Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 48

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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EDSON, Cyrus, M. D .:

Was born in Albany, N. Y .; he is de- scended from good old English stock, be- ing able to trace his descent on his fa- ther's side from Deacon Samuel Edson, who emigrated to Massachusetts in 1635, settling at Bridgewater in that colony, while on his mother's side he is descend- ed from Roger Williams, the famous founder of Rhode Island. In 1866, he came to New York, where he began his stud- ies in the Albany Academy; subsequently, at the age of thirteen, he was entered in the military boarding-school at Throgg's Neck, and soon after was sent to Colum- , bia College to go through a thorough course of education. At fifteen, however, his father took him from school and sent him to Europe, where he traveled exten- sively, and on his return to this country supplemented his travels by a wide tour over the United States; during his jour- neys he observed everything from the point of view of a medical student, and visited the hospitals in the great cities for his tour for purposes of study. He was then re-entered at Columbia College, where his native ability and the experi- ence gained in his travels showed them- selves in an unusually rapid progress, while he made' his mark as fully in col- lege athletics as in scholarly attainments; the boating crew to which he belonged not only distanced all American competi- tors, but was sent to Europe by the Col- lege Alumni, where it matched itself against the crews of Oxford and Cam- bridge and carried off the visitor's cup. After leaving Columbia, he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons; and graduating thence with honors, he be- gan practice as an ambulance surgeon in the Chambers Street Hospital. In 1882 Dr. Edson first became connected with the Health Department of the city, being ap- pointed on the medical staff as assistant inspector; his duties were connected with

the suppression of the epidemic of small- pox then prevailing. His services in this capacity proved so valuable that, in tes- timony of their appreciation by the au- thorities, he was placed on the perma- nent staff of the department and was sub- sequently promoted step by step through the different grades until he reached the high position of medical commissioner of the State Board of Health in 1893. In addition to his able services in this field of duty, he has given much attention to the suppression of food adulteration and of the sale of bad drugs and poisonous confectionery; among his services to the city must be particularly mentioned those rendered during the threatened cholera epidemic of 1893, which was arrested by him at the gateways of the port of New York, and the city completely saved from a visitation of that terrible scourge which had decimated some of the cities of Europe. Dr. Edson has written numerous articles on hygiene and other important subjects for the North American Review, being a prolific writer when we consider his great pressure of duties; he is a mem- ber of many medical societies, is surgeon, with the rank of colonel, in the New York State Militia, visiting physician to the Charity Hospital, secretary of the Committee on Hygiene, president of the Board of Pharmacy, etc; he has been twice married, his first wife being Vir- ginia C. Page, grandniece to the Duke of Marlborough; his second, Mrs. Mary E. Quick; his first wife, who died in 1891, left him a family of five children. Ad- dress, 56 West. 50th St., New York.

EDSON, Franklin:

Merchant; ex-mayor of New York; comes of Puritan ancestry on both sides of his parentage; his mother, Soviah Wil- liams, was a descendant of Roger Wil- liams; his father, Opher Edson, descended from Deacon Samuel Edson, who came to America in 1635, and was prominent among the early settlers of the Massa- chusetts Bay Colony. Franklin Edson was born April 5, 1832, at Chester, Vt., where his father had a farm, upon which the boy assisted during the intervals of his school attendance. He was sent to the local school till fourteen years of age, after which he attended, for five years, the Chester Academy, studying during the autumn, teaching school during the win- ter, and working upon the farm during spring and summer. On Feb., 1852, when in his twentieth year, he left the farm and engaged as a clerk with his brother, Cyrus Edson, who had established a dis- tillery at Albany, N. Y .; after three years of service in this capacity he was ad- mitted as a partner in the concern. In 1856 he married Fanny C. Wood, grand- daughter of Jethro Wood, the inventor of the cast iron plow, an instrument which has gone far to revolutionize agriculture. His business career in Albany was a very

