Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 49

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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ELMENDORF, (Mrs.) Theresa Hubbell:

Librarian and bibliographer; born in Pardeeville, Wis., Nov. 1, 1855; daughter of Hubbell and Helen (Roberts) West; graduated from Miss Wheelock's School for Girls, Milwaukee, 1874; deputy li- brarian, Milwaukee Public Library, from 1880 to 1892, librarian, 1892 to 1896; mar- ried Henry Livingston Elmendorf, Oct. 3, 1896; secretary, New York State Li- brary Association, 1901-02; president, New York State Library Association, 1903- 04; special bibliographer, Buffalo Publie Library, 1903; associate editor, American Library Association Catalogue, 1903-04. Address, 319 Norwood Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.

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· ELLWANGER, George Herman:

Director and secretary of the Ellwanger & Barry Nursery and Realty Companies; born in Rochester, N. Y., July 10, 1848. Son of George Ellwanger, horticulturist, and Cornelia Brooks Ellwanger, daughter of General Micah Brooks, of Brooksgrove, Livingston County, N. Y; was educated in America, and during a five years so- journ in Europe with a private tutor; also studied at the University of Heidelberg and the Sarbonne at Paris. Degree of Master of Arts conferred by the Univer- sity of Rochester. Member of the Pun- dit Club of Rochester, the oldest library club in America; honorary member of the National Rose Society of England. Mar- ried in 1873 to Hattie Lawton, daughter of Rev. Jerome B. Stillson, deceased; three daughters. Author of "The Garden's Story, or Pleasures and Trials of the Amateur Gardener," (1889); "The Story of My House," (1891); "In Gold and Sil- ver," (1892); "Idyllists of the Country- Side, Being Six Commentaries concern- ing some of Those Who Have Apostro- phized the Joys of the Open Air," (1896); "Meditations on Gout, with a Considera- tion of its Cure Through the Use of Wine," (1898) ;"Introduction to White's National History of Selbourne, in The World's Great Books,"

(1898); "The Pleasures of the Table; an Account of Gastronomy From Ancient Days to Pres- ent Times, with a History of Its Litera- ture, Schools and Most Distinguished Art- ists, together with Some Special Recipes. and Views Concerning the Diesthetics ' of Dinners and Dinner-giving." (1902) ;. Ed- itor of "The Rose," by H. B. Ellwanger, revised edition, (1893); "Loves Demsne, a Garland of Contemporary Love Poems Gathered from Many Sources," (1896) two volumes; "Love's Old Sweet Song, A Sheaf of Latter day Love Lyrics Gar- nered from Numerous Fields, with a Critical Introduction," (1903) ;. Address, Rochester, N. Y.

ELWELL, Frank Edwin:

Artist; born at Concord, Mass., June 15, 1858; son of John Wesley Elwell and Clara Farrar; grandson of David Elwell and Elisha Jones Farrar; great-grandson of Ephraim Farrar, who was in the first battle for the freedom of the United States, at Concord Bridge, April 19, 1775; a great uncle kept the "Wright's Tavern"

at Concord, during the Revolution; mar- ried Molina Mary Hildreth, of Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 30, 1882; has two sons, Alcott Farrar Elwell and Stanley Bruce Elwell, born Oct. 3, 1887. Studied art first under Miss May Alcott, at Concord, then under Mr. Otto Grundman, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass .; worked as an assistant in the studio of Mr. D. C. French, at Concord; through the influence of Hon. Levi P. Morton, then U. S. min- ister to France, entered the Ecole des

