Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 46

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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DUCEY, Thomas James:

· Clergyman; born Ireland, Feb. 4, 1843; came to this country at age of five and was adopted by James T. Brady, 1859; educated at College of St. Francis Xavier, New York City, studying theology at Troy Theological Seminary; was ordained to priesthood 1868, and appointed to Church of the Nativity 1869, where he preached sermons denouncing Tweed ring; 1872 connected with St. Michael's: 1873 began organization of Roman Catholic societies; 1880 established Church of St. Leo; was one of founders of People's Municipal League and Social Reform Club; is a brilliant theologian and preach- er and active in charitable works. Ad- dress, 16 East 29th St., New York.

DUDLEY, A. Palmer, M. D .:

Born Phipsburg, Me., 1853; M. D., Dartmouth Medical School, 1877; profes- sor surgeon at New York Post-Graduate Hospital and Medical School and at Uni- versity of Vermont; attending surgeon Harlem Hospital and to Randall's Island Hospital; member County Medical So- ciety, Obstetrical Society, Academy of Medicine, Physicians' Mutual Aid Asso- ciation. Author of various articles on diseases of women. Address, 678 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y.

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DUDLEY, Charles Benjamin:

Chemist; born Oxford, N. Y., July 14, 1842; graduate of Yale, 1871, and Sheffield Scientific School, 1874, with Ph.D .; that year became instructor of physics in University of Pennsylvania; since Nov., 1875, chemist to Pennsylvania Railroad Company; has made study of materials used by the company, most important be- ing that of composition of rails; member of several scientific associations; vice- president of American Institute of Mining Engineers; twice president American Chemical Society, 1896-98; at present is president of the American Society for Testing Materials. Address, 802 Lexing- ton Ave., Altoona, Pa.

DUDLEY, Edgar S .:

Colonel United States Army; born in New York, June 14, 1845; retiring year 1909; appointed from New York; cadet U. S. Military Academy Sept. 1, 1866; graduated June 15, 1870; second lieuten- ant First New York Light Artillery May 28, 1864; honorably mustered out Nov. 28, 1864; second lieutenant United States Ar- tillery June 15, 1870; first lieutenant Oct. 29, 1875; captain Dec. 20, 1892; major Feb. 2, 1901; lieutenant colonel May 24, 1901; colonel, Nov. 22, 1903; professor of law, Military Academy, Aug. 1, 1901. Ad- dress, West Point, N. Y.

DUER, Francis X .:

Democratic assemblyman; represents the Democrats of the Second Assembly district of Queens county in the Assem- bly; was born in College Point, N. Y., of German parents, in 1872; in 1899 he was elected supervisor of the borough of Queens, an office which was abolished by the Greater New York charter; elected to assembly 1901 and 1902; member of the following assembly committees: Internal Affairs, and Fisheries and Game. Ad- dress, 93 Second Ave., College Point, Long Island, N. Y.

DUGRO, Philip Henry:

Jurist; born in New York City in Oct., 1855; he was educated at Columbia Col- lege, from which he graduated in 1876; he is also a graduate of the Columbia College School of Law; he was elected to the Assembly in 1878 from the City of New York; in 1880 he was elected to Con- gress from the City of New York, de- feating Mr. William H. Astor; in 1884 he was nominated by the Democratic con- vention as comptroller of the City of New York; this nomination he declined; short- ly thereafter he was nominated by Gov- ernor David B. Hill to the State Senate of New York for commissioner of emi- gration; while this nomination was pend- ing in the Senate he was elected, in 1886, judge of the Superior Court of the City of New York; the consolidation of the courts by the recent constitution placed him in the Supreme Court in 1895; in 1900 he was elected a justice of the Su- preme Court of the State; in 1889 he

organized the Union Square Bank in the City of New York, and in 1890 he built the Hotel Savoy in that city. Address, Hotel Savoy, New York.