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successful one; he continued his connec- tion with the distilling business in Albany till 1866, when he withdrew from it, and formed there the firm of Edson, Orr & Chamberlain, which engaged in the pro- duce and commission trade. This business was soon after removed to New York, and was conducted there for three years, when the firm was dissolved, and he and his nephew, Starks Edson, formed the exist- ing firm of Franklin Edson & Co. While in business in Albany, he became director of the New York State Bank and was prominent in the Board of Trade of that city; he was connected with St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church as vestry- man, and served as president of the Young Men's Association. In 1866 he was made member of the New York Pro- duce Exchange, in whose work he be- came so active and influential that he was elected president of the Exchange in 1873, and re-elected in the following year. As chairman of the committee on grain. he gave much attention to the subjects of transportation and grading of the cereals, and under his influence the present methods of grading and delivery of grain at the port of New York were es- tablished; these led to the construction of the elevators at the termini of the sev- eral grain-carrying railroads. The move- ment for the construction of a Produce Exchange building was initiated by him, and the present fine structure at Bowling Green was erected under his control as chairman of the building committee, he giving to its erection much time and at- tention. Another public service of much importance for which he can claim credit was the abolition of tolls on the State canals; this measure met with much op- position, but was finally carried through by his strenuous efforts, much to the ad- vantage of the State, as -he had long de- clared it would prove to be. In his politi- cal affiliations he has always been a mem- ber of the Democratic party, but for many years has been opposed to the dom- ination of Tammany Hall in city politics; he became identified with the County Democracy in 1881, and in the following year received the nomination for mayor by a combination of the Democratic or- ganizations; he was elected by a plurali- ty of more than twenty thousand votes over Allen Campbell, the Citizens' can- didate. Many important works for the advantage of the city were inaugurated during his term of office and others were completed; among these were the planning and awarding of the contracts for the new Croton aqueduct, long since completed. A law being passed by the Legislature for the purchase of ground and establish- ment of new parks in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth wards, these were laid out by a commission appointed by Mayor Edson; during his administration the Brooklyn Bridge was completed and brought into use, and a bill for the con- struction of new armories secured, large-

ly through his influence. He has retired from active business. Member of the New England Society, and for years has been a vestryman in the Church of St. James, at Fordham. Address, 42 West 71st St .; office, 433 Produce Exchange, New York.

EDWARDS, Charles Jerome:

Manager Equitable Life Assurance So- ciety; born in Wayne County, N. Y., May 8, 1866; became an agent of The Equitable Life Assurance Society in 1886, later gen- eral agent, and since 1898, manager for that company; vice-president Merchants Bank and director in various other bank- ing and business corporations; identified with the politics of Brooklyn and New York State since 1892 as an Independent Democrat, and lieutenant of Edward M. Shepard; was an "anti-snap" delegate to the National Democratic Convention, 1892; delegate to the National Democratic Gold Convention, 1896; commissioner of elec- tions, Brooklyn, 1895-98; said to have been youngest man ever holding similar high office in history of city; member Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution, Manufacturers' Association, Brooklyn League, and other patriotic and civic bodies. Address, 204 Montague St.,

Brooklyn.

EDWARDS, George B .:

Vice-president of the Germania Fire Insurance Company of New York. He was born in the United States and edu- cated partly in Germany and England. After eight years' business education in a New York, China and South American importing house, he entered, in 1874, the employ of the Germania Fire Insurance Company as a clerk, and gradually ad- vanced to the position of special agent in the Eastern field. After seventeen years' experience in the field he was promoted, in April, 1892, to the second vice-presi- dency, and, in 1897, to the vice-presidency of the company. Address, 62-64 William St., New York.

EDWARDS, Samuel:

Jurist; born in Glenville, Schenectady County, N. Y., April 24, 1839; son of Sam- uel B. and Ruth L. (Rogers) Edwards; prepared for college in academies in Scho- harie and Washington Counties and was graduated from Union College in 1862. Was admitted to the bar in Dec., 1864, and practiced in Hudson, N. Y. In Jan., 1887, was appointed by Governor Hill, a justice of the supreme court and in No- vember of that year was elected for the full term of fourteen years. In 1900 was appointed by Governor Roosevelt, asso- ciate justice of the appellate division of the supreme court and served until ex- piration of term on Dec. 31, 1901; not now in active practice. Address, Hudson, N. Y.

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EGGLESTON, George Cary:

Author; born in Vivay, Ind., Nov. 26, 1839; son of Joseph Cary Eggleston and Mary Jane (Craig), his wife; educated at Indiana Asbury University Greencastle, Richmond College, Virginia, and Brock- enbrough's Law School, at Lexington, Va .; practiced law in Virginia, and served in Confederate army from first Bull Run to Appomattox. Entered jour- nalism New York in July, 1870; was editor- in-chief of Hearth and Home from 1871 to 1874; literary editor of the Evening Post, under William Cullen Bryant and Parke Godwin, from 1875 to 1881; edi- tor-in-chief, New York Commercial Ad- vertiser, 1884-89; editorial writer on New York World, 1889-1900; since 1900 has de- voted himself exclusively to the writing of books; has written for all the great magazines from 1874 till 1890. Books: "How to Educate Yourself," 1872; "A Man of Honor," 1873; "A Rebel's Recol- lection," 1874; "How to Make a Living," 1875; "The Big Brother," 1875; "Captain Sam," 1876; "The Signal Boys," 1877;