Beaux Arts, Paris, 1881; he was a pupil of Holle and Jean Joseph Alexander Fal- guiere; member of the Institute of France; private pupil of Falguiere; has certificate of membership of the Ecole des Beaux Arts. First exhibit at Paris Salon, bust of M. Hippolyte Le Roy, of Belgium, 1882; exhibited at Royal Exhibition, Brussels, Belgium, 1884; same year he received Leopold 2d, medal for proficiency in the study of architecture in the Royal School of Art, Ghent; returned to America, 1885; was for some time teacher in the Nation- al Academy of Design, New York City, and at the Art Students' League; in 1886 .executed the group of "The Death of Strength" for Edam, Holland, commission given by Mrs. F. H. Pont, of Edam, through Mr. Krusman Van Elten. This group was the first monument ever erect- ed in Europe by an American born sculp- tor. In 1891 he began the group of "Dick- ens and Little Nell," now in Clarence Clark Park, Philadelphia, Pa., the prop- erty of the Fairmont Park Art Associa- tion; the "Little Nell" received the gold medal of the Philadelphia Art Club, and the entire group was given the place of honor and the highest award at the Chi- cago Exposition, 1893. Among his other works may be mentioned the equestrian statue of General. Winfield Scott Han- cock, on the battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa., 1896; bust of Vice-President Levi P. Moi ton, Senate chamber, Washington, D. C .; "Diana and Lion," in gallery of mod- ern masters, Chicago Art Institute, 1893; medal, Chicago Exposition; bas-relief on the memorial to Edwin Booth, Mount Au- burn, Cambridge, Mass., 1896; "Aqua Viva," Metropolitan Museum of Art, ex- hibited at the Paris Salon, Royal Acad- emy and Royal Exhibition of Brussels, Belgium, 1884; bust of Mr. S. B. Chit- tenden, Yale Library, New Haven; bust of Elihu Yale, Yale Club, New York; bust of Miss Louisa M. Alcott, Concord Li-

brary, Mass., and Library of the Univer- sity of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan .; bust of Hon. Frank B. Sanborn, of Concord, His- torical Society, Topeka, Kan .; memorial to Andrew McMillan, library, Utica, N. Y .; bust of the ex-Lord Provost of Aberdeen, Scotland, the Hon. Peter Esselmont; statue of "Egypt Awaking," bought out of the Paris Salon of 1896, by M. Gabriel Goupillat, of Paris; a copy owned by the Cincinnati Art Club, who made Mr. El- well an honorary member; bust of Vice- President Hobart, Senate Chamber, Washington, D. C .; statue of the "New Life," Bonney memorial, Lowell Ceme- tery, Lowell, Mass .; owned by Hon. Judge Charles S. Lilley, 1889; medal, Pan-Amer- ican Exposition, for ideal statue of "The Orchid"; statue of "Classic Art," for the Art Palace, St. Louis, in stone, 1903; statue of "Greece," for the U. S. Custom House, New York City, 1901-04; statue of "Rome," for the U. S. Custom House, New York City, 1903-04; bust of Col. R. T. Van Horn, of Kansas City, Mo., for

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the Journal Building, Kansas City, Mo .; appointed curator of the department of ancient and modern statuary, Metropoli- tan Museum of Art, by General L. P. di Cesnola, director, and the honorable board of trustees, 1903; a constant worker and writer for the preservation of the freedom of the individual sculptor from the de- grading influences of trades unionism in art. Address, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Park, 5th Ave. and 82d St., New York.

ELY, George Willlam:

Banker; son of Joseph M. Ely; was born in New York. Jan. 6, 1840; he was edu- cated in private schools, and from the time he began business, as a stock broker, he has been prominent in financial circles; he has a seat in the Stock Exchange, and is a member of the Lawyers', Barnard and Whist Clubs; he joined the Seventh Regi- ment in 1862, and went to the front in the Civil War, the youngest captain that this famous organization ever had; in 1864 he married Frances Almira Wheeler, daugh- ter of Henry and Nancy Hotchkiss Wheeler. Residence, West 82d St., near Central Park, New York.