DUKE, James B .:

President American Tobacco Company; British American Tobacco Company, and Consolidated Tobacco Company; director American Surety Company, Havana To- bacco Company and Morton Trust Com- pany. Residence, Somerville, N. J .; ad- dress, 111 Fifth Ave., New York.

DUNCKLEE, John B .:

Civil and consulting engineer; born in Boston, Mass., July 7, 1848; was educated in the public schools, and after graduat- ing at the high school entered the Law- rence Scientific School at Harvard Uni- versity, taking the course in civil engi- neering; graduated from the Lawrence Scientific School in 1866 with the degree of S. B .; subsequently (from 1866-68) took a special course in mining engineer- ing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass .; engaged as civil engineer on the construction of the Brooklyn Park system from 1868-74; from 1870-74 was division engineer in charge of one-half of Prospect Park, all the smaller parks of Brooklyn and the Ocean Parkway. After the completion of these works, in 1874, was appointed as civil engineer in U. S. Engineer Department, at Washington, D. C .; from 1874-82 was engaged on various river and harbor im- provements in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia; from 1882-99 was resident civil engineer on the Potomac River improvement, at Washington, D. C., an extensive work involving the dredging of navigation channels, the reclamation of 620 acres of valuable land on the water front of Washington and the construction of some five miles of sea wall. The cost of the work was about $2,300,000; during the same period was also in charge of the construction of the Aqueduct bridge

across the Potomac River, at Washington, and of the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge across the Anacostia River, at Washing- ton; also prepared designs for the Me- morial bridge, from Washington to Arl- ington, for the South Capitol Street bridge and for the Massachusetts Avenue bridge across Anacostia River, at Washington; also designed the new iron and steel wharf at Fort Monroe, Va. (cost, $140,- 000). In 1900 removed to South Orange, N. J., and engaged in general practice; in 1901 prepared for U. S. Engineer De- partment designs and plans for the new Long bridge across the Potomac River, at Washington, D. C .; estimated cost, about $1,000,000; in 1902 opened an office in New York; is member of the American So- ciety of Civil Engineers and of the Engi- neers' Club. Residence, 35 Fairview Ave., South Orange, N. J .; office, 170 Broadway, New York.

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DUNLAP, Andrew:

Captain U. S. Navy; born in New York; entered Naval Academy April 23, 1862; graduated 1867; Minnesota, special cruise, 1867-8; promoted to ensign 1868; Mohi- can, Mohongo and Jamestown, Pacific Fleet, 1868-70; promoted to master 1870, and commissioned as lieutenant 1871; Worcester, flagship, North Atlantic Fleet, and Canandaigua, 1871-4; receiving ship Sabine 1874-6; Hydrographic Office 1877; Ossipee and Powhatan, North Atlantic Station, 1877-81; Torpedo Station 1881; ordnance dutv, navy yard, Washington,

1881-2; assistant lighthouse inspector

1882-3: Kearsarge, European Station, 1883-4; Lancaster, European and South Atlantic Stations, 1884-6; ordnance duty, navy yard, Washington, 1887-9; Dolphin, North Atlantic Station, 1889 to June, 1891; U. S. S. Bennington, South Atlan- tic Station, June, 1891, to April, 1893; promoted to lieutenant commander Aug. 2, 1891; navy yard, Washington, Aug., 1893, to May, 1896; commanded coast survey steamer Blake May, 1896, to April, 1898; commissioned commander Feb. 1, 1898; commanded ambulance and hos- pital ship Solace during the Spanish- American War, and the Solace afterwards as a naval transport to the West Indies and the Philippines April, 1898, to April, 1900; War College June and July, 1900; equipment officer, navy yard, Norfolk, Va., July to Oct., 1900; lighthouse in- spector, Tenth District, 1900; commis- sioned captain, June 8, 1902; commandant naval station, San Juan, Porto Rico, since Oct. 11, 1902.

