practical chemistry and toxicology of Bellevue Hospital Medical College; professor of chemistry in American Veterinary Col- lege; has served as chemical expert in murder trials, etc. Author of "Report on Photography," 1873, and many scientific papers; member of chemical societies of Berlin, Paris and New York; chemist to Medico-Legal Society. Address, 59 West 51st., New York.

DOREMUS, Robert Ogden:

Chemist; born New York City, Jan. 11, 1824; entered Columbia, but graduated at New York College, 1842; assistant in Medical Department, New York College, 1843; studied chemistry and electro-met- allurgy, Paris, 1847; 1848, opened labor- atory in New York for instruction of analytical chemistry; 1849, chair of chem- istry in New York College of Pharmacy; 1850, after studying medicine, received M. D. degree; active in establishment of New York Medical College; 1851, chair of chemistry in College of City of New York; 1859, assisted in foundation of Long Island College Hospital; since 1861 pro- fessor of chemistry and toxicology, Belle- vue Hospital Medical College; also since 1862 professor of chemistry and physics in College of City of New York; 1871, presi- dent board for examining druggists and

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their clerks, New York City; has ren- dered much scientific service, being chem- ical expert in examination of various murder cases, in introducing disinfectants of disease germs, in inventing chemical engines and improved gun-cartridges, etc .; has been president of New York Medico- Legal Society and New York Philharmonic Society; has written many scientific pa- pers; LL.D from New York College. Address, 80 Madison Ave., New York.

DOS PASSOS, John R .:

Lawyer; born Philadelphia, Pa., 1844; studied law and attended lectures on the subject at University of Pennsyl- vania; served during the Civil War; be- ing admitted to the bar, he practiced his profession in Philadelphia and, later, New York; has been in his early practice coun- sel in many notable criminal cases; of late years has made a specialty of the law of corporations; member of Lawyers', Republican, and American Yacht Clubs. Residence, 18 East 56th St .; office, 20-22 Broad St., New York.

DOUBLEDAY, Frank Nelson:

Publisher; born Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1862; son of William Edwards and El- len M. (Dickinson) Doubleday; his father (1823-1900) was a native of Binghamton, N. Y., and a great-great-grandson of Jonathan Edwards, the famous divine; he was a merchant in New York City; his wife was the daughter of Horace Dickinson, of Montreal, Can., the owner of the first steamboat that ran the St. Lawrence rapids; his son, Frank N. Dou- bleday, was educated at the Polytechnic School at Brooklyn; he had early shown an aptitude for the publishing business, having established a profitable jobbing printing plant in his boyhood days at home. At the age of fifteen he entered the employ of Charles Scribner's Sons, where during an apprenticeship of twen- ty years he acquired a full knowledge of the publishing business; he was the founder of The Book Buyer in 1884, which grew to be one of the best known of the American book reviews, and when Scrib- ner's Magazine was issued in 1886 Mr. Doubleday was appointed its manager; in 1897 he joined the S. S. McClure Com- pany, and shortly after a partnership with Mr. McClure was formed under the name of Doubleday & McClure Company; the young concern grew rapidly, and during its first year published some very successful books, notably Mr. Kipling's "The Day's Work." It was at this time that his friendship with Mr. Kipling was formed, a friendship so strengthened by the novelist's illness that it became David-and-Jonathan-like in its steadfast- ness; in 1900 the firm of Doubleday, Page & Co. was formed, with Walter H. Page, formerly editor of The Atlantic Monthly, and H. W. Lanier, son of the poet, Sid- nev Lanier, as partners, and within a year a new magazine, The World's Work, was founded, the first number of which was issued in November, 1900; into the

new enterprise were thrown all his ex- perience and enthusiasm, and under the editorial direction of Mr. Page its success was almost instantaneous; a year later Country Life in America made its appear- ance, the realization of a long-cherished idea of a magazine devoted especially to lovers of the country, and it has become one of the largest and most beautiful of the successful magazines; early in 1904 Doubleday, Page & Co. became an incor- porated company, with Mr. Doubleday as president, and all its rapidly growing de- partments were brought together in one new building on East 16th Street that was erected solely for its use. Address, 133-137 East 16th St., New York.

DOUGLAS, Amanda Minnie:

Author; born New York City, July 14, 1837, and received her education there; 1853, removed with family to Newark, N. J .; is author of many novels and juvenile stories. Address, Sumner Ave., Newark, N. J.

DOUGLAS, William Harris:

Merchant and Congressman; born New York, Dec. 5, 1853, of early New England ancestry; son of Alfred and Rebecca Ann (Harris) Douglas, his father being a prominent exporter of New York City and many years was president of the Co- lumbia Fire Insurance Company; the son received his early education the Lespinasse Boarding School at Fort Washington, N. Y .; in the Mt. Pleasant Military Academy, at Sing Sing, N. Y., and spent one year in further study at the College of the City of New York; in 1871 he entered the employ of J. M. Re- qua, a New York flour merchant, but a year later made a change to the exporting business, where his efforts have been concentrated up to the present (1903). In 1881 he formed the firm of Arkell & Douglas; is member of the Chamber of Commerce, the New York Produce Ex- change, New York Consolidated and Pe- troleum Exchanges, the Sons of the Rev- olution, the Society of Colonial Wars, the New York Historical Society, the Co- lonial Club, the West Side Republican Club, and the Republican Club of the City of New York: he has been active in politics for many years as a Republican, but never held office until elected to Con- gress on Nov. 6, 1900, representing the Fourteenth Congressional District of New York City. He had the distinction of being the only Republican representative at Washington from Manhattan Island in the Fifty-seventh Congress, and again holds the honor in the Fifty-eighth Con- gress; from the standpoint of population the Fourteenth District was one of the largest in the United States, but was split into three districts by the re-appor- tionment of 1900; in 1898 it went Demo- cratic by a majority of 6,300, but after a hard canvass Mr. Douglas won by a majority of 4,747; in Nov., 1902, he was re-elected to Congress from the new Fif-

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teenth District, and for the second time was the only Republican returned from Manhattan Island; Mr. Douglas was mar- ried in New York City, April 11, 1889, to Juliette H. Thorne, daughter of John Wood Thorne, and has three children, Ruth Thorne, William Erskine and Jean Brundrett Douglas; he has travelled ex- tensively in Europe, Egypt, India, Ceylon, Australia, New Zealand, Samoan Islands, Hawaiian Islands, etc. Address, 317 West 76th St., New York.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 44

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