ELY, Smith:

Ex-mayor of New York City; born Han- over, Morris County, N. J., April 17, 1825; studied law at University of New York; 1856 to 1860, school trustee; 1857, State Senator; 1860 to 1868, county supervisor; 1871 to 1876, was member of Congress; 1877, became mayor of New York City; Democratic Presidential elector, 1880; Central Park commissioner, 1897-98. mem- ber of Century and Merchants' Clubs, Sons of Revolution and Society of War of 1812. Residence, 47 West 57th St .; of- fice, 103 Gold St., New York.

ELY, W. Caryl:

Lawyer; born at Middletown, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1856; was educated at Coopers- town, Girard and Franklin, Pa., and at Cornell University; after study of law he was admitted to the bar; has served as Supervisor and as member of the State Assembly from 1883 to 1885; while in the Assembly he was the Democratic candidate for speaker. He was one of the original promoters of the Niagara Falls Power Company, and was the prime mover in the organization of the Buffalo & Niagara Falls Electric Railroad; his latest and greatest achievement was the recent consolidation of all the local trol- ley lines under the name of the Interna- tional Traction Company, of which he was made president. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.

EMERSON, Edwin, Jr .:

Author, war correspondent; born Dres- den, Saxony; son of Edwin and Marie Louise (Ingham) E .; graduated from Harvard, 1891; was foreign correspondent

for Boston Post, later in editorial work New York Evening Post, Sun, Commer- cial Advertiser and Harper's Weekly; then secretary Teachers' College, Colum- bia University, until 1898; went to front in Spanish-American War as correspond- ent for Leslie's Weekly; engaged in secret military exploration of Porto Rico under direction of Lieutenant H. H. Whitney, secret agent U. S. Military Information Bureau; joined First U. S. Volunteer Cav- alry, serving in engagement at San Juan and in the trenches before Santiago; men- tioned by Colonel Roosevelt for gallantry; war correspondent for Collier's Weekly and Illustrierte Zeitung in South Ameri- ca; took part in Colombian-Venezuelan War, 1901, as Venezuelan colonel of Vol- unteers; decorated by President Castro with order of Bolivar for gallantry in action; special . correspondent at Marti- nique after eruption of Mount Pelée, in Venezuela during Venezuela blockade, and on the Isthmus of Panama during Pana- ma secession movement; member Ameri- can Historical Association, New York His- torical Society, Franklin Institute, Royal Bavarian Hist., Santiago Society; mem- ber of Press and Harvard Clubs. Author of "College Year Book," 1897 S7; "Pepys' Ghost," 1899 B11; "In War and Peace," 1899; "Rough Rider Stories," 1900 X1; "History of the 19th Century," 1902 C41; "Venezuela and the Monroe Doctrine," 1903 M1. Address, care P. F. Collier & Son, 416 West 13th St., New York.

EMMET, Bache McE., M. D .:

Born New York, 1843; M. D., College Physicians and Surgeons, 1867; professor diseases of women at the New York Post- Graduate Medical School and Hospital; surgeon to Woman's Hospital; member County Medical Society, Roman Medical Society, Academy of Medicine, Obstetric Society and British Gynecological Soci- ety. Address, 18 East 30th St., New York.

EMMET, Rosina:

Artist; born New York, Dec. 13, 1854; studied at Pelham Priory, Westchester County, N. Y .; 1879-80, pupil of William M. Chase in art; 1885-86, painted at Paris; has received several prizes in art compe- titions; has illustrated "Pretty Peggy" and "Old Fashioned Tales," by Mrs. Bur- ton Harrison; is member of Society of American Artists; 1887, married to Arthur H. Sherwood, of New York; won silver medal at Paris Exposition, 1889; medal at Columbian Exposition, 1893; exhibited at Paris Exposition, 1900. Address, 310 West 88th St., New York.