DUNMORE, Watson Thomas:

Jurist; born at Rush, Susquehanna County, Pa., March 28, 1845; son of Mat- thew and Sarah James Dunmore; pre- pared for college at Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa .; graduated at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., in the class of 1871; member of Alpha Delta Phi Society; subsequently principal of Bradford Academy, Bradford, Vt., and of high school at Susquehanna Depot, Pa .; also superintendent of schools at Hor- nellsville, N. Y .; read law with ex-Gov- ernor Roswell'Farnham, of Bradford, Vt., and was admitted to the Vermont bar in June, 1874; graduated from the law de- partment of Hamilton College in class of 1875, and thereupon admitted to New York bar; located at Utica, N. Y., in Sept., 1875, as a lawyer; elected treas- urer of the New York State League of Building and Loan Associations in 1887-88- 89-90-91; elected president in 1892; elected special county judge of Oneida County in 1886, and again in 1889; elected county judge in 1892 and again in 1898, and still discharging duties of that office; presi- dent of the Homestead Aid Association of Utica since 1895; director in Utica Knitting Company; president of Pine Lake Club; alternate delegate to National Republican Convention in 1890; one of five Americans chosen to prepare an ad-

dress to the World's Congress of Building and Loan Associations held at Chicago i 1893. Address, Utica, N. Y.

DUNNELL, Elbridge Gerry:

Journalist; born New York City, Apri 9, 1845; educated in public and privat schools; married Marie C. Fish; learne the printing business in office of Orang (N. J.) Journal, and after service ther entered the establishment of Baker Godwin, New York, where he familiarize himself with book-making; in 1868 joine the staff of the Orange (N. J.) Chronicle returning to New York he became a, re porter for the New York Evening Post 1873; was employed in political writing and in 1875-76 was Albany corresponden for the Evening Post, reporting . th State conventions and campaigns for tha paper. Immediately after campaign o 1876 joined the New York Times, and soo after began writing on political subject for that paper; was made Albany cor respondent of the Times at the beginning of the legislative year, 1879, and contin ued to occupy that post until the clos of the Conkling-Platt campaign for a re election, in 1881; accompanied James A Garfield on the trip from Mentor to Ne York, in 1880, to attend the conferenc in New York to arrange a truce betwee the "stalwart" and "half-breed" faction of the Republican party, and wrote daily report of the progress of that cam paign from the headquarters of Genera Arthur, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel; i Nov., 1881, was transferred to the Wash ington bureau of the New York Times, o which he was placed in charge in 1883 assisted in reporting the National Con vention of 1880, and was in charge of th representatives of the Times at the Na tional conventions of 1884, 1888, 1892, 189 and 1900; has traveled extensively for th Times, through nearly every State in th Union, for political, special and genera information and in attendance upon con ventions of different States; has repeated ly . toured "doubtful" States to ascertain probabilities of success for rival candi dates; incidentally traveled with Presi dent Arthur in Florida, in 1883, an through the Yellowstone Park countr with him in the same year; at the be ginning of the Fifty-third Congress h was elected a member of the standing committee of Press Correspondents a Washington, and was chosen by the com mittee as its chairman, and was re-elect ed member and chairman of that com mittee for the Fifty-fourth, fifth and sixth Congresses; since 1902 has been engaged in occasional newspaper, magazine an other literary work; is an original mem ber of the Gridiron Club, of Washington Address, 124 West 94th St., New York.

DUNNING, Samuel W .:

Major U. S. Army; born in New York appointed from New York; cadet at Uni-

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ted States Military Academy June 14, 1876; graduated June 12, 1880; actual rank second lieutenant Sixteenth Infantry June 12, 1880; on frontier duty in Indian Ter- ritory 1880, Texas 1881; served on expe- dition to explore and survey country west of Fort Concho, Texas and Pacific Rail- road and head of Red River; on scouting duty 1881 to July, 1884; at Fort Davis, 1885; captain, April 26, 1898; major, 1903; volunteer service, lieutenant colonel Sec- ond Alabama Infantry, May 27, 1898; honorably mustered out Oct. 31, 1898. Ad- dress, Adjutant-General's Office, Wash- ington, D. C.