"Red Eagle," 1878; "The Wreck of the

Red Bird," 1882; "Strange Stories from History," 1885; "Juggernaut" (with

Dolores Marbourg), 1891; "Southern Sol- dier Stories," 1898; "The Last of the Flat- boats," 1900; "A Carolina Cavalier," 1901; "Camp Venture," 1901; "Dorothy South, ,, 1902; "American Immortals," 1902; "The Bale Marked Circle X," 1902; "The Mas- ter of Warlock," 1903, and "The First of the Hoosiers," 1903. Twice edited Hay- den's Dictionary of Dates, and in 1889 compiled a collection of "American War Ballads," with an introduction and notes. Married, in 1868, to Marion Craggs, and has two surviving children; one of them is Dr. Horace Wardner Eggleston, of the Binghamton State Hospital for the In- sane, the other, Cary Eggleston, a medi- cal student in the medical college of Cor- nell University, New York City. Resi- dence, 188 West 135th St., New York; summer home, Culross, on Lake George (Joshua's Rock P. O.), N. Y.

EIDLITZ, Cyrus Lazelle Warner:

Architect; son of Leopold E .; born New York City, July 27, 1853; studied at New York, Geneva, Switzerland, and Stutt- gart Polytechnic Institute; has made de- signs of Michigan Central Railway sta- tion, Detroit, 1880; Dearborn station, Chi- cago, 1883; Buffalo library, 1886. Address, 347 West 86th St., New York.

EIDLITZ, Leopold:

Architect; born Prague, Bohemia, March 29, 1823; studied at Vienna and Prague Polytechnic School; came to New York City, there practicing as architect; 1875, a commissioner to overlook work already done in State capitol, Albany, and much of designing its completion done by him; has also designed buildings of Christ

Church, St. Louis, St. George's Church, New York City, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Dry-dock Bank and Continental Bank, New York City. Author of "The Nature and Function of Art," 1881. Ad- dress, 309 West 89th St., New York.

EILERS, Frederic Anton:

Metallurgist; was born Laufenselten, Nassau, Germany, Jan. 14, 1839; stud- ied at mining school of Clausthal and Göt- tingen University; came to United States, becoming, 1869-76, deputy U. S. commis- sioner of mining statistics; later had charge of construction and management of lead and silver smelting works in Utah and Colorado; general manager and pres- ident of Colorado Smelting Company's Works, South Pueblo, Colo., 1883-89; has made many important improvements in the smelting of ores, and written numer- ous scientific papers; since 1899 technical manager of executive committee of Amer- ican Smelting & Refining Company. Ad- dress, 751 St. Marks Ave., Brooklyn; of- fice, 71 Broadway, New York.

EINHORN, Max:

Physician; was born in Russia, Jan., 1862; received his education principally in Germany, where he studied medicine at the University of Berlin, and graduated in 1884; in 1885 he came to America and setiled in New York. During the first year he was house physician at the Ger- man Hospital, New York; afterwards he began to practice medicine for himself, and very early in life he occupied him- self with scientific investigations, and was a prolific writer; he invented several new instruments which are in general use in the medical profession. He is connected with the New York Post-Graduate Medi- cal School, where he holds the position of professor of medicine; with the Beth Israel Hospital as visiting physician, and with the German Dispensary also as vis- iting physician. Author of "Diseases of the Stomach" and "Diseases of the In- testines," and a great number of original essays on diseases of the digestive tract. Besides being a member of many medi- cal societies he holds the position of co-editor of the Archiv für Verdanungs Krankheiten (Berlin), and Zeitschrift für Diätetische und Physikalische Therapie (Leipzig). Address, 20 East 63d St., New York.

EINSTEIN, Lewis:

Author; born in New York City, March 15, 1877; third secretary of American Em- bassy, Paris. Has written "Luigi Pulci and the Morgante Maggiore," Berlin, 1902; "The Italian Renaissance in England," 3d edition, New York, 1903; "The Relation of Literature to History," New York, 1903; edited, Leonardo da Vinci "Thoughts on Art and Life;" general editor of the "Hu- manists' Library," Boston. Member of the New York Historical Society, Societé

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de Etudes Italiennes, United States Naval Institute, etc. Address, American Em- bassy, Paris; residence, 39 West 57th St., New York.