EMMET, Thomas Addis:

Physician; born at University of Vir- ginia, May 29, 1828; studied at University of Virginia and Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; graduated from latter, 1850,

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practicing in New York City; resident physician of Emigrants' Refuge Hospital, Ward's Island; 1852-55, visiting physician; 1855, assistant surgeon to Woman's Hos- pital Association; 1861-71, surgeon-in- chief to Woman's Hospital in New York State; since 1871 surgeon on surgical board; also consulting physician to Roose- velt Hospital, Foundling Asylum, St. Vin- cent's Hospital, etc. Author of numer- ous professional works and papers, in- cluding "Principals and Practice of Gy- necology," also historical works: "The Signers of the Declaration of Indepen- dence," "The Annapolis Convention," "The Emmet Family," 1899, and "Ire- land under English Rule, or a Plea for the Plaintiff," two volumes, 1903, etc. Re- cipient of LL.D. from Jefferson Medi- cal College; married, 1854, Miss Catherine R. Duncan, of Montgomery, Ala. Ad- dress, 89 Madison Ave., New York.

ENGELHARDT, Francis Ernest:

Chemist; born Gieboldehausen, Hanover, June 23, 1835; studied at Duderstadt and Hildeshium Academies and Göttingen University; 1856, assistant to Prof. Fred- erick Wöhler in Göttingen laboratories; 1857-58, assistant professor of chemistry at Amherst College; 1860, at Columbia; 1861-66, professor of chemistry in Col- lege of St. Francis Xavier, New York City; 1869 to date, chemist to Onondaga Salt Company; 1886, chemist to Genesee Salt Company; from 1876 to 1885 and again from 1888 to date, Milk Inspector and Chemist for the City of Syracuse; also on State board of health, investigat- ing wines, beers and liquors; is author of numerous reports and scientific papers; Ph.D. from St. Francis Xavier, 1864. Ad- dress, 403 Butternut St., Syracuse, N. Y.

ENGLISH, George Letchworth:

Mineralogist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 14, 1864; son of John A. and Amanda (Evans) E. English; graduated from Friends' Central School, Philadelphia, June 17, 1881; he married, June 17, 1890, Louise T. Baltz, of Philadelphia; lectured on mineralogy in New York City Board of Education Course and elsewhere; expert on monazite and the rare earth minerals, in which capacity he acts for the Incan- descent Light and Chemical Company, of New York City, and Youngstown, O .; life member of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences; member of the New York Academy of Sciences, Academy of Natural' Sciences of, Philadelphia, New York Mineralogical Club, American As- sociation for the Advancement of Science. Residence, Shelby, N. C., and New York City; office, 201 East 16th St., New York ..

ENO, Amos:

Capitalist; member of Union League, Manhattan, Century, Democratic, Ards- ley and Lambs' Clubs. Address, 32 Fifth Ave., New York.

ENOS, Herbert M .:

Major and brevet colonel, U. S. Army; born in New York; retired; appointed from New York; cadet at U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1852; graduated, July 1, 1856; actual rank-brevet second lieuten- alt Mounted Riflemen, July 1, 1856; sec- ond lieutenant, Jan. 26, 1857; first lieu- tenant, Sixth Cavalry, May 14, 1861; ac- cepted, Sept. 9, 1861; captain A. Q. M., Aug. 3, 1861; accepted, Oct. 3, 1861; major Q. M. Volunteers, Aug. 2, 1864, to June 3, 1865; colonel Q. M. Volunteers, June 3, 1865, to Jan. 8, 1866; major Q. M., June 6, 1872; retired, May 29, 1876, for disabili- ty; brevet rank-brevet major, brevet lieutenant colonel, brevet colonel, March 13, 1865, for faithful and meritorious ser- vices during the war; president of Vil- lage of Waukesha, 1887; mayor, 1897. Ad- dress, 502 Barstow St., Waukesha, Wis.