DUNNING, Willlam B .:

Chief engineer, U. S. Navy; appointed from New York; cadet engineer Oct. 1, 1873; assistant engineer July 1, 1878; passed assistant engineer Dec. 1, 1887; Ranger, Asiatic Station, 1877-9; European Station 1880-3; special duty, Wilmington, 1884-7; coast survey steamer McArthur 1887-8; Thetis, North Pacific Station, 1889- 91; Union Iron Works, San Francisco, 1891; U. S. S. Olympia, Feb., 1895, to 1897; promoted to chief engineer July, 1897; sick leave Dec., 1897; U. S. S. Monadnock March, 1898, to June, 1898; retired Oct. 29, 1898. Address, care Navy Pay Office, San Francisco, Cal.

DUNWELL, Charles Tappan:

Republican member of Congress; was born at the village of Newark, Wayne County, N. Y., Feb. 13, 1852; removed with his parents to Lyons, Wayne Coun- ty, N. Y., in 1854; was educated at Lyons Union School; entered Cornell University in the class of 1873; at the close of his junior year entered Columbia College Law School in the City of New York, where he was graduated in 1874 with the degree of LL.B .; was admitted to the bar of New York State in May, 1874; practiced law for many years in New York City; became general agent for the New York Life Insurance Company in 1889; was un- animously nominated for comptroller of the City of Brooklyn by the Republican city convention in 1890, and was defeated; was a member of the New York Repub- lican State committee, 1891-1892; was mar- ried April 22, 1880, to Miss Emma B. Wil- liams, at Pittsburg, Pa .; was elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress, receiving 17,- 457 votes, to 17,043 for Hugh E. Rogers, Democrat, 133 for G. M. Mather, 528 for Henry Kober, and 973 for Henry Jander. Residence, 207 Hart St., Brooklyn; office, 52 William St., New York.

DUNWELL, James W .:

Jurist; born Newark, N. J., Dec. 19, 1849; was a student at Cornell Univer- sity 1869-71: subsequently studied law and was admitted to the bar 1873; was long counsel for New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company: Jan. 1, 1896, became justice of the Supreme Court; term expires Dec. 31, 1909. Ad- dress, Lyons, N. Y.

DURFEE, William Pitt:

Dean of Hobart College; born in Li- vonia, Mich., Feb. 5, 1855; graduated bachelor of arts by University of Mich- igan in 1876; teacher at Berkeley, Cal., 1876-80; received degree of Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, 1883; professor of mathematics, Hobart College, 1883; dean Hobart College, 1888 to date; acting president Hobart College, 1901-1903. Au- thor "Elements of Trigonometry." Ad- dress, Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y.

DURYEA, Hiram:

President of the National Starch Com- pany; born at Manhasset, L. I., April 12, 1834; he received a good education in pub- lic and private schools, and at the age of twenty-one became a partner of his father in the starch manufacturing busi- ness; the process of making starch origi- nated with him; he was the vice-presi- dent and president of the Glen Cove Starch Manufacturing Company for many years, and afterwards became president of the National Starch Company, which succeeded the Glen Cove Company; 1885 commissioned by Governor. Myron Clark first lieutenant of artillery in the Forty- eighth Regiment of the State Militia, a commission which he held for several years. At the beginning of the Civil War he promptly tendered his services to the state, and on April 25, 1861, was com- missioned captain in the Fifth New York Infantry (Duryea Zouaves), and on Aug. 15, 1861, was commissioned major in the same regiment, and on Sept. 3, lieutenant colonel; after the siege of Yorktown he commanded the regiment in the Penin- sula and Maryland campaigns; in the Seven Days' Battles, and in the opera- tions before Richmond, his regiment was specially mentioned for its gallantry and efficient services, being one of the most famous New York commands in the war, and he was several times commended, in official reports, for distinguished service. He was appointed colonel of the same regiment, Oct. 29, 1862, and on May 26, 1866, was commissioned by the President of the United States brevet brigadier- general of Volunteers "for distinguished conduct at the battle of Gaines Mills, Va .; " he retired from the service, Dec., 1862, in consequence of many injuries re- ceived in the field. and which incapaci- tated him for further duty. He is now president of the Veterans' Association; was married, in 1868, to Laura D. Bur- nell, daughter of Leander Burnell and Anna Noble (Dewey) Burnell; his chil- dren are Henry H., Chester B., Anna E .. and Millicent S. Duryea; is a member of the Veteran Association of the regiment which he commanded during the war, of the Society of the Fifth Army Corps, of the United Service Club, and of the Mili- tary Order of the Loyal Legion. Address, 80 Madison Ave., New York.