ELDER, Joseph Frieman:

Clergyman; born Portland, Me., March 10, 1839; graduate of Portland High School, 1856, and Waterville (now Colby) College, 1860; studied at Rochester, N. Y., Theological Seminary, graduating, 1867; May, 1867, became pastor of North Orange Baptist Church, Orange, N. J .; Jan. 1870, of Baptist Church of, the Epiphany, New York City; 1870-85, on Baptist home mis- sion board; 1885, president of New York Baptist City Mission; pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Albany, 1890-1902. Ad- dress, 201 West 100th St., New York.

ELIOT, Walter G., M. D .; LL.D .:

· Born in New York City, Nov. 16, 1857; member of well known family, of which the Earl of St. Germaus is head; Hon. Andrew Eliot, of E. Coker, Eng., his first ancestor in United States, settled in Bev- erly, Mass., in 1665, and was for five years a member of the general court; his son was a soldier in King Philip's War; many descendants have been distinguished in the annals of Massachusetts, and the great-grandfathers of Walter G. Eliot, on both sides, were officers in New England regiments in the Revolution; his grand- father, Hon. Daniel Eliot, of New York and Marlborough-on-Hudson, valedictori- an of Dartmouth, 1813, well known man of his time and member of New York Cham- ber of Commerce, was father of Augustus G. Eliot, M. D., a distinguished obstetri- cian of New York, who graduated Yale, 1839, and College of Physicians and Sur- geons, Columbia, 1841. This family has furnished twenty-seven graduates of that name and two presidents to Harvard and one president each to Trinity College and Washington University. Walter G. Eliot was prepared for Harvard in 1873, but entered the school of mines of Columbia College in 1874, and took degrees of C. E., M. E., and Ph.B. in 1878; practiced sani- tary engineering until appointed assistant sanitary engineer on the New York Board of Health, also served that board for many years as inspector of tenements, as- sistant chemist and inspector of foods. In 1881 he had been appointed engineer agent of the Tenth U. S. Census on Water Works of United States Cities; for his report was made Ph.D. by Columbia; con- nected with various business corporations until May, 1890, when he took charge of The University Magazine as one of its proprietors and managing editor, and quickly put it on a profitable basis. He has held many public offices; has served on the board of managers of his Alumni Association; been vice-president of the Zeta Psi Fraternity, and president or di- rector in many corporations; contributed

on special subjects to many periodicals. Is author of "History of the Eliot Fam- ily," "Noted Physicians of New York," "The College Presidents of United States," a novel, and literary technical works. Has lectured before scientific and other societies in Boston and New York; was made LL.D. by St. Francis Xavier College in 1892; was prominently named for the president of Rutgers Col- lege as a successor to President Gates; has traveled in every State of the United States; is an Independent Democrat. He married, Feb. 2, 1892, Maud, youngest daughter of Hon. John A. Stoutenburgh, a distinguished lawyer of New York and Hyde Park-on-Hudson, and has two sons, Amory and Van Cortlandt, and one daughter-Elinor; has been at various times member of University, Down Town, Rockaway Hunt, Zeta Psi, Democratic and Church Clubs; society of Colonial Wars, Society of Municipal Engineers, Company "K" of Seventh Regiment, Na- tional Guard, New York. Seats, Cedar- hurst, L. I., and Hyde Park-on-Hudson, N. Y .; address, 1 West 54th St., New York.

ELKUS, Abram I .:

Head of law firm of James, Schell & Elkus; was born in New York City; re- ceived his early training in the New York schools and Columbia University, and from the latter institution entered the practice of law. About a decade ago he formed a co-partnership with the late Colonel Edward C. James and Edward P. Schell, under the name of James, Schell & Elkus; a few of the important cases with which he has been connected were: The Anderson Will Case, involving the es- tate of John Anderson, the late millionare tobacconist; James v. Work, arising out of the Grant and Ward failure, in which Mr. Elkus was associated with Mr. Cho- ate, the present ambassador to England; Ward v. St. Vincent's Hospital, interest- ing because of the novel points of law in- volved, and the size of the verdict se- cured by Mr. Elkus; Gracie v. Stevens, in which Colonel James and Mr. Elkus se- cured a verdict of $112,500 for broker's service in selling the ferries between New York and Hoboken; this verdict, the larg- est of its kind ever given, after being stubbornly contested through all the courts by the most eminent counsel, has recently been sustained by the Court of Appeals, the case resulting in a complete victory for Mr. Elkus' client. Was mar- ried to Miss Gertrude Hess in 1897, and has two children; he is president of the Freundschaft Club, and a member of the Democratic, Manhattan, Lotus, Harmonie Clubs and Bar Association; his sole ap- pearance in politics was as a delegate to the Sound Money National Convention in Indianapolis, in 1896. Residence, 640 Madison Ave .; office, 50 Pine St., New York.