ERBEN, Henry:

Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy; born in the City of New York; appointed from New York City a midshipman in the navy, June 17, 1848; served in the frigate St. Law- rence (fifty guns), from July, 1848, to July, 1853; coast survey schooner Craw- ford, 1854; Naval Academy, 1855; passed midshipman, 1855; serving in the frigate Potomac (fifty guns), Home Squadron. Promoted master in the navy, 1855; in Nov., 1855, ordered to the prize filibuster bark Amelia, captured at Puerto Prince, Hayti; the commanding officer was or- dered to take her to New York; after be- ing at sea seventy days, arrived at St. Thomas, destitute of provisions, and a wreck, with everything gone; storeship Supply, 1856 and 1857; employed bringing camels for the War Department from Egypt to Texas, lieutenant, Dec. 27, 1856; joined, March 18, 1857, steamer Vixen, deep-sea sounding for Atlantic cable; joined steam frigate Mississippi, Aug., 1857; served in her on China Station, until Nov., 1859, returning home then with Chi- nese treaty; joined the storeship Supply, Feb., 1860, serving on the Gulf Station; was at Pensacola, Fla., when the Navy Yard there was surrendered to the troops of Alabama and Florida; assisted in transferring the troops under Lieutenant Slemmer from Fort Barrancas to Fort Pickens on the night of Jan. 9, 1861, pre- vious to which, in Jan., with a small boat's crew, rendered Fort McRae in- operative by spiking the guns, destroying material and twenty thousand pounds of powder; returned to New York with the surrendered sailors, marines and work- men of the yard; joined bark Release in March, 1861, returning in her to Fort Pickens, Fla .; transferred to steamer Huntsville, engaged in blockading duty along the Gulf Coast; action at Ship Is- land with rebel gunboats and batteries, Aug., 1861, and on Dec. 25, off Mobile, with rebel gunboat Florida, she having, during the temporary absence of the Huntsville, gone out in a calm to destroy

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the sailing frigate Potomac (fifty guns) ; joined the Mississippi River Fleet in April, 1862; commanded ironclad St. Louis, at the siege and bombardment of Fort Pil- low, and attack of rebel rams upon our fleet, in May, 1862; capture of Memphis, June 6, 1862, serving on the admiral's staff; commanded the Sumter at the siege of Vicksburg, passing the batteries then with Admiral Farragut, on July 15, 1862; was at battle of Baton Rouge, La., on Aug. 6, 1862, and destruction of rebel ram Arkansas, on Aug. 7, 1862. Lieutenant- commander, July 16, 1862; returned to join naval howitzer battery in Maryland, with General McClellan, during the Antietam campaign; in Oct., 1862, joined the monitor Patapsco as executive officer; engagement at Fort McAllister, March, 1863; at attack upon forts below Charleston, S. C., on April 7, 1863; steam frigate Niagara, spe- cial service on Atlantic Coast, from Nov., 1863, to May, 1864, when ordered to com- mand the monitor Chimo, and in July, 1864, to command monitor Tunxis-these vessels were intended to destroy the rebel ram Albemarle, but not being seaworthy were condemned; in Oct., 1864, ordered to command the Ponola, West Gulf Squad- ron; captured under the batteries at Mat- agorda, Tex., the armed schooner Dale, and the boats of the torpedo station, with twenty men, destroying completely that establishment; engaged with batteries of Galveston, in attempting, with the Prin- cess Royal, the destruction of the block- ade-runner Let Her Be; returned home, July, 1865; on duty, Navy Yard, New York, during 1866; commanded steamers Huron. Kansas and Pawnee during 1867, 1868, 1869, on South Atlantic Station. Com- missioned commander, May 6, 1868; ord- nance duty, New York Navy Yard, 1871; naval rendezvous, New York, 1871-72; monitor Manhattan, 1873, at Key West; steamer Tuscarora, North Pacific Squad- ron, running deep-sea soundings, during 1874 and 1875; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 1876-78; commanding Nautical School- ship St. Mary's 1878-82. Promoted cap- tain. Nov., 1879; commanding Pensacola, 1883-84, in a cruise around the world; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 1885-86; special duty, in New York, Oct., 1866, to Oct., 1889; waiting orders, Oct., 1889, to May, 1890; member Board Inspection Sur- vey, May, 1890-91; commandant Navy Yard, New York, May, 1891, to May, 1893; Commissioned commodore, April 3, 1892. Commanding European Station, June, 1893; promoted rear admiral July 31, 1894; retired, Sept. 6.