DUTCHER, John B .:

President of the New York State Bank- ers' Association; was born in Dover, in

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Dutchess County, Feb. 13, 1830; as a boy he worked on a farm, obtaining such elementary education as the common schools of the place afforded; he has been, all his life, a practical agriculturist, be- ginning in his native town and later in the adjoining town of Pawling, where he has since resided; has built there a busi- ness block and a number of stores and offices; is the village president and presi- dent of the Board of Water Commission- ers; he served as a member of the State Assembly in 1861 and 1862, and was a State Senator in 1864 and 1865; he was delegate to the National Convention

which renominated Abraham Lincoln, in 1864. Sixteen years later he repre- sented his constituents in a similar ca- pacity when James A. Garfield was placed at the head of the national ticket; he became a director of the New York & Harlem Railroad in 1864, and has continued in the board ever since; in 1865 he assumed charge of the department of live stock transportation on the New York Central & Hudson River and New York & Harlem Railroads, and is still the in- cumbent of that position. The extension of this department to other roads has greatly enlarged the scope of his office, and now includes the West Shore, Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg, New York & Putnam, and Fall Brook Railroads; he is a director in several other roads; was one of the incorporators, and is now president, of the Union Stock Yards & Market Com- pany, of New York. He is president of the National Bank of Pawling, a director of the American Safe Deposit Company, and of the Fifth Avenue Bank, and one of the original stockholders in the incorporation of the latter institution in 1875; he is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and Produce Exchange, and for many years before the sale was president of the St. Louis National Stock Yards, of which he was one of the founders; for two years he served in the presidency of the New York State Agricultural Society, and has also served as president of the Holstein Friesian Association of America; he is a veteran Union Leaguer, being one of the oldest members of that club, a member of the Transportation Club, and of the St. Nicholas Society of New York City; in 1860 married Miss Christina Dodge, of Pawling, and, in April of the following year, he located upon his present home- stead in that town. Address, Pawling, N. Y.

DUTTON, Edward Payson:

President of the corporation of E. P. Dutton & Co., publishers; born Keene, N. H., in 1831; removed to Boston, 1833; edu- cated at public schools and Latin School; entered the book business, Oct. 1, 1852, as partner in the firm of Ide & Dutton; in 1858 bought out his partner's interest; in 1864 bought the retail business of Tick- nor & Fields and carried on the famous "Old Corner Bookstore" for several years; in 1869 moved to New York, where the firm had had a branch store for some

years; in 1882 the firm moved to Twenty- third Street, where they have since re- mained. Address, 31 West 23d St., New York.

DUTTON, Samuel T .:

Educator; born Hillsboro Bridge, N. H., Oct. 16, 1849; graduated Yale University, 1873; M. A., 1900; superintendent of schools, New Haven, Conn., 1882-90; Brookline, Mass., 1890-1900; now profes- sor of school administration and super- intendent of Teachers' College schools in Columbia University; member American Historical Association; chairman educa- tional section of American Social Science Association. Author of "Social Phases of Education in the Home and the School" (M. C.); "The Morse Speller" (F.), and a book on "School Management" (S.); also editor of a series of historical read- ers. Address, Teachers' College, New York.