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ELLIOT, George Thomson, M. D .:

Born New Orleans, Dec. 20, 1855; A. B., Yale, 1877; M. D., University of Louisi- ana, 1881; consulting dermatologist, St. Luke's Hospital, also Columbus Hospital and New York Lying-In Hospital; pro- fessor of dermatology, Cornell University Medical College; member New York Coun- ty Medical Society, Dermatological Soci- ety, Pathological Society, Society Derma- tology and Genito-Urinary Surgery, Hos- pital Graduates' Club, Medical and Sur- gical Society, New York Academy of Med- icine, American Dermatological Associa- tion, American Academy of Medicine, American Association for Advance of Sci- ence, Corresponding member Société Fran- caise de Dermatologie et de Syphiligraph- ic, Physicians' Mutual Aid Association. Address, 36 East 35th St., New York.

ELLIOT, Henry Rutherford:

Author; born at Woodbridge, Conn., April 21, 1849; son of Rev. Samuel Hayes Elliot, the Congregational minister of that village, and Marcia L. Elliot; attended the public schools at New Haven, Conn .; the Hopkins Grammar School and Yale University; graduated in the class of 1871; was one of the founders of the Yale Courant; president of the Yale University Baseball Club; after graduation entered journalism, which has ever since been his principal occupation; served in the U. S. Navy for a time as fleet paymaster's clerk, and while on the Asiatic Station resigned to enter the educational depart- ment of the Japanese government, re- maining in Tokio for two years; while there was correspondent for the New York Evening Post, and on his return to Amer- ica served that paper for six years as Washington correspondent; was assistant secretary of the American Copyright League and was active in securing the present International Copyright Law; was connected editorially with the Com- mercial Advertiser and the Evening Sun; of later years has made a specialty of trade and class journalism; was secretary of the Textile Publishing Company, pub- lisher of The Evangelist, and is at present the president of the Church Economist Publishing Company. He has written two novels, one of which, "The Bassett Claim, a Story of Washington Life," 1885, at- tracted much attention; "The Common Chord, a Story of the Ninth Ward," ap- peared in 1886; was married to Miss Eliz- abeth Johnston, of Washington, D. C., in 1887. and has one child, Gabrielle Elliot. Address, Room 1503, 31 Union Square, New York.

ELLIOTT, Maxine (Mrs. Nathaniel C. Goodwin) :

Actress; born in Rockland, Me .; first appeared with E. S. Willard. Has starred for several seasons in connection with her husband, Nathaniel C. Goodwin; is this season at the head of her own com-

pany, taking the leading role in "Her Own Way," under the management of Charles Frohman. Address, 35 East 33d St., New York.

ELLISON, Luther E .:

Lawyer; born St. Lawrence County, N. Y., 1868, of old Welsh stock; educated in common schools of the county; studied law, and passed examinations for the bar, 1890; he practiced eight years in Chicago, and in Winthrop, N. Y., since 1900. Ad- dress, Winthrop, N. Y.

ELMENDORF, Henry Livingston:

Superintendent Buffalo Public Library since 1897; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1852; son of the Rev. Anthony and Sarah (Clark) Elmendorf; educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute; assistant, Gardner Sage Library, New Brunswick, N. J., 1877; librarian, Public Library, St. Joseph, Mo., 1891-96; secretary, American Library Association, 1895-96, vice-presi- dent, 1896-97; president, Buffalo Library Club, 1897-1903; president, New York Li- brary Association, 1900; writer on library topics in Library Journal, Proceedings National Educational Association and Re- view of Reviews; director, Buffalo Soci- ety of Natural Sciences; member of Buffa- lo, Park, Ellicott and Liberal Clubs of Buffalo; married Theresa Hubbell West, Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 1896. Address, 319 Norwood Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.

ELMENDORF, Joachim:

Clergyman; born Rochester, Ulster County, N. Y., March 26, 1827; graduate of Rutgers, 1850; of New Brunswick, N. J., Theological Seminary, 1853; ordained in Dutch Reformed Church, Poughkeep- sie; pastor of churches at Syracuse, Al- bany, etc .;. 1872-86, pastor in Poughkeep- sie; 1886, came to New York City; 1869, trustee of Rutgers College. Published "Memoirs of Varick De Witt and Alice Justina De Peyster" (1872), and articles in magazines. Received D. D. from Union; president of Quill Club, New York; trustee Vassar and Rutgers College. Ad- dress, 182 East 122d St., New York.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 48

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