1894; after declara- tion of war with Spain, April, 1898, placed in command Patrol Fleet on the coast of the United States, from Galveston to Bar Harbor; headquarters, only, in New York. Address, 130 East 44th St., New York.

EWEN, Clarence:

Major and Surgeon. U. S. Army; born in New York City, Jan. 25, 1843; son of Edward Ewen and Susan Ayres; married

Mary A., daughter of Abner Mills, prom- inent citizen of New York; assistant sur- geon, Fifty-third New York Infantry, Sept. 8, 1862; assistant surgeon, One Hun- dred and Eighty-third New York In- fantry, Dec. 13, 1862; assistant surgeon, Twenty-ninth U. S. Infantry, Nov. 2, 1864; assistant surgeon, U. S. Army, Nov. 16, 1868; captain and assistant surgeon, U. S. Army, Dec. 23, 1869; major and surgeon, April 15, 1889; retired at own request with rank of major after over thirty years of service, Jan. 24, 1897; member of Army and Navy Club of New York, and mem- ber of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, New York State Commandery. Address, care Water Department, New York.

ESTES, Webster C .:

Merchant; born in Port Kent, Essex County, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1855; received an academic education and entered the firm of E. B. Estes & Sons in 1877; president and treasurer of E. B. Estes & Sons, president of the Estes Lumber Company, and president of the Russell Brothers & Estes Company; a member of the Cham- ber of Commerce, Union League Club, and Hardware Club in New York, the Midwood Club of Brooklyn, the Morris- town Field Club, Morristown, N. J., Lake- wood Country Club, Lakewood, N. J, and Sons of the Revolution and the New Eng- land Society. Address, 287

South St., Morristown, N. J.

EVANS, Edward Payson:

Educator and author; born Remsen, Oneida County, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1833; re- moved to Michigan, 1843; graduated Mich- igan University, 1854; principal of Her- nando Academy, 1855; during 1856-7, in- structor in Carroll College, Waukesha, Wis., 1858-61; studied at Göttingen, Ber- lin, and Munich; 1861-70, professor of modern languages and literature, Uni- versity of Michigan; 1870, went abroad, since residing in Europe. Author of

"Abriss der Deutschen Literaturge- schicte" 1896); "German Reader" (1870); translation of Stahr's "Life of Lessing,"

(1866) ; of Coquerel's "First Historical Transformations of Christianity" (1867); "Animal Symbolism in Ecclesiastical Ar- chitecture" (1896) ; "Evolution Ethics and Animal Psychology" (1898); "Beiträge Zur Amerikanischen Litteratur und Kul- tingeschichte" (1898); "The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals" (1899); married, May, 1868, Elizabeth Edson Gibson, of Pomfret, Vt. Address, La Tour de Peliz, pres Veney, Switzerland.

EVANS, Frank T .:

Lawyer and special surrogate; born at Trenton, New York, May 14, 1852; son of John and Louisa Evans; removed to Carthage, N. Y., 1865; chose legal pro- fession; admitted to the bar, 1876; elected

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special surrogate of Jefferson County in 1882; re-elected for seven consecutive terms of three years each; a past grand of Carthage Lodge, No. 365, I. O. O. F., and past commander of Carthage Tent, No. 238, K. O. T. M. Present address, Carthage, N. Y.