DWIGHT, William Buck:

Geologist and educator; born Constan- tinople, Turkey, May 22, 1833; came to United States at age of sixteen; graduated from Yale, 1854, with degree of A. B .; also Union Theological Seminary, 1856; opened boarding-school for girls at Engle- wood, N. J., 1859, continuing there until 1865; from 1865 to 1867 examined mines; 1867-70, principal of Officers' Family School, West Point; 1870-78, associate principal and instructor of science, Con- necticut State Normal School; 1872-75, edited Connecticut School Journal; 1878- 90, professor of zoology, Martha's Vine- yard Summer Institute, Cottage City, Mass .; 1878, professor of natural science, Vassar College, and director of its muse- um; 1894, State examiner in geology; has made many investigations in geological line and collected numerous fossils; edi- tor of department of geology of Standard Dictionary, 1893-94. Author of many geo- logical papers. One of original fellows of Geological Society of America; fellow of American Society for the Advancement of Science; member of American Society of Naturalists, etc .; married Miss Eliza Howe Schneider, Nov. 17, 1859, at Engle- wood, N. J. Address, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

DWIGHT, John Wilbur:

Republican member of Congress; was born May 24, 1859, in that place, where he has always resided; was elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of the Hon. G. W. Ray to become judge of the northern district of New York, and also to the Fifty-eighth Congress, receiving 28,211 votes to 17,176 for Charles D. Pratt, Dem- ocrat, and 224 blank and scattering. Ad- dress, Dryden, N. Y.

DWYER, Charles:

Editor of The Delineator; born Rich- mond, Surrey, England, March 3, 1859;

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educated in private schools; newspaper work London, 1878-1881; came to New York in latter year and was assistant editor of The Delineator until appointed editor in 1885; he is a member of Players,, New York Athletic and Barnard Clubs, Society of American Authors. Office, The Butterick Building, New York.

DWYER, Eugene J .:

Republican assemblyman, representing the Third District of Monroe County; was born at Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1873; he attended the University of Roch- ester and the New York Law School, and was admitted to the bar in March, 1894; in June of the same year he was appoint- ed second assistant corporation counsel of Rochester, and the following year was promoted to the office of first assistant corporation counsel; he retired from the corporation counsel's office in June, 1898, and has since been engaged in the prac- tice of his profession; elected to Assem- bly of 1903 and was appointed a member of the following committees: Charitable and Religious Societies, Electricity, Gas and Water Supply, and Public Health. Address, Rochester, N. Y.

EAMES, Francis L .:

Retired stock broker; born at Fall River, Mass., Jan. 29, 1844; entered a stock brok- er's office in New York as clerk, 1863; joined the New York Stock Exchange, 1866; elected a member of the governing committee first in 1879; devised and put in operation the Clearing House of the New York Stock Exchange, 1892; pre- sented by the members of the Stock Ex- change with a service of silver, in rec- ognition of the value of the Clearing House, 1893; elected president of the Stock Exchange, 1894 1895, 1896, and 1897; formed the firm of Eames & Moore, stock brokers, 1869; retired, 1903. Author of a history of the New York Stock Exchange, 1894; trustee of Brooklyn Savings Bank, Brooklyn Hospital, Long Island Historical Society, New York Stock Exchange Gra- tuity Fund, New York Stock Exchange Building Company, member of New York Stock Exchange Governing Committee. Residence, Brooklyn, N. Y.

EAMES, John C .:

Second vice-president and general man- ager of the H. B. Claflin Company, the largest dry goods establishment in the world, is to-day, at forty-three years of age, a directing head of a concern known favorably wherever dry goods are used; born in New York, in 1860; he was edu- cated at St. John's Military Academy at Sing Sing, N. Y., and graduated from there with high honors in 1887. He im- mediately entered the great concern with which he is now associated, but soon

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 46

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