EVANS, Henry:

President Continental Fire Insurance Company; born Houston, Tex., April 14, 1860; father, Joseph Henry Evans, killed in Civil War; brought North after war and since 1866 has lived in New York; ed- ucated public school in Brooklyn, Sel- leck School at Norwalk, Conn., Columbia College School of Mines one year; entered office Continental Fire Insurance Com- pany as a minor clerk at $25 a month in March, 1878; elected secretary, May, 1888; second vice-president, Jan., . 1889; first vice-president, Jan., 1892; president, Jan., 1903; director Continental Fire In- surance Company of New York, Central Trust Company of New York, Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railroad, Brook- lyn City Street Railroad of Brooklyn, N. Y., Eagle Fire Insurance Company of New York; member of Players' and Law- yers' Clubs, Metropolitan Museum, May- flower Society; married. Address, Con- tinental Fire Insurance Company, New York City.

EVERETT, Peter J .:

Assemblyman, Democratic, who rep- resents the Thirty-fifth Assembly Dis- trict of New York; was born on June 29, 1873, in New York City; early education obtained in the public schools of the City of New York; after graduating from col- lege he served as a clerk in the office of John H. V. Arnold, surrogate of New York, and read law with him; he was admitted to the bar from Judge Arnold's office, and is now engaged in the prac- tice of law; he is a member of the Demo- crtaic Club, of the Schnorrer Club , of Morrisania, president of the Young Men's Democratic Club of the Borough of Bronx, and is also a member of the Zeta Psi, and of the Pennsylvania Club; elected to As- sembly in 1902; in 1903, appointed a mem- ber of the following Assembly Commit- tees: General Laws, and Privileges and Elections. Address, 4 Warren St., New York.

EWEN, Clarence :

Major U. S. Army; born in New York; appointed from New York; civil life; act- ual rank, assistant surgeon Fifty-third New York Infantry, Sept. 8, 1862; hon- orably mustered out. Sept. 13, 1862; as- sistant surgeon One Hundred and Eighty -. second New York Infantry, Dec. 13, 1862; resigned, Oct. 27, 1863; assistant surgeon Twenty-ninth United States Corps In- fantry, Nov. 2, 1864; honorably mustered out Nov. 6, 1865; assistant surgeon, Nov. 16, 1868; accepted, Dec. 17, 1868; captain

and assistant surgeon, Dec. 23, 1869; ma- jor and surgeon April 15, 1889; service, in the field during the Civil War; A. A. surgeon at Third Division Hospital, Al- exandria, Va., 1864; post surgeon, Fort Ellis, Mont., from 1868 to 1870; in the field with Companies F, G, and H, Second Cavalry, Montana, 1869; post surgeon, Camp Baker, Mont., to Sept., 1872; leave of absence, Oct., 1872, to March, 1873; post surgeon, Little Rock, Ark., to June, 1873; post surgeon, Baton Rouge, La., to April, 1876; at Fort Hamilton, New York, June to Oct., 1876; post surgeon, Aiken, S. C., to April, 1877; post surgeon, Madi- son Barracks, New York, to May, 1879; post surgeon, Fort Elliott, Texas, to Oct., 1881; sick leave to Oct., 1882; post sur- geon, Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, from Oct., 1882, to April, 1884; post surgeon, Fort Sidney, Nebraska, July, 1884, to May, 1888; on leave to Nov., 1888; post surgeon, Madison Barracks, New York, to Dec., 1889; post surgeon Willett's Point from Jan. 1, 1890, to date; Battles, skirmishes, etc .: Battle of Deserted House, Va., Jan., 1863; skirmish near Franklin, Va., 1863; siege of Suffolk, Va., 1863; Hatcher's Run, Five Forks, Petersburg and Appomattox, Va., 1865; Conroy's Mountain, M. T., 1869; Marias (Piegan campaign) Jan., 1879; Pryer's Fork (Baker's Battle-field), July, 1872; retired, Jan. 26, 1897. Address, care Brown & Shipley, London, England.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 49

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